⭐┃trilogy-general

[granite jungle]

That said it's ultimately not that long

[verbal tartan]

The choppers, mason!

[solar relic]

Does the GOG release of gamma mean I dont need to faff about installing the mod?

[late condor]

bad timeline

[sacred shale]

Wait so STALKER GAMMA is officially approved by the developers?

[solar relic]

Yep

[sacred shale]

Aint that some shit

[late condor]

that's absolute shit, i'd say

[patent hazel]

Why?

Hopefully it comes on consoles in some form as well

[verbal tartan]

This is the worst of times

This is just the worst of times

[late condor]

this abomination getting official acknowledgment of any form

[verbal tartan]

Dude out of all the amazing mods

Out of all the years of work and love made

[patent hazel]

I have no idea what's up with the mod but damn

[late condor]

Lost Alpha team worked for years to get an official release as a mod and failed

And now GSC are publishing random-ass modpacks

Just because they are popular with the Reddit crowd

[patent hazel]

So the discord crowd here is somehow a cooler fanbase with better opinions?

[verbal tartan]

Idk to neither of those

What I can say tho is that gamma is nothing compared to all the great experiences other modders gave

[granite jungle]

If I am being very honest there are some quite based mods out there that would never have a chance because they engage in some pretty gratuitous copyright violation lmao

but IDK how these decisions get made

[verbal tartan]

Like if gamma hasnt commited copyright violation of stuff in general

He used a paid reshade without permission and got the downloads down because of it

[granite jungle]

Oh yeah but like. To my knowledge it isn't full of peoples' spotify playlists of big label bands or similar lol

[verbal tartan]

[granite jungle]

But I guess that's not the sort of thing people discuss when I see them talk about it

Either way if there is a god out there we will see some quality story mods put on GOG some day

[late condor]

I’d take a fan base that cares about the actual games of the franchise over those going for a completely different experience

and this would apply to absolutely every fandom without exceptions

[late condor]

It has hundreds of addons included, and with all the history of how its predecessors came around, thousands of people who contributed

[shadow cosmos]

I'm newly getting into stalker but I understand this shit

Sitting around a campfire while an npc plays guitar is goated

[graceful horizon]

Damn straight

[ebon flame]

whats the difference between stalker shadow of chernobyl 2.1.0.10 and 1.0006? because i thought the. latter was last verison but gog has the first?

[graceful horizon]

I think 2.1.0.1.0 is GOG 1.0006

[torpid rapids]

I need help with exiting the brains scorcher, soc

I turned the brain scorcher off but all doors seem to be locked, I have no codes and I cant get the way out

[pale nebula]

You need to go back the way you came. As far as I know, all the doors with codes contain supplies and don't need to be opened to proceed with the mission. Go back the way you came. Be prepared, though!

[torpid rapids]

I did and up to a specific point I can go but there is locked doors without having to put in a code just locked, I killed almost all monoliths

[verbal tartan]

You have to go the exact same way you came in, no new way, and no new/locked doors. So, maybe reload a save to the first part, memorize the path and done.

[torpid rapids]

i got it now

remember you sent me russia audio mods for the originals, but as the cutscene ended from turning off the brain scorcher it said one sentence in english

[verbal tartan]

Weird

Maybe point that out to the guy that did the addon, if he even is active

[ripe spire]

Guys

Do y'all think vintar bc is better as assault rifle and sniper

[pale nebula]

Obviously sniper. Just get the SA Avalanche if you want the assault rifle version of the Vintar.

Or have both of them in your inventory and fulfil two roles at once. And be really cool.

[ripe spire]

2 guns 1 ammo seems nice deal

And what if I also got black kite special pistol as my sidearm

[pale nebula]

Why not try and see for yourself? If you have good accuracy, the Black Kite is very deadly.

[ripe spire]

It ain't my first ride so I will

Wait there's also another 9x39 assault rifle which got grenade launcher

[granite jungle]

If you are talking SoC there is always the special sniper VLA you can get from voronin

[ripe spire]

VINTAR+That gun+Black Kite

[ripe spire]

VINTAR bc is a sniper

Theres a vintar in freedom base

[granite jungle]

Oh yeah but I mean you can get the best of both worlds by getting the unique vla that can have a pso scope attached

[ripe spire]

Cant you attach scope on them manually or am I dreaming

[granite jungle]

Not in SoC at least... I forget about CS or CoP but I don't think so there either.

[ripe spire]

You can attach scope on aks74u and ak74

But you can't on VAL which is also dovetail mount like other gund

How is that possible

[granite jungle]

Either way getting it requires doing a specific side mission from voronin to kill the freedomers at the bloodsucker village. But some playthroughs I cannot seem to get him to offer that mission even when there is a squad present at the village.

[ripe spire]

I think thats maybe the bloodsuckers already dead

Or freedomers dead

I found 2 dead at the windmill

Also I don't need any special weapon for now cuz I got balanced il 86 from master

Well it was worth it cuz I got masters gun and mamas beads

And lemme tell you mamas beads are OP

[granite jungle]

Oh yeah they're great

Love me some SoC artifacts

[ripe spire]

I just had to stab that mfer from the back

Knife is op when you close to your opponent

One right click

Hes dead

[ripe spire]

-20 radiation for 100 percent bleeding? I'm in!

And that makes me pick artifacts with radiation nerf with other buffs

Without getting radiation

@granite jungle I learnt smth that if you keep artefacts

You can easily finish the task about them

Without long term finding

Theyre little buff givers but also a treasure

Like thorn helps you reduce radiation

And allows you to put other artifacts without using antirad everytime

[granite jungle]

Yep yep. I just keep my extras stashed in the blue boxes around the zone

I think technically any stash is safe for your loot but those tend to be pretty easy to remember

[ripe spire]

There are lots of blue boxes

[white olive]

I feel like this has been asked thousands of times before, but I felt like giving it a shot was no bad. How should I start? Got all games on GoG

[granite jungle]

Just play them in release order. This is correct 99% of the time with any series really

[pale nebula]

You can attach PSO scopes to SA Avalanche in CS and CoP.

[late condor]

from legends of the zone or from original trilogy

[worldly torrent]

Legends of the zone

[late condor]

lotz/ee cop probably suffered the least so that, og trilogy CS

[tawdry cargo]

Never played. I see CS, I click on CS

[torpid rapids]

sadly cant vote, YET im on my 1st playthrough on soc and almost done its 🔥 so far tho

[languid goblet]

LOTZ has greatly improved the entire trilogy, especially SOC. Switching to the COP engine (except for the xrGame module). New renderer, console support.

[languid goblet]

Now it's Prypiat, not Pripyat

Yes, it's worth asking. They'll tell you about a character who can take you there.

[graceful horizon]

-# InB4 SurDno having an aneurism

[torpid rapids]

guys where can i find rpg 7 ammo in SoC

[languid goblet]

Only in NPC

[graceful horizon]

2 in dark valley

[late condor]

I’m so angry that people have that narrative that EE made the miraculous recovery akin to CP2077 or No Mans Sky and is suddenly ok

[languid goblet]

EE is a real next-gen game!

[granite jungle]

It's better than launch but unless you really wanted controller support for some reason I would still play the originals

[late condor]

It’s slightly less buggy and no longer blurry but like every other issue people had with it is still here

[graceful horizon]

True AAAA

[languid goblet]

4A 😁

[ripe spire]

Yo guys

2 guns different ammo or

2 guns same ammunition

[granite jungle]

Which game

[verbal tartan]

Obviously

[pine sapphire]

need some help with the brain scorcher mission

[verbal tartan]

Tell us your inconvenience

[pine sapphire]

aight so im trying to go to the radar to turn it off but i die to radiation, i do have got the helmet from the scientists tho

do i need some typa radiation jacket?

[verbal tartan]

Either that, or radiation pills, or anti-radiation artifacts

Or even just vodka

[pine sapphire]

yeah i tried vodka and antirad but i die too quickly

[verbal tartan]

Which suit do you have

[pine sapphire]

Not a good one

[late condor]

And what condition is it

A broken suit gives you 10x less protection

[verbal tartan]

Just remember that radar is very radioactive, but only in specific places, like around vehicles and specific rocks. You can try to avoid them.
But the best suits you can have for this type of place imo are the seva suits, the heavy military armor that you can buy from barkeep or the green scientific suit that you get from a sakharovs quest if you give him ghosts suit

[pine sapphire]

bad lol

[verbal tartan]

Then yeah, buy a new one

[late condor]

Get a new one before radar then

[verbal tartan]

Seva is very good and very cheap, I like it

You can even buy 2 to use it after the main one breaks

And theres like 3 stashes at minimum in radar too, so if you need space, you have that

I dont think they reset or anything if you go to another level

[pine sapphire]

Where? From bar?

[verbal tartan]

To buy the suit? Yeah

Thats where most good suits are

[pine sapphire]

Aight thx, I managed to do it

i gotta say sometimes this game is pure torture

[verbal tartan]

You got to learn its systems and read everything

[verbal tartan]

Unless you are playing in master, which idk why you would want to do that, the game isnt that hard tbh

Sometimes its.a bit bs because of how the AI works, but happens

[pine sapphire]

i mean the ai somehow takes 3 hits to kill me but i have to give them like 15 bullets

i crouch and all tho

[verbal tartan]

What gun, what ammo and at which part of the body you are shooting at?
Cause yeah, body hits take a lot to kill, but a hesdshot should take like 4 bullets or so

Also, crouching and not moving at all right?

And at which condition is your weapon? If it is as broken as your old suit, I can guess why

[pine sapphire]

well sometimes moving

[pine sapphire]

no it shouldnt be, i take good guns from the corpses

if i see that my old is broken

[verbal tartan]

Try to not move at all, its much more accurate.

