☢┃stalker-general

[novel axle]

yeah I might start a new game on stalker, as I assume rookie=easy, Stalker=Normal, veteran=hard. Just getting annoyed by how overly tanky everything is.

[finite beacon]

You can just change it in options without starting a new game

[novel axle]

Personal rule to not mess with difficulty in a ongoing game. I know I CAN switch it, but it also influences loot.

[alpine swallow]

Yeah on Vet they are alle Bullet sponges

[jolly geyser]

Hey guys, does anyone know what settings to change for fixing the weird sparkling texture on wet surfaces? Like the "cave" tunnel we enter during prologue next to the generators

[finite beacon]

I mean until they drop a few hot fixes the game is pretty messed up anyway, I’d be impressed if it could be anymore messed up

[vagrant hornet]

Did the patch come?

[woeful frigate]

this cache download tho..

[weary hedge]

Dude stalker is also tanky asf

[novel axle]

yeah I expect to see a patch note where they screwed up mutant hp and had to fix it, or messed something up with them to make them way more tanky than any other stalker game.

[pine fern]

I got slapped around by the first actual enemy on stalker difficulty

[finite beacon]

A life is deffo messed up, having 5 different encounters in the same place and enemies in camps constantly respawning is 90% of my deaths

[woeful frigate]

are the faction roles working in this server i tried to go bandit/

[flint nest]

Call me crazy, but since humans die in one headshot, the starting pistol is really good (and cheap to upgrade). You almost never run out of ammo. The trader sells like 300 and it costs like 20 credits for a pack.

[jolly geyser]

main reason i went for Stalker difficulty. i dislike it when harder difficulty means more HP etc and thats it , not smarter AI or something like that

[light island]

I got ultimate edition on Xbox, but where do I find the OST and Artbook? I haven't received emails for this and xant find it on xbox, open to dms to figure this out

[coral harbor]

theres also a terrible game design where we cant see what type of ammo we have loaded, buck or slug etc, and the icon change is so little we cant tell the difference ... horribel game design

[steel axle]

I try to eat, to sleep, but I'm still moving verry slowly

[finite beacon]

Yeah my thought is they should change the selection colour to orange

[broken mist]

how much weight are u carring?

[flint nest]

i even found it to be a decent option for mutant quests. they have so much damage res, you just need hits. the starting pistol is good for this.

[novel axle]

Bloodsuckers are deadly, but they are also supposed to be fragile, its the whole reason they have stealth mechanics, they aren't supposed to be able to take a hit. They were basically easier to kill than unarmored humans in the other games, assuming you can shoot them before they jump you like the ninja's they are.

[inner stump]

Do you have walking toggled on or you are over encumbered

[jolly geyser]

too bad we cant get the UI / hud removal of veteran difficulty playing on Stalker, or maybe we can did not check.

[finite beacon]

You can it’s in the options

[steel axle]

38.8 kg on 80. I'm not emcumbered and I try to press the X button but nothing change

[proper basalt]

sleep

[rigid garnet]

Yes but, you see, I ran out of primary guns ammo 2 fights prior and ran out of pistol ammo just as I was fighting the bandits, of whiuch there were 5 of them and they were not being very Cheeki Breeki towards me

[flint nest]

Yes, not only did they give them ridiculous damage resistance, they made their invisibility better. So you can't spray into the woods and kill them if you used to be able to. You need deliberate hits. And Buckshot cost more than gold so you can't do that either

[jolly geyser]

awesome thanks, would take everything from Veteran difficulty except the Hp buff of enemies

[coral harbor]

anyone else having resonably ok fps but terrible input lag?

[steel axle]

I already sleep but still nothing

[proper basalt]

deluxe edition is just a reskined pistol also is there any reason to use a pm over skifs pistol?

[rigid garnet]

you gotta hit those shots, and I was not hittin those shots.

[finite beacon]

Yes, on Xbox with no controller dead zone and input delay makes aiming hard

[flint nest]

oh dang, that truly is the cheeki-ist of Breeki-ist hah

[novel axle]

are you like just using full auto to kill everything like a cod kiddie? I set my viper-5 to semi auto, as 1-2 rounds kills a human, body hits are a waste of your ammo on vet. @proper basalt I seen no reason to not just use skif's pistol its basically the PTM pistol anyway.

[weary hedge]

can you join freedom

[proper basalt]

i figured as much wasnt sure if anyone found any upside to it

[flint nest]

@ninjanick i didn't mean anything special. just a makarov. headshots get kills @novel axle try skif's/tpm, but upgraded. you'll be surprised by how powerful it is.

[signal swan]

the first mod i need is transparent to me: less damn dogs

[novel axle]

Oh it does hit pretty hard, does more than the ak47 for whatever stupid reason.

[jagged umbra]

Slow chat test omfg a minute??

[flint nest]

basic ammo costs 20 credits for a box, you kill mutants almost as fast as a proper gun, and upgrades make the thing a pocket sniper.

[vestal smelt]

howhy yall, so I can talk spoilers here right

[jolly geyser]

i can still remember playing stalker as first game on my first pc in 2009, i remember clearly because i experienced weird shit like controller's attack "sound" made me feel dizzy lol , immersion level 9000

[proper basalt]

i have the monolith fully upgraded by the time i do the third story quest im gonna be in a exo with 100 rpg

[steel axle]

I rewrite my problem here :

I can't move in an other speed than walk. First I thougth that wass because I'm emcumbered but after emptying my backpack I still can't move at normal speed. Even the sprint button doesn't work. So that's what I try :

• Press the X button to walk
• eat
• Sleep
• Reload my save
• Reload the game
• Emptying my backpack

[novel axle]

I wish they'd lower the timer 1 min is a little much. 15s is better.

[rigid garnet]

I was out of town for like an hour, I didnt bring enough ammo. I keep limited stock in my backpack when im doing long excursions, hoping to supplement while Im out and about. Shit happens. It was a fun encounter, I liked having to run around and dodge gunfire and throw grenades hoping they stand still long enough to die.

[jagged umbra]

I’ve noticed on PC After a rain storm usually at about the hour mark I have to restart the game, the micro stutters seem to stack

[vestal smelt]

so I am at first mission to find SQUINT guy, but military wants it

stalkers wants it, but I can only give him to one side

so will me giving him to one side piss off the other side

[novel axle]

Oh REAL dumb question, is the private stash in that dudes shop the shared stash? why can't I remember the names of people... Its in the town Lens is in.

[proper basalt]

are you crouched? @rigid garnet jesus i would never run limited i bring atleast 200 extra 9x39

[flint nest]

I belive so. it has the map market

[finite beacon]

Stalkers are your homies and the military are police, that should help inform your choice

[steel axle]

Nope, and crounch/uncrounch don't work

[proper basalt]

You're not in water are you?

[vestal smelt]

but will I piss off the military by helping him, or they just will not know

[flint nest]

I gotta code dive, but in the OG games suppressors lowered your recoil by like 10%, but lowered your damage by 20%. I need to check if S2 has the same.

[frigid hill]

._.mephistopheles._. has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[mint swift]

Find out for yourself lol why are you asking for spoilers 😂 ruining your own fun !

[trim fulcrum]

Is ammo as effective as in previous games? Like, instakilling fully armored enemies effective

[jagged umbra]

I had one of my AKS disappear when I reloaded my save

[finite beacon]

Tried quitting and restarting?

[steel axle]

Nope, I'm in base camp, I've done 300 m at loaw speed it's owfull

[novel axle]

If you help out the town you'll prob get a discount from the npcs, but tick off the ward a bit. helping the ward will prob tick the town off which will possibly cause all prices to rise. this is my guess here I've not done the quest, but from that view, helping Gaffer out is prob the better choice of the 2.

[vestal smelt]

I dont mind spoilers LOL, and would rather try to avoid having to replay the mission if I dont like the outcome

[proper basalt]

btw it tells you when your last save was in btm right

[rigid garnet]

oh im a freak bro, i like being out and about like that. I want to LOOT

And man i wish i could stop myself from cursing in my messages, but unfortunately, i swear like a sailor and type how I talk. Pain.

[steel axle]

Not working °°

[vestal smelt]

I dont mind the prices rise or fall, what I do mind is being shot on sight cuz they angry

[proper basalt]

ive noticed doing quests for some of the other traders unlocks a larger stock for them

[unreal heath]

Guys how tf do you dodge in this game in pc? I feel like I have pressed all buttons

[inner stump]

Press A or D

[flint nest]

don't have your inventory full going into combat like most people do

[mint swift]

You haven’t found your max pain dive button yet 🥲

[weak sapphire]

Brev why do wolves and other animals hide when you clim up somewhere. Those are some high IQ animals.

[proper basalt]

thats the neat part you dont

[novel axle]

I miss anomalys system, where higher faction reduced prices and increased what they'd buy stuff off you for. Not sure if that exists in Stalker 2 or not. @unreal heath jokes on you, there is no dodge, you can just side straife and pray their hitbox is not 3x as big as it appears to be.. (looks like flesh and bloodsuckers).

[dreamy violet]

Yo. I am playing stalker 2 and I cant find the artifact. I have the scanner and everythng and I am standing right on the spot its supposed to be but it wont appear

[flint nest]

you can dodge if you aren't carrying a small armory with you. I just killed 6 flesh with a knife

[vestal smelt]

https://www.si.com/videogames/news/stalker-2-bugs-performance-issues-hotfix-patches-planned-gsc-game-world this guide say kill Squint and keep the artifact

[novel axle]

There is prob a way to get the artifact, keep him alive AND get the sensors.

[vestal smelt]

I dont know how LOL

[sleek crater]

N

[novel axle]

lol i'd prob kill him looking at hat guide, after he directs me to the location of the artifact.

[topaz plume]

Where's the ultimate edition stash?

[orchid isle]

Link to Community Manager adressing the A-LIFE 2.0 issue:
https://www.reddit.com/r/stalker/comments/1gwd3st/comment/ly8pr8p/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

[sleek crater]

He gives you a good time if you let him live, at least in my head

[vestal smelt]

apparently second guide say how after you get sensors you have two options with 2 totally different quest lines

the military or free stalker one depending on who you give sensors too

[jolly geyser]

is there any channel on discord that could help with what settings to change for decreasing the weird sparkling pixels that wet surfaces have in dark places?
Sofar not managed to find sup

[pure tendon]

journalist stashes

[solid rock]

Hey guys, does anyone know what changes in veteran difficulty exactly compared to the default setting? Curious if the difficulty is like Metro's where it makes both the player and the enemy less bullet sponges.

[proper basalt]

journalist stashes its a mix of all editions and preorders

[quartz hamlet]

Is A-life working?

[halcyon tusk]

Yooo so where is the patch?

[restive heron]

me dying over and over in the zone but it doesn't matter because I'm really just a chill guy

[novel axle]

enemeis deal more damage to you, enemies become more bullet spongy and also prob toss grenades alot more.

[sleek crater]

Link above

[vestal smelt]

guess I will make save when I get to that point and just reply them at a later date to see what I will get

cuz I wanna play both military and stalker

[pure tendon]

glad i dont have ulti i heard the weapons and suits completely break the balance xdddd

[solid rock]

They become more spongy? Dang, I should set it to default in that case. Thanks.

[topaz steeple]

played like 7 hours and my game just crashed for the 3rd time, but this time it also completely froze my pc and also somehow deleted 4 hours worth of progress, im playing on pc gamepass are my saves just gone or can i recover them somehow?

[quiet grove]

A life is not in the game ?

[high geode]

Very noob question here, are we going to be able to change our or join one of the many factions?

[vestal smelt]

nah, they dont break balance

they are just that good that you basically one-shot everything LOL

I have read about it from people that have pirate copy of game with it and they say how that stuff is sick OP

its on reddit somewhere you can check it out

[novel axle]

welll Rookie is easy, Stalker is normal, and veteran is hard basically, the game defaults to easy as casuals and journo's tend to suck at games.

[proper basalt]

trust me difficulty doesnt matter for the gernade spam also @pure tendon not really the weapons are all in areas you could find them natturally and most of them are skins nothing special only 3 guns are unique and come with downsides build in

[pure tendon]

stalker has always been about prioritizing headshots, thats rly what u wanna 4 aim for in this game

[coral harbor]

Could someone please take a look at this and @ me a responce? i need some help with a weird issue :/ #📸┃screenshots_and_videos message

[novel axle]

They need to have inventory limits maybe 1 grenade per, i've had 1 npc toss like 10 grenades at me, I left one random dude alive on purpose and I don't think they even run out of grenades

[north jackal]

Check the pins

[proper basalt]

had 3 toss in a row think they just designate one squad member to throw nades and they get infinite?

[novel axle]

I also find enemy grenades BS as they always perfectly land that throw, and its hard to see the thing, yet you throw a grenade and they are psychic and just know where it is.

[pure tendon]

in ulti dont u get like 4 weapons, from what ive read they make every other gun u have or will find redundent cuz they r just that good so kinda takes the fun out of finding cool guns imo, but i can see how some players like having broken kit to have fun

well not broken i would just say vastly superior to most items u find normally

[proper basalt]

if memory serves me correct all four are defualt with just a skin over them same with all the monolith and preorder gun if it says singleplayer only in description its unique the uniques come with built in downsides such as the integrally supressed vector having 20% higher recoil and degredation

[fierce nexus]

Anyone hear live to forget on the radio yet?

