S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Patch 1.0001

by Steve Gibson, Mar 26, 2007 9:06pm PDT

The first S.T.A.L.K.E.R. patch has been released over at FileShack. The list of fixes is huge so just click 'more details' on the file page. This patch will break your save games!

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By: FormerHPB x Show Full Post

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hmmm.... I'm not that far in yet, so I think I will apply the patch and start over. :(

Mar 27, 2007 5:46am PDT

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hmmm.... I'm not that far in yet, so I think I will apply the patch and start over. :( : FormerHPB
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- I'm going to do the same. The gameplay is a delight so I don't mind replaying. : rasputinreborn
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  Yeah, but that begs the question... and when the next patch arrives and it also break save games? Will yo... : zehh
  - This is what I want to know. : famine101

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By: warcrow x Show Full Post

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What? WHAT! That's some fucking bullshit right there. If you release a patch that "breaks" your player bases saved games, then YOU need to figure a way to make it right. Because now, everyone who purchased the game and has played it since launch it fucked because of your shitty support plan. Way to think this one through, guys.

What a load of crap.

Mar 26, 2007 10:28pm PDT

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What? WHAT! That's some fucking bullshit right there. If you release a patch that "breaks" your player ba... : warcrow
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By: node x Show Full Post

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And no Vista fixes at all. Oh well, guess I'll keep waiting for this to get even more bugs fixed.

Mar 27, 2007 1:48am PDT

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And no Vista fixes at all. Oh well, guess I'll keep waiting for this to get even more bugs fixed. : node
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  I havent had any issues on Vista x86. What problems are being reported on vista? are they x64 issues main... : Angry_Badger
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    - Same here, not a single crash. : rasputinreborn

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By: madclown x Show Full Post

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THis game is crap.

Can't play for more than 10 mins without it either locking up or bluescreening and rebooting my machine.

Same crap even after the patch... what a joke, I can't imagine how many people that bought this are now pulling their hair out because its so buggy.

Good job on the QAing THQ... good job.

Mar 26, 2007 10:42pm PDT

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THis game is crap. Can't play for more than 10 mins without it either locking up or bluescreening and ... : madclown
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By: zehh x Show Full Post

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Yay for patch, but BREAKING SAVE STATES? What the hell? This is not a regular FPS where you can load a map to backtrack your pre-patch position.

Really, WTF.

People ought to wait some more time for a couple more patches before buying/start playing this game.

Mar 27, 2007 11:12am PDT

Yay for patch, but BREAKING SAVE STATES? What the hell? This is not a regular FPS where you can load a ma... : zehh

#72

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By: thejm4n x Show Full Post

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I don't understand how they couldn't allow loading a recent autosave. Other games had this kind of thing after a patch was released. It would save headaches.

Mar 27, 2007 10:45am PDT

I don't understand how they couldn't allow loading a recent autosave. Other games had this kind of thing... : thejm4n

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By: AhmNee x Show Full Post

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I hope this patch stops NPS stepping into fires and dying. Had Wolf do that to me in the Army Warehouses Area. Annoying. But I'm loving this game. And though the game hangs now and again during mid-zone loads, it resumes in a few seconds. I've had no other problems.

Mar 27, 2007 8:45am PDT

I hope this patch stops NPS stepping into fires and dying. Had Wolf do that to me in the Army Warehouses : AhmNee

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By: Schnapple x Show Full Post

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This causes a dilemma

If you continue to play your current saved games then you're likely going to never be able to patch, ever.

But if you patch not only do you have to start over but we don't even have the vaguest notion that this will be the last time you might have to patch.

Has anyone just tried patching and then loading their game anyway? I know it probably won't work but if it just happened to work you'd keep some progress...

Mar 27, 2007 5:27am PDT

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This causes a dilemma If you continue to play your current saved games then you're likely going to nev... : Schnapple
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- Yeah I did. The savegames are still listed but if you try to load it you get an error that it's an incor... : r_picmip 5
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  I think this wil be the last time you have to lose your savegames. I think the reason we can't use our ol... : trelain
  - that doesn't sound real confident :/ : byorn

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By: el0j x Show Full Post

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Your explanation makes almost no sense to me. There shouldn't be any need to even _think_ about this problem on a word basis nor attempt any kind of parse.

Assuming this forms part of the filename, the only thing that is needed is to

1. Accept character string S as input.
2. Repeat (1) until filesystem accepts S, or user aborts.

At no point is the existance of one or more ' ' an issue.

Personally, I think there's something to be said for separating "save title" and "save filename".

Mar 27, 2007 5:12am PDT

Your explanation makes almost no sense to me. There shouldn't be any need to even _think_ about this prob... : el0j

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still runs like total complete and utter shit. bummer

Mar 27, 2007 2:44am PDT

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still runs like total complete and utter shit. bummer : mega man
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- The game looks fucking amazing max. details. I can almost run it high, but I have to make a tradeoff b... : Rice-Rocketeer
- Yeah, it didn't help with the dynamic lighting issue. I wonder if it's even an issue or just a massive r... : r_picmip 5

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By: S1ing B1ade x Show Full Post

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Well. I'm glad I waited to play this game until it got a patch...

Sucks for everyone else though :(

Mar 27, 2007 4:54am PDT

Well. I'm glad I waited to play this game until it got a patch... Sucks for everyone else though :( : S1ing B1ade

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By: r_picmip 5 x Show Full Post

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It says if you're outside of the US you have to install a different EXE. I guess my Canadian ass is going somewhere else for the file.

