Zaycrow posted at 1:25 PM Wed, 5 June 2024 - #4485770

Object/Create Grouping. That will add a group in your Hierarchy editor and you can drag and drop content from your scene in that Group - or Groups. Then you can hide that group(s) from the scene. I use it all the time for big scenes.

To decimate a figure - Figure/Reduce polygons.

To decimate an Object - Object/Reduce polygons

That being said... I used that option to reduce polygons, and it did, but it didn't seem to improve performance much. I clearly need to investigate what's going on in this scene in more detail. 

I cannot answer all of your questions, but I can say that if you are trying for realistic renders, under Render Settings you select the Nvidia GeForce option. CPU should almost never be selected.

EVargas posted at 9:34 AM Sat, 25 May 2024 - #4485274

I believe Blender (free) can decimate while keeping the UVs (so you don't have to deal with fixing textures/materials).

My approach was different in that I duplicated the cr2 file, renamed it and then edited it in Notepad++ to reference the newly created low-res copy of the OBJ file. This approach allowed me to experiment without mucking up the older versions of the file and prop. As I noted in a post above, though, the UVs were blown away and I wound up trying other approaches to simplify the scene.

Dang those trees!

If I cannot get this to work, I'm going to give the Blender method a shot.

Thank you again VERY MUCH!

Take a look at Groups.

RedPhantom posted at 7:16 AM Sat, 25 May 2024 - #4485268

I've also found hiding most things in the scene works well to improve response time. That won't help with render times, but response times while working with the scene drastically improve. I'd also look at other things in your scene and look at those polys. I find trees are another source of slowdown. (I'm assuming with mountains, it's an outdoor scene) Unfortunately, those seem to need to be high poly.

THANKS. Hiding stuff does help with the response time! Yup... lots of trees. Hiding them REALLY helped. I even removed a cliff that I kinda liked, but wasn't really essential to the composition. That cut some polygons from the scene.

Y-Phil posted at 4:17 PM Wed, 22 May 2024 - #4485157

mmitchell_houston posted at 5:46 AM Wed, 22 May 2024 - #4485142

And PLEASE add Lights Dots.

Lights dots? interesting idea. In between, I'm using groups of lights, and using a script I turn them on/off by group:

https://www.renderosity.com/marketplace/products/149334/light-dots-for-poser-12

In another post I suggested they add the ability for us to add notes/name when the fot is created. Then it could appear as a tooltip when we mouse over the dot.

Also, adding color coding would be nice. 

Snd PLEASE increase the number to 16 or 20.

PLEASE add Boolean operations.

And it is LONG past time that you expand the Memory Dots. Increase them to either 16 or 20 AND add ability to either color code each dot or add notes (or both). Maybe you could name the dot and have that appear as you hover over it, like a tooltip.

And PLEASE add Lights Dots.

How about an upgrade to the MORPH TOOL or some other minor mesh editing options. I would love to see some basic Boolean operations like Subtract, Union, Combine, and so forth. Even if it's only for non-rigged items, it would be VERY useful.

I placed my votes!

FWIW, 'HITHER' can provide Muggles' X-Ray vision, by letting you position camera outside room and make intervening wall / tall furniture invisible.

Handy for forest scenes, too, when otherwise ideal camera location is right behind a tree...

;-)

Thank you BOTH so much. I knew it was something simple that I wasn't doing correctly. This is EXACTLY the info I needed!

Very nice work, and a nice goal. Good luck.

WOW! I'm honored to be in such illustrious company! This is cool!