Hardcore Mode

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Recreation of the official Hardcore Mode.

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Hardcore Mode - Deutsch
Hardcore Mode - German translation

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German Author:Neverzero2006	Hardcore Mode - Deutsch
German Author:Blumenkind	Hardcore Mode - German translation

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Version 17
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  Release 17
  
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  - Added Aggressive Combat AI v2. The opponents will surround Henry faster.
  
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  Release 16
  
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  - Updated for patch 1.2.4
  
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  Release 15
  
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  - Updated for patch 1.2.2
  - Removed compatibility versions for both Game Modes.
  - Removed all optional files.
  
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  Release 14
  
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  - Adjusted the KCD1HC Params - ArmorStatusToDefenseCoef to KCD1HC value and HorseRidingXPPerDistance to KCD2 v1.2 value. Note that CombatAutoAttackDelayIncreasePerAttacker and CombatAutoMaxAttackDelay are not included as they are expected to be modified by the Aggresive Combat AI. And FullClothDirtyingOnFullSpeed is not included as there already is a KCD2HC perk that handles dirt.
  - Nightmares perk was developed for version 11 but the required script is AWOL so this will remain commented out.
  - Released whenever enemies spawn for a random encounter, there'll be up 200% of them as a separate file.
  
  PERKS KCD1HC
  - Hardcore Mode Params / ArmorStatusToCharismaCoef 0.6 / ArmorStatusToDefenseCoef 0.47 / BarterPriceSellRepBuying 1.68 / BarterPriceSellRepCoef 1.65 / BarterPriceSellRepMultip -0.35 / FoodHealSpeed 1.5 / HorseRidingXPPerDistance 9 / InjuryRegenInterval 30 / ItemHealthPriceStatusWeight 0.99 / MaxDamage 100 / MaxPerfectBlockSlotModifier 0.8 / MaxSpecialPerfectBlockSlotModifier 0.8 / QuestMoneyRewardScaleConstant 0.9 / RangedWpnSelfHarmCoef 20.5 / RepairKitCapacity 300 / RepairPriceModif 0.9 / SkillXPPerfectBlock 1.875 / SkillXPRiposte 3 / SkillXPUseRepairKit 1.05 / WeaponStatusToAttackCoef 0.5 /
  
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  Release 13
  
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  - Added compatibility versions for both Game Modes.
  - Reintroduced the KCD1 Hardcore Mode perk with adjusted values for KCD2 for players who miss the challenge.
  - If you still have some active perks from version 9 in your save then disable them before updating to this version.
  - New icons.
  
  PERKS KCD1HC
  - Hardcore Mode Params / ArmorStatusToCharismaCoef 0.6 / ArmorStatusToDefenseCoef 0.6 / BarterPriceSellRepBuying 1.68 / BarterPriceSellRepCoef 1.65 / BarterPriceSellRepMultip -0.35 / FoodHealSpeed 1.5 / HorseRidingXPPerDistance 12 / InjuryRegenInterval 30 / ItemHealthPriceStatusWeight 0.99 / MaxDamage 100 / MaxPerfectBlockSlotModifier 0.8 / MaxSpecialPerfectBlockSlotModifier 0.8 / QuestMoneyRewardScaleConstant 0.9 / RangedWpnSelfHarmCoef 20.5 / RepairKitCapacity 300 / RepairPriceModif 0.9 / SkillXPPerfectBlock 1.875 / SkillXPRiposte 3 / SkillXPUseRepairKit 1.05 / WeaponStatusToAttackCoef 0.5 /
  
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  Release 12
  
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  - Removed whenever enemies spawn for a random encounter, there'll be up 200% of them.
  
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  Release 11
  
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  - Added my Aggressive Combat AI mod as an optional keybinding for players who like the challenge.
  - Added KCD1HC perks as optional keybindings for players who miss the challenge.
  
  PERKS KCD1HC
  - Claustrophobic / 85% WeaponAttack WithCoveredFace /
  - Haemophilia / 50% InjuryBleedingInterval /
  - Numbskull / 60% XPMultiplier /
  - Consumption / 85% StaminaRegen /
  - Shakes / 160% LockCursorShake / 160% RangedWeaponAimSpread / 160% PickpocketingTimePenalty /
  - Tapeworm / 150% DigestionSpeed /
  - Brittle Bones / 120% FallDamageMultiplier /
  
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  Release 10
  
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  - Compatible with patch 1.2.1
  - Updated for patch 1.2
  - New icons.
  - New translated strings.
  - New mouse keybind group added.
  - Players can now rebind more mouse wheel functions and map checkpoint.
  
