# Creating non-actor blueprint instances **URL:** \ **Category:** Blueprint\ **Tags:** instance, unreal-engine, Blueprint, question\ **Created:** [November 16, 2014, 2:30pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/creating-non-actor-blueprint-instances/299100 "2014-11-16T14:30:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 5
**Author:** ![ScottSpadea](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/scottspadea/32/1194682_2.png) [@ScottSpadea](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/ScottSpadea)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2014, 9:12pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/creating-non-actor-blueprint-instances/299100/5 "2014-11-16T21:12:08Z")
if you want replication, spawning, reflection, garbage collection, and better access to global data, you should be using actors. if you want really light weight data for storage speed, use a c++ struct that you can make in yourBlueprintFunctionLibrary. blueprint is for prototyping, and c++ is for optimization, so if you’re worried about wasting a few bits on some extra position data, use c++. > **[A new, community-hosted Unreal Engine Wiki](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/a-new-community-hosted-unreal-engine-wiki/141494)** > > After over a year in maintenance mode, the official Unreal Engine Wiki is now permanently offline. These resources now live on a new community-run Unreal Engine Community Wiki — ue4community.wiki! You will be able to find content from the official... > **[A new, community-hosted Unreal Engine Wiki](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/a-new-community-hosted-unreal-engine-wiki/141494)** > > After over a year in maintenance mode, the official Unreal Engine Wiki is now permanently offline. These resources now live on a new community-run Unreal Engine Community Wiki — ue4community.wiki! You will be able to find content from the official... --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/creating-non-actor-blueprint-instances/299100)._