☢┃stalker-general

[keen lagoon]

Farcry 6 is when Redstorm lost 45 developers to a "restructure"

[abstract hatch]

AC Odyssey was beautiful as well, except for the atlantis dlc

[keen lagoon]

and they didn't use them in that game, and we see how that game went

[unkempt vault]

Hello-Hello-Hello-Hello-Hello-Hello

[abstract hatch]

I've only played it for an hour or so and uninstalled it

[naive fable]

Im at work! But is the hotfix dropped?

[rough crater]

no

[spring acorn]

Why is it a hot-fix and not a patch?

[naive fable]

Oh well! Any Suggestions when it will be Released?

@spring acorn i think its critical Bug fix before the next big Patch

[keen lagoon]

Today, no further time period mentioned, so when it's ready

[spring acorn]

Gotcha, it's more of a cold-fix then if it's been this long since the last update lol

[sudden rapids]

True kinda

[boreal coyote]

dad joke of the week goes to this guy 🤣 💯

[naive fable]

Well! Okay im at work for the 5 hours i hope the Patch will ne here than

@spring acorn yeah, im tied of waiting too

[honest fable]

Patch just started to download

[naive fable]

Uhh!
And whats in it?

[boreal coyote]

hes's actually not lying lol

[honest fable]

13gb

[naive fable]

Okay okay! Im really exited. Whats in it? If its good i will leave my work 🤣

[boreal coyote]

yes 13 gbs for me too

i should remove my mod folder right?

[naive fable]

Jep

[spring acorn]

Verify integrity of game files

[honest fable]

Crash fixes and performance fixes mostly

[vale knot]

127gb update damn

[boreal coyote]

redownloading the whole game again ffs lol

[wise sedge]

bro I was literally just checking for stalker updates

[loud wadi]

No, 13GB

[boreal coyote]

no, its redownloading everything again

[still edge]

Alife when?

[loud wadi]

Must be a bug, sorry for you

[jagged zinc]

Patch is out

[sturdy verge]

After strelok gets hair implant

[zealous goblet]

yeah fc6 is like unplayable. its a mess

[proud minnow]

omg patch came

[crystal granite]

I have loads of 7.62x39 reg & AP, however I'd like to see more 7.62x54r also I play on Stalker, Vet will be next playthrough

[proud minnow]

love you devs thanks for patch but why is it not showing on xbox? gamepass btw

[bronze shuttle]

Thank you for the patch!!

[white chasm]

I wonder whether they are working on big update and just gave this patch in the meantime or it took them this long to patch bugs

[naive fable]

Oh well thats Not good enough to quit Work

[sturdy verge]

Now : ty devs love ya, 10 mins later: we hate you

[north jacinth]

DAMN 😭 I WAS GOING THROUGH MY SECOND PLAYTHROUGH. I HOPE THE INFINITE COUPON EXPLOIT ISNT PATCHED

[proud minnow]

Pov: most people relationships

[simple shard]

gamepass peasants get the scraps theyre given whenever they are graced by the benevolence of the servers

[crystal granite]

I'd like them to tone down the recoil so you're not limited to like 5/6 round burts. Like the guy in the famous vid said "it's a machine gun!"

[dense vault]

Not seeing it on PC game pass yet

[loud wadi]

Is there a way to see the condition of a weapon on the ground without picking it up first?

[bronze shuttle]

Hopefully I can play again

[crystal granite]

What's up with GP? I'm not in the loop

[boreal coyote]

sometimes it shows up sometimes it doesnt lol

[loud wadi]

Never shows up for me, only way is to pick it up and open inventory

[crystal granite]

That's the annoying part, should be displayed outright

[boreal coyote]

its super rare for whatever reason probably a bug

[pseudo lotus]

its not bad once you get it upgraded, honestly if you're laying ddown more than a half dozen rounds in a burst anyway, youre just wasting ammo. The only mutants I really lay down on with the glutton are chimera and pseudogiant

[cerulean socket]

I'm very glad the devs are committed to fixing the game

[calm steppe]

WOOO!

[boreal coyote]

does anyone else have to download the entire game again or just me?

[crystal granite]

I like the immersion of just laying down indirect fire

[keen lagoon]

Ty for patch, time to dig

[cerulean socket]

One thing I wish we had was more downtime activities

Gambling, cards or something- even betting on the arena

[simple shard]

kinda funny people still asking questions despite all answers being "soon" either literally or figuratively

[cyan niche]

when patch available on game pass?

[simple shard]

whenever microsoft deigns to drip feed it to you

[empty terrace]

Oh sorry I didn't get that - yeah I agree that the caliber should be changed, doesn't make all that sense

[lethal vortex]

What about dlss4? Wasn't that supposed to be a day 0 support?

[cerulean socket]

Anyways back to my skif's pistol only run (pain.)

[loud wadi]

Is there a hidden channel or another Discord server focused on modding for Stalker2? I am curious to get into it.

[pseudo lotus]

the anomaly server has a section dedicated to stalker 2, I dunno of any S2 specific modding discords tho

[calm steppe]

Im getting my 12 gig update here

[boreal coyote]

dlss4 is for 50 series cards mate they are not even out yet lol they will be out on Thursday

[crystal granite]

First rule of the hidden modding channel: we do not talk about the hidden modding channel 🤫

[loud wadi]

Thanks, found it, will check it out

[smoky hawk]

second rule of the hidden modding channel
it doesnt exist

we are using #🔩┃trilogy_modifications until the SDK releases

there is some infor on Stalker 2 pinned there

[loud wadi]

There are some options you have to select when joining this server to get access to cathegories, maybe I missed some

[lethal vortex]

so the big patch is to be expected on Thursday? tbh they didn't had to wait for Nvidia to release the GPUs to push a dlss4 update, Cyberpunk already did that a week ago

[smoky hawk]

@loud wadi

[loud wadi]

Thank you 🙂

[keen lagoon]

[boreal coyote]

that's my guess yeah, its just a hotfix today in prep for a big patch

[rough crater]

no, only multiframegen is for 50 cards
other dlss4 features work on other cards, and can be tested rn in cyberpunk

[crystal granite]

Watch the big patch break more stuff than it'll fix

[rough crater]

you can also move files and use an app to get other games to run dlss4 too

[boreal coyote]

i didnt know that so will that be just 40 and 50 series or will the 30 series get some love too?

[lethal vortex]

yes, 20 series too

[rough crater]

all cards get better dlss, 40 series get better framegen, 50 series get multi frame gen

[boreal coyote]

sweet

[crystal granite]

And consoles get jack sh*t like usual 😂

[loud wadi]

Praise PC master race

[lethal vortex]

I just want this game to run well as it should, then I have mods to not get headshotted from 500m with a shotgun

[rough crater]

maybe once FSR also gets improvements, as i think consoles run FSR intead of DLSS

[crystal granite]

Nah thanks, my praise is reserved only for the Monolith

[boreal coyote]

i was just going to ask what they use

[loud wadi]

Still, piss on console peasants, they are ruining PC gaming

[smoky hawk]

https://tenor.com/view/gigachad-chad-gif-20773266

based GSC

[whole turtle]

Playing Stalker while in Hospital will be fun

[boreal coyote]

its not their fault 🤣 🤣

[boreal coyote]

i was playing tarkov in hospital last year lol

[crisp horizon]

THEY FIXED THE ROSTOK LEAK LETS GOOOOO

[left crystal]

How big is this new update?

[crystal granite]

I'd happily stick with my €500 purchase for 3-4 yrs than keep upgrading every month, ain't got enough kidneys for that lol you can keep the hackers too 😉

[smoky hawk]

about 13gb download

[smoky hawk]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-soup-kitty-soup-cat-cat-meme-gif-11696140935057453268

chilling

[bronze shuttle]

126.7 GB

[crisp horizon]

I CAN FINALLY GO BACK TO MY FREEDOM BASE!

[left crystal]

Umm I got 2 different answers...

[lethal vortex]

it's 13gb.

[crystal granite]

Most random sh*t ever lol

[boreal coyote]

some people have to download the whole game again, others dont lol

[crisp horizon]

thats just steam reverifying the files before applying the update

[smoky hawk]

bro, he chilling, why you so mean?

[left crystal]

Why what's the difference?

[lethal vortex]

gotta love unreal engine that's why

[boreal coyote]

beats me

[bronze shuttle]

oh ok well still had to be done

[crystal granite]

Freedom? Let's play hide and seek. I'll hide, and you'll seek some help

[left crystal]

But all platforms use unreal engine

[crisp horizon]

yeah we'll see whos laughing when you and your boys want some zone weed

[smoky hawk]

its prob bc the new steam update has a bad UI that shows how many files its gonna verify instaed of download

this is an actual prob Ive seen before

[boreal coyote]

must be that, 3 hours for me 😔

[crystal granite]

We don't need no Zone weed. We got His glory to bask in

[left crystal]

Btw I'm in a sticky situation

[crisp horizon]

oh right, im speaking to a brick wall with you people lmao

[boreal coyote]

yuck

[crystal granite]

Get some baby wipes

[crisp horizon]

https://tenor.com/view/monkey-limbani-monkey-wash-gif-19021407

[left crystal]

I'm in the swamp going the the clearsky base, I get attacked by a chimera... Then I hide in a house it can't enter, I empty everything it got to kill it, but guess what there is an emmision going and that house doesn't count as shelter, so I'm stuck

[crisp horizon]

you have to run like the wind over there so i'd go back a few saves and stock up on energy drinks

[crystal granite]

Need purple for gif perms

[left crystal]

I can't outrun it

[crisp horizon]

you can with skill, try lightening your carry load

[crystal granite]

It's scripted. Dash for shelter. I managed to kill it but if you ain't got a good shottie, just leg it

[left crystal]

Or just hope no emmision shows up

[pseudo lotus]

such is life in the zone.

[lethal vortex]

playing the game rn, I'm still stuttering hard in Rostok with 80fps

[pseudo lotus]

crazy, I have yet to encounter the swamp chimera
I am simply too sneaky

[crisp horizon]

what are thine specs and settings at?

[left crystal]

Turn off fsr it doesn't work in this game

[boreal coyote]

bro just literally walk through the house and you'll teleport to clear sky lol

[crystal granite]

Buy some frames from Myklyukha

[lethal vortex]

I use DLSS

[crystal granite]

Bless the almighty Saiga

[left crystal]

Got no experience with that but try to turn it off

[crisp horizon]

try dlaa, i tried it last time i was on and it seemed to give better perf than dlss

[lethal vortex]

what? how?

[boreal coyote]

i seen so many people get stuck fighting that chimera on the way to clear sky when literally all you have to do is walk through the wardens shack to get away from it lol 🤣

[crisp horizon]

its the next setting over from dlss, but then again i have a midly decent pc so that could also be it

[torn moon]

yeah I fought the chimera as well the first time xD

[lethal vortex]

holy shit it's true

[left crystal]

Are you sure it's scripted it seemed so random

[crisp horizon]

its scripted, you cant get around it, it triggers when you're a specific distance away from the base

[boreal coyote]

yes it scripted

[pseudo lotus]

For real. I got an achievement for 'outrunning' it once in the swamp, but both of my playthroughs I havent actually seen the dang thing. I also move throught eh swamp at a snails pace because I hate it. Sneaky sneaky.

[left crystal]

I was just looting a house when it spawned

[frigid hill]

yo_bossman has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[pseudo lotus]

first chimera I fought was uhhhh mirror base I think

[crisp horizon]

monolith using bad words?

[crystal granite]

You're an enemy of the

[left crystal]

And this chimera sucks the old chimera looked much better

[crystal granite]

First one for me was the clear sky one, then fight no.4 in Rostok

[torn moon]

I think the new chimera looks fine, it definitely is harder to fight than in stalker 1 tho

[boreal coyote]

have you interacted with all the psy beacons?

[smoky hawk]

which stalker?

[loud wadi]

I just changed my controls so that Q and E leans but it does not work.

