Hero Reveal Animations (30 Heroes) — hud for Deadlock
Deadlock ships an unused "hero reveal" animation for 30 heroes. Each one is a short, cinematic entrance with its own animated camera, built for a reveal screen the game doesn't use yet. This mod plays those reveals in the menus. Hover a hero on the hero select / roster screen, or see them on the main menu, and they play their reveal in place of the static pose. Valve's animations, untouched. The camera work from each reveal is converted to play through the menu's fixed camera, so you see the shots Valve framed. Pick your heroes. Every hero is a separate file, so you can mix and match. Cloth works. Coats, chains, hair and capes keep simulating during the reveal instead of freezing or stretching. Included heroes: Abrams, Apollo, Bebop, Billy, Calico, Celeste, Drifter, Dynamo, Graves, Haze, Infernus, Ivy, Kelvin, Lady Geist, Lash, McGinnis, Mina, Mo & Krill, Paige, Paradox, Pocket, Rem, Seven, Silver, The Doorman, Venator, Victor, Vindicta, Warden, Wraith. Installation: Download and extract the zip. It contains one .vpk per hero. Copy the heroes you want into Steam\steamapps\common\Deadlock\game\citadel\addons\. Rename each copied file to a free pakNN_dir.vpk slot, for example pak70_dir.vpk or pak71_dir.vpk . Each hero needs its own number. To remove a hero's reveal, delete its file. Compatibility: Each file also replaces that hero's model, which enables the cloth fix. It conflict…
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 velvetfog 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 Hero Reveal Animations (30 Heroes)?▾▴
.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 Hero Reveal Animations (30 Heroes) 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 365 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 Hero Reveal Animations (30 Heroes)?▾▴
.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.