#🔩┃trilogy_modifications

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green gorge
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You can turn off most of the intrusive features in 10 and get custom versions of it, and 7 will be completely EOL at the end of this year

high mountain
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eol means nothing
you can also install gentoo if you have that much time, get a stable, secure, up to date and free system

warped cliff
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@green gorge But I can't even unpack the engine exe

neon socket
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@green gorge tell me which features to disable

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I know one of them is the infamous Xbox Game Bar

high mountain
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just install windows 7

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you will never get win7 performance on win10

green gorge
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windows 7 doesn't perform better than 10

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if anything the opposite is true for modern games at least

high mountain
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i dont play digital casinos sorry

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play an actually good game

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notice how increased botnet does not speed it up

green gorge
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you apparently have a fascination with the term botnet and don't know what it means

high mountain
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i know what a literal botnet is smart badword

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how about malware

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yes malware

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constantly using lots of cpu ram and disk

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why?

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you dont need to know

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i want to use those resources

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you dont need to do that!

green gorge
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if you're constantly seeing relatively high resource consumption, that might be malware but it's not windows 10

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watch what you download lol

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I don't get random spikes

warped basalt
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This is a channel for mods

neon socket
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Same

long grove
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Anyone have any resources regarding sound for stalker? Be it Russian or English, i'm willing to try to learn the ins and outs of it lebedev_f

green gorge
warped cliff
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Is there a way to skip the quests in SoC?

green gorge
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which quests

warped cliff
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x18 documents

green gorge
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were you unable to find all X-18 documents?

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or are the poltergeists too much for you

warped cliff
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No

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I have them all

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Even from that guy who wanted an artifact for it

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I think that I have all of them

green gorge
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there are 5

warped cliff
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5?

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I've found 3

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And can't find the 2 more

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I'm very bad at looking for stuff

green gorge
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can always spawn in the missing ones

warped cliff
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Just tell me where they are

green gorge
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for $5,000

warped cliff
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I have the pyrogeist one, the pseudogiant one and that stalker one

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I can give you a slime for that

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Or a cobblestone

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What was it... Cobblestone, firefly and the surge artifact

green gorge
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there's one in the room with the moving fire anomaly

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and there's one on level two in a room in a container so just search all the containers on level 2

warped cliff
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How many containers are on level 2

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And was it the one with poltergeists or the one above

green gorge
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with the poltergeists

warped cliff
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And I've only seen one container there

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In a room with those two "silo" thingies in the wall

warped cliff
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Ok, the military bois are in the valley

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Finally did it

warped cliff
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The further I go with OGSR the more I'm amazed by it

green gorge
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That's how I felt too and that's how I feel even more so in NLC 7

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NLC 7 is on a level of its own

warped cliff
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Does it have grandpa riddles aswell?

green gorge
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not that I've found yet

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lol

merry oar
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Has anyone played the latest OGSR engine on vanilla stalker? and if you have do you mind on telling me how to get it to work

high mountain
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tried it in wine

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bugtrapped on new save

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11/10

merry oar
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im using windows

high mountain
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will probably work

merry oar
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i know it will work but i want to know how to properly install it

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a little confused on it or if im even doing it right

high mountain
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move custom engine into bin/

merry oar
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do i merge it in with the original bin?

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im basically moving the files as is in SoC directory, but im not sure if i merge the bin files with vanilla or if i delete it all together and only use the OGSR bin file

high mountain
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yes merge

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if they dont override xray stuff leave it in

novel briar
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Oy

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How do i impliment misery for call of prip

merry oar
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ok now im getting these errors one after the other

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Edit i fixed it by deleting the original user.ltx now it runs. I guess it had to build its own

high mountain
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sending everything you screenshot to some website

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;d

wraith oar
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Technically speaking, what's the difference between a SHoC and a CoP mod?
Could I technically download a CoP mod and use it in SHoC with minor adjustments or is that a completely different process?
Take a simple weapon pack with custom animations (no scripts included) as an example.

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In my mind I'm thinking "same engine, same setup" and would imagine that if, say, the Makarov already exists between SHoC and CoP, it'd be replaced with the mod in question.
Though I AM aware of the fact that SHoC is X-Ray 1.0 and CoP is X-Ray 1.6 if that plays a role in the incompatability.

high mountain
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no

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soc and cop are different games and as you said different versions of xray

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besides, if i have a mod that always expects the player to be called "strelok" and if not, breaks the game catastrophically, what can i do outside of fixing it myself?

junior rain
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Surely there would be at least some compatibility between SoC and CoP, considering that they're on the same engine, no?

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Well, not on the same engine, but different versions of the same engine.

wraith oar
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^ That's what I'm thinking. I've seen both CoP mods with SHoC compatability, and CoP mods refusing SHoC compatability. So what I'm trying to grasp is the fundamental and technological differences so that I can cross-use mods on my own with some self made compatability adjustments.

green gorge
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There's very little compatibility

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Each game uses a very different version of the engine with different file structure, different script functions, different renderers, different object class structure

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the most compatible thing are SoC models in CS/CoP but not vice versa

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So the technical difference is they are mods for totally different software products

high mountain
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^

neon socket
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Anyone else have an issue with using the artifact detectors in Autumn Aurora 2.1?

neon socket
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Which mod should I get

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Road to the North or Dead Air

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Still conflicted between these two*

neon socket
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I'm still on SoC, with AA 2.1.

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I FINALLY ironed out the issues I was having with it.

rocky flame
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hi, i downloaded the ABR mod and copied files to the main directory of stalker, but im not sue if its installed... nothing seems anything different than before

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can anyone help? 🙂

junior rain
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Can't help much, but did you make sure to follow the instructions of the ReadMe.txt file exactly?

rocky flame
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not sure.. tbh wasnt that clear for me

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worlds worse readme

junior rain
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Well, it should be a step-by-step guide on how to install the mod.

rocky flame
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nah. its confusing

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says only works with dx9, but doesnt say how to ensure thats the case

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asks to delete gamedata file, but doesnt say where the file is or which one, there seems to be loads of them

junior rain
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Before starting, you need to delete the gamedata folder that CoP comes installed with.

rocky flame
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"Options Check INFO files. NG means option needs new game to work or work properly." <-- what does this mean?

junior rain
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There's an INFO file somewhere, which details what each folder in the 03 - Options folder contains and what these contents change.

rocky flame
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ok, i think i give up, i see a load of files, xml's and other stuff, no idea if i need to change them and for what reason either...

junior rain
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You don't need to change anything.

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You just need to copy and paste.

rocky flame
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should i see something different in the actual game?