[torn moon]

gamma xD, I can't remember the original ones I was too young back then

[left crystal]

The 4 towers yeah

[smoky hawk]

https://tenor.com/view/fnaf-gif-20799683

[smoky hawk]

we shouldve gatekept harder

[pseudo lotus]

WAIT I LIED IT WAS FIGHT 4 FIRST
then mirror

never seen the clear sky one

[boreal coyote]

yeah so run through the house where the chimera spawns and you'll teleport to clear sky

[crisp horizon]

i feel this, i loved gamma for all the extra stuff it added but og still best

[left crystal]

I'm sure I came out the other door looked around and came back

[pseudo lotus]

masterful bait.

[crystal granite]

Yeah you get jumped by a Chimera when yuo destroy the last psi antenna and you're on your way to the cellar where Faust is

[boreal coyote]

im on my 3rd playthrough bro go through and youll be at clear sky

[crisp horizon]

best thing you can do is only go with a pistol and a shit ton of energy drinks

[loud wadi]

Umm.. did this update mess with control binds? I cannot change function of Q and E, settings says what I want but function while playing is the old bind.

[torn moon]

I was 14 years old when the first stalker released and I think I beat the game with cheats in the end to get the strelok lies down in beautiful nature ending

[sturdy verge]

thats what she said

[left crystal]

I hope we are both talking about the same house 🙂

[crystal granite]

How am I to know, I play controller not kbm

[pseudo lotus]

lmao really? Ive literally never had that happen to me. I think maybe the chimeras that spawned for me ended up picking a fight with other local wildlife, allowing me to slip away.

because I knew it was supposed to be there, and combat started after I destroyed the antenna, but I never saw the monster with my own eyes

[boreal coyote]

yes the wardens shack in the swamp

[crisp horizon]

man i was like 7 or 8 or something when i found out about these games lol

[loud wadi]

Sorry, that was an accidental tag

[serene barn]

you just need the mods for it and then it's actually managable

[crystal granite]

Yeah, you destroy the last one placed up high, and it spawns soon after. Then an emission hits too

[torn moon]

at what age did you play the stalker games then xD

[smoky hawk]

its called Schrodingers Chimera

[crisp horizon]

lemme check, i need to cross ref my purchase date with how old i actually was

[left crystal]

Bro I destroyed them went back to skadovsk stocked up and came back

[crystal granite]

Yeah, when console mod support arrives I will. But then I'm getting a Kord modded in. Let the pseudogiant eat 12.7

[still edge]

so never ?

[crystal granite]

The hell? Man so many ppl got different experience with that one part

[crisp horizon]

i was 13 when i bought and played it

[serene barn]

i hope at some point they'll make the Glutton actually have a benefit over the normal RPM-74 that isn't just that it holds more of the extremely heavy ammo

[torn moon]

yeah so you probably remember some things then 👍

[boreal coyote]

its vey straight forward he just doesnt get it

[crisp horizon]

january 21 2012 was the day i became a S.T.A.L.K.E.R.

[pseudo lotus]

instead of seeing if the cat is dead, you check if YOU are dead (because if you encounter the chimera-)

[crisp horizon]

man im like 26 now and i dont remember shit except getting ganked by bloodsuckers

[smoky hawk]

shun the RPM74
make a HK21
Game solved

[serene barn]

no i meant the upgrades done by a tech lol. there's like 3 options to lower it's recoil if not 4.

[torn moon]

yeah same here I remember little moments but that is basically it, stalker 2 actually brought back some memories but most of it was gone

[left crystal]

I had almost no ammo I went back shooting fleshes and bloodsuckers and pigs with pistols, and spare dropped ammo and weapons, I killed over 10 fleshes 6 pigs And t bloodsuckers on my way back, last 3 bloodsuckers had me screwd was out of ammo, kept reloading till there was an emmision that led me to a small cave for shelter but there was a invisible border they couldn't cross there the emission killed those 3 then I ran to zaton with 0 ammo and broken guns

[crystal granite]

If they insisted on having a 7.62x39 LMG they could've added the RPD. But I guess the PKM is cooler (it is)

[serene barn]

the RPD is in the files. idk if they just couldn't finish it because it sure feels like it with how they've handled the RPM.

[crisp horizon]

i dont think i've actually ever beaten any of the older games, i just enjoyed walking around and trying to roleplay as my own character in the zone, still do that to this day lmao

[boreal coyote]

does your map show the wardens shack? as a quest objective

[crystal granite]

What guns do you carry? And how much ammo?

[left crystal]

You mean the one in corner of the swamp down below?

[boreal coyote]

@left crystal you have the beacons yes? so literally go to the shack, yes the one below and walk through, this is my 5th time telling you

[vapid galleon]

@left crystal nice name

[left crystal]

Clusterfuck, or vss vertorez the veteran version, with saiga, rifle ammo about 150 and about 60 70 shotgun split between buckshots and slugs

[soft plover]

Bro is back tonthe slag heap fixed?????

[torn moon]

I recently picked up Stalker GAMMA, the gameplay loop is wonderful, I wish stalker 2 will take inspiration from that mod and implement some of it, because I think stalker 2 improved so much storywise and with the cutscenes and the details in the houses you explore and so on

[crisp horizon]

ayyy its bigpetey with the poocher pic

[boreal coyote]

ayy its speedweed the zone weed smoker freedom member

[loud wadi]

@boreal coyote You said to change the binds for Q and E and I did, but it does not work. It's 100% a bug that it does not work. Do you know if there is a workaround?

[crystal granite]

I carry around 180 to 220 ish round for my Dnipro, around 100ish rounds for my Texan (used to be Saiga) and a Rhino with around 60 rounds

[crisp horizon]

personally i think they should leave stalker 2 as is and just fix the issues and leave the stuff like that for actual modders

[left crystal]

Bruh I'm on my way but I was far from it when that happened

[boreal coyote]

it works for me, i have my consumables mapped to mouse buttoms and q and e for lean

[smoky hawk]

yhea its a great thing they stayed true to the stalker formula instead of deviating from it by using GAMMAs

[boreal coyote]

ohh i thought you were still asking what to do MB 🤣

[crisp horizon]

dude i had to enable gshift on my mouse so i could bind Q and E to the dpi buttons on my mouse 😂

[crystal granite]

Nah don't, that'll make the devs lazy. Like "yeah let's release half baked crap, modders will fix it" It ain't Bethesda

[boreal coyote]

jesus 🤣 🤣

[loud wadi]

That is exactly what I did. The new bind even shows next to the consumables binding scheme that sometimes shows in the UI but it doesn't work anyway

[crisp horizon]

not what i meant, i mean like make it the way stalker 2 should be but like leave the complex gamma like features such as base building and all that to modders for customization

[left crystal]

I'm not that close to the objective house where the chimera showed up

[crystal granite]

Okay that I agree with

[crisp horizon]

from what i hear its a lot easier to mod a base game than to unmod the shit you dont like and then remod with what you do

[torn moon]

you are probably right, let's see what they come up with

[boreal coyote]

another bug for the long list then i guess, sorry i'm borderline ret*rded when it comes to tech so thats the end of my usefulness unfortunately

[serene barn]

i wanted the 2 side buttons on my mouse to be my consumables and they worked for like 20min or so then stopped completely so i had to default them back :/ i guess that hasn't been sorted yet, this was back when i started my first run.

[reef birch]

Weak update for it being 30 days since the last one

[loud wadi]

Does'nt work at all atm it seems

[crisp horizon]

reaching across the keyboard just to open up the inventory isnt fun especially when you're booking it away from something trying to kill you 😂

[crystal granite]

I heard they're prepping for the big one. This is just the groundwork that they're laying

[boreal coyote]

this is a hotfix as prep for update, update on thursday

[serene barn]

couldn't you say, remap the inventory to being one of the radial menu keys?

[crisp horizon]

you need to set up a macro on your mouse to mimic what the key is actually set to, so when i press my mouse button my pc registeres it as Q and E

[sharp stream]

They said roadmap would be released in December lol

[serene barn]

it should just, work, without any workaround

[boreal coyote]

they said a-life would be in the game at launch too, they say a lot 🤣

[crisp horizon]

you're asking microsoft waaaay to much to make those keys register as valid keystrokes

[crystal granite]

This game needs a mod similar to Fallout 4's 'Community Fixes Merge'

[pine coral]

ok so wondering, does the new patch fix the bugs at sircca?

[maiden grotto]

1.1.4 release for PC.

Update now available

[loud wadi]

PC Control overhaul Mod

[crisp horizon]

i been seeing a bunch of fallout 4 menu and music replacers on the nexus and everytime i see them i just think "why not just go play fallout?"

[crystal granite]

?

[boreal coyote]

not mentioned in the notes

[serene barn]

is it just a microsoft thing or? because it worked literally all the time when i used the same mouse to play through the trilogy back in uhh, 2023

[loud wadi]

Just something that is needed too

[lunar wharf]

They remained true to the stalker formula while expanding the open world aspect 10 fold. Imo it simply doesn't fit. The stalker formula works for a 30h loop max on a not so big map. But stretching such simple mechanics for 80h doesn't cut it imho.

[soft plover]

New patch fixes Back to slag heap?

[crisp horizon]

devs musta coded that in then, all i know now is macrohard would need to make those keys valid keys before todays games can pick them up, maybe a modder could do it too

[smoky hawk]

I assume youd want to add a animation for everytime your gun gets 10% lower in durability that has you meticulously cleaning every part of the gun, grok

but

[sharp stream]

They do be

[serene barn]

literally i played through SoC 2 times, Clear Sky 2 times and CoP once i think, using the side buttons for bandages and medkits on the fly

[smoky hawk]

as opposed to anomaly, Stalker 2 is an actual, stalker game
its based around the story not gucking around with nothing better to do

[lunar wharf]

I'm not talking about this. I'm talking about exploring the open world to find a stash filled with sausages, cans, vodka and your 90th bandage

[crisp horizon]

i do hope they add random gen stashes to the game tho

[lunar wharf]

I agree and that's why the game would be better by being smaller, more linear and streamlined instead of stretching the content over 64km² filled with the same loot and enemies. Like the original trilogy

[crisp horizon]

me with over 800 medkits and bandages

[smoky hawk]

you arent supposed to be starved for resources, and you should be stockpiling a lot

[boreal coyote]

has anyone tried that skill magazine mod on nexus?

[crisp horizon]

never heard of it so nah

[smoky hawk]

nha, you just gotta readd all that they cut (all the cut mission)
would be fine then

[lunar wharf]

Simple mechanics stretched over so long simply destroys any kind of incentive to engage with any gameplay loop besides the actual story, including fighting enemies

[boreal coyote]

im curious to try it but i cba, basically you find magazines that you read and buffs skills like sprint speed etc

[smoky hawk]

despite such mechanics merging and making you wnt to explore outside the story to better your skills and thus continue the story?

[serene barn]

i low key wanna ping Molt to ask if he would say it's worth it, in time, to put off starting a 2nd run until after the next update that they said would be soon after today's

like i would wait some days but idk about a whole other month.

[lunar wharf]

I don't get how exploring the open world "better your skills"

[crisp horizon]

frank west would love that mod

[smoky hawk]

better your gear
why do you think upgrades are so costly

[lunar wharf]

going outside the story is basically a gamble of trading armor condition for food, meds and ammo, hoping to find enough artefacts to sell to recover your armor condition loss

[boreal coyote]

i was thinking project zomboid but frank would adore it yes 🤣

[smoky hawk]

yhea,

[lunar wharf]

upgrades are not nearly as impactful as the game wants you to believe

[smoky hawk]

and yet they are impactfull to change you style of play with how they work

[crisp horizon]

we talking early game? cuz about mid way in i became a walking tank

then again i do use the journalist stuff sometimes so maybe thats why

[lunar wharf]

you can completely ignore upgrades and simply save money to buy better gear.

Style of play, eh you mean just shooting your AK or SMG with 650 ammo ? Whatever the ammo type or caliber anyway ?

