This mod removes the following visual and text hints from Velvet Assassin:- Violet glow on Violette's character when she is hidden in the shadows and white glow when in plain sight (aio/player_exdata.cfg)
- Highlighting of doors, objects, bodies (aio/player_exdata.cfg)
- Loot sparkle (FX/pickup_star.fxt)
- Action hints, Savestate messages, Mission target messages (gui/hud.men)
- All subtitles (gui/colors.col)
Other changes- Morphine mode: Violette keeps her clothes on. Removed Blur FX. Little red fog instead of thick white fog. (aio/player_exdata.cfg, FX/PostFX/morphine_mode.pfx, Levels/morphine_lightenvironment.txt, aio/levelstructure.aio)
- Highlighting of grenades (on NPCs) toned down significantly (aio/player_exdata.cfg)
- Death grain filter: Gaussian noise (Textures/PostFX/grain01.dds)
- Better knife combat: DelayPerShot (0.7s->0.5s) MinShotSpreadAngle (0.0->4.0) ShotRecoilSpreadAngle (0.0->5.0) (aio/weapons.cfg) and increased range (160cm-200cm) (aio/player_attributes.pco)
- Increased damage of Sturmgewehr (38-52) to make the final level enemy rush a bit easier (aio/weapons.cfg)
- Changed in-game logo (Textures/GUI/HUD/logo_x.dds)
- Reduced bloom post effect (FX/PostFX/glow_strong.pfx)
Notes- You should have played the game a bit before using this mod so you generally know what to do.
- You will need to understand English, German and French. Otherwise leave out the file gui/colors.col.
- You will actually need to use your flashlight now to find goodies.
- Starting the file "NoHintsMod-NightdressToggle.bat" toggles Violette's nightdress outfit on or off. This is meant to be used in the last two levels (Fade to Grey series).
PhysX ErrorOn a modern system you might receive this error when starting Velvet Assassin:
.\nx\PskMainNX.cpp
[51]
: error: Assertment failed!
Message: Failed to init Ageia physics SDK
In this case you need to
install the legacy Nvidia PhysX drivers that will exist alongside your current Physx drivers.
WalkthroughThere's a complete
walkthrough incl. all secrets and collectibles here on youtube.
InstallationUnpack this archive into the game folder.