SWTOR on Mac 0.0.6-dev.2 (development build)

SWTOR on Mac 0.0.6-dev.2 (development build)

A test build of the next version, for measuring before a release. It is not offered as an
update; install it by hand. The next public version (0.0.6) is offered over it as usual.

What's new since 0.0.6-dev.1 (d9mt c045221, branch dev):

• Fewer attachment re-clears. 0.0.6-dev.1 re-cleared about 2 render targets per frame
  whose clear it had skipped storing, because something read them later. The likely cause is
  SWTOR's 2048×2048 shadow atlas: its stencil is cleared but never drawn, and sampling the atlas
  as a shadow map re-cleared it, depth included. Sampling now reads only depth, and a target
  that is read after its clear every frame keeps its store instead of a re-clear each frame.
  Visuals stay the same.
• RESTORE lines with Debug Logging: in each second with re-clears, which images (format,
  size), why and from which Direct3D call. session-report.sh sums them up by cause.
• Live d9mt flags. With Debug Logging on, d9mt reads
  ~/Library/Application Support/SWTOR on Mac/prefix/drive_c/d9mt/flags.txt once a second
  while the game runs. no_attach_opt turns the load/store optimization off and on live,
  att_trace logs its decisions (the file lists the flags).

Development build:

• A Development build badge in the window and in About.

• Debug Logging is on by default. It costs a little performance; turn it off in Settings if
  you like.

• No automatic update checks. Check for Updates… works.

• session-report.sh (in the app's Resources, also in Collect Logs) sums up a session and
  compares two:

  R="/Applications/SWTOR on Mac.app/Contents/Resources"
  "$R/session-report.sh" --keep              # the last session, and keep a copy of its log
  "$R/session-report.sh" --compare A.log B.log
  

To install: quit SWTOR, copy the app from the DMG over the one in Applications, open it, and
click Update to 0.0.6-dev.2 (Reinstall).

Support

SWTOR on Mac is an unofficial project, not made, endorsed or supported by Broadsword Games, EA,
Lucasfilm or Disney, and you use it at your own risk. Please send questions and bug reports to
Pharaphobia on Discord or as a GitHub issue,
never to Broadsword or SWTOR customer support.