S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Series Megathread - We have death during loading - does Minecraft? - Games

[IMG]http://img827.imageshack.us/img827/7987/1801346png.png[/IMG] - Thank the bandit slaves in my basement for making this~ [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] [img_thumb]http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/7561/lined.png[/img_thumb] [img_thumb]http://a.imageshack.us/img809/8346/30253451adwcopy.jpg[/img_thumb] Welcome to the Zone, brother! The S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Series is currently made up of three games: 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 its own fictional additions. The zone is an irradiated hell hole that was formed after a fictional second explosion at the powerplant, it's filled with anomalies and known to be home to deadly mutants. The Zone is populated by people nicknamed S.T.A.L.K.E.Rs, which stands for "Scavenger, Trespasser, Adventurer, Loner, Killer, Explorer, Robber". Stalkers are divided into clans, each with their own ideals and goals, such as the anarchist Freedom faction or fanatic Monolith. This is just a quick overview, for more in-depth information I recommend heading over to the STALKER websites listed below. The Wiki is a fantastic resource that holds tons of extra information, but be careful about spoilers! - Good hunting S.T.A.L.K.E.R! [release][img_thumb]http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/7425/trainymiscard0005copy.png[/img_thumb] [B]Websites:[/B] [URL="http://soc.stalker-game.com/"][url=http://soc.stalker-game.com/][img_thumb]http://a.imageshack.us/img203/5281/shadowyf.jpg[/img_thumb] [/url] [/URL] [URL="http://cs.stalker-game.com/en/"][img_thumb]http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/1692/cstopfileawdawdscopy.jpg[/img_thumb][/URL] [URL="http://cop.stalker-game.com/"][img_thumb]http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l42/dav123200/top_zone_worldcopy.jpg[/img_thumb][/URL] [URL="http://stalker.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page"][img_thumb]http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l42/dav123200/800px-Bloodsucker_Laircopy.jpg[/img_thumb][/URL] [URL="http://stalker.filefront.com/"][img_thumb]http://img810.imageshack.us/img810/3205/hcopy.jpg[/img_thumb][/URL][/release] [release][B]Facepunch S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Artists[/B] [img_thumb]http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/985/criosios.jpg[/img_thumb] - Epic comics made by Crisis! :D [URL="http://www.facepunch.com/showpost.php?p=19216337&postcount=338"]Crisis's Art Compilation[/URL] [URL="http://redirectingat.com/?id=629X1198&xs=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fimg337.imageshack.us%2Fimg337%2F6356%2Ffacepunchstalkersz.jpg&sref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.facepunch.com%2Fshowthread.php%3Ft%3D973044"]Facepunch STALKERS '09[/URL] [img_thumb]http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/9053/kingrt.jpg[/img_thumb] - Comic artist that draws comics that we all can relate to! [URL="http://www.facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=905087"]Raiskauskone's Comic Thread *ARCHIVED*[/URL] [URL="http://www.facepunch.com/showpost.php?p=20106225&postcount=190"]Raiskauskone's Comic Post[/URL] [img_thumb]http://img703.imageshack.us/img703/621/bannerhic.png[/img_thumb] - Yeah what that says! [URL="http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/7163/stalkerbros201110.jpg"]Facepunch Stalker Bros 2011![/URL] [/release] [release][B]Facepunch S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Modders[/B] [img_thumb]http://img810.imageshack.us/img810/61/ssectionheader.png[/img_thumb] - One of our own and creator of some awesome must-have addons! [URL="http://sites.google.com/site/kingo64ssite/Home"]Kingo's Website[/URL] [URL="http://sites.google.com/site/kingo64ssite/Home/optimised-game-shaders"]Optimised Shaders for SoC, CS, and CoP[/URL] [URL="http://sites.google.com/site/kingo64ssite/Home/optimised-game-shaders/stalker-shaders-max---clear-sky"]Clear Sky Shaders![/URL] [URL="https://sites.google.com/site/kingo64ssite/Home/patched-exes"]Kingo's Patched EXEs to increase maximum RAM usage[/URL] [img_thumb]http://img585.imageshack.us/img585/423/thorny.png[/img_thumb] - Another one of our own and creator of the infamous Call of Pripyat: Redux mod! [URL="http://www.moddb.com/mods/call-of-pripyat-redux"]Call of Pripyat: