Radiation problems..... Thread - MISERY mod for S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat

I don't know if this is a bug, or some kind of mistake in balancing or that i'm not doing something right, but radiation seems to kill me really fast in 2.1 compared to 2.0.2. When i get an artifact in my inventory it near kills me before i can even sell it. if this new change is intentional i would to know if environmental suits help with artifact emitted radiation or if there is anyone other way to recover artifacts without spamming vodka and meds. ive tried using one of the artifact container thingy's and it didn't help out to much, not only that but when i put the artifact inside i couldn't remove it from my inventory in any way possible. now im stuck in game and die 2 minutes from when i load and it seems there is nothing to be done. Please help me.

...that'll be the Altered Wheel then? It's especially deadly, I presume to make it a little harder to get some easy cash early on. Not that the external radiation, three aremed stalker, one in a Rad Suit vs you with possibly a rusty Makarov, knife, and a sweater isn't hard enough...

The radiation from the wheel is lethal, I don't think any of the containers can contain it completely, though I'd recommend the Lead Lined container. As a quest item, you can't remove it from your inventory whilst it's in a container, you have to take it out first. I personally gave it to Tuna then used my knife and turned him into a teabag, whilst irish jigging around him in circles outside the Shadovsk. It worked on my 17th try.

Its new thing science 2.0.2, artifact radiate now while wearing them in inventory. There are special containers that you can put them in so they can't radiate and if you want to equip them. Naked artifact can't be equiped in 2.1. Look for those containers at beard or owl and you will understund the use of them.

Clarification required - as in vanilla, artifacts emit radiation whilst "attached to belt", new science rightfully introduces the same amount of radiation even if it's only in your inventory. Naked artifacts very well can be "attached" to belt, but you'd need intravenous vodka, and a continuously burning cigarette to live longer than five minutes before you turn inside out.

If you want to equip an artifact and enjoy it's perks without the radiation, there are three types of container: IAM AAC AAM in order of shit to good, light to heavy, cheap to expensive. Each one successively soaks up more radiation than the last. There is also a Lead container LLMC I think it's called. You cannot wear this, it is only for carrying artifacts in your inventory. It will contain all the radiation and perks from all artifacts, though I've never tried it on the Altered Wheel. It worked on Compass and Heart of the Oasis though.

Thanks for the reply's, now I know that 2.1 isn't completely broken like I thought. But I have a compass inside a container inside my inventory and I can't take the compass out of the container or the container out my inventory. I suspect that this is a bug and if there anything I can type in console or a file I can change or anything to fix my game I would be happy to know.

Not a bug, you need to use the Artifact Handling Tool. It's basically a set of red tongs. Understandably, they are a 1 unit item, hard to notice in a full inventory. Try trading with someone, they'll be highlighted red as they cannot be sold and so they should be easier to spot.

One (almost) bug is : whilst they cannot be dropped or moved into a stash, the quick release system will deposit them into your backpack along with other select items. Don't despair though, even if you use quick release and go artifact hunting, as soon as you put an artifact into a container, a new Artifact Handling Tool will appear magically in your inventory, allowing you to remove artifacts from containers. If you've read all of this you might now realise you have TWO artifact handling tools - one in your backpack wherever you left it, and one in your inventory. Again, don't panic, once you recollect your backpack and have 2x Artifact handling tools, use them to remove an artifact from a container ie double click them, remove the artifact, and one of the artifact handling tools will have been "used up" and disappear, leaving you with just one infinite, indispensable artifact handling tool, back to normal