Description This patch for the US version of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow Of Chernobyl, updates the game to v1.0003. Please note that this will erase your save games.
The patch addresses the following changes:
* Added some textures of certain objects (for technical purposes). * Added console command 'sv_listmaps' to view the list of maps queue. * Added the support for additional mouse buttons (now they can be bound to certain actions). * Fixed bugs with player's character health bar in Multi-player. * Fixed the crash upon making the screenshot to a saved game. * Fixed the bug with standing dead bodies upon connecting to the game. * Fixed inventory items placing system (Free for all and Team play modes). * Fixed the enumeration of the game's version. * Fixed the crash with using Numpad in some localizations. * Fixed the crash on the level "Military warehouse". * Fixed the crash while idling on the pause menu * Fixed the crash in dialog with Professor Sakharov on the Yantar level. * Fixed the storyline task "Meet with the Guide", now you can get it by searching Ghost's corpse. * Fixed the bug with NPCs spawning in front of the player. * Fixed the A-life reaction time. Now A-life spawns new NPCs more seldom. Also NPC movement speed is decreased when NPC are on different level then the player. * Binary files are now compiled with large address aware flag that supports up to 3GB address space (relevant for Windows VistaT users). * Added the possibility to record/play the camera fly-around ('demo_record'/'demo_play' commands). Now Stalker is ready for benchmarks. * Fixed aspect ratio 16/9. Now the owners of the widescreen displays will have the benefit from greater viewing radius. * Fixed various crashes with dedicated server. * The network packets have been merged. This will make the ping reduce twice or more. * The correctness of map name is now verified when changing the map using the console. * Fixed the dragging of dead bodies by monsters. * Now dumps will be saved upon the game crashes. * Fixed the in-game patching system for all localizations. * Fixed the problem with the exceedingly long players' names. * Fixed textual problems for 16/9 video format. * Fixed game freezing upon trying to connect to a different version. * Fixed binocular Spectator crash. * Fixed non-existent grenade launcher firing. * Fixed players turning invisible when reduced to a minimal amount of health. * Fixed pre-selected skin not allowing for player spawn.
