⭐┃nospoilers_general

[solid dome]

No, exclusive on-demand service you can stream Top Gear all day long if you want. No ads, no filth, pure content.

Join the conmen now, think about leaving later

[spring abyss]

top gear is cool, but is there any chance to watch x-files? very good conspiracy theory and bald et

[solid dome]

C-Con doesn't like Duchovny

[spring abyss]

[limpid salmon]

where can I repair weapons in Shadow of Chernobyl?

[spring abyss]

Thats the stuff you can't

[dry imp]

duty has their own streaming platform for exclusive serving members you should come to Rostok and speak to one of our representatives

[limpid salmon]

do they even wear down?

[solid dome]

[dry imp]

yes

they jam a lot when broken

[limpid salmon]

where does one upgrade weapons then?

[dry imp]

[limpid salmon]

so just throw them away?

[dry imp]

pretty much

[delicate chasm]

and the accuracy gets reduced

[spring abyss]

The boys rioted because every day there were only beta clips of a game called Stalker and Barkeep had control of the TV.

[solid dome]

So C-Con has Netflix like service, Duty has Disney+ one, Freedom has GanjaTV, a musical channel and Military has FakeNews

[limpid salmon]

i have poor accuracy on almost untouched ak

[delicate chasm]

What kind of gun do you have that you want to repair it?

[delicate chasm]

It's by default in SoC

[dry imp]

they're talking about setting up a tv room

[limpid salmon]

asking for the future, either ak or shotty

[delicate chasm]

How far into the game are you?

[dry imp]

you cant repair in SoC

[limpid salmon]

2.6 hours

didnt even get to strelok

[dry imp]

[spring abyss]

I hope that happens before the voices take hold of my conscience and stop telling me to go to yantar to turn on the miracle machine

[limpid salmon]

https://tenor.com/view/strelok-gif-26242052

what about modifications? upgrades?

[spring abyss]

NOPE

[dry imp]

it might take a while because they're having trouble smuggling a tv into the zone

[limpid salmon]

so basically, chad game?

[dry imp]

yeh

[spring abyss]

But you can find unique weapons already upgradaded

[hazy helm]

they introduced those in CS

[limpid salmon]

i have a feeling that this ak shoots bb pellets, enemy doesnt even flinch

[hazy helm]

you can find unique variants of weapons and already upgraded weapons but not upgrade weapons yourself

[spring abyss]

the duty guards have a special gorza that uses akm 74 bullet, the guards in front of the freedom base have modified rifles to be used as snipers and there is also a mercs outpost in front of the entrance to deadcity with a modified trs which is excellent even towards the end of the game if you know how to use it right

[solid dome]

Yeah, the voice "Idi ko mne" always meant "Come inside", as in the room, "комнать"

The room which once entered, can't be left

The other side simply has no handle, it literally looks like the door is part of the wall if that makes sense

Some perverted crap going on with Monolith

[spring abyss]

was that the monolith? I thought it was the 800ru gauss rifle ad from the nice guy in darvalley

[solid dome]

Monolith, cause they never had the balls to switch to 48khz FLAC Stereo format

[dry imp]

who are you shooting

[spring abyss]

if i install the trx radio maybe the voices stop

[delicate chasm]

You'll find plenty of better guns by then, don't worry about the AK you have

[spring abyss]

you also have to keep an eye on the stashs ||in the stash of the stairs of yantar x lab there is a vss||

[limpid salmon]

bandits

[limpid salmon]

the viper feels like it does more damage

[delicate chasm]

Just higher ROF

And depending on the enemy's armor it just might

it's not gonna fare well against heavily armored targets, but against light jackets and mutants it's very good

The bullet physics in SoC are a lot more complicated than most people believe

[limpid salmon]

ill try the armor penetrating rounds i got from sidorovich

[delicate chasm]

Just be mindful that those rounds increase the gun wear by 15%

[dry imp]

idk aks are usually 2-3 shots to the head

[delicate chasm]

Other than that, you get 10% bonus to damage, hit impact multiplied by 2.5, and armor penetration increase by 35%

[spring abyss]

And dont forget the healing bullets bug

[dry imp]

i was not aware of that

[spring abyss]

[delicate chasm]

I never encountered it.

[dry imp]

how does it work

[limpid salmon]

i guess there are also no artifact detectors

[dry imp]

yep

most of the artifacts you find are just laying around

and some areas are just littered with them

[spring abyss]

makes them magically heal themselves when seconds before they were bleeding on the ground begging for their lives

[dry imp]

i dont think thats a bug, they can just get back up after a while

[spring abyss]

but it's weird when they do it while you're shooting at them ehehehe

[dry imp]

i think they get back after the bleeding effect wears off and they still have health to spare, and sometimes the bleeding effect can last a split second

so yeah i guess it is a bug in a way

unless the health system is completely different for ai

[spring abyss]

it's the healing bullets friend, I'm going to write an article for oblivion news about it, it will come out in the PDA closest to you in the next monday

[dry imp]

Healing Bullet: A Conspiracy

[spring abyss]

the 9x18 ammunition market wants to end the bandage market with healing bullets

[dry imp]

wait a moment

could artifact tipped rounds exist

[spring abyss]

everything is connected, the monoliths along with the ammo industry made it. soon we have to destroy the modern world as a consequence and invade serbia

[dry imp]

question: who manufactures the patches and uniforms

do they contract them from outside the zone

and when you become a rookie do you have to pay to get starter gear

[spring abyss]

it was the bandages industry that also owns all the ateliers in Ukraine

[spring abyss]

You use the anomaly start points i think

[dry imp]

what

oh the points i know what you mean

but are your points like money?

i mean most people would probably just bring in their own stuff

[spring abyss]

when you come to the zone they give you 1500 points which is a symbolism for a loan shark debt with sid and while you don't pay all the items are super expensive in the other traders, now the misery makes perfect sense

[dry imp]

but for like the patches and pda, would you have to pay for that

[spring abyss]

Sid is the true wish granter

[dry imp]

i mean i think sid would probably give you the gear for free if you promise to do work for him

[spring abyss]

i think you have to sew the paths and the pdas you have to buy from samsung as proved by ogse and stalker soup

[dry imp]

they made them samsung in that mod?

i feel like they wouldn't even have a brand

i feel like its just some contractor that designs them for traders to sell

[spring abyss]

and who sells the pdas battery? it never turns off, mine has even acquired a life of its own and auto downloaded clash of clans

[dry imp]

in anomaly (🤓) they do have batteries, so im assuming that you do have to replace the batteries or charge them

or who knows, they could be made with an artifact that allows it to have near infinite power

[spring abyss]

[dry imp]

i kinda hope that stalker 2 explains a lot of this background stuff, even just a little bit

it's interesting to see the connection between the outside world and the zone

[spring abyss]

or maybe it's just a paper with the map printed on that the player keeps writing down things from the quests in his schizophrenia since that was never even turned on

[spring abyss]

I Hope too

[dry imp]

turns out the zone just doesn't even exist and you are playing as a schizo that imagined it all

in reality you are running around the actual chernobyl just shooting tourists and guards

[spring abyss]

Strelok is in coma, that it all is true until the death truck crash

[spring abyss]

LoL

[rotund fox]

The point of stalker wasn't to become a micromanaging sim tho but a fun if wacky game

[limpid salmon]

solar panel

[rotund fox]

If you want a experience where you have to do such a thing i recommend Scum, you have to poop in the game 👍

[spring abyss]

Ehehe

[limpid salmon]

also is it normal for CS to show a black screen?

tried it long ago

[finite dragon]

Bruh i dont have advanced tools but i found expert tools why cant i just give them to my mechanic first

[hazy helm]

what use is there to give them to nitro or cardan and get the ability to get high level upgrades if you dont have the ability to get the preliminary necessary upgrades?

