☢┃stalker-general

[shrewd needle]

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[serene barn]

@hallow shadow if it's where i think it is, i think i remember it being worth it enough but i think it depends on what your gear is at the time.

[hallow shadow]

A Galil is a good time.

[shrewd needle]

Really?

[hallow shadow]

I’ve never personally handled one.
But everyone I’ve heard says they’re reliable.

But. Generally, Israeli guns aren’t bad.
Israel could be better
But they make good guns.

[weary hedge]

How’s your game been coming along? Any story progress?

[hallow shadow]

Nah. I literally logged on to see where I was.
Hadn’t played since a week before Helldivers dropped for Xbox.
My story is still in limbo.
I can go do whatever I want, or… Go start this SIRCAA stuff.

[weary hedge]

Israel makes low-cost slop

[hallow shadow]

But. I’m probably gonna play something else until 1.6 drops, and the Mod Authors can update their work.

[serene barn]

have you been inside of the Duga city yet?

[hallow shadow]

Israel is high-cost slop.
So, makes sense.

[hallow shadow]

You can go in there, without Story progress?

I kinda ditched Burnt Forest.
It’s haunted.

[serene barn]

yeah but you can only enter at the road on the bottom

[hallow shadow]

So I didn’t go south west.

[weary hedge]

Word

[serene barn]

you'll get script sniped anywhere else basically as it's guarded and that's how they tell you to not be at a place, no warning either, just bang.

[hallow shadow]

Apparently. I’m somewhere between Rostok and the Yantar Dam.

I have the Dam marked. Forgot… OH IM LOOKING FOR KHAROD

But I have Dnipro.

[serene barn]

i'm a little unsure how much they've fiddled with like, static spawns on gear in the zone as i've not played in a long time.

[hallow shadow]

I know stuff has been moved. Like SOFMOD and a few Suits.

But S2 is my intro to the series.

[weary hedge]

Oh yeah I remember. It’s a more customizable weapon but you can switch the caliber on the dnipro to 7.62 and make it a beast

[hallow shadow]

So I just be… Sneakinng around. Shooting stuff.

[serene barn]

i remember loving the Kharod. i liked that it could use so many things and also do well in terms of ammo.

[weary hedge]

I forgot ur on BB?

[hallow shadow]

I gotta get into Pripyat for that.
I have Better Ballistics.
What I want to know is: Does the 5.56 Kharod hit harder than 5.45 Dnipro?

[serene barn]

does the 7.62 Dnipro conversion do any more damage or something than it used to when it was x39 and not x54?

[hallow shadow]

I don’t like Israeli guns, but I’ll run a Kharod, if BB makes it hit harder.

[weary hedge]

Since ur bb you wanna use the kharod for more versatility. You’ll do the same damage regardless

[hallow shadow]

That sucks.
Versatility? For what?

[shrewd needle]

Fair enough.

[shell flax]

Range, attachments

[weary hedge]

More ammo, attachments, reload and draw speed.

[hallow shadow]

My Dnipro suits me just right.
Supressor, 2x, 45rn Mag, and fully upgraded. Aside from 7.62 conversions.

I don’t care about no underbarrel craziness.

laughs in Skif’s Slightly Buffed Pistol

[weary hedge]

If you don’t have the funds I wouldn’t bother. You’ll do just fine with the Dnipro

[hallow shadow]

I do have to sell a suit, to fix this gun up.

But. That’s why I held onto a bunch of crap. Extra extra cash.

[serene barn]

it's funny, i hauled mine around so often with the M203 on but i barely used it because it was easier to just shoot enemies. kinda wish the grenades were stronger, at least on some mutants

[hallow shadow]

I don’t find myself messing with those kinds of weapons.

[weary hedge]

That’s always nice. Did you end up switching to sparks anomaly suit?

[hallow shadow]

Having been around them, and how they’ve made my real weapons feel.
Blegh.

[hallow shadow]

Anomaly Suit? I’m still on an upgraded Falcon.

I have an SSP-100Survey in my box.

And a spare Guardian of Freedom to sell.

[serene barn]

i also wished the Holemaker was better. it used to be really good but then they nerfed it and made it kinda terrible

[weary hedge]

Yeah the survey

[hallow shadow]

I got one in my box, but I’m way too broke for that suit.
And the upgrades I want are in Pripyat.
I haven’t even seen SIRCAA yet.

I went poor, talking to Harpy, fixing up my Saiga and Dnipro.

Does anyone know what her injury is?
How did Harpy get hurt?

[serene barn]

remember to consider actually bringing red guns back to your personal stash from time to time.

just not if they're 0%

[hallow shadow]

??

Ohhh. To sell to Ragman?

[serene barn]

exactly

learn which ones seem worth it on their weight

[hallow shadow]

I tend to avoid Rostok.
It makes my poor little Series S just chug.

[hallow shadow]

I learned that early.
I’m such a loot snob, now.
Weight is value. Value is weight.

[serene barn]

sometimes it's more worth to grab a very worn gun than it is to grab those 6 cans of food.

[hallow shadow]

“Ew. I’m not carrying that gun. It’s busted, and heavy.
However. I’ll make more money off all this ammo for it.”

[weary hedge]

Fair enough. At that point they’ll just give you a diamond exo suit before you venture into Pripyat which is the best suit in the game

[hallow shadow]

My Skif lives on food. I be carrying enough to feed a squad.

[serene barn]

actually like getting it into my head that consumables often not being worth their weight was something i had to learn but i'd still pretty much never leave anything and would just come back for it later lol

[hallow shadow]

Blegh. I guess I should go check SIRCAA out.

But for real. Total deciding factor.
Dnipro(5.45) Kharod(5.56)
Which one feels more accurate to you?
If they both hit just as hard, which one shoots straighter?
Cause this Dnipro can hop, now.

I’m a “speed and precision” guy. Comes with being little.
I don’t prefer “big and strong”.

Fast and accurate.

[serene barn]

there's a quest you can only do in Duga before the SIRCAA thing

[hallow shadow]

F

I guess I’ll go back to Transylvania (Burnt Forest), and then to the Duga.

[weary hedge]

Kharod is your best bet then. More accuracy and handling.

[hallow shadow]

Dang. I’ll make sure to fix one up.
Imma hold onto this Dnipro, until I can convert it.

So know I gotta make 50K

Pay for upgrades.
“Vicky, got any work for me?”

I have like 700rnds of 54r in my Chest.
Can’t wait to make em sing.

I need another bowl.

[weary hedge]

Hell yeah brother make it rain

[hallow shadow]

Before I go down to Spooky Town.

[weary hedge]

🌳

[hallow shadow]

Burnt Forest really is a chore.
Is there an accessible Hub for me to make it to, in Duga?

Cause I’ll go. If there’s a place to do things and stuff, without having to hump it all the way back to Chemical Plant.

[weary hedge]

Basically closet hub over there would be the factory being occupied by ward in chemical plant

[hallow shadow]

Nooooo

Sad faceeeeee

[weary hedge]

Fr. Only downside of heading out that way

[hallow shadow]

racks Dnipro bolt
Mama didn’t raise no bish.
Maybe an idiot. But not no bish.

Remember kids: There are 5 steps to clearing rooms.

[weary hedge]

I know you can find a ward exo skeleton in burnt forest if that peaks ur interest

[hallow shadow]

1: Through the threshold.
2: Clear Your Corner
3: Run Your Wall
4: Scan Your Sector
5: Communicate

[serene barn]

yeah i wasn't fond of the time that it took me to do my loot runs between Duga and a hub. there should have been something

[unreal flower]

hi Stalkers, is multiplayer on the road or out of 2025 roadmap? i remember was in the "after release", i'm wrong?

[serene barn]

it seems very unlikely to be in 2025 lol

[weary hedge]

Wait I forgot the operator exo In burnt forest is story locked. Scratch that @hallow shadow

[ripe falcon]

it's not on the roadmap and we have had 0 news on MP ever since release, so it is probably gonna happen in a long time. It's clearly not a priority.

[unreal flower]

@ripe falcon ty, mp is not my priority, just thinking is pretty good to play stalkers with my mates

[shell flax]

It won’t be coop if that’s what you’re hoping for

[hallow shadow]

The multiplayer, in question, is only TDM. Not Co-Op

[ripe falcon]

I get what you mean, I'd also like to play some MP at one point

[serene barn]

no news on MP, that i'm frankly not interested in, but also no news on DLCs that i paid for

[unreal flower]

yes, not important if co-op or pvp or pve, just some drinks and the zone

[hallow shadow]

Apologies, fren.
I have gamepass.

[ripe falcon]

I think we will have new info before the end of the year, fingers crossed

[serene barn]

it better be long DLCs and stuff.

