R^3 Air 1.0.0 ALPHA Test

[PrawnSkunk]

Hi, everyone. We’re looking for players to help test an Alpha build for a major upcoming R^3 Air Edition release. This is a drastic performance update. From our internal testing on 200 FPS, fluctuating frame rate between 112-200 is now a steady 198-202.

Byron Edition bricked as of 0.0.8 update
Download R^3 Air 1.0.0 ALPHA Test

Note: If you have NVIDIA video drivers installed, make sure to right‐click your desktop, then click “NVIDIA Control Panel” from the context menu, and set “Vertical sync” to Fast or Off.

Here is a complete list of changes. There is no guarantee of updatability. This Alpha build will likely break next patch.

• Upgraded compiler to ASC 2.0. Overhead is 400% less than the old compiler.
• Upgraded AIR SDK from 26 to 29.
• Force disabled VSync. For the first time, framerate will run independent of monitor refresh rate. So try setting your Framerate to 120 or 240 if you usually play on 55-60 FPS. Input will still come in every one of those frames.
• 64-bit client will be introduced at final release.
• Songs now play as bytestreams instead of SWFs.
• Upgraded Greensock animation/tween/fading software.
• Always prefers discrete GPUs over integrated GPU.
• Dropped legacy com.adobe package.
• Dropped Adobe Flex, Flash-only SDK.
• Results graph state is saved.
• Byron invited to the party.

On a scale of 1-10, please rate your experience playing:

Flash in-browser:
Flash standalone:
Air Edition 0.0.7:
Air Edition 1.0.0 ALPHA:

How does the Alpha build compare to Air Edition 0.0.7 and Flash? Has it fixed any issues that prevented you from playing Air Edition 0.0.7 (lower FPS, lag spikes, input delay, etc.)? Do you notice any new screen tearing?