Polygons count

[Hair|Trigger]

If I had like 5000 polys on a map would it be laggy? 

Even if most of them were small little triangles placed all over the place for purposes of shading, would they affect performance very much?  or is it scenery that mostly lags maps. 

My current map, I think may end up having 1 or maybe 2 thousand polys

[jrgp]

Yeah, when you have a rediculous number of polygons (over 1000) the map can get laggy, but pretty much only on older systems. A relatively modern computer would play maps with a high poly-count just fine.

[iDante]

I have an old computer and I do lag on maps with 1000+ polygons. Please keep the count low, or I will be very sad.

[Blue-ninja]

Keep the count as high as any of VirtualTT's maps and I will be mad.

[Boblekonvolutt]

I used to play on a 2002 mid range computer, ran up to 2000 polygons fine. Was 1.3.1 though, dunno how it would run Soldat now.

[Eagles_Arrows]

Tons of little polygons on screen = Lag

And

Tons of huge, transparent sceneries = Lag

[Hair|Trigger]

I noticed when I made the clouds on my map, they lagged the hell out of me on my crappy FX5500 graphics card :E

I moved them way up in the air so they would have a presence, but you wouldn't see them lingering there all the time.

Date Posted: June 13, 2008, 07:46:09 pmoh and E_A, what's wrong in those pictures?  I dont see how it could be so bad..

Date Posted: June 13, 2008, 07:47:13 pmAND:  Dw guys, I'm cutting short on the polys so it should be about 500....  If all goes according to plan

[Eagles_Arrows]

Try playing VirtualTT's ctf_Eclipse or dm_Magica, then you'll see.

[Keron Cyst]

Yeah, those examples were good dumb ones. No one except a graphic designer is going to pay attention to all that little detail in a boulder. The most color-complex you should ever make a boulder shouldn't be much more than the # of polygons in one in inf_Argy or what have you. 1000+ is really unnecessary.