Character poly counts

[Wazz Pants]

ok so I'm probably going to be moving my hostile kin mod over to HL2 from savage and changing the gameplay style significantly.
I was just wondering what the total amount of polys the source engine can handle on screen? and what the total amount of polys on screen that can be deticated to characters?

also how good will the LOD system be?
will LODs be changed determined by distance from the player or performance or both?

 

[crabcakes66]

1st question- Im not sure. if you search these forums im sure you will find an anwser though.

2nd question- From everything ive read. LOD'ing will be based both on distance and performance. If your fps drops...then the details lvls drop.

 

[Mr. Coffee]

Read the Half-Life 2 FAQ.

 

[simon]

i'm guessing for a character, between 5000/6000 triangles, LOD i don't know

 

[babywax]

Characters: 4000 for most, around 6000 for "plot" characters and people with larger roles. IIRC

 

[random.hero]

Do waht Mr. Coffee said, read the FAQ...and if you do, you'll find that its 7000 for main characters ( Alyx, Gordon, Barney ) and 5000-6000 for lesser characters ( Scientists, Zombies, etc ).

 

[ankalar]

Do waht Mr. Coffee said, read the FAQ...and if you do, you'll find that its 7000 for main characters ( Alyx, Gordon, Barney ) and 5000-6000 for lesser characters ( Scientists, Zombies, etc ).

This is for Valve's single player game. In multiplayer environments the polycounts need to be much lower, around the 3000-4000 area most likely.

 

[random.hero]

yeah, i forgot to mention that, and then i couldnt be arsed to edit my message. i knew someone with enough sense would come along and correct me...namely you

 

[Wazz Pants]

ok thanks for the replys

I already knew that characters where like 3k - 6k ish polys each, but i want to know if anybody knows what the total # of polys that can be on screen without too much of a performance hit (baised on a regualr system), and if anybody knows how many or what percentage of those are characters.

cause I'm thinking armies here of like 30-60 units fighting in each army (only going to be 2 armies in a game) so I gotta budget the unit polycounts accordingly. often times both armies will totally clash and it wouldnt be fun if your comptuer lit on fire and exploded then burnt your house to the ground, while stealing your credit card and dating your girlfriend behind your back.

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