Maximum player/ model polys

[GMer]

For the average computer ( 512mb ram for the sake of argument) what would the maximum number of polygons be for a player/pawn? I aquired a 10,000 poly model and stripped it down to 8,000. Should I do more?

[metal_head]

definetely! in my game I'm trying to put models with not more than 2000 polys.That sometimes sucks,because I got really cool modes (ofcourse I haven't made the mmyself) and I really hete to reduce the poltygons.

[Danimita92]

Also depends on the size of your levels, the quantity of things you put in it, also how many models are going to appear in a same level with how many polys. Maybe have a 6000 poly model (I wouldn't have more than 6000 even on good computers) and compensate with very low poly enemies or not many normal poly enemies, etc...

[Alextreme]

I think, RF can charge until 10.000= Player´s polys+ Level polys. But you must think in the game´s perfomance.

[GMer]

Thanks for the advice. I lost the model (when my computer got bombarded with evil trojan viruses, so I had to erase the hard drive and start from scratch), so that will allow me to start working on a really cool game (and maybe stop goofing around).