S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky!

[imported_Imp]

Originally posted by: coloumb
So - I think I'm near the end [at Chernobyl]. So far, Clear Sky seems to be more linear - you can't really explore like you did in the other STALKER.

Hopefully these aren't spoilers:

- When you find a sniper rifle - stock up on the ammo and keep both close by [inventory or a box] until you have to use it [you will know - you'll be ordered to kill some snipers]
- If you join DUTY [you get some nice armor and other stuff] and aren't really interested in Faction Wars - join another clan that isn't at war with FREEDOM as I'm pretty sure you need to talk to a FREEDOM commander later on.
- If you notice the npcs/mobs are on your map but not visible - F5 [quick save], then F9 [quick load] should fix it.
- Due to the sheer # of bugs still present in the game, either quick save or save often [some of the scripted events fail to work properly].

Spoilericious

Ya, it gets linear once you move past Yantar. After that, there are no more traders and not much exploration. I so love the urban fighting, but the town is minute compared to the one in the original.

I couldn't resist and started another game, and faction wars are still busted. I completely wiped out every bandit in Garbage, cleared out the Depot twice and the Stalkers still won't move beyond the starting points to capture anything. Now, bandits are back and I'm just moving on. It's probably a good idea to join Freedom after you've done everything you need from Duty, which is near the end.

 

[Darklife]

If you want to capture the depot permanently you have to wipe out all the bandit squads everywhere and then take the depot. After a while some loners will move into it.

 

[imported_Imp]

Finally got an exosuit, I'm drooling at the awesomeness. Factions wars are still busted though. I killed every bandit squad outside Garbage, then pillaged their base, making their faction strength completely zero. Well, they respawned 1 minute after I left the base.

 

[QuadDamage2k]

I need the 1.4.5 russian trainner with more then 1 option

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: QuadDamage2k
I need the 1.4.5 russian trainner with more then 1 option

check gamecopyworld.com?

 

[QuadDamage2k]

yeah i have the russian version, with the newest crack, cheathappen only has the promo trailer out not the real one and no i'm not paying for one.

 

[mrblotto]

Originally posted by: QuadDamage2k
yeah i have the russian version, with the newest crack, cheathappen only has the promo trailer out not the real one and no i'm not paying for one.

You must be proud............

 

[misle]

Originally posted by: mrblotto

Originally posted by: QuadDamage2k
yeah i have the russian version, with the newest crack, cheathappen only has the promo trailer out not the real one and no i'm not paying for one.

You must be proud............

After the problems that I'm having with this game, I'm starting to wonder why I paid for it........

Maybe the next patch :roll:

 

[imported_Imp]

Originally posted by: misle

Originally posted by: mrblotto

Originally posted by: QuadDamage2k
yeah i have the russian version, with the newest crack, cheathappen only has the promo trailer out not the real one and no i'm not paying for one.

You must be proud............

After the problems that I'm having with this game, I'm starting to wonder why I paid for it........

Maybe the next patch :roll:

Next patch 'should' be out by September 29. Doesn't look like it will do much more than fix some bugs.

 

[mrblotto]

I've tried out this unofficial patch for about a week and a half. Worked pretty good for me as I havent had any CTD' ever since I used it. For now I've disabled automatic updating for SCS as I imagine the upcoming new patch makes your savegames unusable.

http://www.gsc-game.com/index....thm_id=16581&sec_id=19

 

[misle]

Originally posted by: mrblotto
I've tried out this unofficial patch for about a week and a half. Worked pretty good for me as I havent had any CTD' ever since I used it. For now I've disabled automatic updating for SCS as I imagine the upcoming new patch makes your savegames unusable.

http://www.gsc-game.com/index....thm_id=16581&sec_id=19

I tried that one as well. After installing it, my game CTD every time I tried to save.

 

[geoffry]

I must be lucky, I never had any video glitches or crashes or any other bugs.


The only thing I hate is the lack of being able to win a faction war for more than 5 minutes, lol.

 

[imported_Imp]

Originally posted by: geoffry
I must be lucky, I never had any video glitches or crashes or any other bugs.


The only thing I hate is the lack of being able to win a faction war for more than 5 minutes, lol.

They're all busted. My first run through, Ijoined Stalker and Duty. My second time, I joined Freedom cause I thought they sent out more squads to attack. Boy, was I wrong. After the initial offensive when you join a faction, everyone goes retarded. The enemy keeps respawning and retaking points, your faction just suddenly stops so after clearing th Duty base and all points, no one came. Their strength went from zip back to half. Oh well, I had fun killing 50 people.

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: Imp

Originally posted by: misle

Originally posted by: mrblotto

Originally posted by: QuadDamage2k
yeah i have the russian version, with the newest crack, cheathappen only has the promo trailer out not the real one and no i'm not paying for one.

You must be proud............

After the problems that I'm having with this game, I'm starting to wonder why I paid for it........

Maybe the next patch :roll:

Next patch 'should' be out by September 29. Doesn't look like it will do much more than fix some bugs.

uh...isn't that what patches generally do?

 

[geoffry]

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: Imp

Originally posted by: misle

Originally posted by: mrblotto

Originally posted by: QuadDamage2k
yeah i have the russian version, with the newest crack, cheathappen only has the promo trailer out not the real one and no i'm not paying for one.

You must be proud............

After the problems that I'm having with this game, I'm starting to wonder why I paid for it........

Maybe the next patch :roll:

Next patch 'should' be out by September 29. Doesn't look like it will do much more than fix some bugs.

uh...isn't that what patches generally do?

