Just got STALKER

[HarryB]

Wish me luck.

[HarryB]

Played a bit. It's a mix between Fallout, Operation Flashpoint, and Oblivion. The AI for people is pretty good. They'll hide or run when they're outgunned and rush when they're not. Though they'll sometimes walk into radioactive areas for no apparent reason.

I like how the game is always moving. Different factions will raid each other and animals will try to eat each other. There was one time where I heard gunfire so I went to investigate and found Stalkers fighting bandits. Helped the stalkers, and when the fight was done, I went around and picked the bodies for ammo and stuff. In one of the rooms though, I found two bandits bent backwards into a flaming barrel and there was a stalker sitting by it playing the guitar.

[Maddog]

sounds cool. Is it worth the wait for delays? Or should it have came out 2 years ago

[HarryB]

I don't really know. There are some parts from what I've played where things look like they make logical sense. Like stalkers held up in a factory when all of a sudden a handful of bandits attack.

But then there are parts where the game ramps up the difficulty really fucking fast for no reason. Like in the second area there is a junkyard where some stalkers are stationed. Bandits will sometimes walk over there and pick fights with the stalkers but usually it's only one or two. Well there's a mission where you have to walk up the road to meet with someone at a train stations. No more than 2 minutes up the road from the junkyard was a pile of rubble with 3 bandits patrolling around it. After they spotted me, I ran back to the junkyard for help. All of a sudden the 3 bandits turned into 12 and started massacring everyone. Every time I killed someone I had to take their gun because I was always running out of ammo.


In terms of immersion, every character (ally or enemy) has a name, and some have PDAs that you can upload and find their stashes hidden through out the area. Also, when you start bleeding you have bandage yourself. You have to take anti radiation drugs or drink alcohol to cleanse radiation poisoning. You have to eat or you start getting tired faster. You can drink energy drinks to combat fatigue. It feels pretty real.

My only real beef with the game right now is that it takes forever to get around since the areas are so big, and bandits and mutants spawn to quickly, so you're usually out of ammo for your bigger guns.

[Maddog]

take some ss's

[Captain Colon]

You shouldn't be running out of ammo after the garbage or so, really. I have like 800 rounds between my .45 and 9x39 pistols and my AR, you just have to be obsessive about looting, and buy all the ammo and food you can from traders whenever you get to them. As far as running, you'll get some artifacts soon that give you more stamina, mine recharges whenever I'm not sprinting now.

I thought the game started out kinda slow and really frustrating, but once you get the AK-74 (not the -SU) and some decent armor and artifacts it gets a lot more fun. Bloodsuckers are scary as hell, especially when they jump in your fucking face while you're trying to kill some bandits.

[Pltcl Sniper]

i have 500 rounds for my AK-74 and AK-74SU, and another 600 hundred round of 9mm for my P99, oh and soldiers will drive you up a wall for a bit too... i need new armor and cant find any... hmm i wonder if you can get the soldiers armor and helmet...

[GrosPoisson]

In one of the rooms though, I found two bandits bent backwards into a flaming barrel and there was a stalker sitting by it playing the guitar.

Who has two thumbs and is going to Circuit City over spring break and get this game? This guy. :lincoln:

[HarryB]

We should get a multiplayer game going when enough people have the game.

[Scraps]

I may buy it with SH4 today.

[Denwad]

fuck i just bought stalker but my dvd rom is BROKEN NOOOOOOOOOOOO

[pk!]

Anyone know any cheats? When I get a new game I love to make myself invisible or godlike and just mooch around looking at the scenery. I prefer exploration and observation to combat.

[GrosPoisson]

We should get a multiplayer game going when enough people have the game.

As long as the game is one of the smaller ones I guess... I'm not sure if my X1400 can handle a larger game.

[HarryB]

Wtf I'm at this part where you're under a research facility and you have to look for some guy's hidden room. After you get in, you have to fight your way out. But you can't go the way you came, you have to go through the only other exit to complete the mission. Now the problem is, once you step into the hallway where the exit is, some mutant guy who can warp your brain attacks you. You can't kill it because everytime you try to shoot at it, it does some psychic attack that fucks up your vision. If you run for the exit and leave, you come up in military base where you're immediately spotted and shot at. Fuck this game in the ass.

[Captain Colon]

I just charged up to that faggot mutant and unloaded both barrels in his face.

The part after you get up out of there is ridiculously gay and hard, the best way to do it is to just shoot one guy to set off the alarm, then go hide in a house and let them come in one by one. Takes a while though cause there's like 20 guys.


I hear the multiplayer is just generic deathmatch and CTF.

[HarryB]

Pretty much, sort of like counterstrike, except it's like OFP where half the time you don't know where you're getting shot from.

Also, I have no idea how to change your name in multiplayer.

[HarryB]

I just charged up to that faggot mutant and unloaded both barrels in his face.

The part after you get up out of there is ridiculously gay and hard, the best way to do it is to just shoot one guy to set off the alarm, then go hide in a house and let them come in one by one. Takes a while though cause there's like 20 guys.


Tried it again, killed the mutant this time. But the only guns I have on me is my AK-74, Viper 5, and pistol. So when I run for a house, I always run out of ammo. And I never have enough time to scavenge some off dead soldiers. Fuck this game in the ass.

Also, multiplayer is laggy as hell.

[Pltcl Sniper]

i just ran from the mutant, i got lucky i ran across a stalker that had a scope on his AK, so i knifed him in the back and took it, he was all so carring AP rounds :-D

[HarryB]

You must be talking about something else. Because the only people in the tunnels are soldiers and bandits at the start, and they always travel in groups.

I hate how this game will just spontaneously make the situation unbelievably hard. I mean, I'm playing it on novice. I'd hate to see how it plays on hard.

[Pltcl Sniper]

when i got out of the tunnels a stalker ran by right before all the soldiers show up and he had a scope on his AK.

[PsychoMantis]

Since I can download this thing from Direct2Drive, I ask... should I buy it? It's only forty bucks and I am itching for a creepy survival horror game like this.

[Pltcl Sniper]

its up to you man, great game, im lovin it

[PsychoMantis]

its up to you man, great game, im lovin it

I'm sold, cheaper than surpreme commander and I should actually be able to play it. Besides, RE4 doesn't scare me as much as it used to; I need something to keep me awake.

[Captain Colon]

This game is pretty fucking scary...the atmosphere is really damn heavy, especially indoors. Every time you hear a mutant growl you're just like "What the FUCK :(:(:(" but you don't wanna turn on your flashlight to find it cause it hasn't seen you yet, so you're just crawling around looking for a cloaked mutant in the dark D:

*E* Wow I think I just lost my savegame cause I saved while bleeding with no bandages :huh:

[Gopats]

Now I'm in a spot with no way to get out :(

Any walkthroughs released?

Nvm, found some help on the game site's forums

[Pltcl Sniper]

where can i get the flashlight?

[Gopats]

Pressing L

[Pltcl Sniper]

pfft good going me, i thought you had to pick it up.

[Col. Psycho]

i'll buy it in the next couple of days. im up for some multiplayer. :D

[HarryB]

I don't find the mutants that scary so much as they're fucking annoying.

[HarryB]

I'm a fucking idiot. I didn't realize that you complete the quest by standing by the ladder not going up. So you don't have to climb up, just go back out the way you came...

[Denwad]

ok, i'm getting really bad artifacting in this game.

[Captain Colon]

I don't find the mutants that scary so much as they're fucking annoying.
If you think the ones you're fighting now are annoying, wait till you get to the frogmen :huh: At least you should have the pump shotgun by then :D

[PsychoMantis]

ok, i'm getting really bad artifacting in this game.

As am I, but only during the thunderstorms; anyone else? I'd love to fix this crap. I'm trying updating the drivers but I'm pretty sure that's not the problem.

