Lumen Global Illumination in Unreal Engine 5: Setup, Asset Prep, and Performance Tuning
Lumen transforms how 3D game environments look — but only if your assets and project settings are configured correctly. Here's the complete setup guide.
Performance-Optimization — 3D Modeling Articles
6 articles tagged performance-optimization. Tutorials and workflow notes for 3D artists shipping game-ready assets to Unity, Unreal Engine 5, Godot 4, and Blender.
Vertex Animation Textures in Unreal Engine 5: Animate Cloth, Fire, and Destruction Without Skeletons
VAT bakes per-vertex simulation data into textures and replays it in a shader—no skeleton, no CPU skinning. Here's how to bake in Blender and drive it in UE5.
Lumen Global Illumination in Unreal Engine 5: Settings, Asset Prep, and Performance Tuning
Master Lumen GI in Unreal Engine 5: configure Software and Hardware Ray Tracing, prep assets for accurate lighting, and hit your performance budget.
Decals in Unreal Engine 5: A Complete Guide to Adding Surface Detail to Game-Ready Assets
Master UE5 decals to layer dirt, damage, and detail onto game assets without remeshing. Boost visual fidelity while keeping performance in check.
Material Instancing in Unreal Engine 5: Boost Performance and Flexibility for Game-Ready Assets
Master UE5 material instancing to cut draw calls, enable real-time parameter tweaks, and ship game-ready assets faster—without duplicating a single shader.
Baking Lightmaps in Unity: The Complete Workflow for Game-Ready 3D Assets
Master Unity lightmap baking from scene setup to atlas optimization. Cut runtime cost, boost visual fidelity, and ship faster with pre-baked GI.