S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Series Megathread: The Zone will stop the Russians

[Daemon White]

I remember trying to take out a group of zombies from the anomalous bridge in Zaton. The Ak74u was fun for trying to snipe them at the campfire by the Scar Anomaly.

[Cutthecrap]

[QUOTE=Tureis;42614328]In Stalker it's almost always better to waste bullets aiming for the head than it is to just hit them in the chest.[/QUOTE]
Depends. In misery if you have AP rounds and a totally upgraded Strelok's SIG, then you can go full auto for the chest.
Otherwise, it's prudent to fire bursts aimed at the higher torso.

Full auto on chest is for Colt's and UMP's

[milkandcooki]

[QUOTE=Bloodshot12;42612700][video=youtube;vrzQS8ALrQI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrzQS8ALrQI[/video]

Such a simple change but I love it. I like little details like this stuff.[/QUOTE]

this is reminding me of how much i am craving an FPS with this shit:

-in/out zoom animations
-more animations than just empty/not empty (like what crysis 2 did)
-gun inertia
-the sound of the magazine hitting the ground
-animations when the gun's jammed
-being able to drop guns
-melee attacks with the gun

if a game had all that shit then i'd cream my pants

[editline]22nd October 2013[/editline]

oh yeah, is misery fun and worth playing through? i had it installed a few months ago but got stuck because i ran out of ammo and shit like immediately, and the screen effects that happened when you were low on health gave me migraines.

[Wulfram]

i just played an FPS with dropped magazines making a sound and i cant remember what it was. I do agree with you in more animation variation. good reload animations in fps's get my dick rock hard and if there were more than just the standard 1or two per gun...oh man

[Hammer7]

[QUOTE=milkandcooki;42614906]
-melee attacks with the gun[/QUOTE]

Kicking enemies with a gun stock is not a melee attack.
Melee attack is when you swap to the mighty boot/crowbar/knife/bloody axe/gauntlet/chainsaw/fists/whatever close combat weapon you have on button "1" and destroy the fucker.

[SL!P]

so, i installed Misery 2.0 a few weeks ago, and i've been getting my shit kicked in non-stop.

i love that mod.

[Terminutter]

[QUOTE=milkandcooki;42614906]this is reminding me of how much i am craving an FPS with this shit:

-melee attacks with the gun
[/QUOTE]

Bye bye sight alignment.

[Gatekeeper828]

[QUOTE='[Green];42613681']Try Redux or Stalkersoup, I guarantee 99.9% of the enemies die in one well placed shot.[/QUOTE]

This reminds me of how I should try to implement a more balanced version of the soup shotguns in CoP.

[etcetera]

could anyone tell me what

$npc
$prefetch              
scheduled               
cform                   
class          
ef_main_weapon_type 
ef_weapon_type 
default_to_ruck

do in CoP's weapon configs?

[Muukkis]

[QUOTE=Etcetera;42618093]ef_weapon_type [/QUOTE]

Governs what weapons NPC prefer ; to put it simply the higher the value in ef_weapon_type the more willing the NPC is to use that gun.
[url=http://www.gsc-game.com/index.php?t=community&s=forums&s_game_type=xr&thm_page=1&thm_id=21708&sec_id=16&offset=-180]More on ef_weapon_type here[/url]

[editline]herp[/editline]

From the [url=http://sdk.stalker-game.com/en/index.php?title=Call_of_Pripyat_Weapon_Creation]stalker sdk wiki[/url] :

[QUOTE=Stalker SDK wiki;42618093]

$spawn - The location when searching for it in the SDK Level Editor. Unnecessary, but it doesn't hurt to define it.

$npc - Whether or not npcs can use this weapon. For Call of Pripyat, it is highly recommended to leave this ON.

$prefetch - Not necessary to modify, unless you don't want it to preload.

scheduled - Again, not necessary to modify.

cform - Used for animations, another item you DO NOT modify.

class - Weapon class. All assault rifles use the WP_AK74 class.

description - The item's description. This points to your localization's weapons.xml file - name varies.

ef_main_weapon_type - The weapon type. All weapons in Call are '2', meaning they can be equipped in either inventory slot.

ef_weapon_type - Similar to main_weapon_type.

default_to_ruck - Can fire while sprinting?

sprint_allowed - Can the user sprint while wielding?

