Modding the STALKER Trilogy for Your First (or Hundredth) Playthrough

[@Eagle93Writer]

"Is Stalker a Survival Horror Game?" Only until you get your hands on a decent Gun and Armor and the rigth set of Artefacts. Then its Survival Horror for the Monolith.

[@tanostrelok2323]

If you play Misery, the screeching of psi mutants will maintain the survival horror even after you got geared out, lol Everybody else is getting their turn to hide and be afraid

[@_454_]

Stalker COP became a power fantasy as soon as i got a PKM fully upgraded... it was 1200 rpm laserbeam 😂

[@Frille512]

The only game to go from survival horror to action horror

[@pointblank2890]

Now THIS is a quality STALKER video! Like many people, I've always wanted to keep playing the trilogy over and over, but man, Call of Chernobyl-Anomaly-GAMMA spoiled me with its nicer graphics and quality of life improvements. I've always wanted to delve deep into the hundreds of refresher mods for the trilogy, but so far, the ratio of bad to good hasnt been very encouraging So all the more power to you for making this list! I can really tell you put in the man hours to discover what mods would work for both a newbie trying to jump into the trilogy, and a veteran Stalker trying to re-ignite that love for an old classic Thanks so much for this video, man. Will definitely share and recommend it to other people as well!

[@wub9044]

*Fi-Nal-Ly* I've been looking all over the internet, asking *many* people for a mod that JUST improves the gameplay. Doesn't add any new missions, doesn't extend any already existing missions. I *just* wish to play the base game with better gameplay and they just couldn't take the hint and keep throwing mods that do exactly what I said I *don't* want. So glad this video exists.

[@M-GROG]

Which ones did you use?

[@wub9044]

@@M-GROG As of currently, I'm using a mod that's not even mentioned in the video. Got it suggested by another guy. It's called Vanilla Replay Addon.

[@M-GROG]

@@wub9044would that be for soc?

[@M-GROG]

@@wub9044and would it keep it vanilla but improve it

[@M-GROG]

Do you remember which one you used in this video

[@MichusubPl]

I played SoC with Autumn Aurora, CS with w bugfix patch of sorts and Arsenal Overhaul, CoP with Arsenal Overhaul and Atmosfear. Ahhh old days before Anomaly and Gamma

[@LuisC7]

Great video. The recommendations, I agree with. Radiophobia is amazing. Autumn aurora too

[@lukasgroot]

what this guy said

[@grzyb11]

i love how modding stalker indirectly teached me a huge lot how computers work inside out and made me way better at programming just so i could install olr or play a build

[@KambingGaming531]

I want to play this game with mods.. Is modding this game is hard or not?

[@tanostrelok2323]

@@KambingGaming531 If you mean installing mods into your game, most OG mods are pretty much drag and drop or come with an installer, if you want to make your own mods, then no clue, sorry.

[@KambingGaming531]

@@tanostrelok2323 bruhh.. You just come to reply "that you are no clue".. Its better not to say anything.Lmao Btw if you're interested with modded game.. You can try my standalone mod BF2.

[@ashdonsimmons01]

@@KambingGaming531late reply, but in my very small modding experience this is what i can say. Small things like editing ammo counts or different loot rates and thing like that are easy peasy BUT messing around with actual game/engine code is incredibly difficult if not impossible (at least for me)

[@KambingGaming531]

@@ashdonsimmons01 thanks

[@husseinmusani7405]

You sir, have earned a sub. Great video, getting into S.T.A.L.K.E.R and bought the trilogy at a discount price. I was looking for mods that don't completely change the games. Thanks!

[@oleskippy6668]

I had just finished Shadow of Chernobyl and started my Clear Sky playthrough. Decided to find some videos on the series to watch in the background while playing. Binged your entire channel and once I found this video I decided to stop my CS playthrough in its tracks. Installed Memories Of The Zone and redid my SoC playthrough, played through CS ABR and I'm just now onto starting Call of Pripyat. Thank you a ton for this/these videos. Definitely subscribed, brother.

[@oleskippy6668]

also what FOV & grass draw mods would you suggest for CoP?

