☢┃stalker-general

[honest ferry]

scared of what

monolith in this game are actual teddy bears

[scenic ice]

How tf do you turn mods off while also keeping them in the subscribed list, I don’t want to have to hunt them all down again when I’m done achievement hunting

[marble solstice]

With better ballistics they're brutal

Every single one of them has the health of exo stalkers and they do insane damage cuz of how strong their guns are lmao

[honest ferry]

The shining zone is indeed real

[smoky hawk]

which platform are you playing on?

[scenic ice]

I’m on Xbox, I have them all disabled now but I liked them so it’ll be a hunt but less of one ig

[spare canopy]

I have not been to pripyat yet in 1.5, and find nothing special about the AI in 1.5 at all.

It's still a spawn simulator, and things still spawn in front of you, and it will still spawn a dozen things at the same time.

It's not a life at all, it's still basic and it is not a-life.

[spare canopy]

You been licking crack again?

[honest ferry]

No i have been exposed to the truth

[still current]

The only shining thing in the zone is korshunov's sweaty bald head under the sun

[honest ferry]

how does he even end up crippled and having to use the exo

never payed attention

[still current]

I think he was electrocuted by some device richter threw at him

Not sure what was it, but that should be what happened

[spare canopy]

Exposed to something alright 😄

[still current]

Literally zombified stalker take

The shining zone dream is worst than zombification

[spare canopy]

Yup... It's like the modern world, all an illusion covering a corrupt an sadistic core.

[still current]

Shining zone is literally the death of every single stalker in the zome

[spare canopy]

Excellent. No more story then 😄

[still current]

We literally see the whole thing from spark perspective, and the flickering scene showing reality is itself alarming

[spare canopy]

they cant ruin it even more, hallelujah!

[still current]

Every single stalker in the zone got his brain fried

Under scar's mercy

[spare canopy]

I actually don;t like any of the endings, I completed it once, did the Strelok ending but that I was. I felt robbed.

When I watched the other endings, I though nah, the story is bad and the endings are even worse.

[still current]

Heck, it's not even immortality, it's just what he sees if you ask me

[spare canopy]

everlasting lies and illusion

[still current]

Ward ending could've been great if it was just korshunov

Agatha and the higher plans were a fucking twist

[honest crow]

someone Redpill me on Stalkersoup mods, ive heard people reccomend trying op2.2 or NLR in the past, anyone have any two cents for them

[still current]

The whole thing is way too sus

Tho, korshunov appeared to be a good man

Sadly

[spare canopy]

IT was blatantly obvious that she was a sinister entity. It's why the moved Duty out the way, although they had the same goal, Duty wanted it all gone, Ward wanted to fleece what they could for their own benefit and advantage... That wouldn't sit well with Duty at all.

[spare canopy]

He just wanted revenge on the zone for it did to his men in the past.

[still current]

It's not even ward yk

The Ward had nothing to do with anything at the end

It's all Agatha

And her guys which is a mistery now

[spare canopy]

Yes, Ward were Mercenaries... As soon as I saw Agatha, I thought she was Evil, plans within plans.

[still current]

I mean, at the end, ward was literally stone pilled and nothing but a pawn driven into some sort of militaristic ideology in the illusion of superiority and justice

[spare canopy]

Yup

[still current]

As much as I hate to admit it, the merc background has no relevance

They were really believing in what they are doing

It's not that they are paid to do it

[honest crow]

ment to say NLC 7

[still current]

Sorta fantic

From what we saw, Agatha has access to something oddly identical to x tech

A master manipulator

Something close to Faust

Wouldn't be surprised if she brainwashed most of the ward into believing in her agenda

[strong onyx]

Manipulate deez-

[thin apex]

I'm at nerd centre rn

[still current]

And from what I remember, she even had benefactors

[strong onyx]

What’s that?

[thin apex]

this elevator takes forever you think they would invent a faster one

[spare canopy]

Because of Korshunov was doing what he was doing, after what happened when the army went into the zone and slaughtered. So it could be agued that Agatha and those behind the scenes used what happened to him, to get him on board with what they wanted. They didn;t have to tell him everything, just give him enough to get him to believe what he was doing ws for the best and let his natural charisma do the rest.

[thin apex]

sircaa

[strong onyx]

Maybe cause your fatass is on it?

[thin apex]

its slow on the way down too

[cyan mulch]

I swear that elevator is taking you to the heavens

[strong onyx]

Oh. Well I dunno then.

[still current]

Even though we are in spoiler chat

[spare canopy]

For sure, that was blatantly obvious.

[thin apex]

dalin is a D1 glazer bro acts like he cares about me

[strong onyx]

That’s a big nut.

[cyan mulch]

NOT DEEZ

[thin apex]

bouta get the gambit so I finally have a 9mm pistol

[still current]

Hella korshunov had pure charisma. He didn't need x tech or induced illusions to do things

[spare canopy]

Oooo my thermal pads havve arrived. Time to put the old HD6950 back together and working again 😄

[spare canopy]

Ever man in his out fit, stood to attention 24/7... even when eating... A perma rock on.

[still current]

I'm in burner anomaly rn quite literally cooking slowly in this weird ass temperature

[strong onyx]

It wants to sleep.

[spare canopy]

Got the spuds on?

[strong onyx]

My thermal pads are still in China 😒

[spare canopy]

nah, it's got some retro gaming to do 😄

[spare canopy]

I got min from overclockers

[still current]

heat is coming from the ground

[strong onyx]

AliExpress, it was way cheaper.

[spare canopy]

best way to jackets 😄

[spare canopy]

Nah, ali-con-press and that ilk... no thanks... I would rather not give money to China if I can help it

[still current]

Got a coffe like two hours ago and it's still warm lmao

It could've boiled out if I left it 2mins in the sun

[spare canopy]

Right I aoff to put this GPU back together again... have fun, don't let the bloodsuckers bite

[strong onyx]

I got an entire set of Thermalright Oddyessy for like $25 so I can’t complain.

[spare canopy]

niiice. speak later 🙂

[strong onyx]

Smell ya later!

[thin apex]

this burer stole my pistol and levitated it away and I can't find it

he also thru it down a flight of stairs

[charred nova]

When they gonna make another thermaltake orb cooler

[strong onyx]

Probably never tbh.

[charred nova]

It uses the leds reflecting across the fan blades as it spins

To make the leds spell out text

[strong onyx]

Yeah I’m familiar with them, they’re pretty neat. It’s mostly about the Phantom Spirit and stuff now.

[charred nova]

So much old pc stuff just doesn’t exist anymore and it’s a massive shame tbh

Like uv

They use to make uv reactive motherboards

Which was so fucken cool bro

[strong onyx]

That’s what you play stalker on, right?

[charred nova]

Is that not insanely cool

[strong onyx]

Legos.

[charred nova]

Orange and yellow are the only vibrant uv colors

Why they are used

Oh also green

Some of them are green

[strong onyx]

Sure don’t make em like that anymore 😦

[charred nova]

They were all made by one brand dfi

Dfi fired the people involved with the lanparty brand

And it was dead once that happened

[obtuse veldt]

Why are we talking about mobos on a stalker channel?

[charred nova]

Why not

[obtuse veldt]

[charred nova]

I’m telling you

If asus made a uv motherboard

I’d buy that shit instantly

Or anyone

Idc who made it

[strong onyx]

Biostar.

[charred nova]

Biostar just makes mid boards

Nothing really wrong with them

[thin apex]

time for one of the most annoying fights in the game with the wish granter

da weeeesh granter

skif is now going schizo

isn't the wish granter sequence just a compilation of the types of endings in SOC

[strong onyx]

My nuts can grant you one wish.

[thin apex]

among other things

[strong onyx]

Mostly a regional brand now I believe. At least they were for a while…not sure if that’s still true.

They stopped doing a lot of business in the west at least.