[Ch33zy]

Argh, I wish this game had an auto save every 5 minutes or something- trying to remember to quick save is annoying. And when quests are impossible to complete (The guy who I turn it into died...) they don't clear. I've also had some other jobs that are stuck on the map, and stashes that don't exist.

[Pltcl Sniper]

for the stashes to show up you have to kill the persone who stashed it there, and youll get a lil message that says something about there stash.

[Ch33zy]

I have the stash info, but the dots never go away, or at times arnt there at all.

[HarryB]

The stashes are always well blended into the surroundings and even after you find them, the marker stays on your map. Most of the time though, you need a rad suit to get close to them.

[Gopats]

Does anyone else have the problem where the trader at the bar keeps saying "I said come in! Don't stand there" but the door does not open..:/

[DunNa]

Hes taunting you!

[Gopats]

I have like 20 artifacts that are weighing me down (I run out of energy after <30 seconds of sprinting) and need to be sold for $$$$$ :(

[HarryB]

Does anyone else have the problem where the trader at the bar keeps saying "I said come in! Don't stand there" but the door does not open..:/

There's a door at the trader in Cordon, but there shouldn't be any doors leading into the bar at the Duty town. The guard behind the counter will keep saying that until you go all way down the stairs and leave his sight.

As for the artifacts, it's almost impossible to run out of money in this game, so I don't bother keeping artifacts unless it's something I can use. And generally the only ones I keep are ones that boost endurance and radiation defense.

[Gopats]

Ah, I see..

Are there any traders close to the bar?

[Kak]

Anyone know any cheats? When I get a new game I love to make myself invisible or godlike and just mooch around looking at the scenery. I prefer exploration and observation to combat.

i bet you prefer talking about feelings over railing on some poonani too :mad:














I'm the same way :) Concerning the game that is :)

[GrosPoisson]

So I just got and installed the game, and I'm having a blast with this game. I especially like how idle stalkers just sitting around at the noob camp will chat with each other in Russian, it's a great touch.

[Milkman Dan]

lololol

They need to patch this game so bad. Full dynamic lighting doesn't work with 8800's. D: D: D:

[mahhag]

Oh man this game is pretty fun. A little buggy, but VERY fun.

I'm at that part where you're in the underground tunnel and you have to find info about Strelok in his hide out. Where is the info?

[Gopats]

actual spoiler

it's kinda hard to spot but theres a little opening in the wall that you hop up into and get to the room

it's easier to spot with a flashlight on

[SWATJester_os]

so general perception is two thumbs up?

[Captain Colon]

lololol

They need to patch this game so bad. Full dynamic lighting doesn't work with 8800's. D: D: D:
Well they probably started and finished coding it before even the 7XXX series existed.

[General Bordinko]

You guys talked me into it. I just got back from wally world. Im installing now comrades. I will post a review once I play a little.

[Pltcl Sniper]

so general perception is two thumbs up?

100% GO

[Captain Colon]

It seems like stability-wise, it runs a lot better on lower-end computers for some reason...it's almost as if they started coding it so long ago that computers now are too advanced for it :p

[Ch33zy]

God I need cheats for godmode right now. Stuck in one of those lol YOU BLEED OUT WHEN YOU LOAD YOUR SAVE scenarios

[neko]

Oh man this game is pretty fun. A little buggy, but VERY fun.

I'm at that part where you're in the underground tunnel and you have to find info about Strelok in his hide out. Where is the info?

I was at that part too but decided to skip it because I couldn't find the stuff and needed to go along with the other mission I was on.

[Kak]

Is there an actual AKS-74U in the game, because the SU I see Wolf holding in the starting camp has a 7.62x39 AK-47/AKM magazine. :(

[Pltcl Sniper]

all versions of the AK-74 fire 5.54X54

[Kak]

Are you saying in game they changed 5.45x39 to "5.54x54"...?

[Denwad]

no, get the damn game lol

[Gopats]

Damnit, Now I am fucked

I quicksaved, then two minutes later like 10 guys surrounded me (I only have one clip left D: )

[HarryB]

Oh man this game is pretty fun. A little buggy, but VERY fun.

I'm at that part where you're in the underground tunnel and you have to find info about Strelok in his hide out. Where is the info?

After you go down the ladder, you enter a room with bandits in it. After you wipe them out, go towards the back of the room where the spiral staircase is. Go down to the bottom and you'll see the bubbling anomolies. Walk around them and you'll enter a long stretch with pipes. At the end is a bloodsucker, but you can ignore it unless you decide to stand right next to it.

Half way down this stretch is a doorway that leads into a hallway. In the hallway are 6 soldiers. After you clear them out, you'll notice that the hallway has a door at one end, and a door halfway down the other. Going through either will lead you into a hallway with large pipes. Follow the pipes until you see a latch with a ladder leading up. Go up the ladder and you'll go into a room with beds and shelves. This is the stash room. On the shielf by the door you'll find an upgraded AK-74 and Strelok's flashdrive.

Once you have both, leave the room the same way you came in. Go back to the long hallway and head to the very end. There's a door there that leads to a cramped winding hallway. There are another 6 gaurds or so in here. Take them out and walk to the very end. You'll get to a door that leads to another long hallway that heads to the right. After you step into this hallway, you'll see a ladder leading up to the surface. If you walk 10 feet from the door, a Controller will come through the door behind you and will try to clusterfuck your brain. The best way to kill him is to walk backwards towards the ladder, until he walks in and then run straight at him. This way, even if he disorients you, you can still blow him away with whatever gun you have. After you kill him, walk towards the ladder and you'll finish the mission.


Now, from Streloks stash, you learn the guard patrol for the base above you. I said fuck that, and stormed the base from the front door, which I thought was easier.

[pk!]

I just found a trainer here http://www.trainerscity.com/zip/files/dl.php3?F=9150&S.T.A.L.K.E.R._:_Shadow_of_Chernobyl_-_Trainer_+4

I haven't tried it yet but it claims to make you invincible and so on. Use it sparingly.

edit - it works.

[PsychoMantis]

I couldn't put this game down until I beat it... thank god it's spring break. I only procrastinated an astronomy project I'm gonna have to bullshit anyways so I suppose it's not a big loss.

Anyways... beating the game didn't make me want to quit, as I received one of the bad endings (out of 5). So now, as soon as I finish that project, it's back to binging on this game. I'm still a little ticked that with a gig of ram and a Geforce 7600 with 256 mb, I can't play this game with any dynamic lighting.

Spoiler on my ending just in case.
Go figure, my character in all his brilliance says; I want to be rich. Coins fall from the ceiling (or so it seems) and then it cuts to your character looking up in awe at an empty room about to collapse upon him. He dies. The end. God I hope I don't have to save mole in order to get a better ending, mole just ran off to say hi to the soldiers at apogrom and just f'ing died.

[HarryB]

I couldn't save the the scientist when the Mercs attack. But I still got his flashdrive.

[Gopats]

I couldn't save the the scientist when the Mercs attack. But I still got his flashdrive.Yeah I quicksaved right when they all surrounded us..D:

I let the mole die, I guess I can let this guy die too :P

[HarryB]

I kept the mole alive, because I'm awesome.

[Pltcl Sniper]

Are you saying in game they changed 5.45x39 to "5.54x54"...?

yea 39 sorry i was tired last night

[Col. Psycho]

I'm still a little ticked that with a gig of ram and a Geforce 7600 with 256 mb, I can't play this game with any dynamic lighting.



7600GT or GS or what? im running 1024mb DDR2 667mhz ram, D915 2.8ghz 4mb cache cpu and an msi 7600GT 256mb.... will that run the game smoothly? D:

[Bone_Vulture]

Wtf I'm at this part where you're under a research facility and you have to look for some guy's hidden room. After you get in, you have to fight your way out. But you can't go the way you came, you have to go through the only other exit to complete the mission. Now the problem is, once you step into the hallway where the exit is, some mutant guy who can warp your brain attacks you. You can't kill it because everytime you try to shoot at it, it does some psychic attack that fucks up your vision. If you run for the exit and leave, you come up in military base where you're immediately spotted and shot at. Fuck this game in the ass.

