Prey (2017)

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Vanilla Prey is good, but it could be better!

This mod adds: Enhanced effects, better Particles system, adds more Physics objects, increased duration of in game Effects and much much more!

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2023 - PREY - Quality of Life Enhancement Mod

This mod adds adds several QoL enhancements and graphical changes to the main game.
Changes like:  Smoke effects, Particles, removed engine limitations, more Physics objects, Improved AI interactions, and much more.
Read through the version lists below to see all the changes documented.

This in my opinion will enhance the experience of PREY if you are a returning or new player!
I hope you enjoy this mod! Please consider endorsing! 

Version: 1.0.0:

GRAPHICS QoL:
* Increased smoke effects that will linger in the air when firing weapons and/or destroying turrets etc.
* Bullet shells from all weapons will now stay on the ground
* Broken Goo, particles and meshes will stay on the ground after a fight leaving an aftermath.
* Added interactable physics to hundreds of stationary items that was not rigid in vanilla game. 
* Increased max alien corpses and operator/turret corpses infinitely.
* Removed distant fog in environment.
* Edited PlayerFX for less intrusive HUD elements when using powers.
* Ugly crosshair removed.
* Increased brightness of certain light sources that was washed out in vanilla game.
* Bullets from every weapon now breaks objects and windows around Talos.
* Added Dynamic Shadows to more objects around Talos.
* AI Thypons and AI Humans can now collide with objects, making the world seem more alive.
* Made most light sources breakable around Talos.
* Changed physics "weight mass" for objects that the developers made stationary in game world. (More interactable big stuff)
* Increased Flares from light sources.
* Increased shrapnel particles when destroying operators and turrets, will make a mess on the ground.
* Increased shrapnel particles when shooting at different objects and walls.
* Bullet holes will stay forever
* Increased Sparks, and duration when shooting metal or operators.
* Increased Lifetime of Human/Alien Blood splatter on screen.
* Increased Lifetime of Human/Alien Blood splatter on environment.
* Increased Lifetime and amount of broken Goo chunks from the GooGun.
* Increased Lifetime of Goo, blood, spills, and burnmarks on enviorment.


Version: 1.0.1: (Patch Update:)
CHANGELOG: V.1.0.1 
* Fixed error where plants pops out of their pots and fall to the ground.
* Fixed pre-placed goo balls falling out of geometry and rolling the map.
* Fixed error where some objects had to little mass (weight


Version: 1.1.2: (Feature/Patch Update:)

* Even more increased blood/goo splatter on screen.
* Increased smoke amount/duration of shotgun blast. 
* Reworked some grenade effects, increased lingering smoke and sparks.
* Trauma bleeding blood last longer. Leaving a trail of blood after wherever you go.
* Removed "shockwave" when throwing objects.
* Increased smoke ring from Electroshock ability.
* Cleaned up unused files and code.

Future plans:

 
* Any reported bug fixes will considered.
* No further updates/features are planned.
* If main game gets an official updates that breaks this mod, it will updated.
* Chairloader version maybe?? 




INSTALLATION: 

1: Download the mod.
2: Unzip the pak file.
3: Place the pak file in X:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Prey\GameSDK\Precache
4: Enjoy!


COMPATIBILITY: 

This mod is compatible with:
Real lights plus Ultra Graphics

COMPATIBILITY WARNING:

Do not place jmx777'x  "patch_Z_jmx777_Real_Lights_Ultra_Graphis.pak " in the Precache folder. 
This will overwrite any conflicting files that my mod provides.
You can use all other aspects of his mod except for this "pak" mention above!




KNOWN BUGS:
These bugs will be fixed in later iterations:

* Red and blue tulip flowers falls out of their pots and lays scattered around Talos 1.  (lol) FIXED
* Pre-placed dried Goo balls may roll when touched. FIXED
* Sometimes you can receive collision damage from the edited physics objects, but not game breaking.
* Has a very slight impact on game performance. (1-2fps) mainly due to all the new physics parameters that has been added.



NOTE:

(No need to start a new save after installing this mod)

Please consider endorsing this mod and leave a comment!
I will read everything posted in the comment section.
I will also add any bugs found by players to the "Known bugs" section.
Thank you!

Credits: 

Many ideas of this mod has already been created before by other Authors, including ideas from jmx777.
But non of the materials presented has been copied or stolen!
Everything has been extracted from the game files, edited and repacked as such.