thinform932
what are the performance tips please
This is aimed at users of Intel's integrated HD graphics.
1. Starting with the basics make sure your in-game's graphic settings are set to the lowest possible. Turn OFF: Self shadow, Bloom, SSAO, SSR (reflection), Depth of field, Atmosphere, and Vignette. You can leave Rain on.
2. If you are using pugins, go to your plugin options (F1 in the previous update, or in the game's configuration menu in the latest update). Disable Better Anti-Aliasing. Then, scroll to Graphic Settings plugin. Make sure your Display mode is set to Fullscreen. Then change your resolution to 1024 by 576 and hit Apply (you can also do this by modifying your Setup file in UserData). Disable Vsync. Set Anti-aliasing multiplier to 0. Set Shadow cascades to 0. Set Shadow quality to Hard only. Set shadow resolution to Low.
3. Make sure your graphics drivers are up to date. If you are using a laptop or a computer that still has the pre-installed manufacturer software, you probably have to update your driver manually by going to Intel's website and downloading the appropriate driver, then using device manager to manually update it.
4. Go to your Intel graphic driver's settings. On Power options, set to Maximum Performance. If you are on a laptop, it might not be set to max performance even when plugged in. You may want to check your Windows settings for this as well. On Games, find the AI-Syoujyo.exe and turn off Anti-Aliasing, Anisotropic Filtering, and Vertical Sync.
5. If you are using integrated graphics, use the task manager to set the affinity AI-Syoujo.exe to use every core except the one used by the OS, which should be 0 or 1 (the lowest one that appears). You might find it useful to look up how to create a shortcut that automatically sets the affinity every time you launch the game.
6. Use FarClipPlane mod. It is meant to prevent the entire island from rendering all the time, so it limits what you can see to a customizable radius around you. You can find it in the Illussion discord.
Before I did any of this, I played at a staggering slideshow of half a frame per second. After these steps, my game went to a stable 15-20 fps. It's not perfect, but it is quite playable.