# Unreal Engine Settings

We've accumulated a number of settings that work well with Carbon Projects.

## **Initial Project Settings**

* Game-Blank-Blueprint-Raytracing On

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## **Editor Settings**

### **Performance**

* Show Frame Rate and Memory. Enable
* Use Less CPU when in Background, Disable.

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## **Project Settings**

### **Supported Platforms**

* Disable all but Windows 64-bit (reduces shader permutations)

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### **Platforms - Windows**

* Default RHI- DirectX 12

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### **Engine - Rendering**

* Support Hardware Ray Tracing, Enable

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* Allow Static Lighting, uncheck (unless you intend to bake lighting)

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* Auto Exposure, Disable
* Motion Blur, Disable
* Anti-Aliasing Method - Temporal Anti-Aliasing (TAA)
* Light Units - Lumens

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### **Engine - General Settings**

* Use Fixed Framerate, uncheck unless using for XR Productions. Follow advice from XR plugin otherwise.

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### Post Process Volume Settings

**Lumen Global Illumination:**

* Lumen Scene Detail - 4
* Lumen Scene Lighting Update Speed - 4
* Final Gather Lighting Update Speed - 4

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