☢┃stalker-general

[charred nova]

well you can't in stalker 2

the game just ends

you can't go back

[uneven barn]

and you can't in S2, and that's ok

[charred nova]

yah that i agree with

not being able to back basically doesn't matter imo

[uneven barn]

due to how the endings are, it's impossible to continue the game

[charred nova]

yup

[uneven barn]

like, soc did that, cs did that, cop did that

so, what's wrong in S2 doing that

[charred nova]

cus its not gamma

the people want gamma

because the people want freeroam milsim slop

[uneven barn]

true, people wants a tarkov offline than stalker

[charred nova]

yup

lol

i think we have to realize that

[inland mantle]

Well if they keep it that way, they definitely need to add a ton more side content in each area to slow progression of each area. If they do that I’m fine with it, but then the topic of story expansion comes up. Will it take place before the ending or after? Which we’ll need to be able to continue if it’s the latter

[uneven barn]

kinda funny how people don't learn how to make something basic like separating what is a mod and what is official

[charred nova]

we live in a world where the core stalker community is a fraction of the size of the gamma/anomaly community

[uneven barn]

there's people who trully beleave that stalker is a hardcore survival game

💀

[oak junco]

To be fair atleast those modders actually put out contact and interact with folks gsc doesnt have good pr

[uneven barn]

we can very much say that people cares more about gamma than stalker at this point

[oak junco]

I know I do

We still dont got nvg or binos

[inland mantle]

That’s mainly due to modders putting out mass amount of free content vs developers sprinkling a few small to mid size updates here and there

[charred nova]

we live inside rotting flesh

[uneven barn]

S2 is a incomplete game, but not a bad game

[smoky onyx]

no alife

[charred nova]

its an insanely mid game

[oak junco]

Fr it needs ALOT of time in the oven still

[charred nova]

like the most 7.5/10 of all time

[uneven barn]

and that's ok, but people need to learns that modded experience is not what represents stalker

like i said before, there's people who really think that stalker is some type of hardcore survival game

instead of a story action shooter with rpg elements

[smoky onyx]

a-life is like 50% of stalker

[inland mantle]

That’s true, but within the last 5 years especially a modded game I’d 9 times out of 10 a way better experience. It sucks because developers rely on modders nowadays to make free content for a game that’s lacking official content. The modders don’t get paid but the devs sell copies regardless

And the modded gameplay is what the game should’ve been/what devs made it out to be

[uneven barn]

but at the same time it's just sad how people criticize the game for not being like mods, than what it really is

if you want to make critics about the game, do that based on the original games, not on mods

[charred nova]

i mean i criticize the game for coming out years before it was ready

this should have been a 2026 game

[uneven barn]

like that

[charred nova]

maybe even a 2027 game

[inland mantle]

That’s true, but you gotta think that when modders can put out huge massive dlc size content for free, it makes people have certain expectations from the people who are actually making the money

And when the devs don’t put out finished, quality content in large quantities, it sours their image for players. Skyrim is a prime example

[smoky onyx]

you know why cyberpunk is such a good game nowdays? because ppl bitched and complained that it was shit, and they fixed it and its amazing now

[uneven barn]

but it's also good to remember that the game is being modded for 18 years

[oak junco]

This honestly

[inland mantle]

Exactly. But one key feature that’s missing on console that players have begged for is an fov slider. It’s easy to implement and doesn’t impact performance nearly as much as devs make it seem. I run games at 60fps at 100 fov if the game has a slider

[charred nova]

https://tenor.com/view/chudlogic-chud-logic-evil-gang-evil-gif-11587451429599961940

[oak junco]

You gotta remember passion projects vs for profit they are very hard to compare fairly

[uneven barn]

yes, but they bitched for it being uncooked and broken, and not for not being like mods

[oak junco]

Businesses have deadlines etc

[smoky onyx]

red dead 2 is capable of running at 60 fps on ps5 and rockstar doesnt patch it either

[inland mantle]

Yeah and that’s what’s kept Skyrim going for so long. But now people lost faith in Bethesda cause TES 6 still isn’t even out, and Skyrim has been modded in every way imaginable

[inland mantle]

Yup it’s ridiculous. It should have had 60fps for a while now. We’re 5 years after last gen and still not optimized

[smoky onyx]

but stalker 2 is uncooked and broken and missing alife so ppl have a right to complain, this so called alife 2.0 is just a spawner arround the player

[uneven barn]

the alife is almost fixed btw

what we have now is basically a a-life 1.0, but not the 2.0 that they promissed

[smoky onyx]

i havent tried it recently but i rly doubt it

[uneven barn]

nah, they really fixed it

now stalkers don't just spawn in front of you and just despawn after 10 meters

[smoky onyx]

do npcs roam and kill eachother?

[uneven barn]

the offline combat is finally working

[uneven barn]

yes

[smoky onyx]

do they still spot u from 100m? and instant beam you

[uneven barn]

seems to be better

but the online bubble still 100m

[smoky onyx]

thats so low

i guess i gotta download it again to try

[uneven barn]

you don't need to download it, just watch a video about the patch 1.5

[smoky onyx]

so snipers are still useless since u cant see shit past 100m

[inland mantle]

And one point as well, GSC has 460 employees and stalker is in its current state after a year? In 2006 Bethesda had about 50 employees, and pushed out oblivion. One of the highest regarded story action rpg out there

It had mass amount of content for its time

[smoky onyx]

well thats old bethesda i dont have much faith after starfield

[uneven barn]

it's a problem with gaming in a general

the more the time goes, more people and money you need to develop stuff

[smoky onyx]

the story was good on starfield but thats about it

[inland mantle]

Neither do I, it’s just my point that Bethesda had 50 employees in 2006 and put oblivion out, vs GSC in 2025 with 460 and stalker is nowhere near being as big of a game content wise and functionality

That’s an insane difference to think about when we have the tech we do now vs ‘06

[smoky onyx]

games were made with passion back then instead of pure profit

[uneven barn]

nah, they are made for profit too

but the difference is that they needed to release the game in a good state, and not just release it unfinished and fix it via patches

[smoky onyx]

ofc but most games these days are unfinished and mediocre at best

[inland mantle]

Exactly 💯 companies have gotten way too used to putting out broken, unfinished content because regardless of condition, consumers will eat it up

[uneven barn]

i would say it's the fault of gaming focusing more on graphics than the game itself

because now days if a game don't have hyper reallistic graphics it's automatically a fail

the games are becoming more like a tech demos than really games

[inland mantle]

Look at Minecraft. Came out in 2009 and is still the #1 game in the world and graphics couldn’t be further from realistic. But it’s got endless content. Mind you that’s comparing a sandbox to an action game, but still, we played games when characters breasts were triangles with 0 complaints

[uneven barn]

minecraft is a different case, im talking more about AAA industry

[inland mantle]

True, but then we could compare to say gtav. That game still has tons of players, and the graphics and animations are dated. People want 6 badly by now but they still play cause it keeps getting content years later

Some big, some small but it’s content

[ornate lake]

do i install yakuza 5 again

[inland mantle]

The part that really saddens me about stalker, is that it’s a pretty unique game and there none other quite like it. So to have a game like this being so unfinished sucks

[uneven barn]

the difference is that gta 5 released 12 years ago, and at that time it had amazing graphics

let's say if rockstar released gta 6 with the same graphics of gta 5, what do you think would happen?

even the game being good, people would still critize it for not having "nowdays standards graphics"

probably even saying the game is undercooked and broken even before the release

[weary hedge]

I dont know what you are on about, I played the first 2 unmodded came to play this one which released 15 years later, and what have they done? Released a game that looked pretty but ran way worse and functions way worse. Should of came out in 2026, 2027, but go ahead and keep shoving devs sausages down your throat. Consumers like you are the reason games stay shit

[uneven barn]

because no good graphics = outdated and possible broken

[uneven barn]

what you are talking about bro?

i literally says that the game is a unfinished mess

💀

[weary hedge]

wrong person wasnt meant for you

[uneven barn]

ok

[graceful dirge]

Does anyone know the earliest opportunity to get a regular Sunrise Suit, probably only after I leave Lesser Zone huh?

[tame trench]

man i still cant play stalker 2 i keep crashing

[ebon blade]

I believe so.

[shell flax]

Zaton, repair quay has a free one in the rafters

[fierce nexus]

Behold

It is I

[nocturne yew]

i think i found another bug RNG artifact location not refreshing after an emission

[ebon blade]

https://tenor.com/view/glorp-glorpdrive-drive-glorp-drive-charborg-gif-5783026409085825543

[obtuse veldt]

I don't think emissions now affect artifact generation

[graceful dirge]

I got so hype from the thumbnail I thought it was our old friend Karlik

[torn gate]

I got milk thrown at my face by a Poltergeist

[shell flax]

I helped a monolithian achieve flight #📸┃screens_and_videos

[ebon blade]

His people needed him.

[inland mantle]

Yesterday when I was going after the PSZ-9D duty suit, I had burers throwing the keys everywhere 😂 one took me 5 min to find, one instant, and the last got yeeted out of the window into the grass. Took half an hour to find it

[obtuse veldt]

Burers should not be allowed to pick the damn keys or key items tbh

same for polters

[obtuse veldt]

The Lost Alpha Dwarf huh?

[ebon blade]

Yes. Are you a Lost Alpha fan?

