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Offline Omniscaper

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Reply #260 on: December 17, 2003, 06:41:12 pm
THANK YOU Flipside. That tip solved my crashing problems. I was unaware of the > 7k poly crash problem. I limited my single mesh poly counts to 5k and that solved my Sovereign crash prob. MAD KUDOS TO YOU. I can now start turreting the 12k multi mesh beast.
 

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Reply #261 on: December 17, 2003, 07:06:01 pm
mmmm
have the SCP guys placed a limit w/o advising us, or is it something they didn't know too?
 

Offline Omniscaper

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Reply #262 on: December 18, 2003, 08:10:50 pm
SEVEN, count them, SEVEN Galaxy class starships and 2 squadrons of Herc II's make an ill-fated assault on a Shivan SATHANAS!!!

Galaxy (16k polys with 1.5k Poly shields and 36 turrets) x 7
It may not be evident on the pictures but believe me they are there.

Hows that for a good bench press for FSO.

http://dynamic3.gamespy.com/~bridgecommander/phpBB/viewtopic.php?p=214306

I'll try 14 now.... =)

I want to crash the game damn it!

Update: I've gathered a fleet of 10, one of which is a Sovereign!!! Pictures in the same link, at the bottom of that page.
« Last Edit: December 18, 2003, 08:39:34 pm by 1582 »
 

Offline Singh

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Reply #263 on: December 18, 2003, 10:15:26 pm
*jaw drops to the floor*

*wants those models so bad so he can FRED a full-blown mission with hte Enterprise, the shivans and the GTVA :o*
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Offline Knight Templar

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Reply #264 on: December 18, 2003, 11:12:36 pm
Sovereign = Spooge

:yes:
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Reply #265 on: December 19, 2003, 06:18:28 am
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holy **** that is awesome me want's:eek2: :eek: :) :yes: :yes:
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Offline KARMA

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Reply #266 on: December 19, 2003, 07:35:26 am
the light on the galaxies' dish, where there is the identification number, is a texture/glow effect?
 

Offline J3Vr6

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Reply #267 on: December 19, 2003, 08:03:12 am
Wow... and they're all hi-poly ships?!  What was the framerate like when things were really going crazy?
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Reply #268 on: December 19, 2003, 08:12:51 am
i think that high poly models should be like this

Fighter's/bombers 1000
Cruiser's 2000-3000
corvettes 3000-4000
Destroyer's 5000-6000

and non-compat ships 1000-5500 support,station's etc etc
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Reply #269 on: December 19, 2003, 08:20:40 am
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Originally posted by Holy Imperial Gloriano
i think that high poly models should be like this

Fighter's/bombers 1000
Cruiser's 2000-3000
corvettes 3000-4000
Destroyer's 5000-6000

and non-compat ships 1000-5500 support,station's etc etc


And you've based that on what?
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Offline Gloriano

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Reply #270 on: December 19, 2003, 08:24:06 am
just idea :)
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Reply #271 on: December 19, 2003, 08:28:58 am
Not a very good one. It wouldn't make much of a difference from the standard FS2 especially when it comes to fighters and things like the Galaxy model would be right out.
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Offline Omniscaper

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Reply #272 on: December 19, 2003, 02:48:22 pm
The Saucer light is a glow map. That Galaxy port also has LODS that can give the folks with aging video cards some slack. I believe the lowest detail model has only 300 polys but is REALY ugly. The step below the highest is shown in the first picture I ever put up of the Galaxy, 3000 Polys I believe.

My system can handle multiple 16k's so I'm gonna try and push it to the brink. FS seems to crash when I try to put 9 Galaxies and 1 Sovy in the same Sathanas scenario. Investigating the crash...
 

Offline diamondgeezer

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Reply #273 on: December 19, 2003, 02:52:55 pm
I would just like to say that that picture is obscenely gobsmacking. Oh, and this:

 

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Reply #274 on: December 19, 2003, 03:43:05 pm
actually the last LOD should be far less than 300 triangles.
you really don't need details, the LOD3 model is used just to give something to render in the few pixels of the monitor used at its render distance.
and - believe me on this- 3k polys is far, far too high even for lod1.
The point is that this way you reduce a lot the gameplay, LODS are intended just to increase gameplay, for models without much details or high res textures, that will be useless at the distances they are rendered.
A model of around 1k triangles will be even too much for a lod1.
 

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Reply #275 on: December 19, 2003, 03:55:53 pm
I reckon a decent guid for LODing (specifically LOD1) is to shrink the view of the model down to the size ingame - the left-side HUD display, to be precise.
 

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Reply #276 on: December 19, 2003, 04:03:13 pm
Lod1 is also used for your targetting display image of the ship, so I try to keep it moderately detailed, but after that, It doesn't matter too much.

Sorry Aldo, didn't see your post :)
 

Offline Omniscaper

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Reply #277 on: December 20, 2003, 02:34:39 am
Make that 11 Galaxy Classes, 1 Sovereign, 1 Sathanas!!!!

I'm just gonna keep upping the anty till it crashes.

Part 2 of the Sathana's incursion into the federation.

http://dynamic3.gamespy.com/~bridgecommander/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=13341
 

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Reply #278 on: December 20, 2003, 02:43:51 am
WOW:eek2: :eek2: :eek2: :eek2: :eek:
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Reply #279 on: December 20, 2003, 03:05:03 am
:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: ;7
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