☢┃stalker-general

[frank valley]

Yeah, definitely still waiting on that multi. Was hoping to have my own band of stalkers with my friends, but it sounds like there's no co op

[charred nova]

this type of thing is common here

https://tenor.com/view/1984-george-orwell-george-orwell-1984-1984-chips-1984-ruffles-gif-7144052804264359069

[tardy rain]

I had my doubts about the "stalker vet" claim on account of you being literally 5 when it came out, but actually thinking the multiplayer will be anything of value is kinda the nail in that coffin

[pulsar cypress]

Anyone know why some NPCs in the chemical plant safe zone are hostile while others aren't?

[naive crescent]

Just because u have some badges in discord here u think u know stalker better than people here ?

[charred nova]

unless its private servers only any type of conventional mp mode will be instantly destroyed by russian bots

[tardy rain]

no, just better than someone who thinks custom skins are a vital component

[naive crescent]

Who said they are vital component lol

[pulsar cypress]

Honestly I'd be happy with some kind of co-op, I'd love to play this game with a friend

[tardy rain]

i mean everyone would, so it's unfortunate they pretty much gave it a hard 'no'

[naive crescent]

There is mods and roleplay servers all around day z and arma

[tardy rain]

cool go play that

[charred nova]

since 2021 it has been stated the game will NEVER have co op

and this has been repeated every time when asked since then

[naive crescent]

I actually did 4K hours in RP because there is constant content unlike the real game

[tardy rain]

explains a lot

[naive crescent]

Kden

[pulsar cypress]

Agreed, but the devs don't seem to fw people having friends, hopefully one day they'll be able to implement a co-op mod for console

[weary hedge]

I’d rather them make a co-op standalone game then implement it in stalker 2

[tardy rain]

I was originally kinda hopeful that UE would provide a solid framework for a co-op port, as it's a lot more feasible than X-ray for that

but the hard lock on accessing any of the underlying C is kinda a major issue

[charred nova]

tbh any stalker 2 co op mod would be about as fun as those botw mp mods you see people playing on youtube

since the game would never actually be tooled for mp

[naive crescent]

ArmSTALKER2 is WIP

[pulsar cypress]

Anyone know?

[tardy rain]

are you wandering in there

[weary hedge]

Who’s hostile and whos not

[naive crescent]

This haven’t been fixed since release like cmon

U can’t get inside because some random npc starts shooting at u and triggers alarm all over the base

[charred nova]

need i remind you fast forward has been broken since 1.0

[pulsar cypress]

😅yeah, the guy at the main gate wouldn't move so I thought it was a bug and went around, probably why

@weary hedge just random guards, some are hostile and some aren't

[weary hedge]

I can’t tell if ur rage-baiting or just slow in the head

[charred nova]

i bet most people don't even know fast forward even existed

[tardy rain]

yea that's why, it's a restricted area and remains that way until a certain point/certain decisions are made

[charred nova]

i do think the invincible npcs is dumb though

[pulsar cypress]

Can you say what those decisions are? I'm fine with spoilers, I'm at the extreme simplicity mission so I thought that'd be far enough but I guess not

[tardy rain]

You'll basically be told to go there when it's possible

[pulsar cypress]

Ah okay, thought my save file was broken, but thank you

[weary hedge]

This. It’s part of the story

[tardy rain]

like once you have an objective marker that's within the base, you're good

[tardy rain]

annoying, but I can also understand why they'd want to keep certain things 'locked' - in a game that breaks itself, you don't want to give the player even more methods of breaking it

[charred nova]

[river moth]

Any new mods on console?

Nvm, I wonder if brainrot has hit the zone yet...

[halcyon pulsar]

does anyone know how to enable DLSS 4 on stalker 2?

[latent nebula]

Snowflake is a really common artifact? It's super hard to find for me and that's only one left for achievement 🙁

[wooden walrus]

can't check right now but fairly sure you can just override it with dlss swapper https://github.com/beeradmoore/dlss-swapper

just install dlss swapper, open it, point it to stalker 2, and it will tell you what version it's on and which ones you can choose from

[wispy sundial]

You can easily do it through the Nvidia app

[charred nova]

Sometimes*

Unless they fixed it

[dreamy dagger]

Yall upgraded yet?

Bruh...GSC...Bruh, bruh

[quartz mural]

But this is only on steam or even on Xbox. Cuz I don't see the option and I would like to

[halcyon pulsar]

I've heard this doesnt work or something - im using preset k but i dont notice much of a difference

[wispy sundial]

Fixed what exactly?

[wispy sundial]

I am using DLAA through the App and the image seems to be very crisp. I tried to do some custom settings fiddling but there were some bugs, so I figured it does at least react to changes in the app meaning the presets actually work, i.e. Quality, DLAA, Balanced etc.

[charred nova]

For a long while it was widely reported that most people didn’t have the option

Like they had it for others games but not stalker 2

[wispy sundial]

I had no issues with it.
I think when the feature was launched initially it was quite buggy but nowadays it's working for the most part.

[split viper]

Can use Nvidia App and verify with Optiscaler or just completely use Optiscaler

[civic osprey]

Anyone know if the devs will ever add a dog companion?

[wooden walrus]

pet the pseudodog

[fickle hill]

No

[hardy totem]

https://tenor.com/view/fallout-dogmeat-traps-lasers-gif-15441172009691917048

https://tenor.com/view/fallout-dog-zomboid-suspicious-gif-10712400350108666363

[fickle hill]

The french cry after a dog goes through

[wooden walrus]

vtuber voice pack for skif when

[tough bay]

SSP-100M exoskeleton would be cool

[fickle hill]

It's called AI and PNGs

[bold smelt]

i mean xrmpe was fun even though it would suffer from the same issue

[chrome jetty]

Xrmpe is still alive

[visual mortar]

it would be even more fun if we ACTUALLY PLAYED IT

[bold smelt]

[charred nova]

https://tenor.com/view/1984-george-orwell-george-orwell-1984-1984-chips-1984-ruffles-gif-7144052804264359069

[pseudo gate]

It will break immersion super hard since no game was able to portray a dog realistically enough

[civic osprey]

There's a few realistic dogs in games

[lean viper]

Ok I just decided to go back to a save and gear up

[pseudo gate]

For example?

[civic osprey]

The last of us

[lean viper]

Did it first try

[fickle hill]

Excellent

[pseudo gate]

Ellie is a human as far as I remember

[civic osprey]

There's dogs in the games lol

[pseudo gate]

I like how the dog is done in darktide, but that game is not about immersion, and the dog is done as effective combat tool who is also cyborg

But the animations are very nice since they mocapped a dog

[civic osprey]

Alice from the last of us part 2 is a really good design

[pseudo gate]

Haven't played TLoU, never excited me for some reason
The show was great tho

Can't wait for part 3

[civic osprey]

I cant share screenshots so I cant show the dog🥲

[pseudo gate]

PM?

[civic osprey]

Sent

I dont play for the loner stuff, I would prefer to have a dog companion on my trip because your still a loner. A human companion would break the immersion

[fickle hill]

Tbh for a game like this that dog will be murdered by monolith and skinned for Faust's back door rug

[meager crag]

Yup, I've had this happen as well

Kinda bruh how he insta-died tho

[graceful fossil]

Anyone know what the deal is with ISU-152's about the zone?

[rancid kiln]

The tanks? I believe a tank was used to smash through the wall of Chernobyl and was left there due to radiation. Alot of that old stuff is just left laying around xD

[graceful fossil]

So far I found two and I know of a third near pripyat I just can't get there yet

[rancid kiln]

Just old vehicles left to rust xD

[graceful fossil]

Old it's from 43/44 it's very old

[rancid kiln]

Well they had all those old old Vehicles laying around after the war. Best used for something xD

[graceful fossil]

Heavy beast too

[rancid kiln]

Oh yeah xD Some of those old WW2 tanks could weigh in the 40Tonne range

[graceful fossil]

ISU-152 is 45 tonnes I think I know Tiger was 57 Tiger 2 62 and Jagdtiger 72

[rancid kiln]

CHONKUS!

[rancid kiln]

Does anyone know yet if stashes (locations you get off bandits and such) are infinite, or do they eventually stop?

[ebon blade]

Following the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, ISU-152s were used to help with the cleanup, including knocking down damaged buildings. These vehicles were likely stationed at nearby military bases or storage facilities.

[graceful fossil]

Ah thank you for the information.

[polar silo]

I’m pretty sure they don’t respawn so limited

[rancid kiln]

The hoarder In me is happy 🤣🤣

[mental pelican]

“Fan” fact, in 2022, the Russians attempted to intercept one of the remaining ISUs and transport it to their positions in the Red Forest.

[stuck seal]

Are we sharing fan fictions again

[fickle hill]

I smell French cries order from Mcwombles

[visual anchor]

My hardcore run was killed due the everyone is randomly hostile to you bug...

[ashen nebula]

Just do new game

Maybe bug fix

Try play stalker 2

Because its good first person survival game

[visual anchor]

It was, but like everyone else is reporting that it's a new bug from the latest patch

[visual anchor]

I am on S2...

[ashen nebula]

Do a older patch then

[ashen nebula]

Oh i thought u were playing stalker stalks a stalker 3

[ashen nebula]

Can u even do that 🤔

[visual anchor]

Wtf are you even on rn? U must be high asf

[ashen nebula]

Maybe who knows

Just play stalker game so u wont encounter that bug

[ashen nebula]

#❔┃seeking-for-advice

[visual anchor]

This you?

