☢┃stalker-general

[worldly thicket]

Jst got ambushed by 3 rpms

[inland sage]

Nice, free rpms. Unless they're all red, but selling them to ragman is better than nothing.

[worldly thicket]

How much does he pay

HOLY IM GONAN WALK TO ROSTOCK ANOTHER 3 rpm ambush

[inland sage]

I don't know off the top of my head but he's the only way to sell red quality weapons and armor

[worldly thicket]

Didn’t know u could

[inland sage]

Yeah, I think he was in previous game or games as well, with the same function. Always at Rostok.

[weary hedge]

But iirc correctly he also lowballs you on everything yellow and above, so check first.

[inland sage]

He lowballs you on red stuff too, but he's the only one buying red stuff so it doesn't matter.

[worldly thicket]

Where

[inland sage]

Uhhhh, you know where Birch is? Just past Birch across from the entrance to the main bar(not the barkeep bar where the guy always said to get out of here stalker).

[worldly thicket]

I have 2 hk yellow 1 m87 yellow 1 pkm yellow 1 fires yellow 1 sagia 100 1 svd yellow 1 spas yellow 3 red rpk

[inland sage]

He's in a little sort of brick building with orange doors. If you go to the technician from your stash/bed and go past, then out the door into outside the little building is on the right.

[worldly thicket]

Got 106. Kilos or 200 lbs

[weary hedge]

You need some Hercules lol

[inland sage]

What I'll do is stash red guns at whatever the closest personal stash is, then carry on. I do bulk sales to Ragman when I feel like it.

[maiden grotto]

The brave Sir Robin saved me 😄

[worldly thicket]

I got best exo so I can Jst walk there in 430 meters away

[inland sage]

He bravely shat his pants and ran away?

[worldly thicket]

lol

[maiden grotto]

4 Psuedogiant in a row is more than enough bravery

[worldly thicket]

I’ve been smushed with rpk 3 times in a kilometer I think they hate me

[inland sage]

I dread to think what condition your guns are in after that

[maiden grotto]

About as good as my nerves

[worldly thicket]

I’m cooked I’m out of ammo and gotta walk 843 m

[inland sage]

Have you unloaded all the red RPMs and put the ammo into the best condition one to use?

[maiden grotto]

I am down in Duga... I got like a 1.5k walk, almost no ammo, nades, or anything 😄

[inland sage]

Sounds like you stalkers either planned badly or were out traveling too long

[pseudo lotus]

^ skill issue. Leave some of that garbage in a stash

[worldly thicket]

I got attacked by a chimera then bloodstalkers then 6 patrols 3 with2 rpk the rest had exo

[inland sage]

Big kek oof, how many RPMs are you hauling? Have you considered being more...selective with your loot? Maybe drop the red things, and check out the loot table of kilograms to coupons someone made to see what isn't worth taking.

[worldly thicket]

I’m like 400 meters I’ll be fine

[inland sage]

When my inventory gets closer to full I start to abandon red vipers first, they're not worth hauling. I'd like to say I stopped looting vipers at all but...when I have lots of space I still take them.

[worldly thicket]

And now I got jinxed

[quick kernel]

Every time I see your name I can't help but think about this song

https://youtu.be/gM2TKjqJg_E?si=dsl9dXYbVupra0lv

[worldly thicket]

Make that 4 rpk patrol 1 with eco

[civic relic]

the gun jamming animation definitely should not take as long as it does its really weird tbh

[maiden grotto]

Please, I would love a patrol.... All I am getting pseudo's and blood suckers 😄

[maiden grotto]

An loading a gun... Once the clip has been loaded... add the ammo...

[worldly thicket]

Im packed

[neon folio]

Hey, my games bugged out on the ||wishful thinking|| quest. Is there anything I can do aside from just reloading a save from ages ago?

[worldly thicket]

Witch part

[neon folio]

||once you talk to the monolith, when you wake back up the doors are all locked & dalin is spawned there, but you can't talk to him about what just happened||

[worldly thicket]

Jst don’t use spoilers

[neon folio]

Do I not need to?

[worldly thicket]

Not here

[quick kernel]

PRAISE MONOLITH

[neon folio]

I saw someone online say u have to reload to a save that isn't in sircaa, but that's like fkn 2 hours lost 😭

[worldly thicket]

R u on pc

[neon folio]

Nah Xbox

[worldly thicket]

Then it’s ur only choice

[neon folio]

Ah that's so shit. Imagine it happens again 😂

[worldly thicket]

If it does I dunno

[civic relic]

is it 150m away to re roll artifacts

[civic relic]

yo whats that big orb thing over the lake beside malachite base? is there a side mission that has smth to do with it?

[quick kernel]

Nope it's literally just there

There's no artifacts to find and shooting it/throwing grenades at it does absolutely nothing

[civic relic]

maybe dlc will have some kinda use for it

[quick kernel]

I don't think so. I think it's just an Anomaly that generates water. They've got one at sircca too

[civic relic]

what anomaly gives liquid rock i need a max radiation prot artifact

[icy drum]

I found a 2nd diamond exo randomly in prypiat

[civic relic]

boutta get 2 thunderberries and i dont even have any rad prot artifacts tho

[icy drum]

I had 3 hypercubes so I sold one, I have two thunder berries though

[quick kernel]

Yeah pripyat is actually full of exosuits

[icy drum]

Weird to find the best exo twice I guess if you missed the first one it allowed you to get one later

[civic relic]

is hypercube max rad

[quick kernel]

I guess I think the loot pool is a little broken tbh

[icy drum]

Yeah it's max heat and bleed too, but I have the weird nut so bleed isn't an issue

[maiden grotto]

Gotta keep running Malachite is now closed off 😦

[civic relic]

weird nut was bugged for me 1st playthru. this 2nd playthru i got the weird pot which is supposed to stop hunger and thirst but i swear it doesnt even effect my hunger or thirst?

[icy drum]

Never bugged for me and I got it 1st and second playthrough

I'm currently in prypiat for the second time, exploring more than I did before

[civic relic]

i rushed the story pretty hard 1st playthru haha so im doing lots of exploring and side missions this time. it would be cool if degtyrav had more dialogue or even a mission i mean he was a main character in CoP...

[rapid parrot]

I was the first guy to die after release and I’m still doing my first playthrough lol

I’m doing EVERYTHING

[civic relic]

man i really wanted to play on day of release but i dislocated my shoulder and had to wait over 2 weeks to play

yay i got 2 thunderberries. now i just need some max rad protect artifacts

[rapid parrot]

Holy crud, atleast you got it back into socket

[civic relic]

yeah its almost fully healed at this point. i was trying to play with my ps4 controller but i tried everything and couldnt get it to work for some reason

[hazy gyro]

how long do i have to wait for “the three captains” to start?

[icy drum]

After the story mission where you go to the clear sky base

[hazy gyro]

oh, i assumed it started before cause i heard it was bugged because of the quest with nimble

[icy drum]

Might be bugged but mine didn't happen till after I completed that story mission

[hazy gyro]

alright, well i’ll make a save before just in case

[maiden grotto]

Probably do you a favour to honest.

[worldly thicket]

Where did gray die at

[weary hedge]

ayyy, new gpu out for delivery todayyy

[civic relic]

watchu get

[weary hedge]

4070 ti super, upgrading from a 3060

[civic relic]

nice. bruh i upgraded from a freaking gtx 1050 ti to a 6650 xt and the difference is night and day

[weary hedge]

damn, thats a big upgrade too 😂

[worldly thicket]

I was walking got hit by an rpg

[maiden grotto]

Should have waited for the 9070XT reviews, about $550 and faster than a 4070Ti Super from some leaked game specs...

[worldly thicket]

Shouldn’t have gotten either

[maiden grotto]

According to rumours that is.

They are being released at the end of this month

[worldly thicket]

Should waited for 5th gen intel

[weary hedge]

you mean nvidia, and meh i was going to but the more i thought about it the more multi-frame gen didnt really pull me in

[worldly thicket]

It’s not that bad and tbh we are heading words ai

Shoulda waited either way you coulda used older dlss with 20% boost

Supposed

[weary hedge]

its definitely not bad in my eyes, it just wasnt worth waiting for imo

I was planning a 4070 ti super around christmas, when they released info they were stopping production - then they all sold out, at that point i was gonna wait for a 5070 ti

[worldly thicket]

Should have

Even with dlss the frames don’t look bad

[maiden grotto]

12Gb of Ram? No thanks

[worldly thicket]

That’s the main issue but this guy was going from a 3070

Jst not very future proof I would have rather gotten a 5070 rather than a 4079

[civic relic]

damn u can actually get into malachite without a permit? i thought this place was blocked off until further into main story

[worldly thicket]

My next gpu will be. A b580

[civic relic]

yo i was just gonna mention that those intel gpus seem to be getting really good now that those driver issues are fixed

[worldly thicket]

I’m running on a 1030

[maiden grotto]

I get that, upgraded needed... But 12Gb of RAM is not future proofing.

It's massive expensive at $750.... When there is GPU being released soon apparently around $550 with 16Gb Ram and $200 cheaper.

