Game Update December 6, 2023 (Internals Overhaul Part 1)

[Narokath]

Game Update December 6, 2023

Around 9:00 AM UTC+1, game servers will restart for a game update to be deployed.

Reworked Networking Internals

• Made structural changes to internal networking routines with the aim of improving the game's overall stability.

Performance & Stability Improvements

• Improved LOD handling on vegetation assets and disabled the resolution dependent bias on "Lowest" visual setting to further conserve memory and improve performance on lower spec PCs.
• Greatly reduced video and system memory usage by the vegetation paging logic which previously could cause the game to crash for users with weak GPUs.
• Refined 3D object mesh structures internally (non-visible change; may help with fixing crashes on older GPUs).

Other Changes and Fixes

• Fixed an issue that could temporarily prevent players from entering the game with select avatars in their account.
• Implemented server-side fixes for improving the game's overall reliability.
• Added new graphics preset "Ultra" with built-in anti-aliasing.

 

[Narokath]

Please note that tomorrow's game update will not include the Reworked Networking Internals as originally planned. This feature will be deployed with a future update.