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Post by Hell »

a few more models i made in cinema 4d (its a new progrma to em still getting use to it,ussualy sue 3ds max)

a hut posted before
http://www.freewebs.com/3d-cafe/hutpic.jpg

drinks shop
http://www.freewebs.com/3d-cafe/spritedrinks.jpg
if you wish u can use these for you world just egt in touch with me vantra.lerioonia@gmail.com
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Post by Hell »

No one gonna reply then? (btw to see them copie the link and put it in adress bar)
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Post by Mit »

the hut is 5800 polys .. which is a bit extreme for the design.. I suggest perhaps havin a look at tools or techniques to optimise that down a bit..

(Although it might not seem a problem to you when you view it, it makes for a bigger downloads (and world owners dont like their bandwidth used unnecessarily) and players with lower-end computers will get a drop in framerate. And if you've got say.. 50 of those on the world all in view at once, thats over 290,000 polys, which is gonna affect the framerate on even the best computers.. I'd be looking for something more around the 100 - 200 poly mark for a building of that complexity).

(Hope you dont mind the constructive criticism)
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Post by Hell »

nope its fine
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Post by Malkiah »

in most cases HEll just over poly areas that are expandle for deforming later on, we all know the more vertexes the smoother a deform, the smoother a deform, the better an animation.
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Post by zaroba »

alot of detail can be put on the texture and doesen't need to be in the model itself.

the hut can just be a cone with a rounded pyramid ontop. easily under 100 faces total
stuff like door frames, windows, etc can all be in the texture.

plus, players don't usually see the models in-game very closely.
so lack of smoothness wont be noticed easily, so even if thiers only 15-20 devisions around the outside of the cone or rounded pyramid, it wont be noticed unless a player is zoomed all the way in.
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Post by Ghelna8 »

zaroba wrote:the hut can just be a cone with a rounded pyramid ontop.
Do you mean a cylinder with a cone on top?

Also, the hut doesn't really look like a hut. The stone walls clash with the wooden roof poorly, and thebbits at the top seem more industrial in nature.
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Post by Hell »

The stone walls clash with the wooden roof poorly
well its straw not stone, and my models are amde this way because i work for a mmorpg and we can use models like this plus im using a whole new program wich is frustrating :P anyway thanks for this constructive critsium ill ahve to keep it in mind when modling for the universal. (btw if you woundering what i use currently,i startes using cinema 4d i use to use 3ds max and some times verry unlightly milkshape 3d)
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Post by zaroba »

different people like different things.
you could always make several textures for the hut so world owners could choose the one they want.
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