⭐┃nospoilers_general

[sturdy salmon]

so yeah, good eyes and ears is what you need to have the upper hand if you happen to encounter a mutant in your way, always scan the path ahead of you with the binoculars if you don't know the area

[rocky trellis]

How far into the game you've got? The regular monsters are no big deal, just spook you when they surprise you. There are some that for sure will be scary when you're not used to them. Even for more experienced stalkers deeply dislike facing them without proper equipment.

There are different types of mutants that are very unique

[sturdy salmon]

me?

[rocky trellis]

Y

[sturdy salmon]

i've already completed SoC & CoP and been following the franchise since i was 12-ish lol

yea facing mutants even though you know what's up with them can still make you shit bricks

[rocky trellis]

Ah... sounded like you hadn't faced any of the actually spooky mutants yet

[sturdy salmon]

i think the mutant that i most hate is the burer

psydogs in second

[rocky trellis]

For annoying, spydogs and pseudo giants are the worst. spydog because it's just annoying when it's just running around not attacking you, just spoiler:||copies charging at you, but the actual one not even bothering, and when it finally does it's built like a tank able to take multiple bullets.||. Pseudo giant because it's massive waste of ammo to kill it.

As for spooky? Controller, always spooky when there's no good cover at distance. Blood suckers if you do not have a shotgun... and Chimeras just end your free trial at life if you're not really well prepared.

Although I do agree burers are annoying, I don't think they are up there. They make for really good trolls though

[ashen axle]

Heloft#4509 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[rocky trellis]

oof

[sturdy salmon]

AAAaiiieee..............

i give almost zero funks to controllers lol

just stay in cover and bonk them in the head with your gun

[rocky trellis]

Yea but there's many places with no good cover... red forest + controller is absolute nightmare. You do not see it, but it sees you.

Also CoP has a certain location with stash... or even 2. You go grab the loot, controller blocks your exit and there's no good cover anywhere.

Also the sound effects give me the creeps

Really hate it when it hits you

[hardy bear]

I’ve not even met a controller yet I don’t think

[rocky trellis]

Probably not. If you know nothing about it, it will be an interesting first encounter

[sly matrix]

I remember the first time seeing one, my big brother was playing at the time. we were probably too young and scared sh*tless^^

[chrome ridge]

"thank you marked one, you are a good guy you know tha-"

"YOUR MOTHER HUNG HERSELF GRAAAAAAAAAAGH"

nooooooom noom nooom nom noooom nom nom nom nom nom nom

[fluid abyss]

"We thank you, oh Monoli-"

"I DESTROYED THE C-CON GRAAAAAAAGHH!!!!"

gurza_dreaming.mp3

[rancid cipher]

is there a console command that purges all the loot, corpses and so on? for some reason those stay on my maps for days. when i throw away a rusty scorpion it's fpr a reason

RTTN, forgot to mention

[brisk valley]

also want to know

[finite dragon]

When I first listened to the main menu theme, I started shitting bricks and I knew this is 10x scarier than Metro and Fallout

Especially when a bandit turns the corner

[worthy lagoon]

CS

[worthy lagoon]

No but i suggest you to lower grass details and grass density

[steep sluice]

hello i have a question about pre-order where i can ask my question please ?

[rocky trellis]

There's #📗┃s2-faq, would recommend checking it out as it might have your question already answered.

[steep sluice]

@rocky trellis ok thx

[rocky trellis]

Ahhh! Finally gear that actually protects me from random radiation. Saves so much trouble.

Also seeing that detection bar go up but you see no enemies.

[sturdy salmon]

yeah counter strike's kinda cool, what about it

[solid dome]

If you thought the mutants growling/howling/whatever in the distance will kill you, you used too much crack

[solid dome]

In here, tag whoever from the GSC Game World members is online, see what happens

You definitely won't be banned for tagging GSChads as they removed the #ask_gsc channel replacing it with this one. Unlike before...

[solid dome]

Under your feet...

About to do the perfect hit...

[sly matrix]

Or death from above by snork

[chrome ridge]

Guys do any of u remember the femboy freedomer drawing i made a while ago?

I need it now, the picture i mean

Nvm found it

[trail plume]

Am I able to pre order the ultimate edition for U.S.?

[dry imp]

[rancid cipher]

It's not just for perfomance's sake. How long does it normally take for the junk to disappear? if ever. do other stalkers pick it up like they loot the corpses?

[rocky trellis]

I've seen corpses disappear in 15 minutes once they been looted

it depends if you're in the area

and usually more garbage/corpses forces old stuff to disappear promptly

[river plume]

Hi, I have a question, just started stalker for the first time, I've researched mods but everyone says the same thing and now it's confusing lmao , I keep hearing "Zrp, Complete 2009, starter pack , coc. What besides anomaly is the best way to play Soc?

[hazy void]

play vanilla

[river plume]

I have been, but I wanted to see what's out there

[hazy void]

and anomaly isn't a mod for SoC, it's for CoP

[river plume]

Ahh I see

[hazy void]

so, what exactly you want? almost same experience, but slightly different, or something completely new?

[river plume]

Just maybe a graphical upgrade and some Qol features. But nothing that strays away from vanilla too much

[hazy void]

Then you should try OGSR mod. It overhauls the in game in general. Some tweaks to the engine, bug fixes. It add some new quests and locations, but original parts remain mostly the same

[river plume]

Sweet, thank you!!!

[empty hull]

Anomaly is standalone

Also if you haven't finished vanilla SoC yet, do it, because it's the best way to play SoC for the first time.

[rancid cipher]

thanks

[hazy helm]

I honestly recommend that your first playthru is done vanilla,if the game really cant run natively on vanilla on your pc then try ZRP

[sudden isle]

good lord my anomaly installation was a whole 50 gigs after all the mods i installed; didnt even know until i deleted them all

[rocky trellis]

Oh lord

[river plume]

Anyone have any tips on how to get Autumn Aurora to work? It crashes when loading shaders

[round pike]

the question is ¿do you have a desfibrillator at hand? because you gonna need it, the first time i play stalker i almost fall of my chair because a god dam dog appears for nowhere for my back and kill me after a shootout

[warped tulip]

Dont forget the underground areas!!

[round pike]

YES and the bloodsuckers was horrible for me the first time, i was just shooting randomly with fear trying to locate where they are

[warped tulip]

Bloodsuckers are horrific and genuinely give me chills

Honourable mention to controllers for giving me PTSD whenever I hear a high pitched noise

[round pike]

my god the controllers i literally need to shut down the sound for that awful sound, and just running with a shotgun to blow their heads, i remember the first time i just trow him two grenades but the two grenade bounce in the wall next to me and ¡bum! goodbye 30 minutes of my life for the tension of the moment

[warped tulip]

Lmao honestly grenade bounces in stalker are actually some of the most idiotic death inducing things ive ever seen

Too many times have I tried to throw a grenade into a window for it to just hit the roof and bounce straight back at me

[round pike]

yeah and that shit happens to me all the time, one time i remember im behind a car and theres this enemys shooting me, then i try to trow a grenade to the window but ups, i remember i cant do that because the hitbox of the broken window is just the entire car so i die in the most idiotic way posible

also i have a question for all the people here, ¿what mods do you recommend me to play? because i never use mods in stalker and i want it to try

[warped tulip]

U have to try anomaly

its pretty hard but its super fun

along with having a huge map of all the locations that have been in any stalker game (I think)

[sand fiber]

Lost Alpha, Oblivion Lost Remake 2.5 and 3.0 if it will be released anytime soon

[round pike]

uhh all right! i gonna try it

[round pike]

i gonna dowland it now, but of course i have a question, what is about the mods?

[round pike]

and also i heard a little of anomaly, i mean ¿its true you can choose any faction of the game to play?

[warped tulip]

yeah

[round pike]

perfect, really thanks!!

[sand fiber]

Goals of both of those mods are to restore and utilise cut content of SoC, including concepts from old design documents and Oblivion Lost/SoC test builds.

LA can be described as more of an "inspired-by" these concepts than an actual restoration, OLR on the other hand is a full-blown realisation of pretty much everything there is in Oblivion Lost desdocks, builds and its literary plot. Both are good, although you have to consider OLR's english translation is pretty low-quality

If you seek shorter mods i'd recommend Spacial Anomaly, Valley of Whispers and Wind of Time

[round pike]

All right i gonna checks it! Really thanks for you help!

[steady stratus]

Is freedom against artifact hunting. since it technically is exploiting the zone for money?

