Questions about instanced mesh components

Kanc · February 6, 2018, 6:47pm

Hi,

If I have two different actors who have an instanced static mesh component each but the components have the same static mesh… this is one or two drawcalls??

I’m asking this because I’m not sure if its better to centralize all the instanced mesh components in one actor or not.

Thanks

Zeblote · February 7, 2018, 1:57am

Each component is processed separately, so these will be rendered as two draw calls.

Kanc · February 7, 2018, 4:32pm

So… it’s better have all the instanced components on the same actor… Thanks!!

Zeblote · February 7, 2018, 5:41pm

No, it’s better to have all the instances in the same component. Rendering happens on the component level, the number of actors is irrelevant.

Kanc · February 13, 2018, 9:52pm

I mean, one actor who has “copled” all the static mesh instances components. One component for each different static mesh. Is that right?