☢┃stalker-general

[vapid galleon]

???

[wooden walrus]

guess it's a per-case basis

[wooden walrus]

regardless, I am partial to a realistic magazine system honestly, I had never tried it until gamma and I quite liked it

well if you don't count h3vr ofc

[dreamy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/hi-hello-zakhar-bocharov-stalker-stalker-2-gif-8715153793433140781

[surreal token]

i tried gamma. i just couldn't find really a goal to do

[meager crag]

[wooden walrus]

I think a realistic magazine system would add quite a lot of depth to a shooter, if done well, but I also understand that people don't like having to go into their menus and futz around every so often

[meager crag]

And as such seems like a better idea as a mod

[surreal token]

yeah only if there was inbetween execution

[meager crag]

It's a sandbox after all

[vapid galleon]

https://tenor.com/view/warhammer-40k-handshake-meme-my-man-warhammer-gif-1789335409913780266

that's what I'm talking about

[wooden walrus]

Yeah in the case of stalker 2 it's better as a mod yeah

[meager crag]

https://tenor.com/view/only-war-reason-gaming-warhammer-gif-17304554

[vapid galleon]

https://tenor.com/view/military-salute-hunk-resident-evil-umbrella-corporation-re4-gif-10964846216827613989

[meager crag]

@vernal lily

[fickle hill]

[wild epoch]

If this were to be implemented into the base game. A major ballistics rebalance would be needed, because the way mutants can eat standard ammunition would have you running for a safe spot and packing mags. Especially if there are multiple.

[exotic glacier]

Yup, played scum for a day. Pray and spray is bad if you stack mags yourself.

[wild epoch]

Long time tarkov player here.

The concept of mag packing is great because you can have specialized mags and such, however its usually with the concept that everything in the game is on a remotely similar playing field, like a bullet to the head is certified kill (in 90% of situations)

[wooden walrus]

if only there were like five quadrillion ballistic overhauls available right now

and... I think at least a couple mutant overhauls?

I used one until 1.6, I honestly don't know if any are updated to the current version

[stark crescent]

i mean, its weird why its not an ability for shotguns. you load shotgun shells individually. you can load a slug, and then a buckshot. and alternate between them. especially with guns like the ram-10, this should be easily doable

[wooden walrus]

(for the record, magazines have nothing to do with ballistics and those are two different problems imo)

[wild epoch]

for the record they are more intertwined than you think

[wooden walrus]

oh I'm sure you can argue that they are

still a weird way to hitch your personal complain to mine, but hey, definitely a thin train of logic you can follow from one to the other

well, complain, ynow what I mean

don't really see what has to do with me or the topic I was discussing, particularly in the topic of mods as if you're trying to argue that gsc should do one or the other

[subtle spindle]

or a master mode

[wild epoch]

Ill do a basic breakdown:
mag implementation means new weight, which means less you can carry of everything else
because of this the games ballistics has to be optimized around the fact that players on average will carry a certain amount of mags (for examples 4 mags normal, 2 mags ap, 2 mags rip)
this means the central gunplay and damage loop should be balanced around a player repacking this mags but feeling like these should be enough to bring to almost any fire fight
because mutants are obviously tanky and such, they would have to be rebalanced around this along with head health for humanoids so you're not cranking a monolith in the head with 20 regular rounds

[wooden walrus]

or a master mode yes

[subtle spindle]

id love a metro style hardcore mode would fit the game really well

the game still needs a few extra diagetic ways of showing the player some information but i would really like it

[wild epoch]

you said realisitic mag system to which makes me think you want GSC to implement such a thing, to which is why I mentioned ballistics and rehauling

if you said mod to begin with, thats a different discussion.

[dreamy dagger]

343 days and still no way to see NPC faction relation near the crosshair.

[wild epoch]

Also didn't realize I wasnt allowed to express my opinion in a discord on a topic that I am familiar with in a game I play? Crazy thought.

[wooden walrus]

I have explicitly stated that I think this is something better left for mods.

[subtle spindle]

thats not diagetic my man...

[wild epoch]

^ strange, I don't see that comment but this

[dreamy dagger]

Nimble is diabetic

[wooden walrus]

I mean you can, but if you nose into someone else's yap with this weird "my dad could beat up your dad" comparison with your personal pet peeve I'm allowed to also express my opinion on it

[subtle spindle]

.

[wild epoch]

Why are you so hurt with me giving a realistic conflict that youre request of a mag system, would run into?

[wooden walrus]

I'm not requesting a mag system

[subtle spindle]

no one is hurt man

[wild epoch]

Alright buddy youre retarded.

[wooden walrus]

man, what a weird, weird, weird ass tangent

[wild epoch]

Drop chung on your neck

[subtle spindle]

personally id like to see this system just because there are so few implimentations of it in games in general

[subtle spindle]

bro folded under no pressure

[wooden walrus]

I think it's a concept that could add a lot of dimension to an fps, but I can also see why people dislike it

and yeah it's very very sparsely done

[subtle spindle]

i mean just as a tool for restructuring the pacing its pretty great

more developers need to consider it and this needs to be pushed a bit closer to the core military shooter audience

[wooden walrus]

one of the things that I enjoy the most about magazine systems is that weirdly they give another bit of depth to hand loaded weapons lol

[wild epoch]

What pressure? I'm providing the conflict of implementing a mag system to which there was no express line that said "from a mod", which gave me the impression that its something that they would want from GSC. And if it was something GSC implemented, the overhaul that would be necessary to follow it.

[wooden walrus]

suddenly a hand loaded 870 has a reason to stay like that instead of going for magazines (if marginally)

[frigid hill]

tiofatdevin has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[subtle spindle]

bro youre throwing out words that could get you muted or banned for no reason

[wild epoch]

wolf'd

[wooden walrus]

and the worst part is that he's blocked so I can't read them lol

[wild epoch]

^thats folding under zero pressure

dude can't have a debate without thinking its an arguement

[subtle spindle]

yeah thats pretty universal to this system

zomboid has it but i think in that game it doesnt work as well (the system in general as well as breach-loaded weapons)

just as a side effect of how fighting hordes go, you dont rly want to dip out in the middle of things to reload your mags + you have to carry tons of them

[vernal lily]

Clever name, not even annoyed tbh

[steep maple]

Any guns that are really fun to use ?

[steep maple]

Remind me ... Are Dark Angels are traitors or loyalists ?

[stark crescent]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1205060973321388033/1312170951726862436/28ejnd.gif

[wild epoch]

lullaby if you have DLC
tombstone if you've made your way to freedom's base

[wooden walrus]

I personally like the fort 221, however it isn't exactly "fun"

just a gun I really like using 'cause it's a really nice all rounder

guess the val/vintorez would be more "fun"

[steep maple]

What is the Tombstone ?

My current loadout is a mostly upgraded Zubr with 100's of rounds for it and the SVD-2 noontide gives you

[wild epoch]

spas-12 from winning the freedom arena

[steep maple]

I do have that, I just hate the holo sight on it

Good gun, but the reload is too slow

[stark crescent]

Geen kok, geen wok!

[subtle spindle]

mosin/three line rifle goes hard earlygame

[steep maple]

Agreed.

But Lynx uses the same ammo and does everything better after the early-game

[meager crag]

Loyalists, no question about it

[wooden walrus]

even good guys casually nuke a planet or 5 sometimes

[lucid charm]

They’re just very…zealous

[steep maple]

Including Lord Cipher, Luther and Zahariel ?

[lucid charm]

Also hey there, been a minute

[wooden walrus]

let whoever hasn't committed massive atrocities on their own people cast the first stone right

[lucid charm]

Didn’t nuke megaton once. Promise (she is a liar)

[spice phoenix]

ngl ive never liked putting artifacts on my belt in og stalker games

anyone like that out there or is it just me 😢

[lucid charm]

In clear Sky sure, but in SOC artifacts are mandatory for getting through the cnpp without needing to stop every 20 seconds to pop rad away.

[wooden walrus]

In the first game they have such downsides that I could see someone just ignoring them until strictly necessary

but in 2 they give you such advantages that they imo become kind of a gamechanger.

[lucid charm]

There’s a handful of actually good artifacts in SOC. But they’re rare

And some of them have a chance of not even showing up

[wooden walrus]

yeah there's also that

at least when I played vanilla there are some extremely powerful artifacts that you can get really early on

[meager crag]

Never heard of, they don't exist

[wooden walrus]

and also 2 is really generous with artifact fields and respawning, you could easily do a circle around zaton and get like 5-6 artifacts in like 15 minutes.

[lucid charm]

They were like that in call of Pripyat as well

In fact you can get them faster, since you can take a nap 24 hours and an emission would have happened

[weary hedge]

Aye good to see you again Luci

[lucid charm]

Heya Tec

How it do buddy

[vapid galleon]

name of Marine faction?

