UnrealGameDev - Perfectly Optimized Android

Perfectly Optimized Android – UE5 Lightweight Starter Template

Perfectly Optimized Android is a streamlined Unreal Engine 5 starter template specifically engineered to mobile. While UE5’s default configuration heavily emphasizes ray-traced global illumination and use of nanite, these systems can overwhelm mobiles and tablets.

Key Modifications

Rendering Backend

  • Forced Vulkan

Anti-Aliasing

  • No AA

  • Disabled Support for Gen4 TAA on Mobile

Lighting Pipeline

  • Lumen Disabled

Geometry and Virtualization

  • Nanite disabled

Intended Use Cases

  • Developers targeting phones and tablets

  • Prototypes where consistent performance is a priority

  • Indie projects needing a lightweight baseline before layering complexity

  • Teams aiming to ship small 3D hybrid titles, stylized games, or low-poly projects using UE5