-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 flying.toaster schrieb: > Just one question before I get started ... > > What is the "reasonnable" polygon count (in triangles or quads) that can be > accepted by most platforms without turning into a slideshow ? > > For strike fighters this is somewhere in the 10,000 range (with a damage > model). > > I have come to realise that an iBook with a power PC G4 at 1GHz (the thing I > am using to write this mail) is rather > slower (understatement) than my other box (Linux box Radeon 9600Pro and 2 GHz > Athlon). > > I can make something quite pretty with 7000 to 8000 polygons (given that the > tomcat has quite complex shapes) > With 15,000 polygons it can be really great...
I can't give you numbers, but the fewer the better. Especially with a fighter plane that you might see during a dog fight it's crucial that the frame rate stays up. So I sugesst that you use LOD heavily. Having a high poly model for looking at it on the runway is great. But a low poly model that you'll see from a short distance (i.e. the dog fight) is also important. CU, Christian -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (MingW32) iD8DBQFEU3kclhWtxOxWNFcRAmLIAKCrdHJk2GWS5YEIf40sZhDCzpOECgCePigd gzESlzH0ZrYS4Ak/RwloKmE= =PLXf -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