A bit more accuracy you can get is to put your gun at single fire mode, iirc its evenore accurate than doing single taps in auto mode

[verbal tartan]

But which guns, and which type of ammo

[pine sapphire]

wait u can put ur gun in single fire

[verbal tartan]

Most auto weapons allow for that. Some even in bursts of 3/2

[pine sapphire]

i just closed the game, if i start it up the next time i will tell you

[verbal tartan]

Sure 👍

[pine sapphire]

I use an updated ak47

And the IL86

[verbal tartan]

Ok, so, they aren't bad weapons, neither of them. But I think theres better in terms of accuracy, specially if you are going to the north, you'll need something a bit better

Or at least, use the better version of their ammo

[pine sapphire]

Yeah I got the GP37 now

Also my Seva suit is kinda low and I'm in Pripyat, am I cooked?

[granite jungle]

GP37 is good for hitting those headshots in single fire

[pine sapphire]

Oh yeah it's good against the monoliths on the balcony in pripyat

Why have you left us, oh monolith

[verbal tartan]

1. do you have another one?
2. have you talked to guide in cordon? The mission that asks you to do that. This is very important if you havent, and it grants a good suit

[pine sapphire]

Ohhhh no I haven't

I just read if you're in the Nuclear Power Plant U cannot go back

So I have to load an earlier save or should I just continue

[pine sapphire]

No I do not have another sadly

[verbal tartan]

I recommend going with an earlier save.
Although, if you explore pripyat a little bit, I think there should be a suit in where the monolith guys are praying

Although, again, heavily recommended to go for that quest with the guide, you'll thank me later

[pine sapphire]

Yeah i heard you get the good ending when you do that

Will be a pain to go all the way back to Cordon tho

[verbal tartan]

This is why you should be attentive to those PDA entries alerts that show up in the top left, below the minimap

Sometimes its cool little info, sometimes its a quest

In fact, I think the way you get it is a bit confusing. Because you get it right when you loot Ghost's body. The problem is that you are focused on what the audio-log and text of that audio say, instead of the other quest that pops up

So, a bit of not-so-great design, a bit of unattentiveness

[pine sapphire]

Right

If I wouldn't have scrolled down in my missions list I wouldn't have spotted that either lol

[verbal tartan]

I feel you do, I got the bad ending and thought it was the good one. Until I read that it clearly wasn't

[raven dagger]

Hi. I wanna know what game engine of SoC EE version?

It uses new EXE file, xrEngine.exe instead original "XR_3DA.exe", and for sure, now I can't even max out Graphics setting anymore, so it keeps me curious about it

[languid goblet]

This is the Call of Pripyat engine with compatibility fixes, but the xrGame module from SOC

[raven dagger]

Hey thanks. It's good to know. Those codes are more clean and easy to understand than original version.
I only have little bit performance issue with optimization of the game.
Hope to wait for more updates in the future, and obviously more modding support. New Quick Slots function is absolutely wanted feature that never has in original, even same with some OSGE SoC variants.

[languid goblet]

But we still don't have the current source code.

[languid goblet]

But we still don't have the current source code.

[late condor]

There are ways to find free armor in Pripyat

[raven dagger]

The code I meant when I unpacked the DB files

[languid goblet]

Lua scripts?

[raven dagger]

Not really, I haven't seen many scripts after unpacking, they seem integrated all in engine, only various XML Config files now, not like original one

[languid goblet]

The XML parser and most modules are from 1.6.02, so they were changed, and as for the scripts, I think rewriting them to CPP is stupid.

[raven dagger]

If not in Lua Script, then how u can see them in another language? Those current unpackers are only able to extract Lua .script files, right?

[languid goblet]

They unpack EVERYTHING, but the engine is practically impossible to decompile.

[raven dagger]

I meant how u know the scripting is C++? If that's true, I think it's to prevent gameplay modding?

[late condor]

It’s not to prevent anything. The games weren’t made to be modded. What made sense to be implemented in-engine is implemented in-engine.

No serious modding of EE can take place due to closed source engine, unupdated lua_help, changes in engine exports and outdated shader sources

[raven dagger]

Thank guys for all those information. Though I'm trying to adapt some old mods to work with new engine, if it could. Just a bit downside, I can't play game in max settings anymore

[verbal tartan]

Why not playing the original games tho

[raven dagger]

A little improved QoL features could help me in the long run, and I'm still concentrating on SoC, not playing CoP yet

[verbal tartan]

Tbh, I can barely notice differences

Of course they are there and they improve the gameplay loop a bit, but its not much difference than pressing one more button

[late condor]

not to mention there already are quick uses of medkit and bandage built-in into SoC and CS

[verbal tartan]

I think the only quick bind that isnt in the original is "take all", and even then its just a click

[scenic echo]

Hey, I am stuck in the Brain Scorcher Bunker. I am replaying the game on the enhanced edition and i cant progress through the game. I explored the first floor, whcich was largely empty, and the only possible way forward that ive found is a locked door with a keypad, still on the first floor. I have not turned off the scorcher yet.

I looked through my pda, and found no info or records about the passcode may be. Searching online has brought up results for another door, likely further in the level, but that did not help me.

nevermind, i found the way forward. i just missed a staircase down

[late condor]

I mean there are generally a few more binds in EE

eg it allows you to navigate dialog with keyboard

[verbal tartan]

Oh, yeah, that too. Forgot about it tbh

[scenic echo]

Question about SoC endgame.

||What is there to do once you unlock Pripyat? Ive found the Secret stash in the Hotel, and it had some documents there described as having been written by strelok, and potentially having valuable insights into the zone. I tried taking them to the bar, and that did not yield much of anything useful. No new dialogue or missions. When i played the first time, the end of the game felt very rushed in pacing compared to everything before - I disabled the brain scorcher and finished the game all in about 2 hours, despite Pripyat being the largest area in the game. Is there really nothing more to it than rushing to the CNPP?||

[late condor]

The documents are not used for anything, just a cliffhanger for future games (that ironically never got explored).

Technically there is content available only after you come to radar and Pripyat after a while but none of it is major

You just see new camps filled and that’s it

[scenic echo]

sad, though the rest of the game is pretty great

yeah Pripyat feels under explored and the "mad dash" gameplay gets tiring by the time you reach CNPP

[pine sapphire]

When I try to save the game now it crashes

In the NPP

[verbal tartan]

You were playing the original edition right?
Post the crash log, its on the game file - appdata - logs - xray_name.log

If it was the enhanced edition, its om Users/USER/Saved Games/

You have to open the file right after you crashed, otherwise, doesnt work

[boreal hatch]

I'm playing the original edition of stalker SOC on steam, no mods, but whenever I try to launch it it goes into a loop of asking for admin permissions

I've tried downgrading it to pre 1.006 beta, but all that does is remove the asking me for admin permissions part, it still does a strange launch loop whenever I try to launch the game

it loops a random amount of times before just giving up and not launching the game at all

I've verified the integrity of my files, reinstalled the game, and deleted all the files in the directory and reinstalled the game several times

I've also tried giving full permissions to the folder STALKER is in, and deleting my cloudsaves, nothing works though

In addition I've tried installing it on both my C: drive and D: drive

the only thing that I can think would cause issues is that I've installed stalker anomaly before, but it's in a completely different directory

[verbal tartan]

Yeah, its not a problem

[boreal hatch]

can't find any files in either of em relating to stalker

[verbal tartan]

Maybe what Im going to say its weird, but, it worked for me in other games, and its just to click many buttons lol.
Right when you try to open the game, click the "stop" button from steam, dont give perms, stuff like that, just go a bit crazy

[boreal hatch]

mm

ok wha the fuck, restarting steam 3 times made it work

didn't work the first or second time, but the third time was the charm

[verbal tartan]

See? Just click everything

I know it sounds stupid af, but some games just get stuck at donwloading c++ stuff or whatever (not this case) and all you need is just to stop the game before it opens and shit like that

[boreal hatch]

couldn't do the stop thing if I wanted

the launching executable thing looped so fast the stop button only appears for like half a second

[noble meteor]

Hi, new here. I still have CD Copy's of the stalker games laying around. Is there a way to activate those CD keys on steam, to have them digitally? 🙂

[verbal tartan]

Check on the box if they have it. Otherwise, unlikely

Or ask in GSC support page

[noble meteor]

Oke thanks, they don't have any steam label on them😅

[late condor]

Most likely yes if you reach out to support with proof of physical CDs.

(there have been cases of this before where GSC kindly gave steam keys)

[noble meteor]

Oke i try to contact them via email

:3 thx

[graceful horizon]

if memory serves the codes are on the back of the booklets

[late condor]

in my case it was printed on the cd box itself, on a small sticker behind the disk

[verbal tartan]

Uuuuuuuuuh

Where are you

[torpid rapids]

Probs the paths NPCs cross through to get to the areas

[verbal tartan]

[late condor]

OOB at bar

[frosty radish]

The zone truly is a mystery

[fast salmon]

i prefer Pripyat Urbern area I I MikpopaйoH over SoC prip but it wouldve been nice to have it all as one map

[torpid rapids]

Guys which armour in SoC increase my carrying weight and how to get all of em

[graceful horizon]

Tourist suit(give night star artifact to sid )
Exoskeleton(find in and around CNPP/buy from barkeep after completing yantar )
Exoskeleton PNB-4UZ(Fang's goodies stash, info received from dead loners in Yantar )

[torpid rapids]

thx man

[haughty marten]

I really like stalker!!! Let’s continue barkeep’s mission and get into the underground lab))

https://tenor.com/view/1000-yard-stare-1000-yard-star-mfl-mfl-mfl-clan-mfl-velocity-gif-3064836953541472055

Ou no gif

[torpid rapids]

Im on my 1st playthrough of CS and this mf wont let me go in cordon

[verbal tartan]

what mf, the guide?

you have to go through there

[torpid rapids]

no military guy shooting machine gun

[verbal tartan]

just run to the left and spam medikit, just run for your life

alternatively, go back to swamps, go to the top right side and go to cordon through there

[torpid rapids]

ugh i guess it wont work with only 3 medkits right?

[verbal tartan]

it can

just keep trying, and heal when you are close to dying

at which difficulty are you on

[torpid rapids]

veteran

[verbal tartan]

I would recommend to go stalker instead tbh

[torpid rapids]

ive wanted to try myself a bit higher after stalker difficulty on SOC

[verbal tartan]

but well, if you want to continue with it, just run, yeah

[verbal tartan]

or just do this, you basically avoid the gunner

[torpid rapids]

Ive sawn a meme abt this, I didnt understand it that time, now I know..

