☢┃stalker-general

[tender oyster]

Master doesn't have compass

[marsh iron]

(master mode has no compass regardless of immersion mode)

[main jewel]

well then i dunno why i had mine

[tender oyster]

Mod

Mod?

[main jewel]

i dont have any mods that change that i believe

probably just a bug

[main jewel]

as usual

[tender oyster]

Just like @marsh iron said, there is no compass on master

[ebon blade]

So what do you do, check your PDA to see if the task is unfulfilled?

[tender oyster]

Yes, it is unfulfilled. That's what i meant when i said it doesnt progress

[ebon blade]

The remaining threat is supposed to be an outside Pseudodog.
I met it when I went back outside at the southern edge of the
building. Often you can make a manual save in the game, no
matter what you are doing, reload it and it will fix things.

I can't imagine wanting to play without the HUD that is really needed to tell you things.

[main jewel]

for me it breaks my immersion and i hate looking at it

so i turn all hud elements off

every single one

[cyan sparrow]

Tejas Tejas… we play master to not have any compass…

[tender oyster]

My manual save is already past that quest. Meaning, i cant reroll to older save

[main jewel]

and to locate things i just know the cnpp is north and the zalizzya balloon is southish

IM HALFWAY TO MASTER ROLE

[vernal rampart]

Guys, can someone clarify whats stalker gamma? How do inuse it with stalker2?

[main jewel]

the gamma setting or gamma the mod

[ebon blade]

Since the game is still receiving patches and things are being worked on,
that seems like a really counterproductive action to take, if you ask me.
I wonder if that's what happened to you, to get the 3 notes and the safe
stash and Banzai tools bugged for you, like that you mentioned before.

[main jewel]

cause the mod is like

not stalker 2

[vernal rampart]

Probably both lol

[main jewel]

the gamma setting is some graphic thing that i have no clue about because im not knowledgeable on graphics

[vernal rampart]

Ok

[cyan sparrow]

The only suggestion from my side is if you 100% eliminated them (all) to use console, and finish the particular quest… i know but there isn’t much else to help, if bugged.

[main jewel]

yeah i had hud elements off so, i didnt know you had to hear the beeping so it was real difficult finding it, previously i also saw someone put the safe door code in one of these chats and i just immediately opened it and got the tools like a dummy

really i just relied on the pda

and its markers

[tender oyster]

Sadly I'm on ps5

[main jewel]

there should be a pseudo dog

[vernal rampart]

And whata gamma the mod? @main jewel

[vernal rampart]

Are you not wehay

[main jewel]

gamma is a standalone mod that is just a heavily modded version of stalker that people swear their lives over, its actually not that bad considering it has alot of guns and customization and faction stuffs and quests and free roam fun, its just unfortunate if its your first stalker game

[tender oyster]

Wehay?

[main jewel]

you should try it

[vernal rampart]

So its a game in itself?

[main jewel]

yea its just a game basically that has the trilogy map locations all fit into one big map that actually makes sense. i believe its built ontop of stalker, but what i know is it doesnt require stalker to get

and use, ofc if you download the mod manually

gog. whatever it is just does it with a click of a button if you own any stalker game or sm i forgot

i hope gamma comes to console cause id like to try it again

[vernal rampart]

So its based on same engine as stalker2? Looks equally good?

[main jewel]

older stalkers

gamma is before stalker 2

watch stalker gamma reviews and stuff

[vernal rampart]

Oh

Missionary?

[ebon blade]

No. It's based on 2009 technology and game engine.

[main jewel]

i dunno bro WATCH SOME DAMN VIDEOS

rest well horse

[main jewel]

we shouldve spread misinformation

[ebon blade]

Your game could very well could NOT be bugged and because you don't have a HUD, it
can't point you in the direction of the location of the last mutant needed to complete it.

[main jewel]

pseudo dogs be running away alot

wouldnt it show the mutant location in the pda

with like a blue objective marker

[ebon blade]

No. A PDA only shows a general area where you are doing things.
The Burnt Forest tasks have multiple blue icons for separate actions.

[tender oyster]

I just ran around the camp again, and there is no pseudodog either

[austere cradle]

How can I find another way to lure Zakhar out?

[ebon blade]

@main jewel
I discovered a way to screw up the Kazkovyi Camp actions, once you
return with Banzai's Tools from the Car Dump, that I would not have
realized they were getting bugged, if I did not have a HUD to clue me in.

[tender oyster]

Why i cant send pictures/images here?

[main jewel]

oh

[main jewel]

did you grab spitter and present it to him

[ebon blade]

You have to be Master rank and above to post images in this channel.
You can post in screens_and_videos and forward them to this channel.

[austere cradle]

Yes

I'm replaying the game on Master, and there's no point in rolling back.

I also stole his hiding place.

[main jewel]

oh well rhen i dunno

[austere cradle]

Apparently the quest is buggy even after a year

Where is the saves folder?

[arctic anchor]

Hey Stalkers, Merry Christmas in the Zone. Quick question: I don’t know if this is the cause, but I have a swaying, drunken-like effect, as if I had been drinking alcohol. Is this an effect added by the legendary Weird relic, or is it something else?

[ebon blade]

Weird Water

[tender oyster]

It's from weird artifact that give you carry weight

[arctic anchor]

Ils terribles…

[vapid galleon]

it based a better engine than the one used in Stalker 2

[vernal rampart]

Imposiblisky

[vapid galleon]

?

[vernal rampart]

Ok

[vapid galleon]

get compass'd

[vapid galleon]

💯 console is our friend

[ebon blade]

Why don't you go to the Gamma Discord Server if you are so interested in it?

[arctic anchor]

have a question about the Weird Ball. It seems like it may have been changed, because everyone on YouTube says it increases all resistances, but in my game it says it only increases bullet resistance when you are not moving. Is this just a bad French translation, or what is its actual effect now?

[oblique igloo]

In theory it shouldn't have changed, it should protect you from bullets if you stand still and do nothing else, the ball only protects you physically while standing still

[ebon blade]

It has NEVER increased all resistances at any point in the various patches in the games.

[arctic anchor]

YTB 🤣🤣

Okok thanks !

[oblique igloo]

On YouTube there are many people who talk, maybe too many, who think they know everything and do everything from game development to what objects are used for here in Italy and full

[vapid galleon]

you can't use Gamma for Stalker 2, it's not a Stalker 2 mod. It's a modpack for Stalker Anomaly, and Stalker Anomaly is a mod based on other mods. And other mods based on Call of Pripyat (the final game of the trilogy)

so research about it, Stalker Gamma and Stalker 2 are very different games

Stalker Gamma is a standalone game with its own installation

[proven hollow]

and it's also really bad

don't forget to mention that critical detail

[vapid galleon]

🤣

[strange pawn]

Is there anyone know how long it takes stalker 2 devs to reply tickets usually?

I sent a ticket one day ago still hasn't get replied

[wicked magnet]

Same but I sent it last Friday

[strange pawn]

Holy fck

[wicked magnet]

I usually received a response within 2-3 days

[strange pawn]

I get it thank you man

[proven hollow]

ok, let's first start this by saying that GSC probably has a christmas vacation around this time as well so don't expect any response for at least the next week, but beyond that it can take anywhere from a few days to a week if not more

[strange pawn]

man i would do anything to finish this fckn In the name of the science progress

[proven hollow]

what's the problem?

[strange pawn]

I found the third pillar but its on rooftop and I can't reach it

I tried to leave to last that one but it didn't fix it

There should have been shotout with mutants as soon as i get there but when i arrived in my save it was over already and mutant with pillar on neck was died on rooftop instead of inside the house

[proven hollow]

which mutant, the controller or snork? Or that first Bayu?

[strange pawn]

snork

It was earlier inside the house but when I press F to collect the pillar my character stun locked and didn't even move, its so buggy idk

With other mutants I didn't encounter such a problem like this

[golden gulch]

I wish Anomaly and it's modpacks to just stop, leave space for more story based + none hard core free play.

[proven hollow]

i think you mean the bayun, the snork is in a few car wrecks in garbage, not in a house, if you're on pc maybe try no-clipping?

[strange pawn]

I'll record it and show you wait

[weary hedge]

Is it really bad? I never really heard many opinions on it

[twin crater]

so, im at the boiler house with like 7 stalkers and we get the emission warning

everyone runs to the small cave right next to it and we are chilling while it passes, this dude is telling a joke and so on

i suddenly hear someone else coming into the entrance and it was 4 dudes that just stopped and stared at us for a brief second and then everyone pulled out their weapons and started shooting

hilariously fun

[proven hollow]

well, it has nothing to do with stalker, that's for sure, i suppose some people like it, but it's more of an inventory management game than anything else

[weary hedge]

Thx yeah i just looked it up looks really boring to me eh

[vernal lily]

You can just cheat yourself and not do the stuff you hate in the modpack (finding parts to fix your gun, etc.). I never really followed whatever story that game had, just did my own thing and that minecraft house building thing in the sewers. That's about it.

Gamma doesn't interest me enough where I would want to download that huge file again, rather play other games. If I want to play stalker related would also rather play trilogy or cotz.

[weary hedge]

So gamma is mostly regarded as lame is what im getting from your statements.

[vernal lily]

Yes, that fat game file size is not worth keeping with how lame the thing is

[daring wharf]

so like... why did Ward not use the BMPs or armored cars with mounted machine guns when they were attacking Duga?

