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#1 25 MAR 2007 at 9:35am
MIGMaster Commander Posts : 2123 Joined: 4 MAY 2003 Status : Offline	Just wanted to give everyone a heads-up that this game appears to have some real show-stopping bugs. I've can only get about 10 minutes in before it locks-up or CTD. According to all the postings I've read it seems the developers are pointing the finger at either the Geforce 8800 or Vista. I'm using neither - I'm using a Radeon X1950 Pro with XP Pro. The game is really great up until that point, but I'm looking for a patch soon. I just wanted to pass this along before anybody else ran out to buy it and then got hammered with the bugs. Here are my system specs for comparison purposes: Opteron 165 Biostar Geforce M9 Socket 939 mobo 4 GB OCZ Gold RAM Radeon X1950 Pro SoundBlaster Live ! XP Pro DirectX 9c 300 GB WD SATA HDD 2 NEC 16X DVD-RAM 600 Watt Ultra Xfinty PSU "We like our women like our gaming - Hardcore !" LongBlade, circa 2008
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#2 25 MAR 2007 at 10:10am
Jarhead0331 Colonel Posts : 8733 Joined: 24 MAY 2006 Location: 0, Texas Status : Offline	I have it...I haven't had any CTDs or come across any bugs. The problem I had was with the time acceleration. If you hit the * key on the numberpad, it speeds time without telling you...and the key isn't mapped in the options either so there is no way of knowing. Anyway, you speed up time and you die from starvation really fast. I believe they used the key during beta testing and forgot to take it out. Good game though...great atmosphere and intense fire-fights...its like a role-playing FPS... "And They shall know no fear, for they are fear incarnate"
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#3 25 MAR 2007 at 11:14am
MIGMaster Commander Posts : 2123 Joined: 4 MAY 2003 Status : Offline	What type of vid card and CPU are you using ? I'm going to try it on my older 754-based Athlon 64 3400+ system later today- it'll be interesting to see how it works ! "We like our women like our gaming - Hardcore !" LongBlade, circa 2008
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#4 25 MAR 2007 at 12:48pm
Jarhead0331 Colonel Posts : 8733 Joined: 24 MAY 2006 Location: 0, Texas Status : Offline	ORIGINAL: MIGMaster What type of vid card and CPU are you using ? I'm going to try it on my older 754-based Athlon 64 3400+ system later today- it'll be interesting to see how it works ! I've got a 3 Ghz dual core pentium D with a GeForce 7600GT...the game purrs like a kitten... "And They shall know no fear, for they are fear incarnate"
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#5 25 MAR 2007 at 1:00pm
AAshbery76 Centurion Posts : 965 Joined: 15 MAR 2004 Location: UK Status : Offline	No CTD's Here,only crappy performance.
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#6 25 MAR 2007 at 2:11pm
Atkins Centurion Posts : 85 Joined: 10 OCT 2004 Status : Online	No CTD here either, though the game slows down a lot when i get close to a fire. Other than that its fine.
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#7 25 MAR 2007 at 3:42pm
baby arm Centurion Posts : 274 Joined: 9 MAR 2006 Status : Online	The problem I had was with the time acceleration. If you hit the * key on the numberpad, it speeds time without telling you...and the key isn't mapped in the options either so there is no way of knowing. Anyway, you speed up time and you die from starvation really fast. I believe they used the key during beta testing and forgot to take it out. Hit the "/" key to return to normal time. Some people use the speeding up time to wait until morning to avoid stumbling around in the dark. [link=http://www.tacticularcancer.com/]TCancer[/link] - The Kazakh National Strategy Site [link=http://www.rpgcodex.net/]RPG Codex[/link] - Equipping the ring since 2002
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#8 25 MAR 2007 at 5:07pm
Jarhead0331 Colonel Posts : 8733 Joined: 24 MAY 2006 Location: 0, Texas Status : Offline	ORIGINAL: baby arm The problem I had was with the time acceleration. If you hit the * key on the numberpad, it speeds time without telling you...and the key isn't mapped in the options either so there is no way of knowing. Anyway, you speed up time and you die from starvation really fast. I believe they used the key during beta testing and forgot to take it out. Hit the "/" key to return to normal time. Some people use the speeding up time to wait until morning to avoid stumbling around in the dark. Thanks...I knew about that, but I was using the * key as my medkit key...you can probably imagine the consequences...I just remapped and now its no problem... By the way, its a great game...I'm having a lot of fun with it... "And They shall know no fear, for they are fear incarnate"
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#9 25 MAR 2007 at 5:20pm
Hobbes Centurion Posts : 217 Joined: 22 JAN 2004 Status : Offline	I've played for 2 or 3 hours and no crashes at all. A few things seems a little unpolished but it seems pretty good so far. Chris
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#10 25 MAR 2007 at 10:31pm
