Hey Folks! Ostranauts v0.14.0.14 is now available on Steam, and your clients should be updating shortly. This is a hotfix patch to our recently released "Across the System" update, which includes some optimizations for the game's performance. These changes should be compatible with older 0.14 saves. Though if that save has already had errors (e.g. like dead NPCs), some of those errors may continue until a new game is started. [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34518042/30853f662c2747b1366e56ad5f761393180fa43e.png[/img] [list] [*] Changes Visibility calculations to update render textures less often. [*] Changes CondOwners to reuse more temporary values instead of allocating new ones each check. [*] Changes non-parent CondOwners to skip checking for children in function calls to reduce unnecessary processing and allocation. [*] Changes Star System to reuse temporary values instead of allocating new ones each frame. [*] Changes Zones to check for matches in an order that should null out earlier when possible, reducing allocation/processing. [/list] As you can see above, this is mostly behind-the-scenes changes aimed at helping with the constant stuttering and other performance issues. Feedback from testers so far seems to indicate that this sometimes improves things, but it can vary from game-to-game. Many of these changes affect certain, intermittent events that can lead to stutters. But your experience may depend on how often those events are happening in your game. One thing is for sure, though, we still have more work to do on this. So optimizations are not "finished" yet, and will likely involve a series of incremental improvements before we get there. As always, there's plenty more for us to fix, change, and add! And we'll be continuing in roughly that order. In the meantime, let us know if this patch helps you out, as well as if it reveals new problems! Best, Daniel Fedor Founder, Blue Bottle Games, LLC