☢┃stalker-general

[stuck seal]

I have well over 200 or 300 hours in my current playthrough and I haven’t made it to the end

[median kettle]

(i love the franchise, but absolutely despise the company)

[wooden walrus]

"hi, I want to hear this game is mid, can someone tell me the game is mid please?"

[median kettle]

i mean devils advocate here 😂
game could have been not mid, not my fault, innit?

[torn gate]

Are you trying 100% the game or something?

[solid locust]

It's getting better with time, atleast. It would be a lot worse if the devs let it rot.

[stuck seal]

Yesnt

[nimble heath]

just under 200 I finished one playthrough

[wooden walrus]

you're free to think that, but why would you ask something if you've already decided on the conclusion?

[nimble heath]

just got to get the other endings and achievements

[torn gate]

The devs are doing their best but I still wished that they updated the mod list for Xbox faster

[stuck seal]

I was like “I wanna explore everything I can before progressing the story” which has lead me to the grind to become rich man, which took most of my time

[median kettle]

because i didn't follow the games development since... december maybe. and a lot could have been improved. I knew there were big patches

[nimble heath]

just ask the wish granter, why work

[wooden walrus]

that's fine, but again, why would you ask how the game is now if you had already decided beforehand that it was going to be a 6/10 regardless of what you were told?

[stuck seal]

I wanna try mods but most of them in the list seem like they change the game too drastically, like ramping up a life spawns and such, BB seems to be the one I noticed that changes the experience without changing the game

[median kettle]

i didn't. i was indifferent to it and wanted to give it a try. with your responses i started to lean towards not wasting the time

[torn gate]

BB is pretty good especially after getting tired of enemies just tanking bullets like they're sandwiches

[solid locust]

I had a great time with the game, it felt simply like more stalker 🤷‍♂️ I prefer its harsh simplicity than the misery-like approach.

[stuck seal]

Any other you recommend?

[wooden walrus]

again, you had decided this before you even started typing in this channel

which is fine, and it's your prerogative, but I can't help but wonder why all this song and dance if you had already preconcluded that the game wasn't worth your time

[naive pulsar]

Sounds fun, mouse and keyboards there right?

[median kettle]

ok, not starting a fight. if you assume that, so be it

[zenith gust]

You ahve a small wienier

[smoky hawk]

the game doesnt have ALife

short answer

[median kettle]

takes one to know one

[solid locust]

not gonna say anything

[stuck seal]

None of us have a life

[solid locust]

I have e life

[torn gate]

There's ncp combat overhaul which makes the NPCs less stupid and bb mutants but other than that not really the rest either too drastically change the game like the living zone

[stuck seal]

I see

[torn gate]

So you don't play stalker 2 every day and have a horrible sleep schedule?

[stuck seal]

My concern was like the ones that ramp up A Life spawns, I don’t want to get annoyed by having to fight something every two minutes

[solid locust]

The only reason I want a new PC is to play with the HDR tweaks (https://www.reddit.com/r/stalker/comments/1mz9q6f/creating_stalker_of_my_dreams_hdr_project/)

[stuck seal]

That’s how the game was at launch and I didn’t like it, waste of time and ammo

[still current]

Most don't have A life tbh

[solid locust]

Nah, I dont game much anymore

I want to play more in october or so, after I will actually be able to run good games :)

[zenith gust]

Nope I have a larrge weinier

[smoky hawk]

they have something in common with Stalker 2

[still current]

Fucking autocorrect

Nah

[zenith gust]

Life is a game if you a playa

[still current]

Stalker 2 does improve over time and they don't

[zenith gust]

[still current]

[zenith gust]

Why am I still not a mod

[solid locust]

Because you have a life

[zenith gust]

Yeah it’s pretty awesome

[solid locust]

The game does not have a-ids 😔

[still current]

Not enough ragebaits

[zenith gust]

I have aids

In real life I actually have aids

[torn gate]

I use the living zone and it doesn't do that much you'll run into ncps more often when traveling but it's mostly friendly ncps

[zenith gust]

Automatic instantaneous dope-ass swag

[solid locust]

Freddy Mercury ova here

Make your own bohemian rhapsody

[zenith gust]

I would make a bohemian cash city

[stuck seal]

And which one is that? Because there’s different tiers of it pretty sure right?

[stuck seal]

Which tier is it

[wooden walrus]

it does have alife, just not the type you want

there's background simulation up to about 1500m afaik, according to letswoolgather

[torn gate]

Yeah there's bronze, silver, and gold and I use gold but the lower ones spawn in less ncps than gold so maybe use bronze or silver

[wooden walrus]

I mean I understand that you want to be butthurt because the game doesn't have exactly what you want it to have, and I absolutely understand that, but I feel that as a mod you should make an effort to be as truthful as possible.

[zenith gust]

As a mod you should send me pics of your feet in my dms

[stuck seal]

There is indeed a life, I walked into a bandit camp but all I see were dutiers getting sturdy

[zenith gust]

Especially if you are a girl mod

[nimble heath]

at the moment its between ''alright' and 'good' theres a lot of fixed/scripted sp[awns, but some dynamics still

[wooden walrus]

I mean there's a very rudimentary offline simulation, but it's there

it's not very visible, and it's jank, but I mean

[nimble heath]

like there was one point where I foudn a cool item, and a psudodog spawned in. i sat for a bit in cover becasue i just couldnt be bothered to deal with it

[stuck seal]

I mean a game has to have scripted stuff, if it was all random, the campaign would be a bit on the complicated side

[nimble heath]

then a bunch of npcs walked by and distracted it allowing me to leg it away

which i thought was pretty cool

[wooden walrus]

and it's not me saying it but the developer of one of the two currently active alife mods so

[stuck seal]

Are you a mod dev

[wooden walrus]

no not me, @fervent zephyr

[nimble heath]

you do see a lot of enemy npc/mutant, but the improcved detection stuff means if you keep your wits about you often you have time to spot tyhem first and detour if you dont want to deal with it

[stuck seal]

You are a mod dev in disguise

[wooden walrus]

(crap idk if he'll get pinged if I edit it)

whatever, it's not me saying it.

however, as someone who's been poking around the game's spawning, it is an absolute shitshow yes lol

[nimble heath]

much better than in the past where you walk into an empty base, then turn around to see a full enemy squad has appeared behind you

[stuck seal]

Usually the enemy sees me first because they’re behind a wall of foliage that I cannot see through

[nimble heath]

then you turn aroudn to run, and another enemy squad appeared behind you

[median kettle]

if you are fine with this system, i am happy for you 🙂

[stuck seal]

I am fine with this system, and thank you for being happy for me

[torn gate]

It might be just me but I honestly liked that glitch at pripyat near launch where it was always raining it gave a mysterious vibe of the place

[stuck seal]

Someone should mod in the monster from CoP

[torn gate]

Didn't even realize that it was a glitch at first

[worn ridge]

[wooden walrus]

honestly, jank as it is, I think it's not any jankier than the originals

different kind of jank I guess

definitely less ctds at least so hey, progress.

[nimble heath]

god yeah that was pretty bad early on

[wooden walrus]

people who like to jerk off about the original trilogy most certainly didn't or don't remember playing them at launch

[nimble heath]

perfectly balanced and bug free ofc

[wooden walrus]

which is fair, they did launch 17 years ago

[nimble heath]

still remember playing the alpha

and the first time I attacked the bandit outpost, thinking this is a very different game to what I am used to

[wooden walrus]

I remember giving up on SoC because it was one of those games that kept getting hyped but always pushed back

and when it finally launched I remember trying my level best to just get it to run, and failing miserably

I wonder if 20 years from now people are like "man why can't this run like stalker 2, that game played amazing"

[nimble heath]

I dont remember any real issues getting it to run, but as you say it was 17 years ago. I mainly remember the difficulty curve being like a vertical line when you have come from other FPS of the time

you mean i cant just run in guns blazing and kill everyone

was the first game I disabled the crosshair on becasue ADS

[smoky hawk]

it doesnt have alife, it doesnt clear the most basic aspect of ALife to begin with, its not a its not the exact type it just aint there to begin with

[nimble heath]

b-life

[violet dune]

MGS Snake eater have good AI

[dense badger]

at what point iin the game do you go to pripyat ive just met strelok at x3

[nimble heath]

you're nearly there at your point in the story

[cobalt marsh]

you will be there soon

[wooden walrus]

Huh. So there's going to be some kind of slo-mo mode coming soon I assume?

[nimble heath]

nvm, forgot prypyat is blocked until certain point in the story. anywhere else you're free to go

[stuck seal]

giant explosion “huh what was that noise?” walks around for a little bit “oh I’m just hearing things”

[warped marsh]

guys, qustion

will the og stalker bundle be on discount, or the devs dont give a shit about the old ones now

[stuck seal]

I think the remastered legends of the zone goes on sale every now and then on both steam and Xbox store

Or I guess I should say steam and Microsoft store

[warped marsh]

the enchanced sucks

i want the og on steam

[stuck seal]

That’s the version they want you to play

[median kettle]

aren't the games dirt cheap on reseller sites anyway?

