S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Series Megathread: R.I.P. Kostya Polar Explorer

[Amez]

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[I]This is the way it is with the Zone: if you come back with swag - it's a miracle; if you come back alive - it's a success; if the patrol bullets miss you - it's a stroke of luck. And as for anything else - that's fate.

-Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky[/I]

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Welcome to the zone. The S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Series is made up of three games as of now, Shadow of Chernobyl, Clear Sky, and Call of Pripyat. Each game has its own set of unique experiences and features, and each game has a new twist upon the life of a Stalker.

The game series is based off of the Chernobyl Nuclear catastrophe, with it's own fictional additions. The zone is an irradiated hell hole that was formed after the second explosion at the powerplant, it's filled with anomalies and known to be home to deadly mutants. The zone is populated by scavengers nicknamed S.T.A.L.K.E.R's, which stands for "Scavenger, Trespasser, Adventurer, Loner, Killer, Explorer, Robber". There are also various other factions of stalkers which may be friendly, neutral, or hostile.

This is just a quick overview, for in depth information I recommend to go to the STALKER websites listed below. The Wiki is a bonus that holds extra information but does give away several spoilers.

- Good hunting S.T.A.L.K.E.R!

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:siren:[B]People new to this game must play the vanilla version of the game first! It's easier and it gives you some time to get ready for harder modifications![/B]:siren:

- Click on the images for the webpage/download link.

[B]S.T.A.L.K.E.R Shadow of Chernobyl mods:[/B]

[URL="http://www.moddb.com/mods/lurk"][IMG]http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/2594/lurkcopy.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

[URL="http://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-complete-2009"][IMG]http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/7927/stalkercompelte.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

[URL="http://stalker.filefront.com/file/Oblivion_Lost_22_for_1005;93039"][IMG]http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/8617/ol22copy.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

[URL="http://www.amk-team.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=480"][IMG]http://img535.imageshack.us/img535/1802/duty2bytamkfc627copy.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

[URL="http://www.moddb.com/mods/priboi-story"][IMG]http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/9224/priboistorydwacopy.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

[URL="http://www.moddb.com/mods/super-mod-pack/"][IMG]http://img535.imageshack.us/img535/1764/supermodpack01060144211.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

[B]S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky mods:[/B]

[URL="http://stalker.filefront.com/file/Spartan_1111_Mod;103575"][IMG]http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/2648/spartan11copyd.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

[url=http://www.moddb.com/mods/clear-sky-complete"][img]http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/2820/clearskycompelte.png[/img][/url]

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[URL="http://www.strategyinformer.com/pc/stalkerclearsky/mod/26928.html?details=1/"][IMG]http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/2905/dwadcomgq1copy.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

[B]S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Call of Pripyat mods:[/B]

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[B]Websites:[/B]

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[URL="http://stalker.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page"][IMG]http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l42/dav123200/800px-Bloodsucker_Laircopy.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

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- Epic comics made by Crisis! :D

[URL="http://www.facepunch.com/showpost.php?p=19216337&postcount=338"]Crisis's Art Compilation[/URL]

[URL="http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/6356/facepunchstalkersz.jpg"]Facepunch STALKERS '09[/URL]

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- Kingo's ultra-impressive modifications!

[URL="http://sites.google.com/site/kingo64ssite/"]Kingo's Website[/URL]

[URL="http://sites.google.com/site/kingo64ssite/Home/s-t-a-l-k-e-r---shadow-of-chernobyl/optimisation-guide"]Kingo's Optimization Guide[/URL]

[URL="http://sites.google.com/site/kingo64ssite/Home/optimised-game-shaders/stalker-shaders-max-cop"]Kingo's Shader Mod for Call of Pripyat[/URL]

[URL="http://sites.google.com/site/kingo64ssite/patched-exes/PatchedEXEFiles.rar?attredirects=0&d=1"]Kingo's Increased Maximum RAM mod[/URL]

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- Comic artist that draws comics that we all can relate to!

[url="http://www.facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=905087"]Raiskauskone's Comic Thread[/url]

[URL="http://www.facepunch.com/showpost.php?p=20106225&postcount=190"]Raiskauskone's Comic Compilation[/URL]

[bepassley]

now

[Mac2468]

Hey guys.

[Leon]

kostya polar explorer sucks
pasha polar explorer is cooler
cause he's still alive and roams the warehouses
EVEREHDAYE

[Zackin5]

Dammit I hate thread ending when I'm aware of them, They get my heart rate up.

Better to go see the eggheads, might can explain to this.

[MadCatMkII]

toasting in epic bread lulz

[funkwares]

Aaaannnd the thread slows down to normal speed again.

[MutantBadger]

Kostya Polar Explorer would've loved this...

[b]*grief*[/b]
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[Zackin5]

Better see who wears glasses, could explain this.

[Mac2468]

[QUOTE=Leon;22502909]kostya polar explorer sucks
pasha polar explorer is cooler
cause he's still alive and roams the warehouses
EVEREHDAYE[/QUOTE]

Have some respect for the dead you fascist.

[Zackin5]

Reading Russian translated via Google Translate make my brain feel like it's melting.

English with proper grammar seems to make less sense every time.

[MutantBadger]

The good thing that came out of that battle was that the Military literally exhausted their entire force. Now there's only a handful of guys at the waypoint.

They'll meet their buddies soon.

[Raiskauskone]

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[Leon]

oh
god

[Mac2468]

[b]KILL IT![/b]
z

[MAspiderface v2]

yay new thread :buddy:

[Raiskauskone]

lol should have pm'd it to Amez
oh well

[Amez]

I am holding myself down to my seat, you can't harm me women!

[MadCatMkII]

[QUOTE=Amez;22503121]I am holding myself down to my seat, you can't harm me women![/QUOTE]

You have a mouth, right...?

....

:q:

[Amez]

I have a gasmask on!

[Raiskauskone]

But I have hands~
I will tie you down to the chair, kick it down, make a hole to the... you can figure out the rest ;3

[40kplayer]

What. When did this happen.
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[famasfanalt]

Raiskauskone....Why?

[Raiskauskone]

Because I am

[famasfanalt]

Then your fucked good sir :golfclap:

[MagicBurrito]

oooooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

im serious next should be STALKER Series megathread: Get out of here Subtitles

[Kingo64]

Does the SoC SDK work with the Call of Pripyat files? I might make a particle physics mod for CoP as a proof of concept and for CPU benchmarking.

Also people with beasty rigs will be able to show off..... except me :C

[junker154]

Who is Kostya Polar Explorer?

[DeVotchKa]

So, i just got Redux. Wish me luck, fellow Stalkers.

[foxzone91]

[quote] my computer is high spec btw, enough to run crysis around high and have mediocre lag on very high settings...

An ATI Radeon HD 5850 w/1 GB is not shitty
a AMD Phetom II quad CPU with a speed of 3.02 GHz (also overclocked enough)
4 GB of DDR3 RAM is not shitty
Windows 7 64-bit that's also no shitty

so why am I getting lag on a high-priced and highly spec computer?

I've already uninstall the game, along with the mod... The Stalker games are not very good after I finished with Shadows of Chernobyl. [/quote]

Well I guess something is wrong with your PC...

My specs are:
Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 5770 @ 1GDDR5
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.4Ghz
4Gb DDR2 RAM (2 X 2GB DRR2 @ 800Mhz)
Windows 7 64-bit

STALKER Call of Pripyat runs pretty well maxed out with tesselation.
If you were using SGM mod, then the shitty performance is normal.