☢┃stalker-general

[mental dove]

But when I approach it ends up doing damage and ultimately killing me

How do I grab it without being killed by what looks like a deformed gust of wind?

[ebon blade]

You can use your bolts to knock an artifact, out of an anomaly, so you can safely grab it.

[mental dove]

So just throw bolts at it till it drops the artifact?

And me just swiss cheesing the anomaly like an idiot

[ebon blade]

If you are playing Clear Sky (2008) the artifact hunting is a little more crude
You have to get inside the anomaly field, and use your bolts to temporarily
disable the various type of anomalies, like electrical, burner or a vortex.

[mental dove]

So I throw the bolt at the anomaly, sprint at it and then quickly snatch the artifact?

[ebon blade]

That's a pretty good description. It just takes practice.
Practice to get on out there and give it a wrangle.

[mental dove]

Aight, thanks for the help man

[ebon blade]

Who the hell is this?

[shell flax]

Dvupalov, a dude you meet in the later parts of the game

[worn charm]

guys i need help my stalker clear sky ee dont start up how do i fix it ?

[tacit jay]

Validate files?

[snow seal]

How does it imply that? There is so much commie shit still in the game: the kruschevkas, soviet vehicles and weapons plus the CNPP itself still attests to the existence of the USSR. The time capsule is still there, maybe it's a little bit more inaccurate than it used to be, but fundamentally it is there. Personally I cannot fathom where this feral NEED for more soviet symbols is coming from

[mortal bison]

Hello fellow stalkers!

[uncut hollow]

Hello

[mortal bison]

[plucky pasture]

Where is the updated road map ?

[dense harness]

Does the gangstalking program stop? I've gone through this close to twenty years

I went to a psychiatric hospital and I asked when will my gangstalking ends and they said "soon". I'm just making sure they aren't lying

[uncut hollow]

um bro, this is S.T.A.L.K.E.R. not the real-life problem

This is server for a game

[sharp gulch]

L m a o

Doesn't just happen on reddit, huh?

[uncut hollow]

yeah, I mean it happens to Thief game

[vapid galleon]

[worn charm]

idk

[shadow vale]

[carmine star]

lol

[ebon mountain]

any video settings to disable or avoid to prevent crashes? SoC EE

[jagged rapids]

[hardy spire]

does any1 know the name of a mod for stalker i think soc or anomaly and it was meant to make it multiplyaer with vehciles and stuff

it was still in development last time i checked

[hardy totem]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-stare-gif-11457397871229929607

[heavy void]

what multiplayer modes is stalker 2 gonna have

[hardy totem]

No coop, so likely something along the lines of team-deathmatch

[craggy lava]

PvP, presumably the TDM from SOC

[hardy totem]

But I'm not sure if that's actually confirmed

[heavy void]

so no extraction or anything like that?

[craggy lava]

I hope not

[hardy totem]

If there is going to be I have not heard of it. But I'm not always in the loop

[heavy void]

i think it would fit this game pretty perfectly

[drifting crag]

i wonder how they're gonna balance armor and penetration for multiplayer

will we get preset loadout for matches i wonder

deluxe weapons are also a thing

[heavy void]

if they realease a strictly deathmatch orianted multiplayer it would die instantly

[drifting crag]

imagine looting an exoskeleton in multiplayer but it doesn't have sprint upgrade lol

but you can take alot of dmg

[craggy lava]

MP probably isn’t a focus, it wouldn’t be too popular anyways

They’ll probably work on DLC first

[drifting crag]

throwing bolts at each other

[hardy totem]

[drifting crag]

[hardy totem]

[craggy lava]

Any word on when we’re getting our codes?

[hardy totem]

https://tenor.com/view/eh-meh-jim-jim-halpert-the-office-gif-25317293

I'd be a bit surprised if it happened during the weekend

Tbh

[craggy lava]

Eh I got all the time in the world

I’m grinding all the l4d2 campaigns today

[halcyon karma]

Prob on Monday when GSC CMs go back to work

Grrr.., I just have to imagine these people's jobs are to read shit on reddit and steam forums, jesus christ

They have the hardest jobs

[oak junco]

man i cant imagine being paid to read reddit all day lol

[ebon mountain]

Is there a big visual difference between high and epic graphics settings in stalker 2?

[lime patio]

Visual not really ... in Performance of cause it is.

I released a video for my Mod called A-Bomb on Nexus Mods - describing exactly that.

Visual improvements are tiny aF, but performance impact is hughe.

Oh ... one user of my Mod thinks that its one of the best, if not the best one in the lot.
Never expected such a compliment at all.

But with all my tweaks on settings for performance before, I do experience a really good gameplay with my mod.

[worn charm]

guys how do i fix my stalker cs ee?

[ebon mountain]

Thats what I was thinking as about majority if not all games the reviewers who look into these things usually say high is theway to go as epic(ultra) never really shows difference. I wanted to ask here instead of staring at bush for 2 hours to find out

Thank you😀

[lime patio]

🤣 I was so confused about the differences, that I made Screenshots after restarting the game after changes, because I thought that "maybe the changes need a restart", just to compare the two screenshots with different settings. Even at 20× Zoom the differences are barely noticeable.^^

[ebon mountain]

is RAM 2 or Saiga better shotty ? 😄

[ebon mountain]

thank you for doing the dirty work ❤️ 😄

[lime patio]

You know ... 😅 if Studios doesn't optimize anymore ... and we as users has limited a limited budget, we have to get the best performance out of the hardware we own right?^^

But, yeah - no problem, have a good one Stalker.^^

[proven kayak]

What exactly does viktoria dorozhnyuk say in Ukrainian, when you close conversation "... dobre"
Cant figure it out

[proven kayak]

So, RAM 2 feels a bit more beefy and sound is amazing. Having some extra shells is good, too.
In the end I think Saiga is better, but I would say they are so close its personal preference.

[floral elm]

Ram has better damage, accurancy and range while saiga has better rate of fire and faster round switch. Overall their both pretty good until you get your hands on texan, it's special RAM 2 variant in Pripyat and it has the best range, damage and accuracy out of ant shotgun

[proven kayak]

Yeah and the same time you get Saiga Drum Mag, so 21 Rounds crazy fast.

[dreamy plover]

7900xtx i went from ultra to low across all settings and gained 20-30 fps. Unbelievable how cpu heavy this game is

[cyan niche]

lazy devs, what can i say

[fossil cove]

Nah. Who put the pregnant guy emoji

My b

[peak oracle]

Thats ue5 for ya, looks before optimization

[cyan niche]

it is not ue5, it is lazy devs

[proven kayak]

You can thank Adolf Putler

[peak oracle]

Its ue5, even on fortnite it often performs bad

[pine haven]

idk all UE5 games I have runs like dogwater

[vapid galleon]

[peak oracle]

The engine is such a buggy mess since epic wanted to jump into the RT bandwagon

[cyan niche]

bro i have exp rig, u cant compare fortnite with unoptimized lazy dev game

[oak junco]

Its more complicated then that

UE5 is ass man even 5090 struggle to run S2 native

[peak oracle]

To be expected from the 5000 series

[proven kayak]

How can it be more complicated than a fascist leader orders a Genocide on a country, forces devs into war or out of country and then we expect a fully polished game?
Am I mad at Stalker 2? Oh yeah.
Can I understand the difficulty? Of course.

[cyan niche]

well yeah, ue5 is a new engine, will take time to run good, but stalker isnt something that wouldnt run on ue4. stalker 2 would literally run easily on ue4

[oak junco]

Thats honestly a dumb thing to say

[peak oracle]

GSC moved to prague before this

[sturdy verge]

Oh here we go again with politics coming

[oak junco]

If the world most powerful gpu struggles to run your game the engine is shit

[proven kayak]

Not true

[oak junco]

UE5 needs to be forgotten for good

[proven kayak]

They move there partly and some of them served.
Lazy internet opinion.

[cyan niche]

world most powerful gpu its literally fake frames chip whats new on 5000 series, thats all

[peak oracle]

Not dumb, that hot pipping dog poop is all AI and no juice, the vram is tensor cores disguised as physical vram

[oak junco]

5090 without fake ai stuff still shits on whatever you got bro

[sturdy verge]

Ruff ruff ruff ruff

[oak junco]

Stop excusing bad engines

[cyan niche]

thats what im saying

[peak oracle]

5090 struggles without DLSS in practically anything

[cyan niche]

5090 is still shit, its just fake frames chip upgrade

[oak junco]

Stalker 2 on xray 2 when

[peak oracle]

Since it doesnt have enough REAL vram, just AI cores

[oak junco]

Fr? Doesn't it has 32 gigs of vram

[peak oracle]

only if you crank the DLSS to full power

Otherwise it gets the performance of a 2000 series

[cyan niche]

people who literally buy 5090 for "pure performance", im sorry for them. supporting nvidia at this point is pointless

[oak junco]

💀

I skipped the 5000 series man i didn't realize how cooked those cards really are lol

[cyan niche]

theyre really cooked, even the cables are catching on fire

[peak oracle]

Better skip anything nvidia drops

[oak junco]

[peak oracle]

Start looking into intel arc or amd

[oak junco]

Fr I'm going amd now

[cyan niche]

AMD the goat

its not 2015 for amd anymore, no more driver problems

[peak oracle]

Looking into their latest gpu, it gets AI stuff too but they gave it 16gb of real vram

• FSR,

[cyan niche]

9070 xt is some extra frames

but 7900 xt is still good, u could go for it

[oak junco]

Will amd ever go for another 7900xtx tier card

[cyan niche]

will it run stalker on 60fps tho?

without fake frame bullsh!t

[ornate mirage]

i'd argue with that

[mystic adder]

I have a 7900xt, and it can run it on 60 fps most of the time, even higher in the wilderness

Where the frames drop is the populated areas, but thats also a cpu issue. The lowest ive gotten is the low 50s, high 40s.

