☢┃stalker-general

[digital igloo]

Maybe I've got it mixed up, but was there some mention of making the AI use semi auto fire instead of full auto outside of CQB?

[still current]

Best thing you can do is to submit the crash report. Either way, you should just wait a couple more days till 1.5 comes out cuz maybe it was a known issue and it got already fixed

It is there

That much can be confirmed since it was already and officially announced by GSC (and ofc the roadmap)

[ebon blade]

There are 5 False Endings at the Wush Granter. There are 2 True Endings NOT going to the Wish Granter.

[pearl jolt]

really?

how do you get the other endings then?

[ebon blade]

Did you get the key to Doc's apartment in Pripyat?

[pearl jolt]

i dont think so

[ebon blade]

Did you return to the Agroprom Underground to meet Doc after leaving Yantar?

[pearl jolt]

yeah

[ebon blade]

That's when he gives you the key.

[pearl jolt]

ohhh

[ebon blade]

Inside the Apt. is a Decoder to open up a vault door, in a hallway near where you diverted to the Wish Granter.

[chilly pasture]

very disappointed that devs pushed old game remasters before releasing new content for Stalker 2 😦

[brisk mist]

porpol

[oak junco]

to give gsc a pass here they outsourced that stuff to different companies atm they are just fixing mistakes

[hardy saddle]

The zone wills it.

[feral horizon]

Since people have been wanting A-life improvements to stalker 2, I want to know how A-life would work in Stalker 2? Since the game is one big map and not several small maps.

[brisk mist]

[pearl atlas]

it would work the same way. online simulation radius (i.e. interactable for the player) in the old games wasn't just limited just by map boundaries, it was limited by physical distance – just 150 meters. everything past that point persisted only in offline simulation.

to understand what offline simulation is, think of the overworld and autoresolve mechanics in strategy games – only the whole squad's general location is tracked, and encounters are resolved according to the stats, rather than by physical simulation of combat.

[unreal basin]

How rare are Petal artifacts again?

[pearl atlas]

when people ask for A-Life, what they actually mean is a persistent global simulation in which entities exist independently from the player in the Zone. evidently, this is not how GSC envisions A-Life 2.0, but for some reason they refuse to clearly explain this, aside from that one pre-release interview. this sets them up for all sorts of hate.

it boggles my mind how this once-in-a-decade game has been tarnished in the public's eyes simply due to a lack of communication.

[high gazelle]

it has to be this way cause consoles

[spark verge]

Happy birthday to me-

[oak junco]

happy birthday

[ebon blade]

https://tenor.com/view/birthday-happy-birthday-geburtstag-gif-2848212235487215671

[feral horizon]

So you'd wanna see something like certains factions camping out at certain locatoins? Cause in my GAMMA game, the elevator at the cordon was held by bandits. But now freedom stalkers are camping there now.

[uneven barn]

some people love to confuse AI with A-life

[pearl atlas]

me? I just want mutant loot and repair kits. A-Life is a non-issue as far as I'm concerned.

[uneven barn]

the a-life is probably alread in S2 but disabled (based on config files)

[pearl atlas]

🤦‍♂️

[feral horizon]

I mean its kinda there, like I'll see random squads roaming around and fighting mutants.

[uneven barn]

but probably got turn off before the release for being too buggy and performance extensive

[pearl atlas]

have either of you actually read what I posted?

[uneven barn]

im talking with insomniac

[feral horizon]

Kinda

[uneven barn]

honestly

[pearl atlas]

the whole A-Life discourse misses the point because the term means different things to different people.

[uneven barn]

kinda true

[uneven barn]

but

if you don't liked the game without A-life

it won't make you like it more if they finally brings it back

[pearl atlas]

not kinda, it's 100% true. watch enough people talk about it and you'll see how they attribute completely random things to A-Life.

by rando I mean unrelated

or technically incorrect

it's all so murky and undefined we may as well be talking about spiritual experiences

[uneven barn]

A-life is basically just a persistent spawner

[feral horizon]

It it possible to put stalker anomaly/gamma's a-life in stalker 2?

[uneven barn]

why you would like to put a worse a-life in the game?

[feral horizon]

How is it worse?

[uneven barn]

wait until you find out that anomaly/gamma is actually worse than soc alife

[feral horizon]

Dude I barely notice the A-life in SoC sometimes.

[oak junco]

theres alot better alife in better mods

[uneven barn]

you should try olr 3.0

[oak junco]

olr 3.0 alife is peak

[feral horizon]

I really need to play more stalker mods. Was thinking of playing lost alpha.

[pearl atlas]

probably. but as I pointed out earlier, it's probably not how GSC envisions A-Life. they want Far Cry in the Zone.

[oak junco]

you should! theres so many cool mods out there to try heard good things about LA

[feral horizon]

I'm playing GAMMA but the game just feels slow and you have to be super cautious.

[uneven barn]

gamma is just meh

it's basically a survival game that don't have much with stalker in general

[feral horizon]

I do like that in gamma that any npc can give you a quest. That's something I would like in stalker 2.

[unreal basin]

Is it bad that I hate Gamma’s weapon mechanics?

[pearl atlas]

Clear Sky is the only game where A-Life made any kind of difference, and even then it was minimal.

[uneven barn]

they are kinda bad

30 scopes and attachments, but only 4 of them are really different

[unreal basin]

I meant the maintenance system it has mostly

[oak junco]

Im a big fan of legends return and teamlite when it comes to freeplay mods

[feral horizon]

Clear sky's A-life feels weird. Like squads will try to take points without you but then when they're done, it feels like nothing else happens after that.

[uneven barn]

the maintenance sytem is very ugh

basically the only reason it exists is to make the gameplay slow

[oak junco]

Feels to unrealistic tbh

[uneven barn]

and also removes classic features like npcs selling weapons to make the craft/repair system better

basically taking out something to give a false impression that the repair/craft system is good

[unreal basin]

Doesn’t Gamma remove NPCs selling weapons entirely? Been a while since I’ve played it

[feral horizon]

Dude if you can't scavenge the right parts for your armor you're kinda screwed. I had to repair a bandit suit and I traded in to sidorovich and he gave me a salamander stalker suit.

[uneven barn]

i.w.p just have a better gameplay

[feral horizon]

Yes but mechanics do buy weapon parts.

I wanna check out lost alpha since it has all the removed maps including the creepy generator map that really should have been in SoC.

[uneven barn]

about olr 3.0 A-life, the stalkers in that mod buys and sells stuff to traders and make they own missions

[feral horizon]

That sounds really cool.

[uneven barn]

generators is kinda meh

it got cut because you won't have anything to do in there after the story change in 2004-2005

also

[feral horizon]

Its makes you wonder that if those generators are the ones that interact with the noosphere, then what's the point of 6 generators at the cnpp?

[uneven barn]

the generators just got moved to cnpp

[feral horizon]

True but the cut generator map is now in stalker 2 and the cpp with the 6 generators from SoC is in the game also. So now we have two sets of generators.

[uneven barn]

if you want a good experience with the old soc design, olr 2.5 and olr 3.0 are good options

but i don't recommend to play olr 3.0 right now since it's on beta and is very buggy

[uneven barn]

they probably just do the same thing

[feral horizon]

Are there texture mods for oblivion lost? I heard its a bit old looking.

