☢┃stalker-general

[visual mortar]

tejas screenshots are always so haunting

[proven hollow]

I'd like to see a screenshot of the size of Tejas' screenshot folder

[robust pendant]

Dude

I'd like to see his videos folder

[proven hollow]

@ebon blade how big is your screenshot/video folder and how many screenshots you got?

[lilac crown]

Moments before disaster

[mighty violet]

tbh i loved his character, if he actually died then thats a shame but like i really want him to live lol

[river chasm]

He was an arrogant schmuck but I'd be sad if he died still

[main jewel]

dalin was such a great character in the end, augh

one thing i do wish is that i wish nimble was a bigger character in the story and game, like he could’ve still done orders and such

[mighty violet]

i think he was mostly sabotaged

[mighty violet]

agreed, his face model is of hardcore henry's director too

[mighty violet]

and a bit too reckless

[river chasm]

And this games mocap director iirc

[mighty violet]

ilya naishuller is just out here completing sidequest atp smh

[river chasm]

I do think Dalin was a genuine idealist, though between that and his eagerness to fulfill his ambitions he ended up getting played by all sides

[mighty violet]

yeah, he was a pawn by sircaa's management and constantly got sabot by spark

[sweet flicker]

Is there a mission trigger to get scherbia to give your reward? Ive slept a couple times and it still hasn’t updated

[mighty violet]

do you like to hear spoiler? :D

[sweet flicker]

Preferably not i just wanna know of it will update as i complete more missions

[mighty violet]

it will but i think its based on days passed

||also its not a "reward"||

[weary hedge]

In stalker 2 can we get some new stealth kill animations 🙏

[sweet flicker]

Ahh okay ill just keep waiting for his call then thanks

[mighty violet]

i dont think there will be, only the 2 ones with the knife

[proven hollow]

they really broke collision quite spectacularly, weapons going through floors, bodies going through floors, artifacts going through floors, what even have a floor for at this point?

[mighty violet]

floor is an illusion created by the c conciousness stalker

[sweet flicker]

My main issue is i have an incompletable side mission because buddy wont leave the slag heap even though i have the pda and gun

[feral horizon]

I think I found a small glitch. I was doing the zombie on the roof mission and killed the zombie, but the noontide mechanic was acting like I spared the zombie.

[mighty violet]

i just realized STALKER 2 movement is very reminiscence of Source strafing

[robust pendant]

A year later and no bunny hopping?
Unfinished game smh

[ebon blade]

5,807 screenshots.

Just Stalker 2 that is.

[proven hollow]

one for every occasion 😛

[mighty violet]

god damn i got 150 screenshots and i thought that was alot

[ebon blade]

Coming in low to try to knock me over.

[mighty violet]

i tried to kill korshurnov with the M203 but forgot about arming distance fuckkkk

[main jewel]

do blood suckers in this game even suck you

i havent gotten sucked by a single bloodsucker in stalker 2

[visual mortar]

boil 1,000 flies in milk to create fly milk

[main jewel]

so thats what i should do with all the flys in stalker 2

[ebon blade]

1,279 videos of my Stalker 2 game play uploaded to YT. (My entire ongoing game from the very beginning)

[proven hollow]

ooh, link?

[ebon blade]

Click on my profile for more information.

[mighty violet]

do i have to equip the x7 suit before going to the red forest?

mainly because it just overall sucks compared to my current armor

[warm violet]

before patch 1.7 all was good for me, now patch 1.7 i get mem leaks..

[vernal rampart]

Playing at veteran - TWO bullets to the head for head shot with pistol. Any suggestions guys? Anyone tried stalker difficulty? Is it too easy?

[mighty violet]

iirc difficulty doesnt change enemy health

[vernal rampart]

That sounds highly unlikely though

[hearty tendon]

This is something I get very rarely but have any of you ever killed a stalker and then, while dead on the ground, they start snoring as if they're asleep?

[dreamy spruce]

why can't I nominate stalker 2 for outstanding story award in the steam awards?

[shell flax]

Yes and I laugh every single time

[robust pendant]

I wonder why 💀 💀 💀

Being real, idk

Its weird cause I can nominate the trilogy

[still edge]

damn Steam didnt have to do S2 like that, thats cold

[obtuse island]

enjoying master difficulty but why didn’t they just make it so it only saves on rest like fallout 4

[violet dune]

stalker 2 pc players be like: https://ibb.co/r23nCBBp

[still edge]

on the other hand, a game being so unforgiven can give so incredible dopamine release on such level of tension

[still edge]

bro is a timetraveler, dont judge him , he lost 10 years of gpu releases

[umbral lodge]

3 trips back and forth from my stash, 32k later and I fixed my suit finally

[uneven pecan]

do you guys think when they add binoculars they will give it the ability to ID npcs like in the original games?

[robust pendant]

I hope, cause thats basically the point of binoculars

[uneven pecan]

thats literally the main reason i want them lol

cuz i like the turn the aiming reticle off for immersion, which means the colored dots dont help me

[robust pendant]

I guess that if that option exists, then the binoculars wont have ID option either

At least Im guessing, idk what they'll do

Idk why they dont give specific options so everyone can choose what to remove and what not to

[spare canopy]

The story does more holes and retcons in it, than colonder the size of the moon.

[spare canopy]

One shoot later, and your suit will need 42k of repairs again.

[spare canopy]

Yeah, as long as it is done in the right way.

Just as the fear of quiet, can be used to great effect when done right.

I find the zone too noisy for my liking.

As I am always being hit with NPC spawns.

[uneven pecan]

can you not lower the diffculty from master to veteran after a game is started? do you have to start a new game?

[still edge]

thats something related to alife , and render distance not master difficulty . When engine updates and the render distance increases to 200mts, thats gonna be a game changer, i can tell because i have experienced it

[spare canopy]

Wish I could experience it now.

[shell ivy]

have to say im very impressed with the weather effects in the game, but ive just come from playing dying light the beast within, and could not help but notice the pretty amazing heavy rain effect they used (possibly the most realistic feeling rain i have ever seen in a video game) and thought a similar heavy rain effect would be absolutely perfect for this game, though the general rain effect in stalker 2 is good, i especially love the audio attention to details such as when your standing under cover

[wicked magnet]

Yes

[uneven pecan]

ah ok, thx

[frigid kestrel]

speaking of weather, I got flashbanged by emission lightning for the first time. I got jumpscared lmao

[still edge]

back in 1.0 was possible , it was INSANELY good , even without all the updates we already have. i can only imagine stalker 2 with 250mts render is gonna be something else

[still edge]

its just the same amount of npc more or less but they are very appart from each other , and their behavior seem more natural

[frigid kestrel]

he wants to be your buddy it looks like

[umbral lodge]

My suit broken to 0 cost 32k at cement factory to fix

[frigid kestrel]

it would be cool, but if they don't, I won't mind. There have been times where I see some dudes afar and I just need to at least check what they're wearing before I decide to do something.

Or I wonder if they make the ID an upgrade

[uneven pecan]

having upgrades for the binoculars would be cool, i'd like that

[frigid kestrel]

yea. I could see them implementing a small upgrade tree for them. ID function and probably night vision.

[still edge]

i wouldnt mind if there is some sort of change to binoculars ID, maybe not as precise as og stalker, or make it have some sort of energy consumption where you need to recharge it buying some batteries or something . I dont know some depth to the mechanic since i find the binoculars kinda op in og stalker and never changes how it works

[still edge]

having like a thermal image module for binoculars would be cool, even if doesnt make much sense

[frigid kestrel]

lol i was thinking about thermal imaging too, but yea idk if it'd have a proper use

maybe to spot out for poltergeists or heat anomalies? idk

[still edge]

maybe no more ID like the ogs with the overlay marker

and the thermal image becomes the sort of detection for npcs

[frigid kestrel]

hmm, perhaps yea

[still edge]

something to play around you know , something new

[frigid kestrel]

cuz yea like you said the binocs were kinda op in the og precisely because the ID made it so easy to figure out who was who from super far

[uneven pecan]

yeah they were kinda op, i'll admit that

[still edge]

what about a ID system but with lock on... maybe too much cyberpunk vibes

you can lock on one target to have the overlay ... nah too cybernetic ahahaha

[frigid kestrel]

yeah lol i don't think it'd fit in the stalker universe

but, i think there's a lot of fun new things you could implement with binocs in stalker 2

whatever happens, i'll be happy they're even there

[still edge]

binoculars with nightvision and thermal vision modules, nothing else. maybe different technologies of thermal and nightvision

[frigid kestrel]

especially with how master difficulty is, i've had soooo many moments now where i see dudes from afar and i'm debating if i should see what they do lol

[still edge]

if we think about it , binoculars with ID in the og stalker kinda is a bit out of vibe for stalker haha

[silent nexus]

is the trophy worth using at the end game?

[frigid kestrel]

it is pretty... hmm, i guess the way i'd put it is it is very "video gamey" with how it functions lol

[mighty violet]

far cry's binoculars without the futuristic stuff

[robust pendant]

Well, kinda, but not really

[barren imp]

how likely is it that we have to wait for the engine update before collision glitches are fixed for artifacts and items?

been trying to play lol

[robust pendant]

Engine upgrade might be next year, if thats what you are asking

And if you are also asking about artifacts going underground, seems like its been worked upon, should be a fix for next update

[frigid hill]

therealmasterraven has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[hearty tendon]

How come standing still doesn't counter poltergeists anymore anyways?

[uneven pecan]

oh man. i just went to start a new game on veteran cuz master was too annoying. i thought my last playthrough was on stalker. turns out it was on veteran the whole time lol.

i may just have to wait for custom difficulty to get what i want out of this game

[ebon blade]

Poltergiests or Electrical Anomalies?