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how can i tell if the mod is applied

junior rain
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A major graphical difference.

rocky flame
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looks the same to me, tbh

junior rain
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Can you start over?

rocky flame
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can have a go

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but how do i abide with this instruction that it only works in dx9?

junior rain
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In the settings of the game, there are different lighting modes (Static lighting, object dynamic lighting, etc.).

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Some of these modes say (DX10) and (DX11) after them, meaning they need that DirectX version.

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To abide by this instruction, simply don't use these lighting modes.

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All the options that don't have anything in brackets after the name use DX9.

rocky flame
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ok

junior rain
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So, have you reinstalled CoP and extracted the ABR Mod in a different folder?

rocky flame
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ok, so i just added the abrmod directory into the game directory, but i guess i need to move its contents into the game directory

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but what do i have to do with these options files

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where do they go?

high mountain
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game.ltx goes in game root i believe

junior rain
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After you've copied what's inside 01 - ABR Mod into the folder where CoP is, copy what's inside each folder based on whether you want that thing.

high mountain
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user.ltx in users/documents and settings/????

rocky flame
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oh i dont know what those things are

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where do you copy them to?

junior rain
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If you look into each folder in 03 - Options, you'll see that there's a gamedata folder in each.

high mountain
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oh yours are generated when you start it up, see ^

junior rain
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You need to copy that and place it so it overrides the game's gamedata folder.

rocky flame
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OK, I THINK ITS WORKING, GAME SEEMS DIFFERENT BUT ITS NIGHT TIME SO CANT FLIPPING SEE

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ooops caps

junior rain
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The caps shows you're excited to play, which is good.

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Take a screenshot, I can tell you if it's worked.

rocky flame
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for some reason i cant paste screen shots here

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and its night in the game

junior rain
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Oh, right, you can't send images.

rocky flame
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pitch black

junior rain
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Get to the Skadovsk, there's light there.

high mountain
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jannies: no why would users need to upload images for mod discussion

rocky flame
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its all in russian

junior rain
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That adds to the immersion.

high mountain
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yes

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WontFix NonIssue

junior rain
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I think Nimble wears his Clear Sky uniform in ABR, which has some blue on it.

rocky flame
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seems like its working

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is it normal to sporn with shotgun in this mod, before i had an ak

junior rain
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I think it is.

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It's definitely not vanilla, you spawn with an AK-SU in vanilla.

rocky flame
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ok... great

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thanks for help man

junior rain
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No problemo.

rocky flame
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is there anyway to get N/E/S/W markers on the mini map?

junior rain
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I don't think so.

rocky flame
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something messed up, cant get weapon in my hands

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or anything else

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🙂

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im having a good day here

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is it time for a beer yet?

junior rain
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The only solution to a broken heart is hard alcohol, beer won't help.

high mountain
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eat 20 bottle vodka

tidal idol
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Guys, does someone know of any good mod? I currently play Anomaly but I am tired of it crashing all the time and all of the countless bugs and lack of balance.

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I look for total immersion.

high mountain
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vanilla soc

green gorge
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OGSR mod is an actual good mod

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Try that

neon socket
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Autumn Aurora 2.1. I had issues with it to begin with but I reinstalled everything and started a new game and I was good-to-go.

orchid berry
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Thank you for the helpful reminder

warped cliff
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Umm

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Well...

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I wouldn't be so sure

neon socket
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I dont choose the names of the mods.

stable fossil
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Hi to all, can u give me the name of the most realistic mod for graphics

green gorge
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nobody knows what game you're playing

warped cliff
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I guess that he means stalker in general

green gorge
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for SoC: OGSR engine

for Clear Sky: Atmosfear 1.3

for CoP: Atmosfear 3 + Absolute Nature 4 + Absolute Structures or Stalker Two-K without overwriting

warped cliff
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Hmm

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OGSR still needs some work

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I'd say that actually LADC looks best for ShoC

green gorge
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LADC is not a graphics mod lol

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it's a total conversion mod

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I'm only listing actual graphics mods

junior rain
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Lost Alpha is standalone.

green gorge
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also while raw OGSR engine doesn't look as good as LADC, other modders can push graphics in it to LADC levels or beyond

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warped cliff
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Yeah, that's what I've meant

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OGSR alone isn't looking that good

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And the mod you've linked still is far from perfect

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But ik that it can be pushed

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It's just a new (is it new?) engine

green gorge
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what are you talking about

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So you're saying LADC is visually perfect but SFZ Project is not? lol

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SFZ Project is right at LADC's graphics level (above it if anything), those are just low resolution screenshots shown

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show me a better SoC graphics mod than OGSR engine + some texture packs

junior rain
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That loner 3D model could do with a makeover.

green gorge
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nobody really redoes character models

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the most you'll see is different outfits on them in some mods

junior rain
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The best looking games have not only great looking shaders like godrays, ambient occlusion, etc., but also good art direction.

green gorge
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Something a lot of popular mods fail at

warped cliff
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I'm not saying that it's bad

green gorge
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Art direction is more important than technical graphics

warped cliff
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I'm just saying that it needs a bit more polish

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And yes

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It is

green gorge
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What needs more polish?

warped cliff
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Something in those screens feels wrong

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Maybe the shadows or the contrast

green gorge
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Are you referring to OGSR engine or SFZ Project

warped cliff
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SFZ

green gorge
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Hah, you know what mod needs more polish?

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LADC

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though polish can't fix it

warped cliff
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Exactly

green gorge
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Sounds like you just don't like SFZ's art design, it's not a polish thing

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I love its art style

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I think you're not used to the deep dusk and dawn colors

warped cliff
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Hmm

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Idk

green gorge
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Show me one of the offensive screenshots

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one that offends you

warped cliff
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Did I say that it offended me?

green gorge
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yes

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show me one I want to see

warped cliff
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No i didn't say it, but if you want me to show the one that is the worst in my opinion then wait a minute

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Hmm

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As I can't send it

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It's the one with G36

green gorge
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so this

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I thought so

warped cliff
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Also I think what might be a problem

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In most of the Screenshots I dislike the shadows are either barely visible or gone

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It just looks flat

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I'd need to see it in a game to really know

green gorge
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Uh, the only thing about shadows that's missing is grass shadows, which you don't use in any mod anyway since they are too demanding

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And that screenshot is great, those deep colors remind me of very early mornings

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A look that I haven't seen other mods replicate but it's something you will see in real life

warped cliff
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I go out very early every day

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And every day I see a sunrise

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And it doesn't look like it

green gorge
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Depends on the season and where you are in the world

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I've seen it plenty

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So there's nothing there that lacks polish

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Just your subjective art design differences

warped cliff
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I'm like... Couple hours from Pripyat

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By a car

green gorge
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When SFZ Project comes out I will try to add its weather and shaders to OGSR mod

warped cliff
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(try to translate it aswell)

green gorge
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Translate SFZ Project?

