Brotherhood ENG + RUS addon

Special thanks to the Anomaly discord coder community which helped me throughout this project, especially

- xcvb for always helping out and providing some scripts used in this mod
- NLTP-ASHES for sharing his huge knowledge
- GhenTuong for being an inspiration and a reference, and providing some scripts used in this mod
- RavenAscendant for helping out if I had a question
- igigog for helping out if I had a question
- demonized for helping out if I had a question
- TheParaziT? for making a model for the mod
- ShizukesaAl for translating the mod into russian!

and not to forget, the devs of Anomaly themselves who made all of this possible.

How to install:

At the moment I didn't adapt it with DLTX. Use Mod Organizer or a similar program to load the mod.

New game advised, although it should be possible with already existing savegames. I would nevertheless advise you to make a copy of your old savegame.

What to expect:

The goal of this mod is to create sidequests which render the Zone more alive rather than a large mainquest with a fleshed out story.

This is Part I of the mod; the major quest chains are not fully developed yet, so only the first couple of missions are available. Part II might come out if I find the energy and the ideas.

- Questchains: There are two major quest chains - for the first talk to Butcher (although you will need late early-game/early mid-game gear - don't try to do it with a double barrel shotgun) and the second one will make itself known.

- Smaller quests and encounters: the line is difficult to draw between the two, as some encounters are more elaborate than others - are they proper quests or only interactable events? I don't know, that's for you to decide. Some you will find by playing the major quests, others by talking to NPCs or by progressing in the game.

Sometimes alternative ways to conclude the mission may be present. It's for you to find out.

For the keen observer, there is also an alternative way to progress in the main quest (living legends).

New game advised, preferably Loners (yes more Loner missions - it's my favourite faction so that's how it is) or Clear Sky.

Other factions should work too, but you'll have the usual problems of faction animosity.

What not to expect:

- Elaborate Missions: I started this project with no knowledge of programming. I learned during the developpment and with time (and mostly the help of the awesome community on the Stalker Anomaly discord) I learned to use more sophisticated (for me at least) ways to code. Still, I'm an amateur and this is necessarily reflected in the mod: you might notice which quests are older and which are more recent. I don't really plan to go back to the older ones so take them as they are. In short, don't expect highly scripted missions - most are rather short and simple: in the end the quests are glorified "fetch/ kill/escort" quests with a semblance of a story around.

- Good Storytelling: The same is true for the story writing. I'm not a writer, I don't consider myself a good writer, although I believe that some dialogues should be more entertaining than others. Expect Rings of Power and not Game of Thrones/House of the Dragon.

- Lore friendliness: I tried to keep it lore friendly, but obviously this is fan fiction and some creative freedom had to be taken.

- Quest markers: To be honest, at the start I didn't know how to code them except for NPCs. Now my former lack of knowledge has become a feature, as I think it's much more interesting to have to find something on yourself (of course directions are provided) rather than follow blindly a marker on the PDA.

- Fast reactions on my part: Considering I'm alone, don't expect that I answer rapidly (or sometimes at all - not out of spite, but simply due to real life responsibilities). Bug fixes can take some time, updates will take some time, etc.

What I cannot guarantee:

- bug free: this is a beta - expect that I couldn't test everything.
- compatibility with other mods (skins etc. should be fine as long as they don't change the item name in the code) - I added a small ReadMe if you have some knowledge in modding.
- savegame compatibility after mod update: I'll try to make it compatible, but there is no guarantee.
If you want to play with an already established savegame (which I don't recommend as it's meant to be played with a newgame), make a copy of your savegame.

What to expect in the future:

- DLTX adaptation will probably be next

- revamping some of the code concerning older quests - I learned a better method and would like to come back to some of my older quests to apply it

- two - three other quests quite likely

- next Part: I have some ideas but it will take time, as writing dialogues is horribly time consuming.

Beta-test feedback:

- balance: some feedback about difficulty and rewards would be welcome. I tried to keep it a bit difficult, although sometimes the missions will give you some items which you will need. For example, some feedback on this would be interesting: is it necessary for the player to receive those items beforehand, or is it better if the player has to manage the missions with his own resources?

- if there is a crash or a bug, describe the circumstances and send me the log. Also mention the mod version.

- typos/grammatical errors: I wrote everything in Notepad++, which means no spellcheck. It would be the easiest for me if you could find the line with the error in the game file: configs > text > eng

Update and Patches:

v 0.5.7.6

- added Alyosha's second quest
- fixed the Forester Bloodsucker bug which didn't spawn the Bloodsuckers if you were too far away

v 0.5.7.5.1

- fixed the infinite trapper bait bug

v 0.5.7.5

- fixed the Bezsonik crash

v 0.5.7.3

- added two "random encounter": one in Rostok one in the Great Swamp
- added a Legendary Mutant hunt
- added scopes to the Mutanthammer
- fixed some typos

v 0.5.7

- added some new random events and missions
- fixed the Railway Bridge smart spawn (only works if mission has not been completed yet)
- buffed Vlad and Drakul
- reworked the Butcher Agroprom mission
- patched quest description not showing for the second stage of the second Chris quest (Market Share)
- patched quest description for Vybegallo
- patched dialogue with Mercenary switching (Market Share)

V 0.5.2.7

- Forester takes back his coat (if you already did the mission, follow instructions in the patchnotes txt)

V 0.5.2.6

- if Vybegallo is dead he won't call for help anymore
- programmed alternative if Bellerophon died
- buffed the reward for the Duty Brotherhood missions

Brotherhood v 0.5.2.5

- fixed Bellerophon not coming with you

Brotherhood v 0.5.2.4

- fixed Vybegallo quest dialogue

Brotherhood v 0.5.2.3.

- buffed health of Vlad and Drakul
- changed Vybegallo visual to the same as Ozerskiy
- patched the remark crash

Brotherhood v 0.5.2.2

- patched the brotherhood_timer crash

Brotherhood v 0.5.2.1

- patched the Sakharov crash

- patched another quest

Brotherhood v 0.5.2.

- patched the quest dialogue with Aspirin

-added proper task functors for two quests

- reduced the timers for two quests

- corrected some typos in the dialogues