Stalker-SoC Steam weekend Deal.

[cbre88x]

75% off on Steam this weekend. It is $5. Time to get it.

I love Steam weekend deals..they make me happy.

[Eschatos]

Buy it buy it buy it.  This is like Fallout 3 if it was an original IP and much more FPSy.  An amazing game with an amazing story.

[KarthXLR]

Is it more FPS or more Story?


I'd like a few more opinions before I waste 5 bucks. (yes, I know I'm being a penny pincher, I'm saving up for presents)

[Eschatos]

Is it more FPS or more Story?

It has more of both than Fallout 3.

[Wedge]

Tried playing it twice, ran into game breaking buginess both times.  Don't know how much of it was because of the overhaul mod I was running, but it makes the game look and play a lot better than the stock game, so I don't wanna not use it.

[copulatingduck]

Tried playing it twice, ran into game breaking buginess both times.  Don't know how much of it was because of the overhaul mod I was running, but it makes the game look and play a lot better than the stock game, so I don't wanna not use it.

Can you mod game you play through steam? I dunno why, but I was always under the impression that you couldn't.

[Wedge]

[quote author=Wedge link=topic=2019.msg56836#msg56836 date=1229738520]
Tried playing it twice, ran into game breaking buginess both times.  Don't know how much of it was because of the overhaul mod I was running, but it makes the game look and play a lot better than the stock game, so I don't wanna not use it.

Can you mod game you play through steam? I dunno why, but I was always under the impression that you couldn't.
[/quote]

Um, I don't see why not.  Did you think there was something magical about Steam versions?  At most they might have a weird bit of DRM authentication, but generally they aren't much changed from non-Steam versions when they aren't Valve games.  If there was an issue, it'd be the exception, not the norm.

[3clipse]

bought, ill give my word ina few.

[Surf314]

Bought it as well if anyone has any tips, mods I should install, etc before I get into it let me know.

[cbre88x]

Damn, I am still DLing..fucking slow home internet. I am getting DL speeds of 20-60kb...

This should be getting faster next tuesday..getting 8mb

[Eschatos]

Bought it as well if anyone has any tips, mods I should install, etc before I get into it let me know.

Be absolutely sure you have all the patches.  And don't get discouraged by the beginning, it's easily the weakest part of the game.

[Surf314]

[quote author=Surf314 link=topic=2019.msg56954#msg56954 date=1229783870]
Bought it as well if anyone has any tips, mods I should install, etc before I get into it let me know.

Be absolutely sure you have all the patches.  And don't get discouraged by the beginning, it's easily the weakest part of the game.
[/quote]

Got it off steam so all patches should be installed right?

[cbre88x]

can haz link to mod?

[WTF Joel]

what the hell, I'll grab a copy

[3clipse]

Hmmm,
Its rather good,
Graphics are not bad,
Lotsa FPS for a RPG,
Worth 5 Dollars

[Spore]

As far as single player FPS games go, I've spent more time in Stalker than any other. Fucking great game. The atmosphere is awesome. Oh, be sure to grab Float32 mod to fix some of the shitty/non-existant optimization in Stalker.

http://www.thefloatingpoint.org/main/dow...php?list.4
Download the one that doesn't say "for Clear Sky" to make Stalker run well. You HAVE to have it on dynamic lighting to see performance increase. Though, if you don't have the dynamic lighting on you are playing Stalker wrong anyway.

[Surf314]

As far as single player FPS games go, I've spent more time in Stalker than any other. Fucking great game. The atmosphere is awesome. Oh, be sure to grab Float32 mod to fix some of the shitty/non-existant optimization in Stalker.

http://www.thefloatingpoint.org/main/dow...php?list.4
Download the one that doesn't say "for Clear Sky" to make Stalker run well. You HAVE to have it on dynamic lighting to see performance increase. Though, if you don't have the dynamic lighting on you are playing Stalker wrong anyway.

What does this do?

[Vandamguy]

there's no fix for the motion sickness this game gives me :<
i enjoyed my time playing it though ,even at the beginnign suckness

[CaffeinePowered]

I pirated this once and it ran horribly on my old card, I think I'll pick this up, $5 sounds like a steal (pun intended)

[Spore]

What does this do?

It improves game performance without sacrificing looks. It seems since the developers didn't want to take the time to optimize the game some people just did it for them. Works quite well.