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Improve README to describe what this actually does? #38

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JaneSmith opened this issue Jul 6, 2020 · 1 comment
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Improve README to describe what this actually does? #38

JaneSmith opened this issue Jul 6, 2020 · 1 comment

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@JaneSmith
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Hello. I found this mod, and it seems interesting. But it would be nice to know what it actually does - that seems like important information! The Steam page and the README both say this:

The goal is to extend the game with community-created content, provide additional graphical options, and improve performance for players with computer specs below the minimal system requirements.

That's great... but what, specifically, does this do? What community-created content? What additional graphics options? How is performance improved, and does it come with any sacrifices?

It'd be great to have more information about this mod, to understand what it actually does and if it's worth installing and setting up.

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Formedras commented Jan 2, 2022

For the README.md, just a basic bullet list of features would be nice. As for how to configure each setting, perhaps the Wiki would be a good place to set that up.

For now, what I know:

  • Community-created Content: You can override color palettes with community-designed palettes (listed both in the mod GUI and in the repo in /resources/palettes/). This can be done on the fly or in palettes.ini.
  • Additional graphics options: You can change rendering resolution and window resolution independently from each other, force a specific anti-aliasing mode (None or 4X) or use the in-game option, force a desired display refresh rate and V-Sync.
  • Performance improvements: There is an option that apparently reduces CPU usage; I don't know how this works, but I assume the base game has programmed redundancies that eat up cycles needlessly. Also, you can replace the UI with ugly custom meters that are easier to render and thus free up CPU/GPU for everything else.
  • Additional: You can disable the annoying and distracting switching between Steam Controller and Keyboard button prompts by forcing one or the other. (Not that the game has any actual Steam Controller support. And ArcSys actually uses the Grip buttons' glyphs for stick click for some insane reason.) Also, you can weaken or disable the region locking for online matchmaking; this will be useful in 2022 when ArcSys finally adds rollback networking code.

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