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ParticleSystem.SetMaximumPreMappedBufferCounts

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Declaration

public static void SetMaximumPreMappedBufferCounts(int vertexBuffersCount, int indexBuffersCount);

Parameters

vertexBuffersCount The maximum number of cached vertex buffers.
indexBuffersCount The maximum number of cached index buffers.

Description

Limits the amount of graphics memory Unity reserves for efficient rendering of Particle Systems.

To efficiently write particle data into graphics memory, Unity uses a pool of pre-allocated vertex buffers. When rendering a large number of particles, this pool will increase in size. If the number of particles decreases later, the pool still maintains this size.

Maintaining a large pool can make future rendering more efficient, in situations where a large number of particles are being rendered, and the pool is already pre-sized appropriately. However, a large pool uses more memory, so this function allows you to set a limit on the number of buffers in the cache.

If the total number of visible particles reaches the limit, Unity allocates new buffers and releases them on-demand within the frames that need them, rather than saving them for re-use on multiple frames. This can be slower but prevents the cache from using too much memory.

Modern graphics APIs, such as DirectX12, Vulkan and Metal, do not use a pre-allocated pool of vertex buffers, because they can operate efficiently without it. This method does nothing on these devices.