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

[QUOTE=Lizzrd;44555805]Ten days till Lost Alpha hype hype hype![/QUOTE] aaaaaa don't remind me

What, it's not like you were going to do anything else in those ten days, right?

[QUOTE=Lizzrd;44556395]What, it's not like you were going to do anything else in those ten days, right?[/QUOTE] I actually have a job interview next week... Damn it.

[QUOTE=Lizzrd;44556395]What, it's not like you were going to do anything else in those ten days, right?[/QUOTE] I'm on Easter break which is bad because I have to suffer those long days of finding something to do rather than the usual college stuff I would be doing. [i]Can't take the wait[/i] I'm going to imagine the download being even more tedious because it's there but it isn't and then the install process and then the inevitable waiting for it to load and then you play it. then. blissful peace.

[QUOTE=simkas;44555372]Are there any SoC mods out there that only replace all the guns with better models and animations? Has anyone, for example, just separated the guns from LURK and made them work without the rest of the mod?[/QUOTE] There's this [url]http://www.gsc-game.com/index.php?t=community&s=forums&s_game_type=xr&sec_id=17[/url]

Can someone explain to me why Lost Alpha is so anticipated for? It seems that there was a design shift sometime in alpha and people want to experience how alpha played? If someone has more in-depth info I'd appreciate it.

This'll give you an idea [video=youtube;yU3BRnLfPP0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yU3BRnLfPP0[/video] Basically the cut content consisted of massive open ended maps with tons of shit to explore From what I've heard, THQ didn't think such an open game would work so they had GSC cut it down to make SoC more directed. As such the release maps were waaay smaller and not as interesting. So LA will be that video but with good graphics and is basically a new STALKER game in the vein of what the alpha builds may have been had they not been cut back/reworked so much. On top of that, some people from GSC actually helped them with LA

[QUOTE=Bloodshot12;44556964]This'll give you an idea [video=youtube;yU3BRnLfPP0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yU3BRnLfPP0[/video] Basically the cut content consisted of massive open ended maps with tons of shit to explore From what I've heard, THQ didn't think such an open game would work so they had GSC cut it down to make SoC more directed. As such the release maps were waaay smaller and not as interesting. So LA will be that video but with good graphics and is basically a new STALKER game in the vein of what the alpha builds may have been had they not been cut back/reworked so much. On top of that, some people from GSC actually helped them with LA[/QUOTE] build 1935? dang, i knew stalker was delayed for a long time, but i didn't know it was delayed for over 70 years!

God damn now I'm hyped. Is there a way to have two steam versions of the game? Like LA on one and Soup on the other, because it looks great but I don't want to reinstall Soup later.

just buy the gog version

there's these videos too. i get instantly nostalgic when i watch them [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHhoJFK5ufg[/media] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4w3Cy1WdARg[/media]

Apparently a gtx 570 can't handle swamps in CS I've turned Sun rays to low and switched from Dx10.1 to 10. Any other ideas?

Switch to Enhanced Lighting/DX9 DX10 in CS can be considered optimized like a toaster can be used to bake a cake

people soup downloaded and now installing [b]IT BEGINS[/b] [editline]16th April 2014[/editline] how the fuck do you install this shit [editline]16th April 2014[/editline] neverminddd [editline]16th April 2014[/editline] whenever I try to drop the files, it just claims that theres not enough space on the disk when theres 70 free gb [editline]16th April 2014[/editline] nevermind, I think I found the problem. 7zips temporary folder was on my SSD, which only had 10gb free

[QUOTE=oddFlow;44552497]That's what I'm telling you, actually replacing textures on the mesh is a matter of minutes, but I need one ogf file with those good looking animations, or at least the same animations that those new weapons have, but under clear sky/call of pripyat hands. Otherwise, all the weapons from SOC would have changing suit hands, and those few new weapons wouldn't, because they use old stalker shoc texture for hands. [/QUOTE] What I actually meant was could you possible do something like Clear Sky 2014 does, and make each suit have it's own arm model, instead of just a texture? So we could have different things like bigger bandit leather jacket sleeves in first person, or exosuit pieces visible on the arm like CS/CoP. Regardless, I think I may have found what you are looking for. [t]http://i.minus.com/ibaaRFnnEjpeA3.png[/t] [t]http://i.minus.com/iHTKYSJ89AtnD.png[/t] I'm playing Lost World: Origins and it seems to have the alpha weapons but on CS/CoP hands + better animations. It even has a pretty nice retexture of the CS hands to look like the alpha hands. Though I've heard LA has some of its own new weapons as well so I'm not sure what could be done about those.

where does one download lost world: origins. is there a translation going on for it too?

