-Very stable. It hasn't crashed once in 12 hours or so.
With the exception of weird sun shadows, I didn't notice any visual bugs either.

awesome

-Very useful system of configurable shortcuts.
You can assign medkits, health bandages or various types of drugs to F1-F4.
-Blowouts are serious business. When the sky gets red, you die in a matter of seconds.
Good thing they always happen when you're near a shelter.

Nice info =) can't wait for this..

-Notable absence (at least for me): the journal.
PDA only shows the map, and some useless statistics, achievements and message history. Some faction standings would have been nice too.

GET OUT OF HERE STALKER

>>39121030

>>lonely environment

I hear you on that one. I thought the devs were scaling it back to 'around the loneliness of SoC', but there isn't ANYONE around.

Or... scratch that. There aren't many encampments. If you run into a fellow STALKER you can ask them to take you to their destination, which is usually a campfire, which is cool..

The STALKERs you do find are wandering around. I kind of like it. It looks more like they're hunting for stuff instead of patrolling.

ok, how the hell do i install this? ive been asking everywhere and all ive gathered is that the registry is something that can fuck up your comp if you dont know what your doing, so, can anyone help me to find and configure the registry so i can play CoP?

>>39121820
Yeah, that guided travel system is a life saver.
On that note, are guides the only way to cross between Creek and Jupiter? Where's the fucking crossing point? I hate paying 1000 rubles everytime I change map.

>>39121895

I did this and it worked:

DX problem tiktaks? I've installed smoothly following the instructions from the pirate bay torrent (many thanks to its' author 'alfoznat')...


"
Since a lot of people are having problems installing and know one wrote instructions yet i guess i will.

1. Download 7zip (http://7-zip.org/) (the x64 version doesn't work download the x32 one)
2. download demon tools 4.30. (http://www.daemon-tools.cc/eng/downloads) (if you cant mount the MDS **** because you have the wrong version of daemon tools.)
3. Mount the .ISO "STALKER_COP_PlayBay" and install it.
4. Download the "Stalker No-DVD/Fixed Image" (http://m0004.gamecopyworld.com/games/pc_stalker_call_of_pripyat.shtml)
5. Extract it and run the "FIX.REG".
6. Reboot windows.
7. Mount the "STALKER.COP.PLAYBAY.MDS" Mini-Image ( With RMPS Emulation enabled in Daemon tools.)
8. Play the game.
9. And remember to seed.
"

Don't forget number 9 folks.
*Expects Mini's filters to rip the quote apart so...

The pirate bay (org) /torrent/5100641/S.T.A.L.K.E.R._Call_of_Pripyat_[RUS_GSC]2009_RePack_PlayBay

--

Oh, and if you're running Windows 7, I had to run as admin/Windows Vista SP3 compatibility.

Let the Activedisk thing check for the disk first time you run.

>>39121895

Some parts may not apply, because of different scene releases.

1. Install 7zip from the folder "Utils"

2. Mount the .ISO "STALKER_COP" in Daemon tools 4.30

3. Install the game

4. Run the "FIX.REG" from the folder "Utils"

5. Reboot windows

6. Open fsgame.ltx from the install folder of the game ( open it with notepad)

7. Change the line:

$game_data$ = false| true| $fs_root$| gamedata\

to

$game_data$ = true| true| $fs_root$| gamedata\

8. Go to folder "Utils" and extract the gamedata folder from the "Stalker.COP
EnglisH Patch" rar into the main CoP directory

9. Mount the "STALKER.COP.PLAYBAY.MDS" Mini-Image from the folder "PlayBay" (
With RMPS Emulation enabled in Daemon tools.)

Launch the game with Stalker-COP exe !!!


The system restart is mandatory. Either you do it the right way or you BSOD at the disk check.

>>39121990
Do you think this might be a beta version we're playing? Some things feel unfinished.

>>39121895
oh yeah, get the English machine translation, must do the fsgame.ltx edit to get it working.

>>39122193
such as?

I seem to have met some sort of russian yoda trader

bump for good thread?

