Vertices count is different on TU vs. Blender for player model

[vinvan]

I’ve had this problem a couple of times now when importing player models and to be honest I have no idea what’s happening. TU is saying there’s wayyy over too many vertices on my model when in blender it says something very different. I’m prone to making silly mistakes so I might be overlooking something. Anyone have any idea of what could cause this? Everything else seems fine and it’s showing up in the workshop editor thing, I just can’t upload it because of this issue.

[Xmarksit]

From a developer on a similar topic

Why is TU Import Model adding more vertices?

This usually happens because of different smoothing groups on joined surfaces. Think of a cube for example: it really only has eight vertices, but the hard edges would require separate smoothing groups to make it render properly (and not like some weirdly smooth-lit blob). I don’t know where, but somewhere in the chain of editing models, exporting them, and importing them in TU, these vertices are split to make separate surfaces based on the smoothing groups. So, in the case of the cube: there a…

[vinvan]

This is very useful information, thank you. I found out my issue was a dumb error on my end. Lesson learned: ALWAYS HAVE THE MODEL YOU’RE EXPORTING IN A DESIGNATED BLENDER PROJECT. Despite having everything else hidden and the setting to only export the shown model on it was somehow affecting it when I’d export.