I used my ancient skills that I had honed against Doom 2's Arch-Viles. All you have to do is to keep out of the mutant's field of vision, peek, shoot, hide again.

I have to disagree on the game's AI: I had no trouble wasting the soldiers in the research facility after exiting the tunnels.

[Bone_Vulture]

Wtf I'm at this part where you're under a research facility and you have to look for some guy's hidden room. After you get in, you have to fight your way out. But you can't go the way you came, you have to go through the only other exit to complete the mission. Now the problem is, once you step into the hallway where the exit is, some mutant guy who can warp your brain attacks you. You can't kill it because everytime you try to shoot at it, it does some psychic attack that fucks up your vision. If you run for the exit and leave, you come up in military base where you're immediately spotted and shot at. Fuck this game in the ass.

I used my ancient skills that I had honed against Doom 2's Arch-Viles. All you have to do is to keep out of the mutant's field of vision, peek, shoot, hide again.

I have to disagree on the game's AI: I had no trouble wasting the soldiers in the research facility after exiting the tunnels.

[Bone_Vulture]

Wtf I'm at this part where you're under a research facility and you have to look for some guy's hidden room. After you get in, you have to fight your way out. But you can't go the way you came, you have to go through the only other exit to complete the mission. Now the problem is, once you step into the hallway where the exit is, some mutant guy who can warp your brain attacks you. You can't kill it because everytime you try to shoot at it, it does some psychic attack that fucks up your vision. If you run for the exit and leave, you come up in military base where you're immediately spotted and shot at. Fuck this game in the ass.

I used my ancient skills that I had honed against Doom 2's Arch-Viles. All you have to do is to keep out of the mutant's field of vision, peek, shoot, hide again.

I have to disagree on the game's AI: I had no trouble wasting the soldiers in the research facility after exiting the tunnels.

[Col. Psycho]

triple post ftw! xD

[HarryB]

Bone Vulture uses triple post on enemy Thread.
It's super-effective!
Enemy Thread has fainted.

[Captain Colon]

God I need cheats for godmode right now. Stuck in one of those lol YOU BLEED OUT WHEN YOU LOAD YOUR SAVE scenarios
I loaded up my save the next day and for some reason I wasn't bleeding anymore. Try waiting a day and then reloading it :o


And stop asking if it'll run on your fucking ubercomputers, I've already said it runs fine with default settings on my 9600 :huh:

[mahhag]

OK guys I need some help:

I'm in the x18 lab I think, where all the anomalies are that stop moving and spew fire out. Anyway, I got the documents, but I don't know how to get out. The door that I came in through (I think) is on fire and it says someone's holding it closed. Whenever I goto one of the other rooms and come back in, I hear one of those pig like monsters roaring, but I don't see one. Did something get messed up? Where do I go?

halp plz

[Friggin]

Shoot the Entity that flies around in the lab, it looks like a flying electric discharge, you know it when you see it.

[mahhag]

Shoot the Entity that flies around in the lab, it looks like a flying electric discharge, you know it when you see it.

Yeah, I just figured that out, thanks. :menkey:

[Bone_Vulture]

Bone Vulture uses triple post on enemy Thread.
It's super-effective!
Enemy Thread has fainted.

My mouse-button finger has Parkinson's. :p

[Pltcl Sniper]

theres all so an I86 (British SA80 irrc in the area were you fight your first blood sucker.

[Captain Colon]

yeah but it sucks and you won't have ammo for it at that point so don't bother looking

[pk!]

The whole game changes when you cheat - the only weapon you need is the knife. I've been running around stabbing people up proper cockney-style, and it's a great laugh.

[Degree:N]

http://www.ctrlaltdel-online.com/comics/20070324.jpg

[Ch33zy]

So I have a new problem. Duty hates my guts. And of course, a good chunk of the games story needs the barkeep in 100 rads... Having a massive pitched battle every time I need to get in there is rather annoying. I've already killed everyone, they just respawn after a few days. So, is there anyway I can smooth out my relationship with them? Or was killing their general dude a step too far... Hell, I cant even talk to the barkeep since the guards in there try to kill me too!

[neko]

Should I go back to that underground tunnel that is right by the military base to look for Strelok's stash, or is it just not worth? Or do I have to? Right now I have to go look for this other key in the Dark Valley or something.

[HarryB]

You're suppost to for story line purposes, but I don't think it matters.

[neko]

How much can you guys all hold? I can hold 50kg and I finally got rid of a lot of shit so I am at 43kg out of the 50. I only have an AK-74 and a pistol and the ammo and med kits. Other people are saying that they have like 2 assault rifles and a pistol + ammo and med kits. How is this possible? Getting another AK-74 puts me above 50. From what I heard the exoskeleton suit lets you hold 70kg.

Also, if you are low on ammo, pick up weapons and in the items menu right click them and click "Unload" to take their ammo and then just drop them. I have about 300 5.54x39 rounds from doing this.

[Ch33zy]

My combat load is my armor, Obikan thingy, little over a thousand rounds of ammo and a shit ton of health packs. Weighs in at a little over 30kg. I've noticed that pistols are worthless, so I dont carry one.

[neko]

My combat load is my armor, Obikan thingy, little over a thousand rounds of ammo and a shit ton of health packs. Weighs in at a little over 30kg. I've noticed that pistols are worthless, so I dont carry one.

Do you not have any food or anti-radiation things? Because I have this vodka and these anti-rad needles or something, along with bread.

And I have 1000+ pistol rounds :/ I think I'll just stash them somewhere.

[Ch33zy]

I keep about 10 anti rads and no food. I find both too much to really worry about storing them.

[HarryB]

I carry a G3, a Viper 5, and a pistol. Usually I have over 40 medkits and 50 bandages. I also usually have 10 or so anti-rad and bread. Usually have about 200 pistol rounds, about 400 boxes of ammo for both the viper and the g3, and some for the AK-74 if I run out and need a weapon fast. Usually I top out at around 58kg. With three endurance artifacts though, I don't run out steam and can usually get where ever I want to go.

[neko]

Yeah I just found 2 really good endurance artifacts so I should be fine for a while. I also got the Duty suit.

Right now I just got the key from Borov or whoever and I am going into the lab. The first thing I heard was very gigantic footsteps so I saved my game and decided to take a break.

[Ch33zy]

Goddamn, wish I could edit the save file so Duty wouldn't ambush me at every turn. Or at least have them stay dead, so I dont have to clear roadblocks all the time.

[Pltcl Sniper]

My combat load is my armor, Obikan thingy, little over a thousand rounds of ammo and a shit ton of health packs. Weighs in at a little over 30kg. I've noticed that pistols are worthless, so I dont carry one.

that changes a lil later on threw the game, once you get your hands on the
P99, it gets better, all i used on the zombies was the P99 and USP .45 with Hydrashock rounds, alot eaiser nailing those zombies in the head, because they take a shit ton of rounds to the chest with out dieing.

[Ch33zy]

Pistols are still too inaccurate to use against zombies to me. You have to close to point blank, which is basically Zombie Viper 5 instagib zone.

[Denwad]

i just got to the lab and I pretty much instantly shit my pants

this game rules

[neko]

i just got to the lab and I pretty much instantly shit my pants

this game rules

X-18? Ditto. Those mutant jumper things scared the shit out of me so badly, then when I started unloading into them my gun jammed.

