S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Series Megathread: Maybe someday mods releasing edition - Games

[QUOTE=Araknid;52167019]This, a small reference would be cool but this is just turbotrash[/QUOTE] It is a small reference though? It's just an NPC in dark corner of a map with custom dialogue, who cares. He doesn't have any quests or anything associated with him, it's just a joke.

[QUOTE=Lyokanthrope;52167109]It is a small reference though? It's just an NPC in dark corner of a map with custom dialogue, who cares. He doesn't have any quests or anything associated with him, it's just a joke.[/QUOTE] by small reference I mean like a PDA entry or some shit obviously what they did doesn't harm anyone but it's still beyond shit [editline]30th April 2017[/editline] [QUOTE=Daemon White;52164322]"Stay cheeki breeki" As a sentence, it doesn't make sense at all. Doesn't the full line basically translate to "I have the upper hand against you"? "Stay Upper Hand" [editline]wiki[/editline] According to the wiki, it's roughly "One Two, then you're on top!" So... it might make more sense if the sentence ended up being "Stay on top"?[/QUOTE] because it's a dumb meme

I dunno, people seem to take far too much offense to stuff like this. It's pretty dumb but harmless, and probably took someone less than 5 minutes to do.

[QUOTE=Lyokanthrope;52167608]I dunno, people seem to take far too much offense to stuff like this. It's pretty dumb but harmless, and probably took someone less than 5 minutes to do.[/QUOTE] Spicing up an already mediocre mod with memes and call it a "Definitive version" will only make it worse.

[QUOTE=Hammer7;52168298]Spicing up an already mediocre mod with memes and call it a "Definitive version" will only make it worse.[/QUOTE] Huh, didn't know that's [URL="http://www.dezowave.com/ladc_changelog.txt"]all they did[/URL] for 3 years. The mod was a very mediocre release back in 2014, and this one was kind of botched as well, but the work gone into the mod is still significant. Discounting all of it because of a fucking [B]joke[/B] is pretty dumb.

I don't know why people get all bent out of shape about various STALKER mods anyway. It's an SP game, just don't play it if you don't like it. Not everyone wants to only play Redux or CoC or obscure Russian mods all the time.

[QUOTE=Ghost101;52168836]I don't know why people get all bent out of shape about various STALKER mods anyway. It's an SP game, just don't play it if you don't like it. Not everyone wants to only play Redux or CoC or obscure Russian mods all the time.[/QUOTE] Lost Alpha in particular is super polarizing in the community because the devs did a lot of dumb shit towards the community and in the mod itself, it had a really crappy story (that Illuminati shit was just plain silly) and poorly populated (if not beautiful) maps. It kind of suffered from DNF syndrome. Long-ass development and a meh product at the end of it all.

[QUOTE=Ghost101;52168836]I don't know why people get all bent out of shape about various STALKER mods anyway. It's an SP game, just don't play it if you don't like it. Not everyone wants to only play Redux or CoC or obscure Russian mods all the time.[/QUOTE] Big mods can have a strong influence on Stalker community. And the least thing I and probably most of you too want is another Complete/Misery circlejerk.

[QUOTE=Hammer7;52169128]Big mods can have a strong influence on Stalker community. And the least thing I and probably most of you too want is another Complete/Misery circlejerk.[/QUOTE] A hate circlejerk is just as harmful to the mod community.

[QUOTE=Ghost101;52168836]I don't know why people get all bent out of shape about various STALKER mods anyway. It's an SP game, just don't play it if you don't like it. Not everyone wants to only play Redux or CoC or obscure Russian mods all the time.[/QUOTE] Same ship as Brutal Doom. Big mods make big waves in the community and can influence it for quite a long time. So people get a little bit miffed when the big mod is actually mediocre or takes flight from the source material while claiming it's [I]the definitive[/I] version (Brutal Doom; Misery, Complete.) It gets doubly painful with Lost Alpha because the new maps are diverse and gorgeous, but it's got a harsh contrast with the grade-school-tier story and (initial launch) completely dead A-Life. Unharnessed potential is really painful to see. I've said it before, but my biggest hope with Lost Alpha is the cannibalization of the maps for CoC. I like CoC as a concept, but the vanilla trilogy maps are so ingrained into my conscious that I can't really stand to exist on the any more. Doesn't matter if the gameplay is vanilla, slav-zone, or Misery; the sense of exploration and wonder is just gone on them. :v:

Honestly the thing that'd probably save Lost Alpha in the public eye is the integration of a default freeplay mode accessible from the menu. The engine can load different all.spawns and it isn't too far fetched to just deactivate certain info portions and the like...

