NEWSA+SIMBION_tweaked Support and Gameplay

[Nightwatch]

You're welcome, Wombat_70
Agroghom chopper has proved to be immensely difficult to deal with. These RPG rounds may help to gain some time by at least wounding the chopper, or deterring it temporarily even a direct score is not made, which is very difficult as it flies high and circles.


fiznerpin1962, very good photo examples for "light situations at night." Yes, as Rock says, flashlight gives a striking visual there. Nandersen's elite-nightvision is impressive as well.
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I hope I will be able to complete the upload of the recent pictures and the recent available stats by tonight.

[mircislav]

One silly question: why are dark stalkers and duty killing each other?

[Nightwatch]

Welcome to the forum and to the game thread as well, mircislav.
As to your question, well, as you'd know, such friends and foes situations are set by the game relations. Current settings allow such a situation; but while you've brought up the subject, I might change their position towards other factions a bit differently in the coming patch.

[mircislav]

The funny thing was, that they are just walking across the duty base and suddenly they start shooting to duty guys and after that dark stalker went guarding the check point from garbage ...

[mircislav]

The second notice: this is the only mod (I am playing it from the beginning) that every time I replayed it, there is always different happenings and (for me) always something funny and unexpected (except for the main main story and I am not talking about free play) and because of that is most playable mod until now. Well, that's it ...
Congratulation, nightwatch on well organizing everything.

And by the way, the guys who are developing next Stalker can take examples from the modding community - sometimes open mind approach can yield very good results ...

[mircislav]

And just to connect to my previous post - I am playing SoC almost 1,5 year constantly with different mods and the conclusion come up by it self: NEWSA and FPS Run 'n Gun Special Edition by fatrap are the most enjoyable and playable mods ever - that is my opinion.
Thank's for the space given here ...

[Nightwatch]

Thanks, mircislav, for your generous praises for the mod, glad to hear that you find it enjoyable. Yes, many things, conditions, incidents, do change to an extent at each new play-through. It seems it helps to extend its playability. You're also right on fatrap's Run & Gun series. They're some hard nuts to deal with as well.

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Guys, I've started working on the Mod's website, preparing to upload the pictures, updating stats as available and backing up stuff, and so on. It'll take a few hours work.

[fiznerpin1962]

Guys, I've started working on the Mod's website, preparing to upload the pictures, updating stats as available and backing up stuff, and so on. It'll take a few hours work.

Dude. You really should put a Paypal link up on your other site. I want to give you something back for the days & weeks (months) of pure awesomness of this mod. I have replayed this from start to finish so many times.... the only game I own with so much replayability.
I'm sure there are many more that echo my sentiments.... props to Eggchen & the rest as well

[Nightwatch]

Hey fiznerpin196, thanks buddy, hearing this is even much better than getting anything for the site. Thanks for the support and encouragement. Putting a PayPal link for the support of the Mod site/downloads will not be needed, thanks, I haven't been fired yet, still managing. You and other guys moral support, your pictures, posts on the forum are much more valuable than any donation can possibly be towards the website.

[fiznerpin1962]

Another crash... break time.
- ran out of ammo for my NWgroza, & NPCs are broke, so... don't feel like runnin' off to Sakarov. By-by sweetheart:
http://i468.photobucket.com/albums/rr49 ... _pripy.jpg

- Lull @ Prypryat, so NEWSA tries to mess with me... two choppers!
http://i468.photobucket.com/albums/rr49 ... _pripy.jpg

- Oops. Meant one....
http://i468.photobucket.com/albums/rr49 ... _pripy.jpg

[fiznerpin1962]

RBLGRFNFRICKEnnhjgs654354@%$#^%*^7868768!

XR_3DA.exe caused BREAKPOINT in module "C:\Program Files\THQ\S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - Shadow of Chernobyl\bin\xrCore.dll" at 001B:00587D15, xrDebug::backend()+165
rrrrrrrrrr..... gettin' PLENTY old!

glad I only have 900 buckshot shells, 200 .45 ACP hollowpoints, & 2,000 rounds of 5.56 left... that is where my story will end - if I can handle the crashes & my food lasts!

[fiznerpin1962]

I am so sick of the

CRASHES!

[audioave10]

I would love to see an Xray 2.0 engine that could handle these great
mods better. I feel your pain...Fiz.

PC crash...

[fiznerpin1962]

OMG....

[busetibi]

I look forward to seeing your "End Game" stats fiznerpin1962

[fiznerpin1962]

I look forward to seeing your "End Game" stats fiznerpin1962

If I can stand restarting the game every 10 minutes anymore.....

[Nightwatch]

XR_3DA.exe caused BREAKPOINT in module "C:\Program Files\THQ\S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - Shadow of Chernobyl\bin\xrCore.dll" at 001B:00587D15, xrDebug::backend()+165
rrrrrrrrrr..... gettin' PLENTY old!

Well, the longer the game is played in Freeplay, it's somewhat inevitable that engine will be tested at its limits. There are so many issues that start to accumulate in Freeplay, as the game has not finished and now continues well beyond the intended handling levels of the engine; there's enormous amount of memory requirement now in the progressed Freeplay, getting increasingly difficult to be catered. Having a lot of fast RAM is helpful to reduce the strain at some extent.

The result needs to be seen, but I can recommend that you try something: start the game from a fresh booting of PC, walk a couple of steps, make a hard save then exit the game, reboot PC and then load the save. You can then change the level, sleep there a bit and come back to the level you were.

[fiznerpin1962]

05/6/2012 - last log entry.
- entered Prypryat for the last time 05/1/2012 - teleport changer now inoperative.
- held my own against the Zone for 5 days... am now out of all ammo except 150 rounds for sidearm.... food supplies still holding out, armor badly damaged. I think my time is short...
http://i468.photobucket.com/albums/rr49 ... _pripy.jpg

- I go now to an honorable death, weapon in hand.


*FIZ out.... farewell.


(new/final stats on player's corner thread!) - till next version

[fiznerpin1962]

didn't get to take a "game over" screenie after I burnt up my pistol rounds.... fkn deleted all my savegames after last crash - can't take it anymore.
Maybe run through a Fatrap mod while I