"Ohhh, Shakey Breaky!" -Wtf?

[zombieturtle01]

Okay, so I started playing S.T.A.L.K.E.R. on my new comp, really enjoy it, dunno why there are people who hate it.
There are very few things that bother me with it. There was like one or two bugs, but they were not even a big deal. Except when two bandits spawned right in front of me :hmph:


Anyways, what annoys me sometimes about the game is the AI repetition of speech at some points. While entertaining at first, it gets old, like after ridding a neutral camp of 4 waves of bandit rading the other stalker is still going to point his gun at me and say "Urushia Brow!" everytime I raise my weapon... even when killing the bandits for him! Come on dick.

Secondly, does anyone here speak Ukranian or whatever they speak? Because the Bandits always say something in Ukranian that sounds like "Ohhh, Shakey Breaky!" and every time I think "Shit, Shakey Breaky Bandits are Back."

Also, when I was in the bar, the guy who kept whining about his gun, even after I told him I'd help him, shadddd apppp. I was listening to a story from the bar tender and I keep hearing "Ohhhh, Von't somevan help meh plez?" "Ohhhh" I wish I could shoot him.


Anyways, other than that, I really enjoy the game and don't understand why there are extreme haters of the game.
I started making a Bloodsucker Action Figure for fun as well :P

[Kula Meenur]

They're basically threats which can't really literally be translated.

And he's saying "Gun/Weapon away"


I would play the vanilla once through to get the feel... then play the Oblivion Lost 2.0 mod. It's what Stalker was really meant to be like. It's ****in scary shit.

[zombieturtle01]

Hmm, how do they increase the scary factor?

[Kula Meenur]

Oh dude everything by tenfold!!! You need to actually think tactically about surviving, ie: money for food, money for repairs, mutant and military attacks, doing the storyline, sleeping before a blowout


Oh yeah, blowouts...how far are you in the game mate?

[zombieturtle01]

Right now I am at the Bar. I would be a bit farther but I got lost for a while and ended up wandering back and forth from a few places.

[Kula Meenur]

Hey that's kay, though if you like Stalker even a little bit you'll love this mod for defs. You been through the Wild Territory Lab yet? Or moved through Yantar?

[zombieturtle01]

Hey that's kay, though if you like Stalker even a little bit you'll love this mod for defs. You been through the Wild Territory Lab yet? Or moved through Yantar?

Hmm, I can't remember. I've been through a Military Base. I was going to go underground next to some Stalker base to get a suit, but decided to screw it simply because I have weak armor and that Bloodsucker was kicking my ass, so I grabbed some stuff down there and hauled my ass quick before it got me.

One of the things that pisses me off is how I can't find any new wear. I can't take any of the military men's armor, or any of the Stalker's armor who have better protection after they bite the dust.

[Kula Meenur]

Yeah, you just gotta buy it :( Bit of a shame.

In OL, you can get it repaired which is good so you can actually get some degree of wear outta your armour. You don't have to keep running back to the Bar and buying new stuff again.

[Viperidae]

Nothing, nothing is as annoying, as...










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Try one of the lighting/weather mods, it really buffs the atmosphere and moodiness. There's also a mod that modifies the AI's ability to see at night, making it much more realistic.

[Kula Meenur]

How about...


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HELL-THE-FARK-OH NOW STFU ALREADY YOU'RE GIVING A BAD NAME TO UKRAINIANS!






Stupid assface.

[djstoker]

Stalker is an awesome game, but whenever I get really into it a Bloodsucker shows up and scares the S**T out of me.
Some of the mods (I think Oblivion lost) make it so creatures can wander from territory to territory, so you will just be skipping along in the sunny first area and before you know it - TERRIFYING bloodsucker ambush.

Also when is the sequel/addon thing released?

[Adrik_Senturu]

The bloodsuckers never bothered me. The only times I really jumped were when you first encounter that giant mutant thing. Holy shit, all I heard were these inhuman moans and grunts and then I flash my light into the room to see that ****ing thing staring at me. **** you Stalker.

Oh and that mind zombie thing. I walk into the hallway to have that ****ing mind trip start happening, gtfo

[<RJMC>]

stalker is the only game where desolated places are really scary

[bassport]

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AAAARRRRRGH

[zombieturtle01]

How do I join Duty at that one base? Is it worth it? An enjoyable task?

[Kula Meenur]

At the base in the Army Warehouses? Or in the bar area?

