Clean FX: Low-Particle FPS Pack — gameplay modifications for Deadlock
Clean FX boosts your FPS in Deadlock by removing visual clutter, without making abilities unreadable. What it does. Removes bullet tracers for all heroes. Removes Wraith's card effects. Cuts decorative ability effects: smoke, sparks, embers, glow, trails, debris and similar. Keeps the main shape of abilities (projectiles, areas, rings), zones, walls, barriers and warning/telegraph effects, so you can still see what the enemy cast and where to avoid. Installation. Download and unzip the file. You get pak99_dir.vpk. Put it in steamapps/common/Deadlock/game/citadel/addons/. Make sure the line Game citadel/addons in gameinfo.gi has no // in front. If you already have a pak98_dir.vpk, rename this one to a free number (for example pak50_dir.vpk). Launch the game from Steam. Notes. Client-side visual mod only. It doesn't change gameplay. Game patches may break it or restore effects. Re-download after updates. Если нужна помощь на русском или на английском, пишите в Discord: [fluxreal.]. Need help in Russian or English? Message me on Discord: fluxreal..
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 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 Tonytonymm and published on GameBanana. We index it here with a link back; the file, the licence (Tony montana) and the comment thread stay with the author. Credits
Frequently asked questions
How do I install Clean FX: Low-Particle FPS Pack?▾▴
.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 Clean FX: Low-Particle FPS Pack 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 284 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 mod?▾▴
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 Clean FX: Low-Particle FPS Pack?▾▴
.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.