[verbal tartan]

its honestly not that difficult, just a bit of rng and a bit of not explaining what to do/whats the best option

• the tree kinda blocks your way a bit, so you get nervous when you are getting shot and you mistime the jump

[torpid rapids]

this pains me but ill continue

[late condor]

You can go through without getting hit at all

[torpid rapids]

I got behind the tree and can move behind fence now I think

I hate this bleeding out feature#

that I have to use a BANDAGE to stop dying and cant use medkit instead

[late condor]

You just need to run kinda perpendicular to line of sight between you and the gunner

And then he’ll shoot behind you

[torpid rapids]

I did it, but now im broke cause I had to buy more aid to not bleed out

[verbal tartan]

as a reminder, you dont always have to use a bandage every single time you are bleeding. There are different levels, and the first is a ver slow bleed. Just use it when it heavily bleeds so you dont waste bandages

[torpid rapids]

what can I use instead?

I tried medkits but they didnt work

[verbal tartan]

nono, Im saying that you dont always have to use bandages right when you start bleeding

cause sometimes you receive more and more damage and you basically lose bandages

[torpid rapids]

yea right

[late condor]

In soc you had different colored icons for each stage of bleeding, CS just shows you are bleeding, no matter how much

[torpid rapids]

but in soc you could stop it by a medkit

and in soc I got used to just having enough medkits I didnt need bandages

[grizzled rock]

lx_200 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[late condor]

Yeah which is why CS changed that

[torpid rapids]

is it also like that in COP?

[late condor]

CoP has a different meds system altogether

Anyway SoC has medkits healing 30% of max bleeding and bandages healing 100%, and CS has 10% and 50% respectively

But also chance to start bleeding and bleeding strength are both increased for CS

[torpid rapids]

feel like cs is already at start more hard

[torpid rapids]

I have a feeling I have to force my way through Clear Sky

[graceful horizon]

It's a fun game when you get the hang of it

[granite jungle]

It is harder at the start, but it ends up evening out

[torpid rapids]

yeah, I remember I said SoC was hard too but I completed it first time few days ago and I loved it

[frosty radish]

has anyone purchased the enhanced editions of stalker? I want to know if it comes with the original

if it doesn't, I won't gift it to a friend if it goes on sale

[frosty radish]

its not that bad tbh

[torpid rapids]

I didnt but GSC let steam unlist the Original games so youll only get enhanced

because the original contains bad bad russian content

[frosty radish]

sometimes when you buy games you can get both the original and the remaster, you can always get the original link and still pay £16.75 for the original

[frosty radish]

oooh how bad, we "have" to censor it immediately!!

[torpid rapids]

if I go to original games store pages I cant buy another copy only enhanced

[torpid rapids]

Yeah a world leader invaded our country now we absolutely hate everything in association with Russia

[frosty radish]

oh? I can still add it to my cart

im not going to check it out of course, since I already own the game

[torpid rapids]

the oficial Ukraine steam group denied my join request bc I was in a russian group

[frosty radish]

thats a bit excessive no?

[frosty radish]

I pray peace is achieved soon and everything can go back to normal, war is awful

[torpid rapids]

I wish so too, but It makes no sense to hate a complete nation because their Leader of the country pulls bad decisions

[frosty radish]

do you think these new rounds of peace talks will actually do anything?

I've never met a ukranian before I think

[torpid rapids]

ive completely lost track but I know trump tries to make peace but no I dont think they`ll achieve much zelenskyi and putin cant put up a compromiss they both like

[torpid rapids]

my girlfriend is ukrainian she fleed because of the war 1 year ago

[frosty radish]

the crux of the issue is if ukraine will give up the four (maybe five if you count crimea) provinces that russia has annexed, if ukraine refuses point blank to give up land, I doubt a treaty will be reached

[frosty radish]

What are you, if I may ask?

[frosty radish]

Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaparoshia (poor spelling I know)

[torpid rapids]

right, ukraine doesnt want to give up land so a compromiss wont happen

[frosty radish]

Personally, I think its looking like Russia will eventually win tbh

Oh I love Germany! I was in munich last weekend

[torpid rapids]

idk from what I know it seems like a fortifyed war? (like in WW1) noone making real progress

[torpid rapids]

Id like to move out to eastern europe germany on its own got many problems

[frosty radish]

Russia is very slowly taking ground, and Ukraines government is weak poltically rn, but its a lot of blood for a few gains, its like ww1

I miss the cheap energy prices

[torpid rapids]

true

[frosty radish]

this is what happens when your green party advocated so hard for nuclear reactors to be shut down

[frosty radish]

where would you go? I think Germany is poised to go very succesful, or wither away rn, its on a knifes edge like all the west

[torpid rapids]

Oh yeah! nuclear power is safe and efficient and if you follow rules too, there wont be another chernobyl lol

[frosty radish]

fun fact: they got rid of a nuclear power plant, and to make up for the energy had to put in a coal plant...

[torpid rapids]

I cant decide, all seem so inviting even tho there is war

[torpid rapids]

coal energy will run out soon and we cant switch..

[frosty radish]

Opposite way around than most, normally people from the balkans move to germany, spend a few years getting a load of money and go back

[torpid rapids]

I know abt that but I just want to move in a peaceful calm alive eastern europe country with my gf, make a family and have peak life

[frosty radish]

At least you realise that nuclear is cool

[torpid rapids]

and nowadays theres much safer reactors than RMBK series

[frosty radish]

we can't have cheap clean safe energy because commietards couldn't boil water

[torpid rapids]

germany also makes nuclear waste such a bigproblem even tho its safe underground shielded, you wont even notice, and people cry if thats within a 50 km reach and km underground

[frosty radish]

we mined it up from underground, whats wrong with putting it back underground

[torpid rapids]

fr like id have no problem if its stored safely to live near it

and the amount of roentgen it puts out in the environment wont be harmful

[frosty radish]

coal plants put out more radiation than nuclear ones

[torpid rapids]

and dont even get started on the air pollution...

[frosty radish]

back to the 1800s rhineland

which state of germany do you come from?

Franconia?

bro I love Bavaria, was so cool

No, I am not sadly. I am English though, so we are related by our shared blood

[torpid rapids]

id suggest making it a own country, would be so much better without the rest of germany lol

[frosty radish]

do it do it do it

[torpid rapids]

still would move to eastern europe

[frosty radish]

I just know a lot about Germany because of my near obsession with the country, I love its history culture and language

[frosty radish]

Can't blame you

[torpid rapids]

we drived greatly off

[regal pasture]

I'll give you one chance.
Your bio, rule 6, you got 5 minutes to change it

[hollow ocean]

It was actually never like this?

[warped marsh]

• Ukrainian language banned multiple times
• During the USSR era, cooperation was forced. Shit like Holodomor was made to happen.
• Post 1991 independence, russia continues to try to control Ukraine. 2014 happened, then the full scale invasion happened.

[hollow ocean]

Exactly

[regal pasture]

3 minutes

You win your life.
Just to remind you, in ua commi=nazi.
Both are forbidden, same on this server

It is

[hollow ocean]

You are not from Ukraine or russia to talk about stuff like this how we were good before, so please look after your words. It is disrespectful.

[little isle]

No

[warped marsh]

Peace will truly be achieved if russia ceases to exist

[hollow ocean]

Just be careful, ok? Because a lot of people suffered from the forceful russification and even russian language nowadays is a big trigger for people who suffered from those rus directly. Do not forget that this is the language that is used now as a weapon against us

You are free to read about what is happening to POWs.

Prisoners of war. What rus are doing to our soldiers and why language is playing big role in this all.

I see that you are doing this from the best intensions, but this is still not what I am talking about. Check the information, read a bit more about what is going on - so you will see, why language and culture are so important.

Good hunting stalker and be careful in future! Maybe you will see the side you don't like but what you need to see

[alpine ore]

What was on his bio?

[warped marsh]

commie symbol

[ocean field]

not my place to talk but the concept of “peace” is a reality that you should’ve realized in high school that can never be achieved

sorry for intruding but the point to make is important to understand

by removing 1 country the whole problem is not going to be resolved, and this is not only talking about the conflict in the topic

if peace could be ever achieved anywhere the UN wouldve succeeded a long time ago

[nimble herald]

Just remember russia don't invide UN
Its do its with Ukraine

[nimble herald]

And yes, its do because red terror and system born after them its cancer of society same with nazi

russia do invasion, no excuses

[graceful horizon]

Let's get back on topic

[torpid rapids]

anyways.. I dont really get how getting artifacts in CS works

I have to be close to anomaly? but where is the artifact?

[verbal tartan]

You must hold your artifact detector out, I think its with O or L key

Get close to an anomaly. If there is a beep, play cold/warm game until the artifact comes out of the the ground. If there isnt, no artifact is there

[torpid rapids]

can the detector beep even if there is no artifact?

[verbal tartan]

No

The basic one at least shows a light and a beep, thats your signal for an artifact

[torpid rapids]

and it just pops out the ground making me able to pick it up?

[verbal tartan]

The others are a bit more comple but simpler to understand

[verbal tartan]

Yes

[torpid rapids]

might have to try again then

[acoustic spade]

hey guys, I got a question. in Zone map, going north isn't only possible by going over Brain Lab or through Brain Scorcher. why do we only open the way for Stalkers to go north after closing the Brain Scorcher in Stalker story? why couldn't they go north before?

[graceful horizon]

C-con describes the scorcher as one of several fields to prevent stalkers from reaching the center. Specific other fields aren't otherwise mentioned, but likely to exist and have similar effects

[late condor]

There are ways past the Scorcher as well, such as the Pripyat Undeground / Catacombs, the path Strelok's group used during their pre-CS trip to the center.

And there are other people who have clearly managed to make it past Scorcher before.

