Model Problem {file size is too big}

[Saif]

hello I have a model which I made and when I saved it as an MDL file it went around 1.07 MB

when I tried to use MDL Optimizer , the app crashed. It says it stopped working and heres a detailed log of the crash

Detailed Log

Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: Optimizer.exe
Application Version: 0.0.0.0
Application Timestamp: 4a716059
Fault Module Name: ntdll.dll
Fault Module Version: 6.1.7601.17514
Fault Module Timestamp: 4ce7b96e
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 0001f8a5
OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.768.11
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: abcc
Additional Information 2: abcc8f7853b48d9807d6d51eb1fa5df9
Additional Information 3: abcc
Additional Information 4: abcc8f7853b48d9807d6d51eb1fa5df9

so I used MDXL Converter instead and the filesize became 365 Kb. is there anyway to make this smaller ? thank you

EDIT :
why does MDL Optimizer only remove 2kb, when the files is 1.04mb ?? xD

 

[rysnt11]

Mdlvis can optimize the model, but sometime it will optimize in wrong way (like, some geoset deletion)
you can optimize the model mannualy
Check all the vertices, delete the unused vertices

 

[Dr Super Good]

Lower the animation data complexity. Especially if you create a lot of animation frames it can make it very large.

Instead of having a perfect ovula movement of bones, you could sample an approximation of points in the ovula movement and then rely on blending to get the rest. Animations do not have to be super smooth, remember that humans are bad at interpreting objects in movement.

Additionally your model might have a stupidly large mesh complexity (like 20000 or 200000 verticies). Realtime graphics are not meant to cope with that many points, especially a RTS game. If this is the case, reduce the mesh density. Future games will use tessilisation to increase mesh density when drawing game frames but for now you will have to use a mesh with as few verticies as needed.

Also, your meant to use .mdx I thought. .mdl is the text format of .mdx so is considerably larger (like 8-10 times larger). .mdx is the binary model format. Converters to change between the 2 formats are redilly available.

 

[Saif]

thanks, ill try to delete some unused verticles and ill lower down the mesh. thanks +rep

 

[PurgeandFire]

If you need further optimization, use MDX Squisher. You won't see any kb difference in the model after using it, but once it is imported into the editor, the mpq compression will result in a much lower resulting file size than without the squisher. It will definitely save a lot of kbs.

 

[Saif]

Ok ill try that and thanks for the help +rep