What to do if stalker clear sky crashes. S.: Clear Sky (S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky) does not start? Is the game slow? Crashes? Buggy? Solving the most common problems. Stalker Clear Sky is not installed

StarForce - ClearSky. Questions and answers

Attention!!!
The game "S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky" was protected using the "Periodic Disk Check" technology for a period of 3 days. Therefore, after the first launch of the game and successful verification, the presence of the original disc in the drive is no longer required for 3 days. After this period, the protection will again require you to insert a license disc and after passing the check, the disc will no longer be needed in the drive... etc.

The most common errors:

1. The disk does not pass the test. The message says that the disc is not licensed or is not in the drive at all. The message is especially common with NEC drives.

Occurs due to incompatibility of the drive or its firmware and protection system.

Adviсe:
Try reducing the drive speed using Nero Drive Speed to 5-8x and repeat the test. Sometimes changing the firmware to a more recent one helps.

Site with firmware -
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2. When checking the disk, a message appears about detected emulators. At the same time, the system may not have emulators themselves.

Occurs due to a conflict between the protection driver and the emulator driver (if there is an emulator) and/or a conflict between the protection driver and the motherboard driver, which is responsible for the operation of the computer’s disk subsystem.

Adviсe:
Remove emulators from the system. It is important to note that after removing the emulator, the emulator drivers remain in the system, they are in an active state and working. Virtual disks also remain.

To remove the SPTD driver from the Deamon Tools emulator, the easiest way is to use the special utility SPTDinst (882 KB):
http://www.duplexsecure.com/downloads
Select the Uninstall button, after which the computer should restart.

If you have Alcohol, you can try disabling the “Ignore media type” option in the settings and repeat the check again. If you once had the Alcohol emulator installed, but you deleted it, and if this option was enabled when you removed the emulator, then the driver most likely remains in the system and works with the option enabled. You can either remove the driver or reinstall the emulator itself and turn off the option.

3. When you run a disk check, the security system asks you to enter a key, but the key is nowhere to be found.

Occurs when the optical drive cannot correctly read the disk key entered into the disk data area when the disks were manufactured at the factory.

Adviсe:
You can try entering the key manually by reading it from the disk using the readcd program.
Please download the small utility - readcd.exe:
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Insert the game disc into the drive and launch the utility.
Follow the instructions on the screen. After the program finishes running, files like readcd_хх.bin will appear in the folder with it. In the readcd_16.bin file you will find the disk key. Enter this key when prompted by the program. Alternatively, start the game by holding down the Shift key and you will be prompted to enter the disk key.
In any case, save the Star-Force error report file and send it to [email protected]

4. When checking the disk, the system freezes, or reboots, or a blue screen appears.

Associated with a bug in the Deamon Tools emulator driver versions 4.x. As a rule, it appears when trying to emulate a licensed disk.

Adviсe:
You need to turn off the emulator and run the game using the licensed disc. If you are absolutely sure that there are no emulators in the system, then you need to send a minidump file to technical support, which is created when a blue screen occurs. The minidump contains debugging information that will help you understand what caused the error and is necessary to successfully resolve the problem.

How to make a minidump:
Delete all files from the C:\Windows\Minidump folder.
Right-click on the "My Computer" icon and select "Properties". Select the "Advanced" tab, in it there is the "Download and Recovery" section. In this section, click the "Options" button. Uncheck the "Perform automatic reboot" checkbox. In the "Write debugging information" section, select "Small memory dump (64kb)". Close all windows using the "OK" buttons.
After the next blue screen occurs, the computer will send the information necessary to understand the problem to a special file. You can find these files here:
C:\Windows\Minidump
Send all files to technical support [email protected]

5. Update protection drivers.

To update the protection driver, use the protect.exe utility, which is located in the root folder of the game. In some cases, this will help avoid certain problems.
More information about updating security drivers:
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Updating the protection driver using protect.exe requires an Internet connection. If you don’t currently have such a connection, you can use a connection from a friend/neighbor/at work. To do this, send a request to our technical support email address and they will send you the necessary files and instructions on how to install everything.

If you have Windows Vista and the utility does not work normally, run it with administrator rights. The corresponding option is available by pressing the right key.

