Maintain Performance While Building Large Strut Networks

Why Performance Matters

Traditional methods of spanning gaps—filling space with blocks—cause severe lag with large networks. Struts avoid this by using Flywheel rendering, which offloads visual calculations to your GPU.

Building Efficiently

1. Use cable styles instead of solid beams when aesthetics allow—they're equally performant but look better over long distances

2. Avoid creating redundant overlapping struts; each connection adds rendering overhead

3. Place anchor blocks strategically to minimize the total number of connections needed

What Flywheel Does

Flywheel rendering batches all your strut models together and renders them as a single optimized draw call. This means a network of 50 cables performs nearly as well as a network of 5.

Monitoring Performance

Even with Flywheel optimization, extremely dense networks (hundreds of connections in one area) may impact frame rate. Spread your networks across your world when possible, and use natural terrain features to break up visual density.