S.T.A.L.K.E.R. FIRST PATCH HERE!

Flibster · 10 Apr 2007 at 21:34

I've had one crash in stalker.

Thats when I accidentally switched off one of my pumps and the graphics card overheated a little.

Pump back on and 10 mins of cooling and it was fine again.

It's got bugs, but I can overlook them as I'm really enjoying the game. It's a bit easy to make money though.

Some of the weapons are very crap for sniper weapons too. Can't hit **** with them.

Simon/~Flibster

Dutch Guy · 11 Apr 2007 at 14:00

panthro said:
What the friggin hell is the point in making a patch where your saved games dont work The patch only gives you the readme after you have installed it now I have to start again !!!!! arrrrgghhh!!!

Or move the savegames to another folder, reinstall the game, move savegames to default folder and play unpatched.

james.miller · 11 Apr 2007 at 14:08

ive not really had any problems with the game, apart from it refusing to work without a you-know-what. was a little slow untill i realise aa didnt bugger all and turned it off. in this case a monitor with a high dpi is pretty benficial, a 20.1" 5:4 is best, a 19" 5:4 being the worst lol

AndyOcUK · 11 Apr 2007 at 19:27

Lynndinky said:
It may not be as polished as some titles but it is certainly worthy of some respect and not the sl***ing off it keeps getting from some people.

Anyone who takes £30 of my money for a product that doesn't work deserves, and gets, no respect whatsoever from me.

Its been plagued with bugs and all sorts of crap for 5 bloody years. This clearly shows that the team cannot do their jobs properly - simple as that.

Granted, there are always patches for games but at least you can play a V 1.0 game through without it crashing. (Mine, and many other people's here crashes within minutes).Far Cry, for instance, has had many patches (5 i think in total) which have served to add performance enhancements and extra features like SM 3.0, HDR, extra maps and multiple CPU support....NOT to get the bloody thing working out of the box.

Its the most expensive coaster I've ever bought!

An absolute total and utter disgrace.

AndyOcUK
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titaniumx3 · 11 Apr 2007 at 19:36

I wonder is this crashing and general buginess only confined to Geforce 8 users? I know quite a few people with X1900/Geforce 7 cards who have no issues with the game.

tomanders91 · 11 Apr 2007 at 19:44

But i also no loads of 8800 GTS users who are fine.

AndyOcUK · 11 Apr 2007 at 19:56

titaniumx3 said:
I wonder is this crashing and general buginess only confined to Geforce 8 users? I know quite a few people with X1900/Geforce 7 cards who have no issues with the game.

Theres tonnes of users on X19XX cards with the same problem.

Its just crap.. if they knew what the problem was, it'd be fixed by now

EVERY other game and app works perfectly.

AndyOcUK
OcUK Tech

Dutch Guy · 12 Apr 2007 at 11:46

AndyOcUK said:
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AndyOcUK
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You are right about a few things, but on the other hand you could have read some reviews before buying the game where they clearly state the problems.

I have not had a single crash, CTD or BSOD with the game, V1.000 or V1.001 and that is with a Nvidia 8800GTS (with XP though), perhaps STALKER is very sensitive to system stability?

Also the fact Vista is not supported is very bad but again you could have known this before buying the game.

tomanders91 · 12 Apr 2007 at 11:51

well i have the game but im waiting for a patch that sorts out these problems, because im not confortable with editing binary stuff and all that crap to sort it out.

neo202020 · 12 Apr 2007 at 13:15

Personally, I never had any crash problems or stability issues with the game. Yes, it lacks polish, yes there are some gameplay bugs but overall I think it's a very good improvement on the linear gameplay of other top FPS games. As for next-gen AI, I think the AI in this game is a vast improvement on other games and playing against NPCs feels a lot like playing a multiplayer game at times.

PhillyDee · 12 Apr 2007 at 14:29

No problems here. Really enjoy the game. Shame about sniper weapons being so damn crap though.

