☢┃stalker-general

[weary hedge]

[mortal bloom]

would be wilder if it would say talk to our master

[sharp prawn]

are the nights dark enough for NVG beer googles

[sharp prawn]

https://tenor.com/view/gta-4-grand-theft-auto-4-niko-bellic-niko-walking-gif-7141800450264150834

[random star]

Also weren't they gonna add binoculars to the game this update?

[fresh crest]

What if I commit crime in the zone is it still a crimes

[sharp prawn]

what if

[oblique jewel]

Are there any sights that you aim down on for rifles?

[jagged elk]

hello zone enjoyers, havent played the game since last december and I wanted to ask before redownloading and giving it a 2nd go
1 - can you still defeat every single mutant by running backwards in a circle ?
2 - is A-life a thing now ?
3 - are we in a place where longer range weapons actually have a use ?

in exchange for answers I offer a delicious can of tushonka

[jade moss]

why must we be burdened with having to carry Skifs pistols around lemme put it in the bloody stash

[dreamy bronze]

And second that, let the pistol we have equipped be in the cutscenes 🤔🙃

[rough crater]

anyone else crashing with ammo converted kharod?

normal kharod works fine, ammo converted i crash on reload/shoot

[still current]

Barely weights anything and it has one of the best pistol stats in the game

It's also called skif's pistol and well, .. your player is skif

[jade moss]

counter arguement: USP45

if there was a berreta m9 I'd be only ever using it

[still current]

I would agree to the Beretta thing hhh

I love that gun

Idk why

[jade moss]

its just a beautiful gun XD

[still current]

Absolute

[jade moss]

one thing I really hate about the game though is just scopes.
why can I not use whatever scope I want on the guns 😭

[still current]

Mount support ig? But well, modmakers are on it

Should see something soon

[jade moss]

yeah but I dont really wanna use mods XD only mod I rock was a shader compiler to load faster

[still current]

Plus, new guns

[jade moss]

90% of them are picatinny mounted which is universal

[still current]

There is a mod on the making that would kinda peek your interest

I don't want to use mods in S2 tbh, unlike back in the day with trilogy, bur this one kinda got me interested just for the guns and all

Point of no return

[jade moss]

yeah I try to avoid mods at all costs

[still current]

fair enough

[jade moss]

what one though btw? cause it could be one that I get.

[charred nova]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/555431196884992000/1421024845214388315/image.png?ex=68d78804&is=68d63684&hm=c8823d73f663254284cf74c83fcdf7ca23e37cec625ce519e1a28571c5e3c8cb&

Me when I crack open the casing from an xray machine

[gusty condor]

Nah that’s just the super artifact that skif had

[rugged vapor]

Hello, I ordered the "S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl Collector's Edition Reprint" (This dates from the game's release) from Game Legends, but I still haven't received anything yet. Am I the only one? Is this normal? (i'm French ) , its normal ? any news ?

[wintry pumice]

Tried contacting the customer support?

[marble onyx]

thanks, so i guess i will get it then since its only 30€ or so atm

[still current]

Point of no return

[obtuse veldt]

You know, the point of no return is dumb.

I no clip through the door and you can still get side missions from merchants

[violet dune]

its not dumb. game will push you into sequance of main quest till the end. what you think going to happen than Skif sacrifice himself or flies out from the zone without no return? he just walks back ?

its the same thing in CP77

otherwise endings dont make sense at all

they could ofc add ending there skif want to stay in the zone.

[obtuse veldt]

I just do that cause I want the unique weapons

[jade moss]

I hope whoever put a pseudogiant after the 3 psybeacons in swamps has terrible sleep

[obtuse veldt]

Beast
Entourage
EM-1
Sotnyk

[gusty hearth]

Can someone pls put Bandit radio to Spotify

[jade moss]

nearly won against it then a bloody emission came

[jagged carbon]

I really hope we get gas masks overlays on an update someday

[jade moss]

went from 24-42 deaths so far. still fighting him. what an absolute shit spot

oh I think im just destined to be fucked. nearly won the fight again and another emission fml

[graceful dirge]

#1404418274904510586 message

[coral shadow]

yo they gotta invent a mod that adds a cool down to medkits, it would be game changing

[charred nova]

Cus I’m awesome

[jagged carbon]

I wanna make one where is just a waiting option similiar to the one in fallout

[graceful dirge]

I've seen one that slows down the animation and then another that changes the health gain to be overtime instead of instantaneous, but I haven't quite seen one that is how you describe more as like a cooldown against spamming it

[jagged carbon]

I know a bit of coding but not sure where to start with the sdk

[graceful dirge]

agreed, that would be nice to have in addition to actually being able to choose the duration that you're sleeping for instead of the forced 7-hour intervals

[coral shadow]

spamming it makes the player take any risk possible since they can heal any time and instantly

[coral shadow]

and it's so contro-productive for immersion

add a rng chance of someone attacking you(you wake up)

[graceful dirge]

Running combination of slower usage animation mod the one that provides health over time sounds like decent solution to that. Personally, I don't love the ones where bandages just stop bleeding but don't heal because for me there's so often a desire to top off on my health a bit, but not waste a whole med kit when I'm upwards of 50% all in the hopes to not get 1-shotted playing with Better Ballistics & no HUD

[coral shadow]

rn better ballistics is broken tho😭 🙏, and they added a new suppression effect i think? i never saw the edges of the screen blurring in lines when being shot at

[graceful dirge]

This would be amazing too. I've been thinking about the many places on the map with little hideaways, would be great if the player could use them to pass time and have some sense of respite like in Metro Exodus, but have element of danger in it with some chance of being woken up by bandits or mutants etc.

[graceful dirge]

True yeah I've lately just been on a vanilla playthrough for now messing about kicking rocks till that's all fixed because if there's any single mod that's hard to go back to vanilla without, it's certainly that for me

[jade moss]

jfc. the clear sky chimera tutorials 😭 "run"

[last sage]

is been almost year since game dropped but you still cant change tutorial hotkey from O to anything else. I always hit O intead of I because of my fat fingers gsc PLEASE

[tiny basin]

still no talk of any fixes for controller support? Aim sensitivity for ADS is broken right now and both ADS sensitivity and normal camera aim sentivity are lumped together

[coral shadow]

yup

[tiny basin]

Yes as in something was said? Or yes as in no?

[small reef]

yeah no yeah

[frigid hill]

promethean_nz has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[small reef]

[primal nimbus]

Its mad atrocious to watch half the extended mag full of AP 556x45 from my SOFMOD be needed to kill one exo Monolithian

[unkempt juniper]

the engine update is so uck* all these item mislocations lighting errors and misstimings, anybody else having to deal with the same s?

[oblique tapir]

Someone at cement factory just told me to “get over here, we need your help” but didn’t tell me where the hell he is. Does anyone know?

I cant find who it is by google, all that comes up is “cement factory stash location” shit

[last sage]

Hope GSC will change lighting system from ground up in next engine update

[oblique tapir]

Nvm i figured it out myself. It was a group outside the gate that thanked me for taking out a bandit camp earlier

[slow crypt]

what update brotha

[jagged carbon]

I think is a duty guy waiting in a trailer a bit outside the entrance

he should be standing nearby a car or something

[coral shadow]

aim for the head

[primal nimbus]

WHERE DO YOU THINK I WAS AIMING JACKAS

[coral shadow]

jus git gud

[primal nimbus]

Me, watching literally half a mag of 556x45 AP from my SOFMOD (all headshots) be needed to kill one Monolithian just for one troll to tell me ‘just git gud’:

[coral shadow]

That's stalkeh

[primal nimbus]

Yeah, but I felt that could only go so far. In earlier games, early game rifles feel more impactful than stalker 2’s early game rifles (and uniques)

[coral shadow]

i lowk were jus trolling, but as of now i don't think the sponginess of the enemies is taken so seriously by GSC, and SMH some people are okay with it, you can just install mods at this point or go through hundreds of ammunition for 1 encounter

[primal nimbus]

You think I didn’t acknow you’re trolling? I don’t even wanna mod to where my SOFMOD actually matters, and I know GSC isn’t focused on that. Its irritating to watch my SOFMOD be a bb gun.

[coral shadow]

yup

[floral meteor]

Hello fellow stalkers

Love the update on stalker 2 we are getting their

[gloomy citrus]

Keep em coming.

[violet dune]

fake, AI, not real

[exotic glacier]

Can one of the mods listen to gimme's 'request'? Might be a scammer.

[gloomy citrus]

Pardon?

[frozen crown]

Hey all. I got the Ultimate Edition Pshysical to support the Devs. Long time Stalker player from the beginning. I've held off playing S2 still and am waiting until it's worth trying out. What state is it in atm? Is it worth playing or hold off still for more updates? Looks amazing from what I see but I still read about A Life etc..?

[gloomy citrus]

Oh

[exotic glacier]

This guy...

[gloomy citrus]

Quit spamming the same message.

[violet dune]

just ban him, he fishing probably people into DM

no one randomly joins game discord and ask this kind of stuff

[gloomy citrus]

Fair enough.

[frigid hill]

showmesmile has been banned

Reason: Scam

[coral shadow]

why does it seem now that ai's see better than me at night? literally bandits with even no torch, just spotting me 60 meters afar at night while i have night vision and they dont, im just walking peacefully in a forest and i get sniped in the back from a dude who can't even see his own gun from how dark it is

[humble owl]

bloodsuckers are very anoying

[quaint umbra]

That's not a very nice thing to say about your mom

[weary hedge]

😏

[marble solstice]

Thats tragic, I cant load my old save cuz it crashes upon loading

I have the same mods so idk why its crashing

[amber sorrel]

I'm getting the same problem

[candid stirrup]

New updates mess up mods, as those mods are made for the old game update

[lunar idol]

does the alternative aim mode not work for someone else to? if no...whats the keybint? (pc)

[candid stirrup]

It works for me

[gusty hearth]

?

New rule don’t look at the music I’m hearing

[lunar idol]

hmm ok. then how 😄 no button seems to work. also i still got the Zelysia bug...cant finish the defend

[candid stirrup]

Ah that sucks man I’m sorry

[wicked magnet]

Why are some mercenaries neutral towards me? (They are not quest mercenaries)

[candid stirrup]

Sometimes they just ain’t hired to kill, I dunno. I have some that hate me some don’t too

[shrewd needle]

How do I get back from Quiet's to the Noontide base?

[shell flax]

Jump across train in the water

[shrewd needle]

Can't; too high. Realized the gate of the train car opens later.

Have to go around, unfortunately.

[gloomy laurel]

Do you think we will get gpnvgs?

[solemn steeple]

I don't know how much of this is still true but i think the devs should 100% individually watch the whole thing, oh and also fix the fps

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iy9cVLxVrew

[sterile radish]

offset aiming is exclusively for NVGS

[royal granite]

😭

[sterile radish]

hoping they change it in the mere future

[shrewd needle]

OK, so Wild Island might be locked till it's story time, 'cause I can't find a way to get to the Noontide base; all the ways seem to be physically inaccessible... 😡

Unless Cement Factory way, which is a PITA...

