⭐┃nospoilers_general

[solid dome]

@spring abyss

[spring abyss]

[solid dome]

Did you mean Suslov?! What happened with Suslov?! How about Semenov?!

[spring abyss]

🧱

[spring abyss]

🧱

[solid dome]

Semenov sounds like the worst name ever you can get

Suslov too. It almost became Suslove but then someone changed it.

[spring abyss]

Is the russian version of McLovin

[acoustic abyss]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1049364911978987551/1060273994735038535/B8A8472B-331C-445C-997E-7D4866260049.gif

[lost aurora]

Hi folks! I need help naming a song

In anomaly you can play a few songs from your pda without connecting to a rafio station, one of them is the bandit radio tune

Im looking for one of those few songs.

Does anyonr have a list of them?

[hazy helm]

describe the song to me

Or send me a video of said song

[lost aurora]

Oorichkaaa is really emphasised

[hazy helm]

What

[lost aurora]

Thats what it sounds like

The beat is similar style to bandit radio but there are lyrics

Ta da da, oorichkaaa pause morr lyrics

[hazy helm]

That is completely incomprehensible

Send me a video with that song

[lost aurora]

Im far from home, otherwise zi would shazam it

[hazy helm]

then go ask in the anomaly server,I'm sure they have the list

[lost aurora]

👍

[hazy helm]

It's not like I expect Lyapis Trubetskoy to have a song like that

[lost aurora]

Thanks for trying, have a great day

[amber tendon]

https://youtu.be/tUBVEKzsZ-k

https://youtu.be/xKpzH5bxYsk

[lost aurora]

It's a bit faster than those, the tunes sound a bit similar to bandit radio

[amber tendon]

https://www.reddit.com/r/stalker/comments/nnzgbv/i_made_a_playlist_with_all_the_songs_on_the_radio/

[lost aurora]

I saw that, but the song isnt on the radio

Its on the pda music player in anomaly

[amber tendon]

Are like playing vanilla anomaly or gamma

Because gamma has shit ton of them, and you have to be more exact with lyrics

[lost aurora]

EFP atm I dunno if it changes them, there's only like 5-6 songs

[lost aurora]

I wish I knew a slavic language

[amber tendon]

Try searching in game folder

[amber tendon]

yea efp adds more songs so good luck finding them

[hearty vigil]

Could you switch that discussion to #🔩┃trilogy_modifications?

[amber tendon]

Can you apply to be moderator?

[hearty vigil]

No need to, people usually listen.

[amber tendon]

My chat is being ruined by strangers that are discussing music reee

[hazy helm]

I mean,it is more fitting for it to be there

Not like he's wrong

[amber tendon]

Yea but we stopped talking about it like for good few hours

[spring abyss]

It's just a bait dude

Here take this anti bait brick 🧱

[amber tendon]

🧱

[hazy helm]

True anyone playing EFP is bait

BC no one can possibly play such horrible mod

[hearty vigil]

Well consider starting a discussion in the right place next time.

[hazy helm]

Such awful trash

[amber tendon]

Consider talking to your close ones and family members

They appreciate you much more than I do

[spring abyss]

Chill guys

[devout bone]

What is the longer stalker game

[spring abyss]

It depends

Cs can be the longer if you invest on faction wars

But soc is the longer

[lost aurora]

https://youtu.be/bZpaeufeteM

After months of work, i found the song

[hazy helm]

Haaaa this piece of crap
Damn,EFP truly is an awful mod

[lost aurora]

Huh?

Its such a banger, thats a part of vanila anomaly

[hazy helm]

Anomaly itself is bad so it's not a suprise

[lost aurora]

I like anomaly quite a bit, it's a good time sink when replaying the trilogy for the millionth time doesn't bring much joy and eft is filled with cheaters and esport kids

[spring abyss]

Vanilla
Anomaly
You can only pick one

[devout bone]

Igood

I want to invest in the game for like 80 hours

[lost aurora]

At this point there is a need to say "vanilla anomaly" since so many people talk about gamma and efp now

[hazy helm]

the choice is obvious,also,Why'd you say anomaly?I tought you were a CoC man!is this betrayal?

[cyan canopy]

Call Of Chernobyl

[spring abyss]

??????

[cyan canopy]

Sylky edition

[hazy helm]

we have lost a real one today

[spring abyss]

Vasim is doing anabiotics

[hazy helm]

The only good anomaly addon is old world

[lost aurora]

Whats that

[hazy helm]

Not surprising

[rotund fox]

[haughty gorge]

im both sides

but cannot run them

[wicked sleet]

hey can i still recruit Strider without having an option to recruit him to Freedom/Duty first?

[hazy helm]

There are only 2 options,duty or freedom, if you don't have any of these might as well kill that traitorous scum

[wicked sleet]

I don't, and I think there's no more ways to get either faction by now, unless killing Duty will get me friendly with Freedom and vice versa?

[spring abyss]

No embed hum

[mortal parcel]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-crunching-munching-eating-ruffles-chips-gif-25001572

man this discord is for grannies

[spring abyss]

[hazy helm]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-crunching-munching-eating-ruffles-chips-gif-25001572

Here

[mortal parcel]

wut

[spring abyss]

https://tenor.com/view/oops-gif-23382655

[mortal parcel]

tried like 2 different gifs

or perhaps I'm the granny

[spring abyss]

Try harder

[mortal parcel]

[spring abyss]

[hazy helm]

How you doing grok

[mortal parcel]

good good, just too many things happening IRL and I can't mod 😦

they are good things so that's fine . And you ?

[hazy helm]

Things are going fine,still doing some brainstorming,hope everything patches up on your end,take however much time you need,your life is more important than modding

[mortal parcel]

Unless your life is modding

[hazy helm]

if you life is modding then it's a job

[mortal parcel]

It's only a second job

[hazy helm]

Regardless,good luck with it all

[amber tendon]

Thanks my ears are now bleeding

[hazy helm]

Rare harry w

[lost aurora]

You dont like stalker music?

[amber tendon]

I don't like music that mod team chooses

[lost aurora]

Its pretty damn similar to many of the songs in the first stalker

[amber tendon]

with that logic you might as well call every soviet era song stalker one

[amber tendon]

yea they didn't have shit lyrics

[lost aurora]

I dont speak russian, so I dont care about that personally

[amber tendon]

guy's vocals make me gag

[lost aurora]

What is it about?

[amber tendon]

how down bad he is

[lost aurora]

Such a banger

[hazy helm]

I'll be serious bro,that is crap

I'd rather have 5'nizza blasting in a random radio than this crap

5'nizza actually has good songs

[amber tendon]

I was pleasantly surprised that they included Skrybin and Okean Elsa's songs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lD6PAE_STj4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWH7lRJ6mPw

[fleet glacier]

Something might happen soon.

[spring abyss]

-Blowout soon fellow stalker
-oh really, when?
-NOW

[whole hull]

Boardgame adaptation

[fleet glacier]

YUP, THERE'S THE ANNOUNCEMENT.

