☢┃stalker-general

[edgy shell]

what was the vid about

[kindred fable]

And to see if I'll be able to enjoy it on my old pc

[kindred fable]

I watched the one about A-Life in 1.5

[proud minnow]

I play it on laptop rtx 3080 , but even if i degrade to 1080P i get same fps as i get in 2k and this problem was there with cyberpunk as well

its usually around 30-40 in heavy populated areas and in outer area it is 40-50 in stalker 2

but idk why 1080p cant give me 60 fps probably ram issue or something

[kindred fable]

Technically it starts in 3.5 hours here in Europe

[proud minnow]

maybe 16 GB is less now days

[shadow vale]

Just gone to train yard in zaton region in my new play through and the sof mod isn’t there have they changed the spawn

[edgy shell]

I've honestly not most of the things these a life videos say were added

Only difference i've noticed is that a patrol will spawn and an opposing patrol or mutant group just has a delayed spawn.

Haven't seen anyone rest up at a camp or appear to be moving anywhere specific

[unreal basin]

Its in a sewer pipe now apparently

[shadow vale]

Is that in the same location roughly

[unreal basin]

Don’t know

Just what I’ve read in this chat recently when uniques are brought up

[shadow vale]

Ahh damn okay thanks for the help

[unreal basin]

Anyone else having trouble with the Sevchenko’s doors not opening?

[charred prairie]

you have to progress further in the main story, i ran into that as well.

[unreal basin]

I’m at the part where you’re supposed to head into the swamps though

[shadow vale]

Just looked on Reddit apparently it’s now ina stash spawn closer to zircaa

[unreal basin]

It should be open by now no?

[shadow vale]

Just sent you new location

[unreal basin]

Oh, there was a uncloaked Bloodsucker running around the Sevchenko, that’s why it wasn’t opening

[shrewd kindle]

Uncloaked bloodsucker bug is the best bug, they look like they crapped their pants when they run around

[unreal basin]

Is it weird that I wish that the Unknown Stalker’s Rifle you get from Pomor was a TR 300 instead of a 416?

[shrewd kindle]

Nah, I instantly murdered him once he handed me that broken pos

[unreal basin]

Sane here

I just wish it was at least barely yellow tier quality wise instead of red

[willow gate]

should i go get all of the achivements of stalker 2?

[oak junco]

If thats what you'd like to do

[unreal basin]

Huh, never seen Wards at the Sevchenko before

[slow crypt]

the one to kill at like 100 meters is going to cost you

I think it was either 100 or 80, I can't remember.

[willow gate]

the noscope one?

[kindred fable]

Yeah, I doubt it's in a good state. I just kinda want to check this game out... After 7 months since the release, lol

At least it's playable now, I guess

[edgy shell]

if it's any consolation I started in 1.2 and haven't had a single soft lock, crash, or major quest glitch. Seems to work most of the time now compared to launch.

Aside from one random world side quest being flagged as completed despite having never seen them before

[smoky hawk]

yhea thats huh, not a good thing

[wild light]

How is not having glitches not a good thing

[smoky hawk]

using a save from 1.2, lots of bugs, new features dont get properly set up, youre setting yourself for disaster, if something isnt currently going obviously wrong, it means its just going wrong outside of your view

[wild light]

I see what you mean now sorry

[distant escarp]

Who can help you guys? In Stalker 2, when I move the mouse from right to left, twitches appear on the screen. How to fix it?

[sterile radish]

@unreal basin gonna test it out now

[unreal basin]

Alrighty

[sterile radish]

do you want me to test body shots or headshots?

[warm compass]

This game sucks

[unreal basin]

Body shots I guess

[warm compass]

Honestly just play into the radius

[sterile radish]

kk

[smoky hawk]

yhea, I mean, if you want a completely different game that would be the answer

[acoustic orchid]

What do you want to see in the Q3 roadmap?

[charred prairie]

nvgs

[oak junco]

more deadly and more aware combat ai

[charred nova]

300m+ spawn range

[oak junco]

sam fisher tier enemies would be peak

[sleek tartan]

News about expansions. A life circle increased,(200m) more side quests,

[lament pelican]

visual bubble increase to like 200m, or make it configurable if consoles can't handle it

[sterile radish]

It takes about 4-5 buckshot to the abdomen

[lament pelican]

Vision obstruction for NPCs so they can't snipe you through bushes and anomalies.

[charred nova]

Just make it like 300m+ on pc and keep it at 100 on console

Oh also hw rt

[acoustic orchid]

Yeah would love to
See this

[smoky hawk]

lower it to 50m on consoles bc they deserve it

[oak junco]

tbh 500 meters would be the best

[charred nova]

True

[acoustic orchid]

🤣 evil

[charred prairie]

noooo dont do that lol

[oak junco]

even 200 feels kinda short as ive gotten kills past 240 meters in stalker mods

[unreal basin]

Alrighty then,

[charred nova]

I just don’t think the many should suffer for the few

[oak junco]

hell tejas has had 300+ meter kills in COTZ i believe

[lament pelican]

OG games had 150m, no?

[charred nova]

Apparently only in cop

It was higher in soc and cs

[oak junco]

another CoP L lol

[charred nova]

Over 200m

[still current]

Binoculars + experimental increase in render radius

[smoky hawk]

COP really is the worst stalker game

pin that

[oak junco]

it is imo

id argue it is kinda better then S2 atm though

[smoky hawk]

I argue the opposite

ppl like to dunk on S2 but COP is miles worse

[still current]

You want to increase suicide rates Vasim?

[oak junco]

i PRAY S2 can reach CS levels of peak

[slow crypt]

cs'

[oak junco]

i doubt any of us could run it but i want a kilometer spawn radius

[unreal basin]

Ever accidentally walk straight on top of the Weird Water artifact?

[slow crypt]

I don't think it will do any good if the bullets decay after 70 m

weapons feel like nerfs

[still current]

Oh yeah idk if it's doable or not, but hell yeah

I'd love to see full scale radius at least in reference to any og stalker map hehe

[charred prairie]

i woul love to see something like the gamma modpack come into play, crafting guns instead of just finding them

[still current]

https://tenor.com/view/coconut-hit-on-the-head-with-a-coconut-spongebob-patrick-gif-23859923

[slow crypt]

Performance Hunter: FPS Wild = stalker 2 no fps on chernobyl

[still current]

It struck me right on whatever left of my brain

[last sage]

What i really dislike about stalker 2, is how weapon recoil works

is there any mod that changes how recoil feels?

[feral horizon]

Replayed CoP after beating stalker2 and it felt like I was playing stalker 2 junior.

At this point I feel like people who overly dunk on stalker 2 have rose tinted glasses for the original trilogy or they're just gamma fanboys.

[oak junco]

Idk if beat the trilogy vanilla in may 2024 and soc and cs had more soul and more features

[midnight lark]

my fav was stalker 1, bc there was not upgrades/etc and it kept the forward momentum of the campaign going (bc you had to keep progressing to get new gear, instead of taking the time to farm up materials/currency/etc)

i’m thinking about finally playing S2 tho!

a bit concerned it’ll be another grind fest for upgrades tho

[feral horizon]

SoC is debatable but I refuse to belive that CS is better than stalker 2. Especially with its buggy artifact spawn rate.

[unreal basin]

Hmm, swap my budget shotgun which is a fully upgraded Cracker for Predator yay or nay?

[violet dune]

this is actual real solution

those xbox guys wont find out. they cant even edit game files

[unreal basin]

They will if they’re on this server

[charred prairie]

ik now lol, yes im a xbox player

[violet dune]

get out of here stalker

[unreal basin]

So, slugs or buckshot for the unique Cracker Predator? Want to make it my budget shotgun

[violet dune]

another solution: give all scripts / files etc to SDK for modders. they will release they own Alife and GSC wont be reponsible

[charred prairie]

nuh uh not happening

[floral elm]

I dont recommend upgrading your cracker for slug only, one of main advantages of buckshot is fact how common it is. While using backshot can still one tap enemies from quite some distance if you aim for the head

[unreal basin]

Alrighty then

Gonna sell my old Cracker then

[charred nova]

Okay increase effective bullet range

[charred nova]

We must separate the cringe from the based

[hybrid wren]

guys ı need information

rtx 3050 4gb/ intel i7 11900/ 16 gb ram

enough for this game right ? I bought the game but still can't install it

[charred nova]

4 gig of vram is borderline unplayable sadly

[hybrid wren]

😦

[charred nova]

Yah the 1060 6 gig struggles to hit 30 fps at 1080p on all low

Usually around 25 FPS

Less than that is unplayable

[slow crypt]

PLS

[hybrid wren]

I'm going to play Stalker Anomaly then

[charred nova]

Unlucky

[slow crypt]

Better to play another game directly

[hybrid wren]

thx for help

[charred nova]

You failed the wealth skill check

[slow crypt]

day z has interesting stalker servers

[hybrid wren]

[charred nova]

Mfs who ignored the warnings about 8 gig cards coming back in 2 years to complain about why they can’t run anything

I’ll just use frame gen they say

Frame gen increases vram use

Greatest catch 22 ever written

[hybrid wren]

ım waiting Anomaly 1.6

(necessarily)

[charred nova]

Erm banned we don’t take kindly to anomaly players around here

[slow crypt]

the funny thing is that it doesn't even make sense that the games take up 8 of vram in 1080p, apart from the fact that it's good for them not to do anything and that nvidia or amd pay them for it.

