FogVisualOnly

A BepInEx plugin for PEAK that removes fog visuals to boost FPS while preserving fog damage.

Features

• Remove atmospheric fog, rising sphere fog, particles, plane, animations, shadows, VFX, sounds, colliders allllll seperatly
• In-game floating settings window (F3 to open/close)
• Fog damage is always active regardless of visuals — fully safe with vanilla players online

Installation

1. Install BepInEx into your PEAK game
2. Copy FogVisualOnly.dll to BepInEx/plugins/
3. Launch the game

Settings

Fog Toggle

The large button at the top of the SETTINGS tab controls fog visibility.

• FOG: OFF (green) — All fog visuals are removed. This is the default for maximum FPS. Your current settings are saved automatically.
• FOG: ON (red) — Fog visuals are restored to their previous state. Toggle back to instantly re-apply your saved settings.

Toggling fog OFF saves a snapshot of your current visual/performance settings. Toggling it back ON restores that snapshot. This means you can freely tweak settings while fog is off, then switch back to your customized look with one click.

Max FPS

The most aggressive performance preset. Everything fog-related is disabled.

Setting	Value
Atmospheric Fog	OFF
Rising Sphere	OFF
Atmospheric Opacity	0
Sphere Opacity	0
Fog Particles	OFF
Fog Plane	OFF
Fog Animations	OFF
Fog Shadows	OFF
Fog VFX	OFF
Sphere Shadows	OFF
Sphere Particles	OFF
Sphere Animations	OFF

Balanced

Keeps a faint atmospheric haze for atmosphere while disabling heavy effects.

Setting	Value
Atmospheric Fog	ON (visible)
Rising Sphere	OFF
Atmospheric Opacity	0.3
Sphere Opacity	0.4
Fog Particles	OFF
Fog Plane	ON (visible)
Fog Animations	ON (visible)
Fog Shadows	OFF
Fog VFX	OFF
Sphere Shadows	OFF
Sphere Particles	OFF
Sphere Animations	OFF

SphereOnly

Removes atmospheric fog completely but keeps the rising sphere with all its effects.

Setting	Value
Atmospheric Fog	OFF
Rising Sphere	ON (visible)
Atmospheric Opacity	0
Sphere Opacity	0.4
Fog Particles	OFF
Fog Plane	OFF
Fog Animations	OFF
Fog Shadows	OFF
Fog VFX	OFF
Sphere Shadows	ON (visible)
Sphere Particles	ON (visible)
Sphere Animations	ON (visible)

Visuals

Controls the two main fog types in the game.

Setting	Description	Default
Atmospheric Fog	ON = fog is visible. OFF = atmospheric fog renderers are disabled entirely.	OFF
Rising Sphere	ON = the rising sphere fog is visible. OFF = sphere fog renderers are disabled entirely.	ON
Atmospheric Opacity	Fades atmospheric fog from 0 (invisible) to 1 (full). Only affects rendering when Atmospheric Fog is ON.	0
Sphere Opacity	Fades sphere fog from 0 (invisible) to 1 (full). Only affects rendering when Rising Sphere is ON.	0.4

Tip: Use opacity sliders instead of toggling fog OFF to keep partial visibility while still gaining FPS.

Performance

Disables non-renderer fog components for additional performance gains.

Setting	Description	Default
Fog Particles	Disables particle emitters on fog objects. Stops fog particle effects from spawning.	ON
Fog Plane	Disables the fog plane mesh renderer. Removes the flat fog plane covering terrain.	ON
Fog Animations	Stops Animator components on fog objects. Prevents fog from moving/swirling.	ON
Fog Shadows	Disables shadow casting on atmospheric fog renderers. Reduces shadow map overhead.	ON
Fog VFX	Disables VisualEffect components on fog objects. Stops any VFX Graph-based fog effects.	ON

Sphere

Separate controls for the rising sphere's effects. Independent from the PERFORMANCE section so you can keep sphere visuals while disabling atmospheric ones.

Setting	Description	Default
Sphere Shadows	Disables shadow casting on sphere-specific fog renderers.	OFF
Sphere Particles	Disables particle emitters on the sphere. Stops the sphere's particle trail.	OFF
Sphere Animations	Stops Animator components on the sphere. Freezes sphere movement animations.	OFF

Audio & Physics

Non-visual fog components. These affect gameplay, not FPS.

Setting	Description	Default
Fog Sounds	Mutes all AudioSources found on fog/mist/haze GameObjects.	ON
Fog Colliders	Disables all Colliders on fog objects.	OFF

Note: Fog damage is always active regardless of these settings. Disabling colliders does not disable fog damage.

Reset to Vanilla

The red RESET TO VANILLA button at the bottom of the SETTINGS tab resets every setting to its default value and captures vanilla as the saved state. Requires a double-click to confirm.

Appearance

Customize the look of the settings window from the APPEARANCE tab.

Setting	Description	Default
Window Opacity	Transparency of the settings window from 0.3 (very transparent) to 1 (fully opaque).	0.92
Text Scale	Scales all text in the menu from 1.3x to 2x.	1.3
Corner Radius	Rounds the corners of UI elements from 0 (sharp) to 16 (very rounded).	8
Remember Position	When ON, the window stays where you last dragged it. When OFF, it re-centers on open.	ON

Window Focus

Setting	Description	Default
Halo Strength	Adds a multi-layer dark glow around the window for depth. 0 = off, 12 = maximum halo.	4
Fullscreen Darken When Open	Dims the entire screen when the menu is open.	ON
Fullscreen Darken Strength	How much the screen darkens from 1 (subtle) to 10 (nearly black).	5

Compatibility

• Conflicts with CoddingCat-FogRemover — disable that mod first
• Fully safe with vanilla players online (local visual only)
• Uses MaterialPropertyBlock — no material cloning
• All settings are saved to BepInEx/config/com.peaked.fogvisualonly.cfg

Building

Requires .NET 8.0 SDK targeting .NET Framework 4.7.2.

dotnet build FogVisualOnly.csproj -c Release

Output: bin/Release/net472/FogVisualOnly.dll