Very quick question..

[jngrow]

What's the disadvantage of adding the % prefix to my object? You know, the thing that makes it so whatever you apply it to doesn't have to follow sealed world rules. Any performance issues or anything I should know about?

[Anton]

If I recall, Halo 2 doesn't exactly follow this "sealed world" rule from the get go. I don't remember what % was but if it's instanced geometry then no, it won't hinder the performance of anything..I don't think.

[ShadowSpartan]

What's the disadvantage of adding the % prefix to my object? You know, the thing that makes it so whatever you apply it to doesn't have to follow sealed world rules. Any performance issues or anything I should know about?
Anton is correct, Halo 2 PC does not follow the sealed world rules as Halo 1 did. The % prefix does not do as you say in Halo 2 PC.

I suggest you go and actually read the Halo 2 PC Editing Kit help file. Because I am in a good mood, I will go ahead and include what each of the material prefixes do, copied straight from the help file.



Symbol Description
# Marker Object Prefix
% Instanced (Detail) Object
@ Collision Object Prefix
$ Physics Object Prefix
+ Static Pathfinding Prefix
- Not Pathfinding Prefix
? Light Object Per Vertex
! Light Object Per Pixel
^ Excluded from Lightprobe

[jngrow]

Nvm. Closed, thanks for te hlep