Arrival - Anomalies addon

First of all i'd like to thank demonized and Lucy for not loosing their sh*t with my stupid questions. A BIG Thank You to both of you!

Secondly i'd like to thank ThaHouseKid and Benis for testing everything and giving constant feedback before first release of the mod. Bennie my boy, loosing you would be like loosing a leg <3

0. Remove Arrival and turn back on Dynamic Anomalies Overhaul.
1. Turn on debug mode.
2. Open your game.
3. Load your working save where you played with old DAO
4. Go in MCM and under "DAO" tick those boxes for disabling and removing anomalies, and the box that makes a clean save after anomalies are removed.
They are named like this:
- Save Game After Anomalies Removal
- Disable New Anomalies
- Delete Dynamic Anomalies
5. Don't save or leave game.
6. Go to another area, just walk until you leave the area you are in right now
7. Once in another Area press F7, and on right upper corner under "Execute Action" find "spawn psy-storm" and click it.
8. Find a place to hide and wait for the game to save automatically
9. Once it does, quit the game.
10. Uninstall DAO from Mo2.
11. Install Arrival choosing whatever options you prefer.
12. Start your game and load that save the game previously made for you during psy-storm.

Arrival Anomalies is an aberration of anomaly visuals and behavior that provides new experience and fresh change to gameplay and games environment.
This mod is built upon on themrdemonized Dynamic Anomalies Overhaul mod with complete alchemization of audio, visuals and behavior of each anomaly DAO contains,
and on top of that the same changes were applied to some of the default ones.
I have also added couple of new anomalies to the pool (and some hidden ones) for you to discover.

This mod will work with GAMMA, EFP and Default Stalker Anomaly as long as it's placed at the bottom of the load order (Highest Priority).
For both GAMMA and EFP it will replace some files but that's okay because it contains the same stuff.

Arrival - Anomalies contains " Arszi's Radiation Overhaul" demonized edition from GAMMA aka "gamma_dynamic_radiation_areas_from_arzsi", so if you're using that it will replace the file with mine, which has a bit stronger radiation fields.

It is highly recommended to play Arrival with "Spatial Anomalies" Mod by Helloworlder,
it can be found here: Moddb.com
it will enable you to use teleport anomalies which can be found in Cordon, Red Forest and Limansk.
Patches are already integrated so the only thing you have to worry about is next step:
Spatial anomalies mod must be in LOWER priority than Arrival and if you decide to use it,
you must run your game THROUGH LAUNCHER, or THROUGH GAME EXE directly.
Running the game with Mod Organizer is OK as long as you don't use any scripts for disabling core zero and similar stuff that's being launched before exe of the game.
I REPEAT: If you plan to use Spatial Anomalies mod with Arrival, in Mod Organizer you must select Anomaly Launcher or game exe directly. If you don't plan to use Spatial Anomalies mod with Arrival - you can run your game however you like. Thank you NLTP_ASHES for explaining to me how this can work.

There is a lot of bonus stuff in the installer and there will be a lot more to come, and from same reason it is worthy to mention that Arrival is meant to be played with "Flying seeds and leaves" that can be found in this installer.
Flying Seeds add a new layer of immersion and depth to the game's environment.
By introducing a swarm of floating flora seeds that drift and spin through the air,
players will feel like they are truly navigating a 3D space.
Flying seeds create a mesmerizing and ethereal effect, as if the player is moving through a dreamscape.
Enhancing the aesthetic appeal of the game, they also add a sense of dynamism and movement to the environment.
As players navigate the world, the seeds will constantly be swirling and shifting around them, creating a sense of constant motion and activity.
In all, flying seeds make the game feel more alive and realistic, capturing the magic and mystery of the Zone.

My advice is choose "Seeds and leaves" as leaves are a great addition too, and if that is too much you have options for less seeds or no leaves, or just leaves or whatever you would like. There's option for everything and everyone.

Encyclopedia now contains very detailed descriptions for each anomaly including some lore stories about them.

Installer now has 3 radiation strengths for you to choose from.

There is a lot of stuff encompassing this mod, over all just for the Anomalies alone i have created more than 700 particle effects. It will take a lot of text to explain everything so i will just let you discover the magic of it by yourself.