[Pltcl Sniper]

oh man therers nothing worse than a LR300 jamming up in the middle of a fight with spentznaz, that happend to me so i switched to my pistol, then IT jammed as soon as i thought i was dead...the most awesome thing happend... two god damn blood suckers show up and murdered the 3 Spenznaz soldiers.... i was like WTF... and ran..

oh btw the knife is acctually a pretty damn good weapon.. between one and two right clicks so far for me has done most mutants/humans in

[Captain Colon]

Pistols are still too inaccurate to use against zombies to me. You have to close to point blank, which is basically Zombie Viper 5 instagib zone.
The ONLY way to use the early pistols is to either low crouch and go for the head, or just sprint up and unload into their head. The Big Ben you get on the way to X18 is pretty awesome though.

Damn I should play this right now.

BTW, how the fuck do you put scopes on guns? I've tried double-clicking the scope, dragging it on the gun, dragging it on the gun while it was in my hand, and pressing all the firemode/ammo keys a billion times, nothing seems to work.

[neko]

Dang where do you get this Big Ben at?

And for the scope I got for the Obikan or whatever it's called I just right click the scope and click "attach to gun" or whatever and it goes on there. I haven't use the scope though because I haven't been outside lately.

[mahhag]

Oh man, the lab was pretty creepy. Especially the first time you see that huge fucking pig thing? The one that can stomp the ground and is HUGE

Right now I'm at the red woods, or the place just beyond that where I shut down the psi emitter deal or whatever it was. Monolith just raided the place and I'm trying to get out.

Good fun. Too bad I don't really know what's going on in the videos, or whoever the guy is. Meh.

[Captain Colon]

Weird, I definitely don't remember seeing that when I right clicked it. Guess I'll have to check again if I still have a fucking scope GODDAMN DOUCHEFAGS.

I forget where I got the big ben from, it might've been a random loot but I'm pretty sure I got it from the merc leader who was threatening the scientist before getting to X18 (lol after killing him of course!).

[Pltcl Sniper]

only certin scopes can be put on certing firearms. but you can right click on the scope and click on attach
or drag the scope to the weapon

-E- same with silencers and Grenade Launchers, the M203 can only be put on the LR300 IIRC

[neko]

Weird, I definitely don't remember seeing that when I right clicked it. Guess I'll have to check again if I still have a fucking scope GODDAMN DOUCHEFAGS.

I forget where I got the big ben from, it might've been a random loot but I'm pretty sure I got it from the merc leader who was threatening the scientist before getting to X18 (lol after killing him of course!).

Do you go to X18 multiple times? I just got there and I never saw any merc leader or scientist.

[Captain Colon]

It's in the area between duty town and the lab map...there's no way you can miss it since a cutscene introduces them.

only certin scopes can be put on certing firearms. but you can right click on the scope and click on attach
or drag the scope to the weapon

-E- same with silencers and Grenade Launchers, the M203 can only be put on the LR300 IIRC
I know assbag, I took a scope off an AK74 then tried putting it back on and it wouldn't work :arr:

[mahhag]

Well then you severely fucked up.

[Friggin]

Afaik, you can get 2 version of scopes: one that fits for the ak´s and one for the LR300. Despite the scope description says its compatible with the standard NATO mount, it only worked on the LR300.

I found the Big Ben in the Tunnel where the family rifle can be found.

[Scraps]

Well fuck now I have to buy the game.
edit: O FUX BEST BUY HAS IT FOR 30 DOLLARS HERE I WILL BUY THIS NOW!

[PsychoMantis]

Afaik, you can get 2 version of scopes: one that fits for the ak´s and one for the LR300. Despite the scope description says its compatible with the standard NATO mount, it only worked on the LR300.

I found the Big Ben in the Tunnel where the family rifle can be found.

Spoiler happy, please help me with this.

you mention the tunnel and the family rifle, where the hell is that tunnel, I walked around above ground looking for that damned rifle for an hour. I want the big ben. Please... someone tell me, this game is too addicting.

[HarryB]

Spoiler happy, please help me with this.

you mention the tunnel and the family rifle, where the hell is that tunnel, I walked around above ground looking for that damned rifle for an hour. I want the big ben. Please... someone tell me, this game is too addicting.

If you're in the area where the scientists are fighting the Mercs, you should be able to find the flaming Hind which crashes in the middle of their fire fight.

If you stand facing the cockpit, you should see a ramp heading down with a bunch of anomolies to your left.

[PsychoMantis]

If you're in the area where the scientists are fighting the Mercs, you should be able to find the flaming Hind which crashes in the middle of their fire fight.

If you stand facing the cockpit, you should see a ramp heading down with a bunch of anomolies to your left.

Oops. :huh:

[Kak]

Wow... So I picked up the thing I was talking about earlier, where the model is an AKS-74U except it has a (and this is the MODEL I'm talking about, not the ingame stats) 7.62x39 AKM magazine, and in game the gun is called a quote "AKm 74 /U2"................

What the FUCK? Where do people who make video and computer games get their firearm and military equipment and capability information!?!? I hate being the only one in the world who cares about any of this stuff :(

[neko]

Wow... So I picked up the thing I was talking about earlier, where the model is an AKS-74U except it has a (and this is the MODEL I'm talking about, not the ingame stats) 7.62x39 AKM magazine, and in game the gun is called a quote "AKm 74 /U2"................

What the FUCK? Where do people who make video and computer games get their firearm and military equipment and capability information!?!? I hate being the only one in the world who cares about any of this stuff :(

I figured they renamed most of the weapons for legal issues. Like the Viper 5 instead of MP5.

[Captain Colon]

Yeah they just rename them so they don't have to pay any royalties or anything.

Who cares what the model looks like :mad:

[PsychoMantis]

Yeah they just rename them so they don't have to pay any royalties or anything.

Who cares what the model looks like :mad:

Clearly Kak does.

[Kak]

I thought they called the AK-74 an AK-74 in game, which if that's the case there's no reason to change the names of other Kalashnikovs.

[Kak]

Yes I know I'm lame :(, it's just that there's no reason to model the wrong magazine on the gun :[

[Scraps]

I figured they renamed most of the weapons for legal issues. Like the Viper 5 instead of MP5.

Sounds like counter-strike retail.

[neko]

I thought they called the AK-74 an AK-74 in game, which if that's the case there's no reason to change the names of other Kalashnikovs.

They called it something like AK-74/2 or something. I am not sure, the developers are from Russia or Ukraine IIRC so I don't know why they wouldn't get their own weapon names correct.

[HarryB]

I'm guessing for legality reasons. And suck it up princess, you gun nerd.

[Kak]

I'll suck you up, and wouldn't using the name "AK-74/2" infringe on the "AK-74" copyright?

[HarryB]

Shouldn't if it doesn't actually exist as a purchasable item.

[Col. Psycho]

its official. stalker scares me. no other game even gives me a fright, but stalker changes all of that. :| im in the underground laboratory, and the boxes that were floating just hit me. im now scared shitless of anything. :|

at least my gat rocks. Obokan, PSO-1 scope, and the GP-30. :D

there needs to be a co-op version of this.

[Col. Psycho]

someone explain to me where on the map do i find the big ben and family gun? where do i have to go to find them? D:

[mahhag]

OK guys, I beat it.

I have no idea what the FUCK happened.

ENDING SPOILER and my question in second spoiler:

I think I got the bad ending, because my guy asked to be rich and the whole place collapsed on him. LOL IRONY. What did I do wrong?

Who the FUCK is Strelok? I am SO lost.

[neko]

its official. stalker scares me. no other game even gives me a fright, but stalker changes all of that. :| im in the underground laboratory, and the boxes that were floating just hit me. im now scared shitless of anything. :|

at least my gat rocks. Obokan, PSO-1 scope, and the GP-30. :D

there needs to be a co-op version of this.

Did you get ammo for the GP-30? If so, where at?

[PsychoMantis]

OK guys, I beat it.

I have no idea what the FUCK happened.

ENDING SPOILER and my question in second spoiler:

I think I got the bad ending, because my guy asked to be rich and the whole place collapsed on him. LOL IRONY. What did I do wrong?

Who the FUCK is Strelok? I am SO lost.

