Dear Stormworkers, Performance and optimisation is a big topic for Stormworks, but it can be very difficult to exactly measure and compare players performance when the complexity of vehicles can vary so much. This week we introduce bench-marking to Stormworks! There is a new benchmark mode which loads up specific scenes, so that players can now easily compare and record their performance in game. From v0.10.16, you can launch one of three benchmarks. Go to main menu > settings > graphics, and you will see the new options to launch a benchmark. [img]https://clan.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/images//28842908/f50fb89af98a035c5cee42748c8ca3a8e565dac8.gif[/img] Benchmarks also log this data to a file including data on your hardware, giving you a complete report of performance for that benchmark. If you want to, you can share this data if reporting performance issues, and w e can see the exact hardware and performance that Stormworks is experiencing. This is another useful tool in understanding and considering any performance related issues. Stormworks is a demanding game for graphics but also CPU calculations. It's important to be able to understand where any performance bottlenecks are, and the benchmarks will report both frame rate and tick rate of the game. We think many players will find it interesting to be able to more objectively measure performance, and get exact info on how the game behaves. [img]https://clan.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/images//28842908/727119e648a057c649f69f2fdf8e71667afa43cc.gif[/img] We are shipping 3 benchmarks, a low demand benchmark for a typical game, a medium demand benchmark for a more complex set up with a few vehicles, perhaps comparable to a multiplayer server with a few players. and an extreme demand benchmark, intended for differentiating performance on the most powerful PCs. The final benchmark includes a huge ship, several smaller ships, some aircraft, at the Sawyer Isles. As always, this minor update comes with other fixes and improvements. Please see the patch notes below. [img]https://clan.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/images//28842908/cc4cd178f0e1b6c6badee00c4ce61e50106c72a8.gif[/img] Next week we have more exciting news to announce about future plans. We are continuing to work on more minor and major update features, and are really excited about what is coming. Much love <3, The Stormworks Developers v0.10.16 Feature - Graphics Benchmarking Added 3 benchmarking buttons with increasing simulation strain to the main menu graphics settings Added +benchmark <1/2/3> command line parameter Fix - CTD with audio when despawning a Magall Fix - Fluid data label info