S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Series Megathread: Thread lock imminent, get to cover Stalkers!

[Hammer7]

[QUOTE='[Green];40159823']Are you talking about the first or the last mission in Dawn?
The first one is piss easy, the last one is impossible, literally.[/QUOTE]

Last one. I'm getting swarmed by pseudogiants, snorks and chimeras.

[QUOTE=Teh Zip File;40166352]Where the hell is the "unique artifact" in Cordon in SGM 2.2? Some guide on the Steam forums just says "in the heavily radiated junk area near the bridge" which doesn't really help because I don't know of any heavily radiated junk areas near the bridge.[/QUOTE]

There is 3 spots.
1. Radiated junk near Sidorovich's place (where you see flesh getting killed by anomaly at the beginning of SoC)
2. "C" like placed rocks next to the train at the west end of the railroad.
3. On the middle of railroad between west tunnel and a bridge.

[jill920]

[QUOTE='[Green];40168109']There is a space anomaly above the bridge. By climbing and teetering on top of the broken constructs you can reach it. Have a detector open when you jump in it. When you come out you'll be bathing in radiation but you should find your artifact.[/QUOTE]

Doesn't that Bubble teleport you to the end of the railroad? Where there is another teleport anomaly that doesn't let you reach the dead grunt?

[mikester112]

Can anyone tell me how I can add weapons to Redux' random loadout system? And by anyone I mean Beacon.

[editline]5th April 2013[/editline]

Nevermind, I found the script, it seems pretty straight forward.

[Araknid]

[t]http://media.moddb.com/images/mods/1/15/14810/lulz.png[/t]
11/10

[ManRod]

Reminds me of a female Goomba with her small head.

[IMG]http://smhttp.14409.nexcesscdn.net/806D5E/wordpress-L/images/super-mario-bros-movie-goomba.jpg[/IMG]

[Stewe231]

[video=youtube;wdC6ltTwjGQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdC6ltTwjGQ[/video]
Thought it would drop this in here.
SGM 2.2 bloodsuckers are so quiet.

[werewolf0020]

id like to know one thing

what the fuck is SGM?

[Hammer7]

I ended up just chasing the fuckers and knife them in the back/forehead.

[PollytheParrot]

[QUOTE=werewolf0020;40176503]id like to know one thing

what the fuck is SGM?[/QUOTE]

Sigerous Mod

[URL]http://sigerous.ru/forum/12[/URL]

(english translation) [URL]http://www.gsc-game.com/index.php?t=community&s=forums&s_game_type=xr3&thm_page=3&thm_id=2389&sec_id=19&offset=300[/URL]

[Keyblockor]

[QUOTE=stewe231;40176219][video=youtube;wdC6ltTwjGQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdC6ltTwjGQ[/video]
Thought it would drop this in here.
SGM 2.2 bloodsuckers are so quiet.[/QUOTE]

If you haven't completed it, do what I do. Get a rapid fire shotgun, run up those stairs and aim down, the bloodsuckers have to be pigeon-holed to get you and you'll end up wiping the floor with them.

[Araknid]

[QUOTE=werewolf0020;40176503]id like to know one thing

what the fuck is SGM?[/QUOTE]

Russian.

[Shrap]

This lurker needs your help. I've played Clear Sky for a very long time but just recently I can't even stay in the main menu before crashing. It's weird because I get no "xrengine has stopped working" or any sort of message - just a black screen where I'm forced to close the game from the task manager. I got this from Steam and I've tried reinstalling multiple times and verifying the game cache. No luck. I'm running the latest Nvidia 314.22 drivers, and I'm thinking that maybe they're responsible.

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I'm running on windows 7 64bit, 8gb ram, i7 2600k, gtx 670 all at stock settings if that helps

[Pops]

[QUOTE=Keyblockor;40177449]If you haven't completed it, do what I do. Get a rapid fire shotgun, run up those stairs and aim down, the bloodsuckers have to be pigeon-holed to get you and you'll end up wiping the floor with them.[/QUOTE]

two/three headshots with a striker and they're toast, one if you hit them in the right spot.

also, i played call of pripyat before i did clear sky, i think it makes the series better going from

original -> sequel -> prequel

[bishibosh]

hi i am warrocker32, i am a member of stalkers anonymous

stalker changed my life and i like it a lot because of how random it is and the modding community is great and it has Thorny and its a really fun game

*sits down*

[Kingo64]

[QUOTE=Shrap;40177586]I'm running the latest Nvidia 314.22 drivers, and I'm thinking that maybe they're responsible.[/QUOTE]
I have no idea how 314.22 went WHQL, they are fucking shit. I am running 314.21 because 314.22 keeps giving BSODs when I play games

[pr00ch]

[url]http://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1259319?goto=newpost[/url]

It's almost like he's trying to annoy fans.

[Samiam]

[QUOTE=proch;40180575][URL]http://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1259319?goto=newpost[/URL]

It's almost like he's trying to annoy fans.[/QUOTE]

we can take this outside if you want

honestly though, i'm not trying to say stalker is a bad game, it isn't. it is just flawed

[Amez]

[QUOTE=Araknid;40171521][t]http://media.moddb.com/images/mods/1/15/14810/lulz.png[/t]
11/10[/QUOTE]

This reminds me of one of those fucked up dolls in one of the Toy Story movies.