warped cliff
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Yeah

green gorge
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why do you care if you don't like the look of the mod

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besides the lead creator indicated he plans on translating it

warped cliff
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There is more to the mods than the looks

neon socket
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There's something off about that G-36 screenshot. Something looks flat and oversaturated about the grass, particularly around the hill to the right.

green gorge
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there's no issue with oversaturation, but if you're referring to how the grass blends with the terrain, it's the lack of grass shadows (which nobody uses but you CAN turn them on) however there shouldn't even be shadows considering the sun position in the screenshot

neon socket
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The junk on the hill looks a bit too fresh as well. I've also been finding myself reconciling from NATO weapons in STALKER.

neon socket
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recoiling*

green gorge
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the junk on the hill is exactly the same as in SoC and every SoC mod

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y'all reaching

neon socket
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Just looks a bit new, not grimy, as I would expect.

green gorge
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it's exactly the same models/textures on the trash heap items as in vanilla and every other mod

neon socket
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I'll take a stroll to trash heap and have a look.

green gorge
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only machine translated until next year

stable pasture
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Awesome!

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What does the mod do?

green gorge
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total conversion mod that serves as like a reboot of SoC

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awesome mechanics like

stable pasture
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Can the engine even handle that?

green gorge
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custom engine with vastly improved error handling and logging and improved optimization and more

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there are even bigger mods than this although this one has some of the most professional engine customizations I've seen

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also the quest design is incredibly thorough, taking after the likes of Fallout/Fallout 2/Pathologic 2 in how many ways you can approach them, handle them, and the cascading impacts they have later on down the line

stable pasture
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The inventory looks a bit horrifying

green gorge
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it's actually a lot more efficient since it actually has FILTERS

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it's stretched in that video due to ultrawide but there's a mod for that

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there's the high res UI mod

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the only thing is that it's machine translated

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so it has broken english

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if you can't handle that you'll have to wait till next year smile_degtyarev

stable pasture
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I'd have to play the game to get a feel for how much better the system supposedly is

green gorge
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yeah and there's an inventory guide video if you want to play the mod

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the other thing is that every single system and inch of the mod is thoughtfully incorporated into the greater picture unlike all other mods

high mountain
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@green gorge does it work on GNU/Loonix

green gorge
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according to you everything does

high mountain
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ok thanks

green gorge
high mountain
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0 mods

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rookie numbers

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"remix"

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"config"

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bleh

green gorge
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I mostly do compilations and ports

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SoC Mod Pack 2013, Clear Sky Mod Pack 2012, didn't make mod pages for them since I don't think they deserve it

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but other people make mod pages for similar sized things

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the most stalker intensive project of mine is OGSR English Edition

high mountain
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no mod page = no love for it

green gorge
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Mod Pack 2013 was actually one of the most popular stalker mods of 2013

high mountain
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yes good but why not just learn russian

green gorge
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it was a much smaller modding scene b ack then

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for OGSR English Edition I tweaked a ton of it, ported over 100 guns to it in addition to some translation

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and added other stuff

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I have an RMA+Mod Pack 2013 merge but never released it

high mountain
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4.5gb

green gorge
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don't think it's worth it

high mountain
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e.e

green gorge
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what's 4.5GB

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OGSR?

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It's a repack so it includes the entire game, it's actually TWO downloads

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this is the moddb page you should look at and follow

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the group

high mountain
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no

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mod you keep shilling

green gorge
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better than shilling Linux

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I shill something topically relevant

high mountain
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linux is a kernel

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you may be referring to GNU/Linux

green gorge
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you're actually an AI that has gained sentience

high mountain
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no

eager flare
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how many guns are in the mod?

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and how extensively can you mod them?

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in nlc 7

green gorge
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Solid arsenal with the best recoil animations in the series, and the only mod with 100% 3D scopes instead of 2D scope textures

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you can put multiple optics onto a gun, and aside from that just your usual grenade launcher and silencer

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you can also beat the entire mod without ever getting into combat with humans

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it realistically punishes mindless shooting and rewards those who think first

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Dovetail guns get: Kobra red dot and you can change the reticle on it by pressing a button, PSO-1 which lets you toggle illumination, and 1P78

Picatinny guns get: EOTech 552 which lets you cycle between red and green reticle, a 4x Elcan, and a March Tactical 3-24x scope

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That includes sniper rifles, they don't have scopes permanently attached

pearl jetty
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so i was making a sound mod for anomaly

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it basically replaces all inventory sounds

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for homemade ones with a professional microphone an real equipment

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and i'm thinking about replacing also the item "using" sounds

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as well as footsteps

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all recorded by myself

drowsy drift
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Hi, do you guys know how to import custom musics to Anomaly's build-in TRX Zone FM?

ripe pond
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@green gorge i tried out RMA once but the barkeep guard was stuck and i couldnt progress, any fix for that in your version, also, what's included besides cut locations/guns/mutants?

green gorge
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@ripe pond My unreleased version doesn't fix anything in RMA. It only includes cut story content, locations, mutants, and some new guns

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better off playing Oblivion Lost Remake to be honest

ivory wadi
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Misery vs Dead Air

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what’s the consensus?

hazy scroll
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Anomaly.

stiff seal
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Misery full concept modification vs Another pack for CoC

worthy frigate
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Isn't Dead Air based on Misery?

warped cliff
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Kinda

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But it has so many changes that it isn't close to it

warped cliff
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Hmm

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@green gorge does OGSR have some changes to A-life?

green gorge
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yes

warped cliff
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what does it change?

green gorge
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more active offline A-Life, more smart terrains I'm guessing

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and humans have more behaviors like the ability to heal each other and themselves and I think drag corpses

warped cliff
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Hmm

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Because the AI seems more lazy than in vanilla

green gorge
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more lazy? they travel a lot more, dangerously so

warped cliff
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in my game they don't travel at all

green gorge
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where are you at anyway

warped cliff
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I'm going back from darkscape after I killed the controller

green gorge
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darkscape is always empty, npcs don't travel there dynamically

warped cliff
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No, I'm at WT now. I'm just going back from it once again

green gorge
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in WT you'll only find random mercs and bandits (near yantar transition)

warped cliff
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many bandits

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but stuff like Cordon or Garbage

green gorge
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cordon has random loners and soldiers traversing it, garbage gets dynamic loners and later on mercs+bandits

warped cliff
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and yet I haven't seen a single soul traversing it

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duty is at train station fighting bandits

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loners are at the parking fighting bandits

green gorge
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then you probably just missed them

warped cliff
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and there's always one bandit sniper in the ruins next to duty checkpoint

green gorge
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though dynamic AI in cordon is frequent

warped cliff
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Loners don't move a budge

green gorge
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they don't move 24/7

