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*created 1/9/2012 by kcVIP
*Mail kcVIP in game if you have questions.

*NOTE you must run this after every patch.

Sick of all the pretty lights when using bombs? Do bombers bomb flashes annoy the ever living daylights out of you? Well it just so happens that I can fix that. Follow these simple instructions and remove that annoying bright flash from Nitronome, the obnoxious spikes from DBB, and just about every large flash bomb.

• WINDOWS
• STEP 1

Locate the explosions folder from the "spiral knights" root folder

...\spiral knights\rsrc\particle\explosion

• STEP 2

Right click inside the explosion folder and create a new text document. Now open the text document and copy pasta this text inside of it.

::bomb flash removal####################################################################################################
REN rsrc\particle\explosion\bomb_areaexplosion.dat bomb_areaexplosion_orig.dat
copy /b rsrc\particle\explosion\sword_part_sealedstatus-circle.dat rsrc\particle\explosion\bomb_areaexplosion.dat

REN rsrc\particle\explosion\bomb_snarbarb.dat bomb_snarbarb_orig.dat
copy /b rsrc\particle\explosion\sword_part_sealedstatus-circle.dat rsrc\particle\explosion\bomb_snarbarb.dat

REN rsrc\particle\explosion\part_bomb_areaexplosion.dat part_bomb_areaexplosion_orig.dat
copy /b rsrc\particle\explosion\sword_part_sealedstatus-circle.dat rsrc\particle\explosion\part_comb_areaexplosion.dat

REN rsrc\particle\explosion\shard_blast.dat shard_blast_orig.dat
copy /b rsrc\particle\explosion\sword_part_sealedstatus-circle.dat rsrc\particle\explosion\shard_blast.dat

REN rsrc\particle\explosion\simple.dat simple_orig.dat
copy /b rsrc\particle\explosion\sword_part_sealedstatus-circle.dat rsrc\particle\explosion\simple.dat

REN rsrc\particle\explosion\simple_recolor.dat simple_recolor_orig.dat
copy /b rsrc\particle\explosion\sword_part_sealedstatus-circle.dat rsrc\particle\explosion\simple_recolor.dat

::Pulsar large glow removal#############################################################################################
REN rsrc\particle\bullet\bullet_pulsar-scale.dat bullet_pulsar-scale_orig.dat
copy /b rsrc\particle\explosion\sword_part_sealedstatus-circle.dat rsrc\particle\bullet\bullet_pulsar-scale.dat

REN rsrc\particle\bullet\part_pulsar-wave.dat part_pulsar-wave_orig.dat
copy /b rsrc\particle\explosion\sword_part_sealedstatus-circle.dat rsrc\particle\bullet\part_pulsar-wave.dat

• STEP 3

Now you need to go file/SAVE AS and name the file "bombfix.bat" (without quotes) and save it.

• STEP 4

Now run your newly created "bombfix.bat" file ONE TIME and it will swap out the large flashy screen-hindering blasts with what looks to be a simple breeze.

• STEP 5

If you did this while SK was running, close SK and relaunch it. The settings will take place, and it will remove that awful brightness from blast bombs. Enjoy!

• MAC USERS

Figure it out yourself. I don't support MAC/Apple products ;) .

*created 1/9/2012 by kcVIP
*Mail kcVIP in game if you have questions.

Are you sick of getting pwned by lag or just want your game to run smoother? I have a few minor tweaks you can do to your game to lighten up the load the game puts on your computer.