Read my post >:/

Yes, you did. I'm going back through the game on a harder setting and being much more judicious in completing the important main quests; me thinks that is how you get a "real" ending.

[mahhag]

Read my post >:/

Yes, you did. I'm going back through the game on a harder setting and being much more judicious in completing the important main quests; me thinks that is how you get a "real" ending.

I've been talking to others. And by that I mean I still haven't read your other post. This is what I've determined:

You need to follow the find/kill Strelok storyline to get more into the game and this whole C-Consciousness thing. I have no idea what it is, so I'm pretty sure I fucked up majorly somewhere along the road.

[Degree:N]

Where do people who make video and computer games get their firearm and military equipment and capability informationHopefully its moddable. Does anyone know if it is? the wikipedia article [NSFW] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.T.A.L.K.E.R.:_Shadow_of_Chernobyl) doesn't mention it.

[Pltcl Sniper]

yes, i had a mod that enabled most everything they left out *weapons,armor,etc* just go to gamefags and go to the stalker message bored and look for it.

[neko]

If you guys find it link to it here, I dare not explore those forums.

And is there any way to repair a gun? My Obokan is beginning to jam a lot and I really don't want to get rid of it since I can put a scope on it and it has a grenade launcher. Thankfully my AK-74 is at full condition. Also, where can I get 5.56 ammo for the SA-80, or does that gun suck?

[Ch33zy]

SA-80 blows. As you pass the duty base, 5.56 is kinda common. The LR300 and G36 kick a bit of ass.

[neko]

Ah dang I haven't passed it yet. How can I repair my Obokan :/

[StandingCow]

I will eventually get this game... sounds really fun.

[neko]

Is there any way that I can get into this (http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/7222/sstim032607235523l05bargj1.jpg) door? The guy there tells me to come in but the door doesn't open.

This is right inside when walking towards the barkeep in Duty town.

[Captain Colon]

You can't go in there...he's just telling you to enter the bar.

SG552 is the best of the assault rifles I think. I'm using the 9x39mm bullpup one with GL now, but ammo is pretty scarce, and now my pistol and rifle use the same ammo. I'm kinda regretting picking it up, but not really cause it's so fucking awesome.

[Col. Psycho]

i thought this mini-mod (http://forums.filefront.com/s-t-l-k-e-r-modding-editing/306524-double-damage-mod-download-here.html) for damage might interest some people here, im going to try out the double damage. D:

[Col. Psycho]

http://www.fileplanet.com/175762/170000/fileinfo/S.T.A.L.K.E.R.:-Shadow-of-Chernobyl-Patch-%5BWorld-Wide%5D

[Captain Colon]

Anyone know if the "single-player balance issues" are worth losing all your savegames for?

[HarryB]

From Patch:

44. After playing in multiplayer mode and then starting single player game, Sidorovich has one of multiplayer nicks instead of his name.

heh.


Does anyone know if I buy this game in Canada does it count as the American or Worldwide version?

[Vatek]

It counts as the US version.

*lurk post critically hits thread for OVER NINE THOUSAND!!!!1*

[Pltcl Sniper]

If you guys find it link to it here, I dare not explore those forums.

And is there any way to repair a gun? My Obokan is beginning to jam a lot and I really don't want to get rid of it since I can put a scope on it and it has a grenade launcher. Thankfully my AK-74 is at full condition. Also, where can I get 5.56 ammo for the SA-80, or does that gun suck?

youll find alot of it once you meet the Mercs, though they will start to carry better weapons for the 5.56 ammo such as the G-36, (can all so be found in a stash) LR-300 with m203, scope, and suppresor SIG 552 scoped and un scoped, USP .45's, hell i killed one and he had Big Ben and a Martha (Berreta 92fs) on him

[Captain Colon]

Wow what the FUCK, I guess I might as well patch and start my game over cause apparently there's a helmet that protects you from that psi bullshit, except I never got it for some reason.

[PsychoMantis]

Wow what the FUCK, I guess I might as well patch and start my game over cause apparently there's a helmet that protects you from that psi bullshit, except I never got it for some reason.

I hope you got bugged out, that one's an integral story item; so I'm not sure how you could have missed it.

PS- Where are you? Don't say the brain scorcher.

[Ch33zy]

I already did all the labs and I didnt get the damned helmet. They talked about it alot, but I never got it. I ended up carrying about 30kg of medpacks to do those missions.

[GrosPoisson]

D:

Oh well, if I lose all my saves it's not that bad; I've only just reached the Garbage.

[Pltcl Sniper]

Wow what the FUCK, I guess I might as well patch and start my game over cause apparently there's a helmet that protects you from that psi bullshit, except I never got it for some reason.

the barkeep sends you to get it in the mission get the info from X16 and the Doc gives to you after you get the readings, basacly where you first start seeing zombies

[Pltcl Sniper]

I hope you got bugged out, that one's an integral story item; so I'm not sure how you could have missed it.

PS- Where are you? Don't say the brain scorcher.

i dont thinkg you need it because if you dont gett his accsoite alive you get one thats not calibrated and there for doesnt work.

[PsychoMantis]

Well technically, you don't NEED it... but I imagine on the veteran difficulty or master, it might help a lot to keep Kruglov alive earlier so that you do get it.

Scratch that, I ask you this... did you beat the game yet WITHOUT it? If you have yet to reach the brain scorcher, I recommend finding a way to get that damn item, or else you are literally shit-fucked when you head north.

[Pltcl Sniper]

Kruglov doesnt have to live you dont even really need his flash drive...

[Captain Colon]

Yeah the brain scorcher sucks BALLS without it, I think I'm gonna start over using the 3x weapon damage mod, it looks a lot more fun that way. I'll let you know how it plays.

[General Bordinko]

I just pached it and now it fails to load.

Any ideas gents?

[Captain Colon]

Well I was going to patch to get rid of that annoying bug where keys stick so you end up stuck in a permanent walk or crouch until you reload, but on that note, I guess I won't.

Starting my new game now :)

[GrosPoisson]

I just pached it and now it fails to load.

Any ideas gents?

Did you install the right one? Some file download sites aren't so good about labeling which one is which. From what I can tell, there's three versions: one for the US version, one for the "worldwide" version (the international version I guess), and one for the Direct Download version.

[Captain Colon]

You can't install the wrong one, it'll say you've got the wrong version and to download the right patch.

As for the 3x damage mod, it's pretty fun, though getting nailed by stray bullets is frustating as hell in the beginning (once you get some stone blood artifacts and the chunk of meat it's not as bad). Also, guys you have to protect die as easily as you and enemies, so think about that if you're planning on trying it. You'll be reloading a lot but IMO it's a lot more intense when you have to actually use cover.

[PsychoMantis]

I find myself having to use cover A LOT on the veteran difficulty mode. They aim for the head and actually hit there :huh:

[GrosPoisson]

You can't install the wrong one, it'll say you've got the wrong version and to download the right patch.

I see. I was expecting a fuckup of EA proportions. Good to know.

I find myself having to use cover A LOT on the veteran difficulty mode. They aim for the head and actually hit there :huh:

QFE. Veteran mode can be really brutal, but I think it definitely makes accomplishing something feel like you earned it.

[Maddog]

I just pached it and now it fails to load.

Any ideas gents?

Please note that Saved games from previous versions will NOT work with the patch.
After installing this patch, please go to "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\STALKER-SHOC\savedgames" and make sure any saves that were created prior to installing the patch are deleted.
You will need to make sure that hidden folders are visible on the view tab of the folder options menu.

might that be why? Which by that's shitty. Seems the patch is more for multiplayer than anything

[GrosPoisson]

I've noticed a general increase in stability. Could just be me with my gimp vid card (X1400 with shared memory :o ) and outdated drivers though.

[[Rapid-Fire]]

i just got absolutely butchered by some mutated dogs :D


i'm not to keen on the tech failures of the game :/ some weapon view bugs are starting to irritate me abit.


sweet game tho.

