☢┃stalker-general

[edgy shell]

Loaded it up, got access to it instantly

[compact plume]

hmm maybe because a loner killed the boar then

[edgy shell]

Not everything has guaranteed loot. Depends on the enemy type, but there could be a 1/5 to a 1/10 chance

[vale marsh]

I kiled 10 boars , I got only 1 to loot

[compact plume]

ahhh right thank you very much to you both

[sharp gulch]

oh boy, i think mod.io will be left in the dust eventually

[compact plume]

it kinda isn’t great

[sharp gulch]

Nexus or Moddb will stay the place for PC mods, Steam will probably see some of the smaller easier to maintain mods

[vale marsh]

Your welcome, the Kaimera I'm interesting how much you get for a piece for it , 20k I hope , Il go kill as many as I can to get something

[sharp gulch]

but any mod that requieres set up, modularity, etc. will not leave Nexus or Moddb

[fervent robin]

Good work with the new patch!

[boreal coyote]

reading the patch notes this seems like a genuinely good update finally, anyone who's played it, should i reinstall?

[dreamy forge]

I mean Nexus was sold so its just matter of time before it implodes because someone wants to squeeze more money

[sharp gulch]

or you can just wait and see. its not chaging yet right? dont be a doomer and just enjoy the free service its bringing you. Mod.io is owned by corpos as well, so is steam workshop, and to an extend Moddb. I honestly dont understand the hate for Nexus besides its shitass UI, which is much better than a lot of the corpo slop out there still. I understand the debacle they had on "owning" your mods but they did peddal back on it right? and thats when it was privately owned and managed

surprised Wolf didnt censor the work shitass

[smoky hawk]

good

[cobalt marsh]

well that didnt work

[sharp gulch]

if youre in the fence, nows the time. You can also wait for mods

[dreamy forge]

Thats just how it goes.. We have nice thing and it gets sold to corporation who says "we will change nothing and keep steady as she goes" and que enshitification 8 months after because they want to squeeze more money

[edgy shell]

Depends what turned you away from the game first of all

[tacit jay]

Did you uninstall the old driver with ddu

[sharp gulch]

i do agree with this

[echo gust]

enshitification of nexusmods is the right term

[cobalt marsh]

no

[boreal coyote]

yeah i think i will, i uninstalled in February waiting for an update that seems substantial, this seems like its just that

[tacit jay]

Then how did you roll back your driver..

You need to find your driver site from Nvidia. Download an older driver. Get ddu and then uninstall your GPU drivers and then install the one you downloaded.

[smoky hawk]

this is good actually

I hope it gets wrose

since it was already bad

[cobalt marsh]

Ok I figured it out. I forgot I installed the mod for Ue5 tools to fix the infinite rain after prypiat

[crystal bison]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3491684212&searchtext=

[austere pagoda]

wrong, i plan to support all. why less for one when all work on all ?

[cobalt marsh]

I removed it and its working, sorry for being dumb

[tacit jay]

Huzzah

[dreamy forge]

I just wish folk would settle on replacement place instead making their own discord for every bloody mod

[smoky hawk]

discord? bad, stale, awful, predatory
create a thousand and one different forums? good, old, tried and tested, vintage

[dreamy forge]

Just make one bloody hub I dont have time for joining thousands forums or discord for sake of mods lol

But cant have that because of people

[rough crater]

guns and looting update and no mention of NPCs using weapon attachments and upgrades

[dreamy forge]

Nvidia app does let you reinstall previous driver apparently

[smoky hawk]

small soul, weak mind

the answer, use Google

[dreamy forge]

Im a Pleb whad do you expect?

[smoky hawk]

they added guns, and loot, :D

[crisp zealot]

So how's the update

[smoky hawk]

reportedly, pretty damn good

[neat loom]

I did a fresh install and game stutters from nothing

Literally runs worse than 1.4 at least for me

[crisp zealot]

Good to hear

I might download the game again and give it a try

[lost lava]

Wait what. U CANT take off scope from mosin?

[shell flax]

Get the rail upgrade

[unreal basin]

Just started new playthrough

[frigid hill]

dragonvonchimer has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[shell flax]

Wolf’d

[lost lava]

Very light word for such idiotic design

[daring steppe]

Worth starting a new game? Haven't played since 1.0 but are things way better now given the latest patch?

[tacit jay]

Lmao the complaining never ends

[shell flax]

The SVD and SVU can’t be iron sighted either, why are you surprised the Mosin can’t

[tacit jay]

I'm just happy we can bubba a mosin.

[shell flax]

Agreed

[lost lava]

U serious right now?
Pu is and should be optional.

[shell flax]

Now let me Obrez it

[chilly pasture]

great update, im excited

[tacit jay]

I'm gonna bulpup your mosin.

[shell flax]

I’m gonna un bullpup your SVD

[tacit jay]

Don't threaten me with a good time.

[chilly pasture]

and now all we need are weapon flashlights 🔦 (and possibly NVGs)

[shell flax]

Understood, deploying the AR-12

[tacit jay]

Lmao

[smoky hawk]

it is optional, you can install a optional mount for a red dot :D

[bleak moth]

LETS GO! New stuff!

[quick jungle]

Lets see how it is performing this time

[wheat current]

hello guys, is modding support found for console?

[ionic ice]

The zone kit is 700 gigs??

[spiral cobalt]

yep lol

Still downloading it

[cobalt haven]

Just updated the game, and ran it... And it crashed.

Not sure if it happened to others too.

Doing integrity checks rn...

[ionic ice]

hoooly

[spiral cobalt]

Gotta make sure you get rid of ALL mods unfortunately

[cobalt haven]

Don't have any. If it won't run, might do a full reinstall

[unreal abyss]

Hello people, what's new?

[cobalt haven]

New guns

[wary goblet]

I blocked the wolf bot
He keeps spamming my dms

[wary goblet]

Weapons

[cobalt haven]

Hmmm "bad name index" in crash log
No idea what's that supposed to mean.
Might wait for 1.5.1

[cobalt marsh]

Do boars not count as mutants to loot?

[spiral cobalt]

What i usually do when that happens is delete all files from the games files and then verify integrity

it will reinstall the game from all the files it should

[left crystal]

How is the new update so far?

[shell flax]

They do, RNG is just an asswagon

[left crystal]

And how big is it?

[shell flax]

Pretty good imo

[random star]

I don't see anyone complaining
So seems the update is good

[left crystal]

I heard there is new pistol that sounds good

[random star]

Most of the time people complain about something

If there are no complaints that means it's good
Finally gsc locked in

[left crystal]

Maybe the people that complain already gave up xD

[random star]

Or maybe that

[left crystal]

Been hearing many people saying the game is disappointing and they took too much time to fix it so maybe they lost interest idk

[flint plover]

I'm donwloading now. The ALife looks promising. But please... tell me NPCs now render further than 100m....

[kindred prawn]

Nope

[random star]

I'll never give up on believing that this game will eventually become a lot better

[flint plover]

Jesus christ nevermind, Im not wasting time downloading this shit. A game in 2025 cant render NPCs past 100m? What a joke

and retards literally request binoculars...

[night plaza]

Started a new game for the new update, havent been able to loot any mutants. Does it just not work on dogs and flesh?

[left crystal]

Hey we got someone complaining hahahaa

[shrewd kindle]

Looks like Xbox mods can do weapon damage rebalancing, seeing as one of the mods available buffs skifs pistol damage, that’s a good step up from the LOTZ mods

[night plaza]

They literally just increased render distance, calm your tits you baby

[random star]

God damn it

[kindred prawn]

You can unlock it only after a quest

[flint plover]

It will be good when modders have a few months with it

[night plaza]

Ah ok, thanks

[edgy shell]

Not everything is guaranteed to give any. It’s like a 1/10 chance

[flint plover]

I literally asked if they did and got the answer no. Or did you not read

[lone cosmos]

will uetools mess with my current playthrough on the new update?

[kindred prawn]

From what i heard and checked they did not increase the render distance

[left violet]

pretty sure everything goes well unless you use the gsc_noclip one cause then your movement goes a little bonkers after disabling it

[lone cosmos]

ive used it once but its been alright since turning it off

[flint plover]

Okay, I'll test it. Or maybe pibbles can elaborate on why he said it is

[night plaza]

So do I need a quest like the other guy said or is it just a low chance?

[lone cosmos]

where can i find the new weapons :D

[night plaza]

Did you not read the patch notes? They said they did

[edgy shell]

If you need a quest for it it’s one I’ve done already so I wouldn’t know, but when you do have it I killed like 10 dogs and only 2 dropped anything

[night plaza]

Increases to visual render distance and simulation distance

[old bison]

Does Stalker 2 have multiplayer/co op?

[night plaza]

Not yet

There's supposed to be a multiplayer mode at some point, right? Part of the pre order bonuses had cosmetics

[spiral cobalt]

Guys how do you start the mutant looting quest?