[terse warren]

Thank you Wolf

[hearty tendon]

Poltergeists

[brazen arch]

how can standing still counter electrical anomalies?

[terse warren]

If you don't have artefacts equipped they ignore you

So you can stand still and wait for them to move away

If you aren't in their path anyway

[brazen arch]

oh, u talking about the electric ball flying around.

[terse warren]

Yeah that

[brazen arch]

i though the electric trap.

[terse warren]

Oh loll

[terse warren]

Ty <3

It is 2 minutes long because I wanted the whole tune in the clip (technically it was 3 but I cut out running to and around the campfire to sit)

This is in Rookie Village too :)

[dapper haven]

You can do what I'm doing and just do a pistol/sniper run and kind of limit yourself to not use OP guns. There's tons of ways to play it and make it easier or harder

[woven oar]

I did a Three Line Rifle and Skif’s pistol veteran run due to boredom.

[terse warren]

Nice

[uneven pecan]

I appreciate the suggestion, but I think what I’m looking for is a more hardcore survival experience, with a focus on limited resource management. And it’s hard to “pretend” for that kind of thing. At least for me it is.

[cyan sparrow]

Wait i don't understand, wasnt master enough? or the way? why going back to vet?

[uneven pecan]

I like a lot of what master does, but I don’t like the save restrictions. I’m also not a fan of bullet sponge enemies. That’s not the kind of “difficulty” that appeals to me.

I’ve seen mods to fix some of this, but I’m hesitant to use mods for S2 yet.

[brazen arch]

the idea of master mode is good, but the game is full of sudden death, make that mode so frustrating.

[uneven pecan]

Exactly. There’s challenge, and then there’s frustration. The two don’t always go together.

[cyan sparrow]

I kinda enjoy it, maybe bc of soulslike background. Speaking about enemies i think their hp is equally set to vet diff.
So eventually it makes survival aspect more immersive, especially further away from last visited hub.

[brazen arch]

it's not like soullike game feeling at all, it's not about are u be careful or not, like the anomalies, i barely can see the border line/aoe of electric and graviti anomalies, and one misstep, u dead, not second chance. although all my setting at epic.

and swear to god, i think those anomaly aoe is increase and decrease a small amount, and the artifact jumping around at the inconsistent anomaly that u can die any step. it drive my brain crazy and my eyes pop out.

[uneven pecan]

Yeah I understand that some people like “one wrong step and lose 30 mins of gameplay” but it’s just not for me. I like to be able to save when I want. And I like resource management, like in survival games.

[cyan sparrow]

Fair.

[ancient fractal]

Dayz

[burnt bridge]

Day z. Gamma. Tarkov Modded stalker. Modded fallout

Road to vostok looks pretty good ngl

[cyan sparrow]

Scum as well was promising but they fuped it totally after 0.9 update following with 1.0

[uneven pecan]

I play dayz sometimes but only for the pve as im not a pvp enjoyer.

Road to Vostok looks great, I need to try the demo

[cyan sparrow]

Anyway it's Saturday, and it's time to play Stalker 2!

[bitter plover]

you are not fan of bullet sponges, yet you go to play Vet instead of Master, when Vet is more bulletspongy?

[uneven pecan]

Is it? It’s hard to tell. 🤔

[bitter plover]

it is. (at least, it is compared to Vet pre 1.7. I dont know, if they did changed to it, but i dont think so)

[uneven pecan]

Hmm ok I just assumed master was worse.

I wasn’t able to kill the bloodsucker in that cave under the house on master. I just ran by him lol.

[lunar idol]

anzone have a solution for textures taking forever to load? and someitmes it takes neraly 10 seconds to use a medkit or i hate to wait for weapon textures to load...

[uneven pecan]

u on HDD?

[lunar idol]

yes

[bitter plover]

nah, its better in TTK

[uneven pecan]

That’s probably why. Get yourself an SSD. You won’t regret it.

[lunar idol]

i got one. just didnt install it on it. gonna reinstall it then 😄

[wicked magnet]

It's a shame that some types of damage were removed from the game #📸┃screens_and_videos message

[ancient fractal]

Why'd the stalker studio plagiarised real life

Stole the noosphere idea from irl

[golden gulch]

1.7.1 definitely next week

[weary hedge]

When 2.0 then?

[golden gulch]

Unless GSC have ever released a patch on a Saturday or Sunday I don't see 1.7.1 coming this week

[neat finch]

1.7.1.1 when

[vernal rampart]

Hi storkers

[vernal rampart]

Next week

[feral gust]

that's sad

[vernal rampart]

Why

??

[feral gust]

cause some of us can't play with bugged artifacts, quests, and burers all around

[vernal rampart]

What so bad?

[bright ledge]

is AI fixed? does it roam on the map, conquers zones and have schedules like in old games?

haven't played since launch

[main jewel]

ai conquers areas in the most recent update

and theyve always roamed the map

and now they loot mutants

and go out of their way to hunt them

[bright ledge]

cool, did they fix the performance? i never finished the game because of those 2 reasons

[main jewel]

cause ive seen a bandit from afar go to a mutant lair and kill some fleshes but lose to a boar

[main jewel]

i mean technically speaking yes they did i mean it plays so much smoother, but i dunno what you play on and ur specs and stuff

but generally speaking since launch till now the performance has jumped a gigantic leap

[bright ledge]

tysm

[main jewel]

yourr welcome

[dense jungle]

Guys quick question i got a 9060xt and wanted to try epic graphics with fsr 3.1 for test but the game just kicks me with an UE error any idea why or i need to activate smth in the adrenaline software

Oh i found the problem i believe it doesn't run on epic either way i am happy with high just wanted to test it

[mighty violet]

is the 9060 xt 8GB or 16GB i forgor

i don't think it was supposed to do that because my RX 6600 can play epic settings with TSR 25

[frigid hill]

joworgenc733 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[mighty violet]

the image quality is really bad but hey it works

i can even run epic native (with like 1 frame per... whenever)

[ancient fractal]

Clear sky was peak stalker

[mighty violet]

it was really buggy, even more than SoC

[feral gust]

had 2 quests in row not working and bugging out, can't take almost any artifact cause they are stuck in a ground textures, burers are hyper spawning in cement factory and bloodsucker at garbage, power lines seen in reflection in water and not being in the game, eye adaptation is still bad, especially with high contrast, leaving a building only to be blinded by light before i step outside every time, random crashes that did not happen before hotfix...don't get me wrong I like game more than ever since 1.7 but there are issues that's why I am waiting for hotfix 🙂

[ancient fractal]

Only bug I had was the freedom quests not vanishing when I slimed them all out

Is there a lore reason to not being able to see enemy ai locations on the PDA?

[south parcel]

Wassup chat

[uneven pecan]

u mean like the og games?

[vapid galleon]

what's up man

[mighty violet]

maybe cuz like i dont remember any games that have that feature mgl

[feral gust]

does anyone uses hdr when playing stalker 2, It looks nice but not sure if it is worth using it?

[south parcel]

Just made it to the finale of the sopranos
What's up with you?

[mighty violet]

it adds more of a cinematic feeling ig

if you dont like the auto exposure then nah

[feral gust]

ok, just recently got into hdr thing, so I was not sure, in cyberpunk it was great, but Stalker, had to do some tweaking and stuff 🙂

[mighty violet]

me i think the games default is fine

[vapid galleon]

very based, Kruglov approves 👌

[uneven pecan]

somebody was drunk when they programmed the auto exposure in S2

[feral gust]

ok nice, I saw some RenoDX - HDR - Tonemap - Color Grade mods that should in theory make hdr a bit better but I am not expert on it so I am not sure 😄

[lilac hornet]

i love

[vapid galleon]

liked your Monolith metaphor

[lilac hornet]

how long did it take you guys to download stalker 2 for me it took 22 hours

[mighty violet]

it's bloated at times but overall its fine

[dense jungle]

16gb

[uneven pecan]

do u live on the moon

[dense jungle]

Idk my drivers are up to date

[feral gust]

I guess, I will just leave game at native HDR for now 😄

[ancient fractal]

Why is stalker 150 gigs, can't they small

[uneven pecan]

164 gb on my pc 💀

[ancient fractal]

Why????

[uneven pecan]

🤷‍♂️

[mighty violet]

AAA story driven open world game that's why

60x60 km map

[south parcel]

To fit all the awesomeness

[cyan sparrow]

F888K i need to agree with Monolithianianaaianan.

[south parcel]

Makes me wonder how many gigs the next GTA will be or is that just an illusion?

[uneven pecan]

tbh most of that is just to render sidorovich and his fat a--

[mighty violet]

[ancient fractal]

Compact the files

[mighty violet]

how about no

[modest comet]

Hi, i'm playing first time on Master difficulty. I really dislike PSI anomaly, which is annoying for 100% completion. Can anyone recommend a PSI resistant suit location early game?

[mighty violet]

this aint a multiplayer game, it doesnt matter that much tbh

[uneven pecan]

seriously tho the map is humongous. and the little details everywhere are pretty amazing.

seamless world too, not seperate like the originals

[mighty violet]

yeah like even if they try to compact it i doubt it'll be less than 120 GB

[south parcel]

Isn't that being added later on?

[feral sigil]

Helloooo stalkers

[uneven pecan]

i sincerely dont know who is waiting for mp, i know im not

[feral sigil]

Hows everyone i hope the best for you and your families

[mighty violet]

it is but it isn't GSC's top priority

[feral sigil]

Any news on 1.7.1 ????