[dreamy dagger]

A-Life 2.0 is locked

[lunar idol]

oooooooo

well then i still cant save Zelysia cuz the last enemy spawns in the ground 😄

[sterile radish]

shucks, i thought it was already patched following 1.5

[weary hedge]

A-life 2.0 is $25 dollar expansion. Pay up

[dreamy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/squidward-tonight-squidward-nose-deflated-nose-gif-25633182

[lament pelican]

if it's truly A-life 2.0 - not a bad deal

[shrewd needle]

It isn't bad. It's worse.

Time to spend another 69 years clearing this out.

[weary hedge]

Do you actually grab every single item?

Also turning off anomalies might clear some of that clutter😂

[shrewd needle]

Yes. Blame OCD.

And yes, I did that in LZ, Burnt Forest, Chemical Plant, Garbage, the entire west of the Zone, from the Duga all the way up till Pripyat.

Check the map for how much clutter there actually is: https://mapgenie.io/stalker-2-heart-of-chornobyl/maps/the-zone

[weary hedge]

God damn now that’s dedication

[shrewd needle]

I wish I didn't have it.

Zaton is phucking huge, NGL...the hugest map around, honestly.

But Pripyat is the most annoying because too many buildings, you can walk a few KM just trying to find everything in one damn apartment. Second place goes to Duga.

[weary hedge]

I can’t even bother with 80% of the loot I come across. Let alone a hole damn region 😆

[jagged carbon]

does anyone else feel like there are too many bloodsuckers spawning recently?

I got like 7 in the same day

[weary hedge]

Eh good parts. I just run if I feel like I don’t wanna fight em

[shrewd needle]

That's the thing; I'm cleaning the place out so I can enjoy the story in peace.

Then I only have to bother looting everything in locked-out places; no more distractions.

Plus, the loot is a REALLY nice boost; you literally can be out-fitted for end-game gear before the Detention Centre/meeting Korshunov.

Now only if there were less stashes with more in them rather than reverse...it's a PITA to walk around.

[shrewd needle]

Always been a thing; before Shay's Living Zone, I'd get 2 BS on me every time I stopped somewhere to check the map or something.

After...well, I get Bandits. 😏

[weary hedge]

I suppose if that’s what you have to do lol. You can really get by in the game with just about anything if you try hard enough. But that’s awesome stalker

[shrewd needle]

OCD unfunny. 😔

Ah, well...time to get through it; second time doing it. Still have to do it for 2 more runs (Strelok and Skif).

Next time, I'm just teleporting everywhere; playing-as-intended be damned.

[weary hedge]

Well good luck. Godspeed with it all.

[sweet zephyr]

ingame I hear constant never ending radio noise and idk why

[shrewd needle]

The Zone's trying to speak to you. Tune in your radio and find out. 😏

A Clusterfuck of a SOPMOD.

[gusty hearth]

Just an anomaly chill

[sick cave]

Anyone else notice that Night Star and Gravi weight capacity increase is not working correctly?
It only increases the red bar, not the greed and yellow one(the same bug that flytrap had i patch 1.5)

[shrewd needle]

True.

[weary hedge]

Redownloaded stalker 2 so I can do a bandit playthrough after I finish my bandit run in clear sky😏

[shrewd needle]

I thought you were going to wait for something good? Like DLC?

[weary hedge]

I was until I realized I still need to beat the game with a Mac 10 and bandit suit 😆

[shrewd needle]

Good luck with your funeral. 😏

[weary hedge]

As soon as I start seeing exos it will be hell but fun in a bad way

[shrewd needle]

https://tenor.com/view/adam-jensen-stare-serious-deus-ex-sunglasses-gif-11974210

You certainly ain't him with that trench-coat, so yea, LOT of fun. 😏

And the Darwin award goes to...

[rough crater]

do the element protections even work in this game
i take exact same damage with upgraded exo suit and artifacts, and without any at all

the electrical things are always two shot no matter what

[gusty hearth]

So I made a Bandit playlist on Spotify

[shrewd needle]

Depends on the artifacts.

[rough crater]

does not seem to whatsoever

[shrewd needle]

Then might be a bug.

[weary hedge]

Send it my way bro

[graceful dirge]

Has this guy been here since launch or like this encounter happens dependent on certain conditions? Jaw-droppingly blew my mind that I somehow never stumbled across him before in my 1500+ hours till the other week, even had found myself glitched onto that far side of the bridge by getting out of the map near Wild Island before it was patched so it boggles me that I just maybe happened to never walk up to it from that side presuming there wasn't anything of interest? Maybe it's just my 'tism in this case but I'm glad there are still stones unturned even after all the time I've spent in the game + knowing some degree all this extra sort of side content that was cut

[gusty hearth]

Only bandits

[weary hedge]

But spark

You used to be one of us

[shrewd needle]

No idea, but there's a stash up on the bridge, so I'm guessing he's permanently there till found.

[gusty hearth]

Look DMs

[weary hedge]

Very nice. I added it to my library. Thank you doctor gopnik

[gusty hearth]

Promise to hear it

[weary hedge]

I’m listening to it rn

[gusty hearth]

It’s hard basss kino and mochat Doma mostly

[shrewd needle]

Shame they can't be used as cymbals.

[fickle hill]

Looks like it would taste like jelly

[shrewd needle]

https://tenor.com/view/lipstick-taser-gru-steve-carell-kristen-wiig-lucy-wilde-gif-16561688

More like turn you into jelly. 😏

[fickle hill]

Hey free super energy drink Skif can run from sircca to Chemical plant in one run

[hallow shadow]

Teehee. A taser can make you pee your pants.

[shrewd needle]

Now only if that worked for real; Skif is one asthmatic patient that not even Thunderberries can fix.

[hallow shadow]

Also. Guys.
We should all stop, and have a moment of silence for our poor mod authors.

Those nerds have been busting ass just to catch their mods up for 1.6, and I don’t know if anyone is appreciating them for it.

[weary hedge]

Ong id have to get paid to do alat shit 😆

[hallow shadow]

For real.
I daydream about being able to mod.
But I shudder at the thought of having to maintain it.

[weary hedge]

Especially since the devs break them every month lol

(Most of the time)

[hallow shadow]

I’d be making Mission/Quest mods, for sure.
I’m a writer, and a vet.
I’d be giving the Zone neat new adventures.

But these mod authors are absolutely chugging through this update.

[gusty hearth]

Clear sky is really shity

[fickle hill]

🚿

[weary hedge]

It’s alright

I’m still contemplating if it’s better than cop

[fickle hill]

Well tbh they will have more fun if GSC keep updating the engine

[hallow shadow]

“Clear skies”, or favorable weather described as the same, is often the result of a high pressure system…
Oh. This isn’t the weather channel?

[gusty hearth]

It’s un fair the Bandits have literally more veterans as duty or freedom but less man power crazy

[weary hedge]

That’s why you wipe out duty urself before initiating the war

[hallow shadow]

I’ve never actually seen Duty do shit.

They hang out at Cement Factory and talk all that shit, though.

[gusty hearth]

That’s possible 💀 no no no they have pkms pkm vs bandits 😭

[weary hedge]

They are just too big for their britches

[weary hedge]

They are ex military members sooo

[fickle hill]

Wdym we have an "A-life" system that all they do when they encounter each other is just walk by they don't even shoot

[weary hedge]

With some stalkers joining the ranks

[graceful dirge]

D4 treaty copium

[gusty hearth]

The Bandits always chilling with freedom is very sus

[hallow shadow]

Am I supposed to expect them to shoot at each other?

[fickle hill]

Doesn't matter I am in prypiat and they just walk by

[hallow shadow]

I don’t see how bandits get let into anywhere.

[weary hedge]

My bandits literally shoot freedom on sight 😆

[hallow shadow]

Probably because anything human in Pripyat can’t be so bad.

[hallow shadow]

Facts. My bandits have boolets rated E for Everything.

[gusty hearth]

On my map I’m have Bandits and freedom all allies

[fickle hill]

Until you get stuck in a building near a controller

[hallow shadow]

Fair.

[weary hedge]

Damn that’s og a-life for you. They’ve been trying to take the checkpoint to wild territory lol

[hallow shadow]

Swap to that shotgun.
Click clack, and fight back BAYBEEE

[graceful dirge]

Total missed opportunity to have the Corps be hostile if you snuck into Pripyat early as well as to some degree, even encourage the player to find ways to do so & have some gameplay mechanic around it, because we find out it is happening in the lore that other stalkers are doing so plus the gameplay reasoning that it only allows you there after like 90% point & then doesn't encourage much exploration of it before throwing you into endgame segment.

[weary hedge]

How bandits should be😏

[inland sage]

I found another NVG for sale, then had to stare at my 23.8k coupon account and the 90k price tag on the NVGs, lol

[fickle hill]

With how everything is now I wouldn't put it past them to see a bug that once you complete the mission of going into prypiat legally they turned hostile no matter what

[inland sage]

...so I checked my stash for excess armors. I don't even know how or why I accumulated not one or two but FOUR convoys.

[hallow shadow]

I’m convinced that whoever is getting all of this hostility is a murderhobo.

[gusty hearth]

I saw a Bandit flying again 😭

[inland sage]

Anyways I sold 140k coupons worth of extra armor sets.

[fickle hill]

No that's just bill hiding in his trash bin armor

[hallow shadow]

This is my first game in the series. I don’t know these names, or the history. I don’t know anyone.

But I never become randomly hostile with an entire faction.
Yall just be trigger happy.

[shrewd needle]

Man hasn't met the Monolith yet.

[hallow shadow]

That’s what they’re meant for, bro.

[shrewd needle]

I mean the 'randomly hostile with an entire faction'.

[hallow shadow]

I’m talking about the folks who have Malachite and Rostok randomly hostile.

[shrewd needle]

Ah...fair.

[weary hedge]

Tbh faction wars is what sets this game apart from a lot of other titles. Some just take it a little too seriously haha but it’s always fun to jab about it 😆

[inland sage]

Ah, the people who larp that the freedom vs duty war is still going on and that they're on the duty side?

[shrewd needle]

I mean, Clear Sky went full GTA: San Andreas about it, NGL.

[hallow shadow]

There are faction wars?

This game has as much “faction” activity as Starfield.

[fickle hill]

I never have problems with Rostok it's just malachite damned if you do and damned if you don't with spark or ward they turn red

[weary hedge]

Was

[shrewd needle]

It is, though. Just went from a real war to a proxy Cold War.

[inland sage]

There were faction wars. The Ward benevolently ended those by shooting anyone who screws around.

[shrewd needle]

See? And everyone hates the actual peace-makers.

[hallow shadow]

Wait. If I go Ward, Malachite turns hostile?

[weary hedge]

Exactly. Filthy popos 😒

[inland sage]

Nah, people are just being gaslit into hating the peace-makers by the people who make tons of money off the continuing faction wars.

[shrewd needle]

No; they end up hostile either ways (I think it's because IPSF is neutral and you're shooting either the Ward or the IPSF depending on the side you're on).