[old bison]

ok ty

[austere pagoda]

thats just not true lol, you worded the patch note wrong

[old bison]

u know if it will be co op with friends or like multiplayer against people

[spiral cobalt]

unfortunately I dont think they want to add coop

[kindred prawn]

I didn’t saw that at all

[old bison]

nooo :(

[spiral cobalt]

Although im sure someone will be able to make a coop mod with the zone kit

[tired ruin]

Does anyone know if there’s an extended mag for the Korra?

[old bison]

it "the zone kit" the modding tools?

[kindred prawn]

There is

[night plaza]

Visualization range is slightly increased. Characters now appear in visualization range with relevant animations and equipped weapons. This reduces the "pop-in" effect and contributes to a more seamless character visualization.

does this not mean an increased visual render distance on top of the offline sim changes?

[kindred prawn]

I think yes

[spiral cobalt]

Yeah the modding sdk which is absolutely MASSIVE (700gb install on epic)

[tired ruin]

Do you remember where lol

[old bison]

damn

[kindred prawn]

I don’t have a clue honestly

[old bison]

btw is stalker 2 worth buying ??

[spiral cobalt]

absolutely

[night plaza]

Depends on who you ask. I like it, and ive put hundreds of hours into the OGs and their mods
Others dont. You kinda have to try it

[shrewd kindle]

I enjoyed it, the og trilogy is better imo but it’s fun

[austere pagoda]

so previous at 100 meters, fights would spawn in next to each other or you would see them switch to weapon when in render.
this means fights are now a bit more spread out making them bump into each other and the spawns for switching to gun happen right outside visualization range to not have that jitter when transitioning

[dapper ore]

They really need a separate announcement for the mod tools wth. Its just briefly mentionned at the end of the blog post

[edgy shell]

What is ‘worth’ to you

We can’t tell you if you will enjoy it

But I’m 100 hours in and having a blast so I’d say yes but the way I enjoy it isn’t the same as everyone else

[tired ruin]

I need an sks mod asap

[old bison]

i might buy it then

[night plaza]

So they increased the range outside your FOV that things will spawn in, not the actual bubble?

[shrewd kindle]

Really wish there were more side quests up north but it’s cool to explore

[austere pagoda]

yes

[spiral cobalt]

omg thats so true the later part of the game is basically unused its so baron like the entirety of pripyat theres nothing

[austere pagoda]

so now fights are: you see group 1, shortly after 2, fight commences
transitions are: spawned in offline outside render, switched to weapon while rendering in to be more seamless

[night plaza]

Better than nothing ig. Have you put your alife stuff on the workshop yet?

[kindred prawn]

Its a shame we got this huge map and absolutely nothing to do in it

[night plaza]

"absolutely nothing" is a bit of an overstatement

[shrewd kindle]

Yeah all the good upgrades and gear are in Prypiat but by that point there’s not really much to use it on

[edgy shell]

That would make sense given what I experienced earlier. Ran past a pack of pseudo dogs, turned back and a group of stalkers appeared where I was to fight them

[night plaza]

unless they change it, my game will never not have the mods that let me go into pripyat whenever I want

[austere pagoda]

jup i did a few hours ago including 1 new mod that enhances THE CONSTANT FIGHTING THIS GAME HAS OMFG

[shrewd kindle]

I snuck in on my first playthrough but I think they blocked it lol

[austere pagoda]

its all in the wording hha, its what pr people study

[azure spindle]

So is this still not a true A-life system with this patch? Just trying to make sense of the patch notes

[kindred prawn]

There are so little things to do compared to the map size

[edgy shell]

Considering how people are looking at the first few patch notes and assume the vague statements mean the whole system is ‘fixed’ in one fell swoop, I’m not surprised

[night plaza]

it only really becomes noticeable the later into the story you get. i agree some areas are kinda dead, the swamp sucks balls for example. but to say there's not a lot of content just doesn't seem accurate

[old bison]

do u think an rtx 4060, ryzen 5 5600 and 32 gigs of ram is enough for stalker 2

[lone cosmos]

game crashes on startup. I have UETools. Is it happening to anyone else?

[broken mango]

How long do NPCs typically stay at a location for now? Watching a group of Monolith soldiers to see what they do

[azure spindle]

Definitely. Probably won't wanna max settings but you can play easy

[edgy shell]

I don’t really mind that tbh. Being alone, taking in the narrative and feel of the world is what I’m in it for, and those areas do that well

[old bison]

ok, i forgot to say i play on 1920x 1080p

[azure spindle]

You'll be good!

[old bison]

nice

[polar forge]

The settlements in this game eat cpus for breakfast

[austere pagoda]

a true alife system? nah, an illusion of one? yeah

[kindred prawn]

There are alot thing to do in the start of the game but as you progress you notice the world is empty

[heady wind]

Any restrictions on offline persistence, like spatial or temporal?

[azure spindle]

Good enough for me, tbh. Time to jump back in. Haven't played since February while waiting for some updates

[night plaza]

It is a lot better though now, to be fair. People kind of have rose-tinted glasses with the old one. It wasn't as advanced as people say, they just pulled it off really well with what they had

[polar forge]

Patch notes say pop in has been fixed or at least somewhat better now. Thank goodness. I hope it is true

[austere pagoda]

wym spatial or temporal? fancy words for my non english brain

[kindred prawn]

Idk man i bought an ultimate edition for a 150 gb game to do some missions and play rather than walk in a huge map

[azure spindle]

If it FEELS more dynamic and natural, even if it isn't truly that way, that's all I care about

[austere pagoda]

well yeah but they worded alife 2.0 as a simulation but i dont believe it is, i see it as an illusion of a simulation

[lone cosmos]

game crashes on startup and that wasnt happening before patch 1.5?

[night plaza]

to your credit, they kinda shot themselves in the foot a little with marketing terminoloy

[heady wind]

Like offline squads despawn if going too far or despawn after some time (I remember it was 20min?)

[azure spindle]

Can you see enemies past 100 meters at this point?

[polar forge]

If npc go about their days and we can interact/observe that then that is enough A Life for me

[polar forge]

They say they increased that yes. Waiting for download to finish and I will test it

[austere pagoda]

i mean they still do but how are u to prove it right? if they despawned did they really? or did the new 1.5 update make them explore the zone?

personally i think they despawned and arent in offline or whatever like they are actually gone gone

[night plaza]

No according to shay, still need mods. but the spawns are more natural, less abrupt. cant really tell like you could be fore

[austere pagoda]

wowowowowow, i didnt say it needs mods my dude i got an alife mod thats hella sus to say whahaha

[azure spindle]

Steps in the right direction, then. I just miss sniping lol

[night plaza]

Im not saying you need mods, im just saying to achieve certain spawn bubble distances it is only doable with mods

[austere pagoda]

i cant go around saying update alife bad while having an alife mod i gotta stay neutral cus of that

[austere pagoda]

no alife mod changes spawn distance or render atm

[polar forge]

Based on patch notes you should have increased visual range (less pop in) and npc spawn in from further. Like i said though im still waiting on download to play and see for myself

[night plaza]

I could've swore there was one

[austere pagoda]

found a way? it pushes spawns to lair with some old experimental logic we used

its an subjective thing (is that right word? like a personal opinion thing?)

[night plaza]

thats what subjective means yea

[austere pagoda]

but alas i dont talk about other peoples mods nor do i really about my mod in public spaces

[polar forge]

Water electric tornado anomaly will be cool to see

[austere pagoda]

but the biggest tip i can give is always try the alife stuff on vanilla with each update

[night plaza]

a-life extended used to I guess but it hasnt been updated in half a year

[austere pagoda]

if you dont like it, dabble into one of 2 existing alife mods

[austere pagoda]

ohh on release? yeah i went to 350m on public versions

in testing we did 3.5km (whole map basically)

[polar forge]

Steam download update at 600+ Mbps. Xbox app is downloading this update 250 Mbps 😐

[azure spindle]

Damn. Did it actually work?

[austere pagoda]

yes

[polar forge]

I wonder if performance has gotten any worse since they increased draw distance stuff

[night plaza]

One s2 mod I absolutely cant live without is Ledge Grabbing tbh. I hope we get a new version with proper animations soon

[storm stratus]

Do mine eyes deceiveth me....a-life finally looks to be online. Oh happy day I've been waiting to play the game until a-life was fixed.

[spiral cobalt]

mine has my game is super stuttery now

[shrewd kindle]

I bet turns your PC into another chornorbyl with the whole map activated lmao

[night plaza]

mine hasn't gotten worse but i have decent hardware

[polar forge]

Make sure to verify game files on steam if you can. Also can verify on xbox app if you use pc game pass

I do this after each patch just to be safe

I have 13600kf, rx 9070 and 32gb ddr5. Was running all epic native 1440p 60-70 fps. Will see if it is any different now as soon as I am able to

[unreal basin]

Welp, new veteran playthroughs off to a good start, found a Cracker on one of the bandits from Warlock’s quest, how rare is that for Lesser Zone?

