BF2 maps static objects limit?

[Megaraptor]

What is the upper maximum ammount of statics we can put in a BF2 map before it starts lagging?

I know in Bf1942 it was around 1200 objects.

I'm asking because I am making a map. This map is set in the Falklands. In the Falklands there are these geological formations that look like rivers of pointed rock running down hillsides. I am making some of these with the small rock objects in BF2, and overall my map already has over 6,400 static objects.

[-R|F-Glitch]

Just make sure you have your viewdistance down to like 200 or something, you can adjust it in levelsettings.

[Deesies]

You should save and try it out yourself. Personally I'd just use a rock texture and paint the path to save on objects :)

[Megaraptor]

Yeah but that doesn't give the right effect, these are tall pointed rocks (1-2 feet).

The falklands are foggy...I guess i'll have to test it a lot then. I just don't want to place 12,000 little rocks and then have to rip them all up due to lag.:rolleyes:

[-R|F-Glitch]

Yeah but that doesn't give the right effect, these are tall pointed rocks (1-2 feet).

The falklands are foggy...I guess i'll have to test it a lot then. I just don't want to place 12,000 little rocks and then have to rip them all up due to lag.:rolleyes:
The problem that you may run into is when you decide to generate your lightmaps which can take like 2 mins per object on low resolution.

[CrimsonBlaze]

The lag will be if there is alot of objects within the draw distance. spread all your objects out and it will be fine.
I have about 4500 - 5000 objects, took me 10 hours to do lightmaps on medium and final is 4x slower than that :(

[Megaraptor]

I don't need detailed lightmaps for a really foggy map, do I?

There are about 6,000 rocks in a stream going downhill. You can't see all the rocks but approximately 1500-2000 will be in view at a given time.

Trouble is I don't have a way to test lag without singleplayer support.

If all else fails i'm sure I can make a low poly version of the rock formations and use that.

[CrimsonBlaze]

For "single player" go onto the multiplayer tab and create local, select your map and play. Thats as close to single player as you can get atm :)

[Megaraptor]

Yeah but that's only 1 person. I want to know how it performs with 32 players.

[CrimsonBlaze]

Then the best you can do is just imagine it, your current map + 31 models running around :p