Hytale is already a behemoth. 2.8 million players jumped in on the game's Early Access launch day, and that number has likely exploded significantly since then. However, as is natural with Early Access games, the title has its fair share of issues.
One small piece of community feedback that has arisen early on suggests Hytale's frame rate is lower than expected. Thankfully, over on Reddit, one player thinks they've found the solution — and it's all to do with the game's HUD.
First shared on the community-run Hytale subreddit, user MadwolfBF detailed their discovery. "Disabling the hotbar / HUD increases FPS by around 60%," they said.
They state that they usually play the game at around 250 FPS. However, disabling the HUD sees that number jump to around 400 FPS, giving them that 60 percent boost. They note that "Even disabling just the hotbar gives a noticeable performance boost."
Especially security exploits.
A second commenter, Usual-Winter3950, noted similar results, although not quite as impressive, on their powerful PC. "9800X3D, 9070XT, 64GB RAM, Bazzite Linux, 3440x1440, max settings, 768 view distance, game engine seems to cap out at around 425fps with HUD on and 450fps with HUD off, at 10% CPU usage...
