Let's drink to him once more. He was a good S.T.A.L.K.E.R.

Dr Snofeld

I loaded up the game, worked fine. Decided to see what'd happen if I turned all the graphics up. Now I get a black screen upon loading. The game's still going, I can hear myself moving around and stuff, I can't see anything though even after turning some things back down.

Stormwatcher

God damn it the patch won't install
it says I "already have the update to versio [1.000300] installed. It includes all previous updates. No update required"

Guess I'll have to wait for the steam patch.

CanisAquilus

where is the steam patch.

where is it.

Dr Snofeld

Dr Snofeld wrote: »

I loaded up the game, worked fine. Decided to see what'd happen if I turned all the graphics up. Now I get a black screen upon loading. The game's still going, I can hear myself moving around and stuff, I can't see anything though even after turning some things back down.

Nevermind, got it to work somehow.

Seems a bit hectic right at the start, does it calm down a bit after the fight for the Swamp?

Madpanda

If you mean the hole "omg the truck is being attacked come help within 2 mins" followed by "omg we are going to go attack the bandits hanging out around a garbage can" every minute or so. Yes it calms down.

Don't worry about failing some of those tasks, with starter equipment the early ones can be a bit rough.


Also it looks like 1.505 has a few.. issues. Seems the best way to install it (non steam versions) is to reinstall Clearsky, install 1.505 and disable your mods. Might not want to rush to it unless it fixes a game breaking crash for you.

http://www.gsc-game.com/index.php?t=community&s=forums&s_game_type=xr&lang=en

Olivaw

Stormwatcher wrote: »

Olivaw wrote: »

Man I don't want no one else's savegame, I want mine

I had a tricked out AK and newly upgraded armor, you know? I was jonesin' right along

I mean shit man I can deal with crashes as long as there's a way around it, but I can't seem to find one

Here's my error log if anyone here has any idea what the fuck it means

Expression    : fatal error
Function      : CScriptEngine::lua_error
File          : E:\priquel\sources\engine\xrServerEntities\script_engine.cpp
Line          : 180
Description   : <no expression>
Arguments     : LUA error: ....e.r. - clear sky\gamedata\scripts\xr_effects.script:1607: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)

Are you using any mods?

One for accuracy, one for increasing carry weight

Nothing else

Also it looks like 1.505 has a few.. issues. Seems the best way to install it (non steam versions) is to reinstall Clearsky, install 1.505 and disable your mods. Might not want to rush to it unless it fixes a game breaking crash for you.

Christ almighty have these guys even heard of bug testing

Madpanda

It looks like that error is fixed in 1.50.5, if you are hesitant to install it use the google string below to see if someone has found a bandaid fix.

http://www.google.com/search?q=stalker+clear+sky+xr_effects.script%3A1607&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

Fleeb

Christ almighty have these guys even heard of bug testing

Pfft. That's what suckers... err... users are for.

God. Can you imagine what quality control was like before the internet? Back when games came on 3.5" floppies and companies couldn't get patches out in little bits, they'd actually have to test their products before shipping. Oy. 'Course, games were a bit simpler then, programming wise.

Grumblegrumblegrumble.

Tim James

Where is Stolls to save us with a new thread? I haven't seen any good title suggestions other than mine (of course). Come on, jerks!

Olivaw

Tim James wrote: »

Where is Stolls to save us with a new thread? I haven't seen any good title suggestions other than mine (of course). Come on, jerks!

LET'S GET DRUNK AND GO S.T.A.L.K.I.N.G. - new patch out

skace

Does anyone know what the new patch changes in regards to rewards for beating a base. My save game is at Duty's base and I'm trying to figure out if I should wait for Steam to get the patch before finishing them off.

Dr.Oblivious

They probably reward you with special AP ammo and items like they did before the patches, course I don't know this for sure.

skace

What do I get right now using 1.5.04?

Dr.Oblivious

skace wrote: »

What do I get right now using 1.5.04?