[nimble heath]

finds bodies of every soldier on the base oh well, must have been nothing

[stuck seal]

You should’ve gotten the ogs while they were available

[warped marsh]

will they be on discount?

[stuck seal]

Because I think they’re delisted now on steam

[median kettle]

wait GSC actually removed the originals from steam?

[warped marsh]

https://store.steampowered.com/sub/35983/

[nimble heath]

I beleive you still get the OG version along with remastered?

[warped marsh]

bam

sooo will the og stalker ever be on discount on steam

[warped marsh]

i dont think so

[wooden walrus]

they were on 30% discount until like, today I think

[stuck seal]

And you expect us to know exact dates for sales?

[warped marsh]

i want the og one

[median kettle]

if the originals are not even on the store anymore and you have to use subs, you won't ever have a discount on them

[warped marsh]

im just curious if GSC Game World still loves the original stalkers to put them on discount

[frigid hill]

merc105 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[median kettle]

GSC does not like the originals.

[stuck seal]

I don’t think the devs decide when sales happen on steam?

I don’t know how steam does sales

[warped marsh]

oh

[stuck seal]

Like as far as I know steam does the whole sales thing on their own

Just like Microsoft and Sony does

[warped marsh]

on the last steam summer sales the og stalkers werent on sale

i can buy them but i aint spending 180pln on 3 games, im waiting for discount

[median kettle]

do yourself a favor, and look at gog. gog still has the originals with the uncuttable Lenin statues 🤣

[wooden walrus]

multiple sources say you get the original with EE. If you don't just refund, but it is very very likely you will

I'm not really sure why exactly you would want to play the original versions, but if the problem is the cut content, you can also restore it to EE as well.

[warped marsh]

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Legends of the Zone Trilogy doesent have the old stalkers

[warped marsh]

1.less bugs
2.nostalgia idk?

[wooden walrus]

several accounts in the steam discussions stating otherwise

[stuck seal]

The uncuttable degtyarev jaw line

[warped marsh]

should i be a 🏴‍☠️

[stuck seal]

Get a job

[warped marsh]

nah jk, i wont

[cobalt marsh]

Not gonna lie if I was gonna play the old stalkers again, I would play the old ones not the EE

[median kettle]

no, just spit 60 moneys on the trilogy on gog. (yes, do it)

[cobalt marsh]

Remaster/upscale crap loses its charm

[warped marsh]

so yall think the og stalkers wont have a steam discount?

[dense badger]

alr cheers

[median kettle]

wasn't there also a lot of changes to all the posters ingame and some changes to gameplay that were not so liked? i watched only 1 video on the remastereds

[wooden walrus]

they're not for sale on steam anymore so they won't get a discount, no

[warped marsh]

damn it

[wooden walrus]

what's your source on this, btw?

[nimble heath]

I mean you could buy the EE, then 💀

[warped marsh]

i checked steam

[wooden walrus]

this steam? https://steamcommunity.com/app/2427410/discussions/0/600787986327550598/

[warped marsh]

ew, i dont want it

[wooden walrus]

and this steam too? https://steamcommunity.com/app/2427410/discussions/0/664963107066697074/
and this? https://steamcommunity.com/app/2427410/discussions/0/664963107066594708/

[cobalt marsh]

Idk about any changes because I havent played the EE for any of them. And dont plan too

Now if they remade the old games in the stalker 2 style and engine. I may consider it

[warped marsh]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2427430/STALKER_Call_of_Prypiat__Enhanced_Edition/ i dont see the old stalkers on "S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Legends of the Zone Trilogy"

[wooden walrus]

right, but you have at least 3 firsthand accounts saying that you will get it

[warped marsh]

i think i saw it earlier, not anymore

[wooden walrus]

literally a post from yesterday is telling you that you will

[median kettle]

i watched only 1 video by a russian dude, and he showed that the ee are really not good. since they use like the xbox port or smth, have cut stuff, have changed stuff, etc.

[warped marsh]

oh

[wooden walrus]

if you don't, just refund ig

[warped marsh]

then im waiting for sales and risking it☺️

untill then i have to rp stalker on gmod😔

[wooden walrus]

risking what?

you can refund anything below 2 hours of play and 2 weeks bought, what are you risking?

[warped marsh]

hm

fair, then im not risking

[warped marsh]

i asked chat gpt and it said
"If you purchase S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Legends of the Zone Trilogy on Steam, you'll receive the Enhanced Edition versions of the original trilogy—Shadow of Chornobyl, Clear Sky, and Call of Pripyat—and you'll also get the original versions of all three games included automatically.

This means:

You'll have both the original S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games (from 2007–2009) and the Enhanced Edition remasters in your Steam library.

The bundle contains all six titles:

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chornobyl – Enhanced Edition

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky – Enhanced Edition

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat – Enhanced Edition

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chornobyl (original)

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky (original)

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat (original)
GOG.com
Wikipedia

So yes—you do get the "old" (original) S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games along with the remastered Enhanced Editions.

Let me know if you’d like details about the improvements in the Enhanced Editions or how much the bundle typically costs!"

but i dont see the games, i only see the ee

but its weird because i dont see the stalker games

[wooden walrus]

so you're not willing to trust three firsthand posts on the steam discussions that nobody has contested, and yet you'll ask slopgpt instead

[nimble heath]

it replaced the original steam version, this is how everyone who already owned stalker got the ee version

[median kettle]

first hand posts vs. not seeing the games actually listed in the package?

[nimble heath]

they appear separately in your library

[median kettle]

idk, i am skeptical

[wooden walrus]

that's fine, but that's what the refund window is for

[nimble heath]

but yeah regardless of anything, worst case you can simply refund as said

[wooden walrus]

it's as risk free as it gets, and yet you're here like "idk man I'm skeptical"

[median kettle]

maybe the dude doesn't want to buy it for that money? and the refund is going into the account, not back to the bank account?

[wooden walrus]

why, you have solid evidence to believe this is the case, and if it isn't you can just get your money back

[warped marsh]

i already did a bit of refunds this month, steam might think im refund abussing

[warped marsh]

nah, it will go back into my bank account

[median kettle]

ok. idk how you do that. may refunds always went back into the steam wallet

[wooden walrus]

you can choose

(unless it's payment method dependant ig)

[nimble heath]

may even differ by country

[warped marsh]

should i buy the stalkers now or should i wait for sales

[nimble heath]

I mean, do you have no tother games that you can play

is there a desperate need to stalk

[warped marsh]

i beat metro 2033/last light and i feel like im missing something in my heart

[wooden walrus]

a need that cannot be addressed by playing one of the five billion anomaly mods available for free

[warped marsh]

stalker anomaly is too hard to download

[nimble heath]

verry true gamma, or lost alpha

[lone epoch]

I need to finish metro 2033. Its a great game but I also js can't finish games in general.

[warped marsh]

i think it got mad at me

[nimble heath]

not got round to anomaly

[warped marsh]

metro 2033 is so good for being 2010 or 2015 i forgot

[nimble heath]

i did try stalker soup, but it was a little too weird

[warped marsh]

the redux is 2014

original is 2010

[lone epoch]

It really is. But I hate how I could finish Still Wakes The Deep but I can't finish a first person shooter game

[wooden walrus]

I've tried a few, think the furthest I got was with autumn aurora. Anomaly based mods can get pretty weird yes

[nimble heath]

i beat 2033 and last light several times, but I struggle with exodus for some reason

I thought awakening was also great, but it got m,ixed reviews

[warped marsh]

i've bought metro exodus but my laptop will LITERALLY explode (i bought it because it was on discount)

Ukrainian/Russian post apocaliptic are so good

fallout is for 7 year olds

[wooden walrus]

I've always liked the lore and weapon design of metro games, and I really enjoy the human combat

but I think most of its mutants are kinda ass

which is a shame 'cause it's like 70% mutants

[median kettle]

metros issue is that humans are insanely easy to fight while mutants are insanely difficult because bulletsponges

[edgy ingot]

Oh you too ?

[edgy ingot]

The sound design dude

I always wanted a BTS video of sound design of those games

Wow can you be punchier and kicker shots than Western established FPS for decades ?

I want the audio processing haha

Even Tarkov, damn

[obtuse veldt]

Gotta admit, GSC does not want people to peek on development areas

A thing i do not understand, why zombies do not die from heavy radiation

[shrewd needle]

I wanted to play Metro, but the morality system can die.

[warped marsh]

no, metro is easy

i've asked the steam community and i get the og stalker when buying the ee

metro and stalker should colab

[shrewd needle]

I'm talking about the endings.

[warped marsh]

100%

[warped marsh]

i was trying to get the good ending on metro last light, i saved each villan and i got the bad ending

[shrewd needle]

Yea, I prefer getting the good ending even as a psychopath.

https://metrovideogame.fandom.com/wiki/Moral_Points

This mechanic needs to die.