[weary hedge]

Idk but that whole attack was kinda stupid they coulve just bombed it and be done with it

[daring wharf]

i was kinda thinking the same thing

a barrage of JDAM from standoff distance would be more than enough

anomalies might destroy some of them, but launch enough so at least one gets through and you're golden

would've made for a hell of a set piece battle if we're tasked with targetting faust in the chaos

[vernal rampart]

Stalker 2?

[strange pawn]

@proven hollow add me

[twin crater]

yep

[weary hedge]

That would actually have been dope af imagine running through rubble ash and fire trying to catch faust

[dreamy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/tone-tony-soprano-capo-madone-face-palm-gif-7314761

Its been 401 days of anomalies, artifacts and bunch of bandit alcoholics that form the facts....

[white valley]

OH MY MONO! AFTER OVER A YEAR AND 270+ HOURS I FINISHED THE GAME!! :D
now i can rest

[dreamy dagger]

What did you do in the end?

Jump off the Fewwis Veel?

[light crag]

merry Christmas stalkers

[vapid galleon]

it'll never happen, don't wish

[gusty hearth]

Now in max dif

Or Play the Trilogie

[white valley]

Absolutley not

[white valley]

bro i started with the triology, COP biggest stan here :)

[gusty hearth]

And dont feget Stalker gamma

[white valley]

nobody will ever get me to play a mod

i have read the book now, seen the movie, played the triology and the sequal.. i have done all i can since the book series is unavailable

[gusty hearth]

There are non

Only games

[smoky hawk]

you dont let me

I try

[harsh jungle]

[gusty hearth]

ITS a PC Thing but i hate IT

[smoky hawk]

there are only unofficial published books

[gusty hearth]

Or that Ass movie Road Side Picknick

[white valley]

i meant roadside picnic and stalker 1979 by tarkovsky

[white valley]

i am going to ignore everything you said here as it is pure blashphemy

[smoky hawk]

Roadside Picnic is not a stalker book, nor really close to Stalker

[gusty hearth]

ITS Not a Stalker movie

[white valley]

i find it important as it is part of the inspo, its my choice who gives a frack

[gusty hearth]

U See the shining Zone to ?

[smoky hawk]

its not very close to what Stalker is, the inpsiration wasnt that big to begin with and as development progressed it got even smaller and smaller]

[sour wyvern]

Do we know about the date of the physical edition when they're sending it out because I still haven't got it

[white valley]

i just find it fun, the book was interesting and i love the movie and i find them to deepen my love of stalker. Thats all.

[gusty hearth]

Even Metro IS more Stalker

[smoky hawk]

https://tenor.com/view/anton-chigurh-no-country-for-old-men-ok-oops-javier-bardem-gif-10579690

[gusty hearth]

ITS Stalker but in a metro

[white valley]

ok

[gusty hearth]

Dont be angry with me im a nerd

[smoky hawk]

https://tenor.com/view/somali-somalian-kq-maz-big-forehead-gif-9867909239032094859

of course

[gusty hearth]

And merto IS inspired by stalker

[smoky hawk]

no

it isnt

[gusty hearth]

Because Stalker IS better

[white valley]

im not angry

[vapid galleon]

🤣

[vapid galleon]

yes, it is

[smoky hawk]

https://tenor.com/view/anton-chigurh-no-country-for-old-men-ok-oops-javier-bardem-gif-10579690

[vapid galleon]

both are good, just Stalker is much bigger then Metro

[gusty hearth]

The book Metro 2033 IS 2010 and Stalker 2007

Im Just saying im to cheeki breeki

But i Like merto to

[smoky hawk]

https://tenor.com/view/nuts-anton-cigurh-no-country-for-old-men-gif-27499167

[golden gulch]

I need help with artifacts job
Seem like each of the job givers(Warlock, Sidorovich....) require you to find a specific artifacts, can anyone give me the full list?

[gusty hearth]

Renegade🥀

[vapid galleon]

inspired isn't mean "copied". They were inspired some things from Stalker, in the gaming world, there are very few games that don't inspire each other

[weary hedge]

There are very view guaranteed spawns artifacts are random drops mostly

[gusty hearth]

Im waitin for the Game the way to the Ibis

I dont know the Name i have Alzheimer

But its w Stalker Like

[smoky hawk]

https://tenor.com/view/anton-chigurh-no-country-for-old-men-ok-oops-javier-bardem-gif-10579690

[gusty hearth]

Do u Talk with gifs

[smoky hawk]

I dont meet schizophrenic statements with words

[vapid galleon]

because he don't have a argument about it

[golden gulch]

I remember
Sidorovich ask for Spinner and Broken Rock.
The guy at Slag Heap ask me for a Horn but I can never find it so I never advanced his needs.
Warlock only ask for Whirlwind.
Needle at Malachite asked for a Skipjack(I forgot the name) but I can't find it so I never advanced further.
So I kinda need a full list for required artifacts to hoard for these missions.

[gusty hearth]

Im on Ur Side rn because understod my Brain waves

[vapid galleon]

Im 🇽 I'm, I am ☑️ Ur 🇽 your ☑️ rn 🇽 right know ☑️

[gusty hearth]

Im German sorry

And im on a new Phone

[proven hollow]

hoard everything, it's random what they ask

[smoky hawk]

no excuse

[weary hedge]

Isnt it just random artifacts tho like the moment u accept a quest its rolling and picking one?

[weary hedge]

Oh no not the grammar police

[proven hollow]

I wish you could see what artifact they want before you accept the quest though 🙁

[lost needle]

Save scumming is right there

[weary hedge]

I never do these quests theres literally no point money is made easily and im keeping every artifact for myself

[proven hollow]

yeah, that's what i do even on master since in hubs you can save

[lost needle]

Save scumming is the only reason why i didnt go insane on master

I cant imagine doing the duga without exitsaving in the middle

[golden gulch]

It's not random, if you pick up their artifact quest and then refuse it, next time they are going to ask for the same artifact, and it won't change until you found that specific artifact for them, which have the chance of them keep asking for that same artifact.
Warlock only ask for a Whirlwind for example, refuse it would make him asking for it again.
The reason why I need a full list is because I want hoard those specific artifacts + some of them are like impossible to spawn, like the Skipjack.

[golden gulch]

It's not random, seem like each of them will always ask for a specific artifacts, and if you refuse they would just ask for it the next time the quest is available

[proven hollow]

it's randomly rolled when the task is generated, not when you accept it

[golden gulch]

The problem is that it doesn't roll randomly for me.
For example when I pick up an artifact job and it ask me to find A, reload a save doesn't change that

[proven hollow]

yeah, reloading doesn't change that, but for me it has always changed when i did one of their other jobs instead

[weary hedge]

It is random tho if you replay the game they wont ask for the same artifact than before. But either way theres absolutely no point in doing these quests bc most time keeping the artifact is the better choice anyways bro

[golden gulch]

But money bro
Hoarding guns is exhausted 🫩

The game would rather give me another Compass than spawning a Broken Rock

[weary hedge]

Thats maybe bc ur too far into the main story the game has a hidden mechanic i think its called "stalker tiers" and once you advance in rank or reach max tier the common artifacts become nearly impossible to get bc of the decreased drop rate the higher ur stalker rank the more high tier artifacts spawn

[weary hedge]

Idk im sitting at 980k coupons and never ever did a side job or sold an artifact

[golden gulch]

You're hoarding guns 😭

[weary hedge]

Maybe 😏👀

[violet dune]

probably still with leather jack and toz

[oblique igloo]

but he must have done something even just repairing weapons and armor and it's not cheap I've done everything from secondary jobs to main story and contracts and yet now I'm going to the swamps with 25k coupons

[weary hedge]

Im at pripyat rn diamond exo saiga and dnipro im just a freaking lootgobblin lmao u cant imagine the hours i spent sitting at exactly 138/140kg nearly crawling 1km to the next trader just so i could sell my entire inventory for a whooping 100k

[oblique igloo]

I ALSO DO THIS ESPECIALLY AT THE BEGINNING I TRY TO ACCUMULATE SUITABLE WEAPONS TO SELL THEM TO THEN ALLOW ME TO REPAIR OR I take objects and have coupons to make upgrades or repair having 980k is of no use

[weary hedge]

The key is just to make ur loadout weigh as less as possible. Meaning im only taking one primary without attachments, skifs pistol as secondary a little bit of ammo roughly 200 rounds and weird water. Then i just take the expensive things when looting no food or drinks or vodka just guns and armors or ammo and voila youre rich

[weary hedge]

Yes its absolutely useless having that amount of money i just like having it haha

Idk its just my playstyle i know its probably not for everyone or even boring for you guys but i love to play like this

[oblique igloo]

@weary hedge that in any case the stalker sellers then have some nice things if you want to buy if you can't find any weapons around, I discovered that at the Icarus camp the technician can modify the saiga d12 which leaves you with a quick one, before the 1.7 patches it didn't let you do it or I remember badly

[weary hedge]

Idk i think saiga is only upgradable at yaniv or pripyat also the new burnt forest base

[violet dune]

if you play s2 as a extraction shooter, its not hard to hit 1M

[oblique igloo]

instead it can also be modified at the Icarus base by the technician which is very strange

[weary hedge]

Exactly and i love that they made it possible to play like that honestly ^^ for me there is no wrong way to play the game

[violet dune]

i did same thing

[weary hedge]

Nice to know but unfortunately hes already gone like the rest of icarus haha

[vagrant pewter]

did they fly too close to the sun AGAIN!?