Just money.

skace

Is duty supposed to fly in 50 guys right after I take their base? Are the bandits supposed to take back the depot in Garbage without even having a troop there?

Dr Snofeld

You know I think I prefer Swamp to Cordon as a starting level. Better ambiance. I mean they're both great, but wading through radioactive swamp water, dashing through swamp gas, making a beeline for the tower you can see in the dead of night...really drives home the STALKER vibe, ya know?

Of course now I've gotta get into Cordon...anyone care to post up that guide to getting past the mg again?

Sorenson

Hide behind rocks, wait for the break, run like fucking hell. Or just go back to the swamps and head north like us smart ones did.

skace

Dr Snofeld wrote: »

You know I think I prefer Swamp to Cordon as a starting level. Better ambiance. I mean they're both great, but wading through radioactive swamp water, dashing through swamp gas, making a beeline for the tower you can see in the dead of night...really drives home the STALKER vibe, ya know?

Of course now I've gotta get into Cordon...anyone care to post up that guide to getting past the mg again?

As you make your way down the hill, look for a fallen tree on your left, that's your exit.

taliosfalcon

Well, i installed the new patch..i figured "hey whats the worst that can happen?" it turns out that the worst is x-ray engine crashes every time i try to load one of my saves =\
anyone know where the saves are kept so i can attempt to reinstall/rollback to 1.04?

skace

Something like this:

D :\Steam\steamapps\common\stalker clear sky\_appdata_\savedgames

minus the steam stuff.

Stormwatcher

Olivaw wrote: »

Stormwatcher wrote: »

Olivaw wrote: »

Man I don't want no one else's savegame, I want mine

I had a tricked out AK and newly upgraded armor, you know? I was jonesin' right along

I mean shit man I can deal with crashes as long as there's a way around it, but I can't seem to find one

Here's my error log if anyone here has any idea what the fuck it means

Expression    : fatal error
Function      : CScriptEngine::lua_error
File          : E:\priquel\sources\engine\xrServerEntities\script_engine.cpp
Line          : 180
Description   : <no expression>
Arguments     : LUA error: ....e.r. - clear sky\gamedata\scripts\xr_effects.script:1607: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)

Are you using any mods?

One for accuracy, one for increasing carry weight

Nothing else

Also it looks like 1.505 has a few.. issues. Seems the best way to install it (non steam versions) is to reinstall Clearsky, install 1.505 and disable your mods. Might not want to rush to it unless it fixes a game breaking crash for you.

Christ almighty have these guys even heard of bug testing

I have a similar problem with a weight mod

thing is game won't even load without the mod anymore.

Stormwatcher

taliosfalcon wrote: »

Well, i installed the new patch..i figured "hey whats the worst that can happen?" it turns out that the worst is x-ray engine crashes every time i try to load one of my saves =\
anyone know where the saves are kept so i can attempt to reinstall/rollback to 1.04?

Which version you have? Steam or disk?

DrKissinger1

So are any of the main faction war issues addressed in the patch? By "main issues", I mean primarily the complete stand-off in Garbage between the Stalkers and Bandits. Both times I've reached Garbage, the Stalkers have not moved past their initial foothold.

randombattle

Oh no over 100 pages! Almost time to get out of here stalker!

Urian

get out of here stalker get out of here stalker

get out of here stalker

Tim James

Why?

I have something that may be of use to you.

taliosfalcon

DrKissinger1 wrote: »

So are any of the main faction war issues addressed in the patch? By "main issues", I mean primarily the complete stand-off in Garbage between the Stalkers and Bandits. Both times I've reached Garbage, the Stalkers have not moved past their initial foothold.

No, basically faction wars are still completely fucked and there's really no point in getting involved in them at all =\

Endomatic

We're going to have to wait a year for a Witcher-like fix

Dr.Oblivious

No, we'll only probably have to wait a few months (I predict four to five months) before someone comes along and decides to do their own twist on FW with a vengence. It's always like that with the modding community.

canemaquilus

New thread title:

"Lets have a little chat."

