S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Series Megathread: Full of Delicous Edition - Games

[QUOTE=MrBob1337;21820425][b]Is it a bad thing that I cut the entire Freedom base[/b] down ('cept for Max, he's sleeping off the bullet holes in the middle of a lawn) because I was bored, intending to save into another slot. And then saved over my normal one? With the other save being several weeks old?[/QUOTE] That's all i needed to read to reply with no.

[QUOTE=MrBob1337;21820425]Is it a bad thing that I cut the entire Freedom base down ('cept for Max, he's sleeping off the bullet holes in the middle of a lawn) because I was bored, intending to save into another slot. And then saved over my normal one? With the other save being several weeks old?[/QUOTE] Yeah D: Freedomers take it easy, they support the free access to the zone and researching of the zone. Dutyers are just military stalkers who want to kill everything, thinking like that is just stupid.

This is the story of Tolik, the most badass loner. [release] 2:08 PM - Pray_For_Snow: WHAT THE HELL, ALL THE ROOKIES IN THE CAMP ARE SITTING AROUND STILL 2:08 PM - Pray_For_Snow: damnit 2:08 PM - Pray_For_Snow: caps lock isn't fun 2:08 PM - Pray_For_Snow: well, stuck shift keys 2:09 PM - Pray_For_Snow: oh shit here come the mercs 2:10 PM - Pray_For_Snow: and most of the rookies are still in the camp 2:10 PM - MatroK: Mercs what 2:10 PM - MatroK: Those are military you shtoopid canoly 2:10 PM - Pray_For_Snow: no, the mission you get after returning to Cordon 2:10 PM - Pray_For_Snow: in SoC 2:10 PM - MatroK: Oh 2:10 PM - Pray_For_Snow: where Wolf has left 2:11 PM - MatroK: fffff I hated that part 2:11 PM - Pray_For_Snow: and "Fanatic" 2:11 PM - Pray_For_Snow: asks you to kill the Mercs 2:11 PM - Pray_For_Snow: and he hides the rookies 2:11 PM - Pray_For_Snow: there's one playing a harmonica right next to the campfire still 2:11 PM - Pray_For_Snow: what the shit 2:11 PM - MatroK: :patriot: 2:11 PM - Pray_For_Snow: and the mercs are already in the camp 2:11 PM - Pray_For_Snow: wait, he stopped and stood up 2:11 PM - MatroK: WE SHALL NOT, WE SHALL NOT BE MOVED 2:12 PM - Pray_For_Snow: and went back to playing 2:12 PM - Pray_For_Snow: holy shit 2:12 PM - Pray_For_Snow: a merc is walking by him 2:12 PM - MatroK: Harmonica death metal 2:12 PM - Pray_For_Snow: literally the merc can throw a bolt at the rookie 2:13 PM - Buddie: Hah 2:13 PM - Pray_For_Snow: and now he stands up when the mercs bumop him 2:13 PM - Pray_For_Snow: and he pulled his pistol 2:13 PM - Pray_For_Snow: and started shooting 2:13 PM - Pray_For_Snow: HOLY SHITTING DICK NIPPLES 2:13 PM - Buddie: bumop 2:13 PM - Pray_For_Snow: HE KILLED TWO MERCS 2:13 PM - obsessed: Give that man a fucking medal 2:13 PM - Buddie: IM PLAYING MY HARMONICA HERE YOU FUCKS 2:14 PM - Pray_For_Snow: and now i failed because it seems that fanatic has died 2:14 PM - MatroK: THERES A LONER SHOOT HIM 2:14 PM - MatroK: *merc shoots loner* 2:14 PM - MatroK: ... 2:14 PM - MatroK: YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE THAT 2:14 PM - Pray_For_Snow: what the fuck grenades are blowing up everywhere 2:14 PM - MatroK the loner begins to play the music of the underworld 2:14 PM - Buddie: laser grenades? 2:14 PM - MatroK: WHAT YOU SEE 2:14 PM - MatroK: IS NOT IMAGINATION 2:14 PM - MatroK: OR FANTASY 2:14 PM - MatroK: YOU SEE THE VERY CRACK OF HELL ITSELF 2:15 PM - MatroK: DIE MERCS, BURN FOR YOUR GREED 2:15 PM - MatroK: YOUR SINS 2:15 PM - Buddie: quality crack man 2:15 PM - MatroK: AND MAY GOD HAVE MERCY ON YOU BECAUSE I WON'T[/release]

[B]Redux Article[/B]: [url=http://www.moddb.com/mods/call-of-pripyat-redux/news/stalker-call-of-pripyat-redux-bringing-life-to-the-dead-city]Bringing Life to the Dead City[/url]

Which is worth installing more, COP Or SHOC? Unless i fuck around with GMod content i can only install one.

