[Stryke 9]

Not sure if this is source code or modding or here. I've got a ship, supercap for TAC, and I think it might have gone over a bit. What I'm wondering is, without a poly limit to the game, will most processors be able to handle a ship with about 303052 verts (can't count the polys, and it's going to go up 50 thou or so) without getting bogged down? I don't wanna cut it up, but...

[an0n]

Think how fast your 3D program would run with 6 of them moving about in a pre-render animation and while playing FS2.

[vyper]

Depends on the speed of the GPU rendering it.

[phreak]

im seeing smoke already...

[RandomTiger]

Even if we modified the source code to have any vertex count you like you have to remember that the FS2 engine is hardly optimal.

[Stryke 9]

True. But considering how the ship's a cruiser over 4k in length and practically a flying city, I don't think there need be more than one at a time.

I guess I could remove the substructuring and keep it out of missions with the REALLY big ships, see what happens...

[an0n]

You do know that most 3D programs have an Optimize modifier right? Just optimize it down a few thousand polys.

[Stryke 9]

It's got one, but I shudder to think of what I've seen it do to complex meshes. Anyway, there are some things which the ingame could do without.

BTW: The count is now 503720. And counting.