Stolls

Tim James wrote: »

Why?

I have something that may be of use to you.

CHERNOBYL VETERANS JOIN DUTY WE HAVE A HUGE RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT THE WORLD FROM THE EXPANDING ZONE

Dammit, it's 100+ pages already? I'm not readyyyyyy! I'll see about putting one together by tomorrow, though if anybody wants to take a stab at it instead, by all means feel free.

Endomatic

I really don't know how a weight mod can cause so many problems. It involves changing 2 values in 2 different files.
I did mine myself and never had an issue.

I'm not calling anyone an idiot, but I'm wondering what these modders are changing and are they sure they're not affecting something else inadvertently.
When I was messing around with it there was a value that was misleadingly similar but unrelated (and probably important for something).

taliosfalcon

So can anyone give me some tips on where to find anti rad artifacts? I was determined to find them on my own..but now I have 3 slots free on my armor, around 14 artifacts (although a good portion of them are crappy +1 +1's) and..I can't use any of them as I still don't have a single anti rad artifact =(

Dr.Oblivious

taliosfalcon wrote: »

So can anyone give me some tips on where to find anti rad artifacts? I was determined to find them on my own..but now I have 3 slots free on my armor, around 14 artifacts (although a good portion of them are crappy +1 +1's) and..I can't use any of them as I still don't have a single anti rad artifact =(

There's like two in the swamp. Not really hard to miss because they can be located near the watch tower that get's attacked.

Stormwatcher

Endomatic wrote: »

I really don't know how a weight mod can cause so many problems. It involves changing 2 values in 2 different files.
I did mine myself and never had an issue.

I'm not calling anyone an idiot, but I'm wondering what these modders are changing and are they sure they're not affecting something else inadvertently.
When I was messing around with it there was a value that was misleadingly similar but unrelated (and probably important for something).

I got a weight mod with a different implementation (it's the newer, 5000kg one, which I changed back to 200kg), and the problems went away.

But yeah, i still don't know how could a weight mod that changes too lines could fuck the scripting so bad.

Hey, olivaw, you should try that other mod.

Rook

taliosfalcon wrote: »

Well, i installed the new patch..i figured "hey whats the worst that can happen?" it turns out that the worst is x-ray engine crashes every time i try to load one of my saves =\
anyone know where the saves are kept so i can attempt to reinstall/rollback to 1.04?

If you're on vista it's
c:\users\public\public documents\stalker-stcs\

Madpanda

So I just heard this little exchange while babysitting a bunch of stalkers in the red forest, not sure if it was just great cosmic alignment of the random chatter generator or scripted -

Stalker 1 - "Ok men lets move out, time to go and be heroes again!"
Stalker 2 - "Oh come on not again"
Stalker 3 - "I NEVER get to finish my meal"

Stalker 1's text i think is a reference to the first mission of Shadows of Chernobyl, one of the stalkers says "OK men time to go and be heroes" as you start moving towards the car park. The other 2 reactions are golden.

vsove

I think the new thread needs to be called 'Meet the S.T.A.L.K.E.R.s'

Stormwatcher

vsove wrote: »

I think the new thread needs to be called 'Meet the S.T.A.L.K.E.R.s'

Agreed

Dr Snofeld

Man the Cordon got really crowded in this game.

I like how it's possible to mod weapons to change the ammo calibur. Instead of having to wade through a tunnel of anomalies to get an MP5 that shoots pistol bullets I just have to pay the mechanic a small fee. And I think it's affected the weapon's model too, nice.

Picked up a Winchester at one point but I like my hunting rifle better. Just feels like a nicer gun, more...personable, in a weird way.

Do other weapons get their ammo modded? It'd be nice to end up with one of those M16-looking things that fired AK ammo.