[cyan niche]

argue what u want, been running amd for over a year, no problems

[cyan niche]

its optimization problem

[mystic adder]

Fsr isnt too bad on stalker 2, with the exception of the sights, the holographic sights look horrible with frame gen

[mystic adder]

Absolutely

[ornate mirage]

lmfao

[cyan niche]

but bro how are u even able to play it with that fake frame bizarre? i can feel the difference by a lot

[mystic adder]

Are you talking about graphical or input diffrences?

Your settings have to be fine tuned, and I only turn it on when I already have above 60 fps native

[cyan niche]

both

[mystic adder]

Its OK for populated, when I have in the low 50s, since im not doing much there besides taking quests and buying items

[cyan niche]

well yeah then, gotta wait 3-5 years when the game gets fixed and optimized then

just like cyberpunk 😄

[mystic adder]

Your graphics settings play a part in it. Stalker 2 needs TSR on, it looks worse on pure native resolution surprisingly

Whatver flaws appear in your un frame gen game, are going to amplified when you turn on fsr

[cyan niche]

im actually waiting for it to run good on pure native

[subtle spindle]

it runs fine on native i can get 60fps on high settings it just looks dogshit

[mystic adder]

Lol, I bet by the time they get to optimizing the game, new graphics cards will be able to run it smoother, so there wont be a point anyway

[mystic adder]

Mess around with TSR or TAA

[subtle spindle]

also this "they will optimize the game in the future" cope is just a cope theyre not gonna do it

[cyan niche]

thats actually a wrong perspective to look from

[mystic adder]

I know its just a joke on, by the time they fix things, modern technology will be able to run it well anyway

If they can fix the major issues this year, as well as further modding support. I think it would be a win.

[cyan niche]

well idk man, how the gpu devs look at it rn, its just AI slops

its just my perspective, and i dont like all that fake frame thing.

[mystic adder]

True, but rasterization js improving, albeit slower

[subtle spindle]

it looks decent with dlss, better than native

[carmine star]

DLAA looks best for me

[subtle spindle]

yeah no doubt

[carmine star]

like surprisingly good, and alot better than it did few months ago

[violet dune]

Preset K

[carmine star]

yes

[violet dune]

looks like DLAA and gives more fps

[carmine star]

i am using preset k, DLSS for method and upscale quality is DLAA

[violet dune]

DLAA = native resolution

[carmine star]

ok

Then why can iu have both on at same time? im curious

like my game looks amazing, and i get a stable 100 fps

[violet dune]

DLAA is advanced AA for games

DLAA makes your game visuals are super clear on native res

Quality = upscales it from 66%

[carmine star]

yes yes

[violet dune]

Preset K is new type of preset which tries to achieve clarity

[carmine star]

but that only works if not using DLAA right ?

[drifting bear]

Preset K it's the new version of DLSS

[carmine star]

yes

[violet dune]

its transformer

good comparison is cyberpunk there even on DLAA some VFX is blurry while Preset K makes it clear

all of this is based on AI

DLAA, DLSS, PresetK all of them are AI

[carmine star]

Yeah, ok thanks for clearing that up

[left crystal]

Can anyone here give me a fking idea what's going on with this game on my pc?

[violet dune]

you can play with Preset K and custom quality 80% and DLAA + preset K and find any difference

[craggy lava]

What’s up

[violet dune]

you should gain FPS and still have same quality

[carmine star]

Well i would try but everything right now on my end is perfect

Frames, no stutter, clarity

[violet dune]

what card you have?

[carmine star]

4070 super with 5700x3d

[violet dune]

oh well i would go with quality 80% + preset K, i do same with 4090

also i replaced all DLL files with the latest ones in the game

[left crystal]

It used to crash every now and then, but then I adjusted my graphics and done some stuff and was able to get it finished, mostly it crashed when teleporting with strelok to the generators, the crashes are not normal my pc shuts down and restarts and ik maybe something is unstable, but I got past it and finished it, now update comes and when I try to install the update my pc freezes and shuts down, no matter what I do, other games download normally, and I'm only downloading the update not playing

[frigid hill]

s.t.a.l.k.e.r0036 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[left crystal]

Idk if part of my SSD is broken and can't be access or what's going on

[violet dune]

some modders say latest dll files from nvidia fix some memory leaks, i didn ttest myself but this might help for someone. in stalker 2 game files GSC still uses old dll

[left crystal]

It's literally the last 200Mbs of the update keep repeating starting downlaod PC freezes and shuts down

[quartz anvil]

Whats your system specs?

[left crystal]

I don't think my specs are the issue:
7800X3D
6800
32Gbs ram

[quartz anvil]

Well it could be a memory or cpu issue, what are your temps? At idle?

[weak epoch]

Is there ever going to be a 60fps mode for series S?

[left crystal]

Did you hear what I said tho? I said while updating the game not even opening or playing it

[drifting bear]

Check your ssd with crystaldiskinfo 🤷 Maybe this is the problem, because I honestly don't know

[left crystal]

My temps on idle are in the 40s C

[left crystal]

What's what I've been thinking I'll try that

[lime patio]

Yeah ... me too!
I skip every 2'nd series and I'm on a 3090 Ti ... but 5000'nd series is pure dog shit!

I wrote this critism on nVidia Forums:
nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/forums/rtx-technology-dlss-dxr/37/565944/nvidia-and-their-narratives/

There I linked my first one and to be honest^^ - nVidia gave a sh!t.^^

For me ... it seems like Games these days aren't optimized on purpose.

[craggy lava]

Are your drivers all up to date?

[left crystal]

It just says good

Is there any test to do?

[quartz anvil]

A simple download uses memory and cpu aswell, i would bench mark it

[left crystal]

Yes

[quartz anvil]

Use ciniebench see what happens and test the memory

Theres a program to test the memory but i forgot the name...

[lime patio]

Memtest64/84

[quartz anvil]

Yes thats it

[lime patio]

But ... while looking about drivers?
I mean ... mostly f.e. Asus has its own Software - its bloatware, but for the beginner still enough to check for drivers.

Gigabyte as well as MSI have their own software, but they all look for drivers.

[ornate mirage]

why would you upgrade as often as every 2 generations 😭

[hard dragon]

Hey everyone, I wanna start my second playthrough but im asking if a-life is fixed yet? Like is it how it was in the original trilogy?

[left crystal]

Is it possible to post pics at all?

[ornate mirage]

#📸┃screens_and_videos

or #💬┃en_offtop

[left crystal]

check the pics i put there plz

[weary hedge]

Guys , is stalker 2 standard edition worth it ? Do I miss much ?

[lime patio]

Oh that's simple "I'm a Grafic Wh***!" - yep ... I want to play on high or better Max. Settings^^.

I upgraded from Intel 6700K, 16Gb DDR4, RTX 1060 6Gb to 7950X3D, 32Gb DDR5, RTX 3090 Ti ... all new ... gifted away a PC with AM4 5800X3D, 32GB DDR4, RTX 3060 Ti 12Gb GDDR6x ... while my HW was ordered I got beside my mainbord an Intel NUC 12 ... the selling of it refinanced the gifted PC ... Karma can be cool.^^

[left crystal]

check #💬┃en_offtop

[lime patio]

I play by XBox Game Pass on PC ... its the standard edition - maybe in the future some DLC could make a difference?

I would buy it on GOG because without DRM can increase performance.

[oak junco]

stalker 2 has no drm

[mortal bison]

Good morning stalkers

[ornate mirage]

oh, i thought you were like changing from top-gen to top-gen, like some people do

[lost needle]

6 pm 💔

[mortal bison]

I just woke up lol

[weary hedge]

Thanks , I think I will buy it ( lucky that my birthday is coming and because I am a huge Metro fan this will be a great game to choose )

Wait , what about multiplayer ?

[lime patio]

I was looking for it, yes.
I planned to get 9950X3D when prices coming down, but the 10'th Series ... My Lord ... they will impact even harder, but will cost even more, so I do collect money again.

