☢┃stalker-general

[charred nova]

they are just fodder

[uncut inlet]

Exactly

[charred nova]

unless you count the sultan

but honestly i hardly even consider that to be real bandits

[uncut inlet]

Technically, technically the arena is a freedom quest line

[charred nova]

yes

[uncut inlet]

Making my point for me

[charred nova]

also you can get robbed in the garage by bandits

[uncut inlet]

Oh yeah, but thats like a generic revenge quest line

[charred nova]

thats just one quest though

i mean thats fine but

its the only realllllllllllll bandit quest in the ENTIRE game

[uncut inlet]

Exactly

Also the ringmaster quest can sorta be counted aswell

[wanton valve]

That sucks. I was hoping they'd continue developing the old groups and elaborate on some. I'll still get around to playing HoC eventually.

[charred nova]

i mean

[uncut inlet]

Yeah ill finish up this playthrough and play it again when the game leaves its alpha stage

[jolly shoal]

I ran out of storage on my Xbox for the trilogy

[charred nova]

the shining zone told me something is brewing so

don't give up hope yet

[jolly shoal]

Have you gotten to the lucky 38 yet

[wanton valve]

Alpha stage?

Oh you mean no mods.

[charred nova]

this game is extremely unfinished

thats what he means

[jolly shoal]

It was developed during a war

Stalker 3 is after the Russian invasion

[uncut inlet]

Fair enough but they had moved their studio away from the war

[jolly shoal]

One of the devs died in the war bruh

[charred nova]

that doesn't really matter when judging the quality of the product

sorry to say

[jolly shoal]

It’s good

Better than most triple a right now

[uncut inlet]

Their lead writer also died during covid

[charred nova]

your meming bruh

lmfao

[uncut inlet]

Im not arguing that, im saying its missing alot of things to be great

[jolly shoal]

It’s better than assassins creed

[charred nova]

thats not saying much

[jolly shoal]

There’s not much out right now

[charred nova]

its better than literally the most low bar slop possible

wooooooooo

[wanton valve]

Wasn't it the lead AI guy?

[charred nova]

no it was the writer for the orginal games

[jolly shoal]

That’s 9/10 games today

[charred nova]

he died of covid in 2020

[jolly shoal]

So it’s a lot

[wanton valve]

No, there was one who died in the war too.

[uncut inlet]

Concord did so well, its developers retired early

[wanton valve]

Or I forgot, idk.

[charred nova]

you clearly have not played the orginal games

[jolly shoal]

The only good new games right now are oblivion doom, rivals, and that’s about it stalker is good too

[charred nova]

stalker 2 could have been amazing

[wanton valve]

I mean, SoC wasn't exactly finished either.

[jolly shoal]

I only played the first I have the rest on my Xbox rn

[charred nova]

if it came out in 2026

[uncut inlet]

It is good, but it could have been great

[charred nova]

its not

[jolly shoal]

That’s every single game in existence bruh

[wanton valve]

Maybe it will be.

[charred nova]

stalker 2 was just released way too soon

[jolly shoal]

Stalker 2 is fine

[charred nova]

its like 7/10

[jolly shoal]

Worth my money on game pass

[uncut inlet]

Unfortunately i have a theory, that both the players and microsoft pressured gsc to release the game early, and this was the result. They could have also ran out of funding

[charred nova]

like i understand not being as critical as we are because you're not as invested as we are

[uncut inlet]

Yeah worth 20$ not 60$ as it is

[charred nova]

but the game is simply put

extremely unfinished

[jolly shoal]

In case you haven’t noticed games are gonna be $80

[uncut inlet]

And?

[jolly shoal]

So yeah it’s technically still
Worth it

[charred nova]

and im not buying them

[wanton valve]

???

[charred nova]

can find 500 better games for 40 bux on steam

[wanton valve]

New Doom the Whatever is $90 CA. I ain't buying that.

[jolly shoal]

Ok

Whose paying for doom it’s on game pass rn

[charred nova]

doom is 70 dollars

i just checked

[uncut inlet]

he said canadian

[jolly shoal]

Shits so much fun

Xbox game pass is on fire right now

[charred nova]

oh

[wanton valve]

Clown dollahs

[uncut inlet]

yeah get your loony toons cash out of here

[charred nova]

still would have to hold a gun to my head to get me to buy a xbox or ps5

shit has zero games

whats the point

[jolly shoal]

Xbox has more games than ps5 right now

[uncut inlet]

only reason to get a playstation is bloodborne

[charred nova]

no it doesn't it has zero games cus there all on pc

lmfao

[terse ravine]

on PC can you disable anti ailiasing entirely?

[uncut inlet]

everything xbox has pc has more

[uncut inlet]

i believe so

[charred nova]

every single xbox game drops day one on pc

[uncut inlet]

you get a console for the exclusives, nothing xbox or ps has is worth an extra 500$ for

[jolly shoal]

No duh but difference is. I spent $200 on my Xbox series s and can play what i like

[charred nova]

i mean hey at least sony makes you wait a year before they release on pc

[uncut inlet]

helldivers released on pc day one

[charred nova]

ik

but the games that are normally play station exclusives

like final fantasy

[uncut inlet]

they have to release the games on pc, bc of the high development costs

[charred nova]

and similar games

[terse ravine]

rockstar is one of the few AAA publishers to release finished games, but wouldn't hurt waiting a few months to a year for all the patches to release

[charred nova]

they are exclusive for a year

[jolly shoal]

PC ain’t getting gta 6

[uncut inlet]

oh yeah only reason to get a console is for gta 6

[charred nova]

not worth it tbh

[jolly shoal]

Good enough reason

[uncut inlet]

exactly

[charred nova]

i gotta pay a 100 plus for the game

[terse ravine]

i think GTA6 is gonna be 30fps on console

[charred nova]

if i HAVE to pay 100 fucken dollars for a game

i don't want that shit on a fucken console

[uncut inlet]

i paid over 500 for s2 lmao

[jolly shoal]

Yeah you deff don’t wanna play the biggest game on the planet

[charred nova]

look at us

i don't do things just because other people are doing them

[terse ravine]

never been interested in the GTA franchise tbh, but i do love RDR2

[charred nova]

im not going out and buying a playstation just to play a game i can play better by waiting

[jolly shoal]

Sigma pc user

[uncut inlet]

same here

[terse ravine]

boggles me that RDR2 was possible on xbox one and ps4

[jolly shoal]

It was designed for the Xbox silly goose

[charred nova]

still plays better on pc

[terse ravine]

ik, but it looks just as good as games coming out for series sx and ps5

[charred nova]

the only company who still hasn't lost sight of what makes people want to buy a console is nintendo funny enough

there games NEVER get ported to pc

[uncut inlet]

i paid 500 for a broken product, and a product that wont arrive for atleast another year, but i will wait, and hope for that product to be fixed eventually because i love it so much

[jolly shoal]

Consoles are great if you don’t want to spend $7000 to see every pixel on your horses sack

[charred nova]

you can easily build a baller rig for like 2k

and you can also use it for infinite amount of other things

[terse ravine]

series s is probably the most popular for casual players

[jolly shoal]

I ain’t dropping 2k on video games

[uncut inlet]

thats what i have, still better than whatever the hell nvidia produces now

[jolly shoal]

I’d rather spend that on Alcohol

[terse ravine]

pretty excited for the legends of the zone update

[charred nova]

lmfao

[uncut inlet]

you do realize a pc is used for other things right

not just gaming

[terse ravine]

yeah i use it to buy fent, can't do that on my sht box series s

[noble yew]

lol

[jolly shoal]

99% of the market is designed for bitcoin mining or gaming bruh

[charred nova]

what

[noble yew]

bros stroking out

[uncut inlet]

you know very little of what the market is designed for

[jolly shoal]

I’m stroking one out

[terse ravine]

nvidia prices are getting insane

[charred nova]

dont buy nvidia

[uncut inlet]

for broken products

[jolly shoal]

I have nvidia shares

[terse ravine]

theres only like two major chip companies

[jolly shoal]

China will take them soon

[uncut inlet]

cool

[charred nova]

unlikely

[jolly shoal]

Bye bye to your Minecraft shaders

[charred nova]

you do realize

[terse ravine]

i saw something about offical Minecraft shaders for consoles versions couple weeks ago

[charred nova]

xbox chips and ps5 chips are also made in taiwan

[jolly shoal]

Yes

[charred nova]

every single chip in every modern console is made in taiwan

so no more gaming at all

lol

[jolly shoal]

Lucky for me I already have my Xbox

Take that xi

[charred nova]

tsmc fab opened in arizona recently

[terse ravine]

literally every piece of tech needs some sort of chip, even cars

[charred nova]

and its apparently already turning massive profits so

all hope is not yet lost lol

[uncut inlet]

dude your xbox will be not be supported in like the next 2 years what do you mean

[jolly shoal]

