Distant Smoke and Fire
🟠 Updated over a year agoPreview
🔍 Analysis
- 👍 1.6% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #69 of 72 Visuals and Graphics mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
I never liked how, when walking through a town or approaching a lonely house, chimney smoke would suddenly start appearing right in front of my eyes — as if the residents only began heating their homes when I got close. The same thing annoyed me with campfires suddenly bursting into flames and producing smoke just a few meters away. I couldn’t find any vanilla engine settings to fix this.
This mod increases the draw distance for chimney smoke, campfire smoke, campfire flames, and torch flames. You can see the difference in the showcase video.
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The mod edits the file libs\particles\wh_particels.xml
, which makes it incompatible with other mods that modify the same file, unless you manually merge the changes.
Changes made:
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[]smokes.chimney — CameraMaxDistance="120" → 250
[
]smokes.chimney.left — 80 → 250[]smokes.chimney.right — 90 → 250
[]fires.torch_trailer.fire_center — 20 → 75
[]fires.torch_trailer.torch_ball — 20 → 65
[]fires.exterior_fireplace — 20 → 75
INSTALLATION
[]Unzip to KingdomComeDeliverance\Mods.
[]If you have a mod_order.txt, make sure to add this mod there.
This visual mod for Kingdom Come: Deliverance increases the draw distance for chimney smoke, campfire smoke, campfire flames, and torch flames, so they appear from farther away instead of popping in right in front of you. It edits wh_particels.xml and is incompatible with other mods modifying that file unless manually merged. Author reports no performance drops on high-end hardware.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Fixes immersion-breaking pop-in of smoke and fire effects (74 endorsements)
- Simple file edit, no new assets, so it's lightweight
- Author tested on i7-13700k/RTX 4090 with no performance drops
⚠️ Cons
- Incompatible with other mods editing wh_particels.xml unless you manually merge changes
- Potential performance impact on lower-end hardware, as author admits
- Only affects specific particle types; other visual pop-in may remain
For Kingdom Come: Deliverance players who are bothered by smoke and fire effects suddenly appearing when you approach a town or camp. It's a quality-of-life visual fix for those who want a more immersive world. Skip if you don't mind the vanilla pop-in or if you use other mods that alter particle effects.
💡 Beginner Tips
- If you have a mod_order.txt, add this mod to it to ensure it loads correctly.
- If you use other mods that modify wh_particels.xml, you'll need to merge the changes manually or use a tool like KCD Mod Manager.
- Test in a town with chimneys to see the difference; you should see smoke from farther away.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Kingdom Come Mods
- Author
- FogZZZ
- Version
- 0.2
- Downloads
- 4,704
- Endorsements
- 74
- Category
- Visuals and Graphics
- Created
- 8/22/2025
- Updated
- 8/22/2025
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Create /Mods/ folder in Data directory. Use Vortex for complex mods.
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