STEP 34 OF 67 · YOU ARE THE ENVIRONMENT ARTIST

Start the world in World Partition

World Partition splits the map into cells and loads only what is near the player. Turn it on from day one, because converting a world later is painful.

How to do it

  1. Create a new Open World map (World Partition is on).
  2. Set the cell size for your world's scale.
How AI speeds this up

Ask Duke for starting cell sizes based on your world size from step 6.

Example from a sample game

Ashfall: 4 km by 4 km open-world map, World Partition on.

Before you move on

In Duke Forger, this step's gate checks:

Words to know

World Partition
Unreal's system that splits a big map into cells and loads only those near the player.
Streaming
Loading parts of the world as the player approaches and unloading them behind, so huge worlds fit in memory.
Do step 34 on your own game

Included in Creator, Academy and Studio. Duke drafts it with you and checks it before step 35 opens.

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