I agree with the comments about RTS games which are prone to rushing and one-unit spam fests cos of some relatively cheap super-tank. The reason *I* like SupCom so much is because theres NONE of this bull. "ooooohhh great big effing colossus walker heading my way, but wait, :O not even backed up! Ah well, a good row of point defences will take it down easily."

My experience of CnC and similar titles is - "Send in the huge tank to shoot everything really quickly and end the game in the least satisfying 10 minutes of my life."

RTS; SupCom, anyday - the scale is phenomenal and it actually uses the operative word in RTS.....STRATEGY.......properly.

RPG; Neverwinter Nights 1/2, Guild Wars if you want summat free and quick, or WOW or LOTR for a deeper, more prolonged experience.

Right click on your STALKER launch icon, then where it says target, it should read "C:\Program Files...STALKER..." etc. After the last " mark. Type a space, and then -noprefetch. If you wish to skip the intro movies as well, type another space and then
-nointro.

Im afraid its a lot more than my second. EVERYTHING seems to be broke atm - even my godamn 360 has packed in all of a sudden.

No, Im afraid I didnt solve the problem, it still crashed, but its always just as Im about to get the trucks to the zone in Lima Foxtrot. I can only assume it might be my save, thats the only thing I can think of.

But yeah, STALKER has given me problems from Day 1 - the extreme load times didnt help till i discovered how to skip the prefetch stage. My PC should be able to handle it though.

Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 3.40GHz (2 CPUs)
             Memory: 1024MB RAM
          Page File: 380MB used, 2447MB available
        Windows Dir: C:WINDOWS
    DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)

Card name: Radeon X1600 Series 
     Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.
        Chip type: ATI Radeon Graphics Processor AGP (0x71C2)
         DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
       Device Key: EnumPCIVEN_1002&DEV_71C2&SUBSYS_215C17AF&REV_00
   Display Memory: 512.0 MB
     Current Mode: 1024 x 768 (32 bit) (75Hz)
          Monitor: Plug and Play Monitor
  Monitor Max Res: 1600,1200
      Driver Name: ati2dvag.dll
   Driver Version: 6.14.0010.6683 (English)
      DDI Version: 9 (or higher)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
 Driver Date/Size: 3/15/2007 02:57:34, 267776 bytes

These are my DxDiag specs, and yes, I can *run* STALKER - but playability is questionable, even on medium/low settings with static lighting - I get constant crashes and sometimes I have to reset - sometimes only after 5 mins of play. Could anyone help with this?