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Less Drill Dust and Stone Particles [UPDATED]
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Oct 15, 2017 @ 2:06am
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Less Drill Dust and Stone Particles [UPDATED]

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Update: Now working for current version of game, will probably work for 01.187 for any one still using that version too.

I reduced all the particles per second by 75-95% for the drill dust and stone, for ship and hand drills

hopefully this should help with lower performance computers, and for those who want to see what they are drilling, hope it helps :)

Testing performed by Nyx Of Light

This may also reduce other tool particles that use the same particle effect entries as the drills

The alterations in this mod are Not in my Particle Performance Optimization Pack which reduces all the other particle effects in the game by approximately 50%, you will need both mods to reduce all vanilla particles :) (update coming when i can make a program to change all the particles pers second values, it will take me about 2 hours to do it manually)
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1171575610

there were about 8 different drilling Particle Effect definitions before 01.186 visuals update, there are now about 20, this was nasty and boring to update haha
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Nikolas March  [author] Jul 15, 2024 @ 10:09am 
that .acf file is in the appdata\roaming\spaceengineers
Nikolas March  [author] Jul 15, 2024 @ 10:08am 
mod corruption, steam problem, check google for guide on how to clear mod cache
Swann Jun 22, 2024 @ 11:27am 
I love this mod, but I'm still having trouble with it causing loading errors.

MOD_CRITICAL_ERROR: Less Drill Dust and Stone Particles [UPDATED], in file: Unknown
MOD PARTIALLY SKIPPED, LOADED ONLY 1/6 PHASES, Following Error occured:
Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
Sandbox.Game
at Sandbox.Definitions.MyDefinitionManager.LoadDefinitions(List`1 contexts, List`1 definitionSets, Boolean failOnDebug, Boolean isPreload)

If I load it as the only plugin, I get this error. If I run without plugins and load this as the only mod, I get this error. My entire SE was reloaded yesterday and I just subscribed to the mod today. (because I always used it as a plugin) Also I searched for the appworkshop_244850.acf file as you recommended elsewhere but it was not found in any SE folders.

Anything else I can try?
Nikolas March  [author] Jun 30, 2023 @ 9:09am 
:)
mrudat Jun 30, 2023 @ 5:14am 
I can see! I can see! (What I'm attempting to drill) =)
Nikolas March  [author] Mar 23, 2023 @ 10:00pm 
:)
Fays Mar 23, 2023 @ 4:28pm 
omg this is my new favorite mod!! I can finally see wtf I'm doiiiing! <3 Many Thanks!
Mike_Huntstynx Dec 30, 2021 @ 5:48pm 
This is the kinda thing that amazes me with how impactful yet simple this QOL change can be. Tool and machine sound audio and particle effect dampers should be standard and adjustable in-game settings
WhaleShark Aug 21, 2021 @ 12:48pm 
I change to first person in my driller to see the ore im working at and DUST EVERYWHERE. WHY ISNT THIS IN THE BASE GAME?
Nikolas March  [author] Jan 1, 2021 @ 4:23pm 
yeah it should still work... the critical error from the other user, he probably neds to delete steam's mod cache n force a redownload