I don't see why everyone thinks that the game is that unoptimized. I have a Athlon 64 3500+ with a gig of RAM and an X800 GTO 256mb running Vista. I usually get a rock solid 60 fps at 1024x768 (I run at 1280 x 1024 though). I'm running at the default settings it gave me ("High" preset, no dynamic lighting)
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S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl |OT|
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MrPing1000
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Holy ****ing shit at the guy that appears down the tunnel behind you during the first underground bit. ****er didn't want to die!
Enjoyable game, although aiming seems to be a bit random, but then again all the guns have accuracy ratings. I quite like the ak the military dudes use, seems to be accurate and powerful, picked up one in the underground that fires faster.
I rather like the AI as well, badies use cover and try to flank you. On the first mission I walked through a building, making noise walked over to a whole in a wall, guy stepped out from behind the wall shotgun to the head dead me.
ps there must be something wrong with dynamic lighting, with it I get under 30fps without it I get 150 (e6400 at 3.44ghz, x1950pro 256mb, 2gb ram, win xp)
Enjoyable game, although aiming seems to be a bit random, but then again all the guns have accuracy ratings. I quite like the ak the military dudes use, seems to be accurate and powerful, picked up one in the underground that fires faster.
I rather like the AI as well, badies use cover and try to flank you. On the first mission I walked through a building, making noise walked over to a whole in a wall, guy stepped out from behind the wall shotgun to the head dead me.
ps there must be something wrong with dynamic lighting, with it I get under 30fps without it I get 150 (e6400 at 3.44ghz, x1950pro 256mb, 2gb ram, win xp)
EviLore said:
I have a similar machine, and while I'd agree that it's not exactly cutting edge (and I plan on replacing it later this year), it's "real" enough to run every other PC game out there without any problems. Including a number of games that look as good as STALKER, like FEAR and Oblivion (with the fancy HDR effects turned on). In fact, I get considerably better framerates in Oblivion than I do in STALKER, and the Oblivion engine does a hell of a lot more than the STALKER engine does (infinite view distances in a much larger environment, more detailed vegetation and lots more of it, better lighting and shader effects, etc.).
I'm not bashing STALKER here, which I like a lot, but the issue is not people's computers. The system specs he listed should be able to run a game like this at a reasonable framerate--if not with full dynamic lighting, then at least with HDR and shader effects enabled. STALKER is a pig, and clearly could have been optimized much, much better.
Ben Sones said:
Sorry but Oblivion doesn't look as good as Stalker (with dynamic lighting). In Oblivion grass and tree shadows are faked, and most objects have no shadows at all under any conditions. And the landscape looks HORRIBLE in Oblivion without mods and tweaks to the config file. Ruins will simply pop into existence as you're walking and the distant texturing is awful.
FEAR has similar lighting but the detail and expansiveness is nowhere near Stalker.
STALKER is officially da shit. I was only able to play it for a couple hours last night, but it did keep me up well past bedtime which is a hallmark of stupid tight games. Games like this remind me why I keep an up to date PC. That feeling. Looting corpses, getting all excited from finding a gun with a silencer, stumbling onto another STALKER murdering mutant dogs. DAMN! Wish I could be playing it right now.
I wish I had a 8800 GTS:
Holy crap...
Anyway from what I've gathered S.T.A.L.K.E.R. does MUCH MORE THAN OBLIVION graphically so it is NO WONDER that it chugs.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. has AWESOME, high res texutres that put F.E.A.R.'s and Gears of War's to shame.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. has Doom III like lighting system which KILLS performance on HUGE areas and looks KILLER in corridors/ inside.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. R.U.L.E.S.
guy from EvilAvatar said:
Holy crap...
Anyway from what I've gathered S.T.A.L.K.E.R. does MUCH MORE THAN OBLIVION graphically so it is NO WONDER that it chugs.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. has AWESOME, high res texutres that put F.E.A.R.'s and Gears of War's to shame.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. has Doom III like lighting system which KILLS performance on HUGE areas and looks KILLER in corridors/ inside.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. R.U.L.E.S.
