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Been working on more optimizations using the new trees and decided to make a build so you all could check it out too.
The screenshot above is at 2560x1440 with most settings turned up. Note the 150+ framerate at the bottom left of the screenshot!
Now, this is one tree with no variety yet so the framerate won't be that high once I add in the variety and the leaf colors, but overall it's a great starting point and about 30-40 FPS higher than I get with the current trees.
Also, unlike the current trees, the leaves on these move with the wind.
To try this yourself, grab the latest test build (instructions linked below) and load a new game. Has to be a new game as these trees aren't set up to work with chopping down.
Once your character loads into the world do the following to replace the current trees with the new tree:
Hold down right-alt and right-ctrl and then press T.
While still holding down right-alt and right-ctrl, press H.
The new trees should appear and the old ones get turned off.
Going to do more tests with this myself on my test PCs. I'm happy with the overall optimizations so far so I'll probably release a full build (without the tree hotkeys) a bit later today.
To get the test build, follow the instructions in this announcement:
https://steamcommunity.com/games/664000/announcements/detail/1645413186886242806