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3 years ago

Optimization + Foliage - Progress Update for the week of 8/6/2021


Hey all,

Wanted to quickly share some of the major updates applied this week.

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Interaction and Grid Movement

  • Efficient A* Pathfinding algorithm

  • Allows for custom interaction data at runtime for a post-launch update I'm planning

  • Pathfinding navigation is calculated after all objects have spawned

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Smart Snapping System

  • Level editor snapping to grid now dynamically updates to allow objects of any size to snap together

  • This will allow you to very rapidly put together kitbash models

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New Foliage Brush + Mesh Load Optimization

  • Moved the models from disk to memory after first load. This change speeds up load times and performance at a cost of memory.

  • I used this new optimization to create a foliage brush. As you can see with the new system, you can spawn hundreds of objects with low performance impact.

  • Load time averages reduced from 60.6 ms/obj to 5.8 ms/obj

Please leave any thoughts below, and thanks for reading.

Nik-

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