NEWSA+SIMBION_tweaked Support and Gameplay

[fiznerpin1962]

Oh and Nightwatch any chance of making Arnie the arena guy stronger like you did with Mole and the others? It seems like he dies too easily on my game.

And as requested the chasing dog picture with knife:
http://i38.tinypic.com/51ak2g.jpg

Yeah, Arnie dies a lot in my play-throughs too.... that's OK though, because by the time I am in there with the AK fights I am pretty well pissed off. ( I shoot clip = nada/ they shoot ONE bullet = me dead)

I need to see Balius ranting & chasing dogs w/ a pigsticker...

[DARK TEMPLAR]

About an earlier conversation about the horror times, I quite like the extreme idea, mostly because mutants have become a important food supply for me. And as always, keep up the good work!

[Balious]

So what does everyone do with kruglov? Do they try and save him or do they just continue on? Also is he really actually that important to rescue besides getting that suit back in the bunker?

[DARK TEMPLAR]

I always try to save him because I don't like having failed tasks on my stats

[Balious]

I seem to of reached a problem. And im not talking technical or anything.

I am in Wild Territory

Kruglov seems to not want to be saved. Just wants to go rambo and kill every single merc in the area and that doesnt even suit him he just wants to hang there like hes the king of the place or something.

I would leave him but i can't as theres a helicopter flying around that seems to be doing nothing but watching the action of me killing every merc to get kruglov to follow me and when i do leave him alone and try to go to yantar i can't as at the end of that inferno tunnel stuck in that whirlwind loop thing i have an APC stuck there trying to get through shooting me non-stop.

Also the helicopter did fire a rocket at me and kruglov once.. I try and see if i took a picture of it.

Yeah i did take a picture of it but not very good just me flying in the air
http://i37.tinypic.com/13zshz7.jpg

[Nightwatch]

Hey Guys, sorry that I couldn't reply earlier, I was writing a post around lunch time and then my PC went down. Now it's back, but only after several hours struggle and repeated reboots, all that. Extreme usage has started to show its signs. I need to overhaul the PC. Well, two years with this level of usage (7-10 hours daily) still it has managed good so far.

fiznerpin1962

I see that Arena makes you really angry

About an earlier conversation about the horror times, I quite like the extreme idea, mostly because mutants have become a important food supply for me. And as always, keep up the good work!

Thanks for the encouragement

Balious

If Kruglov dies, you can still get the flash drive from his body and there'll be Semenov in his place in Yantar Bunker for the "get the readings"mission. Though you must whack Semenov just you need to off Krugglov after the completion of the mission (after he has reported to Sakharov).

***We have an updated fix on this issue, but I'm holding the confirmation until NatVac (thanks ) updates his threads.

On APC in tunnel: you should've got the FN2000NW SPX by now, just send a misslie to that APC behind a pillar or wall.
Yes, heli is somewhat quite aggressive over there, medicine is the same as above.
Nice picture though... seeing yourself in the air, and Kruglov lying a bit further away.

[Balious]

Oh crap i left that in the bar stash! *reloads to bar save before entering WT thanks to jamie for telling me to save regularly with lots of saves for the mod* I see if i can get some action into this baby. And even though they won't be detailed as the other guys pictures of destroying helicopters i be sure to try and post some good ones.

I believe i did shoot wolfhound dead. I saw his name in the PDA contacts and noticed a merc on a tower and thought it was him. Any reason to kill/keep him alive? He doesn't pose much of a threat to me.

Also during one of my saves to try and get kruglov to Yantar on one of his rambo styles he punched me for getting to close to him with my weapon drawn (trying to make him say that line he says and starts following you) and instantly picks my weapon up. Theres me dazed at him stealing my weapon wanting to get it back but he quickly ran off like a little coward he is to get shot down by the helicopter.

I be sure to keep you all up to date on what will happen in the WILD territory. Sure is a wild place. Man that encouraged me to write a story like Tejas did on GSC

[Nightwatch]

FN2000NW SPX is very useful in WT, particularly if teh APC moves to the beginning of the tunnel, so it'd be very difficult to throw a grenade at that angle and distance. And the chopper... you'll be happy that you're carrying the FN NW there.

Kruglov and the otehr will punch you if you try to speak with him with your weapon raised, the funniest episode is this:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=E5lTWEYC4q0&feature=channel

It'd be great to read the stories of your quests and battles
And let us see the pictures, too.

[Balious]

Ok i posted more pictures in my thread in the journal section as usual. Unless people want me to post here as well just didnt want the whole place full of my quite crap stuff.

Lol at that video nightwatch. Its quite funny how he says it and then just punches him in the face. Guess he wanted a little chat in fighting.

I still have to improve on my story typing i suppose. Im crap compared to the good writers like J.K Rowling, Terry Brooks and the others.

[fiznerpin1962]

Kruglov and the other will punch you if you try to speak with him with your weapon raised, the funniest episode is this:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=E5lTWEYC4q0&feature=channel

I guess once would be enough for me......

-I though you couldn't leave stuff @ the bar???- gets stolen....

[Nightwatch]

Balious

Saw the pictures, nice ones, keep up the good work, good photo-taking.
You can post the photo links of here, too, as long as they're taken fom this mod. If you think there are a lot of pictures, then you can choose the best ones. :0
Also you can post those and the other pictures taken from vanilla and from all mods in general (this mod as well) to your thread(s) on Journal from the Zone section.

Yes I find that video quite funny as well.

