╟📸screenshots

[thin obsidian]

WOAH the third pic

thats cus u never finish it

https://tenor.com/view/duck-shake-gif-25984885

this is what happens when you type with sickhowl for too long

i already had too many chromosomes

[dire needle]

im just sticking to my words

[thin obsidian]

HAHAHAHAHA ffs

will I see gta 6 grass before complete ccon

both 2025

[dire needle]

Q3/Q4 2025

[thin obsidian]

50/50 chance

[dire needle]

still got chance to release before

[thin obsidian]

unless grok adds it when its nearly complete

then u will get even more questions

when u dont have duckass emoji you print screen sickhowls and copy paste 🧠

[dire needle]

i think i gained 1extra

[thin obsidian]

First pic reminded me of skyrim for some reason

[warm sierra]

#╟📸stalker2™-media

[brittle shuttle]

shoot sorry

[dusky willow]

since when did he start walking around rostok??

there he goes..

[stray sparrow]

Duga-1

[patent coyote]

That is an interesting UI/HUD

[tall salmon]

Красота! Подскажи, что за мод на время года?

[carmine scaffold]

Not available for the public then?

They look really nice

[patent coyote]

Ok, finally getting my game back to where I like it after forgetting to back up all my setting with the most recent update. 🙃
Still, I feel like it is missing a little something and I can't quite put my finger on it. 🤏
If anyone has any suggestions on how I can improve this even further, please let me know! 👍
Thank you in advance! 😁

[robust hearth]

Golden late autumn от создателя I.N.V.E.R.N.O

[zinc mica]

i wonder what they see in each others eyes

[sterile hedge]

yet another hands

[full pier]

Hey are you using a mod to showcase the weapon, I remember there was a mod to do this, just forgot it's name. Would appreciate a suggestion

[sterile hedge]

i dont really use any mod to showcase it, but if u meant the bore animation which is basically inspecting, then you need to enable a mod from this command !inspect and you should be good

[full pier]

[narrow ruin]

navasianil

[sterile hedge]

А ты иди работай

Ленивый кусок vasyana

[narrow ruin]

noy

rabotatb ne bydy

[sterile hedge]

A nado

inache skazhy groky chtob ybral mhp

[narrow ruin]

ne obiazan

[narrow ruin]

zhiest

[tall moon]

At this rate Monolith won't have anyone left

[tall moon]

Weakest UNISG Enjoyer

[fossil lily]

splinter cell

[thin obsidian]

what population settings is that haha

[tall moon]

The defaults, I didn't change it

[thin obsidian]

damn

Maybe I shouldnt have put it to 0.60

[trail oracle]

There is light pop-in at the grass on the right edge of the screen. It doesn't happen on the left edge of the screen.
Any idea why this would happen?
SSS Settings > Shadow Cascades > Near cascades size = 10 almost fixes it.

[warm sierra]

will be fixed in future updates, when SSS mod updates itself

[humble quiver]

how do you guys get ur games to look like this, thru editing sss settings?

[muted plover]

reshade and some graphical mods

[plush finch]

What do you use for the grass and foliage?

[pale agate]

Aydin Grass+Cconsciousness Grass+Ato 4

[plush finch]

Did you use winter alt for ccon?

[pale agate]

Yep

[short siren]

where can i find these? cant find in MO

[mint fractal]

whats this body on map mod?

[raw arch]

Probably Milspec PDA with KillTracker.. Some higher tiers of PDAs display corpses like that

[raw arch]

Aydin's is included in MO2.. Reinstall to change to Winter
Ccon is https://discord.com/channels/912320241713958912/1279805292472832101
ATO4 is https://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomaly/addons/ato-4

[mint fractal]

i have an old mod that only shows on minimap and they disappear when i load a save

[raw arch]

The latest updates fixed that

It no longer disappears

And it shows on PDA and minimap as well

[azure whale]

Ccon or panceride?

[robust flame]

the protected stash

[raw arch]

That's personal preference.. I use Panceride myself.. And then trees and grass from ccon.. Ccon doesn't cover every map yet so Panceride will do the rest..

[tall moon]

Milspec PDA mod was added to Gamma with 0.9.3, which shows Bodies on the PDA with T2 and above

[azure whale]

Is it possible to combine them?

[raw arch]

Yup.. Have ccon lower than panceride in MO2.. Ccon will take over the maps it supports and panceride will do the rest

I use ccon as my main for grass and trees.. Then panceride for whatever ccon doesn't cover.. And GOTZ for the New Levels mod since only that grass mod supports New Levels so far

[scenic creek]

not sure if this is the place to put this in but

uuuuuuuh

im no expert but im sure that this isnt right

[raw arch]

Probably in #🔨base-gamma-support or #🔨modded-gamma-support if you have custom mods ontop of GAMMA.. Not sure why your helmet has outfit stats.. If you have any mods ontop of GAMMA, go to modded support..

Would love to help but no idea what that is.. Never seen it

[azure whale]

So for trees it seems like you need a separate mod ссon, did you install it too?

[raw arch]

Yeah I did install that separate one

I use all 3 of these.. Ccon grass, ccon trees, and bar fix because GAMMA 0.9.3 uses an edited Bar map which is doing weird things with ccon so there's a fix for that now

[azure whale]

Damn... can you show me your mod list please

[raw arch]

I'm at work right now but:

• SSS
• Panceride (with lfo folder hidden/deleted.. That's the trees)
• Ccon grass
• Ccon trees
• Ccon bar fix
• GOTZ New Levels only (Because I use New Levels mod and the base grass is ass on those levels)

[sharp laurel]

9

[raw arch]

10

[azure whale]

11

[unique rune]

Dude.....

[unique rune]

Killed so many Monolith just to get one dude that it caused the former #6 to shoot up to #1

It also skipped 8 and 7

[azure whale]

What is this cloud mod?

[daring aspen]

its Atmospherics, cloudy dark 2 or 3

[unique rune]

I love thermal sights :D

Patch collection

1,2,7, and 8 are actual enemies everything else is just corpses I found, aside from Freedom. Screw Freedom.

Those ones are ones I 'found'

[thorny solstice]

I fell into a hole here in the outskirts. But I died and can't find the hole again. Does anyone know where it is?

nvm I found it

[lethal coyote]

Got a bug with a phantom from a dead Khalik

[narrow juniper]

puppy

[harsh cobalt]

stand user

[tall moon]

Well this is a predicament

[narrow juniper]

stand user

[uneven storm]

The fog, the fog! It's excellent!

