S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Series Megathread: "A Typical Day In The Zone" - Games

[t]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/19779215/Photos/STALKER/Thread/banner.png[/t] -Banner courtesy of Rikimaru! [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.[/I] -Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky [img]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/19779215/Photos/STALKER/Thread/619965916dw.pngp[/img] [B]Welcome to the zone.[/B] The [I]S.T.A.L.K.E.R.[/I] Series is made up of three [I]official[/I] games as of now, [URL="http://www.stalker-game.com/en/"]Shadow of Chernobyl[/URL], [URL="http://cs.stalker-game.com/"]Clear Sky[/URL], [URL="http://cop.stalker-game.com/"]Call of Pripyat[/URL] and the recently launched additional expansion, [URL="http://www.moddb.com/mods/lost-alpha"]Lost Alpha[/URL] (not official). 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 more in-depth information I recommend taking a look at the individual game websites highlighted above, or if you don't mind spoilers you may also take a look at the [URL="http://stalker.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page"]Stalker Wiki[/URL]. [img]http://i40.tinypic.com/28nwv7.jpg[/img] [img]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/19779215/Photos/STALKER/Thread/Stalker_dawdawd007.png[/img] There is a plethora of different modifications for all of the [I]S.T.A.L.K.E.R[/I] games, some are just minor tweaks but others provide a vastly different experience. You can go on and find one that interests you or just ask in the thread! Beware of mods like Complete that advertise to only "enhance" the vanilla experience, this is not true. The mods change certain aspects of the game that would otherwise not be in the vanilla version of the games, so please play vanilla first and THEN enjoy those mods. Here are a few websites that you can visit to find Stalker mods: [URL="http://stalker.filefront.com/"]Stalker Filefront[/URL], [URL="http://www.moddb.com/"]ModDB[/URL], and the [URL="https://sites.google.com/site/stalkermodlist"]Facepunch Mod Repository[/URL]. (Please PM the OP if there are any other sites you would like to have added!) [B]Mega mod repositories (SoC, CS and CoP)[/B] [I]>S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow Of Chernobyl[/I] [url]https://mega.co.nz/#F!d9JWAKhY!5bz-uoKeoCfjOajIOtjrCg[/url] [I]>Backup S.T.A.L.K.E.R. SoC Repository[/I] [url]https://mega.co.nz/#F!rQN2lY5Y!E0JvZQq9CCS_9wuaQvVaOg[/url] [I]>S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky[/I] [url]https://mega.co.nz/#F!rJsCXbQS!TP8rAke0EJMDSjDtTg8Xmg[/url] [I]>S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Call Of Pripyat[/I] [url]https://mega.co.nz/#F!ZEwSWLrY!Q2of8E5UwS4iY7suAIdr7w[/url] [url]https://mega.co.nz/#F!CBERxLrb!a7hDfSxns-sgNZmh_UsJAA[/url] [I]>Oblivion Lost Remake[/I] [url]http://pastebin.com/ABmCCtrz[/url] [I]>DMMAE Extended[/I] [url]http://pastebin.com/mVTiZwqH[/url] [I]>Lost Alpha[/I] [url]https://mega.co.nz/#F!nJEUgaKS!UdZXAwzMWmtjwfn_dFM3dg[/url] [I]>Old Builds (dated from June 1st, 2002)[/I] [url]https://mega.co.nz/#F!kFtnBTSb!K-RlA1TVxlJGl86yE1c6fw[/url] [B]- Added by Koma.[/B] >Standalone Repacks - All three games, three major versions of ShoC and Stalkersoup - fully portable. >Also includes localization files for all three games - voiceover and text files - in 4 languages (polish, english, russian, ukrainian) [URL="https://steamcommunity.com/linkfilter/?url=https://mega.co.nz/#F%21Ql5CSLxb%21gNkfqg-xAUfYezLuMaFtYQ"] https://mega.co.nz/#F!Ql5CSLxb!gNkfqg-xAUfYezLuMaFtYQ[/URL] [B]Other sites:[/B] [URL="http://kocayine.ru/photorealistic/"]Photorealistic Zone Texture Pack by Argus[/URL] [URL="http://rasputinator.com/blog/mod-lists/s-t-a-l-k-e-r-shoc-list/"]List of preferred SoC mods[/URL] [URL="http://rasputinator.com/blog/mod-lists/s-t-a-l-k-e-r-cs-list/"]List of preferred CS mods[/URL] [URL="http://rasputinator.com/blog/mod-lists/s-t-a-l-k-e-r-cop-list/"]List of preferred CoP mods[/URL] [B]>BugTrap, crash to desktop, freeze/lockup? Find your crash log.