[Captain Colon]

I've noticed a general increase in stability. Could just be me with my gimp vid card (X1400 with shared memory :o ) and outdated drivers though.
From what I've seen, it runs a LOT better on older hardware that doesn't support the DX9 shaders. If you're having stability issues, try changing the lighting setting to static lighting, it still looks good but it'll run a lot faster and should be more stable.

[GrosPoisson]

From what I've seen, it runs a LOT better on older hardware that doesn't support the DX9 shaders. If you're having stability issues, try changing the lighting setting to static lighting, it still looks good but it'll run a lot faster and should be more stable.

Yeah, I've got this bitch running the game on minimum settings. It was running at a decent speed on "low" settings before, but it would crash every 15 minutes or so.

[[Rapid-Fire]]

ok i run it on high settings but the only fucking problem is...


i cant see any of my weapons... besides the knife and pistol w/o silencer.

when i grab a AK or MP5.. all i see are hands lol?

[Anti-Llama]

im dissapointed from the lack of screenshots in this thread.

[GrosPoisson]

im dissapointed from the lack of screenshots in this thread.

Trust me, mine are disappointing. The only fun part might be the stack of corpses I could make after tearing up 7 or 8 bandits by myself, Victor Charlie style. :ninja:

[Ch33zy]

http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/8184/ssbraun032407220622l05bpi2.jpg
Every killable living human in 100 rads, plus a few I lured out of the bar.

-E- And the humans on my radar are humans that re spawned the following day/

[GrosPoisson]

Damn it Ch33zy, now I have to do the same thing once I actually get there and have some decent gear.

[GrosPoisson]

DOUBLE POST GET

I just realized I am retarded. Game was being rather unstable, and I finally figured out why. I haven't flashed my BIOS since I got my laptop! Turns out I was using the A06 revision when the A12 had been available since this past December. HOLY BALLS.

I can actually hit things now, and the game runs so much smoother and loads so much faster it's ridiculous. I think I might be able to run this thing on some higher settings now. Edit: Higher being relative... from minimum to low settings, maybe.

[Enforcer]

wtf the double damage mods links -- NONE OF THEM WORK

WTF

[marty]

Any other good mods out there?

[Enforcer]

MARTY WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN

do you have a hall pass?

[[Rapid-Fire]]

I fixed the no weapons bug, i reinstalled some new drivers.


although the hind helicopter still does loop da loops and flies backwards...

[GrosPoisson]

Wow, I just got to the part where I infiltrated Strelok's stash.

Who the hell just leaves a perfectly good merc suit lying around? I was poking around during the whole Russian military assault on Agroprom, and I just found one chilling in the corner. Not that I'm complaining, the mail jacket I stole from Nimble's mission was wearing out anyways.

Strelok's lair is fun so far. I froze when I heard the mutant growl, and I must have sat in place for a good minute trying to figure out where it was. Thankfully, four soldiers popped in and showed me just where he was hiding. I didn't expect the damned Hidden of all things to pop up!

On a non-spoiler note, I'm currently carrying way too much weight. I had to ditch a whole bunch of stuff back in Strelok's lair. Is there any place besides the trader in the noob camp I can sell extra weapons and armor to?

[Captain Colon]

no, only traders take weapons, armor and ammo

[BlindSite]

So like, whats the deal with this game is it just an FPS or more to it?

[Scraps]

So like, whats the deal with this game is it just an FPS or more to it?

It needs no description, it has a VSS and AS Val.

[Lusty_Muffins]

So I beat it....without knowing I was gonna beat it. Luckily I saved in a new slot just outside the Chernobyl NPP (wow, btw...that's all I'll say about that place).

Nice how the guys at the end drop an F2000 and Gauss rifle. The VERY last guy I had to kill dropped an f2000...wow. Now I can go use it on the inanimate rubble :D!!

Also, I got the "I wanna be rich ending". I laughed.

Think I'll patch the game and try it a bit harder now.

[GrosPoisson]

no, only traders take weapons, armor and ammo

Are there any traders in the Dark Valley or Bar areas? It's becoming a royal pain to have to make a trip to the noob camp every time I get some new loot. Kind of takes the thrill out of "Sweet, I just picked up 5 almost-mint condition AK-74s" because it's followed by "Ah crap, now I have to run through all of Garbage and Cordon."

[Lusty_Muffins]

The bartender is a trader. There's also a trader two zones to the west of the bar (yantir lake; In the bunker right at the beginning of the zone).

[Ch33zy]

Dont even bother with turning in captured weapons. You hardly ever need to buy anything in this game.

[GrosPoisson]

I'm starting to notice that, now that I have the "Chunk of Meat" artifact and don't need medkits so much unless it's an emergency during a massive firefight. Force of habit, I guess.

[Bone_Vulture]

Dont even bother with turning in captured weapons. You hardly ever need to buy anything in this game.

True. The traders rarely have anything unique for sale.

For those who have trouble carrying all the stuff - be sure to pawn off any extra artifacts to stalkers you meet on the field. Those things weigh half a kilo. Also it appears that whatever you place in the stash boxes, never gets stolen/lost. So forget about any fancy setups, an assault rifle (and maybe a sidearm) will suffice for adventuring. Stockpile the rest, so you'll have fresh weapons and ammo when your current boomstick starts to wear out. And once you start getting some good armor (like those heavier biohazard suits), you can survive massive firefights with only a handful of medikits.

[GrosPoisson]

For those who have trouble carrying all the stuff - be sure to pawn off any extra artifacts to stalkers you meet on the field. Those things weigh half a kilo. Also it appears that whatever you place in the stash boxes, never gets stolen/lost. So forget about any fancy setups, an assault rifle (and maybe a sidearm) will suffice for adventuring. Stockpile the rest, so you'll have fresh weapons and ammo when your current boomstick starts to wear out. And once you start getting some good armor (like those heavier biohazard suits), you can survive massive firefights with only a handful of medikits.

That's exactly what I'm doing now :D I've got a large stockpile in Garbage where Bes and his group hang out, that junkyard with all the burned out buses and Hinds. I finally managed to get a PSO-1 scope, and I've attached it to the fast-firing AK-74, and I've got a Fort-15 with silencer for those stealth situations.

[GusButts]

I bought Stalker friday and I still didn't get to play it because I don't have any time.

[GusButts]

Ok I just played a bit and it's cool.

My computer also runs it fucking great, surprisingly.

[PsychoMantis]

I beat the game, finally. Took my an hour longer than I expected because of all the extra combat it takes to get one of the two "real" endings. Hence to say, they're both a bit morally ambiguous... rather just one is.

Anyways, I will say this much, find guide, find doc; only then do you have any hope of getting these endings. I'm not gonna post what the real secret is as I know someone will still open the spoiler tags despite their best interests.

Good luck, you'll need it if you have the difficulty turned up, I must have quick loaded a thousand fucking times now.

[neko]

Where is the Freedom base at?

[Bone_Vulture]

Where is the Freedom base at?

Er... the military base in the southeastern side of the sector north of the Duty town?

[neko]

Er... the military base in the southeastern side of the sector north of the Duty town?

Hm, I'll have to go look, I don't remember seeing it :/

[Captain Colon]

Get the realism mod off stalker files if you want a harder game...the shit you pick up is practically worthless to sell, you'll make most of your money off quests, artifacts and selling expensive armor suits you find. It also changes the traders' inventories so they sell things that are actually useful (eg. the noob trader sells an AK74 but good luck affording it, you can if you sell EVERYTHING you have). It also makes the damage a lot more realistic.

Also, I found the drum-fed grenade launcher :D I'm way overloaded and can't decide what to drop to carry it around though :(

[Bone_Vulture]

Hm, I'll have to go look, I don't remember seeing it :/

Just hover the cursor on the map. It's down and to the right from where it says "army warehouses" or something. Or to put it other way, it's on the right side of the road that leads from the Duty town to the Red Forest (orwhatitsname).

