Edit

LewdLad here: We'll continue working on performance improvements... as we discover more, some of this information will probably get out of date.

Edit 2:

So as it turns out, our precompiled shaders were been ignored due to the time code differences... and now we've fixed that, the precompile shaders work! No more 10-120 second loading times!

Edit 3:

Whatever we did to fix the performance bugs also fixed LewdSplash for AMD Graphics Cards!

On loading - the mod literally has to compile a bunch of shaders. We've set this to caching so that it should only do it once on new load... but if it gets removed and reloaded later, it'll happen again. This takes 10-15 seconds or up to 1-2 minutes on new load, so please be patient. If the game freezes during this time that's just what it's doing, don't close the game or assume it's crashed.

Performance - we've focused most of the optimization on reducing the cost of running it during normal gameplay... all the fancy effects we're doing to deform the skin accurately and have liquids move around are simply a bit heavy on the GPU - but they only switch on when you're actually interacting with the character.

I think in its current state, it's fairly acceptable... playing with the girl isn't as timing and action oriented as the action gameplay part, so the drop in frame rate is less noticeable (and also at least I'm way more distracted during this part! :P). I'll continue to improve it where possible - and provide new mods with these updates. If we see significant performance gains during this process, I'll back update this mod.

Heya, Never here!

So we've received feedback that the latest Phoenix mod has been quite heavy on some systems so LewdLad has gone through and done some optimisations!

Some old redundant code has been removed, features made less demanding, etc etc, I won't bore you with the details

Most importantly is that on average, you should get 30 more fps for standard gameplay now!

LEWDSPLASH, the most performance heavy feature, now has a toggle to turn it off so that you can use LEWDHAND without causing further performance drops

Anyways even if the mod is working perfectly well for you, you should redownload it if you wanna get a performance increase!

I've also updated the previous posts with troubleshooting instructions and PSAs on installing the mod that I'll also list here:

Performance Update & Troubleshooting:

11 November: We have updated the mod to (hopefully) prevent crashing & increase performance. Depending on your system, it'll be about a 30fps increase!
We've also added options to turn off more performance heavy features, and reduced the performance loss when using these features!

If your game freezes when first installing the mod - This mod takes a long time to load when first using it - it is compiling shaders - might take even a few minutes depending on your system, and your game will freeze while this is happening. Please give it time to load. On future loads, it should take only a few seconds max

GAME SHOULD NO LONGER FREEZE WHEN FIRST INSTALLING MOD

If your game IMMEDIATELY CRASHES - This likely means it's a filepath error, caused by the folder name being too long, it's more common if you're using a mod manager too. Please rename the mod to something shorter like Phoenix Mega AND/OR avoid nested folders!

If LEWDSPLASH isn't working despite being on an NVIDIA GPU - Press F10 and check if the Emission System is activated (x means it's on, blank means it's off). This is a rare issue but happens sometimes, especially if a mod manager is used

Performance Loss - This mod has been optimised, but using LEWDSPLASH or LEWDHAND can cause performance loss, especially when used together. If you feel your frames have dropped too low, you can turn LEWDSPLASH off by un-ticking the Emission System box and using F10 to refresh to clear any existing fluids

LL Note: Give it a shot - my testing shows that there's not much improvement here, but you can toggle it on/off to see if it makes a difference for you!