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

[QUOTE=Oblivion Knight;48475084]why would they increase damage, where's the fun in that.[/QUOTE] 'realism' [editline]16th August 2015[/editline] uh-oh [t]http://i.imgur.com/dNpn7yV.jpg[/t] Where did the mechanic here go? D:

OL 3.0 question. Anyone having trouble getting the sleeping bag to work?

[QUOTE=kyle877;48475640]OL 3.0 question. Anyone having trouble getting the sleeping bag to work?[/QUOTE] You might only be able to sleep in certain locations at certain times of day.

The frozen Zone published some more info about their game. Small update, but interesting nonetheless. I don't speak Russian, so here's a google translate: "So, we publish the promised information on the gameplay! 1. The game will be able to use a gas mask. We have expanded the scope of its application. The player can buy different masks with filters of different properties and purpose. 2. We have made and tested a rapid use of objects: knife, grenade, bolt binoculars. Now you do not need to keep the subject in hand, just click on one of the buttons to use it and quickly remove"

Link? I can translate. [editline]17th August 2015[/editline] Found it -> translating. [quote] Frozen Zone Итак, публикуем обещанную информацию о геймплее! 1. В игре будет возможность использовать противогаз. Мы расширили сферу его применения. Игрок сможет купить разные противогазы с фильтрами разных свойств и предназначений. 2. Мы сделали и протестировали быстрое использование предметов: нож, гранату, болт, бинокль. Теперь не нужно держать предмет в руках, достаточно нажать на одну из кнопок, чтобы его использовать и быстро убрать. 3. Еды и лекарств в игре будет больше чем в оригинале. Обращаться с ними нужно будет аккуратнее. 4. Радиация теперь злейший враг игрока. Вы не почувствуете радиацию визуально или по моментальному уменьшению здоровья. Ее можно будет обнаружить только с помощью дозиметра. Если вовремя не принять меры по выведению радиации из организма – будет очень плохо. Также радиация будет влиять на игровые предметы: оружие, одежду, еду и т.п. 5. Мы обновили окно диалогов. Теперь общение строится по принципу Fallout – текст диалога внизу и игрок видит персонажа, с которым разговаривает. 6. Планируем озвучить все сюжетные диалоги, и диалоги для крупных побочных квестов. 7. Планируется обновление ПДА и отображение в нем новой информации: прогноза погоды (чтобы игрок знал, будут ли заморозки и нужно ли приобретать что-то для согревания), дистанционное общение со сталкерами через ПДА (будет возможность взять некоторые квесты у персонажей дистанционно). Открываем тему для обсуждения геймплея: [url]http://vk.com/topic-39275534_32128753[/url] В следующем выпуске мы раскроем немного информации о сюжете игры. #coldnews #frozenzone [/quote] Only started translating because somehow Notepad++ default font did not show cyrillics (wat?). Done: [quote] Frozen Zone Alright, publishing the promised information about gameplay! 1. It will be possible to use gasmask in the game. We expanded the way you can use it. Player may purchase different gasmasks and filters with different properties and purposes. 2. We created and tested quick item usage: knife, grenade, bolt, binoculars. Now you don't have to hold the item in your hands, instead you can simply press one of the designated keys to quickly use it and put away again. 3. Food and medical supplies will be more varied than in original game. You have to be more careful when using them. (TLN: I guess this is talking about medical supplies, not food.) 4. Radiation is now players worst enemy. You won't be able to feel radiation right away from visuals or damage to health. Radiation can only be found out by using dosimeter. If appropriate action to remove radiation from the body is not taken in time - things will get bad. Radiation will also affect items in the game: weapons, clothes, food and so on. 5. We have updated dialogs window. Now speaking with characters will work similarly to Fallout - text and dialog options will be on the bottom while view is focused on who you are talking to. 6. We are planning to voice all main story dialogs and some of the dialogs for major sidequests. 7. We are planning to update PDA and the information it shows: weather forecasts (so that player knows if it will get cold and whether he needs to get something to keep himself warm), remote chat with stalkers through PDA (it will be possible to take some of the quests from characters remotely). Opening thread for discussions here: [url]http://vk.com/topic-39275534_32128753[/url] In the next update we shall reveal some information about game storyline. #coldnews #frozenzone [/quote] [editline]17th August 2015[/editline] Also some answers from comments: No thirdperson view. Death is from first person aswell.

stealing wormwood features lawsuit incoming

OL3.0 is reminding me of how hilarious vanilla SHOC balance was. This is borderline Doom tier. I'm sprinting around hedgehog speeds, then blap blap hipfire, then I'm off to the races again. And the sawed off is so pathetically weak. And I already have 700 AK-74 rounds before I've even gone north of the railroad in Cordon. Aaaaaaaaa

no that's just OL3

[QUOTE=Lyokanthrope;48481695]no that's just OL3[/QUOTE] So basically just like OL 2.2? You were nearly superhuman by the time you left agroprom.

[video]https://youtu.be/EHhoJFK5ufg?t=111[/video] I really, really, really want that light streak effect back.

[QUOTE=Lyokanthrope;48482558][video]https://youtu.be/EHhoJFK5ufg?t=111[/video] I really, really, really want that light streak effect back.[/QUOTE] Looks like a bloom that has a fadeout effect to me.

[QUOTE=Daemon White;48482609]Looks like a bloom that has a fadeout effect to me.[/QUOTE] that's exactly what it is, it's just the previous frame's bloom layered on top of the current frame. I like the effect a lot.

