[Release] Rendering performance increasing edits

[CarlZalph]

For those of us with GPUs that are below 'potato' and would like to squeeze more out of the game to hopefully get a more playable experience, then this is for you.

 

Changes done to the base Assembly-CSharp.dll in this mod give:

• Adjustable far clip plane (left arrow + right arrow keys to adjust it in-game, default 20 units).
• Removes all post processing effects from happening (things like lava heat waves, blur effects).
• Removes some lights related to a specific shader used in the game (dynamic lights are murder for bad GPUs).

Changes done to the code base are as followed, in a markup I'm comfortable with using.

Spoiler

Klei.HotLava->GameCamera
    Awake()
        this.m_Camera.farClipPlane = 20f; // Add after this.m_Camera is initialized in this function.
    m_Camera access from 'private' to 'public' // Save module, close all, reopen.  This propogates the effects for further changes below.
Klei.HotLava.Character->PlayerController
    UpdateDebugButtons()
        // Add these after the first if check for 'IsMine' and 'InputEnabled' etc.
        if (InputManager.GetKeyUp(KeyCode.RightArrow))
        {
            Singleton<LevelSingleton>.Instance.m_GameCamera.m_Camera.farClipPlane += 1f;
        }
        if (InputManager.GetKeyUp(KeyCode.LeftArrow))
        {
            Singleton<LevelSingleton>.Instance.m_GameCamera.m_Camera.farClipPlane -= 1f;
        }
UnityStandardAsets.ImageEffects->PostEffectsBase
    Start()
        this.NotSupported(); // Replace the 'resource' function with this.
Klei.HotLava.Gameplay->CheckpointVisualization
    OnSetState()
        bool flag = false; //SystemInfo.graphicsShaderLevel > 30;
Klei.HotLava->LevelSingleton
    SetRuntimeGraphicsTweaks()
        Comment out all checks for SystemInfo.graphicsShaderLevel.
"-"->LavaPortalVisualization
    Awake()
        Comment out all checks for SystemInfo.graphicsShaderLevel.

 

 

Download (Beta 277434): Assembly-CSharp.dll

Older versions:

Spoiler

Download (Beta 276327): Assembly-CSharp.dll

 

How to install:

• Go to "Steam/steamapps/common/Hot Lava/archive/build/hotlava_Data/Managed" folder in explorer.
• Either rename or copy+paste to make a duplicate of "Assembly-CSharp.dll" for backup purposes.  You can alternately skip this and use Steam's verify integrity of files to get it back to vanilla base should you want to revert without a backup.
• Move the downloaded replacement file into the folder, and enjoy.