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Установка игры

Управление по умолчанию

Настройка клавиш управления

Подсказки по игре и полезная информация

Советы по улучшению производительности

Контактная информация

Техническая поддержка

Удаление игры

Freeware лицензии

Microsoft® Windows® XP (Service Pack 2) / Microsoft® Windows® 2000 SP4

Тип процессора: Intel Pentium 4 2.0 Ghz / AMD XP 2200+

512 Мб ОЗУ

10 GB свободного места на жестком диске

128 MB DirectX® 8.0 совместимая карта / nVIDIA® GeForce™ 5700 / ATI Radeon® 9600

DirectX® 9.0 совместимая звуковая карта

Кабельное или xDSL подключение с низкими задержками для игры по LAN/Интернету

Клавиатура, мышь
РЕКОМЕНДУЕМАЯ КОНФИГУРАЦИЯ:

Microsoft® Windows® XP (Service Pack 2) / Microsoft® Windows® 2000 SP4

Тип процессора: Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 / AMD 64 X2 4200+

1.5 Гб ОЗУ

10 GB свободного места на жестком диске

256 MB DirectX® 9.0c совместимая карта / nVIDIA® GeForce™ 7900 / ATI Radeon® X1950

DirectX® 9.0 совместимая звуковая карта

Кабельное или xDSL подключение с низкими задержками для игры по LAN/Интернету

Клавиатура, мышь
Рекомендуемая конфигурация предполагает оптимальную производительность для одиночной или сетевой игры до 4-ех игроков на карте среднего размера.
ОПТИМАЛЬНАЯ КОНФИГУРАЦИЯ:

Microsoft® Windows® XP (Service Pack 2) / Microsoft® Windows® 2000 SP4

Тип процессора: Intel Core2 Duo E6700 / AMD 64 X2 5200+

2 Гб ОЗУ

512 MB DirectX® 9.0c совместимая карта / nVIDIA® GeForce™ 8800 / ATI Radeon® X2800

DirectX® 9.0 совместимая звуковая карта

Кабельное или xDSL подключение с низкими задержками для игры по LAN/Интернету

Клавиатура, мышь
СУПЕР КОНФИГУРАЦИЯ:

MicrosoftR WindowsR Vista (Service Pack 1)

Тип процессора: Intel Core2 Duo E8500 / AMD 64 X2 6000+

4 Гб ОЗУ

512 MB DirectXR 10 совместимая карта / nVIDIAR GeForceT 9800 GX2 / ATI RadeonR HD 3870 X2

DirectXR 9.0 совместимая звуковая карта

Кабельное или xDSL подключение с низкими задержками для игры по LAN/Интернету

Клавиатура, мышь
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УСТАНОВКА ИГРЫ
Как установить

Чтобы установить игру на жёсткий диск Вашего компьютера, вставьте установочный DVD в DVD-привод. Установка начнётся автоматически; если этого не произошло, через Проводник или используемую Вами программную оболочку найдите DVD-привод и запустите находящийся на нём файл setup.exe.

— Вправо Стрелочка вправо

— Вверх Стрелочка вверх

— Вниз Стрелочка вниз

— Вперед W

— Назад S

— Шаг влево A

— Шаг вправо D

— Прыжок Space

— Шаг Shift

— Присесть Control

— Низко присесть Control + Shift

— Бег X

— Уклониться влево Q

— Оружие 1 1

— Оружие 2 2

— Оружие 3 3

— Оружие 4 4

— Оружие 5 5

— Оружие 6 6

— Переключить тип патронов Y

— Огонь Mouse1

— Приближение Mouse2

— Перезарядка R

— Гранатомет V

— След. режим стрельбы 0

— Пред. режим стрельбы 9

— Рюкзак I

— Активные задания в КПК P

— Карта в КПК M

— Контакты в КПК H

— Фонарик L

— ПНВ N

— Бинт ]

— Выбросить G

— Пауза Pause

— Использовать F

— Скриншот F12

— Выход Esc

— Консоль ` (апостроф/тильда)

— Артефакт 7

— Задание/Счет Tab

-=Сетевая игра=-

— Чат , (запятая)

— Командный чат . (точка)

— Меню покупки B

— Меню формы O

— Меню команды U

— Начать голосование F5

— Голосовать F6

— Проголосовать "Нет" F7

— Проголосовать "Да" F8

— Голосовые сообщения (1) C

— Голосовые сообщения (2) Z
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НАСТРОЙКА КЛАВИШ УПРАВЛЕНИЯ
Клавиши управления можно настроить в разделе Опции (закладка Управление). Чтобы восстановить настройки клавиш пользователя, нажмите на кнопку "По умолчанию".
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ПОДСКАЗКИ ПО ИГРЕ И ПОЛЕЗНАЯ ИНФОРМАЦИЯ
—Чаще проверяйте карту территории. На ней отмечается расположение тайников других сталкеров и полезные подсказки.

—Персонажи зачастую обладают полезной информацией. Не забывайте с ними разговаривать.

—Держите под рукой запасное оружие на случай, если основное придет в негодность.

—Приседая низко, повышается точность стрельбы.

—Не забывайте исследовать местность в поисках выгодных позиций для стрельбы и скрытых локаций.

