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

okay im trying to play stalkersoup and i waited like 5 minutes since the game froze right after i got into the game, i tried that like 10 times but they were still unresponsive do i have to wait an even longer time? this is all of me trying to start a new game

[QUOTE=Bloodshot12;44750413]I honestly never got why people [I]hated[/I] that so much, though a good alternative would be to make them agile I think - make them have normal health but be able to duck out of the way of your shots and shit, and maybe even hide from you and stop making sound and you'd have some pretty terrifying encounters.[/QUOTE] There's also a good idea in Soup about pseudodogs. Their howling makes your head spin slightly, botching the aim, and even, if they get too close, it causes you to lose your weapon. This approach I like, instead of making mutants bullet sponges that kill you in one hit, add different interesting ablities.

[QUOTE=genkaz92;44749997]I do agree, the zone should feel desolate and corrupted but not necessarily empty. I fully acknowledge the importance of atmospheric quiet moments, but they should not be the majority of the game.[/QUOTE] Yeah, the worst thing is that there's [I]no chance[/I] to run into NPCs or mutants outside of the very defined areas, I'm fine with there being few NPCs or mutant groups, but not when there's absolutely [B]none[/B] and there's no possibility of bumping into any of them because there are no gated spawns like SoC/CS/CoP, it's just empty all the time and when things do spawn, they don't travel at all, making the new connections between the maps pretty much completely pointless seeing as they're unused by A-Life.

Does anyone know who holds the rights to Stalker right now? I think I should take a loan and buy the rights. Then I would round up some modders and GSC devs and start a game studio that would make Stalker 2 and I'd make an ass load of money. Anyone want in on this?

[QUOTE=rotosherra;44753537]Does anyone know who holds the rights to Stalker right now? I think I should take a loan and buy the rights. Then I would round up some modders and GSC devs and start a game studio that would make Stalker 2 and I'd make an ass load of money. Anyone want in on this?[/QUOTE] And you'll be the idea guy?

[QUOTE=rotosherra;44753537]Does anyone know who holds the rights to Stalker right now? I think I should take a loan and buy the rights. Then I would round up some modders and GSC devs and start a game studio that would make Stalker 2 and I'd make an ass load of money. Anyone want in on this?[/QUOTE] Would have to be one hell of a loan to fund a title like that.

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/sD7uOsu.jpg[/IMG] Start reading it from below.

[QUOTE=gudman;44752493]There's also a good idea in Soup about pseudodogs. Their howling makes your head spin slightly, botching the aim, and even, if they get too close, it causes you to lose your weapon. This approach I like, instead of making mutants bullet sponges that kill you in one hit, add different interesting ablities.[/QUOTE] Wasn't there something kinda like that in beta, where pseudodogs could sort of "bite" you with their mind and mess up your view?

Anyone know's any easy way to merge/add icons to CoP?

[QUOTE=Cpt.MEEM;44753896]Anyone know's any easy way to merge/add icons to CoP?[/QUOTE] what kind of icons? inventory?

Yes, invertory ones.

[QUOTE=Cpt.MEEM;44754176]Yes, invertory ones.[/QUOTE] Basic paint.net knowledge = profit Or you can use photoshop as well, but I find paint.net way better for merging/editing icons.

I just noticed i didn't get the one of us achievement. God damn it.

OLR is really going above and beyond to include every bit of scrapped content. here's some concept art for a homemade gun: [img]http://images.gameru.net/image/direct/ca4013c2c3.jpg[/img] and its realization ingame: [img]http://images.gameru.net/image/direct/992a329110.jpg[/img]

[QUOTE=Ownederd;44754941]OLR is really going above and beyond to include every bit of scrapped content. here's some concept art for a homemade gun: [img]http://images.gameru.net/image/direct/ca4013c2c3.jpg[/img] and its realization ingame: [img]http://images.gameru.net/image/direct/992a329110.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] Is it a bolt thrower?

Looks like a paintball gun made out of junk

It looks like one of those guns a 1993 Bosnian militiaman would look at, then glance down at his pipework Sten, thinking to himself "Man, did I get away with a bitching good gun."

[QUOTE=Ownederd;44754941]OLR is really going above and beyond to include every bit of scrapped content. here's some concept art for a homemade gun: and its realization ingame: [/quote] Oh god, I've been thinking about doing something along these lines as a first venture into Stalker modding. Whipping up a bunch of homemade/ghetto weapons and having the Bandits use them. I figured it was a bit stupid though.