  - Datamined the official Hardcore Mode already present in v1.2. And managed to get parts of it working.
  - So basically most of my work on perks goes out of the window, as we are using the real deal now.
  - Make sure to disable perks from version 9 and enable perks from version 10 once you load this version!
  
  PERKS
  - Hardcore Mode Debuffs / 50% PotionHealSpeed / 75% InjuryBleedingInterval / BuyMarginAdjust -0.15 / SellMarginAdjust +0.15 /
  - Hardcore Mode Params / HorseRidingXPPerDistance 9 / RepairPriceModif 0.6 / StealthTimeWarpSpeed 0.5 / TimeWarpMSFadeSpeedForOpp 1 / TimeWarpPBFadeSpeedForOpp 0.4 / TimeWarpPBFadeSpeedForPlayer 1 / TimewarpStealthPBSpeedForOpp 1 / TimewarpSyncPBSpeedForOpp 0.4 /
  - Hardcore Mode Horse Debuffs / 75% InventoryCapacity /
  - Hardcore Mode - removed all prior KCD1HC parameters adjusted for KCD2.
  - Hardcore Mode - adjusted strings.
  - Bad Back Debuffs / 80% InventoryCapacity / Hobbling +0.2 /
  - Bad Back Hobbling / Run -1 / Walk -0.5 / LimitSprint /
  - Heavy-Footed Debuffs / BaseBodyNoise +0.2 / 120% ShoeHealthDecreaseMultiplier /
  - Numbskull Debuffs / 80% XPMultiplier /
  - Somnambulant Debuffs / AlcoTeleportAfterSleepProbability +0.2 / 120% ExhaustionSpeed /
  - Hangry Henry Debuffs / 150% DigestionSpeed / 80% FoodNutritionValue /
  - Hangry Henry Starvation / 10% Charisma / 10% Badassness / 10% Speech /
  - Sweaty Debuffs / 200% SmellIntensity / 120% ClothDirtyingSpeedKm / DisabledPerfume +1 /
  - Picky Eater Debuffs / 50% HunterLootAmountMod /
  - Picky Eater Params / FoodDecayModif 0.75 /
  - Bashful Debuffs / 80% SpeechXPGainMultiplier /
  - Bashful Script / Zero fucks given at BathHouses /
  - Punchable Face Params / CombatLevelMinToCombatRPGBonus 0.1 / CombatLevelToRelativeAttackIncrease 0.42 / CombatLevelToRelativeHealthLossDecrease 0.28 /
  - Menace - You are a known criminal and you'll recieve all the sweeter punishment for it.
  
  VANILLA PERKS
  - Ascetic - No effect.
  - Contemplative - No effect.
  - Revenant - No effect.
  - Revenant II - No effect.
  
  - Note that v1.2 datamining suggests the exact opposite vanilla perk behaviour of previous game versions - Ascetic in v1.2 HC is disabled while Contemplative, Revenant, Revenant II are enabled without changes. This behaviour will not be implemented for now.
  
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  Release 9
  
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  - Rewritten Picky-Eater. Now the effect is triggered by the perk and is no longer always enabled.
  - Datamined and added Ascetic Hardcore perk - 85% digestion give or take instead of 70% in vanilla. New strings added.
  - Fixed Contemplative perk to not work at all. Perk is removed in KCD2HC. New strings added.
  - Fixed Revenant perk to not work at all. Perk is removed in KCD2HC. New strings added.
  - Fixed Revenant II perk to not work at all. Perk is removed in KCD2HC. New strings added.
  - Improved Menace. Increased fines for crimes.
  - Menace - Once you're branded for a crime, the effect is permanent, and getting caught for any other serious crime will lead to your execution (Always Enabled). What's more, guards will punish you more severely, and the consequences of these punishments will be more intense (150% Fine).
  - Improved Punchable Face. More enemies spawned during random encounters.
  - Punchable Face - Coming across travellers on the road is more dangerous (200% of Enemies, Always Enabled), as is getting into a fight (Aggressive Combat AI).
  
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  Release 8
  
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  - Improved the hiding of Crime, Rosette, Stats HUD. Combos and Stealth Kill prompts are visible again.
  - Nerfed Sweaty.
  
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  Release 7
  
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  - Added Hardcore Mode perk - KCD1 HC parameters adjusted for KCD2.
  
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  Release 6
  
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  - Cut the cursor again. Combos and Stealth Kill prompts won't be visible.
  - Fixed some map marker icon scaling issues.
  - Added Charisma and Intimidation to Hangry Henry.
  - Hangry Henry - In addition to the usual effects of hunger, starving also reduces your Speech, Charisma and Intimidation (-5 Speech, -5 Charisma, -5 Intimidation, Always Enabled). Moreover, all food will fill you 20% less (80% Nutrition, Always Enabled), and your digestion rate increases by 50%. (150% Digestion)
  - Improved Sweaty and added the perfume nerf.
  - Sweaty - You get dirty faster (150%), meaning you start to smell faster. And when you do, you can be smelled from twice as far away, making you easier to detect. Plus, perfume doesn't give you any positive effects (Always Enabled). You just can't hide this stench.
  
