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About this mod

Reduces stuttering. Improves performance. Improves loading times. Makes Unreal Engine effects less artifacty. Reduces ghosting. Improves image clarity. Improves the quality of all upscaling/anti-aliasing methods.

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Every mod I make is free & always will be but I use tools that costs
money to create my mods, which means I lose money to deliver this
content. Please donate if you wish to help me out.

 
 



Patreon - Ko-fi

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Benchmark vs Other Mods

Average FPS

1. Optimization Essentials: 62fps (Ultra Quality)

2. Anti-Stutter Mod and Massive FPS Boost: 61fps (Base)

3. STK2 - SPF: 60fps

4. Stalker Optimizer: 60fps

5. Ultimate Engine Tweaks: 59fps

5. Optimized Tweaks S.2: 59fps (Base)

6. Default: 56fps

1% Lows FPS

1. Optimization Essentials: 46fps (Ultra Quality)

1. STK2 - SPF: 46fps

2. Anti-Stutter Mod and Massive FPS Boost: 45fps (Base)

2. Stalker Optimizer: 45fps

2. Default: 45fps

3. Ultimate Engine Tweaks: 43fps

4. Optimized Tweaks S.2: 42fps (Base)


Conclusion

Avoid Ultimate Engine Tweaks & Optimized Tweaks S.2, since they provide less consistent frametimes than the base game. Stalker Optimizer & Anti-Stutter Mod has the same lows as the base game but better averages which isn't really great either but at least it doesn't hurt. Only Optimization Essentials & STK2 actually improve the base games performance in every regard, so I recommend one of ours.

Note: Most Stutter mods are only for stuttering, and most performance mod only for FPS. My mod doubles as both. If you're just using the Ultra Quality preset (what I used for the benchmark) then that's just the stuttering fixes, using the other presets can significantly increase performance as well on top of the smoother
frametimes.

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What Does This Mod Do?

- Makes Unreal Engines effects artifacty

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Reduces ghosting

- Improves image clarity

- Improves the quality of all upscaling/anti-aliasing methods

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Reduces stuttering

- Improves performance

- Improves loading & boot times

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Installation


1. Download the mod & unzip it, then select the preset you want

2. Put the ini files found inside your selected preset where your games ini's files are located & overwrite if it asks you to (if you added other commands from different mods you'll need to add them manually by copying & pasting the commands in)

3. Launch the game and enjoy, but don't change anti-aliasing options because it could overwrite some of the mods parameters

Note: This command "D3D12.PSO.DriverOptimizedDiskCache=1" was removed from the mod because some users experienced a "Out of video
memory" crash on startup. However this command does reduce stuttering,  so I recommend adding it to the mod yourself under [SystemSettings] and if it doesn't crash when compiling shaders keep it. "r.OneFrameThreadLag=0" was also removed because it decreased input latency but at the cost of FPS & frametime stability, but you can add it if you want max latency reduction.


Recommendations: I recommend most users use Ultra Quality - Balanced, while those on much weaker devices use Performance and those super desperate use Potato Graphics.

ini Location

%localappdata%\Stalker2\Saved\Config\Windows
%localappdata%\Stalker2\Saved\Config\WinGDK
/home/deck/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/compatdata/1623730/pfx/drive_c/users/steamuser/AppData/Local/Stalker2/Saved/Config/Windows


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Tips

Optimized Settings


Optimized Quality Settings

Texture Quality: Highest VRAM Can Handle

Hair: High

Object Details: High

Effects Quality: High

Materials: High

Post-Processing: High or Low (Low disables some post-processing which you may prefer. Subjective)

Anti-Aliasing: Medium

Motion Blur Quality: High

Motion Blur Strength: 45, 35, 25, 20, or 0 (Subjective. These are my presets)

Depth of Field: High of Low (Low disables it. Subjective)

Light Shafts: On

Shading Quality: Epic

Global Illumination: Epic

Reflections: High

Shadow Quality: Epic

Cloud Quality: Epic

Fog: High

Sky: Medium

Foliage: Epic

Environment Draw Distance: Far

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Optimized Balanced Settings


Optimized Quality Settings As Base


Object Details: Medium

Effects Quality: Medium

Light Shafts: Off

Shading Quality: Medium

Global Illumination: Medium

Reflections: Low

Shadow Quality: Medium

Foliage: Medium

Environment Draw Distance: Near

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Optimized Low Settings


Optimized Balanced Settings As Base


Object Details: Low

Effects Quality: Low

Foliage: Low

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FAQ

Q: Does this work with achievements?
A: Yes

Q: What is your socials or other mods?

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