This mod does work (with the current bulid), finally I don't lag when driving on snow with a rover.

Не знаю. У меня с оригинальными текстурами лагов нет, решил просто затестить, вдруг при нагрузках станет плавнее. Но этот мод наглухо убил оптимизацию, мало того, что не слабо тормозит игру, так ещё и крашает её..

Ended up doing a full reinstall of SE, sems to have done the trick

this cant be 'broken' its just a definition file edit/replacement, all it can do is not have any recent changes that keen made
CRITICAL ERRORS like that are likely mod corruption, which is a steam thing, best clear your mod cache,. google should find a guide for this

Started getting this:

MOD_CRITICAL_ERROR: Particle Performance Optimization Pack [50%], in file: Unknown
MOD PARTIALLY SKIPPED, LOADED ONLY 1/6 PHASES, Following Error occured:
Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
Sandbox.Game
at Sandbox.Definitions.MyDefinitionManager.LoadDefinitions(List`1 contexts, List`1 definitionSets, Boolean failOnDebug, Boolean isPreload)

Not sure what the cause might be - happens even in a new world with just this mod loaded

does this reduce the damaged effect particles as well?

broken needs updating

it should be yes

is this mod still working with the current build of se

both, you can use the SEPluginLoader system (on github) to load this for your client on any server you play on.

So does this just improve performance on the online side or is it just an all around performance improver for both online and offline alike?

this will stay accessible via plugin loader, as it hasnt caused any desync so far, i had a chat with the plugin loader dude a while back and forgot to mention it here :)

mods are mod, and are not plugins, this is a mod, not a plugin, plugins work differently than mods, please ignore the fact that this shows up under the plugin loader!
the mod is not just client side, the server tells the client about particles, its all in the one system, mods loaded on a server can even change your graphics settings, yes its stupid, but its the way it is. if the mod was just client side, there may be some desync problems with particles.

Oh:Hi and thanks for your mods!

Since these (the 50, 75, and 90% reduction mods) are client side, I'd like to request you get them into plugin loader & therefore ppl can use them regardless of the server they're on.

i just tested it, it does not, even more so, it can not, it literally has no files relating to any blocks at all, just the particle definition files. SE has the habit of pblaming the mod after the actual problem mod...
one of my other mods did break the armour block groups (i think my compact jump drive mod), but im sure i fixed that one when it was reported.

This mod somehow breaks the block groups for light and heavy armour.

nice :)

I have a GTX 970 GPU & i-7 4790K CPU
Created a brand new vanilla world, spawned a drop-pod to Earthlike and activated the Heavy Sandstorm weather and checked my FPS. I was in a mountainous area, so more trees and foilage is on screen than a open/flat area would be.

Checked FPS again after activating this mod and spawning in the Heavy Sandstorm weather. I saw an improvement of roughly 20 FPS.

oh that's ok. thanks anyway!

its probably a limit of the renderer, this mod doesnt change any limits, im not sure if slider controls can even be added for particles, keen dont even have any particle controls, which is why i had to make this mod, for those with low end gfx cards

or perhaps deactivate the limits?

is there a chance, only for research purposes, that you could elevate the % of particles lets say to.. 300%? so that the tank tracks effects And the explosions are visible?

yes, every single vanilla particle effect had its particles per second reduced by 50%, rounding to the nearest whole number, i wrote a small program to go through the entire particle effects file.

hi there! does this include particles from grids crashing or "touching" the ground? i'm using this build https://sp.zhabite.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2417478870 and the tracks generate a lot of particles and it seems to be reaching a "limit" and it removes any other particle effect. if i'm rolling with the tank and i shoot some blocks it does not make any particle at all, the block just dissapear and is really anoying. is there a way to remove the particle limit? or perhaps just remove the effects from grids touching one another and the ground and just leave the particles from explosions and blocks breaking? it would be awesome to have a mod with sliders for different particles. disregard this if i'm asking too much.

it should include that yes

Does this, or any mod, edit the puff of smoke you get when grinding blocks down. Every block that I grind my system lags. Either way, thanks for the great mod Nikolas!

and? many americans refer to the actual whole computer as a CPU... these specswas copied from HPs own website :)
the term Microprocessor has different meanings depending on country or even corporation...

I uh just want to point out that "microprocessor" is not the correct term here. A microprocessor is essentially a highly simplified and low performance version of an actual processor (CPU), and is in most cases incapable of running an operating system. A good example of a microprocessor would be an Arduino. The term you're looking for is either simply "processor" or "CPU".

And this is just nitpicking, but you might as well just shorten "Video Graphics" to either "Graphics" or "GPU", because "Video Graphics" is rather redundant.

cheers :)

It's a prebuilt. HP N5R26UA#ABA

could you tell me your full system specs please? or if its a pre-built, the make and model number of the pc :)

Huge difference for me. My potato hasn't been crashing when I play anymore

any feedback would be appreciated, it making much of a difference?

yw, they have reduced a bit :)

Thanks for this! Hope your allergies have cleared up.

i was bored, so i got started on making a program to make the changes, took about 6 hours to do, which is about how long it would have taken to change all the values manually, but now i can make a few varying versions...

not close at all, ive got an eye infection due to bad hayfever :( the summer is hell for me, have only been able to do a few minor things lately

How close are you to updating this? I still need it desperately

im planing to make a small program to make the changes, it will probably take longer, but it will be more interesting, and then i can keep this updated very easily :)

there is an update planned, im waiting for the xbox release, then i know they arent gonna change any more particle stuff :(

Hey dude is this ever going to be update? I really need the mod to work to be able to play

when im sure keen will stop altering particles, i will put the approx 4 hours of time in to it, reducing the values by 50% :)

Can you update this to the latest version please as I can not play the game without it?

read the comment below, it has a link to the mod for the drilling particles that does work for hand drills too :)

hi ! i have a problem when i use hand tools ! because of the smoke, my pc freeze on a grey screen and restarts automatically ! do you have an idea to disable completely the smoke when I use these tools ?
Thank you !
ps: i tried all of the mods to reduce the smoke, it didint work...

this one should fix the drilling effects problems... https://sp.zhabite.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1169829560
i may be able to put one up for the other tools :)

all tools smokes, driling welding and grinding, sometimes when a using the tools a black smoke pop up and crash my game, first a huge lag heapen, i try to look to the other side, some times works, but must of the time the game crash.

drilling smoke?

theres a way to remove all the smoke?