S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Series Megathread: "A Typical Day In The Zone"

[Cutthecrap]

[QUOTE=Clear_Strelok;47118980]GSC gameworld (Well, what's left of it) has been interviewed by Polygon about who's in charge now that Sergei Grigorovich basically left, the Areal controversy and their next game: [URL="http://www.polygon.com/2015/2/10/8015005/gsc-game-world-says-it-will-defend-the-stalker-franchise-plans-to"]
[url]http://www.polygon.com/2015/2/10/8015005/gsc-game-world-says-it-will-defend-the-stalker-franchise-plans-to[/url]

[/URL][/QUOTE]

POLAND IS NOT YET LOST

[pr00ch]

[QUOTE=Cutthecrap;47121409]POLAND IS NOT YET LOST[/QUOTE]

we've been since centuries mate

[Loner]

[t]http://media.moddb.com/images/mods/1/26/25752/XR_3DA_2015-02-11_00-32-59-63.png[/t]

SWTC looks great

[Lyokanthrope]

[QUOTE=LoNer1;47121478][t]http://media.moddb.com/images/mods/1/26/25752/XR_3DA_2015-02-11_00-32-59-63.png[/t]

SWTC looks great[/QUOTE]
I thought Vincent_Vega quit
I'm confused!

[Loner]

[QUOTE=Lyokanthrope;47121504]I thought Vincent_Vega quit
I'm confused![/QUOTE]

That's my screen for Vanilla+ (Made some modifications regarding the color pallette)

And he didn't quit. SWTC for SHoC will be released slighlty after LA:DC

[Lyokanthrope]

[QUOTE=LoNer1;47121658]That's my screen for Vanilla+ (Made some modifications regarding the color pallette)

And he didn't quit. SWTC for SHoC will be released slighlty after LA:DC[/QUOTE]
Apologies, though might want to clarify that. You have a habit of showing other mod screenshots, so when you just show something out of the blue I tend to think it's from some mod. :v:

[exostalker]

[video=youtube;ep3a6NuBtuQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ep3a6NuBtuQ[/video]

[d4v33edz]

[QUOTE=LoNer1;47121658]And he didn't quit. SWTC for SHoC will be released slighlty after LA:DC[/QUOTE]

I sure hope he gets round to working on SWTC for ShoC again.

[MxOAgentJohnson]

I've been meaning to get into stalker for so long now, and i finally tried to, but the game just stutters unbearably regardless of settings.

Is there any fixes for this?

[mezzokoko]

If it is ShoC, turn down AA to about 2x on the GPU and turn it off ingame. Setting to static lighting might help aswell, but I'd definetely try to get dynamic working, as it is really beautiful and makes up alot of the atmosphere.

[MxOAgentJohnson]

[QUOTE=Mezzokoko;47127238]If it is ShoC, turn down AA to about 2x on the GPU and turn it off ingame. Setting to static lighting might help aswell, but I'd definetely try to get dynamic working, as it is really beautiful and makes up alot of the atmosphere.[/QUOTE]

I tried CoP mostly and a bit of Clear Sky, CoP is by far the worse.

i'm on an i7 4790k @4.5ghz, gtx 980 and 16GB RAM.

Its the kinda of stutter you get when games are loading things in, so i installed it on my SSD and it didnt help, the only other games i get problems like that are open world games that arent optimized ala Bethesda and Skyrim/Fallout 3

[nater]

[QUOTE=MxOAgentJohnson;47127341]I tried CoP mostly and a bit of Clear Sky, CoP is by far the worse.

i'm on an i7 4790k @4.5ghz, gtx 980 and 16GB RAM.

Its the kinda of stutter you get when games are loading things in, so i installed it on my SSD and it didnt help, the only other games i get problems like that are open world games that arent optimized ala Bethesda and Skyrim/Fallout 3[/QUOTE]

What you're describing could be the A-Life switching when you get closer. Basically when you're farther the game is simulating what's happening and when you get in range, the game then physically loads those things.

[odellus]

[QUOTE=MxOAgentJohnson;47127341]I tried CoP mostly and a bit of Clear Sky, CoP is by far the worse.

i'm on an i7 4790k @4.5ghz, gtx 980 and 16GB RAM.

Its the kinda of stutter you get when games are loading things in, so i installed it on my SSD and it didnt help, the only other games i get problems like that are open world games that arent optimized ala Bethesda and Skyrim/Fallout 3[/QUOTE]

stalker does this as you enter new areas and load up shit, you can't get rid of it. you can try the -noprefetch switch. you could try a ram disk, haven't heard of anyone trying that with stalker but i imagine it'd help a lot.

[Gamerkiwi]

What is the best Call of Pripyat mod out right now? I keep hearing about mods that are going to come out never.

[Kimr]

[QUOTE=GamerKiwi;47127939]What is the best Call of Pripyat mod out right now? I keep hearing about mods that are going to come out never.[/QUOTE]

Shoker. Reminder that I'm biased and will always say shoker no matter what.

[Loner]

[QUOTE=GamerKiwi;47127939]What is the best Call of Pripyat mod out right now? I keep hearing about mods that are going to come out never.[/QUOTE]

Don't ask for "the best", as that's subjective to someone's opinion. What do you seek in a mod? Harsh unforgiving difficulty? [B]Misery[/B]. Nice balanced gameplay, true to SoC and random bandits with RPG's? [B]Redux 1[/B]. Graphics update? [B]Reloaded[/B]. The list goes on.

