A L OT O F T EXTURES (ALOT)

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W HAT IS THIS MOD ?

ME2

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

here

read

Do not, EVER, use ME3Explorer

this applies to all mods

Always install content mods before ALOT

First read the FAQ





F URTHER I MPROVEMENTS

provided you install them before ALOT

U NINSTALLING

uninstall

If you don't have a backup

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.

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.

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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.

. The overlay halves my FPS from a stable 60 FPS to less than 30. If using Steam, run the game once before running the ALOT Installer. Otherwise the game won't be detected.

2.

Is ALOT compatible with [insert popular mod here] ?

ME2Controller

Remove Shared Cooldown

ME2Controller

No Mini Games

Remove Shared Cooldown

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 ?



Avira, Bitdefender, RivaTuner and MSI Afterburner are known to cause issues with MEM and the Installer. Deactivate them when installing ALOT.







5.

Crashes, freezes



If you pirated ME2, cracked EXEs can cause this type of problem with modded games.

Running the game in windowed mode, adding the command line argument "-nomoviestartup" to the exe was reported to fix some CTDs (for example, crashes in the Kasumi DLC).

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

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

Flawless Widescreen was reported as a potential cause for crashes.

If you're editing the Coalesced.ini manually, you'll want to run this ﻿ utility afterwards to avoid crashes.



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

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Changing the default console keybind

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Desync between audio and lip animations

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