[weary hedge]

Lmao greek mythology pun im here for it

[oblique igloo]

yes yes well I'm not saying no but it's not an extraction you should play it for how it is the soul of the game explore take loot sell try to equip yourself better and better but as you go along, then for goodness sake everyone plays as they want right

[weary hedge]

Im doing exactly that but min maxing and optimizing my loot runs haha

[vagrant pewter]

the goodie bags - are they sometimes counted as stashes?

[weary hedge]

I guess they are but i wouldnt count on it

[violet dune]

you can play how you want. this does not interfere with side quest or main quest or stalker 2 in general. on master difficulty you need to grind to afford something

someone choose farm artifacts other loot... what are we talking here

[oblique igloo]

If you do another run, know that the technician can modify the Saiga D12 but he cannot modify the Zircon suit. This is also a contradiction because a military technician should know how the Monolith suit works, instead you only modify it on the Wild Island.

[vagrant pewter]

was just curious as I have stashes that I've done all but demolish structures & sift ashes to locate

[weary hedge]

Im thinking about playing master next. Do you think i can continue my playstyle?

[violet dune]

you wont make 1M fast enough and there is much less loot. you can try tho

[weary hedge]

Is there any viable way to make money fast in master?

[vagrant pewter]

does it continue to scale up the quality of loot as u tick up the difficulty?

[violet dune]

mutants, artifacts, loot

[weary hedge]

Nice i think ima do that when im starting my next playthrough thx

[weary hedge]

I would guess not bc good items are more rare from what i heard

[vagrant pewter]

speaking of mutants, is it unusual to find a pile of dead stalkers or wards in a swamp with 2 dead mutants? Last time I was here, I did not find 17 bodies to loot. Someone had a party.

was that cloning mutant

[weary hedge]

I also found several of scenes like that i think the mutants spawns are a bit bugged rn and spawning way to many bloodsuckers

[vagrant pewter]

i did appreciate the extra ammo 😄

[potent raptor]

Why is the Bulat armour set so weak? I always heard that it's one of the best but I got better stats with just a PSZ-5I Hawk suit and a Pa-7 Mask

[oblique igloo]

Oh God, I have to do the swamp mission. I've equipped myself and prepared myself. I hope I don't lose my feathers there.

[vapid galleon]

The zone gives, and the zone takes

It gives acute radiation poisoning, which forces me to chain-smoke lucky strikes and run around in a drunken haze

And it takes my sanity, as the anomalous object strapped to my belt sends discord notifications directly to my brain

[potent raptor]

40 hours in and I stil haven't found a single cigarette

I want to start smoking until my lungs turn charcoal black

Also what happened to Clear Sky where are they

[pseudo gull]

[proven hollow]

well, if you played clear sky you'd already know it, but you also pass by their remains in stalker 2

[oblique igloo]

i have found cigaretes from bandit one packet

[vagrant pewter]

will stashes disappear via npc looting?

[oblique igloo]

well yes if an npc searches the body everything you put disappears

[vagrant pewter]

not bodies the bags on the map. if I left them for later

i never know if im going back n forth so i try to clean sweep a map when on it

gets a bit heavy

[proven hollow]

nope, they're safe

[oblique igloo]

on the hiding places you should not spare the always find it

[vagrant pewter]

kinda funny - a rat problem cleared up with a single grenade in a hole

[oblique igloo]

Just remember where you put them with a marker otherwise there's trouble😅

[vagrant pewter]

sometimes there just is too much loots ;P

i find it funny - npcs will strip bodies down but if I leave a pile of guns on ground - they ignore it

[oblique igloo]

ehhh unfortunately you can't have everything😂

[vagrant pewter]

But I want it all 😄 Loot Goblin Senses are Tingling

[proven hollow]

there's stashes all over! i just dump everything in them then pick it up later 😛

[vagrant pewter]

cant wait to find the red gun buyer. i think ill empty his wallet lol have 1500 guns & climbing

[proven hollow]

if you've left the lesser zone you can get there

[lost lava]

Only 17? In prypiat i found 25+ bodies xd

[regal sinew]

That will net you roughly 2K coupons if you’re lucky lol.

[vagrant pewter]

every coupon is sacred!

[regal sinew]

I just left every red conditioned weapon tbh, but I pick up every yellow conditioned weapon since they still sell for decent amount, depending on the firearm.

[vagrant pewter]

are the reds that mush just garbage scrap that they truly dont matter?

[proven hollow]

nah, the higher tier ones can definitely net you a nice profit

[vagrant pewter]

ahhh so selective hoarding it shall be then.

[regal sinew]

I mean, they still sell for coupons like you said, you’ll get a ton more than 2K if you actually have that many guns to sell even in red condition. I just didn’t pick up broken weapons because weight problems lol.

[proven hollow]

I always drop the red ones first as well, and only pick up the higher tier ones to begin with

[stuck grove]

I usually pick up all and stash red ones in non-static corpses

only when I am in Rostok/Yantar then I will haul all that scrap to my boy Ragman

[proven hollow]

dragging a bunch of red condition vipers and pkm's is going to leave you very dissapointed

[regal sinew]

Haha, yeah.

I don’t really struggle with coupons anyway so dragging broken weapons across the map is a no no for me.

[proven hollow]

but dragging along 4 or so red condition mark I's will stay pay for a good chunk of repairs

[vagrant pewter]

how does one know the tiers of guns?

[stuck grove]

we play a lot so thats how we know

[oblique igloo]

in what sense levels

[lost lava]

Look at dmg vs guns using same caliber

[vagrant pewter]

ahh so familiarity based on how less frequently u see them appear?

[regal sinew]

Pretty much.

[proven hollow]

well, i don't mean like a numerical tier, just, you know, AKM and better weapons is worth taking

[stuck grove]

rather at which point in story line random bandits start carrying them

[vagrant pewter]

if everyone has one, expect it to be the beer of guns

[lost lava]

Low tier shotguns does nothing while saiga or hammer pulverize whatever is front of you

[proven hollow]

but yeah, once you get further in the story pretty much everyone gets more expensive weapons

[stuck grove]

when you leave lesser zone then gopniks will carry ak74u and double barrel shotguns, in late game they will run with dnipros and svus

[regal sinew]

Yeah, like don’t carry around 12 broken PTMs cause you’re not getting much for that and will take about the same weight up as 2 AKMs that would sell for a bit more, kinda thing.

[oblique igloo]

also because as you progress through the campaign you find different and better weapons, you notice it immediately

[vagrant pewter]

makes sense im not in the beverly hills of gun production

the guns that are part of the packs - are those by default always higher tier weapons?

friend has a shotgun that just plows thru stuff

[regal sinew]

Part of the packs? You mean deluxe/ultimate edition?

[vagrant pewter]

ya

[proven hollow]

if you want one of those shotguns that plows through everything I can tell you where to find it

[regal sinew]

They’re basically just unique versions of weapons you can still get in the game.

[lost lava]

Strongest shotgun in game is a reward from arena, but ye, all hight tier guns deal much more dmg.
Its custom saiga

[regal sinew]

Without owning deluxe or ult.

[vagrant pewter]

u just get them in advance?

[regal sinew]

No they’re unique variants of weapons you can still get in the game, without owning those editions.

[vagrant pewter]

i figured for paid versions, not just skins but appearance in game tend to bend rules

[regal sinew]

You can’t get the unique variants without those editions, but you can still get the normal versions of them.

[vagrant pewter]

like u get it at X vs later when it appears during Y

[regal sinew]

Like Lullaby is a modded Fora-221, you can still get a Fora-221 easy enough, it just won’t have the integrated silencer etc.

[vagrant pewter]

prob in spot I not visited yet 😄 just about to finish garbage off

[proven hollow]

yeah, it's a little further away

[regal sinew]

Once you leave Lesser Zone you’re free to explore anywhere except the furthest North, Jupiter and Pripyat are blocked off until you reach far enough in the story.

[vagrant pewter]

i had to backtrack a bit cause...emissions killed map spawned npcs for content I triggered too early & didnt know

[oblique igloo]

I got my first special weapon with the latest edition in a military barracks inside the journalist's hideout.

[vagrant pewter]

nice. lots to discover still for me 😄

had been tempted with the special Playstation sale to look at those editions but if nothing too earth shattering I prob can wait

[oblique igloo]

I also found the special fora221 but I don't remember in which area if it was near the duga or after

[regal sinew]

Lullaby is in the Army Warehouses.

Chemical Plant.

[oblique igloo]

I don't really remember, I should see the area on the map, maybe it comes to mind but it's definitely where you say

[oblique igloo]

but in the chemical plant there are no wards who shoot you on sight

[regal sinew]

There’s an interactive map for the game btw, very handy.

I’m using it on my phone this playthrough so I can memorise the locations of stashes etc.

[oblique igloo]

well yes yes but that way you lose the beauty of exploration, searching in all the places and then finding the loot, I've never looked at the interactive map

[regal sinew]

Stuffs changed when playing Master diff.

[oblique igloo]

a run that I will finish as soon as this one in master

[regal sinew]

Done allat on my 1st playthrough. Now I’m learning where the best stuff is.

[regal sinew]

There was Mercs there when I went. Has to kill em.. My Merc bro’s.

[oblique igloo]

ahh ok ok kill all😆

[plain fiber]

Isn't it outclassed by both the Saiga and the Texan?

[lost lava]

It has highest dmg and pen, but yes, over saiga is the best

[plain fiber]

It does? I thought that was the Texan?