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you've simply missed them

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are you challenging my knowledge on the mod or do you want to go on my youtube channel to find video evidence?

warped cliff
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I'm just saying that I haven't seen it

green gorge
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You've made that abundantly clear yes

warped cliff
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And I was suspecting that there's something wrong with my game

green gorge
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no, that's not how the game breaks

warped cliff
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I'm no PC expert

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So I was suspecting it

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Or something with my gear

ivory wadi
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@warped cliff what are the main differences between misery and dead air

warped cliff
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Well

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Dead Air is a freeplay

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It doesn't have a story

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You're free to roam around the zone as you wish

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Dead Air isn't that unfair aswell

green gorge
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yeah Misery is just a mod that gets bolted on top of CoP, a gameplay/graphics mod (and a really poorly designed, poorly optimized one at that)

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Dead Air is a CoC modpack and its core design is like an evolved version of Misery

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but unlike Misery it's well optimized

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but being a freeplay mod, it has like no meaningful content and the next version will bring about gigantic improvements

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the only really well designed 'hardcore' mod is NLC 7 Build 3.0

lunar sequoia
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I actually find misery very, very fun. It's quite easy when you know what everything is, even in basic trash bag armor and peashooters.

green gorge
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it's actually too easy because it remains similarly exploitable to vanilla

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you can just get to the point where you're Bill Gates and can buy anything

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it's never rewarding and it's full of bloat

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artificial difficulty and hundreds of redundant items

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unnecessarily convoluted repair and cooking mechanics

high mountain
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dangerous bugs

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deadly exploits

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poor balancing and redundancy

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none of these will stop NLC 7 3.0 on its triumphant march towards saving stalker

green gorge
lunar sequoia
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hmmm, I haven't heard of nlc

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I'll take a look actually

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kinda true about the bill gates thing though

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sitting with 700k ru right now

green gorge
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yeah, you never hit the point where you can buy anything/everything in NLC since every trader doesn't just trade for money, some trade only for artifacts or more specific things

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also it benefits from actually having new quests designed around its new economy and hardcore gameplay

lunar sequoia
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sounds awesome :D I'll definetly take a look after I finish my current (and most likely last) playthrough of misery

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it is a CoP mod, right?

green gorge
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fully standalone on its own customized version of X-Ray engine

lunar sequoia
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oh boy :D

green gorge
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the only thing is it's machine translated for now, until the real translation is done

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but if you're very familiar with stalker then you can comprehend it

lunar sequoia
#

yeah it doesn't matter if it plays good to me

high mountain
#

badword
nlc downloaded i thought i cancelled it

#

gotta play it then :/

lunar sequoia
#

im guessing nlc is more demanding than misery?

high mountain
#

misery bad

#

vanilla soc better

green gorge
#

NLC is way easier to run than Misery if that's what you mean

#

Misery is the 2nd most unoptimized mod

#

or 3rd

high mountain
#

nlc uses ogsr yes?

green gorge
#

NO

lunar sequoia
#

well this is insanely good news

green gorge
#

let me find out what they call it

high mountain
#

wat

#

anyways why doesnt the guy provide a hash of the nlc 7z file

green gorge
#

"Zagolsky hybrid engine"

lunar sequoia
#

probably stashed it somewhere tbh

high mountain
#

why wouldnt he show it with the download if he did

#

to avoid corrupt downloads

green gorge
#

most modders just can't be arsed

high mountain
#

sha512sum file.7z

#

update: the hash is <whatever>

#

wow 2 mins of my life ill never get back :(

#

6.4gb extracted

#

how big is nlc jesus christ

green gorge
#

big

high mountain
#

clear sky + some srp stuff 5.4gb

green gorge
#

it's like 80 hours long

high mountain
#

80 hours of fetch quests

green gorge
#

nope

#

actual good quest design

high mountain
#

how big is nlc extracted for you

green gorge
#

you can go out of your way to do fetch quests on the side, but they don't drown you in them

#

12.7GB

high mountain
#

8gb rn

#

:(

green gorge
#

way smaller in file size than mods with far less content like Lost Alpha DC and Amomawy and what not

high mountain
#

anomaly is like 17-20gb last time i checked kek

lunar sequoia
#

artifacts have durability in nlc?

high mountain
#

modern aaa game from 5 years ago

#

WHAT

#

DEAL BREAKER

green gorge
#

Artifacts deteriorate as you use them, but it's pretty slow and they can be "recharged" or at least some can

high mountain
#

how

#

do i need to pay some badword

green gorge
#

you should understand how the game works before you call it a deal breaker

high mountain
#

or 5 batteries in an electro?

lunar sequoia
#

love how u can only save by sleeping though

#

no more save scumming

high mountain
#

AAAA

green gorge
#

I actually use a save anywhere mod but you can do that yes

high mountain
#

WHY WOULD YOU SHILL THIS

green gorge
#

because it is the best

#

and read what I just wrote kiddo

high mountain
#

SAVE SCUMMING IS MY LIFE

#

bro just install a mod it fixes it

lunar sequoia
#

looks like nlc is my next mod, thanks for telling me about this jester

high mountain
#

bro just modprobe cunnies it fixes it

green gorge
#

You're welcome, hope you enjoy it but if the translation is too rough, wait for the real one

#

it's not a fix

#

it's a mod that provides an alternative option on how to play it

lunar sequoia
#

I'll deal with it.... I hope

high mountain
#

he isnt fluent in google translated english

green gorge
#

Yandex bratan

high mountain
#

yandex best

#

they have image translation too its very nice

lunar sequoia
#

ah yes the legendary language of googlish

green gorge
#

machine translations literally level you up in real life

#

your linguistics skills will improve

#

your powers of deduction will improve

lunar sequoia
#

I hope my skills of picking up women will improve aswell, as I imagine that having played such a slav mod will increase my testosterone levels by up to tenfold

green gorge
#

I believe so yes

#

its quest design actually takes more after Fallout/Fallout 2

#

less hand holding, you will rely more on your intuition and following up on leads, so many ways to handle most quests with more cascading consequences than most RPGs

high mountain
#

is nlc canon

green gorge
#

Yes, Syak approved

lunar sequoia
#

jester what do you think about sgm?

#

last time I played it, it was pretty bad imo

green gorge
#

I never liked it; it's important for being the first CoP mod to have old maps but has tons of artifical difficulty and a bland story at best

lunar sequoia
#

I see

#

I was wondering if it was worth revisiting

green gorge
#

I don't think so

lunar sequoia
#

seeing the reviews on the mod page didint get my hopes very high at all actually

#

seems like it's still full of mods after all this time

#

bugs*

green gorge
#

too big for its own good

#

a lot of mods are likethat

high mountain
#

does nlc support dx9

green gorge
#

yes

high mountain
lunar sequoia
#

decided to just install anomaly

#

nlc seems like a nightmare to install compared to anomaly

lunar sequoia
#

is there a way to turn off motions blur in anomaly?