[obtuse veldt]

As a matter of fact i played the whole game, liked as it has a unique long story

Early illuminati versions were WTF?

[ebon blade]

Did we already talk about this before?

[obtuse veldt]

i think so

I was arguing something about the difference between a Psy storm and a emission is... different ._.

The emission as far i know damages your gear and body

the Psy storm... well mental health and transforms the victim in a zombie

But arent emissions made to kill the host?

I do believe ever since Strelok turn off the brain scorcher, its possible the psy storms are gone

Or maybe im wrong and something fishy is happening at the generators

[inland mantle]

Why was the RPD removed from the ships display case?

Just noticed that going for ammo, the rpd doesn’t even have in game model now. Removed fully, or preparing to add?

[obtuse veldt]

Probably preparing to add for sure

a teaser i bet on it for those who noticed it

[inland mantle]

I hope so, we need the rpd to mow down mutants

[obtuse veldt]

What i want badly too is more reliability options for weapons

External wear and tear is

[inland mantle]

Yeah I always put wear and tear on my guns, and they usually decrease a lot when I’m not even using them or have out

[obtuse veldt]

Like IDGAF if they increase the weight by being higher and better parts

As a drawback from using reliability

Id rather take a heavy weapon, over some lightweight weapon breaking in a matter of minutes

[inland mantle]

True that. I would also like to see an addition of hand loaded rounds, where they reduce spread significantly and hit way harder, but have more recoil/wear

Would be perfect to run in handguns and sniper rifles

Personal experience with hand loads…they are the best

[ebon blade]

I know I told somebody several weeks ago about my involvement, but I can't remember if that was you.

[obtuse veldt]

That was me @ebon blade

think it was a week ago ngl

probalby because of my pfp was different

[inland mantle]

Also, anyone want to see a powerful crossbow added for stealth, possibly with special exploding tip ammo for de mutants?

[obtuse veldt]

There was a planned weapon for that on Lost Alpha but it got cut

[inland mantle]

Is lost alpha a different game? Haven’t heard of it

[obtuse veldt]

Its a standalone game based on STALKER SoC

a fully modded game based on the original vision of SoC

[obtuse veldt]

Including the cut Sin faction

[inland mantle]

Oh ok gotcha. Maybe they’ll add in a future update. I’d love to see a dlc where you go to a secret area of the zone, where mutants actively hunt you and you need to use stealth to avoid and kill. Like bloodsuckers for masochists

[ebon blade]

I actually got to test that before the game was released.

[inland mantle]

Why didn’t they add 😭

[ebon blade]

Dez decided it just didn't vibe with the overall feel for the game.

[obtuse veldt]

^^^

[inland mantle]

That’s true, it wouldn’t. Could very well for a stealth based dlc though

[obtuse veldt]

Makes more sense Old weapons like the PPSH-14 the Mosin Nagant and the revolver

The mosin made it to Stalker 2

[inland mantle]

You mean the Nagant m1895, the one that can be suppressed?

[obtuse veldt]

same with the Revolver

hmmm i cant remember if the mosin could be supressed on Lost Alpha

[inland mantle]

Yeah I really hope they add the m1895. Would be awesome to have a suppressed revolver

To S2 I mean

[obtuse veldt]

There were 3 types of revolvers though imho they were shit except the big one

The borov pecker or the raging bull could be used as sniper revolvers

Yet it bothers me on Stalker 2 they use.... 9.39x39mm ammo

[inland mantle]

Wonder if in S2 we’ll get to see the MP-412 Rex added as an early game revolver?

Or a Rossi rm64

[obtuse veldt]

Revolvers should have their own ammo type, starting with a compact revolver and then a standard revolver and then a large revolver

[inland mantle]

Yeah the above two I mentioned are .357, perfect early game revolvers

[obtuse veldt]

I didnt mind the conversion to .12 gauge as i know there are shotgun revolvers

but the 9.39x9mm? 🤮

[ebon blade]

It's a PPSh-41. I actually own a PPS-43C

[obtuse veldt]

oh right

41 not 14 x_x

[warm trail]

Can y'all reccommend me a CS mod

[uneven barn]

you should try olr 2.5, a much better reacreation of the old build designs

[inland mantle]

PPSH-41 has to make it in the game, it would be criminal not to add

[uneven barn]

standalone mod*

[obtuse veldt]

Oh heard about it but since it was full russian i didnt bother cause i would be like ????

[inland mantle]

Think we can all agree that the MTs255 revolver shotgun would be sweet

[obtuse veldt]

now an english translation will help

[uneven barn]

it alred have translation

[ebon blade]

Try playing it like this. Did you know you can play a complete game as a Merc, without killing a single Bandit?

[uneven barn]

the translation released in 2017 i think

you can find it on moddb

[obtuse veldt]

2018 actually

gonna give it a look later when im done with S2 Strelok route

[uneven barn]

the 3.0 released recently

[obtuse veldt]

wot?

[uneven barn]

but it's on open beta, so its kinda buggy

but a team is alread making a big patch to it (sop)

[uneven barn]

oblivion lost remake 3.0

[fluid canyon]

Thanks, stalker devs, you did listen to the bug I told you guys about, reinstalled the game after some time and it's fixed

[obtuse veldt]

I checked it, gonna wait til a 3.1

betting its gonna loaded with bugs, but jeez... moddb has a lot of stalker mods ._.

[uneven barn]

i don't think it will have a 3.1 version

just wait for SOP (Semi Official Patch)

it will basically fix all the biggest problems of olr 3.0

[uneven barn]

it's almost done

probably will release this year

[warm trail]

Interesting

[hardy totem]

Remember kids, using machineguns for sneak is valid

[ebon blade]

This is where I got the Limansk Bandits to repel the Monolith attack I triggered.

[stark crescent]

Ya killed plenty of stalkers tho. Making you a bandit

[ebon blade]

Nope. Only killed Mercs, Monolith, Renegades and Zombies.

[honest ferry]

Sin when

[still current]

Never

[hardy totem]

Not even military? : o

[honest ferry]

i hunt ipsf out of passion

in stalker 2

[ebon blade]

Yes, thanks for reminding me.

[still current]

[stark crescent]

drink non stop original juice. it'l quench ya. nothing's quenchier. its the quenchiest!

[meager crag]

https://tenor.com/view/atla-quench-thirsty-cactus-juice-gif-11272614557093823899

ATLA, my beloved

[meager crag]

40k's Black Guard approves

[hardy totem]

https://tenor.com/view/sokka-gif-24346428

[thin apex]

I gave skif some sort of cancer with the amount of energy drinks i chucked in vanilla

also someone should make a mod remodling them to white monster energies

[honest ferry]

she got those burer powers

[charred nova]

Stealth machine gun

[honest ferry]

for the Shining Zone

[stark crescent]

psi radiation weapon

[honest ferry]

i love microsoft trying so hard to scam me because they wont let me cancel the game pass subscription

i cancelled it over PayPal so now i constantly get spammed to update my payment method

[meager crag]

More like close-range stealth tanks

[forest sandal]

is it even possible to get the assault rifle suppressor?? i've been spam-sleeping on Yaniv and Prypyat and nothing, they don't sell it

[charred nova]

There are multiple different ones but yah they do exist

[worn drum]

very certain i've found one at yaniv station unless it's tied to progression or something.

[forest sandal]

eh, i guess no ignoring of the main plot anymore :(

[honest ferry]

i had same issue of them not spawning lol

[hollow elm]

I picked one up randomly. They're definitely around.

[forest sandal]

what main mission were you at? cause i'm on hot on the trail

[fathom jolt]

hi

[earnest flare]

guys just to confirm, the liquid rock artifact is still in the game right?

[honest ferry]

yuh

[obtuse veldt]

Yes

[earnest flare]

damn my luck is just downright horrible 💔

[silent valve]

someone tell me if this crap is intended: I was standing down into the rookie village at my box, as suddenly the enemy pointer was alive and Sidorov statet via box, that I'm free to kill because I caused too many deaths. That said, I shot back and killed alltogether 23 guys into the village. I was expecting that respawn ended sooner or later but this was not so; even suddenly onto rooftops are new shooter appearing and I ran first out of bandages and then out of ammo. Because of the crossfire I was unable to loot death corpse. Only way was to flee out the the village and restock somewhere else. So: Whats this? You cant clear a village, because that was not intended? Nonsense!!

[inland mantle]

Same thing happened to me at the duty base in cement factory. Was all good for a while and all of a sudden duty got hostile, had to off everyone. Ended up starting a new game. Welcome to B.U.G.G.E.R 2. Good bugging out, stalker

Loving Shay’s 50% tweaks. Balanced very nice. After 16 hours of this game, sitting at comfortable 3k 5.45, 1600 .45 and 330 7.62x54 and 232k credits. No more fat walking back to settlements right before an emission just to barely meet repairs on gear

[silent valve]

I encountered such a massive enemy fire first at the cement factory, especially the sniper onto the roof and the MG shooter down behind, was a hard piece of work to enter there and loot the stashes. BUT: It worked and after a period of time all enemies are dead, the area was orange pictured onto the map and I was unable to enter the tec or the dealer there.

