Spiral's Item Icon replacement — hud for Deadlock
An Untitled Spiral's Item Icon Replacement We couldn't choose between that name, Slightly less worse items, or Project Togenashi, so we picked that one. tldr on bottom What is it? This is of course an another item icons replacement. Me and my mates brainstormed on how we're gonna replace the entire Item shop with pictures that references many elements of the Internet.... which mostly consists of the stuff in our domain... sorry... Suggestions are always welcome. Also, we replaced ALL items. Yes, even scrapped Street Brawl items. Also added sounds for select items. What makes it different from the other mods out there? What makes it different from other mods is that: We try to follow the color scheme of each categories, so Vitality has green majority, Weapon, amber majority and Spirit has purple majority, with different tier having different brightness of the solid color background, if able to. We also tend to avoid text-heavy icons that is common is most meme images. Hell, we didnt even add that much meme images. This makes the icons somewhat more readable. We tested this btw Items that has an obvious upgrade path will has the same theme. For example, all Extra Samina upgrades will have a picture of a "horse", or CPUs for Extra Spirit upgrades, wristwatches for CD items, etc. This follows the same design philosophy as vanilla did. We know referencing the original art is cool an…
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 SpiralNuggets 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 Spiral's Item Icon replacement?▾▴
.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 Spiral's Item Icon replacement 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 1,461 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 Spiral's Item Icon replacement?▾▴
.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.