Stalker SOC "Excellent".... what a LIE !
As Nvidia CP says, Render with STATIC Lighting, Antialiasing OFF, SKY is at wrong deph... and also shadows are render incorrectly... and it is rated EXCELLENT !!!

After installing and testing I´m surprised about how Nvidia words are faraway from true. How any game can be rated excellent if it is not possible to be played and cause pain in 3D? In my opinion this game must be reated as POOR.

Please Nvidia, do not LIE, people buy things that are not as expected.
As Nvidia CP says, Render with STATIC Lighting, Antialiasing OFF, SKY is at wrong deph... and also shadows are render incorrectly... and it is rated EXCELLENT !!!



After installing and testing I´m surprised about how Nvidia words are faraway from true. How any game can be rated excellent if it is not possible to be played and cause pain in 3D? In my opinion this game must be reated as POOR.



Please Nvidia, do not LIE, people buy things that are not as expected.

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- "Corsair Carbide 600C" case
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#1
Posted 01/08/2011 10:28 AM   
That one is no lie. The list has awful problems with older games that worked with their old system but don't even trigger 3D Vision - but this one is a good rating, IMHO.

The rating reflects how well the 3D looks after you do the recommended settings. The sky is a bit screwy but otherwise it looks fine, so it gets 'excellent.'

Antialiasing is not such a big deal when you've got 3D Vision going. The jaggies appear in different places for different eyes so they don't form distracting patterns.

EDIT: My bad - I was thinking about STALKER - Call of Pripyat.
That one is no lie. The list has awful problems with older games that worked with their old system but don't even trigger 3D Vision - but this one is a good rating, IMHO.



The rating reflects how well the 3D looks after you do the recommended settings. The sky is a bit screwy but otherwise it looks fine, so it gets 'excellent.'



Antialiasing is not such a big deal when you've got 3D Vision going. The jaggies appear in different places for different eyes so they don't form distracting patterns.



EDIT: My bad - I was thinking about STALKER - Call of Pripyat.

#2
Posted 01/08/2011 04:34 PM   
Yea, but I would disagree about the "Excellent" rating too.

The sky beign wrong - fine.
Static lighting needs to be enabled - fine
But turning shadows off TOTALLY takes this game down several notches in gameplay immersion. It should be rated as "GOOD". I would also still work on making this game fully 3D Ready because it's awesome! I'd love to have the dynamic lighting working and the sky texture fixed.

-M
Yea, but I would disagree about the "Excellent" rating too.



The sky beign wrong - fine.

Static lighting needs to be enabled - fine

But turning shadows off TOTALLY takes this game down several notches in gameplay immersion. It should be rated as "GOOD". I would also still work on making this game fully 3D Ready because it's awesome! I'd love to have the dynamic lighting working and the sky texture fixed.



-M

#3
Posted 01/08/2011 04:59 PM   
Agree, it doesn't deserve an excellent rating. Too many compromises, taking the game back to looking like it's a DX7 game or something. It's tragic GSC couldn't patch the three Stalker games to fix these problems, they'd be so awesome in S3D if they worked right.
Agree, it doesn't deserve an excellent rating. Too many compromises, taking the game back to looking like it's a DX7 game or something. It's tragic GSC couldn't patch the three Stalker games to fix these problems, they'd be so awesome in S3D if they worked right.

#4
Posted 01/08/2011 05:04 PM   
this will help make it look much better:
http://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-complete-2009
this will help make it look much better:

http://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-complete-2009

#5
Posted 01/08/2011 07:55 PM   
Don't let that hold you back. The game is very immersive in 3D, especially sneaking around at night or underground with only your flashlight showing the way.
Don't let that hold you back. The game is very immersive in 3D, especially sneaking around at night or underground with only your flashlight showing the way.

#6
Posted 01/08/2011 07:57 PM   
[quote name='RABID666' date='08 January 2011 - 11:55 AM' timestamp='1294516520' post='1173724']
this will help make it look much better:
http://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-complete-2009
[/quote]

This pack has nothing to do with turning on the features of the graphics engine to get the 3D to work right.

You still have to turn off dynamic lights and object shadows.

-M
[quote name='RABID666' date='08 January 2011 - 11:55 AM' timestamp='1294516520' post='1173724']

this will help make it look much better:

http://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-complete-2009





This pack has nothing to do with turning on the features of the graphics engine to get the 3D to work right.



You still have to turn off dynamic lights and object shadows.



-M

#7
Posted 01/08/2011 09:06 PM   
[quote name='RABID666' date='08 January 2011 - 01:55 PM' timestamp='1294516520' post='1173724']
this will help make it look much better:
http://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-complete-2009
[/quote]
Yeah, but that's only for the original STALKER, he's talking about.... oh crap. He IS talking about the original STALKER! I got my STALKER games reversed. <blush>

So the original STALKER is supposed to be excellent? (checks the list) Yep. OK, yeah, that is bad. Nevermind the shadows, the sky is just horrible. The clouds are rendered way too close so you get mind bending visuals when there's any kind of tree or building more than 100ft away, which is nearly all the time when you're above ground. I had to turn 3D off in this game. (Though 3D does work nicely when you're underground.)
[quote name='RABID666' date='08 January 2011 - 01:55 PM' timestamp='1294516520' post='1173724']

this will help make it look much better:

http://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-complete-2009



Yeah, but that's only for the original STALKER, he's talking about.... oh crap. He IS talking about the original STALKER! I got my STALKER games reversed. <blush>



So the original STALKER is supposed to be excellent? (checks the list) Yep. OK, yeah, that is bad. Nevermind the shadows, the sky is just horrible. The clouds are rendered way too close so you get mind bending visuals when there's any kind of tree or building more than 100ft away, which is nearly all the time when you're above ground. I had to turn 3D off in this game. (Though 3D does work nicely when you're underground.)

#8
Posted 01/09/2011 06:05 AM   
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