Pre-Release 0.494 - Windows Improvements

Note

This prerelease has been superseded and its downloads removed. Only the current
prerelease ships builds — see the latest release.

Original Notes Below

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WIndows Fixes & Improvements

With these fixes, I can confirm that the game should largely work on Windows. Testing confirmed that both Action mode and Sim mode (authentic + enhanced renderers) properly execute along with the initial build and install process.

The fixes include the following:

• [Global] Bug fixes for path prefix handling that caused Windows to treat local paths like network paths. This should fix a multitude of issues around settings persistence and saving
• [SIM Mode] Performance improvements towards DirectX APIs - reduced the number of texture updates per frame that caused expensive GPU allocations within DirectX 12. This fix resulted in roughly a ~6x increase in frames per second on my test machine bringing it's performance in parity with the other platforms
• [Settings] Add option to select graphics API via in game settings menu - you can now select between DirectX 12 or Vulkan