[ripe falcon]

Expansions will be worth the wait in my opinion, but we shall see what happens

[hallow shadow]

So. My current objectives.
Claim this Kharod from Yantar Dam, actually clear out the Burnt Forest, and check out Duga before SIRCAA

[serene barn]

not been super happy with having paid for the reskinned guns that are hardly even upgrades at all

[hallow shadow]

Then. SIRCAA

[ripe falcon]

first time?

[hallow shadow]

Yup. Haven’t beaten the game, yet.

[ripe falcon]

oh boy, have fun then

[hallow shadow]

I almost want to save that for after the Engine swap.

[serene barn]

it would have been so nice if they had just put a personal stash in the Burnt Forest or in or around Duga.

[ripe falcon]

there are multiple paths and endings you can still keep for after

[hallow shadow]

I mean the 1.6 update.

It’s so close.

But yeah. I’m so far doing a Ward ending.

Get my bootlicking out of the way, first.
Then I’ll go into the other crazy dude stories.

[ripe falcon]

Yes, and these regions could use a bit more of everything in general

[smoky hawk]

no its not an RK its a Malaysan DI MA-1

[hallow shadow]

It looks like someone slapped four different guns together.

[versed skiff]

i found a bug

how can i get it ficsed

?

[hallow shadow]

#1215013259740979320

Unless you’re on PC. I dunno.

[versed skiff]

im on pc

[hallow shadow]

I couldn’t find a PC specific channel. I’m sorry.

[river sierra]

hello, im pretty new here. Is there any info on updates that will optimize the game more? my game stutters a bit

[versed skiff]

can i talk to the admins

[hallow shadow]

1.6 drops in a week or three.

[river sierra]

oh, what will change?

[hallow shadow]

Upgrade from UE5 to UE5.4.5, for starters.
And a few other QoL and stability improvements.

[weary hedge]

You’ll get sniped if you go near duga

[ripe falcon]

the engine upgrade is not in 1.6

[shell flax]

1.6 is not the engine upgrade

[hallow shadow]

Without story?

[hallow shadow]

I thought it was. What’s 1.6?

[shell flax]

Yep. You get the JFK special if you try.

[ripe falcon]

not everywhere, you can get to Chornobyl-2 if you avoid the array

[weary hedge]

the area is protected by an invisible and lethal barrier.

[hallow shadow]

I don’t know what that means.

[shell flax]

Dome blown off

[hallow shadow]

Looks like I’m losing my Kevlar. No two ways about it.

[serene barn]

Reminder that you only get sniped if you try to enter Duga city from anywhere but the bottom road.

[ripe falcon]

Night Vision Goggles seem to be the highlight so far, we'll see the full list of changes when the update drops

[hallow shadow]

Ahhhh.

[versed skiff]

i need help bro

[hallow shadow]

I hope it also comes with a better mod approval system. For console.

[serene barn]

it's only like the upper half of the city that you cannot go to until the story's progressed.

[hallow shadow]

With what?

[weary hedge]

Yeah there will still be invincible snipers

[versed skiff]

a bug

[shell flax]

He’s freaking out over a door bug

Again
#s2-support

[versed skiff]

im stuck

cant open the door it dosent move

[ripe falcon]

what door?

[hallow shadow]

Door for a boat?

[shell flax]

He posted a pic in #en-mods-general

[versed skiff]

i cant put picks in here

[hallow shadow]

That sucks

[shell flax]

Yes because you just joined, you need the master rank or higher

[versed skiff]

oh

[hallow shadow]

I just saw the pic.
Poor dude.

[weary hedge]

Rights are limited here

[shell flax]

I had that bug at malachite once, door was going full centrifuge and making an ungodly noise

[serene barn]

brooother lol. that's not what that channel is for

[versed skiff]

im stuck because i cant open the door it dosent move

[ripe falcon]

If you don't have the main quest taking you there, you're not even supposed to enter this location.

[weary hedge]

Open harder

[versed skiff]

main tho

i gotta go pls report this to mods

[weary hedge]

You might be retarded

[shell flax]

I ain’t doing your report for you dafuq

[shell flax]

Might?

[weary hedge]

Either that or it’s a lil ass kid

[serene barn]

it just sounds like you're not supposed to be there at this point as a quest should be taking you there but also the door prolly shouldn't be doing that either.

[hallow shadow]

Bro. How is his map so empty?
Yeah, man. If you’re in that place, that’s a story location.

You have to have a mission to fully open that place.

[shell flax]

Also the hell they supposed to do lmao. Stuff like that needs a patch usually.

[hallow shadow]

I barely recognized it, without any other markers on his map. Jesus.

[weary hedge]

He’s probably one of those people who launches up a game and looks up all the best locations for gear.

[hallow shadow]

“Sure, man. Just lemme re-code that building for you. Sorry.”
-The Devs

[shell flax]

I’m pretty sure the only gear location vids I’ve watched are from Vati, because they don’t prattle on about the contents of their dogs shit or some inane stuff

[hallow shadow]

Bro is in Zaton with no map markers.
Yall must be right.
He probably rushed out there for Predator and SOFMOD, for starters.

[weary hedge]

I mean I get it if your at a certain point in the game and you get stuck or struggle but this guys map looks like he just downloaded the fking thing and headed straight there 🤣

[shell flax]

I’m leaning towards the kid theory you put out there, tec

Guy was freaking out over the bug

[hallow shadow]

Legit. You can see how he almost got to Beard, and decided to go back for something else.

[serene barn]

it was funny when he thought the mods channel for the discord moderators and not game modifications, mods

[hallow shadow]

Bro ran to Zaton looking for trouble.

Door said “No.”

[weary hedge]

Definitely a child 🤣

Poor kid needs to stick to Roblox or some shit

[shell flax]

Not after the shit going down rn imo

But yeah

[hallow shadow]

This ain’t WoW, you can’t just type “/Stuck” in the General Chat, and get fixed.

[weary hedge]

Oh yeah I forgot that thing is festering with epsteins. Maybe Fortnite 🤣

[shell flax]

Petition for more IPSF/Military gear

[hallow shadow]

I need a Honey Badger

[weary hedge]

Real. The 3 suits are not enough for me.

[shell flax]

Also: the DLC should introduce military exos

[hallow shadow]

Eff it, I want MJOLNIR armor.

[shell flax]

Can you imagine getting jumped by an exo squad rocking PKMs

[hallow shadow]

Or an HEV Suit.

[shell flax]

That isn’t Ward

[hallow shadow]

Skif needs a Skill Tree or some various buffs.

[weary hedge]

I would highly appreciate this. Tho technically the operator exoskeleton is just a reinforced bulat

[hallow shadow]

Is Bulat better than Falcon?

[shell flax]

That’s the Bulwark

[weary hedge]

Military should be stronger than ward…

[shell flax]

Operator is the Convoy suit on roids

[weary hedge]

Oh yeah

[serene barn]

i once got jumped by a squad of IPSF i think? all using RPM-74s, up a bit north from Duga.

[shell flax]

SPEAKING OF: Buff the Convoy

[weary hedge]

Falcon is better by a long shot

[hallow shadow]

I’m consistently getting jumped by Mercs and IPSF running SVD-2s.
It’s such an effing nightmare.

[shell flax]

Speaking, again, of the convoy: the Mod wards glory still works on PC currently if anyone wants to do a pure ward gear run

Slap on BB or OXA Prototype and have fun

[weary hedge]

Bouta start a master run on CoP then I have 100% the game

[shrewd needle]

Yea, realized later.

[shell flax]

Also, correct me if I’m wrong, aren’t we getting automated mod approval for console in 1.6 or am I high

[smoky hawk]

this would be devastating

[shell flax]

Apparently Vasim joking about consoles again was the catalyst for me finally getting an interview

[smoky hawk]

damn, now you can get a PC

[shell flax]

I have one

Brother I’ve been taking about OXA for like a month now

[smoky hawk]

if youre asking to better the console experience, you are an enemy

[shell flax]

Good

[hallow shadow]

Playing PC sounds fun. Until my 6969fu GPU can’t run Stalker, and I proceed to blame Devs for “optimization”, when all I really need to do is just upgrade.

[lofty dew]

BLAME THE DEVS

[hallow shadow]

Negative. Just get a better card.

[lofty dew]

thats a horrible view

[frigid hill]

snycn has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[coral shadow]

unreal engine 5 is crazy stuff

runs worse and looks worse

[gentle citrus]

Most stupid take when talking about stalker

[hallow shadow]

K

[cold ermine]

these takes are just f-u to those who dont have a ton of money to spend on their PC's

my PC cost about 1000€ overall now that ive upgraded my GPU
guess what, stutter 2 still looks and runs like crap

[still current]

Poor man

Not blessed by the zone like me

[coral shadow]

more like infected

[cold ermine]

they couldve gone with baked lighting for this game
but no
we get lumen even on the lowest settings even
with a ton of artifacting

[still current]

3060 user here blessed to the fullest

[gentle citrus]

Somehow you need to be wealthy to enjoy games today

[coral shadow]

fr

there are games with far more better graphics and fps than S2 only because they don't use UE5

[cold ermine]

Stutter 2 is everything wrong with UE 5

[gentle citrus]

I mean that take was more out of Touch than the Nepal politicians

[cold ermine]

sue me
but its the worst UE 5 game out there

[coral shadow]

ya think that 5.5.4 will do anything?