[rocky trellis]

I thought I had freedom to do anything I want in the zone? That's not very free of freedom. I just want to blast all the mutants, steal all the artifacts and kill all the anarchists. Surely there's nothing wrong with that.

[steady stratus]

Well no one's stopping you

[mild owl]

Huh, anybody else got pinged in the bot section?

[mint hamlet]

Yup

[sly matrix]

just block the one posting the links

[hot walrus]

Bro the guy switched accounts just to advertise his server 💀

Imagine

[rocky trellis]

cringe

[obtuse crag]

what the hell happen to the bot?

[sly matrix]

discord servers getting hacked more and more recently...

[obtuse crag]

Just abuse em in the worse way possible and ban em

[mild owl]

Was it everyone who got pinged? Blocked the guy but still

[hot walrus]

He got multiple accounts with the same name and pfp i think

[sly matrix]

only had to block one user to make it stop

[mild owl]

Like just tons of the same account?

Yeah same, really hope it doesn’t go for more

[wicked berry]

but artifacts also have practical usage

[steady stratus]

true

what if they hunt for them just for the money?

[sly matrix]

only if you spend the earned money on drugs, and share

[obtuse crag]

no

some i got pinged ones xD we need better protection

[obtuse crag]

Armor and deadly guns i dont put any artifact in my belt because they might increase radiation

[hazy helm]

the bot bypassed the eveyone ping by pinging individual ppl at random

its nothing,its already been dealt with

[obtuse crag]

ban the bot

[hazy helm]

they have already done so

[obtuse crag]

maybe

just maybe the bot is infected by its owner?

and i dont like the 10s slowmode decrease it

[hazy helm]

ask the mods

[urban portal]

@feral pilot

I am goibg to doz y

[obtuse crag]

the mods

[indigo knot]

Trolling

[sturdy salmon]

i heard somewhere that freedom members use artifacts to enhance survivability/capability in combat, so i don't think that's the case

[steady stratus]

ok thank u

[rocky trellis]

Although... would be really interesting if one were to attempt mutant activist rules stalker. You're not allowed to harm mutants at all.

[hazy helm]

what

[rocky trellis]

Is it even possible to beat the game that way? Probably yea?

[hazy helm]

no,you cant

you need to kill the anomaly mutant in SoC

[rocky trellis]

oh yea that one...

but you could kind of argue it's not a living being

kind of like the same way viruses are not considered living, although they do move and cause a lot of harm

[hazy helm]

[sturdy salmon]

i'd kill the person who did this lol

[worthy lagoon]

??

[rocky trellis]

Mutant activist. No shooting mutants.

[worthy lagoon]

ah yes, let's just not shoot controllers so they can control your brain

[rocky trellis]

Would be ideal outcome. Finally one with the zone

[sturdy salmon]

i think he's already under the control of one

a normal person wouldn't say this kind of stuff

[feral pilot]

pls no no trol doks

[muted haven]

I currently have 10 kilograms of tourist's delight in my inventory

[jaunty mason]

not enough

[steady stratus]

Stalker, put down the shooter and we'll have a little chat.

[urban portal]

OKAY

[empty hull]

Silpo is some Ukrainian supermarket

[robust granite]

anyone in here find where the S2 Ultimate PC preorders are going down or are they not up yet??

[sweet frost]

Weird question but its gunna feel rhetorical asking it here..

Should i replay Shadow of Chernobyl just to get the good ending?

[worthy lagoon]

yes

In vanilla

[sand fiber]

You probably shouldn't, but meeting with Doctor and C-Con explains alot lore-wise

[sweet frost]

I dont play Vanilla tho i always mod it with graphics mods mostly

[sand fiber]

Urgh

[ashen axle]

DigiBeawr#3698 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[sweet frost]

I walk like Barney

That head bobbing

And well... you cant convince me that Shadow has aged well graphics wise

And even i play older games. Heck, i played the original Elder Scrolls

[sand fiber]

It did? Texture quality is high, dynamic lights still hold to this day? Besides, even slight graphic changes impact the atmosphere and, y'know, the whole game in general.

[sweet frost]

I know .3. But yea it did. Its alot of... brown and gray at times. Anyways i might replay it since i never did get the good ending back then

[worthy lagoon]

Ew

[sand fiber]

[rocky trellis]

For better. Mods bring up easily quality to level of CoP

problems would start if the mod also changes sounds and the sounds aren't any better, but worse...

that is easy way to destroy atmosphere

[sand fiber]

SoC isn't CoP.

Quality isn't the most important part of visuals, and no, those "improvements" aren't for the better, they rarely fit even.

[rocky trellis]

all of the mods I've used do really good job at keeping the game feeling the same, just improved graphics among the other things they change

[static compass]

So is Stalker on controller blasphemy?

From what I've read it doesn't even work

[rocky trellis]

Uhh... playing any first person shooter is for heretics

with a controller

[sand fiber]

of course it doesn't work, it's a pc exclusive

[static compass]

I mean, you can use a controller on pc but ok lol

[soft ice]

It doesnr work

[static compass]

I've heard the game is difficult enough without having to learn how to use a keyboard

[soft ice]

If u try to use a controller ot doesn’t work

[static compass]

I know

Stalker 2 will be different obviously but I know the old ones are pc only

[remote crow]

gUYs

[sand fiber]

I believe it's possible to use something like xpadder for keyboard emulation, but really, playing stalker with gamepad is the same as playing DS:PTDE with mouse&keyboard

[remote crow]

I got Strelok's sweater eeeeeeeeeee

[sturdy salmon]

allegedly there is a console version of the old stalker games being made tho

let's see how that goes

[sand fiber]

Source?

[sturdy salmon]

i made it up saw about it around the stalker subreddit & others

https://www.reddit.com/r/stalker/comments/wedwsh/gsc_may_be_preparing_a_console_version_of_stalker/

https://www.reddit.com/r/GamingLeaksAndRumours/comments/wedypj/gsc_may_be_preparing_a_console_version_of_stalker/

[sand fiber]

Eh, the supposed leak is frome some russian nazi youtuber, so it could be just made up.

[sturdy salmon]

he made it up too? what a coincidence

[worthy lagoon]

CS has the best graphics

[worthy lagoon]

I think it would be a waste of time, considering that console players evaluate games only by graphics

I can imagine console players dying due to not being capable of completing STALKER CS

Ah and yes, the X-ray engine on console, beautiful

[sweet frost]

I hated how in Clear Sky everyone needed help constantly

the radio never shuts up

And ofc the Stalker Base next to the Duty base one. Always got attacked no matter what i did. And the Garbage is always struggling

imo Clear Sky and SoC feels similar while CoP feels more.. different imo

In the first two games i found myself roaming around shooting down random bandits while that is also present in CoP its not as... much. I found myself going from one Anomaly to another in an effort to raise money

And it makes sense why Degtyarev needs a guide but.. paying over and over is a lil annoying unlike back then i would just walk instead of paying 4k RU for a far fast travel.

[rose halo]

are there backpacks in CS? or is it onyl in anomaly?

[prime girder]

Only in Anomaly

Because Anomaly is "smarter" than the original trilogy

[hazy helm]

hurts to read

[sly matrix]

[marble cairn]

smort

[devout zealot]

I know little about them but it seems like some of the mods are controversial

Is anomaly particularly so?

[sly matrix]

I've seen people be overly against Anomaly, not sure why

haven't played it myself though

[lone briar]

Hey, how can I fix camera shake when I walk?

In Shadow of Chernobyl

[marble cairn]

Idk but it might be because some newcomers only play Anomaly and think Stalker is basically EFT single player rather than its own thing (dont know, could be wrong)

[hazy helm]

The community that as grown around anomaly is really bad
The mod itself is just mediocre really

[devout zealot]

it appears to be technically impressive (in terms of having created a 64 bit version and increased stability) but I can understand if it's just very goofy in gameplay changes

[prime girder]

I like Anomaly

It filled a void in my soul after finishing the trilogy

[marble cairn]

Curious, how bad since several people i know make fun of anomale even in their discord lol?

[hazy helm]

Anomaly has not created a 64 version of xray,anomaly uses a modified version of OpenXray64 which they have taken up to calling the monolith engine
It's just diff branding

[devout zealot]

oh, I see

well even less impressive then haha

[quaint niche]

Hry

Help

Someone said military respawns at outpost at rokkie village

So easy money???