[weak sapphire]

any way to make the day night cycle longer. It's hella short

[frozen sinew]

When do I get access to the inventory stash? I need to make space im carrying too much consumables

[high geode]

Does anyone know if joining factions is a thing?

[pure tendon]

i will have to find some footage of them being used to see for sure because i myself havent used or seen them used so. most guns in this game will one shot hs most things so u just gotta be accurate

[quiet grove]

The worst enemy in the game is the "compiling shaders for 30min" every time i open the game 🎮

[sleek crater]

Continue main story

[fierce nexus]

If you're in Zalissya, your stash is right next to your bed

[north jackal]

What is your CPU?.. i have a 13600k and it takes 2 minutes

[tender jasper]

I'm starting to think not. Haven't seen one thing that looks like ALife since I started playing 12 hours ago. The ALife system if it does exist is nowhere near the original trilogy ALife. I'm suspecting we have got a fallout style random encounter spawning instead of ALife.

[sleek crater]

Send in a service ticket 🎟️, like the devs keep saying

[north jackal]

Check pins in this channel for dev response on A-Life currently

[pure tendon]

i did the mission to find a monolith and there were some bandits fighting so i killed them, i went around the house and when i came back there was another group just standing there, the ai and spawning need worked on for sure

[proper basalt]

ive gotten to use the vector and only the delux comes with unique guns all guns have to be upgraded respectively to their normal counterpart think of it more like knowing where to find a specific gun instead of having a new variant only one this isnt true for is the vector and as val all others are 1 - 1 reskins

[weak sapphire]

100% this. Devs talk about spawn range but it's not the range that is the main issue. A Life doesn't even act like A-Life. Range can be short but if i go back to the NPC that just despawned it should be the same NPC doing the same thing or going in the same direction.

[tender jasper]

I saw that pin. It's not broken though. The AI is not even acting even minimally like ALife.

[sinful rain]

same here, if you only have 16GB RAM and use old gen i3-12100F, let wait for further updates

[mossy comet]

did a few tests on this, spawns look indeed random

[sleek crater]

#📜┃gsc-answers message

[proud nacelle]

It wouldn't bother me if it was at least done in a clever way. If I enter a 1-Room building and then leave and 3 dudes pop into existance that's not funky or fresh.

[tender jasper]

No persistent characters who can leave an area and you can find them later dead or in a fight they just respawn.

[weak sapphire]

Exactly so tweaking range like the devs said wont change the randomness with 0 Percistance

[abstract arch]

these random FPS drops that requre a restart on PC, is really bad

[north jackal]

What I don't understand is how is A-Life meant to be a thing, if they have this whole spawning system implemented? it seems to just go against everything A-Life actually is.. Stuff isn't adding up

[novel axle]

I cleared this one poi of military enemies, and once morning hit they immedatly respawned right in front of me and just lit me the hell up as they spawned in from no where. usually it takes a few days for them to comback.

[pure tendon]

i have yet to see a wandering squad, the game looks good but alife needs work fs... the ai kinda just stand there and wait for something to happen

[ivory mirage]

https://www.reddit.com/r/stalker/comments/1gwd3st/psa_about_alife/

[severe wedge]

Think I’ve gotten those too. Game runs perfectly smooth with no stutters or anything then it’ll tank to a stop motion, even when navigating menus.

[proud nacelle]

There is a checkpoint at the South of the Lesser Zone that I couldn't even completely clear, every time I would enter another of the buildings a full Squad of Military Stalkers would Respawn and Zerg me.

[abstract arch]

yuppp

[tender jasper]

The spawning is literally the same as Fallout 4 for the AI you will not see a character move across the map and meet them later. It is 100 not ALife.

[novel axle]

i've seen several, had a free stalker vs military fight that I ended up finishing the winning side off after they won.

[pure tendon]

maybe im just unlucky, i have also yet to have an emission storm

[weak sapphire]

Right but it's just fully fallout style random spawn not persistent

[proper basalt]

a life couldnt work without spawning otherwise most our cpus would burn down it has to recognize when to spawn in actors and when to simulate it probably cant tell when to do so properly the a life encompesses more then just roaming but there interactions in combat and reactions to teammate and enemy communication theyll also search for a while even when clearing a group

[novel axle]

I heard they aren't dynamic or random and only happen a few times during specific story missions and never any other time. Not sure if true or not. but looking at what i've seen it'd fit.

[pure tendon]

ive had several times ive cleared out a place and go loot the building only to come outside and they just respawn after 5 minutes

[north jackal]

Yeah, this assumption beats the redditors right now that are jumping on the "IT WAS NEVER IMPLEMENTED IN THE FIRST PLACE" theory

[tender jasper]

But they arent offline and then be turned online like in the originals. They literally dornt exist until you get close then they despawn when you leave.

[weak sapphire]

They are ususally not spawned but game keeps track of what someone should or should not do if you are in range they spawn in. But currently it feels like there is no background simulation for NPCs

[warped pond]

source: trust me bro.

[naive summit]

x-ray engine did it

[proper basalt]

no those things ARE 100% RANDOM THEY HAVE STOPPED MY HUNTS 5 TIMES THIS ALL NIGHTER but they only seem to start random after kleaving the earlier areas

[round forge]

wish there was modding suppport out so teh commuinity can help make stalker better for everyone

[sleek crater]

Nexus

[valid pier]

what is this sentence even

[weak sapphire]

It's not an assumption thats also how it worked in previous stalkers. Offline NPCS and Online NPCS, online meaning spawned in.

[north jackal]

Give them time to cook, game was just released yesterday.. They should be celebrating, but instead they are probably cooking up patches and working hard

[novel axle]

Ahh so basically they are delayed till after a certain story event? that makes more sense. might explain why I haven't seen one as I haven';t even done the needle in a haystack quest yet.

[weary hedge]

k so, are the factions from the last games still present? Is the ward basically a replacement for duty?

[tender jasper]

But they were still simulated and you could meet a stalker in the bar and find him dead later in wild territory. Now they just despawn 100 percent.

[proper basalt]

x ray doing something doesnt mean that a more complicated system is automatically optimized 2.0 is more then just a more accurate simmulation of the zone but also how everything interacts with both the players my gues is it was borked by some of the ai acting up during testing and the fix caused improper spawning since one half of a life worked for the testers and the other half is failing now

[novel axle]

Duty is around thou freedom now owns them, and owns rostok as well. or so a loading tip says.

[weak sapphire]

??? Huh read the context that I wrote it in dude dont reply randomly by assuming.

[abstract arch]

dwsgames should be finished on day1, they've had enough time to 'cook'

[weary hedge]

The PM sucks RAAAAH

ah ok. I guess I'll just figure it all out when I get there. I was just curious. I'm also wondering if the monolith are as evil and psychotic as I always just assumed they were

[north jackal]

But it isn't.. We can either be mad, play it, or wait to play it when it's patched. Eitherway it's going to be fixed

[tender jasper]

Back to Radiophobia for SOC and Last Fallout for Clear sky for me. At least until this feels like a stalker game. Right now it's just fallout 4.

[novel axle]

I expected it to be jank, like when was the last time you seen a AAA game release that wasn't buggy as hell?

[proper basalt]

honestly they really didnt have a choice most likely after that many delays management probably had a gun to thier head over launching and fixing or dropping the project after so long investments acan only reach so far

[dark tree]

id rather play earlier with some bugs than wait another year

[north jackal]

I'd expect a fix for atleast A-Life to be relatively soon

[pure tendon]

game feels good right now, looks good too. sure the ai isnt up to par but that can be ironed out. it isnt plagued with game breaking bugs or anything so

[novel axle]

Go on i'll wait for you to tell me a AAA game that wasn'y buggy as hell and had other issues like performance etc too at launch, yes it doesn't make it RIGHT, but you should be used to this crap by now.

[warped pond]

i hope they sort A-Life out tho, zone is too quiet for my liking

[tender jasper]

But it isn't ALife...you know the whole reason people play stalker for that unique mechanic.

[hearty lantern]

this game needs a cyberpunk 2077 treatment

[north jackal]

Wait, is this directed to me? because I wasn't even complaining. I was talking to someone who was complaining. Unless your message isn't to me

[weary hedge]

too many mutants not getting shot

[jolly mulch]

for those who have gotten to that point are you able to return to the lesser zone after leaving it?

[warped pond]

well theres literally nothing going on outside what im doing..

[novel axle]

I mean there is a fast travel npc there so I'd assume yes.

[proper basalt]

plenty of other things to enjoy and it isnt like alife is gone its just bugged and spawns are wierd rn some people just like the atmosphere and choatic peace the zone brings

[stone harness]

Is there any fix for journalist stashes not spawning in?

[jolly mulch]

a life seems to be working fine for me (though i haven't seen many high level mutants in lesser save for a controller here and there)

[warped pond]

define 'working fine' for you

[novel axle]

Imma start a new game on stalker difficulty for now, and i'll play on vet or higher once its gotten a few patches and such. Other than bugs and performance issues there is massivle balance issues with enemies especially mutants and such.

[feral charm]

HOPE they release a performance fix today this is becoming unplayable .. and at 60€ its the most ive paid for a game since 2017..

[frozen sinew]

Can guns like the shotgun be found in the wrold or should I buy them? What about optics?

[weary hedge]

It just is what it is rn. Things will be fixed, takes time between figuring out exactly what the issues are and figuring out how to fix them without breaking other things. It's a prcoess

[tender jasper]

Lucky then because I watched 2 groups spawn in mid air fall to the ground and start fighting lol. I ran around a tree after the stalkers killed the bandits and the stalkers despawned lmao

[novel axle]

then can you'll prob have to repair them though which costs a small fortune

[proper basalt]

do needle in a haystack after that they spawn in and @warped pond the amount of enemies and creatures depends on the area spawns are currently more dynamic when a life is bugging since there dynamic spawn system is still there

[tender jasper]

Yea the mutant health pools are insane on vet. Just had a bloodsucker get stuck and it took like 60 rounds of al and 10 shells to put it down.

[jolly mulch]

the flesh are far tankier than i expected them to be

[novel axle]

yeah blood suckers in the older games were usually 2 shotgun blasts to the torso, as they are fragile its why they have stealth. flesh were usually 1 shotgun blast.

[warped pond]

not even worth fighting at this point, too much of an ammo burner

[tender jasper]

FR I love the new look and the jump but good God they tanks buckshot to the head. It's insane.

[proper basalt]

if you can use expanding round only thing that seems to do more damage to mutants atm seems like round type is what effects it

[jolly mulch]

i'm pretty early on so i haven't gotten to the point where i have many options besides "do i use my viper or my ak lmao"

[solar warren]

does anyone have a clue what youre meant to do with the psuedogiant in a container? seriously no way youre meant to kill it in a tiny space where you cant run anywhere

[weary hedge]

I ran into what I thought was just one bloodsucker. It was actually two. I dumped all three ak mags I had, through the jams..and then I was like well I'm dead. I thought about getting my shotgun out but it felt hopeless

[tender jasper]

Yea the boars are even worse. Ran into a pack of 5 and they tanked like 40 shotgun shells lmao

[proper basalt]

yeah i dont know why but i have found 5 different types of 9x39 and been testing with them

[novel axle]

I only bother with mutants if I have to, otherwise I just run, as they aren't worth killing. They drop nothing, and just eat a ton of ammo and money to kill.

[jolly mulch]

damn
rn just trying to figure out how the hell to get into the ribs bunker
cleared out the sphere and some side quests but that's it

[modest elbow]

please fix the laser, its not showing where the gun is shooting which sucks when you turned off the hud :)

[warped pond]

Exactly, no skinning makes it not worth the time or ammo - they should of added that in honestly

[vestal smelt]

how the HELL you pass that Poppy Field mission

I have literally and not even kidding drank one energy drink PER SECOND and still cant get past it

like if you just go 2 literal seconds without drinking energy drink you

DIE

[novel axle]

If it was like the older games where the average mutant save for rare specials were like 1-2 shotgun blasts I'd not care so much but yeah... The dmg they deal is fine, just way to tanky.

[jolly mulch]

i am curious what's different if you talk to gaffer instead of zotov

[proper basalt]

honestly ive got no clue what youre talking about @modest elbow is it just offset becuase it might have to be aimed to the side of the laser since there mounted not directly on the barrel

[limpid depot]

Does anyone have any icons of the new factions patches?

[tender jasper]

Yea the mutants were deadly but balanced. Now if you encounter more then 1 bloodsucker might as well just reload the save.

[weary hedge]

They could be a little less tanky. I like that they can kill me fast asf, but it sucks burning through all your ammo just to die anyway..or go all the way back for more ammo just to do it again

[proper basalt]

welp imma cull my all nighter here have fun yall hope i awake to a fun time

[abstract arch]

repairing guns us so expensive and they run down so quick

[warped pond]

Ill be on my way to knock some jobs off, but if i have to fight boars along the way, i wind up using half of my ammo just on them..

