☢┃stalker-general

[fervent estuary]

Increased render distance / player bubble + flashlight shadows + NVG and the game is ready

[royal garden]

Ye i sometimes be stuck for ages deciding how I’m gonna move this loot over

I decided to store it in a body and use that as my personal backpack until I need another body

[clever fiber]

Bruh how slow are u moving lol this is diabolical

[civic relic]

works til the body despawns on u randomly and all ur loot dissapears lol

[royal garden]

Pretty damn slow but progress is progress gotta get them coupons

[royal garden]

Damn I need a new strategy

[clever fiber]

My first thought when I get overencumbered is not "hmmm that deadbody is perfect" 😭

[civic relic]

go get ya some artifacts for endurance + weight limit increase bruh

[royal garden]

I really thought I was on too something..

[faint spade]

you know what Stalker needs?

A CryTek NanoSuit 2.0

Who's the bloodsucker now

[clever fiber]

Tell me why the sensor words on here but look at this #📸┃screens_and_videos npc told me to tell a scientist to eat a d**k

[royal garden]

Now you know what you gotta do

[signal eagle]

Not sure what age rating stalker 2 is but discord is 13+

[still edge]

you might wanna put your hand side ways for this ... keep the 3 middle fingers in a-w-d keys , curl your pinky and hover it over cntl key. for the mouse finger... index and middle finger on each left and right click.

[clever fiber]

This does not sound like keyboard instructions 😭😭😭

[rough cypress]

Shiiiiiit. This keyboard ish is gonna give me carpal tunnel

[royal garden]

How does that work with storytelling on discord considering most of Stalker is vulgar lol

[faint spade]

put left on keyboard, right hand on mouse, figure out controls, profit

[still edge]

what you mean 👀

[clever fiber]

u know what what u did 🤣💀

[serene barn]

this was more so because the gamme had made an NPC stand in a doorway which resulted in me being blocked out of the room, and the NPC in the room i need to talk to for my story mission. so i had to load saves from a ways back just to find one where the npc wasn't in the door.

[rough cypress]

I don’t 👀

[still edge]

i been playing fps for like 20 years, i dont have carpal tunnel at all skill issue

[ornate sable]

I've you've never playe with mouse and keyboard before I get it can feel weird. I remember being bad at m&k controls when I picked up my first fps game too. But you'll get the hang of it.

[clever fiber]

The wolf bait is crazy lmao

[serene barn]

reminds me, i wonder when we will hear more about Crysis 4

[royal garden]

So you are the reason I cannot execute my strategy hmm

[weary hedge]

They changed what uncle Lyonya looks like, thats crazy

[rough cypress]

I refuse to learn on any other game than stalker 2. I’ll die a million times

[still edge]

here in discord, GSC is pretty chill, we can say what ever as long as its not aggresive or insulting .
@rough cypress play it on stalker difficulty , problem solved

[clever fiber]

Bout to play a game where I pull a gun everytime I see someone play guitar. They shall play guitar until I get bored and leave or they die 🤣

[signal eagle]

I was replying to dude asking about swearing being ok in stalker game but not in discord 👍

[serene barn]

wonder if i should give a Lavina gun a chance even if it looks kinda doo doo on paper

[rough cypress]

It’s about to be recruit. My hands are slow

[weary hedge]

Every gun is good if you hit them in the head

[royal garden]

I try this but my aim is absolutely atrocious

[weary hedge]

A scope or sight tends to help o

[serene barn]

well i mean sure somewhat but the thing is that the Kharod seems really good. right now i am running with a Kharod, a Ram-2 the unique better one, and a unique SVU.

[still edge]

well , i think its fine to not be able to insult, if anyone start saying insults here, it would start to be a lair of trolls and hateful comments. Given that most people cant handle being insulted on the internet.

[lofty spire]

Yeah I was kind of wondering that myself.

[royal garden]

I get pinged across the map and I can’t even see the enemy 😢

[rough cypress]

This discord was a mess a month ago.

[weary hedge]

Well that's simply because the kharod is the best AR statistically in the game, its the endgame AR after all

[serene barn]

i kitted out the Gabion Lavina when i was on earlier before i had to restart the game because it became unplayable at 5 fps. it might be one of the only Deluxe Edition guns that is actually the same as the standard gun. like it can fit all the attachments as the standard one can

[pliant parcel]

VARTA or ВАРТА generally means “guard” or “ward” in Ukrainian but the specific meaning can depend on context. I assumed it means what it is - The Ward

[coarse bane]

game still wont load on shader compiling

[serene barn]

well i mean i know that but i just been wondering around if the VS guns are good because they look weak on the stats but previously in the trilogy they were really effective.

[clever fiber]

Who made this banger 🔥? #📸┃screens_and_videos

[rough cypress]

Been compiling shaders for about 5 minutes lol

[pliant parcel]

Have you tried using UE Tools?

[rough cypress]

You’re asking me the wrong question man, ngl. I just started this pc stuff

[clever fiber]

Special anomaly

[pliant parcel]

You can download a file from a trusted website and put it in your game folder on PC and that will eventually make shaders load instantly

[rough cypress]

This sounds incredibly difficult but easy enough at the same time

[pliant parcel]

The hardest part is having to create account to download the mod from NexusMods. The rest is just copy pasting 5-7 files into right place in your game folder and launching the game. I don’t know if UE Tools still fixed shaders issue but I recommend to try that as the fix made the game more enjoyable and accessible for me

[rough cypress]

Noted. Will search google

[weary hedge]

I love using the VS series just for the immersion of the guns in the zone, they fit so seamlessly

[clever fiber]

The way of the radiation rock shall not be changed for the zone decides all

[pliant parcel]

You know more than me, Envoy of the Monolith

[clever fiber]

All hail the radiation rock 🪨

[pliant parcel]

Such is the will of the Монолит

[serene barn]

a gun i really want to use is the RPM-74, the machine gun but i feel like it's just not good in ways...like it's just kinda weak, it kicks too much for firing only a 7.62x39 round instead of the 54 as the SVD/U does and for some reason they decided to make the x39 round as heavy as the 54 round so you can't carry a lot without it just taking up space.

[clever fiber]

I have the war head for an rpg but not the launch piece

[weary hedge]

Honestly i'm still a fan of glutton and its base even though it's not really up to par and kicks like a bull just for the fact that you can keep pumping out bullets until the cows come home

[serene barn]

i've found maybe 4 RPGs in the time i have been playing

[serene barn]

it just doesn't feel right. not to mention the description makes it sound like the Glutton is unique but all it does it that it has more ammo in the box, it doesn't have any of the other benefits like range or stuff.

the entire gun just feels poorly done because you can tell it was supposed to use 54 ammo but then they made it take 39 instead for some reason because they couldn't have the RPD working. but it still has recoil as if it's shooting 54 all while being much weaker too....

i can't even run the Dnipro in 762 because the ammo is way too heavy :/

[pliant parcel]

I was so sad to find out dnipro doesn’t have underbarrel buckshot or grenade launcher attachments, being better than Kharod

[vital granite]

Is anyone else having an issue where the shade compile is taking a very long time?

[serene barn]

i wish the Holemaker had more shots than just 4+1

[serene barn]

there's an issue after the update where it gets stuck. you have to basically close the game down if it does and doesn't start moving.

[sage dew]

Hello. The performance on my 2080ti had improved dramatically! hooray! xD now WHO THE F designed the atrocious controls? Whats up with the radial menus and all that controler related mess? Its unplayable! takes me 10 tries to turn the god damn torch on. Jesus christ! I always used to have torch on the MB5 cause all the other buttons and keys are taken by more important things. PLEASE GSC allow KB&M users to map torch directly to a button, wha the F is the problem with that? Same goes with the quick slots what happend to f1 f2 f3 f4? Why do I have to hold some and not others what is quick on that? Q and E as you know is and always will be for leaning if you use WSAD, I mean did the controls designer ever played old stalker games? It seems that they havent what a torture seriously.

[vital granite]

Cool, ive had to do that a few times today. I will keep at it till a patch or something

[gleaming bone]

ye it's weird but you can change most of it (all of it?)

[sour sun]

how do i report bugs?

[gleaming bone]

#s2-support

[serene barn]

i saw people talking about deleting shader data or something other data but we shouldn't have to touch on the files :/

[sour sun]

wont allow me to type in there

[gleaming bone]

yeah read what it says. Go to the website

[sour sun]

ah my lack of attention span strikes again. Sorry thought it was a chatter but raising a ticket make3s more sense. Cheers 🙂 and merry xmas

[gleaming bone]

u too m8

[signal eagle]

Just recently found and have been using the Texan. New favourite shotty unlocked.

[oak basalt]

welcome partner @signal eagle

[fossil drift]

why is the interaction with || strelok || on top of the red fortress so downgraded compared to the gameplay trailer from 2021? The cutscene ingame feels like its so much less passionate and more robotic comparing it to the beauty 2021 trailer

[sour sun]

Is the original stalkers i remember coming across a mutant cat dragging a loner off to eat after killing him. Do you get that in this game?

[serene barn]

it kinda sucks that you can basically get trapped in a location now with the enemies spawning to fast.

[versed prawn]

Hey quick Question does one of you also have it that the Doctor in the Slag Heap Cut Scene isnt Shown? If so is there a Workaround to show the guy? or do i simply have to watch the Cutsceene on Youtube?

[static elm]

Hi, how to solve shader cash loading stuck ? Can't start game >_<

[clever fiber]

All hail the radiation rock. Do not question the zone

[pliant oracle]

Without changing any controls, I clicked the mouse wheel and my torch turns on and off

[nocturne plume]

Does A life not start working until after the lesser zone?

[hexed bane]

Nope, it should be applied from the start. Both to your advantage and peril. When i started a new game on patch 1.1, right when i left the first area and while fighting the very first group of bandits that you encounter a SECOND group of bandits appeared that were roaming and both ended up fighting me

had i not already have prior experience of the game and placed guns, ammo and medkits in the nearby stash before being knocked out and losing all items in inventory i literally would not have the bullets to fight them, it was insane 😅

[nocturne plume]

Hmm, I’m not getting anything that I would consider “a-life” worthy. The map still feels a little dull and when I see a pack of wandering stalkers, if I try and find them again I can’t.

[still edge]

you can find them, sometimes they teleport to their destination if they find enemies, but its an improvement, i bet in later patches we could see more range , more persistance in terms of keeping the npc in their locations if you comeback 1 day later after traveling across the map

i did a test, found a group of lone stalkers walking somewhere, looked away and ran for 300 meters opposite direction and then run back again and i found them still meaning they are not despawing , maybe at 500meters they despawn, i havent test that

[wispy crest]

been asking for days now but how do i fix the shadows in clear sky?

[tacit jay]

What's wrong with them?

Like specifically what is your issue?

[wispy crest]

they load too close to the player

[tacit jay]

do you have an example? Have you tried changing your user.ltx?

r2_sun on
r2_sun_depth_far_bias -0.0001
r2_sun_depth_far_scale 1.
r2_sun_depth_near_bias 0.0001
r2_sun_depth_near_scale 1.
r2_sun_far 100.
r2_sun_focus on
r2_sun_near 22.
r2_sun_near_border 1.
r2_sun_tsm off

[wispy crest]

ill try this but i tried a lot of things in the console and nothing worked

[tacit jay]

don't do it in the console, open the user.ltx and change those to that and see if that helps

[wispy crest]

does it usually help since all the videos i watched on cs have the same issue, and i couldnt find any mods that fix this

[sharp charm]

Yippiee, they fixed the bug with my game save and i can finally finish off the game not with ward ending 🫶

[tacit jay]

From what I googled and found based on your issue, it seemed to help the people who had the issue

[wispy crest]

it sucks that cs has such shit graphics its def worth playing but the graphics and gunplay make people skip it

[pliant parcel]

Ward ending is the best tho 😦

[tacit jay]

Objectively not

[pliant parcel]

But colonel Korshunov

[sharp charm]

Ward sucks. Id die to have ending as monolith but yeah...

[tacit jay]

I'm enjoying my ward playthrough tho, that all being said. lol

[sharp charm]

Ok look korshunov is cool. And dalin. But others arent. And their plans are meh

[tacit jay]

What ar eyou talking about. for it's time it was insane. It was such a huge step over shadow of chernobyl in terms of graphics.

[pliant parcel]

I think Ward sucks because they always obey SIRCAA and Regulatory Board but Colonel Korshunov is portrayed better than Scar, Strelok, or Kaimanov (is he really Kaimanov tho)

[wispy crest]

i liked soc's graphics way more

at least the shadows, the models look better in cs thats for sure

[tacit jay]

I think Ward has been active in the zone far longer than people realize. The Colonel was part of a military unit guarding c-con so I mean..