[short siren]

mods for snow?

[tall moon]

It do be like that sometimes

[patent coyote]

Getting there...Cordon sure can be pretty some times

[junior sleet]

holy shit is this a doki doki reference??

[brazen prairie]

fr fr

[old apex]

Some personal space in crowded halls of Rostok Factory

[azure whale]

😍😍

[wispy lily]

[valid oracle]

https://tenor.com/view/rotating-skull-gif-24524852

[woeful flicker]

How do you make it look like that? its pretty cool

[tall moon]

https://discord.com/channels/912320241713958912/1089545722396934234

[sterile hedge]

sss 22.

[clever badger]

OK, Late Fall & INVERNO are working on SSS 22. Verified...

[sleek cipher]

"A home away from home", but actually in my room xD

[rustic ember]

Разведос.

[stray maple]

what texture are you using?

pack*

[sterile hedge]

#1043020993687474186

[stray maple]

where do you put that in your load order?

[low stone]

Wow! Any additional mods?

[quartz crow]

I haven't done anything particularly special here but man, after updating SSS I was just walking around and thought "God damn this game is pretty"

[daring aspen]

finally the real s2 is out

[wintry laurel]

Anybody else make their own smoke spots around the zone?

[clever badger]

atmospherics expansion

with anomaly custom weathers

sss 22 with maximum configs

and reshade

[echo schooner]

Is that CCON grass?

[narrow juniper]

aye

[dire needle]

yes in main post you have that recolor and instructions how to install it

[fresh apex]

what grass mod or setting is this ?

[trail oracle]

something's wrong with ambient occlusion on the trees, with the new sss.
it's not just me, is it?

reducing the intensity or increasing the radius fixes the darkness but lessens the overall effect.
Edit: Found the culprit, CCon Trees. Disabling that mod fixes it completely.

[fresh apex]

kinda also sun shadows look very dark with this new sss update for me

[timber swallow]

I changed some tonemap settings and increased sun brightness a bit. Still tweaking.

[dire needle]

You need to tweak ao for sss

W8 one sec

[fresh apex]

something odd after the update in game the shadows are almost pitch black but in screenshots they look ok

[timber swallow]

Ok. Cheers. Also I hadn't turned of grass shadows yet in that shot.

[fossil lily]

mind sending me your ltx / bloom values you settled on for use with MoH

[dire needle]

I’m on phone and can’t find my sss settings for ao

[timber swallow]

Nevermind. Off to bed now anyways.

[dire needle]

K

[sterile hedge]

i just made it not use weather presets and lowered exposure to 1 and first parameter before it at around 6-7.5

[fossil lily]

ez

does moh still have its own preset

ltx

[sterile hedge]

yes

[pale agate]

Aydin grass+cConsciousness grass+ato 4+adega

[twilit owl]

hey fresh install of the game and it looks nothing like what you guys are posting what am i doing wrong it looks so potato my version and im pretty sure i did everything right

[quartz crow]

Hey any chance you've managed to figure out what SSS settings need to be tweaked to fix the dark trees?

[hasty plover]

what reshade is this? running atmosr and it's pretty saturated with plenty of bloom

[patent finch]

SSS22+Rotten textures+ adega+ato4+CconGrass and Trees+AmosBeta +Coar_rtx Reshade. First time playing gamma. This game is awesome 😄

[tidal bobcat]

for me new SSS looks especially good during the night, the fog effect absolutely nails it

[torpid cypress]

whats the name of the sss22 mod in the mod organizer?

[cedar granite]

Cozy stalker

[humble quiver]

this with new atmos?

[remote hedge]

yep+M.o.H

[tepid jetty]

How do we update to SSS 22 without losing save pls?

Can't wait to grab it- the shots look amazing.

[bright umbra]

just reintall it

thats it

[tepid jetty]

So DL it- then right click reinstall in MO2? Then Merge or Replace pls?

[bright umbra]

replace .. tick all except red ones

[tepid jetty]

AH ok- mad, I was told inthe past not to go into it like that as they're already On by default or something?

My rain started looking strange once and someone said it was because I'd gone in and ticked them like that?

[bright umbra]

😭 .. u also have to clear ur cache shaders

dm me i will help u out

[tepid jetty]

ah ok- in the Anomaly Launcher?

[bright umbra]

yes

and in the mcm

just go to sss

and change evry thing form meduim to high

[torpid cypress]

What's the performance hit from doing this?

[tepid jetty]

I click reinstall and I THINK it's just reinstalling the older version? How to get it to see the new DL in Downloads?

[tepid jetty]

On my current install of it it's not too bad.

I take screenshots to see how it is Med/High etc then decide depending on FPS.

[torpid cypress]

Word, I'll try it out. What're your Gpu and cpu?

[tepid jetty]

Can I just uninstall the old one then do a clean install on the update?

[tepid jetty]

GTX 4080

[bright umbra]

😭

[tepid jetty]

sry dude- new to this mate

[torpid cypress]

Looks great!

[bright umbra]

do u the latest update

??

[tepid jetty]

I done a clean install of GAMMA about 2 weeks ago. Now all's I want to do is update SSS without losing save if poss mate. I've already DL'ed SSS- but when I right click it in MO2 and hit reinstall I THINK it's finding the older one? It doesn't say 22

I appreciate your help with this man

[bright umbra]

the mo2 has the latest version .. dw it just says sss 20

[tepid jetty]

AHHHHHHhhhh- so MO2 AUTOMATICALLY finds an updated version of addonds from MOD DB or something? I always thought you had to go there and DL them..!?!?!?!?!?!?

[bright umbra]

ye something loike that

see its 22

[tepid jetty]

OMFG..!!! I never knew that..!!!

OK- so right click, reinstall Replace- then tick all them then delete shader cache right?

[tepid jetty]

Where/how to view this pls?

[proper nimbus]

this is very red

[bright umbra]

it is 22 if it has soft partical in the intsall thingy

just reinstall and look for that

mine looks like dis

[tepid jetty]

could yo uscreenshot that pls? I just reinstalled replaced and honestly I THINK its running the same version? Not updated?

Mine

[bright umbra]

yep

ur running old one

[tepid jetty]

??/ I right clicked and hit reinstall??

[bright umbra]

install dis one its the 22

u have to untick the old one

just put it in the place of the old one

[tepid jetty]

Can I just remove old one com,pletely?

