DoctorX Call of The Zone

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat mod |

Call of The Zone is a standalone modification for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. – Call of Pripyat that allows you to explore the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone – a desolate and highly contaminated region of Ukraine that has been abandoned and closed off for decades ever since the 1986 Chernobyl disaster. What has been going on in this irradiated wasteland since then? There are no shortage of rumors and conspiracy theories, each more fantastic than the last. Rumors of mutated wildlife, brainwashed cults, secret experiments, and unexplainable paranormal events abound, as do promises of great riches and wildest dreams coming true for those who are daring or desperate enough to try to break through the cordon. You are about to find out for yourself what is true and what is yet undiscovered, and experience for yourself all the Zone has to offer... or to take from you.

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terezius
terezius
Jul 16 2021 Anchor

I have tried everything I even tried disabling all my audio devices and restarting my PC before booting it up.

* Detected CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core Processor [AuthenticAMD], F15/M1/S0, 3603.00 mhz, 40-clk 'rdtsc'
* CPU features: RDTSC, MMX, 3DNowExt!, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2
* CPU cores/threads: 12/12

Initializing File System...
using fs-ltx fsgame.ltx
FS: 39955 files cached 49 archives, 6522Kb memory used.
Init FileSystem 0.657751 sec
'xrCore' build 6756, Aug  5 2017

EH: 452A8CD0188F3DACB0A1CEF02CF04941

-----loading f:\s.t.a.l.k.e.r. - call of the zone\gamedata\configs\system.ltx
-----loading f:\s.t.a.l.k.e.r. - call of the zone\gamedata\configs\system.ltx
Initializing Engine...
Starting INPUT device...
Loading DLL: xrRender_R2.dll
Loading DLL: xrRender_R3.dll
refCount:m_pAdapter 1
Loading DLL: xrRender_R4.dll
command line 
Executing config-script "user.ltx"...
! Cannot open script file [user.ltx]
Loading DLL: xrRender_R1.dll
Loading DLL: xrGame.dll
! Unable to find Software\GSC Game World\STALKER-COP\ in registry
! Player name registry key (InstallUserName) not found !
* [win32]: free[3951740 K], reserved[124944 K], committed[117556 K]
* [ D3D ]: textures[0 K]
* [x-ray]: process heap[22362 K], game lua[0 K], render[0 K]
* [x-ray]: economy: strings[12193 K], smem[0 K]
SOUND: OpenAL: enumerate devices...
SOUND: OpenAL: EnumerationExtension Present
dir[0]=F:\S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - Call of The Zone\bin\
dir[1]=F:\S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - Call of The Zone\
dir[2]=F:\S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - Call of The Zone\bin\
dir[3]=C:\WINDOWS\system32\
stack trace:

0023:77572320 MSCTF.dll, TF_IsCtfmonRunning()
0023:77571ABD MSCTF.dll, TF_IsCtfmonRunning()
0023:6B4B099A textinputframework.dll, TsfOneCreate()
0023:6B4B051C textinputframework.dll, TsfOneCreate()
0023:7755304F MSCTF.dll, CtfImeProcessKey()
0023:77556B15 MSCTF.dll, CtfImeDispatchDefImeMessage()
0023:77556B7E MSCTF.dll, CtfImeDispatchDefImeMessage()
0023:77772318 IMM32.DLL, ImmEnumInputContext()
0023:775571CC MSCTF.dll, CtfImeDispatchDefImeMessage()
0023:77557835 MSCTF.dll, CtfImeDispatchDefImeMessage()
0023:77557905 MSCTF.dll, CtfImeDestroyThreadMgr()
0023:777771C2 IMM32.DLL, ImmAssociateContext()
0023:75BB83B2 combase.dll, CoUninitialize()
0023:75BB7F55 combase.dll, CoInitializeEx()
0023:65F05964 dsound.dll, DllCanUnloadNow()
0023:65EFB3D3 dsound.dll, DllCanUnloadNow()
0023:65EFAB8A dsound.dll, DllCanUnloadNow()
0023:65EFB982 dsound.dll, DllCanUnloadNow()
0023:65EF6748 dsound.dll, DllCanUnloadNow()
0023:65EF65DB dsound.dll, DllCanUnloadNow()
0023:0BDC1D92 wrap_oal.dll, alcCloseDevice()
0023:779C3C06 ntdll.dll, RtlFreeHeap()
0023:772A7FAD KERNELBASE.dll, GetProcAddressForCaller()
0023:00E03566 OpenAL32.dll, alSourceUnqueueBuffers()
0023:76DB7136 GDI32.dll, D3DKMTCreateAllocation()
0023:76DB7154 GDI32.dll, D3DKMTCreateAllocation()
0023:76DE301C win32u.dll, NtGdiDdDDIMapGpuVirtualAddress()
stack trace:

