This release fixes a large frame rate drop with the sun in view, most noticeable on Android.
Performance
- The lens flare's visibility test no longer makes the CPU wait for the GPU every frame. On a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 phone at 120 Hz, the first Finland stage dropped from 121 to 32-37 fps when the sun was on screen. It now stays at 115-121 fps.
- The flare now uses a visibility result one or two frames old, which is not noticeable in play. This applies to both the SDL_GPU and OpenGL renderers.
Packages contain the port and its required libraries; the original PC game data is still required.
Downloads: Windows x64, Linux x86-64 / ARM64 / i686, macOS Apple silicon, and Android ARM64 / x86-64.
Full changes: v1.7.2...v1.7.3