One skeletal mesh vs multiple static meshes

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@FrankieV;198695

More of a preference thing and I prefer the bone route. Attaching the main asset to the control means you can change the asset at will with out having to redo the control over again.

Also no need to hardcode the alignment of the child meshes.

If an actor has an hierarchy of SceneComponents it means the engine applies individual transformation to each component vertices. In case of a skeletal mesh each vertex has a weight(s) and therefore an individual transformation. But I’m not sure whether it increases the overhead significantly.