[charred nova]

I mean it’s not that hard a problem

Typically the difference is like 50 bux

Should that cheaper option even exist

Well no

It’s literally a scam trick idiots

[hybrid wren]

But unfortunately I don't have any other stalker options. I finished the first 3 games 20 times.

[charred nova]

Fret not friend while we all hate anomaly in this server

You won’t be banned

[unreal basin]

Better Ballistics just makes the Beard and Sultan mission much more fun with a SVD

[plain star]

mods will disable achievements with 1.5, ive removed all my mods now, still using engine.ini file
Is there a way to know if the game still thinks its modded or not?

[hot basin]

It also makes npcs 2 shot you from 100 meters away

It says it has the gunfight mod integrated but I still get aimbotted

[unreal basin]

Thats only if you have bad armor

[weary hedge]

are there any real differences between the Vintar and the Lavina? Vintar seems to have lower penetration and higher weight while the Lavina has no scope and has lower damage. I'm wondering if the upgrade trees make them any more distinct

[unreal basin]

I’m playing on Veteran and have been enjoying Better Ballistics so far

[shrewd kindle]

Lavina has scopes, it’s just an attachment

[unreal basin]

Ones more for sniping, others more if a general use rifle

[weary hedge]

With the Vintar having the same ROF, I don't see why you wouldn't use it over the Lavina. Scopes and range are extremely strong in stalker 2

[shrewd kindle]

I like the vintar better because the wooden stock has my heart, also the veteran variant of it looks sick

But the lavina is better, iirc the vintar does more damage but penetration is more important later on in the game

Also the lavina has scopes

[cinder socket]

Did diamond Exo get moved or something?

It's not on the mobile lab in yaniv at all on my new run

Nevermind I found it

[unreal basin]

Time to climb the Red Forest Digger

[solar lotus]

How stalkers enter in the zone if IPSF is guarding, and there is a huge wall to prevent anyone to enter in it

[shrewd kindle]

Suction cups on their hands

[solar lotus]

To enter in a illegal zone you just need to pay 💀?

[unreal basin]

I forgot how much I hated the anomaly float road on the Red Forrest Digger

[cursive kettle]

can i modify the Saiga at the malachite technician?

[charred prairie]

im pretty sure you cant but i may be wrong

[unreal basin]

Yaniv only from what I remember

Kinda want to use a SVU and a Saiga with my Seva-V when I go to the Swamps, but thats a lot of coupons fir upgrades

[pale ocean]

As a stalker who is still relatively new to this universe…the swamps terrify me. I have no idea what it is…

[unreal basin]

Fear the Swamps

[pale ocean]

Well, I shouldn’t say “fear” at this point. More like an overwhelming sense of unease. Another feather in this games cap.

Just spit-ballin’ here, anyone have a viable way to get to the CNPP? I know it isn’t technically in the game yet, but I’m…itching to see this place in UE5.

[cursive kettle]

what ab the duty exo?

[pale ocean]

Also, apologies for the “spam” but doesn’t anyone have any interesting loadouts? Wanna try switching mine up but I really don’t know what works well together.

[unreal basin]

Yaniv only as well

[stark crescent]

there is a mod that should allow you to access the unreal engine console. it will allow you to type in commands like fly and god mode. however, with patch 1.5, alot of mods broke, so im not sure if it still works. i atleast had to disable all my nexus mods, cause the game even refused to start with them loaded.

[cursive kettle]

yikes, like im not even half point in to the story and im exploring all. the map, lowkey it's such an overpowered thing

[pale ocean]

Ya boi is on console, my bad. Forgot to mention that.

[stark crescent]

but with fly and god mode, you could move to the plant

[unreal basin]

Any of yall know where the blue prints for the SEVA-V are?

[stark crescent]

well, then ur just Fcked

[pale ocean]

Yup, figured that was the answer. I’ll just have to wait.

Console mods are working great though.

[sterile radish]

I dunno if this is the right seva but theres one in the swamps

[unreal basin]

How many jobs for Harpy is it to get her to green reputation? Want cheaper upgrade prices first

[unreal basin]

Please tell me its psi protection upgrade isn’t there

[sterile radish]

I forgot, I havent used the seva in a while, but I can post a screenshot in #📸┃screens_and_videos

[unreal basin]

Its the Freedom one I’m using, apparently it has the best overall stats

[stark crescent]

aramid lining can be found in the swamps in a stash bag, in a small boat wreck.

[sterile radish]

yeah, that one

[unreal basin]

Oh joy

[umbral tangle]

🥀

[stark crescent]

you know there is an interactive map online that shows everything right?

[unreal basin]

Its outdated from when I last checked it

[sterile radish]

btw, does anyone know some locations where enemies tend to spawn at

[pale ocean]

Even unique weapons?

[umbral tangle]

game looks incredible and all but the scopes are kinda flat , dual render scopes when?

[pale ocean]

Got caught at Cowshed a couple times. Just outside Zalissya.

[sterile radish]

ight bet, cause I’m getting tired of fighting the same monolithian’s in prypiat

[stark crescent]

its manually updated, as far as i know. its player made. so i dont know his process of how he updates stuff. he just seems to go from area to area, and place everything he encounters on the map. however, pretty much everything, other than the new weapons added in 1.5 seems to be on it

[pale ocean]

I also know there’s a Bloodsucker that likes the spawn at the anomaly at the Old Mill.

[sterile radish]

oh, and has anyone still found the dual drums for the gp37

[pale ocean]

Does that exist in game?

[sterile radish]

I know its an attachment, but I havent seen it in-game

I came across a guide but it said the stash was random

[pale ocean]

The only one I’ve seen is for the Viper-5.

[sterile radish]

theres also a drum for the ar

[pale ocean]

Oh yeah! Forgot about that one. Can’t for the life of me remember where I found it though.

[stark crescent]

high capacity gp37 magazine. found in the ammunition bunker near the church in the swamps

[pale ocean]

True, it’s a dual mag right?

[stark crescent]

hmm. looking at the added screenshot, its indeed a dual mag

[sterile radish]

theres multiple locations for it. I know theres one at the bridge by rookie village inside of one of the trains

[sterile radish]

I’ve checked there like a thousand times and I havent came across it yet

[pale ocean]

Yeah, basement of the church.

Watch out for the Tushkanos.

[stark crescent]

from what i can read online, the gp37 double drum mag is an asset in the game, but not placed anywhere on the map. you can only spawn it in through commands. same as the svd/svu silencer

a lie. same as the iron sights mosin nagant

[pale ocean]

Which I still don’t understand.

[stark crescent]

on the steam news item, the screenshot clearly showed an iron sights mosin. but in-game, it only comes with either the scope, or you can give it a tactical rail, and throw a red dot sight on it. but no ability to use the iron sights

[sterile radish]

you can find the svu/svd silencer now

[stark crescent]

they added it in? cool

[pale ocean]

Wonder why they chose not to have that one.

[sterile radish]

its in a stash in zaton

[unreal basin]

Ok, so the tornado in yaniv apparently instakills you now

[sterile radish]

really?

[unreal basin]

Yep

[sterile radish]

that makes it harder to get the bolt artifact then

[unreal basin]

Did the method that I remember working

How the f are you supposed to get it now?

[sterile radish]

I dont know, maybe you should try stalker and novice to see if theres a difference

[unreal basin]

Instakills on all difficulties, I even have a Compass artifact

[sterile radish]

damn

[cursive kettle]

YIKES, I got almost end game like equipment and i still need to get pass slag leap

[ornate dawn]

i wish s2 had a demo so we could play a bit to benchmark the performance

maybe like the trial time on dead space

[ruby gale]

It'd be a good idea, but most games dont have demos anymore unfortunately

[cursive kettle]

lowk it's a full priced beta imo

[ruby gale]

It does have its rough spots, luckily ive had little to no issues

[sterile radish]

I just realized the pkm uses 7.62x54 now, I’m actually so happy

[ruby gale]

Never really use the pkm, but I have 3 stacks of regular munitions for it so maybe I'll use it

[sterile radish]

been wanting to use it for a while now, but I couldnt since 7.62x39 was so rare to find

[ruby gale]

Its not that good but thats just my opinion

[unreal basin]

Oh joy, trapped in a bunker with a hole loners blocking my shots and a squad of teleporting exo clad mercs

F it, I’m just gonna throw a grenade

[limpid bear]

Last time i played stalker was like 5months ago, one of my buddies told me i need to make a new save as the updates dont work on older saves is this true?

[primal nimbus]

Vibe check

[primal nimbus]

I don’t think so.

[unreal basin]

Loners f’ed off after the first nade flew, Mercs were easy after that

And the Loners only got to one of the mercs

[primal nimbus]

I remember one Emission, a couple Loners got into the same building as me then a bloodsucker came in. It wasn’t a fun one.

[tacit jay]

One of my most memorable moments from call of pripyat was hiding in the ranger station and a bunch of bandits also came in to hide in the same closet as me. Was like 10 dudes and they weren't hostile, but were red, so I opened fire on all of them. At the time I was forcing it to run on a comp that couldn't run it so it was like a slideshow, but I have that vivid image in my head of not being able to see a thing, but unloading everything I had in such a tight space lol.

[solar hare]

I cant seem to skin the mutants

the dots on them just not the interact option

[tacit jay]

Keep trying, it's real finnicky

[still current]

Not all mutants can be looted. It has probability, so it's all luck related. I'd also recommend you visit scientists at malachite (talk with the trader and see what she has to say.)