[@ieatpieism]

@@oleskippy6668 Google doc link in the desc

[@levthederg]

There actually is a mod that allows you to play OGSR with the CoP weapon models/animations called, well, "OGSR CoP Weapons". Don't let the ratings concern you. There was a point during the raid on CNPP which caused the game to crash at a certain point. I was quick to inform the mod maker, Bashy (who's also making the mod Back to the S.T.A.L.K.E.R.), that there was a problem and they immediately patched it out. And so I was able to complete the rest of the game without a problem. So yeah, would highly recommend it.

[@Llam1nator]

I'm so excited for my first playthrough of SOC of MOTZ, thank you for making this video!! It saved me a lot of time!

[@mars.unreal]

Thanks thats exactly what i was looking for while i wait for my new PC to play Stalker2! I wanted to replay the story with upgraded graphics and gameplay without changing too much! YOu have a spot in my fav stalker creators.

[@ManicBacon]

Doing this while waiting for a stalker 2 patch because im stuck with a quest bug.

[@witherwolf3316]

I have to say, thank you for making these videos. Because of you I decided to go through the original trilogy before playing Anomaly and as a result I've found both to be a more enjoyable experience overall than they would have been had I not seen this. I actually failed to install Clear Sky ABR correctly without knowing it and I experienced firsthand just how frustrating the weapons are and I don't really think I would have been able to endure it all the way through without ABR. And I know for a *fact* I wouldn't have been able to enjoy Anomaly nearly as much. Right now I'm only playing on Easy difficulty and Tourist progression and it still felt like a brick fucking wall compared to the other games. And if I hadn't played any of the original Stalker games I know I never would have been able to get into it and enjoy Anomaly as much as I do right now. So thank you.

[@randophanto3153]

Just finished Soc and CS (thanks for showing off ABR) and about to finish COP soon.

[@ShatterIsMyName]

I dont interact with the community much. I’ve played all 3 of the originals but only finished CoP. As somewhat of an outsider I love how this community is having what is essentially a boomer vs millennial war

[@NoisieBastrdd]

i honestly hope you get really big, this content is TOP FUCKING TIER

[@cantgameright]

Jeje te agradezco las lindas palabras, hermano, leí todos tus comentarios! Gracias por seguir viniendo y disfrutando. Espero conseguir la opción de KZbin para subir los vídeos con doblaje, a lo mejor me lo otorgan a pesar de ser un canal bien pequeño.

[@NoisieBastrdd]

@@cantgameright estaría buenisimo porque el contenido de STALKER en castellano es bastante berreta. Igual me parece que vas a tener mejores chances de crecer en el mercado de habla inglesa, mucho más con la nueva ola de gamers que empezaron a consumir Gamma este último año. De igual manera, seguí así, tu contenido no solo es de primera calidad, sino también super profundo en cuanto a temáticas. Un abrazo!

[@motcUS]

"my hot chocolate this, my hot chocolate that" " WHAT THE FUCK AM I WATCHING"

[@dennisgordon7767]

you need some hot chocolate. so do i

[@rodteixeira92]

Played a bit of GAMMA and EFT and loved the zone, but seeing some vanilla videos convinced me to buy them on steam. Can't wait to experience the story!

[@arkkaa_]

This video deserves way much love ! Great work 💪🏻

[@MotoCampAdventure]

Just want to say thank you for making this guide. I would not have experienced SoC and CS without the mods in 2024. I just started CoP and I'm excited to see where the story takes me.

[@manformerlypigbukkit]

Awesome video, these mod recommendations are 10x better than anything I could’ve ever come up with. I’m gonna start recommending ABR to friends who’re new to modding now!

[@AlanMars]

Thank you for all your work. You've made a lot of stalkers happy doing chiki briki

[@julianvizio2190]

I recommend: SOC: Autumn Aurora Clear Sky: Arsenal Overhaul+atmosfear COP: Arsenal Overhaul

[@lemongaids7642]

I love both man, there’s and abr or apr mod for cop that just enhanced all the stock gameplay aspects and was wonderful. Loving gamma rn crafting is kinda in depth and fixing your first real gun is so rewarding.

[@theziomsion]

Thank you good man for publishing this video, thanks to you now I will have something to play

[@ivanaznar6495]

Currently been playing Memories of the Zone mod for Soc following your recommendations and i keep on thinking that it's amazing how good this game is! Even nowadays after anomaly with GAMMA and EFP the og trilogy still holds up and brings an amazing expirience. Thanks mate for your work and Good hunting, Stalker

[@cvtt3194]

I played the 3 originals all the way through before playing the hell out of modded SOC, CS and bunch of CoC, dead air, and anomaly. Favorite game probably.... Ill have to check out a few of the mods you mentioned, not familiar with a few of them.