[Enforcer]

So now I'm in the zone and boy, lemme tell you.

When those damn jumpy creature wolves came at me, man I pulled out my shotgun and went to town. Is it worth to go for the suit the professor wants?

[Ch33zy]

So now I'm in the zone and boy, lemme tell you.

When those damn jumpy creature wolves came at me, man I pulled out my shotgun and went to town. Is it worth to go for the suit the professor wants?

Yes.

[Enforcer]

Yes.

How do I avoid the psi-emission part of the zone entrance? It sucks the life out of me.

[Ch33zy]

I sucked down healthpacks like no other. I had 40kg of them.

[Captain Colon]

Go to X18 first so you can get the psi protection helmet from the head scientist guy lol

[Feanaro]

It also makes the damage a lot more realistic.

Just what I'd want on a Veteran difficulty game. "hi new, mind if we make AI mor accurat than u and also make damage inSANE?" I'd just like a mod that adds backs the TOZ-34 or gives you the SPAS before the end.

[Enforcer]

Go to X18 first so you can get the psi protection helmet from the head scientist guy lol

I'm afraid to go there.

[Bone_Vulture]

I'm afraid to go there.

Just wait 'til you see the place that's causing the brain scorching.

[Captain Colon]

Just what I'd want on a Veteran difficulty game. "hi new, mind if we make AI mor accurat than u and also make damage inSANE?" I'd just like a mod that adds backs the TOZ-34 or gives you the SPAS before the end.
It's actually easier on higher difficulties because you can kill enemies in a couple shots, and I forget where I got the SPAS but I'm just heading up to the brain scorcher now and I've had it for a while.

*E* I should also mention that the SPAS can't use slugs which kinda sucks, but slugs are really heavy anyways and the gun kicks so much ass that who cares.

[Enforcer]

Fuck man.

I've been playing this game in the basement, with all the lights off, 5.1 speakers on max (Z5500), and everytime I hear something I just crouch for like 30 seconds and look around. And then I have to go upstairs through the basement and everytime I finish I run up and turn all the lights on.

This is better than Doom III.

[Scraps]

Fuck man.

I've been playing this game in the basement, with all the lights off, 5.1 speakers on max (Z5500), and everytime I hear something I just crouch for like 30 seconds and look around. And then I have to go upstairs through the basement and everytime I finish I run up and turn all the lights on.

This is better than Doom III.

hahaha

[GusButts]

I tried attacking the military camp near the first town by myself. I killed about 7/8 of the soldiers until one decided that 15 shots POINT-BLANK of 9x18mm +P+ in the chest wasn't enough to kill him.

Edit: I'm also at the beginning of the game and I can't wait to get a fucking scoped rifle already. Man it would be so easy to fucking own everyone with a goddamn scoped rifle.

[GrosPoisson]

-;574348']I tried attacking the military camp near the first town by myself. I killed about 7/8 of the soldiers until one decided that 15 shots POINT-BLANK of 9x18mm +P+ in the chest wasn't enough to kill him.

Edit: I'm also at the beginning of the game and I can't wait to get a fucking scoped rifle already. Man it would be so easy to fucking own everyone with a goddamn scoped rifle.

The game gets that much more fun when you finally do. As soon as you can head out to the Dark Valley and help out the Duty guy who wants to rescue his friend from the bandits, he'll give you a PSO-1 scope you can attach to an AK-74 or Obokan.

The rifles don't become perfectly accurate, but at least you can see what the hell is going on and where your bullets are landing. If you're close enough, you can ensure the first round is a headshot. The downside is that you can't see anything on the HUD when scoped in, which is stupid. Apparently looking through a scope precludes you from realizing you're bleeding and how badly hurt you are. :rolleyes:

I've got the fast firing AK-74 right now, and it's been good enough for what I've been fighting against. I'm starting to come up against mercs now though, so I'm hoping to find something accurate out to longer ranges so I can start getting first-round headshots.

[Captain Colon]

The fast-firing ak is AWESOME, especially with a scope and grenade launcher fitted. Only problem is the faster fire rate means it breaks down faster, so it'll start jamming a lot pretty quick. I just dumped it once I got the storming obakan or however you spell it.

And as if I haven't said it enough...get the realism mod (or one of the other damage mods that DOESN'T erase your saves) if you don't like the damage :kak: It's a lot more fun to actually be able to kill someone with the suppressed pistol before he shouts out your position to everyone else around.

[GusButts]

Yeah I got the fast-firing AKM-74 too.

Where do I get the PSO-1?

I've got the military documents and am delivering them to the barkeep, I'm inbetween the two right now.







They should have put a fucking vehicle in STALKER, Jesus fucking Christ.

[Ch33zy]

I want a fucking Rifle Cleaning Gear mod. An AP brush and some fucking CLP.

[pk!]

http://stalker.filefront.com/file/Weapon_Customize_MOD_v11;77471

This mod as can do customize this weapons.
This mod is liberalizing only being blocked Customize regulation!!!

Abakan, AK47, AK4U, SG-550, LR300, G36K, L85, VLA, FN2000, GROZA.

Silencer, Grenade Launcher, Scope Available.

- Increased ammo 20->30 per magazine of GROZA and VLA.

http://stalker.filefront.com/file/Non_Degrading_Unique_Weapons;77356
A quick mod to make it so your unique weapons do not degrade.

-NOTE- your normal weapons will still degrade.

http://stalker.filefront.com/file/Viper_to_Pistol_Slot_Mod;77416
This mods makes the Viper fit in the pistol slot so you can switch to a larger weapon without removing the viper.

http://stalker.filefront.com/file/No_Time_Limits_on_Quests_Mod;77358
This mod removes the time limits on random/secondary quests. This will not remove the time limit on quests you have already started.

I like these.

[GrosPoisson]

-;574477']Yeah I got the fast-firing AKM-74 too.

Where do I get the PSO-1?

:huh:

The game gets that much more fun when you finally do. As soon as you can head out to the Dark Valley and help out the Duty guy who wants to rescue his friend from the bandits, he'll give you a PSO-1 scope you can attach to an AK-74 or Obokan.

Thanks for the links pk!, those are some fantastic mods. Are all of them compatible with version 1.0001 saves? I'm especially excited about the no time limit for the secondary quests, although the ability to attach scopes, suppressors, and GLs to anything is exciting too. That one should actually give me a reason to use the Walther.

http://stalker.filefront.com/file/X46_Advanced_Battlearmor_v101;77563

This mod is pretty lame though... gives you a supersuit with something like 900% resistance to everything, the ability to carry ~200 kg of weight, and is self-repairing. It's also available for purchase from the first trader for 25 rubles. I like the guy's explanation for why he made it...

I used the excellent tutorial by Niphty on the filefront forums to make this suit and wasn't going to post it until I realized that alot of people were having such difficulty with Stalker even on easy mode that maybe this could help out in reducing frustration with the game, it certainly has made me enjoy the game a bit more

Speak for yourself, lameass. :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

[neko]

I am debating on whether I should enter X16 tonight.

[GrosPoisson]

There's lots of creepy noises and those stalker-mutants wearing gas masks who run on all fours and snarl when they get close, before they start clawing at you. :o

[GrosPoisson]

http://stalker.filefront.com/file/Weapon_Customize_MOD_v11;77471

Okay, so apparently this mod doesn't work on it's own because there are custom sound files for the weapons that are needed as well, which the author didn't really mention in his description. I kept getting crashes to desktop before I installed the sounds as well.

