SilentPatch for Yakuza 4, reduces CPU usage and fixes a crash

[Crowe]

https://cookieplmonster.github.io/mods/yakuza-4/#silentpatch

• CPU usage has been cut down as much as reasonably possible. Yakuza 3 CPU usage has been cut down drastically; Yakuza 4 sees smaller gains, but the difference should still be noticeable.
  
• A low level keyboard hook potentially causing issues with slow typing speed has been removed.
  
• Worked around a crash occurring occasionally after finishing battles with a Heat Action.

Made by silent.
https://twitter.com/__silent_

[djkennedy001]

Originally posted by JT PeaNutButt3r KiRA:

Does it still need avx to run?

Are you actually being serious?

Yes. He's only reduced CPU usage with a patch, not rewrite the game.

[Rae]

I'd point it out on github but it requires an account I can't be arsed to make. While it does lower cpu usage, it seems to *dramatically* increase loading times when in use, at least for y4. I'm seeing the loading icon cycle 5 or more times where I'd usually only get a brief black screen. On an m2SSD, which, due to how it's involved with the processor, might be why.

[Silent]

Yeah, that is expected (for now). Like I mentioned in Yakuza 3 topic:

Slightly longer loading times are expected - after all, CPU doesn't spin as much and so it might take a bit longer for various loading jobs etc. to be processed.

I believe QLOC could fix CPU usage in a way which would not solve loading, but I don't think I can. Not without the source access.

I'll edit the mod pages to mention it in "Known issues".

[Rae]

Originally posted by Silent:

Yeah, that is expected (for now). Like I mentioned in Yakuza 3 topic:

Slightly longer loading times are expected - after all, CPU doesn't spin as much and so it might take a bit longer for various loading jobs etc. to be processed.

I believe QLOC could fix CPU usage in a way which would not solve loading, but I don't think I can. Not without the source access.

I'll edit the mod pages to mention it in "Known issues".

I do hope they fix it properly. I have the power to spare so I've disabled the mod for now, but I'm sure a lot of people are suffering really ♥♥♥♥♥♥ results and your mods the only way it's working well, I was able to see a clear difference in stats, and a little in motion. (for my cpu core 4 was 100% all the time the main game was loaded outside the main menu, dropped off a lot with the mod) (No mod it seems to ever so slightly hitch on occasion, not badly enough for me to prefer the load times).

Thanks for the work.

[Dreambox]

Originally posted by Rae:

I'd point it out on github but it requires an account I can't be arsed to make. While it does lower cpu usage, it seems to *dramatically* increase loading times when in use, at least for y4. I'm seeing the loading icon cycle 5 or more times where I'd usually only get a brief black screen. On an m2SSD, which, due to how it's involved with the processor, might be why.

This was V E R Y noticeable like hell, I played the PS4 version of the remastered version and was like WTF are the loading time 10x longer on PC with my SSD than on my PS4 with a HDD and was honestly ready to refund the collection and stick to the ps4 version since you spent a lot of time going in and out stores in theses games. Glad to know it's because I installed this. Not spitting on this patch through, I know Silent did the best he could, hopefully QLOC will make a proper patch soon enough.