[thick sundial]

sounds like it could be a lot of fun with friends, gotta get a proper look at it first tho

[silver pagoda]

oh wow board game how exciting

[dry imp]

what, did you feel a tingle in the air

[dry imp]

its actually kinda cool, idk what you mean

[thick sundial]

bro pulled up with the spider-sense

[solid dome]

Hahaha
A board game even before the main game comes out
...Nice one, GSC

[hazy helm]

They probs gave licensing to some other company and let them do their thing

[solid dome]

Next: Netflix series
|| ||

[hazy helm]

The board game looks bad,I'll say that much

That is all

[solid dome]

Not interested in that at all tbh

[whole hull]

But we barely saw anything...

[hazy helm]

Just by seeing the art and models you can tell that they didn't have the original art style in mind at all
I have very little hope considering what they have shown

[solid dome]

But yeah I agree

[whole hull]

Ok

[solid dome]

Overall art style looks far too modern-ish

[hazy helm]

You'd get better results by simply exporting a OGF into a OBJ file and 3d printing

Heck Sylkys Models are better than this

and that's saying a lot...

[solid dome]

👆

I wonder why doing everything before the main game comes out

[vernal magnet]

Build hype

[solid dome]

Maybe developers are afraid their way of building hype is beating a dead horse so...

[hazy helm]

I told you bro

[solid dome]

Yeah yeah, aware of that

[hazy helm]

What I suspect is that Sergei sold the licensing for a board game to a different studio that specializes in making these things

[solid dome]

GSC are afraid of their own marketing for ST2 will work at all, thus they use those types of things to hype the actual game...

[hazy helm]

It's not GSC doing it,it's them letting someone else do it to get royalties

[fluid abyss]

A board game?? Oh man GSC really is going all in huh

[hazy helm]

it's like ppl don't read what I say

[solid dome]

This should be huge red flag if they are hyping a triple A game with mediocre looking (at first) board game

[fluid abyss]

Without knowing the back end, the entire Stalker 2 IP seems like a gargantuan risk that could either make or break GSC

[fluid abyss]

Nah, I don’t care much about that cuz these sorta things are usually 3rd party

[hazy helm]

Quartz is kind of smart I knew he would get it

[fluid abyss]

It’s less about how the game looks, and more about how there’s a board game in the first place imo

[solid dome]

That's what I'm talking about, boy

First this, then TV show, then mobile game and then main game comes out
.... This is S.A.D.!

[hazy helm]

I'd chuk that in the trash and buy merely for the statuettes if they were at least good
But they aren't

[solid dome]

Better save for Funkopops

[fluid abyss]

It seems like it’s marketed towards booooard gaaammerrs

[hazy helm]

Why would a board gamer buy the stalker board game if they never heard of the IP and have better offerings elsewhere

[fluid abyss]

Without solid gameplay, I think the board game will flop, since you’re already slightly limiting your target audience to people familiar with STALKER

[hazy helm]

It's such a bizarre things to do

[fluid abyss]

Nah I disagree

[solid dome]

#🔍┃ask_gscarchive

[fluid abyss]

If you know stalker well or are completely unaware, you’ll buy the board game if it’s interesting looking

If you have HEARD of stalker, but never played it, you might be turned away by it because you aren’t wanting to get into the whole entire franchise (especially if you do board games more than video games)

[hazy helm]

I do not think ppl who are into board games enuff to seek out niche board games are gonna shop based simply on the images on the box

[stark plover]

You'd be surprised.

[fluid abyss]

Nah they’d buy it because they heard the board game was fun through word of mouth

[hazy helm]

I did that as a kid and I played SOCOM 2 and Black 😎

[nimble cipher]

FaZe Cheems#0262 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[hazy helm]

Kek

[still nymph]

Wah wah wah shut up bot

Currently malding and crying

[solid dome]

Shut yo ass for once when other people are debating

[still nymph]

Oh so Ass is allowed but not the f word! Thank you mods for the best moderation there is to offer. Truly outstanding.

[hazy helm]

You are welcome

[still nymph]

I just want an announcement that isnt about some f-wording board game i want DEETS

[tawny shale]

To be quite fair, the word is used in the famous and critically acclaimed movie Shrek.

[hazy helm]

there you have it

[worthy lagoon]

I honestly find it a cool choice, there are lots of board games like this

[tawny shale]

Though I question why swear words are banned in a server that is primarily oriented around adults.

[still nymph]

The f word is in puss in boots

[stark plover]

Discord public community rules I believe

[tawny shale]

Ah.

Let’s destroy the Discord Public Community. >;(

[still nymph]

God i just want a morsel of information, just a smidgen of details on the funny game. Not a board game release

I am not going to sit down and play the stalker board game with my family and roll dice, whats the point. Theres a video game for that.

[solid dome]

What can come next you think?

[still nymph]

probably an anouncement about the stalker 2 artbook that gives us no further detail into the game at all.

[stark plover]

Next announcement is a stalker anime series

[deep heron]

EVERYONE IS MAKING A BOARD GAME NOW

[still nymph]

deep rock galactic did it too

[deep heron]

i know

[still nymph]

im waiting for starfield and stalker and neither have release dates and both have been extremely dry for news for many months now. i just wanna play the funny game 😦

[solid dome]

Lols

Board game is basically repainted Monopoly anyway

[hazy helm]

It's really easy to sell your license to a company that specialises in putting these out

[worthy lagoon]

what's wrong with board games?

You can play it with friends too

[still nymph]

nobody is going to play it lets be honest

[worthy lagoon]

I always liked playing board games

[worthy lagoon]

Apparently you are wrong

[still nymph]

how

[worthy lagoon]

Because board games are fun to play?

Social games too

Cool to play with friends, and sometimes even competitive depending on the game

[still nymph]

you know what does that better than board games?

[finite dragon]

Board Games have their own market where People will buy and Play them

[worthy lagoon]

Not video games

[still nymph]

yes video games

[finite dragon]

People have different tastes and like different things?? What?!

[still nymph]

the only board game untranslatable is like DND

[worthy lagoon]

lmao

[still nymph]

(old people like board games)

[finite dragon]

….. BAHAHAHAHA

[worthy lagoon]

you are so wrong lol

[still nymph]

(geriatric)

[finite dragon]

Alright then. Kids like Video Games

[hazy helm]

why are you taking so much Ls my guy?

[finite dragon]

Doesn’t mean adults or older People cant like them, same as board games and others

Theres a reason board Games still exist and are one of the most popular social gathering past times. War Hammer, Monopoly, DND

[still nymph]

because the stalker 2 discord server announced a board game instead of giving me information i need information now i am so so tired i need a release date my brain is slowly decomposing i need stalker 2 i need it so much i am so bored

[finite dragon]

It’s like saying how Video Games are better than books because a Video Game can also Tell a story

[hazy helm]

More likely answer,you're just an idiot

[worthy lagoon]

All fun and jokes till your friend betrays you while playing a board game

[still nymph]

this is also true

[solid dome]

Apparently the problem is you are hyping your main game by doing / funding side projects which seems like wasting valuable resources could go into proper game marketing.

If I got it right?

[finite dragon]

Side projects get more People into the Main project. This is marketing. It’s introducing it to a new audience

[worthy lagoon]

You could do something else in the meantime, like uhhh, hiking

[finite dragon]

I’m more than happy Stalker have announced a board game. I’ll Pick it up

[solid dome]

This is low effort marketing to me

[still nymph]

i have hoi4, that is all i need.