[warped marsh]

idk what i did wrong, i tried to caus as much harm as possible but i got the bad ending

but the metro lore is one of the best

im 100% buying stalkers but im waiting for the discounts

[shrewd needle]

Well, if I can find a way to bypass the BS morality system, I'd love to play it.

[warped marsh]

you can always uninstall the game when your reaching the end

[zenith gust]

Metro exodus is my favorite stalker game

[shrewd needle]

Not sure if that makes sense.

[zenith gust]

I got the best ending in metro because I don’t tend to kill people

[median kettle]

i support this

[acoustic orchid]

Metro is a great game, excited to see updates soon. I was hoping to see something at Gamescom

[fervent island]

according to the devs of "ROUTINE" in the gamescom there's a presentation of "METRO 4", (just) for journalists, editors and investors.

[zenith gust]

Metro 4 hopefully we get Anna foot jobs in 4k

It’s what miller would have wanted

🫡

[median kettle]

u were funny.
now you weird.

[acoustic orchid]

Interesting need to look into this. I speak with the community manager Everwi from time time trying to squeeze any info 😂

[fierce nexus]

[fierce nexus]

I wonder if Artyom will return

[zenith gust]

I’m not trying to be funny

[zenith gust]

He’s dead

[shrewd needle]

• Me: Heads to VPC Mirror.
• Bandits: Already fighting Chimera.
• Also Bandits: Let's shoot this enemy Loner instead of team up against the Chimera.

[fervent island]

I don't think that talk about leaks about other games it's morally "passable" or allowed in the place where isn't ideal talk about certains leaks related to some game related to stalkering and with an two.

[fierce nexus]

[zenith gust]

Maybe artyom rolled under a dumpster

[fierce nexus]

Well, it do be more of an offtop convo

[zenith gust]

One ending artyom dies and the other he survives if anything you’d be artyoms son

[fierce nexus]

Last Light also had an ending where he died

[shrewd needle]

All games have ending where he dies.

[fierce nexus]

Yee

[shrewd needle]

Time for Skif to die too.

[acoustic orchid]

Sadly not new line up for number 4

[fierce nexus]

[zenith gust]

He rolled under a dumpster

Metro 4 should be a online battle royal with hero shooter elements based off of characters from the metro series

[fierce nexus]

Ew

[wooden walrus]

you can even die before reaching the ending

next gen storytelling

[zenith gust]

You have to give players a reason to log in every day
Idiot it’s called game design

I fact

[tall hawk]

make sure there's a battle pass and loot boxes 🔥

[zenith gust]

Stalker 3 should be a battle royale with factions used as teams and they should have unique heroes based around the factions too

Like the bandit faction can have a black lady named shanisha and she has a wheelchair made from stolen parts because she is missing two legs

[tall hawk]

stalker 3 should be an online-only extraction hero shooter with cartoon graphics and fortnite dances

[zenith gust]

“Mhm we gon steal all yo thangs honey”

[zenith gust]

It should be an extraction shooter

[fickle hill]

alright everyone hop on the C consciousness ball

[zenith gust]

Players can pay 15$ for the campfire emote

[tall hawk]

make it a wheelchair jet pack

[zenith gust]

She’s fat too

[tall hawk]

don't use the f slur, we say "big boned"

[zenith gust]

Wait guys why does that actually sound good, literally oh my god guys I think we are cooking

[tall hawk]

we makin Concord 2 🔥

[zenith gust]

They should order the funko pops already I know which one I’m buying
ALL OF THEM!

[obtuse veldt]

Always wondered... how they keep smuggling gasoline/diesel into the zone?

[tall hawk]

car

[zenith gust]

Take it in

Sidorovich butt chugs it and they milk it out of him

[obtuse veldt]

Think about it, heavy as f, lots of space and dunno the generator efficiency

[zenith gust]

It’s actually quite light

[wooden walrus]

they smuggle it in with freedom weed trucks

nobody thinks of looking into the weed bales

[tall hawk]

imagine if stalker 3 takes place ||after strelok closes off the Zone and we get to see how it evolved ~20 years afterward||

[obtuse veldt]

Id rather see STALKER 3 as a series of spinoffs around the world

[zenith gust]

Zoneinistan

[fickle hill]

Well I mean 4 endings can turn into 20 different ways and there are more than one set of Generators anything can be possible

[zenith gust]

It is now bustling cultural market full of cellphone repair and curry shop

[obtuse veldt]

If Kaymanov becomes a thing, people would have to get used to deal with anomalies

[tall hawk]

humanity is cooked

nah what about emissions

[exotic glacier]

And in the roadside pinic universe, perpetual motion artifacts infinite battery artifacts is a thing so the diesel is not needed. Also, they captured the 4 or so anomalies from the book so well in the games.

[wooden walrus]

stalker is inspired in RP but the artifacts aren't as OP as in the source material

[obtuse veldt]

arent emissions a thing generated from generators?

[zenith gust]

What if there was an artifact that turned my buddy into a submissive bottom

[wooden walrus]

mainly because the reason behind the zone and artifacts is radically different on RP and in stalker

[obtuse veldt]

HOL UP

[tall hawk]

the wish granter does require a sacrifice before a wish can be granted

[wooden walrus]

stalker is almost like RP... until you reach the true endings.

[tall hawk]

nah what I don't get about the stalker movie is this

[zenith gust]

I didn’t say I wanted something like that I just said what if something like that existed and we used it, pal

[exotic glacier]

Black cracker him till he lays on the ground. Use it responsibly.

[shrewd needle]

Why is this place always half brain-rot?

[tall hawk]

porcupine (I think thats his name) takes his brother to the center of the zone to use wish granter, which requires his brother to die, but then he wants to use the wish granter to bring his brother back after he just killed him? Is he stupid?

[wooden walrus]

half?

[obtuse veldt]

When STALKER hasnt ever been brain rot?

[fickle hill]

Yes from excess anomaly energy

[obtuse veldt]

Well then humanity better starts making emission proof shelters

[tall hawk]

not before a few million perish

[obtuse veldt]

Stalkers managed to do them, why civilians wont?

[wooden walrus]

the zone is very gassy 😳

[zenith gust]

Stalker 3 the new zone is in India because Pakistan bombed them

[exotic glacier]

The bunkers are emission proof.

[tall hawk]

looks like The Zone needs a hero!

[zenith gust]

“We must not let the monolith redeem the gift card”

[obtuse veldt]

Sounds not so bad at all

[tall hawk]

too many chemical anomalies

[wooden walrus]

I mean if we're going by the game, a ruined building with only half a window left and a door that can't close is a-ok to withstand an emission

[exotic glacier]

With allot of adjacent hills.

[tall hawk]

unbalanced game

[wooden walrus]

literally anything over "war zone" in the planet would be able to deal with an emission better than the zone

[zenith gust]

The emissions are just rain and you are dodging deodorant anamolies

[shrewd needle]

I'm trying to be generous.

[fervent island]

stalker 3 should smth similar to METRO or just another zones around the world

[tall hawk]

stalker 3 should just be a tarkov ripoff to make the gammababies happy

[exotic glacier]

S3 would just be the division with the border police trying to stop stalkers from extracting artifacts.

[tall hawk]

instead of real guns you have water guns with soap

the soap is like AP ammunition

[zenith gust]

Imagine coming upon some lone stalkers who are sitting around a fire pooping in the street

[wooden walrus]

maybe the real zone was the friends we made along the way

[tall hawk]

the shining zone has been found... BILLIONS must LIVE!!

[fervent island]

Nah, smth like METRO.

[exotic glacier]

Yeah and hopefully this time less locked doors with stashes inside.

I hate S2 story missions. I like exploring the areas.

[zenith gust]

Stalker 3 should be a meta quest exclusive on rails narrative shooter

The final bossfight you should have to shoot red barrels out of the sky

[wooden walrus]

What would happen if you asked the wish granter for love

Would you realize it's a bloodsucker mid kiss?

What if you're into that and was your plan all along

Would the wish granter be disappointed?

[shell flax]

I see the Brain scorcher is working overtime today

[fierce nexus]

Ok xqc

[shrewd needle]

Too true. Working so over-time that one of the antenna's fell on the main administration building and demolished it.

[zenith gust]

You are literally a furry

[fierce nexus]

What of it?

