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Are Mesh Filters Really Necessary?
Im using both a mesh filter and mesh renderer on a level piece. If I remove the mesh filter everything still works... Is it really necessary?
Uhm, sure. If you use a MeshRenderer, how would you specify which mesh should be rendered? Unlike a SkinnedMeshRenderer a MeshRenderer doesn't have a mesh reference.
If you remove the MeshFilter, next time your scene is deserialized / loaded the mesh won't be visible since the MeshRenderer doesn't know what to render.
@Bunny83 ahh okay. That makes sense. So What If I remove it in a start method? Will that help optimization in any way?
No, not really. The $$anonymous$$eshFilter does nothing on it's own. It just has a reference to a mesh instance. It's a pure passive component. Removing that component would only free a few bytes of memory. It has no impact on performance.
Hmm... Alright. Just one less thing for me to do then.. lol. Thanks!