[finite dragon]

bruh when i started i found advanced tools but i didnt understand anomaly game mechanics so i just sold them to them because i thought he would use them then and now i cant find more advanced tools

i just thought i can give them the tools in any order and when there wasnt an option to give i just sold it to the mechanic thinking thats how it works

[hazy helm]

ho its anomaly,I thought you were talking about the actual games

[spring abyss]

definitely not friend, something is wrong with your game

[finite dragon]

oh im sorry i mistakenly wrote in the wrong server

i finished the original games already and anomaly is kinda fun

waiting for stalker 2

[hazy helm]

is alright,no one's mad bc of it

[spring abyss]

finished the first games? so name at least 15 war crimes committed by doc in afghanistan

[ruby forge]

[hazy helm]

He was a A-10 pilot,so the usual civilian/allies kills

[spring abyss]

he was also the guy with the heavy akm after the helicopter crash in swalloing dust

[delicate chasm]

forum legend

[hearty vigil]

@sly matrix you mentioned Clear Sky members becoming monolith members — this is not canon and was never even planned.

Both CoP and S2 2011 planned to show Clear Sky fate after the emission, but in both cases they were just brain-fried zombies, not Monolith members.

[sly matrix]

Planned, but did not end up happening. D
So canonically their fate is still a mystery and can be written however they want

[hearty vigil]

Novikov still mentions the faction’s death in CoP.

[remote karma]

I ate them all

[dry imp]

sorry guys i'll put them back

[remote karma]

I was Hungry

[dry imp]

you are Hungary??? wtf??? 🇭🇺

[remote karma]

Hell no

[sly matrix]

He wasn't there, so he couldn't know their exact fate. Let me ask you this: why would C-consciousness kill a faction's worth of bodies they could just as easilly mind control into serving them?

[limpid salmon]

I think its either game, gpu or gpu drivers

weird because my gpu is fine and drivers are also latest

if I change the resolution it works, so probably my gpu can't display that resolution

[finite dragon]

yo anyone here have some banger monolith edits or monolith propaganda im workin on a lil somn

[limpid salmon]

https://tenor.com/view/monolith-preacher-games-stalker-gif-19391373

ffs

[worthy lagoon]

Never planned doesn't mean it's canon, take those with a grain of salt

[mossy spruce]

I'm playing CoP for the first time, can somebody help me find Magpie WITHOUT giving me his exact location?

[midnight pollen]

He is on second location)

[mossy spruce]

Wdym? All i know is that he's in Jupiter, is that what you mean?

Close to Yanov apparently too, but i can't seem to find that fucker..

[midnight pollen]

yup)

[midnight pollen]

Well, he has another nichname, not Magpie) Trying don't make spoiler)

[mossy spruce]

Yeah, i also figured that

But i STILL can't find him xdddd

How do i find him anyway, what if i ask HIM if he has seen Magpie? He's just going to tell me that "he hasn't seem him"XD

And no, if it's a spoil, don't even answer

[midnight pollen]

A dying stalker lies in the quarry. He'll help you)

[spring abyss]

don't bother looking for him, just keep doing the quests and interacting with all the characters and the mystery will be solved

[spring abyss]

Thats spoiler, hippie

[midnight pollen]

Hippie is your parents

[hazy helm]

You can always use the spoilers option

|| ||

[spring abyss]

Hippie is your weed dudes

[mossy spruce]

I found him, i was real close anyway

The wounded guy, Splinter

[midnight pollen]

If you found, you don'need help)

[mossy spruce]

Okep :)

[midnight pollen]

Dont have those, brainless soldier)

[spring abyss]

that's not what the bloodsucker said when he left lukash's room

[hazy helm]

You haven't gotten a blunt with ashot yet?my my,you didn't do the initiation ritual did you

[steel finch]

I was very wrong

[hazy helm]

part of the human experience isn't it

[steel finch]

I know who is making the weird or wailing sounds in Army warehouse in ShOC, near the blood sucker village

I thought it’s just a randomness but no

There was a controller in the area

[spring abyss]

Sh-shot sho shot aaaaa

[dark schooner]

Is there any way to order the Ultimate Retail Edition in the USA?

Game Legends only ships to Germany Austria and Switzerland

[sly matrix]

I notified GSC about that yesterday, they're looking into it

[hazy helm]

for now youll have to wait until they make it available

[dark schooner]

Thank you both for the fast responses ❤️

[sly matrix]

Anytime, just lucky I was looking at this channel. ^^

[solid dome]

@glossy blade Christmas around the corner. Do you plan to upload original Xmas wallpaper [instead of reposting the same from last year] or leave us with no presents?

[hazy helm]

nda rock

[dry imp]

turns out they dont celebrate christmas

[solid dome]

[sly matrix]

Christmas is cancelled : (

[jaunty mason]

[dry imp]

[radiant star]

N-no christmas?! impossible!

every filipinos worst nightmare

[sly matrix]

https://tenor.com/view/dramatic-cry-will-ferrell-gif-13298637

[icy pawn]

Are there any mods besides zrp I should download for a first time playthrough of SoC?

[sand fiber]

you shouldn't download any mods really until your game's working unstable

[carmine crest]

the real experience is doing it vanlla for a first play, but if you really insist...

the game is not as broken as people think it is, its been patched over many times since release. the worst you might do is skip a crucial part of the final mission which is what i did, and even then, there is a way around it

[icy pawn]

Zrp is still recommended no? For bug fixed and QoL?

[carmine crest]

It's up to you, but I've never really heard anyone say you absolutely need it to play SoC, quite the opposite.

[sand fiber]

what's QoL

[carmine crest]

quality of life improvements

[sand fiber]

there are none in zrp lol

[carmine crest]

I don't get peoples obsession with graphics, the game looks fine as it stands. maybe it's because I haven't grown up spoiled with nasa supercomputers at my fingertips, but I'm quite happy with its appearance. all these mods that change the look just feel like unnecessary clutter 😅

[icy pawn]

Yeah I don’t have a problem with them at all

[dry imp]

im literally graphics

i dont care about graphics too much, but for me its mainly that if a game has a bad artstyle it looks awful

[carmine crest]

ZRP looks very nice but there was never really a problem with SoC's visuals in the first place

[dry imp]

like uh, idk i cant think of one

yeah its lighting and artstyle look great

also its 2007 so like they couldn't really have done much better anyway

so they did really well with what they had

the engine is dogshit

yeah

thats why they're using ue5 for s2

because remaking xray would be a disaster

me too, as long as they keep that gritty artstyle

system requirements say like 120gb i think

[fallen adder]

xray was a product of its time

[dry imp]

dont you go and whine about disk space

my guy its 2022, and the game is going to be massive from their claims

[fallen adder]

I am going to store the game on my 2 tb harddrive

[dry imp]

i am going to store it in your house

[fallen adder]

no way!

hey stop

I going to check now

AHHHHHH

[dry imp]

bro they're in your walls kill them they're trying to get you

[fallen adder]

im getting my 12 guage

they dead

hey I have a question

do you like metro or stalker more

its hard for me

yeah

I just finished exodus its pretty good but felt a little glitchy

btw what do you think is the best stalker game?

