Here is the long awaited third patch for S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Lost Alpha. Due to the changes in storyline and engine, it's required to start a new game after you installed this update.
Your previous saves made with 1.3002 will not work. This patch is cumulative, so you will not need to install the previous (1.3001 or 1.3002) patch at all.
Install notes:
Unpack the zip somewhere, and run the setup. It will wipe the previous patch content, as well as gamedata, and bins directory from the game. So if you had modded files, make sure you back them up before you run the patch.Beware, mods created for previous patches will not work with this 2nd patch until mod makers make them compatible. We can not give support in this case.
Changes log:
Fixes:
- fixed "can not open video stream" crash on Swamp
- fixed missing sprint anim for Fort pistol
- fixed weather getting stuck on "af_preblowout"
- fixed Sin being hostile for no reason on Darkscape
- fixed random NPCS at kamp in garbage
- fixed Lukash anomaly machine task dialog
- fixed crash to desktop after final arena battle- fixed errors with unupgradable stalker exo outfit
- fixed third gift dialog with Ivancov
- fixed case where sometimes Mole would not talk after military battle
- fixed Can't find include file:[text\eng\string_table_tasks_swamp.xml]
- fixed [error]Description : No available phrase to say, dialog[out_hunter_start]
- fixed stalker trader leaving his post on Construction level
- fixed Sarcofagus battery not disappearing after use
- fixed case where Dolina prisoner won't talk to you if you open the cell before he is captive
- fixed crash with "missing section"
- fixed unresponsive military at cordon bridge
- fixed military blockposts getting hostile for no reason
- fixed early message to meet Mole from Seriy task
Addons:
- finetuned weapon damages again
- finetuned step sounds for earth surface (they were too silent)
- finetuned monster damages again
- finetuned ai reactions for silenced weapons and certain materials
- raised the headlamp's light angle
- disabled ammo repacker until we can make it better
- upgraded bandit outfits will now also work for the bandit infiltration task- increased secret trader stay time
- increased chance of secret trader having unique items
- removed the money robbing on Deadcity to create a smooth cutscene in prison
- added missing trade ltx for Petrenko. Note that it will only work after a certain stage in the game!
- added working trunk to white lada on Darkdolina
- added free roaming NPCs in Freeplay mode (after good ending)
- removed .avi files from the game to avoid conflict with codecs on certain computers
- reduced some more quest items' weight to zero
- added missing articles for Burer and Chimera
- removed unnescessary crashes with errors such as ! item [***_***_***] not found!!
Yay, It's time to play lost Alpha.
install this patch will fix this D:\stalker-lost alpha\bins\xr_3da.exe is not vaild win32 application right ? thank you
Weather change finally works in this patch - no more shiny sunny weather all the time - now the Zone looks the way it was supposed to look like! Oh, and don't forget about blowouts - they came back too, since those are weather depended.
Weather fix also increases variety of random ambient sounds, as well as it rises FPS (because sun shadows are very FPS greedy).
I always had the dark and gloomy cloudy weather all the time, so shiny sunny weather would have been nice to me.
You probably played on Static Lighting. I had same weather on R1 too, but R3 always had sunshine.
sun shafts are extremely demanding on high but not so on low and theres literally no difference in quality, try it :)
(buried)
It's Sun Rays, not Shafts. A shaft is the metal thing that connects two wheels on a vehicle.
really, Shaft=
a long pole forming the body of various weapons, as lances, halberds, or arrows.
2.
something directed or barbed as in sharp attack: shafts of sarcasm.
3.
a ray or beam: a shaft of sunlight.
4.
a long, comparatively straight handle serving as an important or balancing part of an implement or device, as of a hammer, ax, golf club, or other implement.
5.
Machinery . a rotating or oscillating round, straight bar for transmitting motion and torque, usually supported on bearings and carrying gears, wheels, or the like, as a propeller shaft on a ship, or a drive shaft of an engine.
Lesson of the Day - A word can have multiple definitions depending upon context.
Quite right sir. Of course you are spot on as I point out elsewhere. Shidentora would do well to think and acquaint him or herself with the diverse nuances of the wonders of the English Language. Shame the world is stealing it, and seeking to chop it into illiterate pieces of nonsense such as that displayed by Shidentora.
