polygon problem

[MonkOnFire]

I seems to be having problems with poly counts.... my models are weighing in at way many more polies than they should be. Here's an example:

Over 1400 for this part alone. WTF is going on?

 

[mikeandike22]

it says u have 23 objects on screen, u shouldnt have that many for one part, and also some of the details u have on the gun are unnecessary to model, you should just normal map them, also there are a lot of places where you can do some optimizing.

 

[MonkOnFire]

I have isolated only a few parts, there are others including lights etc, so ignore those numbers. I think I have only included details which stick out and will be noticiable if in the skin.

 

[mindless_moder]

how much is the whole gun ? ..
maybe its showing the poly count of everything
oh and btw thats actually a triangle count ... so its going to be way higher than the poly count.

 

[MonkOnFire]

Lol how do I find out the polycount then?

EDIT: In XSI

 

[mikeandike22]

yeah 1400 polys would be ridiculous for a part of a gun, it is def in tris
cuz an smg(http://img25.echo.cx/img25/7923/smg21vw.jpg) that i made has 1133 polys

 

[MonkOnFire]

Lol oh thats good news, now I just need to find out whats the difference!! :S

 

[mikeandike22]

the differance is that yours is measuring all the triangles which is a lot more than a poly count would be cuz that measures all the squares.

 

[MonkOnFire]

so tricount = double polycount?

EDIT: Doesn't matter now, I found out that the part I posted actually has a polycount of 490! and the whole model is only 1267

Thanks for the help guys, you rock

 

[mikeandike22]

not double but more, it depends on the model, and ur new triangle count seems more accurate.