[thin apex]

hm i only got to do 2 wishes this time and then I cut it short accidentally and went "nuhuh stop it" before Investigating more wishes

[thin apex]

it was way easier this time

I hate that my schizo fight wasted my real life medkits and ammo

strider is now a meanie again

[sage dew]

Guys I have a question about sun and moon. I have noticed since the very start that I dont see sun or moon, only in reflections (puddles windows etc) Since it is always atleast a little bit cloudy I have ignored it most of the time, but then there was the FAUST cutscene ( end of the bossfight ) and there was a momment when a blue star was falling, only I only saw reflection of it in the water below. is this normal? Because now it looks like a hellova bug. Do you guys see moon and sun ? did you see the star in the cutscene? Becuase I didnt

[stark crescent]

I see the moon often enough at night. The sun. Not really honestly. I think there is no real sun. Only a point for light reflections.

[sage dew]

and the star?

[spare canopy]

I ist back, and using my HD6950.... It's idle temp has gone down from 65, before the new pasting, to 40-45 idle temps.

I think that is an improvement 🙂

[sage dew]

I dont see the moon ever. When I see it in the puddle I look up, the spot where it should be - it is lighting the cluds etc. but no moon ... I think something is wrong

[strong onyx]

Seems to be. Nice job! Hoping to get my hotspot temps down on my 7900xtx once I repaste.

[charred nova]

All the best brands are Asia only

Like galax

[spare canopy]

Oooooo that is interesting

[charred nova]

[charred nova]

Insanely rare to find now

It’s from 2006

[spare canopy]

Got my fingers crossed for you. When is your paste due to arrive?

[strong onyx]

It already has. Just waiting for the pads to show up.

It’s just sitting in the fridge.

[spare canopy]

I bet, I would love that in my retro machine.

Currently got a Phenom 2 965 and a 955 x4 BE AMD's, and a core 2 duo, sitting around.

I know they are old, but I am think I will let them age like fine wine, and when they are the last few working motherboards and chips... in 30 years or so, they might be worth more than 50p

[charred nova]

It’s a little small for something like that

[charred nova]

Should have invested in 3dfx cards you’d be rich

[spare canopy]

I did have a couple back in teh day, I cant remeber what happened to them though

I had a voodoo 3 and nVidia, before they took over 3DFX.

[charred nova]

V5 5500 goes for 500 or more now on eBay

In box nearly 1000

[spare canopy]

feck me

[charred nova]

Quantum 3d cards are nearly reaching the 3k dollar mark

[spare canopy]

😮

[charred nova]

I have one actually

I got it from a desperate man who needed money in a pinch

[spare canopy]

MyGPU temps are upto 51 idle, I think that is becuse modern OS's are a little more demanding these days

[charred nova]

His lose was my massive gain

[spare canopy]

No complaints then

[charred nova]

It’s even got the daughter board from the Russian guy Anthony

So it can do both 2d and 3d

With out the need of a secondary 2d card

[honest ferry]

I am no longer monolith simp

[thin apex]

that's not an unreasonable number

[charred nova]

Anthony is genuinely some kinda tech wizard

He does literally does impossible tasks just for fun

Bros like yah I’ll reverse engineer a 1 of 23 prototype

Just because

[spare canopy]

I hate people with smarts like that... Make an ugly green monster appear 😄

[charred nova]

Ever heard of the power vr neon?

[spare canopy]

well the card is 15 years old 😄

so I could play fallout 3 on it and it should be fine 😄

the OG Stalker Series.

MAME, and some other things, be a retro machine.... Should I put XP or win 7 one? hmmmm

[devout lance]

Y’all be rocking with or without laser designators on ur weapons

[spare canopy]

Nope not all. What is it?

[charred nova]

It was the pc version of the gpu in the Dreamcast but slightly more powerful

Long story short it’s so rare basically no photos even exist of it

But Anthony made his own

And you could buy them

He made brand new power vr neons

[spare canopy]

FFS!! I wish was able to do things like that... I would set up a business just making and selling cool shit

I am now looking into to turn a CD into an ISO, I got a legal copy of win7 on CD, want to put on onto an ISO.

I know, but it is a retro-machine for retro games, not none of this emulator stuff.

[charred nova]

Just use any number of disk ripper software

[charred nova]

All optical drive emulators are ass

The only good one

[spare canopy]

any recommendations, so I can wasting my time on shyte stuff

[charred nova]

Never materialized

The guy took tons of orders

Then vanished into thin air

[spare canopy]

FFS

[charred nova]

Which was extremely weird

Because he made a bunch of other products

All of which worked great

[spare canopy]

Is he still around or has like gone silent for good?

[charred nova]

He last posted on Twitter in 2023

It’s Been radio silence ever since

And he’s website is now just this

https://3do.dev/

[spare canopy]

yeah, dodgy as F

shame though, that would be massive IMO.

[charred nova]

Would have been only solution to support cd audio

And there are photos of it

The thing existed

It even worked

But no one ever received it

[spare canopy]

😦

I am gonna have a legit Windows 7 USB ISO soon, made from my copy of windows 7 pro 😄

as long as no errors

[obtuse veldt]

We need now a machine gun running in 5.56x45 ammo

(I know gp37 has c drum but I mean something else too)

[stark crescent]

Minimi

Gustamen g224

Stalker universe. What is the state of the soviet union in the stalker timeline?

[shell flax]

Collapsed like real life

[stark crescent]

Ok. So life just goes on. Then it diverses from our time realistically at the creation of the zone in 2006

Artifacts unpredictably influence global events.

So weapons created before 2006 you can for sure say, okey, they are invented like in our timeline up to that point. Beyond 2006 you cant be sure what was made. Like how the gauss gun uses an artifact to power itself

Imagine a thermal artifact to be used in a weapon to heat up bullets.

[spare canopy]

I would like to see the artifacts, also do what their description says what they are romoured to do... Then they do something completely different.

[stark crescent]

You can see the artifacts

You can hold them in your hand and preview them

[shell flax]

Nah I think he means like, Glare making Skif unable to sleep for good like the flavor text says

[stark crescent]

Ahh

[shell flax]

Skipjack just starts making Skif cough from the sheer ammonia stink

[stark crescent]

Mid suavemente

[dusky sequoia]

Finished spark ending, second best ending imo

[shell flax]

Future idea: Unique suits like the ones we had in the trilogy

[shell flax]

IPSF or Corps Bulat with proper Psi Protection

[worn drum]

just a heads up gsc pushed out some updates on the console end for mods.

[glacial flame]

How hard is it to go back to the laundromat?!

I saw sokolov wandering about after he said he was going back.

Vano? Who knows

I better not find a body

[worn drum]

go take a look.

[shell flax]

Understood, killing all NPCs effective immediately

[glacial flame]

Save me the heartache

Strider went awol as soon as we got to Pripyat

[solemn ibex]

does the game still feel empty?

[kindred blade]

Hello!

I know you simpletons miss me

[still current]

It's way way better

Still not what I'd love to see, but we are getting there, I hope.

[sturdy jacinth]

It does, max rad, chem and durability

It’s a beast

[still current]

Knowing my luck, ig it's the reason I haven't found it in my current playthrough

[sturdy jacinth]

I founded it on wild island :p

[still current]

I literally hunted for it for many hours

[fiery iris]

ive found liquid rock in the same place in my playthroughd

[still current]

With no avail

[fiery iris]

the chem zone near where you can get the unique mp5

[obtuse veldt]

Liquid Rocks for me are kinda common

a MUST have artifact

extra durability and max protection aint no joke

[sturdy jacinth]

Like in the cave where you start getting a beeping from above and have to run around the coast to find it

And it’s filled with acid?

[sturdy jacinth]

The only problem is I have nothing to use the radiation on yet

I have like 4 fly traps and nothing else

[fiery iris]

its near one of the budmo stashes

[obtuse veldt]

The durability is what it sells me, its... too good to let it pass, your weapons wont break that easy

[sturdy jacinth]

I’ll find it for you then trade it to you at rostok

[fiery iris]

yea the durability is insanely good

especially if u run a exo suit

[still current]

I'm a veteran stalker, I'd have to relinquish my title of I am to accept such offer.

[fiery iris]

ill give you 1500 for the liquid rock

[sturdy jacinth]

No one has to know, especially not sidorovich.

