Stalker Call of Pripyat??

[Burning Bridges]

I have this on my HD for some months, not played much. Not that I find it bad, on the contrary, just (still) too much fighting and horror elements for my taste.

Anything new in the last months, mods etc? (esp. for people like me who like it to become a exploration type game)

 

[The Vanished One]

If you don't like the fighting and horror there is little that can be done I'm afraid. There is some exploration, especially if you do all the side quests and hunt for artifacts, but I'm not sure if that it's enough for you.
It was the only STALKER game polished enough that I could play it without mods. If you can wait more the Complete mod will undoubtly improve it

http://www.moddb.com/mods/call-of-pripyat-complete

If not, ArmosFear and Redux are out. I played neither, but they look like they are worth a try.

http://www.moddb.com/mods/atmosfear-for-call-of-pripyat
http://www.moddb.com/mods/call-of-pripyat-redux

 

[deshields538]

Horror was the best part about the old Shadow of Chernobyl game. Doing the Agroprom Tunnel sequence without any idea of what to expect down there was awesome, especially the controller part.

 

[Admiral jimbob]

 

[DraQ]

There is quite a lot of exploration in CoP - stashes can now be found without info, and most are cleverly hidden, also some quests can only be triggered by poking around where you should not.

Horror was the best part about the old Shadow of Chernobyl game. Doing the Agroprom Tunnel sequence without any idea of what to expect down there was awesome, especially the controller part.

How about X18?

 

[deshields538]

Horror was the best part about the old Shadow of Chernobyl game. Doing the Agroprom Tunnel sequence without any idea of what to expect down there was awesome, especially the controller part.

How about X18?

It was awesome too, especially the banging door that you have to open and find out what was on the other side. I was actually relieved when it just turned out to be some demonic red gas cloud that screamed and shot fire at you.

Didn't compare to that first run in with a controller in Agropom though. I'm ashamed to admit that I didn't attempt to fight the controller and just ran away like a coward.

 

[SoupNazi]

I didn't think you COULD fight the controller. The screen got so wacky and health was going down so fast that I thought you were supposed to run away.

 

[Admiral jimbob]

I charged at him and plunged my knife into his face like a true bro. Surprisingly, it actually worked, controllers can't really do shit to you up close.

 

[Jaesun]

I finished this a few days ago and give it a big thumbs up. I felt like CoP was the way the first STALKER should have always been (game mechanic wise, like quests, modding, the new hand scanners etc...). The new achievement system (with its good and negative effects) were great. The quests were a lot better, the ending slides (ala Fallout), as well as the new modification system.

The game feels a bit smaller than SoC in that there are only 3 main areas, and then you get to explore places within them. Overall, I still enjoyed it. The one thing it does really need is an Economy mod, that basically makes loot a lot harder to find, and stashes that are really worth it when you come upon them.

 

[dextermorgan]

So is there any way to make this thing run acceptably on an old lappy with Nvidia Quadro 140?

 

[relootz]

I played Cop and i enjoyed the roaming around a lot!

 

[Tails]

The one thing it does really need is an Economy mod, that basically makes loot a lot harder to find, and stashes that are really worth it when you come upon them.

You can check out M.A.I.O. then - Tweaks AI, Weapons, Mutants and also economy, iIt has also included pretty smug HUD. Also I recommend Stalker CoP Sound Overhaul, which basically replaces many sound with better ones, especially the guns. Another neat thing is AtmosFear for Call Of Pripyat which improves weather system in a massive way.

 

[Jaesun]

The one thing it does really need is an Economy mod, that basically makes loot a lot harder to find, and stashes that are really worth it when you come upon them.

You can check out M.A.I.O. then - Tweaks AI, Weapons, Mutants and also economy, iIt has also included pretty smug HUD. Also I recommend Stalker CoP Sound Overhaul, which basically replaces many sound with better ones, especially the guns. Another neat thing is AtmosFear for Call Of Pripyat which improves weather system in a massive way.

See, this is the one thing I just HATE about the STALKER modding community. Some mods have some really really nice features, but then they just cram tons of other shit I just do not want or like. If they would release them modular like or possibly use something like Weidu (like the BG mods) that would be ideal.

It's like they all have ADHD "hey guize! I'mma make a loot balance patch! Oh yeah, then I'mma gonna change all the weapon sounds. Also let me tweak some mutant stats! I have an Idea! Let's now make anomalies tougher!" etc etc...

 

[Sceptic]

It's like they all have ADHD "hey guize! I'mma make a loot balance patch! Oh yeah, then I'mma gonna change all the weapon sounds. Also let me tweak some mutant stats! I have an Idea! Let's now make anomalies tougher!" etc etc...

This is the reason why I only used ZRP and SRP with the first 2 games (and nothing with COP). COMPLETE and AtmosFear and a few other mods had lots of things I wanted, but even more things I DO NOT WANT. ZRP was great for this because you could just go into its config utility and edit all the non-bugfixes yourself (like upgrades, no quest respawns and so on)

 

[Tails]

See, this is the one thing I just HATE about the STALKER modding community. Some mods have some really really nice features, but then they just cram tons of other shit I just do not want or like. If they would release them modular like or possibly use something like Weidu (like the BG mods) that would be ideal.

It's like they all have ADHD "hey guize! I'mma make a loot balance patch! Oh yeah, then I'mma gonna change all the weapon sounds. Also let me tweak some mutant stats! I have an Idea! Let's now make anomalies tougher!" etc etc...

And what so wrong with that? you seem trying too hard now. Anyway, in case of M.A.I.O (since I'm quiet sure you didn't even bother to check) it's separated into different branches/directories - AI, Weapons, Mutants and Realism path which contains better economy but also some drastic changes. But you can overall choose what you want to use. I don't get why you have problem Atmosphear or with sound replacing mod when the new sounds are much better, and this is the case of Stalker CoP Sound Overhaul.

Personally so far I used only HUD from M.A.I.O. package and this Stalker CoP Sound Overhaul and game became nicer.

 

[DraQ]

It's like they all have ADHD "hey guize! I'mma make a loot balance patch! Oh yeah, then I'mma gonna change all the weapon sounds. Also let me tweak some mutant stats! I have an Idea! Let's now make anomalies tougher!" etc etc...

This is the reason why I only used ZRP and SRP with the first 2 games (and nothing with COP). COMPLETE and AtmosFear and a few other mods had lots of things I wanted, but even more things I DO NOT WANT. ZRP was great for this because you could just go into its config utility and edit all the non-bugfixes yourself (like upgrades, no quest respawns and so on)

Same here - only ZRP with some custom DIY quick fixes and translation.

I'd love some more extensive upgrades, but they come bundled with lolwuts.

Still, CoP could use much more lethal anomalies - one of the few things CS did extremely right.

 

[praetor]

Also I recommend Stalker CoP Sound Overhaul, which basically replaces many sound with better ones, especially the guns.

a more important feature of the sound overhauls (both of them) is that the sounds are properly commented so it could be also considered a bugfix