koobas.hobune.stream
Should I be worried about this? Using Terrains on iOS and Android devices
While I love what the Terrain achieves, I am concerned about using it with mobile apps. It seems to cut the performance (of everything) so severely that it really in not suitable for mobile apps at all. If this is the case, then perhaps the documentation should note this with a big WARNING! Do not use Terrains for mobile app development! Or perhaps I am simply missing some trick that makes it work? I tried reducing the size, limiting the amount of grass, etc. Please take a look at the following screenshots and let me know if there is any hope. Also, are frame rates of 6 normal for mobile? I am using an iPhone 4 for development.
iOS 1: without Terrain 
iOS 2: with Terrain 
Terrain worked fine for me on a 2-year-old iPad. But I had a lot less grass (you have to drop the density(?) slider by a lot when you place it, or use erase a lot.) Plus you should know how to change the height map grid square sizes. Standard Terrain stuff, but it takes practice.
There also was a warning, back when I started, not to expect it to work, or work well on mobile devices.
@Owen Reynolds Thanks. I have tried a lot of settings without any luck. Even a simple 5x5x1 Terrain kills the performance. Perhaps you can share a few simple settings you know of that would demonstrate a reasonable performance? Like: create a 5x5x1 square Terrain, set resolution to X, set density to Y, etc.