Though, of course, with time, they should cool off, NGL.

[hallow shadow]

Duuuumb.

[shrewd needle]

That's Freedom. And Duty, to a lesser extent (can't beat their armoured suits and Spark's unreliable).

[weary hedge]

It’s ward or spark. You shouldn’t have to shoot ipsf at malachite ever.

[hallow shadow]

Unless you’re a murderhobo.

[shrewd needle]

It's actually because Malachite is basically a government faction (obviously), and since both IPSF and Ward are legally in the Zone, you're shooting at the government one way or another.

So lore-wise, it makes sense, but doesn't translate well to gameplay.

[shrewd needle]

I know, but due to story, you end up at a cross-road.

[hallow shadow]

Yeah. That’s what I meant.

But oh well.
I’ll just adapt, or die. I guess.

[weary hedge]

Well my game went back to normal after the whole war outbreak happened between the two. Just took a day or two

[shrewd needle]

I'm PRETTY sure they should get neutral after a bit. Since faction conflicts exist in the game, except the system is half-assed.

[inland sage]

There should be situations where it's totally fine to murder a squad of dudes, like if they stole the crayons you rightfully earned by murdering those bandits just now.

[hallow shadow]

I’m quite fond of the Malachite region. And that Hub.

I’ll lose my Snork-loving shit if I lose that Hub.

[shrewd needle]

I saw videos of the fight and Malachite was flip-flopping DURING the combat itself.

[weary hedge]

You shouldn’t. Just make sure you aren’t shooting any IPSF soldiers lol

[gusty hearth]

Guys I’m making a Bandit cosplay

[shrewd needle]

But that's the thing...no one except the Bandits is stupid enough to do that; they're all basically brainy when it comes to picking random fights.

Only problem is Duty and Freedom fighting their proxy war via the Garbage Bandits.

[hallow shadow]

What’s my other option to shoot at? I don’t normally open fire if I don’t gotta.
I’m a reactionary player, really.
I don’t like shooting first.

[inland sage]

...now I'm just picturing someone being told to come in a Ward cosplay and they just show up as like...

[shrewd needle]

If you're on the Spark path, you shoot Ward.

[inland sage]

https://tenor.com/view/grant-ward-marvel-grant-douglas-ward-ward-grant-gif-15633455

[hallow shadow]

If I’m on the Ward path, I shoot IPSF?

[candid stirrup]

I dont either, I like to make sure my ammo goes to good use, or funny use

[inland sage]

this dude from AOS

[shrewd needle]

No idea; I never made it that far. 😔

[hallow shadow]

Siiiick.

[marsh iron]

(if you are Ward, you shoot Spark)

[weary hedge]

How the encounter should go is either ward or spark will invade the institute and you have to defend it from whoever shows up outside. You should never have to shoot IPSF

[hallow shadow]

Hell yeah.

GO FOR THE SPORK

[shrewd needle]

Doesn't IPSF try to defend? Or did I mix shit up?

[inland sage]

Yeah but NPCs loot bodies and mutants now, so you have to compete with them for loot. Which inevitably results in you killing dudes that are hostile to you, and dudes that aren't hostile to you looting those bodies during the fight because the dudes you're killing aren't hostile to them.

[hazy rock]

Anyone got news on the ARG over here ?

[inland sage]

So they can take your shit but you can't do anything about it?

[hallow shadow]

They would try to defend. Meaning they’re on your side.
Having to shoot IPSF is a bad sign.

[weary hedge]

Only time you have to is at the Sphere complex in the beginning of the game.

[shrewd needle]

I'm on 1.1.3; I got no mutant loot and NPCs rarely loot shit because they just aren't around. 😏

[hallow shadow]

I hate the Sphere.
I hate how that dude has literal eyeballs programmed into the back of his head.

[weary hedge]

And when you revisit and there’s monolith there

[inland sage]

Which dude? The stinky mechanic guy?

[shrewd needle]

You should be able to, NGL. Kill them, then pay off the faction leader for peace.

OTOH, that kind of locks you out from getting everyone green and selling high-end shit.

[inland sage]

Mister Chokes-On-Bread?

[shrewd needle]

Bread became the real weapon, NGL. Skif should've left him to choke.

[hallow shadow]

No, the IPSF Trooper standing just outside, when you finally see sunlight.

[inland sage]

Skif saving him reflects more on Skif than on him

[marsh iron]

for the fight at Malachite, IPSF is not in that equation, technically IPSF is only supposed to be at the perimeter

[hallow shadow]

That’s what I’m saying.
If IPSF is hostile to you at Malachite, you’re probably a mirderhobo.

[inland mantle]

Wonder when mods will be updated/ported over. Can’t even play right now since mods being out of date crashes, and can’t play vanilla now lol

[shrewd needle]

I mean...they're supposed to also be a defence force, so makes sense why they'd guard the perimeter of Malachite and Jupiter/Pripyat.

[weary hedge]

Yet you can bribe them 😆

[shrewd needle]

Oh, it does, but Solder is a POS that deserved to be ended.

[hallow shadow]

I only saved Solder cause I heard he shows up later. And I have to see that.

[gusty hearth]

An bandit cosplaying so simple u need brown robe , green 60s pullover, ski mask , cargo pants, Adidas shoes ,and done

[weary hedge]

Just like SoC🥲

[hallow shadow]

Babay, however.
Babay got effing smoked.

[shrewd needle]

I think that only works for the actual border.

Remember that guy in SoC? Kuznetsov...could be bribed, but after X-18, he was permanently hostile.

I guess it's like that; everyone can be bribed to an extent, but Malachite and Yaniv/Jupiter are high-risk areas and honestly...I'd expect them to be more than professional at that point. Even if not out of morality but the fact that any breach could be fatal for everyone.

[shrewd needle]

I mean, he can be ripped off first; I hope you got paid by him before you took him out.

[weary hedge]

Pretty much. It shows that there’s a time where soldiers have to put their duty before anything else. It’s a pretty cool touch but that’s not the case for the dudes at malachite since they are just on scientist babysitting duty 😂

[shrewd needle]

He's useless at that point, but he does thank you for saving him, since he's still got his broken Makarov.

[shrewd needle]

True, but those scientists are actually high-value, as opposed to the rest of the (highly expendable) stalkers who're just illegally squatting around the Zone.

Like, as off-the-rocker as Ozersky is, he's still trying to solve the mystery of the Zone.

[gusty hearth]

Yes

[hallow shadow]

Of course. I always make it seem like I’m still on his side.

[weary hedge]

Yeah of course but the soldiers could obviously care less if they let some random slide them a stack of cash lol

[shrewd needle]

Yep...it's so satisfying to actually escort him to his friends, get paid, get threatened by him and THEN shoot all 3 of them in one go.

[shrewd needle]

Not in Malachite, though, which is the difference. At the Cordon...definitely.

[hallow shadow]

I’d hate to be the MP on that Gate Guard.

[inland sage]

Ooh...oh right, no image embed perms. There's a new upgrade for the clusterfuck to let you aim properly with NVGs.

[shrewd needle]

I'll help embed; send image here.

[weary hedge]

No literally at malachite you can pay the guard off to enter the institution

[shrewd needle]

Oh...oh...I, uh...forgor, NGL. I used the Ward pass in another play-through and an actual pass from that Chemical Plant guy in this one, so I forgor about that one.

Though, I guess that due to the 'everyone knows who's coming from PDA signals', I guess they know that Skif is not a threat.

[hallow shadow]

Guh video game gear blows my mind.

If you have to use NVGs and a Scope, use a Night Scope.

[weary hedge]

Yeahhhh. It’s pretty wild loll. He doesn’t even question skif😆

he also shot up a military institution prior sooooo

Someone shouldn’t be the gate guard lmao

[hallow shadow]

A gun like Cluster should have a Night Optic. You shouldn’t be mashing your NVG tube up against a scope.

Some M4s get a cool rail attachment to slap their NVG on in front of their red dot.

[shrewd needle]

Is that the, uh...the one on the north-west edge of Malachite? The one where the soldiers shoot at you once you ask for the files that Strelok mentioned?

'Cause I'm mildly confused.

[fickle hill]

I killed him once and he still showed up

[weary hedge]

It’s the lab part of the story with Vicky in it

[shrewd needle]

We need the shit from CoP, where you could have night-/infra-vision scopes.

[fickle hill]

All that fat saved him from a bullet

[weary hedge]

And the other scientist dude (forgot his name)

[shrewd needle]

No, no...I'm asking about the one Skif shot up. Which facility is that?

[weary hedge]

Sphere???😆

[shrewd needle]

Oh...but, uh...everyone knows that it was overrun by the Monolith either ways.

Though the first Sphere incursion counts.

[hallow shadow]

The Sphere.

[weary hedge]

The one literally at the beginning of the game full of military

[shrewd needle]

Yea, yea, that one counts.

Sorry, there's just so much material, I keep getting lost about the plot at times.

[fickle hill]

The Obama sphere

[weary hedge]

I mean there was no monolith in the beginning. Skif straight up goes in there and murders military for the sake of info😆

[hallow shadow]

He was being funny.
Like a CIA coverup.

That wasn’t Skif, that was someone else.

[weary hedge]

C-con agent moment

[fickle hill]

I am surprised we haven't seen korshunov sphere

[shrewd needle]

https://tenor.com/view/agl-goku-youth-exciting-and-heart-pounding-adventure-sphere-of-guidance-paper-scissors-rock-miraculous-romantic-adventure-gif-2961728529929988126

Time to grab 7 spheres and make a wish. 😏

Keep Solder out, BTW.

[hallow shadow]

Doesn’t Korshy own all of Chemical Plant?

[fickle hill]

Yes

[weary hedge]

He likes to claim so

[shrewd needle]

Yea, no, I got confused for a bit. Realized later that Skif basically murders an entire military base just to find one guy.

[fickle hill]

That's his domain in the end any bandit who steps on his territory is nothing more than lambs to the slaughter

[hallow shadow]

SEND THEM DRAGON BALLS MY WAAYYYAYAYY

LET ME GIVE YOU THE DENDE
SUMMON SHENRON ON YO FAAAACE

Krillin ain’t never been no bish.
Bald head, still more hair than yo chick.
If I die, I get wished back real quick

[shrewd needle]

NGL, Bandits deserve that; basically all of them (except for the Sultan) are a bunch of assholes.

[hallow shadow]

Fetty Krill,

[shrewd needle]

Also, that one guy in Garbage (the one with Huron's package).

[fickle hill]

The man who holds the info for shahs mate

[weary hedge]

Bandits lost their way. Now they are puppets to a bigger game 😔

[hallow shadow]

Sultan is also still an asshole.

[shrewd needle]

Yea, he's peaceful (even if his men aren't).

[coral shadow]

yea, that's like 90% of stalker trilogy and S2, killing to get to your objectives

[fickle hill]

Yep I left them alive and sprinted to him and it was worse because I got no vodka to sell

[shrewd needle]

I mean the "I want to murder all of them" kind of asshole.