Waiting to see what it is was like, was the best option. If reviews bad, you not lost out, if they are great, then you are $200 better off

[worldly thicket]

The 5070

[maiden grotto]

No AMD 9070XT

[worldly thicket]

The 5070 is not 750

The ti isn’t worth it but the reg is he prob should went with a normal

[hazy gyro]

ok, the sultan ship’s doors won’t open

[charred nova]

crow bar

PRY THAT BITCH OPEN

[maiden grotto]

Why? It has 12Gb of RAM, that is awful for today, you are going to need at least 16Gb going forward....

And why buy a 5070 for what $600? You are shooting yourself in the foot. Games are getting ever more demanding, 12Gb is not future proofing.

[worldly thicket]

Is the same price as the 4070

[weary hedge]

the 16gb vram of the 4070 ti super was a big factor in the decision too

[worldly thicket]

I forgot it had 16 gigs

Yo can I pick up Gauss rifles from zombies

[charred nova]

in times like these it makes you wish they would bring back upgradable gpu ram

[maiden grotto]

he got a 4070ti Super which is $750 is... But the new AMD 7090 is going to be faster than the 4070ti Super for $550... I would have waited for the reviews personally.

[worldly thicket]

Yes

[charred nova]

go from 2mb to 4mb

HELL YAH BROTHER

[worldly thicket]

Didn’t even realize

[weary hedge]

My only reservation for AMD is worse Ray tracing performance

Plus I've never used an AMD anything before lol

[maiden grotto]

It's the age of fleecing, and everyone is buying into it

[worldly thicket]

Yo how do I get my first Gauss rifle

[charred nova]

i mean to those who dare

its always been possible

the mad men down in brazil been doing it for years

[maiden grotto]

New raytracing is suppsed to be as good as 4070ti Super in Cyberpunk... And that was an AMD nightmare...

[worldly thicket]

Intel is kinda doing good rn

[charred nova]

until you realize

[worldly thicket]

But uhh where get first Gauss rifle

[charred nova]

they suffer from really bad cpu overhead issues

[maiden grotto]

For budget PC's and I would recommend a B580 to most people, as long as their CPU is not ancient

[charred nova]

honestly

its kind of a hard sell till they fix this cus like

a 5600x vs a 9800x3d

is like 40 percent almost

[worldly thicket]

Not the cpu

[charred nova]

because of how bad the overhead issue is

[pseudo lotus]

bro I didnt know Skif was a bulletmancer that could change the actual ammo types of bullets. Im converting slugs into expanding darts with my ram 2

[maiden grotto]

They can probably fix this, it's a very new range of cards and will have issues. Like overheads... even nVidia had this problem a years ago

[charred nova]

probably true

just something to be aware of

why im mentioning it

[worldly thicket]

Me gonna get cause my gpu is 1030 and then get new cpu soon after

[maiden grotto]

Yup, that is why I said, not for ancient CPU's

[charred nova]

i still cant believe the 1030 costs 100 dollars

thats highway robbery

[worldly thicket]

My cup anti bad

[maiden grotto]

Also got 12BG for a budget GPU, that is very good... and as the Drivers mature your games are going to get better...

[charred nova]

i mean

the biggest selling point is

its 250 bux

[worldly thicket]

Jst dunno which b580 I should get rn

[charred nova]

can from what i saw

it can overclock by like 12 to 15 percent

on the core

which is pretty nuts

[worldly thicket]

300

[maiden grotto]

Just get the intel one, it really is not going to make much of a difference.

JayzTwoCents did a review of the AOB's and no difference apart from cooling for an extra $50

[charred nova]

since when

it was 250 last i checked

[worldly thicket]

On sale

[charred nova]

oh only the intel version

is 250

i guess the other versions are 300

[worldly thicket]

Sold out tho so I need to find a decent one

[maiden grotto]

They are, and it just for cooling

[charred nova]

if it was me

id get the sparkle one

[maiden grotto]

The blue sparkle one is good. Very good cooling

[charred nova]

for no other reason other than

sparkle is cool

i mean hey they made the best 8800 gtx cooler so

thats gotta be worth for something

[worldly thicket]

Can’t wait till the b580 is in stock

[maiden grotto]

which country you in?

[worldly thicket]

Us

[charred nova]

nooo

the sparkle is out of stock

the rare us citizen in chat

[pseudo lotus]

hitting the reload button while swapping ammo with the ram-2 will convert your ammo types.

I assume the spas is the same

[worldly thicket]

I’m cooked for a while

[charred nova]

oh wow

the sparkle does look like its got the biggest cooler on it

[worldly thicket]

It’s only 270

[charred nova]

sparkle on there EVGA arc

[maiden grotto]

It will be fine... in the mean time, you get to see what the next gen AMD and nVidia will bring out...

[worldly thicket]

It has extra power for overlocking

[charred nova]

from what ive seen

on the b580

thats worth it

[maiden grotto]

Get it, it's cooling is amazing... Which means better overclocks if you are into that thing

[worldly thicket]

Maybe Jst maybe amd nvida will be sold out

[worldly thicket]

Yeah prob overclocked it by a bit

[charred nova]

amd is dropping a mid range first

like 70 tier card

[maiden grotto]

nVidia are going to price themselves out. The reason why the b580 is selling like flies is people can afford it...

[charred nova]

and nvidia is dropping high end first so

for the foreseeable future only intel is offering a solid lower end card

[worldly thicket]

Yeah nvida sucks rn horrible price to prformance

[maiden grotto]

And that is looking insane for the price... AS fast if not faster than a 4070ti Super in Cyberpunk and faster in Wolan, but looking like $200 cheaper

[charred nova]

everyday i pray for the true radeon come back to happen

please brother bring me another r9 295x2

[worldly thicket]

I’m gonna have to get a mesh cover or smth my front glass is broken

[charred nova]

do you like

have a job

[worldly thicket]

About to

[maiden grotto]

I think this time it is happening, there are leaked benchmarks for Cyberpunk and Wolan, and its not far off 4080 super in wolan, and better than a 4070ti super in cyberpunk with raytracing on.

[charred nova]

there yah go

[charred nova]

the 7900 xtx showed amazing potential

once you removed all amds silly restrictions and hand holding safety measures

card on water showed like 25 to 30 percent uplift when overclocked

[worldly thicket]

I hate the bot

[charred nova]

sad we never got a 7950 xtx

[maiden grotto]

I got a 7900xt running at 2750, 2700 mem speed, undervolt to 1030mA... get about 5-6fps most games, and GPU hotspot is about 70oC

[charred nova]

the gpus stock oc tools are trash

you need to use the debug port on the back of the card

to remove the silly algorithm driven overclocking the card does

make it overclock like an nvidia card

[maiden grotto]

I do mine manually

[charred nova]

nah

so radeons dont let you just set any clock you want and the card will run it

the cards power limits are

super restrictive

[worldly thicket]

Guys guys where do I get my first ever Gauss rifle

[charred nova]

so many places to find one idk

[weary hedge]

you dont get it until pripyat naturally - you have a small chance to loot one from enemies, i think they are more common in the northern half of the map

[maiden grotto]

I got mine running at 3000, 2780 ram Speed... and a score of port royal of over 16000, it's on the 3dbench mark website

[worldly thicket]

Gimme I also need artifact setup

[charred nova]

its a drop in the bucket to what it can really do

the memory overclocking inparticular is super capped

[worldly thicket]

I’ve been running sigma no artifact for over 1st half of the game

[maiden grotto]

Yeah, but I dont want to blow it up 😄

[charred nova]

debug mod just removes the power limit

disabling the thermal safety

is not part of it

[worldly thicket]

Where is the gauss in pripyat

[maiden grotto]

Well, I like it as is, and with LOD mod that increase the trees and grass view distance. With FSR I got about 100fps with quality.

I'm happy 🙂

[charred nova]

id not be but im also me

nvidia cards its kinda not worth doing it cus

the power limits basically let you max the cards out naturally

with out going sub zero

[maiden grotto]

I used to buy nVidia then they hicked the prices and are just scamming everyone

[worldly thicket]

They are

[charred nova]

30 series was fine

but 30 series is kinda boring

it doesnt oc at all

[worldly thicket]

5090. For two two GRAND

[charred nova]

2x the speed of the 5080

so nvidia did something kinda cringe

[maiden grotto]

MSP was fine.... you just couldn't buy at MSRP... I actually had an ASUS 3080 12Gb edition

[charred nova]

they used the 30gps ram only on the 5080

[weary hedge]

https://mapgenie.io/stalker-2-heart-of-chornobyl/maps/the-zone

You dont get it until one of the last missions

[charred nova]

and used 28 on the 5090

so if you want true

MAX performance

you would need to buy 2 5080s

strip the memory chips off

and solder them on a 5090

[weary hedge]

the automatic tuning in the nvidia app certainly tested a ton of different MHz levels on my 3060

[worldly thicket]

NO NO NO YOU CANT STEAL IT from me

[maiden grotto]

Nah.... $2000 for a card... Mainly for streamers with more money than sense... That is the market.... Oh, and whales

[charred nova]

3090 that i have

can do an eye watering 15mhz core oc

and most 3090s cant do much more

best ive heard of is like 45mhz

[worldly thicket]

I wanna go to pripyat rn and grab it can I or is the theater locked behind smth the locked room obv is

[weary hedge]

i accidentally launched war thunder cause i forgot it was doing tuning, so mine failed, didnt see the end result lol

@worldly thicket locked

[worldly thicket]

How

[charred nova]

i hope someone can get there hands on the micron chips there using for the GDDR7

so it can just be a service

[weary hedge]

its behind a locked door you dont get access to until later - though there are known bugs, ie you can throw a grenade at the door and sometimes it blows it open to allow you access beforehand.

if youre on pc you can download the UE tools mod and just spawn it with commands

[maiden grotto]

Get a better jumping mod... It's nuts how poorly Skiff can jump... It's like he is wearing concrete boots.... Then you can get into Pripyat.