[south parcel]

resisting the urge to buy the ultimate edition upgrade

[uneven pecan]

i preordered it

[south parcel]

I pre-ordered the deluxe

After I'm done Christmas shopping I'm gonna get the upgrade

[uneven pecan]

i had to have the ULTIMATE

[stark crescent]

Hello, stalkers!

[south parcel]

I don't really care about the extra loot I just want that dlc

[stark crescent]

you wont get that dlc

[mighty violet]

ultimate edition have extra loots?

[stark crescent]

yea. its the ultimate edition goodies you get ingame.

[uneven pecan]

the loot is nice tho there is some good gear in there

[south parcel]

Wdym

[stark crescent]

i will tell gsc to exclude you from vbuying it

[mighty violet]

ah i thought something game changing lol

[feral sigil]

You mean loot you cant have from just playing the game ?

[south parcel]

You just mad you don't have a shiny glowing Rock

[mighty violet]

tbh i'm only interested in the artbook and ost lol

[south parcel]

That tells you secrets

The wait was worth it

[uneven pecan]

artifacts are just magic rocks. change my mind.

[stark crescent]

https://tenor.com/view/pet-ball-petting-fast-planet-gif-22623498

i do have a shiny glowing rock

[mighty violet]

it is though

[lilac hornet]

nah australia

[uneven pecan]

even worse

[mighty violet]

how the hell does australia have worse download speed than me in a third world country

what's your ISP plan

[south parcel]

Speaking of artifacts

Mine just went through the ground

Shame I should've been quicker

[mighty violet]

the true patch 1.7 experience

[uneven pecan]

i get bodies stuck in the ground more than artifacts

also, anyone else notice sometimes bodies to a backflip and land weird sometimes when you look at them?

[mighty violet]

i never get bodies in the ground, only artifacts

[south parcel]

Cut the devs some slack

It's just another anomaly

[mighty violet]

they hadnt know how to make a bug free game since 2001

[feral sigil]

The Game is fine boys stop whining all day lmfao

1.7.1 is coming and its kicking ass

[ancient fractal]

More like, Asia

[golden gulch]

Artifacts still dropping through the floor, which was supposed to be a somewhat rare glitch that still happens rarely through the patches, but nothing can't be fixed by reloading a save as long as you stay 100+ m away from the anomaly field, now? Reloading fixes crap all.
Remember how punishing the economy is in Veteran and even worse in Master? Imagine can't artifacts farming.

[dreamy dagger]

Holy shii, didn't know GSC did a Chinese version of ST2 logo

Looks wild

[ancient fractal]

Thing

Thing mandarin or Japanese: 🥵🥵

Why can't English shorten words to 3 characters like Asian language

[unique locust]

Because latin languages are superior

[plush badge]

Hello! is there any way in 1.7 to bring up the console?

[last gulch]

Does anyone else experience the door being left open while fighting face-to-face in the arena, making an infernal noise?

in rostok arena

[lilac hornet]

I have no idea

[mighty violet]

mods

[still current]

Wdym?

[sly ocean]

Hello how do i install mods from mod.io for stalker 2 on ps5

[still current]

You don't

Support will come soon

[plush badge]

where i can type in console commands what do you mean what do I mean?

[still current]

It's not out yet

[still current]

There is no such thing for default users. Console commands are mod given and as far as ik, none is available for the moment.

[sly ocean]

What do you.mean by soon? Like 1 month or something?

[still current]

No specific nor an appropriate date. it'll come when it becomes available.

[sly ocean]

Damn thats not good

[sweet flicker]

Artifact fix wen?

[sly ocean]

I need the carry weight update its just stupidly annoying if you want to make profit or stuff and you cant carry your shit

[dreamy dagger]

IM CUMMINGGGGGG... ||INTO LIMANSK||

https://tenor.com/view/creep-smiling-creepy-stalker-stalking-gif-3916248

[sly ocean]

Ok?

[dreamy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/laughing-neil-degrasse-tyson-startalk-lol-thats-funny-gif-21983702

[uneven pecan]

There are artifacts to increase carry weight.

[sly ocean]

Yea two artifacts i cant get because the glitched under something

[still current]

That's cheating yk? Earning koupons is easy enough. You can simply do side missions, hunt for artifacts, and mutant parts and in time, you'll have a fortune.
You can also look for stashes and some of those can have between 5000 to 15000koupons card.

There is also plenty of chances to have fights close to bases and thus, you can loot and stash those to sell to your friendly trader for best income

[sly ocean]

Nah its no cheating for me it makes the game easier for me since i only have time on the weekends to play

[uneven pecan]

On my veteran save I’m in Pripyat and I have a stash full of artifacts and gear and a million coupons.

[still current]

You also have to befriend a specific faction to gain discounts even in upgrade and repair. So, yeah, try to have legit fun and you'll actually get it.

[still current]

I'm literally playing on master with all its restrictions and reduced stashes.

I make good money all the time

[uneven pecan]

I mean, there no rush bro. It’s not a contest. 🤓

[sly ocean]

I know but i just want to enjoy and dont spend all the time running back and forth and making no progress

[still current]

You can Cary up to 5 guns to sell btw before reaching overweight state. Don't exceed it and you'll be fine.

[uneven pecan]

carrying loot back to base is always making progress 😉

[still current]

Well, ig your opinion can not be changed, so hang on tight for the moment mod support will come soon and you can cheat all you want then.

[sly ocean]

Call it cheating all you like just because i make it a bit easier and the game pace faster for me since i only got time at the weekends to hop on for 2 or 3 hours^^

[uneven pecan]

I’m probably not going to touch any mods until at least 2.0. Game should be somewhat stable by then.

Especially since mods break on every update lol

[still current]

I love master cuz it forces you to change your whole logic. Every time you leave base, you're literally on an expedition that can either be a success or a great loss. You either go light gear and get some loot back with you or simply leave missions trail and go full on scavenging with main goal being loot hoarding and it works great.

You simply have to choose the right trader and the right technician to do your upgrades

[uneven pecan]

I like master but I still wish I could save when I want

[golden gulch]

Is this on Master?

[uneven pecan]

Expedition mode being forced on was a mistake

[golden gulch]

I'm still holding on playing because of the artifact glitch.

[still current]

We might end up getting more options for change. All of the testers had some ideas that might end up being used and for now, we got the hard save slot we asked for. Maybe we can get campfire saves or something similar later? Who knows

Either way, it's manageable now, at least for me.

I kinda adapted and I'm now heading to pripyat

Fought Faust and plenty of crazy enemies and surprisingly, it all went good.

[cyan sparrow]

If you really want, then just hit the button, and go to the main menu. The game will be saved on master...

[spare canopy]

Do all npcs still have 700k on them, or do the carry different amounts now?

[still current]

It's not a fixed occurrence. It's super annoying to end up surviving an anomaly field to end up finding your aim buried, but it kinda happens in low chances either way. It's a chance out of 5 ig

[golden gulch]

Then I'm definitely going to hold on playing Master, since the unforgiven save mechanic mean there's no way to load to a save 100+ meter away.

[uneven pecan]

I know but it’s just annoying. It’s an extra step for no reason. 😫

[cyan sparrow]

I think more annoying than save file is flashlight lol. From all mods i tested so far it's top 1, to have directional, and stronger light.

One thing what additionally i mentioned in Master diff is that would be helpful to have a binos. You need to be more cautions to approach some wanderers far away, in the open field it's a difficult fight, specially when they out number you by +5

[south parcel]

Someone please tell me what a liquid rock is

[still current]

one hell of an artifact. max rad protection, max durability boost, and max chemical protection.

[south parcel]

Found it in the swamps

Had to reload a couple of times cause it kept going through the ground

[stark crescent]

clusterfuck

[south parcel]

How come you didn't get Wolf'd

[wicked magnet]

How do you feel about the fact that they removed some types of damage in S2?

[stark crescent]

clusterfuck is the name of the gunb

you cant wolf me for saying clusterfuck, you clusterfuck

[still current]

not removed tho

[still current]

its real good now

one tap

[stark crescent]

well, with AP ammo it already did that before so

[wicked magnet]

Okay, but there were more types of damage in the trilogy

[still current]

nah, even without

[robust pendant]

The "impact, rupture, bullet" and more?

[still current]

whats shown is basically a mix or falls under a specific major type

[wicked magnet]

Anti-mutant armor, for example, is no longer relevant.

[robust pendant]

I have always hated that shit

[fallen latch]

endgame exos? surely not

[robust pendant]

Armor is armor. I get the "realism", I dont care about it

Also, anti mutant armor was never relevant. Artifacts were more indicative of it

[still current]

2 shots

I can show you lo;

[robust pendant]

Maybe if it was balanced more properly, cool, but rapture wasnt that different from the bullets resistances. Like, if the armor had 40 in bullets, it had like 30 innrupture

[still current]

come hop in stream and see

[fallen latch]

Oh sweet, I know it did that before with ap but i never tested without. Do we know if the mark 1 can 1tap endgame exos?

[feral sigil]

What your stream bro?

[spare canopy]

An artifact, and one you really want.

[still current]

streaming rn in vc

[south parcel]

I'll make sure not to sell

[spare canopy]

That is the wisest thing you could do.

[wicked magnet]

For example, there's an anomaly in the game that explodes. If we had the option to increase protection from the explosion, it would be more interesting

[robust pendant]

Cant see stream now

[robust pendant]

It could be, yeah. Personally I've never cared, but that might be me, someone who cares about the 3 most important stats and then runs through everything and slams his head against 3 layered thick walls

[stark crescent]

flashbang anomaly

[spare canopy]

Explodes? The flash bang? Fire protection.

[rich abyss]

Is there a bug where ai oneshots you (ps5

[stark crescent]

are you going in naked or something?

playing on master difficulty?

