Amana

Kirill, with a 6800 ultra AGP/256+P4 3.4+ 1G RAM I run it like above, getting more or less 90/100 fps:



1) How about trying, at the "user.ltx" file, modify the following lines, if they are in use:

r2_ls_bloom_fast ON to r2_ls_bloom_fast

also search for

r2_mblur 1 (or other number) and change to r2_mblur

2) maybe a 20% reduce on shadows helps also.

3) with your GPU, I believe you can use dinamic lightining with no problems...

4) are you using VISTA? I read about some issues with it...

How dark is your screen, you like it in this way?

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Regeneration

Well, shoot me if you like, but I think STALKER sucks ass. The music is making me sleep, and shooting is not fun! It’s like you’re using some potato gun, and the Radiation is a pain in the arse. Should I mention the annoying bugs? I’m forced to use Static lighting because the developer is a moron, and ignores critical bug reports. Maybe I will give it another run again... sometime. I expected something better, but it seems that this game is extra-hyped.

Kirill

hmm,i think that r2_ls_blood_fast is on off at my user.ltx
im not using vista,im on winxp..
and about darkness,i didnt really configured it,was busy with the settings and fps..
erm,i cant check now the game,im going to sleep here..
take a look at the attached file and try to run it at ur place with my settings..
i'll check ur settings tomorrow after i return home from the army..

Attached Files

user.rar (1.7 KB, 44 views)

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Kirill

well,totally agree with you..
maybe that game just need a patch or two...

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kYdizzle

well, so far i have not had any trouble with the game, works great so far.

radiation is only a problem until you either get the chemical suit or the SEVA suit(i found two in a stash) artifacts are fun to collect and sell, i keep all the rarest one for my own usage but sell the less effective to the barkeep and other stalkers

i think the game rocks, it would be better if you could play co op over a LAN because the Zone is very big.

only other complaint is the amount of stuff you can hold, only 50 kg? 60 if you don't run all over the place like i do. to bad the character don't get stronger over time.

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Amana

"What the hell stalker team did in past 5 years?

This game have been in development for 5 years if not more. I know that they had to change the game several times before they reached its current status. And who the hell did let that American idiot from THQ to ruin whole game?!!

Seriously in 5 years you'd expect the game to be more bigger, nicely polished in all aspects. Usually games should be already so-delivery stuff.

But this one ends up not worth it. So my question is...What the hell you people did in last 5 years?

Have you all been drinking Vodka all the crappy time!? Or what! I payed for this product 50 euros. And I really wanted to repsect you guys for delivering a quality game.

THe game is:
-The main story ends in 8 hours if not less. and whole game ends same time.
...." Read all here >>---> http://www.gsc-game.com/index.php?t=...ype=xr&lang=en (sorry, you have to open 'General' forum thread)

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Unixlord

Quoting wikipedia:

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SiCk

Well, despite some problems with the ilumination (i think that we must give at least 10fps more with the din. lighting, you need a very high-end pc to play with it) I think that the game is REALLY good.
The IA is great, one of the best. Is very very fun to fight against the enemies. They cover, help, run away, etc. I only saw a one or two errors, something normal, but much less errors and "irreal" situations than another games. All happens with logic and human (and no human) factions are very very credible.

The shooting system is also great. I think you must shoot at head, and the dispersion of the shoots are very good. If you don't like it at all, you can download a mod that increases ur weapons damage, but I think that actual is great, at least me shooting with ironsight at heads.
You must play it a bit, the first weapons are a bit bad, with great weapons the situation changes.

The best part is the ambience. You are in the zone and its dangerous (i'm playing at the highest difficult). You must not to make a long travel until its necesary or u have ammo and provisions. The history is great, the artifact and item system is very fun and i think that the developer team had tested many times the game (not graphics part, but the playable part, a lot).

The graphics are a mix up with the FEAR and Oblivion ones, and it has the best ilumintion system I had ever seen. Much better that FEAR ones (you must see the "undeground" levels) and the exteriors ambiance is incredible. The game needs a good pc, but is very scalable, you can play it perfectly on old pcs and you will get fun with it.

So, conclusions:
+ The history, the ambience and the "world /zone" that had been created
+ Item system and semi-rol aspects (conversations, trading, missions...)
+ Levels and ilumination
+ Very scalable (My brother play it on a 2700+, 1.5gb ram 333mhz, 9800 pro)

- Need of a good pc for enjoy the ilum. system
- The map would be great if it had a "Far Cry" system (no loads, no "access points").
- I think a patch to fix one or two IA problems and try to optimize a bit more the game.

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Amana

At this moment, I can't say it better - it's my opinion also. Just in the beginning, I thought like Regeneration. But, as playing, and making fine adjusts - a great one was turning resolution to 1280x1024, other was turning basic quality settings to maximum - I started to like more and more the game. In the "cons" I must add the abrupt ending of the "walkable areas" - a simple straight line like ancient games, with a "radiation beep" telling you to go back or die. Now, I have to play a bit more, in order to see if I'll mantain this opinion, or....

Tried your settings, there are only 6 differences - here:

MINE
hud_crosshair_dist off

r2_slight_fade 1.12

r__detail_density 0.38
r__geometry_lod 0.9
r__supersample 2
r__tf_aniso 1

YOURS
hud_crosshair_dist on

r2_slight_fade 0.6

r__detail_density 0.2
r__geometry_lod 1.
r__supersample 2
r__tf_aniso 16

As you can see, the major difference is the aniso - my system can't go anywhere with this setting (oh yeah: if I try - 0,00000000001 frame per second ); but with the rest of the settings, no problems at all, got 80/90 fps.

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Kirill

the aniso thing is one of the filters,right?
well,with render 1 and maximum setting i got 120~130 fps...

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