[frozen sinew]

Do ytou suggest I buy guns at shops or just loot them? Same for attachments

[weak sapphire]

makes no sense if A-Life was bugged aka the system for managing NPC and spawning them then they wouldnt even have a back up system for spawning. So there is no SECONDARY DYNAMIC SPAWNER. They should spawn based on what A LIFE says

[modest elbow]

for example on viper its mounted under the barrel yet the bullet is wrong on the horizontal axis by quiet a lot

[novel axle]

well repairing one you found is most likely going to be cheaper than buying it.

[hoary hazel]

Im very surprised the devs didnt allow vaulting onto objects

[tender jasper]

Yea I have hundreds of hours in the trilogy and they never made me just want to run from point A to B nows it's all I do....definitely not a good feel...

[warped pond]

yep, a few times now i needed to get up somewhere and couldnt, so had to go all the way around

[abstract arch]

I learned that about 5 mins ago when I tried to get onto a box but I jumped off a ledge to my death instead :d

[north jackal]

All we can do is wait and see if they fix it

[novel axle]

Thats my experience, I ignore alot of side stuff as most likely mutants, and massive ammo costs to deal with them for basically no loot.

[hoary hazel]

Im around 30-40 fps in busy areas and a solid 70-80fps in more open areas

[jolly mulch]

settlements just seem to run awfully in general

the sphere with its like 50 enemies ran better for me than the first settlement you reach

[tender jasper]

Yea it's sad honestly...kills my drive to explore like in the old games. That plus the horrible spawning equals a dead zone. Where either I see nothing or run past the stuff that spawns midair

[warped pond]

I just run, and throw nades behind me, if i have them to spare, but yes i agree, i never played like this myself previous either.

[ripe bone]

Is it normal for compiling shaders to be 20+ minutes?

[proper basalt]

It's not a secondary spawner multiple areas have dynamic spawns for the guards and bases of areas those then get put into the system then go into the cycle but if you're near when they spawn then viola normal non bugged encounters

[weary hedge]

it takes me less than two minutes

[proven kayak]

I hope for a Cyberpunk Treatment and wait. The world should feel alivd. High risk high reward. It should make you be curious and check all out. Like back then. The bugs were ignorable because all else was supreme.

[tender jasper]

Yea definitely not getting a lively zone feel and wanting to explore because you find nothing good and burn so much ammo and repairs you make zero cash.

[warped pond]

mine takes no time at all

[novel axle]

Missons the radiant ones also need to have higher money rewards

[humble ravine]

Game is much better and smoother on Xbox / pc cloud streaming , which says a lot lmao

[cinder dove]

It would be amazing if a modder created a mod to make the day and night cycle last longer with different configuration options to choose from.❗ ❗ ❗ ❗ ❗ ❗ ❗ ❗ ❗ ❗ ❗

[nocturne hatch]

run through the field

[weary hedge]

day/night cycle is too fast I think, got time to go do one task and then its dark

[tender jasper]

Another good point. Why is the day and night so fast lmao day lasts like 10 mins and it's night it's crazy 🤣

[jolly mulch]

yeah the days are really short which is weird since days in the ogs were a lot longer

[warped pond]

Yes, part of why i like Stalker is seeing a loner countless days in different areas of the zone, then finding out he died, right now it feels like im the only person in the zone, outside of my bubble nothing is going on, besides what they spawn on top of me.

[vestal smelt]

I am running and also trying to find that stash but I have search every corner of the house and cant seem to locate it LOL

[tender jasper]

Yea I'm seeing that same sentiment in all the circles online. To me it feels like fallout 4 which is sad. I feel like I could slap these models into fallout 4 and have the same game. Which is not a good feeling.

[novel axle]

another issue is why do all the chars look the same? its like they all use the same body and mostly the same head

[nocturne hatch]

do the side quest for that stalker, find 4 or 5 corpses, then he will give it to you the exact location of that icon

[crude horizon]

I've already played for like 5 hours and Skif still hasn't felt the need to sleep, is this normal?

[warped pond]

I've not heard gunshots that weren't mine or someone i was fighting out in the distance yet.

[humble ravine]

My biggest issue with the game is I hate constantly playing at night

[vestal smelt]

I paid him 2k LOL

[tender jasper]

Yea same that's because there is no persistent NPCs right now. That's a fact. I have literally followed a group of loners for like 10 mins and ran over a hill and they had despawned. Which is crazy..

[novel axle]

it might be like emissions it won't start being a thing till a certain point in the main story. I also wish when you did sleep u could choose how long, so you can wake up int he morning

[weak sapphire]

Correct me if I'm wrong. Isn't A-Life supposed to handle all NPCs so there should be no NPC that are pre scripted to spawn in in certain areas. Because if we get spawns like this without A-Life working properly then that kinda feels like that there is no proper A life to begin with. Just feels like fallout spawning

[stone harness]

THEY NEED TO FIX JOURNALIST STASHES NOT SPAWNING IN

[crude horizon]

Yeah I thought that was gonna be a thing, like in Call of Pripyat, hopefully they're gonna add it

[modest elbow]

they unlock after you do 1 main quest in settlement

[stone harness]

I’m already in garbage

[weak sapphire]

Exactly this Devs talk about spawn range but if A-life was actually in the game then the NPCs would spawn again after you get in range. But currently they just get deleted from existance.

[warped pond]

possible limitations of UE5? i know there were some concerns about Ai and UE5.. we shall see how it is when they push a patch.

[novel axle]

So someone said there is a mask u can find around the first town, anyone know where. the very first town Zsomething

[modest elbow]

you need to take usb drive from your stash and then you get side quest for journalist stashes

[tender jasper]

Yep and you can test for yourself. There is no persistent AI at all. Full stop the system is not broken it just isn't implemented.

[nocturne hatch]

plus the broken lighting and stealth, enemies can shoot you through walls, this is not fair, also, you take cover and still get shot, the usage of medkits and bandages are a bit too much, the armor is sussposed to protect you a bit ....

But yeah night time on important missions is unfair to the players

[stone harness]

I know I’ve done that. They still aren’t spawning. I’ve check 4 locations

[weak sapphire]

Engines dont work like that if you want you can programm in any system into UE5 using C plus plus. It just a set of premade tools to make life easier for devs. For more advanced stuff they hav eto code it in like usual. It's not like OH no i got UE5 Ican never have advanced NPC now. yes you can if you programm it into the engine.

[willow zinc]

Am I old or is there no binoculars in the game? xd

[tender jasper]

Yea it's wild how much is actually missing from the game.

[warped pond]

The fact the graphics are so good though would lead me to believe that they maybe had to either 1. scrap a-life for performance, or give us a very watered down system so our CPUS wouldn't implode.

[gaunt talon]

this is a phenomonal game but there's so much still missing, cant wait for modders to fill in the holes

[north jackal]

The pop in view distance is insanely small, binoculars would make it worse

[weak sapphire]

Kinda lame then if they removed all depth from the game makes it feel like a cheap Stalker

[nocturne hatch]

consoles .....

[tender jasper]

And if they did this is just another generic shooter. They show no proof that aLife exists.

[humble ravine]

Should I go down to rookie

[willow zinc]

can you join a faction in the game, like in Clear Sky? Hmmm…

[weak sapphire]

So it wasn't a passion project then but just a money making project. This is like Homeworld 3 which removed all combat depth and is now dead in the water.

[novel axle]

at least stalker, stalker is normal difficulty rookie is easy.

[warped pond]

we never exactly saw much about it anyway, a-life was always something i was worried about when i saw the graphics too.

[waxen crow]

Even on rookie the enemies are absolute bullet sponges, having to dump an entire mag into regular guys just to down them unless you get a headshot

[tender jasper]

Yea I went back to Radiophobia 3 for SOC and Last Fallout for CS awesome vanilla plus mods that bring the games up to modern standards and are immersive.

[nocturne hatch]

i just play on stalker difficulty because of the amount of bugs and so on, at least they should fix the stealth issues

[humble ravine]

The game would have been way better if they just made a solid unreal engine 4 look wise or even like metro exodos

[weak sapphire]

Biggest issue is that without native A life modding community will probably stay on old STALKER also. Because aint no modders gonna make a proper full A Life

[tender jasper]

Yep....my thought exactly...plus UE5 isn't exactly known for being mod friendly...

[gaunt talon]

In real life a level 4 vest can take multiple 556/545 shots

[waxen crow]

Yeah but you expect me to believe it can eat an entire mag of it?

[weak sapphire]

It has nothing to do with UE4 or UE5 my guy. Does nobody understand game engines?

[novel axle]

bandits don't have high end armor like that they wear leather armor at best.

[nocturne hatch]

Insurgency Sandstorm is still on UE4.X and had awesome gunplay, why those mechanics aren't present in stalker 2 too ?

[warped pond]

the jury is gonna be out on a-life now until they push this patch and after even, people are gonna need to see it like it was in previous games, a big part of why i spent 70 dollars on this, was for that feature..

[humble ravine]

Metro exodos so stable . It literally has everything , and I mean everything to do with unreal engine 5. I make games for a living for the past 6 years

[gaunt talon]

Maybe like 10 rounds, but I'd say they aren't too tanky

[urban stratus]

i haven't noticed too many issues with human npcs being bullet sponges, but i have pumped out 24 rounds of buckshot into a single mutant

[north jackal]

As much as I love the game, your entirely right

[tender jasper]

No idea. UE 5 makes great games. But shouldn't be used for this because mods are what make stalker. And UE5 doesn't like mods.

[waxen crow]

Regular thugs should not be taking entire mags to kill

[hollow chasm]

Question is Point shop functioning for stalker 2 cuz in database i see a frame a avatar and background but theres nothing to purchase

[willow zinc]

can you join a fraction in the game like Clear Sky?

[humble ravine]

There’s other issues for sure besides ue5 like lighting , day night cycle and enemy AI

[sick frost]

Hi there. What is the best way to get in touch with GSC staff on the server?

[urban stratus]

aim for the head, seems to one tap in my experience

[gaunt talon]

Just headshot, plus there's the argument that adrenaline keeps them alive, same as you being able to tank 8 545 shots

[nocturne hatch]

contact their support page

[tender jasper]

My man a bandit wearing a dollar general leather jacket is not gonna take 10 rounds of 5.45....its not happening 😂😂

[tawdry umbra]

Remember everyone, this game doesn't have bugs, just undocumented anomalies

[nocturne hatch]

oh boy last night i went on main quest, i just run and gun that military base aka Sphere

[sick frost]

Thanks for your help

[barren cairn]

You underestimate the power of Cossack flowing through his veins and atrophied liver.

[simple shard]

Maybe I'm confused, but don't they literally have a second X-RAY system bolted onto UE5 specifically for A-Life 2.0? I keep seeing a lot of conjecture that it "doesn't exist" but if that were the case it seems like it would be literally insane to frankenstein multiple engine components together for zero reason.

[tender jasper]

😂😂😂

[nocturne hatch]

i miss the gloomy effects on the walls from ShoC, when you are in the underground areas, in S2 underground lighting and walls are kinda flat

[turbid heron]

If it didnt exist, it wouldnt be in the day 1 patch notes

[barren cairn]

They wanted to make a great looking cleaner stalker. Something for the new generations of pcs.
That's my assumption.

[simple shard]

It seems to me it just flat out isn't working or is buggy as hell for probably multiple reasons. Somewhere, the two systems have to talk to each other, and it seems like they probably mostly aren't.
@turbid heron The day 1 patch notes noted improvements and fixes to A-life, not full-on implementation.

[tender jasper]

Idk tbh but from what I have seen and tested there is no ALife working or persistent AIs. I have watched patrols spawn 5 feet from me in a building with one entrance that I just cleared. And fall from the sky behind me. And despawn if you loose LOS.

[novel axle]

So another dev making the usual mistake of chasing glitter instead of making something great

[simple shard]

Yeah, it's definitely not working as intended/is broken AF, that much is absolutely certain.

[turbid heron]

But they wouldnt claim to fix something in their notes when that thing doesnt exist, theyd be destroying themselves

[warped pond]

where can one find these notes?

[bleak steppe]

Who is the faction with yellow square and blue circle?

[barren cairn]

I won't judge.
The game still feels right.
It's just shiny.
And don't forget in our minds stalker functions with the graphics of older games.
This one is new thing.
@novel axle

[tender jasper]

I would like proof please. Because I can go record a video right now showing it not existing lmao

[lilac mulch]

is there a way to pick up the heavy kay in the prison? becurs everytime i try to pick it op it gets deletet

[finite beacon]

I think I’m gonna give up on Xbox until a patch comes out

[novel axle]

Give up on xbox period its crap anyway.

[tawdry umbra]

Any Xbox players having stick drift

[topaz plume]

Where is the "swamp" stash?

[teal hill]

Is the 40-50fps on console the norm or is it part of the optimization problems?

