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Scatter Preferences expose one global setting that controls how many attempts the scatter system is allowed to make when searching for a valid placement position.
This is an advanced user setting. The default value works well in most setups.

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Settings

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Max Checks

Default: 100
Minimum: 1 The maximum number of position checks the scatter system performs per spawn attempt for elements that use a rejection-sampling approach. Scatter elements such as Random Point work by sampling random positions and testing each one against your filters and placement rules. If a candidate position fails, the element tries again — up to this limit. When the limit is reached, that particular placement attempt is abandoned. Raising this value gives the scatter system more attempts per spawn, which helps when filters are very restrictive and valid positions are rare. It also increases the time spent per spawn pass. Lowering this value keeps the editor faster but may leave more gaps in areas where the rules are difficult to satisfy.

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Effect on Scatter Settings

This preference affects systems such as Random Point within the Scatter Settings stack. Random Grid and Tiles use deterministic layouts and are not affected by this limit.