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@Nebroc351 Nebroc351 commented Nov 7, 2025

I'm a botw modder and helper in the servers, and basically we have an issue with the "Draw Distance" graphic packs, which makes actors load from a bigger distance

In vanilla with extended memory it's not really a big deal, but as you're probably aware of botw is very limited in memory with mods even with extended memory, and because of that draw distance causes crashes / random bugs with a lot of mods

I did point out in my guides that draw distance should be left off, but since when do people listen or look at our official guides rather than a random youtube tutorial from 2021?

Hence I added a "don't use with mods" warning to the draw distance graphic pack.

@Nebroc351 Nebroc351 changed the title Added a warning about using draw distance with mods [BOTW] Added a warning about using draw distance with mods Nov 7, 2025
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Sorry that I haven't gotten to this PR sooner. I see your problem.

However, many of our graphic packs are listed under the Mods group. The draw distance cheat/hack/mod is also listed under the mods category. I don't think a blanket warning against all mods like you did would be a great idea, and it would definitely cause confusion on the large majority that doesn't use any BCML/UKML mods with Cemu.

I also think people that aren't playing with big game-play additions or content overhaul mods shouldn't be warded off from be fine with having the draw distance mod enabled, too. The real issue is of course people not reading the descriptions of graphic packs or instructions on gamebanana pages, which is always going to be an issue. But I'm definitely open for a clear disclaimer that doesn't scare too many people into not using any mods.

I think a more appropriate warning could be [incompatible with large gameplay (overhaul) mods]. Maybe check how it looks like in Cemu's graphic pack menu and try to fit in as descriptive of a name as possible. It shouldn't be much longer then what I suggested, I think.

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I definitely see where that's coming from, I didn't think of the "Mods" label for cemu graphic packs.

Do you think that specifying gamebanana mods would be enough to fix that? If so I can definitely update my PR to reflect that this weekend

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