: For the background props, she simplified the lighting model. The Final Glow
She started with the basics: . She switched her directional light to 'Stationary' and her point lights to 'Static'. She hit the 'Build Lighting' button. The fans on her PC began to roar, a mechanical dragon guarding the gates of optimization. ue4-mobile-lighting
But on the mobile devkit? It looked like a soggy cardboard box. : For the background props, she simplified the
She realized her materials were too heavy. Mobile platforms hate complex instruction counts. She dove into the Material Editor, stripping away the "fancy" nodes. She hit the 'Build Lighting' button
The breakthrough came with . She couldn't afford real-time bloom, so she used a clever trick: a simple emissive plane with a blurred texture to "fake" the glow around the neon signs.
She took a breath and tapped the 'Launch' button one last time. The game loaded. The protagonist moved through the alleyway, the baked light catching the edges of the character's armor through tweaks. The frame rate counter stayed a solid, beautiful green: 60 FPS.