STALKER 2 REPOSITORY

STALKER 2 REPOSITORY

1. Some recommended mods, combine to your liking:
>Mutant Loot
 https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/389
>A-life extended
 https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/273
>Better progressive NPC loadouts
 https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/596
>Vault mod
 https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/204
>Readable Ammo
 https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/147
>Original Gun names
 https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/110
>Bloody Wallmarks + Bloody Wounds
 https://next.nexusmods.com/profile/suunnnnn/mods?gameId=6944
>Increase Looting window size
 https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/515?tab=images
>Quest item weight 0
 https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/172
>Improve visuals without performance loss:
 https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/535
>Medkit nerf (no insta heal)
 https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/615
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Recommended to pick only one of these balance overhauls /modpacks:
>Modular Hard mode
 https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/88
>Groks mods
 https://next.nexusmods.com/profile/Grokitach0/mods?gameId=6944
>Novichok AI + combat rebalance
 https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/288
>Kireina's overhaul modpack
 https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/277
>Maklane's better zone overhaul
 https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/241
>ARS Modpack
 https://pastebin.com/3wqBwemh

>Merge your own mods and resolve mod conflicts with this:
 https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/457

>Change viewmodel fov, enable console, remove black bars, skip intro
 https://github.com/Lyall/STALKER2Tweak

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2. Performance config + Mouse Fix + No shader compiling
Go to %localappdata%\Stalker2\Saved\Config\WinGDK (or \Windows) and open engine.ini (if it doesnt exist, create one)
Paste the text under the line inside, save and you are good to go.
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[SystemSettings]
t.MaxFPS=600
r.PSOWarmup.WarmupMaterials=0
r.Streaming.PoolSize=2048
r.RenderTargetPoolMin=2048
r.ViewDistanceScale=0.85
r.OneFrameThreadLag=0 ; makes mouse input significantly more responsive, may cost some fps. set to 1 if you experience issues.
r.FinishCurrentFrame=1 ; makes mouse input significantly more responsive, may cost some fps. set to 0 if you experience issues.
foliage.LODDistanceScale=1.2 ; (higher for less tree pop-ins, lower for more fps)
foliage.DensityScale=0.5
grass.DensityScale=0.75

fg.MaxNumBakedFoliageActorsToProcess=16
fg.MaxNumBakedFoliageActorsToTick=64
fg.MaxNumBakedFoliageActorsToTick.Near=16
fg.MaxNumBakedHISMsOrISMsToProcess=16
fg.MaxNumBakedHISMsOrISMsToTick=64
fg.MaxNumComponentsToProcess=8
fg.MaxNumComponentsToTick=64
fg.MaxNumComponentsToTick.Near=32
Slate.bAllowThrottling=0
csv.trackWaitsGT=0
csv.trackWaitsRT=0
foliage.MaxOcclusionQueriesPerComponent=16
fx.Niagara.DebugDraw.Enabled=0
landscape.RenderNanite=1
r.AllowMultiThreadedShaderCreation=1
r.AllowOcclusionQueries=1
r.AllowPointLightCubemapShadows=0
r.AlsoUseSphereForFrustumCull=1
r.AsyncCompute=1
r.BloomQuality=1
r.DFShadowQuality=0
r.DefaultFeature.AutoExposure=1
r.Emitter.FastPoolEnable=1
r.EyeAdaptation.ExponentialTransitionDistance=2
r.EyeAdaptationQuality=1
r.EnableAsyncComputeVolumetricFog=1
r.Fog=1
r.GeometryCollection.Nanite=1
r.InstanceCulling.OcclusionCull=1
r.Lumen.DiffuseIndirect.Allow=1
r.Lumen.DiffuseIndirect.SSAO=0
r.LumenScene.Lighting.AsyncCompute=1
r.Lumen.DiffuseIndirect.AsyncCompute=1
r.Lumen.Reflections.AsyncCompute=1
r.Lumen.Reflections.Allow=1
r.Lumen.Reflections.Temporal=0
r.Nanite.DisocclusionHack=1
r.Nanite.MaxVisibleClusters=80000
r.Nanite.Streaming.MaxPageInstallsPerFrame=32
r.Nanite.Streaming.MaxPendingPages=32
r.Nanite.ViewMeshLODBias.Enable=0
r.OcclusionCullParallelPrimFetch=1
r.RDG.AsyncCompute=2
r.ReflectionMethod=2
r.Refraction.OffsetQuality=1
r.SSGI.Quality=1
r.SSR.Quality=0
r.SceneColorFormat=3
r.Shadow.FilterMethod=1
r.Shadow.Nanite=1
r.Shadow.Virtual.Enable=1
r.SkyAtmosphereASyncCompute=1
r.Streaming.HLODStrategy=0
r.Streaming.LimitPoolSizeToVRAM=1
r.Streaming.MaxNumTexturesToStreamPerFrame=20
r.Streaming.UseAsyncRequestsForDDC=1
r.UseAsyncShaderPrecompilation=1
r.VRS.Enable=1
r.VolumetricCloud.ViewRaySampleMaxCount=128
r.VolumetricFog=1
r.VolumetricRenderTarget.PreferAsyncCompute=1

AudioThread.EnableBatchProcessing=1
AudioThread.BatchAsyncBatchSize=128

[Engine.RendererSettings]
D3D11.AFRUseFramePacing=1
D3D11.AsyncDeferredDeletion=1
D3D11.MaximumFrameLatency=2
D3D12.AFRUseFramePacing=1
D3D12.AsyncDeferredDeletion=1
D3D12.MaximumFrameLatency=2
r.AsyncCreateLightPrimitiveInteractions=1
r.AsyncPipelineCompile=1
r.EnableAsyncComputeVolumetricFog=1
r.RDG.AsyncCompute=1
r.Streaming.UseAsyncRequestsForDDC=1

[TextureStreaming]
s.AsyncLoadingThreadEnabled=True
s.AsyncLoadingThreadEnabled=1
r.Streaming.Boost=2
r.Streaming.UseBackgroundThreadPool=1
r.TextureStreaming=1
r.Streaming.FullyLoadUsedTextures=1
r.Streaming.FullyLoadUsedTextures_Always=1
r.Streaming.DefragDynamicBounds=1
r.Streaming.FramesForFullUpdate=1
r.Streaming.UseBackgroundThreadPool=1

[Engine.InputSettings]
bEnableMouseSmoothing=False
bViewAccelerationEnabled=False
RawMouseInputEnabled=1
AxisConfig=(AxisKeyName="MouseX",AxisProperties=(DeadZone=0.000000,Sensitivity=0.04,Exponent=1.000000,bInvert=False))
AxisConfig=(AxisKeyName="MouseY",AxisProperties=(DeadZone=0.000000,Sensitivity=0.04,Exponent=1.000000,bInvert=False))