LOD (Long Range Detail) improvements - mostly up to 1.5

LOD settings, by various requests (improves the draw distances of various assets in the game). Please read below to determine which LOD is right for you! Your CPU + GPU has a big impact on the fashion.

INSTALL ONLY ONE LOD PATCH AT A TIME!!!

UNINSTALL OLDER VERSIONS before installing

After patch 1.6 many users report minimal changes in this fashion (I believe the NextGen patch makes this mode unnecessary in such cases, but still researching...)

Older versions are archived for those who have not yet upgraded to patch 1.6

I suggest using Realistic Traffic Density mod for 1.6+.

Parameters affected:

Background distance

Normal Distance

Cinematic

Car

Cinematic car

The background and normal distance seem to be well suited to the normal environment.

Cinematic is what you need when characters have disappearing bodies/clothing at a distance (as in my alternative clothing fashions, for example).

Cinematic 5x = Reduces invisible textures. At a VERY long distance, you will still see floats/fades.

Cinematic 10x = Reduces invisible textures. The rise/fall of clothing and body is negligible.

Vehicle vs Cinematic Vehicle, as far as I understand, adjusts cars at a distance (2D models) and close (3D models).

Vehicle 20x is reported to cause problems with chases!

All 5X = increases the draw distance of ALL these parameters by 5 times compared to the usual game settings.

All 10X = increases the draw range of ALL of these parameters by a factor of 10 compared to the usual game settings.

Other versions mix and match some options, but most users will want to use "All 5X" or "All 10X".

USAGE NOTES: Based on my game testing, please feel free to share any additional tests, information or clarifications.

Most likely incompatible with any other files that affect the draw distance and LOD.

An exception is Judy Modding Essentials - Fixes by Janecio14, which only affects Judy's clothing models, so he has to work with it.

Personally, I don't get much benefit from Draw Distance Boost, and he does his job in a different way. But he has to work with this fashion.

Just be careful to set the variables too high. For Draw Distance, the limit seems to be 50x. For LOD I did not notice the benefits of more than 10x.

Improved Vegetation LODs modifies one of the same files, but also improves the actual plant texture files. Personally, I don't use the LOD file from this fashion (and it may not suit some), but the vegetation textures are worth trying! If you want to use both, just prefer this fashion.

Personally, I prefer LOD "All 5X" (or All 5x + 10x Cinematic).

"All 10X" works pretty well on recent graphics cards, but I found sporadic deviations in physics at distant objects.

Cars and people more often crashed, more often died and led to accidental crashes or fights without the participation of V. Funny but annoying.

Of course, this may be a engine problem, and the conclusions are subjective, but with "All 5X" I had less random nonsense.