[bright umbra]

ye but not recommended

leave it there

just un tick it

[bright umbra]

siicckkk

[bright umbra]

which gun is that

[proper nimbus]

which one?

[tepid jetty]

Like that? Some say ES needed or Optional?

[bright umbra]

nice

[bright umbra]

the one with scope

[bright umbra]

es is already installed

dw

[proper nimbus]

SR2m veresk with it's tactical kit

[bright umbra]

aaahhh oki oki

looks really nice

[proper nimbus]

it's usable in pistol slot so i use it whenever i can

[tepid jetty]

is ok to have BOTH number 10s ticked on?

Wind?

[bright umbra]

ni

no

remove the vanilla one

[bright umbra]

damn must too long time to find that kit

[tepid jetty]

out of interest what does SOFT PULSE do?

[proper nimbus]

i've found it's actually easier to find an SR2 WITH a kit than without

[bright umbra]

its a shadow thing

[bright umbra]

damnnn

[tepid jetty]

Wow- never had that before, I ticked on Del Shader Cache in launcher

[bright umbra]

clearr ur cache

[tepid jetty]

how pls? sorry

I used the ANomaly launcher and ticked on Del Shader Cache

[quiet linden]

Delete the cache folder in Anomaly -> appdata

[tepid jetty]

That's what I've been doing?

and then crash

[bright umbra]

delete dis

[tepid jetty]

Ah wow- still happening..! I'll check log

[bright umbra]

tbh

ur cooked

[bright umbra]

i think the new sss 22 dont support old gamma

[tepid jetty]

I only reinstalled GAMMA about 2 weeks ago?

The new updated one

[bright umbra]

there been updates

😭

[tepid jetty]

when?

[bright umbra]

send me ur save filr

rq

[bright umbra]

https://discord.com/channels/912320241713958912/912827116427554877

[narrow juniper]

update your exes?

[bright umbra]

ooo ye

fuck

mb

[bright umbra]

update ur exe

[tepid jetty]

Leave them all ticked on or off?

[bright umbra]

dont do anything

bruuuhhhh

[tepid jetty]

Just hit this right?

[bright umbra]

https://github.com/themrdemonized/STALKER-Anomaly-modded-exes/releases/download/2024.09.15/STALKER-Anomaly-modded-exes_2024.09.15.zip

download dis and paste the exe in the bin file

this will fix

[tepid jetty]

Anomaly/Bin ?

[bright umbra]

yes

[tepid jetty]

Like this?

[bright umbra]

yep

[narrow juniper]

you dont gotta drag em all just the dx you use

[bright umbra]

same thing

[tepid jetty]

ffs

[bright umbra]

ur cooked

send ur save file

let me use it on

the latest one

[bright umbra]

brruuuhhh

look up

it says update available

[tepid jetty]

So just hit this right?

[bright umbra]

ye

un

check

the reshade dll

then press that

[bright umbra]

can u send ur safe file pls

[tepid jetty]

DMed you

[bright umbra]

ty

[acoustic tiger]

thanks, was planning to install SSS22 but now im scared. Is SSS22 even improving on performance?

[azure whale]

SSS 22 settings for best experience

[narrow juniper]

performance seems the same as last update, but the visuals are much better

[azure whale]

Yes

[azure whale]

This is a pretty good update but needs some customization to suit your needs.

[warm sierra]

@willow mountain, are you a professional photographer?

[willow mountain]

no)

[sleek cipher]

God... I love storms.

[random flame]

Visuals are better but performance isnt the same on my side. 20-25 fps less with default SSS22 Settings.

and its a lot more unstable. Got a lot of crashes since installing it yesterday. if you use reshade and you toggle it on and off it will crash very fast. this didnt happen with SSS21

[pale agate]

Performance pain in the ass

[normal stream]

Yeah I think the bloom is really dramatic. bloom in general as a post process effect never makes games look better, to me. it's often over used and makes things look too soft. i just prefer reshade.

[narrow juniper]

[random flame]

i dropped back to SSS21 and Atmos 2.64.5 Hotfix and immediately gained my 20-25 fps in certain scenarios back. just be sure to put the demonized exes from 30.11.24 in your bin folder. otherwise you will get some horrible artefacts with the new exes from ascii. and clear shaders_cache manually.

[formal sentinel]

Performance much better since the shader update and it looks better too. I think lol.

[turbid vortex]

if you use SSS22, i think it's mandatory to also use the latest version of atmospherics, in case you're not already using it (the one included with GAMMA by default ISN'T the latest one)

[tepid jetty]

I've done ran undate from the GAMMA Launcher- would that have grabbed the lastest Atmospherics? If not, how to get and install it pls?

[turbid vortex]

no, i dont think updating via GAMMA launcher gets you that update

get it here:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1FpiCxz2zKTrbC3ocQlp4iaYzGzcgvT78 (you can also download it via the moddb page if you dont trust me, description links to the same gdrive https://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomaly/addons/hippos-shaders-and-atmospherics )

and then move to the same priorty where the old currently active atmospherics sits in your loadorder, and disable the old one

[tepid jetty]

Thanks very much mate

[turbid vortex]

like this

this is what I selected during install of atmos

thats also what gamma has by default i think

except the 09 extra weather cycle, thats my personal choice, but it adds some sweet dust storm type weather, up to you 😄

[tepid jetty]

Nice one- thanks for this..!!!

Actually- I want to disable the reshade- how to do that please? Like to remove it from my GAMMA install?

Is there instructions anywhere to remove it?

[turbid vortex]

easiest would probably just be to rename the dxgi.dll in your anomaly/bin folder to something like dxgi.dll.bak

no .dll, no reshade loading 😄

[pale agate]

Bro i do the same , no reason seat on 22, 21 works more better and boost my fps well👍

[tepid jetty]

That's a shame- I heard 22 was better perf?

[strange finch]

So sss22 has resulted in less performance?

[turbid vortex]

Can't say I had that experience personally. But I'm more CPU capped then GPU capped, so that probably plays into it

[strange finch]

Good to know. How are you enjoying the update so far?

[tepid jetty]

In Atmospherics what is Optional Fog Distance Increase?

[pale agate]

In my pc config with same settings i have 10-15 fps less🙈

[strange finch]

Increases fog distance so it’s further away from you

[turbid vortex]

(i think we might be derailing a bit from the actual topic of this channel )

[tepid jetty]

And the Extra Weather Cycle please mate?

