Not sure when it happened or why, I can't find the change mentioned anywhere, it's not even on the Wiki but the portal Nexus is significantly smaller than it used to be with less detail.
#Restore Portal Nexus Size
verbal grove
Digging through my old snips the nexus used to be larger overall with dept to it's plinth. (disregard the lighting)
hearty shard
if I had to guess, at least the plinth is just part of the rendering update
a lot of things that normally rendered over the floor instead rendered where they actually were- a smidge below the ground
but yeah I've definitely noticed that the portal itself seems... flatter
verbal grove
a lot of things that normally rendered over the floor instead rendered where the...
the Diameter of the nexus is smaller too, like it used to reach out to the edge of the plinth but now it doesn't. I'm almost certain that the model is smaller and that wouldn't just be part of the rendering update, at least it shouldn't be.
lyric plover
Mod blossom said it was intended 2 weeks ago but no details given
hearty shard
probably so it didn't clip into the second floor with the new renderer
I know that was a problem for a little bit
lyric plover
That’d make sense