[worldly thicket]

Me try glitch

[charred nova]

you can get to pripyet early with no mods

[weary hedge]

there was a specific way to do it, apparently - best checking youtube for vids showing process, cause i think you have to throw it a particular way

[maiden grotto]

Not a big overclocker, don;t know what means... Well, the significance of it?

[worldly thicket]

How do I get ammo for gauss

[charred nova]

it would boost the memory bandwidth of the 5090 to 2terabits

and also it would likely clock higher

[worldly thicket]

Wait do yall know when defen yaniv is

[charred nova]

i never even had that event happen

[maiden grotto]

So it becomes an even bigger monster

[charred nova]

yes

its kinda retarded you need to do this though

[worldly thicket]

It’s when ur supposed to go to yaniv

[charred nova]

not for like idk 20 years maybe

has such a thing been required

hopefully AIBs can just slap the max speed memory on

but who knows nvidia is so stingy with the rules these days

[maiden grotto]

AIB's cant do anything really.... nVidia has basically handcuffed them... Just small minor changes

[charred nova]

i miss the bad ol days

aibs would just make video cards with double the stock vram

just for goofs

[maiden grotto]

I miss my Matrox G400.... Best GPU I ever had.

[charred nova]

BASED

i have one of those

g400 max

such a fun card

super underrated

it overclocks really high

[maiden grotto]

the image quality was astonishing.

[charred nova]

the best card matrox ever made

hands down

everything before and after

was objectively trash

[maiden grotto]

Agreed, you are the only other person I know, who had one.

[charred nova]

well i did not have one when it was new

im only 22

[worldly thicket]

I’ve only met 2 chimeras and no giants at doctor mission

[charred nova]

when that card hit the scene i was -3 years old

[weary hedge]

most people are happy to not meet pseudogiants 😂

[worldly thicket]

How do I get gauss ammo

[weary hedge]

you find it in containers / on enemy bodies, i cant remember if you can buy it from traders or not

[maiden grotto]

I did, had it with an intel-400, 16Mb of RAM, at teh time and homeworld and every game was smooth, the colours amazing... It ran like a dream, no issues... It was a wonderful time

[worldly thicket]

I wanna see how overpowerd they are but

Gonna go from the saiga to Texan at pripyat

[charred nova]

that was kinda matrox

[maiden grotto]

As you know, I had 4 spawn on me earlier.... Ammo was an issue

[charred nova]

there thing was image quality

and for that one single time with the g400 max

it was also performance

[worldly thicket]

I’ve had 0 at doctor

[flint wyvern]

I know this is random but man I am tired of trying to shoot enemies in the pitch dark I can’t see that can pin point me like they have night vision.

[charred nova]

welcome to video games

is this your first time

[weary hedge]

if youve a HDR monitor, turn it on in settings and then adjust the black / whites

[charred nova]

or

[worldly thicket]

I like the black

[flint wyvern]

It’s an OLED with HDR

[charred nova]

you can crank the gamma up to max

in your display calibration settings

[weary hedge]

i ended up using the ultra plus mod which seemed to work for the dark interiors / exteriors

[flint wyvern]

Good suggestions

[maiden grotto]

I just use the headlight... 😄

If not in range, brave Sir Robin

[flint wyvern]

Made it to SIRRCA or however it’s spelled and I want to leave lol

Headlight wasn’t helping. Plus it technically should make me easy to spot

[worldly thicket]

Why

[maiden grotto]

It's like a forced 1950's happy town... You will enjoy the show... Just with modern tech and architecture

[flint wyvern]

Except I now have to fight that thing that takes my shotty

[charred nova]

sirrca is so crazy

the entire zone is dirty

and flithy

and sirrca is just not

[worldly thicket]

Skiftol

[flint wyvern]

Now I have a name I can hate thx

[worldly thicket]

Got an bad guy you can deal with skiftol

[weary hedge]

lmao i love burers

[charred nova]

i mean the only 3 pistols worth using are the skiftol the apsb and the revolver

[worldly thicket]

Got 4 pusedogiants skiftol @maiden grotto you forgot the solution to all problems skiftol

[inland sage]

Ah, burers. I just feed them eggs until they take a nap.

[flint wyvern]

I sorta rage quit last night because if that rat bast

[weary hedge]

One time a burer pulled my weapon in between tons and tons of crates so i couldnt get it

Was my saiga too lol

[inland sage]

At least it wasn't a unique weapon.

[flint wyvern]

Eggs??

[weary hedge]

nah but it was fully upgraded 😂 i felt that loss, still do lmao

[inland sage]

Grenades. I throw grenades at them. The bumpy eggs.

[flint wyvern]

Ahhhh thought about that today

Still not as bad as that Swamp

[maiden grotto]

Nooooo....

I actually like dead eye

[charred nova]

the vector is surprisingly good against the burers

a single mag dump will kill them usually

[dry siren]

would anyone like to take me up on my sidequest

[worldly thicket]

You didn’t use the skiftol

[worldly thicket]

Sure

[inland sage]

You mean the Half Life 2 Handgun?

[maiden grotto]

Never hear of it

[dry siren]

May I provide details in DMs?

[flint wyvern]

Yeah what is it Google doesn’t know

[worldly thicket]

The skifs pistol

[maiden grotto]

No, not at all...

[flint wyvern]

So the original pea shooter kills the burrers…

[inland sage]

Maybe hollowpoint is best ammo for burers

[worldly thicket]

Any pistol skiftols Jst cooler they can’t take pistols from you

[flint wyvern]

I see

[worldly thicket]

Yea

[flint wyvern]

I did get the deadeye in the swamp.

Perhaps for a reason

[maiden grotto]

I like it, but then I use ballistic mods... so the ammo makes sense...

And a 45 hurts now...

[flint wyvern]

I think I’m ready to wait for a patch instead of modding

[inland sage]

Ah, the most tense part of the game. Compiling Shaders.

It didn't work this time, I have to try again.

[flint wyvern]

Been there done that

But I’m fond of the EuroJank

[charred nova]

Shader warm up is a crap shoot on Radeons sadly

[flint wyvern]

I have sat with bated breath during shader compilation I have to admit

[inland sage]

I've got an Nvidia card lol
But it is a laptop

[flint wyvern]

I get the issue even with a founders 4090

[charred nova]

Weird

It’s the only issue I don’t get on my 3090

[flint wyvern]

You’ve never had it freeze? Interesting

[charred nova]

Some how no

[flint wyvern]

How many hours in

[charred nova]

120

[inland sage]

I'm so glad that your gear doesn't absorb radiation and become gradually more and more radioactive over time even if you have protection for yourself.

[flint wyvern]

That double mine

[charred nova]

I mean most of my problems

We’re solved by just re validating game files

[flint wyvern]

I actually think I know how to do that

[charred nova]

Like I’d have the game random start crashing

[maiden grotto]

It's do with one of the later patches, never had the problem before

[charred nova]

If I ever tried to go near a certain area

And it would just crash

Re validate game files and boom crashing gone

[flint wyvern]

Ranstok or whatever issue city

[charred nova]

Oh no this happened to any area

[dry siren]

Odd question, is the Pripyat fire station shown in-game? (STALKER 2)

[charred nova]

Sometimes it would just be a random chunk of land

[flint wyvern]

I’m not going there until there is more weather variation. Sounds too depressing

[charred nova]

Don’t think there will ever be any

It will just rain or not rain

[flint wyvern]

Good kitty

[charred nova]

Maybe someday it will snow

Instead of rain

Ukraine after all

It do get cold

[dry siren]

im a huge pripyat nerd and i love seeing the city represented in media

[flint wyvern]

The atmosphere/ graphics/open world is the biggest selling point for me

[inland sage]

Well time to climb down this random sewer ladder

[charred nova]

Just hope the devs are cooking and not saying

I mean I’d imagine they are

[flint wyvern]

I bet you find a sausage

[charred nova]

Probably more like 20

[inland sage]

I found a beer

A fork...left or right first?

[flint wyvern]

Always left

[inland sage]

...I'm looking into the right tunnel, why are those rats green?

I don't mean like, their bodies. I mean my crosshair turns green when I point at them. Left has medkits in the immediate vision radius.