Writing, well, it can only improve writing and more writing and also reading a lot. You'll see you're improving, it's the same for all of us.

fiznerpin1962

Well, for a good video, I can afford being beaten up... particularly if the one who is getting the beaten is Marked One there on my behalf.

Stashes? Yes, they're regularly robbed! Bar or anywhere else, as long as any NPC can go near to them, none of them is safe. If Balious had found his stash still in the Bar box, well, then he's just very lucky...

[Balious]

When i reloaded i notice i didn't havet that weapon you said but a RPG-7 in the stash so i had to buy it which took almost every single money i had. I also notice it gives off radiation which is fine for me as i can counter it.

Edit:
The Bar stash can get robbed?! Why was i not told this before? Lucky me not one thing seems to of been robbed since being at the northren checkpoint.

[Nightwatch]

When i reloaded i notice i didn't havet that weapon you said but a RPG-7 in the stash so i had to buy it which took almost every single money i had. I also notice it gives off radiation which is fine for me as i can counter it.

Edit:
The Bar stash can get robbed?! Why was i not told this before? Lucky me not one thing seems to of been robbed since being at the northren checkpoint.

Wow those cheeky NPCs so they took your FN2000NW SPX out of the Bar Stash Box and left an RPG7 in its place!! At least they were merciful at some degree. ( -or he just couldn't carry all and replaced his heavy weapon with a better one... yours.)

Well, Balious, both the well-laid out read me and the Mod's web site clearly states and warns that NPCs steal items.
But don't worry about that, you might've forgotten it, I've even myself forgotten it once and let my valuable stash stolen from a place which had seemed even safer than Bar. "Thing" happens...

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edit:
I have very good pictures of EggChen's Excellent ACP Skins/textures in action. --Sorry EggChen I had to blow up your two priced ACPs.

Pictures uploading now, will connect here any minute.

[Balious]

I normally forget a lot things that were in the readme and about the stashes i thought that was only general ones not safe ones and i just thought the bar one was safe

about my FN2000NW SPX. I out one helicopter with it (well it was on fire and starting going in circles so i thought that it was dead) but there was ANOTHER helicopter at the end which kruglov finally starts working and i get a helicopter shoved up my ass just after he finishes with the zombies.

May i ask if theres a stash full of the ammo needed for this gun or do i have to buy it all?

[Nightwatch]

OK pictures are ready.
EggChen's wonderful APC skins in action, in real game footage:

This is the Garbage bandit location APC. I reloaded previous save (earlier version of APC that you saw) but this time with New APC textures.
APC was on the other side of the Garbage Hangar Door. I suddenly popped out behind the door, firing. This is just before the APC heavily wounded me but got a missile meanwhile:




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This is the APC at Cordon Blockpost. I made a wide circle around, taking out two choppers first in order to break the air assault, while eliminating the enemy soldiers. When there was no choppers (at least for some time) and no soldiers left, I moved for the APCs. I approached behind the tree cover... When it saw me... it would be too late for one of us... I was faster

Please give attention on all pictures to the texture amazing texture design and details from insignias to handles, and all:







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[DARK TEMPLAR]

Sweet!!!!!!!!

[Balious]

recieved my first error since going back to stalker

FATAL ERROR

[error]Expression : Not available
[error]Function : CRender::texture_load
[error]File : E:\stalker\patch_1_0004\xr_3da\xrRender\Texture.cpp
[error]Line : 356
[error]Description : D3DXCreateTextureFromFileInMemoryEx ( HW.pDevice,S->pointer(),S->length(), D3DX_DEFAULT,D3DX_DEFAULT, IMG.MipLevels,0, IMG.Format, D3DPOOL_SYSTEMMEM, D3DX_DEFAULT, D3DX_DEFAULT, 0,&IMG,0, &T_sysmem )
[error]Arguments : c:\program files\thq\s.t.a.l.k.e.r. - shadow of chernobyl\gamedata\textures\fx\fx_stalker_031.dds


stack trace:

This was as i was about to load a new game after finding out some loners had turned hostile after crossing the path into the actual duty place where the leader is.

Edit:
This error happened again in wild territory but same reason this time kruglov got himself killed before i even got to them cause he ran into some anomoly and stood their like a fool he is and resulting in this quest not completed and not failed.

[Nightwatch]

DARK TEMPLAR

Thanks.. well action from me, and rest of the compliments and thanks to EggChen for those awesome skins.

Balious

fx_stalker_031.dds is a grey noise/grain picture file that appears on the main menu window. If you haven't removed it or change it, then it's nothing other than another random cough from Xray engine. While saying this, I should note that this rendering glitch might've caused by Graphics Card problem and/or PSU inefficiency. If the picture file is still in its place (textures\fx) then you may want to check your Graphics Card and PSU output.
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if you are adamant on saving Kruglov, then you need to save before starting attack to the mercs, then again before speaking with him, and so forth. Quicksaves are easy. Because it's a very hectic area, many things can happen, including some stupid behaviour from Kruglov. Then it'd be easy to reload that part and try again.

And.. I just saw your post above my pictures (soory I missed it before) it's great that you've got two choppers.! So the FN proved to be useful. You'll get the ACP easier than the heli, though it may surprise you.
You need to buy ammo for the FN2000NWSPX, ammo is expensive... but prices get lower as you progress along the game and each Trader sells almost everything at different prices, and all prices get lower and lower, lowest when you're returning from NPP.
tip: generally, Sidorovic is the most expensive one.
keep note of the prices of all item that you want to buy, compare and use the level changers (there are a lot) to go to the best seller... like real life shopping:)

[Dib9394]

This looks great!