reducing a model's file size?

05-05-2006, 05:43 PM	#1
Linera	What are ways of reducing file size for the model?

05-05-2006, 05:46 PM	#2
Alfred	That would depend on the model if it has unused information.

05-05-2006, 05:49 PM	#3
Rao Dao Zao	Removing animation sequences is usually the best option. Oinkerwinkle's Animation Remover tool (somewhere around these threads, I think...) is a quick and easy way of doing this.

05-05-2006, 07:18 PM	#4
Linera	can merging all the model's geosets help?

05-05-2006, 07:24 PM	#5
Rao Dao Zao	Probably not. The main bulk of data is in the animations.

05-05-2006, 08:41 PM	#6
Whitehorn	Merging geosets would: Save a small amount of space (negligible) from having less header info. Restrict Materials, such as merging a Team Coloured geoset with a non-TC geoset. Restrict Visibility It wouldn't save much data overall.

05-05-2006, 08:59 PM	#7
Linera	What about the number of polys?

05-05-2006, 09:27 PM	#8
Whitehorn	They wouldn't change...

05-05-2006, 09:46 PM	#9
Linera	ok, thanks. REP for all in this thread as of now CLOSED

05-06-2006, 12:20 AM	#10
Guesst	Change it to linear animation.

05-06-2006, 12:47 AM	#11
Linera	huh???

05-06-2006, 03:58 AM

#12

Guesst

Most animation will look like:

Code:

	Translation 9 {
		Bezier,
		333: { 0, 0, 0 },
			InTan { 0, 0, 0 },
			OutTan { 2.64064, -10.4817, 0 },
		1767: { 12.6696, -35.4893, 0 },
			InTan { 6.86382, -22.3115, 0 },
			OutTan { 16.315, -43.7637, 0 },
		2667: { 25.4778, -61.9071, 0 },
			InTan { 21.3515, -53.4429, 0 },
			OutTan { 131.233, -278.84, 0 },
		25733: { 60.6981, -39.1735, 0 },
			InTan { -18.4364, -5.78344, 0 },
			OutTan { 66.3016, -41.5378, 0 },
		27367: { 78.5223, -46.8827, 0 },
			InTan { 77.8613, -42.6291, 0 },
			OutTan { 79.5878, -53.7405, 0 },
		30000: { 40.542, -80.587, 0 },
			InTan { 32.5891, -123.47, 0 },
			OutTan { 43.0588, -67.0165, 0 },
		30833: { 54.2851, -23.6169, 0 },
			InTan { 53.7889, -36.4658, 0 },
			OutTan { 54.9004, -7.68413, 0 },
		31867: { 37.2886, -4.14619, 0 },
			InTan { 45.3264, -4.37027, 0 },
			OutTan { 27.1765, -3.86429, 0 },
		33167: { -4.31207, -33.0532, 0 },
			InTan { 13.3096, -13.5, 0 },
			OutTan { 0, 0, 0 },
	}

You can change that to:

Code:

	Translation 9 {
		Linear,
		333: { 0, 0, 0 },
		1767: { 12.6696, -35.4893, 0 },
		2667: { 25.4778, -61.9071, 0 },
		25733: { 60.6981, -39.1735, 0 },
		27367: { 78.5223, -46.8827, 0 },
		30000: { 40.542, -80.587, 0 },
		30833: { 54.2851, -23.6169, 0 },
		31867: { 37.2886, -4.14619, 0 },
		33167: { -4.31207, -33.0532, 0 },
	}

And it will look mostly the same, but be much smaller in file size.

05-06-2006, 11:41 AM	#13
Rao Dao Zao	Eh, although it is true that linear uses less filesize, I suspect that the conversion from bezier or hermite to linear might properly break the animations. I've never really investigated it. Removing unnecessary sequences and such is the fastest and easiest way to seriously reduce filesize.