LOL! Who did??

your models are too high poly for sure, but if you have a speed difference between fixed and standard renderer it is most probably because your drivers are not up to date or not accelerated. For example, on linux if you don't have native AMD drivers, the rendering will be done by the CPU and not the GPU (no acceleration), same for windows. Try to install AMD drivers.

THat's why too high for characters. THe max Ive heard of is 5000, unless that has been altered in the last few years ? I'm pretty sure that's way too high just for a character . The plant is WAY too much, unless its huge and is 'vital' to your scene/game, such that it needs that many verts. WoW is a very popular game, and its vert counts are very small, and the game still ROCKS ( short of the violence which does not).

and yes,,wow definitely uses what is called 'billboards', which as TD says are textured planes rotated I multiple planes to give the appearance of '3d' as the player moves around them, and usually they look FINE.

Also, to simulate high res you could just use normal maps.

I know standard has less textures  ( short of a shader for that ?) but has shaders, whereas 'fixed' does not because its meant for OLDer GPU's.

Good luck, look fwd to seeing what you've made

cu
hs

I see, thanks for the reply

So 2048 * 2048 lowers performance compared to 1024 * 1024?

Time textures?

and yes,,wow definitely uses what is called 'billboards', which as TD says are textured planes rotated I multiple planes to give the appearance of '3d' as the player moves around them, and usually they look FINE.

Also, to simulate high res you could just use normal maps.

I know standard has less textures  ( short of a shader for that ?) but has shaders, whereas 'fixed' does not because its meant for OLDer GPU's.

Good luck, look fwd to seeing what you've made

cu
hs

Most of the time textures are boosted for cutscenes or close ups. Even then they use tricks.

I know standard render is more dynamic but I'm not sure how it technically differs from the fixed render. I know fixed render portrays my baked ambient occlusion more accurately, however, it doesn't do shadows(which I'd have to bake as well).

When I go standard render and looks to the characters direction the game lags, but when I change to fixed render it goes well. Why, and has it all to do with my drivers to my graphics?

Edit: Sitting on a Samsung NPV335V5C

:: Processor
AMD  A8-4500M APU 1.9 GHz (Up to 2.7 GHz turbo core) <- Not sure what it means.
:: Mainboard
AMD A70M
:: Memory
6144 MB, 4096MB + 2048MB (Samsung), PC3-12800 800MHz
:: Graphics adapter
AMD Radeon HD 7520G + HD 7670M Dual Graphics - 2048 MB, Core: 600 MHz, Memory: 900 MHz, DDR3, 8.944.2.1000, AMD Enduro
:: Display
15.6 inch 16:9, 1366x768 pixel, AUO B156XTN02.1, TN WLED, HD SuperBright LED Display, glossy: no
:: Harddisk
Hitachi Travelstar 5K750 HTS547575A9E384, 750 GB 5400 rpm SATA II, 8MB Cache

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