Sultan is brash and abrasive, but also a man of his word, knows his place, doesn't rock the boat and, most of all, does NOT screw with people above his pay-grade.

[coral shadow]

(mostly alone)

[shrewd needle]

I mean, sure, but when it comes to killing an entire faction, the Bandits qualify unconditionally.

Only other faction is Monolith, but they're victims, whereas Bandits are deliberately getting themselves dead. Rest of them are smart enough to not do that or only die from story reasons.

[lucid charm]

And my “skif is ex-monolith/C-con” theory marches on

Wolf liked that. I ranked up

[coral shadow]

monoliths are victims? that's wild

[hallow shadow]

Aren’t they, though?

[shrewd needle]

They are; they don't have a choice but to be hostile. No free will, no thought process; they're brain-washed stalkers.

[fickle hill]

The worst part is in zaton or garbage you get your ally bandits and it's not easy to distinguish

[weary hedge]

He’s definitely a sleeper agent. There are too many indications.

[hallow shadow]

Fighting zombies and monolithians makes me uncomfortable.

[weary hedge]

Strelok 2.0 I’m saying

[shrewd needle]

True dat, NGL. Part of it can be chalked up to having a single NPC class, but way too true.

[coral shadow]

Maybe?

[shrewd needle]

Also this, about Monolith.

[coral shadow]

why's dat?

[shrewd needle]

Same. But, with both of them, at least you know that with death, they'll finally find peace. No more being controlled and having a miserable existence.

[hallow shadow]

Because they don’t actually know what, or who, they’re shooting at. Or why.

[weary hedge]

Yup. Might not be for a good cause but they are not in control of their own bodies.

[lucid charm]

One thing, if a controller spawn in the lesser zone and you start hallucinating, there is a chance the enemy spawned will be a monolithian, even if you’ve never met ninth.
Sure it’s probably just gameplay reasons, but still. Something worth considering

[shrewd needle]

Yep, hence Monolith are just victims. Brutally efficient combatants, but still victims.

NGL, I'd love the combat skills without the brain-washing. They can basically beat the shit out of the Ward and that's...like, you ain't getting those levels of capability normally.

[coral shadow]

that's obvious but you can't really say theire victims if they gunned down hundreds or probably thousands of victims in the zone, and from S2, we learn that some people wanted to remain loyal to the monolith still after the trilogy events

[hallow shadow]

“Training” is just a fancy way to spell “Trauma”

[weary hedge]

Exactly. Which is one of the reasons Strelok and Scar were confirmed C-Con agents 😏

[hallow shadow]

Is C-Con a group of people?

[weary hedge]

They also don’t feel pain which is pretty bad ass

[fickle hill]

Collective scientists but yes

[shrewd needle]

I literally explained why they're victims.

And in S2, they're missing a purpose; no one wants to be brain-washed again (not even Faust). And they believe in the Monolith because they don't know the truth.

Again, purpose, not brain-washing.

[hallow shadow]

That makes more sense. Thank you.

[weary hedge]

Creators of the zone (super smart scientists)

[shrewd needle]

I'm pretty sure that it's just forcibly ignored rather than not felt. Meaning they can feel, but are prevented from reacting.

'Cause, I think, you go through their 'hospital' in S2, no? Kaymanov sends you there to try to heal Strider?

[hallow shadow]

Those are the nerds who wanted to stick their pecker in the Noosphere?

[shrewd needle]

TBF, they merely wanted to improve humanity by removing negative emotions (anger, hatred, war and so on).

Just...went badly. Road to hell paved with good intentions. And they got stuck trying to fix the mess.

[weary hedge]

The Agents are a person who has been manipulated by the C-Consciousness, a super-conscious entity created from the remnants of the human scientists who built it. C-Con agents act as infiltrators within the stalker community, carrying out the C-Consciousness's hidden orders without being aware of their manipulation

[fickle hill]

Pretty much Ozersky summed that up before he got murdered

[coral shadow]

oh i totally missed that they didn't know that the initial monolith was just technology

[shrewd needle]

Basically Korshunov, but without the capability.

[hallow shadow]

Ohhhh man.

[weary hedge]

That’s because the PSI they force themselves to endure removes those feelings

[coral shadow]

like Strelok that was tasked to kill himself

[weary hedge]

Malfunctioning in the mainframe 😆

[fickle hill]

Like a dog chasing it's tail

[coral shadow]

i didnt test this in clear sky but i seen that Scar can endure emissions at the cost of his sanity, in CS can you endure Emissions? if there are any modular ones instead of scripted ones

[shrewd needle]

Well, in SoC, you basically stand in front of the Monolith in the false ending and ask for a wish.

Meaning every stalker who got into Reactor 4 saw the Monolith, but due to psionic emissions, thought it was real.

And that part got used by the Emitter to turn their brain into a fanatically-subservient one. Meaning all they 'knew' was that the Monolith was real and they had to fight for it.

So yes; it's only in S2 that you can actually see the Emitter itself (at SIRCAA); in SoC, if you look inside from the holes in the roof, you can see that there's nothing where the Emitter was supposed to be.

[dreamy bronze]

Hey guys. So what do people think the dlcs will be about? Post game? Pre game with another stalker? In the middle of the game? 😂😂 Would love to know other people's thoughts.

[shrewd needle]

Yea, but that's what I'm saying...I think they still feel the pain, just can't react. Which, uh...is worse, NGL.

[violet dune]

limansk or riot

[coral shadow]

let's hope free content as an apology for the release state of the game

[shrewd needle]

You try to riot, the IPSF will be onto you. 😏

[coral shadow]

Wolf liked the message, leveled me up

[fickle hill]

How about the day we find the shield of duty

[shrewd needle]

I thought that can be purchased from the Cement Factory?

[violet dune]

i can handle it

[fickle hill]

It can but I can't white duty at all

[weary hedge]

No, Scar is not immune to emissions, but he has an extraordinary natural resistance that allows him to survive several deadly blowouts

[shrewd needle]

What did you do?

[shrewd needle]

Only in lore, 'cause man can't do shit in game-play. Weak-ass body.

[fickle hill]

Failed quests and murder didn't so anything after a day they turned green again

[coral shadow]

but Fr We need at least 1 free dlc for how bad the game turned out to be, while the people that bought a superior version of the game get smt physical, it will be costy, but I do not forgive the first 5 months of S2

[shrewd needle]

https://tenor.com/view/stalker-2-korshunov-gif-14099276558992342290

[weary hedge]

Basically. For new gameplay mechanic experimentation 😆

[coral shadow]

Fov 160

[shrewd needle]

TBF, he does have health regeneration, which no one else except Skif does.

Which, uh...has some serious implications about what you said earlier about him being an agent.

[shrewd needle]

Man looking at FoV rather than the punches...damn...

[fickle hill]

Only by 1 artifact and it's in streloks sock

[weary hedge]

Again skif has way too many indications that he’s actually an agent.

Which makes sense why Strelok, Scar and Ward are compliant to work with him.

[shrewd needle]

But 'how' is the question, because Skif never worked inside the Zone; all he did was smuggle artifacts around outside.

First time he goes inside is S2.

[coral shadow]

what ab MC charisma?

[shrewd needle]

Skif? Charismatic? Since when?

https://tenor.com/view/funny-jokes-laugh-very-funny-jokes-gif-8006636675585716814

[weary hedge]

Well scar was confirmed an agent from the start. Skif was arguably targeted by the zone to draw him in.

[coral shadow]

I said MC charisma, not skif's

[fickle hill]

Wrapped around a deadmans chain

[weary hedge]

MC charisma ?

[coral shadow]

Main Character Charisma

[shrewd needle]

Right, but again, how is the question, because even SIRCAA or someone (forgot who) admits that the influence of the TV-screen spying and the Zone's influence was limited to the perimeter and anyone outside could neither be tracked, nor handled.

[weary hedge]

Sure. But that doesn’t explain enough 😆

[coral shadow]

every MC of any game Smh is friend of everyone at the start and everyone has always something up w him and a lot of trust

[shrewd needle]

I mean...well...

[lucid charm]

Could be implanted memories

[coral shadow]

im 1 day or less that they encounter him

[shrewd needle]

TBF, Skif is just a loner. Random loner; loners are neutral as shit with everyone.

[coral shadow]

why is he so special to scar, or anyone who gives you major tasks?

[shrewd needle]

Doesn't explain the experience (you can't just implant Marine Corps experience) that Skif shows in both lore and game-play.

Monolith was obviously different and even they fall to protagonists (and they're not a professional military, even though they act as one).

Skif shows signs of having been there, like Korshunov.

[weary hedge]

It’s possible he became a sleeper agent the moment he touched that artifact. Skif’s dream of owning a house feels out of place when you think about it (It’s probably possible Strelok caused the fire incident according to Colonel. We also see Skif had visions during Faust’s ending when touching the artifact). If a house is all he wanted, why didn’t he just sell the artifact on the black market or go to the authorities as Agatha mentions? Instead, he heads to the Zone. Both Skif and Strelok suddenly become adamant about going to the Zone, and it feels too sudden and specific to be coincidence (If Strelok caused the incident then perhaps he was summoning agents outside the zone or perhaps recruiting them via touching the artifact). Agatha even mentions that the best agents are the ones who don’t know they’re agents, which fits Skif and Strelok perfectly. (Just my theory)

[shrewd needle]

Because Skif is a one-man army who's neutral, recent, gullible (due to ignorance) and can get shit done.

Also, any stalker can get tasks; Skif is just reliable enough, that's the difference (as with every protagonist).

[winged cobalt]

hello stolkerz

[shrewd needle]

Isn't part of that (heading to the Zone) because Hermann mis-leads him? Whether due to SIRCAA ordering him or on his own.

Strelok was washed out BEFORE SoC, whereas Skif is washed out due to Dalin's experiment that failed because of SIRCAA...

[coral shadow]

lowk fits greatly

[fickle hill]

Hi

[weary hedge]

Theoretically speaking. Nothing confirmed ofc. But by the time we get to S2, you can see the sleeper agent inside Strelok has been fully activated. C-Con needs him back because of SIRCAA, the major event they’ve been preparing for since SoC. Faust’s willingness to let Skif kill him is a pivotal moment. It shows that Faust understands what’s really happening. He knows he, Scar, Strelok, and Skif are all working toward the same endgame, even if they don’t fully realize it. The mission to stop SIRCAA is the priority, and C-Con doesn’t care who gets to the pod first as long as it happens.

[coral shadow]

the first mission after going to zalyssa is literally to take down an entire outpost at the sphere and find a random dude that sold you, even the most experienced soldier in the world cant take down an entire enemy outpost with no modern gear nor stealth

[coral shadow]

tho how does someone command the entire zone by a pod? the ending was a bit confusing to me, the one where Strelok gets podded

[fickle hill]

Reattach the root

[shrewd needle]

But Faust is working towards the end-game, isn't he? Like, the endings that happen, he supports Skif's ending (and the one he wanted)...whereas the other endings are decidedly against what he wants (which is ironic considering what Strelok tells Skif and what he actually does).

