S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl	2007
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky	2008
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat	2009
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Lost Alpha (Unofficial)	2014
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl	2023

Key points

Strong modding community

General information

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Steam forums for game series

Steam Community Discussions

GSC forums for game

Improvements

Performance increase with the "4GB patch" on Windows 64-bit

Note: Make sure to backup the executable before patching even though the 4GB Patch program makes a backup itself.

Note²: Make sure your game is fully patched first before applying the 4GB Patch.

Note³: Avoid playing multiplayer with this patch enabled because it might get you banned if the game has an anti-cheat protection.

Modifications

Moddb has an large list of mods available for S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat.

Popular Mods

Call of Pripyat Complete:

Complete mod contains major bug fixes, A.I improvements, upgraded shaders, new higher resolution textures, sounds, music, weather and visual effects. It also provides several game breaking cheats, and has not been updated since April 2011. Many other mods that solve specific problems are more up to date, so it is recommended that you seek out a smaller more up to date mod to fix or change whatever you seek.

Misery:

Full concept modification of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Call of Pripyat that touches every game aspect including textures, sfx, music, weapons, AI, items, weather difficulty and much more.

Atmosfear:

AtmosFear 3 is a mod for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - Call Of Pripyat that tweaks and expands the vanilla weather system to be more realistic and various.

Video settings

Game has an extensive in-game options menu

Misses an option to change the FOV

Field of view (FOV)

Instructions

Input settings

Game is designed for mouse and keyboard in mind and doesn't come with native controller support. Controller not recommended.