[maiden grotto]

Winter settign in games is what I enjoy most. A winter Stalker 2 would be amazing, Especially if they included heating mechanics... Not insane, but just somethign you have to think woud be awesome 😄

[flint wyvern]

Nuclear winter

[maiden grotto]

That's a mod right? I tried it and the thing kept crashing

[flint wyvern]

Friendly rats

[valid pike]

Anyone know a fix for a bug in the wishful thinking mission where neither zotov nor darlin spawn? I've reloaded the mission and saves before even talking with korshunov and darlin in the observation room but nothing seems to work or change, I'm on pc playing on steam

[inland sage]

Ah I killed a zombie, then went back to check the rats spot. They stopped being friendly once they saw me, so they got fed buckshot. The right tunnel was a dead end with a single dead guy.

[flint wyvern]

No idea

[maiden grotto]

Yeah, there was one for SoC... Just couldn't get it working

[inland sage]

A dead guy with a PDA and a stash next to it. Oh, that's a bloodsucker. I guess the emission drove it down here to join me.

[trail fiber]

I got a gauss rifle and I passed my exams:)

[flint wyvern]

Anyway I’m really hoping there’s a patch coming soon to at least address enemies shooting me from what seems like 10 miles away when I can’t even spot them.

[flint wyvern]

Sounds like a good day

[inland sage]

Ah, a battle for the ages. Two apex predators. Bloodsucker vs snork.

[flint wyvern]

Goodnight STALKERS thanks for the chats

[maiden grotto]

#MeToo

Night all

[trail fiber]

And I have to go from Red Forest to Cordon for sidorovich

[inland sage]

A group of jacket and light armor clad bandits...all wielding GP-37s.

I lingered too long and an RPM squad showed up

[trail fiber]

For five or 7 minutes I thought duty killed the zombies but the zombies beat them, strangely the duty guards aren't attacking me I was here and I thought "huh I thought they would attack me, probably because I didn't so anything to them"

[inland sage]

Gah. I was stashing loot in a safe, and I just hear guitar. A dude in an exo just sat next to me and is watching me stash my loot while playing the guitar.

The other two are just in the other room doing pushups in exos.

Augh THEY HAVE THE-

He's got an NVG on his helmet lol

Ah well, hopefully the Condor and Aquaman and Akbar exo squad survives.

...I killed this zombie and its gun was a good condition(yellow) GP37 with a good condition EMR in its inventory...

[worldly thicket]

Bloodstalkers were only scary with the double barrel

[inland sage]

Oh hell, I just realized what's different about this GP37. It has a scope mount instead of the weird GP37 scope that I don't like.

[gaunt ferry]

Dairy. Death 321. I was killed by rats underneath Prypiat today

[inland sage]

Let's see what I have for Ragman today. 3 PTMs, 1 UDP, 1 Viper, 2 AKM 74-U, 1 AR416, 2 Vectors, 1 FORA-221, 1 GP37, 1 ZUBR-19, 1 Kharod, 1 AS Lavina, 1 Ram-2, and 4 RPM-74s.

Oh, and an SPSA-14.

Oh that was actually 2 PTMs and an APSB lol. The total haul is 35,334 coupons.

[trail fiber]

How do yall deal with a controller in S.T.A.L.K.E.R?

[worldly thicket]

I had way more at a. Time

[gloomy citrus]

Expansive shotgun round to the face

[trail fiber]

Which Shotgun, SPSA-14 or Saiga?

[worldly thicket]

Wdum

[gloomy citrus]

M860 Cracker

any shotgun works for me

[worldly thicket]

Nvm saiga is better Jst mag dump em or use a pistol especially the skiftol for extra fun

[gloomy citrus]

so far all my encounter with Controller seems to be scripted

I always found them in tight space which isnt really a challenge

[worldly thicket]

I don’t find them in tight spaces where always in warehouses n stuff

[gloomy citrus]

yea theres a lot of obstacle either way no?

just dont let it see you

[trail fiber]

Like if the controller starts using his psi attacks on you, should I attack him so he isn't doing nothing?

[worldly thicket]

He won’t take ur pistols

[trail fiber]

I know that, aren't the ones that take your guns called burers or something I forgot

[worldly thicket]

No it’s like empty ones I also found him outside

[gloomy citrus]

Just hug him. He wont use his psi attacks on you.

[gloomy citrus]

which area tho? that sounds nice

[worldly thicket]

Yeah wrong one anyways but I just mag dump him with skiftol and heal

[worldly thicket]

Was like the one areas near bpc mirror

[gloomy citrus]

not sure where that is

[trail fiber]

Oh well what are their names?

[worldly thicket]

Buriers but I do same with controller

[gloomy citrus]

Burers

[worldly thicket]

Malachite next to x17 the gov mirror array

[gloomy citrus]

oh ok

[trail fiber]

I know snork, chimera, pseudogiant, blind dog, psi dog, zombified stalker, controller and what the hell are those leaping creatures that looks like a spider

[worldly thicket]

Auto correct not scripted controller

[gloomy citrus]

leaping creature that looks like a spider?

pretty sure Snork do that

it leaps and crawl

[worldly thicket]

Yes snorks

[worldly thicket]

Have u looked at emissions eye

[gloomy citrus]

emissions eye?

[worldly thicket]

When there’s an emission if you look records cnpp there’s an eye of the storm

[gloomy citrus]

oh yeah I've seen it

[worldly thicket]

Cool ain’t it

[gloomy citrus]

I kinda want to see how CNPP looked like now

from outside that is

[worldly thicket]

You will it’s gonna be dlc

[gloomy citrus]

Who knows

[worldly thicket]

The devs announced it

[gloomy citrus]

Where

[pseudo lotus]

Bum rush him the moment youve got a bead on where he is. Stay outside of range of his claw attacks, and dump as much buckshot as you can into him.

you cant win a war of attrition against a controller. The moment you know where he is, ruch him down.

[trail fiber]

No its some other creature, the rest of the body looks like chewed gum and it just has four weird legs

[pseudo lotus]

Ive seen a couple in the wild in pripyat/jupiter

[gloomy citrus]

Flesh

[worldly thicket]

Not confirmed but there is an iron forest save file so we will Atleast have that and tahts to little for dlc so prob cnpp

[trail fiber]

Yeah flesh, I haven't seen one very recently especially in the beginning

[worldly thicket]

I’ve seen like 20 packs

[trail fiber]

The only creatures I seen were just pigs, dogs, snorks, controller, burers, and other ones

[worldly thicket]

What are pigs lol

[trail fiber]

The boars

[worldly thicket]

Uh they are rarer

[dry siren]

IM GOING TO DIE

[gloomy citrus]

They're common in early areas

Fleshes, Dogs, and Boars

[worldly thicket]

They aren’t

[gloomy citrus]

For you, maybe.

[worldly thicket]

Rarer at start only saw fleshes later on

[gloomy citrus]

Ok I guess

[trail fiber]

I have no fear of bloodsuckers

[worldly thicket]

my first pusedo giant

I hate dark

[ornate sable]

Depending on the definition of early areas, I guess. Didn't see any in the Lesser Zone, saw a few in Garbage, lots of them at Cement Factory, Chemical Plant, Cordon, and Zaton.

[worldly thicket]

All of those are mid or late game

[vast mortar]

Boars?

[weary hedge]

damn, just installed the 4070 ti super and war thunder fps is going ham on ultra settings lol

now to try stalker with actual dlss framegen

[vast mortar]

Plenty of boars in the zone.

[dense sandal]

Is sterlok a actual dangerous guy or just like anyone in the zone

[weary hedge]

Strelok is probably one of the more dangerous people in the zone, in terms of ability

[dense sandal]

Ability of like knowledge of the zone ?

[weary hedge]

just in terms of being a dude that could kill you if he so felt like

[wintry pumice]

Strelok and Scar are different. Skif is just a chump

[vast mortar]

Strelok is very dangerous. That hairline can kill.

[hidden yoke]

skif is a monster

[dense sandal]

Am I tripping or does sterlok look eno gothy in the trailer compared to now

[wintry pumice]

he has no special abilities though

[vast mortar]

Placeholder model to throw people off.

[dense sandal]

Would y’all count skiff smart or?

[hidden yoke]

whatcha mean no abilities?

He's running around with 90KG every day, and run for like 1000km back and forth

[vast mortar]

Thats just grandpa's trip to school

[wintry pumice]

not smart as he came into the zone

[dense sandal]

Do y’all like skiff as a new character to stalker ?

[hidden yoke]

skif is dumb as a tree and confused most of the time

[wintry pumice]

I don't know without an actual face to see, its difficult to just see him as char at all

[weary hedge]

Skif is the Mark Wahlberg of the STALKER universe

huh, what? WHAT? WHERE AM I? HUH?

[vast mortar]

Skif was a marine, so he was required to have a sub 95 iq

Skif doesn't know that putting a cartridge into a cool looking revolver makes it perform much better

[wintry pumice]

also why doesn't skif simply use a clip to load Rhino?

