diff --git a/assets/mods/basegame/metadata.properties b/assets/mods/basegame/metadata.properties
index 3c028e1da..357ed5af2 100644
--- a/assets/mods/basegame/metadata.properties
+++ b/assets/mods/basegame/metadata.properties
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ package=net.torvald.terrarum.modulebasegame
 entrypoint=net.torvald.terrarum.modulebasegame.EntryPoint
 
 # Release date in YYYY-MM-DD
-releasedate=2023-09-08
+releasedate=2023-10-06
 
 # The version, must follow Semver 2.0.0 scheme (https://semver.org/)
 version=0.3.3
diff --git a/src/com/badlogic/gdx/graphics/glutils/Float16FrameBuffer.java b/src/com/badlogic/gdx/graphics/glutils/Float16FrameBuffer.java
index 19b1be7f6..20f6a2c61 100644
--- a/src/com/badlogic/gdx/graphics/glutils/Float16FrameBuffer.java
+++ b/src/com/badlogic/gdx/graphics/glutils/Float16FrameBuffer.java
@@ -35,17 +35,19 @@ public class Float16FrameBuffer extends FrameBuffer {
     public Float16FrameBuffer (int width, int height, boolean hasDepth) {
         /*if (!App.gl40capable || App.operationSystem.equals("OSX")) { // disable float framebuffer for Apple M chips
             FrameBufferBuilder bufferBuilder = new FrameBufferBuilder(width, height);
-            bufferBuilder.addColorTextureAttachment(GL20.GL_RGBA, GL20.GL_RGBA, GL20.GL_UNSIGNED_SHORT); // but 16bpp int works perfectly?!
+            bufferBuilder.addColorTextureAttachment(GL20.GL_RGBA, GL20.GL_RGBA, GL20.GL_UNSIGNED_SHORT); // but 16bpp creates slight banding
             if (hasDepth) bufferBuilder.addBasicDepthRenderBuffer();
             this.bufferBuilder = bufferBuilder;
         }
         else {
             FloatFrameBufferBuilder bufferBuilder = new FloatFrameBufferBuilder(width, height);
-            bufferBuilder.addFloatAttachment(GL30.GL_RGBA16F, GL30.GL_RGBA, GL30.GL_FLOAT, false);
+            bufferBuilder.addFloatAttachment(GL30.GL_RGBA16F, GL30.GL_RGBA, GL30.GL_FLOAT, false); // float16 will not create a banding
             if (hasDepth) bufferBuilder.addBasicDepthRenderBuffer();
             this.bufferBuilder = bufferBuilder;
         }*/
 
+        // FIXME temporarily disabling Float16 -- has LWJGL bug that prevents setOpenGLEmulation on Windows (or is this Nvidia's issue?)
+
         FrameBufferBuilder bufferBuilder = new FrameBufferBuilder(width, height);
         bufferBuilder.addColorTextureAttachment(GL20.GL_RGBA, GL20.GL_RGBA, GL20.GL_UNSIGNED_SHORT); // but 16bpp int works perfectly?!
         if (hasDepth) bufferBuilder.addBasicDepthRenderBuffer();
diff --git a/src/net/torvald/terrarum/App.java b/src/net/torvald/terrarum/App.java
index b918a4db0..27c0bae13 100644
--- a/src/net/torvald/terrarum/App.java
+++ b/src/net/torvald/terrarum/App.java
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.glutils.*;
 import com.badlogic.gdx.utils.Disposable;
 import com.badlogic.gdx.utils.GdxRuntimeException;
 import com.badlogic.gdx.utils.JsonValue;
+import com.badlogic.gdx.utils.SharedLibraryLoader;
 import com.github.strikerx3.jxinput.XInputDevice;
 import net.torvald.getcpuname.GetCpuName;
 import net.torvald.terrarum.controller.GdxControllerAdapter;
@@ -276,7 +277,7 @@ public class App implements ApplicationListener {
         Gdx.gl20.glViewport(0, 0, width, height);
     }
 
-    public static final int TICK_SPEED = 64;
+    public static final int TICK_SPEED = 60; // using 60 as it's highly composite number
     public static final float UPDATE_RATE = 1f / TICK_SPEED; // apparent framerate will be limited by update rate
 
     private static float loadTimer = 0f;
@@ -418,7 +419,8 @@ public class App implements ApplicationListener {
 
             Lwjgl3ApplicationConfiguration appConfig = new Lwjgl3ApplicationConfiguration();
             //appConfig.useGL30 = false; // https://stackoverflow.com/questions/46753218/libgdx-should-i-use-gl30
-            if (processor.startsWith("Apple M")) appConfig.setOpenGLEmulation(Lwjgl3ApplicationConfiguration.GLEmulation.GL30, 3, 2);
+            if (SharedLibraryLoader.isMac)
+                appConfig.setOpenGLEmulation(Lwjgl3ApplicationConfiguration.GLEmulation.GL30, 3, 2);
             appConfig.useVsync(getConfigBoolean("usevsync"));
             appConfig.setResizable(false);