[shrewd needle]

Except Skif does, which is the point. Also, it's a stealth mission, and stealth doesn't exist in the game because GSC screwed up.

So lore-wise, Skif only killed a couple of guards and sneaked in/out, but in-game, it's shown as a massacre due to the fact that stealth is non-existent.

[coral shadow]

Agree

wait no, you can't stealth it

[halcyon swan]

I only came here to say; I changed my review to negative when I found out they removed the exoskeleton from the roof of that bunker. We should get to choose if we do or dont get an engame item in the first hour of the game.

The Umbra sword in Oblivion is well known as the "strongest" weapon in the game but it didn't trivialize the game.

I'm a little fed up with having choices taken away from me in video games under the pretense of balance and fairness.

[fickle hill]

Other than if you bring a sniper rifle

[weary hedge]

2 words. Phycological warfare implications by c-con. The only piece of evidence that might go against this theory is Strelok’s profile document. But even that makes sense when you consider how differently he was treated. His manipulation was more about psychological games than straightforward brainwashing. Faust, Scar, and Strelok all served C-Con in their own ways, even if they seemed to have different goals. All of their actions intertwine with one another. They couldn’t have done it alone, they all work together and against each other so that 1 of them may make their wish and let CCon win.

[shrewd needle]

Which is what I said...you can't do stealth in game-play, but lore-wise, it's a stealth mission.

[lucid charm]

Yeah, you can stealth getting to him, but the moment skif fires a shot at that bread loaf, his cover is blown

[coral shadow]

ohh lore wise

[lucid charm]

Nope, it’s scripted to get found out

[coral shadow]

2 shots if you shoot him

[shrewd needle]

Right, but this still doesn't explain one thing: C-Consciousness was trying to contain the Zone, whereas Skif's ending results in the exact opposite...like...

[wide goblet]

Hey guys. From which sellers can I find NVGs or is it rng? Birch (rostok armour seller) has an announcer for NVGs while she doesnt sell any, found some only in Slag Heap.

[fickle hill]

A map expansion

[lucid charm]

I left that out since it’s not certain which is canon

[coral shadow]

slag heap

[lucid charm]

Beard in Zaton

[shrewd needle]

I mean even the part till he gets to Solder; you don't have a choice but to kill them since the soldiers can see you even in the dark. Either path you take (Zotov's or Richter's), you end up in combat the moment you step foot in the Sphere.

[fickle hill]

Faust downloaded the new DLC that we don't have access to

[shrewd needle]

New DLC: Faust's Mind.

[lucid charm]

Nope, you can stealth it from richter’s route, it just requires a silenced weapon.

[weary hedge]

It’s not about that. It’s about keeping c-cons influence alive.

[lucid charm]

I just did it three days ago

[coral shadow]

i dont understand the new update, the Ai's seem to see way better at night now while i have NVG's(i killed a lot of them, and 90% of them didn't have any NVG, not even a torch)

[shrewd needle]

I tried; I couldn't because no matter how well I hide, the soldiers instantly see me.

It's always a shoot-out (especially the part after the sewage pipes).

[shrewd needle]

It's AI; AI has no concept of sight, only node graphs. Lighting is irrelevant.

[lucid charm]

It’s really not my guy, it just requires patience and knowing who to target first

[fickle hill]

And that's not the fun part now you have to fight your way out of the sphere

[shrewd needle]

I told you, they instantly see me...

[coral shadow]

that's not the point, they said that ai will have harder times spotting you at night, buts completely the other way

after 1.6

[shrewd needle]

Good thing the Journalist stashed something close-by. 😏

[shrewd needle]

Well, I have no idea, then...I'm on v1.1.3 and enemies see me all the time anyways.

[lucid charm]

You’ve always had to fight your way out

[fickle hill]

1 way route in Richters and 2 ways with the ward

[coral shadow]

i feel like S2 is Heavily and forcely scripted

[shrewd needle]

2 ways for me in both routes.

TBF, Ward's route was more peaceful.

[coral shadow]

main missions mostly

[fickle hill]

Huh

[shrewd needle]

Like I said, in either route, enemies instantly see me, though in Ward's route, I get to silently knife them from behind.

Richter's route, when you get to the part with the upper cat-walk and have to drop down, I get spotted the moment I get onto the cat-walk.

[coral shadow]

in my new playthrough i aint gonna go past SIRCAA, the game is totally shit after it

[shrewd needle]

Why?

[coral shadow]

Waaaay less camps, tons of enemy spawns etc

[weary hedge]

Interesting. I’m never spotted until I make it outside (which i typically let the stealth go)

[shrewd needle]

I'm the reverse, then. I like fighting (though the loss of safe areas is nonsense, NGL)...more enemies, more murdering = good.

[lucid charm]

Were ghost recon players Tec we actually know how stealth works

[dreamy dagger]

Bro, where is my multiplayer at...

[shrewd needle]

Yea, not for me; I get spotted either ways. The white bar starts filling up and they go out to search.

And no matter if I hide in the darkest parts where I can't see my own face...they'll instantly start shooting me in the face.

[dreamy dagger]

Where my LiMANsk at, man

[shrewd needle]

Space Anomaly ate it.

[dreamy dagger]

Insta-refund

[lucid charm]

That’s why you shoot them with a silenced weapon the moment they start investigating

[weary hedge]

Did you try popping some dudes before dropping down? That’s how I was able to sneak in.

[shrewd needle]

Hey, I'm not complaining.

[lucid charm]

^

[coral shadow]

It's hell to walk around and a group of 10 military soldiers spawn out of thin air, idc about Money or Shooting anymore, i just want to walk 3 steps without any enemies spawning
(which i can do in the trilogy)

[shrewd needle]

That requires being able to actually see them...which I can't without the torch. Which instantly alerts them...

Only the cat-walk is lit, the area below is dark as hell.

[weary hedge]

Ahhhh so it’s a sight issue

[shrewd needle]

Yea; if I could see them, I could wipe them, but there's no light.

S2 has some serious lighting issues considering it's either lit or unlit and there's no nuance between the 2.

Lamps are the worst, you get a 1-metre light radius and then it's pitch-black...like, what?

[lucid charm]

Up the contrast

[shrewd needle]

That looks like shit, NGL...also, not a solution...though I guess it's a bandage.

[coral shadow]

yeah, and how the hell do i get blinded with sky light at night with nvgs? like the exposure of the NVG's is so low in the dark but when something is bright they either get it normal or flash it

[weary hedge]

Yeah I dont know I’ve never had that problem.

[shrewd needle]

Next time I'm down there, I'll show y'all.

[shrewd needle]

I mean, that's the point of NVGs...light amplification.

[lucid charm]

Welcome to how NVG’s work

[shrewd needle]

That's why they're used in the dark and not in the day-time.

[weary hedge]

lol

[coral shadow]

I've played a ton of serious games with NVG's, you're telling me S2 has the only realistic ones?

[shrewd needle]

Wait...you said night...

[coral shadow]

yeah

[shrewd needle]

Yea, the game's exposure compensation is screwed, since you get blinded going in/out of areas too.

S2 has major lighting issues which don't show generally.

[weary hedge]

Stalker 2 needs some touch ups on the lighting for NVGs to look pristine but it ain’t terrible

[lucid charm]

A lot of games make NVG’s more convenient than they actually are in the field.

[shrewd needle]

Light needs a full re-work; I've never seen such horrendous a blend of lighting and darkness either.

[coral shadow]

ut is terrible if you use nvgs in buildings

[shrewd needle]

No, but NVGs shouldn't be blinding at night.

[coral shadow]

So S2's problem with light exposure is normal to you?

[shrewd needle]

https://tenor.com/view/dancingsoldier-gif-23004799

Average NVG guy. 😏

[weary hedge]

It’s not supposed to look clear as day dawg. Try a pair irl during the night. (I prefer to let my eyes adjust) unless its thermals

[shrewd needle]

Nah, he's talking about the exposure compensation which is shit in the game (like the one where you move from a dark building to outside and get blinded even though you shouldn't).

[coral shadow]

bro, by sky light in the night, i mean that THE FRICKING WINDOW IS A DOOR TO GOD'S GATE, tooo bright for NVGs aT NIGHT

i meant that the light is literally just a white flash and nothing can be seen outside

(im on default screen settings)

[weary hedge]

Again yeah the exposure could use some work but it’s not terrible

Send a screenshot if you can

[coral shadow]

i gotta take a screen shot, you don't believe how hard it is to use nvgs in buildings where any window is heaven

[shrewd needle]

Yea, screen would help a ton, NGL. Again, I get what you're saying; exposure is garbage in this game.

[shrewd needle]

Trailers, man...the game looked so much better in the trailers...

[weary hedge]

#📸┃screens_and_videos

[weary hedge]

I’ve never had issues that bad lol.

[coral shadow]

can't take one rn, my ahh brother is playing the brainrot roblox games, i wish i had a pc ong

[weary hedge]

You on xbox?

[coral shadow]

yup

[shrewd needle]

I'll have to take a shot too now...if solely for comparison.

[shrewd needle]

My condolences for being stuck with console. 😔

[weary hedge]

Word. It looks pretty meh on my series x. No complaints on my pc tho.

[coral shadow]

S, the worst one, and i didn't ask it, my brother got it gifted at his Birthday and we just share it

[coral shadow]

bro, if X looks bad, don't ever look at S, you will probably get a stroke

[weary hedge]

I’m surprised it can even run it😆

[coral shadow]

yea me too

it's like if they setted the game graphic settings to 10% on everything and called it a day, why making it for the S if it's so bad

[steady solar]

how is 1.6?

[coral shadow]

the trailers are Very misleading, obviously they use only super rigged pcs to do the trailer on so everyone thinks that stalker is like that(which i fell for)

[shrewd needle]

CP2077 moment.

[weary hedge]

I mean it’s not bad for its price but not a console you want to game on a day to day basis. It’s a cheap entry level piece of hardware. Mostly for people who travel 😆

[coral shadow]

enemies see you better at night(eithno NVGs) and there are NVG's

[shrewd needle]

Might as well play on Steam Deck. Better travel.

[weary hedge]

Probably has better specs tbh.

[shrewd needle]

https://tenor.com/view/steam-deck-gif-22356352

[graceful dirge]

Truly, was just showcasing this over in #📸┃screens_and_videos message some really wacky stuff lol

[steady solar]

I beat the game and wanted to do a free play type playthrough. Wanted to give it time for 1.6 mods to update. Crafting and gun overhauls be good

[shrewd needle]

This is in Enerhetyk, right? @weary hedge, check this...you can see how the areas shaded by the wall are pitch-black. Like...ridiculous.

There's ZERO concept of ambient lighting, there's no concept of light reflection or spread at all.

[graceful dirge]

Oh yeah, any vast interior spaces are some of the worst offenders for this

[maiden galleon]

Ay, is there any news on the ARG?

[shrewd needle]

ALL THE TIME TOO! I swear, navigating interiors is like navigating the underground section of Half-Life 2: Episode 1 where your only support was your HEV's torch.