[graceful horizon]

A squad of freedom members for example

[frosty radish]

And the original creators of monolith, they just walked into the brain scorcher yet somehow lived

[frosty radish]

You have to open the way north because it’s blocked by the brain scorcher

[fast salmon]

well they dont all have psi helmets to get up north plus most of the zone didnt really understand they had to turn of the piss field in yanter

[torpid rapids]

I got it dw

[small basin]

yo anyone able to help with the kruglov stuck on door in yantar thing rn? buddy is live doing first playthrou of the og games rn

main problem being they havent been manual saving so cant go back to an earlier save

[graceful horizon]

Lure a zombie to the bunker so kruglov enters combat and gets unstuck

[small basin]

tried that does the zombie have to get into the decompression chamber?

lured zombie to just outside of bunker

[warped mist]

mtb position out of memory...this issue ive only in stalker call of pripyat ee edition.Anyone see this issue?and i guess some quests dont go on normally after i get this error after some hours of playing.its somehow isnt gamebreaking bug so far coz only in zatom but as i write earlier some quests dont go on or finish like usual.

and my xray log is 74mb coz of thousand of mtb position out of memory issue

[graceful horizon]

Just within Kurglov's agro range

[small basin]

https://www.twitch.tv/loyalbones/clip/DreamyColdCrowCoolCat-SZDphY5CBKpDQtjQ

did not work sadly he wont agro

gonna try it more some other time tho

[graceful horizon]

Could also try throwing a grenade close by enough to make him run, maybe that'll get him unstuck. Might turn him hostile if you land one too close to him ofcourse

[small basin]

alright try thatnout next time he plays it thanks for the help

[late condor]

you can also kill kruglov with said grenade and progress the game

or just go away from yantar to unload kruglov and return

[earnest raptor]

playing stalker cop enhanced for the first time, as usual the ui is terrible and certain things like the binocolors do not scale

I have only played the game for 5 minutes and there are sooo many problems 😭

just a bunch of extremely basic settings not avaliable or things implemented poorly as usual

If anyone has fixes for these please let me know #📸┃trilogy-screenshots

[late condor]

Just FYI text is not supposed to be too small, while EE made text like 20% larger, it’s almost the same as in original

[earnest raptor]

I hate the text being larger than the original

[late condor]

If you saw text that was like 2x smaller that was the result of an issue with the original game where fonts just have a set pixel size and don’t scale past 1080p

[earnest raptor]

I liked the text from before

[late condor]

Which resolution are you playing on?

If it’s anything over 1080p, your before was actually incorrect

But yeah I agree text size should be an option

[earnest raptor]

I'm only on 1080p

[late condor]

In this case you’re valid

I also hate the prompts they added everywhere

[verbal tartan]

The (S/W) ones?

[late condor]

Yeah

I mean they clearly added them for console players but like whyyy force us to have the prompts on

[verbal tartan]

Gotta make it super clear its only a console port

[winged osprey]

I have a question does clear sky not have the rain droplets appearing on screen effect ?

[verbal tartan]

Surdno should be the one answering this, but if by appearing on screen you mean "on your "helmet screen", then no

Now if you mean on the ground and objects, should be a little drop and thats about it

[winged osprey]

Ahh sad. I just finished memories of the zone (my first stalker) and i really miss that effect of droplets on your helmet

[verbal tartan]

This is why you play the originals first

So you get to aporeciate what they have, and then feel cool with the added features of mods

[winged osprey]

Yeah but overall motz did a great enough job in getting me into the series so that is a plus

[verbal tartan]

Thats nice

[winged osprey]

Well then hopefully i can finish clear sky move on to cop and then stalker 2 and appreciate all the offerings

[verbal tartan]

Thats the mood!

[winged osprey]

Thanks for answering nonetheless ❤️

[verbal tartan]

I mean

Of course you can play modded if you want, its your money and time. I personally think its better to play vanilla and then modded

So then you can say "wow, even if I play the modded experiences, the originals were so good"

Or "damn, what mods add so much that I cant play originals vanilla anymore"

Or somewhere in between of course

[verbal tartan]

I am on this side for example

[winged osprey]

Actually am going the modded route because i will be making a youtube video on it and the older games wouldn't do the video much justice (due to youtube bitrate and stuff) so i wanted to atleast make the game as good looking as possible without going further away from vanilla

[verbal tartan]

I can understand that

Well, cs has more effects and better graphics that soc, so ig you dont need a texture mod?

But I think the one that is just texture improvement (although it also adds guns and a few other stuff so its not as vanilla) is sky renewal for CS

[winged osprey]

I tried abr but then i saw how much shimmering the game has so i uninstalled that, then went with CIP. I wouldn't be trying sky renewal mostly because of the added guns

because that would stray a bit too far from vanilla exp i think

[verbal tartan]

Yeah

For CS there isnt a better way to play graphically vanilla than, well, vanilla

For CoP I could recommend the IX-Ray engine

[winged osprey]

Honestly i actually like the cs vanilla's look when it comes to somethings

[verbal tartan]

Or, for better or for worse, the enhanced edition

[winged osprey]

but went with cip because it does improve the picture quality quite a bit

[winged osprey]

to hell with that. Too blurry and i don't wanna feel like i missed out on that ussr stuff

[verbal tartan]

I like your spirit

[winged osprey]

specially because i am not from that region so i at least want to experience it as it is

[verbal tartan]

Then yeah, IX-Ray would be a good choice for CoP, if you are looking for graphical improvements only

[winged osprey]

I guess i will take a look because i have only just started clear sky havent even left the swamps

[verbal tartan]

Good luck with that mission

[winged osprey]

though one thing i instantly dislike about cs is how less noticeable anomlies are 💀

[verbal tartan]

Oh yeah, you will need the bolt in swamps

Mostly in swamps

[winged osprey]

cip is using open xray engine is it different from ix-ray ?

[verbal tartan]

Yeah, but ixray is only for cop rn, afaik

[winged osprey]

i see thank you for the info

[late condor]

The bluriness has been fixed fyi

[verbal tartan]

With dlss native?

[late condor]

With shader update mostly

[verbal tartan]

Ah

Well, thats nice to hear

[torpid rapids]

is it normal not to have any artifacts while being in cordon/garbage in CS?

I remember SoC and I already was loaded on artifacts, lesser ones ofc but I feel like they got so rare in CS

[verbal tartan]

in CS they are rarer, yeah

as we said, you only have them inside anomalies fields and if you search with the artifact detector

[torpid rapids]

I thought so yeah, in SoC they were just chilling all over the map lol

and the first ones to find are so bad anyways

[odd spoke]

It's actually comical how easy it is to find artifacts (and strong ones at that) in the early game of SoC

[winged osprey]

does clear sky have a bug where the rain sound randomly comes in and goes when its raining ? It comes in for 2 seconds and then just goes away

and again comes back like after 5-10 seconds for 2-3 seconds

[frosty radish]

You can get a night star in the garbage right? A moonlight in rostok etc

[frosty radish]

I pretty much didn’t bother with artefacts in CS, all I had were three, anti radiation, one bleeding and I can’t remember the other

[late condor]

Heard of this bug but never experienced it iirc it happens after you switch a level during rain?

[torpid rapids]

for all the stalker games and stalker 2, is it normal to find them easy like in SoC or the other way around like in CS?

[odd spoke]

It's usually more like CS. In SoC they were really easy because they were laid bare in the open in any random spot, and sometimes corpses might even carry them. I've gotten a bunch off of dead bandits in SoC lol. GSC probably figured how easy it was and started revamping the system starting with CS.

[odd spoke]

I think I've picked up a moonlight off a dead bandit before Rostok even LOL

[torpid rapids]

you could just collect so many at some area borders and selll them all and at the end your rich

[odd spoke]

Yup my go-to strat in SoC is collect every artefact I see and by the time I get to Yantar I sell em all off to get filthy rich

well not all of them, obv I keep whatever good ones I can use

oh yea in SoC you wanna sell artefacts to eco scientists and/or Sakharov as they'll buy them for higher prices

[frosty radish]

getting rich is so easy in every game

[torpid rapids]

I remember ending my 1st playthrough in SoC with 130k rubles left

[frosty radish]

I hit a million in CoP

[wet barn]

I hope anyone knows a fix: CoP: Pilot takes the fee, the game saves aaaaaaand. Nothing. He was supposed to bring me to Yanov station, but nothing happens. a very old save works, but that is not an option...

[late condor]

EE or OG?

[fast salmon]

that sounds like an EE thing I only know of this happening in XRMPE

[late condor]

I agree I never heard of that in OG

But id rather ask than assume

[winged osprey]

cip has too many bugs....but abr...i wonder if it's author is a cod player.

[wet barn]

In EE

[frosty radish]

well well well

[winged osprey]

After finishing 3/4 of stalker cs abr....i can say abr is the worst mod....Absolute trash

[verbal tartan]

yeah idk why you did that to yourself tbh

at the very best, it's a mod for a 10th CS playthrough

[winged osprey]

i wanted to play stalker cs for the first time....weapon overhaul added too many weapons so thought ok nope. CIP is good but has too many bugs

[verbal tartan]

what about sky renewal?

[winged osprey]

forced myself with abr hoping it will get better...but it has 0 quality of stalker experience

[winged osprey]

didnt try it because i wanted to have a better shooting exp....

and i couldnt find a mod that would just fix the gunplay without adding anything...basically i so done with stalker cs for now

WIll just move on to stalker 2 and finish it for the youtube video i want to make

[verbal tartan]

sky renewal also adds weapons

[winged osprey]

I have no idea why the mods cannot be something like motz

[verbal tartan]

because they are hard to do

[winged osprey]

motz was absolutely phenomenol

graphically amazing. No extra weapons etc

For my first stalker game motz was just amazing

[winged osprey]

yeah...i shouldnt have listend to the youtubers saying play ABR for cs

i have come to the conclusion that i would much rather play cs vanilla someday in the future

[verbal tartan]

yeah, I'll give you this as an advice: very few youtubers actually care for "the stalker experience"

[winged osprey]

My whole topic of video is on why stalker is immersive and it boils down a japanese concept of yugen

but man abr has none of it meanwhile motz is chalkful of it

I was almost at limantsk, and i was still using the level 1 bandit armor and full time only used shotgun....

