Chad, If you don't think you have "too much textures" take the time to calculate out just how much memory they are all taking. You might surprise yourself. A single "full color" (32 bit color) 512x512 image takes 1 Meg. Slam just a few dozen of those around and you're seriously straining even the best video cards.
- John Wright Starfire Research Chad Zalkin wrote: > > I don't think I have too much geometery or textures (but then again, what is > too much?)... my thought now becomes that maybe I'm using poor image formats > for my textures. > > How should I figure out (aside from trying them all ;) ) optimal > settings/formats/compression for the images? > > Chad Zalkin > > =========================================================================== > To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body > of the message "signoff JAVA3D-INTEREST". For general help, send email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "help". =========================================================================== To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff JAVA3D-INTEREST". For general help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "help".
