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

[NTripleOne]

[QUOTE=Hamsteronfire;46150687]Gonna play through the series for first time seriously, played bits of SoC and CS before in the past, but want to play it properly now, I think I gave up when I had to cross into the Cordon in CS and I kept getting machine gunned constantly.

Apparently I should be playing on the highest difficulty (increased overall damage) and without a crosshair (realism), is this a good idea?[/QUOTE]

Without a crosshair is personal preference due to wonky sights and generally iffy accuracy in vanilla, but playing on master is required.

[Lizzrd]

[QUOTE=Hamsteronfire;46150687]Gonna play through the series for first time seriously, played bits of SoC and CS before in the past, but want to play it properly now, I think I gave up when I had to cross into the Cordon in CS and I kept getting machine gunned constantly.

Apparently I should be playing on the highest difficulty (increased overall damage) and without a crosshair (realism), is this a good idea?[/QUOTE]The CS cordon MG bit is just dumb, I always turn down difficulty untill I'm out of reach then turn it back up.

[Doneeh]

[QUOTE=Hamsteronfire;46151582]why?
what did i do wrong now?
wow it's like the past couple of days everything i have said on this site is apparently dumb or wrong?
what am i doing wrong[/QUOTE]

He's talking to me, I think.

[QUOTE=Gum;46150711]I know how to do it, just like probably 75% of the regulars in this thread, but sadly for you, I rolled 1 for initiative.[/QUOTE]

Ight, so pass on some of that mystical knowledge on replacing soundfiles, adding them into the game, and turning viewmodels sideways.

If I can make something out of this, I don't think anyone's gonna be disappointed.

[BloodShot12]

Can somebody confirm if I'm right about this? I distinctly remember in Clear Sky if you return to the swamps once you get to the part with the MG you can take a newly opened alternate route and end up in a different part of the cordon and bypass it entirely, but for some reason I'm not really sure now if that's true.

[Ajaxial]

[QUOTE=Bloodshot12;46153555]Can somebody confirm if I'm right about this? I distinctly remember in Clear Sky if you return to the swamps once you get to the part with the MG you can take a newly opened alternate route and end up in a different part of the cordon and bypass it entirely, but for some reason I'm not really sure now if that's true.[/QUOTE]

Yup. You can just turn around, go back to the swamps and then exit into cordon via the northeastern exit of the swamps which takes you out near the farmstead.

[M.Ciaster]

[QUOTE=Doneeh;46150594]I bet Gum can do it if he put his mind to it. I'd do it if I knew a damn thing about modding or even editing basic ass text files to get a decent result.[/QUOTE]
do it, be the crazy motherfucka named ice cube this thread deserves

[Gum]

[QUOTE=Doneeh;46151933]He's talking to me, I think.

Ight, so pass on some of that mystical knowledge on replacing soundfiles, adding them into the game, and turning viewmodels sideways.

If I can make something out of this, I don't think anyone's gonna be disappointed.[/QUOTE]

Right, so. You're gonna want to use [URL="http://stalkerin.gameru.net/modules.php?name=Downloads&d_op=viewtheoned&lid=474"]this[/URL] [URL="http://stalkerin.gameru.net/modules.php?name=Downloads&d_op=getit&lid=474"](direct download)[/URL] tool for the iron sights, or you're gonna have to go back and forth between testing a value in-game and changing values in a .ltx.(Which requires a whole lot of restarting the game over and over again.) With it, you can modify the alignment values in-game with either hotkeys or tabbing out and changing the values in the editor with no need to restart the game to test every change you make. It takes some fiddling around with to get it working, so a word of warning to you.

After you are done with setting the sight alignment the way you want, you should go alter the values in the weapon's .ltx file to match the values in the editor. Download [URL="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/42038601/weapon_configs.zip"]this[/URL] for the config files of all the vanilla weapons.

