Difference between revisions of "S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky"

Revision as of 22:40, 2 March 2015

Warnings

GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl	2007
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky	2008
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat	2009
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Lost Alpha (Unofficial)	2014
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl	2023

Key points

Strong modding community.^[1]^[2]

Use the Multi-Patch to replace GameSpy features.

General information

Official website

Developer's forum

The S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Wiki

TweakGuides guide

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Steam Users' Forums for game series

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Uses Tages + Solidshield DRM. StarForce for Russian release^[3]
GamersGate
GOG.com
Steam		Comes with 1.5.10 patch preinstalled.^[4] Tages DRM is reported to be inactive.^[5]

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Instructions

Multi-Patch

The Multi-Patch replaces the GameSpy master servers and optionally forces Vsync. The Steam version is already patched.

Patch 1.5.10

The latest version of the game is 1.5.10. This version allows for additional effects with DirectX 9 rendering that were previously reserved only for the DirectX 10 renderer. It also fixes many game breaking bugs, improves overall performance and fixes some problems with Tages DRM. The patch can be downloaded here.

Large Address Aware

Improves stability on systems with at least 3GB RAM by allowing the application to use more than 2GB RAM.

Modifications

The Sky Reclamation Project (SRP) is an unofficial patch which fixes bugs that remain in the latest official patched version of the game.

Clear Sky Complete focuses on improving graphics, sound and gameplay. A limited range of bug fixes is also included.

Game data

In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location

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System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/20510/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

CD key, language and GameSpy ID are stored in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\GSC Game World\STALKER-STCS

Save game data location

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System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/20510/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

In-game general video settings.

In-game advanced video settings.

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Field of view (FOV)

Instructions

Input settings

In-game control settings.

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Audio settings

In-game audio settings.

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Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian				Not available in Steam version.
Polish				Only available in Polish retail release. Not available digitally. Features optional Polish voice-over translation.
Russian
Spanish
Turkish
Ukrainian				An official Ukrainian patch is available here, can be installed over the Russian version of the game only.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		32
Online play		32	Use the Multi-Patch to replace the GameSpy master server.

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP	3783, 6515, 6500, 6667, 13139, 27900, 28900, 29900, 29901

Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

Issues fixed

"Unable to connect to master server" error

The GameSpy master server has been shut down; use the Multi-Patch.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	2000 SP4, XP SP2	XP, Vista SP1
Processor (CPU)	AMD XP 2200+ Intel Pentium IV 2.0 GHz	AMD 64 X2 4200+ Intel Core 2 Duo E6400
System memory (RAM)	512 MB	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	10 GB
Video card (GPU)	ATi Radeon 9600 nVidia GeForce 5700 128 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.0 compatible	ATi Radeon HD 2900 XT nVidia GeForce 8800 GT 512 MB of VRAM DirectX 10.1 compatible

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/20510/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (20510) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

[Proton_path_note-6] 1.0 ^1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/20510/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (20510) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[1] Stalker Mods, Stalker Maps, Stalker Downloads - S.T.A.L.K.E.R. filefront

[2] S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky Game - Mod DB

[3] FILEnetworks Blog: S.T.A.L.K.E.R : Clear Sky (English) - Cracked or not?

[4] Planning to buy Clear Sky - Steam Users' Forums

[5] GamersGate version has no DRM - why Steam? - Steam community discussions

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Developers
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	GSC Game World
Publishers
	Deep Silver
Engines
	X-Ray Engine
Release dates
Windows	August 22, 2008