6. The game installs normally, but the protection driver is not installed

You most likely have Windows Vista. Before starting the program, disable User Account Control. In the future, this option can be activated again, since the driver is installed only once before the first launch of the game.

To enable/disable User Account Control, go to the Control Panel, select User Accounts. Inside there will be an option Turn UserAccount Control on/off.

Taken from the site www.gsc-game.ru
On my own behalf, I’ll add that I swore without emulators, maybe on a card reader, or maybe on a second physical DVD.
Reinstalling the game helped or you stupidly press next and after two or three bsods it stops throwing it out. Then the game itself throws it away -))).

Unfortunately, games have flaws: stutters, low FPS, crashes, freezes, bugs and other minor and not so minor errors. Often problems begin even before the game starts, when it does not install, does not load, or does not even download. And the computer itself sometimes does weird things, and then in Stalker: Clear Sky there’s a black screen instead of a picture, the controls don’t work, you can’t hear the sound or anything else.

What to do first

Download and run the world famous CCleaner(download via direct link) - this is a program that will clean your computer of unnecessary garbage, as a result of which the system will work faster after the first reboot;
Update all drivers on the system using the program Driver Updater(download via direct link) - it will scan your computer and update all drivers to the latest version in 5 minutes;
Install Advanced System Optimizer(download via direct link) and enable game mode in it, which will end useless background processes while launching games and improve performance in the game.

The second thing to do if you encounter any problems with Stalker: Clear Sky is to check the system requirements. In a good way, you need to do this before purchasing, so as not to regret the money spent.

Minimum system requirements for S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky:

Windows 2000, Processor: Pentium 4, 512 Mb RAM, 10 Gb HDD, Video memory: 128 Mb

Every gamer should have at least a little understanding of components, know why a video card, processor and other things are needed in the system unit.

Files, drivers and libraries

Almost every device in a computer requires a set of special software. These are drivers, libraries and other files that ensure the correct operation of the computer.

You should start with the drivers for your video card. Modern graphics cards are manufactured by only two large companies - Nvidia and AMD. Having found out which product drives the coolers in the system unit, we go to the official website and download the latest driver package:

A prerequisite for the successful operation of Stalker: Clear Sky is the availability of the latest drivers for all devices in the system. Download the utility Driver Updater to easily and quickly download the latest drivers and install them with one click:

If S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky does not start, we recommend that you try to disable your antivirus or put the game in the antivirus exceptions, and also check again for compliance with the system requirements and if something from your build does not comply, then, if possible, improve your PC by purchasing more powerful components.

Stalker: Clear Sky has a black screen, a white screen, and a color screen. Solution

Problems with screens of different colors can be divided into 2 categories.

Firstly, they often involve using two video cards at once. For example, if your motherboard has a built-in video card, but you play on a discrete one, then S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky may launch for the first time on the built-in one, but you will not see the game itself, because the monitor is connected to a discrete video card.

Secondly, color screens occur when there are problems with displaying images on the screen. This can happen for various reasons. For example, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky cannot work through an outdated driver or does not support the video card. Also, a black/white screen may appear when working at resolutions that are not supported by the game.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky takes off. At a specific or random moment. Solution

You play for yourself, play and then - bam! - everything goes out, and now you have a desktop in front of you without any hint of a game. Why is this happening? To solve the problem, you should try to figure out what the nature of the problem is.

If a crash occurs at a random moment in time without any pattern, then with a 99% probability we can say that this is a bug of the game itself. In this case, it is very difficult to fix something, and it is best to just put S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky aside and wait for the patch.

However, if you know exactly at what moments the crash occurs, then you can continue the game, avoiding situations that provoke a crash.

However, if you know exactly at what moments the crash occurs, then you can continue the game, avoiding situations that provoke a crash. In addition, you can download the S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky save and bypass the departure location.

Stalker: Clear Sky freezes. The picture freezes. Solution

The situation is approximately the same as with crashes: many freezes are directly related to the game itself, or rather to the developer’s mistake when creating it. However, often a frozen picture can become a starting point for investigating the deplorable state of a video card or processor.

So if the picture in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky freezes, then use programs to display statistics on component loading. Perhaps your video card has long exhausted its working life or the processor is heating up to dangerous temperatures?

