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Posted April 17, 2017
Hi,
I'm just wondering how to extract the gamedata files so that I can make a small game tweaks. And if you know, I would also like to know how to give the player infinite health (or no damage), but mainly the extraction thing.
Thanks!

Edit: FYI - I'm using SoC.
Post edited April 17, 2017 by TheNerdyPlane
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Posted April 18, 2017
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TheNerdyPlane: Hi,
I'm just wondering how to extract the gamedata files so that I can make a small game tweaks. And if you know, I would also like to know how to give the player infinite health (or no damage), but mainly the extraction thing.
Thanks!

Edit: FYI - I'm using SoC.
There are a couple of SoC database extractors available, one posted by Don Reba, an admin of the GSC Games forum, at his Codeplex account -- but CodePlex is going away so I don't know how long that link will last.

I've been using , a command-line-based extractor. But you can do a lot of what you want in the game itself with [url=http://www.metacognix.com/files/stlkrsoc/]the Zone Reclamation Project (same site). For instance, you can spawn an invulnerability artifact (nice because it can be removed from the belt to resume normal play) or directly set variables like the player's health with the support utilities (ZSU) dialog. See the Modifier page there for other examples of what you can do.

If nothing else, the ZRP archive can provide a lot of the files you want to change without needing to extract anything. You'll need to change fsgame.ltx to use the external gamedata folder that you create; instructions are in the ZRP readme.
Post edited April 18, 2017 by NatVak
Posted April 19, 2017
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NatVak: There are a couple of SoC database extractors available, one posted by Don Reba, an admin of the GSC Games forum, at his Codeplex account -- but CodePlex is going away so I don't know how long that link will last.

I've been using , a command-line-based extractor. But you can do a lot of what you want in the game itself with [url=http://www.metacognix.com/files/stlkrsoc/]the Zone Reclamation Project (same site). For instance, you can spawn an invulnerability artifact (nice because it can be removed from the belt to resume normal play) or directly set variables like the player's health with the support utilities (ZSU) dialog. See the Modifier page there for other examples of what you can do.

If nothing else, the ZRP archive can provide a lot of the files you want to change without needing to extract anything. You'll need to change fsgame.ltx to use the external gamedata folder that you create; instructions are in the ZRP readme.
Thanks, that was what I was looking for, but I tried the top one before even asking here, and it didn't seem to work. How am I supposed to use a program like that? I tried putting in my stalker soc root directory, a .db# file itself, and the bin folder, and set the output to my desktop, and the extract button was greyed out, am I doing something wrong?
Posted April 19, 2017
I trust Don Reba, but I just found out that there are no instructions in the extractor.7z archive and none on the download site. So I went to the GSC Forum site (where Don Reba is admin, as mentioned) and searched for "Don Reba extractor" using that site's search feature. I found this thread: DB Extractor

Maybe you need to select a specific file to extract.

If you still have trouble, please consider what it is you want to do, and look at the alternatives I posted earlier.

Edit: I realize that I might not be clear enough in my suggestion to use files from the ZRP archive. You don't need to run ZRP to use the files there. However, you might want to read up on modding the game. There are a few files in the ZRP archive in the gamedata\docs\ folder that might help. You can also read through the stickied How to Mod STALKER thread there in the Mod Discussion forum section.
Post edited April 19, 2017 by NatVak
Posted April 20, 2017
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NatVak: I trust Don Reba, but I just found out that there are no instructions in the extractor.7z archive and none on the download site. So I went to the GSC Forum site (where Don Reba is admin, as mentioned) and searched for "Don Reba extractor" using that site's search feature. I found this thread: DB Extractor

Maybe you need to select a specific file to extract.

If you still have trouble, please consider what it is you want to do, and look at the alternatives I posted earlier.
Ok, thanks! The thread you linked me to helped! Turns out I was just using it backwards. The reason why I wanted to try and use extractor.7z is because I had already downloaded it and tried it out, so wanted to properly learn how to use it, rather than let myself be defeated by a computer program. Thanks for your help!
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