Trackside Objects/Crowd Remover...anyone tried yet?

grandsprix · 9 April 11, 05:03

Anyone tried this yet? Any ill effects?

http://www.virtualr.net/need-for-spe...crowd-remover/

scca1981 · 9 April 11, 05:09

Yes I use the object removed (keep crowd, can't stand all those fake billboards and junk) and its working here no major issues so far on the handful of tracks i've tested except some pop-in @ Laguna. Make sure when installing any of those the extracted folder move to your main shift2 directory and run the bat. (of course you should back up your track folder just incase something goes wrong).

pabig93 · 9 April 11, 15:32

I can't Install it because when I start the bat it says NFSSInjector.exe has a problem and stops working, I also tried running as administrator as i have Vista...

4ph3x · 9 April 11, 16:03

I think it only works with unpacked game. Installed it over unpacked, no result...

NVIDIAGeek · 9 April 11, 16:06

Quote:

Originally Posted by 4ph3x

I think it only works with unpacked game. Installed it over unpacked, no result...

Game doesn't even run on unpacked, right? So all these mods are for packed S2U.

gears · 9 April 11, 16:19

Quote:

Originally Posted by scca1981

Yes I use the object removed (keep crowd, can't stand all those fake billboards and junk) and its working here no major issues so far on the handful of tracks i've tested except some pop-in @ Laguna. Make sure when installing any of those the extracted folder move to your main shift2 directory and run the bat. (of course you should back up your track folder just incase something goes wrong).

Yeah I'm running the track side objects removed also (kept crowd).

No issues and it gave a few extra fps.

edubz123 · 9 April 11, 17:37

Quote:

Originally Posted by scca1981

except some pop-in @ Laguna.

Laguna had ridiculous pop-in in the stock game. I can produce video to prove it. It's not this mods fault.

I have just downloaded it but won't have a chance to test till tomorrow. Will update later.

mroussev · 9 April 11, 17:58

Is it really gives significant fps boost or is something little?

BYF1 · 9 April 11, 18:25

I tried the no trackside bling one but had the outlines of billboards suspended above the track, looked weird so back to vanilla, and no frame rate boost from what I could tell.

McClusky · 9 April 11, 18:29

You don't need to unpack Shift 2, just unzip (or move) the files into the Pakfiles folder and run it. It didn't help me at all for FPS.

Skatawes · 9 April 11, 18:50

It doesnt even work for me, did it like was said but it just gives the error;
'Waring this file does not belong to any BFF archive' quite annoying since i could use the slight fps gain

Kabala · 9 April 11, 19:53

Same here (^)....followed the simple instructions, get an error ("NFSSInjector.exe has stopped working") when I try to install.

McClusky · 9 April 11, 20:18

did you launch the .exe as admin? (maybe)

hissingroach · 10 April 11, 09:59

Quote:

Originally Posted by Skatawes

It doesnt even work for me, did it like was said but it just gives the error;
'Waring this file does not belong to any BFF archive' quite annoying since i could use the slight fps gain

I did the following...thanks to Tom coombes on virtualIR.net....

"I put a folder in the Shift 2 root directory called "no bling no crowds complete" (no underscores), put all the files in there, and ran the install.bat as admin." ......confirmed as working by me

noroardanto · 10 April 11, 13:40

Quote:

Originally Posted by hissingroach

I did the following...thanks to Tom coombes on virtualIR.net....

"I put a folder in the Shift 2 root directory called "no bling no crowds complete" (no underscores), put all the files in there, and ran the install.bat as admin." ......confirmed as working by me

This works thanks!

at first the installer will say something like "warning this files doesn't belong to bla bla bla..." just keep it going.. at the end it will updates the tracks bff files

AndrewMac · 10 April 11, 18:03

I found that nothing happened when I double clicked the .bat file (as admin) in windows 7. I had to open a terminal as administrator, navigate to the right directory, and run the .bat from there. It then worked fine.

edubz123 · 10 April 11, 22:12

Quote:

Originally Posted by BYF1

I tried the no trackside bling one but had the outlines of billboards suspended above the track, looked weird so back to vanilla, and no frame rate boost from what I could tell.

anyone have good results? Should I bother with this?

Eldi · 11 April 11, 02:28

I get random results with this mod. Sometimes the track load indefinetely, other times the same track will load perfectly. Unless i maybe a mistake while installing this ?

siroj100 · 11 April 11, 02:57

I have tried the mod and so far it works perfect

. I gain about 10-15 FPS after installing this mod.

mroussev · 11 April 11, 07:28

Hm...You are the first one that talk about fps gain...I still wonder because dont want to reinstall game again if something is wrong.

guldukat · 11 April 11, 07:51

FPS gain is the aime of the mod. It's removing 'useless' objects > means reduces the polygon count > means better performance.
Installed it yesterday, runs fine so far, but only drove Nordschleife, you may know why ...