The easiest way to check the load and temperatures for the video card and processors is in the MSI Afterburner program. If you wish, you can even display these and many other parameters on top of the Stalker: Clear Sky picture.

What temperatures are dangerous? Processors and video cards have different operating temperatures. For video cards they are usually 60-80 degrees Celsius. For processors it is slightly lower - 40-70 degrees. If the processor temperature is higher, then you should check the condition of the thermal paste. It may have already dried out and needs to be replaced.

If the video card is heating up, then you should use a driver or an official utility from the manufacturer. It is necessary to increase the number of revolutions of the coolers and check whether the operating temperature decreases.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky slows down. Low FPS. Frame rate drops. Solution

If there are slowdowns and low frame rates in Stalker: Clear Sky, the first thing you should do is lower the graphics settings. Of course, there are many of them, so before reducing everything, it’s worth finding out exactly how certain settings affect performance.

Screen resolution. In short, this is the number of points that make up the game picture. The higher the resolution, the higher the load on the video card. However, the increase in load is insignificant, so you should reduce the screen resolution only as a last resort, when everything else no longer helps.

Texture quality. Typically, this setting determines the resolution of texture files. The texture quality should be reduced if the video card has a small amount of video memory (less than 4 GB) or if you are using a very old hard drive with a spindle speed of less than 7200.

Model quality(sometimes just detailing). This setting determines which set of 3D models will be used in the game. The higher the quality, the more polygons. Accordingly, high-poly models require more processing power from the video card (not to be confused with the amount of video memory!), which means this parameter should be reduced on video cards with low core or memory frequencies.

Shadows. They are implemented in different ways. In some games, shadows are created dynamically, that is, they are calculated in real time at every second of the game. Such dynamic shadows load both the processor and the video card. For optimization purposes, developers often abandon full rendering and add pre-rendered shadows to the game. They are static, because essentially they are just textures overlaid on top of the main textures, which means they load memory, and not the video card core.

Often developers add additional settings related to shadows:

Shadow Resolution - Determines how detailed the shadow cast by an object will be. If the game has dynamic shadows, it loads the video card core, and if a pre-created render is used, then it “eats” the video memory.
Soft shadows - smoothing out unevenness in the shadows themselves, usually this option is given along with dynamic shadows. Regardless of the type of shadows, it loads the video card in real time.

Smoothing. Allows you to get rid of ugly corners on the edges of objects through the use of a special algorithm, the essence of which usually comes down to generating several images at once and comparing them, calculating the most “smooth” picture. There are many different anti-aliasing algorithms, which differ in the level of impact on the performance of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky.

For example, MSAA works head-on, creating 2, 4 or 8 renders at once, so the frame rate is reduced by 2, 4 or 8 times, respectively. Algorithms like FXAA and TAA work a little differently, achieving a smooth image by calculating only the edges and using some other tricks. Thanks to this, they do not reduce performance as much.

Lighting. As with anti-aliasing, there are different algorithms for lighting effects: SSAO, HBAO, HDAO. They all use video card resources, but they do it differently depending on the video card itself. The fact is that the HBAO algorithm was promoted mainly on video cards from Nvidia (GeForce line), so it works best on “green” ones. HDAO, on the contrary, is optimized for video cards from AMD. SSAO is the simplest type of lighting, it consumes the least resources, so in case of brakes in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky, it is worth switching to it.

What to reduce first? Shadows, anti-aliasing and lighting effects tend to take the most work, so these are the best places to start.

Gamers often have to optimize S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky themselves. Almost all major releases have various related forums where users share their ways to improve productivity.

One of them is a special program called Advanced System Optimizer. It is made specifically for those who do not want to manually clean their computer of various temporary files, delete unnecessary registry entries and edit the startup list. Advanced System Optimizer does this for you and also analyzes your computer to find ways to improve performance in apps and games.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky lags. Large delay when playing. Solution

Many people confuse “brakes” with “lags,” but these problems have completely different causes. Stalker: Clear Sky slows down when the frame rate at which the image is displayed on the monitor decreases, and lags when the delay when accessing the server or any other host is too high.

This is why lags can only occur in online games. The reasons are different: bad network code, physical distance from servers, network congestion, incorrectly configured router, low Internet connection speed.