[marble cairn]

Dont kill them or the rookie village is toasted

[quaint niche]

In later game too???

Like when coming from x1i

X18

[marble cairn]

If you can defend the village then why not?

[quaint niche]

Another ways???

I mean they respawn???

[hazy helm]

You have what Id like to be a vocal minority,but I really don't know anymore,that genuinely recommend you play anomaly before any of the OG games which is just idiocy,many of them are also infatuated with turning stalker into tarkov which I'll never get but it's not so bad as long as you don't proclaim your way modliat as the genuine stalker experience

[quaint niche]

After I kill them

Over over again I want more enemyyyy

So sell their stuff

Heyy

Anybody here

[sly matrix]

no, i'm not here

[quaint niche]

I got no answers

😠

[sly matrix]

selling artifacts to sakharov is usually the best way of earning money

he gives full price

mercenary gear from rostok also gives you quite a bit

and if you are playing a mod that allows post-story freeplay, avalanches from pripyat sell well

higher end pistols have better value to weight ratios than most commonly found rifles

artifacts from the electro anomaly can only be found from 00:00 to 05:00

completing the night-star artifact quest for sidorovich gets you a stalker suit with +10kg carrying capacity

[quaint niche]

https://youtu.be/2HZ2BoRZT-o

Is this true???

[sly matrix]

not sure that's easily repeatable

[exotic folio]

https://tenor.com/view/anyone-here-tumbleweed-john-travolta-pulp-fiction-where-are-you-gif-22041899

[marble cairn]

Embed fail

[sturdy salmon]

you'll get accustomed to it

[lone briar]

[sturdy salmon]

i found it funny when i loaded my SoC and it didn't have that marching clown-esque viewbob

only seeing it from gameplay videos makes me feel ill

i gotta respect my younger self ngl

he took it like a man

[lone briar]

[lone briar]

No image perms here

[rocky trellis]

The difference is that there are less NPCs in CoP, which also kind of makes sense because it's deeper into the zone. Main threat out there are mutants and NPCs only at specific locations (unless you do not mind killing neutral NPCs). Mutants also travel around more in CoP, mutant camping specific spot to make sure it attacks you when you go through certain area isn't really a thing, except indoors.

Also a huge +... bushes are not as annoying when fighting NPCs as they were in previous games. So many locations bushes made sure you do not see enemies, but enemies see you.

[vernal karma]

Clear sky will not launch is this common

[solid dome]

It's common if you installed mods and crap

@glossy blade I have a question, when are we going to be shown how to skin a sucker. We had bread, we had knives, it's time for hunting tutorials on the go.

[glossy blade]

Do we have a special occasion?

[solid dome]

BloodSucker day has to be invented

Once we do, we will...

[glossy blade]

World Mosquito Day exists

[solid dome]

We don't have mosquitoes in STALKER yet

Until mosquitoes arrive to the Zone, whatever the flesh remained, is gone already and when they do, they go back, saddened

Every time

[vernal karma]

I dont have anything i just installed it on steam and it wont even get past the loading part

[solid dome]

Think there was a crashlog somewhere

You need to Google about that

[vernal karma]

I see

[sturdy salmon]

do not give them ideas, or else we'll have giant insects like the ones in fallout

[sly matrix]

already suggested it^^

[solid dome]

Giants that bite you. Sorry I forgot about it...

[sly matrix]

or something like it

[solid dome]

Sorry boys I apologize

We'll have to cope with the biters

[sturdy salmon]

you demon

[sly matrix]

[solid dome]

Weird Al Tankovic. It's in his name.

[sly matrix]

https://tenor.com/view/saymyname-fifidonia-di-mi-nombre-gif-14523270

[solid dome]

You are in the Stalker Hall. Strictly no embeds.

[sly matrix]

[solid dome]

Should you eventually try to go around the rule, you'll be embed in the Hells Chamber.

[sly matrix]

is that one one with the 347 squeaking lights you see in the underground?

[solid dome]

Yes but instead of 347 it's a giant one which emits even more blinding light and squeaks faster

[sly matrix]

[hearty vigil]

We do, lore-wise.

[ocean aspen]

Hey i dont see eny umboxing to colector edition

Why?

I dont see any picture in real

[rocky trellis]

If you're talking about stalker 2, it's a pre-order

[ocean aspen]

This is fake

https://www.ebay.com/itm/125053555865?hash=item1d1dc5d499:g:ewwAAOSwX5xhufWv

?

[hazy helm]

That's a preorder

[ocean aspen]

And why they send?

[hazy helm]

What?

[rocky trellis]

Please you're making me lose brain cells...

[ocean aspen]

when they send it

Sorry for English and in my keyboard are in Spanish xf

[hazy helm]

When the game releases,it's been delayed to 2023,we don't know when but I expect Q3 2023

Maybe Q4

[fluid abyss]

hellla fake

unless

this person bought multiple preorders and is offering to sell it to you for an upcharge

[ocean aspen]

Aaaa i understand

[fluid abyss]

its about +$100

[ocean aspen]

OK i buy the next year

[fluid abyss]

I wouldn't trust it imo

[ocean aspen]

I think is better

Thanks guys

[ocean aspen]

You salve my life and money

[sturdy salmon]

i'm gonna wait until the game launches lol

harsh and risky times to spend money in such thing

but well, pre-ordering would give some money to the devs, and i would be willing to do that

[ocean aspen]

Oh i see thanks bro

[fluid abyss]

well in this case the money would go to the e-bay listing, not the devs

unless you mean preorder from a legit source like game-legends or steam

[sturdy salmon]

yeah i mean from a legit source

i would never buy stuff from ebay

[ocean aspen]

Thanks friend, and to all of you, you saved money, I'll wait for another year

[fluid abyss]

👍

[sturdy salmon]

i have an eyes on stuff like gas masks, but they would probably come with abestos

[ocean aspen]

Thanks

Hello from Colombia

[sturdy salmon]

hello from brazil 👋

[ocean aspen]

Sopa do macaco

Do you like coca?

[sturdy salmon]

coca cola espuma?

[ocean aspen]

Or coffe

Coca colombian

Or womans, or beachs

[sturdy salmon]

coffee's cool

[sturdy salmon]

not sure what's that

[sacred sigil]

hi guys!
If i remember correctly there was a way to bind the medpack/food/bandage to the f1-f4 buttons.
Is there a way to do this in Stalker SOC?

[ocean aspen]

Out in coutry, Colombia is famous whit cocine xD

Cocaine

[sturdy salmon]

yeah, women are cool, and i live next to a beach and haven't gone on it in months lol

[sturdy salmon]

ayy......... no, never tried it

[ocean aspen]

Is a joke

[sturdy salmon]

don't think i will too

[ocean aspen]

Lucky guy

I live in montains

I have to travel 12 hours to go in the sea

[sweet frost]

The Stalkers in COP that go "Howdeh ho" always make me laugh

[ashen axle]

DigiBeawr#3698 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[sweet frost]

Its just so goofy

God why do i have to censor such simple swear words

Stalker literally has them but not here why tho

[sturdy salmon]

this is GSC's official discord server, they gotta look professional and keep it organized y'know

[sly viper]

is it ok to discuss about some recent news about some recent video and screenshots?

[glossy blade]

You can discuss anything about S.T.A.L.K.E.R. universe here

[sly viper]

the news out there say there was some leaked footage of alleged old S2 build

[hazy helm]

the old 2018/2019 ones right

[sly viper]

saw the screens posted in FB but i was wondering if video links still exist

[hazy helm]

DMs

[muted haven]

I'm at RF rn in SHoC and I'm hallucinating bloodsuckers and those little rats trying to attack me wtf

[tender axle]

God I love the zone, I wish Chernobyl was real

[sly matrix]

[marble cairn]

Also why do we have but no freedom version?

[sly matrix]

Because duty always has better stuff

[marble cairn]

Sadge

[void vortex]

Bro, I got great news for you

[brisk drum]

@tender axle, you can come to us Ukraine now and welcome.

[rocky trellis]

Just make sure to bring a gun a lot of ammo. Bandits can be seen near borders.

[tender axle]

Whoa, no way! Thanks guys! I'll head there right now!

[chrome ridge]

Remember to shoot some soldiers

For an AK and ammo

[viscid loom]

Is there a mod for stalker coop???

[hazy helm]

not yet

there are projects

[viscid loom]

i saw ray of hope as a mod but it is coming as a separate game ?

