AlternativA 1.4 - English Translation mod for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl

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Description:

You are a civilian about to head on a contract to the Zone, but recently you have been dreaming about a little girl calling to you in some strange place... The Zone calls you to its heart, but will you seek the call or abide to the contract?

AlternativA is a completely new story mod on the OGSR engine for Shadow of Chernobyl, set years after the events of the original trilogy and has returning characters such as Strelok and Degtyarev. Players will have to untangle the meaning of the story to figure out where to go next, and will face many WTF moments while playing this mod.

The mod has new features, such as:

• Several new maps, including a part of Moscow from the Metro games.
• Ported to the OGSR engine.
• New mutants.
• Lots of content and replayability, with 4 faction paths that you can choose at the start of the game (Stalkers, Bandits, Military and Ecologists).
• Horror sequences (nightmares).
• Completely new nonsensical plot written by a spiritual person.
• Sequences set into the future (futuristic city and destroyed Moscow from Metro).
• Vehicles.
• Powers, such as the ability to make anyone sleep (useful, I know)
• Important story hub from where you can fast travel to several places in the Zone and refill your new powers.

Included addons:

1. Better voice acting of the protagonist: The protagonist is revoiced by a competent VA.
2. Fix for artifacts falling through the ground: This addon fixes the bug for when artifacts fall through the ground after cooking them. RECOMMENDED
3. Fix for if you keep crashing at Pripyat.
4. Minor rebalance: Disables animation when picking up items and opening doors, disables the animation of head wiggling when scanned by burers and controllers, disables bloodsucking when attacked by bloodsuckers.
5. Spawner: You can spawn any item you want with this. Press S in the pause menu after loading a save to open the spawner.
6. Voice acting for female npcs: Adds AI voice acting for female NPCs.

Tips:

• I recommend starting as a stalker (talk to Strelok in the bar, ignore the other factions in the Pre-Zone)
• You can change the seasons manually by going into the folder mod_[SEASON HERE] and copying the .bat file inside the folder, pasting it into the bin_x64 folder and running the .bat file. Seasons can also be changed automatically by starting and stopping the game a few times.
• If you're stuck in some part, you can find a video by going on the DeepL website, translating the quest name to russian and searching on YouTube like this: "Альтернатива 1.4/1.3.2 (try 1.3.2 if you can't find with just 1.4) [quest name in russian]
• Forum in russian with some guides, use google translate to translate the site: Stalkermod.ru
• Be on the lookout for computer cases, they can be hacked for information. And safes can be picked for loot and information.
• Don't sell the dum-mumiyos, give them to the Mayor. He gives 80k for each stack of 4 dum-mumiyo
• Many transitions are available, but not shown at the map. Easiest way to find a hidden transition is by marking any quest objective you have and looking for a blue arrow.

Walkthrough:

• LOCATION OF ALL MEMORY PUZZLES, NEEDED FOR THE TRUE ENDING IN THE STALKER PATH! SOME OF THESE LOCATIONS CAN ONLY BE VISITED ONCE

  Puzzle #1 - we get at the beginning of the game in a dream.
  Puzzle #2 - must be found during a dream after sleeping in the purchased house at Pre-Zone
  Puzzle #3 - found in a dream in Extremal's stash at Pripyat (next to the bookcase, after picking up the phone.)
  Puzzle #4 - in a nightmare in the asylum in one of the wards, before witch attack.
  Puzzle #5 - in the nightmare in the asylum after the witch attack in the room with bathtubs, between the wall and the metal structure.
  Puzzle #6 - at the Cemetery (need to die there while having the Gift of Life) .
  Puzzle #7 - at the location Pripyat-1 Pipeline ( to get into it, you need to die at this location, having the Gift of Life ).
  Puzzle #8 - at the location Collector in the maze (to get into it, you must die at this location, having the Gift of Life).
  Puzzle #9 - at the location Tunnel in the maze (to get into it, you must die at this location, having the Gift of Life).
  Puzzle from the future in apocalyptic Moscow - Die in the alternate Pre-Zone with the Gift of Life, reach the end of Moscow and look for a corpse in the nightmare. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOIkmJ55TVs)
  Puzzle from the future in the futuristic city - Die specifically to snorks in the middle of the Generators map while having the Gift of Life.

• Look for a poster in a room in the Asylum, during the red asylum sequence IT IS NECESARRY TO GET THE TRUE ENDING!! YOU ONLY GET TO BE IN THE RED ASYLUM PART ONCE, DON'T MISS IT
• DO NOT GET TOUCHED BY THE SHADOW FIGURE AT THE ASYLUM IF YOU WANT THE TRUE ENDING!
• TALK TO THE MAN BEHIND THE LOCKED DOOR IN THE ASYLUM, OR ELSE YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO GET PUZZLES 6-9! HIS DOOR IS FOUND BEFORE YOU MEET THE SHADOW FIGURE, AND IS THE ONE BEING LOUDLY BANGED ON
• Artifact of Luck set for the Monolith: Fiery Soul, Fire Pacifier, Symbion and Boulder.
• How to get past the teleports in the ventilation complex at Jupiter: Youtube.com