Modular Tweaks for Anomaly 1.5.b3.update4 addon

A personal tweak collection,made to be "realistic" and balanced around many factors such as: mutants, damage, tools, medical items, ammo type, loot, repair and AI changes. Lest grab some vodka and get ready reading all the details!

Addons I use and the order I installed them:

- JSRS Sound Overhaul 3.3

- YIMS weapons tweaks (it's a baseline for my weapon and ammo changes)

- Anomaly JSRS sounds TAZ

- Less eardrum blasting RF receiver

- Soundscape Overhaul 2.5

- Artifacts Overhaul v1.04

- Anomaly Scopes Revision V1.023.24

- Expanded Starting Locations v1.1

- Gas Mask Volume Reduction

- My Little NVGs 1.2

- Living Zone 1.0.9 Fixed

- Realistic Eco

- Stash Overhaul V1.2

- Trader Complete 1.17

- Better item details (displays characteristics if you use my ammo changes)

- Yastin Dynamic Relations BETA 1 - u3

- Anything what you want from my addon or the whole package,but keep in mind that the Optional parts are not included in the All in One folder.

Update! 04.04.2020

• Updated compability for THETAZDJ'S GUN SOUNDS OVERHAUL. Istallation should be as the following order:

- Anomaly JSRS sounds TAZ ( make sure you install all of its pre-requied addons before installing this addon)

- Either my "Ammo changes" only or the "All in One" part(overwrite the fies)

- Lastly my "Patch for Anomaly_JSRS_sounds_TAZ".(overwrite the fies)

Update! 28.03.2020

• Reduced the Fracture/Izloms health points,they souldn't be tank 60 shots from an AK now.
• AI tweaks finalized,now they should behave as I intended and match the description I gived about them.
• One more optional part added. It is focuses on the crafting minigame mechanic by reducing the materials needed for most of the recipies to make crafting actually viable and usefull. Ammo crafting requires 25% less old or damaged ammo, but you need 1-3 more ammo parts.

Update! 21.03.2020

• Anything in the "Optional parts" folder are seperate tweaks and NOT incuded in the "All in One" part.
• Added copability for THETAZDJ'S GUN SOUNDS OVERHAUL. Only use this if you also want to use my "Ammo changes" or the "All in One" part.
• Hollywood Fx addon is fully compatible no patch needed for that.

-Many addons that add new sound effect for weapons have all the w_weapon name goes here.ltx files in them. All these files nearly exactly the same as the base files!!! They are not contain any kid of additional lines for sound effects for the game to search for. If you want to use my Optional "Weapon damage streamlined and nerfed" part with JSRS or THETATZDJ'S sound addons, just overwrite the sound addon files with mine.

• AI fine tuning is still in progress!

Update! 16.03.2020

Unfortunately due to the current situation regarding the COVID19 virus, at my workplace we have double the work already and it is going to increase even more. This will result significantly less free time/day for me and also energy. Because of this uptades will be less frequent pls be patient and keep the feedback coming so I can fix things when I am able an have the time for it.

• Made a few changes for the AI not Superman part, now it behave more like as I intended. I tested it multiple times on a small bantit camp at night time,they only spotted me when I was ~70m away from them. Keep in mind this is not perfect yet, more testing is required to fine tune the AI eye range,hear distance ,fov,various multiplyers, bonuses regarding the player movement speed and more.

Update! 14.03.2020

• Removed m_person.ltx,I didn't changed any trater related things I just simply forget that file is there ("-.-)
• Added 5 new optional parts,each of them makes the gameplay/game progression a little harder,they are as follows:

Ammo price changes

-Increased cost for quality ammo, sliglthly increased cost for the damaged ammo, damaged ammo types cost hammered down below 100Ru./If you use Ammo changes or the All in One!!!! parts just simply overwrite with this one,no characteristics changed only the prices.

Even less outfit drops

-Made for request,removed the dropping of all high tier outfits starting from Skat9 and above in dead NPC inventories.

Further reduced ammo drops

-Cut down the number of all lootable ammo types on dead bodies by ~50%.