[finite dragon]

Trailers can be made and churned out easily

[still nymph]

give me TRAILERS i want TRAILERS i am a GREMLIN i need TRAILERS

[polar fern]

They made a whole ass board game with models characters rules and more how is that low effort?

[finite dragon]

did they announce a planned release of the board game? like when we can actually buy it???

[finite dragon]

How exactly? They’ve had to collaborate and produce and design an entire board game? What’s high effort? A trailer? All you need is Footage and an editor

[solid dome]

Let's say it's... average effort then

[finite dragon]

Bruh

[polar fern]

He wants them to blow up chornobyl again and creage real life stalker

[solid dome]

Okay it's average effort, I went too far, sorry

[finite dragon]

Whats high effort my guy? Do you want them to physically go to Chornobyl and recreate the events there?

[still nymph]

because i will engage with a trailer and my monkey brain will start doing cartwheels, when i see a board game i see another game company releasing an uninspired board game to hype up the game further when literally a 2 minute long trailer would do it better. like 4 people will pick up the board game.

like the goddamn DRG board game

[solid dome]

High effort is this

1. Communicate with the fanbase
2. Be transparent with the fanbase
3. Keep the fanbase on their toes by releasing teasers and overall, various type of media now and then
4. repeat

[finite dragon]

This is high effort marketing. They’ve made a physical Game to advertise their digital one. That’s damn impressive and cool. It’s clever marketing that introduces a new audience to it

[still nymph]

low effort is this: board game.

[finite dragon]

Dude, developers don’t owe you anything. That’s just being transparent and is a choice. That’s not “high level marketing”, thats Just communication?

[solid dome]

I went too far I admit, okay...

[solid dome]

If they want to attract the interest of every customer... What do you think?

[finite dragon]

Every customer has different tastes

[polar fern]

Constant talk with community specially thru #🔍┃ask_gscarchive

You want them to break NDA? How can they be more transparent?

Trailers and posts and interviews all the time

[solid dome]

Give to be given, yo

[finite dragon]

Some may prefer a board game, others may prefer a trailer

[solid dome]

Break what NDA? The NDA about what the backpack from UE is made from? Sigh!

[polar fern]

Thats the transparecy you want? The pre orders are not even in full stock yer

[finite dragon]

You’re acting like GSC have insulted you with a board game. It’s some fun marketing. The game is still Coming out

[solid dome]

Let's all say this is boarding game and move on

[finite dragon]

Christ just have patience for information. It’ll come out, you can always wait to make a purchase

[still nymph]

i AM offended, shaking and crying rn

[finite dragon]

Boring for you, interesting and fun to me. Different strokes for different folks

[solid dome]

% of it yeah, you should know what you're buying after all. Anyhow, don't jump on me like gorilla.

[polar fern]

Im yet to see a military with bad opinions

[polar fern]

Oooh aaah oooh aaaaah oooh aaaah

[remote bone]

I would rather have a company shut up and make their game instead of hype and pure marketing to get sales

[solid dome]

Alright, alright, it's cool, not judging anyone, sir

[finite dragon]

If you don’t like it, don’t buy it. Simple as. That’s how products work

[still nymph]

this is true, make da game.

[solid dome]

Dude, why are you jumping on me literally wanting to chop my head off. Enough. 😄

[polar fern]

Do you not know how game dev works? You think they hire an ad department to do nothing?

[remote bone]

No but I hope for them to work on the game instead of releasing monthly trailers to waste their money on

[solid dome]

I expressed myself too drastic and you 2 literally C4'd me

[remote bone]

Over promising like cyberpunk is a good example

[finite dragon]

Let GSC do their thing. Marketing will happen when it’s ready and the Game will come out

[still nymph]

2027

[polar fern]

They released a trailer in december and one in september the rest were teasers

[finite dragon]

Would I like a trailer? Sure, do i Care enough to be angry about a board game? Nah

[polar fern]

Game is coming on 29th may

[finite dragon]

I made this mistake with Halo Infinite, not again XD

[polar fern]

I see it on the stars

[timber forge]

Just got out of lab-x16

[polar fern]

Go back there you mutant thats your place

[still nymph]

they where growing the stalker 2 board game in there

[polar fern]

Lab x 16 sucked,lab x 18 much better

If i was a mutant i wish i was in x 18

[still nymph]

if i was a mutant i wish i was in the stalker 2 board game! releasing soon(tm)!

[polar fern]

Wonder if the new mutants like bayum will be in it

[worthy lagoon]

tbh, idc about that, i prefer them spending more on the game development rather than marketing

[solid dome]

One way or another, you have to win the customer somehow and you don't climb the business ladder by staying in the shadows

[tawny shale]

I dislike being hit in the head with the NDA rock.

[tawny shale]

Marketing is very important. You can have the best game in the world, but have it sell poorly due to poor marketing.

[solid dome]

I dislike being thrown huge chunks of rock through my kitchen and bedroom windows at 2 am on a sunday morning

[tawny shale]

You’ve been getting that too?

[solid dome]

Yeah, no action by the authorities. I have whole garage full of rocks.

[tawny shale]

It happens so frequently I’m thinking of just not replacing the window.

[spring abyss]

[solid dome]

I've installed metal nets on the window frames

[solid dome]

Oh my... days

[spring abyss]

so when we will organize our stalker boardgame stream

I will be the dutyer

[solid dome]

Tiktok stream?

[spring abyss]

🧱

Get bricked

[solid dome]

I'll be the snork to puke all over the board

[worthy lagoon]

look at the bright side, in the board trailer you can hear a main EN voice

I bet it's Skif voice

100%

[spring abyss]

That's why i will be the dutyer, to hunt down krezzin

[finite dragon]

What if the real Skif was the Friends we made along the way

[solid dome]

Get bricked

🫳🧱

[spring abyss]

🧱

[spring abyss]

@hazy helm you will be the master, make the story. The theme will be "anomaly 1.5.2" with hd models

[hazy helm]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/579474912092094505/1074403932052389989/caption-6_1.gif

[tawny shale]

NOOOO MY IMAGE PERMS

[solid dome]

@spring abyss Monopoly 1v1 when?

[spring abyss]

You will be bankrupt before the 2008 crisis

[solid dome]

Your image penis? Kids browse this server. Courtesy please.

[spring abyss]

[solid dome]

[tawny shale]

You illiterate fool!

[spring abyss]

Freeman you fool

Whathell, they made a song of this

[celest cosmos]

Are they going to announce the collectors edition ?

[hazy helm]

didn't they already

[celest cosmos]

I want the ultimate edition I Hope itll be available soon

[hardy bear]

Wait a board game?

That’s unexpected

[timber forge]

heheh

[timber forge]

yes

[timid trail]

Twitter 100K 💯

[dry imp]

twittuh

[celest cosmos]

We cant preorder the board game yet right ?

Also does anyone know how to get the ultimate edition ? or is it sold out ?

[worthy lagoon]

Are you from the US?

[celest cosmos]

Spain EU

[spring abyss]

https://gamefound.com/projects/awaken-realms/stalker-the-boardgame
There's nothing about pre-order on their page but they are offering bonus stuff you follow their project

[celest cosmos]

I followed them already 😎 I am going to get it as soon as it comes out !

