⭐┃nospoilers_general

[sand condor]

how different could stalker 2 end up being

could it be something like assassins creed where you could explore anything and certain places end up being discovered and what about previously discovered places should they be filled again

[devout zealot]

From what we've seen stalker 2 will have more conventional weapon handling (eg you seem to be able to hit people with guns more than 30 centimetres away)

[sand condor]

wonder how big the story will be

and how different the quest lines both main quests and side

[static compass]

From what I recall they were saying the story will be pretty long

[glossy blade]

For sure, it is going to be complex and interesting challenge for players.

[static compass]

Can't wait to play it

[sand condor]

i hope some storyline will be locked off

depending on the choices you made

they gain more money thanks to xbox which is good

[frail spire]

Hope we don't have to deal with annoying puzzles

[sand condor]

puzzles?

[void vortex]

I don't want to use my brain while playing!!

[glossy blade]

facts

[frail spire]

You know, having to reach a place and the only way is via some autistically hidden method or via some way it wasn't hinted at any point

[rotund fox]

Translation: Were just going to spam burers, poltergeists and pseudgiants everywhere

It's ok Iron forest in Misery wasn't that hard anyway 😭

[frail spire]

Or like the underrail dev did and hid a cypher and literally no one knew wtf to do until a music mayor came in explaining it was a sound cypher

[void vortex]

As if Stalker did that before. Maybe the game should give you an Gauss rifle at the start too

[frail spire]

Now that I think about it most puzzles in underrail were ass cancer

[rotund fox]

Oasis?

[frail spire]

Oasis was a meme dude cmmon

[void vortex]

It's trail and error at best. You don't have to go there to progress the story

[rotund fox]

Well depends on how much you care about the scientists

[frail spire]

A puzzle with spatial anomalies would be good though

Or a puzzle where you have to use grav anomalies to slingshot yourself

[rotund fox]

How about a quest where you find a monster girl that wants to be your friend?

[static compass]

Pretty sure they said that field of poppy flowers is an anomaly

One that covers a big area

[sand condor]

i hope the devs don't spoil much anomalies

aside from massive graphical differences id expect stalker anomaly worlds and stalker 2

[worthy lagoon]

What

[sand condor]

different locations and how time advanced since then

[static compass]

Well, they showed the tower in the swamp in the first trailer

[broken talon]

That's what's they're planning to show us. They've already teasered novice village, ATP, Swamp, Zaton, Pripyat.

[visual lagoon]

Hello

[hazy helm]

that's in th expedition DLC right?am dreading that one

[frail spire]

theres another one which is in the base game as well that involves like 5 public phones in which you have to do it in certain order and each phone has like 4 choices

and each phone is like 3 or 4 transitions away from eachother

oh and the only way to know if you're doing it right is by the sound each choice does

and the order is randomized each run so you can't even look for a guide to get it out of the way

the expedition cypher is the same iirc

[hazy helm]

I'm not gonna have a good time

[frail spire]

I mean, both puzzles aren't critical to the story so you can ignore them, I did

[hazy helm]

Nha I wanna do everything in Expedition at least

[frail spire]

man you're going to suffer then

expedition is cock and balls torture if you haven't played the game already

[hazy helm]

I have played the base game once

But I'm doing a glass cannon-ish shotgun build so I'm screwed

[frail spire]

yeah you're gonna suffer then

[sand condor]

would anyone actually use fast travel or actually explore

[hazy helm]

Normal Fast Travel is confirmed to not be in the game

[frail spire]

fast travel will probably be a mod thing

since vanilla games only had guides, which fitted nicely

[abstract mist]

My university registration canceled without reason but it not important anymore we can play Stalker

[finite dragon]

just finished stalker: soc for the third time

[ashen axle]

Easternus#2472 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[finite dragon]

the true ending is so GOOD

[soft ice]

I mean it just changes the economy and difficulty a bit I don’t think it’s very big

Maybe it has his other addons in it

I wouldn’t rly recommend it bc I don’t see a use it’s up to you

Same with efp bc it’s a mod pack so it has stuff u might not want like hd models and body health system and the wierd reshade

[river plume]

I'm just looking for vanilla. With better textures tbh

Gamma and shaders take away too much from stalker. It's essentially just Tarkov

[static compass]

What do you guys think the auditory hallucinations will be?

[soft ice]

Yeah I agree

Definitely I think u should try gtr bc ur pc can handle it

[hardy bear]

ay, soc is on sale, didn't think it would get any lower. I was going to get it anyways but now it's a definite

[solid dome]

Don't keep the gamma too low. You don't want to get heart attack in some places. /s

[river plume]

Lol I meant the GAMMA mod pack

[vocal lantern]

It seems that it is very hyped recently

It's updated frequently

And if I remember well graphics and everything were good, but I'm a vanilla guy I don't like mods who changes too much things

[river plume]

That's my biggest gripe with that mod. It changes too many mechanics that Tetor more towards tarkov. Imo in takes away from the stalker experience I want

[solid dome]

Exactly why I put the /s tag in the end (s-sarcasm) 😄

[jaunty mason]

dear freedomers, if freedom and there base weren't supposed to be destroyed, then how come the devs put so many red barrels there?

[finite dragon]

How much

[hardy bear]

Like £2.99

Was only £7.99 before I think

[finite dragon]

is that like

3 in euros

what a silly and irrelevant question, im sorry

i already have the game but i believe i may've bought it before the discount, probably

just asking to see what would've happened if i was a little more patient

[finite dragon]

I'd assume it'd be something like the Monolith luring you in the Chernobyl CCP

just like how it is in the end game, or maybe actually hearing stuff that's not there and scaring the shit out of you which I wouldn't doubt since it's STALKER afterall

[static compass]

Considering that the bayun can already talk to you, hearing other things that aren't there on top of that is sure to freak me out many times

[worthy lagoon]

He doesn't know the truth

[finite dragon]

ive only been scared once or thrice in stalker

dude

rarely has it actually been by mutants except for once with the bloodsucker inside of the aprogrom system

[ashen axle]

l'colombien#1513 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[finite dragon]

a mercenary in the wild territory once scared me as i was about to leave towards the bar

literally popped out of the bushes

as for the bandit, i dont even remember, but they always just pop out of nowhere with their miserable rookie weapons

[worthy lagoon]

What i meant is that you do not know the truth behind the Monolith @finite dragon

[finite dragon]

in wat sense is that

also you're italian, nice

im greek, neighbors !!!! 🤪

rats are OP as hell in call of pripyat

[finite dragon]

are these mutants that emerge from the wild territory rats

i genuinely dont know what they are

[jaunty mason]

WHEN DID KURO BECOME A MOD?

[ashen axle]

platygetzkillz#1716 has been warned

Reason: Capital letters

[jaunty mason]

jeez, is GSC just handing out modship to anyone?

[finite dragon]

yes to me

[jaunty mason]

I should sign up

[finite dragon]

They pay me 50k euros per hour to silence you in secret

[worthy lagoon]

SoC spoiler: ||The Wish Granter is an artificial psi emitter just like the Brain Scorcher, made by a group of scientists, with the objective to trap the STALKER in the CNPP, preventing them to go further and discover the truth if the Zone||

[finite dragon]

i am that villainous

[worthy lagoon]

You know that i was an helper for a long time right?

[jaunty mason]

oh yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[finite dragon]

oh that im aware

wouldn't the thing thats luring strelok to it count as an auditory hallucination though

[worthy lagoon]

Yeah, some helpers will eventually get promoted

[finite dragon]

"luring" you know like, whispering stuff to him

[worthy lagoon]

Helper is just mod but tier version

[worthy lagoon]

It's psi emissions caused by the Wish Granter

[ruby quarry]

what happened to Ashot between Clear Sky and Shadow of Chernobyl?

[sand fiber]

you mean ashot? no information, probably still in freedom

[finite dragon]

idk, no info at all .... Miss that guy

glad that uncle Yar still alive

[ruby quarry]

one of the best characters in STALKER Clear Sky ngl

[frail kernel]

Curious question, but is there any concept art on mutant fish in the Zone?

[worthy lagoon]

No

[frail kernel]

Dang

[ruby quarry]

No fish in the zone

sad STALKER noises

[solid dome]

Mutated Salmon?

[frail kernel]

Or something like it

[solid dome]

Once you attempt to eat it, it starts screaming ultimately popping your ear drums

Mutated Swordfish?

[frail kernel]

I thought about drawing a fun pic of fishing in the Great Swamp and someone getting eaten by a fish in the background

[solid dome]

Sick

Mutated Tuna

We need fishing mechanic in ЖДАЛКЕР 2

[frail kernel]

Just figured I'd get an idea of any actual mutated fish from the concept art

[solid dome]

Would be fun I think?

What mechanic you think would fit Ж2?

[frail kernel]

I was also gonna draw the most awesome Stalker riding a tamed Chimera

[solid dome]

Something which wasn't in the trilogy

[frail kernel]

Fishing would fit Survival mechanics

[solid dome]

Indeed it does

It provides room for some crazy situations like...

Fishing in the Swamps and getting eaten by Snorks while you caught the biggest/rarest fish ever

[frail kernel]

Yes

[solid dome]

Losing the biggest reward to snorks. Lmao.

[nimble spruce]

I read that as „mutated swedish”

Makes sense

[solid dome]

Yeah only as a meal, properly made dish

[frail kernel]

So what about a Stalker riding a Chimera?