[inland mantle]

Hopefully they fix this right away in a hotfix, but I honestly doubt we’ll see it fixed until 1.6 in August

[silent valve]

I dont really care, because I play the game for the second time and try to walk extreme sideways, like kill litererally everone onto my way^^

So I know the drill basically, but I was expecting the same way into the rookie village

[inland mantle]

Shouldn’t be like that though unless you have really caused stuff, not for no reason

Did they change sofmod location?

It isn’t here in zaton, just some ammo and a med kit

[honest ferry]

no its still in the construction site at the swamp near sircaa

[inland mantle]

Should be at the garage in zaton by the road. The area close to the swamp

That railyard near the swamp

[honest ferry]

nah for me it was always at the same spot

[inland mantle]

From launch it was in the building by the railroad tracks near zaton swamp, sitting on a crate with some ammo

Zaton is underneath SIRCAA

This sucks lol. I don’t use 5.56, feels cursed to use nato weapons in the zone, but that sofmod is valuable loot

Can buy many rounds with it

[inland mantle]

Anyone know where to find high capacity kora mag?

[thin apex]

no it's in a random sewer tunnel now that's nearby the glowing lights sorta top middlish right of the railroad area it originally spawned, but the tunnel is so indescript that you would need an example photo to know what it is

I grabbed it a couple days ago

[inland mantle]

Oh so they did change its location

[thin apex]

was I think a 1.4 or 1.5 change or smth

[inland mantle]

I just want it to sell lol. I only use vs vintar/lavina and ak-74 as main rifle. Hopefully that changes to AKM in 1.6

[thin apex]

just be careful (idk if there's any mods that caused this) but there is a wild chimera in a large train tunnel nearby to the sewer tunnel and if you are nearby the sofmod you might accidentally discover it's den and get a uh, surprise

[frigid hill]

_punia_ has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[thin apex]

idek what what I said

[inland mantle]

I think I just got surprised by that same one 20 minutes ago 😂 it took 8 mags from ak-74 with better ballistics to kill it plus 5 mosin rounds

[thin apex]

clusterfuck

[thin apex]

it comes running out of same big train tunnel near the top mid of zaton to the right of the train area that the sofmod usdd to be iirc

[inland mantle]

Is that the blocked tunnel that had a vs vintar inside with skeletons?

With a train leading near sircaa

If that’s the one, yup I sure got surprised. Used lots of heals and ammo but I got it

[thin apex]

yes

also I thought with BB it would have taken far less then 7 ak mags

mine only took like 3 or 4 mp5 mags

[inland mantle]

Yeah I find it wierd, I down mutants fast with 9x19 but not with 5.45

But I love the AK so I use them mainly. .45 kora is really good too. Apparently there is no extended mag for it in game, just game files

[ornate lake]

ak best gun

[inland mantle]

Agree. We for sure need a wood furniture AKM 7.62x39. That would forever be my main rifle for mutants

[inland mantle]

Did you try BB AK74U against chimera for magazines?

And was the 4-5 mags regular or expansive? My ak used 8 of regular

[thin apex]

no

[inland mantle]

I might try it out later, keep one on me for a chimera. I haven’t even done the sawmill main quest yet

Just exploring, looting and killing everything

[obtuse veldt]

you can wait out until hostility dies off

and turns... red to orange and talk with Voronin to turn back to neutral

A similar issue happened to me when doing a duty quest to kill some freedomers

[thin apex]

did they just recently put the faction roles above the level roles finally?

I only noticed now

[obtuse veldt]

yep

unless... there is another faction war on discord?

[inland mantle]

I wonder if any new mods will come to the browser today. Hasn’t been any added for a few days now

[warm nexus]

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.

[hardy totem]

CREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEED

[fiery iris]

seems so

[honest ferry]

[raven crag]

In the current version 1.5.2, it seems like artifacts that increase carry weight are bugged. Is it just me? For example, The Night Star artifact doesn't extend the green (safe) carry weight bar—only the red (overweight) part increases.

[sinful aspen]

Do you guys like the stash puzzles 😁

[obtuse veldt]

Id bloody wish safe codes were dynamic

Gotta collect the key items to open dem safes

[hardy totem]

Diabolical, I approve

[split ferry]

why cant i run with the Operator Exoskeleton

[fiery iris]

you need to put the upgrade on it to run

[split ferry]

ok

[split ferry]

where at

apparently screw cant do it

[hardy totem]

Yaniv

[split ferry]

I go to yaniv for it?

[inland mantle]

Absolutely. It’s fun to have to figure out how a stalker managed to hide his stash so well. Just with there was better rewards in stashes that are hard to get to, like guns and artifacts

[obtuse veldt]

If they were dynamical for each playthrough the better!

So hard to get? they should have really good rewards!

[inland mantle]

Exactly. Really tough ones for example duty base cement factory one way up in the tower rafters should have an artifact or two and a gun and ammo, medkits etc. what’s the point in stashing a bandage and 5 pistol rounds

[split ferry]

where do I go to upgrade the Operator Exoskeleton

cuz the one at rostok cant do it

[inland mantle]

Yaniv can upgrade anything

[obtuse veldt]

Yaniv sation

and the palace of culture

[split ferry]

dms

[honest ferry]

i thought my gpu died that graphical glitch genuinely scared me

[split ferry]

check dms

[honest ferry]

bro wtf is stalker doing to my gpu

[obtuse veldt]

Also... I found out that the weird water can spawn below of one of these creepy green lights

I was looking like crazy, where is this thing?!

[inland mantle]

Still no new mods on browser today. I wanna see what the mod authors been cooking 😩 hoping for a world relighting and retexture as well as weapon retextures

[honest ferry]

my screen is flickering i think stalker 2 broke my 3090ti

its taking forever to compile the shaders

[pseudo crater]

Are there any STALKER 2 devs hanging out in this server? I'm an indie dev (UE5) and I've 1 simple question that I haven't been able to find an answer or solve it myself.
Thank you.

[kindred fable]

Kinda wish they were more hidden, like in original games. Like... Sure, we've got more "puzzles" and "parkour" sections but the stashes themselves are always very visible, like the stalkers didn't even try to hide them in some small holes or anything like that

Like, many stashes from original games are literally just some random tubes

Meanwhile here it looks like everybody owns that cool bag with yellow stripes

[kindred fable]

Never seen them interacting with the players directly, only community managers that can't really help you with anything like that

[pseudo crater]

I actually didn't expect to find any, but I was just hoping... Anyway, I'll just have to improvise and innovate.
Thank you.

[kindred fable]

Just got the "burn 1kk of them coupons" achievement. Didn't expect I'll get it so early

[inland mantle]

Someone explain this please. I’m in Pripyat in a dark building looting. There’s monolith about 60 meters across a street inside another building/outside. I do not have flashlight on. I am using a vss vintorez. I miss no shots, all headshots and yet with suppressed and no muzzle flash, the enemies still knew exactly where I was

That outright kills immersion for me as they should have had 0 clue where shots came from

Come on GSC. If I wanted to go in guns blazing wouldn’t bother using a vss vintorez/as Val. I would whip out my malyuk and go to town

[jovial sable]

It's not a stealth focused game, but yeah that kind of things are probably bugs rather than intended

[inland mantle]

I would actually argue it is/ intended to be a stealth focused game. You’re alone in a harsh world where survival is everything and one or two shots can kill you. Stealth should be a priority, only going loud when SHTF

Only mutants can’t be taken stealthily because they can sense/smell you, adding to the danger because you have to fight in the open to survive

[jovial sable]

I guess monolith has enhanced smell

[inland mantle]

It’s not just monolith though, it’s all enemies. GSC really needs to make stealth a thing. Especially for those of us who play on veteran, possibly with damage enhancing mods like BB. I like that I need to either kill without being seen/heard or use cover religiously lest I die from a sniper shot

This type of game even vanilla must have stealth as a feature

[jovial sable]

I see, when's the last time you washed your bum, stalker?

[inland mantle]

Depends, when was sidorovich not a cheapskate?

[jovial sable]

there must be a stealth mod

[inland mantle]

Not on console yet. Hopefully soon. Most we got right now is a mod that reduces enemy detection range down to 72 meters and able to lose enemies in cover, but not one that stops enemies from finding you in the dark with a suppressor

Or else those monolith never would’ve seen me in the building

[obtuse veldt]

The fact they inmediately locate where the shots are coming from with a flash suppressor is kinda dumb

Now if they made it like they are alerted, they will try to locate where the sound came from

after like 5 shots, they will be alerted on your location

[inland mantle]

Yup, and with a suppressor make it so you have to be directly spotted to be in open combat. That’s the point of say the vss vintorez. No flash, super quiet subsonic rounds, no trace of shooter

[obtuse veldt]

exactly, they could be alerted if the shot was not a killing one with flash muzzler

like he hit me from X place and to take cover

[worn drum]

• monolith punch gif *

[jovial sable]

How much dev bashing is allowed here?

[honest ferry]

cuirass dont have servos damn thats cooked

cant upgrade it so i can sprint

[drifting bear]

As many as you like, but without any real threats)

[oak junco]

^

[jovial sable]

add stealth, now.

or else

tbf tho, I like that human enemies will investigate the last place they noticed you.

and it took me a while to figure out you can use the bolt to distract enemies

[drifting bear]

It'll be done soon. Not the "soon" you're hoping for, but… soon enough.

[jovial sable]

[inland mantle]

Does lootable/craftable zone allow dismantling of ammo for components to reuse to make different ammo?

