The Shell Part II: Purgatorio

The Shell Part II: Purgatorio

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Improved Readability Mod
By wildpomme
A mod that improves the readability of The Shell Part 2 by swapping out the fonts, increasing backlog functionality, and fixing other various things.
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I've finished porting this mod over to The Shell Part 3 (2025/01/26).

The Shell Part 3 Improved Readability Mod
Description
This mod applies to all languages, English, Traditional Chinese, and Simplified Chinese. Here's a list of what the mod does in detail:
  • Swaps out the thin, serifed fonts with thicker, non-serifed fonts.
  • Increases the size of the backlog from 3 blocks of text on screen to 5 blocks of text on screen.
  • Adds a thematically appropriate scrollbar to the backlog to make looking through the backlog easier.
  • Rebinds "Return to Title" to Esc instead of F12, since Steam screenshots are already on F12.

Update 01: Mod Bug Fixes (2024/06/30)
  • Adjusted text during NVL scenes to prevent obscured text and crashing.

Update 02: Mod Bug Fixes (2025/01/30)
  • The new update on Steam broke the mod and this fixes that issue.

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Installation
Download
GitHub Download Link[github.com]

Instructions
  1. Unzip the patch and open the extracted folder.
  2. Open the game's base directory from Steam by clicking the Gear Icon -> Manage -> Browse local files from the game's page in your library.
  3. Drag and drop the TheShell2.pfs.070 file into the game's base directory.
  4. Launch the game and enjoy!

Whenever the mod is updated, please just redownload and overwrite the existing mod file with the updated mod file.
Afterward
If you notice any issues, especially in either Chinese language, since I can't test them as thoroughly, please let me know and I will fix them. Also, there are still things in the game that I would like to fix/add. No promises, but I may update this mod in the future with more fixes and features.

Special Thanks
Laureeeeeeeeeeeeeeen for all the image editing and for putting up with me asking for her to redo the egg slider icon again and again.
15 Comments
🩸KuruSaki🩸 Apr 21 @ 11:00pm 
thanks omg! :datealivekurumi: 🖤 the original font is horrible and cancer the eye
kiiro Feb 3 @ 4:09pm 
The font was almost literally unreadable on the Steam Deck. Thanks for the mod.
Groz Jan 31 @ 4:47pm 
Already done. Thank you for putting in the effort!
wildpomme  [author] Jan 30 @ 9:58pm 
Thanks! I just released a new version that makes the mod compatible with the new update, so just redownload and overwrite the older version.
Groz Jan 30 @ 9:36pm 
Just writing to say they broke your mod with an update just like with part 1.
wildpomme  [author] Jan 26 @ 4:16pm 
I've finished making the mod for part 3!
eenoa Jan 24 @ 10:24am 
thank you. your work allowed me to truly enjoy the series:Thumb_up:
wildpomme  [author] Jan 24 @ 10:16am 
I'm working on it. I'm hoping to have it out by the end of this weekend.
eenoa Jan 24 @ 10:12am 
hey any info regarding kns3?
wildpomme  [author] Dec 14, 2024 @ 6:53pm 
I'll also be doing kns3, so no worries there