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Base Mod
The base version of this mod moves the majority of HUD elements away from the center of the screen and removes some of the non-essential HUD elements to reduce clutter. Looking at the screenshots will give you a much better idea of what the base variant of this mod does than reading the list of changes.
Full list of changes:
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Base Mod
- Moved compass to the top-right corner of the screen.
- Removed Great Rune icon and moved the health, FP, and stamina meters closer to the top-left corner.
- Reduced height and width of status icons by 20% and moved them slightly closer to the stamina meter.
- Removed icons for items equipped in left and right hands from the lower-left corner panel.
- Moved consumable item and spell slots on lower-left corner panel closer to the left side of the screen.
- Centered secondary and tertiary slots for consumable items and spells with primary slots.
- Removed item name text for consumable item and spell slots on lower-left corner panel.
- Moved the current weapon's skill name to be below the consumable item slot. Removed background.
- Moved equipped arrows/bolts above spell slot.
- Replaced the backgrounds with very subtle fades on the start menu. Also removed some clutter.
- Moved the item pouch panel slightly closer to the bottom-left corner and remove the black panel background.
- Moved area name pop-ups to the bottom of the screen. Removed background and underline.
- Moved item log closer to the bottom-right corner. Centered icon with text. Removed storage icon and background for common items.
- Reduced size of new item pop-up and moved to the right side of the screen, above item log. Changed layout of the panel.
- Removed background from interaction prompts. Added shadow to text. Moved slightly lower.
- Removed Roundtable Hold icon on the left side of the screen.
- Removed the background and icon on the summoned NPCs panel. Moved panel closer to the left side of the screen.
- Removed the icon to show when spirits can be summoned. (You can tell if you can summon by the item icon not being faded)
Compact HUD
- Removed status icons.
- Removed the panel on the left side of the screen showing the health of summoned allies.
- Reduced width of health, FP, and stamina meters by 50% and reduced height by 10%.
- Reduced width of condition meters by 50% and reduced height by 20%. Moved to top-left corner, under stamina meter.
- Reduced height and width of text pup-up indicating you have a condition by 20%.
- Reduced the width of NPC health meters by 25%.
- Reduced height and width of compass by 25%.
- Reduced height and width of weapon skill name and consumable item, spell, and arrows/bolts slots by 15%.
- Reduced height and width of item pouch panel by 15%.
- Reduced height and width of lock-on icon by 60%.
- Reduced height and width of item log by 15%.
- Reduced height and width of new item pop-up by an additional 10%.
- Reduced height and width of interaction prompts by 10%.
- Reduced height and width of soul counter by 20%.
- Reduced the height and width of icons on the world map by 25%.
- Removed the useless compass icon and title bar from the world map.
- Removed the border fades on the left and right sides of the world map.
- Slightly reduced size of controls on the world map.
Customization Options
- Compact HUD: Reduces size of HUD elements, removes status icons and summoned ally health panel, moves condition meters to below stamina meter.
- No NPC Health Meters: Removes all NPC health meters, damage numbers on enemies when you attack them, and summoned ally health panel.
- No Text Overlays: Removes overlay text banners ("LOST GRACE DISCOVERED", "YOU DIED", etc) and the condition text pop-up (poison, bleed, etc).
- No Interact Prompts: Removes interaction prompts. (Interaction prompts will still appear if there are multiple to choose from)
- No Compass: Removes the compass from the main HUD.
Every variant of this mod includes two options: normal backgrounds and translucent backgrounds.
Standalone Addons
- Remove Auto-Save Icon
- Remove Flashing Invasion and Summon Message
- Remove Guidance of Grace on the World Map
- Remove Loading Screen Tips
- Remove Runes Counter
- Remove Subtitle Background
These can all be used in addition to one of the main variants of the mod or completely on their own!
Primary Method (recommended)
- Download and install Mod Engine 2. (Can be installed anywhere on your PC you want - doesn't have to be in the game's folder)
* If you are using the Seamless Co-op mod, please refer to this guide for instructions on how to use Mod Engine 2 with it.
- Download and extract the variant of the mod you want.
- Choose whether you want normal background or translucent backgrounds, and open that folder.
- Move the "menu" folder to be inside Mod Engine 2's "mod" folder.
- Launch the game through Mod Engine 2.
Secondary Method
- Download the UXM Selective Unpacker tool.
- Use UXM to fully unpack all of the game's files. (This will use up another 50 GB of hard drive space and the original packed files cannot be deleted)
- Use UXM to patch the game's executable file. (This allows the game to load the unpacked files instead of the original packed files)
- Download and extract the variant of the mod you want.
- Choose whether you want normal background or translucent backgrounds, and open that folder.
- Move the "menu" folder to the game's main install directory, overwriting the original files.
- You will need to find a way to disable the game's anti-cheat. There are several different methods to do this, you can search to find one you want to use.
Each variant of the mod might modify different files, and the files modified may change when this mod is updated.
I recommend removing the files from the previous variant or version when switching or updating.
- Detailed Item Descriptions
- Remove Vignette
- Rune Values in Consumable Item Names
- No Startup Videos
If you're interested in modding games yourself you can check my Game Modding Communities spreadsheets for relevant Discord servers and websites.
Information about the tools and resources I used to make this mod can be found in the "permissions and credits" section above.