[inland mantle]

SoonTM

[drifting bear]

Unless it’s a mod, then nope - vanilla st2 doesn’t let you do that

[jovial sable]

Is there an API docs for this?

[honest ferry]

this game is so broken man

[inland mantle]

Yeah lootable and craftable zone are mods. They allow you to loot stuff to craft anything. Wonder if you can dismantle though so I can turn unwanted ammo into ammo

[inland mantle]

Don’t worry, modders will fix it

[honest ferry]

vent to varan because mission

[ashen rock]

Mine crashed 6 times

[honest ferry]

there were 10 freedomers inside the main base

varan turned hostile on me for no reason

just outside the plant i had 5 snorks spawn

[ashen rock]

Mine crashed for the bandit base side mission with the sudo giant

[drifting bear]

Any logs?

[ashen rock]

What’s a log?

[jovial sable]

wood

[ashen rock]

No

[honest ferry]

i reloaded they are agro for no reason all enemies are dead

[drifting bear]

When your game crashes there should be a “crash” log

[ashen rock]

Oh

It just sent me to my Xbox home screen and I had to push play and ect.

Do u guys like the karaod more or the dnipro

[uneven barn]

that's gsc job

[inland mantle]

We know that will take 30k business days, modders will guaranteed have most of the game fixed in a few months

[uneven barn]

nah, modders are not gonna "fix" it

the S2 sdk is alread too limited in the first place

[inland mantle]

They’ll def fix a lot of bugs. But I agree that GSC has to do more. People have already paid for a game that was expected to be miles better

[glacial flame]

Clear Sky’s Red Forest is bloody awful

Gun jamming after one bullet being fired

[uneven barn]

get a better gun

[glacial flame]

Three empty vintars in my backpack

One empty TR

[uneven barn]

or use something with a good condition

[glacial flame]

Loool it was upgraded for reliability

No traders

Playing vanilla

Never had that in SoC or CoP

Tbf Did follow strelok, into return experimental thing, into accompanying stalkers to anomalous zone then went to forester

Letting soldiers die to snorks so I can get med kits. Only to have to fight a pseudo giant with one dude left who had only a shotgun 😤

[shell onyx]

Hi all. Not sure which channel. I'm not sure what I did but when I enter Zalissya now (just got the key to go north to next zone) they're all hostile and shoot me. Can I fix this via console or something? I really don't want to load old save

[jovial sable]

did you help defend Zalissiya?

[shell onyx]

I did, and was successful

[jovial sable]

There's usually some Ward soldiers that are hostile towards me, but others are fine.

[shell onyx]

I can't go see Gaffer or anyone anymore without the entire town trying to kill me

[jovial sable]

Is it the Duty soldiers?

[shell onyx]

Honestly not sure. Maybe?

It seems to be a few select that recognize me then everything goes to shit lop

Do I just never return? Lmao

[jovial sable]

If I shoot Ward soldiers in Zalissiya Duty becomes hostile

[shell onyx]

I did help a guy stuck in a room and killed 4 people, collected money I believe. Maybe it was then?

[kindred fable]

#📸┃screens_and_videos message
Got my first legendary artifact. Kinda cool

[ashen rock]

The best one in my opinion

[vapid galleon]

How many years in the Zone?
How many years in the blood?

[inland mantle]

Does anyone know if the unforgiving zone mod by Feliche plays nice with lootable zone and better ballistics?

I hope it does, as unforgiving zone makes supplies more scarce, it’d be cool to be more reliant on crafting than trading for certain stuff

Craftable zone broken on console. You can open the menu and close it but can’t craft anything at all

[stark marsh]

I realize that people mocks Clear sky getting his ass kicked by monolith
But people forgot it took all Zone faction rushing by their interests the CNPP to destroy Monolith

[pallid edge]

Unforgiving Zone is built to be compatible with BB so yes. As for Kyne's mod, maybe not if you also use Unforgiving Zone

[ashen rock]

Do u guy like the dnipro or karhoad

[pallid edge]

well in vanilla Kharod has less recoil, but I always play modded so...Dnipro all the way

[worn drum]

what about kynes mod since it alters loot yield.

[ashen rock]

Okay thanks I play vanilla

[pallid edge]

Shouldn't be incompatible (with BB) as it doesn't do the same things as I do

[worn drum]

i think lootable/craftable is incompatible with unforgivable zone for that reason. give it a try and test it. 😅

[pallid edge]

right yeah.

[worn drum]

i haven't tried because i felt like maybe you'd only find stuff for kynes mod in breakables not stashes and such.

[sinful aspen]

Do you guys know if gsc fixed how enemies can shoot multiple times with a double barrel?

[lofty dew]

whats wrong with that?

guns arent meant to be dropped after a single shot

[shell flax]

They don’t fire both barrels at once, so yeah they’ve got multiple shots

[obtuse veldt]

Nah, weird water is where we at it

[ashen rock]

Yea but I found that one way easier than weird water

[obtuse veldt]

I kinda wished that our character got stronger over time in the zone

Something like in Lost Alpha had perk points

[inland mantle]

Do you mean shooting twice and then reloading, as a double barrel functions, or shooting like 6 times before reloading?

[inland mantle]

Nah, would bring the game into RPG territory. It’s way better to be vulnerable the whole game, only gaining some protection from armor and damage from higher caliber guns. Stalker meant to be more of a hardcore story shooter

[obtuse veldt]

That increased the chance of finding loot locations from scavenging dead bodies with higher quality, more carrying capacity, increased max health factor, reduce ADS shaking and faster reloads, or even better bartering skills with merchants

[sinful aspen]

The second

[inland mantle]

Oh ok I thought you meant stronger like most mean like able to level up damage and stuff. I don’t think health, but faster ads and reloads would be great

[obtuse veldt]

Thing is... those points were acquired by doing certain quests and main story quests

No damage, something realist

[inland mantle]

Yeah I could get behind a tree for carry weight, reputation for bartering, faster ads and reloads etc

Just not health and damage. Leave that to gear

[obtuse veldt]

being able to carry more and increase the carry cap? its welcome, better haggling prices? of course, getting more skilled with weapons? definitely, increasing the health? just like a little like 33% tops

i dont want to have like 200% health and be nighly invincible

[inland mantle]

Ads should already be faster though. Skif is ex military and can’t shoulder a rifle any faster? Like I can shoulder and aim a hunting rifle faster than he can aim a smg

[obtuse veldt]

no just average more than regular people, and also bartering skills should be a thing

Like if they want the economy as screwed as it is? ok but if you level up, it gets more accesible to you to haggle on prices and rewards from quests

[unkempt knoll]

Should i try out stalker 2 fellas

[inland mantle]

I hope a mod comes to console soon to ads and reload faster because those are just way too slow for an ex military stalker

[unkempt knoll]

Is it any good

[frigid hill]

tfosl125 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[inland mantle]

It’s mid right now. Fun, but lacks content and has lots of bugs

[obtuse veldt]

Damn it wolfed again

[obtuse veldt]

ITs currently under a Cyberpunk 2077 situation

Started all riddled with bugs, but its getting fixed

[unkempt knoll]

I imagine the content is gonna be crammed behind a bunch of dlc

[inland mantle]

Better launch, way slower post launch support

CP2077 was quite literally unplayable. I at least completed a run of stalker at launch

[inland mantle]

Better not be, game only has 1/4 of side content in game files

[unkempt knoll]

I imagine it would

[obtuse veldt]

There is gonna be some free DLC

[inland mantle]

I won’t play anymore if they take 3/4 of what was supposed to be in the game at launch and make us pay

[obtuse veldt]

the other ones are lands not explored in previous games

They best add on Free DLC, old trilogy missing areas

[inland mantle]

I agree. With what players have had to deal with so far there should be lots of free dlc

[obtuse veldt]

I dont mind paid DLC if they adding new areas

but the old trilogy areas need to be in free DLC

Such as Limansk, CNPP, Iron Forest

[ashen rock]

In your guys opinion what’s the best way to get weird water bottle

[inland mantle]

Agreed

At this point who knows what we’ll get for dlc. Were what, a year in? And the games still janky and needs lots of fixes and optimization

They can’t support the game forever

GSC gonna have to be a lot quicker to retain players. The trilogy was a masterpiece. Janky, but great. Stalker 2 so far is incredibly mid. Good shooter, mid content

[charred nova]

Limansk is already confirmed dlc

[obtuse veldt]

But we dont know if its free dlc

[charred nova]

Truthfully it might be free dlc

[inland mantle]

Well def need more than just limansk. Iirc it’s a really small map no?

[charred nova]

Though I’m extremely skeptical

I can’t say any more

It’s written in the shining zone if you know where to look

[inland mantle]

Canst thou confirmeth what guns we can expect?

[charred nova]

Nope

[inland mantle]

Dang. I need to know if we get AKM and AN-94

[charred nova]

Literally don’t know

[inland mantle]

[still current]

How are you guys liking the small role color switch to faction over experienced role change?

[obtuse veldt]

better

The rank its kinda errr... monotone

[charred nova]

https://tenor.com/view/chad-nothing-ever-happens-something-happened-soyjack-gif-9925755955535741761

[still current]

Figured it would be best for it to have priority over exp role since it's the easiest one to grind. The change wouldn't affect any other rank role, so it should be fine for a small change.