[verbal tartan]

uh

[winged osprey]

Ahh am frustrated....i spent 2 days trying to fix abr as well adding weight limit etc

[verbal tartan]

why did you go to limansk like that btw

[winged osprey]

i coudlnt...abr is bugged

lmao

[verbal tartan]

ah, amazing

[winged osprey]

i reached the red forest camp after using the portal anomaly on top of a tank. Used the guide quick travel to duty to buy some shotgun ammo and then i cant return

And then i just left it at that. Basically abr is trash and i wholeheartedly agree with anyone who said so on this discord

[verbal tartan]

another ABR hater. we winning this one SurDno

almost as if playing the games vanilla is the best experience!

[winged osprey]

Honestly whoever created CIP if they can fix their sound bug of missing rain, i think cip might be the way to go

[winged osprey]

for cs i think def vanilla is the way to go. for soc i will still say motz adds a lot more in terms of stalker immersion without taking much away

any idea which lore guy i should watch for cs and cop so that i can move on to stalker 2

[granite jungle]

anomalous dugout has good videos on all the games

[winged osprey]

ty

[torpid rapids]

I think every one of them should be played without using mods, Im buying my game and dont want/need to add some files

but of course modding can make experience better, I just tried modding many games but modding is so hard to use if youre not 100% invested

[torpid rapids]

how can I use those usb sticks in CS?

[verbal tartan]

They are for certain technicians so you unlock upgrades

Check which one you have, and for which technician it is

And gives you nice amount of money

[torpid rapids]

a technician is same as trader?

[verbal tartan]

No

A technician repairs and upgrades your weapons and armor

They have a gear icon in the map iirc, or a !.
Just hover the mouse over it, it will show up

[torpid rapids]

thx

they have this blue icon, like a stash?

[verbal tartan]

Could you show a pic of 1 map? I dont have a good image of them rn

Maybe a close up to the clear sky base

[torpid rapids]

im ngl but all this: choosing a faction, getting called for a defense at other end of map, annoys me so much

I hope it isnt like that in CoP and Stalker 2

[verbal tartan]

You can just, not do any of that

Maybe just do 1 main mission for them to get good rewards and then ignore everything you want to ignore

[light shuttle]

Actually, in CoP u are like, neutral with everyone

Is like:
"This stalker is neutral bro, BUT, if u want shoot him, do it"

[late condor]

Message the support

[torpid rapids]

idea of being a faction member is nice but this game puts it bad in practice, but no blame on GSC i heard they did CS in few months

[torpid rapids]

Yea I like this more I guess

[light shuttle]

Not in a few months

simply the game needed several months more

[verbal tartan]

Iirc its estimated of more than a year, less than 2

[torpid rapids]

can I leave the current faction somehow?

[verbal tartan]

Not to my knowledge. At most you can join other factions, except clear sky

[torpid rapids]

so i can just stay at loners and ignore all of them? will ts give me consequences?

[verbal tartan]

Not bad consequences. At most, you wont be given rewards from them based on this "conquer" quests, but in case you truly need money (I dont think it'll happen), you can just do them once again

Nothing bad will happen, thats guaranteed

[torpid rapids]

but my current faction isnt related anything to main quests?

[verbal tartan]

You can progress naturally, no problem

I think the only faction that causes a softlock in a very specific point are bandits, but you already have a bad relation with them, so thats out of the question

[torpid rapids]

yep, I also absolutely love the emissions all 20 minutes playtime, needing to run to a specific point

(irony)

[verbal tartan]

Enjoy them

They look worse in CoP

[torpid rapids]

they appear more frequently?

[verbal tartan]

Idk, I just know they look worse

Graphically/artistically I mean

[torpid rapids]

if im hiding then I dont get to see it anyway lol

[verbal tartan]

You can if you look through windows or holes in the roof

Or while you are running to safety

[torpid rapids]

yea right, in CS its sky is becoming red -ish

[verbal tartan]

Maybe its the same and I'm just stupid, but I remember it to look better

[odd spoke]

I consider CS a flawed gem. It's not the greatest but it does introduce some really cool ideas into the series, and the revamped artifact hunting was a much needed change in particular coming out of SoC.

I fancy CS as GSC's attempt in expanding on their original vision of a much more expansive A-Life.

[verbal tartan]

Me playing SoC: 😮 😖 😨 😱
Me playing CS: 😎 🫡 😤 🤑
Me playing CoP: 😐 😐 🫤 😐

[cold musk]

good day, while i have stalker anomaly installed and play for few hours, i remember i had bought the trilogy eons ago (forgot when) and decided to experience all 3 games starting with shadow of chernobyl before moving on with fan made mods.

Can I just play the enhanced edition by default ? Or does it require any tweaking ?

[verbal tartan]

It doesnt require any tweaking, just pick fsr native or dlss native instead of other antialiasing methods (cause they look like trash)

I would recommend the originals instead of enhanced, but the new (enhanced) versions aren't that bad anymore tbh

[cold musk]

thanks for the answer, yeah it has fsr on by default (using 9070xt atm).

[verbal tartan]

Hope you enjoy them!

[cold musk]

thanks, the only regret is I just started to get into it after putting them off for so long

[verbal tartan]

Eh, happens. Better late than never

[odd spoke]

Nothing wrong with that honestly. I'm happy you're experiencing them for the first time regardless of when it happened. I hope you have a great time. I do think playing the games for the first time in their vanilla formats is the best for a first playthrough, so you can have better context and appreciation for when you decide to play mods of those games.

So actually, I've thought about playing the EE versions but I wasn't so sure because I've heard lots of bad things, but that was a little while ago. If they're better now, maybe I'll take up on trying them. I'm really not much of a stickler when it comes to the non-gameplay elements like the removal of some of the communist symbols for instance. I have the originals to play regardless so stuff like that doesn't really matter to me. Just as long as the gameplay is more stabilized (for stalker anyway) then I'm willing to give em a shot.

[cold musk]

that's cool, since i will be playing the EE for first time, i may not notice the removals, heh

[odd spoke]

Yeah, some people make a gigantic deal out of them but for me the essence of Stalker is about the atmosphere and uncovering the uncharted strangeness of the zone and as long as that's intact, idc about anything else.

[verbal tartan]

Even tho it isnt the "greatest deal ever", it is important in the context of the game, bit of spoilers ahead, but ||the reason many of this experiments happened, including the one that caused all this disaster, was the soviet governments, or the leaders of X company within said government. All this symbols show soviet propaganda and idiolism, which is what made it all go to shit. So having them around the world like that isn't of course the most important way to understand about this (as its mostly through text, dialogues or pda entries) but its definitively an artistic choice to show the context of it all||

Either way, playing OG or EE won't take the whole point of this away from you, because they got them restored in EE after some updates

[light shuttle]

According to Alexey Sityanov/Koan Podarok (vital dev in the development of SoC and main guionist) a important part of the identity of S.T.A.L.K.E.R are these vibes of post-soviet thingis

I feel the same, about that the post-soviet thingis like propaganda aren't too much important in S.T.A.L.K.E.R but, my opinion don't has the same value than Koan opinion

[odd spoke]

I get why people get annoyed about it, I just feel like... idk, some people get into a wild frenzy getting into arguments over it. I can appreciate the intent behind the use of those symbols in the context of the series' story and I also wouldn't remove them either.

[late condor]

hardly, it's more like taking the game in a new direction. faction wars weren't a thing during soc

[late condor]

i will fight you with a sword

[late condor]

Koan Podarok
His nickname is just Koan. "Koan podarok" stands for Koan's gift and is the name of an archive with design documentation and concept arts he (iirc) leaked to stalker community.

[late condor]

it's just imo deceptive to sell the enhanced edition of a game and take something out of it. It's like the recent thing with Gothic where they removed the oversexualized women.

Like i myself am a fan of practical armor and i believe its good that games these days don't aim for sex appeal over common sense. But in the context of Gothic in particular, those were brothel workers. There was a context to it. And an important bit of original devs' intentions is now lost.

[torpid rapids]

I think its really weird to have soviet signs and stuff in the original but have them removed in enhanced edition

I was like 10 hours in SoC enhanced as I heard and saw it and just started from 0 on the original

[graceful horizon]

Anyone here who can get their hands on some 3d models from CoP for me?

[late condor]

Depends on what you need

If it’s a dynamic one and you can handle the .ogf then yeah

[graceful horizon]

A model of the gasmask as single item, and maybe a stalker in a sunrise suit

[late condor]

Will get back to you in a couple hours

[graceful horizon]

Cheers

[verbal tartan]

https://tenor.com/es-419/view/phineas-and-ferb-perry-the-platypus-fight-dr-doofenshmirtz-heinz-doofenshmirtz-gif-26940331

[light shuttle]

The EE is weird, if it was being developed by GSC Game World would be much better imo

[cold musk]

Question about Shadow of Chernobyl EE: after 2-3 false starts, i managed to get going, finished the first mission, and mission a side mission given by that guy who i saved. Regarding Sidorovich's side missions (about getting the artefacts, assassination, clean out some mutants in an area), are they importants to clear them off, cause there is one side mission about killing and cutting a pseudo dog's tail, which i can hardly find it in around cordon area, and all of them only have 1 day duration.

Should i just proceed with main story mission ?

[verbal tartan]

I would recommend to proceed with the main story and then if you really need money you can try side quests

[cold musk]

alrighty, thanks

[verbal tartan]

Also, I recommend this because, eventually, you'll get the items needed for some quests, so its an easy completed quest

[cold musk]

thanks, i think i will let them expire while proceed with main story

[worldly torrent]

lets go i beat stalker CS now i gotta do the other 2 games

[hazy inlet]

Hello from America. So, I started Shadow of Chornobyl Enhanced Edition (first game's remake). The game runs fine, except for the CGI cutscenes. The story's first CGI cutscene was lagging and was missing audio. I don't know how to fix this.

For general information: my laptop has an RTX 3080, and to my knowledge, the driver has been updated recently. I'll check again.

I would just like to play the game with the CGI cutscenes not lagging and not missing audio, because I think that would let me understand the story more.

Can anyone help me with this?

I sent a question about it in #📜┃ask-gsc because I didn't realize this chatroom existed. Anyway, thank you.

Edit: I installed no mods in the game.

