Hey everybody thanks for reading. Im trying to improve fps of our game and I found this option Visibility Based Anim Tick. After set it to "Only Tick Pose When Rendered" I almost triplicate. The problem Im facing is it is only working when I look to the opposite way of the skeletal mesh. If something is on the way, even if it is hidding the mesh, it keeps ticking. Check the screen shots (From an unpossessed POV):
I solved this
The solution was this node: https://api.unrealengine.com/INT/BlueprintAPI/Controller/LineOfSightTo/index.html
And the blueprint ended up like this:
https://blueprintue.com/blueprint/d_y28o_4/
years later, this is still an issue and your solution is still the solution. thank you! dramatically increased charactermesh performance…
I’m guessing many will actually want animations off when the BP is not being rendered on screen… for that you’ll want this minor variation (use ‘Was Actor Recently Rendered’). I’m guessing this is lighter weight as well because line of sight uses traces:
Hey there
Figured it out
You have no idea how much time I wasted on this
The VisibilityBasedAnimTickOption will not work will if the skeletal mesh doesn’t cast shadows. Turn on shadows for your skeletal meshes 
enjoy!
what. are you serious? thats gotta be a major engine flaw ?
you can save on performance if you absorb the cost of casting shadows … 
wtf. I guess mobile and VR are out of luck without the recently rendered check.
Im trying to find the optimization tab but still haven’t. Can you show me how to access to that options?
