RELEASED Outpost Lag Reduction 0.93

LoPhatKao submitted a new mod:

Outpost Lag Reduction - "But I love the lag in the outpost!" said no-one ever.

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OMG... if this work, PLEASE!! someone tell CF to implement this

 

I eventually will update the main post with pics showing the speed differences between the default animations and the ones I modified.
I slowed them down anywhere from 11% to over 300%

 

Code:

[20:39:29.908] Error: Could not apply patch from backend: Folder <../giraffe_storage/mods\kao_delag\.>.  Caused by: Could not apply patch to base. Could not apply operation to base. Attempted to remove from a list using a non numeric value: animationCycle
[20:39:41.241] Info: Done loading BiomeDatabase
[20:39:46.400] Error: Could not apply patch from backend: Folder <../giraffe_storage/mods\kao_delag\.>.  Caused by: Could not apply patch to base. Could not apply operation to base. Attempted to remove from a list using a non numeric value: animationCycle
[20:39:52.398] Error: Object vineseed defined twice, second time from /objects/farmables/vineseed/vineseed.object
[20:40:12.527] Info: Done loading ObjectDatabase
[20:40:19.762] Info: Done loading MonsterDatabase
[20:40:19.762] Info: Done loading EntityFactory
[20:40:24.764] Info: Writing Star::Configuration to '.\..\giraffe_storage\starbound.config'
[20:41:33.119] Error: Could not apply patch from backend: Folder <../giraffe_storage/mods\kao_delag\.>.  Caused by: Could not apply patch to base. Could not apply operation to base. Attempted to remove from a list using a non numeric value: animationCycle 

Doesnt seem to cause a crash, But it does mean somethings broken in the mod, right? o.o The other mods I've seen this type of error from, the patches in question dont work properly/at all

 

I hope this works, my computer is pretty good yet I lag on this game in the outpost I'll leave a review with my results

 

oh really... try it without the patch for the 2 stop teleshop .. I had issues with that one while creating mod.
2stopshop patch isn't really needed, just changes loop speed of the animated sign.

edit:
thanks for reporting this! I had forgotten to change the 'path' back.
it should say "orientations/0/animationCycle", not "orientations/animationCycle" -- missing the /0

 

In case you decide to fix the 2stopshop thing (and you want useful patch knowledge):

You can't add / remove / replace from an array without a numeric index-target.

[{"op" : "replace","path" : "/orientations/0/animationCycle","value" : 5.1}]

"arrayName" : [ {This is Index 0}, {This is Index 1}, {This is Index 2}]

 

LoPhatKao updated Outpost Lag Reduction with a new update entry:

Derpfix - 2 stop teleshop nonfatal error

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Well now....
with over 500 downloads of this so far, I want to reach out to you, my downloaders...
There is still a LOT of lag in the outpost, and I'm wondering how harshly people would want me to try and stop the lag.

As 1 reviewer said, they went from 5 fps to 17 after installing .. I think I could improve on this. =D

One thing would be to stop the animations altogether - very harsh on the outpost, but very cpu friendly
another thing would be to tweak the lights - unknown at this time whether it would do much tho, or how badly it would screw them up if used elsewhere

I will need to look into this more when I get a chance, possibly by weekend if other projects don't interfere

 

Maybe, if you want, you could make a "lagless" version, where you paralyze every NPC from the outpost, and remove the wiring for the auto-door
That would be "boring" for some people, but I now I would prefer them to just stay still at their place, as I only go there to do the quest, and I don't care for ambience, as in this case it is VERY badly coded/setuped
Other than that, anything you can do to make this place less laggy I'll take it, IMO it's just an insanely laggy place that I CAN'T avoid, for it's the quest hub(other than that, nothing to see there, can't do anything, nothing to explore, it's just a plain lagging outpost)

 

LoPhatKao updated Outpost Lag Reduction with a new update entry:

Small Change - Big Improvement

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It may just be me, but there appears to be no version difference between the zip of this mod that I just downloaded and the one that I already have of the previous version. Perhaps the new version didn't get uploaded properly?

 

i like to think of lag as a moment where your character thinks to himself for a moment, but one of those quick thoughts where you then ask yourself "wtf am i thinking?" then start to move on from it.

 

hmm check if there's a 'dungeons' folder in it, if not then something got screwed up
or go to the outpost and look by the doors for the proximity scanners - if they're there, its borked

ok nope, website still serving 0.91 version.. sigh
site also screwed up all previous version #s -.-

attached is the real update

 

LoPhatKao updated Outpost Lag Reduction with a new update entry:

retrying upload of 0.911

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THERE ... stupid website, y u no accept file the first time :"(
sorry to anyone that downloaded in the last 10 hours was rushing out door for work, didnt doublecheck it -- my bad

 

Ornery site! It seems to be working just fine now, though! ^.=.^

 

I helped! \O/

 

LoPhatKao updated Outpost Lag Reduction with a new update entry:

A few more things

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Code:

Error: Fatal Exception Caught: (AssetBackendException) Requested file '/pak.modinfo' does not exist in database, was likely skipped during pak creation. (Check server skip list).
  AssetBackendException::AssetBackendException(string)
  AssetsDatabaseBackend::read(String)
  Root::scanForMods(String)
  Root::Root(String, String, LogLevel, bool, String, Map<String, Json, unordered_map<String, Json, hash<String, void>, equal_to<String>, allocator<pair<String, Json> > > >)
  Root::initialize(Map<String, StringList, unordered_map<String, StringList, hash<String, void>, equal_to<String>, allocator<pair<String, StringList> > > >)
  _SDL_main
  _console_main

I get this whenever I try to launch the game. With or without the mod. I'm pulling my hair out trying to figure this out.

 

If this also occurs without this specific mod the cause is another mod.
It's basically telling you that the mod-author (whoever it was) named the modinfo file wrong while packing the mod.

Should be noted that this can only be caused my .modpak mods, not plain folder-based mods.