S.T.A.L.K.E.R Clear Sky - Gone Gold

get the new one i really like it. i'm trying to forget what happened in the first one to make it seen like a totaly new thing. get both and play through 1st one then 2nd. 1st one is very cheap now!

*** MAKE SURE YOU PATCH THEM FIRST BEFORE YOU START PLAYING OR YOU'LL HAVE THE SAME PROB I DID **** see above!
 
LoadsaMoney said:
Patch improve it then ?
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yeah seems a BIT faster. The npc's seem to know what they are doing now. I had a few probs when i first installed (see above) not got that far back into it again yet but i'll let you know. dx10 still pointless too slow. I didn't think my rig was to bad either! maybe driver update from ati will help also futer patches might help some more.
 
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Just come back from playing a bit, typical postman, late as usual, and I'm off to work soon, so no real game today.

liking it so far, the NCP's seem to have more of a clue this time around, actually take more cover, and try and flank you a bit, and they actually use grenades lol.

Performance wise, I'm running everything on max, with the Dx10 render, and I'd say the performance was pretty good, never seen it drop below 19fps yet, averages around 25-30, and is regually above 40 in the swamp area.

Just can't wait to have the time off work so I can do a marathon session lol.
 
Playing at 1680x1050, maximum I can go on my monitor. There's just some subbtle differences between Dx9 and Dx10, improved lighting, improved particle effects, not had a proper chance to delve into it yet to explore all the differences yet, like I said, only had a quick game unfortunately :(. Just gutted this game wasn't released when I was off work, only went back to work yesterday lol.
 
Margaret said:
So how big a difference does Dx10 make? As I hear you get double the FPS in Dx9.
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I get between 50/60fps on dx9 everything on high and between 15/25 on dx10 (more if its dark!!! lol). I dont think my 3870x2 is up to much with dx10 to be honest, crysis was getting 5/10 fps. When it rains in clear sky though it looks so so good, the floor get wet and everything, the smoke and light is really good too.

i didn't notic much difference when playing in dx9 or dx10 its only if you really look around you notice a difference. (thats me anyway)

I'm looking forward to getting home from work and having a proper go tonight.

I like it more the more i play...
 
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K, I've solved my performance issues...all settings on max now (including AA), I've just set the lighting to the lowest level. 40+fps, fairly constant, lag issues gone. I'm using DX9 and 1680x1050. The lighting seems to be bugged, praying for a fix coz it does look lovely when it's working.

I'm psyched to get the patch someone said earlier solves NPC spawn issues. Cripes it better. I tried doing the second mission where you go kill baddies in 3 areas - got random messages saying 'Task failed' as I was panting my way towards the firefight. Got there to find they'd started the party without me, all my allies were deceased and the radar was swarming with red dots. gg.

EDIT: Patch downloaded (cheers for the link!) Patching and restarting now, if I don't post complainingly in another 5 minutes you know I'm a satisfied customer :) )
 
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paulh said:
yeah seems a BIT faster. The npc's seem to know what they are doing now. I had a few probs when i first installed (see above) not got that far back into it again yet but i'll let you know. dx10 still pointless too slow. I didn't think my rig was to bad either! maybe driver update from ati will help also futer patches might help some more.
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I may grab it then, its up now on Steam, but preload by the looks of it, well i presume it will preload as its up for prepurchase, unlocks on the 15th so it says, what a ******, oh and ive posted up the latest catalyst 8.9 beta's in the gfx card section if you want to give those a try, they dated the 20/08. :)
 
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There is a patch out for this already 1.01

Changes:

• MultiSample Anti Aliasing
• Added use of special cover during fights.
• Improved dynamic lighting.
• Changes to combat balance: some enemies are now stronger.
• Changes to economic balance.
• Added secondary objectives.
• Changed some animations in the multiplayer.
• Improved sorting of secondary objectives in the PDA.
• Added the ability to communicate with storyline characters, squad leaders and guides without holstering weapons.
• Added description of stash contents when purchasing information about the stash.
• Added additional information to pop-up tips in the PDA.
• Changed traders’ item stocks in certain areas.
• Changed life simulation balance (event intensity, mutant strength).
• Added the opportunity to get your items back after being mugged at the Garbage. Only part of your money is now taken when you enter/leave the Garbage.
• Added rewards for joining factions.
• Changed the PDA log message filtering system.
• Added flares in Limansk and the Red Forest.
• Increased reward for capturing enemy bases in the Faction War.
• Save/load file names can no longer contain brackets.
• Added use of localized strings in game console, chat etc.

