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

This product is unreleased but remains under active development - information may change frequently and could be outdated or irrelevant.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl	2007
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky	2008
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat	2009
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Lost Alpha (Unofficial)	2014
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl	2023

Key points

Fan game that tries to recreate the original design and atmosphere of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl as seen early in development.

Does not require any of the official S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games installed.

General information

Official site

Mod DB page

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Official website		Free download.

Essential improvements

Patches

Standalone install and new game start needed!

The latest official patch v1.4005, titled "Director`s Cut", is available at Moddb.com. Link: S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Lost Alpha v1.4005 DC Torrent!

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.

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Input settings

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Audio settings

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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]}
Right click your game shortcut. Select "Run as Administrator".

Missing footstep sounds

This bug can also cause game crashes.

Disable first person body awareness^{[citation needed]}
While in-game, open console with `~` button. Enter `g_actor_body off` command.

Various problems on 32bit systems

Delete files^{[citation needed]}
Go to `<path-to-game>\bins\` 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

↑ ^1.0 ^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

[gamedir-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).

[Note 1]

Developers

	Dezowave
Engines
	X-Ray Engine
Release dates
Windows	April 26, 2014