Bad Distraction Carnifex OVERHAUL EXTREME PLUS
Overhaul that touches nearly every aspect of the game, meant for STRONG computers who run 1440p, not 4k.
This is a BETA overhaul focusing on lethality and working with the existing game economy by giving you the ability to sell broken weapons. Expect performance loss, expect bugs. We’re dealing with config file changes here.
You will need framegen for this.
Installation:
Install these mods 1st in this order.
https://www.stalker2mod.com/simple-modloader-and-console-enabler/
https://www.stalker2mod.com/flashlight-customizer/
https://www.stalker2mod.com/fixing-ray-reconstruction-bugged-reflections/ (FOR THIS ONE YOU WILL NEED AN RTX GPU FOR THE RAY RECONSTRUCT OPTION TO SHOW, IF YOU DO NOT HAVE ONE SKIP THIS MOD).
(optional) https://www.stalker2mod.com/natural-vision-1-0-reshade-included-in-files/
Next install the MAIN file of this mod (I will name it MAIN) to your game directory. In case you don’t know what that means it will look something like this
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 Heart of Chornobyl. If you installed in on a different drive or whatever, just think it through and it’ll be obvious how to adapt the game directory address to your setup.
Finally install the Engine.ini file to this directory, I’m going to redact my user name for security purposes but I’ll explain it just in case. You will also need to have hidden files enabled for Windows.
Google how to show AppData. Any guide there will work, it’s just a Windows setting change and can’t do any harm to your computer unless you do something really dumb like deleting files you shouldn’t be deleting.
C:\Users\YOUR USER NAME GOES HERE, EXACTLY HOW YOU SPELLED IT\AppData\Local\Stalker2\Saved\Config\Windows
Once this is done, launch the game, once you have loaded your save, turn on your FLASHLIGHT.
Then press ~ on your keyboard (top left by ESC)
Enter this command in the field if you haven’t already (otherwise you will not be able to enable flashlight shadows and changes)
mod add /Game/Mods/FLCustomizer/BP_MOD_FLCustomizer.BP_MOD_FLCustomizer_C
Then re-launch the game.
Finally, press ~ on your keyboard (top left by ESC)
and input these commands in this order.
l_intensity 12
fl_radius 0
fl_attenuation 2700
fl_color (R=0.7,G=0.7,B=1.0)
fl_shadows normal true
fl_shadows deep true
fl_shadows volume true
fl_shadows dynamic true
fl_shadows fg true
fl_transform (X=4,Y=2,Z=2)
fl_state save
Now you are done. No additional steps needed. There is one additional thing you will need to do EVERYTIME YOU LAUNCH THE GAME, DIE OR RELOAD.
YOU WILL NEED TO GO INTO YOUR GRAPHICS SETTINGS AND TOGGLE OFF RAY RECONSTRUCTION, THEN TOGGLE IT BACK ON, THEN SAVE YOUR SETTINGS. OTHERWISE IT WILL TURN OFF IN THOSE ABOVE SITUATIONS. IT’S A BUG but it’s not a big hassle. 3 clicks to bypass the problem. No biggie.
Updates will be infrequent, I am busy playing the game.
No permissions or credit needed, Frankly, I just compared like 15 config files, made edits where needed and used basically everyone’s mods as a baseline to make this work. The entire community deserves credit.
I’ll also upload my source files if anyone wants to screw with them.
If you wanna install this for gamepass IDK GL lol.
I won’t be answering questions in the comments, if you have tips for one another or troubleshooting issues, that’s where you should go to help everyone out. Cheers!
With that out of the way…
WHAT DOES THIS EVEN DO?
A-Life expanded and pushed to the max with a buffer zone around the player to prevent spawning enemies on top of the player. NO MUTANT SPAM! MOSTLY HUMANS!
Medpacks heal over time, food heals slightly over a long time and bandages only cure bleeding + may need more than 1 bandage to fix bleeding.
All weapons can be a sidearm.
AI combat overhaul. Reduced stealth detection (grass can hide you now!), less grenade spam, more intelligent behavior overall. No more super accuracy (zombies will miss a LOT at range).
Increased drunken effect duration. No more drinking a bottle of vodka in 2 seconds and being totally fine in a few minutes!
Increased day/night cycle duration.
Reduced mutant spawns and reduced mutant health.
Higher damage based on difficulty level and NPCs do the same damage you deal.
Sprint and climbing rework, sprint longer but slower and climb higher objects.
Reduced consumable droprate
All broken weapons can be sold.
Favored factions provide massive repair discounts.
Re-enabled accurate audio settings for surround/directional sound.
Ray Reconstruction re-enabled for RTX GPU users (and better LUMINA reflections for everyone, regardless of GPU)
Real-time shadows for the flashlight (must be using EPIC settings for this or you will have mutants that glow weird colors).
Massively reduced LOD pop-in for trees and completely eliminated LOD pop-in for grass and shrubberies.
Disabled crash reporting/messages. If you crash, NOBODY WILL HEAR YOU SCREAM.