k9mike Centurion Posts : 86 Joined: 20 DEC 2004 Location: US Status : Offline	I like the game also, but it is a little confusing at times. So much going on and it seems like you can mess things up by going out of sync on missions. Hope not...lol. Did things a bit bass ackwards on a couple of things, hope it works out in the end. It sure seems like they have cat eyes, man they can shoot good in the dark.lol. Mike
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#11 25 MAR 2007 at 10:52pm
bboyer66 Colonel Posts : 4709 Joined: 17 APR 2006 Location: US, Pittsburgh PA Status : Offline	ORIGINAL: Jarhead0331 ORIGINAL: baby arm The problem I had was with the time acceleration. If you hit the * key on the numberpad, it speeds time without telling you...and the key isn't mapped in the options either so there is no way of knowing. Anyway, you speed up time and you die from starvation really fast. I believe they used the key during beta testing and forgot to take it out. Hit the "/" key to return to normal time. Some people use the speeding up time to wait until morning to avoid stumbling around in the dark. Thanks...I knew about that, but I was using the * key as my medkit key...you can probably imagine the consequences...I just remapped and now its no problem... By the way, its a great game...I'm having a lot of fun with it... Would you call this a revolutionary game? Seems from what I have read, it trys a lot of stuff out of the norm of most first person shooters. Pittsburgh Eats
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#12 26 MAR 2007 at 10:21am
FlyingElvis Centurion Posts : 19 Joined: 5 JUL 2005 Status : Online	Stalker is like no game I have ever played. But it is HARD! The bandits in Garbage are attacking me in numbers and are very good at using cover and flanking tactics. No CTDs, and solid performance on a Conroe E6600, 2 gigs of RAM and a 7900 GTO card. This is a very good game, albeit a little rough around the edges.
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#13 26 MAR 2007 at 11:36am
Jarhead0331 Colonel Posts : 8733 Joined: 24 MAY 2006 Location: 0, Texas Status : Offline	ORIGINAL: bboyer66 Would you call this a revolutionary game? Seems from what I have read, it trys a lot of stuff out of the norm of most first person shooters. "Revolutionary" is a strong word...not sure if I feel its appropriate to this game. However, not withstanding that sentiment, it is a unique gaming experience and worthy of any RPG or FPS enthusiasts time. The area to explore is vast and it is largely open-ended. Many opportunities for side quests and exploration, or you can stick to the main story missions and still get a good feel for the game universe. Enemy AI is great...its at the top of the list in terms of team tactics, use of cover and suppressive fire. The soviet block weapons are great and its always exciting to find a new one. Lots of great concepts like, radiation, anamolies, trade/barter and local economy are factored in. There are factions in their that you can align with or you can go it alone...I've got a number of hours in, and I feel like I'm only just scratching the surface... Oh yes...and the environmental ambience is second to none...sound, weather, terrain...its superb...just what you'd expect the haunted area around chernobyl to look and sound like in your worst nightmares... "And They shall know no fear, for they are fear incarnate"
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#14 26 MAR 2007 at 2:40pm
airboy Commander Posts : 2754 Joined: 24 AUG 2004 Location: 0 Status : Online	Important Question: 1] Is the "very easy" mode really "very easy?" 2] Can you pause at any time? Although I am great at hitting moving targets with actual guns (skeet scores in the 90% range and sporting clays in the 70-80% range), my ability to play a FPS game is very limited. If there is not an absurdly easy setting, I can't really play the game. I'm real interested in the setting and the role playing elements. I love the Elder Scrolls games. The fallout games are among the best ever. The reviews and story line seem really interesting to me. But, I suck at FPS games so much it is not worth buying unless you can make the game really, really easy. Those of you who have played the game, is there an absurdly easy setting?
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#15 26 MAR 2007 at 2:50pm
Hobbes Centurion Posts : 217 Joined: 22 JAN 2004 Status : Offline	airboy, you are a man after my own heart! I just put the difficulty setting down to novice but I'm still getting creamed now in a bus park. However in the last attack I made before that I was on average level and it was fine - myself and my group of Stalkers took the target area. I think I might just need to find some more ammo for the machine gun I recently got. I'll let you know how I get on. Seems like a good game to me but probably needs a patch or two and don't touch it if you are running Vista. Cheers, Chris
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#16 26 MAR 2007 at 2:50pm
Hobbes Centurion Posts : 217 Joined: 22 JAN 2004 Status : Offline	P.S. you can pause at any time.