[zenith gust]

So weak

[dense badger]

the dangerous liasons mission is pmo'ing

[zenith gust]

[fierce nexus]

You mean peak

[naive sigil]

my game freezes and stops working at the beginning of the game when you get into the mobile lab yipee!!

i love unreal engine 5 my beloved most optimized game engine ❤️

[echo nimbus]

what specs do u have? or maybe u can lower settings to the max if you haven't yet though it'll look rlly bad. that's how i played my first playthrough tho lmao

[frigid hill]

rollingdagger. has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[naive sigil]

gtx 1660 super, settings are the lowest it can go

[echo nimbus]

oof yeah it's gonna be almost/ impossible to run like that i had a 3070 laptop and i could barley run at all low settings

[naive sigil]

i am above the minimum requirements, minimum is a 1060 6gb.

its not like im on some ancient hardware

its an area bug inside that causes the freezing

and its specifically the inside of that lab

[echo nimbus]

i wouldn't trust their recommended given the game isn't as optimized as it should be though it is getting there

[naive sigil]

its likely due to poorly optimised objects or some unefficient rendering that requires more resources than necessary in the interior of that building

[naive sigil]

you do realise you have to change your power plan settings to get full performance on a laptop

[exotic glacier]

It is the best. No AA, forced upscale technology. Rubbish!

[echo nimbus]

even then it's not like a laptop is cool enough to run at a desktops level lol i was getting like 60 fps on almost all low and like 2-3 things on medium

[naive sigil]

just checked a benchmark video on a 3070 laptop and it can run stalker on medium at 60fps

[echo nimbus]

benchmark isn't gonna be the same for everyone though?

[naive sigil]

i know but its the exact same gpu as your laptop

the cpu does vary it a little bit but the whole point of the video is to show what the gpu is capable of

[echo nimbus]

wasn't even talking about that it could be resolution or also how well the laptop was maintained i def didn't handle it as well as it should have and playing on 1440p def tanked a bit of my performance

[naive sigil]

1440p yeah thats the culprit there for the performance hit

you do realise you can use dlss and fg to get better perf on 1440p right

[echo nimbus]

def i ran it on 1080p and got like 30+ frames but honestly just stuck to 1440p

[echo nimbus]

i did i got roughly 60 in crowded / hub regions and 70-80 in normal areas which wasn't too bad

but i have a 5070ti now so i just can run ultra but honestly even on low the game looks surprisingly good

[naive sigil]

even on low game looks good but runs like a potato

i found the culprit of the issue it was the fact that if you had your flashlight on while going inside your game will just implode

it worked for a bit until i turned the lights back on in there and then my game just died again , its something to do with the lighting

[echo nimbus]

hopefully they fix it honestly game would be really good if performance was better and the world had more life to it

[naive sigil]

lumen/dynamic light overload in that room basically

[lofty dew]

if you could switch what engine stalker 2 was made on which pen would you switch it to

[naive sigil]

cry engine

obviously it cant just be the greatest on its own, with many tweaks and changes you can make a really good open world game with it, take example of kingdom come deliverance 2

it runs on a more modified version of cry engine that is really well optimized

[fervent island]

X-Ray Engine 2.0 in 2010 and launch S2 in 2013 with the first plot of S2

[exotic glacier]

Nee pa! X ray should be forgotten. It was a crash simulator.

[shrewd needle]

Crash better than Unreal.

[exotic glacier]

It does. It will crash just double clicking the game. I tied to play pripyat in college.

[shrewd needle]

Depends on PC. I only had BSoDs in specific areas, otherwise never had any crashes with the GOG version. Or the Steam one, for that matter.

[exotic glacier]

I had a physical copy of the game.

No bsod, just error saying xray crashed.

[subtle marsh]

Just wondering if anybody was having this issue, If you accidentally "fat finger" two keys at once while in game, it stops responding to keyboard input?

[shrewd needle]

That's a pain...fortunately, I've not had this issue, but I guess software and hardware can respond differently depending on how they are.

[shrewd needle]

No. I don't have issues like that. Does it stop responding permanently, or does it work after re-pressing?

[subtle marsh]

I have to ctrl alt del into say task manager or something such as that a couple times to get it to start responding again, weird

[shrewd needle]

Might be that the KB doesn't allow more than 2 presses at once? I have that with some keys.

Or maybe sticky shortcuts that get disabled by pressing other buttons (hence the Ctrl + Alt + Delete working).

Also, is the Duga definitively unbreachable before the relevant mission? Can't explore at all?

[exotic glacier]

Can you recreate that scenario easy enough to try something?

[exotic glacier]

You get shot

[marsh iron]

you can enter/explore the bottom half of Duga area from the southmost gate before the story mission

[shrewd needle]

I can handle that; I'm talking about actual entry-way, since the doors seem to be sealed shut.

[shrewd needle]

I know that part; I'm talking about the walled garden that the IPSF have going.

[shell flax]

dome blown clean off on entry

[marsh iron]

that area is a no go afaik; only chonobyl-2 is accessible

[shrewd needle]

Well...sniping their bodies doesn't work. Head takes 4 shots from an SVD with AP rounds.

[shrewd needle]

Fair...that's what I wanted to know, considering so much shit is story-locked (and the rest doesn't exist, like X-16 or Lymansk or X-10 or X-18 or Dead City or...or...).

[marsh iron]

you get sniped even when you look in that direction (i mean, just by being in the area)

[shrewd needle]

Yea, but I got that; staying close to the wall and sniping the ones in the watch-towers.

They're invulnerable (because that's a great gameplay mechanic), but with anywhere between 1-5 head-shots, they go down and remain down, in pain (in the condition where you have to heal someone).

And, as usual...I snipe a guy, head away, storm forms and I get hit by lightning... 😒

[fervent island]

Dead City apparently was used as inspiration for an area of Chornobyl-2.

[shrewd needle]

Wasn't Dead City itself based on the real C2, though?

[fervent island]

idk, i just know that Dead City has buildings from others levels and that the Dead City (2008 for an cancelled sequel of SoC) has buildings based on Pripyat.

[shrewd needle]

Interesting...seems they mashed up more than expected.

[warped marsh]

should i buy stalker, some people say its sht and some say its the best game

at this point idk who to listen to

[fervent island]

You can buy the game on discount, i guess.
or watch more reviews and videos about it, my recommendation is:
Wait until the release of the first expansion, the game is going much better with it.

[warped marsh]

wdym expansion?

i want the og stalker

[fervent island]

AAaaahhh, sorry.
buy em (in discount ), the main red flags of the games for the majority of users are:
the gunplay (+- bad accuracy).
No sidequests in Pripyat in the game that has Pripyat in the name.

[warped marsh]

im familiar with stalker, i just down own it

what i've seen from videos, its a reading game

[fervent island]

i could say that it's much more than the story/narrative in form on text but yes, has a good quantity of text (in the case of SoC and CS).

[warped marsh]

im worried i will get bored of it

i doubt it works

[spark pewter]

mods, the fact that you guys ban these scammers is the best, other servers all they do is mute them for a day or two

[obtuse veldt]

Bought basic game day 1

[shrewd needle]

Huh...just found out that the Duga CAN be infiltrated from the start of the game using a very specific jump...interesting. No way out, though.

And, I just get instantly killed by a wall-banging SVD NPC.

[fickle hill]

That's not an SVD that's a orbital laser stratagem placed on you

[frigid hill]

theoriginalamnesia has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[shrewd needle]

Really?

[fickle hill]

[shrewd needle]

It's fake; there's no actual sniper; it's just a BS 'instant kill' mechanic, like the watch-tower north of the Duga.

On top of that, found 2 Pseudo-giants and 4 Mercenaries in that area.

[fickle hill]

You found the giant farm

[shrewd needle]

Farm?

[fickle hill]

That's where the giants respawn that's how you get your nails for Vick

Chimera respawns at the mirror in malachite

[shrewd needle]

I don't have the mutant loot thing, since older version.

Also, just running around, I ended up at the arena with faust.

[fickle hill]

Wow

[shrewd needle]

Shame I'll have to revert to the save before me getting in; would've preferred to clean the area out, but...of course, story-breaking bugs might happen, so...meh.

[fickle hill]

Bro got that Poltergeist build

[shrewd needle]

Better Ballistics is bugged, AFAIK, for this one.

[fickle hill]

Ouch

[shrewd needle]

I guess this is the part where Korshunov asks you to lay the C4...I can't seem to access the radar without cheating for high jumps (trying to find a regular way, but the buildings are cleverly placed).

[fickle hill]

Wow

[shrewd needle]

Why you wowing? 😆

Couldn't find a way in, so just going to revert and back to picking the map clean.

[fickle hill]

Did you collect the stash at the ward outpost in Zaton?

Behind the locked door

I don't know if there is a blueprint there but that door is for some reason not accessible while A STASH IS IN THERE

[shrewd needle]

I've not been to Zaton yet. I'm going to do the east side after doing the west. Also, you mean Icarus?

[fickle hill]

Yes

[marsh iron]

no blueprint at Icarus can confirm

[shrewd needle]

It's part of a side-mission; you have to talk to one of the soldiers nearby; he'll give you a mission to non-lethally subdue his mates who are mentally unstable. When that's done, you get back and he unlocks the door for you.

[fickle hill]

Okay thank god because you can get a blueprint when you side with spark for the Duga raid in the undergound so that stuff gets under my skin

[shrewd needle]

This, though; it's not inaccessible.

