Planetaries v1.8 – Major Loading / Optimization

Thank you all once again for the amazing support, feedback, suggestions, and bug reports. To everyone in the Planetaries community — on Steam, Discord, and beyond — we truly appreciate your kindness, patience, and continued support for the project.

This update is another big step forward. A major focus of v1.8 is optimization, including huge improvements to loading systems, streaming performance, foliage, lighting, and texture management.

🌌 Patch Notes:

• Fixed loading issues

• Fixed minor animation bugs

• Fixed additional loading-related issues

• Fixed minor inventory bugs

• Fixed lighting and rendering issues

• Tweaked certain sound effects

• Improved loading screen

• Improved overall texture streaming (significant improvement)

• Improved foliage optimization

• Improved overall performance (major optimization pass)

• Improved and tweaked shadow optimization

• Improved streaming loading times

• Improved and tweaked player roll mechanic

• Improved the player’s ability to dodge melee attacks using better maneuvering

• Improved & tweaked Boss AI movement

• Added Virtual Streaming Texture support

• Added new loading system

• Added New Boss: Destroyer Bot

• Added Mini Boss: Destroyer Bot Variant

• Added New Pirate Boss: Duelist

• Added Destroyer Bots to world enemy spawns

• Added Boss Beacon POIs across the world

Thank you again for your support.

We wish everyone a great, chill, and happy weekend — and happy gaming!