Stalker Shadow of Chernobyl

[matas]

What kind of patches/mods do I need before I start this game? I've heard there are a lot of bugs in the game.

 

[tailes151]

Stalker Complete 2009 is good.

 

[Metron]

Zone Reclaimation Project from Metacognix is awesome.

 

[Danube]

I just added Stalker Complete to my Steam version of Stalker SoC and it looks like whole new game.

 

[Gothgar]

Stalker Complete 2009 is good.

this forever

Keeps the gameplay just about the same but with a huge graphics improvement... be prepared to get your fucking socks knocked off on probably the best FPS of this generation

 

[AtaruMoroboshi18]

Dude, try LURK, it's stealth gameplay can't be touched by any other mod and 1.1 will (hopefully) come out soon too with a massive boost in weapons, weather, graphics, and extra features such as spectating Arena matches. Try LURK, you're gonna love it!

 

[matas]

Should I be using the artifacts? The damage from radiation using them is a lot. This game is very engaging and I've been playing 3 hours straight tonight.

 

[matas]

bump

 

[tailes151]

The artifacts get better as your progress throughout. Usually you can use a couple and throw on an anti-rad one to make up for the others.

 

[matas]

Any way to spot where those annoying flames are gonna come up? every time i run through them my health decreases by half, it's annoying.

 

[sandorski]

Any way to spot where those annoying flames are gonna come up? every time i run through them my health decreases by half, it's annoying.

Flames? In the Underground Tunnels? If so, go there later, you can go around them until you have better Fire protection. There's at least one decentish Artifact in there(probably a Fire one hehe).

Regarding use of Artifacts. Don't just use all of them you can or pick them randomly. Try to use only the ones that will help you in a particular situation early in the game. Fire Resistance for eg, for that tunnel. Later on you'll definitely find some that you'll want to use, including Radiation Resisting ones.

 

[matas]

Flames? In the Underground Tunnels? If so, go there later, you can go around them until you have better Fire protection. There's at least one decentish Artifact in there(probably a Fire one hehe).

Regarding use of Artifacts. Don't just use all of them you can or pick them randomly. Try to use only the ones that will help you in a particular situation early in the game. Fire Resistance for eg, for that tunnel. Later on you'll definitely find some that you'll want to use, including Radiation Resisting ones.

I figured out how to use artifacts properly. I put on +89 endurance -10 rad, and I put on one -20 endurance +10 rad. and so on.
Those flames were at x16, x18, the tunnel leading to the ecologist(scientist) base, and some other underground places.

 

[Replay]

Flame anomalies in the tunnel? Toss bolts as you go, walking slowly, but sometimes run past them if they are close together. Also you can see visual distortions caused by heat waves from those burners.

Zone Reclamation Project is a good mod for a first play through. It aims to remove the bugs but retain the vanilla experience.

Playing the AMK: Narodnaya Soljanka mod right now, for version 1.4. Not totally translated yet, but it adds new territories (swamps from CS and more), many quests, story lines, weapons. Recommend it for experienced stalkers after they try Stalker Complete, Oblivion Lost, and LURK mods.

 

[ibex333]

wow guys.. I accidentally stumbled upon this thread and I had no idea so many people actually loved the game and created such amazing mods for it. I played the game as soon as it was released and absolutely loved it, beating it to the end, but original opinions were mixed with some people being absolutely ecstatic about Stalker: SOC and others complaining about bugs(that didn't bother me much), limited weight(which is absolutely necessary imho), stupid attempts at humor(when the humor was great especially when read in Russian), and other completely minor and irrelevant things. Apparently the community quickly caught on, and now this thing is better than ever!

Makes me want to install the mods and replay the game... Which I will most certainly do either during spring or summer when I'll have a little break from college.

 

[matas]

Just finished the game.

Spoiler

So as I understand, Marked One is Strelok. Was it ever explained in the game the reason why Marked One was after Strelok and wanted to kill him?

Spoiler

The dreams Marked One has throughout the game, the mice running away from the reactor/factory what is the story behind it?

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At the end Strelok was only imagining that he is seeing gold nuts/bolts falling down. I guess it means he was messed up in this mind due to radiation or the brain scorcherer.

Can someone summarize the plot really quick for me? So parts I still didn't get.

 

[Arglebargle]

I have three different installations of Stalker:SoC on my computer: Oblivion Lost, Complete, and Priboi's Story.