Edit 2: Looks like the gameplay lags as well and has audio/dialogue cut off mid-sentence.

[digital phoenix]

I've never used laptops but could it be that the game is using integrated graphics card instead of 3080 for some reason?

otherwise maybe a clean reinstall or verification of game files

[hazy inlet]

Yep, I verified the integrity of the game files, tried the game again and the problem was still there; then I deleted then reinstalled the game, and the problem still persisted.

[hazy inlet]

Good point. Maybe that's what's happening. I'll figure out how to check that.

Note: I'm on a Razer Windows 11 laptop.

[hazy inlet]

Just checked the NVIDIA Control Panel. STALKER: Shadow of Chornobyl EE is using "High-performance NVIDIA processor." That seems to mean it's using the correct graphics card.

So, I dunno.

I'll let you know if I figure this out.

I mentioned the issue on the Reddit page as well, in case anyone there has an answer.

https://www.reddit.com/r/stalker/comments/1popn4f/running_shadows_of_chornobyl_enhanced_edition_on/

[late condor]

It’s not a remake lol. Play the original.

[hazy inlet]

But I want to play the Enhanced Edition with the achievements.

[late condor]

Really bad idea, it’s a worse version of the game in nearly every other regard.

The lagging cutscenes problem is known and happens with a lot of people. Best you can do is strike a message to tech support at https://support.stalker-game.com/hc/en-us/requests/new

But I’d just take it as a sign to play the better edition

[hazy inlet]

Thank you for sending that link. I will message them, and hopefully I'll hear back eventually.

[hazy inlet]

Alright, my request was successfully submitted.

[verbal tartan]

Another day, another Enhanced Edition problem

[hazy inlet]

Do you just play the original?

Does everyone here just play the originals?

[verbal tartan]

SoC for 130 hours
CS for 100 hours

Not everyone plays the original, but most do. They are just better. Even if you want "a graphical remasterization", which is not really needed, you have mods for the original

The only "real" advantage of the EE is the quick use slot, which existed before in terms of the quick use keys that you could assign, the "grab all items" with a single button, and thats kinda it? I dont remember more upsides from EE atm

[hazy inlet]

😓😭

Aight, well… aight.

[verbal tartan]

Play EE if you want of course, but well, the originals are there, they are cool, still more than playable, etc

And they come with the enhanced edition, so no more money needed

[late condor]

I played both for a lot

[hazy inlet]

I just wanna play EE for the achievements and get the achievement for beating it on the Hardest difficulty setting.

And get the other achievements, etc.

[late condor]

There isn’t one lol. Only for hardest or second hardest.

[hazy inlet]

Might wanna 100% the game, tbh.

[hazy inlet]

I saw. That’s what I meant, tbh.

[late condor]

Also difficulty achievements are cheesed easily because you can change the difficulty in settings

Can complete the entire game on easy mode and change it last moment

[late condor]

Achievements are a poor indication of a 100% playthrough considering you can get all achievements without seeing half the content of the game.

[hazy inlet]

I forget if I did that for Wolfenstein: The New Order on the Xbox One many years ago, possibly over a decade ago.

[hazy inlet]

I see. Well, the least I might want to do is just get all the achievements.

Is there a trilogy STALKER game where you can pick a faction?

[late condor]

Well no one will stop you lol good luck

[late condor]

Clear Sky

[hazy inlet]

Rad.

[late condor]

Not from the beginning though you can join later

[cinder geode]

enhanced edition is NOT a remake

[hazy inlet]

Yeah yeah, I understand now. Thanks, and cool Uzumaki/Neko Arc profile picture.

[light shuttle]

Imo Alexey Omelchuk did the best OST of the trilogy in Clear Sky

[worldly torrent]

yes

[dim condor]

Anyone know a mod for stalker soc that have good hands for each armor?

[verbal tartan]

There is one that was called THAP. I cant find it now, but if you can find someone else that have uploaded it, cool

It also has new models for guns and other stuff tho

[torpid rapids]

are we deadass?

in CS the bandits that knock you out wont let you get your money back?

[verbal tartan]

Reload a previous save, spend the money, save everything and then come back

Its bs, yes, no real reason to do it if you cant get your money back

[torpid rapids]

I wont go back that far now, im speeding through this game now anyways CS is the worst stalker experience and story so boring ngl

[verbal tartan]

Well, wait until cop

Might not have bs like this, but the main story is truly something to not experience

The side quests make up for it tho, a lil bit

[torpid rapids]

I hope so, reviews say its better

[verbal tartan]

It just plays it safe

If you like barebones stalker with nice sidequests, then yeah

[granite jungle]

It was a smaller budget and team iirc. They tried to get the most out of what they had

[light shuttle]

Nah, lacks of ambitions.

[granite jungle]

I wish ambitions could pay for a new video card for my computer

[frosty radish]

What currency is being used in stalker? Ukraine doesn’t use the ruble

I guess it’s Russian rubles

[torpid rapids]

I think too, maybe ukraine used it too in the year stalker plays

[frosty radish]

I looked it up, they’ve been using their own named currency since 1996

[torpid rapids]

smth like Hrywnia right?

well chernobyl disaster was in 86 but stalker plays in 2012 with a sec disaster

[frosty radish]

Yeah

[frosty radish]

The ussr still breaks up in their timeline I think, and Ukraine was using their own currency at the time of development

[torpid rapids]

in enhanced edition they dont have RU but SR tho idk what SR stands for

[frosty radish]

That proves it was Russian roubles originally to me

[torpid rapids]

yea and all npcs and voicelines are also russian in original

[light shuttle]

Just take that of rubles on the OGs like a:
"ok, this is x (smth)", just a idea that was approved.

[frosty radish]

It’s just a little weird, because all the money is digital someone said? But the game is in Ukraine and yet uses rubles, but the CIS doesn’t have a shared currency as far as I’m aware

So unless all stalkers are using Russian or Belarusian banks, it’s a misaccuracy

[torpid rapids]

doesnt have to be real life accurate just a game and wiki also says its soviet/russian rubles

[frosty radish]

I know, but it does create an interesting question about the human aspect of the zone, as you’d have Belarusian and Russian stalkers, what are they using for money as so on

[light shuttle]

(Not much related) In some builds there generic-stalker dialogues in ukranian, perhaps in retail the ukranian don't has the same quantity of dialogues than the russian but ukranian is more important than the average localization in S.T.A.L.K.E.R, having more dialogues than the other dubs.

[frosty radish]

Correct me if I’m wrong, but didn’t stalker soc release first in Russian, then get a Ukrainian dub?

[light shuttle]

Idk about that

[frosty radish]

It does make sense too, more people speak Russian than Ukrainian, so if you want your game to do well in the ex eastern bloc you release in Russian

[torpid rapids]

i just know they purposely didnt release a russian voiceover for enhanced which is a bit too much lmao

[frosty radish]

Apparently more people speak Russian in the home than Belarusian in Belarus

[torpid rapids]

theres still so many people speaking russian in ukraine to this day

[light shuttle]

Don't having a complete RU localization on the title that has 1000 localizations that still have 1000 dialogues in russian, wow, what a mistake😱

[frosty radish]

Yeah but, come on dude the enhanced editions obviously had an anti Russian slant to them

[torpid rapids]

they DO

[frosty radish]

A lot of people speak only Russian, (in the east), most of the country can speak both. But I doubt this will be the case in the future

[torpid rapids]

I have family there, russian language will most likely always be part of ukraine

[frosty radish]

A lot, if not most, Ukrainians seem to be anti-Russian now, not just the country but the people as a whole, so I don’t think a lot of Ukrainian people will pass on Russian to their children

[torpid rapids]

that could be the case, but ukraine and russia will always be connected due to history no matter what war is going on or what hate towards each other

[light shuttle]

Imo the thingi wouldn't be bad if the EE was made by GSC, i feel that Mataboo just did a poor work, and probably not many thingis would have been censored if GSC was the dev of the EE sooo personally i don't put much fault on GSC.

[torpid rapids]

fortunately nobody has to play the enhanced editions lol

[frosty radish]

The EE just doesn’t do a lot in my opinion, slapping updated textures on doesn’t really do much for a game

[light shuttle]

Before of the release of the EE i expected 2K models😔 (not with "average HD stalkermodels visuals", just remastered models)

[torpid rapids]

I dont even see difference in textures, just a poor effort to make money

[frosty radish]

The only way I’d find a stalker trilogy remaster to be worth it would be a total remake, stalker 2 level of quality you know? Then it truly would be enhanced

[frosty radish]

GSC approved it, so they either agreed with it or didn’t care about accuracy

[frosty radish]

But obviously that would cost a lot of money for probably not much return so I understand why it didn’t happen

[frosty radish]

Clear sky already looks the best out of three, I was in love with it when I saw it, such a step up from SoC

[light shuttle]

I would be ok with smth that be like:
remastered HQ models in 2K models
Delete remains of cut-content (like outdated images in the enciclopedia of SoC) and make the story a bit more consistent
Proper engine with proper multithreading with proper performance
And fix thingis that remains incomplete in the OGs

[torpid rapids]

yes it is but I need the gameplay to be good too

[frosty radish]

Clear sky gets a bad reputation

[torpid rapids]

as example its not even worth it joining a faction because all this quests and reputation is just so annoying and unnessecary

[frosty radish]

But I liked it

[light shuttle]

Is a shame that the visuals of build 3120 aren't on retail

[frosty radish]

I joined the stalkers, wasn’t too bad I’d say

[torpid rapids]

why do I help my faction 5 times getting an outpost just to get called again??

[torpid rapids]

im with them currently id like to leave all factions

[frosty radish]

CoP’s economy is broken though, once you are a little ways in, you wait a few days and suddenly have a hundred medkits waiting for you in a safe box

[frosty radish]

Once you’re in, you can’t leave

[torpid rapids]

sadly yeah, its so annoying

[frosty radish]

I think it’s a good thing

[torpid rapids]

getting called 6 times for the same fight and winning every time doesnt define good faction war

[frosty radish]

It’s nice that the npcs actually fight as well though

I don’t have to fight to recapture an outpost, I’ll be told over the radio a group of stalkers already did it

[torpid rapids]

also hate the fact you dont have a geiger counter in CS

most normal thing is missing

[hazy inlet]

I gave in. I'm installing the original version of Shadow of Chernobyl to see if it runs better than Shadow of Chornobyl Enhanced Edition.