[inland mantle]

It’s good. Let’s us know what someone’s faction preference is without profile stalking

[harsh tree]

Hi

[ember grove]

Wsggg

[somber rose]

All I see are heretics

[still current]

Doubt it would be. The only confirmed free dlc atm is MP, so we can not really speculate yet. Let's hope for the best

[ember grove]

Hey there’s rumors that stalker 2 will port to ps5. Is this true?

[still current]

Yeah, it's not a rumor tho

#📰┃announcement message

[ember grove]

LET’S GOOOO HELL YEAH, I’ve been at my unit in the army so I’ve been out of the loop lately and I’m a huuuggee stalker fan. I can’t wait to finally play.

[somber rose]

Hopefully not

[still current]

Let the guy hype

[ember grove]

Is the ai like how they are in the older games? I love how the ai are in the original 3. Jank but clever

[ember grove]

Thank you sir.

[somber rose]

It's very different, most of the gameplay is walking up to enemies, engaging in dialogue, and challenging them to a Beyblade battle, which has its own minigame

[ember grove]

I have a feeling you’re trolling but I will not Doubt you friend

[still current]

It's a bit far from it, but it's good in combat. It'll keep getting better, hopefully reaching a closely similar level at one point.

[somber rose]

Thank you for trusting me implicitly.

[latent cloak]

when is the stalker mmorpg doing to be released?

[somber rose]

There actually was one a few years ago

[latent cloak]

what was the most powerful faction?

[somber rose]

It was too broken of a game, both in mechanics and English, to know.

[ember grove]

Yeah man that’s why I loved stalker. Idk what gsc cooked with the ai back in the day but they were creating some really cool ai . Opposing Ai is way better than any other game I’ve seen. (Better and more lively than cod in comparison) and that’s why I always loved it so much.

[still current]

Doubt him

[somber rose]

I was looking for it, I can't find anything on it, as it was all in Russian, I did find survarium again lol

[latent cloak]

was it official?

[somber rose]

Not even close. May have been D&C'd

[ember grove]

I’m actually getting a stalker tattoo on my arm like Strelok cause I’m literally autistic about my little hyperfixations

[latent cloak]

dont ruin your life

[somber rose]

This would have profoundly negative impacts on your social life

[ember grove]

HAHAHHAA LMAOOO

[somber rose]

"I love hearts of iron so I got this symbol on my chest"

[still current]

Yeah. We are all hoping for it to reach that level tbh, yearning for it even. Let's hope the team manages to get it working as we all envisioned it.

[ember grove]

hey I mean it’s not like I’m getting a monster energy tattoo on my arm

[latent cloak]

if thats the case you could also tattoo C.R.E.E.P. since radiohead is more famous than stalker

it woudl actaully be easier to explain

[ember grove]

I’m going to get it in a Ukrainian translation though. Not English, small too so it’s not noticeable

[somber rose]

"I ❤️ 911" "What? I love porsche!"

[ember grove]

so besides the game what’s the discord for? I mean there’s no online aspects of the game. Is this just a fan service thing where we just be talking about stalker?

[somber rose]

mostly gaslighting people tbh

[latent cloak]

to centralize the community

[ember grove]

Oh sick

[ember grove]

Oh okay gotcha

I think I’ll get the tattoo after I go to Poland though

Just in case

[somber rose]

where are you from

[ember grove]

United States

[obtuse veldt]

your Profile LMAO

[ember grove]

Oh yeah, I forget this is my profile most of the times. I actually need to update it so I don’t look like an ass most of the times hahaaa.

[inland mantle]

How can you support the monolith? Ex soldiers who murder innocents. The shame. Stalkers are meant to be free from oppressive groups. Free stalkers unite!

[somber rose]

All I hear is "shoot me shoot me"

[inland mantle]

Nah, I headshot snipe groups of monolith exo soldiers all day long with a vss vintorez

[somber rose]

You've never killed a Monolithian once

[inland mantle]

All day long. Ever been to Pripyat? The streets are full of your brethren’s corpses

A feast for the pseudodogs

[sweet zephyr]

stalker 2 keeps crashing, it may be my mods but none updated and it was fine earlier

[echo nimbus]

Did u get a crash log

[sweet zephyr]

yea exception_access_violation

whatever that means

[echo nimbus]

Idk if you've looked anything up but maybe this will help? Stalker 2 TRUE Fix for Low Level Fatal Error/Exception Access Violation : r/stalker https://share.google/weK7riYHnEyOgAwfM

[somber rose]

In the original manga monolithians are practically invincible, they'd teleport behind you and behead you with a katana.

[obtuse veldt]

Weird, must be a mod

[silk nexus]

[inland mantle]

How far has the monolithians fell, in S2 they are nothing more than the rats that lurk in the tunnels. Once a great power, now but a shell

But monolithic are better than sircaa or the ward for sure

[frigid hill]

tfosl125 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[somber rose]

Stalker 2 isn't canon

[inland mantle]

Of course it is, it’s a direct sequel to the trilogy, not its own standalone thing

[somber rose]

Bori Suto (ボリ・スト) the original author is dead

[sweet zephyr]

I uninstalled all my mods and welp
it didn't fix the problem

[echo nimbus]

Did u verify ur game after

[sweet zephyr]

not after uninstalling them

[inland mantle]

That doesn’t make stalker 2 non-canon. That’s like saying star wars is no longer canon because George Lucas sold the rights to Disney. The original write isn’t around anymore so whatever GSC makes canon is canon. S2 is because it’s a direct sequel

[echo nimbus]

Verify ur game and restart ur pc if not maybe a hard reinstall is needed

[somber rose]

The author committed seppuku specifically because his work was stolen from him

The original manga Roadosido Picnikku was called "50 Shades of Flecktarn" and was a romance doujin between a Freedomer and a Bloodsucker, however, the Monolith canonically wins

[echo nimbus]

💀 roadosido picnikku

[lean viper]

Does the X7 suit in the endgame missions do anything??

[somber rose]

Yes, it makes it so the animators only have to make one ending cutscene for Skif.

[ember grove]

The monolith are brainwashed and don’t even know what they are doing majority of the time. They’re prawns to the wish granter

[sweet zephyr]

didn't work
but I REALLY don't wanna spend me evening doing that

[echo nimbus]

hmm r u sure u uninstalled every mod 🤔

What happens when u try to launch the game btw?

[sweet zephyr]

instant crash and yes, because i'm using the workshop

[echo nimbus]

O idk how workshop works I would say submit a ticket but I submitted mine months ago and nothing was done abt it

[obtuse lodge]

Yo haven’t played in a while but has A life been improved?

[lean viper]

Alr so

Just finished ward ending, I don’t get it at all, is skif an agent??

Im SO confused

Still confused guys

[fallen latch]

I'm not totally understanding it either, but the ward must have used the monolith somehow, at some point (maybe when they tested it on him) to be able to watch what he's doing

I am probably wrong, but thats what it seems like to me

[earnest flare]

zawg why isnt an emission spawning🙂 i've been waiting for almost an hour trying to get liquid rock but the emission wont even spawn

[inland mantle]

You could just save scum one area for liquid rock. Just stay 100 meters away and save, grab it and if it’s not liquid rock then load save

[earnest flare]

the thing is the place im trying to farm is poisonous hole but there's no artifact there and i've been waiting for an emission to respawn it

[inland mantle]

A real stalker does whatever it takes for the best artifacts. Good hunting stalker 🫡

[earnest flare]

but the emission isnt spawning😇

[inland mantle]

Fr though, since last patch I’ve noticed an emission pattern, for me at least. It only happens when within shelter distance of up to like 300 meters away. Not sure why but it’s not every time either

I’ve had like 3 happen in 18 hours of play

[earnest flare]

it's not due to story advancements right

[inland mantle]

Nope, random. Usually right after the green storm

Not sure if there’s an easy way to trigger an emission or if you just gotta wait. I am getting more frequent ones after putting longer days 24 hour on

[fickle hill]

Don't tell me where getting radioactive rain now are we?

[primal nimbus]

Anyone heard of these guys named Poczta Polska. Bought a Merc patch from them last month and it was expected to be here yesterday. However, it ain’t there in my PO box.

[inland mantle]

No, it’s just a green sky with lightning and high winds. I think it’s a pre emission storm?

[earnest flare]

i'll try it out, i've been waiting for eternity for an emission😓

[fickle hill]

No it's just a regular storm but I have had those moments before

[earnest flare]

it's the mod right, the once made by feliche

[inland mantle]

Ah I usually get an emission after them, so when sky goes green I try stay somewhat near shelters lol. I wanna know when/if we’re getting psy storms though. Be wicked to see people running for shelter to turn into zombies

Or if the player is caught in them, have a short cutscene showing our character black out, becoming a zombie themself

We need a dlc that focuses solely on psy radiation and the mental effects of it. Could have a whole new slew of psy mutants, and ways to combat the radiation as well as psy weapon perhaps?

I hope S2 gets dlc at all given the current state of the game. New regions and story expansions would be great as well as loads of side content

[fickle hill]

I mean one would hope that's the plan

[echo nimbus]

Skif got paid for siding w them at the expense of everyone's freedom or smt like that since the wards goal was absolute control I think

[fickle hill]

It is I am surprised duty isn't against them afterwards since they go against their goal of destroying the zone

I am amazed General Vor doesn't become the 5th boss

[primal nimbus]

Completed the side quest of Crest, Slegdehammer, and the IPSF, at the Duga. Dead men tell no tales.