[sand fiber]

the best stalker game was never released

[fallen adder]

?

[sand fiber]

SoC's development concepts

[fallen adder]

ehh

[sand fiber]

anyway vanilla games are kinda hard to compare since they're fundamentally different

[fallen adder]

tbh clear sky is a really hard game

[sand fiber]

yes, including S:OL era

[sand fiber]

it's unbalanced tbh, bleed is straight up unfair

[fallen adder]

I enjoyed cs but the first 4 or so hours you just get repeatedly kicked in nuts

[sand fiber]

sidorovich will die

[fallen adder]

well...

go biglob!

[sand fiber]

it was done by the barkeep

[fallen adder]

I'm off to play anomaly

[sand fiber]

truly one of the moments

[sand fiber]

Ew

[fallen adder]

WHAT!

[sand fiber]

bad freeplay mod

[fallen adder]

damn you

[sand fiber]

kinda

[fallen adder]

you prob died the sec you stepped out of rookie village

[sand fiber]

play oblivion lost remake or lost alpha dc or smth i dunno

[fallen adder]

haha

[sand fiber]

can't recommend any freeplays though, they're all bad

[fallen adder]

cringe

[sand fiber]

i have

anomaly is not "all freeplays"

[fallen adder]

anomaly has three main quests

[sand fiber]

yes

[fallen adder]

[sand fiber]

i did

[rough sphinx]

can i ask something ? where do people get tools for creating mods for stalker clear sky ?

[sand fiber]

uhhhh why would you want that?

kinda because i was not invested

[fallen adder]

I'm not the person to ask maybe ask someone who has more intel on that

[sand fiber]

not being invested in a mod =/= not playing a mod

[fallen adder]

I have beaten the entire clear sky campain without getting invested

tbh yes

I liked the shooting

is that good enough

[rough sphinx]

i got bored so i wanted to create something nice

[sand fiber]

i think you should use more advanced fan-made engines then

btw socky have you completed soc&cop?

[fallen adder]

well more like the last courter of the game

[fallen adder]

yes

[sand fiber]

nice

[fallen adder]

I beat soc last night

the true ending too

TRUE TRUE

back to waiting for s2

NOONNONNNNNONONONON

[nimble cipher]

Socky#7837 has been warned

Reason: Capital letters

[sand fiber]

you can't miss the true ending if you pay attention really

[fallen adder]

wait where are you in the story

[sand fiber]

wait wasn't cruglov in an orange suit

[fallen adder]

no

want a tiny spoiler to get the true true ending

well I guess you can replay it if you

[dry imp]

he was green

[fallen adder]

do you mean veteran

oh thats a can of worms

yes there is

[sand fiber]

ye

[fallen adder]

ok so master you do way more damage but your enemies do more damage to you

your an ace at stalker then

uhhhh

I dont judge

I last played season 9

like the original

before the chapters were a thing

haha I remember my cousins brought the xbox over when it was season 4

it was great

I have to take a big dump now goodbye

maybe we talk some other time

[limpid salmon]

strelok

[gilded sentinel]

kolerts

[remote crow]

anybody klnow any stalker gift ideas for my sis?

[still topaz]

You mean apart from banal stuff like clothe and badges?

[solid dome]

Tentacles in 3l jar

[spring abyss]

A makarov pmm and a duty draft

[languid moon]

Artifact

[remote crow]

Sorry guys that was my brother, he's trying to be sneaky

[spring abyss]

don't worry, we have recruitment papers for you both, join duty now

[remote crow]

st

[languid moon]

Roll some joints with these papers

[spring abyss]

you can also join hippie

[dry imp]

kill your brother

[tardy prawn]

WHAT THE HELL I’ve played all the stalker games and the anomalies have been consistent. But Shadow of Chernobyl anomalies hit different

Can’t see them at all, genuinely afraid of them

Playing SoC for the first time and going through anomalies are way more terrifying in this version. Wish they didn’t make anomalies such pushovers in future games ngl.

[spring abyss]

I disagree friend, I find cs anomalies much more punitive, one mistake and its all over especially the claw that is much harder to get out compared to the other two

[finite dragon]

you are blind

[inland kraken]

^^

[dry imp]

trve

[limber bough]

gonna get the stalker bundle today on sale, anything i need to know before i spend money?

[full elbow]

anomaly doesn't work the greatest on modern graphics cards

not anomaly

[limber bough]

not talking about anomaly, played gamma a lot and liked so much i am gonna buy the troliogy

[full elbow]

call of chernobyl

[limber bough]

you mean shadow of chernobyl?

[full elbow]

yeah lol haven't touched stalker in awhile

[limber bough]

but in gamma, even after 60 hours of playtime, felt like no progress was made, maybe the stalker games are different

[full elbow]

it wouldn't even start up for me had to get it refunded

[limber bough]

no it will start for me, i have played before but i refunded because at the time i was into diff things

[full elbow]

anomaly and anomaly mods are a lot more sand boxy, the trilogy has a lot more defined storyline

[limber bough]

yeah i like that, thats why today, as soon as money gets in my wallet, stalker will be in my library

[full elbow]

clear sky combat sucks a lot btw

just a couple mods makes it bearable tho

[dry imp]

call of chernobyl is a mod

i love CoC(k)

[dry imp]

skill issue

its good

[full elbow]

I made it half way then uninstalled

[dry imp]

skill issue

its fine for me

play it like a cover shooter and you will be fine

[full elbow]

I played through soc like it was fallout new vegas

couldn't stand clear sky and did the same for cop

just play soc and cop like fallout new vegas and you win ez

[solid dome]

Reminds me of this

[dry imp]

what

[solid dome]

#💬┃en_offtop

Don't be a twat

[hazy helm]

CS may just be my favourite stalker game of the bunch,CoP is definitely the worst but I still am torn between SoC or CS

[amber tendon]

all stalker games are great

[quaint niche]

falling into void from cnpp

[hazy helm]

I was very much talking about bests and worsts in the series,all stalker games are good

[amber tendon]

My brag with clear sky was 1 bug I encountered with the sun that was playing Caramelldansen and shined like a discoball, Vova Vist at Cordon and the boss battle with strelok which was stupid as hell(||I defeated him by not taking any of the teleporters and all the sensation of chase after the legendary stalker was gone||).

Other than that the warfare gamemode was a lot of fun

And Call of Pripyat lacked free exploration of the zone for me

[rain ether]

Is there any mod that combines 3 games though? Quest-wise ofc

[amber tendon]

Call of chErnobyl, as in world wise. Quest wise - I doubt since in trilogy there were 3 different main quests each with different timeline and main characters.

[hazy helm]

No

There is no TTW for stalker

Can't say how different X-ray 1.0 is from X-ray 1.5 or 1.6 so I don know if it's even possible

[rotund fox]

A sawn off 👍

[rain ether]

I find 1.5 more stuttering perhaps

[hazy helm]

I meant technically LMAO

[winter raptor]

How do i repair relations with Bandits in CS to get to their mechanic later in the game?

Im 1 bar in the 'enemies' side with them on fqction relations

Jesus christ master difficulty is brutal early

[cyan canopy]

All stalker franchise its good.
Especially SoC

[hazy helm]

like I said,ranking the games within franchise

[spring abyss]

If I'm not mistaken, freedom is neutral with them, so you'll have to join them. Those hippies

[winter raptor]

@spring abyss cant i do missions for bandits tho?

Like small ones that dont dmg some rep?