[spring abyss]

😎👍

[celest cosmos]

I hope I can get an ultimate edition too hopefully

Idk if I missed them can anyone confirm that ? are they sold out ?

idk if devs or a mod knows that

[sand fiber]

no they aren't sold out, #🖤┃s2-pre-order

[celest cosmos]

oh release date 30th of december 2023

[nimble cipher]

Noni#3200 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[celest cosmos]

says its not available sadge

[spring abyss]

To some places like America the physical editio. are currently not available, gsc is working on this

[celest cosmos]

oooohhh okay got it !

im from EU tho lol but I guess its the same problem

[spring abyss]

You can ask the devs about more information about how that thing is going on in the #🔍┃ask_gscarchive channel

[spring abyss]

Oh, you can try the german amazon

It's available there

But ask the devs first 👍

[celest cosmos]

how can I ask them ? just dm them ?

[spring abyss]

On #🔍┃ask_gscarchive inform your country and ask them how is the best way to get the physical edition now.

[celest cosmos]

Thankyou so much for the info !

[spring abyss]

👍

[finite dragon]

what is this awaken games thing

[grim palm]

Board game

[finite dragon]

oh nvm zZzZz

[frail rover]

when the heck is the ultimate edition gonna be available for preorder? i want that damn lamp 😢

[spring abyss]

keep waiting, #🖤┃s2-pre-order is regularly being updated.
👍

[runic palm]

wheres the best place to find a modder i can commission?

Ive got a model that i want to replace the UNISG guys with but have zero idea how to do so.

[spring abyss]

Let's talk on the #🔩┃trilogy_modifications

[solid dome]

Keep walking, said Johnny Walker
..............And he kept walking for life.......

[spring abyss]

🧱

[solid dome]

🫳🧱

[spring abyss]

🧱

[solid dome]

Each conversation with Sylky starts and ends with bricks being thrown around

Cmere #💬┃en_offtop , son @spring abyss

[spring abyss]

[finite dragon]

[finite dragon]

Is there a release date for the board game ?

[worthy lagoon]

Not yet

I am sure it will be announced here

[grave harbor]

Just saw in the announcement room

Stalker the Boardgame

So basically Dungeons and Dragons but better?

Zoneified

[hazy helm]

Not at all

From what we know seems more like a traditional tabletop game to play with friends

Stuff like GURPS,DnD or Pathfinder are different

[remote osprey]

quick question, at the bridge area with the corrupted major do you only have to pay 500 everytime you pass through or onlyonce

[blissful bluff]

I wonder if stalker 2 will have multiplayer support in a way where the game is more like an mmo

[hazy helm]

you need to pay everytime you pass thru

[remote osprey]

alr thanks

[blissful bluff]

online open world game

[hazy helm]

they have already said that it was not going to be like DayZ,so probably not

[remote osprey]

so is it just better to kill the major lol

[hazy helm]

my man!

[blissful bluff]

Well stalkerZ is trash compared to the servers I played before like Ashes of chernobyl I'm sure there will be a modded server in S2 like that

[hazy helm]

I dont even know if we are gonna be able to do that,I expect we cant mod the multiplayer client

[blissful bluff]

AoC was the best stalker dayz server ashame I I banned for robbing loners

Yes they ban u for being a loner bandit

Which is dumb as I think it would be a good initiation for joining the bandits

[blissful bluff]

I don't think multiplayer will be fun as SoC multiplayer was like TDM and kinda boring and not fun

Proximity chat open world multiplayer stalker would be awesome

[hazy helm]

this is exactly what they said they wouldnt do

[remote osprey]

ikilled all the corrupted soldiers, corruption shall cease!!!

[blissful bluff]

Why tho it would be fun

Maybe it wouldn't work with the mechanics

I kinda wanna make a mod for fortnite and turn it into a RPG (not like save the world)

[hazy helm]

bro you high asf

[cyan canopy]

Duty Vs Freedom

As MP faction

[hazy helm]

What do you mean

[cyan canopy]

Like you know Team Deathmatch

That you can choose Freedom or Duty

[hazy helm]

You mean like the old gamesyhea

[vernal magnet]

cant wait to stream the stalker boardgame and have chat play the other characters

[amber tendon]

Can't wait to kiss my little bloodsucker in the cheek and wish him goodnight

Also I will 3D print him a tiny bed and stitch him a small blanky

[spring abyss]

[spring abyss]

I was talking about this yesterday, i wish we can organize some voice chat channels on the discord in the future to make stalker rpg games with the server friends

[amber tendon]

Catch a brick stalker

[spring abyss]

🧱
Get bricked freedomer

[blissful bluff]

Before I got banned from the tarkov official discord I indoctrinated most of the server to play stalker

[spring abyss]

[amber tendon]

Who wins, full of soggy concrete duty-er Vs bricked up freedom-er

[blissful bluff]

They banned me for streaming piracy websites which was funny coz there was a pirate version of tarkov

[amber tendon]

Btw they are in sand castle building competition

[spring abyss]

don't do that kind of thing here bro

[blissful bluff]

I learnt my lesson

[spring abyss]

👍

[blissful bluff]

It shouldn't be illegal/bannable offense to pirate games u previously paid for tho

[amber tendon]

You don't have to pirate tarkov to experience it, you just have to be born in Ukraine 🔫

[blissful bluff]

Just play EFP 4.0 lol

[vernal magnet]

Foreal so many cool opportunities here

[blissful bluff]

I actually hate Tarkov but I think the gunplay is awesome

[amber tendon]

Like d&d?

[spring abyss]

🧱

[amber tendon]

No fr now I am curious

[blissful bluff]

Hurray imma get my pc back

Stalker gamma might have to be played again

[hazy helm]

Preaching thr good word kf the holy vanilla spirit and that the holy SoC mother I hope

[hazy helm]

Tommy I suspect this is less a Role Playin game like DnD lr Pathfinder and its more a tabletop party game you play with friends

[vernal magnet]

That was my assumption as well.

They seem to be focusing on scenarios rather than a full DND campaign esque experience

[hazy helm]

guess you gotta learn how to make GURPS homebrews

[vernal magnet]

Which is fun and easier to have a completed session on a Friday night

[limber pawn]

Would anyone in Canada be able to help me find a physical pc collectors edition? The xbox version is available for $180 CAD but the only pc pre order i can find is asking for 180 EUROS which after conversion is ridiculous

[spring abyss]

Check here #🖤┃s2-pre-order

[limber pawn]

I did unfortunately the only pc release I can find is in EU and the price compared to what I can find in Canada is way to high

[solid dome]

Basically, Post-Apocalyptic Monopoly

[worthy lagoon]

GSC will resupply its stocks

[viral moss]

Will Stalker 2 be available on gog or not?

[spring abyss]

https://www.gog.com/en/game/stalker_2_heart_of_chornobyl_standard_edition

[wise thunder]

Any way to pre-order the Ultimate physical edition for LATAM Region or USA?

[hazy helm]

either german amazon or wait

[limber pawn]

what do you mean by that? Will GSC bring the physical pc copy to Canada?

