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

[QUOTE=Sourceshift;44677403]Yeah, but the game looks terrible with them turned off, is that an optimization bug or something?[/QUOTE] Did you try turning off [i]grass[/i] shadows?

[QUOTE=Sourceshift;44677403]Yeah, but the game looks terrible with them turned off, is that an optimization bug or something?[/QUOTE] Turn them off and turn the grass slider up the max. You won't notice the lack of shadows and you still get a giant fps boost. EDIT: Do you really think this looks bad? [t]http://a.pomf.se/gnigzg.jpg[/t]

[QUOTE=Sourceshift;44677403]Yeah, but the game looks terrible with them turned off, is that an optimization bug or something?[/QUOTE] I turned off grass shadows and left sun shafts quality and shadow map res at medium. I also turned grass density down by 50% or more.

[QUOTE=Sourceshift;44677326]I have gtx 550ti, ran COP on MAX settings at 45+ FPS, geting 10 fps MAX with this game.[/QUOTE]Try this as well as the previous suggestions: [QUOTE=K1ngo64;44673189]Just moved from DirectX 9 to DirectX 10.1, went from 40fps to 70fps. Now that is a huge improvement. What I typed in the console to do this (you can do through menu): [code]renderer renderer_r3 //Swaps to DirectX 10 r3_use_dx10_1 on //Uses DirectX 10.1 if available vid_restart //Restarts renderer to apply changes cfg_save //Store in user.ltx[/code] Use rs_stats 1/0 to check current performance. [editline]29th April 2014[/editline] Screenshot with a GTX 460. Excuse the JPG compression. [t]http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/595908956336908178/EAFC0146CD122412EDBDE09534834B4DEC762453/[/t][/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Fausty;44677438]Turn them off and turn the grass slider up the max. You won't notice the lack of shadows and you still get a giant fps boost. EDIT: Do you really think this looks bad? [t]http://a.pomf.se/gnigzg.jpg[/t][/QUOTE] I prefer my sun to cast light.

[QUOTE=Gray Altoid;44677541]I prefer my sun to cast light.[/QUOTE] I prefer 60 fps over 20

[QUOTE=Gray Altoid;44677541]I prefer my sun to cast light.[/QUOTE] Too bad there's no sun to speak of in that picture. There's still light without that option, you just won't get the fancy effects.

[QUOTE=Muukkis;44677178]It's not really official or "canon" as it's not a main line S.T.A.L.K.E.R. game but personally I'd consider it more of a something like the Extended Universe of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. like RMA, aside from the stuff that straight up contradicts the main line S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games, it's expanded canon. [editline]herp[/editline] For example it would mean that I would consider groups like "Sin" canon now, as existing somewhere around the Zone, instead of just being some weird faction that totally got cut from the games that has only vague references to it in the game.[/QUOTE] I headcanon Sin as remnants of Clear Sky who didn't get turned into Monolith (Because of their obsession with the labs etc, they sound very much like Clear Sky faction members screwed up by their passage into the heart of the zone)

I feel pretty lucky with how I can get 40-60 fps in most areas with HDAO, 2xAA, and most stuff minus grass shadows on. Also like CoP, there's no point to use anything other than low for sun rays unless you like losing FPS [t]http://cloud-4.steampowered.com/ugc/598160756123123900/672C2ABB46C1E098A7F6C32272A22595484DE1E1/[/t] [t]http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/598160756123118360/941B0F195F001A4D8342D3BABE71D158CCB29639/[/t] These are "low"

[sp]I feel sympathy for the Sin dudes and they have a cool base, also X18 is probably more akin to a level in METRO than stalker, with the ghosts and phantoms etc.[/sp]

Alright so I have a different problem than you guys. My FPS and graphics are all fine and dandy, even with sun shadows and all that jazz on. However, the game is dark as fuck. Let me illustrate my point: [thumb]http://i.imgur.com/5uiSiTv.jpg[/thumb] The brightness slider does nothing. How do I fix this? Also, this is at the Sin house. Just as I was taking this pic a military guy got in and shot one of the Sin guys. Another guy finished him off and he had a fucking SVD. So now I have an SVD.

[QUOTE=ionuttzu;44677668]Too bad there's no sun to speak of in that picture. There's still light without that option, you just won't get the fancy effects.[/QUOTE] The fancy effects are the best part though. [t]http://imgkk.com/i/n8s7.jpg[/t]

[QUOTE=WTF Nuke;44677914]Alright so I have a different problem than you guys. My FPS and graphics are all fine and dandy, even with sun shadows and all that jazz on. However, the game is dark as fuck. Let me illustrate my point: [thumb]http://i.imgur.com/5uiSiTv.jpg[/thumb] The brightness slider does nothing. How do I fix this? Also, this is at the Sin house. Just as I was taking this pic a military guy got in and shot one of the Sin guys. Another guy finished him off and he had a fucking SVD. So now I have an SVD.[/QUOTE] Try playing with r2_sun_lumscale_amb and see what looks good

I keep getting random CTDs, I crash 100% of the time after dying and reloading the save getting a stack error, and I crash every 30 minutes with a d3d11.dll crash (which is video driver).

You cant even see the sky with that bloom! [QUOTE=fishyfish777;44677928]The fancy effects are the best part though. [t]http://imgkk.com/i/n8s7.jpg[/t][/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=ionuttzu;44677668]Too bad there's no sun to speak of in that picture. There's still light without that option, you just won't get the fancy effects.[/QUOTE] You're right, there is no sun to speak of in the picture. [URL="http://i.imgur.com/qpYB7i6.jpg"]...because it's[/URL] [URL="http://i.imgur.com/ovDuBUo.jpg"]turned off.[/URL] Also, I keep getting crashes every half hour or something. Usually dealing with xrRender_r3.dll

[QUOTE=fishyfish777;44677928]The fancy effects are the best part though. [t]http://imgkk.com/i/n8s7.jpg[/t][/QUOTE] ...Meh

[CODE]Expression : m_foot_bones[leg_type] != BI_NONE Function : CStepManager::get_foot_position File : step_manager.cpp Line : 196 Description : foot bone had not been set [/CODE] I assume this has something to do with seeing your feet? I already downloaded the rat bone fix. If it helps at all, this constantly occurs right after rescuing Fox, Sid tells me to come get a reward, and we're walking away from where he was held hostage. Other than that, I've had no crashes thus far.

[t]http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/598160756123116930/2EA82C522964861B1FE0416D27BC78A6F881C95C/[/t] [t]http://cloud-4.steampowered.com/ugc/598160756125356430/604D89F717E875B955244D91C292F26B8277D7CA/[/t] [t]http://cloud-3.steampowered.com/ugc/598160756118415307/76CF7BC21BF1CCFA99FE5D28FAE4988412C7027F/[/t] I honestly don't think I could drop it down, I just like how r3 looks so much And working transparency AA is so nice to have (also considering forcing that in the NVCP for SoC would make it nearly unplayable for me) I hope after the patches come we start seeing some AI mods for LA. The one that was posted only makes it so NPCS react faster and can see in the dark (good in cases like driving through darkscape during sunset, bad if you want to sneak anywhere)

[QUOTE=Bloodshot12;44677940]Try playing with r2_sun_lumscale_amb and see what looks good[/QUOTE] This helped, but are there any other settings? Putting it to 3 makes outside nice but inside too bright, and I can't seem to hit a sweet spot where both look nice.

Try using these and adjusting them to your liking (not mine) [code]r2_ls_bloom_fast off r2_ls_bloom_kernel_b 0.01 r2_ls_bloom_kernel_g 7. r2_ls_bloom_kernel_scale 0.5 r2_ls_bloom_speed 100. r2_ls_bloom_threshold 0.889 r2_sun_lumscale 1. r2_sun_lumscale_amb 1.3 r2_sun_lumscale_hemi 1.2 r2_tonemap on r2_tonemap_adaptation 1. r2_tonemap_amount 0.3 r2_tonemap_lowlum 0.0001 r2_tonemap_middlegray 0.5 [/code]

Any solution to not being able to connect to GSCs website? It just says no network available. or something,

[QUOTE=Ap0c;44678112][CODE]Expression : m_foot_bones[leg_type] != BI_NONE Function : CStepManager::get_foot_position File : step_manager.cpp Line : 196 Description : foot bone had not been set [/CODE] I assume this has something to do with seeing your feet? I already downloaded the rat bone fix. If it helps at all, this constantly occurs right after rescuing Fox, Sid tells me to come get a reward, and we're walking away from where he was held hostage. Other than that, I've had no crashes thus far.[/QUOTE] Well I thought disabling seeing the player's feet would work, but it seems like it happened when I reloaded my save while I was in a psi storm. Good times.

[url]http://youtu.be/ydFUjGdreaM[/url] Won't embed the video for some reason.

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So guys, what would you rate LA so out of the box?

I've received a number of notifications as rewards of something like "Map Location 2 9" but can't see anything on the map that might tie in with these. Not sure if I'm missing something it doesn't seem to tie into anything else?

[QUOTE=LoNer1;44678579]So guys, what would you rate LA so out of the box?[/QUOTE] 9/10 though I'm very early into the game.

[QUOTE=WTF Nuke;44678615]9/10 though I'm very early into the game.[/QUOTE] Whoa, I just watched that X-files episode (WTF Nuke's avatar) On topic, can someone upload that improved models pack? I cant access GSCs website.

[QUOTE=Starship;44678654]Whoa, I just watched that X-files episode (WTF Nuke's avatar)[/QUOTE] I should finish the series some time but it's just so long and honestly I stopped caring about mulder's sister.