FCR3 - Immersion and Gameplay Tweaks

INTRODUCTION

Hey, I'm a senior gameplay designer and I worked on The Witcher3 and both expansion packs. This mod used to be a personal set of tweaks and fixes meant to spice up my first The Witcher 3 playthrough after releasing the game. Being in creation for more than half a year and enjoyed during >300h playthrough I thought that I might share it with witcher community. Mod doesn't aim for any deep and intrusive changes, instead it is meant to maintain original feeling of the game, sometimes going closer to original intention behind the designs. It focuses mainly on fixing immersion breakers, buffing underperforming skills and items, cosmetic changes and bugfixing. It also fixes few instances of items and abilities that made Geralt (nearly) immortal and removed all the challenge from the game.

Installation

Because mod affects character development, Geralt's abilities will be reset and skillpoints returned just as in case of free respec. It also comes with few compatibility fixes for other mods that I've been playing with. Installing the mod in the middle of a playthrough should be completely safe, unless you are already using other mods affecting gameplay.

For installation directory, Nexus Mod Manager handles it automatically and I thoroughly recommend using it.

Compatibility fixes

• []Full mod in version working with Nitpicker's Patch by CHC (full mod installation, don't use together with main file)

  []hotfix for Friendly HUD by wghost81 (use together with full mod)

  []hotfix for Friendly HUD by wghost81 plus Friendly Stash by whgohst81 (use together with full mod)

  []hotfix for All Quest Objectives On Map by Wolfmark Full version (use together with full mod)

  []hotfix for Friendly HUD by wghost81 plus All Quest Objectives On Map by Wolfmark (use together with full mod)

  []hotfix for Friendly HUD by wghost81 plus Friendly Stash by whgohst81 plus All Quest Objectives On Map by Wolfmark (use together with full mod)

  To forcibly reset character development and skill definitions type "ResetCharacterDevelopment" or "rcd" (lazy version) without quotation marks in console to activate it. You'll know that it worked from camera shake effect. After typing it save and reload the game.

  Optional package - reduce amount of junk loot

  For all OCD players (like me) that feel the need to pick up everything and are tired of it, FCR3 comes with an option to reduce amount of filler loot. All containers with generic low quality, junk loot tables will be empty unless they are connected with quest or Point of Interest. Drops from killed enemies are not affected. Shop prices are halved to compensate for the loss in items to sell and items that you'll now need to buy. This feature is optional