s.t.a.l.k.e.r. game release!

kaimera

Are you sure? At point blank rang when you open up full auto, the first shots seems to register then they flinch when hit and loads miss even though you are right on top of them.

Yup. Very annoying even with using the iron sights.

Finally got a good hour or two of play last night, 8*6 with everything off but I'm not really that pushed about graphics.
Enjoyed what I played. The PDA UI could be better and the control of it aswell.

Upset that I sold Deus Ex now.

bizmark

Seems good apart from iv only played two hour of it and am already takeing a break due to how hard it is plus random crash's wreaking a good 20 mins of game play sigh

Had to pay 55 euro for it as well ( as i got my brother to bring it in from town

Dcully

I must admit these negative posts have put me off buying for now.

bizmark

Dcully wrote:

I must admit these negative posts have put me off buying for now.

Wait for a patch the random crash's are a killer

Paddy@CIRL

Holy BSODs !!!!

First off the game wouldnt load at all so had to download a NOCD fix, now it boots but it every time I want to play it loads, then black screen then BSOD & restart.

It's been this long in the making and they don't seem to even have tested it, well properly anyway, very very frustrating, have to wait for a patch before I can play it ...

(BTW It's not my specs, E6600, 2GB RAM, 640MB 8800 GTS)

hopeful

I must admit that even though the game itself isn't great...I have had no stability problems in 12+ hours of play. Still fine tuning the detail settings to try to eliminate the stalls and poor fps.

Sand

Played it there for 2 hours before my first CTD. FPS kinda lurches every now and then, but overall its playable. Didnt notice any issues with the hitbox - I hit what I aimed at. The AI seems decent, had plenty of attempts at flanking and counterflanking. Any decent FPSer will still pwn the opposition though.

Its got issues and could do with a patch, but its addictive. Back in to play again.

humanji

Paddy@CIRL wrote:

It's been this long in the making and they don't seem to even have tested it, well properly anyway, very very frustrating, have to wait for a patch before I can play it ...

(BTW It's not my specs, E6600, 2GB RAM, 640MB 8800 GTS)

In fairness, not everyone is having problems with it, so it's a bit much to claim they never tested it, they simply didn't test it on your machine.

kaimera

Cranked it up to 1024*768 but went back to down to 846*blah so I could up the graphics some; view distancs, objects and textures mainly.

Really loving the game. In some sort of sewers atm.
Love the little touch like the knife&fork telling you that you should eat. I ignored it for a long while until I couldn't move.
The backpack is annoying me. I find I'm running out of ammo very quickly and I do like to keep at least 2 smgs, a pistol and maybe the sawn off but I can't carry it all when loaded with ammo, medkits/bandages, ****ty relics [haven't found a decent one yet]

Thought I could upgrade my stats but I'm assuming only via carrying the relics?

Also, the degrading condition of the weapons > I'd have liked to be able to fix them or upgrade them rather than picking up upgraded versions.

Not as bad as I initally thought.

View distance is a huge kicker on the system and the lighting. Oh, speaking of, my flashlight isn't working in the sewers. I've got static lighting rather than the other fancy stuff. Would that be why?

Kevster

PC games have this kind of graphics now?! (I've been away for quite some time :rolleyes: )

Spear

kaimera wrote:

View distance is a huge kicker on the system and the lighting. Oh, speaking of, my flashlight isn't working in the sewers. I've got static lighting rather than the other fancy stuff. Would that be why?

My flashlight worked fine in the basement tunnels, although the range of it was fairly limited. Using nVidia's 100.65 drivers.

kaimera

My flashlight worked fine in the basement tunnels, although the range of it was fairly limited. Using nVidia's 100.65 drivers.

I'll fire it up and try it again. x1600 mobility gpu.

Paddy@CIRL

humanji wrote:

In fairness, not everyone is having problems with it, so it's a bit much to claim they never tested it, they simply didn't test it on your machine.

Its not a general statement, the game is hugely flawed, take a look at the developers site !

BTW, You cant post anymore, your post count is l33t

neGev

kaimera wrote:

Oh, speaking of, my flashlight isn't working in the sewers. I've got static lighting rather than the other fancy stuff. Would that be why?

Yeah, I think the flashlight may not work with static lighting.

I do hope they optimise the game quite a bit in forthcoming patches, I'm liking it quite a bit, but I'd like to be able to crank up the detail some more without the pants falling out of my fps ;/

Other than the lack of optimisation, I've had no CTD's as of yet, so it's stable enough here.

Sierra Oscar

Wow man this game sure is buggy....awaiting a patch.

kaimera

Yeah, I think the flashlight may not work with static lighting.

Aye, but my problem now is that if I change the lighting to Object Dynamic [or whatever the middle option is], the game locks up randomly

Meh, I can live without a flashlight..

Nick_oliveri

Nightvision doesnt seem to work either! Still addictive though.

