Disclaimer: The author keeps no responsibility for any strange errors within your game should you use this mod. Many changes were made as a matter of preference, while attempting to stay true to the original text. All changes are text-only and are made in-line, and while typos are possible, nothing contained in these files is capable of breaking your game or your character!

Originally posted by Megapull_Neocore:

Just adding that we do not provide support for anyone who edits the game files, so use these at your own risk.

Multiplayer Disclaimer: Any editing of files in any way will change your version checksum. In simplest terms, this means that while using any mod or collection of mods changing Van Helsing: Final Cut, you may only play with people who also have the exact same setup of mod(s).

Current Compatible Game Version: 1.0.4
-- CURRENTLY INCOMPATIBLE WITH Van Helsing Enhanced. Patch incoming! --

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DESCRIPTION
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Back during the Final Cut beta, I spent a great deal of time (all in all roughly about 25 hours spread over several days) going through the skill descriptions and trying to tune things up a bit. Some descriptions were worded oddly, some were confusing, some had typos or were missing punctuation. Some were strangely long considering the information they delivered, others were so short they felt like spreadsheet shorthand. While everyone else was posting bugs, I figured I'd give my inner English teacher an escape.

Sadly, my changes weren't used. The devs were still tweaking skills, moving things around, changing things outright, that sort of thing. While they thanked me for the work, they ended up not being able to spare the time to go through my changes during crunch time. So I figured, hey, they kept the file structure the way it is, why not update my files to the current release and post them myself? Maybe someday they'll be incorporated by default, but for now, I have the spare time to keep them up to date!

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FILES
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Current Compatible Game Version: 1.0.4
-= Download here![drive.google.com] =-
All versions can be found here. Be sure to use ONLY the version meant for your version of the game. Using an older or newer version will mean that some skills may not do what they say they do!
-- CURRENTLY INCOMPATIBLE WITH Van Helsing Enhanced. Patch incoming! --

Extract the zip file, copying the "Strings" folder to:
...\steamapps\common\The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing Final Cut
(Or wherever you may have installed it.)

Backup defaults of the associated version are provided if you wish to uninstall. If doing so, you need to copy them into:
...\steamapps\common\The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing Final Cut\Strings\Eng\Langs

You should NOT need to uninstall this mod if a new version arrives. Steam should detect the modified files and automatically overwrite them with new versions. However, you cannot use old versions of the mod with a new update! I should be able to make updates within a day or two of a patch release, in the mean time your skills will still work just fine.

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CHANGELOGS
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Most Recent: Found alongside the downloadable zip file.
Older: Archived Here[drive.google.com]

Significant Mention for 1.0.2 onwards:
Mention of "Block" in relation to the Deflect mechanic has been changed to "Deflect". Required some slight rewording. Blocking now specifically refers to the Protector skills of Shield Block and Lesser Shield Block. There were a few I didn't want to change, as I wasn't sure what they were referring to directly. If you see anything "Block" that seems to be affecting the Deflect mechanic, please let me know in the comments.

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METHODOLOGY AND THEMES
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Major Themes:
- Grammar and punctuation consistency.
- Uniform descriptions (skills/upgrades/powerups with similar effects also worded similarly).
- Many descriptions adjusted to be more verbose, either to lessen potential confusion or to fit the game's overall tone more closely.
- Plurality changes made, always assuming the plural form is priority.
(eg. "Target is stunned for 1/2/3 second" becomes "for 1/2/3 seconds".)
- Shorthand descriptions replaced with more descriptive, less jarring ones, because why draw players in with poetic dialog then throw spreadsheet shorthand at them?
(eg. Replacing "+%damagebonus_ Damage" with "Damage is increased by %damagebonus_", etc.)
- Odd spellings that are thematic and not strictly typos are unchanged.
(eg. "Elyctric".)

Minor Preferences: (Changes here are made when something feels uncomfortable.)
- "Target" rather than "Enemy" for attacks, or where sounding appropriate. Mostly single, directly targeted attacks, with exceptions.
(eg. Strike: Outgoing attack. Enemy is directly targeted. "Attack ignores __% of target's Physical Resistance")
- "Enemy" rather than "Target" for incidental effects, or where sounding appropriate. Mostly area-of-effect attacks or abilities, with exceptions.
(eg. Frost Sphere: AoE ability on self. Enemy not directly targeted. "Creates a protective frost sphere ... Enemies also have their movement slowed.")
(eg. Cleave - Mighty Swing: Outgoing attack. Enemies are directly targeted. "Enemies struck ..." sounds better than "Targets ..." or "Targets struck ...".)
- "Decreased" replaced with "Reduced" in appropriate cases.
- Removed plus (+) signs from most abilities that add additional or increased effect, for double positive redundancy reasons. Would remove double negatives, but cannot, as they're part of skill scripting and not the display strings.

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KNOWN ISSUES
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v 1.0.4
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- Negative (-) signs being used in certain skills and not in others. Causes double negatives in some places. Clarification changes not included. Skill data may need to be changed? Not touching these myself.
* eg. Stormstrike - Raging Storm: "Stormstrike powerups cost 2 less Rage." / stormstrike_m1.cfg: "action[0].mod.values=-2.0,0" , "action[0].mod.tagmul=-1.0"
* eg. Smashing Blow - Wrath of Mind: "Activating powerups costs -1/-2/-3 less Rage." / gigaBash_powerupCost.cfg: "action[0].mod.values=-1.0". Needs added "action[0].mod.tagmul=-1.0"?
(Solution: Edit skill stript files. Currently outside scope of project, not string controlled.)

- Skills are not formatted properly.
* Any skill mastery that uses the <effect#> tag has no line break between that string and the Skill Point Cost. Potentially stemming from <effect#> tags in base skills no longer being double-spaced?
Example: http://i.imgur.com/JZaJXN6.png
(Solution: Unknown. Standard XML line break attempts failed. Assumed to have to do with the new skill popup formatting design; not controlled by Lang_Skills XML files.)

- [Constructor - Deploy Turret - Concussive Ammunition]
* Description's called variable does not have a percentage (%) sign included in the variable.
(Solution: Included as part of the modified string, as a temporary fix.)

- [Bounty Hunter - Icicle Shot - Touch of the North]
* Description references variable "%dot_", which doesn't exist. Correct tag is "%bleeding_".
(Solution: Replace "%dot_" with "%bleeding_" in string. Has been incorporated into mod.)

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MY MODS
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Protector Durability Improvement
Maybe now your Protector can take a hit or three!
Skill Description Tweaks
English spelling, punctuation, and clarification tweaks galore!