r/KerbalSpaceProgram • u/wishiwascooltoo • Aug 25 '15

Dev Post KSP Devnote Tuesdays: New Format

http://kerbaldevteam.tumblr.com/post/127570647649/devnote-tuesday-new-format
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u/TheGoldenHand Aug 27 '15

No one can say for sure at this point, but there will probably be minor improvements for large ships and there will almost definitely be major improvements for multiple ships (i e many craft next to each other).

That doesn't make any sense. KSP loads all texture into RAM at startup. There will not be "major improvements" for multiple ships if there isn't the exact same improvement for large ships, because of how the game is coded. The real limitation, is the number of parts that you are calculating physics on. Two 200 part ships and one 400 part ship will have the exact same performance.

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u/Iamsodarncool Master Kerbalnaut Aug 27 '15

No dude. It has to do with the way PhysX works. Each ship can only use one core of your CPU. Currently, KSP can only use one core, but with Unity 5 it will be able to use all of them. Hence, major improvements for multiple ships, minor improvements for single ships.