[marsh iron]

that locked door at the medical bay is inaccessible without the Badge/mission

[fervent island]

Radar DUGA has a vibes...

[fickle hill]

Indeed but it would be too late after you do sircca and Icarus is a stash fest with zombies

[shrewd needle]

Well, I did it when I was first sent to Icarus on the Ward path, so...

[shrewd needle]

It does, but I guess the radar's beams themselves are only accessible during the mission; I can probably high-jump, God-mode my way there but I'd rather not. Besides, better when it's active as compared to just being offline.

[fickle hill]

If you leave the brain scorcher under there alone Icarus will fall

[shrewd needle]

I didn't. 😏

I'd rather kill people using the old-fashioned way than the new.

[fickle hill]

It is funny when you get the dialogue from the commander at the duga raid "my men turned into walking vegetables when someone decided to play scientist"

[shrewd needle]

Not wrong, TBF. Honestly, I feel for the Ward, Korshunov aside.

[fickle hill]

Indeed

[marsh iron]

(Korshunov scares me when he just up and executes..)

[fickle hill]

Here's another fact Korshunov walks around in the beginning like he's in an exosuit but you don't see it he got endgame before reaching endgame

[shrewd needle]

I mean...unlike the rest of them, Korshunov has an agenda to fulfill. He's basically Henry Cavill from Mission Impossible: Fallout.

https://tenor.com/view/the-deal-was-simple-august-gif-18657420

[shrewd needle]

Really?

[fickle hill]

Yes in garbage when you meet him and Dalin there you hear him stomping around in an exo but you don't see it

[main jewel]

[shrewd needle]

Maybe he was always supposed to be in one but they changed his appearance and model at the last second because it makes no sense early game (and forgot to change the sounds and animations).

Also, I'll pay more attention this time since I didn't hear it properly back then.

[fickle hill]

Just remember you're on 1.1.3 I am on 1.5.3

[shrewd needle]

I know, Mr. Bleeding Edge.

Look a that...shoiny!

The 'Press any key or button to continue' ruins it, NGL.

[marsh iron]

(it's on my to do to hide that text permanently in a QoL mod for myself but Phase 1 is not being kind for these kind of changes)

[shrewd needle]

Don't worry...soon, soon.

[shrewd needle]

Asked for it. 😏

Also, I love how SLZ ends up spawning so many Bandits...now only if those idiots united into a single group; they'd beat the shit out of all other factions!

[obtuse veldt]

The bandits are stoopid

[shrewd needle]

Too much.

[obtuse veldt]

Sonya trying to rile them all up under one hand, but many wannabe bosses end up splitting and breaking their pacts

and back to square one, as she tries to unite them all under 1 banner

[shrewd needle]

True, but honestly, apart from that unification bit, she's worse than Sultan.

Sultan is local, but man has kept things under control (in Zaton) for more than a decade.

[obtuse veldt]

True about that, that bi... is doing things behind his back and is causing trouble

Sultan knows the game and thats why he's been alive for so long along his boys

He does not push too much the stalkers, and the stalkers wont push him back much either

[frigid hill]

tfosl125 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[obtuse veldt]

Unlike some wannabe bosses, who end up dead too quickly or betrayed by their own men

Yoga, borov, Jack, and many other bandits died too quickly

[shrewd needle]

And it's not just this but the fact that he's a man of his word. He makes a deal and then sticks to it, just like Owl (who's a weasel but still holds up his end). In that matter, he's like Sidorovich...they're all low-lives in various ways, but if they make a deal, they won't screw it up. And whoever does will get offed pretty soon.

[obtuse veldt]

Gotta keep your word, otherwise you will end up eating dirt soon.

[shrewd needle]

Yoga and Borov literally wasted their control of Garbage and Dark Valley...end of the day, even the Brood/Commissary and Varan stay in line due to Nestor.

Nestor's death lead to everything going to shit again.

[shrewd needle]

That's why I like Sultan; hell, Degtyarev can support stalkers over the Bandits but Sultan never goes hostile, because he knows business is business.

[obtuse veldt]

Yeah because a power hungry bandit "Varan" wanted to control the garbage with his dumb plans and stuff all because of the scanner business when the scanner business was beyond that idiot scope

And Sultan does not force you on some cases to go violent, as bribes canon worked out to give sledgehammer his detector

He just puts on some show, instead of going full kill all stalkers, he just removes threats

And gets his men paid.

That explains why also the bandits at Zaton in a case they are hunting Snag, explains that they are pissed out too, as he is being bad for business and stole something from him

Canonwise Deggy went soft on Snag, as he is still alive on S2

[shrewd needle]

I guess it was to help the player find closure, considering CoP is open-ended. And Snag deserved his end, NGL.

[shrewd needle]

Too late at times, like those stalkers at, uh...forgot where. They're all locked up in a room, and 2 groups of Bandits are fighting each other. One are regular Bandits, the other are Sultan's men who come 3 days late for the rescue.

I accidentally killed Bandits on both sides, which, uh...I guess didn't matter? 😆

[obtuse veldt]

Guess the bandits mistook you as another threat so...

But stalkers acknowledge Sultan efforts to do something about invaders and paying their protection

[zenith gust]

Fuckyou

[shrewd needle]

Yea, I've had issues with the IFF system due to SLZ spawning a lot of NPCs and somehow, Bandits being perennially hostile for no reason. Slag Heap is the only place I find neutral ones.

[obtuse veldt]

Lifetime of a regular bandit:
Ask Father Valerian
Lifetime of a Sultan bandit:
Long enough as you are good and know to follow orders

[zenith gust]

Yeah yeah go eat hot chip and lie

[shrewd needle]

Valerian got his own phuck-ups, though...led what, 15 Loners or so to their deaths?

[obtuse veldt]

Ah yeah, at least he was honest about it, he knew the risks

He shows regret of it, unlike many stalkers who are just in for their goods

[shrewd needle]

BRB.

[obtuse veldt]

Also...

POLL TIME!

[ebon blade]

Why are you not updating your game?

[ebon blade]

Why is the radiation not killing you in these screenshots? Just curious.

[obtuse veldt]

The true Cheeki Breeki experience lies on ukrainian voice

[shrewd needle]

Because this: #☢┃stalker-general message and #☢┃stalker-general message

[shrewd needle]

God Mode, using a trainer (due to that fake sniper shot if I cross the Duga's gates).

[shrewd needle]

True, but it's still 15 stalkers dead...15 who could've been real veterans at some point and defended against the Monolith.

Valerian's hubris lead to a mass death. 😔

[obtuse veldt]

remind me where happened that, at CS or HoC?

[shrewd needle]

HoC; in CS, he does fine.

[obtuse veldt]

at the train? i think they were like 20?

[shrewd needle]

Also, I realized...the Sultan is basically Winston from John Wick...and the Skadovsk is the Continental. No business on Continental grounds, lest...there be consequences.

[shrewd needle]

Yea, at the Cooling Towers.

[fierce nexus]

[sterile radish]

hi nuka

[fierce nexus]

Greetings

[spark pewter]

any mods that skip the intro and tutorial?

[shrewd needle]

#en-mods-general.

[round sun]

bruh i get blasted by a bunch of bandits in the middle of viewing a artifact

i didnt realize no gifs here

[spark pewter]

forgot there was a mods channel

[shrewd needle]

Why are you viewing an artifact after getting it? Get somewhere safe, then examine in peace.

[weary hedge]

I cant get enough s2

I'm hooked

I'm playing freeroam with the new game mod and mopping the floor with bandits

[shrewd needle]

TBF, you don't need much to mop the floor with Bandits. They're basically noob-level except for the very start of the game.

Now, mopping the floor with Mercenaries/Monolith? That's mildly more interesting.

[dense badger]

the enemies laser you from about 20m away and running

[wooden walrus]

How many mops would pooM mop if pooM could mop mops

[round sun]

thought it was safe. i was doing a no deaths run too. made a really bad mistake so i started over

[dense badger]

anyone know wher i can get like alot of creds

[weary hedge]

Survey for artifacts and sell leftover loot

There’s also plenty of side jobs available across the zone

[dense badger]

where would i find one of those scanner things i dont have one

[weary hedge]

What point are you in the game?

[dense badger]

im on the dangerous liasons quest

[weary hedge]

Have you been to duties base in cement factory near cooling tower

[sterile radish]

i finally obtained the night star

[weary hedge]

Nicely done bro

[dense badger]

tbh mate dont even know where that is

[green rock]

can any tell me why am i losting HP for no reason i dont have no effect no artitfact

[dense badger]

radiaton? bleeding?

