https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1875742925&searchtext=swamp+vines

nate try this

i need you to remove the swamp vines bro

I go away from Kenshi for a few days and you make it even better. Danke!

Thank you for fixing the texture blending in/around Mongrel! It was a bit jarring, but I know you'd get it tweaked just right!

@Jango yup this rock is completely removed in FASTR.

thank you for the great update!
Is this already a thing in your mod?

https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3498912211

I'm blown away by how gorgeous the Swamps are now, not to mention how smoothly the game runs in them. Amazing work!

Ah, that's what that means, thanks for explaining it! Will certainly take some adjusting to get used to but glad to know it was intentional! Thanks again!

@Shela Monster these changes are intentional, I set texture blending to be much lower so it isn't using the slope textures for all heights.

Hope this helps! https://imgur.com/a/5I1vmcj

Hi Crunk! Thanks for the update and your continued dedication to optimizing Kenshi! I think something might have broken though as for some reason my Mongrel land textures seem very off... they still load, so not invisible ground, but the texture of the ground inside the town is VERY different now.

@Kraut Kontrol 100% compatible with KPM LEM

Thanks for the update!

"Incompatible with all other foliage mods (such as Biome Edits, Less Foliage, Clean and Speed, Remove Swamp Vines, Thicc Foliage, and more)"

What about KPM: Lowpoly Environment Models ?

new version is live now, couldnt wait to share it <3

[insert guy rubbing hands behind tree meme]

Thanks for the awesome work Crunk

A new version of FASTR is on the way soon which will significantly improve performance more so than any other foliage mod ever has.

I have been removing collision boxes from all foliage which spawned in areas inaccessible by the the Navmesh. This has allowed me to push the optimization further than even I myself realized. I have removed thousands of collision boxes from some zones such as Arm of Okran and Royal Valley. No longer will your game spend so many resources rendering collision for areas which cannot be reached.

Although it is possible I (hard) guess. Because these terrain objects might act like buildings and destroy the nav mesh if they are touched

@NeverFrosty This is a common bug in the game engine that happened to me multiple times before installing this mod. I had one pop up literally in my base while I was building it, it has something to do with buildings and terrain that creates them. NOTHING to do with this mod

@NeverFrosty where are you finding blocked pathways? let me know so i can fix it <3

There are multiple pathways that are blocked, when u hover your mouse u can see the blocked icon. Even npcs cannot walk on those places lol. I was waiting for the raid, and saw them not moving. It's because they cant move to that path lol. Decided to disable this mod and it started working again as intended. If u experience this, problem, the cause is probably this mod.

Instant +20-30FPS after installing. The pitts go from 20 second load times to 1-5. Thank you for this

Nevermind... The crashes and infinite zone loading still occur without FASTR. How strange!

I don't know exactly the reason why this mod (likely) crashes my game and/or makes it load zones infinitely after a time. But if I had to guess, it might be a weird interaction between the Engine Mesh Updater's UpdateSteamMesh function and FASTR. I don't know.

Forgot to mention, for the test details and results, see comments #13-14 in the linked post.

Hello! For anyone experiencing infinite zone loading and/or crashing and have this mod in their list, try to disable it. In my case, I've experienced crashes with this mod enabled. After extensive testing, it is most likely that this mod can cause infinite zone loading and/or crashes in certain instances after travelling for a long time. Though, further research is necessary.

See this Steam discussion on Infinite Zone Loading for more info and the test results.

Uploaded a new update today folks! I was able to significantly improve optimization in the swamp! Load times are slightly better than vanilla and fps is 30% faster than vanilla

any possibility of compatible with genesis?

now i have nearly 80fps always on max settings WITHOUT compressed textures. Great mod thank you

Excited to hear about the update. Not sure if you're aware but the NE path leading out of Endin into Sinkuun is blocked by a rock pillar.

Is the mod compatible with the Universal Wasteland Expansion mod and the mods that are compatible with it (including patch mods)? Also, in the kingdom of Shark, there's a tree blocking the entrance to a shop. Has that tree been removed?

im so happy to hear

Hey folks I am working on a big update right now! Made a massive breakthrough on optimization recently.

I did some benchmarking and discovered why loading screens were longer in a few zones than they should be. In the swamp for example, loading screens were averaging 2-5 seconds longer than vanilla in spite of averaging a full 30% more fps. This is because FASTR was causing too many things to load in at once by shortening view distance. Paradoxically having a further render distance for many pieces of foliage actually reduces loading times by breaking up the asset loading into more chunks.

This discovery is going to let me squeeze some more fps out of zones that normally struggle, stay tuned!

Presenting a BETR FASTR PATCH FOR IWK+ !
[] It’s not a brute force fork copy, it’s a real patch!
[] Fixes any issues with logging trees (or your money back!)
[] Fixes any issues with collecting scrap metals

https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3444572590

Insane mod, just got rid of any lags.

There are other things here that are great that I may not realize, but the foliage next to water/shore lines is probably the best part.

@MarciXeN check out the Genesis discord server, myself and tons of other modders are there.

Maybe I will try when I have the time. I've just recently started my journey to modding a variety games. If that time comes I'll let you know, a little guidance around your mod would probably be very helpful if you'd be up for it ;>

@MarciXeN I am unlikely to make anything like this myself, but anyone is welcome to modify FASTR to create a mod similar to wastelands if they want. Just be sure to credit me and StarCornet.

I have a suggestion since you're doing amazing work with your HD mods, and I can't find anything good - a landscape overhaul that would make colouring more seamless and saturate colors like green, and desaturate the ugly yellow or red lines on the ground. Possibly add more greenery all around since realistically it only exists in Okran's pride which still looks quite ugly. Something like Wastelands except unfortunately it removes like 90% of foliage and objects so something to go along with FASTR would be a just about perfect combination.

@Shela monster i dont but thanks for asking <3

Thanks for clarifying! Do you have a page for donations as well? Appreciate all your work on these Vanilla friendly mods!

@Shela monster nope nothing like that.

By chance does this also convert the various weather effects into .dds format similar to Mood Waves does for water textures? Thanks!

@Shela monster I believe the problematic boulders are terrain features, i will look into it soon. It sadly might not be fixable

Regarding the Death Yard camps, maybe the stones around Fog Islands could be removed, or slid around into different spots? I'm assuming the camp spawns have fixed (but random) locations, but not sure if that's per game seed or not.

Thanks Crunk! Here's hoping the grass in the stone outside Mongrel is gone, and the big vines blocking the path in Mud Town is fixed!

Just put out an update folks, it's been a while since the last one so i updated some random stuff

Looks like it’s a camp. Ah well, thanks for the quick feedback on this one

@Laughing Forest no clue, do they spawn as a camp or as a static feature? if its a camp most likely not.

Hmmm fair enough ... could FASTR move the fogmen prisoner poles out into the open then from within the boulders?