TODAY, I am joined by @haropla as we pursue the noblest of goals: Helping penguins climb a mountain. Why do they climb the mountain? To test their ability, and ours. Why is one of the penguins named Bread? Well you'll have to figure that one out yourself.
I had the privilege to work with Apogee Ent and Sand Castles St making the cover for the amazing co-op game Bread and Fred, OUT NOW on steamCheck it out here, you won't regret it!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1607680/Bread__Fred/
Played some Bread and Fred last night with my person and oh my god I haven't laughed that hard in a long time. Ridiculously difficult, hilariously animated, the cutest game I've ever sucked at. 10/10 🐧🐧
Bread & Fred [DEMO]: Improved Steam Remote Play Quality Mod.
My girlfriend and I wanted to play Bread & Fred together using steam remote play. However our combined internet isn’t the best for streaming, so at times the remote play quality suffers. I don’t know too much about the way steam streams remote play, but I do know that typically bitrate drops with movement in video. I figured that the intense snowfall probably isn’t good for the bitrate, so I decided to create a mod that disables it. We haven’t had a chance to test it properly, so I don’t know the exact quality gain if any, but in theory it should help?
Note: This mod was made for the Bread & Fred DEMO and has not been tested and will likely not work with the full release.
I figured I would release it in case other people are suffering from bad remote play quality, in hopes that it’ll help someone. The snow can also be a little annoying, so if anyone just wants to remove it, you can use this.
I don’t think there’ll be a performance increase FPS wise. It’s hard to tell since I don’t exactly have performance issues with the game, but if you’re trying to increase your FPS, give it a shot and let me know if it works. In theory it shouldn’t do much because the particles are still there but just transparent. I think it depends on how they’re rendered, and I don’t know much about Unity and the way it does rendering, shaders, and particle systems.
The downside of removing the snow, is that it kind of ruins the atmosphere, but I suppose sacrifices have to be made.
Here is a before and after picture
The mod works by simply making the snow particles transparent.
To use, download the modified assets file below.
Download: sharedassets0.assets
Please note: This file contains game assets and I do not own its contents and neither do you. Distributing this file likely violates SandCastles Studio’s terms and/or copyright. I will promptly remove the download if asked by the creators.
Navigate to the Bread&Fred installation folder by either right clicking the game in your steam library and hovering over manage, then clicking the “Browse local files” button, or by navigating to it manually using the file explorer.
Steam Library: Bread & Fred Demo > Manage > Browse local files
The path should look something like this
C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\Bread & Fred Demo
Now open the “Bread&Fred_Data” folder. The path should now be something like this:
C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\Bread & Fred Demo\Bread&Fred_Data
In the “Bread&Fred_Data” folder, find the already existing file named “sharedassets0.assets” and create a copy/backup of it. This is important so that you can restore the original assets later. I typically just rename it to something like “sharedassets0.assets.unmodded”
After you have created a backup or named the file
Drag and drop the modified “sharedassets0.assets” file into the “Bread&Fred_Data” folder. Windows may prompt you to replace it, double check to make sure you have a copy before replacing.
After that the mod should be active, start the game and enjoy the snowfall free experience!
To remove the mod, simply delete the modified “sharedassets0.assets” and restore it with the original file that you backed up.
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Today for stream I will be playing a silly game about penguins climbing a mountain with my good friend and penguin enthusiast @haropla! Start time is in 2 hours at noon PST