0023:77572320 MSCTF.dll, TF_IsCtfmonRunning()
0023:77572ACF MSCTF.dll, TF_IsCtfmonRunning()
0023:7754DA3A MSCTF.dll, HasDeferredInputForCoreDispatcher()
0023:7754D625 MSCTF.dll, HasDeferredInputForCoreDispatcher()
0023:7754C822 MSCTF.dll, CtfImeSetActiveContext()
0023:76FAD439 USER32.dll, GetClassNameW()
0023:779F4E7D ntdll.dll, KiUserCallbackDispatcher()
0023:77A24883 ntdll.dll, RtlCaptureStackContext()
0023:779E7A4E ntdll.dll, RtlGetAppContainerNamedObjectPath()
Sanctuary
Sanctuary
Jul 17 2021 Anchor

I don't know why this problem is happening to you, but as Call of the Zone is built on the Call of Chernobyl engine, let's try with the basic requirement.

- You need the DirectX June 2010 redist (it does not come with Window 10 for some reason despite several older games require it, even if window 10 comes with more modern directx, silly microsoft as usual).

And in their effort to purge their hosting servers, silly microsoft removed it this year from their website. Fortunately with archive.org you can still get it :

Web.archive.org

Install it.

Then you have OpenAL, many games that requires it install it, but it's possible you don't have it on your system, i'm not sure it's really needed for Call of the Zone, but it's always good to have anyways :

Openal.org

Install it (the window installer, not the SDK one).

Now try to launch Call of the Zone (make sure you have Call of the Zone 1.0 patched to 1.2, and have for now installed no addon)

If it does not run, try to move your

f:\s.t.a.l.k.e.r. - call of the zone\ into
C:\s.t.a.l.k.e.r. - call of the zone\

to see if by any chance the problem is coming from the engine unable to run in a drive that is not C:\


If it is still not working, let's try this :

Microsoft DirectPlay feature (that many old games used) is disabled by default in Window 10 for some reason, fortunately enabling it is very easy :


In cortana type "control panel" and click on the icon that appear of it
in the control pannel, click on "Programs" then on "enable / disable window features"

In the list, develop "Legacy Components" and just enable Direct Play listed under it, Ok and it will enable it. No more problem for old games.

Edited by: Sanctuary
terezius
terezius
Jul 28 2021 Anchor

I could run Call of Chernobyl just fine, Anomaly as well.

I have a Scarlett 2i2 audio interface though so if it's like the audio problem it might be that. Didnt install OpenAL when I tried last time, so I hope that works. I'm really hyped for this mod because of the way quests flow together it just seems so natural for a place where everything is based on barters and loose agreements.

Tried the directplay thing as well but it didn't work.

After restarting and shutting down the logitec gaming software and malwarebytes after boot up I managed to load into the menu and change settings, I then applied them and tried to restart but then it didn't want to start anymore either.

I can post new log

* Detected CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core Processor [AuthenticAMD], F15/M1/S0, 3603.00 mhz, 32-clk 'rdtsc'
* CPU features: RDTSC, MMX, 3DNowExt!, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2
* CPU cores/threads: 12/12

Initializing File System...
using fs-ltx fsgame.ltx
FS: 39958 files cached 49 archives, 7002Kb memory used.
Init FileSystem 0.755693 sec
'xrCore' build 6756, Aug  5 2017

