Binary Beam Mid-Boss (0s and 1s in the beam)

The mid-boss beam, but every bit of plasma is made of 0s and 1s.

What it changes

The beam moves exactly like it normally does. I only swapped what the pieces look like:

• The swirling smoke is a cloud of digits.
• The streaks flying along the beam are single digits.
• The impact puffs and sparks spit out digits.
• Extra digits drift inside the beam, spray from the muzzle and peel off the sides.

The core line, haze, glow and lighting are stock. The purple file keeps Valve's colour and brightness.

Pick a colour

Purple is the default. There are also red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue and white files. Install one colour only.

Want something else? Grab the colour picker zip, open the HTML page in your browser (works offline), pick a colour and hit Save VPK. Install the file it gives you like any other.

I've tested purple in game. The other colours are built the same way but I haven't seen them in a match yet, so let me know if anything looks off.

Install

Mod Manager: add the file and enable it.

Manual: close Deadlock, unzip, rename the vpk to pak34_dir.vpk (any free number works) and drop it in Deadlock\game\citadel\addons. Sandbox is the quickest place to check it.

Heads up

• Conflicts with other mods that change the mid-boss beam particles. Model and skin mods for the boss are fine.
• The digits on the outer rope scroll at stock speed, so they shimmer more than read. The big ones inside the beam are the readable ones.
• From far away only the biggest digits read as 0 or 1.
• Client-side only.

Credits

Made by WongBater. All the digit art is drawn in code, no fonts or outside assets. The beam itself is Valve's. Deadlock belongs to Valve.

Changelog

v1.0: first release.