5090 (Ti) I was looking for, but with all the problems ... I woun't pay so much money for it!^^

Look how nVidia is even pushing to get their stuff sold ... no one wants it!^^
"Prices are low!" - Low ... that's their interpratation of "cheap".
😅🤣🤣🤣

Maybe and that's a big one - I will get back to nVidia on 6000'nd Series IF FG/MFG became less important for their Narratives!

DLSS is a solution for a problem, that they produced their selfs!

I do not want FakeFrames, I will have true unfaked performance!^^

[shrewd grail]

Well damn, glad I held off on buying Stalker 2 now that it's on sale.

[shrewd grail]

Damn, you're out here talking about all this higher end stuff, meanwhile I just got my PC last November and can't even believe the price of a 4070ti-4080.

[lime patio]

Mate I invested 4.500€ into my last upgrade.
Just for a good base that works.

I do create ... do you know JP Performance and their "CarPorns" shortvideos for the best side of a car?
I do stuff like that too beside my job.

I need the performance today.^^

I would never pay more than 3.000€ for a GPU ... how money greedy can a company be?
nVidia: "Yes."

In sight of the performance of my 3090 Ti compared to the 5090 its doubled, so ... I payed ~1.300€ for it, that means 2.600€ for the 5090 would be okayish, but we are far away from that.

The only 5090 I would buy right now is the ASUS Astral because of its warning feature about withstands!^^

[shrewd grail]

If I could just get a 4080-4090 I'd be set for the next 6 or so years since my rig is set for 1080p for stability and to extend my tech.

[quartz anvil]

I had to spend $2000 cad for a new gpu...

[lime patio]

Way too expensive on market even used.

Like nVidia goes crazy with prices all the others do as well.

I would be from a buddy second hand yes ...

[quartz anvil]

A 5080... x.x

And a new case

[shrewd grail]

I'd probably wait till next winter for all the sales, my local best buy usually lowers the prices a good bit

[frigid hill]

thatzulufoxtrot has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[lime patio]

September this year the prices will drop again, but however the Astral goes away for 3.399€ right now - far away from what I would pay.^^

I'll wait for the next series, nVidia can't ignore the backlash right now.
There must be a change.

So, I do hope that things get better next series ... that will be announced maybe End of September like every 2 year-delay.^^

[shrewd grail]

Fair enough. Like I said, I run at 1080p so my requirements for graphics are definitely lower. Ideally I wanna upgrade my GPU (as I assume my CPU will be fine) because I do eventually want to get my PC strong enough for a 1440p monitor at the higher settings.

[mystic adder]

What cpu do you have?

[lime patio]

My mods and Engine.ini Tweaks are cool to gain some performance, to run here and there some higher settings.

I like that kind of stuff as well.

I did this for Monster Hunter: Wilds as well ... but there were the possibilities extremely lower, because of the engine.^^

[shrewd grail]

Intel Core i7

[shrewd grail]

My only main gripe with Wilds is basically being forced to use DLSS if you want more than 60fps

[mystic adder]

Gpu is obv more important if you can get one, but more and more gmes are becoming cpu heavy, especially stalker 2

[shrewd grail]

Fair, but an i7 is pretty strong. Haven't gone above 60-70 percent at the highest yet.

[lime patio]

Msi Boost (MSI Utility v3), nVidia Profile Inspector to enable rBar-Feature (its off by default!), then you can exchange dstorage.dll to improve frametames and microstutters, then exchange DLSS-Files with newest and so on ... on my system from 60-90fps I increased the performance to 80-130fps.

[shrewd grail]

I uh, do not have enough knowledge to do that.

[left crystal]

So how tf I doesn't let me test more than 16Gbs?

[lime patio]

Yo got PM - I didn't wanted to speard this channel with a lot of details and linkings to my threads on Steam.

I'm always glad, if I was able to help.

[lime patio]

Mate, please restart and explain your problem in detail please.

[cerulean socket]

Still waiting for the sensitivity to be fixed on Xbox

Hoping soon, I was really excited for the update

[weary hedge]

Hi

[left crystal]

Nvm I got a better memory testing program to use

[opaque cipher]

fix the game lol

[grim wharf]

Pretty sure there's controller sensitivity settings in the menus

I tend to adjust mine since I got TMR sticks and the normal sensitivity just isn't matching up

[cerulean socket]

Even at 100% it feels sluggish

[grim wharf]

Oof

[cerulean socket]

Pretty sure it's a bug

[grim wharf]

I haven't played in a minute been working on other things

Like fixing dead controllers and stuff

[hardy totem]

https://tenor.com/view/black-cat-crazy-cat-funny-cat-cat-playing-cat-walking-on-two-legs-gif-4548102613074007702

[wooden sundial]

Just got the game yesterday and loaded up today and no sound?

[carmine star]

might wanna see a doctor

[wooden sundial]

Lol

[carmine star]

lol try verifying files

[wooden sundial]

I'm on xbox not sure how to do that

[carmine star]

im on PC so i dont know either

[wooden sundial]

Evidently there's a known bug on Xbox about this and there saying restart it but I've done that a few times but everytime I load back in still no sound

And it has sound in xbox home

[warped stream]

Have you tried reinstalling it at all?

[wooden sundial]

Not yet cause it takes forever to reinstall, but it's looking like I'll have to

[warped stream]

Hopefully that might fix it, i hate how its the only way to try to solve problems on console

And it's so much fun when you wait hours just for it to not be fixed

[wooden sundial]

Lol yeah it sux

Re a lly fun game so far tho, other than this no sound issue

[ebon mountain]

why I dont see the journalist stashes on map? I saw only the first two...are the other hidden or how can I find them?

[proven kayak]

Some come with progression

I think after the second you see the rest.
1 is hidden until you found em all

[ebon mountain]

and are they still marked as "journalist stash" ?

[proven kayak]

Yeah always

I was confused at some point, too.
But the side quest for them always tell you, what you need to check out

[ebon mountain]

ok, I was originally playing gamepass version but had to switch to Steam as the Gamepass was giving me graphical artifacts and also there is no FSR 4 uspport through the xbox app...

[proven kayak]

if its hidden, it will come with time

[ebon mountain]

I bought a key for Stalker and it was the "preorder key" which gave me the journalist quest while being about 90hours into the game

[proven kayak]

I think I got it after Lesser Zone...

[ebon mountain]

hmm

[proven kayak]

But I dont fully remember...hmm, there are stashes in Lesser Zone. So nevermind. i dont remember

[ebon mountain]

I have completed the first quest which gives you the first 2 stashes as objectives but not having the other marked on map

[proven kayak]

Grab those 2 and see if it changes

[ebon mountain]

I did I have the flash drives from it and no update 😕

[proven kayak]

Sorry mate, I cant help any further. Hopefully someone else does

[ebon mountain]

could the other stashes be "unknown stalkers stash" ?

[shell flax]

Is it just the basic edition with preorder?

Because the other journalist stashes aren’t preorder, they’re locked behind the other editions

[ebon mountain]

deluxe or ultimate ?

[shell flax]

Both, the Exo is locked to ultimate

[ebon mountain]

thank you 🙂

too bad I cannot just upgrade to it on Steam it charges the max price

[worldly thicket]

Still waiting for more additions

[violet dune]

exo suit from ultimate is dogshit

[indigo oriole]

Im still waiting for coupled mags for Kharod and Saiga. Jesus is this that hard ? When will they put them in the fkn game. In 1.3 they added drum mag. In 1.4 SVU supressor. Maybe they will add one of those two in 1.5

[violet dune]

they didnt add them

they just moved it from final mission (no return point) so people could enjoy more in free roam

[ebon mountain]

And is that only ultimate bonus?

I am a HUGE Stalker fan so Im just gonna buy anything to have the game fully available 🤣

[violet dune]

no, you get mission there you need to locate stashes, each stash has unique armor / weapon

its like 7-8 stashes, cant remmeber

[ebon mountain]

I want the other weapons from the journalist stashes I dont need exo 😁

[weary hedge]

Hi

[polar forge]

How has the game been for you guys since the latest patch

[wooden gazelle]

Clear Sky

[dreamy dagger]

The sky is clear. Rise and shine, Mr. Freeman!

[wooden gazelle]

Amen

[vapid galleon]

[weary hedge]

Just started my first playthrough since launch bloodsuckers are still such a pain 😭 😭

[harsh knot]

Hello guys, is someone know when will be patch 1.5? Or there is no date on it?

[charred nova]

Uh yah it’s dropping tomorrow just trust me bruh. Jokes aside no it’s still cooking come back next month

[harsh knot]

Thanks you

[ornate mirage]

deltarune tomorrow

[oak junco]

legends return 1.0 drops tomorrow..

[tacit jay]

Fr?

[oak junco]

i wish haha

[tacit jay]

smh

1.5 probably will drop mid june. I anticipate most of what is in the q2 roadmap will be pushed back to q3

It'll probably have the persistent A-life improvement that was shown in 1.4, but removed from the log, maybe mutant loot, wide screen support, player stash window increase and maybe the shader compliation skip. I expect the beta mod SDK to be pushed back along with 2 new weapons.

