Bug Report Thread Thread - L.U.R.K. mod for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl

I figured I might as well start one of these threads to help out the dev team.

- MP5 does not have any description. All it says is "Currently not in use."
- Sleeping bag has no icon, and sometimes will disappear without a menu pop-up when used. [Found by broadsword]
- Sleeping changes the time, but not the condition of the time (10AM is still dark). [Found by broadsword]

LURK crashes my game whenever i try to complete the first mission. When i talk to the trader and try and turn in the flash drive that i got from nimble, the game closes automatically.

drkknight74 wrote: LURK crashes my game whenever i try to complete the first mission. When i talk to the trader and try and turn in the flash drive that i got from nimble, the game closes automatically.

Download the Post Release Crash Fix. Megaupload.com

Edited by: Gobbi

Playing on master, found a few problems.

-Like Gobbi said, it's too easy to get the skat-9 very early
-STALKERs buy any non-vanilla weapons/ammo for their full price
-Traders sell artifacts/mutant parts for more than they sell them for (I haven't been abusing this)
-Side-quest rewards don't seem to be changed at all, despite the sell price for things going way up
-Some Fleshes are taking up to four loads of buckshot to the face before dying

I'm also curious if respawn time has been altered at all.

EDIT: Now whenever I try to load my Bar save, I get this error.

FATAL ERROR

[error]Expression : error handler is invoked!
[error]Function : handler_base
[error]File : E:\stalker\sources\trunk\xrCore\xrDebugNew.cpp
[error]Line : 749
[error]Description : std: out of memory

stack trace:

I have 2 gigs of ram...

Edited by: AgentJR

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Any idea how I can fix this? I have the patch, the fix and done everything the instructions have said.

Thanks.

XR_3DA.exe caused BREAKPOINT in module "f:\steam\steamapps\common\stalker shadow of chernobyl\bin\xrCore.dll" at 0023:002B7CB5, xrDebug::backend()+165 byte(s)

crash when loading game and yes I have the crash fix installed

Spicer001 wrote: Img121.imageshack.us

Any idea how I can fix this? I have the patch, the fix and done everything the instructions have said.

Thanks.

I get exactly this message as well, when I try to start a New Game. Version 1.0005.

Using Vista:

I complete the trader quest, walk around and do nothing in particular for 5 minutes, and then CTD.

Then I can't load the game unless I uninstall Lurk. /:|

I really appreciate the work you've done on the mod Bancave, but is this an open beta or something? Because its CTDs make it unplayable :p

AgentJR wrote: Playing on master, found a few problems.

-Like Gobbi said, it's too easy to get the skat-9 very early
-STALKERs buy any non-vanilla weapons/ammo for their full price
-Traders sell artifacts/mutant parts for more than they sell them for (I haven't been abusing this)
-Side-quest rewards don't seem to be changed at all, despite the sell price for things going way up
-Some Fleshes are taking up to four loads of buckshot to the face before dying

I'm also curious if respawn time has been altered at all.

EDIT: Now whenever I try to load my Bar save, I get this error.

FATAL ERROR

[error]Expression : error handler is invoked!
[error]Function : handler_base
[error]File : E:\stalker\sources\trunk\xrCore\xrDebugNew.cpp
[error]Line : 749
[error]Description : std: out of memory

stack trace:

I have 2 gigs of ram...

I used to get that quite a lot on SMP have you added the -noprefetch to your shortcut , also you could try removing shaders and/or levels folders or as a last resort buy some more memory and use the 3gb switch to try to fix it. Happy Hunting :-) just got to bar myself if you want you could try my save see what happens ttfn

Edited by: Gobbi

only for Stalker (eng)? i have german version

Expression : fatal error
Function : CStringTable::Load
File : E:\stalker\sources\trunk\xr_3da\xrGame\string_table.cpp
Line : 53
Description :
Arguments : string table xml file not found string_table_includes.xml, for language eng

new install+patch1.0005+ lurk0.9 + crashfix

Edited by: mcattack

JohnYukon wrote: Using Vista:

I complete the trader quest, walk around and do nothing in particular for 5 minutes, and then CTD.