All I ask is for 3 blood sucker tentacles and no questions asked

[obtuse veldt]

The artifact screams:

"You gotta be stupid if you dont equip me"

[fiery iris]

i got more than 3 for you

[still current]

At least 7ppl know

[obtuse veldt]

Its an S tier artifact along with the Weird Water

[still current]

You said it in a megaphone

[sturdy jacinth]

NOOOOOOOO

[still current]

https://tenor.com/view/thor-love-and-thunder-mjolnir-thor-thor-hammer-the-mighty-thor-gif-25431540

Also

Bloodsucker mentioned

[sturdy jacinth]

It’s allowed!! just snorks are off limits

It’s in my blood, I’m freedom after all

[fiery iris]

someone give me a loadout to run

[still current]

Is it

[sturdy jacinth]

23 energy drinks and a 1911

[sturdy jacinth]

Yesssssssssssssssss

[obtuse veldt]

Freedom???

I saw that damn

[still current]

You sure ? I mean senior mods decided on that rule hehe.

[sturdy jacinth]

I coulda been a mod but I was deemed to unstable

By the masses

[obtuse veldt]

Well of course!

You are mistaking Monolith for Freedom

[still current]

Define unstable

Without mentioning mutants

[sturdy jacinth]

Basically, like a scanner with no artifact in it

[fiery iris]

no armor?

[sturdy jacinth]

Bandit suit

[sturdy jacinth]

(I’m just trying to be lore accurate)

[obtuse veldt]

lore accurate

Not even a Freedomer would get that high to mistake Monolith for Freedom

[sturdy jacinth]

No for the bloodsucker trade silly

Freedomers are FREAKS

[obtuse veldt]

The myths are fake!

[sturdy jacinth]

Nu uh

[obtuse veldt]

We got women unlike DOOTY

They probably be like

Bros before hoes!

[sturdy jacinth]

You are too blind to see the truth brother

The wishgranter will show you

[obtuse veldt]

Ya need to stop sniffing crack straight out of the reactor, its bad for your health

[sturdy jacinth]

But it makes the psi emissions go away 😔

[obtuse veldt]

yeah, by fully taking away your free will >:V

ya need to smoke this to clean your brain

[sturdy jacinth]

Free wills overrated, being told with to think is so girl pop

Mhmmm not having to think

[strong onyx]

Marjiana leaf.

[obtuse veldt]

nonono, its the miraculous herb

[meager crag]

Herb

[slim prism]

https://www.silverknightpcs.com/shop/S-T-A-L-K-E-R-2-Heart-of-Chornobyl-Gaming-PC-Bundle-w-Keyboard-Mouse-and-Controller-Stalker-p769802134

[solemn ibex]

side quests added?

[strong onyx]

Same, do you know the best place to hunt? I tried that poisonous hole by Rostok for like two hours. 😦

[fiery iris]

its all random

i sat there for an hour trying to get compass

[sweet zephyr]

are there any mods that make the AK74M more useful lategame?

[fiery iris]

cant think of any maybe other than better ballistics?

not quite sure what it does to the ak

[sweet zephyr]

sounds good either way

is it save game compatible?

[fiery iris]

mid save game? yes it is

it will buff other weapons too

and make the prices of ammo go up so be aware of that

[sweet zephyr]

that's okay
it seems it buffs amo types

how do I even enable mods in this game?

[marble solstice]

Doesnt the mod say its recommended to use with a new game?

[fiery iris]

recommended not required

i have iton a save thats long been started and bb works fine

[honest ferry]

time for sparky ending

[meager crag]

Eternal Spring

[torn gate]

Finally you'll know the shining zone

[honest ferry]

I am ready

[weary hedge]

shader precompiling cooking my cpu

[strong onyx]

that makes one of us, 7800x3D here is chilling on shader compile for some reason.

[strong onyx]

Stalker2\Content\Paks > New Folder>"~mods"

[weary hedge]

my 7800x3d is not chilling 😭

on monster hunter wilds sometimes it even reaches 83c 🤦‍♂️

[strong onyx]

62c in-game for me lol.

[weary hedge]

is this or monster hunter wilds the worst optimised game of all time?

i really dont know, ive tried mh wilds and runs pretty bad

[strong onyx]

stalker 2, which isnt that far off lol

[weary hedge]

is it worse than mh wilds???? actually wtf?

[strong onyx]

idk

gpu is 94c on the hotspot, but im repasting it soon with ptm7950.

[weary hedge]

bro wtf

what gpu is that@strong onyx

[fierce nexus]

Shiny zone

[strong onyx]

7900xtx with a raised power limit to over 400w, its expected with the stock paste, its also summer here and its very very hot here in the summer.

[weary hedge]

bro dont spoil me ive just installed the game, i have 1 minute of playtime on steam

[weary hedge]

wtf is that cooling

[fierce nexus]

[weary hedge]

my 5080 doesnt get above 70c even at 99% usage

how is your 7900xtx running so hot

[strong onyx]

https://i.imgur.com/jtD2Y1a.png if you are really curious.

[strong onyx]

"raised power limit to over 400w"

[weary hedge]

wtf is this power consumption

[strong onyx]

I had planned to raise it to 550w but my house had other ideas...

[weary hedge]

it uses as much power as a 4090 wtf

[strong onyx]

its not very efficient.

well maybe at stock its ok.

[weary hedge]

i dont get why people overclock their gpus, the 7900xtx is a really good gpu why would you wanna stress your gpu just for a small fps boost, my 5080 could be overclock pretty well and gain like 10-15% more performance and be close to a 4090 but do I really need that? is it gonna matter that much at the end of the day?

[strong onyx]

Because its a hobby.

[weary hedge]

overclocking is a hobby? 🤨

[strong onyx]

https://www.reddit.com/r/overclocking/

see for yourself

[sweet zephyr]

how do I enable picture in picture scopes

[weary hedge]

bro wtf are those sounds im the stalker 2 menu and this sounds worse than when I play dead space remake

[weary hedge]

no way this is actually a thing wow

[strong onyx]

yep.

[weary hedge]

wait now im curious, any tips on how to try overclocking? is it safe? will it make my gpu die sooner? will it cease my 3 year warranty from nvidia? how do I do that?

[strong onyx]

NVIDIA's App has a tuning page just like Adrenaline. Safe? Should be. GPU is smart enough to know when its too much. It'll pull the emergency break so to speak, at least it should. AMD just resets the tuning settings when that happens and reverts it to stock. Warranty...it...yeah can void it but only if the know about it which unless you tell them they won't.

They'd have to prove that what you did damaged the device which they can't do.

longevity depends on how hard you push it, the type of gpu, etc etc etc.

[still current]

No idea. I found mine in the swamps during my first playthrough

[strong onyx]

I’m farming at the vehicle disposal place in garbage

[weary hedge]

uh how do I do that? any suggestions? how much should I overclock a 5080 and something like that? will it be worth the performance uplift?

[weary hedge]

wait im about to start the game, do i select stalker or veteran mode, how hard is veteran? I dont like easy games but I also dont want a frustrating experience

[strong onyx]

I do not own a 5080, so I really don’t know. They should overclock quite well from what I know though. +12% - 15% is the standard for almost all GPUS.

[strong onyx]

I’d start with Stalker personally.

[weary hedge]

how do I know how much to overclock it?

[weary hedge]

is stalker hard enough to be enjoyable? I dont like stuff to be too easy

[weary hedge]

how hard is veteran?

[strong onyx]

Rookie = Easy
Stalker = Normal
Veteran = Hard

If you decide to use Better Ballistics it gets even more intense, it’s great.

[strong onyx]

Dunno I use Stalker because Better Ballistics.

[weary hedge]

wdym

[strong onyx]

BB makes the game “harder” for both you and your enemies.

So your enemies did much faster, but so you do. 🙂

[weary hedge]

is better ballistics a mod?

[strong onyx]

Yes.

[weary hedge]

what's that, im literally new dont know anything about stalker

[strong onyx]

Welcome to the party.

https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/129

[weary hedge]

should I just play it vanilla for the first time? do you think stalker mode is hard enough to be enjoyable?

[strong onyx]

That’s Better Ballistics.

[river moth]

Skibidi toilet fleshes mod when

[strong onyx]

Depends, I did for the few first hours or so to get a feel for the game then started adding mods as needed. Now I’m probably 80 or so mod files in.

