Texture pop-in may be about to pop-out of existence thanks to even faster asset streaming ushered in by new Zstandard support in DirectStorage

According to Microsoft's own benchmarks, GDeflate is still the way to go for developers wanting to let the GPU handle asset loading, but Zstd is better for CPU-intensive projects. Zstd does also offer ...
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The Sims 4 is getting paid mods, and a new in-game currency to pay for them

The Sims 4 has officially entered into its paid mods era. Developer Maxis announced The Sims Maker Program, and The Sims 4 Marketplace - two new destinations to publish, and discover new add-on ...
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Minecraft Java is switching from OpenGL to Vulkan for the Vibrant Visuals update

Work continues for the Vibrant Visuals update to come to Minecraft Java, and as part of that they're switching the rendering from OpenGL to Vulkan. Announced today (February 18th) by Mojang developers ...
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TerseDecompress is a java program that can be used to decompress files which have been previously compressed on an IBM Mainframe using the TERSE / AMATERSE program (on IBM z/OS ...

As java programs can virtually run on any platform / operating system with a JVM, this java decompression program can be very useful if you don't have access to an IBM mainframe but need to analyze or ...