Game Mechanics Lesser effects after 1.3.3

[TheHyperFlame]

Ok, hey guys.
I updated my Steam Terraria, and now, when I go to Desert Biome/Underworld, my FPS drops from 60 to 30. I think it is because some "Hot" indistinctness effects.
My idea is next:
How about making setting in Video, that will reduse this effects, like Quality button?
What do you think about this?

 

[ppowersteef]

Sounds like a neat feature, I was wondering why this wasn't been a thing yet.

 

[Sigma90]

Currently some visuals (e.g. water effects) are tied to Lighting mode (if I remember correctly). Retro/Trippy gives you older effects and White/Colour gives you new effects. The heat distortion could be tied to this. (Retro/Trippy = effect off; White/Colour = effect on.) But I'd rather have a new quality setting as you suggested.

On a similar note (saw a thread in PC Tech Support about this), sandstorms could be downgraded and blizzards could use the old style snow with a lesser quality setting. They would use the new visuals with a higher quality setting.

Edit: Now I remember, isn't there already a setting that affects some animation quality? I remember a setting that slows the animation of crafting stations and wishing there was a way to turn off crafting stations altogether. Maybe the heat distortion and sandstorm/blizzard should be linked to this, if it isn't already.