[primal nimbus]

Literally be on top of them. But not like you’re a Freedomer.

[still current]

Can you post some footage? Maybe it's a unique bug

[tacit jay]

Nah you gotta get up in them guts.

[solar hare]

I know I know, but they have the actual dot that should say "HEY LOOT ME!" but its just there.... staring at me

[still current]

I would then ask you if you have any mod active. Make sure you don't have one that interferes with the new feature

[solar hare]

well I can list them?

maybe ones fishy

[still current]

Gotcha. I'd like to see a vid showing the problem. I'll transfer it to the devs

[solar hare]

would a medal clip work?

[still current]

Anything that shows the issue would work

[solar hare]

gotcha

[still current]

If it's a bug, we can hope it makes it to the next hotfix coming soon

[solar hare]

theres not much to show other than just walking up to the body and the option not showing

[still current]

I'll try to report it from my side, and you do the same through support.

[still current]

I see, and it can be a render problem. Try saving nearby and then reload the save, then see if you can loot.

[solar hare]

ill try that, where do I post the clip? theres alot of channels lel

[still current]

That is why I wanted to see it

[still current]

#📸┃screens_and_videos

[solar hare]

I sent it btw ^^

[latent lake]

if it seriously took nearly a year to implement something as basic as mutant looting, multiplayer aint ever coming lets be real

[solar hare]

its the first time they do that no?

[still current]

It didn't take a year to implement. It wasn't even the plan. The team adhered to the public demand and included it in the roadmap in order to add it at some point within Q2 time frame

[river chasm]

It's not like it was the only thing they did in that time frame

[ember dirge]

Hey so with the console mods being added in the recent update, has any of the popular modders on pc mention if they will end up doing mod ports to console, if so what’s the eta on that

[still current]

Aye. I mean, they delivered what they included in the Q2 list. I believe some other requested stuff might show up in Q3 roadmap soon, and they'll deliver for sure as they did in Q2

[graceful dirge]

Which vendors can sell artifacts is it mostly bartenders?

[still current]

Sell to traders since bartenders do not offer as much as other vendors do

[graceful dirge]

Sorry should specify I'm looking to purchase artifacts because I'm almost at 100% collection on em all and was hoping I could get some of the lower tier ones I'm missing that way

Been going through grinding it out just did the blueprints the other day too. Anyway if my count is correct, I'm missing chocolate bar, crest, glare, snowflake, soul, and sparkler. Noticed I had the least electrical artifact collected naturally probably because I tended to die to those anomalies the most lol

[still current]

Then it's obvious that only barmen sells some artifacts, so just buy from one that has positive reputation (or at least not red)

[ebon blade]

I've seen Barkeep in Rostok sell the chocolate bar.

[fierce nexus]

Fellas

Do you think

Locations will be modded in?

[magic vault]

Is the new modding guide video teasing the Beretta pistol coming back?

[still current]

Not with the current zdk phase

[fierce nexus]

Troo

[smoky hawk]

no, its a mod

[magic vault]

Yeah, but where'd GSC get the model from?

[smoky hawk]

the video showcasing how to make mods that add weapons showcases a mod that adds weapons

https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/beretta-m9-d1200d9aa28f466484f7d3fdd7724e76
https://www.turbosquid.com/Search/3D-Models/free/m9
https://free3d.com/3d-models/beretta-m9

where?

[cinder socket]

Someone Found a Unique Kora on YouTube, Called the Night Stalker, im not sure if it's an actual gun but it was found just Southwest of chemical Plant

[graceful dirge]

I feel like I also saw one there in the past and stupidly didn't purchase it but I'm going back through some of my saves and he's not selling any for me on what I've checked so far, not sure if there's a certain point at which he does or doesn't or like if there's a reset on his stock?

[ebon blade]

You have to make repeated visits. Sometimes he sells artifacts and sometimes not. Sometimes he sells the Hilka detector and sometimes not.

[graceful dirge]

Also, in the same vein I feel like I'm trying these similar methods for artifact farming that I had done for gravitational thermal and chemical, but across my saves I keep finding the same artifact at an electrical anomaly, do I need an emission to happen for that to change or should still be random if save & reload far enough from approach?

[ebon blade]

I thought artifacts appear after an Emission, but it's not guaranteed every time.
Don't fear electrical anomalies. When the artifact appears like it is too dangerous
to grab, you can get near them and suddenly the prompt will appear to grab them.

[proper hornet]

hi

[cinder socket]

It's in the game

Chambered in 9x19 instead of .45

[latent cloak]

i completed all the achievement of the trilogy

[smoky hawk]

this makes someone very angry, that pleases me

[latent cloak]

👍

[cinder socket]

Now my next question, is there a unique for the 3 line rifle

[primal nimbus]

If I can’t end a Stalker’s life with the tool of God, not chambered in his caliber, then I ain’t using the Nightstalker.

[primal nimbus]

Pray.

[smoky hawk]

why would you? its worse than the normal kora

[cinder socket]

Someone will find it

[primal nimbus]

Now that solidifies it for me. Thank you for the free +10k coupons.

[unreal basin]

I’m honestly considering selling the Arch artifacts in my current playthrough so I can afford to upgrade my SEVA-V for my only Swamps expedition this playthrough

[cinder socket]

Hunt for mutant parts, save the artifacts

Made over 300,000k in mutant parts and weapons today

[unreal basin]

I’m saving those fir Malachite mutant jobs

[cinder socket]

You get mutant parts off any mutant

[unreal basin]

Need 4 more Horn Head parts

[craggy flint]

I’m excited to see what new guns are made

[unreal basin]

I’m starting to think HornHead’s only have scripted spawn locations

[steady solar]

Has GSC said if they are planning on adding statistics or encyclopedia/archive to PDA?

[subtle bison]

I killed my first bloodsucker on veteran difficulty! Let's gooooooooo

[primal nimbus]

I wish.

I remember Clear Sky should the locations of who is where. Wish they brought that back.

[ebon blade]

Being caught out in the open during an Emission and having to sprint back to STC Malachite.

[molten nacelle]

I wish the emissions were more frequent. I like the creepy blood sky

[frosty heart]

what's the deal with the bandits at depot? they exist but it's like they're in a perpetual state of broken since 1.0

[nova vault]

Any mod breaks mutant looting. Was on the collar quest and had to uninstall all my mods, pick it up, then reinstall them

[weary hedge]

is there any way to view the games textures? I want to do some wiki work, and some clean (and TOS friendly) rips would be super helpful

if not, I can just do the hacky screenshot cropping

[weary hedge]

I want to go through each weapon and armor I find to fill out stats and upgrade trees, so you don't gotta buy an expensive armor only to find that it has only 1 artifact upgrade.

[floral ice]

Hey playing Stalker 2 right now. Was 7.62x39 deleted from the game or something? I can't find it anywhere and now my PKM takes 7.62x54 loll. I thought the PKM could only take 7.62x39

[primal nimbus]

Yeah it got removed

[ebon blade]

A real life PKM uses 7.62 X 54. An RPK uses 7.62 x 39.

[graceful dirge]

Finally got all artifacts 🙏 felt so good when that achievement popped

[subtle bison]

Finally got to the 100 rads. Got jumped by a bunch of dogs. But unlike other stalkers I came prepared with a handful of dog treats (GRENADES)

[subtle bison]

Funnily enough I'm actually doing pretty great in Veteran than I do in Regular or Master. Even killed all the bandits at the car park without Petruha. Luck was on my side, dogs killed all the military at the bridge leaving only one Dog, which i killed with a sawn off. Got free AK's and a bunch of ammo from there.

[charred prairie]

My game glitched and now there is 126 bodys outside/inside Zalissya

Yes I counted and now my brain hurts from this battle

[versed reef]

One thing I will never understand is the reasoning behind making C-con agents absolutely insane in S2
In the OGs we saw that it was much more subtle, more like manipulation or suggestion to perform their tasks
In S2 agents are completely taken over by their mission once its in sight, happened to the Dark guy and Scar too, it's like complete brainwashing.
Meanwhile Strelok in SoC was like "huh I was being brainwashed, that's not cool, I'll kill them instead"

[sleek tartan]

I think strelok kinda broke his programming in a sense

[slim widget]

do pistol calibers still have higher penetration than rifle calibers

or did they fix that a long time ago

[primal nimbus]

Oh. You mean like when using the Kipari?

[slim widget]

thats the ots thing right

[primal nimbus]

Yes

[slim widget]

yes or any 9mm gun

are they still better than rifles

other than the dnipro

cause i last played in 1.0 and the weapon balancing was awful then

[primal nimbus]

Idk. Imma compare Kipari with Kharod and Dnipro

[mint sedge]

hi

[rose void]

Hello

[solar hare]

I wonder if a patch for mods to work with mutant looting is gonna be made

[sterile radish]

what do you mean? you can still loot mutants with mods installed

[solar hare]

really?, I cant seem to lol

been struggling with that all day, well a mod said it was a clipping issue

but I saw someone else say mutant looting doesnt work at all with mods

[sterile radish]

some mutants have the option to search their corpse while some dont. mutants like psuedodogs always have a search bar

[solar hare]

my problem is the interact option doesnt show up

[sterile radish]

oh

[solar hare]

the white dot is there just not the actual interaction

[sterile radish]

I guess its just a new bug then. I’d suggest waiting for a new hotfix

[solar hare]

yeah

[forest scarab]

I wonder, what are the chances they are to bring back cut anomalies and Arch-anomalies with content updates. There are like 26 unique anomalies that were cut. Yantar crystals, for example.