(buried)
YOU,
Vault-City dweller like self-righteous guy, whoever you are, I drank some beer before I posted that sunrays/sunshafts post, so I made a few mistakes back then.
Do you even have an idea who the hell are you trying to mock, huh?
I am a pro translator, interpreter and teacher of this and some other languages, got 30 years of hard work under my belt with NO jobs EVER returned, WITHOUT a single complaint and ABSOLUTELY WITHOUT a single student failing their exam!
I am a good friend with all my customers and students, known as a helping person.
Now, as for your "comment" on my profile...
Your sentences are as follows...:
"You betray your ignorance and novice understanding, such as it is. But do keep trying ... there is promise there>"
This is how you say that right and how it really is:
"You give away your bad knowledge and a beginner's understanding (of English), such as it is (YOURS! Hahahah!). But do keep trying ... There is some promise in your case."
Your total mark... F---... For your English that needs a general overhaul, revised general overhaul and once again the same treatment... at best. AND both for your Web approach and for your approach to UNKNOWN people, as the both features of yours irresistibly remind of a fat, muddy, clumsy, God-awfully smelling noisy elephant barging into a glassware shop at full speed.
And if you are a chauvinist... Go hate someone from a nation you really hate, will you?
And stay the hell away from my moddb profile!
If I was a person you would like to be with and knowing what kind of character you are, I'd get the HELL away from you.
holy **** dude, chill the hell out.
Oh, yeah?
And what would you do if such a snork like the "Mr. Professor" liar insults you, your profession AND your house? Hm? Think a bit.
So,
"Mister Professor."
Ted Whatever...
My favorite Snork... How do you do today?
I see that you finally understand your mistakes. Too bad you misled so many others here into doing the same stupidities... But I don't care about any of you. If you made a mistake and other mindlessly followed you, that's your problem... The 1990s propaganda ain't got nothing to do in our time and those who follow it are always welcome at a Sanatorium - you first, "Prof."
Don't try to apologize, I wouldn't accept.
So, if you were such an idiot to "open fire" at me for absolutely no reason, please, by all means, do enjoy it now to full so deep in your ***, for you started it. Take it now, all of it.
Fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa...
was that how it goes, von Smallhausen?
Or was it Herr Flick?
well explained, and of couse, well played xD
Are you a Serb-hater, by the way? Because I am NOT a Serb. So are you one, as you attack unknown people like that, trying to ruin their reputation?
If you are a Serb hater, then you probably need some appropriate medical assistance.
SERBS ARE A GREAT PEOPLE AND I LIKE THEM VERY MUCH!
It is a GREAT HONOUR to be born in their country!
Without the Serbs, the Europe would be conquered by the Turkish Empire in 15th century.
It's the Serbs, who stopped the Turks in the year 1389, losing a horribly big part of men population and giving US (Europe) time to prepare for the Turkish invasion.
It's the Serbs, who went against the Austro-Hungarian and Germans in the Great War (WW1), forcing them to deploy quite a part of their armies against them, making it easier for US to fight them (Austro-Hungarian and Germans). And it's the Serbs (People, Army and the King himself), who had to withdraw over Prokletije Mountains and through Albania, to evade being annihilated by the enemy who DID want them wiped out. They lost over 50% of men population in WW1.
It's the Serbs, who set the uprising against the Nazi in WW2 and lost over one Million (YES, 1,000,000+) of people, to make it easier for US to win the war.
And it's the Serbs, whose capital of Belgrade OUR tourists like so much today, because of the great hospitality they find here and because of fabulous time they have here.
So get your head out of the 1990s, will you?
You KNOW it was all a very well rigged setup against this people, who didn't do anything wrong - as a nation, that is.
And don't expect them to protect OUR butts again.
Half of the things you said is false.
Was that for me, zagy20?
If so, than you might want to think better and read some history regarding the topic. From multiple sources.
Forget anyone's propaganda, use your own head.
Every single damn thing I said here is a fact, checked using multiple unconnected sources.
Prove it, c'mon!
Give arguments, links, facts.
WHAT you think is false?
WHY you think it's false?
WHAT solid argument do you have to support your claim?
WHERE does the argument come from? Is it a reliable source, or just another "expert"?
Opinion is one thing. Arguments are something all together different, the truth, what really happened. That's the only thing I care about. Opinions? Who cares. Show me the real deal.
