I know many players have been experiencing inexplicable lag, slowdown, performance issues, etc while playing Alnico. Despite my best efforts, the issue has persisted since the game released.
In an attempt to weed out the issue, I have made a debugging tool that you can run in your game to help try and determine what is causing the lag.
In order to access the debugger, you will need to opt in to the debug branch of the game. To do this, right click your game in the Steam Library, and select "Properties".
Next, navigate to the "Betas" tab and enter the access code "shrimpisbugs" in the text box and press the "Check Code" button.
Then you will be prompted to confirm, which you should confirm, and that's it! You should now be in the Debug branch.
First, launch the game and load into a save file as normal.
Once you've loaded into your save, make sure your window is maximized (so it fill the entire screen) and press the "F7" key while tabbed in to the game with your mouse towards the center of the screen.
The debugger will automatically start measureing your FPS under different settings. Please do not touch or do anything while this is running!
After about 1 minute, the debugger will conclude, close the game, and open a web browser page with a google form for you to fill out. Most of the sections will already be pre-filled with your test results, all you need to do at this point is fill in your system specs (if you know them) and submit the form.
The debugger shouldn't damage your save in any way, but feel free to run it in a fresh save just in-case.
I just set up 2 new launcher options for the debugger branch: YYC and VM. Please try the debugger using both, you may find one has much better results than the other!
Hopefully this will yield some results. Once I have some submissions, I will start looking over them and trying to nail down the issue. Thank you everyone in advance for your assistance and patience while I try to resolve the performance issues. Lova ya!
-Pinapl