[still current]

If I'm not mistaken, it was a GSC asset prototype

[versed radish]

Yo, is anybody know what is "zalgo". Some of my messages got deleted by Wolf, and i have no clue why, execpt that "zalgo" is not allowed.

[normal sail]

Zalgo is a form of copy pasted text thats supposed to look glitchy

[versed radish]

Wtf

[normal sail]

Wolf is tripping

[versed radish]

I see what you are talking about, bit i'm not using it

Thx for tour answer

[sleek spade]

where meme channel

[still current]

#🤨┃stalker_memes

[sleek spade]

thanks mate

[proud swallow]

Hi

[sterile radish]

wsp

[proud swallow]

How do get those monolith roles?

seems cool

[sterile radish]

go to #👥┃faction-choice

[proud swallow]

Thanks

[sterile radish]

no problem

[proud swallow]

do I just click the bottom buttons?

[sterile radish]

yeah

[proud swallow]

Chose the dark side fr fr

[summer heart]

im still unable to launch s2 i get a unreal engine crash right on startup, ive been able to play the game in the past so i know its not just my pc specs,
ive updated graphics drivers, restarted pc, tried over multiple days, reinstalled the game, and verified game files
🥺 please help

[marsh iron]

if you have mods before, make sure to delete all the files thoroughly; if you have never modded the game, use the link in #s2-support to submit a ticket so the devs can help you look into it

[frozen fossil]

hey im thinking of replaying stalker 2 has the game improved performance wise since launch ?

[versed reef]

HE COMETH

[summer heart]

i dont have mods either, i already submitted a email ticket too its been like 4 days still waiting so i thought id poke the discord again to see if anyone here could help

[proud minnow]

Yes

I see massive improvements over 1.2

Performance wise it has no stutter now fps are still low but at least they dont vary so it give illusion of smoothness stuff need work but thre changes done are by no means small

The initial shader compiler takes 7-10 mins in first boot then it dont take same time

Earlier it was a memory leak and stutter simulator

[cursive kettle]

what's better? the dnipro or kharod?

[hardy totem]

kharod for utility, dnipro for performance

[cursive kettle]

i cant retrieve the Dnipro at the Coolin towers since i crash when im up there so i need to buy it

[cursive kettle]

wym utility

[hardy totem]

underbarrel grenade launcher and such

[cursive kettle]

ohh

well imma buy the dnipro and sell the kharod since i alredy have a saiga(that i obtained exploring the red forest)

[cursive kettle]

how do i get the loot at the spark bunker? i cant really go up in any way

[hardy totem]

play the story, the loot-of-importance has been moved inside as well. used to be possible to move a crate to the bunker and get on top that way

[cursive kettle]

sob

[unreal jolt]

How or when to legally get to Prypat without the same or similar

[stark crescent]

Legally into pripyat?

Console commands isnt legal?

[hardy totem]

https://tenor.com/view/f-bi-raid-swat-gif-11500735

[stark crescent]

[unreal jolt]

Yes

[hardy totem]

no, swat will redecorate your house if you use console commands

[unreal jolt]

😦

[stark crescent]

Well, we cant use the normal ways like bumping into a crate until it resches that half destroyed train carriage and jump over it. Every time we find a new way, yall patch it up

Yall ffers even placed a 1 shot Sniper in that tower to deter us

[edgy shell]

one opportunity I feel they missed was having people frozen in time in the time slow anomalies, like they've been slowed down and stuck there

a little grim, I know, but you see people fall to other anomalies, but the time slow one could have some cool visuals

[unreal jolt]

"I said when the story will give me the normal way to the station.

[stark crescent]

Well, thats when you actually need to go to pripyat story wise

[unreal jolt]

Yes

[stark crescent]

Theres no story linked regular way to get to pripyat before that

[unreal jolt]

"I'm a graduate of the institute, a wish-buyer"

[cursive kettle]

quick question, to get to the Jupiter region, i need to follow story?

[stark crescent]

Yes

[cursive kettle]

well, im in

without doing story, im at the like slag leap missions

[stark crescent]

To access jupiter and beyond, you need either a pass, or use the scanner to open up a path.

[cursive kettle]

ohhh, i mean, what ab the train part with the unkillable sniper?

it was easy to bypass

the yaniv one yk

[shrewd needle]

Slag Leap...damn...

[stark crescent]

Yes, jupiter is above yanov station. You cant access it normally.

[shrewd needle]

Just jump over the trains.

Or use the Springboard bug to launch yourself.

[cursive kettle]

i already did

[stark crescent]

Every time we find a way they patch it up.

[cursive kettle]

nah too lazy for that

[shrewd needle]

Springboards still work, I think.

[shrewd needle]

It's a way, though...and faster, actually, due to launch velocity.

[cursive kettle]

it's easy af, i can show u the place after i explore Jupiter

[shrewd needle]

First go to Pripyat; so you can fast travel.

[cursive kettle]

tho can i go to pripryat too?

[shrewd needle]

Yes. Stick to the left-most path.

[cursive kettle]

OMGGG IS IT THAT EASY TO LITERALLY BYPASS AN ENTIRE CHUNK OF MAP ACCESSIBLE FROM STORYY

[shrewd needle]

Pripyat's main entry road extends into Jupiter on the north-west side.

[shrewd needle]

This.

[cursive kettle]

so kewl

lemme see on map

[shrewd needle]

The CDIA building is not necessary; go to the west of it and just walk along the road; you'll end up into Pripyat.

[cursive kettle]

i mean, i wanna explore Jupiter first lowk

[shrewd needle]

You can. Just go to Enerhetyk first so you 'discover' the place and can fast-travel without needing to jump the train.

Then you can go back to Jupiter. Also, Pripyat is a bigger pain to explore, so finish that; Jupiter is very empty and easier to explore.

Pripyat is dense as shit.

[cursive kettle]

man I've never been here in the past unfinished playthroughs so idk the bases positions-

[cursive kettle]

GREAT

like, i have almost endgame gear ONLY by exploring

[shrewd needle]

#📸┃screens_and_videos message

From this, go to the north-west, to the border of the smoke. Stick to the roads; you'll come across the CDIA building at the north-west end.

[edgy shell]

exploration is mad rewarding, don't know why people say it isn't

[shrewd needle]

The big building north-west of the cursor is the Mobile Factory...to the north of that is CDIA.

[shrewd needle]

Because it's tiring. Considering the huge map, it's a pain to keep exploring in every new save.

[cursive kettle]

im at deal with the devil main mission and like im ready for last ones lmao

[edgy shell]

if you're constantly retreading the same ground, sure I guess. I just stick to one save so it's felt perfect for me

[shrewd needle]

One save for one ending. There's 4 endings, so a minimum of 4 different saves/games.

[cursive kettle]

idm ngl, with these new mods stamina is fixed, i have more carry weight and a lot of other pros for exploring, like i have 110 carry capacity without armor

[shrewd needle]

I'm not talking about stamina; I'm talking about the fatigue of constantly going around the massive area to just explore.

It's mentally draining.

[cursive kettle]

i mean.. isn't that the point?

[charred nova]

The thing with exploring

[edgy shell]

pripyat is so cool
the silence, the towering structures

it's such a cool vibe

[charred nova]

Lots to see

Fuck all to find

[shrewd needle]

Yes, but once you've seen it one time...the novelty is lost.

[cursive kettle]

heh my duty exo suit so coool fr in early game

[edgy shell]

If you manage to make the reward the seeing, then there's a lot to it

[shrewd needle]

Not always. And certainly not repeatedly.

[charred nova]

It’s literally the worse exo cus it’s got no sprint

[shrewd needle]

SPRING!

[edgy shell]

Truth is I never needed to buy a single weapon, armour or attachment as exploration gave it all for free. But the narratives, traversal challenges and little encounters really made it fun

[shrewd needle]

Same here.

[charred nova]

It sucks in places like Pripyat

[shrewd needle]

Found all the gear I needed/wanted via exploring alone.

[charred nova]

Where there is literally nothing

Lots of great loot

Too bad you got literally nothing to use it for

[shrewd needle]

Problem is that a shit-ton of loot exists, so you're forced to go into every little uninteresting nook and cranny for it.

[slow crypt]

Instead of spending money on armor, it's better to just buy healing items, make you immortal as long as their effect is active.

[shrewd needle]

You have to buy med-kits?

[charred nova]

Fr

You get 100rds of Med kits

[shrewd needle]

I found like...1000-1500 just by exploring. It's not even funny.

[charred nova]

Fucken phone

[edgy shell]

sure, that's true and all. But I considered it as a sort of sentimental ending location where the silence is what makes it different and fun to be in

[slow crypt]

The other day I tested it in Cordon everyone was shooting at me at the same time and it did nothing.

[shrewd needle]

Med-kits are the one thing no one is getting a shortage for.

[shrewd needle]

Were you at the IPSF base?

[charred nova]

The silence of being blatantly unfinished yes

[edgy shell]

[slow crypt]

Nah, I shot someone in Cordon to test it out at the camp.

[shrewd needle]

Compared to the trilogy, it's only missing the Factory, else the map is the same accessible area as in SoC/CoP.

