Mesh Density

[neilford]

I see these beautiful models with millions of polys. How do you animate a mesh that is so dense that you can't even see inside to place bones, not to mention how slow the mesh will be in any other program?

neilford

[steventaylor]

most would use the low poly wires and then a displacement map which is generated from your hig rez mesh.then render that displacement map over the low poly mesh and whala( i think it works on all platforms but I don't know ).two words practical giude download it and focus on the last few chapters of the zspheres http://www.pixolator.com/zbc-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=1&t=014968

[Game Master 770]

yes, it's the combination of Low polygon cages, with high-res mapped out with normals and/or displacement maps is a key feature that make ZB2 an instant hit.
Animate with low res cages, and keep milion polygon level details.