About 3D Modding

Lex0R · Post by **Lex0R** » Thu Nov 17, 2011 2:43 pm

Hi, can anyone answer me, what is the requirements of polygon count, transparency and other features of ship 3D models?

Thanks.

Accountant · Post by **Accountant** » Fri Nov 18, 2011 3:14 am

I think it really depends on the amount of memory available to your system. I, personally, try to keep polycount and texture sizes low to keep impact on my system low. My cockpits range from 800 to 1000 polygons and my ships range from 600 to 1600 polygons.

I think it is safe to safe that you can go a little crazier with the cockpits, because there is only 1 of that model being rendered at any time. The ships might need to be a little lighter because there could be multiple models rendered at any time.

-Accountant

Lex0R · Post by **Lex0R** » Fri Nov 18, 2011 6:25 pm

From post: 119829, Topic: tid=8150, author=Accountant wrote:I think it really depends on the amount of memory available to your system. I, personally, try to keep polycount and texture sizes low to keep impact on my system low. My cockpits range from 800 to 1000 polygons and my ships range from 600 to 1600 polygons.

I think it is safe to safe that you can go a little crazier with the cockpits, because there is only 1 of that model being rendered at any time. The ships might need to be a little lighter because there could be multiple models rendered at any time.

-Accountant

Thx for response