Will earth visuals get an update?

[kmassie92]

hi is it decided yet if earth will get updated visuals post early access? And i play on my steam deck. So if so will my steam deck be able to handle the new graphics/visuals?

[calabacina]

I hope so, I've always thought that what we see now during the lift-off is temporary.

[wilhelmsenstudios]

Better Earth visuals are currently hard to do, but in the previous updates I have rolled out a big increase in the textures of Florida used during liftoff. The current is the best I can do with my current skillset.

The 16k is designed towards low-end hardware and VR, while the 64k resolution will require a lot of processing and up to 11 GB of data.

I have been looking into other options like a tile-streaming engine, but they all consume and cost data to use, meaning that the game will be more expensive then its current income.

[kmassie92]

Thanks for letting me know. but will all of these new features run well on my steam deck? My steam deck runs the sim really well i have the high res earth textures on and lots of other stuff on and it runs amazing. so does this mean going forward new features will work?

[wilhelmsenstudios]

I sure hope so, I do not have a device myself and Steam Deck support has been tested by Steam with the "Unsupported" result, mainly memory requirements and performance on some devices causing Apollo missions to crash. Does Apollo missions load on your Steam Deck device?

[kmassie92]

Yes Apollo missions work great even with high graphics settings on!!! There are only a few graphics settings that cause crashing but it’s very few. everything runs great!! i even have high earth textures on and it works great and most of graphics settings cranked up and sim runs great!!. The only setting i cant run are full res but i can have high earth textures on plus 3d clouds all the way up to half res and most settings on ultra and everything runs great.!!! thats pretty much it sim runs great.

[kmassie92]

The only thing is if i have anti aliasing turned all the way up it causes some performance issues but only a little stutter nothing major. It only crashes if i have everything else cranked up and then have anti aliasing all the way up that’s usually the only time it crashes. This game should be steam deck verified because with the right settings it works great!!! I current ly have it on with ultra pre set and lots of stuff all the way up. I can use high res earth textures without ant problems witch is awesome it looks and runs great on my deck!!! Only crashes when having res set to full resolution but other than that i have the high earth textures set to on with ultra preset and it runs and looks incredible!!! Thanks

[kmassie92]

So to recap with right settings Apollo missions run great just keep resolution settings on half res i even have high res earth textures on and i have no issues its amazing and dont have anti aliasing on and I recommend keeping shadows down as well but it still works even with this on just recommended for best performance but keep reflection probe quality on low for no crashes and better performance. However sim runs great on my steam deck

[kmassie92]

Keep resolution quality on half res but you can still have high resolution earth textures on it just uses more memory but works great!!

[kmassie92]

I have no idea why valve labeled this game as unsupported because it looks and runs great even the Apollo missions are great with the right graphics settings for everything so far its a awesome experience on my steam deck!!!