v2.0: more detailed mesh (80k vs 40k) for better details and less UV issues. Use of dynamic cubemaps. Texture closer to original scan. Removing 2K version (doesn't worth it, too blurry). Dynamic Cubemaps - Additions is required and Dynamic Cubemaps is recommended (unless you use ENBSeries). v1.2: improve mesh (smoother) and textures (especially normal map). Add a 8k and a 2k versions too. v1.1: optimize the collision object (now will less than 500 vertices), improve the textures quality, should improve perfs too.
Yep, it's not perfect, but it's already an optimization of 500k to 39k vertices, with mapping on normal map. It's the best I can do for now. I will try better when I will have a level up in optimization and some better tools maybe. :)
I'm not saying there is a problem (for CTD or so), I'm just saying the model is broken and needs to "fill" the empty/gone 'faces'. (I'm a Blender "player", so it's like you have deleted some faces in some parts).
Those statues got around 40k triangles. It's maybe a lot, but the originals ones got more than 500k triangles :) So yep, it's already an huge optimization :) If I go less, like 20k triangles, this will be ugly. About the textures, yep, it's 4k, but it's only one 4k object in the city, and it got 10 mipmaps (low texture at distances). Same, if I go to 2k, this will look not good, especially because there's some Ambiant Occlusion (AO) on the texture (so it have some internal shadows) and some specular on the normal map (so it doesn't look shiny). I could try, but I think it will not worth the try. Maybe you should try to lighten your config a bit, like reducing some HDT-SMP mods (that take a lot of cpu), avoid ENBSeries (prefer Reshade on a low config), also Solitude is badly optimized, even without statues it goes pretty slow comparing other cities.
If a 2k version can't be done it's fine. I have too many HDT-SMP mods and mod Solitude to hell (jk+docks+trees+LOTD,etc.) so it's partly my fault. haha
It's just when I'm really near and collision with it that I have fps drops so I will keep it anyway and appreciate the statues from far. lol They fit Solitude very well and I love it , yours alongside with Mandragorasprouts are the best statues on Nexus hands down. Thank you for this mod. :)
Yep, I will update a more optimized version soon, with less collision mesh, this should improve the performance. Thanks to notify this issue. Also Mandragorasprouts is a true statue sculptor, I'm just a porter :)
Nicely done :) Also I think to add a more military statue for the castle. This will come after my redone of previous ones, so in a week I guess. Thanks for the video, really nice.
i like this statue but there is an issue when you walk to it, collision with it, the fps goes down to 5-6 fps, hopefully it can be optimized, thank you
Really great statue! It works fine with "Enhanced Solitude". I'm also using the "Farm Animals" mod and it places a pigeon right there and that looks great together. No Navmesh issues.
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v1.2: improve mesh (smoother) and textures (especially normal map). Add a 8k and a 2k versions too.
v1.1: optimize the collision object (now will less than 500 vertices), improve the textures quality, should improve perfs too.
(I'm a Blender "player", so it's like you have deleted some faces in some parts).
About the textures, yep, it's 4k, but it's only one 4k object in the city, and it got 10 mipmaps (low texture at distances). Same, if I go to 2k, this will look not good, especially because there's some Ambiant Occlusion (AO) on the texture (so it have some internal shadows) and some specular on the normal map (so it doesn't look shiny). I could try, but I think it will not worth the try. Maybe you should try to lighten your config a bit, like reducing some HDT-SMP mods (that take a lot of cpu), avoid ENBSeries (prefer Reshade on a low config), also Solitude is badly optimized, even without statues it goes pretty slow comparing other cities.
It's just when I'm really near and collision with it that I have fps drops so I will keep it anyway and appreciate the statues from far. lol
They fit Solitude very well and I love it , yours alongside with Mandragorasprouts are the best statues on Nexus hands down. Thank you for this mod. :)
Also Mandragorasprouts is a true statue sculptor, I'm just a porter :)
So it was just collision mesh after all. lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygED6ypPRKs
Also I think to add a more military statue for the castle. This will come after my redone of previous ones, so in a week I guess.
Thanks for the video, really nice.
It's Reshade with Community Shaders.
thnks<3
Me too! And it looks so nice, thanks imnotfamous!