Redux[/URL] [URL="http://www.moddb.com/mods/call-of-pripyat-redux/tutorials/creating-your-first-stalker-call-of-pripyat-mod"]Beacon's Basic CoP Modding Guide[/URL] [URL="http://www.moddb.com/mods/call-of-pripyat-redux/tutorials/a-guide-to-the-call-of-pripyat-sdk"]Beacon's Guide to using the Call of Pripyat SDK[/URL] [URL="http://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-way-of-the-wolf"]S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Way of the Wolf[/URL] [B] Sgt. Doom[/B] [URL="http://1337upload.net/files/fs_mod_merge_v0.7.rar"] Sgt. Doom's fantastic Total Faction Warfare-Freeplay merge mod for ShoC[/URL], [URL="http://1337upload.net/files/patch_071.rar"] and the latest patch[/URL] [/release] [release][B]Facepunch S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Writers[/B] [img_thumb]http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/4738/paravin.png[/img_thumb] - Here you can read stories by our all time favorite and somewhat creepy storytelling stalker, Paravin. Honestly these aren't even safe for viewing outside of work, you have been warned. [URL="http://www.facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=989914"]Paravin's Stories *ARCHIVED*[/URL] [B]You can also find numerous other STALKER fiction pieces written by Facepunchers at the [URL="http://eurostalker.co.uk/viewforum.php?f=8"]EuroStalker[/URL] forums![/B][/release] [release][img_thumb]http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/2107/usefulinfo.png[/img_thumb] [B]Zone Survival Guides[/B] - These are extremely helpful for anyone that might need some assistance or advice for playing the games listed below, if these don't help just ask one of us in the thread! [URL="http://cop.zsg.dk/"]Call Of Pripyat[/URL] [URL="http://www.zsg.dk/"]Shadow Of Chernobyl[/URL] [B]Hispano Patcher[/B] - [URL="http://redirectingat.com/?id=629X1198&xs=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdl.dropbox.com%2Fu%2F795329%2FSTALKERHispano_Patcher.rar&sref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.facepunch.com%2Fthreads%2F1034542-S.T.A.L.K.E.R.-Series-Megathread-We-have-a-TV-series-does-Minecraft%3Fp%3D27050825%23post27050825"]Hispano Patcher[/URL] is used to downgrade your version of the game to play mods that only work on earlier patches! [B]Call of Pripyat SDK[/B] - [URL="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17631572/xray-cop-sdk-setup.exe"]This[/URL] is a super-speedy link to the Call of Pripyat official Software Development Kit, courtesy of Glitch360's dropbox![/release] [release][B]Trip to the Zone[/B] [img_thumb]http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/201/px422.png[/img_thumb] - JoeSibilant's Artifacts from the Zone. He actually went to Chernobyl, and knowing that most of us can't go there this is as close to the zone you'll ever get! Check it out! [URL="http://www.facepunch.com/threads/1034447-S.T.A.L.K.E.R.-Series-Megathread-Now-with-a-TV-Series%21?p=26502115&viewfull=1#post26502115"]Trip to the Zone - Current[/URL] [URL="http://www.facepunch.com/showthread.php?p=23980770#post23980770"]Trip to the Zone *ARCHIVED*[/URL] He also wrote some stories! [URL="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11154130/We%20Buried%20Ourselves.pdf"]"We Buried Ourselves,"[/URL] a more factual story about the post-disaster cleanup in Chernobyl. [URL="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11154130/Exoskeleton.pdf"]"Exoskeleton,"[/URL] a tale of a rookie and some armor.[/release] [B]MOD REPOSITORY HERE! CHECK OUT BEFORE ASKING FOR MOD LINKS![/B] [B]MOD REPOSITORY HERE! CHECK OUT BEFORE ASKING FOR MOD LINKS![/B] [B]MOD REPOSITORY HERE! CHECK OUT BEFORE ASKING FOR MOD LINKS![/B] [release][B]The Mod Repository[/B] [img_thumb]http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/3681/repos.png[/img_thumb] - [URL="http://sites.google.com/site/stalkermodlist/"]Here[/URL] is the mod list. It's certainly not the best website ever but it does serve its purpose. PM [B]Amez[/B] if you want to have a mod added onto there! [B]ALWAYS[/B] check the repository before asking for mod download links -Blaberry also has a HUGE [URL="ftp://mcbasement.no-ip.org/stalker%20mods//"]mod list[/URL] - check it out if you can't find a mod on the Repository. Everything from People Soup to SGM Blackbyte on there for a speedy download! [/release] [B]Facepunch Stalker Bros 2011[/B] [img_thumb]http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/2341/sfinal.jpg[/img_thumb] Thanks Raiskauskone for this awesome edition of the FP Stalker Bros!