[dim condor]

I don't know why, but the Stalker Soc keeps asking for Windows permission, and it's always annoying. Does anyone know why this happens?

[verbal tartan]

1. you dont have one in any of the games
2. just check the red bar and drink vodka/use anti rads, they arent rare to find

[verbal tartan]

It does run better. Its older and has less graphical features

[verbal tartan]

Maybe cause its running as admin. You can disable it in the .exe properties

Although, maybe just leave it as is, idk

[cold musk]

I am in the army warehouse now, which faction should i choose on my first playthrough, or try to be as neutral as possible?

[verbal tartan]

SoC? Stay neutral. You dont really join factions like in CS, you just get their benefits. The best is to side with duty, because siding with freedom makes entering the bar a warzone.
But its prefered to stay neutral tbh

[graceful horizon]

Through a glitch you can join freedom, to amusing effect

[cold musk]

Oops, forgot to mention, SoC. The problem right now is that commander of duty wants me to steal a GL from freedom

[verbal tartan]

[verbal tartan]

You can do that without getting negative points from freedom

You just have to talk to that food guy and get him vodka to tell you where it is

[cold musk]

Oh thank goodness, thought that stuff alone will jeopardize the whole thing

[cold musk]

how do I stay neutral between them, I am at the warehouse and there's only one dialog option for lukash which is to expose skull's base of operation, I don't want to trigger anything cause I need that Duty Base

[verbal tartan]

Dont select that option

Im pretty sure theres 2, telling him, or not.
And then you get more options

But neither are relevant nor necessary to the main mission

Btw have you done the Talk to Guide mission?

[cold musk]

I think i am just gonna skip my way straight to red forest

[verbal tartan]

Yeah, you can do that

[cold musk]

I have finished off some side quests from voronin for his grenade launcher and prototype weapon and that guy at the bar on wiping out the bloodsucker.

And I also finished a quest at freedom, given by the spectacle guy which wanted me to wipe out the same bloodsucker at same location

[verbal tartan]

Nice

But, the important question is...
Have you done the main mission called "Talk to Guide"?

[cold musk]

Oh not yet, i thought it's still far away

[verbal tartan]

Do it before going to radar

Little big advice I can give you

[cold musk]

Aye gonna do that, thanks

[abstract marlin]

will more mods release for console?

[hazy inlet]

I always assume no. But I don’t have the answer.

[solid robin]

Is the face hugger gas mask supposed to be cheaper than the optician even though the face hugger has better protections?

[copper ore]

Hello!! Im looking for some advice and recommendations for my first COP modded playthrough

I have already completed the first two games on vanilla, and i wanted to experiment a bit on my first game of COP (i dont have the time or the patience to play it on vanilla and modded, i want to jump to Anomaly as soon as I finish COP)

Im bettwen the new Gunslinger Mod and ABR

[cold musk]

found out the origin of "cheeki breeki" and "get out of here, stalker" is like finding out the origin of "bearer seek seek lest"

[verbal tartan]

Gunslinger seems much better than abr, tbh

I could also recommend mods like lex addon or misery

And those are only overhauls, idk if you want story mods, there's plenty

[copper ore]

Thanks, I ended up choosing Gunslinger, but I need to do a lot and I mean a LOT, to get Even the base game running

[dim condor]

I complete stalker shadow of chernobyl.

Now I can finally be considered a fan from the franchise.

[verbal tartan]

[tawdry cargo]

Ayy

[near steppe]

anyone here has experience modding clear sky here?

[copper ore]

Its a miracle anyone has Even played clear sky with all the bad pr

[verbal tartan]

When you play SoC, you eventually end up in CS

Thats how it goes.
Its actually a miracle anyone played this at release and didnt feel to get a refund

[near steppe]

well originally I wanted to play anomaly my friends suggested to watch a video explaining the lore but I decided to play the OG trilogy and now I'm at CS

[light shuttle]

IX-Ray Engine

or wait to Pripyat Renewal Mod

[fast salmon]

AO3 with atmosfear 3 and absolute nature 3 and absolute structures

best for vanilla plus

[copper ore]

I manage to install gunslinger correctly, it works fine but i have a problem

And i know, its a part of the mod

But wheres the hud??

Nvm, the game is better this way

[verbal tartan]

[copper ore]

4gb patch, opt patches, gunslinger with hands animations+, retextured and absolute default pack did the trick

I just had to bind weapons change mode to mouse 4 and that was it

Pretty cool

[charred prism]

makes my skin crawl

blegh

[copper ore]

its a patchwork of mods but it works

also had to tweek the files because i have an amd cpu

not bad for a game pushing 16 years

[charred prism]

Just Awful

how do you sleep at night

[dim condor]

Like different armors that make sense for the hands changing?
And without having the same vanilla hands that are so dry.

[verbal tartan]

I have no idea

All I know its that it had new player hand models and its down on moddb

Maybe someone else had it, or another mod did

[dim condor]

Do you know of any mods that make Strelok wear a gas mask in third person? Because I noticed he doesn't wear one in many armors which technically has gas masks.

[verbal tartan]

Honestly no idea. Try searching through moddb in both mods and addons section

Maybe in github

I think common gas masks aren't a thing in 3rd person in the trilogy, only helmets that cover the whole head

[dim condor]

Alright.

More one question.

Why does the alien from Soc always kill or possess us in the cutscenes.

[verbal tartan]

In sorry, what?

Do you have a video

[sterile matrix]

evening gentlemen!

i have a question or two which i believe you guys could 100% help me out on

i actually have been meaning to get into STALKER these last few years but i've not had much success due to the disconnect between the first and second game, the barrage of different mods surrounding the first game, and the jankiness of the first game vs the second game's smoothness

i barely played the second game, i had put it on hold to finish at some other time, but then it got removed from gamepass, leading to it being something that sits in my wishlist for now

unfortunately for the steam winter sale i do not believe it's worth buying as i feel it is stupid to have the first game in my library, unfinished, and then just splurge on the sequel

with the Enhanced Edition releasing a bit ago i thought "might be the right time" but i found that the game is hardly different from the original and some even claim the original with mods is better

so really my question is this:
what is the BEST and CLOSEST way to get Shadow of Chernobyl to play and look (not look exactly like it, mind you) like Heart of Chernobyl?

my biggest gripe with SoC i remember were a bunch of things that are attributed to its age that the sequel fixes, gunplay and movement chief among them, not to mention the visuals

every so often i come across an Anomaly or GAMMA video and i ache for that level of animation and gunplay but then i remember that those modpacks make the game VERY different from the intended vanilla experience and that they do not even have a main quest, they're mindless grinds

so honestly if any of you could have some mods to recommend me for SoC to make it as close to a modern experience as possible so i can smoothly play it before i can buy the second game, you'd be real helpful

[verbal tartan]

Well, I'm actually super glad you understand this, not many do.

Tbh I would always recommend to play vanilla because its the way it was intended, with all the flaws it has even. Its a bit rough sometimes, but you can adjust your tomerances a bit and you'll get through it.

Now, if you really really really really don't like the original experience (which I can still recommend), I have a modpack that (I think) covers what you just said: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hlTI1LSwJ2zcNm1n0WAZqaKq18QZw29P/view

It has graphical changes, smooth weapon animation and rebalance (weapons are a bit more accurate afaik) and weapon repairing, all in the new OGSR engine (this version only supports DX11 iirc).
Even tho I don't recommend it as first playthrough, it's probably the closest of what you asked for.

You also have Memories of the Zone, another modpack with about the same intent as this one, but idk all the changes it comes with

[sterile matrix]

it wouldn't be my first playthrough technically

[verbal tartan]

Just remember: you are playing a modded version. CS, even tho it has changes, its closer to soc

[verbal tartan]

Ah, nvm then! Do whatever you want, you are free

[sterile matrix]

i don't remember exactly where i got my ACTUAL first playthrough, but it was with a bunch of vanilla fixes, ZRP and stuff, and the game was still too jank to be enjoyable for me

[sterile matrix]

CS? what's CS?

[verbal tartan]

Well you do have to adjust yourself a bit. HoC has many changes and more smoothness, even in CS.

CS is Clear Sky, the third game is Call if Pripyat

[sterile matrix]

oh damn did you interpret me saying "the second game" as Clear Sky? i meant Heart of Chernobyl, whoops

[verbal tartan]

And about the enhanced editions, you are correct. They are the same and even worse versions with just some QoL fixes that arent super big

Maybe tbe best change is multithreadding

[verbal tartan]

Np, happens

But well, I do recommend that modpack I sent, it's really good

[sterile matrix]

so this modpack you gave me should smoothen everything out and make it closer to a more modern experience WITHOUT getting rid of what makes vanilla great

[verbal tartan]

You said it, yeah

Just remember to change the quick medikit and bandages binds in control settings, just so you get quick access keys for those buttons.
They are in the vanilla soc too

[sterile matrix]

i know a lot of people like to be purists when it comes to old classics like this, loads do it with Skyrim and stuff, but there's some jank in some games i REALLY can't take, so modpacks like this really come in clutch, i can't exactly be a good game designer if i can't recognize what works and what doesn't and know what improves it

[sterile matrix]

alright, awesome, thanks to you i'll give soc another try

is there a video or coverage of this modpack?

[verbal tartan]

I can send a video of me playing a bit if I find them, if you want

They should be short tho

[sterile matrix]

it should be enough for me to recognize what's different, i'm familiar enough with the core game

[verbal tartan]

Give me a second then

[verbal tartan]

Well, I'm not on my pc rn, and I can't find them videos in my phone, so maybe today at night or tomorrow morning I can find them. For now, I have these screenshots: #📸┃trilogy-screenshots message

[sterile matrix]

seems to me like it's what i'm looking for, fixing the wacky models and stuff and improving visuals

[verbal tartan]

Also, its ok, I get you.
Of course you'll get the best experience in vanilla because you'll understand what the game is, and then criticize the good and the bad.
The thing is, of course some games have junk, and some people are used to playing smooth games, so of course you'll either take time to get used to it, or not even bother. Its normal

[sterile matrix]

gunplay is fixed too you said?

