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

Woo, getting back into the CoP SDK. Managed to place Zaton Terrain and a random bush. Now I just need to fuck around with it to find out how placing a texture would work.

[QUOTE=Gatekeeper828;43035637]Woo, getting back into the CoP SDK. Managed to place Zaton Terrain and a random bush. Now I just need to fuck around with it to find out how placing a texture would work.[/QUOTE] placing a texture? you mean a decal? easy enough, just select wallmarks, turn on overlay, add the object you want to place it on to the snap list and choose your decal in the properties window, then left click the object

[B]Shoker 2.0 [Intro][/B] [video=youtube;VxwboQKbv4s]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxwboQKbv4s[/video]

You see Ivan, if you clear jam with foot while pointing rifle to ballsack you will damn sure clear jam. Most times. Other times ballsack and leg go boom.

I was about to say, if you have to put your entire foot to get it to work then something is wrong. and something tells me if you have to do that, then what about the safety.

I had to do that plenty of times when my rifle froze that weather doesn't seem very cold though

[QUOTE=LoNer1;43035255]Without mods? [/QUOTE] Yeah, without any mods it runs just fine, no idea what's wrong there.

Strongly suggest you guys try Autumn Aurora for SHoC. Amazing so far, very good looking and surprisingly polished though i'll go into it a bit more in-depth tomorrow as i'm knackered now and going to bed.

Is there a Wiki with info regarding Stalker soup

[QUOTE=jerry210;43041839]Is there a Wiki with info regarding Stalker soup[/QUOTE] That would be amazing, but there is none as far as I know.

[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x42TWIF6BPk&feature=c4-overview-vl&list=PLqNPutTzUWGhR14g2jLk5-pHzWVZedyta[/url] Link to a playlist for the recently released Autumn Aurora 2 if you want to see what it looks like

[QUOTE=Hammer7;43035988][B]Shoker 2.0 [Intro][/B] [video=youtube;VxwboQKbv4s]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxwboQKbv4s[/video][/QUOTE] Really not liking how unnecessarily fucking loud the footsteps are

Along with the ripped Metro sounds?

Other than the sounds, the animation is very nice though

Is it me, or it took, roughly, 6-7 years for STALKER to see this kind of modding?

Even wizards need some time. Sorcerers don't, though.

What would be the Misery equivalent for SoC?

[QUOTE=MadBomber;43045583]What would be the Misery equivalent for SoC?[/QUOTE] LURK [editline]herp[/editline] Similarities include : -Redone weapons and deadly gunplay (LURK being one of the few mods to include a total weapon overhaul in consistent style and quality) -Rebalancing toward scarcity (The economy still doesn't really matter but LURK imposes a pretty harsh 35 kg weight limit on the player) -Tweaking of the A.I (Fog awareness in Misery and in LURK NPCs are a little less aware to encourage stealth) -Very distinct graphics style you'll likely either like or loathe [QUOTE='[Green];43045599']Autumn Aurora[/QUOTE] Yeah AA2 is the most like Misery in terms of the graphical style.

[QUOTE=MadBomber;43045583]What would be the Misery equivalent for SoC?[/QUOTE] Autumn Aurora or...wait, Misery 1.0 or Misery 2.0? Because for 1.0 I'd say AMK. Both great mods and add some variety in content while making combat deadlier. A neat modification. Misery 2.0 is comparable to NLC in some regards, however.

While I'm here, what makes Complete looked down upon, or at least thats the general feeling I get whenever I hear it talked about. Dont laugh at me, I'm new to modding STALKER :c

I don't want to sound like an asshole but it's funny how this gets asked time and time again. We should just make a pastebin or something on this with Muukkis, Kingo64 and maybe Thorny and just paste the link to the pastebin in the OP so we can link it effortlessly. From what I remember out of pure memory, it decreases enemy detection range, makes them borderline deaf to footsteps, makes bandages and medkits more effective and so forth. Basically casualizes the game. The neater parts of Complete like joining factions, the sleeping bag and Atmosfear can be found in better mods like AMK and Atmosfear itself.

