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

[exostalker]

[QUOTE=Tureis;44713243]I read through the patch and it mentions nothing towards fixing anything late game, reason why I asked for fixes.[/QUOTE]

[B]- fixed storyline battery task in sarcofag[/B]

[Ghost101]

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: LOST ALPHA Patch v1.3001 (2nd of May 2014.) changelog:

The patch is savegame compatible, so You do not have to start new game for this patch, but for maximum experience (nad because of Murphy's law) it's highly recommended. If you installed 3rd party / user made fixes and mods for Lost Alpha retail, it's highly recommended to reinstall the game to have a clean install before you apply the official patch. This is required to avoid conflicts with the 3rd party content. We can not give support for such cases. Also if you are trying to load gamesave which you made while you used mods or fixes for the retail Lost Alpha, they won't work with the newly patched game. You will need to start new game in such case, because all previous modded content was saved to your savegame, which is now unavailable in game since new patch has new content.

- game binaries are working with administrator privileges now, avoiding problems with User Access Control (UAC) subsystem
- game will work on windows xp, although dx10 cannot be used
- quicksave / quickload buttons now can be remapped
- fixed serious bug with wrong ui_movies.xml which prevented to play half of the game
- fixed storyline battery task in sarcofag
- fixed flying tree and geometry on Yantar level
- fixged geometry on Garbage level
- fixed the crash on r1 (static lightning) render when player entered 'Great Metal Factory' level
- fixed rat monster crash and effectors bug
- fixed random crash related to pda contacts section
- temporaly disabled legs/shadow in options, if you have it enabled, please type this to console: g_actor_body 0
- with removing visible leg feature, the missing footsteps and self shadow works again by default
- "la options" debug menu is disabled on widescreen
- crows are again killable
- ak74, ak74u, L85, G36 sounds synchronization fixed
- proper fix for safe crash
- missing "chmieltist" beer drinking sound fixed
- missing p90 model added
- brightness, gamma and contrast sliders fixed
- no available phrase to say, dialog[yantar_sakharov_start_talk] fixed
- no available phrase to say, dialog[agr_ratcatcher_start] fixed
- no available phrase to say, dialog[dol_specnaz_leader_dialog] fixed- several (hopefully all) missing descriptions added back
- crash when player ESC from solitare and hex viewer fixed
- restored working class for hex viewer, text viewer, image viewer, console 
- fix for artefact merger
- crash in repair window fixed
- wrong passwords for doors in pda fixed
- loading last save overlap window fixed
- added marker for 'strelok's flash' and 'yantar wires' because many users reported it's too hard to find them
- fixed camera position to climb out of UAZ jeep
- fixed OnMouseAction crash (Tetris in LA PC)
- Veles gives correct download module, so no need to buy it from Barman
- updated mi24 model, should fix "callback kils bone matrix bone: front_gun_tower"
- improved tasks and task completion on agroprom
- fixed luminocity and distance for stalkers to default value, ai works better
- removed the strange reverb when eax is enabled, and added more stable sound dlls
- temporary fix for missing suit upgrade
- fixed incorrect mag size for upgraded pb1
- added vehicle prices to dialogue
- corrected outfits icons and soldier outfit
- new helicopter sound with tuned volumes
- helicopter in cordon patrols less often
- helicopter windows in agroprom fixed (were transparent on r2-3 renders)
- added pda articles for downloads
- missing vehicle icons were added
- several vehicle properties were changed
- topoliny puh anomaly not glitching anymore
- car fuel should work now
- various small tweaks and fixes

Not too bad, the patch covered more stuff than I thought it would. Maybe once they get all this stuff sorted out they'll start looking into balancing things and tweaking the A-Life.

[Tureis.]

[QUOTE=exostalker;44713477][B]- fixed storyline battery task in sarcofag[/B][/QUOTE]

Well shit then, I'm sorry.

[The fox]

Anyone else having trouble getting the Steam overlay to work after the patch? Tried running it as a Admin, removing and re-adding it to Steam, running it in Admin compatability mode but nothing seems to work.

[Leg of Doom]

PDA chat worked fine before the patch now it crashes 50% of the time on clickl shirt

[Crazy]

[QUOTE=Ghost101;44713520]

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: LOST ALPHA Patch v1.3001 (2nd of May 2014.) changelog:

The patch is savegame compatible, so You do not have to start new game for this patch, but for maximum experience (nad because of Murphy's law) it's highly recommended. If you installed 3rd party / user made fixes and mods for Lost Alpha retail, it's highly recommended to reinstall the game to have a clean install before you apply the official patch. This is required to avoid conflicts with the 3rd party content. We can not give support for such cases. Also if you are trying to load gamesave which you made while you used mods or fixes for the retail Lost Alpha, they won't work with the newly patched game. You will need to start new game in such case, because all previous modded content was saved to your savegame, which is now unavailable in game since new patch has new content.

