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Any way to turn off surface backgrounds (parallax)

Discussion in 'Starbound Discussion' started by TheNewTeddy, Aug 8, 2016.

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  1. TheNewTeddy

    TheNewTeddy Astral Cartographer

    Can I turn off surface backgrounds? Or perhaps all the backgrounds? And if so how?
    Let me explain

    So I've been doing some googling about slow FPS rates, as I get those. I have a dual core, 3.18, with 8 ram, and win 7 64. It's not the best computer. I also have a 1GB graphics card. Don't remember by who, ASUS?? Something like that. But.... I'm not making a bug report. Why? Well the sheer number of FPS problems I found though my google search tell me that these are "known" issues.

    Anyway, I was futzing around with my cheaty character, when I noticed something. See at some point you go "underground" - water will no longer drain if you remove the background.
    When that happens my FPS skyrockets. And, when I return to "above ground" it plummets. When I reversed gravity, I noticed that when I rose above the clouds, and the background changed to stars, my FPS increased. Not as much as being underground, but a good amount.

    As such, can I turn off surface backgrounds? Or perhaps all the backgrounds? And if so how?
     
  2. Inf_Wolf14

    Inf_Wolf14 Parsec Taste Tester

    Uhhh... Vague memories but...
    I'm pretty sure there's a command to toggle the visible layers in the game.
    This includes the background layers.

    Problem is I forget the syntax, but I'll go look it up now.
     
  3. Tamorr

    Tamorr Supernova

    The only thing I can think of is through modding; reason I know this is I think I saw one on workshop that does something like that. Unsure if there is one on this site, as I haven't seen it just yet show up. But that is one way. Other than that, I really don't know...
     
  4. TheNewTeddy

    TheNewTeddy Astral Cartographer

    Hopefully, if this works (I can reliably turn off backgrounds and my FSP skyrockets as a result) it could become a 'general fix' for a large number of people with FPS issues!

    I think it's /togglelayer
    I'll go back in-game and play around with it and see what happens
     
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  5. Inf_Wolf14

    Inf_Wolf14 Parsec Taste Tester

    Yup thats the one.
    A value of 3 toggles the background layer supposedly.
     
  6. TheNewTeddy

    TheNewTeddy Astral Cartographer

    Unfortunately I can confirm this command no longer works at all and was likely removed from the game.

    Updated title to reflect that it seems the parallax is causing the issues?
     
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  7. TheNewTeddy

    TheNewTeddy Astral Cartographer

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