#

its very annoying

high mountain
#

uninstall it

prisma parrot
#

Good advice

#

@lunar sequoia have u tried surfing around the settings?

green gorge
#

NLC is easier to install than Amomawy

#

NLC is just a single archive you unpack

#

And then you play it

lunar sequoia
#

yes i have sam sandorovich

#

i havent found any setting for motion blur

neon socket
#

Entered Yantar and can no longer use my artifact device, cant use medkit...

novel briar
#

Does misery crash a lot

lunar sequoia
#

only crashed once or twice for my whole playthrough, and my potato can't even run csgo

high mountain
#

nu-csgo or old csgo

#

new html bullbadword ui tanks performance

neon socket
#

Anyone else find the X16 lab door locked?

lunar sequoia
#

steam version of csgo thiojones

high mountain
#

thats the only version of csgo

#

in 2018 volvo changed up ui a lot and it ruined performance on potatoes

green gorge
#

it's your fault for having a potato

junior rain
#

😎 f**k the proletariat

#

I'm still not sure how they managed to show 7 rectangles with some text at 45 fps though.

high mountain
#

html

#

thats how

#

either its electron trash or that proprietary html + c++ thing

lunar sequoia
#

indeed it is my fault mr jester

#

you are right on that

warped cliff
#

God, I hate burers

#

Especially in OGSR

green gorge
#

psy-burers especially in OGSR

#

I should replace Burer sound effects with NLC's

#

NLC's are so much creepier

warped cliff
#

God

#

Psy-burers

#

Been to x16 today

green gorge
#

it's easy if you go with a PKM or PKP

warped cliff
#

Yeah

#

I have Yuri's one

#

And I discovered that two PKM boxes can't even cripple the pseudogiant

lunar sequoia
#

an rpg to the face will solve any problem in the zone

#

.... probably

green gorge
#

will that solve the brain scorcher

warped cliff
#

Technically looking at it...

high mountain
#

bro

#

just use a knife

neon socket
#

Anyone playing AA?

high mountain
#

no

cursive falcon
#

is there an ltx file that controls the music that plays ingame? like dynamic combat music

warped cliff
#

Hmm

#

Should I play Radiophobia?

unreal elbow
#

yes

#

@warped cliff

warped cliff
#

Hey, @green gorge. Is there a winter addon for Stason?

#

Or would a winter addon for normal CoC work?

neon socket
#

stack trace:

anomaly crashed again xddd

junior rain
#

Technology 2019

neon socket
#

nice reason for crash Anomaly

#

nice

junior rain
#

Isn't Anomaly like a bazillion mods glued together?

#

God knows what's happened.

green gorge
#

@warped cliff One of those hundreds of addons might be a winter one but I'm not sure

#

one for normal CoC wouldn't work

#

and yes Amomawy is a bunch of mods glued together, many of those mods being obsolete

#

most overrated mod ever

warped cliff
#

there is nothing under winter

#

or zima

#

I was hoping that you'd know what's in those additional files

warped cliff
#

god, browsing those packs will teach me russian in no time

warped cliff
#

So there is no winter addon for Stason

#

@green gorge why wouldn't one for normal CoC work?

green gorge
#

The mods are too different

warped cliff
#

Hmm

#

I could always try

neon socket
#

I just realised,StcoP Weapons Pack 2.8 is out for CoC,and StcoP WP 3.2 is out directly for CoP and CoC is modded CoP,so with that logic,StcoP WP 3.2 should work with CoC

warm ruin
#

It won't, trust me. STCoP edits the engine, and would conflict with CoC. Back to the Roots mod has merged it, but that's because they asked the STCoP devs for their source code. @neon socket

neon socket
#

I tested it,it doesnt work

warm ruin
#

No wonder..

green gorge
#

FYI dude E'ruiq is a living encyclopedia about stalker modding

#

don't doubt him

graceful blaze
#

Which STALKER game has the winter in the zone mod?

#

Wait never mind just scrolled up a little lol

warm ruin
magic fog
#

No winter

#

Tragic

#

They could do a lot with that tbh

#

Like an effect for cold that very slowly degrades health as you spend time away from a fire, depending on your armor

#

Or during a blizzard/snowfall (in place of rain) you'd lose it faster

jolly pilot
#

so

#

does anyone want to help me about to install the call of chernobyl stansons mod?

#

i think i made a little bandit(poop) in the process

neon socket
#

what's wrong

neon socket
#

@jolly pilot what issue were you having

jolly pilot
#

so

#

when i have downloadded the game and install

#

goes normal

#

but when i start the game

#

the game make a sound and close automatically

#

is just because i have the another call of chernobyl mod?

neon socket
#

hey hey,ive been playing Anomaly again (i know its slowly dieing dont judge me) and ive been wondering,what settings should i use for my rig with DX9 enhanced?
here's my rig:4Gb of Ram,4Ghz Intel Dual Core (i know its old junk) and an Nvidia 605 (1Gb GPU)

neon socket
#

Guys I need help!

#

I want to overhaul and translate my game

#

so when they talk in ukrainian it will translate in polish

#

on COC

green gorge
#

Is there no Polish translation?

whole ridge
#

he propably means lector

#

there is lector in original 3 games but no in mods

neon socket
#

RTTN 3.8 HAS BEEN RELEASED

#

yeeeaaa boiii

warped cliff
#

nice

#

I always liked RttN tbh

#

it's my favourite freeplay

hot turret
#

Can you suggest any faction-war oriented freeplay mod?
I tried Anomaly, but faction war there seems kinda... messy

whole ridge
#

The Faction War for Clear Sky @hot turret

green gorge
#

Call of Chernobyl by stason174 for Comrade Cat

#

with EOC

fresh peak
hardy sequoia
#

So, is ogsr just SoC with a few modifications right? What about some freeplays?

#

Also I forgot you get shot in rookie village because no one trusts you at first lel

green gorge
#

OGSR mod is SoC + slightly expanded story + a million new side quests that extend to some new maps + cutting edge gameplay mechanics for the series + some AMK features

#

Pretty much the ultimate version of SoC as you all know it

warped cliff
#

It's an expansion pack

green gorge
#

More like 2-3 expansion packs

warped cliff
#

nah, just an expansion pack

#

but for a good game made by an honest company

green gorge
#

It's more substantial than any one expansion pack I know of for any game

#

it amounts to at least 2 of them

#

so even equating it to an expansion pack is selling it short

neon socket
#

either 2 big expansion packs or 3 medium sized ones

hardy sequoia
#

I just want something like anomaly but with working faction wars

green gorge
#

Did you try Call of Chernobyl by stason174 with EOC?