[turbid heron]

Absolutely no shot they lied about that in their patch notes, thatd be instant self destruction. It exists, it just isnt working correctly. If they lied about it existing in patch notes, theyd never sell another game

[native onyx]

Im going to give up on PC too... artifacts are completely broken when finding them. My echo scanner doesn't even flash anymore! And I couldn't equip it and had to load a backup

[finite beacon]

It’s because there’s no dead zone, couple that with input delay and trying to shoot anything that’s moving is almost impossible

[simple shard]

Oh I see what you're saying, yes, I think we're agreeing then. A-life has been in from day 1 and never been removed, it's just flat-out broken for the time being for whatever reason. I suspect whatever module used to shuttle information between the UE5 "play" engine and the XRAY backend simulation software is bugged or lacking some sort of critical piece of infrastructure, which I assume UE5 is then set to some sort of default spawn parameters in lieue of proper communication with the A-life engine components.
That's pure speculation, though.
My only real point is that this game is a frankenstein and is not just UE5, and there would be no other reason to bolt other nonsense onto it for A-life if there was no system for it (which is information I've seen spread far and wide).

[topaz plume]

Where's the pre order exoskeleton 🤔

[tawdry umbra]

Never, if no one got me I know gamepass does

[novel axle]

try a keyboard and mouse? it IS supported in stalker 2 on xbawks.

[eternal flame]

Molten in here has already confirmed the A-Life system is still in via #📜┃gsc-answers, what I wanna know is why I can't pause cutscenes >:(((

[tender jasper]

Then test for yourself. The AI is not persistent at all. It's not a bug. A-Life doesn't completely removed AI when your not around it just turns them offline. Go follow a group of loners for awhile then run away like loose LOS and they will be gone for good and not spawn back in.

[turbid heron]

Then you believe a developer was dumb enough to lie about a core mechanic existing in their patch notes. We’ll see, i doubt it though. People will find out either way

[tawdry umbra]

The only PC games I'll play with M&K is Valve made

[finite beacon]

My Xbox is on the other side of the room and I don’t wanna have to extend usb and have cables running everywhere

[teal hill]

Is 40fps on console going to be the norm or is it just the optimization problems and should be running at 60fps

[simple shard]

That would be helpful actually, I have kids so I have to pause at a moments notice fairly often. I wont blame the devs for where my jizz went but it would be a helpful feature

[tender jasper]

I mean idk I'm not saying anyone is lying but the AI proof is in the pudding.

[cobalt valley]

ig there are some specific traders who you should sell guns, artifacts etc to get the best price?

[novel axle]

prob a scientist npc for the artifacts i bet.

[turbid heron]

If youre saying the patchnotes have a lie in it, youre calling whoever wrote them a liar. We’ll see

[cobalt valley]

yeah rn im just hanging around in the zalissya bar

[tender jasper]

I hope I'm wrong I love stalker. Bought the collectors edition and having been playing for 10 plus years. But the spawning system is not working like ALife at all.

[sly pivot]

i'm stuck at the noontide base because i have high radiation and the medic didn't spawn in

[finite beacon]

A life is just straight broken, it’s there but it’s just not working like it should.

[turbid heron]

If they lied, people will find out. No point speculating or assuming anyone lied

[frozen sinew]

Yes you can get higher prices selling guns to a weapon trader

[simple shard]

You're correct it's not working as intended. You shouldn't conflate that with the assumption of intent or specific causation, though. I'm not even talking about the patch notes, the engine ITSELF is a frankenstein of two different systems, which if you're looking "in the pudding" there would be no reason to do that to have the second system sim the A-life if there was no A-life. Hence, there is A-life, it just is either currently tuned to suck, or is broken, or the systems aren't talking to each other, or etc. etc.

[cobalt valley]

thanks ill keep my stuff and look around for them

[sly pivot]

seriously wtf am i supposed to do the guide doesn't even have any prompts to travel to a different location so i can actually heal

[long silo]

is there any personal stash/private box in slag heap base? i can't find any (FOUND: it's in the same room as the 'weapon' trader dude, at the right)

[ember wolf]

do you have artifacts on?

[novel axle]

time to see how much of a dmg diff there is between stalker and vet, as on vet with the starting armor a bloodsuckers leap attack does about 90-94% of your health.

[finite beacon]

I’m stuck in a place where there’s non stop pseudo dogs spawning

[tender jasper]

Yea I mean I hope it is there and gets fixed soon or it is really gonna hurt the appearance of the game. If the one system that makes Stalker unique doesn't even work.

[abstract arch]

glhf

[eternal flame]

The only things bugging me about the game right now are:

• No pausing cutscenes, which I think may be a bug because I remember them saying before you will be able to pause and that the skip button was specifically spacebar for this reason

• Pop-in. Oh my god, the pop in is SO bad, but also hoping it's something they'll patch relatively soon; seems like it.

• NO UKRANIAN LIP SYNC FOR STORY CUTSCENES IS RUINING MY LIFE!!!!!!! SCREW ENGLISH!!!!! PLEASE BE A BUG

• Sound design is peak; when it works. Voices and radio music have no spatial awareness and the music from a radio is cut off easily by just walking through a door threshold into another room.

• A-Life is something that seems to not be working correctly. I don't think it's removed from the game overall, but bugged, as it was in the promotional material and Molten also said it wasn't removed and is in game and they're working on fixing stuff.

Overall, bugs and small complaints aside, this game is a wonderful addition to the family. Home sweet Zone. Also enjoying the story, which I heard most people saying is garbage but I don't really feel that.

[pure scarab]

Yo guys in your experience when the performance gets fixed can the game run at 120+ fps on medium in a 3060 12g 32ram and ryzen 7 3700x?

[turbid heron]

Im mainly just saying we should wait before accusing the devs of lying or acting maliciously guys. Its very possible the alife system is just not functioning properly rn and that theyll address it soon

[novel axle]

its prob more there is 1 real one and you keep killing the illusions.

[high jasper]

My fps is fine, i can run it in 4k with more than 144fps

[finite beacon]

Probably but I can’t run from them and I can’t just sit in this tower shooting

[ember wolf]

bros got a nasa computer xD

[novel axle]

well this is a start https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/23 lowers bloodsucker and poltergeists hp by a factor of 4. so 25% of what it normally is

[high jasper]

4090 and 7950x3d and 96gb of ram, nothing too specialised

[pure scarab]

Yo guys in your experience when the performance gets fixed can the game run at 120+ fps on medium in a 3060 12g 32ram and ryzen 7 3700x? In 1080p

[eternal flame]

I'm running it on 120fps on Epic, the RAM may be your stopper but Medium with a nice performance fix mod will hook you up
Edit: Link to Stalker 2 Nexus, good bit of mods there already https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl?tab=popular+(all+time)

[finite beacon]

Apparently the real pseudo has glowing eyes

[ember wolf]

By Grok himself.

[keen sinew]

||Should monolith be forgiven in my playthrough or not? I've headshotted as soon as I've had a story encounter with any monolith.||

[novel axle]

It also includes fleshes. apparently as well.

[sly pivot]

does anyone know what to do in this situation or am i just completely softlocked

[simple shard]

I agree, I hope it's made priority, although I'm also skeptical of how quickly a system that complex can be fixed (whatever that "fix" looks like, to this dev team).
@eternal flame wait what the lip sync is for english? was planning on playing with subtitles on just so I could hear the actual native voice acting and have lip syncing look good. I guess it makes sense that they did it for english speaking audiences but the english VAs are always kind of... off?

[weary hedge]

sounds about right

in my mind it was a lot easier to explain not stopping them from killing him than it was to protect him..monolith dude knew the risks

[ember wolf]

Ive already installed it xD

[novel axle]

I get the ninth alive and killed the free stalkers, got a rare blueprint for it as a reward from The Ninth, normally I kill monolith on site, but I heard this dude out since he didn't shoot me on sight for once.

[oblique helm]

okay so im currently in the poppy fields and I keep dying... Im popping energy drinks left and right to not fall asleep but eventually my health just randomly drops to 0

[weary hedge]

waiting till grok creates GAMMA 2

[eternal flame]

I'll play my second save with English but the Ukrainian is just so immersive, most in-engine cutscenes (talking to stalkers) that I've seen are all Ukrainian lip sync'd but the ACTUAL cutscenes are English synced atm, so I'm thinking it's a bug

[keen sinew]

Just generally I've learned to never trust monolith no matter the case

[weary hedge]

I’m praying for this as well

[ember wolf]

dont let the Poppys touch you.

[abstract arch]

I didnt get that :(?? is it later on?

[pure scarab]

Yeah I just want to play smooth on medium

[simple shard]

I have a fresh PC I built early this year, all top-of-the-line consumer components, and was looking forward to playing this yesterday but my power has been out for days. Probably will be for a few more. Have to prioritize where my generators go for now

[oblique helm]

Like all the poppys or just the ones that fly around?

[novel axle]

just talk to him, I killed the stalkers without taking the quest from him directly, I just shot em after saying i'd talk to them. was easy 1 shot 1 kill.

[nocturne hatch]

just sprint through field lol directly to the houses

[ember wolf]

The ones Flyin around, Also Sticking to the path seemed to help me alot more then when i was in the poppyfield id pop energy drinks, Theres a stalker around there in a house that can help you locate what your looking for.

[finite beacon]

I caught a lucky break, loaded after dying, this time a bunch of bandits spawned and killed it for me, 2 bandits was hardly a challenge but the pseudo was annoying

[simple shard]

That's really weird, interesting. Yea the ukranian seems way more immersive, and I'm fine reading subtitles (I usually have them on in games anyway since half the time audio design is so awful I can't tell what people are saying further than 5 feet anyway)

[crisp mango]

tbh i can play on epic with a good 70-90 fps but requirements said i should play on high. rtx3080, i712700kf and 32gb ram split on 2

[weary hedge]

requierements are way off

[eternal flame]

yeah I'm partial to subtitles in my games too personally

[sly pivot]

gg it is then

[novel axle]

its been a while so Grok is the one who made gamma? Him making mods for S2 already is pretty huge.

[ember wolf]

i get 85fps Solid with 32gb ram, 2060Super 8gb all on Lower settings with High Global Illumination and High Lighting? i think it was?

[weary hedge]

Have a Ryzen 7700, hopped in on epic expecting it to run like any other triple AAA game. Couldn’t run it at all. Gonna try again with medium graphics

[flint nest]

how do you tell the faction of the dudes you kill?

[weak sapphire]

Do you just make them using engines or have you also actually coded your own physics or other systems as a addition to the game engine?

[novel axle]

Game basically needs frame generation on even on high end hardware apaprently. Unless your like playing at 1080p on a 4090 anyway.

[pure scarab]

I'm on low and I run it at 100 sometimes 120 but if I go medium I get 80 to 70 fps

[ember wolf]

I dont use Frame Gen, My Card doesnt support it and i get 80 Fps solid on lower settings. Barely Stutters, I have found that discord HATE you streaming it though lol..

[crisp mango]

yeah so you can play better specs then the requirements that were dropped are saying, right? or am i missing sth?

[weary hedge]

Wow. So even beefy pcs are struggling rn? Ok. Now I feel less alone on this issue

[visual gorge]

Boys can we join factions in stalker 2?

[abstract arch]

how do you tun that on

[novel axle]

4090 at 4k has massive performance issues period.

[keen sinew]

Yeah i got a 4 second stutter with my 4060 😭 (0 fps for 4-6 seconds)

[river tide]

good question

[ember wolf]

I only have a ryzen 5 3600 lol. 32gb ram, 2060super8gb on 500gb nvme

[sand folio]

Those settings should be part of the menu: bEnableMouseSmoothing=False - bViewAccelerationEnabled=False it completely removed the mouse input delay everyone is talking about. Fixed it my self game runs way better even with FSR3 Frame Gen on

[weary hedge]

So if I switched out for my 1920x1080 monitor it would run better, if so, bet

[weak sapphire]

For me its running fine on 2k with 110 fps frame gen is on though, but all on max and DLSS with no downscaling.

[simple shard]

i solve all my performance problem with any game by using my 4090 but only using a 1080p monitor

[ivory mirage]

https://x.com/Stalker2News/status/1859583659872780543/photo/1

[trim fulcrum]

Is it worth it to spend money on equipment early on? Like armor, helmets/masks etc

[weary hedge]

Might do this. Anomaly even had some lag issues on max settings and my 4k monitor

[novel axle]

if you do not have a RTX 4000+ you use FSR Frame generation, which is by AMD. I use this on my 3060 Ti RFishFish(dunno what else to call those symbols sorry lol) yeah it should be better

[keen sinew]

Nah you can get the gear free later

[visual gorge]

Boys what is spark about again?

[trim fulcrum]

I see, I guess I'll just upgrade weapons for now, thank you!

[warm summit]

anyone else keep drinking vodka by accident

[weary hedge]

Is an AMD Ryzen 7700 good for it?It can’t run epic settings and that’s my only problem lol..

[ember wolf]

It does, But Frame Gen doesnt.

[simple kiln]

Update?

[keen sinew]

You can also find the gear around the zone too if you don't get it for free for one of the main quests

[crisp mango]

imma go get some now XD not really accident

[visual gorge]

I keep doing everything by accident

[humble ravine]

@weak sapphire As someone who’s both used engines like UE5 and written custom systems alongside them, I can confirm that UE5 itself plays a big role in the performance issues. Features like Nanite and Lumen are revolutionary but extremely demanding, especially in a game with large open wrlds like this one .. systems can cause memory leaks, frame drops, and inconsistencies if not perfectly optimized, and they put strain on even high-end hardware. For sure dude UE5 offers incredible tools, its complexity often creates mess for devs and euros trying to balance everything visual fidelity with stable performance, idk if this can be fixed

[random crane]

is the only way to switch to grenade launcher through radial menu???