Chiggs
Gold Member
Borys said:
That about sums it up. One thing, though: I have to disagree with the guy from EA--S.T.A.L.K.E.R. does not strike me as a budget title. But I guess some people equate scripting and quality voiceovers to large budgets. Believe me, I can see why, but I still gotta disagree.
Christ, I can't wait to play this game with my R600 this summer.
Edit: Funny story from last night. I was strolling through Garbage when I found myself in a fairly large firefight. This one bandit tried to flank me, but instead ran right into an anomaly. He was lifted into the air and was spun around hundreds of times, then was sent flying about fifty feet away. His screams were priceless.
bee
Member
its true that people are underplaying just how much power a full dynamic lighting system requires especially in a world as big as stalkers, try playing quake 4 1.0 multiplayer for instance, u cant turn the dynamic lighting off and performance is horrific with more than 3 people on screen at the same time its constantly dropping to 20fps no matter what your pc spec is, in later versions they let u turn it off and it runs at a constant 60fps never once dropping.
Chiggs
Gold Member
chespace said:
BTW, here are the specs to my fabled laptop:
Toshiba Satellite M65
2GHz Intel Pentium M
1 gig of RAM
ATI Mobility Radeon X600SE
I can run this game at 30+ framerate with all the sliders to max (except AF, AA) at 800x600.
So if I can play STALKER, YOU CAN TOO.
Also, does anyone know why I can't seem to turn on motion blur or bloom? I tried changing the values in the text file.
MightyHedgehog
Member
Yeah, while it's a matter of preference, bloom, I find, is actually kinda against the look of Stalker. It's just too bright. Motion blur, however, is pretty cool and surprisingly takes little resources in-game.
Ghost said:
Yes. And also, for people who don't have the latest bleeding edge machines, the game runs fantastically if you just set it to static lighting. I'm playing at 1600x1200 with most of the sliders maxed and view distance cranked almost all the way up, and even without the (admittedly cool) dynamic lighting effects, it's a good-looking game. Very detailed environments.
MightyHedgehog
Member
Yeah, but for my preferences the effect counters the mood set by the visuals.Redbeard said:
I like it murky.Red Blaster
Member
D2M15 said:
Worst spelling of Operation Flashpoint ever.
Chiggs
Gold Member
Danne-Danger
Member
Chiggs said:
It's awesome how I feel that I've been there.
Defcon said:
hmm, I've done both of the above and get no effect for some reason.
for motion blur, the setting changes to "1." instead of just "1" when I reopen the txt file after running the game.
could it be possible that my graphics chip can't use those features?
chespace said:hmm, I've done both of the above and get no effect for some reason.
for motion blur, the setting changes to "1." instead of just "1" when I reopen the txt file after running the game.
could it be possible that my graphics chip can't use those features?
It may be that you need to have dynamic lighting on for this stuff.
Yeah I think I may ask again. Is this enough:
Intel® Core 2 Duo Processor T5500 (1.66 GHz)1
2GB RAM & 160GB Serial ATA hard drive2
NVIDIA® GeForce® Go 7400 with 335MB Video RAM
Normally I wouldnt ask such a question but since at least a partial amount of players are having some issues I just wanted to verify...
Intel® Core 2 Duo Processor T5500 (1.66 GHz)1
2GB RAM & 160GB Serial ATA hard drive2
NVIDIA® GeForce® Go 7400 with 335MB Video RAM
Normally I wouldnt ask such a question but since at least a partial amount of players are having some issues I just wanted to verify...
Redbeard said:
Is there a way to force dynamic lighting in the txt file? I can't turn it on in the menu.
Also, have you guys read this post? The moderator over at some big STALKER forum flipped out and ranted for a thousand words on why it's the biggest piece of shit ever.
http://board.oblivion-lost.de/showthread.php?t=8176
I'm getting pretty good performance out of my Athlon 2500 mobile @ 2 GHZ, 1GB ram, and 256MB X850PRO card with this game. I have it running in my monitors default res (1440 X 900), EAX on (soundblaster card), static lighting, and grass down about 30 percent. Get a constant between around 30-45 FPS, depending on if there is a firefight or not.