And even THAT game did ambient light properly...that's a 2-decade old game now...

[coral shadow]

Light travel in S2 is slower than sound

[timid forum]

First rule of arg club

[shrewd needle]

@weary hedge and @lucid charm - check this: #☢┃stalker-general message

[small reef]

argg?

[shrewd needle]

As I say, lighting in this game is garbage.

[maiden galleon]

Don’t talk about ARG 😂

[static lark]

You broke the first rule already

[maiden galleon]

🤷 Ay man, it is what it is

[shrewd needle]

What good is the Predator for, again?

[coral shadow]

@weary hedge what if i shrink the resolution scale of my television by some bit? Will making the pixels a little more shrinked increase by a bit the graphic?

since if you zoom in a point of view on S2 it looks shet, but if you zoom out it looks more processed

[maiden galleon]

Get in losers, we’re going to Limansk 😎

[weary hedge]

God damn that looks disgusting.

[weary hedge]

You could try. I’ve not tinkered with that

[coral shadow]

my S2 footage on my phone has better graphics smh

[shrewd needle]

Yes, that's exactly how it looks in my game. Every single interior is pitch-black if shaded from the light.

Lamps and other light sources have a 1-5 metre radius, beyond which everything is pitch-black.

The lighting is GENUINELY garbage in S2. Only thing good is sunny and outside (which looks respectable but not good enough).

[coral shadow]

You don't understand the high quality of S2 as many of the super fans do that love the game and bought the supreme edition and didn't regret it

[shrewd needle]

True, I'm not Monolith'd enough. 😏

[shrewd needle]

Right, so, anyone?

At least in CoP:

In Call of Pripyat, the Predator is a unique Chaser 13 shotgun which boasts a large damage increase (it is the only shotgun that does more damage than the Eliminator), and a slight upgrade to rate of fire.

IDEK what the point is in S2...

[coral shadow]

uhh what gun was the predator

ohh, the one you find in a lab?

[shrewd needle]

The unique Remington 870 in Izumrudne in Zaton.

[shrewd needle]

No, in a stage.

[coral shadow]

i prolly forgor but if i did use it, then it was so bad, i only remember the thing that were useful to me, like the saiga

[misty salmon]

How is it unique again?

[shrewd needle]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1311817583351169114/1421246861301252157/1758922053109.png?ex=68d856c9&is=68d70549&hm=4842e31f4798b09ef734f05ca8ac91d297e432558d43a547d6a77e32698c57c2&

[shrewd needle]

Unique name, unique description, can't have a magazine feed but has 2 extra shells in the tube.

[misty salmon]

Oh that sounds neat

[shrewd needle]

It doesn't. Reloading the tube takes forever because Skif has skill issues at reloading weapons.

[coral shadow]

ohh well i hate that type of shotgun in the game but i never acquired the predator, but even if i did i'd have forgotten it in my stash

[shrewd needle]

Yea, same, but in CoP, the variant actually had a huge damage boost, so it could kill enemies easily.

In S2, it's like...I have no idea (since everything is bars instead of numbers)...

[coral shadow]

i wonder why they didn't add the benelli, the wonderful semi automatic italian shotgun

[misty salmon]

I haven’t been a shotgun user since I first started playing. They don’t seem good late game or even mid game

[shrewd needle]

They didn't add half the weapons from the trilogy either.

[shrewd needle]

Yea; I used the Saiga in an earlier game, but I swapped that out; RoF is too low and rifle's just better for everything.

[coral shadow]

that's wild because i use them on mutants all the time, less shots, less ammunition cost

[shrewd needle]

If you can aim, they're impressive. If you're like me...well...

[coral shadow]

it's wild that you're on Pc and have worse aim than me on Xbox S with the controller issues

[shrewd needle]

Motor control issues.

[weary hedge]

Large damage boost in stalker 2

[small reef]

I have a question
Is playing stalker trilogy worth it on Xbox?

[weary hedge]

Absolutely. The games are one of a kind.

[small reef]

I’ve seen reviews saying updates have changed the game for the worse :/

[coral shadow]

they sneaked some modern game style industry graphics in there but dw it is good

[weary hedge]

The game actually looks worse than the originals lol. But it’s still got the core.

[coral shadow]

but the resolution is neat, at least there isn't Vaseline on your screen

[small reef]

[weary hedge]

Better than the over modded slop on pc if you ask me

[weary hedge]

True. I just dislike how many things they smoothed out

[coral shadow]

they didn't do much, it's just UE5

[small reef]

If I’m just looking for pure gameplay loop not story, which of the trilogy should I play?

[weary hedge]

I’m talking about the enhanced editions of the trilogy games

EE is worse looking than original games

[weary hedge]

Clear Sky for faction wars and open world. SoC for story and CoP for looks

[coral shadow]

Enfusion engine at least makes you see something

[shrewd needle]

Yea, but it doesn't really have that; being the point; there seems to be no difference between the Predator and the normal Remington.

[lucid charm]

Misery my beloved

[shrewd needle]

You're a masochist.

[coral shadow]

ohh

[shrewd needle]

Also, crawling through the Claw in Zaton is surreal...especially jumping down step-by-step into the ravine.

[weary hedge]

The stats may not show it but it does. Also has slightly better rate of fire.

[shrewd needle]

Literally where Snag's car is...where you get his loot from and open it at Cardan's.

[shrewd needle]

I'll have to test (especially with BB)...since I don't get 2 extra shells, I think.

[lucid charm]

Yes, but I meant specifically the mod

[weary hedge]

Oh yeah if ur BB might aswell run the cracker lmao

[weary hedge]

I still need to try misery

The dark theme it portrays is pretty cool ngl.

[lucid charm]

It’s like…proto-gamma, where it has stuff to make it more challenging and more complicated, while still keeping the heart and soul of stalker

[shrewd needle]

Yea, hence...you're a masochist.

[coral shadow]

btw why does an MP5 do more damage than an AR?

[weary hedge]

Hmmmm might be my cup of tea. I do like that extra struggle (yk I’m a souls boy)😆

[shrewd needle]

Yea, but I gave up on shotguns; even Saiga's RoF feels too less.

Can't beat G36.

[lucid charm]

Vintar my beloved, and with offset aiming now, I can use it for clearing interiors

[shrewd needle]

Because game...and because developers don't know how to make weapons properly.

[shrewd needle]

G36 with drum...clean 10 interiors, reload twice.

[lucid charm]

Ew, drums

[coral shadow]

vintar has such a BIG drop off

[weary hedge]

Too clunky for my taste.

[shrewd needle]

Lady...find me ANYTHING else with 100-round magazines.

[coral shadow]

isn't the G36 drum only in the game files?

[shrewd needle]

Can spawn with console.

[lucid charm]

Why would I need a 100 round mag

[shrewd needle]

Beats reloading thrice.

[lucid charm]

When 20-30 does the job just fine

[shrewd needle]

Yea, and then you're stuck reloading.

[lucid charm]

Which is what cover is for

[coral shadow]

Awe, i could've have crafted it with mods in 1.5.3 but now mods are fuked badly so i cant do nothing anymore 🙏 and WHY DO TRADERS DONT SELL 5.56 ANYMOREEEE

[lucid charm]

I’ll always prefer stacked over extended

[weary hedge]

Yeah I suppose. Coupled mags just suits my gameplay style more ig.

[lucid charm]

Exactly

[gusty hearth]

I think I Talk to much

[shrewd needle]

I mean...stacked is just horizontally extended...

[shrewd needle]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1311817583351169114/1416054145458376816/1757684017500.png?ex=68d7e7b1&is=68d69631&hm=10dda398db8c36da52201d2f8b21dee159206723dcfacc9f5499ec8161d03063&

[weary hedge]

I don’t. You’re a funny dude

[lucid charm]

Reloading gets me into battle rythm

[gusty hearth]

No

[lucid charm]

It’s a moment to recollect and breath

[shrewd needle]

And to get shot.

[weary hedge]

Same. Drum mags are realistically inconvenient in most situations but in stalker it’s fine I guess

[shrewd needle]

I'd use them in both. Give me and I'll make the most of it (feeding issues not withstanding).

And yes, I know the drum weighs as much as the gun itself. Still, give me.

[weary hedge]

Exactly. Feed issues would get the best of you 😆

[shrewd needle]

https://tenor.com/view/amd65-75round-drum-mag-firing-full-auto-gif-27267361

[shrewd needle]

Still would. 😏

[oak junco]

Drip > function

[weary hedge]

You can also pack more couple mags than drums so ur ultimately carrying more

[shrewd needle]

Function beats drip. And drum = big function.

[shrewd needle]

Uh...7 magazines = 210 rounds.

3 drums = 300 rounds.

[lucid charm]

Then you’re dumb. If you have 4 25 round magazine and one gets damaged then you still have 3 that are usable. If you have one 100 round drum mag and it gets damaged then you’re shit outta luck

[gusty hearth]

😭

[lucid charm]

Also they absolutely suck to carry

[weary hedge]

Depends on ur setup lol

[knotty bane]

When will they release a fix for the xbox? I can't start playing without being able to adjust the aiming sensitivity 🙁

[shrewd needle]

I mean...isn't 7 magazines of 5.56 normal load?

[shrewd needle]

No worse than a SAW, NGL.

[weary hedge]

In just a plate carrier yeah

[gusty hearth]

Tec Are u slavic?

[shrewd needle]

I mean, normal load of a soldier, not just a PC.

[weary hedge]

No. I think yall are chill tho

[gusty hearth]

From where are u

[shrewd needle]

Till they down the vodka. 😏

[weary hedge]

Not always the case. You can request more than the standard amount but at the end of the day bigger mags are a bigger risk of handling in the field. Even those big guns are risky business 😆

[lucid charm]

Saws are typically belt fed, that means if there is a feed disturbance it can be easily fixed, but a magazine fed weapon doesn’t have the same luxury. Belt fed weapons use a carrier to hold their ammo, something that doesn’t go inside the weapon, so it’s no biggie if it gets damaged

[weary hedge]

The US of A

[gusty hearth]

Do u hear mochat Doma ?

[knotty bane]

*molchat

[weary hedge]

I like molchat doma yeah

[gusty hearth]

Im glad now I can hear mochat Doma with no Problem if a American can

[weary hedge]

I don’t speak for all of America bro😆

[gusty hearth]

Shushhhh

[shrewd needle]

I'm NGL...I'd rather just use a SAW as a rifle.

[shrewd needle]

They just hand out more magazines on request? 🤔

[weary hedge]

Depends on position

[weary hedge]

What do you think of American music 😆

[gusty hearth]

Ozzyyyyyyy

🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥

[weary hedge]

Ozzy Osbourne the king of metal?

[gusty hearth]

Yes

[weary hedge]

Hell yeah 🤟

[gusty hearth]

Or tenacious D

[weary hedge]

lol. Love jack black

[gusty hearth]

Or black sabath

[weary hedge]

You sir, have good taste

[gusty hearth]

And snoop dawg

And 50 and the dre and Biggie

Lil nas

Kanye

[weary hedge]

Ur starting to sound more American than Slav my friend 😆

[gusty hearth]

Im German

[weary hedge]

Tf???

