Normal mode hardcore

Add hardcore features to normal mode

Normal Hardcore

🎮 **Create your own hardcore mode**

If you find Normal mode too easy and Hardcore mode too harsh... this mod allows you to customize your ideal game difficulty!

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✨ Core Functions

• **Hardcore features integrated into normal mode** 🎯
• **Experience points gained are reduced** 📉
• **Skill check difficulty increased** ⚔️
• **HUD element disable option** 🎮
• **Integrated Realish Stealth Mod** 🥷
• **Integrated No Fast Travel Mod** 🚶
• **FOMOD Installation (all settings optional)** ⚙️

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🎯 Hardcore features

All features can be enabled during FOMOD installation.

**Core Component** is a required part, you must select it to unlock other features.

Core components include key debuffs:

• Reduced physical strength
• Base movement speed reduced
• Overall slower speed
• Increased noise generated by players

All features are activated via the **F7 key**.

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📊 Adjustment of experience value

Optional options:

• -15% experience value
• -30% experience value
• -50% experience value
• -75% experience value

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⚔️ Skill Check Difficulty

Optional options:

• +15% difficulty
• +30% difficulty

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🥷 Realish Stealth Integration

**Lightweight version features:**

NPC reactivity:

• NPCs are more responsive to sounds and smells
• NPCs are more responsive to theft, lock picking, and doors that should be locked but are unlocked
• NPCs are more sensitive to combat, gunfire, impacts, etc.
• Strong reactions to comatose bodies and corpses
• Tension builds up faster and spreads
• Alarm calls (including dogs) attract more attention

NPC perception:

• Field of view and detection range increased
• Better day/night, indoor/outdoor perception
• The effect of weather on NPC awareness is reduced
• Unlocking produces more base noise

**Full Version Features:**

Includes all Lite Edition features, plus:

NPC reactivity:

• Missing NPCs are now important

NPC perception:

• Further increase the lock opening noise

Stealth characteristics:

• Fleeting Shadow I: -50% visibility and noise when wanted
• Fleeting Shadow II: +20% movement speed when wanted
• Either/or: Enemy Debuff -2
• Weasel Boy: -15% outdoor noise
• Rodents: -15% indoor noise
• Raid: -15% enemy debuff
• Natural camouflage: -25% visibility when dirty
• Ambusher: +10% stealth attack damage

Stealing Features:

• Territory: Sneak +1 in urban areas
• Violators: -20% physical consumption when wanted
• Back Alley Brawler: +5% base weapon damage

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🚶 No Fast Travel integration

Disable fast travel completely.

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🎮 HUD disable option

Optional options:

• Remove all undiscovered locations from the map
• Hide player (and Bohuta) icons from the map
• Removed bunny icon

Exceptions: quest giver, quest direction, dog icon, fast travel (if enabled)

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⚙️ Installation Guide

**Important Reminder:** Don’t forget to set up developer mode!

**Vortex installation:**

• Select Core Options to enable the feature list
• Set your XP reduction, skill check difficulty, stealth and fast travel preferences
• After installation, right-click the module in Vortex → Open in file manager
• Open the configuration folder and rename `merge_cfgs.bat.txt` to `merge_cfgs.bat`
• Run `merge_cfgs.bat`
• Open the `PUT_FILES_IN_GAME_ROOT_FOLDER` folder
• Copy `hardcore_final.cfg` to the game root directory
• If you already have `user.cfg`, copy the included lines into your file
• If not, put the included `user.cfg` into the same folder
• Launch the game and press **F7** to activate the selected feature

**Note:** This feature will not be activated until **pressing F7**.

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⚠️ IMPORTANT WARNING

Once features are activated, you cannot simply remove them.

You must start a new game or load a save before applying the feature.

To change XP, skill check difficulty, Realish Stealth, or fast travel options:

→ Just reinstall the mod via Vortex

To add more features later:

→ Enable them in FOMOD and run the merged `.bat` file a …