smallspace opened this issue on Aug 07, 2001 ยท 35 posts
Bop posted Wed, 08 August 2001 at 12:39 AM
Well... here's what I (and only I) can think about it... Making some really good models high detailed is a very very good idea... most of us are in need of such that kind of things ! Higly Poseable with ease of use ? We would be fool to refuse that... saving time on that kind of things is gaining time for searching the good lights, and camera angles :-) 100 000 Polys ? Well as it was said, when you want only one part of the model you hide what is not interesting for you... You need an outside looking of the plane ? You delete all the seats, and elements of cockpit. You camera is in cockpit ? Delete the rest of the plane !!! It's only 100 000 polys if you manage your scene mindless... Beside all this, the question is "is there a market fot this ?". I think, most of users (or I can say it for me), vehicles (planes, car, etc...) are usually only parts of a whole scene. Or, it should be usefull for professional users with specifics needs. I've never seen (or I may be blind ?) an attempt to make a scene inside of a car, a bus, or a plane. Maybe for trains or boats models ?... But, only my point of view, it looks like there would be more demands on highly detailed buildings. Good looking victorians manor, New Orlean style house, Skyscraper, Gothic Cathedrals, Modern Art museum, Roman Castle, futuristic factory, french buildings, fantasy tower are more impressives and artistics models and are, perhaps, more interesting for poser's (and other's rendering software) users. Weapons ? There is already a lot of talented modelers specialized in making weapons... one more, for commercial point of view, is, in my opinion, a mistake... Characters ? Sure !!! We're all looking for new characters. A good new character is often the start of a good new scene... :-) Well... as I said before, it's my own opinion. Some will adgree while others could not... I keep in mind that it is for -commercial- purpose of a "well established 3D model company". Some of us will want some plane models, some will backstep for polycount, some will... That's all fols !!! :-) PS : I'm french, so you will excuse the eventuals faults in that message. I hope it is legible...