[weary hedge]

alr thanks guess ill start with no mods for now

[river moth]

NO

[weary hedge]

let's hope the game doesnt fry my pc

[river moth]

INSTALL WEATHERS MOD, IT'S CRUCIAL

[weary hedge]

what? explain

[strong onyx]

DWO. Dynamic Weather Overhaul. Complete lore friendly rework of the game weather system.

[weary hedge]

wait why do yall use nexus mods when there is already the steam workshop uh?

[river moth]

I'm the mod page, there's one that adds cut weathers into the game, for more diversity and immersion

[strong onyx]

Because nexus is better.

[weary hedge]

is steamworkshop that bad? ive always had no issues in the past also really easy to use plug and play I like how easy it is

[strong onyx]

Some may call nexus slop, for that is just respond with your mom.

[strong onyx]

No, it’s just nice being able to handle the actual files rather than some “subscribe” button.

[vale grail]

Steam workshop just adds the files to the game. If two mods edit the same game files then it will overwrite one. You are best to manually add them and merge if required @weary hedge

[honest ferry]

richter is dead nooooo

[strong onyx]

This person mods. Yeah I like to have an actual control of the files even if it’s through a mod manager like MO2, which is better than Vortex for the record.

[obtuse veldt]

That depends on the route you take

[vale grail]

He was a liability.

[sweet zephyr]

^

[obtuse veldt]

Wait a minute... you know Spamanda?

[sweet zephyr]

hm?

[obtuse veldt]

And what do you mean in picture scopes?

[sweet zephyr]

iunno how explain a picture in picture scope

[honest ferry]

strelok fight now

[obtuse veldt]

is it a problem with the aiming thru sights?

[honest ferry]

if i pick the cafe he lives?

[obtuse veldt]

if you side with strelok he lives

[honest ferry]

i went with the hotel

ah that you meant

[obtuse veldt]

and go kaymanov or strelok route

[honest ferry]

i am doing spark now

[obtuse veldt]

uh... that...

uhmmm... thats a weird... result ngl

[obtuse veldt]

submit to screens and videos... maybe ill get an idea

[sweet zephyr]

picture in picture is when the scope zooms in seperately from the rest of the screen
I want to enable that as I believe it came out in like
march but I don't know how

[jovial sable]

Hey, can someone explain to me why ISPF is aggressive towards me in the open world but neutral in Malachite? The reputation system is a little strange.

[floral elm]

Thats a good question

[jovial sable]

https://tenor.com/view/kid-oh-yeah-yodeling-gif-4295637337024128969

[honest ferry]

generators looking majestic

[jovial sable]

Btw, does anyone know, the multiplayer mentioned by the devs, is it coop or pvp?

[honest ferry]

not coming

[obtuse veldt]

Yet

[visual mortar]

pvp, and no updates on its release

[jovial sable]

coop would be cool

[visual mortar]

probably soon after they finish patching

[visual mortar]

nah coop is never coming

[jovial sable]

[visual mortar]

multiplayer will have tbe original gamemodes. that's all we know. so probably just a remake of old multiplayer

[primal nimbus]

Bro, I prefer Co Op Stalkee

Me and the Boys screaming for our lives in Pripyat

[obtuse veldt]

Only coop mod is believable

[primal nimbus]

This

[weary hedge]

yall dont wanna see what i saw 20 minutes into the game already...

[strong onyx]

i already know what you saw.

I fight them for fun. I like to chase them down. >:)

[weary hedge]

nah something else look dms wait ill send you

[strong onyx]

figured you meant the bloodsucker tbh

[honest ferry]

took me 5 gauss shots to kill strelok lmao

[lucid charm]

dude I ran into a controller 5 minutes after meeting richter for the first time

[obtuse veldt]

more like vodkasuckers

[sturdy jacinth]

Everyone wants coop

[honest ferry]

schizo ending complete

[meager crag]

Eternal Spring

[glacial flame]

They all lived!

Even strider

Ngl I preferred CoP to SoC

Heard frustrating things about Clear Sky but I may as well do it

[digital parcel]

Clear Sky is rough

[glacial flame]

I heard but apparently Enhanced edition has bug fixes

[digital parcel]

its not about bug fixes, the encounters are brutal

[honest ferry]

half of the corpus is on top of the yaniv station for some reason

[glacial flame]

I heard the grenades are homing

[digital parcel]

and the mutant hogs just appear from nowhere

[glacial flame]

Loool

[digital parcel]

Clear Sky is rough, i repeat

not stopping or dissuading you, just telling you to be prepared for some bollocks

[obtuse veldt]

I remember back the day CS was resource heavy at the swamps

Due the freaking grass

[digital parcel]

probably still peaks your processor at least

[inland sage]

Bruh...
Pull out Valik Lummox rifle. Fire 2 shots, second kills enemy, third trigger pull jams. It's at 99% integrity.

[smoky hawk]

Yhea I mean, there exist people without any sense of taste hut this is also not new

[old raptor]

Hello

[glacial flame]

Probably in equal measure with fragile people

[lofty dew]

Will this game run on an M1 mac?

[smoky hawk]

Thanks for telling us your medical condition

[glacial flame]

Thanks for finding simple sentences so difficult to understand

[smoky hawk]

This game doesn't have apple compability

[smoky hawk]

Maybe you should learn English

[lofty dew]

Through porting kit

[glacial flame]

Only if you’ll become less fragile

[smoky hawk]

I've never earned anyone trying it out, don't think anyone has had the idea before but
Considering it already struggles on a Windows machine I'll wager it wouldn't do so good under a compability layer in a laptop

[lofty dew]

M1 PRO 8GB ram

[primal nimbus]

Ngl, when playing Clear Sky, I felt like I’m unprepared since I kept getting turned to Swiss Cheese by Monolithians

[smoky hawk]

The shale break with jealousy looking at the rough diamond

[smoky hawk]

I don't think you'll have a good time

[glacial flame]

And idiots use the words of others when their own are lacking

[lofty dew]

Will it run at atleast 8 fps

[smoky hawk]

Good thing I typed these myself
Maybe this would help.you achieve the same

[smoky hawk]

I couldn't tell you, I'd say don't bother trying but there is quite a morbid curiosity in it

[lofty dew]

do you guys think there will be infinite frame generation in the near future

[glacial flame]

Maybe try a different insult, one that isn’t so boring.
You didn’t even spell your first reply to me correctly.

What a dweeb “yhea”

[smoky hawk]

https://youtu.be/UE9RxjEU7JE?si=VX2Cm8w-yK_RHOga

[weary hedge]

do yall think 60fps fg off or 120fps with fg on is better to play stalker 2? both of them feel kinda bad to me ngl

[smoky hawk]

It's called bringing the level down to your opponent
Sportsmanship

[smoky hawk]

Off

[weary hedge]

the input latency in mh wilds is really good and feels pretty nice even with fg 4x but this game just feels so bad with fg, what did they do wrong?

[glacial flame]

Thats not the expression, let alone a suitable alternative

[smoky hawk]

Stalker 2 has broken fg

[smoky hawk]

It's called a sentence
Maybe you need a English first grade book?

[weary hedge]

what did they f up with it?

[glacial flame]

Are you Slavic?

That would explain how insecure you are about your English.
And your flawed sentence structure

[weary hedge]

I just got the game and didnt expect it to be that bad but it actually is... even running with a 5080 + 7800x3d...

[smoky hawk]

It's good, since this way it can work as a warning against fg

Making fg have a bad name is a good thing we need more bad fg to make sure we stamp it out

[glacial flame]

You’re almost using idioms correctly

It would be commendable if you weren’t a dweeb

[smoky hawk]

In your country, you can ask your mom she saw me off this morning

[weary hedge]

i havent played a game at less than 120fps since the era of zelda breath of the wild, how long does it take to get used to playing at 60fps after being spoiled with 120+?

[smoky hawk]

Botw wasn't that long ago...