[abstract oasis]

tbh i hope the devs do add a sandbox mode to stalker 2 somewhere in the future. I love the story don't get me wrong but Living life as a stalker and exploring the zone is also a something that is neat. Hunting mutants, artifacts etc

[brittle star]

Month of waiting for a patch that has nothing essential in it 😭

[lunar wharf]

The game doesn't need to have different ammo types etc. It needs to focus on delivering a compelling story and sidestory with choices and dilemmas

[crisp horizon]

anomaly 2 lol

[subtle edge]

Aim bot fixed in this patch? xD

[boreal coyote]

whats stopping you doing that in the base game though?

[brittle star]

They should have added binoculars, noctovision and several new stuff to the game by now

[unkempt vault]

I know what I wanted to ask: why does max Psi protection not keep you alive in emissions?

[boreal coyote]

you think the story writers also make the ammo? 🤣 i loved the story tbh

[smoky hawk]

upgrading your gear will give you an easier time and change how you play with better weapons, better damage, more accurate
especially gear, upgrades to armour can and do change how you play

[brittle star]

and dont get me started on A life

[crisp horizon]

i have a note on my game that is basically a save structure list so i can always know where i am and which save is what

[smoky hawk]

the game doesnt need cues from GAMMA
it just needs to readd the missions they cut and fix the a-life to a level that allows better dynamity

the loop is good as it is

[lunar wharf]

just save money, go in shop, buy better gear. Or save money, get armor from NPCs and repair. The story sustains you with good gear by itself

[smoky hawk]

yes, and?

[crisp horizon]

i hope radiant quests from certain factions gets fixed too

[smoky hawk]

also

they need to fix dialogue

cut all voiced dialogue and return to text

[abstract oasis]

Oh i do, just saying having a option to keep playing in the zone after the main storyline would be neat

[smoky hawk]

make lines nad lines of dialogue now

[lunar wharf]

like you can look in the entire lesser zone, you won't get anything better than the first shit you'll loot in the zone after. Hence, it discourages you to explore and engage with the open world or upgrade your existing gear aka engagement with gameplay loops > then why making it so big ? The game would be better by being smaller, more streamlined, etc

[still edge]

not fix alife, implement alife, its not here yet

[smoky hawk]

you assume that the only reason a person may want to explore is that there is some underlying motivation behind when most if not all the time exploration is done for new views and base item farming
you say that exploration isnt encoraged but plenty of ppl focus on the exploration of S2

[serene barn]

something i really do like though despite not being immersive, is the personal stashes being linked because thank fuck.

[smoky hawk]

seems encouraged enuff grok

[reef ridge]

Y'all mind if I ask where I can find the Kharod?

[river chasm]

I enjoy the intrinsic value of exploration. I do it just because I can pretty much

[smoky hawk]

late game, many places
search around

[boreal coyote]

i think that's subjective tbh, i love exploring the game for the sake of it, which is rare for me but the world they created is so interesting to me so that alone is incentive for me to explore

[lunar wharf]

Yeah and if you want to loose yourself in an open world to be immersed I think STALKER GAMMA is just straight better, but that's just me

[reef ridge]

Thank you. I just got to Malachite.

[smoky hawk]

yhea if I want to be annoyed and aimless 70% of the time doing nothing
I would play GAMMA

[still edge]

i would say 90% of the immersion of GAMMA is because of alife

[serene barn]

do like the Kharod, only really remember where i found 1 of them off the top of my head though

[lunar wharf]

aimless? That's a you thing though, there's pretty much a lot to do. But anyway, it's subjective.

[still edge]

playing for fun instead of playing for artificial goals, who wouldve thought

[maiden grotto]

Except for the 80,000 spawns a minute, incase people get bored...

[keen lagoon]

[smoky hawk]

the last point is, GAMMA is not the same as what Stalker is, nor should it be, and Stalker 2 isnt trying to be what GAMMA is, therefore trying to smush what Stalker 2 is into GAMMA will always leave it with problems bc they are 2 completely diff experiences that try different things completely

[boreal coyote]

i have an A-life mod that fixes that

[shrewd needle]

2 Bloodsuckers randomly spawning every 5 minutes gets old fast.

[maiden grotto]

Which one? as I have tried most fo them and they do nothing

[serene barn]

i can dm you where i remember finding one on a body if you want, i assume it should be the same place for you as the bodies were static ones i think.

[shrewd needle]

Just to know, is GAMMA stand-alone or requires any of the trilogy games?

[boreal coyote]

1 sec

[lunar wharf]

I agree but then I also question myself of why did they want to make the open world aspect occupy such a large place in STALKER 2 when it's clearly half cooked

[reef ridge]

That sounds great, thank you!

[smoky hawk]

yhea, if I wanted to play a bad mod I would play dead air

[lunar wharf]

standalone

[still edge]

mad because gamma is super popular and literally revitalized stalker community?

[smoky hawk]

https://tenor.com/view/j-jonah-jameson-spiderman-spiderman2-not-funny-not-funny-didnt-laugh-gif-18346794

"revitalized"

[maiden grotto]

It's snobbery mainly...

[shrewd needle]

quietly gets popcorn.

[still edge]

i think someone hasnt been paying attention. Have you see the google trends for stalker when gamma mod came out?

[boreal coyote]

@maiden grotto so its shays living zone and maklanes zone overhaul

[lunar wharf]

[indigo oriole]

Yeah with the enemies spawning right behind ur back in the 4 last missions. I think because of enemies AI and their aimbot from 150m is immaculate there is no sense to run around the map and collect better weapons armor or any upgrades. It’s just pointless. And don’t get me started with weapon attachments like svu supressor which is in the game, same as coupled mags for Kharod or Saiga drum magazine which u can use for like 5 minutes before ending. It’s a joke. And im the biggest joke cuz I play on Xbox and I can’t use mods or console commands …. F this

[smoky hawk]

as I said before, exploration is incentivised by the mere fact you are seeing smth new, the way you find new stashes with these very simple puzzles that force you to still look around and do smth and the fact that you are just looking at smth new you havent seen before already incentivises you to explore beyond what you would once
its proven to be this way by how ppl play and talk about their experience, it doesnt look to be missing anything

[still edge]

maybe knowing stalker history through the years is not a requirement to be stalker mod in discord

[maiden grotto]

Okay... Coz I trried shays once, and it spawned two Pseudogiants on me during an emission and squad of zombies....

That was fun 🤣

But I have never heard of Maklanes though

[smoky hawk]

you mean, Stalker 2 advertisement blowing the game up? yhea I seen that]

[cyan niche]

Anyone else experiencing shader compilation being way longer than before?

[boreal coyote]

what!?🤣 you won the shit lottery my friend

[lunar wharf]

"the main drive for exploration is exploration !!". Why aren't you playing google streetview all day long then?

[still edge]

nop, my youtuve feed was blowing up long before stalker 2 , "why you should play GAMMA" "is GAMMA the best mod ever?" "why everyone is playing stalker again here is why"

[smoky hawk]

https://www.geoguessr.com

[lunar wharf]

Yes exactly

[maiden grotto]

Immediately after I booted the game... I saved on the roof of a house in Bloodsucker village... Yeah...

[smoky hawk]

its not my fault that you were tricked by wadadingo salesman into playing a bad mod
no use crying about it to me

[still edge]

why are you mad bro? its just a mod, you dont need to be so defensive, you are a moderator not a stalker 2 cultist, you can just say gamma is a great mod, and stalker 2 is a great game thats it.

[dense aurora]

im stuck in swamp on last item to turn off and some beast is attacking me and the emissions happens i cant find out how to get over there without falling in water

[lunar wharf]

You are the only one being disrespectful here and bringing drama

[keen lagoon]

I think while Gamma improves a lot for the player experience, GSC is trying to tell a story at a massive scale, while some of the features are undercooked and I do wish they would look at GAMMA and Anomaly for ideas cause at the end of the day all 3 share a similar vision of the zone saying who's right or wrong what's good or bad is Subjective to this experience and I think melding them together will soley rely on the Modding community, with that said I do believe GSC could benefit looking at modders for insightful ideas

[smoky hawk]

we are having a discord convo, why are you saying Im mad

[shrewd needle]

Problem is the exploration is hampered by locked areas that make no sense to be locked lore-wise, though.

[still edge]

because you sound defensive, and discrediting a extremely popular mod like if your life depended on it.

[smoky hawk]

do I need to talk like Im dopped on SSRI or smth?

[maiden grotto]

Also the hills that you cant get up, that restrict playing area and ability explore

[boreal coyote]

@lunar wharf @smoky hawk wtf are you 2 even arguing about? some people like gamma some dont, theres no right answer 🤣 🤣

[lunar wharf]

No it’s more like you sound like stalker 2 is the best game you ever played in your entire life

[unkempt vault]

I gotta play that eventually

[smoky hawk]

if youre talking about Pripyat, you can make the argument but I will still say its fine to lock it as it makes part of a very small portion of the map and doesnt lock you from explorating the rest
if you mean like, the puzzles, thats what makes exploring fun

[smoky hawk]

do you need a reason to make fun of each other and fight on disocrd?
its fun, why else would you be here

[unkempt vault]

I only just started CoP before launch day unfortunately I guess I’ll go back when they announce whatever expansion for 2

[boreal coyote]

you'll either love it or hate it, i found it too complex tbh but many swear by it

[lunar wharf]

I’m just discussing about stalker 2 design decisions while he just wants to shit on gamma for whatever reason

[smoky hawk]

not by a long shot, I literally said points where it doesnt work and needs to better to become good
but yes, adding GAMMA mechanics, will not "fix it"

[boreal coyote]

fair 🤣

[still edge]

exactly

[keen lagoon]

adding gamma mechanics would fix several player grievances though

[unkempt vault]

[shrewd needle]

No, I'm not talking about just Pripyat...I'm talking about still-accessible areas like laboratories and plenty of other 'locked' doors that require plot keys rather than allowing me to just break in and explore.

Like, hell...locked doors would not even exist in the Zone due to everyone breaking in everywhere.

[smoky hawk]

many a player are wrong

[lunar wharf]

Making engaging mechanics backed by the exploration would go a long way to improve the open world part of stalker 2. I’m not talking about gamma mechanics per se

[wintry mulch]

GAMMA could literally cure cancer and cause world peace and they'd still shit on it for weird reasons.

[boreal coyote]

stalker 2 is great and its shit, give it 6 months and it'll be more great, if you prefer gamma well there might be a gamma 2 some day down the line? im not sure how modable stalker 2 is compared to the xray engine but who knows what can be done 🙂

[lunar wharf]

Something as simple as : reward for killing mutants, repair items in stashes

[still edge]

GAMMA could create world peace and he would still say "scam mod for people with no money"

[smoky hawk]

mhe, many doors remain locked after years and years despite ppl being able to break them, I dont see the overall issue

[maiden grotto]

Not talking about Pripyat... In general. Huge chunks of the map are blocked off by unscalable hills. And until you complete the quest line in Lessor you are blocked off from the rest of the map...

[smoky hawk]

thats called, Gunslinger

[hoary crest]

Lessgooo patch day!#

[serene barn]

prepare to be disappointed

[unkempt vault]

I don’t have much of a problem with super esoteric fan games sometimes I wish regular games were as deliberately made to begin with

[still edge]

gamma community is going to go HAM on stalker 2 sdk

[keen lagoon]

Look what I said is subjective, how ever the gunplay experience we have for immersion alone is a very thin line. We have weapon malfunction, but we don't have staged reloading? We have no stages of bleeding? but we have limb mechanics? Limb mechanics not being used fully, but we have joint detection? I could list a multitude of design aspects that are not cooked that Gamma already uses to create more Immersion if you would like.

[orchid isle]

bruh we waited so long for this patch?

[shrewd needle]

Yea, I'm not sure the door in X-16/18 would be locked after Strelok raiding it more than a decade ago. Same with plenty of other places...

[maiden grotto]

What do Makliners mod do?

