The stand-alone mod S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Anomaly aims to be the most stable and customizable experience for fans of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games. It's powered by the Monolith 64-bit engine, a custom fork of the X-Ray engine.
The stand-alone mod S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Anomaly 1.5.1 aims to be the most stable and customizable experience for fans of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games. It's powered by the Monolith 64-bit engine, a custom fork of the X-Ray engine.
Players can choose from a variety of ways to play the mod. Play story mode with 4 chapters of interesting quests, sandbox mode if you prefer to make up your own story, or the combat intense warfare mode where factions fight for influence and control over different areas of the zone.
Anomaly is also highly customizable, play it the way you like and have the most fun. There are hundreds of settings that can be tweaked in the options menus and for more advanced changes, there are over 1000 addons for Anomaly that were created by other players to change the experience in more advanced ways.
One of the most popular changes in Anomaly 1.5.1 since Beta 3 is the addition of a 3D PDA.
When holding the PDA in the lowered position, stalkers can track their position on the map while walking around. This will make it easier to navigate towards map markers like hidden stashes or mission objectives.
And to interact with the PDA it can be held closer to your eyes so it will fill almost the whole screen and the text on it is more readable. If you prefer the old style 2D PDA we even added an option to switch back to it, but real stalkers would not do that.
"Lost to the Zone" Storylines has been added to 1.5 update, with its three installations:
And the new bonus story:
Additionally, you're free to assist your faction and complete their questlines.
The majority of quests will offer info about your targets before accepting, in addition to new types of quests to keep the player busy.
Every stage of the storylines will unlock a bonus faction for the player. A new set of achievements have been added to game as well.
Every single level has been reworked to help convey the feeling of an overgrown, relatively undisturbed Zone. The weather system is improved and expanded to offer variety and atmospheric feel.
Shaders and visual effects have received major improvements, such as the new gasmask with nice refractions, cracks react to light and raindrops. In addition to better tone mapping, water reflections, new wet surface shaders and more.
The A-Life received major changes. For a start, stalkers travel more frequently and report their activity in the other parts of the Zone.
The Zone is constantly changing, so are the anomalies and mutants. Dynamic world items are everywhere around you, even in places you might not expect. Each playthrough will carry something different for you to look for. Explore the Zone, and you might find something nice during your journey.
Special characters and common stalkers offer more unique tasks, along with expanded dialogue. Stalkers can sell and buy items from traders, or even visit local mechanics to upgrade their favorite weapons. In addition: Loners, Mercs and a few others can offer escort services for a fee. Many special characters also have connections around the Zone: you can offer them a payment to bribe an enemy faction, temporarily preventing them from attacking on sight.
The disguise system has improved. Your equipment and behavior affects the way stalkers observe and remember you. And a new experimental feature will make stealth kills more viable to kill enemies sneakily.
Your rank and reputation counts. Exceptionally high or low values respectively will attract attention, possibly even from your enemies...
Update 1.5.1 is FULL REPACK and STAND-ALONE. Don't attempt installing it on older version or other stalker games, just unpack it on an empty folder and play.
Installation steps:
1. Create a folder for Anomaly, for example C:\Game\Anomaly
2. Download and unpack the repack in the folder you made:
2.5. Anomaly 1.5.1 is also available as a torrent download, use this magnet link if you prefer this.
3. Check here if any hotfixes exist for the latest update:
4. An update to Anomaly 1.5.2 with some bug fixes and improvements can be found here
5. Start the launcher and select the renderer you want to play with, toggle AVX if you have a powerful CPU
6. Start the game and enjoy!
We have a big community dedicated to the mod, covering all kind of topics. Click on the image down below to join:
Listen to Anomaly OST by Gates of Morheim:
A raw changelog of all the improvements, tweaks, and bugfixes can be found here. It's a mostly unfiltered log that we created and updated during the development of the 1.5.1 update.
To see a list of all developers and contributors to this release, click here to see our credits document.
And as always: good hunting, stalkers!
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This is the download for the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Anomaly 1.5.1 to 1.5.2 update. Many 1.5.1 addons need to be updated to be 1.5.2 compatible. Install this on...
This is the download for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Anomaly 1.5.1 - the final version of the 1.5.x update series. Do NOT install this on top of older 1.5.0 versions...
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This is a hotfix for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Anomaly 1.5.0 Update 4. Install this hotfix after Update 4.
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This is the third update for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Anomaly 1.5.0 B3. It also contains everything from all previous updates and hotfixes. It needs to be installed...
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I'm seeing conflicting comments about the performance and stability of 1.5.2. Some comments present serious bugs while others praise the smoothness. What is the general consencus?
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Is there a mod where there is outline on npc and mob body? (White for neutral, red for enemy) it's hard to see them from far away yet they can see me inside a bush
Bloody hell guys! You are amazing! Thank you for developing this mod! Just made this old game into something new, worth to be called stalker 3! Playing on survivalist and hard. Can barely find enough supplies to keep going. Real deal! Thanks again! Hope you guys keep making more quality stuff in any direction you choose!
dose this mod add new maps like call of chernobyl?
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Hello, the mod is incredible and been enjoying it so far. But the one thing missing in my opinion is variety in side quests. The mod could go a long way further if more dynamic side quests like the ones in Dead Air and other mods were added in this mod
Firstly, i am a fan, ive loved every moment of my adventure. But, SADLY i do have a gripe. I am far into a life as a merc but just suddenly for no apparent reason every time i use the fast travel option i am met instantly by multiple Controllers with no escape. Is this normal?
Someone decided to visit the Monolith. Careful what you wish for :)
You shouldn't have asked a wish, the wish granter is a scam to screw stalkers over.