[spring abyss]

I don't know, I've never done it and never will this path, I'm not a hippie, but you can try i guess

[winter raptor]

Ok

[spring abyss]

I never completed the seva upgrades, I think there is a loner mechanic in agroprom who can make some adjustments but only bandits can complete them. but it doesn't make much difference to me because my suit is always in tatters towards the end of the game

[winter raptor]

Yeah it might not be worth the time to upgrade it like this

What does flatness mean and handling in CS? Is handling the way your gun swings after looking left and right? And if so, what is flatness of the gun?

[rain ether]

If i take out skull's renegade duty group during freedom's task, it doesnt affect my reputation with duty as a whole?

[hazy helm]

flatness of the bullet,how straight it goes,accuracy is how accurate it can be
handling is durability Im p sure

[winter raptor]

Hmm really? So flatness and accuarcy is basically the same? Or is flatness actually a range and it increases?

[hazy helm]

no,flatness means how flat a bullet goes when its fired,accuracy is how accurate the gun is

I think at least

[winter raptor]

How flat a bullet goes? 😅 shit i dont understand u man..

[hazy helm]

yhea Im right

[winter raptor]

Ah flatness is the thing where you dont need to aim higher at longer range because of the gravity-usefull for snipers but not my Ak742u

[hazy helm]

ok so,bullets are actually little bits of metal that are launched,they are launched due to a localized explosion you activate on your gun,thats how bullets are fired
Bullets are pulled downwards due to the action of gravity and as they lose their energy,they will slowly drop to the ground until they meet a target or the ground itself
Flatness in the game is the stat that directly affects how flat the trajectory of the bullet will travel

[winter raptor]

I get it after quick googling

[hazy helm]

good

[winter raptor]

Good explanation tho, made me chuckle abit😄

[amber tendon]

The weapon that is effected the most by bullet drop is VSS Vintorez and AS VAL

in other cases just ignore the upgrade

[winter raptor]

Yeah

I dont know why the added option to see all enemies on PDA tho in CS

It doesnt affect actual combat since they still flank and do stuff but still

[hazy helm]

to know which enemy squads and when they are going to attack objectives
dont tell me youre ignoring the faction wars

[winter raptor]

I like it! Im just in any faction atm to not screw myself up while traveling

But it takes away from exploration doesnt it?

[hazy helm]

how so?

[winter raptor]

Because you know nothing is there if the map is empty

[hazy helm]

I didnt know we were talking about CoP

[winter raptor]

No no CS

[hazy helm]

exploration is still cool dunno waht you on about

[winter raptor]

[jagged swallow]

[limpid salmon]

[dry imp]

wdym? its so much easier to travel seeing where enemies are. you just plan accordingly. also it doesn't show where every enemy is, it just shows the area where a squad is

[winter raptor]

I guess i guess, dont lynch me

[dry imp]

🤨

[winter raptor]

[hazy helm]

I shall see on the pda where your squad is and shamk you

[winter raptor]

When stalker 2

[hazy helm]

2023

[winter raptor]

Oh noooooo i put flatness on viper 5 that was b4 i googled

[winter raptor]

Man why wont i get any side missions from people? I ask "How can i help" and Loners reply "You cant"

[dry imp]

you wouldn't like a random guy coming up to you and asking if he could help would you

[winter raptor]

I meaaaaan ....

Guess i need to join their faction?

[spring abyss]

How can i help?

[dry imp]

You can't.

[spring abyss]

[winter raptor]

Hahah

[sly matrix]

assuming you're playing clear sky, complete the clear sky faction fetch quests first. That unlocks the stalker faction fetch quests

[winter raptor]

Omg and what if i already left for Cordon before doing that?

[sly matrix]

then you go back to the swamp

[dry imp]

you can go back to the swamp

[winter raptor]

Feeeeeek i justcame out of there 🤣

[dry imp]

then go back

[winter raptor]

Hahaha

[sly matrix]

go back, even though the swamp is a steaming mess^^

[winter raptor]

I will just take the case to Sidorovich first, fml

I didnt want to pay 1600RU for a guide so i already went back one time to check for quests and am back in Condor

[sly matrix]

with this i refer to the ''retrieve X special item'', not the bring ammo/grenades/medkit quests

[dry imp]

Condor

[winter raptor]

Also are these fetch quests at the squad leaders right? The big yellow dots on the map?

[sly matrix]

yes

[winter raptor]

time to go back

[mossy spruce]

In Stalker Call of Pripyat, what do i need to do to convince the Duty to accept Strider and the rest of his crew to join them? P.S. Please no spoilers, that's why i'm specifically asking it here :)

[sly matrix]

it's not required to reach the end of the game

oh wait, misread your question

you need to gain duty's favour at least slightly by siding with them in certain missions

[spring abyss]

Just talk with our general and thats it

[mossy spruce]

Yeah, that's what i'm essentially asking, what are those missions?

[spring abyss]

scatterbrained and irresponsible people with high military experience is what we need

[mossy spruce]

I need to know what mission i need to complete, but without getting spoiled on the missions themselves

[mossy spruce]

Can't, need to win their favor first

[spring abyss]

when you get information, pdas, quest documents and etc give it to our general

[sly matrix]

-duty warehouse
-duty history
-in search of magpie

[winter raptor]

Ok so im in clear sky base and i think i accepted everything from squad leaders, do i need to visit literally every yellow dot outside in the swamps to complete these side quests?

[spring abyss]

Also talk with nitro about random stuff and problems they will lead you to duty

[sly matrix]

if you prefer not picking sides, I can tell you which one to pick

[sly matrix]

only the non-repeating ones

[mossy spruce]

Which one?

[sly matrix]

find the PDA/special AKS74-U etc.

[spring abyss]

||you know you're better off with duty protecting the bunker than braindead freedomers who are always high||

[mossy spruce]

I mean, i don't think i will ever side completely with either Duty or Freedom, they're both right and wrong about things

[winter raptor]

How do i know which ones repeat? Like getting bullets for them?

[mossy spruce]

I won't click this, if it's a spoiler

[sly matrix]

the general supplies repeat

[winter raptor]

Aha ok

[spring abyss]

It is

[mossy spruce]

How do i start these?

I mean that's a very good way of me not getting spoiled but at the same time knowing what to do

[rotund fox]

Flatness also helps increase damage a bit i think

At least in CS it does

[hazy helm]

make makes very little sense

[spring abyss]

Flatness increase the weapon range hum

[sly matrix]

-in search of magpie: talk to gonta(?)
-Duty history: work your way through the ecologist quests/svarog detector quest from Owl
-Duty warehouse: Transaction quest from the bandit vs loner missions

[winter raptor]

I dont think so, i was googling thag earlier

[rotund fox]

Flatness is length of time before the projectile starts getting affected by gravity

[sly matrix]

it basically increases bullet speed, which should also increase damage if the game follows sensible logic

[mossy spruce]

Gotcha, that's perfect, thank you! :)

[sly matrix]

have fun!

[spring abyss]

Range hum

[rotund fox]

You could probably land the same shots that you would land without flatness upgrades, only the bullets would hit in an indirect fashion rather then just pointing and shooting at something

[mossy spruce]

Good hunting to you too, fellow stalker.

[spring abyss]

So.. its range

[rotund fox]

Smartest dutier

[dry imp]

no, he's one of our new guys, dont mind him

[spring abyss]

[winter raptor]

Is CS-1 armor from CS worth the 22500 RU (its more expensive because i left swaps already then came back?

