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Enabling the Skeletal Mesh Reduction Tool Plugin

Going over how to enable the Skeletal Mesh Reduction Tool Plugin.

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The Skeletal Mesh Reduction tool should be enabled by default when you create a new project. However, if it is not enabled, the following how-to walks you through the necessary steps to enable the Skeletal Mesh Reduction Plugin in your Unreal Engine 4 (UE4) project.

Steps

  1. From the UE4 Editor go to the Main Toolbar and select Edit > Project Settings .
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  2. From the Project Settings window, go to the Editor section and click on the Skeletal Mesh Simplification section.
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  3. Under the General section, click on the Skeletal Mesh Reduction Plugin drop-down, and from the displayed list, select the SkeletalMeshReduction option.
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  4. Press the Restart Now button, in the lower-right corner, to restart the Editor with the SkeletalMeshReduction Plugin enabled.
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End Result

When the SkeletalMeshReduction plugin has been successfully enabled, you will see a new section under LOD 0 called Reduction Settings like in the image below.

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