| still confused on the ladder [message #30948] |
Sun, 13 July 2003 22:24  |
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Captkurt
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Registered: February 2003
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Just a tip, but for a less poly version of a ladder you can just make a simple box, use the LADDER.DDS texture (use XCC Mixer and copy as TGA), and use the alpha blend shader.
The Boolean tool, however, is a very valuable tool to know, though.
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What you say is true about the difference in Polly Count, I just made a 50'X2'X0.4' ladder using the Boolean and then did one as you mention here using the same size box. Here’s the difference Boolean ladder = 499 polygons and the box ladder = 12 polygons,
But the quality of appearance is by far beaten by the Boolean method; it looked like a real ladder, where as the box ladder looked very strange, cheap. So, if you’re really in need of cutting or saving polygons but don’t mind how it looks then this is the choice you might choose.
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