It's a 1024x1024 texture file, as it will stay. What Pete pointed out is correct, and that's only one reason it would cause a quality issue. On the other hand, if I add the detail of those crossbeams directly to the texture, it will cause blurring since the beams (overall) will take up relatively thin strips of texture area (and it's very noticable next to the higher quality wood-grain of the outter supports). If I make it larger, it creeps into inefficient, and that's not worth the visual stimulus since most people will end up cutting it back anyway.
@Gabriel - I don't believe that statement to be true. It's my responsibility to not produce a texture that is too large to be efficient, forcing buyers to take the initiative to cut the resolution, and thus the quality.
@Gabriel - I don't believe that statement to be true. It's my responsibility to not produce a texture that is too large to be efficient, forcing buyers to take the initiative to cut the resolution, and thus the quality.