[rich abyss]

Stalker and have 3/5 phys protection

Happens over and over

[stark crescent]

there are some closed off area's here and there that have a 1 shot sniper nearby. yanov station has one. also the cooling building at the towers

[stark crescent]

could you point on the map where exactly you are when it happens

[rich abyss]

Yh might be it

[stark crescent]

duga also has some of those snipers during a story mission

[rich abyss]

Large compound in the east of chemical plant zone

Same height as poppy field but across the river, it’s not giving me a name

[stark crescent]

are you just starting out? like, first campaign mission just in zalissya?

cause until after you helped either the stalkers or the ward with a certian quest, you cant leave zalyssya

[rich abyss]

No im at dawn of a new day but its okay

[stark crescent]

hmm. weird

[shadow token]

I hope they add new secondary quest all over the map on the next 2 dlcs, game is awesome but sometimes feels empty

I just want to keep playing and playing

[wicked magnet]

freeplay mode

[still edge]

freeplay mode with different types of starts based on factions. Bandit start would be wild, everyone is your enemy basically

[still current]

physical prot

[shadow token]

And what about faction quest, that would be cool, something like skyrim guilds

[still edge]

i forgot, is there explosion defense? in the game ?

[vapid galleon]

craft that shıt

[kindred fable]

Yeah, many players wish for something like that

Including me

[wicked magnet]

only in the trilogy

[still edge]

they should add it

[umbral lodge]

Good morning fellow stalkers

[haughty sapphire]

hello everyone hope you are well 🙂 and healthy .. when will stalker 2 multiplayer be released do you think?

it would be very cool FFA, team deathmatch and artifact hunt team in stalker 2 or other modes as well

[haughty sapphire]

why must people attack my post

i''m tired of 1000 stalker 1 mods

[cyan sparrow]

Why you must assume it’s a offensive act

[still edge]

probably in 2027

[sour sun]

Are there plans to add NPC's that you can recruit. I did like building a little army to help me.

[still edge]

get out of here stalker

[vapid galleon]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/524246444560089099/1355988188052717587/get_out_of_here_stalker.gif

[kindred fable]

Haven't seen anything like that in the plans, doubt something like that will happen officially

[shadow token]

I hope never and they get focused on solo mode

[kindred fable]

They said that it'll be a part of the game so sooner or later it will be added to the game... Otherwise they could be forced to refund the game to some players or something like that... I think

[shadow token]

Multiplayer on solo games it’s a waste

Cyberpunk has that particular promise too if i’m not wrong

[kindred fable]

I kinda agree, I've never played a multiplayer mode in original stalker games either

But I remember having a lot of fun in max payne 3 multiplayer... Kinda wish it wasn't dead, lol

[umbral lodge]

I found my way to the old entrance to ghost city

[marble scaffold]

I did and it was awful, it was structured like quake 2 or something but with stalker gameplay

imo they should just focus their resources in actually making the proper game better

[cyan sparrow]

I don’t see mp in Stalker, bc if we think deeply it will neglect the purpose of a feeling being alone in the zone.

But it’s subjective

[carmine star]

originals had it

[umbral lodge]

If any kind of mp comes to stalker I just want one extra player so I could play the game with my father

[cyan sparrow]

Never played on og’s mp

[kindred fable]

Funnily enough, they've said that they are not planning to add coop officially in any shape or form

[shadow token]

I’m sure no one remember og stalker for the mp

[umbral lodge]

When I think of og stalker first thing that comes to mind is clear sky

[cyan sparrow]

I personally think there are great games for mp but Stalker should stay in its current form.

[shadow token]

Let’s be honest, the less thing this game needs now it’s more heavy work to do

The mp needs to adapt the hand rig to the body animation and that seems like heavy work

Not to say that they will keep fixing the game and adding 2 new big dlcs

[umbral lodge]

If anything i also want to be able to hire loners to travel with me

[cyan sparrow]

I wish to go back hunting artifacts

[shadow token]

I really want to have more side quest

[umbral lodge]

I havent hunted any artifacts at all yet

[cyan sparrow]

That would be nice, scripted or procedural?

[shadow token]

Also would be nice that those npc that you interact some way on the game like secondary npcs that has choices has some significant ending and not something like, hey you sabe me from that controller thank u bye, hey you give me that weapon that i lost bye

[shadow token]

Both would be perfect

I would live in the zone if i have things to do

[cyan sparrow]

I mean in current state, on freeplay mod, and other small Qol mods I’m living there, and trying to survive on master.

[still edge]

but for popularity and lols it would be cool to be able to meme around with friends in the zone

[shadow token]

Indeed but nowadays that game are that expensive and hard to make i think we must choose, i wish i can have all but the resources on the project probably have and end

And personally i preffer that those will be focused on the solo player experience

[still edge]

the multiplayer doesnt need to be to elaborated, just free roam with friends and lots of bugs

[kindred fable]

And yet we have a problem: some of the players bought this game for the multiplayer experience too. It's easy to tell them to deal with it buuut... Yeah...

[still edge]

no specific content for multiplayer or anything , at the very least just some specific repeatable quest for multiplayer thats it

[still edge]

also that, and the fricking DLCs have a description on steam "Transferable to Multiplayers" lol

[shadow token]

Cyberpunk also promise that and I didn’t read about people refounded the game for that specific thing

[still edge]

imagine not delivering the Multiplayer while its been promoted on steam page

[still edge]

shame on them for not holding their devs accountable.

[umbral lodge]

First time encountering a dear

[shadow token]

Yes but the game manage to make itself one of the best solo experiences

Everything has his price

[kindred fable]

I'm not sure if I saw refunds for that reason either. Still not a good thing to do, imo

Don't get me wrong, I don't care about the multiplayer either. But the truth is: it was promoted to the player so it should be delivered in some shape or form

[still edge]

that doesnt make them less of a liars, if you sell a product on the basis of multiplayer, then you should deliver on it , if not its false marketing and its illegal

[shadow token]

I want to clarify that i like the idea of the mp, but i think that it would be heavyer work than people think

[still edge]

not actually, UE5 comes with multiplayer option natively

[shadow token]

I think we have to be honest about industry at the moment, just look at the first trailers of the game , they always lie to you

[kindred fable]

It IS a heavy work. But it was promoted to the players so yeah, it's just objectively bad to not deliver it after that

[still edge]

a line has to be drawn ,and its drawn, just because some people lie doesnt mean you are allow to lie.

[summer robin]

will there be any modpacks for styalker 2 like anomaly?

[kindred fable]

Probably. Wait for 5-10 years and you'll find out

[shadow token]

You’re right but nowadays each game comes without things that they promised, half broken and overpriced, it’s not fair but it is what it is let’s be honest

[still edge]

when promoting a game in words , and the description of the game is such and such , thats marketing. What its been said in an interview can be taken with a grain of salt. BUT what the steam page says thats is law, you have to deliver what the steam description says. If not steam can take your game out of the steam library @shadow token

[kindred fable]

In any case, let's hope GSC will manage to deliver as much as possible before they stop the development

[shadow token]

Wasn’t Cyberpunk marking his game as an rpg to change it after for adventure or something like that in steam? I remember something like that but i’m not 100% sure

[shadow token]

Totally i hope they give this amazing game as much content as they can

[kindred fable]

Yes, they were. And that's why I hate it that they are "redimed" by the consumers, considering that the game is just a far cry like game with a dead and static world

[still edge]

but thats too obscure, to say "i will make a revolutionary game" its too subjective.
When a game say "multiplayer functions" thats direct and objectively factual, the game has to have multiplayer functionality otherwise is illegal what they put in the description.

[kindred fable]

Don't normalize this behaviour

[still edge]

RPG is a subjective term, for some people means d&d for some people means selection of different classes.

[shadow token]

Don’t you guys feel like a 7 years development and post launch years of maintenance could change things on the game?

[still edge]

we could argue cyberpunk has rpg mechanics , and thats not false marketing.

[kindred fable]

(Same goes for NMS and Fallout 76 – these games still suck)

[shadow token]

And the studio money too, they can reach their resource limits

[kindred fable]

Cool. It can happen. Let's not normalize it tho

[cyan sparrow]

The latter yes, however NMS is great game for kids!

[still edge]

some people would say cyberpunk isnt a true rpg game because lacks impactful decisions like other "true" rpg games. But like we can notice, the term is too broad to be hold accountable for legal reasons. so they didnt lie technically

[kindred fable]

There are many things they lied about tho. For example, the ability to join factions or the amount of NPCs with hand made routines, etc. It's not just about being RPG

[glass crescent]

what is the no clip command

[shadow token]

The worst for me was the background and the impact on the things of the world

[kindred fable]

Agree

[still edge]

Then the community should push back on that

[plain fiber]

Aw man, of course I have to pop on right when topics of controversy are being discussed.

[kindred fable]

The only thing your background affects are the intro and like 10 dialogue lines. Very sad stuff

[still edge]

i prefer my stalker community where we yap for alife 24/7 until they do it. Annoy them until they make it right

thats how it should be.

[kindred fable]

It's okay, we can still talk about fun stuff that isn't shіtting on random games and Stalker 2 itself...

[plain fiber]

But what will we shit on instead?

[shadow token]

Don’t you guys have phones?

[plain fiber]

Oooh, maybe we could talk about politics until one of the mods shows up and firmly tells us to stop?

[kindred fable]

I don't wanna... I like that I can turn off hitsounds for headshots without installing mods now :D

And I like that now I see more action in the zone in the places that were pretty empty beforehand

[plain fiber]

I wish we had a bit more configuration over auto-lean. There were some aspects of it that I actually did like e.g. blind-firing, smoother maneuvering around cover, etc.

I want a bit more control other than simply on/off.

