Hi everyone!
Here is a little place for my own "journal" of the current game, where I will write about things I learn and how I did them and all that.. Please - do comment, do ask if you want to know more, don't be shy.. and make this thread alive :)
For the start - a little "howto" guide of getting fully upgraded CS1 suite, AC96/2, and SEVA real soon in the game, and how to do it all in 4 game days, and before ever entering Agroprom
I have to mention few things though.. I use 1.5.07 patch of the game, and these mods:
- my map pack for PDA/minimap (to get around easily)
- Gnomus' scopes (cos they look so nice)
- having weapons in base camps (no forcing of holster anymore)
- having 50 bodies on the map as maximum, before they disappear (to have time to loot them all.. and the game looks a bit more realistic)
- 5-ton carry weight (yeah, HUGE cheat, so what ; makes my game faster and neater )
- bandages heal 20-30% of health (so I have only bandages on hotkey, and never use medkits)
- a little bit better headlamp
- Russian character names and Russian sounds
- ALL bullets have like half the piercing strength (so I can hide behind a tree or a case or a metal sheep without getting killed, seems right to me.. and make STALKER a more enjoyable game; I did not use this on the first game, but I do use it now)
OK, now that you know my "loadout" here is a bit about my gaming.. I've played CS first time using 1.5.04-1.5.05 patches, and had no strategy at all, and was just learning the new game system and all. I've finished that game with way more mods than I have in current game Than I had a pause (because of RL lack of time) and was reading GSC Game forums a lot.. So I started a new game armed with a lot more expirience, and some THEORIES. And so here I am, a few game-days later, with SEVA, CS1 and AC96, all fully upgraded, and I won't need a thing in my game anymore. EVER. Except repairing those 3, and looting the corpses/finding artifacts.
So here is how it started.. (I'll make one post for each part of the game so be patient )