Hi, Is there any performance/level loading time impact if I create Blueprints out of my Static Meshes and place them on the map as opposed to directly placing Static Meshes on the map? Thanks :slightly_smiling_face:

hi, this depends on how many meshes you spawn when the game starts… i spawn mostly all parts when the game / level starts and it makes no impact at all… but for some cases like prebuild architecture or complex levels i split my level into pieces like level geometry (if you have for example a large…

Alright I was interested in this so I actually sat down and did some testing. I created two different levels that were mostly blank. Map1 had 10,000 static mesh cubes in it. Map2 had 10,000 actors with a static mesh cube in them. Map1 was significantly better on the GPU. I’d say if you have a ton o…

Thanks a lot! :man_bowing: I’ll replace the BPs with Static Meshes then.

ISMs or HISMs are the way to speed it up properly - replace all static meshes of each type with Instanced Static Meshes - you’ll see a dramatic speed increase. You can create ISMs/HISMs pretty easily in Blueprint (just need to make a global ISM manager and use that to create them). It’s not somethi…

What’s the link to your plugin?

[image] rdInst in Code Plugins - UE Marketplace rdInst is an optimized C++ plugin that takes care of all your Instanced Static Meshes, Spawned Actors, Child Components, Actor and Component Pooling, Randomization and Selective Hiding/Showing of these objects.

So for those who dont get it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfR36FTbvcQ

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