[@officedullard8722]

Mods are like condoms. They deprive you of that raw experience. Jokes aside, I don't care how others play. I just wanted to say that joke. These mods looking sick.

[@tanostrelok2323]

I just watched the video on True Stalker and began to think on a mod for SoC that just added more dakka and find this, thanks a second time!

[@halcyon3o3]

You’re a beast for doing all this for everyone

[@graysid9769]

what

[@imNoveria]

Getting close to finishing my first time playing through SoC with Autumn Aurora 2.1 mod, which kicks my butt constantly... Was looking for a good mod for CS when im done with SoC. Damn, that Dead Sun does look tasty... Guess hoping to go through games before the year ends was silly of me. Thanks for the video!

[@angushughes5371]

ZRP for SoC has never failed me. SRP, however, didn't have the fixes for the faction war end of CS at the time I played, but I think that's now fixed, great for a new first playthrough when I get the drive to set things up. There is a PRP for CoP floating around, got mine from the GOG discussions, but I think the game by itself is alright.

[@coaiemandushman1079]

If anyone wants Vanilla++, try Misery 2.0 and if you want a new story but want the gameplay to be close to vanilla, try Secret Trails + Autumn Aurora and SGM 2 and 3 (or whatever tf is the newest, it was cool af) If you want Clear Sky but a bit better, try MIRE and if you want more CSky that is a bit more sandboxy, try Faction Wars.

[@FunkyKoval-mt]

Great video good sir. These recommendations are exactly what I would suggest to anyone who wants to play trilogy

[@giorgiofabietti7816]

Playing Radiophobia RN for a second playthrough and it's so good. What would be the equivalent "less vanilla but still respecting the story" in CoP?

[@FunkyKoval-mt]

Well for me best way to play CoP is to add gunslinger, AtmosFear and Absolute Texture pack, you get graphical upgrade, guns etc. without changing core mechanics or story

[@Blovvfish1]

Thank you so much for making this video!!

[@something4114]

Tip: For most games you can trick steam into logging hours by my making a batch file that launches the modded game. Simply type the .exe path in quotations and save as a batch file. Use a batch to exe converter to create an executable and rename it to the name of the game's original exe. Place it in your steam folder and voila!

[@Corey001]

I'm a **little** late, but it felt amazing to play all the games on Master difficulty and vanilla first playthrough, and visit them after modding them. couldn't complete clear sky without ZRP tho...

[@brucemohamed5316]

the start get me every time i come back after 5 month to download them XD

[@flabbywall1780]

I just wanna update the gun model, npc, monsters, & environment textures that's it. Surprisingly the lighting for this game still holds up tbh. Like quite too well

[@Vizion0513]

They must have nerfed mutants in radiophobia 3 cuz they've been pretty manageable for my first playthrough with the mod which was a relief. Played a quarter of the game with Xpress last year cuz of this vid and now I'm gonna complete it with radiophobia 3 since I was initially attracted to the Anomoly/Gamma experience when I heard about stalker and personally want a taste of that sooner then later lol, the animations, graphics and atmosphere is insane and this is already the best shooter I've ever played, thx for the great video this really helps with getting into this trilogy! (here's hoping dead sky releases by the time I finish cuz I'm all about these wild card options)

[@cantgameright]

They did, thank heavens!

[@Karl_Marx_with_a_phone1947]

The stalker games where my childhood but they are and still will be old

[@FuxReverse]

This is a great video, I've been thinking about making a similar video for a long time. Resources to demystify the stalker modding scene are so good for getting these games in people's hands. Important note, you may want to pin this or make some kind of addendum: Memories of the Zone has a bug where you cannot complete the game on the "true ending" path, unless there has been a fix since I last checked. Spoiler Below When jumping through portals at CNPP the game will reliably crash, one of the moddb community members found a fix for the specific crash everyone has, but then the game would reliably crash at a later point. So if you're fine with not being able to actually experience one of the endings of the game MotZ is a great mod, but I think there needs to be that asterisk

[@cantgameright]

Good catch on the bug! Guess who joined the secret scientist squirrel club for his MoTZ playthrough and DIDN'T catch this?

