STALKERSOUP

[Grimwald]

Originally Posted by TecnoBacon

Armor is harder to come by and hardly ever 100% condition, I intend to put some in the stashes when that gets worked on.

The bullet drop is a result of the weapons mixup which will get resolved in a day or two. try Grimwald's weapons for now if it really bugs you.

Armor drops - it'd be nice if headshots could increase the chance of an armor drop - not sure how complex that is.

Weapons - that's about as close to an endorsement as I could hope. Thanks!

[Ashlore]

Originally Posted by MechJager

How do I tranform artifacts into the recipes? Do I have to have the transmutator?

The recipes you currently have are in your PDA, it tells you which artifact you need to drop into which anomaly. You find the anomaly you need, get very close then drop the artifacts from your backpack. If the anomaly accepts your artifact(s), your screen will fade to white for a moment. Then you need to wait the time required for the transmutation to complete. Try to have a sleeping bag and blowout shelter nearby.

[Ashlore]

I found a bandit whose body didn't show up on the minimap after I killed him.

Also Kostya's first quest with the stash. I somehow missed it. Now I 've returned to the Cordon to talk with Guide, and decided to do it. He said it's to the east of the rookie camp under the rocks. I found a green pack there but it was empty. Did some npc loot it?

[_dAVROs_]

Originally Posted by Grimwald

Armor drops - it'd be nice if headshots could increase the chance of an armor drop - not sure how complex that is.

Weapons - that's about as close to an endorsement as I could hope. Thanks!

Hi Grimwald,
The thing is that armour is not an actual inventory item - it is "hard coded" to the NPC character.
It could be scripted to drop armor - but not taken from the NPC. To do that would require an on-line real time change of character mesh - i.e. they will be stripped of the armor and appear in only clothed form.
Starts to get messy.
Good idea though as you would expect if you wasted someone that you could rob them of all their goodies, including armor.

[Hipster Doofus]

Originally Posted by Ashlore

I found a bandit whose body didn't show up on the minimap after I killed him.

Also Kostya's first quest with the stash. I somehow missed it. Now I 've returned to the Cordon to talk with Guide, and decided to do it. He said it's to the east of the rookie camp under the rocks. I found a green pack there but it was empty. Did some npc loot it?

The wrong stash probably. From where that stash is head towards the railroad. It is under some boulders not far from where you are.

[Grimwald]

Originally Posted by _dAVROs_

Hi Grimwald,
The thing is that armour is not an actual inventory item - it is "hard coded" to the NPC character.
It could be scripted to drop armor - but not taken from the NPC. To do that would require an on-line real time change of character mesh - i.e. they will be stripped of the armor and appear in only clothed form.
Starts to get messy.
Good idea though as you would expect if you wasted someone that you could rob them of all their goodies, including armor.

Thanks _dAVROs_. I think you took it a lot more literally than I intended. I just meant the chance of any armor being on the NPC to be looted.

[TecnoBacon]

Originally Posted by Grimwald

Thanks _dAVROs_. I think you took it a lot more literally than I intended. I just meant the chance of any armor being on the NPC to be looted.

didn't think to use your own weapons eh.....

You won't see armor early on except those planted intentionaly.
The koef for deciding when to start is complex and uses your rank as well as the 'level-up' that you are at then applies a random generator with that result. I think I saw my first decent suit in the wharehouses.

If I can ever get the death mesh to stop dissapearing then maybe having more than one death mesh could be used for an unsuited corpse. I really didn't see the real need for it in Fallout, ended up being used for soft porn...

[TecnoBacon]

Originally Posted by Ashlore

I found a bandit whose body didn't show up on the minimap after I killed him.

Also Kostya's first quest with the stash. I somehow missed it. Now I 've returned to the Cordon to talk with Guide, and decided to do it. He said it's to the east of the rookie camp under the rocks. I found a green pack there but it was empty. Did some npc loot it?

do you have the cleaner set to true?

[Grimwald]

Originally Posted by TecnoBacon

didn't think to use your own weapons eh.....

Huh?
Every time there's a revision I check to see if your weapon sets are better. This time they weren't so I've gone back to my edits.

Originally Posted by TecnoBacon

You won't see armor early on except those planted intentionaly.
The koef for deciding when to start is complex and uses your rank as well as the 'level-up' that you are at then applies a random generator with that result. I think I saw my first decent suit in the wharehouses.

Getting decent armor isn't overtly difficult. The Ensign military trader in Agroprom has a good suit for quite cheap.

However I'm not sure why you're responding like the weapon edits have anything to do with the question about making a suit of armor show up in the dead NPC's inventory more likely if you score headshots.

Originally Posted by TecnoBacon

If I can ever get the death mesh to stop disappearing then maybe having more than one death mesh could be used for an unsuited corpse. I really didn't see the real need for it in Fallout, ended up being used for soft porn...

As for death meshes - wasn't my idea. _dAVROs_ added that in somehow - damned assumptions are starting to make everyone look silly.

[Lava_Croft]

Originally Posted by Hipster Doofus

The wrong stash probably. From where that stash is head towards the railroad. It is under some boulders not far from where you are.

There are (I think) 3 different locations in Cordon where Kostya's stash can be located. Consult the Guide located on TB's SkyDrive for more information.

[Ashlore]

Originally Posted by TecnoBacon

do you have the cleaner set to true?

I don't know. Is it in the modder's script?