It’s insane that we can’t make out own chops

[charred nova]

tbh with out things are going its looking more and more unlikely they will make another xbox

[terse ravine]

honestly idek if the 10th gen consoles will release before 2030

[charred nova]

microsoft seems to have just accepted they lost

[terse ravine]

hoping Microsoft does since sony having a monopoly on the console market would suck

[charred nova]

the pc industrial complex is unstoppable

[terse ravine]

PS5 pro is $700 before taxes

[uncut inlet]

i hope steam will eventually own the monopoly of the console market, as long as they keep treating consumers as well as they have been

[charred nova]

yah people talk about how steam is a monopoly and are confused why no one cares

simple answer is

valve so far anyways

[noble yew]

praise lord gaben

[charred nova]

has not decided to fuck over all the customers

[terse ravine]

valve is the most consumer friendly gaming company

[charred nova]

so no one really cares if they have a monopoly if they sell you a great product for a good price being

[terse ravine]

if valve decides to make a console I'd definitely buy it

[charred nova]

they did

[uncut inlet]

they were forced to at one point with the owning of games instead of owning a lisence

[charred nova]

its called the steam deck

[uncut inlet]

i have one

[terse ravine]

already had a series s before steam deck released

[charred nova]

hate me for it if you want but

[terse ravine]

gonna wait for either steam deck 2, or if they made a traditional box console

[charred nova]

the only console i see personal see a point in buying is a switch

[jolly shoal]

Xbox has too much money they don’t care

[charred nova]

exactly

[jolly shoal]

LOL $100 Mario kart

[charred nova]

so why not just become a sega and just publish games

[uncut inlet]

10$ extra for a physical download?

[charred nova]

switch 1

[terse ravine]

nintendo games never lower in price or go on sale

[charred nova]

my point is

they never release them else where

[terse ravine]

🏴‍☠️

[charred nova]

which is to me the only real benchmark of quality

when buying a console

what can i ONLY play on this device

[uncut inlet]

You buy a console for its exclusives

[charred nova]

if the answer is nothing it is worthless if you ask me

[uncut inlet]

Which neither xbox or playstation really have other than bloodborne

[terse ravine]

doesn't Playstation have the spiderman games

[charred nova]

nah

[uncut inlet]

pc has them

[charred nova]

they released it on pc

[terse ravine]

gow too?

[uncut inlet]

yep

[terse ravine]

damn

[charred nova]

the new final fantasy also recently dropped on pc

so its just astrobot basically

[uncut inlet]

not the original trilogy though

[terse ravine]

for how big astrobot was i don't really hear and discourse about it online

[charred nova]

well id have to buy a playstation so you lost me

[uncut inlet]

ehh playstation bought out its game of the year

[charred nova]

not buying a 500 dollar box to play one game

[terse ravine]

i think there are emulators for the ps2 GOW games

idk about the ps3 ones

[uncut inlet]

emulators for ps2 work terribly unfortunately

[charred nova]

ps3 emulation is a thing now

your pc just has to be a hulk

[terse ravine]

why do emulators struggle to run ps3 games when they're running on 2005 hardware?

[uncut inlet]

military uses the ps3 for a supercomputer but we cant emulate its software normally

[charred nova]

the ps3s hardware is extremely complex

so emulating it is really hard

[uncut inlet]

you need the source code, which no one but sony has access too

[charred nova]

well thats not even the issue

[terse ravine]

is it the same for xbox 360 games? idk if those have emulators

[uncut inlet]

so the trick is you have to trick games into thinking you have the software without actually having it

[charred nova]

i think its not as bad on the 360

[charred nova]

this can be easier or harder

[terse ravine]

i heard og xbox games are also difficult to emulate

[charred nova]

it really heavily depends

[jolly shoal]

Most 360 games are backwards compatible

[charred nova]

i doubt that

[jolly shoal]

And like $5 each

[charred nova]

the og xbox is literally just a pc

[uncut inlet]

exactly

[charred nova]

it runs x86 and uses a modified version of a desktop cpu and gpu

[jolly shoal]

Microsoft should let us mod the Xbox

[uncut inlet]

hey jack youre the mod who works in an old hardware factory right?

[jolly shoal]

We would be superior and have aim assist

[charred nova]

yah

[uncut inlet]

gotcha

[charred nova]

we got motorolla 6800s and similiar stuff

[uncut inlet]

you mentioned

[charred nova]

trying to leave that job though

[charred nova]

that company is run like a fucken clown show

[jolly shoal]

Bungie?

[charred nova]

no

[uncut inlet]

i imagine, if the equipment breaks as much as you say

[charred nova]

well the upper managment system is just totally broken

so im trying to get into the automotive repair trade

much more money to be made

[uncut inlet]

i wonder why they wouldnt let you learn how to fix your equipment

[jolly shoal]

Less money

And lobbyists

[uncut inlet]

go for tesla repairs, those things have terrible warranty and have a short life span

lots of money to be made

[charred nova]

yah thats where the real money is

even though i hate evs lol

[uncut inlet]

exactly

[jolly shoal]

Evs are silly

It’s gas cars with extra steps

[charred nova]

evs can not be bought with a manual gear box

so ill never buy one as long as i live

[jolly shoal]

We need nuclear cars

[uncut inlet]

go play fallout

[jolly shoal]

O did

[charred nova]

they made rocket cars once

with jet turbines

[uncut inlet]

didnt that thing crash

[charred nova]

no

they never made it to production

[jolly shoal]

Evs are just gas cars with an extra factory

[charred nova]

because it was a really dumb idea

but they made like 100 of them

[jolly shoal]

Evs are a dumb idea

[uncut inlet]

whatevere happened to that car that ran on a gallon of water

[jolly shoal]

The inventor. Was poisoned

[charred nova]

chrysler turbine car

i think ironically one of the only working examples is owned by jay leno

[uncut inlet]

he sold off the patent to ford...

[jolly shoal]

The first guy was killed

[charred nova]

they reused the tech from that car in the abrams though

[uncut inlet]

m1 abrams?

[charred nova]

yup

[jolly shoal]

Jet engine tank

[uncut inlet]

rockets or water?

[charred nova]

it has a turbo jet

the idea was

[uncut inlet]

why?

[charred nova]

a car that could run on literally anything

any flamable fluid

[uncut inlet]

that vehicle is already impractical as it is, or am i thinking of another vehicle

[jolly shoal]

We should of been past gas by now

[charred nova]

it never made it to production

but its very famous because if you were an american family in the 1950s

you could temporally own the car

and yah the people who got to drive them loved it

but they were extremely unreliable chugged fuel like crazy were insanely loud

[uncut inlet]

the jack of all trades master of none and is worse than a master of one type vehicle that was really bad and soldiers would just throw any scraps of metal onto it because that was better protection than what that had?

[charred nova]

they used it in the abrams because the drive train does have some useful advantages in a war zone

but those advantages don't really exist for the regular car owner

[uncut inlet]

ahh

[charred nova]

like the ability to use any fuel at all

is a massive advantage in a war zone

[jolly shoal]

Saddly the abrams is cheeks on warthunder

[uncut inlet]

no it would be useful in places like russia, where they would use alchohol in their gas so it wouldnt freeze as much in that weather

[charred nova]

if you were invading it would be very useful yes

you can raid the local brewary to refuel your tank

lmao

[uncut inlet]

in alaska aswell

im being serious, people would make moonshine out of russian gas, during their alchohol ban

[charred nova]

well yah

[uncut inlet]

because it contained lots of ethenol

[charred nova]

distill the ethanol out

and you got booz

[uncut inlet]

exactly

[charred nova]

it would probably taste awful

cus it would have that gasoline flavor

[uncut inlet]

probably, but that doesnt matter to an alcholic

[charred nova]

i mean at least e85 smells kinda nice

smells like corn

cus in the usa anyway its made of corn

[uncut inlet]

go drink some wd40

[charred nova]

nah

[uncut inlet]

oh damn the new update complaints have started pouring in again]

[charred nova]

where

[uncut inlet]

non spoilers, seek advise, quest channels

during our banter people were mentioning it too

[charred nova]

https://tenor.com/view/metal-gear-solid4-mgs4-solid-snake-old-snake-becoming-old-gif-24179307

it never ends

[uncut inlet]

lol

i wonder if it broke for me aswell

[charred nova]

im not even gonna bother checking

ive beat the game 2 times already

add some actual content before im coming back

[uncut inlet]

ehh i started playing again, still on my 1st playthrough since launch might aswell

wanna finish it before the actual updates start coming so i can actually see a difference when i play for the second time

[charred nova]

waiting for the modders to ai dub the characters voices to re add the cut quests

[oak junco]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Nucleon dont forget i wish this was real

@charred nova

[charred nova]

nuclear cars are like literally the worst idea of all time

[oak junco]

the 1950s were insanely caviler with atomic power lol

[charred nova]

my face when i get into a car crash and cause a nuclear disaster on the i95

[oak junco]

but i bet everyone would drive more carefully fr

thorium would be alot better then uranium or plutonium

[gritty relic]

What about s2 huh give us answers

[charred nova]

welcome to stoc friend

if you want the truth you wont find it here from offical sources anyway

[gritty relic]

Hello friend

[charred nova]

[winged agate]

yo

[terse ravine]

haven't played since 1.2 and saw that piercing stat was replaced with handling? is piercing value just a hidden stat, or has it been removed?

