Stalker Extreme Settings...wowsa

Injection of <3 said:
"Help outpost" and "Answer sos call from outpost" are what the objectives seem to be. Not really sure tho. I'll have it installed soon enough so I'll see if I can make more sense of it.
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Bah, beaten to it by another Russki, lol.

PS: Those screens look really nice. I can't wait.

PPS: Did you guys see that STALKER was delayed again in the US? It was recalled because they forgot to print the CD Keys. Looks like we're getting it September 15th.... :(
 
Angelus897 said:
Bah, beaten to it by another Russki, lol.

PS: Those screens look really nice. I can't wait.

PPS: Did you guys see that STALKER was delayed again in the US? It was recalled because they forgot to print the CD Keys.
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i went so many damn times and everytime theres just that one guy in the tower scoping the freaking ocean. And i just checked gamestop and yup, seems to be delayed until the 15th...hope it gets leaked somehow at least, or it still comes out on steam on the 5th.

But Injection, when you get to the tower, can you just tell me what you did to move on?
 
speedy523 said:
i went so many damn times and everytime theres just that one guy in the tower scoping the freaking ocean. And i just checked gamestop and yup, seems to be delayed until the 15th...hope it gets leaked somehow at least, or it still comes out on steam on the 5th.

But Injection, when you get to the tower, can you just tell me what you did to move on?
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on Steam it says Available: September 6th, 2008
 
speedy523 said:
i went so many damn times and everytime theres just that one guy in the tower scoping the freaking ocean. And i just checked gamestop and yup, seems to be delayed until the 15th...hope it gets leaked somehow at least, or it still comes out on steam on the 5th.

But Injection, when you get to the tower, can you just tell me what you did to move on?
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Speedy, what resolution are you running it at? How's the framerate?

cannondale06 said:
on Steam it says Available: September 6th, 2008
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Well they don't have to PRINT the CD key which is the reason the retail version is delayed so makes sense, no? I'm so tempted to get the Russian version for now...
 
Angelus897 said:
Speedy, what resolution are you running it at? How's the framerate?



Well they don't have to PRINT the CD key which is the reason the retail version is delayed so makes sense, no? I'm so tempted to get the Russian version for now...
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im currently running 1280 x 1024 with everything on max and 12x Q AD CFAA and 16x AF and the framerate isnt constant but in the camp its usually at least 40 frames and outside its around 60 frames, but after i restarted my comp the frames are being weird, so i cant say exactly

Raap said:
At the tower you're just supposed to kill all the animals.
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i did, but i restarted the game from the beginning and i learned its a timed thing, if you dont go fast enough then you get problems.


So i eventually went past it and moved on, but i stopped to eat some Pepperoni Pizza. I took 4 more screenshots that im about to upload :)

And i gotta say i personally think stalker clear sky is way better looking than crysis :D
 
speedy523 said:
im currently running 1280 x 1024 with everything on max and 12x Q AD CFAA and 16x AF and the framerate isnt constant but in the camp its usually at least 40 frames and outside its around 60 frames, but after i restarted my comp the frames are being weird, so i cant say exactly



i did, but i restarted the game from the beginning and i learned its a timed thing, if you dont go fast enough then you get problems.


So i eventually went past it and moved on, but i stopped to eat some Pepperoni Pizza. I took 4 more screenshots that im about to upload :)
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Wait, are you using Edge-Detect with your 4870x2?
 
Angelus897 said:
Wait, are you using Edge-Detect with your 4870x2?
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yup 4x edge detect which is sampling at 12x CFAA

also here are 3 shots that i thought looked gorgeous. i was gonna link them, but these are too gorgeous haha

2rop17l.jpg


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wmmpg2.jpg


It was raining in all the shots, but its not completely visible in shots 1 and 3.

and heres a 4th http://i38.tinypic.com/1j4x07.jpg

Hope Everyone Enjoy's!
 
Way too much bump mapping, and the vegetation looks like shit...

Christ, Oblivion had better vegetation.
 
Arcygenical said:
Way too much bump mapping, and the vegetation looks like shit...

Christ, Oblivion had better vegetation.
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haha whats bump mapping? (and google aint working for me) Also the vegation in stalker has all the dynamic lighting, shadows, etc, applied to it which is why i like it better lol

Angelus897 said:
Looks good, is that last one a blow out or something else?
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blow out? do you mean the 4th one thats all red? If yes, im not sure, you hear explosions, the sky turns fiery and red like in the screenshot haha
 
speedy523 said:
haha whats bump mapping? (and google aint working for me) Also the vegation in stalker has all the dynamic lighting, shadows, etc, applied to it which is why i like it better lol


blow out? do you mean the 4th one thats all red? If yes, im not sure, you hear explosions, the sky turns fiery and red like in the screenshot haha
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Bump mapping is basically when you make a 2d texture look 3d. Blow out is exactly what you described.
 
Angelus897 said:
Bump mapping is basically when you make a 2d texture look 3d. Blow out is exactly what you described.
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ah, yeah i have the bump mapping option set in my graphics options. But overall, stalker has the most realistic atmosphere and feeling of any game i've played. :D
 
Wow, looks absolutely great, thanks speedy :). It seems like STALKER would benefit from a "r_UseEdgeAA" setting like Crysis has. If you enable the setting in Crysis, foliage looks MUCH more realistic as it really fills out leaves and trees.
 
Mr. K6 said:
Wow, looks absolutely great, thanks speedy :). It seems like STALKER would benefit from a "r_UseEdgeAA" setting like Crysis has. If you enable the setting in Crysis, foliage looks MUCH more realistic as it really fills out leaves and trees.
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"r_UseEdgeAA"? i have 12x CFAA forced through CCC do i still need to type that into the console in Clear Sky?
 
speedy523 said:
"r_UseEdgeAA"? i have 12x CFAA forced through CCC do i still need to type that into the console in Clear Sky?
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I was just hypothesizing, I believe such a feature is engine dependent and the XRAY engine doesn't have such a feature (it would be awesome if I was wrong though :D).

Edge AA is a neat little cvar for Crysis. It doesn't work with FSAA, and isn't as complete as FSAA, but it also doesn't have nearly the same performance hit. Here's some screenshots to compare. The first is set to "0", second is "1", and third is "2." I play with "2," and I really like the effect it has. Also, you can see the performance impact is very little; I'd say about 1FPS on average at 1680x1050.

r_useEdgeAA 0 - http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/2693/screenshot0002mc5.jpg
r_useEdgeAA 1 - http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/1601/screenshot0001iv8.jpg
r_useEdgeAA 2 - http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/4016/screenshot0000ph8.jpg

Anyway, looking at those foliage shots in Clear Sky, I think it would "fill out" the foliage better :). Ah well, there's always hope for the mod community :D.
 
Mr. K6 said:
I was just hypothesizing, I believe such a feature is engine dependent and the XRAY engine doesn't have such a feature (it would be awesome if I was wrong though :D).

Edge AA is a neat little cvar for Crysis. It doesn't work with FSAA, and isn't as complete as FSAA, but it also doesn't have nearly the same performance hit. Here's some screenshots to compare. The first is set to "0", second is "1", and third is "2." I play with "2," and I really like the effect it has. Also, you can see the performance impact is very little; I'd say about 1FPS on average at 1680x1050.

r_useEdgeAA 0 - http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/2693/screenshot0002mc5.jpg
r_useEdgeAA 1 - http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/1601/screenshot0001iv8.jpg
r_useEdgeAA 2 - http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/4016/screenshot0000ph8.jpg

Anyway, looking at those foliage shots in Clear Sky, I think it would "fill out" the foliage better :). Ah well, there's always hope for the mod community :D.
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ah, ill try that in a couple of minutes, but to use it, do i need to enable use application settings from CCC? because currently i have everything forced
 
speedy523 said:
ah, ill try that in a couple of minutes, but to use it, do i need to enable use application settings from CCC? because currently i have everything forced
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I have no idea to be honest. I don't even know if it's possible to do in STALKER. Looking through the CCC, you could try fooling around with the Adaptive AA feature and see if it changes anything. As it is though, what you see if the only way the engine depicts foliage and that's it.
 
Mr. K6 said:
I have no idea to be honest. I don't even know if it's possible to do in STALKER. Looking through the CCC, you could try fooling around with the Adaptive AA feature and see if it changes anything. As it is though, what you see if the only way the engine depicts foliage and that's it.
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ah thanx! and i already have adaptive AA and everything on max quality :) can't wait for the english version to tweak everything.

Also, if i get the came off of steam, will it still create all the game files such and the cfg's and etc?

aFive said:
enjoy
http://a5-studios.com/IMGP0890.AVI
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nice, i was gonna capture with fraps, but i dont know a great program to use to reencode to make it smaller. if anyone knows ill be happy to record a mission and post it up :)
 
speedy523 said:
Also, if i get the came off of steam, will it still create all the game files such and the cfg's and etc?
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Last time I checked, steam just installed 3rd party games in the steam folder, but didn't change anything within the game's directories. For example, instead of a game installing to C:\Program Files\Game\etc. the game would install to C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\Game\etc. I don't believe they've changed anything.
 