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#17 26 MAR 2007 at 9:57pm
Shad Centurion Posts : 870 Joined: 5 NOV 2006 Status : Online	Have any of you played through Deus Ex? Not the horrid sequel mind you, but the original? How does STALKER compare to that other FPS-RPG hybrid? [link=http://www.drewsjournal.com/]Panzer Grenadier Headquarters[/link]
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#18 26 MAR 2007 at 10:10pm
Jarhead0331 Colonel Posts : 8733 Joined: 24 MAY 2006 Location: 0, Texas Status : Offline	ORIGINAL: Shad Have any of you played through Deus Ex? Not the horrid sequel mind you, but the original? How does STALKER compare to that other FPS-RPG hybrid? Interesting comparison...now there is a game that I would consider "revolutionary" in its time. I think I can honestly say that out of all the FPS/RPG hybrids out there, STALKER and Deus Ex compare favorably. STALKER hasn't captured me quite as tightly as Deus Ex did, but then again, I've seen and played a lot since those days... Deus Ex focused more on RPG elements than FPS elements...I'd say the opposite is true of STALKER... But yes, I would venture to say that if you enjoyed Deus Ex, you will most likely enjoy STALKER... "And They shall know no fear, for they are fear incarnate"
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#19 28 MAR 2007 at 1:26am
Triggertime Centurion Posts : 57 Joined: 13 DEC 2004 Status : Online	I've had no problems with my pc so far
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#20 28 MAR 2007 at 1:49pm
airboy Commander Posts : 2754 Joined: 24 AUG 2004 Location: 0 Status : Online	Based on the discussion on this thread, I decided to buy Deus Ex on Ebay for $10 (delivered). I generally don't like the genre of FPS, so why not try something that is 25% of the price, is closer to an RPG, but is similiar to STALKER first? Deus Ex also has the advantage of being "patched" and has FAQs galore. The down side of this is if I like Deus Ex a lot I will probably buy STALKER also.
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#21 28 MAR 2007 at 6:32pm
Slawman Centurion Posts : 295 Joined: 12 DEC 2005 Status : Online	i can't imagine anybody NOT liking deus ex. swimming-medical expert PWNS!!11! (just kidding) haven't played stalker, but it seems a little more....taste specific? i have seen some bad reviews, along with the good. [font=verdana][size=2]If a victory is told in detail, one can no longer distinguish it from a defeat. --Jean Paul Sartre[/size][/font]
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#22 29 MAR 2007 at 8:22am
Shelldrake Commander Posts : 2742 Joined: 1 NOV 2006 Location: CA, Nova Scotia Status : Offline	I just installed S.T.A.L.K.E.R. and get a CTD everytime I try to start a new game (the menu screen loads ok) when using the dynamic lighting setting. Changing the lighting to static gets me into the game but the stuttering is unbelievable once I leave the room with the trader! I have installed the patch, as well as the latest version of DX9.0c (Feb 2007). I am using an ATI X1900gt card on an AMD 3800+/2GB RAM rig running Windows XP SP2 so I should have enough horsepower to run the game even under dynamic lighting. I would sure appreciate any thoughts on how to solve this annoying problem. This may be unrelated, but I am also getting CTDs in RTW and MTW2 everytime the games load a battle, which is odd because both games worked just fine until yesterday!
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#23 29 MAR 2007 at 10:01am
TheChaosProject Commander Posts : 1982 Joined: 18 FEB 2004 Status : Offline	I just picked this game up and I can't stop playing it whenever I get a free chance. It is just one of those games that seems to transcend it's genre. The game is just immersive and the AI kicks your ass at the beginning. Plus the game is scary as hell, though nothing is like Alien vs. Predator. Those red blips on the radar closing in all around you in a darken corridor... I have had a couple CTDs, but nothing that makes the game unplayable. My problem is that my drivers for my GFX card are a tad bit on the dated side due to ATI's lack of support for mobile GFX cards in laptops made by companies that they do not have deals with. So the drivers that should work with my card do not. But other then that the game plays like a dream. The Chaos Project Petty Officer Second Class, United States Navy
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#24 29 MAR 2007 at 10:29am
MIGMaster Commander Posts : 2123 Joined: 4 MAY 2003 Status : Offline	Shelldrake, I'm using a X1950 Pro and things were running smooth with the patch until last night... then bango....three ctd's in a row. It's gotta be an ATI driver thing. I'm using a Biostar Geforce 6100 M9 motherboard. I notice the X1900 series card shave been having issues with certain chipsets as well - hopefully a solution will surface soon. ....UPDATE..... Just found this post in a forum... I'm going to try disabling the dynamic lighting. [b]Due to the increasing amount of emails, we want to clear up a bit of confusion about some of these stability issues with the game ‘S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl’. The source of all these issues is not overheating, our drivers, hardware issues or anything else. The problem lays inside the game’s dynamic lighting renderer (DX9), and the only known workaround is to use Static lighting renderer (DX instead. You can stop emailing us now. However, You should contact the game developers instead, and ask them to patch their broken game; and if you can do us a favor, please ask them to fix their Widescreen/OpenAL/Surround implementation as well. Áëàãîäàðèì Âû.[/b] "We like our women like our gaming - Hardcore !" LongBlade, circa 2008
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#25 29 MAR 2007 at 10:54am
Shelldrake Commander Posts : 2742 Joined: 1 NOV 2006 Location: CA, Nova Scotia Status : Offline	MIGMaster, Thanks for the input. What driver set are you using? I am using catalyst 6.9 which until recently worked fine with all my games. I could try moving to the latest 7.3 drivers but am reluctant to introduce a new variable into the equation. Farcry, GalCiv2 and Wings Over Europe are still working fine but I have to wonder whether my problems with Stalker and the 2 latest Total War games are related. I will test some other graphics intensive games with my current setup when I get home tonight.
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