[still edge]

maybe devs took a small vacation

[lunar wharf]

I’m not planning to make GAMMA 2

[orchid isle]

maybe someone else will make GAMMA 2 😄

[serene barn]

i wish there was more Labs to explore in Stalker 2. they give me the same feeling as the Dwemer Ruins from Skyrim.

[keen lagoon]

yeah Imagine trying to head two projects

[unkempt vault]

It’d be funny if it was like Arma or Snake Eater

[lunar wharf]

Maybe but I hope that it will be called differently

[hoary crest]

I agree a lot of those things would be nice to have, but comparing this to Gamma is a bit of a fools errand, its not a community project with 10 years worth of modding backing it up, sad though it is, but no doubt a lot of mods in the coming years wil add a bunch of immersion factors in.

We just need the SDK, though I kinda hope we get a (mostly) feature complete game before that so's patches dont break everything constantly

[charred nova]

https://tenor.com/view/neutron-star-neutron-star-cigarette-cigarette-charlie-moist-critical-gif-18373819313414893684

[smoky hawk]

wtf bleeding stages and limb mechaics
stalker 2 doesnt have limb mechanics, you are not tracking the health of separate body parts

[keen lagoon]

Stalker2 does have limb mechanics

[smoky hawk]

do you want CS bleeding back or smth?

[lunar wharf]

Yes but you must also consider that 90% of the efforts were to bring X-ray to modern days.

[charred nova]

Yes I do

[boreal coyote]

the mckalnes zone overhaul? it changes how NPCs behave in combat and it changes how consumables work, for example energy drinks last a bit longer instead of just refilling the bar they will also make it drain slower for i think 90 seconds, bandages will heal bleeds but will not give HP and med kits will heal very slowly as apposed to instantly replenishing your hp

[smoky hawk]

explain to me what you mean, maybe Ill understand what youre saying

[smoky hawk]

https://tenor.com/view/mujikcboro-seriymujik-gif-24361533

[lunar wharf]

Stalker 2 state is because of design choices, not because of a lack of anything (well the dev condition were awful so there’s that)

[smoky hawk]

I assume by bleeding stages you mean like, light and heavy bleeds which???

[still edge]

too big of a map , i wouldve prefer a half the map size but with alife. and then the rest of the map as a dlc

[serene barn]

staged reloads? is that when you remove a mag from a gun and then interrupt the reload, then when you go to reload again the mag is already out? if so that'd go hard in S2

[smoky hawk]

its when the stage of a reload is kept in memory so that it can be resumed when you do it again

basically]

[hoary crest]

Darktide has this, and it rocks

[boreal coyote]

its badly needed tbh

[lunar wharf]

Indeed

[smoky hawk]

if you stop the reload before you insert a new mag but after you take the mag out, when you restart the reload it should be at the point where youre inserting the mag

[serene barn]

TL:DR, yes. lmao

[still edge]

that would be great, its quite annoying to cancel the shotgun reload 0.1 second away from the finish animation. Seeing the shells inside the shotgon, trying to shoot and i still have 0 ammo.

[smoky hawk]

they shouldvbe just ported AMK A-Life none of this would be an issue

old solutions are still good for today

[serene barn]

personally i only remember it from like CoD MW 2019 i think

[smoky hawk]

AMK once again, proves to be the catch all

[cobalt fiber]

Are we whinging again?

[maiden grotto]

Hmmmmm not sure if I like that idea or not...

[ornate sable]

Disagree, I love the big map. The A-life in the game now works well enough for the kind of game it is. You go from A to B, and A-life things happen in between.

[smoky hawk]

nha they need to expand it

its a good stsart
but its just that a start

[warped stream]

still wish they kept more to the older games and not whatever we got, def needs work

[boreal coyote]

you can just get a base version that makes the gunfights better without the consumable changes, i like them though

[still edge]

there is no alife currently, maybe you like the smoke screen that you are seeing right now, npc spawn around you, there is no npc life that lives outside the players radius

[smoky hawk]

yhea
hopefully we fight a helicopter in the DLC

[indigo meteor]

Did the patch actually help?

[serene barn]

Energy Drinks and Water actually already speeds up your stamina regen for a little time other than just refilling the bar. took me longer to find out than it should have but i would have rather it made me drain slower.

[shrewd needle]

If the 2 Bloodsuckers randomly spawning every 5 minutes is part of the A-Life, then I don't want it, thanks.

[warped stream]

still would be more fun than fighting the chimera or giant

[ornate sable]

There are NPC's tht live outside of the radius, I've seen it myself.

[sturdy verge]

😂

[shrewd needle]

What, like Limansk Hospital? 2 RPGs at a hovering helicopter?

[maiden grotto]

I tried one mode that is supposed to end x-ray wallhacking NPC's... It does the squareroot of naff all...

Getting tired of being shot through walls, thick foilage with sniper accuracy... hiding in grass and behind bushes should be a thing.

[still edge]

nop, the max radius is 500 mts , the render radius is 100 mts, outside these radius there is no npc living, npc despawn and they are gone for ever, game respawns new npc with different names to repopulate the areas. alife doesnt exist right now, its just a complex npc spawner right now.

[smoky hawk]

bring it back
it was a fun combat arena

[steel perch]

what a weak patch

[boreal coyote]

i wish they had little buffs visible on screen so we can actually know whats happening, for example why isnt there anything on screen to show me my psy block when i pop the pill? so i know when its wore off, little qol things like that would go a long way

[shrewd needle]

I mean...I didn't enjoy the fact that it was a linear level...and that you couldn't turn back after, but, eh...wouldn't mind it as a free-roam explore.

[cobalt fiber]

Not a fan of those little fade away icons tbh

[smoky hawk]

so you also disliked Limansk

[shrewd needle]

Think CP2077 shows that near the health bar, it'd be nice but barely noticeable.

[serene barn]

yeah it would be nice to have a meter or something to know when i will start seeing people who isn't there before i see them lol

[smoky hawk]

#📰┃announcement message
next should be very soon

[shrewd needle]

Mostly because it's a fictional area just created randomly for the prequel and because, as I said, it's linear...no free-roam, no exploration, just rush like CoD or some garbage like that.

Same reason I hated the CNPP in SoC...no exploration, just rush.

[maiden grotto]

That psi-bloack and Hercules stuff is insanely short lasting... should 15-20 mins, considering how rare they are in game...

[ornate sable]

It's a less complex NPC spawner than old A-life, but old A-life was at the end of the day just a complex NPC spawner. You went from A to B in old Stalker, and A-life happened in between. You go from A to B in S2, and A-life happens in between.
"Oh no, but in old A-life you could run into the same random NPC twice!"
OK, neat, but I'd rather have a big beautiful map.

[warped stream]

I like how they already do it, gotta learn how effective something is and when to pop more if need be

[smoky hawk]

its exactly what it needs to be for the finale and it works perfectly for that, its not supposed to be a normal level, like I said, a good combat arena

you need em in a Stalker Game

[shrewd needle]

Personally, I'd rather have a map that doesn't need an SSD and 150 GBs.

[smoky hawk]

in truth... if you analyze how a Stalker game is made youll see that its close to how a CRPG is made
once again, we archon back to it

[shrewd needle]

I've got nothing against combat arenas (unless they're Doom 2016-like arenas). My problem is with the limits on exploration...and rushing the pace through them.

[serene barn]

Hercules becomes literally useless whenever you're able to hit the hard cap without they put on carry weight at 140 anyway.

[maiden grotto]

Get an SSD... They are cheap for what they are now.

[cobalt fiber]

Psy block and hercules is not rare

[still edge]

nop its not just an spawner, alife from stalker 1 was a complex behavior and planning system for all npc. Right now its just a spawner with random navegational paths to make npc crash with eachother. Right now its not alife, and thats why GSC took the "alife" from the steam page. Are you gonna argue with GSC too?

[shrewd needle]

Yea, not cheap for me. So...I'll pass on that for now.

[maiden grotto]

Console?

[smoky hawk]

whos gonna tell him that A-Life for SOC was a spawner with random navigational paths

[shrewd needle]

No, PC...never using consoles even if Sony/MS give them to me for free.

[ornate sable]

SSD has been the standard for like 10 years now though...

[boreal coyote]

?? its literally impossible to tell, i dont think psy block even does anything, you can pop one and get stunned by a controller 2 seconds later or illusions can also spawn right after taking it

[shrewd needle]

Doesn't mean they've been affordable...and you know affordability is different things to different people.

[maiden grotto]

Good man

[smoky hawk]

mhe depends on countries
ppl see prices in the EU and America and assume its like that everywhere else but youre gonna have problems if youre in like, egypt or smth

[serene barn]

well i mean it just makes you more resistant whatever the 10+ it gives means in practical terms.

[maiden grotto]

And yet it worked better than sh*t we have today...

Seriously, 4x Pseudogiants in Duga? 6x Bloodsuckers in teh Lesser zone? Spawn after Spawn every two mins....

[still edge]

It had a spawner, of course if npc dont spawn , npc dont exist, but like i said its more than a spawner, npc had behaviours , had their own inventory, they performed actions like resting, playing guitar, escape, engage, conquer land, sneak , steal , take from inventory, visit town. Right now they do maybe 20% of it and also its a canned behavior, npc spawn just to travel to town , when before they did all of these at random intervals and depending of the enviroment and situations.

[smoky hawk]

like I said before, S2 needs to up the game for A-Life but ppl overstate the OG A-Life, its a combination of, Iassanev lieing and ppl not understanding the system

[ornate sable]

Pseudogiants, Burers, Controllers, and Poltergeists aren't A-life mutants. If you run into one, it was placed deliberately there.

[boreal coyote]

that means nothing to me though when you cant see what your psy levels are to begin with though 🤣 so +10 is completely arbitrary, in the old games there was a psy meter in the inventory screen

[maiden grotto]

No seriously, keep an eye on amazon, and wait for a sale... And save your pennies

[still edge]

now you have stalker 2 moderators trying to rewrite history, now everyone is saying "what is alife?" "maybe alife never existed" .
the level of fanatism

[smoky hawk]

yhea but its a problem of quantity of actions not how they choose em
and how long the radius is

[warped stream]

^, like the 990 evo 2tb is only 130 now, and you can usually get some 1tb ssds for sub 100

[shrewd needle]

Exactly, and I don't get the easy incomes/prices of EU/NA, so...c'est la vie.

[smoky hawk]

I dunno man, I had ppl here telling grand stories about A-Life that could never be, it seems like nobody even understands how it works and is fine having their own interpretation of it
Iassanev, of course, likes to play along, tho I dont think youd understand him

[shrewd needle]

There's better things to buy, though...like next month's bills and groceries and such. SSDs are a luxury I can live without.

[maiden grotto]

Wrong... I had the 2 near in the base in Duga, killed those two, went to grab athe unique M701, another one spawned.... Killed that, grabbed the Cavalier, went to the roff of the building near by, another one spawned....

They do spawn again.

[still edge]

its the actions and the system not ready to collect all that data, right now there isnt a global database of all npc, so they cant even do all these and the actions are not there to begin with.
Your argument is literally saying the game is lacking

[shrewd needle]

Bloodsuckers literally spawn EVERY SINGLE TIME I stop for 2-5 minutes...like...ANYWHERE.

[smoky hawk]

my point isnt aht Stalekr 2 is perfect, never said it was
but that ppl dont exactly understand Stalker SOC A-Life and prefer to phantasize about it to suit the argument theyre having at the moment

[minor wyvern]

Currently downloading the new patch! Anyone took it for a spin yet? Any noticeable improvements?

[mystic rivet]

I waited 5000 years just for a little patch...

[shrewd needle]

$100 is not cheap, BTW...it's significant amounts of money.

[still edge]

i did understand i played the game 15 years ago , many times, i read articles about alife, i saw the analysis videos, i did my homework, so im not trying to be a flat earther equivalent for "alife non-believers"

[smoky hawk]

yhea, I said it lacks stuff like, 10 minutes ago wdym

[warped stream]

$100 is still pretty solid for m.2 prices, used to be a lot more too

[shrewd needle]

HDDs have the $/TB value that's never going to be matched by SSDs...and hence, they make for the logical purchase. And, as I said...there's other things to buy, like bills and groceries.

