This mod aims to improve the graphics and take advantage of the modern PC hardware.
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File credits
-mirumiru (water mist, pavement material, street light material, hair material, tree leaves material, water puddle material, bug fixes) -yuki (lighting, particle effects, rendering engine configuration, gameplay features) -tteggad (awning texture, street light material, bugfixes) -HeySlickThatsMe (bigger trees, improved gun texture) -Soaring (hacking animations, phone material, improved water) -TheSilver (leaves texture, sky cubemap, parallax occlusion materials) -Stella (police car livery texture) -Bubsy J Wubbus (new gun texture, cloth physics, some bugfixes) -ShevNR (car textures, models and materials, Sea Streak outfit redesign) -Parallellines (improved plant and cloud textures, car headlight texture, bug fixes, UI redesign, car camera position) -Patatras5325 (Px4 gun icon)
As well as a few lines of code from Goulddigger, TheSilver and HeySlickThatsMe's mods (just one smoke particle effect later edited by me, but included it in credits just in case)
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Changelogs
Version 2.5.1
bugfixes
Version 2.5
Improved textures thanks to Parallellines
Optimized performance
Version 2.4
Changed police chase music
Version 2.3.4
weather bug fixed
Version 2.3.3
Bugfix - cloth physics
Version 2.3.2
Fixed compatibility with the Bad Blood DLC
Small changes to particle effects
Version 2.3.1
Fixed some particle effects bugs
Slight changes to sound effects
Gameplay - increased hacking range
Version 2.3
Improved materials thanks to TheSilver
Version 2.2.3
Camera position improvements while driving thanks to Parallellines
Lighting improvements
Version 2.2.2
changes to particles, reduced smokes because of bugs
new gun sounds
Version 2.2.1
small lighting improvements
Version 2.2
Added improved coat physics by Bubsy J Wubbus
Added Classic UI by Parallellines
Added new Px4 gun icon by Patatras5325
Added new Sea Streak outfit by ShevNR
Version 2.1.3
bug fixes
Version 2.1
new particle effects
Version 2.0
Lots of graphical improvements including lighting, materials, particles and post processing
Version 1.1
Police is now more aggressive and civilians are more likely to report certain crimes
Version 1.0.1
Fixed a bug where civilians didn't react to events like car crashes and explosions.
Version 1.0
Initial release
Version 0.8
BETA
Features:
Recreated the E3 2012 gas station explosion
Enhanced atmospheric steam and fog effects, as well as some other particle effects
Improved lighting
Enhanced reflections
Engine settings are now more optimized for modern hardware
Increased traffic density
Enhanced post processing
Enhanced materials (thanks to mirumiru, Soaring, Parallellines, Bubsy J Wubbus, HeySlickThatsMe, TheSilver, ShevNR and tteggad)
Visually improved cars by ShevNR and Stella
New water mist effects (thanks to mirumiru)
Improved water (thanks to Soaring)
Improved trees (by HeySlickThatsMe)
Improved clouds (by Parallellines and HeySlickThatsMe)
Improved animations (by Soaring)
Improved coat physics by Bubsy J Wubbus
New UI by Parallellines
New Px4 gun icon by Patatras5325
New Sea Streak outfit by ShevNR
Improved camera position while driving by Parallellines
Improved sound effects thanks to HeySlickThatsMe
Optional gameplay changes (makes the game a bit harder):
More realistic car physics
Improved enemy AI and strength
Aiden can now hack police officers' headsets (like wd2)
Every car alarm is hackable
Estimated recommended GPU requirements: 1080p: GTX 1050 Ti
1440p: RTX 3050
4K: RTX 3080
Since the mod adds more interactive simulation elements such as NPCs and vehicles, it may cause issues on anything lower than Intel Core i5-4460 and 8 GB of RAM.
