The stand-alone mod S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Anomaly aims to be the most stable and customizable experience for fans of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games. It's powered by the Monolith 64-bit engine, a custom fork of the X-Ray engine.
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Simple addon that buffs helicopters (improved bullet resistance and use of rockets).
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deym sounds like real CAS heli in Warfare mode.
Командир, там снизу какой-то придурок шляется, шугнем? >;)
Bro wtf why manual installation in install guide? Just use mo2
there's nothing wrong with installing mods manually tbh, a lot of people get used to it really quick
I agree with him. It's always better to use a mod manager, for the ability to remove addons when you don't want them anymore.
I don't describe how to use mod managers because it's not up to me to do that. What you have to do is what I described in the INSTALLATION section. Whether people do it manually, or have a mod manager do it for them isn't up to me.
Well, manually installing add-ons isn't a big issue. Uninstalling/replacing/updating on the other hand... Let's just say it's not easy.
I could go without MO2. Only used it for EFP. All my other installs had every addon manually installed with usually no order other than a mental checklist.
Installation isn't really the issue. You can install addons without a mod manager just fine if you're careful enough.
The problem comes when you want to update or remove addons. I doubt you can mentally keep track of 14,535 files (that's the size of my gamedata).
When does the helicopter fire rockets? I tried to shot it, but it just fired bullets. And also can you make the helicopter recording box have a purpose? Like either sell them for money as info for sid or bar keeper? Also i have another idea. Can you make military BTR spawn in the zone like if they see you they will fire?
That's odd. I modified every single helicopter in the game, so this shouldn't happen. It could be that the helicopter is from a friendly faction, or that you're out of range (too close or too far).
If it ever happens again, point your cursor at the helicoter, and open debug mode, the name of the helicopter will be displayed in color at the top. Then send me the name, I'll make sure rockets are properly enabled.
It is target:simulation_helicopter_strong_46515 in cordon and simulation_helicopter_strong_45276 in agroprom. Can you upload a video so we see how it works? Also many times the helicopter flew towards me and it just fires bullets. Also i installed DLTX : Github.com as mentioned in one of the files.
Alright, so I tested it and it seems you were right.
Here's what I think happened. I tested if the helicopters could fire rockets, and they could. I then adjusted the timeout between rocket salves to what felt balanced, but didn't test it.
I think the problem was that helicopters would forget about the player before having a chance to fire rockets. It's really odd in fact, they seem to be scripted to forget about the player after some time, regardless of the "forget timeout" I give it.
Anyway, new version is up, I tested this one, and trust me, they do use rockets this time !
Tasting it now
Edit: Still does not work even after i removed all mods in case it conflicts with anything. When i shoot at the heli, it just flies a bit up, shoots a few bullets and then it goes away. No rockets ever gets fired even when i give the helicopter some time. I try to move around, but it just does not fire. I tried with both helicopters in cordon and agroprom. Without this mod, the helicopter will chase you until it kills you.
By the way are sure this mod only need one file? I checked the the old helicopter mod in the description and it has more files, but that old mod makes my game crash.
I feel it's important to say that all the addon does is allow helicopters to use rockets. I didn't modify the IA for it to use them. So in the end, if the IA doesn't feel like firing a rocket, it simply won't. It tends to use the machine gun only on maps with a lot of obstacles (trees, bushes, buildings).
As for the chasing thing. I find it surprising that my addon breaks that, as the only thing I do related to that is : increase helicopter detection, and increase the time it takes for the helicopter to forget about its target. I'll give it more testing later, but I'm not sure what the results will be. I'll update you in any case.
And yes, this addon requires only 1 file. I didn't even download the old addon, so I don't know how it was done back then. But Anomaly has changed alot, so it's not really surprising.
Ok. I hope it gets fixed because it sounds like fun to have, and to make the game a bit difficult to explore the zone.
I have a question, maybe you could help me.
During my gameplay i was wandering the zone while a loner asked for aerial support, next thing i noticed is that my dutiers brothers in arms started shooting at the chopper, and now is hunting me down.
Duty and loners are nor hostile to each other, i don't understand.
You should ask this question in #gameplay-questions (or #modding-general if you're using addons) on Anomaly's Discord. I don't know the answer to your question.
hello I saw in the comments that the helicopter does not chase you to death. Has the problem been solved?
I increased the duration of the helicopter's memory. There is still something weird I think, because sometimes the helicopter will move on before that time runs out, but all I changed is configs, so if this really a problem, this isn't my addon's doing, it's from how helicopters are coded in the game.
Good stuff.