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A pack of UI mods
By Deo
To install mod copy zip file into folder \Steam\steamapps\common\Drox Operative\Assets
do not unzip it!
   
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Category: Modding or Configuration
Languages: English
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23 Mar, 2014 @ 10:09pm
26 Apr, 2017 @ 12:24am
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Guide Index
Overview
UI Mods 
Skill mods/Misc 
Auto-attack script 
Comments
UI Mods
http://www.soldak.com/Drox-Operative/Mods/How-to-use-mods.html

First of all, i recommend you to change '\Drox Operative\User\default.cfg' file
set 'zoom' and 'zoomMax' to 3 - this will allow you to zoom further, which is much better way to play
At zoom level 3 it is necessary to use mod 'EntityViewDist' if you want see more monsters/NPCs around the ship
set 'miniMapZoom' to 32 - this will make your minimap show much more info (which actually means more planets). For some reason values 32 and 16(default) only ones which work

here is a list of mods, description, and link to download
this mods does not change game mechanic in any way
Skill mods/Misc
  • Easier enhance
    http://apathysoftworks.com/files/drox/mod_BetterEnhance.zip
    The chance to add socket to the item originally very low, you may spend all you money on one item without result. I've made it a bit easier, and reduced cost a bit.
  • Improved skills - HellFire, Radiation Pulse and Invulnerability Shield
    http://apathysoftworks.com/files/drox/mod_BetterSkills.zip
    I've found this skills too useless so i'm almost 100% sure no one will even try to use them after reading the description. So i fixed this.
    HellFire now is a bit more significant DoT which is usefull when fighting 1-2 tough enemies
    Radiation Pulse - it's an AOE DoT now which debuffs/damage enemies inside the cloud, useful for hordes of weaker enemies
    Invulnerability Shield - it basically had 1000 absorb damage value at lvl 100, 30 sec duration and 1 min cooldown. Thats a bit skimpy considering monsters at lvl 85+ deal you 500-800 dmg per hit. So now it absorb 5000 dmg at lvl 100, have 3 min cooldown and drains some energy from you while active. It looks possible to escape bad situations alive now and worth the equipment slot.
  • Improved fighter bays
    http://apathysoftworks.com/files/drox/mod_skills_BetterFighters.zip
    This mod makes all fighters a bit more healthy and more damaging, so now they can even kill someone accidentally. It also increase max number of bombers to 2, but reduces their max health by ~30%.
  • Fixed missile hacking
    http://apathysoftworks.com/files/drox/mod_skills_FixedMissileHacking.zip
    This mod fixes originally non-working missile hacking items, which just did not react on the missiles.
    Moreover it reduces cooldown to 1.5 sec (from 10),
    It removes hit chance, because most of the items you going to find will have 0% hit chance (this modifier looks broken) or too small to even try to use it.
    However, it has a small chance not to be used and may miss the missile..
    Also, dmg % increases with item level
    And still, even with all improvements this item not looking worth of slot, but it work at least
  • Increased planet health
    http://apathysoftworks.com/files/drox/mod_PlanetHealthIncr.zip
    Planets are weak... they often explode accidentally and do not regenerate in any understandable way. So i've made them a bit more healthy, it make game less nervous
Auto-attack script
I've searched very hard, but could not find a way to make weapons auto-attack enemies using mods.
Looks like only thing you can do about auto-attack is to kill missiles and other projectiles. That is sad.
Why may you need auto-attack feature?
  • Because it's very annoying to hold left and right mouse button 90% of the game time
  • Because max weapons count you can use is TWO - one on LMB and one on RMB.
    Sure you may always place another weapon into another slot, but then you'll need to hold three buttons instead of two, see previous reason
  • Because there is a nasty bug related to weapon speed modifiers.
    If you have component equipped which increase attack speed on all weapons - you'll not get its benefits unless you clicking mouse buttons like a crazy
    Thats it, if you keep holding mouse buttons hoping your weapon strike at the increased speed - it's not, so clear the slot for something else
    This problem makes this component useless.
  • Because auto-attack makes you looking cool
ok, so here is what you need:
- get the "6 more use slots" mod above
- get this[apathysoftworks.com] mod
it removes "not enough energy" message and error sound when you trying to use weapon when no energy
- get this zip[apathysoftworks.com] and unpack it wherever you want (this is not mod!)
inside you'll find two files - one .ahk and one .exe
.ahk is a source if you don't want use exe - requires autohotkey interpreter[ahkscript.org]

This script requires game running in borderless of windowed mode, otherwise it will not work.

1. Run game
2. Run script
3. Once in game - press alt+e to enable auto-attack - it will activate those 6 new slots repeatedly
4. Press alt+x to stop script. It also stops automatically when window loose focus.

If you have skill, you may change hotkeys by modifying "6 more use slots" mod and script
Script is just sending numpad 0-5 keys to the windows everi 10ms, simple as that. So make sure you don't have anything assigned to this keys
13 Comments
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Deo  [author] 4 Jun, 2020 @ 1:20pm 
ok, no problem
Jean 4 Jun, 2020 @ 12:26pm 
Hi. I've posted some of your mods over at the Drox 2 guide section. Let me know if you want me to take them down or change anything like the links.
Jean 14 Mar, 2020 @ 11:22am 
Thanks a lot for this excellent guide.
Deo  [author] 26 Apr, 2017 @ 12:23am 
hi, check this hint
http://www.soldak.com/Drox-Operative/Mods/How-to-use-mods.html
Plastik20xx 25 Apr, 2017 @ 8:37pm 
How do you install these? There's like 6 zip files if you have the expansion and 4 of them have the database subfolder. Am I supposed to just guess and add them to random zip files?
Deo  [author] 29 Jul, 2015 @ 8:40am 
strange
just checked this with steam version and fonts work fine
there must be some difference with non-steam version
ebarstad 29 Jul, 2015 @ 5:50am 
Thanks for the reply. I tried three of them, but they all looked the same. I'm also running the game in English.

Two things: I'm not running the Steam version (just the one from Soldak) and I also have the expansion installed. I tried the mods in both the Drox Assets folder and the Expansion Assets folder, but the result was the same.
Deo  [author] 28 Jul, 2015 @ 9:35pm 
Hm.. May be it depends on language you use, i tested those fonts for english version only. Did you try all font mods or only one specific?
ebarstad 28 Jul, 2015 @ 2:26pm 
Thanks for the mods! For some reason I can't get the font ones to work. If I add any of them to the Assets folder, the in game font just displays as gibberish/symbols, not actual words.
Deo  [author] 20 Jul, 2015 @ 10:22pm 
glad you like it :)