Yea, LA has always been the poster child of great ambition and shit execution. Don't get me wrong, I re-downloaded all of it and installed the 1.4 "patch" (where the fuck is my full version) and so far I have had zero issues with it. Stuff breaking like this (1.41 patch and 1.4 in general) reminds me of back when BF2 was getting its first patches and EA accidentally released two different versions of the same patch to like filefront/fileplanet moddb and about fifteen other sites. It took EA about 4-7 weeks to get it all together. Either way, I have been playing through it again and so far it has been enjoyable. I work on the mindset of High Hopes and Low Expectations and it has been working. I still love dicking around the old/new maps and see whats where and all that. I still think the zombie encounter in the Cordon bunker complex is kinda bullshit but it's nice to see the military won't outright put a round in your ass. Of course the story is still freaking fan-fiction/10 but I can give them credit for what they were trying to do. Fleshing out characters a little (like adding into the game that guy from the SoC cuts cene who rescued you from the Death Truck) and that shitty cut scene in the Garbage (another CGI/cut scene character) where that edgy guy in the black bandit parka says some mystic bullshit to you. Hell I just wish I could export all of the maps to another game engine/sdk where I could just camera around them. I have always adored LA level design just wish the rest of the game was "up there" with the level design.

LA's story could probably be improved drastically with some rewriting and removal of the dumb cutscene triggers :v:

Has anyone ever compiled the ShoC Xray 1.0006 engine?. I'm not having much luck based on this tutorial: [url]https://xp-dev.com/wiki/210311/Compiling%20XRAY_3DA_2007[/url]

[QUOTE=Milkyway M16;52170514]Has anyone ever compiled the ShoC Xray 1.0006 engine?. I'm not having much luck based on this tutorial: [url]https://xp-dev.com/wiki/210311/Compiling%20XRAY_3DA_2007[/url][/QUOTE] I have before. You might as well cut your losses now and run away :v:

[QUOTE=Lyokanthrope;52170638]I have before. You might as well cut your losses now and run away :v:[/QUOTE] Nope, I'm determined. Teach me!

I have a question - I followed Boris to "nicely ask him" for his gun. I was very happy until i saw it's characteristics. So, the question is - does anybody knows how to unpack DC's db files? I must change some things. [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/vuFAl4U.jpg[/IMG][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/B7aLACC.jpg[/IMG][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/kt4Uiyq.jpg[/IMG] Edit: I think he was going to pee in anomaly...

[QUOTE=M0S1N;52177103]does anybody knows how to unpack DC's db files?[/QUOTE] Any tool that works with SoC will work with LA. It's the exact same format.

[QUOTE=TKGP;52177198]Any tool that works with SoC will work with LA. It's the exact same format.[/QUOTE] I was reading some comments and people said that it doesnt work and is crashing.

[QUOTE=M0S1N;52177238]I was reading some comments and people said that it doesnt work and is crashing.[/QUOTE] Cranked them open just fine with converter.exe the other day.

[QUOTE=TKGP;52177253]Cranked them open just fine with converter.exe the other day.[/QUOTE] It doesnt extract exactly this weapon for me..

[QUOTE=M0S1N;52177453]It doesnt extract exactly this weapon for me..[/QUOTE] could you walk us through exactly what you're trying to do?

[QUOTE=M0S1N;52177453]It doesnt extract exactly this weapon for me..[/QUOTE] [url]https://bitbucket.org/stalker/xray_re-tools/downloads/converter_2015-06-24.7z[/url]

[QUOTE=Milkyway M16;52170841]Nope, I'm determined. Teach me![/QUOTE] Add me on Steam. I'll try and help ya out. It's a pain in the dick from what I remember.

That inexplicable emotion when a friendly Librarian cooks you a boar roast [img]http://puu.sh/vDBKQ/5aa49b914f.jpg[/img]

[QUOTE=TKGP;52177972][url]https://bitbucket.org/stalker/xray_re-tools/downloads/converter_2015-06-24.7z[/url][/QUOTE] Could you tell me how to use it? :) [QUOTE=Etcetera;52177710]could you walk us through exactly what you're trying to do?[/QUOTE] I want to unpack Lost Alpha's DC's db files, so i can edit weapon characteristics.

Anybody have a link to the grass draw distance tool? I can't find a working link for it.

[QUOTE=PaChIrA;52182893]Anybody have a link to the grass draw distance tool? I can't find a working link for it.[/QUOTE] For which game? I have this one. Supports all three main titles. It's kind of a pain in the ass to use, though. [url]https://www.dropbox.com/s/ymbwcyyohfagwnd/xrpatch.v.0.8.rar?dl=0[/url]

[video=youtube;Jmokbuk-4k0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jmokbuk-4k0[/video] [B][U]Download[/U][/B]: [url]http://www.epicstalker.com/uploads/stalker/OGFViewer_v1.00.zip[/url] I created my own interpretation of an OGF Viewer. Uses OpenGL 2.2. It has better controls and lighting then the Mesh tool that is already available and I plan to add a property editor, just like what is found in AXRToolset where you can change texture, shader, etc. and then save the mesh. Another notable feature is that you can drag *.ogf directly to the window, which saves so much time when you want to look at multiple meshes.

[QUOTE=Lyokanthrope;52182960]For which game? I have this one. Supports all three main titles. It's kind of a pain in the ass to use, though. [url]https://www.dropbox.com/s/ymbwcyyohfagwnd/xrpatch.v.0.8.rar?dl=0[/url][/QUOTE] That's the one I was looking for, thanks!