Author Topic: Blender Help, Polycount. (Read 1347 times)

Cassord� · December 29, 2013, 12:13:12 AM

How do I lower the polycount to make it more blockland-like?

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BluetoothBoy · December 29, 2013, 09:46:11 AM

Well, if you have a ton of faces, you could use the decimate modifier to slightly reduce your number. Other than that, though, the only way I know of doing it is remaking the model.

Demian · December 29, 2013, 10:16:22 AM

I personally just prefer redoing the whole model from scratch using the higher poly 3D model as reference. This is only good for Blockland models due to the art style which is something you need to keep in mind right from the start. For other things: retopology.

Cassord� · December 29, 2013, 02:42:38 PM

Quote from: BluetoothBoy on December 29, 2013, 09:46:11 AM

Well, if you have a ton of faces, you could use the decimate modifier to slightly reduce your number. Other than that, though, the only way I know of doing it is remaking the model.

I tried that with a cylinder mesh and it just made it all weird.

Demian · December 29, 2013, 02:59:55 PM

Quote from: Cassord� on December 29, 2013, 02:42:38 PM

I tried that with a cylinder mesh and it just made it all weird.

Decimate is only good for organic meshes. Un-Subdivide mode might work for some hard-surface cases. For round things: remodel them. You could also try Remesh.

BluetoothBoy · December 30, 2013, 08:57:04 AM

Quote from: Demian on December 29, 2013, 02:59:55 PM

Decimate is only good for organic meshes. Un-Subdivide mode might work for some hard-surface cases. For round things: remodel them. You could also try Remesh.

By the way, what is Remesh?

Demian · December 30, 2013, 09:58:25 AM

Quote from: BluetoothBoy on December 30, 2013, 08:57:04 AM

By the way, what is Remesh?

A modifier in Blender.

Axo-Tak · January 04, 2014, 02:43:15 AM

Try not to use cylinders, use octagonal prisms. Create, then subdivide a plane and use the push/pull tool until you get a regular octagon. Afterwards, extrude it.

I'm not sure how to make a prism with an edge count that isn't a power of 2 (8, 16, 32), though.

Do what Demian said below.

Demian · January 04, 2014, 11:22:15 PM

Ignore Axo-Tak, he's talking about MilkShape.

Make cylinders and press F6 to open a dialog to change the amount of vertices. 6 and 8 are most commonly used in models for Blockland.

Axo-Tak · January 05, 2014, 12:20:56 AM

Quote from: Demian on January 04, 2014, 11:22:15 PM

Ignore Axo-Tak, he's talking about MilkShape.

Make cylinders and press F6 to open a dialog to change the amount of vertices. 6 and 8 are most commonly used in models for Blockland.

I didn't even know you could do that in Blender, thank you for telling us that.

BluetoothBoy · January 05, 2014, 07:38:18 PM

Quote from: Demian on January 04, 2014, 11:22:15 PM

Ignore Axo-Tak, he's talking about MilkShape.

Make cylinders and press F6 to open a dialog to change the amount of vertices. 6 and 8 are most commonly used in models for Blockland.

16 is pretty common as well.

Aware · January 05, 2014, 09:54:56 PM

Quote from: BluetoothBoy on January 05, 2014, 07:38:18 PM

16 is pretty common as well.

Yeah, if you are doing that ugly super detailed attempt

Demian · January 05, 2014, 10:22:21 PM

Quote from: BluetoothBoy on January 05, 2014, 07:38:18 PM

16 is pretty common as well.

I personally never go higher than 12.

BluetoothBoy · January 06, 2014, 10:27:03 AM

Quote from: Aware on January 05, 2014, 09:54:56 PM

Yeah, if you are doing that ugly super detailed attempt

Wheels...?