[honest ferry]

man do i start again because save is corrupted or chug trough it

[weary hedge]

bro doesnt know it's been 8 years already

[glacial flame]

In my country your mother sucks off dogs for crisps

[smoky hawk]

120fg is like playing 60 without fg tbh

[torn gate]

60fps really isn't that bad

[glacial flame]

I knew he was Slavic

[smoky hawk]

I thought you'd be happy to finally get to know your mum after all these years

[glacial flame]

Doesn’t make sense but I appreciate the attempt

[torn gate]

The hell is this argument?

[acoustic orchid]

What is going on

[weary hedge]

for me, it is.
im used to higher fps all the time, also some games feel good in 60fps like elden ring, sekiro and other stuff. other games just feel dog awful in 60fps such as stalker 2 and dead space remake

[torn gate]

Two stalkers talking about their moms

[acoustic orchid]

Night 😂

[glacial flame]

His mother fellates strays for crisps.
It’s a real problem tbf

[acoustic orchid]

Wow

[drifting bear]

[glacial flame]

Exactly

[torn gate]

Night random YouTuber 👋

[lofty dew]

I can get 120FPS via frame gen but i like to cap it to 30 even when the game looks like absolute shit

[glacial flame]

Quavers, Pringles, Cheetos anything

[lofty dew]

without changing any settings

[acoustic orchid]

Got the game on PC at a solid 60 now looking so much better I use the Ultra Plus Mod.

[weary hedge]

motion blur on or off? which one is better here? some games have good motion blur that doesnt feel bad at all and others are really bad with it

[acoustic orchid]

Motion blur off always

[weary hedge]

I can guarantee you, once you try 120 real frames, 120 fake frames dont feel nearly as good as 120 real ones

i should have just saved and got a 9070xt

why did I overpay for this 5080 bs from nvidia

[weary hedge]

what's that? makes the game even more realistic?

[lofty dew]

i think ill cap my FPS to 20 just for fun.

[acoustic orchid]

Ultra+ is a series of mods designed for all PCs, fixing bugs and performance, with the best possible visuals.

Get a slight sacrifice to fps but the zone for me now looks stunning

[lofty dew]

even potato PCs?

[acoustic orchid]

Yeah it will help give it a try 👍

[cursive kettle]

the craftable zone mod doesn't work on xbox, when i press the dot on the keyboard or the command on the controller to open the crafting menu it doesn't appear

wait

lemme try more

[weary hedge]

@acoustic orchid dude what is that, even with a 5080+7800x3d i cant get 120fps, i get around 100 fps at 3440x1440p with LOWEST graphical preset and DLSS PERFORMANCE 🤦‍♂️

i cant even get 120fps on the lowest settings on a 5080 tf is this game

[acoustic orchid]

Not all about fps aim for 60 I play the game at 4K have a 5080/9800X3D tweak your settings use ultra plus makes a huge difference

[inland sage]

Didn't even put out a full magazine from the newly repaired Valik Lummox AKM that fight, and it jammed 3 times

[weary hedge]

dude 60 fps in this game feels like dog water, it doesnt feel smooth at all. I cant even refund the game anymore

[acoustic orchid]

It is a bug you need a mouse for now connected to the xbox

[cursive kettle]

i have a mouse

i just, can't open crafting tab

[weary hedge]

60fps in elden ring is smooth

60fps in stalker 2 feels so bad though

[acoustic orchid]

Get that it is not perfect but I rather have visuals do you have V-Sync on?

[weary hedge]

vsync off

[weary hedge]

even mh wilds feels smooth at native 60fps

kinda i mean still better than stalker 2

[acoustic orchid]

Vsync on you will see a difference plus I play on a LG C4 playing as smooth as it can get but get what you mean about Elden Ring

Stalker at 60 feels like Red Dead 2 at 30 😂

[weary hedge]

im going to be honest

ive played borderlands 2 at 30fps

and I like it more than stalker 2 at 100 fps with lowest settings + dlss performance

this game just feels bad to play

[meager crag]

Borderlands 2 do B a classic

[weary hedge]

ive tried bl3 but eh i dont like it that much

[inland sage]

I tried playing Minecraft again some time ago and got 1 FPM

[meager crag]

And has actual smooth gameplay

[inland sage]

That's 1 frame per minute

[meager crag]

Aye, they really dropped the ball on that one

[weary hedge]

shooting with weapons feels unimpactul

weapons felt nicer and heavier in bl2 imo

[meager crag]

Enemies very bullet sponge-y

Childish humor

Bad story

Uninteresting antagonists

Extra points reduction for Ava

[weary hedge]

also no gunzerker dude

I miss going kamikaze with gunzerke

[meager crag]

Salvador is in the game, just voice only

If you mean as in playable Vault Hunter, I guess Moze is the next best option

[weary hedge]

yeah dont know i havent got far into the game, i only have 3.4 hours in bl3...

[meager crag]

Ah, fair kek

[weary hedge]

I just hope im not going to regret getting stalker 2

even tho I already am starting to feel like that...

[meager crag]

Trilogy better tbh

[weary hedge]

this game runs like dog 💩

[meager crag]

Yuuuuup

Just like expected

[weary hedge]

not even 120 fps with dlss performance at lowest preset on a 5080 already tells you everything

i get like 100ish

[inland sage]

I just bamboozled myself...was running, went past a bus rest stop, and just exploded

[meager crag]

Yeah, that can happen sometimes

Sometimes you just explode

It's normal

Happens all the time IRL

[weary hedge]

peak gaming I see, I should have just listened to everyone else and just not buy it maybe...

[weary hedge]

https://steamcommunity.com/id/artem43x/recommended/1643320?snr=1_5_9__402

[weary hedge]

is my review good? @meager crag

[meager crag]

Honestly? My expectations were fully met tbh

At least I got the game for free

[weary hedge]

what how

[meager crag]

Oh nah, that's a joke

[meager crag]

For being a janny

[weary hedge]

I may sound stupid but how do I get into the mobile lab?

[inland sage]

My expectations were maybe pretty low for Stalker 2 tbh, mostly limited to 'Game came out? I buy!'

[weary hedge]

been looking for a way in for like 30 minutes now

[meager crag]

By climbing on top of it?

[weary hedge]

yeah but the door is closed

[meager crag]

Also, already a review? You're at the start of the game

[meager crag]

Open it fr

[inland sage]

There's a ladder on the side

[weary hedge]

yeah this game is so good i wanted to praise it just look at my review it's so inspiring for new players to buy the game 💕

[weary hedge]

wait check dms

[inland sage]

Climb up the ladder and then you can open the top hatch to go down into it. I'm assuming you're in the opening sequence of the game with the scanner?

[meager crag]

But you're at the beginning bro, you haven't played the game

[inland sage]

Like, go around the sides of it and at some point there's a ladder you can just sort of walk into and you should automatically start climbing it.

[weary hedge]

ill update the review later on if the gameplay and story are good enough to make up for the game running so bad on an rtx5080, i cant even imagine the average gpu running this game how they're gonna play it if it's making my 5080 close to shitting the bed

[inland sage]

Huh, I run it just fine on a 2070. What graphics settings have you got? Things like ram, processor speed?

[weary hedge]

wtf

[weary hedge]

https://steamcommunity.com/id/artem43x/recommended/1643320?snr=1_5_9__402 all you need to know is here

[meager crag]

He found it

[weary hedge]

2 hours into the game and im still here

[inland sage]

120 FPS is your benchmark?

[weary hedge]

almost 3 actually

[inland sage]

...lemme...figure out...how do I set FPS to show?

[weary hedge]

i run at like 100fps ish with a 5080 at dlss performance with low graphics preset at 3440x1440p

[weary hedge]

what gpu you got amd or nvidia

oh right 2070

[weary hedge]

alt + r press those

[inland sage]

...well that didn't do anything

[inland mantle]

I really hope console gets a mod soon to increase ads speed and reload speed. You’re telling me that skif can’t reload a bit faster and aim quicker when he’s getting pinned down by a burer using his grandpas rifle against skif?

[inland sage]

What kind of FPS are you getting that isn't good enough anyways?

[weary hedge]

alt + z

[weary hedge]

im used to 120+

and also used to proper framegen implementation

[inland sage]

This just makes Skif tilt his head left.

[weary hedge]

like mh wilds, the framegen feels really good in there unlike stalker 2

[weary hedge]

you got nvidia app installed?

