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.

Description

This mod has 3 main functions. 1. Remove all fake mutant sounds from the ambiance 2. Repurpose those effects to real distant mutant effects to increase situational awareness and immersion 3. Replace all environmental sounds for a richer soundscape

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Soundscape Overhaul 3.0 for 1.5.1
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t0ky00
t0ky00

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Changes?

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HansFr1tz
HansFr1tz

hahaha -43 votes

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HansFr1tz
HansFr1tz

haha -3 votes... wait

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Ra30R3
Ra30R3

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-2 now :)

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Corelious
Corelious

I don't know why we're down voting this comment but heck - this is a bandwagon that I'll hop onboard with.

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Guest
Guest

Thank you for updating this. Your audio rebalance for mutants is top notch.

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HiFraser
HiFraser

"Fire is quieter" thank god for that.

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HiFraser
HiFraser

Is "m_stalker - Copy" suppose to be there?

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Solarint Author
Solarint

nah its an accident. I could have sworn I deleted everything not necessary.

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Acemax
Acemax

I was sold at "1. Remove all fake mutant sounds from the ambiance", thank you!

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Guest
Guest

lol, same I was clicking download halfway through reading that.

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Magic1765
Magic1765

same im newer to the game and holy **** i was sketched out constantly when i left town lol

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OnlyaWanderer
OnlyaWanderer

Do any of you guys know if this works with 1.5.2?
I mean I know I should assume it doesn't but who knows

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nikossaiz
nikossaiz

Firstly congrats for all your work you put into anomaly! very immersion orriented! so , this version is newest than the v3 or v4? which one should i choose for the latest anomaly version? ( update 2 hotfix7 )

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Solarint Author
Solarint

Yeah this is the "sequel" I'm separating the mods for people who don't want the entire environmental replacement with this one.

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PossuM
PossuM

must-have

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digitalifeless
digitalifeless

Anyone getting this error (on console / log) :

! [LUA] File not found "g:/anomaly 1.5/bin/..\gamedata\sounds\.ogg"!

Happened when I was at RedForest, narrow down to this addon. Seems like somekind of coding mistake in one of your file? Whenever this error occur pretty much had to reload because many game function stop functioning properly, eg: dismantle, follower inventory.

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HiFraser
HiFraser

Something similar, except its happened in both Zaton and Outskirts. As far as I noticed, you can't swipe your gas mask anymore which isnt much of a issue aslong as it isn't raining, but when it comes to level transition, you cant. It will simply not transition at all, the black screen shows up but it vanishes soon after. Restarting the game is a temp fix at best, im not sure what triggers this issue as well.

Oh yeah, and sometimes your gun will play its reload sound but no reload is visible.

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Acemax
Acemax

I am also experiencing the same problems with functions not working properly since installing this addon, I'm about to try a new game to see if its not save game compatible.

Edit: Makes no difference if you start a new game, functions like finding locations notification stop working. Its a real shame that it causes these problems as the new sounds are excellent, fingers crossed for a fix.

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Solarint Author
Solarint

Should have this issue fixed now.
heres a hotfix on my google drive.
Let me know if you have any more issues!
Drive.google.com

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Acemax
Acemax

Thanks for the quick hotfix, all the functions are working fine now. Back to enjoying the new sounds :)

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Solarint Author
Solarint

Should have this issue fixed now.
heres a hotfix on my google drive.
Let me know if you have any more issues!
Drive.google.com

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Cravez
Cravez

This is fantastic work, thank you. However there is noticeable static when this mod is activated, it's not too bad with Anomaly music but when you notice it you can't "unhear" it.

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NeuRat.
NeuRat.

Ни*уя не вижу разницы, а она вообще есть?
What changed??

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Apathy_Knight
Apathy_Knight

+1 error, which braking some of the game functions. Waiting for the fix, still nice work though.

! [LUA] File not found "c:/games/s.t.a.l.k.e.r. - anomaly\gamedata\sounds\ambient\soundscape\urban\sfx_14.ambient\soundscape\urban\sfx_15.ogg"!

