Number of Bones and Performance

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Hi,

i have one more Performance Question.

Im using a make human Skeleton which has about 170 bones, the question is:

Are many bones slowing down the Game mutch or is it ok to use so many Bones?

thanks in Advance

-Siebencorgie

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Hi siebencorgie,

Please take a look at the post below. They talk about the bone count as well as bone weights per vertex.

I hope it helps.

Thanks, TJ

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Thanks!

Ok so I can use many Bones in UE 4 but it costs just Power if i use more than 4 Bones per Vertex ?

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Yes, the default max amount of bones is 255 but that can be changed if needed and anything over 4 bone weights per vertex will cost more performance wise.

I would suggest sticking to 4 or fewer unless the extra bone weights are needed (for realism or the like). If you are developing for mobile you definitely want to keep the bone weight limit down.

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