[regal sinew]

If you’re a horrible shot, I’d imagine you’d want to run Saiga or any other mag fed shotgun where as if you’re good with precision, you’d want the Texan since that reload speed will get you killed.. but if everything is dead before you need to reload, all is good.

[vagrant pewter]

I'm finding mutant parts on some corpses. are they worthwhile to save vs. sell in the zone Im in?

[lost lava]

Ah yes i was wrong
Texan has highest stats

[lost lava]

Gather all u can and later do quests in malachite for mutant parts

MUCH more money that way

[vagrant pewter]

i shall save all i can harvest then 😄

[gusty hearth]

Im Playing clear Sky again

[radiant sentinel]

Hello, I am playing Stalker 2 on PS5. The font size in the game is very small and difficult to read from a distance. Can you please add an option to scale or increase the text size in the next update? It would greatly improve the experience. Thank you!"

[proven hollow]

might want to suggest a feature through the support site, more likely to be read than here: https://discord.com/channels/504587323577729024/1308753015355740181

[radiant sentinel]

Thanks for the advice, @Robo. I tried to post in #s2-support but for some reason, the text box is locked for me or keeps redirecting me. That's why I posted here. If you can help me or tag a moderator, I would appreciate it!"

[gusty hearth]

There IS a Link in the Text

[radiant sentinel]

If I access the #s2-support channel, I cannot type. The message "(?done reading check out #1308031973503275089)" appears in the chat text.

[cerulean crane]

does anyone know where to find the code for the keypad in the chemical-plant base?

[proven hollow]

you need to follow the link in the channel to their website and fill it in there

[slim oracle]

µ

[radiant sentinel]

Where is the link?

[cerulean crane]

https://support.stalker2.com/

[potent raptor]

What's the best Suit without a helmet? I got the PSZ-5I HAWK (The Spark one) and I haven't found a single on that is better

[indigo stone]

Hello, please add cola, thanks!

[wicked magnet]

That is the best armor iirc, and the rest have built-in helmets

[potent raptor]

Are Headless armours even better than Full sets or are Sets superior? Because when I put on a Suit (like the Bulat or the Heavy Duty suit) I have worse Physical protection somehow?

[wicked magnet]

full set armors > headless armors except x7 suit

[potent raptor]

Ah
Also, is phyiscal protection applied everywhere or just certain parts of my Body? So if I have a suit with 2 Protection and a Mask with 1.3 Protection, do I get 3.3 everywhere or just 2 at Body and 1.3 at Head? Or how does the system work

And a suit with 3 Protection has 3 Protection at my Head and Body?

[vernal rampart]

I just came across a very weird anomaly. Its like a electric spark followed by an explosion

[proven hollow]

like a flashbang?

[proven hollow]

2 on your body 1.3 on your head, a full suit gives the full protection to both your head and body

[potent raptor]

ahhh

[vernal rampart]

Yea somewhat

[potent raptor]

Then why is the physical protection bar stacking? Is that just an oversight from the devs?

[shell flax]

Clickers, annoying ass thermal anomaly

[vernal rampart]

Tell me more about it

[proven hollow]

i'd guess so, what i said is how mol1t (community manager) answered it at some point

[shell flax]

Literally flashbang landmines

[vernal rampart]

Found near garbage area

[shell flax]

Nope, that’s part of the new stat visual overhaul

[shell flax]

Diodes workshop?

[vernal rampart]

Leper, tell me, where do you find worthwhile mods?

@shell flax

[shell flax]

Nexus and steam workshop for PC, and mod.io for Xbox

[vernal rampart]

Any recoms?

[vernal rampart]

Hydroelectric plant

[shell flax]

Depends what you want, you want a difficulty overhaul? Better Ballistics, OXA prototype (PC ONLY)

A-Life overhaul? Shay’s living zone or A Life Found a Way

Weather? Dynamic Weather overhaul or PanKotan’s stuff (With Kaimanov’s stuff added on to either one for emissions and prettying up Duga)

[stark crescent]

Dynamic weather overhaul also has an emission mod that changes the emission to 3 waves that blast over the zone

[shell flax]

Yep

[cursive canopy]

what the hell do i do with 3-4 pseudogiants at the old church in stalker 2?

[oblique igloo]

Every time you find Faust and then the scanner it really seems like he was dreaming skiff and a beautiful scene that he finds there scanner it's just a shame that they have little Lore on the clear sky base

[modern horizon]

Yo does anyone get a glitch where the textures on the player characters fingers and npcs stretches out really far like needles. It keeps happening and the only fix is reloading a save

In stalker 2

[oblique igloo]

No, this thing that they stretch has never happened to me. PNGs that go underground, yes.

[modern horizon]

It's funny, I can't find anything online on Reddit or anything about it but it's getting annoying now

[oblique igloo]

Eh I guess you have mods if so it could be some mod maybe installed badly

[modern horizon]

Nope fresh install never played before

[oblique igloo]

Try doing a file check from Steam

[modern horizon]

I have a fairly decent pc too and performance is fine so idk what's the issue, good idea Actually I'll verify files

[oblique igloo]

Otherwise, another thing is to uninstall Are Stalker 2 and reinstall it from scratch. When 2 or 3 patches come out, I uninstall everything and reinstall from scratch.

[lost lava]

Kill them for parts? Duh

[vapid galleon]

Clear Sky moment

[polar forge]

I put nearly 300 hours in this game on game pass version. Now I purchased on steam & im starting completely over with expedition mode, immersive mode & Veteren difficulty

Or should I attempt master

Wait i thought you could skip this intro cutscene before ? I know for a fact I could

You held a key & it sped it up

[oblique igloo]

@polar forge no unless you use mods you can't skip

we're going towards sircaaa from dalin and kurshonov to make decisions against or pro ward

[shell flax]

Bugged for a long time sadly

[polar forge]

have you guys tried the expedition & immersive mods? I imagine it will be super difficult, but i want to push through it this time.

Also, is the faction a life stuff from last patch or two working properly ?

Oh man idk if i can do immersive lol kinda need those tutorial tips again just for a refresher

Been a few months since I played last. Think patch 1.5 was last i played

Ooo wait I can just use the PDA for everything. It has tutorial notes & all that (:

[clever vortex]

hello can someone help me

i formatted my pc and i copied my stalker 2 save files to a diff ssd

and now on the formatted pc i put the save files back on it

and they show up
but when i try to save the game after progressing
the new save files dont show up

wtf?

[pallid nest]

game needs repaired and might not be registered properly to windows

verify the files of it on Steam

[fervent estuary]

One handed stalkers and underground bodies/artefacts are still an issue?

[still current]

No

[polar forge]

Man I set the voice language to Ukrainian and turned on immersive mode so now this guy talking over the radio in the first bunker has no subtitles. No idea what he is saying

That is so dumb immersive turns off subtitles.

[proven hollow]

lmao, just did the mission at azimuth and some random bandit was running around there while i was getting sniped, he didn't even attack me

[vapid galleon]

get brain lab'd

[polar forge]

Expedition mode is pretty cool. Makes it kinda like kcd2 save system. Only in kcd2 you can craft consumables that save the game

[vernal lily]

https://tenor.com/view/stalker-soc-bloodsucker-on-bicycle-gif-20911439

[polar forge]

I keep seeing ppl playing GAMMA & they got the graphics looking nearly as good as stalker 2. When I tried it I swear it looked like a ps2 game lol

[feral sigil]

The gif that never gets old 😂

[still current]

Immersive mode removes all hud elements and subs are hud elements, so what are you on about? Don't use inmersive mode if you want subs and instead manually turn off other elements and leave subtitles lol

[still current]

The save system might get some tweaks in the future, just maybe.

[vernal lily]

https://tenor.com/view/spongebob-patrick-star-noted-notes-gif-26231953

[charred nova]

People always forget the game is in early access

[cyan sparrow]

I think it’s a great game to appreciate Stalker 2

[cyan sparrow]

Stalker 2 1.0 after or been gta6

[charred nova]

Probably before gta 6

Cus it will get delayed again probably

[hardy totem]

Before GTA VI, HL3 and ES VI combined

[charred nova]

Not that I care regardless since it’s not coming to pc so literally who cares

[hardy totem]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/544757291682103300/1367224622529122325/mood.gif

[charred nova]

Rockstar thinks I care enough to buy some 500 dollar paper weight to play their 100 dollar game

WRONG

[vagrant pewter]

The update that was done - anyone happen to know if they removed yurko fantomas & his side quest for his buddy in the anomoly field? I remember his pda being bugged preventing him being picked up. Was one with a Gold Fish?

[vernal lily]

Half LIfe 3 mentioned, hopium COMMENCE

[charred nova]

I’m waiting for the 2026 rotary hybrid drive train reveal

[still current]

The only thing that is early access is my mental health

Game is fine

[charred nova]

We are still no man’s sky year 1

[polar forge]

Wym what am I on about? I said it already. Subtitles should not be removed in immersive. That is an accessibility setting more than HUD element

[feral sigil]

I dont think rockstar cares about what we care lol i mean they will prolly make like 10million sales on the first day bro

[charred nova]

Took no man’s sky 2 or 3 years to finally get going

[charred nova]

Oh ik

Again the words I want to use to describe this phenomenon

Are words I’m not allowed to say

[still current]

Immersive is simply not having any kind of hud and playing as if it's a cinematic, so no! Subs are not part of the deal by all means

[charred nova]

[polar forge]

subtitles should be an accessibility option. Not hud option!

