Stalker is amazing

[Ravioli]

I never really payed any attention to stalker as it was under development, not even at the release i cared to look into it. It wasnt till recently i decided to try it out. The beginning was kinda weird and i thought i would drop this game any moment, but the more i played the more addictive it became. Then i realized i was hooked! The more i played the more beautifull the game became. It became alive and i felt as if i am really in it.

This game is truly amazing, the graphic is amazing (even tho there are better out there). Im really confused why people still dont talk about this game!

This game has had me on the edge of the seat constantly. It has made me jump in fright several times too! Everything is so realistic, the abandoned labs and buildings and underground areas are extremly realistic, its almost as if i can smell and breath the air. I have been to such places in real life and when you see a dark door opening in such a place you really get frightend, which i did get in the game too.

One special moment i would like to share with you all:


I went past this camp and talked to one of the guys there. He told me he found a weapon that was really great and i could have it for 800. I give him the money and he runs into the camp to get it but then yells that i should get lost and never show my face again. What should i do? Well...lucky i am i have an RPG in my backpack which i found a while ago. I load it with a missile, i aim it at the firecamp in the middle, hit the trigger and WHAMMMM. I walk over there slowly (would of been awesome if i was smokeing and had sunglasses on me atm). The guy who took my money is laying on the floor alive, in deep pain. I look at him and blasts his nuts to hell. Loot their stuff, and gtfo of there.

Oh...and when you see a barrel float up in the air...dont stand there looking at it in wonder...cuz i did and when the thing hit my head i litteraly jumped out of my chair and my mouse flew up. So un-suspected!!!


Great game, share your thoughts! NO SPOILERS cuz i havent finished it yet.

 

[Dekstar]

I wanna get it.

 

[StardogChampion]

It's decent, and I like the fire-fights, although when you look at your map and realise an objective is about 4 loading zones away it's a pain in the ass and I end up quitting because I can't be bothered.

 

[The Brick]

I wanna get it.

Tooold you.


The graphics get much better with float32, custom graphics config (I can give you mine), SHARPER textures mod, Stalker Skies, realistic headlamp.

 

[hneaz]

im playing the game for the 2nd time after finishing the game too early and it seems as though there are less enemies and items. but yeah, the graphics are really awesome with float 32 except at night time (using night vision is kinda weird). my laptop can run well in dynamic lighting.

 

[Evo]

Now I have finished Bioshock i've gotta go back and complete this

 

[DEATHMASTER]

I wish I could max it out with this, but sun shadows really rapes performance

 

[Asknoone]

It's pretty good. Not really my kind of game, though.

 

[Jintor]

I disagree. Arcanum is amazing!

 

[Krynn72]

I loved it, but I never actually finished.

Spoiler

I think I just turned off the brain scorcher and GTFOed.

Is there a lot more to the game after that?

 

[DEATHMASTER]

Uh yeah....

 

[Krynn72]

Really? Shit, it took me like 25 hours of gameplay to get there. I thought it would be near the end.

 

[Dekstar]

Tooold you.


The graphics get much better with float32, custom graphics config (I can give you mine), SHARPER textures mod, Stalker Skies, realistic headlamp.

Do they work with Steam? If so, I might as well get this game.

 

[Tagaziel]

Really? Shit, it took me like 25 hours of gameplay to get there. I thought it would be near the end.

You missed the entire Pripyat, approach to NPP, NPP insides, NPP below, and BEHIND the NPP, area visitable depending on your choice.

 

[CyberPitz]

I need Shalker and Bioshock. I can't afford either of them, and I want..

*torrents*

 

[Krynn72]

You missed the entire Pripyat, approach to NPP, NPP insides, NPP below, and BEHIND the NPP, area visitable depending on your choice.

Oh, actually, I think I did make it to Pripyat now that you said that. Didnt get very far in it though.


Also, im pretty sure your sig is a line or twenty too big

 

[nutcrackr]

I love stalker, I hope for great things from clear sky. Judging from the feature list I don't think it's unjustified hope.

 

[L3adCannon]

The english version of AKM mod for STALKER is coming out soon. That mod is the holy grail of STALKER mods. It`s gonna do some amazing things to the game.

 

[CR0M]

Have they fixed the Pripyat crash bug / lightning bug / memory leak / slowdown bug yet?

 

[The Brick]

The english version of AKM mod for STALKER is coming out soon. That mod is the holy grail of STALKER mods. It`s gonna do some amazing things to the game.

What does it do?

 

[L3adCannon]

What does it do?

Adds blowouts that are different and more "complete" than the previous ones, all kinds of things concerning the A.I, weapons, etc. Things that no mods have done yet.

It`s a russian mod but they`re translating it into english atm.

 

[Reginald]

A mate is giving it to me for my birthday :E

Can't wait.

 

[DEATHMASTER]

Have they fixed the Pripyat crash bug / lightning bug / memory leak / slowdown bug yet?

Oh god that lightning bug, that sh17 really pissed me off. Seriously on LCD though.

 

[Gorgon]

half way and decided to remove it from HD. why ? i don't know.... I just felt its time to remove it. Great game ? yes I agree.

