[Performance + VRAM] Re-implement 16-byte Vertex Format + use 4 Byte alignment #487
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The 16-Byte vertex format for terrain was planned in earlier versions of VulkanMod, but was scrapped due to causing performance regressions on AMD's GCN architecture
This patch exploits a workaround by doubling the vertex byte alignment to 4 bytes instead of 2, which fixes the regression and allows the 16-byte format to be used on GCN at full performance.
The 16-Byte vertex format provides the following advantages over the current 20-byte format