However, the latter happens least often. In online games, communication between client and server occurs through the exchange of relatively short messages, so even 10 MB per second should be enough.

There is no sound in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky. Can not hear anything. Solution

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky works, but for some reason it doesn’t sound - this is another problem that gamers face. Of course, you can play like this, but it’s still better to figure out what’s going on.

First you need to determine the scale of the problem. Where exactly is there no sound - only in the game or even on the computer? If only in a game, then perhaps this is due to the fact that the sound card is very old and does not support DirectX.

If there is no sound at all, then the problem is definitely in the computer settings. Perhaps the sound card drivers are installed incorrectly, or maybe there is no sound due to some specific error in our beloved Windows OS.

Controls do not work in Stalker: Clear Sky. S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky does not recognize the mouse, keyboard or gamepad. Solution

How to play if it is impossible to control the process? Problems with supporting specific devices are inappropriate here, because we are talking about familiar devices - a keyboard, mouse and controller.

Thus, errors in the game itself are practically excluded; the problem is almost always on the user's side. You can solve it in different ways, but, one way or another, you will have to contact the driver. Usually, when you connect a new device, the operating system immediately tries to use one of the standard drivers, but some models of keyboards, mice and gamepads are incompatible with them.

Thus, you need to find out the exact model of the device and try to find its driver. Devices from well-known gaming brands often come with their own software packages, since the standard Windows driver simply cannot ensure the correct operation of all functions of a particular device.

If you don’t want to search for drivers for all devices separately, you can use the program Driver Updater. It is designed to automatically search for drivers, so you only need to wait for the scan results and download the necessary drivers in the program interface.

Often, Stalker: Clear Sky slowdowns can be caused by viruses. In this case, it makes no difference how powerful the video card is in the system unit. You can scan your computer and clean it of viruses and other unwanted software using special programs. For example NOD32. The antivirus has proven itself to be the best and has been approved by millions of users around the world.

ZoneAlarm is suitable for both personal use and small businesses, capable of protecting a computer running Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows XP from any attacks: phishing, viruses, malware, spyware and other cyber threats . New users are given a 30-day free trial.

Nod32 is an antivirus from ESET, which has received many awards for its contribution to security development. Versions of anti-virus programs are available on the developer’s website for both PCs and mobile devices; a 30-day trial version is provided. There are special conditions for business.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky downloaded from a torrent does not work. Solution

If the game distribution was downloaded via torrent, then in principle there can be no guarantees of operation. Torrents and repacks are almost never updated through official applications and do not work over the network, because in the process of hacking, hackers cut out all network functions from games, which are often used to verify the license.

Using such versions of games is not only inconvenient, but even dangerous, because very often many files in them have been changed. For example, to bypass protection, pirates modify the EXE file. At the same time, no one knows what else they do with it. Perhaps they embed self-executing software. For example, when the game is first launched, it will integrate into the system and use its resources to ensure the well-being of hackers. Or, giving access to the computer to third parties. There are no guarantees here and cannot be.

In addition, the use of pirated versions is, in the opinion of our publication, theft. The developers spent a lot of time creating the game, investing their own money in the hope that their brainchild would pay off. And every work must be paid.

Therefore, if any problems arise with games downloaded from torrents or hacked using one or another means, you should immediately remove the pirated version, clean your computer with an antivirus and a licensed copy of the game. This will not only protect you from dubious software, but will also allow you to download updates for the game and receive official support from its creators.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky gives an error about the missing DLL file. Solution

As a rule, problems associated with missing DLLs arise when launching S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky, but sometimes the game can access certain DLLs during the process and, not finding them, crash in the most blatant manner.

To fix this error, you need to find the required DLL and install it on the system. The easiest way to do this is using the program DLL-fixer, which scans the system and helps quickly find missing libraries.

If your problem turns out to be more specific or the method outlined in this article did not help, then you can ask other users in our “” section. They will help you quickly!

Thank you for your attention!

StarForce - ClearSky. Questions and answers

The most common errors:

1. The disk does not pass the test. The message says that the disc is not licensed or is not in the drive at all. The message is especially common with NEC drives.

Occurs due to incompatibility of the drive or its firmware and protection system.