[left violet]

ite a new anomaly in the zone, after the stalker space program. throw a few bolts at it and run away

[visual anchor]

I'll just wait for another patch I guess

[ebon blade]

I've been playing the same game since the first patch came out.

[visual anchor]

Yeah I completed my first play and deleted it

Then waited for a few patches wanting to do a new hardcore playthrough but this new bug kinda killed me so now ill just take a break for a few months

[ebon blade]

I haven't seen that before or heard of anyone mentioning that. Are you using any Mods?

[visual anchor]

Nah but I looked it up and there are a couple reddit posts that people were saying where hubs randomly become hostile

They are all recent and they all did the same thing you either get done trading then walk around just for the whole faction to go aggro on you

Mine was in Zalissya

[ebon blade]

Is this Zalissya before the big change or afterwards?

[visual anchor]

Nah before

[ebon blade]

New game?

[visual anchor]

Right after the sphere and yes made the new game a week ago

[ebon blade]

Any Mods?

[visual anchor]

Nope, console too

[ebon blade]

Were the other people on Console?

[visual anchor]

Im not doing mods until I get all cheevos

Not sure tbh

[ashen nebula]

?

[rancid kiln]

I played and finished cyberpunk before the first real patch xD

[visual anchor]

@ebon blade https://www.reddit.com/r/stalker/s/krqV7w0vyH sounds like my bug, not sure tbh

Weird but I didn't encounter any hostile npcs

[ebon blade]

I just read it where he solved his own problem. It's the two Loners across the road from the Cow Sheds.

They will go hostile if you get near their stash on the concrete beam.

That's no reason to avoid playing the entire game.

[visual anchor]

Yeah but I didn't encounter them on this save yet and other people in the comments are having issues with other instances of NPCs causing the whole town to go hostile too like Rostok

Im not gonna avoid playing the game as I love it, ill just be waiting for more bug fixes is all so I can do another HC run

[ashen nebula]

I died to a bandit 😔😔😔😔😔

[visual anchor]

Idk all ive done is the main story up to sphere and no SQ then boom all of a sudden as I walk outside of hamster trader im getting shot up

[ashen nebula]

Can u help me

[ebon blade]

It depends on what is happening to you.

[ashen nebula]

I keep dieng to bandits

[ebon blade]

Where are you and what gear do you have? Armor and Weapons.

[ashen nebula]

Idk

I lost my save cause i deleted it

Cause idie to bandit

[ebon blade]

If you can't tell me the location and territory you are at in the game,
and be able to tell me what armor and weapons you have, I can't help you.

[ashen nebula]

Ok

How tomod stalker 2

I want to unlock all

[ebon blade]

If you can't answer those basic questions, you have no business modding the game.

[ashen nebula]

Is there creative mode

[ebon blade]

I'm going to assume you never played a Stalker game before?

[ashen nebula]

Yep

I just download stalker 2 and thats it thats how i came here

[ebon blade]

They are meant to be brutally hard. You will die a lot, many times.
Just get used to it and learn to make frequent saves as you play.

[ashen nebula]

I thought its like a minecraf

Cause it said survive

[ebon blade]

No. There is no building or crafting.

[ashen nebula]

Wdym i can craft bulle tho

I think u can craft bullt

[ebon blade]

I don't know what you mean by "bulle" and "bullt".
Perhaps you would be happier with something like this:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1818450/STALCRAFT_X/

Steam

STALCRAFT: X

STALCRAFT: X is an exciting online MMOFPS game with Survival Horror elements. It combines open world, RPG and dynamic shooter.

For more than 10 years, our team has been creating a unique living world of Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, that will give you new emotions and impressions.

GAMEPLAY DESCRIPTION…

▶ Play video

[ashen nebula]

What is that

[ebon blade]

You mentioned that you thought Stalker would be like Minecraft.

[ashen nebula]

Oh

Goodnight

[visual anchor]

I lost braincells reading this...

Tejas I salute thee for not busting out laughing (unless you did, I am too)

[left violet]

I think he means bullet

[visual anchor]

Idk but it was definitely something lmao 🤣

[midnight herald]

I need to fall asleep on a older man’s chest🤤

[vital crater]

anyone here know where I can find bug support?
I am literally stuck at the campaign slots screen and I cannot click or press anything

[ebon blade]

Yeah, that would be a good guess, despite the two different spellings.
However, he mentioned he thinks he can craft bullets, which you can't.

[ebon blade]

My impression of the person was that they might be too young to be playing the games.

[visual anchor]

Yeah maybe, they were definitely something?

They said to fix my bug I should downgrade my game to an older patch

Then said I should play S2 lol

Idk was def odd lol

[visual anchor]

Huh?

[ebon blade]

https://support.stalker2.com/hc/en-us
Try using Control-Alt-Delete to bring up you task manager to close the game.
If that does not work, and nothing will respond, you may have to manually shut off your PC.

[ebon blade]

Sugar Daddy?

[visual anchor]

Bro tonight this chat is weird lol

This chat must've got sucked into a whirligig

Is it normally like this?

[ebon blade]

On the weekends.

[vital crater]

well I'm able to close the game
just that I cannot click or press any key in the menu
I can't create a new slot
but the characters in the background are still moving so it's not frozen

I've also contacted support so its fine

[ebon blade]

Are you saying all the slots are taken and you cannot make a new save?

[visual anchor]

Ugh it would be nice to have a mod that allowed all areas to be open regardless of story progression like Pripyat

I just want that and a true HC mod to skip the tutorial

Or maybe a random spawn generator or something

Or better yet a HC difficulty lol

[ebon blade]

Did you kill the Poltergeist in the tutorial?

[visual anchor]

Yep

Why?

[ebon blade]

If you hadn't, then you don't need HC.

[visual anchor]

Wait im confused now

Is there something I missed if I killed it?

[ebon blade]

Most people don't kill it but run past that area.

All they know is an invisible force was throwing things at them.

[visual anchor]

I did it just for the easy kupons

[visual anchor]

Lol 😆 im used to playing the OG games and Stalker RP DayZ servers so that wasn't new for me lol

Only thing I haven't played is gamma tbh

[ebon blade]

That just might be what you are looking for.

[vital crater]

nah I just installed the game and when I press the new game screen i cant click or press anything (keyboard aswell)

[visual anchor]

Yeah but I really like S2 and wanna wait for the modding scene to get their hands on the true dev tools

I bet it will be glorious

[ebon blade]

They've already got those.

[ebon blade]

If you can "press" on new game, then you can no longer "press" after that?

[visual anchor]

I mean the tools that allow them to do anything with modding capabilities. I know they are still limited on what is possible atm

Plus I know im currently playing on vonsole but I hope to give it time to see more mods there too.

I should def be playing on PC tho

[ebon blade]

Can't argue with that.

[visual anchor]

But yeah I know the console ver will be nice eventually to play a modded playthrough on

[vital crater]

i can no longer click or press anything AFTER clicking new game on the main menu
I cannot click on a slot, I cannot start or make one
I cannot go back to the main menu aswell

[shrewd needle]

I love how the guy's clutching to his AK, as if he expects the anomaly to not work and is ready to rip it up with bullets if needed.

[ebon blade]

Did you try rebooting your computer, and then restarting your game?

[honest parcel]

#❔┃seeking-for-advice message

[chilly leaf]

(Stalker 2 electric bungaloo) This game is so weird, its like I'll play it for a hour and a half and get so mentally fatigued I consider unistalling, then come back from work and want to play it second I get back

I think the psi attacks are messing me up irl

Probably the only open world game I can't binge

[brisk plume]

Which game are you playing rn

[quick valve]

so does everyone play stalker gamma or efp? which one do you guys prefer? i'm honestly just looking for a pve tarkov-like experience, heard efp is more like it

[still current]

Everyone

Bold assumption

[stuck seal]

Tarkov fans when they want to play tarkov but they don’t want to play tarkov

Then again, degtyarev and strelok did in fact escape from pripat, so I guess the title is pretty accurate

[gritty helm]

Tarkov doesnt have good anti cheat

ABI has better anti cheat but still cant get rid of wallhack cheaters

so multiplayer fps games in future require secure boots

[stuck seal]

I sure hope they’re secure

[wooden walrus]

Imagine playing gamma

[chilly leaf]

The one with the guy who wants to buy a new house in today's housing market

[wooden walrus]

Getting Over It with Unchecked Inflation

[shrewd needle]

Even checked inflation is bad. Paying more and more and more...also, all those companies putting up houses on rent rather than selling 'em...

Homelessness FTW, just like in STALKER.

[wooden walrus]

yes but I had to use a two word name to make a funny joke using the GOI name structure you see

but yes murder hobo is becoming a very attractive meta

[shrewd needle]

Best meta.

[still current]

Everyone plays gamma guess we are not ones anymore

[river temple]

[shrewd needle]

Not ones, only zeroes. 😏

[still current]

Nah

Based folks count two

[river temple]

[shrewd needle]

Exactly; shame the computer folks never got that. 😔

[river temple]

[floral elm]

This is literally skif in the zone

[river temple]

[wooden walrus]

kinda wish I could play stalker 2 for the first time again

that moment when I was like 🤔 this varan guy sure likes to sit next to a bunch of gas canisters right next to a window huh

sure bud I'll go pick my 20k right away, left them riiight around the corner, you wait here

[sharp gulch]

Great movie

[quaint umbra]

Absolutely love this movie

[indigo ridge]

How do I put stuff into my quick access slot. Im on xbox and it won't let me move my first aid and bandages over

Hello?

