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

When you get the mission for the Compass later, there is a new work around. There will be a stash with the needed item.

Ok then, thank you.

As stated below, you just got unlucky and need to try different tactics this time. I've also had the defending stalkers get distracted early chasing mutants and get them selves all killed. It doesn't surprise me Spartacus' crew get decimated sometimes.

Nothing is wrong, just bad luck with roll of dice. Each playtrough is different from previous one in this game.

I tried 20 times for 2 hours… With my current gear is impossible to be decisive in the fire-fight, it's a result just to get through it alive! Maybe the dice is rolled at the start of every game and reloading my save just before activating the mission changed nothing?

Don't know, it is usualy easiest mission for me. As soon as I talked to bandit to begin raid, when they start to go slightly in chanel under ship I toss grenade on them. Quite a lot of times it is enough and any bandit that remains is usualy easy pick, either by me or Spartakus squad.

Only difficult thing is to loot bandit bodies before Spartakus squad.

Yes, sure. This is the first time that I find it difficult to finish it without a vicotory for the Stalkers.

Almost forgot:
- saves in lit camp-fires or main shelters only
- buying imported food not allowed (usable only if found in loots)

I only allow override saves in areas with circles on the map, and F5 for crashes.
I can only buy items that aren't available to strip from dead corpses: suits, artifact canisters, speed, unique scopes.

I only barter with NPC's, no traders. So you are limited to what they have for choice, and limited by how much cash they hold (usually less than 5000) Money accumulates as you use only the ammo you loot and the very little available to buy.

I buy upgrades from mechanics, skipping those would also further reduce the effectiveness of both weapons and armor. That is one thing I have not tried yet.

I wonder if there is some piece of code which could automatically cap your cash limit ... rather than resetting to zero as if you were robbed...

No weight carrying drugs like epinephrine will make life much more regimented, the tunnels will be rough.

Nice ones! So you also sell to NPC only?... That's harsh! They buy at a third of a normal trader… Cool.

About the money: how to reset? I was thinking to buy some random weapons and then just fall them on the floor, to be donated to our comrades. Any other smarter method?

Of course it would be totally OUTSTANDING if all this limitation could be colded and selected as optional (no traders, cash limit, cash reset, no imported food, etc.).

No traders could be coded, but why waste limited coding time on something you can just choose not to use? You would just go into all the traders files and put zero or no next to each item. You can't sell artifacts to traders either, including Beard. You have to sell them to NPC's when they have the cash. Dropping pristine weapons would be a worthy way of donating, but only being able to buy what NPC's have on them makes having all that cash really worthless. You're talking about being without cash for a hour of play at most, then business as usual.

Better one hour than nothing! It's another challenge: ok, you can be already geared-up in the middle of the game, but if you have to make some cash again it's another thing to think to, not bad.

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