What is, in your opinion, the best STALKER-like experience there is out there?
Is it one of the actual S.T.A.L.K.E.R.?
With or without mods?
One of those other games trying to reproduce the stalker feel? What is the one that makes you feel you're into the zone?
Do you have an opinion on Tarkov?
>>339252034
>What is, in your opinion, the best STALKER-like experience there is out there?
The first one
>With or without mods?
With mods obviously
>One of those other games trying to reproduce the stalker feel? What is the one that makes you feel you're into the zone?
FC2 & 3 with mods somewhat has those feels even if it was mild. Metro games does that too.
Some shill said that Homefront 2 basically like that, but I'm not convinced yet. Maybe if the crack come out I pirate it
>Do you have an opinion on Tarkov?
>MMO
>>339252034
The megamod that adds all the areas to SoC.
anyone excited for stalker 2 ?
Early Day-Z was bretty gud
>>339252275
>Metro
murder yourself brutally
>>339252468
Metro is the closest we got for another games with SoC atmosphere. Just for the atmosphere.
>>339252569
45 degree fov though
>>339252034
STALKER: SoC, for sure.
>with or without mods
vanilla is actually pretty boss, and the way any rookie should start with. That being said, an experienced veteran like me barely gets any challenge out of it anymore, so mods like AMK are god-sent for us.
>What is the one that makes you feel you're into the zone?
None. STALKER really is unique in numerous ways, no matter how its later "clones" may make the situation appear to outsiders.
>opinion on Tarkov
I'm kinda interested in the co-op mode. That being said, STALKER worked so well because it was pure SP.
>>339252348
There a stable one of those yet and does it have the 3GB+ RAM fix?
What's the order for the Stalker series?
I have Call of Pripyat, Clear Sky, and Shadow of Chernobyl, but I don't know which comes first
>>339252862
Proper claustrophobic experience
>>339252862
.ini anybody?
>>339253064
Shadow of Chernobyl -> Clear Sky -> Call of Pripyat is their release order
>>339253064
>what is Wikipedia
See: >>339252979
SoC -> CS -> CoP.
>>339253064
By date of release.
>>339253064
Soc
Cs
Cop
>>339253064
release order: SoC -> CS -> CoP
i played it SoC -> CoP -> CS
CS is alright but it doesnt compare to SoC/CoP for a vanilla playthrough so I'd save it for last
>>339252390
its not happening
>>339253064
I don't know man, try to DuckDuckGo it
>>339253010
There was in my bookmarks and I can't seem to fucking find it sorry.
>>339253469
No problem, going to get back into the Zone regardless, soon.
>>339252862
>consoles
>>339252034
>Do you have an opinion on Tarkov?
Might be alright, but it won't be anything anything close to a STALKER MMO
So is Stalker SoC AMK considered to be the best experience?
>>339253810
It was in 2009, not sure if that changed.
>>339253810
Yeah sort of the best old school mod for STALKER but you need to depatch the game to 1.004 edition or it doesn't work.
Waiting for CS to go on sale somewhere for dirt cheap. Only one I haven't played yet.
>>339253810
It's definitely still my absolute favorite.
Stays true to the game's original style and feel, yet restores some cut content and makes the Zone more lively + dangerous.
Here's the mod's old guide + the DL link:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/8wm243dsc0dlwm7/AMK1.4-installer%2BPatches%2BRetranslated.zip
some extras for AMK, starting with the Arsenal addon:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/fbfgs0606k65jbi/AMK_Arsenal_V1.7z
If you're tired of the vanilla weapon models, the LURK ARMS addon helps:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/bm3b5z6rn6l3mmd/LURK+Animations+for+AMK.7z
>>339254045
remember to apply the Starter Pack's fixes on it.
CS is the one game that really needs all the possible help you can get.
That being said, it's kinda sad that people skip CS without giving it a shot. The jump from SoC to CoP can be quite extreme without CS in the middle.
The most fun I had with Stalker was with Zone of Alienation by far. A shame that it was dropped and a set of persistent ctds stopped my game.
When it worked it was fucking magical.
>>339254157
Starter pack is outdated shit tho, just download the newer versions of the included mods
>>339254157
CS is my favourite vanilla/very lightly modded Stalker game.
>>339254487
>Starter pack is outdated shit tho,
they still get the job done just fine, and don't stress your PC as much as some of the later versions.
time to go back in
>>339254521
I'd enjoy cs to if it wasn't so stupidly bugged, like already tried to beat it twice and every time it bugged to the point where I had to restart
meanwhile I already beat multiple times soc and cop
>tfw no good CoP mods
>>339254590
Some have better performance too but I see your point. Isn't there a quite more recent ZRP though?
>>339254848
There is. And ShadersMax, as far as I know.
That being said, I recall ZRP's later version adding more features than past ones, some which were enabled by default.
When it comes to mods like SWO, there was already a v3 back in the days the pack was put together, but it is notably more demanding to use than v2, thanks to the actually dynamic weather system it introduces. Some also considered it too grey.
>>339254646
Cop? what mod for the foliage?
>>339255264
clearly Absolute Nature, the "dry" variant.
it's included in Starter Packs.
>>339253469
>>339253010
>>339252348
Theres Call of Chernobyl but that doesn't add all the areas to SoC per se, it just adds all the maps into one game running on the CoP engine
nice game in a shit engine
fuck me
>>339253810
After having replayed the game tons of times with different mods I can say that yes, AMK is probably one of the best if not the one.