[pliant parcel]

That scene in Kaimanov ending confused me so much. Did Korshunov know everything from the start? Either way I sold my soul to Ward regardless but that was a crazy reveal

[grave marsh]

Got ambushed by a big group of bandits, then 3 IPSF soldiers just after that 2 monolithians with a crossfire with mercs and right after that 5 monolithians fully kit up followed up by 3 more IPSF soldiers, all this in like 10 minutes, i think A life wants me dead

[sage dew]

mousewheel hm? what a strange choice. But thanks thats much better xD radial menu was kinda driving me crazy - I have supersensitive mouse (g205)

[tacit jay]

I haven't done that one yet, I did Strelok's. I think Korshunov did know everything from the start, but he's definitely not going to tell you that. He has a dislike of stalkers. He makes it abundantly clear he doesn't like them lol

[pliant parcel]

I assumed you did Kaimanov ending because that is how you find out he was a part of unit guarding c-con when Kaimanov decided to shit on everything

[tacit jay]

Strelok tells you that in his ending as well.

[pliant parcel]

If you do Kaimanov ending, you can see where the colonel was in one of Doctors flashbacks during the first incident. I assumed Korshunov got all his info from the Board and Agatha but turns out he knew everything himself from the start.

[tacit jay]

Wild lmao. then yeah he's been there all along I guess and I think ward in general has been working behind the scenes. I think they are part of the military, frankly.

[paper sand]

whats weird about that is he knew they were trying to connect to the noosphere, why wait till the final project and help along the way

[tacit jay]

Can't wait for the anomalous dugout video on stalker 2 lore.

[pliant parcel]

Can’t wait for the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 3: Call of Cheeki Breeki

[paper sand]

only gonna have to wait till 2040

[mild salmon]

we waited for stalker 2 so really it wont be long

[still edge]

it would be cool if GSC made a stalker 2 standalone online game. Same map but without main quest, more side quest, kinda like rdr online

and a cap of 40 to 50 players per server

[nocturne plume]

When the ward say “freedom of movement is allowed once again”, does that mean there’ll be more stalkers moving from place to place in A-Life?

[grave marsh]

@nocturne plume So far this has been my experience with the system, not many stalkers

[nocturne plume]

I dunno, I’m still underwhelmed - maybe some mods will increase the amount of activity. I don’t ever see anyone leave Zalissa or garbage etc

[still edge]

there are some places with big spawn size, i bet when the alife spawn range gets increased it wont happen anymore, if they spawn 300 meters away,unexpected CQB, we are almost there stalkers
@nocturne plume i see sometimes group a few stalkers leaving slag heap

[grave marsh]

Currently is quite the onslaught

[pure jasper]

is Spitfire the same AK74U that Strelok used to kill C-Consciousness ?

[tacit jay]

yes

[grave marsh]

I have seen a lot more Degtyarev's Corps soldiers all over the zone, quite neat but they look a bit too similar to mercs and sometimes spook me

[pure jasper]

[weary hedge]

i dont remember ever seeing any NPCs - ffs fat fingered the enter button - leaving the rookie village in CoP

be pretty cool if they had like roaming guards that would go a bit further, always seemed to be static guards

[grave marsh]

Probably in the future, this’s still the first iteration

Currently just pack up some extra mags and meds

[ornate sable]

Increasing draw distance: Does it make it possible to spot hostiles from further out, or is it only tied to terrain?

[still edge]

sadly since 1.1 patch, the spawn and render distance of npc are locked behind the code, the cfg files used to allow further npc spawn, not anymore, later patches needs to change that value for long distance spawn and render. I guess GSC maybe didnt want modders to create alife mods so that player feedback is standarized across all player base and making it easy for them to be more efficient ? who knows

[brazen roost]

Does Stalker have mod support on console?

[keen pilot]

malachite doors locked completely softlocking me out of the main story

[pliant parcel]

This a-life feels cool. I just witnessed a group of stalkers appear out of nowhere to be attacked by mutants I saw 10 minutes earlier and ran away from and they all walked into the fire anomaly that gorges out lava if you walk near it. Everything died.

[grave marsh]

Not yet

[north hill]

anyone having problems with the last update? :/ i had no issues before, now i can't play without crashing

[wispy crest]

do my relations get fixed if i join a new faction in cs?

[keen terrace]

Must be

[livid coral]

how get weird bolt

[pure jasper]

bruh why are there one shot kill soldiers at the chemical plant 😭
I'm tryna storm the place

[livid coral]

oh it's just not spawning... of course

[grave marsh]

Múltiple faction HQ have one shot mechanics because they’re tie to the main storyline, just keep progressing the story

[pliant parcel]

In the tornado anomaly near Yaniv

[pure jasper]

[grave marsh]

[livid coral]

Yes I know. It's just not spawning in. There's nothing here

[pliant parcel]

You need to get to the top of the crane in the middle by jumping around. It will start flying around once you reach the highest accessible area. Don’t worry about tornado knocking you down - the crane scaffold will prevent you from falling. You need to be at the end of it to see the bolt flying around tho so save

[livid coral]

like flying around in the debris field?

I've been on top, in the middle and on both ends of the crane even when the tornado right on top of me and I haven't seen anything

[signal eagle]

Try going round the right hand side of building, little set of steps going to a door. (If its your 1st time there) or use the tunnel in the ditch just outside

[pure jasper]

I wish I could play monolith 😔

[gloomy citrus]

Vrag Monolita!

[fervent estuary]

Offline A-Life is a fake when they go offline they don't do anything not even moving

[upbeat basin]

whats up with the roaming death squads of ipsf with rpms only

[tacit jay]

the OG trilogy does. Stalker 2 doesn't.

[gloomy citrus]

Aha!

[tribal cloak]

my game just crashed trying to walk around in the swamps to the southeast

[tacit jay]

cube 2: hypercube

[brazen roost]

Like in game right don't have to go on any websites?

[weary hedge]

Hahaha a-life just accidentally killed everyone in a sidequest

[tacit jay]

Mod.io on the consoles. You can access it via the main menu

[weary hedge]

HOLY I'M IN GARBAGE AND I'M SITTING AT 330 FPS

[worn panther]

sorry guys that's my fault I made Garbage optimized by accident

[weary hedge]

Yeah i don't know who's on the optimization team but they went full crack mode in garbage

[mossy drift]

that sentence shouldnt work XD

[grave marsh]

Now let see how it runs in Pripyat

[mossy drift]

Anyone remember / know the workaround and fix to get Zelissa defence quest moving again... Involved using console commands to teleport away and some other things.. After patch and reloading an old save..one that sadly has at least 1 emission that happened before I made it to the town... Some npcs are out of the city hall, but the door is still locked, and have yet to get the message of the town being defended etc etc.. still likely some Monolith stuck in the safe zone, breaking everything...

[weary hedge]

I think rostok is the real test it's always ran like cheeks

[mossy drift]

Either from all the extra stuff to render.. but more likely due to there being alot more NPCs.. the ai system controlling them is quite heavy on CPU

[gentle sequoia]

I can't go Rostok after latest patch, there's something really odd going on because few after minutes all 64GB RAM is gone

[peak willow]

Probably explains why my game has been crashing more lately.

[weary hedge]

Probably memory leak

[gentle sequoia]

yep

[wild meadow]

i just let my shader cache sit at the same point for 2 hours and it never went up

[mighty pike]

ah yes, open an ammunition case by spamming V, it's grenades, proceed to blow off your face and nuts

[gentle sequoia]

just use disk tools to clear directX shader cache on C:/

[minor fog]

does anybody know how to fix "back at the Slag Heap Mission"? Missing Scar once visiting the sawmill section. the UE tools didnt fix the issue since I have done it thrice using console command E03_MQ06.

[peak willow]

It's bad. I can't even start the game. It says press any key and nothing happens after a crash. Then I got to close the game and start it up again

[wild meadow]

trying this now, thank you

[weary hedge]

I'm at 200k coupons and I just left lesser zone gg econ

[lucid hedge]

jesus this shader compilation is absurd, done everything suggested i could find. Nothing. Hoping for a hotfix soon

[restive storm]

Got stuck at shader compilation like at the start of it. Resetted my shader cache and restarted my PC. I have been waiting for like 10 minutes and it is not moving at all. Any fixes?

[signal eagle]

Just finished the story for the 1st time. (1st save got hardlocked around 90%).
Wow . . Amazing 👏
Looking forward to a 2nd/3rd playthtough

[astral portal]

guys guess what (give it a second)

[restive storm]

Chicken butt

[fading hemlock]

GET SLOWED DOWNED

[fading hemlock]

HAMSTER NEEDS TO SAY NO TO YOU 🙅‍♂️

[weary hedge]

He can't resist the endless military firearms I bring him

Honestly hamster must have atleast 50-60 ak74u's from me

[astral portal]

chicken butt

[fading hemlock]

how dare you

[weary hedge]

For some reason a-life has put me on a military bounty board with the amount of these mfs I see

[clever fiber]

OHIO STATE BUCKEYES AGAINST THE WORLD 💯 42-10 currently

[fading hemlock]

apparently everyone knows who skif is even before leaving the lesser zone

[weary hedge]

That's the guy that had his laundry room hit by a human made meteor

[fading hemlock]

i'd be mad too 😤

[weary hedge]

Debating if I want combatant or not this time

[radiant mist]

Huron has 100s of AK-74s and GP37s, i know he hates to see me coming

[fading hemlock]

i think any trader that notices the smell of skif around the corner is like -oh shhhhhi

[pliant parcel]

I shot hamster during zalissya clean out for his actions

[weary hedge]

DAMN

[radiant mist]

honestly i did that too

[wild meadow]

It worked, game is now loading into my save, praying that I finally fixed this game

[weary hedge]

Hamster is just really greedy guys, it's not his fault 🙄

[eternal pasture]

I can't turn in side quest to the bar, the reward money is given but the quest is still active as "return to barkeep" this prevents me from getting more quests from them.

[radiant mist]

off topic but what food in stalker would you guys like to eat. lowkey a tourist delight stir fried with onions and toasted bread sounds gas

[pliant parcel]

Vodka and canned food. Just like IRL

[eternal pasture]

How do you fix the barkeep not registering a quest as complete?

[wild meadow]

Is it normal for the game to load halfway and low poly for a bit and have to wait for it all to load in, after the long loading screen lmao

[radiant mist]

send a barrage of 5.45 to their face

[pliant parcel]

Shoot the barkeep

[eternal pasture]

You can't use the gun in there

[weary hedge]

I'm going to eat a flesh whole

[pliant parcel]

+132 rads

[radiant mist]

if my pork belly isnt glowing green and giving off heat from the radiation i dont want it

[still edge]

i cant find Tech in rookie village, he dissapeared all the sudden , and the map mark like hes in the forest next to the village #📸┃screenshots_and_videos message

[weary hedge]

Flesh meatballs with pseudogiant cheeks

[radiant mist]

balls and cheeks??????

[still edge]

did anybody found merchant disappearing and mark on the map changing but cant find them?

[radiant mist]

nah i never had that happen, you try reloading a save?

[still edge]

yes it fixed it but what if i dont realize an npc is missing and i keep playing, now i have to check every npc its in his place before leaving a town? anoying as funk

[weary hedge]

I'm reusing what the zone gives me

[radiant mist]

i already know mutants hate to see your freaky ass coming

[keen lagoon]

are you on PC?

[weary hedge]

I'm going to sauce my flesh meatballs in controller spinal fluid

[harsh jungle]

you WHAT

[radiant mist]

https://tenor.com/view/freaky-eagle-gif-418167729675118656

[weary hedge]

I'm a zone chef

[pliant parcel]

What about strelok’s balls

[weary hedge]

Not enough sweat to truly hold the taste I desire

[radiant mist]

[nimble monolith]

is it normal for random emissions to stop when you progress up to the point of no return? I haven't crossed that threshold yet, been wandering the Zone hunting stashes and artifacts before I complete the game. I haven't seen a blowout in many days, the weather will change as if preceding an emission but then nothing.

[royal garden]

Anyone having issues with the water puddles ?It seems to flicker a weird blue light at the bottom of my screen

[radiant mist]

ive noticed emissions always happen when im over encumbered and trying to go back to a trader to sell stuff, so maybe try that

[weary hedge]

They're random unless its a mission related one

[rigid thicket]

Damn some duty npcs just came and saved me from some monolith attacking me. Nice

[signal eagle]

"Its always sunny in prypiat"
Someone, somewhere.

[drifting palm]

Well the compiling shaders hang fix isn't a complete fix it seems. I just hung on it again and the game is up to date.