[sharp gulch]

https://letmegooglethat.com/?q=xbox+stalker+2+asssign+quick+slot

that was rude of me, just highlight the item and press the assign to quickslot button (little hamburger menu button in middle right of controller)

[indigo ridge]

Thank you

[wary crag]

I’ve just been thinking, and I discovered another one of my favourite games has a very similar A-life type mechanic

Rain World🔥

Totally different play-style and vibe but very similar in the way other entities live
they hunt, they eat, they fight each-other, then as the day/cycle ends go back home to find shelter from the deadly rain, which is a key game mechanic

[forest scarab]

Guys, Im looking for the Cement Factory / Cooling Towers regions OST. Anybody has it?

[chilly leaf]

Rain world redefined the phrase "it can't get any worse than this" for me

Like you think two lizards trying to kill you is bad enough

Then you have a hawk creature from the skies

[pulsar cypress]

Devs gotta add a cutscene skip, I hate sitting through these long ass scenes man 😂

[wary crag]

I’ve heard lizards will scatter when a vulture descends, basically letting you get away freely IF you have cover from the vulture itself
I love the procedural animations so much

[shrewd needle]

Imagine not enjoying the absolute cinema.

[oak junco]

better then stalker 2 imo

[uneven barn]

no no no

[chilly leaf]

Its been a while since I played i just remember getting jumped by like 4 organisms

[chilly leaf]

I just wish I understood Ukranian so I could just swap languages without having to read subtitles

If i could have one mundane ability I this world, it would be to be a polyglot

[wooden walrus]

The thing is, you could already skip cutscenes. They disabled it in a patch

Well, not skip but very fast forward

[shrewd needle]

Uh...but isn't everything available in English already?

[wooden walrus]

imo the english dub is abject trash, I'm sorry to the VAs but I physically cringe when hearing the english voices

[uneven barn]

he wants to switch to ukranian but don't want to read

[shrewd needle]

I'm just wondering why, NGL.

[shrewd needle]

That's 'cause everyone's Brit/Scot/Welsh/Irish.

[wary crag]

english dub is always bad

[uneven barn]

reading is not the strongest of americans

[wooden walrus]

I mean besides the accents (which yeah I don't really like it) the VA direction itself is just not good

[nimble shore]

I only just switched off of Ukrainian because the subtitles are broken rn

and i'm confused why everyone in the zone is english

[wooden walrus]

voices usually don't match the model or what they're doing, it's how I would put it

[shrewd needle]

For the same reason why many movies set in different countries still have actors speaking English.

For the audience.

[nimble shore]

love how all the scientists sound like funny nerd men and not real people

[fickle hill]

No kidding I think people rely on picture books to get their info

[shrewd needle]

They're scientists; they're supposed to be funny nerd people.

[wooden walrus]

I'm not one to have original audio in games, hate having to keep reading subtitles, but this game imo has the same problem as atomic heart, the voice just doesn't sound like the person it's supposed to sound like

[nimble shore]

Maybe they sound like funny nerd people in ukranian to ukranians, I wouldn't know

[wooden walrus]

ukranian dubbing fits the characters infinitely better imo, and it matches what they're doing while they are saying them (grunts, puffs, facial expressions etc)

[shrewd needle]

I mean, it would've worked if they'd used Ukrainian VAs speaking English, but...eh...that could basically go for every language, so I try not to think about it.

[shrewd needle]

Imagine Skif puffing behind that mask of his...

[nimble shore]

soft english man vs gruff war vet Skif

[wooden walrus]

again, the best way I can put it is that ukranian skif sounds like the person you're playing as, english skif sounds like someone dubbing over the game.

[shrewd needle]

TBF, that's a stereotype, NGL.

[wooden walrus]

skif is probably one of the voices I have the least problems with though

[fickle hill]

A shadow over the real skif?

[nimble shore]

One bonus I will give to your own regional voice acting, is that your eyes won't be forced to the bottom of the screen, you can watch the face acting and motions a lot easier

its very much a trade off, and personally I prefer voices over watching the scene, but thats just me

[wooden walrus]

yeah, again if it wasn't probably the worst I've ever heard in a professional production, I'd absolutely go with the english dub

[nimble shore]

its about as bad as any of the other stalker games from what i've seen so far

[wooden walrus]

if someone put out a mod with an AI english dub, I'd probably use that.

[nimble shore]

Never forget COP english Mercenaries, the funniest people in the Zone

[shrewd needle]

If someone made STALKER in Hindi, I'd probably throw them in a Whirligig.

[fickle hill]

If DOOM can run on a fridge someone can make stalker it run on a calculator

[shrewd needle]

Not with Unreal Engine. UE will literally make super-computers bog.

[nimble shore]

please fix the subtitles idk what anyone is saying outside of direct diologue

[fickle hill]

Wdym anything can run on pixels

[wooden walrus]

I mean when you think about it a computer is basically just a really beefy calculator

[shrewd needle]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[chilly leaf]

Nah its just when I play a video game this active i dont want to look at the bottom of the screen every time something important is going on

I don't wanna do the whole "this is offensive" thing cuz some Americans are dumb as shit, but first of all im from south Africa 😂, and I enjoy my fair share of subbed anime

Its just that the english dub in this game is...not that great

English skif sounds like V from cyberpunk is what im tryna say

[shrewd needle]

V doesn't sound bad, though. Unless I missed something.

[chilly leaf]

also gotta hit the Grammer bell on ya

[chilly leaf]

He doesn't lol

But its like, not really 2077 America in stalker 2

[shrewd needle]

Looks like America, though.

[shrewd needle]

?

[chilly leaf]

V doesn't sound bad it's just that I was poking fun at how they sound similar but are from two different environments in different times

[chilly leaf]

Gary, Indiana could lowkey be a set for a stalker live action lmao, that place is depressing

[shrewd needle]

Why? I read before somewhere (I think here, but not sure) that Gary was a hell-hole or something and I don't get why.

[chilly leaf]

Like most cities that were built on one industry, once it dries up people dip and it falls into ruin

Also some reverse gentrification

Add a lil bit of pollution

And a touch of crime and poverty

Ya get a shithole

Theres also a house there for 1$

So there's that

[stuck seal]

Skif has GOT to get to Indiana

[shrewd needle]

As usual...it's not Stellaris with infinite resources, so I can imagine.

[shrewd needle]

Only a little-bit...you should come to Delhi and Mumbai, then.

[primal nimbus]

Given Indiana, Skif needs to hit the Zone first.

[shrewd needle]

Bandit mechanics.

[shrewd needle]

WTF? Give me!

[shrewd needle]

I think Skif (and anyone) would prefer the vastly more superior Zone.

[nimble shore]

maybe now there'll be a proper Bandit route

[shrewd needle]

Entire organized crime groups, Sultan-style.

[frigid hill]

blastopodontosauropode has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[nimble shore]

or you'll do their jobs, all of them betray you, and then the ensuing power vaccum results in a police state
just like the video game!

[fallow walrus]

only thing i'm hating in this game is that npcs don't react to shootouts unless they're the ones in it. sometimes i hide behind a Ward soldier and some other idiot shoots at me, hitting the ward, but he doesn't even react

[shrewd needle]

Would take 1984 over the mindless anarchy, though.

I mean, look at the Sultan...even after a decade, he's still got Zaton under control. Same with the Slag Heap. It's chaos elsewhere.

[shrewd needle]

I mean...the Ward doesn't care, so it makes sense.

[fallow walrus]

doesn't care about being shot and hurt?

[shrewd needle]

Doesn't care about YOU being shot and hurt.

[fallow walrus]

no what i'm saying is that i use them as shield and they do get hit but continue on like nothing's happening even tho they audibly receive the hit

[shrewd needle]

Oh...OK, that's obviously buggy; I thought you meant them not reacting to nearby fire-fights.

[nimble shore]

Its funny that due to the games content drought on the second half, the majority of the zones peace comes from bandit controlled areas, with the rest either being completely inhospitable, or little pockets of loners

[fallow walrus]

is it the same also with previous stalker games?

or was AI better then?

[shrewd needle]

TBF, it's not as inhospitable as the old games, since the old games had only the tiny areas and not the whole map.

[shrewd needle]

Man...the old games had infinitely better AI. It was jank, but better.

[fallow walrus]

damn. i thought that with today's technology it would get better

[shrewd needle]

Technology ain't the problem, though.

[nimble shore]

Bigger map, but way less towns and safe areas

[fallow walrus]

yeah, laziness is

[shrewd needle]

Again, that's only because it's contiguous; in the older games, you had to travel between maps that made it look like it had more.

Now you've actually got more places, but due to the contiguous map, it feels emptier.

[nimble shore]

Everyone on the east side of the zone just holes up in Rostok it feels like. Besides spark ofc.

[shrewd needle]

GSC = major skill issue.

[shrewd needle]

Uh, the Sultansk, Shevchenko, the Cement Factory, SIRCAA...they're all pretty populated?

[nimble shore]

I'm talking west of the map

[shrewd needle]

Ya said east here! 😔

But west, uh...well...I guess that's true. Partly because the south-west has the Burnt Forest, which is a graveyard. The Duga is populated, at least.

[nimble shore]

I am stupid!

[fallow walrus]

lmao

i had to double check the map cause rostok seemed a bit west

[nimble shore]

Yea the east is pretty populated, each region has a base like the majority of the classic maps

[shrewd needle]

Still pretty central, compared to everything in general.