Adviсe:
Try reducing the drive speed using Nero Drive Speed to 5-8x and repeat the test. Sometimes changing the firmware to a more recent one helps.

Site with firmware -
The link has been removed.

2. When checking the disk, a message appears about detected emulators. At the same time, the system may not have emulators themselves.

3. When you run a disk check, the security system asks you to enter a key, but the key is nowhere to be found.

Occurs when the optical drive cannot correctly read the disk key entered into the disk data area when the disks were manufactured at the factory.

4. When checking the disk, the system freezes, or reboots, or a blue screen appears.

Associated with a bug in the Deamon Tools emulator driver versions 4.x. As a rule, it appears when trying to emulate a licensed disk.

5. Update protection drivers.

If you have Windows Vista and the utility does not work normally, run it with administrator rights. The corresponding option is available by pressing the right key.

6. The game installs normally, but the protection driver is not installed

To enable/disable User Account Control, go to the Control Panel, select User Accounts. Inside there will be an option Turn UserAccount Control on/off.

I won't pour too much water. I'll start straight away and head on.

4. The most important thing!!! We change scripts. Their crookedness is the main evil!!! Download the archive. Unpack it into the game folder.

I warn you right away - those saves after which the game crashed will not work. At least that's how it is for me. You'll have to roll back to the last working save. It’s not a fountain, of course, but it’s not like going through the whole game all over again.

The game worked fine for me in both the Dark Valley and the Red Forest. Fortunately, I carefully saved all the saves.

I would like to express special gratitude to the user with the nickname ozokerit for the idea and inspiration.
Happy hunting and rich swag everyone!

Mack5 Mack5

2008-09-20T20:42:21Z 2008-09-20T20:42:21Z

Play Clear Sky without crashes Finish what you didn't finish

- I won’t pour a lot of water. I'll start straight away and head on.
The gaming community all over the world, and there is no need to talk about the CIS countries, greeted with great joy the long-awaited prequel to Shadows of Chernobyl - Clear Sky. My pants (for me personally) were full of joy - I immediately bought the licensed version, not sparing 500 honestly earned rubles.
I played without stopping for almost the whole day, studying in detail the entire world of the zone, looking into every corner, finding almost everything that could be found.
Along the way, I studied the forum, and was very surprised to learn that the game often crashes, which in some cases actually makes it impossible to play. Save every 5 seconds, and then load saves again - I’ll tell you, it’s not for the faint of heart.
Happiness did not last long... Having moved to the Dark Valley, I discovered the following: when entering a location, if you save BEFORE talking to the checkpoint, the save is readable, and does not lead to a crash after loading in 5-10 seconds (for some, it takes up to a minute ), if you save after the conversation, the save is broken and leads to departure from the game. If in this case we try to leave the location, we get a broken save, i.e. A save game crashes when you try to load it during client synchronization.
To say that I was upset is to say nothing. The game is up! There is NO opportunity to go further!
Everything was decided by loading someone else's save. Naturally, this is someone else’s game, someone else’s life, someone else’s strategy... But as they say, for lack of fish there is cancer. I started further passage - in the end I got stuck again, this time in the Red Forest. These are the pies.
There was no desire to install the next patch and go through everything from the very beginning for the 3rd time.
It would all have ended there - the game would have gone into the trash (believe me, the desire to tear the disk to shreds arose many times), but...
After surfing the web and following the advice of forum members, the following was found out:
1. Crashes are almost independent of the hardware.
2. The problem is hidden in the scripts. Here's more details - for some the game does not crash at all, for others it crashes. It all depends on HOW you play through the game.
3. Many problems are associated with the fact that the game is installed by default in a folder whose path contains spaces and Cyrillic characters. This is very critical for scripts! I advise you to avoid this. For example, put it in the e:GamesStalker2 folder. It is also strongly recommended to edit the fsgame.ltx file located in the root folder of the game. We change the first line of the file to $app_data_root$=true|false|E:GamesSTALKER2save , each will have its own path. And then in the folder with the game we create the SAVE folder and copy everything from C: Documents and Settings All Users Documents STALKER-STCS into it. Thus, we remove Cyrillic characters from the save paths
4. The most important thing!!! We change scripts. Their crookedness is the main evil!!! Download the archive