Just an FYI, this mod is extremely heavy on the CPU, and due to the age of the engine it's predominantly bottlenecked by a single thread, so more cores won't rectify it.
What can significantly improve these problem areas though, is running the game in Vulkan. Specifically, though the use of DXVK:
https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk
Running the game in Vulkan can more than double your framerates in these hub areas when you're CPU limited. You're still going to be CPU bottlenecked in these games at points, but Vulkan actually lets you get 120+fps in these areas on CPU's that exist today, not 10 years from now. :)
54fps vs 107. DXVK can also help to smooth out some of those area transition stutters to boot.
Really the same goes for all 3 games. DXVK will significantly increase your FPS in cpu limited areas, even without mods. For example, the citadel in ME1 can see drops into the 50's in spots on a clean install, and a spot in the docking bays in ME3 where looking in one direction will cause your FPS to plummet into the 40's. Vulkan puts these areas to 90-100+ on my system.
Though i will give a headsup about the fps drop Only seen omega so far but have experienced a drop from 240fps stable to 70-100fps with the mod and all the extra NPC's, so its really damned heavy
I'm running a Ryzen 7 9800x3d + RTX 5080 on 1440p for comparison to others ^^
At a glance the additional npcs seem a bit too much. Will it be possible to make a lite version with somewhat less npcs that is less taxing on performance? Also would it be possible to add more or different enemy units like this?
The ONLY critique for this that have for the moment... no female Turians. Consider diversification for LE1 does the same as this and includes female Turians I'm hoping the same can be said of this in time.
Thank you for this excellent mod. It's really amazing how something like simple, stationary NPCs can add so much life to the game, even if you're just passing through without actively interacting with any of them. I can't see myself going back to vanilla after experiencing what this mod brings.
Also runs very well on my system. ASRock RX 7600 8GB, Ryzen 5 7600, 32GB RAM. No framerate dips that I could notice, but I also play at a locked 60 fps in 1080p because I don't really care for anything higher.
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I'm happy to see that so many of you loved it.
What can significantly improve these problem areas though, is running the game in Vulkan. Specifically, though the use of DXVK:
https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk
Running the game in Vulkan can more than double your framerates in these hub areas when you're CPU limited. You're still going to be CPU bottlenecked in these games at points, but Vulkan actually lets you get 120+fps in these areas on CPU's that exist today, not 10 years from now. :)
Here it is at 1440p on my 3060, 12400F CPU.
D3D11 vs DXVK
54fps vs 107. DXVK can also help to smooth out some of those area transition stutters to boot.
Really the same goes for all 3 games. DXVK will significantly increase your FPS in cpu limited areas, even without mods. For example, the citadel in ME1 can see drops into the 50's in spots on a clean install, and a spot in the docking bays in ME3 where looking in one direction will cause your FPS to plummet into the 40's. Vulkan puts these areas to 90-100+ on my system.
Though i will give a headsup about the fps drop
Only seen omega so far but have experienced a drop from 240fps stable to 70-100fps with the mod and all the extra NPC's, so its really damned heavy
I'm running a Ryzen 7 9800x3d + RTX 5080 on 1440p for comparison to others ^^
Thanks for the mod! <3
if not will you will add them in the future for more inmersion?
Consider diversification for LE1 does the same as this and includes female Turians I'm hoping the same can be said of this in time.
UPD. Figured out the mod "New Club Music" prevents to load citizens on Omega.
Also runs very well on my system. ASRock RX 7600 8GB, Ryzen 5 7600, 32GB RAM. No framerate dips that I could notice, but I also play at a locked 60 fps in 1080p because I don't really care for anything higher.
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