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There is a setting called "LocalJobsDefaultProcessorCount" in the Developer Settings tab in Swarm. After the change to make Lightmass build asynchronously while the user keeps working, this setting doesn't do anything. (Update: it looks like this setting has gone away)
Instead, there is a setting in BaseLightmass.ini:
[DevOptions.StaticLighting]
NumUnusedLightmassThreads=1
That number represents how many processor cores will not be used for building lighting, and instead will be dedicated to the Editor. So setting that to 1 means that all but one of your cores will be used to build lighting. The user should be able to set this setting in a proper UI somewhere. Maybe this should now be in the Editor instead of in Swarm?
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| Component | UE - Graphics Features |
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| Affects Versions | 4.0, 4.8.3, 4.9 |
| Created | Aug 25, 2015 |
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| Resolved | Feb 14, 2017 |
| Updated | Apr 27, 2018 |