Developer Ipsquiggle Posted October 2, 2019 Developer Share Posted October 2, 2019 Hello friends! I'm pretty excited about this patch: We've done a big performance pass and removed a lot of spikes, leading to a smoother experience in every colony we tested. We've been working on some new internal performance profiling tools, and they've given us some great insights into new areas of the code that have been causing slowdowns and stutters. The trickiest part of optimization is that there's rarely ‘One Big Fat Slow Thing’ that we get to make faster. Instead, there are usually dozens of small, unrelated algorithms that only cause problems in certain situations, and whose problems aren't visible until other systems access them, and so forth. Because of this, the new tools have allowed us to track down a lot of nonoptimal code that we weren't able to find before. We've also fixed a number of other bugs and crashes, as well as taking a serious pass on the organization and presentation of the codex. We will continue working on performance and bugs for the live release even while we're busy crafting the next phase of Oxygen Not Included. Thank you so much--as always--for taking the time to bring issues and concerns to our attention, and for being part of this game. Optimization Improve performance updating the Build menu Improve performance updating which categories and buildings have been unlocked by research Pokeshells don't check every pickupable to find an egg to guard. Don't update animations when the game is paused. This also fixes a bug which greatly improves framerate right after loading a map. Remove unused Animators from various UI elements which were processing every frame. Use simplified animation for UI elements. Improved performance updating world navigation data. Improved performance for updating animation render groups. Avoid needless calculations when an animation is removed from the scene. Pips looking for seeds search among Plantable Seeds, not all pickupables Fix math error causing many animations to believe they needed updating every frame when they did not. Improved performance when many items are marked for sweep and drawing their sweep icon. Improved performance when animations are rendered with offset positions. This has an especially big impact on rocket launches, which are now much smoother. Large optimization to the way textures are loaded and freed, improves many colonies. Cost of calculating whether materials are available for delivery is spread out over multiple frames, to prevent a spike every second. Ore which is not marked for sweep no longer tries updating its status text every frame. Also, ore which _is_ marked for sweep no longer tries updating its status text every frame. Pressure vulnerable plants and critters no longer triggering "safe" messages continually. Pressure vulnerable checks are spread across multiple frames, instead of spiking once every second. Optimized the way achievements track stats on buildings, e.g. temperature, building type, and so on. Removes significant performance spikes across frames. Prevent achievement tracker from performing excess calculations when the framerate starts dropping. Many status items are faster to add and remove. Drowning checks are spread across multiple frames instead of spiking once every second. Temperature vulnerable checks are spread across multiple frames instead of spiking once every second. Changed how "building uptime" data is calculated and stored, this should cut down on the size of data stored drastically. Autosave will wait until the mouse button is released before triggering, so no more crazy pipe constructions. Visuals UI image for various ores is no longer blurry. Reduced the red/green saturation of the various sensors and switches. Improved linework on hats with logos. Added missing hats to some animations. Made the arrows on Transformers more visible. The logo on the Power Station matches the other electrician logos. Fixed the position of the Grilled Pacu artwork. Database and UI Tips and Information renamed to Lessons Lessons page moved into a grid of imaged buttons Tutorial Videos are pulled out of the big list of Tips, into their own section of the Lessons page Big list of links to Tips has been compiled into one big article so you don't have to constantly tab back and forth to read the tips. “Plumbing and Ventilation” tutorial video is renamed to “Connecting Pipes”, and is triggered by placing a building that has either a piped input or output. “Morale” tutorial video is now triggered by applying your first Skill Point, or when a Duplicant dips into negative Morale. Hitting "Reset Tutorial Messages" repopulates the list of possible tutorial messages, not just restores messages the player has intentionally hidden. “Digging For Resources” tutorial video is delivered the first time a building is requesting a material that the colony has not yet discovered, OR 7 minutes into the game otherwise if it hasn't happened yet. If a Tutorial Message contains a video, its message gets a Video icon. Rename “Morale” tutorial video to “Duplicant Morale” for consistent spacing. Database search bar can now search for sub-entries like critter morphs, etc. Database entries with only one SubEntry no longer show a table of contents of SubEntries. Reformatting to Critter Database pages to be more readable. Entries (x/y) formatting in the Database is now translatable. Hook up icons for Elements menu in the Database. Building Requirements and Effects in the Database are presented more similarly to how they are displayed elsewhere in the game. Add tooltips to Requirements/Effects for buildings in the Database. Fix build menu recipe details on cooking buildings. Database entries for fabricators display their recipes in a grid. General Remove research requirement on Royal Flush achievement Duplicants weren't properly dead while in containers. This fixes them causing crashes from getting sick but also being dead (and in a container). (Still need to figure out what they are doing in containers...) Fix plants showing "Blocked" after a load. Less flickering when there is a rogue bit of gas floating around plants. Clarify that all mods are being disabled due to a single error, not because they're all broken. Fix bug where transformers stop dissipating after a save/load. Finish construction of replacement tile if underlying object is deconstructed first. Updated Korean translation. Tweaks to Chinese translation. Temperature/Disease Sensors no longer become unresponsive when in a vacuum or no element in conduit. Temperature Sensor initializes network to current value immediately. Conduit Sensors update based on the last value measured when no elements is in the conduit. World name is shown on the load screen. Colony coordinate on the new game screen accepts typed/pasted coordinates. Add the full coordinate and a "copy" button to the worldgen seed on the pause menu Tooltip for Lit Area in Light Overlay no longer erroneously says that working in lit areas improves Duplicant Morale. Worldgen Won't crash if a worldgen has a difficulty value outside of the range of descriptors. Allow spawning worlds that have no start location (new map settings for modders). View full update 27 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurgel Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 (edited) Excellent! Any plans to give us a peek at that "next phase of Oxygen Not Included"? Edited October 2, 2019 by Gurgel 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MauPow Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 Nice, time to load up the late game base and see how you've done! You guys rock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brothgar Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 Sooo much smoother now! Very nice. This almost doubled my FPS in fast mode. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Raptor Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 Wow! HUGE difference in both of my 800 and 1k+ cycle bases, its a different story entirely. Fantastic job Klei! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watermelen671 Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 55 minutes ago, Ipsquiggle said: even while we're busy crafting the next phase of Oxygen Not Included ...mind giving us some information about that? Also I'd like to point out that the second cooking hat is missing some shading: 3 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexkuzmov Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 Klei please stahp... I cant open any save file and again all the mods are disabled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avc15 Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 I eagerly await the conveyor optimizations is that an accidental omission from the patch notes, or was that code left out for now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beowulf2010 Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 2 minutes ago, avc15 said: I eagerly await the conveyor optimizations is that an accidental omission from the patch notes, or was that code left out for now? It was causing issues in the preview update so they yanked it until it works the way it should. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chemie Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 (edited) fps is improved (good) The resource menu uses more of the vertical space on my 2K monitor (good). Instead of <50% it is now using about 70% of the space. Would still prefer it uses all available white space but better. Dups still do the herky jerky in later game (bad) - meaning if you have a series of dig orders, they dig a tile, wait, think about it, then dig the next one and so on. Does not happen early game. Edited October 2, 2019 by chemie 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aymanoracle Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 Still some graphical bugs and flickers happens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Developer Ipsquiggle Posted October 2, 2019 Author Developer Share Posted October 2, 2019 41 minutes ago, alexkuzmov said: I cant open any save file and again all the mods are disabled. Mind posting a log file either here or in a bug report so we can see what's happening? Thanks! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeesterButts Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 1 hour ago, alexkuzmov said: Klei please stahp... I cant open any save file and again all the mods are disabled. Mods not working are not the responsibility of the developers in any way. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watermelen671 Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 3 minutes ago, MeesterButts said: Mods not working are not the responsibility of the developers in any way. While that may be true, they do want to make the game mod compatible and make sure the game is as mod-friendly as it can be. They've had a long history of doing this with Don't Starve/Together, why else do you think those games have such a massive mod library? 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexkuzmov Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 54 minutes ago, Ipsquiggle said: Mind posting a log file either here or in a bug report so we can see what's happening? Thanks! No problem, log attached output_log.txt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeesterButts Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 3 minutes ago, watermelen671 said: While that may be true, they do want to make the game mod compatible and make sure the game is as mod-friendly as it can be. They've had a long history of doing this with Don't Starve/Together, why else do you think those games have such a massive mod library? For sure, but as someone that has played a number of games where modding was significant, updates almost always mean some mods breaking. As I said, it's not the developer's job to look at changes they make and go "Is this going to break any mod that has been written for the game?". It's just not their job and shouldn't be expected to be because that's simply not practical. It is the job of the mod writers to ensure their stuff stays compatible and working. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rukiftw Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 one in three times, like clock work, when loading a game, all of the buildings are gone, and their is a broken glass design on the open world. q1.sav 5 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexkuzmov Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 10 minutes ago, MeesterButts said: Mods not working are not the responsibility of the developers in any way. I said mods are disabled, not not working. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeesterButts Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 Just now, alexkuzmov said: I said mods are disabled, not not working. I made the assumption that they were disabled as a result of them having been broken in some way. I don't mod in this game but this has, in my experience, been the case for mods being disabled in other games I have played. My apologies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrSugarFreeman Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 12 minutes ago, Rukiftw said: one in three times, like clock work, when loading a game, all of the buildings are gone, and their is a broken glass design on the open world. q1.sav Everyone run, Blackbeard is attacking the base! Quick, get the Sea Prism Stone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Developer klei.ruby Posted October 3, 2019 Developer Share Posted October 3, 2019 3 hours ago, Rukiftw said: one in three times, like clock work, when loading a game, all of the buildings are gone, and their is a broken glass design on the open world. q1.sav Thanks for the save! Worth noting that the buildings are still there, they're just obscured.This is being tracked over here now. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzKratoszz Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 1 hour ago, watermelen671 said: You may be aware, but I would leave mod bug reports to the mod devs since they are the ones who will probably know if its a klei issue or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastiangperez Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 25 minutes ago, klei.ruby said: Thanks for the save!This is being tracked over here now. Voronoi Attack !!!! im having the same issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watermelen671 Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 26 minutes ago, klei.ruby said: New dev! 2 minutes ago, zzKratoszz said: You may be aware, but I would leave mod bug reports to the mod devs since they are the ones who will probably know if its a klei issue or not. From what they're saying, it might be an error with the game's bug loader, because they can't enable them in the first place. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LookingForBaal Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 Holy crap! I can scroll around at a reasonable pace and fast speed runs so much better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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