[spring abyss]

if you finish the loners' war objectives (which is easy since bandits are terrible marksmen) you get a free seva which is practically an end game suit. at least for me it works until the end of the game

[rotund fox]

Yea it's the best midline suit of the game

[spring abyss]

I never understood the meaning of cs being neutral with scar after the end of the war, even though he was from another faction after that he was only working as an infiltrator and in cs everyone "knows" him

[sly matrix]

it's more expensive now because you're not part of the clear sky faction anymore

[high panther]

nominate soc for a steam award

[sly matrix]

not sure you can? it's not a release from this year and for labour of love it needs to have had an update this year, right?

[winter raptor]

Yea i know

I just dont know if its worth 22.5k

[sly matrix]

probably better to invest in a higher end suit

[winter raptor]

yeah it would be logical

[spring abyss]

Trench coat %

[dry imp]

another useless announcement

[thick sundial]

damn, 27 years?

[weak shuttle]

Happy Bday GSC. Thanks for my favorite Survival/Horror FPS Game

[jaunty mason]

Happy Birthday GSC!

wait a sec, It's someone else's birthday today...

[glossy blade]

me when I go to the birthday party

[near star]

hap birt gsc

[rotund fox]

I once beat all of CS with a fully upgraded CS3a so yea it does job just fine

From swamps all the way to the CNPP

[winter raptor]

on master?

[rotund fox]

Yea

[winter raptor]

https://tenor.com/view/noice-nice-click-gif-8843762

[rotund fox]

I don't see much point in playing stalkers on difficulties below master anyway, not that much changes

[winter raptor]

i imagine missions where you need to protect ppl from dying are easier

[carmine crest]

I'll say I can beat STALKER in master no problem, but it's just so annoying i'd rather play on veteran difficulty

I don't find much fun in dying in 3 shots or getting instakilled by a rifle even with an exoskeleton on

It's not that kind of game where that concept works very well, I can handle insurgency & its offshoots just fine

[pseudo rivet]

Pre-Cordon? Yes
Post-Swamps? Yes, but dang son you just missed your chance to buy it for cheaper

[delicate chasm]

hello hooligans

[rotund fox]

I wanted the cut CS3b to be in the game but alas it was not

[delicate chasm]

love robbing the warehouse before the quest is even available because I usually don't give him up to the faction leaders

[winter raptor]

why would you even need CS-1 armor pre- Cordon anway haha its just Renegades here and some pigs

[winter raptor]

i think stalker is exactly the kind of game to play on master if you are fighting humans, mutants cann be cheesed easily

[pseudo rivet]

Because it's cheaper

15000 RU

[delicate chasm]

CS-1 is weak crap regardless. Anywhere past Cordon it falls off

Even there it doesn't fare well anymore

[delicate chasm]

In CS master difficulty is not even harder, it's just more tedious. I play master on everything usually but in CS I often turn it down because I just don't have the patience to fight one bandit who's eaten 20 buckshots lol

[carmine crest]

well despite what everyone says, master does not make enemies easier to kill, they have same HP. most mutants can be circle-strafed always, rarely they'll hit you

[winter raptor]

yeah i guess but i havent noticed too much bullet sponginess maybe in Cordon when i was shooting military guys point blank with sawn off double barrel but i thought their armor is stopping dmg

[carmine crest]

the sawn off is probably the worst gun in the game unless you are right in their face, and even then, it takes like 3 shots to kill most people

[pseudo rivet]

Well, it depends on which CS-1 we're talking about, because someone messed up the translation

[delicate chasm]

in that case it's mainly the armor

[delicate chasm]

The light armor of Clear Sky faction

[pseudo rivet]

Yeah, don't buy that one

[delicate chasm]

also hello, long time

[pseudo rivet]

Just get it for free

Aye, 'sup

[winter raptor]

is hunting rifle bettter?

[pseudo rivet]

Yeah

Not by much, but yeah, definitely

[winter raptor]

ah ok

i mean i upgraded both and with upgrades stats are better onn sawn off

[carmine crest]

the only gripe I have with vanlla shotguns is that they act like video game shotguns when using buckshot

[winter raptor]

but i guess thats because it has more upgrade slots the saawn off

[pseudo rivet]

As long as you don't upgrade them for slug and dart, because man do those suck

[carmine crest]

honestly kind of have to agree, i find that in most cases i was better off using buckshot anyway than slug or dart lmao

[winter raptor]

no i havent done any ammo upgrades so far.. but yeah im seeing that the normal buckshot round is way better

[pseudo rivet]

Oh yeah, did you sell your AKM-74/2? I always like to keep it so I can use it when I've reached Cordon

[rotund fox]

Well yea it's Clear Skies equivalent of a jacket

[pseudo rivet]

Free scope in the Swamps as well

[rotund fox]

And in that regard it's the best outfit in it's tier

[pseudo rivet]

I mean

PS5-M Universal Protection

[delicate chasm]

feel wise it's more on par with the merc suit from SoC

in the same niche between a jacket and a stalker suit

[rotund fox]

No cause 7 kilos vs 4 kilos plus the CS1 has an artefact container

[pseudo rivet]

Depends on your playstyle, yeah

Not too sure on the Wind of Freedom in CS' case, tbh

[fluid abyss]

#📰┃announcement cool but gameplay when

[median wind]

Wait, what’s the O-Consciousness ? I know about the C-Conscious but O ?

[rotund fox]

2 more weeks

[fluid abyss]

whar

[pseudo rivet]

Translation moment

[winter raptor]

no i dont even use it yet haha

[pseudo rivet]

You will soon

At least, when you're at the Cordon

[winter raptor]

how do you put scopes on tho? i fopund a ruski scope but i cant put it on like i did in SoC?

[pseudo rivet]

You probably need to upgrade it for it to fit

[dry imp]

im the T-Consciousness

[nimble cipher]

Nejc#5332 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[dry imp]

[winter raptor]

bad word?

[pseudo rivet]

I don't know about you dude, but I'm definitely the V-Consciousness

[winter raptor]

yeah i will

[dry imp]

im the C(ock)-Consciousness

[median wind]

Hope to see the -consciousness in the next game

[delicate chasm]

Same. Kinda like it in that mistranslation better, too.

O-Consciousness sounds cooler than C-Consciousness lol

[median wind]

The Omni-Consciousness

[delicate chasm]

it's just that in Russian, it's "О-Сознание", which is an interesting word play, because "осознание" is like the process of coming to awareness of something, a realization of something, while "сознание" is simply consciousness (or conscience in some context).

[median wind]

Ooooooooh, thanks for the heads up then

Too bad there is not something like that in English

[delicate chasm]

hence why I think even in English the "o-consciousness" would be a more fitting translation purely vibe-wise

[pseudo rivet]

Z-Zoinksiousness

[fluid abyss]

Strelok Consciousness (marked one what the hell)

[median wind]

Yeah, and it could be the O of Omni,
the Omni consciousness
The consciousness that know everything and which is every where

[sly matrix]

my go-to is completing the man of balance while at the same time still being able to recruit strider

[rotund fox]

Why was Strelok never translated into Shooter but Scar is translated into English?

[median wind]

It would be gunslinger not shooter

[delicate chasm]

that's usually the meta yeah

[delicate chasm]

depending on the context, could be either

[rotund fox]

Gunslinger translates to shooter too but Shooter sounds more natural if that makes sense

[median wind]

Yeah but gunslinger is (for my opinion) better sounding

[delicate chasm]

the goofiest translation in the series still belongs to Beanpolev

[pseudo rivet]

Friend of Freedom Gang

[median wind]

Beanpolev ?

