When to use Lite Mode or Edit Mode (New for v. 8.4)

Standard CC3+, ActorBuild, ActorScan, and Humanoid characters can switch to Lite mode to increase system performance, especially when there are abundant characters in the project.

Comparison of Characters in Edit Mode and Lite Mode:

Edit mode: ~131.44 fps.	Lite mode: ~197.36 fps.
30 actors in Edit mode: ~14.38 fps.	30 actors in Lite mode: ~27.03 fps.

Switching to Lite or Edit Mode for Actors

Select one or more actors, click either Edit Mode or Lite Mode in the Modify panel.

• When in Lite mode, the only feature left for the characters is the Transform settings.
• All the character's animation-related settings or effects will be temporarily flattened and inaccessible in the Lite mode.
• You can only see the Transform track in the timeline.
  
• If the character animations utilize constraints, such as Reach or Link, then perform Flatten All Motions with Constraint before converting the character to Lite mode.
  
• In Lite mode, templates in specific libraries are not supported and they can't be applied.

  Libraries	Supported Status in Lite Mode
  Actor-related	X
  Hair	X
  Cloth	X
  Accessories	X
  Motion-Related (rlMotion, iMotion, iMotionPlus)	X
  Sbsar	O
  iMaterial	O
  iMaterialPlus	X
  iSubstance	O
  HDR	O
  Video / Sound	O