I don't know about you but I expect expansion packs nessled into my patches

 

[geoffry]

Originally posted by: Imp

Originally posted by: geoffry
I must be lucky, I never had any video glitches or crashes or any other bugs.


The only thing I hate is the lack of being able to win a faction war for more than 5 minutes, lol.

They're all busted. My first run through, Ijoined Stalker and Duty. My second time, I joined Freedom cause I thought they sent out more squads to attack. Boy, was I wrong. After the initial offensive when you join a faction, everyone goes retarded. The enemy keeps respawning and retaking points, your faction just suddenly stops so after clearing th Duty base and all points, no one came. Their strength went from zip back to half. Oh well, I had fun killing 50 people.

I actually did it, I won one forever, lol.

I stayed with the stalkers for a long time, I did the missions for the stalker base near the duty base, then when I went to Cordon for my money I decided to try taking out the depot, I thrashed em and stalkers made it a base right away.

I just joined Freedom, I'll play on Tuesday or Thursday and see if I can win it for them.

 

[imported_Imp]

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: Imp

Originally posted by: misle

Originally posted by: mrblotto

Originally posted by: QuadDamage2k
yeah i have the russian version, with the newest crack, cheathappen only has the promo trailer out not the real one and no i'm not paying for one.

You must be proud............

After the problems that I'm having with this game, I'm starting to wonder why I paid for it........

Maybe the next patch :roll:

Next patch 'should' be out by September 29. Doesn't look like it will do much more than fix some bugs.

uh...isn't that what patches generally do?

Oops. I meant "fix bugs" as in fix crash inducing errors. I didn't consider, to name a few, faction wars and laser guided grenades (I swear these things adjust trajectory mid-air) as bugs; looks like these things are going to take a long while to improve/remove/fix.

Spoiler

Oh, and I finished my second run through. Last level was so bugged with Strelok that I had to redo it 3 times.

 

[geoffry]

Wow Freedom vs. Duty is weird....they didn't give me any points to capture so I just went to agro and started wasting Duty.....no backup from Freedom and the Duty buggers came wave after wve after wave, I couldn't even move.

 

[skace]

I love this expansion for several reasons. The new areas show great improvement which shows the team is learning a lot as they go along. The new red forest is beautiful compared to the original. I only saw 1 psydog in the original game, but I've seen about 6 now, 4 of which were in Red Forest which really makes that area a damn dangerous place to be.

It's unfortunate faction wars are so broken, because you can tell as you're playing the game that if they were working the way they intended them to, it would have flown so nicely. I mean it's all their, the NPCs just won't do what they need to do, which makes it so frustrating. I think somewhere down the line, between mods and patches, the faction wars are going to be amazing, especially if someone mods in the ability to join renegades, monoliths, etc.

You know how Valve teams up with their 3rd party developers to make the games better, such as Portal. I wish Valve would team up with GSC to make STALKER better, heh. GSC has crafted such a beautiful and engaging world, they just need someone who knows how to make quests, npcs, (vehicles), better.

 

[Cable God]

The faction wars is a great addition. I can see it really taking off with more releases in the future.

 

[imported_Imp]

Originally posted by: geoffry


Wow Freedom vs. Duty is weird....they didn't give me any points to capture so I just went to agro and started wasting Duty.....no backup from Freedom and the Duty buggers came wave after wve after wave, I couldn't even move.

That was the absolute worst. I actually made it into Agorprom with the first wave of Freedom after you join their faction. Problem was, I was humping every dead Duty guy's AK/Obakan (mucho money), so wanted to go sell stuff off at the Stalker base. However, even though there were 3 Freedom guys guarding that first checkpoint, Duty kept coming in waves of 5 guys nonstop. Now, I had more than enough ammo to kill them all, and a stash to unload my loot, but they just wouldn't stop coming. I finally went to start selling, came back to 1 Freedom guy getting owned by another group of 5.

Once you get Duty's strength down though, their respawns slow down. Unfortunately, Freedom stops sending anyone at all. After a while, those 2 points in Agorprom becam completely unoccupied, which caused both quests/objectives to be cancelled. Stalker dudes eventually moved in though.

When I joined Duty, I got no auto-objectives early on and Duty stopped sending waves very shortly. The only objectives I got were from Duty squads that told me to take over Stalker held points, which I didn't.

 

[mindcycle]

wrong thread - delete

 

[pontifex]

does anyone ever come to the flea market area except for bandits? I've cleared it out twice now went back to the stalker base to sell some stuff and while i was there, it became overrun with bandits again.

I also found smoe more flash drives with gunsmithing data on them but neither the Stalker base gunsmith nor the CS gunsmith would acknowledge I had them.

 

[imported_Imp]

Originally posted by: pontifex
I also found smoe more flash drives with gunsmithing data on them but neither the Stalker base gunsmith nor the CS gunsmith would acknowledge I had them.

Spoiler-ish

Duty and Freedom also have gunsmiths/techs who want those things. If you meant Stalker base as in the one in Cordon, you may also be pleased to hear that the Stalker base in Agroprom aslo has a tech who takes them.

 

[PhatoseAlpha]

The bandits have a gunsmith as well. Only sucker who can do the final bulletproofing the on SEVA suit.


Faction wars are either bugged or badly designed. Strangely, the 'no new squads set out' problem can be solved - murder the existing squads.
Discovered this when I got POed at CS in the swamps for not doing anything. Their replacements were more...motivated.