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In today s episode of Developer s Diary,

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we will be telling you more 
about Tanki X optimization,

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and the impact your feedback has on the game.

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Make sure you don’t miss it!

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Optimizing the game,
is one of the top priorities for our developers.

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In the last episode,
we explained some parts of this process.

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But this time, we’ll be digging deeper!

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We re working on three kinds of optimization:
client... server... and cluster connectivity.

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Client optimization mainly involves
the improvement of graphics,

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and the elimination of various things
that might trigger drops in fps.

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The main goal of server optimization

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is to increase the number of players
that can simultaneously play on a single server.

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At this point in time,
Tanki X only has one active testing server.

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Our server can currently handle
a maximum of 50 simultaneously connected players.

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But this number is growing with every release.

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Once we’re done with the optimization process,

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our servers should be able to host anywhere between

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two and three thousand
simultaneously connected players.

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We expect that there will be more

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than a couple of thousand tankers 
playing simultaneously,

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therefore, we will have a number of servers.

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Now, the real challenge

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is to make all the servers 
synchronize in real time.

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To achieve this, 
we will have to group them into a cluster.

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What this means is that,
physically, there will be a dozen servers,

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but the game will treat them as 
one giant server.

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Without this cluster implementation,

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our servers would never be able to support
the open beta testing.

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This is why we are committed

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to solving this problem rapidly,
and in the best possible way.

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Just like any other game developer,
our goal is to make a great game.

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This is why your opinion 
is extremely important to us.

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In order to get the required feedback,

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we regularly send different questionnaires
to our closed beta participants.

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It is thanks to your feedback
and bug reports on the help site,

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that we ve managed to repair 
a huge number of bugs.

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These include minor texture flaws,
incorrect battle fund distribution,

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lots of bugs on the CTF mode, and many more.

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Our developers are actively working
 on the anti-cheat system.

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Our latest step in this direction,
was reconfiguring our preventive systems.

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This was done in order to reduce
the number of fake signals triggered by lags,

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which led to unexpected self destruction.

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Since then, the number of these incidents
 has dropped dramatically.

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In our previous episode of Developer s Diary,
we talked about changes in graphics.

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This triggered a wave of positive feedback,
as well as lots of questions.

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One of them was:

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Will Tanki X allow us
to customize our graphics settings in more detail,

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such as setting the drawing range,
and the quality of water, shadows and vegetation?

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Yes, we are definitely planning on implementing

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an improved menu for graphics settings.

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However, this will most likely happen
closer to the start of the open beta.

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Hope you enjoyed this episode of 
Tanki X Developer’s Diary.

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See you next time![]