[hazy helm]

RoH is a whole separate project that wants to be an MMO

[viscid loom]

okay thank u very much

[river plume]

Does anyone know how to get Memories of the zone to run?

[high panther]

is there stalker steam shop items?

[sturdy salmon]

bruh they made pripyat real

[devout zealot]

insane dedication to the bit. Unbelievable viral marketing to make that reactor meltdown irl

[devout zealot]

and I just finished my playthrough of SoC

I beat it in 2007 but came back for a replay last week.

Good but very janky. A fair few bugs even with ZRP installed and configured for a "vanilla but with bugfixes" type experience. It is nice that combat feels lethal through the whole game. Some of the systemic gameplay gives rise to amusing (if immersion breaking) situations. The camp fires are very cosy.

The initial difficulty when you only have a Makarov is a bit rough, but the middle of the game is more smooth sailing. Once I got into the late game it fell apart a little bit, in particular the NPP levels and Sarcophagus being so full of tough enemies (and radiation) as a final challenge exposes a lot of the weaker parts of the core gameplay (like the scoped AR headshot gameplay getting stale but just being so effective, and inventory juggling to use rad items or swap weapons around).

[pearl nebula]

Stalker is one of those games that when you need to do something risky as fast as possible to survive, you either do it better than how you expected yourself to do it, or die trying to do it.

[devout zealot]

haha, the sarcophagus to me felt like an inventory check as much as anything. I guess with a lot of quicksave you could get through smooth sailing without much damage but otherwise it was just room clearing then pressing quick medkit for a lot of it lol

I think I went in with about 15 or 20 medkits and was down to 5 or 6 by the end

[rose halo]

Do i have to finish CS so i can understand what is happening in COP?

cs is getting annoying too much radio chatter

[sly matrix]

not really, there's more references to SoC in CoP

[rose halo]

ncnc thnx

is the gunslinger mod a completely different game to CoP?

[sly matrix]

I wouldn't know

[sand fiber]

just play vanilla

[rose halo]

no

[lone briar]

No mutants tho, no anomalies etc

[surreal tinsel]

Hello! Just completed vanilla S.o.c, want to try again with some mods, whats your opinion on radiophobia 3 ?

anomaly it looks like contains parts of the other games so I dont want to try it yet before i play the other games

[hazy helm]

OGSR is a very good SoC mod to try out

It's a standalone installation as well

I heavely recommend it as it is one of the best mods out there

[marble cairn]

Very optimized as well

[obtuse crag]

I Need a mod For Shadow Of Chernobly that isnt a standalone and doesnt burn down my potato pc

And it must be fun

4gb Ram/Pentium Dual Core E5700 3.00Ghz/1.6VRAM-64Dedicaed/Windows 7/70GB free hard disk space

[steel lake]

Does anyone know if HoC is going to be playable on linux (even if on top of proton)?

[obtuse crag]

What you talking about @steel lake

[steel lake]

Did gsc released any information if STALKER 2 will be compatible with Steam's Proton compatibility layer?

[obtuse crag]

Oh about that i dont know sorry

[steel lake]

No prob

[sturdy salmon]

not that much, it's just CoP but with cool first person animations, new guns and a few extra mechanics

i found that it makes the gameplay feel somewhat smoother and interesting, and a good way to revisit CoP without stealing much of the vanilla aspects of it

there's a Saiga, and it is a damned beast that will make any living thing shit its pants

[hazy helm]

Your first playthrough should still be unmodded tho

[sturdy salmon]

but this is not my first playthrough

or you talking about eko

[hazy helm]

Talking to eko

[sturdy salmon]

wait @rose halo you gonna play CoP for the first time? cuz if then, yeah i recommend pure vanilla instead

[obtuse crag]

I Need a mod For Shadow Of Chernobly that isnt a standalone and doesnt burn down my potato pc
And it must be fun
4gb Ram/Pentium Dual Core E5700 3.00Ghz/1.6VRAM-64Dedicaed/Windows 7/70GB free hard disk space

[peak minnow]

I mean just go on modb, there are tons of mods there

Find whatever looks interesting and try it out

[sturdy salmon]

any of the soup mods

[obtuse crag]

[obtuse crag]

waste my life? no

[sturdy salmon]

a session of mod browsing is fun bro

you can see the variety of stuff people make, pick one that you feel like trying out and saving any other interesting ones for later

i mean, except for the installing part, some stalker mods are a pain in the ass to install

but it's worth it most of the time

[peak minnow]

It will literally take less time than asking people on discord about mod recommendations lol

[obtuse crag]

Oh okay

[obtuse crag]

but how tho?

Kidnapp Moddb CEO

[peak minnow]

https://www.moddb.com/games/stalker/mods

I would recommend sorting to popular all time and trying those first, there are a lot of interesting mods

[sturdy salmon]

@obtuse crag i could send you through dm's a diagram about popular mods that's available in the stalker subreddit, it guides you based on what kind of experience you're looking for

[obtuse crag]

Thanks

Btw my pc is goofy ass so yeah

[sturdy salmon]

i'll take that as a yes

[peak minnow]

It should be fine for most mods, some graphical overhauls might give you trouble tho

[obtuse crag]

Yeah

[sturdy salmon]

huh, i can't send you messages through dm

[obtuse crag]

Same bruh

[sturdy salmon]

well whatever take a look in here
https://i.imgur.com/OBQnfWO.png

[worthy lagoon]

i am glad that Anomaly is not in the list

[shell cradle]

https://youtu.be/9DKoByD6TMI

This song is drilling my brain latelt

[sturdy salmon]

i mean, anomaly's a very recent mod, and by what i understood, this list's composed of all time popular mods

ones that have been made long ago and have been liked by the community since then

[warped tulip]

has call of chernobyl tho so Im sure the people who made this chart would like anomaly

[worthy lagoon]

I bet the majority of them doesn't even know what STALKER is and they just play it because they're either too poor to buy EFT or got banned for using the EFT SP mod

[worthy lagoon]

CoC is not Anomaly though, two completely different mods

[hazy helm]

I have yet to see someone that's been banned for using SPT AKI

[sturdy salmon]

aye aye

[sturdy salmon]

dunno about that

[rocky trellis]

yet it's a bit hard to tell the difference between them if I recall right. I only wish Anomaly spawned in a bit more mutants. Or rather... a bit more consistently more of them. You can find packs of 1 or 2 mutants that spawn in packs. Which is just disappointing. And some more dangerous ones seem to spawn rarely.

I haven't seen a single Chimera yet

[hazy helm]

Yhea Im gonna be real chimeras be wack ASF

I'm glad they are cut content and mission exclusive mutants in CoP

[rocky trellis]

oh but Chimeras do spawn in Jupiter I'm pretty sure. But I think you need to complete all of the hunting missions to unlock that feature.

have found them many times roaming around that large ass anomaly... which is why I usually stay away from it after completing hunting missions.

[obtuse crag]

https://i.imgur.com/OBQnfWO.png

WHAT ARE THOSE

[ashen axle]

Zvyaginstev#6472 has been warned

Reason: Capital letters

[obtuse crag]

@sturdy salmon I Didnt get the list

wait i do

[rocky trellis]

oh right... in that Call of Chernobyl is listed as CoP mod, is it actually CoP version, and not just Chernobyl with added features from CoP? Easiest way to tell would be the mutants... I noticed few days ago that mutants in Anomaly are 100% not from CoP, but older versions.

Dead giveaway would be behaviour.

[hazy helm]

did you actually play COC?

[long harbor]

Coc is like Anomaly but with vanilla graphics and stuff

[hazy helm]

[long harbor]

and it's better than Anomaly in my opinion

all that vanilla stuff are just there, all you gotta do is add some addons and go bam bam

[rocky trellis]

I did, but I do not remember much from it. It has blended together with Anomaly

[hearty vigil]

And clear sky is better than CoC

Like CoC but condensed and with a storyline what else do you want

[hazy helm]

It's not untrue to call anomaly just a very light mod on CoC since anomaly has decided to disregard years of iterations of freeplay mods and wants to show off the most barren and bare bones state ever

[marble cairn]

Tbh Anolmeme is only thriving because all of the mods

and to some extent, customization

[sturdy salmon]

yeah, i've modded my anomaly to my taste

but alas, the story mode having a not-so-good story and consuming too much of freeplay eventually leads to overwhelm and repeatitiveness

[marble cairn]

without all of the mods, anomaly as of right now is basically full of misery leftovers

[sturdy salmon]

which is my case now, and led me to try out other mods such as GUNSLINGER

[ashen axle]

Heloft#4509 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[sturdy salmon]

aaiiieeee

(yep, f' the burers)

[hearty vigil]

Yeah could you please move modtalk to mod channel this is getting annoying

[sturdy salmon]

i was thinking about commenting this should've been in the mod channel lol

pardon me

[solid dome]

Heloft of the Anomaly Tribe

Heloft and his monolith gorillas

[sturdy salmon]

i don't understand

[solid dome]

Monolith doesn't understand usually

They know only their thing, the glossy stone

Monotonouslith

Is that it where Mono comes from?