I am having trouble with one early mission though. Bes asks you to help defend the camp against Bandits, and I've played it a couple times where it says I fail the mission in the middle of the battle. What am I doing wrong?
I am having trouble with one early mission though. Bes asks you to help defend the camp against Bandits, and I've played it a couple times where it says I fail the mission in the middle of the battle. What am I doing wrong?
MightyHedgehog
Member
Hmmm...after messing with it for a while, even on my shitty old rig (P4 2.6, 2GB, X800), I can force full dynamic lighting, force the res of 640x480 or 800x600, do medium settings with some down tweaking with blur on(which I now, upon examination can't actually tell is working or not :lol) and it looks and runs pretty ok. Probably averaging less than 30 FPS but not too much lower during thunderstorms and all. I regret playing this and watching this on a much nicer rig than my own. :/
For some reason the sky is completely whacked out on my laptop. Not really sure what the deal is but it blurs everything and copies the textures around it...weird stuff. Other than that, the game looks and plays just fine, however I don't even feel like playing the game with the sky looking like complete crap. I'll try to take a screenshot soon.
DELL Inspiron E1505
Intel T2500 @ 2.00GHz
2 GB of RAM
NVIDIA GeForce Go 7300
I think its a dual core or something yadda yadda, I might try to change the affinity to one of my processors off to see if it makes it run any better but I doubt it. Usually that only works for old games.
DELL Inspiron E1505
Intel T2500 @ 2.00GHz
2 GB of RAM
NVIDIA GeForce Go 7300
I think its a dual core or something yadda yadda, I might try to change the affinity to one of my processors off to see if it makes it run any better but I doubt it. Usually that only works for old games.
Game is running great on my rig (save for not getting the eyegasm that is dynamic lighting), 1600X1200, framerate sticking around 40 or so. Ive only played around a bit in the first camp, but I am LOVING the atmosphere, design, music, and texture work. Graphically, since Im using static lighting, the game looks pretty much like Half-Life 2. Which I still find to be a gorgeous game, so no complaints here. Can't wait to actually sink my teeth into the game now.
Had the exact same problem its an issue with Nvidia card that use virtual memory and have recent drivers. You can either roll back your drivers (can't recall how far back, google search and you'll find it) or run it windowed.FatalT said:
I run mine windowed, set to the same res as my monitor, so it pretty much is full screen, little bit of performance hit but its very playable.
Chiggs
Gold Member
Solo said:
You know, there's a second option called Object Dynamic Lighting, which looks fantastic, and yet, nobody seems to mention it. Use that and down the grass to about 25%, and you should be good to go performance-wise.
I'd just hate for anyone to miss out on the amazing parallax mapping in this game.
AgentOtaku
Member
Bought it today (support these kids!) and am diggin the hell out of it...
I rode the hype wagon for this one for years and am glad to finally see it out.
Playing in on the following:
p4 3.0
2gig pc3200
6800 GT
WinXP
(quit playing/upgrading about 2 years ago)
....very ho-hum machine to be sure but it runs great with static lighting. If anything, playing it on static just makes it look like it did during E3 of 2004, where I intially got hyped on it and thats how I remeber it best
I rode the hype wagon for this one for years and am glad to finally see it out.
Playing in on the following:
p4 3.0
2gig pc3200
6800 GT
WinXP
(quit playing/upgrading about 2 years ago)
....very ho-hum machine to be sure but it runs great with static lighting. If anything, playing it on static just makes it look like it did during E3 of 2004, where I intially got hyped on it and thats how I remeber it best
The bar does have really repetitive dialogue. Hell, the dialogue overall feels rushed. There are numerous instances of text on screen not matching the audio. And yeah, that guy that tells you to go away is irritating, and you're forced to pass him every time you need to go to an area beyond Garbage.
AgentOtaku
Member
question
is it possible to play this with original Russian (sorry if mistaken) language and english subtitles?
not a fan of english voice work/lip synching...
is it possible to play this with original Russian (sorry if mistaken) language and english subtitles?
not a fan of english voice work/lip synching...