[lofty dew]

let’s make it so all roads are exclusively drivable by lamborghini

if you can’t get anywhere maybe you should have bought a lambo

[gentle citrus]

A bit but not like the game gonna transform to a bf6

[cold ermine]

IHNI
i think if anything its gonna make it stutter less and stop lumen from boiling no matter what you do

[coral shadow]

what's IHNI? i highly Not -?

[cold ermine]

I
Have
No
Idea

[coral shadow]

oh

[coral shadow]

the Vaseline smear it's still gonna be present imo

[lofty dew]

any mods to make this game look less muddy

[cold ermine]

partially at least
but should be a lot better since 5.5's lumen denoiser is much better than 5.1s

[gentle citrus]

We also don’t know if they update new things in that slowest the game down. So a equalizing

[coral shadow]

we're gonna get the new upgrade only after ps5 release or far more in the future

[gentle citrus]

Hopefully this year

[gentle citrus]

Nope

[coral shadow]

Just buy the new 5060 bro anyone can afford such card!!!!!!!!!

[cold ermine]

disable TAA
no more blur
:trollface:

[coral shadow]

i think that if you disable TAA the game will reveal it's big flaws

[lofty dew]

unfortunately in the next 5 or so years we will only be getting unoptimised messes which require upscaling and frame gen

[weary hedge]

Only for most of the new ones to be complete dog shit

[gentle citrus]

Ey i am going to step away and enjoy bf6 for the next 5 years

[cold ermine]

epic designed UE 5 to only work with a tun of TAA

so those arent really flaws just a side effect of the aproach epic took

(im not saying its good)

[coral shadow]

i think that the fault of the engine switch of S2 was the greedy owner of GSC?

grigorovich or smt

i heard that someone else is in charge now

[cold ermine]

wait, were they originally gonna make it in UE 4 ?

[weary hedge]

Old engine better. As gorgeous as the game is. I don’t think that outweighs what we could’ve got.

[coral shadow]

they switched engines 3 times, first time they switched from Xray to UE4, and then UE4 to UE5 IIRC

[cold ermine]

they shouldve stuck with UE4 then

[gentle citrus]

Spending more money on new titles gonna hurt my heart than anything. Investing gonna make them rich with slop.

[coral shadow]

yep

UE4 is so far much better

[cold ermine]

late UE 4 (4.19+) >>>> early UE 5 (pre 5.3)

[lofty dew]

what engine should stalker 2 have been made in

[coral shadow]

UE4

[gentle citrus]

Idk if it’s better but we wouldn’t have had that of a broken ugly game

[weary hedge]

Would’ve looked better than CoP

[coral shadow]

If it was made in Xray, the game would've needed to be completely rewritten for console

[gentle citrus]

UE4 would’ve been the best decision

[coral shadow]

why the veteran role is so popular here, i rarely level up

[gentle citrus]

No way you never heard of it

[weary hedge]

Too bad GSC is in over their heads. Maybe one day we will get a finished product.

[cold ermine]

nop.

[gentle citrus]

That like the whole thing I am arguing why this game failed

[coral shadow]

i think GSC plans to make more money with MP, let's hope no microtransactions

[cold ermine]

i only ever trid out the game cuz i wanted to test how badly it ran

[coral shadow]

but the fact that the game has dlc's alredy says something

[cold ermine]

if it wasnt unoptimized i wouldve never heard of it

[weary hedge]

In my opinion multiplayer is such a dumb idea for stalker. We have better options out there and it just makes them look desperate.

[cold ermine]

[gentle citrus]

The game has so many missions and places dropped that I bet they have a dlc ready to release

[coral shadow]

yep

[weary hedge]

Get that paycheck I guess…

[gentle citrus]

Yea like make it least a coop slop that people can have fun with but 2025 with a arena shooter in a single player game is just out of touch

[coral shadow]

dlc's always bothered me, when i buy a full priced 60€ game, i want all of it, not a piece

[cold ermine]

same with MGS D TBH
IDK why but i just love playing games that are unoptimized for fun

[weary hedge]

Dumbest decision ever.

At least coop has potential

[coral shadow]

coop had a ton of potential but, money rules

[gentle citrus]

Who knows they might be free for the first 2 dlcs till all of the scraped things get in to the game again as planned.

[coral shadow]

wym

[gentle citrus]

Like free for all that have the base game. Like a location and mission dlc they add. We got many locations that are almost finished but never made in the base game. Same with guns and missions

[fickle hill]

[coral shadow]

i doubt

[gentle citrus]

Even then what is a multiplayer gonna do money wise

[coral shadow]

cosmetics, gun skins

[gentle citrus]

But that’s like stupid thinking if they think they gonna make more money with skins than people buying base game to explore a wasteland with friends.

[coral shadow]

I just sense that something cosmetic is gonna come up

to be bought, not pre-order rewards

[weary hedge]

Yay gun skins that’s so awesome. Just what the stalkers want: )

[stark crescent]

https://80.lv/articles/replacing-unreal-engine-s-grass-with-gpu-pcg-shows-4-times-better-fps

This would probably.do.wonders for stalker 2 as well

[gusty hearth]

[cold ermine]

It odes have slightly less detail tho

we discussed it in PC specs already #pc-specs message

[cold ermine]

so much less detail to conclude you could just lower density on UE default to get the same perf ?
no but still less

[sweet zephyr]

man stalker 2 still crashes on launch

where are my saved games saved? I wonder if it's a corrupt save file or something

[weary hedge]

I would look that up. It can be many reasons.

[sweet zephyr]

I've opted to delete every single file manually and reinstall

[rancid tundra]

Sup guys

[weary hedge]

Sup Tupac

[weary hedge]

The last guy I helped had to configures some files and mess with launch programming

Do you mess with mods?

[sweet zephyr]

yea that's why i'm manually deleting EACH file

game reinstalls in 4 hours we'll see if it works by then

[weary hedge]

For sure. Lmk how that goes. If it doesn’t work I can lead you step by step

[graceful dirge]

Damn I glitched my way out of Lesser Zone through eastern checkpoint real early on this run, realizing I'm still limited to just Cordon Zaton & Swamps right till further progressing story to get through Wild Island eh? The south land bridge by Quiet's shop has the door closed on the train car you typically go through & that eastern path by Azimuth Station can't seem to get back up on the boat from the east side.

Or out of curiosity & tenacity, I may try my chair launch method that worked on the eastern checkpoint gate into Cordon now on the northern checkpoint right into Garbage #📸┃screens_and_videos message

Though I suppose at this point it's worth just going back and completing Behind Seven Seals to open the gate up the normal way + have emissions start to happen. I've even completed Needle in a Haystack & had the Ward Sensors along with me the whole time lmao, got curious about escaping early & then real distracted/lost in the southeastern areas when I finally did so

Lol having a good time on this playthrough playing Anomalite as Zone hobo hoarder making small but regular amounts of money selling various junk with Lootable x Craftable Zone. To me, the aimless wandering + exploration just soaking up the atmosphere is one of the greatest strengths of the game, so the added loot variety & of course some other mods for immersion/better gameplay like Better Ballistics, Shay's Living Zone, No Player Icon on PDA, Dynamic Weather Overhaul, 24-hour day cycle etc. have been great for at least satiating my itch to keep playing through this like 2-month Xbox mod approval dry spell

[obtuse veldt]

Something, something... If we could join friendly/neutral stalkers to sites of interest or walking back to a main camp....

[drifting bear]

Don't forget to turn off steam cloud before that :L

[sweet zephyr]

meh I was gonna start anew again anyways

[cyan mulch]

My pizza

[ebon blade]

It's the only thing to make him stop being crazy for about 30 minutes.

[still current]

[rancid tundra]

Good night everyone have a blessed night

[golden gulch]

Though happen rarer, NPCs can still launch into the air if you headshot them lol

[shell flax]

I’ve found it happens most with sitting zombies

[frigid hill]

reina7176 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[sweet zephyr]

@weary hedge apologies for the second ping the first got deleted because I forgot you can't swear here, game still broken

[weary hedge]

Rip at least you tried. When does your game crash and do you get a specific error code

[sweet zephyr]

I get an exception access violation
does it think it's pirated or something? because I got it on steam and have like 200 hours in it

bought with my own hard earned money

[weary hedge]

Nope. Its an error that occurs when a program tries to access a memory address that isn't allocated to it or is otherwise invalid. Common causes include out-of-date or corrupt software (like drivers or game files), system instability, or even faulty hardware like RAM. To resolve it, you should update drivers and Windows, verify game files, disable overclocking, or run a memory diagnostic tool like Memtest86.

