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

[[Green]]

That sounds like it'll make anomaly field navigating difficult and quite possibly frustrating...but it might pay out.
And the whole large texture usage? My VRAM is going to cry bitch tears if I decide to re-DL CoP and install this hunk.

Either way, overall it sounds largely interesting and pretty damn innovative.

[Loner]

[QUOTE='[Green];43932009']That sounds like it'll make anomaly field navigating difficult and quite possibly frustrating...but it might pay out.
And the whole large texture usage? My VRAM is going to cry bitch tears if I decide to re-DL CoP and install this hunk.

Either way, overall it sounds largely interesting and pretty damn innovative.[/QUOTE]

It's going to pay off more, though. 'My merge' of MISERY will be more focussed on artefact hunting than the current MISERY is. There's going to be a lot of gameplay changes in this version (It's going to be a true alternative to the original) rather than 'just a texture replacement'. It'll be more difficult, indeed, but it'll also be more viable.

Also,

Don't worry, that's where my shaders come into play, hehe. Plus, like I said, half size textures are going to be in place as well (512 till 1024) while the High Res. pack will feature 1024 as a bare minimum, ranging from 2k to 8k textures, based upon their use.

I am still testing them, but they're based upon Kingo's ones and they're a merge of some russian ones as well. I am talking with K.D, Meltac and KET about these shaders, and how to possibly improve upon them, as shader editing in Xray is a absolute [I]PITA[/I]. I'm also using the shadereditor.exe from the SDK, in order to create new materials for some stuff. This is also under heavy testing (new material shaders allow for more diversity in materials in the game obviously, but I'd like to see to what extend before the game gets all laggy)

I will report back once I'm at a stage where the global BETA testing initiative is going to be launched. I will upload the necessary files to the MISERY Test lab, for public download, and I'll gather some info on FPS, playability, other tweaks I need to make and bugs from various machines and configs. Then I'll finalize the build and It will be uploaded to the main page.

This is basically my masterpiece. I'm combining all my knowledge into this, so I hope It'll turn out nicely like I planned.

[11meister]

[QUOTE=LoNer1;43932050]
This is basically my masterpiece. I'm combining all my knowledge into this, so I hope It'll turn out nicely like I planned.[/QUOTE]

We all do. Best of luck LoNer1!

[1239the]

Augh, extremely frusturating CTD in LURK right now involving approaching the military base in the Cordon. Got no idea what's going on, but Daemonion managed to approach it without triggering the crash but got some kind of two-second lockup, and saved the log, so I'm pasting it here to see if anyone else has ideas.

[url]http://pastebin.com/Nv5PjZsV[/url]

Points of interest at lines 4878 to 5064, which is where the issue seems to occur.

[editline]16th February 2014[/editline]

More info:

0023:0046E4C6 XR_3DA.exe, R_xforms::set_P()

XR_3DA.exe caused ACCESS_VIOLATION in module "C:\Steam\steamapps\common\STALKER Shadow of Chernobyl\bin\XR_3DA.exe" at 0023:0046E4C0, CKinematics::LL_SetBoneVisible()+848 byte(s)

[Loner]

LL_SetBoneVisible

I've seen this one before ...

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A quick google search resulted in these:

I found this
[URL]http://www.gsc-game.com/index.php?t=community&s=forums&s_game_type=xr&thm_page=96&thm_id=15220&sec_id=16[/URL]

Also,
[URL]http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2031941&page=154[/URL]
[URL]http://stalker-portal.ru/forums.php?m=posts&q=11598&d=420[/URL]
[URL]http://forums.penny-arcade.com/discussion/71295/what-you-want-is-here-s-t-a-l-k-e-r-come-to-me/p35[/URL]

Might be off help

[editline]16th February 2014[/editline]

Some more

[URL]http://www.gsc-game.com/index.php?t=community&s=forums&s_game_type=xr&thm_page=189&thm_id=21729&sec_id=16&page=2[/URL]

[URL]http://www.gsc-game.com/index.php?t=community&s=forums&s_game_type=xr&thm_page=21&thm_id=8822&sec_id=16&page=11[/URL]

[editline]16th February 2014[/editline]

One more, with OLR2

[url]http://ap-pro.ru/forum/35-10137-586560-16-1390220808[/url]

[11meister]

So I finally fixed up a '74 with a kobra sight in Mizzeri - loaded up with some ammo, and went out to do some target practice on boar. But after a few magazines I noticed that the damage stat was lower than my AKS-74. So I went into the ltx's and compared the hit_power numbers. The 74 was at 60 and the AKS at 59. "Odd" I thought, changed the 74 to 100 for comparisons sake and went back into the game.