[weary hedge]

Slavic German

[gusty hearth]

[gusty hearth]

U dont know lil nas

[weary hedge]

Bruh he a demon

[gusty hearth]

Or Doctor Green thumb

[weary hedge]

Freedoms mascot

[gusty hearth]

Yes

My favorite music guy is DJ Blayt man and Boris and xs Projekt

In General

[weary hedge]

"Drop by next week. We're expecting some real high class herb, that'll get you higher than high." - Ganja

[weary hedge]

Nice

[royal granite]

just found out i can get nvgs for free from doing a side mission

im pretty sure

[weary hedge]

You can also find free ones lying around

[shrewd needle]

At least NVGs are now goggles...

Helmet-mounted, non-removable = 🤮

[obtuse veldt]

Amen to that

Hated that the good ones were tied to certain gear

thats an improvement

[shrewd needle]

Not just that, but tied to factions...the infra-vision was Duty-exclusive for the Warsaw-Pact weapons; same with NATO weapons for Freedom.

Phucking joke, NGL.

[obtuse veldt]

Also last arg proven that Lymansk might be on the DLC unexpectedly

[obtuse veldt]

I hope they add back the Izlom

cut mutants as the dwarf too with new abilities

[shrewd needle]

Doubtful.

[honest ferry]

gsc when let me enter old labs like x19 x16 etc

[heavy ermine]

what do you folks think about the gen 1 nvg (i found someone who sold them)?
should I wait for the gen 2 (i found someone who sold them)?
is there a gen 3?

[frosty ore]

What's new around the zone

[weary hedge]

NVGs and a mosin without a scope Effery Jepstein

[frosty ore]

I didn't kill my self

[weary hedge]

😭

[shrewd needle]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1311817583351169114/1421282609782329354/1758930576822.png?ex=68d87814&is=68d72694&hm=85ff2f7e1fe1889028d93fbd7bdd3924ccb9223098f85515e673ce66e9f711eb&

[languid oyster]

i am not able to sleep in zalissya. i am on my second playthrough. is there a fix for this issue?

[hearty tendon]

Is there any mods that make attachments more uniform across different weapons? It'd be really cool if I could toss the underbarrel shotgun on the HK416, things like that

[royal granite]

How yall get those other roles?

[fickle hill]

#👥┃faction-choice

The other stuff is random

[golden gulch]

Anyone remember Akoya? The Akoya we saved in the mission that gave you the unique Buket?
Yeah after the mission he just walk into a heavily radiated area close to the Garbage and die.

Also if I want to hunt for Burers, where should I find them?

[sterile radish]

try prypiat or maybe duga & malachite

(prypiat has 2 burers respawn across from the energetik palace of culture; the building to the east)

[hearty tendon]

I found 2 on Wild Island on the Northern part of the island

[sudden cairn]

Is the controller aim sensitivity setting broken? Id like my look around speed fast and my aiming speed slow. But no matter what i change the aiming speed stays the same

[royal granite]

https://tenor.com/view/dancing-like-nobody-is-watching-richter-dancing-richter-slag-heap-stalker-gif-12313168116865261724

I guess gifs don’t work ?

[weary hedge]

Only the big boys get to use em

[dreamy bronze]

It's a bug at the moment but the devs are looking into patching it I believe

[south halo]

Is the new engine change out or is that 2026?

[heavy ermine]

not out

[edgy shell]

So apparently there was some over sharpening bug that led to the removal of the ‘none’ upscaling option. Even though after 110 hours playing I never experienced it. Was that a recent incident from a recent patch or something?

[still current]

Should be coming in this Q

Hopefully

[atomic compass]

November (this year)

[sick token]

How to offset aim?

[primal nimbus]

Wtf. I went back to the helicopter grvaeyard just to find no coupled mag for Kharod

Gtfo of here, GSC. I wasted 5 minutes for your bs

[jagged carbon]

when wearing nvgs it does that when your weapon doesnt have the aim with nvgs upgrade

but theres a recent mod that lets you do it anytime

[pale ocean]

The bag is hanging from a helicopter blade.

I believe it requires jumping from something.

[primal nimbus]

Hanging from a tail blade right?

[pale ocean]

No, it looked like a main rotor.

In the front.

[coral shadow]

OH MY GOD, IT FINALLY EXISTS AND ITS ALREDY HEADED FOR XBOX, THE MOD IVE ALWAYS WAITING FOR

[pale ocean]

Which is?

You’ve peaked ma curiosity.

[coral shadow]

CHECK SCREEN AND VIDS

[pale ocean]

Yeah, that’s cool. Any idea when it’s coming to Xbox?

I’ll definitely be grabbing that.

[coral shadow]

probably in 1-2 months sadly

[pale ocean]

Eh, it’ll be worth the wait.

[coral shadow]

The pace of the mods is that they upload mods that have been released not too recently so, every time a new mod releases while GSC is approving mods to Console,it will not be 100% added to the addition

Finally, it's literally the mod ive Always wished for a game like this

[jagged carbon]

looks awesome sauce

[pale ocean]

I just installed Real Longer Days and it functions correctly. At least I have that.

On Xbox too.

[coral shadow]

some mods do function partly still

[pale ocean]

Does the “Tacticool” one work?

Or does anyone know?

[coral shadow]

it changes the position of the gun but not the distance from it

[pale ocean]

…I’ll wait on that one then.

Ace’s Real Flashlight also doesn’t work. Tried it. Crashed the game.

Can confirm.

[coral shadow]

the dodge mod is also a good looking one

[pale ocean]

I’m just waitin’ on Lootable and Craftable Zone to get updates.

[weary hedge]

Ayeeee it’s megabullet. How’s you been lad?

[small reef]

I rlly could use some aim settings

Gonna try CoP for the first time I guess

[misty elk]

might be a bit rarted of a question but overall performance uplift expected known yes or no? I am aware UE5 handles open world realy bad, but Ive seen some products that are pretty decent and the dev work on Witcher 4 got me real hopeful. Sorry for the lame question if its just realy ethereal to answer.

[weary hedge]

It’s a battle on console lol.

[wooden walrus]

We should be expecting the game to run quite better, yes

Partly because ue 5.5 is less of a trainwreck and partly because I would expect gsc to have identified and addressed performance bottlenecks with the game itself

I mean it's still ue5, don't expect miracles, but I would hope it will be more in line with the performance you should expect out of modern hardware

[cosmic fossil]

hey guys I love this community, i love you guys

[vast frost]

anyone else like drinking a pint of cold full fat milk?

https://tenor.com/view/milk-thirsty-thursday-steve-austin-gif-23763187

[weary hedge]

Yummy. I’m jelly😋

[vast frost]

what does that even mean bruh

[weary hedge]

jelly = jealous. I love milk

[vast frost]

yes the european genes are pumping

[weary hedge]

Indeed my friend 😆

[vast frost]

a raw carrot and a glass of milk best way to stay awake ahah

[weary hedge]

A snack for kings 👑

[vast frost]

https://tenor.com/view/british-army-ww2-gif-11089717491915312846

[vast frost]

its exactly what these poor bastards fought for

[weary hedge]

Actually in some places that would be considered a luxury

[vast frost]

very true

i still wonder if the PTSD of fighting a single blind dog as a 6 year old will leave my brain playing SoC in 2009

i actually still remember trying to go to great swamps and there was an invisible wall blocking me from entering the tunnel

i never knew what it meant but i sure did wanna go in there

[pale ocean]

Been pretty good. Same as usual, really. Workin’ and gamin’. I don’t really do anything else, I’ll be real. 😂

[vast frost]

this is how i spend my time in college lol i aint go time for girls just games and chasing the bag

[weary hedge]

That’s good. I feel you brotha

[pale ocean]

Be great when we finally get some more mods and updates to already existing ones. I need my Lootable Zone back.

[cosmic fossil]

me too bud

[vast frost]

OMG the brain scorcher got his ass

[wooden walrus]

Yesterday i was talking with unlimited guy and he told us that mods have now been changed to work in a much more modular way

[pale ocean]

The only real hope a stalker should have in the Zone is…to make A LOT of money.

[thorn niche]

Love you too, random citizen! (Iykyk)

[wooden walrus]

This means hopefully merges are going to be a thing of the past and interplay between mods will be more fine grain, which is super great news

[pale ocean]

And we all love you too.

[pale ocean]

Bro I can’t waaaaait.

It’s been too long.

[cosmic fossil]

anyone of you knows how to made a Cosplay? I want to made one on halloween

[weary hedge]

Fr. I’m excited to see what’s in store for us as soon as mods are able to expand

[cosmic fossil]

make* sorry

[cosmic fossil]

I want those immersion mods

[pale ocean]

This is gonna blow up just like Starfield modding did. I know I’m not the only one itching for mods on console. Doesn’t matter what game it is.

[wooden walrus]

I mean mind you, so far I've only been asking smarter people to mansplain things to me, but I do hope this is the case

[weary hedge]

I’m going to try to make a bandit and spark costume for me and my bro

[cosmic fossil]

I want a Free Stalker but I don't know how or where to start

[weary hedge]

There’s alot of tutorials out there. Just gotta find the one you think suits you best

[wooden walrus]

I mean I wouldn't expect miracles but ideally mods will stop operating on a "whole ahh .cfg" basis and more like "you just write the lines you want changed"

Which would make mods and modding much, much, MUCH more flexible and convenient

[shell flax]

I’m debating doing a Merc or Corps one, since those two camos aren’t Gargantuan pains in the ass to get

[cosmic fossil]

I search on youtube and reddit and I didn't find nothing, I'm so disappointed abt that

[graceful dirge]

and Better Ballistics holy f I somehow managed to forget how bad vanilla was even after like 1000 hours of it, now being spoiled having BB for the past few hundred comparatively. Back to 4 headshots of 9x39 from VSS to kill a monolith exo like c'mon didn't miss that

[wooden walrus]

For example, you could change recoil without having to edit the entire weapon handling system lol

[weary hedge]

Reddit is a good place to look. We also have a lot of cosplays in #🔮┃fanart_and_cosplay

[weary hedge]

Bro that’s so sick

[pale ocean]

BB is essential for me now as well.

[shell flax]

I’m using vanilla as a palate cleanser from mods for a bit, I do miss BB and the like but vanilla isn’t a deal breaker for me

[cosmic fossil]

holy, I don't see this chat

[pale ocean]

Yeah, it’s not really that bad. It’s just not where it should be in vanilla.