[cobalt fiber]

I eat £100 worth of food if not more a week

[smoky hawk]

Im not sweeping for S2

I litearlly said that it needs to fix A-Life and put the cut quests back in

[frigid hill]

skiprat has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[shrewd needle]

Yea, I can't pay that for an SSD.

[frigid hill]

skiprat has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[minor wyvern]

Does this discord have a mods discussion section?

[smoky hawk]

#🔩┃trilogy_modifications

[warped stream]

@maiden grotto only mentioned the top end since a 2tb samsung is only like $140 which is really good considering the deal and the 2tb/speed, whereas a decent 1tb with half the speed is ~$80. So less than double the price for about double both the size and speed

[maiden grotto]

Oi, can I have my last message unblocked... stupid Wolf

[smoky hawk]

for ssds you should upsellf and get a reputable brand as opposed to getting smth like adata or smth

[minor wyvern]

Many thanks, can’t seem to see this section in the list

[smoky hawk]

no matter what jack says

[frigid hill]

skiprat has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[warped stream]

might be the $50

[shrewd needle]

Sometimes, moderation feels like a joke in this server, especially with the meme that's 30 seconds of slow-mode.

[frigid hill]

skiprat has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[warped stream]

yeah just say like $ 50, iirc we added $50 and 50$ since thats in like every steam scam message

[shrewd needle]

Wolf gone off the rails thanks to the shit profanity filter.

[frigid hill]

skiprat has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[cobalt fiber]

£50

[shell flax]

What is the dude trying to say that wolf has such a major issue with

[shrewd needle]

Just say USD...easier.

Also, blocked word/letter, in this case $.

[frigid hill]

skiprat has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[cobalt fiber]

£50 STEAM GIFT!

[warped stream]

$50

[weary hedge]

I smell poor people

[maiden grotto]

I am getting blocked for saying $ 5 0

[shrewd needle]

$60 Steam gift. 😏

[frigid hill]

l3aperjr has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[weary hedge]

$19 fortnite card

[smoky hawk]

$34

[maiden grotto]

$31

[warped stream]

@waxen marten maybe a bit of bot tweaking is in order lmao

[shrewd needle]

$2-bit people.

[shell flax]

LMAO Why is it 50 bucks only

[serene barn]

prolly because fifty dolla steam thingy is what the large majority of those disguised scam links use.

[ornate sable]

Still not A-life spawns.

[warped stream]

steam scam messages are always
click this cool link for $50/50$ free steam card!!!

[shrewd needle]

Also, remove slow-mode. 30 seconds is ridiculous...

[sturdy verge]

69?

[smoky hawk]

yhea, make it a minute

[shell flax]

$52

[serene barn]

i have seen some say 25 dollars but 50 is like 95% of the ones i see

[warped stream]

that is beyond my control

[shrewd needle]

I meant for that guy you pinged, not you.

[maiden grotto]

Yes they... Where else did they come from... They weren't there before... I killed them 😄

[cobalt fiber]

Yes let's change it to 60 seconds again

[shell flax]

4 hours

[shrewd needle]

So, you've chosen death at the hands of a Burer...

[warped stream]

1 week cooldown on every channel

[maiden grotto]

You can only post once per upadate 😄

[cerulean socket]

Honestly I wouldn't but it above Scar to say some brainrot

"Skif, I need the Zone's hawk tuah!"

[cobalt fiber]

But not for us

[shell flax]

Once per fiscal quarter

[maiden grotto]

lol

[shrewd needle]

Once per fiscal year.

[crystal granite]

Once in a blue moon

[sturdy verge]

for every day that strelok doesnt get a toupee add another min cool down

[shrewd needle]

Once per 50 USD Steam Gift.

[charred nova]

Wow you talking bad on my name

I never tell people to use shitter brands smh

[crystal granite]

Who's getting hair first? Strelok or Korshunov?

[maiden grotto]

Shakes blue sparay can - Okay, say R

[smoky hawk]

Im not buying Chinese SSDs jack
only Taiwanese SSDs

[warped stream]

you linked me a $20 m.2

[serene barn]

how much do you think the VA for Scar would need, like money, to read off brainrot lines? lol

[charred nova]

When?

What brand

[cobalt fiber]

I saw some guy who was the spitting image of Koroshunov in town yesterday

[sturdy verge]

Korsh is rocking the Mr. clean look and owns it!

[smoky hawk]

EXPOSED

[crystal granite]

What if Taiwan rebrands as China?

[cobalt fiber]

Wanted a pic but would have been weird

[smoky hawk]

we have lost....

[shell flax]

Get Korshunov’s VA to read the Navy seal copypasta

[shrewd needle]

They already have. They just don't know it yet.

[crystal granite]

Kinda reminds me of Bruce Willis

[ornate sable]

English or Ukranian VA? The Ukranian actor streams on twitch some times, you could ask in his chat there.

[maiden grotto]

$49.99 for a 1TB Western Digital Black... Great little SSD.

[serene barn]

EN one

[shrewd needle]

Didn't Willis get some recent problems with memory or cognition or some shit like that?

[inland sage]

Korshy is bald because he goes around in his exo with no helmet on

[hot minnow]

That’s it. That’s the update

[crystal granite]

Die Hard - Brainscorcher Version

[maiden grotto]

Dementia I believe

[smoky hawk]

more is comming very soon

[charred nova]

Adata isn’t a shit brand bro

[smoky hawk]

as was said

[inland sage]

Yeah that's why he retired from acting.

[charred nova]

It’s just not

[smoky hawk]

its a low quality brand

[cobalt fiber]

Thankfully he won't be starring in anything else. The last few films were rough

[crystal granite]

Not sure, haven't heard anything about it. Was too focused seeing Biden loose any remaining cognitive processes

[charred nova]

Can be depends on what you buy

[shrewd needle]

So if Korshunov is Bruce Willis...I guess he has dementia too, especially since he's in the Zone?

[ornate sable]

I used to have a 10k RPM "Raptor" HDD before SSD's became more common. Not a lot of storage space compared to regular HDD's, but faster. Good for games basically.

[sturdy verge]

nah he just uses the multi pass

[maiden grotto]

And Trump never having any cognative process... Just throws tantrums like a two year old 😄

[shrewd needle]

Trump soon heading the same way, unless he gets caught in another scandal with another woman.

[crystal granite]

Say what you want but at least he gets shit done

[charred nova]

Your acting like I told someone to buy a silicon power drive or something

[shrewd needle]

And he got elected...unlike the other contestant.

[charred nova]

If I ever said such a thing I’d happily let you take my head off

[crystal granite]

Okay so does that mean that Scar has alzheimer? He keeps thinking he's gonna go back to the Shining Zone

[shrewd needle]

That implies you still have a head, having been Handsome Jack for so long rather than someone sane... 😏

[maiden grotto]

As long as it is bonkers and deranged... Like P*ssing off all your allies 😄

That's great move

[charred nova]

My head is attached

[shrewd needle]

I mean, after all that brain-washing...there's a 500% chance of that. 😏

[maiden grotto]

For now 😄

[shrewd needle]

He going from being 'Handsome Jack' to 'Headless Jack' soon.

[crystal granite]

I'm not gonna dive into that in general, already got warned for bringing up Azov some time ago. All I'll say is Sounthern Border

[maiden grotto]

More like, Nearly Headless Jack...

[crystal granite]

😂 😂

[cunning plover]

ABOUT TIME... the update is out!! Wo-hoooo!!

[shrewd needle]

I mean, unlike Hogwarts...people won't be too kind to him recommending low-quality brands...they'll be brutal! 😏

But who knows? Maybe suffering being nearly headless can be as torturous.

[crystal granite]

Only a hot fix, main update on Thursday

[crystal granite]

sad idikamne noises

[maiden grotto]

The wokies got what they deserved, but the nut job, needs to calm down and stop being a deranged wally and annoying his allies oversea's.

[crystal granite]

I'm a European and I agree with majority of his stuff. All? No, definitely not. But after the last 4 yrs, ppl deserve better. And overseas needs to pull up their pants too

[charred nova]

Yah one of these days I’m gonna paint my ceiling red but till then….

[maiden grotto]

Until then it's a whiter shade of pale

[crystal granite]

Get a giant picture of the Monolith and plaster it to the ceiling. It'll be the first thing you see each day

[cobalt fiber]

Just read that Tenacious D aren't performing anytime soon due to a joke made about taking a pop at Trump (but not missing) that was made on stage in Aus

Bollocks that

[crystal granite]

Yeah it was one of the dudes bday and when asked for his wish, he said "I wish he didn't miss" alluding to the failed Trump assassination attempt at a rally. They caught major flak and a PR hit for that. The dude took it back, and then doubled down again

[coarse yew]

Did they fix the Ward quest line with this new patch?
Tried two new play throughs but they always softlocked

[hot minnow]

I don’t think any quest bugs were addressed

[vapid galleon]

[loud wadi]

Ok I got a solution for the leaning with Q and E issue.

To fix the leaning on Q and E and the Consumables on another button you put them as secondary actions and leave the main action slot empty.

Like this: #📸┃screens_and_videos message

[charred nova]

Monolith is lame and cringe so no

https://tenor.com/view/neutron-star-neutron-star-cigarette-cigarette-charlie-moist-critical-gif-18373819313414893684

[loud wadi]

I cannot set it to only "Hold" it forces "Toggle/Hold" still but it is an improvement

[shrewd needle]

Time to throw you to the Monolith without guns and see you say that.

[charred nova]

Well how’s that fair

Actually I wouldn’t matter I’d just pick a rock off the ground and

Throw it

They go chasing it like dogs

[pseudo lotus]

Those are some mighty words for an infidel within Gauss distance.

[sturdy verge]

not if i draw a chicken leg on it!

[civic relic]

when did softlock happen? im on 2nd playthru and doing ward this time i just got out of sirrccaa

[loud wadi]

A fix #☢┃stalker-general message

[charred nova]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/535052160442826752/1067055104450117683/F50B056F-8249-43E1-A013-DECBD69EA64C.gif

[coarse yew]

First time was at malachite and second time was sirca

[crisp horizon]

you cannot bind the dpi buttons on your mouse to anything without a macro lol

[civic relic]

man idk if i got lucky or what but i never actually have encountered any bugs other than the zalyissa shootout not working

[shrewd needle]

Highly doubtful, Jack.

[charred nova]

There pretty stupid so not that far fetched tbh

[cobalt fiber]

A lot of blasphemy from enemies of the Monolith today

[pseudo lotus]

Oh really? Well, our magic rock says YOURE stupid, so HAH!! Take that!!!!

[smoky hawk]

14 year old in discord trying too hard with the monolith thing

[charred nova]

Fr

[cobalt fiber]

https://tenor.com/view/face-awkward-cringe-gif-25272066

[pseudo lotus]

mods insulting users on main again

[cobalt fiber]

This is making me want to change faction ug

[pseudo lotus]

you guys just dont get it, you arent true rock enjoyers like me

[bleak drum]

Hey, did the cutscenes skip get fixed?

[smoky hawk]

yhea we huh, we passed the age of 14 so

we rly should make the server 18+

[loud wadi]

Aha, I use the Back/Forward buttons on my Mouse

[serene barn]

aren't Monolith supposed to actually be really well trained

[shrewd needle]

No. They're average people brain-washed into being soldiers. It's like uploading combat skills in The Matrix, only you don't have your free will unlike there.

[crisp horizon]

i left those as default for swapping fire modes, and ammo

[serene barn]

i swear that i remember them being talked about as well trained and well equipped

[charred nova]

He probably also soys out over Soviet Union

[crisp horizon]

perhaps the higherups in the monolith are well trained but most of them just suffer from tiktok brainrot

[serene barn]

i think you're thinking of the fact they only speak in really simple ways while being monotone af

[shrewd needle]

That's what others think, because the Group brain-washed them but just enough to make them zealots. The combat skills are all mind-washing...though, of course, it becomes muscle memory, so they retain those skills as Noontide.