Less quality ammo for Stash Overhaulv1.2

-This is a compatibility patch for Steelhawk28Stash Overhaulv1.2. His addon adds more stuff into stahes, but makes the progression very easy because you can find a lot of quality ammo in each stash. Now the chance to find the best ammo is reduced and added old and damaged ammo types to the mix. (Keep in mind that already learnt/discovered stahes are unaffected by these changes. Unmarked stashes in the game world is generated at the start of a new session so a New Game is required for full effect.)

Weapon damage streamlined and nerfed

-The usual stuff regarding of weapons. Unified damage per caliber type, slight damage differences between short and long barreled variants,some unique weapons have a bit more damage compaired their normal counterparts (For more in depth details look at these addons they are doing basically the same Anomaly mod or this one wich was the base for my edits YIM'S WEAPON TWEAKS V1.6 ). What I did differently is, I reduced all the weapons damages and decreased the base wear rates. Pistols got the biggest hit,because they was nearly at assault rifle lvl of damage.

• Changes related to the ammonutions are made to be used in conjunction with the repair related part to achive the best result. You can use them separately ofc, the only difference will be is that you have to buy more repair tools or have to visit a mechanic more often.

Update! 13.03.2020

• Thanks to feedback I corrected some file structure errors,and deleted a few untuched or not working files. Currently I try to figure out some kind of solution for the deleted part.
• Some outfits that lacked attachement slots now have 1 at base.

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So, before we cut to the meat of it let me know you, this addon is made modular to make compability and user choice somewhat easier. Install only what you want or the whole pack itslef :)

New game is Not necesssary,maybe if you install the All in One version to get a better progression curve.

Now let's dive in to the actual changes section.

AI (addon name: AI not Superman)

-No more Superman X-ray vision for the AI- The AI vision trough foilage and in the night are significantly reduced to make a stealthy gameplay aspect possible. Their eye fov and vision range also reduced, but not so drastically to make them blind. Zombie types on the other hand.....well they are as blind and def as they can be.

-AI aiming is no more laser accurate,their accuracy is based on their stance and movement. A crouched not moving enemy will hit you from even long distances,but a hip fireing and runnning enemy is gonna miss more than in vanila.

Mutants and Damage (addon name: Kevlar skin gone from mutants+deadly headshots)

-Fer well multi layered kevlar and composite plate skinned mutants- Thats right the mutants are as mortal beeings as anyone else no more tanking in the face a full mag of 5.45x39 bullets. All mutant creature now takes more damage from bullet shots and explosives(almost full damage in fact). On top of that head shots instant kill almost anything. Giants,chimeras are the few exceptions. The boars are the most resistant to head shots do to their thick and angled skull, now their weakest parts are the back and side. The increased head shot damage applied for the human NPCs too. And the Zombie type enemys are MUST to be shot in the head!

-Mutants health values changed,some got buffed,others nerfed especially the Blood suckers. They hade vay too much hp (700 in fact wich is the 3rd highest if I remember correctly) that is changed down to 360,partial and full visibility radius got increased by ~ 80%. Now the player actually have a chance against these annoying f*ks, They hade a ton of hp+ resistance against bullets like a tank on top of their stun lock vampier attack.

-To balance out the head shot kill buff zombie,dog,flesh,cat and boar pack size are increased,so they are still posess a treath for anyone.

-Stalkers hp set from 100 to 140.

-Death animations re-enabled thanks to AyyKyu

Outfits/Armor Carry weight (addon name: Outfits+Back pack carry weight increase)

-A bit less realism for the sake of playing a game- Every outfit/armor have a slight increased carry weight,backpack bonuses are even greater. Ex.: A standard stalker armor weights 6.2kg in the game and provides 8kg bonus carry weight,so I made it to carry it's own weight plus a litle extra. All the other outfits/armor got the same treatment. Exo suits are untuched.