[heady wind]

I don't understand why is it so difficult for them to implement offline simulation as in previous games: dots moving on cartesian 2D plane, fights happen by dice-rolls on intersection of paths, this simulation is very cheap computation-wise and can be discretized in steps as needed. Like what's the problem with persistence? It cannot be that storing an array of relevant simplified info for offline squads is memory heavy.

[night plaza]

most of the problem lies with UE5 from little I know

[kindred prawn]

UE5 killed this game

[polar forge]

I think they overused lumen and nanite. But I have very limited knowledge when it comes to ue5 so

[night plaza]

again, overstatement

[heady wind]

What about UE5 which makes what I wrote problematic? You can program this stuff in C++ easily

[spiral cobalt]

The version of UE5 they used for S2 is extremely early and unoptimized

[night plaza]

ue5 makes it very easy to get a little lazy with optimization. my guess is they didn't optimize well enough and the performance tanks when you run a bunch of background simulations

[kindred prawn]

Maybe this one is an overstatement but the first thing I don’t think so

[night plaza]

it will probably get there at some point but if it doesn't officially, mods will

[spiral cobalt]

ill fix it

[noble badger]

anybody know where you can find the new sparky watery tornado? 😄

[magic vault]

It looked like it was around the church, in the swamps area (in the trailer)

[outer gazelle]

Question: what does weapon handling mean this patch? Is it different than penetration now?

[unreal basin]

Did they increase the trigger range of electro anomalies?

[noble badger]

time to investigate

[tired ruin]

Does anyone know how to get any of the new attachments for the korra

[unreal basin]

Vendors probably sell em

[kindred prawn]

I think it got only one new attachment the extended mag

[tired ruin]

Ahhh

[heady wind]

I can program this shit in Python and it will run fine lol. They have full access to C++ engine sources, simulating 2d cartesian plane with moving dots is a task that any 2-year undergrad math student can do. You can write any valid C++ code that you could write in Visual Studio, nothing to do with UE5

[cyan hemlock]

"replaced 7.62x39 MM ammo with 7.62x54 MM ammo" Finally playable 😄

[rough herald]

The lost boys mission, the bunker your in, the door to get out will not open ffs

[outer gazelle]

Then do it.

[kindred prawn]

They completely removed the 7.62x39 from the game

[feral gust]

Hi everyone, I just downloaded the game and I get crash everytime I try to play it, something about low level fatal error. Never had issue before, finished the game in february, this is a fresh instal. I tried to verify files, everything seems ok 😦 Any advice would be helpful.

[kindred prawn]

The dnipro can shoot 7.62x54 now after the upgrade

[spiral cobalt]

Theres a big difference between coding a feature and actually running that feature in a game with everything else

[magic vault]

LOL is Kora1911 launching people's corpses into the stratosphere for anyone else as well?

[edgy shell]

Most guns are. But I love it

[charred nova]

7.62x39 really had no place

[spiral cobalt]

idk if im stupid or something but I cannot figure out how to loot mutants

[heady wind]

Give me sources and I'll do it

[magic vault]

You get a prompt to search them, if you get lucky
they don't always drop loot

[outer gazelle]

No no, you're a smart boy. Do it.

[kindred prawn]

It could’ve have tho

[spiral cobalt]

If I get lucky? well thats a great way of adding a feature lol

[heady wind]

are you 10 y.o or something?

[kindred prawn]

You need to complete a quest to be able to loot them

[spiral cobalt]

You can have the sources if you download the 700gb zone kit lololol

[charred nova]

Yah if we had a single gun that natively fired it lol

[spiral cobalt]

What quest? I've been looking for it for like an hour now

[outer gazelle]

You said you could do better in python or C++. You obviously must know UE5 better than the devs, and can fix all the problems. There's a mod kit now. Do it then.

[magic vault]

It happens pretty often, it's not that rare
It seems to happen around around 40% in my experience

[wise bobcat]

i can't start the game is it normal ?

[charred nova]

Validate files

[magic vault]

This is wrong, I'm able to loot before I started any quests. Just look for the little white circle around the body, it's not guarranteed you get it on every mutant

[shell flax]

I can loot mutants just fine after the prologue

[kindred fable]

#💬┃en_offtop message
Does that happen to you too? NPCs being frozen when you move around

[feral gust]

same mate, it does not fix it when i validate them

[spiral cobalt]

There isnt a quest i gotta complete?

[shell flax]

No

[magic vault]

No

[shell flax]

It’s like, literally after talking to richter the first time you can loot

[heady wind]

ALife and AI part is not exposed in modkit and doesn't allow to wrtie C++ code. Confirmed by Shay here. Why are you talking about the stuff that you know nothing about?

[magic vault]

You can get specific mutant part requests at Malachite, from Viktoria

[kindred prawn]

Really ? someome was here earlier screaming that there a quest that you need to do

[cinder socket]

Anyone notice that All gear, weapons and armor have been Breaking down Faster then Before?

One anomaly Broke all my gear to near 0

[outer gazelle]

https://tenor.com/view/loki-this-guy-head-shake-gif-12591827

[shell flax]

They probably saw the literal first quest and had a brain aneurysm thinking it was some end game quest or something

[heady wind]

SDK doesn't have AI code sources

[river chasm]

It was shay so it may have just been that was the case in testing

[magic vault]

Yes, I'm playing right now

[spiral cobalt]

Anybody know why skif can only run for like 3 seconds now? Im not tired, hungry, or encumbered but I just cant run

[magic vault]

Are you using any mods?

[shrewd kindle]

New immersive feature, smokers lung

[kindred prawn]

The rads be hitting him hard

[shrewd kindle]

Drinking a handle of vodka every time he takes a hit probably isn’t doing him any favors either

[tired ruin]

We need a smoking mod

[dense crown]

https://youtu.be/evCihKZhdOk?si=H3zc6hkNOj7UGH_q

[spiral cobalt]

Nah i had to get rid of all of them game wouldnt start

[magic vault]

Odd, everything seems OK on my end, on my older save

I'm still missing my fall damage sounds though
The impact hit is silent since 1.4

Does anyone else experience this?

[dense crown]

I’ve put it down. Won’t return till it’s fully finished and the DLCs are released. Just feels so underwhelming since launch…

[small tusk]

i have a question, if anyone can help, im getting a crash error, something like: "an unreal process has crashed", is there a channel where i can ask for this crash errors and how to solve them?

[kindred prawn]

It will take some time probably

[dense crown]

I was expecting so many secret underground laboratories and mercenaries and army fighting in them trying to uncover the secret projects in the zone! So many potential…

[kindred prawn]

So true

[dense crown]

Most likely won’t happen for a long time bro..

[kindred prawn]

I wish that the game would have looked like the old trailers man

[dense crown]

Looks like modders to the rescue

[kindred prawn]

That e3 trailer was something else

[kindred prawn]

Our saviours really

[dense crown]

Doesn’t make sense? Why release the mods and tools this early? When A life is still nonexistent? What happened to the original guys at GSC?

[cobalt marsh]

Anyone seen the magazine extension for the kora?

[gloomy harbor]

This new update is amazing actually feels completely different I’m actually running into more stalkers and random events the guns are amazing stuff feels way less bullet spongey better performance and mods on console already is amazing props to gsc

[left violet]

did anyone find night stalker yet?

[left violet]

yeah the little outposts are full of them now is nice

[kindred prawn]

Yeah they did a really great job honestly but there is still a lot to work on

[gloomy harbor]

I just ran into a bunch of stalkers in a patrol which I ended up fighting them other stalkers roamed up started fighting some mutants in the distance

[gloomy harbor]

Yep but this is a good start and honestly the game is much better now

[tired ruin]

No I haven’t even found the high capacity mag lol

[opaque cipher]

Did they actually improve a-life? noticeably?

[tired ruin]

I think so yeah

[river chasm]

Offline yeah. That was the focus of this patch

[kindred prawn]

Its better than before but still not the best

[tacit jay]

We are in the "we are so back" portion of the update. It won't be long before we hit the "it's so over" portion of the update.

[fickle hill]

Man certain ammunitions changed you have to have High quality for Super and regular for EMR, RPM changed to the sniper ammunition as well

[tired ruin]

I new high quality was different lol

[fickle hill]

7.62 has to be high quality for the snipers

Interesting change I like it

[edgy shell]

So snipers need the same ammo calibre but just a different type?

[fickle hill]

Yeah 7.62 but High quality for snipers and RPM and three line

regular is for RPM and three line only

[cobalt marsh]

svu can be upgraded to use regular ball

[edgy shell]

I see

[cobalt marsh]

I assume the svd can too

three line can use ball by default, but can be upgraded to require high quality

[fickle hill]

Hold on I got the game up and almost every weapon in the game

[polar forge]

Compiling shaders used to take like less than 1 minute. After this patch it is taking over 4 minutes so far lol

[plush badge]

wait still no NVG ingame?

