Look at what I made and worship me! (Post Your Creations)

[Blind Pew]

corvi, that house is amazing! I've been looking for good beach lots 

[nikki]

Corvi that house looks awesome!  Like something I'd download..... and live in, hahaha.

[calalily]

I have a question to ask of my main downloading constituency.  The poly count recommendation is 800 polys per tile - would you download something over and above that?  Would you download objects that were around 1000 polys? I'm talking chairs, endtables here - not just a small decorative item. 

[keirra]

Cala, if the item is really nice, I would.  Unless poly's are sky high, I don't worry about them too much.  Whatcha making?  I wanna see.

[redisenchanted]

Nyx, I thought you were Corvidophile. I like your stuff, I use your adorable freckles and blush all the time.

Cala, sometimes I use higher poly stuff, that doesn't seem to be too high though.

[Quinctia]

Cala, that doesn't sound particularly high at all.  As long as it's not like...a BOX, it's probably worth the polys. XD

[calalily]

Ah - well that's alright then.  Here's what I'm talking about (cause Keirra asked  )



Due to reductions, this chair has 875 polys, but its little mates in the set have roughly 1000.

[chemistrycourtney]

Well, Cala, I think it looks nifty, and I'd probably download it.   

[keirra]

I like it Cala.  Very unique.  I would download.

[nikki]

Same here.  As long as it's a well-made unique object that looks good in game, I usually don't care much bout the poly-count.  I'd download that

[Saraswati]

I wouldn't worry.. now that I mention it, I remember Tig saying anything up to 1200 could be ok in some circumstances.

I suppose as long as you advertise the poly count? That way people can make their own choices?

[calalily]

Oh well then, this set will be in the next update at my site.  And gives me incentive to keep going - so thanks all of you. 

I wouldn't worry.. now that I mention it, I remember Tig saying anything up to 1200 could be ok in some circumstances.

I suppose as long as you advertise the poly count? That way people can make their own choices?

Oh well, see if they say 800, I feel guilty going over that. I buggerised around with the first object last night - 3 hours reduced about 20 vertices in a longwinded process, but because it's basically lots of rectangles put together, reducing polys doesn't work very well unless one wants one big rectangle. I was intending to put the poly count up anyway - but didn't know if there was a critical number people wouldn't go over. 

[Dr House]

I read long time ago on a sims 2 site that if you have a weak computer you have to be careful with chairs. A chair is slightly different than a decoration item, as it'll increase involuntarily the total polys in a lot. Simply because you don't put a single lonely chair, you'll put 4 or 6 chairs so that makes 800x4 or 800x6. So a total of 3200 polys added to the lot (or 4800 if you put 6 chairs in the lot).

When i think about that i'm a bit sceptic as Maxis'chairs must have more polys, no?
Anyway the chair looks already neat enough at 800

[calalily]

Thanks Dr. House.  The guide is 800 per tile - and yes, the Maxis stuff does sometimes have more. Sometimes if you have all custom furniture on a lot, then it will slow down considerably.

[scrappysim]

I always appreciate creators who put the polycount in the item description.  That way as I am placing it (or them in the case of multiple things like dining chairs or outdoor plants.) I can decide whether my lot is "poly heavy" and limit how many I use.  I have a lot of CC and I forget even if the creator posted it when I downloaded it.  I will even skip over a higher poly item if the poly count isnt in the description with the item because I know I will forget.  My computer is much better now than it used to be but I still prefer to have my game run as good as it can, however I dont mind using higher poly stuff as long as I know what the count is (and the item is pretty enough to justify it.)