Update log
Full Verve update
The complete published notes, normalized for clean reading and source attribution.
Repeated intro
Hey everyone! Verve 0.4.6 is out and playable through the Verve demo! Overall, the update increases framerates by roughly 50% and stabilizes 1% lows, resulting in significantly fewer stutters and a smoother experience.
Extracted changes
- Gameplay
- Performance
- Fixes
- UI and audio
This update brings many improvements: - TAA no longer on by default
- removed DLSS
- SMAA is now the default AA method
- added anti-aliasing options to the settings menu
- optimized APV (huge performance gains)
- lightmaps are up to ~27% more memory efficient thanks to xAtlas lightmap packing
- DX12 is default graphics API, Vulkan graphics API now included as a fallback proceeding DX11
- fixed jitter when holding/manipulating rigidbodies (issue with Cinemachine and physics steps)
- high tier graphics setting no longer uses ray-traced global illumination and reflections
- simplified settings tiers
- various texture/model fixes and changes
- IL2CPP is updated, the annoying hitches and stutters upon startup should be shorter and less frequent now
- footstep system is no longer frame dependent, now it's distance based
- updated footstep sound effects, less delay, more consistent volume, no artifacts
- added ambience audio slider
- added SFX audio slider
- various UI changes/fixes/improvements
- there's now a settings reset button
- eliminated shader comp stuttering via a flythrough camera during scene loading
- fixed some hints not showing entirely
- nextbot vision is fixed, previously any trigger would enable the chase player behavior
- fixed a case where the objective system would incorrectly show 2 objectives at once, causing them to overlap
- improved objective text and formatting
- the Discord RPC is removed until further notice
- added an initialization scene to fix hitches and stutters while the main menu assets load in
- fixed a bug where certain resolutions could cause dimming of the game output (issue with Unity and display swapchain)
- added more fullscreen options (Windowed, Fullscreen Windowed, and Exclusive Fullscreen)
- added a native resolution option, which is also selected by default now
- settings now load on startup of the game
Have fun!
Dilithium
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