Count all polys + triangles in 3D scene?

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Guy Fawkes (Posted 2012) [#1]

Does anyone know of a function that can do this WITHOUT needing a "mesh%" parameter? Any help is greatly appreciated! Thank You! :)

Yasha (Posted 2012) [#2]

You can get all of the triangles (triangles = polygons, they are the same) rendered in the last call to RenderWorld - i.e. all of the triangles that actually matter - with TrisRendered. This is more useful than a total, because it lets you identify where polygon counts are causing rendering hotspots. There is no general-purpose way to get all of the triangles in the whole scene, with or without a mesh parameter. The necessary information is not exposed by the engine. Besides, you shouldn't need to ask this: it's your job as a designer to know what resources you're putting into a scene, so you should be able to work this figure out yourself. Last edited 2012

Rroff (Posted 2012) [#3]

You could walk through every surface and count every tris on every mesh that was in the scene but it would be massively slow and a bit pointless. TrisRendered works well enough for most practical uses.

Leon Drake (Posted 2012) [#4]

COUNT ALL THE POLYGONS Last edited 2012

Captain Wicker (crazy hillbilly) (Posted 2012) [#5]

or just wire frame the object and count the polys/triangles yourself. Be sure to have pen and paper ready. ;)