• STEP 1

Navigate to your root SK folder

• STEP 2

Go to these folders and simply add "ooo" to the end of each of the folder or file names names(ex "scheme_high test").

ren rsrc\particle\ambient_bladetrail-thin.dat disabled_ambient_bladetrail-thin.dat
ren rsrc\particle\ambient_bloogatoaura.dat disabled_ambient_bloogatoaura.dat
ren rsrc\particle\ambient_bloogatoaura_model.dat disabled_ambient_bloogatoaura_model.dat
ren rsrc\particle\ambient_boltsphere.dat disabled_ambient_boltsphere.dat
ren rsrc\particle\ambient_bramble_gleam.dat disabled_ren ambient_bramble_gleam.dat
ren rsrc\particle\ambient_bubbleshield.dat disabled_ambient_bubbleshield.dat
ren rsrc\particle\ambient_bubbles_cyan.dat disabled_ambient_bubbles_cyan.dat
ren rsrc\particle\ambient_calibursparkle.dat disabled_ambient_calibursparkle.dat
ren rsrc\particle\ambient_clipboarddroppings.dat disabled_ambient_clipboarddroppings.dat
ren rsrc\particle\ambient_coffeesteam.dat disabled_ambient_coffeesteam.dat
ren rsrc\particle\ambient_coin.dat disabled_ambient_coin.dat
ren rsrc\particle\ambient_coldironaura_dg.dat disabled_ambient_coldironaura_dg.dat
ren rsrc\particle\ambient_colorizationglow-billboard.dat disabled_ambient_colorizationglow-billboard.dat
ren rsrc\particle\ambient_colorizationglow.dat disabled_ambient_colorizationglow.dat
ren rsrc\particle\ambient_eyeglow-pc-soft.dat disabled_ambient_eyeglow-pc-soft.dat
ren rsrc\particle\ambient_eyeglow-pc.dat disabled_ambient_eyeglow-pc.dat
ren rsrc\particle\ambient_fangofvog.dat disabled_ambient_fangofvog.dat
ren rsrc\particle\ambient_fireflies.dat disabled_ambient_fireflies.dat
ren rsrc\particle\ambient_flowerpollen.dat disabled_ambient_flowerpollen.dat
ren rsrc\particle\ambient_frozenswordaura.dat disabled_ambient_frozenswordaura.dat
ren rsrc\particle\ambient_gasfield.dat disabled_ambient_gasfield.dat
ren rsrc\particle\ambient_groundsnow.dat disabled_ambient_groundsnow.dat
ren rsrc\particle\ambient_halo-shadow.dat disabled_ambient_halo-shadow.dat
ren rsrc\particle\ambient_halo.dat disabled_ambient_halo.dat
ren rsrc\particle\ambient_heat.dat disabled_ambient_heat.dat
ren rsrc\particle\ambient_itemdrop.dat disabled_ambient_itemdrop.dat
ren rsrc\particle\ambient_itemdrop_aura.dat disabled_ambient_itemdrop_aura.dat
ren rsrc\particle\ambient_jellytrail.dat disabled_ambient_jellytrail.dat
ren rsrc\particle\ambient_lazer-end.dat disabled_ambient_lazer-end.dat
ren rsrc\particle\ambient_litter_leavesblow.dat disabled_ambient_litter_leavesblow.dat
ren rsrc\particle\ambient_litter_paperblow.dat disabled_ambient_litter_paperblow.dat
ren rsrc\particle\ambient_localsnow.dat disabled_ambient_localsnow.dat
ren rsrc\particle\ambient_loveaura.dat disabled_ambient_loveaura.dat
ren rsrc\particle\ambient_menderrenew.dat disabled_ambient_menderrenew.dat
ren rsrc\particle\ambient_moths.dat disabled_ambient_moths.dat
ren rsrc\particle\ambient_oozepour.dat disabled_ambient_oozepour.dat
ren rsrc\particle\ambient_oresparkle.dat disabled_ambient_oresparkle.dat
ren rsrc\particle\ambient_partyzone.dat disabled_ambient_partyzone.dat
ren rsrc\particle\ambient_poisondrip.dat disabled_ambient_poisondrip.dat
ren rsrc\particle\ambient_reaperaura.dat disabled_ambient_reaperaura.dat
ren rsrc\particle\ambient_roadflare.dat disabled_ambient_roadflare.dat