[drifting crag]

penetration stat isn't hidden, it's just mixed with the damage stat instead of handling this time

[tame gazelle]

has there been any reasoning for why we can't or GSC wont allow us PC users to adjust the 100m bubble for rendering of NPCs and other LODs? Or can we and i've missed something? At a spot now where I want to snipe, but i'm like 5m away from the render bubble..

[jolly shoal]

Did the devs fix the lucky 38 yet?

[drifting crag]

handling is now just purely handling, ads speed, readiness, etc

[tame gazelle]

i would just like to add 50 to another 100m to that bubble and it would solve so much

[drifting crag]

penetration upgrades at technician boosts damage stat instead of a separate bar this time

can also confirm that UETools still functions in 1.4 lol, you just have to make a new save without ~mods folder first and then install and load save

[cyan phoenix]

could i get some help?

[cunning crystal]

Stalker 2 or oblivion?

[timber canopy]

I play both, however stalker 2 has gotten me with this update feels different honestly much better. I am on the series s btw. I could be dumb or oblivious, but has anyone noticed if falling from a height decent enough Skif limps a bit?

Never seen it before 5 min ago. Thought it was a glitch or something but upon a death and retesting he does actually limp a few seconds

[golden pecan]

Hello lads , i have a question , so in the lesser zone in stalker 2 , can i explore it all? Like there is so much stuff in the lesser zone and my main mission says to move on? , no need for spoilers , but will i return for them? Or should i go now? , its just the walking is a bit time consuming coming from here to there and there to here , even monsters and gangs are getting low

[cunning crystal]

Is the update a huge improvement

[timber canopy]

@cunning crystal to me vastly it is. Everything feels much better combat wise, makes you approach things differently both mutants and stalkers visuals feel more upgraded than they did before waiting to see these shooting stars, did see flesh eating bodies which was awesome until they came at me and my gun went click. Waiting patiently to see if they add good old mutant loot like SoC miss those days. Selling tails and shit. And definitely waiting for the 20th with the trilogy enhancement

[golden pecan]

@timber canopy can i get your opinion on this 👉👈 if u Finnished 1st half or like the game or something

[limpid cloak]

It is clearly noticeable but not sure if I'd call it huge. I already finished the game some time in January and came back to try a little bit, but won't stay on for a full replay fwiw

[timber canopy]

@golden pecan Take your time and explore. You never know what awaits you, stashes, enemies with better guns. Already rocking a g36 didn't even leave LZ yet. But depends on how you want to run, I'm more of a "ohhh piece of candy" player when it comes to games like this

[drifting crag]

i saw a huge pack of dogs in a field and instead of instantly aggro-ing they had a bit of a detection

[timber canopy]

Also can help with cash income for weapons selling and artifact collection

@drifting crag yeah part of the update. They don't instantly aggro anymore. More a warning like animals in real life then if you startle them

[drifting crag]

it's really cool and adds to the immersion

[timber canopy]

But get in to close then they want a piece

[drifting crag]

yeah then they all start chasing 😂

all at once

[timber canopy]

It is honestly. One of a few games I'm happy when I see the updates roll out. It brings me joy to see the devs doing updates that add that touch of immersion in the game

[drifting crag]

Skif burps alot when you have the Weird Pot on lol

[timber canopy]

And the weird water is more fun running

[drifting crag]

SSP-99 Ecologist with 4 Weird artifacts and the Compass in the leaded container slot

time to go to the Swamps 😄

i swear, every campfire i come across they have people in it now it's insane

[timber canopy]

Ive been seeing a lot more rookie dutyers in LZ than not

[drifting crag]

patrols are more frequent and because of this the AI gunfights buildup more naturally instead of being spontaneous gunfight spawn

[dim nebula]

[timber canopy]

That they certainly do. Ran up on some bandits, started shooting at them, then had ward join in the fight as well as a few loners. The crossfire was not good for my health and med wallet I'll put it that way

[drifting crag]

1.4 is a good update lmao 😄

[timber canopy]

Yes it most definitely is imo

[chrome gazelle]

what is a good money method

i need millions fast

[dim summit]

i mean legends of the zone

[quiet rock]

where do i report bugs? i see a lot of npcs phasing with each other

[polar forge]

#s2-support there is link there somewhere for support site

[drifting bear]

https://support.stalker2.com/

[polar forge]

I submitted a request earlier. I can’t even play the game anymore. Within 5 minutes or so I get frozen game with 99% ram usage. Every single time. ):

I have tried so many tips and fixes nothing works now

Anyone here know of any fixes to help memory leak?

Maybe if I load in and just run away fast to another area

[drifting bear]

Sometimes it's helping

[polar forge]

I am at the place where some npcs have a mutant collar for In the Name of Science mission. Have you heard any others have issues with this ?

[drifting bear]

Memory leaks is happenings always there in your case?

[polar forge]

Well, I just ran away as fast as I could and made it back to malachite. So far no crash. Maybe it is just that area. Sucks I won’t be able to do that quest :/ but at least I can play the game now. Hopefully

[true loom]

Why the hell is the turning SO much slower with a controller in S2 now?

Wtf did they do 😭😭😭😭

This is terrible

I turned sensitivity all the way up and it’s slow as molasses

Oh wait wtf

They added deadzone sliders..???

[lapis silo]

If that is the problem, just load an old save

[polar forge]

I was able to load in, jump down and run the opposite direction and get away. No issues for over 20 minutes so far

[true loom]

Ugh and I was just got used to how it felt before

Now I gotta get used to it again

[cinder abyss]

How is the new patch? Figured i would see how the game is going

[tardy rain]

It's certainly a patch

[true loom]

They added mutants eating bodies and better AI though if the AI are in the open they act brain dead

The Human AI

[versed reef]

Imagine a trouser full of holes
It got a patch
Go figure

[true loom]

lol

I feel like I’m one of few that actually really likes STALKER 2

It definitely needs work but I think it’s a really fun game

[vernal lily]

I mean yeah, I had fun during my playthrough before this patch

Rarely had any issues even on release

I don't have anything to say yet about this new update though, but I am thinking of waiting a bit more before I start a new game.

[versed reef]

I liked what was there (with a few story exceptions and the jarring british english)
I'm just sad about what wasn't

[vernal lily]

Luckily I played this game in UA, I don't think I could stand the english va if I was being honest lol

[versed reef]

I'm holding off my UA run until the game is fixed

Judging by the way things are, Ill probably end up building a new pc by then lmao

[vernal lily]

Betting two corn chips that I probably be living in a new house by then

[polar forge]

My native language is English and I still play In Ukrainian with English subtitles. Much, much better

[weary hedge]

good evening g

[polar forge]

Mutant behavior and combat is way better guys I swear. It is genuinely fun to encounter them now. At least the last few I just fought

[vernal lily]

My native language is English too. Kept va in UA but switching around subs between english and UA.

[polar forge]

I just fought off 4 bloodsuckers and the way they moved and worked together to ambush me was insane

[vernal lily]

Although I kept subs in english for the rest of my gameplay, not yet fluent enough where I can understand when sometime speaking from a distance/fast or when I am in combat.

[vernal lily]

That's interesting

[polar forge]

Then I saw blobs in the distance. Turns out it was a group of hogs about 6 of them. I chucked a nade and pulled out my Saiga. They didn’t stand a chance but idk they actually just looked like they moved more natural to me

[vernal lily]

I kind of want to see that now

[shell flax]

I do like that boars now don’t instantly charge you on sight

[polar forge]

Yeah it was cool. Felt like I was genuinely exploring and encountered them in nature lol

[shell flax]

It’s a relief I don’t get mauled mid gunfight by Porky’s meth abusing cousin

[vernal lily]

Bloodsuckers before patch kept slapping me in the face one by one, hella annoying when I saw 7 of them at once.

I hope it's not like that anymore

[shell flax]

Started a new run, I need to get hands on with the other mutants once I get out of lesser zone

[polar forge]

They still do that but idk it really seemed like they moved more tactically and faster maybe. Like one would howl to disorient me while another two rushed in to hit me one after the other. But once I killed all but two of them, they retreated. Never had that happen before

[shell flax]

Gonna miss the old man running bloodsuckers though, shit was funny

[shell flax]

I had a dog pack do similar stuff, they’d always try and come at me from two separate direction at a time

[vernal lily]

That's the kind of thing I didn't see, they were all doing the same action one after the other. Based on what you're saying it looks like that repetitive action has been changed.

