FAQs and important pointers to keep in mind when transforming your 3D model into an immersive experience with Palatial.
Taking some extra time to prepare your model will lead to significant improvements in final quality, as well as a reduction in import times. We’ve laid out a systematic way to prepare your model below.
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Making sure that materials and lights are compatible with and look right in a real-time environment is key to ensuring both immersion for users, as well as stability and performance.
Avoid using the following material types as they are not supported:
Do not use more than 5 overlapping lights in close proximity as this will significantly degrade performance. For best results:
To ensure that your model is properly prepared for high performance in a real-time environment and faithful to its intended appearance, please ensure that objects are properly sorted into the following layers (or sub-layer).
In order to reduce import times and optimize for performance, objects with transparency should be organized as following:
Lights should be collected on a layer called Foliage_[layer name]
Plants and foliage should be collected on a layer called Lights_[layer name]
Palatial can display the name of the room or area you’re in, as long as you define the boundaries. For each area in your 3D model, draw a box best approximating its boundaries (do not use any other shape), and name the object [Room name]. Alternatively, place each box on a separate layer and name the layer after the room.
Similar to setting up a model for rendering, making sure that objects have the correct geometry, normals, and state will go a long way in reducing unexpected results.
Do not use planes as wells, as they will not render properly. Everything must have thickness - we recommend walls be at least 10cm thick at room scale, or light may still bleed through.
If a surface is rapidly flickering when you pan in the model (z-fighting), there may be overlapping meshes. Ideally delete the duplicate, however a quick and dirty fix is to slightly move one mesh so they’re no longer overlapped.
Unfreeze/unlock all objects that will be exported, or else they will not show up in the Palatial scene.
Ensure that all parts of the scene can be accessed by individuals walking around. For example, if there are doors in the model, make sure that they’re open.
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