modding HUGE Problem with Modding RDR2 That No One is Talking About

[keatit71 1]

2 hours ago, jman9988 said:

Seems the file has been removed, any chance someone can upload it again? Thanks.

Still there for me.

[unseeingeye 1]

21 hours ago, Sweetwater said:

I have a hunch that trains does not spawn with passengers during rainy and stormy weathers. Someone test this.

I just wanted to call attention to this because for me, the second train that appeared for me happened either during a heavy rain storm or the storm started (or perhaps intensified) while chasing the train to check for passengers. I believe however that it was already at least raining, and as I caught up to it to check for passengers it was by then pouring rain. This was when I was using both the gameconfig mod and the altered WhyEm's textures, and I indirectly mentioned this instance in my initial post because after I slowed and allowed the train to pass I noticed my frame rate had dropped down to 30 FPS and would not pick back up unless I was looking directly at the ground or the sky.

 

Which ties into a follow up I intended to make after testing a bit further. I had severe frame rate issues happen a second time, again when chasing a train, but this time I went up north and into a snow storm. Both times I noticed my external SSD was hitting unusually high temperatures; nothing dangerous, but normally it barely even heats up at all. Well I've since tested my game (on my epilogue 2 save and as of last night on a brand new save file as Arthur) using only vincemeister's WhyEm's textures, having deleted the gameconfig mod, and so far I am still experiencing an abundance of varied road traffic with passengers and trains, but none of the heating up or halved frame rates.

 

Obviously I will need to get some more testing in and have yet to try it with a 100% WhyEm's outfit or with his gun textures, but with the hairstyles and a few pieces of clothing my game is back to running perfectly at a steady high frame rate and no more populated traffic issues. As I mentioned earlier I don't believe I was experiencing animal spawn issues, because for months using mods I've been able to reliably find Moose, cougars, panthers, the various rare birds needed for Algernon, etc. I played entirely vanilla for two playthroughs on PC and lost count of how many hours I played on Xbox when it was new, so I am fairly certain my idea of what ought to be expected out of wild life and traffic isn't over or underestimated.