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--- en:toolworks:docs:apparatus:rendering [2023/03/24 13:27] – vladius
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 Rendering some massive crowds can be challenging.
-Our official [[github>toolworks/Apparatist|Apparatist]] utility kit already contains a Trait Renderer Component, that manages the rendering of the entities with a common Trait through Instanced Static Meshes.
+Our official [[github>toolworks/Apparatist|Apparatist]] utility kit already contains a Trait Renderer Component, that manages the rendering of the entities with a common Trait through [[ue>API/Runtime/Engine/Components/UInstancedStaticMeshComponent|Instanced Static Meshes]].
-Check out this video on using AnimToTexture to turn your skeletal mesh animations into textures to be used within the materials:
+===== Animations =====
+Check out this video on using [[https://dev.epicgames.com/community/learning/tutorials/daE9/unreal-engine-baking-out-vertex-animation-in-editor-with-animtotexture|AnimToTexture]] to turn your skeletal mesh animations into textures to be used within the materials on ISMs:
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+Also a somewhat outdated open-source [[github>Rexocrates/Vertex_Anim_Toolset|Vertex Anim Toolset]] plugin is available in order to turn skeletal animations into textures.
+A third-party [[https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/vertex-animation-manager|Vertex Animation Manager]] is available for purchase on the Marketplace.