[Acepilotf14]

GET OUT OF HERE, DUTIER

Actually, I was going to join Duty, but they told me to go attack the liberationists and steal their stuff. So, I went over there, talked with their leader, and actually had second thoughts. I was like 'wtf, these guys aren't terrorists! They're cool!' So, I completed the mission, and then went to Chernobyl and finished the game. :|

I'd pay you money if you made me a Duty model.

[Kula Meenur]

An exoskeleton model? Those guys are so cool


ZT make me one too!

[Acepilotf14]

I know where to get an exoskeleton ingame...

[Kula Meenur]

Where! :D


Please divulge your secrets!

[Blackthorn]

Hahaha this is f***ing hilarious, cus I thought the exact same thing when I first played. Was even gonna make a thread here, but forgot to do it.

Does anyone here know what the hell shakey breaky means?

[Kula Meenur]

Look at post #2 you ass. Also, it's not shakey breaky...but when ZT says it, it's cute.

[Blackthorn]

I thought you just didn't know. Jeez radiation really messed those guys up...

[Kula Meenur]

Ok, it's a bit like trying to make someone from a non-western country comprehend the insult, "I will **** you up". The meaning is the same, yet the words confuse the meaning

[Blackthorn]

*understands*

[Acepilotf14]

It's in the Chernobyl NPP, in some secluded location, not quite sure. It actually sucks balls, just +20 rad and you can't run. But your encumbrance gets way high, and you can carry a lot of shit.
The Enviro-suit is better. I used it till the end.

[zombieturtle01]

Ah, I am starting to have a lot of fun with this game now. I realized you can kill most anybody in the Freedom base when they are off duty and they wont notice, I killed 30+ without them noticing.
So I killed this dude guarding a door and found a nice suit, a big mofuggin grenade launcher too. That's mah baby, great for killing large groups. Lol, I found it funny that the leader was so unaware that I killed over half of his men, so I took most of the bodies and left them in his room :laugh:

Anyways, I traveled to the Dark Valley and I went into that underground lab with the Polterguests and the Pseudogiant. That place was a real treat, definately my favorite part at the moment. Especially when you go into that one part with those fetus things all hooked up.

I just wish you could read the documents you retrieve =/
But I'm about to go steal something from a military base down the road from where you start, does anyone know how far I am in the game right now?

[Lucid]

I would've enjoyed the game alot more if there wasn't so much backtracking and 500000 load screens.

Other than that it's fantastic.

[taviow]

I told you the dark valley would be awesome.

[zombieturtle01]

Wurd, I just hope it doesn't go downhill from here. I wouldn't mind some more mutants again. Though, I think I probably wont get to see the Pseudogiant again.

[Fliko]

It's in the Chernobyl NPP, in some secluded location, not quite sure. It actually sucks balls, just +20 rad and you can't run. But your encumbrance gets way high, and you can carry a lot of shit.
The Enviro-suit is better. I used it till the end.

It's on some path that goes down, near the entrance. You just keep on going somewhere you normall turn left, and then you turn right at the end of the hallway, and right again at some opening.
I thought the Exo-Skeleton was absolutely amazing.

[zombieturtle01]

So what was that fiery thing in the room with the fetuses? Was that just some sort of Poltergeist boss?

[taviow]

Wurd, I just hope it doesn't go downhill from here. I wouldn't mind some more mutants again. Though, I think I probably wont get to see the Pseudogiant again.

Maybe you are wrong...

Also, how did you like the controller?

So what was that fiery thing in the room with the fetuses? Was that just some sort of Poltergeist boss?

Boss, I think. I don't remember if you get to set one of them again.

[DEATHMASTER]

Universal protection > exoskeleton

[zombieturtle01]

Also, how did you like the controller?

Haven't ran into one yet, although my vision has gone red and blurry a few times.

I just killed an army base and took a briefcase, now I had to travel all the way back to Yantar. Yantar makes me feel really uncomfortable.

I dunno if I am even following the right path to find out more about the story/kill Strelok.
I hear there is a second lab according to the bartender. Hope I get to go :p

I recall the area where there is the freedom base, a group of Stalkers was defending a spot, I traveled through there, and I had to kill a bunch of tough guys, eventually I reached some base that was just too tough so I turned around. Probably one of the hardest areas, tons of Anomolies. Anyone know what I'm talking about?

[taviow]

Haven't ran into one yet, although my vision has gone red and blurry a few times.

I just killed an army base and took a briefcase, now I had to travel all the way back to Yantar. Yantar makes me feel really uncomfortable.

I dunno if I am even following the right path to find out more about the story/kill Strelok.
I hear there is a second lab according to the bartender. Hope I get to go :p

You are supposed to find a controller in the end of the Agroprom research institute.