Since July 1st is the start of Q3 and all

roadmap isn't set in stone and all that

[harsh knot]

Thanks

[tacit jay]

I don't have any deeper information or anything, that's just my assumption based on the roadmap and what we got in 1.4

[ornate mirage]

imagine trusting gsc on the roadmap

[crisp pewter]

Wake me up when ps5

[tacit jay]

I mean the roadmap even says things will be pushed back at their discretion so lol.

[ornate mirage]

imagine owning a ps5

[oak junco]

Abandon that console and move to pc

[crisp pewter]

Im sorry i like my bed

[oak junco]

Console players will never experience the real stalker trilogy

[ornate mirage]

buy a steamdeck or smth

[crisp pewter]

Whatever that means buddy

[tacit jay]

It's fine, they don't care as much about soviet statues and can enjoy the games just fine.

[ornate mirage]

everything bout EE is fuсked, not just the statues lmfao

[crisp pewter]

I dont exactly get the censoring but i didnt make the game

[oak junco]

It means yall are stuck with LOTZ and EE versions of the trilogy for someone named god I shouldn't have to explain something so obvious

[crisp pewter]

I own the games on pc doesnt mean i want stalker 2 on pc as well

[tacit jay]

Ps5 version probably next year, or whenever all the DLC comes out.

[crisp pewter]

But mald i guess

[tacit jay]

lmao mald indeed

[oak junco]

Why would I mald?

[crisp pewter]

This guy

[tacit jay]

I'd lay in bed and play games, but I'll legit just fall asleep lmfao.

[oak junco]

Same lol

I gotta sit up or i fall asleep

[tacit jay]

if I sit too long in my chair I'll fall asleep. I'm fricken exhausted dude lmao

I gotta be doing something, I can't just sit here.

[crisp pewter]

Idk if im tired ill just sleep and not play video games

[topaz grove]

Found a new bug in 1.4, after talking to Dalin and Korshunov at Chemical plant, Ward reputation becomes red. Excquisite

[tacit jay]

I also don't have a large tv anymore so laying in bed to play isn't really doable for me anymore, but I did a lot of it when I had a laptop and a smaller TV closer to my bed.

[crisp pewter]

Are females considered an anomaly on a stalker server?

[tacit jay]

What's the strat for killing burer's now that they throw grenades back at you ?

[tacit jay]

No. I personally know more girls who play stalker than guys who play stalker.

[crisp pewter]

I know exactly 1 guy who play stalker

[ornate mirage]

hiii hello hai

[crisp pewter]

Shaking crying and pissing myself rn

[oak junco]

ive seen good mix of men and women who play stalker

[crisp pewter]

Based tbh

What did they censor in the new version btw?

[ornate mirage]

soviet stuff

really inconsistent and weird too, it reached the point where they literally cut the CNPP stele at the start of the level

[crisp pewter]

But....didnt the chornobyl thing happen in the soviet union?

[tacit jay]

My thought is they are adhering to Ukrainian law. original are grandfathered in, but re-release came out after the law was made.

[crisp pewter]

Theres a law for that?

[ornate mirage]

ukrainian law doesn't allow for show of soviet/nazi symbols

but i doubt it affects games and fiction in general

[tacit jay]

HAs anyone seen the crop circles outside of rostok?

[crisp pewter]

I wonder what the specifics are of that law, i mean removing soviet related stuff in general is ....pretty interesting

[tacit jay]

A lot of eastern bloc countries value their independence outside of the soviet union. It's really not that interesting.

[ornate mirage]

i've just read it and it just says that you are not allowed to publicly use/make/distribute nazi/soviet symbols

[jagged rapids]

[tacit jay]

Which putting them in a video game would use/make/distribute

[ornate mirage]

i remember reading a long time ago about some guy being arrested for a hammer&sickle on his ushanka but that's about it, again it shouldn't affect art

[crisp pewter]

Im from one, dont really like the idea of trying to cover the history of a place tho (specifically meaning chornobyl as its a historical place sort of)
But its probably just me in the end i wont care enough when playing to be upset about anything like that

[ornate mirage]

no not in that way

you'd have to be a ukrainian lawyer to be sure, but just like, looking at the fact that there are no game/film/book bans in ukraine should tell you it doesn't really affect that

[flint gust]

hi

[ornate mirage]

as i saw someone put it here, lots of european countries have anti-nazi laws, but it doesn't stop anyone from including nazi shit in art

[crisp pewter]

Hello!

[tacit jay]

That's fair enough, but the game isn't a historical game. The soviet stuff was cool to look at, but it being remove has detracted nothing from the games for me. I don't play s.t.a.l.k.e.r to stare at soviet iconography. I'm too busy artifact hunting to care about small details like that. I know it used to be a soviet country, I know that chornobyl disaster is because of soviet failures, I don't need statues and posters to remind me of that.

[ornate mirage]

the exclusion zone being stuck in the past is literally the main draw of it

it's certainly no core theme of the game but it is one of its important features

[weary hedge]

Trying to get the weird ball artifact but this place is a death trap. The suction of the anomaly is killing me literally

[tacit jay]

Yeah and in 30+ years a lot changes. It's an alternate reality. Shadow of chornobyl is in an alternate timeline.

[ornate mirage]

???
it's still about the chornobyl exclusion zone

[tacit jay]

You see all the vehicles and stuff? hide behind them when the ball sucks, and then move when it lets out. Like breathing.

[ornate mirage]

and, NOTORIOUSLY, things don't change in a place that doesn't change

[weary hedge]

Getting it isn’t the problem, getting out is.

[tacit jay]

Do the same thing to leave. Grab the artifact, hide behind the veicle. When it breathes out then move to a new vehicle until you get far enough away

Approach it from the east, leave from the west.

Which should give you plenty of cover via the large van and then the crane

[weary hedge]

Thanks that path helped big time.

[crisp pewter]

Again probably just me
I personally like the soviet aesthetic in media so i like games and movies that include them or stuff
Doesnt mean i think communism is great!
Again i was just sharing my thoughts, i dont care enough in game

[weary hedge]

Pretty little artifact ain’t it..so smooth..

[tacit jay]

I get that, it helps that all of the buildings have that soviet aesthetic.

I was watching someone play it from Latvia and he was laughing about how his local hospital still looks like some of these buildings

[weary hedge]

Is there a way where I don’t have to join neither spark nor ward?

[tacit jay]

Yeah, you don't have to join either.

There are 4 paths so

[weary hedge]

But I also don’t want to side with strelok 😭

[crisp pewter]

Oh if you'd only see the hungarian hospitals

[tacit jay]

lmao

[crisp pewter]

In fact many buildings still scream socialism. Like that agricultural building from my home village, or the kindergarden i went tho
Theyve been upgraded since but man do i remember still

[weary hedge]

What’s the use for the weird flower artifact?

[crisp pewter]

Looking weirdly pretty

[weary hedge]

Or should I just cash it in?

[ornate mirage]

again, it's still pretty important for how the game feels, even despite the lack of any kind of uhh narrative stalker still is very intentionally a microcosm of ukraine at the time, you can't just cut shit from it without thinking

[crisp pewter]

Oh i agree but im not upset enough about it lol

[weary hedge]

Anyone know where I can find a good early game suit?

[tacit jay]

Masks your scent/ helps with stealth

[weary hedge]

Oh then that seems like a keeper.

[tacit jay]

It needs to recharge, but I think you do that by resting

[weary hedge]

Feels off to pawn a ‘legendary artifact’ for a few koupons anyways

[tacit jay]

funnily enough some of them respawn

I've had 2 weird balls before.

[weary hedge]

I remember on my first playthrough I got the weird water one and it made exploring sm easier

As I believe it removed radiation completely

Yayyy bought some ammo and now I’m broke!!

[tacit jay]

It used to, but they slightly nerfed it. It isn't nearly as strong as it used to be.

[weary hedge]

Shame.

Love using the viper, ik it will soon be outclassed but the design is just so pleasing to the eye.

Almost feel bad beating a blind dog with the butt of my gun

[plain mantle]

hey wsp, am having an issue with the game where i am stuck with a pda called "bandit PDA" the descripcion says its from a bandit called jeta, and i cant get rid of it becouse it count as a mission item, any suggestion?

[river galleon]

Any thoughts on a stalker hoi4 mod?

[drifting forge]

Finish the mission

[plain mantle]

i alr completed the game and i dont have any mission left, without counting the final one ofc

[plain mantle]

what mission?

i done the ping to the wrong person before lol

[drifting forge]

You tell me, youre the one with the PDA

[plain mantle]

like idk, i dont have any mission left, but i cant sell this pda, it says its from a bandit called jeta, and i think i got the pda in safe area

[umbral tangle]

the enhanced edition is a joke

goodnight

[dapper jetty]

i glitched my pda and broke my save

anyway to fix??

