Anomaly Mod Atrocious AI

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It's especially bad at the Agroprom base. Not only do they spot me from impossible places, I'm literally pixel peeking, but my 100% condition SVD cannot 1-shot a guy with a balaclava. I'm literally seeing the tracers go into his head...

Not to mention the insane UNMANNED machine gun on the tower that 2-shots you through bushes and the damn ground itself (it fires at 1000RPM for some reason.) Then there's the NPC's accuracy. It's crazy. I'm seeing tracers whiz past my head but I still take damage. Full auto from like 200m away 100% accuracy.

Are there mods to fix this? It's really unplayable when the AI is cheating like this. Even Globals on CS:GO aren't this good. How are they tanking 7.62x51mm 7N1s, APs and normals to the head?

[Twoflower]

in your user.ltx file there's a property called "bullet hit power". Increase this number for both your bullets and their bullets to deal more damage, then just use the in-game custom difficulty options to make the damage enemies deal to you lower.

[Heresy]

Strange all my weapons seem too strong and the AI seems to be too weak. They dont even really throw grenades at you in Anomaly. Most pistols can 1 tap people in the head. Snipers ez mode.

Never just remain still in stalker even when sniping. It doesnt work. The AI is very active and works in stages. They spot you, which alerts the rest of their squad to your exact location ( why they sometimes shoot through walls) Then they hone in with accuracy on your exact location. The longer you remain still the more you will get headshot. The AI might even miss the first few bullets fired upon you but after 10+ seconds of you just standing there like a sitting duck, they will dump half a magazine into your head. Its just how the game works. Always. Keep. Moving.

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Originally posted by Heresy:

Strange all my weapons seem too strong and the AI seems to be too weak. They dont even really throw grenades at you in Anomaly. Most pistols can 1 tap people in the head. Snipers ez mode.

Never just remain still in stalker even when sniping. It doesnt work. The AI is very active and works in stages. They spot you, which alerts the rest of their squad to your exact location ( why they sometimes shoot through walls) Then they hone in with accuracy on your exact location. The longer you remain still the more you will get headshot. The AI might even miss the first few bullets fired upon you but after 10+ seconds of you just standing there like a sitting duck, they will dump half a magazine into your head. Its just how the game works. Always. Keep. Moving.

I never stop moving but even if they see a pixel of you they lock on :). Not much I can do against cheap AI tricks. Even If I toss grenades from a hidden place they instantly know where I am. And no, AI doesn't miss their first shots... what have you been playing? Vanilla CoP?

[Heresy]

Anomaly. I suggest you invest in a good helmet as soon as possible. This will help you alot with your problem of lead to the brain. A good sphere or an Exo can take 5 headshots to kill you. They do kind of break after 1 face shot to the screen tho so they need to be in constant repair.

The armour and weapons are seriously OP in Anomaly you just have to save up to get them. budget hunting with a Shotgun or pistol is a pretty easy place to start. Good luck.

Also Silencers and distance work pretty good in Anomaly you can kind of stealth for at least a kill or two before the other AI catch on.

Hit and run or feign and retreat tactics then flanking also work very well in all versions of stalker. The AI are so smart and if you disappear they will start moving to the last position they saw you at and this cane be exploited.


Im currently playing as Merc and i go to Rostok to farm the Duty guards. Its super ez money and loot. Always invest in a good helmet and armour, then get a budget good weapon or a quality pistol and go from there.


The Toz-34 is the best option with the starting weapons as it has some serious power and will jam less because its a 2 barrel shotgun.


Also even the smallest pistol calibres seem to stagger even the heaviest armoured opponent when shot in the chest or head. You can effectively stun lock multiple enemies into this animation since it requires just 1 bullet. Like say if you get ambushed rather than trying to kill 1 of them just try and land at least 1 shot on all of them and it will give you an opportunity to find cover while they stagger from being shot. Also the AI like to Mag dump at you so watch for their reloads.

Stalker is unlike any other fps game but if you take the time to learn its mechanics it will reward you with many hours of fun. Thats why Anomaly is best saved for experienced stalkers who have at least played the base games and have some understanding of the zone and how the AI works.


Just so you know modding files is a slippery slope. I dont believe anything needs to be tweaked in any of the gun files, they are perfect and realistic. If you start modding bullet power you will simply be extremely OP godmode with later tier weapons. Thats why the earlier guns are so weak to give some sort of means of progression.