I've had a go at playing the Misery mod for COP. Any suggestions on how I should get some money, because I need a new suit desperately.

[QUOTE=WTF Nuke;44557358]Like LA on one and Soup on the other.[/QUOTE] Lost Alpha will be a standalone, meaning that you won't even need any of the games to be actually installed on your computer to run it.

I love how large the old cordon is compared to vanilla [t]http://cloud-3.steampowered.com/ugc/598159760096993507/1425A9AB0B7D275384CE79BEB618EC0024DAF375/[/t] Also SoC's beta maps are fucking huge. Lost World Origins has zaton and jupiter as areas and most of the beta maps are either the same size or a teeny bit bigger.

[QUOTE=Whitefox08;44557508]Apparently a gtx 570 can't handle swamps in CS I've turned Sun rays to low and switched from Dx10.1 to 10. Any other ideas?[/QUOTE] Have you tried my shader mod for Clear Sky? Given its strange nature which I don't think anybody has been able to pin down yet, it will either give you a sizable performance increase [B]or[/B] decrease depending on whether the stars are aligned in your favour. [url]https://sites.google.com/site/kingo64ssite/Home/optimised-game-shaders/stalker-shaders-max---clear-sky[/url]

Is LA bringing back vehicles? I know there are already some car mods for STALKER, but since the maps aren't very open, they didn't really work very well. With the original larger and more open maps, I imagine vehicles will be a lot more useful. [editline]16th April 2014[/editline] Also, does anyone know what lines in a weapon config file in SoC would I edit to make the viewmodel not seem so zoomed in? OWR2 for CoP had an option for when you were using a higher fov that made the viewmodels also look less zoomed in, I'd like to do that in SoC too.

I went to the ATP in the soup there were atleast 8 bandits with exoskeletons, what the fuck

[QUOTE=Bloodshot12;44558348]What I actually meant was could you possible do something like Clear Sky 2014 does, and make each suit have it's own arm model, instead of just a texture? So we could have different things like bigger bandit leather jacket sleeves in first person, or exosuit pieces visible on the arm like CS/CoP. Regardless, I think I may have found what you are looking for. [t]http://i.minus.com/ibaaRFnnEjpeA3.png[/t] [t]http://i.minus.com/iHTKYSJ89AtnD.png[/t] I'm playing Lost World: Origins and it seems to have the alpha weapons but on CS/CoP hands + better animations. It even has a pretty nice retexture of the CS hands to look like the alpha hands. Though I've heard LA has some of its own new weapons as well so I'm not sure what could be done about those.[/QUOTE] Ah, that would require re-doing those models, since in SOC hands and weapon goes together, unlike in CSKY/COP, it would need to be matched together again, and I'm afraid I'm not that experienced, I did try, but I couldn't say that I achieved anything good. Still, in vanilla csky/cop, I'm pretty sure that every arm model in game is just retextured, and the only one that has a different model is exoskeleton, so we're not losing much compared to those. There is an alternative to vintar's arms match suit, a russian version, which does include vanilla soc weapons with csky exoskeleton hands, but I think those animations aren't as good as from the stalker re-animation project. I think we should wait for OWR for SOC, and see what it brings to the table, those animations and weapons look a lot better than re-animation project. Of course, exoskeleton arms do look cool, but I think we can live without them: [IMG]http://media.moddb.com/images/mods/1/21/20696/ss_stipe_03-18-14_13-43-13_marsh.jpg[/IMG]

where did the download for Clear Sky 2014 go

[QUOTE=Everest;44560524]where did the download for Clear Sky 2014 go[/QUOTE] If remember correctly it was taken down due to instability.

Installed Pripyat Reborn + OWR + Variation mod and getting the "Player name in the registery" thing every time I launch. Won't go to the menu or anything.

Does anyone know if it's possible to bring back the health bar in LURK?

[QUOTE=spekter;44561598]Installed Pripyat Reborn + OWR + Variation mod and getting the "Player name in the registery" thing every time I launch. Won't go to the menu or anything.[/QUOTE] Run xrEngine with administrative privileges.

[QUOTE=alundaio;44561696]Run xrEngine with administrative privileges.[/QUOTE] Same problem :/ I've probably not put the mods in correctly Moved gamedata and it's still doing it I'll do a fresh install I guess.

Another thing, I think LURK increases your bleeding chance, almost every shot I take makes me bleed, anyone know if there's any line in some config file I could change for that?