[verbal tartan]

Modernised, yeah

[sterile matrix]

weapons are more precise and all, cuz i couldn't stand the way the guns work in vanilla last i remember

[verbal tartan]

Smooth animations and more accuracy

The early game weapons arent as precise but thats just how the game is in terms of balance. But, they are more accurate than vanilla (or should be)

[sterile matrix]

odd that such a modpack has no coverage, i looked up the name of the zip file you sent and nothing, hm

[verbal tartan]

Its a modpack made by a guy I know

He's still tweaking it, havent fully released it, he just granted me permission to share it

He asked me to play it, I did, and liked it quite a bunch, so I recommend it a lot

[sterile matrix]

ooh this is an exclusive modpack, how nice

[verbal tartan]

When you end up playing it, pls tell me how it goes, he really likes feedback

[sterile matrix]

i'll give it a try man, thank you

[verbal tartan]

In fact, he intended the modpack for people like you, who cant stand the original "junkyness", so its basically for you

[sterile matrix]

it's fate then

[verbal tartan]

Because of course, at the end of the day, we just want people to play this game and experience this great journey

[dim condor]

The monolith, lad.

[verbal tartan]

I'm more confused now

[leaden zodiac]

just got to X8 in COP. already scared sheitless

does anyone have any tips against the three burers?

[verbal tartan]

Which weapons do you have?

[leaden zodiac]

BC VINTAR and the fast shooting ak,

[verbal tartan]

In general I can say to hide behind a wall and lean to shoot. When you see a visual effect that indicates they will throw their attack, hide behind the wall

And when they use their shield attack, just dont shoot until they lower their arms, you do no damage

And if you have granade launchers (not normal granades), use them

[leaden zodiac]

problem is that i cant find them yet, i am sort of stuck moving slowly due to my extreme fear of being jumpscared because i know i will. heh. i'm a damn wussy.

[verbal tartan]

Normal granades will be used against you

[leaden zodiac]

agh, my suit does not have nighvision. wondering why i did not fix that before entering

[verbal tartan]

The flashlight should do the work

Nightvision in stalker kinda sucks anyway

Maybe the only useful one is the gen 3, and even then, its meh

[leaden zodiac]

i have two snorks down, that is a relief..

[verbal tartan]

Didnt see this message sorry, they are only in 2 rooms. Only in 1 they'll jumpscare you

The only ones that will jump you are snorks, thats it

[leaden zodiac]

yeah but i am very jumpy, i get scared from nearly everything. (why is my favourite game series / series of all time a horror one? one may never know)

three snorks down!!

oh, all snorks down*

[verbal tartan]

I've played SoC 3 times, I've played many mods with x18 and x16 lab, many times.
I still, after all this years, get jumpscared. I get you

But if you managed through x18 and x16, x8 is kind of a piece of cake in terms of scaryness

[leaden zodiac]

okay i have gotten to the crying baby, i mean burer

and now i have to go to watch that new knives out movie, i'll return!

[light shuttle]

for Clear Sky play Sky Renewal Mod and wait Pripyat Renewal Mod for CoP

[verbal tartan]

Or use IX-Ray for CoP

[leaden zodiac]

bro why are burers so annoying, i loose my gun without relising then they disapear

two hits and its over.

[verbal tartan]

Thats why you need to hide in walls and only lean to shoot. When they throw their attack, they throw your gun

You must pick it up as fast as possible and then go back

[leaden zodiac]

I know but accidents happen..

[verbal tartan]

[leaden zodiac]

WOO I KILLED THE FIRST

VINTAR BC I LOVE YOUR POWER !!!!!!!

[verbal tartan]

I know that its a top 3 weapon in SoC, so Im guessing its the same here

[leaden zodiac]

may i ask where the secret room is where the polturgist is?

i think i see her nevermind..

i might be wrong

i was wrong

tip for future me, dont accidentally save right before getting one shotted

[sterile matrix]

i was asking for SoC

[light shuttle]

for SoC don't there nothing like these two, and ignore the ones that would recommend Radiophobia 3 to u, that mod is a reinvention (change every aspect of the game).

[light shuttle]

SoC Update 1.4.4, the 1.4.5 it's on CBT or smth tho

[grizzled rock]

preacher_degtyarev has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[leaden zodiac]

okay let me rephrase

i am stuck in a section with a polturgiest and some mutants. the polturgiest refuses to let me take a step without raising its non exitstant eyebrow, stupid creatures. Any tips against them?

nearly 5 minutes in and i have been able to move like 5 meters 👍

I REACHED IT FINALLY!!

[sterile matrix]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0Tkn59IW40 would that be this?

[light shuttle]

yes

[sterile matrix]

damn it looks good but the links are either dead or VK it seems....

[light shuttle]

the links of installation (google drive) are ok.

[sterile matrix]

have you checked

cuz it says the file does not exist

[light shuttle]

yes, the link it's working

[sterile matrix]

what link am i clicking then????

ah

i was clicking the link under the pinned comment of the video, not the one on the russian site or whatever

[sterile matrix]

but something seems weird about it, is this a pirated copy????

doesn't seem to mention requiring the base game

[light shuttle]

Any mod standalone has a copy of the base game included on it, and yes, SoC Update 1.4.5 is standalone.

[sterile matrix]

then i guess steam won't count, alright then, the sacrifice to have a smooth version of the game i guess, thank you

[bold pecan]

hey. Playing the enhanced version for the first time. Good times! However, I can't see the icons for medkits and energy drinks. I can use them but nothing happens. What gives? I dont have any mods affecting them

[cold musk]

Alright, boot up clear sky after installing srp, not sure it is due to mod, as my mini map shows npcs that have fetch quests for me to earn some russian rubles, which is a huge step from first game, as i never care about them beside fetch quests from vendors or vips

[verbal tartan]

It's a feature from vanilla cs.
Agreed it's much better this way, adds a lot of life to the game and makes it easier if you are struggling

[verbal tartan]

Also, I havent played EE, but are they in the right slot for them to be used in those quick access keys

[frosty radish]

EE moment

[thorn prawn]

Recently finished once again all 3 S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games and decided to dig into old Oblivion Lost and Anarchy Cell design documents - I just love the ideas mentioned in them.

Then I wondered how it all would look like, if cut maps weren't cut - for example old Yantar renamed to Yellow Lake and placed somewhere in the Zone. Or Rostok merged with old Rostok; one big location divided on two sectors: part secured by Duty and the unexplored one, where the Alpha Bloodsucker was lurking.

[verbal tartan]

"I wonder how it all would look like"
My bro.... say no more: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/2/d/1GgBFCRIbc7TQ5DwWHvWaridX1G64PYoWItkLyr3pBPk/edit#gid=0

Here's a spreadsheet with many mods. Search for oblivion lost remake 2.5, itd considered by many a better experience than 3.0. You can try that one, but its rough

Also, google for "clear sky revision" on ap-pro, another one that tries to restore cut CS content

Only if you want to play those mods, of course. They are not fully authentic to the original vision (because they were many), but they get close enough

[light shuttle]

Tho, none of the OLR mods is faithful if u want see a "how would have been"

[verbal tartan]

Yeah, its a rough estimate + what they thought was cool + what they could implement + what they like

[thorn prawn]

Gonna check them sooner or later, thanks!

[cold musk]

Ok, as if the military faction isn't hated enough, they decided to open fire at me the moment i stepped into cordon, i am taking this personally and make sure their population collapse

[tawdry cargo]

I always wipe the Cordon outpost early on, good for ammo and weapons tbh

[frosty radish]

I never knew you could pay a toll to go through the cordon bridge 😭 I just saw they were military and opened fire first, I think it was because the map had them as red dots

[graceful horizon]

I only learned that from reading the wiki myself

[tawdry cargo]

I shot them up anyways. Unique pistol, AKS-74Us and ammo? Nice equipment for the start along with that merc suit from earlier

[frosty radish]

I found it out from all the memes about paying off the guy

[frosty radish]

You have a case of looteritis as well?

[tawdry cargo]

[cold musk]

loot, glorious loot

[karmic horizon]

We knew that back in 2007.

[cold musk]

i think i want to uninstall clear sky, i empty my ak at enemy point blank yet they seem unharmed

and they turn around and shot me dead

[verbal tartan]

Just try to aim for heads only

This series was never good with its bodyshot damage

[cold musk]

i am, and i even burst fire for more accuracy

i am looking through the srp optional mod files now, as I read up that there's a mod that improve the accuracy, but seems like the name changed and i can''t find it

[verbal tartan]

Try to not move, crouch, ads, and use single fire mode. Thats the best I can say.
And of course, uñgrade your weapons accuracy with technicians

[verbal tartan]

Afaik, it only changes ballistics, not accuracy

I think best you can do is to upgrade your weapon

[cold musk]

very well

[frosty radish]

clear sky will turn you into a sniping king

[cold musk]

I tried out the alternative ballistic and dear god, oh dear god, now it feels more inline with most modern fps

I don't expect all weapons to be laser accurate, but for me at least, it feels so wrong to have enemy ai shrug off a point blank ak spray unless the ai is a larger mutant

[sage mason]

Hey guys, i just cant find any info about this anomaly, is it part of cut anomaly or just mod addon because i cant find name of it even ingame, its like green leaf web laying on ground and louring player with small fire particles flying in middle of it.
Ive now seen in mod narodnaya solyanka and oblivion mod.

And it grabs you if you step in , it closes and fully damagw your armor to 0%

[indigo ore]

Anyone can help here?

SoC vanilla only running my translation, game crashes with the following error:

[error]Expression : sz<(tgt_sz-1)
[error]Function : IReader::r_string
[error]File : E:\stalker\sources\trunk\xrCore\FS.cpp
[error]Line : 349
[error]Description : Dest string less than needed.

Wonder what happened...

It was working fine yesterday, now when I attempt to go back into the game to test stuff, it crashes...