STALKER Shadow of Chernobyl Mod Thread

[dnf]

For people who are with problems with moddb and torrents: chrome://mega/content/secure.html#F!FFYX0SyD!4Y_dzDPrbe5uGmIgTUPTVQ Good luck

Heh, wow... 7zip identified a lot of file errors and I can't seem to extract it properly as a result. What a pain... or perhaps I'm just painfully stupid! Who knows? Who cares.

Do you have all the 4 parts?

 

[Astral Rag]

I'm trying to install the mod, but it keeps saying "Installing main game files".

Will the setup end or has it crashed?

Don't worry the installer behaved the same on my end. Just let it work its buggy magic.

It will start to install video codecs and other trash soon-ish.

 

[Cazzeris]

I'm trying to install the mod, but it keeps saying "Installing main game files".

Will the setup end or has it crashed?

Don't worry the installer behaved the same on my end.

Now it asks me for installing DirectX June 2010 files.
Should I type the mod's directory?

 

[Astral Rag]

Should I type the mod's directory?

No you can install those wherever you want.

 

[Cazzeris]

Should I type the mod's directory?

No you can install those wherever you want.

Now there is a lot of software that wants to be installed like that XVid shit.

Is this safe?

 

[Astral Rag]

Now there is a lot of software that wants to be installed like that XVid shit.

Is this safe?

Sure, don't worry.

Spoiler

*Loads hacking tools and prepares to scan Andross computer for bank details*

 

[Darklife]

I can't put my finger on it, but something feels off about this. It's almost like the game is oversaturated with content. Garbage is beautiful, but there's just SO FUCKING MUCH OF IT. It almost feels like a theme park sometimes.

It also really seems to hate opening up the PDA, as I keep getting CTDs.

 

[skacky]

I think it's the Contacts tab that crashes the game. Don't open it.
Also, if you think the bloom is too intense, find the file user.ltx in your Lost Alpha folder and change the r2_ls_bloom lines to this:

r2_ls_bloom_fast off
r2_ls_bloom_kernel_b 0.01
r2_ls_bloom_kernel_g 7.
r2_ls_bloom_kernel_scale 0.5
r2_ls_bloom_speed 100.
r2_ls_bloom_threshold 0.889

You can also directly change the FOV through the console or through this file.

 

[Baron Dupek]

FFS I constanly got crashes in that SGM 2.1&Misery for no reason.


FFS Do I ever reach those new maps in SGM?? It require beating the game (and reach freeplay mode) but there is so much problems even with "stable build"...

 

[Stereotypical Villain]

Just made it up to the zombies in the tunnel; What a pain. I can't imagine that they'd include a ghost zombie THAT early in the game when you have no reasonable way of bringing that fucker down.

Oh well, time to find a grenade or two.

 

[sexbad?]

Well, for some reason I can only select static lighting in the graphics options, and also it crashes when I start a new game. I'll need to visit their support forum the next time I feel like playing, I guess.

 

[Darklife]

Man I have no clue where Wolf's key is. It kills the completionist in me to leave this alone.

 

[DraQ]

Now there is a lot of software that wants to be installed like that XVid shit.

Is this safe?

Sure, don't worry.

Spoiler

*Loads hacking tools and prepares to scan Andross computer for bank details*

Fixed Augmented.

 

[skacky]

Hmm, got a crash with Colonel Petrenko: don't ask him to repair your stuff. Don't.

 

[Baron Dupek]

Petrenko? Isn't that military guy who sit under the bridge in Cordon in vanilia?

Also - already installed. Didn't launched, read somewhere tip to delete user.tlx and worked.
Looks really nice, but sounds is borked. Constantly switching channel (nausea guarantee), strange deep hall effect.

And I propably won't play it long, after 60h of SGM for CoP I have enough of Stalker. Another long pause, hope it wont be that long like earlier (2 years?).

 

[skacky]

The X-Ray Engine 1.6 source code got leaked today. 1.6 is used by CoP and Lost Alpha.

 

[Baron Dupek]

Is that mean there will be more (and better, especially mechanics) mods?
Or first - there will be drama and order to not using it and distributing stuff created with it?

EDIT
Sandbox for other mods? Sounds like concept of StalkerSoup...

 

[Darklife]

From what I've read, they intended for Lost Alpha to be a sandbox for future mods as well.

 

[Silentrider]

I haven't played Shadow of Chernobyl for about 4 years.
The only mod I played was Oblivion Lost 2.2 and I really liked it, because of the difficulty and content.
What mod would you recommend me to play? (sorry I don't feel like reading 40 pages)

 

[Baron Dupek]

I haven't played Shadow of Chernobyl for about 4 years.
The only mod I played was Oblivion Lost 2.2 and I really liked it, because of the difficulty and content.
What mod would you recommend me to play? (sorry I don't feel like reading 40 pages)

First - don't use Complete. I know everyone recommend it but they're idiots.
Second - use Zone Restoration Project which is basicaly fixes+repairing gear

 

[Gerrard]

So did they actually have access to the source code from the devs?

 

[Ivan]

@ MotherMachinae Finished playing Misery 1.0 and want to go back to SoC. I've played Complete (yeah, I know I know; twas my first time), Oblivion Lost. Now I'm thinking of going with AA2. How does it compare to ZRP?

Thoughts on Misery:
Not so tough. The beginning is easily the toughest part but once you buy your first suit it's pretty smooth. Going to play 2.1 after I replay SoH (meantime waiting for Lost Alpha patches)

 

[Cazzeris]

Is it a good idea to start Call of Pripyat without using mods?

 

[Ivan]

I think so. It's the most stable of the three. It's not terribly long either.

 

[General Maxson]

So bros any comments on Lost Alpha, if anyone had the time to play it seriously? Is it really good like I would hope? More of a survival horror with great atmosphere and locations better than originals? How about new features that you should be able to do, like communication with other stalkers, factions, accessing computers, vehicles etc.?