[QUOTE=Fuxed;44755117]Oh god, I've been thinking about doing something along these lines as a first venture into Stalker modding. Whipping up a bunch of homemade/ghetto weapons and having the Bandits use them. I figured it was a bit stupid though.[/QUOTE] It [I]is[/I] pretty damn stupid. Scrapping up your guns isn't exactly the brightest idea when there's a black market present, unless you really need a last resort. Honestly, I really don't get why mods introduce shit-tier guns that break on contact with your hand while they're being used by NPCs. Making the rarer pieces faction exclusive, rare, or expensive is the way to go.

my guess is that it's pretty powerful because it flings stuff at enemies with a breakneck speed

Does anyone else have the Lost Alpha arena error in the bar? The first round of the arena only spawns one dog to kill instead of two so I get trapped in there forever.

Uh, I just had a delayed Blowout in Lost Alpha. I was coming back from Rostok factory back to the Bar and I decided to outrun a blowout at the Construction Yard to the Bar. I got through the level changer and the blowout didn't follow me. Saved, did some trading and watched a silly cutscene(that wasn't actually as bad as people had hyped it up to be). Thought I was home free. Two hours later, I loaded up that save and woke into the middle of a Blowout in Rostok, except that there weren't any blowout cover indicators anywhere.The game crashes right when I was about to die to that Blowout. Next time I just loaded a save that was inside the Bar itself, but the blowout didn't thankfully fuck up my game, it just apparently killed all of the guys at Duty's North perimeter and some guys walking around the area in general.

[QUOTE=Milkyway M16;44756110][B]Does anyone else[/B] have the Lost Alpha arena error in the bar? The first round of the arena only spawns one dog to kill instead of two so I get trapped in there forever.[/QUOTE] [B]Everyone else[/B] is having the bug with the arena not spawning the right amount of enemies. That's why you save frequently :smile:

Alright so I am trying to play Soup and I got to agroprom but as soon as I start rescuing mole and his stupid group of fucks there is a fucking emission every god damn time so now mole just hides in his stupid building and won't talk to me about strelok. How the hell do I progress? I tried exploding that bastard with gas cans but the fucker just takes them and looks at me like "whutup bitch" and it drives me nuts.

So I was casually strolling up to the warehouse in CoP to rescue Miltay in a peaceful way, and just before I could talk to the bandit Strider and his jolly company of merry men decide to crash the party from a slight hill nearby. And I just stand there wondering how the fuck that even happened Well and then I proceed to hand out medkits to any of striders guys who fall down.

[QUOTE=exostalker;44756367][B]Everyone else[/B] is having the bug with the arena not spawning the right amount of enemies. That's why you save frequently :smile:[/QUOTE] Obviously silly goose, I'm no rookie. Just wanted to make sure that I wasn't the only one. I just really want to do arena because it would open up the faster way to get to the bar. How frustrating.

[QUOTE=Milkyway M16;44757440]Obviously silly goose, I'm no rookie. Just wanted to make sure that I wasn't the only one. I just really want to do arena because it would open up the faster way to get to the bar. How frustrating.[/QUOTE] I'm no goose, and neither did I think that you're a rookie, you complained about being trapped in the area, that's why I mentioned saves. The bug was present in the leak as well, so it's as old as 8 months :rolleyes:

[QUOTE=rotosherra;44753537]Does anyone know who holds the rights to Stalker right now? I think I should take a loan and buy the rights. Then I would round up some modders and GSC devs and start a game studio that would make Stalker 2 and I'd make an ass load of money. Anyone want in on this?[/QUOTE] I don't think you have any idea how expensive IP rights can get. Not that it would matter, Sergei isn't willing to sell. [editline]8th May 2014[/editline] [QUOTE=Milkyway M16;44757440]Obviously silly goose, I'm no rookie. Just wanted to make sure that I wasn't the only one. I just really want to do arena because it would open up the faster way to get to the bar. How frustrating.[/QUOTE] I was really disappointed that the arena was broke. Not because I enjoyed it in vanilla, - the opposite in fact, it lagged me to shit and I hated it - just because I was sick of running all the way to Rostok just to get to Barman.

[QUOTE=exostalker;44757676]I'm no goose, and neither did I think that you're a rookie, you complained about being trapped in the area, that's why I mentioned saves. The bug was present in the leak as well, so it's as old as 8 months :rolleyes:[/QUOTE] I couldn't find a script that controls the arena but otherwise I would have taken a look at it to see if I could spot any issues with it.

So overall, what's everyone's opinions on LA? Personally, I'm disappointed.