[hazy helm]

Chimeras don't exist

Here just a bad collective nightmare we had,mandela effect

[finite dragon]

Xaxaxaxaxa

[solid dome]

Лол

Stalker riding a Chimera!

We need a mod for that

Spitting fire while cussing every living thing that can't reach you

[upbeat rain]

Ah yes playing Russian roulette with gene mutations

I wonder what would happen if I were to eat this newly caught fish with 2 heads from the swamp

[frail kernel]

Its a cool idea

[frail kernel]

Well.... what else are you gonna eat?

[solid dome]

You cut 1 of it and feed the pseudo dogs

You cut the second to throw at the enemy to scare them shipless

The rest you do whatever you do

[river plume]

Does anyone know how to get Global texture rework to run with BaS?

[upbeat rain]

Pray to The Monolith to bless us with food

[frail kernel]

I say eat the mutants

[finite dragon]

Can stop watching the Heart of Chernobyl trailer over and over

[frosty ember]

Well, it's good you can, would be worse if you couldn't.

[tired jacinth]

Monolith.....

[sand condor]

i do hope eventually there's a season pass

[frail spire]

why

[sand condor]

so i can get it duh

not paying 100 dollars just to get season pass as much as they deserve

[soft ice]

Lol anomaly is no longer number 1 on moddb

[soft ice]

And call of chernobyl is up 5 to number 10 in popularity now with anomaly number 2

[finite dragon]

play modded CoC
in the swamp on a save hostage mission
stupid npc doesnt want to follow me (i wanted to pick a path to get around a bandit camp)
"fine retard, stay here then I ll go alone"
tfw there were radiotion pockets on the path as well as an umarked fence on the map blocking the path to our objective
tfw i needed to double back and apologise

[brisk fog]

@neat roost

Just an FYI, I emailed game legends about pre-ordering the PC ultimate edition and shipping to Canada, they told me that they won't ship internationally, only within the European continent. 😦 Once again NA gets forgotten for PC physical editions

[fair bridge]

In order for it to truly fit S.T.A.L.K.E.R half the fish should instantly kill you

[frail kernel]

Then we should cut the fish in half, feed each half to two stalkers, then we know which half is good to eat

[fair bridge]

Not exactly what I meant by half the fish but that works too

[peak minnow]

You got outplayed lol

[fair bridge]

“Cut all homeless people in half by 2030” type thing lol

[peak minnow]

"Just buy a house"

[frail kernel]

It works better when you're starving, have a ton of fish, and half the fish is poisonous

[finite dragon]

is uhhh

anomoly worth the install

[icy spear]

When is the realese date for stalker 2

[devout zealot]

nobody knows

[hazy helm]

No

[finite dragon]

Man anyone will give me a fsgame.ltx for cop it gives me error thst is corrupted if anyone still plays

[hazy helm]

Uninstall the game and do a fresh install,before installing anything cope the folder so you have a clean backup

[finite dragon]

i just installed it 💀 ill figure it out i installed the standalone one

[hazy helm]

Did you play the stalker games even,?

[finite dragon]

I just reinstalled it bc it crash on startup now fs game error

[hazy helm]

Go to steam properties and validate the game files

[finite dragon]

Ummmm

Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm i dont wanna talke how i got the game

[hazy helm]

If it is in GoG try deleting th whole thing and running the installer again if you pirated it
Just delete it and unpack the game again I guess

[finite dragon]

Soo

Delete the cop folder and reinstall?

[hazy helm]

Basically

[finite dragon]

What if i only replacr fsgame file

[hazy helm]

It'll be better if you do a clean install

[finite dragon]

Just gice me a fsgame ald if it dont work il reinstall

[hazy helm]

No

I'm. On my phone,besides you're using a crack,it most likely won't work

[finite dragon]

bout 650 hours combined

on my 11th rerun of clear sky atm and wanted more diverseness

[ashen axle]

VasileRO2#5103 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[finite dragon]

or the word for a more complicated game

I shoud have used unistsll game instead of deleting folder

[hazy helm]

nice
Tho if you wanted Smth better you should've just probably tried a better freeplay mod or a story mod, Anomaly is mediocre to subpar

[finite dragon]

everybody talks about anomaly figured out i'd try it

haven't modded stalker yet beleive it or not, got tired of the old graphics and same gameplay

[hazy helm]

Try playing OGSR then,the newest version,it's also standalone

[finite dragon]

OGSR?

newest version of what, anomaly?

[hazy helm]

No,newest version of OGSR

OGSR is its own thing and a very good mod

[finite dragon]

ill see about it after i pump 200 hours into anomaly

[hazy helm]

Good luck drudging thru that

[finite dragon]

had problems so i need to reinstall it :trollface:

said it didnt have some nesecary files

[finite dragon]

I reinstalled still same error

[wary umbra]

bruh worse idea not bring a shot gun in the red forest. they expect me to be able to fight a pseudogiant and a chimera at the same time with an m4 with fmj rounds

[hazy helm]

There are no chimeras in SoC or CS

[worthy lagoon]

Though it's probably canon that they already existed, considering the head trophies in CS

But in game they do not exist

Same goes for the burers

[timid trail]

I think that maybe not in the vanilla version . But definitely they are in the autumn Aurora mod

[hazy helm]

How awful

[cyan canopy]

I thinks its very rare to find it

[river plume]

Anyone know if you can use Mo2 or Jsgme for Expedition 2.0 reshade?

[hazy helm]

In the OG games there are none
No chances of finding something that's not in the game

We are not in a mod server thus I will always assume you're talking vanilla if you don't day it's modded

[viral hazel]

can someone tell me why my Stalker CS keeps crashing?

its never done this before

[peak minnow]

Perhaps a corrupted save

I experienced it a few times, dunno if its exactly in CS but in the trilogy in general.

[tacit crystal]

wanted to ask , https://store.steampowered.com/app/1818450/STALCRAFT/ is this game violating GSC copyrights? , seams like blant stalker ripoff , even steals all names , factions , items and everything

not want to ping them without reason , or contact them about pointless thing , if anyone will reply please ether tag me/reply to my massage

[last pine]

U can ping someone with GSC role if there is any of them online

[tacit crystal]

maybe you do that , i just joined so idk who to ping;o , been tho huge stalker fan just never seen reason to join the discord but that seamed like fastest way to contact

[last pine]

Kk

@glossy blade could you please help this guy

[tacit crystal]

if you get flak for it , you can blame me:)

i played that "ripoff" for like 20mins , its way worse then screenshots show

i mean you can try it yourself as its "open testing" now

[last pine]

Nah thanks i dont play this kind of stuff

[tacit crystal]

me ether , but i had to before i raport it for copyright violation:P

[sand condor]

hope everyone doing ok

[tacit crystal]

us , or GSC?

[sand condor]

in general

[tacit crystal]

been ok , on call with friends , trying to be positive

i hope everyone is ok too

[sand condor]

i feel ok

kinda bored

[frail spire]

Oh no, a minecraft ripoff of stalker, I'm sure gsc nuking them won't totally make them look bad

[tacit crystal]

you going to pitty criminals mugging you on street? , they look like just nicking their intelectual property

its not minecraft , you dont go around or mine , blocky stuff is just astetic or engine they use , its literaly stalker gameplay , factions , weapons , everything , just ported to bad engine , even entire map

you can try it yourself while "test" for it is running

a lot companies would take mods who go that far with their IP , yet alone "monetize somone else IP" , as they will charge money for this , this is not "fun free project" , they going to sell it and have ingame store

[frail spire]

And at that point is when they should jump in, not before

So people think "oh it's because of the cash shop" and not "oh ok so gsc may or may not come for modders later"

Since modders while aren't paid they can take tips and donations and thats a very grey area

[sand fiber]

wait, do you not know about stalcraft? lol

it was released in 2014 and is free

what you see in steam now is just an english localisation

[fluid abyss]

I mean if its free I don't really think there's an issue

[tacit crystal]

if you read the "steam page" the setup ,it wont be free and if it will f2p , it will have microtransactions , so wanted to ask GSC if this violates their copyrights or not

[tacit crystal]

well i see , my question still stands as just GSC could answer it. , especialy creators plan charging money according to steam store

[hazy helm]

Stalcraft already has microtransactions,a whole 3,nobody buys them but they are there

I should pick up russian and play again

[tacit crystal]

fair , but now its on steam:P

[hazy helm]

It having microtransactions is a problem wether it's inside or outside steams circle,I just happen to play the Russian version which is the OG

[tacit crystal]

no , but my question was more to GSC if this violates their ip/copyrights/brand , especialy stalker 2 is relesing eventualy , and sadly only them can answer that question.

staff was tagged so propobly they will know if they read it or not , and thats it for me about it.

[hazy helm]

I'm pretty sure they already knew and allowed it since StalCraft is pretty big in the eastern scene tho I can't get you any proof

[sand fiber]

Assuming it hasn't been taken down for this much time and it will remain F2P - no.

[sand condor]

whats going on

[daring rivet]

Hey I need some help

So I tried multiple times to beat Stalker SOC but always abandoned it since it feels kind of outdated an unpolished.
So I recently installed Anomaly, but it just feels like TOO MUCH for my little Stalker knowledge.
So is there any way to mod SOC to play the main quest properly?? I just want weapons that feel like weapons and some graphics updates.

