Just one question before I get started ... What is the "reasonnable" polygon count (in triangles or quads) that can be accepted by most platforms without turning into a slideshow ?
For strike fighters this is somewhere in the 10,000 range (with a damage model). I have come to realise that an iBook with a power PC G4 at 1GHz (the thing I am using to write this mail) is rather slower (understatement) than my other box (Linux box Radeon 9600Pro and 2 GHz Athlon). I can make something quite pretty with 7000 to 8000 polygons (given that the tomcat has quite complex shapes) With 15,000 polygons it can be really great... Enrique ------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel