Articles - MISERY mod for S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat

In June 2002 ModDB began, and every year since we've celebrated the best mods in an annual player voted event. To mark our 20th Anniversary, we've decided to take a walk down memory lane, and look back on all of the mods that finished in the top 5, across five separate categories:

In the absence of new games in a franchise - or perhaps in response - modders will take matters into their own hands and tell the stories they want to know. Become the bad guy; explore the story of a fan-favourite character from a new perspective; or detail an unknown corner of the world. Alternatively, play your favourite title in a revitalised way, overhauled into a new experience for repeat players. These are the mods for the hardcore series fanatics.

To no one's surprise, Half-Life fans have been filling in the blanks for years. Taking success in MOTY 2005 (for both Minerva and Mistake of Pythagoras), 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021, these mods have even graduated onto other community made success stories - namely, Black Mesa, once a mod itself. Other mods like Thunder's Leaves, Half-Life: Field Intensity, and Dark-Life 2 all also carry the torch of community content creation, ensuring in Valve's absence, we Half-Life fans have plenty more chances to delve into the world.

With a loose chronology and many alternate universes to explore, C&C is a rich hotbed for community made expansions and crossovers. Featuring new units, super weapons, and sometimes entirely new factions, the mods earned their wins in MOTY 2009, 2017, and 2021 for sure. The End of Days, The Second Tiberium War and Operation: Firestorm are more examples of what fans have managed with this IP over the years.

Even in the presence of many AAA takes on a post-apocalyptic world, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. remains a cult favourite for its grounded, merciless embrace of a world hostile to all. Mods for the franchise's titles present new quests, new worlds, new weapons, and also have a great streak in MOTY with these three taking wins in 2012, 2014, 2018. This community has always had a great showing on ModDB and will for years to come.

Star Wars' universe is rich with expanded material - quite a bit predating Disney's takeover of the IP, but with Disney adding to the chronology themselves as well. The games can only cover so much on release, but fans have brought nearly every possible combination of expanded universe material to life. These three mods, taking cups in MOTY 2015, 2016, and 2017, are all damn near sequels of their original game; and meanwhile, Yuuzhan Vong at War and Legacy Era: Second Imperial Civil War are examples of more mods documenting the expanded universe.

Overhaul and "definitive edition" mods are the bread and butter of the modding community - proving sometimes all a game needs is to be enhanced to breathe new life into it. These are the kinds of mods you don't want to go without, and players didn't when they voted for this trio in MOTY 2009, 2017, and 2020. You're not missing out on anything from the base game by playing these mods - only gaining new toys to play with, or in the case of all three, new weapons to wield.

Classics like Quake and DOOM are timeless - games that play just as well as we remember, and likely will for all time. There comes a point, though, where even diehard fans want something new to sink their teeth into, and these winners of 2016 and 2020's MOTY awards respectively do just that. New levels and new mechanics abound, they're also faithful enough that fans old and new alike can pick 'em up and have a hell of a time.

Welcome to the 2018 Mod of the Year results! With top 100 voting having taken place over the last 20 days, the results have now been tallied and we are ready to announce the winners! Below you will find the Top 10 Mods of 2018.

While you're at it, you can also check out the Top 10 Indie Games of 2018, or join the site in anticipation for next year's awards to register a mod of your own or vote for those you think deserve recognition in 2019.

Honourable Mentions

With so many fantastic mods posting major updates and leveraging their passionate communities, we'd like to direct your praise and attention to these honourable mentions. A honorable mention is given for polling strongly in the awards, but being ineligible due to placing higher in a previous year, or if a significant update was not released in 2018:

• Brutal Doom
• Ultimate Apocalypse Mod (DOW SS)
• Mental Omega
• S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Chernobyl
• The Empire At War Remake
• Edain Mod
• Age of the Ring
• Rise of the Reds
• Enderal
• Divide and Conquer
• Twisted Insurrection
• Tiberium Essence
• Star Wars: Thrawn's Revenge II: Ascendancy
• Third Age: Reforged
• S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - Lost Alpha
• Republic at War
• MISERY
• Forgotten Hope 2

Total Chaos is a total conversion mod for Doom 2 that runs on the GZDoom source port. The mod is a survival horror set on a remote island known as Fort Oasis. The island was once run by a community of coal miners which one day suddenly disappeared, leaving behind the abandoned concrete jungle to waste away. Something, clearly, has gone very wrong with this place. Upon your arrival at Fort Oasis, you receive a strange radio transmission. Someone wants to be found. Survive in 6 chapters, against over 8 horrifying fiends with a large assortment of weapons. The mod with the assistance of the source ports introduces many new graphical features, including 3D models and high resolution textures.

Anomaly is a standalone S.T.A.L.K.E.R. mod powered by an x64 version of Open X-Ray. Built upon Last Day, the mod continues its way on expanding and adding new features while maintaining a high level of quality and replay value.

The purpose of this mod is to recreate the Star Wars universe through various mythical epochs and places of the saga. "Battlefront Ultimate commander" is a a total conversion modification that adds new eras, new game-modes, new units and many more!

Awakening of the Rebellion 2.7 is the upcoming Version and its a massive Update and Improvement then the actual release Version 2.6. The AI is almost rewritten and will be a challenge as ever before There are new Story Events and reworked existing ones. All Space and Ground-Units are updated and/or replaced with new Models/Textures. New Soundeffects and Music-Tracks, a New Galaxy Map that is almost Canon and new Space and Groundmaps.

Contra is a freeware modification for Command and Conquer Generals: Zero Hour real-time strategy game. It's a big project started in 2004. It adds many new units as well as numerous new upgrades, new general's powers and buildings. It also adds new sounds, maps, bug fixes, enhanced graphics, and other effects, as well as three new generals.

From the Founding of Pendor - the year is 354 A King has not ruled the shattered land of Pendor for many generations. What was once a proud accomplishment of man now is steeped in the myths of folklore and told as children’s bedtime stories. Yet, the legends live on of a prophesy of hope. A tale of a champion who comes from a distant shore and unites the lords of Pendor under a single Ruler and brings peace and prosperity once again to this ravaged war-torn land. All is not as it seems as there are many powers who have their own ends in mind and an epic struggle is about to unfold. Strap on your sword, and buckle your imagination. Prepare to enter the world of Pendor and accept the challenge of the Prophesy - if you dare.

Thrawn's Revenge: Imperial Civil War is a total conversion mod for Forces of Corruption which brings the game into the Post-Endor period. The mod features a new era-based story progression system covering the timeline betwen the Battle of Endor and up until the start of the Yuuzhan Vong War. The mod includes hundreds of new planets accross almost 20 Galactic Conquest scenarios, hundreds of units and heroes, new particle and other graphic effects, and several new gameplay mechanics.

After 15 years of enjoying Half-Life and endless user created content still being released to this day, I decided I wished to give back to the community and create my own take on the Black Mesa Incident. Being the massive Half-Life fan that I am, I wished to create something that would fit into the existing mythos as well as staying true to the fiction. All I can give away is that this storyline begins with you playing the part of Candidate #12. You arrive at the Black Mesa Complex for another day of work - on the day that everything changed forever!

Warsword Conquest is a total conversion of warbands mount and blade 1.153 based on the Warhammer Fantasy world by Games workshop and is single player only at moment.

Fallout: New California adds an all new story around a new player character, an adopted resident of Vault 18, embarking on a journey through the wastelands of the New California Republic's Cajon Pass. An unofficial prequel to New Vegas, FPB adds hours of new gameplay and a fully voiced stand alone campaign.

You will face the New California Republic under president Wendell Peterson, the New Reno Mob's Bishop Family, the remnant Shi Clans, The Enclave Leonidas Squadron, the Super Mutant Army, and the bloodthirsty Raider Alliance that have banded together in the remote Athens-Tec Uranium Mine off the Long I-15.

Through them all you'll choose your path from SPECIAL dialog options, acquired PERKs, and travel with 8 possible companions depending on your choices. You'll enjoy two new radio stations with unique music, hours of voice acting, and professional grade presentation.

There is always another path to take in New California. But War? War never changes.

Congratulations to all the modders and community members who participated in the 2018 Mod of the Year awards! We wish you all the best for your continued modding efforts into the new year and beyond.

This update is an official merge of all internal patches since the release of MISERY 2.2. Basically, it adresses all reported issues that can be fixed from our side. The team thanks everyone who has shared valuable feedback with us and reported bugs and glitches.
This update is for you!

LIST OF CHANGES
- Improved German localisation
- Added French localisation
- Tweaked repair feature
- Improved debug tool
- Tweaked anomaly effects
- Updated AI squad spawns
- Updated radio music
- Corrections to trade prices (to prevent exploits)
- Sun positioning corrections
- CTD bug fixes in relation to zombies
- Improved zombie AI behavior
- Tweaked NPC loadouts
- Corrections to weapon aims for 4:3 resolutions
- Text and item description corrections
- Updated credits screen

Click this link to download MISERY 2.2.1: Themiserymod.com

MISERY 2.2.1 will only be released as an All-In-One download.
There will be no 2.2 to 2.2.1 Update as some basic files needs to removed entirely from the gamedata library for the mod to run properly.

A fresh game start is required in order to avoid savegame corruption or other data anomalies.

Welcome to the 2017 Mod of the Year results! With top 100 voting having taken place over the last 20 days, the results have now been tallied and we are ready to announce the winners! Below you will find the Top 10 Mods of 2017.