[umbral tangle]

play the originals

[dapper jetty]

i am

soc 1.8 crack, cs dvd, cop dvd

[dapper rock]

1.8?

[dapper jetty]

1.0.8

mistake on my behalf

[dapper rock]

you mean the 1.0008 unofficial patch?

[young thunder]

should i get stalker energy drinks and hold them for like 10 years as an investment

[plain mantle]

👍 🔥

[young thunder]

bet

[violet dune]

1.5 patch will save stalker 2 right?

[oak junco]

i saved it already..

[violet dune]

how?

[violet dune]

i would sac DLC for real hardcore mode from GSC

[oak junco]

ngl id love a proper hardcore mode for stalker 2 like NLC7

[violet dune]

if they would make actualy great survival game mode in S2. theyh would make more $$$ than any story DLC

people would buy just for replayability

[charred nova]

Dayz stalker 2

https://tenor.com/view/uni-cat-gif-16508948274886257497

[gritty relic]

Will stalker 2 be %20 of on ps5 too😁😁😁

[plain mantle]

i dont think so, this update is for the relase of the enchanted version of the og games that just relased in steam 5 days ago

[charred nova]

it wont be cus its not on ps5

gsc signed a death pact with microsoft so

likely will be years before it comes to ps5

[wanton gazelle]

Shame

They wanted that Microsoft money I suppose.

[frozen forum]

Why i cant change my Resolution ?

[long silo]

any luck?

i only seem to be able to download the m4 elcan mod

[strong sand]

Stalker 2 would most likely not happen at all without Microsoft's money

[uncut inlet]

alright what are we shitting on today

[uncut inlet]

and it still didnt happen to the scale they wanted

[weary hedge]

Found a bug where the first emission never happens

[indigo star]

Where do I post my stalker Livestream?

[uncut inlet]

in cs?

[weary hedge]

HoC

[uncut inlet]

ahh

[weary hedge]

They went to the bunker but the emission itself never happened

[uncut inlet]

well no respawnable artifacts for you!!!

[weary hedge]

I could walk outside and all

[weary hedge]

No it’s all respawned but the event never like occurred

Another anomaly..

[uncut inlet]

report it to the devs and send your save file aswell

[uncut inlet]

have you tried sleeping?

[weary hedge]

On Xbox not sure how to.

[weary hedge]

I reloaded the save and now the emission is working

[uneven snow]

im the only protogen stalker

[uncut inlet]

protogen stalker?

[uneven snow]

Da

[uncut inlet]

can you elaborate?

[uneven snow]

Im the only furry in this server who plays stalker 2

i think

[uncut inlet]

on pc?

[uneven snow]

yes

[uncut inlet]

on steam?

[uneven snow]

Xbox gamepass

[uncut inlet]

ahh

makes sense, checked your steam profile and it was lacking stalker 2

[uneven snow]

yeah

[wanton gazelle]

Damn that's crazy.

[jagged rapids]

[worldly tulip]

does anybody in this discord server even speak English

[shell flax]

https://tenor.com/view/treytucker05-hmmm-wonder-hm-thinking-gif-15213734

[ebon blade]

https://tenor.com/view/treytucker05-hmmm-wonder-hm-thinking-gif-15213734

[oak junco]

We all speak mandarin

[worldly tulip]

Well, I want somebody to help me out with the mission. Talk to me about a stalker.

😭

[oak junco]

Ah in all seriousness we speak English was just messing around lol

[gilded sundial]

Is anyone bothered at how mutants and dogs have the same level of tactical awareness as trained human soldiers? (Run for cover when enemy has the high ground up a ladder or atop a car). Dogs should swarm around the bottom of a ladder or around the base of van while you stand on top of it and blast them to smithereens. Currently, they scamper away until you exit the advantageous position, like a human.

[wanton gazelle]

Nihao, Beijing.

[ebon blade]

https://tenor.com/view/fighting-psy-dogs-swamps-stalker-stalker-2-heart-of-chornobyl-gif-11181539223755493402

[weary hedge]

Good evening

Good morning guys. How are you doing?

[crude ice]

Does anyone know if it's possible to turn off the subtitles that scroll along the left side of the screen in the Enhanced Editions?

[weary hedge]

How do I inspect an artifact

[shrewd needle]

Open inventory, right-click on artifact.

[weary hedge]

I’m on Xbox

[shell flax]

Open inventory, press start on the artifact and select inspect

[weary hedge]

Thanks!!

[shrewd needle]

Solved, I guess.

[weary hedge]

One last thing

How does one get an emission to spawn so artifacts can reset

[shell flax]

Random chance

[weary hedge]

Damn.

[tacit jay]

Keep resting

[golden gulch]

They don't try to sneak up on you, something that the old games do.
I'm seriously wish they didn't abandoned X-ray 2.

[tacit ingot]

Honestly

[golden gulch]

If there's one thing I hate about the Fora, is that it's feel like a wasted potential.
We have to replace it with Dnipro which is while a more powerful gun, suffer much more recoil than its little bro.

[ebon blade]

That's not my footage, but I have carried the Fora for a while
I had a much better scope on it, than the one that is shown

[golden gulch]

Just a warning : if you want to have good rep with Zalyssia right from the beginning,not do not engage with the Ward Soldiers.
Normally, you will be green with Zalyssia the moment you side with Richter. But if you kill the Wardens(I killed a lot of them,not sure how many it take though), they won't be .

[golden gulch]

Iirc this is one of those gameplay footages from devs.

[topaz grove]

Even if you don't get green with zalissya from the start, there's like a million side quests for stalkers out in the open. Plus, Barman at 100 roentgen can give you repetitive quests like Warlock

[hardy totem]

https://tenor.com/view/wiggle-cat-meow-wiggle-cat-meow-vute-gif-26293251

[jagged rapids]

They really didn't fix the balancing issues

[dapper rock]

Omg
Cat

[hardy totem]

[solemn ibex]

whoo dis

[opaque cipher]

fix the game lol

[weary hedge]

Did someone from the internet make a site, a post or something where it says all the diferences between stalker trilogy og vs remaster? And all the addons that stalker 2 has?

[frozen forum]

Is it worth Stalker Complete to buy now have only the Base Game ?

[dapper rock]

[weary hedge]

[still current]

Not quite following

[frozen forum]

Sorry i was to long in the Zone yesterday ^^

Im thinking to buy Stalker Complete because i want the first Stalker Games and the Ultimate Edition of Stalker 2 its on Sale right now

[dapper rock]

Complete is a mod
as for the original games...
honestly for me it would be morally more correct to crack them than to support GSC with what they are doing
dont buy this EE garbage
or S2 for that matter
broken half assed "releases"

[frozen forum]

Since Patch 1.4 i Start a new Playthrough much better experince since Release

[pure kernel]

Last time i played was on January, Thinking about starting a new playthrough also because the launch was rough

[frozen forum]

Just do it its worth trust me

Only thing what i cant understand when you go somewhere to make a Quest another Quest is start and some optional things failed from the other Quest idk how it works

[craggy lava]

Shadow of

[still current]

I'd say take it. The game has improved a lot by now

[still current]

To my exp, game is far better now. There is still plenty of room for improvements, but it's way way better now.

[fallen latch]

how playable is the soc remake? bugs and performance wise

and are the spec requirements accurate?

[fallen latch]

ah ok, yes i think so too

[jagged rapids]

https://tenor.com/view/blanket-cat-cat-under-blanket-cat-waking-up-gif-22180834

[small mauve]

can someone help me out with the stalker 2lore🙏
im so confused in the stalker lore, but im on mission - subtle matter - and scar just "tried to kill me" and now noontide is hostile towards me, did i make the right choice? can someone help me out a little

[dapper rock]

Omg
Cat

[dapper rock]

its not
wont start on good amount of PC for no reason at all
has more bugs than the original and runs terribly despite the visual changes being very small

[fallen latch]

oh
no

i won't bother installing it then
i'm so shocked they've decided to persue this and s2 at the same time

4 of the most cooked from the start games and they've gone to try and fix em all at the same time, like good luck ig

[dapper rock]

they outsourced it to some random studio that cant even use SDK...
theres basically no real work, everything is done by AI

[fallen latch]

hhhhhh

[dapper rock]

even the cutsceness are upscaled using AI
and not even a good one, its full of visual glitches

[fallen latch]

WHAT AI??

[dapper rock]

some random image/video upscaler

[fallen latch]

bro what the we've already failed as a species

i swear it wont be long before entire games are being made just with ai

[dapper rock]

in the leaked version of the remasters there literally was a guide on how to use the upscaler

[fallen latch]

oh man

oh mannnn
what a waste of time dude

[carmine moth]

wololo

[small mauve]

did i side with strelok with this move?