[kindred fable]

That would be great too

[cyan sparrow]

Flashlight should be improved, more directional like in trilogy

[umbral lodge]

Is the zubr19 a good gun to use?

[plain fiber]

Please GSC, I'm tired of the flashlight being so damn useless.

[shadow token]

One (off-topic??¿ )question, is the pig farm keys arround the zone? Can’t find those damm keys

[plain fiber]

An IR flashlight would be great too, would allow us to use night vision in truly pitch-black areas without worrying about breaking stealth.

[cyan sparrow]

This is great example of flashlight: nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/1473

[plain fiber]

The what?

[still edge]

i wouldnt mind a flashlight upgrade

[shadow token]

The keys of the Pig Farm in Cordon

Can’t find those

[kindred fable]

Now one of my "realistic" wishes is having quests for assassination of random stalkers, but instead of spawning a random static camp that doesn't move around the map EVER (they literally just wait for you until you kill them or cancel the quest) it would assign you to kill the real A-Life targets that are already living and moving around in the Zone

[plain fiber]

Hell yes.

[still edge]

flashlight lootable and/or battery for it.
more things to loot and more purpose to $

[cyan sparrow]

Where is the open petition?!

[plain fiber]

"Alright, gotta go assassinate this guy over in the vehicle graveyard in Yantar..."

*walks five meters*

PDA: Target eliminated, return for your reward.

"....Okay then!"

*turns back around*

[kindred fable]

They can make you loot their PDAs before you can turn in the quest

And leave their bodies on the ground until you loot them or cancel the quest

[foggy olive]

misson failed

[kindred fable]

(easy solution)

[still edge]

that cannot be achieved right now , because every npc in the game has a finite state , they exist for a period of time. NPC have to exist map wide for assassination quest of alife target to exist.
It depends purely in GSC´s development of alife in the future.

and the radius spawner has to go for that to exist too

[kindred fable]

Any proofs of that statement? I know for sure it was like that before 1.7 but is it still working like that?

[shadow token]

Are not the offline feature covering that?

[kindred fable]

I heard there's a hard limit for the amount of simulated stalkers but haven't heard about them having a timer until they despawn

[still edge]

alife npc spawn inside online and offline mode. the radius is extended and the duration of NPC in offline was extended too , but there is still alife being spawn from a radius logic. There is no npc being spawn in the distance at the other side of the zone, therefore there cannot be Alife assassination quest for NPC that doesnt exist, unless the make the assassinatin quest only to close by target which sound kinda dumb, but that also runs with the problem, if you travel to another area the NPC target dissapears which negates the quest objective.

[still edge]

offline mode is also a radius base its not map wide, its just a bigger radius than online

[kindred fable]

Maybe there's no NPCs spawning far away from the player but with the help of the shay mod we've already seen that the offline simulation far away from the player IS possible and the proof is pinned in here. Why can't we make quests to make some of these NPCs your targets?

[still edge]

maybe, since Shay tech has an addon that shown npc being really far away but still active. yet it didnt shown any npc at the other side of the map

[foggy olive]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kc1OTaj4V8k&t=911 timeline 15.09

[kindred fable]

Here's the proof

[kindred fable]

Tldr? Can't watch it currently

(I'll watch it later, just wanna know what's the critical info you wanted to share with me)

[plain fiber]

I think GSC can do it, it just might not work exactly the same way it did in the trilogy. As long as the end results are the same that's all I really care about personally.

[still edge]

because its too short and limited.

• npc despawns when moving 5km away from said npc. Which would cancel the quest. The npc no longer exist in the game.
• the quest would only mean to assasinate npc not so far away, 2minutes run more or less. Usually assasination quest in most games are sometimes across the map.

[cyan sparrow]

Stalker is the only game where i need to leave opened side of my pc case, and you guys want to add fire

[plain fiber]

In addition to optimization, I believe that upgrading the engine would also give them access to more/newer development tools within the engine. Both of these would likely allow them to do more with...well...everything.

[foggy olive]

In this video, 17 NPCs are fighting the enemy.

[kindred fable]

Can't we make them targets... Exceptional and let them being simulated even further than that bubble? Something like that...

[bitter plover]

thats not true. There is limit to actors on map. But the radius spawning logic you are talking about is for filling in Lairs for the first time you get to then, bcs until you get to them, they are not filled. Once they are filled, the Alife is normaly functioning even at long distances.

[still edge]

than its not what you just asked, you asked for alife npc targets for assassination quest, now you ask non-alife (scripted) npc to be target for assasination quest.

[bitter plover]

but, there is actor limit and your distance determines, bcs of limit, where NPCs will be and where not

[still edge]

how long thats the question

[bitter plover]

whole map. The only thing is the actor limit.

[still edge]

was that proven? with the shay tech mod?

[kindred fable]

What I'm asking for is for your targets to move around and be persistent while doing that (instead of being a static camp that does nothing). "A-Life" or "not A-Life yet" is just a technicality at this point since we don't even have a clear definition for A-Life, unfortunately

[dreamy dagger]

Day 374 and I had to replace my calc battery in order to see it...

[still edge]

the map wide npc from a logical perspective not only is doable but can also be performance friendly, more performance friendly then current alife. Since there would be more npc active but not rendered with an update rate of 20sec each . in other words it should be less CPU and GPU consuming to have a true alife system than current alife system. its just a matter of implementing such a programming heavy system eventually

[bitter plover]

i have shays mark mod. And tested it on vanilla Alife. YOu cas even in pinned video (which is from me) see, that NPCs are normaly walking in lesser zone, even when you are basicaly above Slag Heap.

Shay in his Alife mod increased limit to NPC actors and there, those NPCs move around the map normaly

he did some tweaks to it, but afaik in early versions, he only increased spawn limit

[still edge]

we do have a definition , alife npc are npc managed by the alife director, scripted npc are npc not related to said system that can exist at all times like some npc exist in the game regardless of the alife system.

[plain fiber]

Just for everyone reading, keep in mind that said shaytech mod is not available to the public and is for testing purposes only. (Last I knew at least, someone correct me if I'm wrong.)

[bitter plover]

and spawn time for the next squad for spawner

[bitter plover]

yes, at least for now

[still edge]

you are testing with the unreleased shay mod?

[plain fiber]

Yes, that's what they said.

[bitter plover]

which mod you mean

[still edge]

the unreleased mod of shay where you can see in your PDA all the npc map wide

[plain fiber]

I think they're talking about that mark mod, the one that shows NPC/squad location and movement on the map.

[bitter plover]

yes

[kindred fable]

Well, define A-Life director then because for all I know GSC can say that this system I described could be a part of that director and these exceptional NPCs can be called "exceptional A-Life NPCs"

In the end these tags don't really mean anything. What matters is the functionality...

[still edge]

send me a pic

[bitter plover]

the video in pinned message from Vasim is from me

[kindred fable]

I've replied to the video

[still edge]

its defined in the source code, and its already well documented, you can read it from a conceptual documentation or from a technical documentation. Search it

[kindred fable]

Here

[proven hollow]

Nalartos has been at this discussion for over a year now, I admire the commitment

[plain fiber]

Considering current speculation is that the DLC(s) will involve the faction war between Duty and Freedom, I wonder if GSC are working on their own system for NPCs/squads showing up on the map. Something akin to the Faction War system in Clear Sky but maybe more in-depth/refined.

[bitter plover]

honestly, the system was dumb. It would make sense only for your allies an

[frigid kestrel]

DLC is gonna kick off with Duty taking back Rostok, starting with sending an army of dogs at the front entrance.

[still edge]

its in the Vatislavovych channel? if thats true that the npc are map wide, then thats a huge step up . and its just a matter of changing a few gears around to make it complete map wide spawn and persistance map wide. We might be closer to what we are waiting for

[bitter plover]

yes, he used it in his video about Alife

[frigid kestrel]

but FR I'd love to see a refined faction warfare system again, that was super cool in CS

[kindred fable]

Whatever. Let's say you are right – it doesn't matter to me (I'm not saying that you are right tho because you haven't cited any sources yet). I care about the functionality and I described it to you, more or less. That's what I want and I think it's possible to do it in the current version of the game even if it won't be a part of the A-life system that is defined to me by you

[plain fiber]

We almost certainly are. I mean what we have now is akin to a hybrid of the systems in CS and CoP, just not quite fully fleshed out.

[still edge]

"you are right, i dont care" bruhhh hahaha

[kindred fable]

Learn to read

[bitter plover]

when we said, that we are back, we meant it and we hade sources for it

[plain fiber]

Alright you two, don't make me get the spray bottle. dad.

[kindred fable]

I can't believe your statements blindly, that's all I said

[still edge]

this is not a intellectual fight big dawg, just facts, i know about alife, i eat and sleep thinking of alife.

[bitter plover]

hes right tho about Alife director and scripted NPCs

[still edge]

alife is love, alife is life

[plain fiber]

Mr. Talapia is a tester, so I think you can take him at his word at least.

[dreamy dagger]

Hes a jester

[still edge]

then go read about it , learn about alife and then we can talk about it

[kindred fable]

Wasn't trying to have an intellectual fight with you. Just tried to fix the misunderstanding of what I actually wanted to see in the game

[bitter plover]

like im jsut tester, i dont know code but this is something known between ppl that want to knows details

[dreamy dagger]

Wait you act like you know code man

[bitter plover]

i know code to your pill stash

[still edge]

me neither, i just wanted to say you what is currently possible and what needs to change in order to achieve what you desire to be in the game

[dreamy dagger]

Which is?

[plain fiber]

No, but as a tester, you would likely know/talk to the people who do know code.

