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Recommendations: Bugfix Mods

IntroductionWhile the Unofficial Patches for Kenshi targets a number of in-game issues, there are still many bugs within the game. Plenty of mods attempt to address these issues in their own ways, many of which are not utilized by the UPK for various reasons. In order to help promote some of the good work I have come across, I decided it would be best to create a guide for what mods I can recommend to run alongside the UPK, and how they should be installed based on what info I do have.

Before modding Kenshi, read the following article: Proper Load Order & You by Atlas

Consider the link above as required reading before modding the game. Failing to do so may result in frequent crashes and poor optimization for gameplay. This is especially true if you plan on usin...

Noble Hunter Wear Footwear Now

Simple mod that add Wooden Sandals to Noble Hunter because they did not wear it on vanilla, which is weird.

its a roaming squad, no need to import the game

Dont forget to leave thumbs up and subscribe!! have a good one....

Recommendations: Performance Improvement Mods

IntroductionThere are other mods out there that likely will also improve performance drastically. However, I have found many of these mods work by doing things such as cutting down on foliage or removing pieces of terrain in order to work. This guide specifically tries to target many of the issues that plague Kenshi's unstable engine without changing the way the game looks. Please check back regularly, I will try to keep this article up-to-date as this is a continuously improving process.

Before modding Kenshi, read the following articles:


SCARaw's Performance Optimization Guide
Proper Load Order & You by Atlas

Consider the links above as required reading before modding the game. Failing to do so may result in frequent crashes and poor ...

UPK: Frequently Asked Questions

How safe is it to install/uninstall these modules mid-gameplay?
Mods, when installed/uninstalled mid-game always modify data, and therefore run a risk of damaging and potentially corrupting saved gameplay. Kenshi's capability to import saves after mods are added and/or removed will fix several of these issues, but there is no guarantee it will fix everything. Because of this, I highly recommend always testing mods using a brand new game start, or at the very least back up your save game file before installing/uninstalling any mod.

Is the UPK/EN compatible with X mod?
Unless I have checked previously, I have no way of knowing if something is compatible or not. Feel free to let me know, in detail, if you've found an incompatibility somewhere with another mod, I ...

Star Wars: Vehicles Expanded

This mod adds the usage of vehicles in Kenshi as well as 4 new game starts. We have included spawns, functional bounty hunters, mercenaries, traders and thugs using vehicles, as well as Vehicle Factories. This mod requires the Project Kathun mod.

***Vehicles can carry any other NPC, one per vehicle.!!!

--List of Vehicles--
Landspeeder (Blue-white)
Landspeeder (White-blue)
Landspeeder (Green)
Landspeeder (Red-dark)
Landspeeder (Red-light)
Landspeeder (Black)
YT-1300 (White)
YT-1300 (Red)
YT-1300 (Blue)
YT-1300 (Yellow)
YT-1300 (Imperial)
YT-1300 (Millenium Falcon, White)

--Characters--
Lando Calrissian
Anakin Solo
Jaina Solo Fel
Jacen Solo (Darth Caedus)
...

Game Rules

Blind Black Jack
Each player is trying to make 21 on as many of their blind cards they can. They are dealt four cards backside up on the table and five cards on their hand. When it is their turn, they turn any card right side up on their side and try to match a card or more than one card from their hand to make 21 on the opened card.

The hand gets a refill after each turn, but the table cards are only changed after all four blind cards on each player side are used. The winner of the round is decided after both players have used their table cards. The Blind Jack is the mere impossibility of getting four times 21=84, this usually means they cheated.
If none get exact 84, the one closest to 84 points wins. Be it over or under.

Once a blind card is catered t...

Changelog

Version 2.7
- Made Grayflayer Village owned by the Grayflayers. Vanilla Kenshi gameplay has their faction being owned by the Swampers (see https://kenshi.fandom.com/wiki/Grayflayer_Village). This didn't really make sense, especially since one of the override world states has the Swampers take over after the Grayflayers are wiped out. No overrides should be affected by this change.
* Modified the town, 'Grayflayer Village', with the following parameters:
removed faction: Swampers
added faction: Grayflayers

Version 2.6
- There were a number of issues with the windmills that I repositioned at World's End, such as compatibility issues with mods that alter the landscape around the area such as Less Foliage and Rocks x2....

