STALKER Mega-Thread; Clear Skies are Coming!
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This game is not the prettiest out there but it's certainly got some of the best atmosphere of any game.
I can feel fear completely out in the open with the sun shining - when you hear one too many snarls and one too few whimpers from blind dogs, when you realise there's another 5 bandits round that bend and you foolishly didn't stock up on ammo so have to make sure all 15 bullets count - let alone bloods.uckers, controllers, pseudogiants and the like. Doom 3 had to turn the lights off to make me as nervous.
There's so much more they could have done with it but well who wanted to wait another 5 years
I want a moped or something to scoot between areas quicker
I can feel fear completely out in the open with the sun shining - when you hear one too many snarls and one too few whimpers from blind dogs, when you realise there's another 5 bandits round that bend and you foolishly didn't stock up on ammo so have to make sure all 15 bullets count - let alone bloods.uckers, controllers, pseudogiants and the like. Doom 3 had to turn the lights off to make me as nervous.
There's so much more they could have done with it but well who wanted to wait another 5 years
I want a moped or something to scoot between areas quicker
I used to be quite nervous about going underground/to scary places when I first played Stalker. But now that I've done that once and now have to do it all again because of the non-awesome patch I'm slightly bored by the whole thing. I was chasing the blood****er in the first underground part with my knife out of sheer boredom.
How do I do that?
The only thing that bugs me in the gameplay is that friendly NPCs can push you as if you wore rollerblades. Ive been pushed out of cover like that several times fighting alongside with em, and it is SO ****ing annoying.
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\STALKER-SHOC\user.ltx
open it with wordpad and change the command line "snd_cache_size"
Presto!
How do you get it to do that? mine reverts back to 16 every time i launch the game, it wont stay at 48.
The stutters you mention are common. Just loading new areas. And my linked tweaks are for those who are forced to Static lighting since their hardware can't handle the normal dynamic lighting. IE: Me, who gets about 10fps with half dymanic, half static lighting on a 6800GT.
http://www.amazon.com/Stalker-Andre...0-0274342?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1175572035&sr=8-2
Anyone who even mildly enjoys the STALKER story or atmosphere must see this movie. After seeing it, you'll be able to see where the devs got the ideas for the three Stalker factions.
Anyone who even mildly enjoys the STALKER story or atmosphere must see this movie. After seeing it, you'll be able to see where the devs got the ideas for the three Stalker factions.
I finally beat the game. The ending I got reminded me of an ending to a Twilight Zone Episode. lol
I now downloaded the patch and started a new game on Master. This time i'm gonna expore big time.
I now downloaded the patch and started a new game on Master. This time i'm gonna expore big time.
Im running a 8800GTS and iv got everything on and it runs fine.
Best game yet
LOL has anyone found Freeman? Its pretty funny though his deagle is totaly ****.
Best game yet
LOL has anyone found Freeman? Its pretty funny though his deagle is totaly ****.
Found him, pretty funny.
The best handgun I think is the Colt, mainly because it has no stupid recoil animation liek the others and you can fire it fast and direct.
You can set it to 32, that appears to be the max it will allow (you can set it ingame using the console, just pull it down and type: snd_cache_size 32,32).
It seems to help a little bit, but it did not remove the stutters for me.. still, it all counts twords something, dun'it?
EDIT: Actually, the DE Freeman has uses .45 ACP, but not far from his corpse is a suitcase, break that open and you will find yet another DE, and that one uses 9x39mm and packs a serious punch
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I tried looking for a simple mod to enable the under-over hunting shotgun but could only find the Trader mod to enable it. It absolutely rules, I think it is my favourite gun in game =).
Mine was 24 to begin with and the 32 helps but not nearly enough. The strangest thing is that if I put it on 48 or 64 it runs great for 5 minutes and than suddenly goes back to stutter like it used to, as if it reverts back to 32 only after a while.
Pure awesomeness, I tried the -noprefetch switch and HUZZAH I can run the game in full dynamic lighting and med/high settings with minimal stuttering. This is a massive change from having it crash, freeze and barely run in DX8 static lighting mode.
I think the guy at tweakguides is dead right about the game overloading the memory with unneccesary things when it prefetches, with it off after an initial stuttery load of stuff at the start of a level it is so much more smooth it isn't funny.
I think the guy at tweakguides is dead right about the game overloading the memory with unneccesary things when it prefetches, with it off after an initial stuttery load of stuff at the start of a level it is so much more smooth it isn't funny.
The darker nights mod with 40m flashlight is definitely worth it. I'm not taking it up north without the sleep mod, though. No way in hell I'm humping through Pripyat or Yantar at night.
Someone's working on a dynamic anomaly mod, too. That combined with invisible anomalies should definitely make the bolts worth it. Its not very often someone comes back from the Zone alive, and its a miracle someone makes money from it.
Someone's working on a dynamic anomaly mod, too. That combined with invisible anomalies should definitely make the bolts worth it. Its not very often someone comes back from the Zone alive, and its a miracle someone makes money from it.