[novel axle]

My cpu us a ryzen 7 3700x and a geforce 3060 ti 8gb with 16 gb ram, I get a steady 60-100 fps, and I even have a few things set to epic quality.

[last saddle]

no patch yet huh :/

[frozen sinew]

Hi Im trying to reach a stash but the drop is fatal

[ember wolf]

Id say Lumen is the Big problem with Optimisation..

[royal wharf]

Are the dev’s aware of the stick drift issue on console / controller PC and is there a plan to fix it soon? Game is unplayable on Xbox due to this

[river tide]

yes

[novel axle]

I know where your at lol. if you look around there should be another strcutre like that one and this one has a ladder down to get into it. they are connected underground.

[lament smelt]

Yeah, i9 14900hx and 4080 and have 4s stutter like twice in 3h of game

[frozen sinew]

The unpretentious stash

[humble ravine]

Game is unfortunately a nightmare unless you have top end cpu and gpu

[modest elbow]

good that things like lossless scaling and framegen exist huh

[last saddle]

even with top end its not running like a polished game should. but i know it will

[novel axle]

I blame raytracing 100% for that personally. games look fine without it there is no need for it tbh.

[wraith iron]

bye bye guy i refund the game cause of 2 things, the salade of pixel, anf blurring game cause of unreal engin 5 ( i play 1080p EPIC FULL ) without DLSS, and i refund cause A-LIFE AI is not here, bad game for me i am sad. ( i din't have perf issue ) i have a goods pc but blurry screen i can't you can distinc nothing more than 20 m

[frozen sinew]

Thanks thats correct

[humble ravine]

We can turn it off !!

[dusty aurora]

So what do you guys do when you're stuck in a building and have to escape all the respawning bandits? They were blocking the exit and I ended up killing maybe 25 or so bandits before grenade spamming the exit and sprinting past. I'm fine with enemies respawning, but this whole thing where they respawn immediately after I've killed their group is super immersion breaking and tears through my gun durability super quick, even in semi auto.

[ember wolf]

can turn raytracing off if u fiddle with the ini files

[royal wharf]

Great I’ll just pick up the game again once it’s fixed

[last saddle]

if you really wanted to play id just hold off on playing instead of refund. unless you would rather the money back

[eternal flame]

I wait for the patch

[viscid fox]

not quite fininshed with it yet, ill pass it your way sometime today

[lavish bloom]

Oh shii what file (if it's even possible on gamepass)

[ember wolf]

Lumen is a Huge Performance killer. so yeah raytracing is guna kill most GPUS.

[novel axle]

oh really? any guide for that? as I'll toss it in the trash as i've never felt games needed it, its just something for nerds to goon over and nvidia to sell overpriced hardware for.

[dire girder]

is it better to give Ward Sensors to stalkers or captain?

[wraith iron]

https://discord.com/channels/504587323577729024/524231625039413249 here if people want to see, how look bad the game on my pc

[royal wharf]

Surprisingly it runs fine on Xbox which is weaker than most PC’s, it just has an annoying stick drift issue with controller

[cyan niche]

this game turned out so bad

[indigo meteor]

REEEE lag frame rate optimization wen chat

[modest elbow]

raytracing is not yet in the game or am i missing something ? they said they will add it later

[royal wharf]

The game is good it’s just eurojank. Every eurojank game I’ve played is like this. My favorite game of all time, outward, is another eurojank

[dusty aurora]

Nah, I got it through GamePass so no refund needed. I'm still gonna play, a little challenge isn't a big deal, I just feel it's something that needs to be fixed or I need to find a better solution. lol

[covert basin]

I'm spoiled by gamma but s2 p fun

[last saddle]

it 100% needs a fix. game is ass right now imo. and i wanna love it. im just waiting

[cyan niche]

badly optimized. lot of stuff to work on , doesnt feel like old stalkers to me which im a big fan of. but i guess nowdays it is like this to release an unfinished game.

[nocturne plume]

Have they confirmed a hot patch?

[ember wolf]

Look up Lumen Technology.

[royal wharf]

I haven’t played a single new release on day one that didn’t run like shit. Another eurojank game, Lords of the Fallen, a Soulslike, was so abysmal on launch with technical issues. A year later it’s one of the best games I’ve ever played.

[weary hedge]

Honestly this, expected so much more support performance wise

[cyan niche]

yeah, same as witcher 3 or cyberpunk, thats what im saying... nowadays they release just unfinished games ...

[humble ravine]

I have a smoother experience on my series s at a consistent 30 then I do with 4060,

[crisp mango]

280 watts going to my gpu. craaaaazy

[dusty aurora]

It's UE5, it can't be optimized. lol Plus the game was being developed in an active war zone, cut them a little slack at least. They've expressed interest in fixing the game and communicating with players, that's more than can be said for most dev teams nowadays.

[weary hedge]

“Confirmed a patch” isn’t even necessary for new games of this magnitude at this point 💀 it’s bound and determined to get a patch by mere community feedback alone.

[coral harbor]

why the hell are all the OG factions gone, wtf is this Ward, Spark, who cares ... wheres my duty ear rape seriously

[nocturne plume]

I’m more so looking at when it’ll release.

[cyan niche]

oh so ure saying they made the game on a bad engine...

[static ocean]

did you ever find a fix for this?

[weary hedge]

Makes sense. No dates yet, give them time. Since it released yesterday I’d predict about a week or two

[dusty aurora]

UE5 is notoriously bad for optimization, yes.

[quiet grove]

shit performance, bugs, no A-life, bullet sponge mutants, i honest feel that game was made by a third party indian studio, the only reasson i pre-oder is because of the war, to help the devs, but i have the feeling that they used our feelings and emotions for marketing a broken game 🇺🇦 😭

[last saddle]

and yet ppl still want graphical advancements

[nocturne plume]

That’s a genuine shame as it’s completely unplayable at this time pretty much

[abstract arch]

its really not

[weak sapphire]

It's really not though it all up to the devs to optimize.

[north jackal]

Damn, that's a pretty rough take

[weary hedge]

my cpu, guy & fans when they fire up after buying the most expensive PC from Walmart to play stalker 2:

[last saddle]

it is for most ppl dude

[unkempt badge]

Is good but has problems

[crisp mango]

graphics all fine for me, even when i turn them down the zone still is beatifull

[ember wolf]

Download some mods and itll change your mind haha

[quaint pasture]

whats the channel for stalker 2 bug submission?

[weak sapphire]

My CPU and GPU don't go over 65c with this game its fine XD

[cyan niche]

and it doesnt feel like a stalker at all for me... at least they have put NPCs to speak slavic and the characters you interact with english. its a shame

[quiet grove]

its how i feel, sadly, i love stalker and i will keep playing, but i dont why the obsession that devs have with graphics and forget everything else

[weary hedge]

I wouldn’t say this game had a “bad” launch so far. Cyberpunk had a bad launch. This is optimal

[patent jackal]

man those ward guys are sure arseholes.

[north jackal]

I'd atleast wait until they patch A-Life

[frozen sinew]

The graphics isnt even that impressive, not if it comes at this technical cost

[last saddle]

finally someone agrees with me

[ember wolf]

i love that people compare this game to cyberpunk it really shows their stupidity 🙂

[hallow plover]

Waiting in my window for the late delivery of my collectors edition. Such a headache, that i cant even play the game on day 1 (yesterday) that i bought in august...

[shadow pagoda]

Anyone found the gaus rifle?

[quiet grove]

cyberpunk on high runs 10x better, its a more dense and population demanding game, with cars etc... stalker is just a empty florest at 30fps

[weak sapphire]

Not on release though my guy... 3 years later it looks good and runs good.

[mild sluice]

Boys I don't know if I made the right decision siding with Ward.

[unkempt badge]

It is, there is no triple a ue5 game without bad optimization, even indie games with worse graphics work pretty meh

[weary hedge]

We talking day 2

[limpid depot]

Then come join spark

[cyan niche]

right! but tbh in 2007, you had both, best graphics, and an amazing gameplay

[visual gorge]

Would you rather side with the homeless crackheads with guns, OR would you wanna side with the People with military grade cars and weapons with a actual leader and hierarchy?

[dusty aurora]

There's only so much optimization to be had with UE5. Go take a look at any of the games trying to achieve photorealism using UE5, or any dev vlogs from those studios. You'll see a plethora of games with horrible optimization. Like I said, the engine is notoriously hard to optimize. It is infamous in the indie dev community for this reason.

[mild sluice]

I did save the Monolithian in the Lesser Zone. For me, I went with Ward because they had the better equipment and better connections. Ah, I'll just live with the consequences.

[weak sapphire]

Exactly photorealism. Any engine trying to be photorealistic will have bad performance.

[limpid depot]

It is what it is

[last saddle]

the hell we need photorealism for. go watch a damn movie

[shadow pagoda]

How's pripyat city in game?

[visual gorge]

Only for my baby scar

[dusty aurora]

Homeless crackheads obviously. They have the most fun. :3

[ocean kelp]

Beautiful

[limpid depot]

Woah.... yes

[wraith iron]

the optimization is not a issue, the issue is than the game is blurring like hell, and pixels flash, you can't see nothing distinc more than 20m cause of the unreal engine 5 is like this, A-LIFE stystem is not here !

[visual gorge]

The zone still feel alive somewhat I remember walking around then a group of bandits attacked me but luckily a group of stalkers was right there next to me so it killed most of them for me

[weak sapphire]

What is your Resolution scaling on???

[weary hedge]

Not me but I’m gonna try 1080p this time instead of my 4k monitor. Epic settings lagged like hell

[hollow ridge]

Hey, any clue if kill or save Mastiff???????

[wraith iron]

all épic, 1080p withour FSR, a lot of people go check in screeen and vidéo you see

[weak sapphire]

I got 4070s with a 14700KF and im on 2k with max settings with frame gen and its fine.

[frigid hill]

notforks has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[vestal ferry]

What did I miss by not pre-ordering lol

[quiet grove]

Skin

[weary hedge]

Ok screw it im going 2k guys. 4k just isn’t getting enough frames on epic

[last saddle]

i dunno man i feel like a lot of the ppl saying its fine are just used to jank ass games anymore. the games not fine.

[visual gorge]

Why the HELL Do every enemy have such good aim I missed how in the old games everyone had Pretty shit aim including you!

[frozen sinew]

the game is fine technically compared to the games released almost 15 years ago

[heady gazelle]

quick question, where do i find the stickers at the deluxe collection?

i feel like a blind rat

[barren cairn]

Don't forget we all have different pcs.

[vestal ferry]

Yeah 4k is way too much of a frame tradeoff vs the quality it provides

[dusty aurora]

They're using motion blur, DoF, etc. to cover up poor optimization. It's extremely common for games using UE5 to achieve photorealism.

[last saddle]

wtf...

[snow patrol]

Can someone tell me why after like 2 hours of playing this game, the game freezes and then it proceeds to reset my whole pc??

[weary hedge]

I mean for me it’s the difference of plugging in a different monitor 😭

[wraith iron]

yes i know but the game like is not pretty, 😦 cause of unreal engine 5

[covert solar]

can someone help me, im stuck on the Chimera in the Swamps, idk how to kill the bloody thing and i swear im about to put my computer through my wall with the amount of times its killed me and Collectively Ate up the Sheer amount of damage i have put into it everytime when it doesn't just stun lock me and beat me to death

[barren cairn]

Excuse me wth?

[visual gorge]

Compared to the old games this look like a polished masterpiece

[jolly mulch]

avoid it if possible
mutants are not worth fighting

[last saddle]

the almost 20 year old game?

[minor wyvern]

I’ve seen there are a few performance mods on Nexus but I’m wondering if anyone has tried and would recommend one of them which actually makes a difference? Thanks

[dusty aurora]

It's very pretty when you're not moving. lol It's just that the motion blur unfortunately turns it into a mess most of the time.

[drifting temple]

compared to modern games, its still a wreck. Especially due to UE5

[weary hedge]

Noticed the motion blur killed my frames

[covert solar]

unfortunately i can't i'd have to restart my save further back and the pathing leads directly into it so i feel im kinda forced to face the Chimera

i've even tried running, it just chases me down

jumps on me, stun locks me and as im getting up 3 hits me

[visual gorge]

CAN SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME Can we join factions!?

[wet walrus]

i left the pc running and downloading when i went away for 8 hours and came back to 12% and 15 hours left

[snow patrol]

Idk man this happened to me rn and it happened yesterday aswell, after some time, the game just freezes and it resets my pc 🤷

[jolly mulch]

run like the wind

there's this really annoying eye adaptation effect that happens in buildings that's very annoying in firefights too @dusty aurora

[wraith iron]

yes it's pretty when you don't move camera, ......

[stuck crater]

im wondering if the mechenics can add night vision

[weary hedge]

Rip. Left mine running and went to the store and got back and it was done

[dusk forum]

Where can I report a bug? I've completely upgraded the Viper Monolith, but the upgrades don't work at all (I can't mount the scope, there's no laser, etc.). In the "regular" Viper it works.