[fickle hill]

Yep on the barrel on SVU

[fickle hill]

Nope

[polar forge]

Id be happy if they just improved the flashlight

[tacit jay]

Wasn't on roadmap, won't be in update.

[polar forge]

I thought they mentioned NVG

Like coming in the future sometime I mean

[tacit jay]

Yeah, but it's not on this roadmap and this is the last update of q2 barring any like patches or w/e

[fickle hill]

We completed the update list

[tacit jay]

Can't wait to see what q3 roadmap is.

[steel hearth]

damnit how do I get the name tag

nvm got it

[fickle hill]

I would be happy if they do it's absolutely miserable in the dark

[dusky sequoia]

If no binoculars and nvg I'm going to do something

[fickle hill]

Kora at restok, rookie village but I have them green and three line at sultansk, rookie village

[cobalt marsh]

Still no one found night stalker or extended mag?

[fickle hill]

That would take time

[edgy shell]

If they narrowed it and made it stronger maybe, but not being able to see absolutely everything adds to the atmosphere

[tired ruin]

I’m still looking lol

[vestal leaf]

anyone know where to get the mosin

[fickle hill]

@vestal leaf

[acoustic orchid]

Has UE Tools stopped working in 1.5?

[vestal leaf]

i been saving ammo

[cobalt marsh]

Ive seen it for sale at cordan and rostok

[fleet shore]

How's the new a life improvements? I've been wanting to get this game but I heard the a life and performance was bad so I've been holding it off.

[cobalt marsh]

Kora the same places

[polar forge]

Guys this update is incredible

[fickle hill]

If you have rookie village green you can try and get both

But I am very late in the game

[polar forge]

I load in, run 400m to Rostok, I get there and find a random building, enter to find an npc and a scanner sitting in the room, I talk to him then walk away and he ACTIVATES SCANNER. Then runs. I go back to check for artifact and BAM. Bloodsucker attacks! It was moving so fast it was awesome! I killed it with the help of the npc, grabbed artifact from scanner and took bloodsucker tentacle as my trophy

[vestal leaf]

got 116 pieces 7n1

[polar forge]

Completely random npc encounter btw

If more stuff like that happens then the map will not feel so empty and lifeless. This will make me play a lot now

[chilly fjord]

Eurghhh holy full 146.1gb download on pc gamepass.

Could we not figure out how to just patch the game this time? 😂😂

[wary goblet]

Za monolith

[chilly fjord]

Ah it's now amended to 31.7gb. I'll tolerate that.

[noble yew]

You'll download it all, and you'll like it!

[vapid galleon]

🫡

[frigid hill]

t0mcat_ has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[nimble monolith]

Continuing reloads That's some good F'ing soup, keep cooking GSC

[edgy shell]

If that’s the one in the shed that’s ||unfortunately not a dynamic event||

[vale marsh]

I think that gun will be somewere in the midle of the map , I don,t expect it to be in Prypiat ,Duga or Swamp , to higth level I think for it 🤔

[river chasm]

Noticed in one of the videos for the patch that this includes the ability to start a reload with a partially full magazine, interrupt it after removing the mag, and still be able to fire the one bullet in the chamber

[low heart]

Yo

[polar forge]

It was no shed. It was a big building

[tired ruin]

The korra is so broken 😂 it’s sending mfs flying

[polar forge]

And i have been through there many times before

[edgy shell]

Shed like in shape

I know which one you mean though, big rectangular one with entrances on the shorter sides

[ruby gale]

Real quick since its been awhile how do I censor stuff to not spoil things?

[polar forge]

Put this || before and after the words you want to cover

[ruby gale]

Thanks

[polar forge]

It is a building just before the poltergeist thing attacks you outside rostok. One of the doors is like broken then there is an open metal gate/door to get in. Mostly empty with metal stairs and catwalk off to the right. And a locked fence with boxes in the back you can jump up to to get to a stash

[vale marsh]

The Mosin is as well preaty broken you can make some enemy's Fly in another part of the map. 😂😅

[restive dirge]

is there a s2 modding discord?

[tired ruin]

I’ve been using it too it’s really nice I js need to find the high capacity magazine for the korra

[vale marsh]

It's somewere but the map preaty big

It's like the saiga drum mag in some spot people don,t look at .

That's what I think 🤔

[rancid dust]

Hi everyone! Does anyone know how I can unzip the Stalker 2 .Pak files? I want to extract the animations, items, and textures from there.

[cobalt marsh]

could be literally anywhere considering where some other stuff is hidden

[charred nova]

Yah here

[rancid dust]

I would greatly appreciate the help.

[charred nova]

[viral burrow]

@young magnet "added 21:9 support" except all videos and cutscenes are still letter/pillar boxed. How in the hell do you consider that "adding 21:9" support??

[restive dirge]

damn where💀

[compact root]

https://youtu.be/SovWSqcqlEY

[charred nova]

#mods-help-center

[vale marsh]

Yeah, hope it's not like in the corner of the map or something like that

[charred nova]

That’s not a real account btw lol

[compact root]

Patch after patch they still break something its incredible

[polar forge]

What did they break

[compact root]

If you headshot enemies they go flying now

happens randomly

[polar forge]

Do you have any mods installed

[sharp gulch]

ooof thats rough

[thin pendant]

Welcome, to the Zone, Stalker

[pseudo granite]

how to upload your mod to the workshop? Who knows?

[sharp gulch]

Through SDK

[polar forge]

Not broken. Its a feature. Anomalous bullet

[sharp gulch]

Cannot be done otherwise. You need 700 GB of space just to upload a mod

[pseudo granite]

And those mods that are already in the workshop, are they downloaded through the SDK? Do they already have access to the SDK?

[sharp gulch]

Yes those are through SDK

You can still make your own mods and upload them to Nexus Mods though. Like before SDK.

[pseudo granite]

I already upload it on Nexus Mods, I still wanted to upload it on Steam, I thought it was possible

[wary goblet]

Monolith brothers

[sharp gulch]

Download or upload?

[compact root]

https://youtu.be/Y3GsITJgrBg

[pseudo granite]

upload

[tacit jay]

Make them yourself in the ZDK? Or complain about it on the reddit and discord? Choice is yours.

[compact root]

Finally stalker 2 is good 🤣

[sharp gulch]

yeah its very unfortunate. Lets see how it evolves. For now i think Nexus will still be the main source for mods anyways

[charred nova]

That’s an awesome bug wdym

Keep that in

[sharp gulch]

Its such a weird bug but we think we know whats wrong. They added a lot more ragdolly death animation in 1.5, but sometimes the ragdoll clips through the floor and close to the end of the death animation it does some sort of "feet" planting on the ground to keep the body laying down. My theory is that since it clips through the ground, and the ragdoll tries to force itself on the otherside of the geometry, it just impulses the whole body up from the feet

[vale marsh]

It's fun , it's like the Fallout NV when it launched, body's flying across the map

[river chasm]

Yeah that's just evoking some of the classic atmosphere

[tacit jay]

I bet we'll see roadmap for q3 in July.

[charred nova]

That added xray jank to unreal

[spiral cobalt]

omg the zone kit is literally turning my PC into chernobyl

[wide veldt]

What is zone kit phase 1

[sharp gulch]

ive seen it use up to 30 GIGS of RAM

[sharp gulch]

Early beta for SDK

[wide veldt]

And what was sdk again

[sharp gulch]

Software Development Kit - Mod Tools to make mods

[wide veldt]

:o

so ur saying theres some mods on xbox now?

[sharp gulch]

Xbox will come soon. Devs are still ironing out some stuff there unfortunately

[wide veldt]

oh ok

[sharp gulch]

There are some, but those are test mods by the Devs

[wide veldt]

what kind of test mods

[sharp gulch]

nothing worth of note, some model replacements mostly

[compact root]

Is stalker 2 good yet? hahahahaha

[wide veldt]

Slowly getting mod progress for xbox they just released some betas

[raven hawk]

hi, does anyone have that gif of a monolith praying but it was at like 2x speed? xd

[still current]

It's under the radar. Should be fixed in the coming hotfix

[wide veldt]

How far do they fly though

[still current]

Depends hehe

But it's related to AP and flat impact

Doesn't happen with regular ammo

[wide veldt]

oh ok

[still current]

Either way, it'll be fixed

Hehe it's fun tbh, I'd rather have it for a bit lmao

[dusky sequoia]

I will continue to complain about it, thanks

[wintry gull]

Did Xbox Series X|S consoles get official modding support for Stalker 2? The PC already got that.

[compact root]

Are people still thinking stalker 2 will be fixed?

[dusky sequoia]

A lot was fixed today, wdym?

[graceful dirge]

Is anyone else finding 7.62x54R like crazy after the patch? Found a group of zombies with a Controller and each one had like 160-170 rounds of it?

