General Discusion Thread - A.R.E.A. mod for S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat

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It would be nice to have aliens in the zone)

I don't think that food immediately becomes radioactive while exposed is quite realistic for the atmosphere. Of course game stands in a fantasy world, but isn't this mod suppose to be otherwise as realistic as it can be?

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Could you explain a little about ' A-Life Radius ' option.? How it works & why you mentioned that smaller values are better for weaker PCs.Which are the 'problematic moments' you were referring.? I'm asking so we can have an idea too.

V0RtaL wrote:

Could you explain a little about ' A-Life Radius ' option.? How it works & why you mentioned that smaller values are better for weaker PCs.Which are the 'problematic moments' you were referring.? I'm asking so we can have an idea too.

It's the radiaus prom actor in wich dynamic objects and NPC are always online. The bigger is the radius, more resources need to process alife. Also, if a buged model or NPC is offline (outside a-life) game won't crash, so this can be handy to avoid some problematic places.

temetsu wrote:

I don't think that food immediately becomes radioactive while exposed is quite realistic for the atmosphere. Of course game stands in a fantasy world, but isn't this mod suppose to be otherwise as realistic as it can be?

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So what do you suggest?

Is there a way to actually make sense of the repair mechanics? Its unintuitive and i dont understand how to repair anything. I managed to get how to replace a barrel. But how do you replace the spring or trigger? How do u use the Small-caliber repair kit? Even if i had a gun with over 35% condition and caliber 5.45 when i right clicked on the small caliber kit ( the red one) nothing appeared in the box.

There is no guide or anything about repairs.

temetsu wrote:

I don't think that food immediately becomes radioactive while exposed is quite realistic for the atmosphere. Of course game stands in a fantasy world, but isn't this mod suppose to be otherwise as realistic as it can be?

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So what do you suggest?

Some kind of a contamination system; where your items (weapons, clothes etc.) is in danger to collect radioactive dust/dirt/particles and you have to clean your gear if you are exposed to areas like that, instead your consumables became radioactive in seconds.

Did I make any sense?

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After several saves I can't save no more... try to shut down the PSI-emitter in Yantar after receiving the helmet from Sakhorov. As I enter the complex downstairs I saved again and entered the elevatorroom (where the snork is waiting) to go down these yellow ladders (the last one you have to jump down) after I shot a few snorks I get killed by the the Bloodsucker and when I tried to load my last save I started again just before I entered the complex downstairs. Not where I saved (at the elevatorroom) I don't use quicksaves. So it is impossible to save more after some, say 20 saves ??

Swalter67 wrote:

After several saves I can't save no more... try to shut down the PSI-emitter in Yantar after receiving the helmet from Sakhorov. As I enter the complex downstairs I saved again and entered the elevatorroom (where the snork is waiting) to go down these yellow ladders (the last one you have to jump down) after I shot a few snorks I get killed by the the Bloodsucker and when I tried to load my last save I started again just before I entered the complex downstairs. Not where I saved (at the elevatorroom) I don't use quicksaves. So it is impossible to save more after some, say 20 saves ??

Are you playing with only with campfire saves ?

No, I don't. But I just heard that saving in a Danger Zone Area is not possible. I hoped that there is/was a way to changed some file in the game to extend the amount of saves. Thx for your answer.

Swalter67 wrote:

No, I don't. But I just heard that saving in a Danger Zone Area is not possible. I hoped that there is/was a way to changed some file in the game to extend the amount of saves. Thx for your answer.

No such option, you need to save where no enemy or they didn't spot your location.

Will the upcoming update gonna require a New Game.?

V0RtaL wrote:

Will the upcoming update gonna require a New Game.?

Currently not, i'll try to keep compatibily.

any tips for bloodsuckers? they seem impossible to spot before they hit you, i've played dead air and even there i don't think they're this bad

the stamina system also doesn't make much sense, at least with athlete, it doesn't pay off to walk, you run and then wait before running again, which isn't realistically the best way to move long distances, stamina drain on walking should be lower and higher on running

other than that, love the mod, really well made and fun

forced995 wrote:

any tips for bloodsuckers? they seem impossible to spot before they hit you, i've played dead air and even there i don't think they're this bad

the stamina system also doesn't make much sense, at least with athlete, it doesn't pay off to walk, you run and then wait before running again, which isn't realistically the best way to move long distances, stamina drain on walking should be lower and higher on running

other than that, love the mod, really well made and fun

Climb on something, use mines against them also melee weapons can help, just catch them when they become visible. Stamina restores when walk, even without athlete, this is not a bug.

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DSurs wrote:

Stamina restores when walk, even withoug athlete, this is not a bug.

It does not most times.

Issues that made me roll back to 1.1619:

- As i've already mentioned the new annoying auto crouch-stand mode with stashes and characters backpack.

- The new volume limit on character seems too bad compared to the previous. I mean i reached the limit so many times and because i picked up a pistol or similar small items they always made me dropping all the stuff of my inventory (+ backpack + the outfit i was wearing) to a point that i believe it's not bearable (for me).

If those two issues remained unchanged 1.1628 would be hell of an update. Oh well...

Hello new to AREA, i started a game of the menu not selecting anything crazy, but i ve never gotte nthe main story mode quest did i some how start my game out of story mode?

You need to talk to Doctor in order to start the story.He is located in the Swamps.

Where in the swamps I've checked all over clear sky base, the northern cave and all round the smaller campsites

phil he might be dead i found his corpse near the clear sky base u can still get the mission

For real, Jesus, is there any console commands to start the story? I played for like 8 hours before ever going to the swamp, so God knows where his body might be

Dude follow these steps so u can find him:

Download AREA revisions addon: Moddb.com.

Find a folder named ''Mark on the Swamp Doctor'' & copy it's content to your AREA's gamedata folder.

Then load your autosave in Swamps and while in game hit the F7 button and then open your PDA.

Zoom in a little while on PDA so you can find his current location. (I say this because if you zoom out completely his dot on map isn't visible.

That's all.

Dude you are a life saver, the tracker found him, his body was under the pump station, my run continues yet!

I would like to know from the dev team if the new open-close crouch mode with stashes and backpacks is going to be restored on the upcoming update.

Also, would love to see when reaching the inventory volume, character should drop the last thing he picked up and not all the gear (or almost all of it).

It would be cool when the red icon of the volume appears, if character holds nothing on his hands make it somehow possible to prevent items from falling down. This way we could change a high volume armor with the one we already wear without a freakin drop. Same good way as in 1.1619