[frigid hill]

mr.bubbles325 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[plain fiber]

[dreamy dagger]

Yall jesters

[bitter plover]

80085

[foggy olive]

I think we should be shouting, "Why are you making DLC ​​so slow? Make it faster!"

[lean lantern]

How the hell do you deal with Burers? I can't seem to take cover at all and they are one shotting me with my terrible shotgun that doesn't kill anything.

[plain fiber]

Rush them and stab/shoot them in the face until dead.

[kindred fable]

So now, after you found out about the way the current system works in 1.7, do you still think it's impossible to take the NPCs that are already moving around the world and make them your targets for the assassination?

[dreamy dagger]

What? Wrong...

[lean lantern]

They just seem to shield up and I do no damange though?

[bitter plover]

its not boobs?

[plain fiber]

Speaking of burers, they really need to not have infinite ammo in their guns. They need to potentially jam too, and also no more of the 6 shots from a double-barrel shotgun.

[proven hollow]

don't, if you have the option, otherwise make sure you move left and right ot dodge the stuff they throw, pickup weapons they use to shoot you to create safezones, move in when their shield is down and hit them

[plain fiber]

They don't keep it up forever, wait for it to go down.

[dreamy dagger]

Its 45541, ASS 4 LIFE

[proven hollow]

krezzin go back to sleep

[kindred fable]

Where can I read about that? Is there some kind of "official" source?

[still edge]

like i said, not currently, because its limited to spawned npc. NPC has to spawn in the player radius and has to be alive and an quest given has to be linked to said alife npc during the process of starting the quest.
Its too limited right now to be an achievable new type of quest. Has to be map wide or you will get a quest to kill someone 2 km away

[bitter plover]

RN, the offline simulated NPC has basicaly only one goal and thats Lairs. Once they get lair, they can patrol around it, be in it, defend it or fight for another lair. Nothing else. There is no inner goal of NPCs apart for lairs. So i doubt there would be something like assassination

[kindred fable]

or you will get a quest to kill someone 2 km away
I mean... Isn't it the way it works right now? The targets you need to kill spawn in the region where you took the quest. Looks like an upgrade to me if instead of having to clear a static camp 2 km away from you you'll have to kill a squad moving around 2 km away from you

[still edge]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcIeAEm5FBk this dude does a good analysis

[bitter plover]

i dont think there is official source for this

[lean lantern]

Is garbage a bandit base in 2?

[still edge]

in stalker og the assasination quest involved someone from another part of the map 90% of the time @kindred fable

[lean lantern]

So I take it they're supposed to be shooting at me if I'm walking into garbage? It's full of bandits but they don't seem to care.

[kindred fable]

Well... Then we don't really have an official definition for A-Life system, director, whatever. The leaks, source code, etc. aren't static and can change as much as GSC wants them to change... Is this statememt wrong?

[still edge]

the only official , is the og devs who made alife when he talked in depth about the system

[lean lantern]

I'm at the spot where I used to sell my mutant parts in the old game. It's full of bandits and I can walk all throughout it. They're all just standing there.

[bitter plover]

well yeah, things cahnge and they will and they did. But director is basicaly main pillar of Alife, this is not something that would change

[kindred fable]

Yeah, I know that targets in OG could be anywhere, basically... Doesn't mean we can't have something at least a little bit better than what we have right now in Stalker 2 :(

[bitter plover]

yeah

[kindred fable]

Clearing these static camps that don't do anything but standing in one spot makes me sad, that's all

[still edge]

that doesnt mean alife system is what ever they want, alife is what was done in the first game and what the developers defined it in words. Just because we cant read it that doesnt mean the concept is not official. Its official and the fact that the intellectual property is being protected by GSC that means its official, they dont publicly show in detail how alife works as to protect the rights.

[still edge]

it should be better thats why the called it alife 2.0, it needs improvement

luckily they are improving it and its not pushed under the rug

[kindred fable]

Yeah, I agree with that. But A-Life 2.0, on the other hand... Well... Let's say... It can be whatever GSC wants, really. They can always say "We didn't try to recreate the original system, we tried to create something a little bit different but with the same end goal – to make the zone alive!" or something. Aight, whatever. Let's close that topic. I'm juat hoping that the end result will be better than anything we've seen in OGs, mods like CoC/Anomaly and its addonpacks like GAMMA or CotZ (talking about A-Life part of these modpacks, obviously)

[dreamy dagger]

Garbage is my hometown

[plain fiber]

He's still with GSC, just sadly deployed in the war.

[still edge]

i agree with all that , i also only want the game to be better, by no means i want a downgraded version of anything related to stalker

[kindred fable]

(Not expecting stuff from mods like OLR 3.0 tho)

[still edge]

nah, the mods are the mods , the game is the game. exactly

[shadow token]

Is there any dissatvantage for using supressor on guns? Like faster degradation or something like that?

[umbral lodge]

Bullet drop

[plain fiber]

Get the same gun with the same upgrades and compare the stats to one with and one without a suppressor.

[still edge]

from what i remember the only dissadvantage i found, your gun touches the walls from further away , making it more difficult for CQB situation , but negligible detail all through

[bitter plover]

this is true

[plain fiber]

There are people who, no matter what GSC does, will declare S2 to be irredeemable garbage in perpetuity.

[kindred fable]

Yeah. Many people will never like it because of the story, for example. It's fine

[still edge]

the depressed gamers, they can be ignored

[plain fiber]

I think it has the best story of the franchise, but that's my opinion.

[shadow token]

I see thank u guys is not clarify in any game info

[still edge]

its more of the era of youtube that creates those kind of people who complain about everything

[bitter plover]

it is. It is most fleshed out story in franchise

[urban meadow]

And that’s because more negativity = more engagement. Nuance is for stupid people anyways lol.

[kindred fable]

Honestly I've never played these games for the story. Don't get me wrong, I like the setting and some of the sidequests were very memorable... But I was never getting into the deep lore and never really enjoyed the main quests...

[still edge]

exactly, some things about the guns are not described the the UI which is kinda cool too means you can find some details just by playing

[plain fiber]

Ah, so you also know of one particular person of who I speak?

[still edge]

better to stay away from that. Anything negative in my life i delete it

[kindred fable]

(But it's true that I've enjoyed the main quests in S2 way more than in OG games)

[still edge]

[lean lantern]

So are 3 packs of Burers EVERYWHERE in garbage normal?

[still edge]

i think i know that guy , i just right click "dont recommend this channel"

[kindred fable]

Yeah, it's one of the biggest bugs in 1.7. Hope it'll get fixed in 1.7.1

[dreamy dagger]

You should ask, are a lot of Krezzins normal in Garbage...

[still edge]

what is your gun of preference?

[plain fiber]

I've always loved the lore and story of these games, but I think S2 definitely does the best job at conveying everything to the player right up front while also rewarding those that dig deeper and explore and read everything. I also think it does the best job of capturing a lot of the same themes and vibes of Roadside Picnic and Stalker (1979), though I think the original trilogy (especially SoC) did a good job too.

[kindred fable]

Mosin Nagant early on and Vintar somewhere later on. Sometimes I used some random AK or random shotguns, nothing special. I also liked silenced Kora

[still edge]

burers are unionizing in the Zone, they have ENOUGH being treated as a mutant, they want the rights to enter 110 rads and drink vodka like any other stalker

[plain fiber]

Burers and bloodsuckers too apparently. Their spawns must have gotten bugged with the A-Life overhaul.

[still edge]

nice! i love the mosin nagant sound , and im gonna use real balistic mods so i can use the AK at end game, AK is a beautiful weapon to use

[plain fiber]

Please GSC, rebalance the guns and weapon/suit upgrades so more stuff is viable all the way to the end-game.

Like CoP basically.

[frigid hill]

vanrick has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[still edge]

i think the right choice is to make npc not bullet sponge but also the player too. Getting shot 3 times in your head should lead to death no matter how good your gear is or how sh1tty the enemy´s gun is.

[dreamy dagger]

3 shots in the head results in death

Dude, you are living in AI!

[still edge]

what i mean , if the enemy has a sheety pistol and you have the best gear , it shouldnt make you a tank

its not as realistic but its less punishable that way

[plain fiber]

It shouldn't be useless though, wearing good equipment should still make a difference, and a noticeable one at that.

[kindred fable]

For me the issue with the stories in the videogames is that the deeper I get into them the more disappointed I get for doing that. Very rarely I enjoyed some deep lore or storytelling in the videogames so yeah... Always felt like the industry needs more talanted writers... (I'd say Bethesda is at fault for that with the games like Fallout 3/4 or even something like Oblivion, which are not that bad as games buuut... Alright, I don't really want to get into this right now, lol)

[plain fiber]

Alrighty, good talking with you all, but I sadly have to go to work.

I hate retail, kill me.

