Radiation from artifacts help needed

[Kensei]

I'll start by saying I've played the original trilogy a number of times through, so I understand the games, and yet I'm currently unable to use a single artifact because of the radiation problem.

I have been through many suits already, and I just got to the garbage technician where I can finally upgrade the best suit I have so far (PSZ-20W CONVOY) with radiation bonuses, plus an optician gas mask, and I still cannot use a single weak level artifact without radiation build up. I have gathered over 20 artifacts and have been playing for over 40 hours, and not a single anti-radiation one to be found. All the artifacts are just sitting in my stash absolutely useless, and one of the main Stalker features is completely ruined. What the hell. How is it this broken?

[KaneChopwood.mmg]

I'm not sure if its randomized, but i found a couple of weak anti-rad artifacts just laying around in the back of a van in labyrinth, near slag heap. But yeah, the droprate of these leaves something to be desired. A couple of suits have a lead container upgrade, which is really useful. You can plop -any- artifact in there without having to worry about rads. The UI slots have a little green glow at the bottom.

[OTB OldToothlessBastard]

I found a couple of medium radiation resistance Artefacts,
I put the artefact with the highest radiation negative effect in the first slot.
then put my radiation resistance artefact in the second slot.
I can now run 2 more artefacts with weak radiation effects in the remain 2 slots and receive no radiation.
thats how it works.
Note: your suit need the artefact lead shielding upgrade or you will need another radiation cancelling artefact.
if it says radiation in red its a negitive
if it says it in green its a positive.
1 medium positive should cancel out 2 weak negatives.

[Kensei]

Originally posted by KaneChopwood.mmg:

I'm not sure if its randomized, but i found a couple of weak anti-rad artifacts just laying around in the back of a van in labyrinth, near slag heap. But yeah, the droprate of these leaves something to be desired. A couple of suits have a lead container upgrade, which is really useful. You can plop -any- artifact in there without having to worry about rads. The UI slots have a little green glow at the bottom.

I did read about that, though I haven't checked through all my suits to see if one has that upgrade yet. It seems a very niche way to be able to use one of the main gameplay features of Stalker. It's also weird you have to get to the slag before you can even upgrade suits properly, as Lens in Zalissya is useless lol. I'm just shocked I don't have a single anti-rad artifact yet, which was always one of the first ones in the other Stalker games.

I'll go have a look where you suggested, thanks!

[OTB OldToothlessBastard]

Double check the ones you have, you may have a few weak resistance ones you over looked.
Most of my weak resistance ones i found in the first 2 areas.
I think it was a slug artefact its quite common.

[Kensei]

Originally posted by OTB OldToothlessBastard:

Double check the ones you have, you may have a few weak resistance ones you over looked.
Most of my weak resistance ones i found in the first 2 areas.
I think it was a slug artefact its quite common.

Yeah not a single slug or any other radioprotective one. This is randomization gone very wrong! Do you know what type of anomaly you found them in? They keep changing the artifact properties of certain artifacts from game to game so I'm not sure what anomalies to find radiation reducing ones in.

[OTB OldToothlessBastard]

the green acid sludge dropped em for me, also got a weak anti rad one from the lightening anomaly.

[Kensei]

Originally posted by OTB OldToothlessBastard:

the green acid sludge dropped em for me, also got a weak anti rad one from the lightening anomaly.

Thanks that should help.