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1. Modular texturing and LOD

   

   Topic by Draugr · Apr 2011 · Home› Technical Talk

   If I do a building cut up in different polygon (UV) sections with a architectural element on each (window, door, beam, pilasters) overlayed in the texture map, how do a do the LODs? This method does give a fairly high polycount. Does it demand a new UV and texture on the LODs? With the extra draw calls and texture it does…

2. Re: Modular texturing and LOD

   

   Reply by mortalhuman · Apr 2011 · Home› Technical Talk

   make your LOD proxy, basically the silhouette of the building, and bake the high def model you describe to a single sheet, preferably a tiny portion of a large sheet shared for many LODs. It requires a new material set and a new model to make LODs. If you were going to just use the same model, it would defeat the purpose…