[fallow walrus]

shouldn't check messages while im travelling, just died to a vortex anomaly

[shrewd needle]

West has only Duga, Malachite, the Bandit Base in Red Forest, Yaniv and Enerhetyk.

[nimble shore]

I always have to do a double take seeing familiar locations in weird places. The very explicitely north Zaton is now far south east, bordering the edge of the Zone

[shrewd needle]

Hey, at least you died to an anomaly. I die to Better Ballistics.

[shrewd needle]

That's still good, due to Zone being more accurate to the real one.

My main gripe is how the old locations are abandoned graveyards now.

[nimble shore]

Personally I choose to believe that there was a silly 3rd emission that scrambled the entire zone, and not just a reimagined zone with no deeper lore

[shrewd needle]

Ahroprom is particularly creepy due to both the Duty/Military base and the Factory being empty.

[nimble shore]

that one at least has lore tied to it, but its pretty sad to see

[shrewd needle]

I mean...technically, there was?

First emission created the Zone, second one at the end of Clear Sky, third one at the end of SoC.

[fallow walrus]

yeah that's because i started underestimating anomalies

[shrewd needle]

You'll get the hang of them, trust me. Also, Vortexes are easy; as soon as you get caught, force a sprint and jump out. Basically no damage.

[nimble shore]

Its also funny how Zaton both became absolutely enormous, and still had its former locations scattered accross the zone, with the Sawmill being in Wild Island for whatever reason

[fallow walrus]

i try that, never works. but maybe it's because i'm always full of shit and too heavy

[shrewd needle]

TBF, CoP Zaton is ginormous in comparison with the older games, no joke...but yea, S2 up-scaled everything and then also down-scaled, so it's a bit weird.

[shrewd needle]

Ah...yea, I use a trainer for zero weight (I'm a hoarder and I have no regrets cheating for it)...so guess that works.

[nimble shore]

most of that area is empty thankfully, with the big northern swamp of nothing above the Farmstead

[shrewd needle]

That's not a good thing, though...the fact that it's a Swamp is partially excusable; it being completely empty is not.

[nimble shore]

I do enjoy the dense maps though, COP has my favorite level design by a mile

[shrewd needle]

Same. Though I don't like Pripyat due to being a concrete jungle; there's just so much to go through, it's not even funny.

[nimble shore]

I get, a bit tired of running through the Garbage for 4 minutes to reach the Cordon, only to have to run down another long stretch of road to get to Sido

Pripyats my favorite! I like Urban.

[shrewd needle]

That's just the average downgrade from the superior system in CoP where you could hire basically anyone to take you to places in the wild.

S2 screwed that up nicely.

[nimble shore]

god

[shrewd needle]

I mean, I don't mind it as a place, but it gets tiring checking every apartment for loot and enemies, TBF.

[nimble shore]

I'd kill for a mod like that, please its so miserable getting loot from the southwest zone

or even Zaton, because its enormous, and has the great swamps below it, meaning a wet slog through a swamp, only to find yourself in a less wet, but still enormous map

bless that teleport anomaly

[shrewd needle]

Trainer works, NGL.

[nimble shore]

i'll check it out, once I have all the achievements (pain)

[shrewd needle]

IKR? And the Swamps are basically empty as shit except for those mercenaries or whatever at the church.

[nimble shore]

I think the emptiness works for the Swamp, its distinct and very fitting for Clear Sky. If any place should be an abandoned, mutant infested goldmine of stashes, it should be the Swamps/

[shrewd needle]

Not when you're dragging 50 KG on your back! And there's not even mutants...like, there are, but it's basically a ghost zone.

[nimble shore]

Entirely true, which comes back to travel being a pain, and Zaton being a very annoying map design to be tied to the Great Swamps lol

[shrewd needle]

TBF, Zaton was always a swamp even in CoP, so geographically, it makes sense. Just need the whole travel mechanic fixed.

And especially after shutting off Kalancha's emitters, there should be random stalkers around, at least.

[nimble shore]

Aye, it makes sense.

[shrewd needle]

GSC skill issue, though...everything from the old games got downgraded in some way or another.

Except for weapon animations and PKM iron sights...Scar and Degtyarev got skill issues with aiming those in CS/CoP.

[uneven barn]

cnpp exists

[shrewd needle]

CNPP is tiny.

[fallow walrus]

sometimes i get bugged and the game doesn't record my weight so i guess you're referring to that. how do i do that on purpose? i'm a hoarder myself

[stuck seal]

People keep talking about “taking their earnings and leaving the zone” but sr and koupons are digital, plus nowhere else uses them, so how would someone turn their sr/koupons into actual money

[uneven barn]

cnpp is bigger than zaton

[shrewd needle]

No, I'm referring to a trainer...a cheat program that runs in the background and activated using hot-keys.

[shrewd needle]

With or without the Generators?

[uneven barn]

the one shows in soc

[nimble shore]

Its so funny to see the Garbage right up against the CNPP

[shrewd needle]

SoC's maps are tiny compared to S2, though.

[stuck seal]

Yeah that bothered me too

[shrewd needle]

S2's Zaton is like...half of CoP's map.

[fallow walrus]

ahh no that's cheating, i prefer bugs 😶

[tardy rain]

This right here is why Freedom are evil - trapping stalkers in the zone by making everyone use Disney dollars

[shrewd needle]

I mean, like I said, weight is one thing I'll happily cheat for, since I'm a hoarder.

[shrewd needle]

Actually, Iron Forest, not CNPP. But yea.

[stuck seal]

They tried to make the zone closer to real life and inadvertently made a starting area sit right next to the final area

[nimble shore]

Iron Forest isn't real (yet)

[fallow walrus]

yeah i know, but it's still feels wrong to me. i gotta do it the hard way

[shrewd needle]

Not exactly; getting from the lowest point of the Lesser Zone to the Iron Forest gate takes...time.

[stuck seal]

In the trilogy there was a lot of wilderness between garbage and cnpp

[shrewd needle]

Then I haz no idea.

[stuck seal]

Garbage is also considered a starting area

[shrewd needle]

Trilogy had Rostok, Military Warehouses, Pripyat and the stadium between Garbage and CNPP.

[nimble shore]

I wish the weight artefacts drew out the green weight zone like the Altered Vodka does

[shrewd needle]

Uh...the starting area was always the Cordon...and now the LZ?

[nimble shore]

After learning it doesn't weight arts became vender garbage to me, i'll just use endurance for more sprinting

[shrewd needle]

There's a ton of water; use that.

[stuck seal]

I guess early game is a better term for what I’m saying

[shrewd needle]

Ah, that way...yea, true.

[fallow walrus]

i guess like with bitcoin, there are ways to change the currency. i bet a lot of people around the world is interested in exchanging to in-zone currency

[shrewd needle]

Yea, both Freedom and Sidorovich (or basically any trader) would be doing that.

Then the IPSF extorts you as you head out. 😏

[stuck seal]

I don’t think so, I feel like they do some laundering type stuff, where they use koupons to get expensive stuff and then sell that stuff for real money outside of the zone

[fallow walrus]

no i mean even doing the exchange outside of the zone

[nimble shore]

I had that same thought, when we all earn Zone Scrip™, why would anyone come here for money, are you planning to buy extremely expensive guns, smuggle them out and sell them on the black market???

[fallow walrus]

i'm sure there would be a lot of interested people

[shrewd needle]

I mean, only the artifacts go out and they just sell for normal money.

[stuck seal]

There is a koupon bank somewhere

[nimble shore]

another set of miserable complications after nearly losing your life 50 times in the zone lol

[shrewd needle]

NGL, not a bad idea. Take down a platoon of IPSF, sell guns.

[nimble shore]

get tried for warcrimes

[stuck seal]

I mean people could also get artifacts and sell them for real money

[shrewd needle]

No one has to know where they came from, though. 😏

Also, just wear a mask so no one knows who shot them. That's how Skif survives.

[fallow walrus]

or any other item inside the zone. it would be so interesting that even a jar of zone's sand would get sold

[nimble shore]

I love the idea that Freedom would add a "no RWT" rule. This is ZONE SCRIP, it is NOT supposed to be used for real money. We will ban you from the PDA if you're caught violating this rule

your master rank is forfeit

[shrewd needle]

Time to go to war with Freedom, then.

[stuck seal]

Kruglov swamp water

[shrewd needle]

Only spare Birch, wipe everyone else.

[fallow walrus]

exactly

or imagine bringing a whole mutant's corpse outside if u manage. that would sell immediately

[shrewd needle]

What's the point, though? It's just radio-active water.

[stuck seal]

No, it’s Kruglov Swamp Water

[nimble shore]

buy your 80k suit with the same stats as a 40k one, you'll love it

[stuck seal]

Kruglov skinny dipped in a swamp and bottled it all up

[fallow walrus]

there are people buying streamer girl's bathwater... imagine the only single zone's in the world water

[nimble shore]

Sido's miracle sweat water

[shrewd needle]

TBF, he's an Ecologist. They have to skinny dip all the time for research purposes.

[stuck seal]

Or pay stalkers to do it

[shrewd needle]

insert NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO GIF here.

[hardy totem]

This certainly is... a conversation...

[shrewd needle]

Hey, Tank.

[shrewd needle]

They started. I'm innocent.

[hardy totem]

Yo dude

[fallow walrus]

i'd buy strider's swamp water

[shrewd needle]

I, uh...need some bleach, thanks.