Then I can't load the game unless I uninstall Lurk. /:|

I really appreciate the work you've done on the mod Bancave, but is this an open beta or something? Because its CTDs make it unplayable :p

Yes same +1

Edited by: Loading001

Alright, so ignoring the special quest, I ran to garbage, it's okay but you're practically untouchable in the tunnel (train tracks). I mean it. they walk towards you like zombies, inevitably get killed by an anomaly. So the entire bandit army gets wiped out by their own incompetence

Now at Bar beside the duty trader... there's 500 guns all lying on the ground, and it drowns my fps to a slideshow. Otherwise nothing wrong at the bar.

A few small gripes:
When you're out of ammo there's no running animation
You can attach ammo to belt (what use does that have?)
The electricity anomaly sounds like an atomic bomb going off.
Any reason why the pistol you get at the start has pinpoint accuracy?

Otherwise the the shaders, weather, and (most of) the textures are excellent. Iron out the bugs and crashes and you've got a good mod.

Hi everyone. I've been enjoying the mod so far, but I ran into a problem when I got to the Bar. When I entered the Bar, my game slowed way down, even after lower my graphic settings. Upon some further inspection I found this:

As you can imagine, this does a number on the physics engine. This is the area where the Duty member who occasionally says "What are you after?" resides. I'm not sure if it has something to do with him. I've never experienced this with vanilla STALKER or Oblivion Lost, so I'm assuming it's this mod (it's the only mod I have on top of a fresh install of STALKER).

Edited by: dorkster

Using 1.0552:

Fixed:
- If Seirly dies in the shoot out at garbage, there is no flash drive/PDA info on him and thus no way to continue the "Get information about Strelok" quest (fixed?)
- Early morning fog looks quite strange: 0300 hours, 0430 (fixed in patch 3?)
- It would be nice to have more sunny daytime weather (right now it seems to be cloud cover/raining during 90% of daytime hours)
- AK-74 is less accurate than the AKM? The AKM was made to enhance the AK-47, and the AK-74 was made to enhance the AKM. AK-74 > AKM > AK-47
- Silencer issue already mentioned in OP
- Unable to attach PSO scope to SVD (but the sniper scope works ...)
- This SOS call yields nothing upon investigation (issue with game, not mod created)
- SVD reload sound out of sync
- Flashlight has short range
- Crazy Bar FPS/too many guns issue
- Clipping with TOZ-34 iron sight graphics here
- 7.62x39 ammo not labeled correctly

New and Old Bugs I've Encountered:
- Loading a save where you were once stealth/unknown to and surrounded by enemies automatically alerts them to your presence
- When you save Sergei from jail he jogs for a bit, then sprints non-stop and goes totally ape shit all over the level after he gets shot at
- 9x39mm ammo weighs 0.07kg? Pretty light!
- Double scope issue when attaching PSO scope to Vintorez
- Vintorez inventory icon includes scope when weapon does not have scope attached (see above)
- No run animation with SVU
- No run animation with knife
- No run animation with binoculars
- Cloud ground shadows sometimes move blazingly fast - is this a design choice?
- Rain drop noises go silent while rain mesh/animation continues, possibly due to reloading saves
- Silencers that do not work are still in the barter lists
- Groza doesn't list attachments
- No scope on Mosin Nagant (to be accurate, only Mosin's with a bent bolt-handle can accept scopes, otherwise the bolt handle will hit the scope. Special "sniper" Mosin's were developed with this in mind.)
- Mosin Nagant reload animation clips
- Respawns in Wild Territory (just outside of Bar) are crazy fast and ruin gameplay. Sometimes they will spawn right on top of you and kill you without giving you a chance.
- Night vision doesn't stay on after loading a save or going to a new area, even if it was on before
- L85 is missing reload noise when the weapon is cocked at the end of the animation
- L85 scope stretches out on widescreen (1920x1200)
- Saiga 12k description states "not used"
- Arena guard headlamp issue
- Burer hand description is incorrect
- When rescuing the duty member from the basement cell, he was, well, not in the cell; quest completed by opening cell door, regardless.

