V3.4.0 Overview

Big QoL + perf update to celebrate 1M downloads on Curseforge (crazyyy). Now features Quantified API Vulkan GPU acceleration, that delivers more throughput than OpenCL + lighter overall. Also reworked water pillars + vines, fixed a bunch of compatibility issues, and improved CPU/GPU efficiency.

Native Vulkan GPU Acceleration

• ~50% more throughput in heavy cases (due to less driver overhead and more control)
• Faster warmup + better caching
• Fixed a bug where GPU tasks went to CPU...
• Falls back to OpenCL if Vulkan not supported (if your GPU doesn't support Vulkan, it's time to upgrade xd)

World Cleanup (Water + Vines)

• Our beloved water pillars finally are more rare (maybe fully gone) + uses shadow apply now
• Floating vines are being cleaned more often, due to shadow apply
• Better batching was added

CPU Performance

• Way less main thread pressure due to shadow apply
• GPU work actually stays on the GPU
• Due to batching improvements, the queue is less pressured with tasks
• Overall smoother in general

Fixes

• Config UI crashes fixed
• Spawn in city system has been fully patched and overhauled (DeceasedCraft is now compatible)
• Missing or N/A blocks → set to air instead of crashing the whole worldgen
• City chunks now match nearby terrain height better. Fixed cases where chunks generated way higher than surroundings or random dips in the cities(thx Quanz xd)