HELP armor not working
 

Hi everyone, I'd like to know if anyone is having problems using the x46 armor with the 1.0003 patch? I just can't get this to work, i can put it on but it provides no protection whatsoever! Plz help this is really shitting me!

uhm no prbs here.
thats the only MOD i use and it works fine.
i had mine installed before the latest patch... after patch it still works

If the Armor is in game for you to purchase, and wear, then something else must be amiss. Make sure the unique_items.ltx, from the mod, is the proper folder: ie- C:\Program Files\THQ\S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - Shadow of Chernobyl\gamedata\config\misc.

@ midnight what problem are you having exactly.

The main problem is that the suit doesn't provide rad protection, one shot at me and i'm either bleeding like a blood bank or i'm dead! If i click on suit in the inventory it shows that is has 1000% protection from everything so WTF is going on?
I've deleted all the mods from the folder then installed the armor mod only and started a new game and still dying from rad poisoning and getting shot!

ok I downloaded it and checked it there is alot of extras in there that could be conflicting. The only thing you need for the suit to show up and work are the unigue_items file, all the trader files for it to be in all traders, and the textures folder.

Since you deleted all other mods do it again and install this version its cut down to the needed files only. Start up tell me if it works.

X-46 cut down = Send big files the easy way with sendspace. Files too large for email attachments? No problem!

ok i've deleted the gamedata folder and only have the x46 armor in there. i've played the game and everything works fine except i can still bleed and get shot and die! Is this a fault with the game code with the whole immunities sect of the armor or something else?

did you download my cut down version ? The one posted above in link

yeap!

did you change the user.ltx file to say : true true instead of false true

giv_em_hell meant fsgame.ltx and the second line in that file (open and save with Notepad) should look like this:

$game_data$ = true| true| $fs_root$| gamedata\

I have had no crashes that wasnt my own fault, messing with mods get some serious crashes sometimes and has damaged alot of my saves. But I have beat stalker like 5 times and had 4 diff, endings beginning a new game dont bother me to much. Back on topic what I said before should tell you what needs to be fixed.

@ natasha lol thats what I meant ha I just looked at mine and it has changed back to original lines. Hmmmm wonder how that happened?

yeah .. for me the game itself has been extremely stable (rock solid compared to most of newer Ubisoft & EA games). if it crashes then I know it's either my mod or i need to start a new game ... but usually it's a typo in a file or things like that.

yeah like caps or that damn _ underscore.

yeah the fsgame.ltx is fine! any more ideas?

so it did say : $game_data$ = true| true| $fs_root$| gamedata\

Ok if it did this is what you need to do , wouldve said it earlier but since you didnt have many mods didnt think it mattered. Move your whole gamedata folder to your desktop, then install the patch again. The patch removed some modding features. After that put the gamedata folder back in, start it up check and hit me back.

Oh and make sure that file still says : $game_data$ = true| true| $fs_root$| gamedata\
after the patch.

i noticed that their are powered down versions in the v2.0 of x-46, are you sure you didn't install one of those?
Also as far as i can tell this suit will not reduce bleed time (it just has a massive amount of resistance to all forms it seems) it will only lessen the chance.
Simple fact is, you cant get a outfit that makes you fully immune just highly resistant. If your dying with any of the armor options available then i'd suggest lowering the difficulty.

I cant repatch it, it just gives me the ol' "the game has already patched" line

I think i might reinstall and put on the 1.0001 patch instead

From reading your replies, it looks like you are trying to have an uber Armor set that you do not have to worry about dying with, a 100% Armor suit will not do this. The % is a reflection of the dmg reduction you get while wearing the armor. 100% would basically mean you can take twice the amount it would normally take to kill you (ie: 10 rounds from an AK74 as opposed to 5 rnds, depending on the distance from the shooter, same for Radiation and Anomallies)
In order for the suit to give you complete protection you would have to bump it's protection factors up to about 1000-5000%, then you could walk through everything without much fear...:)

None. Did you try just reinstalling the mod after patching the game? The one time I encountered something like what your going thru is on my daughters PC, after the 1.0003 patch the armor quit protecting her character. Simply reinstalling the mod fixed it. That's the only thing I can suggest. Reinstalling the mod won't remove the armor from your character if you already have it, it should just fix it's protective ability again.

while the armor says 100 resistance in notepad (in the unique_items.ltx) in game it means 10000% resistance.
Midnight, when ingame, what does the armor says its resistance is? Could it be that the armor has defaulted to normal exo. I downloaded the mod last night and added it in and had no problems as far as getting it to appear.

Wow, I just looked at the file and it does say 100.0. As Demoche has said that would equate to 10000% resists...Sheezzzz!
Hopefully this is a simple problem that Midnight can work out. Unfortunately without seeing the file structure he has it can be difficult to troubleshoot the problem.

In game the suit has 10000% protection, i've tried starting a new game again that doesnt help i'm still dying of rad. Should i increase the values to see if it makes any difference?

EDIT: Also when the 1.0003 patch came out i uninstalled the game, reinstalled and installed the 1.0 to 1.0003 patch, would this make any difference?

try moving your gamedata folder to your desktop, start a new game, save, then add then folder back because all the values are highest you need for regular difficulty.

it would be pointless to increase it over 10000%, i have heard of a bug that if you are suffering from radiation and you go through a load zone then you are stuck with it but i dont know if thats the case, does it decrease when you leave radioactive area and where is he suffering the radiation? (i know garbage and red forest have spots where it only takes a second and your in the red even with lots of rad resistance). If it is still saying that you have that much resistance then i think the suit must be working, what artifacts are you using?

yeah if you are using artifacts, Ive found it messes with the modded suits.

YES!!! FINALLY I"VE GOT IT TO WORK, thanks giv_em_hell after following your last set of instructions its works!!! YAY

Its happened to me before, the poisoning happens when you take off the suit, your radiation level immediately goes red, and your out of luck. You either keep the suit on or die.

Wow, I guess my lack of using artifacts left that little bug undiscovered in my testing. I'm using the skills mod that replaces artifacts with skills and makes artifacts only useful for money, which of course means no radioactive artifacts poisoning me.

you can always use certyain lines that decrease the time that you bleed and and suffer radiation....
radiation_restore_speed = -0.01
bleeding_restore_speed = -0.06
these are what i use for my freedom SEVA.
though from what i have seen these can have problems with artifacts.