ren rsrc\particle\ambient_royaltantrum.dat disabled_ambient_royaltantrum.dat
ren rsrc\particle\ambient_safezone.dat disabled_ambient_safezone.dat
ren rsrc\particle\ambient_schemed-bloogatoaura.dat disabled_ambient_schemed-bloogatoaura.dat
ren rsrc\particle\ambient_sealedcrs.dat disabled_ambient_sealedcrs.dat
ren rsrc\particle\ambient_sealsfalling.dat disabled_ambient_sealsfalling.dat
ren rsrc\particle\ambient_shadowaura.dat disabled_ambient_shadowaura.dat
ren rsrc\particle\ambient_shadow_glow.dat disabled_ambient_shadow_glow.dat
ren rsrc\particle\ambient_siegerubble.dat disabled_ambient_siegerubble.dat
ren rsrc\particle\ambient_simpleglow.dat disabled_ambient_simpleglow.dat
ren rsrc\particle\ambient_simpleglow_manual.dat disabled_ambient_simpleglow_manual.dat
ren rsrc\particle\ambient_simpleglow_manual_nooffset.dat disabled_ambient_simpleglow_manual_nooffset.dat
ren rsrc\particle\ambient_sloomaura.dat disabled_ambient_sloomaura.dat
ren rsrc\particle\ambient_smokensparks.dat disabled_ambient_smokensparks.dat
ren rsrc\particle\ambient_smokeplume.dat disabled_ambient_smokeplume.dat
ren rsrc\particle\ambient_snarbshadow.dat disabled_ambient_snarbshadow.dat
ren rsrc\particle\ambient_sparkles.dat disabled_ambient_sparkles.dat
ren rsrc\particle\ambient_steamer.dat disabled_ambient_steamer.dat
ren rsrc\particle\ambient_steampipe.dat disabled_ambient_steampipe.dat
ren rsrc\particle\ambient_steampuff.dat disabled_ambient_steampuff.dat
ren rsrc\particle\ambient_stickytarget.dat disabled_ambient_stickytarget.dat
ren rsrc\particle\ambient_tailpipe.dat disabled_ambient_tailpipe.dat
ren rsrc\particle\ambient_torch.dat disabled_ambient_torch.dat
ren rsrc\particle\ambient_vortexdisk.dat disabled_ambient_vortexdisk.dat
ren rsrc\particle\ambient_warningflash.dat disabled_ambient_warningflash.dat
ren rsrc\particle\aura_blastshield.dat disabled_aura_blastshield.dat
ren rsrc\particle\charging_release-shockwave.dat disabled_charging_release-shockwave.dat
ren rsrc\particle\part_ambient_colorizationglow-hd.dat disabled_part_ambient_colorizationglow-hd.dat
ren rsrc\particle\part_ambient_colorizationglow-ld.dat disabled_part_ambient_colorizationglow-ld.dat
ren rsrc\particle\part_coin_sparkles.dat disabled_part_coin_sparkles.dat
ren rsrc\particle\tree_top.dat disabled_tree_top.dat
ren rsrc\particle\world_floatingembers.dat disabled_world_floatingembers.dat
ren rsrc\particle\world_lightning.dat disabled_world_lightning.dat
ren rsrc\particle\world_snipeflight.dat disabled_world_snipeflight.dat
ren rsrc\particle\world_snow.dat disabled_world_snow.dat
ren rsrc\particle\world_spiral_wind.dat disabled_world_spiral_wind.dat
ren rsrc\particle\world_starfall.dat disabled_world_starfall.dat
ren rsrc\particle\world_treasurefetti.dat disabled_world_treasurefetti.dat
ren rsrc\particle\scheme_high disabled_scheme_high
ren rsrc\particle\scheme_low disabled_scheme_low
ren rsrc\particle\skybox disabled_skybox
ren rsrc\lights disabled_lights
ren rsrc\world\skybox disabled_skybox

• STEP 3

If you made these changes while SK was running, restart SK to get the reduction in graphics. You can experiment by removing files from the game that only add a little bit of glamor to the game, that don't really do much to the game mechanics to enhance your gameplay on a low end machine.