[meager crag]

It's Asmodai, Master of Repentance of the Dark Angels Chapter

[weary hedge]

It be dandy

[weary hedge]

Hbu brah

[lucid charm]

Not bad, moved stalker 2 to my non-play hard drive for the time being to take a break. Playing RDR2 now

[weary hedge]

Hella, that’s what’s up

[vapid galleon]

Dark Angels...

Bloood Angels VS Chaos Dark Angels

[still edge]

does the upgrade package comes with alife2.0?

[vapid galleon]

🤔

[vapid galleon]

I hope

[meager crag]

Nuh-uh

But yeah, OG Angels of Death are based

[dreamy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/ie-internet-explorer-walking-dead-gif-19330001

TFW you open the Upgrade Package A-Life page and it drops Error 404 Not Found

https://tenor.com/view/sheeeeiiittt-gif-13637463

[smoky hawk]

you are weird

weird guy

[spice phoenix]

😢

[vapid galleon]

[dreamy dagger]

Conqueror, whats erroring around your errorhood?

[vapid galleon]

do you mean ?

[dreamy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/whatchu-talkin-about-willis-arnold-jackson-diffrent-strokes-what-are-you-trying-to-say-willis-what-is-that-willis-gif-26301764

[wooden walrus]

we should be able to capture snorks in tiny little balls and battle other stalkers' snorks in tiny little balls

[meager crag]

Snorkémon

[weary hedge]

anyone else crashing on shader compile in s2?

[dull osprey]

some other people have, but i haven’t tbh

u on xbox or pc?

[weary hedge]

pc steam

[upper saffron]

bro who gave me that name

i cant even change it

[dull osprey]

try going through the files and deleting stuff you might think are causing crashing, or asking around in other channels

[dull osprey]

someone definitely resents you

[weary hedge]

i restored it from backup of fresh install from diff pc, im just checking file integrity now to see if that works

[dull osprey]

probably

[upper saffron]

bruu

[vernal lily]

Well you and I are in the same situation, but I ended up liking my new name.

[upper saffron]

im ok with my current name tho

[dull osprey]

faust is becoming spooky

[dull osprey]

im too cute for this server smh

[wooden walrus]

you probably are

[upper saffron]

i wanted to say smth

but i forgor

[meager crag]

💀

[wooden walrus]

no rember 😭

[vernal lily]

no remembor

[vapid galleon]

as they said
Cheeki Breeki everywere!
@ebon blade can you send the photo/meme

[vernal lily]

[empty hare]

It seems that deleting a custom marker on the PDA causes the offset aiming bug on xbox

After doing so i cannot change to offset aim, only open the pda

Wait nevermind, its only when i have a quest selected

[dreamy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/ah-come-on-disappointed-face-starioncostumes-stalker-stalker-2-gif-6159523247694904316

[empty hare]

It fixed itself (i guess?)

[cedar panther]

More people having crashes on xbox where the game just kicks you back to home screen like every hour ish

[naive crescent]

when MULTIPLAYER information ? been wating for years already

[gusty nexus]

It hasn't been a year yet since game came out, and it's not even fully fixed yet

[stuck seal]

Most likely there won’t be info, it’ll just release when it’s ready

People out here waiting for mp meanwhile I’m wondering when functional stealth will be in the game

Spent roughly 3-4 hours alone testing how the ai reacts to different situations, and even with the new “darkness” at night they still track you through walls and other hard surfaces like boulders and hills even if they NEVER PHYSICALLY SEE YOU

[naive crescent]

I just want the old school stalker multiplayer ... not that much to ask for

[exotic escarp]

@naive crescent no you just want to worship an imaginary rock

(dont hurt me)

[stuck seal]

I hate to say it but even far cry has better stealth than stalker 2, which is not good

[dull osprey]

i..

[exotic escarp]

theres more of you

[dull osprey]

how dare you!! wish granter, send 40 chimeras to mikusiodaktyl’s location.

[naive crescent]

the monolith is my irl god

[stuck seal]

It’s not even poor programming, they just make the ai omniscient even when using suppressed weapons and in darkness

[exotic escarp]

[dull osprey]

uhhh

i guess my nickname got switched by staff

[naive crescent]

The monolith is light and knowledge, knowledge and light

[dull osprey]

uh huh..

[naive crescent]

translated it from russian idk if its correct in english xD

[dull osprey]

guh im so sad

[naive crescent]

should i delete all the saves from like 6 months ago and start a newgame ? I am afraid they will be buggy after all the patches etc

[dull osprey]

probably not..

[empty hare]

My save from when mods first became available on xbox is still working fine, even after adding new mods to it mid-playthrough

[pure jasper]

anyone know where i can find the ultimate edition M700 rifle ?

[robust pendant]

Play clear sky multiplayer hehe

[visual mortar]

exactly what i want. a modernized old multiplayer would be absolutely fire

and if they integrate it with a community server browser and their sdk, then DAMN

[naive crescent]

[visual mortar]

and hopefully party gamemodes

[main jewel]

what happened..

[main jewel]

in a stash in pripyat

[pure jasper]

😭

[main jewel]

the pripyat journalists stash

you have to get all the other ones first

[pure jasper]

i see

i tried getting the one in the duga and got killed instantly :c

[robust pendant]

I would prefer them to innovate in something

The old one was plain pvp, and it had kind of a mid gunplay

[visual mortar]

yeha like BADASS gamemodes

they should have an arena tournament mode

[robust pendant]

This one has of course better gunplay, but like, maybe make artifact hunting again, but better

[cedar lintel]

This game seriously needs hardware ray tracing and graphical upgrades equal to that of what was presented in pre release trailers

[primal nimbus]

Ghost Recon Wildlands Ai:

[stuck seal]

Real

Except even Wildlands ai will lose sight of you eventually

The ai in stalker 2 will be in the “search” mode but they’ll just search to your exact location

[primal nimbus]

I managed to slip around Monolith and IPSF when they came searching

[stuck seal]

I have too on occasion, In all my testing I feel like you can evade them when their search time is near ending and their about to return to normal

But if they’ve just gone on alert, even if you run around a hill, a building, a group of buildings, multiple hills, they’ll essentially “see” you through these hard objects and when you peak out again they’ll already be looking at you

I play on veteran which makes detection speed faster too which doesn’t help

The best way to stay out of combat is to stealth kill one and then run far enough and hide for them to finish their search time, or run out of render distance, since them not being rendered should put them off alert

[primal nimbus]

Tf I managed to slip away when they walked over

Albeit it’s in normal difficulty

[shell sequoia]

how do i become a hard core stalker and learn how to speak ukrainian?

[stuck seal]

That’s not something we can answer

Learning a language is up to the individual, different people do it in different ways

[stuck seal]

That’s probably why, they probably do see you but the detection time is just long enough that you can slip away

I watched someone’s stream that was playing on rookie, the ai could start detecting them even if they weren’t looking at the player

[primal nimbus]

Or:
Just become a Merc in the Exclusion Zone.

[stuck seal]

(They still speak ukranian)

[primal nimbus]

Always thought there’s Western Mercs

Unless its just a bunch of Bandits deciding to LARP with Western Gear in the Zone.

[stuck seal]

Western gear does not mean western people

And even then “western” people can mean many things

[primal nimbus]

Apologies. Gear you’ll most likely see someone with NATO affiliation or something like that would wear

[stuck seal]

Mercs are basically bandits but not as poor

[primal nimbus]

I then remember that Freedomers got their hands on NATO weapons, so that can track

[teal shadow]

are mercs like an already Existing group of people that is just sent to the zone or are the individual members of the mercs grouped as a faction to go into the zone?

[stuck seal]

They can be from anywhere in the world really, they’re in the zone for the same reason loners and bandits are, and most people, to get paid

[primal nimbus]

WTF AM I KING OF THE HILL? WHAT HILL? DID I LOSE THE STUPID HILL?

[primal nimbus]

Yes.

[stuck seal]

Mercs is just a general term regarding them, but they’re not all on the same team

They just don’t shoot at each other as much as they shoot other factions

[primal nimbus]

Unless its Duty Mercs vs Freedom Mercs-

Waittttttttt

Thats a better idea than the proxy war in Garbage

[stuck seal]

But anyone can be a merc, there’s probably some sort of prerequisite to be accepted by them (and you have to buy the uniform and stuff) but lots of mercs are people who were first loners or bandits

[stuck seal]

Too late, there was already a proxy war in the trilogy using mercs

[primal nimbus]

I do remember Clear Sky Mercs trying to get into the Zone. So its also outsiders trying to get in too (well thats a no duh statement)

[primal nimbus]

I need to replay the trilogy then

[stuck seal]

But mercs are rare in stalker 2, so duty and freedom use gangs

[primal nimbus]

It was stated that it was Ward doing

[teal shadow]

your name reminds me the "its almost time for halloween" video

[primal nimbus]

All the more reason to shoot Ward on sight

[stuck seal]

Yeah, korshunov doesn’t like competition

[primal nimbus]

Unless you wanna try extorting Moth

[teal shadow]

Im not going to your house anytime soon🙏

[primal nimbus]

October 31st: Spooken time.

