Briareos H on 20/11/2009 at 12:24
Thank you Koki, after reading this I think I'll be getting the russian version and the english patch.
@Mothra
Didn't have the possibility to turn off the sun shafts specifically in the benchmark, so I'll be sure to try to fiddle with dx9/dx10 options in the game (which kind of defeats the point of a benchmark in a first place :/) to see whether the large drop in dx10 performance comes exclusively from god rays on my system.
BTW, during the benchmark the only difference I could notice was in wet surfaces. And of course AA. Not enough to justify dropping below 20 fps when I get 40+ using dx9 without the 2xAA.
clearing on 20/11/2009 at 12:28
Quote Posted by 242
maybe the reviewer bears a grudge against Ukrainian devs
:cheeky: Yes of course!
242 on 20/11/2009 at 12:30
Quote Posted by clearing
:cheeky: Yes of course!
I did notice that in some of his comments on the forums. Anyway, even if I'm mistaken, AG clearly doesn't like Stalker.
PS: Actually, I mixed up the reviewer and other guy.
mothra on 20/11/2009 at 12:44
Quote Posted by Briareos H
Thank you Koki, after reading this I think I'll be getting the russian version and the english patch.
@Mothra
Didn't have the possibility to turn off the sun shafts specifically in the benchmark, so I'll be sure to try to fiddle with dx9/dx10 options in the game (which kind of defeats the point of a benchmark in a first place :/) to see whether the large drop in dx10 performance comes exclusively from god rays on my system.
BTW, during the benchmark the only difference I could notice was in wet surfaces. And of course AA. Not enough to justify dropping below 20 fps when I get 40+ using dx9 without the 2xAA.
you can in the game itself. I just did put everything on max and then gradually lowered / removed it. I disabled volumetric fog(cpu hog), sunshafts, turned off ssao and "better water". I left the wet surfaces, volumetric lightning, sunshadow(high), smooth particles on and could slide objects/textures/distance to max and retain 70fps in rooms, 30-60fps outside. It's perfectly playable like this. btw, dx10 looks for me to handle dark shades better, meaning they show more contrast for me than in dx9 mode.
mothra on 20/11/2009 at 12:48
I didn't do any of the artifact quests by Beard since they don't give you any location (like Dredger), it just says "get artifact a, b or c". there was never any special location mentioned.......and the artifacts do change sometime if you ask him many times without taking any quest. Maybe this comes later ?
like I said, I only "finished" zaton and just arrived at zankov station.
or wait, do you mean the very first ever artifact mission ? where you get the wheel from the old ship ? this one I did.
Koki on 20/11/2009 at 15:52
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or wait, do you mean the very first ever artifact mission ? where you get the wheel from the old ship ? this one I did.
Yeah, that one. I was just curious how did it turn out because it comes with a twist :cheeky:
mothra on 20/11/2009 at 16:15
after exiting the ship the stalker asked me for the artifact (my friend is so sick....yes, yes, of course....) and I told him no. after he said something like "you will regret this" I decided to shoot him right away. then 2 friends of him opened fire (I assume they have already been laying in ambush) which I desposed of with a splinter grenade. Mission completed :)
242 on 20/11/2009 at 16:51
Quote Posted by mothra
Mission completed :)
Yep, and you lost a number of quests ;)
Koki on 20/11/2009 at 17:29
Holy shit, really? I always capped him too. But I felt I was doing it wrong, because it's such a hard firefight, especially on Master.
Well that's a good reason to replay the game for the third time.
mothra on 20/11/2009 at 21:41
thx for the info, a friend asked me exactly the same today (he did not fight them) but I'm good for now, another thing to look forward to later :)
