Sinclair
Aurelion Sol Sinclair — Sinclair skins for Deadlock
The stars look very... different today. Felt like bringing one of my favorite characters over from LoL, because seeing my old friend trapped in that game saddened me. New icons, new vfx loosely based on his league counterpart, and a voice over replacement that fully overhauls every voiceline that isn't hyper specific to ping callouts (aka, I didn't replace all of the hundreds of character specific "I see viscous!!!" type of lines. Overall the physics of the base skin look pretty alright, the best I could realistically do considering 80% of his body is cloth physics. I had intended to port a few of his skins over as well, but after doing his Ashen Lord skin and realizing that EVERY SINGLE skin needed different cloth physics, and all had different weight painting I needed to fix, and... ugh. I got really burnt out trying to do Ashen Lord, I was literally going insane. Unless people REALLY want the other skins I don't intend on going back to it now. Ashen Lord looks jank and I've spent maybe 30 hours on the cloth physics trying to fix them pulling my hair out the whole way, soo.... sorry bout that. My favorite part of this mod is honestly just hearing ASol's sassy voice in Deadlock lol.
Compatibility
Model replacements are the first thing to break when Valve edits a skeleton, so re-check after each patch. It conflicts with any other mod replacing the same Sinclair asset — two in the addons folder means whichever loads last wins, and the other one silently does nothing.
Is it safe
It is client-side: the file lives on your machine and other players see the default game. Cosmetic addons have not produced bans, but Deadlock is in active development and nothing about mods is officially supported. Keep a copy of the folder before a patch and remove it if the game stops launching.
Credit
Made by Syrreth_ and published on GameBanana. We index it here with a link back; the file, the licence (Custom terms) and the comment thread stay with the author. Credits
Frequently asked questions
How do I install Aurelion Sol Sinclair?▾▴
.vpk into game/citadel/addons and name it pak01_dir.vpk. That folder only loads once gameinfo.gi lists it, which is a one-time edit — check the install guide.Is Aurelion Sol Sinclair safe to install?▾▴
.vpk is a data archive, not a program, so it cannot execute code the way an installer can. The risk is provenance. This one has 1,413 installs, so a problem would have surfaced on its GameBanana thread. Mods with almost no downloads from accounts with no history have had none of that scrutiny.Will other players see this skin?▾▴
Can I run it alongside other mods?▾▴
pak01_dir.vpk and pak02_dir.vpk installed, pak01 wins and the other does nothing.Does it still work after the latest patch?▾▴
gameinfo.gi and remove your search paths, which stops every manually installed mod at once — redo that edit and they come back. Separately, model replacements break first when Valve edits a skeleton; recolours and HUD mods usually survive. The author posts updates on the GameBanana page.Where does the download come from?▾▴
How do I remove Aurelion Sol Sinclair?▾▴
.vpk from game/citadel/addons, or toggle it off in the Deadlock Mod Manager library. Mods never overwrite game files, so nothing needs repairing afterwards.