Updated Foliage
Added 2020-08-13 20:55:37 +0000 UTCReal quick, I just recorded an update video, but it's like 20+ minutes and almost 3GB, so it'll take a day or two to upload it to YouTube. Sorry!
Anyway, the reason the last build was delayed was because our foliage was too intense and not optimized enough. So, this month we've worked on optimizing it some more. Instead of placing small clumps of a couple blades of grass, we've made bigger clumps using a ton of grass so the engine has less mesh instances to calculate while building lighting. Some foliage is even unique to separate parts of the level that get's streamed in and out as you walk around, so not only is lighting getting built on different streaming levels, but it's also being completely streamed out if you're not in that area, increasing performance!
I hope you like these screenshots of the new foliage!