[uneven barn]

looking old is the whole point of olr

[unreal basin]

Should I keep trying to find a Petal artifact at the Detention Center in Garbage or move on and do something rose?

[feral horizon]

You mean the place with the lava anomaly in the basement?

[unreal basin]

Fire Poltergeist

But yes

[uneven barn]

olr 2.5 yantar is very peak

[feral horizon]

You can always go back later. Your armor might get shredded.

[unreal basin]

The save 150m away trick stick works on console

[pearl atlas]

in general, I wouldn't advise trying to grind for specific artifacts. it's too random.

[unreal basin]

I’m just wondering if my sanity is worth using just to finish Barkeep’s side mission

[pearl atlas]

absolutely not

[uneven barn]

olr 2.5 looks old, but still one of the most good looking mods outhere

[unreal basin]

How lucky am I too have gotten a Liquid Rock very early on in this playthrough?

[uneven barn]

it have personallity and the graphics don't just consists of just "sun" and "pond reflection"

[pearl atlas]

what you're supposed to do is quick save before taking the quest and then reload if you don't already have it.

[unreal basin]

Barkeeps always given one asking for a Petal no matter how many times I’ve reloaded a quick save

[feral horizon]

how is the A-life in lost alpha?

[uneven barn]

same as soc

there's not much mods that changes a-life

[pearl atlas]

it's refreshed on a 24 hour interval

[feral horizon]

This is one thing they need to fix in stalker 2. In SoC they tell you which artifact they need before you take the mission.

[pearl atlas]

yep

[unreal basin]

I’ve been given Petal artifact hunts from him in all of my playthroughs of 2

[pearl atlas]

they also need to add the ability to choose when to wake up

[pearl atlas]

this doesn't sound right

[unreal basin]

Its the only artifact hunts I’ve gotten from him

[pearl atlas]

bugged, then.

[unreal basin]

Quick question, who’s the earliest Technician that can upgrade the SEVA-V?

[pearl atlas]

I was gonna say "the one at Slag Heap"

but I may be misremembering it

[unreal basin]

He can’t

[still current]

Not exactly sure

Probably the one from Icarus

[unreal basin]

Neither can Rostok’s

[still current]

Then if you have the ward base access, you can use the ward technician there

[pearl atlas]

Rostok tech can upgrade everything except for exos

[unreal basin]

The SEVA-V stuff was greyyed out for me when I talked to him?

[still current]

Otherwise, best run would be yaniv which we are all sure you can reach and exploit the technician the moment you leave zalisya

[feral horizon]

Another thing I want in stalker 2 is merchants to have different prices. Like in clear sky, barkeepers will pay extra for food and drinks.

The only merchant that really stands out is ragman cause he buys weapons in the red.

[pearl atlas]

how about them just not buying anything from you

[feral horizon]

Lol when does that happen?

[pearl atlas]

that's the point. bartenders shouldn't buy random garbage.

[fervent island]

They adapted the content of Warlab (the reason to go the generators) in the "Monolith Control Center" in 2005, so the generators become useless.

[feral horizon]

What should they do then if you don't wanna to sell food to them?

[pearl atlas]

nothing

[uneven barn]

yeah

[feral horizon]

Bad idea.

[uneven barn]

it became useless, that's why got removed

[unreal basin]

Don’t know why but I still have the Dnipro I was given for the Arena round 4

[pearl atlas]

why?

[feral horizon]

Why would you wanna make bartenders more useless than they already are.

[pearl atlas]

they're not useless, you can buy food from them and take quests.

[gentle olive]

The zone isn't like the mojave in fallout were you are selling stuff for bottlecaps,
It makes no sense selling literal trash to bartenders or vendors.

[unreal basin]

I’m considering restarting my current playthrough, been noticing a few bugs

[gentle olive]

All trash/useless items should just be able to be broken down into material that COULD be sellable.

[gentle olive]

Wait until the end of this month, big update coming (Q2)

That's when I'll be doing my next play through

[feral horizon]

I mean they should still give you more money for food compared to standard merchants.

[unreal basin]

I’ll go ahead and delete my current one, its been weird….

[feral horizon]

Are we still getting the flame and law factions?

[gentle olive]

[unreal basin]

Is it weird I kept my first ever Stalker 2 playthroughs saves?

[gentle olive]

no

[pearl atlas]

it would be more immersive if they just didn't buy anything, period. a bar isn't a pawnshop.

[unreal basin]

So, is the Commandant rifle worth doing the first Spark mission for in my next playthrough after the update?

[gentle olive]

The only thing I really care about is them releasing the mod-tools & bringing in steam workshop integration.
When that happens, the modding community for this game is literally going to skyrocket and we are going to get some really gooood stuff.

[feral horizon]

Gonna disagree with that.

[uneven barn]

nah

it actually makes sense to them buy trash

because they can just buy it for a low price and sell for a higher price

[gentle olive]

https://tenor.com/view/what-is-bro-yammering-about-what-is-bro-wafflin-about-what-is-bro-yapping-about-yapping-what-is-bro-yappin-about-gif-12728898718751592705

[uneven barn]

just like how it works in soc

[pearl atlas]

they already do that in S2.

[uneven barn]

yeah

[feral horizon]

I heard flame and law are suppose to be splintered of groups from freedom and duty. Flame apparently works with mutants and law is lead by Zulu.

[pearl atlas]

bartenders are a noob trap

[unreal basin]

Maybe in my next playthrough after the update I won’t spend 4 hours annoying the Perimeter guard bases in the lesser zone

[gentle olive]

In your next playthrough the zone will feel alittle more alive than when you last played it, so you'll have some better interactions.

[pearl atlas]

in what way?

[unreal basin]

I mostly just spent the 4 hours in one of their watch towers sniping the guards with a ak

[feral horizon]

I've been holding off doing my ward game. I'm only at wild island.

[pearl atlas]

dammit I need to finish my Desolation run while it still works.

it's been breaking piece by piece with every patch

[unreal basin]

I still haven’t actually finished the main story, all my old playthroughs got softlocked during different main story missions

[gentle olive]

Watch this video, this is a mod that will be coming to S2 when the modtools come out

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmM-PPKTA8s

[unreal basin]

I’m playing console sadly

[gentle olive]

You'll have console support, don't worry

[unreal basin]

Oh, apparently I’m experienced now?

[gentle olive]

A-Life current is non-existant without mods.
They have CLAIMED to have fixed that and brought life back to the zone.

Worse case scenario is that the mods are brought in with the new tools to fully flush out the A-Life system for them.

[uneven barn]

i disagree, they should focus on fixing the game first than focusing on modding

[unreal basin]

In my last playthrough I kept encountering Mercs in Cordon in groups of 12

[gentle olive]

I don't care what you disagree with,
Modders can pump out fixs faster then developers of the game can.

Modders MAKE the community.

Developers will get to the fixs when they can,

[uneven barn]

your opinion is shit

[pearl atlas]

none of the mods add persistent simulation.

[uneven barn]

just because modding is important, it don't mean that the devs don't should focus on fixing the game

[gentle olive]

didn't ask for your opinion once again.

