[Small Tip] Optimization

Hello UFE Users.

So you're packaging your UFE game, and sending it to friends for testing/uploading a playable beta. But your end-users are having some difficulty- they can't get the game to run at a playable speed! Even on the lowest settings it doesn't run well for them! Slowdowns, stuttering, they don't like it. But after reading this, you'll know how to avoid this from happening.

1. Build Quality Settings. This probably shouldn't be the highest on the list, but its a good start to edit what your Quality settings are in Unity when you build your project. Remember that just because there is a "Fastest" option there, does not mean all computers will suddenly be able to run your game by choosing it. You may have to do some other edits on your own as well.

2. Camera Scripts. Motion Blur, Color Correction, etc, are nice things to have, but if they have tweakable settings, be sure to edit them! If you have a Motion Blur script, and it looks nice to you, it is not necessarily a good idea to crank up the intensity of it to the highest value. Besides slowdowns, it could also cause some other, unwanted results. You also shouldn't add two similar scripts together, more specifically if they have the same effect in the end.

3. What's in the Scene/Stage? If you have large lag on one stage and not another, chances are there may be too many items on that stage that shouldn't be needed. (or the target computer can't handle everything.) When making your stage in the Unity Scene View, remember that the player(s) can only see from one side in a 2D view. For instance, if you have the characters fighting in front of a building, you do not need to have items behind the building that are out of sight. Removing out of sight items can improve performance, reduce memory usage, and have your players enjoying a smooth match.

4. MOST IMPORTANT:BEFORE packaging and sending your release/update/beta off to others, make sure you ALWAYS test your packaged build, and not only assume the game works well based on how it runs in Playmode in the editor. Play in Editor and Standalone Build can have two different results!

Well that's all for now. Hope it helped.