Sierra Oscar

This game is very addictive...it is growing on me:D

Branoic

I've got a Pentium 4 3.4 GHz, 2 gig of ram and an nVidia 7900 GT, and the game runs silky smooth for me at "Maximum" settings. I think it looks lovely, and I'm having a blast so far! Only crashed one - half way through the opening cinematic the first time I loaded up the game - since then its run like a charm.

kaimera

This game is very addictive...it is growing on me

Thats just it!
For all the faults I've had with it thus far, it's the only game I want to go back and keep playing right now.

Smellyirishman

kaimera wrote:

Thought I could upgrade my stats but I'm assuming only via carrying the relics?

Oh, speaking of, my flashlight isn't working in the sewers. I've got static lighting rather than the other fancy stuff. Would that be why?

First point. To use your artifacts you need to put them on your "belt", which is the five slots to the right of your secondary gun (some place on the right anyway). So you can't just hold them in your inventory, you need to equip them (double click for fast-equip). You may know this already, but I wasn't sure by the way you worded it.


Secondly. My flashlight didn't work either, I switched to Dynamic Lighting and it worked, but FPS went unplayable, then I switched back to basic lighting and hey presto, I had a light. I may have altered some other settings too, but be safe in the knowledge that it just needs some tweaking to get your flashlight to work, and you don't have to be on dynamic lighting.



As for the game, at first, I loved the gritty feeling and I still do, but I share the complaints of others about the weapons. The ironsight is awful too.

kaimera

First point...

Yup, got that but still not sure how they actually affect my stats. Example, I have 4 artifacts on the belt and the only stats that has changed is my electric shock or something like that to -20%.

I have two which cause it to reduce by 10% each but the other two increase my endurance by 70+% and 15% but it hasn't changed overall.

Secondly...

Excellent. I shall try it later.

hellboy99

I'm not impressed with it at all, certainly not what it was hiped up to be.
I've got a P4 3.2GHz, 1Gb Ram & 7600GT 256MB and I have to run it at 800 X 600 medium to stop it from chopping, yet I can run Infernal up on 1280 with everything turned up and that runs smoothly and looks ten times better too.

neGev

hellboy99 wrote:

I'm not impressed with it at all, certainly not what it was hiped up to be.
I've got a P4 3.2GHz, 1Gb Ram & 7600GT 256MB and I have to run it at 800 X 600 medium to stop it from chopping, yet I can run Infernal up on 1280 with everything turned up and that runs smoothly and looks ten times better too.

Try turning off dynamic lighting if you've got it turned on. The draw distances alone in Stalker are far beyond anything I've seen in Infernal.

mewso

My impressions. Love the game overall but I have to play with Static lighting which really isn't good enough tbh. I have an Athlon x2 3800+, 1 Gig RAM and a Radeon x1950XT and with anything other than static lighting it crashes every few minutes without fail. As I play through the game I'm enjoying it but very annoyed to be missing the full effect which I should not be with my setup. Oh well. No doubt a fix will come out just after I complete the game.

The combat accuracy stuff. Took a while to get used to but it's fine now.

This reminds me so much of Boiling Point. That was a game I absolutely loved but in the end just couldn't play it through because of bugs. Had it been playable it would have been a GOTY contender.

Cunny-Funt

I just dont get it. I'm liking this game a lot at the moment ( just got it) .

It runs great for me too and no crashing.

AMD 64 3500+
6800gs 256mb
2gb ram

this is a medium/low end system yet I play the game on medium-high settings at a 1280x960 rez with dynamic lighting. Only ever get any slow down when I'm looking at flaming barrels.


I think the AI kicks ass.

The atmosphere is like nothing ive played before!

The things that annoy me is this the way he sways when he walks. I just think its a litte over done, but I'm used to it now.

The way the NPC's speak russian. I mean I do like the russian feel, but I also like how in many games NPC's talk to eachother. If theres enemys talking , I'll tend to stop and listen to the banter before I turn the corner and waste them.

But in this game all the AI banter is in Russian so I miss out. Be nice if there was some subtitles at least

Otherwise I'm loving it so far!

neGev

It seems that RAM is the key part of the system for Stalker, I'm running on a 3500+, 1Gb RAM, 6800GT and I have to play at 1024x768, medium settings and object dynamic lighting only, and I still get slowdown at times.

Kiith

It's running perfectly for me, with 2 gigs of ram anyway. Graphics card i have is more then powerful enough to handle it (512mb x1900xt). It looks great at times, especially the draw distance (which really lets some games down), but at other times it looks a bit crappy.

Gameplay wise, i havent had much time to play it. Did the first mission, and killed the guys in the car park on my 2nd try. It's got some great AI, especially the animals that roam about. Gonna play it for a few more hours tonight, if i can pull myself from Football Manager (Spurs for the title!!).

BadCharlie

Hmm going to go out and buy this game today me thinks.

Sierra Oscar

Does anyone else crash often if they use Dynamic Lighting?

I turned Static lighting on and now I never crash.