>>39122849
That damn PDA. It's too empty.
And there are too few quests.

I have the Freelancer version, does it work with xp 64?

>>39123027
I don't think any version works with XP.
The problem is with Starforce drivers.
Apparently these don't work yet on Windows 7, so the protection doesn't kick in.

>>39121030
>>39121370
>Making money is hard.
>Traders won't buy damaged goods
>Not all traders are interested in all goods
>Feels much more lonely compared to Clear Sky and Shadow of Chernobyl
>Blowouts kill you in a matter of seconds

Oh god yes, this is exactly how i want my STALKER to be.
There is homever a question on my mind... do the bullets actually hit its target?

>>39123128
:-(

>>39123193
Not with the first weapons, that's for sure.
But still it's better than Shadow of Chernobyl.

Where's the best torrent for this game?

>>39122969
well, I didn't play CoP, but I - and I'm sure I wasn't the only one - always felt that due to the unfinished nature of SoC, the PDA was mostly useless and buggy. in CS, most of the stuff was gone and replaced with faction wars stuff. so naturally now, there is few left to display in the PDA.

I could imagine some things, but they would mostly be useless/atmosphere, unless you include features that need alot of work and balance.


and another thing that some fans didn't like about the previous two installments was the quests. they were automatically generated, and lacked charme. so GSC decided to make all quests manually. obviously this restricts them in number. Both, because with quantity you need to invest more time/workforce and the individual quests lose their merit if thedevs start running out of ideas.

It seems that these two things were more of a concious decision.

I found a fat dick named Beard. I also just had some underhandedness: Space Yoda told me to ambush some tweens or something, and I said ok, then I talked to another guy who apparently knew the tweens, and offered me a sweeter deal if I helped him ambush the tween-killers. I think he was Freedom.

Where's a good torrent for this game?

Where's a torrent for this game?

>>39123443
>there is few left...
I meant "little", obviously

>>39122969

You need to go to the barge and pick up a bunch of the quests at the bar. They lead to other quests.

The weapon and item fixing/upgrading looks fuckwin. You agree to find the guy tools to help, which are required for advanced upgrades. It looks like a basic prerequisite for him to do anything involves you gifting him copious amounts of booze so he can go into some Jedi-trance to make my shit cool.

>>39123552

Google it man. You should be able to find the image name and group if you comb over this thread. Mininova works.

>>39123443
There still are randomly generated quests, like gathering artifacts for traders.

In Shadow of Chernobyl, the PDA contained a journal in which you would find details about your character, the missions.
There was an encyclopedia of the Zone, with its factions, monster, anomalies and artifacts.

>>39123613

Thankfully vodka is only 60 ruples now. Some sort of Zone economic downturn. Down the hatch, fix my shit, son.

>>39123613
Yeah, I've done all those quests.
I'm in Pripyat now, and HERE BE SPOILERS besides the military, there are only enemies there: Monlith and zombies, plus a few dogs.

>>39123682

I just want to make sure I'm getting the most recent/workable one.

>>39123699
yes, I'm aware of this. I also would prefer a PDA with more "useless" background info. I think mixing procedurally generated quest for things like anomalies with meaningful handcrafted quest is a good thing. my point was that

>That damn PDA. It's too empty.
>And there are too few quests.

are no signs of a rushed/beta release

I can't help but feel there is so much potential untapped with these games, particularly Call of Pripyat. It would be a shame to waste it.

They should have prostitutes in the zone, but that is besides the point.

Someone just post the name of the uploader so I and the other guy who's asking can download.

>>39123976
Well I hope you're wrong.
If you're not, fixing that is going to be my first mod.

>>39123840

This is a toughie. I have to choose whether to upgrade this gun, which takes a sight and has more precision upgrades...

I really like the random nature of the encounters in CoP. Pretty much the first thing that happened to me was finding a bloodsucker in the middle of some high grass. I've also run into two of those dwarf guys right outside the train station, which was annoying since I couldn't take my gun up.