[serene barn]

https://youtu.be/WEUcB5LLULU i watched this video a while back but i think this goes into how they were actually trained iirc. it's a video by WiseFish on the monolith and Noon

[heavy osprey]

theyre slow mush brain ogres

[pseudo lotus]

5 bucks says im older than you. dont bash a guy for having whimsy! and rocks.

[heavy osprey]

caveman IQ from brainwashing but still capable enough to be lethal.

when not in the wild they worship their obnoxious trash piles

[smoky hawk]

lets seee....

[bleak drum]

Hey pls, do you know if the cutscenes skip get fixed? Okay I willl test myself

[serene barn]

i just don't feel like that is accurate lol. like in the flashback memory we see of Strider they sure don't look simple when they're taking on the military or the uh what's their name again? IPDF? something

[smoky hawk]

lol
lmao
lmfao

[shrewd needle]

They retain their higher reasoning...just that the 'free-will' part has been twisted to zealotry.

[pseudo lotus]

Isnt the whole point of monolithians that they're the 'cream of the crop' in terms of stalkers? Guys who made it to the center of the zone, and found the wish granter?

[smoky hawk]

1 minute in and hes already wrong

this is bound to be fun

where did you get this guy, ho hes a fallout lore channel

[pseudo lotus]

many such cases
I gotta see this video.

[shrewd needle]

Or maybe that was before the Kaymanov Emitters were enabled?

Since people go crazy as much with the 'wish' as they do with the psionic radiation.

[serene barn]

are you just reading what captions was added or something lol

[pseudo lotus]

🤷 I always had the impression that, either way, the monolith only wants the strongest stalkers to serve under it, so those with skill and experience become monolithians, while more 'disposable' individuals are rendered into zombies.

I really wonder if that one zombified noontider at the top of the base would turn into/revert to a 'regular' monolithian once the x-network was reactivated

[serene barn]

i didn't finish that mission because i put it off too long

[pseudo lotus]

well, if that guy isnt there anymore. I'd assume he became monolithian only one way to know

[shrewd needle]

I'm pretty sure it's like the Reapers from Mass Effect...it depends on how you're controlled...considering the C-Consciousness had direct access to the noosphere and could influence if they wanted soldiers or outright zombify someone dynamically.

[serene barn]

but i feel like he wouldn't as that was the second time that he got affected by Psi and that time too wasn't even the controlled type that was used on them previously to turn them into monolith

[shrewd needle]

No, because his mind was completely gone. Regular Monolithians still have their minds intact.

[pseudo lotus]

Yea, agree. Those who make it to the center of the zone are probably just more likely to become monolith rather than a simple zombie, because there's a survivorship bias- only those who are already strong and cunning can even hope to make it that far in the first place

[lunar wharf]

“Ported” when there’s no notion of smart terrains in STALKER 2

if there’s no alife it’s because the map is too big.

Adding smart, logics, etc for such a big world is a gargantuan task

[serene barn]

the Psi that was used to brainwash the regular Monolith was a type that was controlled to do that. what he got hit by is just regular unregulated etc, Psi, so he turned into a Zombie the same way the Brain scorcher used to do to Stalkers

[lusty haven]

that was not the update we hoped for and waited for guys

[pseudo lotus]

Wardens are described as well-trained and very capable compared to the average stalker, and there's a warden who becomes monolithian after the assault on the Duga

[pseudo lotus]

why is everyone so impatient and ungrateful? good lord. Im just happy that my game launches normally now.

[lunar wharf]

With a smaller scope it would have been possible considering the development time frame

[mossy trench]

so nothing really changed in this patch?

[smoky hawk]

they are wrong on what the monolith do in the first minute
they get the reasoning behind the C-Con and the WishGranter wrong (they claim its to continue the experiment but after the second disaster all the C-Con is thinking about is stopping the spreading of their secrets and containing the growth of the zone)
they get the timeline for the creation of the facilities wrong
they get the use of the Brain Scorcher wrong
they get the function of the wish granter wrong
Lots of fan fiction about how the monolith works internatilly
the monlith plans is not to take over the zone like this guy tries to claim
8 minute mark
Im not watching this anymore

[mossy trench]

oh sh*t I read about 1.1.3 xD

[lusty haven]

you have no idea how much we waited for this, we got unfulfilled promises that is why, but we are grateful even though

[lunar wharf]

This is a bugfix patch what did you expect ?

[smoky hawk]

what you mean a Navigation Mesh? the standard in every game?

grok, how do you think NPCs go from point A to B?

[shrewd needle]

Right, but my point is that they can only get good at surviving, not at combat skills. Those...would be implanted, considering they can decimate entire trained military units like the Spetsnaz...you can't just get that level of skill as a stalker.

[mossy trench]

for sure not 115GB update once again, I hope I will still be able to do alt+F4 during shaders to play without waiting hour to compile it lol

[lunar wharf]

You are a stalker fan and don’t know what a smart terrain is ?

[pseudo lotus]

🤨 Ive been watching and waiting for this game for years, guy. Let them cook, you need to build a good and stable foundation before you start laying more construction down.

[abstract hatch]

game runs better since patch but i still want NVGs and binoculars

[pseudo lotus]

Im glad that they're prioritizing fundamental stability and engine issues, instead of bending the knee and throwing in half-baked features because zoomers cant wait a couple months. yeesh.

[smoky hawk]

Smart Terrain is a form of NavMesh adapted towards XrayEngine
you can adapt the NavMesh in UE5 to get values from and to AI, that is what its supposed to
its supposed to give AI information about the terrain, where to step and where not to

[charred nova]

Who is this smart terrain you speak of are they stealing my tax dollars

[weary hedge]

when patch

[shrewd needle]

CP2077 moment...

[lunar wharf]

Define random coordinates. Not that hard. NPCs do nothing when arriving somewhere. That’s what smart terrains are: coordinates with associated logics and properties dictating which NPC go / spawn in a given area to do specific activities or contextual activities

[mossy trench]

alife is still a sh*t, no changes in patch

[weary hedge]

it was a hotfix

[pseudo lotus]

the fact that the game released at all is a miracle. People are way way too demanding, let the devs work.

[smoky hawk]

yes, and this is achieved by adding more scripts and actions to the NPCs logic with infromation on the NavMesh
whats your point grok

[mossy trench]

alife should be fixed with hotfix since it's there, right?

[shrewd needle]

They don't remember the old days when games didn't get patched like this and when you had to insert multiple floppies/CDs just to install them.

Those were the days...

[weary hedge]

a life is not bugged, is bad, so its not something to fix like a bug

[lunar wharf]

My point is: it’s not about “porting” anything, it about building an entire system for the whole map

[neon frigate]

Oh hello grok, how's it feels to forever be associated with that stupid ai?

[abstract hatch]

nope, read patch notes and come back after

[pseudo lotus]

Imagine if new vegas could get the stalker 2 or cp77 treatment. Oh, what could have been....

[smoky hawk]

the system of NavMesh is already there, grok, I assume you know what AMK did to A-Life right

[lunar wharf]

If journalists could go ham saying that a game was made by Musk’s AI I could tolerate it

[shrewd needle]

Never played, so can't relate and I meant that CP2077 is still half-baked. There's so much missing...

[lusty haven]

we are let them cock we just need to make sure they continue on this path that's all

[lunar wharf]

Isn’t it the one adding stuff like trades between stalkers, stalkers to merchants etc ?

[pseudo lotus]

They're still working on fundamental engine optimizations to ensure game stability before they start throwing in more complex AI systems

[shrewd needle]

Musk has AI now? I thought all he had was Twitter brain-rot...

[pseudo lotus]

only form of intelligence that idiot has.

[abstract hatch]

how can you say it's missing if stuff was never there to begin with? they added a lot of stuff even recently

[shrewd needle]

It's Unreal Engine...imagine optimizing that rather than just throwing in DLSS and calling it a day.

Oh, wait... 😏

[smoky hawk]

AMK readded the A-Life interactions that were cut from development back into SoC
meaning that they added NPC simulation outside the map and expanded NPC simulation inside the map
this mod was relaesed in 2007, for SoC

its not for Anomaly

[pseudo lotus]

All of the people forgetting that SoC didnt have a-life on release is really something. The historical revisionism happening w/ the release of stalker 2 is CRAZY

[shrewd needle]

Because the CP2077 trailers implied a futuristic GTA with cybernetics and we barely got anything remotely resembling that.

GTA 1 and 2 had better cops than CP2077 ever did in its entire life-time...and that's just one system and that's saying something.

[serene barn]

pretty damn sure the C-con kept turning people who would get too close exactly because they didn't want anyone finding out about their secrets and their experiments though

[smoky hawk]

anyway
all the NPC simulation is done in LUA scripts, the Smart Terrain system is to allow NPCs to travel to said points not for their logic

[lunar wharf]

Wel NPCs mostly go from point A to B in a straight line and engage in environmental movement when something happens (like when they see the player). Thats not really what I call a NavMesh but ok , it’s a form of NavMesh. What’s missing is all the activities, positions to hold, factors that tell which squad should go where to do what, the offline simulation etc (well offline simulation exists to some extent)

[shrewd needle]

They'll get there...probably...at some point...maybe...hopefully...

[queen idol]

Yoo anyone know if the glitch where you couldn’t progress past the wish granter is fixed?

[lunar wharf]

Everything boils down to lua script if you go to that extent… (and some engine functions of course)

[smoky hawk]

this is not done, in NavMesh, its the NPC logic and scripting, like I said, they need to port that but, that doesnt touch NavMesh

[pseudo lotus]

yknow for a game with actually broken AI, stalker 2's gameplay and gunfights are pretty dang good.

I have full confidence in the team, considering the amount of engine fixes and patches they've put out in sucha short time. Even if this patch was underwhelming, it still tackled the most important issues- people straight up not being able to launch the game

The amount of updates they've put out since release would be daunting for any studio, even AAA

[smoky hawk]

I dont know why you gotta archon it back to SmartTerrains when, they arent what makes the NPCs intelligent

they are merely, a NavMesh implementation

[shrewd needle]

Too good gun-fights that AI can snipe me using buck-shot from 50-100 metres.

[lunar wharf]

It’s the foundation of alife

[pseudo lotus]

simply dodge the bullets, bro. ez.

[smoky hawk]

NavMesh is the foundation of ANY AI system be it simple or complex but its not what is actually what is telling it what to do

[neon frigate]

While the actual ai in the open world felt pretty mid, especially in comparison to the og trilogy, they still do pretty well in combat

[lunar wharf]

Smart terrains dictate what spawns, how often, what NPCs can do here and there etc

[smoky hawk]

yhes, its a navmesh

the system is already there they merely, need to expand it, like I said, just port AMK stuff

[lunar wharf]

Ok whatever

A NavMesh doesn’t dictate spawning but ok

[smoky hawk]

a NavMesh can contains informations that tell a system where to spawn something or not

like

even in stalker, its not the SmartTerrain telling the game to spawn something, its telling it thats where you spawn it, and the logic behind it is telling it when and what to spawn

its like, these 2 systems similarities are a industry standard in 3d game development for years or smth

[lunar wharf]

Omg. Yeah it’s the lua script that spawns shit alright. The smart terrain is “just” coordinates with associated information. Right.

What I mean is: stalker 2 spawning system is just random shit spawning around you.

What’s missing is an actual spawning logic to add some life to the world. And tell which activities can be done by what kind of NPC at said coordinates.

In stalker terms, all of this is under the umbrella of xr_ scripts and smart terrains.

Smart terrains do not seem to exist in stalker 2. Adding all these info in a coherent and balanced manner is huge task.

That’s it

[shrewd needle]

Why can't we all just go to Ganja's bar and chill?

[smoky hawk]

yhea thats exactly what Im saying, they need to add those back in, and just copy what AMK did

no one did it better than them

we are still stealing their work, to this day

[neon frigate]

I think Monolithians like me are shot on sight, sadly.

