douchebagatronCustom member titleJoin Date: 2003-12-20Member: 24581Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
what does the 2nd bar in your inventory mean? theres health, then something blue, then radiation. whats the blue one? every time ive seen it it is completely full.
<!--quoteo(post=1619174:date=Apr 5 2007, 06:51 PM:name=6john)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(6john @ Apr 5 2007, 06:51 PM) [snapback]1619174[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec--> what does the 2nd bar in your inventory mean? theres health, then something blue, then radiation. whats the blue one? every time ive seen it it is completely full. <!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--> I think it is the condition of your armour, but I can't remember at the moment.
Private_ColemanPhD in Video GamesJoin Date: 2002-11-07Member: 7510Members
<!--quoteo(post=1619278:date=Apr 6 2007, 05:31 AM:name=Mr_JeburtO)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Mr_JeburtO @ Apr 6 2007, 05:31 AM) [snapback]1619278[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec--> your armours supposed to degrade over time but i think its broke in the release <!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Patch fixes, but the inventory blue bar visually doesn't budge.
I swear I saw that blue bar go down once, and it was while under psychic attack from the you-know-whats.
There's a mod out there that puts vehicles in the game <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin-fix.gif" /> they explode really easily though =d I'd put a link up but I'm lazy, do a youtube search or google it...
douchebagatronCustom member titleJoin Date: 2003-12-20Member: 24581Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
so ive hit a bit of a snag.
<!--QuoteBegin-spoiler+--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(spoiler)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteEBegin--><!--coloro:#000000--><span style="color:#000000"><!--/coloro-->im trying to join duty, i did the assault on the freedom base and pretty much killed everyone there. then i took the huge grenade launcher, played with it a bit but found it too heavy and bulky for me to actually use it, so i sold it. well now im allowed in the duty base and the first mission for me from them is to go talk to the chef, whom ive already killed, and then get that gun. it says ive failed the part where i talked to the chef, but the retrieving the gun part is still possible. i just cant seem to find one of them. do i have to wait until i get up into the army warehouses and further, or is there another way to get one?<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec--> <!--coloro:#000000--><span style="color:#000000"><!--/coloro-->I had a similar problem. I also slaughtered the freedom base and killed the chef. However, it was still possible to complete the mission as long as you can find an identical Bulldog grenade launcher somewhere. Apparently theres another one in the game in the Red Forest area but Im not 100% sure.
I was lucky as I actually overlooked the Bulldog when I raided the Freedom base so I just needed to go back and get it. I think you should be able to buy the Bulldog back from the trader whom you sold it to and then give it to the Duty leader. It might be expensive doing that but from what I remember he gives you something very very nice back. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tounge.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p" border="0" alt="tounge.gif" /><!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--> <!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Been waiting for this game for ages. I may just go out and buy it. Maybe Command and Conquer 3 as well, but I do need new tires for my car and an alignment. Too much clutch kicking lol.
Aw f' it. only 100 bucks. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin-fix.gif" />
The STALKER devs appear to have stolen Doom 3 and Half Life 2 textures, direct link to article: <a href="http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/46449" target="_blank">http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/46449</a> Source: <a href="http://digg.com/gaming_news/S_T_A_L_K_E_R_Steals_Half_Life_2_Doom_3_s_graphical_assets_PICTURES" target="_blank">Digg</a>
I've yet to see a screenshot with any of those assets ingame. Anyone who's ever poked through a game's files knows there's tons of stuff in there that doesn't end up getting used: that stuff could easily just be placeholders from when they were working on earlier versions. The Multiplayer beta used Counterstrike gun sounds as placeholders too, but they ended up replacing those. Something in the game's files doesn't translate in to something in the actual game.
Btw anyway who has not gone into the Freedom Base yet should probably not watch the movie.
I had a similar problem in the game. However, I think its restricted to that area only.
<!--QuoteBegin-"SPOILER"+--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE("SPOILER")</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--coloro:#000000--><span style="color:#000000"><!--/coloro-->I think it is something to do with the fact that you can join a Duty mission to assault the base. However, after you've killed everything inside and took your time looting etc., the Freedom soldiers start respawning (sometimes suddenly behind you). But the problem for me was that some soldiers didn't seem to attack me until I shot at them. When I did injure them, then the AI kicked in and they came chasing after me :<<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--> <!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
KungFuSquirrelBasher of MuttonsJoin Date: 2002-01-26Member: 103Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
<!--quoteo(post=1619445:date=Apr 7 2007, 09:07 AM:name=TychoCelchuuu)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(TychoCelchuuu @ Apr 7 2007, 09:07 AM) [snapback]1619445[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec--> I've yet to see a screenshot with any of those assets ingame. Anyone who's ever poked through a game's files knows there's tons of stuff in there that doesn't end up getting used: that stuff could easily just be placeholders from when they were working on earlier versions. The Multiplayer beta used Counterstrike gun sounds as placeholders too, but they ended up replacing those. Something in the game's files doesn't translate in to something in the actual game. <!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
It's pretty rare to include any files that aren't actually used within the game. Companies run build processes to strip unused content and keep the disc footprint down - Stalker is a ridiculous 10 gig install on a 9 gig DVD; they're not being sloppy with the files that fill that space.
