Obligatory STALKER thread

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  • FaskaliaFaskalia Wechsellichtzeichenanlage Join Date: 2004-09-12 Member: 31651Members, Constellation
    edited March 2007
    Small tip in regards of early armor:

    At the start of the game, talk to wolf.
    Once you have the knife and the pistol from Wolf, get on top of the cellar entrance next to wolf.
    From there jump on the roof of the building next to wolf (the building with a ladder that leads to the attic).
    From there jump to the next roof in direction of the road.

    Main street
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    |H..............|
    |H..............|
    |W.............|
    |................|
    |................|
    |................|
    |................|
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    starting bunker

    You should be standing on the roof of the house, next to the main street on the side wolf stand on.
    This house has an attic, which cannot be accesed!
    Inside the attic is a wooden box.
    Shoot the box with the pistol wolf gave you.
    Inside the box is a stalker suit. Now you need to go to the site the box has been on and just grab the suit through the roof <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tounge.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p" border="0" alt="tounge.gif" />

    Maybe I will add some screens for better explanation ^^

    Edit: Or even better a video?
    <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6KFB5OwGuQ" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6KFB5OwGuQ</a>
  • GwahirGwahir Join Date: 2002-04-24 Member: 513Members, Constellation
    edited March 2007
    It would require quite a bit of traveling back now, I recently entered the garbage zone, but there's a stoneflower artifact back aways but it's pretty much inaccessible because it's too far from one hole and defended by a gravity anomaly at the larger hole, I think that I could grab it through the wall if you can do that, or at least grenade it into position and then grab it through the wall (unless it's too thick). But is there some other way to grab the stoneflower just before the railroad passage in the small part of what looks like a factory of some kind?

    btw, the railroad passage is clear of soldiers.

    edit: what does a stoneflower do?
  • ThansalThansal The New Scum Join Date: 2002-08-22 Member: 1215Members, Constellation
    I think stone flower is the + to health one, yoy should have gotten one from doing some mission or another.

    If you are in the garbage you probably will be seeing a number of them soon.
  • FaskaliaFaskalia Wechsellichtzeichenanlage Join Date: 2004-09-12 Member: 31651Members, Constellation
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    I think stone flower is the + to health one, yoy should have gotten one from doing some mission or another.

    If you are in the garbage you probably will be seeing a number of them soon.
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    Nha, meatchunk and stoneblood and a third one are the +health artifacts. And getting the +800% health artifact in the garbage is nearly impossible.
  • ThansalThansal The New Scum Join Date: 2002-08-22 Member: 1215Members, Constellation
    edited March 2007
    oh, then stone flower is the +5rad/+5bulletproof cap or something.

    heh, I have found 2 of the +600% hp ones (named Soul) <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tounge.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p" border="0" alt="tounge.gif" />
  • FaskaliaFaskalia Wechsellichtzeichenanlage Join Date: 2004-09-12 Member: 31651Members, Constellation
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    oh, then stone flower is the +5rad/+5bulletproof cap or something.

    heh, I have found 2 of the +600% hp ones <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tounge.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p" border="0" alt="tounge.gif" />
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    Meh who needs health anyway? 1 of the +108 endurance and 4 +5% bulletproof artifacts and the green eco suit and you are good to go ^^
  • ThansalThansal The New Scum Join Date: 2002-08-22 Member: 1215Members, Constellation
    probably, but I don't think I can get those yet, I just finished x18, 2 +600% HP and a slightly upgraded stalker suit makes me darn hard to kill <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin-fix.gif" />
  • GwahirGwahir Join Date: 2002-04-24 Member: 513Members, Constellation
    yeah, I probably should work on upgrading my armor and actually using the artifacts I have... I'm still just little old starter armor me.

    to use an artifact it must be in the upper right portion of the inventory right?

    and how bad is the +5 rad?
  • ThansalThansal The New Scum Join Date: 2002-08-22 Member: 1215Members, Constellation
    well, +5 rad will eventually kill you <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile-fix.gif" />

    You can mix it with one of the artifacts that gives -rad (you should be able to find an artifact or 2 that gives -10 rad by now). Soon you wil lstart seeing -20 and -30.
  • GwahirGwahir Join Date: 2002-04-24 Member: 513Members, Constellation
    and that artifact that downs just about everything by 10% and ups health to +200%?

    none of these seem that great.
  • ThansalThansal The New Scum Join Date: 2002-08-22 Member: 1215Members, Constellation
    TBH I don't think any of the starter ones do all thatm uch.

