Extra Skill Slots Next Gen Edition

Tested on The Witcher 3 Complete Edition Next Gen Patch 4.01-4.02 and their hotfixes. Work on New Game Plus. Now updated for Patch 4.03!

Mods used for these new skills icons : Witcher Ability Icons Redone - Next-Gen Compatible from FreakVIp

Extra Skill Slots.

6 new sockets for the base game and blood and wine panel.
4 new sockets for the blood and wine mutations panel.
Controller Compatible.

Mod Options.

The mod has a config file for those who want to tweak a few settings:
modSlots\content\scripts\local\ESSConfig.ws
This was mainly done so that you won't need to worry about merging with other smaller mods.

A lot of features I simply copied to put here, I didn't try them all but I wanted you to have an easier access to these, just in case you'd like to try some of them

• Standard Levelling - You can either unlock all ability slots from the beginning, or use the vanilla system of unlocking slots as you level up.
• NGP Leveling - Same as standard, but applies only to NGP, you can choose to have all ability slots unlocked, (vanilla) or lock them until the required level is reached. Those levels will be based on your NGP starting level.
• Disable BaW Socket Colors - The bonus slots granted by BaW can only accept skills of the same color, you can disable this feature. 
• Mutation Socket Levelling - You can disable the levelling system for the BaW sockets, as long as you have a mutation equipped all bonus sockets will be unlocked. 
• Potion of Restoration can Restore Mutagens - You can decide if the Potion of Restoration will return mutagens spent developing mutations.
  Thanks to rfuzzo for letting the original author his work. (My modifications were also aiming at making this mod easier to merge with Restoration potions and more).
• Skill Value Multiplier - Choose how may skill points you recieve per level. (Only on mutations version)
• Set Skill Tree Unlock Values - Decide how may points you have to invest in a skill tree to unlock each layer, for all 3 tabs.
• Disable Skill Confirmation Popup - You can disable to confirmation popup box whenever you upgrade or buy a skill.
  

It's a Next Gen Update I played with for a while, when I thought about the fact many people including myself, wanted it and I didn't see it anywhere after a while, I decided to take this from my Already ready Next Gen Ports reserve and share this to you. Keep in mind I'm a modest modder who make simple mods and tricks to enhance my own experience and for others, if there's any issue, I'll be glad to help you between my occupations. But I can't make miracle and please everyone, constructive comments are always welcome, but negative ones that aren't constructive are only making it longer for next updates/mods to come out and dissuading me to stay active. Thank you!

There is still many projects (Originals, remade and ports) I'd like to share with you eventually, I needed to take a pause of modding and I'm slowly returning. It's taking some extra time because most of them are merged all together to stay away from mod limit! And I'm only doing this when I feel like it to preserve my energy and free time as much as possible, and keep a decent balance to avoid getting tired of it again in the future, even if the end is inevitable.

Highly recommended mods :
Witcher Ability Icons Redone - Next-Gen Compatible from FreakVIp
Clear Develop Next Gen Edition from Whghost81

Known incompatibility :
If anything conflict with "panel_character.redswf" in "modExtraSkillSlotsNextGen\gameplay\gui_new\swf\character" , you have to choose ExtraSkillSlotsNextGen or it will never work.
Exemple :
Yellow Banner in Character Menu Add-on 60fps version(ver. B). I simply edited some things in the script to remove its yellow panel displaying the stats, like you could see in the cover picture, because otherwise, it would display red. I could upload a this little patch eventually, with author permission first. I will not mess with flash files to make a perfect mixt of both because it's beyond my knowledge to do so.

I'm planning to take some parts of my own : geralt_skills.xml to bring you a compatibility patch for Consistent Skill Level from ElementaryLewis if there is demand to do so, with his permission of course:)

Uninstallation :
Read the ''readme'' inside for more details, remove the mod, run Witcher Script Merger to completely uninstall, consider using Whghost81 mod for Cleardevelop. I didn't push very far with uninstallation because this mod is working well and I like it.

I slightly modified some specific things in the scripts to maximise compatibility and updated it for Next Gen Edition. All credits and respect to the original author who unfortunately left Nexus, I wish him/her all the best.