Thanks for the responses, , What size texture maps are you using, I am using 2k atm and it looks good for me.
Gwenn, That’s good news about the polys.
What to do about foliage, so far it doesn’t seem to be a huge issue. But for example I could make grass individual blades with no transparency Lets say I would have had 3 polys with transparency–Should I instead make a 200 poly grass element with no transparency? As to what is the limit? 1 to 1000 ratio or 1 to 100 ratio.
Also, Gwenn what exactly do you mean by shading-- that materials, the light pass?
Thanks for the help!