This addon is a texture/Reshade/weapon pack for Call of The Zone.
Addons Merged:
Tested/Created using DirectX 10/11 though should work with 8-9 though possible editing may be required.
A customized (Re)shader that I am still tweaking is included along with the download. There are plenty of videos and websites that help with how to use it but at the basic level you will press the Home key once the main menu appears and select the CoTZ.ini from the shader preset selection. Do note that there are still some issues being worked out such as outlines of objects showing up when your inventory or PDA is open. Simply use the End key to temporarily disable the shader if it proves an annoyance. Also the game may rarely crash when first starting the game or if you change some graphical options in the game.
FWR CoC Edition has been tested some but not extensively and seems to mostly work other than maybe iron sights have a little too much zoom to them.
I have also edited the starting player loadouts. Most factions start with better stalker suits as well as an AK74 and a Fort with one clip each. However, other than a knife and binoculars that is all you will be starting with. You can delete the player_loadouts.ltx file located in gamedata/config/plugins/ if you wish to use the vanilla CoTZ setup.
It is possible I will continue to edit, expand, and tweak this addon should the demand require it. I understand that this graphical style will not appeal to everyone but I found it pleasing enough that I wanted to share what I have so far.
I also suck with coming up with names for things so apologies for the MGS rip.
![Outer Heaven [CoTZ 1.1]](https://media.moddb.com/images/downloads/1/196/195554/CoTZaton.png)
good work on the mod, although i'm not a fan of the Reshade program mainly because of past issues with the same program on different games, i was able to play the mod without it by putting the Gamedata folder only and it worked perfectly, if you do plan to update it in the near future you should update the Starting load outs, or a non Reshade version but that is up to you.
Thanks, and I'm not a huge fan of using ReShade either though in this instance it does help the game not look so dated. People are free to use the addon without ReShade they simply do not have to use the bin folder provided. I do plan to keep working on it for personal use and I happen to be happy with how it is going I will most likely update this page with it.
No problem, looking forward to future updates !
Nice! will try it after i finish a project for the mod too!
Hopefully you will like it. The graphical visual style won't appeal to everyone and it still has some glitches but I've been enjoying it so far. It makes the game have a different feel in my opinion.
Do I need to start a new game with this mod?
I would start a new game just to be safe. The weapons are the same as in vanilla but they use new animations and properties. But it may be possible to continue a saved game but I'm still new to modding the game and have yet to test it using an old save.
So far it has worked with an old save.
bro just upload the FWR adaptation by itself.
Just download FWR. I didn't change anything other than deleting the atmosfear_options.ltx, axr_options.ltx, and localization.ltx files from gamedata/configs/.
How to fix wrong skin of the gun showing in inventory, like the mp5 smg, shows as as val in inventory, but the description and also in first person is mp5.
Hm. It should be using the same icons and whatnot that vanilla CoTZ uses. Are you using any other gun mods? As far as fixing it you would probably have to edit the UI file in game data/textures/UI I believe. I never messed with it personally.
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FWR? Patrician taste m8, my only gripe with it is the misaligned sights in the UMP and the BM16, and wonky animations in some guns, other wise is magnificent.
Yeah, the gun pack merge could use a bit more love for sure and maybe I'll get around to it eventually though I am debating starting an actual addon that does more but with an installer so people can pick and choose if possible.
The moment i add this mod the game crashes on start up. I get the argument: bad node on heap... something about memory usage and line 63. Whats up with that?
EDIT: it seems to happen after I alter video settings, at least direct x and resolution and restart as instructed. When I just add the mod without changing setting it doesnt CTD.
Also... im getting a text at the top left that says reshade has been updated to a newer version.
edit again: definately the reshade for some reason. I left (bin) out and its fine now.
The Reshade, along with the graphical addons I added, increases the requirements to play the game. I have 16gb of ram and a 2gb graphics card so if you have less than that it could be the reason. But as you have discovered it is also plenty playable without using the Reshade. Eventually I will get around to creating a fully fleshed out addon with optimization in mind that uses a installer so people can pick what they would like to have.
Great mod, its just that the inventory model of the “Freedom radiation suit” don’t match. It’s just 2 random weapon models stacked on top of each other. And yes, I’ve already tried a fresh install but it didn’t work
Same with the gas mask model.
I loaded up an old save btw, maybe that’s part of the problem
edit: It’s a compatibility problem with FWR. In the comments the author said he only deleted some of the files to make it compatible. I did the same. The same issues started occurring