Disable shader baker when exporting as dedicated server #112361
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Dedicated server exports don't perform any rendering, so there's no point in including baked shaders. Doing so saves a few MBs in PCK size if the shader baker was enabled in the export options.
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Shouldn't this just force disable "shader_baker/enabled" when using a dedicated server so that we don't have to add checks in multiple places?
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Do you mean switching the export mode should automatically uncheck the If we can figure out a consistent way to do it, then it's probably a better idea. |
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Dedicated server exports don't perform any rendering, so there's no point in including baked shaders. Doing so saves a few MBs in PCK size if the shader baker was enabled in the export options.
Testing project: test_export_dedicated_server.zip
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File sizes in bytes for ZIP main packs before and after this PR:
I exported as ZIP so it's easy to inspect, but you get similar savings in PCK too.
client_master.zip
client_pr.zip
server_master.zip
server_pr.zip