>>39124152

Or the good-ol AK, which looks like if you mod it all the way it will never break...

*cough* Freelancer *cough*

BLOWOUT SOON FELLOW STALKER

>>39124197

..Or should I get oxygen tanks on my shit so I don't croak. Would I need them right after starting?

Anyone else who plays CoP get the circle of shadow around you?

It's not a big problem but it get annoying

>>39124204

I also heard R.G. PlayBay worked.

>>39124101
Get this:

http://thepiratebay dot org/torrent/5100641/S.T.A.L.K.E.R._Call_of_Pripyat_%5BRUS_GSC%5D2009_RePack_PlayBay

Read comments for instructions.
Also, might have to get the translation, if it's not included in the torrent.

http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/5103373/S.T.A.L.K.E.R._-_Call_of_Pripyat_-_Russian_to_English_Transl
atio

>>39124262
yep, try "r2_near_sun 1" or "r2_sun_near 1" or something similar in the console

>>39123613

where do you get the tools? i checked all the points of intrest (i think)

>>39124377

Thanks man, giving it ago now

A proper crack has just recently been released by the way
http://m0004.gamecopyworld.com/games/pc_stalker_call_of_pripyat.shtml
Works on any type of windows of course.

How many different suits of armour are in it?

>>39124262
That damned shadow is the same as in Clear Sky, good thing it's easily fixed with r2_sun_near 1.
Too bad GSC didn't hear of it.
What the fuck, developers? I swear almost everyone has this glitch.

>>39124524
Does this bypass that serial key shit?

>>39124645
On 7, I didn't get any serial key check.
On that disk check, click "From Disk" or something.

>>39124442
Creek:
sawmill, substation, and I don't know the 3rd location.

Jupiter: Cement plant, train with electric anomaly south of Midsummer, don't know 3rd location.

so this has a craft system of some kind in it?

>>39125069
no, but you can customize weapons and armor

bump for more STALKAN

>>39124960

The train under the bridge?

>>39125488
yes, on the end opposite where you drop inside, to the left, on a bench.

great game and all but why does it look like shit, even when maxed out? Seriously, looks worse than vanilla SoC at times.

>>39125839
I wondered that too.
Do you have an ATI card by chance?
I have a HD4850 and I can't see no sun shafts, even if they're enabled, and no detailed textures.

Oh god tears of joy for the download + crack :')

>>39126072

Yeah ATIfag, no parralax either or sun shafts. Everything maxed out 1680x1050. Looks like shit.

>>39126072
>>39126229
I have a nvidia 9800gt and it looks pretty bad here aswell

>>39126229
parallax is enabled and clearly visible for me.
Catalyst 9.7

What do I do with all the shit he won't buy? Will someone else buy it? It isn't worth repairing/selling.

>>39126637

Save before hand and see if you can repair and sell at a profit, if not toss it or put it in a chest

>>39126637
Dump it, or repair and keep for yourself.

>>39126916

On that note, will the Personal Chest keep my shit safe?

>>39124010

I always figured they left out females for just that reason: they'd be captured and sold into slavery. Down in the Duty basement you'd hear grunting and the jangling of chains from behind a locked door.

>>39127044
Yes.

>>39127107
most stalkers are gay anyway, there's a trader called Bear

Wow. One shot compared to a buttload of AK shells.

I love that the more vodka you give Tech, the less he charges, but the more likely he is to fall asleep.

Also, this game and Monster Hunter both need a 'kill' pose cam. You know, like a hunter showing off the size of an elk's antlers.

HOLY FUCK NOT THIS AGAIN!!!!!!

I used around 50 .45 ACP bullets, more than 100 5x45 something, 3 grenades and like 50 knife slashes to kill this fuck, but forgot to save and I quit game.

Is this the same type of mutant that was in a lab in SoC? X-16 or something?

Ignore the shitty jpeg compression.

>>39127107
I thought the reason most stalkers were male is because they were either all ex-military, felons on the run or escapees from prison.
Apart from the military faction of course.
and although women do appear in those categories occasionally its rare

>>39127759

A pseudogiant.

