Head Bleed - A RDR2 Gore Mod

The new fully script-based version, Head Bleed V2: Hold My Beer Edition, is now available here: https://www.nexusmods.com/reddeadredemption2/mods/9071

This original version of Head Bleed is no longer in active development.

V2 no longer relies on keeping peds artificially alive through damage modifier tricks or PDO-style behavior. Peds can now die normally and still bleed after death, which makes the mod more compatible with missions, other mods, and all weapons.

Head Bleed V2 also adds dynamic blood fountains, better wound placement, execution headshot bleeding, neck stump bleeding, animal support, vehicle ped bleeding, projectile cameras, an in-game menu, presets, and configurable tuning files.

For future updates, please use Head Bleed V2.

Thanks for supporting the original Head Bleed.

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DESCRIPTION:

Hey guys, so this is the first mod i ever made and since i like it so much, i want to share it with the Community.

We all love the gunplay and violence in RDR2 and there are plenty of mods out there that improve the gaming experience even

further but there was always one thing missing for me that no other mod added yet: Bleedout effects on headshots.

And this is exactly what this mod does. When you shoot a ped in it's head it's going to release a blood fountain like in a

Tarrantino movie!

To achieve this behavior, i had to artificialy keep the ped alive by moving the headshot damage from fatal to critical category

which let me then make use of a special damage modifier that triggers the head bleeding effect.

The Ped Damage Overhaul Mod allowed me to tweak the health and damage settings to keep peds on the ground with minimum movement.

So in fact they stay alive until they bleeded out. Every fatal shot would instantly stop any bleedout effects.

Weapons have been tweaked to just cause enough damage to trigger the effect and get peds into the dying state.

Additionally i managed to also enable bleedouts in all indoor areas thanks to a bypass fuhq2mofo figured out for his

Just Fcking Bleed Already Mod.

This mod comes with a fine tuned PedDamageOverhaul.ini that i highly recommend to use to avoid unwanted behavior like peds

walking around after being shot in the head.

I am providing 2 versions of Head Bleed:

- One that already includes selected euphoria reactions (which i think gives the best experience).

- and one where you can use euphoria mods of your choice.

Since this mod also makes use of resources from other mods, i would like to give credits to the creators and say thanks to:

- HughJanus for the Ped Damage Overhaul Mod (PDO)

- fuhq2mofo for the Just Fcking Bleed Already Mod

- Professor AND Morrigan for the Realistic Combat Overhaul Mod (peds don't get up version)

- SyntheticOutlaw aka AngryWolf for the W. E. R. O Euphoria Mod

I hope you guys will have as much fun as i do with this mod! Happy Headshots!

REQUIREMENTS:

1. Lenny's Mod Loader

2. Ped Damage Overhaul

INSTALLATION:

1. Put the desired HeadBleed directory in the lml folder of your game directory so it looks like this:

--- Head_Bleed_w_Euphoria

------ default_damage_modifiers.meta

------ install.xml

------ peddamageinfo.meta

------ physicstasks.ymt

------ taskdata.meta

2. Replace your PedDamageOverhaul.ini with the desired version from this package (highly recommended). Make sure to keep a backup of your original file.

Note that using your own PDO.ini might prevent the bleeding effect to show up when the weapon damage is set too high. If you want to do so, make sure

to use the damage settings from the included PDO.ini's as a reference and tweak it to your preference. mic drop

3. Make sure no other mods use files this mod uses - especially default_damage_modifiers.meta and peddamageinfo.meta - since they might be

overwritten and the bleeding effe