The problem is that this will be the same as the half life 2 alpha. People will download it, play it, then bitch about it because its not what they thought it would be.
The problem is that this will be the same as the half life 2 alpha. People will download it, play it, then bitch about it because its not what they thought it would be.
Yeah, there always seems to be a surplus of idiots......
I have a question. Can leaks like doom3, Half-life2, Stalker, etc damage you PC hardware/software in any way? I had a friend ask me to find out about if this is possible or not. I would appreciate any answer, thank you.
Leaks like the above won't damage your PC generally, unless the leaker has written some bad code into the leaked files.. to damage your PC (unlikely but not impossible)
What will damage your PC is when you are dissapointed by the lack of decent playable code with leaks.. slow framerates, bitty performance and generally a bad display of technology that isn't ready (hence why its alpha/beta and not gold code)... so you wont end up buying what at release time.. is more than likely a great game.. just you saw it when it was developing.
Someone may have modified them to contain viruses, as you can't really go to the "official" site and download that version. The code is also normally Beta, Alpha or Pre-Alpha which is highly instable, can (and probably will) lock up your computer while using it, and may have other side effects.
I just called my buddy Tom, and he said he scanned for viruses beforehand. He just got worried because it locked up on him in the middle of trying one of the Stalker beta levels. He eventually go out of the lock though and his computer seemed fine. So he should be ok?
And a question of my own: Tom mentioned that the levels were run from ms-dos batch files. Isn't it a little odd to be running levels from files like this?
I just called my buddy Tom, and he said he scanned for viruses beforehand. He just got worried because it locked up on him in the middle of trying one of the Stalker beta levels. He eventually go out of the lock though and his computer seemed fine. So he should be ok?
And a question of my own: Tom mentioned that the levels were run from ms-dos batch files. Isn't it a little odd to be running levels from files like this?
From what Ive heard, it does run from .bat files. Either way, it's warez, leave it well alone... developers have a hard enough time without leaks.
The level you were trying was the run_game1_zakat.bat map, which has a tendency to lock up, which you can get around by hitting C+A+D, bringing up task manager and forcing the X-Ray engine to close.
I doubt the STALKER boys are too bothered as the Pre-Alpha is from May 19th 2002 and it looks like the game had just be thrown together rather fast (except for the textures and maps).
The level you were trying was the run_game1_zakat.bat map, which has a tendency to lock up, which you can get around by hitting C+A+D, bringing up task manager and forcing the X-Ray engine to close.
I doubt the STALKER boys are too bothered as the Pre-Alpha is from May 19th 2002 and it looks like the game had just be thrown together rather fast (except for the textures and maps).
Thanks, but it's not for me, just my buddy. I try to stay away from warez.
So, I guess I can tell him that the staker alpha is completely safe?
Yeh, they usually are unless the website/ftp/irc server attached a virus too it, but if he's scanned his harddrive and there are no virus's he should be ok.
As a question of my own- Can't alpha code itself be dangerous while running on hardware? Because it's so unrefined cant it use bad commands/prompts/etc that can harm hardware such as the 3d card?
Sorry chap.. but we can't help you. There is a NO warez policy here.. and that's a leaked, warezed alpha. (I did say earlier in the thread).
If it works, it works. If it doesn't, it doesn't. There are no offical and very few unofficial channels for support with this, we aren't one of them either.
May seem offish and I apologise for that, but just wait for the full, real, finished game. It's gonna be worth it
It does happen, thats the luck of the draw. This is an old old alpha from what Ive heard. Dates back months and months... what I saw running @ ECTS.. was outstanding. It's gonna be worth the wait
Check your private messages btw.. sent the usual "welcome in" PM
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"This alpha version was leaked about 2 weeks ago and if you live in Russia, it seems you can buy a pirated version already!"
Funny.
Im going to wait for full game, not worth the dl.
Yeah, there always seems to be a surplus of idiots......
The HL Leak wasn't even an alpha, just a source.
I have a question. Can leaks like doom3, Half-life2, Stalker, etc damage you PC hardware/software in any way? I had a friend ask me to find out about if this is possible or not. I would appreciate any answer, thank you.
What will damage your PC is when you are dissapointed by the lack of decent playable code with leaks.. slow framerates, bitty performance and generally a bad display of technology that isn't ready (hence why its alpha/beta and not gold code)... so you wont end up buying what at release time.. is more than likely a great game.. just you saw it when it was developing.
Welcome to Short-Media btw mate
It's "unstable" not "instable".
Just because you love to correct my grammatical errors.
Oops, that was actually a typo rather than bad grammar itself.
My sig rotates through 8 images, what did the picture look like?
It's a cat.. acting as a silencer from the shotgun.. from Postal2
I just called my buddy Tom, and he said he scanned for viruses beforehand. He just got worried because it locked up on him in the middle of trying one of the Stalker beta levels. He eventually go out of the lock though and his computer seemed fine. So he should be ok?
And a question of my own: Tom mentioned that the levels were run from ms-dos batch files. Isn't it a little odd to be running levels from files like this?
From what Ive heard, it does run from .bat files. Either way, it's warez, leave it well alone... developers have a hard enough time without leaks.
I doubt the STALKER boys are too bothered as the Pre-Alpha is from May 19th 2002 and it looks like the game had just be thrown together rather fast (except for the textures and maps).
Thanks, but it's not for me, just my buddy. I try to stay away from warez.
So, I guess I can tell him that the staker alpha is completely safe?
i run the XR_3DA.exe and it runs and then it locks up and my pc monitor says "check pc display settings.
ive tried messing with user text and tried changing resolution but this did nothing.
i just ran the xr_3da.exe from stalker_part1.rar and it opens all of the other rars and then it does this please help me :'(
i have a :
p4 1.3 ghz
winxp pro
128 mb ram
geforce 4 ti 4400 - (nvidia 53.03 drivers.)
15 inch monitor
If it works, it works. If it doesn't, it doesn't. There are no offical and very few unofficial channels for support with this, we aren't one of them either.
May seem offish and I apologise for that, but just wait for the full, real, finished game. It's gonna be worth it
Check your private messages btw.. sent the usual "welcome in" PM
Not going to say anymore on how to use the Alpha other than "YOUR NOT SUPPOSED TO RUN THAT FILE" as that is just an engine, not the game.