[wet walrus]

😭

[covert solar]

yeah i don't think running works unfortunately

[vale yew]

Stalker 2 enemies eat more bullets than overwatch tanks

[jolly mulch]

yeah ive had some guys tank like 3 headshots from an AK (veteran diff)

[dusty aurora]

Are you talking about exposure correction? I haven't noticed it being too bad but I've only put in like 8 hours, most being in lit up areas.

[visual gorge]

I throw a grenade at someone I SWEAR TO GOD THEY GOT BACK UP LIKE I JUST THROW A FIRECRACKER AT THEM?

[weak sapphire]

Check your messages

[keen sinew]

Humans are weak mutants are op

[snow patrol]

I don't like in games when the difficulty is changing only how weak your character is and how big of a bullet sponges the enemies become

[thick silo]

Since it's been a day, I thought I'd check again. Has anyone found the code for the door in army warehouses?

[jolly mulch]

i might replay gamma after this game ngl to see how they compare

[weary hedge]

Had this problem with shadow of war of all the non-intensive games… run it in windowed and it should help

[lament wadi]

Hey US stalker here ✌️

[tropic crown]

It's in your PDF

[vale yew]

Game gives u 5 bullets and thats barely enough for 1 soldier even with only headshots.

[static ocean]

is anyone able to enter the ward base in the chemical plant? the guy out front told me to go in but the gate isnt open plus theres npcs blocking the way

[late aurora]

When i should expect fix? I cant really play the game when i crash before 2 minutes getting into the game

[last saddle]

dont do it if youre going to compare the two. really an unfair comparison

[void cloud]

anyone else having performance issues?

[snow patrol]

Thank you for the suggestion 😁👍

[thick silo]

What?

[wind wolf]

2 things:

1. how do I make it so the game stops crashing when I alt-tab in fullscreen? I'd like to keep using HDR but I can't when fullscreen crashes every time I tab out

2. how tf do I get down from on top of the trash heap, I tried walking off some seemingly clear side and instantly got rad-killed. trying to go back the way I came I can't cuz it was a slide

[next plaza]

Well they pinned the a-life answer so we can only hope they fix it right

[jolly mulch]

that's fair gamma's loaded up with a bunch of mods
Maybe just anomaly or the OG trilogy

the vast majority of my stalker playtime is in gamma though so it's what i'm most familiar with

[dusty aurora]

Even in real life, old grenades are pretty bad at, y'know, being grenades. You'd be surprised what a little bit of cover or some decent armor can accomplish.

[weary hedge]

Gamma holds up gang

[last saddle]

gamma holds up very well. just unfair to compare it to this lol

[vale yew]

Enemies shooting trough walls and everything must be an anomaly

[jolly mulch]

Gamma is awesome

[keen sinew]

I don't get the hate on anomaly. Its a great stalker mod and honestly I can consider it it's own game.

[solid saddle]

If you're talking about that stash objective, when you are walking off the crane, go to the right and there's a path that leads to a hole you jump down.

[snow patrol]

2. Go at the start of the crane, and then infront of the sign go right, i dont remember whats on the sign though

[tropic crown]

Bro, just enjoy the vanilla game. It just arrived yesterday lol

[wind wolf]

I don't think it's hate on gamma itself, moreso hate on the fact that people keep comparing them, ^ case in point

[barren sonnet]

That's what I enedede up doing

[visual gorge]

Anyone feel like people are gonna go into stalker 2 with the expection of it being like anomaly or gamma?

[jolly mulch]

i think it's more some OG stalker fans who believe that you should play the OG trilogy before anomaly (personally i don't believe that's the case but i haven't been here for too long)
It's also that it's fundamentally different from the trilogy in the fact that it's more a survival sandbox with little to no story content

[last saddle]

we would love to. ill enjoy it when its polished out a bit more

[weary hedge]

Facts

[tropic crown]

Any new patch today?

[royal wharf]

I’m just waiting for the stick drift to be fixed

[dusty aurora]

Don't forget all the people expecting Fallout 4. cough SkillUp cough

[weary hedge]

I'm not sure if this is the right channel, forgive me. I would like to know your opinion about S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2. I have heard opinions that the storyline is quite boring. Bugs and glitches do not interest me, because they can be patched. 🙂

[waxen crow]

I want my frame rate back

[visual gorge]

Why the people compare it to fallout its more similar to metro?

[weak sapphire]

Because it feels like fallout without A LIFE

[vale yew]

Its not unplayable but its a mess.

[last saddle]

who the hell was expecting anything fallout releated? tf. its not like fallout at all. tf a life gotta do with it lol

[tropic crown]

It's working good enough for me for a big game that released yesterday. If can't wait for for a simple fix patch, how could you wait for a gamma? ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[dusty aurora]

Because most people have played neither Metro nor Stalker before S2.

[visual gorge]

I want this patch so bad brooooo stalker isn't stalker without the a life system BRO!

[weary hedge]

Within 24 hrs mfers go and play two entirely different games to make up for the lack just to compare it 💀

[last saddle]

i am waiting. unfortunatly. i have a good pc and can play it now. but i wasnt enjoying it in the current state.

[sleek crater]

That's the only way I can convince people to try this game out

[royal wharf]

This is one of the very rare and surprising moments where a game runs better on console than PC, which is especially weird because it is a PC native game ported to console

[wraith iron]

ennemie have no blood when they die.. like .??? we are in 2024

[hallow pecan]

Yo does anyone know what's going on with Duty yet? I don't wanna spoil the whole game, but I wanna know where they're based given that in the trailers it seems that they don't own Rostok anymore.

[weary hedge]

and so the successor to cyberpunk 2077 ?

[last saddle]

nah ppl would rather see the pores on someones face

[dusty aurora]

To be honest the way I got my BF to try it was to say "It's like Fallout but for adults." He loved FO4, so I think that hooked him in.

[keen sinew]

I have no idea why but I thought of dying light (specifically 2) when playing this

[royal wharf]

lol I told my buddy that it’s like fallout without any of the corniness / cringe

[sleek crater]

Took me 10 minutes to get used to the controller on PC, I wish sensitivity could be raised higher, and it was more responsive

[vale yew]

Frame drops and low resolution isnt amazing.

[royal wharf]

I’ve had a solid 60 fps on Xbox and I have a freesync monitor which smooths it out

[visual gorge]

Fallout but The game isn't sucking you off by telling you are the greatest person of all time

[ivory mirage]

I Give up, well I really want to tell you to get this game as I am a longtime fan of the series, but it's in rough shape right out the door.

1. Lots of video shuttering.
2. You get nothing for killing Mutants now ware in the old games you could skin them.
3. There is no A-LIFE 2.0. It's just spawn of enemies or random stalkers in radius.
4. Go from 80 FPS to 8 Just like that.
5. Xbox has had a Day one patch and just got another let hope Pc gets some love.
6. Day and Night cycles are way off, very short days and nights ( It's morning blink your eyes it's night).
7. I gave up for now till we see a patch

[vale yew]

Im fine with a ubstable framerate but the resolution could be better. It looks less than 1080p

[royal wharf]

Xbox just got another patch? When

[dusty aurora]

Pretty much. I followed it up with "You are NOT the main character, the Zone is."

[visual gorge]

Once you go in the zone you never truly leaves sadly ):

[ivory mirage]

Posted today by people on Xbox it was just a small one but a patch none the less

[glad olive]

Hey guys 😄. Anyone on PC know how to fix the weird FPS hitching?

[royal wharf]

Did it fix the stick drift? That’s the only issue I have so far on Xbox

[forest bobcat]

I am not sure if I should continue playing or wait for them to fix a-life,if they will at all.....man this sucks

[sharp quartz]

is PBs-1 pistol still exist?

[ivory mirage]

I don't think so, I will go look on the forum I seen this posted on

[mild sluice]

Don't think so

[solid saddle]

I was told that there are Ray Tracing settings on by default and no way to turn them off in the game settings. Is this true?

[sleek crater]

Update and Recalibrate your controller

[visual gorge]

I trust them to fix it But I'm kinda letting them off easy considering I'm pretty sure they are making the game inside a warzone?

[royal wharf]

This is known to solve it?

[warm summit]

I wonder if it's a case by case issue, i've had a lot of random muatnts attacking stalkers, stalker patrols etc in my game

[dusty aurora]

I find it funny that so many people are saying they're getting stick drift. For me, the center deadzone seems fine, maybe even a little too big. The axial deadzones however are absolutely horrific and need to be maybe 15% of what they are currently.

[sleek crater]

Doing it for other games fixes it for me

[latent canyon]

Anyone know where to find the magic cube

[visual gorge]

Personally I think a life is in the game I was playing the game and a bunch of bandits attacked me while a group of stalkers was walking around Ending in both sides dying

[sleek crater]

The Rubix cube?

[latent canyon]

Maybe it’s a type of artifact

[weary hedge]

is there / what is they way to get rid of the starting pistol ?

[tropic crown]

It happened to me too, but it feels scripted. Seems like all the life in the zone spawns near you. It's not like the firsts games

[weary hedge]

the rubix cube is located x 45.774686 y. 5775652z. 69420

[weak sapphire]

Now follow the survivors let them despawn by staying in 1 place and then run in the direction they despawned. They will never respawn they are just gone. It's fake A Life

[coral harbor]

Are all the OG factions gone? WHats the ward, spark...

[visual gorge]

I hope they fix it considering one of the reasons I wanted the game was because of a life!

[finite beacon]

Yeah I think they just slapped the A life name onto it

[weary hedge]

Rip 🪦 og factions

[coral harbor]

but why did they remove the OG factions

[tropic crown]

That's true. In the original games you could load to another area and come back many times and you would be able to sometimes meet again the same group of stalkers doing their shit

[visual gorge]

They didn't like at all?

[weak sapphire]

Yeah they would life. You could observe them and so on

[fervent bobcat]

Btw guys you can hide your guns in the prologue safe before youre loosing them ?

[dusty aurora]

Yes.

[wooden zodiac]

anyone else walk through a field and given 3 mark 1 EMR's by the loot gods

[warm summit]

why would you want to start the game with a 416 and tons of ammo, aren't people usually whining wanting the hardcore experience

[weary hedge]

Who else waiting for GeForce Now support so they can run it at the highest settings?

[modest elbow]

the game is giving too much loot imo

[visual gorge]

Play on vetren

[fervent bobcat]

thats true only eas sad didnt even fired the weapon lol

[dusty aurora]

Lots of people means lots of differing playstyles and needs. It's nice to have the option, even though I believe it was technically an oversight.

[wooden zodiac]

i was walking and my gun changed to emr and opened inventory with 2 more never even seen the gun before

[warm summit]

I am, still a lot of stuff

[oak sparrow]

I just... incidentally found solder while exploring.... LMAO

[weary hedge]

unfortunately my computer won’t support the highest settings. Maybe my premium sub to GeForce now will.

[visual gorge]

Eh ain't different from the old games Back in stalker Soc and Cs I had like so many medkits and bandages

[fervent bobcat]

whats the best weapon so far to go for ?

[last saddle]

yes

[weak sapphire]

Even with frame gen? It's not like its a competeive online shooter, so minimal input delay wont be noticable

[tropic crown]

The one you like the most

[fervent bobcat]

Alright 😄 thanks

[pure idol]

wow unreal engine 5 sucks for frames

[last saddle]

unreal engine 6 next month guys!

[glad dune]

is there supposed to be an unharming rat swarm in the first bar u go to with gaffer? XD

[scarlet knot]

what about ingame economy

[robust kelp]

I’d like to make a personal thank you to whoever was listening when I said they should add the ability to empty firearms on the ground without having to pick the gun up. It makes looting so much less hassle after a gunfight

[fervent bobcat]

performance is little bit bad indeed, i get 55 fps epic on quality with 3080 on 1440p ultrawide

[last saddle]

same

[wooden zodiac]

you using dlss?

[pure idol]

i get 70 on medium 1440p with a 3060

[glad dune]

where do i bug report lol

[fervent bobcat]

yes quality

[wooden zodiac]

i avg 100fps 1440p with everything extreme and dlss quality with 4090

[royal wharf]

Will mods come to Xbox on day one of mod support?

[glad dune]

im getting about the same with 1080p but a 4080

[cedar quarry]

My review of the game is out, unfortunately i do not recommend a purchase as of right now. https://steamcommunity.com/id/cataclaw/recommended/1643320?snr=1_5_9__402

[weak sapphire]

4070 14600KF max settings with DLSS Quality and Frame Gen https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1309072957297131532/1309181378973138964/image.png?ex=6740a5ac&is=673f542c&hm=a306d28165edfada87f513acd6bf7b3970290614bf8d5c31e4bee827c8429925&

[wooden zodiac]

some reason i cant enable hdr

[weary hedge]

Epic ✍️

[wispy vine]

So no controllers work right now , right?

[last saddle]

only xbox and the sensitivity is garbage

[dusty aurora]

For anyone concerned about controller deadzones, I just received an email from the GSC support team, here's a snippet:

"Based on the information provided, we will investigate the issue and make the necessary adjustments in one of the upcoming patches to enhance the gameplay experience."

This is following an email chain talking about center and axial deadzones, with emphasis on the axial deadzones and adding adjustable settings. Aiming should soon feel much smoother and easier on controller. It's nice to see communication between GSC and the playerbase.