[stuck seal]

I’m sure there is like a system for conversion or something somewhere

[pulsar cypress]

Why did the devs have to make my character too physically challenged to swim in anything above waist level water

[hardy totem]

https://tenor.com/view/drinking-bleach-mug-clean-yourself-cleaning-gif-10137452

[shrewd needle]

That does not involve bath-water.

[fallow walrus]

the world is a crazy place, you'd be surprised

[shrewd needle]

Because Skif has skill issues.

[stuck seal]

So that you can WALK everywhere

[shrewd needle]

More like I don't want my brain to leak from the rot... 😔

[wooden walrus]

I'd like to see you swim with 5 smgs on your backpack

[hardy totem]

Did you know there's no swimming lessons to be found anywhere in the entire zone?

[fallow walrus]

yeah it's a lot of psi damage

[stuck seal]

Stalker fans when they have to get their steps in and partake in a perilous trip to their destination

[shrewd needle]

The UAMC don't teach swimming either? 😏

[fallow walrus]

tbh water is mostly radioactive

[pulsar cypress]

Surely my character in his 20 something years of life outside the zone swam at least once

[shrewd needle]

Not with the SSP-100 Discovery.

[pulsar cypress]

My backpack is empty 😭😭

[wooden walrus]

too full of bread to swim

[shrewd needle]

Someone stole your SMGs? Damn.

[nimble shore]

God the suit is so good, but they're so ugly

[shrewd needle]

It's the Zone, not the 'Chernobyl Beauty Contest'.

[stuck seal]

I’d like to see you swim when you’ve got the homelessness

[pulsar cypress]

I'm a fan of my modded skif pistol 🙏🏻

[hardy totem]

Wait, are you saying stalker don't pop up out of the ground in the zone?

[nimble shore]

Same problem with the tourist suit, its a really good early Sunrise, but its pee colored and weirdly saturated. Yucky.

[shrewd needle]

I use Better Ballistics, so Skif's pistol gets the much-needed nerf.

[pulsar cypress]

I think most stalkers grow on trees, but I'm an exception

[wooden walrus]

I mean some probably do

[fallow walrus]

I'm one raid away from leaving the zone for good.

[shrewd needle]

It's always 'one more raid' or 'one more artifact'. The Zone claims you.

[pulsar cypress]

I thought about adding it but haven't yet, think next play through I will and I'll use the crafting/looting zone mods aswell

[shrewd needle]

"You either die an outsider...or you come to the Zone and live long enough to become part of the Zone."

[shrewd needle]

BB is basically essential for anything resembling normal gun-play.

Vanilla S2 is easy mode, even on Veteran, if no BB.

[wooden walrus]

it is rumored that sidorovich was a tuber at some point.

he's got the body plan

[shrewd needle]

Eating chicken the whole day. And I bet people would pay to watch him do that.

[fallow walrus]

nah i can stop whenever i want (says any smoke user)

[shrewd needle]

Yes, they can. And then get ventilated through the skull by some random IPSF sniper. 😏

[wooden walrus]

i don't have a problem the zone has a problem with me

[hardy totem]

Sidorovich is actually a v-tuber hologram controlled by a 21 year old japanese girl

[shrewd needle]

Famous last words before getting mauled by a Pseudogiant.

[wooden walrus]

I meant it in the sense of a potato but sure, vtuber also works

[shrewd needle]

Damn...just...you changed the whole perspective...

Also...considering how Sidorovich has his PC open 24/7, anyone think he plays the horse girl race game the whole day? Uma Musume or something?

[hardy totem]

I think he's more on the match-fixing side of things

[shrewd needle]

True. Winning no matter what.

[stuck seal]

I think he’s using the computer to order more chicken

[shrewd needle]

Nah...plenty of Flesh killed by stalkers. Hell, even the protagonists wipe a few hundred in their Zone lives.

[hardy totem]

Does farming similator also include livestock? Could be a digital chicken farmer

[pulsar cypress]

Is there a suppressor you can find for the ar416?

Or an extended mag?

[stuck seal]

I bought the assault rifle suppressor

[nimble shore]

Theres an extended mag in ||the Cordon, in a stash at the bridge.||

I really needed to make all of the attachment pages for the wikia

[pulsar cypress]

Thank you

@stuck seal for the Ar416? Where'd you buy it at?

[pulsar cypress]

Are 1 piece suits worth using? Or should I just run armor and a mask?

[weary hedge]

Heya guys

[fierce nexus]

Greetings!

https://tenor.com/view/halo-halo2-elite-sangheili-greetings-gif-25839730

[nimble shore]

They're very good, but a lot of them lack any Psi-protection. which doesn't make sense but it keeps helmets relevant

[weary hedge]

It's been awhile since I was in here and I switch consoles like a month ago and I was wondering if they are doing a PS5 port soon? Yea ik it's a dumb question but I gotta ask it

[wooden walrus]

they made a news piece about it

[fierce nexus]

They announced it a couple weeks ago

[weary hedge]

Hell yea so it is true but I am also wondering will it be on the ps plus subscription?

I actually loved this game on my Xbox when I had one

[fierce nexus]

That I'm not sure

[weary hedge]

The only enemy I hated when I was on Xbox was the invisible enemy that likes to teleport in a way I forgot the name of the enemy

[wooden walrus]

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1643320/view/525346984576422235?l=english

[weary hedge]

Where's the news regarding the PS5 port?

[wooden walrus]

it's on my link above

[fierce nexus]

https://youtu.be/jSl8qMOIinA?feature=shared

And that's the trailer

[weary hedge]

Yea just seen it but I hope they will put it on the ps subscription since I can't trust Google anymore stupid ai

[wooden walrus]

don't think there's any info on that

[weary hedge]

I asked the gsc not to long ago so hopefully they will answer my question

[fierce nexus]

Genie 3 gave me ALL the ick

[weary hedge]

Well I hope they will tho hey um whats your guys hated enemy in this game?

[weary hedge]

Wdym?

[fierce nexus]

The humble pseudogiant

[fierce nexus]

That new AI world generator that Google made

[weary hedge]

I forgot what the enemies look like

[weary hedge]

Can u give me a pic on what they look like?

[stuck seal]

A pseudo that’s giant

[weary hedge]

And have they added more guns into this game? I hope they did

[weary hedge]

Oh hell nah

[fierce nexus]

They added the 1911 and the Mosin Nagant

[weary hedge]

Ooh nice did they already have like an mp40? That would be kinda cool tho

[wooden walrus]

there's an mp5 which, in a way, is a very modern mp40

[fierce nexus]

Aka the Kora and Three Line Rifle

[weary hedge]

Damn

Is the supposed mp40 any good? In early game?

[wooden walrus]

imagine not using a real weapons name mod

[weary hedge]

And srry for asking u guys these questions

Is it wrong to ask u guys these questions?

[wooden walrus]

yes, very. ||not really||

[weary hedge]

Huh?

My bad for asking u guys then

[weary hedge]

Are they even good?

[fierce nexus]

Yee

In certain situations

[weary hedge]

Damn but is there an actual mp40 variant of the gun in the game?

[fierce nexus]

There's no MP40 in Stalker 2

Only an MP5 style gun

[weary hedge]

Damn my bad for asking u tho

[pulsar cypress]

Chat, I can't swim, I can't climb and I cant fall from anything taller than 10 feet, does my character happen to be severely on the spectrum & have brittle bone disease? 😭 Like I think my character should be able to do 1/3 of those at least

[weary hedge]

Oof

[wooden walrus]

the real handicap to ask about is

are you in console?

'cause otherwise: https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/400

[dusky spruce]

I finished the game, what were your favorite endings

[pulsar cypress]

Unfortunately I am, if I wasn't I would have so many other mods installed

[deft spoke]

CHAT NVG MOD WHEN?

[wooden walrus]

there's already an nvg mod

probably several but I mean, this one's lit
https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/939

[deft spoke]

ill take a look, i was looking ingame at the mod menu completly forget nexus was a thing hahahaha

[obtuse veldt]

Hmmm i hope there are more stalker/faction mini camps like the one at red forest

where after completing an objective they will unlock themselves

Helps saving the trips all the way to main camps

[deft spoke]

got ant mods that add extra weapons?

[wooden walrus]

nope

oxa prototype does add a ton of customizability to the ingame weapons though, enough that you could call certain configurations different weapons altogether

[deft spoke]

good enough

last question, nexus mods. i assume i just make a mod folder in the directory, unzips mods in that folder build the LO and call it a day?

[wooden walrus]

oxa in particular has a quickstart guide that's pretty comprehensive, but for most mods unless otherwise stated you just unpack the files in /Stalker2/Content/Paks/~mods/

[deft spoke]

gotcha

mind if i shoot u dm with a question?

[wooden walrus]

sure, feel free

[radiant dune]

https://tenor.com/view/monolith-stalker-worship-wish-granter-gif-4163859184604151540

[shrewd needle]

No embeds here.

[still current]

If it's for stalker2 then it won't need that since the mod folder you need is already in your game directory

[still current]

https://tenor.com/view/monolith-stalker-worship-wish-granter-gif-4163859184604151540

Who said so

[shrewd needle]

TBF, I'd have preferred if you could completely modify weapons on work-benches...modify them however you want.