[dense sandal]

I like skiffs voice actor imo he did great

[vast mortar]

But, I would say he suffers forgettable faceless protagonist syndrome, otherwise demonstrated in most Far Cry games and Dying Light

[vast mortar]

What do you mean by that

[dense sandal]

Thoughts on deggy in s2

[wintry pumice]

https://tkcustom.com/products/machining-chamfering-to-accept-moonclips

[vast mortar]

No thoughts. Head empty. Guy from COP?

[regal notch]

Can anyone make sense by looking steamdb logs? What are they doing?

[vast mortar]

Didn't know about those. He uses speedloaders. Is that not good enough or am I becoming a fudd

[wintry pumice]

doesn't he reload the rhino, one bullet at a time?

[vast mortar]

Not that I know of.

[wintry pumice]

oh okay, he does use a clip

[vast mortar]

I want my old west revolver. Single action army, one round in or out at a time

[weary hedge]

today is the day🔥

Gonna buy stalker SoC

[trail fiber]

Is the gauss rifle a trusty rifle?

[trail fiber]

Don't they have the legends Trilogy?

[wintry pumice]

yes

[trail fiber]

I got it and im carrying it like a baby lol

I stole it from a dead monolith boy and hauled my ass back to "The Doctor"

[wintry pumice]

you will find many in pripyat

[trail fiber]

Well it was in yaniv

[wintry pumice]

yes they randomly appear on Ward and Monolith soldiers after Sircaa

[trail fiber]

I was gonna go to pripyat but felt like I was gonna get my ass kicked by everything

But the aztec warrior spirit calls me

[wintry pumice]

It isn't too bad, if you have an exo and a weapon with nice penetration, you should be fine

[worldly thicket]

I fell like I’m going to run out ammo very very quickly

[wintry pumice]

you will, its better to have a gun that uses the ammo normally found on enemies like AKM ammo

[worldly thicket]

Prob will Jst use the gauss on like psudo giants n stuff and use the Texan and veteran on other things

Or other hard enmities

[wintry pumice]

Monolith snipers are a menace

[worldly thicket]

But I think I’m good for Pripyat I got diamond exo veteran and saiga

[wintry pumice]

you need a long range gun, preferably not Gauss

Else you will be making shorter trips

[worldly thicket]

I’ll grab my akm

[wintry pumice]

no get Dnipro

it has much better penetration, or use clusterfuck

[inland sage]

It does bother me a little bit how much more damage the rhino does than the vintar when they use the same ammo

[ornate sable]

Magnum revolvers do more damage. It's like a video game legal requirement or something.

[warped stream]

M701 my beloved

[inland sage]

Rhino with a scope on?

[wintry pumice]

maybe? I don't know if it doubles as a long range gun

[inland sage]

Sidearm- rhino
Primary weapon- rhino with a scope on
Secondary weapon- rhino with 12g ammo modification
There. That's the loadout.

I can't post gifs but...just pretend I've posted one of Revolver Ocelot.

I'll adjust my loadout to this before I go into Pripyat.

[sharp turret]

Pripyat was super easy for me for some reason. I played on veteran

My guess is the urban environment made the enemy spawns less aggressive. I hardly had do fight anyone there.

[wintry pumice]

can you even find that ammo?

[terse ravine]

thinking of buying ammo conversion for the rhino, i only use it in close range anyway

[wintry pumice]

isn't that already powerful at close range?

[weary hedge]

lmfao

[ornate sable]

Works well with the 2x scope, fr fr

[sturdy verge]

anyone wanted to take them doggies from Kaymanov cage 😦 or come back and feed em lol..

[craggy mango]

does anyone else notice when opening a menu screen in a populated area theres like a 50% chance of a crash?

[rugged stratus]

#📸┃screens_and_videos message
This idiot is blocking the way to the merchant and my stash box
What do I do

[agile sinew]

hello guys

[sturdy verge]

Ello

[agile sinew]

i cant seem to find richter on back to the slag heap quest

can anyone help me

[neat beacon]

Is there something wrong with the attachments I tried putting a scope on the mark 1 emr and it says the 8x works but I bought it and it won't attach

[gloomy citrus]

He getting on the bike? With the whole fridge on him??! Crackhead strength is real!!!

[gloomy citrus]

Try leaving the base a bit further.

[gloomy citrus]

Hmm, never used the gun myself so I'm not sure.

[agile sinew]

i just tried that and richter is nowhere to be seen

it just shows me ritcher is on the mountain but hes not

[wintry pumice]

did you go there?

[gloomy citrus]

In my 3rd playthrough, he spawns in one of the Slagheap entrance.

[agile sinew]

yh

[gloomy citrus]

This was bugged in my 2nd playthrough but got fixed when I walked away from Slag Heap

[wintry pumice]

was he there?

[agile sinew]

no

[gloomy citrus]

Return to the Slag Heap is the last mission in Garbage that will lead you to Wild Island

[agile sinew]

idk what to do

[wintry pumice]

https://tenor.com/view/god-of-war-guy-falling-gif-26391457

[gloomy citrus]

reload the game

[agile sinew]

wdym reload the game

[boreal coyote]

previous save

[agile sinew]

i tired that to

[wintry pumice]

quit the game and then start it

[agile sinew]

done that to

[boreal coyote]

why are my grenades all duds? they dont explode 🤣

[maiden grotto]

Bugged.

Happened to me in one of the boss fights.

Reload an earlier save.

[sharp sierra]

The excavator puzzle in yaniv red forest is annoying I keep falling through the bounce anomalies apparently you have to drop the setting to get a better frame rate well fingers crossed next time I try it

[wintry pumice]

try going back to some other area using fast travel and then comeback

[wintry pumice]

its annoying for real.

[lethal crest]

Does anyone know why there's BMP-2s & modern-looking T-72/T-80/T-90 (not enough of a tank spotter to tell them apart) variants in fighting positions in the red forest?
They're far too modern to have been from the 1986 disaster, and the BMPs look to be in too good a condition to have been from the second 2006 disaster

[sharp turret]

Maybe its a reference to the ongoing war?

[crystal granite]

Didn't the army try to invade the Zone? Maybe they also used ground units?

[crystal granite]

Also on a side note, hiding from the Emission in a tank would be cool af

[drifting forge]

Army has conducted a couple of operations since then, one being seen in CoP

[lethal crest]

Could be
The features I'm thinking of as very modern are found on ones as early as the T-72B obr. 1989

[forest fulcrum]

does anyone think the grenade fuses are way too short?

[wintry pumice]

if anything its long

[lethal crest]

I can't think of many reasons those operations would involve digging in with armoured assets
Especially the BMP, it's doctrinally a mobile infantry transport and support vehicle

[forest fulcrum]

Just tested the RGD-5 goes has an in game fuze of like 2.5 in reality them grenades are are 3.2 - 4.2 seconds it makes a huge difference

[lethal crest]

Just make sure it isn't one of the ones from 1986, or you'll meet a swift end

[lethal crest]

That seems likely, thinking about it

I ran past the vehicles again on an artefact route, and there were zombie soldiers with AKs

[drifting forge]

There are some references

[sharp turret]

I heard there is a tank being pulled by a tractor somewhere in the zone

Clearly an easter egg. The red forest tanks could be too since that also happened irl

[drifting forge]

Some tanks maybe

[boreal coyote]

the shining zone is real

[wintry pumice]

Indeed it is

[charred nova]

Fake news

[hardy spire]

shining zone is as real as the wish maker

[boreal coyote]

its the wish "granter" but that's nonsense the shining zone is real

[hardy spire]

oh shit mb. but also nuh uh

[wintry pumice]

that's copium told by non believers

[charred nova]

Bros not finished the game yet clearly lol

[wintry pumice]

I did

[boreal coyote]

i finished it twice

[charred nova]

https://tenor.com/view/bad-opinion-opinion-gif-22134945

[boreal coyote]

cringe

[charred nova]

I mean what am I suppose to say it’s like arguing with someone who thinks the sky is green

[boreal coyote]

except we're talking about a game and im just being silly anyway, i know its not real and i bet you're fun at parties

[charred nova]

Yah I am you got me

I’ll take the L for that one lol

[boreal coyote]

yeah hold that L you monolithian

[charred nova]

[forest fulcrum]

Im suffering from god awful frames on the faust fight any reccomendations?