[rocky trellis]

or Mono, as in one, only, or single. They are worshipping the one!

[hearty vigil]

June 20, 2020. 2019 or 2018 is fake news.

[hazy helm]

The videos seem legit,the things he said about the areas and the things they were scared and what they wanted to put? Id bet money that they're fake

[hearty vigil]

About the areas?

I likely missed that.

[hazy helm]

The maps that would be in the game basically

[hearty vigil]

Oh they’re partly visible in the vid lol

It’s blurred but there are like 5 pixels of text visible.

Some of the location names from the list can be distinguished.

And for the rest — well, the guy has access to two year old devchat, of course they discussed stuff other than which company delivery to choose for dinners.

[hazy helm]

I mean if you want I can DM you the vids,they're more than likely to be tru,aside from that the leak is most likely bogus

[hearty vigil]

Please do.

[hot walrus]

How do you get the "Experienced" role?

[weary jay]

With experience

[hot walrus]

How much experience?

[sly matrix]

At least more than 7

[muted haven]

Is there any way to kill Sidorovich in SHoC?

I wanna murder him so badly

[vague mirage]

D:

[sly matrix]

yes, but only very close to the end of the game

[muted haven]

Ayoo noicee

[weak shuttle]

I just noticed that...

In STALKER all the bullets being ejected are flat images instead of models/sprites

[worthy lagoon]

And if you think about it, in some AAA games, the bullets ejection is not even present

[elder bridge]

I cannot wait to play this game. That is all.

[sturdy salmon]

that's 2007 for you

[weak shuttle]

Nobody wants to wait to play STALKER 2

But we have to cause of obvious reasons

[high panther]

how make clear sky fun

[sturdy salmon]

buy upgrades

[high panther]

i mean with mods

[sturdy salmon]

dunno

go ask that in #🔩┃trilogy_modifications

[sand fiber]

you can't

[digital lynx]

What's the best faction in anomaly to play through or is the most fun?

[high panther]

play soc

[cyan canopy]

loner and ecologist

also clear sky

[sand fiber]

the most fun you can get with anomaly is by not playing anomaly

[cyan canopy]

Call Of Chernobyl

[tulip maple]

Ugh I'm so pissed off this is the 2 time this has happen

Thank you for your pre-order of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl. The availability date for this item has changed to an unconfirmed future date. Due to this change your pre-order has been cancelled and any payment made refunded. Keep an eye on Xbox.com for future release date information about this title.

This is bs

[past rivet]

Release date now reads dec 2023

[finite dragon]

Stalkeri

[finite dragon]

shadow of pripyat

[devout zealot]

I assume this is tenative date and fairly likely to slip further. Understandable, but unfortunate.

[tulip maple]

@past rivet ya I know they should keep peroders

[wide aspen]

monolith means the only stone

or the only thing, the one thing

or single rock

[crimson aspen]

wth dude srsly? no refund at all?

this made my mind have changed to prebuy it...

[sonic cosmos]

This looks cool
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZ2hngr2C9Y&ab_channel=CUSTERPLAYS

[proven shadow]

There is no "best" faction it really depends on what you want to do. I usually go Loner Duty or Freedom. CS is good too but the swamp is so far away so you need to plan your quests

Any faction which can go to Rostok is already S tier in my opinion. Freedom base is a bit more dangerous but can jumpstart a run if you keep collecting loot after gunfights ( great for risky ironman runs)

[full estuary]

Its a sign to not pre order

All my homies never pre order

[sonic cosmos]

Nobody should pre-order any game ever really

[finite dragon]

play monolith and turn on warfare

try to speedrunnthe whole map

[rocky trellis]

pre ordering was fine when it first started, but these days companies exploit the crap out of pre ordering... even credible studios would find it hard to convince people to do that because of all the bad apples... and oh how many bad apples there are.

[fluid abyss]

it'd be nice if the devs pushed out more update content instead of just marketing >.>

[sweet frost]

Anyone got good Shoc mods for recommendation?

Maybe something that adds content or like graphics mods?

[sturdy salmon]

ask for them in #🔩┃trilogy_modifications , not here

[latent anchor]

Nah, the real ones pre-order Id software games

[solid dome]

Stop quitting the game 10 minutes after you started it

[glossy blade]

Based takes

[solid dome]

@glossy blade Have you finished CS?

[glossy blade]

I see 6 mins speedruns records

[solid dome]

Get to playing, pal

[glossy blade]

So that's enough

[solid dome]

How come you're part of the developers and you haven't played any STALKER game yet

[glossy blade]

6 mins to play, 4 mins to analyze you experience

[glossy blade]

True facts based on what

[solid dome]

Last time someone asked you, you replied you haven't played any of them

Whether you were joking or not I can't know

[glossy blade]

[solid dome]

Still, it's lit if true you haven't touched them

[glossy blade]

That's the mystery then

[solid dome]

Mo... lit...

[glossy blade]

More cool if I will not play 2nd one

[solid dome]

Pitch an optional Stalker 2 DLC about it: Story of Molit. 2 bucks.

[solid dome]

Kekw

[glossy blade]

Anyways

Not everything I say in offtops is serious

[solid dome]

I'm the same and they tell me I'm insane

While I've never been to the asylum

How is that possible...

@glossy blade Hey what if ST2 releases with cartoon graphics, much like Blizzard did with StarCraft Remurdered (albeit they made it optional)?

What do you think will happen?

[hearty vigil]

Explore, complete side quests, check every corner of the map, search stashes and break crates.

Hunt for artifacts, take part in faction wars, make the experience last.

[solid dome]

Get killed by nade flying out of nowhere.

Cause everyone starts with that being their experience mostly

[hearty vigil]

Sounds like a skill issue

[quaint niche]

HEY

how do i get moonlight surrounded by electros

PLS respond i cant do it @everyone

[wicked egret]

Where want to get moonlight bro?

@quaint niche

[quaint niche]

in wild terrytory

but i barely mad it

made*

[wicked egret]

In stalker Shadow of chernobyl or?

[quaint niche]

ok byeee

[quaint niche]

yes

[wicked egret]

https://youtu.be/Ohho6uU2bOg

[rugged scaffold]

throw a bolt at the anomaly then quickly grab the artefact

electros have a brief period where they don't do any damage after you throw a bolt into them

[frail spire]

you can throw a bolt or try dropping a small box and jumping on it

it takes some skill though since the engine is jank af

[tropic junco]

I didn't know there was an official stalker server this is sooo cooolll

[rocky trellis]

It's not random. You can see them taking their the grenade out, taking their sweet time taking off the pin. If these dumb asses try to nade me when they not even in cover, they'll be gone before that nade flies anywhere. Problem is... if you do not notice, then that is just RIP. Nothing feels worse than hearing a grenade land right under your feet by 200% precision throwing.

[sturdy salmon]

Hello! What brings you to our humble vessel?

[rocky trellis]

Owl's hospitality and his wares.

[sly matrix]

''What are you, a statue? If you've got something spill the beans, if not take a hike.''

[sturdy salmon]

THAT'S RIIIGHT... GEEET OOOUT OF THE HEERE.

[rocky trellis]

Don't let the door hit you

[ocean aspen]

NOOOOOOO STALKER 2 REMBOLSE PRE BUYS

[ashen axle]

El Santy Master#3771 has been warned

Reason: Capital letters

[ocean aspen]

:c the future of the game are uknow

[rocky trellis]

All of them?