November 1st:

Mariah Carey.

[vernal lily]

I know what video you're talking about I think...

[stuck seal]

Yeah it seems like they all come out of hiding once you beat sircaa, in the end game I’ve seen two squads worth of exo mercs in one spot

[vernal lily]

[primal nimbus]

Yeah, once Ward lost control, thats when everyone goes:

Why tf are we abiding by this treaty?

[teal shadow]

they're just giving out exos like candy huh?

[stuck seal]

I wouldn’t be surprised if they actually were

Wars, monolith, and mercs use exos en masse in the later parts of the game

But not loners for some reason, despite Bob the foreigner having one in the beginning of the game

Where’s my Bob the foreigner lore

[distant hamlet]

Idk where to ask but -Anyone know if console mods are getting fully released anytime soon? My x box craves.

[stuck seal]

Wdym fully released? You can get mods on Xbox

[tough remnant]

Yea OXA prototype lookin hella spicy

[teal shadow]

as in more mods being released i assume

[primal nimbus]

Bro survived Zalissya then dipped. What a Zone legend

[distant hamlet]

I was told its not fully approved by Microsoft yet

And that thats why theres not many atm

Idk. Sorry if it seems like im not smart 😅

[teal shadow]

is your middle name Patrick perhaps?

[distant hamlet]

Naa.

[teal shadow]

hmm

[distant hamlet]

I do like ac rouge though

[teal shadow]

I love its rendition of ezios family

[vernal lily]

Bob the Foreigner is the true legend of the Zone

[teal shadow]

are the bodies in zallisya supposed to stay after the attack?

[stuck seal]

Not sure, I haven’t seen any bodies near the town hall

[young juniper]

Bro since when does the dlc mercenary suit have a gas mask on it?

[vernal lily]

I remember they stuck around for a bit, but eventually despawning

[coral shadow]

oh btw imo binoculars gonna come 100% in 1.7

[north thistle]

I want a exoskeleton irl

Anywho time for my daily Monolith Bible verse

“The infidel shall perish, for they do not have faith and are blind to the truth.”
Faustians 12:21

[north thistle]

Based fr fr

[stuck seal]

Bob the foreigner dlc confirmed

[weary hedge]

https://tenor.com/view/huh-what-confused-gif-24490283

[north thistle]

It’s just my j*b

[dull osprey]

i have a google doc full of written books about the monolith

[primal nimbus]

Oh god

[fierce nexus]

[valid umbra]

why do i die 9inside the slag heap when emission?

[ebon blade]

What room are you in? Are you checking your PDA to confirm you are in a sheltered room?

[north thistle]

You are a true believer

[valid umbra]

IM like by my stash or the bar

[ebon blade]

That's not normal. I've heard of some Mods doing that.

[valid umbra]

wherre the screenshots chanel lol

[north thistle]

Pathetic, a true stalker would stand outside during an emission and aura farm until they die

But I wouldn’t know what that’s like, cuz ya know, Monolith.

I can’t die from emissions

[ebon blade]

https://discord.com/channels/504587323577729024/524231625039413249

[shrewd needle]

Man, why is the Convoy so bad...?

SEVA also feels so low-range, it's ridiculous.

[ebon blade]

The SEVAs aren't bad for a mid-range Suit. Allows the player to have some better physical protection and psi protection, with an enclosed helmet, over the SSP-99.

However the SSP-100s are better than the SEVA.

[shrewd needle]

Yea, but the difference between the SSP-99 and the SEVA feels too small, while the difference between the SEVA and the SSP-100 feels huge.

Also, I love how I'm supposed to assault the Duga and still got taken out by the fake sniper.

[ebon blade]

I thought you couldn't be killed?

[shrewd needle]

Only if I enable God Mode.

I guess I'm at the wrong entrance; I've got to go from the south-west. I hate this kind of game decision where you're rail-roaded instead of allowed to explore.

[ebon blade]

I hate that no one has made a Mod to remove the invisible snipers.

[shrewd needle]

Now only if they actually did that...like, I understand having those normally, but even during the mission...meh.

This is the Technical Tunnel Descent and even this can't be entered; same as before, I get shredded by the auto-kill snipers.

Northern entrance is blocked as well (same reason).

I guess they want you to go through the town, which makes zero sense since the gates to the Duga are blown apart everywhere.

[weary hedge]

I’ve been using seva d for while now. Honestly holds up pretty nice. Not sure what I want to upgrade to next.

[shrewd needle]

Invincible IPSF sniper replaced with invincible Monolith sniper.

THANKS, GSC!

And as soon as I try to get off the watch-tower, this happens.

SAME GUY resurrected... 😡

I give up.

I'll just Gauss Rifle everyone I see; other weapons don't even mean shit.

[ebon blade]

Not my video.

[shrewd needle]

That cabin is instant-kill before the Duga mission.

And the Duga is instant-kill even during... 😒

[ebon blade]

Cabin where?

[shrewd needle]

The one in the video you posted. The watch-tower.

FFS...this has to be a joke, right?

[ebon blade]

Where is this?

[shrewd needle]

To the left of this gate.

#☢┃stalker-general message

There's a broken wall section you can go into without getting instantly dead, but the Monolith get set upon you and the watch-tower NPCs are invincible.

I keep dying to the auto-kill sniper (there seems to be a radius beyond which it shoots, but IDK what that radius is).

I'll post picture when I can get back out.

[ebon blade]

I've only been close to the two-story tower, south of Stechanka. That's where the sniper shot me (like the video I posted that does not belong to me) so I never got to explore it or get the icon to identify it by name.

[shrewd needle]

That watch-tower just kills unless you're supposed to assault the Duga.

And the Duga itself has those invisible snipers that don't even exist (along with the invincible watch-tower ones that shrug off Gauss Rifle rounds).

[full seal]

is that just pee in a bottle

[ebon blade]

It's hearing about these parts of the game, that just make me not look forward to moving along the main story.

[exotic glacier]

Yup, if you get to close to the wall the get you.

[shrewd needle]

Yea...that's the whole problem, they try to rail-road you down a specific path. It's basically the same as GTA V...you kill cops and cause mayhem in free-roam, you'll get dead in an instant.

You do it during missions and you'll survive...cinematic style.

[shrewd needle]

Yea, but once the Duga's about to be assaulted, that should be disabled so you can just get in without issues.

[ebon blade]

That's why I am trying to do as much exploring as I can, while pausing the main mission.
All I hear is SIRCAA sucks, Zaton sucks, DUGA sucks, Pripyat has too many invincible Monolith.

[fierce nexus]

You guys see the zone has blue doggos now?

[shrewd needle]

SIRCAA has unlimited spawns (at the main heli-pad), Zaton, no idea (though it's huge and moving around is a pain), Duga is...well, you know.

Pripyat...only been there before, not after story, so I'll have to see how that goes.

Pripyat is basically a massive trap since it's an intact city unlike the open/smaller areas in other places.

[ebon blade]

I've had a Burer throw a dog at me. Does that count?

[fierce nexus]

Oop

[shrewd needle]

Burers will throw anything not bolted to the ground.

[ebon blade]

What's the purpose of unlimited spawns at the Heli-Pad? To get the Player to run away to survive?

[exotic glacier]

Priyat invisible monolith? Not from what I was. Infinite poltergeist and controller farms, yes. SIRCA is lame and yes, Zaton is trash.

[shrewd needle]

Well, it's supposed to 'show' the war between the Monolith and the Ward, and yes, supposed to show the player that SIRCAA is lost and to get out of there before they die at the hands of the Monolith (or both, depending on path).

And there's also a Pseudo-Giant in there (though that is only one and doesn't re-spawn).

[main jewel]

they should make vehicles not bolted

[shrewd needle]

The huge number of spawns makes sense (since Strider took a significant force of Noontiders to stop Dalin), but being unlimited is a bit of a stretch.

[ebon blade]

Invincible, not Invisible.

[shrewd needle]

https://tenor.com/view/stalker-stalker-shadow-of-chernobyl-chernobyl-btr-gif-16949858010542814228

[main jewel]

oh yeah i want this mod in stalker 2

throwable apc mod

[exotic glacier]

Oh no, no they all die. Dnipro-Kharod combo, they don't stand a chance. I often go to kindergarden just to assert my dominance.

[main jewel]

it could make great cover, or a good solution to get over the pripyat border,
there should be a mod or a extension to craftable and lootable zone to make latters you can place and use in game

ladder…

[main jewel]

no there are invincible monolith snipers to block you from going to certain places before the main story says so

or really just insta death guys

[ebon blade]

I've just read people complaining there are too many and too hard to kill.

[exotic glacier]

Where? I have never got the 308 one tap that I got from duga or yaniv.

[ebon blade]

Maybe I should have said nearly invincible. I didn't mean to imply unkillable.