[uneven barn]

it don't care

[gentle olive]

[unreal basin]

Can the perimeter guards still possibly drop a set of IPSF armor or did that get changed? Its why I spent 4 hours sniping the poor fools in Lesser Zome in my last playthrough

[uneven barn]

using emojis won't make your opinion better bro

[uneven barn]

that's just a desperate move

[pearl atlas]

what are you two even arguing about

[oak junco]

idk tbh

[uneven barn]

bros crying because i said that the devs should fix the game first than focusing on modding

comical

[oak junco]

devs should fix the game first imo

i preordered this game and uninstalled it 6 months ago lol

[uneven barn]

all that writting to just "i don't asked your opinion"

[gentle olive]

Correct, alot of the mods currently can only change character interactions to be more attractable in the sense of it feeling alive.
I mean there are some mods that increase/keep NPC permanently on the map, traveling from destination A to B, rather then them blipping out of existance once you leave their radius

This dude is still yapping about me? holy crap lmao

I must have hurt his feelings when I simply said I don't care what he disagrees with or not, feel free to have an opinion

[uneven barn]

you lost bro

[oak junco]

bro honestly just take a step back and relax

[uneven barn]

there's no need to keep going on

[gentle olive]

Wasn't aware I was competing over a discord comment?

[pearl atlas]

but they haven't been blipping out of existence for a long time now. on the other hand, the online simulation radius is now hardcoded.

[gentle olive]

I think as of the May update they fixed that, if I am not mistaken.

[pearl atlas]

the radius?

[gentle olive]

Yes

[pearl atlas]

definitely not

[gentle olive]

Further back then that?

[pearl atlas]

no, mean it's hardcoded.

[pearl atlas]

at launch you used to be able to arbitrarily change the online radius

[gentle olive]

At the time of release to the time I completed the game (within two weeks)
They would appear/disappear when you exited their radius.

[pearl atlas]

yes

[gentle olive]

Which was almost a year back, so obviously changes since then.

I've played on and off recently for the past month now, and it feels like that hasn't really changed.

[pearl atlas]

it absolutely has changed. just walk to and away from an NPC at around 95 meter mark, they'll disappear and reappear consistently.

[gentle olive]

?? So you are saying they DO disappear

Like they still do

[pearl atlas]

they switch between online and offline simulation

just like the original trilogy

the difference is that it's not permanent

they'll get deleted from the game eventually

of course, the squads in the old games didn't live for very long either.

so the main difference right now is in how the squads are initially generated

[gentle olive]

I had mods for the old game where I could have a patrol live and patrol all the way from one side of the map to the other.

You could leave for 30 minutes, go to a task, then head down the road and see them still patrolling in that direction.

[pearl atlas]

that's the theory

[high gazelle]

you could see even on the map them fighting other groups

[pearl atlas]

in practice they get wiped very quickly

[high gazelle]

now combat stops as soon as the radius moves

[pearl atlas]

it auto-resolves in offline mode

[high gazelle]

you can reverse from a battle, and watch them stop fighting each other and stand there

[pearl atlas]

the hell are you talking about?

[high gazelle]

2 groups attack each other near you, move backwards and you can litterally watch them stop fighting.

[pearl atlas]

I have never seen anything like that

[high gazelle]

i noticed it around the slag heap between bandits and .. other bandits

to make things even funnier, quicksave teh game then, and reload it and watch them litterally walk away from each other

[pearl atlas]

they either de-spawn permanently (pre-patch), auto-resolve in offline mode, or continue fighting back in online mode.

I have never see anything like what you describe.

[worldly thicket]

I’m getting wombo combined by three bloodtsalkers

[versed reef]

Bloodsuckers in S2 are just such a chore. Every time I hear them I just roll my eyes and sigh. (Which happens a lot because the bloodsucker population apparently quadrupled since CoP ended. They're way too mobile for their hp, their scream is annoying, and their knockdown attack is probably the worst idea they could have come up with for them.

[tired ruin]

No for real I always get like three on me and then I’m running through ammo like it’s canned food 😭

[versed reef]

Then again the same can be said for cats and Poltergeists for some reason lmao.
The mutants in this game are wack compared to OGs

[ebon blade]

The moment of death for the Poltergeist

[versed reef]

You shoot them once and then they scoot away at mach 3 speed or armor up

[tired ruin]

Bro you shoot them once and they’re gone at Mach Jesus then i throw grenades and it usually works lmao

[hardy saddle]

I personally miss being able to use my Binoculars to scope out and assess situations. Maybe others didn’t use it a lot, but that was my typical first move when approaching an area. Now I can’t assess most situations untill I’m knee deep, And even then the Ai doesn’t feel lively yet since I know they just spawned in, versus me actively seeing them from down the road and knowing they were there ahead of time.

Idk man, I’m hoping modding will be a saving grace to bring me back. But I do feel better that I uninstalled it for the sake of not actively waiting for information and updates to come out every month.

[ebon blade]

I'm using the scopes on my rifle to look around. Many times I see Bloodsuckers running like sprinters through the countryside.

[hardy saddle]

True, I did resort to my spoke now. I just appreciate the use of Binoculars when I didn’t have a scope to substitute. (Mainly since I don’t typically run long range scopes anyhow.) until S2 for the sake of scoping out.

Scope*

[slim wagon]

patch weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek!

[dense sandal]

What’s the eta on the patch again ?

[devout jolt]

this week

[tired ruin]

Hopefully tomorrow they said between the 23rd and 30th so it could be tomorrow

[dense sandal]

oki ty ty

[tired ruin]

Or today technically it’s js whenever they finish the patch

Let’s js keep our fingers crossed and hope for the best lol

[acoustic orchid]

This is doing the rounds again https://www.playground.ru/stalker_2/news/sluh_pervoe_syuzhetnoe_dlc_dlya_s_t_a_l_k_e_r_2_tajna_limanska_raskroet_novye_lokatsii_i_tajny_zony-1770909

[wanton gazelle]

Unreal 5.6 is reported to have a 30% performance increase over what S2 is using. If only.

[wicked magnet]

they said that the game engine has been heavily modified so it won't be possible to update it so easily

[wanton gazelle]

Yeah, I know. They dug themselves into a hole with both A Life & performance.

S2's version of Unreal is some of Epic's worst lol.

[opaque cipher]

update when

[acoustic orchid]

Cover a video on this. Sadly will take time to switch to 5.6

[acoustic orchid]

Last day in June/next Monday is the latest date it could drop. But my money is on this Thursday.

[wanton gazelle]

Honestly, considering how expensive & resource intensive it would be for them to switch to 5.6, I don't think they will. And by the time they might, Unreal will have shifted to 6.0 or some shit.

They'd have to essentially rebuild a large chunk of the game from scratch

[high gazelle]

Rockfish games update Everspace 2 UE engine fairly regularly

mebe gsc could hire some of those devs

[smoky hawk]

I have no idea who these guys are but I assume they use the lts version of UE
something GSC seem to not be using, people have said before that poking around in the files, it appear like it is a in-house modified version of UE

explaining why it would be hard to upgrade

[high gazelle]

ah

seems like gsc have made things more difficult for themselves

[wicked magnet]

I think they can optimize the game without updating the engine

[kindred turtle]

[fading parcel]

Isnt it better to add later after a year or two Enhanced version of S2, thats not strange move, done before

[acoustic orchid]

Yeah it could be done and will become the norm for most games with UE5 in years to come getting an enhanced version

[scenic scaffold]

im 99% sure this is going to happen. Rerelease with ue5.6+ as a enhanced version.