[inland sage]

Probably not, no.

[weary hedge]

install it, that's why

you at least have the drivers right? 😭

[inland sage]

I can do without it

IDK, the game runs, what do I care lol

[weary hedge]

ngl so brave of you to buy this game with a 2070

even my 5080 is about to shit the bed on this game

i should have just gotten a 9070xt tho tbh

[inland sage]

My laptop is only 5 years old, it does just fine lol

[weary hedge]

i regret overpaying for this

[weary hedge]

😭 bravest person ive ever seen so far

[inland sage]

I did have to send it for a bit of work last year though, to get the fans replaced.

32 gigs ram, i7-9750 with 6 cores at 2.6 GHz, RTX 2070 with something called 'Max-Q Design'

[inland sage]

Quick question, what's the temperature you cook chicken to?

The answer is my GPU.

Well. Not quite. I think my GPU is a bit hotter than that right now.

[vale grail]

Undervolting and overclocking helps keep your gpu temp down but fps up. Dont ask me how, it just works

[inland mantle]

GSC really needs to improve stealth. Make enemies lose sight of you when you go behind large cover like long walls, give a prone position that makes enemies lose sight of you at a distance, allow trees to be proper cover etc. and almost 0 visibility at night. Thermal scopes etc more suppressors

[vale grail]

Agreed. It needs to be realistic though. An enemy wouldn’t stop searching irl if you break line of sight

[sweet zephyr]

installed that realistic ballistics mod
56 deaths in lesser zone

and counting

make that 57

[strong onyx]

Welcome to BB.

[inland mantle]

Yeah they still gotta search, but by having that and a prone position plus slower detection it would allow you to exit combat and have a chance at stealth. I hate being shot at as soon as I’m within line of sight, even with the less enemy aggression mod

[strong onyx]

The key is you need to deploy stratifies with using that mod. You can’t just go in shooting everything and everyone you see. Positioning, ammunition, number of enemies, and things of that nature actually matter now.

@sweet zephyr

I’d also suggest playing on Stalker if you are on Veteran when using BB. Gives the most balanced experience.

[inland mantle]

My one issue with it is ammo is too expensive to have any amount on yoy. I have tons of 9x19 for my night stalker, but struggle to keep even 5.45 on hand

[sweet zephyr]

I'm playing on veteran
I mostly play souls games, i'm used to it

I can tank more rounds once I nab that ISPF armour in the garbage

[strong onyx]

I dunno I buy 5.56 ammo regularly with BB. I even use full auto sometimes. They’re not supposed to be cheap that’s the point.

[sweet zephyr]

I have like
200 rounds of 5.45 in the lesser zone

does this mod make the AKS74M viable late game?

[inland mantle]

With how common 5.45 is in the zone compared to 5.56 or 7.62 it should be a little cheaper. 114 credits for high value 7.62x54 is balanced nice, can keep 40-80 rounds comfortable

But 5.45 goes very fast and is available everywhere

[primal nimbus]

You using BB mod right?

[sweet zephyr]

ayup

[primal nimbus]

I’d say it’ll take half less than a full mag to drop an exo Monolithian. Sooooooo

[inland mantle]

Did the skiftol slight buff mod get an update to not be super op? I 2 shot enemies from the start now

Unarmored human enemies at least

[sweet zephyr]

what a complicated way of saying half a mag

[primal nimbus]

True, so not worth it I believe unless someone tried

[sweet zephyr]

what about with AP rounds

[primal nimbus]

Just aim high and true

[spare canopy]

It's taken some time and a lot of fecking around but I finally have windows 7 up and running 😄

[inland mantle]

Man the enemy aimbot is real. Why am I at sniper range and getting wrecked by aks74-u even with Shay’s mods and ballistics???

Impossible to take out 5 enemies at range in lesser zone

Tired of the NPC aimbot

[torn gate]

You're gonna love it when you get to the generators

[inland mantle]

I’m using ballistics and not looking forward to that fight. It’s already basically STALKER Souls 2

[torn gate]

I've done it twice already

I regret many life choices

[flint plover]

Are there ANY mods addressing NPCs having xray vision and crap?

[inland mantle]

Less any aggression helps a little bit. Brings enemy detection range from 100m down to iirc 72m, and has percent chance for them to lose position in cover

[flint plover]

I started a new game with hopes in this new patch. Trying to leave the Sphere and NPCs know where you are no matter what you do. Ridiculous.

[sweet zephyr]

REAL

[inland mantle]

They definitely need to fix it, but I feel the mod support is for our most gracious and generous mod authors to fix stuff 🙏

[strong onyx]

Stealth Mod was also just updated to finally support 1.5, long range aggression fix also. They pair nicely together.

[flint plover]

Yeah I thought maybe after this last patch. But ended up having to try the Ballistics mod because base S2 ballistics make zero sense. Trying to leave the Sphere and everyone has XRay vision and pinpoints my location no matter where I sneak to. I might just have to shelve again until modders fix this mess. I'll try that stealth mod I suppose.

[spare canopy]

Same, the game looks great, sounds great, the atmosphere is great, the rest of the game is generous slice of donkey turd.

Proper proper awful mechanics.

And NPC's looting dead NPC's does't hid the fact that so much of the game is broken

[inland mantle]

Not on console yet, hopefully soon. Need tops stealth mechanics

Especially with ballistics mod. Enemies are lethal

[spare canopy]

How does it work?

[flint plover]

Funniest shit I see is people wanting Binoculars in next update. LOL what are you going to look at, without mods NPCs STILL don't render further than what? 100m?

[inland mantle]

That’s what a scope is for. Bring us NVG

[spare canopy]

I want a functioning game long before Night vision

[obtuse veldt]

You are gonna start hating this when Master difficulty is released

[obtuse veldt]

Im waiting for NVG sights as well

[sweet zephyr]

I got to the sphere and realized
maybe this mod might be a mistake

[obtuse veldt]

I'll just wait for more weapon packs

[inland mantle]

Use a scope and fire from indoors

[obtuse veldt]

Surely the P90 and the Five Seven will make it ingame

along the AKM 7.62x39 and the RPK

[torn gate]

Dw about it too much I got through (mostly) fine with bb on and like 8 medkits because I downloaded lootable zone too

[sweet zephyr]

is the AKS74M (drowned) useful lategame

as a primary weapon

or the sofmod

[obtuse veldt]

Drowned is useful

[torn gate]

Not really but you'll get new guns later like the g36 which is the one I used until the generators

[obtuse veldt]

early on due rapid reload + higher damage + integrated launcher

[torn gate]

Yeah but there's better weapons late game

[obtuse veldt]

i know, just mentioning for early

late game there is the Grom s-15

or the decider

[sweet zephyr]

kinda... the point of me installing the mod is that I really like AKs

[torn gate]

True I did use the drowned until I got to the swamps

[sweet zephyr]

and wanna use one lategame

[obtuse veldt]

Wait until AKM and RPK are released

[sweet zephyr]

what about the sofmod

[obtuse veldt]

its a great weapon for 5.56 altough it breaks quite easy

[torn gate]

Then the drowned is probably the best ak to use and yes SOFMOD is pretty good especially with bb

[obtuse veldt]

Already pretuned

[sweet zephyr]

even lategame

[obtuse veldt]

Late game is kharod

[torn gate]

I haven't used it late game with bb but it's probably not as good as kharod or g36

[obtuse veldt]

GP37 will have a new stash soon for the C mag

[primal nimbus]

Still trying to find the debate to Dnipro vs Kharod.

Is it best to assume Kharod > Dnipro, or?

[obtuse veldt]

Dont convert Kharod to 5.45 its not worth the trade off

At that point the Grom s-15 with drum mag is better

[primal nimbus]

So. Kharod is better than Dnipro or no?

[obtuse veldt]

.... well whenever they release the drum mag for grom that is

Dnipro is better than Kharod

[torn gate]

I haven't used a Dnipro at all my 4 playthroughs of the game so I can't sat

[weary hedge]

Are Bloodsuckers really hard to kill in Shadow of Chornobyl?

[obtuse veldt]

if you chamber it to 7.62x54

[obtuse veldt]

Always been

[primal nimbus]

So, Kharod if no 762x54 Dnipro?

