Gold: S.T.A.L.K.E.R.

[alien resident]

Originally Posted by johnrr6

You will positively LOVE the ending you are about to choose....

memo to yourself:

Take LOTS of AMMO and grenades!!

assault with scope and nades...band aids too I figure then ?

any need for Sniper rifle ?

[johnrr6]

Oh yes!!!

[johnrr6]

And a good radioman with with radio for direct tie in to the Battalion Fire Support Coordination Center....

for those wonderful times when only close air, arty, helo gunships or mortar fire will do....

But then----who's counting.....

Bandages and Med packs---take all you can carry....

[traveler]

Originally Posted by zapionics<alt>

You're talking about the Duty checkpoint north of the Garbage?
There's a couple of methods. My advice is to help Seriy repel some bandits. Quite a few of them actually. He will give you some information about the Mole and then you will need to head west to Agroprom. There are some papers you need to collect there. I assume you have already assisted Bes to defend his camp? If not do that first as you can get a lot of ammo.

Looks like I'm going to miss that reward. Two hours left and I just left Mole.



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[alien resident]

wooo woo ! I said no and you were right. What an ending.. heheheh

ok bragging time ....lets see them stats boys !

[alien resident]

btw I noticed that if you dont have one of the wide area grenades in your inventory you cannot equip any of the frag grenades. !

also I had quite a few Artifacts yet my stats list zero !

[johnrr6]

Originally Posted by alien resident

btw I noticed that if you dont have one of the wide area grenades in your inventory you cannot equip any of the frag grenades. !

also I had quite a few Artifacts yet my stats list zero !

Wide Area Grenades???

I never knew.....interesting....

I just kept throwin' em till I ran out.....

[alien resident]

Originally Posted by johnrr6

Wide Area Grenades???

well they are the rounder looking ones, not like the conventional grooved one. I dont know the name for them but the decriptions for the round ones says that they are more effective over a wide area.....

[CanterwoodBoy]

Originally Posted by alien resident

well they are the rounder looking ones, not like the conventional grooved one. I dont know the name for them but the decriptions for the round ones says that they are more effective over a wide area.....

Offensive grenades = wide area of effect, but lower damage
Defensive grenades = smaller area of effect, but more damage (because they have more splinter)

My subjective impression is that defensive grenades are much more useful.

[polonyc2]

S.T.A.L.K.E.R 1.0003 Patch released

GSC has finally released the much-anticipated 1.0003 Patch for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. The patch contains a range of bug fixes for both single and multiplayer, and also includes widescreen and Vista compatibility fixes, and a new demo recording command. Importantly you can use your saved games from the previous version after applying this patch...

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[traveler]

Originally Posted by polonyc2

S.T.A.L.K.E.R 1.0003 Patch released

GSC has finally released the much-anticipated 1.0003 Patch for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. The patch contains a range of bug fixes for both single and multiplayer, and also includes widescreen and Vista compatibility fixes, and a new demo recording command. Importantly you can use your saved games from the previous version after applying this patch...

Stalker Download Files, Download Stalker Patches - FileFront.com

Thanks for the heads up!



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[traveler]

Originally Posted by alien resident

btw I noticed that if you dont have one of the wide area grenades in your inventory you cannot equip any of the frag grenades. !

also I had quite a few Artifacts yet my stats list zero !

Yeah! What's with the zero artifacts thing?



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[polonyc2]

Originally Posted by polonyc2

S.T.A.L.K.E.R 1.0003 Patch released

GSC has finally released the much-anticipated 1.0003 Patch for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. The patch contains a range of bug fixes for both single and multiplayer, and also includes widescreen and Vista compatibility fixes, and a new demo recording command. Importantly you can use your saved games from the previous version after applying this patch...

Stalker Download Files, Download Stalker Patches - FileFront.com

Important: make sure you download the correct patch...your saved games will only work if you have patch 1.0001 installed...if you don't have 1.0001 installed then your saved games will be erased

from the ReadMe file:

If you have NOT patched to 1.0001 and are still on 1.0000, use the inclusive version below that corresponds to the game SKU that you bought:

USA : stk-US-0-3.exe
World Wide* : stk-WW-0-3.exe
Digital Download : stk-DD-0-3.exe

If you have patched to version 1.0001 already, use the incremental version below that corresponds to the game SKU that you bought:

USA : stk-US-1-3.exe
World Wide* : stk-WW-1-3.exe
Digital Download : stk-DD-1-3.exe

[shaihulud]

I rarely have issues, and apparently this patch causes one for me. Is anyone else having problems with the correct patch and correctly installed? I cannot start a game or load a supported save. It will stop at synching and this is it. Beyond that the game works. I had a bad feeling about this patch, LOL.

Curious where are the save games stored?

Edit: Ugh, never mind found them. I am getting seriously tired of these games placing my data where ever they please. The files are located in: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\STALKER-SHOC\savedgames

[zapionics<alt>]

Originally Posted by shaihulud

I rarely have issues, and apparently this patch causes one for me. Is anyone else having problems with the correct patch and correctly installed? I cannot start a game or load a supported save. It will stop at synching and this is it. ...

No problems here. Using the "world wide" version, 1.3. Loaded up my last quick save and played for a while. Tried saving and loading, all ok.
Maybe you had a bad download?

As far as performance goes, I dont notice any change.

I've started a new game on Veteran. I'm finding that I'm getting through it a lot faster this time. Probably because I know what I'm doing now instead of wandering around lost in Cordon. These bandits are no problem, but the army is proving to be difficult. I've got very little ammo and my suit is rubbish. Think I'll head off to the Garbage and get some better gear.
Anyone else playing at this point?