S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky - mini-fix

A small fix I made for myself a long time ago, decided to share it. In a nutshell, it's various graphics edits, new sounds, and gameplay additions.

Graphics fixes and additions

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Shaders:

• Enhanced bush lighting;
  
• Improved water textures to include reflections;
  
• Fixed lightmap in water;
  
• Fixed the wet effect on surfaces.
  

Visual:

• Extended fog visibility to 300 meters;
  
• Added some vegetation in the Swamps;
  
• Enhanced red hues during sunset time;
  
• Night is slightly darker;
  
• Sun shafts are always on.
  

Related to User.ltx:

• Disabled buggy min-max shadow feature;
  
• Improved shadow map parameters;
  
• Switched from SSAO to HBAO for enhanced ambient occlusion effects.

Models:

• Fixed polygon mesh for boars.

Textures:

• Refined mipmap for terrain textures, reducing blurriness;
  
• Refined mipmap with alpha transparent for grass;
  
• Updated Berill suit texture with correct bump mapping;
  
• Refined HUD hands for SEVA and Sunrise suits;
  
• Added background landscapes (Panoramic Mod).
  

Interface:

• Removed disk icon;
  
• Adjusted crosshair size;
  
• Added semi-transparent inventory as in ShoC.

Sound fixes and additions

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• Replaced shooting sounds with more realistic ones, reloading sounds remain unchanged for pistols, sniper rifles, and shotguns, with the exception of the SPAS-12;
  
• Corrected voiceover audio for mercenaries and Monolith faction members;
  
• Fixed reload sound sync;
  
• Updated the menu music;
  
• Restored EAX.

Gameplay fixes and additions

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• Removed AKS-74 at the beginning of the game;
  
• Now the bartender of the Freedom group has infinite money;
  
• Stalkers Drifter and Hound do not die after rescuing;
  
• Fixed bleeding issue with exo freedom upgrade;
  
• Increased running speed in water;
  
• Resolved issues with flash drives;
  
• Removed game startup intro videos;
  
• Corrected camera swing;
  
• Added ability to run with SVD, SVU, RG-6, RPG-7, PKM;
  
• Adjusted weapon and grenade damage (only for master difficulty);
  
• Modified NPC inertia, they no longer react unrealistically upon death and have reduced bullet absorption;
  
• Fixed open sights;
  
• Added proper aiming for pistols;
  
• Partially fixed military machine gunner in the Cordon (hint: wait behind cover till he loses sight of you);
  
• Adjusted bandit behavior in the Garbage area, they now take 500 currency units instead of everything;
  
• Increased damage for pistols and assault rifles;
  
• Enhanced bullet penetration for sniper rifles and machine gun;
  
• Slightly improved gun accuracy across all weapons;
  
• Changed the names of the guns to real ones;
  
• Refined Mossberg shotgun animations;
  

• Fixed detectors animations;
  

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• Added cut out collection of mutant body parts as in ShoC;
  
• Added ability to run in "Freedom" exoskeleton.

Added Improved Group Warfare[www.nexusmods.com] by PastKNIGHT:

• Added new capture points for all factions;
  
• Added new attack points for all factions;
  
• Stalkers, Bandits, Duty, Freedom - completely occupy the enemy base. (More enemy NPC will not appear);
  
• Now if first attempt to capture the enemy base failed, you still have a chance to capture it. (Now not only NPCs with the rank of master, but also with the ranks of novice, experienced, veteran are sent).

Added AI additions (expanding the combat capabilities of NPC by adding new behavior patterns) by Rulix aka:

• Firing underbarrel grenade launchers;
  
• Reloading weapons after combat;
  
• Bandaging (self-healing);
  
• Punching in the face (hand-to-hand combat);
  
• Using a knife;
  
• Choosing the right weapon;
  
• Checking friends in the line of fire;
  
• Putting on add-ons and upgrading weapons;
  
• Treating the wounded;
  
• Gathering;
  
• Limping;
  
• Also fixed some bugs in general NPC behavior.

Installation

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1. Download mini-fix[mega.nz];
   
2. Simply copy the contents of the archive into the game’s directory (except openal folder), confirming file replacement when prompted;
   
3. Type

   -smap4096

   in the Steam launch options;
   

4. To install EAX, copy "openal" folder into

   C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\

   Important: Do NOT alter any graphics settings in-game, except for the screen resolution!

5. It is recommended to enable 16x anisotropic filtering and FXAA in the NVIDIA Control Panel;
   

6. Play.

Good hunting, Stalker.
PS: There are actually many more fixes, I just don't remember them all thoroughly.

[HyEkko ⁧⁧★]

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