If you backup your tracks folder ( in pakfiles folder ) you can easily roll back, without reinstalling the game, if you notice some issues.
Sometimes not loading tracks properly can also have other reasons.
Some reported problems with loading diffrent tracks while using totally unmodded game.

BTW; if you running a real good machine with fine FPS count on high, there's no need to use this mod!

edubz123 · 12 April 11, 14:01

My Results w/ mod removing objects & crowds (see my machine specs below too)

Trial 1
Track: Laguna Seca
Time: Day
Opponents: zero
FPS: 50-70 (prior to mod I was getting 40-66)
Textures: High (Shadows and Reflections = Medium)
AA: Off in-game (App controlled enabled in CCC 11.3)
AF: 8x forced via CCC 11.3 (8x in game also)
VSynch: Off

Trial 2
Opponents: 7
All others parameters same as Trial 1
FPS: 40-60 (roughly same as before mod)

Conclusion: I did not get a significant FPS benefit, maybe 5-10 fps when driving alone. The track was completely deserted, like a ghost town. I did not like. I will roll back this mod, costs outweigh the benefits.

My machine:
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 955 @ 3.2Ghz
Mem: 2GB Kingston DDR3
OS: WinXP 32-bit (SP3)
Video: XFX ATi 5770 (1GB) single card
Power: XFX 650W modular
Mobo: ASUS 790X
(Nothing OC'd)

mroussev · 12 April 11, 14:08

@edubz123 thanks for that info.That what i waited to hear.So i am not gonna use this for now...

Siggs · 12 April 11, 14:42

I really enjoy this mod, apart from one thing. Maybe I'm just being picky.

BURGER VANS

Now lets think about it, these are a common sight were there are spectators at a track(I left the crowds in my game). They are, actually, a realistic thing to see. And alot of locations, there are some pretty close to the trackside, which makes the random-clusters-of-people-away-from-the-guardrails, and the smoke-coming-from-an-invisible-vendor issues, a tad annoying!

guldukat · 12 April 11, 17:52

MAYBE CAREFULL

With this mod installed i couldn't load 'Nürburgring Sprint' (game never finished loading).
After a roll back of my backuped tracks folder everything works fine.
So maybe the mod should be revised!

mroussev · 12 April 11, 18:00

What car do you choose?Because this problem with endless loading is cause by many cars(team nfs rx-8,team nfs scion etc..)not from tracks.At least for me.

guldukat · 12 April 11, 18:26

I tried with both cars ( Nissan 350z & Audi TT ), and after a rollback, which only contains track-folder, everything was fine at first try. Tested again with both cars.
So the issue might be in the mod.

pay2021 · 13 April 11, 09:04

I tried no bling and have people floating on nurburgring gp/f and some tracks dont load like willow springs, tried with no crowd and more tracks dont load like nurburgring gp/f, so back to defaults.

edubz123 · 19 April 11, 05:56

ok, i had better results at Silverstone Bridge GP. With 7 AI opponents I had a 10 FPS boost throughout the course. Medium/High settings, zero AA, 8xAF, 1080 res, no blur

Performance was nice but it felt like a practice, again very deserted. Maybe some people are ok with that for now.

I will wait for ATi/SMS patches arriving end of April, hopefully they will be enough and I can forget about this mod.

9 April 11, 05:03	#1
grandsprix Join Date: Aug 2006	Trackside Objects/Crowd Remover...anyone tried yet? Anyone tried this yet? Any ill effects? http://www.virtualr.net/need-for-spe...crowd-remover/

9 April 11, 17:58	#8
mroussev Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bulgaria	Is it really gives significant fps boost or is something little? Last edited by mroussev; 9 April 11 at 18:12.

12 April 11, 14:01	#22
edubz123 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Chicago USA	My Results w/ mod removing objects & crowds (see my machine specs below too) Trial 1 Track: Laguna Seca Time: Day Opponents: zero FPS: 50-70 (prior to mod I was getting 40-66) Textures: High (Shadows and Reflections = Medium) AA: Off in-game (App controlled enabled in CCC 11.3) AF: 8x forced via CCC 11.3 (8x in game also) VSynch: Off Trial 2 Opponents: 7 All others parameters same as Trial 1 FPS: 40-60 (roughly same as before mod) Conclusion: I did not get a significant FPS benefit, maybe 5-10 fps when driving alone. The track was completely deserted, like a ghost town. I did not like. I will roll back this mod, costs outweigh the benefits. My machine: CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 955 @ 3.2Ghz Mem: 2GB Kingston DDR3 OS: WinXP 32-bit (SP3) Video: XFX ATi 5770 (1GB) single card Power: XFX 650W modular Mobo: ASUS 790X (Nothing OC'd) Last edited by edubz123; 12 April 11 at 14:19.