[sweet zephyr]

how do I do those latter 2

[weary hedge]

Wym

[sweet zephyr]

disable overclocking specifically

I'm not a big computer person

[weary hedge]

You can reset the CPU or GPU in your BIOS/UEFI settings or uninstall overclocking software. You can also try setting your computer's power management plan in Windows to a lower maximum processor state (e.g., 99%) to effectively disable CPU overclocking without entering the BIOS.

[ebon blade]

Did you add any Mods to your game?

[sweet zephyr]

yea but i've disabled them and then deleted all my files and reinstalled

[ebon blade]

Did you reboot after removing them?

[sweet zephyr]

like restart my computer?

[ebon blade]

Yes

[sweet zephyr]

wait
I just had a realization
an update musta messed with alife found a way and I don't have the safe removal mod

1 second lets see if that works

surprisingly didn't

[ebon blade]

People adding Mods is usually the number one cause for game problems and instability.

[sweet zephyr]

dang

[weary hedge]

I don’t recommend further use of mods. The game is in a constant updating state so ur bound to run into problems.

[hallow shadow]

Shucks.

[sweet zephyr]

I got a mod to make weapon damage to myself and others higher because I really like the AK74 and sofmod and wanna use them the whole game

without immense misery

[hallow shadow]

I wish SOFMOD came in .308

[weary hedge]

Fair enough. I mean you’d be fine if you didn’t update the game or the mods.

[ebon blade]

I thought you were crying for the Kharod.

[sweet zephyr]

those mods are fully updated yet still game broken

[ebon blade]

Mod makers often rely on people adding them and testing them to respond to them with problems.

[weary hedge]

You sure all of them are up to date?

[sweet zephyr]

well judging by the fact they're all uninstalled right now and the game still crashes before even the first loading screen

don'tthinkitmatters

[hallow shadow]

Not really crying.
I don’t wanna use it.

Just want something with less recoil than this Dnipro.

I’d rather use SOFMOD, but Stalker has funny damage.

[weary hedge]

Yeah mods have been known to create problems. Even after uninstalling which is why i recommend you do everything i suggested earlier.

[weary hedge]

BB makes every gun 1-2 shot everything.

[primal nimbus]

Kharod?

[sweet zephyr]

well i've had this issue since july and gave up
I did all the drivers things, I uninstalled, verified, restarted PC
nothing

[hallow shadow]

If you’re on PC, your BB is probably not the same as my BB.

[weary hedge]

In the head

[hallow shadow]

Yeah. I was gonna run into Yantar damn to find one.

[sweet zephyr]

WAIT HOLD ON 16TH TIMES THE CHARM

[shell flax]

I CAST BLUE SCREEN

[sweet zephyr]

okay okay i'm at the first loading screen

[weary hedge]

W

[sweet zephyr]

now
ALL of my gamedata is probably long gone due to my ocasional tampering over the past month

[weary hedge]

Time for a fresh start

[primal nimbus]

[sweet zephyr]

well I was gonna do that anyways

[primal nimbus]

Kharod is a decent beamer

[sweet zephyr]

I'm avoiding any mods that change AI since the devs have pretty much fixed all the AI now eh?

[primal nimbus]

A bit

[sweet zephyr]

gonna do BB (but not the mutant one as it's not up to date, unless someone can confirm that works) a flashlight mod and such

[weary hedge]

Actually @hallow shadow if you are looking for accuracy you should pick up the GP-37 it’s incredible for that and range. You can also find a dual drum mag for it

No recoil aswell

[weary hedge]

I’d make sure they are up to date before installing anything. Don’t want the same thing happening 😂

[hallow shadow]

I wish new mods got approved for console.
Shucks.

[sweet zephyr]

BB is for sure
last updated 26 august

[weary hedge]

Anything later than August 19th should be fine. Just keep in mind there’s a patch coming out soon.

[hallow shadow]

BB is how you make your beloved AK endgame worthy.

Yup. 1.6 comes out by the end of the month.

So you’ll have to give Mod Authors a chance to check over the new version.

[sweet zephyr]

I'm debating on using the weapon reposition mod

it works well for some weapons but very poorly for others

apperance wise

[hallow shadow]

I get the vanilla-plus version.
It keeps Skif from holding his rifle to his cheek all the time.
Gives me some of my screen back.

[graceful dirge]

I've been loving it, went from vanilla variant to tacticool & now after a while I couldn't imagine going back to true vanilla. That, higher FOV, and no HUD do wonders for immersion

[sweet zephyr]

it does look a bit goofy with the AKs though

[graceful dirge]

Though I've started using just the health & stamina bar on 1% opacity since playing with Better Ballistics to try and better manage not dying as often in combat vs. wasting meds as much

[sweet zephyr]

okay so the issue is back
and I REALLY hope isn't not BB causing it

[weary hedge]

lol told you it was mods 😂

[sweet zephyr]

I never said it wasn't

all my currently installed mods are either updated or i've inferred from here that they should work rn
like weapon reposition

the only one I have that might be the issue is a flashlight mod but I can't see a reason why that would be the issue

[weary hedge]

You’d be surprised how fragile stalker 2 is

[sweet zephyr]

(I just got rid of a bunch)

[graceful dirge]

I thought so too at first but have come to like the way all weapons are generally lower & more centered as if they aren't being fully shouldered like when you ADS, reminds me of Insurgency/Arma just wish we could manually toggle the low ready that happens when walking

[hallow shadow]

What issue?

[sweet zephyr]

game crash on launch

[weary hedge]

Crash

[hallow shadow]

Ahhh. Daaang.

[sweet zephyr]

did they change anything with the flashlight?

[weary hedge]

Were you able to load into the game without mods or did you install everything before going in

[hallow shadow]

Did you fiddle with your FOV? Which Flashlight mod are you using?

[sweet zephyr]

I was able to

[weary hedge]

Like in a save or just the menu

[sweet zephyr]

menu

but the issue was I couldn't even get to the menu soooo

[weary hedge]

And now you can’t load into the menu again?

[sweet zephyr]

ye

isweartogodifit'sbetterballisticsidon'tevenseeapointtoplaying

[weary hedge]

I’d see if you can load into a save without mods to trickle down what the problem is.

[sweet zephyr]

the missing key was having the safe removal mod for alife found a way installed so I gotta have that on

[graceful dirge]

I was having a crash on load game issue on XSX and solved it by disabling all mods, loading in which worked now & made a save, then went back and enabled my mods was able to load in fine

Also cleaning up old quick & autosaves has seemed to help with general stability

[weary hedge]

Yeah sticking to one hard save and doing what dough baby said is a good idea

Especially on pcs. Don’t wanna overflood that memory.

[sweet zephyr]

so I do that

then maybe try one mod at a time?

so I can find the evil one messing up my game

pleasedon'tbeBBpleasedon'tbeBBpleasedon'tbeBBpleasedon'tbeBBpleasedon'tbeBB

Ah dangit
I did exactly what I did last time to get it to work and now it won't

@weary hedge

[weary hedge]

You still getting the same error?

[sweet zephyr]

ayup

[weary hedge]

And you verified files again?

[sweet zephyr]

yea

okay
so the game crashes the second I get to the setting up profile part

[weary hedge]

Did you try running the game with administrator privileges, deleting or renaming corrupted cache files like upipelinecache ?

You can also try launching via -dx12

[static lark]

What’s up?

[sweet zephyr]

ok ok hold on
I noticed a completely empty stalker 2 folder in my documents thing on my PC
deleted it
booted it up
and tada

[static lark]

That’s good (im new to the convo and just trying to make more convo)

[bleak patio]

omg why is the collectors edition no longer available for order

https://game-legends.de/en/S.T.A.L.K.E.R.-2-Heart-of-Chornobyl-Ultimate-Edition-no-Game

They said I had until september 15th to order this

[sweet zephyr]

OK OK I GOT MY MODS IN

[bleak patio]

I finally found someone to forward the shipment since they wont ship to iceland and now I'm too late even though its not september 15th?

[sweet zephyr]

so what I think was happening
was whatever that folder was it kept auto skipping the shader compilation

a real anomaly
lmao

[static lark]

Stalker 2 doing stalker 2 things

[weary hedge]

Oh good I’m glad you got that figured out

[sweet zephyr]

evil game lmao

[static lark]

Nah just janky game

[sweet zephyr]

okay now that it's fixed
time to play it... tomorrow

[weary hedge]

lol

[static lark]

Have fun

[sweet zephyr]

i'm going to go play WARNO now lmao

[weary hedge]

What’s that

[sweet zephyr]

cold war gone hot RTS

[weary hedge]

Raddd

[static lark]

Is it on steam?