Really, it doesn't matter if it was used or not - the files haven't even been renamed and shipped on the disc. You don't use other games' assets for placeholders or use them in the game if you don't have an agreement to do so, no matter whether anyone's supposed to see them or not. Really, it's more time consuming to rip something from one game and import it into yours than it is to just hack something quick and obviously temp together and use it.
Playing on MASTER, boy is it a pain, but it's awesome none the less! <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin-fix.gif" />
to be honest, it doesn't make a huge difference by the time you get there. In most of the areas past the freedom base, neither faction is anywhere to be seen - it's all loners on your side and Monolith as the bad guys. Duty is in the bar area, so if you choose Freedom, that won't be a safe zone for you anymore... I just stayed neutral, heh.
douchebagatronCustom member titleJoin Date: 2003-12-20Member: 24581Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
ive seen people who have become neutral with bandits and the military depending on which faction they join. dont remember which faction is friends with who though.
<!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec--><!--coloro:#000000--><span style="color:#000000"><!--/coloro-->I helped them out against the Duty guys, then did the next mission he asked of me, making everyone in the Freedom base friendly but NOT making me an official member and thus still not able to get into the armoury. Then he told me to go talk to the guy at the north barricade for a mission and.... nothing. He just has the usual conversation options, I tried them all anyway and no mention of a mission anywhere. It could be because I already helped out on the barricade earlier, but if so that means its impossible to join freedom if you ever go past their barricade! ARGH! At the very least I hoped that Skinflint becoming friendly would give me a discount on that awesome exo-suit he had for sale, alas no. Its the ONLY item in his inventory he wouldn't discount <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/mad-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":angry:" border="0" alt="mad-fix.gif" /> <!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
douchebagatronCustom member titleJoin Date: 2003-12-20Member: 24581Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
another problem with a dadgum stalker assassination mission
<!--QuoteBegin-spoiler+--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(spoiler)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--coloro:#000000--><span style="color:#000000"><!--/coloro-->now im having a problem with one of the 'kill this stalker' missions. im supposed to go and kill a bandit named poker, but i cant find the guy! the first time i got the mission he was somewhere in the dark valley according to the objective, killed everyone i could find, but couldnt find him. second time i took the mission it said he was in the agroprom basement, so i went there and killed everyone but once again couldnt find him. i also had the 'elimate the bandit camp in the agroprom basement' mission, which i also couldnt complete even though i killed every person in the agroprom basement. any help? is the mission bugged or has anyone beat it?<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--quoteo(post=1620144:date=Apr 10 2007, 06:15 PM:name=6john)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(6john @ Apr 10 2007, 06:15 PM) [snapback]1620144[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec--> another problem with a dadgum stalker assassination mission <!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
it was bugged for me too - honestly though it doesn't matter at all. I had like 5 or 6 failed missions at the end because they were either bugged or lame (i.e the ones that just get assigned to you the second you enter a new area)
Kouji_SanSr. Hινε UÏкεεÏεг - EUPT DeputyThe NetherlandsJoin Date: 2003-05-13Member: 16271Members, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue
Bah to good looking a game this, might just have to get it...
10 GB available hard drive space <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/asrifle.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="::asrifle::" border="0" alt="asrifle.gif" /> !? I think its time for me to get some bigger hard drives for me desktop. 2x 37gb WD drives don't seem to cut it anymore these days <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tounge.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p" border="0" alt="tounge.gif" />
My server is my storage pc, however it seems my media/game pc needs more space, i only have about 6gb available at the moment <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin-fix.gif" />
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also half life/counter strike sounds in \sounds\ambient\random
Unpack db4 into your stalker directory
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how?
e/
<a href="http://episteme.arstechnica.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/39309975/m/860003693831/p/10" target="_blank">found this</a>
what does the 2nd bar in your inventory mean? theres health, then something blue, then radiation. whats the blue one? every time ive seen it it is completely full.
<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I think it is the condition of your armour, but I can't remember at the moment.
your armours supposed to degrade over time but i think its broke in the release
<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Patch fixes, but the inventory blue bar visually doesn't budge.
There's a mod out there that puts vehicles in the game <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin-fix.gif" /> they explode really easily though =d I'd put a link up but I'm lazy, do a youtube search or google it...
<!--QuoteBegin-spoiler+--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(spoiler)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteEBegin--><!--coloro:#000000--><span style="color:#000000"><!--/coloro-->im trying to join duty, i did the assault on the freedom base and pretty much killed everyone there. then i took the huge grenade launcher, played with it a bit but found it too heavy and bulky for me to actually use it, so i sold it. well now im allowed in the duty base and the first mission for me from them is to go talk to the chef, whom ive already killed, and then get that gun. it says ive failed the part where i talked to the chef, but the retrieving the gun part is still possible. i just cant seem to find one of them. do i have to wait until i get up into the army warehouses and further, or is there another way to get one?<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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<!--coloro:#000000--><span style="color:#000000"><!--/coloro-->I had a similar problem. I also slaughtered the freedom base and killed the chef. However, it was still possible to complete the mission as long as you can find an identical Bulldog grenade launcher somewhere. Apparently theres another one in the game in the Red Forest area but Im not 100% sure.
