In large maps with a large amount of parts, buildSkeleton will start consuming way too much time per frame, resulting in the game effectively freezing consistently whenever moving around, equipping / unequipping tools, etc.
StreamingEnabled is on, using Opportunistic streaming.
StreamingIntegrityMode is disabled.
The parts are split up in 128x128 groups of Models, using Atomic ModelStreamingMode.
The frame time is quite excessive and causes the game to hang frequently, making it almost impossible to play.
Character accessories do not matter, as this can be reproduced on an empty character with no accessories nor character appearance loaded.
It’s difficult to provide an easy way to test this given the circumstances this is being implemented in (new content for a group focused on in-game research), but I can provide the build files to staff who may need it to test and work on this bug.
I thought the problem to be streaming related but it appears to be related only to the amount of parts.
GlobalShadows is off.
The map parts are not part of any skinned mesh / Bones, Humanoid, etc.
Models LevelOfDetail has no impact on this.
As a workaround, I am loading the dimensional folders in and out depending on the player’s position, which is helping reduce the frame times, although this is obviously not ideal and has memory implications.
This is being tested on a Computer, as that is the intended device for this gameplay, but it’s likely that it also happens on Mobile.
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