#

But in any case you should try a story mod with real content as well, opposed to just mindless shooting

#

Try them all

neon socket
#

mumomawy cringe

hardy sequoia
#

Either the "hardest" difficulty makes stuff bulletsponges or SoC is harder than I remember

neon socket
#

enemies in stalker die faster in lower difficulties, dont fall for any of the memes of "harder is easier"

#

harder IS harder and easy is easier

sturdy briar
#

where is difficulty where everyone dies in one hit, including you

#

not literally one hit of course

neon socket
#

in the garbage can

#

cause thats awful

sturdy briar
#

kinda bad

neon socket
#

OGSR English Edition has the best balance

sturdy briar
#

i will check it out

#

balance is something i’d like to experience

neon socket
#

damage values are based on real life caliber performance

#

and armor and artifacts are more balanced as well

#

armor piercing is ACTUALLY USEFUL in it

sturdy briar
#

ah beautiful

hardy sequoia
#

If you shoot someone in the head they should still get oneshot though

#

Unless they're wearing closed helmets

neon socket
#

SoC headshot detection is weird

sturdy briar
#

yes

neon socket
#

at least in my experience

hardy sequoia
#

Same

neon socket
#

OGSR English Edition has pretty consistent headshot detection

hardy sequoia
#

I either land the head or just hits the chest

#

Maybe just recoil issues

neon socket
#

and armors with closed helmets and wearing helmets actually protects your head

#

so enemies wearing somethiong like a skat or a berill might not die to a headshot depending on the caliber used

#

ie 9x18 isnt gonna pierce a skat helmet

sturdy briar
#

this mod sounds very enjoyable

neon socket
#

it is

sturdy briar
#

does it add anything else or is it mainly balance?

neon socket
#

OGSR English Edition also has PIP SCOPES BABEYYY

sturdy briar
#

very good

neon socket
#

OGSR English Edition is about 2-3 expansion packs worth of new content

sturdy briar
#

oh wow

neon socket
#

OGSR mod is SoC + slightly expanded story + a million new side quests that extend to some new maps + cutting edge gameplay mechanics for the series + some AMK features

#

also has some of the best quest design in any mod

sturdy briar
#

i will check it out later today, then

hardy sequoia
#

I have noticed that scopes dump some fps sometimes

sturdy briar
#

thank you for sharing about the mod

hardy sequoia
#

May need to dumb down to raw potato

neon socket
#

PiP scopes are about a 40% fps drop unfortunately

sturdy briar
#

fps pain

neon socket
#

i noticed lowering sun shaft and sun quality helped

hardy sequoia
#

Yeah like, they look nice and everything but goes from 80 to 40 when I try to zoom in

neon socket
#

make sure you have the fps cap off

#

its because its dual render

hardy sequoia
#

Yeah I just now turned it off just as you said so

neon socket
#

basically: look through scope -> game renders 2nd zoomed in image of the game

hardy sequoia
#

It does help but theres a noticeable difference from iron sights and scope

neon socket
#

lvutner is looking for a way to use a stencil to not render anything not actually seen through the scope

hardy sequoia
#

I'll just get used to it

neon socket
#

it will always be better than 2D scopes though

hardy sequoia
#

Also I can't aim for crap

green gorge
#

there are still 2D scopes in the mod too, not 100% PiP

hardy sequoia
#

Yeh

neon socket
#

that too

green gorge
#

but yes for most gamers PiP scopes are harder to aim with

#

they are too used to... well any other scope

neon socket
#

you get used to it though

#

lvutner also found there is about a 1 frame delay in the pip scope image that he's hoping to remove for LFO

#

hopefully he makes PiP properly optimized for stalker

green gorge
#

yeah but that'd only be for a freeplay mod if it happens

neon socket
#

LFO isnt freeplay

green gorge
#

fake news

neon socket
#

CS:LFO is only freeplay after the main credits

#

YOURE fake news

green gorge
#

prove it

#

call your lawyer

junior rain
#

He can't, he used the wrong version of you're.

green gorge
#

he excluded an apostrophe

junior rain
#

Reason enough to arrest a man.

nimble valve
#

ты шо крейз

#

и

jolly pilot
#

hey

#

does anyoe knows how remove doctorxquestilines from CoC stansons?

green gorge
#

I'll just say you can't, it's baked into the mod

ivory wadi
#

what’s the best freeplay mod?

hollow saddle
#

that is definitely a contested question, but Anomaly is a fairly good mod right out the box. Plenty of extra addons though to edit the way you play, and ofc you can always edit the files yourself if you wanted to

ivory wadi
#

sweet thanks!

neon socket
#

Dont play anomaly

#

Stasons CoC is better

ivory wadi
#

@neon socket any particular reason why?

#

in terms of freeplay i mean

#

haha

neon socket
#

Anomaly has worse progression, and less interesting maps

#

Stasons has MLR 8.3 integrated, and so there's many gameplay changes (that are imo better than anomaly's) stcop 2.9, reworked maps based on build levels (build style garbage, darkscape and cordon are 1 map and cordon has the bandit factory)

ivory wadi
#

how replayable are the quests in anomaly/stason's CoC?

#

are they just fetch/kill quests or are they more interesting

#

like they are in CoP

#

best thing about CoP was the quest design imo!!

neon socket
#

no freeplay mod will have in depth quests

warped cliff
#

^

neon socket
#

anomaly has a story but its not very good, its just a checklist with exposition in between

hot turret
#

Anomaly has bad freeplay quest imo

warped cliff
#

But Stason's is better than Anomaly imo

hot turret
#

I was expecting better of it

neon socket
#

and stasons has doctor x questlines built in but are still not very in depth quests

hot turret
#

Thing I dislike about Anomaly freeplay is that it keeps giving you tasks like "go kill this dude in the opposite end of the map"

neon socket
#

stasons coc also has about 6gb worth of optional addons

warped cliff
#

6?

hot turret
#

Or find something you have absolutely no idea where to find

warped cliff
#

It has a 7GB and 16GB additional mods folder

neon socket
#

^

ivory wadi
#

yeah see what im trying to avoid are quests like the ones in SoC haha

#

kill this

#

find this

neon socket
#

that

warped cliff
#

Most of which are retextures

neon socket
#

that's all you're gonna find in freeplay mods

warped cliff
#

Like

ivory wadi
#

yeah i thought so

neon socket
#

you're better off going for something like OGSR English Edition

warped cliff
#

I've looked into all

neon socket
#

it has even better quest design than CoP

#

some of the best quest designs out of every mod actually

#

dont play on OP2 difficulty though, thats the joke difficulty

#

play on veteran

ivory wadi
#

what about immersion? any mods in particular stand out (in terms of visuals, animations, etc.?)

neon socket
#

OGSR is very immersive and has very good writing and lore

#

and explores some of the more interesting ideas of the zone

#

NLC 7 is also very immersive but unfortunately isnt translated

warped cliff
#

Visually Dead Air looks the best from all freeplays

#

Like

neon socket
#

Dead Air is one of the best looking mods ever

warped cliff
#

It got rid of that brown stain on your screen

neon socket
#

right up there with lost alpha

ivory wadi
#

ok i'll admit im waiting for Dead Air 1.0 because of how immersive the animation spam looks!!

