Insanely High Poly Counts - now you KNOW what to trash!
hardwaretoad:
LOL! Well put Yakov, and very informative as well. Hell, I'm still using BlooM's original "Sexy Feet" on some of my Sims in-game and they're 10,000 poly's all on their own ~ multiply that[/I] by your typical pool party... ;)
kalynn06:
This is a very good point. I actually went on a poly count craze about a year ago and purged. Now I take a more balanced approach, play on smaller lots, or have few mirrors if I want gardens or ponds or lots of fences, etc. Essentially I look at the item and decide if the poly count or extra animation or reflection is worth it, so some higher poly items have crept back in. I'm harshest for looking at polys on things like dining chairs that I will have multiples of on a lot or clutter for the same reason.
PegasusDiana:
After looking at the poly's on things last night I'm not purging anything. I use reflective floors all over my house, and every house has a pond, etc...I fill all my rooms and the outsides of my homes with plants and trees. The counts in the first post when you do averages for all the CC you've downloaded are about average. A lot of hair poly's begin between 6 to 8000. So I'm not going to worry about it. I have 1 gig video card ATI up from 512. Plus I have 8 gigs of ram, 2.6Ghz.
But, I still think this thread is good for people that have older PC's and can't handle the high poly counts. I play Oblivion on my PC with no problems at all and most the poly counts for it begin at like 20000. Now my son who has an older PC can't play Oblivion. While it's nice and I say this with no malice...to advise people to get a new PC or upgrade their older ones. That's not a reality for a lot of people. They have families to support, or they're teens that depend on their parents who have families to support. Not everyone has high paying jobs. Food, utilities, and health care are a little bit more important to them; then playing a game with no problems. My husband and I support two families. Ourselves, my son and his family since he lost his job. But, I would never expect everyone else to do the same. Nor would I just assume they could. We're extremely blessed there. Both of us have college degree's. My husband has an advanced degree. He's a scientist. If he were still a college professor no way could we have afforded it. Plus, we own part of a business which is why I no longer work and am able to stay at home and take care of my grandbabies. Plus too, my daughter and I are wanting to start another business. I plopped down 1,500 for my new video card, that's more than most newer PC's. But, not everyone can afford to do that. Many players have to play with the bare minimum requirements just to run the game, and that's just a reality.
veggiespork:
I'm surprised my game even runs. And it runs pretty fast too considering all of the stuff I have downloaded and all of the eps I have. It takes like forty minutes to LOAD the game but after that everything's tolerable. And this is what I play on:
It has a 7.2 inch LCD, Intel Pentium M Processor 753 (Centrino), 512 MB RAM, 60 GB Hard Drive. I'm not joking. This computer is magical.
Look at a vid of a woman holding it, it's a baby:
http://reviews.cnet.com/laptops/toshiba-libretto-u100/4505-3121_7-31341786.html
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dreamcatchermwh:
Wow , very informative thanksto everyone who shared their ideas on this post.I got freaked out a year ago and so i quit downloading objects all together. And i miss them.I have a very strong computer with lots of ram a great video card. And still i turn off shadows and mirrors, reflections and what not.But i noticed with the new Free Time game it terminates randomley when i play i also have all eps.I feel this poly count thing is vey interesting and relieved to see that it probably has nothing to do with this FreeTime ep. I love Vita's stuff i didn't have a problem with Vitas but i noticed it with Reflex stuff, just adding my two cents.:-)
I had to return to let you guys know that i removed insimenator from my game and all is well the crashing stopped. I downloaded a couple of recolors of the Sims 2 content and i have had no problems. I'm itching for Vita's downloads. Thanks.
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