First idea which brought our mod to life was to recreate the game conception that we had waited for instead of the one we've got, as the original game release turned out to be crippled in content and gameplay features. So we, along with many other STALKER fans, were eager to make it closer to our expectations. OGSE mod was founded in 2008 as a small add-on to the well known OGSM mod, created by a small group of STALKER enthusiasts, and within the following years it has grown into a huge global mod, with lots of exclusive features and advanced gameplay, having totally surpassed its ancestor. Nowadays the OGSE mod has almost no shared code with the OGSM, and it's team consists of 17 developers and 15 beta-testers.

Our goals are:

1. Rich gameplay with high replayability.

2. Perfect stability

3. Perfect image quality with no loss in game performance.

These are very high goals to be combined in one mod, so our development process takes pretty much time, lots of it being spent on bugfixes and code optimization. Our mod doesn't contain that huge amount of features as e.g. the "Solyanka", but it is well balanced, highly technologically advanced, remarkably stable and free of logical and storyline contradictions. We also offer a good online support for our players.

Year ago we found out that our mod was popular even with foreign community - players were spending a lot of time installing OGSE 0692 on World-wide version of the game, and that is quite a non-trivial task, by the way. Even a rough translation was made by some enthusiasts. So it was decided to help the community and an official translation project was initiated. The translation is currently completed, and we are released the official English version of OGSE 0692. However, there can be some minor localization-related problems with it, because this is our first release for English version  of game, so please report any found crashes or inconsistencies - we'll fix them ASAP.

Version 0693 will be released in both Russian and English concurrently.

OGSE 07 is our future project, which will imply total conversion of the mod features to work on the Clear Sky game engine. More details are to follow in articles later.

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12 comments by K.D. on May 19th, 2013

Good news, everyone! :)

Last post wasn't capable to contain all graphics features. So let it be another one.

- Improved shadow map resolution. Stalker engine uses cascaded shadow map technology, so quality of shadows depends on resolution of corresponding texture with shadow map. Normally you can choose this resolution by using keys for stalker shortcut: -smap1536/smap2048/smap2560/smap3072/smap4096, where number is shadow map texture resolution. Also, this resolution have huge influence on high quality shadow distance (r2_sun_near console parameter). Exceeding some max distance you will see annoying stripes on all of the surfaces. For example, for -smap4096 max r2_sun_near value is only 35-50 meters.
We manage to add new shadow map resolution - 8192x8192 (-smap8192). It works well on any videocards that support DX10 and have 512 Mb of videomemory (minimum GF 8xxx and Radeon HD 2xxx). On these screens you can feel the difference:

Order: 2048x2048 /4096x4096 / 8192x8192
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But that's not all :) There will be another  key - -smap16384 which can improve shadows quality even further! But for get it working you should prepare videocard with DX11 support and 1,5 Gb videomemory on-board :)

- Thermal vision. Well, it is not actually infrared vision but some kind of it. We will add some devices with it so you can use new tactical moves in combat. Watch the video.

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COP-inspired inventory for OGSE 0.6.9.2 All-in-one

COP-inspired inventory for OGSE 0.6.9.2 All-in-one

Jul 22, 2012 Full Version 4 comments

This is the all-in-one download of my COP-inspired inventory for Old Good Stalker Evolution 0.6.9.2 (English version). It includes folders for non-widescreen...

COP-inspired inventory for OGSE 0.6.9.2 English

COP-inspired inventory for OGSE 0.6.9.2 English

Jul 10, 2012 Full Version 24 comments

This is the non-widescreen version of my COP-inspired inventory for Old Good Stalker Evolution 0.6.9.2 (English version). Updated version, changed options...

OGSE 0.6.9.2 R2 official english version (fixed)

OGSE 0.6.9.2 R2 official english version (fixed)

Feb 16, 2012 Full Version 104 comments

This is full OGSE 0.6.9.2 R2 official english release - fixed installation package. Sorry for inconvenience with previous package.

OGSE 0.6.9.2 R2 translation SDK

OGSE 0.6.9.2 R2 translation SDK

Feb 15, 2012 Other 3 comments

This package contains all needed files to make a translation for OGSE mod. All texts is in English. If you want to make a German or French version, you...

KamikaZze's "Companions" 1.9C

KamikaZze's "Companions" 1.9C

Dec 25, 2011 Full Version 16 comments

So that's the companions. This behavior scheme allows you to invite NPC as a companion and together explore the Zone. Idea of reconstructing this scheme...

OGSE 0.6.9.2 R2 corrupted savegames fix

OGSE 0.6.9.2 R2 corrupted savegames fix

Dec 7, 2011 Patch 0 comments

Notice what this fix isn't needed for official english version of mod! This update fix problems with saves on locations, there are the civil zombies and...

