Why was this initiative born?
In this collection I wanted to include all the graphical adjustments that I made to Garry's Mod. Given that they work correctly if all "subscribed", in this restore I wanted to also consider the detail less noticed by the population, going to give that extra touch of realism that will make your gaming experience even more engaging, whether you play the Garry's Mod, or you play the half life 2 campaign: HL2, Hl2 ep1, Hl2 ep2 ...also because Garry's Mod as graphics is starting to be a little dated, so I decided to make my vision of "Restore 2021"!
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what changes will be made to the game?
In the game you will notice a restoration or better say a total replacement of the textures and also of the main game mechanics! In fact, all 2D textures and even 3D models but also animations (starting from the player up to the zombie) will be modified and improved! I also added addons that will make changes and improve Physics (dead NPCs still considered "physical" models as a result they will keep physics and collisions active) making the game experience as already mentioned even more engaging! also the geometry of the npc have been adjusted and therefore you will see the "feet" that in the battlefield will position themselves correctly on the ground! goodbye shadows and ray tracing only for objects ... with the union of some addons I was able to "make the game believe that npc are objects and therefore in shadows rendering" our shadow mapping "the shadows of npc are projected too! Even the water will now be a victim of your body and when you pass you will create the shock wave on it creating a dynamic modeling of the water, SUMMARY all the graphic and physical aspects of the game will be improved in an incredible way! there are many other nice aspects of the game that will be improved but you will see them once in the game!
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What impact will changes to the game have on FPS?
Considering that garry's mod uses the GPU more than the CPU (because the use of the cpu and the cores are limited) therefore it is recommended to have a good graphics card with a good memory yes, because the thing that garry's mod uses to perform its actions mostly is the memory, both Vram and ram (as regards the recommended video memory is the GDDR5 or better ... today there are the video memories that arrive at the GDDR6) (as regards the ram memories I recommend at least DDR4, then for as for the frequency, it changes little, it will be more a factor of a few FPS but the thing that matters in this case is the standard or DDR4!) to take advantage of the changes made with even the most respectable FPS. With the tests I carried out I deduced that it works well in optimized maps in principle, you will struggle to have fun in maps with too many entities and objects. Without a good principle optimization of the map you play it will be difficult to accept it further (from a performance point of view) with these changes that I offer!
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Who do I recommend this graphic add-on package to?
This package of graphic addons is recommended for those who cannot settle for the "shadow mapping" standard but for those who want more ... for those who for example have a GTX 1060OC, GTX 1070, GTX 1070Ti, GTX 1080 / RTX 2060 Super, RTX 2070 Super, RTX 2080 Super and RTX 2080Ti and want to test the power in terms of load by the GPU or for those who can't stand to see their "Garry's mod" or "Half Life 2" grow old and therefore want to keep up with the times!