This patch is going out to beta first with quite a few changes aimed largely at optimizing the general frame rate and trying to keep it steadier while loading in new terrains and objects as you move. Optimization is kind of an unending process, there's always more you can do, but I did find and polish quite a few little dents in the machine. There's still a number of different things I've written down that I'd like to improve, but there's a lot more to be done and I think this was a good pass at things. There may also be some new small bugs due to the Unity upgrade.
One thing to note about this patch is that screen resolution is now set in-game, but only currently via the main menu settings. I'm going to expand the settings window in-game to include resolution options, as well as other performance affecting settings as the opening splash screen is no longer built-in to Unity 2019.
I also made a video last week talking about why I chose to stop and make a pass at performance though posting it now is ending up making it a bit odd timing wise:
In any case, there might be some things I need to address with the new patch, but for the most part I'm looking to focus on bug fixes for the rest of the week. Hopefully I can clear out all of the non-cosmetic, at least, bugs before moving forward. I do want to make another video talking about that, and hope to be posting it tomorrow, and maybe even making that a weekly thing for Patreon.
v 0.7.0.6 2020.11.17
- Upgraded to Unity 2019.4.14
- Enabled incremental garbage collector
- Disabled network object proximity checks for clients/single player
- Added a random offset to network object proximity checks to keep them from happening all at once
- Increased near and far pixel error forgiveness considerably
- Reverted grass to Unity's
- Spred building loading out across frames
- Fixed planters not going in and out of inventory properly in MP
- Fixed neighboring terrains not matching their LODs causing visual holes from a distance
- Fixed arctic wolves not spawning
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