Custom Rendering System

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1

Hello, so i was wondering if I were to make a rendering system where it would load the nearest items how would I do that correctly. Would I keep the items in replicated storage then move them out once close enough because streaming enabled doesn’t really help much with a map that’s all part terrain. I noticed South West Florida has a rendering system like that and I just need ideas on how it could possibly work.

2

Just do something along the lines of:

local RunService = game:GetService("RunService")
local LocalPlayer = game:GetService("Players").LocalPlayer
local character = LocalPlayer.Character or LocalPlayer CharacterAdded:Wait()
local hrp = character:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart")

local markersFolder = workspace:WaitForChild("RenderMarkers")
local proxies = {}

for _, marker in pairs(markersFolder:GetChildren()) do
	if marker:IsA("BasePart") then
		table.insert(proxies, {
			Part = marker,
			Loaded = false,
			ObjectID = marker:GetAttribute("ObjectID"),
			Radius = marker:GetAttribute("BoundingRadius") or 100
		})
	end
end

local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local RenderableAssets = ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("RenderableAssets")

RunService.RenderStepped:Connect(function()
	for _, proxy in ipairs(proxies) do
		if not proxy.Loaded then
			local distance = (hrp.Position - proxy.Part.Position).Magnitude
			if distance < proxy.Radius then
				local asset = RenderableAssets:FindFirstChild(proxy.ObjectID)
				if asset then
					local clone = asset:Clone()
					clone:SetPrimaryPartCFrame(proxy.Part.CFrame)
					clone.Parent = workspace
					proxy.Loaded = true
					proxy.RenderedObject = clone
				end
			end
		else
			local distance = (hrp.Position - proxy.Part.Position).Magnitude
			if distance > proxy.Radius + 50 then -- buffer to avoid constant reloads
				if proxy.RenderedObject then
					proxy.RenderedObject:Destroy()
					proxy.RenderedObject = nil
				end
				proxy.Loaded = false
			end
		end
	end
end)
3

Wouldnt that cause lag issues you think if you load too much in at a time?

4

Instead of immediately loading it you can make use of queuing before loading it, so you call a function which puts it in a table. Then every tick (frame) you load a couple of models etc. You can also remove them from the queue and so on.