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Modding, Mission Design, and Coding => The Modding Workshop => Topic started by: Boomer on July 27, 2005, 08:36:01 pm

Title: Stupid Poly question....
Post by: Boomer on July 27, 2005, 08:36:01 pm: I have a turret. It is a very nice turret. I like this turret. However, I believe it may be too heavy on the polies to be useful. In fact, it has over 1000 polies. with HT&L, can I make reqular use of this turret? Or will it go the way of the dinosaurs? =@
Title: Stupid Poly question....
Post by: FireCrack on July 27, 2005, 09:34:42 pm: what's "regular"

As long as the overall ship has a decent polycount you will be ok.
Title: Stupid Poly question....
Post by: brugger on July 27, 2005, 11:20:37 pm: it depends if this turret is used 15 times or once or twice. only using one map will also do a lot to keep the turret useable.
Title: Stupid Poly question....
Post by: WMCoolmon on July 27, 2005, 11:47:28 pm: Yeah, you can, especially if you use Bobb's submodel LOD code.
Title: Stupid Poly question....
Post by: Boomer on July 28, 2005, 07:05:15 am: Well, I ask because I'm using the turret, or a minor variation there of about 24 times and I just thought that might be a little too much for most of the communities video cards. Right there is a minimum 24000 polies, and that doesn't even include the the ship and other types of turrets.
Title: Stupid Poly question....
Post by: Roanoke on July 28, 2005, 07:45:15 am: Yeah, that's overkill
Title: Stupid Poly question....
Post by: Boomer on July 28, 2005, 07:54:14 am: I guess I'll keep, the 8, I've put in but I'll have to find an alternate model for the other ones. In case you're wondering how the hell someone can have 1000 polies in a turret, its a round multi-part. Spheres=uberpolies.
Title: Stupid Poly question....
Post by: WMCoolmon on July 28, 2005, 07:56:26 am: Quote
Originally posted by WMCoolmon
Bobb's submodel LOD code.
Title: Stupid Poly question....
Post by: Roanoke on July 28, 2005, 07:56:58 am: Post a picture.
Title: Stupid Poly question....
Post by: Boomer on July 28, 2005, 09:08:12 am: Here's the turret:
(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y270/Salawat/turret.jpg)
and here's the ship w\some turrets:
(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y270/Salawat/carrier01.jpg)

I couldn't find my up to date one, so I used an older backup.

@WM: I don't know how to use Bobb's submodel LOD code.
Title: Stupid Poly question....
Post by: StratComm on July 28, 2005, 12:44:04 pm: You know, you could just use much lower-poly spheres for the turret base. It's not like you're going to be production-rendering this thing for a film or something. We can deal with a little bit of spec oddity in exchange for reasonable polycounts.
Title: Stupid Poly question....
Post by: Boomer on July 28, 2005, 01:31:33 pm: Hmmm. I'm experimenting along that angle right now. Ah, the trouble one can get into when one has no clue what one is doing.