[worthy lagoon]

Most likely

[limber pawn]

Alright I'll keep an eye out for it! If I have to I was going to pre order the xbox version and then see if I could trade the xbox game for a pc copy as I don't own an xbox

[polar fern]

Whats the deal with GSC and germany? A lot of things from its games seem to only be available in germany and ukraine like most of the books for example

[hazy helm]

some Amazon retailers ship worldwide,just so happens the one from Germany does,thats your only way of getting it in the USA

[vernal magnet]

there were a few german novels but the majority of books are still from Russia

And we only got 2 english novels sadly

[sour zinc]

10 months to go till the end of year, let's see if it gets delayed again

still no gameplay footage that lasts longer than 10 seconds 😦

[hearty vigil]

Books were in Russian, not Ukrainian.

[solid dome]

Still no preorder for different countries, some say is the worst

[fluid abyss]

I’m guessing they won’t release it this year

Not enough actual gameplay, in-dev or raw/uncut.

Maybe spring of next year? Though technology creep is real and if they keep this up they’ll end up releasing a game that feels outdated

[cobalt nexus]

Just keep in mind Collectors edition doesn’t come with the season pass and I believe the lamp and backpack. The Ultimate edition comes with everything.

[remote osprey]

does anyone know how to increase the resolution further than 1280 for soc?

[spring abyss]

Open the console and type this

[remote osprey]

ah so type the resolution

or am i missing something exactly

[spring abyss]

vid_mode 1920x1080

[spring abyss]

This is a example

[remote osprey]

ah i see tyty!

[spring abyss]

Open the console and put this, put your resolution there

[remote osprey]

Just did it, will it effects change after i restart?

Alright it worked, tysm

[spring abyss]

No as long as you not change the resolution

[remote osprey]

Ah alright I see, thanks again man

[spring abyss]

👍

[sand fiber]

in settings lol

just scroll down the menu

[remote osprey]

oh

i guess i forgot about it lol mb

[opaque parrot]

I have a feeling there will be a delay, but then again, there's other priorities now. The game will come one day either way...
As long as it's finished.

[glossy blade]

#🖤┃s2-pre-order now has one more option for USA and Canada and we also planning to get more physical editions available in the shop later.

[hazy helm]

Wow you actually did it!nice job

[dry imp]

ECKSBAAAACKS

[hazy helm]

@vernal magnet

[vernal magnet]

if we dont see anything major by E3 or June then its probably true. im still holding on hope.

[vernal magnet]

hype

[vernal magnet]

https://tenor.com/view/ogvhs-woo-wooo-woooo-wooooo-gif-22674107

i see how y'all snuck that anticipated release date as December on there still

[blissful bluff]

Anyone actually play cyberpunk here?

[spring abyss]

That's a subject for the #💬┃en_offtop fren 👍

[dry imp]

i think a few people do

i've seen it talked about before

[lime sorrel]

i have a problem with SOC. I got the documents at the X18 lab, and i killed all the soldiers but the quest isnt updating.

Its stuck at "find the entrance to the lab"

is my save ruined forever? or is there a fix 😦

[sand fiber]

reload i guess, or try giving those docs to barkeep lmao

[lime sorrel]

cant

[spring abyss]

Humm how did you enter in the lab without the quest update? Did you killed borov?

[lime sorrel]

yes

[spring abyss]

Wow

Try selling then to barkeep

[solid dome]

3rd delay would resurrect Godon Freeman

[solid dome]

You snake, you have to do hard saves to prevent K.O's

[solid dome]

Why you don't come out ONCE and say "When it's ready" instead of shelling different dates, in current case, YEAR... Have some balls, right?

I can't come to conclusion why this company keeps doing the most illogical thing in terms of announcing a FIRM release date

Better announce something that will happen in the next 24 months and if it's ready early, just surprise everyone

[lime sorrel]

cant

[spring abyss]

[solar ravine]

heyyy, tryna play soc with AA2, but it crashes after "loading shaders" any advice? thanks

[spring abyss]

Find the logs on the appdata folder to identify why is crashing

[solar ravine]

Expression : fatal error
Function : CBlender_default_aref::Compile
File : E:\stalker\sources\trunk\xr_3da\xrRender_R1\Blender_default_aref.cpp
Line : 75
Description : <no expression>
Arguments : Not enought textures for shader, base tex: prop\prop_barbwire3

this it?

[spring abyss]

Yep

I never heard of this error

Can you try different lights on the settings to see if it fix?

Like static lights

[solar ravine]

all of the settings give the same error

[spring abyss]

humm lemme think

[spring abyss]

Try this
https://steamcommunity.com/app/4500/discussions/0/2561864094339195843/

[rancid hornet]

hey, so im playing soc and i got inside the x16 building, which it says is my goal, but nothing seems to be triggering. Im sitting right on the yellow crosshair, is there something im doing wrong?

[spring abyss]

What is the currently objective?

[rancid hornet]

check someones corpse (valiov or something? the one by the plane in the lake map) which i have done, then go to the lab. I followed the arrow on the minimap straight to the goal marker but nothing is happening

[spring abyss]

@solar ravine
Take a look at this first
https://www.reddit.com/r/stalker/comments/2c8u7s/autumn_aurora_205_for_soc_released_lots_of/

"I have had the same issue as you, the bug happens when you try to run static lighting graphics when you installed the game to use full dynamic. The game, whatever you choose in the AA2 instal screen, chooses static by default. Go in the options menu and change your graphics settings to full dynamic and the game will run fine."

[spring abyss]

Enter the lab

[rancid hornet]

i went down the stairs, into the actual lab map, but the map seemed to indicate i had left the goal behind

[spring abyss]

Did you receive the radio com from sakharov?

When you enter the stairs down?

[rancid hornet]

i did not, i entered down and nothing happened, really, so i figured i mustve missed something so i went back up

[hazy helm]

I have never had a problem with modding SoC even once

[rancid hornet]

i should just continue on into the lab then?

[spring abyss]

Make a save first

[rancid hornet]

right

idk how well ill do, im almost out of ammo except for pistol

[spring abyss]

Go back to the scientific bunker and buy ammo

[rancid hornet]

yeah, probably a good idea i suppose

[rancid hornet]

by the way, which is the recommended guns/ armor for this stage of the game? (Lake Yantar/ Wild territory areas) I feel like im not progressing as smoothly as I should be

[solar ravine]

I did.

Each time I switch to dynamic lighting it says "restart the game for these changes to take effect" but reloading doesn't do anything

[spring abyss]

What light you select on the installation? Do dude is saying to select static light

[solar ravine]

I picked dynamic on installation

Apparently it could be a DX issue

[spring abyss]

Yeah, complete uninstall the game and pick the static light on the mod install

[silk sparrow]

all i want for 2023 christmas is stalker 2

[tawny shale]

Barkeep gave me a job I cannot complete.

He wants me to kill mercenaries. I killed them all and he is still unsatisfied.

Barkeep just wanted to see me fail. ;(

[dry imp]

kill more. must kill more. MORE. MORE BLOOD.

