I am playing Stalkersoup right now, and it is a lot of fun. Much more fun than New Arsenal 6. That forces you to go through a bunch of maps in a pointless chase after getting the psi device from the Labyrinth. Stalkersoup has a Collector Free roam mode that has all maps open, and the Stalker can go from the Cordon to Garbage and Rostok without fuss. This also gives you a bunch of flash drives and a top of the line FN F2000 in 7.62mm with 300 rounds of ammunition, as well as a SPAS12 shotgun. So you are fine to start fighting right away. But this is not story mode, there is noone guarding the exit from Cordon to Garbage, and noone at the truck park either. So this is easier. There are more anomalies in the way, so you must be careful when navigating along the roads. Keep throwing bolts ahead of you and watch out for strange disturbances. Some of them do not react to bolts, but I do not know what that is. The grain elevator in the Cordon had a strange anomaly on the steps, but this would not react to thrown bolts at all.
It is quite stable, it comes with a launcher and has great environmental effects. Especially rain. This mod includes Narodnaya Solyanka and other mods, but is differentiated as I said, by the free roam mode. This makes it a very nice alternative. I was caught up in a fight at the Duty checkpoint in the Garbage, and I found a nice Duty exoskeleton suit off a dead Duty fighter. This is easy to carry, as I started the game with a 186 KG carry capacity, so I can hump plenty of ammo and still carry food and water. I have made it to Rostok from the Cordon, and I have this much loot already. This is quite nice. I have 2 Groza rifles. A FN F2000, and a shotgun, and 3 pistols. As well as some very useful artifacts. This will help me out. The meat chunk artifact makes your health regenerate faster, this is important, I have only needed to really use a medikit once, that was due to a Mercenary grenade in the Garbage. But this is very easy to play, just be careful and do not rush into areas, it is good to take your time and throw a lot of bolts to analyze the situation first. Once you are sure there are no anomalies in the way, or you have worked out a safe path, then move in and watch your surroundings. That way, you will have a better time. I am sure that the Miracle Machine and Brain Scorcher are not running, this would make for an easy trip from the Army Warehouses to Radar and CNPP.
Another fun feature is a teleporter that takes you from a walkway in Rostok to a grassy area near the Army Warehouses transition. This is useful. I was able to teleport out there, kill a blind dog and a Chimera and loot them, then teleport to safety. That is very cool. Narodnaya Solyanka 2.1 does not have the Rostok teleporter, although it does have an invisible one that teleports the player from the top of the derailed train to a bush near the stalker camp, and another one in the grain elevator that teleports the player to the garbage pit. But the Rostok teleporter is cooler.
Download this mod from this MEGA repo: https://mega.nz/#F!bJ8XlIxZ!SeANQ1TeOHjR3-Y-7gCJhA.
Help and support on this forum.
http://stalkersoup.forumotion.com/t5-stalkersoup-installation-help-guide-1-1-0017a.
Stalkersoup home page: http://www.tecnobacon.com/.
Complete Stalkersoup map: https://i.imgur.com/3RHZvpI.jpg.
