This mod is a compilation of many (hundreds) other mods. Those weren't authored by me. As such, you can only use assets originating from ALOT for your own and release them if you've acquired express consent from the original file authors and adhere to their personal permission rules. Original authors are listed in the description. If you have a question on a specific texture, feel free to send me a PM. Permissions relative to "Tarshana's Alternative Face Textures" by Tarshana : You are free to use them and send them back to Creeper to use in a future ALOT if you believe it is better, but do not re-upload as a standalone because it is meant for use with ALOT. Further, I give CreeperLava ownership of any textures I create and released for ALOT- he can do with them as he pleases.

A L OT O F T EXTURES (ALOT)

C REDIT

W HAT IS THIS MOD ?

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ALOT is a project to provide a much needed visual upgrade to the entire Mass Effect trilogy. With over 20,000 high resolution textures and 40GB across all 3 games, it is also the largest modding project of its kind for any game. ALOT provides high resolution textures for squad mates, environments, weapons, armours, enemies, allies... Pretty much everything that is visually distracting due to low resolution has been overhauled.

Despite the large number of textures in ALOT, quality primes over quantity. Respect of vanilla (ie unmodded) style is paramount. Every single texture in ALOT was carefully handpicked with that in mind, from the work of many contributing mod authors.

Every single texture in ALOT was carefully handpicked with that in mind, from the work of many contributing mod authors. Furthermore, ALOT restores a large number of unused, high resolution textures from the vanilla game, that were hidden away in the game files. This to replace the downscaled version of these textures that you see in game.

from the vanilla game, that were hidden away in the game files. This to replace the downscaled version of these textures that you see in game. During the installation of ALOT, the installer will also modify the game's INI settings for improved dynamic shadows and texture rendering.

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Best viewed in fullscreen and high resolution - far from exhaustive

Many 4K screenshots in the image section of Nexus to give you a better idea of what you'll see. Best viewed in fullscreen and high resolution - far from exhaustiveMany 4K screenshots in the image section of Nexus to give you a better idea of what you'll see.

I NSTALLING ALOT

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Do not, EVER, use ME3Explorer

this applies to all mods

Always install content mods before ALOT

First read the FAQ

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U PDATING

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If it is a minor update (eg version 2018.6.4 came out and you have version 2018.6.0 installed), just download the update from Nexus, drag & drop it over the Installer and click Install.

If it is a major update (eg version 2018.7.0 came out and you have version 2018.6.4 installed), you will need to restore your game to vanilla and follow the instructions in the Installation section above.

U NINSTALLING

uninstall

If you don't have a backup

F AQ

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System requirements

Bare minimum: 4GB of RAM. Prepare for a very slow installation and possible crashes if you run out of memory. 8GB or more is ideal.

Bare minimum: 2GB of VRAM. A dedicated GPU with 4GB or more is ideal.

Any CPU

Any monitor: 4K=3840x2160 for monitors is different from 4K=4096x4096 for textures. You don't need a 4K monitor for 4K textures.

1.

General Advice

Pirated copies of the game and its DLCs may or may not work. Either way, they won't be supported.

Turn Origin's auto update setting off . Otherwise, Origin can overwrite modded game files with the originals without asking. If that happens, reinstall everything.

. Otherwise, Origin can overwrite modded game files with the originals without asking. If that happens, reinstall everything. Turn Origin's in-game overlay off. The overlay halves my FPS from a stable 60 FPS to less than 30.

2.

Is ALOT compatible with [insert popular mod here] ?

do not

Install all content mods (any mods that contain PCC files, including DLC mods) before ALOT.

Install all texture and meshes mods (mods that contain only TPF, DDS or MOD files) after ALOT, so they'll overwrite ALOT.

To install mods in TPF, DDS, MOD or MEM format, simply run the Installer, drag & drop them on it, and click install.

To install a mod that has both PCC files and TPF/DDS/MOD files, install the PCC files before ALOT and the TPF/DDS/MOD files after.

3.

How do I make a backup

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4.

Installer not running ?

5.

Crashes, freezes

Cracked EXEs can crash modded games.

Running the game in windowed mode and adding the command line argument "-nomoviestartup" to the exe was reported to fix some CTDs.

Disabling Motion Blur (in the GamerSettings.ini or Coalesced.bin) fixed crashes in some DLCs.

Disabling ReShade / SweetFX / other fixed crashes for some people.

Flawless Widescreen was reported as a potential cause for crashes.

Crashes inside the armor locker are caused by a memory limitation: once ME3 uses more than 3.5GB of RAM, it freezes and crashes. From my experimenting, you can browse around 50 armors safely. Then you need to either wait 30-40 seconds for the memory to be released, or restart the game. You can monitor the amount of memory used by ME3 to make sure of when you're safe and when you should wait. As a rule, it should never go above 3.5GB, since that's the crash limit. You'll know ﻿ when the memory is released.



6.

Adding DLCs after the installation

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MEM versus Texmod, ME3Explorer

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Some textures aren't high-resolution / still look unmodded

F EEDBACK



TheViper823x

You saved my life



jurgcl29

Wow! I have been wanting to play ME3 again for sometime now, but I didn't want to have to re download and install all of the texture mods on my new computer. I will definitely be playing again now! Thank you!



anoddexperiment

Wow... just, wow. It's like playing an entirely new game. [...] I play on a 4k monitor, and this has made the experience truly epic.



worthlessdaisey

HUGE thanks to putting this pack together. Makes life a lot easier than trying to find all the little pieces.



Xayjyn

Excellent compilation mod; adds a huge amount of immersion to the game.



furosuto81

I recently upgraded to a 4K monitor and it left the standard textures looking....wanting...to say the least. I've now played through the Earth tutorial and the improvement is astounding.



Spark9

Thank you VERY MUCH for taking the time to put this together. I was searching for exactly something like this. Thank you very much :)



Ironhead34

Just want to say thanks for putting this together. Recently built a new PC and this is my first time playing through ME3 with mods. What a difference. No hiccups with installation. FWIW - using Windows 10.