[@weewoo1689]

I can't wait to improperly install all of them

[@cantgameright]

[@JustDave639]

ABR really made me fall in love with Clear Sky. It felt a lot like playing Anomaly look-wise.

[@lucaspereirahmj]

Hey, he mentioned my modpack, the Compatibility modpack. Also, there is a mod for CoP called OGR, that dont change the weapons models, only improve the animations

[@Mcjello216]

that gunshot scared me came out of nowhere lol

[@uyaratful]

jesus fucking christ thank you, you don't have any idea how much I needed that.

[@OwOchina]

Yeeeeeeeee baby let's go, that's what we've been waiting for

[@alexdamianmuriel4239]

Thanks man, video is great and set me into a path of doing some extra work modding textures for CoP. I see on the document you added on the description you added OWR3 for CoP and this mod seems to override the same xrRender files that Grass Draw distances mod contains. It mean they are not compatible?

[@natan9813]

Thanks man, you're a beast

[@villings]

great video, now time to download stuff _!!_

[@atheosmachina]

FYI, if you're running an older graphics card (I'm on a 1070 GTX), the grass draw distance mod for CoP will slow the game down to a crawl. Without the mod, I can run it with max settings.

[@cantgameright]

Try using the nearest render setting in the mod, it should run pretty similar to vanilla. If you max it, yeah, it's trouble.

[@atheosmachina]

@@cantgameright Aha, does the nearest option still improve upon the default hyper-close cull distance?

[@cantgameright]

@@atheosmachina Oh yeah, the footage in this video uses the nearest setting. If I remember correctly, the difference is 30 meters vs 200, so it is still very noticeable.

[@atheosmachina]

@@cantgameright Oh wow, still worth doing then, thanks! I'll give it another go tonight. I loved the ABR Clear Sky mod btw, solid recommendation 👍🏻

[@atheosmachina]

@@cantgameright I think the default is 30m. The mod provides 200m, 400m, 600m, 800m. I used 800m originally, but now on 200m and it works perfectly! Doing the maths on it checks out...200m distance (radius of the draw circle from the player) compared to 800m distance is a difference in circular area of approx. 1500%, or 125,664 sq. m. versus 2,010,619 sq. m.! No wonder my laptop was struggling 🤣

[@fafa267]

8:45 Clear sky is honestly so underrated. It wasn't even my first STALKER game, but man it's still my favourite. If you just look past those bugs and "special" treatment this game is getting from the community, you'd discover Zona with an AMAZING autumn vibes and npcs that truly felt alive. SoC npcs already were well made and CS takes it on the next level. I honestly believe AI was at it's peak in CS. CoP made a lot of things better, but not npcs, man, not npcs - in CoP all of them are just following the pattern with one main npc and two lackeys that always refuse to talk, yet in CS you could chat with every single one of them, you could ask them to tell you a story, suddenly they would ask you to assist with a raid, and after that you all would sit down around a bonfire and listen to the stories.

[@PvtParts-hr4zv]

Pripyat is objectively a better game mechanically/gameplay wise but I too loved Clear Sky. The introduction of the faction war and upgrading suits/weapons along with the Swamps (one of my favorite areas even though everyone seems to hate it) made it be the most fun for me.

[@nsawatchlistbait289]

CoP with ABR SoC with MoTZ mod CS with ABR CoP with FOV and grass tweaks Thanks for guide

[@badatgames3687]

I poison my hot chocolate with marshmallows. "more guns"

[@Kazz7420]

Thanks heaps for the video, it's a quality guide 👍

[@Squishy0banana]

Thanks for this! Massive help

[@pronoun171]

I just bought the trilogy, and this was recommended to me. Google is clearly spying on us and they know everything about us 😮, which is frightening…but this video is super nice tbh

[@cantgameright]

Glad your enjoyed it! In an effort to demystify the KZbin recommendations, it is fed by your search queries as well as your watch time on things of a certain topic, so if you googled STALKER at any point recently, KZbin will give it to you.

[@thelastminuteman7513]

I still think the best way for new players to get into the OG trilogy is COP with GUNSLINGER which also guves you the option to install Absolute Nature and that's all you need for a first playthrough. Someone has comverted GUNSLINGER SOC and if you search KZbin you can actually find it but I think GUNSLINGER is the simplest way to modernize STALKER and retain what makes them my favorite franchise of all time.