- game binaries are working with administrator privileges now, avoiding problems with User Access Control (UAC) subsystem
- game will work on windows xp, although dx10 cannot be used
- quicksave / quickload buttons now can be remapped
- fixed serious bug with wrong ui_movies.xml which prevented to play half of the game
- fixed storyline battery task in sarcofag
- fixed flying tree and geometry on Yantar level
- fixged geometry on Garbage level
- fixed the crash on r1 (static lightning) render when player entered 'Great Metal Factory' level
- fixed rat monster crash and effectors bug
- fixed random crash related to pda contacts section
- temporaly disabled legs/shadow in options, if you have it enabled, please type this to console: g_actor_body 0
- with removing visible leg feature, the missing footsteps and self shadow works again by default
- "la options" debug menu is disabled on widescreen
- crows are again killable
- ak74, ak74u, L85, G36 sounds synchronization fixed
- proper fix for safe crash
- missing "chmieltist" beer drinking sound fixed
- missing p90 model added
- brightness, gamma and contrast sliders fixed
- no available phrase to say, dialog[yantar_sakharov_start_talk] fixed
- no available phrase to say, dialog[agr_ratcatcher_start] fixed
- no available phrase to say, dialog[dol_specnaz_leader_dialog] fixed- several (hopefully all) missing descriptions added back
- crash when player ESC from solitare and hex viewer fixed
- restored working class for hex viewer, text viewer, image viewer, console 
- fix for artefact merger
- crash in repair window fixed
- wrong passwords for doors in pda fixed
- loading last save overlap window fixed
- added marker for 'strelok's flash' and 'yantar wires' because many users reported it's too hard to find them
- fixed camera position to climb out of UAZ jeep
- fixed OnMouseAction crash (Tetris in LA PC)
- Veles gives correct download module, so no need to buy it from Barman
- updated mi24 model, should fix "callback kils bone matrix bone: front_gun_tower"
- improved tasks and task completion on agroprom
- fixed luminocity and distance for stalkers to default value, ai works better
- removed the strange reverb when eax is enabled, and added more stable sound dlls
- temporary fix for missing suit upgrade
- fixed incorrect mag size for upgraded pb1
- added vehicle prices to dialogue
- corrected outfits icons and soldier outfit
- new helicopter sound with tuned volumes
- helicopter in cordon patrols less often
- helicopter windows in agroprom fixed (were transparent on r2-3 renders)
- added pda articles for downloads
- missing vehicle icons were added
- several vehicle properties were changed
- topoliny puh anomaly not glitching anymore
- car fuel should work now
- various small tweaks and fixes

Not too bad, the patch covered more stuff than I thought it would. Maybe once they get all this stuff sorted out they'll start looking into balancing things and tweaking the A-Life.[/QUOTE]

I was hoping the patch would allow me to sleep.

No.

[croguy]

[QUOTE=Crazy;44713979]I was hoping the patch would allow me to sleep.

No.[/QUOTE]

Is it a really bad case of "YOU DON'T WANT TO SLEEP", or are you actually an insomniac?

[666]

is it just me or did they remove the legs option in the patch? can't disable them anymore so i have no walking sounds

[Snek]

Anyone know how to turn down the R1 indoor lighting a bit? For some reason with the patch the bar wasn't illuminated so I turned on the lamps by using r2_allow_r1_lights but they're a bit too harsh and bright.

[Ghost101]

[QUOTE=Uncle Bourbon;44714119]is it just me or did they remove the legs option in the patch? can't disable them anymore so i have no walking sounds[/QUOTE]

You can disable them in the console.

- temporaly disabled legs/shadow in options, if you have it enabled, please type this to console: g_actor_body 0
- with removing visible leg feature, the missing footsteps and self shadow works again by default

[bord2tears]

[QUOTE=bord2tears;44713182]

Expression    : _valid( bi.mTransform )
Function      : CKinematics::CLBone
File          : ..\xrRender\SkeletonRigid.cpp
Line          : 157
Description   : callback kils bone matrix bone: front_gun_tower 

Super sad that I can't get past the Dark Valley caves. As soon as I round the corner I hear the sound of objective completed and get that error.
I've uninstalled, restinalled, and tried patch applied and without. I've switched the renderer from r1 to r3 just to see. I've tried with my gun out and without a gun out, as well as pistol and no weapons at all. I've tried switching outfits as well. Loading a much earlier save and going all the way back also didn't seem to fix it.

Does anyone have any ideas?

Specifically I tried the patch at gamefront from the moddb link: 1.30013.zip[/QUOTE]

For those with this issue: I fixed it by transitioning into Dark Valley after installing the patch. [sp]Once you escape the military helicopter by going in the cave, you should hear the helicopter leave. If this doesn't happen the crash will occur again I think.[/sp]

[Shirky]

Is there a fix for this?