[weary hedge]

Oh they save you but won't stop these DAMN MILITARY from giving me the business

I also have a mod that allows exo enemies and heavies to spawn right away so these exo military goons giving me an ass whooping

[nimble monolith]

I spent a few hours reloading the same save at an electro anomaly hoping to get a Sapphire for my collection and it just never dropped. Feels bad man

[gloomy citrus]

Huh, wheres Richter?

[weary hedge]

Someone took combatant

[gloomy citrus]

I vaguely remember seeing Combatant is one of the weapon with high durability. Someone sent a screenshot of excel spreadsheet but I couldnt find it.

[weary hedge]

Yeah but then stalkers see you as a ward snitch, so it's give and take

[gloomy citrus]

Huh, it affects gameplay?

as in affecting your reputation?

[weary hedge]

It affects how you are treated further in the story by your fellow stalkers yes

[gloomy citrus]

oh yea that because you sided with Korshunov by showing the unusual PDA

ah its fine

[weary hedge]

I think it's weird that they offer you combatant when you literally get drowned at the entrance of slag

[gloomy citrus]

I returned Drowned to the owner

[weary hedge]

You have more morals than I

[heavy osprey]

i finally got s2 running on my poop 3050

[deft lion]

You need to get out of render distance of the anomaly to reroll the artifact

[novel quarry]

there is a bug where weather can get stuck, idk if that bug is still in the game or not tho.

[novel quarry]

i dont think npcs are too crazy at least from AI. I tested in zalissia, in debug mode, and i disabled all the AI, and it didn't do anything for the fps, I'm pretty confident the cpu bottleneck is somewhere in rendering. not to say the ai doesn't contribute, it might in like rostok

[novel quarry]

you might be running out of vram. or maybe that happens if you're on a harddrive, but its not normal no. if you run out of vram your pc will use normal ram if its available which is waaaaaaay slower than vram. if it runs out of ram it'll use a page file which is even slower even if that page file is on an SSD.

[novel quarry]

funny i also ran into a mem leak at rostok. i left as soon as possible and it stopped happening. my friend meanwhile on AMD gets mem leaks seemingly every time he loads a save or dies.

[fading hemlock]

I'm sorry, did stealth break or something i am being instantly detected no matter what, pre patches i use to be able to sneak around just fine

[oak basalt]

You won’t believe this shit I bet, my arena quest is once again broken

[wheat musk]

It pains me that 9x39mm AP ammo is so rare 🤦‍♂️

[peak cliff]

Just curious, will stocker to ever come to PlayStation because I’m kind of poor and I can’t afford to buy another console just to play the game

[novel quarry]

it pains me 9x39 in general. like vss is ok i guess. the other ones are low damage. groza does like 18 damage lolol same for as val

[glad dune]

lol i figured out how to get out of lesser zone before the prologue lets u

[tardy moat]

How did you manage it? I'm not looking forward to having to play the prologue and tutorial island on a new playthrough

[glad dune]

if you know the code to mindscrew you can go through the area and end up south cordon

only issue i forsee is having the quest item you find there stuck in your inventory until you end up getting that quest natrually

[peak cliff]

Because I was told that stalker was gonna be a time exclusive and I’ve also heard that it’s going to be an exclusive

[tardy moat]

No way into the "main" zone though? I'll keep it in mind so I can break up the lesser zone stuff with some other content

[wheat musk]

I run the Trophy and can double tap many of the armoured enemies with an AS val on regular rounds. I just don’t understand that when the Dnipro is a much better weapon that 5x45mm AP rounds are in abundance.

[glad dune]

id imagine the entire zone is free for the taking asoon as you get out of lesser zone so id imagine in this case its still mostly free to explore outside of questline blockers like wild island n shit

[tardy moat]

So you get access the the cordon this way and maybe zaton and surrounding regions, but with wild island blocking you there isn't a way to fully access the map as you can't cross into chemical plant/garbage?

[glad dune]

oh you have a point i believe it'd just be the south west side thats free until uve done lesser zone then

[tardy moat]

It's still some extra content to get on with for a new playthrough instead of only having lesser zone content which is great. Otherwise if you want variety you have to "start" in a different region you still have to speed run the critical path which feels like a chore when you have to do it every time

Who oiled the lights in agropom underground?

[astral portal]

IM touching a mutant right now

[median sable]

Reminds me of that glitched freedom dialogue

[glad dune]

something nice to note i just looked into is since the game expects you to escape lesser zone normally finding wolf or the zaton guide allows u to re-enter zali that way

[twin crater]

has anyone noticed some serious tree pop-in since the big update?

[weary hedge]

https://www.change.org/p/urge-microsoft-to-make-windows-mixed-reality-vr-platform-open-source-2674db06-88bd-436c-9c06-2f4389671951/v/853287792

[dense sandal]

How good the artifact that negates dmg if you’re still ??

[median sable]

With a good set of armor like an exo you're practically unaffected by some guns

[tardy moat]

Pretty decent, but you need to take it off from time to time

[livid coral]

Justin deez nuts

[median sable]

True that, something it doesn't mention is that it absorbs bullets, which adds a lot of weight up to five entire kilograms, which it then stops working at, sucks for looters

[weary hedge]

It's just a beginner option until you get an actual physical protection artifact

[median sable]

Google says there isn't any plans for stalker to come to playstation

[tardy moat]

Probably not when microsoft can try and sell you PC game pass if you wont buy an xbox

[median sable]

Late game it just becomes something to pawn off to get a few extra rounds for your guns

[weary hedge]

Now the real altered item you need is weird water

[spice coral]

anyone knows if the collectors edition are in USA? or knows where i can buy it? if amazon have it?

[strange otter]

new patch in 2025 boys

[median sable]

Oh definitely, it just didn't appear for me in my first playthrough but it made my second one a breeze

[weary hedge]

Roadmap is coming early 2025 I cannot wait

[median sable]

GSC has been treating us good, just the 1.1 version of the game has hundreds of fixes and tweeks to it and only more updates to come

[gloomy citrus]

Anything interesting in Cement Factory?

I forgot this was a place in Call of Pripyat. Part of Jupiter.

[strange otter]

Stepburers roaming around

[median sable]

Bridge to the cooling towers and duty is pretty much it from what I can tell

[gloomy citrus]

Have you guys encounter any wild Controller?

Then gets sniped from like 500 meters.

[tardy moat]

In the duga?

[gloomy citrus]

No I mean, gets sniped by a controller.

[ornate sable]

That 500m zoom gotta suck

[thick loom]

Why cant i start the side quest to get the spitter from zakhar babay

[digital igloo]

New bug

Game's stuck on compiling shaders for me

[digital igloo]

Not controllers.

But the AI does tend to have crazy good accuracy, and unload full auto at ranges like it's nothing

[novel quarry]

Yup exactly.

[novel quarry]

yeah the underground just isnt the same without the squeaky noise. SoC agroprom was a lot better done horror wise imo. Esp cause until then there are no bloodsuckers.

[dapper garnet]

Just a heads up for everyone, if you havn'et been to rostok yet i would avoid it at all costs. First it made my game freeze within 10-60 seconds after loading saves, now the shaders comp gets stuck on start-up and i can't even get to the main menu. Everything was fine until I went to rostok.

[dapper garnet]

same. after visitng rostok everything went to sh1t

[digital igloo]

Reported?

[dapper garnet]

ya i made one. its all over reddit too they must know by now

[fading hemlock]

does anyone know where this building is 😭
#📸┃screens_and_videos message

[digital igloo]

Yeah.

Huge patch means there'd be at least some issues; but this one's huge even by their standards.

[peak oracle]

is the fps blackhole when you get the artifact detector already known? i crashed in that place and couldnt get past 5 fps after coming back

[broken flame]

anyone have any advice on completing the quest on the edge, i heard their coming for a second attack after completing all of the optional quests but no monolithians spawn

[gloomy citrus]

I love how colourful my storage is.

[novel quarry]

its a lot of fun to collect artifacts haha. i'm glad they made so many, you can play for hours and hours and hours and still find new ones. all of them also have small hidden effects.

[digital igloo]

Hidden effects?

[upbeat berry]

emhphph look at them beautiful grenades

[novel quarry]

yes almost all have hidden effects, stuff like 'increases gun rate of fire', but most of them aren't very interesting

[upbeat berry]

where did u through that one ?

[digital igloo]

Interesting

And on brand for artifacts

[novel quarry]

at least one makes aiming faster which could be useful maybe. but in general small effects.

[upbeat berry]

i want one where i get better loot on grenades

[gloomy citrus]

How did you know?

[novel quarry]

idk, heard from other people. there's a website that lists them i think but I'm not checking them myself. I chat with someone who has been testing every artifact as well. the rof increase ones seem to stack like crazy which can become a problem 😂

[digital igloo]

Is there a list of these effects?

[pliant oracle]

Having to hit L every time was driving me mad tbf, I just started clicking all the buttons on my mouse to see if they were set to anything haha, glad I could help. My two side mouse buttons change ammo type and fire mode be default

[dense sandal]

do artfiacts stack with other artifacts like 2 weight ones?

[novel quarry]

yeah but weight is capped at 140 it seems, suit upgrade + weird water + any weight artifact reaches 140

[upbeat berry]

question is there a artifact where it gives the MOSTTTT carry weight boost ? and i mean the highest of the highest, im a loot sucker soo i try to build all my arifacts with carry weight

[keen terrace]

Good question, I'm interested as well

[dense sandal]

if i sold all my artfiacts i hv rn id get 311k from it

[upbeat berry]

im more interested in those DAMN grenades, they are soo damn awsome

[keen terrace]

I actually get lots of grenades

Always

[novel quarry]

i've seen people screenshot them but idk where they get it, no luck yet. lol.

[dense sandal]

so artifacts do stack what bout phsyical on them?

[keen terrace]

Rgd at least

[keen terrace]

Not sure if maximum ones stack

[novel quarry]

it used to be any physical protection artifafct had the same effect but that was a bug and they patched it. thats all I know lol.

[upbeat berry]

me too but i pretty much throw them all in the first chance i get, i wish they made making a custom camp for ur self soo i could hang my grenades like in my camp like chandelier

[gloomy citrus]

Weird Water. Its a unique altered item.

Gives +40KG carrying capacity.

[keen terrace]

Oh

Should have get it

But I think there was a bug or something

[dense sandal]

atm my arifacts on me is weight strong maximum endurance maximum physical thermal protection mamimum/ bleeding rest maximum hows that?

[gloomy citrus]

best artifact with maximum physical protection is Compass, look for it in gravitational anomalous fields.

[upbeat berry]

is it tasty at least ?

[gloomy citrus]

It puts you in permanent slightly drunk when equipped.

[dense sandal]

i hv night star thunderberry compass hypercube and nothin in the last slot

[upbeat berry]

worth the grenades

[dense sandal]

i do want tthe legendary weight artfiact

[oak basalt]

They patched getting into prypiat damn it

[stark crescent]

wtf...i just got sniped full health by a random monolith in a tower at yanov...

[upbeat berry]

where can i post link about youtube ?, there is a grenade video i wanna share :3

[stark crescent]

screens_and_videos i assume. its like the second chat channel rn, because it has a shorter slowmode, and it allows for media posting

[sand ruin]

Well this sucks. I'm left handed and use ijkl as my movement keybinds in every game, but I can't remove the flashlight keybind from L

[upbeat berry]

go watch it u gonna love it, btw how can i ask the developers to add one hundred thousand grenades in the game for everyone :3 ?

[sand ruin]

For a $50 game I expected to be able to at least rebind the keys properly

[novel quarry]

clicking middle mouse button doesn't work for you?

[sand ruin]

That's not the problem. I use ijkl to move, so whenever I move to the right it toggles the flashlight

[gloomy citrus]

what you looking for? Diamond Exo? Theres one in Yaniv on top of Scientist bunker. Look it up how to get it.

[novel quarry]

ah. yeah you will need to use a keyboard macro probably then, but yeah its ridiculous... actually, keyboard macro won't work for this i dont think...

[upbeat berry]

if u have side mouse buttons u can use it on them

[novel quarry]

controls are copy-pasta from console version and pc gets left overs, fun.

[sand ruin]

I might just refund. Like this is a totally basic, fundamental feature that is missing.

[dense sandal]

oh you cant get back in sircaa

[novel quarry]

im sure it'll get fixed but it really should all be changeable from the get go... i use a keyboard macro so I can press f1, f2, f3 and f4 for quick access keys instead of only f1/f2

[novel quarry]

did they really LOL

[oak basalt]

Nah just wanna get the tech, I found another way in took 5 mins

[dense sandal]

so after you do sircaa you cant go back in?

