Streaming and HLODs

World Partition paves the way for creators to build large and complex islands, and enables them to do so while improving memory costs and ensuring smooth performance across different platforms.

Two important components that World Partition uses to make this possible are Streaming and HLODs (Hierarchical Level of Detail).

Streaming

World Partition uses Streaming to load grid cells around a player, or streaming source, in and out of memory. This reduces the amount of data that your machine has to remember to the cells surrounding a player character.

If the island exceeds 1 km at it's widest axis, you will see a popup prompting you to turn on Streaming.