And before i forget, for those who asked about trailer music it can be found in Mod folder. I have exported both reveal and release trailer songs into FLAC format and you are free to do what you like with them, as long as you credit me.

Thank you for taking your time to read this and download my mod.

I sincerely hope you will enjoy this.

- Fixed Performance issues with "Springboard" Anomaly.

- Updated "trader_autoinject.script" to the latest version.

- Removed Dynamic Collision from Gravitational Anomalies = FPS++

- Removed all Physics based effects and replaced them with similar anims.

Some GPUs couldn't handle it so it had to be removed. Those who were affected by the problem will get a lot more fps now, those who were not affected will get few fps more.

- Added 2 more alternations of Teleport Anomaly to the installer. More "Skins" to choose from.

- Added an alternate Weak gravitational Anomaly that's easier to notice and hits fps a lot less. Can be chosen in the installer.

- Added 50% Particle amount option to each and every option of environmental particles in the installer. Huge Performance boost while still keeping the effects nice and visible.

- Fixed "Thorn" invalid .ogg comment.

- Added folders with alternate sounds for "Thorn", "Shatterpoint" and "Ghost" Anomaly. They can be found in their dedicated folders. Example: gamedata\sounds\semitone\anomalies\thorn\Alternate. Choose your sound and replace it with the one found in, example: gamedata\sounds\semitone\anomalies\thorn

- Added 2 more alternations - (Skins) for Electra Anomaly to the installer. Each having its own sounds. links for video previews can be found in fomod installer on the beginning of description for each anomaly.

- Revisited almost all anomalies lowering number of active elements, and effects particle count on each without significantly damaging visuals, and thereby increasing the overall performance.

- Slightly redesigned one of (secret) anomalies so it has smaller impact on performance.

- Old "50%" choices are now the default option, new 50% has much less active seeds and leaves lowering impact on performance.

- Added new option "Seeds and Leaves - ULTRA", some machines can handle it without any problem - some will suffer FPS loss.

- Added full interactive grass support for all anomalies and customized grass animation for all of them.

- Ghost anomaly can now spawn phantoms thanks to the help of NLTP Ashes.

- Replaced idle sound of Acidic anomaly.

- Added 3 new radiation strength options to the installer.

- Added option to disable radiation grainFX.

- Added five "Anomaly Zone Effect" options to the installer to make clusters of anomalies look a bit better.

- Polished gravitational_average anomaly aka "Vortex" so it looks tiny bit better with no performance impact.

- Fixed sound related crash when trying to enter truck cemetery.

- Fixed Thorn bug where it would give weird shadows if flashlight is being pointed at it.

- Added 13 new Geiger counter alternate sound options to the installer.

- Added 2 new particle effects for Generators map, default and potato version with a lot less rocks and effects. This will be "part one - version one" of the work on that map.

- After 5 days of search finally located generators sound - replaced the center antenna sound with new audio.

- Optimized "Electra (Aggressive v2)" and added "Electra (Aggressive v2) - No Sparks" skin to the installer. A performacne friendly version of aggressive v2 but without sparks.

- New sound for Seed anomaly. Also an alternate sound can be found in "gamedata\sounds\semitone\anomalies\seed\v2" for a user to replace the new default one if he wishes so.

- Optimized Zharka anomaly even further and added new blowout smoke/dust effect.

- Optimized CDF anomaly and added new "lifting leaves of ground" effect during blowout.

- Polished 'Electra Aggressive v2' anomaly.

- Halved the performace impact of Strong Gravitational anomaly and upped the number of rocks and leaves while still keeping impact at -50%

- Spatial bubble anomaly performace impact lowerd by 30-40% on 'Black Mesa' skin.

- Added "Anomaly Idle Light" options to the installer for Electric and Acidic anomalies.

- Lowered distance of Electra idle sound

- Seeds and Leaves (ultra) got a big polish; lowered the performance impact by A LOT.
Made the area around player in which they spawn much larger so the player cannot run out of it,
and since the area is wider i upped the number of seeds and their and lifetime to 16 sec - making them a lot more noticable.
Added one more layer of flying leaves time independent from others so you will see leaves more often without big impact.

- Fixed wrong particle effect texture paths on Zharka anomaly (No more squares).
- Removed distortion effect on idle Zharka since under certain lightning the edges of dist texture can be visible.