And follow ALL strelok related quests, including finding strelok's stash or something like that, you get that early in the game.

You also MUST do a quest called "meet the guide" that comes from nowhere after x16.

[zombieturtle01]

Hmm, I dont know where his stash is D:

[Kula Meenur]

Under the Agroprom Institute...in the sewers...


...good hunting, stalker

[taviow]

What Koola said.
Talk to me on steam if you need the exact location.

...good hunting, stalker.

[zombieturtle01]

Wait, so the place I was just at? With the Poltergeist and the fetuses? I have to go back? Crap, it's swarming with the military now. Urg.

[taviow]

Wait, so the place I was just at? With the Poltergeist and the fetuses? I have to go back? Crap, it's swarming with the military now. Urg.

Not exactly... it's the Agroprom research institute, it's on the map I guess, look around on your pda.
The poltergeist place is the x18 lab.
I'll get a pic.

http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/2644/screenhunter01jul060324hg5.gif

Next to the garbage.

[DEATHMASTER]

remember to kill strehlick

[Acepilotf14]

Oh god.. I hated the research labs... some were just so god damn creepy.
Although I actually had fun in the zombie one. Creeping up behind them and stabbing em in the back.
rawrrawrrawrrawrrawr

It's the mercen-
I mean, GET OUT OF HERE, STALKER!

[Shift]

I could never really get into it, all the obessive backtracking was ****ing iritating, I think once I can glue myself to it I can end up finishing it and really enjoying, but I wont try again until I get my new comp so I can knock all the settings up. I did do one of the earlier missions when you had to go into some underground facility to route out a bandit base, was ****ing creepy since I was always thought there was something stalking me.

Then I get to the final tunnel out, and just almost feel that there was something behind only to turn around and see a 'thing' staring at me before doing some crazy ass yelp and fire 'something' at me. I ****ing pelted it outta there.

[Adabiviak]

ZT, finish the game in vanilla mode, then look for mods that add lots of critters. Apparently the game developers had to stunt the A-Life (?) system for the various beasts, because there was a good chance that they'd bork the storyline by killing someone, or not being in the right place at the right time. I forget which mod I'm playing now, but it's a frickin' safari.

There is also a mod or two that'll either shut the stuttering stalkers up, or allow you to carry a live weapon into the bar to deal with them yourself. It's annoying, but it was funny enough to start an Internet meme.

[MiccyNarc]

Ah, I am starting to have a lot of fun with this game now. I realized you can kill most anybody in the Freedom base when they are off duty and they wont notice, I killed 30+ without them noticing.
So I killed this dude guarding a door and found a nice suit, a big mofuggin grenade launcher too. That's mah baby, great for killing large groups. Lol, I found it funny that the leader was so unaware that I killed over half of his men, so I took most of the bodies and left them in his room :laugh:

You can drag bodies?

[Acepilotf14]

Yes...

[MiccyNarc]

Yes...

Damn, never knew. >.>

[Acepilotf14]

You press F while looking at a body... it's pretty useless, but I found it useful too organize which bodies I've looted and which I haven't after big battles.

[theotherguy]

How do I join Duty at that one base? Is it worth it? An enjoyable task?

Oh man, I killed everyone at Duty base during the attack; and stole all of their guns and ammo. It made the rest of the game extremely easy.

[taviow]

I was a loner during the whole game. No alliances and I didn't kill anyone from duty or freedom or any random stalkers around.

[zombieturtle01]

To drag bodies is F+Shift.

Right now I am on my way to turn off the scorcher.

I hate, hate, hate, the zombies. Because for some reason they seem to have a ridiculous amount of HP, even the weak armored ones. Three shot gun shots to the face? C'mon.

Anyways, at the moment I am favoring the Snorks and the Controllers.

[Acepilotf14]

Scorcher is at the... x18 lab, I think?
Ooooh, lots of zombies.

[sea]

Not exactly... it's the Agroprom research institute, it's on the map I guess, look around on your pda.
The poltergeist place is the x18 lab.
I'll get a pic.

http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/2644/screenhunter01jul060324hg5.gif

Next to the garbage.
I just cleared the basement of that place out. Jesus Christ, that freaked the shit out of me, probably more so than any game I've played. Lots of valuable stuff, but... damn, I'm almost afraid to keep going. :(

[zombieturtle01]

Acepilot, it isn't at X18, I've been there already. X16 is the place with the zombies and the giant brain.

I am pretty sure I am headed to the scorcher, I could be mistaken though.

[Acepilotf14]

Aren't there more zombies?!

