Lagging map :( how do i solve this

[legacy-tarrryan]

i have made a map and now it has reached the point where the map begins to lag because its so large, is there anyway of solveing this

[legacy-Skynet2097]

Do you have portals and ani-portals?
anti-portals act like a wall and will make sure that everything behind this anti-portals is not rendered.
Portals do the same thing but for an area, if you have a 'closed' ared with models etc in it and you cant see this portal then everything in the room closed by this portal isnt rendered.

There is a video tutorial from 3dbuzz that explains this. Its really easy check it out. If ou have the UT2004 Special edition then check disc 2. They contian all 3dbuzz VTM's

[musilowski]

Add fog. Or do you already have some? Add an ZoneInfo and check bDistantFog to true and fiddle with it's settings...

[legacy-Lord_Dace]

Also, sometimes if you have Static Meshes that the player will never go anywhere near (in impossible-to-reach-locations) you can turn off collision for them, saving the CPU a few cycles.
You won't get a huge boost from this, but it does help a little bit

[legacy-sandorski]

Indoor or Outdoor or both?

Be sure to Zone all your Indoor areas, if the Map is all Indoor or has very large Indoor areas, Zone each room.