Enter the Rumbleverse - What Goes Into a Good Battle Royale? - Unreal Fest 2022

Explore the development process behind Rumbleverse, a high-flying battle royale game, in this 41-minute conference talk from Unreal Fest 2022. Dive into Iron Galaxy Studios' strategic optimizations and engine modifications that ensure smooth 60 FPS gameplay. Learn about level streaming, world composition, lighting techniques, and character customization. Discover the optimization philosophy, including depth prepass, modified prepass, player occlusion, and outline rendering. Examine advanced rendering techniques such as reflection environments, tile classification, and GPU-driven rendering. Gain insights into building rendering, ISM component drawbacks, and CPU LOD selection. Understand asset auditing, texture management, and advanced search syntax to improve game performance.

Intro
Level Streaming
World Composition
Lighting
Character Customization
Characters
Optimization Philosophy
Depth Prepass
Modified Prepass
Player Occlusion + Outline
Reflection Environment
Tile Classification
Tile Classify Shader
Env Apply Shader
Classification Cost
Building Rendering
ISM Component Drawbacks
GPU-driven rendering
GPU-driven ISM Component
CPU LOD Selection
Individual Components
Cook-time Conversion
Instance ID Indirection
Update Args Shader
Asset Auditing Logs
ListTextures
Advanced Search Syntax