[QUOTE=Thorny;21823168][B]Redux Article[/B]: [url=http://www.moddb.com/mods/call-of-pripyat-redux/news/stalker-call-of-pripyat-redux-bringing-life-to-the-dead-city]Bringing Life to the Dead City[/url][/QUOTE] Sounds cool. I hope you're also going to adjust weathers in Pripyat. That close to the CNPP, shit should be dark+chaotic. Pripyat in SoC felt extremely dangerous all the time. [editline]04:43PM[/editline] [QUOTE=Drsalvador;21823258]Which is worth installing more, COP Or SHOC? Unless i fuck around with GMod content i can only install one.[/QUOTE] ShoC.

COP really, it's got more polish. But then again SHOC has all the mods.

[QUOTE=Thorny;21823168][B]Redux Article[/B]: [url=http://www.moddb.com/mods/call-of-pripyat-redux/news/stalker-call-of-pripyat-redux-bringing-life-to-the-dead-city]Bringing Life to the Dead City[/url][/QUOTE] Any closer to completion?

[QUOTE=Melnek;21817169]P. sure you got booted for being a massive prick, saying everyone that liked that bloodfucker fad was an idiot.[/QUOTE] And I feel the same way. I snickered the first time but Jesus Christ that shit went on and on and on and on and on some more. It felt like you guys almost felt obligated to like that shit again and again because the person who drew it posted on these boards. I hope you guys don't withhold negative opinions about L.U.R.K. because I'm here.

I certainly don't.

[QUOTE=Zezibesh;21824572]I certainly don't.[/QUOTE] Well you could certainly be a little more eloquent with your wording and a little more descriptive about your opinions.

Simple text from a simple man. Yeah I'll improve my criticism the next time I complain about something.

I don't think anyone would deny lurk as a very thought out mod, the only way i can see anybody complain about it in any way is that it's too hard, and to those people i have one question: "why are you playing stalker?" It's a niche game for people who like to outlive their environment, instead of just running around very linear maps doing objectives. Lurk is to me an expansion and an enhancement to vanilla ShoC. I appreciate it very much. This is the reason that lurk holds the place for best mod in my opinion. Descriptive enough?

I mostly complain about the accuracy of the weapons, and some of the models. The AN-94 model (for example) is simply terrible and I hope it's fixed in 1.whateveristhenextversion. The CS model would be nice. Gun accuracy was whack too but that's apparently getting fixed.

[QUOTE=Blaberry;21824774]Descriptive enough?[/QUOTE] Well, what I was referring to was Zezibesh having some qualms with some of the things in L.U.R.K., and how I would appreciate him being a little more specific about his qualms so that I could actually learn something from it instead of just knowing his opinion on it, which doesn't do either of us much good. I appreciate the kind words though nonetheless. [editline]06:20PM[/editline] [QUOTE=Zezibesh;21824951]The AN-94 model (for example) is simply terrible and I hope it's fixed in 1.1[/QUOTE] The CS model for the AN94 is the same as the SHOC model. My only qualm is that it's mirrored, otherwise I completely agree that the model in L.U.R.K. 1.0522 is a muddle jagged piece of garbage. I would like to rip the Bad Company 2 model but I highly doubt the project is still obscure enough anymore to be able to escape any law issues, especially considering it's EA. GSC generally doesn't give a fuck, which is probably why I got away with jacking grass sprites from CS, but we decided to make our own afterward anyways.

GSC are too drunk, lololo

Well if you want me to elaborate those points, here we go: The AN-94 model. The iron sights were shit. Too dark (yes, I did up gamma and brightness), can barely see through them and there's too much shit around the sights so you can't see your targets very well. The real life sights are better of course. Gun accuracy; I've given this example before, but here we go: I was at the Dark Valley, after saving the Duty guy from the bandits, maybe 50 meters away from the guard tower where the first bandit guard is standing. I low crouch, take aim with the SIG that's equipped with a scope, and fire in semi-auto mode. Three shots, none of them even close. Maybe a 3 meter spread from a 50 meter distance. Tell me that's not bullshit. [editline]04:26AM[/editline] About GSC not giving a fuck, yeah they're pretty cool. Allowing the usage of the alpha maps, don't care about distributing sound files around, etc.

What is this Ceano's reduced HUD mod I keep reading about?

[QUOTE=Zezibesh;21825108]About GSC not giving a fuck, yeah they're pretty cool. Allowing the usage of the alpha maps[/QUOTE] Why would they care about Alpha maps? They never commercialized that shit, why would they care if the content is being used in their own games? Anyways GSC does give a fuck about some things actually, I was mostly getting at security through obscurity, I use CS shaders, in the same way SKY4CE did for SHoC, and he had to take it down because GSC wasn't cool with him porting shit from CS to SHOC, which got me nervous because in 1.0552 I have taken lots of resources from CS.