[subtle pewter]

is it true that there will be a season/battle pass for stalker 2? i read somewhere you would be able to pay money to unlock multiplayer. idk if any of this is true though lol

[hazy helm]

There is no credible sources for this,stop believing everything you read online without fact checking

[subtle pewter]

well yeah i didnt believe it thats why i was asking. bold of you to assume im believing everything without fact checking :p

[rancid hornet]

fact checking would maybe mean asking in the discord would it not

[hazy helm]

Fact checking would be checking the sources from where you heard it

IG,the only thing we know for sure about MP it that it wont be COOP,nor anything like dayz and the like

Supposedly itll be in a different client but that remains to be seen

[hazy helm]

#📜┃s2_suggestions message
And go to ask GSC and type in the search bar DayZ,you shall find questions about it and answers saying it wont be like that

As for the client thing,it was said when the whole Crypto debacle came down

[subtle pewter]

alright thank you for the info

[hazy helm]

No problem

[worthy lagoon]

If i am not wrong S2 MP will be released as a free update soon after release

[hazy helm]

That is the idea,its in the marketing

[worthy lagoon]

I honestly doubt there will be a BP because they focus on SP, in my opinion, i honestly hope there won't be such a thing

[cobalt nexus]

We know there will be a season pass as its included in the ultimate edition. I do find it strange that’s it’s only in that edition though.

[icy oriole]

Hello is there any stalker game online

[spring abyss]

Only tdm friend 👍
You can find other games modes only on mods

Every official stalker game is focused on the campaign, the multiplayer only got tdm

[icy oriole]

Can u suggest me better mod for stalker bcz my PC don't have GPU only igpu

[spring abyss]

Try call of chernobyl

[spring abyss]

You mean a multiplayer mod?

I'm not sure about how they work theres the xmpe but i dunno if he run fine on weak pcs

[icy oriole]

I think shadow of Chernobyl is better

[quaint vector]

whenever anyone else goes to try and pre order the game does it allow you to choose between the consoles or does it force you to xbox version?

[spring abyss]

I don't understand your question friend, it's only available for pc and xbox.

[quaint vector]

it doesnt give me the option to choose between xbox or pc it just automatically selects xbox

[spring abyss]

Hum, try this links friend #🖤┃s2-pre-order theres links for pc and links for xbox 👍

[quaint vector]

is the ultimate edition just not available in the us?

[spring abyss]

Looks the channel friend 👍

Also, you can ask the devs too for more info on the #🔍┃ask_gscarchive channel 👍

[quaint vector]

its only showing the standard edition for us

[spring abyss]

#🖤┃s2-pre-order message

That's for xbox

[quaint vector]

i dont play much on xbox anymore i was hoping to get it on for pc

[sand fiber]

just don't preorder lmfao

[dry imp]

we dont even know when the game is going to come out

[worthy lagoon]

Then you will have to wait until the PC version becomes available, i suggest you to check S2 website and #🖤┃s2-pre-order

[remote osprey]

should i get ZRP for soc

[hazy helm]

The staller games have CTA,TDM and DM,they are quite fun

[amber tendon]

do they even work?

like are servers even alive?

[hazy helm]

You can play lan but the games used gamespy so the server searcher doesnt work

I still play old stalker mult with friends on lan

[amber tendon]

gotchu

[worthy lagoon]

It actually does

You can still find servers on the internet

In the browser list

[tawny shale]

I tried to join one and it wouldn’t let me.

[worthy lagoon]

Maybe it was a xrMPE lobby

Some lobbies requires mods

Because it all show up in the same browser

[tawny shale]

Damn.

[vernal magnet]

New video dropped bois

[spring abyss]

Where link

[vernal magnet]

under contentmakers

[spring abyss]

Secret society's everywhere hum

[vernal magnet]

does that channel not show for you?

[spring abyss]

Nope

[vernal magnet]

oh dang let me drop it in photos and videos

[spring abyss]

[vernal magnet]

its there now

[spring abyss]

[hearty vigil]

Yes they do if you got multi patch installed

Which you do if you don’t have a super old disk, Steam and GOG are all updated.

[hearty vigil]

It was patched within a month to go through GSC servers instead of GameSpy and still does.

It works perfectly with no issues whatsoever, idk what you mean.

[vernal magnet]

i miss gamespy. Aliens vs Predator 2 was so good

[sterile canopy]

Dang it, new link isn't for a Steam version.

[quasi solar]

My online friend Max, is in Ukraine and working on his new PC game. just adding his game to your wishlist would be great, Thank you! https://twitter.com/Mnpctech/status/1631729693840875540

[cosmic schooner]

Wishlisted

[vernal magnet]

oh yea? what is it for GOG?

[sterile canopy]

Xbox I'd assume

Well, Windows Store which is Xbox

[vernal magnet]

Oh neat i wasnt expecting that in the physicals

[civic goblet]

Can you wear a psy helmet with a seva suit?

[hazy helm]

yes

[civic goblet]

do you have to like equip it or just keep it in your inv?

[hazy helm]

Im p sure just by having it you get the effect to stop the special radiation but wearing it gives you some upgrades,you should wear it,in the game nothing else goes into that slot if memory serves me right

[civic goblet]

Of course its a freedom

[delicate vector]

no response but emoji... i dont know what it means

[civic goblet]

🚿 ^

[delicate vector]

what?

is it because they are competing with stalker?

[civic goblet]

🚿

[delicate vector]

you are very annoying. no response but emoji, maybe too stupid to formulate response

[midnight tiger]

Talking about it relates to politics

[civic goblet]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/918645011267080193/953773874254843904/b71ad766ff-1.gif

[midnight tiger]

Embed fail

[civic goblet]

[midnight tiger]

I don't really see atomic heart as a competitor tho

Not really the same type of game from what I can tell

It helps your blood pressure if you don't worry about why people do what they do lom

[spring abyss]

Rule 8 friend #📌┃rules

[delicate vector]

sorry about that, i deleted it

[dry imp]

say it again

[sand fiber]

lmao wdym competing

[spring abyss]

It was the atomic heart vs stalker thing

[sand fiber]

yeah i know, don't see how games can compete between each other though

[delicate vector]

me neither. thats why i asked

[midnight tiger]

I mean there are plenty of examples, namely COD and battlefield

But even those are quite different games

[sand fiber]

there is only competition if both games release in the same month

in case of cod and bf i mean

[midnight tiger]

I mean they still compete

[sand fiber]

how so

[hazy helm]

not really bc the niches CoD and Battlefield filled were always different

the niches of AH and S2 will also be different

thus it wont be competition,they wont be even running for the same thing

they are inherently different

[sand fiber]

yeah, one is a bad game from some random studio and another's atomic heart

[midnight tiger]

They directly compete for players lol. Most people prefer one or the other

But earlier in the convo I already said I don't see STALKER and atomic heart as direct competitors like that

[hazy helm]

CoD was always supposed to be more arcady with smaller maps and more fast paced action
while BF was always supposed to simulate a large scale battle filled with loads of methods of engagements and large maps with a great deal of things to do
a play will gravitate to one of them depending on which he likes more

having played BF from old 2 to the WW1

[midnight tiger]

BF is arcadey too lol. Bf is basically a sandbox

[hazy helm]

BF is also arcadey yes,but its a lot more of a simulation title than CoD

as I said

different objectives will attract different types of ppl

[fallen folio]

