Meshes - Polygon Count

Quality Guideline: Meshes - Polygon Count

Appears in: Body Shop - All, Build Mode, Buy Mode, Foods, Game Mods, and Neighborhoods & CAS Screens

Possible Assessments

Category	Title	Description
Body Shop - All	Polys too high	The polycount seems to be a tad too high for the type of CASpart that it is supposed to be. It could take a bit of work to get this back to an acceptable level but it certainly will be worth it in the end as it will prevent downloaders from having lagging issues or game crashes. :) Please check out the tutorial section if you're not entirely sure what the acceptable polycount for your type of mesh would be! It's always fine to ask for feedback in the moderation thread of course.
Body Shop - All	Polys acceptable but high	The polycount for the mesh is somewhat high but not too high! Now, of course, this isn't an issue per-sé, though it might be wise to add a little warning on top of your description in Bold for any downloaders with Low-end PCs. Something like: "The poly count for this item is on the high side, so if you have a weak graphics card, try to use it sparingly." In the future, we'd recommend trying to make any future new mesh uploads a bit more low-poly whenever possible. :)
Body Shop - All	Polycounts good	The polygon count for your item is good - not too high, and you've used the polys well as well as on all Levels of detail! Lovely! <3
Build Mode	LODs the same	It seems that the LODs (levels of detail) are almost to the same amount as the highest level mesh. This is only fine if your mesh is around 500 polys or below. LODs should be at least half of each other. So for example, the medium level is half of the high level's polycount and the same for the low level being half of the medium level's polycount. That way you're sure that it won't affect your downloader's game with lagging and crashes! :)
Build Mode	Polycounts good	The polygon count for your item is good - not too high, and you've used the polys well as well as on all Levels of detail! Lovely! <3
Build Mode	Polys acceptable but high	The polycount for the mesh is somewhat high but not too high! Now, of course, this isn't an issue per-sé, though it might be wise to add a little warning on top of your description in Bold for any downloaders with Low-end PCs. Something like: "The poly count for this item is on the high side, so if you have a weak graphics card, try to use it sparingly."
Buy Mode	Polys too high	The polycount seems to be a tad too high for the type of mesh that it is supposed to be. It could take a bit of work to get this back to an acceptable level but it certainly will be worth it in the end as it will prevent downloaders from having lagging issues or game crashes. :) Please check out the tutorial section if you're not entirely sure what the acceptable polycount for your type of mesh would be! It's always fine to ask for feedback in the moderation thread of course.
Buy Mode	Polys acceptable but high	The polycount for the mesh is somewhat high but not too high! Now, of course, this isn't an issue per-sé, though it might be wise to add a little warning on top of your description in Bold for any downloaders with Low-end PCs. Something like: "The poly count for this item is on the high side, so if you have a weak graphics card, try to use it sparingly." In the future, we'd recommend trying to make any future new mesh uploads a bit more low-poly whenever possible. :)
Buy Mode	Polycounts good	The polygon count for your item is good - not too high, and you've used the polys well as well as on all Levels of detail! Lovely! <3
Foods	Poly too high	The polycount seems to be a tad too high for the type of Food mesh that it is supposed to be. It could take a bit of work to get this back to an acceptable level but it certainly will be worth it in the end as it will prevent downloaders from having lagging issues or game crashes. :) Please check out the tutorial section if you're not entirely sure what the acceptable polycount for your type of mesh would be! It's always fine to ask for feedback in the moderation thread of course.
Foods	Polycounts good	The polygon count for your item is good - not too high, and you've used the polys well as well as on all Levels of detail! Lovely! <3
Foods	Polys acceptable but high	The polycount for the mesh is somewhat high but not too high! Now, of course, this isn't an issue per-sé, though it might be wise to add a little warning on top of your description in Bold for any downloaders with Low-end PCs. Something like: "The poly count for this item is on the high side, so if you have a weak graphics card, try to use it sparingly." In the future, we'd recommend trying to make any future new mesh uploads a bit more low-poly whenever possible. :)
Game Mods	Poly too high	The polycount seems to be a tad too high for the type of Game mod's mesh that it is supposed to be. It could take a bit of work to get this back to an acceptable level but it certainly will be worth it in the end as it will prevent downloaders from having lagging issues or game crashes. :) Please check out the tutorial section if you're not entirely sure what the acceptable polycount for your type of mesh would be! It's always fine to ask for feedback in the moderation thread of course.
Game Mods	LODs the same	It seems that the LODs (levels of detail) are almost to the same amount as the highest level mesh. LODs should be at least half of each other. So for example, the medium level is half of the high level's polycount and the same for the low level being half of the medium level's polycount. That way you're sure that it won't affect your downloader's game with lagging and crashes! :)
Game Mods	Object mods - Correct	The polygon count for your item is great! Quite reasonably low, with every poly used just so. Well done! :)
Game Mods	Object mods - Polycounts feedback	The polycount for the mesh is somewhat high but not too high! Now, of course, this isn't an issue per-sé, though it might be wise to add a little warning on top of your description in Bold for any downloaders with Low-end PCs. Something like: "The poly count for this item is on the high side, so if you have a weak graphics card, try to use it sparingly." In the future, we'd recommend trying to make any future new mesh uploads a bit more low-poly whenever possible. :)

Section Guidelines, apply in addition to the above General ones.

Build Mode

The following polygon count limits apply:

Upload type	Sub-type	Polygon Count
Build/Buy Mode	All	~7,000

Regarding LODs for Objects:

If your LOD0 is around 500 polygons, then you may use your highest LOD for medium and low. If it is higher than 500, then we strongly recommend using lower polygon meshes for LOD1 etc.

Buy Mode

The following polygon count limits apply:

Upload type	Sub-type	Polygon Count
Build/Buy Mode	All	~7,000

Regarding LODs for Objects:

If your LOD0 is around 500 polygons, then you may use your highest LOD for medium and low. If it is higher than 500, then we strongly recommend using lower polygon meshes for LOD1 etc.

The Sims 2 Guidelines, apply in addition to the above General ones.

Body Shop - All

The following polygon count limits apply:

Upload type	Polygon Count
Full body (aka tops+bottoms) mesh	~13,000
Top only	~7,000
Bottom only	~7,000
Other	~7,000
Hair	~10,000

Tutorials

Body Shop - All

If as a Sims 2 Creator you want to find a very efficient and fast way to find the polycounts then SimPE (as always) is your friend! To find the polygon counts you want to:

Open SimPE (Duh, of course :P)
Open the mesh package
Click on the GMDC
In the plugin view you should be able to see the mesh now. Check out the FaceCounts

NOTE: if you have more groups, then count up the FaceCounts of group 1 and 2 and any additional groups together to get the full polygon counts :)

Tutorials

Buy Mode

If as a Sims 2 Creator you want to find a very efficient and fast way to find the polycounts then SimPE (as always) is your friend! To find the polygon counts you want to:

Open SimPE (Duh, of course :P)
Open the mesh package
Click on the GMDC
In the plugin view you should be able to see the mesh now. Check out the FaceCounts

NOTE: if you have more groups, then count up the FaceCounts of group 1 and 2 and any additional groups together to get the full polygon counts :)

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