S.T.A.L.Ok.E.R. 2: Coronary heart of Chornobyl‘s 1.5 Patch is right here, introducing varied tweaks and fixes, but it surely’s the primary section of GSC Sport World’s modding device that is dominating our curiosity… and our laborious drives.
“Form the Zone in Your Approach with the Stalker 2 Zone Equipment,” GSC Sport World mentioned. “Modify present content material or create new experiences — animations, weapons, mechanics, and even wonders of the Zone.”
Sounds nice, proper? Which it’s, if you happen to occur to have 700GB of house free… on high of the 160GB it is advisable run the bottom sport itself.
The explanation, GSC mentioned, is as a result of as a part of its partnership with the modding group, the crew is sharing a slew of uncompressed recordsdata so modders are utilizing authentic property within the improvement of their mods, which is healthier for everybody, in fact.
“The scale of the mod package is a results of the in-game property being uncompressed for the mod makers,” GSC informed PC Gamer. “It is a massive sport, and the property are many, leading to a substantial measurement of the obtain. The Zone Equipment is at the moment in section one, so we’ll discover the alternatives to optimize its measurement (if doable) sooner or later.”
“Yeah, we launched the Zone Equipment as Section 1, as a result of we need to develop it along with Mod Makers,” a group consultant defined on Reddit. “It already has lots of options, however nonetheless that is Section 1. On Section 2 there shall be much more issues to do with the Zone through the Zone Equipment.”
“Beneath the technical issues that plague STALKER 2: Coronary heart of Chornobyl is a singular greatness,” we wrote in our S.T.A.L.Ok.E.R. 2: Coronary heart of Chornobyl evaluation, giving it 8/10. “It emerges as a refreshingly brutal shooter that strives to hook you with its unimaginable environment and depart you invested by the tip of this lengthy, arduous journey.” Learn extra on how S.T.A.L.Ok.E.R. 2 has modified every part for the studio amid the full-scale invasion of Ukraine right here.
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