machf wrote:
Do you know if using copied instances helps performance over say using many individual unique physics boxes? I know it doesn't render them like static mesh's but it may only keep one copy of the physics volume in memory.
That's the idea, I guess. The only objects for which you should use unique physics boxes instead of physics subobjects are ones that are unique themselves, static, and/or need more than the maximum limit for subobjects.[/quote]
Yeah, I believe machf is right on that. The more different base instances you have in the level, the longer your load times and the higher the memory usage. Remember that without memory tweaks, Tres will eventually crash when a certain amount of object memory is overloaded. Normally this isn't a problem unless you use too many high-poly objects, though.