[sweet zephyr]

yup

[obtuse veldt]

I wonder if GSC will surprise us on December with surprise DLC

[coral shadow]

Surprise us with content that we have to pay for? that ain't a surprise, that's more of the surprise test of a toxic teacher than something I'd wait for

[obtuse veldt]

I didnt said it was going to be paid

[static lark]

Oh sweet summer child

[ebon blade]

That's what I am running with. I fully upgraded the Kharod and did not see significant advantages to using it over the GP-37, with it's larger magazine and grenade launcher.

[obtuse veldt]

Well 2 regions were marked on development as DLC

Which is Sandy Plateau and Northern Sircaa

[ebon blade]

Dang. I was hoping we were getting the Krabby Patty territory in a DLC.

[weary hedge]

Only difference is raw damage and penetration.

[ebon blade]

Insignificant gains.

[static lark]

Hi Tejas

I’ve heard about you

[weary hedge]

I cant tell if your motivating or making jokes

[ebon blade]

Hello Lazarus. How are you?

[static lark]

I exist

[ebon blade]

That's the way I feel today.

[static lark]

Indeed

[drowsy gorge]

RIP Charlie Kirk

[ebon blade]

No politics please. It gets people too divisive.

[primal nimbus]

Coolio. No one wants to discuss it here

[primal nimbus]

Are you a member of the same US Army discord people asked “What’s your favorite warcrime?” on? 😂

[ebon blade]

Don't be antagonistic, please.

Try to find a topic to discuss about Stalker 2.

[obtuse veldt]

Im just speculating Kogorod, CNPP, Iron Forest is gonna be free DLC

Cause the assets are there, and they are not locked out, unlike Northern Sircaa and Sandy Plateau and Limansk

[dry siren]

AND IM NEVER GONNA DANCE AGAIN

GUILTY FEET HAVE GOT NO RHYTHM

[fervent island]

https://tenor.com/view/marvin-sml-spongebob-meme-how-do-we-tell-him-gif-18024851647552664912

[weary hedge]

Hoi officer

[dry siren]

👁️

hey good lookin'

i got a bucket of chicken

[weary hedge]

im preggers

hell yeah got the kool aid too?

[dry siren]

THIS AINT JONESTOWN

[weary hedge]

cmon man you can’t have no fried chicken without the koolaid

[ebon blade]

https://tenor.com/view/marvin-sml-spongebob-meme-how-do-we-tell-him-gif-18024851647552664912

[ebon blade]

https://tenor.com/view/kool-aid-man-oh-yeah-gif-27553731

[dry siren]

im pregnant

[weary hedge]

Word

[drowsy gorge]

Nah

[weary hedge]

me when I when when I when when I when I I when I I I when when

[dry siren]

DRINK FISH TANK CLEANER

[weary hedge]

why are your words so big. that jump scared me

[drowsy gorge]

I won't disclose any war crimes , we aren't Marines

[dry siren]

Y M C A

[weary hedge]

yung mega coochie absorbers

[drowsy gorge]

I understand

[weary hedge]

Dead soldier 69

[dry siren]

hey hot stuff

wanna drink used deep frying oil

[weary hedge]

stroke speed run

[dry siren]

the droop

[weary hedge]

Yeah

[winged cobalt]

We thank you, oh monolith for revealing the cunning plans of your enemies to us

that's what you've missed.

how's everyone doing?

[drowsy gorge]

You can drink alone, pal

[winged cobalt]

you seem to be the merc type, what's your favorite faction?

[stark crescent]

Gib us image perma!

[winged cobalt]

You shall NOT

[weary hedge]

Guys how do i access postion B205 in CoP

[ebon blade]

You have to earn it. Master rank and above.

[ebon blade]

Q!uestions about the Trilogy games go here: https://discord.com/channels/504587323577729024/1308038416562126879

[opal turret]

https://tenor.com/view/doakes-dexter-dexter-doakes-gotcha-found-you-gif-14688017774431904057

[junior gazelle]

Did the timer for getting hunger increased? I feel i get hunger really really fast

[ebon blade]

https://tenor.com/view/doakes-dexter-dexter-doakes-gotcha-found-you-gif-14688017774431904057

[ebon blade]

But what about in the game?

[junior gazelle]

Haha yeah in the game

[weary hedge]

My fatass irl

[ebon blade]

Not that I'm aware of. However, some actions increase hunger:
Like sprinting, drinking energy drinks and being overloaded.

[junior gazelle]

might have been action most likely, i just don't remember being that fast

[weary hedge]

Did they update to 1.6 yet?

[drowsy gorge]

I like the Ward. That commander reminded me of my former platoon sergeant oddly enough

[primal nimbus]

+2 weeks

[winged cobalt]

I started to like ward too just cause of Colonel Korshunov but not gonna lie i still dont find them interesting, they are just a second military really.

[weary hedge]

Im what you call an "independent" and no not a loner

[hallow shadow]

GR: Wildlands needs a 60FPS update.

[winged cobalt]

Loner.

[still current]

Ward as a faction is utter shit, but the colonel? He's genuinely honest about 99% of what he says

I did play with the ward this playthrough simply because of him

[wooden walrus]

They lk more military than the military

[hardy totem]

Zotov is pretty okay too though, way better than Star to say the least

[winged cobalt]

it's weird.

[ebon blade]

The Ward is more like a better funded and organized Duty. Colonel Korshunov is like Colonel Petrenko.
The Military in the trilogy games just got replaced by the bland and uninteresting I.P.S.F. military force.

[primal nimbus]

IPSF doesn’t have the drunk announcer Military had

[stark crescent]

ive been here longer than you have 💀 just because i wasnt actively talking all the time doesnt mean im less deserving than you

[still current]

Well, ipsf has no value in stalker 2. The whole game is spark, ward, monoliths, bandits, and a bit of loners.

[quaint rampart]

Also a bit of mercs

But yeah

[rancid tundra]

good morning stalker let’s get into the zone walk with me. Talk with me kill with me.

[regal sinew]

I’m not allowed to talk to strangers.

[rancid tundra]

Ok I understand but what are you gonna do when there’s no one around to help you in the time of need

[stark crescent]

rpg-7

[regal sinew]

Just be myself and follow through.

[rancid tundra]

lol no dought brother

[rancid tundra]

Good choice

[fallen latch]

use legs really fast

[primal nimbus]

Or shoot your way out of your problem

[rancid tundra]

Now that the way to do it go all out with a bang. Remember, you only live once anyway.

[primal nimbus]

Exactly. What happens in the Zone, stays in the Zone. Like the Freedom Files.
-# Those never existed.

[quaint rampart]

Freedom Furry Files

[rancid tundra]

🫡

[primal nimbus]

With 50k coupons, I’ll like for you to tell us all that you’re lying that they exist.

[quaint rampart]

I mean what

[stark crescent]

they say redbull gives you wings.

but the doc's moonshine will give you 4 wheel drive.

[golden gulch]

So the Falcon and Corundum simply just obsolete everything else in their bracket or?

[sacred obsidian]

John duty

[rancid tundra]

John buty

Jk

[frigid hill]

sir_whiterabbit has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[drowsy gorge]

I second this

[fierce nexus]

[dense quartz]

Is there a roadmap on whats planned after 1.6 ?

[graceful dirge]

Only info right now is presumably more of what's on the Q3/4 roadmap

[frigid hill]

sir_whiterabbit has been banned

Reason: scammy boi

[wooden walrus]

5.5 engine upgrade at the end of november

[quaint umbra]

We're going to hold you to that and if you're wrong

[hallow shadow]

November? Man.
I was hoping to see a new and improved Zone for my birthday.

[wooden walrus]

I mean there could be a delay but ps5 version is based on the 5.5 engine and it's supposed to come out nov 20th

[harsh plover]

Why does engine 5.5 not include in update 1.6?

[wooden walrus]

'cause it's still not ready?

idk, ask gsc

[harsh plover]

Wait is engine 5.5 newest engine?

Le me check

[wooden walrus]

5.5.4 was the latest version available when they started the porting process yes

[harsh plover]

But it came out in 2022

[wooden walrus]

5.5.4?

[harsh plover]

no 5.5

[wooden walrus]

okay, but the game is being ported to 5.5.4.

[harsh plover]

What engine rn is?

[wooden walrus]

what?

[harsh plover]

what engine is it on stalker 2 before 1.6 update

[wooden walrus]

1.6 is not the engine update, and the game is currently on a custom branch of 5.1.

[harsh plover]

Oh

[weary hedge]

https://youtu.be/YG6DifUtPvs?si=owxkDYTo6swZXmeq

[quaint umbra]

Embed fail

[weary hedge]

guten morgen my little jelly beans

[hallow shadow]

Servus

[lament pelican]

Nah. The PS5 release is at the end of November; they're not going to risk breaking the game the day after release. The engine update will be at the end of the year, optimistically.

[wooden walrus]

the ps5 version is built on 5.5.4

[hallow shadow]

Good morning? Yall go to sleep?
Another 24hr shift for me!

[wooden walrus]

actually, let me recant.