Or I can just play he main SOC questline in Anomaly?

[hazy helm]

Anomaly is not a stalker game it's a totally different stand alone mod not related at all to the main games
As for SoC,I always recommend a vanilla playthru first times around but I guess the starter pack since it's technically your first rodeo?

[daring rivet]

I tried like 5 times to beat SoC and haven't got further than 5 hours

[worthy lagoon]

skill issue...

[daring rivet]

I feel like guns in SoC feel like toys and never hit where I aim

[worthy lagoon]

You should play SoC in Master difficulty

[daring rivet]

And I found some mods that actually improve a lot stalker anomaly, but again, stalker anomaly feels ''too much'' for now

[worthy lagoon]

Because in rookie or stalker difficulty you don't deal too much damage

[hazy helm]

Anomaly is,like I said,not a stalker game

[daring rivet]

yeah ik

thought the main questlines from the three games where included in anomaly idk why

[hazy helm]

You deal more damage in those actually
140% in novice with decreases of 10% till 100% in master

[daring rivet]

anomaly missions are boring asf ngl

[worthy lagoon]

No, you deal less

Somehow

[hazy helm]

Anomaly is just a standalone freeplay mod no relation to the main games at all

[daring rivet]

okay

[hazy helm]

Want me to take the chart out?

[worthy lagoon]

I am going to touch grass either way

[hazy helm]

Impossible to,you play war thunder

[worthy lagoon]

You confused me with @north cape

[daring rivet]

So, any recommendation to make Anomaly more ''fun''
I feel like all missions are based on ''get me this item'' or ''talk to this dude'', nothing interesting at all tbf

[worthy lagoon]

Anomaly is doomed to be boring

[hazy helm]

You'll find nothing in Anomaly or any freeplay mod then

[daring rivet]

SoC main questline is fine, but feels outdated
Anomaly feels good but its just boring

oke, I guess I'll need to wait for Stalker 2 then

[hazy helm]

could always try Clear Sky or Call.of Prypriat

[worthy lagoon]

You should try to cope with the graphic design of a 2007 game i guess... There aren't that much graphical mods for STALKER SoC

[worthy lagoon]

impossible to skip SoC

[hazy helm]

On that order

[daring rivet]

that's the thing...

[worthy lagoon]

The graphics is not bad either lol

[hazy helm]

tru,could always use a weapon pack for SoC,altho they all suck

[worthy lagoon]

exactly

The graphics is fine with SoC

I could understand if it was the issue like the head movement while walking

But that can be fixed

[daring rivet]

ima try to mod SoC..

[worthy lagoon]

bruh momentum

[daring rivet]

Should I use mod organizer 2?

[worthy lagoon]

I really don't understand what's so bad about a 2007 game having a 2007 game graphics

[hazy helm]

No,there is no support for it

[worthy lagoon]

mod organizer doesn't exist for CoP, SoC and CS

[daring rivet]

graphics aren't the main deal for me lol

ah ok

[hazy helm]

Use the REAL MANS WAY drag files into the folder

[worthy lagoon]

the MANUAL way

[hazy helm]

Works 100% of the time

[worthy lagoon]

The CHAD way

[daring rivet]

I'm scared...

[worthy lagoon]

bruh

[hazy helm]

MAN-UAL

[worthy lagoon]

Back in the days, i was used to mod STALKER when i was 8 years old

[hazy helm]

Copy the whole game folder into another folder as a backup if things go awry and you'll be fine

[daring rivet]

nah don't worry, the game is like 5 gb and my internet install the whole game faster than I can copy it lol

[hazy helm]

Mr fancy pants

Need to wait like an hour or 30mins for that

[north cape]

https://tenor.com/view/billy-herrington-dotman3-gif-18657921

epic embed

[worthy lagoon]

He doesn't know about ModB download servers

Man is about to be slapped

[daring rivet]

bruh I moded before

[worthy lagoon]

You see, thing is you need to download the mods from MoDB

Have fun

[daring rivet]

it takes me 5 min to download 1gb from moddb

[worthy lagoon]

Impossible

[daring rivet]

its not THAT slow

I mean its slow compared to steam download, but no big drama

I see a 'mods' folder in my SoC folder

Should I drop the mods there? Or just add he files in the main folder?

[finite dragon]

imagine georgian people in stalker

instead of "А ну чики брики и в дамки" its "ისე, ჩიკი აგური და მეფეები"

[snow bear]

will there be vehicles in stalker 2

[finite dragon]

probably

i saw a vehicle mod in stalker gamma or anomaly

[worthy lagoon]

no

[worthy lagoon]

That is not STALKER

Vehicles won't be a thing in STALKER 2

Meaning that the player cannot drive vehicles

[frail spire]

Do people forget that if theres vehicles then maps will become big spaces full of nothing but roads?

[finite dragon]

then only add this car

shit

ill send you in dms

[frail spire]

We could have had a scripted chase in darkscape but it's 2022 and only piss station is allowed those apparently

[whole hull]

Ey guys

Any news about S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2?

[worthy lagoon]

no

[hazy helm]

No

[sand condor]

confirmed?

[hazy helm]

Yes,the devs confirmed that there wouldn't be any cars or ridable things

[sand condor]

fair enough

[daring rivet]

is stalker 2 really getting released in december 2023?

Also, for newbies what's the best faction to start in Anomaly?

[worthy lagoon]

It will be released in 2023, the month and day are unknown for now

[daring rivet]

ah oke

[worthy lagoon]

There isn't a best faction, it all goes by your ideology

[daring rivet]

steam says 2023 december lol.........

[worthy lagoon]

ignore that

[daring rivet]

okok

[glossy blade]

just 2023, december is placeholder coz Steam needs to specify month

[sand condor]

i believe place holders can be december

[wet socket]

sup everyone

new to the series and to the server

[upbeat rain]

Loner or mercenary

[daring rivet]

thnks

[vocal lantern]

Will there be the fast travel ? In recent games everyone implements this, I don't find it funny nor immersive tbh, so I'm scared there would be this in s2

[last pine]

I think random stalkers that can "teleport" u for some amount of money like in CoP will be good for S2

[vocal lantern]

Nah I didn't like this too, but if most of people like it then np, but it doesn't make the game more immersive or what soever

[last pine]

I mean its better than just having stationary teleport things like in Witcher.

[peak minnow]

Or walking for 10 minutes to get to the objective

[last pine]

Sometimes I like just walking around the Zone, but yeah also it can get very boring while doing missions

[hazy helm]

there will be the guide system of Clear Sky and no more than that

[vocal lantern]

By walking you discover a lot of things, and in S2 there will be way more things than in the last trilogy, so it would be definitely better if there wasn't any sort of teleportation

And its realistic/immersive, it's better to have a game like that than a arcadic genshin impact thing

[hazy helm]

CoP is very dead and lifeless,so you really dont,in CS and SoC you do

[peak minnow]

Yea but when you gotta travel 10 minutes just to get a quest rewards its just stupid

[hazy helm]

why did you even bring that up?

[peak minnow]

And doing that multiple times is just annoying

[vocal lantern]

I was more referring to SoC ssince its my best, I loved looking in every corner, there was always surprises, this is why I don't like tps

[vocal lantern]

But realistic right ? Life isn't always funny or easy

[vocal lantern]

Wdym?

[peak minnow]

Might as well add shitting, pissing, stomach cramps and randomly tripping on rocks

Thats also realistic

realism =/= good

[vocal lantern]

This is more than enough, so it doesn't really count, since if there is this or not it doesn't really bother

[hazy helm]

Stalker isnt as realistic as youd like to believe,it has some survival stuff for 2010s but its p tame on realism,it is true its atmospheric but something so different and out of far left field as genshin shouldnt even be brought up

just bc you walk to your objectives,doesnt make it more realistic

[peak minnow]

If there was a better transportation method, no fast travel would be fine, but i highly doubt they will add cars

[hazy helm]

they wont,they confirmed

[vocal lantern]

I was referring to Genshin about the fast traveling, and yes Ik it isn't the best realistic game, but still, I think they should keep things that was in SoC and just improve them

[peak minnow]

Also 90% of the time you walk between objectives, literally nothing happens

And if you actually wanted to explore, you wouldn't use fast travel anyways

[vocal lantern]

Nothing happens ? Did you play any Stalker ? There's the A-Life system, and there's always things being hide in every corner

[peak minnow]

Been playing for 10+ years

[hazy helm]

CoP has significantly gimped the A-Life to simply comabt AI and nothing more

[peak minnow]

Usually pretty uneventful when i just wanna collect my rewards

[vocal lantern]

Then you should know as much as I know that its not just walking

And were talking about S2 here, A Life 2.0 and many many more events and things hided

[peak minnow]

That we literally know nothing about

[hazy helm]

I just hope they improve on CS and dont strip even more away like CoP

[vocal lantern]

Clear Sky was great but I prefer SoC, more atmospheric and better graphics overall imo

And better "story "

[raven stream]

how to quick save

[vocal lantern]

F6 I think,

[hazy helm]

F5 on COP and CS and F6 on SoC

[raven stream]

just downloaded stalker anomaly, any tips?

[hazy helm]

seeing as how you didnt even know how to quicksave I gotta ask
did you play the original games like at all?