[ART1E117]

How's mod compatibility in CoP like? Fr example, could I install Shoker and Redux and have everything work?

[Loner]

No, most mods aren't mergable unless the readme states so.

[Kingo64]

[QUOTE=Odellus;47127937]stalker does this as you enter new areas and load up shit, you can't get rid of it. you can try the -noprefetch switch. you could try a ram disk, haven't heard of anyone trying that with stalker but i imagine it'd help a lot.[/QUOTE]
I did that a year ago

[video=youtube;WBQsifS1Rl4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBQsifS1Rl4[/video]

[Daemon White]

Wait, is RELOADED and Redux compatible at all?

[Loner]

[QUOTE=K1ngo64;47128296]I did that a year ago

[video=youtube;WBQsifS1Rl4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBQsifS1Rl4[/video][/QUOTE]

Yeah I remembed this video. Made me want to get 32GB or RAM

[mezzokoko]

[QUOTE=MxOAgentJohnson;47127341]I tried CoP mostly and a bit of Clear Sky, CoP is by far the worse.

i'm on an i7 4790k @4.5ghz, gtx 980 and 16GB RAM.

Its the kinda of stutter you get when games are loading things in, so i installed it on my SSD and it didnt help, the only other games i get problems like that are open world games that arent optimized ala Bethesda and Skyrim/Fallout 3[/QUOTE]

You can increase the A-life radius, my rig is weaker than yours and yours should be able to run alife switch distance of 500. The amount of stuff being processed is bigger, but it loads stuff less frequently since it got most stuff loaded already.

See \gamedata\config\alife.ltx

[Original User]

[URL="http://www.bundlestars.com/all-bundles/stalker-complete-bundle/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=bundle+stalker+facebookad"]http://www.bundlestars.com/all-bundles/stalker-complete-bundle/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=bundle+stalker+facebookad[/URL]

STALKER bundle for 10 dollars if you don't already own the whole series, or you want to send a gift.

[Beacon]

[QUOTE=Daemon White;47128352]Wait, is RELOADED and Redux compatible at all?[/QUOTE]

no

[Daemon White]

Poop. Still waiting for Wormwood then.

[Clear_Strelok]

[QUOTE=Beacon;47128823]no[/QUOTE]You're breaking my heart. :(

[editline]12th February 2015[/editline]

I was bored today so I decided to give some love to the good old radiation warning sign, since the old texture is really low-res:

[URL="http://tof.canardpc.com/view/ba15082c-126e-4ba4-a7a9-a63788a4c62d.jpg"][IMG]http://tof.canardpc.com/preview2/ba15082c-126e-4ba4-a7a9-a63788a4c62d.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

And another version:

[URL="http://tof.canardpc.com/view/09166300-9f5a-4791-a5e1-fd8a159aac6c.jpg"][IMG]http://tof.canardpc.com/preview2/09166300-9f5a-4791-a5e1-fd8a159aac6c.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

[URL="http://tof.canardpc.com/view/dc73b4d2-5ea8-482c-8315-76073d1245b5.jpg"][IMG]http://tof.canardpc.com/preview2/dc73b4d2-5ea8-482c-8315-76073d1245b5.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

This ain't quite finished but if one of you guys want to use it just tell me and I'll send you the PSD.

Also, super ultra HD energy drink, because I do love to focus needlessly on small props:

[URL="http://tof.canardpc.com/view/429fb9b5-4173-4881-aca6-bccbdfee8777.jpg"][IMG]http://tof.canardpc.com/preview2/429fb9b5-4173-4881-aca6-bccbdfee8777.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

[Loner]

I like it a lot!

[kattolil]

Is there a way to turn down the artificial difficulty in Misery?

I tried installing les miserables but that made my game unable to launch.

[etcetera]

[QUOTE=Clear_Strelok;47128926]You're breaking my heart. :(

[editline]12th February 2015[/editline]

[URL="http://tof.canardpc.com/view/ba15082c-126e-4ba4-a7a9-a63788a4c62d.jpg"][IMG]http://tof.canardpc.com/preview2/ba15082c-126e-4ba4-a7a9-a63788a4c62d.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

[/QUOTE]

I like it a lot, though I'm not quite sold on the choice of font - I think while they might use a clean, modern font like that on newer signs at checkpoints and cordons on the perimeter of the Zone, the signs you'd find in areas abandoned around the time of the Chernobyl disaster would have much cruder text - maybe a stencil.

[Clear_Strelok]

Yeah the font is pretty much random at this point because I'm not sure which one will be fitting yet. I refered to these photos while making the texture but as you can see it's hard to figure how the text is supposed to look, it's one of the reasons I've made the alternate version in which the sign is much more decayed so that I can hide most of the text under much better looking decals.

[IMG]http://images.forwallpaper.com/files/thumbs/preview/17/172556__chernobyl-pripyat-ukraine-the-urals-the-tank-radiation-a-sign-of-rain-area_p.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://cdn.phys.org/newman/gfx/news/hires/2013/aradioactive.jpg[/IMG]

I think It would be neccessary to manually edit the levels so that I can use at least one or two variants of the base texture, depending on how old the sign is supposed to be.