'cause I did hear that the ps5 version is in 5.5.4

and it does look like it is

[lament pelican]

How do you know that? Was it officially confirmed?

[wooden walrus]

right, was about to say. My source for that is this video: https://youtu.be/EiAZfOuFkj8?t=86

and I'm honestly not sticking my neck for gamewithdave anymore 'cause he's already made a few oopsies in the past few weeks

I do still think the ps5 version does look like built on 5.5, but I have no official confirmation and I couldn't find any gsc sources for that.

[lament pelican]

If it's on 5.5.4 - great, but I'm more leaning towards them releasing 1.6 on PS5.

[wooden walrus]

I still think it's reasonable to expect the ps5 version will come out of 5.5 because it is reasonable to think that's both the reason why ps5 hadn't released up to this point, and why they got on with the upgrade in the first place

but, I'll also say I only have what can charitably be called a reasonable hunch

[lament pelican]

PS5 release was not possible because they had obligations with Xbox, for 1 year, I believe, so it's not related to the engine update.

[wooden walrus]

It could also be that, but I think the ps5 footage looks quite different from what there's on xbox

but it could be also fluffed up so who knows

the only official confirmation in regards to ps5 is that it'll include 1.6, based on what I've seen off the horse's mouth

[fierce nexus]

[floral elm]

Oh monolith let us cope well get engine upgrade before 1st year anniversary

[wooden walrus]

Let me be perfectly honest, when it was announced I was expecting it towards the end of q1 26

however the case for ps5 being in 5.5 and therefore hinting at it actually releasing before the end of the year (and around the end of november) is reasonable enough

that being said, re-checking the gamewithdave video I saw that, as it's becoming increasingly usual, he had again made bold assertions on let's be charitable and call it "shaky evidence"

It is a good reminder as to why I've always stayed away from hype media in general and why I should continue doing so

[shell yarrow]

Haven't played in a few months. Anyone know if the weird water artifact bug was fixed? I could never find it and I'd rather not reset

[lament dust]

Tbh i still don't expect much gains from the engine upgrade, can't think of any other UE game that actually improved it's performance that much, it might help with development but for the player ehh

[sweet zephyr]

@weary hedge I figured out what the strange empty folder that caused the crashing was
it was specifically my graphics settings folder lmao

[weary hedge]

lol that’ll do it

[hallow shadow]

“You’re Cheeki, that’s why you’re not Breeki, and could care less about the troubles of others!”
-Scar

[quaint umbra]

Pretty sure Michael Cera also said the same thing

[wooden walrus]

nightingale went from an absolute shitshow to a really really well performing game from 5.1 to 5.4

it's the best example I can put, because unfortunately there haven't been that many ports done

but the performance increase is real, and I would certainly expect major improvements in hubs at the very least

[hallow shadow]

I just want Rostok to not suck anymore.

I wish Ganja actually had a ganja consumable.
Skif could really use a break.

[lament dust]

Well i hope u are right, cause i desperately need it

[wooden walrus]

I'm fairly confident yeah, but ofc that remains to be seen

ue5.1 and its consequences has been a disaster for the human race

[gentle citrus]

Buy a better CPU

[worn drum]

skif can't even have a smoke break.

and they put good detail into those smoking animations. (only for npcs)

honestly can't even say i've played a game where cigarettes burn down like they do in S2.

[obtuse veldt]

Dont forget the gas mask smoking

[worn drum]

i really mean the detail in the cigarettes themselves.

[vast frost]

i just played clear sky team deathmatch it was 20 players on bro i had a blast

[obtuse veldt]

So... You asking not for regular smokes, but also "magic" wraps?

[worn drum]

didn't ask for anything. 🤣

the hell is magic wraps?

[obtuse veldt]

[worn drum]

ik others would love that. if you ask me it'd be cool to have both. i don't really mind it's not a feature.

gcs is listening to feedback so maybe in the near future.

[hallow shadow]

Yeah man. That’s all we have to do.
There’s no point blaming the devs.
Just upgrade.

[worn drum]

gas mask bongs incoming. gas mask smoking

[hallow shadow]

The option to smoke with NPCs would be sick.

The cigarette animation is there.
Just let him be Big Boss already.

[worn drum]

but the cigarettes burning down in fp would look sick. for the look yk

[hallow shadow]

For sure.

The Devs must be smokers. Cause the smokers in the Zone look like they’ve got real smokes.
And the way they flick and toss.

[sweet zephyr]

I got the deluxe content upgrade but I can't find the journalist stash with the mono PTM

it's not where it should be

[wooden walrus]

idk how it works for version upgrades, but any mods that touch static world spawns require a new game to take effect.

[sweet zephyr]

ik it is a new game

[weary hedge]

pretty sure you gotta completed the main quest "A Needle in a Haystack"

Then you unlock the "Seek, And You Shall Find" side quest

[dense badger]

im in the death valley part of the game

[sweet zephyr]

ah

[rancid tundra]

[weary hedge]

Best part

[obtuse veldt]

Id wish dead valley was accessible by normal means along the ward route

[weary hedge]

It should. It’s such a cool part of the game

[ebon blade]

Discord Rank is based upon activity and participating using the Discord tools.
It is not based upon when you show up one day and just lurk and read things.
At your current rate when you arrived, you'll reach Master in another 5 years.
You asked when you would be able to upload images here, and I answered your
question, when you reach Master Rank. I never implied anything about deserving.

[ebon blade]

If we didn't get to interact with the IPSF at STC Malachite and Yaniv, they would be just targets.

[obtuse veldt]

I theorized something about the IPSF replacing the Military.

It's possible that it's planned to have more than one branch as many zones have been created due Skif meddling with the generators

[pale ocean]

Hey people. Can anyone help me with a navigation problem? Picked up a stash job from Barkeep and I have no idea how to actually get to it. It’s the one directly east of Chystohalivka and southeast of Rostok proper.

Rads are WAY too high.

[obtuse veldt]

Is at that garbage path with lethal radiation?

[ebon blade]

GSC created the International Perimeter Security Force (IPSF) because they realized due to the current war
in Ukraine, it was no longer in good taste, for the Player to be killing Ukrainian soldiers, like in the trilogy games.

[pale ocean]

Yes. Is there a specific way through?

[obtuse veldt]

I know that too, but also in a thought as if it's international it can be used as base for other countries anomalous zones, after project Y

[obtuse veldt]

Stick to northern wall and use the anti rad asap you get out

Like run as fast you can

[pale ocean]

So I should go back and get the SIRCAA suit. I have a Liquid Rock too. That’s annoying.

[hallow shadow]

What does Liquid Rock do?

And Thunderberry.
The two artifacts everyone tells me to find, but never seem to spawn.
Got me a Compass, though.

[misty salmon]

The anticipation of this next update is killing me

[pale ocean]

Liquid Rock is max Radio and Chemical protection. Thunderberry is Endurance.

I’d add the Compass to that list of must haves too. It’s max Physical protection. Gooood stuff for when bullets are flying.

[pale ocean]

Hate to say it but that…did not work.

I have the SIRCAA suit and Liquid Rock and still instantly croaked.

[pale ocean]

Saaaaaaame.

[pale ocean]

Liquid Rock also doesn’t have any negatives. It can be found in chemical anomalies.

[hallow shadow]

The Red Forest?
Have you been to SIRCAA/ progressed far enough?

There’s a bubble that’s story-gated by lethal Rads.

[obtuse veldt]

I'm recording later on how to do it

[pale ocean]

Maybe that’s the issue. Still haven’t even been to the detention center in this run yet. But I was doing a job for Barkeep. There’s a stash in there that is one of the locations for it.

[pale ocean]

Also add Hypercube to that list. Max Bleeding resistance.

Those are in Thermal anomalies.

[pale ocean]

Oh word. Lemme know when you upload it and I’ll watch and drop a like on it.

[pale ocean]

No…in Rostok.

Just southeast of downtown.

Oh wait, that’s the doctor’s house.

[weary hedge]

unga bunga

[pale ocean]

Yup.

[spare canopy]

Liquid rock is amazing. Max radiation, chemical and I think they changed it to add wear and tear... or was that somethign else

I will go check 😄

[hallow shadow]

Yeah. Red Forest, closest to Rostok/Garbage Border is all Story-Locked.
If you haven’t talked with Star or even Scar, then yeah.

That bubble will always kill you.

[hallow shadow]

Ohhhh.

[still current]

[hallow shadow]

Max Rads, and Chem Res?

Imma find me a damn Liquid Rock, now.

I’ll never stop glazing Stalker radio.
These Bartenders have the jams.

Way cooler than Cyberpunk or Fallout radio.

[spare canopy]

No.

Max Rads
Max Chem
Max Durability

It's a thing of beauty.

Thunderberry is all about stamina. And unless you have a lead lined artifact slot, you will need a Liquid Rock to use it...

[hallow shadow]

My Falcon already has Compass on my Lead slot.

