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Does Hard mode still lower the player's health? When playing on Hard without the mod I noticed a -25% penalty to vitality across all my characters, but it's not there with the Source mod. I'm wondering if it was changed or if my game is stuck on Normal. Is there a way to test it?

You can test it by starting a new game using specific pre-set builds, and check their vitality and hit points. Exit to the main menu, disable the Source Difficulty mod and start another new game with the same builds, and check their vitality and hit points on normal and hard.

I would guess the message isn't there with the Source Difficulty mod because the mod changed some of the relevant files, so the game isn't using the standard difficulty scaling.

Source mod - Hard
Witch 52
Fighter 62

Normal
Witch 52
Fighter 62


Unmodded - Hard (-25%)
Witch 39
Figher 46

Normal (+15%)
Witch 59
Fighter 71

I'm not sure what to make of it. Seems like the Source mod ditched HP scaling in favor of a different way of adjusting difficulty but I can't tell if it's working or the difficulty selector is just broken.

Are the fights harder? That should let you know if it is working.