[@DevilDarkSider]

Stalker clear sky is just the simulator of blowing your ass up by npc's granades... so... interesting... why people would like to skip it? 😂😂😂 Нє, ну справді, у Чистому Небі, розробники, прям з логікою гранат перебільшили ) Дякую, давненько хотів перепройти всю трилогію, от і буде оновлений графоній ❤️

[@cantgameright]

I actually like the grenades a little bit (just a little bit) forces you to not get very comfortable in a single spot.

[@polymath-3]

I highly recommend playing vanilla on first playthrough. I didn't even bother installing mods like zrp and had a great time playing the vanilla trilogy. CS may annoy you a bit with its faction bugs, nade spam, bleeding, flash drive bugs etc. but still. Then you can mod it however you'd like.

[@DW_L1MBO]

thanks for the video. I just bought the trilogy and was going to start from SoC. There is a small question: will it work if I simply replace the environment texture mod (Photo Realistic Zone 2.1) in XpressTuning's modpack with another texture pack? I found a (relatively) new texture mod "S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl Rebuild" and it looks good.

[@cantgameright]

@@DW_L1MBO there's no reason I can think of that would make me believe that it wouldn't work so I say go for it!

[@javierpeperoni]

dude some gags or commentaries in your videos are so fucking funny fr, y no se pa que te hablo en ingles si hablas español también, muy wenos videos locoo

[@javierpeperoni]

LETS A GOOOO

[@VERsingthegamez]

I'm curious to know for a clear sky if i should do arsenal overhaul redux or abr?

[@Beni-zq2ew]

stalker soc starter pack for me is one of the best

[@cantgameright]

Yeah it's pretty great, MoTZ is basically the same thing but in the newer engine.

[@devilscore2350]

All i want is ABR for Stalker Shadow of Chernobyl.

[@BigGalacticDragon]

I know you posted this months ago but the ABR creator is working on an SoC version, however from what I could find it won't be as "big" as the CS and CoP versions and be just a bit more in line with vanilla

[@Nigel.Shelby]

Vanilla is Chefs kiss. but the mods are fucking awesome!

[@frolicsomgaiety]

Exactly the vid I needed

[@NIGHTSTALKER848]

Love the stalker games one of my top 5 fav games of all time hands down and SOC and call of Pripyat were by far my fav but the OG definitely needs a remake/remaster for sure. But what I'd need to know is any of these suggested mods compatible with the complete versions of said games as ive downloaded the complete versions an would like any further playthroughs to have a fresh new feel/look.

[@thecesso3]

Nice vid, what's your approach with Autum Aurora?

[@alexmark6580]

I'm currently playing the S.T.A.L.K.E.R series for the first time. I've been mainly stuck to Fallout New Vegas --> Fallout 4, but let me tell you this series is so ahead of its time. I'll be modding the games once I finish them all vanilla. Edit: Finding out that when you walk through bushes it makes more noise, and if you turn on low grade night-vision it also makes a little noise. Isn't that crazy!? They put so much thought and love into the mechanics. The only thing I don't really like is the accuracy of the early game rifles in Shadow of Chernobyl, it feels like they are insanely inaccurate at 50m.

[@angelandrade5511]

Excellent video, keep it up!

[@snesfan8935]

That intro was priceless

[@Lyndis_]

Memories of the Zone has a unfixed CTD issue on the true good ending that makes it uncompletable, I would not recommend it for new players.

[@SkSafowan]

Thanks you so much!!! I wasted so much time finding which is the best graphics mod to enjoy the original story

[@SnarkyLesbian]

I just started Stalker SoC a week ago. Other than guns not hitting absolutely anything ever and enemies always knowing where I am when I reload, the game is lovely and absolutely unique on the level of atmosphere. Is there a mod that may give me less ammo, or a repair system at the cost of lower quality weapons? I'm a survival horror veteran and I like my resource management, and I am swimming in ammo so far.

[@cantgameright]

it's always been a joke of mine that STALKER can't be called survival horror because you get too much ammo, lol. Radiophobia is up your alley by what you're telling me. You'll hate your life in a way that you'll love.

[@auxometer]

Good mod selection. What I'm personally looking for is a very slight remaster. Adjusting the little things in Shadow of Chernobyl: the instant camera jump when crouching, static viewmodels, all that stuff. Not a fan of HD models and texture packs myself, those ruin a lot of modpacks for me.