[shrewd needle]

TBF, I broke into Pripyat (I'm on v1.1.3) and didn't find any.

[main jewel]

unkillable as in the snipers that are literally 500m away preventing you from getting to the duga

[ebon blade]

Do you not read what other people say here? I haven't been there, so I don't claim to know from first-hand experience.

[main jewel]

they are there in future versions i believe, actually im not sure, in the game after you get to garbage are there monolithians in pripyat as soon as you get there before completing that stupid goose chase varan sends you on

[exotic glacier]

I am asking @main jewel boss as to where they are in pripyat.

[main jewel]

oh i mean in duga, im not sure about pripyat

[exotic glacier]

Oh alright.

[shell flax]

I’m on 1.6 and I haven’t seen any invincible Monolith in pripyiat

You sure they aren’t being hyperbolic about exo monos needing a few more smacks to the skull then they’d like?

[grim wharf]

So where do you get nightvision goggles

[ebon blade]

Of course, the Player with the right armor and weapons can do better than others.
There have just been general statements that I've read, that in Pripyat, the Monolith
are all in Exos, there are too many of them and they are very difficult to kill > lots of ammo.

[exotic glacier]

Yeah, I think it's just whino's popping off.

[weary hedge]

You can get a good pair at yantar dam

[exotic glacier]

Go to the Kharod drop.

[shell flax]

Truthfully I think the permanent Exo monos is a good compromise.

You want to get to the massive endgame gear?

Fight endgame enemies fucko

[grim wharf]

Wait you can buy them

I was under the idea they had to be looted

[weary hedge]

Yeah, very tasty

[ebon blade]

Is that your way of saying Yantar Dam?

[exotic glacier]

Yes

[weary hedge]

Both. Tho they are very expensive.

[shell flax]

Tier 3 is 100k at white rep on Rookie

[grim wharf]

Yeah I'm not gonna talk about the glitch I did when the game first launched @weary hedge

[weary hedge]

In that case go crazy

Not sure who sells what tho and what the chances are

[shell flax]

I play rookie

To compromise I run enemy overhauls so I get schmacked if I play like an idiot

[shrewd needle]

No idea; I went to Pripyat and cleaned the map out before I even went to the Detention Centre, so...the Monolith always existed in Pripyat, but not unkillable snipers.

[shell flax]

Huron, Birch and Viktoria at malachite sell NVGs

[grim wharf]

Yep I'm around 37 millionish

[ebon blade]

My bad for using the word invincible, without the word "nearly" before it.
I thought people would catch the sarcasm, and not take my words literally.

[shrewd needle]

Found a truly massive contingent of IPSF at the School in Duga.

And this is just the Controller room; there's equally more on the lower floor.

[weary hedge]

God damn bruh

[shell flax]

I figured you were joking

I just can’t exactly take others here serious because they complain a starting gun can’t one tap Exos

[weary hedge]

My ass is broke because repairs on veteran overcharge the shit out of you

[grim wharf]

I went pretty hard when it came out

[ebon blade]

Sold where? In Pripyat?

[shell flax]

As the game progresses they upgrade

There’s also a free tier 3 green set in Jupiter

[weary hedge]

Was it the one where gaffer pays you infinitely

Or the trader one

[shell flax]

My trick is called Shay’s QoL

[shrewd needle]

"But bro, why doesn't my Makarov kill Exo-Skeleton enemies?"

[shell flax]

If someone joins this server and genuinely complains a Makarov can’t one tap a diamond exo, I’m jumping into a burner face first

[ebon blade]

https://tenor.com/view/do-you-have-any-idea-how-little-that-narrows-it-down-blight-batman-beyond-funny-narrow-it-down-gif-25176406

[shell flax]

You can’t even use the ‘irl ballistics’ argument for a Mak, it’s round is barely better then a .380

Shit has the stopping power of a toddler with a Sock ‘em bopper

[ebon blade]

Can we choose the anomaly field?

[shrewd needle]

I don't doubt that at all.

[grim wharf]

Interesting you hear more with headphones in stalker 2 like the exoskeletons actually make thuds when you walk

[shell flax]

Sure, I’ll even leave you my loot if it happens

[shrewd needle]

https://tenor.com/view/wreck-it-ralph-sarah-silverman-doodie-poop-joke-blue-humor-gif-3551543

https://tenor.com/view/ralph-breaks-the-internet-doody-vanellope-gif-15541349

[shell flax]

Oh Tejas, you ready for the flood of new people next month?

for better or worse

[shrewd needle]

Man, I HATE the under-barrel launcher...WTF were they thinking when they gave no sighting systems? 😡

AoE is huge...easily damages you and can't be aimed for shit.

[shell flax]

Learn the trajectory

[ebon blade]

That's why Tec and Tampico are new Moderators.
They volunteered to handle all the PS5 people.

[long jungle]

Idunno using the sights is cool

[ebon blade]

Age of Empires?

[shell flax]

Being serious now: why are you firing a GL close enough to get hit by it

[weary hedge]

It’s gonna be a dandy time

[shell flax]

Bets on first month bans?

[weary hedge]

There’s most definitely gonna be a handful of people who take the bugs too far

Here’s hoping the game releases relatively smooth

[shrewd needle]

Uh...no? Area-of-effect of the grenade.

[shrewd needle]

How about I launch you out of the mortar next time? You can learn the trajectory.

[weary hedge]

Bruh said age of empires 😭

[shell flax]

Gotta learn how to aim that one too first

[shrewd needle]

Doesn't matter as long as it's you getting launched. 😏

[ebon blade]

https://tenor.com/view/trump-missile-catastrophe-gif-6291438906518329682

[hushed flint]

gm stalker

[shell flax]

Tejas’s gif is roughly what would happen anyways

[shrewd needle]

Also trajectory is invisible since the gun takes up all the screen space.

[weary hedge]

Hi aoi ponkotsu

[shrewd needle]

I miss the trilogy where you could actually aim the UBGL.

[weary hedge]

That’s where the Grom shines

[hushed flint]

hi tec

[shell flax]

Gonna be honest with you, this is one of the biggest nothingburger complaints I’ve heard since the harpy mask shit

You say the gun takes up most of your screen?

Brother you’re missing most of the model

[weary hedge]

https://tenor.com/view/frog-gif-358126946326466778

[long jungle]

I think having the actual under barrel sights is neato

[weary hedge]

This is me irl real life btw

[ebon blade]

I admit I have not had enough practice using it, in Stalker 2.

[hearty zenith]

I want Stalker 2 Battle Royale, to upgrade your bunker haha 😞

[shrewd needle]

Yea, it's a major nuisance to aim.

[shrewd needle]

It's 'nothingburger' to you. Not to me

[ebon blade]

https://tenor.com/view/mario-luigi-familygamestories-family-game-stories-greedy-luigi-gif-1643358061870485208

[shrewd needle]

You see that? When I have to aim straight ahead, it's fine. When I have to aim above the target, the hand-guard basically blocks the target.

So yea, invisible weapon doesn't really matter.

[long jungle]

Um sir, where is your barrel

[weary hedge]

Who tf needs a barrel and receiver

[ebon blade]

Hand guard? I'm not clear on what you mean. A fore-grip?

[drifting bear]

This is currently the most useless feature, because unfortunately there is no decent grenade launcher attachment for the end game rifle in the game

[shrewd needle]

Fore-grip is the 'handle' like part, I'm talking about the cover around the barrel, the shroud.

Though, in my case, the weapon is invisible, so the UBGL blocks the target, since it's still visible.

[shrewd needle]

There's one for the Carmel (Kharod), but not for the Malyuk (Dnipro). And that's the worst part...the Malyuk is basically extremely powerful with the 7.62 X 39 conversion, but man, that lack of UBGL...

OTOH, since you can't aim either ways, it's a moot point.

[drifting bear]

Kharod has an underbarrel that shoots pellets like a shotgun, not like a grenade launcher

[weary hedge]

Could you imagine being able to load darts into under barrel shotguns, that would be tight

[shrewd needle]

No, it can fit an M203 easily.

[shrewd needle]

Or slugs. Honestly, there should've been option to change ammunition for those, NGL.

You know, Zev...you're right; the Groza is much better for the UBGL.

[drifting bear]

Oh, lol, okay, I'm wrong here . My experience with Kharod was a couple of shots and a couple of upgrades. For some reason, I didn't fall in love with it right away, so I used Dnipro all the time.

[shrewd needle]

The Malyuk is powerful with the 7.62 conversion; don't really need much else.

I stuck with the G36 because of the M203 and the fact that it can fit a 100-round magazine, but maybe I'll switch to the Groza.

[weary hedge]

There you go 😭

[shell flax]

The funny thing is: the G36 wouldn’t be able to fit the 203

It has its own proprietary GL

[weary hedge]

VOG 25s also have a more compact damage surface

[drifting bear]

Probably that would be cool 🤷

[shrewd needle]

I mean...I stuck with the G36 for the centenary magazine, but...maybe the Groza + Malyuk = better option.