[crystal granite]

I keep out of the vehicle graveyards, should be okay 👍

[wintry pumice]

Shoot him from a distance or kill him with grenada

[sly phoenix]

me seeing notification and coming expecting a patch but its media

[oak basalt]

some say a patch is still coming, others call these storys myths or legends of a bygone age. a supposed fix that would imrpove the game now lost to time

[sly phoenix]

I mean the last few patches have been godlike, thousands of fixes in less than 2 months was nothing to sneeze at

didn't finish my playthrough but enjoyed it a lot, I definitely want to come back later when more issues are ironed out

[oak basalt]

ha you foolish peasent patches dont exist they are simply fiction

[weary hedge]

lmao here i was, enjoying the playthrough with 100+fps on ultra plus mod with the 4070ts

get to the colonel at the slag heap - invisible 😂

ah well lmao cant have everything amirite

[sweet root]

Call me weird, but after coming from Gamma and it´s Faction Identification system, into S2 with compass and crosshair disabled, made me so want that functionality here too, but now starting my new game, i think i actually prefer the intense moment where you have to either slowly approach an unknown stalker gun raised or shoot on sight, risking killing friendlies

[wintry pumice]

Patches have gone extinct man

[signal eagle]

Your weird 🫡

[sweet root]

I did choose the Spark ending

I loved it

Dalin my new homeboy, but only after you crush his ego

[sharp turret]

I also got spark ending and think its the best

[sturdy verge]

dalin gonna get some spankin from agatha

[sweet root]

Thats for sho 😄

[sharp turret]

I just want to grill

[sweet root]

a mechanic to bbq sausages on a stick by a campfire, you need to rotate it often or it would burn

[boreal coyote]

go outside and do it irl

[sweet root]

Or cooking otherwise, not mandatory but would maybe give more long lasting effects than just eating what you scavenge

[sharp turret]

Why bootlick faust/agatha/strelok when you can go out and have an eternal grill with your zombie bros in the shining zone

[sweet root]

It was kinda nice..

[hybrid ibex]

Sdalger 2

[sturdy verge]

idk them doggos be nimbling on my toes while im in la la land

[sweet root]

do them doggoes even eat zombies?

[sturdy verge]

youll be thinking oh i have a itch on my toe its dogs eating it. lol

[sharp turret]

They are being good bois in the ending

[sturdy verge]

who knows lol, but i guess in the shining zone i can ask for Noah and Magpie/Flint 😄

[sweet root]

Aight imma start a challenge run, only allowing iron sights on guns, wish me good hunting

[boreal coyote]

i just came out of the pod in x15 and i seen a patch coming out today

[forest fulcrum]

is a 3070ti enoigh to run the game on high

[hardy spire]

what do you guys say is the best ending . i thought ward was pretty good as you actually come out of the zone with what you came in for

[fallen latch]

how much vram does that thing have again?

[forest fulcrum]

8

[weary hedge]

on a 12gb 3060 i ran a mix of medium/low and got around 60fps

3440x1440

[hardy spire]

optomise the settings by following a guide. the presets do no good and dont reflect what yopur system can actually do

[orchid isle]

Did the devs just abandon fixing the game? Still game breaking bugs. Surprised to see the lack of hotfixes

[forest fulcrum]

I was running it on epic getting like 80 frames but after visiting a town or out of nowhere it drops to like 20 -15 fps

[hardy spire]

its been 3 weeks since the last patch

[fallen latch]

eesh, might have to turn off frame gen and optimise a bit

[orchid isle]

Yeah. that's way too long when you can't finish the game

[fallen latch]

my laptop 4060 runs high preset 1440p 80 fpsish until my vram fills up and i crash

[forest fulcrum]

I have tried following the guides for optimizing but it seems to be the same on any settings where the performance is silky smooth and then just tanks for no reason

inside SIRCAA was awful the floors werent texturing right so I feel like its a game thing

[hardy spire]

been new years and christmas. also just revert your save

[fallen latch]

check if ur gpu is at 100%, if so turn off frame gen and see

[covert mango]

how to unfollow channel media in discord?

[boreal coyote]

im in a 3070 using a mix of high and epic (mostly epic) i get about 70-80 fps on average no frame gen or upscaling

[forest fulcrum]

I think it might be the frame gen because my gpu keeps dropping percentage

[orchid isle]

I don't understand why we can't expect a finished and working game.. People always tell me to chill out and have patience. Dafuq has happened to this industry

[forest fulcrum]

The game is finished?

[forest fulcrum]

Its FSR right ?

[boreal coyote]

i feel you, you cant say anything about the state of the game in here without all the fan boys jumping down your throat

[fallen latch]

hold on

yes it is, yes

[forest fulcrum]

oddly enough have it off

[fallen latch]

huh, ok well it's deff the game's issue then

coz mine, with frame gen on will run 60-80 fps well for about an hour and a half before my vram is locked at 100% and my game is stuck at 15 fps
and i have to relaunch

[forest fulcrum]

When I turn it on in the bad area it boosts 30 frames but the input lag is crazy

[covert mango]

how can i do to unfollow media and announcemment channel on my discord please?

[fallen latch]

yeah, and rip ur vram

[boreal coyote]

what are you using?

[fallen latch]

i don't know, i'm new here too, sorry

[forest fulcrum]

MSI 3070 TI

[boreal coyote]

?? in the games graphics settings

go to graphics settings under performance boose you seen upscaling method, use XeSS and turn the quality to native AA its by far the best looking and smooth performance

[forest fulcrum]

epic with high tweaks

[sweet root]

A mod should probably look into media channel spamming notifications even though ive disabled them and muted the channel too

[fallen latch]

ill have to try that, wonder if that'll help my 4060, i thought xess was intel only

[boreal coyote]

my cpu is intel

[fallen latch]

and same with fsr and amd's stuff only being available to amd cards
xess is to do with graphics, not ur cpu

[forest fulcrum]

I actually think its a bug with this mission the faust bos fight , theres like 100 xs showing up on the ground for bodies

[boreal coyote]

i know what it is

[fallen latch]

so it wouldnt have anything to do with ur intel cpu, is ur gpu intel?

[forest fulcrum]

I have intel and geforce

[boreal coyote]

works with almost all graphics cards man

[fallen latch]

i know that now, i've been trying fsr with my geforce one, but not different upscaling methods, only frame gen
ill have to try that

[boreal coyote]

dont bother with fsr, the game is way better without

[fallen latch]

yeah i dont really think it's done much of anything LOL

[frosty sparrow]

Why does the weird bolt take out so much energy, I had to get rid of it. I don’t see the benefits with it

It’s runs out of charge so fast

[boreal coyote]

what gpu have you got? also whats the issue you are trying to fix?

[fallen latch]

laptop 4060

[frosty sparrow]

I have to get hypercube now and thunder berry and I’m set

[frigid hill]

morrithedum has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[frosty sparrow]

I did also find ammo for the Gauss rifle and found the mark 3 rifle, and another sniper rifle on the quarry mining crane

[fallen latch]

oops, lemme try again sorry wolf i wont do it again

[fallen latch]

the usual, 60 fps with the game not looking potato, i think i've pretty much dialied in the settings, getting 35-45 fps at rostok and it looks really quite good, mostly high settings, just getting upscaling and frame gen in place to elevate the fps is what im toying with rn

[fallen latch]

and 60 fps limited outside populated areas

[fierce sequoia]

My FPS is fine whatsoever, but dude every single time I want to play the game I have to run it 2 times

[frosty sparrow]

Where is the gauss rifle located primarily? Then there’s another auto rifle called the glutton machine gun, I have to find that as well

[boreal coyote]

i dont understand that because im on a 3070 no frame gen native AA and settings on mostly epic and my frames are 70-80 mostly so i really dont understand

[fallen latch]

u can get one from the quest with that scientist guy and his collars and there is at least one place i know of in prypiat where there's one

[boreal coyote]

how much ram?

[forest fulcrum]

yeah I get 80 frames on mostly epic in the zone but going to settlements or entering mission areas tanks FPS

[fallen latch]

glutton is in some bunker i came across randomly so i couldnt tell you where off the top of my head

[frosty sparrow]

Man I don’t know if I already did that lol, I will YouTube it for the glutton gun

[forest fulcrum]

It feels like a memory leak or something

[fallen latch]

idk, just bad optimisation that will probs get fixed at some point

[forest fulcrum]

Did you have any issues in Rostok thats where I noticed it most

[fallen latch]

you'd know, it's pretty later game and it's a big multi level quest that is part of the main story, so you automatically get notified about it, and good plan for glutton

[dense sandal]

cheeki cheeki breeki iv damkee

[boreal coyote]

i get like 50-60 in rostok

[frosty sparrow]

Ok

[fallen latch]

i've had a few random crashes, but mostly when i sit in the box there for too often looking at my guns my normal ram fills and i crash pretty hard, i've got 16gb of ram

[forest fulcrum]

game kind of stutters and then goes to 15 fps hard to describe

[dense sandal]

only issuses i get is crashes whitch is rare and the game stutters like a mf after a emission but noting i cant handle

[frosty sparrow]

Were there any announcements for the next fix yet or update?

[forest fulcrum]

I have 32gb ram like i Can run some intense games on my machine its why Im frustrated by this

[dense sandal]

remember there are no bugs just anomlys

just the zone testing you stalker

[fallen latch]

sounds like ur rubbing out of vram, does it say 100% in gpu in task manager when that happens?