[pseudo rivet]

CS Professor

Based guy

[delicate chasm]

E.F. Kalancha

[sly matrix]

the guy with zero answers

[pseudo rivet]

Ngl, it's way better than his other name

[median wind]

Oh

Yeah … didn’t got that in the French version

[delicate chasm]

What, the original?

[pseudo rivet]

Aye

[delicate chasm]

but it's an actual surname

[pseudo rivet]

Beanpolev cooler

[delicate chasm]

like some disney character

[pseudo rivet]

Nah, Disney is basically Satanism

Beanpolev is based

[delicate chasm]

it's like if Mechenyi was a surname and they translated it to Markedoneov lol

[pseudo rivet]

Marked One Ov based

[delicate chasm]

Chad Marked One vs virgin Strelok

[pseudo rivet]

100%

Marked One based, Strelok hella wack

[delicate chasm]

I still have an unfinished meme about this somewhere lmao

[median wind]

Finish it

[delicate chasm]

at work now, it's at home

[pseudo rivet]

It's waiting for you at home

[rotund fox]

Kalancha should have been named John Doe ngl

[median wind]

Shame

[pseudo rivet]

How sweet love can be at times

[sand fiber]

ngl sidorovich should've been named Bob

[median wind]

Bob Sidorovitch

Ngl sound about right

[sand fiber]

no, just bob

[median wind]

Hi I’m Bob

[pseudo rivet]

Hi Bob, I'm dad

[median wind]

Trust me you don’t want

[sand fiber]

daddy crimson

[delicate chasm]

[pseudo rivet]

By the way, I'm still getting that milk I promised ya, son

[median wind]

Well not quite that but close

[balmy forum]

Can we get some new wallpapers or screenshots? now that ue5.1 is out

[solid dome]

Is this you, Ulfric Stormcloak?

[solid dome]

No, buy Playboy instead

Much more content there

[median wind]

I wish

[summer stratus]

Happy 27th Birthday!!

[finite dragon]

Happy birthday GSC! No war has stopped you yet!

[timber crown]

🎂 🎁 🎈

[glossy blade]

Cant say

Thank you for your support, guys!

[fallen adder]

I am stalk

[hazy helm]

Preposterous

[dry imp]

NDA

[carmine crest]

NDAs are fun for the whole family

[dry imp]

(you haven't met your family)

[carmine crest]

no GSC has taken away and made me sign a NDA so I cannot talk to them or see them

[polar hollow]

https://youtu.be/VloUm5FTJQo?t=151 Cooking dinner with just S.T.A.L.K.E.R. food items

[sand fiber]

ew

[polar hollow]

hahahahahhaha

[solid dome]

I mean no war stopped anything, but.. 😄

[solid dome]

If that isn't Boris video I'm leaving the server

[sand fiber]

that is, unfortunately

[solid dome]

[polar hollow]

HAHAHAHAHAH

[nimble cipher]

🆅🅰🆂🆃#4761 has been warned

Reason: Capital letters

[carmine crest]

bad evil man using capital letters, tsk tsk tsk

[icy prism]

We love you guys. I hope you are doing well.

[remote crow]

hUSBAND

[solid dome]

You asking for wallpapers when we need Anomaly 2

....................

[remote crow]

Today is my birthday, boys

🔫 Start singing

[radiant star]

happy birthday

please dont kill me i have a cat to feed

[dry imp]

haopy brithday

[balmy forum]

Yes

[solid dome]

We don't need wallpapers, cuz we won't get any

[dry imp]

just make your own

[spring abyss]

Happy birthday loner dude

[remote crow]

🤓 🤡

[remote crow]

Thank you brother

[sand fiber]

we need OP 2.2 2

[solid dome]

Literally

[solid dome]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/606200163429515276/924238920072445972/2_5287294291167677580.gif

[dry imp]

i truly agree

[solid dome]

Convo be like
Unknown caller: Are we doing it?
Griga: Um, give me a second here, are we doing what? We have done what we do, what are you doing on the matter?

[dry imp]

ca

cuh

what

[limber bough]

any mods i need to add for playing shadow of chernobyl the first time

game seems very dated, i wont mind a mod or two that helps with that

[rich scaffold]

@limber bough may as well just play gamma

[limber bough]

i played a lot of gamma

like, maybe 30 or 40 hours, but it never felt like i was making any progress

didnt like that part of the game, other wise it was great so i wanted story and thats why bought the games, but they are so dated i want help with that

[cyan canopy]

why not just play the vanilla

[solid dome]

Yes, the Start a New Game mod

[solid dome]

The games are dated?

What are you saying when you're watching The Doors concert from 69? Its dated?

[sly matrix]

no, just a bit spicy^^

[limber bough]

i dont mean any offence when i say they are dated, but it is true

[solid dome]

What is dated exactly?

The soundtrack, graphics, gameplay, storytelling, worldbuilding, AI programming?

[grave hearth]

i'd say the graphics and some of the AI programming

other than that stalker is better than a lot of AAA games rn

not saying much since gaming is on a quality decline but it counts still

[solid dome]

Game industry's in coma for the past 6-7 years

[grave hearth]

true but the coma has only gotten worse lmao

[solid dome]

[grave hearth]

3 to 4 years back something good would still come out after a while

[solid dome]

👍

[grave hearth]

anyways

[solid dome]

I brought the presents
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfhRsxeGNDhdhXSZ9G66VHSTSW1SMqvVQ1NR8HvICUdx2gGVQ/viewform?usp=sf_link

Go and fill it, then we have a laugh

In all seriousness, I made a "funny take" of my ST2 poll, so yeah won't hurt if you fill it

I like how this went

2. Oh yes, BBC reported Santa was shot down but he recovered and is back in business
   

[hazy helm]

If it is your first time playing shadow of Chernobyl then it's recommended you play vanilla

[graceful summit]

Any freedom survivors know what exactly happened to their comrades

[limpid salmon]

I killed them

[gilded sentinel]

Idk , it’s not new but it isn’t bad

If graphics are really bothering you , try stalker update

It’s basically soc , but with better graphics

And some new weapons

[thin moss]

i know this is mod related, but is there any additional story to the duty faction in anomaly? or is it just the same plot as loners go through?

[hazy helm]

same plot

[gilded sentinel]

Same plot

[thin moss]

bruh, waste of time

[gilded sentinel]

Kinda

[hazy helm]

truly,anomaly story is complete utter ass

[thin moss]

yes its very monotonous and boring ngl

any tips for an actual good mod?

[gilded sentinel]

Free play or story ?

[thin moss]

ive played all the original games and i crave me

[thin moss]

both really

[hazy helm]

Winds of Time or Valley of Whispers and Spatial Anomaly

[gilded sentinel]

try narondnaya solynka 2016 ogsr/gunslinger

[hazy helm]

maybe OGSR Serega Repack if you can tolerate fetch quests

GA is...shame that all the updates are bound to that one bc having to play it puts a frown in my face

[gilded sentinel]

These aren’t free play tho

[hazy helm]

he said any of them

[thin moss]

i want both

good story and freeplay

[hazy helm]

ho then,if you can handle fetch quests and a lot of backtracking,try OGSR Serega repack

[gilded sentinel]

OR solynka

They’re similar mods if you think about it

[hazy helm]

OGSR aint soup mod

[gilded sentinel]

Is it ? All that toy quest line thing

Seems soupy to me

[hazy helm]

the artifacts arent overpowered enuff,its just a veyr veyr VERY fetch quest heavy game

[thin moss]

ok which one of these mods is the hardest/most challenging

[gilded sentinel]

Not sure , but probably solyanka

It’s just longer and has a lot new mutants

You can play it for a whole month

That’s how it’s story line big

Although there’s a lot of versions of it , I suggest going for 2016 ogsr version

Others are rather too old , or too weird

I hope you understand my awful English

[thin moss]

English aint the problem cheif, the problem is i have to wait so fuking long for STALKER 2 😦

[gilded sentinel]

Pal , u sure stalker 2 is even coming out ?

