Hello everyone,
does Needle support InstancedMesh out of the box? E.g. with the static options or similiar? Would be a nifty feature I guess 
@cetaryl
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Yes it does (if the material is set to use instancing)
Internally it gets translated to Three’s InstancedMesh implementation
You can use ?debuginstancing to see instanced rendering colorcoded
I am once again baffled how feature packed needle already is. Thanks, Marcel!
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Oh. Not baffled, stunned
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@marcel 
Right now we’re trying to optimize Performance and to decrease Draw calls. Funny enough, if i change the materials of one structure to use GPU Instancing and disable static batching, the draw calls actually increase (625 → 650).
Using ?debuginstancing i can see that instancing is being applied but I’m a bit lost where to start decreasing the draw calls. Do you have a hint in which direction to look? So far, we replaced all realtime lighting with baked lightmaps
by user 263717937473519619
Hello @cetaryl do you think you could send a repro and a link to your deployed project for me to check? (can be PM)
use GPU Instancing and disable static batching’, the draw calls actually increase
How are you measuring draw calls right now? Static batching only applies to Unity at the moment
sure, will clear some stuff and then send you a link and repro
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Thank you
good morning, @marcel did you have a chance to take a look at the repro?
by user 263717937473519619
Hello @cetaryl not yet unfortunately
Just a quick question: Could it be an issue with one mesh having multiple materials?
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It shouldnt
Okay, I think there’s no need to look anymore @marcel – I’m pretty sure we’re having some setup issues with material references. I just confirmed with a test scene, that Needle does in fact create instancedmeshes and only one material that is referenced from each mesh then. Somehow we still end up with hundres of materials in our scene, which obviously drives the number of draw calls extremely high. It’s pretty sure not a needle issue, but something with our scene.
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Are those objects all using the same material in Unity?
No, they weren’t. I dont know for sure why, but as I said it was a problem with our scene, not Needle
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Ah ok