I’m developing a simple 2-D platformer for mobile devices, and the engine runs well on my desktop, but when I open it on my laptop the editor slows to a crawl. Are there any options I have to improve performance? Ways to disable high-end effects (reflections, lighting, etc) that I would never need in my game?
On the view of your game in the editor, there will be a button saying ‘Show’. Clock this and head down to the post processing effects and turn a few (or all) of them off. Also, in the ‘Quick Settings’ there are options to lower the Editor preferences/settings and texture quality. Try turning them down to Low as well and see what kind of performance you are getting then. It should give quite a strong improvement.
Hello,
You may want to check out our recent blog post about How to Improve Frame Rate through Video Settings: How to Improve Frame Rate Through Video Settings - Unreal Engine
Cheers,
-Steve