Minimized
A minimized viewmodel essentially moves your weapon viewmodel lower, allowing you to see more of your screen, without necessarily making your weapon go away.
This mod does not have a Northstar version. That being said, it should still work fine.
You can check out a short video of this mod here:
How does it look?
When repositioning the weapons I tried to make it like how the option in Team Fortress 2 works. I also wanted to make sure the pro-screen and ammo counter for all weapons was still visible (you still wanna see the nice detail of your gun right?).
Thankfully, you don't have to worry about your shots coming out of the gun weird, it still looks fine. The ADS animation also works totally fine.
(You can see every change for each viewmodel here: https://imgur.com/a/8Iw8u5H)
What viewmodels aren't changed by this mod?
This mod does not change viewmodels for single player. If you want it to, you can simply copy each text file's viewmodel_offset_hip and/or viewmodel_offset_ads and paste it into the SP_BASE area the same way it's in the MP_BASE area. For changes to work in SP, you first have to go into a match in MP. I have no idea why this is the case. Overhead abilities (cluster missile, energy siphon, laser shot, etc.) are currently unchanged. Ronin's sword block and arc wave are currently unchanged. This mod does not change any ADS viewmodels that actually aim down sights. Weapons like the grenadiers or titan weapons do have their ADS viewmodels modified.
How do I get it?
Remember to backup any files you're replacing first!
There are 2 methods to installing vpk mods: 1) Assuming this is the only mod you want/have, you can simply download the vpks and insert them into your vpk folder, replacing the old ones. The vpks you will be replacing are called: englishclient_mp_common.bsp.pak000_dir.vpk client_mp_common.bsp.pak000_228.vpk
Normally a 228.vpk won't exist unless you've already installed other mods. To directly download the vpks and replace, download this:
Simply unpack the zip file, go to your game directory, open the vpk folder, and drop these in. If an error appears in-game after doing that, try using step 2 instead (put your old vpks back in first)
2) If you have other mods that change vpks, you'll have to unpack the vpk (if you haven't already), replace the necessary files, and repack it. This download shows the file path that you'll be following to find the files you need. Just like with the other one, you'll drag and drop the new files where the old ones are, and replace.
If you don't know how to unpack/repack the vpk, go here:
[broken link]
Are there any downsides to this mod?
You'll never wanna go back! OoOoOoOoOoO. Nah but the only real downside I can think of is that for some weapons the animations might look a bit funky. (ex. https://imgur.com/a/m6k8miM the clip magically appears into existence)
Changelog
Any changes to the mod will be shown here:
v1.1 - October 16th 2021 Replaced download options with RSPNVPK versions, downloads should be much smaller and easier to install. Updated other parts of this page.
v1.0.1 - June 10th 2021 Accidentally gave the Flatline a different ADS viewmodel, fixed.
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