(REQUIRES RUSSIAN VERSION OF THE GAME) This is a freeplay mod for Shadow of Chernobyl with fantastic graphics and visual style (You must have the Russian version of the game for it to work). I did not create this mod though I did add a few optional changes to UI and textures as well as a SweetFX filter to polish it up a bit and make it a bit more visually consistent. I've uploaded this to ModDB as I found it quite difficult to download this mod for myself on any of the Russian sites, so I thought I'd do everyone a favour.

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The mod adds...

- The ability to play as one of several different factions.

- New and altered quests.

- Modified maps.

- New NPC's.

- Increased enemy and NPC spawns (have you ever fought two Bloodsuckers at the Cordon?)

- Greatly enhanced graphics and audio.

- Etc.

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Installation is simple, just drag and drop the "gamedata" and "bin" folders into your main ShoC folder (requires Russian version).

I highly recommend you run the game in "Objects Dynamic Lighting" mode as the "Full Dynamic Lighting" mode is incredibly taxing for some reason (for me at least).

All credit goes to the original mod developers- Bit.ly

TKGP for translating the mod- Bit.ly

and Autumn Aurora 2- Bit.ly

which I took a few elements from.

UPDATE: I've decided to upload the original mod files and and keep the personal changes I made as an optional installation.