Not first one I see mention this

[hazy helm]

seems like Xbox isnt allowing pre orders since they cant be sure of the date of release,thats about it,all other preorders are still in place

[rocky trellis]

oh wow, no pre order because you're not sure of release date? Yikes... it's better to not be sure of it. That's how you release buggy broken messes, by setting a release date in stone

[ocean aspen]

Bro i sad

I played stalker first time in 2012

I wait a second part, I jumped whit happy es when they anuuces the seccuel

And trailers.... I very sad

[hazy helm]

if it was just an uncertain release date then it would let it go but its the meltin pot in the east that leaves the on hold label on the projectr

[ocean aspen]

I preffer wait , but dont over the project

[hazy helm]

its not really up to me if the project gets offed or not,I hope not

[ocean aspen]

I said the same, I preffer wait 2 o 1 year

I love stalker, in fact i have the money to buy rentail edición

But.... I dont what stalker 2 cancells

[devout zealot]

they have taken an exclusivity deal and gamepass day 1 launch deal from Microsoft, so along with preorders I imagine that is enough money to keep them afloat for a while. Hopefully the project will succeed.

[worthy lagoon]

What

[proven shadow]

Im more worried that if the game comes out a lot of people are going to complain that its not like Anomaly

[devout zealot]

tbh the gameplay already looked considerably different than the original so I'm expecting a lot of complaints like "why is my Makarov able to hit targets more than 1 meter away?!"

[proven shadow]

Haha fair enough

[devout zealot]

have they commented on any ideas for the durability system?

[proven shadow]

I dont know.. I hope its similar to the original games.. I hate the clutter of hundreds of items in anomaly lmao

Maybe add a dirt mechanic to weapons like in metro exodus.. either way the mods will add that if the devs dont

[devout zealot]

I do like exodus having to perform maintenace.

I vaguely like the idea of sitting down at a campfire and having a short little disassemble cleaning animation (that you could skip if you wanted) but you hear campfire stories and music while it happens

[proven shadow]

That would be awesome

[devout zealot]

not sure how detailed I'd want a repair system to be ideally. Whether it's just generic repair kits or whether you would buy and carry spare barrel for when it wears down too much etc

[proven shadow]

Im definetly on the less detailed side.. having spare barrels is too much in my opinion..

[devout zealot]

yes, it's easy to go too far

[proven shadow]

I think a good balance is with weapon parts that can change the stats. Similar to EFT.. for example stocks, muzzle attachements.. forgrips that sort of thing

[devout zealot]

thinking about it now, the maximum complexity I think that would work is if you had "maintenance supplies" and "spare parts" as two little generic resources you could use for cleaning (semi regular) and repairs (very rare unless you're caught in a big explosion or something). Less complex is also fine, I just mean, I think this is the cieling.

I do think attachments like you describe will happen. It's quite common in shooters these days.

[potent bluff]

https://thegamespoof.com/gaming-news/microsoft-refunds-stalker-2-pre-order/

Microsoft refunded for Xbox player

[hazy helm]

Like I said

[devout zealot]

yes, it seems as though this occured because Microsoft only allows preorders if there's a specific release date, while steam lets you preorder whatever

[potent bluff]

Oh you guys already talked about it 😂

[hazy helm]

A guy kicked up a fuss about it yesterday and everyone started pooping bricks

[potent bluff]

I pre-ordered S2 on Steam and I'll not refund it

I have trust for GSC

[devout zealot]

as of July, Microsoft seemed to have been under the impression (maybe because of tentative release date set in their system) that the game was going to be out by July 2023. This is because they listed the game on a chart they released for "games coming out the next 12 months for Xbox".

But since then GSC has changed the tentative steam date to Dec 2023, which (I assume) means "we're not really sure, but we hope 2023"

staff could clarify, of course

[potent bluff]

The only thing we can do is wait...

[devout zealot]

indeed

[potent bluff]

[static kiln]

Just hope the devs are ok.

[rotund jungle]

Howdy idk if this is the right place for it but if you buy the physical steel book copy where would you own it at with the code, does the Stalker 2 website just have its own offical download? Id personally want it for steam but again no idea

[hazy helm]

All pc purchases that are physical come with a steam code instead of a cd

[rotund jungle]

Ya see i knew it was a code just didnt know if it was gonna be steam or something they dished up themselves. May want to specify such on their website but idk

[hazy helm]

It is very unlikely GSC would do that seeing as they dot have neither resources nor power to enforce such a thing

[rotund jungle]

wait sorry what

oh enforce is a odd word but i think i see what you mean now

[hazy helm]

Just means force something onto others
Like how Ubisoft forces their crappy launcher down our throats if we wanna play any of their games

[rotund jungle]

yaa gotcha, atfirst i thought you were talking about them being able to enforce saying its a steam code on their own website then i was like "oh wait he means the website download part"

speaking of normally im ok with Uplay but recently tried playing assassins creed and both my games wont launch (Origins and Black flag) and im pretty sure it has to do with Uplay. Steam superioty has striked again

wow ultimate edition is neat, too bad the lamps apprently made of plastic that thing would be so legit if it were real metal. Whats the camera looking bit attached to it does anyone know?

nvm figured it out its the controller so you can adjust the brightness

[quaint niche]

hey

pls respond i took mission from sidorvich to kill mutants but there are not any mutants

i cant do it i will fail it pls tell how i am supposed to do it???

pls respond i dont have much time

@upper gyroryonepls respond somebody pls

@everyone

HEY

[last pine]

[quaint niche]

finally done it

[ashen axle]

gega#4109 has been muted for 1 week

Reason: pinging spam

Muted until · Sep 15, 2022, 10:09 AM

[proven shadow]

Everyone ping haha :)))

[finite dragon]

-Playing Stalker
-Pls respond, i don't have time

[indigo ridge]

ey guys my game keeps crashin

(clear sky) what u suggest

[frosty ember]

Bleeding Tolik is calmer than that guy.

[hazy helm]

I mean try playing vanilla lmao

[worthy lagoon]

Are you using mods?

[sturdy salmon]

then the NPCs suddenly change into combat mode, staring at something in the distance, and you're jumpscare by a chimera jumping in the middle of them, slaughtering them all including you

[sturdy salmon]

r word

[rocky trellis]

It is one of the great spooky things... nearby NPCs in combat mode, but no enemies in sight. Also spooky, detection bar full but no enemies in sight. But worst of all, the sound of Chimera right behind you.

damn it replied to wrong one

The sound of grenade dropping on your feet isn't that scary, it's just something we have to learn to cope with. Just prepare to reload your save

[peak minnow]

Once had to kill a chimera with a PM pistol while stuck on a ladder, was very fun and enjoyable 30 minutes of my life

[rocky trellis]

That sounds fun

[peak minnow]

Thought i could hide on top of a tower, sike forgot chimera can climb lmao

[rocky trellis]

well at least they haven't learned to fly yet

Flying enemies... stalker 2 perhaps? Satan pls no

[broken stone]

Mutated attack crows

[rocky trellis]

A whole flock of them would be fun. Not even shotgun would save you then

[broken stone]

Nah, id be like playing an infinitely more dangerous version of duckhunt, where u gotta duck or get out of the way

[rocky trellis]

At that point I'd start looking for a flame thrower

[broken stone]

Kek tru that

[rocky trellis]

But that could actually be really interesting instead of helicopter patrols.

or blowouts, you could hear crows in the distance getting closer and you'd have to find a place to hide, even if it's just a tree and hope they do not see you

[broken stone]

Dude if all the cover near you is a tree, you have bigger worries than crows during a blowout

[rocky trellis]

not during a blowout, a separate danger similar to helicopter patrols

[broken stone]

Oh yeah true, perhaps

[rocky trellis]

doubt those birbs would have time to annoy you when they are busy trying to not fall off the sky. Always love the sound of things dropping from the sky right after blowout in Zaton

[broken stone]

Arent crows the only animals canonically not affected by blowouts?
Or am i thinking of something else?

[rocky trellis]

Nah, they die during blowouts alright. They just don't seem to do that in earlier games... are they even earlier games at all?

[broken stone]

I guess then that mustve been the explanation as to why crows dont drop out of the sky until they put it in the game

[rocky trellis]

Zaton is easily my favourite map in the whole series

Just unfortunately it's not a great location in any of the stand alone mods that merge all the maps into one game

feels too empty with spawning system used there

and the shops and NPCs are simply not the same

[broken stone]

Ive only played cop, but i love pripyiat, as crowded with mercs and monolith and bloodsuckers it is

[rocky trellis]

I think I have similar problem with Pripyat. The presence of NPCs is kinda disappointing, and the ones there just meh, except story ones that eventually leave

no comfy gathering like in Zaton to relax.

Great place for hunting artifacts and in general good for exploration.

