Hey RATSHAKERs,

Lighting Adjustments:

• Set light draw distances to prevent visual popping.
  
• Disabled unnecessary ticking and collisions on non-interactive light meshes for improved performance.
  
• Removed Steam Audio as it was unused and consuming CPU resources.
  
• Rendering Optimizations:
  
• Adjusted post-process shaders to render before the tonemapper for a significant performance boost.
  
• Changed anti-aliasing method from TSR to TAA and reduced internal render percentage to 50%, maintaining visual fidelity.
  
• Disabled unused visual features such as depth of field, volumetric clouds, and reflections to improve performance.
  
• Locked graphical settings to medium for consistent quality across devices.
  

Gameplay Enhancements:

• Implemented missing gamepad inputs for rat interactions. Steam Deck and gamepads are now supported for gameplay, though UI prompts for controllers are pending future updates.
  

Fixes & Tweaks:

• Fixed floating door in the field house.
  
• Corrected instructional text clipping by scaling text dynamically (font size may vary).
  
• Resolved memory leak in cursed objects; idle vibration temporarily disabled.
  
• Replaced a broken sink on Floor 3 with a working one.
  
• Fixed missing audio attenuation for flies.
  
• Fixed sink and bath textures for proper fill appearance.
  
• Fixed overlapping toilet placement.
  
• Fixed an odd wall alignment in the bathroom.
  
• Omitted a checkpoint for the Floor 3 door to streamline progression.
  

UI & Accessibility:

• Adjusted popup instructions to support longer translations without clipping.
  
• Confirmed translation files are up-to-date and functional.
  

Known Issues:

• Gamepad UI prompts are not yet available but are actively being worked on.
  
• Idle vibrations for cursed objects will return in a future patch.
  

Thank you for playing RATSHAKER!
Keep shaking that RAT! 🐀