I had a really cool idea for a stalker modpack however I don’t have a talented bone in my body, but I made drawings where would I put that

[hazy helm]

#🔮┃fanart_and_cosplay

[fallen folio]

Thank you

[safe apex]

wassup, anyone know how can I edit fov on guns ?

my actual version is anomaly with desolation mod

[spring abyss]

Anomaly is basic call of chernobyl, and I'm sure this one got a fov settings on the settings tab in the menu right in the resolution selection

[safe apex]

ah solved already

im dubm, thanks

[outer lichen]

Fact of the matter is, since stalker 2 will be released on Xbox too, the experience will be less advanced and more watered down compared to previous titles

[spring abyss]

"Fact"

dude this is not a fact, we will only know when we play the game

[blissful bluff]

Nah it will be better than original titles hopefully because it won't be like any standalone mod

[blissful bluff]

Anomoly is a more complex CoC bro

[spring abyss]

It's not 🤢

[blissful bluff]

CoC is better in my opinion

Bro anomoly literally features most of DocX's mods

[spring abyss]

What? Docx made only mods based on the canon stalker

If docx saw isg in stalker he would broken his pc

[blissful bluff]

The only thing that makes anomoly more complex is the amount of junk u end up with in the inventory I wish weapon fixing was like fallout 3 just combine the broken ones until its fully restored

[spring abyss]

-insert boring mechanics
-call it complex

See the difference

[blissful bluff]

I think fallout 3s fixing weapons should be in stalker tho it would have meaning to picking up 5 broken AKs

[spring abyss]

[blissful bluff]

Instead of picking up broken ones just to take to a technician once u find advanced/basic tools

[blissful bluff]

It is complex coz it took me a year to figure out how the mechanic actually worked lol 😅 I was literally spawning in the weapon I found just so it was repaired then GAMMA taught me how to craft

[spring abyss]

It's not complex bc was hard for you

[blissful bluff]

It was coz not understanding means it was complex coz and was not simple

[stark plover]

[spring abyss]

I took 10929 times to finish the first mission of acz when i was a kid, doesn't make the game complex was just my skill issue

[blissful bluff]

If it was simple then it wouldn't be complex

That's literally the meaning of complex

It's kinda based tbh

[midnight tiger]

[blissful bluff]

Then there's me who decides to play the mafia trilogy on its hardest difficulties and wonders why I can't finish the final mission 🤣

[spring abyss]

[hazy helm]

The original titles are simple enuff for anybody in todays world to understand,you dont need to water anything down,if anything,this makes sure the developers cant make a pseudo realistic hardcore survival game that goes counter to the original game

[finite dragon]

99% sure you can play the title through the microsoft store since it’s going to be an xbox title

the same way i have fallout 76 purchased on my microsoft account and i can play it on both my xbox or my pc if i wanted to, just a thought

[blissful bluff]

I got 76 for free

Tbf xbox game pass beats ps plus by a long shot tho

[tacit otter]

M$ has openly said they lose money on Gamepass but gain so much from the draw that it's worth the loss

Sony is not in the financial position M$ is to just drop billions on a product. That's why Gamepass is objectively (and subjectively) better than PS Plus.

[hazy helm]

I dont know what group the argument up

the game aint even going to the PS platform

[spring abyss]

@blissful bluff @tacit otter pls guys move this discussion to the #💬┃en_offtop channel

[outer lichen]

Mark my words, this new mario kart is gonna be made for babies

[spring abyss]

[hazy helm]

kek

[outer lichen]

Is the physical edition availiable to preorder for any of you?

doesnt seem to be in my region unfortunently

[worthy lagoon]

depends on the country you are from

where are you from?

[outer lichen]

scandinavia

none of the scandinavian countries seem to have one

There are links in #🖤┃s2-pre-order but when you go to them, most of them are empty

[worthy lagoon]

they will have to restock then, you can try GameLegends, although i suggest you to wait, GSC will most likely restock the physical editions when they will announce the release date

[sand fiber]

based on what lmfao

[outer lichen]

nah it was a joke

[sand fiber]

real

[outer lichen]

i saw some dude on reddit say that

[hazy helm]

kek

[sand fiber]

i mean console limitations are still there but it's not ps2-3 era

[spring abyss]

That's a cool comparison bc i don't play on consoles since this era

[worthy lagoon]

@sand fiber

Wait, wrong channel

[haughty gorge]

join monolita

[cyan canopy]

no,join as zombies

[potent rivet]

Looking for a friend to play stalker shadow of Chernobyl on version 1.0006

[dry imp]

you literally just made this up 💀

[short harness]

Just want to add that not every game has 'play anywhere' meaning you would only have access to saves on the platform they were created on. Further adding to that, for the example of fallout 76, it has 2 versions that are console-pc specific. I was very bummed I couldn't transfer over to pc since it doesn't have 'play anywhere' capability.

[outer lichen]

Thats what they want you to believe

[fallen folio]

So is the collectors edition for PC a physical copy like a DVD, or will it just be a code?

[dry imp]

true i made that up

[dry imp]

vhs

[worthy lagoon]

It will contain the Steam code, i am not sure about the CD but the game will be activated via Steam code

@glossy blade might know that

[glossy blade]

Steam code

[worthy lagoon]

[fallen folio]

Perfect, it might come in in time for my dial up to start working

[solid dome]

[outer lichen]

This guy gets comedy! 👏 😄 😇

[dry imp]

what can i say, im a comedian

[blissful bluff]

I'd love the devs to port stalker trilogy too consoles as a joke

It wouldn't be hard to map the buttons

Make quick heals the D pad and everything else like chernobylite except have dignity in making inventory button the select instead of Y or Triangle

[hearty vigil]

Lmao you are oblivious aren’t you

https://stalker-fandom-com.translate.goog/ru/wiki/Build_8577?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=wapp

[finite dragon]

because this is definitely common knowledge that everyone is aware of

[hazy helm]

it made the rounds for quite the time when it came out
at least withing the community

its pretty well known at this point

[finite dragon]

despite the fact that people asking when a stalker port is a fairly commonplace question as well? seems a bit contradictory for it to be common knowledge

[hazy helm]

its common knowledge that there were multiple projects to bring stalker series to consoles,and its still quite largely know that builds made specifically for console ports are floating arouind

[dry imp]

yeah its also common knowledge that stalker 2 has no coop, isn't available for physical preorders in most places, doesn't have a release date, nor gameplay and people ask those same questions nearly every day

[spring abyss]

Fake

[dry imp]

[hearty vigil]

Are there more than one?

I know only of 8577.

[hazy helm]

there is only one published build,theres more concept projects that were supposed to be console games

[midnight tiger]

RIP for console gamers

[balmy basin]

so . . .

when does stalker 2 release. It says december. Will it actually release this year? Or is that just a placeholder and it could release even sooner?

[devout bone]

Is their a way too play soc in cop engine

[dry imp]

tomorrow

[balmy basin]

WOW

REALLY!!!! DUDE. HELL YEAH! I just PRE ORDERED! I have tomorrow off work as well. what insane timing!

[jaunty pebble]

It's obiviously a troll

[balmy basin]

No, go in the steam community tab for Heart of Chernobyl.