[shrewd needle]

Now that's mod aboose. 😏

[hardy totem]

https://tenor.com/view/shut-up-shut-up-there-was-no-embed-fail-epic-embed-fail-embed-fail-gif-21388516

[still current]

Forced embed fail

[shrewd needle]

Very embed fail. Laugh at this user.

[still current]

True mode abuse

[hardy totem]

https://tenor.com/view/clap-slow-clap-congratulations-you-won-well-done-gif-17650882150931687505

[still current]

Sorry buddy

Haha had to show him what mod abuse looks like

Truly

[hardy totem]

No that was awesome

[shrewd needle]

😔

[still current]

It's only us and CMs who could do it if I'm not mistaken

[shrewd needle]

It'd be kind of nice to have embeds beyond a specific level.

[hardy totem]

I wouldn't oppose that

[still current]

Me too

[shrewd needle]

Yep...low chances of spam + good reward for levelling up.

[still current]

It's an idea

I'll push it through when time permits

Always had it tbh

[shrewd needle]

Would be genuinely appreciated.

[still current]

I'm up for master or veteran plus

That way, we make sure minimal spam privilege

[shrewd needle]

Veteran+...been stuck at Veteran for so long, it almost feels like a life-time, so maybe...

[still current]

Masters or veterans and above are usually old timers

So, the fact they earned the rank means that they are based enough

[shrewd needle]

Man just called us all old and based at once... 😔

[still current]

We'll see how it plays

[hardy totem]

It's rare for ragebaiters to get that far

[still current]

Hella

[shrewd needle]

https://tenor.com/view/shooting-gauss-rifle-duga-radar-stalker-stalker-2-heart-of-chornobyl-gif-1237752552215500753

Rage-baiters get 👆

NGL, it's totally 'based' to snipe someone with a non-scoped Gauss Rifle.

[charred nova]

me and vasim reached the top of the castle as rage baiters

https://tenor.com/view/1984-george-orwell-george-orwell-1984-1984-chips-1984-ruffles-gif-7144052804264359069

[hardy totem]

https://tenor.com/view/mad200-heavy-tf2-percentage-rage-gif-16820921

[still current]

Vasim Supreme

[charred nova]

certified legend

[still current]

Gamma slayer

Too many titles to count

[hardy totem]

Hater of gunslinger

[still current]

Destroyer of rage baiters

Master of ragebaits

[wooden walrus]

the entire weapon modification aspect in stalker 2 feels almost token

thankfully we have oxa

[pine magnet]

Freedom best

[shrewd needle]

So do the weapons. The only thing good about the weapons in S2 is the animations. Everything else is like...bare-bones.

[shrewd needle]

Yea, but I'd prefer something vanilla...fundamental in-game. More weapons and being able to essentially break them down to parts and re-build them with different stuff (and screw game balance).

Imagine re-building the Mosin with synthetic furniture for lower weight and better handling, adding a magazine from the SVU, a proper scope...you've got a modernized rifle that beats the shit out of any factory weapon.

Whereas S2 vanilla...you can't use AS Val magazines in the VSS or SVU extended in the SVD. Literal joke.

[pine magnet]

Okay no Duty best

[hardy totem]

Sending some mixed messages, buddy

[stuck seal]

Me when the game that’s focused on an upgrade style sandbox doesn’t follow realism and instead follows the sandbox balance and mechanics

[shrewd needle]

Let me rant in peace!

[stuck seal]

Can’t use the extended mags because they want you to find/buy the extended mags specific for that weapon

[shrewd needle]

They use the same magazines, though...

[stuck seal]

You should be able to use the dnipro coupled and extended mags for the ak74 and vice versa

But you can’t, because the point of the game is TO FIND THE ITEMS OR BUY THEM

[shrewd needle]

Game missed the point by 69 miles.

[stuck seal]

if any 5.45 gun can use any upgrade for one 5.45 weapon that would completely remove the point for a lot of shop items and world stashes

[pulsar cypress]

Is there a suppressor for the m701, mark 1 emr or the svdm-2?

[stuck seal]

Yes

[pulsar cypress]

Any idea where I can find / buy one?

[shrewd needle]

NGL, that does not make sense, but...well...that's just me.

[shrewd needle]

700 has a suppressor in Pripyat. SVD...no idea.

[stuck seal]

Well, cheats are always available to you

[nimble shore]

when in doubt
go to yanov

[stuck seal]

If yaniv doesn’t have what you need, sleep and try again

[pulsar cypress]

Does sleeping reset inventories?

[shrewd needle]

Yes. But need to do 24 hours; sleeping randomly won't work.

[stuck seal]

I think you have to sleep for two days straight

[hardy totem]

One will do

Sleeping 4 times

[stuck seal]

I wish I could sleep for two days straight

[pulsar cypress]

Never knew that was a thing, thank y'all, I appreciate it

[stuck seal]

Now give us your money

[pulsar cypress]

Am poor 😔

[shrewd needle]

Or your freedom. Time to work in the Garbage anomaly fields.

[pulsar cypress]

I can give my freedom ⛓️‍💥

[hardy totem]

Also, quick-save before the sleep that resets the inventory, so you can just load that save and sleep once to keep resetting

[shrewd needle]

https://tenor.com/view/fadding-smart-gif-16536398705701482405

[wooden walrus]

I mean there's a spectrum to that

but it's true that the game feels very wishy washy as to what it tries to accomplish

[stuck seal]

In terms of weapon attachments?

[wooden walrus]

I mean not just the attachments themselves but how it integrates them throughout the game

in general it feels very railroady, at least to me

[shrewd needle]

It is.

[stuck seal]

Explain the feeling

[wooden walrus]

again, not much point in complaining since there's already mods that can appease a large spectrum of gun-nuttery

but it's like, okay it's been a while since I played vanilla, but at least at release it was like

the only scoped weapon you will get in like forever is the lummox ak

up to garbage, that's probably going to be the only decent 5.45 weapon you will find, period

[nimble shore]

The Mosin, and the early SVD as well

[shrewd needle]

SVD too, but ammunition is lacking.

[stuck seal]

5.45

[wooden walrus]

by then, you'll get drowned and the combatant, the latter you will only consider if you want to roleplay good guy skif honestly

[stuck seal]

You do know you can go somewhere other than cabbage

[wooden walrus]

you can't put optics on either, because you don't get them at the shop, and because you unattach the lummox optics

[nimble shore]

cabbage.....

[stuck seal]

I went straight for burnt forest the second ward let me out

[charred nova]

i love the stalker cabbage

[wooden walrus]

that's assuming you're following the main quest yeah

[charred nova]

that place is fire

[stuck seal]

And by doing some exploration/creative interaction with the population of the zone, you can get many attachments and guns

[shrewd needle]

The problem is all the weapons are supposed to be equally usable, since realistically, an AK-74 and a Malyuk are both going to be equally lethal.

Instead, it's progression-related, so somehow, the Malyuk is definitively better and you end up forgetting the AK pretty soon.

[nimble shore]

its funny because none of the other guns did this

[stuck seal]

That is in fact the point of stalker….

[nimble shore]

they added seperate reasons to make them better, like attachments and accuracy

[shrewd needle]

The problem is all of those attachments have limitations that make zero sense at times.

[wooden walrus]

point is, on top of the weirdly restrictive attachment and upgrade system (in vanilla, mind you), they also went for static drops at certain points of the game, which also massively tanks the replayability and flexibility at which a player can progress through the game.

[shrewd needle]

It actually isn't...or at least wasn't in the old games. Old games had fairly realistic weapons and you could use anything you wanted. Except the Makarov, which is basically a POS in the original games.

[stuck seal]

It was, sure you can use the aksu, but the an94 and other guns are statically way better

[nimble shore]

its very weird to get the Avalanche mid game, and endgame you go back to 5.45

[shrewd needle]

Yes, but my point is that you could use the AK and still get through the game easily. You weren't forced to use 'better' weapons. Because there was no 'better' weapon; all weapons behaved realistically.

[nimble shore]

an94 my beloved

[stuck seal]

I went through many story parts with the ak74

And I’m on veteran

[wooden walrus]

furthest I got was right past sircaa (got the zalissya bug) but it was drowned all the way

[shrewd needle]

Vanilla or Better Ballistics?

[stuck seal]

Vanilla

I aimed for the head

[nimble shore]

Its also sad that the unique weapons don't embrace the rpg-focused stats enough. The later AK options feel very weak because they're stuck with mostly base stats. The Special could have at least had a bigger upgrade tree

[shrewd needle]

Yea, I use BB which makes the weapons actually usable, TBF.

[nimble shore]

The Combatant is just, the same gun but with a lil bit more durability

[wooden walrus]

the upgrade system is not a bad idea, but yeah, it didn't feel particularly meaningful

[shrewd needle]

It's funny that all the 'special' weapons are basically cosmetic.

[wooden walrus]

most of the times it's like "do you want better gun, or better gun just a little different?"

[charred nova]

still waiting for my 1895 lever action mod

[shrewd needle]

A lot of the current X/Y systems could basically be merged into 1 and it wouldn't make a difference.

[nimble shore]

when everyones using the Cabbage's smgs because they're horrifyingly powerful

[shrewd needle]

MP5 with .45...more powerful than rifles. Better with drum too!

[nimble shore]

love how the buket gets dissed in its own description, and is like, incredible

[shrewd needle]

AP moment.

[nimble shore]

super accurate and powerful for no reason

[wooden walrus]

obtain oxa prototype

become a fent fueled fudd today

[nimble shore]

sometimes I replay s2 wanting to play as a Bandit
and then get sad how the game teases a Bandit route only to rug pull you
I also miss the Anomaly faction suits. Give me my Bandit merc suit

[shrewd needle]

I should do it once but as the 'Enemy Of The Zone'...go to war with all factions.

