UT3 "characters are upwards of 30 million polygons"

[oramay]

http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=81024
"To get the detail that we need, our characters are upwards of 30 million polygons." - Chris Wells, UT3 artist

Is this the norm these days? Am I shocked only because I'm ignorant?

 

[AlNom]

He's talking about the source models that are used to generate normal maps.

 

[Neb]

As AlStrong said, but I expect the ingame models to have somewhere between 10-25k polygons. :smile:

 

[sunscar]

I wouldn't expect even that - The norm for Gears is only between seven (humanoids) to twelve thousand (Huge monster creatures), and the games are similar in scope; Similar single or multi-player modes with a similar target for number of characters per active map, so I'm figuring they won't be too far off the mark set by Gears.

 

[groper]

If i recall correct in GoW single player they use 12.500 polygons, 2048X2048 texture resolution and 50 bones for the 4 Gears. For the Locusts and civilians i assume they use about half of them (6.000 polys and 1024x1024 texture resolution).

 

[Cyan]

If i recall correct in GoW single player they use 12.500 polygons, 2048X2048 texture resolution and 50 bones for the 4 Gears. For the Locusts and civilians i assume they use about half of them (6.000 polys and 1024x1024 texture resolution).

Thx for the insight. Pretty interesting you mention GoW because, conscious or unconsciously, you're stating a known fact -- the art of both games is indistinguishable.

Cheers

 

[Albuquerque]

He's talking about the source models that are used to generate normal maps.

As AlStrong said, but I expect the ingame models to have somewhere between 10-25k polygons. :smile:

+ eleventy brazillions...