[gloomy citrus]

Legendary Artifacts with Maximum buffs:

1. Hypercube
   Maximum Bleeding Resistance and Thermal Protection.
   Maximum Radiation

2. Compass
   Maximum Physical Protection
   Maximum Radiation

3. Thunderberry
   Maximum Endurance
   Maximum Radiation

4. Liquid Rock
   Maximum Radiation Protection
   Maximum Chemical Protection

[sand ruin]

I'm sure eventually it will be fixed, but I'm refunding until they do. There's really no excuse for not having basic accessibility features like this on a $50+ game. I guess I'll just keep an eye on the patch notes and see when I can actually play the game.

[lilac sandal]

Definitely one of the more interesting reasons to refund a game I've ever seen.

Might be a longshot, but have you looked for any mods to help? Could be worth a shot.

[sand ruin]

I'm on GeForce NOW because this game performs so poorly on the hardware I have, so no mods sadly or I might have been able to play.

[lilac sandal]

I pity you. If you got it on something like Gamepass, you could've probably gotten yourself a good Performance mod. Anyways, it'll definitely be a while before a patch will come.

[oak basalt]

Started over, I’m feeling the lack of a liquid rock, this sucks

[hoary crest]

Embrace the radiation

[fresh palm]

GSC needs to make the keybind settings Hella fleshed out for PC, I'm tired of not being able to rebind keys that are stuck on one binding.

[hoary crest]

It is quite annoying not being able to rebind underbarrel weapons and the flashlight ngl

[left crystal]

Guys when I die by mutants or npcs and reload they despawn and I continue normally as if there was nothing there, anyone else got that?

[clever fiber]

Does bubba ever help u again after you get his friends body or does it help u with a faction or was that a scrapped idea caus I haven't heard anyone say anything or noticed any system where I can call stalkers for back up

[fresh palm]

And the fact that I can't use F1 through F4 for quickslots, I don't wanna use just 2 keys and hold them down when I need vital medicine, it's painful

[stark crescent]

i just found out you cant get any of the saiga d-12 blueprint upgrades, until you do the final point of no return mission. its such a kick in hte nutsack, ya know? you cant even fully upgrade the gun, until the end mission

[hoary crest]

You can rebind those, I have them bound to some mouse keys

[fresh palm]

It doesn't gimme any other option than just 2 keys, it's a load of crap honestly that I cant

[left crystal]

Umm thx...

[dapper garnet]

Haven't heard that one yet i dont think. under pinned messages they have a support section for bugs i would make a list and send it over

[stark crescent]

try running the game in windowed mode and at lowest graphics when you enter such an fps drain. this seems to help me out alot

also, im not sure, but i think the post processing option causes alot of fps drops. ever since i kept it at low, i dont have these fps drops any more.

[restive storm]

@chrome jetty can you ban @dusty frigate he is sharing a phishing link under the disguise of a steam link but you can see where it leads if you hover over it with your mouse plus I did a URL scan and it leads to a malicious website with "Phishing Database Phishing"

[chrome jetty]

Done

[gloomy citrus]

Damn it

Oh wait I got him

haha

[restive storm]

I saw a youtube or instagram video made by some guy named Thor I think? I was about to instantly click it but I remembered what it was

The links are still present in the channels btw @gloomy citrus like #❔┃pc-specs and others

[grand tide]

You can get few but not all ye

[restive storm]

@gloomy citrus The scam links are still present in multiple channels btw. Just wanted to let you guys know

[gloomy citrus]

Done

Deleted them all just now, thanks for the report.

[sage dew]

Yeah No I tried to set it all up as close as to my custom cotrols of old stalkers. F for fire mod R for ammotype ( doesnt matter ) I never use default settings. Over the decades of my playing I have specific control scheme that I try to replicate in every and any game - makes the gameplay smoother as I dont have to re-learn with every game. All I want is options xD

[restive storm]

I hope they put out a patch soon. I can`t play the game since 1.0.3 patch. 1.1 or 1.1.2 patches stuck at shader compilation. Seems like they changed some things 4 hours ago like buildid

[gloomy citrus]

Next patch should be after new year.

[dense quartz]

Hey guys!

Is there a flashlight mod which casts shadow that you guys would suggest ? There are a couple but i would be interested if one stands out and doesnt hit perfromance. If not only shadows are casted but the beam goes furter would be even better!

Thanks in advance for a recommendation!

[sage dew]

Yes https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/221?tab=posts it perma saves console commands - requires shading / shadows settings to max otherwise you will have pink mutants (known issue) and you have to play with the values - I did for a bit but I managed to replicate shoc flashlight (angle height etc) the authors values put the lightsource too far ahead so it clips into things and light is too intense imo... I can try and find my values if you want - in the mean while play with it xD it really is pretty simple. All is right there in the readme and the instructions first version still works with 1.1.3 no problem...

[restive storm]

I`m gonna have to wait more than 2 weeks again I guess

[burnt hollow]

Anyone know where the sewn on pockets blueprint for operator exoskeleton is?

[pliant oracle]

Fully agree with you there!

[dense quartz]

Yeah if you find the time to share your values that would be awesome! Im
Playing on 144 if that makes a difference and all settings are maxed out.

[dense quartz]

You have to restart your game sometimes up to 3-4 times and then it works. If it gets stuck just restart

[sage dew]

1440p? Not what I am talking about, but maxed out shadows YES!

[restive storm]

I am restarting every time it got stuck and it has been like 20-30 times

[sage dew]

here its the default but I changed these:"I recommend fl_radius 5 so that it wont make all the windows glow near you - 500 is too crazy

I also recommend for the proper headlamp position as we know from good old stalker games

fl_transform (x=5,z=5,y=4)"

[plucky oasis]

need one idea

[worn tundra]

Will the original trilogy update be released as a separate remaster? if not, then there will be no censorship and the notch will not be as in the console version?

[dense quartz]

Thanks i appreicate it!!
I wanted to let you know that i game one 1440 bc if you dont maybe i cant use your values

[mossy trench]

lovely 1.1.1 patch made compiling shaders longer, stucking as before and even started to crash the game while playing

[lunar verge]

somehow I just managed to stumble across a fix that has completely radically changed the feel and performance of the game. it feels buttery smooth and the solution was limiting fps via RTSS and NOT nvidia control panel and using nvidia control panel to force v sync to fast. the combination of GSYNC plus frame gen + FAST VSYNC has made the game feel like CSGO. Im in shock. been stuffing around for weeks

[mossy trench]

can I remove 1.1.1 patch as it made game unplayable?

[clever fiber]

Just had a dude yeet a grenade at my position over a wall after I just relocated completely unseen behind 2 walls is wild

[solid spruce]

I have the same issue, haven't tried UE tools yet. Also it seems that arena round 4 just won't get available for me. I've slept so many times and nothing.

[ionic orchid]

anyone knows why after 1.1.2 i can't load any saves ?

[stark crescent]

you know. im now doing scar's route on my second playthrough. i think that scar and faust would actually get along well. in a different world.

[formal mason]

after the SIRCA battle, I notice that mercs spawn in very often to kill me, is that intended? lol I sided with || The Ward|| because ||Scar Is Insane||

[surreal hawk]

where can i fint thunderberry? im out of energy drinks

[gloomy citrus]

I've seen other people had trouble with their save files and i think most likely is because how big the patch was.

[gloomy citrus]

Electro anomalous fields, its a legendary artifact so good luck.

[ionic orchid]

i thought it was more mods related

[gloomy citrus]

That too yeah

[ionic orchid]

also everytime i boot the game from steam i got a "Access Violation" crash report and then the game boots

[stark crescent]

yeap. got those as well. just start the game from the steam library, inside steam. not from the .exe. for some reason, it sometimes want to start the steam version through the epic launcher.

[clever fiber]

List of changes that could make the game better or should be in that aren't

• light bulbs going out when shot (currently the sound is there but the light stays)
• more fleshed out dialogue leading to consequences (reloaded and did all options on a few sequences majority all end the same besides a one liner or two)
• these mfs is still acurate af just saying
• tabs in stash for weapons, ammo, and so on. I like the box grid system but maybe do it in sections with a limited stash. Would make sense and put pressure on keep vs sell
• more clear indicators or info on how killing npc, semi important npc, and others works with faction alliances (maybe a factions tab on PDA
• more weapons customization. I wish every now and then people would have attachments i could take off and move around. Or guns with a scope or special mag on it or a better stock
• cleaning weapons could be improved. Would be cool to do the gun break down animation to clean weapons (someone else has a good idea on how it would work)
• I could say nvs but even these would need to be rare so all the npcs aren't walking around with them
• not sure if a life includes active looting system for npcs if not this would be cool.
• although the game is better i do run into a fare share of bugs not there before the big patch take your time with updates the true stalkers don't mind it and know what your going through.

(Where should I post this so devs will see)?

[ionic orchid]

yes exactly

[ionic orchid]

solved it thx

[sage dew]

those values are concering the x y z coordinates of the flashlight lightprobe attached to the player model. Has nothing to do with what resolution you are gaming at - I also play at 1440p tho xD

[karmic bronze]

[livid coral]

Never really had an issue with shaders compiling until 1.1.2

[karmic bronze]

How does it run on pc i keep hearing mixed things?

[livid coral]

I have an RX 6800XT and it runs decently, frame drops in settlements but it's bearable. On max settings it's choppy, so I run on high

[warm basalt]

skibidi monolithia

[karmic bronze]

Fair how does it run with everything on medium?

[warm basalt]

this game needs nvg

[livid coral]

I haven't checked frames but I assume around 80-90 FPS consistently

[karmic bronze]

im only asking cus i got like a gaming latop (obv wont be as good as a pc but still) it’s pretty good i can run most games its got a 4070 chip might test and see if it runs ok will probably sound like a jet engine too lol

[real shoal]

List of recent changes:
Fixed some issues with shader compilation being stuck, leading to infinite wait time or crash.
So this was a big fat lie honestly. Lmao.

[karmic bronze]

The game feels worse than it did before the update tbh one thing i like is now npcs atcually roam about before the update my game never crashed but its crashed multiple times now

[real shoal]

I feel like they pushed this 1.1.2 way too fast. They're saying they fixed some issues relating to specific things but they don't actually fix them.

[karmic bronze]

Think they just fixed some bugs and exploits but not anything performance related

[ripe walrus]

it says "some"

[livid coral]

I feel like it feels better overall but I have noticed some new issues since 1.1.2, that's kind of to be expected, though

[boreal coyote]

like what? mines been much better

[dense sandal]

Is this still in the works? #📸┃screenshots_and_videos

[karmic bronze]

When is mod support coming?

[gloomy citrus]

I believe it's been answered once in #📜┃gsc-answers but I couldn't find it.

[boreal coyote]

stupid question but i never usually mod games so ima ask it, wtf is the difference between mod support and what we have now? its quite easy to install mods already

[sage dew]

The days and nights are ridiculously short, Can I edit a-life file to make it 20 minutes IRL = 1 hour ingame? (I always set up my shoc like this and I find it to be ideal time rate for me)

[restive storm]

Used the shader skipping mod and playing right now for about an hour without any crashes for anyone getting stuck at the intro. Plus, opened the shader cache in regedit for my AMD card. Made it 32 for the value

[boreal coyote]

theres a mod on nexus that makes them a bit longer but its gonna mess with a-life

[sage dew]

damit - used to be so simple in xrayengine xD

[boreal coyote]

they did say they will look at day/night times though and adjust them, its just not that simple because they have to extend the routines of npcs otherwise they're gonna be sleeping through the day and stuff

[sage dew]

Yeh that means it is somehow disconected from day/night cycle ... strange. But there surely is a good reason for that.

[boreal coyote]

its like rdr2 so in that game we take a stable worker for example, he'll wake up, eat his breakfast and head to the stable and then he would spend x amount of time there, after that he might go to the saloon have to some dinner, get drunk and stumble home right? if we went in and started making the days the longer his routine would get messed up and after a few in game days you're gonna see him waking up at 9pm etc

so basically what im saying is the routines would synchronised with day/night cycle rather than being linked to it if that makes sense

[sage dew]

Well actualy no, if the NPCs routines were tied to actual ingame time - as in oclock, then it doesnt matter if the hour in game takes 2 minutes or 3 IRL hours 9pm would still be 9pm as far as the activity trigger goes.

[boreal coyote]

no its synchronised not x time triggers x activity for stalker 2 at least not 100% sure about rdr2

i was just using rdr2 for an example because theyre routines makes more sense than stalker 2

[sage dew]

Old stalkers didnt have distinct activities, only sleep and wake activites and emission behaviour, all triggered by the weather that was interlocked with the timescale

[frigid hill]

bigpetey1997 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[boreal coyote]

yeah but we have the POOPY version of A-Life (have to say poopy now...) the glory days are over 💔

[left crystal]

Am I the only one that needs to crash like 3 time on loading screen before being able to get to menu?