Only problem is no upgrades, then... 😔

[nimble shore]

as far as i've seen, theres no consequences to kill everyone you see, just don't shoot people at a hub

[shrewd needle]

Losing technicians and guides is unfunny.

[shrewd needle]

That's what I meant...shooting everyone, including the hubs.

Like not just shooting random Duty patrols but going to the Cement Factory and taking them all out.

[still current]

now look at what he misses

[stuck seal]

It’s so over

[calm schooner]

Hello everybody 🙂

[still current]

My brain fell into my stomach

[calm schooner]

Any ticket system on this discord ? Just wanted to talk to a community manager ? 😉

[still current]

Vacation

There is no ticket system, but you can DM if it's something important.

[calm schooner]

DM you ? Yes i'll 🙂

[still current]

(CMs)

I meant CMs, but okay

[spare canopy]

Been playing Witchfire over the past couple of days, it's in alpha testing stage, and it is more polished that S2 will probably ever be,

Highly recommended.

[wooden walrus]

comparing s2 to witchfire be crazy

but yeah it's a neat game

got close to 50 hours on it myself so I can attest that it's a good pseudo-extraction round based roguelitey kinda deal

[spare canopy]

How? I am not comparing the game, I am comparing the fact that game with a budget the fraction of S2, are developing a polished game, highly optimised, looks stunning, and doesn't have all the BS mechanics, that don;t make sense or more or less broken.

It actually highlights a studio that has a clue what they are doing, to one that doesn't have a clue... And many other AAA studios.

[shell flax]

not comparing
compares

[wooden walrus]

I mean in his defense he's just trying to disparage a game he's butthurt with

[spare canopy]

Well, you have got a clue either by the looks of it.

[shell flax]

Death, genuine question. Why do you keep coming back to talk about S2 if you hate it so fervently

[wooden walrus]

yeah, it's like, it's great that you're having fun with a different game, you don't need to use it as an excuse to attack this one

[spare canopy]

No, just highlighting how a game should be developed... Unlike GCS that swapped engine for no reason, half way through development, forcing them to take short cuts to game the out the door,

[shell flax]

You aren’t highlighting though. You’re taking a completely unrelated game as a reason to shit on S2.

[wooden walrus]

a game that's made on the same engine as s2, should be pointed out

[spare canopy]

See more projection.

I don;t hate the game, I am frustrated by it. Which are two seperate things.

The game has some scope to be truly amazing, but I am frustrated at the design choices made by GCS.

[shell flax]

Projection? Brother do you just slap words together, I’m trying to figure out your perspective

[spare canopy]

No. Engine doesn't matter...

[wooden walrus]

"engine doesn't matter"

specifically mentions s2's engine

do you do this on purpose?

[spare canopy]

What a stupid comment that is.

Do you not understand English?

I was pointing out they "SWAPPED" engine half way through development. Which is something you shouldn't do.

I wasn't talking about the engine per say...

Bloody hilarious 🤣

[wooden walrus]

woop woop 🚨

[hardy totem]

He's not interested in considering what you have to say in a respectful manner. I'd say just ignore him, he might even get the message

[charred nova]

LETS BE REAL

should have made stalker 2 on frostbite engine

[shell flax]

True

[spare canopy]

It is projection. I don't hate the game I am frustrated by it and pointing out it's flaws.

Especially when said person doesn't even understand the context I was using.

Like, I wasn't comparing the game, but rather the development process... Then sticking his boot and not even getting the context of what I said right.

[hardy totem]

Remind me, what would have been the benefits of that?

[wooden walrus]

it would be made in frostbite, duh

[hardy totem]

I'm always a bit unknowledgable when it comes to engine talk, so you'll have to dumb it down for me:' D

[spare canopy]

I think they should have just stayed with UE4, it seemed as though it was being developed just fine, and the pre-release stuff actually looked better, IMO.

[quasi summit]

Am I the only one who thinks stalker gives off an Appalachian mountain vibe

[restive scaffold]

Frostbite is just a mess to work with, dice themselves probably one library away from having it turn into a flaming pile of trash.
CryEngine on the other hand...

[quasi summit]

The mutants closely resemble cryptids and the buildings have that vibe

[charred nova]

i agree tbh

[charred nova]

nothing cus frostbite can't do open worlds

but hey bf6 runs really well

so Clearly they doing something right

[spare canopy]

There was an attempt to port the the original STALKER game onto the Cryengine

Never got finished though, but it looked really promising though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTs1QbyhNrw

[spare canopy]

And, am I right in thinking that that A-life 2.0 was working fine in UE4?

I got the feeling that, when they switched to UE5, is when it went all wrong in that department.

[nimble shore]

I'm going to do an akm-74u playthrough, frick it

Combatant, full mods and attachments

[charred nova]

we will likely never know unless a build of the eu4 version leaks

[spare canopy]

And wouldn't that be intersting if it did.

[restive scaffold]

My major peeve with UE5 is Lumen, that crap is objectively subpar to any other hardware tracing method and funny enough can't compete with pre-baked lighting inside interiors.
Which is especially noticeable in S2 since there's no pre-bake work done anywhere in the game.

[nimble shore]

My biggest gripes are all the blur and how the adjusting-to-light effect is so extreme

you go outside and its a flashbang

[spare canopy]

Lumin is not the problem, it has been done in other games, and when it is done properly it looks great.

Regardless of what engine you use, ultimately it comes down to the skill of the devs... That includes management as well...

[wooden walrus]

lumen is ass tbh

I mean lumen in combination with ue5 but tomyto tomato

take nightingale and the absolute leap in terms of performance it took from ue5 to ue5.4

[charred nova]

i mean its just so noisy

[restive scaffold]

Lumen strength was always in outdoor areas, games where lumen looks decent often use baked light for interiors, which also helps to reduce graphical load.
But even outside hardware ray-tracing will beat out any version of lumen be it hw or sw 9 times out of 10.
Lumen can be a crutch, and if you don't manage it properly it will quickly turn into a rock tied to your neck.

[wooden walrus]

idk, I'd be hard pressed to list that many games that run even decent in ue5, could be that they were all incorrectly designed but

[charred nova]

there was a test build i played once where the de noiser was either disabled or broken

the game looked terrible but it ran better than any public build ever

[wooden walrus]

plus ultra lets you fudge around with a bunch of those settings

can't say I've been able to get any extra performance out of it, but at least the game looks prettier so hey

[pulsar cypress]

Is this SSP-100 discovery a good suit? I found it in a vendor when I first got to malachite

[nimble shore]

better seva

[unkempt vault]

Yeah I can’t play this game anymore it keeps crashing on low

[obtuse veldt]

The spark version is a better one

[shrewd needle]

Why are we fighting?

[fickle hill]

2 emissions in the same hour at the duga

[cedar plinth]

When new update guys, does anyone know?

[dreamy dagger]

Haz anyone ever compiled a yugeass list of everything missing from the game? RANDOM THOUGHT dont hate on me

[wooden walrus]

define "missing"

just a laundry list of things you would like to be in the game?

[dreamy dagger]

Features present in OG left out in the NT

[wooden walrus]

so what you want is a list of differences between the original trilogy and stalker 2

none of the google results I've skimmed through are that good tbh

[dreamy dagger]

No, fan compiled list of everything that GSC failed to address till now

I, for one, get to think now and then this company is 100% out of touch what STALKER 2 has to be in the long run, yk

[wooden walrus]

That's cool

[ebon blade]

Because you are fully clothed with heavy boots, wearing armor, carrying weapons and so much other gear in your inventory. Get in water over your head, you're not going to float.

[pulsar cypress]

It's done all the time, because I have the physical capabilities to swim, but since my character can't seem to do much I'm gonna assume he's physically challenged

[ebon blade]

If you had over 100 pounds of gear on you, I don't think you're going to be treading water for very long.
Water in the game is supposed to be a barrier. You don't have the ability to strip naked to swim.

[dreamy dagger]

Who would swim in irradiated water, bruh

[pulsar cypress]

Brother, I shouldn't get stuck on a mini island in the swamps because of a barrier, and I personally don't carry that much

[dreamy dagger]

You on the hunt for that Insta-kill achievement, bossman?

[ebon blade]

Stupid people that think they can swim with all that gear on.

[cedar plinth]

It would be really cool, if you could like make your own village, or just dlc where you can rebuilt Zalissya

[cedar plinth]

Bro wanted to swim with 10 cans of food, 5 weapons and 400 ammunition

[graceful dirge]

simple rowboats like in Metro Exodus to allow you to pass across & through the rivers would be a sweet little mod addition

[dreamy dagger]

You are high as a mfing kite

[fickle hill]

BACK BREAKING WORK

[cedar plinth]

I want my own VILLAGE

https://c.tenor.com/SVKaZswmWq8AAAAC/tenor.gif

[dreamy dagger]

You are VILE at this AGE

[cedar plinth]

Tf you mean

[dreamy dagger]

Xcuze, way too much booze

Duck around and bling out, man

[wintry pumice]

[cedar plinth]

Could pls speak normal english? Not some kind of american colorado valley dialect

[dreamy dagger]

KEKS

Oh Lawd, what am I doing at 01:42 am...........

