S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Graphics Upgrade

It's a 3rd party patch, but it apparently doesn't drop any performance:

http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=39233

I don't have the game, but for any of you that do, I'd love to hear if it's worth it

 

there's already have been a mod that sets the graphics detail to ultra, but i'd not recommend it unless you have a 512mb graphics card. i'd love to know what this one does though.

 

Apparently it offers better bump mapping, real time calculared specular effects, full reflection vector calculations, and better soft shadow quality all while giving your system a 20% performance increase. If it works, why would anyone who has STALKER not download it? I'm gonna download and see.

 

Anyone tried it out this upgrade yet?

 

I tried it out although I don't know if I put them in right since I didn't notice too much of a performance increase. It says to extract the zipped folder to the base directory for STALKER, but I have no idea if it is working.
I will say that I can only run this game on Maximum with object dynamic lighting, not full dynamic lighting, on the setup below. It's such a demanding game for how sub-par the graphics are. However, the lighting is spectacular.

 

I downloaded it, but haven't unpacked it yet. I am a little worried about my saves. Did your saves remain intact when you installed?

 

Yeah, everything works fine. The only time I had to restart my game was when I downloaded the 1.0001 patch.

 

Yea, I had to do that too. Kind of lame...lol...

 

I hear that patch (1.0001 patch) made things worse for the graphic crashes ( it did for my boyfriend anyhow... =()

 

I think the mod works if you have the patch but the patch won't let you use your old savegames so...a little difficult to weigh out. There is however a patch in the works that will allow you to use your old savegames but I'm not sure how long away that is...a week or two? Annoying regardless.