Does debris bog down the game at all?

[GalaxyGryphon]

just wondering, i love the fact that the game stores literally every piece of junk you shot into space but, i was wondering it this takes a toll on my ram, or loading times ect.

[chrislo27]

Holy hippopotamuses!

It may slow down loading times but to clear ALL the debris, go to Settings and there\'s a debris option where it\'s either None or up to Unlimited debris.

[lmariachi]

If i select 'none' in debris option will it affect remote sattelites from mods etc ?

[khyron42]

The game can't tell the difference between one kind of debris and another, but treats anything flagged as "controllable" somehow as special. Usually any craft that shows up in the tracking station will be what gets preserved.

[Jason_25]

Debris does bog the game down. Make a rocket to the limit your computer can handle and launch without debris at first. As the debris piles up, the rocket begins to stutter.

[vexx32]

Debris won't affect it significantly, really. It's all on-rails unless you pass really close by, so it's not running physics calculations on the debris at all, just pushing it along like a train on train tracks. But, as with anything, ridiculous amounts of debris will inevitably slow the game down after a while.