[polar forge]

Yes exactly. They still kinda do same stuff but not all at once and they aren’t all stiff anymore

Okay I just noticed why the hogs were here when I walked up. There are 4 dead bodies here

So I walked up, they noticed me, started slow walking as a group towards me, I threw nade and they charge lol

[vernal lily]

Do the dogs/any mutants limp when you shoot them enough or in the leg, or is that part unchanged

Like in the og games

[polar forge]

I haven’t encountered dog yet and the mutants I killed I used saiga to their face so not sure lol

I really like the direction they are going now though. By the end of this year we should have a very good game on our hands

[vernal lily]

I think I will check it out later. Because it didn't make sense when, mutants like dogs, still come running at you full force even though they swallowed a bunch of bullets.

[vernal lily]

I hope so

[polar forge]

I just hope the memory leak can be fixed for good eventually. That is the only thing I really have a valid complaint about now

Like I can never complete in the name of science mission at all now bc of memory leak in that area :/

[vernal lily]

rip

Only issues I had with that mission (before patch) was that pseuodogiant phasing into the ground and me not able to find it. But it did eventually appear dead later.

Quest still bugged for me though because that last part that's supposed to happen never did happen

[polar forge]

I just encountered some random freedom guy that was trying to climb a bridge and couldn’t get up it. Kept sliding back down. He told a story about some scary thing up there and told me not to climb. So of course I climbed anyway and wouldn’t you know he had a stash up there 😂

He got pissed and Told me to split it with him so I did…then I shot him in the face and took it all back plus his loot 😂

[vernal lily]

lmao

[polar forge]

First time I ever encounter random NPC event like that

[polar forge]

Was it the one those bandits or whatever had locked in a shipping container?

[vernal lily]

Yeah that one

It just disappeared on me, but when I went back it was dead nearby

I heard another issue someone had was with that snork, traveled far away from where it was supposed to be.

[shell flax]

Also something I noticed, they changed the damage noise for when you get caught in a gravity anomaly

It’s a much meatier crunch

[vernal lily]

[chrome gazelle]

can u still change the artifact type by reloading a save

[shell flax]

Honestly sounds like someone took an actual bone (like a turkey leg or something) and snapped that shit in half

[vernal lily]

I heard of people doing that, it worked still at a certain distance, but not sure about after this patch.

[shell flax]

Also Leshy just very generously donated a full durability SVD to Skif’s wallet

So that’s gonna get me some spending cash

Also adding on to the Boar thing: Fleshes do the slow trot forward too, giving you time to run off if you don’t want to fight

[digital igloo]

Enemies in general, whether they're human or mutant, tend to just not be affected by being shot.

Pair that with terminator like aim, recoil control, and tracking - with enemies pumping large full auto bursts at all ranges.

The enemies need a lot of work IMO; just in a really bad state at the moment.

[vernal lily]

Well that's unfortunate

[north jackal]

@polar forge have you tested if A-Life stays in offline mode

[plain mantle]

can someone help me with something,|| i am at icaro and am trying 2 open a door locked by a key, but i dont have that key becouse i couldt enter icaro before, is there any way 2 get it?||

[compact rose]

Is performance still a problem with this game?

[ebon blade]

I didn't realize the mutants were armed now.

[median nymph]

yup

[plain mantle]

a lot

[median nymph]

did shaders for the game break? the sky is white and the clouds are super dark

[plain mantle]

nah i never saw that, and i bought the game the past weak, i think that is alr fixxed

[digital igloo]

Clearly you've never met a Burer in an "abandoned" building

[shell flax]

The new Flesh alert scream is absolutely terrifying to hear in pitch black, holy tap dancing Christ

[limpid cloak]

The game never ran that badly for me, but 1.4 didn't bring notable improvements either. It ran just about the same - ~45fps in towns and 60-70 outside for me

[fading parcel]

Cpu usage improved a bit in certain scenarios if i caught changelog right, that would benefit stable fps but not higher would say

[still current]

He's around 400hrs ingame

[still current]

There is a slight fps improvement. Cpu usage is also less and I could feel some consistency too.

[limpid cloak]

I haven't played that much yet in 1.4 so probably have to head into more areas to feel it

DLSS 4 really looks a whole lot better than 3 though

[still current]

I tried my best to engage in juice eating scenarios, so ig it should be fine for a normal gameplay

Literally jumped an army of monolithians to see if fps would hold and how much I would lose during such encounters

Seems like it did have like 3fps difference, but rather constant overall until i leave agro

Was fighting like 6 in a small kitchen room, so it's good enough

[drifting crag]

it seems that muzzle upgrades do not stack with suppressors anymore

the muzzle upgrade gets removed when you attach a suppressor so you have to buy the muzzle upgrade again

[still current]

You sure? Can you confirm it to be an occuring thing? I'll have to test it tmrw ig

[drifting crag]

i am pretty sure, i am at Yaniv technician testing things rn

hope it's a bug lol

[still current]

Alright, I'll make sure to have it checked and if it's a bug, it will reach the dev team

[limpid cloak]

Not the same game obviously (but at least same engine) - I found it pretty funny that in combat scenes with tons of fighting NPCs, Oblivion Remastered NPCs would just drop frames by themselves lol

Like the game fps is relatively unaffected, but the NPC animation would skip frames

[still current]

Kinda noticed the same tbh

Fps was far from consistent, but somehow it didn't fall under 50 mostly

[limpid cloak]

Hmm that's probably one of the few changes I sort of noticed. The dip when coming close to a hub/town area wasn't as noticeable as before. The average fps would still be the same - but the somewhat big stutter when NPCs loaded it is gone

[silent valve]

had you installed the latest graphics driver before patch?

[limpid cloak]

Yes, I'm on 576.40

On a 3080 though, not one of the newer cards and never had much in the way of stability issues

[silent valve]

I got a 2070 super installed and had to roll back to 572.08, the 576.10 had caused lots of errors during playing. the last one which you had mentioned is dl'd but not installed so far

onto my laptop is a 3070 installed and also the new graphics driver, but until now I'd just patched the game and hadnt started it until yet, so no experience to share

[weary hedge]

How can I get into someone’s insta without them knowing and read the texts?

[silent valve]

when its private you're out, plain and simple

[limpid cloak]

That is an extremely bizarre question to ask here of all places lol

[weary hedge]

It’s a private account indeed

[weary hedge]

I’m sorry

[silent valve]

So what do you expect? A hack to enter it anyway?

[weary hedge]

Yeah, is it not possible ?

[vernal lily]

It's literally the first thing you ask in this server

quite odd

[silent valve]

Yeah, saw that too

[limpid cloak]

Not sure if red flag but very deep orange at minimum

[silent valve]

I wouldnt share any hacks for any programs

[weary hedge]

Yeah I am searching for a server who can help me with this, cause google and ChatGPT is not helping me

[vernal lily]

You're out of luck, no one can and should help you

Don't know why you would even want to do that

[weary hedge]

But Do you have it?

[weary hedge]

I do have my valid reasons for that

[silent valve]

I wont answer your question, Im out

[weary hedge]

Does that mean u can do it?

I am not some creep who wants to harm anyone

[vernal lily]

I advise you to stop asking server members here about it. Giving you a verbal warning.

[silent valve]

Thx

[weary hedge]

Okay I’m sorry

[slim wagon]

this is not "that kind" of stalker server

[silent valve]

lmfao

[weary hedge]

I didn’t know that

[silent valve]

we are stalkers into a virtual game way and not real life stalkers

[weary hedge]

Ohh

Oh okay fair enough, sorry to disturb

[silent valve]

But interesting, that someone ASSume, that theres a discord server for stalkers into a sick meaning 😄

[weary hedge]

Ppl can do that who knows coding, and who knows that the server like that do exists?

[silent valve]

No doubt

[shell flax]

Oh another one huh

[limpid cloak]

Oh shit I never made that connection lol

[drifting crag]

i just found a sniper rifle silencer in Lishchyna Facility, Red Forest, inside a stash in the cabin with the key

[dreamy forge]

Congrats...?

[drifting crag]

it must be a patch 1.4 thing where they added some suppressors in stashes

[shell flax]

Yep, they did

[drifting crag]

this was only obtainable in Pripyat but now we can get it earlier in Red Forest wahoo

[shell flax]

Now give me dragonsbreath shells for shotguns

[silent valve]

whaaat?

Here I thought they were only available at MW2 😄

[shell flax]

I want to set those little shit Snorks on fire

[shell flax]

Also I hope this freak gets caught by whoever they’re trying to invade the privacy of

[silent valve]

but they deal for sure less damage and I havent the time to change shells when a stronger enemy appears

[shell flax]

Honestly wouldn’t be a bad trade off

Damage over time instead of immediate kill shots

Unless you point blank em

[silent valve]

I refuse to point blank a poltergeist

[shell flax]

I do it every time

[drifting crag]

haha all ghillied up reference

[shell flax]

Hate those floating bastards

I’m still stunlocked by that idiot earlier I won’t lie lmfao

[golden gulch]

I just found a Liquid Rock at Garbage, right after leaving Zalyssia, while doing side quests, at Poisonous Hole.
Problem is that it clipped through the ground, thankfully I'm on PC so I can use Console command, seriously they need to fix this.

