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Geometry HD problem in ZBrush 4R6 P2

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#1

I noticed something disturbing in the last update of ZBrush. My hd geo is define by default in the preferences to 10 millions.
When i push A to enter into HD geo mode it never show me more the 3 millions poly… even if i crank up the max poly in the preferences to 15 millions… I used to be able to chose in the preferences how much HD geo I could see, at list it was like that before. Now it’s seem to be lock to 3M or less .
I’m working on a ride; it’s a very big scene and I’m using the Nick Zuccarello HD trick… https://vimeo.com/9673644
But if you can only show 3 millions poly or less in HD (without knowing how much poly zbrush will chose to show 800k, 2M, 1.2M???) at a time it’s a real pain to split you model in polygroup.

Is there a solution? A work around? A P3 coming soon to correct that and other stuff? :smiley:
It’s badly needed for me to have an answer it’s kind of an job blocking issue…

#2

I’m not getting any love here.
anyone?:cry:

#3

Pushing A will show adaptive skin/zspheres. Maybe you’re thinking of something else?

#4

well yes it’s something different… but thank you for the answer! :+1:

The issue here is just that Zbrush is choosing alone the quantity of poly it shows in HD geometry when you actually push A after subdividing in HD… even if you chose any number in preferences for the HD poly max… (mine is 10 million+ by default)
That make the workflow of Nick Zuccarello near impossible to do. Because you can not make polygroup without knowing how many poly will be shown in HD…

Am I making any sense? I hope…

#5

I guess you’ve read all of this? >> http://docs.pixologic.com/user-guide/3d-modeling/modeling-basics/subdivision-levels/hd-geometry/

#6

Oh yes! I read it a long time ago. I have been using Zbrush since 2001 wayback in version 1.23b… Wow… now that make me feel old.:cry:

#7

Sorry I made you feel old, I didn’t mean to. Some things have changed with the software, what worked before may be slightly different now. I’ve seen but a few upgrades since R4. Hope you get sorted.

#8

Different for better is ok… but for worse is a problem. Sadly I find myself in the second one with the HD poly.