Low poly budget?

Complex UV Layout in Maya

Over the last couple of years UV layout in Maya has changed for the better. In this course we're going to be taking a look at some of those changes as we UV map an entire character

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# 1 28-09-2006 , 12:42 PM

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I trying to get a portfolio together comprising solely of game art, what would be a realistic poly count for an in game dog, in similar scenario's as the tomb raider series and what texture sheet res would be used in studio conditions?

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# 2 28-09-2006 , 04:00 PM

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A realistic Poly-Count by today standards for games...1-2k faces, tops, me thinks...=\

EDIT: re-read your post...eh, for a dog, maybe 600-1k faces, tops

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# 3 28-09-2006 , 04:58 PM

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I thought next gen games could handle like 8000 for a character ?

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# 4 28-09-2006 , 06:26 PM

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Yeah but pixel I was after a rough limit for a dog, not a character. Cheers

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# 5 28-09-2006 , 06:41 PM

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Well, I think NextGen still needs a bit more time to get rolling...bet even then, I'd assume a dog wouldn't be too high; maybe it would get the "old-character limit" of 3-4k.