Blood&Bruises Mod V2 Now Available – Choose your "intensity"

I think I’m finally at a point where I can share this one.

V2 is ready, and as I mentioned before, it lets you choose between four levels of visible damage for wrestlers.

Also — and I’m not sure if this was a good idea or not (let me know what you think) — the forehead/chest blood decal, the one the game triggers later in a match when the head is critically damaged, now changes its visual intensity based on the level you select. This helps maintain the overall tone and style of the violence you want.

Here's a breakdown of what each level includes:

LVL1
Subtle but impactful tweaks and filters to the vanilla bruises: more depth, more weight behind the hits, and a stronger sense of skin damage.
🔴 Forehead/Chest blood system: remains vanilla.

LVL2
Adds visible physical damage like black eyes, broken noses, cuts, and scrapes, to the previous level
🔴 Forehead/Chest blood system: slightly more intense and noticeable.

LVL3
It includes blood layered over the enhanced bruises, staying within the boundaries of the original bruise maps of face and body like in my old v1 version, but with added face damage.
🔴 Forehead/Chest blood system: much bloodier, inspired by old-school hardcore matches.

LVL4
No breaks — everything from the other levels, plus blood is no longer confined to the bruised areas and now pours all over the face and body.
🔴 Forehead/Chest blood system: It’s seriously bloody — we’re talking face and chest almost completely covered. After a long, violent match, don’t be surprised if your wrestler ends up rocking a full-on crimson mask, chest, and even back because of the mix of blood and bleeding bruises textures.

NOTES:

• Yeah, sorry the photo gallery isn’t exactly top-tier — but because effects appear randomly during matches, it would’ve taken forever to capture every single type of damage. Plus, let’s be honest, showing it all upfront would kinda spoil the surprise, wouldn’t it?

• Just so you know: all the in-game screenshots you see are from matches using LVL4 of the mod. They show how the damage builds up over time and how it can look different on each wrestler. It’s just a tiny sample of all the possible combinations.

• If you’re into the super gory look — the real chaos kicks in when the body textures hit max level and the game’s built-in blood starts blending with the bruises. LA Knight in the images? Yeah, he’s not even close to full damage. That’s just a teaser. But hey, if all that red feels a bit too much, no worries — just stick with Level 3 or lower. You’ve got options, and you’re in control.

• The reference textures shown here are bruise_color_head_A and bruise_color_body_A — they’re part of the in-game damage maps the engine slaps on your wrestler’s face and body during matches. It’s just to give you an idea of how the mod levels work to help you choose, so you can pick the vibe you like best. I went all-in and did the same thing for 8 face textures, 8 body textures, across 4 different levels. I'd suggest to try in-game and take your time to decide. You can totally unpack the .cak file and sneak a peek at how the other textures look inside… but honestly, memorizing all the maps like I did might kinda ruin the surprise. So I’m just showing you one here.

How to use it:
Pick the level you like, download it, drop the .cak file into your mod folder, and you're ready to rumble. Wanna try more or less damage? Just grab a different level and test away. Let me know which one you like best — or hit me up with ideas to make things cooler.

⚠️ You can’t use multiple levels at the same time. It wouldn’t even make sense, and while I didn’t test it (I value my sanity), the game would probably just load the last one alphabetically — so, the most intense one. TL;DR: don’t do it.

Last thing…
I don’t think there’ll be a v3 — this one already gives you plenty of choises and I prefer to continue by requests. If you find something broken, or want a custom version, a weird mix, or even if you’ve got licensed stuff you want me to work with… ping me. I might just do it for free — no paywall, no drama. A future version depends entirely on feedback and requests. So if you want more, you gotta speak up.

That said — if someone with a Patreon tier makes a request, it goes straight to the top of the list. Not ‘cause they’re paying for it (requests are free, like I said), but hey, I think it’s just common sense.