Mar 26, 2007 9:39pm PDT

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It says if you're outside of the US you have to install a different EXE. I guess my Canadian ass is goin... : r_picmip 5
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  - Thanks, installing now. Saying US and not North America annoys the hell out of me for some reason. I'... : r_picmip 5
- I installed the US patch and it worked just fine. : AlexXdude
- Wait you didn't hear? Canada has been annexed by the US. : S1ing B1ade

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Give up.. this game should have been released in 2005 or so.. this is just another Boiling Point.. not even 5* 200mb patches will fix this mes up they released.

I dont get it, i really dont how many testers did actually test this game during 6 years? my guess is less then 20 cause the result we have is a big joke.

Mar 27, 2007 1:52am PDT

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Give up.. this game should have been released in 2005 or so.. this is just another Boiling Point.. not ev... : swebarb
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- I really haven't had any show stopping bugs. Im actually pleasantly surprised by how little problems Ive ... : Angry_Badger

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reminds me of fallout hahaha

Mar 26, 2007 9:29pm PDT

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reminds me of fallout hahaha : nandu666
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- Hahahaha. :) YEAH. : Rice-Rocketeer
- Hah yeah, I was gonna say... "They're just trying to make the game even MORE like fallout." : cycopl

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By: Rolphus x Show Full Post

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What worries me with all this is that a number of the bugs appear to relate to areas of the game I haven't got to yet.

So, do I patch my game and lose 3-4 hours of play, or do I leave it?

Is there any response from the devs as to whether future patches will break saved games, or whether a save conversion tool can be released? I assume not.

Also, can you feel the quality? 65 fixes, and then:
66. Various balance issues in Singleplayer and Multiplayer.
67. Various known exploits/cheats.
68. Various other issues.

Mar 27, 2007 1:33am PDT

What worries me with all this is that a number of the bugs appear to relate to areas of the game I haven' : Rolphus

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This whole patch list is a "who's who" of "WTF?"s.

"58. Saved game are over written when attempting a second save uses the first saved game's name followed by a "space" and any other word or number during single player campaign."

You'd have to put in extra code _just_ to fuck up like that!

Mar 26, 2007 9:53pm PDT

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This whole patch list is a "who's who" of "WTF?"s. "58. Saved game are over written when attempting a ... : el0j
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- Not really, their word reader probably was delimited at a space, so it stopped reading the filename after... : famine101

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Does this fix the dynamic lighting??

Mar 26, 2007 11:42pm PDT

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Does this fix the dynamic lighting?? : noven
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- Was the dynamic lighting broken? : thewriter
- I had object dynamic lighting on, and when I got to Garbage the game lagged bad whenever I looked at a ce... : rabididiotchild

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Wasn't sure if I should restart the game or not. I guess I am now...

Mar 26, 2007 11:12pm PDT

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Wasn't sure if I should restart the game or not. I guess I am now... : Sturm08
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- I guess it's worth it as many people claim that performance is increased as well as some game play issues... : born_to_play

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By: Flynn x Show Full Post

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33. Problems with ÃƒÂƒÃ‚Â¢ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â€ÂšÃ‚Â¬ÃƒÂ‹Ã…Â“SlugÃƒÂƒÃ‚Â¢ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â€ÂšÃ‚Â¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â€ÂžÃ‚Â¢ artifact.
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we need a patch for chance notes please

Mar 26, 2007 10:17pm PDT

33. Problems with ÃƒÂƒÃ‚Â¢ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â€ÂšÃ‚Â¬ÃƒÂ‹Ã…Â“SlugÃƒÂƒÃ‚Â¢... : Flynn

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It says that the any saved files before this version will not work, how can I play my old saved files then?

Mar 26, 2007 9:21pm PDT

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It says that the any saved files before this version will not work, how can I play my old saved files the... : Darkfox76
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  You can play your saves if you won't patch teh game. That's the only way :-P : ghjkghjk
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    Yeah, looks like it. But what about quick saves? uh? doesn't say anything about that, right? : Darkfox76
    - Quicksaves are still saves. Those won't work either. : finger

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By: insta x Show Full Post

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RARGH saved games RARGH fuck fixing bugs i want to play my saved game forever RARGH

Mar 26, 2007 9:36pm PDT

RARGH saved games RARGH fuck fixing bugs i want to play my saved game forever RARGH : insta

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By: aerelorn x Show Full Post

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"Saved Games

Please note that Saved games from previous versions will NOT work with the patch."

WTF? Nice of them to do this after everyone's been playing for a week.

GFG asshats.

Mar 26, 2007 9:23pm PDT

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"Saved Games Please note that Saved games from previous versions will NOT work with the patch." WTF... : aerelorn
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- lol yah back to the pistol levels... : gyokuro
- God damnit, I'm pretty far in too >:( : r_picmip 5

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By: nandu666 x Show Full Post

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doesn't seem worth patching, all the problems i have are related to random quests being impossible.

Mar 26, 2007 9:27pm PDT

doesn't seem worth patching, all the problems i have are related to random quests being impossible. : nandu666

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By: oneshot x Show Full Post

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WTF

Saved games from previous versions won't work with the patch.

Mar 26, 2007 9:20pm PDT

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WTF Saved games from previous versions won't work with the patch. : oneshot
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- unacceptable. : chuck577
- HOMER (looking up at God): "YOU'RE PUSHING ME BABY!!!" : Schnapple

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