[compact root]

It still plays like og stalker 2 and feels like stalker 2 so meh

[unreal basin]

Why would it play differently

[charred nova]

It replaces all 7.62x39

So that’s to be expected

[unreal basin]

Its bugfixes

[charred nova]

Or wait

170 rounds on one dude

[spiral cobalt]

oh buddy its already over 45

[charred nova]

Good thing I upgraded to 48 gigs

[spiral cobalt]

MY PC IS BEING DEEPFRIED RIGHT NOW

[graceful dirge]

Between 160-170 rounds on EACH dude I mean, sorry

Got like 1300 total from clearing the zombies out of that top floor of Polissya Hotel

[charred nova]

Oh yah that’s probably a bug lol

[latent nebula]

It's something wrong with ragdolls after patch? Or Skif Pistol became Noisy Cricket now?

[graceful dirge]

I want to be RICH

[charred nova]

When will skif canonically meet skibidi toilet

[shell flax]

I am completely ok with the occasional corpse launch

[magic vault]

Yeah, i turn bandits into astronauts with my kora

[latent nebula]

https://tenor.com/view/noisy-cricket-will-smith-men-in-black-gif-9424978

[cobalt marsh]

Patch notes said Lavina was getting a buff but seems its the same

[compact root]

Not a bug, this is stalker 2, there are no bugs, just a pre alpha demo

[cobalt marsh]

grom got buffed though

[shell flax]

Also is it just me or does the Kora hit like an absolute bus

[latent nebula]

that's not pre alpha demo - that's power of 9x18mm

[lost adder]

New mosin absolutely destroys mutants

[charred nova]

This is by far my favorite mod so far

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3501126063&searchtext=

[grave osprey]

so is the new mutant looting working?

[charred nova]

Adds a gun

[lost adder]

I shot a flesh on the leg and killed it

[charred nova]

What gun

Who knows

[lost adder]

Glock?

[charred nova]

Literally doesn’t say

[shell flax]

Yep, it’s just RNG on which ones can be harvested

[charred nova]

And has no image lol

[compact root]

Its the sidorovich hand gun, where he is the pistol, Probably

[grave osprey]

Ahhh

[charred nova]

Oh lol

[grave osprey]

ty

[cobalt marsh]

who buys mutant parts? anyone?

[unique elbow]

Hey i heard than in the enhanced versions, they deleted a lot of soviet stuff, what they deleted exactly?

[graceful dirge]

is there a special version of the Mosin like there is Nightstalker 1911? Would love an Obrez that can go into pistol slot, as well as opportunity to use irons!

[charred nova]

The mosin has irons

The weapon trailer shows them lol

[wheat orchid]

Haven't played the game in 6 months. Is the optimization any better?

[graceful dirge]

Oh damn nice was just seeing in vid that it came with PU scope on purchase? and figured it was like the other snipers

[charred nova]

Apparently it’s slightly worse

[compact root]

No, if you managed too stay away for 6 months stay away for another 2-3 years, might be in an ok state by then

[wheat orchid]

Guess I made a great decision when deciding not to play the game until the kit comes out and mod creators are given a year or so to fix it themselves

[compact root]

Got 253 hours in game and i genuinly hate it

[charred nova]

bros like me with battle royals

[wheat orchid]

I didn't finish it at 95 hours. Did pretty much everything but then there was an annoying crash that kept happening so I deleted just before the end.

[compact root]

Like if you wanna play stalker 2, just go in expecting nothing, and then you will have a decent time, dont expect anything good or great, just expect nothing and u will love the game

[fickle hill]

I do have 276 hours and it's better than the cod slop but that's just me

[hidden sigil]

How are the new a-life additions/updates? Are they noticable?

[wheat orchid]

I'll have more fun making a custom Anomaly mod pack from 0 again and playing it than that, lmao

[compact root]

Offline only mostly, Online some differences but nothing that will amaze you

[wheat orchid]

Comparing anything to CoD means setting a very low bar

[compact root]

Stalker 2 is below CoD so how?

[unreal basin]

Is it just me or are anomaly deaths adding 2 to the count for single deaths?

[compact root]

GSC give full sdk please

no phase 1 or 2, just give us full unreal engine access, like project file plox

[unreal basin]

Can’t tell if you’re genuine with saying you wish the game is never fixed or are joking

[compact root]

I don't trust GSC to fully fix the game

that's it

[fickle hill]

Tbh it won't matter anyway we're in an era were games now are just slop fests I have played tf2 for as long I can remember and I will die on that hill do you expect GTA 6 to be a 8/10?

[rich olive]

have there been any reports of the latest patch causing a crash on start-up?

[wheat orchid]

Yeah, it's pretty much the same deal as Bethesda

[compact root]

Yes if you use UE-Tools it will instantly crash

[wheat orchid]

I expect GTA 6 to have abysmal dogshit of an optimization on PC, yet the piggies will still eat it up.

[rich olive]

Gotcha! Thank you

[compact root]

UE-Tools is the console commands enabler tool, i recommend fully removing it for 1.5 since it makes game unable too even boot

[fickle hill]

This is just how it is I do hope it gets better I won't accept the this is how it will be for 10 years

[rich olive]

Doing that now. I wondered if it was one of my mods causing it

[wheat orchid]

At least FromSoft and Kojimbo still seem to be doing well

[fickle hill]

The saying goes no pain no gain

[compact root]

If you check the crash log you will be able to tell what is breaking the game

[polar forge]

Wait did they replace flat ammo with high quality? And does high quality reduce wear & tear now?

[tired ruin]

I can’t even find the night stalker 😂💀

[graceful dirge]

https://youtube.com/shorts/o1rRRetaY64?si=AWN4dOzley9_m8R3

[spare canopy]

Yup. I don't trust them to make the right development choices at all.

Managed to ruin the original game as well.

[rich olive]

It ended up being the UE-Tools console, thank you for that info

[gentle olive]

So from all the comments....I am hearing that the update isn't what was expected..?

[compact root]

We got 2 guns and offline state of a-life fixed, but ai is still the same ai

So still the same yank as when it first released tbh

[gentle olive]

Nice....so all their "road map fixes" were not implemented at all

[polar forge]

Game feels way better to me

[compact root]

Oh yeah they are too their standard

Take that as you will lmao

[polar forge]

At least they implemented everything they said they would

[gentle olive]

Yep, they just need to release the mod tool kit and let the playerbase unfvck their game for them,

THE FULL*

[compact root]

Yea full access sdk wise, give us the unreal engine project or something, But forgot that GSC is not the same team anymore

[rough crater]

very few mutants drop anything, and if they do the items are worth next to nothing

[polar forge]

I thought they did add mod support

[stuck marlin]

why are you spending so much time on something you hate

[compact root]

Cause i want it to be better

[polar forge]

There is mod menu option in The main menu

[winged agate]

nice

[stuck marlin]

ok, but you didn't need to spend 10.5 actual days worth of time on something to check in and see if it's in a place you want it to be 🤷

Not attacking you, I've just never understood that. If I got 10.5 full days worth of value out of something, it's fine lol

[compact root]

Like i've been waiting for stalker 2 since the original got cancelled, so i guess my own hype in my head didnt match game lmao

[polar forge]

Compared to when I first played at launch, today I am having more fun than I ever did. This update feels good

[sinful light]

i just tried the new rifle and did the caliber change but now when i try to use the whip it cannot take standard ammo has anyone else encountered this bug?

[still current]

It is

It'll keep getting better

[weary hedge]

I hoped the Mosin gets full DMG but no... is not that good

[charred nova]

Tbh for the animations alone

Who cares

[weary hedge]

After is slow to use do not have big DMG, useless 😄

[river chasm]

It is in the game as an early game weapon

[still current]

It's not a bug read the upgrade well

[sinful light]

i did not choose the caliber change on the whip
i chose it on the mosin and now the whip(svu) cannot use basic ammo

[polar forge]

And i am getting better fps especially in settlements. Like rostok I didnt drop below 60 at all. Before I would drop into 50s with stutters. This is nice and smooth

I haven't got three line rifle yet but I have the pistol fully upgraded now. About to try it. I think the ammo changes are nice also

[compact root]

What about the input delay? Was there on my end, Could be frame gen related

[polar forge]

Im using fsr4 and fsr frame gen playing mouse & keyboard. I dont notice any delay

[compact root]

Ah ok, using the nvidia one myself

Got like poor man's gpu, rtx 4070 ti super strix

Input delay for me is like super bad, sluggish 9000, move mouse irl and it happens like almost 0.5-0.8 sec later in game

[charred nova]

Disable frame gen

Frame gen just sucks

[polar forge]

What is your base fps? And youre using Nvidia reflex right?