[inland mantle]

One would hope, but were also a year into the game and still have big bugs that were present at launch, and still need more optimization as Pripyat still drops frames quite a bit

I’m just waiting for some good mods that will help improve the experience. It won’t bring the content that we need but it helps improve the gameplay itself

I’m hoping the faster reload add and swap speed mod gets ported to console. It has open perms on nexus by the author InviZ17

[weary hedge]

Does anyone on Xbox know if enabling mods disables achievements?

[inland mantle]

It does yes

On Xbox, any cheats and mods must disable achievements on any game

[weary hedge]

Rip I just wanted some graphic touch ups

[inland mantle]

There’s not really any graphics mods yet on console. Just a lighting one and one that repositions the sun properly

And I guess a real forest, but that lags mega bad

[weary hedge]

Ahhh I haven’t seen what the mods are yet. But I was more looking for something to make the game more optimized and add more immersion to the game cause last I played it the world felt empty and the performance was questionable lol

[inland mantle]

Performance honestly isn’t bad now on console. I reccomend Shay’s qol 50% part 1 and 2 with better ballistics, and weapon reposition project tactical. That makes weapons more centered on screen and lower. Ace flashlight, real longer days 24 hours

Oh and less enemy aggression, living zone gold, udp anim jam fix

[weary hedge]

Oh bet those sound nice. Especially the enemy aggression. That shit is wack lol

[inland mantle]

BB is a beast of a mod. Redoes all calibers so that damage is realistic. Play on stalker with that for balanced, or veteran for realistic

[inland mantle]

There’s also Shay’s impacts and weapon vfx. Very immersive impacts and splatter. Hope one comes out soon to remove impact audio for those silly headshots

[worn drum]

bb is gotta be my top favorites.

[inland mantle]

The blood mist says all

[weary hedge]

Bet I’ll just have to say screw the achievements. The game has been hard to enjoy coming straight out of the old ones

[inland mantle]

I can’t wait for the day we get an AKM in 7.62 with BB. Glorious

[weary hedge]

Will mods apply to existing saves tho?

[inland mantle]

Even the limited mods on console help a ton. Just wait for a few months. Will be fantastic

[worn drum]

yeah just take a break. and honestly with the mods, just start a new save.

[inland mantle]

I agree. It just feels better to have them all right off the bat. More immersive

[worn drum]

have your save you started with, and a new save with mods so it all works smoothly. and you'll notice the changes sooner.

[weary hedge]

Bet thank you bros. I will try a new game with the recommended mods above 🙏

[inland mantle]

Good hunting, stalker

And just a tip playing with Better Ballistics….always scout buildings with a scoped rifle first, and even then, be wary as you approach. You will die fast, but so will they

[weary hedge]

So for BB do I do Shay’s and hardcore gunplay overhaul or just one of them

[inland mantle]

That’s the one, it should say Shay’s 50% hardcore with bb part 1 and 2

[weary hedge]

I prefer that over bullet sponge combat tbh but good to know

[inland mantle]

Same here. Mutants can still be sponges depending on caliber. They seem to hate 7.62x54, .45 and 9x19 the most. Except pseudogiant and chimera. They don’t care what you use, to them it’s ranged mosquito bites

[weary hedge]

I see a Qol Changes x Better ballistics part1 and the part 2 one ?

[inland mantle]

Yup those are the ones

It’s a combo of both to eliminate conflicts. Built in patches

[earnest flare]

still waiting for the emission🙏

kinda entertaining watching 11 ward members fighting the monolithians so its fine ig

[weary hedge]

Sweet and the living zone improves a-life?

[inland mantle]

Yup. Doesn’t change spawn distance, but it does change what spawns in what direction based off lairs

I’ve been enjoying it. Come across better encounters in locations than vanilla

[weary hedge]

Hell yeah just got all the mods. Are the weather ones any good?

Some heavy rain/thunderstorms would be a sick addition

[inland mantle]

The dynamic one seems to make almost no difference but that could be me

Disappointed that no mods got added to the browser today

[rapid parrot]

Are there any mods that give different eating animations? I’m weary of eating the same three chunks of meat in a can

[sonic rivet]

am I sigma

[inland mantle]

Not on console yet, no animation mods

[rapid parrot]

No, you like duty, you’re basic

[ember grove]

duty is not basic

[obtuse veldt]

Duty sucks

[inland mantle]

Nah ward is basic

[ember grove]

Who even is ward lmaoooo

[obtuse veldt]

New player who already did more than DOOTY

[ember grove]

duty has done way more than you think even in the start of the zone before the big emission that warped the map

[inland mantle]

Free stalkers unite!

[ember grove]

I do prefer freestalkers though

[ember grove]

shotgun and sausage main

[inland mantle]

I’m a bread and suppressed ptm main

[weary hedge]

Oh Monolith, we shall remove all obstacles from Your path. Take our flesh. Take our blood. Take our souls. And make them whole again🥰

[sharp flicker]

HAIL

[ember grove]

Sounds like we got some monolithians in here

[primal nimbus]

Man, I’m just here for money and adventure

[ember grove]

“Monolith”

fucking blows himself up with a grenade

[weary hedge]

I dont know monolith pretty chill bruh

[inland mantle]

I’d rather feed myself to a bloodsucker than join the monolith….although being immune to rads and emissions sounds nice

Monolith=edgy children of atom iykyk

[weary hedge]

Realistically I’d side with spark/scar. I just think the monolith are funny goobers

[obtuse veldt]

Freedom defended the barrier, kept yaniv when big emission happened, and went rich

[ember grove]

The monolithians are just experienced soldiers/ stalkers that that were into the zone and were lured by the wishgranter into brainwashing to protect the C- consciousness. The wishgranter is a big phony radiated stone that “grants wishes” but purely it’s just the C- consciousness that controls the poor soldiers into a radicalized state that will kill anything for its beloved monolith.

Which I can’t hate tbh they are kinda hard ngl

[weary hedge]

Hard ah lore terrible objectives

[rapid parrot]

Nah, the C-Con and brain scorcher went down and I still chose to believe.

[obtuse veldt]

What did dooty do these years? lie to public, lose rostok, demoralize itself and divide between Voronin and Zulu without a new general to arise

[ember grove]

Feel free to correct me if I’m wrong fellas I’m not trynna give false lore

Duty lore goes hard too,

JOIN DUTY‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️

[inland mantle]

I would realistically probably side with duty. They have no wish to destroy the zone, but rather contain the dangers within it and keep stalkers safe. Some of their methods are controversial but duty being in control beats the ward any day. Second runner up would be freedom

[rapid parrot]

The wishgranter is a real thing, now confirmed by the new game, it’s an anomaly just kind of “programmed” to make these random people loyal to whoever commanded the C-Con

[obtuse veldt]

Duty are bloodthirsty maniacs who want to kill freedom for no good reason

[ember grove]

Don’t explain to me what the ward is. I still haven’t played stalker 2 in waiting for ps5 port. Ok tell me just a bit so I can scratch the surface plz

[rapid parrot]

And keep losing every place they have, they’re now in a small corner base with like 100 dudes

[ember grove]

Okay wonderful I haven’t played the 2nd game yet so this is new to me. And a lot of new questions lol

[rapid parrot]

Not even that, less than Monolith

[ember grove]

Freedom are sort of kinda anarchist who go against what duty wants. But they got some drippy clothes and all they do is wanna chill lol

[thin apex]

[weary hedge]

Facts even tho duty got some questionable individuals in it I like the idea of what they do. Especially since it’s an organization that was originally abandoned by the mainland military hence the origins of the name duty

[rapid parrot]

Flecktards when you don’t want to wear their basic camo after their 4 hour long rant on why it’s the best camouflage

[ember grove]

It’s like DUTY didn’t want to go on a mercenary route cause they wanted something more with meaning, an agreement and pledge with likeminded soldiers/ stalkers to protect the zone from the outside world see duty ain’t so bad after all.

mercanaries on the other hand 👀

[rapid parrot]

Monolith has the most noble goal, serving the Monolith!

[ember grove]

Lollll

[ember grove]

the monolith is really showing lmaooo

[weary hedge]

They also have very strong brotherhood. For the monolith!

[ember grove]

I wouldn’t consider it a brotherhood, just a hive mind of brainwashing

[ember grove]

I get the cause though I do

[rapid parrot]

Nah it’s a Brotherhood, they do form friendships, and while they sometimes can’t remember once they’re out of the Monoliths light, they still function like normal people. They still need directions, and talk. Pointed out the most in this way, they have a leader in game.

Only thing that really gets changed is they get monotone, and their loyalty is changed to the Monolith.

[ember grove]

Agree’d

[weary hedge]

Facts. I also like how noontide shows that even after they came to their senses

[rapid parrot]

Also Urban ERDL supremacy.

[weary hedge]

What’s ETDL?

ERDL*

[rapid parrot]

ERDL? It’s a type of camo pattern, but inside urban colors, which is usually, greys, black, and white

So the Monoliths camo

[weary hedge]

Ohhhh yes their drip stays on top lol😂

Not to mention the vast exoskeleton count and Gauss rifles

[rapid parrot]

Real, I actually sent you a DM btw, let me know if you’re interested!

