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

[QUOTE=rikimaru6811;46756596]o boi 12 bongs til the big revelation[/QUOTE] We all know the results won't be out until at least noon tomorrow I'd say, but tonight will be a fitful night's sleep for me [editline]20th December 2014[/editline] [QUOTE=d4v33edz;46756599]That page design deserves an award in itself, I have mentioned this already on MODDB, but no harm in handing praise twice. Edit: 10 posts already, better slow down[/QUOTE] thanks man :)

Just some thoughts on LA I have been playing through at a truly sedate pace, not rushing the missions, instead I have been wandering around the new maps. I understand about what's been said about the lack of A-Life, the empty maps and endless trekking about, but... isn't this how the zone would be? Hours alone on empty roads, the odd "huddle" of a group of Loners in a building, sure it doesn't make for an adrenaline rush of the game mostly, but again that is how it would probably pan out in the zone. This emptiness brings about the odd moment though, while having a mooch about on the countryside level, I got jumped by a mutated boar, I had my guard down as nothing has happened in a hour, and then killed by a boar coming through the undergrowth. That made me think about how realistic that event would be.

Well, reinstalled Misery. Hoping that maybe. JUST MAYBE. They'd of fixed the unbalanced ballistics. Bullet sponge Iron headed Rookie coated zombies, DEADSHOT pinpoint marksman rookies with pistols and shotguns (That is the EXACT same with Hardcore AI aim on or off and with "Easy mode" enabled. Almost psychic AI. And the NFL style grenade throws that can cross MASSIVE distances with DEAD accurate landings. So yeah. That was a waste of time. :suicide:

I voted for REDUX for MOTY and I even got a few of my friends to vote too.

[QUOTE=mikester112;46757283]I voted for REDUX for MOTY and I even got a few of my friends to vote too.[/QUOTE] <3<3<3<3<3

[QUOTE=LoNer1;46756214][t]http://media.moddb.com/images/mods/1/15/14909/xrEngine_2014-12-19_20-20-06-44.png[/t][/QUOTE] That grass draw distance is glorious

[QUOTE=Daemon White;46757451]That grass draw distance is glorious[/QUOTE] It makes a pretty big difference doesn't it.

As does the matching color

[QUOTE=Bloodshot12;46757705]As does the matching color[/QUOTE] I remember holdenmcclure once posting images of his grass ... it was sublime. But I can't find it anymore. It was realistic and like grass is supposed to look like, shoes-height.

Apparently the the mercenaries in AO werent all that interested in food after all. They wanted water. :v:

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/s9XOKtl.png[/IMG] Best of luck brah

Quite a few oddities in arsenal overhaul, like the helmet Nimble sells you weighing absolutely nothing. The SVT-40 and Mosin feel wonderful to use (except for the rather leisurely reload of both) and sound like an artillery cannon. The 7.62mm AKs are rather good, but the 5.45 ones are rather pants in terms of quality. [editline]20th December 2014[/editline] Morgan also stands there like a lemon while you gun down everyone else.

[QUOTE=Sgt Doom;46758144]Quite a few oddities in arsenal overhaul, like the helmet Nimble sells you weighing absolutely nothing. The SVT-40 and Mosin feel wonderful to use (except for the rather leisurely reload of both) and sound like an artillery cannon. The 7.62mm AKs are rather good, but the 5.45 ones are rather pants in terms of quality. [editline]20th December 2014[/editline] Morgan also stands there like a lemon while you gun down everyone else.[/QUOTE] I've been sticking to an AKMS despite having enough dosh to buy the G3 Nimble sells. It feels so satisfying to use. Ammo is plentifull and there aint alot of things that will stand upright after taking a 7.62 to the face. :v:

[QUOTE=Jamie1992GSC;46757180]And the NFL style grenade throws that can cross MASSIVE distances with DEAD accurate landings. So yeah. That was a waste of time. :suicide:[/QUOTE] I looked in source code about the nades. I think I can fix it. There is a condition check which is supposed to prevent npcs from throwing grenades at walls, but if the npc already has the nade in his hand the check is not used and there is a function to randomize the throw position but it disabled.

Haven't played STALKER in forever, should I reinstall now or wait for REDUX 2.0?

[QUOTE=amazer97;46759871]Haven't played STALKER in forever, should I reinstall now or wait for REDUX 2.0?[/QUOTE] Might be a long while until Redux 2 if I'm not mistaken.

[QUOTE=amazer97;46759871]Haven't played STALKER in forever, should I reinstall now or wait for REDUX 2.0?[/QUOTE] Do yourself a favour and get Arsenal Overhaul. It got taken down from moddb but there should be a download link about 2 pages back.

[QUOTE=Sunkite;46760016]Do yourself a favour and get Arsenal Overhaul. It got taken down from moddb but there should be a download link about 2 pages back.[/QUOTE] I hate to ask, but I can't find it, only the hotfix. I really want to try this, as it sounds right up my alley. Bugs don't worry me, I've been through some crazy early-SOUP shit before. [QUOTE=Bloodshot12;46760316][url]https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0B0JtTjU3ezz4Nnl0ZGhGNnZaaWM&export=download[/url][/QUOTE] Thank you kindly. If I wasn't broke, I would ship you some vodka.