[QUOTE=Zezibesh;21825108]Well if you want me to elaborate those points, here we go: The AN-94 model. The iron sights were shit. Too dark (yes, I did up gamma and brightness), can barely see through them and there's too much shit around the sights so you can't see your targets very well. The real life sights are better of course. Gun accuracy; I've given this example before, but here we go: I was at the Dark Valley, after saving the Duty guy from the bandits, maybe 50 meters away from the guard tower where the first bandit guard is standing. I low crouch, take aim with the SIG that's equipped with a scope, and fire in semi-auto mode. Three shots, none of them even close. Maybe a 3 meter spread from a 50 meter distance. Tell me that's not bullshit. [editline]04:26AM[/editline] About GSC not giving a fuck, yeah they're pretty cool. Allowing the usage of the alpha maps, don't care about distributing sound files around, etc.[/QUOTE] I agree with the AN-94 model the sights feel a bit too bulky. Though I've never had that problem with the SIG. Try a different weapon and see how it handles?

They still made the content, and if they hadn't released the Alpha stuff like they did, they could have used it in later games.

[QUOTE=Zezibesh;21825322]They still made the content, and if they hadn't released the Alpha stuff like they did, they could have used it in later games.[/QUOTE] Who's to say they can't use it later? They cut out Buhrers and Chimera's and Rats and left it as abortion data in SoC, but they still made their way into Call of Pripyat later on.

[QUOTE=holdenmcclure;21824551]And I feel the same way. I snickered the first time but Jesus Christ that shit went on and on and on and on and on some more. It felt like you guys almost felt obligated to like that shit again and again because the person who drew it posted on these boards. I hope you guys don't withhold negative opinions about L.U.R.K. because I'm here.[/QUOTE] Not at all. The person that was drawing bloodfuckers was a good friend of ours. And it just seemed pretty disrespectful that someone would insult and whine about it every time it was even slightly mentioned just because said person is easily offended. If you don't like it, scroll past it. Simple as that.

[QUOTE=Melnek;21825423]Not at all. The person that was drawing bloodfuckers was a good friend of ours. And it just seemed pretty disrespectful that someone would insult and whine about it every time it was even slightly mentioned just because said person is easily offended. If you don't like it, scroll past it. Simple as that.[/QUOTE] i agree with mr. lenin there

Ah, found it. [editline]09:47PM[/editline] Question 2: Any graphic upgrades for Call of Pripyat? I'm not really finding any.

[QUOTE=venn177;21825476]Ah, found it. [editline]09:47PM[/editline] Question 2: Any graphic upgrades for Call of Pripyat? I'm not really finding any.[/QUOTE] AtmosFear

Image dump from last night's raid: Poor guys. I was contracted to kill ALL of them. [URL="http://i.imgur.com/wg5pW.jpg"][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/wg5pWs.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Fucking ghosts! [URL="http://i.imgur.com/6apcZ.jpg"][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/6apcZs.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://i.imgur.com/cWz3I.jpg"][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/cWz3Is.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://i.imgur.com/U7Vhl.jpg"][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/U7Vhls.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://i.imgur.com/w27rR.jpg"][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/w27rRs.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://i.imgur.com/EHlTd.jpg"][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/EHlTds.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://i.imgur.com/7CvAs.jpg"][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/7CvAss.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Snipers. He was actually scanning the ground for movement, left to right. [URL="http://i.imgur.com/5aaUg.jpg"][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/5aaUgs.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

I don't recognize that PDA, which mod?

[QUOTE=Melnek;21825423]And it just seemed pretty disrespectful that someone would insult and whine about it every time it was even slightly mentioned just because said person is easily offended. If you don't like it, scroll past it. Simple as that.[/QUOTE] I don't disagree with anything you posted. I never made a point posted about not liking the illustrations when they were being posted, and I simply scrolled along exactly as you said when it was posted. If I were to say anything negative about it I would do it in a constructive manner, but I abstained from any such activity because I didn't feel like shitting on anyone's parade, regardless of how stupid I thought it was. I wasn't around for this individual being removed of mod status, and I can't say whether or not his behavior was inflammatory or not, but if he was making a giant fuss and being pointlessly condescending and angry about the whole thing then I would feel inclined to agree that such behavior shouldn't be tolerated. I fit into the gray area I guess, I don't like it but I don't hate it and it doesn't really annoy or anger me either, and I certainly hope that we can be comfortable enough with each other as good friends as you say, as to be comfortable with criticism and comments in the same way siblings would.

[QUOTE=holdenmcclure;21825260]Why would they care about Alpha maps? They never commercialized that shit, why would they care if the content is being used in their own games? Anyways GSC does give a fuck about some things actually, I was mostly getting at security through obscurity, I use CS shaders, in the same way SKY4CE did for SHoC, and he had to take it down because GSC wasn't cool with him porting shit from CS to SHOC, which got me nervous because in 1.0552 I have taken lots of resources from CS.[/QUOTE] What? Haven't they said repeatedly that they're OK with porting content across STALKER games?