{"id":1883,"date":"2026-11-05T09:23:32","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T09:23:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oneiricworlds.com\/en\/?p=1883"},"modified":"2026-11-05T09:23:34","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T09:23:34","slug":"call-for-testers-for-optimization-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oneiricworlds.com\/en\/2026\/11\/call-for-testers-for-optimization-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for testers for optimization update"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hello everyone,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

📢 Today, it’s a big call for your help!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

I always read all your reviews, and some recurring ones are about the bad optimisation of the game. So for a bit more than a month now I’ve been working on HEAVILY optimizing the game, especially for Steamdeck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But because optimizing pretty much crushes everything and alter deep core code in the game, I can’t push this big update without having a good playtest before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So I’m calling to all voluntaries out there who would like to stress test this new optimized version of the game.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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60 FPS with moderate power! Oh yeah!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I – Test the optimized version<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It’s on a beta branch right now. Nothing complicated, you just:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. go to the game properties on Steam<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. beta panel<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. enter the beta code “computeshader”<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. select the optim6 branch which should now appear in the available versions<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Just launch it and play with the lower graphics quality settings (“Very Light”) and no ocean reflection. You can play on Steamdeck or on any old hardware you have.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    If you spot any problems (low frame rate or bugs), please report them in the Steam forums<\/a> or my Discord server<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    II – For the big numbers:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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    • size on disk 5.5 GB -> 2.6 GB<\/strong> (but you’ll ironically still experiment a few GB of download for this update)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • framerate on Steamdeck: 10 to 30 fps -> 40 to 60 fps<\/strong> but hopefully 60 fps for 80% of the game<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • should be playable with 8 GB RAM only and 4GB GPU RAM<\/strong> (still working on this)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Faster loading time, less hiccups<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • GPU & CPU power consumption reduction (between 30 et 50%), now the GPU fan can breathe a bit and you can play longer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      I’ll go deeper in the details for the official update release, but of course, the content of the game itself is the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      That’s it for now! Thanks a lot for your help 🙏🙏🙏, I hope this will make the game available for even more people with mid and low end configs 😁<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Have a great day, take care, peace!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Mathias, the dev<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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