[raven stream]

no

[hazy helm]

figures

[raven stream]

i just want to have fun, thats all

[hazy helm]

yhea sure,remember,Anomaly is a standalone mod with no relation in any way shape or form related to stalker

[raven stream]

it has stalker in the name

i know its not canon but its still stalker stuff

[hazy helm]

its not stalker by any stretch of imagination

[raven stream]

i dont understand

[hazy helm]

trying to tie anomaly with stalker is like saying Entropy Zero 2 is half life

[raven stream]

its the same universe isnt it

[hazy helm]

that doesnt make it a stalker or even the ballpark field

I mean,Fallout 76 and Fallout 1 are in the same universe and series

you wanna go there mate?like,yikes

[raven stream]

but fallout 1 has nothing to do with fallout 76?

[hazy helm]

neither does anomaly

anomaly is a freeplay stand alone mod created with the OpenXray64 engine

[raven stream]

so SoC and COP have no correlation

[hazy helm]

SoC and CoP have correlation,they were made by the same company and altho they have different core gameplay they still retain many of the things
Anomaly is a mod made by totally unrelated guys trying to recreate CoC

theres no relation at all really

[raven stream]

ok

[vocal lantern]

There's still similar missions and all, so it's not right to say that there's no relation at all, it's a mod of CoP

[hazy helm]

it really isnt

[raven stream]

any tips

[hazy helm]

the core gameplay is too different to be considered and its not a COP mod,its a standalone mod made in the OpenXray64 engine

like I said

[raven stream]

you've proved your point, you can stop talking now.

[vocal lantern]

Several similar missions, same atmosphere / ambiance, same gameplay, etc.. Its not like we're comparing Stalker and Minecraft

[raven stream]

what kind faction should i play

[hazy helm]

whatever you like doesnt matter

[vocal lantern]

Depends on your thinking

[raven stream]

im listening

[vocal lantern]

Can you read definitions of factions ?

[raven stream]

a small organized dissenting group within a larger one, especially in politics.

[vocal lantern]

I mean is it in game ? If not I suggest you read in internet the meaning of each faction, it's very interesting

[raven stream]

ok ill take a good look

[hazy helm]

saying anomaly and stalker are comparable in any way is like trying to compare apples and pears like,they kind of resemble each other?not by much,not really,but?
the gameplay and core loop is completely different from any stalker game by the simple fact of it being a aimless freeplay game,be it the linearity of CoP or the more open endedness of CS
its trying another thing completely and thats fine as long as its not forced to merge with games it isnt supposed to,anomaly is anomaly,stalker is stalker,they are different
if you like anomaly thats fine,youre a anomaly fine,its ok

[raven stream]

i think i will try duty

[vocal lantern]

The gameplay isn't "completely" different, there's a lot of resemblances, as I said, we're comparing two Stalkers that differs a little bit, not Stalker and Minecraft. There's still the same guns, same places, same guys, same factions, maybe a different story but it still has some similarities, same atmosphere, same monsters, and I could go on.

[hazy helm]

like I said,and like the example I made,theyre different,its like saying you can experience Half Life from Entropy Zero,or any of its mods,you cant,they are their own thing right,anomaly is its own thing,its not the original,its not a substitute for them,

[vocal lantern]

Yes, but it still has a lot of similarities right ? It's not COMPLETELY different.

[hazy helm]

completely is overexageration I agree
it uses some textures and models
almost everything else is changed really

[solid dome]

Stalker 2 beginners learning no quick save option is available

[hearty vigil]

Eh, it’s still a mediocre fan game that barely resembles the trilogy. Stalker is a fun storyline-based arcadey FPS, not a tedious realistic sandbox military simulator.

[vocal lantern]

I didn't say the opposite, I was just stating that there was a lot of similarities, because the other guy were saying the opposite.

[hearty vigil]

The similarities are obvious as it is a fan game made on the same engine. Still, it does not follow the main principles of what stalker is, and it will never be anything more than a mediocre piece of fan work based on actual stalker games.

I’d be fine with it just being “Anomaly” but it being called “STALKER: Anomaly” is problematic.

[vocal lantern]

Still, I didn't talk about how good it was.. But if you want to come to this, it is your opinion. Some guys prefer it to the trilogy, you prefer the trilogy to Anomaly, that's it. It is nowhere a "mediocre" game. A mediocre game would be a game were no efforts were given into it, but this mod is insane and most importantly, free. Which proves that there was a lot of effort put into it, so don't trashtalk about those guys who coded it for us, for free.

[finite dragon]

Hello, I want to know if there is a way to put the game with the voices in Russian but subtitled in english or spanish ):

[vocal lantern]

Isn't it originally with Russian voices and the text in your PC's language ?

[finite dragon]

yes, but if you decide to change the language it changes the texts and the audio together

I need only the audio in russian

[hearty vigil]

Some guys prefer CoD to Stalker, some prefer Stalker to CoD. One thing to have preferences, another to have a distinction.

[finite dragon]

and from what I see the base game does not have subtitles as an option):

[hearty vigil]

You may like Anomaly more than actual stalker games, just don’t ever consider the two interchangeable.

[hearty vigil]

Which game

[vocal lantern]

Try to put the game in Russian, then go to the localization file (located in the game files) and take the Spanish or English text file and drag it into the main folder, I don't remember if it changes the voices or the text, try it and tell me

[hearty vigil]

It’s as “free” as trilogy. Official GSC statements said that they do not support any of standalone mods that don’t require the original games because you’re not paying for the resources of the base game the mod is based on.

Downloading Anomaly for free is not any different than downloading base games for free.

Neither are supported by the company.

[vocal lantern]

You're comparing two completely different games, which is the same thing that I was discussing with the other guy. Anomaly is a mod of a Stalker game, not a different game. So your point isn't valid. And as I said, if you don't like it, say that you personally don't like it, because a lot of guys like it more than the trilogy.

[vocal lantern]

But it isn't Stalker, it's a mod, different from the main games... Do some research..

[hearty vigil]

It is a mod that strays so far that it simply is not considered stalker. There are many such examples. Google “We Are Not Alone” or “Alone In Windstorm” and tell me if those are stalker purely because they use stalker as a base game.

[vocal lantern]

This is your definition, tell me where it is stated that it isn't a Stalker mod ? There are so many similarities, you're just delusional.

[hearty vigil]

It’s you who is delusional. If you define anything using STALKER as a base as STALKER then a space mod set on Moon and a is Rust-tier survival game are now STALKER too.

[vocal lantern]

Being a standalone game that is originally taken from the main game which changes a lot of things is still considered a mod, like it or not.

[hearty vigil]

Yeah, I never argued with that. A mod that uses stalker as a base does not automatically become a stalker experience though.

[vocal lantern]

Did I said it is Stalker ? No.. It is Stalker Anomaly, aka a MOD.. When you say Stalker, you refer to the trilogy. But when you say Stalker Anomaly, you refer to the mod of a Stalker game.

[hearty vigil]

Neither a Moon-mod (You Are Not Alone), nor a winter survival game (Alone In Windstorm), nor a sandbox military sim in the same setting (Anomaly) qualify for a stalker experience.

[vocal lantern]

It is still a mod of the main game. Experience can vary, it is the main part of a mod to change the experience that you have with it. But experience or not, it is a mod.

[hearty vigil]

Ok? I never argued with that? Are you trying to make up an argument that you can destroy or what?

[vocal lantern]

Again, Stalker experience or not, it is considered as a mod.

[hearty vigil]

And?

[vocal lantern]

Idk, you're trying so hard to criticize the game, calling it low tier even tho it's free..

[hearty vigil]

Anomaly is a stalker mod, yes, but, again, not a stalker experience. It simply uses CoP as a distant base and has stalker as its universe setting, but if you go in details, it’s too far from what actual stalker is to say that if you played Anomaly you played stalker.

[hearty vigil]

Again, not paying for the game you play is not “free”.

Anomaly is a CoP mod. It ships its own stuff with CoP resources. It’s a based on an ILLEGALLY leaked engine.

Just the fact that you can download somewhere and play it without paying for CoP does not mean it’s free. It’s obviously not licensed and it’s NOT endorsed by GSC, just like any other standalones.

[vocal lantern]

If you don't like it, just say that YOU don't like it. Some guys might feel Stalker vibes with it. It is still a mod, which is originally taken from the main game. There the same atmosphere, same guns, same places, same guys, same artifacts, same timeline, etc.. It is still a Stalker experience. If you don't like it, then you don't like it. But like it or not it is still a mod that is similar to Stalker.

[hearty vigil]

“Feeling stalker vibes” is subjective. Someone can feel it playing Metro, Survarium or Chernobylite. Does not mean any of those titles qualify for being called STALKER.

It being a mod of course makes it based on the original game. But Counter Strike is a Half-Life mod. Would you say that by playing Counter Strike you played HF? Obviously no, those are two very different games.

There is objectively no “same atmosphere”, as original trilogy heavily relies of the harsh contrast between how the Zone looks and how dangerous it is. Anomaly looks like a constant sepia, which is not the same atmosphere actual stalker games have.

Same places, same timeline, same artifacts and same characters just mean the game is set in the same setting. Sure, Anomaly and Stalker games do share a setting. Portal and Half-Life do too. DbD and “Hooked on you” dating sim do. Gone Home and Bioshock 2. There are countless examples when the games are set in the same universe, have a vast character overlap but are obviously not the same game because they don’t even share a genre.