[strange finch]

Just an added weather cycle to the rotation

[turbid vortex]

did using latest atmospherics get rid of the shader compilation error @tepid jetty ?

[tepid jetty]

don't knwo yet mate- still updating stuff and trying to get everything back. I lost my mods and settings comapltely 😦

omg- this new install is kicking my arse

omg it looks terrible now after the update? Really dark shadow areas and weird glow around trees etc?

Yesterday it was looking like this:

[strange finch]

Are you in fullscreen or borderless?

[tepid jetty]

Fullscreen always mate

[strange finch]

Switch to borderless fullscreen sucks

[tepid jetty]

Looks pretty bad?

Loads of dark spots and high contrasty in general after updating to SSS22 and Atmospherics new? Do I need to tweak or does install look broken somehow?

Omg I had it looking perfect yesterday aswell

[gentle trellis]

screen space shaders - reinstall - tick everything you need except LUT

[strange finch]

Are you guys using map fixes?

[tepid jetty]

map fixes?

[stark smelt]

that seems to be just the SSS AO doing its thing

[stark smelt]

looks pretty good from here

[tepid jetty]

Yeah- THAT was the one from yesterday before I updated today

The one above it is now

[stark smelt]

well it seems to be on different weathers

it's gonna look different as hell

[stark smelt]

also the trees shadow is from the fixes included on C Con trees

so the barks don't become super glossy

[tall salmon]

Dude, I have the same thing. I think it's the new sss. It's the damn bloom.

[tepid jetty]

ah damn- looks terrible sadly

[strange finch]

how it looks for me

You guys are all saying random unproven things, its the bloom, its this and its that. While I see no issues on my end. Default atmos with SSS 22 and no reshade.

And this is cloudy

[tepid jetty]

God knows mate- It's just gone really terrible looking for me is all. Honestly no idea why but I did just install 22 and new Atmos. That's all I changed. Do you think if I do a COMPLETE new GAMMA clean install it's worth it? Will that include 22 and new Atmos automatically?

[strange finch]

It should.

[tepid jetty]

Thanks for you help anyway and your amazing work with Atmos. When it's working it's mindblowing stuff.

[thin geode]

Did you apply one of the new cfg?

[tepid jetty]

I don't even know what that means lol

[strange finch]

And the bloom isn't overbearing, I dont see peoples point when it comes to the bloom.

[thin geode]

Type in console cfg_load atmos_neutral or cfg_load atmos_summer

[tepid jetty]

Hippo- how do I uninstall Reshade pls?

[steep sand]

is that really the default or did you do anything to the setting? looks really good

[strange finch]

default

[strange finch]

uninstall through the reshade installer

okay back to work for me. Hope you all figure it out

[hushed hollow]

You mean through Mod Organizer, what exactly it's called please?

[tepid jetty]

So... anyone know where the Reshade Installer is pls?

[strange finch]

Or the gamma launcher

[thin geode]

bin folder, move out or delete dxgi.dll will disable reshade

[tall salmon]

a lot of people write about bloom, dude. search the channel for the word "bloom" and you will see that the problem exists.

[strange finch]

Send me a screenshot

[foggy basin]

Hey guys, I'm new here. Can someone help me with the graphic settings for SSS22? Should I change somenthing, or just leave them as they are?

[tall salmon]

ok, now i'm doing a complete reinstall of gamma. when i do that, i'll make a collection of screenshots

[tepid jetty]

wtf lol?

That looks like Mars?

Omg I feel sick lol- it looked like perfection yesterday . I'm going to bed and will do a fresh GAMMA install tomorrow lol

[steep sand]

isnt that just the weather?

[tepid jetty]

I don' t know? I've never seen it look like that in years? Coud it be the new weather thing in Atmos Installer? Weather Cycle option?

It doesn't look BAD- just never seen this before

[tall salmon]

yeah dude. i have exactly the same emotions as you. now there is haze everywhere. i do clean reinstall too. i hope something will change.

[tepid jetty]

Deleted the folders- fresh install tomorrow for me, I hope it grabs SSS22 and latest Atmos.

[craggy basalt]

sss 22?

[raven mist]

yep

[craggy basalt]

Beauty

Is this late fall?

[raven mist]

my fps increase about 10-15 fps

[raven mist]

yep

[craggy basalt]

Woah

Any third party mods aside from that?

Or vanilla gamma + late fall?

[raven mist]

https://discord.com/channels/912320241713958912/1280267401513930772

and that

[craggy basalt]

Nice

[fair bone]

https://discord.com/channels/912320241713958912/1306685071201140819

[kind summit]

[fair bone]

За скрины с2 тут удаляют и шлют туда.

[daring aspen]

[kind summit]

https://tenor.com/view/тебя-это-волновать-не-должно-gif-9710384255852460052

[remote tiger]

это аномали..

[fair bone]

Бля, ебанный худ спиздили уже, я и не заметил.

[kind summit]

[fair bone]

Аномальщики, хули.

[kind summit]

Зато не терпилы

[fair bone]

Смотря кто

[humble pasture]

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[craggy basalt]

Иди на хуй

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[humble pasture]

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[muted plover]

new update is ❤️‍🔥

[digital kite]

Fuck that looks good

[steep sand]

dude is looking fresh

[abstract briar]

Fucker gave me a stash in dark valley.

[fresh apex]

If you don't mind me asking what packs are you using and is this gamma as it looks very cohesive

[daring aspen]

its gamma, ATO4, c-con and gotz with birches and poplar replaced from midwinter trees

[fresh apex]

thank you for your time!

[marsh musk]

Idk what they did to the shaders or engine but 0.9.3 looks so insanely good.

[timber swallow]

Pure example of SSS 22 AO at work. (Cloudy 1 Atmos). The depth is stunning now. Who's still a moany Stalker?

[marsh musk]

Dude, the view distance has been improved, right? It's not in my head?

[fossil lily]

probably more noticing now all of the shadow fixes

sss22 fixes and changes have actually been such a big upgrade visually on top of all the performance changes

especially now that you can completely disable in game grass shadows and get 90% of the visuals there

honestly maybe even more

[marsh musk]

Is there any notes about what sss22 is and etc? I'm just absolutely over the moon how amazing everything looks.

[fossil lily]

im sure the moddb page has update notes

[patent finch]

Yoooo did not know that. How much fps did you get from this ?