Look for these two values in the .ltx and replace them with the values you want.(These are the values for the vanilla 1911(filename w_colt1911.ltx), as an example.)

aim_hud_offset_pos				= -0.106000,0.034000,0.000000
aim_hud_offset_rot				= -0.005000,0.005000,-0.007500

And for extra convienence, here's the [URL="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/42038601/gamedata_starting_equipment.zip"]file that determines your starting equipment.[/URL]
Add a line with your item of choice here:

<supplies>
			[spawn] \n
			device_torch \n
			wpn_binoc \n
			wpn_knife \n
			detector_simple \n
			helm_respirator \n
			stalker_outfit \n

   			grenade_rgd5 = 2 \n

			wpn_pm_actor  \n
   			ammo_9x18_fmj = 3 \n

   			wpn_ak74u \n
   			ammo_5.45x39_fmj = 3 \n
   			
			bandage = 2 \n
			antirad = 1 \n
			medkit = 4 \n

			bread = 1 \n
			kolbasa = 1 \n
			conserva = 2 \n
			[itemname (ex. wpn_colt1911)] = [quantity(ex. 1)] \n (What does this '\n' even mean?)
    </supplies>

The stuff in brackets at the bottom is simply explanation of what you put in there if you want to start off with the item in question.

As for music, all you need to do is convert your music to .ogg, (single channel, not stereo, at 44100MHz) and put them in "gamedata/sounds/music" [URL="http://i.imgur.com/YtmspDL.png"]named like so[/URL].
Audacity will do for converting.

[editline]5th October 2014[/editline]

I just woke up and this post is what I spent the first 3 of my waking hours on.

[Beacon]

'\n' means newline

[jill920]

Any reason why Call of Pripyat is 50% off on Steam?

[lintz]

[QUOTE=rikimaru6811;46156663]Any reason why Call of Pripyat is 50% off on Steam?[/QUOTE]

why not?

[Kimr]

[QUOTE=rikimaru6811;46156663]Any reason why Call of Pripyat is 50% off on Steam?[/QUOTE]

Sergey needs his pepsi.

[Doneeh]

[QUOTE=Gum;46155360]Lots of info.[/QUOTE]

Thanks. Gonna see what I can do with this so far considering I have a shit computer for testing this stuff. This doesn't look too hard though.

Anyone know how I can make sound bites or whatever the hell they're called? Just little snippets of sound from other media like music, videos, etc.. Can Audacity do that?

[lintz]

audacity can record through stereo mix

[Doneeh]

That's good.

What's a stereo mix though?

[lintz]

it's a "microphone" setting that replays the sounds coming from your computer instead of using an external microphone

[Kingo64]

[QUOTE=lintz;46158534]it's a "microphone" setting that replays the sounds coming from your computer instead of using an external microphone[/QUOTE]
Basically it records your computer audio output rather than input allowing you to capture everything that would come out of your speakers.

[Daemonion]

[QUOTE=Gum;46142525] ... Just fucking around with values in a .cfg file.(With the help of a real-time editing tool I found on the internet.)[/QUOTE]
There is a tool to edit the .ltx values real-time in the game?

[edit] Nevermind, replied too soon. Saw the download link just a few more posts below. Whoops!

[etcetera]

[QUOTE=Daemonion;46167026]There is a tool to edit the .ltx values real-time in the game?

[edit] Nevermind, replied too soon. Saw the download link just a few more posts below. Whoops![/QUOTE]

Basically you can modify orientation with the NumPad. I think I've got a translated version of the instructions kicking about somewhere if you need it.

[Gamerkiwi]

[video=youtube;ygakyjCHo7w]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygakyjCHo7w[/video]

Anyone know this song? I'm trying to learn it, and it's similar to this one: [url]http://youtu.be/KRRGYEFZF4A?t=4m3s[/url]

Which helps me get started, but the chord progression really throws me for a loop.

[Hammer7]

[QUOTE=GamerKiwi;46169400]Anyone know this song? I'm trying to learn it, and it's similar to this one: [url]http://youtu.be/KRRGYEFZF4A?t=4m3s[/url]

Which helps me get started, but the chord progression really throws me for a loop.[/QUOTE]

It's opening for this song.

