unreal-performance

Unreal Performance

Purpose

Profile packaged Unreal builds on target hardware and connect fixes to the real bottleneck domain.

Use When

• performance targets are at risk
• rendering and streaming are scaling up
• multiplayer or open world systems are growing

Inputs

• target hardware
• representative maps
• current metrics
• content and module assumptions

Process

1. profile packaged builds instead of relying only on editor sessions
2. separate CPU, GPU, memory, streaming, and replication costs
3. review Blueprint, Tick, actor lifetime, and rendering contributors together
4. prioritize fixes by measured player impact
5. track benchmark baselines through milestones

Outputs

• profiling summary
• bottleneck map
• optimization priorities
• baseline tracking notes

Quality Bar

• respects Unreal framework ownership, packaging, and content pipeline realities
• keeps C++, Blueprints, plugins, and content boundaries intentional
• makes replication, map setup, and packaging risk explicit

Common Failure Modes

• Blueprint graph sprawl hiding ownership
• using Tick where event-driven logic is clearer
• packaging or plugin state changing without documentation

Related Agents

• unreal-reviewer
• performance-reviewer
• technical-artist

Related Commands

• unreal-review
• perf-budget
• verify

Notes

• Keep this skill aligned with the relevant rules layer and current project documentation.
• If engine-specific constraints materially change the workflow, hand off to the matching engine skill or engine-specific reviewer.