I gave arguments and facts. Any website or book on the topic(s) will show them to you.
And also, you can have some really good time in Belgrade like so many of your countrymen.
AND don't take me wrong. I like every cool person, regardless where they come from.
FROM NOW ON I TAKE THIS KIND OF ARGUING ON MY PROFILE ONLY.
STALKER forever!
... not necessarily, you may display an ignorance of English Language and Literature. Your comment reveals a limited grasp of Language. Sun 'shafts' have been in use in the English Language, from poetic to literal descriptive writing, for over 1,300 years as written down in Early Middle and the Earliest Saxon English records and literature. Take a visit to London Records Office ... it, and many other archives, are full of such examples. Read 'Beowulf', early Saxon. And of course the usage is common and accurate on a day to day basis at the current time as we speak.
Best Regards and stay sharp, Ted Wraggling, Emeritus Professor English, UCL.
Did you copy and paste that from google?
He probably did, looks the type.
Man, I would just LOVE to face that one in the ring. Would give him 1st round KO and would have some cold beer after that.
Calla inglés de mierda.Me cago en tu puto país,palanganero de mierda.
Then I hope you sink on the way, just like your failed Spanish Armada! LOL.
Va in ano!
Your country already sinks under all the Hindu, Pakis and other non Islanders that have 3x more kids than u. There u go - what goes around COMES around - now u see. 2 bad. I used to love English studies. But I think I'll read Mahabharata instead.
Not that I care.
Spain will survive, but you? Will you? HOW?
Mind sharing your take on Richard the III? Or on King Lear? Want me to cite you Lara by Byron?
U can't cuz ya ****.
Do you even know Lord Byron died not far from here?
Brit ****.
RIP in some years, poor nation, unless they do something about that. NO, really - don't they see whatdahellsgoinon there?
Maybe we will see the Offa's Dyke in use again - with the WASP ppl on the western side of it:/
If you really are a professor of English Language and Literature, then you certainly do know better than to judge the people by a single comment.
And also, you could create a profile here.
Also, you could react by posting a real comment and not just giving a -1 to others' posts like some cowardly bitch.
What's the matter, "prof?" No more attack "opportunities?"
And as for this
Ted Wraggling, Emeritus Professor English, UCL,
THERE IS NO SUCH PERSON THERE!
Look for yourself
Ucl.ac.uk
Any new patches soon?
Is this compatible with any guns mod?
If you are a University Professor, then I am Charlie Chaplin.
Yea, too bad that you know only how to copy-paste from the Web. Did you ever enter the London Records Office? Or have you just seen it from one hundred yards..? Or two..?
And as for the Beowulf, don't you even dare to mention the poor Beowulf. I have a copy from more than 50 years ago. And all of the Shakespeare's works, too. And many other works from the English Literature. I have read all of them.
I got it! It's the ROD.
Yea, the one stickin' otta "Prof's ***:)
Y'know, the EXACTLY same one the Bloodsucker that Ashot is ******* now used to clean its/her **** with.
Godawfulfuckinyuck!
How COULD you, Ted Whatever?
"Shaft"! Hmmm,erhm,Well, it could be something else entirely;-D
But i'm in - for the rays, that is:-D
The technical term used in coding circles is either sun shafts or godrays, rarely, if ever, do I see them referred to as simply sun rays.
I am sorry, I had more some more beer that day. But they say sun rays more often than sun shafts? I don't know...
Listen, it's important that the LA works as best as possible, and if it's shafts. or rays, or... COMETS..? Now, that doesn't matter at all.
no that's an axel.
Nope I had it on DirectX10.
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I always had the opposite with dark and gloomy cloudy all the time, so shiny sunny weather would have been nice to me.
The same for me, its all about af_preblowout weather, they said they fixed it with third patch
Emissions are back you say. Awesome. Was hoping they were going to be added to the game. It's not 'The Zone' without a random blowout hitting, when you have a full backback in the middle of the countryside and cover is miles away...
I've been playing 3002 and the weather changed just fine on DX10. Every once in a while, it would change instantly, which was weird... bust most of the time, it was gradual as it should be.
But I agree. Back when I played unpatched LA, there was no change at all and it was sunny constantly. I like sunny... but not all the time.
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I just saw your Cheeki Breeki song video today, and i am still smiling, even right now ;)
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