Vegetation

[drarem]

when painting trees on the landscape using vegetation, and those trees are .mdl's with 10k-15k polys, could this cause an impact? If so what could be done for performance improvement?

 

Thanks.

[cassius]

In my game I dispensed with tree shadows, but I have several pools of warter which show reflections of trees. Don't know which is most costly but trees without shadows look good when they have water reflections.

[Josh]

Don't use 10,000 poly trees!

[drarem]

Also did the 'veg painting' with other objects, not just the trees. We thought the impact would be minimal but I suppose with no physics and collision the fps impact would be minimal. Thanks.

[Josh]

That's too much for your graphics card to handle.

[martyj]

I recommend buying the Nature DLC package.

 

http://store.steampowered.com/app/430060/

 

It's hard to find 3d models of trees online with limited polygons.

 

If you want a greater selection of trees & bushes without grass, I recommend this pack. https://www.3dmodels-textures.com/Vegetation/VegetationModels

 

The nature pack is really good for all around items though. Everything is scaled correctly, with the appropriate shaders applied.

[Angelwolf]

Slightly off topic, perhaps, but does using vegetation cause anyone else's LE to crash?

 

When painting vegetation, my LE will sometimes crash and I have no choice but to restart it. And since putting the vegetation down without crashing, sometimes my LE will crash when I happen to fly past it in perspective view.

 

Using an Asus G73JH laptop if thats of any help.