EH: 452A8CD0188F3DACB0A1CEF02CF04941

-----loading f:\stalkermods\s.t.a.l.k.e.r. - call of the zone\gamedata\configs\system.ltx
-----loading f:\stalkermods\s.t.a.l.k.e.r. - call of the zone\gamedata\configs\system.ltx
Initializing Engine...
Starting INPUT device...
Loading DLL: xrRender_R2.dll
Loading DLL: xrRender_R3.dll
refCount:m_pAdapter 1
Loading DLL: xrRender_R4.dll
command line 
Executing config-script "user.ltx"...
[appdata\user.ltx] successfully loaded.
Loading DLL: xrRender_R3.dll
Loading DLL: xrGame.dll
* [win32]: free[3940396 K], reserved[138804 K], committed[115040 K]
* [ D3D ]: textures[0 K]
* [x-ray]: process heap[22832 K], game lua[0 K], render[0 K]
* [x-ray]: economy: strings[12192 K], smem[0 K]
SOUND: OpenAL: enumerate devices...
SOUND: OpenAL: EnumerationExtension Present
dir[0]=F:\StalkerMods\S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - Call of The Zone\bin\
dir[1]=F:\StalkerMods\S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - Call of The Zone\
dir[2]=F:\StalkerMods\S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - Call of The Zone\bin\
dir[3]=C:\WINDOWS\system32\
stack trace:

0023:769C2120 MSCTF.dll, TF_IsCtfmonRunning()
0023:769C18BD MSCTF.dll, TF_IsCtfmonRunning()
0023:6A26099A textinputframework.dll, TsfOneCreate()
0023:6A26051C textinputframework.dll, TsfOneCreate()
0023:769A303F MSCTF.dll, CtfImeProcessKey()
0023:769A6B05 MSCTF.dll, CtfImeDispatchDefImeMessage()
0023:769A6B6E MSCTF.dll, CtfImeDispatchDefImeMessage()
0023:76502318 IMM32.DLL, ImmEnumInputContext()
0023:769A71BC MSCTF.dll, CtfImeDispatchDefImeMessage()
0023:769A7825 MSCTF.dll, CtfImeDispatchDefImeMessage()
0023:769A78F5 MSCTF.dll, CtfImeDestroyThreadMgr()
0023:765071C2 IMM32.DLL, ImmAssociateContext()
0023:76118382 combase.dll, CoUninitialize()
0023:76117F25 combase.dll, CoInitializeEx()
0023:5D5F5964 dsound.dll, DllCanUnloadNow()
0023:5D5EB3D3 dsound.dll, DllCanUnloadNow()
0023:5D5EAB8A dsound.dll, DllCanUnloadNow()
0023:5D5EB982 dsound.dll, DllCanUnloadNow()
0023:5D5E6748 dsound.dll, DllCanUnloadNow()
0023:5D5E65DB dsound.dll, DllCanUnloadNow()
0023:06281D92 wrap_oal.dll, alcCloseDevice()
0023:76EA3C16 ntdll.dll, RtlFreeHeap()
0023:76BC80AD KERNELBASE.dll, GetProcAddressForCaller()
0023:00DD3566 OpenAL32.dll, alSourceUnqueueBuffers()
0023:74F37234 GDI32.dll, D3DKMTCreateAllocation()
0023:76DC301C win32u.dll, NtGdiDdDDIMapGpuVirtualAddress()
0023:6792BBE3 d3d11.dll, D3D11CreateDevice()
0023:6794B6DA d3d11.dll, D3DKMTWaitForVerticalBlankEvent()
stack trace:

0023:769C2120 MSCTF.dll, TF_IsCtfmonRunning()
0023:769C28CF MSCTF.dll, TF_IsCtfmonRunning()
0023:7699DA2A MSCTF.dll, HasDeferredInputForCoreDispatcher()
0023:7699D615 MSCTF.dll, HasDeferredInputForCoreDispatcher()
0023:7699C852 MSCTF.dll, CtfImeSetActiveContext()
0023:75EF1C59 USER32.dll, GetClassNameW()
0023:76ED4E9D ntdll.dll, KiUserCallbackDispatcher()
0023:76F048A4 ntdll.dll, RtlCaptureStackContext()
0023:76EC7A6E ntdll.dll, RtlGetAppContainerNamedObjectPath()
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