#

i love the mods with new animations

warped cliff
#

I'm waiting for the community to make something on x64

#

With the visuals

neon socket
#

you should check out OGSR English Edition

warped cliff
#

^

#

As for immersion it's one of the best mods

neon socket
#

dead air 1.0 will be 64 bit

warped cliff
#

Because the stuff there is so fluid

#

Except maybe that artifact HIV quest

#

It's just so random

neon socket
#

there are a few garfbage quests yeah

#

but the majority of them are very good

warped cliff
#

But the good ones cancel out the bad ones

#

Like...

neon socket
#

yantar zombie quest is cool

warped cliff
#

The gramps in darkscape

#

I like how he was portrayed

#

"been there, done that. Now I'm just sitting here hunting for fleshes sometimes. I've made a lot of caches but you have to think to get them"

#

Then he gives you a riddle

neon socket
#

forester is very cool yeah

#

the lore around the dead stalker in x-18 is cool as well

warped cliff
#

Baby pseudogiant...

#

Oh god

#

That thing was evil

#

Also its AI package is pretty cool

#

I mean

#

I've never been outsmarted by a pseudogiant before

frigid mesa
#

Fellow stalker, I'm torreting RTTN. What are some kinds of the downs and ups?

warped cliff
#

Hmm... It's a very brown mod

#

Like if someone ported Far Cry 2 filter to it

#

Same thing happens with many freeplays

#

But in general RttN is a very solid entry

frigid mesa
#

Why the far cry 2 feel then?

warped cliff
#

You reckon that brown filter?

#

Like

#

Everything in FC2 was brown

neon socket
#

@frigid mesa you'll like it if you like misery

frigid mesa
#

Oh I see.

#

So it also has that stupid low stamina road block.

neon socket
#

it has all of the call of misery mechanics

#

because its a CoM mod

warped cliff
#

Not all

#

It is the furthest away from misery autism as it comes to freeplays

#

Well, discluding OG CoC of course

neon socket
#

RTTN is literally built of CoM

warped cliff
#

It is, but it isn't as misery-like as for example Anomaly

neon socket
#

amomawy is misery-lite

warped cliff
#

It's still more misery-like than RttN

neon socket
#

amomawy also has a worse story than RttN smile_scar

high mountain
#

coc worst story

green gorge
#

CoC no story

#

There are worse stories than no story though, as far as stalker mods go

#

Most prominently Lost Alpha

#

That one has the worst story

jolly pilot
#

hey

#

does exist another quests mods?

#

because i dont like the doctorxquestilines(i know the mods have good quest is just a thing about me and this mod)

neon socket
#

play OGSR

#

stop wasting your time with coc mods

jolly pilot
#

ok

#

i give a try

hardy sequoia
#

Hey Jest, could you link the correct CoC link by stason later

green gorge
#
Mod DB

This is a compilation of mods known as "Call of Chernobyl by stason174" with fix 6.03 and the OPTIONAL 64-bit engine upgrade (unstable). Very popular in the Russian community. This is the latest version. Essentially it is CoC 1.4.22 + MLR 8.3 (compared...

warped cliff
#

x64?

green gorge
#

Well it has x64 but I say don't bother using it

#

Due to instability

warped cliff
#

ah

#

ok

hidden cosmos
#

Expression : no_assert
Function : CIni_IdToIndex<1,struct COMMUNITY_DATA,class shared_str,int,class CHARACTER_COMMUNITY>::GetById
File : e:\stalker\x-ray source\x-ray_callofchernobyl\src\xrgame\ini_id_loader.h
Line : 134
Description : item not found, id
Arguments : greh_npc

stack trace:

0023:00C43813 xrCore.dll, xrDebug::fail()
0023:064D86BA xrGame.dll, CDialogHolder::IgnorePause()
0023:0650637A xrGame.dll, CDialogHolder::IgnorePause()

hidden cosmos
#

works now

high mountain
#

thanks for sharing how you fixed it

junior rain
#

All you have to do is format the drive that the game is installed on.

hardy sequoia
#

Does the stason174 CoC comes with goodies or is it just vanilla CoC?

#

If so what other stuff should I get for it? Mostly looking for added gameplay

#

And gun variety of course

frigid mesa
stiff seal
#

-warn @frigid mesa swearing

tawny otterBOT
#
Auttaja

Punishment(s) Caligula's Erectus Maximus#0610: 667854647840784 submitted successfully.

stiff seal
frigid mesa
#

Sorry

neon socket
#

@hardy sequoia stasons comes with MLR 8.3 stcop 2.9 and a lot off a-life improvements with optional offline a-life that functions similarly to warfare

#

mlr is a big content expansion so theres a lot of new stuff

#

like modified cordon and a garbage thats build themed

neon socket
#

@hardy sequoia also stasons come with 16gb worth of addons along with it that you can pick and choose

#

better than amomawy

hidden cosmos
#

ne wdead air stuff

jolly pilot
#

Narodnaya Solyanka

#

i was thinking play this mod

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any recomedatons?

analog coyote
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ns2016 is pretty good i guess

lilac depot
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Hi all, best enb / texture visual setup for SoC anyone ?

green gorge
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ENBs usually do more harm than good

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OGSR engine and photorealistic zone 2 and absolute nature is best for vanilla SoC graphics

lilac depot
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I really like the enb AA2 uses.. but I don't want the gameplay changes. Perhaps I can find just the end aa2 uses.. however yes thank you I will try your reccomendation first.

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yeah enb can be hit or miss.

jolly pilot
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does anyone use the warfare mod for CoC here?

green gorge
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@frank flame is the Warfare expert

frank flame
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Not really an expert on the technical side

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And I haven't used CoC's version of Warfare in ages

green gorge
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You have a Warfare tattoo

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I know it

lilac depot
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@green gorge how about a weather mod ? should I leave it vanilla ? I tried weather overhaul v3 but it did not seem to work with OGSR, photorealistic zone 2 and absolute .

green gorge
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I don't think OGSR engine needs one, you'll see how much better it looks

lilac depot
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okay yeah that will save me the headache I will leave it alone.