Each has a different look and feel. Been neglecting them a bit though as I have just gone through Call of Pripyat for the first time.

Defintely worth getting the texture upgrades, if your computer can handle them, as some of the underground sequences look great. I generally prefer to do complete world mods, or very specific indivdual mods: Some of the compilation ones will have two things that are great, and one that I hate.

Mods that add sleepings bags, or blowouts were my top picks for the game. But all types of mods are out there now.

 

[cloudzero]

Can someone summarize the plot really quick for me? So parts I still didn't get.

There are many endings to this game. There are a few when you get to the Wish Granter, depending on certain stats you have when you finish.

There are other endings besides the Wish Granter that help explain the stuff you want to know. Keep exploring around the NPP, or just look up STALKER endings. Oh, you need to have talked with Guide if I remember right, otherwise you can't open one of the doors that you need to open.

 

[The Boston Dangler]

matas, you reached one of the "false endings". the ending you got was because you started the last part with a pile of money. you could search youtube for the other endings, and a couple sites will explain the sequence of events to get the true ending. then it goes crazy.

 

[matas]

wait what? So I am not done with the game?
What do you mean that I started the last part with a pile of money? I was saving money to buy some new gear.

 

[rangda]

wait what? So I am not done with the game?
What do you mean that I started the last part with a pile of money? I was saving money to buy some new gear.

Stalker has 7 or 8 different endings. All but two of them are considered "false" endings. The wish bringer is a trap created to enslave stalkers who manage to get to the middle of the zone, by going to the wish bringer you have fallen for the trap and thus have gotten a "false" ending.

To get one of the true endings:

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You need to have gone back to Strelok's hideout a second time to meet doc, you should have gotten a mission to meet someone named Guide back in Cordon. You should get this mission after coming back to the Bar from X-16. When you go to meet Guide you usually meet his corpse (although I think he in theory can be alive he's never been alive for me) and get a mission to go back to Strelok's hideout in Agropom to meet Doc. Doc tells you that the Wish Bringer is a sham and that you need a decoder to unlock the vault to find the real secret of the zone.

That gives you a quest to get the decoder which you get in one of the appartment buildings in Pripyat.

When you get to the inside of the PP there is one point where you go left (I think) for the Wish Bringer you instead go right and come to a door you unlock with the decoder. That takes you to another part of the complex where you discover the true secret of the zone and everything is explained. You are then given a choice and get two different endings based on the choice (you can easily go back to a save and see both endings if you'd like).

Although there are two different true endings, only one of them is considered the real ending. When you get to the right point which is the 'real' one will probably be obvious.

 

[cloudzero]

Yep, STALKER is a good game. I played through it a couple times. I used the Oblivion Lost mod and really liked the added gameplay features. Blowouts, or what Call of Pripyat calls Emissions, are pretty cool, especially the first time you experience one. Also, Oblivion Lost lets you make new artifacts by tossing one into an anomaly and waiting a while. You'll find 'recipes' on what artifacts to throw into which anomalies.

Graphical changes too, and the nights get really dark, like, pitch black. The sleeping bag is a cool feature too.

I installed Stalker Complete 2009 but didn't get too far before I started playing Call of Pripyat. Plus, my system doesn't handle that mod too well.

 

[matas]

rangda, I think I have the quest to go to Pripyat. So I will pick up from that quest.

 

[slag]

Just finished the game.

Spoiler

So as I understand, Marked One is Strelok. Was it ever explained in the game the reason why Marked One was after Strelok and wanted to kill him?

Spoiler

The dreams Marked One has throughout the game, the mice running away from the reactor/factory what is the story behind it?

Spoiler

At the end Strelok was only imagining that he is seeing gold nuts/bolts falling down. I guess it means he was messed up in this mind due to radiation or the brain scorcherer.

Can someone summarize the plot really quick for me? So parts I still didn't get.

I didn't know there was an end to this game. I've been playing it on and off for 6 months and dont feel any closer to the end than when I started it.

However, I did just finish the "guide" quest, so maybe I'm closer than I thought..

So frustrating...

 

[heat901]

I didn't know there was an end to this game. I've been playing it on and off for 6 months and dont feel any closer to the end than when I started it.

However, I did just finish the "guide" quest, so maybe I'm closer than I thought..

So frustrating...

I was having the same issues till I discovered the f6 key for quick save and I modded some files to hold more stuff. Once I could pick up everything and run around it with 500+ the game just seemed to open up for me.