📌 IMPORTANT: How to Install & Use Night City Streets (Please Read!) 📌Hey Chooms!Thanks for checking out Night City Streets. This mod uses INI presets to change how crowds and traffic behave in your game. To make sure it works correctly, please follow these simple steps:1. Understand the Presets:
This mod comes with multiple (like NCS_Balanced_Realism.ini, NCS_Maximum_Immersion.ini, NCS_Lore_Infused.ini, etc.).
Each file is a complete, self-contained preset designed for a different experience (Balanced, Max Density, Performance, etc.).
2. ❗❗ CHOOSE ONLY
This is the most important step! You cannot use multiple preset files from this mod at the same time. They contain overlapping settings and will conflict or simply not work as intended.
Look through the preset descriptions (on the mod page or in the ReadMe) and decide which one best fits your PC specs and what you want from the mod.
3. Installation:
Download the main mod file archive.
Extract the archive. You will see several .ini preset files.
Select the single preset .ini file you chose in Step 2.
Place ONLY THAT ONE FILE into your Cyberpunk 2077 configuration folder. Common locations are:
...\Cyberpunk 2077\engine\config\platform\pc\
Or, if using mods like Cyber Engine Tweaks, potentially within its specific mod/plugin config folders (check CET documentation if unsure).
DO NOT copy all the preset files into your config folder. Only the one you want to use. If you accidentally copied more, remove the extras.
4. Want More Detail or Customization?
Read the included ReadMe file for more detailed explanations of the presets.
Check the Optional Files section for the Fully Annotated Master INI. This file explains every setting and is great if you want to fine-tune your chosen preset or create your own version. (Do not install the Annotated file alongside a preset).
5. Performance:
Presets that increase density (SpawnLimit) heavily impact CPU performance.
Presets enabling visual consistency (DisableLOD, ForceFullTest) impact GPU and CPU performance.
If your FPS is too low, consider switching to a less demanding preset (like "Balanced" or "Performance First") OR edit your chosen preset .ini file and lower the [Crowd] SpawnLimit value (e.g., from 100 down to 80, 60, or lower).
6. Always Backup:
Before installing any INI mod, it's wise to back up your original game configuration files.
TL;DR: Pick ONE preset .ini file, put ONLY that file in your config folder. Read the descriptions to choose. Enjoy the chaos!Thanks for reading, and hope you enjoy the enhanced streets of Night City!
Just open psycho crowds and this in any text editor and compare them. Primarily they make very similar changes but the difference is mostly the extent to which they change each aspect of how the game handles crowd and traffic spawning.
As for the other one? I'm not sure, this mod does have some changes to how it renders crowds/traffic that psycho crowds doesn't touch (i think that's what certain sections in this mod do at least) but LOD isn't really one of them that I can see from a quick inspection of the .ini file. Slim420m is probably the only person who could answer about that one.
Edit: I checked the reference version of this that has a description of each setting that's changed and this DOES impact both crowd and traffic LOD so I'm officially out of my depth as far as how this compares to or conflicts with that LOD mod. Sorry.
Not just for vortex, that program has caused so many issues for me in the past that I only manually manage my mods. Despite that, as long as the mod is packed in the correct directory structure for vortex then to manually install a mod it just requires putting the zip file in the CP2077 directory and clicking, "extract here" and you're finished installing the mod.
Will this work with any of the density settings or does it need crowd density set to something specific? Because I've been testing out the Balanced Realism version with it set to High and Astonishing and I haven't seen much difference with this mod compared to without it yet (so far, it might be different in other areas of the map. I've been primarily in Watson in the NID and Little China so far.)
Also just to clarify, is the main file a base file necessary for the others to work or is it one of the 6 variations? LIke, going by process of elimination it looks like it would have to be the "Performance First" varient if it is just one of the options.
I'll let you know how it goes after I play with it for a little while. I hadn't had this installed correctly this whole time. Most of the time when a mod isn't packed so that it gets placed in the correct directory automatically it's an archive file, so out of habit that's where I dropped this. Now that I realized that (and also noticed that it's definitely not compatible with Psycho Crowds) I'll be able to give you useful feedback.
Makes roads disappear and adds in pop-ins, which is a very common thing when tweaking LOD's & draw distance. I'm using the Balanced Realism version and can see roads disappearing when i get far enough. Tested with and without mod, Almost all draw distance mods just make your game look worse overall because the engine cannot handle it.