[modern apex]

Anyone knows how to fix the strange reverb-like effect some sounds have? The voices are the most notable

[oak sparrow]

I feel like granades don't have shrapnels that og stalker had. In og you would throw the granade and everything close proximety that was not taking cover would be shred like a susage. Stalker 2 granades are kinad weak ngl

[wooden zodiac]

motion blur is garbage on xbox

[wispy vine]

Yeah my buddy is having issues even trying to play the game , says it has to do with the last update they pushed?

[last saddle]

hope they throw in ps5 controller support with that update

[weary hedge]

hopefully they drop soon

[wraith iron]

they will not fix it cause A-LIFE don't existe bro, wake up

[weary hedge]

honestly it’s not unplayable but unless I play on GeForce now I won’t be able to just max out the settings

[royal wharf]

I demand that they work faster to push out this update /s

[celest vault]

Where do I find my deluxe and ultimate edition stuff?

[dusty aurora]

@oak sparrow

[lament smelt]

On pc you can use dsx to adjust the deadzone of your controller

[oak sparrow]

huh... well recently I played anomaly and granades shred everything there so I guess it was modfied by the mod?

[weary hedge]

lmao. I demand the shelling and drone strikes stop for stalker 2 devs 😤. They must fix the game to run at 60fps on a Macintosh Plus. Millions must stalk.

[royal wharf]

All due respect to Ukraine, but aren’t the devs currently in Prague ?

[brave heart]

Are people seriously already making mods for Stalker2? It's been out for a DAY

[oak sparrow]

what mods

[dusty aurora]

I don't think we have shrapnel grenades in S2, it feels and looks like HE. Small explosion radius with no visible shrapnel, plus taking a grenade hit doesn't seem to do much even to the player, at least on Stalker difficulty. Or maybe I've just been lucky with taking the hits.

[celest vault]

fixing what the devs didnt fix on launch lol

[weary hedge]

Honestly idk. And yes, “mods”, like barely functioning reshade that explodes and 💥

[wooden zodiac]

i killed 20 dudes in military base and had one blow up and istantly kill me and had to do it all over again had full health when it blew up

[brave heart]

https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl

[oak sparrow]

I am playing on hardcore and nah, so long as you run away you good. I miss the devastators that were Granades in anomaly at least lol you could heat shrapnel hitting walls if you took cover. thing was so scary

[rain summit]

I feel the exact same

[indigo meteor]

How do I fix the lag

[oak sparrow]

Join GSC game world as programmer and fix the code

[rain summit]

depends, rig? settings?

[dusty aurora]

The base with the alarm? I ended up having to sprint out of there because they kept respawning. lol

[weak sapphire]

Turn on DLSS and Frame gen. If it doesn't work, go to work and earn money for a PC upgrade.

[indigo meteor]

I meet and exceed requirements - only on medium settings

[wooden zodiac]

yes that base was trying to leave afterwards and 3 walking down road spawned and then 2 invisible guys spawned and killed me game just constantly messing with me when i was trying to leave

[oak sparrow]

so yeah sprinting sucks af

[plush lake]

Try exclusive full screen option it fixed extreme stutter for me

[warped kestrel]

Any PC updates yet?

[indigo meteor]

Bet I’ll try those options, thanks

[dusty aurora]

Welcome to the Zone, Stalker. (;

[plush lake]

Also is it just me or NPC/Mutants literally spawn behind from 3m away from me

[indigo meteor]

I’m a consumer not a distributor

[oak sparrow]

all these people crying when not realizing this is the most optimized Stalker title we have ever gotten lol

[weary hedge]

Lmao

[sage bolt]

that isnt the flex you think it is my man

[fluid iris]

chat, is it normal when talking to a merchant there’s no purchase option, or is it a bug? Just finished prologue and got the camp

[wooden zodiac]

I feel like i havn't played a new game this optionmized recently

[oak sparrow]

this flex is called a joke, might need to look it up my dude

[sand magnet]

with exacly same shit like in last game 12 years ago 😄

[feral charm]

walk the perimeter and get as close as possible to the body ( s ) and then drink a drink and run in . pick up the gear and run back out .. same for the root cellar ..

[indigo meteor]

I think people are entitled after spending $60 for product - that’s like saying I spent $60 for a steak that was not seared to our liking

[sharp kestrel]

Nope you are not alone I can't even count how many times I got scared by a boar

[plush lake]

Credit where credit is due, this is true, i remember how broken the CS was when it was first released literally unplayable due to so many critical bugs

[celest vault]

Where do I find my Deluxe and Ultimate Gear after finishing the tutorial?

[chilly pilot]

Intel i7 32gb ram with a RTX 2080ti and the auto detect sets to ‘epic’?

[dusty aurora]

Look in the bottom right of the screen, it's not a regular dialog option. X for Xbox controller, dunno what it is for KB.

[oak sparrow]

honestly speaking? I am seeing Call of prypat with bigger map and fancy graphics not gonna lie and I LOVE IT lmao

[indigo lintel]

do we know when hotfix patches are dropping?

[midnight willow]

Any info about when developers plan to fix the A life (barely existent) bug?

[fluid iris]

Thanks!

[frozen sinew]

2 blood suckers just completely mess up my game...

[last saddle]

somewhere between tomorrow and the next year or so

[worn cipher]

Is this confirmed? It seems to be working for me relatively commonly- how are people gauging it’s “barely” working

[royal wharf]

My guess is any time from today to 2 weeks from now

[oak sparrow]

bro, ogs expected them strom like this + their country is at war so problems were BOUND to happen just shut off the game for few days and let patches arrive if you have trouble with playing the game and can't progress.

[chilly pilot]

Would a few peeps list their rig stats pls?

[indigo lintel]

Ahh really tempted to play now, but maybe I should just wait

[celest vault]

7950x, 4090, 32gb ddr5, pcie5 ssd

[last saddle]

i would wait

[frozen sinew]

Wow... these bloodsuckers.. it takes 2 of them to spawn early on for it to be unwinnable... It's unbalanced.

[feral charm]

its not in a good state - one minute 107 fps the next choppy and 6 fps

[oak sparrow]

if you really intro smooth gameplay and aren't used to og stalker bad optimization yeah wait up for a while for them to drop patches

[mint hornet]

go to the sphere and youll see npcs spawn back in the same place where u just killed them

[chilly pilot]

What’s the syntax for FPS, please?

[vast tartan]

How tf do I kill these wolf things in the chem plant cause they just vanish and reappear I swear I was killing them for 30 mins straight yesterday

[royal wharf]

I suggest wait

[modest elbow]

7800x3d + 7900XT + 64GB 6000MT/s CL30 RAM

[last saddle]

ppl talk like it being choppy is a damn feature. it being a niche slavic game doesnt mean that

[oak sparrow]

I just hope when the updates come it wont corrupt safe file and I won't need to start all over again lol also latency on this chat is a misery

[indigo lintel]

tbh I don't really mind optimisation issues that much, I'm just worried about a quest getting bugged out etc

[worn cipher]

That’s where I am right now, I cleared the base while stealth killing everyone. No respawns yet

[coral harbor]

so no day 1 patch?

[stiff rampart]

I have a 5700xt with a ryzen 3600, running with FSR at 1440p

[chilly pilot]

What’s the command to bring up frame rate?

[winged quail]

Is it normal for the world to feel so empty? I can't find any bandits anymore. I'm in the Garbage area

[frozen sinew]

Why are bloodsuckers SO TOUGH

[feral charm]

use nvidia control panel for those settings

[brave heart]

Skillll issssuuuueeeeeee

[oak sparrow]

wait for them to fix alife2

[worn cipher]

Bloodsuckers aren’t too rough- zig zag left and right while moving forward and they won’t really be able to hit ya

[mint hornet]

bro all they need to do is bump the ai spawn to 200-300 meters away

[frigid hill]

existentialdread has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[wraith iron]

how fix a thing than don't existe ?

[weak sapphire]

Not really. The issue is A LIFE is missing it would still suck with that spawn range

[frozen sinew]

if one hits me, they knock me down and the second one finishes me off as soon as I get up. Also for the Alife2.. Enemies spawn too close, itd be fine if they were farther away as you can do some strategy

[dusk kettle]

Hello ! what is code on the door after controller please ?

[oak sparrow]

eh I wouldn't say that. its probably so bugged that it looks inferior then og Alife. I think when its fixed to the point that spawning stalkers won't kill your pc, it will be good

[chilly pilot]

Ta

[dusty aurora]

I've seen some people mention that there seems to be a cooldown for when they can take damage. 2 shotgun shots in quick succession does the damage of 1 shot, but spacing out the shots apparently works correctly. I haven't tested this myself but have seen multiple people bring it up.

[mint hornet]

The game spawns AI right beside you to force encounters at the moment. the old stalker games are not like this when ur roaming

[worn cipher]

If you zig zag their AI can’t reliably hit you. Assuming you can leave the area or get indoors somewhere you should be able to escape. Worst case scenario getting far away and quick saving should do the trick even if they followed you

[warped kestrel]

Yea and it rly sucks

[wind wolf]

I can't say I like the forced encounters with the like 15-20 rats, they bounce around like crazy and are hard to hit

[wraith iron]

i don't know but the main issue is than the game is blurry as hell you can't see nothing more 20m when you move the camera the game is weird, i don't know if it's antiliasing issue or what but a lot of people have this, probably cause of unreal engine 5 and we can do nothing

[weak sapphire]

Because older also had proper A LIFE this one doesn't. But its true spawning is too close but ALIFE is also missing. A LIFE is literally core feature of stalker series and RN it just fake.

[oak sparrow]

AI and ALife need some topnotch work as a second priority after optimization for sure

[mint hornet]

kill them all, and then go back outside the tunnel and they will respawn lol

[dusty aurora]

Get on top of something. Hip fire isn't too bad in S2, don't be afraid to use it.

[last saddle]

the reapwns are def on top of the list for sure along with performance

[oak sparrow]

for sure moving around and moving gun and camera feels weird af. I dunno what is the problem. game says 60 fps but feel like I have sand in my joints or something. it feels, heavy?

[wind wolf]

They also appear in the labryinth in the trash heap area. and I also did use hip fire but when there's 20+ of them it's still obnoxious

[wise parrot]

where is the modding section ?

[royal wharf]

Honestly I’ve never played a niche Slavic game that wasn’t a dumpster fire on launch day

[mint hornet]

i just dont like how we were lied to

[last saddle]

i mean its pretty much every game that releases at this point

[cedar quarry]

https://old.reddit.com/r/stalker/comments/1gwii4t/stalker_2s_missed_opportunities_a_critical_look/ Would be interested discuss peoples opinions. 🙂

[oak sparrow]

I still think Alife 2 is there but really bugged to the point that it affect AI. or at least I pray that is the case

[wraith iron]

i had goo performance, juste is blurry and little artefact and salad pixel are everywhere

[weak sapphire]

A-LIFE 2.0 We are improcing A-Life 1.0 by completely removing a life and making all encounters scripted and non dynamic. To make it feel even better we will spawn enemies right next to you

[dusty aurora]

I've never played a niche Slav game that wasn't a dumpster fire throughout most of its life cycle. lol Hoping this one changes that trend.

[oak sparrow]

well if worst comes to worse, they can always copy and redo Alife 1 code LMAO

[weak sapphire]

Oi oi UE is trying to join EU they are civilized now.

[copper inlet]

instead of waiting for ALife, get a life irl!

[arctic goblet]

viper 5 drum mag where?

[forest bobcat]

bro https://imgur.com/a/heres-life-bro-5NpCUwC

[wise parrot]

is there any mod to have infinite stamin, waiting to jump or to use the knife cause u dont have stamina makes the game feel broken or bugged, and its extremely time wasting and anti-immersive

[last saddle]

it hurts my soul

[oak sparrow]

has anyone found where " old cache " stash is?? I cannot find the thing. its in area where you find solder

[buoyant basin]

thanks for a good game, already 10h clocked

[mint hornet]

keeping killing and see how many bodies u can stack

[forest bobcat]

not mine footage

[timid shell]

No mod, but you can use trainer for that.

[tender jasper]

God what a disappointment.

[rain summit]

ahahahahahahahahahaha that's beautiful, perfect, A-LIFE 4.0!

[oak sparrow]

for none stalker player? sure

[mint hornet]

Its a disgrace to even call this an A-Life system 😂

[wise parrot]

hmmm, will try that, i want to play the game and enjoy the story, but waiting around and walking 90% of time is extreemly annoying and not fun

[weak sapphire]

oii its not A-lIFE it was rebanded. It's advanced AI

[weary hedge]

Anyone seen where the snug stash is?

[timid shell]

#💬┃en_offtop message

[oak sparrow]

" Can't find the enemy! They left!! " ( MAG dumpes me from behind )

[tender jasper]

10 yr Stalker Veteran here. I'm only disappointed in the Lack of ALife. Hundreds of hours in the trilogy and one of my favorite games but seeing AI spawn in midair in front of you really kills the vibe.

[fierce nexus]

Poppy Field has to be the best way to die in the Zone fr
Just fall asleep and never wake up again

[rain summit]

It seems more like Cock And Balls AI

[serene plaza]

IT JUST WORKS!!