The Mandalorian Description

* The Mandalorians are located in the "Mandalorian Outpost" (old Outcast Research Outpost) in the Eye.
* Added a new faction "The Mandalorians", replacing the original Outcasts from Project Kathun.
* Mandalorian families, Guards and gate guards have their own Mandalorian-coloured armor.
* Armors and stats are balanced for each mandalorian character
* Unique bodies for each canonical character
* Weapons and Armor are selected to resemble the Mandalorian TV series
* Stats and Armor are balanced for each character according to imporance
* You can trade with The Armorer

* Four new game starts:
1. The Mandalorian (Din Djarin): Starting with 2000 cat. at Sho-Battai. The squad starts at Sho-Battai, with Mando, Cara Dune, Cobb Vanth and ...

Project Kathun HQ Starts Description

* Project Kathun (Star Wars Kenshi mod) Faction HQ starts with original squads with their own unique leaders
* All faction descriptions from official kenshi fandom wiki. Also whether the faction is a squad or has available leaders.
* A reasonable amount of cats for each faction depending on Faction category and activities, also balancing gameplay.
* Factions relations recreated from official kenshi fandom wiki. This works with vanilla and any mod.
* All NPCs retain its main AI and jobs. When your characters are not active (no jobs assigned), they'll do the job they are supposed to do.
* All events and quests, as well as alive / death conditions apply for your leaders, as they are unique in the game.
* Race-dependent factions are bounded on races on chara...

The Force Description

New characters:

Jedi Order

Yoda
Luke Skywalker (episode 6)
Qui-Gon Jin
Mace Windu
Ahsoka Tano
Kit Fisto
Rey

Sith Lords & Galactic Empire

Darth Vader
Emperor Palpatine
Revan
Kylo Ren
Grand Moff Tarkin
Savage Opress
Darth Maul

Rebel Alliance

Leia Organa
Admiral Ackbar
C3PO
R5D2

Bounty Hunters (solo)

Han Solo
Chewbacca

Game starts:


Star Wars: The Jedi Order -> starting with 75.000 cat. at the Jedi Hideaway. Composed by the whole Jedi Order.
Star Wars: The Sith Lords -> starting with 150.000 cat. at Heng. Composed by all Sith Lords.
Star Wars: T...

Faction HQ Starts: Features

* 58 Faction HQ squads with unique leaders are included
* All faction descriptions from official kenshi fandom wiki. Also whether the faction is a squad or has available leaders.
* A reasonable amount of cats for each faction depending on Faction category and activities, also balancing gameplay.
* Factions relations recreated from official kenshi fandom wiki. This works with vanilla and any mod.
* All NPCs retain its main AI and jobs. When your characters are not active (no jobs assigned), they'll do the job they are supposed to do.
* All events and quests, as well as alive / death conditions apply for your leaders, as they are unique in the game.
* Race-dependent factions are bounded on races on character selection to retain the lore realism. Say, the ...

Star Wars Desert Tribes (Jawa and Tusken)

This mod adds "Tusken" and "Jawa" races in the world of Kenshi. These races will replace the current NPCs for Dust Bandits (Tusken) and Nomads (Jawa Nomads). This mod uses weapons and items from Project Kathun, although skins, faction changes and game start are standalone.

- 2 New starts added "Jawa Nomad Trader" and "Tusken Raider". The Tusken Raider will start alone with a Tusken Baton and Rifle on the Dust King Tower while the Jawa Nomad Trader will start with a Garru and a R5 Unit Droid.
- Weapons: Tuskens use "Tusken Rifle" and "Tusken Sniper Rifle", while Jawas use the "Jawa ion pistol"
- In the "Tusken Raiders" faction there are "Tusken Raiders" (brown longcoat), "Tusken Marksman" (white cloak) and "Tusken Warrior" (grey dustcoat).
- In the "Jawa Nomads...

Install

This panel is very big, is huuuge, is GIGANTIC!!! No more=) This panel now just... gone=)
How to install:
1: unzip downloaded file
2: go to Kenshi/Data/gui/layout/
3: find original file "Kenshi_MainPanel.layout" and copy this original file to safe place
4: take downloaded unzipped file with same name to "layout" folder.
5: ???
6: YOU ARE AWESOME!!!
7: Play
8: Enjoy
9: Brush your teeth=)...