[weary hedge]

https://youtu.be/k3K4jKo4zoY?si=nmdwYdXyEVVzyK_C

Go here. Help a duty member out near the base. Head back to the arms dealer and buy urself a good detector

[dense badger]

alr ive never been up there so thanks

[weary hedge]

No problem. You will also come across some handy weapons which should help and the arms dealer also sells some formidable suits

[dense badger]

thanks pal

[weary hedge]

I haven't encountered monolith this play through yet

[weary hedge]

You have to reach a certain part of the story to encounter them

I'm not doing story mode I'm doing the free roam mod new game

Ah I’m not sure how that’ll be then

Its stalker 2 unlimited basically

Well if there’s no quest locked areas I’m guessing monolith will be roaming in their usual spots

What are the usual spots?

I'm at rostok atm

[weary hedge]

DUGA is a big hot spot

Ah ok then will check that out

Got the best armor in the game already

Hell yeah. How about weapons? You’ll need some decent penetration power against those monolithians

Bison and vss

Ur chillin then

I chose the bison and vss for long short range

Bison isn't actually bad in this game

Most games it sux

[fickle hill]

How did bro get the Righteous Bison in stalker?

[weary hedge]

I did a few missions for the merchants in various settlements and it unlocked it

[lucid charm]

Are you hearin shit? If yes then it’s psi damage

[weary hedge]

Oh I found the freedom army armor

[dense badger]

where

[lucid charm]

Man I hate that the only Bullat suit is in freedom colors.

[weary hedge]

Me too

[lucid charm]

This game needs more loner mid-game armors

[weary hedge]

I need more military style suits

[fickle hill]

Like color pallet that IPSF offers?

[weary hedge]

Yeah

[lucid charm]

Like it’s great that you have the option to wear duty or freedom suits and all but…the one loner Seva suit you can find isn’t unlocked until after ||the monolith overtake the duga|| the loner Exo isn’t unlocked until ||you meet strelok|| and there is no medium armor set for the loners right now

And I dunno about you, but I’m
Not fond of wearing uniforms for a group I cannot actually join

[weary hedge]

Understand that

[fickle hill]

I believe you get 3 seva's there's 1 at the Duga you get 1 from Gaffer after you help defend and you get 1 when you do the side quest for Duplov

[weary hedge]

I get that

Need the armor from anomaly

Like 50 different armors

That would be awesome

The weapon line up was good too

Anomaly 2 when?

Too bad we will never get joinable factions

[lucid charm]

All of which take place AFTER the one part of the game that recommends going out of your way to find a suit with psi protection no?

[fickle hill]

I would also like to say the seva that's the bottom corner of Duga you get just explore nearby and you will find a corpse with the key and you can go back and open the door

[lucid charm]

We probably will, it’ll just take time. GSC is working towards putting cut content back in the game, they just have higher priorities right now

[weary hedge]

Damage control

[lucid charm]

^exactly. They need to make the game stable and fulfill promised features before they can move on to restoring cut content

[weary hedge]

Really? I was told by a couple of mods that isn’t part of their plan but I hope that we see it eventually

[lucid charm]

Eh, mods here like to troll. If you really want to know what’s on GSC’s mind read through #📜┃ask-gsc

[weary hedge]

True 😂

[lucid charm]

Oh, really? I read somewhere the body was meant to be in the field between the kindergarten and school, but it wasn’t showing up there for me. If it’s a military corpse then it’s probably still post-sirrca

[fickle hill]

Yeah I decided to look somewhere else and I saw a dead body show up and it was the key to the door

It was 100% before sircca

[lucid charm]

Hmm…I’ll need to re-explore the duga

[fickle hill]

I mean I can try to confirm here like Monday when I am off work

[lucid charm]

I’m still waiting for a mod that places an X-7 suit in Sirrca

[fickle hill]

I am trying to rush after sircca and try to buy the shield of Duty exo

[lucid charm]

Isn’t that suit exclusive to NPC’s?

[fickle hill]

Nope you can only buy at cement factory but when Duty is green it is cuirass

It is a pain

[lucid charm]

Probably gotta fight RNG too huh

[fickle hill]

Oh probably but if they're white I can put a save for later before they turn green magicly

I swear all you have to do is BREATHE and they turn green

[lucid charm]

Man I want the Merc Exosuit (not the wolfhound exo-armor)

[fickle hill]

Brummbar?

The only exo that you need a sprint Blueprint for

[lucid charm]

Wait no, no no I do mean the EXO armor

Sorry, I get them mixed up

[fickle hill]

Exoskeleton?

[lucid charm]

Brummbar is the one that has the more classic style look, I’m talking about the one that uses the mid-game merc armor and an exoskeleton

[fickle hill]

Is it that one that you can find in Rostok at the bar in the arena area?

The blue version of Shield of duty

[lucid charm]

Yeah that one. As far as I know it’s only available to npc’s

[weary hedge]

I miss the early development bug where npcs had a chance to drop their suit lol

But it was op so not as fun

[lucid charm]

Honestly it should still be a thing but super rare, cause there is a non-zero chance someone else in the zone is skif’s bodytype

[fickle hill]

What's sad is we had an update that mitigated that but they removed the ability to pick up the suits

Just whatever they had in their inventory or equipped

[weary hedge]

For real that would be very nice

[lucid charm]

Like…one in 200 stalkers or something

Just super rare but a non-zero percent

[weary hedge]

It’s funny because I got a diamond exo so quick my first playthrough because of this. I had no idea what was happening and thought it was part of the game😂

[fickle hill]

[lucid charm]

Be nice to get the bandit armor

[weary hedge]

Bandits got done dirtyyy

[fickle hill]

You do take your pick of a standard jacket or an armored jacket

[lucid charm]

I like how their mask has a greenish lense

[fickle hill]

That's caused by bad breath man

[lucid charm]

Man it’s not even an adidas tracksuit

[weary hedge]

I was disappointed to find out it was worse than the starting suit😔

[fickle hill]

You have a marauders suit also

You can get 5 of those

[lucid charm]

Still not a tracksuit, also really want the overcoat

Anomaly this, gamma that, know what I want to see converted into stalker 2? Misery

[shrewd needle]

That...is a painful time, NGL.

[shrewd needle]

Truth, except going by S2...they're still in a leather jacket with a crappy gun. In fact, everything's the same except for the age.

[weary hedge]

Real

[knotty hawk]

Hola

[honest ferry]

i might restart my save

late game is booooring

[ebon blade]

If you rush to the end, it can be.

[weary hedge]

I'm playing the longest because no story mode

[wooden walrus]

I wouldn't know, 200 hours (plus gamepass) and furthest I've made it is pre duga

[weary hedge]

Stalker 2 is on xbox?

Cause I got it on gog.com

And i took out a personal loan to get me a decent rig

Nothing like rtx 4070 to brighten your day

[wooden walrus]

It's on Xbox and coming to ps5 in November yes

[weary hedge]

Should have stood with the Xbox app and ditch gog.com

But too late

And dont even get me started with steam

[wooden walrus]

I'm still in stardock central

[weary hedge]

Stardock games are pretty good

Galactic civilization is crazy huge

[weary hedge]

Jokes on him. I am a controller

@_@

[still current]

Heh

[weary hedge]

Do you guys play with a keyboard and mouse or controller

[drifting forge]

Keyboard and mouse

[ebon blade]

Keyboard, guitar and drums.

[weary hedge]

I have a bugged mission like its straight up broken

[still current]

The normal og superior way

[weary hedge]

How's stalker 2 in vr?

[still current]

Shining zone dilemma

[acoustic orchid]

Morning Stalkers

[ripe falcon]

hello, how are you today?

[acoustic orchid]

Very good busy working on a video you up to much

[ripe falcon]

Nice, I'm also working on something

[acoustic orchid]

Very nice will keep an eye out for it

[harsh plover]

Burp

[ripe falcon]

[weary hedge]

https://www.youtube.com/live/sh2TaIjCVUM?si=4pFYPjqIvZreIn08

This is what i do all day

Just kidding I work for a living that's just my days off

[ebon blade]

When you see the Blimp in the sky, you know where you are.

[ripe falcon]

it's an aerostat

[ebon blade]

Thanks for the info. Always good to learn a new term.
The Mercs thought they could ambush me at the bridge.

[ripe falcon]

Poor souls, they didn't stand a chance

[ebon blade]

From: S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 - Heart of Chornobyl #1,030: Bandits, Mercs & Mutants

[wooden walrus]

kbm but if the ps5 version brings adaptive triggers to pc I'll consider swapping over.

also apparently 1.6 will bring some kind of slo-mo aiming which will make controller aiming less of a pain in the ass

[weary hedge]

Jesus you console peasants ruin everything

[wooden walrus]

because as we all know pc gamers will famously scoff at peripherals

[weary hedge]

Mouse and keyboard cant be beat

[edgy ingot]

ok, Rezz

[wooden walrus]

they can't in terms of accuracy I don't think no

[weary hedge]

The buttons can get tricky sometimes

[wooden walrus]

but a dualsense can more accurately replicate firearm handling

[weary hedge]

If you snipe than mouse and keyboard is the go to

Nothing beats the accuracy

Precision

[wooden walrus]

If precision is what matters the most to you then sure

[weary hedge]

I dont like auto aim assist

Controllers can be hacky some times

Slow mo mechanism is there. When a bloodsucker shows up

Dunno how I feel about that

[wooden walrus]

from what I saw in videos there's going to be some kind of focus mode that allows you to slow down time

[weary hedge]

Sandivistan in stalker huh? Lol

[wooden walrus]

I'm honestly looking forward to it. It will definitely make the game easier but I don't think that's a bad thing.

