Sunday, November 21, 2021

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Anomaly [DX11]





3DVision fix for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Anomaly 1.5.1. Fixed by Kai and not by me (I'm just making the blog post according to his text, screenshots and fix file).


This game is a free standalone mod based on S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat and can be downloaded from here: https://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomaly


Fixed

  • Haloing issues (based on DJ-RK's Call of Pripyat fix)
  • Shadows, lighting and decals (based on DJ-RK's Call of Pripyat fix)
  • Screenspace and volumetric sunrays
  • Specular reflections
  • Water reflections
  • Parallax bump mapping
  • Dynamic crosshair
  • Low convergence preset for the 3D PDA


Installation

Place contents of this fix into the "Stalker Anomaly\bin" folder.

In the Anomaly Launcher select the DirectX 11 Renderer and enable "Support for AVX CPU".

Run the game and set the following in Settings -> Visual -> Advanced:

  • Detail bump: Enabled
  • Steep parallax: Enabled
  • SSAO mode: Anything except SSDO

Pretty much everything else should work but I recommend turning down the Grass and Rendering Distance options as these have a lot of performance impact. Note that changing some of the graphics settings requires a restart, even if the game doesn't say so.

Also note that some alt tabbing is necessary to launch the game in Fullscreen mode, and the global driver hack needs to be enabled in 3DFM if you get a black screen.


Hotkeys

  • Backspace: Cycle convergence values
  • Right Mouse Button: Low convergence preset for aiming down sights


Other notes

  • Some textures may look funky due to the stereoized parallax bump mapping. Small price to pay for making them realistic.
  • Decals and shadows float a bit on certain surfaces. This is normal and it's just how they are rendered natively in 2D.
  • There are countless addons for this game so if you find anything cool that works with this fix make sure to leave a comment.

9 comments:

  1. I'll have to try this after Skyrim AE, thanks Kai and Masterotaku :)

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    1. I haven’t yet seen anything problematic. Looks Awsome and whats best, Stalker is superb atmospheric

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  2. Thank you, Thank you and Thank you Kai and Master.

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  3. What about DX9 mode? Does this fix work?

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    1. There's no crossover between DX9 and DX11, this only works on DX11 version.

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  4. This Fix + Geo-11 works perfectly (VR headset). Changing convergence when scoped to 0 was the only other change needed

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  5. First of all thank you, thank you, THANK YOU for fixing this game! Finally I can go back to the Zone after all these years.

    I've hunted down the rest of the scopes textures from v1.5.1 because by default only PSO scope has been fixed. Place this in your d3dx.ini after [TextureOverride_PSO_Scope] section:

    [TextureOverride_Scope_Sides]
    hash=0e738860
    filter_index=12
    [TextureOverride_PSO1M2_Scope]
    hash=320f329f
    filter_index=12
    [TextureOverride_Leupold4_Scope]
    hash=11232037
    filter_index=12
    [TextureOverride_M82_Scope]
    hash=e78181ac
    filter_index=12
    [TextureOverride_ZF95_Scope]
    hash=2c216bde
    filter_index=12
    [TextureOverride_PKS07_Scope]
    hash=225b243e
    filter_index=12
    [TextureOverride_Hyperon_Scope]
    hash=6c8c8c0e
    filter_index=12
    [TextureOverride_Vykhlop_Scope]
    hash=5fe627e1
    filter_index=12
    [TextureOverride_Findot_Scope]
    hash=62770f78
    filter_index=12
    [TextureOverride_ZF41_Scope]
    hash=da6f96c2
    filter_index=12
    [TextureOverride_Gauss_Scope]
    hash=1d3e3887
    filter_index=12
    [TextureOverride_Tulip_Scope]
    hash=536d045b
    filter_index=12
    [TextureOverride_Galil_Scope]
    hash=4c8f4664
    filter_index=12
    [TextureOverride_Tot_Scope]
    hash=d07bb149
    filter_index=12
    [TextureOverride_PU_Scope]
    hash=00b89fca
    filter_index=12
    [TextureOverride_FN2000_Scope]
    hash=91f5e4aa
    filter_index=12
    [TextureOverride_PO_Scope]
    hash=98d1d21b
    filter_index=12
    [TextureOverride_ZF4_Scope]
    hash=670cb7ee
    filter_index=12

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    1. thank you for this, sir! gonna try it soon, i lost my savegames, have to start a new game

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  6. Anomaly + SSS1.9
    I tried the game installing some extra using this guide
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Do45zIx6SYs&t=476s
    I did not get the Atmospherics to install without braking visuals.
    And i did not install all from the packages. But i got the game looking ever more stunning.
    My list on the modOrginizer looks from the top down now
    Anomaly-Mod-Configurator-Menu1.6.5.7
    ScreeSpaceShaders_Update
    Enhanced_Shaders_Color_Grading_
    Beefs_NVGs
    Adega 1.45 part1
    Adega 1.45 part2
    And if you don´t get it working. Try reinstalling them at this order from top to bottom.
    I know there is priority in what order you should order what because of override and what
    order they are in the list. So you might also try installing these in the order in the video and then
    just reorganizing them like above. Im not quite shure what was the key or was there any. Atleast the
    atmospherics was braking the visuals. Sadly that´s actually quite essential part for upgrading the game.
    or atleast i think so.Some shader hacking capable person could take alook if time.
    There is also a new 20 sss update availbale for insiders (or was. maby it´s free now) that
    has some cool terrain stuff that looks awsome. If that were added man....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3bTlshywao
    Im yet to include this but it´s a must have
    https://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomaly/addons/modded-exes-ledge-grabbing-mantling
    here is a list of those tags from different addons i used.
    for Screenspace shaders update i have selected ALL but not 01 SSDO / 04 / 08 / 10 / manual installation - modded exes
    for Enhanced Shaders i have SELECTED 01 / 04 and 05 (optional cubemaps and fixed bloom) / last (param ctrl simple)
    for Beefs 01 (NVGS) 04 ( patch only ES no SSR)

    For beefs i have selected 1 and 4th option (patch ES no SSR)

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