[/B] Check your Documents or game install directories for the xray_[your name].log file. If you can't find it, look in the location specified at the top of fsgame.ltx. Copy the last few lines from the log and paste them here if you want any help. [B]>The Zone Manual: Every Mod You'll Ever Need for the True Ukrainian Experience[/B] [url]http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=121125400[/url] [B]>Pasta summaries, streamer listing, backup and more[/B] [url]http://cheeki.violates.me/[/url] [B]>STALKER General Steam Group - Join chat and ask for an invite![/B] [url]http://steamcommunity.com/groups/BroZone[/url] [IMG]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/19779215/Photos/STALKER/Thread/dwdwdwdwdwd.png[/IMG] Q: [B]What order should I play these games in? [/B]I'd recommend playing them in the order they were released, SoC - CS - CoP - LA. [U] Doing it any other way may [B]ruin[/B] certain game experiences or spoil the story![/U] Q: [B]I just bought these games is there anything I should install right off the bat?[/B] A: For Shadow of Chernobyl you could install [URL="https://dl.dropbox.com/u/41052015/FPSTALKER_StarterPackSoC_1.0.rar"]the Facepunch Starter pack[/URL] if you really need to, and for Clear Sky install [URL="http://stalker.filefront.com/file/Sky_Reclamation_Project;104153"]The Clear Sky Reclamation Project[/URL]. These are community bug fixes that will make your experience with the games more pleasant. Call of Pripyat on the other hand is the most stable build of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. so far and only requires to be on the latest patch. Other than this don't install anything else, playing mods on your first playthrough is not encouraged. [U][I][B]PLEASE don't use STALKER Complete.[/B][/I][/U] Use [URL="http://www.metacognix.com/files/stlkrsoc/"]ZRP[/URL] if you really want to have a bugfree experience. Q: [B]How do I install these mods?[/B] A: First get to the directory for the game you want to install the stuff in - [B]Steam[/B]: "C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common" - In the common folder the games will be in their own folders. [B]Shadow of Chernobyl[/B]: "C:\Program Files\THQ\S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - Shadow of Chernobyl" [B]Clear Sky[/B]: "C:\Program Files\Deep Silver\S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - Clear Sky" [B]Call of Pripyat[/B]: "C:\Program Files\bitComposer Games\S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - Call of Pripyat" If you're running a 64-bit OS then go to the (x86) portion of your program files. Depending on what you're installing it's most likely going be a folder named "gamedata", just toss that into the main directory. Also go into the "fsgame.ltx" file and open it in notepad, then go the the line game_data and make it look like this: $game_data$ = true|true|$fs_root$|gamedata\ Q:[B]How do I reduce/get rid of this annoying headbob?! [/B] A: Open the console with tilde - type 'cam_inert x' where: x = 0 to 1 0 = least headbob [IMG]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/19779215/Photos/STALKER/Thread/a25awdad30.png[/IMG] [URL="https://dl.dropbox.com/u/19779215/Photos/STALKER/Thread/x6c5mc.png"]Facepunch Stalkers 2011[/URL], [URL="https://dl.dropbox.com/u/19779215/Photos/STALKER/Thread/yeah.jpg"]Facepunch Stalkers 2009[/URL]. Here's a link to the [URL="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17631572/xray-cop-sdk-setup.exe"]Call of Pripyat SDK[/URL], courtesy of Glitch360! You can access the Zone Survival Guide through [URL="http://www.zsg.dk/"]here[/URL]. The infamous artist Crisis made a compilation of all his work [URL="http://www.facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=867476&p=19216337#post19216337"]here[/URL]. Another great artist Raiskauskone made a compilation [URL="http://www.eurostalker.co.uk/stalker-campfire/common-stories-in-the-form-of-art-t20.html"]here[/URL] as well! SibilantJoe's adventure into the zone that exists in real life! Check it out knowing that many of us may never visit there, here's the [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"]link[/URL]! [IMG]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/19779215/Photos/STALKER/Thread/lined.png[/IMG] And as always... [IMG]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/19779215/Photos/STALKER/Thread/Sidorovich_HQ2.jpg[/IMG]