    I like the HP ones as they give me more time to react if I am getting shot (the number of bandages and medkits I have found is silly)
  • FaskaliaFaskalia Wechsellichtzeichenanlage Join Date: 2004-09-12 Member: 31651Members, Constellation
    <!--quoteo(post=1617305:date=Mar 27 2007, 10:43 PM:name=Thansal)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Thansal @ Mar 27 2007, 10:43 PM) [snapback]1617305[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->
    TBH I don't think any of the starter ones do all thatm uch.

    I like the HP ones as they give me more time to react if I am getting shot (the number of bandages and medkits I have found is silly)
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    believe me, you will need a HUUUUGE amount of bandages and medkits if you want to go for the "best" ending...
  • SvenpaSvenpa Wait, what? Join Date: 2004-01-03 Member: 25012Members, Constellation
    edited March 2007
    Protip: You can both throw those infinite thingys and shoot artifacts if they are unreachable.

    Im getting sick of the damn radiation, I used 1 or 2 +5 artifacts and i got light radiation poison. Not didn't I only lack vodka but I was in the middle of nowhere too, so I died slowly not being able to do a ish about it (I even removed the artifacts).

    Sneaking up on patrols is helluva fun <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin-fix.gif" /> If you run just a bit next to enemies they rarely hit you at all. This way I shotty rushed alot of veteran militaries and stalkers.

    Can I sell my damn weapons somewhere? Theyr getting heavy.

    Some PDAs seem to lie about hidden locations and stuff, I've been to 2 of marked locations and there hasn't been anything there at all. The trainwreck had one and when I jumped up and opened the box it was empty.

    This is the first time I've seen AIs do this (I swear I didnt drag his body in it, I came back and he sat like that)

    <img src="http://img67.imageshack.us/img67/925/xr3da2007032723412058is6.jpg" border="0" alt="IPB Image" />
  • ThansalThansal The New Scum Join Date: 2002-08-22 Member: 1215Members, Constellation
    umm, yah, radiation is a pain, thus you should always have lots of vodka (or rad cures when you advance, or eventually just the good medkits)

    Weapons can only be sold to traders AFAIK (100rads or the first guy you talk to are the ones at the start)

    and if you can actually sneak up on a patrol, try starting it all off with a RMB knife thrust <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin-fix.gif" />

    I have just started to run into Zombie like stalkers, they tend to be slow on the uptake, and it isn't that hard to charge up to them and stab em in the back before the start shooting <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin-fix.gif" />

    And yah, cashes don't always ahve stuff.
  • FaskaliaFaskalia Wechsellichtzeichenanlage Join Date: 2004-09-12 Member: 31651Members, Constellation
    edited March 2007
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    Protip: You can both throw those infinite thingys and shoot artifacts if they are unreachable.

    Im getting sick of the damn radiation, I used 1 or 2 +5 artifacts and i got light radiation poison. Not didn't I only lack vodka but I was in the middle of nowhere too, so I died slowly not being able to do a ish about it (I even removed the artifacts).
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    Most human enemies have anti-rad on them. Medkits do also lower your radiation level. (The scientific ones too the greatest extent)