[QUOTE=MadBomber;43045649]While I'm here, what makes Complete looked down upon, or at least thats the general feeling I get whenever I hear it talked about.[/QUOTE] 1. It's rather obsolete - you can get better graphics fixes especially now that Autumn Aurora 2 is out. Also IIRC it's touted 'bugfix' part is out of date and you'd be better off using ZRP / SRP. 2. It tones down A.I vision range quite a lot while giving boosts to player accuracy meaning that combat is like shooting fish in a barrel. 3. Damages are also toned down so the whole experience just becomes incredibly [I]bland[/I]. Not that the STALKER series is particularly hard or anything but with Complete it's just incredibly [I]dull[/I]. [editline]herp[/editline] 4. It's also been reported that Call of Pripyat Complete actually [I]introduces[/I] new glitches and causes save corruptions. The only version of Complete I could conceivably recommend (and that's only if you can't be bothered to install Clear Sky AtmosFear+SRP+karstux pistol ironsights separately) is Clear Sky Complete.

[QUOTE=MadBomber;43045649]While I'm here, what makes Complete looked down upon, or at least thats the general feeling I get whenever I hear it talked about. Dont laugh at me, I'm new to modding STALKER :c[/QUOTE] Don't listen to these naysayers. Complete adds a comet!

[QUOTE=MadBomber;43045583]What would be the Misery equivalent for SoC?[/QUOTE] Graphical style I'd say Autumn Aurora 2; It even borrows textures from MISERY and my creation, PRZ2 [t]http://cdn.overclock.net/7/7d/7d75cc58_aa2_release.jpeg[/t]

So I installed LURK... Why is everything so PINK. I heard I could fix it by going into the settings script and turning off bloom_fast but it hasnt helped ;~;

I'd really like to see a total remodelling attempt made at some environments in SoC. Year after year it always feels as if they could use a little more unf. [editline]2nd December 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=MadBomber;43046028]So I installed LURK... Why is everything so PINK. I heard I could fix it by going into the settings script and turning off bloom_fast but it hasnt helped ;~;[/QUOTE] Try tinkering around with the r2 shaders. LURK 1.1 bloom(and some other minor graphical and gameplay stuff) is kind of nyeeeh, so consider getting 1.05 if it doesn't suit you. Or just get a random mod to switch all the files in shaders/r2. It should be the easiest way to get rid of it, but some stuff will visually change.

Autumn Aurora 2 with OGSE's shaders is hands down better looking than [I]Call of friggin Pripyat[/I]. Images / Vids incoming. Rocking ~90 average FPS on my old GTX260 :v:

[QUOTE=LoNer1;43046453]Autumn Aurora 2 with OGSE's shaders is hands down better looking than [I]Call of friggin Pripyat[/I]. Images / Vids incoming. Rocking ~90 average FPS on my old GTX260 :v:[/QUOTE] I'm sure that from an objective terrain comparison standpoint [I]anything[/I] is better than CoP.

[QUOTE=croguy;43046469]I'm sure that from an objective terrain comparison standpoint [I]anything[/I] is better than CoP.[/QUOTE] This being true, The tweaked shaders + autumnal environment of AA really creates amazing scenes like the following; [t]http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2013/336/2/e/1_by_mod_a_holic-d6whitc.png[/t][t]http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2013/336/0/2/2_by_mod_a_holic-d6whivx.png[/t] [t]http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2013/336/2/e/3_by_mod_a_holic-d6whiym.png[/t][t]http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2013/336/7/5/4_by_mod_a_holic-d6whj2n.png[/t] [t]http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2013/336/5/8/5_by_mod_a_holic-d6whj6p.png[/t][t]http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2013/336/6/4/6_by_mod_a_holic-d6whjb4.png[/t] [t]http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2013/336/c/4/7_by_mod_a_holic-d6whjem.png[/t]

What modelling program would you guys suggest (preferably free) for level design in STALKER?