Balance Issues:
- Reward for completing a "bring over X artifact" quest is less than just selling that same artifact
- Flesh (4500Ru) and Sparkler (3000Ru) have the exact same effects and different prices
- The AKM (longer and heavier) should have inferior handling and superior accuracy when compared to the AKMS (shorter and lighter)
- AKS (5.45x39mm, shorter, lighter) should have inferior damage superior handling than the AKMS (7.62x39mm, longer, heavier)

Personal Gripes:
- Loner camp trader's radio doesn't play music like vanilla STALKER (intentional?)
- Jump seems a little high (but I understand this helps jump fences, etc for stealth and for getting items)
- Some of the ambient sounds (weird horror screams) from other mods are pretty cheesy, and happen very often
- If the engine can work this way, it would be nice to have occasional bright nights with a full moon to mix things up.
- AN-94 model is kinda meh ...

My PC:
Gigabit X48-DS4 Mobo
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400 @ 2.66GHz
ATI 4870 1GB (latest drivers)
8 GB DDR-2 1066 RAM
Vista Home Premium 64-bit (legal copy; up-to-date)

Honestly though, guys - this mod is amazing and I have never had this much fun with STALKER, one of my top three games of all time. How can I donate?

[edited for clarity and for bug updates: 10/09, 0400, as of RC 1.0552]

Edited by: Daemonion

- No MP5 descripiton as mentioned by OP
- No sleeping bag icon as mentioned by OP
- The world turns ultra dark after sleeping regardles of in game time (12PM is dark as *****) as mentioned by OP
- Bodies are not dissapearing a well as their droped weapons which causes massive drops in frame rate and loading time.

XR_3DA.exe caused INT_DIVIDE_BY_ZERO in module "e:\s.t.a.l.k.e.r. - shadow of chernobyl\bin\XR_3DA.exe" at 001B:0040BBD5, CEnvAmbient::get_rnd_sound_time()+21 byte(s)

... I'm reinstalled SOC, installed 1.0005 patch, copied gamedata, and still isn't works! :/ I see I'm not alone...

Getting some weird graphical glitches with rainfall. Only with certain weathers does it seem to show this glitch. Sometimes the rain is completely normal. I have not seen this glitch in vanilla SHOC.

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Loading001 wrote: XR_3DA.exe caused BREAKPOINT in module "f:\steam\steamapps\common\stalker shadow of chernobyl\bin\xrCore.dll" at 0023:002B7CB5, xrDebug::backend()+165 byte(s)

crash when loading game and yes I have the crash fix installed

Getting this same issue on Win7 64-bit. No combination of any compatibility mode, running as administrator, or having -noprefetch in the shortcut seems to have any effect on it.

Even with some of the above mentioned problems this is an awesome mod gonna keep playing and see what happens, had no major lag even at bar. just a few bits that make the gameplay odd do you want me to post any errors/ctds or do you want to leave it untill the next release ? Good luck and thanks for all the hard work.

@ Daemonion I don't have any of the major problems such as lag, bodies staying etc either just the minor niggles as you have already stated in your post one addition is missing description for burer hand .

I did same install route as yourself even patching from 1.0001 through to 1.0005

Edited by: Gobbi

I get this ERROR everytime I play about 5 minutes!!!

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: XR_3DA.exe
Application Version: 0.0.0.0
Application Timestamp: 472217f9
Fault Module Name: XR_3DA.exe
Fault Module Version: 0.0.0.0
Fault Module Timestamp: 472217f9
Exception Code: c0000094
Exception Offset: 0000bbd5
OS Version: 6.0.6001.2.1.0.256.1
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: 0bef
Additional Information 2: d7b07579d1d72b88ce91f8d09b72fe4a
Additional Information 3: 3acf
Additional Information 4: 77106692ce6d373d3574df4fd809e02f

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He released a new crash fix:

New Patch:
www[dot]megaupload[dot]com/?d=4AZDH0WA

Cumulative as of 9/21/09

-Fixes Duty Trader Issue
-Fixes Selling and Purchasing at lower rates
-Fixes INT_DIVIDE_BY_ZERO crash
-Fixes crash following Nimble's Quest

Thanks for the link mate

Just got back from Dark Valley not a single problem ( apart from the rodents/bloodsuckers etc etc ) Having a drink with the rookies till tomorrow.

Figured you guys would want to know this. Apparently what we all have is a leaked tester version so bugs are to be expected. The real release is on the 25th and will probably have most bugs fixed.

Installed the patch, thanks.