[charred nova]

Well I can’t ready anyways

[still current]

They are hud related since they show on screen anyway

[vernal lily]

Well, you can always just turn off the other hud elements individually and leave subtitles on

[still current]

Exactly what I said

[charred nova]

https://tenor.com/view/evangelion-jolly-blue-orange-wife-gif-16395284005078570181

[polar forge]

Too lazy

Yeah im not doing expedition mode. I just got the first scanner location done, walked through and got two shot killed by a bandit with a shotgun 40m away. Restarted me at the beginning of the game

Im not even playing for the rest of the day. That just made me so mad

[fickle hill]

Oh yeah baby

[harsh jungle]

understandable

[polar forge]

Im not going to give up yet although I probably should lol

[vapid galleon]

[vale grail]

Campfire saves for expedition would make more sense

[vernal lily]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/561153801114091521/1453809482735030446/image0.gif

[charred nova]

It might be a fumble cus Mazda keeps talking about it having an automated manual but this implies the possibility of having a real manual

[vale grail]

Facts. I can never understand why new content is added when there is so much optimisation and backend work to be done.

[charred nova]

I mean we all coping cus they claimed the game was done by that was glaringly obviously not true

[vale grail]

Im glad it came out but it definitely should have been officially early access

[vapid galleon]

it's been a year since its release, maybe that's why

[charred nova]

Yah I mean this game wasn’t realistically gonna be polished and feature complete till 2027

Not with out heavy crunch

And out sourcing

I would say the pass content is releasing is really slow except that I feel only half the dev team if even that is working on the regular updates

Where as everyone else is working on the first dlc and the engine upgrade

[tardy rain]

Probably because you can't just tell the entire studio to work on an engine upgrade

[vagrant pewter]

So - I have a side quest npc gone missing. Not had an Emission yet & I'm in Lesser Zone - Yurko Fantomas & Bubble. Can anything make him disappear besides an emission?

[polar forge]

Are you on pc? Worst come to worst you could install a mod to unlock console commands to try to fix it for you

I dont remember the exact quest you mentioned so not sure what fixes there are

[vagrant pewter]

on PS5. is this one: https://game8.co/games/STALKER-2-Heart-of-Chornobyl/archives/490374

All i have are ward guys walking around

[ruby knoll]

I just bought the game but im collectin everything and instantly being 100kg how to stop this

[last saddle]

lvl up strength. even after having it max you still have to watch your weight

[last saddle]

you can use stimulants to help as well but they are timed

wrong discord lmao

[wintry pumice]

there's an artifact called Weird water that gives you extra carry weight, not sure if it still is the case. Try to get better armor

[ruby knoll]

I think that i just need to stop pickin up everything. Is there a useless loot list that we can follow?

[last saddle]

there really isnt a whole lot of different items. youll figured out what to grab and what to leave

[vapid galleon]

absolutely, that's why they're so slow

[cobalt oracle]

So do we have a general idea how big the engine upgrade update will be? I ask because I have 12gb of space left on my xbox so I may need to delete a game eventually lol.

Probably delete fallout 4 cuz Bethesda likes to drop surprise updates a decade after a game has been released just to mess it up. GSC and CDPR at least make things better for us over time.

[fickle hill]

Probably and I bet it won't even have an allison

[charred nova]

probably have a mazda designed gear box

mazda is damn good at making a gear box

[vale grail]

I dont believe I mentioned an engine upgrade. UE5.5 isn’t going to magically fix the game.
You will still have the same issues if they aren’t addressed beforehand.

[potent raptor]

Just found a compass out of nowhere let's go

[vagrant pewter]

based on loading earlier saves, I'm starting to assume not everyone spawns in the same game state each new game - they can just not be there?

[fickle hill]

It's funny how we got here my father just got an offer from honda to try and trade our 2021 Toyota camry for any of their garbage 2026 honda CRVs

Just so one of their customers can get the Toyota

[main jewel]

roar

[fickle hill]

Fluffy egg

[main jewel]

his name is snowball

hes very silly and hes white an fluffy

i wonder why you cant shoot down rhe birds in stalker

[fickle hill]

He will never be as fluffy as my once upon a time chicken frizzle frazzle

[main jewel]

once in a what chicken what

frizzle frazzle

[fickle hill]

I used to have chickens road island reds, black rocks, some others

[main jewel]

woaaagh

[fickle hill]

#💬┃en_offtop

[vagrant pewter]

This is ammo for a gun >.>

[potent raptor]

How can I negate the effects of a Compass? I got two Medium Rad resistance artefacts but the Compass still irradiates me

[regal sinew]

Lead container for your suit.

[ruby gale]

If i remember the compass is 5 bar, you'd need something similar to resist

I normally use liquid rock

[potent raptor]

well shit nobody can edit my suit and the only one who can is locked behind a ward base where I cannot get to

[ruby gale]

What suit?

[potent raptor]

PSZ-12V Bulat

[ruby gale]

Could go to rostok or try to run to yaniv

[main jewel]

get the bulat

[potent raptor]

the one you find in the Army Warehouses behind the locked door

[main jewel]

oh wait you already have it

[potent raptor]

well guess what Suit I am wearing right now

[main jewel]

ssp 100 maybe???

[main jewel]

oh actually you mean upgrade

[potent raptor]

yeah

[main jewel]

dude you can go to yaniv station right as soon as you leave the lesser zone 😂

what are you DOING there are bigger artifacts to catch

[ruby gale]

Red forest is tedious, but just bring psi block and anti rads

[main jewel]

you can run straight through the red forest no need for any of this just carry meds and watch out for the anomalies

and avoid the open parts

the open parts with the rocks are where you get the psi effect

[ruby gale]

I seem to not have the same luck then

[polar forge]

Exosuit increase carry weight
Lots of various artifacts you can find increase carry weight
Hercules is sold by a lot of doctors in settlements. Gives a huge boost to max carry weight for a few minutes iirc

[main jewel]

just avoid the big open pits with any surrounding rocks

those areas will give you psi

[polar forge]

Other than that you just gotta try to carry as little as possible so you can stack up loot to sell without being overweighted

[ruby gale]

Doesn't seem that way for me

[main jewel]

also im sure the guys at malachite can upgrade the suit

[polar forge]

Can use energy drinks & water to regenerate stamina quicker while you are overweighted

[main jewel]

using water is the better option since energy drinks give you weird tremor

or you can alternate between them

[visual mortar]

who wanna share a pint of a gabascorade

[main jewel]

use hercules, also dont carry to many meds, or ammo, or certain things in general,

if you get the weird pot and drink the limited edition energy drinks you get a permanent 0.5 boost in weight, which is 4.5 boost if you get all limited ones

you can also stack weight artifacts like flytraps or try to find a night star artifact

[fickle hill]

The magic of army medkits

[main jewel]

also

i dont know why i said slug i ment flytrap

but the night star artifact has highest weight boost

[main jewel]

true

also if you have the weird nut you dont need to carry bandages anymore

[polar forge]

Wait really? Has it always been that way 🤔 I just now started playing again after a few months. Last I played was around patch 1.5 release iirc

[fickle hill]

Yep they change the energy system here recently

[polar forge]

Dang i suppose I need to look over the patch notes for the last few updates

[fickle hill]

You won't od on energy drinks

[main jewel]

yeas they are evil

[polar forge]

I miss my old save now. I had so many Hercules bottles

200+ hours poof

[polar forge]

I am not too upset though since I think it is best to start a new game with the expedition & immersive modes. No way I will ever try master difficulty though

[ruby gale]

Pretty much what I did, I deleted my save that I had since launch and started a new game

[stuck seal]

Anything else you can do with the burnt forest camp if you rat out NK-5? Or does it end there?

[polar forge]

I got right up to nearly the endgame & it got removed from game pass trying now to decide if I should playthru the same way, siding with the same factions for each choice. Or do whatever feels right this time

I sided ||completely with the Ward for my first run||

I like them a lot. And Duty. But I hate this piece of junk ->

[ruby gale]

I normally run with spark, and tbh I never made it to the part you get into pripyat legit, but I had 12 days of playtime on that save

I've always glitched into pripyat because screw your story progression locked areas, just like Eric Andre you will let me in

[polar forge]

I was just at the part where you go there on my old save, but i didnt make it

[digital geyser]

Is hontas quest bugged? no voice lines audio

[ruby gale]

There's a spot you can get up on a barbwired fence and jump over, I still remember the spot by the excavator though but im pretty sure thats patched

[polar forge]

I wish duty & freedom were a bigger part of the story. Unless my choices just caused their time to be short lol idk

[ruby gale]

Idk either, I dont think they are but I could be wrong

[polar forge]

Idk much about freedom, but the little bit in game i noticed i didnt care for them too much.
Duty is super cool to me though

[ruby gale]

Pretty sure they're just 2 background factions in 2

[polar forge]

Also the Monolith are incredibly interesting

Like are they the exact same as the noontide dudes?