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  Release 5
  
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  - Developed a new way of hiding the rosette.
  - Fixed stealth kill icons missing out of combat.
  - Fixed combo icons missing.
  - Fixed wrong reputation icons.
  
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  Release 4
  
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  - Developed a buff group up feature.
  - Developed a compass mark replacing feature.
  - Developed a compass point of interest distance shortening feature.
  - Developed a quick food usage feature.
  - Developed a quick weapon usage feature.
  - Enabled the compass again.
  - Enabled the quick food again.
  - Enabled the quick weapon again.
  
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  Release 3
  
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  - Developed a map position saving feature.
  
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  Release 2
  
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  - Improved HUD.
  - Improved icons.
  - Reworked all debuffs into perks, allowing for more optional content. Added perk lore.
  - Unlocked Keybindings - All keybindings are writeable.
  - Heavy-Footed - Your shoes wear down faster (200%), and you generally make more noise. (150% Noise)
  - Hangry Henry - In addition to the usual effects of hunger, starving also reduces your Speech (-5 Speech, Always Enabled). Moreover, all food will fill you 20% less (80% Nutrition, Always Enabled), and your digestion rate increases by 50%. (150% Digestion)
  - Sweaty - You get dirty faster, meaning you start to smell faster (150%). And when you do, you can be smelled from twice as far away, making you easier to detect.
  
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Hardcore Mode
Recreation of the official Hardcore Mode.

All hardcore perks are optional and are toggled by keybindings. Press to enable. Hold 0.3 seconds to disable.

KCD2 Hardcore Perks (patch 1.2.4 LIVE VALUES)
- Hardcore Mode Debuffs / 50% PotionHealSpeed / 75% InjuryBleedingInterval / BuyMarginAdjust -0.15 / SellMarginAdjust +0.15 /
- Hardcore Mode Params / CombatAutoAttackDelayIncreasePerAttacker 0.55 / CombatMovePlayerSecondaryAttackerHuntMultiplier 0.16 / CombatMovePlayerSecondaryAttackerSpeedMultiplier 0.6 / HorseRidingXPPerDistance 9 / RepairPriceModif 0.6 / StealthTimeWarpSpeed 0.5 / TimeWarpMSFadeSpeedForOpp 1 / TimeWarpPBFadeSpeedForOpp 0.4 / TimeWarpPBFadeSpeedForPlayer 1 / TimewarpStealthPBSpeedForOpp 1 / TimewarpSyncPBSpeedForOpp 0.4 /
- Hardcore Mode Horse Debuffs / 75% InventoryCapacity /
- Bad Back Debuffs / 50% InventoryCapacity / Hobbling +0.2 /
- Bad Back Hobbling / Run -1 / Walk -0.5 / LimitSprint /
- Heavy-Footed Debuffs / BaseBodyNoise +0.25 / 200% ShoeHealthDecreaseMultiplier / noi>0.25 /
- Numbskull Debuffs / 60% XPMultiplier /
- Somnambulant Debuffs / AlcoTeleportAfterSleepProbability +0.5 / 150% ExhaustionSpeed /
- Hangry Henry Debuffs / 125% DigestionSpeed / 50% FoodNutritionValue /
- Hangry Henry Starvation / 10% Charisma / 10% Badassness / 10% Speech /
- Sweaty Debuffs / 200% SmellIntensity / 200% ClothDirtyingSpeedKm / DisabledPerfume +1 /
- Picky Eater Debuffs / 25% HunterLootAmountMod /
- Picky Eater Params / FoodDecayModif 0.75 /
- Bashful Debuffs / 75% SpeechXPGainMultiplier /
- Bashful Script / Zero fucks given at BathHouses /
- Punchable Face Debuffs / 110% HealthLossHit /
- Punchable Face Params / CombatLevelMinToCombatRPGBonus 0 / CombatLevelToRelativeAttackIncrease 0.42 / CombatLevelToRelativeHealthLossDecrease 0.28 /
- Menace - You are a known criminal and you'll recieve all the sweeter punishment for it.

