Podcast # 5: Will Farming Simulator 22 Support Mods?

Let's talk a little technical in this podcast since the next Farming Simulator takes advantage technological innovations of the new Giants Engine 9.

But first, a question that comes up often, will there be more new content for FS 19 from Giants Software?

“At the moment, there are no new DLC announced or expected, however there could be mods, but nothing very significant in size. The developers are focused on the next installment, which is due out in a few months. "

And speaking of the future FS, will it support mods?

“Obviously! The more mods there are, the better the game will be. So yes! "

Some modders ask (Editor's note: we are the first) when they will have the documentation to work on Farming Simulator 22 mods.

To this Giants Software responds that the development tools will be released at the same time as the game, because if they provide the documentation now, some things could change in the meantime.

What is "Textures Streaming", a technology announced on the new game engine?

Normally when you start a new level or reach a new area in a game, the game engine loads all textures used in that level / area into GPU memory. This is a good approach if the GPU has enough memory to keep all the textures. However, if the texture quality is too high and there is not a huge amount of GPU memory, the FPS number will drop.
Texture streaming is a different approach. Textures are loaded into GPU memory as needed. Objects will have low resolution (blurry) textures and high resolution versions will load as objects appear in your field of view. This is a good approach when the GPU does not have a lot of memory.

Likewise, the Giants Engine 9 will support Occlusion Culling, a technique that calculates only the elements that are in the field of view, which considerably lightens computers that have few resources.

Will Farming Simulator 22, thanks to this performance gain, be released on mobile platforms (Android, iOS, Nintendo Switch)

"The short answer is: NO"

And to finish this podcast. Giants Software invites you to monitor these different social networks in the "Weeks to come". There is a good chance that new information about Farming Simulator 22 will be revealed.