Warning message: Video Memory has been exhausted (306.614 MB over budget). HELP!

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Thanks Bigtimemaster!
Turning off Lumen worked.

In case someone has the same problem, here’s what I did.
I asked Google BARD how to turn off Lumen :

To turn off Lumen in Unreal Engine 5, follow these steps:

  1. Open your project in Unreal Engine 5.
  2. Go to Edit > Project Settings .
  3. In the Project Settings window, go to Engine > Rendering .
  4. Under Global Illumination , select Ray Traced Global Illumination instead of Lumen Global Illumination .
  5. Under Reflections , select Screen Space Reflections instead of Lumen Reflections .
  6. Click Save to apply your changes.

End of BARD’s instructions.

You can stop at step four. When I clicked off Lumen under Global Illumination, the message disappeared instantly.
(BTW, there is no Save to apply changes; that’s just BARD being silly. )

Of course, now I’m wondering what Lumen is good for and when I’ll need it. But that’ll be the next step I guess.

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