[still edge]

im playing radiophobia 3 and i think that mod has a perfect balance of guns and gear, having a good gear can give you 1 or 2 bullet more a wiggle room before dying but i dont feel overpower neither feels useless

[still edge]

fallout new vegas a very very good writing, if you want deep but entertaining lore, i think most devs dont know how to write a scene or dialogues, or a narrative. Mostly they do a basic B type movie dialogue. Very rarely we see really good slick spicy dialogue

[kindred fable]

I enjoyed the writing in New Vegas, yeah. Didn't enjoy the gameplay tho. I think it's just impossible to make a really enjoyable game gameplaywise on that engine, lol. For me personally, at least

[still edge]

with some mods you can fix that its an experience and a half to play new vegas

[kindred fable]

Yeah, I've tried... But then I figured out that it isn't that fun when you are the one who "designs" the game for yourself because it can't surprise you anymore if you know everything about the way it works... And you can't really mod it if you don't know what mods do, lol

[still edge]

try viva new vegas, its a mod pack , it install automatically, its new vegas vanilla + fixes most of the things and you can install and play it without knowing anything about what it does

[kindred fable]

So I've just beaten it with that Sawyer mod and some unofficial bugfixes

[still edge]

its the most recommended vanilla friendly mod and a really good base to update new vegas into a modern state without changing the game core design

if you are interested "wabbajack viva new vegas" it does all the installing work for you

[kindred fable]

Maybe I'll try it out sometimes in the future

Thanks

[stuck adder]

Me when I see bloodsucker confident to jump at me through the door (he chased me through the entire Little Zone)

[acoustic plinth]

This game its still broken, i've been getting shoot through walls and cars - _ -

[stuck adder]

Also I turned off the turbo boost for my CPU since it could get indeed up to 4.9GHz but to have between 80-90°C is not worth it imo

[kindred fable]

Some weapons are supposed to pierce through walls (you can do that to the NPCs too)... But I'm not sure how realistic it is in S2 since I know very little about the guns and their firepower irl

All I know is that it's fun to headshot stalkers through wooden walls...

[acoustic plinth]

and why it's so difficult to kill a bloodsucker too wth, it needs like 2 to 3 mags to kill one wtf

[still edge]

yea, in S2 the only not realistic thing with weapon penetrating wall is ... some guns from the same caliber do go through wall and other dont which is kinda weird, its the SAME bullet haha

[acoustic plinth]

i think im going to wait another year of updates to play the game finally ; -;

i haven't spoiled me either just so i can enjoy the game, sadly i have to wait another year 🙁

[lilac crown]

Mutated creatures are just built diff

Controllers on master, I shudder

[still edge]

guns from big caliber can go through concrete which is kinda absurd, look at this video, its really fun hahaha
https://youtu.be/-2nOw-BB1Ho

[acoustic plinth]

maybe i'm too spoil cuz of stalker gamma but it was never that difficult to kill one

[lilac crown]

Tis would be my guess, gamma has a great balance, s2 kinda has that ramp up scaling

[stuck adder]

So now I play with around 72-75°C and I have 2.4GHz and I still have 100FPS with FG

[robust pendant]

Gamma has balance?

[neat finch]

How's goin

[acoustic plinth]

best balance ever

sss24 and inc newest atmospherics update gamma and its looking kinda better than stalker 2

[urban meadow]

Gamma mentioned! I love having 67 different AK variants :3

[umbral lodge]

I still wish for an akm honestly

[still edge]

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/kohyJrf7yIc?feature=share what about an UwU47 variant?

[urban meadow]

That gun is diabolical

The goon gun

[still edge]

yatate

my goon is loaded

[proven hollow]

I just want a HK417 and Colt C7

[river chasm]

Quality design just like OP-2

[kindred fable]

I mean... I wouldn't go that far. GAMMA ain't that bad in that sense, imo...

[river chasm]

It's true. Though GAMMA also does not let you have a very janky flamethrower

[robust pendant]

Let me just, not believe that at all

[still edge]

https://youtu.be/9ZVi7Ocv89I
new Game With Dave video about S2

[glass crescent]

is there a no clip command for Simple BP ModLoader?

[narrow hedge]

What is the quest in the standard to deluxe upgrade? I have the standard version and thinking of upgrading

Also, do you acquire the deluxe weapons automatically or do i need to go somewhere for them?

[fierce nexus]

The quest that has to do with the collars

[fierce nexus]

You should get a quest called The Journalist, it'll mark the locations of all the DLC gear

[narrow hedge]

I have that quest but only have the standard version

[river chasm]

Yeah they are in stashes around the map. They are all accessible after leaving the first area, but some are in more dangerous places than others

[fierce nexus]

My bad, the quest is called Seek and You Shall Find

[narrow hedge]

What was the pre order bonus? Thanks for responding btw

[river chasm]

A backpack skin, a unique weapon variant, and some extra songs stalkers play by campfires I think? Nothing major

[fierce nexus]

Also the tourist suit

[river chasm]

Ah yes

[narrow hedge]

I have that quest seek and you shall find even though i only have the standard version

[fierce nexus]

I think the deluxe version just adds more stashes

To that quest

[narrow hedge]

Oh alright, will it it update the quest if i upgrade to deluxe or do i need to start a new game?

[river chasm]

Yeah deluxe and ultimate just add more to the quest

[narrow hedge]

How do i change the backpack skin?

[river chasm]

Not sure. I think it may just be automatically applied

[dreamy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/what-the-fuck-are-you-talking-about-leonardo-dicaprio-leo-dicaprio-gif-10857428

Watchu Tolkien about?!?!

[hardy totem]

https://tenor.com/view/tolkien-smoke-herr-der-ringe-lord-of-the-rins-lord-of-the-rings-gif-15345593516323804342

[dreamy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/stink-smelly-spray-lysol-sheldon-cooper-gif-16512140

[safe lance]

🙁 artifacts must think i smell, they keep running away

[cyan sparrow]

Ha! I did catch one, who spawned underneath! Prompt was available! Juuppiii

[urban meadow]

God, what would the zone smell like?

[dull apex]

Metal.

It would smell like metal.

[mighty violet]

if it was like tarkov i wouldve tolerated it

that much guns in the zone is just... nah

[urban meadow]

Just metal?

[frigid kestrel]

metal and death

death metal

[urban meadow]

I more of a guy who likes guns with a ton of customizable options along with some unique weapons you don’t see often here and there.

[mighty violet]

i mean sure but like it just dont feel... stalkery

[urban meadow]

Stalkery is when even gun in the zone is treated like the average bandit’s hygiene. To say… pretty poorly.

[mighty violet]

i dont think the average stalker have to lob around 1000 different lubes and parts servicing items either

[urban meadow]

Granted, I like some amount of gun maintenance.

[feral gust]

nice, I like death metal

[mighty violet]

same

[feral gust]

for a game called stalker there sure isn't that much stalking

[cyan sparrow]

Bye bye!

[empty hare]

Get outta here stalker

[mighty violet]

comped acc

[exotic glacier]

@mods Lmao, scam fail.

[empty hare]

This is the bitcoin equivalent of "doubling gp" from osrs

[cyan sparrow]

He just was after coupons…

[shell flax]

This still happens in RS3 btw

People actually fall for doubling gp scams in the year of 2025

[empty hare]

Lmao no way, its been almost 15 years since i last touched rs

[shell flax]

Dude I booted up RS3 like, 4 months ago.

Got the double punch of two dudes going
‘Doubling GP’
And
‘Buying GF’

Best part was the ‘doubling gp’ dude still had dragon gear only

[stuck adder]

Just gonna ask, is it okay for my CPU to be between 80-90°C?

[cyan sparrow]

What cpu do you have?

[stuck adder]

i7-13620H

[stuck adder]

Because that is the temperature when it goes on turbo

[cyan sparrow]

Do you have any cooling pad to your laptop?

[stuck adder]

Yep

[cyan sparrow]

90 it’s a bit on edge

You’re trying max out Stalker on settings?

Bc maybe need to do some compromise

I assume you’re hitting those numbers during the play.

[safe lance]

good god most of these purple stashes blow for loot

[main jewel]

stashes usually suck

theres too many of them to actually have good loot in most of them

[stuck adder]

Well, I have Epic preset and DLAA with FG

[dull apex]

Monolith smells like metal, Zone smells like metal.

Like Rust.

[lost kayak]

i just found a liquid rock while travelling to zaton via the burnt forest from garbage

like- what

[robust pendant]

Maybe just use rivatuner and lock the fps to 60

So as the cpu doesnt use as much power. Or reduce wattage limit so it doesnt get as got

[stuck adder]

I will just use Quality instead of DLAA

[robust pendant]

Its not super bad, but its reaching an edge

Or do what I said

[stuck adder]

Well, in average, I have 85°C

[robust pendant]

Not great not terrible

[stuck adder]

Also I did not know that there is a power limit throttling activated when I reach 85°C

But hey, I have ~80FPS

[fickle pond]

What ya think is better?
AKS or MP5?

[gentle citrus]

Same thing the people in Chernobyl said.

[fickle pond]

Bra 🤣

[stuck adder]

I lowered the power from 45W to 30W and now I have under 80°C

[robust pendant]

Enjoy

[safe lance]

100fps on 4k oled 😄

[urban meadow]

mp5 kinda buns ngl…

[mighty violet]

MP5

[mighty violet]

MP5A3 is drip idk what you saying

[strong onyx]

1.7.1 where 🙁

[urban meadow]

Don’t get me wrong, I love the MP5. But it just doesn’t hit for me in Stalker 2.

[strong onyx]

Not me at 420 W.

[safe lance]

Probably summer 2026 lol

[strong onyx]

😭

[strong onyx]

Yes for a 13620H this is normal considering it’s a laptop.

[robust pendant]

It's expected

it's not something that you should strive for tho

[stuck adder]

I might need to do quick facitility setting reboot since my turbo is going crazy like when I play The Binding of Isaac and CPU going crazywith 3.7 GHz and 85°C is crazy 💔

[robust pendant]

Or you can just

[strong onyx]

Ignore it.

[robust pendant]

Limit wattage

[strong onyx]

I’d just ignore it.

[robust pendant]

Or use power save mode

[strong onyx]

It’s a laptop, unless you plan on using PTM7950 and taking it apart.

[stuck adder]

Like, you'd ignore having 85°C at an indie game such as The Binding of isaac

[robust pendant]

Yes, it gets hot, but the hotter it is, the worse life span that laptop components will be

[strong onyx]

It may be CPU bound.

[robust pendant]

Just limit wattage, believe me

[strong onyx]

It’s a 13th gen, it’s gonna shit itself eventually anyway.