KCD2 Hardcore Perks (patch 1.2 OLD VALUES)
- Hardcore Mode Debuffs / 50% PotionHealSpeed / 75% InjuryBleedingInterval / BuyMarginAdjust -0.15 / SellMarginAdjust +0.15 /
- Hardcore Mode Params / HorseRidingXPPerDistance 9 / RepairPriceModif 0.6 / StealthTimeWarpSpeed 0.5 / TimeWarpMSFadeSpeedForOpp 1 / TimeWarpPBFadeSpeedForOpp 0.4 / TimeWarpPBFadeSpeedForPlayer 1 / TimewarpStealthPBSpeedForOpp 1 / TimewarpSyncPBSpeedForOpp 0.4 /
- Hardcore Mode Horse Debuffs / 75% InventoryCapacity /
- Bad Back Debuffs / 80% InventoryCapacity / Hobbling +0.2 /
- Bad Back Hobbling / Run -1 / Walk -0.5 / LimitSprint /
- Heavy-Footed Debuffs / BaseBodyNoise +0.2 / 120% ShoeHealthDecreaseMultiplier /
- Numbskull Debuffs / 80% XPMultiplier /
- Somnambulant Debuffs / AlcoTeleportAfterSleepProbability +0.2 / 120% ExhaustionSpeed /
- Hangry Henry Debuffs / 150% DigestionSpeed / 80% FoodNutritionValue /
- Hangry Henry Starvation / 10% Charisma / 10% Badassness / 10% Speech /
- Sweaty Debuffs / 200% SmellIntensity / 120% ClothDirtyingSpeedKm / DisabledPerfume +1 /
- Picky Eater Debuffs / 50% HunterLootAmountMod /
- Picky Eater Params / FoodDecayModif 0.75 /
- Bashful Debuffs / 80% SpeechXPGainMultiplier /
- Bashful Script / Zero fucks given at BathHouses /
- Punchable Face Params / CombatLevelMinToCombatRPGBonus 0.1 / CombatLevelToRelativeAttackIncrease 0.42 / CombatLevelToRelativeHealthLossDecrease 0.28 /
- Menace - You are a known criminal and you'll recieve all the sweeter punishment for it.

KCD1 Hardcore Perks
- Claustrophobic / 85% WeaponAttack WithCoveredFace /
- Haemophilia / 50% InjuryBleedingInterval /
- Numbskull / 60% XPMultiplier /
- Consumption / 85% StaminaRegen /
- Shakes / 160% LockCursorShake / 160% RangedWeaponAimSpread / 160% PickpocketingTimePenalty /
- Tapeworm / 150% DigestionSpeed /
- Brittle Bones / 120% FallDamageMultiplier /
- Hardcore Mode Params / ArmorStatusToCharismaCoef 0.6 / ArmorStatusToDefenseCoef 0.47 / BarterPriceSellRepBuying 1.68 / BarterPriceSellRepCoef 1.65 / BarterPriceSellRepMultip -0.35 / FoodHealSpeed 1.5 / HorseRidingXPPerDistance 9 / InjuryRegenInterval 30 / ItemHealthPriceStatusWeight 0.99 / MaxDamage 100 / MaxPerfectBlockSlotModifier 0.8 / MaxSpecialPerfectBlockSlotModifier 0.8 / QuestMoneyRewardScaleConstant 0.9 / RangedWpnSelfHarmCoef 20.5 / RepairKitCapacity 300 / RepairPriceModif 0.9 / SkillXPPerfectBlock 1.875 / SkillXPRiposte 3 / SkillXPUseRepairKit 1.05 / WeaponStatusToAttackCoef 0.5 /

HUD
- Buffs Group Together
- Compass HC Marks
- Compass POI Radius Shortened
- Hidden Crime Bunny
- Hidden Rosette
- Hidden Stats
- Quick Food UI
- Quick Weapon UI

Map
- Disabled Fast Travel
- Hidden Player Icon
- Hidden Player Position
- Map Max Width Zoom
- Map Position Saving

Vanilla Perks
- Ascetic Hardcore - No effect.
- Contemplative - No effect.
- Revenant - No effect.
- Revenant II - No effect.

Extra Content
- Aggressive Combat AI - As a keybinding.
- Mouse - Writable mouse wheel UI/Dialogue and map position keybindings.
- Unlocked Keybindings - All keybindings are writeable.

Installation
- Extract in KCD2/Mods folder.

Advantages over the official Hardcore Mode
- This mod can be installed and uninstalled over the Normal Mode at any time and doesn't need a new game.
- All hardcore perks are modular and can be toggled on/off on the fly.
- The official Hardcore Mode is not released till mid April.
- HC Buffs UI - developed.
- HC Crime, Rosette, Stats hiding - developed.
- HC Compass UI - developed.
- HC Compass POI - developed.
- HC Map - developed.
- HC Quick Food UI - developed.
- HC Quick Weapon UI - developed.
- Map max width zoom - developed.

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