[shrewd needle]

You're only supposed to shoot at those who're shooting at you, genius.

[charred nova]

Much more is cut then you know

[slow crypt]

Compared to a game that's older than my little brother...

[charred nova]

It’s written in the shining zone

[shrewd needle]

I'm aware, I'm saying that in comparison to the older games.

I know that half the real Pripyat is missing.

[slow crypt]

It was to test if I could become immortal using healing items, even if 20 enemies were shooting at me genius.

[charred nova]

All the side content was cut

[shrewd needle]

Yea, that is definitely unfortunate, NGL.

[edgy shell]

that I can agree with
not many side quests at all

[shrewd needle]

Though hopefully, we'll see it restored in the DLC, along with the Ventilation Complex, Iron Forest, Jupiter Factory, CNPP and the Generators.

[slow crypt]

I think they also cut the writing team, because that story is garbage...

[edgy shell]

and all the ones early on I forgot to complete before the event

so rip me I guess

[shrewd needle]

That's not how it works. Healing items only work one-at-a-time, Mr. Bigger Genius.

[slow crypt]

? I can send a video if you want, bruh.

[shrewd needle]

And again, for the sake of the game (especially vanilla), you have no shortage of med-kits.

Like I said, I found 1000-1500 by exploring. Not counting the ones I used. And that's with Better Ballistics.

[shrewd needle]

Just saying. 👆

Game gives a lot more than you really need. Which is good, actually; I don't like hyper-ventilating over missing med-kits.

[slow crypt]

As long as you're healing, incoming damage doesn't affect you like, if you inject a healing item, none of the shots in the next 2 seconds will hurt you.

[shrewd needle]

Problem is the animations take too long, so you're still not invulnerable.

[charred nova]

Grok is this true

[slow crypt]

Then you tell me how I tanked shots from 20 enemies for 4 minutes with no armor.

[shrewd needle]

No armour? I doubt that.

[slow crypt]

You just spam it more and that’s it, literally. you will see

[shrewd needle]

I have Better Ballistics, so I generally don't get the time to do that. Heavy damage even from one shot.

By the time Skif starts the animation, I'm long dead. Because unfortunately, the man is slow at everything.

[slow crypt]

That explains a lot. In my case, if I start healing before getting hit by too many shots, I enter a kind of loop where while I’m healing, I take less damage or even none at all.

[shrewd needle]

Yea, but the healing only lasts 2 seconds, so how do you heal and kill enemies at the same time?

[slow crypt]

I don’t do that, I usually use it just to move to a safe spot XD. walking

[shrewd needle]

And in the open?

[cursive kettle]

still an exo mah dud

[cursive kettle]

where's the exkrenvika base u were talking ab btw? im at prypriat entrance and i still don't find it

[slow crypt]

Oh yeah, I forgot there are empty areas on the map with nothing at all

[spare canopy]

Should have cut the story XD

[charred nova]

Worse exo by a mile

As per usual massive duty L

[charred nova]

If you gave me 10k dollars I’d have written a better story

[shrewd needle]

On the map, there's the CDIA building to the most north-western point of Jupiter. Let me know once you find it.

[shrewd needle]

That's why I'm asking; what do you do in the open?

[cursive kettle]

already found it

[weary hedge]

AI would have done it way better for 30£

[cursive kettle]

i went to the start shop too

[shrewd needle]

Yes, to the further north-west of it is the road that's going in an L towards Pripyat. That's open. Go there and you're in.

[shrewd needle]

Good, so you're now in Pripyat; now go to Enerhetyk. Fight the Monolith, don't fight the Corps.

Go into the Corps' base, then fast-travel back to Yaniv.

[cursive kettle]

by the L u mean the Street crossing?

[shrewd needle]

You're already in Pripyat, so ignore that. Just go to Enerhetyk from the Start Shop.

[cursive kettle]

ye but, where's enerhetyk

left side?

[oblique shell]

ES UNA ESTAFA SCAM FRAUDE
MENOS MAL QUE MALDIJE EL DINERO CON QUE COMPRE ESTE JUEGO AHORA VAN A VER COMO LOS MACHACO EN LA VIDA REAL

[high gazelle]

god i miss x-ray engine

[shrewd needle]

Enerhetyk is the massive building with the curved roof.

Keep going further into the main road, then you'll see it open into a massive area. Go left and straight ahead is Enerhetyk.

[charred nova]

Lmao

[cursive kettle]

nvm found after i killed a poltergeist and a burer

[charred nova]

It’s like when some American tried to file a law suit with gsc over a life

Might well be suing the Chinese lil bro

[shrewd needle]

Congratulations on passing the test. 😏

[charred nova]

Nah ai can’t write original stories

[shrewd needle]

Go in, fast-travel back to Yaniv (maybe buy/sell/upgrade items since Bolero is the current best)...and then jump back to explore Jupiter and Pripyat for free.

[unique harness]

is it worth downloading the game and trying it again or keep waiting?

[tame gazelle]

Currently doing On The Edge - fight off the Monolith Attack that quest in Zalyssia and after 8 months I must say im dissapointed - yes the Monolithians are not stuck behind the Bar door, but jesus christ this quest is still bugged. I have to run around and find Monolithians hiding in the most bugged out places. 8 months, and its still almost completely broken.

[cursive kettle]

meh rn im maxing yaniv since the loot of Jupiter is shi

[tame gazelle]

Takes 20-30m extra because I have to literally find them all

Should hire an Unreal Engine consultant or something for that quest

And when you try to defend your NPC allies they dont even take cover and just get blasted, yet the monoliths take cover? what

[weary hedge]

I love the feature where you headshot them and they fly over 100 feet in the air

[strong onyx]

I just wanna say, from a technical standpoint this is the most impressive game I’ve ever seen.

[strong onyx]

I’ve been noticing that too. Glad it’s getting fixed. Though part of me will miss it. Hilarious.

[weary hedge]

I lost some progress because one of them landed on me and killed me lol

[strong onyx]

Whaaaa?

That can happen? Interesting…

[weary hedge]

Yeah just flew up landed on me while I was over cumbered with no Hercules and Just set me back 10 minutes of walking

[harsh jungle]

HELICOPTER HELICOPTER

[slow crypt]

calma amigo

[kindred fable]

It's over for gsc, the money was cursed and they took it...

[shrewd needle]

Yaniv is shit too. 😏

Also, I said what I did so you can actually fast-travel. Pripyat has some good shit, TBH, though the exploration in the dense concrete jungle is a pain.

Actually, Yaniv has an extended magazine for the Vector...the tornado also has the Weird Bolt, so it's not all bad, but still.

[cursive kettle]

is the operator exo better than the cuirrass exo?

[cursive kettle]

uhh what does the weird bolt do?

[hardy totem]

Absorb some damage from anomalies till it's depleted. Emissions power it up again

[unreal basin]

Huh, the Duty exo comes with some upgrades pre installed now apparently

[shrewd needle]

I think so? IDK; I haven't used it much.

[shrewd needle]

What Tankovic said.

[shrewd needle]

Operator Exo-Skeleton = general purpose, NGL...it's basically the middle-ground.

[cursive kettle]

so i should sell the Duty cuirrass one?

[shrewd needle]

Personally, I don't sell anything; you only find a limited amount of exo-skeletons in the game, so...up to you.

But I'm also a hoarder who uses a trainer to eliminate weight limits.

[tame gazelle]

imagine that there is not a SINGLE sidequest in pripyat but 13 in the first zone

make that make sense

[shrewd needle]

It does, actually. Because Pripyat is a war-zone...there's no one there except Degtyarev's Corps.

Pripyat is also locked down, so no one's getting in/out, no one's doing quests that require going there because the Corps will shoot any tresspassers in the head.

[tame gazelle]

So why doesnt mr Deg have something for us

[shrewd needle]

Because he's too busy surviving against the Monolith's constant assaults on Enerhetyk, which shows during the time when you first get there in story.

You have to help him clear it out for him to have any breathing room to think about something else.

[tame gazelle]

even still if that lore could be applies - its a game, and sometimes u have to game it up like they done with so many other features from the OGs

[shrewd needle]

That's a different problem, but even lore-wise...the problem is Degtyarev's Corps are already stretched thin and his people keep dying too much.

So they can't do anything else.

[tame gazelle]

o k

[shrewd needle]

As I said, it takes Skif being the one-man-army he is to actually give them time to think about things.

The Monolith were close to over-running the Palace Of Culture. They'd all be dead if not for Skif.

[pale ocean]

VERY close.

[shrewd needle]

Close enough that you can accidentally kill people from the Corps and get shot at permanently.

[tame gazelle]

ill give you creds tho, thats very creative and might make sense, but they just didnt have time probably

[pale ocean]

Mmmhmm. Legitimately too close. Had to wait like 5 minutes for a good window to start crackin’ Monolith skulls.

[shrewd needle]

Yea, GSC screwed up in this case, but things can at least be explained lore-wise.

[shrewd needle]

It helps that they're basically invulnerable in that time, else Degtyarev would be dead and the story would be a game over. 😆

It's also the reason why Degtyarev gives you a free pass to travel to Pripyat.

[pale ocean]

Exactly, I would’ve had another Zalissya situation.

I messed up…

[shrewd needle]

It's the same there, though...all the major NPCs are invulnerable; if it was like the old games, the Gaffer would be dead.

[pale ocean]

Hamster and Lens are both dead.

[shrewd needle]

Wait, really?

