LOD Improvements (Distant Level of Detail) - Mostly Pre 1.5

LOD settings, per various requests (improves draw distances of various assets in the game).  Please read below to determine which LOD is right for you!  Your CPU + GPU majorly affect how the mod works.

ONLY INSTALL ONE LOD PATCH AT A TIME!!!

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  DELETE OLD VERSIONS before install

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  Post 1. 6 Patch, many users are reporting minimal change with this mod (I believe the NextGen patch renders this mod superfluous for those cases, still researching...)

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  Old versions remain archived, for those who have yet to update to patch 1. 6

• []I suggest using Realistic Traffic Density mod instead for 1. 6+

  Parameters Affected:

  • []Background Distance

    []Regular Distance

    []Cinematic

    []Vehicle

    []Cinematic Vehicle

    Background and Regular distance seem to work well for your average environmental stuff.

    Cinematic is what you want when characters have vanishing bodies/clothes at distance (such as with my alternate clothes mods)

    • []Cinematic 5x = Reduces invisible textures. Will still see pop-in/fadeout at VERY far distance.
      • []Cinematic 10x = Reduces invisible textures. Clothes and body pop-in/fadeout negligible.

        Vehicle vs Cinematic Vehicle, from my understanding, governs the cars at distance (2D models) vs up-close (3D models)

        • []Vehicle 20x is reported to cause problems with car chases!
          • []All 5X = raises the draw distance of ALL these parameters by 5 times the normal game settings.

            []All 10X = raises the draw distance of ALL these parameters by 10 times the normal game settings.

            []Other versions mix and match some of the parameters, but most users will want "All 5x" or "All 10X"

            USAGE NOTES:  Based on my play testing, but please feel free to share with any additional testing, information, or clarification.

            []Most likely INCOMPATIBLE with any other files that affect draw distances and LOD.

            []One exception is Judy Modding Essentials - Fixes by Janecio14, which only affects Judy's clothes models, so it should work alongside this.

            []I personally get little benefit from Draw Distance Boost, and it does the job in a different manner.  But it should run alongside this mod.

            [*]Just be wary of setting variables too high.  For Draw Distance, the limit seems to be 50x.