I have made a map that is mostly terrain. I have mountains seperating areas to try and keep my tris down, but in some spots it is up around 26k, The terrain is all detail, but I put some big brushes of caulk that are structual in the mountain. My problem is that I can still see most everything in the other ares w/ r_showtris 2. Do I need hint brushes? I am not really sure about them, I have read some stuff but still am confused. Can I just put hint brushes around my different areas to seperate them?
tris and terrain
chavo_one
(chavo_one)
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Ydnar has a nice picture explaining your very problem.
http://www.shaderlab.com/q3map2/samples/terrain_hinting.jpg
When making a hint brush you should texture only the face you want to cause a split with hint. Texture the remaing sides with skip.