[smoky hawk]

I will get a AMK appreciation sticker one day...

[shrewd needle]

Yea, that's a stalker skill issue, NGL.

[lunar wharf]

Exactly why it’s not a manner of “just porting whatever” which was the reason of my original message

[abstract hatch]

All he ever does is complain about the guy that offered him some magic weed and then disappeared with his money, might have been Houdini

[shrewd needle]

Right, but I said we go to his bar, not that we listen to him. Just go there and relax instead of arguing about A-Life. 😏

[neon frigate]

Why does the pizza look like a Waffle when you look from a little away

[smoky hawk]

the system and logic of AMK was basically that it kept in memory the entire NavMesh of all maps outside the one youre in and made a, in memory real time simulation of actions, it had a dictionary of actions which each squad would refer back to, and basically spawn the squad in if they wander into the map, they also had to hijack the AI system to integrate and expand on their logic since they were the ones to add NPC Dynamic Messages (the ones that go "saw misha the stinky kill a dog in the towers of pripyat")

at that point you just gotta analyze and port that system (which going by Mol1ts messages on the matter and how the AI is working, seems to be what theyre doing except in a radius as opposed to the entire map)

[loud wadi]

How do you know when you will do a stealth kill with a knife? Seem totally random

[lunar wharf]

I guess that Anomaly alife is based on that. Sounds like what happens in anomaly.

[drifting forge]

Knife upside down

[loud wadi]

Sometimes yes, most of the time the character never does any pose

[smoky hawk]

yes, after AMK everyone adopted its way of doing things, COC optimized and expanded on that, and Anomaly uses COC engine and AI

[drifting forge]

Damn idk then

[smoky hawk]

you can archon a lot of stalker mod mechanics back to AMK if you trace their lineages

[serene barn]

when you see him flip the knife around?

[smoky hawk]

either that or Black Nature

[loud wadi]

He rarely flip the knife

Does stealth kill anyway.. 50% of the time. hmm weird.. why cant I send this message?

[serene barn]

if he doesn't you don't do a takedown, typically either you're not close enough or you're doing it on someone who can't be taken down that way.

[loud wadi]

Without adding "why cant I send this message"... and this neither withput adding the text after the dots.. was no enough...

[bleak drum]

So it was shustriy all along

[loud wadi]

No I am basically up in his butt and I have steath killed him in my previous save from 3 seconds ago

[lunar wharf]

Makes sense

[bleak drum]

I still can't skip cutscenes 😭 I hope GAMMA mods fix this one day

[serene barn]

my Skif never did the takedown if he didn't flip the knife so idk

[loud wadi]

This game feels worse than a Bethesda game in this part of the development.

[maiden grotto]

That's just complete OTT BS... You know that is not true.

[loud wadi]

I am 100% serious. I spend approx 40% of the time in this game trying to fix bugs or fiddling with settings. I am barely having fun.

[weary hedge]

you can't have fun thats the point

[heavy osprey]

I’m on my second play though on a 3050. It is possible to get it working with the right adjustments

as far as fun is concerned - fun is illegal in Stalker. only pain

[maiden grotto]

Compared to 100% of the time with Bethesda games. That require the community to fix, due to Bethesda not giving a crap...

[loud wadi]

Bethesda games suck without mods, absolutely. Stalker games have feen fun withput mods before but Stalker 2 is released a bit to early in development in my opinion.

[bleak drum]

Then buy dishonored 2 its 3$ bucks on GOG, good story, good stealth, good mechanics I recomend, 11 hours of entertainment

I had a lot of fun with stalker 2 but some stuff like bugs unskipable cutscenes make it impossible to make content 😫 😭 I hope GAMMA fixes this bugs

[dense bloom]

Is there a way to have DLSS 4 TRANSFORMER MODEL with a mod or something else? thanks !

[forest valve]

can irix xe graphics run stalker 2? or nah

[loud wadi]

Dishonored is not my kind of game

[cedar vine]

My quest is still bugged

[bleak drum]

My RTX 2060 runs stalker good on 30 fps, just put it on ssd so you don't have to wait sometimes for the map to load but now with the updates this also is not a big issue

[maiden grotto]

Completely agree that it was released early, that is for sure, about a year... But comparing it to Bethesda who are on a whole different level...

And more over, the dev's are doing an amazing job, to get stuff sorted...

[heavy osprey]

try DLSS swapper or manually placing

[bleak drum]

What are your kind of games

[loud wadi]

The devs HAVE done a great job so far, game has some amazing content that I do enjoy but the bugs are quite distracting. I look forward for the bug fixes!

[maiden grotto]

Why not use FSR3?

[dense bloom]

why not using both ?

[cedar vine]

I'm on a mission called in search of past glory and it's requiring me to take a blueprint to Dvupalov and when I get to him he just doesn't have any interaction with me at all I cant progress forward because of this quest I did raise the report before the new patch got released and they said they would fix it and it would be added to fixes in next patch but hasn't been resolved

[maiden grotto]

Annoying isn't the word.... You should have seen some of my previous posts over the weeks... feck me.

[maiden grotto]

But you are asking for mods and playing around with dll files... Just pointing out the FSR, you don;t need to do none of that stuff...

[dense bloom]

.... i do, since i use dlss and fsr 3.1 FG btw dlss crush fsr

[maiden grotto]

and what is your base FPS?

[dense bloom]

30-40 in cities, 40-45 outside

[bleak drum]

Bruh what is your type of games

[loud wadi]

Many games, I might like dishonored if I gave it a try but it doesnt seem fun, seems inspired by Bioshock which was horrible. DayZ is nice.

[weary hedge]

if the zone is in ukraine why not add some snow to an area... they get long winters there

[dense bloom]

of course this is base fps before FG HIT the fps base.

[weary hedge]

what time of year is it supposed to be canonically, do we know?

[loud wadi]

A bit of a pity that the main buildings interior with reactor 4 is not based on reality 😦

[heavy osprey]

if it’s totally bugged you may have to enable console and complete the mission that way so you can at least continue. there are guides on how to do this with the corresponding quest ID

[brittle star]

Is there a moder or file digger that can hit me up with stalker 2 faction patches? im trying to find them in fmodel, but i can only see errors

[bleak drum]

Dishonored 2 is nothing like Bioshok, its its own kind type game basically moved by stealth and a chaos system but you can also make a kill everyone run, also it looks cool and has a distinct steampunk ambient, its 3 eur I recomend it, I played the first Bioshok a bit and Bioshok is primarly a shooter while Dishonored is... well different altough you can also shoot but this is not the focused part

[maiden grotto]

what quality level upscaling you using?

[dense bloom]

quality but rn performance, just to test, i'll go balanced i think, but hence why i want to inject dlss4, since dlss4 transofmer Perf is better than quality dlss3..

[maiden grotto]

okay, but i wouldn't use FG, FG works better with high frame rates... as only real frames effect lag...

You are better off, as you trying, with lower quality dlss

[dense bloom]

yup, im a FG afficionados, i know it quite well, but i'll always prefer playing at 70-75fps with artifacts then 30-40, even with dlss perf its far from 60 fps with this game at medium low for me..

[shrewd needle]

All fake frames.

[dense bloom]

that looks like real frames, win win situation to me.

[shrewd needle]

Still fake.

[dense bloom]

still better than a choppy 40 fps experience 😄

[shrewd needle]

40 is perfectly fine, though, unless you've got motion sickness.

[maiden grotto]

what detail setting you using?

[dense bloom]

Lol, its horrible. I dont have motion sickness, just a sharp eye

[shrewd needle]

I play at around 20 FPS and there's barely any 'choppiness'. It's just slower, but not choppy (that's the HDD's job though, to be choppy).

[dense bloom]

😱 what ?

[shrewd needle]

Played games at even lower FPS. 30 is 'comfortable' and 60 is luxury.

[dense bloom]

yeah as soon as you'll taste AT LEAST 60 on REGULAR BASIS, u'll never want to go back; now i feel 60 to be very choppy because of LSFG 3.0 with 120fps ''fake frames'' ( but very real)

[shrewd needle]

I've played every FPS between 5 and 72. Never really had problems.

I mean, sure...60 feels nicer, but, eh...I can adjust to any of it.

[bleak drum]

GeforceNow free tier is pretty good

[shrewd needle]

Cloud gaming = 🤮

[maiden grotto]

It's the input lag that is the problem...

[bleak drum]

Why? If your speed is fast its good, you don't need anything

[shrewd needle]

Yea, I don't like relying on the internet to game.

5-10 FPS on my own PC is infinitely more preferable to cloud. And especially giving time to NVIDIA...just no.

[maiden grotto]

nScamia

[dense bloom]

you are one of a kind

[shrewd needle]

I suppose it's more noticeable in first-person than third-person.

[shrewd needle]

Heh, no. I'm just a regular person, like everyone else. I just keep my expectations low and everything else just fits in.

That way, you also don't have to worry about the long fall when your GPU gets blown and you're forced to make do with an iGPU.

[maiden grotto]

I don't use it, so couldn;t comment... Never getting nVidia again... just a scam

[dense bloom]

do you even see the difference between 30/60 ? or +60 fps @shrewd needle ?

[shrewd needle]

I meant the input lag is more noticeable in first-person than third-person...

[shrewd needle]

I'm a person of low expectations, not blind. I can see the difference between 45 and 60 FPS as well.

Haven't had problems either ways.

[bleak drum]

Do you use Linux? I hope they release SteamOS for pc so we can finally be free

[dense bloom]

Ok just asking, cuz usually people like who are suited for these LOW Framerates are usually the ones who doesnt care/see the difference, my brother barely see any difference between 30 motion blur and 60 nativie without motion blur..

[maiden grotto]

I get that... But I have never experience it myself, so I will take your word for it... As I have never used it...

As I would hate the disconect between what's happening on screen and the imputs I am making, it would drive me nuts.

[shrewd needle]

That's the thing...I've played Horizon: Zero Dawn at 5-10 FPS on an i3-7100 with the iGPU. That game is an unoptimized mess.

I've also played Counter-Strike: Condition Zero at 60 FPS (it locks at 72, but monitor's 60).

In both games, mouse/KB felt fine, but HZD just ran slower...as if it was in slow-motion rather than janking around. Everything moved a little bit slower, but mouse control remained fine as long as it didn't drop below 5 FPS.

Again, it'd be far more noticeable in first-person than third-person, not going to deny that.

[shrewd needle]

I'd love to be free of Windows, but Linux requires too much re-learning that I might as well just stay on Windows for now.

[dense bloom]

totally is on a FPS. The diff between 60 and 120fps is night and day to me on a fps, on a tps.. noticeable, but clearly less.

[shrewd needle]

No, I can see the difference just fine. I simply don't care, because for me, as long as the game runs, I don't give a shit about other things. I'm a low-end gamer, so...

[maiden grotto]

I use both linux and windows, I dual boot, and I wish that Stalker 2 ran native in Linux

[bleak drum]

I hope Gabe saves us all, they were trying to do it for 10 years, released it on the steamdeck

[hoary crest]

Oh god.. who mentioned Linux?

[maiden grotto]

Me.... And... hellooooo

[hoary crest]

Noooooooooooooooooooooo! Linux users are digital vegans 😛 Also, hello

[shrewd needle]

Right, but STALKER 2 is FPS and I'm doing fine at 20 frames. I wouldn't have anything better at 60 except maybe somewhat more smoother aiming.

Like, I'm playing on Veteran and I do gun-fights just fine. Zero problems, same as in Counter-Strike at 60 FPS.

[shrewd needle]

I wish I had the space to dual-boot Windows and Linux...250 GB SSD isn't enough for Windows and regular files, much less a dual-boot and definitely not for games.

