From 4b5bdb5b14a14df9a4b950861ea8e1362b294bcc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: noobour <noobisnotbad1@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2026 11:56:05 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] performance improvement to conspiracy / tweak to visibility
 assist description

---
 prefabs/spaces/conspiracy.tscn               | 12 +++++-------
 scripts/database/settings/SettingsProfile.cs |  2 +-
 scripts/spaces/Conspiracy.cs                 |  5 +----
 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/prefabs/spaces/conspiracy.tscn b/prefabs/spaces/conspiracy.tscn
index 8f45e888..7c56a06c 100644
--- a/prefabs/spaces/conspiracy.tscn
+++ b/prefabs/spaces/conspiracy.tscn
@@ -10,13 +10,7 @@
 
 [sub_resource type="Environment" id="Environment_n6lso"]
 background_mode = 1
-background_color = Color(0.06053035, 0.06053035, 0.060530342, 1)
-glow_intensity = 1.5
-glow_bloom = 0.15
-fog_enabled = true
-fog_light_color = Color(0.05882353, 0.05882353, 0.05882353, 1)
-fog_light_energy = 0.1
-fog_density = 0.05
+background_color = Color(0.017732391, 0.01773239, 0.017732402, 1)
 
 [sub_resource type="StandardMaterial3D" id="StandardMaterial3D_fp3uj"]
 render_priority = 1
@@ -74,6 +68,8 @@ transparency = 1
 shading_mode = 0
 albedo_texture = ExtResource("4_xo752")
 uv1_scale = Vector3(1, 20, 1)
+distance_fade_mode = 1
+distance_fade_min_distance = 30.0
 
 [sub_resource type="PlaneMesh" id="PlaneMesh_rc4du"]
 material = SubResource("StandardMaterial3D_ay2bh")
@@ -83,6 +79,8 @@ transparency = 1
 shading_mode = 0
 albedo_texture = ExtResource("5_iimi0")
 uv1_scale = Vector3(1, 20, 1)
+distance_fade_mode = 1
+distance_fade_min_distance = 30.0
 
 [sub_resource type="PlaneMesh" id="PlaneMesh_xig5v"]
 lightmap_size_hint = Vector2i(12, 12)
diff --git a/scripts/database/settings/SettingsProfile.cs b/scripts/database/settings/SettingsProfile.cs
index 69e37586..a8c32855 100644
--- a/scripts/database/settings/SettingsProfile.cs
+++ b/scripts/database/settings/SettingsProfile.cs
@@ -970,7 +970,7 @@ public SettingsProfile()
         {
             Id = "VisibilityAssist",
             Title = "Visibility Assist",
-            Description = "Enables a dark radial fade to help with visibility",
+            Description = "Enables a dark radial fade to help with visibility (impacts performance significantly)",
             Section = SettingsSection.Visual,
         };
 
diff --git a/scripts/spaces/Conspiracy.cs b/scripts/spaces/Conspiracy.cs
index 9ea6f4bb..eccb4212 100644
--- a/scripts/spaces/Conspiracy.cs
+++ b/scripts/spaces/Conspiracy.cs
@@ -47,9 +47,6 @@ public override void _Process(double delta)
                 scrollingText.Position = scrollingTextStartPos;
             }
         }
-        else
-        {
-            scrollingText.Visible = settings.SpaceEffects;
-        }
+        scrollingText.Visible = settings.SpaceEffects;
     }
 }