[fossil lily]

Like 20 lol

depends on the scene but

It’s very heavy to run in game shadows enabled

screen space covers most of it

[patent finch]

Bruh this is game changer

[fossil lily]

Idk if you saw the release video for sss22 but it’s all just using SSS shadows no in game ones

[patent finch]

No way. I tought i have to enable it for sss to be on

Still runing at like 65-70 fps tho

Will try that later

[fossil lily]

yeah idk what that was on about a while back, idk if it was true until now or what’s going on

but yeah big big cpu help too

Medium SSS grass shadow quality is recommended as best visual to performance and even low is really good

[azure whale]

By the way, this is not very good

Now I understand why I have such shadows

[fossil lily]

What shadows are you meaning

sss shadows alone are completely fine

[azure whale]

In short, when I quickly turn the camera, something not very good happens with the shadows.

[fossil lily]

might need to record it to show ascii then

[azure whale]

The video won't fit in discord

[azure whale]

And you don't have any problems?

[abstract briar]

not bad

[fossil lily]

I don’t have any issues with shadows when turning or honestly any shadow problems no

I don’t use in game grass shadows enabled either

No ghosting that I can tell

[rain fern]

skibidi toilet

[acoustic tiger]

Pre installing SSS22

after updating to SSS22

[turbid vortex]

well thats a new one, double pseudogiants in wild territory

[gloomy trellis]

Finally can continue, that last update messed my stuff pretty bad

[dire needle]

if those shadows on barks bother you, change maximum occlusion to 0.1-0.3 in sss ao mcm setting

[humble quiver]

sss22 might be the best update for it so far

[turbid vortex]

agreed, probably an unpopular opinion, but I think bloom especially adds a lot. Lights now actually appearing to be emitting light combined with forced volumetrics is something else

[humble quiver]

i’m a sucker for bloom, i can understand why people might not like it but it just makes the game so cinematic in certain scenes

[turbid vortex]

most people probably hate it because a lot of games just overdo the bloom effect

[acoustic tiger]

i think i kinda prefer my old setup, it looks cinematic, but its not sharp anymore sadly.. also didnt see any option to turn down the bloom

[turbid vortex]

you can just disable it?

[acoustic tiger]

also is this standard setting supposed to be on or off? still tweaking graphics after latest update

[turbid vortex]

if you're using sss22 ambient occlusion, then turn it off completely in the base game settings

[acoustic tiger]

WHERE TO TURN OF BLOOM

[turbid vortex]

not sure there's a setting in SSS MCM settings besides moving sliders around, you can however disable the whole bloom module during SSS22 (re-)install

you could also try moving the threshold slider all the way to the right

[acoustic tiger]

gonna check

[turbid vortex]

this one

[acoustic tiger]

Got it less bloomy now, thanks

[turbid vortex]

that looks really effin good

[marsh musk]

It's like a beautiful dream, soft and warm. Loving it.

[patent finch]

Did get up by 10-15 fps with no visible visuals downgrades. Thx man 😄

[muted plover]

browsing this channel, with the new sss update everyones game is looking great lol

[azure zodiac]

I much prefer this more subtle look you've got going over the oversaturated "Fantasy RPG" style some people prefer.

[muted plover]

thank ya, i like the autumn vibes. the summer green can look good in some ways but on my end i cant ever get it to look right lol

[muted plover]

this 2nd picture almost looks like a painting, nice work

[zealous bane]

settings??

[tall salmon]

What grass and trees do you use?

[daring aspen]

what exact settings are you asking about?

[marsh musk]

This mod.

Winter option, 2k resolution.
#1279805292472832101 message

[marsh musk]

Dude these roads and lightning are nutty.

[clever badger]

do u play with ambient occlusion enabled or disabled?

[acoustic tiger]

@clever badger Enabled, im still playing with the SSS settings, game looks very different now after the update

[timber swallow]

Can't stop taking screenies with this new update.

[azure zodiac]

The duty checkpoint got some sunlight at last

[acoustic tiger]

Turned off bloom for this one, my eyes prefer this setting way better

[minor vortex]

How playable is the game fps wise now that it looks like this? It reminds me of the old Skyrim ENB days where people were posting insane screenshots but the game ran at 18fps

[thin obsidian]

Lossless scaling saved my ass

Before it I get like 35 fps lol

now its smooth as butter

[minor vortex]

Gamma has dlss now? lol

If it doesn’t I had no idea you could even force something like that to work

[thin obsidian]

Mmm no you gotta buy the lossless scaling on steam for whatever it is, 5-6 euros i cant remember

[minor vortex]

Ohh

[placid pumice]

If anyone could throw default Gamma bloom settings screenshot at me - that’d be lovely

[sudden ridge]

what extra mods you got bro?

[normal stream]

just reinstalling and selecting everything but bloom, correct?

i tried messing with everything relating to bloom and the sky still blooms in a way that i dont like.

[red cedar]

TL:DR You killed every duty member in Rostok, including med, merchant, technician and faction leader... 59 duty soldiers dead, Freedom casualties? Just one.

[tropic laurel]

What are you running it at and what res are you scaling up to? Also what visual mods are you running?

[viscid depot]

screenshot tutorial: look at the sun

[thin obsidian]

SSS 22 and ccon grass for biggest visuals, midwinter trees too

[thin obsidian]

1440P and I just use FSR with scaling to 1x, only wanted fsr so i could add a little bit of sharpening 🤷 So I guess it doesnt scale when its 1x, idk how this works really im a noob

[sudden ridge]

how you got sss22?

[narrow juniper]

It updated, you can either add it yourself or update through the GAMMA launcher

[winged ledge]

Anyone figured out what this is?

[magic spruce]

hm

[coral shuttle]

i have this problem too

[winged ledge]

What is your Aydin's Grass Season set to?

[coral shuttle]

i think its summer

[winged ledge]

Hm, okay. I don't know what the default is right now but I re-installed everything, updated in the launcher with every box checked and still had the problem. I still had the issue, but, I 'fixed it' by making a brand new save.

[coral shuttle]

i think we have to w8 for fix

[winged ledge]

Are you playing with soulslike mode?

[coral shuttle]

NOPEEEE

[timber cobalt]

wtf

[clever badger]

An ordinary diver, just recently surfaced

[elder night]

man the grass from this new SSS update looks so damn good

[lapis saffron]

what grass mod are you using?

[patent finch]

Holy Fog bro

[humble quiver]

yeah im not really sure what the hell weather i was having in that ss lol

[patent finch]

Biblically accurarate fog Weather

[junior sleet]

saint petersburg is wonderful this time of year

[faint ore]

how is everyone getting such clean visuals what am i missing?

