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Stranger of Paradise Apparently Uses Unoptimized High Polycount Models
- Thread starter dex3108
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So they basically just threw in the original sculpted models? I mean I know retopologizing models isn't very fun at all but damn lol
I mean, XIV fell into similar traps and thus needed a miracle reboot to fix things.
It would take a lot of effort to change all the models, add more normal maps etc, i don't think so.
It would probably be very costly to fix and it wouldn't result in many additional sales
I think it's very unlikely they fix this unless it really blows up into a big news story... and I don't see that happening with a relatively niche game like this.
This game was mainly developed by Koei Tecmo though, and this is exactly the sort of thing I'd expect from them.
High polycount isn't necessarily a bad thing these days, depending on the game engine. What makes it bad is what you do with those polys - do you have expensive shaders on them, fancy lighting and shadow effects? Then yeah, your performance could be in for a world of hurt. But otherwise it could be perfectly fine. Poly count is only one aspect of GPU performance.
I've used multi-million poly models in a Unity app on the Oculus Quest 2 and maintained 90fps.
I've used multi-million poly models in a Unity app on the Oculus Quest 2 and maintained 90fps.
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Hasn't Team Ninja been doing this to varying extents since Ninja Gaiden? Like it started as flexing system power and now they just do it because they can. Makes their games look distinct af but they don't always run so great because of it.
I've never played FFXIII and only now just realized that it has a weird glossy coat:That's what you get after everyone made fun of this:
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No. This is either a sign of incompetence or serious schedule and budgetary constraints. Typically game characters are sculpted in a program like Z-Brush that produces very high poly models that aren't well optimized enough to go in-game. The artists then go through an optimization process called mesh decimation where they reduce the the total poly count (while keeping the model looking looking similar). Team Ninja just didn't do step 2.
They did do step 2. Also, decimation and retopology are two different things. You have to retopologize your mesh to make it suitable for rigging and animating. You don't rig a raw zbrush sculpt, decimated or otherwise