[proven kayak]

With latest update they removed the Diamond Exo in Yaniw.
There is some writing on the wall. Anyone saw that and can translate it?

And I really dont know why to patch this out. Its a Single Player Open World, let players play their Sandbox as they want.
Even in old games like Fallout 2 you could run straight to certain spots and get good gear.
And its not like you can afford running it all time.
But I guess this game has no other important problems to solve. 😄
Good, that GOG Galaxy has a rollback function.

[silent valve]

Make a shot of said writing. To the new/random gear spawn spots: Boring, boring, boring. When you just have to run to it to get new gear instead of digging for it..wheres the excitement? 😉

[arctic flower]

any work around on loading saved games, my game just crash with no way to solve this, no mods installed and no edited files or anything, tried verfiying game files on steam, still same issue.

[silent valve]

try the following: open the folder onto your disk where the save games are stored and cut&paste them elsewhere. Then start the game and you will start at the very first, because there are no saves. With the game running, tab out and paste back the saved games into the folder. Now try to load the first on of your last save not older ones, that should work.

[karmic dew]

it was moved directly into the bunker and the writing on the wall says smthn like "don't trust anybody, the khabar here is no more"

[arctic flower]

Where can i find the save files?

[proven kayak]

Thanks for the translate.

[silent valve]

Normally C/users/your username/appdata/local/stalker2/saved

[magic vigil]

It's egging time

[versed reef]

OGs will remember the hole in the cordon village house's roof

Eg

[proven kayak]

Literally the first thing I had in mind, when I was on top of Yaniw Bunker and they removed it. 😄

[jolly shoal]

Geeked up playing Xbox all day

[versed reef]

Take me to your xbox to play fortnite today

[magic vigil]

I want the zone to be an egg

[jolly shoal]

Stalker 3 shadow of kiev

[normal sail]

I want the zone to be a chicken, that we can have more eggs

[weary hedge]

The egg man is back

[lean ice]

im assuming somebody has answered this already but how does the game feel performance wise? still the same?

[cloud scroll]

Quick question has anyone problems with there safe files bc mine crashes constantly when i try to load it

[silent valve]

Scroll upwards, I'd posted a possible solution

[smoky hawk]

largely the same

[carmine star]

its improved for me, getting 80 plus in hubs now, and game "looks" better for me

[lean ice]

ive lowkey kinda given up on hitting my refresh rate consistantly ahah guess ill have to upgrade if i wanna see that 😦

[weary hedge]

Even my 4090 and 3090 were struggling to go above 45-50 in Rostock

[lean ice]

nevermind then lmaoo

[weary hedge]

That was pre-patch

I haven't tested them yet on 1.4

[brazen arch]

still wating for mutants loot, there is no reason for wandering around and fighting mutants now, just waste of bullets.

[weary hedge]

Gauss rifle for the win to be honest

Blood suckers are really just the most annoying and bullet sponges but one gauss rifle round at any distance will do the job, if you need ammo just walk around in pryp and theres bound to be a monochud with one to unload

[civic cosmos]

Rostok is the frames annihilator

[brazen arch]

i know, waste of ammo just a way of expression, the thing is there is no reason to fight them.

[weary hedge]

Man, I really want my FN2000 back...

I'd trade nearly every new gun for that back

Have mutant spawn rates been increased? I haven't played the 1.4 yet but before it felt like i was running through empty fields, very few dog pack or flesh encounters

Boy I sure enjoy having to reinstall the entire game every time a new patch comes out

[edgy shell]

Honestly I don't mind that, if avoidance is the intended response to seeing them, that introduces more reason to look ahead, take things slower and find alternate paths quickly rather than just running to your destination head on

[weary hedge]

Haha kharod with grenade launcher and gauss gun goes brr

Or y'know, just carry like 10 energy drinks

And keep running

[proven kayak]

I just finished the Swamp Area and that random Mutant Spawn is so immersion breaking and annoying.
Was so happy to be out of there and never go back.
And thats bad design. OG Stalker you planned routes into all areas and it was dangerous, too, without being annyoing.
You reload a save and sometimes the same enemies didnt spawn.
And that some dogs and flesh are just suicidal in comparison to OG Stalker will break it always.
Sometimes the design choices really challenge the good will.

[waxen marten]

You can try to look at C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 Heart of Chornobyl\Stalker2\Content\Paks and delete files that are named like Simple_ModLoader.sth

[plush badge]

Any fixes about the shader warm up crash problem?

[brazen arch]

I thought it was fixed 2-3 patch ago. Still there?

[plush badge]

Yep. Cant even get to the main menu

[brazen arch]

Maybe try skip warm up mod from nexus for now.

[quick fern]

For Anyone know, sleppness system work now ?

Bandit at depot in garbage are still standing in one direction? GSC think to add mutant loot and new weapon but keep this things broken. WTF

[austere pagoda]

yeah ofcourse man, just add in a mosin-nagant and everyone happy, all problems are fixed

[arctic flower]

tried everything, my saves doesn't seem to work

[arctic flower]

sadly didn't work

[silent valve]

Ok, was worth a try

[arctic flower]

i don't have mods, and it still didn't work sadly.

[magic vault]

I absolutely love the new enemies, combat feels SO GOOD on Veteran.
Love how human enemies melt you if you stay out in the open, and instakill at close range. Really reminds me of the trilogy.

[arctic flower]

I've deleted the game and it's related files across my pc, gonna download it again and hope for the best.

[silent valve]

Did you just delete it or deinstalled it by wizard?

[arctic flower]

uninstalled, then cleaned the leftover files

[kindred turtle]

[tranquil vine]

Hellu

[cloud carbon]

any mod support on xbawx yet?

[dreamy dagger]

Oh May Jeezer

[dreamy dagger]

Yes, incomen.

[cloud carbon]

might reinstall then
i uninstalled cause i needed space

[dry siren]

STOP

[novel wave]

still might be a while though

[dreamy dagger]

Now you need to install again to uninstall so you're ready to pre-install the new installation

[plush badge]

So no hotfix is expected today? Or tomorrow? Is it comminicated by the devs? If not, why not? We cant even launch the game

[austere pagoda]

brother, its going to be a coldfix, next week earliest

[novel wave]

https://tenor.com/view/deal-with-it-gif-10629490676324768918

[high gazelle]

alot of this would be solved if they just added the previous patch to the beta opt in (in steam)

so while they faf around with what they broke in a new patch, everyone can continue to play their story in a rollback with the many necessary mods for the game to be playable 🙂

[proven kayak]

Shouldnt Artifacts respawn after Emission?

I ask because I made a farm through some locations. I came back after an Emission and they are all still empty.
Immersion breaking (again) but is that intended, or a new bug?

[polar forge]

Breh go find the exo again obviously it is still in the game. Crying about not getting it as a free handout instead of going and hunting it down again lol

[proven kayak]

Yeah forgot it at your moms.

[polar forge]

That joke was funny back in elementary school

[proven kayak]

Thats what she said^^

[sweet swan]

has the crash on start up been fixed aswell as russian on main screen warm up

[cursive kettle]

skill issue, you knew that by buying stalker you would've been exposed to ton of bugs and errors

[proven kayak]

Ah I see in the Patch Notes
"Improved regeneration and spawn of random anomalies after emission."
So, improving means no respawns. 😄

[charred nova]

Not all anomalies refresh after an emission

[proven kayak]

I checked 5 locations, all still empty
Might be bad RNG, but still...

[charred nova]

Totally possible it’s busted

[scenic scaffold]

crazy devs release patches that make performance worse

"nah it's good. ship it out"

building stalker 2 on UE5.1 was a mistake and they're REAPING it jesus christ.

[worn drum]

was more frustrated with the sensitivity problems on controller. how tf am i supposed to track a bayun with barely any turning speed. 😔

[scenic scaffold]

i tried to play stalker 2 on series x and the sensitivity is so god damn slow at max that it made it unplayable.

skill issue lolol

[arctic flower]

everything worked after a clean install

[tame gazelle]

what a hilarious bad bug i just got - ingame Stalker 2 has changed my keyboard mapping -> so when I press the key X its presses C instead, its just ingame and only in this game. When i try to bind something to R, it wants to bind it to T...

what is this cursed

It has all been changed one key to the right...

[scenic scaffold]

my game works. it's just there is a noticeable deterioration in performance

maybe performance boost to consoles, who knows. not pc tho lmao.

[worn drum]

might have to try reinstalling. just can't play rn, it's impossible to track targets.

don't think that'll even work. it's like with the hud bug in 1.3.