[boreal coyote]

mods?

[sage dew]

Hey there is still a chance they will nomansky/cyberpunk it xD

[gaunt jungle]

started a new playthrough and noticed a typo, when it gives you the tip about the radial menu, it spells menu as meny

[left crystal]

No I just installed the update

I'm stuck on setting up profile or I crash to desktop

[boreal coyote]

oh yeah i have complete faith in them turning it around 🙂 @left crystal ok i seen a few people saying they got stuck on compiling shaders after the update, it just took them launching the game a few times for it to work

[left crystal]

Yay took 3 time to get in...😮‍💨

[sage dew]

game dev for PCs AND consoles is a huge task. Especially the PCs even tho they are much more powerful, unlike consoles they are each basically unique combination of hardware and to a degree even software. These variations always result in some users having odd behaviours and problems and others have smooth saling while inbetweeners have various degrees of of both. But hey Those of us who are in the zone since the shoc times, who watched the trailers in the 2003 and 4 - all of this had happened before, and look at where we are now. xD

[sage dew]

GPU drivers up to date?

[digital igloo]

Thing is; it's a gamble every single time.

It's not a one and done thing.

[left crystal]

Will check

[sage dew]

Yes - But hey being stalker fan helped me thru Cyberpunk brithing pains too xD I was patiently waiting, adoring the jank and goofy bugs, patiently helped the game to tell me the story it wants to, without actively trying to break it - And they pulled it together pretty nicely. Now its the GSCs turn xD

[lilac sandal]

Unwavering faith will save us.

[lilac sandal]

Reminds me of the Battlefield 4 launch... God I am glad that DICE LA saved it from collapsing.

[sage dew]

xD hah yeah BF3 was like WOW, BF4 was like WOW what the hell? xD

[dense quartz]

Dont mention rdr2 a masterpiece cant be compared. There wont be anything that will be on par with this beauty in terms of mechanics and immersion 🥲

[weary hedge]

Both games are extremely beautiful and a-life is somewhat similar to the routine/npc life cycle system but you fail to mention that rdr2 also had character pop in so, yeah they're pretty similar

[gloomy citrus]

Which assault rifle has the highest durability? If I were to pick between weapons, for me, durability comes first before anything.

[weary hedge]

Probably combatant for you atm jayko

[dense quartz]

If i assume right the one with the lowest rpm. As degration is tied to bullets spent

[gloomy citrus]

The unique AK huh?

[weary hedge]

Yeah early game guns are pretty much the same across the board and I think combatant has a higher wear and tear factor than a normal ak

[gloomy citrus]

So which assault rifle that has the highest durability in the game? I got a Dnipro even though it's completely broken.

[weary hedge]

Probably the kharod

[gloomy citrus]

Kharod?

Hmmm

[weary hedge]

Yeah, you can get a kharod in the cooling towers at the top of one of the towers

[gloomy citrus]

I got Dnipro

From the cooling tower that has flame tornado in it.

It's completely broken.

That's why I'm wondering if it's worth for me to fix it and use it until Deggy gave me his gun.

[weary hedge]

Yeah it's probably statistically the best gun you'll get for awhile but it's more of a, do you enjoy using it

[gloomy citrus]

Im fine with it.

Like I said, durability comes first.

[signal eagle]

I used the Dnipro for pretty much my whole playthrough. Great gun imo

[hybrid scroll]

I wish that we could cannibalize parts from guns we pick up to fix our own. Maybe up to like 70-80%

[gloomy citrus]

You guys know your guns can get damaged from stepping into an anomaly right?

There's an upgrade that's called "Reduce wear and tear from external source" or something similar around that line.

[feral zinc]

i love having no issues with shader comp prior to 1.1.2 and now every time I launch it gets stuck

[mossy trench]

any way to run the game as it stuck all the time on compiling shaders?

[gloomy citrus]

I think you need to delete shader's cache but I'm not sure how.

I thought they fixed stuck and crash during compiling shaders.

[feral zinc]

Doesn't help, I have tried. It is actually a lot worse for a lot of people now rather than being fixed

[mossy trench]

it's worse than it was with this patch, and takes a lot more time now

[signal eagle]

#☢┃stalker-general message

[mossy trench]

I love those yolo fast fixes not tested before deploy... I'd rather like less and better.

Already trying for over an hour to run this game...

[feral zinc]

It seemed it fixed it for some but in turn broke it for a lot of others that had no issues prior to 1.1.2 (myself included)

[mossy trench]

and they had to do it for the weekend xD

[hybrid scroll]

So it's been around 2 weeks since I've played. Should I wait to pick up again? I'm on Xbox so idk if the issues are the same across all platforms

[signal eagle]

Im xbox. Finished second playthrough yesterday after 1st save got hardlocked around 90% complete. 2nd save was alot better. Saved zalissya and other problems i had before didnt happen this time. I recommend starting a new save

[gloomy citrus]

Completed my 1st playthrough a day before the big patch drops.

[hybrid scroll]

Word 🤘🏻 fortunately I'd just completed a run, so I was going to start fresh anyhow

[digital igloo]

And then there's me; at Rostok

[gloomy citrus]

That reminds me. Do anybody knows why the current leader of Freedom isn't Lukash?

Voronin is still there.

[mossy trench]

https://www.partitionwizard.com/resizepartition/directx-shader-cache.html

WORKED with shaders stuck

[marble onyx]

HELLOO guys 😄 is there still any possible way to get to pripyat early ? the one at excavator does not work no more

[gloomy citrus]

I think not.

What are you looking for?

[signal eagle]

2 ways in i think. They patched one

[marble onyx]

just to get in early, i want to explore before i get there in story, not looking for anything specific

[feral zinc]

anyone else feel like aiming down sight/scope is low tick rate for some reason? I think it may be since the latest patch as didn't feel like it before

[gloomy citrus]

Alright.

[clear violet]

Guyz are missions in Prypiat still has a bugs?

[signal eagle]

On one scope yes. Xbox

[gloomy citrus]

Never encountered one

[maiden meadow]

lads

||hows your experience fighting granite squad?||

[clear violet]

how about the gravitation / vortex anomaly? is it bugged like freezing then after a few secs. it game crashes?

[signal eagle]

1st was rough but pulled out gauss gun and focused the guys on top while crouched behind cover

[signal eagle]

Yes.
#📸┃screens_and_videos message

[marble onyx]

aa i see, so... same location, different way .. cool

[gloomy citrus]

I skipped them.

The End.

[maiden meadow]

let me guess, you ||run over them?||

[gloomy citrus]

Just run past them while drinking non-stop energy drink.

Classic SoC moment.

[clear violet]

I think this is right after the SIRCAA and when you done a few missions it bugged out

[signal eagle]

@gloomy citrus was the door not locked at the back for you?

[gloomy citrus]

No

[fervent estuary]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aA7raFVTRv0&ab_channel=JustAGuy

[brazen crystal]

urgh does anyone have problem with not able to skip cutscene ?

[gloomy citrus]

Enjoy the game man.

[ancient frost]

Great guys. My wife divorced me with two kids because it was playing too much. Stalker 😂 That's how good of a game you guys made

I don't regret it one bit though

[frank fog]

It takes a second to open so you can’t just rush straight to it. At least that’s what happened for me

[gritty mist]

SEVA-I Suit missing one container slot after the patch ?

[ancient frost]

By the way, no splash screen mod makes the game crash from the beginning at launch

[marble onyx]

is there a unique named Kharod in game ? since its my to-go endgame got would be rly nice to have named one 😄

[cobalt haven]

Finally downloaded the latest patch from 1.0.3. straight to 1.1.2, took me two days because of Sidorovich internet.

And now I'm stuck on the shader compilation. Goddamnit.

[cobalt haven]

To be fair, SEVA-I used to have 4 slots and... Can be modified with Two more slots, but we can only have 5 slots max.

Reported it back, so eyah

[night lake]

did they actually fx the chunkyness of the game cause i had uninstalled it right before this recent update because i kept having the random fps drop

[balmy bay]

Nop. Just get all the attachments and grade it a bit and you got the best rig to run

[vast spire]

Well, it's over for me, can't start the game, keeps getting stuck near the start of shader compilation except for the first time, when it just crashed shortly after loading a save

[marble onyx]

PC ?

[vast spire]

Yup

[cobalt haven]

Been trying solutions online, doesn't work for me. Radiation symbol stops rotating here

[marble onyx]

ah ait, yeah i was wondering, cos i have all attachments except mag, not that far in story.. and was exploring 😄 need to find a free one, since i dont have money to buy and im good till end game 😄

@vast spire for me shader cache clearing worked, but it needed like 3-4 starts 😄 then by some miracle it worked 😄 same for someone else yday

[restive storm]

Wait for another patch or try the shader warmup mod on nexusmods. I am playing with it right now. Game is absolutely messed up right now so either wait for another patch or try the mod. Btw, mods mess up or crash the saves too so delete all mods or update if there is an update

[vast spire]

I hoped to finish the game as fast as i can, but now i think i'll wait a few months for it to be in a better shape. It's not fun playing when fps goes down to 10 during combat and stays there for a few minutes after
I'm really not a fan of this kind of solution as i'll most likely get a crapton of spoilers along the way, but what else is there to do

[gloomy citrus]

Sorry to hear that.

[quick kernel]

Y'all playing stalker 2 the game while I'm playing stalker 2 irl

[ocean stream]

Looking down causes my game to lag, how do I fix this?

[quick kernel]

Stop looking down

[ocean stream]

nvm, apparently it's caused by me moving my mouse around too fast, probably causing things to render and de-render quickly

[cobalt haven]

Finally it works.

Cleared any caches, and set shader size from 10 to unli

[boreal coyote]

why wouldn't i use the most detailed NPCs in gaming as THE example? they set the standards 😎

[cobalt haven]

Softlock in Duga is still here. Damn. Any ways to bypass?

[lucid hedge]

yeah

[cobalt haven]

Also wtf is with the mouse icons lol

[kind zephyr]

me seeing @ocean stream's pfp getting ptsd from v1

[cunning crystal]

Stalker has no woke

[formal mason]

What if I carry you from whirligig to 100% safefty?

[kind zephyr]

We used to have binoculars and night vision, not anymore because of woke

[weary hedge]

They said its coming but it's not a priority

[formal mason]

It'd a big stretch to suggest that the lack of NV, and binos are becuse of woke

[kind zephyr]

We used to have binoculars and night vision, not anymore because of right wing

[formal mason]

So you're suggestion to me is... we lack binocular and night vision... because of of the right wing? huge advocaats of night vision and night vision? instead of more practical reasoning?

[kind zephyr]

Trump's America

[dense quartz]

No political discourse please

[eternal thistle]

Good morning / Good evening.

Can the PDAs I accumulate be sold ?
Or are they important for the Lore or Quests ?

[weary hedge]

for somebody who waited until first iteration of a-life fixes before continuing story.|| is there variant of g36 without the stock sight or is it the only variant in game||

[formal mason]

Forget political reasoning xD, how does one conclude that night vision and bincoculars are a result of a political candidate?

[dense quartz]

Yes you can upgrade it to mount a dif scope

[digital igloo]

There's an upgrade that removes the stock optic.

Gods, I wish this game allowed us to switch modes with optics

[eternal thistle]

Anyone for my question ?

[weary hedge]

just wondered since its my fav weapon of 556 but i'm just stock optic hater

[dense quartz]

Variable
Optics like in tarkov would be a gamechanger

[formal mason]

The subject of conversation doesn't matter at this point once again I am young and strong, cheeki cheek breeki https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpeA9rKHgYk

[signal eagle]

I think pda's can be sold as you get all the info when you pick them up but notes etc can hold some info for later on. A certain achievement for instance

[quick kernel]

They save to your journal tab so you can sell them safely

[digital igloo]

You can put the holo and ACOG on it.

Another weird thing is how game is oddly specific about what attachments go on what gun; despite them all (for the most part) using the same rail system.

[eternal thistle]

@signal eagle Thank

[quick kernel]

Dude its so dumb I can't stand it. Sucks you can't take optics off of sniper rifles like the dragonov or svd despite them having irons. Also the 2x optic and the g36 optic both have backup sights that cannot be used. This game is actually so silly

[digital igloo]

The gunplay, economy, and AI leave much to be desired.

