The stand-alone mod S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Anomaly aims to be the most stable and customizable experience for fans of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games. It's powered by the Monolith 64-bit engine, a custom fork of the X-Ray engine.

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Arrival: A transformative mod that breathes new life into your gameplay experience, enriching the game environment with mesmerizing audio, dynamic behaviors, and stunning visuals for anomalies and beyond.

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Arrival - Anomalies
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wmate
wmate - - 47 comments

Hey! Is it compatible with HFX 3.0? I guess this edits particles.xr file too, but I dont know anything about particles tho. Amazing work btw <3

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S.e.m.i.t.o.n.e. Author
S.e.m.i.t.o.n.e. - - 104 comments

Thank you, and yes, it's compatible.

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Kidzukami
Kidzukami - - 166 comments

100/10 This will be an indispensable addon for me! if someday the anomaly developers update the engine xd
Ryzen 3900x + RTX 3060 and less than 30 fps.. im crying
But thank u! This is really atmostheric

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S.e.m.i.t.o.n.e. Author
S.e.m.i.t.o.n.e. - - 104 comments

In MCM under Arrival put sliders of "Anomaly Zone Radius to 130" and "Minimum Distance Between Anomalies to 25". You probably moved sliders so the game spawned too many anomalies.

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Kidzukami
Kidzukami - - 166 comments

No, my friend, I did not change anything in mcm
the trouble is that my 12-core processor cannot process all these particles normally due to engine limitations (single-threaded)

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Kidzukami
Kidzukami - - 166 comments

but I will definitely save your addon, I'm sure that on the new engine it will be an incredible feeling from the gameplay!

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S.e.m.i.t.o.n.e. Author
S.e.m.i.t.o.n.e. - - 104 comments

Probably you tried already but disabling core zero help a lot, check discord for instructions. Using process hacker is also great as it allows you to move applications that are always on and using resources to other cores, so your core 2-3 are as free as possible.

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Kidzukami
Kidzukami - - 166 comments

Lol, i tried to disable core 0 in process lasso, but now, the game loads core 1 at 100% xd

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SilverBlack78
SilverBlack78 - - 1,916 comments

It's the normal behavior if you disable core 0. So it remains free to run Windows kernel stuff and your core 1 will be busy with the game engine only.

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Kidzukami
Kidzukami - - 166 comments

I understand, but unfortunately it does not affect the game in any way :(
anomaly realy needs multithreading

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SilverBlack78
SilverBlack78 - - 1,916 comments

True, but it will never have. Let's wait for STALKER 2.

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Kidzukami
Kidzukami - - 166 comments

lol, why u think so
there is a discord group, they are making a new engine for the anomaly - CryRay Engine

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epic123232
epic123232 - - 12 comments

I've never heard of CryRay engine, can you give a link to it or something?

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Mobsi
Mobsi - - 54 comments

Use hydra instead of pc lasso. it could also be that u have go to graphic settings on windows
Gyazo.com like here and switch the acceleration on, after restart it works wonder.

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DarkDramatication
DarkDramatication - - 32 comments

i love you

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S.e.m.i.t.o.n.e. Author
S.e.m.i.t.o.n.e. - - 104 comments

Love you too fren

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Rexar785
Rexar785 - - 61 comments

great

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ThaHou5Kid
ThaHou5Kid - - 46 comments

goated mod <3

congratz on the release bud

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S.e.m.i.t.o.n.e. Author
S.e.m.i.t.o.n.e. - - 104 comments

Thank you for helping me with my frankenstein builds :)

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Magnus12982
Magnus12982 - - 41 comments

This is so damn AWESOME, a work of art and a love letter to the S.T.A.L.K.E.R franchise, excellent work!

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xaer3d
xaer3d - - 123 comments

Quite a system-loading mod. besides, after downloading the saved, I was irradiated for 0.1 seconds and died :)
everything looks amazing, but I would like to be able to reduce the radiation level in the anomaly :)

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S.e.m.i.t.o.n.e. Author
S.e.m.i.t.o.n.e. - - 104 comments

That i am almost certain has nothing to do with this mod. Radiation fields are all in normal levels, even on highest difficulty you shouldn't die like that. Unless you crossed paths with some anomaly totally naked, while being irradiated, and drunk, smoking a cigarette.

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Guest
Guest - - 693,881 comments

Doesn't work in gamma mode?

[error]Expression : <no expression>
[error]Function : CInifile::r_section
[error]File : Xr_ini.cpp
[error]Line : 1101
[error]Description : fatal error
[error]Arguments : Can't open section 'zone_mine_darkness'. Please attach [*.ini_log] file to your bug report

stack trace:

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S.e.m.i.t.o.n.e. Author
S.e.m.i.t.o.n.e. - - 104 comments

You didn't properly remove Dynamic Anomalies Overhaul. Go in MCM and under DAO on bottom you have option to remove it. make a clean save and then install Arrival.

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Guest
Guest - - 693,881 comments

I solved it thanks for sharing this file

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AutisticGamer
AutisticGamer - - 4 comments

how did you solve it? i did the steps and im still getting the error.

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caseyjones
caseyjones - - 14 comments

hmm.. me too. Weird because it was working- I uninstalled, installed less seeds..not working now, will look more into it later (properly uninstalled DOA first)

same error, diff argument: can't open section 'up_gr_firstab_m1903'

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S.e.m.i.t.o.n.e. Author
S.e.m.i.t.o.n.e. - - 104 comments

"'up_gr_firstab_m1903'" this does not exist in Arrival - Anomalies.

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caseyjones
caseyjones - - 14 comments

Definitely wasn't your mod! Sorry :)

I should've known by the m1903, but was confused because it had the same function, file, line and description

Love your mod!!

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Thricee
Thricee - - 146 comments

Loving what I see so far. As a couple others have said it certainly hits the FPS in some areas where the particle effects seem higher than previously before (Looks fantastic though)

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S.e.m.i.t.o.n.e. Author
S.e.m.i.t.o.n.e. - - 104 comments

4k textures are completely unnecessary but i still included them, feel free to play without them - you won't notice the difference. In MCM under Arrival put sliders of "Anomaly Zone Radius to 130" and "Minimum Distance Between Anomalies to 25" this should make sure you don't get too many anomalies spawning on smart terrains which can cause FPS drops.

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oldgenetics149
oldgenetics149 - - 35 comments

мне не помогло(на болотах в аномалии около базы чистого неба дроп фпс ((

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Thricee
Thricee - - 146 comments

Thanks, appreciate that, I'll see if that helps

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Grokitach
Grokitach - - 904 comments

The 4K textures isn’t the issue, it’s most likely the particles group optimisation. Too many particles in a single group and you’ll 20 FPS.

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S.e.m.i.t.o.n.e. Author
S.e.m.i.t.o.n.e. - - 104 comments

Nah, they probably either mess with the sliders and spawned too many of them or are legit playing on calculators from 1980. The only anomalies whose particle groups can't be 'that' optimized as they would lose their visual identity - have their textures compressed to the level of smudge. Those containing high number of particles have physics etc completely taken away so they don't hit hard.

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Thricee
Thricee - - 146 comments

To be fair dude... we have people in here reporting massive frame drops on 3xxx/4xxx Nvidia cards....

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S.e.m.i.t.o.n.e. Author
S.e.m.i.t.o.n.e. - - 104 comments

it's been partly solved, download new version and try with that. It was so weird because i get people playing on way worse machines with 4k textures and all included saying it works perfectso i knew something was fucky out of the ordinary. In the end it seams some gpus can't handle dynamic collision of gravitational anomalies. i disabled that and polished it a bit so it doesn't look crappy. They are reporting +10-15 fps.

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Thricee
Thricee - - 146 comments

All I can say is I appreciate your dedication and trying to find a good compromise of performance + visuals.

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S.e.m.i.t.o.n.e. Author
S.e.m.i.t.o.n.e. - - 104 comments

Thank you, i really did my best. Took me 4 months for this and i didn't expect it will blow up this much.

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sp0ng3m0nk3y
sp0ng3m0nk3y - - 49 comments

9600k+RTX3070Ti and i have decent fps (usually around 80) with this mod on, plus other 178 other mods and the game with fairly high setting on 1440p :D and i just updated today, so far i was playing with v11

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Zverss
Zverss - - 3 comments

Very beautiful work, just checked right now. Is cinematic+fx built into it? will it work cinematic+vfx?

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S.e.m.i.t.o.n.e. Author
S.e.m.i.t.o.n.e. - - 104 comments

It will work with any VFX.

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Thricee
Thricee - - 146 comments

Good question, as I'm running VFX as well.. maybe that's why my FPS was a little weird.

Edit - Just saw response above, cool.

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oldgenetics149
oldgenetics149 - - 35 comments

аддон крутой но FPS дропает очень сильно

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toxicpuppy
toxicpuppy - - 17 comments

cool addon but definitely hits fps hard

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S.e.m.i.t.o.n.e. Author
S.e.m.i.t.o.n.e. - - 104 comments

Don't install 4k textures, you won't notice the difference. Not installing "Seeds and Leaves" will also help but take away an important visual element form the mod. Maybe go with "Less seeds" option and se if it helps. I will see to try optimizing it a bit more but there's not much left to compress and take away without visually degrading anomalies.

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oldgenetics149
oldgenetics149 - - 35 comments

я вообще ничего не устанавливаю в доп опциях разницы никакой
это не спасает ситуацию даже на +1-3 fps

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MaxSpringer
MaxSpringer - - 59 comments

Looks amazing! Does it add new types of anomalies too, or just those from DAO?
It would be really cool to see full list.
Great work!

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S.e.m.i.t.o.n.e. Author
S.e.m.i.t.o.n.e. - - 104 comments

Adds new ones, and hidden ones.

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