[video=youtube;3ZtWHE6C5q4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZtWHE6C5q4[/video]

[std DONOR]

Woo Autumn Aurora. I spent about 2 hours in x16 labs because saving or dieing crashed me, now when i finally get through it crashes anyway. Any ideas how to circumvent? Also my older saves at yantar now crash for some reason...

[Tidusete]

[QUOTE=GamerKiwi;46169400][video=youtube;ygakyjCHo7w]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygakyjCHo7w[/video]

Anyone know this song? I'm trying to learn it, and it's similar to this one: [url]http://youtu.be/KRRGYEFZF4A?t=4m3s[/url]

Which helps me get started, but the chord progression really throws me for a loop.[/QUOTE]

The first part is something like this, not perfect by any means since it's been ages since the last time I played my guitar, but still better than nothing:
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/Onys9Hj.jpg[/IMG]

And the chords played after it are Dm-Am-E-Am with alternating bass, I believe. Hope it helps!

[4yourmalice]

2 questions for you guys, about Call of Pripyat :

1) Is the game's dialogue supposed to be strictly in Russian? All my text is in English, but I can't under stand what anyone actually says.

2) My computer seems to freeze momentarily (1 second) quite often while out wandering around. It runs the game at 30 FPS on medium settings. Is there something happening that can switched on/off?

The only mods I have running are : Arsenal Overhaul and AtmosFEAR.

[lintz]

as far as i remember, all dialogue that isn't from mission giving npcs is in russian

[Muukkis]

[QUOTE=4yourmalice;46190255]1) Is the game's dialogue supposed to be strictly in Russian? All my text is in English, but I can't under stand what anyone actually says.[/QUOTE]
No, only random NPC chatter is supposed to be russian, the quest characters should talk english unless you've pirated a russian copy of it. Also, the character battle shouts and greetings(HOWDY HO!!!) are mixed english and russian. There's an english audio mod but the english dub is so horrible that you should just download a subtitles mod if you can.
[QUOTE=lintz;46190558]as far as i remember, all dialogue that isn't from mission giving npcs is in russian[/QUOTE]
Medics, guides and technicians also have dialogue in english, but that's the general gist of things.

[wat_am_i_doin]

[QUOTE=std DONOR;46172040]Woo Autumn Aurora. I spent about 2 hours in x16 labs because saving or dieing crashed me, now when i finally get through it crashes anyway. Any ideas how to circumvent? Also my older saves at yantar now crash for some reason...[/QUOTE]

Your save file is probably borked.

[Hammer7]

Time for a GUNSLINGER update.

[video=youtube;2H4iNypMstU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2H4iNypMstU[/video]

[lintz]

my fucking dick

[Ajaxial]

[QUOTE=4yourmalice;46190255]2 questions for you guys, about Call of Pripyat :

1) Is the game's dialogue supposed to be strictly in Russian? All my text is in English, but I can't under stand what anyone actually says.

2) My computer seems to freeze momentarily (1 second) quite often while out wandering around. It runs the game at 30 FPS on medium settings. Is there something happening that can switched on/off?

The only mods I have running are : Arsenal Overhaul and AtmosFEAR.[/QUOTE]

On the note of 2. That is probably just the alife coming online and offline. And no. There isn't really a way to change that. Although the Jlib files (Which sadly I don't have a link too) fixes alot of the stuttering.)

[4yourmalice]

[QUOTE=Muukkis;46190896]No, only random NPC chatter is supposed to be russian, the quest characters should talk english unless you've pirated a russian copy of it. Also, the character battle shouts and greetings(HOWDY HO!!!) are mixed english and russian. There's an english audio mod but the english dub is so horrible that you should just download a subtitles mod if you can.

Medics, guides and technicians also have dialogue in english, but that's the general gist of things.[/QUOTE]

I'm playing the game straight off Steam, so it's kind of odd they're all talking in Russian. Thanks for the info though, man!