[zombieturtle01]

I see none, just lots of enemy Stalkers, and a shit ton of anomalies.

[DEATHMASTER]

If u throw a grenade at the glass the brain is in, it breaks and instantly causes .1 fps unless you turn around in time.

[zombieturtle01]

If u throw a grenade at the glass the brain is in, it breaks and instantly causes .1 fps unless you turn around in time.

.1 fps? Huh? I do not understand what that means.

[Acepilotf14]

Wait, what brain?

[theotherguy]

The zombies were the WORST in any game ever. I mean, they have ridiculous accuracy, have insane HP, and are basically just slightly-slow super-soldiers.

[Acepilotf14]

Knife in the back = insta-kill. :P

[DEATHMASTER]

I dont know about insane HP. I mean they simply do not die from anything not a headshot. But a headshot of any kind kills them instantly.

[zombieturtle01]

Right now I'm pissed because I went to Pripyat and I crossed over into some area and I am being shot at by tons of soldiers and tanks, and all of the sudden some timer goes off saying a blowout is about to occur in 5 minutes. I was supposed to reach the Monolith thing, but I'm totally lost because the stupid ****ing thing wont show me where I am on the map.

Anyone know what the hell I'm supposed to do?

[sea]

Right now I'm pissed because I went to Pripyat and I crossed over into some area and I am being shot at by tons of soldiers and tanks, and all of the sudden some timer goes off saying a blowout is about to occur in 5 minutes. I was supposed to reach the Monolith thing, but I'm totally lost because the stupid ****ing thing wont show me where I am on the map.

Anyone know what the hell I'm supposed to do?
I find the game has a lot of situations like that. I chose to help out with a Duty raid on a Freedom base, just recently. I shot the first sniper or two in their towers as instructed, but then there was just tons of radio chatter that I couldn't make sense of while firefights broke out all around and I sort of wandered aimlessly amid the chaos. Eventually the mission completed itself, but I really couldn't figure out why. Unfortunately, the guy who gave me the mission was killed and I was unable to actually complete it and had to load an earlier save. Only after did it become apparent that the raid was to kill a particular guy, and the radio chatter was supposed to be relaying enemy positions to me and stuff. Well, great.

Although I'm loving S.T.A.L.K.E.R.'s atmosphere, and the combat is pretty enjoyable, the game routinely fails at basic things like instructing the player what to do in a given situation. Usually, it only clearly explains what you're supposed to do in your PDA, and of course if you're in the middle of an attack, it doesn't help that the action doesn't pause so you can figure it out. Even the plot tends to be a complete jumble due to the open-ended nature of the game, but it's not helped by the fact that it's never really clear whether something you're doing is actually significant to the main story, or just a side-mission. Part of it might be the fact that the game's translation could be a lot better... hopefully Clear Sky makes some serious improvements to the storytelling. From what I can gather, though, GSC is completely obsessed with their graphics technology and not too much else. It's like they've made this really cool game and are so familiar with it that they forget that things aren't obvious to everyone else.

[Acepilotf14]

Ah, yes, the NPP.... I remember that. Basically, what I did was make a ****ing run for it to the sarcophagus(where you're supposed to go.. it's a little entry in between the two towers.) Just sprint the whole way there. Ignore everyone... once you get in it loads and no one will follow you... also, you can't kill the tanks. I tried.

[zombieturtle01]

Actually you can kill the tanks, but it took about 6 rounds of my Bulldog Grenade Launcher to take down one.

I still cannot figure out where to run. I am about to do something forbidden to me, I may.... type in the God mode cheat until I reach the Sarcophagus.

[Kula Meenur]

Don't do that it'll ruin the game!

[zombieturtle01]

I gotta figure out where to haul my ass too then, because I've only got five minutes before the blowout, there's bullets flying everywhere, and I don't show up on my map =/. It's been a while since I've screamed angrily at a video game, but I've done it like five times at this part in Stalker :p

[Kula Meenur]

As soon as you enter the NPP, head west and dodge through the combat to the main facility. Hug the wall and continue until you hit a gate which will enter you into a depot. That's your target. There is a drainage pipe in the western half of this depot.

Don't bother trying to take everyone out, they'll die anyway when the blowout hits lol

[French Ninja]

Oh lawd. The stuff added in Oblivion Lost is terrifying.

I was walking around in the Garbage when I see this weird galloping thing. I pull out my binoculars to take a look. Ugh. I see a humanoid figure, but it's hunched over with really weird looking legs, arms and a massive neck.