[shrewd needle]

Yes, I'm aware, but...well, I guess we can shove a few customized upgrades in a game, so...it works.

Besides, it's not like the trilogy where the SIG GL5040 was used as the M203...

[weary hedge]

Since ur running BB ur g36 would probably be better since it can hold more ammo but the grom will still hold its own

[shrewd needle]

G36 has everything better than the Groza except for damage...the range, penetration, accuracy are all insanely high (even better than the Carmel). It's why I've not changed it.

Or maybe I can just screw the UBGL and use the RPG instead.

[weary hedge]

Shiii if you got the ammo might aswell

[shrewd needle]

Invisible parts aside, this is huge, man...just plain huge.

25% of screen space = the gun. 😆

[weary hedge]

Yeeeeeahhh that drum mag is crazy

Same with the sight

[ebon blade]

You didn't like the original scope?

Or does it turn invisible too?

[shrewd needle]

Original scope zooms in too much and ACOG is even worse. The 2X is so much better to aim using.

[shrewd needle]

Not just the drum (that's expected), but the sight, definitely. Original sight is even higher, I think (due to dual-lens).

[ebon blade]

What the magnification on the original scope?

[weary hedge]

That’s one of the main reasons I don’t use the g36 much despite it being a good gun. I like iron sights and a sniper for the zooming

[shrewd needle]

3X or so. ACOG is 4X.

[weary hedge]

I could’ve sworn it was 2.0 could be thinking of the trilogy tho

[shrewd needle]

You can test it out (though I use OXA, so the 2X is available, otherwise only the ACOG is available, I think).

[shrewd needle]

Yea, but I can't use iron sights properly, so I generally prefer at least 2X zoom; easier to aim.

[weary hedge]

Yeah I’ll give it a look. I think I still have on in my stash

[shrewd needle]

At least a holographic.

[weary hedge]

Are all iron sights invisible for you?

[shrewd needle]

Not all; some are. For guns like the Groza and the 416, the top rail is visible (so I can use the sights); for some like the USP, the entire gun is invisible, so only the magazine's visible.

But that's not it; I don't find iron sights ergonomic.

Especially since they can easily blend into the background and we don't have tritium sights, for some reason.

[weary hedge]

Ah, I see. Fair enough. I’ve never really had a problem with it.

Do you have any guns that are fully visible?

[shrewd needle]

The Makarov, the APS, the AKs are fully visible, along with the RPG and the Gauss Rifle. Everything else is in varying states of bugged.

Most of them have their receivers, fore-grips, stocks, triggers and such invisible; the magazine, barrel extensions, rails/sights are visible (since they're, I presume, the parts that the game considers 'swappable').

Guns like the AS Val and the VSS Vintorez are in the USP category (fully invisible); the VSS at least has a scope.

[weary hedge]

Including spitfire? It’s nice you at least have options

[weary hedge]

Geeze 😂

[shrewd needle]

Yea, Spitfire's visible, though I didn't take it with me (Malyuk is a straight upgrade; both use 7.62 X 39).

[weary hedge]

This place is absolutely stunning. Especially up close

[shrewd needle]

Where are you that you get a clear view without dying?

[ebon blade]

I didn't know this, I expected to die. Apparently you can stand on top of the Duty barracks building outside,
and it be considered shelter. I guess this explains why the perpetual Sniper up there, survives all Emissions.

That's the first time that I have noticed, the Emission is generated from the Generators, that you can see here.

[shrewd needle]

WTF? You mean the talles tone that you can climb, or the one where Voronin's in?

@weary hedge - check that; the 'levels' of invisibility (including a stock G36).

Bonus points if you can figure out what the weapons are.

[weary hedge]

Dang bro. Why don’t you just use one of the AKs?

[shrewd needle]

Lower damage, lower magazine capacity; guns are merely invisible, but fully functional otherwise.

[shrewd needle]

G36 out-classes so many guns, it's not even funny.

[shrewd needle]

Damn, noice! I've been there; maybe I should stay there during Emission and see for myself.

BTW, Tejas...that's the different zoom levels for you. Fourth one is the Storm Falcon X8 (half the scopes are bugged with OXA, so they don't have proper model placement and hence, no reticles).

I love the original G36's reticle but the zoom is a PITA, so I use the Aimpoint Pro X2 (the black X2 scope; forgot in-game vanilla name); second one in the image.

[ebon blade]

I went to the Cement Factory and was expecting an Emission earlier in the day.
It didn't happen, so I recorded two 30-minute videos (1 hour = 24 hours in game)
and after stopping the second video (2 videos where nothing happened, and are
going to be deleted) I was ready to start a third video, for no other reason than to
see when the Emission was arriving. When it did, I just stood in the same place as
I had been, running out the clock, expecting to die in the Emission. Who knew?

[shrewd needle]

That's nice; time-lapse is nice, honestly.

[viscid shale]

Yo

[ebon blade]

I generally try to record videos and upload them with activity.
However, sometimes expecting an Emission prevents me from
traveling places. On rare occassions like this, when nothing happens,
I let the game just run, until the Emission arrives. Now I can go back
to my game and restart it a day before, knowing how much free time I have.

[viscid shale]

Just bored lol

[shrewd needle]

True, true.

[ebon blade]

How did you get aboard my ship?

[viscid shale]

https://tenor.com/view/spongebob-spongebob-squarepants-think-thinking-hmm-gif-11570469479394618754

Wut? Im kinda new here

[ebon blade]

https://tenor.com/view/spongebob-spongebob-squarepants-think-thinking-hmm-gif-11570469479394618754

[ebon blade]

Click on my profile.

[viscid shale]

Oh yeah, a ship, I got it too

[shrewd needle]

Finally in. Time for more rail-roading, I guess.

[wanton blaze]

I wish the Duga was climbable

[weary hedge]

Are you the real ghost

[viscid shale]

👉🏻👈🏻 yes

[shrewd needle]

Don't you do that in the mission?

[shrewd needle]

Damn...the other guy just standing on a pipe with full balance = skillz.

[weary hedge]

Im a big fan bro

[viscid shale]

Thanks 🫂🤠❤️

[weary hedge]

Bo7 or Battlefield 6 ¿

[viscid shale]

Umm bf 6

Idk 😭

[weary hedge]

Wise choice

Would’ve had to ban you if you said bo7

[viscid shale]

Bwhahahahahahhahahahaha

[weary hedge]

[viscid shale]

🙂

[weary hedge]

What is ur favorite stalker game?

[vernal lily]

Jk, I saw your name is Simon Riley and had to send that Makarov sticker

[shrewd needle]

Took out the Duga's power...now I can explore, right?

[viscid shale]

Is anyone good with Java script?

[shrewd needle]

Ah, never mind...I died to a single auto-kill sniper again.

[viscid shale]

I rarely play it 😐

[weary hedge]

Why you join stalker discord

[vernal lily]

hm

[shrewd needle]

DUDE, It's Machine! The guide!

Man just says, "Monolith be praised" and then I die.

[vernal lily]

Played Stalker 2 yet?

[viscid shale]

For the badge 💀

[shrewd needle]

https://tenor.com/view/ice-age-buck-killed-lived-gif-15067159880809866385

After 20 reloads... 😡

[viscid shale]

I need help!!

[weary hedge]

Fake fan

[vernal lily]

[shrewd needle]

Why are you asking for JS help on a STALKER server?

[viscid shale]

https://tenor.com/view/mario-sad-sad-mario-mario-look-phone-sad-look-sad-gif-17200741509957979964

[vernal lily]

What do you need java help for

[viscid shale]

😭 idk, it's game related

[vernal lily]

hm

[viscid shale]

For game script

[weary hedge]

Explain urself simon Riley

[viscid shale]

... What?

[weary hedge]

Ye

[vernal lily]

yes

[viscid shale]

Tf u mean yes 😭

[weary hedge]

https://tenor.com/view/cago-gif-15532850904342057719

Good after morning

[vernal lily]

interesting interesting...

[viscid shale]

Yeah so umm..can someone help me with script? I dunno anything about it

[weary hedge]

Yeah, what do you need

[viscid shale]

h@cks for another game 💀

[weary hedge]

What game

[vernal lily]

Script? Sure, I can send you that Bee Movie script as requested

[viscid shale]

😭😭 sad cat meow meow reel script

[weary hedge]

Go to that games discord server. This is a stalker server

[vernal lily]

That's not very Simon Riley of you

[viscid shale]

Bro 😭 why would they let me talk about hacking their game in their own server? I already got alot of warnings there

[weary hedge]

Why would we ?

