What changed
1 fix4 additions4 changes0 removals
- Performance
- UI and audio
- Gameplay
- Fixes
addedA new update has been released for BlastZone 2! (v1.36.2.0) This update focuses on multithreading improvements, and a few performance improvements. This includes reduced frame hitches, up to 10-25% particle system performance gains from improved memory bandwidth efficiency, and a general 10% performance gain from adding support for SIMD FMA cpu instructions.
addedMost of the advanced multithreading options can now be applied without restarting the game -This includes the following options: --Game Update Multithreading --Particle Multithreading --Auxiliary Particle Threads -Core elements of multithreading management were updated to make this possible -The "Sound Multithreading" option still requires a game restart at this time
changedImproved thread management of the particle system -More of the startup loading process is done asynchronously, slightly improving the game startup time -Reduced frame hitching when many particles are on screen
changedOptimized memory bandwidth performance for the particle system -Results in up to a 10-25% particle update performance gain -Greatly cut down on memory fragmentation
addedAdded support for SIMD FMA CPU instructions -Improves general performance by up to 10% for CPU's that support these instructions -Matrix multiply operations on the CPU side benefit the most from this, being over 100x faster -Uses an SSE2 fallback for older CPUs that don't support these instructions
addedEnabled anisotropic filtering for several HUD elements and sprites to improve sharpness of them
BlastZone 2 changes
addedA new update has been released for BlastZone 2! (v1.36.2.0) This update focuses on multithreading improvements, and a few performance improvements. This includes reduced frame hitches, up to 10-25% particle system performance gains from improved memory bandwidth efficiency, and a general 10% performance gain from adding support for SIMD FMA cpu instructions.
addedMost of the advanced multithreading options can now be applied without restarting the game -This includes the following options: --Game Update Multithreading --Particle Multithreading --Auxiliary Particle Threads -Core elements of multithreading management were updated to make this possible -The "Sound Multithreading" option still requires a game restart at this time
changedImproved thread management of the particle system -More of the startup loading process is done asynchronously, slightly improving the game startup time -Reduced frame hitching when many particles are on screen
changedOptimized memory bandwidth performance for the particle system -Results in up to a 10-25% particle update performance gain -Greatly cut down on memory fragmentation
addedAdded support for SIMD FMA CPU instructions -Improves general performance by up to 10% for CPU's that support these instructions -Matrix multiply operations on the CPU side benefit the most from this, being over 100x faster -Uses an SSE2 fallback for older CPUs that don't support these instructions
A new update has been released for BlastZone 2! (v1.36.2.0) This update focuses on multithreading improvements, and a few performance improvements. This includes reduced frame hitches, up to 10-25% particle system performance gains from improved memory bandwidth efficiency, and a general 10% performance gain from adding support for SIMD FMA cpu instructions.
Here are the full release notes for v.1.36.2.0:
Most of the advanced multithreading options can now be applied without restarting the game -This includes the following options: --Game Update Multithreading --Particle Multithreading --Auxiliary Particle Threads -Core elements of multithreading management were updated to make this possible -The "Sound Multithreading" option still requires a game restart at this time
Improved thread management of the particle system -More of the startup loading process is done asynchronously, slightly improving the game startup time -Reduced frame hitching when many particles are on screen
Optimized memory bandwidth performance for the particle system -Results in up to a 10-25% particle update performance gain -Greatly cut down on memory fragmentation
Added support for SIMD FMA CPU instructions -Improves general performance by up to 10% for CPU's that support these instructions -Matrix multiply operations on the CPU side benefit the most from this, being over 100x faster -Uses an SSE2 fallback for older CPUs that don't support these instructions
Enabled anisotropic filtering for several HUD elements and sprites to improve sharpness of them
A few small optimizations to render matrix calculations
Small optimizations to localization text data management
Fixed a few potential bugs
As usual, to make sure you have the latest update, launch the game and check the lower left corner for “v1.36.2.0” or higher. Enjoy!