[weary hedge]

Seems like a little hand holding to me

[wooden walrus]

it is

I don't think it's a bad thing though, but I understand that stalker attracts the tryhardest tryhards to ever tryhard so hopefully it'll have a toggle so people can choose how to play their single player game the way they find the most enjoyable.

options are never a bad thing

[dreamy dagger]

We're 1 day away from September 1. 1.6 is a-comin.

[wooden walrus]

afaik they haven't even started testing

but hopefully soon™ yes

[weary hedge]

Whats the new stuff they dropping?

[naive sigil]

thank god because my pc is absolutely getting fried by this game

apparently they are going to fix a lot of things in 1.6

when will this game change to unreal engine 5.5.4?

[latent ore]

i think the goal is before end of 2025 but not next patch

what are your specs

[naive sigil]

gtx 1660 super, ryzen 5 5600x, 2x8gb 3200 mhz ram

the game is constantly freezing and everything

i didnt have this problem before, its more frequent now

[latent ore]

damn i got same but 3060ti instead and yh i dont think 1.6 will do too much for fps only engine upgrade

[naive sigil]

yeah but this game is heavily unoptimized with all this nanite and rendering stuff used

[latent ore]

mines not that bad tho when i played

[naive sigil]

its the game engine thats the big problem

[weary hedge]

Rtx 4070 runs superb

[naive sigil]

even on xbox its unoptimized i see so much texture and shadow pop in

[naive sigil]

last time i checked a 4070 is like 500 bucks

[weary hedge]

I took out a personal loan and grabbed a rig

[naive sigil]

its quite pricey

[weary hedge]

2k and the payments are 108 a month

Playing stalker2 on max settings is chef's kiss

[golden gulch]

I'm using the Better Ballistic Hardcore gunplay overhaul and holy duck I love the gunfights more.

There need to be some more balances like making the guns way more expensive to buy/repair/upgrade and it's golden.

The mod make it harder to survive in the lesser zone since bandits are not jokes anymore but I don't mind.

[golden gulch]

I noticed I have a orange name 🍊, what does that mean though?

[static lark]

Nerds

[obtuse veldt]

I'm gonna start laughing at BB mod players on Master playthroughs

[quaint umbra]

You actually have a yellow name

[gritty helm]

is stalker 2 good to play in 1.5.3 patch?

i 'm still waiting for night vision google update, but i really miss playing stalker 2 now

[fickle hill]

Not really

[round sun]

Yes it is

[wooden walrus]

no, you should actually log out of any steam accounts you may have it in so as to put as much digital distance between you and them as possible

you should recreate the folder structure in your computer without actually installing it, just to delete it again

in an effort to be at negative installs

[gritty helm]

well, i guess it's the same with previous game

have to wait more than 1 year to have stable experience

[wooden walrus]

if possible you should book a flight for the opposite end of the planet, install it on a computer there, and then come back

[naive sigil]

fixed some of the freezing by rolling back nvidia drivers to 566.36 because nvidia is absolutely buns when it comes to new drivers

[dreamy dagger]

What are you using, Windows Vista computah?

[naive sigil]

gtx 1660 super

the reason why its not working as well as it should is just because due to unreal engine 5, optimization and nvidia drivers

the holy trinity of destroying pcs

[dreamy dagger]

Lmao, you told your PC is fried

I have 1660 Ti, 5 3600, 2x8 3200, my PC is weaker than yours and I run the shit at Medium @ 70-80 fps

Yo b lyin, son

[naive sigil]

that really varies on the area lets be real

[dreamy dagger]

You're saying I'll get 20 fps late game?

https://tenor.com/view/scared-face-itstommylove-stalker-stalker-2-scared-gif-14170336792069150724

[naive sigil]

no like in towns and stuff

i hit 4fps in the first town you get to

[dreamy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/angry-gif-26819585

[naive sigil]

whats even funnier is that i downgraded my drivers and now it runs smoother

[dreamy dagger]

I didnt have issues in Zalissya

[naive sigil]

how bruh

[dreamy dagger]

Man we're getting fudged up here

[naive sigil]

ik my pc is working just fine since it gives me all the performance i need in every single other game except for stalker 2

for some reason borderless makes it run worse tooo

[wooden walrus]

in zalissya you'll tank hard unless you have an unreasonably powerful cpu

I'd have my doubts even a 5800x3d would be able to keep 60

that being said a 1660 will have one hell of a time even if you aren't cpu bound

[dreamy dagger]

I'll post footage once I set up my OS - changed to another Linux distro, still setting shit up.

[pastel parrot]

According to Game With Dave 1.6 is delayed until after Nov 20 (PS5 release)

[dreamy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/eric-andre-gif-5831383

[pastel parrot]

Yup - that was my reaction too
https://tenor.com/view/facepalm-really-stressed-mad-angry-gif-16109475

[dreamy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/jackz-slam-monitor-rage-pc-gif-25994495

They got us in the first half...

[pastel parrot]

I mean - I am disappointed that they are now providing us with a realistic time-frame and that its so far out.
But I never believed we would get a patch during the summer - they were too quiet for that to be the case

[wooden walrus]

that's not what his video says

[golden gulch]

That CPU isn't pulling 70-80 fps, half of that, maybe

[dreamy dagger]

I'll drop footage once I set up everything

[wooden walrus]

that's the last gamewithdave has posted regarding 1.6
#☢┃stalker-general message

he says that ue5.5 will probably drop in november because it's when the ps5 version will come out

however the video clearly states that 1.6 will NOT have the version upgrade, that should come out in September, and that testing should start soon

if you have anything newer than this feel free to quote it

[pastel parrot]

I can't post a screen of the text in his video

But navigate to 02:20
"The next major patch 1.6 should be released upon the ports release November 20th, 2025. Future updates include a switch to newer version of the Unreal Engine (5.5.4)"

From S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 - 1.6 Patch Update Wait? | DLC Details, Multiplayer & PS5 Performance!

[wooden walrus]

okay, what I'm quoting is from the video posted yesterday

[pastel parrot]

The chapter in the video is also called "1.6 Patch Update Delay?"

[dreamy dagger]

You folk only came here to ruin my day

https://tenor.com/view/crash-break-wall-destroy-bulldoze-terminator-gif-14231096

[pastel parrot]

Sorry :F - its is my "Duty", lol

[dreamy dagger]

You re-ruined it..

BRUUUUUUUUUUUH....

[wooden walrus]

"...if you missed the news, please note that the engine upgrade is not included in the 1.6 update. However, we do have some news: we should finally see the 1.6 patch update in September, so testing will need to commence soon."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=18&v=tPM4TSOnIbE&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscord.com%2F&source_ve_path=Mjg2NjY

this is from yesterday's video

[pastel parrot]

The video I am quoting from is from today tho
https://youtu.be/X6ho4-nZHbY?si=rWZxpIAXhrhRI2c7&t=140

[dreamy dagger]

Nobody told me I'm preordering 4fps last year with the Ultimate Edition

[wooden walrus]

official response still says september #📜┃gsc-answers message

[pastel parrot]

Yeah but - official response is from the 26th - it could have changed, it could also be accurate.
Who knows - the devs should clarify

[wooden walrus]

the video quotes someone asking about the ps5 version so I think there's a humongous chance that this was some miscommunication from whoever wrote the article

I would certainly expect gsc to at least do some bug fixing within the next 2 months at least

but idk maybe it's 1.5.4 instead of 1.6

[pastel parrot]

That's certainly possible - I am sure the dev's will have to/will issue a statement but at least Dave reported what he reported so

[dreamy dagger]

@naive sigil what gfx settings you run,boss?

[frigid hill]

krezzin has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[dreamy dagger]

Can you not run your mouth for once... @frigid hill Get Wolf'd...

[wooden walrus]

yeesh, and it's a quote from a polish magazine, so even higher chance

but yeah I hope we get some clarification or smth

[naive sigil]

low on everything

[dreamy dagger]

KEKLMFAO

What resolution tho?

[naive sigil]

1920x1080

[fierce nexus]

[dreamy dagger]

Anyone believes what poo says?

[naive sigil]

you acting like im a schizophrenic

like some madman who doesnt know anything

[dreamy dagger]

I mean no way in hell you're getting 4 fps on such hardware on LOW SETTINGS. Its hard to believe.

Even I dont get this much on Medium...

[naive sigil]

i hit that in thw town area it was fine everywhere else

[naive sigil]

check screens and video channel

[harsh jungle]

idk

[wooden walrus]

like 50% of the game is cpu bound, it doesn't depend on graphic settings.