[hoary crest]

There is less of a difference between 60-120FPS than there is from 20-60FPS lol

[dense bloom]

yeah latency, i dont talk about that, with fg, i have the latency of a 25fps player, BUT i play on controller so i dont mind.. thats also why i do FG ( even tho on controller artifacts are more spottable than MKB)

[fallen palm]

I wish they some more pistols such as the Czech Pistol called the Laugo Alien or Add a Glock 17.

[maiden grotto]

No... Windows is a shower of shyte now, that is poorly optimized and steals your data and forces you to "your" PC they way they want you to use it, not how you want to use... It's bloated and slow...

Windows XP and 7, were the golden age of Windows, not anymore.

[shrewd needle]

Obviously, but again...I can see the difference, but in actual gameplay, I do as well in S2 at 20 FPS as I do in CS at 60 FPS.

[dense bloom]

yes, totally lol, its playable to unplayable, while 60 is playable

[shrewd needle]

Microsoft died with 8. Except, like NVIDIA, they're more focused on being the juggernaut than consumer-friendly (as with any corporation), so, eh...

[hoary crest]

I agree, I was pulling your leg mate 😄 Sadly Windows is also idiot-proof, so until we see an operating system thats the same, its not gonna take off for the masses. Christ knows someone needs to dethrone MS tho

[bleak drum]

Bruh, Linux could really be more present now that we are in 2025 its not 2001 anymore, things could be more open source and some competition with windows could be cool, like Gabe helped create windows

Imagine not paying 40$ for your software and having more optiions it would be cool

[hoary crest]

Some people are really incapable of humour aint they 😄

[shrewd needle]

Humour? On the internet? Nah...we only do flame-wars!

[bleak drum]

I hope linux becomes something biger

[warped stream]

dual booting when it corrupts both my installs :)

[maiden grotto]

Shut it you melon munching gimp monkey 😄

[shrewd needle]

Please don't say 'gimp', it reminds me of the horrendous experience of using GIMP...

I'd take MS Paint.

[bleak drum]

Me when free Minecraft ( I have a virus) those who know 💀 🚬 (Balkan rage)

[warped stream]

banned

[maiden grotto]

Then you are doing it wrong... Not had an issue with this,,, I use Linux Mint too

[shrewd needle]

Now that's a mint-condition weapon for daily driving! 😏

[hoary crest]

It do be feeling like that sometimes 😂

[bleak drum]

https://tenor.com/view/linux-yeah-i-use-linux-gigachad-chad-arch-linux-gif-26093280

[maiden grotto]

I do game on it, when it is native... I just mainly use it when I am not gaming, streaming, browsing the net etc etc... All those viruses designed for windows... Don;t do nothing... Also, because of the lack of shyte, internet runs better... Everything is nice...

[warped stream]

nope, just a issue with dual booting itself. I just fully switched to Fedora 40 for my laptop, and my desktop has VMs for kali, ubuntu, ubuntu server, arch, bluestar, and a few other windows

[shrewd needle]

Can relate to that, but...sometimes, Windows is just easier to use. No re-learning required either.

[shrewd needle]

Filthy VM user! Imagine not installing shit directly on bare metal...

[warped stream]

if its anything aimed at bios, uefi, and deeper level stuff then it doesnt matter what OS you run

but yeah most dont work on linux

[bleak drum]

Me when Gabe Newell releaseas Linux 2 🚬 Those who know 💀 Still water + Stalker 2 rage+ Open Source + Sigma Boy boy sigama boy

[maiden grotto]

Never had that problem... I always setup up my dual boots per disc.... I got a 1Tb SSD (250gb 750gb) for windows and gaming, gaming on the 750 to avoid resinstalls when formating etc, a 2nd SSD 250 gb (Linux only), and 1Tb HHD WD Black....

Not an issue at all

[warped stream]

ah yeah then thatd work better, i only have one ssd on my laptop

[bleak drum]

Bro yis rich 💀

[warped stream]

I have two 2tb m.2s, a 512gb for local disk, and a 8tb hdd

[maiden grotto]

Mainly down to the fact of "SNOBBERY" to many linux users are just snobs and think they are better than everyone else, and actually hold it back is an everyday OS.

[shrewd needle]

Rich.

[maiden grotto]

No, I am poor as f*ck, out of work cos I have a bulging disc in my back, mental health issue and list of issues as long as your arm...

But I saved whilst I was working and spent my money wisely

[bleak drum]

Bro should get help 💀 Those who know 😭 Bros arm Sad emoticone

[shrewd needle]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQjLoQ1Za7E

A snob who thinks GUI installers are worse than terminals without considering the fact that most people want to remember memories with their families over BS commands for an operating system.

[warped stream]

me when tldr

[bleak drum]

Bro think TLDR is funny but tldr is when real 🚬

[maiden grotto]

Government says no... Because having legitimate health issues deserves nothing, but illegal people entering the country by boat deserve 5 star hotels and all the help they need.

[warped stream]

its a linux command you can get

shortened man pages

[shrewd needle]

Segregated social welfare...classic... 😔

[bleak drum]

let me guess, Turkey?

[maiden grotto]

UK

[pseudo lotus]

linux users when a person just wants to be able to change their desktop or open an application without typing 8 lines of code

👹 👹 👹

[shrewd needle]

Imagine having man pages but not woman pages... 😔

[halcyon inlet]

question: should i delete my mods folder for this patch?

[warped stream]

always remember to type "sudo rm -rf /" to verify your install!!!

[pseudo lotus]

this is why I have a macbook. I have a job.

[shrewd needle]

IKR? He literally calls people morons for wanting a simpler life. His only point is for the lying, which is valid, but like...the rest of the rant is mindless as shit.

[warped stream]

macbooks are disgusting

[maiden grotto]

That's not a thing anymore...

But they can still make it a lot easier for people, than what it is.

[warped stream]

anything apple 👎🏻

[bleak drum]

Bruh wdym UK, which Uk you a Scotlander or sum?

[shrewd needle]

Filthy Apple user! Blasphemer! Heretic!

[maiden grotto]

ENGEEEEEEEEEEEEERLAND

[warped stream]

mac is only cool if you modify it right

[shrewd needle]

There's literally just one UK...

[pseudo lotus]

I got it for free from work. I do work on it. It works flawlessly for me. Doesnt constantly bother me to update like windows does, and doesnt need some extra TLC like linux. just a lightweight machine that does what I need it to

[warped stream]

ah if its free then that makes sense, just not something id go out of my way to buy

[maiden grotto]

Free from work.... Best deal ever

[pseudo lotus]

I used to be an apple product hater, and I still despise the company, but good LORD do they make a device thats just intuitive to use

[bleak drum]

Those who know Ubuntu 💀
Those who "can xdg-open /path/to/file.pdf" 🚬

[shrewd needle]

They're the Ferrari of the technology world.

Great cars/phones, shit companies.

[maiden grotto]

No they don't... I used an iPhone for 3 hours, then put an hammer through it... Absolute dog sh*t of a system

[warped stream]

easy file conversion too! just remember this short command:
sox -e float -t raw -r 192000 -b 32 -c 2 iq_file -t wav -e float -b 32 -c 2 -r 192000 .wav

[maiden grotto]

I tried ubuntu, but hat it now...

[shrewd needle]

GUI any day.

[pseudo lotus]

My macbook and my iphone leave me alone. I also know for a fact that apples 'ask not to track' actually does mess with corporate data scrubbing, because I work in SEO and saw the direct impact that had across the industry.

[pseudo lotus]

You sound like a very stable and reasonable person.

[bleak drum]

Me when "Convert online" 😎

[warped stream]

linux bash goes hard though

if you have something you use a lot you can just shorten it to like
"convert" file1 file2

[maiden grotto]

I am... That is why I don;t use Apple, over priced shyte aimed at brainless hipsters

[cobalt fiber]

I'd put a hammer through an iPhone too

Claim accidental on the insurance and grab an android

[pseudo lotus]

ok buddy. that argument was already tired 10 years ago, get some new material. apple products are great for working professionals who just want their prouducts to work and communicate well with eachother.

I dont game on my laptop or phone, I use them to communicate and get work done. youd know if you had a job 😏

[shrewd needle]

I'll still pass...rather not even have to remember the 'convert' command.

[shrewd needle]

That last part might be a bit below-the-belt...in a serious way. 😔

[warped stream]

^

[cobalt fiber]

Fancy taking it personal that someone doesn't like iphones lmao

[ornate sable]

Just use a 15 year old normal cell phone, like me. Internet is only supposed to be accessed from a PC, not a phone.

[bleak drum]

https://tenor.com/view/those-who-know-skull-those-who-know-seal-seal-seals-gif-8158374740980210343

[maiden grotto]

So mugs stuck in an ecosystem, so you have to keep buying their products so things work.

Where as any company who gives a shit about their custumers makes sure that there stuff works seemlessly between a plethora of system and devices.

Rather than screwing people over who dare to buy something else.

It's a proper c*ntish thing to do.

[cobalt fiber]

Ya jobless yob you @maiden grotto 😂 😂

[warped stream]

mac just has a lot of stuff thats not compatible with it since it has to be specially made, theres a lot more available on windows and linux

[cobalt fiber]

Haven't used a mac since I was in school and we had a mac room for no apparent reason because it was used for business studies and maths

We're winding it back over a decade there

[pseudo lotus]

Its just really obvious to see when people are mindless haters with 0 experience with the hardware itself. I'll sit here and complain about apple and their awful business practices all day, but that doesnt change the fact that theres a reason their devices are the standard for working professionals.

You say 'ecosystem' like I'm buying a new apple product every year or something, but the fact of the matter is, they're simply better at lasting longer. I worked in mobile sales for years, we'd see 3, 4, 5 year old iphones rather often, but seeing an android more than 2 years old was rare.

Additionally the 'apple walled garden' is real, sure. But their devices also work -flawlessly- together. Again, mobile sales and tech support- apple has SO MANY ways to transfer data between devices and restore systems. Windows and android? HAH! No way dude. Its still possible, but no where NEAR as comprehensive.

Windows works with a LOT of things, pretty poorly. Apple works with very limited things, very well. Know what youre talking about before you start spewing someone else's talking points.

[cobalt fiber]

Here's a tip for you because the next time it'll be a timeout @pseudo lotus

Don't take every debate so personal and dish out mindless insults

[pseudo lotus]

Im not insulting anyone? Im saying the guy's points were regurgitated nonsense. that's all. The dude obiously has little experience with the products he's talking about, I'm trying to help the dude out here.

[honest sandal]

If you need to justify your purchases to strangers. Was it such a solid purchase? Sounds like some self soothing to me.

[maiden grotto]

Apple is mugs company... I used to be an IT tech, using stuff like AS400's back in the day...

Apple are deliberately making things shit for customers, to force them to buy in to the over priced eco-system that is Apple.

Only the brainwashed can't see this.

[cobalt fiber]

You claimed he had no job for starters. If you want to argue the toss with me I'll just bang out the timeout now

[pseudo lotus]

nah, I just dont like standing by while people spread misinformation. consider it a character fault

[warped stream]

apple doesnt support the right to repair and will void your warranty if you dotn spend $2000 on a self repair thatd take you 5 minutes

[honest sandal]

Seems attention seeking at worse, abrasive at best.

[maiden grotto]

Like forcing a friend of mine to spend £3000 on a new monitor, rather than just changing one line of code, so they could continue to use their old monitor.

Apple are grade "A" c*nts...

[pseudo lotus]

yea I'm not debating that, they are still a wretched company, which is why all of my stuff I have is either pre-owned or refurbished, purchaased from -not- apple

[warped stream]

still apple products and the only real way to repair them is with propriety shit, and everything they sell or do is overpriced

they made their monitor stand $1000 💀

[pseudo lotus]

its a trade off. Could they do more to support independent repair? absolutely. On the other hand, do their mobile devices tend to outlast the competition? also yes.

Also, its a well known fact that apple relies on gullible people to buy overpriced accessories, thats also very true

you can just. not buy them. Doesnt their monitor still have a standard VESA mount bracket?

[simple shard]

apple being for "working professionals" is such a narrow definition of working professionals it's wild that anybody would type that