—Если Вы находитесь на вражеской территории, то, подходя к углу, безопаснее сначала выглянуть из-за него, чтобы оценить ситуацию и расположение противников.

—В сетевой игре старайтесь разумно расходовать свои деньги. Деньги -­ ресурс ограниченный, так что распределяйте свой бюджет из расчета поступлений. И помните: оружие убитого персонажа игрока можно подобрать.
Удачи!
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СЕТЕВАЯ ИГРА S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
LAN и прямое сетевое соединение:
Игроки могут подсоединяться друг к другу по сети через прямое IP-соединение. Оба соединения используют протокол TCP/IP. Чтобы начать или присоединиться к игре любого из этих типов, выберите "Сетевая игра" в главном меню.
Необходим Ключ

• У Вас должна быть установлена игра S.T.A.L.K.E.R. с рабочим ключом для игры по сети. Один ключ не может использоваться на двух компьютерах одновременно. Если во время присоединения к игре появляется надпись о неверном ключе, необходимо ввести верный ключ в соответствующем поле меню Сетевой игры.

• Не поддерживается размещение сервера для сетевой игры внутри сети, подключенной к Интернету через брандмауэр (межсетевой экран) или прокси-сервер. Игроки могут подключиться к серверу, используя нижеследующую информацию. Если Вы подключены через маршрутизатор или брандмауэр и имеете доступ к его настройкам, то следующие порты должны быть открыты, для того чтобы S.T.A.L.K.E.R. работал:

6667 (IRC)

3783 (Voice Chat Port)

27900 (Master Server UDP Heartbeat)

28900 (Master Server List Request)

29900 (GP Connection Manager)

29901 (GP Search Manager)

13139 (Custom UDP Pings)

6515 (Dplay UDP)

6500 (Query Port)

Убедитесь, что S.T.A.L.K.E.R. находится в списке исключений для Windows Firewall или другой используемой Вами программы firewall.

• Пользователи антивирусных программ (Nvidia Access Manager, NOD32, Norton, PandaSoft и т.п.) могут иметь сложности с присоединением к серверу GameSpy, а также иметь пониженную производительность игры и вылеты. Если у Вас возникли проблемы, мы предлагаем поместить S.T.A.L.K.E.R. в список исключений этих программ либо иным образом отключить их на время игры.

http://www.gsc-game.com/ru

Служба работы с клиентами компании GSC World Publishing

Украина, Киев 03067

бульвар Лепсе 4, этаж 4

Отдел технической поддержки GSC World Publishing постарается помочь Вам разрешить любые проблемы, связанные с игрой S.T.A.L.K.E.R.

• Адрес электронной и обычной почты

• Модель используемого компьютера

• Версия Windows

• Информация по устройству считывания дисков и периферийным устройствам, используемых Вашим компьютером

• Описание проблемы и/или текст сообщения об ошибке

Телефон: +380 44 496 18 04

—Измените Качество на среднее, низкое или минимальное

—Измените разрешение экрана на 1024x768 или ниже

—Включите полноэкранный режим

—Нажмите кнопку "Расширенные" и понизьте настройки для дальности видения; фильтрации текстур; сглаживания и качества теней
Сторонние приложения и производительность

Программы такие как ICQ, web-браузеры, программы для голосового общения или программы обмена файлами существенно влияют на скорость работы S.T.A.L.K.E.R. при сетевой игре. Отключение этих программ может увеличить и общую производительность игры. Мы советуем также отключить антивирусы и программы firewall либо добавить S.T.A.L.K.E.R. в список исключений данных программ.

Еще один способ улучшения производительности - добавление ОЗУ. При использовании большого массива оперативной памяти автоматически подключается виртуальная память. С виртуальной памятью обработка информации протекает медленнее, чем с использованием ОЗУ напрямую; таким образом дополнительная ОЗУ память может существенно улучшить скорость игры на системах низкой конфигурации. Убедитесь, что виртуальная память на вашем компьютере включена.

Использование многоядерного процессора является одним из лучших способов улучшения производительности игры.

Рекомендуем установить самые свежие драйверы для вашей видеокарты.

Если у Вас возникают проблемы со звуком или с общей производительностью игры, проверьте наличие свежих драйверов для звуковой карты.

Зачастую пользователи забывают обновить драйверы материнской платы, что приводит к повсеместным проблемам со скоростью работы системы или ошибкам иного рода. Проверьте наличие свежих драйверов для вашей материнской платы.

lua.org for scripting language (Lua)

luajit.luaforge.net for just-in-time Lua compiler (LuaJIT)

www.rasterbar.com/products/luabind.html for Lua binding library (Luabind)

xiph.org for video (Theora) and audio (Vorbis) codecs

jrsoftware.org for installer (Inno Setup)

openal.org for audio library (OpenAL)

boost.org for template library (Boost)

sourceforge.net/projects/loki-lib for template library (Loki)

Don Clugston (codeproject.com/cpp/FastDelegate.asp) for his fastdelegate

library (fastdelegate)
не open-source проектам:
intelle-soft.com for bug catching library BugTrap
также компаниям
Intel

AMD

ATI
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