STALKER.... give me a?
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You realise how old Stalker is, right?
Of course you're not going to have any problems playing it at max... It's not Crysis (though you could probably play that at max too).
Play through the first one first. I can't remember the name of the decent mod - complete edition or something along those lines.
Of course you're not going to have any problems playing it at max... It's not Crysis (though you could probably play that at max too).
Play through the first one first. I can't remember the name of the decent mod - complete edition or something along those lines.
Yes, play the first one released, Shadow of Chernobyl. Read and then download this mod from here (comes with an installer) :
http://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-complete-2009
http://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-complete-2009
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i remember playing shadow of chenoble. It is fairly old though, good game from what i remember - multiple endings n all that.
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he will on a 6870 especially call of pripyat
go play clear sky complete maxxed out then start applying some AA see what happens.
call of pripyat is notorious for long texture loading times if using a normal HDD
example running in a straight line for 15 seconds only to be greeted by a 1 second pause while it loads the next set of textures in the view distance. 1 second don't sound long but it's a lifetime when in a gunfight.
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i started with clear sky for some reason maybe because the box said prequel i though ho hum i'll play this first. apparently the buggiest of the series but i'm not having any problems yet, (touches wood quickly)
Downloaded Clear Sky and the Complete Mod last night. Not played it in a while so hopefully ill be able to go through the whole thing again.
Waiting for CoP to go on sale so i can have a crack at that again. Ive played the first one a few times with the complete mod so i doubt ill go back to it.
Waiting for CoP to go on sale so i can have a crack at that again. Ive played the first one a few times with the complete mod so i doubt ill go back to it.
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oh good, im glad its not just me.
it takes me more than five times as long to load stalker than it does to boot the PC up in the morning (stoopid 3 minute+ loading screens)
I played CoP on my 8800GT without any issues. Still looked very good, probably had it set to DX9 or 10. Cant see a 6870 having any issues.
Too improve loading times obviously a faster drive will help, with an SSD being the ideal choice. That aside, you can reduce the temporary freezing or stuttering in the game by using -noprefetch, though it didn't do a lot to help imo, plus it can cause problems with some mods / shader models. Once I switched to my current gpu and with an SSD it was much, much improved. I guess like many Stalker lovers, for all its faults it never really bothered me a great deal, the good just outweighs the bad too easily. 
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Play in DX11 on a 6870 and see what i mean lol
Oh man, just finished SHoC with Complete on Master. Wayyyy to easy, had 250,000+ credits when I got up to Pripyat and that was with all the best gear/artifacts. Can't wait for L.U.R.K 1.2, Complete is good but it just feels too casual and easy even on the hardest difficulty.
I know what you mean, combat doesn't feel a challenge now.
What did you think of L.U.R.K 1.1? I reverted back to 0.9 which I thought looked better; it had a more stalker-esque look about it as opposed to 1.1, though that did look great in its own right.
This update looks good, should be out very soon :
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