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Problems with vanilla 1.005

Postby AJMBLAZER » Sun Aug 17, 2008 8:43 pm

If you remember my first posts a few weeks ago I played Stalker last year through November and had it fairly modded up. I think I only updated to 1.001 or 1.003. Had no problems with playing the game other than the usual lag related to huge stashes. Never had any other issues that I didn't create.

In preparation for Priboi Story 1.1 I've deleted my old game, cleared out all the mods, and then reinstalled the game and updated it to v1.005. Now I'm having problems just playing the vanilla game!

1. Simple but annoying. I like to have forward be the S key and backward be the Z key. I keep changing this in the control panel but every time I leave the game it resets to the default controls (W and S respectively) and I have to change it again. Any idea why it is doing this?

2. I'm getting graphical anomalies. Sometimes it'll be like watching digital cable TV or satellite TV and the screen pixelates for a second or only one object does. Other times it will be a brown/grey/whatever "wall" of digital something. Sorta just follows the terrain and extends up a little taller than the character is. I can walk right through it and it goes away. Next thing I know there will be "digital laser beams" shooting at me. Usually a darker color like the wall.

3. I've had it crash now several times. Usually when I'll go to do something like reload or open a stash. Everything freezes and then after a few seconds I'm at some sort of blue screen with a bunch of writing about a crash and advising me to restart the computer if nothing happens after a while. Nothing ever does.

WTF is going on? :?
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Postby Red Schuhart » Sun Aug 17, 2008 10:42 pm

For a finished product this game is the buggiest software I've ever bought.

Can't help on '1' - I use the arrow keys for movement. I've never had them reset themselves to defaults.

'2' - your 'digital laser beams', when that happens I'll bet it has usually just started raining. That happens a lot with me, too. The only cure I've discovered (ha!) is to say 'buggeration, trouble and strife!' and just try to ignore it. It usually goes away when the rain stops. Blank-sided buildings and such sound like missing or mis-performing textures.

'3' - I get short freezes sometimes when I search a corpse. I have put that down to a fix given to me by NatVac that allows stashes to be refilled after they've been emptied in patched versions. I just put up with it.

'WTF is going on?' - you're playing that buggiest software on the market and you're finding new bugs - exciting, isn't it?

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Postby stormbringer_951 » Mon Aug 18, 2008 2:49 pm

Welcome to Chernobyl, where bugs are endearing... seriously. SHoC has the weirdest set of bugs I've ever seen in a PC game...
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Postby AJMBLAZER » Mon Aug 18, 2008 4:20 pm

Just sort of confused why I never got them before playing earlier versions of the game and also very modded earlier versions of the game...but now get them like crazy to the point that I don't want to play the game. :(
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Postby stormbringer_951 » Mon Aug 18, 2008 5:47 pm

It's generally acknowledged that 1.0004 is the best version of the game. 1.0005 apparently fixes a few bugs, but apparently causes some more. Get the Zone Reclamation Project, as it tries to be a comprehensive bugfixer (the way vanilla was meant to be played) sort of thing...
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Postby AJMBLAZER » Mon Aug 18, 2008 7:19 pm

Will PS 1.1 work with 1.004? I think I might just delete everything again and then go back to that one.

I just want to play STALKER dammit! :? :lol:
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Postby gubr » Mon Aug 18, 2008 8:28 pm

AJMBLAZER wrote:Will PS 1.1 work with 1.004? I think I might just delete everything again and then go back to that one.

I just want to play STALKER dammit! :? :lol:


Yes, the mod is done for 1.0004 as it is patch that makes single player most stable in compare with other patches. Later patches fix multiplayer but harm singlplayer. And you will have to start the absolutely new game. )))
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Postby AJMBLAZER » Sat Aug 23, 2008 5:22 am

Okay, I turned the graphics to medium and thought I had it licked...guess not. Does seem to be better than before though.

Pictures are here:
http://www.cardomain.com/member_pages/s ... 341321-235
Sticking out of the roof.

http://www.cardomain.com/member_pages/s ... 341321-235
Gone after I walk buy.

http://www.cardomain.com/member_pages/s ... 341321-235
Coming through the wall.

http://www.cardomain.com/member_pages/s ... 341321-235
Notice the "beard" or whatever shooting out of his face.


http://www.cardomain.com/member_pages/s ... 341321-235
One of the infamous "walls".

http://www.cardomain.com/member_pages/s ... 341321-235
Same wall, different view.

http://www.cardomain.com/member_pages/s ... 341321-235
Interestingly I could walk though it but still see that line.

http://www.cardomain.com/member_pages/s ... 341321-235
Tree house?
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Postby dez » Sat Aug 23, 2008 5:49 pm

nice pictortures :D

anyway, i think its some sort of ... driver issue. you could try an older driver, from last year, or this year, but from february or so.
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Re: Problems with vanilla 1.005

Postby BalborValis » Tue Feb 02, 2010 1:49 am

i've got my SOC through steam so I've only ever had 1.005 and can't get any other version afaik
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Re: Problems with vanilla 1.005

Postby dez » Thu Feb 04, 2010 5:04 pm

yp, that might be problem, but we will see. if we can make 1.0005 work with our tweaks, then there wont be problem.
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