S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Series Megathread - Call of :smith: - Games

Just found my first Alpha squad. [b]3[/b] SVD AP rounds to the head just got them to the ground (I'm talking about the long sniper rifle) :ohdear: I looted the bodies and made a killing though.

Here's what I'm gonna do: I am going to translate Narodnaya Solyanka. Then, I am going to delete it off my computer, and never, ever, play it again. I don't think I've ever raged so hard at a game, let alone a mod. Then I will download Sgt. Doom's mod, and play that

[QUOTE=Glitch360;27426148]Here's what I'm gonna do: I am going to translate Narodnaya Solyanka. Then, I am going to delete it off my computer, and never, ever, play it again. I don't think I've ever raged so hard at a game, let alone a mod. Then I will download Sgt. Doom's mod, and play that[/QUOTE] Good luck

Those of you who've played my mod so far, any comments on it? Will be adding some more stuff today, and adding the LURK stuff to the non-vanilla faction traders (bandits, monolith, mercs, military). They won't have as much stuff as Sid, Sakharov and the Barman, mind you; since they can be killed and their stuff looted (i'm looking into that at the moment).

[QUOTE=Glitch360;27426065]Enjoy? I don't think that's the right word for this absurdly difficult mod. Sure, it has alot of features, but it's hard to enjoy them when bandits can shoot you through walls, and npcs can magically float up to inaccessible places[/QUOTE] Oh, I played it and enjoyed it. Sure the mod was difficult, but later I managed to get some good swag and I was on my way to sucess, but the translations and confusing interface put me down from playing the thing.

[QUOTE=croguy;27426198]Oh, I played it and enjoyed it. Sure the mod was difficult, but later I managed to get some good swag and I was on my way to sucess, but the translations and confusing interface put me down from playing the thing.[/QUOTE]How far did you get?

I installed freeplay start and faction wars for freeplay, and the fucking game crashes on startup, I have the steam version, do I have to get Hispano patcher? cos my game is fully updated.

[QUOTE=Glitch360;27426218]How far did you get?[/QUOTE] X16, I think. I've been playing Soup for two months and only the Soup, then I gave up because I couldn't understand jack shit related to an important quest for the nth time.

[QUOTE=croguy;27426251]X16, I think. I've been playing Soup for two months and only the Soup, then I gave up because I couldn't understand jack shit related to an important quest for the nth time.[/QUOTE]I see. Well, it's a matter of opinion if a mod is good or not. For me, the bugs were just incredibly annoying, and thats what put me off, along with the fact that you sell for dirt cheap, and buy for incredibly high prices

[QUOTE=That_Crazy_Gman;27426234]I installed freeplay start and faction wars for freeplay, and the fucking game crashes on startup, I have the steam version, do I have to get Hispano patcher? cos my game is fully updated.[/QUOTE]As in my mod, or the 2 mods and you merged them yourself? They both require 1.005. Merging freeplay start 1.21 and faction wars is a bit complicated, as it was originally made for 0.99: 1: Don't use the faction wars freeplay.spawn 2: Only the numeric values for spawn frequency has been changed in se_respawn.script, something like: 60*60 changed to 10*10 for 3 sets of values right next to each other. The rest is improvement of the code made between 0.99 and 1.21

[QUOTE=Glitch360;27426292]I see. Well, it's a matter of opinion if a mod is good or not. For me, the bugs were just incredibly annoying, and thats what put me off, along with the fact that you sell for dirt cheap, and buy for incredibly high prices[/QUOTE] Oh, I was just killing everyone with good equipment and hoping that I'll get something good off of them, turns out that I did, at least I was up to par of the regular enemies. Which reminds me that the ranking list should be my "hit list" for the next playthrough.

Also, I just looked at the translations for NS, and they seem...robotic. It feels like they were google translated

[QUOTE=Glitch360;27426292]I see. Well, it's a matter of opinion if a mod is good or not. For me, the bugs were just incredibly annoying, and thats what put me off, along with the fact that you sell for dirt cheap, and buy for incredibly high prices[/QUOTE] Not being able to buy medkits or ammo when hardly any is dropped is also annoying I would like all the features just with some of the parts toned down. Also not really keen on the changed textures and weather.

[QUOTE=Glitch360;27426331]Also, I just looked at the translations for NS, and they seem...robotic. It feels like they were google translated[/QUOTE] Because they were. :v: At least the NLC6 translations had effort put in them.

[QUOTE=cjone2;27426333]Not being able to buy medkits or ammo when hardly any is dropped is also annoying I would like all the features just with some of the parts toned down. Also not really keen on the changed textures and weather.[/QUOTE]Oh god this too. I hate how you can't regularly buy ammo from traders, you need to give them artifacts instead. I'm gonna stop now, cause it seems like I'm starting to whine and complain alot [editline]15th January 2011[/editline] I'm still gonna post a few more unintentionally funny pictures from NS though, as promised. I've been promising to do a lot of stuff, but haven't done it. The Russian descriptions I said I'd do for Sgt. Doom, for example. By the way, do you still need those done?

