TAZ-3 Repack file

First of all, I must be clear that this package is by no means a work in progress or is getting any further updates, it is strictly a pack I'm playing and thought about sharing, bugs and issues are surely present, but nothing game breaking. So far I have already finished the game and doing another run, the only CTDs I ever got was due to high switch distance.

The pack is optimized to the max for the best performance, switch distance is set to 250m since we rarely get any action beyond that, DX9 Enhanced with good enough tweaks, and further graphical addons for best quality and performance. All these can be changed at any time.

This package is bloated with 100+ addons scouted from Anomaly's addons section, and other changes I have personally made, all the good addons one could benefit through a long journey. Here is a list for a few of them that I can muster to mention:

-Mechanics upgrade your weapons without needing to fetch tools for them.

-Dropped gear on NPCs have better condition, this way you can use them for a while, or repair them to the fullest.

-Some food items heal you for a tiny bit, nothing game breaking as you still need to use health boosters.

-All factions unlocked from the start, Sin, Greh, ISG, and Renagade, no need to fully finish the game to unlock these.

-HD Vanilla NPC models with more variations. Updating vanilla NPCs and giving them more variations.

-HD loading screens.

-Sky bloom fix.

-Arszis Mutant Bleeding. A nice addon for mutant hunters, or just the usual encounter.

-Loot all mutant parts. No more one Boar leg, you get the four of them.

-Artifacts Overhaul v1.04. Does something nice with artifacts and outfit attachments, I guess.

-Blow out Siren mod.

-Campfire singing addon. NPCs play nice music around campfire.

-Death animations. Fancy death for NPCs.

-First person death animation. Fancy death for you.

-Dialog Expanded v4.1.

-Fluid Aim v1.2.3. Smoother inertia, if I'm not mistaking this allows you to draw and use your far quicker than in vanilla, no more pause before aiming and firing. This makes pistols far better backups.

-HD mutants addon. Makes a bunch of mutants ugliness in HD.

-Impact decals. See better effects on NPCs after shooting at them.

-Fixed RF receiver display. Now it's actually usable.

RF Hidden packages side quest. This is quite a fun addon as it gives you something to do for free loot, though it may lead you to your death for almost nothing good, and it's not as easy as one may think.

-All gear is available on traders from the start, no good will required.

-Better RF receiver sounds, less noise.

-Animated main menu. I personally LOVE this one and it fits so perfectly with the game.

-Michikos_Sound_Revamp_3.1. Far better environmental sound effects.

-Michikos_Weather_Revamp_3.0. Better overall weather.

-New items highlighted. This is another cool addon, it highlights newly acquired items, now you have a chance at finding what you had just picked before it got lost into your 100kg loot.

-New Night Vision effects. Not the shader ones, just textures and .ppe ones.

-Vibrating PDA.

-Quick melee. Set a quick melee button to use instantly either with your currently equipped weapon or fists. Never tried it when using PDA, RF, or anything else though.

-Radio 4.0. New and full Radio songs.

-Less noisy rain.

-Read watch. Equip wrist watch to a quick use slot and check it out on the go, no need to draw your PDA.

-Remade animations. A bit nicer overall set of NPC animations.

-Smaller Stalker Radius. This makes NPCs less obscuring with your path, they won't get you stuck in a room by standing at the only exit way, just try and squeeze through.

-New safe zones.

-weapon attachments position fix. Fixes the badly stretched icons when equipping weapons on primary and secondary slots. This also fixes a few attachment positions on said slots.

-yohji persistent weather 1.3. An attempt at making weather less abrupt when reloading a save, does not always work but still have a small effect.

-Camera Reanimation Project - I.N.E.R.T.I.A. V1.2. A blessed addon. Gives aim sway to all guns with the option to hold breathe, and associated sound effects. Making snipes far nicer.

-Jump and land SFX.

-Bullet crack and impact sounds.

-New overall hud UI with compact icons.

-Graphics Options Interface. A small MCM addon that allows you to edit graphical options that are rather unavailable, like gloss factor, sky bloom, etc.

-"he_is_with_me". That's what the addon called. It makes your rescued companions safe from getting shot at when you meet other faction members that are enemies with them.

-Ammo check. Check your current ammo in mag. Addon for those playing with no ammo counter.

-Sleep heal. Sleeping heal you for a bit, just like real life, I guess.

-Small companion UI icon.

-Subtle Hit Direction Marker v1.1.

-T.H.A.P._REWORK_2.0. Hand models overhaul.

-GOLDEN AUTUMN RETEXTURE V1.0. Cause I like it :>

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--- There are way more other good addons forgotten to be mentioned, you will find about them while playing.

--- Most of these addons can be tweaked through MCM menu.

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--- The package does not have any Reshade installed, all graphical changes are done through addons and user.ltx tweaking, which is highly recommended to use the packaged one than tweak it to your liking.

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Download and Installation process:

Download this weird tiny file, than open the txt file inside, it contains a link to mediafire folder with all the needed package files, download all 7z parts. You will need to have 7zip installed for proper extraction. Extraction is simple, Extract all parts into the same folder. Extract the first one named "Anomaly-1.5.1.2.7z.001" which will automatically extract the others, no need for manually extracting each part.

Alternatively, you can use the following link for less hassle with the tiny ModDb file.

Mediafire folder

-The package is an all in one, no need for Anomaly as it is included already.
-Included Extra Small update.7z, containing a few extra addons for making the game a bit better, read the txt file for what's added.
-Also included is my personal user.ltx for easier keymapping and graphical optimization, as well as optimized game options, outfit drop rate, condition, etc. This file can be ignored given you are willing to do your own changes.

When the above is done go to appdata folder and delete "shaders_cache" folder, otherwise you will have weird graphical issues. Or do so through the game launcher.

The graphics are set on DX9 Enhanced, I personally find this good, but anyone is free to change it. However, you must delete shaders_cache folder after editing graphics settings.

If all is done properly you should have a nice and smooth game.

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A few samples of what to expect

Good hunting stalkers!