[compact root]

60-80 base fps

I'll go reinstall the game later and do further testing, already uninstalled since i raged earlier lmao

[still current]

Oh, that's a bug then. Sorry, I didn't get your message properly

Submit it for report

#s2-support

[sinful light]

just did

was wanting to see if it had effected anyone else

[valid steeple]

Is anybody else getting it where an anomaly will be stuck in the ground you could be standing right above it, but you cannot access it and reloading saves will not change that, including new omissions don’t reset it either have had the same artefact in the same anomaly for like three months

[polar forge]

RTSS overlay shows my input latency 9ms right now with frame gen and radeon anti lag enabled

At 131 fps

[charred nova]

That’s like 1 frame of lag surprising

Actually

No that’s less than one frame of lag

[compact root]

Last time i checked i was at like 19-36 ms

Was able to get it down too 11 ms and it was more playable

[sinful light]

just checked also effects the lynx

[polar forge]

Idk if there is any other monitor software that can tell me input latency to double check if RTSS is correct. But I think it is

The lower my fps, the more latency it shows me having

And it is different number than frame time graph latency

Playing this game with my new speakers sounds so cool. Especially gun shots

[still current]

Alright. I'll try to let the team know

[polar forge]

Wait what are you trying to do?

Im in game rn with svd and both ammo types

[sinful light]

i tried out the mosin and did the caliber swap and now my whip(svu) and lynx(svd) canot use basic ammo but i have not changed the caliber on either

[polar forge]

It is showing me in game that only the RPM and Three Line can use standard variant of 7.62. SVD and SVU only can use High Quality 7.62

[vale marsh]

Found the Nigth Stalker pistol

[sinful light]

before the patch i could use basic ap and high

[vale marsh]

It's in the Burned Forest

[polar forge]

I only have basic ammo and high quality. I dont have any 7.62 AP on me

[shell flax]

They changed the ammo, high quality wasn’t a thing pre patch

[polar forge]

But for the 7.62x54 LPS Ball (basic) it show onlt RPM-74 and Three Line Rifle

[sinful light]

it used to be flat

[vale marsh]

The Nigth Stalker is in the Burned Firest At the Swinery , it's on the top part of the roof but you need to get down inside and you find it near a backpack .

[polar forge]

7.62x54mm 7N1 (High Quality) has RPM, Three Line, SVD and SVU

I cant load the basic ammo into my SVD

[sinful light]

both the svu and svd have the option of caliber swap but i chose ap instead

[polar forge]

Wow I really love the new pistol

[shell flax]

The Kora hits like a rabid buffalo and I love it

[sinful light]

have they combined the two 7.62 ammo types and is basic what was used by the dnipro and rpk

[still current]

He has a bug that makes using other than AP rounds on similar caliber weapons impossible after doing the caliber change upgrade on Mosin

[sinful light]

if so that is why i had about 3000 rounds

[cobalt marsh]

thank you, have you found the extended mag

[vale marsh]

Not yet

[sinful light]

so high quality is what basic used to be pre patch

i wish they had made that clear

[cobalt marsh]

yes

7.62x39 is now the "ball" 762.54 ammo

[vale marsh]

The Nigth Stalker has for the looks of it the higth capacity mag , it has 12 rounds

[polar forge]

I thought they removed flat and put in high quality and changed the effect

[cobalt marsh]

Thats also another way of looking at it

And that applies better to .308

[polar forge]

I like that high quality reduces wear on weapon now. Better than every ammo besides basic speeding up wear and tear lol

[compact root]

GSC remove xbox, pc only will fix ur game source trust me bro

[polar forge]

Isn't this game also coming to ps5 eventually

[edgy shell]

man pripyat is so cool. Just, silence, as these abandoned towers loom over you

[rain ingot]

trust me bro all the xbox users who love the S2 will see the crazy overhauls PC users get to enjoy and will spill over to PC gamers

[frigid hill]

thatzulufoxtrot has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[polar forge]

I got three line rifle just now! Wooo

[gentle olive]

I really hate the wolf bot

[polar forge]

One of my artifacts effects changed slightly

Flytrap now shows
Weight: Medium
Radio Protect: Medium

Really think before it was only Weight Medium but cant say for sure

[wise bobcat]

i can't play is that normal ?

[still current]

*** happy now?
Took almost 5-6 months to add 2 guns, okay animations, shitty mutant loot(even the mod was better than this)
What are we going to look forward too in Q3 lmao

Don't hate our wolf

Forgive him

[polar forge]

Dont be so negative

[compact root]

Its the truth?

[polar forge]

The truth is they made the game better than it was

[compact root]

Still not as advertised originally

[oak junco]

They did make improvements yes but more is needed

Constructive Criticism is still healthy and worthwhile imo

[polar forge]

Yeah they know that i am sure. No point moping about in discord. Just wait for more or enjoy the game for what it is

Not saying it is perfect. Just saying its at least fun and a cool experience now imo

[river chasm]

Constructive is the part that's often missing

[paper pine]

For some reason the patch isn’t showing up for me on PC Steam

[oak junco]

True lol

[still current]

I mean, obviously so. It is getting better and it's just a matter of perspective at this point. Some are simply too pessimistic to see it through, like try and be hopeful, and some, me included, who are still optimistic

[gentle olive]

okay I forgive wolf, based mod

[compact root]

Restart steam or clear steam cache? try relogging

[oak junco]

Im just on lunch break atm so im very out of the loop with with this who sdk thing

[oak junco]

I am more optimistic now ngl

[paper pine]

I’ll give that a shot.The feedback seems positive so far

[still current]

I mean, I would be pissed if I saw no progress, but I'm seeing it first hand, and I'm actively engaged

[gentle olive]

No they did provide the tools, I am literally looking at them right now.

[river chasm]

But yes it's certainly important to keep letting GSC know what you think and would like to see, otherwise they're just flying in the dark

[gentle olive]

Only issue is, the whole thing is in russian lmao

[polar forge]

If i do the caliber change upgrade on Three Line is is using same ammo just only High Quality variant will work?

[tacit jay]

I'm just glad I don't have to loot from a mutants inventory and instead it automatically just dumps it in mine after the animation.

[cobalt marsh]

Can confirm nightstalker is at the swinery in burnt forest. Its on the beam with a bag accesible from the roof

[still current]

I don't really blame those who feel disappointed, but it is time to start trying to see facts tbh

[polar forge]

What is night stalker

[tacit jay]

Unique 1911

[still current]

Imma be hyped again the moment we get our Q3 roadmap fr

[cobalt marsh]

its also chambered in 9x19 and has a supressor and extended mag

[polar forge]

Okay im gonna forget i ever read that now lol

[tacit jay]

I wonder where the unique mosin is.

[oak junco]

I am praying for an94

[cobalt marsh]

is there one?

[paper pine]

Yeah that’s the one I want too

[still current]

Same, FN too

[cobalt marsh]

not every weapons has a unique version

[tacit jay]

I assume there is. Guess we will find out later

[still current]

I'm expecting the RPK and one other mystery weapon from the old arsenal.

Hopefully

[gentle olive]

With the mod-tools provided, I 100% expect to see a METRIC CRAP-TON, of new guns flow in via mods.

[still current]

If I see more weapons mentioned in Q3, imma be super hyped

[gentle olive]

I just hope GSC starts free-contracting modders and using their work like alot of other games do.
That would bring so much growth in development.

[still current]

I don't think there is one, maybe not yet, maybe not st all .

Modders now can add weapons and do more than ever, so we'll definitely see more good stuff

[polar forge]

I walked up to a camp fire in slag heap. Guy in exo was playing guitar. I had my gun out and he hopped up speaking Ukranian and pulled his gun on me lol I put mine away and he put his away. Went back to playing guitar 😂

[gentle olive]

[unreal basin]

Welp, got striked by lightning twice during a firefight with some perimeter guards and lived….

[weary hedge]

Why is the game AI so hard now ?

[unreal basin]

Eh, its not that hard

[still current]

https://youtu.be/Y3GsITJgrBg?si=RX2MltAlPRcJOZwQ we are already seeing weird ass funny stuff ngl lmao. It's been like hours now and this is what I see

[cobalt marsh]

It does feel like there are alot more NPC around now. at camps and such

[vale marsh]

Lol😂

[unreal basin]

Chat, keep Leshy’s Svd or sell it?

[cobalt marsh]

sell, lynx is better and you get it fairly early

[weary hedge]

Ok but i have a bug, i can't loot mutants, why ?

[unreal basin]

Its rng

[gentle olive]

1000000% why modders make a game great

[vale marsh]

It's just me , or some dead body's just raise up, I seen cople if placed dead body's raise up then go down when you are close

[smoky hawk]

its not a bug to get mutant loot you need to do a specific quest

good luck finding it

[still current]

Got killed in a fire fight by lightning lmao. Imagine my feelings when I knew I didn't do a quick save

[weary hedge]

oh so is not loot all mutants like in Stalker old games, what a fail...

[cobalt marsh]

you dont need to do a quest. its just rng

[weary hedge]

rng ?

[hoary osprey]

It's not just me, but the lighting (Lumen) looks a little more stable? Less flickering, more temporally stable?

[cobalt marsh]

some mutants are lootable and some arent, its random

[shell flax]

Nope, it’s just RNG

[still current]

Not exactly a quest, more of a feature unlock through dialog

[vale marsh]

I keep all wepons , one of each plus and the uniques , I have my chest so stackt , If skiff sells all It will be buying a house and live comfortably

[unreal basin]

What dialog?