While you’re at it, you can also check out the Top 10 Indie Games of 2017, or join the site in anticipation for next year’s awards to register a mod of your own or vote for those you think deserve recognition in 2018.

Honourable Mentions

With so many fantastic mods posting major updates and leveraging their passionate communities, we’d like to direct your praise and attention to these honourable mentions. A honorable mention is given for polling strongly in the awards, but being ineligible due to placing higher in a previous year, or if a significant update was not released in 2017:

• S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Chernobyl
• Mental Omega
• Enderal
• Fallout: New California
• Ultimate Apocalypse Mod (DOW SS)
• Rise of the Reds
• Edain Mod
• Tiberium Essence
• Republic at War
• MISERY
• Divide and Conquer
• S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - Lost Alpha
• Star Trek: Armada 3
• Sins of a Galactic Empire
• Expanding Fronts
• A Clash of Kings
• Blitzkrieg-Mod
• Contra

SWAT: Elite Force is a massive overhaul of SWAT 4: The Stetchkov Syndicate, making it into a more realistic tactical police simulator. Featuring new and more realistic equipment, merged campaigns, extra missions, permadeath, better AI, and bug fixes.

Welcome to the 19th century: The American colonies have revolted, gained their independence and they are now nations, the Natives have resisted colonization and struggle to keep their identities, the ancient Asian civilizations are now an active part of the world scenario and have to play their cards right to protect themselves, and in the Balkans, people fight for their independence from once powerful empires. There was one spot on Earth, however, that was ignored for a long time... We're at the modern era and all empires have focused their attention on this long forgotten, but now desirable, region.

Dawn of the Tiberium Age (DTA) is a stand-alone mod that combines Tiberian Dawn (C&C 95) and Red Alert. While classic mode gets as close to the original game-play and balance as possible, Enhanced mode provides improved game balance and a lot of fun new stuff. DTA features many customization options for Skirmish and multiplayer (where you can play as GDI, Nod, Allies and Soviet on over 100 maps), challenging original singleplayer missions, as well as co-op missions. Since this is a stand-alone mod, you don't require anything but the mod itself to be able to play: the original game is not required.

Explore the island of Vvardenfell as you never have before, with a world built anew to be both alien and familiar to the Morrowind you knew before. New adventures await, with new exciting areas to see and explore, and new artifacts just waiting to be discovered. This is a complete overhaul for Morrowind, adding countless new details, weapons, armors and much more for you to see and do.

Age of the Ring is a mod for Rise of the Witch-king. It's set during the final years of the Third Age of Middle-earth, and features content from both The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings film trilogies and J.R.R. Tolkien's novels. Our primary goal is to represent the cultures, warriors, and heroes of that era in a way that is accurate to the source material, engaging in terms of gameplay, and balanced around RotWK's 2.02 community patch.

The Empire at War Remake is a complete overhaul mod that aims to remake Empire at War.
It aims to keep everything you loved about Empire at War: the hardpoint system, capital class warships, unique faction units and playstyles, while providing everything you expect from a 2017 game: Game balance, design vision and great graphics.

Third Age: Reforged is a submod for Third Age 3.2 that aims to overhaul the multiplayer aspect of the mod by thoroughly rebalancing the units and factions while also implementing new units, custom scenarios and other features.

Twisted Insurrection is a standalone game based on a heavily modified Tiberian Sun engine. The game features a completely new in-depth storyline which puts you in an alternate timeline where the Brotherhood of Nod were victorious during the first Tiberian War rather than GDI. Do you have what it takes to drag the shattered Global Defense Initiative out of ruin? Or will you crush all who oppose the will of Kane and his Inner Circle? The choice is yours commander.

From the makers of Thrawn's Revenge: Imperial Civil War, Ascendancy is a Star Wars mod set after the Battle of Endor in the Star Wars Galaxy. Fight for galactic ascendancy as multiple factions from this period in Star Wars history. In the wake of the Empire's collapse, the fledgling New Republic is working to build an entirely new order out of the wreckage. Meanwhile, on the edges of the galaxy, the Empire of the Hand, set up by Thrawn during his exile in the unknown regions with the covert support of the Chiss Ascendancy and Emperor Palpatine, strives to unite the galaxy in preparation to face outside threats...

Brutal Doom has polled strongly in previous awards, but has never won. Tirelessly releasing major updates year after year that takes Doom into a whole new level, we couldn't be happier to crown Brutal Doom the 2017 champion. It makes the game much more violent than before. There's much more blood, plus it adds unique gibs, death animations, dismemberments, headshots, executions, fire and explosion particles, flares, shadows over all objects, and much more. Everything in Brutal Doom is extremely intense. Everything sounds louder, looks bigger, moves faster, and hits harder.

Congratulations to all the modders and community members who participated in the 2017 Mod of the Year awards! We wish you all the best for your continued modding efforts into the new year and beyond.