Why hasn't this mod been posted to stalker.filefront.com?

[ahilej 0]

Hi,

I am Ahilej, I am registered at filefront.com - stalker files - and at AMK group site as well.

The reason is simple. There is a mod, as you already know, called "Oblivion Lost" or something similar, which was built, in it's essence, of 70% or more of AMK team files. There I mean scripts, sleeping, NPC looting, creative AI, and other most cool stuff that is really AMK team achievement. And no one's else. The developper of this "Oblivion Lost" added some storyline changes and sidequests, most of the added are not suitable for the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. in itself, more likely for a games like "Elder Scrolls" or similar. And claimed the mod as his intellectual property. Since the poor "Oblivion Lost" was entirely in English, the english-speaking gamers community, out of misunderstanding, did not intercepted the AMK mod 1.4. EN 2.0, which was also unfinished by translation means. "Oblivion Lost" is much more easy to play, it has shining suits and other textures, and useless cars (and other useless stuff!) and... most of the gamers registered at FileFront really do not cared for real S.T.A.L.K.E.R. gameplay and creative achievements, just for mere fun. IMO.

Here I do not want to say that PC gaming should not be fun, here I just want to say that there is a thin line in gaming, when it is crossed, I know that the game - or mod - is made just to offend my intelectual or emotional capabilities. Maybe not intentionally, but this is the case witn "Oblivion Lost", which is, in my oppinion, just a cloned mod built upon AMK base, and it's gameplay - "Oblivion Lost" gameplay - offends me very much.

I have finished AMK, both English and Russian, more than ten times, and I have never felt offended. I am playing it again, and I eagerly wait for the AMK 2.0 release with new maps and script.

If we want a proper and deserved place for AMK 2.0 english at Filefront, then we will have to... fight for it!

Of course, if moderators at Filefront allow us to.

Привет!

 

Ахилеј

 

[ahilej 0]

Hi,

'Oblivion Lost" team got what they have got from AMK team in exchange for some weapon textures and 'ragdoll' physics correction, etc. AMK never had proper English translation. Filefront users do like mods... well, easy to play and pretty to see. IMO. Most of them. I just downloaded mod from there, for ShoC 1.0005 with best textures I have seen, I play ShoC from 2007. And mod was awful to play. Why? After hundreds of hours of work with graphics, weather, paralax mapping, AI, spawn etc. etc the author didn't realized that weapon's ballistic, accuracy and ammo spec's in "vanilla" are ridiculous.

So for Filefront.

Maybe they will accept AMK 2.0, we will see. But, in my oppinion, they did not payed due attention to AMK 1.4.022 EN intentionally. I cannot confirm that, but I can guess that there was some unofficial request from OL team.

OL is a big circuss, as I can see it. Lots of monsters spawned in tight ingame locations, hordes of bloodsuckers in unbeleiavble places, controlers and Burers visiting Bar and making stalkers kill each other every evening, quests like "kill the main Burer from which every Burer in the Zone takes orders", and, yes, final fight with the Boss after the fiveteen teleporters, the poor Boss is Controller with-a-ton-and-a-half of health, you can kill him only if you spawn specific anomaly in his way, by throwing an artifact. What is this? Nintendo...

I do not want to offend anyone, but this is not S.T.A.L.K.E.R. as I see it. I have read the Strugatski's book, looked Tarkovsky's film, played ShoC with many mods, and still think that OL is the worst of them. And, of all the mods I downloaded I play only AMK now.

I agree, and I understand, because I am living in a post-communist country, it is a bit hard to understand how one can manage only with Makarov etc. As you can maybe guess the point, this is a way how we LIVE here. On the first 'job' Marked One is probably sent to die, they simply do not want him or do not believe him. Or have sent several men before him, and they didn't return. In my way of thinking. The idea with a starter pack is good, but maybe a little later, just before job with Army documents from Agroprom.

And yes, he could keep his old and worn stalker suit, with 10% bullet proof, or so. The one he is wearing in the start movie.

Nevertheless, I often manage to get AKSU from bandits spawned at ATP later ingame. And, as you sure know, there is ammo box at the old Mill roof with 120 5.45x39 rounds. So I do not leave Cordon unarmed. Ammo box with 20 12x70 slugs can be found at the ATP roof.

But I do like the idea with additional armament and artifact(s) from Sidorovich, Marked One is working for him and he has proved himself useful. :-)

 

[ahilej 0]

:-)