Crouched Player Hands Mod (TDM 2.14)

[snatcher]

Crouched Player Hands Mod (TDM 2.14)

@jivo, the original creator of the Visible Player Hands Mod, is currently absent. A year ago Jivo announced plans to further improve the mod but we haven't heard from him since. TDM 2.14 was released and his mod hasn't been updated.

One of the planned features was to have the option to show only the hands (no items). This is what I think works best, at least as the starting point, and this is what my fork is about:

1. Show at least one hand when crouching
2. Remove the crouch indicator from the HUD

DOWNLOAD (Windows)

https://www.mediafire.com/file/oboazn4ohfby7e4/Crouched_Player_Hands_2.14-Win.zip/file

Please note the download includes a modded TDM 2.14 Windows executable. The executable has been compiled by me using official code sources and Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2022. The download also includes a copy of the changes made in the source code, which can be found inside the pk4.

The zip includes:

• TheDarkModx64.exe
• z_crouched_player_hands_214.pk4

INSTALL

• Make a manual backup or rename your TheDarkModx64.exe (ie: TheDarkModx64.exe.original)
• Drop the modded TheDarkModx64.exe and the file z_crouched_player_hands_214.pk4 into your TDM root folder

UNINSTALL

• Delete the modded TheDarkModx64.exe and the file z_crouched_player_hands_214.pk4 from your TDM root folder
• Restore the original TheDarkModx64.exe

DOWNLOAD (Linux)

I don't have the knowledge to provide a build for Linux.

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Should Jivo be back and resume work on his mod I will ask Forum Moderators to delete this whole topic. In the meantime, I hope you have fun with this fork for TDM 2.14.

THANKS JIVO FOR YOUR WONDERFUL WORK! PLEASE BE BACK SOON!

[wesp5]

Nice! Two questions though: if you have the blackjack active, which most of us will when crouching, will it be visible? And if not, will it suddenly appear when you start to whack somebody?

[snatcher]

Give the mod a try and see for yourself!

[wesp5]

Wow, it looks great! I thought it was only about the hands and not other items. This should go into the core game! Have you already added a bugtracker for it?

[snatcher]

The implementation in core should be done in phases:

1. Crouched
2. Lean?
3. Listen?
4. Items?

I am not very familiar with the existing modded code but considering "unarmed" is a weapon, and there can only be one weapon running at a time, my understanding is that the first step for phase 1 is for the "unarmed" weapon to be its own standalone thing, always running in the background.

If anything gets done it should, of course, remain optional.

What do you think, @stgatilov ?

[wesp5]

I don't know if the points 2. to 4. above are necessary ;), but I just did some more testing and minor things should be fixed in the current crouched implementation. I don't know if these are part of the original mod or your version, Snatcher, but can this be added? It already works well for taking physical items and reading.

- One or two arms need to disappear when taking loot and tools.

- One or two arms need to disappear when using the flint stones.

- One or two arms need to disappear when opening a door or chest.

- One or two arms need to disappear when using keys and lockpicks.

[I.C.H.I.]

On 5/24/2026 at 11:25 AM, wesp5 said:

This should go into the core game!

I'm not a fan of this idea at all.

[snatcher]

Have you tried the mod, @I.C.H.I. ? Are you not a fan of how the mod is executed or are you not a fan of body awareness in games in general?

[I.C.H.I.]

I don't like unnecessary clatter on the screen, especially like this.

If you want good example of body awareness then check the game Routine. When you find the gun, you see it on the screen only when you interact with it, the rest of the time you can just look down and see it pointed downwards in your right hand.

[snatcher]

I understand. Thank you.

[wesp5]

It could always be just an option that can be disabled for people who don't like it.

[stgatilov]

I recall that body awareness was considered at the very beginning, and was rejected.
It feels like one of those cases where and idea might sounds cool, but doing it now would go against the original design of the game.

[wesp5]

8 hours ago, stgatilov said:

I recall that body awareness was considered at the very beginning, and was rejected.

But it's not really body awareness, like you still can't see the rest of your character. It is only an indicator for crouching in the same way that you can see the weapon you are weilding.

Edited June 1 by wesp5

[Hooded Lantern]

Wow. This looks better than expected. Seeing hands adds to the atmosphere. Thanks! 

[datiswous]

On 5/31/2026 at 11:56 PM, stgatilov said:

I recall that body awareness was considered at the very beginning, and was rejected.
It feels like one of those cases where and idea might sounds cool, but doing it now would go against the original design of the game.

Is it possible to at least support it in a way that it can be a plugin? It seems currently it needs a fork of tdm to make it work.

[wesp5]

If enough people are interested I could make it part of the Unofficial Patch or Snatcher could make it part of his mod. The latter would probably the better solution as a) Snatcher already made this update and b) his mod is modular anyway so people not liking it could just not install it :)!

Edited Monday at 06:02 PM by wesp5

[stgatilov]

2 hours ago, datiswous said:

Is it possible to at least support it in a way that it can be a plugin? It seems currently it needs a fork of tdm to make it work.

Ultimately, it depends on how serious the necessary changes are.

[wesp5]

I don't know about the core code changes, but Snatcher added scripts to disable the hands when doing stuff like lockpicking, so it should be easy to alter those scripts to disable the hands completely in an options menu entry.

Edited Monday at 09:25 PM by wesp5

[Arcturus]

Ideally there should be entirely new player character model made for this.