>>39127423
what do you use to take screenshots?

>>39127861
Fraps I assume.

>>39127831
overpowered monster is overpowered, and I play on easiest setting. Imagine what it would take to kill it on hard.

>>39127861

The filename should tell you he's using the game's own screenshot key.

>>39127861
print screen works
print screen
Ctrl V in paint
alter as you like
save

>>39127934
I don't use the game's screenshot key so I didn't know.
I was wondering what's with the ss_executive, because FRAPS names my pictures after the exe description.

>>39124197
>additional return spring
there was a point where this should've stopped, and that was a long time ago

Am I correct in assuming this fucker wants to 'heal' his brother with the artifact I just found by taking it and selling it for money, or will I actually benefit if I give it to him?

>>39128007

Yeah, "executive" would be the windows profile he's using. My screenshots all have my given name in the filename lol.

How big are the areas compared to SoC?

just started, how do I load up the map?

>>39128071
I don't know what they want with it, but
if you don't give it to him, he and his buddies will turn on you. Kill the fucker now or run.

>>39128072

Yeah, I made the mistake of using my real name in a wondows profile a while ago, but it leaks its way into so many things that it just isn't worth it. F12 is the screenshot key btw

isn't there a console command to enable high resolution graphics

>>39128174
PDA contains map, open with P.

Get translation so you can look at controls and shit and have a GENERAL idea of "what do?".

>>39128167
Bigger, considerably. But there are only 3 maps, so less loading.

>>39128071

The fucker gives it in him self the prick, i reloaded and killed him before he even drew his weapon, his friends were dead in seconds to.

>>39128167

Pretty big. This feels like it's about the size of the Swamp in Clear Sky... Bigger than Cordon, certainly. It could be the diversity in the terrain that makes this area seem bigger.

There are a lot more burntout scary places to go right off the bat.

where are the tools in Jupiter, I got the ones in the train under the bridge, but i can't find the other two, i already checked the cement factory

Jesus, I hate the new anomalies and artifact hunting.
I didn't play Clear Sky much, so this comes as something new for me, having to use a detector to locate artifacts because they are invisible until you're 2 feet to them. Shit sux.

>>39128282
>there are only 3 maps

Bozhemoy!

So any tips to kill that damn pseudogiant?
This is getting ridiculous now.
I've been shooting it in the head for the past 5 minutes and it's perfectly fine, chasing me around in the dark.

I thought the artifacts where only invisible in Clear sky because the zone was pissed and throwing a shit fit as the strelok had penetrated her center

>>39128457

I think the mission-based artifact hunting makes for a better campaign. I really enjoyed finding the modified helm in the dredger, surviving the blowout, then facing a stickup

I think the hunting makes for a better-balanced game, and TBH, they still pop up in the same places, you just can't go pick them like ripe fruit now.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmVG9rzr2DU

Holy fuck

YEAAHAAA
YOU FUCKING FUCK!!
WHO'S THE MAN NOW, BITCH??

>>39128726

ASSFUCKDICKBALLS

>>39128614
what modified helm? I didn't find anything like that.

>>39128726

Is that the Controller talking to him when he enters the cave? Any RU fags want to translate what it says?

>>39128377
>>39128377
>>39128377
>>39128377

Help please, all i got from the cement is a bunch of radio tools, i need to get the fine work tools and calibrating tools

>>39128938

Sounds like "ukhodit otsyuda, muzhik," which means "get out of here, man".

>>39129035
well dunno bro.

>>39128899

It's the first quest BEARD gives you. I think it's... "FIND THE STRANGE LIGHTS IN THE SWAMP". Bring oxygen tanks/rad pills.

Also, the shotgun physics are fuckwinner than any mod I've played with. If it's centered in the bead and 10-30 yds away, it's red mist. Beautiful.

Should I download Windows 7 from XP for this, or wait?

>>39129203

cool story bro

Looks like the Controller was busy eating some other Loner and didn't want to be disturbed.

>>39129385
download it, dual boot.

