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Hotfix: Performance Improvements

Hotfix 2025-10-14 #2 The terrain shader was also preemptively handling terrain splat maps. Since we don't use those in the demo we can just remove them resulting in meaningful performance improvements.

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removedHotfix 2025-10-14 #2The terrain shader was also preemptively handling terrain splat maps. Since we don't use those in the demo we can just remove them resulting in meaningful performance improvements.
fixedHotfix 2025-10-14 #2Two lessons here:
fixedHotfix 2025-10-14 #2Don't do too much preemptive abstraction
fixedHotfix 2025-10-14 #2Don't learn how to write shaders in prod.

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removedThe terrain shader was also preemptively handling terrain splat maps. Since we don't use those in the demo we can just remove them resulting in meaningful performance improvements.
fixedTwo lessons here:
fixedDon't do too much preemptive abstraction
fixedDon't learn how to write shaders in prod.

Hotfix 2025-10-14 #2

The terrain shader was also preemptively handling terrain splat maps. Since we don't use those in the demo we can just remove them resulting in meaningful performance improvements.

Two lessons here:

  1. Don't do too much preemptive abstraction

  2. Don't learn how to write shaders in prod.

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Steam News / 14 October 2025

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