Inventory Expansion Anti-Squish Patch

Inventory Expansion Anti-Squish Patch

Darkest Dungeon
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Enhance Your Darkest Dungeon UI with the Inventory Expansion Anti-Squish Patch

Are you tired of certain UI elements in Darkest Dungeon feeling a bit too compressed? The Inventory Expansion Anti-Squish Patch aims to resolve this visual annoyance, offering a cleaner and more aesthetically pleasing experience for your most-used inventory items and icons.

A More Natural Visual Presentation

This mod addresses the often “squished” appearance of icons when using the popular Inventory Expansion mod. Instead of simply forcing every icon into a uniform square, the Anti-Squish Patch intelligently crops and rescales them. This results in a more natural and visually appealing presentation for a variety of critical in-game assets.

Key Features and Improvements

The Anti-Squish Patch meticulously revises a selection of the most frequently encountered icons, ensuring a significant visual upgrade. Key elements that benefit from this treatment include:

  • Essential supply items like herbs and holy water.
  • A selection of modded trinkets for improved clarity.
  • Gems, with special consideration for stacking icon compatibility.
  • Gold and general provisions.
  • The ‘use_inventory.png’ icon found on curios.
  • All four base heirlooms vital for estate progression.

Prioritized Visual Polish

The creator of this patch has focused on the icons that have the most impact on your day-to-day adventuring. While not every single icon has been altered, the most prominent and frequently seen have been given careful attention. Icons for estate items, journal pages, quest items, or shards have been intentionally excluded, as they were deemed less impactful on the core gameplay experience. However, community feedback may influence future updates.

Load Order and Compatibility

To ensure proper functionality, the Inventory Expansion Anti-Squish Patch requires the Inventory Expansion mod, or any similar inventory-altering mod that utilizes 72x72px icons. It is crucial to load this patch *above* Inventory Expansion and any other related patches. Placing it near the top of your load order is recommended for optimal performance. The mod achieves its effects by overwriting specific image files within the game’s UI directories.

Additionally, this patch includes icon support for trinkets and rarity boxes from “The Advent of The Ghost,” even if the original mod did not. This provides a more cohesive visual experience. The optimization of PNG files helps maintain manageable file sizes without sacrificing visual quality.

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