9 April 11, 05:09	#2
scca1981 Join Date: Dec 2006 Age: 32	Yes I use the object removed (keep crowd, can't stand all those fake billboards and junk) and its working here no major issues so far on the handful of tracks i've tested except some pop-in @ Laguna. Make sure when installing any of those the extracted folder move to your main shift2 directory and run the bat. (of course you should back up your track folder just incase something goes wrong).

9 April 11, 15:32	#3
pabig93 Join Date: Jun 2007	I can't Install it because when I start the bat it says NFSSInjector.exe has a problem and stops working, I also tried running as administrator as i have Vista...

9 April 11, 16:03	#4
4ph3x Join Date: Jul 2006	I think it only works with unpacked game. Installed it over unpacked, no result...

9 April 11, 18:25	#9
BYF1 Join Date: Mar 2009	I tried the no trackside bling one but had the outlines of billboards suspended above the track, looked weird so back to vanilla, and no frame rate boost from what I could tell.

9 April 11, 18:29	#10
McClusky Donated Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: USA	You don't need to unpack Shift 2, just unzip (or move) the files into the Pakfiles folder and run it. It didn't help me at all for FPS.

9 April 11, 18:50	#11
Skatawes Join Date: Nov 2009	It doesnt even work for me, did it like was said but it just gives the error; 'Waring this file does not belong to any BFF archive' quite annoying since i could use the slight fps gain

9 April 11, 19:53	#12
Kabala Join Date: Apr 2011	Same here (^)....followed the simple instructions, get an error ("NFSSInjector.exe has stopped working") when I try to install.

9 April 11, 20:18	#13
McClusky Donated Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: USA	did you launch the .exe as admin? (maybe)

10 April 11, 18:03	#16
AndrewMac Join Date: Apr 2011	I found that nothing happened when I double clicked the .bat file (as admin) in windows 7. I had to open a terminal as administrator, navigate to the right directory, and run the .bat from there. It then worked fine.

11 April 11, 02:28	#18
Eldi Join Date: Oct 2009	I get random results with this mod. Sometimes the track load indefinetely, other times the same track will load perfectly. Unless i maybe a mistake while installing this ?

11 April 11, 02:57	#19
siroj100 Join Date: Feb 2009	I have tried the mod and so far it works perfect . I gain about 10-15 FPS after installing this mod.

11 April 11, 07:28	#20
mroussev Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bulgaria	Hm...You are the first one that talk about fps gain...I still wonder because dont want to reinstall game again if something is wrong.

11 April 11, 07:51	#21
guldukat Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Berlin, Germany	FPS gain is the aime of the mod. It's removing 'useless' objects > means reduces the polygon count > means better performance. Installed it yesterday, runs fine so far, but only drove Nordschleife, you may know why ... *If you backup your tracks folder ( in pakfiles folder ) you can easily roll back, without reinstalling the game, if you notice some issues.* Sometimes not loading tracks properly can also have other reasons. Some reported problems with loading diffrent tracks while using totally unmodded game. BTW; if you running a real good machine with fine FPS count on high, there's no need to use this mod!

12 April 11, 14:08	#23
mroussev Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bulgaria	@edubz123 thanks for that info.That what i waited to hear.So i am not gonna use this for now...

12 April 11, 14:42	#24
Siggs Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Coventry Age: 22	I really enjoy this mod, apart from one thing. Maybe I'm just being picky. BURGER VANS Now lets think about it, these are a common sight were there are spectators at a track(I left the crowds in my game). They are, actually, a realistic thing to see. And alot of locations, there are some pretty close to the trackside, which makes the random-clusters-of-people-away-from-the-guardrails, and the smoke-coming-from-an-invisible-vendor issues, a tad annoying!

12 April 11, 17:52	#25
guldukat Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Berlin, Germany	MAYBE CAREFULL With this mod installed i couldn't load 'Nürburgring Sprint' (game never finished loading). After a roll back of my backuped tracks folder everything works fine. So maybe the mod should be revised!

12 April 11, 18:00	#26
mroussev Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bulgaria	What car do you choose?Because this problem with endless loading is cause by many cars(team nfs rx-8,team nfs scion etc..)not from tracks.At least for me.

12 April 11, 18:26	#27
guldukat Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Berlin, Germany	I tried with both cars ( Nissan 350z & Audi TT ), and after a rollback, which only contains track-folder, everything was fine at first try. Tested again with both cars. So the issue might be in the mod.

13 April 11, 09:04	#28
pay2021 Uploader Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina	I tried no bling and have people floating on nurburgring gp/f and some tracks dont load like willow springs, tried with no crowd and more tracks dont load like nurburgring gp/f, so back to defaults.

19 April 11, 05:56	#29
edubz123 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Chicago USA	ok, i had better results at Silverstone Bridge GP. With 7 AI opponents I had a 10 FPS boost throughout the course. Medium/High settings, zero AA, 8xAF, 1080 res, no blur Performance was nice but it felt like a practice, again very deserted. Maybe some people are ok with that for now. I will wait for ATi/SMS patches arriving end of April, hopefully they will be enough and I can forget about this mod.