S.T.A.L.K.E.R
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Re: S.T.A.L.K.E.R
Posted by RedWood on Thu Mar 29th at 3:32am 2007


I'm stuck. I can't get past the rail road. Arg. The text on the mission tells me someone will meat me by the tunnel but when i get there the only person there is a corps. I've even tried running through but i get fried when i do. i tried to get past the military to no avail.
plus i have a item the trader wants but the door is not working. i don't know if it's a game glitch or the door is supposed to be locked or what.
If someone could tell me what I'm missing i would really appreciate it.




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Re: S.T.A.L.K.E.R
Posted by omegaslayer on Thu Mar 29th at 3:35am 2007


http://www.gamefaqs.com

When all else fails...

Edit:

Also this game sounds like it would be f**king awesome if it were an MMO type (team up with a buddy to take down a mission, gain "ranks" that allow access to better weapons/tools). /sigh. One can dream though...






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Re: S.T.A.L.K.E.R
Posted by RedWood on Thu Mar 29th at 4:33am 2007


thanks Omega. That helped. found my way through. and it turns out the door was a glitch. had to use a nade to kick it open.



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Re: S.T.A.L.K.E.R
Posted by OtZman on Thu Mar 29th at 2:43pm 2007


? quoting Junkyard God
Was your questgiver maybe killed? had that once

Yep, this was apparently the case for me as well. I loaded from before I started the mission, and set the difficulty to novice just to finish the mission. Kind of sucks that the mission doesn't fail when they're all dead, and that you continue to receive radio messages from them. I suggest everyone to save often, and to different files so that you can backtrack when needed.

Anyway, I finished the game yesterday, a bit shorter than I thought, but I didn't finish all the side quests etc so that could be the reason. Also there are more than one ending, for those that want to play it more than once.

SPOILER WARNING; I will discuss the ending below (in black text, highlight if you want to read)

I got the "I want to get rich" ending. I made it into Chernobyl, and to the Wish Granter. My character wished he was rich, and money started falling from the sky. But it was all an illusion; it wasn't money that fell from the sky, but parts of the roof. So my character dies, and that's it, the credits start rolling.

There are more than one endings in the game, and this is supposed to be the "worst" one, but still, I'm disappointed. The other endings didn't look that cool either. I think one of the reasons why the ending felt abrupt and unfulfilling was because there was no clear goal in the game, at least I didn't grasp it. Even if the game was a very free one where you could do whatever you want I think the story should've been a bit more clear, with one clear goal that the player had to accomplish, like killing Starlok. (if that was the guy's name, can't remember exactly).

END OF SPOILERS

All in all, I think it was an OK game.

Some pros:
- Fun gameplay and nice feeling in the gunfights if you like realistic FPS games.
- Elements such as the Stamina Bar and maximum weight you can carry added even more realism to the game (again, this could be a bad thing if you're more of a Quake player)
- Good quality overall of the game, felt solid.

Cons:
- Quite a few bugs, some of them serious. Some of the bugs I've encountered range from weird graphics bugs to more serious bugs that stops you from completing missions. If I hadn't played the game yet, I'd wait for them to release a few more patches and fix most of the problems. The 1.0001 patch that was released didn't work with save games from before patching the game, so take that into consideration.
- Barely anything you can buy for all your money.


The game was good, but nothing more, in my opinion. It never managed to catch me like a really good game does, but realistic FPS games aren't my favorites, so that could be the reason.

I give it 7 out of 10.







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Re: S.T.A.L.K.E.R
Posted by rs6 on Thu Mar 29th at 8:01pm 2007


Does any one know how to use grenades? Not the launcher grenades, the one you throw?



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Re: S.T.A.L.K.E.R
Posted by Naklajat on Thu Mar 29th at 9:00pm 2007


Aim high and left click? It's about the same as throwing bolts, but the grenades bounce further. Right click throws it short.

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Barely anything you can buy for all your money.

It seems like 1.0001 added lots of stuff to the traders' inventories.



=o



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Re: S.T.A.L.K.E.R
Posted by midkay on Fri Mar 30th at 12:01am 2007


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Aim high and left click? It's about the same as throwing bolts, but the grenades bounce further. Right click throws it short.


Actually, left click throws a standard distance (like 10 meters) but right click will allow you to charge the throw (a dashed circle appears around your crosshair showing the power of the throw). You can do a short throw by just right clicking or throw up to like 25 meters away if you charge it up.