[earnest flare]

finally an emission came🙏 but im all the way in pripyat bruh

[drowsy agate]

Works like a charm

[obtuse veldt]

There was this dude saying a Psy-storm and a emission are the same thing? nuh uh

Emissions kill everything in its way, while Psy storms zombify

Not the same thing

[earnest flare]

holy luck i got liquid rock first attempt with save scumming ❤️

[valid oar]

I've always found the way the dogs in this game sort of "stumble" around to be really awkward.

[honest ferry]

makes them harder to hit

[valid oar]

No arguing with that.

[steel yoke]

There’s a mod already for removing headshot sound. Can’t tell more though, I remember only I’ve seen it on YouTube.

[inland mantle]

That’s only on pc for now. I’m hoping that one and faster ads reload speed and weapon swap both come to console

The latter has open perms to port on nexus, as long as credit is given

[weary hedge]

Brooo I just found a Harry Potter reference in stalker 2 hell yeah 😂

[inland mantle]

Wait for real? Where about? Pripyat I’m guessing?

Ohhhh wait I know what it is! I saw it in my first playthrough, and today actually

[honest ferry]

there is indiana jones reference in cooling towers region

[weary hedge]

Car in the living tree🥲

[inland mantle]

Yup the fridge right?

[weary hedge]

I gotta check this out

[inland mantle]

There’s also a back to the future reference, and another for dark souls

I know there’s tons, haven’t found them all yet

[ember grove]

There’s a dayz reference in stalker 2 as well

[weary hedge]

No way. I love both those. Where at?

[ember grove]

I think there’s some old postercards that reference maps in dayz

[inland mantle]

And a wilhelm scream 😂

[weary hedge]

There is

[ember grove]

Sick, I love dayz as well. I’ve been playing since I was 12

[honest ferry]

actually scared me the first time at the twister in yaniv

[inland mantle]

Dark souls in burning forest and back to the future cooling towers

[inland mantle]

Same but then I laughed so hard when I saw the body fly at me from above 😂

It was super close to hitting me directly

Wonder if that can kill you?

[honest ferry]

@ebon blade buddy

this server has some serious issues with scammer bots

[ebon blade]

I just got here. Where? What time?

[dreamy forge]

Spammed most channels

No rest for the poor mod

[weary hedge]

Nobody click the link on his profile. It’s more than likely a scam and a quick grab to get ur info

[honest ferry]

post above me

[inland mantle]

I haven’t tried the rpg with better ballistics yet. I wonder if it can one shot a chimera or pseudogiant?

[ebon blade]

I got them. Thanks, it really helps for heads up like this.

[weary hedge]

I shot a couple at a giant which wasn’t enough but got it pretty low

[inland mantle]

That was with BB? It didn’t die in one rocket?

[weary hedge]

Yeah

[inland mantle]

That’s insane, pure flesh surviving and rocket…..

[weary hedge]

Well their bones are practically made of steel and their skin is thick as hell but yeah an rpg would do some serious damage 😂

[honest ferry]

i need to try fighting a chimera with rpg7

[weary hedge]

Awe it’s giving you a big fat smooch🥰

[ebon blade]

And I returned the kiss

[honest ferry]

12 gauge shotgun

[weary hedge]

Must’ve given it a good itch😂

[inland mantle]

I just solved a puzzle for a stash and got a unique as Val called trophy. Too bad it doesn’t use 5.45 or something, has nothing special going for it. If it used 5.45 that would be epic

[honest ferry]

real and true

get the grom s-15 it uses 5.45 very fun weapon to use

[inland mantle]

I use BB so I’m rocking a basic AK-74 because it’s equal damage, same rounds just better sights/recoil for my style. I just wish trophy used 5.45 cause then it’s a truly unique integrally suppressed 5.45 rifle

My ak-74 gets the job done but can’t beat the as Val. Not using cause ammo isn’t as common and expensive at 64 a pop vs 48 for 5.45

[honest ferry]

5.45 is everywhere

already collected 2 stacks and i am still in garbage

[weary hedge]

Bro I’ll finally be able to put the special ak in streloks hideout to good use with this mod😫Big hype

[inland mantle]

Yeah that’s why I wish trophy used it, would be a truly unique as val instead of a reskin

[honest ferry]

spitfire my love

[inland mantle]

I run 5.45 cause it’s cheaper and common. If 9x39 was the same I’d run it

What’s spitfire?

[honest ferry]

streloks krinkov

74u

[weary hedge]

The most lovely gun in the game (74u)

[honest ferry]

special is nice aswell

[inland mantle]

What makes spitfire special?

[honest ferry]

easy to get you can go straight to cordon to get it after finishing lesser zone

special one

[inland mantle]

No I mean what makes spitfire so lovely? I have special

[weary hedge]

Faster fire rate so perfect for close quarters

[graceful dirge]

Oh you aren't gonna love this

AKM-74S
Spitfire: Converted to 7.62x54mmR, complete with new stats

[weary hedge]

And I just drool for the 74u so it’s the all in 1 package for me

[inland mantle]

How do you get spitfire? If it’s an ak74u with even more fire rate I want it

[graceful dirge]

It was originally running 7.62x39 because of the unique mag but when they removed that across the game with 1.5, BB rebalanced it like the Dnipro to 7.62x54R conversion

[inland mantle]

I must’ve missed it my first playthrough lol. Never seen it

[graceful dirge]

Strelok's stash in the Agroprom underground

[weary hedge]

👆

[thin apex]

where was it that you could find the AKM74S suppressor again

I remember I got one in my first 2 runs but I forgot where or how

I wanna have it since I can finally actually use the akm74s

[honest ferry]

when you first meet scherba he sends you into the x5

spitfire is in the x3 nearing the end of the mission

gotta watch a tutorial its super easy to miss

[inland mantle]

How far in is the quest? I’m on back to the slag heap. Been exploring everywhere lol

[weary hedge]

If you played shadow of Chernobyl it’s in that tunnel right after fighting military that leads to their base. There will be a pipe you can go through in that tunnel that takes you to the stash

[weary hedge]

It’s in the chemical plant region if I’m not mistaken so you can go straight there. No quest needed

[graceful dirge]

Lol I think you are on mission 6 so it's gonna be a while, as far as I know you can't survive the fall from above & will softlock down there anyway if you do, and otherwise cannot get in there until In Search of Past Glory mission 21

[weary hedge]

Ahh they must’ve patched the bug to there then

[graceful dirge]

personally I was never able to survive the fall down there but I'm going off of this post for the soft lock thing https://www.reddit.com/r/stalker/s/pwwJzMOKHd

[inland mantle]

Ah ok, will stick to AK-74 then for now since there’s no 5.45 variant of the lavina

[weary hedge]

Headache

[still current]

Me when there is a yapper nearby

[gray fog]

😋

[ebon blade]

Do you mean someone that keeps talking and won't shut-up?

[ebon blade]

Ouch.

[stark crescent]

unreal engine 5.6

they advertise it as an engine meant for larges cale open worlds

[thin apex]

man I hate the monolith in stalker 2 they deal so much damage suddenly for no reason and tank so much ammo

like why does it take my 17 rounds of 45 at 10 meters to kill them even with better ballsitics

[stark crescent]

if we are talking about real life 45, they wear body armor. 45 has alot of stopping power, but not alot of penetration.

[thin apex]

give me a 5.7 then

[stark crescent]

5.56?

[honest ferry]

5.7

is a belgian made anti armor cartrage

[stark crescent]

oh

p90 stuff

[honest ferry]

its small but fast its used by the five-seven pistol and fn p90

slugs and ap rounds make short work of monolith soldiers

[stark crescent]

you forgot one

2.7x9 kolibri

[thin apex]

and Ruger 57/fn fiveseven

I would love 5.7 if it wasn't so proprietary and expensive

[stark crescent]

because its not a widely used bullet

[thin apex]

it would be a great caliber if it was mainstream

but at the same time "muh stopping power" bros with their 45s would probably hate it and slander it because it's not as fat as .45 caliber

[stark crescent]

i wouldnt mind performing some sacrilige and convert a colt 1911 to accept 5.7

[thin apex]

finally a decent ammo capacity 1911

[stark crescent]

if you want ammo capacity, then why not go freaky and glue 2 colts together

wait...the italians actually did that. awkward...

[still current]

Yeah

[thin apex]

I mean atleast a 5.7 1911 would be able to hold double stack mags so you would probabaly be talking 16+ rounds

[echo ivy]

https://chng.it/QsSTjjXkpW

[jovial sable]

Why are there Ward soldiers in Zalissiya and Yaniv after the Monolith incident? It's funny that they're hostile the moment you leave any safe-zone building.

[thin apex]

what mf mod is it that i have installed that forces the SVU and m701 to only take high grade ammo and not regular

also I just returned to the sphere after sircca and it is lagging so bad at the sphere

on series x

[sullen saddle]

Exported 49607 standard messages to messages_history.csv

[thin apex]

also it's impossible for me to save solder too he's just dead before I even get to him

literally no matter how much a rush I get the "come help me" voice line and he will be killed before he even finishes saying it

[honest ferry]

normally he says that while you are in the building already atleast for me

[thin apex]

yeah I cross the Skybridge and "enter the sphere" and he says, hey come help me and I run down the hallway in 2 seconds shoot the two guys and he's already dead

even before he finishes saying his line

[honest ferry]

weird

[kindred fable]

Probably just random A-Life squads that were "lost"

It happened to me too with IPSF soldiers

[jovial sable]

Yeah, I don't think Ward and IPSF should be hanging around Yaniv. Weird that they shoot me outside Yaniv station and everyone else just ignores it.