[hallow shadow]

But my Geiger doesn’t even blink. I’m pretty sure I’ll be ok to run both?

[spare canopy]

no... One or the other, until you find a way to deal with the rad build up.

So another lead, or Liquid Rock to use both.

[hallow shadow]

If I remember (currently liberating Hellmire), my Artifacts are Compass, Gravi, Rat King, and something else…

[hallow shadow]

Shit.
Looks like ya boy needs a whole new suit.

[spare canopy]

or liquid rocks#

[hallow shadow]

Rosin.
That’s my last artifact.

Gravi, Compass, Rosin, Rat King.

But these artifacts are so beautiful.

Got those artifacts on a mostly buffed out Falcon (missing an upgrade that’s probably in Pripyat)
Then, the Dinner Plate (Dnipro) and the SEGA.

[spare canopy]

I got Compass, Liquid rock x2, Thunderberry and one more

[charred nova]

Liquid rock deez nuts

[weary hedge]

Is zulu in stalker 2?

[charred nova]

Nope he’s cut

[hallow shadow]

I still haven’t found my nuts, Liquid Rock, or Thunderberry.
RNGesus hates me.

[weary hedge]

[spare canopy]

Does he have a plaster?

[charred nova]

Plaster deez nuts

[weary hedge]

Finishing up my 100% on cop and I’ve noticed I feel I haven’t seen a lot of these people in s2

[spare canopy]

Arfter an emission, go to the gas field next to cement factory... Join Duty and your luck will change.

[spare canopy]

Not in public.

[charred nova]

Cus most of them are cut

[hallow shadow]

Ugh. Duty.
Fiiiine.
I’ll go make nice.
For a shiny rock.

Wait. Gas field? Where at? I know there’s “Hell” out there.

[spare canopy]

yeah, its just that gas field next to the base, has given me lots of liquid rock

[hallow shadow]

Ohhhh. The green stuff.
Roger.

[spare canopy]

Fart valley

[hallow shadow]

I’m smelling what you’re stepping in.

[weary hedge]

Lame sauce

[charred nova]

Zulu was cut super late

[weary hedge]

Duty ain’t bad they just dumb

[spare canopy]

They should have killed of a lot more and cut even more....

[hallow shadow]

You right.

[charred nova]

Which is why a ton of npcs still talk about him

As if you could meet him

But you can’t

[weary hedge]

I wonder why they went through with that

[hallow shadow]

Is his cigarette backwards?

[spare canopy]

ran out of time and cut cut cut cut cut for release

[hallow shadow]

I hate lighting my smokes backwards.
Tastes like garbage.
As if smoking tasted good.

[weary hedge]

Sad day to be a stalker.

[spare canopy]

done that far to often when I used to smoke

[weary hedge]

You don’t like smoking filter?

[hallow shadow]

It suuuucks.

[hallow shadow]

Funk no.

[weary hedge]

More plastic in the lungs 🙂

[hallow shadow]

I don’t eat ass. But if I did, I bet it would taste like burnt filter, and Jack Daniel’s.

[charred nova]

https://tenor.com/view/star-wars-star-wars-meme-meme-commander-cody-stfu-gif-5309816589250938071

[spare canopy]

well, he could come back.. Who knows what GCS is doing...

The fact they are sorting out the UE5 engine issue, is good, hopefully sort out the mess that is preventing A-Life being implemented properly at the same, and if the achieve this, then the game will be in a much better place... And maybe bring back cut content along with it.

[weary hedge]

There he goes again using hard r

[weary hedge]

I mean. Why cut holes in the story to hit the release date. You’d think they would delay for a better written story and more call backs to the vets

[spare canopy]

I am a merry muffin man

[spare canopy]

Because no money.

so sacrafices had to be made.

[fervent island]

because:
GSC master minds...

[hallow shadow]

Lack of funding, and shareholder demands.

“Release now, we want to get paid.”

[weary hedge]

How do you know money was the issue?

[spare canopy]

Becaue they had to release the game years early in a horrific state

[hallow shadow]

Because shareholders exist.
Early, and botched releases aren’t usually a Dev decision.
Of course they want to nice game to ship.

[weary hedge]

Wealthier companies do this all the time tho

[hallow shadow]

But someone else needs to cash out, now.

[spare canopy]

Still have to keep to budgets.

[weary hedge]

I guess. I mean I can name a handful of instances where money wasn’t the issue

Still got dog shit and companies who don’t listen

[hallow shadow]

Like Ubisoft, and Bethesda, and EA, and Activision…

[spare canopy]

Now... there are arguments to be had, that poor management through development helped get to that point, but that is another topic.

[hallow shadow]

Bungie.
The list goes on.
Those people answer to someone else.

[spare canopy]

Every single one of those companies makes me want to punch myself in the face, as it is a lot less painful than going anywhere near their products

[weary hedge]

I’d just like to know the source if money was really the issue here because it can really be a lot of things these days

[fervent island]

HoC was released by pressure of the investors according to Evgeniy Grigorovich (HoC game-director).

[spare canopy]

Investors like scum rock... I mean black rock etc etc

[hallow shadow]

I feel that. But not punch myself. I’m already hard enough on myself.

I’d rather show up to places of business, grab someone by the scruff of their neck, mash their face into their keyboard.
And make them effing fix it!

[weary hedge]

Ahhh. That’s sad.

[spare canopy]

Viagra?

[hallow shadow]

No, immeasurable shame and guilt.
But close.

[spare canopy]

Yeah, been there and done that... got the pills to show for it.

[fervent island]

Not much, the game it's an great "hit" for the new GSC even if was buggy and "totally bad" on the day one.

[hallow shadow]

The game is objectively no worse than any other modern title.

[spare canopy]

It's still bad. And still needs years of work

[weary hedge]

Oh don’t get me wrong I love HoC I’ve 100% the game but it saddens me to see alot of cut content because I also love the trilogy a lot.

[hallow shadow]

There are exceptions, of course.
But most recent games have been intentionally sold to us the way that they have been.

[fervent island]

Id say one year more and will be complete, with the first expansion and that.

[spare canopy]

Play Witchfire... The game is stunning and in 100x better state than S2, and it is in Alpha

[weary hedge]

He on console

[hallow shadow]

Is it on Xbox?

[spare canopy]

If only, almost ever part of game broken, and basically has place holders.

and they can deal with that until they upgrade the engine and get A-life working as it should be.

[spare canopy]

PC... Might be coming out on console

[hallow shadow]

Fair enough.

I’m barely here.
These Terminids have my number.

[fervent island]

Some "cut-content" it's in-game tho.

[fervent island]

Since the patch 1.2 GSC it's restoring content but.

[weary hedge]

The games got more holes in the story than Swiss cheese

[spare canopy]

It is coming out on Console... but PC is where it is at

[hallow shadow]

Thanks for checking!

[spare canopy]

I dont like giving misinformation

[hallow shadow]

Bet

[fervent island]

i would say that HoC has more "story-holes" by the retcons than by the cut-content.

[weary hedge]

That’s what I was referring to.

[dry siren]

👁️

[hallow shadow]

“Shhh, little Teddy Bear, Dala loves you. OooOoOOooOooHhh.”
-Fallout, New Vegas- Old World Blues.

That’s all those eyes remind me of. Those Brain Jar scientist folks.

[dry siren]

I LOVE DR DALA

[hallow shadow]

Dr Dala is Mommy.

[dry siren]

I LOVE biiig mountain

[hallow shadow]

I hate that whole region, but I love the Stealth Suit.

[dry siren]

the only thing i love more than her is motorcycles

[hallow shadow]

No, dude.
Dont you start.

[dry siren]

yes and im proud of em

[hallow shadow]

Stupid game.
“Tunnel Snakes rule”

Of course they do.

[weary hedge]

Ima lobotomize you

[dry siren]

HARLEY DAVIDSON ROAD KING

[desert lodge]

What the

[hallow shadow]

LOBOTOMITE

[dry siren]

:3

[weary hedge]

No more brain for u

[hallow shadow]

And the K9000 .357 Minigun.
That’s a fun time.

[dry siren]

dead money police pistol

[weary hedge]

The amount of perks you get from that dlc is nuts

Lonesome road will always be the best tho

[hallow shadow]

That’s a good one.
I don’t hear people really talk about that one, other than “I got filtered by the collar”

[hallow shadow]

I like Honest Hearts, up until you realize Joshua Graham didn’t actually change.

He just… Decided “piety” would be his reason to wipe out all opposition.

[weary hedge]

advanced riot gear🤤

[weary hedge]

People are too quick to defend him. He’s lowkey a cultist

[primal nimbus]

Cultist he is, yet a man that managed to mentor people in real life.

From my interpretation, based on ending, he is either wrathful or turned forgiving.

[weary hedge]

Doesn’t justify wicked intent/actions

[primal nimbus]

However. What do I know?