Alcohol and more for belt RUS

Мод с некоторым юмором. Баланс не нарушается совсем. Разве что можно кактус в "штаны" подкинуть поверженному врагу, чтобы он не так быстро догонял, когда встанет, но там немного атлетика уменьшается совсем, да и предмет больше шуточный, но если вас не устраивает эта шутка - она вам не помешает. Она просто иногда будет попадаться у нового торговца и только. Всего вроде 15 предметов. Все их продаёт Сумасшедший Скелет на базе мятежников неда�...

Thank you

Thank you guys for your time, it's a tricky mod and experiments with hardcoded stuff so I was pretty much limitated. Any help on how to make the island a nice, good-looking island is much appreciated.

For bugs or requeriments you can comment here if you want or start a new topic.

Thank you again :)

- The creator...

UPK: Compatibility and Troubleshooting

Load Order
Currently sorting your load order manually is the recommended way for organizing your mod load order. Atlas's guide, Proper Load Order & You. is the most up-to-date and accurate method for organizing your mod list. Once you have your mod list sorted, backup your mods.cfg file (located in the data folder of your Kenshi game installation), as that is what keeps your load order organized.

The Unofficial Patches for Kenshi (UPK) is intended to correct issues in vanilla gameplay, and therefore follows the Overwrite Rule as outlined in Atlas's guide. You will want to load this mod near the top of your load order, likely the last to be loaded under , and let it be overwritten by other mods.

For the language module, the Unofficial Patches for Kenshi ...

Outsider weapons pack

Weapon pack with 6 new weapons:


Outsider Axe - Two handed axe that is very usefull against the humans and animals but useless against the robots.
Outsider Hummer - A huge hummer that can smash your enemies along with their armor.
Outsider Mace - A club but with sharp edges. Can be usefull against armored enemies.
Outsider Polearm - Polearm with a long range. It can beat enemies on the long distance and it is lighter then Plank.
Outsider Rubach - Using this you can cut enemies by parts.
Outsider Sword - Smaller version of the Rubach but still usefull.

Blueprints for these weapons can be found in weapon shops. The chance of certain weapons appearing depends on the vendor's faction....

How to use SteamCMD to download the original Hive Cybernetics mod on the Steam Workshop

If you don't have the game on steam, downloading workshop mods isn't as simple as using nexus.
There used to be easier ways to download workshop mods through websites, but sadly Valve recently killed most of them, and those that survive often only propose cached, out-of-date versions of the mods.

Fortunately, there is a solution for Kenshi mods : SteamCMD !

Follow THIS LINK FOR OFFICIAL STEAMCMD INSTRUCTIONS

It's not really as hard as it seems if you're on windows !
Follow THIS LINK TO DOWNLOAD, extract it in a new folder where you want to install it, for exemple "C:\steamcmd", and then do this:


Open a Command Prompt and start SteamCMD by entering the following
cd C:\steamcmd
steamcmd
then e...

Running my mods on Linux or Steamdesk

Hellow
i been working for quite some time on reasonable way to run my mods on Steamdesk/linux
Most reasonable solution i found: Thru Wine: https://www.winehq.org
Some people Recommend the Bottles: https://flathub.org/apps/com.usebottles.bottles

it is obvious, but important to mention that Wine is not my application so i can't promise it will always work
This allow you to run windows App thru linux and it will work on my funky installers just aswell :)

This will work on MeshUpdater, but PSO require manual version and PerformanceFix will break
use Water optimizer instead... https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2974077189
Thanks to Discord user Satellite for help and tests for the wine workaround
Ha...

UPK: Credits

Anrhaa for Improved Holy Nation Outlaws Faction Relations
AntiCheatBot for Bonedog Reduced Bite Range
Anzuray for Stop smashing doors hive! Fix
Square for faction relations fixes and the AI/Stat fixes from King AI fix
Azazellz for the Fog Prince Head models in Fog Hunt
bad at games for Shinobi Thieves coexist
Bookhorse for the mesh bugfix in Foodcube is a Lie
CamelSpyd3r for Fishsticks - Gurgler Limb Mod
Cattrina for Vanilla Toe Fix
Elon's Musk for No Hub Shrub
FatalError for Honest Big Grim - Quest Fix
Flandre Mayor for Thieves Guild Stay at home
Forks for several armor and clothing models from Better Floor Models
FrankieWuzHere for Composite Runners + Strings Fix and NPCs actually use their Splin...