[sturdy salmon]

had a chuckle here, the r word is definitely one of the great spooky things

in any way, i hope the NPC reaction to environment and enemies are more "vivid" in S2

where they won't go [intense no contextful heavy breathing] when they see something i can't see

and they actually yell and warn other stalkers nearby about what they're seeing

[rocky trellis]

Oh yea for sure. Would be great if they actually did better job at moving around in combat. Like actually take cover, move faster when there's no immediate threat, dash to cover if there's one right next to you instead of trying to shoot ect.

You shoot at them and they do not care, must have been the wind

Nothing can deter them from moving towards you at leisure

[finite dragon]

also hope in stalker 2 pda has licensed song for radio

it's just cool to have old eastern europe music playing in background while hunting mutants

[rocky trellis]

As much as I'd like to blast the music full volume outside, I'll stick to no music... don't want to be ambushed because couldn't hear the mutant creeping on me.

Speaking of which, really hope mutants would learn to do that if they notice you haven't spotted them yet.

Instead of announcing "I'm coming for your ass, boy!"

[sturdy salmon]

yeah uh, it's a really bad idea

it would only be usable if you're resting somewhere safe, inside a base, an allied/neutral faction camp or hidden

but still, i think it could be a nice thing tho, imagine if along the game you could USB flash drives that contained songs and you could collect them as you explore the zone?

if the game has achievements, perhaps there could be one which you would get by finding all of them and uploading them to your PDA

i'll put this in the suggestions channel, i guess it fits

[indigo ridge]

yes atmosfear

[finite dragon]

When we get pre-orders bruh

[pine mauve]

When is 10min raw gameplay

[hazy helm]

Hahahhahahahahaha

Hahahahhahahahahaha

[pine mauve]

I will say this every announcement til gameplay is dropped

Then I will preorder

[hazy helm]

Hahahah hahahaaaaaa

Only jokers in the cast today

[peak minnow]

Just hope they don't fake gameplay like cyberpunk lmao

[sonic rampart]

Dang, the song sounds like a combat track from the builds

[long flame]

will this game be on geforce now?

[peak minnow]

Ngl this soundtrack sounds like you fked up a stealth mission and gotta escape lol

[potent bluff]

The soundtracks they just post remind me of BERSERK 1997 ost

[long flame]

guys answer me

[potent bluff]

Nope

[hazy helm]

Nobody knows

Maybe,maybe not

[serene garnet]

I am quite confused and disappointed in the ost..

anyone else on that too?

[pine mauve]

Yeah where is gameplay?

[serene garnet]

what.

No, Disappointed in the OST as in that is not a STALKER song

[pine mauve]

Songs is fine. Where is gameplay

[hazy helm]

You do know stalker has ambient songs right

[rocky trellis]

It's fine. It's probably something meant to play during gameplay anyway, like during combat or something.

[hazy helm]

I haven't heard all the song but

[serene garnet]

For an ambient song I guess it could pass a bit

[rocky trellis]

It has the same vibes for sure

[finite dragon]

that aint no ambient track

[serene garnet]

Then that is a problem

[sonic rampart]

It literally sounds like a slower combat track from the OG games

[pine mauve]

Stop complaining about petty shit. The music is great. Everything looks great. But where is raw gameplay?

[finite dragon]

when gameplay

[hardy bear]

it sounds more like something you'd hear in a very specific location

[hazy helm]

Music isn't a petty aspect of any game you know

[ruby dirge]

The music sounds completely fine. Reminds me of Half-Life. It could be played during some sort of action.

[hardy bear]

you remember that section with the floating rocks? I can imagine it there

[serene garnet]

ohhh, probably

[hardy bear]

but honestly I dig it, a bit of a bf4 loading screen vibe to it

[pine mauve]

Music isn't petty. Complaining about it is. When gameplay?

[hardy bear]

when it's ready

[finite dragon]

soc ost got me acting up

[sonic rampart]

Bro, just search up stalker CS combat song 2

It also doesn't fit with the atmosphere of the game

[hardy bear]

not seeing gameplay before launch isn't going to change anything

[serene garnet]

If it's ambient, loading screen or something really specific in the BG. Yes.

But I highly doubt they would post THAT as a sneak to the game

I could imagine them posting a proper song that will be in the game. Either sung or be the theme

[hardy bear]

I've got a feeling they'll be posting more here and there

[sonic rampart]

Yet it's still in the game as an option

[serene garnet]

I mean, it's a start.

[pine mauve]

I sense a delay but that fine. Still want to see where gameplay is for proof of concept

[hazy helm]

You will not be seeing anything till 2023 believe me

[rocky trellis]

I'm sure campfire songs/radio thingies are still a thing in stalker 2

noway they wouldn't include those

[ruby dirge]

Oh they should be

[tropic junco]

guys you think Escape from Pripyat is too hard for a first playthrough? xD

[serene garnet]

As long as the game plays anywhere close to the Anomaly mod in a new setting I'll be happy

[rocky trellis]

Well, as long as you don't break your F9, anything is possible

[serene garnet]

It just feels like that mod is what I imagine stalker to be

[hardy bear]

but as an ambient piece I don't think it'll work, I can only picture it taking place in some facility of some kind

[ruby dirge]

I don't think it's ambient as well. Too action-ish

[finite dragon]

or lab?

[hardy bear]

honestly I would much prefer seeing no gameplay at all until it releases

[serene garnet]

If they can balance it, I won't be opposed

[pine mauve]

That another cyberpunk waiting to happen

[hardy bear]

gamepaly trailers can be faked to give you a false sense of what the game actually is, why not wait until launch then decide?

[hazy helm]

I thinks it's too bad for anyone to play ever lmao

[pine mauve]

I see gameplay I drop lots of money

[ruby dirge]

Hey, it's better to see it being polished rather than to see another Cyberpunk.

[red ledge]

yes

[near star]

thanks for the official wallpaper engine wallpaper I guess

[serene garnet]

Or worse, 2042 style just throw it out like meat to wild dogs

and then forget about it

[pine mauve]

I'm asking for gameplay not a release

Proof of concept

[serene garnet]

You'll sadly only have the rendered stuff for now

[hazy helm]

Ask again on Q1-2 2023 or most likely Q3-4

[pseudo rivet]

Why not play Vanilla? 🤨

[ruby dirge]

Tbf, even is it gets released as polished as possible, I am pretty sure many people will still find lots of hilarious bugs.

[hazy helm]

Ma man coming in for the clutch

[tropic junco]

I already played a bit of SoC and anomaly, but I would like a more updated version so that's why

[pseudo rivet]

Lmfao

[finite dragon]

🤨 mf what????

[tropic junco]

already tried expedition (don't hate me but I loved it)

[pseudo rivet]

So, you don't even want to play the actual games?

[hazy helm]

You didn't play CS or CoP?

[pseudo rivet]

🤨

[hardy bear]

I'm just wondering what kind of direction it is planning to take, as someone who joined the community after playing anomaly I like the open ended sandbox-y nature of it. But from what I've heard the main games were more story driven

[hazy helm]

Neither SoC?

[ruby dirge]

bruh

[finite dragon]

play stalker mobile best stalker game

[pseudo rivet]

Respect

[hazy helm]

I warned ppl,they don't listen

[tropic junco]

not yet, I got them in my GOG Library but haven't got to them yet

[pseudo rivet]

We all warned people

[hardy bear]

about what?

[finite dragon]

bruh

[hazy helm]

Why TF did you play a mod before the main games?

[pine mauve]

They gonna need a NDA Test if they really want to stress test on the average PC. GSC has beast PCs in house

[tropic junco]

if it weren't for anomaly I wouldn't have known stalker at all

[ruby dirge]

Honestly, I wonder what happens after they release the game and maybe some patches later? What are their new projects gonna be?

[hazy helm]

Ppls expectations being in the wrong place BC all they played was anomaly a goddamn mod

[pseudo rivet]

Fair enough, but why not play the actual games? Seems a bit weird to skip them

[waxen wraith]

In the new Stalker music video, it says in the description" carefully choose where you can step , where you can go" (and the music video is about a storm(presumably an emmision) which most likely means, dynamic anomalies after emissions are confirmed

[finite dragon]

i dont know thats a stretch

[hazy helm]

anomaly is a pretty Mediocre mod,not at all like the main games,just keep that in mind ok?

