LBs LADC 1.4007 Compilation V.3 file

LBs LADC 1.4007 Compilation V.3, INSTALL INSTRUCTIONS FURTHER DOWN

V.2 and V.1 IS INCLUDED, please see V.1 notes in link below:

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WILL NOT WORK WITH DCE!!!!

- Removed the flyby cutscene in army warehouse when informant shows up with a car, it served no purpose. Now he appears after actor radio's Ghost.

-Added a small dialog tree with "Huckster" the bandit trader in Old Road. It didnt make sense this NPC wouldn't say anything if you walked right in, or decided to kill all the bandits (even though they are non aggressive inside the farm). Which ever you choose, his response can work both ways.

- Non adjusted and adjusted psi helms now have different inventory textures, showing the difference in the two

- Dozens more Eng text lines updated for clarity.

Previous small patches in V3:

• Updated swamp heli script to no longer have the heli crash at start, now it no longer appears at all. (The small fly by scene still happens, I have tried to get rid of it many times, but nothing seemed to work)
• Updated the face texture of Veles, so he just doesn't look like a generic military NPC. A subtle change, he just uses a cloth mask now to cover some scars you can see around his face like other Sin
• Updated 2 plant textures in swamp area so they don't overlap at the top of the texture and show a line in thin air
• Updated some more news lines and Eng lines for clarity
• Removed the Garbage sniper fly by cut scene (this will only work on a new game, wont cause issues if you are past that part already though)
• Edited more news lines for clarity
• Changed the swampbeast material foot sound to "medium." It was on large, which is the sound a giant makes when walking. Also updated the swampbeasts general sounds.
• Edited a couple misc. lines in Eng texts for clarity

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V.2 Notes:

Artifact Merging:

My favorite thing in stalker is to hunt and collect artifacts.

In DC the number of recipes for artifact merging was cut to 6. I have created 6 brand new artifacts, so there are now 12 recipes. These new artifacts each have multiple properties (both good and bad), offering a little more diversity and can be fairly strong.

Some additional notes:

• Rates for success and failure tweaked, leaning more towards success for most
• Merging time is dropped to 1 hour for everything
• The new artifacts weigh more than any of the artifacts found in anomalies
• Changed some text for artifact merging in a few files
• The models and textures of the artifacts were used from an artifact expansion mod. This was stuff from AMK and older mods most likely. All credit goes to the original creators of the models, I take no credit in creating the models or textures

2 issues (not really bugs, as can probably be fixed, but I don’t know how).

• *EDIT: When purchasing the recipes, YOU MUST PURCHASE THE NEW RECIPES FIRST (they are: porcupine, spore, zeal, sweet roll, macguffin, necklace). If you do not purchase all the new ones first it may lock you out of purchasing the old ones. If someone knows how to fix this, please let me know!
• All of the recipe’s cost 6k ru, it will crash with any other amount, no idea why.

Stalker News Network:

Added the awesome stalker news network. The entire file, was machine translated into English. I then edited and cleaned up the lines so they make sense and fit into the game world. This was a HUGE endeavor, there are thousands of lines… I think my machine translation editing days are done after this project.

• News appears about once an hour (or random) during the day and less at night. It ranges from single line statements to little conversations between multiple NPC’s.
• Updated all news icons to better match other LA icons. Icons used from “TRX Dynamic News” by Tronex
• Numerous fixes to correct faction icons so they match the corresponding speaker. I still may have missed some though. Let me know if certain conversations seem out of place. For example, if you see a generic bandit respond to Sakharov let’s say, but it looks like the response should have been from Deedee because they are discussing more in-depth zone related science.

Vehicles:

Vehicles can no longer be purchased. I never liked that you could purchase a vehicle and it magically appeared. If a map has a vehicle spawn point, then it is still there though. To me, this gives the player a better sense of preservation for the vehicle, knowing there is a limited amount in the world.

*I have simply commented out the dialog option to “remove them.” To change back, see below:

Go to gamedata\config\gameplay\npc

Then character_desc_bar

Search for “dm_vehicle_purchase” and uncomment by removing the <! -- and -->

Install instructions:

First install LA DC 1.4007, DO NOT HAVE ANY MODS SELECTED WHEN INSTALLING. IF DC IS ALREADY INSTALLED (WITH NO MODS, CLEAN), A NEW GAME IS SUGGESTED.

Open LB’s comp archive with 7z or Winrar

Move LB’s comp gamedata folder into the root dir of where you installed LA DC 1.4007

Move the folders from the bins archive to your LA DC 1.4007 root dir and overwrite. Make a backup of the whole bin folder if you wish.

Move the configurator exe from the Lost Alpha Configurator archive to your LA DC 1.4007 root dir and overwrite. Make a backup of the original configurator if you wish. *This is the newer one from DCE which works better.

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Compatible mods from the configurator once everything else above is installed:

1. Russian VO mod (pretty much required imo). But if you don’t want to use it, then delete the folders below. Though some files I made silent will still play, like annoying laugh/high pitch sounds in some areas.
   1. sounds\characters_voice\scenario
   2. sounds\script_replics\trader
2. Grass Sprites on levels in high quality
3. Updated Swamp v.1.00

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ANY OTHER MOD WILL NOT WORK WITH THIS OFF THE BAT, EXCEPT THE 3 I MENTIONED ABOVE. YOU WILL NEED TO MERGE OR FIGURE IT OUT YOURSELF IF SOMETHING DOES NOT WORK. SO THIS MEANS PRM WEAPON PACK IS NOT COMPATIBLE!!

THIS MOD DOES NOT FIX ANYTHING TO DO WITH SPAWNS.

THIS MOD DOES NOT FIX ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE REMAINING CUTSCENES, WHICH ARE NOT MANY.

THIS MOD DOES NOT FIX THE RANDOM CRASHES YOU MAY STILL GET BECAUSE OF XRAY.