S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky

Is it better then the first? I wasn't impressed with it but the 2nd one sounds like it's getting great reviews

 

its plain awesome. graphics are Top notch, Gameplay is freaking awesome! the AI is plenty smart, and the gameplay is sooo dynamic

 

Cool, started the download an hour ago

 

is it playable on the 8600m gt ddr2?

 

i think it is, the game is very scalable, it even supports DX8 cards, so you can get the FPS you want depending on what settings you playing at.

 

is it recommended to play the first stalker before going into this game?

 

can someone with an 8400gs report in on what kind of FPS they get on static lighting and what res?

 

I havent completed the first one personally, actually, playing the first one is quite confusing, the second one is a prequel, so the understanding of the story about who you are, what are you doing, and what the heck is the zone is way better than the first

 

From what I gather in the reviews, you won't lose anything if you play Clear Sky first or only one. I guess lots of areas are the same, just an earlier time frame.

 

Anyone still playing this on a 6831 FX? I like the game but the random Vista BSOD's are 'killin me.

I'm leaning toward new video drivers but checking to see if anyone has tried different drivers with good results with the 8800GTS.

I'm still running old 167.46 with Steam's latest Patch 1.5.05.

TIA

 

i started playing it on my 6860FX and i also get the BSOD's a lot. i'm using the 177.85 driver. i think i read it caused by a memory leak or something like that.

 

So this is the worst optimized game in the history!!! Its totally unplayable in DX10. Even DX9 is screwed up in here. In WSXGA I get better fps with 8xAA then without it!!!! its just sooo weird. This game needs some serious power!! Also it only utilizes one of my 4 cores!!!?? W.T.F!??? The only game really that needs that much ower to run is Crysis but at least there we do get the visual goodies. Clear sky in terms of performance is a total let down. Lets hope the gameplay is good.

 

Well , that depends. On my 8800GT 512mb the game ran only on high/med settings, and was still only getting 30-40fps avg.

since I got my HD 4850's the game runs completely maxed out perfect, over 100fps in 1920x1080 all max. In single card mode it still runs mostly maxed out at over 60fps avg.. Also make sure you have the latest update.. it increases performance ALOT.

 

I personally found clear sky disappointing,but loved STALKER.

I would have preferred to play clear sky first.

 

I ve installed 1505 patch and still no go. Performance is terrible. I get about 30% more FPS in FarCry2 then a single 4850 so I dont know whats causing the problem

 

Other than random BSOD's, broken quest, and lot's of other flaws, I still enjoy the game. I make no excuses for the poor performance on my laptop.

I think even the Stalkers are bummed..NO Stalker babes

I take it that people using ATI GPU's are not getting BSOD's as unknown55525's desktop? Glad to hear some can run it maxed..enjoy!

 

Two weeks ago when I was running on a single 8800GT, and when I was still gaming on my Sager with a 8700m GT the game DID crash ALOT! I beat the game for the first time on my 8800GT desktop, and the game crashed probebly over 100 times during my play through. Also one of my game saves got corrupt after I saved during one of those radiation storm things, and had to start out about 4 hours before that point with one of my older saves.

But yea, after I got these HD 4850's, the game is extremely smooth maxed out, and hasn't crashed yet.. I'm also playing it through right now with a few mods, and still no crashing..

On a side note, the game RUNS on my Acer aspire one! Ok yea I know it's a net top, but it runs! and sorta playable at about 10-15fps avg on lowest settings in 1024x600

 

i can't even play for 5 minutes without getting a blue screen. i tried to play the other day and now my saves don't work.

 

Patch 1.5.06 Released


http://stalker.deepsilver.com/patches.php?lang=eng


S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky V1.5.06 patch notes:

V1.5.06

Saved games:

1.5.04 and 1.5.05 saved games will be compatible with patch 1.5.06.

Game changes:

- Fixed an error when the wounded guide didn't want to lead the player anywhere.
- Increased the number of items for sell for the trader at the goods market.
- Added the possibility to upgrade SVDm 2 at Freedom's mechanic.
- Fixed game crash upon the attempt to speak with the wounded character.
- Fixed an error, which led to the blocking of the storyline quest completion at Yantar (the door to Sakharov's bunker couldn't be opened).
- Increased the amount of money of the bandits' trader.
- Fixed the displacement of the military warehouses on the PDA map.
- Added the possibility to load the last saved game by pressing space bar after the player's death.

Render improvements:

- Added DX10.1 support.
- Added MSAA for alpha-tested objects ("alpha-to-coverage" for DX10.0, custom "alpha-to-coverage" for DX10.1 for better performance, native DX10.1 implementation for better quality).
- Added new quality level for sun-shadows (ultra) for better picture quality.
- Added new min/max shadowmap technique (which takes advantage of DX10.1 when available) allows to speed up high quality sunshafts rendering for top video boards and high resolutions.
- Added high quality sun shafts acceleration for DX9 renderer.

Multi player:

- Fixed various game crashes of server and client sections.
- Added the detailed server's statistics.
- Changed the saving of the server online-dump (dump is saved to online_dump.ltx).
- Added the changing of keyboard layout by pressing LCtrl +LShift.

All other changes from earlier patches are also included.