[viscid shale]

Cuz we're bros 🤜🏻🤛🏻❤️

[weary hedge]

Beat stalker then talk to me

[viscid shale]

Can you tell me everything that's not allowed? Even if it's obvious, I don't wanna end up getting banned 😭

[shrewd needle]

Because he 'asked nicely', can't you see? 😏

[weary hedge]

Stalker only

If you have something else, go to #💬┃en_offtop

[vernal lily]

What do you think of Clear Sky

[viscid shale]

There is no clear sky

[vernal lily]

Into the burner anomaly you go

[alpine flint]

i agree

[shrewd needle]

https://tenor.com/view/exploring-a-cave-stalker-stalker-2-heart-of-chornobyl-chernobyl-gif-12033202308654676142

[vapid galleon]

negative, you're just soft and weak for Zone

[shrewd needle]

Burn 'im!

I'm at the Communications Centre and man, that rail-roading is heavy.

[vapid galleon]

[vernal lily]

Don't owo react me you peasant

[vapid galleon]

[shrewd needle]

Nice, I can't save the game when in the Communications Centre...thanks, GSC...

I'm confused...

[ebon blade]

https://tenor.com/view/mario-sad-sad-mario-mario-look-phone-sad-look-sad-gif-17200741509957979964

[vernal lily]

Noooo wait, who changed my name back

[ebon blade]

Why is he wearing a gas mask?

[vernal lily]

[shrewd needle]

Supposed to be an illusion, I think. Not sure if it's a bug, it's supposed to be this way or it's part of that code I ran to disable the permanent psionic bug.

[ebon blade]

I'm only asking because we saw his face on Wild Island.
How do you even know that's really Faust if he's masked?

[marsh iron]

(it's not a bug can confirm)

[vernal lily]

I can also confirm that it's not a bug

Also thanks to whoever changed my name back

[shrewd needle]

It's not; it's part of his illusions, which is the point.

[shrewd needle]

Yea, but I had to use a console command to disable the permanent psionic bug, so...

[marsh iron]

nw just wanted to put your mind at ease all good

[ebon blade]

Why is he giving you a choice of Dawn, Dusk, Night or Don't Care?

[vernal lily]

I just now realized your gun isn't all there

[shrewd needle]

Because it is your choice. He asks you what time you'd like to have an intimate conversation (a heart-to-heart).

[shrewd needle]

Yea, it's...been a while.

[ebon blade]

So if you choose Dawn, the Sun magically comes up? It looks like it's night laready there.

[shrewd needle]

I swear, this is the first moment in the game where I actually felt something.

Rest of the game feels disconnected jank.

[shrewd needle]

Yep. Day/night cycle is just a matter of programming, so you can basically change the time as you want.

There's a guy who makes Photo Mode tools for games (ones that can break out of the limits of whatever the game provides) and I think you can change the time in there too.

https://www.patreon.com/cw/Otis_Inf

[ebon blade]

@vernal lily Thanks for showing me the way of the Glorpus Cultus Server.

[vernal lily]

[grim wharf]

Is there white phosphor based nightvision in the game instead of the classic green

[ebon blade]

[ebon blade]

Yes, at the Yantar Dam.

[grim wharf]

Interesting as I just found a gen 2 nightvision goggle in a stash

Honestly this would have been pretty useful if it was added at launch

I just have one issue with classic green though it screws with my color blindness and contrast issues

[ebon blade]

Where?

[ebon blade]

My moment like that was talking to Strider.

[vernal lily]

[grim wharf]

Honestly I don't even keep track of stashes I didn't even know there was a stash where I was as it was right outside of rostok probably butchered the name but near a broken down train

[ebon blade]

South of Rostok? West of Rostok? Where were you?

[grim wharf]

I'm mixing the ice cream I'm making up real quick to prevent ice crystals I'll check in a second

[ebon blade]

I'm asking because no one else has mention finding NVG around Rostok.

[grim wharf]

The way I came from was the chemical plant if that helps not sure if they are static or it's part of the mods I'm running though

[vapid galleon]

Cheeki Breeki everywhere!

[ebon blade]

Could you mark it on your PDA Map?

[shrewd needle]

There's a better moment later, when you're in the Visiograph.

Also, I love how the Duga's so massive, I can't even find my way around without opening the PDA every 20 seconds.

Man, I can't believe half the 'lesser' Duga is gone.

[cloud carbon]

Where do I send menes

[ebon blade]

Now that I knew how much time I had before the Emission,
I left the Cement Factory and went to grab the free SEVA-I.

[cloud carbon]

memes*

[vernal lily]

Stalker memes: #🤨┃stalker_memes or other memes here #💬┃en_offtop

[cloud carbon]

thx

[ebon blade]

Did the other half disappear in the game?

[shrewd needle]

Nice!

[shrewd needle]

No... 😆

It was blown up by Spark to prevent being used by Faust (or anyone else).

It happens when you reach Faust; Skif sees the Duga topple, then Faust shows up.

[ebon blade]

You were supposed to ask me where I got it.

[shrewd needle]

Sorry, just a bit of multi-tasking; where was the suit?

[shrewd needle]

Very cat of you.

[shrewd needle]

https://tenor.com/view/impressive-based-american-psycho-gif-24694654

[ebon blade]

I went there, before the main-mission? wanted me to go there.
There was some Monolith Emitter in the room beside it.

[shrewd needle]

Yea, I remember that; it's basically the same building as the X-16 in SoC.

[ebon blade]

It appears to be partially upgraded.

[shrewd needle]

There's another available at the Duga, in the armoury. There's a Burer there.

[ebon blade]

Yeah, that's why I went to Yantar. As far as I know, only the main-mission allows you to enter Duga.

[shrewd needle]

Anyone know how this door's unlocked?

[shrewd needle]

No, no...the SEVA is available in the town of Duga. It's accessible from the start of the game.

Only the radar itself is blocked off.

[ebon blade]

I thought ALL the Duga territory was off-limits, until the story took you there.

[shrewd needle]

Nah...only the main radar installation (which, admittedly, is a huge area) is blocked off. The town and the northern-most part of the Duga are accessible.

[ebon blade]

Can you mark on a PDA MAp, the areas I can visit, please.

[shrewd needle]

The part below the pink line (south-east) is accessible at any time; north-west is blocked off. In the second picture, the fence is visible, so everything outside is accessible.

[ebon blade]

Thanks.

[shrewd needle]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1311817583351169114/1433376363578134578/1761813951905.png?ex=69047743&is=690325c3&hm=4838af67716ebdd7f9ef77ab07133473eedd224493ee9927e12e85475dc7d29a&

Second picture clarified; everything inside the pink = inaccessible.

As usual, don't get too close to the fence; the invincible snipers won't die and will shoot constantly. They can be disabled by 3 shots of AP from the SVD to the head. Won't die, but they'll lay wounded.

[ebon blade]

Thanks. And yet I get shot at the two-story building far from your DUGA maps.

[marsh iron]

(yes the small outpost NE of Duga is also quest-locked)

[shrewd needle]

What Lx said; the tower is off-limits before the mission.

Also, I just cleared out the Duga except for some of the locked doors IDK shit about, so...that's another problem solved.

[shrewd needle]

Now onward to the fake Shining Zone and becoming a zombie.

Malachite's going to be a PITA against the Ward. And STC already hates me for some reason IDK.

[meager crag]

Finally... I will become...

...Omega Chad

[shrewd needle]

We'll see about that, Crimson.

[meager crag]

I've got my eyes wide open

Eternal Spring is real

[shrewd needle]

https://tenor.com/view/side-eye-dog-suspicious-look-suspicious-doubt-dog-doubt-gif-23680990

I think you might need some Reflections. 😏

[meager crag]

Just wrote one yesterday

[shrewd needle]

Oh? Now I'm curious!

[meager crag]

Cool

[shrewd needle]

Seriously? You just going to 'Cool' me? POST IT!

[sleek sonnet]

Hi, I haven't been following recently, have they finally fixed a-life or is it still just an artificial plug?

[smoky hawk]

the latter, wait a bit more

[sleek sonnet]

thanks, I ve bought it on premiere, played some, got gamebreaking bugs that prevented me from finishing and decided to let go until they fix it. The thing I loved most about original trilogy was a-life, I even spent some time to follow up on what happened to my body after death xD

[meager crag]

No

[shrewd needle]

Why?

[meager crag]

'Cuz

[shrewd needle]

Damn, so ya hate me. 😔

Fine, fine...I get it.

https://tenor.com/view/fine-i-get-it-chief-detective-oscar-finlay-reacher-i-understand-gif-24770031

Whoever changed my name...I swear... 😒

[grim wharf]

When did they add a 1911 to the game lol

Now that I see this I'm curious is there a unique variant

[shrewd needle]

v1.5.

[shrewd needle]

Yes.

[grim wharf]

Welp I'm on the search for that now also is there any upgrades and if so can you just buy them or do you have to find them

I'm seeing something under one of the ammunition's called three line rifle it sounds like something the snipers used in WW2

[shrewd needle]

Mosin-Nagant.

[shrewd needle]

No idea; I'm on an older version of the game so I don't have the weapons.