However the 74 still has a lower damage stat in-game, and seems to be hitting for the same damage. Anyone know why this might be the case? I know there are different qualities for each weapon - and I've checked under the corresponding section for the AKS that I have equipped.

But for whatever reason the kobra version still has fewer green bars than the AKS -no matter what I set the hit values to. Somehow the game seems to be ignoring them.

[Loner]

Hit stats are dependent on ammunition type mostly. Go into 'weapons.ltx' and change the ammos hit params accordingly to see difference in game. Do mind, the NPC's will also profit from this.

[AppleJackson]

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/95Dv7mS.png[/IMG]

Here's my OGSE crash. The version I'm playing is the standard Steam install (1.005?)

[Fuxed]

[QUOTE=AppleJackson;43933576][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/95Dv7mS.png[/IMG]

Here's my OGSE crash. The version I'm playing is the standard Steam install (1.005?)[/QUOTE]

Steam is 1.0006, you'll need to reinstall and downgrade. I promise you, its totally worth it.

[dreukrag]

[QUOTE=AppleJackson;43933576][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/95Dv7mS.png[/IMG]

Here's my OGSE crash. The version I'm playing is the standard Steam install (1.005?)[/QUOTE]

It was a pain in the ass for me to install OGSE on steam but I managed, by default it is missing a registry entry for the game's language, you gotta add this to the SHOC registry entry:
[img]http://puu.sh/6YrS0.png[/img]
Make sure 'Install Source' is set to this:
[img]http://puu.sh/6Ys3C.png[/img]
Change its reg version to 1.004, them apply the us 1.005 US patch and make sure you set steam to NOT update your game and you're done!

[opaali]

[QUOTE=zombini;43925940]That's an annoying as fuck glitch that happens always in SGM 2.2. I've had that exact scenario happen there too.[/QUOTE]

Only mod I have is atmosfear though

[ScreenNamesSuck]

In call of pripyat just how the fuck do you get to the higher plateau containing stingrays 1 and 4? I've got stingray 3 already but every access point to the higher area is fenced off.

[Muukkis]

[QUOTE=ScreenNamesSuck;43935595]In call of pripyat just how the fuck do you get to the higher plateau containing stingrays 1 and 4? I've got stingray 3 already but every access point to the higher area is fenced off.[/QUOTE]

[del]It's sort of a semi-puzzle that can be solved by talking to certain NPCs. If the people in the Skadovsk don't have any clues (although they [I]should[/I] have), you could go around and search the area between [sp] the Taras Sevchenko, Water Treatment Plant and Preobrezhansky Bridge for clues.[/sp]
Alternatively if you don't want to talk to anyone, you can just go to *spoils the solution outright* [sp]the Burnt Farmstead and search around there a little[/sp] .[/del]

[editline]herp[/editline]

Oh wait, I'm a retard, the Stingray 4 is the one in Jupiter so when you come to the building that the Stingray 4 is housed at, take and immediate right and drop down. You'll discover a tunnel that will take you to the correct area where the Stingray 4 is located.

[Col. Buggernuts]

Can't remember which number corresponds to what helicopter, but the one above the circus anomaly (big circular crater with 2 fire anomalies whizzing around it) requires you talk to Noah at his barge, he'll show you to a space bubble anomaly which'll teleport you to the plateau. The one in the Iron Forest requires you follow the path up to it.

[editline]16th February 2014[/editline]

Eh, can't be bothered spoiling shit, it's been years since the game was released.

[ScreenNamesSuck]

[QUOTE=Muukkis;43935621]It's sort of a semi-puzzle that can be solved by talking to certain NPCs. If the people in the Skadovsk don't have any clues (although they [I]should[/I] have), you could go around and search the area between [sp] the Taras Sevchenko, Water Treatment Plant and Preobrezhansky Bridge for clues.[/sp]
Alternatively if you don't want to talk to anyone, you can just go to *spoils the solution outright* [sp]the Burnt Farmstead and search around there a little[/sp] .[/QUOTE]

I already know that and I've already taken the burnt farmstead teleport. That's how I got to helicopter 3. The problem is that helicopters 1 and 4, the ones way fucking south of that, are on an even higher plateau that I can't get to.

[Muukkis]

[QUOTE=ScreenNamesSuck;43935740]The problem is that helicopters 1 and 4, the ones way fucking south of that, are on an even higher plateau that I can't get to.[/QUOTE]

Okay, they're on another level, you can't reach them by simply walking, you'll have to contract a guide to take you to the other level.