Expression    : fatal error
Function      : weapon_hud_value::load
File          : WeaponHUD.cpp
Line          : 38
Description   : <no expression>
Arguments     : There is no 'binoculars' bone for weapon 'w_binoc_hud'.

[bord2tears]

Does anyone else have issues with the arena? Like the dogs won't spawn during the first fight and you get stuck forever inside?

[Thomo_UK]

Expression    : fatal error
Function      : CTexture::Load
File          : ..\xrRenderDX10\dx10SH_Texture.cpp
Line          : 441
Description   : <no expression>
Arguments     : Can't open video stream

Game progress, HALTED.

[Hybrid 4F]

Damn, I really want to have the car fuel fix from the patch, but I don't want to break my save game.

[Crazy]

[QUOTE=Hybrid 4F;44714562]Damn, I really want to have the car fuel fix from the patch, but I don't want to break my save game.[/QUOTE]

The patch didn't require a new game.

[croguy]

Have they made fuel drums compatible with the cars, though?

[BMAliens]

[QUOTE=Shirky;44714415]Is there a fix for this?

Expression    : fatal error
Function      : weapon_hud_value::load
File          : WeaponHUD.cpp
Line          : 38
Description   : <no expression>
Arguments     : There is no 'binoculars' bone for weapon 'w_binoc_hud'.

[/QUOTE]
You installed the LURK model replacement pack for LA and then patched over it.
You're gonna need to reinstall LA and the patch unless you have the overwritten files backed up.

[QUOTE=croguy;44714590]Have they made fuel drums compatible with the cars, though?[/QUOTE]
Nope, I attempted to fuel the first car you're given for free and it doesn't let you fuel it with just a barrel in the inventory.
There also is no option to split up the barrel into multiple smaller cannisters.

[croguy]

[QUOTE=FlyingAlien;44714663]You installed the LURK model replacement pack for LA and then patched over it.
You're gonna need to reinstall LA and the patch unless you have the overwritten files backed up.[/QUOTE]

It actually uses just a minor amount of models. He can fix it by ruling out the meshes and texture folders, I think.

The LAMP model team also released a better texture+model pack so there's that.

[Tureis.]

Welp, I've finished LA. [sp] Ghost x Strelok OTP [/sp]

[Shirky]

How do I repair a suit, or better yet find a new cheap suit?

[Jewish Paladin]

Does anyone have a mirror or a torrent up for patch v1.30013? Moddb downloads like shit on my Time Warner shitternet, I get like 11.4kb/s.

EDIT: Nevermind, found it. For some reason the page says v1.3001 (May 2) instead of v1.30013 (May 3), but the file says v1.30013 so I think this should be okay.

[url]http://gameupdates.org/details.php?file=STALKER_LostAlpha_patch_1.30013.zip[/url]

EDIT 2: Aaaaaand there's only 3 seeders. But its marginally faster than the Moddb download so I'll stick with it. Once I'm done I'll help seed it

[Thomo_UK]

PDA still causes crashes for me, pressing H does anyway, but going through the PDA it seems fine.

[croguy]

Oh right, forgot about the return of a long-gone mistranslation:

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/6MxYrMC.jpg[/IMG]

[SexualShark]

did the zone stop the russians yet?

[Ownederd]

[QUOTE=croguy;44715316]Oh right, forgot about the return of a long-gone mistranslation:

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/6MxYrMC.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]

broken runglish still speaks to me

[IMG]http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/7182/sskanria100809014322zat.jpg[/IMG]

volny stalker

[spawny]

[QUOTE=Shirky;44715219]How do I repair a suit, or better yet find a new cheap suit?[/QUOTE]

if you don't want to drop 80k on a new suit you can go to the room with 3 or 4 duty members in it just before you enter the bar entrance.
there will be 1 duty guarding a locked door that has a bunch of stuff in it like a weapon,a gas mask, and a duty suit.
if you get close enough to the door you'll be able to just pick up the items from there.
to make it easier you could just kill him and i don't think they'll fire at you for it

[BananaFoam]

Thank god for that LAMP update. I can play again.

So anyways, [sp]Why does Doctor sound like a goddamn Mexican attempting to impersonate a Russian?[/sp]

[Dub!]

Downloading SoC now. I have all three S.T.A.L.K.E.R games and I haven't beat either of them. What is wrong with me. ;-;

I almost finished CS but lost interest. I don't care to beat CoP because Misery is fucking hard and on-top of that the game stutters 24/7 due to shitty optimization and SoC actually looks promising. I'm going in with low expectations.

[Tureis.]

[QUOTE=BananaFoam;44715633]Thank god for that LAMP update. I can play again.

So anyways, [sp]Why does Doctor sound like a goddamn Mexican attempting to impersonate a Russian?[/sp][/QUOTE]

[sp] Don't be talking shit 'bout mi amigo homes, he's got the herbs. [/sp]