[oak junco]

heres hoping its free update

[scenic scaffold]

was metro exodus enhanced a free update?

[sharp gulch]

yes

[scenic scaffold]

Pretty good chance then. ik og trilogy enhanced edition was a free upgrade which was cool.

[uncut hollow]

🤔

What is it about?

I get the site is Russian

[oak junco]

its about the rumored limansk dlc

[uncut hollow]

[oak junco]

if you dont have it there is auto translate features for web browers

[uncut hollow]

I know

[oak junco]

they are so handy haha just found one on edge

[uncut hollow]

I just scared of links in discord at this point

[oak junco]

naw i get that 100%

[uncut hollow]

I use DeepL for firefox

[oak junco]

deepL got one now? ill check that out

[violet dune]

we have 0 info about DLC from GSC, but somehow already leaks?

[uncut hollow]

https://www.deepl.com/en/firefox-extension

@oak junco

I use Windows app one

[oak junco]

people deep diving into the games code and files as GSC been working on dlc since before the game came out lol

[oak junco]

aye thank you

[prime stump]

So? A few S2 builds were leaked years before the release.

[oak junco]

people found alot of things datamining the game

[violet dune]

did they found a-life?

[uncut hollow]

[violet dune]

its just a joke

[oak junco]

[uncut hollow]

They found Glorp

the green cat

[oak junco]

[uncut hollow]

[oak junco]

glorp dlc..

[uncut hollow]

I'm just green froggo

[vapid galleon]

[acoustic orchid]

Get that will do a screen shot next time👍

[still current]

You can post links, man

Haha just not when Sparrow is around

[uncut hollow]

I'm just only scared,

[still current]

Why?

[oak junco]

Im hoping limansk is more explorable

[uncut hollow]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[still current]

As long as you don't click

[still current]

Part of the job? , understandable

[uncut hollow]

Have nice day

[oak junco]

[acoustic orchid]

Yeah, will keep an eye out 🤣

[acoustic orchid]

You can trust me I am a nice guy

How long have you been a moderator Sparrow?

Serious question, are links a no-no in this section?

[still current]

Nah

If you have embed perms then you can

She was basically referring to a past event that included a compromised content maker

If you get what I mean

[acoustic orchid]

Oh wow, what do you mean by compromised? Where they diving into files/leaks etc?

[hardy totem]

Sending spam links

[opaque cipher]

Update when?

[opaque cipher]

100% no

[acoustic orchid]

Oh I see. I will just ask Mol1t on content makers to post if it is worth sharing

[still current]

Hacked

So, unless your account got compromised and taken from you, you can post whatever you deem safe and within the confinement of the server/channel/category rules.

In case no preview image pops up, it would be best to add it to the link in order to be sure everyone sees it as it is. (It'll be like saying, it's safe and about stalker, fe.)

Well, one of our mods did lose his account once too, so ig we all should be caution, especially if certain roles have more perms like mods or Content makers. (Mods compromised accounts can he halted by senior mods, or/and CMs, senior mods by CMs directly, and content makers, by mods, senior mods, or/and CMs.)

[austere pagoda]

ahahhaa

[acoustic orchid]

Thank you great advice

[plush badge]

come on! give 1.5 please!

[fervent estuary]

1.5 with UE 5.6 let's gooo

[smoky hawk]

who said that?

[river chasm]

Now that's some copium

[delicate flame]

Dont expect a breakthrough from the patch, so you wont be disappointed later.

[lament pelican]

"The thing that I liked the most is weapon reload renewal feature" 😢

[smoky hawk]

he means reload staging

[lament pelican]

I understand. I'm more sad that thats their favorite thing about patch.

[acoustic orchid]

Might be Weds👍😀

[tired ruin]

Let’s hope

[pastel token]

damn, 1.5 dropping on a work day

[acoustic orchid]

Always does only been 1 of 10 that dropped on a Sat

[supple stream]

@hardy condor

*@hardy condor *

[golden gulch]

Patchy Wednesdy

[tired ruin]

[hardy totem]

https://tenor.com/view/coffee-small-gif-16965582269634372746

[stuck hearth]

@acoustic orchid Hey Dave! Hinjima from your youtube comment section.
Trying to reach you in regards to helping you with picking components for your PC.
I am an experienced system build ( +20 years )
Sent you a friends request, hope you accept and see what I have to say.

Thanks Dave ♥

[acoustic orchid]

Already picked one up from overclockers thanks anyway 🙏

[stuck hearth]

@acoustic orchid Thats a good website for systems in the UK. Congrats

[steady pier]

I keep seeing videos on Gamma and it looks really good

[still current]

Granma

[steady pier]

I’ve mostly played anomaly so clearly a graphics upgrade

[smoky hawk]

Of course

[still current]

Sure thing

[tacit jay]

I barely pay attention to display pictures, so I saw the same colors on the name and [STOC Gaming] then your Senior moderator icon at the end of your name and just blurred out the rest in my mind. I thought you were replying to yourself with pictures of scar and had gone crazy.

[still current]

you have absolutely no idea of what true confusion is

[hardy totem]

Maybe I should add [STOC Gaming] to my name

[tacit jay]

You should

[still current]

Maybe we should all become vasim again? Same name and same pfp

[hardy totem]

Wasen't it Snivson last time?

[still current]

Let the guy know true confusion

[still current]

Half half

[halcyon karma]

Eco Gosling gang reform?

[hardy totem]

I still have the golden version of his pfp he was using back then somewhere

[still current]

Somewhat that

[halcyon karma]

Kinda dissappointed that we have "ZONE" as our tag though

[still current]

It's ghost this time

[halcyon karma]

Instead of "STOC"

[still current]

Idk why, but apparently it wasn't possible

Unfortunately

[halcyon karma]

dalin cyka..

[still current]

We all kinda wanted that

[hardy totem]

ZONE wasen't my favorite option, but it'll do

[violet dune]

BDSM would be even better

[dusky sequoia]

What will be " weapon reload renewal" in 1.5?

[violet dune]

-- Reload Stages are coming. This means Skif will be able to continue his reload from where he left off if the player interrupts the animation.

difficulty slider like in TLOU2 would be sick in S2

[dusky sequoia]

Oh great

[spark verge]

pour me some crystal vodka, im returning to the zoneeeeeeeeeEeEeeEeEEE

[hardy totem]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/504592685428899851/1373070568789639228/image0.gif

[oak junco]

Yall should become me..