[hallow shadow]

Does BB give SOFMOD any sort of unique buff, or is SOFMOD good because BB treats 5.56 ballistics a little better?

[dense stirrup]

Howdy fellas

[obtuse veldt]

yeah

A kharod with 7.62x54 hits like a bull

[weary hedge]

Damn.

[weary hedge]

40k Fan Detected.

[obtuse veldt]

i mean Dnipro

[primal nimbus]

I wish they added more ARs

[obtuse veldt]

they will

[primal nimbus]

Like the Sig 550, the Tuna, and the AN-94?

[drifting forge]

AR-10

[hallow shadow]

I need a Honey Badger. I’ll never let the idea die.

[obtuse veldt]

Very likely

[primal nimbus]

I want the ACR or the Grot

[dense stirrup]

Won't denied that lol

[obtuse veldt]

People are asking back for the An-94, the Sgi 5k and the RPK and the AKM 7.62x39

[hallow shadow]

Oooohhhh. Grot would make a pretty unique. ACR is also respectable.

[weary hedge]

Ultramarines are the best and I will die on my hill.

[primal nimbus]

Grot’s basically ACR but Polish cousin lol
-# Def not an ACR fanboy

[drifting forge]

Grot is fun, good shooting

[obtuse veldt]

Lost Alpha weapons made it to main game, why not the old ones will make it back?

[dense stirrup]

Fair enough. More of a nightlords or raptors guy myself tho i dont think there's a spafe I actually dont like so

[obtuse veldt]

I want however back the grenade launchers

[weary hedge]

Same, except for the emperors children. Screw those guys

[dense stirrup]

Fair

[primal nimbus]

Watch them add the WA2K

[sweet zephyr]

I thought damage was ammo based

[tender lichen]

I mean they are the strongest.

[drifting forge]

Theyll screw you first 💔

[obtuse veldt]

No, its also weapon based, special weapons do more damage/higher rate of fire on certain cases

[weary hedge]

Don't make me call Rylanor.

[hallow shadow]

Dude. A nice WA2K would go a long way.

[obtuse veldt]

than regular variants

[dense stirrup]

I finally got s.t.a.l.k.e.r. all be its on Playstation but least I don't have to wait till its on pc. Tho wen I do get a pc I'll most likely get it their too

[primal nimbus]

From what I found, base weapons > uniques in most cases

[hallow shadow]

Classic Rainbow Six vibes, in the Zone? I’m down.

[obtuse veldt]

Not all of them, some have higher stats than uniques

some others are shit

[primal nimbus]

If unique, why not better stats in most cases?

[tender lichen]

But I don’t think I have a favorite chapter, more a favorite character. Malum Caedo.

[obtuse veldt]

Some have higher damage

[drifting forge]

Use the time to glue your ass shut, I'm just a local Deathwatch enjoyer

[hallow shadow]

I’d love for Uniques to have buffs. I really do hate that SOFMOD is kinda dookie after a certain point.

[obtuse veldt]

others are just reskins with non removable attachments

[primal nimbus]

Watch them also add the USAS-12 as a full auto shotgun lol

[primal nimbus]

Same

[obtuse veldt]

example predator has a higher magazine count and damage and accuracy than the m860 cracker

[weary hedge]

The emperor didnt give me one.

[weary hedge]

Valid, I think my favorite characters are the Ogryns

They look like 10ft tall controllers with a gut

[drifting forge]

I play too many armies to have favourites lmao

[inland mantle]

Is armor piercing still the best round for mutants?

[obtuse veldt]

nope, expansive it is

[primal nimbus]

Expansive

[obtuse veldt]

Expansive melts mutants

[weary hedge]

I only got ultramarines and a singular black templar box

[inland mantle]

Ah ok what vendors sell expansive .45 ACP the most?

[primal nimbus]

I found out expansive is best for Mutants….

After selling thousands of expansive rounds in all my playthroughs.

[obtuse veldt]

uhh.... expansive .45

[drifting forge]

I have 2000p Deathwatch and Necrons, 1800p maybe Ultramarines and about 1300p Imperial Knights

[weary hedge]

You can always run at them with a grenade in your hand

[obtuse veldt]

hmm yaniv so far i found them

[weary hedge]

I am too broke for allat

[obtuse veldt]

found the krieger

[primal nimbus]

Best Duty strat

[weary hedge]

Krieg.

[drifting forge]

So real, anyways ive been collecting since early 2020 so it's built up

[weary hedge]

Nice, I might try to paint some blood ravens next myself. Or I'll steal your minis and paint them as blood ravens.

[hallow shadow]

I see what you did there.

[primal nimbus]

About the Grot/ACR thing, I wanna see a real nice looking modular 556x45 AR with a 14” barrel

[hallow shadow]

I want something other than MP5 and Vector.
Gimme an EVO.

[inland mantle]

EVO would be amazing as well as the PP-19-01 Vityaz

[hallow shadow]

Por Que no las dos?

[inland mantle]

English?

[hallow shadow]

Why not both?

[weary hedge]

Pork.

[inland mantle]

Ah yes that’s what I implied. Both would be nice

https://tenor.com/view/the-road-to-el-dorado-both-both-is-good-gif-8304204

[hallow shadow]

My bad.

[weary hedge]

So if I drink 100 bottles of vodka and let a blood sucker bite me, will it get drunk, trip, and die?

[flint plover]

Is there a single Unreal Engine 5 game that isn't unoptimized asf and doesn't run like garbage?

[weary hedge]

Gears Reloaded seems pretty good so far

[flint plover]

Well, I guess that makes sense since Epic's name is on it.

I wish devs would use literally anything else lol

[weary hedge]

It could be worse, could be the creation engine.

[flint plover]

It's just crazy a game like Battlefield 1 looks about as good as S2, but runs maxed out on 10 year old hardware, and people with 50 series cards having issues on this

[primal nimbus]

True

[obtuse veldt]

Blame UE5

[primal nimbus]

Both is good

[frigid hill]

tfosl125 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[flint plover]

I'm on an i5 11400, 32GB RAM, RTX 4060 and with a mix of low/med settings I dip down to 30fps in Zalissya

[obtuse veldt]

this thing needs lots of optimizations

Dang got wolfed

5900x 64gb ram, 3060ti happens as well

[flint plover]

Im horrified of what Squad is gonna end up like, since they transitioning to UE5

[frigid hill]

tfosl125 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[obtuse veldt]

REEEEE!!

Used to be worse on launch, a total nightmare, some perfomance fixes but they aint enough.

[primal nimbus]

I forgot about smgs 💀

[obtuse veldt]

Bet that STALKER 2 will get the treatment that cyberpunk 2077 had with a 2.0 rehaul

[meager crag]

https://tenor.com/view/metal-gear-solid-mgs-finger-guns-gun-ocelot-gif-18131105

[flint plover]

Maybe if I set nvidia to performance itll be better. Devs and companies need to realize ppl dont give a damn about graphics. They want good gameplay.

[obtuse veldt]

but not soon...

[flint plover]

I think this will be the case as well. But still kinda BS they released in this state. Getting close to a year after release and you have to use mods just to render NPCs further than 100m. In 2025...

[obtuse veldt]

I know... probably because people were desesperate that no launch was coming at all...

Cyberpunk had this issue too with too many delays

Except that...

Cyberpunk had not a bloody war

So thats why i have some leniency to STALKER 2

[flint plover]

Releasing on consoles was a major mistake too. They HAVE to make sure it runs on a damn $150 Xbox Series S

[weary hedge]

I remember when rust first came to consoles.

[flint plover]

I got started on PUBG on an Xbox. Man that game was so good before they sold it to the damn commies

[obtuse veldt]

plagued with cheaters nowadays huh?

[flint plover]

Not sure, Everything is microtransation BS I refuse to participate.

Battlefield 6 is my only hope. It finally looks like the stopped with they "woke" hero shooter nonsense and bringing back BF3/4 vibes.

[obtuse veldt]

doubt

[flint plover]

Don't put bad juju on it lol

[frigid hill]

tfosl125 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[flint plover]

I'm in such a bad mood I'm being so negative lol

[obtuse veldt]

oh
for
freaks
Sake...