[frosty sparrow]

The zone doesn’t test me! I test the zone!! 💪💪

[fallen latch]

*running

[dense sandal]

cheeki breeki

[forest fulcrum]

GPU 0

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

Driver version:    32.0.15.6636
Driver date:    03/12/2024
DirectX version:    12 (FL 12.1)
Physical location:    PCI bus 1, device 0, function 0

Utilisation    76%
Dedicated GPU memory    7.5/8.0 GB
Shared GPU memory    1.0/15.9 GB
GPU Memory    8.4/23.9 GB

[dense sandal]

controller when i charge it with a saiga shotgun

[fallen latch]

nahnahnah like in the main monitor section, when you open it up it has all the apps with the percentages of what it's using, gpu should be at the far right

[forest fulcrum]

it doesnt show gpu in that section

[fallen latch]

if it's not there, right click on the headings "cpu" or something and tick the gpu one, then it'll open another bar showing how much gpu each app is using, when this happens next time have a look and see if stalker 2 is using 100% gpu

[forest fulcrum]

73 %

[fallen latch]

is it at 73% when it does that?

like while it's happening

[forest fulcrum]

highest it jumped to is 92

[dense sandal]

love that in the games the zone is hella dangerous yet stalkers call it beautifull n home

[fallen latch]

alright, so another issue then, idk

[fallen latch]

it's both, scary when you dont know what you're doing but once you know ur way around it's beautiful

[dense sandal]

until its competle silent n a flesh jumps at you

games gon give me a heartattack

[wintry pumice]

pour water to cool it

[fierce sequoia]

I'd use ice

[forest fulcrum]

its the usage not the temp

[wintry pumice]

higher usage will result in higher temps

[forest fulcrum]

temp is 60

[wintry pumice]

nice. 3 fans?

[forest fulcrum]

yah ]

[fierce sequoia]

Try hauling 100+ nades with you and just drop them and shoot one
See the temperature rise

[weary hedge]

right click the server icon and then edit notification settings

[pseudo lotus]

Ive got a 4060 as well. Running at 100% texture resolution seems to be the issue, if I bump it down to 66% its much smoother

[fallen latch]

how bad does that make the game look?

[pseudo lotus]

eh. honestly I cant tell much of a difference- biggest issue is lighting artifacts but thats it

[fallen latch]

alrighty, another thing to try

[sand tiger]

How do I ask a question?

I really would love an update for AMD to get some love here I’m tired of this game locking up my computer ?

[weary hedge]

the forum is the place they ask you to leave feedback, #s2-support

[sand tiger]

Thanks 🙏

[boreal coyote]

also in here https://discord.com/channels/504587323577729024/1272487636946386964

[forest fulcrum]

this has helped

[crystal granite]

It can indeed be beautiful #📸┃screens_and_videos message

[maiden grotto]

8Gb Ram?

[maiden grotto]

AMD works just fine. Never had an issue... It's gone a bit donkey after the latest patch...

But overall, it runs just sweet

[sand tiger]

Don’t get me wrong the gameplay runs amazingly it’s those cut scenes and that boss fight with Faust that completely just wrecked the experience

Thanks for getting back to me

[maiden grotto]

What card you got?

[sand tiger]

RX 6700 XT red devil edition

[maiden grotto]

RAM?

[sand tiger]

32 gigabytes

[maiden grotto]

I meant RAM on the GPU

[sand tiger]

12 GB

[maiden grotto]

Okay, what CPU are you using?

[sand tiger]

5900 X

[maiden grotto]

Okay... have you turned on PBO for your CPU?

[sand tiger]

No I have not never heard of it

[maiden grotto]

It boost CPU performance... My 7900, runs faster than a 7900x, when PBO is turned on.

Having that boost, may help with performance, as there are a lot of NPC's in the faust fight and slow downs are not always graphical.

Everything seems fine, use FSR too, and make sure you have SAM switched on too.

PBO and SAM can be switched on in BIOS.

[pseudo lotus]

yea, 8gig vram

[sand tiger]

Thank you so much for getting back to me and for sharing that information I appreciate your time very much I will look into it this weekend when I get the chance thank you again

[maiden grotto]

That's your issue... and why you have to lower the textures... less memory requirements.

Nothing the DEV's can do really... It's just nVidia scamming/scimping on VRAM, whilst fleecing players for extortionate prices.

[sand tiger]

For real though!

😂😭 Nvidia more like Nvigreeda

[maiden grotto]

SAM is Smart Access Memory... It speeds the communication between your CPU and GPU, in most cases improving performance by a few %

[pseudo lotus]

🤨 I mean, I wouldnt say I got scammed. I bought a brand new GPU for just $300 in the big 2024, I knew what I was getting into before I bought it

I bought the 4060 to replace my 1070, basically the same card, but with modern RTX optimization and accessories

while also drawing WAY less power

Considering I can run stalker 2 at 60-70fps with it, im not exactly complaining

[maiden grotto]

It's fine, but 8Gb is not enough, and nVidia knew this. They just shouldn;t be selling a GPU with that little VRAM on it.

[boreal coyote]

8gbs is all the 3070 has and mine works perfectly

[pseudo lotus]

nyet, VRAM is fine. 8GB is perfectly serviceable for modern titles, especially combined with DLSS and frame gen.

[maiden grotto]

That is because when 3070 came out, it was fine. But modern games are getting more and more demanding, and the biggest hit with performance is actually the RAM.

Frame gen is a gimmick, but upscalling is a cool thing though.

[pseudo lotus]

I appreciate having a lower-spec budget option that still packs in the modern bells and whistles. Youre talking to a guy who uses a 4060 as a daily driver, and throws modern titles at it regularly. I still play on high settings, I still get good frame rates.

[boreal coyote]

im saying it works perfectly on modern titles and i dont use frame gen, its so bad

[pseudo lotus]

Its a good thing that nvidia offers cards like this with low vram, it forces developers to continue to optimize for lower vram values. The ungoldy inflation we've seen with high-end cards is just absurd, and that headroom is, in my opinion, having a negative impact on game development.

Why optimize when people just have 20 gigs of vram or some other ungoldy high amount?

[weary hedge]

YESSS, I MADE IT, I BOUGHT stalker SoC, i needed to head to the far mall with my bike(that had only 1 pedal) while it was raining, then i asked an employee to watch my bike and i headed to ps gift cards and i took a 20€ one(i found none but lucky the employee at the mall gave me one) , i headed back and
i needed to do a new account on ps and now im here :>

[inner hinge]

Better graphics is the single most invasive issue in gaming because it is somewhat beneficial in terms of games looking better than but it also has it's negatives as it keeps pushing hardware, inflating budgets and taking over manpower

[pseudo lotus]

^

[weary hedge]

the games of today are only ab graphics, not gameplay🙏

[pseudo lotus]

Stalker 2 runs better than starfield (the game I bought my 4060 to play)

Even then, it STILL looks better and plays better, too

[maiden grotto]

Don't I know it... And congrats on getting SoC, enjoy.

[weary hedge]

🤺

[boreal coyote]

wrong, graphics wouldnt be a problem if games took the time needed to opomise before release, look at rdr2 and i rest my case. gta6 will prove that same point too

[maiden grotto]

My dead nan runs better than starfield... The game is just jank.

[pseudo lotus]

To be fair, rockstar is like, infamously terrible to work for

[inner hinge]

Rdr 2 did run well but required a majority of players to upgrade their respective gaming device in order to play

[boreal coyote]

so are construction companies, only way to achieve anything is hard work

[inner hinge]

Bethesda Devs are just lazy

[pseudo lotus]

🤨 both should be more respectful to their workers and not demand inhumane amounts of crunch and abuse

[boreal coyote]

well thats common sense you have to have the hardware

[boreal coyote]

in a perfect world yes, but show me a perfect world, where is it?

[maiden grotto]

There is difference between working hard, and getting treated like shyte, expected to work some hours for free...

Could you imagine what would happen if construction workers were told to work 10-15 hours a week extra for no pay?

[pseudo lotus]

cant wait to see the oblivion remaster on UE5. People will apologize to stalker 2 once 4090s get 25 fps everywhere

[pseudo lotus]

thats not the point, I was simply rebuking you for implying that good work requires you to abuse your employees.

[forest fulcrum]

UE5 is pretty expensive now

[inner hinge]

I think Bethesda will become the next Unisoft where their titles aren't horrendous mostly but will never live up to the former glory of previous titles

[last saddle]

If we would just be happy where graphics are currently at and want good games that may help. They keep upping the bar when it's hardly manageable in it's cutrent place

[maiden grotto]

Most of their games are way overrated

[boreal coyote]

every industry has its downsides, the construction worker is paid by the hour so if we miss work we miss pay, if a game dev is sick and misses work, he's on a salary so gets paid anyway. ive had bosses that throw equipment at people. but poor rockstars had someone yelling... cry me a river

[pseudo lotus]

will become
they're already there, friend. Look at starfield... most disappointing new IP launch of the decade

[inner hinge]

Still got 15 million official downloads across different devices

[pseudo lotus]

Comparing trauma helps no one. Dont justify abusing employees just because you're willing to let your boss f you over. Your boss shouldnt* throw stuff at you, and R* devs shouldnt* have to work 20 hours a day.

This is a crabs in a bucket mentality. Dont justify abuse towards others just because you smile when you get whipped

[hoary crest]

What we fighting over today, people?

[maiden grotto]

Nah, your talking shyte mate.

