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lukaspanic · 26-09-2008, 11:00 PM

It is kinda hard to find some good information on this or at least I haven't found out where to look.
How many polygons is acceptable for a mmorpg game character in a Direct X 9 game engine?
I used the WoW model viewer the models there are around 1000 - 1500 tris. However, they tried to make a game that runs even on dishwashers.
Other game characters i see have 8000-10000 tris and that seems way to much for me. Whats your opinion?

26-09-2008, 11:00 PM	#1 (permalink)
lukaspanic New Artist 1 - 0	Character Polygon Budget for Modern MMORPGs? It is kinda hard to find some good information on this or at least I haven't found out where to look. How many polygons is acceptable for a mmorpg game character in a Direct X 9 game engine? I used the WoW model viewer the models there are around 1000 - 1500 tris. However, they tried to make a game that runs even on dishwashers. Other game characters i see have 8000-10000 tris and that seems way to much for me. Whats your opinion?