I take a shot with my pistol.
It misses.
It sees me

OhcrapohcrapohcrapohcrapohcrapohcrapohcrapOH CRAP FIRE!!!
*run out of pistol clip*
*switch to shotgun*
DIE!
*fire two shots*
It's still coming.
"graaaaaa maaaaa shhheeee naaaaahh"
http://www.luna-s-art.com/webstalker/downloads/mods/Mis_mods/img/comparativa/izlom1.jpg

AOAJIOWHAWAOWAIOWWAAWHAWHIH!!!!


I'm having a problem though. When trying to loot corpses, my game crashes. :/

[Krynn72]

omg spoilers omg



EDIT: That guy looks stupid as hell. Not at all scary, if anything, I would start laughing when I saw it.

[Kula Meenur]

Yeah it's a bit like that, but it takes a shit load of rounds to bring down. It kind of gallops lol

[Shift]

I find the game has a lot of situations like that. I chose to help out with a Duty raid on a Freedom base, just recently. I shot the first sniper or two in their towers as instructed, but then there was just tons of radio chatter that I couldn't make sense of while firefights broke out all around and I sort of wandered aimlessly amid the chaos. Eventually the mission completed itself, but I really couldn't figure out why. Unfortunately, the guy who gave me the mission was killed and I was unable to actually complete it and had to load an earlier save. Only after did it become apparent that the raid was to kill a particular guy, and the radio chatter was supposed to be relaying enemy positions to me and stuff. Well, great.

Although I'm loving S.T.A.L.K.E.R.'s atmosphere, and the combat is pretty enjoyable, the game routinely fails at basic things like instructing the player what to do in a given situation. Usually, it only clearly explains what you're supposed to do in your PDA, and of course if you're in the middle of an attack, it doesn't help that the action doesn't pause so you can figure it out. Even the plot tends to be a complete jumble due to the open-ended nature of the game, but it's not helped by the fact that it's never really clear whether something you're doing is actually significant to the main story, or just a side-mission. Part of it might be the fact that the game's translation could be a lot better... hopefully Clear Sky makes some serious improvements to the storytelling. From what I can gather, though, GSC is completely obsessed with their graphics technology and not too much else. It's like they've made this really cool game and are so familiar with it that they forget that things aren't obvious to everyone else.

Exactly my opinion of it.

[taviow]

When you double click an objective in the PDA, it will show you exactly where you are supposed to go D:

[zombieturtle01]

I really like the cinematics in this game, "One dees days you'll end badly Strelok" lol, I often find myself talking in a Ukrainian accent/making up Russian sounding gibberish after playing this game for hours.

When you double click an objective in the PDA, it will show you exactly where you are supposed to go D:

Really? Hmm, I don't recall being told this.

[Acepilotf14]

They don't tell you anything. That fat guy was a really bad tutorial.

[zombieturtle01]

What the hell? I thought reaching the Wish Granter was part of the main story? I just went there and it killed me in the end. I just want to find Strelok, where the heck do I go?

[taviow]

What the hell? I thought reaching the Wish Granter was part of the main story? I just went there and it killed me in the end. I just want to find Strelok, where the heck do I go?

Did you find strelok's stash in the beginning, and did you do the "Meet the guide" mission?

[sea]

What the hell? I thought reaching the Wish Granter was part of the main story? I just went there and it killed me in the end. I just want to find Strelok, where the heck do I go?
That's one of the alternate and non-canon endings, likely. The game only gives you the real ending if you've completed certain conditions, I believe.

[Acepilotf14]

Do you want to know what happens, ZT?
MASSIVE SPOILER=

you are strelok. D: The wish granter is a machine that zombifies and kills anyone who reaches the core where there is a secret thingy by the military or some shit, which is just under it. the granter puts an image into your mind of whatever you most desire, but it really doesn't happen. What ending did you get? Was it the one where the coins come down on you?

[zombieturtle01]

No, I will not read that spoiler, more fun to find out myself. Okay, I left the zone and went back and got Strelok's stash, do I bring it to the guy in the beginning? Because the barkeeper doesn't seem to mention it when I went there.

Maybe it's too late and I messed up the continuity.

This was the ending I got-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h921qU1RlxA

[taviow]

You have to find strelok's flash drive, if I recall correctly. The next strelok mission is "meet the guide". I don't remember much of it. Talk to me on steam when you need more info.