-Removed restrictions from ALL outfits/armor,you can mix and match any back pack-helmet combo with your exo now. (addon name: No armor restrictions)

Repair and tools (addon name: Repair tools more uses)

-Hmm I have this repair kit with replacement parts for pistols, BUT I cant use it because reasons!!-Reworked minimum condition values for all repair related tools. The minimum condition percentage is depend on the repair item quality level. A basic glue can only be used for minor maintanance while a caliber specific cleaning kit can be used for much severely damaged equipment. Repair kits with replacement pats can be used on the extremly damaged items BECAUSE they have REPLACEMENT parts in them for god sake. The number of uses also increased for all tools,but their price tags also gone a little higher.

Med kit,Mineral water and flask (addon name: Med kit+water more uses)

-There is nothing much to say,I just simply increased the nuber of uses of these items.

Other medical items (addon name: Drugs and pills max uses match their image)

-As the addon name says,every pill type item can be used as many times as its icon looks. Caffien tablets have 10 pills on their image, but in the base game they can be used only 5 times. Now its 10 uses to match their inventory image. All other items got the same treatment. Cigaretts in my country come 19 piece/pack so I changed them in the game to the reflect a real feeling of cigaretts :)

Loot,Loot,Loot!

-The Zone should be a harsh place yet after a few hours of killing and looting I swim in hundreads of good quality buck shot and 9x18-19mm shells,money baby money!- This section have 2 diffenret addon parts, they can be used one by one, but the best result come from using both of them together.

Part 1 (addon name: Slightly better weapon armor drops)

-Dead NPCs drop a little better condition weapons and armor depending on their rank. Do not expect 100% drops thoug, the maximum numbers are 53% for weapons and 51% for armor on a legend lvl body. This part also changes the numer and quality of ammo you can find. Quality ammo are rare and will not comes with 20+ numbers no matter the rank. Old ammo are more accesible and damaged ammo is every where so these two types will be the most common to come by in larger numbers.

Part 2 (addon name: Ammo Changes)

-This part is a combination of FatalFunnel: Anomalus Zone addon and daftestofpunks: Yim's weapon tweaks. I'v taken the ide of bullets go trouhg solid objects from Anomalus Zone and I like the tracer edits in the Yim's tweaks so I put them into as well. There are a few tweaks made to make all the calibers and quality of ammo feel different. Listing all the changes would take a lot of typeing, I recommend This addon to get all the details regarding of a specific ammo type in game.

Short explanations is:

- FMJ is generally perform bad against armored opponents,AP is a good choice and EP round have even more penetration bonuses than AP rounds.On the other hand AP rounds deal less damage to lightly or unarmored targets than FMJ rounds.

- Weapons wear rate is depending on the quality of ammo you use. Damaged ammo is the most common type to come by, but it's wear your wepon down much quicker than Old or quality ammo.

- Quality of ammo changes everything. Range,speed,damage,accuracy,piercing trough objects and armor are all affected by the quality of the ammonution. Prices are altered too,damaged ammo are almost worthless while quality ammo are expensive and old ammo price is some where in between.

Optional outfit drops(no exos and nosorog)

- One time I sarted a new game as a Duty member to test my tweaks. Guess what happened. Some ecologist wisited the Rostok checkpoit from the Garbage entrance and get mixed up with the wild dogs. The duty guys come to their aid, but a not so skill full shot from one of the ecologist guy hit on the head the Exo wearing duty fella and he drop dead. I quickly checked his not so cold body and there it was... a 47% Duty Exo suit. After 3 minutes of gameplay I'v got one of the best tier armor and I felt this wrong ,so I decided to do someting about this.I jumped into the game files and made this quick tweak that no more exo or nosorog drop on dead bodies. To have a more scarce feeling I also disabled many other suit drops, but the are all randomly picked as I scrolled trouhg the file. I don't like to be spoiled in the very fist minutes of gameplay in any game so this is more like a personal thing,but I put it to the addon maybe someone else feels the same as me :)

Pfeew that is all I think. Give it a try,use the All in One to get all the changes or pick only the ones what tickles your fancy. Have fun and don't let the door hit you S.T.A.L.K.E.R.