This patch is one of the biggest steps forward for Tesera yet.
We’ve done a massive amount of optimization work across the entire game - from chunk loading and RAM usage to rendering, shaders, lighting, geometry and UI. The result is a faster, smoother and more responsive Tesera.
🆕 New Features:
Implemented a new Greedy Meshing optimization method for most blocks.
Implemented a pre-warming mechanism for all shader effects, eliminating FPS drops when they are first invoked.
Added a distant geometry simplification system that significantly reduces the number of polygons in the game world.
Added a new UI system featuring shader-based windows, blur effects, and animated elements.
Added the ability to change the UI color scheme. 7 color themes are available.
Added new creatures: an aggressive frog with a painful licking attack and a turtle that can grow ore on its shell when properly fed.
Added around 30 new natural structures for the new biomes.
Added Soft Particles with smooth intersections between particles and scene geometry.
Added a burning indicator for characters. Burning is now a full-fledged status effect.
Added new explosion effects for the Landmine and Energy Crystal, as well as an alternative smoke effect for the Magma Block.
Added a crafting recipe for the XMP 25 submachine gun.
Added a crafting recipe for the Machinegun Turret.
Added a crafting recipe for the Waypoint Beacon.
Added more detailed weapon tooltips with ranged damage information.
Added configurable F3 panel settings for debug and performance information.
Added a new loading bar with an updated loading progress visualization.
Added a new base effect for the Force Field Dome, with animation.
Added a new Ash Block (currently decorative) that stacks in layers like snow.
Added a new Magma Rift biome - a gloomy biome with abundant lava, Teseranids crawling out of Ereb, and large amounts of ore.
Added a new Dark Forest biome - a biome of eternal night with massive trees. It is home to Soulhounds, which set traps for their victims.
Added new aggressive frogs and glowing plants (natural light sources) to the Swamp biome.
Added decals to Obsidian Blocks to create smoother transitions with adjacent blocks.
Added a pickup menu for the Hoverbike.
Added a menu for removing the saddle from the Stridewing.
Added a recipe for the Multitool MK3 to the Advanced Workbench. The full multitool progression should now be available.
Non-aggressive creatures are now wary of strangers. Various treats can make them more friendly toward the player. Attacking them increases their fear, making it harder to gain their trust.
Added a global world map. Opens with the “M” key.
Added first-person animations for two-handed weapons.
Added an option in the settings to automatically open the last opened inventory tab when opening the inventory.
Expanded the developer toolkit, paving the way for new and more interesting particle effects in the future.
Added a dynamic light source system with network synchronization.
Added a “Dynamic Lighting” setting with a range from 1 to 100. The default value is 32.
Added an underwater sound filter.
Added 47 sets of mushroom blocks, including SLAB, STAIRS, SLOPE, and WALL variants.
Added 5 sets of industrial blocks, including SLAB, STAIRS, SLOPE, and WALL variants.
♻️ Changes:
Significantly improved the main menu and settings menu.
Improved the character editor window: character customization is now divided into body, face, and clothing.
Optimized the chunk loading system - loading speed has been increased by 2.5×.
RAM consumption has been significantly optimized, with savings of over 50%.
Improved and optimized the shadow cascade system - shadows are now sharper and processed faster.
Improved and optimized the rendering of vegetation and foliage blocks.
Improved underwater rendering with an enhanced shader.
Optimized the sky shader.
Optimized the performance of the Bloom and GodRays shaders.
Optimized cloud shader performance.
Improved firearm shooting: added muzzle flash lighting; muzzle flashes can now have different colors, as can their lighting; projectile and muzzle flash spawn points are now determined more precisely.
Optimized UI system performance.
Roofing materials, including SCRAP_ROOFING, thatch, metal roofing, and clay tiles, can now be placed on walls and ceilings.
The /locate biome name command will no longer teleport the player to the ocean.
Previously selected ingredients are now cleared when clicking another recipe that uses the same ingredients.
Lava now ignites adjacent blocks.
Damage-over-time effects are now applied less frequently.
The running speed of small Teseranids has been increased.
In some biomes, nighttime mob spawning has been changed. Instead of standard mobs, local mobs such as Teseranids and Soulhounds will spawn.
The Magma Block is now a natural trap: it damages any creature that steps on it, then cracks and turns into liquid lava.
The Mushroom Forest biome has been reworked: added many variations of giant mushrooms mixed with short trees, three biome-specific cave entrances, and a reworked vegetation distribution.
Plains and Flower Plains have been improved: the surface pattern has been changed from large rocky areas to small patches, large outdated trees have been replaced with a new style, and large boulders and pebbles have been added.
All inappropriate light sources (burning torches and candles) have been removed from the Abandoned Village.
Nighttime Teseranids now burrow underground when morning comes.
Blue Energy Crystal Formation can now spread on volcanic soil.
Apples no longer drop from leaf blocks.
The displays for Workpieces and Fine Details have been updated to better reflect their value.
Smelting times for materials in the furnace have been increased.
More pistol ammo can now be found on bandits and in containers.
Hoverbike fuel crafting has been moved from the Advanced Fabricator to the regular Fabricator.
The Multitool has been improved with new visual effects for the mining beam, heated marks on blocks, energy arcs, smoother animations, and improved mining behavior.
Item rarity display has been improved: rare items now have clearer visual indicators, special inventory highlighting, improved slot backgrounds, and more detailed tooltips.
The structure radar has been improved: nearby structures are now found faster and more reliably, markers behave more smoothly, and searches work better across different world layers.
Mob interactions with the world have been improved: mobs can now search for and interact with certain blocks.
Mobs can now find paths around other mobs.
Player detection range has been increased for NPCs, skeletons, and zombies.
The client now automatically clears corrupted inventory icon caches.
_WALL blocks can now be correctly placed on shelves and tables - directly on the surface at the clicked position.
The Ocean region has its own biome type: Ocean. Finding an ocean is done with the command /locate biome ocean.
Sparse Grass Blocks can now be tilled with a hoe.
Banners can now be stacked up to 16.
Lime can now be crafted from shells and starfish.
🐞 Bug Fixes:
Fixed block desynchronization with the server when mining with the Multitool or during player death.
Fixed the inability to pick up items before opening the inventory window.
Fixed an issue where breaking an Energy Crystal did not trigger an explosion.
Fixed network player processing when the browser window is minimized.
Fixed a language switching bug that caused localization codes to appear in square brackets.
Fixed a major memory leak in updateArmor for mobs.
Fixed the getSubMet console error that occurred when entering a world.
Fixed mob path selection when panicking on the shore of a body of water.
Fixed turrets hitting their own block.
Fixed selection frame rendering when changing the active inventory item.
Fixed invisible mobs after entering a world: static bbmodel quads added by the asynchronous precalc process after texture creation are now properly uploaded to the GPU.
Fixed mobs accidentally attacking each other when attacked by a player.
Fixed Z-buffer depth issues.
Fixed the swimming animation on the water surface.
Fixed _WALL texture rendering on shelves and tables - black stripes no longer appear.
Fixed a brief flash of a turned-off flashlight when switching slots.