Best way to render a large image behind parts?

Help and Feedback Scripting Support
#1

I’m making a space game, and it has planets that you can see and travel to, and currently those are large parts with a decal on them that has the planet image. That isn’t the best solution, as it stutters and lags whenever in view. I’ve also tried a surfaceGUI with an image, but that suffers from the same issue, however it’s more pronounced.

this is the effect I’m looking for:

Annotation%202019-09-13%20205123
Annotation%202019-09-13%20205123632×574 30.4 KB

How would I make something that hides behind parts like a part with a decal/SurfaceGUI on a part does, but also performs well?

#2

Sorry to be a bother, but can I see a gif of the stuttering to better understand what problem you are having?

#3

Here you go, microprofiler shows it.

#4

Hm, what you could do is have the decal added locally, and have a lower quality version at higher distances, and a higher quality version at closer distances.

#5

The current image is only 225x225 and 81kb. I can try and reduce that more, but I don’t want quality to be impacted too much.

#6

after some testing, I found the lag issue was loading the large (1000x1000) part into view.