[url]https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0B0JtTjU3ezz4Nnl0ZGhGNnZaaWM&export=download[/url]

[QUOTE=amazer97;46759871]Haven't played STALKER in forever, should I reinstall now or wait for REDUX 2.0?[/QUOTE] I wouldn't wait for any one particular mod, they all take awhile to develop and release.

[url]http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2014-12-10-its-a-hard-time-for-ukraine-but-a-good-time-to-be-a-proud-ukrainian[/url] ???

[QUOTE=alundaio;46759748]I looked in source code about the nades. I think I can fix it. There is a condition check which is supposed to prevent npcs from throwing grenades at walls, but if the npc already has the nade in his hand the check is not used and there is a function to randomize the throw position but it disabled.[/QUOTE] Why the hell would anyone disable that? "hey wait, disable that bit of code. let's just let the npcs snipe you with grenades" "sounds good"

[QUOTE=Odellus;46761671][url]http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2014-12-10-its-a-hard-time-for-ukraine-but-a-good-time-to-be-a-proud-ukrainian[/url] ???[/QUOTE] Yeah so GSC seem like they're coming back, that's some news

[QUOTE=Odellus;46761671][url]http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2014-12-10-its-a-hard-time-for-ukraine-but-a-good-time-to-be-a-proud-ukrainian[/url] ???[/QUOTE]Heh, so the specific part of STALKER that West Games worked on was a fucking [I]flash game.[/I] [editline]21st December 2014[/editline] [QUOTE=Sunkite;46758408]I've been sticking to an AKMS despite having enough dosh to buy the G3 Nimble sells. It feels so satisfying to use. Ammo is plentifull and there aint alot of things that will stand upright after taking a 7.62 to the face. :v:[/QUOTE]Aint much that stays upright after being shot once with 54mmR either. Almost feels redundant, me carrying an AKMS and SVT-40.

[QUOTE=Odellus;46761671][url]http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2014-12-10-its-a-hard-time-for-ukraine-but-a-good-time-to-be-a-proud-ukrainian[/url] ???[/QUOTE] Article posted on Thu 17 Dec 2015 9:17am GMT... Time Travel!

[QUOTE][B]What happened with the West Games claims about the STALKER assets and team?[/B] "I don't really know enough about them, but the story is quite funny. These guys were basically promoting themselves as being the STALKER team, that they were working on STALKER, but that's not true. When we were working on STALKER 2, we were also planning on releasing a browser game based on STALKER so we could keep the audience engaged until released. "That project was never finished. There were mistakes. But the guys at West Games, that was the STALKER project they were working on - a flash game. So when they promoted themselves as having worked on STALKER, I was quite surprised. We would definitely win the legal action against them, but we won't start it. They used a lot of the ideas from STALKER... I don't know what they were thinking, starting that. I haven't heard from them for quite a while." [B]You've got a new, unannounced game in the works. The market is very different to what it was four years ago, have you been tempted to change with it and try free-to-play or mobile development?[/B] "We're pretty sure about our fans. The market we're in is quite old fashioned, they're not 16 year olds, they're 25-40 years old. We don't think free-to-play is the right model for the game we want to make. So we're making an old-fashioned, full price game, we think our audience will be happy about that. We're expecting a lot of our old audience!" [B]It's not been an easy time for Ukrainian developers, or indeed Ukraine in general. We've already seen 4A open a new studio in Malta, were you tempted to move elsewhere?[/B] "No! We're staying here. It's a hard time for Ukraine, but that's a good time to be proud to be Ukrainian."[/QUOTE] My bros. I have full confidence in them!

[QUOTE=Sgt Doom;46762520]Heh, so the specific part of STALKER that West Games worked on was a fucking [I]flash game.[/I] [editline]21st December 2014[/editline] Aint much that stays upright after being shot once with 54mmR either. Almost feels redundant, me carrying an AKMS and SVT-40.[/QUOTE] I'd pick the AKMS over the SVT-40 any day. full auto 7.62, albeit uncontrollable, is a serious amount of dakka when there is a need for such thing. The doublebarrel shotgun (the side-by-side one) is also very satisfying to use.

[QUOTE=Beacon;46762480]Yeah so GSC seem like they're coming back, that's some news[/QUOTE] This has been known for a while now though.

[QUOTE=d4v33edz;46756673]I understand about what's been said about the lack of A-Life, the empty maps and endless trekking about, but... isn't this how the zone would be?[/QUOTE] The thing that sucks about it is that there's almost no unpredictability in the game world, the maps aren't empty because of the spawn rates are reduced, the maps are empty of human A-Life because smart_terrains, map nodes and respawners are fucked up so the human A-Life rarely travels. The [I]amount[/I] of random A-Life in the maps might be okay, but they don't have much in the way of migration patterns and if they respawn, they respawn on-site in some remote corner of the map which shatters the illusion of stalkers traveling and doing stuff. [editline]herp[/editline] It's become better with patches, though, but there are still some problems.

Is Lost Alpha worth playing yet? I only tried it when it was leaked and got bored pretty quickly of all the bugs and stuff.