    Edit: And for my own tip: When in the freedom base, there is a stalker guarding the armory. Just stab him with the knife in the face without triggering the alarm and grab the grenade launcher from the armory <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=";)" border="0" alt="wink-fix.gif" />. The safest way to do this is to use the knife stab (2nd mouse button) when he is not pointing your gun at you. So you stand about 1m away from him, draw your knife, hit 2nd MB and then approach him. If done correctly it will count as a sneak attack, because he was not aware of your knifing.
    You can use this ti kill any NPC. I even killed the top freedom guy directly in front of his bodyguards and they idnt even care ^^
  • SvenpaSvenpa Wait, what? Join Date: 2004-01-03 Member: 25012Members, Constellation
    I let the neutral leader (Bass was it?) die in the garbage due to 5 minute interwall raids, am I gonna miss something?
  • DiscoZombieDiscoZombie Join Date: 2003-08-05 Member: 18951Members
    edited March 2007
    just tried my first multiplayer game... and boy is it bad <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":(" border="0" alt="sad-fix.gif" /> it's like counterstrike's retarded cousin. Servers with a ping of <50 still have people jumping all over the place, flashing in and out of existence <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":(" border="0" alt="sad-fix.gif" /> but at least the singleplayer rocks all.

    I think I'm done seeing all the main endings... I've seen 3, anyone seen more?

    SPOILERS:

    <!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec--><!--coloro:#000000--><span style="color:#000000"><!--/coloro-->I've gotten to the wish granter. I wished for money. I read that it depends on which faction you joined, I'm not sure what the other possibilities are.
    I've also said 'yes' to C-consciousness.
    I think what's probably the 'best' ending is saying 'no' to C-consciousness (and beating the warpy part of the game after that).
    Still, even after seeing those 3 endings, I have very little idea of what was going on in the plot =p<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Edit: Sven, ditch all your extra weapons, and don't bother hoarding anything. there's very little that's worth buying with money. also, don't use +radiation artifacts unless you have -radiation ones to balance em out. I can't wait til someone on GameFAQs posts a list of quests and the artifacts/other things you need for them, as well as the rewards. that way I'll know exactly what's worth hoarding. =p I didn't find my first pseudodog tail for the first trader til I was 75% done with the game <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":(" border="0" alt="sad-fix.gif" />
  • enf0rcerenf0rcer intrigued... Join Date: 2003-03-16 Member: 14584Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1617341:date=Mar 27 2007, 08:03 PM:name=DiscoZombie)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(DiscoZombie @ Mar 27 2007, 08:03 PM) [snapback]1617341[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->
    I think I'm done seeing all the main endings... I've seen 3, anyone seen more?

    SPOILERS:
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    There's a bunch of others on youtube - so far i've only seen the ones you have. Aparently if you killed practically everyone in the game you got a "I want to rule the world" wish when you went to the monolith.

    As far as the storyline goes, yea the explaination is a little brief and doesn't really explain it well. As far as I can tell the C-Conscious experiments caused the test subjects to go a litty nutty and they had this grand idea to passify humanity in a manner they saw fitting for our future. As a result they opened a rift in the fabric of the sortof "congnitive aura" of earth which represents all organisms with cognitive abilities. That's what caused the zombies and psi effects. They have been trying to repair the rift but people keep coming deeper into the zone. So to prevent people coming closer the brain scorcher was put in place to inhibit anyone via mind control. The labs X16 and X18 were both involved in inital psi experiments that I suppose the C-Conscious group used to their advantage. X19 is the lab where the monolith is controlled, I imagine the monolith is also the sortof Wizard of Oz line of defense. If you get all the way into the zone to make a wish you get taken over by the monolith (ala the I want to be rich ending where strelok starts hilucinating)

    So yea - You kill the C-Conscious members and it turns out that they were the ones responsible for the rift just by existing, even if they were trying to repair it. That's all I understood from it all anyway.
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  • DiscoZombieDiscoZombie Join Date: 2003-08-05 Member: 18951Members
    well put, thanks =P yeah, I had the general idea of all that but it's nice to see someone else's take on it to make sure I'm not missing anything...
  • 2Dd2Dd Join Date: 2003-09-27 Member: 21246Members
    I love this game! <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin-fix.gif" />
  • enf0rcerenf0rcer intrigued... Join Date: 2003-03-16 Member: 14584Members
    Semi Spoiler**