[/QUOTE]

[Doneeh]

The only times you can use a weapon while sprinting is when you use the alternate fire, though. Why would they include that?

[***zer0***]

Can anyone tell me how to spice the ai a little bit in shadow of chernobyl? I'm playing it with complete 2012 [sp]please dont kill me, i know everyone dislikes the mod but i've played it a thousand times with oblivion lost and once with lurk, wanted something else[/sp]

I can take shots from a kilometre away at enemies, bullet misses, they don't react.

Bullet hits, sometimes they don't give a shit, sometimes they pull out their gun but don't react in any other way.

Everything would be fine but my favorite weapons are snipers, close up the AI does shoot back.

[etcetera]

[QUOTE=Doneeh;42618625]The only times you can use a weapon while sprinting is when you use the alternate fire, though. Why would they include that?[/QUOTE]

I'm fairly sure they were overthinking it. Default_to_ruck, as far as I can tell, decided whether, when you pick the item up, it'll default to the rucksack (such as artifacts), or be equipped straight to any empty slot (such as weapons (I think)).

[Hammer7]

[QUOTE=***zer0***;42619401]I'm playing it with complete 2012[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=***zer0***;42619401][sp]please dont kill me, i know everyone dislikes the mod but i've played it a thousand times with oblivion lost and once with lurk, wanted something else[/sp][/QUOTE]

[IMG]http://i.minus.com/ibjKBqjbhHsyjt.jpg[/IMG]

Ah nuh, cheekie-breekie!

[Svd]

[QUOTE=***zer0***;42619401]Can anyone tell me how to spice the ai a little bit in shadow of chernobyl? I'm playing it with complete 2012 [sp]please dont kill me, i know everyone dislikes the mod but i've played it a thousand times with oblivion lost and once with lurk, wanted something else[/sp]

I can take shots from a kilometre away at enemies, bullet misses, they don't react.

Bullet hits, sometimes they don't give a shit, sometimes they pull out their gun but don't react in any other way.

Everything would be fine but my favorite weapons are snipers, close up the AI does shoot back.[/QUOTE]

i think zrp has some option with AI can't remember now, you can also enable npc being able to use grenades.
If you want something good looking take a look at Loner1 Mods
[url]http://www.moddb.com/mods/photo-realistic-zone-2[/url]

[Muukkis]

[QUOTE=***zer0***;42619401]Can anyone tell me how to spice the ai a little bit in shadow of chernobyl?.[/QUOTE]

You could try going to gamedata\config\creatures and opening the files for enemy factions, such as m_bandit.ltx and adjusting some values in the "Visibility" subjection a little higher and see if that does anything. I think that eye_range could be raised seeing as Complete reduces the senses of enemies in that regard.

[QUOTE=***zer0***;42620326]Wow complete sets eye_fov to 90, which in vanilla is 170, raised it back to 170. Time to see if they can now actually notice me.[/QUOTE]
I think that's due to a string of changes they made to the A.I senses (their hearing is also reduced, knife produces zero sound now as well) so that "stealth" could be made more possible which is theoretically an intent I could agree with, problem is that it makes the A.I complete potato in firefights and their helplessness is further boosted by the fact that Complete also tweaks the gun configs, making all guns for the player more accurate.

[***zer0***]

[QUOTE=Muukkis;42619675]You could try going to gamedata\config\creatures and opening the files for enemy factions, such as m_bandit.ltx and adjusting some values in the "Visibility" subjection a little higher and see if that does anything. I think that eye_range could be raised seeing as Complete reduces the senses of enemies in that regard.[/QUOTE]

So complete has it set to 40 for bandits at least, raised it to 80, this will be interesting.

[editline]23rd October 2013[/editline]

But how about freedom fellas? I pretty much sniped every in freedom base without them giving a shit.

