(Retired!) A new (experimental!) fix for Build Mode lag on Windows
⛔ This program is now retired, sorry! ⛔
We forgot to publish it on the 10th, sorry about that! Now available to all.
Updates:
4/28/2022 - Updated to 1.87.40.1030. Please redownload.
4/1/2022 - Updated to 1.86.166.1030. Please redownload.
3/31/2022 - Updated to 1.86.157. If you are on the 1.85 patch and won't update yet, you can grab the old version here. All old versions will be there going forward, and are considered unsupported.
This is currently in testing!! While we do not expect it to do anything to your game or saves, please make sure you make backups as usual and test on some new saves first.
Description:
This is a new experimental fix that Pancake put together to solve the Build Mode lag. It works similarly to Reshade where you download it and it hooks into the game, though it does not go into the same location as Reshade and can be installed anywhere. Instead, it is a separate program (Windows only) that you start after launching the game. You must run the program each time you reload the game if you want the lag gone, though we are looking for feedback on if you guys would like an auto-launcher.
Please note that the program also requires an update for each patch!
Here is what it looks like in action:
And here's a video of the performance before and after applying the patch while the game is running:
Our guess for the reason Build Mode is lagging is because when the game enters or leaves Build Mode, the game updates something that doesn't seem to properly end. It appears to be refreshing some part of the UI. What this workaround/fix does is to disable that updating.
Notes:
Some antiviruses might complain that this is a virus, just ignore it.
It's unclear what the consequences of editing the function like this does, so please backup your saves and test it on a new save file. Thanks!
Your game version must match the version you download. If you need an older version because you are not on the latest update, you can grab previous versions here. The oldest is 1.85 only, and old versions are considered unsupported.
In the interest of transparency, here is the source code of the tool.
This does not conflict with anything.