---
title: "Custom Batch Size"
description: "Demonstrates how to define a custom batch size in the Game configuration to control the number of quads processed by the WebGL renderer in a single draw call."
phaser: "4.1.0"
size: "1024x512"
files: 1
url: https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/renderer/view/custom-batch-size
site: Phaser - https://phaser.io
---

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# Custom Batch Size

Demonstrates how to define a custom batch size in the Game configuration to control the number of quads processed by the WebGL renderer in a single draw call.

A Phaser 4.1.0 example in [Renderer](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/renderer.md). It runs at 1024 × 512, and loads its assets from https://cdn.phaserfiles.com/v410. See it running, with its code, at https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/renderer/view/custom-batch-size.

To run it, load Phaser 4.1.0 (`https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/phaser@4.1.0/dist/phaser.min.js`), then the file, on a page with a `<div id="game-container">`.

## Code

### custom batch size.js

```js
class Example extends Phaser.Scene
{
    preload ()
    {
        this.load.setBaseURL('https://cdn.phaserfiles.com/v410');
        this.load.image('mushroom', 'assets/sprites/mushroom16x16.png');
    }

    create ()
    {
        //  64 x 32 = 2048

        for (let y = 0; y < 32; y++)
        {
            for (let x = 0; x < 64; x++)
            {
                this.add.image(x * 16, y * 16, 'mushroom').setOrigin(0);
            }
        }
    }
}

const config = {
    scale: { mode: Phaser.Scale.FIT },
    type: Phaser.WEBGL,
    parent: 'game-container',
    width: 1024,
    height: 512,
    render: {
        //  A custom batch size of 1024 quads
        batchSize: 1024
    },
    scene: Example
};

const game = new Phaser.Game(config);
```

## More in Renderer

- [Bend Shader with Custom Batch Handler](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/renderer/view/bend-shader.md): Demonstrates applying a custom batch handler shader to multiple sprites using setRenderNodeRole to create a visual bending effect.
- [Color Filter](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/renderer/view/color-filter.md): Demonstrates how to enable and apply a hue-rotation color filter to individual sprites using custom filter controllers.
- [Container Post-Processing Filter](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/renderer/view/container-filter.md): This example demonstrates how to enable and apply custom post-processing filters to a Container and all of its nested children.
- [Custom Filter](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/renderer/view/custom-filter.md): Demonstrates how to create and apply a custom GLSL fragment shader filter to a Game Object, using a Filter Controller to manage uniforms like time and speed.
- [Custom Grayscale Shader via Batch Handler](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/renderer/view/grayscale-shader-addition.md): Apply a custom shader effect to individual game objects by assigning a specific Batch Handler and updating its shader uniforms in real-time.
- [Custom Shader Single Texture Render Node](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/renderer/view/custom-shader-single-texture-es6.md): Demonstrates how to create a custom render node to apply a color-warping fragment shader and time-based uniforms to specific Sprites.
- [Custom Shader with Batch Handler](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/renderer/view/custom-shader-multi-texture-es6.md): Demonstrates how to apply a custom GLSL shader to specific sprites using a BatchHandlerQuad render node and the setRenderNodeRole method.
- [Hue Rotation Shader via Batch Handler](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/renderer/view/hue-rotation-shader-addition.md): Apply a custom hue rotation shader to multiple sprites by registering a BatchHandler render node and updating shader uniforms in the game loop.
- [Local Grayscale Shader Addition](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/renderer/view/grayscale-shader-addition-added-locally.md): Demonstrates how to inject custom GLSL code into a specific batch handler to create a grayscale effect and apply it selectively to individual sprites using Render Node roles.
- [Smooth Pixel Art Rendering](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/renderer/view/smooth-pixel-art.md): Demonstrates the use of the smoothPixelArt configuration property to enable anti-aliasing for textures while maintaining smooth edges during camera zooms and rotations.
- [Swirl Filter](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/renderer/view/swirl-filter.md): Apply a swirl distortion effect to a Game Object and animate the effect's strength using the Tween Manager.
- [WebGL Context Recovery](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/renderer/view/webgl-context-recovery.md): Demonstrates how Phaser automatically restores standard GameObjects like images, shapes, and text after a WebGL context loss occurs and is subsequently recovered.
- [All 14 examples in Renderer](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/renderer.md)

---

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