[naive sigil]

#📸┃screens_and_videos

[wooden walrus]

you could run it on a 5090 and a 3070 on the same cpu, if it's a 5600x you're gonna get the same fps in hubs and other urban areas

[naive sigil]

im on a 5600x

[wooden walrus]

in that case you should get about 30 fps, not 4.

[naive sigil]

yeah well its some thing in the game making my gpu use half of its intended wattage 😂 and not to mention by the times i get it actually working on 60fps, when i get into buildings i notice my game freezing to the point where its just stuck there and the only way to close the game is with task manager

once it freezes it stays like that

[shrewd needle]

Too real, man.

[naive sigil]

all i want to do is enjoy the game but no i have to try change so many things to just get it working again

i had to literally reroll my drivers back and then try mods to fix it and that doesnt work either so i really dont know

like at this point i have no clue on what else to do other than uninstall

the game doesnt even crash it just gives up at trying to even give me a crash message

[dreamy dagger]

Das what I'm sayin

[wooden walrus]

why are you measuring wattage instead of load

[naive sigil]

its at full load but wattage is half, thats not normal

check #📸┃screens_and_videos you can see what i mean by my screenshot

[wooden walrus]

I... don't think an application is responsible for setting your gpu's wattage?

[naive sigil]

do you not know how hardware and software works

[wooden walrus]

but honestly I'd leave it to the lads in #pc-specs

maybe they'll make a nice poll about it

[naive sigil]

right

[wooden walrus]

I know a game isn't going to set your gpu's wattage. That's your drivers and/or firmware.

[shrewd needle]

It can, if it's the GPU's control panel. 😏

[wooden walrus]

right, I mean an application will set it, sure. But not the game.

[shrewd needle]

Game will only set one thing: memory leak. 😏

[wooden walrus]

I've been playing the game for times in the double digits per session so I would strongly STRONGLY doubt there's a memory leak, at least in my rig

[shrewd needle]

I do. At least in Rostok (with BSoDs to help). IDK if they fixed it in newer versions.

[wooden walrus]

rostok runs like absolute ass because shader optimization in interior heavy areas, it's not a memory leak

[naive sigil]

this is the only game that has done this with my gpu, ive played titles like warhammer space marine 2, kingdom come deliverance 2 with no problems. many others included and this is the only game that drops my gpu in this weird half wattage freeze behavior, its the game

[wooden walrus]

a memory leak is a very specific phenomenon where memory is not freed up due to silly code, which causes the computer to run out of memory. This unavoidably ends up on an out of memory error. No OOM = no leak.

[shrewd needle]

I'm not talking about Rostok in general, I'm talking about the personal crate.

[shrewd needle]

Yes, I know that, and that happens when using the personal storage box.

[wooden walrus]

like leaving it open?

[shrewd needle]

Does it happen in a specific location, or anywhere?

[shrewd needle]

Not leaving it open, but yea, it happens when open. And BSoDs happened recently when I was in Rostok, so...

[naive sigil]

it happened when i was inside the first town you get to after you wake up and get a bolt from the guy

and i cant get through the game because it just ends up freezing and dying

and what i mean by freezing and dying it just freezes and doesnt even crash it just stops working and i have to close the game with task manager

[shrewd needle]

Huh...interesting; maybe set graphics settings to low? For inhabited areas, that is.

[naive sigil]

it is already on low

[wooden walrus]

what resolution and mode are you using

[shrewd needle]

How much FPS you getting?

[naive sigil]

i am on lowest of the lows, 1920x1080 fsr 3.1 quality

[naive sigil]

check #📸┃screens_and_videos and see for yourself

[wooden walrus]

why aren't you on dlss, and are you on fullscreen

[naive sigil]

i am on a gtx card sherlock

[wooden walrus]

dlss is for gtx, watson

[naive sigil]

gtx does not have tensor cores and dlss requires it bro what are you on

[wooden walrus]

...wait, is 1060 gtx?

[naive sigil]

only the rtx platform has tensor cores 🤦

[shrewd needle]

You're doing 4 FPS; FSR is problematic in this game for many people; disable that.

[shrewd needle]

Yea, DLSS is for 3000 and above.

[naive sigil]

in that screenshot fsr was disabled

[wooden walrus]

...I could have sworn I ran dlss on my 1060? But that's forever ago so maybe not

[shrewd needle]

This one, right? How much RAM you got? Total.

[naive sigil]

yep

16gb

2x8 3200 mhz

[shrewd needle]

Yea, so you can see in the screenshot that you're already up to 15 GB of RAM used...that's why the GPU's dropping; the memory is used up completely and it can't get data to process.

[naive sigil]

do you know how a computer works

[shrewd needle]

Yes.

[naive sigil]

i still have more ram to use bro if it needed more it would have used more

[shrewd needle]

Image says 14,970 MB is used up.

[naive sigil]

out of 16gb

and plus windows would snooze apps in order to make space for the ram anyway

[shrewd needle]

Yea, except 14,970 = almost 15 GB. Meaning 1 GB is left for Windows, which doesn't work too well.

Windows 10 needs at least 2 GB to run reliably.

[naive sigil]

dude the overlay measures every amount of ram used in my system not the amount the game is using only

[shrewd needle]

Yes, I'm aware of that. I used to run 12 GB of RAM, so I know.

[naive sigil]

the whole point flew over your head then

the overlay shows system wide ram usage not just game

[shrewd needle]

I'm aware of that. I know that MSI Afterburner shows total usage.

[naive sigil]

so why are you saying i need 2gb free??

its already being used by windows bro

so you just contradicted yourself there

[shrewd needle]

Well, IDK about you but I've had issues with not having a bit of free RAM left. Once RAM is completely used, PC tends to lock up and stutter.

[naive sigil]

why do you shift from fact to personal anecdote

[shrewd needle]

It's a fact? Shifting things between page-file and RAM tends to do that, especially when RAM is full. That IS a fact.

But anyways...your attitude isn't helping, so...good luck with your issues.

[naive sigil]

do you know what an anecdote is

[round sun]

Lol the more ram you have left the smoother your game runs. Not everything needs to freaking bottleneck.

[kindred timber]

Devs do lol

[naive sigil]

all the ram the game needs its already being used up and theres still some ram free

right forget it, problem solved by uninstalling

[shrewd needle]

TBF, it might be a deeper issue, but seems like they're happy just not wanting to trouble-shoot, so don't bother.

[obtuse veldt]

Reminds me of the time I didn't update drivers

[charred nova]

Game struggles on 16 gigs of ram

[obtuse veldt]

Explains the low fos

[tardy rain]

Yeah, he's running the game on 16gb DDR4

[obtuse veldt]

64 gb ddr4 here

[charred nova]

48 gig ddr5 💪

[obtuse veldt]

Shit feels smooth

Had an issue back then with a 4650g pro

Computer randomly black screened and restarted

[dreamy dagger]

I'm updating S2 and about to prove @naive sigil wrong

This pookie bouta be defeated

[wooden walrus]

I'm pretty sure 16gb ram should be plenty but I mean

it should be plenty on a game that ran normal at least

[charred nova]

16 gigs is the new 8 gigs

[shrewd needle]

We're in 2025, things are more bloated than ever.

[shrewd needle]

Give me 32 of that; I need an upgrade...I'm running 40, but Windows doesn't manage RAM well.

[shrewd needle]

In my case, it's the reverse...I update drivers and it gets worse or stays the same. Intel moment.

[green rock]

can any help me my game keep crashing at Rostok and i dont know why i look it up and seen someplayers had is bug too is there any work around

[random badge]

I'm going to fire up my game and see how much ram and vram it uses

[charred nova]

Try validating game files

[random badge]

5,1 gigabytes of ram and 7,2 of vram

maxed out settings

[green rock]

i will see that work is every time i next to the bar is crash out

[modern lion]

Any news about Dr Faust?

[drifting forge]

Left like all our mutual servers and hasn't been posting on telegram

[modern lion]

Ok. Thanks!

[drifting forge]

Did say shit is going on in July on telegram a while back but nothin yet

[green rock]

didnt work

[still current]

Do you have any mods installed?

If not, try clearing shader cache and let it load again.

[naive sigil]

listen dude, i have done plenty and more than enough of troubleshooting to try fix it. end of story. unreal engine 5 is just heavily flawed and is just a general horrible engine to even try to get working. Especially with its nanite that absolutely tanks performance and poorly optimized screen space occlusion really adds into the experience of game crashing
ive actually had more consistent frames and a better experience on the older patches despite the crashes, the game was somewhat playable. its just everytime something is fixed, the devs somehow manage to find a way to break something else. i know the devs put a lot of effort into this game but i genuinely dont see it worth playing as of now due to it being so unpolished

[naive sigil]

also @shrewd needle read this

[green rock]

no i just did a gpu updated see if it fix it if nothing work i will leave that zone just hope is no main missions there

[still current]

What's the problem