[Beacon]

[QUOTE=WarRocker32;40178613]hi i am warrocker32, i am a member of stalkers anonymous

stalker changed my life and i like it a lot because of how random it is and the modding community is great and it has Thorny and its a really fun game

*sits down*[/QUOTE]

Cutie pie

[mikester112]

So if I wanted to convert LURK's weapons to COP what kind of Russian Wizardry will I have to do? I'm trying to stuff as many weapons as I can to Redux.

[etcetera]

[QUOTE=mikester112;40181238]So if I wanted to convert LURK's weapons to COP what kind of Russian Wizardry will I have to do? I'm trying to stuff as many weapons as I can to Redux.[/QUOTE]

AFAIK importing SoC weapons to CS and CoP tends to break them subtly, normally around the sights.

[jill920]

[QUOTE]Expression : fatal error
Function : CScriptEngine::lua_error
File : E:\priquel\sources\engine\xrServerEntities\script_engine.cpp
Line : 180
Description : <no expression>
Arguments : LUA error: ...stalker-cs\game\gamedata\scripts\random_tasks.script:1049: attempt to perform arithmetic on a nil value[/QUOTE]

Finished homework, rushed into loading the game, tried to enjoy the evening and this was what I got when asking for jobs from Defiance's base.

Thank you TFW, for ruining a boy's little fun..

[etcetera]

[QUOTE=rikimaru6811;40181702]Finished homework, rushed into loading the game, tried to enjoy the evening and this was what I got when asking for jobs from Defiance's base.

Thank you TFW, for ruining a boy's little fun..[/QUOTE]

Have you downloaded the fix?

[bishibosh]

loaded up clear sky for the first time in a long time with the TFW mod,

went to go sell some stuff to the Clear Sky trader

forgot i had -9000 rubles and I couldn't even sell my own stuff I was so far in debt

:l

[Beacon]

going back to uni today! back to my pc (now with 32GB RAM) and redux :)

[QTom]

I need to give SoC another go. I was given it by a kind person in this thread, and I played it for a while and enjoyed it, but kind of lost interest after my save file corrupted somehow, but I think I would be up for trying again.

I asked this before I think, but may as well ask again; should I play without mods for my first proper playthrough? Obviously I don't want an overhaul or anything, but are there are any good bug fix / tweak mods that are recommended?

[jill920]

[QUOTE=tom1029;40182298]I need to give SoC another go. I was given it by a kind person in this thread, and I played it for a while and enjoyed it, but kind of lost interest after my save file corrupted somehow, but I think I would be up for trying again.

I asked this before I think, but may as well ask again; should I play without mods for my first proper playthrough?[/QUOTE]

Is that kind person Kingo64?

And yes, you should play without mods on your 1st playthrough.

[etcetera]

[QUOTE=tom1029;40182298]I need to give SoC another go. I was given it by a kind person in this thread, and I played it for a while and enjoyed it, but kind of lost interest after my save file corrupted somehow, but I think I would be up for trying again.

I asked this before I think, but may as well ask again; should I play without mods for my first proper playthrough? Obviously I don't want an overhaul or anything, but are there are any good bug fix / tweak mods that are recommended?[/QUOTE]

ZRP should suffice.

[_maverick_]

Playing CoP.
started a new game for the first time

so far i've found two out of the three choppers in the first area.
and i've run into a merc camp just east of iron forest. (where one of the choppers crashed down.)

i accidently run in, ignoring their warnings of 'put your weapon down'.
one shootout later, i'm now carrying a large merc squads worth of weapons
then over my PDA i hear:
[B]"WARNING STALKERS, AN EMISSION IS DUE SOON, GET TO COVER!"[/B]

where i currently am, there is not a single place i can run to in the time limit
i've tried hiding in every single spot i can see that is inside their camp and nothing has worked
So, i dump all my weapons i can spare and make a mad dash for iron forest
I don't make it in time.
So, this time I drop everything i can, all weapons except pistol ammo food. the lot
I [I]still [/I]don't make it in time.

Exit game.
Delete save.
Start new game.

[Purple Magpie]

[QUOTE=_Maverick_;40182388]Playing CoP.
started a new game for the first time

so far i've found two out of the three choppers in the first area.
and i've run into a merc camp just east of iron forest. (where one of the choppers crashed down.)

i accidently run in, ignoring their warnings of 'put your weapon down'.
one shootout later, i'm now carrying a large merc squads worth of weapons
then over my PDA i hear:
[B]"WARNING STALKERS, AN EMISSION IS DUE SOON, GET TO COVER!"[/B]

where i currently am, there is not a single place i can run to in the time limit
i've tried hiding in every single spot i can see that is inside their camp and nothing has worked
So, i dump all my weapons i can spare and make a mad dash for iron forest
I don't make it in time.
So, this time I drop everything i can, all weapons except pistol ammo food. the lot
I [I]still [/I]don't make it in time.

Exit game.
Delete save.
Start new game.[/QUOTE]

The emission safe zone is in the tunnels below that base, in the sewer area. I know, it's horribly conveyed. It took me 10+ saves to find it one time.