Model QA Checklist - Revision history

Nozmajner: Adding scaling entry

2014-06-26T13:29:42Z

Adding scaling entry

Nozmajner: Added question about tag points.

2013-10-18T08:38:33Z

Added question about tag points.

Nozmajner: Added a line for collision meshes.

2013-10-18T06:35:48Z

Added a line for collision meshes.

Luomu: Created page with "== Are the source files available? == They should be put to the asset repository. == Does the model have detail levels? == LODs should be included in every model. The numbe..."

2013-10-17T13:09:26Z

Created page with "== Are the source files available? == They should be put to the asset repository. == Does the model have detail levels? == LODs should be included in every model. The numbe..."

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== Are the source files available? ==

They should be put to the asset repository.

== Does the model have detail levels? ==

LODs should be included in every model. The number depends on the case. For ships 2-3, for stations and buildings 3-4.

== Does the model have a proper collision mesh? ==

All models must have a collision mesh, and it should be very low detail (<100 triangles).

== Does the model have a large number of geometry nodes? ==

One geometry node equals one drawcall. All static geometry should be combined into one node (or one per material).

Some day the importer may provide optimization options, but until it does modelers must merge geometry before exporting.

== Does the model have many materials? ==

Geometries with different materials will be drawn separately. Identical materials should be merged together.

== Does an animation have a large number of keyframes? ==

Some exporters have the option to resample the timeline, creating new keyframes at set intervals. If almost every frame is a keyframe, the file size will increase quickly.

== Does the model have large secondary texture maps (glow, specular, patterns) ==

Glowmaps usually don't have much detail, so they should be half or quarter size of the main texture. Patterns should never be very large.

== Do .png textures include an unnecessary alpha channel? ==

Opaque textures don't need to be 32-bit. With Photoshop this mistake is easy to make, so flatten the image before saving.

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	LODs should be included in every model. The number depends on the case. For ships 2-3, for stations and buildings 3-4.		LODs should be included in every model. The number depends on the case. For ships 2-3, for stations and buildings 3-4.
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		+	== Are scalings applied? ==
		+	Every object's scale should be 1 on each axis. Scaled meshes can cause problems, sometimes in an unpredictable way (like it works on Windows, but doesn't work on certain Linux distros). Non-uniform scaling shoudl always be avoided.
		+	You can apply scale with '''ctrl+a''' in Blender. You can clear scaling with '''alt+s'''.

	== Does the model have a proper collision mesh? ==		== Does the model have a proper collision mesh? ==

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	Geometries with different materials will be drawn separately. Identical materials should be merged together.		Geometries with different materials will be drawn separately. Identical materials should be merged together.
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		+	== Are the camera and weapon tags included? ==
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		+	Place one properly named empty for each of the six views, and the two weapon mounts. Rotation counts, scaling should be 1 on all axes.

	== Does an animation have a large number of keyframes? ==		== Does an animation have a large number of keyframes? ==

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	All models must have a collision mesh, and it should be very low detail (<100 triangles).		All models must have a collision mesh, and it should be very low detail (<100 triangles).
		+	Collision mesh should enclose the model as tight as possible.

	== Does the model have a large number of geometry nodes? ==		== Does the model have a large number of geometry nodes? ==