Hydro v1.30 brings performance optimizations and more!
Hi everyone! I thought I would drop an update for Hydro that should improve the performance of the game on a range of hardware, as well as some more cool features! Here are the details of this v1.30 update!
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What changed
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Performance
Gameplay
UI and audio
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changedI thought I would drop an update for Hydro that should improve the performance of the game on a range of hardware, as well as some more cool features!
changedI have implemented a 60 FPS frame rate lock for the game. This should result in reduced GPU usage across the board...your GPU shouldn't be maxed-out at 99% anymore! (unless you are running on older hardware - however you should still notice improvements in that scenario too!) In my testing, this change results in much smoother game play across the board, as the game should hold a consistent FPS with less (if not no) frame rate spikes
addedI have added a scroll-bar for the Game Options dialog box in the Pause menu for easier navigation
addedThere are now 'Tool Highlights' that display the locations of the Hand Oiler and the Cleaning Bucket! This can be very handy if you have misplaced these items in the game world! You can see the white icons denoting the pickup item locations in the screenshot below (I have drawn red boxes on the screenshot to help you see these in-game icons): Note that you can disable these Tool Highlights by turning off the 'Tool Highlights' option in the Difficulty Settings dialog box (also note the new scroll-box feature):
fixedFixed a minor visual bug that would result in the Foot Stool tooltip overlapping with other things such as the Accumulator Stand
changedThat's it for this update! I hope you enjoy it and enjoy the performance bump!
Hydro changes
changedI thought I would drop an update for Hydro that should improve the performance of the game on a range of hardware, as well as some more cool features!
changedI have implemented a 60 FPS frame rate lock for the game. This should result in reduced GPU usage across the board...your GPU shouldn't be maxed-out at 99% anymore! (unless you are running on older hardware - however you should still notice improvements in that scenario too!) In my testing, this change results in much smoother game play across the board, as the game should hold a consistent FPS with less (if not no) frame rate spikes
addedI have added a scroll-bar for the Game Options dialog box in the Pause menu for easier navigation
addedThere are now 'Tool Highlights' that display the locations of the Hand Oiler and the Cleaning Bucket! This can be very handy if you have misplaced these items in the game world! You can see the white icons denoting the pickup item locations in the screenshot below (I have drawn red boxes on the screenshot to help you see these in-game icons): Note that you can disable these Tool Highlights by turning off the 'Tool Highlights' option in the Difficulty Settings dialog box (also note the new scroll-box feature):
fixedFixed a minor visual bug that would result in the Foot Stool tooltip overlapping with other things such as the Accumulator Stand
Hi everyone!
I thought I would drop an update for Hydro that should improve the performance of the game on a range of hardware, as well as some more cool features!
Here are the details of this v1.30 update! (confirm the version number from the Main Menu)
I have implemented a 60 FPS frame rate lock for the game. This should result in reduced GPU usage across the board...your GPU shouldn't be maxed-out at 99% anymore! (unless you are running on older hardware - however you should still notice improvements in that scenario too!) In my testing, this change results in much smoother game play across the board, as the game should hold a consistent FPS with less (if not no) frame rate spikes
I have added a scroll-bar for the Game Options dialog box in the Pause menu for easier navigation
There are now 'Tool Highlights' that display the locations of the Hand Oiler and the Cleaning Bucket! This can be very handy if you have misplaced these items in the game world!
You can see the white icons denoting the pickup item locations in the screenshot below (I have drawn red boxes on the screenshot to help you see these in-game icons):
Note that you can disable these Tool Highlights by turning off the 'Tool Highlights' option in the Difficulty Settings dialog box (also note the new scroll-box feature):
Fixed a minor visual bug that would result in the Foot Stool tooltip overlapping with other things such as the Accumulator Stand
That's it for this update! I hope you enjoy it and enjoy the performance bump!
Also note that we are now only literal DAYS away from the Empire Water Works Demo being released!
Please visit the Store page for Empire Water Works below and wishlist the game, so that you're notified once it's released! I have been working extremely hard on bringing the Empire Water Works Demo to you and I am so excited to finally get it released very soon!