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I downloaded ukraine langauge with english subs for the realistic immersion works good LOL

jolly pilot
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@frank flame oh sorry, is just i want to make a big immersion using good graphics and better not bullet spongy for make and with that the warfare mod for make a faction war(MONOLITH X CLEAR SKY)

frank flame
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Nah, can't help you there

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Warfare kind of works against immersion when it's at its best

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You could always just play Anomaly's warfare, since it lets you remove factions for the game so you can do just CS vs Monolith, it has better graphics and enemies aren't really spongey

jolly pilot
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Oh

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K

lilac depot
jolly pilot
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sooo

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i want to try create a mod for stalker

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any recomedations?

neon socket
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No, the mod creation is up to you

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Both in idea collecting

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And in knowing what to do

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Because there is no documentation

junior rain
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Wasn't there an SDK somewhere?

neon socket
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Yes

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And it has 0 detailed documentation

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Absolutely nothing

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I'm still trying out how to make sectors and portals

hot turret
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It has, but it's all in russian

neon socket
high mountain
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not an issue

junior rain
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Google Translate or that Yandex thing are your best friends.

high mountain
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yandex is god

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google translate sucks

hot turret
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I can suggest few sites with great modding tutorials but they're all in russian @jolly pilot

high mountain
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copy paste existing mods

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iirc theyre in lua so its easy

hot turret
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Also, GSC SDK is not working flawlessly, lets put it like that
That's why some modding teams making their own sdks

hot turret
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RIP Thio mad_F

neon socket
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@Comrade Cat#0777

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Rip comrade cat

warped cliff
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What

neon socket
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@warped cliff try to ping him. He's dead bro

hot turret
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Collector shot him in the head and took his soul GWsetmyxPeepoCry

neon socket
orchid berry
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And practically nothing left as well

lilac depot
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I see a someone has posted this question on reddit before but never got a proper response.

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is it possible to have the visuals of Autum Aurora 2..without the gameplay changes ? ( first real playthrough here ).. nothing seems to look better than AA2 visuals. not OBSE with texture mods.. nothing comes close.

green gorge
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Well you're technically wrong about that, you just really prefer its pseudo autumn art design

lilac depot
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Saint i've tried what you reccomended.

green gorge
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You can always steal its textures and shaders

lilac depot
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I did recieve 1 crash with all of that during OBSE .. lastnight stayed up til 1 am trying to figure it out but could not...I have proper files.

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that's what I thought, I will attempt to DL aa2 and try to pick the files out but i have a feeling it wont work.

green gorge
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You mean you tried OGSR engine on top of SoC?

lilac depot
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you see saint it looks GOOD it does. with OGSR + photorealistic + absolute nature. But it just is not looking as impressive as aa2 not close.

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yep

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I have tried aa2 before and I know that for a first timer like me, that 6x bleed rate is just way overkill.

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the damage models ? I was handling that fine. it wasn't the difficulty I had an issue with in aa2 like alot of new people.. it was just that damn bleed rate and not being able to heal with ANYTHING besides med kits..

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but of course, since I am new to stalker, I don't know where to find those med kits as easy as a stalker veteran. that was the issue. so I just kept dying after getting hit by 2-3 bullets in a fight quickly after .

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I actually liked how difficult gunfights are. but the bleed rate they screwed that up.

green gorge
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You can start by copying AA2's gamedata\meshes and gamedata\textures and gamedata\levels folders into vanilla SoC

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then see what happens

lilac depot
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alright Saint I will try this well see what happens. Perhaps the enb is a big part of it ? as much as enb's cause more harm than good. I never seem to really have major issues with enb when they are set up correctly in games.. I think alot of people forget to disable aa and other things and then it comes out bad.

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I am playing on an x27 predator monitor at 4k, so I can really see every little detail... and I know I prabably won't get 144hz in 4k ultra settings like I do with the OGSR engine..with the AA2 visuals since everything will be back to being locked at 1 core again.

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unless I can keep OGSR with aa2 visuals.

green gorge
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You can try to use its ENB

lilac depot
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should i just reinstall from scratch or should i try to run it with ogsr

green gorge
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The shaders won't be compatible with OGSR

lilac depot
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right

green gorge
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But I don't know how important that is to you

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OGSR has far superior shaders

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What is it that you prefer about AA2 visuals anyway?

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That can help me narrow down what you need to copy over

lilac depot
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maybe its the combination of their shaders with the enb, but i have never seen the ogsr shaders with that enb so i cant really comment on that

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back when i last tried AA2 i was playing on the pg27q 1440p monitor.. now this is the x27 and, everything does look much better. so i can see more detail.

green gorge
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4k is great yes

lilac depot
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and of course you cannot run 4k 144hz in most new games but stalker.. with that ogsr engine on i was hitting stable 144hz no problem at 4k. so for the first real time i saw that 144hz in 4k .

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without ogsr i think it will be 50 60 fps

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its not BAD with gsync ultimate.. though. but still.

green gorge
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OGSR engine isn't multithreaded

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so it won't be that much better

lilac depot
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when i used dx11 option with ogsr i was getting `144hz at 4k

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oh okay yeah your prabably right i didnt try dx11 without ogsr only full dynamic lightning first option

green gorge
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DX11 and 64-bit do improve performance though

lilac depot
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oh yeah for sure it did

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does that aa2 soundtrack completely overhual the OST ? or does it just add tracks ? I really liked those tracks.

green gorge
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Don't recall, haven't played AA2 in 5 years

lilac depot
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just the entire look

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and as much as I typically hate dof that come with enb's in most games, I like it here. and i think it helps with frames too.

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the overall style gives off that darker more serious look.

green gorge
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haha I hate the DOF, I only like DOF that looks realistic, namely modern >=DX11 bokeh

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any other DOF is not worth using I think

lilac depot
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yeah I can just remove the dof in the ini im sure if i get this to work

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im sure it will look better with it off.. the zone has very far distances and dof would ruin that for sure.

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how would i see a mutant from far away if its blurred, a good point..

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i think the perfect mod layout would be the aa2 overall entire look + realistic gun sounds + bullet crack effects if there is such a mod.. and maybe some extra soundtrack. that is all I am really looking for here. I dont want to add too much and add the risk of crashes..

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all i know is that the one time I tried aa2, i had no crashes, it felt very secure.

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i will now try to work on copy those files from aa2 and see how it goes illg et back to ya

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in the aa2 data folder we have ( bin / enb / gamedata / localization / render / scopes /styles /4GB_exe_patcher.exe )

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and gamedata has ( anims, config, levels, meshes, modcfg, scrips, sounds, spawns, textures )