Dutch Guy · 12 Apr 2007 at 15:06

PhillyDee said:
No problems here. Really enjoy the game. Shame about sniper weapons being so damn crap though.

I agree, a good rifle (like a GP-37) with a scope is just as effective and you can run with a rifle in your hand.

AndyOcUK · 12 Apr 2007 at 18:44

Dutch Guy said:
You are right about a few things, but on the other hand you could have read some reviews before buying the game where they clearly state the problems.

I have not had a single crash, CTD or BSOD with the game, V1.000 or V1.001 and that is with a Nvidia 8800GTS (with XP though), perhaps STALKER is very sensitive to system stability?

Also the fact Vista is not supported is very bad but again you could have known this before buying the game.

1) Its shouldn't be sensitive to system stability - They've had five years for god's sake!

2) All my other games work in vista - Vista code has been available for two years and they've had 5 years for god's sake.

3) Reviews were mainly done on preview code which "in no way reflects the final product/ release.

4)THEY'VE HAD 5 YEARS FOR GOD@S SAKE!!!

Nothing short of disgraceful.

AndyOcUK
OcUK Tech :mad:

AndyOcUK · 12 Apr 2007 at 18:45

neo202020 said:
Yes, it lacks polish,

Its shouldn't lack polish - They've had 5 years FFS!

AndyOcUK
OcUK Tech

hohum · 12 Apr 2007 at 18:58

Are all the people who are having problems using the latest DirectX distribution? If not, try updating with the April package released a few days ago, it may help. Personally I've had no problems with running the game whatsoever, and I'm thoroughly enjoying it.

AndyOcUK · 12 Apr 2007 at 22:45

hohum said:
Are all the people who are having problems using the latest DirectX distribution? If not, try updating with the April package released a few days ago, it may help. Personally I've had no problems with running the game whatsoever, and I'm thoroughly enjoying it.

Best advice on this thread so far mate. I'll give it a try - not holding my breath though

Cheers

AndyOcUK
OcUK Tech

AndyOcUK · 12 Apr 2007 at 23:16

Well....intalled latest DX9........played for around ten minutes and got to the 1st mission of killing the guys at the car park. The phone rang so I pressed ESC to pause and got a BSOD saying that the process has caused a fault.

The disc is now half way up my garden. :mad:

Absolute bag of S.H.one.Tee.

To say I simply cannot be bothered anymore would be an understatement. :mad:

AndyOcUK
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[TBR]MadMark · 12 Apr 2007 at 23:49

AndyOcUK said:
Well....intalled latest DX9........played for around ten minutes and got to the 1st mission of killing the guys at the car park. The phone rang so I pressed ESC to pause and got a BSOD saying that the process has caused a fault.

The disc is now half way up my garden.

Absolute bag of S.H.one.Tee.

To say I simply cannot be bothered anymore would be an understatement.

AndyOcUK
OcUK Tech

I think you need to take a chill pill and put this game aside until the third patch is released in 2-3 weeks ( you should be calmer then!!!)- hopefully your problems will be addressed. This game is not really that bad- It is possibly one of the best games iv'e played in a while (so addictive).

AndyOcUK · 12 Apr 2007 at 23:53

Lucky You

Thats easy for you to say mate

Maybe you'd be as unimperssed if I removed £30 from your wallet and replaced it with a dog turd lol

I'm prefectly calm (Honest)

AndyOcUK
OcUK Tech

AndyOcUK · 12 Apr 2007 at 23:55

Lynndinky said:
I think you need to take a chill pill and put this game aside until the third patch is released in 2-3 weeks ( you should be calmer then!!!)- hopefully your problems will be addressed. This game is not really that bad- It is possibly one of the best games iv'e played in a while (so addictive).

What happened to the second patch????? :confused:

Its not here:

http://www.stalker-game.com/en/

AndyOcUK
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