[drifting forge]

Polski D Lite

[oak junco]

[hardy totem]

https://tenor.com/view/roan-cat-flex-flexing-muscles-gif-27068692

[willow gate]

i finished the game boys, now i got a question is there any good mod pack for the game?

im looking at a vid made by clikrad caled "I Made An Immersive Mod Collection For S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2 That Changes Everything" but i dont think the mod pack works

[charred nova]

If it’s not updated to newest version it won’t work

[willow gate]

how do i know its working? some mods seem to be working and some dont, and theres no erros showing up

[charred nova]

There won’t be

The mods as is don’t use the sdk so

It just works or doesn’t or crashes the game

Or you set it up wrong

[willow gate]

alright lets test them pahah

[kindred fable]

The game is gonna get update this week, not the best time for modding if you are on steam

[charred nova]

Yah

All your mods will brick

After this update

[austere pagoda]

except mine (prob, as always)

[charred nova]

your mods are built different

[austere pagoda]

yeah theyre "a-life" so not much change there most of the time

[charred nova]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/904842536974168157/1386190716241186816/Video-522.mp4?ex=685ac874&is=685976f4&hm=bdb7973fec0c285fc5a1b284ae581b27c6488043589185bf37be452b9b4d0161&

[austere pagoda]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATScjg8uT0A&ab_channel=ShayTech @charred nova

[charred nova]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATScjg8uT0A&ab_channel=ShayTech

[austere pagoda]

AYO WHY U SEE PREVIEW and i dont

[charred nova]

i have embed perms

[austere pagoda]

ahh

[still current]

Skill issues

[austere pagoda]

so in a way it's: embed fail

[charred nova]

Hr says we can’t say that anymore it’s the embed disadvantaged now

[charred nova]

from your video youtube autoplayed another video about stalker 2 and it shows this map

that really just puts in pretty much dead on where all the main dev time went

map shows number of side quest for each area

[smoky hawk]

jack it doesnt really do that bc there like half of the quests that were cut
that half were the quests on the later half

[charred nova]

i know

the first half of the game is the part that was mostly finished

where as the further you go past that point the more unfinished it gets

[river chasm]

I don't think those numbers are 100% correct but not far off either

[charred nova]

i think it might include repeatable quests

[blissful phoenix]

good news is that modders, even without mod tools, are fixing this to an extent, adding cut content

[river chasm]

My memory may be failing me but I thought wild island had 2

[charred nova]

yah gotta wait for the ai voice acting though lol

[blissful phoenix]

im excited to see what modders do with mod tools

zivaka has already managed to make the game enjoyable enough i got to malachite again

and thats without "adding" anything new

just like backpacks and cooking and changes to gameplay

[vapid galleon]

this map...

maybe one of the best open world map bro

[charred nova]

X to doubt

[oak junco]

XXXXXX

RD1 and 2 map better imo

[edgy shell]

I hate myself for not doing those 13 before the event

[charred nova]

that map literally shows how much nothing the open world has in it lol

[unreal basin]

There’s 13 in Lesser Zone?

[charred nova]

yes

[unreal basin]

How many of those are post Sircca?

[charred nova]

most

after sircca

the content in the game drops off a cliff

[edgy shell]

And there isn’t much systemic stuff to fill in the gaps

[charred nova]

its why i hate the fact they keep patching all the ways to get into pripyat early

like how am i suppose to enjoy any of the end game gear

if by the time i get it i got nothing to do with it

[teal shadow]

you cheat

[charred nova]

no

i enjoy the game properly

[edgy shell]

Haven’t gotten to that point yet, but I do feel that even up to where I am now the pacing could have been changed a bit. Some quests felt a little redundant. Felt to me like they wanted a reason to go to every region, and so stretched it and didn’t leave space to use that stuff at the end

[charred nova]

[teal shadow]

lame ahh

[charred nova]

why bother getting all the epic loot in pripyat when none of it can be used for anything outside of just finishing the game

there are no quests to complete past the point you are able to get it

[unreal basin]

A way to at least earn passage to Pripyat early would be Neat!!

[teal shadow]

"i enjoy the game properly"
gets mad when the devs fixed an issue where players are doing what they're not intended to do

[charred nova]

why fix it then

if you don't want to do it

don't

i do

why patch my ability to enjoy the game the way i want to enjoy it

[teal shadow]

because its not intended for you to enjoy it

[charred nova]

not to mention that doesn't fix the problem with all that loot being totally useless

[meager salmon]

No side quests on Yantar

[teal shadow]

use cheats

[charred nova]

not cheating if it doesn't require me to download anything

[tired ruin]

Question do you guys think I should start a new game to be able to find the new guns they add in patch 1.5 or do you think they’ll js be added to my game

[charred nova]

if they are unique it might require that

[edgy shell]

They’ll more than likely be in the regular enemy loot pool

[charred nova]

also this^

[teal shadow]

by that logic i never cheated in stalker 2

[charred nova]

none of us have

[edgy shell]

If we get a mosin or some bolt action equivalent I’d be happy

[charred nova]

unless you downlaod the unreal engine command mod

and enable no clip

[still current]

Mosin indeed

[teal shadow]

a thunderberry spawned inside a building I cant get into, using noclip is valid

[edgy shell]

I basically one tap with the kharod as is but using something worse just because it’s fun to use is always the way to go

[charred nova]

true and to fix broken quests lol

[charred nova]

still feels kinda lame when you look at all the weapons they could have added from the orginal trilogy

could have been F2000 and desert eagle

people would have been all over that shit

[edgy shell]

No deagle is a crime

[teal shadow]

make it be able to 4 shot a chimera

[still current]

I do believe we may see them back? I am still hopeful

I mean at least one or two

[charred nova]

i mean sure but i also accept it wont make anyone happy lol

[still current]

It would make me happy

[charred nova]

okay you are a bad benchmark for happiness

if gsc sneezed you would be happy

[still current]

[edgy shell]

Also regarding sleep, is it now just an effect applied by mutants and the poppy field? Haven’t seen it appear anywhere else and haven’t ever needed to sleep because of it

[still current]

Nope, I'm simply optimistic unlike you jack

[teal shadow]

wdym, you dont take care of your skif?

[charred nova]

im fully black pilled

[edgy shell]

I make sure he eats a varied diet and does lots of long walks, but sleep is for the weak minded

[teal shadow]

the poor guy, he is sleep deprivated

let him sleep in a comfy bed

I feel like malachite would be most comfortable

[edgy shell]

I wish I could sleep in one of the cool towers scattered about

[still current]

You either too realistic, or just pessimistic due to how you see or perceive recent events

Well, I still enjoyed the game

[charred nova]

look man ive been let down again and again and again

[still current]

And that's my own opinion haha

[charred nova]

i gotta see to believe

[still current]

Fair enough

[edgy shell]

I’m the same way now too to be honest

[still current]

See. I'm not trying to change nor impose opinion

[teal shadow]

I dont care at this point

[still current]

It's simply how I feel

[charred nova]

i mean i tell people if you wanna play the game

[edgy shell]

Can’t get excited based off leaks, can’t trust developer comments, for any game now it’s just too big a gamble

[charred nova]

come back in a year

we are still beta testing

[wintry pumice]

It still will be

[edgy shell]

That’s what I said, you can’t really get excited for any new game now

[charred nova]

Well

Good thing I fucken love gambling

Am I right guys

[oak junco]

fr fr

lets take a gamble and give my perms back rq

[drifting forge]

Hell yeah

[frigid hill]

.finallegend has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[sinful pewter]

Wut

Hi all, I’m a new person who first was exposed to stalker through a tarkov YouTuber playing anomaly gamma. The series seems super intriguing. Trying to figure out the best path for myself (or if I should just jump into stalker gamma right away)

[drifting forge]

Stalker Shadow of Chernobyl

[oak junco]

^^

[drifting forge]

Starting with Gamma is a very bad idea

[sinful pewter]

Any mod recommendations?

[drifting forge]

Base game. Not Enhanced Edition

[sinful pewter]

Or just full vanilla?

