#bread;fred

My girlfriend and I wanted to play Bread & Fred together using steam remote play. However our combined internet isn’t the best for streaming, so at times the remote play quality suffers. I don’t know too much about the way steam streams remote play, but I do know that typically bitrate drops with movement in video. I figured that the intense snowfall probably isn’t good for the bitrate, so I decided to create a mod that disables it. We haven’t had a chance to test it properly, so I don’t know the exact quality gain if any, but in theory it should help? Note: This mod was made for the Bread & Fred DEMO and has not been tested and will likely not work with the full release.

I figured I would release it in case other people are suffering from bad remote play quality, in hopes that it’ll help someone. The snow can also be a little annoying, so if anyone just wants to remove it, you can use this.

I don’t think there’ll be a performance increase FPS wise. It’s hard to tell since I don’t exactly have performance issues with the game, but if you’re trying to increase your FPS, give it a shot and let me know if it works. In theory it shouldn’t do much because the particles are still there but just transparent. I think it depends on how they’re rendered, and I don’t know much about Unity and the way it does rendering, shaders, and particle systems. The downside of removing the snow, is that it kind of ruins the atmosphere, but I suppose sacrifices have to be made.

Here is a before and after picture

The mod works by simply making the snow particles transparent. To use, download the modified assets file below.

Download: sharedassets0.assets

Please note: This file contains game assets and I do not own its contents and neither do you. Distributing this file likely violates SandCastles Studio’s terms and/or copyright. I will promptly remove the download if asked by the creators. Navigate to the Bread&Fred installation folder by either right clicking the game in your steam library and hovering over manage, then clicking the “Browse local files” button, or by navigating to it manually using the file explorer. 

Steam Library: Bread & Fred Demo > Manage > Browse local files

The path should look something like this

C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\Bread & Fred Demo

Now open the “Bread&Fred_Data” folder. The path should now be something like this:

C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\Bread & Fred Demo\Bread&Fred_Data

In the “Bread&Fred_Data” folder, find the already existing file named “sharedassets0.assets” and create a copy/backup of it. This is important so that you can restore the original assets later. I typically just rename it to something like “sharedassets0.assets.unmodded” After you have created a backup or named the file Drag and drop the modified “sharedassets0.assets” file into the “Bread&Fred_Data” folder. Windows may prompt you to replace it, double check to make sure you have a copy before replacing.