[smoky hawk]

Ive been told its so in mid way saves

[weary hedge]

what are you talking about, eng pls 😄

[unreal basin]

I didn’t do no dialog to be able to loot mutants

[cobalt marsh]

Its not. Nothing is required, its just random

[vale marsh]

Yeah

[unreal basin]

Had a Flesh eye before I first visited Zalissya

[cobalt marsh]

Im running a 80 hour saves and had to do nothing to loot mutants

[vale marsh]

You get lucky or not , hope you get from Kimera the loot or its preaty sad 😞.

[still current]

||You'd get a pda msg (easily missed) then happens to stumble upon the feature unlock in Malachite||

At least it's how I started

[twin solstice]

i cant open the game, it crashes me, some advice?

[unreal basin]

Didn’t happen for me

[polar forge]

Just got to an artifact and its doing the same bug as launch. I can hear it and see the animation but no artifact actually there to grab 😐

[still current]

New game?

[vale marsh]

The hard mutants that are rare are the worst to get loot , need from Kimera ,deer and cat and should be completed my collection.

[unreal basin]

Started the playthrough today

[weary hedge]

New game for all ?

[smoky hawk]

delete mods, delete your shader chache items, verify files integrity and start a new game

[unreal basin]

Veteran

[polar forge]

Oh nvm im stupid I got it lol

[unreal basin]

The only ak part in Lesser Zone is a extended mag right?

[weary hedge]

Fuk that i will not start a new game

[vale marsh]

I'm using a old game , from the start the game launched , no problems besides can,t get irradiated and sometimes I'm invincible

[still current]

Ah, I think it's unlocked for new gamers, but if you are already mid way, you gotta go to ||Malachite and speak with the traderesse hehe||

[polar forge]

Oh wow this is first I ever found one of these artifacts before. Cool looking. Petal

[unreal basin]

Huh

[vale marsh]

I got the feature unlocked without doing anything maybe it's because I'm at the last mission or something, got instantly a mesege that the loot for mutants something

[austere pagoda]

its indeed not needed for people further in story

[river chasm]

Beautiful

[vale marsh]

Nice, you'll find even more interesting artifacts later or maters the luck as well.

[unreal basin]

F, I gotta go back to the flower field…

[still current]

It's not necessary if he simply does all that. If he's using some mod adding new physical stuff to the game like THE mutant loot, he needs to sell everything he has in his inventory and stash to one of the traders, and sleep for like 24hrs until they update their inventory, then delete the entierty of the mod.

That way, nothing would break

[unreal basin]

Hmm, spend 4 hours again trying to get Perimeter guards to drop a set of the military body armor, yay or nay?

[twin solstice]

oh no no, the game crashes when i just start it, it does not love the credits scene

[still current]

I couldn't do it until I got the anonymous message ||and spoke with the scientist trader at Malachite||

[vale marsh]

Will be fine,hated that part but hated more the complete loting of the hole map , 3 times 😭. And the SWAMP.

[unreal basin]

I missed the suppresor thats there

[still current]

I don't think it would work.

[smoky hawk]

Swamp, making people salty since 2008

[vale marsh]

Maybe because I'm baned from Malachite , that's why , I have them on red they still talk but there on red.

[unreal basin]

Got a set of it off of them before, its a rare drop

[still current]

Maybe? Idk tbh

[jolly canyon]

Any mutant looters in chat?

[still current]

Yeh

[vale marsh]

Yeah, hated to loot that place , kiled that kimera with ease thought, the saiga dies wonders.

[cobalt oar]

Love me some roasted pesudo dog tails

[vale marsh]

Yep

[shrewd kindle]

Wonder how much a bloodsucker kidney goes for in Rostok?

[vale marsh]

4k

[jolly canyon]

I haven’t played since my first playthru like a month after launch. Is the game significantly improved?

[vale marsh]

I think the most expensive is the Kimera

[shrewd kindle]

Coupons, ruples, or Zimbabwe dollars?

[vale marsh]

They got new guns and some improvements

[twin solstice]

yep, a lot

[cobalt oar]

Yes

[vale marsh]

Coupons and a vodka bottle

[shrewd kindle]

That’s a steal

[violet zodiac]

Think I am getting save issues since my save is from the launch of the game. Feels like an Early Access game where I now need to create a new savegame from scratch due to all of the big changes from updates. Have noticed my save is more prone to the occasional crash and memory leaks compared to before. I do not use mods since I have only played vanilla.

[merry galleon]

Hello everyone, can anyone know what the problem is or what kind of sur is this? I downloaded the game today to check out the patch. And for some reason the sound comes from the system unit, and not from the headphones, for example. In Chrome \ other games everything is fine. But for some reason in Stalker it's such a mess. Does anyone know what it is?

[rough crater]

it does not know how to use default sound device, has specific one set in settings, go there and change it

[merry galleon]

It didn't help

[sharp gulch]

I'm playing my release date save that I had plenty of mods on and it's somewhat stable, but yeah that's the price to pay for early access masked as full release

[polar forge]

Im surprised it has taken me this long just to find one like this lol I've found a handful of legendaries and have over 4 days play time on my save 😆

[vale marsh]

Nice, I got my legendary preaty late , didn't realy farm them

[cobalt marsh]

can the mosin take any scope other than its default and the red dot? does anyone know?

[full storm]

Performance is awful with dlss and without

[polar forge]

I upgraded it fully and it has scope mount. Haven't tried to put any other scope on yet though

Performance for me got better. Using fsr 4 native AA at 1440p. No more stutters and no more fps drops. 60-80 fps always

Even in Rostok I stayed 60 fps and mostly smooth frame time

All Epic settings

[full storm]

https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/7?tab=description holy crap this mod is insane

[solid locust]

Did our community do any good stuff yet?

in terms of modding tools mods

[violet zodiac]

Sounds promising. Have to check Rostok myself. That location a few months back would give me memory leaks.

[grave osprey]

yeah we got a CJ bloodsucker skin

[solid locust]

stalker 2 went from a 6 to a 9 in one evening

[violet zodiac]

Maybe by version 2.0 it will be full release 🤣

[frigid hill]

munchyroll has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[near blaze]

vro 🥀

[gentle olive]

[near blaze]

shit happens 😭

[gentle olive]

so true

[near blaze]

that place was a pain to navigate icl

[dusty isle]

Pre-updated last night, come back to it today and click play- tell me why tf is it redownloading the whole game again? I can’t anymore with these anomalies man.

[cobalt marsh]

Welcome to the zone stalker.

[dusty isle]

I just want to understand why 😭

[cobalt marsh]

Ok I swear I must be crazy. Used to be when you put a scope on the integral, the irons were removed and it was a flat rail with the scope, now the irons flip down intead?

Am I nuts or is that new?

[dusty isle]

That’s def new

[cobalt marsh]

awesome, I wonder if they changed that on other guns also

[dusty isle]

I’d hope so, if they did it for the vector, why not the rest. But it is GSC so the rest could come in a future patch 🥲

[unreal basin]

So odds on Microsoft allowing modding on console?

[cobalt marsh]

Hot damn the irons flip down now on the fora-221 now also

It looks like they may have changed that for all the guns. That bothered the CRAP out of me. THANK YOU GSC

[shell flax]

It’s already on Xbox

[unreal basin]

Wait, just watched the update video in media, where is that car with the Khora on its hood?

[unreal basin]

I’m asking the odds of Microsoft allowing modding on xbox, I own a physical copy

[cobalt marsh]

Irons flip down on the Ram-2 also WOOOOOOOOO

well sorta, the front ones do, but I guess cause the rear would be in the way for the sight

[austere pagoda]

heh? mods will be for xbox yeah

[unreal basin]

Alright

[cobalt marsh]

game just went from 8.5 to a 10 for me just for that lmao

[unreal basin]

How much mod space will we have I wonder

[austere pagoda]

as said above a handfull of mods are awaiting whatever it is needs waiting

[molten nacelle]

169 gig

[austere pagoda]

see modio for list of mods

[unreal basin]

I doubt that

[molten nacelle]

That's what my xbox tells me in mod.io

[unreal basin]

Huh

[molten nacelle]

139 My bad

[cinder lagoon]

Anyone having the issue in patch 1.5 setting the in game fov to 125 it just stays at 110

[molten nacelle]

139 gb is what my xbox says in the mod browser

[unreal basin]

Theres 5 mods already

And ones a Bloodsucker replacer

[graceful dirge]

Anyone else think it is lame how achievements are just blocked across the board when enabling mods? Even for those like CJ bloodsucker or crowbar knife for example that have nothing to do with game difficulty. There's nothing necessarily to be earned from the achievements beyond just having them, and if you're on PC, can't you just use steam achievement manager to give yourself them anyhow? Sucks that something simple like a font replacer or vignette remover means no achievements can be earned and those on other platforms like Xbox are just outta luck

[smoky hawk]

its amazing actualy

developers annoy 10k people with this one simple step'

shouldve added an impossible to get achivement while they were at it so they couldve pissed more people off

[graceful dirge]

Maybe with DLC you will get your wish granted

[smoky hawk]

🙏 📿

[cobalt marsh]

imagine caring about achievments /sarcasm

But seriously I get the frustration, but dont most games do that? what did you expect?

