| S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of
Chernobyl |
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| Test System: |
| OS:
Win2k |
| Processor:
Pentium4 - 2.6 @ 3.0 |
| Video:
X800 Pro - Core @ 488.25 / Memory @ 558 |
| Ram:
1.5GB |
| LCD
Monitor: 19" NEC 90GX2 |
| SoundCard:
Audigy 2 |
| Mouse:
Logitech MX510 |
| Controller:
Nostromo N52 |
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Speakers: Medusa Pro
Gamers 5.1 Headset
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| Far
from top of the line but a good example of the
average, if not lower level box. |
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| Background: |
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Giving
you a little bit of my gaming background will most
likely give you a little insight
to what I have to compare S.T.A.L.K.E.R against.
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| I've
spent most of my game time playing COD, CODUO, COD2,
FarCry, Quake4,
and the Half-Life series. |
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Pre-Installation:
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While
the game was installing I took a look at the included
manual and the publisher's website located
here THQ.
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The story states: On
April 26, 1986, the world's worst nuclear accident
occurred: Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl
power station exploded, releasing clouds of radioactive
matter. Soviet authorities
established a 30km 'Exclusion Zone' around this nuclear
wasteland, but
in 2006 a second explosion rocked the stricken
reactor...
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Installation:
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First
thing I did after installing is check online to see if
there were any updates. I
went to THQ's support
page and clicked on the 'CLICK
HERE FOR NEW PATCHES' link, nothing came up for
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. I
also took a minute to look through the S.T.A.L.K.E.R FAQs. |
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| A couple of issues: |
| I
spent the first night with the game locking up my
computer. |
| As I
overclock my card I may have to play with the cards
numbers a bit to get settings a
game is happy with. But just in case, I googled on the
problem and found the games site
which does have a patch in it's 'Downloads' section.
After installing the
patch, no more lockups. |
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| When
setting up my controls I couldn't get the game options
to recognize anything
past button 3 on my mouse. Having 7 buttons I've grown
accustomed to using them all.
This is a big hit for me as I now have to decide what
are the most important features
to map to the mouse and N52. I'm too old and
uncoordinated to use mouse, n52 and keyboard
all at the same time:), and as you will see this game
is much more than your average FPS.
Note: as of patch 1.003 the game now recognizes all my
mouse buttons. |
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| All Right!!! Ready to
play!!! |
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