Since you mentioned guns, Anomaly fails to preserve what made STALKER guns unique. Stalker guns are not just real world copycats, they all have lots of differences about them, some are morphed design of several guns (Chaser-13 is neither Mossberg 88 nor Winchester-1300 but a combination of both). Anomaly, following a rule of military sim, something that stalker is not meant to be, simply replaces them with their real world prototypes, the guns that they were based on.

Me arguing that Anomaly is not STALKER is not a matter of personal taste. It might be someone’s cup of tea. It might appeal to realistic military sim crowd, or fans of sandbox make-your-own-experience games. Whatever. Just that all stalker games follow a very specific formula, at which Anomaly miserably fails.

You played Anomaly? Cool. You still know nothing about stalker lore, story, chars, core idea, gameplay, visual design, sound design, et cerebra.

[crimson radish]

Ah, yes master gate keeper of all lore that is STALKER. Please, banish this peasant.

I enjoyed the trilogy immensely, I also enjoy Anomaly immensely. I consider it to be a STALKER experience.. I must be wrong.

I wonder, would you say that the original trilogy feels like it is in the world of a Roadside Picnic? Does it fit that lore? Does it have the vibes? What does 'Stalker' mean to you? lol

[hearty vigil]

I played Survarium, I consider it a stalker experience. There is actually vast dev overlap is Survarium Vostok Engine is based on X-Ray 2.0, a fork that was used for STALKER 2 (2011).

Just that my subjective feeling that A is B would not really have much to do with what B actually means.

[hearty vigil]

Obviously, stalker took lots of inspiration from various works of arts. But Roadside Picnic is the tip of the iceberg. The ideas of blowouts and the labs come from Forgotten Experiment by the same authors, Strugatsky brothers. Noosphere comes from Solaris. Lots of ideas taken from various sources.

[crimson radish]

Your subjective feelings seemed to have been blatantly portrayed as objective ones

otherwise I doubt I would have said anything at all xD

[hearty vigil]

It’s actually quite easy to prove that with knowing dev intentions, eg objective measurements of what STALKER is meant to be, which Anomaly heavily strays from.

[crimson radish]

ahemm.. "There is objectively no “same atmosphere”," for a specific example

[hearty vigil]

Want to discuss that in detail?

[crimson radish]

nahh I'm good really 🙂

I just felt like saying more than 'you're a douche bag LOL' and dipping

[hearty vigil]

The “contrast between how the Zone looks and what danger it conveys” part is not made up, it’s an actual dev quote.

There is no that contrast in Anomaly, which makes it stray from what stalker is meant to be.

And it’s just one example. For example, take Clear Sky FAQ. On a complaint about headshots not always killing the enemy devs replied that the game is not meant to be realistic, it’s meant to be fun and look interesting. That’s where much of game balancing and design decisions (see: mirrored weapons) come from.

[worthy lagoon]

My dude is really into the lore

[worthy lagoon]

"But the hitboxes does have issues during animations!"

Devs: "It's a feature "

[raven stream]

this stalker anomaly game is fun, i just popped like 9 soldiers in the head with my blick

nevermind i ran into a anomaly and blew up

[worthy lagoon]

Bruh

The mod gets boring after some hours/days

[finite dragon]

I cant find the localization file

i found a folder that says "eng" and moved it to the main folder but nothing happens

[drifting gate]

Okay my first time this game playing but what are these invisible things? I throw bolts at them and they make some gust noise? Do I shoot at it or keep throwing bolts

[hazy helm]

Those are anomalies,avoid the isolated ones
Artifacts spawn inside anomaly fields but you gotta traverse thru those

[drifting gate]

Ohh so you can't kill them then so I just throw bolts at them and run past them?

[hazy helm]

Anomalies aren't enemies,they cant be killed neither are they killing you,they just exist

*trying to kill you

[glossy blade]

Facts

[rotund fox]

Run into it it wants to give you a hug

[rotund fox]

Mag dumping into enemies to kill them isn't fun, sorry man but gunplay is one of the weakest links the stalker games have. Rifles that seemingly have no rifling, weapons being made out of wet cardboard and jamming at 90% condition, bullets that just vanish into another reality after they cross 5 meters - none of that is fun.

I agree that 2 shouldn't turn into a tacticool discount tarkov clone don't get me wrong, but id like it if the gunplay wasn't the equivalent of pulling teeth without anaesthesia

[hazy helm]

I do enjoy the gunplay of SoC and CS tbh,they pushed me into a certain playstyle sometimes,others it was just very irritating
Throwing thousands of enemies iinto you did make me pick up less than ideal weapons BC of lack of ammo aNd it was cool
But I could've gone without the flying metal bird at the end

[rotund fox]

Enjoy the gunplay of CS
Please replay the game again.

Bandits being able to snipe you with their 15% makarovs whilst you just have to wildly hip fire and hope for the best isn't fun, oh also grenade spam

[hazy helm]

Will replay CS today,will tell you later don't worry

[hazy helm]

I have played CS again and I can confidently say,I enjoy Clear Sky gunplay
Very good game

[hearty vigil]

“Bullet sponges” is a skill issue.

[hearty vigil]

I have over 300 hours in CS, all unmodded. The game is very fun for me, and gunplay feels well balanced.

[broken stone]

It really isnt, increasing the difficulty of a game by increasing the amt of hits an enemy can take isnt a good difficulty scaling, nor is it a good gameplay mechanic to begin with

Im glad you can enjoy a game with said mechanic, but it is not inherently good in terms of game design

[rotund fox]

No it isn't, a bandit shouldn't be able to take 2 shells of buckshot to his chest and still keep breathing

Just make the game adhere to basic god damn sense, it's not hard

Also the damn AI with the aimbotting can be insane, and the worst part is staggering does absolutely nothing(unless it's the big one). I remember in FEAR for example where the replicas getting shot actually means something and completely throws their aim off, hell sometimes they can't even get to squeeze a shot off against you. In Stalker tho? AI wins shot trades like 100% of the time.

[civic drift]

Anyone here use Windows 11?

I can't seem to get Shadow of Chornobyl to start

Even in compatability mode

[worthy lagoon]

Weird

[hearty vigil]

If you are on Steam, try pre1.0007 beta, it does sort out some of compatibility issues.

[grave lake]

Anybody else have issues with saving SOC? My saves don't always show up. I have to save multiple times before it shows up

[solid dome]

Anomaly is stalker experience, cause it's a mod for it. Though bad stalker experience.

[solid dome]

If you have Steam installed in C drive... self explanatory

[inland kraken]

Yeah you can destroy an helicopter with a shotgun

[raven stream]

how tf do i fast travel

[hazy helm]

in anomaly?you need to enable the option in the mod options if I remember correctly,youll find guides in the merchant zones

[raven stream]

yes

[raven stream]

enabled, but how do i actually fast travel

[hazy helm]

right click on a space you have visited before and select the fast travel option
example https://i.imgur.com/vqkw9s0.png

[raven stream]

ty bro

[solid dome]

Vasim, Anomaly Enjoyer @hazy helm

[hazy helm]

I jus like helping ppl

literally just googled "how to fast travel in anomaly"
ez

[solid dome]

Smart feller

[raven stream]

how do i open a stash

[hazy helm]

F

[raven stream]

no its like, its under da ground

[hearty vigil]

Play vanilla…

😢

[raven stream]

i am vanilla bro

[inland kraken]

Vanilla Anomaly

🗿

[hazy helm]

Anomaly being a separate entity and all

[worthy lagoon]

What

[balmy forum]

Any idea if S2 will have some form of stealth? Stuff like disguises, killing a member of a friendly faction only affects rep if a friendly witnesses it ect

[glacial quartz]

is stalker really delayed again??

[hazy helm]

all we know,2023,thats the official date

[hazy helm]

ping GSC and get thrown a NDA rock

[glacial quartz]

some c*nt youtuber stated that the game has been delayed indefinetely so i had to come here and check if its true

[frail spire]

I mean, considering we don't even have a gameplay demo to watch may as well be true

[half river]

is there a way to play the stalker games with a friend?

like p to p?

[hazy helm]

no

[void vortex]

Only pvp

Over lan or online

[half river]

P to p means peer to peer

Like i can play with friends

[void vortex]

I know

You may only play the PvP mode for multiplayer

The main story is off the table

[finite dragon]

there are some mods that can sort of get that to work

[buoyant star]

have we gotten any gameplay videos of a normal play rather than the "ooh shiny" pre-renders and builds? i want to see inventory and weapon management and whatnot.

[frail spire]

nope, only from the reveal iirc?

which is probably very pre-done

[pine mauve]

so when is gameplay

[toxic vector]

just one more month and we have a new free Tarkov game called dmz mode in COD warzone 2

[frail spire]

who tf plays any modern cod

you guys like torture or something

[toxic vector]

i'm a gun nut, so every game with good gunplay is a must

[vast epoch]

uh i tried to install this game and it is the hardest thing ive ever done

[frail spire]

skill issue

[quaint niche]

going to cnpp

images not allowed?

[hazy helm]

clicking install on Steam isnt hard at all

[broken latch]

i think hes talking about something else

[hazy helm]

he said install the game,thas how u do it

ezpz

[worthy siren]

As far as the s.t.a.l.k.e.r. topic goes, there will be few credible sources for news on HoC and a lot of instagation.

[raven stream]

how do I play as sin in stalker anomaly

[raven stream]

nvm

[steady stratus]

is it possible to sell the freedom exoskeleton in clear sky that you get after beating duty?