[faint ore]

i dont have any of those settings in SSS how do you get those?

[azure whale]

Update the gamma

[faint ore]

oh it just dropped lol? i just updated like 3 days ago

[azure whale]

A new update was released yesterday

[faint ore]

Hell yeah i was wondering how peoples screenshots were so crispy

[acoustic tiger]

quality gun choice

[trail gyro]

I just don't understand how you all get such impressive graphics 😮 Over these two days tried a bunch of weather presets, reshades on and off etc., all with sss22 - the graphics look very bland withit when no reshade (I don't see any bloom, sunshafts, no nice shadowing etc.) and oversaturated with most of presets I tried.. don't know what to do really

[patent finch]

Ccongrass and a couples of textures packs like Rotten Adega and Ato are saving lifes. all in #1035807043933720576

[trail gyro]

yeah I have Ccongrass, have Rotten Life pack (excluded ground textures), and as for Ato - have it installed but deactivated, I started as CS member in swamps and just didn't like ground textures for swamp with it, god why it's so rocky, it's a goddamn swamp😅

my main issue is that I don't really seem to get a nice atmospheric weather and lightning.. I have MoH now, just started testing though, maybe I got that preset that's still WIP and doesn't look particularly nice (I didn't disable anything)

[fallen ridge]

new SSS update bangin

[trail gyro]

any particular SSS settings or just the default ones?

[fallen ridge]

Default. I play at 2k, Rotten Life + CCon on top of Aydin's Grass. I turned bloom down a notch, it was too much

Oh and I use the Weather Expansion for Atmos. Emergent Zone 2 - Jericho at 75%. That's it.

[trail gyro]

Well probably depends on weather and daytime a lot after all.. here's what I got now, not wonderful but not bad at all either I guess

[patent coyote]

0.9.3 is BEAUTIFUL!!

• Picture 1 is before the update
• Picture 2 is the same spot, same grass, same save, same in-game time, same settings, same everything, with the 0.9.3 update

[clever badger]

these mfs will do anything but move to hangar. the duty money too good or either butcher is too stanky or both

[trail gyro]

Now that's grim lol

[timber swallow]

I've swapped out the rocks for a mud texture. You'll be happy. What's M.O.H btw?

[trail gyro]

It's this weather presets mod https://discord.com/channels/912320241713958912/1299899241657012324

[trail gyro]

hmm, I've installed ATO in MO2, how do I swap a particular texture and where to get it?

[fallen ridge]

Caught a Freedom spy

[patent coyote]

Just going to leave this here......

On a serious note, I cannot help but feel like GAMMA is nearing perfection at this point. I have a mid-range PC at best, and the fact that this game runs this smooth, and looks this gorgeous is just mind blowing! The sunset sky in Cordon is just

[serene valley]

Low quality but I find it kinda nice

[timber swallow]

You can prioritise textureload order depending on how you have your texture packs organised. Lowest one will always overwrite others. But if you want to swap out a particular texture , that's another mission completely

[trail gyro]

For now I found a solution like this - Midwinter trees first, then Ato, Ageda, Rotten life w/o ground textures, Aidyn, and Ccon grass in the end. Ageda has nice ground textures for swamps, and everything has a nice late autumn vibe without too lush green

maybe I'll also try putting midwinter trees after Ageda to even it out more

[cedar pendant]

Hi guys, do you guys know what setting makes my graphics so grainy? It looks totally terrible when zoomed in, or when looking at light.

[short gazelle]

stalker gamma is at a whole other level right now imo

[thin obsidian]

ccon grass

[short gazelle]

wht ground

[thin obsidian]

MBTT 👍

[short gazelle]

ty ❤️

[cedar pendant]

Are you using just GAMMA, or did you install other mods?

[short gazelle]

its just gamma, with c-con, and ATO4, and some tree mod i found on moddb if you want i can link it, other then that nothing new

[cedar pendant]

No need, I'm just struggling with my graphics a lot. It has this "grainy" effect when I look on dark areas. I am trying to find what is causing that, but no luck so far.

[cedar pendant]

It's much more visible here

[short gazelle]

you replied to yourself

oh mb

resolution? upscaling?

AA?

reshade?

[cedar pendant]

3440x1410, not sure if using any upscaling, can I set it in the game or do I have to use external software?

[cedar pendant]

Disabled, as suggested in the settings

[cedar pendant]

Not using right now

[acoustic tiger]

i like how stalker looks now but the far views are blurry, tweaked everything regarding SSS but no luck, do i need to use a reshade?

[azure whale]

Turn off blur in SSS

[fervent cave]

cant find ato in the mod post is it a short for something or am i retarded?

[tall salmon]

@strange finch
So. Continuing our conversation about bloom (or whatever the new sss is). Re-installed Gamma, new save. Set my resolution and did not touch any of the graphical settings in the game (in the Anomaly and MCM menus).

Very black shadows, too much shading.
Everything is in a white haze, so much so that you want to wipe the monitor.
Unnatural glow that burns out your eyes.

I was so looking forward to 0.9.3. and sss 22 to start a new game, but now I'm very frustrated. Dudes, please help fix this.

[strange finch]

If i can’t replicate these issues on my end. I can’t fix it. Are you in borderless or fullscreen?

[tall salmon]

Fullscreen

[strange finch]

Switch to borderless try that

[serene light]

you can try disabling bloom and grass shadows, tone down ssao settings (definitely turn off ssao in the visual->advanced settings (there are 2) and let SSS handle ssao, if its too much you can turn it down further

[strange finch]

Yes turn off ssao, and try borderless for now before you change any other settings further

[serene light]

the last few updates did have an issue with fullscreen being too dark, right? maybe he didn't update atmos manually

[obtuse kayak]

wait so i dont need to turn on ssao from the advanced settings?

[strange finch]

No

[obtuse kayak]

i see

[strange finch]

Also cfg_load atmos_winter

[obtuse kayak]

so all the settings that SSS handles i just turn off in the advanced settings right?

[serene light]

no, you really dont need multiple ssao algos going together, SSS already does it, and ingame is just worse quality

[obtuse kayak]

such as grass shadows

[serene light]

yeah, that too

[strange finch]

You don’t need that either if you use the sss shadows

More performance

[serene light]

it should be off by default anyways

enabling it wastes a ton of performance too

[obtuse kayak]

i see i see

olrite thx

[gentle rapids]

I should really activate windows

[fervent cave]

what did u use for the graphics? tryna get into some of the mods on posts here but unsure what i want

[gentle rapids]

Sent you a message

[strange finch]

Did you try turning off ssao in the graphics settings?

