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How to Change The File Size
Hello,
I currently am designing a garden layout in SH3D. With a pond and some rocks, grass, and of course bush and flowers.
The problem is... my garden is "running" slowly. You see, as i imported and put so many bushes and grass inside, it became one large file. More than 310.000 KB in size. And so the loading is taking - likely- forever TT^TT
Is there any possible way to make/change the file to a smaller size (not the dimension but the kb size) ? (like -for example- when you use photoshop, you can merge the layers or resize the resolution to decrease the size)
I am fine with merging the bush, flowers, and grass as one layer (1 small file) if there is a way to it. Or maybe there is another way to solve the problem? I'm fine with whatever it is as long as my file is not as big as it is right now :'(
Fyi, i've tried to convert the rocks and flowers to obj file, but it's still too big, 240.000 kb in size TT^TT
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Re: How to Change The File Size
Save and compress will help the file size - but not the speed. Grass textures should not take up too much resources if you keep the graphic files reasonably small (<512×512). Trees and bushes are however, very demanding.
You may gain something by using one tree/bush model and copying it around and scaling/colouring according to needs, instead of using several different models. At least, it will make the file size smaller as the .sh3d file only will contain one instance of the mode and re-use it in several places. Of course, using smaller models will also help, but it is hard to create a life like tree - at least if garden is the primary objective of your model - in a small model (see SF 3D models ticket 261 for a similar frustration of mine, but then, my trees were just for showing something outside the windows and rendering shades).
You may also keep some of the more demanding models in a separate file - correctly placed - and copy in and out for the final view.
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Re: How to Change The File Size
I see. Thank you very much for your advice. I decided to use an image texture on the floor or on the box instead of using grass or bushes 3d object. And it actually help decreasing the file size.