Besides this issue everything works and looks as intended.
Please release without the LOD/draw distance changes
EDIT: Removing[Streaming] DistanceBoost = 15.000000 ; BALANCED: Slight boost, adjust (0-20) based on preference/performance. fixed this issue.. anything over 0 causes pop in or anomalies.
Sounds good! Does the mod require both the main file and the optional file to work, or will it work with just the main file or the optional file alone?
If you play with PT, have LOD mods, anything that increases draw distance especially on NPC or lights on vehicles, in combination with traffic mods, will cause significant performance loss. And yes most of those hit CPU more, not to say GPU won't be affected by it too. Will defo need to tweak and sacrifice some mods for optimal performance, to your preference. I'm keen to try this one out, but just sorting some other mods first :))
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- This mod comes with multiple (like NCS_Balanced_Realism.ini, NCS_Maximum_Immersion.ini, NCS_Lore_Infused.ini, etc.).
- Each file is a complete, self-contained preset designed for a different experience (Balanced, Max Density, Performance, etc.).
2. ❗❗ CHOOSE ONLY
- This is the most important step! You cannot use multiple preset files from this mod at the same time. They contain overlapping settings and will conflict or simply not work as intended.
- Look through the preset descriptions (on the mod page or in the ReadMe) and decide which one best fits your PC specs and what you want from the mod.
3. Installation:
- Download the main mod file archive.
- Extract the archive. You will see several .ini preset files.
- Select the single preset .ini file you chose in Step 2.
- Place ONLY THAT ONE FILE into your Cyberpunk 2077 configuration folder. Common locations are:
- ...\Cyberpunk 2077\engine\config\platform\pc\
- Or, if using mods like Cyber Engine Tweaks, potentially within its specific mod/plugin config folders (check CET documentation if unsure).
- DO NOT copy all the preset files into your config folder. Only the one you want to use. If you accidentally copied more, remove the extras.
4. Want More Detail or Customization?
- Read the included ReadMe file for more detailed explanations of the presets.
- Check the Optional Files section for the Fully Annotated Master INI. This file explains every setting and is great if you want to fine-tune your chosen preset or create your own version. (Do not install the Annotated file alongside a preset).
5. Performance:
- Presets that increase density (SpawnLimit) heavily impact CPU performance.
- Presets enabling visual consistency (DisableLOD, ForceFullTest) impact GPU and CPU performance.
- If your FPS is too low, consider switching to a less demanding preset (like "Balanced" or "Performance First") OR edit your chosen preset .ini file and lower the [Crowd] SpawnLimit value (e.g., from 100 down to 80, 60, or lower).
6. Always Backup:
- Before installing any INI mod, it's wise to back up your original game configuration files.
TL;DR: Pick ONE preset .ini file, put ONLY that file in your config folder. Read the descriptions to choose. Enjoy the chaos!Thanks for reading, and hope you enjoy the enhanced streets of Night City!As for the other one? I'm not sure, this mod does have some changes to how it renders crowds/traffic that psycho crowds doesn't touch (i think that's what certain sections in this mod do at least) but LOD isn't really one of them that I can see from a quick inspection of the .ini file. Slim420m is probably the only person who could answer about that one.
Edit: I checked the reference version of this that has a description of each setting that's changed and this DOES impact both crowd and traffic LOD so I'm officially out of my depth as far as how this compares to or conflicts with that LOD mod. Sorry.
thanks for your mod, i like it, its vibrant,i use the visual fidelity focus, well done.
I have a small request, could you do a vortex version which mean for example down below.
Thanks as far as concerning him
Take care.
Also just to clarify, is the main file a base file necessary for the others to work or is it one of the 6 variations? LIke, going by process of elimination it looks like it would have to be the "Performance First" varient if it is just one of the options.
Besides this issue everything works and looks as intended.
Please release without the LOD/draw distance changes
EDIT: Removing
[Streaming] DistanceBoost = 15.000000 ; BALANCED: Slight boost, adjust (0-20) based on preference/performance.
fixed this issue.. anything over 0 causes pop in or anomalies.All it does is make things look worse with things on screen disappearing.
Also, just to be sure, is the "NIGHT CITY STREETS MAIN" file necessary? Or do we just need whichever optional file we want?