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Honestly, automatic LOD generation would solve at least some of the performance issues: add the functionality, make it opt-out for those that don't need LODs an

Honestly, automatic LOD generation would solve at least some of the performance issues: add the functionality, make it opt-out for those that don't need LODs and enjoy performance improvements in most projects, in addition to some folks getting a simpler workflow (e.g. using auto-generated models instead of having to create your own, which could at the very least have passable quality). Godot has this: https://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/tutorials/3d/mesh_lod.html#generating-mesh-lod https://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/tutorials/3d/mesh_lod... Unreal has this (for static meshes): https://docs.unrealengine.com/5.3/en-US/static-mesh-automatic-lod-generation-in-unreal-engine/ https://docs.unrealengine.com/5.3/en-US/static-mesh-automati... Aside from that, agreed: the multiple render pipelines, the multiple UI solutions, the multiple types of programming (ECS vs GameObject) all feel very confusing, especially since the differences between them are pretty major.

mardifoufs 3y ago
I'm pretty sure unity already has that.
- KronisLV 3y ago
  Out of the box, it only has manual LOD support for meshes: https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/importing-lod-meshes.html https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/importing-lod-meshes.html (where you create the models yourself) They played around with the idea of automatic LOD, but the repo they had hasn't gotten updated in a while: https://github.com/Unity-Technologies/AutoLOD https://github.com/Unity-Technologies/AutoLOD The closest to that would be looking at assets on the Asset Store, for example: https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/utilities/poly-few-mesh-simplifier-and-auto-lod-generator-160139 https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/utilities/poly-f... An exception to that is something like the terrain, which generates the model on the fly and decreases detail for further away chunks as necessary, but that's pretty much the same with the other engines (except for Godot, which doesn't have a terrain solution built in, but the terrain plugins do have that functionality). I guess in Unity's case you can still get that functionality with bought assets, which won't be an issue for most studios (provided that the assets get updated and aren't a liability in that way), but might be for someone who just wants that functionality for free.
  - mardifoufs 3y ago
    Ok that's pretty surprising. I didn't know it was still this bad
- wilg 3y ago
  It doesn’t which is really annoying.

mardifoufs 3y ago

I'm pretty sure unity already has that.

KronisLV 3y ago
Out of the box, it only has manual LOD support for meshes: https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/importing-lod-meshes.html https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/importing-lod-meshes.html (where you create the models yourself) They played around with the idea of automatic LOD, but the repo they had hasn't gotten updated in a while: https://github.com/Unity-Technologies/AutoLOD https://github.com/Unity-Technologies/AutoLOD The closest to that would be looking at assets on the Asset Store, for example: https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/utilities/poly-few-mesh-simplifier-and-auto-lod-generator-160139 https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/utilities/poly-f... An exception to that is something like the terrain, which generates the model on the fly and decreases detail for further away chunks as necessary, but that's pretty much the same with the other engines (except for Godot, which doesn't have a terrain solution built in, but the terrain plugins do have that functionality). I guess in Unity's case you can still get that functionality with bought assets, which won't be an issue for most studios (provided that the assets get updated and aren't a liability in that way), but might be for someone who just wants that functionality for free.
- mardifoufs 3y ago
  Ok that's pretty surprising. I didn't know it was still this bad
wilg 3y ago
It doesn’t which is really annoying.