[ruby gale]

Freedom wants the zone to be free, duty wants to contain/eliminate it, at least thats what i remember hearing

[stuck seal]

Yeah but I assume a lot of monolith you fight are either old monolith that never found noontide or newly brainwashed people

[polar forge]

I thought the Ward was trying to contain the zone 🤔

[ruby gale]

Noontide is former monolithians

[stuck seal]

They’re just the second half of the military

[polar forge]

Were*? Bc i think they all turn Monolothian again

[ruby gale]

Ward wants control

[stuck seal]

In the trilogy the military both guarded the perimeter and did expeditions in the zone, in 2 the roles split between ward and ipsf

And sircaa of course being in control of ward activities

[polar forge]

Ipsf only guards i guess. I never seen them i dont think 🤔 unless they are at the sphere

[ruby gale]

Something Something faust

[stuck seal]

They’re at sphere and all of the entry points to the zone, you fight them a few times in the intro to the game

[polar forge]

Tbh the story confused the crap out of me for the longest time. Still a bit I dont understand. Mostly to do with the Monolith itself, Strelok, Faust and the Institute scientist peeps lol

[stuck seal]

Stalker is pretty simple, the characters just like to throw big words around to make it seem like it’s not but it very much is

[ruby gale]

Stalker lore is confusing, especially if your first game is stalker 2

[polar forge]

I got to the part where you plant the scanner while Hermann freaks out over the radio. Went around the corner of a busted up wall & got blasted by a bandit with a shotgun. Sent me back to the very beginning of the game when you get out of the truck

But i didnt see any enemies up until then so far. I forget even half of the intro stuff lol

[stuck seal]

That explains

The buckshot erased your memory

[polar forge]

I forgot I set it to expedition and Veteran

I am used to Stalker difficulty

[stuck seal]

I’ll be real, I kinda am against there being a base in burnt forest, the whole vibe of the region was the vast destruction yet creepy isolation

I know you can just not do the quest or even end it early but it’s less about options and more about it being unique

[polar forge]

Every time the lightning strikes, I jump so freaking hard

Scares the crap out of me every dang time lol

[weary hedge]

Eh idc as im a horder it annoyed me so much that i had to always run back to chemical plant only to get one shotted by invincable ward guards im so glad they added the base

[polar forge]

I play on speakers with a subwoofer too its like a gun just went off in my room

[stuck seal]

No region other than pripiat really feels like it’s supposed to be more challenging than other regions. Burnt Forest felt like it’s supposed to be harder simply from there not being a base, and no faction supremacy in the area. Making it harder than most others because of that. Trips through the burnt forest have to be a little more planned out because bases are far away

I guess yantar doesn’t have a base but that place isn’t isolated, malachite and rostok are fairly close

[polar forge]

I spent 3 irl days playing 8+ hours each day on a loot run down through there and a few other zones. I was freakin rich after it

[stuck seal]

I guess you could say that cooling towers is also supposed to be more challenging because of no base but cement factory is still close by

[weary hedge]

Hard disagree the swamps also dont have a base and are super hostile and isolated also red forest doesnt really have a base besides one trader

[stuck seal]

It’s a straight shot from anywhere in cooling towers

[weary hedge]

You can play on master if u want a challenge

[stuck seal]

True swamps is also a little more challenging but it’s also devoid of loot

[weary hedge]

Thats true tho

[polar forge]

There was a decent bit of loot there when I went

I spent a long time in there

And took Hercules with me

[weary hedge]

Yeah me too but i get what he means theres not that many "big" locations at swamps i mostly took long bc u gotta move slow af through the water

[stuck seal]

It’s less about wanting a challenge and more about map design, every stalker game has regions that are harder than others, in stalker 2 I feel like pripiat is the only region that’s actually harder than the rest, swamp being the second, and burnt forest was harder for me but now it feels a little easier with the base

[weary hedge]

Forget hercules get the diamond exo and weird water

[stuck seal]

I don’t hate the base, I just feel like the vibe is a little weaker

[polar forge]

I forget the armor I had dang it. I think it was discovery 🤔 or seva suit

[weary hedge]

I get u but i hated exploring burnt forest before it was just unfun running all they way back to chemical plant

[stuck seal]

And yeah I DO appreciate having a place to bring my loot

Like I said, don’t hate the base

[weary hedge]

Also u gotta rebuild the base from ground up so it kinda adds to the challenge and is rewarding also i think by the time u get the base ur mostly done exploring burnt forest

[weary hedge]

Seva suit was my main before i found the diamond exo

[stuck seal]

Well you can unlock the base without going to burnt forest, since the quest unlocks sometime in the main story

After SIRCAA probably I don’t remember when it unlocks

[weary hedge]

I think most people will be in burnt forest before red forest tbh

[stuck seal]

If they explore yeah I agree with that

I don’t remember where the main quest takes you first, burnt forest or red forest

[weary hedge]

I mean u can literally get the best nvg and armor right after leaving lesser zone and it trivializes the whole game so its more like you get what u choose

[stuck seal]

But I do know a lot of people just do the main story and miss out on early loot, like I got the bulat suit minutes after leaving lesser zone for the first time

Bulat arguably is the best armor till you get the Diamond, bulat carried me through a lot

[weary hedge]

Idk i can only say i spent like 50hours just exploring before even leaving lesser zone but you may be right but then i guess if you focus and main story you wont have access to the base at all bc its side content

[feral gust]

anyone had any crashes recently? I played like 3 hours no problem and then 2 crashes in 10min :/

[weary hedge]

U can just get the diamond after leaving the lesser zone tho if you exploit

[stuck seal]

I remember when I left lesser zone I made it my mission to go everywhere EXCEPT garbage, literally didn’t progress the story until many many hours later

[vernal rampart]

Guys. You all need to wish and greet me whenever i am online. Dont forget that please. Just a gentle reminder

[stuck seal]

Are you on pc or console

[weary hedge]

I wish and greet you

[vernal rampart]

..my lord..?

[feral gust]

pc, I know sometimes crashes happen, like once or 2 per month was normal but not like this, i get unreal report bla, bla, but for ssome reson tonight it decided to mess with me 😄

[vernal rampart]

Dont you understand english or what

[weary hedge]

Call me whatever u like bro

[vernal rampart]

No. I meant you forgot to add my lord after wishing me

[feral gust]

amm what? 😄

[weary hedge]

Ik but im making fun of you

[vernal rampart]

You are on which platform?

Xbox?

[weary hedge]

Ps5 man

[vernal rampart]

Still you have audacity to argue? I am on pc. And dont forget to keep your eyes down when speaking. Simple things but please dont falter

[cobalt fiber]

https://tenor.com/view/theo-von-disgusted-gross-no-gif-23840311

[weary hedge]

Goonstation 5 is peak

[weary hedge]

What is happeing did someone forget his tism meds?

[vernal rampart]

You need “reducation” at “the camp”

[weary hedge]

"Reducation" lmao hahaha

I thought monks were to be wise

Seems more like an OldMong 😭😭

[vernal rampart]

Yes and the wisdom will be shared by the camp warden

[main jewel]

community sticker may

[feral sigil]

sup stalkers

[harsh jungle]

me tweaking off my meds

[lost needle]

every single run ive done was streloks ending

should i maaayybbe do a ward run

[cobalt oracle]

Anyone else noticing sometimes dead bodies fall completely underground? Guns too it seems. Just killed 6 bandits and not 1 body was above ground and lootable. Found 2 guns and that's it. Near Rostok doing a job for Barkeep.

[urban meadow]

When that shi be laced with fent

[ebon blade]

Some Barkeep jobs have men and mutants that will all vanish once you kill the very last one.
What I did is, I kill all the men but the last, I looted all the dead then killed the last man and they all vanish then.

[cobalt oracle]

Very weird lol but thanks for pointing it out

[hazy haven]

hey people

do we know when will developers back in office?

[ebon blade]

2026

[ruby knoll]

Why i can't put my holo scop to my gun?

It's for this gun but not workin

[ebon blade]

Weapons have to be in one of your weapon slots in use, to put on attachments.

[ruby knoll]

Yeah it is on circle, im usin it

[ebon blade]

Some weapons might have to receive an upgrade before you can put on attachments.

Take it to a mechanic so you can see if that's the case.

[cobalt oracle]

Best ammo type for a Burer; AP or Expansive? Expansive i assume? And are there any naturally armored mutants at all that AP is better for?

[polar turtle]

I just downloaded Stalker Anomaly. Should I also install GAMMA?

[polar forge]

Play fallout 4 with the stalker mod

[polar turtle]

Whats an old asian dude got to do with it?

[polar forge]

I thought that was an orangutan honestly 😳

[polar turtle]

Oh, it might be now you meantion it.

Did I just be accidentally racist?

[shell flax]

yes

[polar turtle]

I am ashamed.

[polar turtle]

But back to my original question.

[polar turtle]

Do you have any actual words? Or is this a bumble bee type deal?

[ebon blade]

https://tenor.com/view/bumble-bee-gif-2576367639442595030

[polar turtle]

sigh

Putting the senior in senior moderator

[lost needle]

Do you need your game to look like its triple A?

And do you need bs mechanics

[polar turtle]

I care more about gameplay than graphics.

[lost needle]

Do you like annoying gameplay

[polar turtle]

Does anyone?

[lost needle]

The gameplay where you try to search for parts for one specific gun for hours

[ebon blade]

Anomaly and Gamma are two separate Mods.
Neither of them are thought of very well here.
They are both heavily modified and far from what
the original Stalker games are about. If you are into
crafting and artificial hardship you might like them.
Gamma is a heavily modified version of Anomaly.
Both games have their own Discord Server to go to.

[lost needle]

You would be suprised

[hearty tendon]

Some mods just try too hard to be Tarkov

However I thoroughly enjoy Anomaly's spin on the artifact system

[polar turtle]

I'll give them both a whirl, Nothing to say i cant have two installs.