[editline]23rd October 2013[/editline]

Wow complete sets eye_fov to 90, which in vanilla is 170, raised it back to 170. Time to see if they can now actually notice me.

[Kirovich]

How is reloaded for call of pripyat?

[Lizzrd]

Could one set AI to more attentive when alerted? So if someone fires a shot the AI is a shitton harder to stealth etc?

[Svd]

[QUOTE=Kirovich;42620824]How is reloaded for call of pripyat?[/QUOTE]

[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_wa17yfHk0[/url]

take a look!

[Muukkis]

[QUOTE=Kirovich;42620824]How is reloaded for call of pripyat?[/QUOTE]

Kind of pointless in my opinion, as I understand it's basically 'just' a graphics overhaul + some rebalancing. Also from what I've read around it has a habit of corrupting savegames.

[Doneeh]

[QUOTE=Hammer7;42619469][IMG]http://i.minus.com/ibjKBqjbhHsyjt.jpg[/IMG]

Ah nuh, cheekie-breekie![/QUOTE]

Is that Scar with the knife? And who's the other stalker?

[Kirovich]

[QUOTE=Doneeh;42623003]Is that Scar with the knife? And who's the other stalker?[/QUOTE]

Strelok-chan

[QUOTE=Muukkis;42622692]Kind of pointless in my opinion, as I understand it's basically 'just' a graphics overhaul + some rebalancing. Also from what I've read around it has a habit of corrupting savegames.[/QUOTE]

YEah it gave me some issues.. Idk I'll figure something out.

[Kingo64]

[QUOTE=Lizzrd;42621117]Could one set AI to more attentive when alerted? So if someone fires a shot the AI is a shitton harder to stealth etc?[/QUOTE]
Yeah, there are multiple visibility configs for AI. I think humans have idle, alert and combat.

[Kirovich]

[QUOTE=K1ngo64;42623744]Yeah, there are multiple visibility configs for AI. I think humans have idle, alert and combat.[/QUOTE]

I can't find your mod merge ;_;..

[AWarGuy]

Greetings Stalkers.
So I've install ZoA mod (downgrade it and all) and started playing it (it looks amazing), problem is when i try to load one of my ZoA saves, it crashes straight to desktop.
Any ideas? I have a log too but I don't know what part I should copy for you guys.

[Muukkis]

[QUOTE=AWarGuy;42628527]I have a log too but I don't know what part I should copy for you guys.[/QUOTE]

Basically when it crashes it copies automatically the "relevant" part to the clipboard so after you crash you can just paste into the comment box. Also you could try /vg/'s S.T.A.L.K.E.R. general, the modder(s) behind ZoA hangs out there so you're more likely to get the problem and solution pointed to you faster.

[AWarGuy]

[QUOTE=Muukkis;42629444]Basically when it crashes it copies automatically the "relevant" part to the clipboard so after you crash you can just paste into the comment box. Also you could try /vg/'s S.T.A.L.K.E.R. general, the modder(s) behind ZoA hangs out there so you're more likely to get the problem and solution pointed to you faster.[/QUOTE]

Ah awesome cheers, decided to backtrack steps , follow exact instructions and did a clean install of ZoA. Haven't encountered any issues now. If anything else happens I'll go on the /vg/ thread again (got some good links for proper installation from there thanks to you.)

[Kingo64]

[QUOTE=Kirovich;42624567]I can't find your mod merge ;_;..[/QUOTE]
Every single server hosting it keeps going down or getting formatted. I had it on my mate's server but that got wiped for some reason. I have it backed up but it takes like a day to upload because Australian download/upload speeds are on a 100:1 ratio. I don't even

[Kirovich]

[QUOTE=K1ngo64;42629920]Every single server hosting it keeps going down or getting formatted. I had it on my mate's server but that got wiped for some reason. I have it backed up but it takes like a day to upload because Australian download/upload speeds are on a 100:1 ratio. I don't even[/QUOTE]
Fucking incredibly lame. Sorry that keeps happening. I'll find it one day and then encase it in something that too one day will get wiped :suicide: