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

[QUOTE=fishyfish777;44680658]Is crashing every quickload a common feature of Lost Alpha or did I misconfigure it somehow? It makes dying that much more unpleasant, but, still.[/QUOTE] It usually crashes if you use the quickload key after dying, selecting the quicksave or using last save usually does not result in a crash.

here's the link for lamp .93 that fixes the crashing in .92 [url]https://mega.co.nz/#!J5BzwQab!IXPxZD5dbPGYmdcIB4zIfGk2iaYa9x1y9bCg-24wbLw[/url]

[QUOTE=fishyfish777;44680658]Is crashing every quickload a common feature of Lost Alpha or did I misconfigure it somehow? It makes dying that much more unpleasant, but, still.[/QUOTE] I wouldn't use quicksave/load for any STALKER games. That thing is sketchy.

[QUOTE=Doneeh;44680764]Just installed LA. What can I expect? Good, crap, what?[/QUOTE] Like every other Stalker game - good. Also be ready for tons of bugs.

I've had to leave X18 to go back and get more fucking batteries, seriously. You can't see shit in there if you don't have about 15 spare ones.

[QUOTE=Thomo_UK;44681046]I've had to leave X18 to go back and get more fucking batteries, seriously. You can't see shit in there if you don't have about 15 spare ones.[/QUOTE] You'd think batteries would be able to last more than half an hour.

[QUOTE=Gray Altoid;44681067]You'd think batteries would be able to last more than half an hour.[/QUOTE] Zone magic

What's up with Wolf's key? The objective is to take it to him and he asks if you've been to the stash yet.

Finally managed to get passed the part of saving Fox due to crashes (thank you to who uploaded the bone fix). But after a rat attacked me, my screen flashed yellow and I crashed. Any fixes for this?

[QUOTE=Mister_Jack;44681135]What's up with Wolf's key? The objective is to take it to him and he asks if you've been to the stash yet.[/QUOTE] Can't even find his fucking key.

[QUOTE=Gray Altoid;44681164]Can't even find his fucking key.[/QUOTE] If you haven't been through the [sp]Cordon underground bunker[/sp] you need to go back through the [sp]tunnel that takes you past the military checkpoint at the bridge. There's a door about half-way down that you need to go into and explore past[/sp].

[QUOTE=Lijitsu;44681204]If you haven't been through the [sp]Cordon underground bunker[/sp] you need to go back through the [sp]tunnel that takes you past the military checkpoint at the bridge. There's a door about half-way down that you need to go into and explore past[/sp].[/QUOTE] I've actually explored all through that place. The only thing i found was little gremlin things and a few science medkits. Maybe I went there before I got that task from him, though.

[QUOTE=Gray Altoid;44681229]I've actually explored all through that place. The only thing i found was little gremlin things and a few science medkits. Maybe I went there before I got that task from him, though.[/QUOTE] The key is in there, that's where it was for me. You should be able to just go right back into it via what's-his-name's old base under the road where Wolf said he lost it. That door there should open back into it if you've opened it from the other side.

So is there a fix for the foot bone glitch? I can't load my last quicksave due to it.

[QUOTE=Grenadiac;44681250]So is there a fix for the foot bone glitch? I can't load my last quicksave due to it.[/QUOTE] [url]https://mega.co.nz/#F!ApBXHJAA!95mi3ssm6vrGysl97TBT9A[/url] Just double click on fix rat bone

So I'm compiling a list of common problems that I'm seeing people having. 1. no footstep sounds/crashes caused by actor legs - disable actor legs 2. Footbone crash - fixed by replacing m_rat.ltx 3. Performance degradation - Framerate slowly going down to what is half of "normal" within an hour of gameplay - no known fix? 4. Contacts menu crash - no known fix? 5. Repair menu crashing/upgrade buttons not working - fixed by downloading and installing [URL="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2IUe5MgSdC2NHBaRHJnUXA1d1k/edit?usp=sharing"]https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2IUe5MgSdC2NHBaRHJnUXA1d1k/edit?usp=sharing [/URL]6. Even so much as coughing at the quickload button. Loading quicksaves normally works fine.

I'm the best stalker around, I forgot to [sp]get my shit back from the box when Sin capture you[/sp] now all I have is this shitty bandit jacket.

Shit, I have to manually merge atmosfear 3/Absolute Nature 3 with redux. This is gonna be fun.

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I really like the look of Rostok Factory, I hope lots of Stalkers end up populating. They probably wont though sadly.

Holy fucking shit, was looking for a stash on my map in dark valley at night, found a house where I could hear a bloodsucker roaming around, ran in and climbed the attic since it was preocupied with boars and found an m1911. Came down, bloodsucker still sounds like its chasing them but then all of a sudden it rounds the corner right at me and I panic fire my .44 magnum and get a clean headshot by accident

The lack of fast travel is starting to wear on me. I figured it wouldn't be too bad but the amount of backtracking you have to do is ridiculous, and fuck Sin they're in the worst spot considering how much I visit them.

I was hoping the whole PDA contacts thing would let you talk to other people for quests and transmit stuff so you don't have to go back to them because I really don't like fast travel, but that doesn't work so...

[QUOTE=Bloodshot12;44681891]Holy fucking shit, was looking for a stash on my map in dark valley at night, found a house where I could hear a bloodsucker roaming around, ran in and climbed the attic since it was preocupied with boars and found an m1911. Came down, bloodsucker still sounds like its chasing them but then all of a sudden it rounds the corner right at me and I panic fire my .44 magnum and get a clean headshot by accident[/QUOTE] Came from the south, heard / saw the 2 bloodsuckers roaming around plus a chimera a bit on the left while the sun was setting down. My blood pressure was hitting new records. [sp]BTW, anybody managed to escape with the car from the Monolith ? I get shot down by the heli every time[/sp]

Okay, I've made great progress in my merge efforts. Most of the changes are fairly simple and since I know I'm going to be merging atmosfear and absolute nature onto redux (because I can't install redux into a dummy folder), I'm able to mostly just insert the ltx/xml/script differences into atmosfear's. I've ran into a problem though. Of the 16 conflicting files, 5 of them are crazy complicated each in their own right. I've only barely managed cracking surge_manager.script, but most of the ui stuff is completely different, and I don't know what/if atmosfear and absolute nature change things in them The ones I'm having the most trouble with are ui_actor_hint_wnd.xml, maingame.xml, maingame_16.xml, and ui_custom_msgs.xml

I'm sure it has been asked before, but where the fuck is the entrance to [sp]X-18?[/sp] I have been looking for a half hour and I haven't found anything.

So, dumb question, in lost alpha is it like SoC with artifacts always visible or more like CS/CoP with a detector to find (since you have a detector). Is detector only for beeping / rad checks or can you make it active (of which I have not figured out how to do if you can)?

[QUOTE=Poulet Breiz;44682118]Came from the south, heard / saw the 2 bloodsuckers roaming around plus a chimera a bit on the left while the sun was setting down. My blood pressure was hitting new records. [sp]BTW, anybody managed to escape with the car from the Monolith ? I get shot down by the heli every time[/sp][/QUOTE] I did [sp] though I was so used to watching that RMA video with the escape segment that i disregarded my quest marker and went all the way back to the cordon avoiding the heli by accident[/sp]

[QUOTE=Tureis;44681998]The lack of fast travel is starting to wear on me.[/QUOTE] [img]http://static.fjcdn.com/pictures/dont+just+stand+there+I+SAID+COME+IN_460922_4972226.jpg[/img]

[QUOTE=Bloodshot12;44682176]I did [sp] though I was so used to watching that RMA video with the escape segment that i disregarded my quest marker and went all the way back to the cordon avoiding the heli by accident[/sp][/QUOTE] Well, I'll give it a go once more or leave it there and pick it up later. Worth mentioning, if you have issues with repairing / upgrading stuff, drop everything you have, save for the item you want to fix, repair, leave then talk again and click the highlighted vertical bar to upgrade. A bit tedious but still worth it. Upgrades could have been reworked though.