Just played for a few minutes, and it works. I now have a fast-firing AK-74 with scope, suppressor, and attached grenade launcher. :ninja:

[Captain Colon]

I want to install the customizable weapons mod and the mod that actually lets you use guns in the small weapon slot that fit there, but it looks like they overwrite all the weapon files and thus would overwrite the realism mod damage settings :(

*E* Actually all this shit is really easy to edit so I'm just doing it myself, fixed the Big Ben damage that was never upped with the realism mod too :) Too bad I already got rid of the thing cause it was useless as it was :huh:

[BlindSite]

I want this game, but I need to get assignments done :( and if I buy this I know I won't.

Damn you all.

[GusButts]

I wear my dad's dirty socks.

[GusButts]

I just got like four PSO-1 scopes off dead snipers, I am ultra pleased.

The LR-300 also kicks ass, can I get an aimpoint for it in the future?

[Captain Colon]

No.


I'd recommend checking out the artifact mod on stalker files if you haven't already. It raises the benefits and drawbacks on all the artifacts, so that the chunk of meat, soul, and endurance artifacts aren't the only useful ones.

[Pltcl Sniper]

yes but they function like the PSO-1 for the LR300

[GusButts]

Aimpoints that zoom in?

Well after seeing the animations they did for the LR-300, I'm convinced that the people that did them do not know shit about guns. As bad as CS guys.

[Captain Colon]

You'd think you would've figured that out from the animations for the first fucking gun you get.

[Bone_Vulture]

After limping through three different endings, my final opinion is...

[pk!]

Read the book - "Roadside Picnic" by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky.
Maybe watch the movie "Stalker" dir Andrei Tarkovski and scripted by the Strugatskys.

Could anyone please tell me what the other stalkers are talking about? It's cool they speak Russian but I don't understand a word, droog.

I found a guitar btw but I can't equip it. Now that's a pointless mod I'd like.

[Enforcer]

Hi yeah where the hell is the X18 lab?

[GrosPoisson]

Hi yeah where the hell is the X18 lab?

Dark Valley, in one of those buildings where Borov and his bandit crew are holed up. It's in the basement kind of thing behind a large metal door.

X18 is seriously creeping me the hell out. I know it's just a whole bunch of Doom 3-style situations where some random enemy pops up and goes "BOOGA BOOGA BOOGA," but it's still scaring me. The Snork type enemies are the worst, one of them managed to flank me out somehow when I was camping a hallway. I had no idea it was there until I heard it growl and it started clawing the hell out of me from the left side.

[Captain Colon]

The snorks are annoying as hell, I hate when I aim at its head then it fucking jumps at me and ruins everything.

Bloodsuckers are gay too cause they take like 4 shots from my SPAS just to die, and that's with the realism mod :huh:

[Pltcl Sniper]

a good burst from the FN2000 will put them down.

[Captain Colon]

too bad you don't get it till the end of the game unless you're a cheating faggot

[Lusty_Muffins]

I was pissed about that. I was like "Sweet! F2000!!" then the game ended.

-edit- Also, it was dropped off the VERY last soldier I killed. Literally...everyone else was dead.

[PsychoMantis]

I was pissed about that. I was like "Sweet! F2000!!" then the game ended.

-edit- Also, it was dropped off the VERY last soldier I killed. Literally...everyone else was dead.

And if you don't hunt down the wish granter, you'll have literally 100 more enemies to kill with that thing... so many I got fucking sick of it.

[GusButts]

I'm just seeing a lot of bandits right now.

Too fucking many bandits.

I think I killed 1200 bandits right now and I'm at the beginning of the game, I just found an AN-94 off a random Spetsnaz guy that was wandering randomly alone for nothing at all. Yay.

[Enforcer]

I love the bandits. They're so easy to kill.

I've won like 8 arena matches already, it's the best part of the game!

[GusButts]

I won two and got bored.

[PsychoMantis]

Needless to say... but I'll say it anyways, the best part of this game is that it left me for a hankering for some fallout.

So I played fallout instead. Fuck you GSC.

[GrosPoisson]

I love the bandits. They're so easy to kill.

I've won like 8 arena matches already, it's the best part of the game!

How the hell do you beat those OMON guys or whatever? I keep drilling them with the Obokan and AP ammo they give me, but they just seem to shrug off all the headshots and just hose me with their AS Vals or whatever silenced rifles they're using.

[Pltcl Sniper]

too bad you don't get it till the end of the game unless you're a cheating faggot

you can edit the files to make so it appears as a random weapon in the traders invintory, along with some of the weapons they didnt include.

[Lusty_Muffins]

Just played a small LAN game. Pretty fun stuff! I wasn't expecting the multiplayer to be any good but I had a blast.

[Bone_Vulture]

And if you don't hunt down the wish granter, you'll have literally 100 more enemies to kill with that thing... so many I got fucking sick of it.

Yeah, I think that was the "what the fuck is this shit" part for me.

[Bone_Vulture]

Well, I guess the game has some replay value... first time around it was a bit too easy, as I had uncovered a modified Tunder (that neatly used the 5.45 caliber) very early in the game.

[edit]

Wait a sec, you can purchase one from the first trader? That makes the game slightly too easy.

[GusButts]

I want all the cool guns but without modifying the game. :(

[PsychoMantis]

I want dynamic lighting and the game to be harder without being more frustrating. I installed the realism mod then discovered it doesn't work with the new patch so thus I had to uninstall Stalker and now download it again because I used Direct 2 Drive.

This game is like a kinky girlfriend that just makes the sex uncomfortable but fun at the same time. I don't get why I play it.

[Enforcer]

It's not that bad without the realism mods. Plus, theres no chance in hell I'm playing the first release, it was buggy as hell.

[Enforcer]

How the hell do you beat those OMON guys or whatever? I keep drilling them with the Obokan and AP ammo they give me, but they just seem to shrug off all the headshots and just hose me with their AS Vals or whatever silenced rifles they're using.

They were actually the hardest. I saved it right when the round started, then again when I killed one of them and then when I left. I loaded those saves like 100,000 times. The key is to be as sneaky as possible and try to make them lose their attention on you. Then you get as CLOSE as you can and unload. But make sure they're separated at the time.

[GusButts]

I'm playing the first release because if I patch, I'll lose all my saved games. :rolleyes:

[Captain Colon]

What are you talking about? Without the realism mods it's realistic in all the wrong ways and arcadey in all the wrong ways, so it gets unfun really fast. I play with the realism and artifact mods on master and it's really fun, sans crashing.

[GusButts]

Wow the Duty guys are after me now. I fucking helped them in the army warehouses and I didn't kill ANY of them but they still want me dead.

Fucking piece of shit game.

[GrosPoisson]

Almost all the Duty guys and some of the loners in the Bar are now all hostile towards me after I finished the X16 quest. The part I don't understand is that just before I entered the Bar from the Wild Territory, I ran into a Duty patrol that was neutral towards me and I didn't do anything to make them hostile.

I even tried talking to that one Duty guard in front of their base in the Bar, and he still opened fire on me. Any idea on how to fix this?

[GusButts]

I installed the patch and it made me start the game over anyways.

Now I'm making a lot of different saves just in case shit happens, so I can go back easily.

[Enforcer]

X18 labs weren't that scary. It was like "THIS RESEMBLES SOMETHING.....ROFL DOOM". Until I saw the poltergiest and blew it away with a GL.

Can't wait for X16 labs!

[GrosPoisson]

X16 has a fun type of mutant I've dubbed "Joseph the Friendly Mutant," only because he's anything but. You'll see what I mean when you get there.

[GusButts]

Is there a way to go into the center of Yantar lake without getting owned by the emissions?

Also, I've been playing STALKER with Men Without Hats - Safety Dance playing in the background, it made the game much more enjoyable.

[marty]

You don't actually lose your saves!

I figured it out -- the patch changes a profile and the profile changes the save directory

The first one was messed up so they corrected it...

The pre-patch (and mod) profile points to:

C:\Documents and Settings\all users.windows\documents\stalker-shoc

The post-patch profile points to:

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\STALKER-SHOC

Just move things from the first to the second. Don't overwrite, just rename.