[fallen latch]

i forgot all of the story mission's names and i haven't a clue where ur at, sorry
you'd think i'd rememeber considering i've done all the endings

[small mauve]

Mission is called subtle matter
i get in some capsule and then strider appears out of nowhere (i think general of ward) and after he disappears scar gets me out of capsule, i make some choices and then he "betrays" me

[fallen latch]

oh cool, well i believe so, if you selected the bald lookin guy in the option menu

what you just told scar is you think his view of the shining zone existing and all that is rubbish, and now he and spark r now ur enemy

[small mauve]

oh

basically im siding with strelok then, thanks dude

[fallen latch]

yes, for now you are
you're welcome

[vapid galleon]

[chrome jetty]

@dapper rock

[hardy totem]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-orange-cat-red-cat-ginger-cat-awa-gif-9351538942302156572

[small mauve]

hey again

should i trust ward or strelok?

[fallen latch]

both are trustworthy, depends on how u wanna take ur game
depends on what you believe in

does the zone need to be kept safe and untouched? or is it a stain that needs to be washed off?

[small mauve]

second

[fallen latch]

ward it is

that's a good ending, nice lil "oooohhh...." as well

would recommend

[small mauve]

so siding with strelok is bad ending?

[fallen latch]

there are better and worse endings

strelok's isn't the worst i can tell you that much

ward's is probably the best

[small mauve]

but it's one of bad endings right?

ward is basically a good guy in that case?

[fallen latch]

it's one of the worse ones, but hey play it first u go askin

[fallen latch]

yes and no, depending on what you believe

[weary hedge]

I am playing now as ward side i like the ideea of controling the zone

the other sides are... nuts jobs

[small mauve]

ward wants to destroy the zone right?

[fallen latch]

yup, poof

[weary hedge]

no

[fallen latch]

ur pretty right with that

[fallen latch]

yes? you played the ward ending? lol

[weary hedge]

I finish all ends but word so far

[fallen latch]

ok then, that makes sense

[small mauve]

yeah, ward seems like the most badass crew in stalker 2

[fallen latch]

mmmmhhh
they're the most established

[weary hedge]

They have the resources to control the zone and keep it under strict supervision, the other factions are nut jobs with no ideea what are they doing

[fallen latch]

i don't know about that
i think strelok knows exactly what he's doing

[small mauve]

kinda feels bad that i left strelok but it's what it is

[weary hedge]

he wants to become the zone... a nut job 😄

[fallen latch]

doesn't mean he doesn't know what he's doing

[weary hedge]

is crazy but most crazy is with Spark

legit crazyness

[small mauve]

noontide seems like pure lunatics to me

[weary hedge]

They all crazy you just want a new apartment

[fallen latch]

yes ur right

[weary hedge]

so only ward give you that

[fallen latch]

they seem pretty sane to me, yknow before

[weary hedge]

so... yeah... that is the best side to go 😄

[fallen latch]

it's the best side overall based on skif's goals at the start

[weary hedge]

[fallen latch]

but certainly not for everyone that lives and makes a living in the zone

[weary hedge]

who cares about them, you want your blow up home back

[lean fulcrum]

Доброго дня всім, чи є тут Українсько - мовний чат, чи тільки тут?

[weary hedge]

go here https://discord.com/channels/504587323577729024/504592708900225039

[dense sandal]

What’s sdk beta.

[weary hedge]

And if you play all game you find out all NPCs is telling you the zone is not to be trusted so...

[fallen latch]

what?

[weary hedge]

you said not oke for others in the zone, but the zone is not to be trusted so why care about anyone living there

[fallen latch]

first of all, richter is literally my bf so i care about him

[weary hedge]

i do not like him he is that guy kissing all the zone boss people asses

[violet dune]

do modders touching sdk close beta?

[fallen latch]

bro does not kiss people's asses LOL

[weary hedge]

[frozen forum]

Anyone have some must have Mods for Stalker 2 ?

[dapper rock]

There arent any must have mods
But SRP and Faction Wars are both pretty good mods for the second Stalker (Clear Sky)

[violet dune]

if you done with story and dont have anythign else to do. try MHM with Shay alife

[oak junco]

is faction wars in english now ?

[dapper rock]

Think so

[versed radish]

Hello there, can someone advice me some mods to optimize the game please ? The far i play the game, the more i got bugs like lag, missing texture/voice/sounds. Like my pc cant follow anymore.

Duh i cant paste pictures ...

[small mauve]

idk if me choosing the ward is the "end of the zone" but if it's, it shouldn't be the canon ending probably?

[fallen latch]

i believe the canon ending is skif's ending

the ward is probably the one that skif would choose, probably

[small mauve]

i haven't had any ending yrt

[fallen latch]

ah ok, well all of them are good

like all of them are fun

some are more mind bending than others

[small mauve]

honestly, before the update it was so hard to play, textures wasn't loading so i was stuck

[fallen latch]

yeah, before a recent update you were literally locked by a bug to being unable to finish one ending
without some mod

so they've fixed that

[small mauve]

idk man, last time i updated it was 50gb+

before update bugs helped me a lot, lmao, random items were appearing in my inventory and i somehow got exoskeleton

[fallen latch]

nah, when it says that I believe it means it's patching 50 gb of the game, meaning that it's modifying 50gb worth of the game

[fallen latch]

the game hands you an exo on a few occasions, well not quite hands but puts it almost in your face

[small mauve]

yeah, when i first met strelok

[fallen latch]

yyup
i actually like the base exo

[small mauve]

too slow for me, i usually run and stack like 40+ energy drinks

[fallen latch]

did you do the sprint upgrade?

also WOW that's a lot of weight in energy drinks

[small mauve]

i only carry 2 main weapons, exoskeleton and ammo
no food or anything else
i usually have lot of medkits and energy drinks

[small mauve]

don't have blueprint

[fallen latch]

yeah, well fair enough
energy drinks are kinda the only way before u get artifacts with sprint

oh? you need a bp for the base exo's sprint? i didn't know that, are you sure you're at a technician that can do the upgrade?

[small mauve]

yeah i got some very useful artifact that helped me all my walkthrough

some artifact that weights down everything, idk what's it called but it can withstand even "20000 ton"

[shell flax]

Spring?

[small mauve]

don't remember the name

without it I can't even move

[fallen latch]

that's a low level one i believe

[fallen latch]

probs from all the energy drinks lol

rn i'm using the ruby exo with cluster eff and an underbarrel grenade launcher, as well as texan
gambit to deal with rats n stuff

[small mauve]

i only have sledgehummer and i think kharod, it's scar like weapon, both heavily upgraded

[shrewd needle]

Ward is basically a government-funded PMC with unlimited resources.

Explains pretty obviously why they're considered the top-most end of anyone who's anyone in the Zone.

Even the mercenaries who get paid by extremely rich clients don't have the shit that the Ward does.

And then there's the Diamond Exo-skeleton, so...

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[weary hedge]

Yucky… I never side with them..

[shrewd needle]

Skill issue. I'm going full Ward for first play-through...Zone needs to be harnessed and Skif needs a home.

[neon temple]

better than spark still

[topaz grove]

The most useful artifact is the one that gives you endurance

[weary hedge]

My first playthrough was with strelok

[topaz grove]

I feel like a tortoise without it

[small mauve]

should i start looking for better artifacts before i got to Pripyat?

[versed radish]

You even must

[shrewd needle]

I mean, considering what Faust shows Skif at the Duga, Spark might actually not be wrong, but maybe the experiment went bad or there might be some sabotage...or something might be missing, considering there's hints to an actual 'shining' part of the Zone...

Of course, the Group brain-washed Scar, so the man doesn't get it.

[versed radish]

At least one good artifact for the physic restitance, and one for the carry weight.

[shrewd needle]

Imagine siding with a fanatic... 😔

[shrewd needle]

You should start grinding artifacts the moment you're out of the Lesser Zone.

[weary hedge]

Hey he’s not as bad as scar

[shrewd needle]

They're all equally bad.

Skif's ending is the best, Ward's is the second-best, Scar and Strelok are both nightmares.

[hardy totem]

I think ward ending is pretty bad in of itself, knowing the amount of power you hand to the people no doubt vying for world domination

[shell flax]

No matter the ending, a lot of people are gonna die

[quick fern]

any mod enached edition to fix factions war on CS?

[shell flax]

One bright side of the ward one: Korshunov absolutely Hates Agents and the STALKER program, so he might run interference to prevent any mental programming shittery

[regal sinew]

Will be interesting to see what the DLCs bring, possible canon ending(s) or they could take place before the end of the game..

[hardy totem]

Korshunov is basically held hostage at the end though

[shell flax]

True, maybe I’m just a bit too optimistic

[hardy totem]

Ward ending gets very dystopian real quick when you start reading into it

But maybe I'm misinterpreting

[shell flax]

I genuinely enjoy talking about personal interpretation of this stuff

[fallen latch]

both are real good

[hardy totem]

Stalker lore lends itself well to that

[shell flax]

Still trying to figure out what they did with the gun damage on the back end, AKs don’t feel like I’m throwing pocket lint at them as much anymore

[onyx void]

anyone here play anomaly? im trying to find out if the vss is a good long range option, i have a SVD i can fix up but ive found an even better VSS that i can put the SVD scope on. Would it be a good idea?

ive beaten anomaly a few times but ive never used a vss before because it just hasnt caught my attention.

thanks

[uncut hollow]

This server is for Original Stalker series and Stalker 2, I think Stalker Anomaly has own Discord server.