I thought they were invulnerable during such times?

[pale ocean]

Yeah, had to kill Hamster. Didn’t even know Lens was hurt.

[shrewd needle]

Oh, you accidentally attacked them?

[pale ocean]

No, Hamster was hoarding supplies after the attack and wouldn’t help Gaffer and Warlock.

Didn’t have the money to buy off his guard.

[shrewd needle]

You can save Lens by getting the tools that the surgeon needs, BTW.

[pale ocean]

Found that out after the fact, unfortunately.

[shrewd needle]

TBH, Hamster is an a-hole, because he knows he's the only trader in the Lesser Zone.

[shrewd needle]

Insert 'Press F to pay respects.' GIF here...

[pale ocean]

Sidenote on that: there should also be someone who replaces the guide. Not having a guide that far out is a PAIN.

Either gotta go to Chemical Plant or the Cordon.

[shrewd needle]

I agree; CoP did it better where any NPC could be the guide anywhere. CS sucked in that it had the same problem as S2. Once guide dies, you're screwed.

[pale ocean]

That would be so good!

[tame gazelle]

GSC loves their inconsistencies, and there will be more of it

[pale ocean]

Eh, I honestly don’t really mind.

[shrewd needle]

IKR? Though I think in CoP, the random roving squads could only guide you to the main areas in the same map (Zaton, Yaniv or Pripyat) and not to the other maps.

Still, it was better than nothing. OTOH...this is why I use trainers. Just teleport to places or use movement speed increase to get to places.

[split tusk]

Your boots were made for walking and that’s just what they’ll do

[shrewd needle]

Novelty wore off; I'll take teleportation, thanks.

Doom 3-style. Then the Hell monsters and the Zone mutants can duke it out with each other.

See, S2 would be SO MUCH PHUCKING BETTER if Cardan and Nitro finished their Zone car in CoP and S2 had that to travel with. But GSC forgot that.

[pale ocean]

I agree wholeheartedly. Cars should be a thing in game. No matter how much of a pain it turns into. That’s part of the fun!

[river chasm]

Give me the janky ass turbo bus I have driven in some soc mods

Soars like a plane the second you graze a vortex

[vapid galleon]

Gas Mask is one of the coolest gear in Military

Gas Mask + Night Vision

🔥 🔥 🔥

[subtle spindle]

idk what are you guys on about theres a car you can buy and drive outside rostok

[shrewd needle]

Turbo...BUS?

[shrewd needle]

Doubt.

[subtle spindle]

its easily missed since its just 2 dudes offering to sell you the car in some random village

[shrewd needle]

Yea, I shot them because Bandits are universally hostile to me and besides, I know it's the Gauss Rifle joke from SoC.

[river chasm]

I distinctly remember in darkscape there was a military vehicle near where you enter from dark valley that was kinda slow, then by the gas station there was a blue bus that inexplicably went at super speed and was basically impossible to control. Lots of fun to drive

[kindred fable]

I wish I was a bus

[shrewd needle]

Isn't that a cut level, though? Part of the original content where you escape Dark Valley back to Cordon in a vehicle?

[unreal basin]

Starting to get sick of these areas where it’s scripted that you get detected

[river chasm]

Yeah I did say it's been in mods. Vanilla never had vehicles or the vehicle levels (for a good reason if you ever played any of the mods that add them)

The driving is pretty janky and those levels are mostly kinda boring

[shrewd needle]

Yea, but it'd make sense lore-wise, at least...if done well.

[slow crypt]

The implementation of vehicles was indeed planned from the beginning, and there are mods with good driving mechanics, like in Lost Alpha DC.

Simply put, like all the STALKER games, a huge amount of content was cut unnecessarily.

[cursive kettle]

uhh, im literally stuck in a building in prypriat, i used a portal and it got me on a building, im stuck between 2 floors since the stairs are blocked if i go more up or down and there's a locked door, i tried everything and searched everything but I CANT FIND A WAY TO EXIT

[unreal basin]

Load a save

[cursive kettle]

too far back

[unreal basin]

I still don’t understand why there’s so many areas in 2 where its scripted you get instantly detected by mercs that can’t even see you

[tame gazelle]

Because AI have instant aggro, thats why they fire the milisecond you peak them, its horribly coded

[unreal basin]

They don’t instant agro when I peak, I think its the bloodsucker in a cage is scripted to detect you if you get too close and it’s carrying over to the mercs in the compound

[tame gazelle]

subjectively the game is 9/10, objectively.. i dont even want to say. there are so many great areas with good scripted events, and then you get to zalyssia defence + the sphere and the cracks are really showing.

[charred prairie]

i spent a hour defending zalyssia yesterday had a lil ove 120 bodys because they just didnt stop spawning in

[unreal basin]

Ok the Bloodsucker just auto detects you if you just hide near a wall nowhere near it

[cursive kettle]

Yea that's what i hate ab it

[stuck seal]

For me, I noticed that I can never spot roaming mutants, I look down a road, nothing there, turn away, suddenly there’s a pack of boars on the road

[unreal basin]

I’’ve never seen the instant agro stuff with AI?

And I’m playing on veteran

[tame gazelle]

Surely

[stuck seal]

I think veteran only affects global damage output

[cursive kettle]

u cant, they spawn 100 meter from u when u don't look, that's a life 2.0

[unreal basin]

I think the only thing close to what you’re saying I’ve encountered is the scripted Bloodsucker encounters

[tame gazelle]

love the game, sucks to be so negative about it but there is something off about but i dont know what. its like its been made by a whole bunch of talented devs but i'm not so sure they are that experienced with Unreal Engine

[stuck seal]

Well here’s the thing, I can, sometimes, there are times where I have spotted rats, dogs, even bloodsuckers roaming around and not attacking me

But most of the time I am scanning around me and there are no sign of mutants, and suddenly I am attacked

[tame gazelle]

AI-Life events usually spawns a group of stalker + a pack of mutants so that they will instantly fight. There is very little natural roaming of mutants.

[unreal basin]

I’ve seen mutants roaming around naturally

[tame gazelle]

ok? cool, i didnt say it didnt happen

[unreal basin]

Is your game just bugged ?

[tame gazelle]

😂

[cursive kettle]

that happens when they don't see u so they roam around

[tame gazelle]

Yes, Drifty. My game has a A-Life director that doesnt work, but yours does. ok

[stuck seal]

For me, I don’t think the problem is a life, I think it’s the foliage, like, I probably can see the mutants coming if the bushes and grass weren’t so high, the mutants can see me, but I can’t see them

[cursive kettle]

A life 2.0 is such an updrade in s2

[stuck seal]

Because there are times where I hear human enemies coming for me, but don’t see them, that’s because they can see me through the foliage but I cannot see them

[cobalt marsh]

anyone find the kora extended mag yet?

[tame gazelle]

can't even quit the game because you are not allowed to SAVE in certain, heavily scripted scenarios even though its a single player game woopa

have to run back 100feet to get out of the scenario and then i can save hahaha

[unreal basin]

Hmm, sell the Cuirass exo back to Duty, yay or nay?

[stuck seal]

Can you get to yaniv station?

[unreal basin]

Yeah

But Im saving up to upgrade my SEVA-V

[stuck seal]

Sell it, go to spark bunker, get the Diamond exo

[unreal basin]

Diamond Exo got moved

[stuck seal]

Idk if they patched the box yet

Oh……….

[unreal basin]

Its in the bunker now apparently

Oh the Duty Exo already has the Segmented Protection upgrade

Selling it I guess

Kinda wish I had gotten the 5.56 upgrade fir the Decider now, almost got 3 stacks worth of 5.56 ap ammo

[shrewd needle]

Ammunition is random; you can get ammunition for anything so it doesn't matter.

[unreal basin]

I know that

I just wish I had a gun that uses 5.56

[stuck seal]

So now that 7.62x39 isn’t in the game, does the dnipro, when given the conversion kit, fire………7.62x54???

[unreal basin]

That I didn’t need to waste coupons on upgrading

[stuck seal]

I think the ar416 has cheap upgrades

[shrewd needle]

Just carry one when you get to your personal box later.

[shrewd needle]

Carmel (Kharod) has more damage. Hell, even the G36 has more damage.

[unreal basin]

I forgot I have all the base game 416 uniques in my stash

Wait when did I pick up a G36?

[shrewd needle]

Yes, apparently the Malyuk is now inaccurate to reality by firing 7.62 X 54...which is ridiculous already.

[shrewd needle]

I'm just saying, IDK what you picked or not.

But you CAN pick up a G36 and upgrade it and it has a lot more damage than the 416.

[pale ocean]

Yes, can confirm.

Also the G36 is the GP37 in game.

[unreal basin]

I should really go through my stash at some point and see what else I forgot I had in it

[shrewd needle]

Yea, but real names better. I hate fake names...make no sense.

[pale ocean]

Yeah, I get why they did it though.

[shrewd needle]

Eh...no one's coming after them for copyright claims... 😔

[oak junco]

You'd be surprised lol

[pale ocean]

You’d think, right?

[unreal basin]

If the G36 isn’t too expensive to upgrade I guess I’ll grab it out if the stash

[shrewd needle]

Gun companies? Really?

[pale ocean]

Yeah.

[oak junco]

Yes

[pale ocean]

I dunno with H&K.

[oak junco]

You're using their IP without permission same reason rockstar doesnt use anything real you need to pay to use others work

[unreal basin]

Wait the Cracker can take a Acog?

[shrewd needle]

Well, Rockstar's cars and guns are starting to look more and more like their real counterparts.

[oak junco]

Naming though

[shrewd needle]

Yes.

[unreal basin]

Kinda want to keep the G36’s default sight but I want to use my Acog on it

[pale ocean]

Yeah, more so that they don’t have to pay licensing fees.

[stuck seal]

Reminds me of how you can put a susat (I think that’s what it’s called?) on the automatic shotgun in the trilogy and snipe people, even mowing down chimeras in a few bursts at range

[shrewd needle]

ACOG is higher zoom, default is lower, holographic is lowest.

[shrewd needle]

Common rail systems.

[unreal basin]

Hmm, Breath holding or Aiming accuracy for the G36?

[stuck seal]

I don’t hold my breath for assault rifles so I prefer accuracy

[shrewd needle]

Depends on whether you hold your breath more or prefer better accuracy.

It's all use-case dependent. OTOH, all the dual upgrades could've been merged into one.

[pale ocean]

Be sure to vary your loadout too. Having a close range and then a mid to long range, plus sidearm is what I found to work most often.

[unreal basin]

Welp, went from 157k coupons to 115k after upgrading the G36

[shrewd needle]

Pistol + shotgun + rifle.

[pale ocean]

Yuuuup.

[unreal basin]

I always carry a Shotgun

[shrewd needle]

Sniper too, but for edge cases. Rifles don't have the range a lot of times.

[unreal basin]

Got two backup Pistols loaded with AP ammo each

[pale ocean]

Saiga or Ram-2?

[shrewd needle]

Lower difficulty to Rookie and then upgrade.

[stuck seal]

I went from 500k to 50k after a very unwise upgrade spree one time

Well no it was 400k

[pale ocean]

Sniping would be viable if the stealth system wasn’t literal garbage.

[unreal basin]

Predator right now, running budget gear and only using the expensive stuff for main story stuff

[pale ocean]

Which one is that? I can’t remember.

[shrewd needle]

Sniping is viable...it beats enemies ventilating you via automatic fire from close range.

[unreal basin]

Unique Cracker, cant have a mag fed upgrade

[shrewd needle]

Remington 870.

[unreal basin]

But its more accurate

[shrewd needle]

Trapper's.

[pale ocean]

Wait, I thought that was a Bennelli M4?

[stuck seal]

My only issue with stealth is that only structures seem to help when sneaking or flanking enemies, if you’re in bushes or trees they will see you and even track you through terrain like hills

[shrewd needle]

M4 is semi-automatic. Though like the SPAS-12, it can do pump-action and semi-automatic both in reality.

But no Benellis in-game.

[pale ocean]

Don’t forget that taking one out alerts EVERYONE.

[stuck seal]

I mean that kinda makes sense, someone falling on the ground dead does make a lot of noise

[unreal basin]

Weapon upgrades are cheaper on lower difficulties…. I could have saved so many coupons….

[shrewd needle]

Now you know.

[pale ocean]

Not if you have a silenced pistol and it’s raining.

[stuck seal]

However I don’t think they instantly know where you are, I’ve sniped people and their buddies just start searching around the body

[pale ocean]

I have seen that when I was running the 701.

[stuck seal]

At launch I sniped a bandit at the garbage train depot without a suppressor and the rest were not alerted

[unreal basin]

Welp, now that I’m done with Cooling Towers exploration for now, gonna do some mutant hunting jobs

[pale ocean]

Okay, I’m honestly not sure how much that counts.

[unreal basin]

Need more Flesh eyes for the eggheads at Malachite

Question, do y’all know where I can find 4 Hornheads? Malachite’s got a job offering 122k coupons for their parts

[pale ocean]

Hornheads?

[unreal basin]

Deer mutants

[pale ocean]

Oh, no actually. Those are RARE.

At least for me. Only ever encountered one.

[stuck seal]

You can farm them in burnt forest

[unreal basin]

I’m convinced they only spawn during scripted sequences at this point

[stuck seal]

Helicopter base

[unreal basin]

How often?

[stuck seal]

One always spawns in the anomalous flowers

[pale ocean]

The poppy field?

[stuck seal]

Literally if you kill it, go 200 meters away from the base, and come back, another will be there

It’s a constant spawn and it’s very annoying when I have to go PAST there during my artifact runs

[unreal basin]

Huh

[stuck seal]

I have to run away from it every time because I don’t want to waste ammo

[unreal basin]

Where’s Anomalous Flowers?

[stuck seal]

Oh that’s not a place I just call it that because I don’t know how to call it

It’s the Helicopter Base at Burnt Forest

[unreal basin]

Oh

[stuck seal]

South East of Duga

[unreal basin]

I’ve been there before, I just thought the Hornhead there was a scripted one time thing

[stuck seal]

It spawns in a specific spot at the Helo base, where there’s bright flowers and such, looks like an anomaly, but there’s no artifacts

[uneven barn]

yes, gun copyright became a real issue in the recent years

[stuck seal]

I explored almost the whole zone the moment I could leave Zalissya, so I haven’t done any of the scripted campaign events

[unreal basin]

I just realized now that I have all the fully upgraded G36, I’m fully rocking the Merc look ingame now

[stuck seal]

And the elk respawns there every time I pass by the area

[pale ocean]

Thinking about going on a crusade to off Shah, Varan, and Sultan…

Any other scum I should target?

[stuck seal]

I think if you go after sultan you also have to go after beard

[unreal basin]

How many missions is it usually before you get the mission giver to green reputation?

[uneven barn]

hk will sue you if you mp5 without they permission

[pale ocean]

No, Beard will run SKADOVSK.

I don’t care what Sultan says. It’s Beard’s place.

[shrewd needle]

That sucks. 😔

[uneven barn]

you need to change both the name and the model to be able to use it

[stuck seal]

I think the mission is to take out both

Whoops does that count as spoilers?

[pale ocean]

Really? No way to save Beard?

[unreal basin]

I let both Sultan and Beard live

[pale ocean]

I hate Sonya.

[stuck seal]

You have two choices, eliminate beard and sultan, or fight sonya

[unreal basin]

If Sultan dies, some worse bandit leader might rise up

[uneven barn]

HK is the worst gun company when it comes copyright

[stuck seal]

Sultan at least respects beard and the loners, mostly…..

[pale ocean]

Sultan doesn’t respect anyone.

Only Sultan. And even then I question it sometimes.

[stuck seal]

True, respect isn’t the right word, but he reasoned with beard and the two maintained an odd coexistence

[pale ocean]

He kicked Beard out of his own place.

[stuck seal]

Yep, was about to say that, coexisted on the skadovsk until stalker 2 where the bandits took over

[pale ocean]

And then had the BALLS to rename the place after himself.

[unreal basin]

Kinda hope theres a mod that’ll rename the Skadavosk back to its proper name if Beards alive when the quest ends

[pale ocean]

And have him back behind that bar, where he should be.

[stuck seal]

I wonder why his beard isn’t as thick in stalker 2 maybe he’s just getting old

[unreal basin]

That’s where he ends up if hes alive when the quest ends…

[pale ocean]

Pretty sure I actually missed that quest. Went to fair into the main.

[pale ocean]

Honestly, it’s probably that and the stress of having to watch your back constantly.

[unreal basin]

Huh, just ran into a bunch of what I’m assuming is Monolith near the zombie mercs Harpy wanted me to kill

[pale ocean]

Well…guess you gotta get rid of them too huh?

[unreal basin]

Tbh, they committed self kill, walked into a rad spot that essentially instakills you while trying to flank me, got 3 SVDs to sell now

[wary goblet]

Monoliths are lovely

[unreal basin]

Though I’m wondering why they’re even here? I’m not far enough into the main story for them to show up

[wary goblet]

#👥┃faction-choice

[pale ocean]

Yeeaaaaah! Jank for the win!

[pale ocean]

Oh well…that’s strange.

[unreal basin]

There was a fourth one but it was too far in the irradiated spot to grab

[pale ocean]

Maybe Degterev (is that spelled correctly?) isn’t doing such a good job keeping them in Prypiat as we all thought.

[tame gazelle]

ballsy posting an A-Life breakdown in media

[pale ocean]

?

[tame gazelle]

play the game and you'll see

[pale ocean]

Referring to the out of place Monolith?

[pale ocean]

What am I missing?

[tame gazelle]

A-Life

[pale ocean]

Yeah, it’s buggy. Your point?

[stuck seal]

Monolith patrols do spawn in certain areas regardless of campaign progress some friendly, some hostile

[tame gazelle]

That it sucks? maybe

[pale ocean]

m8 give it time.

[tame gazelle]

getting better, but we're not halfway

[stuck seal]

Cooling Towers has 2 POIs where hostile monolith spawn, lesser zone and chemical plant both also have monolith patrols who were friendly to me

[tame gazelle]

uhm of course.. i cant do anythign about it so isnt that a given

[pale ocean]

Do they spawn in the Red Fortress?

[stuck seal]

I haven’t been there yet

Im assuming that’s west of cooling towers?

[pale ocean]

Neither have I!

[pale ocean]

It’s in Cooling towers

[stuck seal]

Yeah I’ve passed by there and see it all the time

[pale ocean]

The big boi building with the crane.

