Natural Selection 2

Natural Selection 2

Minimal Alien Vision
111 Comments
Adem 4 Jan, 2023 @ 1:40pm 
I use it since years and recommend it. I also find it easier seeing explosion of nades better than in some other alien visions.
pip boy 7 Jan, 2022 @ 1:12am 
do people still recommend this?
FryMyThighs 29 Jul, 2020 @ 3:30pm 
Here I am wondering how people see me hiding.
Huze  [author] 10 Jan, 2015 @ 3:29pm 
yeah man
Harolf 9 Jan, 2015 @ 12:11pm 
Its sad that this shit is one of the most downloaded mods...
RIPPER202-MAGA 30 Oct, 2014 @ 4:51pm 
great mod, use it all the time!
NoM 25 Sep, 2014 @ 3:25pm 
Could you please make it reversed. <3
OSNK 6 Jun, 2014 @ 10:31am 
ah so this is how they see me taking a piss inside a bush, why just why...
Huze  [author] 22 May, 2014 @ 11:52pm 
why?
IronHorse  [developer] 22 May, 2014 @ 7:14pm 
This may need an update
Птсы не главное 10 Feb, 2014 @ 9:09am 
Как поставить? Помогите. Я не силен в английском
Winnie 3 Feb, 2014 @ 8:41am 
Last time I used this, it was still impossible to see in the dark. Has this changed at all? :mac:
ÜberSomething 8 Jan, 2014 @ 1:33pm 
"Starts on but can be toggled off?" -> yes please, that would be perfect
Stock 8 Jan, 2014 @ 10:49am 
You forgot to add the mod's code in the description!
It's 5E4C7A6
Raw Moose 14 Dec, 2013 @ 1:36pm 
Haha, that's exactly perfect, thank you.
Huze  [author] 13 Dec, 2013 @ 8:48am 
Would everyone be happy if I made it reversed? Starts on but can be toggled off?
Raw Moose 13 Dec, 2013 @ 1:50am 
Is there a way to make it non-toggleable manually?
Huze  [author] 5 Dec, 2013 @ 7:39pm 
Updated to be toggleable again.
Captain Frosty 2 Dec, 2013 @ 5:53pm 
duz this make seeing in the dark easier or harder?
Nazo 24 Nov, 2013 @ 8:48pm 
Congrats on your mod being officaly added in 261 (maybe with few changes

http://forums.unknownworlds.com/discussion/comment/2168238/#Comment_2168238

:welder::macface::alienlogo:
Huze  [author] 24 Sep, 2013 @ 8:49am 
This is the second oldest NS2 steam workshop mod. Now just turned 1 year old! :)
Chris 23 Sep, 2013 @ 8:35am 
time to cheat!
Jekt 17 Sep, 2013 @ 4:10am 
yeah theres no on / off toggle with this :/
Gwenodai 14 Sep, 2013 @ 6:55am 
I can't turn of alien vision now. Help please.
nickwithtea 5 Sep, 2013 @ 6:35am 
any chance you can release a new AV with everything greyscale and marines/structures highlighted green, I'd do it myself if I knew how
Jekt 3 Sep, 2013 @ 5:16am 
when alien vision if off, can it just show nothing highlighted? I want a clean alien vision again.
SanCo 1 Sep, 2013 @ 6:32am 
Good to see that this finally works xD I hope they don't go around patching it just to be douchebags. I'll definitely use this it's infinitely better than just outlines when a huge group atk happens.

Thanks.
Muninn 1 Sep, 2013 @ 2:27am 
figured id let you know, since you were nice enough to reply and help. i had been running in OpenGL, since the game is too choppy to run currently in either DX mode. on whim i swapped to DX11 and the mod worked fine, so alls well. ^^ once performance is patched back up, definately gonna keep it around for use.
Muninn 30 Aug, 2013 @ 4:02am 
oh, i found that folder. i completely deleted it and all its files within it prior to reinstalling to no avail.

allright. ill give tech support a looksee later after work, then. thanks for the assistance ^^
Huze  [author] 30 Aug, 2013 @ 2:33am 
You literally just paste that into your explorer and it will take you to the folder. It navigates to your AppData folder "C:\Users\NAME\AppData\Roaming\Natural Selection 2"

If the normal alien vision glow isn't showing up either it sounds like a problem with the renderer, not my mod. You may want to try posting over at the tech support forums http://forums.unknownworlds.com/categories/technical-support
Muninn 30 Aug, 2013 @ 12:14am 
i cant find any folder or file with that name anywhere. where is it located? a search of C: found nothing. the only one i know of was in C:/users/<name>/Natural selection 2, which i deleted completely before reinstalling.