[tropic junco]

sorry guys but I don't have a shit ton of time, and just want a nice atmospheric post apocalyptic game until stalker 2 and anomaly perfectly fits my likings, I will eventually go to the main games, but like saying "haha newcomer, anomaly bad" is a bit weird

[tropic junco]

will do

[hardy bear]

Anomaly is like a taster really, it introduced me to the world and the dangers that lurk within, I will more than likely play the main games before stalker 2 comes out

[pseudo rivet]

Try F76, I guess. Heard it's so post-apocalyptic, people are still firing nukes in the time the game takes place

[hazy helm]

Anomaly is a freeplay mod it's not a raster of anything BC the OG games are completely different you're just skewing the expectations of ppl

[ruby dirge]

I personally never played Anomaly. Played all original 3 games, no mods.

[worthy lagoon]

Bruh

[ruby dirge]

I prefer to have something similar to original games tbh.

[tropic junco]

when I played SoC I liked it but it still just felt dated, and anomaly can scratch that modern stalker itch for me

[hazy helm]

It's like telling ppl to start playin Fallout with 4 and then telling them to play 1 and 2 and to expect the same

[finite dragon]

fnv

[hazy helm]

It's setting yourself up for disaster

[pseudo rivet]

F:NV only if JSawyer'd

[hardy bear]

well I can't help if it was my first experience I've had with the franchise

[tropic junco]

yeah I probably got a little biased by playing anomaly first

[hazy helm]

I am genuinely sorry

[hardy bear]

💀

[ruby dirge]

Why do some people start playing Anomaly first? I don't quite get that.

[pine mauve]

It's free

[ruby dirge]

ah

[pseudo rivet]

It's free, yeah

[finite dragon]

theres other mods also

[hazy helm]

The Reddit community is cancer incarnate

[pine mauve]

I only played anomaly for the ironman mode

[tropic junco]

1. it's free
2. a lot of people promoting it
3. thus discovering the franchise through it

[pseudo rivet]

I mean, to be fair, back in the day, people just bought CoP and downloaded Misery over that. That was the first STALKER experience for most

[stiff iris]

And a lot of big youtubers talk about it too, some people probably get exposed to Stalker through youtubers like Drewski and it's their first experience with the franchise

[hazy helm]

Bro that mustve sucked

[stiff iris]

You beat me

[hazy helm]

Misery isn't good lmao

[ruby dirge]

I remember even Pewds played Anomaly first lol

[pseudo rivet]

Misery, actually

[ruby dirge]

Oh, my bad

[tropic junco]

gaming should be fun, so if you have fun with the game isn't it fine

[pseudo rivet]

The Librarian recently started a CoP playthrough as well, but he downloaded AtmosFear and Absolute Nature for his first playthrough

A lesser sin, but still a sin when it comes to understanding the lore, if you will

[hazy helm]

I'm a Pathologic shill so no

[pseudo rivet]

Since psi-emissions don't exist

[sturdy salmon]

new GSC youtube upload dropped, halting my suicide date for the moment 🙏

[finite dragon]

it was a ost video

also thats illegal

[pseudo rivet]

A pretty mid soundtrack, tbh

[sturdy salmon]

kein scheisse sherlock

[pseudo rivet]

It doesn't sound STALKER at all

[sturdy salmon]

i haven't heard it yet, i'm not on pc

[hazy helm]

You'd be the second

[finite dragon]

yeah yeah you spoke german

im not german

[sturdy salmon]

nobody is

[ruby dirge]

Who is nobody

[pseudo rivet]

Ik can also spreken maken der Neder-Dutch

[hazy helm]

DUTCH GHAAA

[ashen axle]

Vasim#5301 has been warned

Reason: Capital letters

[finite dragon]

nobody is an alien dude sent from neptune to cloud your mind about the release date of stalker 2

[sturdy salmon]

i only know german thanks to a friend of mine who teached me, his name is Dietz Nutscher

[pseudo rivet]

Was it 2021 or 2023?

[finite dragon]

mf

[pseudo rivet]

I honestly forgot

[hazy helm]

2024

[pseudo rivet]

Oh yeah, did you all see the visual glitcherino in the vid?

[hazy helm]

Hmm?

I didn't watch it yet

[pseudo rivet]

Can't post pics here, but you'll know it when you see it

Also posted it in the other server, so you can see it there

[hazy helm]

Just DM them bro

[pseudo rivet]

Ik kek, just in case someone else was interested

[hardy bear]

oh I've only just noticed the sound bar thingy on the front of the car

I've got no clue what that's actually called

ah, a waveform

that's good to know

[proud basin]

are the background rewards on steam avilable? if you pre-order the game

( animated background and profile image )

[hazy helm]

If you preorder the game on steam

[glossy blade]

Yeah, also you need to change the avatar

To comply with the rule 6

[balmy hound]

The music is epic !

[glossy blade]

[pseudo rivet]

I dunno, didn't sound very STALKER to me

Same with the other songs, but this isn't the original trilogy, after all

So, it's understandable

[hazy helm]

I have to wonder

[glossy blade]

New sound always sounds different, that's basic logic

[hazy helm]

How heavy will you go on the retcons in the new game ?@glossy blade

[pseudo rivet]

[hazy helm]

Nooo don't hit me with the rock haha

[glossy blade]

Gonna ask narrative designers, not gonna tell you the answer

[hazy helm]

how mean,1v1 me on SoC multiplayer rn

[balmy hound]

Yep, we listened to the first trilogy's soundrack so much that anything new doesn't sound Stalker, but I can easily imagine how immersive the soundtrack so far released will be.

[glossy blade]

"Proceed to leave the channel"

[hardy bear]

that drum bit at 2:18 reminds me of something, but I can't figure out what

[glossy blade]

Sound, music, narrative, gameplay, etc. - all of them are complex parts of forming the atmosphere

[pseudo rivet]

I mean, it sounds like it would fit a Metroidvania

[hardy bear]

deep rock galactic! That's what it reminds me of

[balmy hound]

Yes, tough task to create the synergy between all of it, can't wait to see that in game ! 🙂

[solid dome]

What have they published once again, a 3 minutes long video of 10 second looping scene?

If this isn't laughing pointing at the fans, I dunno what it is

Oh damn I missed the title

Still, putting something on repeat instead of making a dynamic scene fitting the music...

[hardy bear]

I'll be keeping an eye out to see if they post any more of these soon

[hazy helm]

Not anytime soon no

Wait 3 months

[hardy bear]

i'm an absolute sucker for soundtracks

[molten zephyr]

Any chance of Ultimate Collectors Ed. to release in the US ?

[frail spire]

the game doesn't even has a launch date so don't hold your breath

[solid dome]

The game doesn't have anything at this point

It's a drawing of hope

[frail spire]

Yeah, we're still waiting for an actual gameplay video

or at least even a rookie being blown to pieces by a spring

nothing, nada, zero, null

[solid dome]

Yeah

[frail spire]

would be funny if they release a demo that made you play as a rookie that has to get an artifact in a place you literally can't

[solid dome]

Its complete wasteland

Like I said to someone over in DM few days ago

It'll be a miracle if this game is any good in the end

[frail spire]

up to the point you die from trying to get the artifact you can save but the second you die from the anomaly it turns into ironman and the save deletes

[static compass]

New song sounds like it's the new emission theme

Or combat

[fluid abyss]

sound track is cool, but

when actual gameplay 🤨

[hazy helm]

when youre in the gravew

[solid dome]

Dynamic music... Worst thing added in the games.

Doesn't even fit to begin with

It's okay for military focused title

[static compass]

Why is dynamic music bad?

[solid dome]

The answer is hidden in the question itself, my man

[sly matrix]

I don't want the music to spoil it when a mutant sneaks up on me

[solid dome]

^

[frail spire]

Basically, dynamic music works with scrips so the second a mutant sees or detects you it will instantly kick in

Same if you have a specific song for hostile stalkers around

[solid dome]

Whoever proposed it to be added in CS and CoP....

Should have been.... whatever

[celest heart]

Intense music while fighting a single dog

[sly matrix]

Big morrowind cliffracer vibes

Though in action adventure RPGs I'm perfectly fine with dynamic music

[timid trail]

We need to wait I guess next year

[solemn peak]

decided to purchase roadside picnic, cant wait to read it

[edgy drift]

So, is the game canceled or not?

[graceful sentinel]

Dunno how i feel about the music style. At least with this music track. lol.

[hazy helm]

For now no

[edgy drift]

Good...

[solid dome]

It's canned as in firm release date

If it's cancelled GSC wouldn't really exist anymore since they don't have any other significant franchise to keep em on top