[MDL ED] Book Cases

[CarnivorousJelly]

So I'm making a rather large library (as a lot of you know) and I've become a stickler for detail on it. Problem with this is that, after finishing decorating only the fifth floor and sixth floor, the file is 1MB. This isn't including any decals or particle systems.

I was thinking perhaps making static bookshelf entities that already have books would be a good idea because it would allow me to decrease the number of entities I have to incorporate. The problem with this is that I'm not exactly sure how I would go about making these bookshelves and all the good tutorials are buried somewhere I can't find them (or incomplete)

To sum it all up: How do I merge multiple static objects and entities in the level editor, make them into one large static object, then delete the unnecessary parts of the models?

Thanks in advance for any help!