[crimson swan]

Howdy

[proven kayak]

Arena is broken.
1.4

First Fight.
The door doesnt close, but you hear a never ending closing sound, the moment you start the fight.

After the fight its still there. So Door is open but invisible wall.
Cant leave the arena and totally stuck.
Yeah, well done.
Reload doesnt help.

[tame gazelle]

how can we be half a year + after launch and still indoors lighting doesnt work, why isnt the corner of a small room lit up with brightness when the room as like 4 windows all around it. it 2pm midday outside, indoors its still pitch black - even with HDR on

is it not working or working as intended and just bad?

[slow crypt]

lumen

[tame gazelle]

never noticed this issue in other UE5 games?

[slow crypt]

all the games whit lumen

like the new Chinese sims, wukong, etc...

[tame gazelle]

So you are saying all games? But I did not encounter this issue in Lords of the Fallen that is a much darker game and I still could see corners.

ninja gaiden aswell

[slow crypt]

The game doesn't use Lumen for all

is hybrid

Aside from the fact that Lumen is useless for openworld games with dynamic weather especially when there's such a big contrast between interiors and exteriors I doubt they even had time to make something better.

In S.T.A.L.K.E.R., Lumen seems like it was used more to save development time, unlike in Lords of the Fallen

[fleet tartan]

Nooooo, I was struggling already on veteran level. The only thing that saved me was getting in close and hitting headshots.

It sucks being in the overgrown brush not being able to see them but they never miss you...

[lunar verge]

hey guys, is the new patch noteworthy in any way and worth re installing?

[proven kayak]

Wouldnt say it changed much

[lunar verge]

any performance gains?

[cursive kettle]

yo guys i love how in stalker reddit there are 100 people online and i get 5k views on my post

[cursive kettle]

uhhh now mutants have an animation for eating and uhh that's it, and npcs hide in cover but that tbh needed to be in the game from the beginning

[charred nova]

What’d you post

[cursive kettle]

uhhh, so i took sum comment of a og Stalker fan criticizing A life and it was pretty good so i copied it and posted it to make know more people ab it in the reddit channel and ye everyone is fighting lmao
as i said the message it's criticizing a life, not insulting the devs or anything

like it's the first time i have 60 karma there(i never use reddit)

[charred nova]

Reddit karma farming grind set

[cursive kettle]

fr

i measured the comment rate and i get 1 comment every 9 seconds, crazy lmao, mostly people hating on me tho

like i never knew how reddit was until now lmao

[charred nova]

Average redditer still thinking this game is 9/10 better than the originals as is

[river chasm]

A lot of them also think anomaly is a peak stalker experience so

[charred nova]

Well don’t all the anomaly and gamma bros hate stalker 2 anyways

[cursive kettle]

Yo i misinterpreted the "move on" i thought that it was an insult but a genius guy came and described in a comment how different S2 is from ambience environment and all than the previous games, he moved on and forgot about this game and now i feel like i should do too but mah 60 dollahs😭 🙏

[river chasm]

Idk, some of them. The ones who get really defensive if you criticize them at all I guess.

[scenic scaffold]

Gamma bros and anomaly chads lololol

[scenic scaffold]

On top of that it’s SW Lumen with no option for HW Lumen which would make a significant difference between video cards in terms of ghosting, lighting updates, performance etc

[charred nova]

Yup

It would increase fps a lot

For those who’s PCs could take advantage

[scenic scaffold]

Consoles are the problem and the limitations of being on an ancient build of UE5.1

I’d like to believe that the devs aren’t incompetent just working with tools that corpos tell them too

[warm trail]

Im cracking strelok fr

[scenic scaffold]

The NPCs do be acting a lot better tho. I’ll give em that

[slow crypt]

yea

[dreamy forge]

I mean whole point of Lumen is to save development time while maximizing support from cards that dont have dedicated RT hardware

Althou marketing made it look like that feature was made so little tom could enjoy RT on hes obsolete gpu

[slow crypt]

The point was never to abuse it, and on top of that, we only have software Lumen so we get neither quality nor performance

Lumen is good technology, but they could have at least made it hybrid. The world of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 is big, but it came at a cost. Besides, with the missions being cut, it feels empty.

[dreamy forge]

Common misconception being that these gimmicky features were made for gamers to enjoy. While reality is those were made so even idiot can crap out game in decent time

[slow crypt]

In a way, yes. In the end, we’re left with the memory of waiting for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2, which was more enjoyable than actually playing this half-baked game.

[coarse falcon]

Don't agree. I'm having loads of fun playing. But personally i never got many bugs.

So i might not be as bitter as some

[fleet tartan]

I've gotten a few. Sadly one happened when I was on console and it ended that run. I moved to PC. Had the same bug but was able to use dev tools to continue. Had my save data corrupt. Started again and had a different bug (not game ending but still dev tool to fix again)

Glitch #1 SCAR cutscene didn't happen after leaving garbage. I was able to Google the fix.

Glitch #2 was the noontide professor never gave me the side quest on fixing the vents to find signal source. I followed a guide and got the fuse but was unable to get into the engineering room (no quest door didn't open) so I went into ghost mode through the door and got the fuse in that way

[coarse falcon]

I think i only once got bug that needed console to solve but it was in sidequest anyway. Corrupted saves sound rough but luckly it never happened to me in my two playthroughs spanning around 260h.

Locked door in Zalisia. Just nocliped right through and it worked fine then but it was before patches.

[scenic scaffold]

it can still be fun because the market for actual good AAA openworld survival horror rpg is minimal and far from a oversaturated market. we're grasping at scraps.

[fleet tartan]

I get corrupted saves quite often. I don't know why. I have learned to select using the cloud saves when it says there is a discrepancy in save data. First time I saw this I noticed the local save was more recent so I selected it and it corrupted and deleted

[scenic scaffold]

we have a bunch of Early access / indie studio games that fit that but might never be finished.

i don't feel like modding Fallout 4 for the 30th time

so i'll settle with stalker 2 till hopefully it fixes itself or something better comes along

[coarse falcon]

Well i don't care taht much for AAA open world survival horror RPGs market since only stalker is stalker even if other game would share it "type".

[fleet tartan]

I specifically like the theme of gritty apocalyptic survival games but you're right, not much competition in the category

[coarse falcon]

Metro is solid but two first games are not open world.

[scenic scaffold]

metro exodus is more open zones

which could be okay, but the story was just way too linear for me

[coarse falcon]

Like first three stalkers. Yes.

I've played them multiple times.

[scenic scaffold]

but the progression because of linearity is completely different

[fleet tartan]

Yeah I loved Metro too. I prefer the open world though because exodus was the best of the trilogy

[scenic scaffold]

exodus was okay. the lighting was weird. stealth was weird. ranger mode was really easy

[coarse falcon]

I can't wait for next one tbh.

[fleet tartan]

Stalker 2 vs the rest feels too linear

Like compared to other stalker games

[scenic scaffold]

i would say the story is more linear

but the openworld makes such a huge difference for me

it makes it hard for me, personally, to go back to the older games. even anomaly or gamma.

but that's just preference

[coarse falcon]

Witch biome is your fav in Exodus? I looove desert map.

Sand dudes are best.

[fleet tartan]

I believe it was the first one in the swamp

[scenic scaffold]

i do want to try the new legends of the zone. probably just gonna play it for an hour and wait for mods

[coarse falcon]

Solid

[fleet tartan]

This may be a bit of a spoiler but when you have to choose between noontide and ward at SIRCAA, does it make the ward hostile from that point onwards?

[scenic scaffold]

i want to say yes

[coarse falcon]

And what you think? 😄

[fleet tartan]

Going through chemical plant or even seeing ward patrols they are all hostile towards me and I can only think of that mission

Any way to deescalate and go neutral again? It just sucks being attacked a lot now

[scenic scaffold]

im doing a ward playthrough now. it's definitely different than my first one

[coarse falcon]

Ward is preety pissed there. Esp our guy K.

[coarse falcon]

I've only done Ward and Spark and Ward ending easly wins for me from those two. Next i think i'll check out what our boy Strielok has to ofer.

[scenic scaffold]

i almost want to betray ward at the end, very last second

but me and korshunov are BOYS

[coarse falcon]

I quite like them compared to nutters from Spark.

[fleet tartan]

I probably haven't even halfway completed this game. I just met the drunk professor with a key card

I fully plan on doing the spark ending though as far as I know unless something changes

[coarse falcon]

Fun guy

[fleet tartan]

Because story wise, I fully understand why Scar has it out for the ward

I've read some spoilers about the strelok ending and honestly it seems so off the wall. Like something strelok would not do

[coarse falcon]

Tbh Scar has it for everyone if they get in his way or can be used by him. Dude is just broken and discarded. Super sad.

[fleet tartan]

I hope I don't regret siding with him now. He actually seemed like a pretty good guy. Like he cares for his team

[coarse falcon]

For me he was one huge walking red flag from first cutscene with him.