also currently in GL, since the game stutters in DX9 or 11 modes after the last patch, if that has any impact. the 'obnoxious orange' vision DOES work with the mod disabled, however the 'constant glow' sposedly in place in normal view was not prior as well as post reinstallation.
Huze  [author] 29 Aug, 2013 @ 11:51pm 
I'm assuming AV works with the mod disabled? Also try switching renderers in your options, and if none of that works, give me your log.txt from %appdata%\Natural Selection 2
Huze  [author] 29 Aug, 2013 @ 11:48pm 
I doubt it would be consistency checks. Reinstalling the game isn't going to clear out your shader cache. Did you try clearing it out? %appdata%\Natural Selection 2\cache
Muninn 29 Aug, 2013 @ 11:09pm 
just uninstalled the game, completely deleted the Natural Selection 2 folder in the users folder of my system, and deleted the old folder in the Steam directory. reinstalled. DLed mods anew, and it still did not work in training practice, even with it listed in the load screen. is the consistancy on by default in the training mode? if so, there a way to turn it off? or any other ideas?
Huze  [author] 29 Aug, 2013 @ 9:43pm 
If it's listed as active on the load screen then it should show up. You could try clearing out your shader cache %appdata%\Natural Selection 2\cache
Muninn 29 Aug, 2013 @ 9:30pm 
just tried a training match with bots with this active, and it had no effect. no glows, no colorations, nothing. not sure if its the mod *which is active in the menu and listed as active on the load screen* or my settings?

i liked old alien vision. i honestly cant tell marines from the background before im dead without the extreme color contrast x_x;
Huze  [author] 27 Aug, 2013 @ 10:27pm 
Updated for 252. It should look almost exactly the same, and will now just be always on. Activating dark vision does nothing at the moment; I'll add something else later.
Writer Has Breached Containment 7 Aug, 2013 @ 6:17am 
Thank you! I hated the over-covering alien vision.
Soylent 3 Aug, 2013 @ 6:53am 
This is slightly less useful than the original alien vision built into the game, particularly when a room is unlit or redlit, so it's hardly some kind of cheat.

The reason you'd use this is that the original alien vision makes NS2 look graphically worse than NS1; it's that bad. Lots of shimering along tiny cracks and alpha tested textures, everything looks faceted, polygonal and puke green.
Piratebear 25 Jul, 2013 @ 2:13am 
How can people possibly consider this a cheat? Have they never actually played the game? This is already in the original game because aliens can see in the dark. The mod makes it look better, that's all. But mong power, let's burn the author for the gamemaker's choice and then celebrate by firing our guns into the air without stepping outside.
-=EDF=- Kouta Seto 11 Jul, 2013 @ 7:27am 
@Ataaron

This is a wallhack for you? you never used the aura sight dont you ... THATS a wallhack (and it only counters the Observatory or ping from marines so THEIR the wallhackers :)
☯.leesh1 ☯ 2 Jul, 2013 @ 2:16am 
In any competitive game this would be concidered as a cheat.
Erie 5 Jun, 2013 @ 8:56pm 
Is this working for anyone else? My alien vision is still default.
Ryusou 1 Jun, 2013 @ 3:28am 
how can i download this mod ?
Crimsan 23 May, 2013 @ 11:18pm 
This needs to be default, or add Batman Arkham Asylum Vision... Seriously.
Fried Nails 6 May, 2013 @ 9:07am 
There is the same alien vision in first Natural Selection. Sometimes I miss it...
StrawberrySeraphine 5 May, 2013 @ 6:25am 
seriously this is a hack its not watch some vids aliens already have some night vision abilities which are used for hunting marines when they take out the lights this merely advances on that and makes the vision look better
Aaron 23 Apr, 2013 @ 2:13pm 
THIS FUCKING WALLHECK SHOULD BE BANNED!!!
...
Ok now that i have got your attention i wanna tell you that: if you think it is like a hack too, then just press F while being alien and you will see how retarded your statement really is.
i mean srsly why would you compare it to a hack if you knew that allready ?
100% Recycled Awesome 16 Apr, 2013 @ 7:53pm 
Shhhsh. Don't tell them.

Outside of parts of Descent, this is just a comestic change for aliens. Alien vision is terrible when there is glass all over.
Kester 16 Apr, 2013 @ 9:10am 
All the people calling this a wallhack, they realise alien vision is in the game already?