[thin moss]

maaaan dont ruin my hopes

why dont u think it will come out?

[gilded sentinel]

no real footage of the game , no actual information on it , terribly advertising campaign

This is gsc first serious game

[thin moss]

yeah thats a good point

[gilded sentinel]

Cause the first one , which made the trilogy fell apart

[hazy helm]

you could say this is Nu-GSC,that made Cossacks 3

[gilded sentinel]

I want to believe , but I’d don’t think I can

[hazy helm]

dont forget ol'matie Cossacks

[gilded sentinel]

Oh yes , my favorite game of all time

[thin moss]

havent they resumed work on the game thooo?

but then again there has been radio silence for quite some time now

[hazy helm]

maybe,they told us in a little little message that some work as been restarted,and that most of the team as been relocated to somewhere else

[thin moss]

so they havent moved the entire office out of Kiev?

[hazy helm]

for all we know,some devs have volunteered

[thin moss]

i know that, so hopes for the game are low for as long as the war continues?

[hazy helm]

nha,they are contractually obligated to deliver a product,whatever that may be,they will deliver Stalker 2,in which shape or form we dont know

[thin moss]

well even if it comes out to being a mediocre or dogshit game, modmakers will probably fix it by themselvs

so if it is as u say then there is some hope atleast

[hazy helm]

yheeee,I also expect them to handicap the enxtent to which ppl can mod the game

[gilded sentinel]

Yup

[thin moss]

why?

[gilded sentinel]

They just have to release it really, modders will do the rest

[hazy helm]

rememeber,GSC is,"Trip A now"
they want to be looked at as Trip A,I will expect Trip A from them

[thin moss]

u cant have a stalker game without game breaking bugs tho

[hazy helm]

the simple inclusion of Multiuplayer and being developed in UE means that you can mod or modify the engine itself and stuff like that,I expect modding to be more subdued

[gilded sentinel]

Stalker doesent have bugs

Only anomalies

[thin moss]

yeah that might be ass to go around but i think dedicated moders will make their way around it after a while, and the studio has pledged mod support

[hazy helm]

you know,,being able to swap models is already a type of "mod support"
The term is very broad,it can either be small stuff to "I am making my own story with my own maps and my own mechanics"

[gilded sentinel]

Fallout 4 , cyberpunk , all the same stories

Random people doing better jobs , that actuall workers

[hazy helm]

I expect the engine on top of being unmodifiable,to be very spaghetti code like,due to how rocky development has been
not being able to be reverse engineered and very very hard to datamine

[thin moss]

well that sucks

or will suck

[hazy helm]

we'll see

but I am not expecting much from waht I know,waht I seen and waht I can speculate

at the end of the day this is all just speculation tho

[gilded sentinel]

Maybe stalker 2 will be the best game of the century

But maybe not

[thin moss]

probably not

but the game has been delayed to 2024 right?

[gilded sentinel]

Or maybe they won’t have sidorovich in it

[hazy helm]

they say 2023,I believe to 2024

[thin moss]

well fuck, time to go play a mod then to satisfy my lust for more

[gilded sentinel]

Have fun

[finite dragon]

Are the developers of this game all well and hopefully not injured? I saw a video months ago that showed mobilized developers with weapons in the war, I hope everyone of them is still well and kickin‘

[hazy helm]

we dont know

[finite dragon]

Damn.

[solid dome]

Why do you suddenly care?

10 years ago nobody did care what happens with this company and suddenly...

[finite dragon]

War

Maybe because these developers are currently living under actually life threatening situations?

[finite dragon]

There's rumours
Part of em are still in the AFU
Apparently a few died but we'll never know that for sure unless the devs come forward about that
But most devs are safe and sound in Poland now

[finite dragon]

That sounds worrying but as long we have no real from the developers themselves we have to hope they‘ll make it trough the worst.

Guessing that the deaths will be mentioned as ad memoriams within the credits

[finite dragon]

Hopefully.

Shouldn't be too many though...
AFU has a 4:1 Wounded to KIA Ratio so there's a solid chance that the devs at the front either never got Wounded or if they did that they're recovering

If that’s true then there‘s a good outlook considering the well-being of the Ukrainian soldiers and developers. But again for the devs we don’t know until there‘s a clear message from GSC.

We will only find out come release remains my guess and until then all we got is vague rumours and speculation

Yep.

[buoyant nymph]

Today On the game DayZ the most popular mods were 1. StalkerZ, 2. Arma campaign and 3. fire ambience, the most popular mode is StalkerZ wich made the dayz look almost like stalker and I'm proud that STALKER never dies!

I always think that STALKER was far superior than fallout or any other open world game series but the sad thing is that STALKER is full of bugs, lags, crashes etc.

[warped bramble]

Some of them have

[hazy helm]

that is what I said,yes

[muted valve]

guys, i'm playing Legends Return mod and i'm supposed to find some plant to fix some curse on myself in the cemetery near the church in the swamps, anyone any clue where I can find it?

aah, never mind, seems that i am blinder than a average dog, i was just staring over it

[mossy spruce]

Stalker CoP: I'm supposed to find Snap, and Beard (the barkeep) told me that he's in the Dock Cranes, but i didn't find him there, can someone help me out without spoiling it? :D

[toxic coral]

hes not supposed to be there but there should be someone else you can talk to

and after youre done talking i think that triggers a new objective or you go talk to beard and then it gives you the new objective

im not sure exactly

[dry imp]

which is an excellent reason to come out and give us valuable information on what's happening, but y'know

chat?

[radiant star]

dead

[dry imp]

true

but more half life references in stalker 2 would be neat

[queen tendon]

who heres have lost alpha? or COP?

[dry imp]

tbh i haven't played many mods

i am a vanilla man

[queen tendon]

wich vanilla games you have?

[dry imp]

all

[hazy helm]

I mean I own COP and I can torrent LA

[queen tendon]

ok, i need to check something

[hazy helm]

I wont rip stuff from the gamefiles for you tomy

[queen tendon]

i want to just add lensflares

[hazy helm]

if it requires me to unpack anything from my gamefiles,I wont do it

[queen tendon]

i do have the sunflares, but you know how to add it in game?

[hazy helm]

nop

[queen tendon]

yes, ok

[queen tendon]

not anything, just- textures-fx

[hazy helm]

no

[dry imp]

wdym "add it"

a mod?

[queen tendon]

stalker anomaly dont have sunflares textures

i want to add them to my weather, cgim 2

[dry imp]

of course... anomaly ...

[solid dome]

Duh

[finite dragon]

I’m playing anomaly

I usually only play SoC or CoP

I despise how you aim a pistol in Clear Sky

[finite summit]

kys

[mossy spruce]

||Should i keep the heart of oasis? I mean, it's a good artifact and i want it but i can't complete the mission otherwise :/||

[finite dragon]

I will

[toxic coral]

depends on if you want the best ending

if you dont care about the ending then by all means keep it

[finite summit]

good

[finite dragon]

anyway, you clearly didn’t read the other messages after

[finite summit]

i did

[finite dragon]

[finite summit]

but it was too late

[finite dragon]

Did you?