[dense quartz]

G36 and p90 stock optics are the worst to ever exist

[formal mason]

Have you danced among anomalies? hiding from the blood the red storm? gave your pants been wet since ananogropram? sh e's you're twisted kind of fantasies... with no princesses or swords and gnomes, she may take your life but she's you're home

[quick kernel]

Yes. But the option to use them despite that fact would be nice. It's silly you have to stay in a 2x zoom with a base model gun

[dense quartz]

Mods will come that enable toggleable optics im pretty sure

[formal mason]

was such a huge dissapointment that optics weren't pip

[quick kernel]

Yeah but it's dumb that we've got to rely on mods to do something 98% of modern shooters do. Stalker 2 simultaneously feels like it was made today and also 13 years ago.

@formal mason what's even dumber is that an old gameplay trailer showed them pip

[formal mason]

Come now, unreal engine was ment to appeal to audiences of today, 10 years ago

[dense quartz]

Welp a game cant cater to everyone and not every game can have all the things. Im thankful that mod support exists otherwise these things would still never be able to exist.
Maybe to you its important but maybe 80% dont care if it had toggleable optics. I would love them too but im fine with not having stuff like this if the rest is awesome

[quick kernel]

Bros got the whole boot on his tongue

[formal mason]

Look, i'm fully behind a-life, it's just up to modders to fully realize it

You're getting too political, im just a lowley australian, awake at 3am

[iron heath]

Guys can someone help me please? Ever since the update my game crashes everytime i reach 50% in shader loading. I have cleared my entire shader cache, updated drivers and verified integrity of the game on Steam, and yet its still crashing. Before the update the game was working smooth with no problems at all.

[dense quartz]

Maybe you forget no one here cares about your political opinion this is a discord about the Game Stalker 2, you took the wrong door mate

[quick kernel]

He just wants to cause a scene, they like to let people know how they feel despite nobody asking

[formal mason]

I wanna cause a scene too! here's my scene https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1Q0ozheyA4

[signal eagle]

Not my president. See yourself out 👍

[quick kernel]

You're definetly a Trump supporter that's for sure

The projection is strong with this one

[tacit jay]

#💬┃en_offtop 👍

[formal mason]

what if I'm not projecting, what if I wanna catch some.... artifacts I need max carry weight and max endurance

[dense quartz]

@gloomy citrus could you intervene please ?

[quick kernel]

Bros so upset 😭

[formal mason]

I just want max endurance and max carry weight damnit! , also here's relatable song because why not https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1Q0ozheyA4

[quick kernel]

Are those even artifacts you can get because holy moly I'd kill for carry weight increase

[tacit jay]

Mental illness really does affect 22.8% of american's. We can see it here on display from him.

[formal mason]

I found a artifact that's "Strong" in terms of carry weight

[gloomy citrus]

Thanks for the report.

[quick kernel]

I take it you're also an nsp fan?

@tacit jay yeah America is cooked but he wants the attention

[tacit jay]

Allow me to bestow upon you.... Weird water... Puts you up to 120kg carry weight give or take and has the best anti-radiation.

[formal mason]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpeA9rKHgYk

[quick kernel]

Must have, next time I play I'm gonna get that for sure

[formal mason]

NSP? Ninja Sex Party? sure? they make some rad music time to time

[tacit jay]

You can have 1 weird water and 4 max radiation artifacts and still not get irradiated by it, though I believe that's the max.

[gloomy citrus]

Please drop the political conversations, I've muted the person who started it.

[quick kernel]

You linked to TWRP which helps nsp write music which is cool, I do indeed fw nsp pretty heavy tho

[formal mason]

I'm drunk so I've stop track of what im doin

[summer current]

Hello

[gloomy citrus]

Evening.

[quick kernel]

Hello revivedtuna

[formal mason]

I can't link funny videos anymore I blame @gloomy citrus

[summer current]

I’ve bought an attachment for the akm 74 u it’s an optic but it doesn’t let me attach it

[formal mason]

I find it potent to point out that I live in a caravan, and the sound of the rain on my caravan, peak 😩

[summer current]

Nice

[gloomy citrus]

Equip the gun first then drag and drop.

[tacit jay]

I wonder if anyone has a picture or website that overlays the paper map and the ingame map to see some of these locations line up

[gloomy citrus]

If you hover your cursor on top of either gun or the attachment and it doesnt light up that means theyre not compatible.

[formal mason]

Found next song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAVqurkZZdo next song for insane stalker fans who have attachment problems **

I actually wanna give people a smooth Stalker experience but at the same time... chaos is fun

[lime vigil]

Jesus constant clicking sound of eq is worst bug possible.. i rather had broken zalysa back..

[formal mason]

Have you danced among anong anomaies?

she's you're twisted kind of fantasy, she may take you're life she's you're home

rain too loud, I default to funny music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1Q0ozheyA4

[wise moss]

Shot in the dark but does anyone know when the next patch is coming out?

[formal mason]

Hell naw

[wise moss]

Understandable, have a nice day

[wintry pumice]

January probably, they still need to fix Faust's quest...

[wise moss]

Darn

[formal mason]

and the other quess

[wintry pumice]

Had to kill the guy 10 times just to get his body to spawn after he dies. And the side quests won't complete even after you report back to the quest giver

[wise moss]

Hopefully they fix the compiling shaders bug soon then

[wintry pumice]

It has a random chance of completion

[plain jewel]

What's with all the crashing with the new patch? Getting low level fatal errors every few mins.

[wise moss]

Sounds like quite the lovely bug

[wintry pumice]

Yeah but really enjoyed the 10 fps fight with Faust and the random crashes

[weary hedge]

Haven't had any bugs so far, sitting at 330 fps in garbage

[wise moss]

It really is a good time

[weary hedge]

Playing 1440p maxxed settings, frame gen off, native res

[dense quartz]

Is there an extended Mag for the kiparis ?

[plain jewel]

Every crash I've had recently has been with the error code "887A0006".

[tribal flame]

I really like the unique lavina

[weary hedge]

man faust talkin some mad sense rn

[quick kernel]

Jesus christ bros over here on a nasa computer or somethin

[signal eagle]

Found this might be what your after?
https://imgur.com/fM0hec1

[vale marsh]

I riched the point || that I need to make a wish to the Wish Granter, and its nothing there . It dosent show on my screen . It's invisible maybe 😂😂||

[tardy moat]

Can you see some ||ghostly stalkers|| kneeling nearby?

[tacit jay]

Nah I was meaning this map https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GMpzoJoXsAAtblB?format=jpg&name=large

[signal eagle]

Great map that. Not sure looks fairly close to me

[vale marsh]

Yeah, but it's funny that that thing is invisible

[storm flame]

this game is a lie, this is the proof: https://youtu.be/aA7raFVTRv0?si=DDBkL-42BAYwKaqy

we need spam this video to gsc. They are lying to us and they shouldn't do it.

[eternal thistle]

What is the default key on the keyboard to equip and unequip an accessory on a weapon ?

[tacit jay]

Fascinating stuff 🙄

[gloomy citrus]

Dont you dare.

[wild meadow]

I am on an ssd, not a hard drive, is there any known fix to the vram issue? I have 8gb of vram

[gloomy citrus]

I've told the one who uploads it to send that video as part of bug report.

Yes he has valid complain and GSC might lie about it, but that doesnt mean you should spam the video link to them.

[brazen roost]

3 classic games and only 21GB all for 25 dollars? just take my money

[eternal thistle]

Anyone for my little question ?

[tacit jay]

try T, I think that was it or Y

[storm flame]

Well, more than spam, I meant that I would like them to see it and simply give an explanation.

[gloomy citrus]

default key should be T

The right way to do that is through bug report and the one who uploads that video said will do so.

You dont need to do it.

[tacit jay]

The explanation is that this is the first pass through of A life fixes, they are working on it. lmao

[eternal thistle]

@gloomy citrus Save my day

[storm flame]

no hahaha see the video

[brazen roost]

Any tips for someone who hasn't played any of the games in almost a decade?

[gloomy citrus]

replay the OG Trilogy again so you actually know whats happening

Shouldnt take long

[tacit jay]

No, hahaha.

[restive storm]

Another patch incoming! They changed build number or something 13 minutes ago

[eternal thistle]

Run.

[brazen roost]

I'm buying the OG trilogy as present to myself for Christmas

[storm flame]

In the video you can see how everything is still a poorly made script, and there is nothing like offline ia, If you don't want to see it, that's fine, but don't say that they are fixing it then because you are fooling yourself.

[weary hedge]

I bought the HAF 700 case for my new pc build / upgrades, its like twice the length of my current case, thing is an absolute monster, i did not know that beforehand lol

[gloomy citrus]

yeah they should be cheap as well

[tacit jay]

Fascinating stuff. I'm so glad you're here to tell me how game development works!

[brazen roost]

I have no intention of playing stalker 2 I'll just watch lore videos when I'm finished with the OG trilogy

I heard it's different than when it was on PC what's changed?

[gloomy citrus]

Im not sure what you mean.

[tacit jay]

The console releases?

[storm flame]

Oh I get it, you're one of "those" no problem lmao guy

[brazen roost]

ye what's different with em I read a review saying it's different than when it was on PC

[bleak mantle]

whats everyone think of the recent large patch?

[tacit jay]

Literally what are you even talking about. Don't forget to take your meds, man. Have a nice day.

[gloomy citrus]

game runs smoother for me while others not so much

[brazen roost]

I would play stalker with my mom's friend when I was younger awesome guy but he screamed a lot at the game

[tacit jay]

Took out some soviet imagery, changed the energy drinks, various bugfixes for things that were still kicking around and controller support I guess. They also changed the currency to K for Koupon/coupon

[bleak mantle]

do you all think A-life has notably changed? does it seem closer to what was promised?

[tacit jay]

It's not perfect, the zone seems more alive. I don't care to follow dima dirtfarmer across his journey to be killed by an anomaly when I have other important things to focus on.

[stark fossil]

It certainly feels nicer more engagements but 97m vision is a pita

[brazen roost]

I won't be able to buy another game for like 3 months 3 games should keep me busy right?

[gloomy citrus]

I guess so.

There are plenty of standalone stalker mods too.

You can also explore those.

And yes, they're free.

[brazen roost]

I'm on console my cousin stole my gaming computer

[tacit jay]

If he's on console I don't think he can, but yes that's true. You can easily dump hundreds of hours in vanilla versions of the games, just exploring and doing stuff. I put 40 hours in each of the games with the console re-releases.

[stoic ridge]

Hi all - I'm curious where my character is learning about the purple stash points? I see them on the map, but why? I haven't picked up that many notes or talked to really many NPCs yet.

[tacit jay]

From looting corpses you get stashes from them. Think of it as you are taking the data of their stash from their pda when you check their body for loot.

[stoic ridge]

ah, that makes sense! Thank you. I haven't played since SoC so it's been a long time for me!

kinda nice then, you get "double rewards" so to speak for eliminating thugs

[gloomy citrus]

Almost every stashes in S2 are randomized so dont get your hopes up.

They're mostly normal supplies.

[tacit jay]

dima dirtfarmer's 2 shotgun shells and a single bottle of vodka

[hoary crest]

Stashes really need some TLC down the line

[brazen roost]

Can I choose Russian dialogue with English subtitles?

[stoic ridge]

I suck at FPS and I'm playing on Veteran. I'll take any supplies I can get, haha. I also disabled HUD, but I'm not sure if it's playable this way for me. I'm still really early in, || just found and talked to Gloomy at the Boiler House||.

[gloomy citrus]

yeah you can

[tacit jay]

It's playable that way for sure, but does make things more difficult.

[bleak mantle]

after they posted the most recent patches on xbox app for pc, there's an erorr for stalker 2 and now i can't play the game anymore. anyone know of a fix for this?

[round light]

I'm here, but regrettably without pizza

[stoic ridge]

Be nice if player had a watch or something. Is there a way to tell the time?

[signal eagle]

Pda?

[gloomy citrus]

Get out of here Stalker.

[round light]

🙃

[stoic ridge]

Ah, thanks! I see it top right now.

[round light]

I do have one general question, is this the right section to ask?

[pure jasper]

my game dies whenever I aim at faust 😭

[stoic ridge]

It's ok, I just ate cold pizza from last night's dinner.

[round light]

When you have explored a site on the map, is the symbol supposed to chnge to show that you have explored it?

[gloomy citrus]

Ye

[tepid osprey]

Yeah it goes from a question mark to the name of the place

[round light]

Interesting. I hit my first stash place, found the med supplies.but the symbol did not change

[tepid osprey]

Oh, for stashes they go a little bit greyed out. You might have to take everything from it for it to register

[gloomy citrus]

If you take everything from the stash, the stash icon will be gone.

If not, slightly fades away.

[round light]

Well, I found two last night. One was the first one called moderate stash, the second was the helicopter. Neither changed colors, both stayed blue

[tepid osprey]

Oh really? Damn. I always leave the vodka lol

[gloomy citrus]

I always took everything then drops the stuffs that I dont need like Vodka.