[primal nimbus]

Fx sake

[flint plover]

Before All Star Game my team was best in all of baseball and now since then they've lost like 14 of last 15 games. And again tonight. So I apologize for my negative stuff I'm just REALLY annoyed lol

[obtuse veldt]

Gotta report the devs about the dang poltergeists

[primal nimbus]

Which team is that? The Dodgers?

[flint plover]

Tigers, even worse lol

[obtuse veldt]

that they should NOT grab and toss key items at you

like actual DOOR KEYS

[primal nimbus]

Rangers fan here lol

[obtuse veldt]

the stupid poltergeist near the palace of culture grabbed a key for a door... and i was like Where is the key when he tossed it at me

[flint plover]

Dude I have an Xbox One X and thought I could play The Show 25 on it. Bought it only to find out NO! They need to release this stuff on PC man lol. Now I might be buying an S for ONE GAME!

[obtuse veldt]

._.

[flint plover]

Consoles make great expensive youtube players though

[primal nimbus]

I’ve been trying to transition from console to pc gaming shooters. Decent in CS2, but BF4 is a whole diff thing

[flint plover]

Honestly I really HATE referring anyone to the garbage but I got my buddy to switch to mouse/keyboard by playing COD for a like a week straight with him.

[primal nimbus]

I too made the mistake of playing Garbage Ops 6 on Pc for a month

[teal hull]

I honestly don’t know how people can play FPS games on console, M&K made me get so much better 😭

My battlefield aim was pretty much as accurate as your average games shotgun with buckshot

[flint plover]

Bro I'm old af I started fps on Quake lol

[distant girder]

I started on MOHAA

[torn gate]

I wouldn't have high hopes for modern games anymore man

[flint plover]

I used to piss off my mom's BF sniping him on MOHAA through LAN lol. Man the first time I stormed Omaha Beach I was blown away. At the time it was just as realistic looking as Saving Private Ryan lol

[flint plover]

Yeah I mainly buy indie games now. But even that is just forever Early Access stuff

[torn gate]

The term early access is starting to give some devs an excuse to release unfinished productions sometimes

[flint plover]

Yep

Honestly if Metro would allow modding and gimme some NATO weapons that would prolly be my favorite game lol

[torn gate]

Honestly I got into stalker before I saw the trailer and that it was on game pass and thought the only thing I would be wasting is time and now it's one of my favorite games

Mass effect would be my number one favorite if it wasn't for the ending

[dense stirrup]

Interesting qeustion sense im knew wats ur guys favorite faction?

[sturdy jacinth]

Monolith best faction

Don’t listen to the other nerds, monolith only good faction

[dense stirrup]

I mean I like the ecologists there pretty cool

[sturdy jacinth]

Liking Science? Idkkk pretty nerdy to me tbh

[dense stirrup]

Brother ur talking to a guy who likes 40k. Lol nerd is nothing new to me lol

[opaque niche]

hey guys. got this game at launch and decided to wait for some updates. Does anyone know if there's night vision goggles yet?

[sweet zephyr]

15 deaths in the sphere and counting, this enhanced ballistics mod is not forgiving

[sturdy jacinth]

Don’t need em, just eat more carrots

[opaque niche]

so no? lol

[sturdy jacinth]

Dude burrours are terrifying with the better ballistics mod fastest death I’ve ever seen

[sweet zephyr]

maybe I should just restart without it

[sturdy jacinth]

Idk I haven’t found em yet if they are in the game

[opaque niche]

tyvm

[sturdy jacinth]

Nah just lock in, you’re better

Although the mod makes the rhino borderline useless

[torn gate]

No if someone like me can do it you can too

[sturdy jacinth]

Which upset me a little bit

[sweet zephyr]

yea but i'm also worried about it ruining my base game experience later on too

[torn gate]

How so?

[sweet zephyr]

idk exactly

I just feel like
Base game won’t be as fun to me

[torn gate]

It was really hard for me too when I first played it with bb but you'll get used to it after a while

[sturdy jacinth]

Nah just makes the games bullets actually make sense, it’s worth using and increases the immersion

[sweet zephyr]

True enough
Is the mosin good in it?

[sturdy jacinth]

Hell yeah it is, 762x54R is the Russian 50 cal

She kicks

[torn gate]

I love making the game more immersive with mods like the crafting mod or just turning off the HUD in the settings

[sturdy jacinth]

I have my hud on but my crosshair off

[obtuse veldt]

The mosin kicks ass

[primal nimbus]

Mosin goated in any game.
-# ESPECIALLY extract shooters

[obtuse veldt]

Its cheap to upgrade and cheap to mantain

dont chamber until you get the sweet AP ammo and HQ ammo

[sturdy jacinth]

And it always kicks

[primal nimbus]

Blows through 100s of 762x54.
Repair costs less than a 1000 coupons.

[torn gate]

My biggest secret is that I never use the mosin in this game

[obtuse veldt]

And the best part?

[primal nimbus]

Using the Mosin is the true Shining Zone

[obtuse veldt]

The weapon is FREE to obtain

[primal nimbus]

Mosin > M701

My opinion

Watch unique mosin have an iron sight lol

[obtuse veldt]

For M701 id rather get the 8x scope on Mark 1 emr

[primal nimbus]

I use the EMR as a .308 AR lol

[sturdy jacinth]

M701 had a better sight tho

[primal nimbus]

Oddly I managed to feel more at peace with the Mosin sight than the 701’s

[obtuse veldt]

I even liked the Mosin on Lost Alpha until i got the SVD

problem with Mosin on Lost Alpha was the sight wasnt available to purchase early, which it sucked ass

[sweet zephyr]

Well no
The USSR did have its own 50 cal

[primal nimbus]

14.7mm right?

[sweet zephyr]

No
smaller
The round fired by the DSKH and the NSV were literally 12.7 (.50 cal)

[primal nimbus]

What’s the round that the PTRS shoots then?

[torn gate]

The hud kinda gets in the way for me tbh

[sturdy jacinth]

Um asktually 👆🤓

[sweet zephyr]

Yea
You caught me

[primal nimbus]

Idea of a Stalker 2 Co Op mod skit:
A Warden, a Loner, a Monolithian, and a Dutyer walked into the 100 Rads Bar

[torn gate]

I can finally make my friends get SUCKED by a blood sucker

[inland mantle]

12.7mm ASH. Absolute thumper of a round

[primal nimbus]

My Homies watching me scream around, inside a Snork’s nest:

[inland mantle]

Alright stalkers, favorite pistol, go! Mine is the kora because of its damage and classic style, second udp for its vertical recoil

[torn gate]

The Korra I abandoned my original pistol for that beauty

[inland mantle]

I just wish we could remove the suppressor and laser from the nightstalker unique

[torn gate]

Don't tell them about the blood sucker nest too

[inland mantle]

Watch buddy get thunder clapped by a pseudogiant

[primal nimbus]

I’ll let them figure out the Chimera stash spot lol

[torn gate]

It would be so magnificent

[inland mantle]

Guarantee there will be a mod soon to allow it. Our gracious modders got us covered

[torn gate]

I'll tell them that the deep swamps have great loot and say it's one of the safest places in the game

[torn gate]

Stop praying to the monolith pray to the modders

[primal nimbus]

On the other hand, we can Seal Team 6 infiltrate the Central Checkpoint.
-# I still need to write the story about a squad of Mercs I witnessed nearly wiping out the entire checkpoint.

[torn gate]

My friends would be too dumb to do that especially in a game like stalker 2

[primal nimbus]

F

[torn gate]

I kinda wanna make my friends play stalker with the mods I have on like better ballistics and no player marker with no hud

Maybe throw in the unforgiving zone too

[gusty condor]

Wait what is the leader of the ward? I forgot his name and need it for something

[primal nimbus]

Colonel Korshunov

[gusty condor]

Thanks

[primal nimbus]

Or Dad.

[primal nimbus]

Bright side:
Friends vs Monolithian school

[flint plover]

Man I optimized my game through Nvidia app and now get solid framerate. yay

Is anyone using Better Ballistics mod?

[jovial sable]

btw, do you lose achievements if you install mods?