Angelus897 said:
Well they don't have to PRINT the CD key which is the reason the retail version is delayed so makes sense, no? I'm so tempted to get the Russian version for now...
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perhaps you should actually READ the quote I was directly replying to. Speedy mentioned it hopefully coming out on Steam on September 5 and I said according to Steam the date was September 6.
 
speedy523 said:
ah thanx! and i already have adaptive AA and everything on max quality :) can't wait for the english version to tweak everything.

Also, if i get the came off of steam, will it still create all the game files such and the cfg's and etc?



nice, i was gonna capture with fraps, but i dont know a great program to use to reencode to make it smaller. if anyone knows ill be happy to record a mission and post it up :)
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I was going to use fraps, but it kills my fps :(.
 
cannondale06 said:
perhaps you should actually READ the quote I was directly replying to. Speedy mentioned it hopefully coming out on Steam on September 5 and I said according to Steam the date was September 6.
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I did READ it. All I said was that it's probably not delayed due to the lack of printed materials (sorry if you misunderstood, doesn't mean I need your attitude).
 
Angelus897 said:
I did READ it. All I said was that it's probably not delayed due to the lack of printed materials (sorry if you misunderstood, doesn't mean I need your attitude).
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well from the way you worded your reply it appeared I was getting an undeserved attitude from you. also I still dont see the point of quoting me for your reply because it had nothing to do with what I said. I was simply saying to speedy that the 6th not the 5th was the date for the Steam release.
 
Heres a 2:30 clip walking around the Village at Night. The video looks amazing as the .avi but after be uploaded, it doesnt look as great. i'll most likely be uploading the file itself if anyone would like it, but for right now here ya go ! :D

http://speedy523.blip.tv/file/1220485/

Tell me what you guys think of the quality ;)
 
People are missing the point of STALKER entirely. It's not about the "best" graphics, it's about the "best" gameplay and depth of play. I you played one FPS on rails, you played them all. Sure add a new weapon and some physics and HL2 is the be all end all.

What is Crysis but a technology showcase just like Doom 3?

Don't buy STALKER if you want graphics, buy it if you want some substance and realism in your gaming diet.
 
vick1000 said:
People are missing the point of STALKER entirely. It's not about the "best" graphics, it's about the "best" gameplay and depth of play. I you played one FPS on rails, you played them all. Sure add a new weapon and some physics and HL2 is the be all end all.

What is Crysis but a technology showcase just like Doom 3?

Don't buy STALKER if you want graphics, buy it if you want some substance and realism in your gaming diet.
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some people want BOTH so leave them alone. theres nothing wrong with having nice graphics to justify that new video card. if you want to play it at 800x600 and DX8 mode then go knock yourself out. also your view on Crysis and Doom 3 is your OPINION. :rolleyes:
 
Arcygenical said:
Way too much bump mapping, and the vegetation looks like shit...

Christ, Oblivion had better vegetation.
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You mean specular lighting (glossy effect), that's because everyting is supposed to be wet because of the rain. But I agree it could be toned down a little, which I'm sure is adjustable in the configuration files.
 
cannondale06 said:
some people want BOTH so leave them alone. also your view on Crysis and Doom 3 is your OPINION. :rolleyes:
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Of course it's my opinion. Do you think you are special for noticing that? Right now you can't have BOTH, and that was not my point anyway. My point was SATLKER's appeal is in gameplay not graphics. So you can stop defending your beloved Crysis now and STFU.
 
Kowan said:
Curious why you think this is true?
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Because he's a fanboy? I enjoyed Crysis's story and gameplay and I like STALKER just as much, that's my opinion, but notice how I don't go off on a temper tantrum to state it.

Btw Kowan, nice bike :D
 
vick1000 said:
Of course it's my opinion. Do you think you are special for noticing that? Right now you can't have BOTH, and that was not my point anyway. My point was SATLKER's appeal is in gameplay not graphics. So you can stop defending your beloved Crysis now and STFU.
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STFU? wow I wish I was cool like you. first off little kid I was referring to Doom3 but since you mentioned both I decided to also since many people actually enjoyed BOTH games. your post served no point but to show your ignorant narrow minded view on things.
 
vick1000 said:
Of course it's my opinion. Do you think you are special for noticing that? Right now you can't have BOTH, and that was not my point anyway. My point was SATLKER's appeal is in gameplay not graphics. So you can stop defending your beloved Crysis now and STFU.
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I don't know about that. STALKER offers both graphics and gameplay. Heck, Stalker looks more realistic than Crysis (because of the textures used). Yes, Crysis is more impressive graphics wise, but it's more like a hollywood action film presentation than something real.

PS: Actually there are quite a bit of games which have great graphics and story (i.e. Assasin's Creed, MGS4, Orange Box, etc).
 
I'll wait until I play the game to make up my mind. So far, the screen shots are looking like both are possible. As they say, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
 
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