Blackout: More FPS, No Glare | 4:3 Fix, HP Bars — quality of life/fixes for Deadlock
Blackout makes Deadlock darker and cleaner and gives you more FPS. I turned off the lamps on the maps, removed the visual junk and wrote an FPS config. Everything that matters in a fight stays: abilities, warnings, dash trails, hero outlines, fog over the pits, veils. What's inside. Maps: lamps and street lights are off, so no glare, no light spots on walls and no flickering light on heroes. Effects: no glowing decor, muzzle flashes, screen flashes, blood, sky funnels, chimney smoke, puddle shine. Config: no shadows, fog, haze, bloom and post-processing. 4:3 / 3:2 / 16:10 fix: Quick Buy no longer covers the shop tabs, your health bar sits next to the stats. 16:9 is not touched. HP numbers above every health bar, no shaking when hit (optional). Black damage on health bars: heroes, troopers, neutrals, bosses (optional). Two ways to install. 1) The program (recommended). Download "deadlock_blackout_205.zip" with the Download button (not 1-click install), unzip it, close Deadlock and run DeadlockBlackout.exe. Pick what you want and click Install. Then play with the "Deadlock (Blackout)" shortcut on your desktop. If Windows warns you: More info > Run anyway. The "Warning" tag on GameBanana only means the zip has an exe in it. The file is scanned and marked Clean, the source code is in the files below. 2) Mod Manager. Install "blackout_maps_effects" and any of the small ones you want…
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 resurrect and published on GameBanana. We index it here with a link back; the file, the licence (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) and the comment thread stay with the author. Credits
Frequently asked questions
How do I install Blackout: More FPS, No Glare | 4:3 Fix, HP Bars?▾▴
.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 Blackout: More FPS, No Glare | 4:3 Fix, HP Bars 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 2,399 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 Blackout: More FPS, No Glare | 4:3 Fix, HP Bars?▾▴
.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.