Any way of fixing Rasputinator?

[QUOTE=Daemon White;46923138]Any way of fixing Rasputinator?[/QUOTE] Come again :v:

I claim this thread for the Monolith. [t]http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120909163900/stalker/images/5/5b/SCS_Monolith_Patch.png[/t]

[QUOTE=Beacon;46923190]I claim this thread for the Monolith. [t]http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120909163900/stalker/images/5/5b/SCS_Monolith_Patch.png[/t][/QUOTE] All hail the mighty monolith.

[QUOTE=LoNer1;46923079][URL="http://rasputinator.com/blog/mod-lists/s-t-a-l-k-e-r-shoc-list/"]List of preferred SoC mods[/URL] [URL="http://rasputinator.com/blog/mod-lists/s-t-a-l-k-e-r-cs-list/"]List of preferred CS mods[/URL] [URL="http://rasputinator.com/blog/mod-lists/s-t-a-l-k-e-r-cop-list/"]List of preferred CoP mods[/URL][/QUOTE] These links are broken, the site is "rasputinator.com"

[QUOTE=Daemon White;46923241]These links are broken, the site is "rasputinator.com"[/QUOTE] Oh whelp. I think it's been too long. If the site is gone, so are the preferred mod lists. Anyone else has a backup?

Yeah, his blog's been down for [I]years[/I]. Best to just remove the links from OP, I feel. [editline]14th January 2015[/editline] also, hello, new thread, claimed for Clear Sky, etc

[QUOTE=Etcetera;46923264]Yeah, his blog's been down for [I]years[/I]. Best to just remove the links from OP, I feel. [editline]14th January 2015[/editline] also, hello, new thread, claimed for Clear Sky, etc[/QUOTE] I wish I could edit the OP. Gives me a blank editor

Message one of the mods when the drama over the redesign dies down and see if you can get them to change it. Try Gunfox or Banned User, they post in here occasionally iirc.

[QUOTE=LoNer1;46923284]I wish I could edit the OP. Gives me a blank editor[/QUOTE] Reply to yourself, copy it, then paste and edit.

[QUOTE=Etcetera;46923321]Message one of the mods when the drama over the redesign dies down and see if you can get them to change it. Try Gunfox or Banned User, they post in here occasionally iirc.[/QUOTE] Thanks Etc. Also, I've been meaning to ask ... Do you have any insight on the developments of LURK (or the 'project' Mill launched, with whatever name it has now) on UE4?

garry nuked FP. Caught me off guard, thought I was banned. Anyway, fresh start.

Gunslinger when? [editline]13th January 2015[/editline] Also hail the monolith.

[QUOTE=LoNer1;46923355]Thanks Etc. Also, I've been meaning to ask ... Do you have any insight on the developments of LURK (or the 'project' Mill launched, with whatever name it has now) on UE4?[/QUOTE] Not really. Chatted with PanzerDraco before Christmas about an unrelated topic and asked a few questions about the new project, but they're playing their cards very close to their chest right now.

[QUOTE=Daemon White;46923138]Any way of fixing Rasputinator?[/QUOTE] I didn't think I was that broken. :v: And yeah I was wondering why my old lists were still in the OP after all this time.

[QUOTE=Etcetera;46923418]Not really. Chatted with PanzerDraco before Christmas about an unrelated topic and asked a few questions about the new project, but they're playing their cards very close to their chest right now.[/QUOTE] Guess waiting is all we can do, then. Thanks man. I haven't got a reply from mill on skype, hence my curiosity.

[QUOTE=Rasputinator;46923456]I didn't think I was that broken. :v: And yeah I was wondering why my old lists were still in the OP after all this time.[/QUOTE] Oh hey! You're still alive! I thought the zone claimed you :v:

I am still alive! I still lurk stalker threads occasionally. (Mostly waiting for Redux and Gunslinger...) To be honest, I still think about resurrecting my mod lists, they were quite popular at one stage. I could put new versions on Steam Guides or something.

Hell yeah, [B]SGM 3.0[/B] soon! [t]http://j-p-g.net/if/2013/11/03/0334212001383496303.jpg[/t] Crafting. [t]http://i.minus.com/ibzGSHGr9iED2m.jpg[/t] Skill trees with lots of perks. [video=youtube;qSRdvYl0IYc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSRdvYl0IYc[/video]

kind of a crappy time for threads to go down

reposting the improved translation for OLR 2.5 [url]https://mega.co.nz/#!pcFX3KZI!n3WyJOwunoO-j4Z1Ju1zR5jxhdaTOyfbXGSFepmvGcw[/url]

[QUOTE=Hammer7;46923751]Hell yeah, [B]SGM 3.0[/B] soon! [t]http://j-p-g.net/if/2013/11/03/0334212001383496303.jpg[/t] Crafting. [t]http://i.minus.com/ibzGSHGr9iED2m.jpg[/t] Skill trees with lots of perks. [video=youtube;qSRdvYl0IYc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSRdvYl0IYc[/video][/QUOTE] Any idea when its going to be out?

[QUOTE=kiloy;46924652]Any idea when its going to be out?[/QUOTE] No release date atm but this year for sure.

Finished CoP. Got a satisfying ending [sp]except for the part where everyone in the skadovsk died, lol[/sp]

Anyone who's touched survarium recently? Does it still have horrible ping? Also. I held back posting 'till I had the chance to post my 1000th post here, while still being relevant :v:

[QUOTE=Sunkite;46924886]Anyone who's touched survarium recently? Does it still have horrible ping? Also. I held back posting 'till I had the chance to post my 1000th post here, while still being relevant :v:[/QUOTE] I believe they recently came out with EU servers.

OGSE when?

tomorrow, if you speak russian

Been playing through SOC, having a good time. Although, it is really annoying when I kill a bandit in a later zone, and then he gives me info to a stash in the very first zone in the game. Then I make my way all the way back there and find a shitty bandit coat.