[robust pendant]

Thats exactly what Im saying to do: trying to expand its life

[strong onyx]

Pretty sure it’s not gonna make a difference but ok

[stuck adder]

Nah I also need to redirect the storage

[robust pendant]

It does

[strong onyx]

Tell that to my GPU at 600 W

[robust pendant]

Different conditions and cooling

[stuck adder]

Bro has Chernobyl at home 💔

Nah my biggest issue that CPU goes turbo even when I just start the laptop

[robust pendant]

If you are on pc, theres less probability that the heat goes to other parts too. Those parts are designed to resist the heat, but laptops are more cramed together, some are horrible at that even

The less you can give to it, the better

[strong onyx]

I’ve had a 14900k at 350 W more than once. 🤨

Personally wouldn’t worry about it. But you do you.

[robust pendant]

Different conditions, different cooling, different everything

[strong onyx]

It’s really not.

I’m not even sure what that is even supposed to mean.

[stuck adder]

Like dude, imagine you have a laptop, you go on the lecture and then your laptop turns into an airplane just because you decided to turn it on in the middle of the class (skill issue)

[strong onyx]

You could say that about literally anything.

It’s a weird argument to use.

[strong onyx]

That’s a gaming laptop for you.

[robust pendant]

That parts degrade overtime thanks to heat, and laptops, compared to PCs, are horrible at cooling that heat and to keep it only in the cpu/gpu/etc

[strong onyx]

Yes, that’s expected behavior.

[robust pendant]

Yes, I know, thats exactly why I say that you should reduce the heat a lil bit

Not you, the other guy

[strong onyx]

I wouldn’t personally. But I like big numba

[stuck adder]

Like rn I play the legend of Bumbo (prequel to The Binding of Isaac, it is a game made of damn CARTBOARD) and I have 87°C

[robust pendant]

What if you use balanced instead of turbo

Even using windows power save mode

Its shouldnt be a hard game to run, even at low power, your cpu should handle it fine

[stuck adder]

I mean turbo for CPU, I'd need to manually go to the power supply menu and manually turn the turbo off and to live with 2.4GHz

[robust pendant]

But using power save mode should disable the turbo temporarily until you turn it off

[strong onyx]

What’s the laptop model?

[stuck adder]

Gigabyte G5 KF5

[oblique igloo]

i have i9-14900kf and temperature is in game 55-60 with cooler asus ryujin 360 your temperature is to much for the game

[robust pendant]

Its a laptop, not a pc

You get those temps because you have the appropiate cooling

[strong onyx]

Giggleshit

[robust pendant]

Laptops cant cool for shit

[stuck adder]

i know, this laptop is known for being aggressive from what I've been told

[oblique igloo]

no, No, I assembled the desktop myself.

[robust pendant]

HormoneMan has a laptop

[oblique igloo]

aaA OK OK SORRY

[stuck adder]

And to be fair, it has not been that loud, used to play Stalker 2 with mostly just 75-80°C which is okay from my perspective

[oblique igloo]

But isn't 90 degrees a bit too much for an i7?

[stuck adder]

95°C is too much

[robust pendant]

Yeah that one is good

[stuck adder]

And I might have done something awful in the BIOs that enabled this allat and I forgor what it was.

[strong onyx]

Not if it’s a laptop.

[robust pendant]

It is too much still

[oblique igloo]

Also because now you're cool, you certainly don't have summer for me, it's too much given the winter period.

[robust pendant]

What cant you possibly not understand, just because the cpu can reach 90c, doesnt mean it should average 90

We've been discussing this 10 minutes

[stuck adder]

It is good, if it is only a spike and then it cools down

[robust pendant]

Yeah thats the throttling, but you say that you have average

[oblique igloo]

laptop 90° is to much ,Come on, that's not possible, you're almost at the 100 limit.

[stuck adder]

Then the TT and PT comes in and you can- yeah

[robust pendant]

Unless you have talked about peak temps and not averages

[stuck adder]

Well, other than that, my CPU is pretty good for gaming

[livid coral]

Second playthrough and I am once again going absolutely mental trying to find weird water

[stuck adder]

Hope I won't accidentally make an anomaly here after I turn laptop on after the facitlity restart

[strong onyx]

Laptops run hotter on average. It’s just apart of owning a laptop.

[stuck adder]

Like I went from i5-12450H to i7-13620H

[oblique igloo]

It often happens to me that as soon as I arrive in the area, it drops me off immediately. Go at the right time, maybe arrive early.

[livid coral]

I waited outside of the area until 10 pm exactly which is what I did to find it the first time

[hushed lava]

This is probably a long shot, but is Stalker 2 likely to get a demo or trial at any point in the future? I'm not able to pick it up any time soon, even with the current discount on Steam, and getting game pass to effectively rent it for a month would be a little counterproductive to my future plans to buy it

[drifting bear]

Reduce consumption with throttlestop

[robust pendant]

Nope (that we know of)

[livid coral]

I remember the artifact spawns around the rocks in the center, right?

[strong onyx]

It’s not on GamePass anymore anyway.

[robust pendant]

Yeah, also that

[oblique igloo]

its Yes, and in theory, you should find it as soon as the fireworks appear. Follow a few of them and you will find it on the ground.

[livid coral]

it's also a bit annoying not knowing whether or not I'm being blind or if it just spawned in the ground

which it seems like artifacts are spawning in geometry a lot more now than when I first played a year ago

[hushed lava]

...ah
In that case my wait definitely continues 😅 Really hoping we get a demo or trial at some point, that would be incredible; waiting until May or June to be able to buy it seems like a lifetime away

[livid coral]

I get that. I have to wait until May to see my wife

an agonizing wait

[hushed lava]

Oh ouch, I hope everything's okay! Had to wait 3 weeks to see mine earlier this year which was bad enough

[river chasm]

At this point I would not expect it to get a demo unfortunately. In theory you could probably turn the tutorial mission into a demo, but it also isn't that representative of the rest of the game

[hushed lava]

Yeah, I may be hoping for the impossible - just anything to scratch that itch would be good; I've played the first 3 more than anything else over the past decade and a bit

[strong onyx]

What’s in May or June?

[hushed lava]

I'll have finally have paid off the 4 figures of vet bills I'm currently dealing with!

(She's absolutely fine now, but it was a stressful few months getting her through it)

[strong onyx]

Oof…

[safe lance]

soo...artifact hunting is kinda useless atm eh?

[ebon blade]

I got this last night.

[lost kayak]

solid

i wonder how you can join freedom...

[ebon blade]

At the moment, the Player does not join Factions, but can choose to help one over another.

[timber dome]

Will we ever be able to join Mercs?

Idc about the kits they run I just like killing people for coupons

[ebon blade]

All Faction bases offer jobs to kill people for coupons.

[timber dome]

So I can do merc jobs but can’t join the faction at all?

[ebon blade]

The storyline would not work if you went out on your own joining any Faction.
The storyline was created so that you are given choices to help one Faction over another.

[timber dome]

I see I see, can you even help mercs they always hostile for me

[ebon blade]

If you explore enough, you will find some friendly Mercs.

[timber dome]

Is Pripyat unlocked after lesser zone or do I gotta progress story

The guy gave me a coin about a Ferris wheel and mentioned Pripyat so idk

[ebon blade]

The Lesser Zone is where you make the first decision to help one Faction over another.

[timber dome]

I helped the lone stalkers

I don’t like the ward fr

[ebon blade]

You will continue to have more choices to help additional Factions or not.

[timber dome]

Like noontide and the bandits or whatever?

[ebon blade]

You will find out. Just don't be in a big damn hurry to rush through the game.
There is more to see by exploring on your own, than just following the main mission.

[timber dome]

I’m not in a hurry I heard you can’t free roam after beating the story so I’m trying to get to Pripyat for the exo

But idk if I can just run over there or not

[ebon blade]

You're wanting to go to an end game location, to get an end game armor.
That's exactly what you should NOT be doing. There are many armors to
find and upgrade as you progress, in addition to getting many weapon types.

[hollow cypress]

guys i just bought an exoskeleton and i cant run with it

[timber dome]

Is there a decent way to earn money tho? Artifacts are bugged and idk how to sell for full price

[ebon blade]

You find the one person, usually the bartender but not always, who offers jobs to earn coupons at each faction base.

[timber dome]

Okay

Thank you

[robust pendant]

you most likely need to upgrade it to be able to run

unless you are in Stalker SoC or CS, in where you can't do it

[hollow cypress]

no i just have the one that cant be upgraded for running -_-

[robust pendant]

[hollow cypress]

thats a little useless bruh

[robust pendant]

not if it makes you a tank

[strong onyx]

You can glitch into it.

[timber dome]

How so?

[lost needle]

FINALLY killed faust on master difficulty

[frigid hill]

seriouscptn has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[safe lance]

ooof artifact slots are expensive

[violet dune]

f uck wolf

[ebon blade]

When Mercs show up.

[robust pendant]

hey, I am interested, and I think @ebon blade is too, you should message him

[safe lance]

we about to be rich bois

[robust pendant]

[visual mortar]

im not but @bold smelt is, go ahead and message him

boring

[safe lance]

i think 1.7.1 needs to feature a logan paul operator skin to be lore accurate

[robust pendant]

[ebon blade]

Logan Paul is waiting for you in the Cherevach Cemetery.

[visual mortar]

me and Tejas at Junguscon 25

[ebon blade]

I'm the one wearing the hat.

[umbral lodge]

[harsh jungle]

[safe lance]

1.7.2. romance options introduced xD

[ebon blade]

Romance is punishable by death.

[safe lance]

😭

[ebon blade]

Three Mercs approaching me wearing the Wolfhound armor.