[QUOTE=Glitch360;27426292]along with the fact that you sell for dirt cheap, and buy for incredibly high prices[/QUOTE] gamedata\config\misc\trade_trader.ltx 1st number is how much they buy your shit for, 2nd is how much they buy for when you're friendly same goes for other files names like this (e.g. trade_freedom, trade_ecolog), and other as *_buy.ltx (e.g. merc_buy.ltx) gamedata\config\misc\merc_shop\merc_supl.ltx 1st number is how much they sell shit to you for, 2nd is how much they sell for when you're friendly same goes for the rest gamedata\config\misc\kany_market\kany_supl.ltx gamedata\config\misc\shop_barman\barman_supl.ltx gamedata\config\misc\soldier_shop\soldier_supl.ltx if it's a bit too confusing i'll upload a whole misc folder for you containing corrected prices

[QUOTE=Sgt Doom;27419181]How utterly bizarre. The controller sound looping is a well-known bug, iirc the fix for that is just restarting the game. As another person mentioned, it might be alcohol poisoning, one of the features of AMK I am less fond of. [editline]15th January 2011[/editline] Slow thread is sloooow. [b]Mod finished uploading[/b] Freeplay Start mod merge 0.1 (pending a better name). For SoC version 1.0005. As far as I know there aren't any CTD bugs; but if you find those or other bugs, PM me immediately. If you've got suggestions, or there's something in the mod you find annoying, PM me as well, or post them here. The file is compressed to the maximum available with .rar, so unfortunately it may be slow to unpack. [url]http://www.megaupload.com/?d=N2QK7E7U[/url][/QUOTE] Can't wait to try out that.

[QUOTE=Sgt Doom;27426305]As in my mod, or the 2 mods and you merged them yourself? They both require 1.005. Merging freeplay start 1.21 and faction wars is a bit complicated, as it was originally made for 0.99: 1: Don't use the faction wars freeplay.spawn 2: Only the numeric values for spawn frequency has been changed in se_respawn.script, something like: 60*60 changed to 10*10 for 3 sets of values right next to each other. The rest is improvement of the code made between 0.99 and 1.21[/QUOTE] is 1.005 latest? [editline]15th January 2011[/editline] when it comes to modding non gamebryo games. I'm a total noob [editline]15th January 2011[/editline] it is the 2 mods merged, yes

[QUOTE=That_Crazy_Gman;27426471]is 1.005 latest?[/QUOTE] no

So I'll just delete gamedata, use hispano, and Install both, [b]but[/b] dont replace the freeplay.spawn with the faction wars one? correct?

I hate editing trader files, can never seem to get the things working :/ [QUOTE=That_Crazy_Gman;27426519]So I'll just delete gamedata, use hispano, and Install both, [b]but[/b] dont replace the freeplay.spawn with the faction wars one? correct?[/QUOTE]That is correct. 1.0005 is the latest patch technically, 1.0006 got recalled, I don't think steam uses it. If you'd like to get into modding STALKER, then there's a whole bunch of helpful stuff on their forums, and their wiki: [url]http://sdk.stalker-game.com/en/index.php?title=S.T.A.L.K.E.R._MOD_portal[/url]

Still doesnt fucking work! [editline]15th January 2011[/editline] so, do you have to launch through Hispano for it to work?

What? No, don't use Hispano, use the version of STALKER that came with steam.

[QUOTE=Sgt Doom;27426606]1.0006 got recalled, I don't think steam uses it.[/QUOTE] yes it does stop saying that

[QUOTE=Glitch360;27425766]Nope [media]http://filesmelt.com/dl/XR_3DA_2011-01-15_01-16-02-98.png[/media][/QUOTE] What mod you got on, maybe you have a mod where npcs move to different locations everywhere.

[QUOTE=Saren;27426673]What mod you got on, maybe you have a mod where npcs move to different locations everywhere.[/QUOTE] he's using peepoop soop

[QUOTE=Sgt Doom;27426662]What? No, don't use Hispano, use the version of STALKER that came with steam.[/QUOTE] either way it doesnt work

[QUOTE=defyant;27426672]yes it does stop saying that[/QUOTE]Steam does? That's rather stupid of them :/ [editline]15th January 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=That_Crazy_Gman;27426695]either way it doesnt work[/QUOTE]:sigh: Hold on, i'll merge them again myself.

[QUOTE=Sgt Doom;27426696]Steam does? That's rather stupid of them :/ [editline]15th January 2011[/editline] :sigh: Hold on, i'll merge them again myself.[/QUOTE] lemme try

Sgt Doom your mod rocks, I'm currently playing it. Only possible change I would like (but others might not) is switching the hud to the AMK one, and including other AMK stuff such as the AMK radio messages (I like hearing about the whereabouts of every dog in the zone). Also the LURK weapon inventory icons piss me off because of their coloured overlay thing (I know it's useful for identifying which ammo goes with which gun, but it's ugly). Of course the beauty of STALKER modding is that these changes I can perform myself, possibly with the exception of the AMK stuff which I will look into but I suspect may require a fair bit of effort Oh and no crashes so far, only a lot of stuttering in the monolith start (none in the cordon loner start), but I doubt that's mod related