[grim wharf]

So I'm correct it was a rifle typically used as a sniper rifle heavily used in WW2 I just got the country heavily associated with it mixed up I was thinking of the Soviet Union not Germany

[wild thistle]

I could really use a stash at Sircaa...

[wooden walrus]

I mean the mosin goes way way further back than ww2, but yes, bolt action rifles were heavily used by every single belligerent power during that conflict

During ww1 as well for that matter

[shrewd needle]

Not just a sniper; bolt-action rifles were the norm.

Also, the Mosin-Nagant is basically Soviet Union, not Germany.

[wild thistle]

I am sooo unprepared for Sircaa lol. I barely have 200 rounds for my AK and also stuck with a useless SVD in confined spaces 😂

GSC, please add a stash in Dr Dalin's room!

[vapid galleon]

BE ADVISED

enemy chopper in the area

[stark crescent]

Hello, Stalkers!

[wooden walrus]

Yeah the lack of any sort of storage in and anywhere around sircaa is understandable but very very very annoying

[wild thistle]

Adding a stash there should be the sensible thing to do

[serene barn]

it's one of those things that we'd want as a player so we could stash things to sell later but it doesn't make sense in universe for there to be one there not to mention it's not a hub so we'd have no reason to return there throughout the story

[wooden walrus]

I'd just appreciate a non magic stash that you can cram your loot in, ynow, how stashes are supposed to work in stalker instead of just loot boxes like they're treated in 2

[stark crescent]

How is it sensible? That place is open to you for only a single chapter. You enter it. Do the story mission, and you are pooped out of that place.

[wooden walrus]

Unfortunately the closest stash to sircaa is on a chimera lair lol

A chimera that will have respawned by the time you come back for your shit lmao

[stark crescent]

The sircaa mission is a point of no return. You dont really need a stash there.

[wooden walrus]

It's cool that you don't need one

I would very much like somewhere to squirrel away all the shit you pick up during the mission

[stark crescent]

Stop being a pack rat

[grim wharf]

@shrewd needle they were the norm yes but they were pretty heavily associated with sniper's @wooden walrus on I know that

I mostly brought up WW2 to give people a point of reference

[wild thistle]

So that it's more user-friendly

[stark crescent]

Want a mercenary to hold your hand as well while were at it

[wooden walrus]

I just hope we eventually get the ability to just make our own stashes, even if it implies sacrificing a backpack to do so

[serene barn]

the game gives you plenty of other means of getting loot, it just wouldn't make sense to have one there just because that location is so densely packed with npcs during the time things go down

[stark crescent]

Sircaa isnt a safe zone from the get go

[charred nova]

No I must store 5000 rounds of 9mm

[wooden walrus]

I'll be honest, I'm not the biggest fan of the resident evil magic stashes, but I do think the eastern side of the map as a whole is a pain in the ass to work with, particularly on a first playthrough

[stark crescent]

[wooden walrus]

Not just sircaa but also the swamp area, although nowadays I know better to just use that village at the edge of the swamp as a staging area

[charred nova]

The western side is worse tbh

[serene barn]

personally really happy with the hub stashes. it just streamlines things and doesn't punish me for having collected things. i never liked having to keep a stash in all the hubs in the originals because of how long it took to get around if i wasn't paying for it and i didn't always have the money to be taken places

[charred nova]

There’s literally a point where the nearest trader is like 3k meters away

💀

Like why

Just put a trader in the burnt forest

There’s fucken nothing in the burnt forest

[wooden walrus]

I think it's a good abstraction and I do use them. Moving stuff around stashes gets annoying, particularly with the static spawning the game uses currently

[wild thistle]

The stashes are actually spatial anomalies. That explains it 😂

[wooden walrus]

But i wouldn't mind a more involved system in the future, if mods can realize it

[serene barn]

like scrounging up the money for upgrading guns in the originals was really annoying because of that lol

[wooden walrus]

Yeah I'm sure someone will say it was the best system ever but managing inventory in the original trilogy sucked imo

[shrewd needle]

Fair.

[shrewd needle]

Agreed.

[wooden walrus]

However it is true that using stashes like, ynow, actual stashes you squirrel away your shit into, would be neat

[shrewd needle]

With S2, we get both...regular stashes for 'squirreling' and the hub ones for collection.

[serene barn]

if there was more side quests or more fun repeatable jobs to do that maybe would take you to a place more often i'd consider making a location a personal on the go stash so i wouldn't have to return to a hub to get a little ammo or something.

[wooden walrus]

if between here and whenever the sdk actually allows to do that I stop being a lazy frick, I do have a couple ideas that could make inventory management kinda fun without being a pain in the balls

[wooden walrus]

...stop being a lazy frick and become good at coding, somehow 🙄

[smoky hawk]

if you say inventory tetris so help me God

[shrewd needle]

S2's inventory system is garbage; can't even sort items by type.

[robust pendant]

Can you move them from one place to another at least?

I mean, organize it yourself

[smoky ginkgo]

Is there an option to disable the magic stash ? Game is not currently installed on my PC now so can’t check
I kinda enjoyed the hassle and planning required in the previous stalker games

[smoky ginkgo]

unless it changed since, at release you could move stuff around like you wanted and organize properly, but once you closed the inventory and opened it again, it was a complete mess again

[wooden walrus]

nope, and no mods to do so at the moment as far as I am aware.

[shrewd needle]

Yes, but I'd rather have category tabs or something. Like first category would be 'Necessary Items' (story/other shit that can't be discarded), then 'Artifacts', then 'Weapons', then 'Attachments' and so on. Make all those categories collapsible, so you can just collapse the ones you don't need and get your shit done.

[wooden walrus]

which is kinda bizarre, but I guess we'll need the map modding sdk to be able to do so

@charred nova Could you please change my nickname back to Ottomic and ask the rest of moderators to please not mess with it any further?

I don't care how funny any of the "moderators" in this discord thinks it is, I'm the one that decides what my nickname is, not you.

(I'm not talking about you in particular, obviously, just, mods in general)

thank you.

[shrewd needle]

Me as well.

[shrewd needle]

I don't appreciate the constant name changes.

[smoky ginkgo]

Well we can simulate the “non-magic” stash by picking a regular one whenever we feel like
I used a backpack on top of a small building between centre and Duga as a temporary stash, as well as various drops here and there

[shrewd needle]

Not funny, Jack.

[wooden walrus]

yeah I mean considering how you're stumbling onto backpacks every couple steps it's not that unreasonable if you want to roleplay it

[shrewd needle]

NOT FUNNY!

[smoky hawk]

you are positive tho

[shrewd needle]

...

[smoky hawk]

the most positive guy I know

like a sun

shining bright

[shrewd needle]

Just...give me my name back and we'll call it a day.

[smoky hawk]

your name is back?

[wild thistle]

Stalker 2 is already a step forward from the magical Stalker 1 PDAs that show you where all the nearby enemies are 😂

[vapid galleon]

node *lowestCommonAncestor(node *tree, node *p, node *q)
{
    if(!tree) return NULL;
    if(tree == p || tree == q)
        return tree;
    node *left = lowestCommonAncestor(tree->left, p, q);
    node *right = lowestCommonAncestor(tree->right, p, q);
    if(left && right)
        return tree;
    return (left != NULL) ? left : right;
}

[smoky ginkgo]

Yeah, I decided to roleplay a proper stash for precious stuff in an underground (shielded from the elements, away from any common pathway, non-radioactive so I don’t carry crap that got contaminated, …)

[vapid galleon]

https://leetcode.com/problems/lowest-common-ancestor-of-a-binary-tree/description/?envType=study-plan-v2&envId=leetcode-75

[wooden walrus]

"so hey, you're going into this closed off area full of psycopaths that want you dead, here, have this PDA that will show them your exact location at every time"

[shrewd needle]

More like a step backward, honestly.

[shrewd needle]

That's because PDAs are connected to a network, so they can be pinged and hence, there's an IFF system.

There's a reason why NPCs are visible in the PDA.

[smoky hawk]

the person who thinks this is just baiting

[wooden walrus]

I have this idea that you could carry like, geolocator beacons with your stuff, and whenever you come across a backpack you can just squirrel away your stuff in order to stay light (which in stalker games is actually really important), and then whenever you reach a hub, you could pay a guide to go there and bring back your shit after some time has passed

same with moving your stuff from hub to hub, using guides as kind of sherpas just lugging around your stuff for money

[charred nova]

https://tenor.com/view/deus-ex-unatco-fact-fact-checked-true-gif-26889068

[smoky ginkgo]

We can put markers on the map, we just need the “lead me to my marker” option when talking to a guide

[wooden walrus]

yeah I'm sure that will eventually come around once the sdk is fully fledged

[smoky ginkgo]

Oh nice suggestion ! Pay a Sherpa

[wooden walrus]

yeah it'd give guides more of a use than just quick travel points like they are now

[shrewd needle]

See, this is why I just prefer infinite weight. Not having to depend on other NPCs.