Same with Zalissiya

Especially in Zalissiya, if I kill Ward soldiers, Duty is hostile towards me now. Very weird.

Even though Ward starts shooting at me first.

[worn drum]

you playing with better ballistics?

[thin apex]

yeah that's probabaly causing it

because idk it messes up NPC health and damage

[worn drum]

it's definitely the reason.

solder doesn't have any protective armor either.

dude's getting double tapped np by those guys.

[thin apex]

bro prolly gets 1 tapped by the monolithians

I managed to eventually save him after like 15 retries though but it was annoying I had to save outside of the sphere cos the entire time in there I was considered in combat and couldn't save

[worn drum]

i get it though. the day solder dies is the day i plug him myself.

[quaint umbra]

What kind of plug? Western? European? USB-C?

[glacial flame]

So the end of Clear Sky, Stalker becomes DOOM and it doesn’t work at all 🤣

Sheesh I’m praying the ai gets janked or I’m lucky with enemy spawns

[frigid hill]

burnmandem has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[glacial flame]

Did it, had to turn off aim-assist as it’s bugged. It’s redundant having it on when the bullets don’t go where they should anyways 🤣

[worn drum]

a 45. caliber plug in the temple.

[inland mantle]

I think that’s a feature now, mosin for example goes up in caliber when you swap the barrel, but the high end guns have an option to switch the barrel to allow it to fire lower quality ammo. I think that’s done by design so that earlier tier guns and more useful in the mid to end game. It also makes sense that you can’t fire low quality ammo through a high grade rifle without having a reinforced barrel

[inland mantle]

Aim assist doesn’t work in S2 either 😂

It’s not a bug, it’s an anomaly, as all features of this pristine AAA title

Enemies are meant to dodge your bullets, how else are you supposed to get better at gunplay ja?

Everything in the zone is an anomaly. We don’t talk about bugs.

[glacial flame]

Loool

Imma try Chernobylite now to tide me over

[thin apex]

it didn't used to be like that on release

[inland mantle]

No it wasn’t but I think that’s done changed in a recent update to blend weapons a bit. It’s like driving a Bugatti but filling it with cheap fuel, without swapping the engine to one that’s meant for it

High end rifle meant to fire quality round will blow up fast firing cheap powder

Makes sense that early guns like mosin can be upgraded to fire high quality, whereas high quality guns have an option to downgrade ammo for convenience

[obtuse veldt]

^^

[thin apex]

I wonder where the earliest place I can grab a PSO 4X is

I still don't have one for an ak/as val

[stuck seal]

The job for warlock

He tells you to find a loner that’s in debt, and that loner tells you where his “stash” is, and it’s just an ak with a pso

I think the ak itself is a special variant, which means it’s worse than a normal one, so take the pso off of that one and put it on yours

[coarse falcon]

You can't take it off tho

It's a special weapon. Preety decent in the beginning. Scope is great adition.

[inland mantle]

You can usually get one right after the lesser zone. Go to slag heap, if not there run over to the duty base Rostock. They usually have them

Or use an interactive map from google and search it’s location found in the world

[thin apex]

I know about lumox's (or whatever his name is) rifle but I want one for my personal AK since his one has worse stats and sometimes I wanna take it off plus I can also put it on my as val

[stuck seal]

whar

That is very silly that you cannot remove the pso

I thought you could

[graceful dirge]

That's the trade-off, you can have much earlier PSO but the gun is worse than a normal variant

[thin apex]

I'm gonna go cooling tower catfish-fishing

also something wild is in my first run I never actually crossed into cooling towers cos I just thought it was inaccessible eventhough there was a bridge

I thought it was like late game restricted area like pripyat

and to make it worse I want to the cement factory multiple times so I was 200 meters away and just never tried

[inland mantle]

Nah that’s a lifesaver in the lesser zone. On veteran especially with BB mod, nothing better than 4x distance headshots in semi auto

[next robin]

My game is closing when I arrive at the top of the cyclone

[inland mantle]

Unless you have the BB mod, all the guns are fairly equal to eachother with variants

Even calibers are all very similar power, like pistol and rifles. Although 9x18 needs to be made a little more powerful to match 9x19, but .45 hits nice and hard as it should

[graceful dirge]

Amen thank god for BB, it's nice for it to not just be arbitrarily worse for balance purposes because at the end of the day it's just the same AK with a fixed PSO

and to me not being able to remove it is enough of a con minus just making it weaker for no good reason

[inland mantle]

Exactly, and a 5.45 should perform very similar to 9x39 and 5.56. All 9x39 has going for it is that it’s a mid range subsonic round

[thin apex]

yea a magnified optic is probably the best thing you can get in the game but at the same time in like, 30 hours deep into this save, far from the lesser zone

[inland mantle]

Recoils all redone to be very realistic too. No more 5.45 kicking like a 300 WSM

[thin apex]

yeah something j hated about base game is how overdone the recoil is that made 5.45 and 9mm kick so bad tyou could barely go full auto without sending it everywhere

I still hate the movement sway with magnified optics when standing though

it's not that hard to not throw your optic between both your eyes when moving side to side

[smoky hawk]

Sounds like a problem if you don't have skill

For sure

[thin apex]

move side to side with the 4X optics like PSO and see how aggregious it is

[inland mantle]

The sway is realistic, when your in the middle of fighting/moving stuff it’s tough to breathe properly to steady yourself, unlike when your hunting

4x optics aren’t meant to be used on the move, they are meant to be used from a steady position, either leaning on something or prone

[smoky hawk]

Good thing stalker ain't realistic

[thin apex]

it's not like skif is even going fast when strafing he's on a leisurely tip toe

[smoky hawk]

But at the same time

Stop moving like it's cod

I ban you from cranking 360s

[inland mantle]

S2 has some of the most realistic gunplay I’ve seen from jams to optic behavior and audio

Really close to how firearms behave irl

[smoky hawk]

You have played very little games

What are you
A console player

[inland mantle]

Yeah I play console, and I haven’t played very little games. But I have a lot of experience with firearms, S2 is very realistic in regards to them. Not saying it’s the most realistic, but it’s one of the closest

[thin apex]

I really like the iron sights behaviour and the look when looking down them but the magnified optics have much to be desired

[smoky hawk]

My condolences

I want you to know
It gets better
Keep fighting

[inland mantle]

Realistically though you won’t notice the strafing movement affecting your optic much if it’s a 1.5x, whereas a 4x you will. You’re at 4x magnification, everything is 4x closer to you and movement effects are way more exaggerated than they really are. Firing accurately with a 4-16x scope requires stillless and proper breathing

[stuck seal]

No I mean it’s silly that you cannot remove the pso from that rifle specifically

To use it for something else

[inland mantle]

Oh yeah that’s any unique gun in the game. Can’t remove attachments from them but you can add a scope to say the grom-s15

[shell flax]

Knowing lummox he probably gorilla welded it to the frame or something

[inland mantle]

Canon observation

[thin apex]

ingame his AK has pretty worse durability consumption then a factory AK too

[inland mantle]

I doubt he takes proper care of his rifle so it’s durability is bad

Lummox is the type of stalker to try lick an anomaly in hopes of recieving its power

[stuck seal]

Lummox just seems like the kind of guy that would probably be cool but he borrowed money from the wrong people

[graceful dirge]

I just want an option to stabilize on most any cover like Arma Reforger, that would be awesome

[worn drum]

lummox seems like the type of guy to be able to pay someone back, but instead goes back to them and asks for more koupons.

[inland mantle]

That would be an epic feature. Hell they could even add bipods and prone position at the same time

[shell flax]

Wrong People
You mean the entire lesser zone?

[stuck seal]

The entire zone

[thin apex]

give me an effective way to actually dodge/side strafe something that isn't just turn right and sprint jump away

[inland mantle]

If you flipped his debt around he’d be filthy rich

[graceful dirge]

Be careful or the vanilla games' honor guards shall scream heresy at such a thing lol, but yeah at the end of the day why wouldn't we have more features & options

[thin apex]

literally like every mutant in the game has a jumpy dash attack straight at you and the game didn't make a way to effective avoid it besides turning around and running away since skif runs faster then Usain bolt and equally has an Olympic record in long jump

[shell flax]

Nah if it was the entire Zone he probably would’ve been tossed into a fruit punch nuts first by Sultan’s boys by now

Give him SOME credit lmfao

[inland mantle]

I’m welcome for anything that improves the gunplay even further. After all, all we do in the zone is loot n’ shoot

[graceful dirge]

I feel like those sort of Dodge mechanics you might find in third person games tend to be odd in first person shooters but I do agree with you. it would be cool to further flesh out the mobility; imagine having like a Black Ops-style dolphin dive you could do into a direction and it would leave you in prone

[stuck seal]

The thing that bothers me most is that all the mutants will leap at you, hit you, and then go through you

[inland mantle]

Bo6 style Omni movement

[stuck seal]

It’s so annoying

[graceful dirge]

agreed, combine that with the fact that they like jump at you (into you?) and instantly turn away makes fighting them sometimes frustrating because of their wonky collision. Namely dogs & fleshes for me with that