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| Demian:
--- Quote from: Squideey on August 11, 2012, 08:10:00 AM ---Each stud would suddenly become 12 extra polygons. A standard 32x32 plate would go from having 6 quads to having 5,125 quads. --- End quote --- Where did you get 12? --- Quote from: Demian on August 11, 2012, 05:42:10 AM ---Normal mapping would indeed be very nice as I have demonstrated here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaAELYgp7vw So let's do the math. You're a graphics whore and absolutely must have 3D studs. How many faces would it really add? Right now the brick top stud texture consists of 1 quad face. With 3D studs it would have 5 faces. So in total a textured brick has 10 quad faces. (Regardless of size I think.) A 3D stud brick would have (brickSizeX*brickSizeY)*5+10 quad faces. Let's take the good ol' 16x baseplate. Without a 3D stud it has 10 quad faces. With a 3D stud it has (16*16)*5+10 = 1290 quad faces. Do you see the problem here? A single 16x baseplate with 3D studs costs 1290 quads. With that price you could plant 129 regular bricks. That is a single 16x baseplate. Let's load a build! Say something average like a 75,000 brick build. An estimate I pulled out of thin air says that 25,000 stud tops are visible. That is (25000^2)*5+10 = 3,125,000,010 quad faces compared to the 250,000 quad faces that the build would have without the 3D stud. "But I'm a graphics whore and I wan't shadows bitch!". As you wish. Let's destroy your computer.((25000^2)*5+10)*4 = 12,500,000,040 That's 12 billion. Now please never request this again. --- End quote --- |
| Squideey:
--- Quote from: Demian on August 11, 2012, 08:35:56 AM ---Where did you get 12? --- End quote --- I should have said 10. |
| Demian:
--- Quote from: Squideey on August 11, 2012, 05:10:22 PM ---I should have said 10. --- End quote --- Please explain yourself. I still do not see how you get 10 faces. |
| Paradon:
--- Quote from: Demian on August 11, 2012, 05:53:34 PM ---Please explain yourself. I still do not see how you get 10 faces. --- End quote --- Look at the first one, every side is 2 faces |
| Demian:
--- Quote from: Paradon on August 11, 2012, 06:39:52 PM --- Look at the first one, every side is 2 faces --- End quote --- Err no. The 3D stud is made of 5 faces. 1 at the top and 4 at the sides. |
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