STALKER Call of Pripyat - come, let's have a chat (mod questions)

[Sketcz]

So STALKER Call of Pripyat finally arrived. I also finally have a rig to run it well. Let's discuss it.

Not installed yet, since this type of thing needs a little research first.

I spent a lot of time tweaking and modding the first STALKER so it was realistic, but not ridiculous like some mods made it.

Is there a realistic reload mod for CoP? Something so that when you reload you lose any ammo still in your clip? I had a trawl but found nothing like that. One mod mentioned realistic reloading, but it came bundled with AI and damage tweaks, and most modders I know can't control themselves once they get going, and they invariably ruin a game.

So far I like the look of:
* Better blood
* Buy toolkit V3 (otherwise apparently you need to finish the game first)
* Drag corpses
* STALKER artefact loot (makes sense, why wouldn't other stalkers carry them?)

There aren't many others which seem worth it, at least not for the first playthrough. Graphics mods are always a second time round type thing. What I mainly want is realistic reloading. Has it been made? Crikey, might have to try my hand if no one's done it.

Is there an official patch? I can't find one for the UK edition, so I think not. Anyone know what copy protection it uses? I'm guessing not Starforce.

[Kaido]

I bought this on steam a few months back. I want to play through clear sky first though, and I've not found much time for PC games recently. I did play it for a few hours with this guys mod:
http://www.moddb.com/mods/call-of-pripyat-complete
which works great over steam and it seemed to look a little prettier.

There are no official patches in the steam news channel, only a link to the "patch/mod" above.

[Sketcz]

Cheers. Mine's a retail disc copy. Only mods I've got are for blood and having traders buy damaged guns. I thought I found one that allowed realistic reloading, but it didn't work as I'd expected. I can still click reload and leftover ammo in the mag stays in my collection.

[Kaido]

I couldn't find anything like that on their forum either. Might be a relatively simple thing to make yourself if you've a spare day... I've not looked at their mod kit.