-- midkay



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Re: S.T.A.L.K.E.R
Posted by rs6 on Fri Mar 30th at 12:09am 2007


I meant how to get them to come out so you could throw them. I was trying to drag them to slots on the inventory screen. Anyways I figured out you just hit "4"

lol, I'm a noob.




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Re: S.T.A.L.K.E.R
Posted by OtZman on Fri Mar 30th at 12:25am 2007


? quoting Baron von Snickers
Aim high and left click? It's about the same as throwing bolts, but the grenades bounce further. Right click throws it short.

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Barely anything you can buy for all your money.


It seems like 1.0001 added lots of stuff to the traders' inventories.


That's good. Wonder how the could miss out something like that from the beginning. I finished with 120k or something.

I uploaded a couple of vidoes showing a couple of glitches:
Dead, flying pig
Strange lightning







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Re: S.T.A.L.K.E.R
Posted by Naklajat on Fri Mar 30th at 12:35am 2007


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Actually, left click throws a standard distance (like 10 meters) but right click will allow you to charge the throw (a dashed circle appears around your crosshair showing the power of the throw). You can do a short throw by just right clicking or throw up to like 25 meters away if you charge it up.

Good to know.

@OtZman
I would get the crazy polygon artifacts all over the screen every time it rained, the patch fixed it. The fact that it renders your existing save files useless kinda sucks, but it makes the game a lot more playable.



=o



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Posted by OtZman on Fri Mar 30th at 12:39am 2007


Good they fixed that. I had the same problem with the rain, but not always. Seems like some of the glitches could be fixed by changing the video settings. For example, my crosshair used to either be partially or completely invisible. To fix this I had to change anti-aliasing down to zero and than back.





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Re: S.T.A.L.K.E.R
Posted by RedWood on Mon Apr 2nd at 4:40am 2007


Anyone els catch this? Too close to be a coincidence. I think.
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Posted by OtZman on Mon Apr 2nd at 6:35am 2007


Haha, never noticed that, sweet easter egg. Barely read anything on my PDA. It must be a reference to HL, too close to be anything else as you say.





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Re: S.T.A.L.K.E.R
Posted by rs6 on Mon Apr 2nd at 11:08pm 2007


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Anyone els catch this? Too close to be a coincidence. I think.
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What level did you find that in?




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Re: S.T.A.L.K.E.R
Posted by RedWood on Tue Apr 3rd at 2:30am 2007


Not sure. I picked it up around the time i arrived at the second trader (bar) for the first time. Or maybe when i went to the area just west of the bar. Ware the snipers try to kill you. Most likely i shot some guy in the face and took it. thats all i can tell you.



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Re: S.T.A.L.K.E.R
Posted by rs6 on Thu Apr 5th at 2:21am 2007


I just beat the game. I got the "real endings"

Spoilers in black:
I got the ending where you find the "mystery of the monolith" and you have the choice to either join the creators of the zone, or not. I did both. Not joining gives the cooler, and what I think is the better of the two endings.




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Re: S.T.A.L.K.E.R
Posted by RedWood on Thu Apr 5th at 3:56am 2007


Do you ever get to kill the trader? He just paid me 2000 to kill like 30 solders. I want to shot him in the face.



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Posted by Orpheus on Sat Apr 7th at 2:36am 2007


I suppose I need to read this thread through but..

Two questions:

1) Is there a patch or something out? I mean, when I try to connect MP, it says "Different version"

2) How come I didn't know this game supported MP?

I need to get out more.. Anywho, I will be looking forward to some Multi-player action guys. Gimme a holler.





The best things in life, aren't things.



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Re: S.T.A.L.K.E.R
Posted by Rumple on Sat Apr 7th at 5:37am 2007


? quoting Orpheus
1) Is there a patch or something out? I mean, when I try to connect MP, it says "Different version"


Seems there is.

? quote:
2) How come I didn't know this game supported MP?


Old age.



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Re: S.T.A.L.K.E.R
Posted by Orpheus on Sat Apr 7th at 9:48am 2007


? quoting Rumple
? quoting Orpheus
1) Is there a patch or something out? I mean, when I try to connect MP, it says "Different version"


Seems there is.

? quote:
2) How come I didn't know this game supported MP?



Old age.

I must be old, or asleep because the first thing I always do is go to the website and look for updates. I found none. All I found was a recent release date, nothing about patches.

Thanx Rumple.

I hope you live long enough to require assistance from the youth of that time. <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/heee.gif">





The best things in life, aren't things.




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