#Nanite bad optimization? what do you think?
sullen robin
I always felt from the beginning that Nanite is just a way to avoid optimizing the game. There's nothing particularly groundbreaking about it. But maybe I'm wrong.
I’ve only just learned what micro triangles are and how problematic they can be. I'm thankful to Jason Booth for his course, which helped me understand the topic from the ground up.
The point is that understanding what’s happening in the background, even down to how (bitwise operators work/ how central processing unit operate and process and GPU), will help you grasp the importance of optimization.
sullen robin
Nanite bad optimization? what do you think?
simple summit
In short.
A well made scene with good setup LODs will always be better, nobody ever said otherwise.
The magic of nanite come from that you do not need to make such work.
karmic mural
In short.
A well made scene with good setup LODs will always be better, nobody ...
the thing is, you dont have to make any work anyway, autoLOD tools exist which allow you to automate LOD generation at mesh import time
simple summit
the thing is, you dont have to make any work anyway, autoLOD tools exist which a...
It still requires more effort. Nanite is way easier to use.
karmic mural
It still requires more effort. Nanite is way easier to use.
damn, artists be sweating after clicking 2 buttons
simple summit
damn, artists be sweating after clicking 2 buttons
I'm not here to debate on the subject, feel free to state whatever you want but from my experience I know that LOD can be a headache to work with. I also know that I am not the only one that feel this way, hence whatever it is or not more complicated is irrelevant.
pure vapor
Nanite comes with overhead (a hefty one) which, unless you are targeting heavy gaming rigs or latest console, do the opposite of 'optimization'.
And I dont know how can working with LoD (in unreal) could be a headache.
That said, LoD also comes with its own downside, even with dither fade, the transition between LoD levels is sometime noticable
karmic mural
That said, LoD also comes with its own downside, even with dither fade, the tran...
that if you really squint and the different between the levels is noticeable
your casual player won't even notice it
still ore
I'm not here to debate on the subject, feel free to state whatever you want but ...
I agree. Creating LODs that minimizes pop-in effects is much harder than just using nanite to have minimal pop-in off the bat, but a well done LOD system can look as good and run better. There's pros and cons to each.
karmic mural
I agree. Creating LODs that minimizes pop-in effects is much harder than just us...
the thing is that other then adjusting distances you can make like 6 different LOD's with crossfadeing and you wont even notice the poping
still ore
Generally yes unless you're looking for it
ivory obsidian
the thing is that other then adjusting distances you can make like 6 different L...
Then you're paying with consumed memory. One of the last projects I have at work is working on the platform compatibility for a certain company custom engine.
No one realizes how important memory is untill you need to port to the consoles, where it is severely limited. LODs(especially autogenerated) add a huge chunk to the consumed memory. I'd assume that nanite helps reduce that memory load quite a bit with the price of some processing resources.
Good LODs polished by artists are the optimal solution of course.
still ore
So nanite basically offloads cpu workload onto gpu compute by manipulating vertex data?