[tall salmon]

yeah i didn't do that, wait a second

[hushed hollow]

Why is all of your games looking so clean and why mine looks like a Fallout?

[strange finch]

You enabled the optional weather cycle

#1279805292472832101 message @tall salmon should look like this

[hushed hollow]

I just did fresh install nothing else, could you please point me here at least to some direction 😦 I dont want to patrol Mojave desert

[strange finch]

I guess grok enabled that optional weather cycle

Go to your gamma mo2 and find atmospherics

[hushed hollow]

So it's just a occasional weather preset from the reshade? Because I can live with that, having this once every other day. I was scared it's just permanent

[strange finch]

Right click reinstall and show me what pops up

Oh yeah it shouldn’t be common

[hushed hollow]

Hm weird, except sky textures nothing is checked.

[strange finch]

That’s normal

Click 01, 00, 02 those are the defaults anything else is up to you

[hushed hollow]

Oh alright, so I will just leave it as it is and put my faith in Grok. Anyway I see you are the creator and it's phenomenal otherwise 👍

[strange finch]

Then clear shader cache and reinstall

[tall salmon]

Borderless, ssao off. still dark, bloom bright.

I didn't enter cfg_load atmos_winter.

[strange finch]

Try that

If that doesn’t work you can try something else

[azure whale]

Use the MAS

[tall salmon]

did. It's still dark

[strange finch]

Okay I’m reinstalling gamma to see how this all looks stock I’ll update you on what i find

[tall salmon]

One more detail. i made sunrays settings the same as they were by default in 0.9.1. and it became even darker.
1st screen is the default in 0.9.3.
2nd screen is what I did.

[hushed hollow]

Anyway the orange tint is gone as weather changed so great 🙂 Still need to figure out how to little bit smooth out the branches on trees and I'm golden.

[hushed hollow]

How did you got that snow there? 🙂 or it's puddles, care to share your settings/presets

[gentle rapids]

ty

[acoustic tiger]

Yea i think im done with SSS22. It looks amazing in screenshots but playing straings my eyes so hard with the dark shadows and unsharp effects, im playing high/maxed at 4k with a rtx 4090. i dont even wanna know how cooked people are at 1440p or 1080p. Anyone know where to get the old SSS20? and is it just a simple uninstall new version and re-install of the old version

Even using reshade didnt save me

😮‍💨

[hushed hollow]

Can you just step by step tell me how did you made the game look like this? I'm reinstalling like crazy but this would be sweet spot for me...

[acoustic tiger]

based on that screenshot? put all the SSS settings on medium and left the sliders mostly alone, just tune down anything that says blur

[hushed hollow]

But you reinstalled the grass/tress etc. right to some version?

[strange finch]

first screenshot on updating gamma. No fancy textures. Just in borderless mode with ssao off and in game graphics settings set higher (not sss mcm menu)

[trail oracle]

Any way to fix this overly bright fog? Current weather is stormy, I think. It's not an sss issue, it's the in-game distance fog.
Lowering rs_vis_distance brings that problematic fog closer and the farthest it will go is with value 0.7 even though I can set it up to 1.5.
Okay, it's responding to r2_tonemap commands. I swear I spent more time fiddling with settings more than I actually played

[strange finch]

time of day?

[trail oracle]

07:40

[strange finch]

Any extra weather mods installed?

[trail oracle]

Left: custom.ltx
Right: Atmos_Neutral

[trail oracle]

Weather expansion for atmos

[strange finch]

Oh okay that makes sense because im not seeing this on my end

this is for the creator of that mod to make the change

within the weather file

[trail oracle]

i see, i'll disable that mod and report this to its author
disabled that mod it is fixed, thank you hippo

[tardy frost]

it basically looks better than stalker 2

[tall salmon]

thanks for taking the time to do this. well, looks like the problem is on my end. damn, why was everything ok with 0.9.1 then..

[solar acorn]

Someone had issues with grain/grainy view earlier. I'm also having a simillar issue. Anyway to fix this? I play at 1440p everything maxed out

[short gazelle]

lets not get ahead of ourselves

[crude summit]

after hours of pain game looks somewhat good

[solar acorn]

Do my trees look weird?

[sleek cipher]

Is that HD models? That ecologist looks a bit different.

[crude summit]

KVMAS hdmodels

[sleek cipher]

No, trees looks fine. Your dick on the other hand... just messing. It's all good. Probably.

[sleek cipher]

You are tempting.

[solar acorn]

actually you're not the first person to say that

[crude summit]

imho best mod so far

[solar acorn]

what other mods u got on extra?

[sleek cipher]

Does it do reanimations as well? Or player character?

[solar acorn]

i want to try hd models, but I've already started a playthrough so will have to wait till next one

[crude summit]

i have no idea, im doing first playtrought on custom modded gamma with ironman mode on bro

game has some animations, but i think they are in default gamma too. KVMAS is only models retexture afaik

[crude summit]

be ready to lots of config pain if u want same mods as i do

[solar acorn]

I just want zone reality

was that difficult to get working?

[crude summit]

no it was actually easiest one same with adega

[solar acorn]

yeah I might add adega and that

[sleek cipher]

Well, let me know how zombiefied look like. I like those models even if they don't look like what I grew up with 😛

[crude summit]

If i ever get to the point of meeting them ill let u know

[sleek cipher]

Oh... You will meet them sooner then you think 😉

[blazing hedge]

Has anyone found a fix for those huge glows from the fires? I reinstalled SSS without bloom and it fixed most of the issues but not that. Borderless / Settings advanced AO off / atmos_winter cfg

[crude summit]

u use reshade?

[blazing hedge]

same with / without reshade

[cedar pendant]

Still having that issue, in addition I have also spotted this iritating grid-like pattern when playing in dark. Also playing at 1440p, ultrawide.

[tardy frost]

is it a reshade preset?

[fallen ridge]

No

[tardy frost]

or how did you make game look like real life?

[fallen ridge]

I don't use reshade at all

[low bison]

same problem here seems to be some sort of overlay as it moves with the camera

really noticeable at night

[fair bone]

Probably indirect lightning.

If it ain't that, then idk...

