[Luis Abreu]

with a few trees from archmodels 3dsMax slows down very much

Do you have any tips to solve this problem...i did a thing that help a bit: "show boxes in viewport" the trees transform in simple boxes in viewport

Or do you advice any other trees or tips?

[wr1nkles]

hey luis, i too have the same problem,

if you perhaps find an answer, let us know

cheers,

nik

[JTB]

As far as I remember, these trees are very detailed, that means hi-poly trees...

[Bubbaloo]

More poly's = slower viewport.
Better graphics card can help.

[wr1nkles]

cheers Bubba, i don't mind the viewport issue so much but it tends to slow down maxwell render exponentially. Is this what i should normally expect, or are there any possible solutions?

regards,

Nik

[Bubbaloo]

If the leaves are clip mapped and they intersect each other, Maxwell has a problem with this, in my experience. Especially if the trees are instanced.

[JTB]

Yes, but if they are not clipmapped, the results are not very good...

[Bubbaloo]

That depends on the tree. With EasyNat trees, the highest setting actually creates leaf-shaped polys, and all you have to do is apply a generic leaf texture, requiring no clip mapping.

[wr1nkles]

with that in mind, is there a possible workaround for max using arch models?

I'm not really familiar enough with the program yet to know what i can do. as a result, every time i make a copy of the bush (or an instance with bounding box only) it seems to show it as the full rendered tree, and slows down to snail pace.

cheers,

nik