Reticle for bows - A mod for Kingdom Come: Deliverance

This extremely simple mod enables the game setting wh_pl_ShowFireCursor, which makes the dot reticle visible even when holding a bow. (By default, the reticle shows only with bare hands and melee weapons.)

Installation

Download a release package or build the mod yourself, then copy the mod directory (reticle_for_bows) inside the game's Mods directory.

This is the tree structure you should have:

<Game install directory>   <-- Depends on your platform.
└── Mods\
    ├── mod_order.txt      <-- Add the mod directory name inside!
    └── reticle_for_bows\
        ├── Data\
        │   └── data.pak
        └── mod.manifest

Finally, ensure that the name of the mod directory is present in mod_order.txt.

That's it.

Development

On Windows, use Powershell to run the helper scripts. 7zip and robocopy are required.

Building

.\build.ps1

➥ Creates the .pak, and put everything together in the build\ directory. This is what you can deploy or distribute.

Deploying in the game

.\deploy.ps1

➥ Runs the build script, then copies the mod files to the game's Mods\ directory, and adds an entry to mod_order.txt if needed.

Creating a release package

.\release.ps1

➥ Runs the build script, then packages the mod files from build\ into a .zip archive using this naming scheme: <mod name> v<version>.zip. Release packages are stored in the releases\ directory. This is the package you should submit to a mod hosting platform.

Multiple similar mods already exist, why create a new one?

With this little project I just wanted to learn how to make a basic mod for Kingdom Come: Deliverance. 🙂

An additional motivation to make this mod is that this one does not require any further action from the player (you), unlike other similar mods that require editing a user.cfg or an autoexec.cfg. Consequently, they are not compatible with Vortex (Nexus' mod manager). This one is plug-and-play!