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About this mod
This mod aims to fix (or drastically minimize) vertex explosions on shadps4 by removing certain files related to face customization that the emulator is not currently handling correctly
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*** To those asking if this mod is still needed with the new readbacks features. The official readbacks implementation is not yet optimized and running with it will have a pretty large FPS penalty for most users. There is a faster readbacks implementation in some shadPS4 forks (based on an older version of readbacks) that works with Bloodborne but will cause additional significant stuttering for all but the most powerful CPUs from what I have seen (my testing with my 11900k has a lot of stuttering). If you are getting reduced performance or more stutters with these readbacks on, then I would suggest disabling them and using the mod instead
INSTALLATION:
Without Mod Manager: Just find overwrite the files in your Bloodborne Install (ex. folder CUSA00900 or CUSA03173) with the files in the zip. If you are overwriting some files, then you are doing it correctly.
With Mod Manager: Mod Managers allow you revert mods easily. If using BB_Launcher, just put the extract the mod in the following folder (BBLauncher folder)/BBLauncher/Mods, and activate with the mod manager. If using Generic Mod Enabler, use the modloader version and extract in the (Bloodborne Install Folder)/dvdroot_ps4/MODS folder
DESCRIPTION:
It was observed that the vast majority of the frequent vertex explosions on Bloodborne using the shadPS4 emulator occur in player or npc faces. This mod removes files for the Facegen middleware that the game uses for face customization; as this appears to be the main source of the data corruption causing these explosions.
Without Facegen, face shape customization cannot work, and player characters will always have the default face shape for their body type. Hair/hair color, eyes/eye color customizations still work. NPC faces seem largely unaffected by the mod.
Multiple users have confirmed this mod nearly eliminates the face explosions from both pc and npcs. My own playtime since using this mod is about 1.5 hours and I have yet to encounter a vertex explosion. Note that vertex explosions can still happen rarely since not all of them are related to Facegen. There is no known fix for these other explosions as their actual root cause is not yet fully understood.
Put the files in game install folder or use a mod manager to install
Thanks to adjonesey for figuring out the method behind this!
INSTALLATION:
Without Mod Manager: Just find overwrite the files in your Bloodborne Install (ex. folder CUSA00900 or CUSA03173) with the files in the zip. If you are overwriting some files, then you are doing it correctly.
With Mod Manager: Mod Managers allow you revert mods easily. If using BB_Launcher, just put the extract the mod in the following folder (BBLauncher folder)/BBLauncher/Mods, and activate with the mod manager. If using Generic Mod Enabler, use the modloader version and extract in the (Bloodborne Install Folder)/dvdroot_ps4/MODS folder
DESCRIPTION:
It was observed that the vast majority of the frequent vertex explosions on Bloodborne using the shadPS4 emulator occur in player or npc faces. This mod removes files for the Facegen middleware that the game uses for face customization; as this appears to be the main source of the data corruption causing these explosions.
Without Facegen, face shape customization cannot work, and player characters will always have the default face shape for their body type. Hair/hair color, eyes/eye color customizations still work. NPC faces seem largely unaffected by the mod.
Multiple users have confirmed this mod nearly eliminates the face explosions from both pc and npcs. My own playtime since using this mod is about 1.5 hours and I have yet to encounter a vertex explosion. Note that vertex explosions can still happen rarely since not all of them are related to Facegen. There is no known fix for these other explosions as their actual root cause is not yet fully understood.
Put the files in game install folder or use a mod manager to install
Thanks to adjonesey for figuring out the method behind this!