hi ive this model of a van I downloaded.

that I added to my level, when I run the level, I get this error message that says,

bad mesh - more than 64k vertices.

is there anything I can do for it to work?

cheers

Reduce the number of vertices?

I did not make the model.

so how would I do that?

If you're owner of a pro edition you can use the mesh reducer. If you've got a version below you have to manually remove vertices.

ok, I have only a8 free,

can I ask then if someone as a pro version, if they would
reduce the vertices for me?

cheers

Here you have free mesh reducer.

If i remember right this mdl reducer wont work ive tested it a long time ago. Did not work for me and for other users as well. Milkshape feats a mdl reducer but without bone support.

would doing this not deform the model though?

Yes it will. Of course, if you take polygons away it wont look better than before. Its same with a JPG fex. Pro's reduce polys "by hand" not which such auto reducers, cause then they have control about the optic ( dont get me wrong i use autoreduce too ^^ ). But a model with more than 64k polys sounds like it wasnt made for realtime 3d for me. Normally u use LOD to prevent user from seeing this "deformations" as good as possible.