SHEEEESH

[mossy spruce]

An ending changes because of a small side quest??

[toxic coral]

yes

[mossy spruce]

Okay then, i give it to them, i want the best ending :D

[hazy helm]

do you disregard an entire gun for one single little thing?how silly

[hazy helm]

the heart of the Oasis is mostly useless

it's a lot better to turn the quest in

[mossy spruce]

Mostly useless? It gives a lot of good buffs though :D

It's one of the best if not the best artifact i have found so far, except the goldfish which is REALLY helpful

[hazy helm]

gets overpowered by upgrades which are vastly better

the reward is way better

[mossy spruce]

Okay, i will take your advice, both of you guys :)

[frail spire]

All arts aren't worth having to deny the debuffs

You're better just using the upgraded versions of suit attchments

[finite summit]

in CS and CoP that is

[frail spire]

Yes

[solid dome]

Xmas coming and we have nothing to celebrate about

Boooooooooooooo

[finite summit]

but should we?

[solid dome]

I feel we should

[finite dragon]

Yes

[finite summit]

skill issue

[finite dragon]

Yes senpai

[finite summit]

💀

[hazy helm]

I think I dont need to say anything else

[solid dome]

Hey how about we gather and do pre-Xmas CS MP PMM match?

Whoever scores the most frags gets to sleep with the Queen of the Bloodsuckers

[finite summit]

I'll join but only as a spectator

[solid dome]

Hahhahah

[sand fiber]

uhhh wdym

[finite summit]

I guess you are currently living in a place full of ugly mutants, radiation and areas that will kill you on impact scattered around

[sand fiber]

you know the zone is just a small territory in ukraine right

[rotund fox]

Zone and Ukraine are the same thing minus the anomalies and mutants

[sand fiber]

almost

[finite summit]

Expanding

[sand fiber]

Google Stalker Inflation

[finite summit]

I suppose you'd be the one to do that unironically

[sand fiber]

Yes.

[finite summit]

I'd die from cringe but that would be an embed fail

[sand fiber]

[solid dome]

Deep inside you know you are deeply wrong

[sand fiber]

nah they're right

[solid dome]

Nope he isn't

Simply cause the Zone doesn't let politics in its way whereas...

[finite summit]

As a person who has been to Ukraine at least once I can confirm that both of you are wrong

[solid dome]

State why

[sand fiber]

wdym

[finite summit]

skill issue

[solid dome]

Nozar needs to book you for some theory lessons, @finite summit

[finite dragon]

Hey, out of all the S.T.A.L.K.E.R games which should I play first? I have never played a proper FPS game and I'm not sure where to start with S.T.A.L.K.E.R

[sly matrix]

shadow of chernobyl

[finite dragon]

I also asked some friends and they said I should play S.T.A.L.K.E.R anomaly first but it has about 100 hours of gameplay and I'm not sure I can afford to put it that much time

[sly matrix]

yeah, go for vanilla first and try mods after if you so desire

[finite dragon]

Right, does it go on sale often?

[sly matrix]

it's on sale right now to celebrate GSC's 27th birthday

[finite dragon]

Really? I'll probably get it then. If I can't I'll just wait for another sale, thanks for the help! :)

[sly matrix]

Christmas sale is coming up soon too, so it will likely be a nice deal then too👌

50% off probably, and right now it's 70% off

*on steam

[finite dragon]

How good does my PC have to be to run it though?

[sly matrix]

performance varies on most systems, but they're old games so I wouldn't worry too much

[finite dragon]

Alright then, thanks a ton! Will keep your recommendation in mind! :)

[soft ice]

Not at all it’s very old so u will have no problems running it. Most modern phones can easily do it even

Anomaly on the other hand is very poorly optimized and runs terrible

[finite dragon]

Great news for me, my PC isn't that great so that's a relief!

[soft ice]

I was worried about it to when I first wanted to play SoC, I was able to run it on my old surface pro just fine

[frozen adder]

Is it known wether the physical ultimate edition will contain a steam key or an epic/microsoft key?

[hazy void]

physical ultimate for pc will contain a steam key

[frozen adder]

awesome! and if I preorder physically will I get all the digital preorder bonuses, even when the package arrives a day after release?

[hazy void]

yep, you'll get everything when you activate the key

[dry imp]

nasa

[frozen adder]

thank you, that answers all my questions

[hazy void]

if your pc can't fight God himself don't even bother

[sand fiber]

those are 2007-2009 games, can run on toasters

[solid dome]

Oh GSC aren't that stupid to go the Epic route as every living being will boycott them

[solid dome]

Those can't run on old laptops though, toasters - depends on the brand 😄 😄

[finite dragon]

How long does it take to beat shadow of chernobyl?

[finite summit]

20 minutes

[finite dragon]

Nah but like, an actual estimate, I don't have too much time on my hands so it'd be nice to know what I'm getting into

[finite summit]

google says it's 15 hours

i agree

[delicate chasm]

10 to 40 hours, all depends on your playstyle

if you really get into the game and roam exploring and doing all the side quests, then closer to 30-40

[finite dragon]

Alright, sounds good

[finite dragon]

So I looked at some reviews and was told call of pripyat was the best place to start, thoughts on this statement? is it just blatantly wrong or?

[delicate chasm]

meh. It's a statement I never really understood. It's well polished in terms of not having too many bugs but atmosphere and danger wise it's lacking

i'd just say play all games in order and make your own conclusion

[finite summit]

Call of Pripyat is certainly the most well-polished one in the series but it is also the last one chronologically

[delicate chasm]

they all add onto each other one or another way

[finite dragon]

Alright, I'll start with shadow of chernobyl

[finite dragon]

at a boy!

Never played any FPS games either so it will be an experience to say the least

Will I die? yes. Will I enjoy it? Likely.

[delicate chasm]

oh dang, a double-first

holy crap I'm so jealous of the unspoiled encounters you'll have

hope you didn't spoil anything for yourself because boy you're in for some unforgettable memories 😁

[finite dragon]

I am fully blind, I know of bandits and there are funny mutants and thats it

and the bandits yell funny words my tiny brain cannot understand

are there any voice channels here? I might be stupid and cant find them but i just straight up dont see any

[delicate chasm]

Not to us plebs

There prob are some hidden ones

[finite dragon]

So there are some?

[delicate chasm]

no idea

just guessing lol

[finite dragon]

Fair enough in that case lmao

[fickle sparrow]

what's a good balanced armor in CoP?

Should I just keep maining the Sunrise til I get the Exoskeleton?

Owl also has a Bulat for sale

[finite dragon]

bulat is good uea

just look at the stats

[fickle sparrow]

well I want to use a helmet so SEVA is out

[soft ice]

Lol it was my first fps game to

SoC was

[fallen adder]

same dude

[finite dragon]

How was your experience of it?

[soft ice]

Very good it’s still my favorite game

[molten snow]

Why did the mercs and the loners declared a cease fire in my merc run? Im not complaining but how?

I dont have dynamic faction relation on btw

[worthy lagoon]

Me

Also, SEVA is the most balanced one

You will have to buy one either way

[delicate chasm]

What are you talking about

[delicate chasm]

CS-3a

[spring abyss]

which game?

[molten snow]

Anomaly

[ancient cave]

@molten snow ARE you t sauce? the youtuber?