>>339254830
I know that feel. The mod that I enjoyed the most was AI merge mod 2015, even if I disliked the randomly placed anomalies everywhere. Most mods seems uninteresting.
>>339256250
the AI and lighting systems of Xray are still not rivaled by anything I've seen in modern days.
>>339256427
its as stable as a card house but you're right
>>339256250
>shit engine
this is b8
>>339256568
it shits its pants if you install a mod which modifies a-life
>>339256506
CoP's version (1.6) was already very smooth.
Partly because the devs not only had had two games to work as their alpha and beta testing phases, but they also finally got enough time and funds to do actual play-testing before release.
>>339256645
I've played numerous such mods with no issues. If anything, it's usually the modder's fault their mod sucks and crashes.
>>339256242
Is it fun? I know it doesn't have any Main Quests, but is stuff actually happening there (faction wars, military raids, mutant invasions) or is it just a resource tool with nothing happening and you're just there to walk around in the maps.
>>339256762
latest misery mod stutters like a bitch on any pc
maybe its the modders fault
any mods that overhaul CoP? :(
>>339256847
I haven't played much but from what i have played, i played bandit faction and the starting area is between the truck cemetery and garbage, and also sometimes has mutants running around/into the base as well. There are quite a few mutants and other humans moving around at any given time as well so theres is definately stuff happening as you said. Try it out for a few hours i'd say and if you can't really come up with anything to do then leave it.
>>339257040
>latest misery mod stutters like a bitch on any pc
that's because it's insanely huge mod in all possible ways. It not only cranks up texture resolution, overhauls the weather and increases + unleashes the AI activity, it also increases the AI's offline/online switch distance quite a bit.
That, combined with the fact that the game's still a mere 32-bit executable (one with poor multicore support), results this micro-stutter. The game's trying its best to keep up, but can't utilize all the resources there would be.
The 3GB RAM FIX and lowering the AI distance value help quite a bit already.
>>339252034
Your first completed playthrough from start to true end of patched and unmodded ShoC.
Cime HAMM
>>339257701
link to the 3gb one?
i was using a 4gb one but it doesnt seem to do jackshit
Call of Chernobyl + any weapon pack because seriously fuck vanilla gunplay.
It has no shit main questline cutting you off from maps, so you can go wherever you want right off the bat. You can mod it so that it has a fuckton more mutants and less humans. Or if that's not your thing you can just download Warfare and wage good ol faction wars.
>>339252412
GankMobs vs OTHER gank mobs sounds Super fun, anon. It's like stalker except everyone's in their own special snowflake bandit faction that is separate from every other bandit faction
>>339252034
SoC with Atmosfear 3 is pretty good
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QH4zNmu2yI
>>339257785
http://www.moddb.com/mods/call-of-pripyat-complete/downloads/stalker-cop-3gb-ram
Ignore the Complete in the headline, it's still a standalone fix. Never heard of 4GB fix, and 32-bit exes can't even go above 3GB anyway, being stuck with 2.5gb by default.
>>339252412
>early dayz was pretty good
there is nothing about early dayz that's better than "new" dayz
>>339257986
any other thing i should know, kind anon?
>>339258064
you could look up the Misery's optimized textures pack...
>>339258194
and what values should i put the object distance and a-life to?
>>339258238
I recall the vanilla values being somewhere close to 100 meters or so... maybe 80.
in CoPs' more open maps, especially with weather mods that reduce / remove the distance fog, this may however make NPCs pop out more clearly as they come closer.
I'd start by lowering the base value a little bit. If it is at some crazy number like 300m, drop it to half, 150.
Should I just play vanilla CoP or try Misery? Seems like there is no universally liked overhaul.
>>339258634
Vanilla is 150, even the fucking memery installer says that.
>>339254429
Was it really dropped? I remember about two years ago Fatal was pretty active. I couldn't be mistaking though could be even earlier.
Is CoC any good?
>>339257701
Or maybe it's because Modders are fucking autistic retards who bloat their mod with useless shit and then wonder why the 10 year old game engine can't keep up with it.
>>339258743
Don't bother with misery.
It's shit and the so called ''realism'' is actually just unfair difficulty. It also runs like shit.
>>339259763
Yes.
>>339259202
Yes, and absolutely fucking nothing of value was lost, and I really mean it.
>>339260168
But ZoA was good and Fatal was brotier.
>>339258743
you should START every Stalker game as vanilla as possible. MISERY especially is meant for HC veterans of the series.
>>339260078
I started 2.11 with both Dark Mode and Black Road settings, and had no real issues after the first couple in-game days. By the time I hit Yanov, I was borderline OP once again.
>>339260268
>But ZoA was good
No it fucking wasn't, it was full of bugs and the reason the dumbfuck that made it pulled out is that ironing out all of the bugs pretty much would've required him to start over from scratch, and he didn't want to put any effort into that.
>>339260436
I played the game on a laptop and it was playable. There were times when it was a crashfest but that eventually got fixed and it became pretty stable. For a stalker mod that is. I almost finished the game with it.
It does crash from time to time though but usually it's not totally random and you can fix it.
>>339260078
>is actually just unfair difficulty
The explanation of it is pure gold though. "Adrenaline prevents you from seeing ammunition and other useful items on enemies". Despite the fact that you're fucking spetsnaz.
>>339260427
You can become OP way before then, as the stashes' locations are the exact same as vanilla. The contents are different, but that's a moot point as you can make tons of dosh by selling the useless crap that is there.