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Solarint Author
Solarint

Should have this issue fixed now.
heres a hotfix on my google drive.
Let me know if you have any more issues!
Drive.google.com

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Hetman64
Hetman64

Yepp, having the problems as well with inability to swipe the gasmask and level transition (have to walk forward after the black screen pops up in order to actually go to the next level) after installing this. No idea why since this is only a sound mod, but will be rolling back until it's fixed.

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Solarint Author
Solarint

Should have this issue fixed now.
heres a hotfix on my google drive.
Let me know if you have any more issues!
Drive.google.com

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emze
emze

Issues seem to be solved, note that I also had two other problems, which weren't mentioned here:

1. recurring quest descriptions were reverted to the "old" one: e.g. no clue was given who and where to kill before accepting the task

2. disassembling didn't not work: the item disappeared, but no parts were retrieved

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Solarint Author
Solarint

The hotfix fixes a ton of random weird issues all caused by a typo. It should resolve any issues like this that are unrelated to the sound mod. Let me know if you have any more issues!

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OG_Grinskin91
OG_Grinskin91

yep, same problem as everyone else, definitely not an isolated incident

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dave_5430
dave_5430

Why does this mod change so many mob behaviours? It's not just sounds, but like, changes to spotting mechanics and **** like that.

Puu.sh

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Solarint Author
Solarint

It changes the path to different sounds, also some of the distant sounds were disabled completely in their configs

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ZekeDerevenko
ZekeDerevenko

Forest_1 has very horrid high pitch frequency throughout its entirety. It's very annoying to listen to.

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Solarint Author
Solarint

That sound was a placeholder, and I forgot to switch it out on the release version. It'll be fixed in the next patch

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devilhood
devilhood

Would be good to see a changelog update. Thanks for the hard work!

Also, I have to say that the ambient environment sound, loop or whatever it's called, seems to be way too quiet now. Is it just me? Hearing the background ambience really helped make the environments feel vibrant and interesting, but now I feel like the breathing/footsteps and everything else are way too loud compared to the background ambience.

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devilhood
devilhood

I noticed a "m_stalker - Copy.ltx" in the configs/creatures/ folder too, is that mislabelled?

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Solarint Author
Solarint

No it's included on accident. You can delete it and it will be gone in the next version

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Solarint Author
Solarint

I made the environment quieter so you can more easily hear distant mutants since the sounds can be subtle sometimes. I personally use voiced actor - ru so the breathing noises are much quieter so its balanced around that.

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devilhood
devilhood

Is there a parameter that I can tweak to increase the ambient sound volume? Or did you reduce the decibels in the audio files directly?

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Solarint Author
Solarint

You can use a program called SAVandT to adjust the volume from (0 - 2.0) It edited the comments of the .ogg file so tell the game how loud the sound should be in game.

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iAlcatrazZ
iAlcatrazZ

as I can see the mod is updated to v1.1, do I still need the hotfix for v1???

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Solarint Author
Solarint

the hotfix is included in the current version. I left it in the description in case anyone returned with issues.

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TanakaTakeshiTetsuo
TanakaTakeshiTetsuo

new game?

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Solarint Author
Solarint

nope :)

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TanakaTakeshiTetsuo
TanakaTakeshiTetsuo

thanks!

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swipe
swipe

does this require beta 3.0? when I install it on 2.4 it makes Anomaly crash on startup :(

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SoulTrespasser
SoulTrespasser

My friend and had an arguement about how exactly the sound could create these bugs (such as not working level transition, inability to wipe mask and disassemble items and etc.), can you explain how in happened? :)

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Solarint Author
Solarint

Honestly I have no idea.

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Doomich
Doomich

As well as the inability to transfer artifacts from / to containers.
And also it's not for all locations. For example, Yanov is fine, but Red Forest is broken. Deleting "environment" folder helps, something inside. Hope this helps for troubleshooting.
Damn, I already deleted the previous version archive..

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