[stuck seal]

Never went in though

[tame gazelle]

🍭 ☀️ 🧒

[stuck seal]

I’m literally gonna go to red fortress right now actually, on my way as I’m typing this

[pale ocean]

That place is huge. If they do spawn there my guess is that it’s a hub of some sort. Every time I get near it I hear the chanting.

That…d*mn..chanting.

[stuck seal]

Probably a hub for hostile ones, considering I’ve only seen hostile monolith at cooling towers

[unreal basin]

Right, theres a small area below Duga that’s accessible before Sircca from what I remember right?

[pale ocean]

Not sure what you’re referring to but I haven’t heard anything about that.

Every time I try to get close to the Duga there’s a kill barrier.

[unreal basin]

I just remember a school full of Zombies and a side mission involving a guy that plays guitar

[pale ocean]

At least pre-quest.

[pale ocean]

I’m genuinely curious now, I haven’t seen…anything on that.

[unreal basin]

Planning on checking it out after getting the HornHead parts I need

[shrewd needle]

OK, so what is the point of the Clusterfuck, again?

The ammunition is still assault-rifle rather than sniper, so it's just...a gimmick?

[unreal basin]

Its the only Sniper scoped 416

[shrewd needle]

Yea, I know that, but the range is still shit.

[stuck seal]

Soooo I think the place is inaccessible until a story mission? I can’t find an entrance

No hostiles around, did find a lovely artefact though

[pale ocean]

Then it’s…not accessible at all? Don’t think it’s part of the main story…at all.

Maybe the Limansk DLC will involve the CNPP and the Red Fortress…

It would make sense. To me, anyway. It was a serious Monolith stronghold once upon a time…

[shrewd needle]

Yea, I kept dying too and had to become invulnerable to get through. IDK why developers do this kind of shit.

[stuck seal]

Probably because the military heavily guards duga? So they would have constant guards to make sure no one gets in?

[pale ocean]

But there isn’t anyone there.

[shrewd needle]

No one's talking about that; we're talking about the instant death you get at a certain point.

Like the fake radiation everywhere.

[pale ocean]

GOD I hate that.

[stuck seal]

It’s the same reason I got instakilled when I tried to exit one of the gates to the outside world

For gameplay reasons the game doesn’t want me to leave the zone, and for story reasons the military doesn’t want me to leave the zone

[pale ocean]

It’s what’s keeping me from seeing the CNPP up close.

[shrewd needle]

Use a trainer for that. Easy.

Except CNPP is just for show...everything is just...empty.

[pale ocean]

I tried to get back through the Fault too.

[pale ocean]

I’m on console…

[shrewd needle]

Oh...

[pale ocean]

CONSOLE SCRUB! RIGHT HERE! 😂

To tell you the truth…Anomaly is what got me into this franchise to begin with. Until I killed my PC…

[shrewd needle]

I mean...not to judge, but totally your fault for not getting a PC.

[shrewd needle]

Noice! I never played any modifications, only vanilla with Reclamation Projects.

[pale ocean]

It’s free though. On ModDB. It’s standalone too.

You don’t need a launcher either. It comes with one.

It made me buy the whole franchise…TWICE! On Steam AND Xbox.

It’s been…a hot minute since I’ve been THIS invested in a given universe. It’s glorious.

[oak junco]

depends tbh

sometimes it can not wise financially to build an entire setup

[stuck seal]

Would be interesting if they adapted a mechanic from CoP, where you could find loners in the wild and ask them to take you somewhere for a fee. In CoP of course the game was divided into different levels, but in stalker 2 I guess they can take you to a POI or a base within the region you’re currently in for a fee.

Though I don’t run into loners that much anyway

[shrewd needle]

I know; I've just not been interested much in it.

[shrewd needle]

Eh...I game on a low-end office PC.

[pale ocean]

I was running an i5-4460 on an old ASRock.

Until I…didn’t read the headers before plugging something into the motherboard and…yeah.

[stuck seal]

I say as I see a loner squad going into the cnpp

Somehow they are not affected by the radiation

[shrewd needle]

My condolences.

[pale ocean]

Thank you. Needed to be replaced anyway I just don’t have the funds right now. Power supply and GPU are fine though.

[shrewd needle]

Fair. I've been running an i3-7100 since forever, later replaced in November 2021 with an i5-11400. Only now did I get a dGPU, which is an Intel Arc A750 (and why I can play STALKER 2).

5-10 FPS gaming FTW over buying a gaming PC or a console.

[pale ocean]

Why an Intel Arc? Are they that much cheaper than a new-old stock GTX?

[shrewd needle]

Got for free. Can't beat the price of free. Else I'd NEVER buy a dGPU.

[oak junco]

ive got my eyes on intel gpus in the future ngl

[shrewd needle]

They've got some real shit drivers.

[oak junco]

i hope they fix that over the next few years

im prob gonna have my gpu for atleast a few more years

[shrewd needle]

Intel? Fix that?

[pale ocean]

But will they though?

[oak junco]

if they wish to compete

[shrewd needle]

Insert 'Jameson laugh GIF' here.

[shrewd needle]

They're already struggling...AMD and NVIDIA will eat them for breakfast.

[oak junco]

people used to shit on AMD for bad drivers and overall mid quality

[shrewd needle]

Will they what?

[pale ocean]

They already have.

[shrewd needle]

Yea, well...Intel went to shit ever since 2021.

[pale ocean]

Oh, I meant fix the drivers. My bad.

[shrewd needle]

That's the million-USD question and considering they fired around 10,000 people...and are willing to fire more, I doubt.

[oak junco]

idk im just pro competition cuz its best for us to have just more then just team red or green to pick from

esp with nvidia moving toward ai and not really caring for gaming anymore

[shrewd needle]

Problem is regardless of competition...everyone does a shit job, which is the problem.

[oak junco]

fr sadly

[pale ocean]

Not that I’m anti-competition. They’ve just never really been known for GPUs.

[shrewd needle]

Meaning we don't need competition, we need people getting out of FOMO and not depending on them. Just make do without.

Which is not happening, meaning they know they can sell any crap they make, meaning the quality remains down.

[pale ocean]

It’s the complacency. They’re all getting lazy.

[shrewd needle]

They have done dGPUs before and have been doing iGPUs since forever.

[shrewd needle]

Yes, but only because people buy their shit.

If everyone stepped up and told NVIDIA that 'we won't buy your dGPUs till you drop the prices down to below $100'...they'd drop.

But people are WILLING to pay the prices. Can't blame the companies for taking advantage.

[pale ocean]

Yuuuup. Gotta vote with your wallet.

[shrewd needle]

Voting is the problem. 😏

Use the government to enforce price limits. Because those who can afford will always vote wrong.

[pale ocean]

I wish more people understood that.

[woven gust]

any news about co op support?

[shrewd needle]

No. And you don't have to make it so loud.

[pale ocean]

That’s probably not for a good bit.

[oak junco]

there will never be co-op lol

[shrewd needle]

Like I said...FOMO. They think they'll die if they don't consume the latest product.

[hoary crest]

Yeah, didnt think co-op was ever gonna happen

[oak junco]

devs have said coop goes against the whole vision and point of stalker

[hoary crest]

Checks out

[pale ocean]

Did hear about multiplayer though…

[oak junco]

MP is coming but its just like team death match etc

[pale ocean]

Arena mode? Maybe?

[hoary crest]

Yeah, but its probably gonna be deathmatch/TDM style MP, not anything particularly interesting

[oak junco]

itll be like trilogy MP

[pale ocean]

That would honestly be sick.

[oak junco]

i want a faction war mode..

[pale ocean]

And have it take place at the arena in Rostok.

[pale ocean]

Anomaly has that.

[hoary crest]

Yeah.. faction wars and or DayZ style open world multiplayer would be the two things i'd ask for, but alas

[oak junco]

anomaly mid though

plus global war exists and is better

[pale ocean]

Eh, kinda. Yeah.

[dusky sonnet]

anyone else unable to launch the game? Maybe its due to changing to an AMD gpu but the game keeps crashing on launch, after trying to reinstall, verifying files etc nothing works

[pale ocean]

I’d check drivers too.

[dusky sonnet]

LowLevelFatalError [File:D:\STALKER2\s2editor\Engine\Source\Runtime\CoreUObject\Private\Serialization\AsyncLoading2.cpp] [Line: 1660] ObjectSerializationError: /Game/UETools/Blueprints/BP_StalkerGameInstance (0x5C693617EE8598FD) /Game/UETools/Blueprints/BP_StalkerGameInstance (0x5C693617EE8598FD) - BP_StalkerGameInstance_C /Game/UETools/Blueprints/BP_StalkerGameInstance.Default__BP_StalkerGameInstance_C: Bad name index -46/94.

Stalker2_Win64_Shipping
Stalker2_Win64_Shipping
Stalker2_Win64_Shipping
Stalker2_Win64_Shipping
Stalker2_Win64_Shipping
Stalker2_Win64_Shipping
Stalker2_Win64_Shipping
Stalker2_Win64_Shipping
Stalker2_Win64_Shipping
Stalker2_Win64_Shipping
Stalker2_Win64_Shipping
Stalker2_Win64_Shipping
Stalker2_Win64_Shipping
Stalker2_Win64_Shipping
Stalker2_Win64_Shipping
Stalker2_Win64_Shipping
Stalker2_Win64_Shipping
kernel32
ntdll

this is the error. my drivers are the latest

[pale ocean]

We might need a guru for this.

Have you tried restarting your rig? Legitimate question.