[tired ruin]

Does the mosin come in a variant with iron sights?

[forest seal]

||https://youtube.com/shorts/o1rRRetaY64?si=_So6P7U2bdt6eNun || night stalker location i went there and its there for me

[tired ruin]

I found that lol but I was talking about a mosin

[shrewd kindle]

Stre (luscious) loks

[glossy ridge]

How do I sign in to the mods page?

[cobalt marsh]

I dont think you can use irons on the mosin. Seems to be just red dot or its default scope

[tired ruin]

Depression and sadness

[indigo oriole]

Any news about missing coupled magazines for Kharod and Saiga ?

[glossy ridge]

cool thanks guys

[solar lotus]

1.5 looking great, good job devs

[obsidian parrot]

People saying you could never loot mutants ever are looking so glum right now :)

[still current]

Update: it's not a bug. It's part of the new rebalance and it's mentioned in the patch note.

[wicked magnet]

Did they add new deathscreens?

[green sage]

I might have a new bug with 1.5

the door on the shevchenko no longer automatically opens, havent tested the other auto doors,

[polar forge]

The head shot bug is the funniest thing I've seen in gaming for awhile

I finally had it happen to me. Mainly happens with the new weapons lol

[green sage]

oh so that bandit going flying wasnt just me

[polar forge]

Well, technically yeah since you blasted his face off 😆

[green sage]

I was more sad for the lost loot than anything

[stray needle]

update changed upscaling from DLSS to FSR and it's such a blurry mess, wasn't hard to see something went wrong. Bit annoying having to go to settings every patch

[polar forge]

I haven't had any fly out of reach yet but I am sure i will he upset if/when it does happen

[green sage]

mine went rocketing right off the map

[polar forge]

The ones I shot fly pretty much straight up. Like a rocket taking off 😂

Then slammed back down to the ground lol

[green sage]

no this one never came back, at least not close

[polar forge]

Fsr 3.1 is pretty good on native AA or quality

But I've only used fsr4 since march now. Thank goodness for OptiScaler

Fsr 4 native AA is noice

[edgy shell]

I wish each weapon had their own sway pattern

[rapid arch]

is stalker 2 worth it in its current state

[edgy shell]

It should be consistent for each but that would really make it feel rewarding to stick with one for a while and learn it

[vapid galleon]

[cyan phoenix]

Why is this game so damn empty near the end

[delicate blade]

Why is the empty zone, strictly controlled because it's so deadly, empty of people?

[unreal basin]

Starting to get annoyed, keep getting one shot by snorks every now and then regardless of armor at full health

[wheat current]

hey guys i’m on my second playthrough does giving the ward sensors to captain zotov in zalissya have any meaningful difference

[delicate blade]

That would be pro-ward, I think

[shell flax]

Yep

[unreal basin]

Seriously why can the Snorks one shot you at full health regardless of armor type and quality every now and then?

[wheat current]

well are there any changes in the story or does it just generally align me with ward

[unreal basin]

Is that just a Veteran thing?

[delicate blade]

Yes, there's at least three major paths that I can think of.

[charred nova]

Random crit of course

[unreal basin]

Huh, never found a Tourist’s Breakfast artifact before, how rare are these?

[charred nova]

Extremely common

[west marsh]

anyone figured out how tf to mutant hunt?

[shell flax]

Step one:
blow its head off
Step two: hope RNG gives you loot to harvest

[charred nova]

This shit like rune scape fr

[oblique tapir]

Had anyone found out how to get the kora and its varient?

Im guessing the regular is bought somewhere late game.

[unreal basin]

A artifact that gives Medium increased durability is extremely common, yeah right

[edgy shell]

Just kill

[west marsh]

its not letting me cut em up?

[shell flax]

It’s RNG, not all mutants are lootable

[oblique tapir]

Have you tried stabbing at it with your knife?

[edgy shell]

Not everything drops something. After killing like five boars only 1 dropped anything

[west marsh]

pulled out the mf an everything

[oblique tapir]

Id still consider it good luck to stab the bodies a few times

[charred nova]

Oh wait artifact

lol

[echo nimbus]

mods are still broken right?

[unreal basin]

Hmm, buy the Khora this freedom fella is selling or find one in the Zone?

[oblique tapir]

Also, is the inventory organization fixed? Like it actually remembers where you placed items in your inventory and stash?

[unreal basin]

No to the inventory thing

[charred nova]

Technically they are now fixed

But legacy mods are broken yah

[oblique tapir]

Darn.

[echo nimbus]

how long do you think we would need to wait until they are fixed? i just deleted all my mods so i could play for now

[delicate blade]

Depends on the mod author

[unreal basin]

Anyone know where a regular Khora 1911 is placed in the world?

Kinda don’t want to pay 7436 coupons for one

[charred nova]

Well until they get added to the workshop on steam probably

Cus the game now has a real sdk

I’m sure the few major mods will find their way over here

[oblique tapir]

Its that cheap? Where do you buy it, anywheres?

[echo nimbus]

oooh i see also is there like an in game thingy for that cause i can't find it

[unreal basin]

This is the price with a discount

[charred nova]

Yah

[unreal basin]

That’s half my coupons atm

[charred nova]

Dunno if oxa will get ported but probably

[delicate blade]

I just started playing OXA yesterday

the pain, the pain of giving up a good mod on patch day.

[charred nova]

Well hopefully

You won’t have to anymore

[void coral]

So how's the new patch?

[echo nimbus]

🗿 maybe my game is actually fixed today

[charred nova]

Other than we still have a 100m spawn bubble

Pretty good

[echo nimbus]

i think my save is just fried atp i think i'm gonna just start a new save and hope it works

[oblique tapir]

I currently have hundreds of thousands of coupons? Im fine with that price

[void coral]

(Just to rejog my memory, this means that random encounters only spawn under 100m)

[unreal basin]

This is a playthrough I literally started today

[charred nova]

Where is the stalker coupon bootlegging operation

[charred nova]

YES SIR

[oblique tapir]

So i gotta find it somewhere else. I messed up and ||the starting town got destroyed||

[unreal basin]

Am glad I found that Tourist’s Breakfast artifact, gonna make repairs cheaper in the long run after I find a decent rad eater artifact

[charred nova]

What’s the coupon to usd conversion rate

[cobalt marsh]

10000:1

[charred nova]

Damn

I can buy guns for less than a dollar

[oblique tapir]

So does anyone know where to get the variant of the kora?

[charred nova]

It’s on YouTube already

[oblique tapir]

Thanks

[cobalt marsh]

its at the swinery in burnt forest. On a rafter next to a bag accessible from the roof. Its easy to get

[oblique tapir]

Oh, thank you

Omfg the default version has better per-shot damage than the APSB

I love efficiency with damage per bullet

[cobalt marsh]

It also has excellent penetration. Its quite good. And the night stalker is chambered in 9x19

[charred nova]

In other words

You can finally be John wick

[north jackal]

How do you loot mutant parts?

[charred nova]

Get lucky

Not every mutant has them

[north jackal]

Ah ok, so when it does, you'll just press the interact button and it'll cut it up?

[oblique tapir]

Yes

[unreal basin]

Did the update change it to where artifacts can soawn dead center of a grav anomaly?

[oblique tapir]

I just got some loot from a pseudo dog, after the E interact button appeared

[unreal basin]

Cause I’m having artifacts spawn in areas I can’t get to cause the anomalies reset to quickly

[oblique tapir]

WOAH! I also immediately got liquid rock after

[junior egret]

man, i sure hope they get a hotfix out asap to fix orbital corpse launches

[oblique tapir]

Nah, thats just another new anomaly. Gotta go on a scavenger hunt for it

[river chasm]

For my part I hope they take their time fixing it

[junior egret]

i would do, if only the corpses didnt despawn 25m into the air

[edgy shell]

It’ll be very obvious when it can be cause it’ll have the white spot on it

[tacit jay]

Lol your bolt can break the flashlights of other stalkers

[oblique tapir]

You can kinda skip half the reload animation now.

I just killed a guy and he did the OG sonic death jump. Where he’s spread eagle and everything

[tacit jay]

team rocket blasting off

[vale marsh]

At least they don,t come back to life as they done to me cople of times, especially in Prypiat, you find a dead body then you go close and it raises up them fall down .

[tacit jay]

Zombified stalker?

[junior egret]

yeah, well, i've yet to see that, so hopefully that has been fixed

though, within a few minutes of playing the new update, i did witness a group of bandits spawn in front of me, so that, despite the update post saying otherwise, still happens 😢

[sharp gulch]

stalker 2 being stalker 2. Feels like it picks a random bug for everyone. I dont remember the last time i saw something spawn in front of me :/