[oak junco]

full vanilla is peak

[charred nova]

gamma has little if anything to do with stalke r

its a totally different game

[drifting forge]

Fine if you like it ig but very shіtty starting point

[edgy shell]

If you want to learn anything about it’s narrative and setting the games are required

[sinful pewter]

Hmm, not sure if that’s a good or bad thing for OG stalker. Gamma seemed right up my alley. Then again, I’ve heard about stalker (vague references) for so long

[charred nova]

gamma has far more in common with single player tarkov than actual stalker

[sinful pewter]

Came out when I was barely post-toddler so never really gave it a thought

[charred nova]

the guy who could tell you all about it sadly left

a causality of the great EE wars

[sinful pewter]

Ah interesting. So maybe I should play SoC and gamma in parallel

[drifting forge]

Rip Chymo

[oak junco]

no

[edgy shell]

What is it that interests you about it

[charred nova]

gamma is completely different

[drifting forge]

Gamma has big spoilers. Very big spoilers too

[unreal basin]

Gamma is not Stalker

[charred nova]

the gun play is totally different

yah

gamma is just a different game

built in the stalker engine

[oak junco]

treat gamma as its own game with stalker paint on it

[charred nova]

and using stalker assets

[sinful pewter]

Atmosphere, slow progression. Really having to fight for every improvement. Interesting AI (unlike tarkov XD)

[oak junco]

if you wanna play gamma you should really play the whole trilogy first

[charred nova]

or go to the gamma discord

lol

[sinful pewter]

Just bought the trilogy rn

[unreal basin]

Gamna is just Stalker skinned Tarkov

[charred nova]

everyone here hates gamma

[oak junco]

based af

[charred nova]

so its pointless to ask anyone here if they like or

[sinful pewter]

So OG is better than enhanced?

[charred nova]

yes

[oak junco]

yes 100%

[sinful pewter]

O really?

[charred nova]

yes

its our whole thing

we all hate gamma and anomaly

[drifting forge]

Youll get that with Gamma but play the first 3 games first. It will give you a better experience for Gamma too. Youll see how far modding can go with it graphics wise and will understand the story and everything. Overall it will be a much better experience

[oak junco]

it also doesnt help alot of gamma players shit on the trilogy without really even playing them

[charred nova]

they were hating anomaly before i got here and will keep hating long after im gone

[edgy shell]

I hate how I like both

[sinful pewter]

Lmao. I guess what kinda draws me to it is how most single player games have a point where you can easily slaughter everything. Then I get bored and lose interest. I want to be the screwed underdog

[oak junco]

also alot of gamma/anomaly players often act like they are better then you for playing a mod

[charred nova]

or they played the real stalker

[sinful pewter]

I would never. Playing a modpack just gives you slightly more nerd rep

[edgy shell]

It’s just a stalker

[oak junco]

you're based for saying this

[charred nova]

honestly in stoc the gamma/anomaly well is so poisoned

i think if you tasted it you would die instantly

[oak junco]

i personally am waiting for gamma 1.0 to drop to play it again after the story rewrites

[edgy shell]

Story? Imagine

[sinful pewter]

Did stalker 2 match the hype? I’ve heard conflicting things (won’t play it till after the trilogy tho)

[oak junco]

apparently they are changing it

[drifting forge]

Finallegend based Stalker for not jumping onto Gamma and pissing on the trilogy without playing it

[oak junco]

its deff getting better with each update

[edgy shell]

Great

I will still purposefully avoid all dialogue lol

[oak junco]

fair lol

[sinful pewter]

Played a bunch of Minecraft mod packs and all they did was get me into coding and make me slightly more annoying to hang out with at parties

[drifting forge]

Personal perspective to be honest. It is lacking in some parts but it's getting better. I believe it to be a good game but some dont

[edgy shell]

Trilogy is for story, gamma is for grind

[drifting forge]

Lmao

[charred nova]

look man if i wanted to grind

[oak junco]

me with morrowind modding

[charred nova]

id buy like a poniac fiero from the scrappers

id be grinding till the day i died

and that bitch would still not run right

[oak junco]

@charred nova bro make me mod again this chat timer SUCKS

[drifting forge]

Cant run worse than Gamma

[charred nova]

idk man

fieros were known to burst into flames

[sinful pewter]

Me drunk as f*** and talking about plastic factories in Minecraft XD

[charred nova]

killing the people inside

[drifting forge]

Shit may run good when the Zone dissappears and the Sun is long gone

[oak junco]

based as hell

i like to talk about stalker and morrowind alot once i start drinking

[edgy shell]

‘So anyway, we mastered interdimensional storage units for our ME system, finished the nuclear power plant and then mined our first block of stone’

[edgy shell]

Then you shall be pleased to hear that I started Morrowind last week, as a Skyrim only player

[oak junco]

AYO

[charred nova]

the factory must grow the factory must grow the factory must grow the factory must grow the factory must grow the factory must grow the factory must grow the factory must grow

[oak junco]

morrowind is one of my favorite games of all time its the sole reason why i built a gaming pc to experience the modscene

[edgy shell]

About 5 hours in, it’s so good

[oak junco]

i miss morrowind era bethesda

[drifting forge]

Anyways back to drawing, ill be here just not focused

[oak junco]

itll be cool to see once its finished

[drifting forge]

I miss ID Software without Bethesda. Theyd be charging so much less....

[oak junco]

new games are so expensive man

[sinful pewter]

That’s level 1 mentally insane. If you’ve tried GTNH, you sound even more insane.
“I finished my polyethylene line so I launched a few rockets and spent 2 hours on my platline so I could get Palladium and Rhodium. Then, I worked on magic to get my fluid teleporters to make it easier to set up my nuclear reactor turbines”

[drifting forge]

€80 for 13 hours of content. Fuсk that

[oak junco]

love this ad haha

[oak junco]

such a bad price to content ratio

[sinful pewter]

Remaster of morrowind vs OG? Still haven’t played it but planning to since it’s part of the gamer’s canon

[charred nova]

i think its hilarious that some how to nintendo

the new mario kart

80 dollars

value wise

id call 50 bux a hard sell for what you get

the new dk game

[oak junco]

tbh i dont think it really needs much of a remaster since openMW exists now

[charred nova]

that is very clearly a game that took 10x more effort and care to make

70 dollars

🤨

[sinful pewter]

I’ve kinda lost all sense of the value of money after graduating college, since 0 to a job is such a crazy change

[edgy shell]

I’m just using that heart vanilla pack, don’t want to go too off topic but it’s just… something else

[oak junco]

nintendo is weird with pricing

[charred nova]

i tried college

hated that

worked in assembly for 3 years

that was epic

went back

[sinful pewter]

Modders are crazy

[charred nova]

started working again

and now im going to trade school

[edgy shell]

The visual style is gorgeous. I don’t know how or why, but Morrowind looks great, I think oblivion looks pretty ungodly and Skyrim looks great even unmodded. There’s an inbetween era where stuff just doesn’t work for me

[frigid hill]

karsteht has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[sinful pewter]

Is the Oblivion remake worth playing compared to the OG with mods?

[wanton gazelle]

Wat was the censored word??

[charred nova]

you accidently used one of the trigger words

lmao

[wanton gazelle]

Yeah can you copy paste what I said?

