# How big can my game world be?

**URL:** <https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-big-can-my-game-world-be/78478>\
**Category:** World Creation\
**Tags:** unreal-engine\
**Created:** [November 16, 2016, 4:39pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-big-can-my-game-world-be/78478 "2016-11-16T16:39:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![anonymous\_user\_3ceec723](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@anonymous\_user\_3ceec723](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/anonymous_user_3ceec723)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2016, 4:39pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-big-can-my-game-world-be/78478/1 "2016-11-16T16:39:55Z")

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i want to make a huge rpg world sort of like a continent.  
my only question is how big can my world be?? before i start having fr lag?  
im pretty sure the only way to do this is to code parts of the world to be (off). until needed.

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**Author:** ![A\_GUPTA](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@A\_GUPTA](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/A_GUPTA)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2016, 3:27am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-big-can-my-game-world-be/78478/2 "2016-11-17T03:27:01Z")

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here is some info about landscape sizes

> **[A new, community-hosted Unreal Engine Wiki](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/a-new-community-hosted-unreal-engine-wiki/141494)**
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> 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...

> **[Landscape Technical Guide](https://docs.unrealengine.com/4.26/en-US/BuildingWorlds/Landscape/TechnicalGuide/)**
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> Technical Settings for Landscape.

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**Author:** ![A\_GUPTA](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@A\_GUPTA](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/A_GUPTA)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2016, 1:11pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-big-can-my-game-world-be/78478/3 "2016-11-17T13:11:02Z")

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also check out the the Kite Demo, which is an open world.