Massive Optimization Update!
Hello Ghoul Hunters,
It's been a while! I was working tirelessly on optimizing the game because I realized that it will only run on Xbox One at 25 frames per second lol. So I went back and reviewed pretty much all of my code and found many opportunities for improvement: duplicate function calls, inefficient data structure, workload not spread out over multiple frames, etc.
After this optimization pass, my own frame rate increased about 25%. I'd like to hear about your experience after installing 1.89 update :)
My goal is to make sure the game can run on a laptop. In the past I always thought that laptops couldn't run it smoothly due to lack of good video card, but this optimization pass told me that the bottleneck is on the CPU and not GPU (basically, my code sucked lol). So if you have a laptop you normally play games on, please let me know if Tunguska can run more smoothly now. Also, I'd love to hear if you saw improvements on Steam Deck :)
Finally, a few other changes included in the patch:
- Increased the amount of fish you get from grenade-fishing
- Planting your own garlic, potato, and barley will generate even more products
- Fixed several bugs caused by German translation
- New gunshot sound for AS Val and VSS Strelok! (they are essentially the same gun with different furniture)
P.S. In the last several days for some reason, Steam suddenly throttled the traffic to Tunguska, so I wasn't making much sales... It worries me a lot since my bread and butter depend on it. If you love the game, I'd super appreciate if you don't mind telling your friends about it, and I sure hope the optimization patch can make the game more accessible :) Thank you so much!
It's been a while! I was working tirelessly on optimizing the game because I realized that it will only run on Xbox One at 25 frames per second lol. So I went back and reviewed pretty much all of my code and found many opportunities for improvement: duplicate function calls, inefficient data structure, workload not spread out over multiple frames, etc.
After this optimization pass, my own frame rate increased about 25%. I'd like to hear about your experience after installing 1.89 update :)
My goal is to make sure the game can run on a laptop. In the past I always thought that laptops couldn't run it smoothly due to lack of good video card, but this optimization pass told me that the bottleneck is on the CPU and not GPU (basically, my code sucked lol). So if you have a laptop you normally play games on, please let me know if Tunguska can run more smoothly now. Also, I'd love to hear if you saw improvements on Steam Deck :)
Finally, a few other changes included in the patch:
- Increased the amount of fish you get from grenade-fishing
- Planting your own garlic, potato, and barley will generate even more products
- Fixed several bugs caused by German translation
- New gunshot sound for AS Val and VSS Strelok! (they are essentially the same gun with different furniture)
P.S. In the last several days for some reason, Steam suddenly throttled the traffic to Tunguska, so I wasn't making much sales... It worries me a lot since my bread and butter depend on it. If you love the game, I'd super appreciate if you don't mind telling your friends about it, and I sure hope the optimization patch can make the game more accessible :) Thank you so much!