And they threw tantrum because i dared to speak to Ward BEFORE i even met him and his group. Like chill out wierdo.

[fleet tartan]

After dealing with the ward in Zalysia, meeting them in garbage I chose not to trust them. Then Scars first cut scene he was crazy and definitely not right but I was like ok we'll see. Then it was pick between SIRCAA or noon and I was like ok noon it is which so far has me siding with Spark

[coarse falcon]

I was kinda bouncing between two in my first playthrough too.

Best way to see what they are about.

[fleet tartan]

Yeah it's hard to pick who the true good guy is (if there even is one)

[coarse falcon]

No one tbh

[fleet tartan]

Like yes SIRCAA performed the second Caribbean experiment and Scar caused the problems with it, but I blame Scar less than SIRCAA in that case scenario

[coarse falcon]

Not even Skif imo. He is just dude looking for big buck to rebuilt his life. Laws be damned.

[fleet tartan]

Pretty much, have you heard much about the Strelok ending though

As I said, does not seem like Strelok at all

[coarse falcon]

No. I'm going for it now

So i'll see in a bit.

[fleet tartan]

Does freedom have an ending? If so I may pick them. They seem reasonable

[coarse falcon]

Nah, old factions were beaten and don't matter all that much now.

Small players ultimetly controled by bigger dudes.

[fleet tartan]

So pretty much Spark, Ward, Faust, Strelok are the only endings?

[coarse falcon]

i think yes

But maby they'll add some with DLC?

[fleet tartan]

Dang... None of those are particularly good lol

I don't know the ward or spark endings, I know a slight bit about Faust and Strelok endings due to spoilers

But I am assuming Spark has generally the best ending

[coarse falcon]

No good endings in the zone. Just endless grind ended in anomaly or on the wrong side of a barrel.

[warped stream]

Imo the doctor/faust ending is the best

[fleet tartan]

I could see that, but it irks me that he tried to kill me at the start sooooo... Not an option to side with him lol

[warped stream]

spoilers for that ending ||technically youre siding with who you thought was the doctor, and it just turns out to be faust? not a fan of him but i thought the whole ending cinematic and everything was really cool||

[chrome gazelle]

what is the best way to get money

[shell flax]

Artifacts

[cyan phoenix]

could i get a little help

[shell flax]

With?

[cyan phoenix]

mods

so i was using a performance mod for a while

then the new update came out

now it crashes my game but i forgot what the mod was called and cant find it in my files

[coarse falcon]

I hoard every little sellable drop and haul it to trader as busy bee. But keep spicy rocks for myself. Had more money than i knew what to do with.

[cyan phoenix]

should i just reinstall?

[shell flax]

Probably

[cyan phoenix]

will the remove the mods to?

[coarse falcon]

I'm using mod manager from Nexus and it's super convinient in adding and removing mods

[cyan phoenix]

what is it called?

[coarse falcon]

Vortex

[cyan phoenix]

ok thanks also

with all the new updates is it worth just restarting the campain?

im around 40 hours into this run

[coarse falcon]

I'm biased as hell so i say yes.

[cyan phoenix]

ok

like what will i be missingif i carry on how i have been

do the updates fit in seamlessly?

lol trash spelling

[steady solar]

Hows the update?

[cyan phoenix]

idk

[tranquil vine]

Voiding out in the Duga tunnels

[valid parrot]

there is a m701 super suppressor near chopper field in a bloodsucker cave

[shrewd needle]

I hate Teslas...

[novel wave]

you dont have any mods on or anything?

[valid parrot]

nope, it's on one of the bodies there

i wonder if there is a SVD silencer somewhere on the map now

[warm palm]

Hey yall did anything change with updates on the game? I stopped playing since i had that boss fight with that guy (forgot name) and had the wrong guns or not enough ammo and it took miles to come back by a base so i asked game support to make a stash box in the base before u go to the boss fight.. idk if they did yet

Otherwise i need to walk miles back i dont want 😂

[cinder abyss]

Eh itll come around im sure

[regal sinew]

You could always tame a wild squirrel and whack a saddle on it.

[cinder abyss]

Half of the games developement will most likely come from the community lol

But im glad they are still fixing it up, they seem to care alot

[warm palm]

If they just made a active car i would be a happy man

[regal sinew]

I'd be more likely to say, not likely gonna happen but there is that testing area somewhere in the Zone and there was animations for opening car doors, or at least the attempt to open car doors. Who knows? Maybe some form of transport will be available with one of the DLCs. I'd just prefer Artifacts with teleport abilities again, IDK if the Compass Arti does that on here.

[warm palm]

I asked support to make a stash box in duga base did they or not its stupid there is none there yet 😭

Since then i can grab with a smirk my beautiful ROCKET LAUNCHER to blows mr F his ass out

[shrewd needle]

Use trainer. Increase movement speed. Free car.

[warm palm]

I need that stash box in duga base i just gonna mail them again

Its so weird there is a save base there and not a stash box

[regal sinew]

lol dude, you'd probably be able to make that trip x5 over by the time you wait for a reply, let alone them adding this stash box you crave. Just play the game breh.

[shrewd needle]

Isn't the Duga supposed to remain inaccessible except for the mission?

[vernal lily]

I think he meant he wanted those ender chests, where you can access everywhere. Not a regular stash box.

[shrewd needle]

Yea, I know, but that's why I'm asking; if the Duga is supposed to remain inaccessible before and after the mission, no point having a personal box there.

[warm palm]

No u can explore a bit of duga before getting in that mission and there u have that save base

[shrewd needle]

Yea, but it's not a settlement...so Skif wouldn't (lore or otherwise) get anything to call home there.

[warm palm]

Yes is that called a ender chest

Learn sum new today

[shrewd needle]

It's just called a personal box.

[vernal lily]

It's just a term used in minecraft because you can have your things everywhere

[regal sinew]

Or just a shared world stash box, not everything has to be Mineshaft relatable. 😛

[shrewd needle]

Yea, I was confused too, since I don't play MC.

[warm palm]

I did always wonder why that ender chest in minecraft was different then the wooden box .. now i know

[regal sinew]

My kids do, if anything I used to play it years ago but always on creative, I just liked to build stuff lol.

[vernal lily]

But I personally think there should be one at sircaa, I don't think I remember having carry weight issues at duga

[shrewd needle]

Can relate to that sentiment.

[vernal lily]

I just use that word because why not

[regal sinew]

Can't wait for some kind of Hideout Furniture mod for s2 lol, I love creating my own little living spaces.

[regal sinew]

Yeah fair bro, I mean it's fairly relatable to many younger peeps nowadays, they know what you mean when you say Ender Chest and how the stash would work.

[vernal lily]

lol, ok

[warm palm]

For sure in sircaa yes so much weapons to pick up .. but duga wasnt the weight issue it was the i dont have enough ammo in my ass pockets but i do in stash

[paper goblet]

How's the A-Life in the current state? Haven't played for a while probably not since 1 month past release, all my save files are gone even though I had steam cloud enabled. Is it good enough so the Zone doesn't feel dead? Wanna know if it's worth starting all over atm

[shrewd needle]

When you carry the amount of stuff I do...plenty of weight issues. 😏

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[shrewd needle]

Duga is like final mission...you're supposed to be geared up for all-out war. So bulking up on supplies and ammunition before you get there.

[warm palm]

Wel shit

[regal sinew]

I believe it's still being worked on, it's not quite 2.0 yet but the latest patch brought about some updates to the persistance to NPCs in the world. So it has had some touch ups.

[warm palm]

I run past alot of guys since it looked like they had a minecraft spawner 🤣

They kept coming

[paper goblet]

Well last I played it legit was just an empty zone other than the occasionaly every like 30 minute ish bandit pats or smth that would just spawn like 10 m infront of me. Does it atleast feel a bit "alive"?

[regal sinew]

I can't say myself tbh I haven't played in a minute either, keep going back to CoC mods. I've just been keeping up with the updates and the latest was improvements to mutants AI and some tuning to A-Life. I've seen people saying it does feel more alive now though.

[warm palm]

It really does feel dead after sircaa

All those warden bases empty and shi to bad to see i prefer more life

Stalker 2 to switch 2 to maybe alot triple A come to switch now

[proven kayak]

Are Artifact spawn tied to progress?
I am sitting over an hour on the chemical Anomaly west from Cement and try to get Liquid Rock, it doesnt show.

I found Thunderberry, Compass, Hybercube, but Liquid Rock is truly Legendary

[shrewd needle]

Dealing with it is simple; you only need 2 weapons (if vanilla):

• VSS Vintorez.
• M14 (EMR) or the Gauss Rifle.
  Bring medical supplies. Bring ammunition for the above guns (plus some for Skif's Makarov). Leave everything else behind.

[fading parcel]

Hello, anyone A-Live here

[polar forge]

Yes a bit more than it was imo. Mostly more intense mutant encounters from the bit that I played. I’m at a part in the story where not a lot of people are in towns let alone wandering and still seen friendly npcs going about their day differently than before. Didn’t encounter any bandits or enemies other than zombies & mutants in the whole two hours I played

[uncut inlet]

did compiling shaders always have music in it? or is this new?

