VO 1.8.87 includes:

- Fog sprites are no longer rendered when shaders are disabled. This speeds up clients with older video cards, and slower integrated chipsets (Intel GMA, etc).
- Disableable turrets now emit the explosion effect to signify they are disabled.
- Several Lua bug fixes on both client and server.

I'm curious, what exactly are 'Fog Sprites'? Are they just the patches of slightly different shading that fade in and out?

Yes, they are. They're alpha blended, so it's slow for older hardware, or some netbook/laptop chips.

'Fog Sprites" are similar to 'Fog Pixies' but with more hitpoints and slightly worse AC.

Try not to be fooled by space Hinkypunks.

Yes. Those attack in packs and are not repelled by Citronella candles.

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