[weary hedge]

You can find all the channels in #🔑┃rooms

[shell flax]

Games like RoN and Insurgency have already trained me to go for dome shots and AP ammo for anything that isn’t 9x39 is absolutely fecking everywhere

[wooden walrus]

One of the things I look forward to the most is being able to try and separate FUBAR from unlimited and instead replace it with either BB or (ideally) maklane's damage and ballistic modeling instead

You could do it now, but It'd mean a fun 30 minutes of kdiff

And, you wouldn't get the full merge anyway probably

The implications to modding practicability are yuge

(i mean basically it means modding in s2 is being brought closer to what every other game uses lmao)

[weary hedge]

Anyone want to add a weapon to the lineup? I'll even pay to have it done

[vast frost]

cheeki breeki iv damke

[cosmic fossil]

do you guys think a Stalker 2 gamma version is possible?

[weary hedge]

Eventually there will be something very much like it yea

[vast frost]

not in stalker 2s state plus Gamma is nothing like a stalker game

[graceful dirge]

Highly recommend you check out some submissions in here #🔮┃fanart_and_cosplay lots of great ones here mostly comprised of military surplus and then some custom stuff to mimic the more unique gear in the game, etsy is great source for that. In its simplest form, military gear + gasmask has you in some right direction already, can even go for a lowly bandit in just tracksuit & balaclava. But it's the right combination of these elements (faction patch is a must!) that sells it as being from Stalker and not whatever else it may be conflated with

[vast frost]

GAMMA is for soy boys who wanna be stalkers so bad but like carrying 50kg of useless tat

[weary hedge]

Tatoo?

Vanilla or nothing over here baby

Tho misery looks pretty cool. I’ll have to try it sometime

[wooden walrus]

15 years from now? Sure.

I mean depends what you consider "gamma version" really

[cosmic fossil]

hell yeah

[vast frost]

nah mods are cool just gamma is not a stalker game at all it just takes the fun out of yet misery is also well its just misery u need to sleep to heal from a medkit lol

[weary hedge]

Didn't gsc announce they were working on stalker 2 a few years back?

[wooden walrus]

Do you consider it to be just a freeplay radiant quest based experience? You can have that kinda now

[weary hedge]

Yeah I know. It’s just my personal preference 😆 I’ve seen some cool mods implemented

[wooden walrus]

Do you want a gunporny game with tons of items? Oxa prototype

[vast frost]

Misery is for players that only play on master and have at least 100 hours in CoP

[weary hedge]

I have a useful question. If I delete the new game mod will the story mode be added to my save? Like nothing happened?

[wooden walrus]

Do you just want to see 500 mods somehow working together? Yeah that'll take a bit

[weary hedge]

It’s been in development for a long time. They had a whole different game back in like 2014

[wooden walrus]

Strongly doubt that

[vast frost]

500 mods which 90% of them arent even noticable lol

[wooden walrus]

Right

[weary hedge]

I know. It’s very intriguing because I run master and vet. I thirst for challenge

[vast frost]

its fun if u wanna spend a year trying to beat it

[wooden walrus]

Buy when people say "gamma" I'm not quite sure what they reference to

[graceful dirge]

I feel ya, not having it doesn't mean I've stopped playing have found some particular interest in exploring the ARG stuff myself so mostly been doing that but I can't say I'm not just itching to get back to my other playthrough really starting to get good more hardcore survivalist experience with the mods available and on the way

[weary hedge]

It might break ur save tbh

Do i unlock story gear doing new game mode?

[safe sapphire]

Сидячи на бочці у воді, Сталкер спостерігає за тремтливими відблисками й тихо промовляє:

«Бачите, сила не в жорсткості. Людина, яка вважає себе сильною, часто є найкрихкішою. Як дерево, що гнеться під вітром, той, хто вміє схилятися й залишатися смиренним, переживає бурю. Справжня сила — у гнучкості… і у вірі, навіть якщо ніхто цього не бачить. У кімнаті бажання відкриваються, але це не завжди те, чого ми думаємо хотіти. Часто те, чого ми бажаємо, може нас зламати.

І все ж іти вперед означає прийняти цей ризик, крокувати у невідомість, простягати руку до того, чого ми ще не розуміємо. Кожен крок у Зоні — це крок до себе, до того, що ми ховаємо або не усвідомлюємо. Страх, надія, слабкість і сила… все переплетене, як вода навколо цієї бочки.

Зона — це не просто місце; це тиха гра, де кожен жест, кожна думка, кожне бажання стає фігурою. Якщо грати без усвідомлення, програєш ще до початку. Але якщо ти граєш, розуміючи свої слабкості і сили, кожен крок стає уроком, кожна перешкода — дзеркалом. Випадковість існує, але саме наші вибори плетуть невидиму нитку, що зв’язує нас із істинною.

І все ж є щось за межами цієї гри, що не можна назвати. Ніби сама Зона дихає разом із нами, чує наші сумніви, надії, жалю. Час тут розтягується і складається, секунди стають вічністю, і кожна тиша — це урок. Можливо, те, що ми шукаємо, не знаходиться ні в місці, ні в кімнаті, а в самому способі, яким ми крокуємо, дихаємо й дивимося. Той, хто це розуміє, ніколи не самотній, навіть посеред порожнечі. Бо в порожнечі завжди є життя, крихке дихання і світло, що танцює на воді.»

[shell flax]

Ain’t no might about it

[safe sapphire]

https://tenor.com/view/stalker2-character-stalker-gif-18333719

[cosmic fossil]

that "master" difficulty is really hardcore? bcs i want a real challenge, the actual game is so easy tbh

[vast frost]

when i think of gamma i think cool graphics and 24fps

[shell flax]

Holy dog shit private pyle, what in the buttered Christ did you just send

[wooden walrus]

It's not like gamma has that big a variety of radiant quests, or a particularly interesting progression, so idj

[weary hedge]

Give it a go bro. It’s fun pushing yourself to work around the difficulties in my opinion.

[shell flax]

Anyone able to translate

The wall of text

[vast frost]

i find it quite easy tbh u just gotta play gun fights very cheeki breeki

[weary hedge]

The more youre punished the better things will be once you get there

[wooden walrus]

I think about the item based progression system which is kinda hit or miss, and extremely frustrating gunfights lol

[weary hedge]

до речі, це англомовний канал.

[weary hedge]

Exactly. Which is one of the reasons I’m considering starting misery. Lol.

[vast frost]

i like the gun fights in gamma its just carrying 50kg of useless items just to fix up a single gun lol

[vast frost]

please do i wanna know what ur opinion is after 2 hours lol if u can make it that far

[wooden walrus]

They're cool when the ai decides to play along

[soft frost]

This may sound weird, but do you guys think that vanilla for a first playthrough of stalker 2 is best? I know it's not updated rn but I like the idea of better ballistics, though I don't find the vanilla gunplay bad by any respects (still early game though)

[weary hedge]

Yes. Yes and Yes

[cosmic fossil]

so whats the best modpack? bcs I was thinking to buy a laptop just for stalker 2 and gamma, EFP is a good option?

[wooden walrus]

Ballistic overhauls are a double edged sword

[weary hedge]

Bet I will

[soft frost]

Yeah, of course if I can one-tap someone I'm going to get one-tapped lol

[wooden walrus]

It'll make the game feel better half the time but it'll make certain story sections extremely frustrating

[vast frost]

i enjoyed pulling a dutyer and clear sky member and a random loner to dead city and then made mercs ask for a peace treaty DocX really cooked when it came to the faction relations mod

[weary hedge]

Ive got the exo

[weary hedge]

Revolves around ur taste tbh.

[safe sapphire]

Yeah, sorry, I just wanted to do a nice little monologue on Stalker to introduce myself.

[soft frost]

Ah gotcha, yeah I assume if you're in one of the story areas with like 20 people shooting at you it would be hellish

[weary hedge]

Fair. Most people in here don’t speak Ukrainian so I thought I’d let you know

[vast frost]

ur laptop will explode

[wooden walrus]

Correct. I would still recommend it, but keep in mind some sections are going to be a gigantic pain in the ass

[cosmic fossil]

I barely speak English XD

[soft frost]

Gotcha, ty!

[wooden walrus]

You can take it out mid game to no real detriment mind you

[cosmic fossil]

well, I'll keep on stalker 2 then

[wooden walrus]

And I'd also recommend considering coupling it with npc combat overhaul (when it's updated to 1.6)

It helps balance ai behavior out

[vast frost]

i think anomaly isnt worth touching in my opinion i like story mods like wind of time and goldsphere rn im enjoying clear sky renewal

[soft frost]

Makes sense

[wooden walrus]

Right now mods are in a weird place because 1.6 broke most of them

So a lot of the big mods are being brought up to speed still

[vast frost]

nah just play something that isnt a headache trying to install GAMMA is very over rated and EFP well its in the name and frequent crashes

[soft frost]

Yeah I assumed so, honestly I’d be surprised if something wasn’t broken

[weary hedge]

This. Save urself the time and effort.

[safe sapphire]

just to know how many saves you have on average since release, excluding save mods, just the vanilla version

? 😂

[vast frost]

i spent 48 hours trying to get GAMMA to install correctly 😢

[weary hedge]

Real. Fk that modpack😂

[cosmic fossil]

A.N.T.H.O.L.O.G.Y. 2.0 is a good option, I was seeing a youtuber playing that modpack and looks funny

[wooden walrus]

Hopefully this won't happen so often now that modding will be much more fine grain

[safe sapphire]

https://tenor.com/view/nostalgia-is-delicious-itstommylove-stalker-stalker-2-honest-gif-5660148214412587425

[weary hedge]

4. one for each ending. Now 5 because I want to beat the game using only bandit gear 😂

How do you make mods for s2 anyways? Is there some mapper or something?

[vast frost]

i played it lol its not in a good state rn plus 120gb of stalker 2 assets it looks very cool but not well optimized game crash every level transition and also pop in and out with very small community to fix things

[wooden walrus]

I've tried a bunch of anomaly packs and gamma is the one I'm the most happy with, my runner up would be efp but unfortunately it's the one that looks the worst

[vast frost]

I actually love GAMMA its just a headache

[graceful dirge]

#1389175453297803354

[weary hedge]

Thanks

[vast frost]

plus i got banned from the server for watching netflix streaming it in a VC

[cosmic fossil]

wth with the anomaly's modpacks? EFP is gonna be my best and only option

[wooden walrus]

I usually just hijack mods from smarter people and poke around lol

[safe sapphire]

Well, that reassures me, so I'm not the only crazy one here.

[vast frost]

no its ugly

[weary hedge]

Was that a subtle jab at me?

[weary hedge]

Oh I’m batshit. Don’t you worry my friend

[wooden walrus]

No, it's what I honestly do

[vast frost]

stay away from anomaly bro

its soooooo bad and very boring

[shell flax]

Do it with a Leather jacket, broken mak and no med kits

[wooden walrus]

EFP is good, it just looks like acid bleached ass

[vast frost]

its the type of game i just stand afk in 100 rads watching tik toks

[weary hedge]

Did this in clear sky

[shell flax]

Now do it again

[weary hedge]

Besides Medkits

[weary hedge]

Stalker 2 would honestly be less of a hassle just long as hell

[wooden walrus]

I wanted to try to basically slap expedition's graphics on top of EFP

[frigid hill]

zzxkop1 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[wooden walrus]

I tried something similar with hippo's atmospherics but it still looked meh