[Somefool]

Might be old, but it was new to me.

http://pastebin.com/m4d07149c

Of course, given the complexity of such AI, we had our share of problems and general weirdness. During early development and testing of combat intelligence, one stalker went mad and began to consider himself as an enemy, trying to dispose of this "enemy" as quickly as possible. Unfortunately, our good-for-nothing animators did not plan for the possibility of putting your own gun to your temple, so the poor stalker had to instead shoot the only part of the "enemy" body he could reach - his own feet. Laughing For a good 10 minutes the entire design team, while rolling around on the floor from laughter, watched as the stalker-wannabie desparately battled with his own limbs. In the end, having used up two full magazines, the NPC died, submitting the diagnostic "Enemy successfully terminated" before terminating. Embarassed

[French Ninja]

I experienced my first couple of blowouts in STALKER.

I pissed myself. :o

[Jimmeh]

Well, thanks to this thread I gave STALKER a reinstall with the latest Oblivion Lost mod (2.1.1?) - and wow, what a difference that mod makes. The game just seems to be polished and improved in almost every single way. Not to mention it's now shit scary to boot. I barely even play the game at night now (unless there's a full moon). It's just so dark, I usually end up using the sleeping bag for 10 hours and continuing in the morning. :o

Earlier I got a warning message telling me there was a bloodsucker sighting in Cordon, so I decided to go hunting for it in the pitch black. I nearly had a heart attack when I got jumped by a weird zombie instead. The bastard took two shotgun shells to the face, and after a little while - GOT BACK UP and scared the shit out of me again when it's screaming face suddenly appeared in my torchlight. Never did find the bloodsucker though.

[PriNcE oF SpAcE]

just find a suit with nightvision and the OL mod isn't so scary...once you find nightvision suit the flashlight is useless though.

[Musk]

Grabbing this game tomorrow. Sounds pretty good =)

[French Ninja]

I haven't been getting these warning messages. Is this in a newer version of OL? I have 2.0...

[Lucid]

Just might redownload it on Steam for this Oblivion Lost mod, sounds and looks awesome from what I've seen.

[sea]

Just might redownload it on Steam for this Oblivion Lost mod, sounds and looks awesome from what I've seen.
Hold up there. I'm not sure if you can use mods with the download version.

[French Ninja]

Hmm...
I found a bunch of crap in a mining apparatus (AFAIK) in the Dark Valley, including a guitar and a hand radio.

Im guessing this is what I need in order to receive warning messages?

[Jimmeh]

Hmm...
I found a bunch of crap in a mining apparatus (AFAIK) in the Dark Valley, including a guitar and a hand radio.

Im guessing this is what I need in order to receive warning messages?

I think they're a new feature of Oblivion Lost 2.1 actually. Looking at the 2.1 features, it adds faction wars - which gives you messages telling you who's attacking where.

It's pretty cool, as you'll get a message saying that Freedom have attacked Duty at the bar or whatever, and if you get there in time you'll be able to see the fight and join in if you want. Otherwise if you're too late you can just loot all the corpses that've shown up instead. The warning message I got was in the same format so I'm guessing it's part of the update.

[Lucid]

Hold up there. I'm not sure if you can use mods with the download version.

You can, I used a weather and sounds mod with it before.
Granted I had to track down a version of the mods that came out for the unpatched version of STALKER, since they STILL haven't released the latest f*cking update for the game.

[sea]

Well, most mods don't even officially work with the latest 1.0006, but that patch only has multiplayer fixes. Whether or not it works with your mods is a gamble, though.

[Sliver]

New Clear Sky video. First 25 minutes of the game.

http://www.gamevideos.com/video/id/19902

[taviow]

Oh god, it looks awesome, very atmospheric.
The only thing I didn't like was the action music that started at 17:00 or 21:00. :\

[sea]

I just saw a new video on their YouTube channel, a developer interview... was going to post it, but now it seems rather useless. :D

EDIT: So uh, I just finished deactivating the Brain Scorcher... and I thought getting into the place was hard enough. Now the game is telling me to make a push on the power plant, but do I actually have to do it yet? I'm ridiculously low on supplies and my armour has almost been destroyed...

[French Ninja]

Unless a mission has a "x days left", you dont have to.

[sea]

Unless a mission has a "x days left", you dont have to.
Well I'm stuck in the middle of a whole bunch of people fighting and I just don't want to miss the action if I choose to run back to the bar to resupply.

[Acepilotf14]

Glad to see the bolt has a use now. Also, inventory system is much cleaner. ;D

[taviow]

Well I'm stuck in the middle of a whole bunch of people fighting and I just don't want to miss the action if I choose to run back to the bar to resupply.

You can go back to the bar, nothing will change. It's excellent to be duty's ally at this time, you will see why as soon as you get in Pripyat.

