batching draw calls for animated meshes

[Baker Xiao]

Hello, 

We are wondering what's the best way to optimize a scene like this:

* We have 10 clones of the same mesh

* Each mesh bound to a separate instance of a skeleton so they can be animated separately

* They all use the same material

Right now we are seeing 10 draw calls from this scene. Can we reduce them to 1? 

[RaananW]

Howdy,

Since they are animated independently (I assume), 10 draw calls seem right.

If they all move the same (like in this example - http://www.babylonjs.com/demos/instancedbones/), it can be reduced.

[Baker Xiao]

6 minutes ago, RaananW said:

Howdy,

Since they are animated independently (I assume), 10 draw calls seem right.

If they all move the same (like in this example - http://www.babylonjs.com/demos/instancedbones/), it can be reduced.

Is there no way to take advantage of them all using the same material? 

[RaananW]

Well, you are using the same memory allocation for the material, which does increase performance, but 10 meshes (clones, not instances, even with the same material) will still generate 10 draw calls.

[Baker Xiao]

2 hours ago, RaananW said:

Well, you are using the same memory allocation for the material, which does increase performance, but 10 meshes (clones, not instances, even with the same material) will still generate 10 draw calls.

ah gotcha. thanks!

[GameMonetize]

And as they use the same material Babylon.js will cache it for you