[ScreenNamesSuck]

[QUOTE=Muukkis;43935802]Okay, they're on another level, you can't reach them by simply walking, you'll have to contract a guide to take you to the other level.[/QUOTE]

Ok, thanks. It would've saved me an hour of searching if there were any indication that the only way up there was to use a guide.

[editline]16th February 2014[/editline]

I might be a bit stupid actually, it gave me a quest to follow after finding the helicopters in the north area but I just never looked at it.

[AppleJackson]

Still trying to downgrade to version 1.0005. Nothing I've tried has worked and I've done everything the internet has suggested, including pirating an older version of the game nonsteam. I'm done, the zone doesn't deem me worthy.

[Amez]

[QUOTE=AppleJackson;43936877]Still trying to downgrade to version 1.0005. Nothing I've tried has worked and I've done everything the internet has suggested, including pirating an older version of the game nonsteam. I'm done, the zone doesn't deem me worthy.[/QUOTE]

I had a retail copy lying around but it ended up getting lost when I had to move. Now I'm stuck with my Steam copy but I'm probably going to order another retail copy so I have the freedom to choose what patch I want.

Does the GOG version come unpatched or is it forced to 1.0006?

[Zezibesh]

hispano patcher doesn't work?

[Amez]

[QUOTE=Zezibesh;43937270]hispano patcher doesn't work?[/QUOTE]

Nope. In fact it doesn't do anything at all. Followed all the instructions, looked online all over the place to see if there's a way to make it work and nothing did.

[Loner]

Cryzone (or whatever it's called today, changes name every 3 days :v: ) actually looks [I][B]good[/B][/I] now.

[t]http://media.moddb.com/images/games/1/9/8059/00603.jpg[/t][t]http://media.moddb.com/images/games/1/9/8059/00597.jpg[/t]
[t]http://media.moddb.com/images/games/1/9/8059/00589.jpg[/t][t]http://media.moddb.com/images/games/1/9/8059/00610.jpg[/t]
[t]http://media.moddb.com/images/games/1/9/8059/00607.jpg[/t]

[editline]16th February 2014[/editline]

In the first screen, there actually IS something off, proportion wise. I mean, the bunker is 1/5 of the length of the electrical thing and almost as tall as the 3 story building? And the trees are like 2 times the 3 story building etc.

From the ground up it looks nice, but other than that ...

[Muukkis]

[QUOTE=LoNer1;43938158]I mean, the bunker is 1/5 of the length of the electrical thing and almost as tall as the 3 story building?[/QUOTE]

I think your view is just being skewed by the perspective when it comes to the buildings. Those trees look gigantic though.

[Loner]

[QUOTE=Muukkis;43938350]I think your view is just being skewed by the perspective when it comes to the buildings. Those trees look gigantic though.[/QUOTE]

No really, I remember these things being like 20m tall in Agroprom.

Bunkers look fine,
[t]http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100429043413/stalker/images/f/fa/ARI.jpg[/t]

But the eletrical thing doesnt,
[t]http://media.moddb.com/images/mods/1/19/18983/agroprom1.jpg[/t]

If you zoom in, you can see it, way back in the middle, pixellated, here's another angle,
[t]http://media.moddb.com/images/groups/1/12/11490/ss_ja_10-03-13_20-35-14_agroprom.jpg[/t]

See how tall these things are?
[URL]http://vometia.com/images/stalker/s11.jpg[/URL]

[t]http://whyamistilltyping.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/stalker_eff2.jpg[/t]

Kinda messes up the proportion of everything in the image as I'm accustomed to those sizes I guess :v:

[PollytheParrot]

the term you're looking for is transmission lines

[Loner]

[QUOTE=PollytheParrot;43938489]the term you're looking for is transmission lines[/QUOTE]

That would be the lines [I]connecting[/I] the constructions to each other, right? :v:

[PollytheParrot]

you might be making a joke but being a native english speaker I didn't really pick up on it

those are transmission lines, which is what I'm assuming you meant by "electrical things"

[IMG]http://whyamistilltyping.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/stalker_eff2.jpg[/IMG]

if not then ignore me

[Loner]

[img]http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2014/047/f/1/oie_1701357xf9wo0vf_by_mod_a_holic-d76rvbe.png[/img]

I take this isn't a [I]transmission line[/I], it's the metal construction that's connected with the lines. I think it's just the transmission [I]pole[/I]

[1239the]

you idiots, those are holy crosses.
accept jesus.

[editline]17th February 2014[/editline]

also it's actually called a pylon

[Loner]

Jesus in the zone ...

Sounds like a title for one of riki's drawings :v: