Improvements to Grass and Kazai Village
Hello shopkeepers!
We're working hard on the next regular update. But in the meantime, we made some performance improvements that we wanted to get out for you all.
[h3]Highlights[/h3]
Happy Shopkeeping this weekend!
The vertex count of grass has been dramatically reduced for better performance. In spite of this, grass also appears fuller due to shader and vertex changes for an overall visual improvement. The amount of grass throughout the game remains unchanged -- it just looks denser and runs faster.
Notice how the grass in the red circle appears fuller.
We've seen some systems jump from 100 FPS to 110 FPS. It's a win-win scenario: better visuals and better performance!
This patch introduces a character save backup system that works alongside the World save backup system and a system for making multiple backup saves and choosing which one to load.
In the event of a power outage or interruption in saving that would corrupt the character save process, you can load up your character backup by:
As of this update, when you select Load Backup Save from the Help Menu, the game will prompt you to select which save you want to load from your last 3 backups. Based on the timestamps, you can gauge which one will recover the data you lost.
When you load a backup save from the Help Menu, your World and character will roll back to the older save, overwriting your current save. Backup saves are generated automatically whenever the game saves via autosave or exiting the game to the menu.
Our Summer intern, Brandon, has helped us smooth out the experience of navigating Kazai Village safely by adding some much-needed railings and ropes to the edges of the platforms.
These changes come along with a lot of collider fixes that improve how the collision matches up with the visuals and reduce the overall number of colliders to improve performance. There are also a few added props and other visual improvements.
We've gotten far enough in the dedicated server that we'll be pushing towards releasing this.
In the coming weeks, we'll be testing it out internally and adding server role functionality so that you can host public lobbies with some safeguards against griefing.
[h3]➡️ Changes[/h3]
[h3]⚙️ Optimizations[/h3]
[h3]🛠️ General Fixes[/h3]
We're working hard on the next regular update. But in the meantime, we made some performance improvements that we wanted to get out for you all.
[h3]Highlights[/h3]
- Improvements to the backup save system
- Improved Grass Performance
- NPC shops will now always have the right dialogue for clients in multiplayer
- Improved building safety standards in Kazai Village
- News on Saleblazers Dedicated Server
Happy Shopkeeping this weekend!
Grass Optimization and Visual Improvements
The vertex count of grass has been dramatically reduced for better performance. In spite of this, grass also appears fuller due to shader and vertex changes for an overall visual improvement. The amount of grass throughout the game remains unchanged -- it just looks denser and runs faster.
Notice how the grass in the red circle appears fuller.
We've seen some systems jump from 100 FPS to 110 FPS. It's a win-win scenario: better visuals and better performance!
Backup Save Improvements
This patch introduces a character save backup system that works alongside the World save backup system and a system for making multiple backup saves and choosing which one to load.
In the event of a power outage or interruption in saving that would corrupt the character save process, you can load up your character backup by:
- Going in game, navigating to the Help menu in the settings, and selecting Load Backup Save
- Renaming the character backup save file found at C:\Users\YOURPCNAME\AppData\LocalLow\Airstrafe Interactive\Saleblazers\Saves\YOURSTEAMID to the name of your character save
As of this update, when you select Load Backup Save from the Help Menu, the game will prompt you to select which save you want to load from your last 3 backups. Based on the timestamps, you can gauge which one will recover the data you lost.
When you load a backup save from the Help Menu, your World and character will roll back to the older save, overwriting your current save. Backup saves are generated automatically whenever the game saves via autosave or exiting the game to the menu.
Kazai Village Building Safety Improvements
Our Summer intern, Brandon, has helped us smooth out the experience of navigating Kazai Village safely by adding some much-needed railings and ropes to the edges of the platforms.
These changes come along with a lot of collider fixes that improve how the collision matches up with the visuals and reduce the overall number of colliders to improve performance. There are also a few added props and other visual improvements.
Dedicated Server Update
We've gotten far enough in the dedicated server that we'll be pushing towards releasing this.
In the coming weeks, we'll be testing it out internally and adding server role functionality so that you can host public lobbies with some safeguards against griefing.
v0.14.7.32 Patch Notes
[h3]➡️ Changes[/h3]
- World saves now contain 3 backup saves to roll back to
- Character saves are now backed up in addition to world saves
- Added new railings and supports to make traversing Kazai Village safer
- Improved the look of the short grass for a denser, more full look
- Increased the HP on the Bonsai Decoration
- Improved the visuals for disabled buttons in the Help menu
[h3]⚙️ Optimizations[/h3]
- Reduced the number of triangles in tall grass by 6x
- Reduced the number of triangles in short grass by 4x
- Optimized collider placement and the number of colliders in Kazai Village
- Combined more meshes in Kazai Village to improve performance
[h3]🛠️ General Fixes[/h3]
- Clients will no longer get the wrong dialogue for certain NPC shops
- Fixed another rare case of an infinite load due to corrupted nav mesh data
- Fixed bad collision with the Coastal Triangle building pieces
- Fixed collider issues near the Bellstalker Proving Grounds
- Fixed terrain painting issues near the Bellstalker Proving Grounds
- Fixed terrain seam near Kazai Village
- Removed a collider blocking the floor in Kazai Castle
- The Japanese Modern Sink will no longer be invisible on the first load
- Horizontal book rows will now always be interactable on the first load
- Prevented some items from stacking incorrectly in Snowville loot tables
- Removed blank dialogue node from Snowville warm clothing shop