[finite dragon]

So, I've beaten all 3 stalker games. I've THOROUGHLY fallen in love with all 3. Especially Call of Pripyat. Anomally is looking reeeeeeeeeally spicy right about now

[hazy helm]

the world is your oyster now,break some eggs and make some ommelets
Tho I recommend you search on the side of Story mods,those usually are the best

[finite dragon]

Story mods for anomaly? Or just the other 3 games

[hazy helm]

Story mods,mods like Spatial Anomaly or Valley of Whispers

[finite dragon]

Got it got it. I remember seeing some highly rated story mods for CoP

[raven stream]

need help on stalker anomaly, my pda screen hella dark, battery is 82 percent.

[cyan canopy]

What happen?

And how?

[raven stream]

nothing i turned in a mission, fast traveled, open my PDA, and now its all dark

oh wtf its fixed now

[cyan canopy]

Its 3D PDA on?

[frail spire]

Try turning off the 3d pda thing

[cyan canopy]

I always turn off the 3d pda

[raven stream]

3d pda on

[frail spire]

The pda is a meme honestly so I just keep it off

[raven stream]

i mean i like to keep the pda on so i can walk around with a little map in my hand

[frail spire]

They tried to rip off metros "to do list" while missing on how you only have a to-do list and a compass

[cyan canopy]

Yeah its kinda annoying and confused

[frail spire]

Meanwhile the pda has a map, multiple tabs with data, etc.

[rustic elbow]

when the hell the game got delayed another year?

i didnt seen it

[hazy helm]

yo 2023?some time ago

[rustic elbow]

damm they gonna hype the whole world this way

[hazy helm]

lmao,trust me,,most of the gaming landscape doesnt care

[rustic elbow]

thankfully to be honest

the most niched the better

[digital willow]

So I got a quest from a free stalker (my faction) to deliver a package to one of his friends, however this quest sends me to the agroprom research institute, which seems to be the HQ (or a massive encampment) to the military faction - our enemies.
I'm an idiot, nvm, I was looking at the wrong quest.
This place is safe-ish

they shoot me on sight

what should I do?

[worthy lagoon]

Playing Anomaly

[digital willow]

yeah lmao.

[ashen axle]

Dennis_TOS#1481 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[digital willow]

oh right, sorry

[worthy lagoon]

You did not play Vanilla, did you?

[digital willow]

Uh, no, guess not? I did see a few episodes of gameplay of it. You mean Call of Pripyat, right, on steam? It's on my wishlist but never had the opportunity to buy it

or do you mean modded anomaly

[ashen axle]

Hashtagonistic#3911 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[finite dragon]

how are bad words not allowed in a game series like this

[last pine]

Its game's community server, thats why

[digital willow]

because yes, I did play it. Briefly though. Only mods I have is some texture overhaul, immersive sleep and hunger/thirst/sleepiness bars

[worthy lagoon]

Anomaly is not STALKER, you should play real (vanilla STALKER) which is the trilogy

It's composed of (chronological and play order)

STALKER Shadow of Chernobyl (SoC)

STALKER Clear Sky (CS)

STALKER Call of Pripyat (CoP)

All those games are available on Steam and GOG @digital willow

[tranquil otter]

GUYS, WHATS THE FIRST GUN I SHOULD BUY IN STALKER ANOMALY?!?!

[ashen axle]

nicediceroll#4420 has been warned

Reason: Capital letters

[tranquil otter]

hello what gun should I buy first in my anomaly playthrough

[spark phoenix]

Shotgun or riffle(not assault)

[solid dome]

Barney! Barney, man... I've been looking for you, Barney. I wanted to report a combine soldier abusing my constitutional rights.... Barney!

[solid dome]

RPMmG-700 w/ improved ballistics and attached x-ray scope

Best bang for the buck

[vast epoch]

no the stalker anomaly you have to download then put into like a file and shit

[hazy helm]

That's not a stalker game ma man

[vast epoch]

hm ok then

[solid dome]

If Anomaly is a game, Putin is Vodka

[hazy helm]

Putin is a potato tho

[solid dome]

You are... wrong. Putin is ATM... Put-in. Insert your bank card, get your money.

[neon nova]

can i still play multiplayer with autumn aurora?

[solid dome]

I suppose

[lusty brook]

So, do we support Gamma?

[late badger]

Haven't been in touch with stalker since a month or so after Ukraine got invaded, any news?

[inland kraken]

Nah

[balmy perch]

hi

[hazy helm]

Gamma is a modpack for Anomaly,the stalker games dont support gamma,it was not made for them

[ruby quarry]

a shotgun and a rifle

assault rifle if you want

the further you advance the more useless pistol and smg become

[rotund fox]

Please don't assist him the subreddit is flooded with these low effort questions enough as it is

[ruby quarry]

ok

should I delete the messages?

[rotund fox]

Do whatever you want just don't help these lazy dudes

[sand condor]

what low effort

[halcyon crypt]

Great man on your avatar😎👍

[teal seal]

hello im playing stalker shadow of chernobyl for the first time, will killing a group of loners for a mission anger my reputation with the group/will it cause other loners to attack me on sight

not sure if i should ask or if i should just find out for myself

[random vortex]

People who come in here and say they played Anomaly before any of the actual games should be permabanned.

[ruby quarry]

SoC was my first STALKER

but I played it in 2012

[random vortex]

First played back in 2007. 👴

[worthy lagoon]

If you attack a group of loners that are neutral to you they will become hostile, you have no reason to kill neutral people unless you want to be a cunt and such

[thick sundial]

counter point

free loot

[worthy lagoon]

You don't gain a lot of stuff

[peak minnow]

Still free

[thick sundial]

i'll do anything for a piece of bread

[finite dragon]

you attack a friendly you get zero bitches

also maidenless

[thick sundial]

if god had wanted them to live he would not have created me

[finite dragon]

bla bla STALKER I HAVE HEMORRHOIDS

[peak minnow]

Radiation does wonders, sometimes you get hemorrhoids, sometimes a tail, maybe an extra pinky

[teal seal]

it’s for some mission for some dude

will EVERY loner in the map become hostile to me

[hazy helm]

Call of Prypiat?

[teal seal]

call of chernobyl

[finite dragon]

that weird bug?

[hazy helm]

shouldve specified it was a mod and not the games

[chilly iron]

Easy loot is reason enough.

[carmine crow]

Money in new stalker will be on grivnas?

[hazy helm]

what

[finite dragon]

🤨

[wise grail]

anomaly>>

[finite dragon]

nope

[hazy helm]

both are mid asf\

[teal seal]

what

[worthy lagoon]

???

[hazy helm]

he's talking about CoC not the games

[wise grail]

L opinion, but dead air solos

[worthy lagoon]

It's not vanilla.

[worthy lagoon]

Bruh

[hazy helm]

dont hate me jus cuz Im right

[teal seal]

what

[finite dragon]

yep coc not vanilla

[worthy lagoon]

Vanilla>>>>>>

[chilly iron]

Call of Chernobyl is a mod for Call of Pripyat.

[finite dragon]

nope its standalone

[wise grail]

no way bro💀

[worthy lagoon]

Sorry but facts are facts

[finite dragon]

Kuro is BASED

[wise grail]

gunslinger COP > vanilla COP

[chilly iron]

Stories in base games are the best, but imo gameplay is as good as it gets with ANOMALY.

[worthy lagoon]

Nope

[chilly iron]

And ANOMALY using a reworked X-Ray engine also helps. It's nice that you don't spend half your time crashing to desktop.

[worthy lagoon]

Tons of useless items and AI that gets bugged everywhere

[worthy lagoon]

That's not true, it's judt xRay engine but x64

[wise grail]

rlly? U should play with gunslinger btw

[hazy helm]

damn,I sure like to scavange 200 container to get a useless thingamajob to switch with my gun even tho repair is easier

[chilly iron]

So in other words, it's x-ray engine reworked. They made significant changes to it.

[worthy lagoon]

I played it as soon as it was released.

[worthy lagoon]

How

[hazy helm]

its nice that I crash just as much with anomaly

[worthy lagoon]

It's literally just switched to 64 bits

[chilly iron]

Yeah, and that's no small thing.

[worthy lagoon]

Bruh

[hazy helm]

the Monolith engine is a tweak made by the anomaly peeps of OpenXray64

[worthy lagoon]

Aside from the fact that it wasn't done by Anomaly staff

Only thing that Anomaly did is packing some mods they like and make a launcher

[chilly iron]

I never said it was, just said it uses a reworked x-ray engine.

[worthy lagoon]

It's just a reworked version of RTTN

[chilly iron]

And that's great. Usually all-in-one mod packs are horrible garbage, which get outdated in a matter of months.

[worthy lagoon]

????

[chilly iron]

But Anomaly hasn't for a couple years.

[hazy helm]

I need to learn how to mod RTTN honestly,useless consumable "anims" are awaful

[worthy lagoon]

I don't think you have any idea of what you are talking about

[chilly iron]

Okay?

[hazy helm]

you see,its the COC curse,if a freeplay mod gets big and recognised,the version when it was recognised,will be its last

ever seen COC 1.5 get out of beta?yhea

[worthy lagoon]

COC, Oblivion Lost, Oblivion Lost Remake, Lost Alpha, Yoctosfera....

