Window Overview

There are some global settings in project settings.

General Settings

• Auto Initialize
  • Performs initialization at application start instead of on the first API call. Keeping it enabled can prevent a small spike on the first call during runtime.
• Instancing Package Size
  • Determines how many instances will be possible to draw in a single batch. 511 is the maximal value that Unity allows to draw.
• Max Instanced Objects
  • Specifies how many instanced objects can be created at runtime simultaneously. A larger number allows you to create more objects but will consume more memory and more time to process. Adjust it to your needs for better performance.
• Render Only to Current Camera
  • If enabled, Instanced Renderers will be visible only to the camera chosen in BlackRoseProjects.InstancedAnimationSystem.InstancedAnimation.CurrentCamera. If disabled, all cameras will see Instanced Renderers. It is a good design idea to render them only once if you are using more than one camera. It will also hide Instanced Renderers in the scene view.
• Transitions Blending
  • Keeping it enabled will process additional data for normals and tangents during animation transitions.

Editor Settings

These settings will only affect the Editor, not the build.

• Render During Pause
  • When enabled, instances will still be rendered during playmode pause. Disabling will reduce GPU usage.
• Render Without Playmode
  • Determines what will be rendered outside of Playmode. On URP and HDRP, it works somewhat randomly 😅
    • Render Full
      • Always draw the full object.
    • Only Selected
      • Draw only when selected.
    • Only Gizmos
      • Draw only the gizmo of the mesh when selected.
• Draw Bounding Gizmo
  • Additionally draw the Bounding Sphere when selected.
• Selection Outline
  • If enabled, the selected instance will also be outlined.
• Selection Color - visible only if Selection Outline is enabled.
  • Color of the selection outline.

Assembly Settings

• Custom Shader Values
  • When enabled, you can set a property block for materials to have unique looks on Renderers in the same batch. Enabling it will slightly decrease performance, even if not used.
• Instanced Profiling
  • If enabled, additional profiling will be active for observation in Unity Profiler. It will slightly decrease performance.
• Animator Safety Checks
  • Adds additional checks in the Instanced Animator workflow, but it will slightly decrease performance. If you do not encounter any errors during Animator work, keep it disabled.