Heck yeah, if Lucas can use Q-tips for the crowds in the pod race stands...

"Martin Magnusson" <lov### [at] frustratedhousewiveszzncom> wrote in message
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> HenryW wrote:
> > My biggest problem now is memory, I've got 448MB of RAM and the scene
has
> > just over 200000 objects. What I really want to do is add people up in
the
> > upper levels of the stadium, around 50000 people all together, but I'm
> > going to need a lot more RAM for that ;-)
>
> Actually, since the people are going to be packed tightly together, you
> may not even need separate objects for them. A hightfield or something
> similar could do the trick. At least if the camera isn't going to be
> closer to the crowd than it is now. And if it is, you could try having
> the closest people made separately, and the rest as a heightfield. Or do
> a couple of mesh2 people and copy them all over the place. That should
> save a lot of memory.
>
> / martin
>

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