calmflow on 3/6/2013 at 04:01

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This is fantastic, I'm halfway through a no magic (no blink (except for the 2 occasions it has been necessary to continue), bone charms or runes) run and this mod has spiced life up and made the game so much more fun.
Looking forward to further updates (if they can be achieved.)


EDIT: I'd love to know what you've found through the files because I can't find info anywhere about what things affect, I've only really been able to attach springrazors to walls of light (pointless as the wall evaporates it when someone walks through).

lammiwonks on 8/6/2013 at 09:29

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I've been wanting something like this since after my first playthrough, ty :thumb:

The levels I've done are Prison, Campbell, Pendletons, and Royal Physician.

For the most part, everything has been fine. Though the NPCs' improved hearing making them hear other hostile NPCs has created some janky moments, like when a swarm of guards attack a Slackjaw gangster, or a weeper.

The worst incident was when during the Campbell mission, the guards heard something in an alley bellow the street with the art Museum and Laboratory, looked around for the source of the sound, and were eaten 1 by 1 by a swarm of rats. This killed at least 7 guards.

When its working right, which is most of the time, this is great. Maybe you could tune it so sound distance isn't buffed to be so far? Sometimes, a guard hearing your footsteps and getting pissed at you is a little weird when the other 5 guards walking around don't seem to bother him at all. All I know is that I like their improved vision distance and confirmation speed, and the lean being a small peek.

edit: another issue I remembered, placing bodies quietly is an issue and the distance they hear you thwomp carried bodies to the floor is annoying.

lammiwonks on 10/6/2013 at 20:00

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Either you skip them entirely, or you can do what I do: I choke the guy furthest from the door and backstep while choking, blink to the 2nd floor of Granny's building and drop the body, get behind the next guy furthest from the door and line it up so I can sleep dart the guy knocking on the door, then as fast as humanly possible I choke the guy I'm next to. I'm pretty sure you can still get ghost/no bodies found in the ending summary if you are really quick. I'd double check somewhere else first though.

calmflow on 12/6/2013 at 23:54

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I exited via the upstairs balcony and navigated my way across the way until i was crouched behind the corrugated iron 'wall' somewhat behind them, from there I sleep darted each of them in turn, they notice their compatriots falling asleep but it wont bust your ghost achievement, however if you play proper Ghost (no alerts), then you'll need to find another way.

Also, the whole game can be completed non lethally, I've done it twice, one with magic, the second time was no magic (blink, runes or bone charms) + Ultimate Difficulty Mod.
(blink was required twice, once when ascending the water lock in return to the tower and the other was when escaping from the cell the whalers keep you in)

Mr.Bueno on 18/6/2013 at 09:14

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This is an excellent discovery, sir. I wasn't able to open your .rar file (because I don't have WinZip and I can't use its evaluation version) so I started to make tweaks into .ini files myself. I have made a few discoveries that might be of use to add into your mod:

1. Pistol Effectiveness

In your videos where you introduce Ultimate Difficulty Mod, you seem to rely much on using the pistol (as anyone would who plays on High Chaos and doesn't want to be stealthy). In my opinion, the upgraded pistol with short-range spread damage is quite overpowered. I've been able to remove the short-range spread damage from the upgraded pistol, and it changes the combat quite much:

You have to actually aim towards opponents. Shots that miss won't do damage, or even more importantly, won't stagger opponents. Make every shot count, as precision is needed to hit. You won't be able to rush into a group of enemies, fire four shots wildly before (auto-)reloading and wait for smoe to clear and see that opponents are either dead, knocked down or staggered. Of course, bullets that hit stagger. This makes the combat harder, and it can be made even harder by reducing the time which is required for opponents to aim. It makes sense that you can't stand on open against three Watch Officers who are aiming at you.

2. Modifying Powers

As you have already found out, passive Powers are easily modified. My suggestions on them are that their Rune costs should be raised by one for each level. As Vitality Level 2 would cost 4 Runes, you could increase the health regeneration it gives, because in my opinion, the health regeneration it gives is not quite useful in itself.

Agility Level 2 could be modified to make player more agile rather than increase overall speed. I've been able to make Agility Level 2 to allow player to sprint in sideways and backwards. This improves at least ability to dodge projectiles as you can strafe faster facing towards your opponents.

There are settings for Bent Time as well which seem to slow down actions i.e. things pulled from Bend Time move slower, and therefore making Bend Time less effective.

Modified Windblast, however, is my favorite. By default, Windblast does damage as it hits opponents i.e. opponents can be killed before they hit the walls or drop down from height. I've been able to remove aforementioned initial damage and add some height which oppnonents are thrown rather than the distance they are thrown.

This make Windblast more interesting to use, as it will be easier to throw opponents down from heights. This also makes Windblast more non-lethal to use, as you could throw opponents in open area without killing them. Opponents do die, of course, if they hit walls hard enough or drop down from high enough. This is made easier to do, and so Windblast is made more of a non-lethal Power.

The greatest improvement that could be done is what you have already mentioned: Reduce Blink distance and Mana regeneration. I hope that my discoveries could be of use to you.