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TsJK_
TsJK_ May 20 2013, 10:27am says:

Hi all,
I read your "tutorial install" but i have problem with start game! I have "gamedata folder" in my stalker but when i rename or delete, game run... with gamedata folder my game no runing :( pls help

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SimplyYuri
SimplyYuri May 20 2013, 10:40am replied:

Honestly, I didn't understand exactly your problem. But in such cases do the following:

1) Uninstall your STALKER game. Check if the STALKER folder was deleted. If no, delete it.

2) Reinstall STALKER game. Install the patch 1.0005, appropriate for your version of STALKER. Download it from official site of GSC.

3) Run the vanilla game. If it works, install the mod.

After installing the mod you will see new set of db* archives in the root folder of STALKER and the gamedata folder. This gamedata folder contains latest fixes and different files for setting up the mod. They are used by Configurator utility.

Note: If you choose photo zone you have to manually download it from some resource and install it into the gamedata folder. All details see here: Moddb.com (open this link and click "Read more+").

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victus-null
victus-null May 20 2013, 3:23am says:

Does anyone know if I can downgrade my Steam SoC russian version 1.0006 patch to 1.0005?

Tried following the rollback tutorial that Kami posted a while back as I have been told that is the way to downgrade for us steam users...

Now, I am in the reg editor, looking in my STALKER SHOC folder, and I only see two strings:

(Default)
InstallCDKEY

There is no Installvers. or InstallSource or any other strings besides the two I just mentioned above. I am running the RUSSIAN version of the game (trader didn't tell me it was the russian version...) which automatically installs patch 1.0006 and I'm wondering if that is the reason why? I did add the InstallLANG string with the language value as [ru] and when I try to run the RUSSIAN 1.0005 patch, I get an error that is, unfortunately, in russian..

Anybody encountered this problem and has a fix? I'm so down...

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SimplyYuri
SimplyYuri May 20 2013, 3:47am replied:

For Steam version the procedure is different. (BTW, Steam versions of STALKER are the big pain in the ***. Always try to buy box versions.) This procedure is described here: Moddb.com Open this link and click "Read more+".

Also, if you have russian Steam version you can't install English version of 0692. In this case you need to use Russian version of 0692: Forum.ogse.ru

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victus-null
victus-null May 20 2013, 4:40am replied:

I suppose since my stalker shoc folder in registry does not have InstallSource or Installvers I must create the new strings with their values as stated in the procedure?

Finally, this might be a rather stupid question but...

The russian version of 0692... will that make everything in the game russian language? Or is there an option to have the language be english? I'm already using an english translation for the vanilla version. Kinda freaking out here *nervous laughter*.

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SimplyYuri
SimplyYuri May 20 2013, 5:06am replied:

>> since my stalker shoc folder in registry does not have InstallSource or Installvers I must create the new strings with their values as stated in the procedure?

I think - yes. But I don't know why there's no such parameters in your registry. Are you sure that you installed STALKER correctly? Does it work fine as a vanilla game? If yes, try to add missing parameters and check if the vanilla game is still working normally. After that try to install 0692.

>> The russian version of 0692... will that make everything in the game russian language?

You will get only mod part in Russian. If your Russian version has already been converted to English, install English version of the mod. But I can't garantee that all will be OK.

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victus-null
victus-null May 20 2013, 5:28am replied:

>> I think - yes. But I don't know why there's no such parameters in your registry. Are you sure that you installed STALKER correctly? Does it work fine as a vanilla game? If yes, try to add missing parameters and check if the vanilla game is still working normally. After that try to install 0692.

I believe I installed it correctly -- rather, I believe Steam installed it correctly? Downloaded the game through steam and it did it automatically. I did play the vanilla version the whole way through without any hiccups. I'll add those parameters and do what you suggest.

>> You will get only mod part in Russian. If your Russian version has already been converted to English, install English version of the mod. But I can't garantee that all will be OK.

Yeah I'm using a russian to english translation mod -- though I don't know if it will also translate anything outside of vanilla version even if it's in russian. Arrggh. Will try this whole thing out ASAP. If I'm getting english vanilla and russian mod, I might as well buy the whole english stalker series off amazon. Either that or learn russion xS. Thanks for the help good sir.

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Tycholarfero
Tycholarfero May 20 2013, 5:12pm replied:

He's a modder of a lot of things.

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K.D.
K.D. May 18 2013, 7:06pm replied:

This effect is not very good-looking but can decrease fps significantly. I think this is not worth it.

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9/10 - Looks beautiful and creates something never done before I have played up until Rostok, more info will be applied later. Pros: Configurable options and advanced gfx Fantastic new graphics Wide range of weapons, items and armour New quests, and quest bug fixes Better rewards Balanced artifacts and medicine New ammo types New icons make the game a real masterpiece No CTDs (atleast not yet) Bloodsuckers can be killed while in cloak (yes!) Iron sights for all weapons have been perfected unlike…

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