**** This is not a mod that scripts NPCS. This mod alters existing crowd wave_behaviors.****
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The crowds in CP2077 have a very 1 track mind. Ever noticed? The despawn threshold isn't great, their paths too uniform and monotonous, they cannot detect seemingly obvious objects, and the "flow" of the crowd is more like a endless-mindless stream of NPCS that de-spawn around the corner from you.


NC Ambient NPC's is focused on making the crowd feel more believable. Addressing various values while keeping in mind "natural angles" and minimizing 'moon-walking' overly 'zig-zag' (reduced & changed passing and tolerances)
This implements a more Lived In feel while ebbing and flowing between foot_traffic & wave spawns reflect more like a city  that breaths a little.  

SUMMARY: Crowds move less like a flock of salmon puking in your face.
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 SHORT VERSION:

There is no brief way to explain how many values there are to check and how easily it is to make the NPCs and crowds terrible.

•   I have tested and tweaked these values for dozens of hours.
•   I have compared these values to other .ini tweaks settings.
•     Compared them to vanilla's dump values from last year.
•  Compared specific routes and recording
• Specifically targeted broken pathing areas to see improvements
  

Watch the video
 Enjoy!

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FULL EXPLANATION:

Hello welcome to the adults section. I can briefly describe things that have been touched and give a better idea on how this mod will alter your crowds and NPC behavior.
 <The grit. I'll word it well>

CP2077 crowds work off of a multi pronged set of checks that (restrict) or (free) up the streaming crowds. These crowds have variables based off PLAYER'S FOV: which ALTERS BEHAVIORS
watch video

Within these parameters the npc will run a route around the player to make the world feel alive. The illusion of this crowd stream is depending on [head checks] [redirects] [route_length] [ability to move/collide] [angles] & quite a few others. Every single one of these values has been changed and animations draw distance regarding npcs only. (more detailed draw further away for face). The aim is to create a more "lived in" world. Throwing huge angle values, # of npc spawns, or render distances is NOT the solution and does your game far worse in terms of both performance and atmosphere.

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Other values that had in-depth testing
/ path-position search-distance, animation detail distance
/ NPC separation and re-plan times, blocking detect_distance
/ overlap-tolerance and path smoothing values
/ Resume Move attempts, head checks, join traffic, post-process pathing and more...
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I feel confident after my time spent tuning these values and watching them that this is quite a bit better than vanilla. Everything from angles to rechecks and ability to have more realistic routes and path finding. From (fear-spread radius changes) to (ability to recheck traffic), (move more quickly) and (merge) and (speed up) with different aspects of traffic.

Conclusion: This breaths a bit of variety and "dimension" to the crowd that doesn't really exist in vanilla .ini values. The changes have improved my gameplay and that I'm happy to share the improvements I see. The overall collisions, movement, spawn waves, and how far they can travel/ how long they persist [player_max/min thresholds] are the basis of a subtle but satisfying changes to my game.

Hope you enjoy.
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~You will experience some (not major) fps loss. Expect it especially if using a HDD
This is designed for immersion over performance. I have kept all rendering outside npc_anim. vanilla :) performance isn't bad.