[@kalebhowatt6380]

Stalker WAS ahead of its time not so much any more but still great games

[@SpecShadow]

Time has passed and there's still no ABR for ShoC

[@dennisgordon7767]

AH HELL NAW IM NOT GOING BACK TO THAT BUSTED BARGE

[@donkeydudeful]

I know this video is over a year old, but I wanted to get into Stalker because a nice story is always enough for me in games. I'm not super great, or even good, at fps games. I do however not like the way the game looks. Thanks for the video. I hope that Memories of the Zone mod really helps me out with changing just a few things from vanilla Stalker. Stalker 2 is out and my buddy wants to play it with me and I had no idea about the game. I installed it, booted it up (without mods) and just don't like the old 2007 feel. rofl. I will see about putting MOTZ for SOC and start playing.

[@iainbaker6916]

Noice! For CoP I would recommend AtmosFear 3, Absolute Nature 4 and absolute structures. Improved eye candy but gameplay left as is. (Oh, and the FoV mod, obvs 👍)

[@B4NDIT_12]

Hey bro, thank you for showing me Clear Sky ABR. I always had problem to find good cs mods! There is one problem tho, author of the mod made bandits hate you on start, no more neutral bandits. I wish i could edit that but all files are in database file and not gamedata and there no acces to it. I wish I could change bandits relation. But mod is superb.

[@limpa756]

I really really wouldn't recommend ABR for a first playthrough, it adds strange little things that add up to an almost cursed feeling mod. For a start the difficulty has been completely changed, enemies will literally start shooting you through the side of a hill long before they should even know you exist. It's not realistic, it's not hard; it's just really stupid and annoying. You'll also get nade spammed which is always fun. They get rid of stashes, it's all reworked. Mobs of mutant wildlife which makes no sense just swarm you, it just all feels so corny and weird. I'm not saying it's terrible but it really isn't a vanilla + experience, it takes some creative liberties that render it feeling like what a 14 year old Russian kid thinks stalker should be like. It's fine for clear sky because the combat really is awful but COP it honestly feels like a janky step back.

[@tenri1503]

I must add, I find it weird they made Degtyarev loadout to a hobo hunter. Not really a fan of that tbh. Don't remember much about ABR CS, aside the infinite carry weight , IIRC, but I do like most of it's modified design.

[@limpa756]

@@tenri1503 I just went back and played all of them with some hand picked QOL mods. SHOC: Zrp with some tweaks to make the weapons more in line with COPs improvements, unofficial update 008, shader max (optimised), absolute nature and structures, repositioned weapons then I exported call of pripyats weapon textures into SHOC. Just right to me imo

[@zlobaplays]

​@@limpa756 It's been a few months, but do you remember by any chance what mods did you use for CoP?

[@limpa756]

@@zlobaplays call of Pripyat is pretty decent out the box but when I played it on the steam deck I used open X-ray (vanilla graphics) and SWR (Stalker weapon renewal). It also has a compatibility patch for atmosfear if you really need new visuals.

[@Raivo-uv5yv]

what mod should i actually use in conjuction? or do i play them seperately?

[@Tremoloist]

highly respect for recommending og stalker games

[@Dom-um6gi]

Vanilla Plus modded playthrough's are best when you're either short on time or it's your first couple of playthrough's IMO, but that opinion aside and they're overall a very excellent modding direction to choose. That being said, choosing a vanilla plus modding experience doesn't inherently make said users superior to those who wish to go for a different modding direction to deepen mechanical depth. Nor are alternative choice's somehow not respectful to the core tone and theme of the series, it is merely YOU'RE personal preference to not include them in your modlist but they are very justifiably so compatible with the atmosphere of the games and people choosing to use them aren't somehow "not appreciative of the chocolate" of Stalker. Don't be a snobby elitist, you're gatekeeping the totally wrong crowd of people. The type's who aren't respectful of Stalkers tone are the one's who want to turn the game into CoD with full-auto gunfights everywhere, the scarcity of ammunition and supplies is a huge element to the tone of Stalker. Many of those "Tarkov" mods or system's merely enhance the grittiness of Stalker very naturally. Having optional deeper maintenance and customisation systems for those with a passion for firearm's (a big part of a FPS !!) is good. Having deeper medical systems for those who appreciate the authenticity that brings aren't "tainting the tone of Stalker".

