Apply community bug fix Zone Reclamation Project (ZRP, maintained by /u/NatVak) not convinced? Read Metacognix arguments for ZRP.Optional: Why you should play without musicįor all games: apply both the latest AtmosFear and Absolute Nature content as are available, after applying the tweaks below first.If you only want/have time to play one of the three, Shadow of Chernobyl is still the recommended one to play, because (spoiler-free) the other two carry on with a certain game element that assumes past plot knowledge, and feels awkwardly (and possibly annoyingly) unexplained without experience of SoC.

Alternatively, check .Īlways start with SoC, and then play either of the other two in any order (usually in the order of release). These are stats from one of the subreddit moderators. games released by the community to try out.Īssuming full story + some side quests completed, with no free-play/replaying: If you cannot/are unwilling to pay for S.T.A.L.K.E.R., please continue to scroll down and find some completely free, standalone S.T.A.L.K.E.R.

Why 7Zip instead of WinRar? Because you will find many things nowadays are packaged as '_.7z' format.Always use IsThereAnyDeal to assess the best game prices (ignore the erroneous Microsoft Store entry, which is for a different game)!

unlike JSGME, you can update or make changes to any addons at any time, without needing to disabling & enabling them.ħZip can be found at, of course we want the 64-bit version.

you can store multiple profiles of different mod combination setup, switching profile is instant - because as mentioned above, managing the mod list do not causes any actual physical file movements.

It also tag any mods which got overwritten completely as 'redundant' with a special icon.

MO2 shows you exactly which mod conflict with which other mods, providing a detailed list of every single file which is affected.

Because mods are linked with the game without any physical file movements, this means disabling & enabling mods, re-organizing mod order are INSTANT without any waiting or loading. Unlike other applications like JSGME which have two copies of every mods (one under it's care, one copied into game folder), MO2 only stores one copy of installed mod - and 'magically' link it with the game upon launching the game, without physically moving anything.

no duplicate mod files in different directories.

do not modify the original game files, instead it load mod files on top of the game upon launching the game, by utilizing something called 'virtual file system'.

Stalker coc 1.5 mods