[round light]

Vodka removes radiation though?

[gloomy citrus]

So is anti rad med.

[tepid osprey]

I use rad pills, they weigh a lot less 🙂

[gloomy citrus]

Vodka makes you drunk. Though i do keep 1 or 2 bottles of Vodka in my inventory just in case i ran out of anti rad.

[round light]

I will have to go back to the helicopter, I thought I found all the stash but it still shows blue on my map

[gloomy citrus]

Dont know why the stash icon is blue for you.

Supposed to be purple but whatever I guess.

[signal eagle]

It kinda looks blue until you see a side mission marker

[round light]

Eventually I'll figure it out. This is my first Stalker game, and I'm really impressed. Graphics are great. Playiing on easy and I'm still dying, but a lot of fun

[scenic fox]

Same here lol. One dose of anti rad, ten bandages, 5 medkits, 1-3 canned meat or condensed milk, since it takes three bread to sate full hunger and only one can, the cans are way better density wise.

[gloomy citrus]

Good hunting Stalker.

[tepid osprey]

True minimalist. The zone has taught you well

[trim fulcrum]

I just found 2 game breaking bugs in a row, seriously the game is broken

[scenic fox]

Yeah you should see my ammo loadout lmfao. Three mags, 14 spare shells, 18 extra revolver rounds. My inventory space is for profit only

[gloomy citrus]

Please report them https://discord.com/channels/504587323577729024/1308753015355740181

The more bug reports players made, the better.

[trim fulcrum]

And both in the same main quest, one at the slag ||The coronel was invisible|| and another one at the sawmill, basically I can't enter the sawmill and can't progress. I'm softlocked.

@gloomy citrus this bug was known since the game release, it's a game breaking bug

[tepid osprey]

The only thing I never skimp on is ammo. I’ll take like 400 AR rounds, 100 shells and 100 pistol ammo

[trim fulcrum]

The game should have been tested thoroughly, at this point I feel like I'm beta testing the game after paying. (I don't want to be negative or anything, but the game is a buggy mess at times)

[nimble monolith]

I just did a little experiment, I think artifact generation is tied to your progress in the main story. I went to the electro anomaly on top of the silos at the Pol Depot, in the northwest Lesser Zone. I saved about 100m away, I go check the anomaly for the artifact, then reload - the artifact will be randomized every time as long as you're a sufficient distance away. On my main save file, where I'm near the end-game, I was pulling uncommons and rares constantly. I started a new game to check the same anomaly right after the game frees you to explore. I was pulling commons a lot, within a few minutes I finally got the Sapphire I'm missing from my main save, where I spent hours at this anomaly failing to get it.

The descriptors for "common," "uncommon," "rare" only seem to apply in the early game. The odds tilt towards rares and uncommons in the late game. This makes some sense from a progression perspective but it also makes it really, really hard (basically impossible) to acquire some of the "common" artifacts in late game, which sucks if you're a collector goblin like I am.

[trim fulcrum]

After getting my save broken I don't have the motivation to keep playing, 20 hours down the drain because they keep releasing untested games

I'll report the bugs but it shouldn't be this way, as I got farther into the game more and more bugs appeared

[pure jasper]

man
I kinda feel bad for faust now
Monolith doesnt sound all that bad when you see it that way

[stoic ridge]

I’m having a blast, too, and glad you are. I missed Clear Sky and CoP, and may go back to them. I haven’t been in the zone since Shadow of Chernobyl. I’m playing on Veteran without HUD. 🫣

I am just taking my time. I need to check if it’s possible to walk instead of run with keyboard and mouse. I’m loving the sights and sounds of the zone.

[still current]

Blue? There is no blue stash icon as far as I know

[ornate sable]

They're all blue-ish/purple now, aren't they?

[stoic ridge]

They’re purple, yea.

[gleaming bone]

Anyone had this super weird bug where, when you have your inventory open (or trading), it just makes a constant sound like it's unloading weapons, and inventory management becomes weird (e.g. I can't move items)?

The weirdest thing is I found trigger for it, and it seems to start happening when I come close to Malachit after murdering Faust. The moment megaphone says "there's no danger anymore, the doors of malachit are open now", this starts happening when I open my inventory

I tried reloading game, computer, etc. etc. Idk what to do. Anyone else has encountered it? It kinda makes it unplayable coz inventory management becomes super annoying

[weary hedge]

is ||borodulin|| bugged?

[lime vigil]

Many people have the same. No fix for it - but its only in malachit and laboratory...

[gleaming bone]

ah so if I leave malachit it stops happening? lol I never thought to check

[lime vigil]

Sometimes leaving.. other using guide. But basiclly reloading after getting away from it

[gleaming bone]

I see. Thanks a lot

[fierce sequoia]

It's funny how I haven't had a single problem with this game all this time until 1.1.2. came. Now I keep getting stuck on compiling shaders. Every time I run the game I have to end process via task manager and launch it again for it to work

[surreal hawk]

any1 else game crashes when compiling shaders after update?

[tardy wave]

How’s a life now? Feeeling any better?

[bleak oracle]

did anybody notice that GSC is teasing multiplayer? I was browsing the shop in xbox and found out the guns from the ultimate dlc are quote “Transferrable to Multiplayer”

[ornate sable]

Better, but still too many cases of enemies spawning in very close by.

[quick kernel]

A life sucks, B life is where it's at

[hoary crest]

Not really teasing it, we knew it was coming, but we don't know when and I doubt its any time soon tbh

[fallen haven]

Man, game just keeps crashing as soon as I load in 😭

[last saddle]

Games def playable now opposed to launch. But def still needs work

[bright wind]

Just tap X

[bleak oracle]

the game was playable even at launch wdym

[modest oracle]

im actually so done with this game rn

how does a tower with closed door and windows not count as a safe space in a emission?

i had to load a 1 hour ago safegame

[feral dagger]

patch had opposite effect for me games unplayable right now for me compared to before the new patches went live

[hoary crest]

You actually want to walk at points too, going through the glass anomaly for instance as you wont take bleeds or equipment damage by walking through them

[weary hedge]

did i accidentally ||side with ward when i gave monolith pda to the guy who made you reassemble ak47||

[stoic ridge]

Thanks! Not sure how I missed walking on the keybinds.

[hoary crest]

Not permanently, but either way, the AK is worth it

[modest oracle]

can i report this somewhere as a bug or smth?

[weary hedge]

well gotta load checkpoint hence|| i dont want to help waird in any way shape or form||

[lone elm]

Where should I sell my artifact for the most profit? The lab?

[signal eagle]

When there is an emission the game gives you mission marker for a safe building. Just go there

[last saddle]

yeah you dont know what a polished game is then

[hoary crest]

[bleak oracle]

i play on xbox the game ran just fine on quality mode.

[lone elm]

The game is much more playable now I feel like the lag when I go to dense population area is non existent now

[last saddle]

exactly what i thought. not your fault tho its all you know

[bleak oracle]

No. like no crashes, ran on 60 FPS, Everything was perfectly smooth. Maybe your pc just sucks man

[last saddle]

yeah thats def gotta be it...

[hoary crest]

You two could just not be d*cks to one another and simply explain that its much easier to optimize for two hardware configurations (consoles) than it is hundreds of PC configurations. Its not a c@ck measuring contest...

[last saddle]

i dont need to do shit. all i said was the game runs much better now than at launch. still needs work

[signal eagle]

Im xbox x and have experienced crashes/bugs, soft/hardlocks. Since starting my second new save the game has been alot better while my first save is still hardlocked at the road to the foundation around 90% game complete

[hoary crest]

Lookin in a mirror might be a good idea mate, randomly patronising console players isnt cool or edgy, you just look like a berk lol

[bleak oracle]

look ive said one arguably disrespectful thing, The condescending tone from this feller has measured about 3 times as much as i have

[last saddle]

who said anything about console? a lot of you ,mfs have deep issues

[hoary crest]

🙄 Ya just cant help some people can ya smh, "don't be a d*ck" "NO ITS YOU WHO HAVE PROBLEMS!!!!" jfc...

[last saddle]

and youre still trying to go back and forth. eat a chode

[bleak oracle]

You literally said “Exactly what i thought, Not your fault tho its all you know” as a reaction to me being a console player You’re the one who deserves to eat a chode.

[hoary crest]

Just leave it bud, if he wants to be a tw@t, he's free to be a tw@t, no skin offa our nose an it only hurts himself in the long run

[last saddle]

the word console never left me. but w.e helps you feel better little men

[somber gazelle]

so i just loaded into my game and the animation for opening your eyes appeared (the animation for when your in the poppy fields) which was really cool, definitely should be implemented into the game

[hoary crest]

Ye, it is a bit weird that wasnt reused actually, maybe it was done after the basic sleeping mechanics and they just never went back due to time constraints

[bleak oracle]

You very clearly view console players as less then You for some reason “But Whatever helps you feel better little men” and “Yeah thats definitely gotta be it” To my words of having a nicely polished game Then you insinuate that because i play console every game i play runs horribly. “Exactly what i thought, Not your fault tho its all you know”. To me saying that the game runs smoothly on quality mode. You must be very fun at parties

Anyways, Have a good day 👍

[last saddle]

i dont give a crap about a console. i dont understand why youre insisting on this. i literally said he doesnt know what apolished game is. this game was never polished. but i did aknowledge that its getting much better

[weary hedge]

300fps 2k maxxed out idk abt console

in the event you decided to ||side with ward. where is richter located. for me atleast he is not on the top of the hill where quest markerk is.||

[signal eagle]

Isnt he on the crane thingy?

[bleak oracle]

idea : don’t side with the ward

[echo coyote]

hello from new york

[weary hedge]

not intending to. just want to hear his dialogue in case you decided to do that

[bleak oracle]

Mhmmmm Mmmkayyy

I have two playthroughs so far and the dialogue doesnt change, and if it does it wasn’t substantial enough to really notice.

[weary hedge]

well then i wont even bother and i'll go the good route

[bleak oracle]

You can do what you feel like. Have a good day

[compact violet]

found a thunderberry W

[bleak oracle]

find liquid rock too, Itll completely negate the radiation from thunderberry, you can find it in poisonous hole in garbage

That works too

[compact violet]

i do just also have lead containers

[last saddle]

the good route?

[weary hedge]

idk if there is good or bad route. but for me the good route is to tell ward to fk them selves

[last saddle]

wouldnt call it good or bad

[weary hedge]

well there is no good route tbf

[compact violet]

still been trying to find a damn compass

[open sinew]

Hello, How are you doing? Well i hope. I have a question if I may. Is offline mode enabled inately? Or do I have to enable it in some way?

[ornate sable]

For me it's running better now, but it some times crashes on launch (during shader compilation). But when I get it running, typically on the second or third try, it does run smoother.
I got a 3060 though, and the patch notes specifically mentioned the game being better optimized for the rtx 3000 series.

[last saddle]

what do you mean

[open sinew]

I'm not sure. if you don't know. That means the answer is obvious. I just read the notes and it was talking about offline mode. Something to do with the A-Life funcionality.

[compact violet]

also I love how wearing a seva actually muffles skif's voice lines

[hoary crest]

Offline is a mode related to the AI functions, its nothing to do with internet connectivity. IE: When an AI is not within render distance, its put in an "offline" state so as to not drain resources

[open sinew]

Thnaks sorry for being dumb.

[hoary crest]

Not being dumb mate if you're not familiar with large scale AI systems, dw about it

[proven swift]

Guys, what do you think it's better?
Corundum or psz falcon?
One has 2 lead container, the other wears out much slower and is cheaper to repair but only 1 lead

[slim wagon]

Quick rant rq: I’m at a point in the game where it’s not even fun it’s just straight up annoying

I’m having to kill this dude that just keeps cloning himself and I’ve killed so many of his clones that my game crashed from the amount of bodies on the rooftop it’s that ridiculous. Also the fact I have to run 2km between every objective during missions is just annoying

[signal eagle]

"COME TO ME!"

[signal eagle]

||take out the 3 glowing lanterns then focus Faust's hip lantern. (The one guy with a glowing hip)||

[light crag]

I wish you all a merry christmas stalker

[hybrid grotto]

am i softlocked? im on deal with the devil and the get info from varan is not appearing on my map.

[nocturne lodge]

I can't shoot through shrapnel clouds but the enemy npcs can shoot through it and hit me lol

[nocturne lodge]

he's located south of slag heap at the Plant location, you can try going there anyway and see if you can talk to him for the quest?

[hybrid grotto]

ok

[clever fiber]

More blood sucker nsfw #📸┃screens_and_videos

Also I'm getting sick of dog encounters. Every encounter there is at least what feels like 10 of them. And they spam so fast it's just spam med kits no actual fun.

