Zeepkist v15p55: Faster Startup Loading!!

While working on v16 I was looking through the startup loading code and managed to do some optimizations!

And instead of waiting to include this in the bigger update way down the line I decided to release it as a small update instead!

Loading adventure levels and local levels should be considerably faster. Workshop level loading should also be faster but are still bottlenecked by some Steam API calls.


[h2]Experimental: Faster Workshop Loading[/h2]

Included is an option in general settings to enable faster workshop loading:



The faster workshop loading implements different, faster, Steam API calls, as well as a custom local cache.

This is a bit untested and could break, so I've included it as an experimental setting that people can enable/disable as they please.

If you've got it enabled and run into a bug, please let me know on the Zeepkist Discord: https://steelpan.dev/zk-discord

(Also, make sure any loading-related mods are disabled).


[h2]Other patch notes:[/h2]
- Awarded old level contest cosmetic
- Awarded first season 3 banner contest cosmetics
- v15p56: Removed a floating popo from main menu
- v15p57: Fixed an issue with the experimental loading
- v15p58: Small bit of backend safety code on experimental workshop loading


Happy zeepkisting!!!