A Breath of Dead Air v1.12 addon

Fake update v1.12 (Agroprom Underground workaround)

Install this file to replace A Breath of Dead Air's Agroprom Underground with that of Anomaly. Prevents a strange ctd that I've been unable to fix.

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Fake update v1.11 (the Kruglov patch)

Install this update to move Kruglov, the Ecologist mechanic at Yantar, out of confinement.

Don't worry about him getting hurt, unless you made him mortal. He can hold his own. He has the power of SCIENCE to protect him. And a riot-gun.

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Another fake update!

I just updated Dead Air Sky and Fx to v1.1. This release includes weather presets for Dead Air weather.

They go pretty well together, for obvious reasons.

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Fake update!

I found that with the tonemap settings below, the visuals are softer and more pleasant. It makes everything blend together nicer.

In gamedata\appdata\user.ltx, find and change the following values:

r2_tonemap_adaptation 5.
r2_tonemap_amount 1.
r2_tonemap_lowlum 0.4
r2_tonemap_middlegray 1.

You may have to raise your contrast by one notch as well.

UPDATE:

now includes a ton of stuff I forgot. Oops. If you're updating, no need for a new game.

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Does what it says in the summary, really. Dead Air has slightly edited levels with more trees and foliage and stuff. They look richer than vanilla, but they're not nearly as heavy on resources as the Anomaly levels are.

My thanks to ][][, who informed me as to how to do this thing.

!! IMPORTANT NOTICE !!

This requires a new game.

!! END OF NOTICE !!

Quick note: Dead Air employed some tricks to make players require certain equipment to get through certain areas. These tricks do not work here. No equipment requirements, no shenanigans.

Yantar in shitty weather. Notice the additional foliage. These levels look great in Sanctuary's Colder Atmosphere addon, by the way. I picked this screenshot because I know horribly cold dreary environments like this give Sanctuary warm fuzzy feelings of nostalgia. He's an odd boy.

Just to prove I didn't just port my HUD to Dead Air. :D Also holy shit my GUI looks awesome in Colder Atmosphere! :O

What this ports:

• The level textures, ambient sounds and trees. Also the loud as hell rain. You're welcome.

What this does NOT port:

• Surprisingly enough, things like the massacre in Army Warehouses and some custom geometry. I'd have to specifically port those into CotZ, which is not happening.
• Unsurprisingly, all the fancy graphics effects Dead Air has. :(
• The ability to switch desk lamps on and off. :(
• Dead Air's many, many gameplay issues.

Issues / Limitations:

• I've seen one levitating box. There's probably more, I've not extensively tested these levels yet. I'm playing these in my main installation though, so there may be bug fix updates in the future.
• Hilarious clipping issues.
• This locks the mechanic in Yantar behind an unopenable door. If you know how to fix this, please let me know so I can let the poor bastard out. I can hear him in there. It's unsettling. Maybe there's an easy way to move him into the main bunker?

Compatibility:

• Compatible with all CotZ addons that do not specifically alter level geometry and trees. (I don't think there are any addons that edit levels directly other than ][]['s Anomaly level port)
• Compatible with Dead Air level texture addons and ambient sound addons, such as addons that reduce the volume of the aforementioned loud as hell rain.
• OH SHIT I WONDER IF THE WINTER ADDON WORKS SOMEONE TRY IT AND LET ME KNOW

Performance hit:

• None? Slight to none? Actually runs better? The levels seem to have fewer fake lights, which may help performance on weaker systems. The foliage may cause a performance drop though. Mileage. It varies.
• In my testing runs, my game would only crash due to memory errors when transitioning to Truck Cemetery. That's with both Arsenal Overhaul 3 and Anomaly HD Models installed, with population settings of 1.5 for mutants and 1 for NPCs, with 75% random spawns on top of that. So, promising. I did uninstall the HD models after these tests due to performance issues on my system. And the whole "I feel like I'm LARPing" thing. But that's a personal issue.

Installation:

• Extract this addon in your CotZ folder. You'll want to install this early in your load order.

I've decided not to post uninstallation instructions because this thing is huge. Just reinstall Call of the Zone.

Updated screenshots. My system isn't great, so these are the best screenshots I can muster. If someone with a "baller rig" (as I do believe the kids call it) could post some ridiculously lush reshaded screenshots I'd appreciate it.

I don't want to talk about it.

We don't ask what the lid is for.

Hard at work or hardly working? Ha ha haaaa I'll just let myself out.

Hm. Smell that zone air. Hardly smells like death at all!

This series of pictures proudly brought to you by the color brown.

The bloom on the sun is a little much.

When you see it ...

Yeaaaaah. It's not without its flaws.

But if you enjoy trees, this addon has you covered.

Just look how wonderfully shitty this looks! Let me tell you, it sounds just as shitty.

Just a friendly reminder that nothing terrible ever happened at Army Warehouses and nothing ever will.

I'm not even wearing a face mask. HAH.

CoP/CS Atmosphere addon works pretty well, too. Shame the sky is so low-res, though. I like that fuzzy dreamy effect the low vision distance has.

I love this guy. He looks so brooding and sinister stood there in his little nook. I just expect him to whisper "I'm Batman." at any moment.

The Preview Pic below is a slight jab at Dead Air for being, well, dead. I know, it's subtle. But now at least its rather tightly designed levels can live on in Call of the Zone.

P.S.

That's two sets of levels taken from entirely different mods built for custom engines that, so far, appear to work flawlessly in Call of the Zone. This is because Doctor X has built his game, the core mechanics, almost entirely abstracted from the level code underneath. This achievement warrants, at the very least, a golf clap and a whispered "Nice."

When you're ready.

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