[QUOTE=Lyokanthrope;48482664]that's exactly what it is, it's just the previous frame's bloom layered on top of the current frame. I like the effect a lot.[/QUOTE] You're working on the "Volumetric Everything" mod, aren't you? How's that going?

I guess this thread's not too hyped for Gunslinger anymore, but they released a video with some extended gameplay today that looks pretty nice and polished:[video=youtube;DyTUNn3u1E8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyTUNn3u1E8[/video]

[QUOTE=Daemon White;48482685]You're working on the "Volumetric Everything" mod, aren't you? How's that going?[/QUOTE] I was mostly joking about 'volumetric everything' :v: I managed to get headlamps volumetrics working and released it for CoP, based on the latest OpenXRay release

I honestly could confuse that for a new stalker title if i didn't know the series so well.

I don't understand DirectX enough to try and recreate that light trail effect, damn it. I know how it'd work in theory after looking it up, just storing the previous frame pre-bloom, darkening it, applying bloom, and then blending it additively on top of the current frame. I think.

[QUOTE=wat_am_i_doin;48482722]I guess this thread's not too hyped for Gunslinger anymore, but they released a video with some extended gameplay today that looks pretty nice and polished:[video=youtube;DyTUNn3u1E8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyTUNn3u1E8[/video][/QUOTE] I really like Gunslinger's approach to upgrades. Just hope it doesn't enter development hell at some point. The customization looks fun and I hope the NPCs will also sort of utilize it and come with varied equipment.

boy im soo much ripping GUNSLINGER assets appart and importing them into UE4, its gonna be glorious

GUNSLINGER with CoC when?

[QUOTE=LittleBabyman;48485489]GUNSLINGER with CoC when?[/QUOTE] Oh god yes. But think of all the life-obligations :v:

From the [URL="https://www.reddit.com/r/stalker/comments/3hfxdv/oblivion_lost_3_cannot_find_the_perfected_suit/cu71otf"]stalker subreddit[/URL] and from the OL3.0 mod. [vid]http://files.catbox.moe/9983a4.webm[/vid] So that's where the perfected suit was.

Was given a contact to kill by Sid in Dead City, so I go and kill all the bandits and mercs, then kill the contact. I think he is possessed because once I killed him this happened. [img]http://i.imgur.com/LcvtS0u.jpg[/img]

[QUOTE=creec;48477359]Link? I can translate. [editline]17th August 2015[/editline] Found it -> translating. Only started translating because somehow Notepad++ default font did not show cyrillics (wat?). Done: [editline]17th August 2015[/editline] Also some answers from comments: No thirdperson view. Death is from first person aswell.[/QUOTE] Changing filters on gas masks sounds like its pretty cool, also the thing where everyone doesnt automatically have a geiger counter. Personally I like the idea of radiation as an invisible danger rather than one that makes your screen look like a broken tv. Normally you just leave immediately or you get some gear that makes you immune to radiation, but when you can only see it with a geiger counter it would be much easier to accidentally irradiate yourself.

[QUOTE=Shirky;48488948]Was given a contact to kill by Sid in Dead City, so I go and kill all the bandits and mercs, then kill the contact. I think he is possessed because once I killed him this happened. [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/LcvtS0u.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE] DRR DRR DRR (get out of there GO)

Ugh god, I still don't get what makes SoC so atmospheric and scary, at least for me. I've always been utter shit at scary games because I have a weak heart and I scream at cardboard pop ups of little trees and cute ghosts but CS and CoP have never been bothering me as much as SoC, in CS and CoP I still get scared of certain underground places or dark places and what not but in SoC I'm just shitting myself constantly 24/7 with the weird atmosphere, the weird noises and everything, I don't understand what makes SoC different but it kills my heart.

[QUOTE=Heigou;48489944]Ugh god, I still don't get what makes SoC so atmospheric and scary, at least for me. I've always been utter shit at scary games because I have a weak heart and I scream at cardboard pop ups of little trees and cute ghosts but CS and CoP have never been bothering me as much as SoC, in CS and CoP I still get scared of certain underground places or dark places and what not but in SoC I'm just shitting myself constantly 24/7 with the weird atmosphere, the weird noises and everything, I don't understand what makes SoC different but it kills my heart.[/QUOTE] It's chock full of ambient effects, good enemy/object placement, and way better level design. Compare X18 to X8, for example: both are multi-floor dark basements, but the more directed goals and door-unlocking tasks of X18, which force you to explore places that the game really portrays as death traps, are a lot better paced than the fetch quest of X8, despite the few times clever scripting and enemy placement was applied in it.

X18 is still the fucking worst for me. Talking about SoC, I think the bar is in CoC right? Was it changed in any way? Because I'm a huge pussy, the Bar has always been my favorite part of the game since it was the only place I actually felt safe, most other "safe" places aren't actually all that safe.

[QUOTE=Heigou;48490189]X18 is still the fucking worst for me. Talking about SoC, I think the bar is in CoC right? Was it changed in any way? Because I'm a huge pussy, the Bar has always been my favorite part of the game since it was the only place I actually felt safe, most other "safe" places aren't actually all that safe.[/QUOTE] what are you talking about yantar is 110% safe (110% safe you'll get scared to death) EDIT: Ah fuck, first post in new page. text effect countered.

I think one of the things about CS and COP not feeling like SOC is that the world is too alive. I find it kind of weird how each map is so populated in the games where its like a constant war zone with tons of people, which kind of takes away from the horror.