[oak sparrow]

I was about to say that yeah. alife is the disappointment to all of veterans

[haughty steeple]

Anyone know where the HUB is in garbage region? is there aa HUB in all map regions?

[hushed wyvern]

Guys idk about you but im a ward enjoyer

[signal swan]

AAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa looted a SVD from a bandit. saving 19k to repair it asap

[tender bloom]

The ai don’t feel like the do anything no patrols or artifact hunting just dead

[rain summit]

I am a GOOD GAMES Enjoyer! I wont enjoy any faction of this game until Alife is live and working!

[mint hornet]

its crazy that the top voted GSC answer is to fix A-Life to how it was in the original games, speaks colors right there

[wraith iron]

it will never happen cause UNREAL ENGINE 5 do not allow A_LIFE system

[oak sparrow]

btw corpses respawn loot

[hushed wyvern]

Sure I get you but I love the game a LOT rn

[wind wolf]

Is there a faction system?

[forest bobcat]

I've bought the physical limited ed so I can't refund the game. All I can do is hope they will fix it before I die of old age 🤡

[tender jasper]

My only complaint with the game it runs fine performance wise and the gameplay rocks. But God the zone is so lifeless. Just had to take a break killed a group of bandits who spawned in behind me. Turned around and 4 soldiers spawned with a bloodsucker literally right on top of me.....

[dusty aurora]

How? lol Leaving the area and returning?

[rain summit]

exactly, after all these years lets wait another 5 years for A-Life, maybe they will make it functional loooool, im regretting preordering the ultimate edition looool

[tender bloom]

They don’t even run away if you kill too many or have any self preservation

[oak sparrow]

idk killed bunch of people on top of base where solder is. when inside killed solder came out side, checked coprse they have ammo and bread

[mint hornet]

modders will fix it faster

[wraith iron]

REFUND Bro ! i refund after 3 hours

[wind fiber]

Patiently waiting for that controller fix to play the game

[tender jasper]

Not if it isn't implemented already lol

[serene plaza]

i preordered the ultimate edition for 3 dollars so i dont have any regrets lol

[wind wolf]

I pre-ordered ultimate edition 1 1/2 years ago, I'm still having fun

[forest bobcat]

yeah all of this wait and delays for them to remove one of the pillar features of the game
they've even removed the mention of a-life between 14th and 15th november on steam page.
Straight up malicious scam

[frigid hill]

domebustinrasta has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[rain summit]

how!?!?!?!?!?

[weary flame]

Is there not a stash at garbage?

[hushed wyvern]

So far Alife and performance seem to be the biggest issues.

Still I am very happy with the game as is

[clear forge]

Anyone else got trouble getting the artifact at pol depot ?

[serene plaza]

i live in argentina and the price was 5000 pesos = 3 dollars in 2023

[dusty aurora]

@wind fiber

[wind wolf]

Idk about performance though, I have had 0 performance issues, running around 130~ FPS and no stutters or drops

[arctic goblet]

viper 5 drum mag where?

[oak sparrow]

I still wanna think like, sure game has some problems and you know it since you are releasing it but how can a fundamental problem such as lack of Alife escape your sight as developer??

[finite beacon]

Controller support, not being able to aim with a controller sucks

[weary hedge]

Never preorder

[hushed wyvern]

Shah stash has a viper with a mag

[rain summit]

It didnt escape their sight, they were 100000% aware of this! The best we can hope is that they chose to release anyway to get more money to fix it later.

[sand niche]

My only huge gripes are there is no joining a faction no rep no missions you are just a super soldiers plopped in the zone with no way of making any real connection with the factions the story is very linear so far also very linear no A life on top of that modders need to come save the zone asap

[dusty aurora]

Go up top, get close enough to make it appear, move down to the ground and pick it up. Sometimes it doesn't even go up top and is just on the ground level.

[arctic goblet]

uhh where that at....?👉 👈

[clear forge]

ah that's why I couldn't find it its at the ground lol

[wind wolf]

it's pretty easy to find, you go on the main questline and you'll talk to huron at the trash heap for a quest for a courier, kill the guys outside, drop down to talk to the dude and he'll offer you the stash location as a reward

[tepid rain]

3060 TI low graphisme 40 fps yesss

[tender jasper]

And to think I actually had high hopes for this. It's crazy that the ALife issue isn't a bigger concern for the devs. I mean it's literally a worse spawning system right now then fallout 4.

[wraith iron]

what ? you can't joina faction like the past ??

[edgy garden]

hey sorry if this isnt the chat to post this in but has anyone else experienced an infinite loading screen when trying to play the game for the first time?

[high cave]

anyone knows where can i obtain the bonuses of the edition? the suits and weapons

[oak sparrow]

the guy I just killed raised up and fed me granade. what the heck

[fading ledge]

Hi guys,
looking for the support channel:

• is there a planned update to fix the 32:9 (widescreen) issues?
  I have read that you can tweak the FOV in the .ini file, but that gives a fish-eye effect.

[marsh mural]

Wait till you get to the || Dead Frequency Mission ||

[rain summit]

Wow that's top notch shit! ahahahahahahah didnt know it! Terrible!

[tender jasper]

I mean they aren't even trying to pull damage control just sweep it under the rug I guess.

[chilly pilot]

You can’t use a controller?

[sand niche]

I’ve sat here done every mission for the mercs there is no rep there is no joining a faction it’s kinda disappointing so far with that aspect

[oak sparrow]

bro we can barely run it in 1080p

[mint hornet]

they know about it

[wraith iron]

ohh yeah it's a SH!T thank i refund

[weary hedge]

In my honest opinion im still enjoying it. It has its graphical bugs, lack of A-Life, and performance issues, and overly tanky enemies, but besides all that im still liking it.

Ill probably finish my playthrough then wait a long while for them to fix stuff before playing it again (same thing i did with cyberpunk)

[weary hedge]

Maybe that will be what multiplayer is for?

[rain summit]

get later in the game, when walking around is boring as hell, then tell me again your opinion

[dusty aurora]

There are no deadzone settings and the axial deadzones make smooth, precise aiming impossible.

[weary hedge]

I want to play the game so bad. Only had 2 crashes yesterday and now I am getting a crash every 10 minutes into a session

[tender jasper]

And they should have known about the literal core feature of stalker games before launch. This isn't just a mistake like an entire system doesn't work so the just use random spawns.

[finite beacon]

Not very well, I’m struggling to kill basic enemies because it’s just horrendous to control. Im getting killed by fn dogs because the aim sucks butt

[oak sparrow]

I mean, could you? I think that is just anomaly mod and not og games

[royal wharf]

Will there ever be a modern game launch flawlessly? I feel like this wasn’t an issue when I was a kid and teenager. Games on the ps3/xbox360 days or the ps4/xbox one days never had issues like this at launch

[worn cipher]

How many hours have you put into the game already, out of curiosity?

[hushed wyvern]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=k3WJh-gOG7o here

[rapid bone]

yall know if artifacts spawn in the fire whirl? the spinning tornado thing in the cooling tower far north?

[turbid heron]

Are you gonna whine in here all day? Theyve addressed it already, theyre working on a fix

[frigid hill]

domebustinrasta has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[arctic goblet]

king

[mint hornet]

They knew it would affect sales, so they lied about it

[chilly pilot]

Let me play a little bit further and see what sort of response I’m getting

[tender jasper]

True it's so quiet in the zone and you have no reason to do anything other then run from point A to point B. I mean it's crazy I never did that in SOC but 10 hours in and I'm already doing that lol

[hushed wyvern]

Always feels good to help a brother out

[rain summit]

8, didnt follow the main quest and did basically only side quests, what i would have done in the main trilogy, and i feel like there is really really low activity in the zone. No shots in the background, few mutants spawning in packs, a spawning system worth of a DayZ modder that just started game designing his own server. Really dislike it. First hours fake it for 3\4 hours, but when you start roaming around everything falls apart.

[royal wharf]

I’m tired of game devs lying. The review embargo ending the day of launch was such a bad omen.

[signal swan]

how does one kill a poltergheist? shooting at it ain't helping

[worn cipher]

So this is all still in the lesser zone?

[tender jasper]

I mean I have the right just as you to state that a core feature of the game is missing. And their response is just well look at it.

[floral tangle]

shoot more

[finite beacon]

Keep shooting

[dusty aurora]

Shoot it more. They take an absurd amount of damage to kill.

[oak sparrow]

the best way I can describe playing the game is like you are in a foggy dream

[turbid heron]

What do you want the response to be? For them to not work on it?

[tepid rain]

Your fps are ok, I have a 3060ti and I only get 40 fps lol.

[sand niche]

That’s not acceptable in any case this is the zone factions are huge part of just playing and vibing in the zone I just feel like a super soldier middle man that endlessly runs between factions no real consequences for killing other factions nothing no rep meter no option to join even wearing other faction clothes doesn’t trigger a gun fight it’s pretty balls

[rain summit]

Exactly, i got to Cordon and did some side quests in lesser zone and Cordon, and its already in there, imagine later in the game! im gonna play it anyway but with less excitement.

[signal swan]

i have 15 'nades with it's name written on it, but damn boi

[hushed wyvern]

Apply more bullet

[weary hedge]

meanwhile i cannot kill bloodsucker with 2 shotgun blast's to face and 2 ak magdums ( it kills me afte that)

[tender jasper]

How about have the core system functional on launch. That's kinda the main selling point of stalker. I mean you can't sit here and defend this that hard

[hushed wyvern]

https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/23 now you can (groks mod to nerf bloodsuckers fleshes and poltergeists)

This shit is a must have

[turbid heron]

And you sitting in here bitching all day is really gonna help reverse reality, surely

[worn cipher]

I was just asking because I also have about 6-7 hours int he game, and have nearly completed the lesser zone map, and have had a blast. I've just been worried about the world being empty outside of the lesser zone- guess I'll have to see. I've been lucky though and A-life seems to have been working with me

[glad dune]

is the brown locker to the left of hamster the players stash?

[sand niche]

Grok is gunna start modding to make the game better thank god !!!

[oak sparrow]

not being able to skin mutants is killing me inside

[hoary hazel]

Stalker is meant to be hardcore tho?

[rain summit]

i think it's just an illusion, i was excited too until 4th or 5th hour, when i got out of lesser zone and explored it, it really made me mad for the silence the zone provided to me.

[weary hedge]

died after 4 magdumps 2 shotgun blasts and one .45acp pistol mag to face. guess i gonna mod the game X)

[hushed wyvern]

Install is super easy, just go to stalker 2 content paks and make the "~mods" folder.

[dusty aurora]

The stash is by the bed and has its own compass and map icon.

[lament smelt]

I hear a lot of backhround fight and roaming guys lmao

[stray sun]

why is there no system, for shooting weapon on the ground causes it to decrease durability? those were exist on previous trilogy

[signal swan]

110 5.45 bullets, 10 grenades. jesus christus.

[weary hedge]

Same. So is the lack of faction interaction

[worn cipher]

I disagree with a mod to nerf enemies, but people should play however they have fun, ya know

[tender jasper]

I mean better then fanboying over a game missing its core features. That's like selling a Spider-Man game and not having web slinging. Like come on. If you don't like it you can stop replying. Thanks 👍

[sand niche]

I want hardcore damage mod both ways

[glad dune]

succulent thank you

[weary socket]

So disappointed that there’s no fix to make the controller to work on PC game pass. I can’t believe they released the game at this state. Worst than Cyberpunk imo because the controller works in that game when it launched.

[hard aspen]

Hello chat

[hushed wyvern]

4 5.45 mags is too much bro. They are sponges.

Im all for hardcore and the game is decently hard on veteran diff but this is too much.

[rapid bone]

you can have a game be hardcore and not a pain in the ass to deal with at the same time

[tepid rain]

I need help, why do I have 40 fps with a 3060ti in low

[turbid heron]

Im not fanboying, im telling you they said theyll fix it and you sitting here bitching isnt gonna make them go faster

[mint hornet]

yeah this is the first mod im downloading

[lament smelt]

Lmao ? I play the game on xbox gamepass pc with a controller ?

[grim pendant]

Are there any guides for modding the game for stutters etc?

[oak sparrow]

so monolith is gone? sad. I miss my walking loot boxes

[tender jasper]

The original trilogy was hardcore this is just insane 60 ak rounds and 20 buckshot to kill a bloodsucker lmao

[hard junco]

AAAAAAA STALKER 2 BANGED MY WIFE ITS LITERALLY OVER I CANT BELIEB I HAVE TO GO OUTSIDE AND TOUCH GRASS AAAAAA

[worn cipher]

Armor piercing upgrades make the world go round- they are much scarier than previous games to be fair

[sand niche]

Better be Ironman mode at the end of the game atleast give us something

[scenic panther]

Think I'm soft locked in the poppy field, every time I try to leave it after I die

[hushed wyvern]

Cheers ! This thing is a must.

[finite beacon]

In previous stalkers bloodsuckers are weaker than humans, the whole reason they go invisible is because they can’t take a lot of damage

[rapid bone]

theyre still in game, hostile ones too, they just dont do shit in the lesser zone

[rain summit]

i think we need bitching, after all this waiting, and a little bunch of lies, i suppose its the less that can happen.

[frigid hill]

tonymontana5247 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage