Mesh Surfaces

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JPD(Posted 2003) [#1]
How many surfaces can I create with 1 mesh?
When I have 100 Triangles (50 Tiles) can I use 50 Surfaces? Is there an other way? I'll have 256 different surfaces ...


Rob(Posted 2003) [#2]
Yes you can use as many surfaces as you want as far as I know. Remember more surfaces = slower performance.


JPD(Posted 2003) [#3]
I know, I have 1 big problem:

Perhabs you remember with the NFS-Tracks :-) -> The problem is, that I have for example 200 Bitmaps. How can I create a mesh / Level with so many surfaces like used in NFS 3/4 or Midtown-Madnes for example?
I hope you know what i mean...


WolRon(Posted 2003) [#4]
I'm pretty sure somebody said that you shouldn't have more than 200 surfaces at any time (for performance reasons). You are crazy to map 1 surface to every pair of triangles. Try something more efficient.