Fixes:

• Game optimization (approximately 5% improvement).
• Overall game stability improved considerably.
• Fixed errors in saving the game, which caused consistent crashes during long games.
• Game loading speed increased by 10-15%.
• Fixed error with the emission.
• Fixed error which caused characters to run around with activated grenades in their hands.
• Fixed random enabling of music which had been disabled in settings.
• Fixed stash errors, including incorrect saving and accumulation (disappearance) of items in stashes.
• Fixed error with automatic failure of a number of objectives, which prevented them from failing.
• Fixed errors in some secondary quests.
• Fixed the guide algorithm. Guides can now take you to more locations.
• Fixed an error which caused the player to become an enemy of Clear Sky.
• Fixed the player’s starting position when entering areas.
• Fixed errors in the response of detectors to anomalies and artifacts. The detector no longer responds to artifacts it can’t detect.
• Fixed reward at the Duty base.
• Fixed minor issues in the PDA interface and in the multiplayer main menu.
• Fixed errors which caused the game to crash when the player joined Duty.
• Fixed minor bugs in mutant behavior after death (vanishing corpses, continuing animations).
• Fixed appearance of items in crates owned by camps.
• Fixed tree penetrability, including the ability to be penetrated by machine gun fire.
• Improved visual presentation of some anomalous areas.
• Fixed appearance of some Freedom stalkers.
• Fixed some text errors.
• Fixed errors which made it impossible to upgrade some items.
• Fixed the error which made it impossible to use grenades in the player’s inventory.
• Characters no longer give out secondary objectives during camp attacks and defense.
• Some traders now sell upgraded weapons.
• Added places to hide from emissions in the Dark Valley.
• Fixed an error with detector activation from the inventory.
• Fixed FPS drop in the main menu.
• Fixed double super-sampling buffering.
• Fixed bug with night vision effect which remained after the suit which provided it was removed.
• Fixed font display in DX10.
• Fixed errors in key assignment in game options.
• Fixed team history in the console following log clearance.

Multiplayer

• Added the Repair Base map
• Changed multiplayer balance.
• Fixed health indicator bug caused by using medkits while invulnerable.
• Fixed inventory opening bug, which occurred when the player died in DM, TDM and AH modes.
• Fixed the bug which caused a pause after client connection.
• Buy menu improved.
• Fixed BattlEye support.
• Fixed patching system.
• Fixed incorrect error message.
• Fixed error with movement of items in the backpack.
• Fixed first bullet dispersion.
 
LoadsaMoney said:
I may grab it then, its up now on Steam, but preload by the looks of it, well i presume it will preload as its up for prepurchase, unlocks on the 15th so it says, what a ******, oh and ive posted up the latest catalyst 8.9 beta's in the gfx card section if you want to give those a try, they dated the 20/08. :)
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cheers man. i'll have a look at the catalyst beta and see what happens.

You might as well get it, what have you got to lose! its as little as £17.99 on some sites!
 
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I had to run all of the setting on low(see sig), plus didn't like fact that it took half a clip to kill someone.
The first game was good but this one i'm not to sure.
My be it's me, old age.
 
marlos said:
I had to run all of the setting on low(see sig), plus didn't like fact that it took half a clip to kill someone.
The first game was good but this one i'm not to sure.
My be it's me, old age.
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haha you're never to old!!!

Have you tried setting the exe file priority to high in task manager (that made mine faster) also the patch made a difference for me?
 
10 mins and works over + half hour drive home! i'll be playing by 6! Woohoo....

oh no.... i've just realised how sad i am! Its saturday night and i'm going home to play a computer game on my own! haha! ah well cheaper than going out!
 
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