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Published: 2012-04-06 22:31:30 +0000 UTC; Views: 2302; Favourites: 32; Downloads: 68
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An asset for the church environment I'm currently making. I'm aware that 15051 tris for a lowpoly model is a bit too much but there's a lot of details, it's a unique asset in the scene and I didn't want to screw the model so it would bake correctly. I think I can still reduce the polycount but I'll see when I'll have several more assets if it's necessary or not.Software used: 3ds max, ZBrush, XNormal, UDK
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Thank you very much!
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Very nice job on the unwrap with that model o.0
But isn't maybe better to make the middle part with just planes? 
Great work thought, love it.
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Thanks a lot!
The unwrap was maybe the easiest part to do in the whole process.
I know for the middle part, I'm gonna change it because it's too high poly for the actual "in game" environment. I'll probably keep this version for my portfolio, though.
Thanks for the feedback!
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This is beautiful, and so complex! That entire top half though could be very easily replaced by 2 triangles with transparency. I wouldn't try to make a med-poly version at all... I'd make 1 LOD at 128 tris and 5122 maps, then use this one right before the camera gets close enough to see the flaws in the LOD.
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Thank you!
I hadn't thought of reducing this part on a 2 tris polygon but it's a great idea since the area is almost planar. I'll probably do that for the final asset. I've looked at it and it saves me about half of my tricount. Considering that I can still optimize the rest of the model, it should bring my tricount down a lot.
Thank a lot for the feedback!
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You're welcome! 
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For that, I mostly know the theory but keep failing at doing the right thing. It's either I put too many tris or too few. I should learn about the good middle.
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I was never good with the middle either!
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Looking good, but depending on how prominent this will be you will really want to lower the tri count, and even might reduce the texture sizes. You're using UDK? Planning to make a game with this? Then I'd say drop it A LOT. 15k tris is about the minimum amount they use for characters in third person games (thus always standing in front of your sight) and even if this is a unique prop it'd still just ask a very heavy toll on your performance, given you'll want to keep the same level of detail in the whole scene.
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Yes, I'm aware of this. I don't plan on making a game, just an environment for my portfolio but even so depending on the rest I might have to reduce the polycount and texture size. Like I said in the description, I want to have more props and to have more things for the project before deciding what I want to do with it.
Thanks for the advice! I'll definitely take it into consideration for later in the project!
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Thanks!
No, I'm going to use it in an environment for my portfolio.
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Okay - too bad, I've wanted something like that
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This is a really nice piece. You did an excellent job on it.
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looking at these UV maps always makes my head hurt -_-
nice lil piece tho
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Thanks a lot!
The UV maps weren't that complicated to do.
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Yeah, I know. Took me a while to finish it
Thanks for the fav!
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