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S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Lost Alpha

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S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Lost Alpha
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Developers
Dezowave
Engines
X-Ray Engine
Release dates
Windows April 26, 2014
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S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
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S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky 2008
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S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Lost Alpha (Unofficial) 2014
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl 2023

General information

Official site
Mod DB page

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Official website
DRM-free
 Free download.
Windows

Essential improvements

Patches

The latest official patch v1.4000, titled "Director`s Cut", is available at Moddb.com. Link: [1]

Skip intro videos

Start game with -nointro parameter[citation needed]

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\appdata\user.ltx[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\appdata\savedgames[Note 1]

Video settings

Video settings.
Video settings.

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Italian
Polish
Some unimportant non-conversation speech is Russian (e.g. jokes).
Russian

Issues fixed

Unable to save, load or make screenshots

Install in non-default location[citation needed]

Install the game outside Program Files.

Run as Administrator[citation needed]
  1. Right click your game shortcut.
  2. Select "Run as Administrator".

Missing footstep sounds

This bug can also cause game crashes.
Disable first person body awareness[citation needed]
  1. While in-game, open console with ~ button.
  2. Enter g_actor_body off command.

Various problems on 32bit systems

Delete files[citation needed]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\bins\
  2. Delete or rename msvcp120.dll, msvcp120d.dll and msvcr120.dll.

"Can't open video stream" crash

Install Xvid[citation needed]

Install Xvid.

Other information

API

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP 7, 8. 10
Processor (CPU) 2 GHz Intel Core i5, i7 3.5 GHz
AMD equivalent 3.5 GHz
System memory (RAM) 2 GB 8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 20 GB 20 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 9800 GT
ATI/AMD Radeon HD3000 series 		Nvidia GeForce GT700 series
ATI/AMD Radeon HD7000 series

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

References