Who survived the blowout?

That new thread smell, and bandits seem to be killing me a lot.

Where are all the bloop bloops?

Yay for the new thread!

New thread, weeeeee.

Mmmm, I love the smell of a fresh new thread in the evening. Let's start where we left off: [img]http://www.vedvannkanten.com/Images/spillCSforester.jpg[/img] Scar's personal Vintorez storage.

Creds to Thorny and amez for letting me make the new thread :3:

[QUOTE=croguy;28949072]Mmmm, I love the smell of a fresh new thread in the evening. Let's start where we left off: [img_thumb]http://www.vedvannkanten.com/Images/spillCSforester.jpg[/img_thumb] Scar's personal Vintorez storage.[/QUOTE] He also has a man inside of his personal stora- Whoooooaaah.

[QUOTE=Blaberry;28949079]Creds to Thorny and amez for letting me make the new thread :3:[/QUOTE] At some point we're going to need a new layout for the OP, and more pictures

I think the topic of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. is getting really exhausted. I mean, I know the game can probably be played infinitely, but seriously, it's discussion must come to an end at some point?

Greetings fellow stalkers! Had to take cover in the Claw anomaly for that blowout. Snorsks everywhere!

[QUOTE=Wulfram;28949134]Greetings fellow stalkers! Had to take cover in the Claw anomaly for that blowout. Snorsks everywhere![/QUOTE] I took refuge inside of a shipping container with a Pseudogiant. Nice chap, really. Told riveting tales of his family back in Yanov.

[QUOTE=Wulfram;28949134]Greetings fellow stalkers! Had to take cover in the Claw anomaly for that blowout. Snorsks everywhere![/QUOTE] When I first played COP I didn't go to the Skadovsk straight away, then a blowout happened and I jumped down to where the car was in the anomaly. Skorsks scared the shit out of me

[QUOTE=myng;28949120]At some point we're going to need a new layout for the OP, and more pictures[/QUOTE] Also, isn't JoeSibilant's Trip to the Zone inaccessible? Like the whole subforum got nuked so either the stuff should be hosted somewhere else because I don't know why there has to be a broken link taunting us. Also, let's kick off "weirdest stalker fanart"-section, right ? A "Wall of Shame", if you will. This isn't really fitting but... [media]http://i.imgur.com/cMcL6.png[/media] [media]http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2010/122/c/7/__Comm___Ready_for_the_Ambush_by_katsuke_saito.jpg[/media] I seriously discourage opening the above link. Like, you'll lose your sanity. e: It's the picture Nerts(?) was threatening to post but didn't. :wtc: [QUOTE=antair;28949131]I think the topic of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. is getting really exhausted. I mean, I know the game can probably be played infinitely, but seriously, it's discussion must come to an end at some point?[/QUOTE] Eh, I disagree because there's always a new mod or a game coming out and there is a constant stream of new stalkers picking up the game and asking advice. Besides, the Zone's rich folklore allows for a lot of metagame discussion about the areas, characters etc. Especially since the exclusion zone is a very real and intriguing place, even if you're not terribly interested in the games.

[QUOTE=antair;28949131]I think the topic of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. is getting really exhausted. I mean, I know the game can probably be played infinitely, but seriously, it's discussion must come to an end at some point?[/QUOTE] no

[QUOTE=antair;28949131]I think the topic of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. is getting really exhausted. I mean, I know the game can probably be played infinitely, but seriously, it's discussion must come to an end at some point?[/QUOTE] If I can play the game at least every week for four years, there is no stopping this.

Doesn't LURK have multiple performance options? Which one is on Blaberrys repo?

[QUOTE=antair;28949131]I think the topic of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. is getting really exhausted. I mean, I know the game can probably be played infinitely, but seriously, it's discussion must come to an end at some point?[/QUOTE] According to your point threads like Homefront and TESV would already be long abandoned. In a game in which there is a lot to do there is a lot to be talked about, hence why we're running the megathreads for god-knows-how-long.

Highest settings. The options are in a separate folder. Might want to remake that archive with all the options.

It's about time I visit this megathread. So I bought SoC and CoP back in... October I'd say. I told myself I'd wait until I'd finished SoC to really get into CoP. But at this point I'm so eager to play CoP that I'm not even putting any effort into SoC, which is getting me nowhere. What do?

[QUOTE=Blaberry;28949284]Highest settings. The options are in a separate folder. Might want to remake that archive with all the options.[/QUOTE] Ok, and please do.

SoC is the best in the series, CoP is much too easy. Finish SoC first, because SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS.

[QUOTE=Andokool12;28949325]It's about time I visit this megathread. So I bought SoC and CoP back in... October I'd say. I told myself I'd wait until I'd finished SoC to really get into CoP. But at this point I'm so eager to play CoP that I'm not even putting any effort into SoC, which is getting me nowhere. What do?[/QUOTE] You dont need to play SoC before CoP if you don't want to. Everything is explained at the beginning of CoP story wise.

no matter what game you start with PLAY VANILLA FIRST!!!!!!

[QUOTE=Muukkis;28949200]I seriously discourage opening the above link. Like, you'll lose your sanity. e: It's the picture Nerts(?) was threatening to post but didn't.[/QUOTE] strelok-turning-into-a-statue.gif

[QUOTE=Blaberry;28949350]SoC is the best in the series, CoP is much too easy. Finish SoC first, because SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS.[/QUOTE] Eh, to each their own but I thought that SoC's true ending overexplained a [b]lot[/b] and ruined much of the Zone's mysticism. But you'll miss out on a lot if you don't play SoC into Pripyat at least because you don't get the references in CoP and spoil a lot of ShoC if you dive headfirst into CoP.

Who thinks I can beat lurk on master with only a moist nugget?

SKS > moist nugget. [editline]2nd April 2011[/editline] Oh and I do, I'm off-hand doing a run like that, but with an SKS.

Got a new computer which is infinitely better than my last. Maybe I can actually play SoC at a playable framerate