    One thing I really liked was the voice acting for the <!--coloro:#000000--><span style="color:#000000"><!--/coloro-->monolith<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc-->. That guy has an awesome voice - too bad I don't speak russian, would be interesting to know what it says.
  • DiscoZombieDiscoZombie Join Date: 2003-08-05 Member: 18951Members
    yeah, it was very creepy indeed <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wow.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":0" border="0" alt="wow.gif" />
  • Mr_JeburtOMr_JeburtO Join Date: 2003-08-29 Member: 20340Members
    Im not very far into the game at the minit. Ive just finished the attack on the underground laboritory place and that just creeped me out as i was playing it at 3am. i rocked <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin-fix.gif" />

    On question i have is how do you look into the flash drives. i have a couple and their just takin up space in my pack that i need
  • DiscoZombieDiscoZombie Join Date: 2003-08-05 Member: 18951Members
    I don't think they weigh anything, but you can't really look at them either. most of them are plot items that you'll turn in for quests. at least one is useless AFAIK, I think it was for a quest that didn't get finished or something.
  • RustySpoonRustySpoon Join Date: 2003-07-10 Member: 18069Members
    There's something about the game that makes me feel like I'm playing with cheats, even though I play with the 3x damage mod and die all the time. It's as if I'm playing the game for the second time. Dunno what it is, I can only take it for like one hour at a time before I just sort of quit without any reason.
  • GwahirGwahir Join Date: 2002-04-24 Member: 513Members, Constellation
    I've had a couple tasks fail for some reason. two were done, I just had to get back to get the reward, but that was a long way back so I just never got around to it and it failed. Another one was something a guy asked me to pick up, just never did it. Are these time outs or did the people it dealt with die?
  • SvenpaSvenpa Wait, what? Join Date: 2004-01-03 Member: 25012Members, Constellation
    <!--quoteo(post=1617634:date=Mar 29 2007, 08:49 AM:name=Gwahir)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Gwahir @ Mar 29 2007, 08:49 AM) [snapback]1617634[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->
    I've had a couple tasks fail for some reason. two were done, I just had to get back to get the reward, but that was a long way back so I just never got around to it and it failed. Another one was something a guy asked me to pick up, just never did it. Are these time outs or did the people it dealt with die?
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    There are timelimits and how would they know you have succeded if you never returned?
  • DiscoZombieDiscoZombie Join Date: 2003-08-05 Member: 18951Members
    edited March 2007
    yeah, check your quest log. most non-storyline quests have a time limit of 1 or 2 game days. but if you run out of time, the questgiver will just give you the quest again if you talk to him.

    btw, isn't it strange/amusing that there's not a single female in the game?
  • FaskaliaFaskalia Wechsellichtzeichenanlage Join Date: 2004-09-12 Member: 31651Members, Constellation
    <!--quoteo(post=1617670:date=Mar 29 2007, 03:23 PM:name=DiscoZombie)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(DiscoZombie @ Mar 29 2007, 03:23 PM) [snapback]1617670[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->
    btw, isn't it strange/amusing that there's not a single female in the game?
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    isnt it even more amusing, that there is no "I want to have lots of naked women NOW!" ending?

    Nevermind: I just realized, that everyone covered in a full-body exosuit is female <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=";)" border="0" alt="wink-fix.gif" />
  • SvenpaSvenpa Wait, what? Join Date: 2004-01-03 Member: 25012Members, Constellation
    <!--quoteo(post=1617677:date=Mar 29 2007, 04:34 PM:name=Faskalia)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Faskalia @ Mar 29 2007, 04:34 PM) [snapback]1617677[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->
    isnt it even more amusing, that there is no "I want to have lots of naked women NOW!" ending?

    Nevermind: I just realized, that everyone covered in a full-body exosuit is female <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=";)" border="0" alt="wink-fix.gif" />
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    First game ever to actualy cover up women more then the men?

    *SLIGHT SPOILER* <!--coloro:#000066--><span style="color:#000066"><!--/coloro-->Those psychic mutants gave me a headache and I didnt realise it wasnt a scripted movie until I started takeing damage, talk about different approach to kill you.<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc-->
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