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[QUOTE=kaukassus;40266046]I had to turn Alpha squads off, because I encountered them like every 15 minutes. Had to do the quest about killing the bandits with the ww2 weapons, and I had to fight my way trough 2 groups of alpha squads first.[/QUOTE] Man up and turn on Alpha Squad Detachments at the start of the game, and don't ever turn it off.

I had 2 Alpha squads on my ass during Noah's barge mission. Sometimes Zone acts even more cruel than you can expect.

[QUOTE=Hammer7;40266121]I had 2 Alpha squads on my ass during Noah's barge mission. Sometimes Zone acts even more cruel than you can expect.[/QUOTE] I have a problem, that some Alpha bastards keep killing the faggot NPC I need to protect. Damn I hate escort missions.

[QUOTE=Hammer7;40266121]I had 2 Alpha squads on my ass during Noah's barge mission. Sometimes Zone acts even more cruel than you can expect.[/QUOTE] Same thing happened to me. They also shot through 2 layers of the barge's steelplates. But somehow I managed to take them all out at the 4th try when a herd of mutants decided to come through. The Zone is harsh, but respect it, and it'll let you live for the rest of the day.

[QUOTE=rikimaru6811;40266066]Man up and turn on Alpha Squad Detachments at the start of the game, and don't ever turn it off.[/QUOTE] First time I got to the Skadovsk on SGM 2.1 I got 4 alpha squads in a row in 5 minutes.

Ok, so I'm going to start a CoP playthrough. I'm not going to run no mods, but no major changing mods. Anyone know of any good iron sight alignement mods that work in 16:9? Oh and, anyone's got any experience with absolute nature 3.1? Recommended?

For some reason six Alpha Squads like to camp near the guy you deliver the package to. I fired an RPG and got +34 rank. That was the most cost-effective rocket in the history of man.

[QUOTE=proch;40264668]A shame SGM is too over the top for me. From what I've heard it has some amazing features.[/QUOTE] The guy who's making Zone of Alienation mod for SoC at the moment has talked about wanting to make a total conversion freeplay mod for CoP in the future. Granted, it's something that might not come to pass but I think that considering the nature of ZoA, the content would undergo a better quality control than SGM which has a lot of cool stuff but also a bunch of half-assed content.

[QUOTE=Lizzrd;40267469]Ok, so I'm going to start a CoP playthrough. I'm not going to run no mods, but no major changing mods. Anyone know of any good iron sight alignement mods that work in 16:9? Oh and, anyone's got any experience with absolute nature 3.1? Recommended?[/QUOTE] why would you not play it vanilla first? honestly

[QUOTE=Beacon;40267802]why would you not play it vanilla first? honestly[/QUOTE] You can't really blame anyone for wanting a graphically enhanced first play through.

I can and will

[QUOTE=Beacon;40268299]I can and will[/QUOTE] But CoP is the one game that actually looks awful in vanilla (mainly the grass not matching the ground textures)

which is why graphics mods are so awesome, once you've seen that the ground looks pretty shit.

Hmm, good point. Might just play it for a bit without any mods, then restart with some mods of what I feel like I want changed.

I don't see anything wrong with graphics mods on first try. Although I suppose they do indeed have a better effect if you play it vanilla first.

[QUOTE=Hammer7;40266121]I had 2 Alpha squads on my ass during Noah's barge mission. Sometimes Zone acts even more cruel than you can expect.[/QUOTE] That Barge mission is so fucking stupid, like you literally need a PKM with dum-dums to win because on the 3rd god damn wave it sent 3 chimeras and 2 pseudogiants after me and not to mention fucking Noah running out and killing everything before getting 1 shotted by a dog..

I'm doing streaming tomorrow. Somewhere around 1PM GMT +0. SGM 2.2 Pripyat represent.

Holy fuck. Over an hour scouring the "center northern" train area in sgm 2.2 for the goddamn military cargo.

[QUOTE='[Green];40269999']I'm doing streaming tomorrow. Somewhere around 1PM GMT +0. SGM 2.2 Pripyat represent.[/QUOTE] Aw man, that means it's gonna be 1AM monday morning for me you stream at the worst times :v:

I searched all 6 of the military corpses at the machine yard, nothing updated, so I headed north to the very top-center of the swamps where scar's rifle is. I still can't find this FUCKING cargo.

[QUOTE=Samiam22;40270147]Aw man, that means it's gonna be 1AM monday morning for me you stream at the worst times :v:[/QUOTE] I can move it three hours earlier to 10:00 GMT +2. That'd make it 10PM for you, right? Morning stream.

Finished CoP with Doom's merge, here's my fixes: [url]http://www.mediafire.com/?s4b0cxyqfk2q446[/url] Fixes the zombies taking absurd amounts of damage, mp_ranks crashes, deagle not having an AP variant for the AI, and the nauchnyi crash.

so I'm going through x16, minding my own business, shooting zombies and shit. I get through a particularly thick firefight with two snorks and about 5 zombohs. Loot the next room. Walk through a hallway, instakilled by a snork.

CoP < ShOC < CS. If emphasis is put on missions and story: COP < CS < ShOC

[QUOTE=Cutthecrap;40270951]CoP < ShOC < CS. If emphasis is put on missions and story: COP < CS < ShOC[/QUOTE] what

Jesus christ you sprint fast in ZoA. Holy shit. :v:

So, apparently you get guns pretty fast in CoP. Have a chaser 13, TOZ, LR300 and L85 in- oh wait fuck I've already played three hours damn it's late I should go to bed. [editline]14th April 2013[/editline] So, apparently time flies when you're playing CoP.

[QUOTE=Lizzrd;40271611]So, apparently you get guns pretty fast in CoP. Have a chaser 13, TOZ, LR300 and L85 in- oh wait fuck I've already played three hours damn it's late I should go to bed. [editline]14th April 2013[/editline] So, apparently time flies when you're playing CoP.[/QUOTE] Its even worse when you know where the stashes are. 15 minutes in the game I already have a VSS, LR-300, an AK-74, an SVD, and a SPAS-12.

yay for reworked and moved stashes in redux

Does anyone have a link to Doom's mod merge for Shadow of Chernobyl by any chance? The website seems to be done and I have a friend who wants to try it out.