[weary hedge]

His interpretation of god is twisted

[primal nimbus]

The path to Heaven is sometimes not always started with good intentions nor actions. Ask Old Testament God on his actions, then compare him to New Testament God.

[weary hedge]

I am a follower of Christ. He would not condone such actions

[primal nimbus]

Then you might also know that even a sinner can be saved?

[weary hedge]

If they devote their life to that change then yes.

[primal nimbus]

For Joshua, I believe he knows he damned himself to his current state. Perhaps the Bible is his light in the tunnel he put himself in.

[sweet zephyr]

god tyrant is UNBEATABLE in better ballistics

[primal nimbus]

Ain’t that a shotgun?

[sweet zephyr]

the boss in the arena

[primal nimbus]

Ah. The Merc.
-# Mercenary W

[hallow shadow]

Straight up.
He was so fervent for Caesar, and then when he was spurned.
He turned to religion, and decided to use that as fuel for his still burning fire.

[primal nimbus]

Well, Joshua and Caesar used to be religious before creating the Legion together

Then, after the First Battle for Hoover Dam (that was lost), Caesar’s punishment pushed Joshua to a different direction

[sweet zephyr]

I'vee been trying for 20 damnable minutes

[hallow shadow]

All he did was give his desire to kill a new identity.
God, or Caesar.
He still only ever wanted to wipe out the White Legs.

Unless the Player has 100 Speech, he will always wipe out the White Legs.

Graham made no real progress. In my opinion.

[primal nimbus]

Using an AK?

[primal nimbus]

Pretty sure, at the last minute (and convinced by player), Joshua decides to spare.

[sweet zephyr]

revolver

[hallow shadow]

Tyrant was a jerk.
I had to fight him twice.
Cause I crashed when the confetti popped the first time.

[primal nimbus]

I always fight him with AK.

[hallow shadow]

Only if you have a Speech Skill.
It’s been a while, for me. I could be wrong.

But I’m sure he’s just like the Hoover Dam guy.
You need 100 Speech to actually convince Graham.
Or he cleanses the White Legs.

[primal nimbus]

As Cultlike he is, I won’t bear a grudge with a damned man like Joshua. He seems intelligent enough to comprehend his own actions. Joshua is shaped by the Courier’s interactions iirc

[sweet zephyr]

yea he's WORSE on better ballistics

[weary hedge]

Which is not as righteous as people would like to believe. Christ would actually advise to do the opposite but i suppose anger blinds the best of us.

[primal nimbus]

We are human, after all. At the same time, God isn’t as perfect as well, like the best of us.

[hallow shadow]

I’d imagine. But I have a cheat mod.
“Skif’s Slightky Buffed Pistol”
Tyrant dies in one shot, if I truly feel like it.

I have BB installed.
So he did hurt me.

But only a little.

[weary hedge]

Of course. I am not stating anyone should be perfect but that does not justify further wrathful actions. We better ourselves and take a step in the right direction.

[primal nimbus]

No matter where I am, I always load 9x18 AP rounds in Skif’s Makarov.

[hallow shadow]

Except Graham couldn’t see that.
He leaned on Bible verses, when all he really wanted was to kill something.

“I don’t enjoy killing, but…”
The rest is history.

[weary hedge]

Exactly. Which is why he trained and armed tribals.

[hallow shadow]

“We can’t let God do all the work.”

[hallow shadow]

He wanted an army.

[weary hedge]

But such has been a common reoccurrence in Christian history….crusades

I hate when people use Christ as motives for such things.

[hallow shadow]

It is a sad day, to see those things.
It’s a sad thing to note the true history of the faith.

He’s a well written, and excellent character.
He’s just not a “good guy”.

[weary hedge]

Absolutely.

[hallow shadow]

Graham goes hard.
But that’s literally because he goes hard.
That’s not a good thing.

[weary hedge]

Agreed. Let’s just not try to justify his actions 😂

[hallow shadow]

But yes, depending on how you look at him.
How you lived your own life…
He can either be a redeemed man, or a scathing indictment to the horrors committed by religion.

[weary hedge]

Pretty much. I was able to see both outcomes but requiring speech 100 speaks for itself lol

[spare canopy]

Graham? What game?

[fickle hill]

Fallout

[hallow shadow]

New Vegas. A la Burned Man.

[spare canopy]

Ahhh, I have forgotten about all those games. Many years I played them... I slaughtered anyone religious though.

[weary hedge]

Bacon strip

[hallow shadow]

I treat the dogmatic Brotherhood the same way

[weary hedge]

It’s a shame what they became

[spare canopy]

I especially loved slaughtering Legion though... the roman mock ups

[hallow shadow]

FO4 BoS is a meme. I hate it.

[rancid tundra]

I’m in love with the slaughter

[hallow shadow]

I liked being chased around by the Furry Fox Boy.

[weary hedge]

Facts bruh. It’s actually just pitiful

[hallow shadow]

Vulpes Invictus? Is that his name?

[spare canopy]

No idea... gota nuke to the face... didnt stop to talk

[weary hedge]

The dude in the burned town? Yeah

[hallow shadow]

Yeah. That guy.
With the Fursuit.

[rancid tundra]

I’m going in with a Val iron site works for me

[hallow shadow]

Not that I hate furries.
I love them.
I hate Legionnaires.

[weary hedge]

Roman Empire wannabes

[hallow shadow]

Like, who says Kaisaur?

[spare canopy]

A nuke doesn't separate... It cremates everything equally.

[hallow shadow]

Nerds.

More Terminid time.

[spare canopy]

Terminid?

[rancid tundra]

Troll

[hallow shadow]

Helldivers.
Bugs.

[rancid tundra]

Insurgency sandstorm

[hallow shadow]

Ready or Not

[rancid tundra]

Hell, yeah

[spare canopy]

Ahhh okay... I am a Napalm master in that game... It's basically apocalypse now for me.

I love the smell of burning nid's in the morning.

[crimson condor]

I killed him the second I met him

[weary hedge]

Ripping apart tyranids in sm2 is the shit

[spare canopy]

One of the most annoying games ever written.

[hallow shadow]

Blood for the Emperor!
Skulls for the Golden Throne!

[weary hedge]

What makes you say that😂

[hallow shadow]

Probably hates Blueberries.

Which is fair.
Ultramarines are pretty insufferable.

[weary hedge]

Blueberries got some sick lore tho.

[spare canopy]

For me? Having to press a key multiple times before it registers for one... I hate that.

[weary hedge]

Weird I’ve never had that issue. That’s rough tho

[spare canopy]

To name just one

[hallow shadow]

Sounds like a Block/Parry issue.

Why is Sekiro on an Activision/Blizzard sale?
What is my Xbox smoking?

[spare canopy]

Yeah, my friend said that, until I showed him.

Went away when I used linux... but then I got a 9070xt and the drivers are not upto speed on it.

[hallow shadow]

No. I’m being serious.

[spare canopy]

hopefully the good stuff

[weary hedge]

You gotta play sekiro

[hallow shadow]

The power sword. Or chain sword.
One of them has a few different “variants”
Fencing, Balanced, etc.

Each of those has different block and party windows.

[hallow shadow]

I have that game.
I love me some FromSoft.

[spare canopy]

I know... but for me I hate pressing keys multiple times before they register... Had the same iss on S2, and many other games.

[hallow shadow]

I believe you.

[weary hedge]

Hell yeah. The final boss is so fun to fight

[hallow shadow]

Glock-Saint Isshin

[spare canopy]

Darktide was another one...

It annoyed the living hell out of me... Moving to linux was the greatest thing ever... until I got my new GPU 😄

now I have to wait again 😄

[hallow shadow]

Darktide bothers me.
It’s horribly shallow, and the player base is all cracked out speedrunners.
Not very newcomer friendly.

[spare canopy]

should come run with me... I hate speed runners too

[hallow shadow]

“ON YOUR KARKING FEET!”
-My Veteran, Reviving you from a distance.

[weary hedge]

Shiii im fairly new to darktide but ive got the basics down if you wanna run that or sm2 sometime

[spare canopy]

as do my mates... I just like to fry things 😄

[hallow shadow]

I’d have to reinstall both those games.

[hallow shadow]

I like fried okra.

[weary hedge]

Fair. I know the series s has little storage to work with

[spare canopy]

go dt... I can do that

[hallow shadow]

I have the 2tb Card.
I just don’t play those, anymore.

I still have 1tb free.

[weary hedge]

Nice. Much needed storage lol. 500 gb is pitiful

[spare canopy]

2 tinkle berry drive...

awesome

[hallow shadow]

It really is. These game sizes be getting out of hand, nowadays.

[spare canopy]

I got a 2tb... PCIE 5 jobbies... 14,500 read speed or something... I think mine gets as far windows and starts licking it...

[hallow shadow]

Like… There was no reason for Oblivion to be as bloated as it was.

[spare canopy]

To fleece....

[hallow shadow]

I hate being sold half-baked nostalgia.