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Atrocities posted:
I disagree, sir. Take a look at some of the user created models for ST Armada 2. Quite a few of them were right around the 1000 polies mark. I think that when dealing with low poly modeling your textures have to spot-on to make the model look good.

Speaking of low poly modeling, have you checked out the latest version of Milkshape 3d? http://www.milkshape3d.com/ They released a new version just the other day.

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Well, i think i read SE5 will display static models as well, so we could still use the "old" SE4 sets. Poly count aint that big of a problem imho. The Brakiri ships i posted looked quite ugly, but they had a poly count of 2000-4000. This sounds alot for a shipset so ugly, but in fact i used alot of highest-grade "ball" objects, which feature several hundreds polys by themself.
The Vree saucer for example uses a merely 600 polygons and looks pretty good imho. I doubt SE5 will be able to display glow zones though http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif

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Heh, well if we're talking about 1000 poly models for them to work in SE5, it looks like most of my shipsets are out. Terran Battlecruiser has already reached 150,000polys and it's not even done yet!

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Starfury has some glow support...

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The lower the poly count per ship, the more ship you can have in a scene.

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The key to keeping low poly counts is to ensure your long boxy sections and slopes use the fewest polys as possible (they'll still look reasonable) while using the savings to splurge a bit on cylindrical and saucer shapes.

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The shortest distance between two points is a strait line. Same goes for ploygon counts. *shrug* Not my worry. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

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I have already made over a 120 + components and such. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif I could make more, and most likely will. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

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BSG shipset, all the way!

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I'd love to see someone do a really good cylon set http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...es/biggrin.gif