It's devolved to soon as I see dogs I run to a building sit in a corner and spam med kits caus when they run around in circles is way to annoying #📸┃screens_and_videos

Also draw range is ridiculously low. Watch a pack or those jumper things despawn at what feels like 100 meters or yards kept going in and out of render

Not to mention spawning behind u is stil an issue and the zone feels more like Iraq then it does the zone.

[cosmic badger]

anyone knows where I can find quest IDs for console usage ? My quest markers are bugged since previous Emission and the "Take shelter from the emission" marker wont go, also I got a new permanent one each emission

[marble onyx]

does it matter if i kill shash and roosevelt before king of the hill quest ? 😄 i went kinda crazy in garbage and clearing bad guys 😄

[hoary crest]

No, but Shah has a sort of mini-quest and Roosevelt can potentially show up later, but nothing of value was lost. You can just kill Varan by the way an not bother with the other two

[marble onyx]

im not at that quest yet 😄 but somehow was wandering around, ended up showing shahs gun.. and it .. missfired .. 😄 u know... some anomaly or something

[burnt hollow]

LOL went in with the knife, lamp off and killed monoliths one by one in the act of mercy mission. I left with 3 diamond exos as they kept looting their comrades 😄

[wooden escarp]

Got the Diamond Exo Suit and upgraded it with sprint unfortunately can’t use all 5 artifact slots cuz I refuse to take on radiation damage while I’m out and about

[tranquil jewel]

Is there any way to not side with Spark without necessarily siding with the Ward? I really, really hate these guys.

[tepid osprey]

I don’t think there is any way to not side with one or the other to progress. Also nice pfp lol

[frigid hill]

temp22 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[marble onyx]

thanks for the tip 😄 will try that too once im at that point 😄

[tacit jay]

at a certain point yeah

[serene barn]

i hate that trying to do the last mission in the game is a struggle because my game dipped to 5fps and became unplayable, then i rebooted it, just for it to get stuck in the shaders thing...

[tacit jay]

You don't have to show ward the pda or show spark the pda, you choose options negative towards spark and after a certain point both will be enemies to you

[tranquil jewel]

I know you can do the ||"I'm not your enemy Colonel" thing (after killing a ton of wardens lmao yeah sure)|| but I don't really care to go that far. I'm headed to Promin and I have kind of lost my motivation to keep going with this save because none of the choices I am told to make match what I want to do. Like yeah sure I dislike the Ward's actions also, but that's no reason for me to ||reactivate Brain Scorcher 2 because a borderline zombified guy told me to. What the hell?|| None of it makes sense to me.

[tacit jay]

Keep going. You can change sides right after this one I believe. Kaimanov sent you that way yeah?

[tranquil jewel]

I did that, trying to be as neutral as possible. At the ||Ranger Station, Spark shot me for no apparent reason while the Ward didn't. At SIRCAA, I sided with Noontide, which has pushed me into the Spark path and now they're acting like I'm one of them when really, I want to drop an RDG5 in the room with these guys. Hate em all.||

Edit not that far along yet, headed to ||Duga for the first attack||

[stark fossil]

It’s because Skiff is a noob and doesn’t know anything. First time I saw the wish granter I knew shit’s about to hit the monolith

[tacit jay]

I was all for spark until after a certain point and then went against their wishes and became enemies fast. First and second attacks at duga might've been working with spark, but after that no more.

[somber gazelle]

sidenote back to this, is this in the game? like a real feature or a glitch cause i like it. It just happened again

[tranquil jewel]

They're insane, believe in a blatant lie, and want to reactivate a zone-wide emitter just because it might kill some wardens? Yeahhhhhh no I'd rather not go with these guys.

[tepid osprey]

Scar certainly is quick to drop you when you’re not working in his favour. I liked him at first but quickly got the feeling he was just using Skif

[thin sinew]

https://tenor.com/view/strelok-stalker-gif-23354558

[tacit jay]

Literally everyone is using Skif. he's a warm body who has no idea how anything in the zone works.

[thin sinew]

no image perms 😔

[tranquil jewel]

Except the player does, so it leads to this big disconnect between narrative actions and the more logical choice you might actually want to make. I realize I'm just whining.

[tacit jay]

The player does, but the character who is new to the zone doesn't. The disconnect needs to be there because otherwise Skif knows everyone in the zone before ever appearing. It's like ttrpg, you are not your character. You are not skif and it's best to act as skif would. If he doesn't trust any of these people then he doesn't have to work with them, he might do stuff under the guise of it

[tranquil jewel]

I get that. I just don't think that he'd be so gullible, or later down the line in his story path, ||get into the pod.|| but that's just my take

[tacit jay]

In one of the ending paths at some point Korshunov says something along the lines of "You take everyone at face value." Which is true, skif is new to the zone and believes things from people who are much more experienced or have been there longer than he has cause he's just trying to figure out everything.

[sleek gulch]

Bro, dif they patch out the drum mag for the Saiga found in The Last Step mission?
Or, by chance have I misremembered it's placement?

[tranquil jewel]

its on a big shelf with a ton of other gear IIRC. Shelf is parallel to a wall you will be facing when you walk into the room with it I wanna say. Wall will have 2(?) Malyuks with coupled mags on it too I think.

[wheat musk]

Game needs a serious rebalance mid too end game. Every man and his mutant has an exoskeleton suit.

I could understand squad leaders having exo but entire groups is insane. It’s literally forcing me into using exo and weapons I’d rather not use but have to in order to sustain a decent run without a vendor stop.

[tacit jay]

I believe that's a bug

[sleek gulch]

@tranquil jewel Do you mean the stocked room right next to the Scar boss fifht trigger? If so, then yeah, it no longer comes equipped with the drum mag.
The 3rd possible reason is that I am on my 2nd playthrough where I have sided with the Ward. So, possibly that changes what spawns on that table.

[tranquil jewel]

I think that one always had the 12 round stick mag. The drum comes later.

[tepid osprey]

This irked me a bit too lol. Get to Pripyat? Boom, everyone begins to rock an Exo

[tranquil jewel]

walk back to rookie village
exoskeletons everywhere

[tepid osprey]

Exactly lol. All but bandits I think

[wheat musk]

I’m not even at Pripyat just got to Subtle matter mission and I’ve been encountering exo’s everywhere way before 🤷🏻‍♂️

Also got attacked by 8 IPSF all rocking RPM lmg lol incoming fire was insane

[delicate blade]

I just had a dwarf rip the ClusterF rifle from my hands and fire it at another stalker in full auto.

[tepid osprey]

Oof 😆 I’ve also encountered these full group RPM roamers. At least you can make some good money after looting them

[cunning plover]

Any tip on how to recognise the faction of the people I'm finding in game?

[wheat musk]

Armour recognition is the best way i.e Duty is red and black

[tepid osprey]

It can be quite difficult tbh. I just try to identify via their camo/body armour colour

[ionic crater]

Exosuits are supposed to be extremely rare too, i'd much rather see spawn chance tuned than exosuit npc HP reduced instead.

Maybe if there were attempts at exoskeletons and then true military made ones that would do it too, but as is the most common one you'll encounter is the best armor in the game when you're wearing it

[ornate sable]

Tell the ATF on him!

[pure jasper]

Is it just me
Or does it feel like the radars around the X-18 base are gone ?

[wheat musk]

If I’m reading that right I agree. HP is fine a rarer encounter of exo is the way to go.

[silk seal]

I had way less crashes in 1.1

Ever since the hotfixes, my game has had a lot more CTOs.

[ionic crater]

Correct

Exoskeletons being worse would make their frequency even more illogical because then nobody would bother with them due to the added cost and complexity

[hoary crest]

Man I really wish they made them rarer. Like 1/20 dudes have one. Not like the Corundum or other suits don't pull thier weight or nothing regarding making enemies tougher

[boreal coyote]

a true stalker wears jeans and a leather jacket

[wheat musk]

Sunrise suit 💪

[hoary crest]

You misspelled Addidas jacket there Pete 😄

[stark fossil]

Hopefully a proper mod can make more armors viable late game

[boreal coyote]

both work i cant lie 🤣

[tepid osprey]

I never got the bread armour 😭

[pure jasper]

corundum is based af

[hoary crest]

Honestly the truth of the matter is every armour is viable in endame for the player, it just amounts to how much you want to use cover. IE: All the time for early game armour, not at all for late game armour, and something in the middle for midgame armour. But the variety is fckin totally absent on enemies in lategame which is rough

[stark fossil]

Why would you ever do it tho? A Diamond exo essentially weights 0kg while still getting you +10kg, and it’s a 4/5 container system(4 out of 5 shielded)

[marble onyx]

is glutton part of the quest ? i found it randomly 😄 it doesnt have a quest mark 😄 but u know .. 😄 just asking

[stark fossil]

You are not faster or more manoeuvrable in a sunrise suit - there are no benefits to wearing anything other than an exoskelleton in end game

[ionic crater]

You can get away with wearing lots of different armor, but as it is now it doesn't make sense to wear less than the legions of exoskeleton wearing soldiers in the zone. It should be top tier armor in every aspect but maaybe anomaly protection but that's why it should seldom be seen in the zone

[quiet yew]

Can someone help me choose between wars and sterlock ending? I’m at the mission ||dangerous liaisons|| and theirs a crucial choice. Idk who to pick which is more fun. From my understanding ||ward kills the zone and controls life and you become a pawn but a happy one || and ||sterlock keeps zone as it is anomalies and all ||

[hoary crest]

Because it makes the game a bigger challenge lol. I did my first playthrough using the endgame armours, second one with SEVA-V, and on my current save I'm using the PSZ-7. I already have gnarly balancing in my game, having low-teir armour makes me weaker than the majority of enemies lategame, so there is actually a struggle to fight against rather than being an unstoppable bullet-sponge that has been ripped right out of CoD

[fathom burrow]

where would i report a bug?

[compact violet]

bruh the stupid drunk guy didnt give me the veles

[stark fossil]

Well then just do bandit jacket lol
All I’m saying compared to Anomaly armors S2 armor progression is very linear

[hoary crest]

Anomaly is also a mod with like ten years worth of community changes implemented in one way or another, not really a fair comparison. Don't get me wrong, I wanna see a similar thing happen to S2, but to expect that from a devteam working on deadlines, yeah.. not really doable

[tepid osprey]

Hard to advise really, just go with whatever you feel like. I chose Strelok but only because of his legendary status

[meager crag]

#s2-support

[quiet yew]

I know he is the protagonist of the first games. Frankly I have no connection besides him being a cool dude who doesn’t try to kill or order me around. As a guy I’d pick him for sure. But the result of wards actions seem better for society

[delicate blade]

How do I unlock the door that leads to the staircase to the roof on the northwest corner of the shopping mall in Pripiat?

[quiet yew]

Have you played both routes? Honestly which missions are more fun? I’m leaning ward rn bc I’ve been pretty loyal to them. Turning down skiff and while I hate sirca and their inhumane experiments ward I at least know what they want and can get behind

[tepid osprey]

Then perhaps side with Ward and if you do another playthrough, side with Strelok 🙂 you could even make a save right now to go back to

[ionic crater]

The original 3 stalker games didn't have 90% exosuit enemies towards late game either I don't think. I remember it basically making you near unstoppable once you had it fully upgraded but due to upgrades and repair costs even after finding a suit you didn't necessarily make it your full time armor right away. Now you're the last guy to have one and once you do there's already little reason to wear anything else. It's acceptable from a balance standpoint, iffy at best from a world building one

[quiet yew]

I made a save shortly before so I should be okay. I’m on Xbox so limited saves gotta hope not to accidentally delete one.

Which has more fun missions. I’m a bit sick of the whole military stick and wanna one man army some mofos

[hoary crest]

||Shame Strelok ends up being as crazy as Scar in the end||

[tepid osprey]

I chose to be in conflict with Ward at every opportunity so I don’t know. I plan on doing a Ward playthrough soon though. Perhaps you could betray Ward then? That might be an interesting playthrough 🙂

[quiet yew]

That’s what I read which makes me wanna go ward

[north jacinth]

So everytime you say a spoiler you have to mark it with the spoiler brackets?

[frigid hill]

tristam30 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[delicate blade]

Anybody? The shopping mall roof in Pripiat?

[tepid osprey]

Not in this section you don’t have to. I’d advise spoilering endings probably but it’s whatever

[delicate blade]

I found the answer. For future searchers: Pripiat (Pripyat) shopping mall roof, there's a stairwell near the elevators in the southern half of the building. One locked door near there, go up to the roof, another stairwell to the north has a locked door.

[icy bramble]

is the varan quest ‘king of the hill’ bugged?