Hello,
I am trying to get capsule shadows working for components created in C++, however the FPS and GPU stat tell me that I must be doing something wrong because the performance is much worse than when created in Blueprints.
I use an AddSkeletalMeshComponent node in Blueprints and these are the light settings:
These are the gpu stats:
The scene is using capsule shadows exclusively. However when I create skeletal mesh components on the same actor using this C++ code the performance is worse:
FName NewName = MakeUniqueObjectName(this, USkeletalMeshComponent::StaticClass(), SkeletalMesh->GetFName());
auto Template = Cast<USkeletalMeshComponent>(USkeletalMeshComponent::StaticClass()->GetDefaultObject());
auto NewSkeletalMeshComponent = Cast<USkeletalMeshComponent>(CreateComponentFromTemplate(Template, NewName));
//New component was not created
if (!NewSkeletalMeshComponent)
{
return;
}
//Set default values and put to sleep for better performance
NewSkeletalMeshComponent->SetSkeletalMesh(SkeletalMesh);
BlueprintCreatedComponents.Add(NewSkeletalMeshComponent);
NewSkeletalMeshComponent->CreationMethod = EComponentCreationMethod::Instance;
NewSkeletalMeshComponent->OnComponentCreated();
NewSkeletalMeshComponent->SetupAttachment(RootComponent);
if (NewSkeletalMeshComponent->bAutoRegister)
{
NewSkeletalMeshComponent->RegisterComponent();
}
NewSkeletalMeshComponent->SetRelativeTransform(RelativeTransform);
NewSkeletalMeshComponent->SetCollisionEnabled(ECollisionEnabled::QueryAndPhysics);
NewSkeletalMeshComponent->SetCollisionProfileName("InteractiveFoliage");
NewSkeletalMeshComponent->SetSimulatePhysics(true);
NewSkeletalMeshComponent->PutAllRigidBodiesToSleep();
NewSkeletalMeshComponent->SetCastCapsuleDirectShadow(true);
NewSkeletalMeshComponent->bSingleSampleShadowFromStationaryLights = true;
Suddenly there aren’t only capsule shadows anymore but other shadow passes as well:
I am not sure what I am doing wrong. I tried to go through every possible setting but using C++ I always end up with extra passes that drop performance 
Kind Regards