I can keep going

[chilly iron]

I've never heard of or seen that correlation, that when a mod goes viral its development grinds to a halt.

[worthy lagoon]

What

[hazy helm]

freeplay mod specific,youll never see a new version of anomaly

[chilly iron]

Probably not. Looks like Anomaly's devs have reached a point where they think their mod is as good as they can make it.

[hazy helm]

my pet theory becomes truer and truer year by year

[finite dragon]

damn we have to wait 16 months

[worthy lagoon]

One of the best mods with a good gameplay is Gunslinger

[chilly iron]

I think I played through Misery once with a patched version of Gunslinger.

[hazy helm]

misery wasnt very good

at the very least it tried to give COP a bit of atmosphere and make it a bit interesting but

[chilly iron]

I really liked it. It did get boring after a couple playthroughs though, since some planned features fell through.

Like breaking weapons down into parts. They added that, but it was generalised parts, instead of parts individual to a weapon.

e.g. Breaking down an AK, you'd get rifle parts, one item.

Instead of an AK receiver, barrel, bolt, etc. as separate items, in different conditions.

[wary umbra]

u should rlly buy a shotgun first

[hazy helm]

its just too complicated for itself,with the rusty,and other guns system and all separate junk items and different bullets,along with its just REALLY badly optimized just drag it thru the mud

[chilly iron]

Yeah. Today there's no real point in playing it.

Many other mods have been released since that do what Misery does, but better.

[vapid crescent]

wher gem ;_;

[chilly iron]

I don't mind the junk items in Stalker mods. I just see it as immersive clutter.

[wary umbra]

there are

2 ambushed me

[chilly iron]

You running mods?

[hazy helm]

youre running mods then

bc in SOC and CS there are none,in CoP there are 2 as part of 2 quests

[teal seal]

oh sorry didnt know

ive only played call of chernobyl

[hazy helm]

Im guessing you didnt want to play a stalker game just a freeplay mod,thats alright

[teal seal]

sorry lmfao i meant the chernobyl one

not the mod

SHADOW OF CHERNOBYL

[ashen axle]

bobson#3542 has been warned

Reason: Capital letters

[teal seal]

thats the one

[hazy helm]

SoC,is the first game,Im assuming you chose one of the random missions a trader gives you

[chilly iron]

Ah, that's the first game.

[teal seal]

yeah i went to some random dude and he told me to kill some loner at a garage or smthin

[hazy helm]

then if you kill him the others wont go hostile dont worry

[teal seal]

if i do the mission and then an hour later i go to another group of loners, they wont be angry at me?

[hazy helm]

nop,it most likely is the mission where you need to kill a loner selling bad merchandise

[teal seal]

oh i shot the one loner for the mission and then the others went hostile

[teal seal]

''kill the rookie stalker''

[hazy helm]

yhea shouldnt make the others hostile if you can kill him in a secluded place

[wary umbra]

anomaly

BaS

[hazy helm]

exactly
anomaly is not a stalker game

[wary umbra]

look man i just got humiliated by tushaknos in a 1 hour game with no saves i dont wanna talk about me forgetting anomaly isnt a game

[hazy helm]

just F5 ma bro

[wary umbra]

bruhhh i forgot to f5

[crude bison]

you mean alt F4?

[cyan canopy]

spam F6

[wary umbra]

wait what does f6 do

[cyan canopy]

save game shortcut key

[wary umbra]

oh okk

i taught it was f9 tho

[cyan canopy]

half life use f6 for save game,so i use it on entire stalker franchise

[hazy helm]

f9 is to quick load in all three games,f6 is to save game in SoC

[wary umbra]

alr

[fluid abyss]

helikober:))))

[ruby dirge]

I like how barely anyone talks about the announcement, and just talks about something else lol

[hazy helm]

the Announcements is only used to ping everyone about useless days like cat or melon day and very rarely for actually important stuff

[ruby dirge]

I wish they only used it for actually important stuff

[hazy helm]

in all honestly,everyone would forget about it if they did

and complain about radio silence

[ruby dirge]

At this point, at the current moment, the game feels in the limbo. Like no teasers, no release date confirmations, nothing. Feels like that devs have lost touch with the game.

I don't really blame them because of the war. But c'mon, we wanna know what's going on.

[dry imp]

well the game is definitely in limbo because of the war. but i feel like if devs release any new information it would build hype. hype for something that has a small chance of never fulfilling or releasing

i think thats why

[ruby dirge]

Fair point

I mean, at least they can be honest with us now. It's better to lose hope now and move on, rather be hopeful forever for nothing.

[dry imp]

also this is the first time i spoke in this channel

[ruby dirge]

Congratulations

How do you feel?

[dry imp]

thats just the problem with modern game developers, its like a trend now to not be transparent at all

[ruby dirge]

That's just so irresponsible and perhaps kind of childish.

I think I know why could that be the case - to not lose sponsors.

In that case, it might be understandable. But that doesn't stop sponsors from asking developers going on.

[dry imp]

investors and sponsors probably know

[ruby dirge]

Yeah they definitely should

[dry imp]

they're probably the first to hear

[ruby dirge]

Yeea. I wonder if there is gonna be one who will say something publicly (like whistle-blowers do).

[dry imp]

then the investor will lose their investment

they're all obviously under an NDA

[ruby dirge]

Yep, some would do that

Wait. What was NDA?

[dry imp]

non disclosure agreement. its a standard contract that you would give to someone to agree that they wont say anything about something

[ruby dirge]

Ah, I see

I mean, somebody can always do it anonymously somehow. Might be hard, but still possible.

It's not like I want them to lol. Scary stuff tho

[solid dome]

GSC gets better at video editing. Or worse? What is this, a fan-made walktrough recap with big ass text covering the screen? We back to 2003-4?

🗿

Talking the latest video dropped in #📰┃announcement

It'd be better if #📰┃announcement is renamed to #disappointment instead. Sorry for being obviously negative for obvious purposes.

[dry imp]

they literally made it in like five minutes to celebrate the thirteenth anniversary. it doesn't matter

"nooo!! my 17 second video isnt a high quality youtube edit!!! "

"thanks GSC for celebrating "

[potent bluff]

[haughty wyvern]

Does anybody know if ultimate edition is going to be available to preorder in the states, and if it’s out of stock when will it be open again?

[short stirrup]

Oh neat, pripyat came out on my birthday

[haughty wyvern]

Happy birthday

[rotund fox]

Is Anomaly still using the unfinished version of meadows that just has half the map vanish into a void?

[rotund fox]

How tbh? I actually like how Misery did it as it gave you another way to make money and also you can repair the weapon at a fraction of the cost of what a mechanic would charge you. Find the repair item that's closest to the weapons condition, buy an auxiliary item to help with repair like the steel wool, repeat until it's 100% condition again.

[hazy helm]

Misery does not need all of these weapons with different "conditions" if it is also attributing a condition meter that you need to take care of,it would be easier and honestly better to cut all of these nedless rusty,normal and well maintained weapons into a single weapon and focus solely on the condition meter since it,unlike other mods,didnt completely inutilize the crafting and repair system by making it overcomplicated
there is also too many pseudo-artifacts around tbh

[rotund fox]

The reason for the 50 thousand variants of a single rifle is engine constraint, they don't know how to make the same weapon gain the features and looks of a rusty bucket.

It's for the same reason Anomaly has 10 different sunrise suits

[hazy helm]

they really shouldnt,as it stands its a detriment to the game itself just for a minimal gain in "looks" that dont matter

[rotund fox]

Eh idk, it adds to the charm somewhat to not everyone have the same exact copy of an AK like in the vanilla

What i really liked is the unique version that have an attachment not found anywhere else

[dry imp]

i disagree

i dont even know what you're talking about i just wanted to derail the conversation

[hazy helm]

that Im ok with,just,the rusty version and normal version of weapons are only done to amplify the misfire mechanic when I think it would flow better if misfires were only determined on conditon of weapon with less weapons that are virtually the same so taht you can interect more with the reapir system

I also think that they shouldve spent more time tinkering with artifact balance rather than making all these pseudo-artifacts that give you minimal gains
as well as I wish it didnt have this many guns with this many varieties of bullets and useless trinkets that are just overwhelming,Im ok with choice but not if I can choose beetween 4 different choices that are virtually the same

[rotund fox]

In an ideal STALKER game you would have weapons that are left outside and in random puddles corrode and look like ass, but we don't live an ideal world

[hazy helm]

said weapons would be impossible to fire,Stalker aint a ultra realistic game and Im fine with that

[rotund fox]

Wdym by many varities of bullets btw? Misery just has normal ammo, bad ammo is just 1 universal item

TAZ also adds tracers for each calibre and then a special purpose round that differs from calibre to calibre but that's TAZ

[hazy helm]

TAZ was especifically made with Misery in mind so Im judging it with it,and like I said,all these calibers taht differ from gun to gun and it all just feels very meaningless clutter to stay as "realistic" as possible,I think it would stay for the better if they made ammo more straightfoward and cut back on some of the weapons and took the rusty weapons system out

for reference,here is all the weapons in the mod
https://themiserymod.com/index.php/2017/08/18/6/

all this misery talk is making me want to replay it to try and see if I feel the same way after all these years

[solid dome]

If that's how you do such occassions, what do we expect for 20th anniversary? Meme, perhaps

[rotund fox]

No i disagree, TAZ makes any weapon have the ability to perform any role. So you no longer have to just mag dump mutants with an AR when in fact the thing should look like a bloody pulp and have died 50 shots ago.