[polar forge]

I encountered a few random NPC side activities also just roaming around. Never had that happen before

Like activities that were not marked at all completely random just walking into a guy holding out against mutants, a guy hiding a stash I caught and stole it 😂 and a group of pig mutants eating bodies

[ashen radish]

It's new, came with 1.4 patch.

[warm palm]

Its fun how everyone has another game play experience since you tryna say you encounter only zombies and mutants after sircaa i guess

I only encounter bandits and uhh more bandits i always come into fire fights 😂

[shrewd needle]

That happens to me even before SIRCAA. So many Bandits and Bloodsuckers, it's not even funny.

[warm palm]

I havent seen many monster especially that invisible i lost all f* names that invisible things dont encounter it much and sometimes there are 2 but barely seen them

[warm palm]

Oh yes bloodsuckers i guess im.friends with them didnt encounter them much i was more irritated i tried hiding for bandits and they just a smart ass and find me hiding

[proven kayak]

Prime "A-Life 2.0" moment.
I grabbed a stash with a Blueprint.
Spawned 2 or 3 Pseudodogs...anyways, there were at least 20 running around.
After some shots I decided "No way" and just ran!
After a while I realised that at least 1 Pseudodog wont stop chasing...so I RAAAAAAAAAAN.
Out of a sudden on the left side bandits spawn and attack me.
Then on the right side Stalkers spawned and attacked the bandits.
And then the PSeudodog attacked those, too.
So I ran.
But because "A-Life 2.0" is so amazing, some denseheads still shot after the guy who was running like hell, while mutants and humans attacking them.
They should rename it into "Just an AI"

[shrewd needle]

Well...S2 = no hiding, just shooting.

[cursive kettle]

what does sdk mean

[shrewd needle]

Software development kit.

[cursive kettle]

and it's used for modding?

[shrewd needle]

It's used for making modifications, yes.

[cursive kettle]

tho did the devs say that mods will be available in consoles too or just pc?

[warm palm]

THE ONLY F* REASON i did survive by the swamps was because DOGS were attacking the chemera SO i had free passage since his thick ah was busy hunting those dogs back 🤣🤣

Lucky mf i was damn

[drifting bear]

both

[proven kayak]

And these moments could be so good, if they werent as silly the same time. 😄
There is no living world, just spawning stuff left right and center. 😄
I was sitting at night in the swamp church on top, because I waited for daylight.
So much shit spawned around me that time, you could open a circus.

[cursive kettle]

are pc mods gonna be available for console too by the same sdk or different workshops will be made?

[shrewd needle]

It's already a circus.

[drifting bear]

different

[cursive kettle]

that's a massive skill issue, that's the zone and how hard it is to survive bozo - a defender of S2 prolly

[warm palm]

😂😂 yeah i love the random shi sometimes i was once attacked by bandits so i hide in a house and they knew i was in there suddenly those warden guys came and shot them all down i was like screaming to my tv like" i got my homies backup!! " heard so much gun shots dang felt like cowboy time 😂😂

[cursive kettle]

sad, ig xbox mods will be like the trilogy(almost non existent)

[shrewd needle]

TBH, it's only difficult because things spawn rather than be organically generated + the AI shooting at you with buck-shot from 1 KM away with extreme precision.

[cursive kettle]

that's s2🤷‍♂️
idk what's wrong

[shrewd needle]

Everything.

[cursive kettle]

we need a S2 defender rn to bring up all the s2 development and story to convince u that s2 is the best game ever and u should never criticize it lmao

[warm palm]

Close by pripyat sits a idiot in a tower that uses shotgun died triple time since he also shoot through the freaking crashed train there 😅

Or at least the way to pripyat tho

Ive been in there before going to duga and stuff so i can just fast travel there 😂

Yk train glitch thats fixed now

[shrewd needle]

True. Entertaining, NGL.

[warm palm]

Could jump my soft ah over it

[shrewd needle]

I used that too to get to Pripyat right after getting out of the Lesser Zone and finishing off the Rail Yard in Garbage.

[warm palm]

I need a russian lada with no doors in game so i could catch sum bloodsuckers on my windshield 😎

[shrewd needle]

Honestly, I'm just going to use a trainer after update and teleport myself. Don't have time to deal with story-locked geography like the old GTA games... 😡

[warm palm]

I hate how they say openworld and there is invisible wall i was like i buy pokemon arceus legends was mwah i do like the cities and stuff more but i was like in a open world space but if u want to the next open world space u need to do this and that i was like yeah selling this shi

[shrewd needle]

Exactly...it's not OPEN if there's walls...

[warm palm]

Yeah they should stop calling it that if u cant seriously anywhere i hope gta 6 isnt like gta 3 like lets close this bridge 😂😭

[shrewd needle]

I mean, GTA V was fully open, so...

[warm palm]

I speedrun through that red forest and there was just a really strong guy in there shooting my socks off i barely made it but i wanted to unlock that base above it

😂

[warm palm]

Saw gta V so much on yt and by others i never played myself 😅

Maybe a little by friends

[smoky hawk]

I mean, GTAV sucks so....

[warm palm]

But gta 6 day one

[warm palm]

I did read a article also today how somebody was done with the gta online because of the amount of modders aint fun

Nothing personal people but now yall pc people can wait 😅😆

And first console and calmnes

[smoky hawk]

If your friend thought GTAO was fun to begin with
He's clearly been the loser from the begining in this situation

[warm palm]

I never played either so im not part of the loser list

My friend did buy online yes .. lol

But also maybe half year ago not since beginning

[shrewd needle]

I like to get all the loot and there's too much loot in the huge map now, so I delayed that, NGL.

[shrewd needle]

Yea, GTA V's whole map is open from the start of the game.

[shrewd needle]

I know, I'm just talking about artificial walls in open-world.

[warm palm]

I havent seen that new map part yet i walked to there and it looks like trump his ah wall 🤣

[shrewd needle]

GTA Online is dead either ways...sooner or later, they will turn the multi-player off. All progress lost.

[warm palm]

Was high as shit

[smoky hawk]

To do that first you gotta bring down the artificial wall between you and a girl

[shrewd needle]

Well, fortunately, that girl at Rostok is available. 😏

[warm palm]

Yup wont bother start it its almost next year already anyway enough other things to play

[shrewd needle]

GTAO is what GTA single-player should've been. The current SP is garbage. Characters are worse.

[warm palm]

I was more into that lady at sircaa those nurse type yk when i need sum healingg

[tacit jay]

Sircaa or Malachite?

[warm palm]

One best way to heal

[smoky hawk]

GTAV story sucks, why you would want to swap it for the inexistance of one is bewildering

[warm palm]

Gta 6 is good then i learn to play with one hand people 🤣

[shrewd needle]

Because GTA Online has a much more logical story than the psychopath called Trevor Philips and the hollow character of Franklin Clinton.

Like, the silent GTAO protagonist has more character than all 3 SP characters combined.

[shrewd needle]

Malachite, and she's a trader, not a doctor.

I'd like Harpy too, but she's too salty.

[tacit jay]

I mean she probably has a PhD

[warm palm]

I think since ned Luke is alot active online and his boat is seen in trailer 2 of gta 6 i think he makes a come back since they said there is a character that makes a come back to

[polar forge]

They fixed that

[shrewd needle]

Yea, and she's 'above' the stalkers...doubt she'd like a random guy covered in blood, sweat and nightmares.

The girl at Freedom is still a normal stalker, so easier chance.

[tacit jay]

Idk man she might be down to clown.

honk honk

[polar forge]

I have honestly never had anything just spawn on me out of thin air. They always come from the horizon

[weary hedge]

....Please wait....compiling shaders.....please wait......

[polar forge]

I was surprised with shaders now. They are so short compared to a minute or two it took before. Takes like 10 second now

[tacit jay]

Compiling shaders now takes like 10 seconds for me. Used to be a lot longer

[warm palm]

With confidence u can get any girl they not difficult at least in games not ,,cj looked worse to 😂 and he had 3

[tacit jay]

If you touch grass hard enough, you too might find a diamond in the rough

[weary hedge]

Lucky you. My CPU reaches over 95c now when compiling 😅

[polar forge]

It only take longer if you reset your settings or something

Like change graphic

In my experience anyway

Well, now I have to go to work. Have fun in the zone everyone! See ya later

[shrewd needle]

Just disable shader compilation.

[versed anchor]

Then game would stutter no

[shrewd needle]

Doesn't stutter like that for me. Though the game is bugged enough that using the first 2 quick access things slows the game down by locking it up and the second 2 things outright locking up the entire PC.

[versed anchor]

Relatable bro

[plain mantle]

someone knows where can i modify the saiga, every station that i have unlocked rn cant modify it