<== FUCKING HUEG GAUSS CANON.

>>39129473
>no medkits
>no bandages
>fucked-up armor
>something sees you
Looks like you're fucked, man.

>>39129650

He's just got to hit em with the mass driver.

Come to think of it, there is probably a way to fire it. That's probably how you were supposed to kill the Pseudogiant.

>>39129650
Yeah, man, that fucking pseudogiant is responsible plus my shitty aim.... I had 6 medkits and a dozen bandages, plus full armor.

This is a hardcore game for hardcore gamers , such as myself

>>39126637

protip: repair anything with 2 bars missing or less and sell it for profit.

bump for more stalkers

Do handguns in CoP have ironsights like in SHOC or is it an angle thing like CS?

Is Stalker MMORPG or single player RPG?

Should I get this if I've never playef a STALKER game before?

>>39130180
It's an FPS.

>>39130120
iron sights

>>39130195
yeah, it's arguably better

>>39130195
If you want to understand what's going on, I'd recommend playing the first two first. They're all standalone but still pretty dependent on each other for clarity.

>>39130120
>>39130280

What the hell were they thinking with that half-ass zoom feature for pistols?

>>39130351

That's how real men shoot pistols

>>39130351
how's this?

>>39130351
Crosshairs? I dunno. It was dumb. I'm glad they didn't do it with this, though.

>>39130473

Only if they're going akimbo.

>>39130351
Crosshairs are for casuals

>>39130483

Your front sight doesn't look properly centered lol, but that's better.

>>39130537
4chan fucked up my thumbnail.

>>39130616

how straight can YOU hold a pistol?

!LZtGqGeXY, you been in the room with the gauss canon? HOW GET OUT!!

>>39130764

Straighter than the animators at GSC can, apparently.

>>39130799
It's not an animation, it's a number in a file that will likely be changed within weeks of its release stateside.

>>39130933

Simmer down, sonny. It's only off by a few pixels anyway.

>>39130787

fuck no, I'm taking my time at the Creek. I just fell into a bunch of caves with anomalies and bagged my first two artifacts. :3 Now I'm at the Sawmill looking for tools, but someone left the zombie shed open. :(

>>39131180
Well shit, I'm stuck. I can't fire that canon and I can't fit through that hole.
Enjoy finding my skeleton when you get here.
Also no loot.

>>39131180

stupid zombie doesn't know what campfires is

>>39131241

you have to go deeper into the blackness.

be brave fellow stalker.

>>39131241
nevermind, the door I thought wouldn't open just opened

>>39131362

In SOC, the zombies in Yantar used to stand around barrel fires and they'd have an animation where they'd stick their hand into the fire and then pull it out and stare at the burn uncomprehendingly. It was kind of cute.

I just started. One of the first quests is fighting bloodsuckers, lol this really is made by slavs.

Also, can I do something like -noprefetch to speed the game up. I can run LURK at 1158x720 with everything except AA maxed out, but CoP has me turning the advanced settings way down.

>>39131620
dah

Viral marketing.

>>39131674
Weird, I can run it much better than Clear Sky or Shadow of Chernobyl. That one would stutter like crazy, even with noprefetch.
I don't know if the flags work with this one, but go ahead and try.

>>39131753

Yeah, they're encouraging piracy to help sell the game LATER when they release it.

That makes a whole lot of sense.

>>39131753
Talking about games is not viral marketing.

>>39131821
got to love the Xray engine

Clear Skies would run like a fucking slight show during big scripted combat sequences, but run normally in other places, even when I had the settings LOWER than what I was using for Shadow of Chernobyl.

I hope Call of Pripyat doesn't pull that shit on me or I just might have to actually upgrade :(

>>39132091
what you gaming on, in this glorious year of 2009?

>>39131753

Yes, we're passing out information on stealing the game and translating it to English with Babelfish (something I'm sure the publisher is thrilled about) in order to encourage people to buy it?

Listen, I understand calls of VIRAL in the bi-hourly Borderlands threads, where people are just spouting good things about the game, but we're just here trying to share a new experience with other STALKERs.

