I'm working on a map, which is about 4-5 times larger than sidewinder. HEK gives guidelines about the polygon count/ triangle count that should be rendered total in each scene (I'm assuming a scene is each visible section of the map, or portal). It doesn't, however, give an idea about what percentage of that (on average) would be due to the BSP.

To sketch out the major sections (and the majority) of my BSP, I use a heightmap, or displacement modifier. To make the displacement modifier work as best as possible, I raised the poly count so I had 70,400 faces to work with. Next, I'm trying to simplify the BSP using the multi-res modifier. I'm just not quite sure how much I should reduce the vertex count. Anyone with experience have any tips?
Edited by ShadowFox0809 on May 26, 2010 at 07:46 PM

you can push it to for both multiplayer & single player BSP's to 50,000 - 75,000/80,000
it doesnt really matter how much your polygon count is for the computer, its how much the computer can take to render the required polygons in the specific portal.

Thanks!

I'm almost sure Tool wont compile after a certain amount.
The higher it goes the longer the export, compile and, lightmaps will take.
Edited by ghost901 on May 27, 2010 at 04:50 PM

im pretty sure tool doesnt compile it if its over 90,000 :C