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Parallax Compression (FPS Improvement)
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Parallax Compression (FPS Improvement)

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Description
This mod intends to improve FPS performance by compressing all parallax images size.

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Instead of removing the parallax background like other mod does to improve performance, it compresses (with no quality lost) everything in the /parallax/images/ directory, reducing them to half its file size. The mod also includes Parallax Fixes.

This mod is a request from a number of users. Feel free to test them out and report if this has successfully improved your performance.

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Frequently Asked Questions
  • Why would you need an FPS boost?
    Because the vanilla images are not optimized, so I optimized it to 50%-75% of its size. It's a request from a number of users too.
  • Is there a quality loss?
    Nope, nothing noticeable.
  • Work on multiplayer?
    Yes. This only replaces images on your end so it will be compatible.
  • Compatible with Frackin' Universe (FU)?
    Compatible. As in, vanilla parallax images will remain compressed.
    However I don't change anything from FU. You might want to ask FU team to compress their images, if they haven't already.
148 Comments
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Alucard † 11 Dec, 2024 @ 12:27am 
Does nothing for the performance like rest of the placebo mods.

Only real way to make this game run better is to pop it on a machine with CPU that has top tier SINGLE CORE performance.

As this game utilizes no GPU and only single core of a CPU
Leon 23 Dec, 2023 @ 1:51am 
nice. ty
RetroJolty 27 Nov, 2023 @ 11:43pm 
thank you.
Mabra 2 Sep, 2023 @ 7:18am 
Does it work with parallax from modded biomes ?
Ashtar 11 Jul, 2022 @ 5:09am 
i see one conflict with this mod "Beauty Bound" you can check?

make one or other not work..
Simply a Speck of Dust 15 Jan, 2022 @ 9:20am 
@Faber Roze This mod still does as describes without any issues. Parallax images still get compressed and FRAPS reports around 10+ fps with this installed. At least in my case. Hope this helps :SBpenguin:
ꜰᴀʏʙʀ 3 Dec, 2021 @ 9:21am 
I've heard that after 1.4, this mod is no longer necessary as the new updates already patched some of the bugs and that subscribing to this mod will bring the bugs back. Can any experts verify this?
jameslionbreath 17 Sep, 2021 @ 9:59pm 
So if i uninstall the mod will the images turn back to the way they were?, or do i need (or should) backup a specific file
sebastropas 26 Sep, 2020 @ 2:26pm 
Nice mod,now i can play on more than +20 fps
Violyris 6 Jun, 2020 @ 11:10am 
This shit's good. Thanks a lot, it finally makes the game playable even on my crappy PC