[sinful pewter]

I also have no clue why this server has the most strict censoring policy of any discord I’ve ever been in

[charred nova]

My Switch 2 came with the Mario Kart game, so technically it was only $50 👌

[wanton gazelle]

So WHICH one of those is a trigger word???

[charred nova]

i still think

[oak junco]

hard to say tbh i think its worth it on sale atleast

[charred nova]

i can't tell you

[wanton gazelle]

This is so stupid.

[oak junco]

i know what it is but as a mod i cant..

[charred nova]

because then the scam botters would patch it

[oak junco]

^

[sinful pewter]

Oh sweet, thought stupid was one of the trigger words

[wanton gazelle]

99% an inconvenience to users, 1% inconvenience to actual scam bots.

[charred nova]

no

it stops scam bots

very effectively

[oak junco]

trust me it catches ALOT of scam bots

[wanton gazelle]

Missed my point.

[charred nova]

no i got it exactly

its worth the annoyance

[sinful pewter]

My first message in here got filtered due to the word s**t*y which I used self-referentially

[drifting forge]

This server is over when scammers figure out they can just say ||$49.99||

[frigid hill]

karsteht has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[wanton gazelle]

Lmao I figured out the trigger word. It's pathetic.

[charred nova]

nope

its not

it stops 100s of scams every month

[wanton gazelle]

Yeah, it is.

[oak junco]

[sinful pewter]

Oh, are the filters to stop bots?

[charred nova]

lol

[river chasm]

You have no idea how bad spam bots get if you don't do this sort of thing

[oak junco]

why is filtering out bots pathetic? you cool with scammers running rampent ?

[charred nova]

yah

like

it gets so bad sometimes

over 10 a day or more sometimes

[oak junco]

you know how many scam bots i banned here when i was a mod ? ALOT

[wanton gazelle]

No, the trigger words are pathetic. I'd want to see actual logs of shit like that actually being effective.

[sinful pewter]

10 accounts??? Or 10 messages?

[oak junco]

accounts

[charred nova]

accounts

and the problem is

we are not always watching here

[drifting forge]

Very effective. Catches so many

[charred nova]

we got jobs real lives lol

[oak junco]

wolf is a hero

[sinful pewter]

Wait… shit is not filtered?????? I thought that’s why my original message was filtered (giving me a warning)

[charred nova]

so if wolf stops like 90 percent of them before we gotta do anything massive W

[sinful pewter]

Stopping bots is based AF

[charred nova]

well i can't show you that but you can believe or not believe haha

[oak junco]

i shoulda saved all my bot bans lol

[sinful pewter]

Was my message filtered cause I called my self a tarkov degenerate?

Oh, not that either. So confused

[charred nova]

you probably said shitty

[oak junco]

ive banned a surprising amount of neo nazis aswell

[edgy shell]

Wolf works in mysterious ways

[sinful pewter]

Yeah, I used that word. Is it filtered for me but not you?

[charred nova]

im immune

[oak junco]

make me immune again ong..

[charred nova]

i did

you're legit mod

[sinful pewter]

[oak junco]

[sinful pewter]

No one is immune to pikalick

[charred nova]

don't worry we don't ever ban people for tripping the bot for gamer words

[sinful pewter]

👍

[oak junco]

just dont get to based and you're good

[charred nova]

unless you try and use the REAL gamer words

[sinful pewter]

I only use tame gamer words, and they’re almost always directed towards myself

[oak junco]

i try not to get to gamer

[charred nova]

the funny thing is

i could say the most extreme gamer language possible

and the bot wont stop me

the old bot would funny enough

[oak junco]

[sinful pewter]

Alert: grammar nazi incoming. “I try not to get too gamer”*

[sinful pewter]

You just need to tiptoe around the gamer word minefield?

[sinful pewter]

r/iamverysmart

[charred nova]

the only words anyone cares about are slurs

[oak junco]

ill say one rq || ||

[charred nova]

you could have said retard

[sinful pewter]

Is sh**ty a slur? Gotta be careful so I don’t get banned

[charred nova]

cus thatd be funny

no

[oak junco]

you gotta do some horrible things to get banned here trust me

just dont wish death on people or gsc and you good

[charred nova]

you can be the most unlikable loser ive ever met

[sinful pewter]

Like playing gamma before the OG trilogy I assume XD

[charred nova]

but that wont get you banned from here

[oak junco]

haha naw thats fine we have banned folks for wishing death on gsc for them not being happy with stalker 2

[edgy shell]

Jeez

[drifting forge]

I hate drawing tack

[oak junco]

they were like i hope russia bombs them

[sinful pewter]

And then telling everyone that you’re better than them since you’re a more “hardcore gamma gamer”

[oak junco]

ive considered ragebaiting people like this ngl

[edgy shell]

For just not liking the game?

[sinful pewter]

Oof, that’s cringe. Would ban for cringe before breaking the rules haha

[oak junco]

them feeling upset with stalker 2 it didnt happen often but i do remember seeing them get yeeted

[charred nova]

idk if you remember

that japanaese guy

who came into the chat using google translate

[oak junco]

and played clear sky ?

[smoky hawk]

the puny gamma player shivers witnessing the Syak chad

[charred nova]

and posted the most schizophrenic message ive ever seen

[edgy shell]

I basically avoided this server when it came out so fortunately I missed all this comeuppance

[drifting forge]

Oh yeah lmao

[oak junco]

bro this place was so toxic

[sinful pewter]

What is syak?

Is it the true tarkov PvE alternative I’ve been looking for?

[smoky hawk]

NLC Mod maker

[smoky hawk]

no its a good game

[edgy shell]

That’s why

I was loving the game, could instantly see on Reddit and YouTube that others weren’t, just decided to keep enjoying it my own way

[charred nova]

it was the first time i got someone telling me to off my self in dms

was pretty epic

lmao

[sinful pewter]

Lmao. Tarkov is occasionally good. Rarely

[charred nova]

apparently he went onto continue baby raging in gamma server

and then they banned him too

https://tenor.com/view/greasestain-woody-dap-up-dapping-toy-story-gif-16829324021208675735

rare gamma W

[edgy shell]

I’ll always be amazed when people go that low

[sinful pewter]

Imagine XD

[river chasm]

play stupid games etc

[oak junco]

i think i got him banned there aswell

bro told me to game over myself a few times

[charred nova]

the funny thing was

he blocked me first

so i couldn't respond to him lol

[oak junco]

[charred nova]

cosmic W

[sinful pewter]

Feel bad for that dude. What series of life events do you have to experience to be like that? Must be miserable and traumatized. Hope that guy finds help

[oak junco]

same actually its honestly kinda sad

[charred nova]

i don't

fuck that guy

[oak junco]

also a fair counter feeling

man i sometimes forget there is real people behind these pfps its INSANE

[charred nova]

that is what i miss so much about my old job

[sinful pewter]

It’s that point of pathetic where anger transforms into pity. His threats are meaningless. No one cares and he’s a loser. Easily pityable

[charred nova]

i don't get to go to work

and look at all the work my least favorite people failed to do properly

I FUCKEN LOVED THAT

same type of feeling yah know

[sinful pewter]

Wdym?

[charred nova]

i don't do that job anymore

i now operate a pneumatic press for 8 hours a day

or sit at my desk and watch youtube fo 20 dollars a hour

depends on the day

[sinful pewter]

What is that used for? Manufacturing?