So it okay for you to get paid for every hour you work, but game dev's working 14-16 hour days, nah.... They can work most of the hours for free...

Utter garbage.

[boreal coyote]

its not trauma ffs 🤣 they got yelled at, you ever seen hells kitchen? you ever had a job? grow up

[pseudo lotus]

Do you understand the psychological impact of working 100 hours a week, thanklessly, without overtime?

[boreal coyote]

go cry about it boys no one is holding them with a gun to their head, theres bad jobs everywhere, if you cant handle it find another one

[inner hinge]

Anyway the games I'm looking most forward to this year are kcd 2 as it looks so incredibly polished both gameplay and performance wise, elden ring night reign and S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 the finished edition

[pseudo lotus]

Crabs in a bucket. I guess some people do find happiness in slavery.

Youd make a great monolithian!

[boreal coyote]

yes i do, ive done it you leave if you cant do it, simple as

[hoary crest]

Defect is looking pretty fun too, though there isnt much material on it thus far

[warped stream]

this doesnt sound like stalker

[boreal coyote]

i left and got a better job and i dont have no college degree like these devs so if i can find better work so can they

[maiden grotto]

Yeah, and those bills get paid by the magical money tree

[hoary crest]

Hides grab-bag full of artifacts.. Nothing to see here sir/ma'am

[boreal coyote]

nope you get a new job, wild theory i know...

[pseudo lotus]

leave if you cant
You do realize thats not an option for most people, right? You quit your job, you cant pay rent. You cant pay rent, you become homeless. Or, consider that people will also have health insurance tied to their employment.

Its INCREDIBLY hard to find coding and development jobs, you cant just "leave for greener pastures", its a disgustingly cutthroat and competitive market. You speak like someone who has no experience in the field

A lot of game devs live in metropolitan areas where it's extremely expensive to live. They literally cannot afford gaps in employment.

[boreal coyote]

whats wrong with you people? you dont just leave like an idiot you find a new job and then you leave...

[pseudo lotus]

What time do you have to find a new job if youre working 18 or 20 hours a day? You have to leave SOME time for basic human functions like eating and sleeping.

[boreal coyote]

whos fault is that? they chose their careers, whatever happened to pulling yourself up by the boot straps

[pseudo lotus]

bootstraps

spiritual boomer. Your opinion is worthless.

[inner hinge]

The game industry is sadly riddled with issues across the board among the companies so you want better conditions you usually have to take the risk of starting your own company

[boreal coyote]

i did it, its not hard theres plenty of websites that basically do everything for you

[maiden grotto]

How about having some basic rights, like not treating your staff like c*nts.

[pseudo lotus]

"everyone should have to suffer like I did!!!"
Crabs in a bucket.

[boreal coyote]

you guys have no ambition 🤣

[pseudo lotus]

My ambition is to not let my boss abuse me. Works pretty well, considering im independent, have a career, and a house of my own.

[maiden grotto]

What's this rubbish?

How is not wanting to be treated like a c*nt a lack of ambition?

[boreal coyote]

i didnt even finish school and im making 60k a year you're telling me these college graduates cant find a gig? ahahahah our generation sucks

[inner hinge]

Life shouldn't be given on a silver platter but it shouldn't be modern serfdom either

[lilac sandal]

Warhorse Studios my beloved.

[forest fulcrum]

do you guys play the game in english or ukrainian?

[boreal coyote]

first smart thing ive seen written here today

[pseudo lotus]

Its ok to struggle. To struggle is to be human.

but justifying abuse of employees because "muh bootstraps!" is exactly why the rich continue to get away with so much BS. People have internalized the abuse and see it as a positive

[inner hinge]

English as I am not the hugest fan of reading while I play

[lilac sandal]

I don't know what's happening, I just like KCD very much.

[maiden grotto]

I am just waiting for little devil inside...

About the only game that looks remotely interesting and unique art style

[boreal coyote]

you're talking about people yelling and working long hours does that mean abuse now? 🤣

[pseudo lotus]

I play in ukrainian, and I can FEEL myself beginning to understand the language

[weary hedge]

YO WHATTTT, I CAN USE MODS ON PS5??????? WHAT IS MOD.IO HERE

[hoary crest]

What a pointless discussion. None of us work as developers so is it not a bit ridiculous to comment on?

[maiden grotto]

It is when it's unpaid.

[forest fulcrum]

ukrainian is alot cooler and authentic but yeah trying to read subtitles while fighting 4 bloodsuckers is stressful

[lilac sandal]

Ukrainian, because Richter in Ukrainian is love.

[warped stream]

can we drop the job talk, has nothing to do with the game and its just yall fighting over it

[pseudo lotus]

Yes. yes it is, actually. Forcing someone to work inhumane hours without increased compensation, while yelling at them and making them feel like garbage IS in fact psychological abuse.

[weary hedge]

like howww

[boreal coyote]

no but im sure most of us work right? these idiots acting like being a devs is the same as slavery 🤣 🤣

[hoary crest]

You can't yet.

[lilac sandal]

Most civilized Discord debate.

[inner hinge]

I agree with you that big game companies are incredibly abusive towards employees

[weary hedge]

huh, why, i just gotta login with my account

[pseudo lotus]

I do. I work in SEO optimization and software QA. My employer is also very good to me, and i enjoy my job.

[drifting forge]

Yeah you gotta know the language somewhat for it to be effective

[warped stream]

arguing for the sake of arguing

[boreal coyote]

you keep saying force, its not forcing. its a job that they can leave any time

[hoary crest]

Do not give your console logins to random websites on the internet. That is incredibly stupid. The game doesnt yet support mods on console, It will in time, but currently it does not

[maiden grotto]

Some countries have workers rights regardless of what industry you work in.

If you put in the work, you get paid... Whilst not being run into the ground.

[weary hedge]

man, its in the game, mod.io site

[lilac sandal]

That's life
That's what all the people say

[pseudo lotus]

tell that to the person that needs their job because they will die without the health insurance coverage it provides.

or the people who have dependents to take care of.

[warped stream]

if its from the ingame menu it should be fine

[weary hedge]

for ps5 right? it works?

[lilac sandal]

Reckon in about 5-10 business years?

[warped stream]

im not sure it works but its at least reputable

[inner hinge]

I hold hope no matter how improbable of it ever happening that they will go back and redo the English voice acting and not rush it out the door this time

[pseudo lotus]

English voice acting is fine imo, seems about at the same level as KCD

[inner hinge]

Nah kcd is really good

[boreal coyote]

i am someone with both dependants and health issues i found a better job while working 80-100 hours a week of real work mind you, manual labour now my job is easier, pays more and i do less hours

[forest fulcrum]

I mean metro was great acting I dont see why not Stalker

[maiden grotto]

Never going to happen though.

[hoary crest]

No idea, but there would be patch notes saying that it is a thing when it happens and thus far thats not been a thing

[lilac sandal]

Honestly, yeah. The English dub of KCD sounds just right.

[warped stream]

the quality itself is fine, just sounds really off with the accents

[vapid galleon]

[inner hinge]

Different companies

[maiden grotto]

KCD?

[lilac sandal]

Indeed, the accents are a bit jarring in English, hahahahah!

[inner hinge]

Kingdom come deliverance a masterpiece of medieval RPGs

[pseudo lotus]

Youd think someone who went through all that BS would be a bit more empathetic and advocate for better conditions so other people dont have to suffer like you did. But whatever.

[forest fulcrum]

companies often benchmark themselves off competitors or games in the same genre

[lilac sandal]

Kingdom Come: Deliverance the only game where you can kill Cumans and be chronically starving, all at the same time!

[maiden grotto]

I'm highly uninspired.

[forest fulcrum]

its combat is most realistic for an rpg

[inner hinge]

The company that made Metro was made in direct opposition to CSG because they thought CSG treated them horribly

[pseudo lotus]

I should finish KCD......

[boreal coyote]

im empathetic where i need to be. if someone stays in a place they're miserable at is their own fault. no one will sort your life out for you

[lilac sandal]

Started a new run as I bought the DLCs recently, got sidetracked by Heart of Chornobyl...

[inner hinge]

And a game where if you choose hardcore mode there is a high chance you die before it even starts

[boreal coyote]

get the naked mod

[lilac sandal]

for what game?

[forest fulcrum]

Does the duga open up on the northern side once you do the missions I dont wanna be 1 shot by snipers again..

[pseudo lotus]

My point is that people shouldnt HAVE to find new work because their employers abuse them. Employers ought to be held to a certain standard, but industry restrictions continue to be lifted, allowing employers to exploit their employees more and more.

No one should HAVE to work 80 to 100 hours. No one should HAVE to go through what you did. Cmon man.

[maiden grotto]

yes

[boreal coyote]

kcd

[inner hinge]

You only got the DLC recently but the dog completes the game

[warped stream]

I believe so, worst case you can go in through the south (though that takes foreveR)

[forest fulcrum]

ill take my chances haha

[lilac sandal]

Thank you for your incredible suggestion, this will change my life.

[pseudo lotus]

yes. once you take care of Faust you can explore the area freely

[inner hinge]

Devious