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Steam News13 July 20261mo ago

Captain's Diary #56: How we made products rendering 20× faster

Welcome everyone to today's edition of Captain's diary. I am Captain Marek and today I will be talking about some serious performance improvements we've done over the past few months.

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changedWelcome everyone to today's edition of Captain's diary. I am Captain Marek and today I will be talking about some serious performance improvements we've done over the past few months. Are you ready for 20x faster products rendering?
addedBefore that, I have an important announcement. Update 4.2 is nearly finished and will be released on the 20th of July! The key new features to look forward to are:
changedAn in-game COI Hub integration for mods, maps, and blueprints.
addedNew statistics for all products showing detailed usage breakdown.
changedPerformance optimizations described in today's diary.
changedClick here to see the full post on how we made product rendering 20x faster!

Captain of Industry changes

changedWelcome everyone to today's edition of Captain's diary. I am Captain Marek and today I will be talking about some serious performance improvements we've done over the past few months. Are you ready for 20x faster products rendering?
addedBefore that, I have an important announcement. Update 4.2 is nearly finished and will be released on the 20th of July! The key new features to look forward to are:
changedAn in-game COI Hub integration for mods, maps, and blueprints.
addedNew statistics for all products showing detailed usage breakdown.
changedPerformance optimizations described in today's diary.

Welcome everyone to today's edition of Captain's diary. I am Captain Marek and today I will be talking about some serious performance improvements we've done over the past few months. Are you ready for 20x faster products rendering?

Before that, I have an important announcement. Update 4.2 is nearly finished and will be released on the 20th of July! The key new features to look forward to are:

  • An in-game COI Hub integration for mods, maps, and blueprints.

  • Universal wagons for trains that can carry all 3 major types of cargo.

  • More train track pieces like 2-tile s-bends or grade changes.

  • Train waypoints with allow/deny options.

  • Ability for trains to autonomously go forward and reverse on bi-directional tracks if that's the shortest path.

  • New statistics for all products showing detailed usage breakdown.

  • Performance optimizations described in today's diary.

  • And more!

Click here to see the full post on how we made product rendering 20x faster!

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