Wasting my life
Wachu doing, Son of Odin, Ruler of Eternia, Punisher of Discord Crimes @oak junco

[cedar plinth]

I tihnk you spend to much time on the internet

[dreamy dagger]

Oh hell yeah boe

[oak junco]

AYO good sir im just reading some finance stuff before hopping back on guild wars 2 wbu king

[dreamy dagger]

I been here waiting for proper S2 relaunch, only to get pushed towards digital suicide....

[oak junco]

hell at this point i feel gamma is the real stalker 2..

[dreamy dagger]

Holy shizzle, boss, sorry for interrupting the flow
I'm fiddling with Linux shizz

[oak junco]

naw king you can ping anytime fr and linux based

[dreamy dagger]

Word up this clever man knows the deal deep down to the very last point

Long live this fellah

[oak junco]

back at you
🫵👑

[dreamy dagger]

I go sleep now and God forbid 1,6 doesnt land by morning

[rancid kiln]

Also that xD
Even if Skif could swim with all that weight... he'd get radiation up the butt xD

[ebon blade]

Quote: "But both sank quickly in the high seas off the coast of Somalia, weighed down by heavy equipment they were carrying and not knowing or disregarding concerns that their flotation devices could not compensate for the additional weight. Both were lost at sea." https://www.kpbs.org/news/military/2024/10/14/the-drownings-of-2-navy-seals-were-preventable-military-investigation-finds

We don't even have a flotation device and you want to go swimming,

[pulsar cypress]

Yes, I'd like to be able to swim through water that's barley 6 feet deep

[ebon blade]

How do you know how deep it is if it goes over your head and you drown?

[pulsar cypress]

The death screen of my character being at the bottom of the swamp and still seeing the surface quite close

[ebon blade]

That's just the last thing you saw before the game is telling you, that the water is over your head and you're going down.
You really don't expect the game to show you each variable depth, for each body of water or river, for you to gauge that?

[pulsar cypress]

Truthfully, I don't expect much from this game considering how physically challenged my character is, just going off the information the game has decided to provide

[ebon blade]

The game doesn't provide you with any information that you can go swimming, fully clothed, wearing armor and carrying weapons. No game allows that capability.

[rancid kiln]

I mean i get it there is water, why not swim. But the game does not need swimming. Less you want to grow a third arm xD

[pulsar cypress]

Dying light, dead island (I think), Skyrim, rust, 7 days to die, ark, etc, many games allow you to while carrying much more

[pulsar cypress]

I need a third arm, one more weapon to carry 😂

[ebon blade]

If swimming with heavy gear is so important to you, I would advise you to go back to any of those games.

[rancid kiln]

You already have 3, plus whatever you can stuff in the bag xD

[pulsar cypress]

Another could never hurt

@ebon blade I will be since they are far better designed 🙏🏻

[ebon blade]

Great. That will make both of us happy.

[weary hedge]

Bro needs to swim to enjoy a game😂 grow tf up

[pulsar cypress]

I don't, I've enjoyed the game for the most part, just think it's dumb my character is physically incapable of swimming, climbing or falling from anything more than 15 feet 😂

[weary hedge]

That’s too damn bad the game doesn’t cater ur expectations. If you feel you need to complain about something as little as falling to death and swimming ur head is in the wrong place😭

[pulsar cypress]

It's been the most consistent inconvenience yet, honestly more annoying the than game crashing and quests bugging out

[pulsar cypress]

The bouncy anomalies go hard

[weary hedge]

You’d be one of the few then

[ebon blade]

There was no anomaly involved in that. I jumped from the roof of a second story building to a vehicle below.

[fallen latch]

well, imagine carrying the weights skif is ingame, plus gear and then falling. I don't know about dying instantly, sure, but certainly being absolutely crippled.

and I do wish that you were able to move through water much easier with an exo on, that'd be a cool feature
and throw in less fall damage too, because duh

or maybe just translate damage to you to damage to the exo if you fall from a large distance

[pulsar cypress]

Figured they'd use a little bit of fiction to let me survive a slight fall, my character slips off a chair and breaks his legs 😂

[fallen latch]

i know, it needs work, but it's not entirely illogical
only like half

well it's no fantasy game, it's gotta be somewhat grounded In reality suppose

[pulsar cypress]

This game is very picky about where it chooses to be grounded, but thankfully I can be a loot goblin so it's alright I suppose

[ebon blade]

Go back to your fantasy games, where you are wearing medieval armor and swimming through lakes.

[fallen latch]

yeah, it's got room for improvement for sure, but it's fine for now

[pulsar cypress]

In due time, for now my character will become a cripple and lack the ability to use his hands

[weary hedge]

Fall damage is a big opposition in a lot of game same with swimming lmao you complaining about this is pointless

[ebon blade]

He gets more enjoyment out of complaining, obviously. Must be here hoping for confirmation bias.

[weary hedge]

Clearly. Dude needs to get his head out of the clouds

[pulsar cypress]

@weary hedge haven't had much of a problem with it outside of this game
@ebon blade this whole conversation originally started with a joke, I couldn't genuinely care, was just pointing out it's a little dumb my character can't swim in water barley taller than himself

[fallen latch]

people love doing that here, tryina find the circle

[weary hedge]

Then you haven’t played enough games. But I get it if ur just tryna beat around the bush

[pulsar cypress]

Care to name any games where it's a "big opposition"?

[weary hedge]

Dark souls, red dead, fallout, Metro, a bunch of classic games. GTA. I could give you a whole dictionary son but what would I gain from that. Clearly you have a tunnel vision on games😂

[pulsar cypress]

GTA you can swim & fall decently, same with fallout, dark souls can take falls, wouldn't know about red dead or metro though

[weary hedge]

They are still obstacles in the game and I’m talking about the older gtas

[pulsar cypress]

I mean not really, normally let you skip otherwise long/dangerous areas, and San Andreas had swimming and that was released in 04, fairly old I'd say

[weary hedge]

My point still stands. A lot of games do not include swimming. If you wanna be a mermaid ur playing the wrong game🤷‍♂️

[pulsar cypress]

A majority don't but ight, just tryna cross a swamp twin

[weary hedge]

Use ur brain and find a path that’s what it’s for twin

[pulsar cypress]

I did find a path, that's how I found out swimming ain't a thing

[weary hedge]

Good job. Ur learning 😘

[obtuse veldt]

@ebon blade You know... I think Lost Alpha was up to something with that underground corridor at Cordon now that stalker 2 had the lab X-3 in cordon all these years ._.

[ebon blade]

You want to hear an interesting fun fact about the Cordon Underground?
Originally there was no Cordon underground tunnel system with all the rooms.
During a long period when Dez was waiting for the Scripters to write some code,
he got bored or impatient, and designed the entire Cordon underground that we see now.

[obtuse veldt]

well he predicted SOMETHING

[civic osprey]

There's dogs in the game already right?

It's not hard to make a dog work, look at fallout 4

[ebon blade]

A companion dog would be killed in the very first Bloodsucker attack.

[tardy rain]

lol my dog would wreck that thing

having an octopus for a face is not an advantage

[civic osprey]

Dogmeat gets destroyed all the time in fallout 4😂

Dogs are never strong, they are just travel companions who help in combat

But if people don't want it then I'm not bothered by it

I just would love an animal companion

[weary hedge]

There will most likely be a mod made for it in the future but realistically a dog wouldn’t do well in the stalker verse or fallout verse😂

[tardy rain]

what you on about, there's hundreds of em running around

they love it here

[weary hedge]

Mutated dogs*

[tardy rain]

Personally I've found that my physical performance is better when I've not been blasted with radiation, I imagine the same applies to dogs

[fickle hill]

Yeah blind dogs

[weary hedge]

Then you don’t understand the science behind the effects of radiation in the stalker verse

[tardy rain]

lol what

[weary hedge]

Exactly

[tardy rain]

the radiation that makes you literally die?

[weary hedge]

Yes and no😂

[stuck seal]

So called blind dogs when a smelly grown man jumps onto a car hood

[ebon kayak]

Hey can I get a 20 dollar gift card for Xbox so I can get stalker call of Pripyat

[stuck seal]

Sure

[ebon kayak]

Thank you so much

[stuck seal]

No problem

[ebon kayak]

Can you dm the code to me

[stuck seal]

Yeah

[ebon kayak]

Thank u so much I really am exited to play it. Are you getting the code from Amazon or in store

[stuck seal]

Ok so I don’t actually have a code for you I’m just as broke my friend

I was pulling your leg

[tardy rain]

lol can I get $20 i wanna buy drugs

[unkempt vault]

Neco Scar

[stuck seal]

You should’ve just said it was about drugs bro, I got that cash on me

[unkempt vault]

The holy B R E A D

[ebon kayak]

Aw man

[ebon blade]

Don't beg for money here. That's a good way to get banned.

[ebon kayak]

Dang man I just wanted to play the game

[unkempt vault]

My computer apparently doesn’t have enough memory with all the graphics off to precompile shaders so I get a wicked frame drop in Zalissya and it’s not even raining

[stuck seal]

The stalker trilogy do go on sale on Xbox frequently, especially in October, it may be cheap then

[unkempt vault]

Competing with Fallout?

[stuck seal]

I remember seeing the trilogy on sale during the Halloween sale

[tardy rain]

ngl i kinda wanna hear this guy pitch it

[ebon blade]

You're going to have to find other forms of social media to ask for your needs.

[stuck seal]

Whar

[tardy rain]

dragon's den, but its a guy explaining why we should give him stalker COP