[Acepilotf14]

You can go back to the bar, nothing will change. It's excellent to be duty's ally at this time, you will see why as soon as you get in Pripyat.

Haha, srsly. I did it without being anyone's ally. I was walking around, looking for a good sniper's nest to take out the guards on the main building, and walked into a room with 8-12 people in it. Dropped a 'nade and ran.

[sea]

Once I've finished the game for the first time, I'm tempted to go through it and kill every single person I come across, no matter who they are. That Strelok can't get away from me!

[Sanada]

Reading this had made me reinstall the game and try out the OL mod. Just built my new computer so I can play everything on full this time round. Also, will the Float32 mod work with the OL mod? The readme says that it might not work with any side mods but the Float32 is just a graphical improvement.

[Jimmeh]

I've got Float32, Oblivion Lost v2.1.1 and the sharper textures pack all installed with the 1.005 patch without any problems so far. So you should be good.

[sea]

I have a graphical glitch that's rather distracting, and I'm just wondering if anyone has the same thing.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/acious/ss_eric_07-13-08_14-17-21_l10_radar.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/acious/ss_eric_07-13-08_14-17-33_l10_radar.jpg

Note how the lighting on the arm there is very blocky-looking and doesn't line up properly. The wrist especially looks bad. Is this some unique problem I'm having, or is the weapon model itself just messed up? This doesn't happen with any other weapons, just the SPSA-12 (yes, I know it's an SPAS-12 but they call it the SPSA in-game). I do have the float32 and S.H.A.R.P.E.R. Textures mods installed, but those screenshots were taken with them disabled.

[Acepilotf14]

I never even knew there was such a weapon. :|

[sea]

Apparently the one I have is a custom gun, one of a kind. I got it from killing some bandit as part of a quest.

[zombieturtle01]

Alright, so I just figured out I screwed up the continuity, thusly I never recieved a key from a Scientist at the Agropom Research Institute or whatever, thusly I could not go into Strelok's Hotel room later, thusly I could not decode that thinger, thusly I could not have one of the two real endings.

So I saw all the endings, but they don't make much sense, read something about the C-Conscious Project, was vague.

So can someone just fill me in? What is the C-Conscious project? What's the revelation with Strelok? And what other info do you find out about the zone?

[French Ninja]

Alright, so I just figured out I screwed up the continuity, thusly I never recieved a key from a Scientist at the Agropom Research Institute or whatever, thusly I could not go into Strelok's Hotel room later, thusly I could not decode that thinger, thusly I could not have one of the two real endings.

So I saw all the endings, but they don't make much sense, read something about the C-Conscious Project, was vague.

So can someone just fill me in? What is the C-Conscious project? What's the revelation with Strelok? And what other info do you find out about the zone?


In the aftermath of the Chernobyl disaster, the Soviet Union decides to use the Exclusion Zone, often referred to in-game as ?The Zone?, for special research into the human mind. Results include enhanced ESP, psychic weapons, and the eventual formation of a hive mind known as the C-Consciousness.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the self-aware C-Consciousness takes control of the Zone and autonomously continues its research. It attemptes varying degrees of global mind control in an effort to bring about world peace. However, these attempts result in the unintentional twisting of the physical properties of the Zone and the mutation of resident life forms.

In an attempt to hide its existence from the outside world, the C-Consciousness erects a Monolith in the center of the Zone and brainwashes many people into worshipping the Monolith as an artifact of extra-terrestrial origin. In a further attempt to insulate itself, it constructs a device, known as the ?Brain Scorcher?, that traumatically interferes with brain-wave patterns, rendering anyone who approaches the surrounding area a mindless "zombie". As reports of valuable "artifacts" disseminate from explorers who venture into the zone, whispered rumors of a Wish Granter housed in the Sarcophagus of the Chernobyl NPP begin to spread.

A group of four Stalkers, Strelok, Ghost, Fang, and Doc, travel to the center of the Zone in an effort to reach the Wish Granter. After encountering the fanatical Monolith faction, the brainwashed guardians of the C-Consciousness, they are forced to retreat. Strelok is knocked unconscious and loses his memory. The others are able to escape the Zone, though Fang later dies of his wounds, and Ghost is killed by psi-emmisions.

The unconscious Strelok is discovered by the C-Consciousness, who, unaware of his identity, mistakenly brainwashes him to kill the stalker known as Strelok and his allies. On the way out of the Zone his truck is destroyed, and he is discovered, unconscious, by another passing stalker.

