Polygon Count for Static Objects?
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TinfoilTyrant
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Polygon Count for Static Objects?
Howdy, I'm looking to implement a couple static meshes into the background of a map but unsure of how many polygons/triangles to limit. Looking to use a few Fu Lions to decorate but not sure if MD3 or MD2 would be more apt and what limitations are involved. Previous searches yielded a six year old dead topic that focused on animated meshes but nothing of use for me.
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Caligari87
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Re: Polygon Count for Static Objects?
Static objects would be better done as OBJ in my understanding (which GZDoom does support).
As far as polygon count, I don't think there's any hard limit for OBJ so it's just minimum(whatever_looks_good) and max(whatever_doesnt_lag).
As far as polygon count, I don't think there's any hard limit for OBJ so it's just minimum(whatever_looks_good) and max(whatever_doesnt_lag).
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Cherno
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Re: Polygon Count for Static Objects?
Doesn't really matter too much. Use either MD3 or OBJ. MD3's can't be too big (I think 256 units in each direction?), so they'd have to be exported as a smaller version and then upscaled in GZDoom. OBJ models have no real size restrictions and are what I prefer for large, static models.