Hello.. I have a male model that is in my game. He has around 2,500 polys. When the camera is close to him he looks fine. But as the camera moves away from the model, polygons in his face disappear and holes seem to form in the model. What is the reason for this? I check and all polygons are facing outwards. Again he looks fine close up but when the camera is far from him holes appear in the model, especially around the face. His whole face seems to disappear.

Thanks,
Brad

is there a whole bunch of polys in his face?

have you tried it on other systems?
what video card do you have?

Widget's on to something.. based on what you described it sounds like a video card problem.

First things first, make absolutely sure you have the latest drivers for your video card. If that doesnt work, try to download alternate drivers, often enough some brands offer beta drivers for clients to download.

Since I havent had any problems such as this myself in a5 my first instinct is that this is a hardware problem.. just my two cents

RAFU.
I disagree with Penny and Widget, 2500 polys for a model is HUGE!

A5 can't really handle it... it wasn't made to. The "hole" you see are affected by the clip range.
Because their are a lot fo polys in the model, some will disappear. With a5 you can howevert adjust the clip range. BUT I suggest that the model you are using has too many polygons. Still look up clip range, and change the number higher than the default in your wdl.

i agree with static reduce the poly count and your problem will be solved i had the sameusing
poser characters they had way toooooooooooo many
polys

well not knowing A5 had a limit on the polys displayed I think I made a pretty good educated guess.

not offended,

Widget I am sorry I was not insulting your anaylsis. I was just suggesting my own alternative.... please do not take offense, you may be correct.
Take it easy...

Ok I will use the clip range.. And no I don't think that 2,500 polys is a lot in todays games. Look at the new RPGS coming out. Ours won't be released until next year anyways. If we lower the poly count it will be out of date by the time it is released.

You need to update to 5.12 and reduce your clip_size:

quote:

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clip_size
This value (default 0.5) gives the minimum number of pixels that must
be covered by a model triangle for being rendered. With the default
value, model triangles are not rendered if they are smaller than half
a pixel. This increases the frame rate, but can lead to "holes" in
ill constructed high polygon models. When using high polygon models
clip_size should be set to 0.

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