So get downloadan and take some screenshots, bro.

>>39132309
Win XP pro SP2
Pentium 4 @ 3.2ghz
2 gig DDR ram
Ati Radeon X1650 DirectX 9.0c

I know, it's old.

I'm a stalker and what is THIS??
Mutated trees? Seriously??

>>39132438
yeah, it is old, better upgrade, although, you won't experience much graphical amazement in Call of Pripyat.

>>39132438

The bad news: You're going to need to upgrade soon.

The good news: we're in the middle of a technology glut. The machine I built January of 2008 is running the game quite nicely at 1680x1050 (though no DX11 shit), and you could probably build a clone of it for 500$, + 250 for a GTX and you'd be cruising.

Jesus Christ this sounds awesome.

I picked up Shadow of Chernobyl this summer but barely started it.

I wish I could just FREEZE time and stuff so I could give myself the necessary time to enjoy this kind of game. Seems like it would really rock.

>>39132571
Have you seen the Dx10 vs Dx11 Call of Pripyat comparison shots? The "difference" (read improvement) is laughable. More like a placebo.

>>39132796
fuck yeah collector's tin edition

I am proud to own that, as well as a steelbook of Clear sky

>>39130351
>>39130280
>>39130120

I'm glad that I'm not the only one that was bothered a lot by the no iron sights in Clear Sky.

>>39132819
Actually, the primary differences between 10 and 11 are more than 11 has a better API making it generally easier for developers to program for it.

Oh yeah, apparently I forgot to add this: You can sleep! Spend the night indoors, in a nice, warm bed, in a lit room.
No more wasting time waiting for the dawn.
As soon as it gets dark outside, this stalker gets in bed!

EXOSKELETON FUCK YEAR!!
This bitch cost 40000 rubles, or was it 60000.
Who can remember, I'm rich now.
Over 90000 rubles, made from artifact hunting.

>>39133582
Finally all the hard work is starting to pay off.

I am on the quest where you have to find two keys. I just found the document in the car. The bear english is confusing, where do I look for the keys?

>>39132453
>>39133582

The sleeping rocks. I also like the "love boat" all the STALKERS are running in the Creek. Feels a lot like some sort of survival advenchar fort with all the shops, information buyers/sellers.

Inb4 Fallout 3 comparison.

>>39133692
one key is in a box in the jeep at the North end of the convoy, the other key is in another jeep, on the crashed portion of the bridge, South.

My only question:

How's the performance optimization?

>>39133758
Now the Love Boat theme is singing in my head.

But River City or whatever it was called in Fallout really was better. It felt much more alive, was bigger, and looked more impressive too.

>>39132796

The game is really well-suited to 1-2 hour bursts once a week if that's all you can manage. It's definitely not a 'play 15 minutes before bed' kind of thing. I highly recommend just playing when you can on easy and enjoying the STALKER-ishness over the often-sought difficulty.

>>39128726

Fucking yeah i loved seeing the part before hes going to the dogs, seeing gunshoot tracers in the air then he loctas em and see loners fighting , fucking awsome!

>>39133929
Generally very good.
I get little to no stutter, on 4gb of shitty DDR2 ram, a 2.53ghz E7200, and a HD4850 at stock clocks.
While I play at relatively low resolutions (1024x768, 1280x960, or x720, rarely 1600x1200) everything else is maxed out and the game still runs fine.
Can't say the same about Clear Sky.

Viral shit

completed it yesterday
VERY good game, almost level with the 1st

>>39133955

Remember, that's the difference between STALKER and Fallout (among many others): STALKER is trying to appear desolate and sparse, like some guys just found a boat and moved some supplies into it, as opposed to F3's city-in-a-boat.

I can't get over how much better the shotgunnery is in CoP.

>>39134043
You heard the rumors about Oasis?
I think it's the place where the first Stalker ends, if you get the best ending.
I'm searching for it. Rumors say it's somewhere in Pripyat.

>>39134134
How the fuck is this viral, you dumbshit?