DOOM Eternal

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Knightmare077

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Keeps The Blood, Gibs, and Kills Much Longer! I can't stand when things just vanish, this fixes that! Also available for Doom 2016!

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KEEP THE DEAD - ETERNAL EDITION


KEEPS CORPSES , BLOOD AND GIBS LONGER!
(Supported Game Build = 6.66Rev2.2)














Features
:

+Keeps All Gibs On Screen For Much Longer
+Keeps Corpses On screen For much Longer
+Keeps Blood Decals On Screen Permanently 
+Bigger Blood Spurts From Weapon Impacts.
+Bigger Blood Decals 
+Keeps Chainsawed / Glory Killed Corpses Longer
+Keeps Some Rocks On Screen Longer
+Removed All Burn Away FX (Some Restored To Prevent "POP OUT")
+Removed The Ability For Pain Elemental To Ragdoll (now explodes on death)
+Removed The Ability For Cacodemon To Ragdoll (now explodes on death)
+Pain Elemental + Cacodemom Crucible Kills Now Cut In Half Then Explode
+Mancubus Heart Stab Glory Kill Does Signature Death Instead Of FBG. 
+Keeps Exploded Barrel Pieces Longer!
+Many (if not all) misc breakable object pieces will now stay longer!
+Mancubus Chainsaw To Heart Will Now Do Signature Death Instead of FBG.
+Restored Dev Cut FX To DreadKnight + Smoke On Baron

Ultimate Edition Features:

+All The Above Features 
+Faster Movement (Like The Always Run Key Was Finally Turned On)
+More Particles and they last a little longer
+Bloody Skinz for all default weapons and the 2016 Praetor Suit,
 



Other Mod Incompatibilities (so far):
-"No more stagger effects / No Tweety Bird" (*Soft Incompatibility* Will loose Some KTD Functionality) *Compatibility Patch Uploaded*




If Updating
:  remove all mods from the mod folder, run EternalModInjector.bat. Exit the game. Next; verify game files through Steam / Bethesda launcher. Then begin below!



What's Inside "The Keep The Dead Eternal Edition Complete.7z" Archive? 

Folders:
-Windows Installers (.exe)
-Manual Install 
-Compatibility Patches (.zip drag and drop to mod folder)
Files:
-Keep The Dead Eternal - ReadMe - Install Instructions
-Keep The Dead Eternal - ReadMe - Troubleshooting



Prep:

1) Download the REQUIRED modding tools. Modding tools are required for ANY Doom Eternal mod to be installed and function. They can be downloaded from the following official locations; any other location or source can not be trusted to be up to date :
*Doom 2016+ Modding Discord Server (Developed Here)= Click Here - Updated For Game Ver6.66Rev2.2
*Gamebanna (Mirror) = Click Here

2) Download The Main Archive "Keep The Dead Complete.7z" From Nexus Page , Moddb or Gamebannana and save it to a easy locatable place like the desktop.  

3) Extract the "Keep The Dead Eternal Edition Complete.7z" to the desktop , You should now have a folder named "Keep The Dead Eternal Edition Complete" 

4)
Open newly extracted folder and decide if you want to manually install the mod or use a windows installer. Then Simply follow along below..





For Manual Install:


1) Open the folder "Manual Installers" 

2) Open the folder called : "Config Files (Required)"Choose and open either the "optimized" or "Standard"(Optimized config files are intended to be paired with the optimized mod files) 

3) Copy both "candidate.cfg" and "KTD.cfg" from which ever folder you chose into the "base" folder of Doom Eternal(i.e:  C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\DOOMEternal\base)

4) Next open the folder "Mod Archives" Choose and open either the "optimized KTDE" or "Standard KTDE"(again Optimized config files are intended to be paired with the optimized mod files) 

5) Choose 1 and only 1 mod file from either the "optimized KTDE"  or "standard KTDE" folders and copy the .zip archive (do not extract it) to your doom eternal  "mods" folder. (i.e C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\DOOMEternal\mods)

6) Run with EternalModInjector.bat or EternalModManager.exe from your Doom Eternal root folder.

Notes: Add +r_woundManagerMaxVerts 8096 +com_skipIntroVideo 1 to your doom eternal launch options.  
(Steam: Right click doom eternal in your games list; go to properties and at the bottom of the "GENERAL" tab there is "LAUNCH OPTIONS" in the main window at the bottom with a blank space underneath..simply copy and paste the bold text into the blank area and exit. )




For Windows Installer:


1) Open the folder "Windows Installers"

2) Pick ONE mod files and run the installer and make sure to read!
(Note: Installer defaults to the Steam root directory of Doom Eternal ("C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\DOOMEternal"  ) so if you have the Bethesda version you will have to change it to for example: ( "C:\Program Files (x86)\Bethesda.net Launcher\games\Doom Eternal")

3) Once installer completes ; Add +r_woundManagerMaxVerts 8096 +com_skipIntroVideo 1 to your Doom Eternal launch options. 
(Steam: Right click doom eternal in your games list; go to properties and at the bottom of the "GENERAL" tab there is "LAUNCH OPTIONS" in the main window at the bottom with a blank space underneath. Simply copy and paste the bold text into the blank area and exit. )

4) Run with EternalModInjector.bat or EternalModManager.exe from your Doom Eternal root folder.

5) Profit!





Uninstall:
 

This applies to both the manual install and windows installers:

1) Navigate to your Doom Eternal root directory and open mods folder: 
*If Steam version : "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\DOOMEternal\mods"
*If Bethesda version : "C:\Program Files (x86)\Bethesda.net Launcher\games\DoomEternal\mods"


2) Remove/Delete "Keep The Dead Eternal Edition.zip" from your mods folder. 

3) While in your root folder , back out of the "mods" folder and open the "base" folder.

4) Look for and delete the file "KTD.cfg"

5) Run EternalModInjector.bat or EternalModManager.exe

6) Game should launch with whatever other mods you have installed or none if mods folder empty.

7) If mods folder is empty and you've launched the game with EternalModInjector.bat or EternalModManager.exe and have exited the game and want to return your game to all official files from this point ; simply verify your game files through steam or bethesda launcher.






Keep The Dead
has been mentioned in various media articles:

GameRant - Doom Eternal: 10 Mods That Players Need To Try Out
DigitalTrends - The best Doom Eternal mods




Credits for all the Keep The Dead Eternal Edition hard work:

NikkMann, Blubber, SamIam76 , Elizabethany , Jer487 and Knightmare077



Credits to those who make that work possible and all Doom 2016/Eternal modding possible:
Emoose, Infogram, SunBeam, Zwip-Zwap Zapony, Suntado Tsukai181, Visual Studio, SEWsam and Proteh



Special Thanks
To: IDSoftware and the entire team for making such a amazing game!





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