Hollow points actually drop a mutant in 2-3 shots, especially smaller ones as it should have been the case

Vanilla Misery doesn't even have that much weapons xd

[hazy helm]

vanilla Misery has 7 knives,jsut cluttering,doesnt cvahnge much
it has 18 goddamn handguns that most COP players,completely disregard
also,I dont think normalising the weapon even further is that much of a good thing,there is a reason as to why ARs arent taht good at taking out mutants and shotguns exist

[chilly iron]

I don't remember seeing stuff like that.

[rotund fox]

Do me a favour and go visit the meadow then

[hazy helm]

like I said,why would I want to have choice if all taht choice is just varying options of the same,I would rather have varying options taht feel different so I can match my playstyle

[chilly iron]

I last played Anomaly a year ago. I don't have it installed.

[rotund fox]

Consider the following: One of the classes that Misery offers you to play as has only FIVE weapons they are primarily proficient with

[hazy helm]

I had forgotten the class system,I'd call for the removal of such a superficial and unecessary system,it doesnt matter

proficiency with weapons is a suggestion in Misery

[rotund fox]

That too? Why? It adds some diversity in different playthroughs.

For example i limit myself only to those weapons i am proficient with unless i absolutely have nothing else to use. It's fun

[hazy helm]

if you want that,you'd need to go deeper,and make a character customization and hardlock weapons based on your proficiency,but of course,thats not really gonna happen

so as it stands,there is no reason to have it

[rotund fox]

Well that's how meadow probably still is, the map just randomly cuts off in the south-east corner

[hazy helm]

its too superficial so to say,its meaningless,

not even against the idea,if they make it matter in the first place

[chilly iron]

I mostly ever went to meadow to use it as a shortcut between places.

I think I ever really explored the industrial area in it and the village.

[rotund fox]

Well hardlocking feels artificial and stupid (What a Sniper can't figure out how to pull a trigger on an AR? Why?) so yea

[sterile ermine]

yo does this server have to do with stalker anomaly?

[rotund fox]

No

[ashen axle]

MaybeNot#3358 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[hazy helm]

the addition of meadow contributes 0% to the game,it is unfinished and serves no purpose other than to fill the map area and just be in a description to sell it over the others

[sterile ermine]

ahh damn

[hazy helm]

its about the stalker games,anomaly is not a stalker game,the anomaly server is on the moddb page

[sterile ermine]

aight thx for the guidance, see ya 👋

[chilly iron]

I wouldn't say it contributes nothing. The industrial complex there's decent enough to explore.

[rotund fox]

Well they could place one of the new factions there that have no home but you know, Analmeme devs

[hazy helm]

I dont mean hardlocking as the guy cant use it,just as the guy cant use it proficiently
accuracy drops and misfires are higher to the point that if you dont have any points in sniper rifles,you cant hit the side of a ban even zoomed in,youd need to get close which defeats the point of a sniper rifle

they try to drop accuracy in Misery already,but its too superficial a change to mean anything

[rotund fox]

Ah see i would like that, have the recoil be super hard to manage for a scrawny recon.

[hazy helm]

I dont mean axe the mechanic completely,just give me a reason to use it or dont give me one in the first place

[chilly iron]

I never understood why Sniper was very proficient with shotguns.

[rotund fox]

Hunter.

[hazy helm]

a sniper needs to have a close range option for if a target can get close,a shotgun is the perfect weapon for the role

[chilly iron]

Yeah, but Misery gave the impression it was trying to emulate what a soldier in those 3 roles would be proficient in. Just high proficiency with pistols would make more sense there.

[rotund fox]

My bad, the class description thingy mentions he's a survival expert not a natural hunter xd

Well i guess hunting game falls within survival so

[hazy helm]

like I said,every COP player disregards pistols completely as they are supposedly backup ewapons so its easier to ahve a good supply of bullets and well oiled weapons than have a pistol that does subpar damage and doesnt justify its price

[rotund fox]

But yea still confused why his proficiency isn't a sidearm

[hazy helm]

its a gameplay decision,which makes a lot of sense,and I support,just wish they'd make pistols stand out in a roll more but that's very hard to do

[rotund fox]

Would have been better if the dedicated close range expert has the shotgun skills, but i guess they had to make it "balanced"

[chilly iron]

Pistols being cheaper to maintain and use is one easy way.

[rotund fox]

Pistols in vanilla just plain suck to use, it is what it is. I feel my morale decrease every time i pull the trigger on a makarov.

[chilly iron]

What was recon's special ability again?

Was it better stealth or resistances against the environment?

[finite dragon]

New to this server

[hazy helm]

a usual player does a lot of stops to the skadovsk to resuply,this is heightened by the lack of activities to do aside from the quests,they arent time sensitive and most require specific times to complete to a usual player does a quest or 2 gets back,spends some time waiting and then goes off again very rarely do they go long stretches without repairs so,you can p much be topped off the entire game except the Prypriat segment,,but thats a completely different story altogether

[rotund fox]

Too much to type see offtop

[hazy helm]

this isnt a misery,its a problem with the balancing of the base game itself,a rather small one but one nonetheless

[rotund fox]

The assaulter being good with a knife cracks me up though

[hazy helm]

youll never use knives for fighting

[chilly iron]

Stealth was really bad in Misery iirc.

[rotund fox]

"That pseudogiant isn't so scary"
Whips out knife

[chilly iron]

I think I only ever used a knife once, and it was only because I ran out of ammo.

If stealth had been better in Misery, probably would've used knifes more.

[rotund fox]

It's good for killing fleshes, get one of the combat knives and save money on ammo

Shame they couldn't implement a dodging and kicking ability into the mod

[chilly iron]

+10 year old game, with an even older engine. What can ya do?

It's impressive enough what mods that have came after Misery, Lost Alpha etc. have been able to accomplish.

[rotund fox]

I just hope 2 has a prone feature instead of the useless low crouch

I could have avoided so many deaths in the Cordon machine gun kill zone if i could just lay down

[chilly iron]

What are some of the better mods out today for the stalker games? I never got that into them to have tried every mod I could get my hands on.

[rotund fox]

Spatial Anomaly is a good, quick story

The soup mods can be entertaining too, depending how much you tolerate unfitting asset jank and basic translation

Faction Wars turns CS into well, a giant warzone

[chilly iron]

What about total conversion mods?

[rotund fox]

All 3 of those are total conversions

There's also Valley Of Whispers, also a different story on a new map but alot of the weapons are the same.
Sigerous mod which i forgot what it was about tbh
Golden sphere is another story mod

[chilly iron]

What's Dead Sky for Clear Sky? Moddb is pushing that up when searching for Clear Sky mods.

[rotund fox]

Looks like a Misery clone but for CS, no idea

[cold granite]

Somebody here told me about "happy ending" or smth in call of pripyat

How to get it

[hazy helm]

do all quests,dont let anybody important on the team die

[frail spire]

you need to keep everyone alive throught the tunnels and then save zulu after you split in pripyat

also you need to get the monolith squad into one of the factions iirc

[raven stream]

is it possible to unjam a gun in anomaly without reloading'

[finite dragon]

i finally finished SoC

never have i dedicated so much time in my life for this xdd

[solid dome]

Ha

[carmine pivot]

@drowsy merlin

[random vortex]

Wait until you find out that reloading is basically how you clear most jams irl.

[chrome flicker]

if the jam isnt fixed by pulling the mag out, and pulling the bolt back then you have a big issue

[thin hearth]

Also its better to complete Skasovsk' quests on stalker's side, and don't choose any faction

[cosmic sequoia]

Is there any way to download the game faster then from moddb.com? because it takes me ages to download it there

[worthy lagoon]

Game?

[cosmic sequoia]

Stalker anomaly

[worthy lagoon]

It's a mod....

[cosmic sequoia]

yeah i was talking about that sorry for refering to it as a game

[worthy lagoon]

If i am not wrong you can download it using uTorrent

[hazy helm]

Like I said,there is a mirror to a torrent in the mods description,use that

[worthy lagoon]

There should be a magnet link in the modb page

[balmy forum]

Can we get some more wallpapers?

[hazy helm]

When the game comes out and if you use a Nvidia card

[chilly iron]

I think moddb caps their upload speed if the person downloading isn't logged in. So could try that.

[opaque parrot]

I hope Stalker 2 will be even harder and more immersive

[hazy helm]

I hope they retain the games feel and don't make it harder or more "realistic" for the sake of it

[umbral fox]

Hello everyone,
I need some help.

I got a promotional offer from GSC for my youtube channel. The whole thing kinda smells because I got a 700mb busted pdf as a contract and a low bitrate trailer for staler 2 as material for the ad.

Anyone knows how I can contact the GSC guys here?

[hazy helm]

Sounds like a scam,most likely is,send a DM to @glossy blade or McCulkin

[umbral fox]

Thank you so much! :)

[worthy lagoon]

Scam.

[long harbor]

every time i hear the bandit's music i just wanna play STALKER again

but god, the only thing i wanna play now is anomaly and i don't have enough space for it

guess imma go with COP or SoC

i re-download and delete CS so many times i know damn well what'll happen

[fresh geode]

yoooooo

[solid dome]

I'll have to say... Anomaly was never a game.