Scaling models for games. http://rbwhitaker.wikidot.com/forum/t-633826/scaling-models-for-games Posts in the discussion thread "Scaling models for games." Sat, 08 Aug 2026 15:32:29 +0000 http://rbwhitaker.wikidot.com/forum/t-633826#post-1731169 Scaling models for games. http://rbwhitaker.wikidot.com/forum/t-633826/scaling-models-for-games#post-1731169 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 23:21:31 +0000 The Th!ng 1574880 Hello again, RB.

Maybe an article\tutorial on the following would be of benefit to others besides myself?

I have started to use Blender for my modeling and I am lost as to how the scaling used in Blender (or other modelling packages) relates to the final size of the model as would be used in-game.

In Blender we have the BU - the blender unit - as a means of measuring something. A BU can represent whatever distance the user wants it to be, so for example 1 BU could represent 1 meter for me, but for you it could represent 5 meters. If I scale my model down by 50% I get a model .5 of a 'meter', if you scale it down by 50%, you get a model 2.5 'meters' in size.

Suppose for my game I have a texture 25 x 25 pixels in size and I require a cube which in-game will be 25 x 25 x 25 pixels onto which I want to map this texture. How do I ensure that my scaling of the cube in blender relates exactly to 25 x 25 x 25 pixels in size so that I can accurately UV map the cube without ending up with a distorted texture which would result from a cube size other than 25 x 25 x 25?

Looking forward to your feedback.

Thanks for reading.

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