[lost needle]

Actually you cant play both gamma and anomaly

[hearty tendon]

I loved that a weight artifact, for example, would have cons beyond just giving off radiation, and would also make me take more bullet damage

[lost needle]

Its one or the other

[polar turtle]

Loved CoP. Bought 2, but havently really played it yet. Was just supporting the devs really.

[lost needle]

Anomaly is fun, the quests are weird at best but its a good mod imo

My favorite has gotta be radiophobia 3 though

[hearty tendon]

If I had to name a favorite, it'd probably be Gunslinger

[lost needle]

For CoP?

[hearty tendon]

Yes

Between the new animations for guns, the animations for using meds with exoskeletons, and the fact controllers would influence me to turn my weapon on myself? It was sick as hell

[lost needle]

Glad i experienced that w radiophobia cause gunslinger just did not want to work for me

[shell sequoia]

Guys is it normal for there to be a Controller in rookie village???

[lost needle]

First got flagged as malware, then my game kept crashing when trying to talk to beard

[hearty tendon]

Yes normally there's actually supposed to be 13 Chimera there

[lost needle]

Its an anomaly

[shell sequoia]

what??!!

theese spawn bugs are crazy

[lost needle]

Wait is that ea nasir

[shell sequoia]

yes

[lost needle]

The salesman of high quality copper?

[shell sequoia]

Ea nasir playing stalker 2 before gta 6

[lost needle]

Heartwarming

[shell sequoia]

U could say so

[lost needle]

At least you can grab the loot off the dead rookies

[shell sequoia]

Wtf, theres a monoloth patrol and controller in rookie village

[lost needle]

And i think wolfs just immortal

[shell sequoia]

maybe ur right, next spawn will be 15 chimeras

[lost needle]

Amirite or amirite @frigid hill

[lost needle]

Those ears sell for 18k coupons

[shell sequoia]

thats enough to buy breakfast and makarov in the zone

Gamma/Anomaly economy even worse

[lost needle]

Enough for one 9x18 bullet

You can kill 1 sido with that

[shell sequoia]

2008 housing crisis but its in the zone

[lost needle]

Average gamma quest is killing a guy for 2.5 roubles and a half eaten snickers

[shell sequoia]

realest shit

speaking of gamma, was it a specific mod they had were mercs would speak english?

[lost needle]

No clue but its probably in the base MM

[shell sequoia]

It would be cool to have it as a mod in stalker 2, whilst playing on ukr speech

[lost needle]

Could be

[charred nova]

bro don't you know everyone in the zone is actually british

[shell sequoia]

is it gonna be possiblity in future if we get mods like companion AI's to walk around and join us in firefights?

[charred nova]

go ask in mod chat

#en-mods-general

[main jewel]

how about you join roaming squads

no stalker will willingly join you as you could easily mistake them for a threat, or they may try to rob you

[polar forge]

2 is really fun imho. Just gotta put time & effort in but then again I never played any of the original games

[weak phoenix]

yo howdy fellas,im having a lil mod trouble on s2

[polar forge]

I am not a big fan of mods

I am boring. I like vanilla

[fickle hill]

Taste better than chocolate

[shell sequoia]

is A-life even a thing in 1.8?

[main jewel]

if you actually observe, its there more than previous patches

[lost needle]

The zone is actually just birmingham

The 2006 explosion didnt even happen

Its just birmingham

[charred nova]

after 2009 all the stalkers got replaced with drug addicts from Birmingham

[lost needle]

The renegades you fight in clear sky are just irishmen in disguise

[charred nova]

i still wish gsc did not replace all the english vas with the least Slavic sounding people on planet earth

AND OF COURSE

SEE SEE SEE SEE SEE

SEE RADIATION

[lost needle]

Whadayameeeaaann i love the SoC english VAs

[charred nova]

ruins the immersion

[lost needle]

Its not because i cant play UA because i dont speak ukrainian but because of the amazing voiceacting and amazinger npc dialouge

Come in, dont stand there being my favorite

[charred nova]

i mean the super corny home made feeling heavily accented english dialog is what made stalker so iconic

[primal nimbus]

SoC EN Duty announcer 🐐

[lost needle]

The arena announcer sounds amazing actually

And the clear sky freedom announcer too lmao

[primal nimbus]

Meanwhile, EN Ashot and Yar (with Lingov) 🐐

[lost needle]

And the broken dialouge too

[charred nova]

they knew how to say sigh and not see

so they did a better job regardless

[lost needle]

I'd honestly prefer the "homemade" voice acting over something more professional

It makes the zone feel more real

[charred nova]

well the lack of tone consistency in stalker 2 is one of the parts that makes it so bad

like skif often just sounds like hes reading an essay

and not speaking actual dialog

[lost needle]

Yeah

Thats one of the very few gripes i have with stalker 2

[charred nova]

or someone will respond with a lot of emotional tone and skif will respond like a sheet of dry wall

[lost needle]

I am enjoying the game a lot

[charred nova]

and it doesn't come off funny like jc denton

i WISH they made skif talk like jc denton that would have been hilarious

[lost needle]

Skif shows emotion so rarely and its like only shown at the start when he tells hermann he doesnt have a home anymore

[charred nova]

yah

or it will be there

and then he will forget about it by the next dialog box

[lost needle]

Caught me offguard when i heard an emotional tone

[charred nova]

the only emotion he shows mostly is frustration or irritation

[lost needle]

I mean

He is getting shot every single hour

[grim wharf]

Finally figured out how to use the art book on Xbox apparently it's separate from the game

[charred nova]

i mean sure but idk man

the characters in metro exodus feel way more real

than 95 percent of the characters in stalker 2

[lost needle]

True

[grim wharf]

Some of the stuff is pretty cool it's like early concept art

[lost needle]

Metro last light is the most immersive to me character-wise

[lost needle]

Stalker 2012 duty nosorog my beloved

[grim wharf]

I have all the Metro games outside of the VR game

Okay hear me out next to everything else bloodsuckers are the most normal mutant

[charred nova]

the physx effects are really cool

[lost needle]

Waiting for half life 3, titanfall 3 and metro 4 to be announced

[charred nova]

the mutant variants they showed off in the art books are the biggest missed opportunity

[lost needle]

Does it get any worse

[grim wharf]

For real

[charred nova]

again gotta remember this game is like years away from being feature complete

[lost needle]

I really like how stalker 2 made exos look tbh

Its a shame they didnt let freedom keep their bright orange exo though

And gave it to ward

[charred nova]

someone should make a fan dub of stalker 2 for skif

where skif is rewritten as an abridged character

[lost needle]

All we need is the quest mod tools right?

[charred nova]

like all the other characters are just normal but skif is just throwing mad shade at them constantly and they never reply

lmfao

[lost needle]

Is skif pissed off in all the endings or nah, cause i know from the 4 times i did streloks ending that he just looks dissapointed

[charred nova]

idk ive only done skif and strelok ending

when i realized id be forced to play the game with no cut scene skip i just said fuck that

[lost needle]

Should i do wards ending?

[charred nova]

most unique ending

and arguably the only good ending for skif

[lost needle]

Im just about to reach sircaa so i can decide if i screw everything up or not

[lost needle]

Ward is only kind of good because afaik skif becomes a puppet

Beats half the other endings by a long shot

[charred nova]

he might become a puppet

not really clear

but skif gets a house so

its the good ending for skif

[lost needle]

Btw whats the lore with korshunov?

Im having trouble understanding his character in general

[charred nova]

he was there the day Kaymanov sabotaged the launching of the c con

[lost needle]

Was he part of granite-3?

From streloks dialouge he says that granite 3 were "korshunovs boys"

And if so why wasnt he just blasted by the emission into praising the monolith

[charred nova]

according to the wiki he was the commander of granite squad in 2006

[sacred cedar]

Afghan war veteran and war hero, he was assigned to the group personally by "them" and granite squad is handpicked people by him

It's never really explained how granny squad got turned but it's safe to assume that Korshunov stayed loyal to the regulatory board when the group went rogue and went on to report about the shenanigans and left granite squad to keep an eye on the group

[main jewel]

was this ever confirmed or am i seeing misinformation, im talking about the afghan part

im saying this cause theres actually a stalker book that takes place in the middle east

[stuck seal]

One of the ward boys in SIRCAA says he served in Afghanistan

[main jewel]

with starring roles such as deggy

[main jewel]

oh i speed ran that

[stuck seal]

Which is very vague because stalker 2 is set in 2020 or something

[main jewel]

2021

[stuck seal]

So there’s two of those

Which one? Maybe both

[sacred cedar]

"Did you know Korshunov served in Afghanistan? He’s always in the thick of things, right there with us grunts."

It's a dialogue between 2 soldiers at Ward's outpost to Garbage, only listenable if you sided with Ward in Lesser Zone

[main jewel]

oh

i still slimed mr k so

[sacred cedar]

They wonder why he is here and one of them says this

[main jewel]

i wish he had a better role in the game better than he already does

korsh is a amazing character

i just dont enjoy the ward

[sacred cedar]

He's already the best/most fleshed out character

[hearty tendon]

I'm feigning for some Clear Sky armors

[ebon blade]

Call of the Zone has the most Clear Sky armors.

[hearty tendon]

I'm meaning in STALKER 2, I know the faction fell apart a long time ago, but Clear Sky is still a really cool faction

It would be cool to see some of their armorsets still floating around, maybe a rare one of a kind at their old base

[ebon blade]

Agreed. It would have been cooler to find a Clear Sky
armor at the defunct Clear Sky base, than a Monolith armor.