[@BlenderisedMind]

This helped so much! I used the Xpress mod and now I wanna know where do I get the MW19 weapon sounds?? Thanks so much for this video 😊

[@ArmouredProductions]

Between the two for SoC which do you recommend? Memories of the Zone or Xpress? I want to do another playthrough but I don't know which one to choose, they seem fairly similar.

[@angrycapsicum6027]

Was playing gunsmith and I really liked it, a LOT. My save however got fucked and I have no idea how that happened, maybe my fault for adding a couple addons after I started a game and realised how broken the psychic mutants are.

[@JackVogel2024]

Played these games back when they released. Want to do it again before checking out anomaly and all of the modpacks. The tips in this video are just stellar. For SoC I went with Memories of the zone. Just one problem... I'd like subtitles. Anyway to get subs to run with that pack? Does the Xpress tuning pack come with subtitles? Sounds silly, but I'm having second thoughts about starting these playthroughs without subtitles lol. I mean, there must be a solution to this, right?..

[@admirisakovic6636]

Am I the only one who's thinks that CoP has the worst gunplay of these games? And purely because of broken recoil mechanic. Great video btw 🔥🔥

[@00.sid.00]

Are there any other mod suggestions for clear sky with vanilla story and only graphics overhaul? ABR isn't running when I'm playing from an external monitor through the laptop ..... I was thinking of Arsenal overhaul but since I watched this video I'm scared to ruin my experience with the radio audio

[@8bitflea]

Are these still the best mods in 2024? I want to replay these games but I need graphics mods for soc

[@qwertyup536]

So I played the trilogy, and CoP was the first one ive competed. I Just beat SoC tonight.

[@OGDamo]

What about OGSR Gunslinger for SoC? Pretty sure you can turn off all the animations for healing and eating/drinking etc just keep the weapons. It's been a while since I played it but it think it's a bit more forgiving Radiophobia 3 but with a bit more content since R3 is based on older version of OGSE. Could be wrong tho, its 2 in the morning and im sleep deprived going down the stalker modding rabbithole. Shits exhausting bruh, especially when you find the C-Consciousness mods spreadsheet...

[@cantgameright]

OGSR Gunslinger was an unstable mess with many crashes and graphical bugs when I tested it for this video, so I couldn't put it in the list if my experience wasn't good.

[@OGDamo]

@@cantgameright hmm that is quiet odd. I guess it depends on ones computer? I remember I played it when it was in beta but the balance was off (enemies having aimbot sniping u across the map, couldn't play without having to quicksave every few seconds after every lucky potshot in a gunfight), then a bit later they fixed it and I played it for a good while. Did lab x-18 and went to darkscape, met borov and did that island anomaly thing quest with the old man in the forest and the dark stalker quest line. But I gotta say not one crash or graphical bugs occurred. It ran perfectly. But then again, that was around 2 years ago I think... I downloaded the latest version there few days ago just haven't had the time to get around to playing it again properly. Maybe they fucked something up in the latest versions. Ill let you know once i get back to it haha. Thanks for the reply brother.

[@NoRush95]

The CoP ABR recommendation is now no longer valid. The mod author in their infinite wisdom updated the mod recently and went out of their way to make it not vanilla. Stripped out multiple side quests, rebalanced a bunch of the game, made a weird can't sell guns that you loot system. Not to mention the invasive Alife changes. They refuse to rehost the original 2.0 version. It's a real shame, that mod was great for vanilla+, but now gunslinger is better.

[@Adri-gw9ym]

Nice vidéo, what's your scope mod ? Thanks

[@fjoergyn]

I want also a dickery-shure Microphon for certain purpose.

[@bruhtholemew]

I would not recommend Gunslinger for a first time playthrough. The reason it's not very faithful to the original weapons list is partially because it's missing half the original weapons due to being unfinished. No F2000, no PKM, no SPAS. Zulu's PKM is just an AK with 'some' PKM stats. Burers and Controllers are also ridiculous in gunslinger, to the point that there were sub-mods made to nerf them. I also don't recommend ABR CS... Considering you seem to want people to have relatively faithful playthroughs, ABR CS doesn't fit. ABR CS removes stashes entirely (a traditional aspect of stalker), removes needing to find usb's, and gives you infinite carry weight. It also changes the weapon pool a ton, which you critique Gunslinger for.