I was lucky as I actually overlooked the Bulldog when I raided the Freedom base so I just needed to go back and get it. I think you should be able to buy the Bulldog back from the trader whom you sold it to and then give it to the Duty leader. It might be expensive doing that but from what I remember he gives you something very very nice back. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tounge.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p" border="0" alt="tounge.gif" /><!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc-->
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Anyways,
Been waiting for this game for ages. I may just go out and buy it. Maybe Command and Conquer 3 as well, but I do need new tires for my car and an alignment. Too much clutch kicking lol.
Aw f' it. only 100 bucks. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin-fix.gif" />
<a href="http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/46449" target="_blank">http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/46449</a>
Source: <a href="http://digg.com/gaming_news/S_T_A_L_K_E_R_Steals_Half_Life_2_Doom_3_s_graphical_assets_PICTURES" target="_blank">Digg</a>
<img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":(" border="0" alt="sad-fix.gif" />
I had a similar problem in the game. However, I think its restricted to that area only.
<!--QuoteBegin-"SPOILER"+--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE("SPOILER")</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteEBegin-->
<!--coloro:#000000--><span style="color:#000000"><!--/coloro-->I think it is something to do with the fact that you can join a Duty mission to assault the base. However, after you've killed everything inside and took your time looting etc., the Freedom soldiers start respawning (sometimes suddenly behind you). But the problem for me was that some soldiers didn't seem to attack me until I shot at them. When I did injure them, then the AI kicked in and they came chasing after me :<<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--> <!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I've yet to see a screenshot with any of those assets ingame. Anyone who's ever poked through a game's files knows there's tons of stuff in there that doesn't end up getting used: that stuff could easily just be placeholders from when they were working on earlier versions. The Multiplayer beta used Counterstrike gun sounds as placeholders too, but they ended up replacing those. Something in the game's files doesn't translate in to something in the actual game.
<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
It's pretty rare to include any files that aren't actually used within the game. Companies run build processes to strip unused content and keep the disc footprint down - Stalker is a ridiculous 10 gig install on a 9 gig DVD; they're not being sloppy with the files that fill that space.
Really, it doesn't matter if it was used or not - the files haven't even been renamed and shipped on the disc. You don't use other games' assets for placeholders or use them in the game if you don't have an agreement to do so, no matter whether anyone's supposed to see them or not. Really, it's more time consuming to rip something from one game and import it into yours than it is to just hack something quick and obviously temp together and use it.
I doubt anyone's going to buy Stalker over Doom 3 because they used the damn red-light-on-grate more atmospherically.
Playing on MASTER, boy is it a pain, but it's awesome none the less! <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin-fix.gif" />
Stalker MMORPG needed.
I hear freedom are plenty in the area after the freedom base. (Iam at the freedom base, havn't sided yet).?
Awesomest STALKER trailer EVER.
<!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec--><!--coloro:#000000--><span style="color:#000000"><!--/coloro-->I helped them out against the Duty guys, then did the next mission he asked of me, making everyone in the Freedom base friendly but NOT making me an official member and thus still not able to get into the armoury. Then he told me to go talk to the guy at the north barricade for a mission and.... nothing. He just has the usual conversation options, I tried them all anyway and no mention of a mission anywhere. It could be because I already helped out on the barricade earlier, but if so that means its impossible to join freedom if you ever go past their barricade! ARGH! At the very least I hoped that Skinflint becoming friendly would give me a discount on that awesome exo-suit he had for sale, alas no. Its the ONLY item in his inventory he wouldn't discount <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/mad-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":angry:" border="0" alt="mad-fix.gif" /> <!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
(Is totally being sarcastic, we all know Russians ain't allowed on TV here.)
<!--QuoteBegin-spoiler+--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(spoiler)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--coloro:#000000--><span style="color:#000000"><!--/coloro-->now im having a problem with one of the 'kill this stalker' missions. im supposed to go and kill a bandit named poker, but i cant find the guy! the first time i got the mission he was somewhere in the dark valley according to the objective, killed everyone i could find, but couldnt find him. second time i took the mission it said he was in the agroprom basement, so i went there and killed everyone but once again couldnt find him. i also had the 'elimate the bandit camp in the agroprom basement' mission, which i also couldnt complete even though i killed every person in the agroprom basement. any help? is the mission bugged or has anyone beat it?<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
another problem with a dadgum stalker assassination mission
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it was bugged for me too - honestly though it doesn't matter at all. I had like 5 or 6 failed missions at the end because they were either bugged or lame (i.e the ones that just get assigned to you the second you enter a new area)
10 GB available hard drive space <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/asrifle.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="::asrifle::" border="0" alt="asrifle.gif" /> !? I think its time for me to get some bigger hard drives for me desktop. 2x 37gb WD drives don't seem to cut it anymore these days <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tounge.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p" border="0" alt="tounge.gif" />
My server is my storage pc, however it seems my media/game pc needs more space, i only have about 6gb available at the moment <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin-fix.gif" />
5.47 for me.