[vagrant pewter]

Isn't Clear Sky from Shangri-La Frontier & Wethermon the Tombguard?

[empty hare]

Mutant spawns seem to be all over the place in this update. Ive had a pair of bloodsuckers spawn immediately outside of the last 3 bases i walked out of. 3 times in a row in Pripyat, twice in Burnt Forest, and twice in Rostok. A total of 14 bloodsuckers, ive started just running away from them

[main jewel]

merc light suit

its pretty much identical to the one found in call of pripyat

[ebon blade]

Looks like you nailed it.

[empty hare]

If HP ammo wasnt so expensive and rare I'd hunt them for sport every chance i got, mutant parts are worth a lot

Got 7 mutant deer antlers finally, made 116k koupons turning those in

[ebon blade]

Where are you farming your Deer at?

[empty hare]

I got one at the scanner near Red Forest/Yaniv, 1 inside Pripyat at Zustrich Canteen, 1 initially at Helicopter Base in Burnt Forest, then went back twice to Helicopter Base for the rest. Got lucky my last visit and got 2 antlers off 1 deer

There's another location they spawn at too but i can't remember where, maybe somewhere in Swamps?

[ebon blade]

Yeah, the Burnt Forest is the only location I have been to with Deer.
I killed one Deer there, went to the south end of the Helicopter Base
for awhile and then when I went back to the north end, met another
Deer there. I realized that much like VPC Mirror is with the Chimeras,
the Helicopter Base must be a location that will have continual spawns.

[empty hare]

I sure hope so, they're relatively easy to kill, especially at that location, and the antlers are worth a lot

My next stop tomorrow is going to be a couple POIs in Malachite, then Agroprom since i haven't searched it yet, then all the way up to Red Forest to kill the Pseudogiant for its collar

[empty hare]

Im putting off following Scars plan to kick start the Duga assault for now

[empty hare]

I rolled up there one time in the aftermath of what i assume was a massive gunfight. Found 11 human corpses, 2 bloodsucker corpses, and a handful of blind dogs. I was like 10 minutes into my loot run and had to turn right back to offload everything

[ebon blade]

I've paused my main mission for several months now.

I've read that the Deer at the Helicopter Base is usually accompanied by a Boar, A mutant dog and a rat. Sometimes a Bayun.

[empty hare]

Ive seen boar, dogs, and rats there but thankfully no buyan yet

[ebon blade]

Using this large boulder for protection really works well when fighting the Deer.

[slate forge]

Hi guys haven't played since launch, at that time everything was super expensive like repairing gear and things like that, not sure if any of that has been changed or if you guys recommend some nice QOL mods?

[lost lava]

Its still expensive but now u get much more money for everything

[ebon blade]

There are plenty of Mods where you can choose the reduced cost of repairs.
For example, you can pay 80%, 60%, 40% or 20% of the base repair costs.

[slate forge]

Noted thanks, watching some vids on which mods to download

Does anyone here have stalker unlimited mod downloaded? If so, could anyone help me with the order I should place them inside my ~mods folder?

[ebon blade]

Just be sure to remove any Mods before downloading any future patches, otherwise your game may crash.

[pallid nest]

I use it and order does not matter

just put all the files in the ~mods folder

[slate forge]

Ah, the instructions on the NexusMods page said to download ZonePaw to ensure the order is correct. Which I'm currently doing lol, but when I placed them into the ~mods folder it seemed to automatically put them in order.

[pallid nest]

never heard of that

you dont need the ZonePaq toolkit

[slate forge]

Okay, thanks.

[pallid nest]

just download Stalker Unlimited put all the files in the ~mods folder. You can read how the optional files works. I use most of them.

I recommend starting of in either Stalker (if you are new) or Veteran difficulty if really decent at FPS

[vernal rampart]

I am playing stalker 2 for first time and started off at vet difficulty only. Tried immersive mode with no HUD also but it also disappears interaction prompts etc

@graceful dirge

[graceful dirge]

You can disable all of the HUD elements individually as well as mess with their opacity in the UI options, I do that with my opacity really low & personally only keep the health/stamina/rads bar

[vernal rampart]

Ohh never knew that. Danke kapitaan!

But i would still say there should be a feature to check rounds in mag. Like its in ready or not

[graceful dirge]

Of course my friend, I found that's the best way to play so you get that fullest immersion but don't lose out on necessary HUD info like interact prompts

[vernal rampart]

Very true

[slate forge]

Set up my mods, some from nexusmods, and some from the workshop, and now my screen is mostly black with this blue looking thing at the bottom, can't even see the main menu... lol

[graceful dirge]

Agreed would really like that here & the related setting for mag-based ammo like in RoN. Frankly not sure if we would ever get that in vanilla, but hopefully through further development of the SDK down the road some mod creator will make it possible

[vernal rampart]

Very hopeful on that. And also perhaps seeing map on pda when its not occupying entire screen but hand held.. if u know what i mean

[hearty tendon]

One thing I'd love to see is gas mask screen effects for each gas mask and combined suit, but I know it's probably gonna be a while before someone finds out how to do that

[vernal rampart]

Yes. But ADS would be affected then

[hearty tendon]

I know there are shader mods and UI mods for that, and I love them, but they aren't tied to suits

[graceful dirge]

Oh yep that 3D style PDA from Anomaly & the like, while there are a ton of popular mod features that are polarizing in the community lol I think that's one that would be welcomed by even the most vanilla of purists, just allow zooming in fully too to use it as it exists now.

[hearty tendon]

How so?

[vernal rampart]

Or maybe just a paper map that’s hand held. Going further, perhaps even a scribbled paper

[graceful dirge]

Some form of that already exists actually in because we have absolute wizards in this community @median sapphire 🧙‍♂️ #1421273217435308142 message

[vernal rampart]

Gas mask.. ADS

You cant ADS wearing a mask

[hearty tendon]

Yes you can

[vernal rampart]

No

Please explain how you can

[hearty tendon]

I work in a military armory and have an issued gas mask

[vernal rampart]

Hah

[hearty tendon]

Plus like, it's a video game

[vernal rampart]

Try it. I cant disclose where i work but all i can say is please try

[marble gyro]

I just came back from the movies, I saw Avatar Fire and ash

[vernal rampart]

Wearing gas mask?

[marble gyro]

Didn't need one, the zone provided air on a toxic planet

[hearty tendon]

I don't understand, I've used a rifle wearing a gas mask, and my unit does field ops with gas masks

[graceful dirge]

I like the way you think, bring on the suffering lol. https://discord.com/channels/504587323577729024/1387425173153779732 There's a neat mod that changes map texture to look more hand-drawn but it would be cool to ditch the PDA altogether have some Metro Exodus-style journal & drawn map. I use this mod for player position removal too https://mod.io/g/stalker2/m/no-pda-player-icon#description

[hearty tendon]

That's why there's gas masks with 2 filter inserts

[vernal rampart]

Hope u were carrying yr cossax though

[hearty tendon]

Now I'll say it's a little awkward, but it's entirely possible

[vernal rampart]

I gotta try this map mod. Haven’t tried even one mod yet

[graceful dirge]

If there's one I can't stop using it's the Better Ballistics weapon overhaul. Gets rid of silly gamified things about the vanilla weapons & damages especially gets rid of bullet sponginess, though be aware it works both ways, your enemies' bullets are similarly lethal makes it similar to Ranger Hardcore difficulty in Metro Exodus https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/129

[vernal rampart]

I like armas map. Its very true to rl. Plus you can use compass with it

[vernal rampart]

First thing to do when i play next time. Much thanks. Ill really like this one

[vernal rampart]

They should probably pair it with something like “no aimbot” mod or something

Then itll be fair fights

[graceful dirge]

Combine the No PDA Player Icon with the Alternate Map one and also the great Lootable/Craftable Zone even contains a handheld compass item like in Arma that goes in the detector slot! #1389348765965750323 message
Really cool to navigate the map this way & actually have the potential to get lost which is a severely underrated aspect especially in a game like this

[graceful dirge]

https://mod.io/g/stalker2/m/npc-combat-overhaul#description I've found this one goes quite well with it & fixes some of that to a degree but still some issues there need to be ironed out on GSC's end, especially most recently with this shooting through walls bs

[vernal rampart]

Thats bad. Wall thing if its there. Hasnt happened in vanilla with me though

Or maybe i dint observe cant tell

[graceful dirge]

All of those available on nexus & steam I believe btw just tend to send mod.io links as I am on console. & If you're interested in curating a similar sort of modded experience, I recommend you check out this mod collection I've been compiling on there as well, lots that go nicely together https://mod.io/g/stalker2/c/lost-to-the-zone#description

[tranquil mantle]

Just started a new clear sky playthrough, crazy how good that game still holds upb

[primal nimbus]

Got that G36V2, and I’m not calling it GP37V2.

[charred nova]

This guy gets it clear sky still best stalker game

[cyan sparrow]

How you’re calling it?

[primal nimbus]

G36.

There’s a unique called G36V2.

[tranquil mantle]

It feel like SOC with a lot of quality of life improvements. In comparison CoP just feels like CoP

[primal nimbus]

Faction wars, my beloved.
-# Still wished for Mercs

[charred nova]

Cop is boring

Clear sky is AWESOME

[tranquil mantle]

Yeah I tried replaying CoP and just felt bleh

[charred nova]

It’s the most by the books stalker game