>First time playing SoC? (these do not change gameplay)

- Zone Reclamation Project 1.7: unofficial bugfix patch
http://www.metacognix.com/files/stlkrsoc/index.html

- Absolute Nature: high-quality texture pack
http://www.moddb.com/games/stalker/addons/absolute-nature-texture-pack1

- Absolute Structures: high-quality texture pack
http://www.moddb.com/games/stalker/addons/absolute-structures-texture-pack1

- Shaders Max: improves performance and makes the game prettier at the same time
https://sites.google.com/site/kingo64ssite/Home/optimised-game-shaders/stalker-shaders-max

- Stalker Weather Overhauled 2.2.2 or 3.1: improved weather effects
http://stalker.filefront.com/file/STALKER_Weather_Overhauled;116950

    SoC Starter Pack:
    www.megaupload.com/?d=KP2WNL5N

    CS Starter Pack:
    www.megaupload.com/?d=6W1WKKRS

    CoP Starter Pack:
    www.megaupload.com/?d=DZMPMTL0 (rename to .rar or .7z to extract)

    These contain pretty much all the basic recommended first-timer mods:
    -Zone Reclamation Project
    -Sky Reclamation Project
    -latest Absolute Natures & Structures
    -SWO 2.22 & latest AtmosFears
    -Shaders MAX ...
    They also come with FOV Switcher 1.7 (works for all 3), 1.0004 patch (for SoC), 1.5.10 patch (for CS), ATM Sleeping Bag (for CS), and compilation that mixes the pistol-ironsights and +10% accuracy mods for SRP (CS).

    In short, experience the vanilla with least bugs and optionally even better visuals!

>>	Anonymous 10/26/11(Wed)10:34 No.114826886

    Zone of Alienation Mod, (formerly AMK + SRAP + SWO with magazines)
    Part 1: www.megaupload.com/?d=U4JJ6YQP
    Part 2: www.megaupload.com/?d=U4G1NRGK

    -AMK EN with scripts from the AMK 1.4.1 version fully patched with level_weathers added for stalker weather overhaul.
    -Stalker Weather Overhaul v3.1 lite
    -Kirag's magazine mod for AMK 1.4.1
    -King Friday's stalker reanimation project
    -FlyingDebris's HUD
    -Dynamic Depth Of Field Shaders By Meltac
    -Sounds from Stalker Redux, darius6's Stalker Sound Overhaul, and imperialreigns Ambient Audio Overhaul
    -Argus textures, both photorealistic zone and photorealistic zone creatures
    -Absolute Nature SoC, and Absolute Structures SoC, by Cromm Cruac, and vehicles retexture pack by bac9-flcl, and some that I made myself, particularly some of the actor textures.
    -Strelok from Call of Pripyat by Mechanic

    >How to load magazines:
    1. Move empty magazine to belt
    2. Equip binoculars
    3. Going to inventory now reloads the mag

    For those of you who don't like the new dynamic depth of field shaders, try using these ones, the new ones are based on them.
    sites.google.com/site/kingo64ssite/Home/optimised-game-shaders/stalker-shaders-max

>>	Anonymous 10/26/11(Wed)10:34 No.114826931
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    AMK installer:
    www.mediafire.com/?pwjocxs0gka

    Patch for the mod:
    www.mediafire.com/?jlyhnu9ygmy

    1.0005 compatibility fix, for Steam users:
    xarvius.ucoz.ru/Mods/AMK_14_for_Patch_10005.7z

    AMK Retranslated, offers fixed english translation:
    www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-amk-retranslated

    First run Amk 1.4 setup, then AMK EN patch final.
    Next paste the gamedata folder of the 1.0005 fix into the stalker folder, if needed.

    Install the Retranslation fix last. In all cases just keep overwriting your Gamedata-folder.

    EXTRA STUFF:
    Stalker-Weather-Overhaul 2.2, nifty lil' visual booster, makes the game look nicer without fps drops:
    www.mediafire.com/?axc25szdclztvu1

    2.2.2 patch:
    www.gamefront.com/files/10305999/STALKER_Weather_Overhauled__2_2_2_UPDATE_

    Follow the installation instructions carefully! Don't forget to apply the AMK-patch!
    [#FDL] = Full Dynamic Lighting, [#SL] = Static Lighting.

    Absolute Structures and Absolute Nature: Better textures for stalker that ISNT "complete" shit.
    ABS Structures: www.moddb.com/games/stalker/addons/absolute-structures-texture-pack1
    ABS Nature: www.moddb.com/games/stalker/addons/absolute-nature-texture-pack1

    Shaders MAX, a shader-based big visual booster, optimized to the max. Adds stuff like sunshafts, SSAO, deep parallax, etc:
    sites.google.com/site/kingo64ssite/Home/optimised-game-shaders/stalker-shaders-max

>>	Anonymous 10/26/11(Wed)10:35 No.114826990

    >AMK, AMK Arsenal (optional), Complete 2009 textures, Absolute nature, Absolute structures, Shaders max, LURK animations, LURK minimal HUD (optional)
    >Don't forget to apply the pre-emptive steps in the "Troubleshooting Crashes" section.
    http://www.somethingfornobody.com/2011/s-t-a-l-k-e-r-shadow-of-chernobyl-modding-guide/

>>	Creepy story from yesterday Anonymous 10/26/11(Wed)10:36 No.114827029

    I just had my creepiest STALKER experience ever a couple of days ago. Surprise surprise, it's not a lab or even a mutant raping me in the night.

    I had just went under the railroad in the Cordon. Promised to myself it was the last time because fuck those douchebags with a vodka addiction. I was heading over to say hi to Fox when I see him standing on the road with his gun out, instead of chilling in the house nearby as usual. I approach him and suddenly 4 shots whizz around me, and 1 nicks me in the back. I sprint over to Fox and turn around to see where he's aiming...

    You know that area near the train tracks, up on the hill? I saw someone shooting me from there. He looked like an old man, he definitely had an unique model, and the military was ignoring him. After flinging a few more shots at me he turned around and disappeared over the hill, which is inaccessible to players.

>>	Anonymous 10/26/11(Wed)10:36 No.114827059

    >Why Complete 2009 sucks: it's marketed as a vanilla experience, but actually makes the game piss easy and changes core gameplay
    - All weapons have their accuracy increased 10-20%
    - Early detection - Removed the ability for NPC's to notice you at "unrealistically" large distances.
    - Sound radius of knife and other critical sounds such as falling dead bodies, grass, and footsteps greatly reduced
    - Reduced the sound distance of death cries
    - Repair Kit - A special item to the game that allows you to repair weapons and armors out in the Zone
    - The bar trader and Screw now sell weapons and armor repair services.
    - Elite Nightvision - Black & white night vision based on the psy_antenna postprocess effect. This one really makes you see in the dark.
    - Improved the “green” night vision
    - Scientific suits with 90% rad protection now feature an anti-rad injection system
    - Bandages auto-apply at 10% health
    - Enabled a tracer effect for armor-piercing bullets, making them visually distinguishable when use