 

[theotherguy]

stalker was fun until I got to the stupid zombie part.

Goddamnit, why are zombies better shots than the soldiers?

EDIT: better yet, why do the zombies even have guns!?? aghhh

 

[Tagaziel]

Play more and it's explained.

Also, not all zombies are zombies.

 

[iizbl4ck]

I have Stalker and Bioshock and MOH :]

 

[Cerpin]

They're not really zombies as we know them today.

 

[xcellerate]

It's decent, and I like the fire-fights, although when you look at your map and realise an objective is about 4 loading zones away it's a pain in the ass and I end up quitting because I can't be bothered.

seriously...that was my biggest complaint of this game...but now I have a faster computer so loading wont take 1 minute each map.

 

[Unfocused]

I agree, good game. I was hoping for more of course, but it was known for quite some time before the release that stuff will be cut. Finished it and didn't feel like playing again or anything, though. Firefights were realistic, but a bit annoying at the same time cause the guns are inaccurate and the enemies can take far too many shots anywhere but in the head, when they've got good armor.

I have Stalker and Bioshock and MOH :]

Totally awesome.

 

[MRG]

I agree with most everyone here. Stalker was a great game. I didn't finish it, but the 30+ hours I played were a lot of fun. Then I went and ruined my game by installing a mod that I forget the name of, but I believe was called Nuclear Snow. Turned the game into 95% black & white. At first it was interesting, but then I felt it seemed to make the games crispness fade out & made it hard at least for me, to notice any detail that the "Color" version had.

I'll reinstall it once some more quality mods/TC's are released.

-MRG

 

[3ssence]

I really enjoyed stalker. I finished it, but i got one of the fake endings. So since i got a new graphics card, which allows me to push those last few settings right up, i decided to play through the game again, and this time make sure i get one of the proper endings. Slightly sidetracked at the moment due to Forza2, CSS and the impending release of World in Conflict and Halo 3.

 

[QuantumFireball]

Anyone have any tips on how to get the Dynamic lighting to not lag the sh!t out of my graphics card?

Got a 6800 Ultra 256MB.... I got the latest patch but its still horrid... And of course when you update, you can't load your last saved game, which is totally crap.

 

[xcellerate]

i lost my s.t.a.l.k.e.r and f.e.a.r cd's

I'm sad now...

 

[Llama]

Anyone have any tips on how to get the Dynamic lighting to not lag the sh!t out of my graphics card?

Got a 6800 Ultra 256MB.... I got the latest patch but its still horrid... And of course when you update, you can't load your last saved game, which is totally crap.

Turn off Dynamic lighting?

???

Profit!

 

[QuantumFireball]

Turn off Dynamic lighting?

???

Profit!

Yeah but then the game looks like garbage...

Just wondering if anyone found any kind of patch or code to make it a little more efficient.

 

[The Brick]

Anyone have any tips on how to get the Dynamic lighting to not lag the sh!t out of my graphics card?

Got a 6800 Ultra 256MB.... I got the latest patch but its still horrid... And of course when you update, you can't load your last saved game, which is totally crap.

Float32 mod. It makes it look a hell of a lot nicer and it runs better. www.thefloatingpoint.org

 

[CR0M]

Anyone have any tips on how to get the Dynamic lighting to not lag the sh!t out of my graphics card?

Got a 6800 Ultra 256MB.... I got the latest patch but its still horrid... And of course when you update, you can't load your last saved game, which is totally crap.

Same card in my pc. I feel your pain. But it is isn't the card that is the problem, it is the dreaded vid_restart bug. Well, not really a bug, more a case of sloppy coding and poor optimisation.

Help is at hand.

When i first got the game it ran like shit and chips. After hours of painful ini tweaks, I discovered by accident that going into the menu ingame and changing a setting, any setting, then saving changes and returning to the game, the framerate was miraculously playable again. Even with dynamic everything. However I soon learned that after playing for a while, the game would gradually slow down until it became a slideshow. Repeating the menu thing again fixed it, although temporarily, and as I got further into the game the slowdowns became more frequent until they were unbearable after just a few seconds playing.

Then I found out some bright spark on the official forum (who had also discovered the temporary menu thing) had found that typing vid_restart in the console did the same thing, and was much easier and quicker to do than wade through a clunky, constipated menu between every firefight.

Apparently, the problem has been traced back to the game not resetting video with nvidia cards (from what i understand, ati cards don't have this problem as they reset vid automatically), so you get a build up of cached resources that plug up the pipe, spilling sewage back out onto your shoes. Or something similar. It's also known as 'the memory leak' or 'slowdown bug', do a search on the gsc forum for more info. So, if anyone tells you it's your pc that is the problem, tell them to suck a golfball up their rectum and blow it out their nose. It ain't.

As far as I know this still hasn't been resolved by GSC, so if you want to play the game then you're stuck with using sticky tape and bubble gum.

Another thing you might want to read first is this tweak guide.

g'luck, sojer

 

[QuantumFireball]

Thanks Brick, Ill try it out.

Edit: Thanks CR0M also, didn't see your post. Ill give that a try also.