CoRnDogg Posted June 13, 2002 Share Posted June 13, 2002 Hey guys, Ok, I'm still working on my first model of a saber hilt and have run into a wall of sorts... After construction of the hilt, I'm up to about 1080 polys and need to bring that down a bit. In gmax I've selected the saber and went to the "smooth" option, and even though it seems to have a lower polycount, the properties still says 1080 polys. Please help!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V!G Posted June 13, 2002 Share Posted June 13, 2002 If you are using file/properties, then clicking on content to get your poly count. That is actualy the file properties. The poly count of your model at the time you last saved. A better way (and this was just shown to me a few days ago) is to click on the utitiles (the hammer) and click the configure button sets. Change the total number of buttons to 12 and drag the utility called "polygon counter" to the empty button. Now select everything in your scene and click on the polygon counter. It counts the polys in what ever you have selected so if you have tags leave them out of the selection. Pretty cool huh? You can even set your poly limit and it lets you know when your getting close. ALSO for sabers try to keep your hilts under 600 polys. A good technique is to keep your sabers low poly is to keep the number of sides and height segments as low as possible. the Gmax default is kind of high. I would set them up like this before ever starting to build. Height Segments: 1 Cao segments: 1 Sides: 6 This will help you keep the over all shape the same but keep your poly count low. You may want to try it out on the next saber you do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoRnDogg Posted June 14, 2002 Author Share Posted June 14, 2002 Thank you V!G!!! You're a life saver! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoRnDogg Posted June 14, 2002 Author Share Posted June 14, 2002 Thank you V!G!!! You're a life saver! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoRnDogg Posted June 14, 2002 Author Share Posted June 14, 2002 Where exactly do you set the height segments, Cao segments, and sides in gmax? p.s. sorry about the double post! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Methuselah Posted June 14, 2002 Share Posted June 14, 2002 wah? you don't know where to set those stuff? you can set them before you create your stuff, at the right side of your screen. or if you've already created it, go to the Modifier tab, and change the stuff.. it's also on the right side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoRnDogg Posted June 14, 2002 Author Share Posted June 14, 2002 DOH!!! Man I feel like a goofball now! I was thinking there was an overall setting for everything you make to be set to those parameters. Anyway, thanks a lot guys... I know I'm new to this thing, but I'll get the hang of it with your help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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