[smoky ginkgo]

That could become a repeatable quest, ala Death Stranding
“Bring Ottomic’s stuff from X to Y”

[wooden walrus]

also incentivate players to actually treat stashes like stashes, not just boxes full of sausages to constantly trip over

[shrewd needle]

Guides in the trilogy were better; they could lead you to places in the same or different maps. Not just hub-to-hub.

CoP was even better in that any random NPC group had at least one guy you could pay to guide you to the local hub.

[dreamy dagger]

Yes-yes, I am back IN THE MENU! Yweaaaaaas! We eat good today!

[vapid galleon]

https://tenor.com/view/eric-andre-hannibal-buress-huhuhu-upset-surprised-pikachu-gif-24010873

[robust pendant]

Yeah, because it was the only reason where you would have fun in those maps

[charred nova]

cop is mid

but its arguably better than stalker 2

at least they finished the game

https://tenor.com/view/deus-ex-unatco-fact-fact-checked-true-gif-26889068

[dreamy dagger]

I have brought the latest fact

STALKER 2 is discount simulator

[charred nova]

stalker 2 is an early access release of a 2028 game

[sage dew]

https://tenor.com/view/hexa-wyntre-hexagaming198-discord-wyntrecat-games-gif-11431140215813386339

[dreamy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/humanity-is-corrupt-strelok-wishing-strelok-trippin-strelok-confused-strelok-gif-52729194833745799

[charred nova]

these are the facts

now tell me how many paper clips are in the office drawer in your bosses desk

[sage dew]

As moderator - somebody presumably trusted enough by GSC, why would you spit on their hard work?

[charred nova]

i don't get paid

[dreamy dagger]

68, cuz I stole the 69th last night!

[charred nova]

im gonna be critical of the game

[river hazel]

ADMIN ABUSE!!!!

[dreamy dagger]

Its not admin abuse and Jack is not an admin

[river hazel]

i will karlik you bro

[dreamy dagger]

He's jacked, though! Man's packin real opinion!

[charred nova]

like if the game was the best shit ever

id tell you so

[dreamy dagger]

Game is mediocre?

[charred nova]

once you know the truth

[sage dew]

shrug

[charred nova]

the illusion fades entirely

[river hazel]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1228457889513865340/1332902372644749322/attachment.gif

[charred nova]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1228457889513865340/1332902372644749322/attachment.gif?ex=69042111&is=6902cf91&hm=9afe4a9d7320d30f333c1393018e98383c9c0715b49b6481e92d95955e777f5b&

all ill say is

if you look in the right place you can see all the cut content

and it really makes you sad

[dreamy dagger]

Jack

How about we collectively sue GSC to refund our shit so we can buy a better game....

[sage dew]

That I agree with

[charred nova]

im paying full price for only half the game

[sage dew]

For me its the difference between 2023 flora and the joke they released in final version

[charred nova]

also the 2023 build was not censored

someone released a mod that uncensored all the stuff in the final game

but big surprise it didn't even last 48 hours

[sage dew]

workshop - but what about nexus or moddb?

[charred nova]

only got uploaded to workshop sadly

im sure someone archived it somewhere but ive not been able to find it again

[spark lake]

@fossil wave dude, can you answer some questions for today? please ❤️

[river hazel]

0.3 leaks roaming freely in the workshop

[charred nova]

https://dev.ua/en/news/komuniatskyi-mod-na-stalker-2-1752759187

this article shows what the mod did

[shrewd needle]

Time to fight the Ward to the death...man, should've brought the Glutton... 😡

[dreamy dagger]

No, they only answer questions that fit them, sadly...

[river hazel]

as expected

[sage dew]

Glutton is weak

[charred nova]

its not a fan mod though

[sage dew]

also you can find it

[charred nova]

that content WAS in the game

[dreamy dagger]

The management failed this company so hard its remains can't be recovered....

[charred nova]

all they did was put it back in

[river hazel]

and gsc doesnt want it anymore

not only because those are devbuild leaks

[charred nova]

frankly idc

[river hazel]

that gsc want to prevent from roaming the internet

[charred nova]

i'm not gonna dive into the TRUTH regarding the 2023 build leak

but its not as black and white as you have been led to believe

[river hazel]

okay

[dreamy dagger]

I'm not sure Jack will be a moderator any more once either Prophet, McCulkin or Artemida see his messages

[sage dew]

Hiding soviet symbolism in game that builds its world on FAIED SOVIET SYSTEM therefore is a powerful critique of it is stu-Okay Wolf, - not very smart idea - also shortisghted.

[dreamy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/bruh-disappointed-face-starioncostumes-stalker-stalker-2-gif-14475746278668777195

[charred nova]

im not linking or talking about where to find the leaks

they happened d

[dreamy dagger]

No I mean you sharing your opinion and it being criticizing them

Just the fact you point out the truth, youknows?

[charred nova]

im allowed to do that

[river hazel]

krezzin thinks stoc is 1984

[charred nova]

been told as much by mol1t him self

[dreamy dagger]

Molit is decades ahead of other people in GSC

[dreamy dagger]

He's like the opposite of everyone else

[dreamy dagger]

I just know some GSC guys way of thinking from interacting with them

[charred nova]

im allowed to say i don't like censorship

[river hazel]

which ones

[charred nova]

not like i can do anything about it

it does not ruin the game

but if i could choose between having it or not

[shrewd needle]

Not with Better Ballistics.

[charred nova]

id opt to avoid it

[dreamy dagger]

Molit, McCulkin, Prophet, Artemida, Taras or whatever the guy's nickname was

[river hazel]

how evil do you think each one is

rate in %

[shrewd needle]

I love it when the AI bugs out.

[charred nova]

i don't know most of them well enough to gauge that

[weary hedge]

lmao thats 100% accurate i have experience with that also

[charred nova]

ive never really had a negative interaction with any of them

we have had based interactions though

one time artemida dropped a tactical nuke in mod chat which spurred on some of the most incredible dialog in this servers entire history

I really wish i could show you

[weary hedge]

i’d like to thing that all mods represent different factions as their behaviour is vastly different to one another

[charred nova]

BUT I CAN'T

[dreamy dagger]

Molit - 0%
Artemida - 15%
McCulkin -45%
Prophet - 65%
The other guy I am sure I confused his name - 5%

[river hazel]

im snitching on yall noobs 🙄

[meager crag]

Artemida only 15%?

[dreamy dagger]

I didn't have much time with her on DMs

[meager crag]

Bro got the cold shoulder

[dreamy dagger]

But yeah, let's make it 25 at least...

[meager crag]

Too low

[charred nova]

krezzin tried asking her out to dinner

[dreamy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/jeremy-clarkson-top-gear-ummm-oh-dear-grand-tour-gif-25951998

[charred nova]

smh

[meager crag]

What are you, Tommy?

[charred nova]

tommy could probably pull that off

[dreamy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/laughing-face-itstommylove-stalker-stalker-2-laughing-gif-5825873400318228145

[dreamy dagger]

Tommy pulling it out at dinner? Bro, you're NUTS @forest grove

https://tenor.com/view/teeth-gums-no-teeth-teethless-toothless-gif-11883782

I see where the "I funk on the first date" tshirt design comes form now!!!

[meager crag]

Bro @forest grove Krezzin is trying to pose as you

[dreamy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/itstommylove-stalker-2-crazy-reaction-youtuber-gif-2521131310976783877

[meager crag]

And try to shag Artemida

And failing spectacularly

[dreamy dagger]

Shagging Artemida seems like a good side quest line, not gonna lie!

[river hazel]

krezzin noob go play stalkan 2 or i karlik you

[meager crag]

It's not

[charred nova]

shes probably married

[meager crag]

She's probably wack

[dreamy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/yoo-surprised-face-hyped-face-itstommylove-stalker-gif-6493298751209256984

[charred nova]

CHAT IS TRUE

[dreamy dagger]

Open relationship, baby!

[charred nova]

only americans do that

[dreamy dagger]

Shut yo brass, I just finished painting sh*t. I paint, but not like Bob Ross did!

[meager crag]

Only losers do that

[charred nova]

most other parts of the world value actual relationships

TRUE

[river hazel]

go paint walls red with mutant brains in stalkan 2

[charred nova]

https://tenor.com/view/deus-ex-unatco-fact-fact-checked-true-gif-26889068

[dreamy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/cl0-gif-7619060

[frigid hill]

tfosl125 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[dreamy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/snoop-snoop-dogg-come-on-man-gif-14214919

[obtuse veldt]

Damn it!!!

Got wolfed

[dreamy dagger]

Kotsonman

If you been offered to shag Artemida in the Warren's Shack during an Emission, would you?

[river hazel]

who wants to get karliked, get in line

[charred nova]

no

shes not my type

[meager crag]

Sorry, I don't talk with losers

[dreamy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/bruh-disappointed-face-starioncostumes-stalker-stalker-2-gif-14475746278668777195

[dreamy dagger]

You seen her IRL?

[charred nova]

uh no