[onyx void]

i know, i wanted to ask here just in case because i dont really want to go to the anomaly server

[uncut hollow]

[onyx void]

its uh, its not that pleasant of a server

its been a while tho, maybe they cleaned house

[uncut hollow]

well... You can ask it on #🔩┃trilogy_modifications since it's part of Original Stalker Series.

and as a whole mod

[smoky hawk]

no, we dont play bad games here

[onyx void]

oh come on

that wasnt necessary

[neon temple]

so real anyone who plays EE needs to get perma'd 😭

[smoky hawk]

sure anomaly player

[onyx void]

whats EE

[regal sinew]

Euphoric Eggs.

[onyx void]

i dont play any modpacks i play vanilla with a handful of my own personal quality of life changes and a few slight gameplay mods (like weapon parts overhaul and magazines)

[neon temple]

garbo AI upscaled version of the og trilogy that runs like dog 💩 and has very handed censorship of anything soviet/russian

[onyx void]

https://tenor.com/view/tf2-chicken-expiration-date-gif-4949473609962438757

[smoky hawk]

nothing will ever change the stain that is you playing anomaly

[onyx void]

i dont car

[smoky hawk]

sure you dont

[onyx void]

ive played the original trilogy so i know what theyre like

its not that different from anomaly imo

atleast guns can shoot for shit in anomaly

[smoky hawk]

it actually is, but I assume your IQ is too low to understand, I mean you do play anomaly

[onyx void]

allright the bit is getting old

[regal sinew]

Enhanced Edition.

[onyx void]

yea, no im not touching that, even though i got it free

i dont think my laptop can even run it

[smoky hawk]

is your attention span already forgetting the joke? let me remind you, you play anomaly

[onyx void]

huh-?

im telling you the bit of "haha anomaly player" is getting out of hand

[smoky hawk]

sure it is

speak english here

[neon temple]

this server is a cesspool too so

[slow crypt]

I did a test and I think they used Topaz AI for that.

[onyx void]

specifically why i decided to join this one to avoid that....

[oak junco]

c-con is a good stalker server imo

[onyx void]

hmm, ill look into it

[slow crypt]

is one of the best

[smoky hawk]

yhea they should gatekeep that server more

[neon temple]

yeah no Id avoid this server its turning into a massive circlejerk

[slow crypt]

tomy gd lore bro

[onyx void]

mind dms?

[smoky hawk]

that alt topic channel is a cesspool

[neon temple]

sure you can dm me

[fleet tartan]

Falcon suit or seva I suit which is better?

[uncut inlet]

Morning

[uncut inlet]

Oof yall kicked out what seemed to be a nice person

[smoky hawk]

he left on his own

[golden gulch]

Falcon have better Physical Protection, Seva I have better elemental radiation protection. Same Psi Protection(at base).
Falcon is better overall since physical damage is the one you face most, Seva is for artifacts hunting, you gonna need to avoid combat else you gonna have no space for pick up loots.

[uncut inlet]

After you made fun of him becaue he plays anomaly. We're supposed to make fun of gsc not fellow stalkers

[dapper rock]

hes back to Anomaly server

[smoky hawk]

https://tenor.com/view/el-risitas-juan-joya-borja-ratones-coloraos-laugh-meme-laughing-man-gif-24899295

[oak junco]

We need to direct this at gsc not fellow stalkers

[smoky hawk]

excuse me, he was playing anomaly

[oak junco]

Atleast theres no censorship

[dapper rock]

you mean
direct this: ||🖕 ||
?

[serene barn]

somehow ended up watching a Tarkov video. not because i am remotely interested in that game, but it was for the RPD and it made me remember how it was supposed to be in Stalker 2 but got removed 😭

[ebon mountain]

can someone IM me screenshot of the journalist integral with its stats now after the combat thing rework ? I would like to see it comparing to the integral I am playing with 😛 😄

[dapper rock]

That should be on the wiki

[neon temple]

yeah bro came here just asking about stalker and looking for a place to talk and got bullied out by a pos lol

[sharp gulch]

This server is so incredibly toxic. And it's just a handful of chronic posters that behave like this

[weary hedge]

Hello. Do you guys think that, since even games like days gone received a remaster for ps5 and pc the latter one in the form of dlc, will god of war 2018(and preferably the other 7 gow canon games) receive the same treatment, remasters for ps5 and pc?

[uncut inlet]

The entire community became very toxic i have noticed

[oak junco]

Its a shame tbh I miss the old server before stalker 2 released the sense of community is gone

[smoky hawk]

really? we always made fun of peoples taste in mods

[uncut inlet]

Well maybe its because i only became recently active on this server

[oak junco]

if we are gonna make fun of anything it should be mataboo and the decisions made by both companies

fans should come together not farther apart

[uncut inlet]

Exactly, lets bully gsc and the polish, not the playerbase

[static swift]

Hey, will game saves be there if I will play from another device through steam?

[smoky hawk]

why so narrowminded?

we can make fun of both

[uncut inlet]

Assuming you have steam cloud yes

[oak junco]

anomaly atleast keeps the zone the way it always was fr

[smoky hawk]

look, anomaly, doesn't it added an undinished custom map that sucks

[dapper rock]

Nah
CoC does

Pretty much every redeeming factor in Anomaly can be traced back to CoC

Honestly both Anomaly and S2 deserve to be laughed at
They are horrid fanfics that absolutely disregard everything that was before them

[static swift]

I do but my saved game is gone for some reason

I just hopped to another pc, steam cloud is on but no saves

[smoky hawk]

I refute that, Stalker 2 at least does thins right, it balances what it does right with what it does wrong on a net value
anomaly, doesnt

yes, S2 has problems and should be ridiculed, but worse than anomaly? only if you suffer from accute lobotomy syndrome

[dapper rock]

I didnt say its worse
Im probably biased tho
Anomaly was always ass and probably will stay that way
S2 was ass on release and is slowly getting better
I am still bitter about the launch tho, as well as the fiasco that was EE

[uncut inlet]

Is this you playing original to enhanced or you playing just 1 version

[neon temple]

ever since the release of S2 this server has been on a decline tbh

[static swift]

Oh, I mean stalker 2

I just downloaded game to new pc and the only option is to start new game

[smoky hawk]

you came in in december, I really dont think you have any ground for judgement

[neon temple]

i was here for way longer lol

[smoky hawk]

sry to tell you this, server was good like 4-5 years ago

[neon temple]

i was here in 2022 on the morning of the russian invasion too 💀

i was here when McCulkin got his acc hacked lol

so i was here for a bit, coming and going

[uncut inlet]

Oh then idk, probably transfer over the files then

[smoky hawk]

sure you didt

[uncut inlet]

Oof and here i was since 2023 asking about the preorders

[smoky hawk]

make sure Steam Cloud is turned on, if after closing the game it doesnt take time to upload and check the cloud, its off

[neon temple]

i just gave you some specific examples to prove that i was here 😭

[static swift]

it says in the properties in steam that it is turned on, but 0 bytes used out of 9.31gb

[smoky hawk]

yhea, but McCulkin wasnt the one who was hacked

[smoky hawk]

then it may have not been turned on when you were playing

[neon temple]

im fairly sure it was him lol

[smoky hawk]

and yet, it wasnt, how curious

[fleet tartan]

Thanks for the info

[smoky hawk]

the hack that caused GSC to close the server down for maintanance was on Tapik

[neon temple]

oh yeah i think youre right actually

regardless, still proves i was here

[uncut inlet]

How about i ping tapik and find out?

[smoky hawk]

yhea and it was in 2021, august, didnt you say that you were here since 2022?

[neon temple]

i didnt say that

[smoky hawk]

well you can try, but pinging GSC staff is... not allowed

[neon temple]

#☢┃stalker-general message

regardless its stupid, if i wasnt here i wouldntve known about the hacked gsc employee and so on

[smoky hawk]

verse same as the last
sure you did

[neon temple]

alr bet i just wasnt here 💀

dont get what your issue is

[smoky hawk]

it was on the news, people talked about it, it was a hack on a PR member from a p awaited game, there are a lot of ways

[neon temple]

💀

[oak junco]

ngl i wasnt even aware of it

[sharp gulch]

I wish it was just "making fun" and not straight up animosity and trolling

[neon temple]

its one thing to make fun of someone and to just dog on someone to moment they join even though theyre acting in a chill way and not the usual anomaly d-rider

[obtuse lodge]

Yo why is the faction chat locked??

[weary hedge]

I love skif.

Out of all the main characters he’s the easiest to related to imo.

Alex Montyro did an amazing job with his English VA.

[uncut hollow]

@feral horizon Let's not share here, leeks not allowed.

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[feral horizon]

Sorry didn't know.