He is reunited with Doc who helps him piece together his past, prompting Strelok to return to the Zone and the Monolith. When Strelok eventually confronts the C-Consciousness, he is faced with a choice of joining it in its attempts to repair the Zone and bring about world peace or trying to stop the C-Consciousness from continuing its experiments. If the player chooses not to join the C-Consciousness, he is forced to battle the worshippers of the Monolith. When they are defeated, he destroys the equipment that sustains the C-Consciousness. Strelok is then seen standing in a grassy field, the Zone seemingly gone.

td;dr:
YOU are Strelok

[zombieturtle01]

I F*CKING KNEW IT!!

I kept thinking "Hmm, I wouldn't be surprised if I am Strelok"
Anyways, I really like that revelation, that's pretty cool. Too bad I couldn't unveil it for myself.

So does anyone know what was with those weird mutant hallucinations while going to turn off the scorcher? Just another weird Monolith mind game?

[taviow]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJH1wEAMDdo

[sea]

So can someone just fill me in? What is the C-Conscious project? What's the revelation with Strelok? And what other info do you find out about the zone?
Maybe you saw the ending, but you see the conversation with it? It explains pretty much everything.

[Sliver]

Oh good god zt, use spoiler tags, I thought I was safe since everyone was using them.

But oh no. :3

[Baal]

heh, duty.

Seriously though, can someone explain to be the concept of a "blowout" in this game? What is being "blown out." Is it something to do with blowing the prevailing winds (of radiation) in a direction that is away from any forms of civilization?

I may have missed the reasoning, since it has been quite a while since I've played it, but either way...

[Sanada]

In the OL mod, Blowouts were implemented that aren't in the vanilla game as far as I can remember. They occur every 3-4 days and, depending on how deep you are into the zone, vary in intencity. They start when you her a deep moaning sound and the sky turns red. Earthquakes then occur and a huge storm breaks out followed by more screams and hoaling. You have to run for cover in buildings or go underground otherwise you'll get fried from the radiation (or psi-emissions). All other stalkers and enemy NPCs will run for cover too. The mutants will try to hide but get hit by the radiation, though it's usually never enough to kill them. Once it finished more of them will spawn in the area.

[zombieturtle01]

Where do I get this cool mod you guys are talking about? Do I need anything else besides Stalker for it?

[sea]

In the OL mod, Blowouts were implemented that aren't in the vanilla game as far as I can remember. They occur every 3-4 days and, depending on how deep you are into the zone, vary in intencity. They start when you her a deep moaning sound and the sky turns red. Earthquakes then occur and a huge storm breaks out followed by more screams and hoaling. You have to run for cover in buildings or go underground otherwise you'll get fried from the radiation (or psi-emissions). All other stalkers and enemy NPCs will run for cover too. The mutants will try to hide but get hit by the radiation, though it's usually never enough to kill them. Once it finished more of them will spawn in the area.
Don't they do that in Clear Sky?

[Sanada]

Don't they do that in Clear Sky?

I believe it does but I'm not sure if they're the same. This mod implements a lot of stuff that was cut from the game so maybe Blowouts were originally going to be implemented but for whatever reason they took it out.

Where do I get this cool mod you guys are talking about? Do I need anything else besides Stalker for it?


The mod I'm using is this one:

http://forums.filefront.com/s-t-l-k-e-r-soc-modding-editing/340033-s-t-l-k-e-r-oblivion-lost-kanyhalos.html

[zombieturtle01]

ugh, i dont understand this installation crap, why cant it just be simple like steam mods :(

[sea]

I believe it does but I'm not sure if they're the same. This mod implements a lot of stuff that was cut from the game so maybe Blowouts were originally going to be implemented but for whatever reason they took it out.[/url]
The 25-minute video that came out recently shows that the player is discovered after surviving a blowout, something that very few people have actually done. There's a second one later on that he survives as well, and a third one causes all of his squad to die. Seems like the player might be immune, or at least resistant to their effects. They also may only occur in scripted situations.

[bassport]

This mod implements a lot of stuff that was cut from the game so maybe Blowouts were originally going to be implemented but for whatever reason they took it out.


What actually got released as STALKER wasn't even a tiny bit of that which was promised in the beginning. While they were developing they had an FAQ on their site which listed all features and possibilities the game would have and you could read it again and again and still not believe how awesome this game will be. After the third (or so) delay THQ put a lot of pressure on the dev team to release the game without any of the things they promised (which was just a realistic move on their part) and that's what we got to see: a pretty cool but watered and dumbed down ego shooter.

R.I.P. STALKER :(

(I don't know but if someone has the original FAQ could he / she post a link?)