[charred nova]

yes

for forming really old computers chips

[sinful pewter]

Ah interesting

So like lower end SoCs?

[charred nova]

i use to run quality control for particle accelerators or ion implanters

[sinful pewter]

My best bud is getting his PhD in physics rn. All of the research stuff he tells me about is crazy

[charred nova]

they were wild

some of them could turn your dna into swiss cheese

[sinful pewter]

Just gotta put on some better equipment and a couple rad protection artifacts and you’d be peachy

[charred nova]

mmmmmmm

no........

[sinful pewter]

Wait, 20 dollars a day? What country are you in??

[charred nova]

not a day bruh

an hour

[sinful pewter]

Ahhh

[charred nova]

i don't live in pakistan bro

come on now

[drifting forge]

India

[sinful pewter]

I’m bad at reading

[drifting forge]

Damn we were close lol

[charred nova]

fr we had the same idea lol

[sinful pewter]

I’m a software engineer rn but I’m fucked. AI gonna be replacing me super quick lmao. Gotta save as much money as possible so I don’t have to become a hobo

[drifting forge]

Ive barely drawn anything damn, spent the past hour drawing a horse 💔

[fickle hill]

I guess become a welder

[sinful pewter]

Lmao “learn to code” but reversed

[charred nova]

im trying to get a piece of paper that says

[fickle hill]

Just insert errors so they can't replace you

[charred nova]

this guy can fix cars please give him lots of money

[sinful pewter]

Just tryna save up 1m usd then move to SA or Asia haha

[charred nova]

1 million usd

bruh

you crazy

[sinful pewter]

I’ve been listening to car talk. Does that count?

[fickle hill]

I mean welding and Mechanics go hand and hand

[charred nova]

yes

[sinful pewter]

I likely won’t get there till I’m in my late 20s

[charred nova]

still

lol

i just need

enough money to buy a rx7 before i die of old age

[versed reef]

My entire department was restructured yesterday due to ai lmao

[charred nova]

then ill be happy

[versed reef]

140 ish people, 100 completely out of a job 40 moved elsewhere

[charred nova]

yah know what ai will never be able to do

[sinful pewter]

It’s so dumb. The LLM improvements are incredible but it only helps me 10x like 5% of my job

[charred nova]

FIX YER CAR BITCH

[fickle hill]

That sucks I mean tbh I hope they can get a job at a school district

[charred nova]

time to become a plumber

its not flashy but

[sinful pewter]

This is like the 5th AI hype cycle in the last 60 years. This might be the big one but I’m not holding my breath. Just tryna train up to be a senior dev so I have more of a buffer on my employability window

[charred nova]

plumbers are on track to be some of the most highly paid in the middle class

[versed reef]

I have experience and certified nursing home worker, guess i will be wiping the as of the people responsible for this once AI kills off all IT jobs lmao

[charred nova]

the machine gods replaced all the train lovers and furries

[versed reef]

Dude South Park was right

[sinful pewter]

Or a “waste management specialist” XD

[versed reef]

The handymen will be the new higher class

[fickle hill]

I mean Imma be honest almost all jobs that require little to no equipment can be replaced with AI

[charred nova]

yes because there is a growing shortage of them

and the more short handed we get

the more we can charge

look man

if ford can charge 5k dollars for a single tail light on an EV

i can increase my hourly rate by 50 bux

[sinful pewter]

I think the issue is liability. AI can like 90% replace a ton of things but that last 10% (human judgment) gives bad optics and can make a company super screwed in terms of liability

[versed reef]

Wtf

[charred nova]

my local body shop guy was telling me

bros a legend

[fickle hill]

It's gonna be the choice of painting walls or putting the fries in the bag

[charred nova]

nah im fixing the cars

god knows you're not gonna fix that tesla

[versed reef]

Except when the opposite is true and AI gives me answers to questions that I know are straight up BS and would screw the customer

[sinful pewter]

Bro needs to listen to car talk XD

[charred nova]

[fickle hill]

That too since no one can maintain their cars at least I can do transmissions well

[charred nova]

rebuild them?

[fickle hill]

Yes

[sinful pewter]

You’re all good to farm customers. It’s been happening for decades. AI is a liability nightmare though

[versed reef]

If I wanted to sleep I would

[charred nova]

honorable

[sinful pewter]

It’s actually hilarious

[charred nova]

i have massive respect for that hustle

[fickle hill]

I am set my father has a 10ft garage with a lift and almost a complete set of tools from snap-on and mat co

[charred nova]

old snap on

or new snap on

🤨

[fickle hill]

A mix

[charred nova]

sad

snap on is a joke these days imo

gear wrench makes better tools than them almost across the board

and they cost less

if you cant find the same tools at harbor freight

[fickle hill]

I guess for the brand who knows it costed him over $40k for it all over the decades

[frigid hill]

.finallegend has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[charred nova]

yah apparently until recently the class im taking you had to blow 3.5k on snap on tools to graduate

and im very glad they removed that requirement

[sinful pewter]

My biggest temptation is the fact that I know I could create/market a pump and dump shcoin that the current admin wouldn’t care about and make a shton of money

[charred nova]

FUCKEN HATE SNAP ON

[fickle hill]

[charred nova]

up charging me 10x for harbor fright tools

[fickle hill]

That's funny

[charred nova]

there is a famous story about some nasa car jack snap on sold

it costed like 3k or 5k usd i forget

but harbor freight found the supplier and started selling the exact same one for 400 bux

[fickle hill]

Ouch

[dense fossil]

How do I get a key

[charred nova]

you buy the game

[dense fossil]

What game

[charred nova]

what

[sinful pewter]

Most people could probably vibecode a scam that could bring them thousands-hundreds of thousands of dollars with no repercussions. Tempting and blood boiling in equal parts

[charred nova]

i think you're lost bud

[dense fossil]

I am

[charred nova]

well lets not get political

[charred nova]

what do you think we do here friend

what are you here for

[dense fossil]

A key

[charred nova]

a key to what

[sinful pewter]

If you send me a DM of you humming the flute melody of the shadow of Chernobyl bar song, I’ll Venmo/cashapp/paypal you enough money to buy the game

I swear on my reputation as a programmer

[charred nova]

i don't think bro knows whats going on

but what ever

[charred nova]

you just should venmo me like 30 bux just for fun

[dense fossil]

What’s the game called

[wanton gazelle]

Mario Kart 19

[sinful pewter]

DM me your Venmo

[charred nova]

are you sir

perhaps here for real stalking?

[charred nova]

i would but its my phone number lol

[sinful pewter]

It’s fine. My Venmo is my phone number as well

[charred nova]

THATS FOR HOES MAN

not that we get any of those around here

this is fucken stoc

[sinful pewter]

I need your venmo to prove that I’m being real about this^

[charred nova]

nah im only joking

please don't give me free money lol

[sinful pewter]

Was only planning on sending 10$ to you, for the meme XD

[shell flax]

Gets sent a single penny

[charred nova]

im gonna need more than 10 bux before i dox my self to randoms on discord

[sinful pewter]

10$ is prolly worth to me rn as much as a penny 5 years ago when I was in college

[charred nova]

100 bux

yah id probably do that

[shell flax]

Gonna need to add about six to seven zeros on that price tag for me lmfao

[charred nova]

dude for 20k id dox my self with photos and my home address

in a heart beat id do that