[uncut hollow]

no problem

[uncut inlet]

Leaks? Id like to know what leaks have been shown

[uncut inlet]

Thats because hes a blank slate

[smoky hawk]

bad wording, we dont really allow datamined content to be shown as it might be spoiling someone

[uncut inlet]

This is the stalker general and not nonspoiler general no?

[smoky hawk]

yes and we still do not allow datamined content to be discussed and shown

[weary hedge]

Even then.

still a fire character

Scar's a whole villian if you side with strelok 😭

Crazy man.

[dapper rock]

Omg
Cat

[uncut inlet]

Scar's entire goal in cs was to stop him

[dapper rock]

Epic embed fail

[weary hedge]

oop no gif perms

[dapper rock]

See this is why Soundwave is superior

[weary hedge]

i hate you!!!!

[dapper rock]

I wish I could post the clip from TFP where Soundwave puts a smileyface on his head display

[uncut inlet]

You only get to hate gsc

[weary hedge]

why would i do that 🥱

[harsh plume]

Random ass question, is the X7 Suit similar to what Strelok wears?

[compact pier]

Scar and strelok wears them

And skif in the finale

[dapper rock]

Cuz GSC has been extra stinky lately

[harsh plume]

Hellll yeah, I figured they looked similar since Strelok’s SEVA has those green panels, but yeah.

It look’s amazing, just couldn’t get that lil curiosity outta my head

[weary hedge]

How so…

[dapper rock]

They are basically incapable of admitting anything thats clearly their fault, cant handle negative reviews and basically label everyone who criticizes them as "russian troll"

And all of that after the disaster that was EE launch

Large studio acting like little children...

[uncut inlet]

We had this debate with jazz already, no point in repeating ourselves

[dapper rock]

I just really want to complain about GSC
Ive never been disappointed by any game studio as much as I was by them

[uncut inlet]

We can only repeat ourselves to complain

[uncut inlet]

Same here

[dapper rock]

Like
Not even Wargaming disappointed me so much
Fuсking wargaming ...

[compact pier]

If u check review data, you will find some interesting correlations

[dapper rock]

they labeled ALL negative reviews as such
So shove the data up your ass
You only see what you want to see

[uncut inlet]

From what i hear they "acknowledged" that it was uncalled for, but havent apologized for it

[dapper rock]

Too bad they havent "acknowledged" that the game is a dumpster fire and that its their fault
Womp womp

[uncut inlet]

Ehh i would give them a chance to right their wrongdoings. Them being children though, it just means they will grow up at some point

[sturdy verge]

blah blah blah blah

[sturdy verge]

ain't that the truth

[sturdy verge]

thats mah bro magpieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee flint ❤️ haha

[sturdy verge]

Niceee lol

[violet dune]

what is this acceleration lol

most goofy running

[shell flax]

Zone made drugs

[plain fiber]

So....looks like this place is still a bit...sensitive since the launch of the EEs.

[sturdy verge]

It's always sensitive what ya mean 😂 😂

[shell flax]

Still relevant

[plain fiber]

Well I mean, the current conversation going on in #⭐┃nospoilers_general right now doesn't exactly inspire confidence.

[fading pilot]

Best trader for upgrade kits?

[plain fiber]

Upgrade kits? Is that a mod thing?

[shell flax]

I’m just here to talk about stalker and get mod suggestions, not get angry over stuff

[plain fiber]

I mean, same, but it's been genuinely difficult to avoid anger and toxicity recently.

[fading pilot]

Idk, I play gamma but my friend is doing base anomaly, he is looking for the “upgrade parts”

[sturdy verge]

About time that jibber jabber got muted

[fading pilot]

I don’t know enough of base anomaly to answer his question

[sturdy verge]

Just blah blah blah blah blah all day

[plain fiber]

You and he might be better off asking in the GAMMA Discord.

[fading pilot]

He doesn’t have gamma
Oh wait I just realized this is the actual stalker discord, my bad!

[plain fiber]

You're okay.

And I know, but GAMMA is built off of Anomaly, so they can probably still help him out better than we can.

[fading pilot]

👍 thanks!

[shell flax]

I joined when S2 launched so I don’t really have a frame of what the server used to look like

[weary hedge]

They left??

[shell flax]

Nope, got the hammer

[weary hedge]

Aww they where so helpful..

[plain fiber]

Did he? I didn't see any ban messages in the chat. Unless we're talking about different people.

[weary hedge]

What a shame..

[shell flax]

Nospoilers drama

[smoky hawk]

chymo wasnt banned

[shell flax]

Not chymo

Nursq

[smoky hawk]

Nusrq? yhea he said some crazy stuff

[plain fiber]

Okay nevermind then, I'm thinking of someone else.

[sturdy verge]

Is that the person who said they were gonna go chill and take a break for the night but never did and just keeps yapping about the same thing

[shell flax]

Yep

[sturdy verge]

😂 😂 😂

[plain fiber]

I think Kot got muted?

[sturdy verge]

Copy paste the same shit everyday feel 🤣

Has it on notepad ready to paste on here tomorrow 😂

[shell flax]

Honestly though, I do enjoy the good conversations that spring up here (This server also has nothing on the Helldivers discord at launch 💀 )

Place was hell on earth

[sturdy verge]

😂 😂

[shell flax]

Couldn’t read a single channel without some overly emotional fuckwit sending an unholy threat to arrowhead

[sturdy verge]

Good convos last for about 5 mins or so until the same regulars who come in and say the same shit they said yesterday take over, I've noticed that.

[plain fiber]

Honestly, while I think there is legitimate criticism to be levied at GSC for several things, I can't help but think it's mildly hilarious to see people calling them children; the subreddit and this server have been overwhelmed by absolutely incessant whining.

I can't help but think that at least half of the community at this point are literally teenagers.

[sturdy verge]

Starting to think its not just about gsc anymore with those kinds its just miserable hags wanting to shit on someone's parade

I just notice this the last couple of days when there is nice respectable conversations that's all

[shell flax]

It’s why I just tune out a lot lmao, I don’t have the mental energy to scream at someone on the other side of a screen anymore (Unless I’m screwing with my buddies in a proximity chat game)

[plain fiber]

I don't want to completely shut out legitimate criticism, but Jesus Christ the community has just gotten so toxic.

[sturdy verge]

Debates with two people and one is on a level headed attitude while another regular starts throwing irrelevant paranoid shades to sway the convo to bait them into a argument

Seen that one too yesterday and it was awkward as f.. meanwhile other conversations were going on in the background lol

[smoky hawk]

wouldnt you say that the first thing to do if you want a company to do what you want is to incessantly spam the places they see with what you want them to do?
I thougth that was normal proccedure for the games industry

[sturdy verge]

Aye lol

[plain fiber]

You're not kidding about the paranoid thing, I've seen two instances of actual conspiracy theories surrounding the game and GSC itself.

Like WTF? That's not normal behavior by any stretch of the imagination.

[plain fiber]

I want to see more like that one guy who did the open letter to GSC, that was awesome to see.

[sturdy verge]

Yes and then this conspiracy leads to politics then war then more conspiracies then alts coming in to bait it more

And it just goes in circles over and over the same shit in here

[shell flax]

It happens so much I just avoid nospoilers as much as I can

[sturdy verge]

I may not type in here often or if I do its usually random but I do observe the typical patterns that go on

[plain fiber]

So far I've seen "Sergiy is actually still in charge of the company and is secretly delivering commands to Ievgen and the rest of the leadership." and "GSC de-listed the original versions of the trilogy to push sales of the EEs.".

Honestly that last one doesn't even seem like a conspiracy, it's just a standard sales practice. Besides, it's not like the original trilogy is gone, you can still get it.

[frigid hill]

troskiii has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[plain fiber]

Lol.

[sturdy verge]

Oops hahahaha sorry wolf 🐺

I forgot for a second lmao 🤣

[weary hedge]

sooo from everything ive gathered in the past 2ish hours is the community is in shambles : P

[sturdy verge]

Was saying some of those pictures in trilogy were intentionally made worse with the blurriness for more bait

[sturdy verge]

Indeed

[shell flax]

I’ve seen one that if I repeat it I’d probably be shot by the Mods lmao

[meager crag]

'Sup babes

[shell flax]

Hey Lion, how’s life

[meager crag]

[sturdy verge]

I've seen it go from bashing gsc, ee, politics, war, religion, bilingual to personal situations to some odd form of abuse.. lol

Like tf hahaha

[meager crag]

Doing fine. Just bought a new addition for my Warhammer army

[shell flax]

I need to finish my marines at some point

If I could find NULN OIL FOR GODS SAKE

[sturdy verge]

Any of you tried that got kingsroad lol 😆 😂

[meager crag]

Ayo, shouldn't Nuln Oil be hecking common?

[sturdy verge]

It's addicting but semi p2w if you have no patience's haha

[shell flax]

Not in my neck of the woods, swear to god people are drinking it or some shit

[meager crag]

Actually sounds possible