The International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) co-convened the Global Tailings Review to establish an international standard for the safer management of tailings storage facilities - this is the GISTM.
The standard can be downloaded here, and the International Council on Mining & Metals (ICMM) Conformance Protocols for the GISTM can be downloaded here.
The Canadian Towards Sustainable Mining (TSM) standard is very comprehensive and a number of related guides to TSM can be found on the MAC website here.
December 18, 2019 patch for the base game (retail/Steam).
Lower CPU utilization allowed the RE Engine to stream assets more efficiently while navigating the winding hallways of the Raccoon City Police Department (R.P.D.). Core Graphics and Engineering Fixes
A major selling point of the "v20191218 Incl DLC" release is its inclusion of all available DLC content. The most significant of these is the free story DLC titled which had been released earlier in the year on February 15, 2019. Resident Evil 2 Update V20191218 Incl DLC-CODEX
Despite cracking the game early in 2019, CODEX continued to support it. The release is critical because it aligns almost perfectly with an official patch pushed out by Capcom on the same date (December 18, 2019).
Resident Evil 2 Update V20191218 Incl DLC-CODEX The update for the Resident Evil 2 December 18, 2019 patch for the base game (retail/Steam)
or lowering the "Image Quality" setting in the graphics menu. Missing Save Files
One of the secondary reasons this specific version became a benchmark for PC players is the Resident Evil modding community. The RE Engine is incredibly popular for modding, yielding everything from high-fidelity character model replacements to complete gameplay overhauls and VR conversions. The most significant of these is the free
Unstable frame rates can cause issues in the RE Engine, so limiting the game to 60 or 30 FPS can solve stuttering.
: A free story-based DLC featuring "what-if" scenarios for three characters who did not survive the main Raccoon City incident: the Gunshop Owner, the Mayor's daughter, and a forgotten soldier.
Update V20191218 refers to the patch released by Capcom on or around December 18, 2019. By late 2019, Resident Evil 2 had received its core post-launch additions. This update served primarily as a cumulative optimization and compatibility patch, ensuring the game ran smoothly across various PC hardware configurations before Capcom shifted its primary focus to Resident Evil 3 (2020).
As with any pirated release, file hosting links for the v20191218 update were notoriously short-lived. A common cry for help on forums was for someone to "re-up" or "补档" (re-upload) the files, as popular links on services like Baidu Netdisk would frequently be taken down. This demand for the update persisted for years after its initial release, showing the enduring appeal of this specific version.
