Ostriig on 29/6/2009 at 21:31
No idea on the saves part. It says it was "designed and tested for 1.0005/6", so if you're not patched up to that version and want to, I seem to remember that 1.0003 is supposed to break saves previous to it. Otherwise, if you're already patched up, I
imagine you should be fine. As far as I can tell, the mod works much like mods for Bethesda's Gamebryo games (F3, TES4) work - toggle a setting to use external resources instead of proprietary ones when they overlap, and dump said resources in the proper structured folder. But I really can't guarantee it won't break.
You could just give it a shot, though. Make a backup copy of your saves, try it, and if it doesn't work you can just reinstall up to the version you're using now and plug the saves back in.
As for performance, it will take a hit. Here's what the author states as a test rig on the website:
Quote:
@ 1680x1050:
8800GT 512MB: 30-60 fps, some stuttering, use -noprefetch
GTX 260 896MB: 60-100 fps, smooth.
video settings:
- full dynamic lighting
- vision distance 100%
- object detail* 75%
- grass density 100%
- textures detail 100%
- anisotropic filtering 100%
- antialiasing** off
- sun shadow on
- grass shadow** off
- lighting distance 100%
- NPC flashlights on
- Shadow quality 100%
user.ltx:
r2_gloss_factor 2.5
* I recommend setting object detail to 75%, it plays nice with depth of field effect.
** sliders are non-functional, you can force AA through the graphics card control panel at cost in performance (use Nvidia's special game profile for Stalker), probably same with ATI.
This mod will run smooth as long as you have a video card with large amount of memory to accommodate textures, it performs better than Clear Sky, while providing similar, often better visuals, it's as good as DirectX 9 can do.
And here's my experience with it:
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I've got the 9800GT 1GB and it runs acceptably, as in putting out in the 20-30 fps range. Stutters every now and then, but it's playable. 1680x1050, most details maxed out, minus the view distance, and I can't set the AA (from the nVidia CP) to more than 2x or the CD tray will open up and start spitting excrements my way. Obviously no AA would improve the framerate, but the jaggies give me this irritating flickering impression. Really wish I could set it to 4x.
With a C2D 6420, 2GB 667 RAM, Vista 32. I'm curious whether adding another gig of RAM would help, might find out soon enough.
