Water Splash Effects Question

[ColonelVInnie]

Not sure if this is the right place to post this, but is there a mod or way to disable those effects?

[overkill13]

I too would be interested considering the splash effects cause some significant slow down on my end.  Might just be in combination with my mod count on my semi potato machine, though.

[Vanamonde]

This discussion of add-ons has been moved to Add-on Discussions. 

[Psycho_zs]

The proper question would be: why the hell splash effects cause such a cringy slowdown. (I'm affected too).

...and for that matter why having planet surface in the frame slows the game down despite there is nothing technically fancy about planet surfaces: they look like the game was made in 2000s, yet they perform like they are loaded with super advanced shaders.

[ColonelVInnie]

View angle seems to have a very weird impact on framerates as well.

[kerbiloid]

Guessing visually, the closer to the splash - the more particles are generated (seems that no limit is defined).
So, two scrolls of the mouse wheel - and my desktop fan (i5, 16 G) starts roaring like a real airplane propeller.
Graphic settings are below medium and looks like don't affect.

P.S.
An offtopic: the splash screen doesn't disappear even when the checkbox is unchecked.

Edited December 26, 2018 by kerbiloid

[traisjames]

I too would like to turn off splashes....I get one frame every 5 seconds until the splashes go away.

[sarbian]

Install ModuleManager, create a nosplash.cfg in gamedata and put this in it

@PART[*]:HAS[@MODULE[ModuleSurfaceFX]]
{
	!MODULE[ModuleSurfaceFX] { }
}

 

[ColonelVInnie]

Strange. Patches seem to be applied but the splashing still seems to happen...

[sarbian]

5 hours ago, ColonelVInnie said:

Strange. Patches seem to be applied but the splashing still seems to happen...

It seems some engine have more than one module. Try this

@PART[*]:HAS[@MODULE[ModuleSurfaceFX]]:FINAL
{
	!MODULE[ModuleSurfaceFX],* { }
}

 

[kerbiloid]

Applied the second patch, by the splash particles still flood and cause a slideshow.