[fallen ridge]

2k Resolution, Rotten Life Textures, CCon Grass atop of Aydin's, Emergent Zone 2 LUT 75% strength. That's it. I tweaked the user.ltx via a mod by a bit, called Hidden Options Graphics settings.

[tardy frost]

thanks

[cedar pendant]

3 people already having the same issue. What is your resolution?

[low bison]

1440p

[cedar pendant]

ARe you using any additional mods, or just pure GAMMA?

[fair bone]

Are you all on borderless or fullscreen?

[low bison]

just gamma

[low bison]

fullscreen

[fair bone]

Try borderless.

[fallen ridge]

Borderless, so LS gives me 70-97 FPS constantly

[oblique imp]

it's Volumetric Light under Advanced Settings

[cedar pendant]

😮 Will try this in a second, doing a full reinstall

[oblique imp]

Left OFF Right On

[fair bone]

[blazing hedge]

it seems you can leave volumetric light on in advanced settings, but turn off "force volumetric light" in MCM - SSS

got rid of the glow for me

[solar acorn]

guys where can I find my screenshots? in anomaly folder they are just the hud with grey screen

[oblique imp]

yup that did it too

[blazing hedge]

same grain thing here, no reshade

[cedar pendant]

Disabled it, but I can still see that grainy "overlay"

[blazing hedge]

it was for my issue with campfire glow, had no effect on the grain for me either

[pale agate]

becouse of reshade

[oblique imp]

I can't seem to find that grainy look in my game after turning off Volumetric Light

and as of pitch black turining from Fullscreen to Borderless does do the trick

after turning on Volumetric Light and Borderless

maybe cuz i tweak a bit Bloom

[placid pumice]

Did you by any chance save default bloom settings? If yes, could you please share

[oblique imp]

you can always press Default button

[oblique imp]

about that "grainy" look maybe try lowering Volumetric Intensity
Left 0.4 | Right 0.8

i keep it at 0.6 looks "good enough" for me for now

gonna see if there are gonna be any fixes for that grainy look

[cedar pendant]

Ehh, I guess I will just wait for the fix, coz I have spend more time fixing this, than actually playing this game...

[oblique imp]

same

but i have other issue with armors rn

im pretty sure that 4 + 14 does not equal 10

[acoustic tiger]

@oblique imp instantly that stupid grain is gone, thanks for the tip, now it looks so much better

[acoustic tiger]

still dont know what to think about SSS22, setting stuff to high gets me only -10/15 fps but it suddenly feels so much less smooth, big affect on frame timings it seems?

[oblique imp]

Glad i could help

[tall salmon]

Yeah dude, that's what it seemed to me too. Like the picture was twitching

I hope Grok gets the info about the problems with the new sss

[foggy zenith]

bro must have a 4090

[solar acorn]

sometimes my screenshots are fine, and sometimes they are just the hud, they keep saving to overwrite file in gamma. how do I fix this?

[warm sierra]

use either F12 or Prt Screen

[solar acorn]

both are using f12, sometimes it works sometimes now, would love to know how to fix it

[peak widget]

I get rid of that hazing by going from volumetric to screen shade (not both) in the main settings (visual advanced)

[robust badge]

damn Frosdan with a summer setup ,this ccon recolor is really nice

[daring aspen]

yeah recolor is amazing

can't wait for some of the creators to give us s2 inspired trees

[robust badge]

waiting for new summer trees with more color variation too

[daring aspen]

you might wanna check trees and grass by PanceRide or c-con trees, both are pretty good

I'm personally a vanilla summer trees enjoyer since they are dark and branches are not too dense

[robust badge]

i tested ccon ones already but they seem a bit out of place with the grass recolor, i got panceride mod waiting too just need to extract the lfo folder but i'm currently on a winter autumn run

[sly nest]

This military dude is cooked

Unbelievable amount of bloodsuckers in that building right now

[lean sapphire]

they've been crazy this new update

i got ambushed by 4 psysuckers at the cordon > garbage checkpoint on the first night of my new playthrough lmao

[marble harbor]

The game I can't quit. There's just nothing else quite like it

[wet kite]

Got the Whole Squad coming through Yantar

[patent coyote]

The GOAT is at it again, with Summer grass?!?

[light flame]

New SSS update kinda looks good asf

[faint ore]

how did you get the trees to look like that?

[clever badger]

how to enalbe that overlay

for helmets

[light flame]

Settings > player > mask overlay

[thin raven]

I gotta figure to download that

[craggy basalt]

Specs?

[patent coyote]

Just look in the #💽how-to-update channel. There are really easy to follow instructions

[patent coyote]

How do you use CCon Grass with Vanilla Trees? Or even Aydin’s Trees on all maps with CCon Grass?

[devout fjord]

Vanilla gamma. No reshade or custom textures. Just bumpped up all graphic settings and SSS settings. FPS taking huge hit tho..... :/

[ancient hamlet]

something's off

[rapid comet]

Are you using reshade? That stops f12 working, that and save game previews

[thin obsidian]

This is force volumetric light, I lowered mine to 0.4 if i remember correctly, and I also played around with post processing settings and turned off weather presets to find the perfect setup for me because changing post processing can also help a lot.

SSS author is going to make force volumetric light better in the future i’ve already asked him about it

For example this when several stalker flashlights shine at the same spot it gets very bright so he’s going to put a limit to how bright it can get, and things like that, but for now imo lowering bloom and volumetric value to a low value like 0.1-0.5 makes it pretty good already while still using it, or just turn it off completely if you still don’t like it for now

[torpid cypress]

What's the actual bloom slider called that I should adjust?

[meager ferry]

nothing special but damn i love this game

[trail gyro]

Any way to have the game use AA/SMAA without Reshade? I set in-game settings to off as 3D scopes don't work properly otherwise. I have an AMD GPU, I can enable AA in its settings and set it to Overwrite game settings, but it doesn't seem to work with Stalker..

[thin obsidian]

Post processing, all of them in there, play around with the sliders until u find what u like

but u need to untick use weather preset for it to apply i believe

and then it will be same in all weathers, instead of weather depending

but its a preference as well

[solar acorn]

Yeah i am using reshade atmosr+, anyway to fix it, or just hope for the best it works ?

[torpid cypress]

Word

[torpid cypress]

The only thing I don't like is sometimes the sky is just like a giant light bulb, but everything else seems ok

[fallen ridge]

Upscaling. For example if you have a monitor with 1080p Native res, you can play at 2k. That will "apply" AA basically. People mentioned AA via control panel, but it doesn't do shit