People are confirming its releasing 3/5/23 tomorrow at 10am est

[jaunty pebble]

I did but nothing

Maybe it's for the board game

[amber tendon]

nah dude

[jaunty pebble]

Bro's on Super Hopium

[worthy lagoon]

Release year is 2023, the December one you see on Steam is a placeholder so it is possible that the exact release date might be sooner than December

And no, it's not coming tomorrow

[hazy helm]

no

[west harbor]

if i fight the robbers in garbage, will that have an impact on my relations with the bandits?

i mean, besides the standard small reputation decrease

[shrewd pine]

is there any chance of the physical ultimate edition coming to finalbossbundle?

[spring abyss]

Ask this on this channel friend #🔍┃ask_gscarchive is where the devs answer questions

[shrewd pine]

thanks

[floral plaza]

I have problem with Stalker Dead Air installation

The error pops out when i try to run xrEngine.exe, i did everything add a language add a bug fix and the error pops out

Error: The code execution cannot proceed because MSVCP120.dll was not found. Reinstalling the program may fix this problem.

[west harbor]

install visual c++ from the microsoft website

[floral plaza]

And

look dms

[autumn shale]

hello there, I'm back

[finite dragon]

Is it known in stalker lore how other countries react to the zone? I know about how mercenaries might be from western nations

[autumn shale]

There's not much about it in the games sadly. Iirc UN and their scientific team was mentioned a few times, then there's the US drone in CoP and some of the mercenaries being possibly from western nations

The UNISG faction associated with UN was also supposed to be in Clear Sky before getting cut

[finite dragon]

I always forget about that drone. Damn that sucks that there is little mention

[hazy helm]

and good ridance

theres this story about the UN tho

[autumn shale]

yup, it definitely seemed very redundant considering Ecologists are already a thing

[hazy helm]

a group of big shot scientists went into the zone,UN affiliated,they wanted to conduct a expedition for research so they group 3 Personal Carriers,a few guys and guards,a few days later 2 guys and a scientist in shock came back in a ruined destroyed Personal Carrier
they didnt even make it past the red forest,were ambushed by some bandits and croaked
the scientist came back to the mainland and now nobody from the mainland dares
let the small time scientists do the busy and slimy work
the big shots can order artifacts and everything,and do their studies in their cozy offices

[autumn shale]

Most of the cut factions just really seem like alternate versions of the final factions to me. Sin and Final Day are just proto monolith, UNISG are spicier ecologists etc.

I don't think much of value was lost in this regard

[spare wave]

UNISG is just a cool concept but I agree Sin and Final Day we didnt lose much

[hazy helm]

there is a reason why UNISG is a early cut faction

[spare wave]

Idk man a few dudes that act like men in black in the zone pretty cool too me

[hazy helm]

the reason why they were cut is bc they were BAD

as in they SUCKED

good ridance

[spare wave]

Didnt mean to hit a nerve dude

[formal rapids]

Someone messahe me and tell me what i should use for red forest

[fluid abyss]

I need more Strelok

[solid dome]

Nobody gonna massage you around here
Go to Thailand

[dry imp]

ill rub your toes

[tawny shale]

Vasim seems to be always like this, don’t mind him.

[hazy helm]

you will hear my unhinged rant about stalker factions and like it]

[autumn shale]

Imagine just casually going to a nightclub and there's Vasim and he approaches you and starts talking about STALKER for 4 hours straight

[tawny shale]

Vasim’s the person you find wandering the streets at night muttering incomprehensible nonsense.

[hazy helm]

thats W40K fan stuff
mine would be 8 hours

[tawny shale]

I encountered a homeless person like that once, and it scared me. They were talking about like… how the Andromeda Galaxy is the Sun.

Since the Andromeda Galaxy was set to collide with our galaxy in a few billion years

[autumn shale]

Kids think Duty is cool because they have big guns and want to destroy the zone

Teens think Freedom is cool because they do nothing but smoke weed and do whatever they want all day

Adulthood is when you realise Clear Sky were the real MVPs

[tawny shale]

What’s up with drugs, anyways?

I never understood the appeal.

[autumn shale]

ikr. Some people are just so obsessed with them

[spring abyss]

Clear sky not exist anymore

[tawny shale]

I remember when I was younger, someone threw an empty vape pen at me when I was in a bathroom stall.

[autumn shale]

Just like my childhood and will to live

[tawny shale]

I showed it off to a classmate while I was trying to figure out what to do with it, and they asked me to hand it to them.

I complied, and they tried to inhale it right in front of me, before handing it back to me and saying it was empty.

[spring abyss]

[autumn shale]

lmao
I could talk for hours about obscure 90s and early 2000s fps games

inb4 gives a 5 hour lecture about how Codename Venom is a gaming masterpiece

[tawny shale]

What are your thoughts on Hovertanks 3D?

[autumn shale]

Hovertanks?

[tawny shale]

I think it’s the direct predecessor to Wolfenstein 3D.

It’s a lot more crude, that’s for sure.

Sorry, it’s Hovertanks 3D.

[spring abyss]

Mazewars >>>>

[tawny shale]

MAZEWARSSSS

[formal rapids]

HOW ARE YOU MEANT TO AVOIDE THESE IDIOTS IN LB X10 IN SHADOW OF CHERNOBYL FFS!!!!!!!!! ITS REALLY DOING MY HEAD IN NOW😭

https://tenor.com/view/rage-angry-gif-25976706

HOW THE HELL YOU MEANT TO AFFORD GOOD ARMOUR IF YOU CANT GET THE MONEY FOR IT ETC

THIS IS DOING MY HEAD IN!

IM GETTING SO SO SO SO ANNOYED

I JUST WANT TO COMPLETE THE DAMN GAME!!!!!!!!!!

[spring abyss]

What guys, the bandits?

After you complete the lab quest you can just run

[formal rapids]

how though theres nowhere to get out you have to go back where u came from,

this is pissing me off now and f off wolf!

[spring abyss]

I made a video about this

I show you a escape route

https://youtu.be/oma47fON6dM
Skip the memes and focus on the route that i took

[fading grove]

I've just bought Stalker bundle

yay

[spring abyss]

You're welcome fren

Anything that i can help you ?

[fading grove]

Well if I play the game and deal with some problems, I would ask you

[spring abyss]

[formal rapids]

Sorry guys it just annoyed me that i went so far 3 damn times just to lose my armour and stuff

I wanted to ask though please dont tell me i have to go ba k in there because i dont want ti

To

[formal rapids]

Because im gonna do it p.s i didnt skip them they cheered me up a bit i was that annoyed it was just my damn nose because its so runny

Wont go away eventhough i dont have a cold i think its early hey fever

[spring abyss]

hope you get healthy fast 🙏

[velvet flax]

Who ping

[toxic coral]

not me but i hope you have a nice day

[autumn shale]

So let's round it up... which areas have been confirmed so far?

I can sorta make out the entrance to X18 in the first trailer but not 100% sure about it but it looks like Dark Valley could be in

and it looks like Zaton might be in, too

Pripyat is guaranteed to be there aswell

[worthy lagoon]

I think we will see all the previous maps in the trilogy

[autumn shale]

That would honestly be so excellent. Given Unreal Engine has pretty good asset streaming, I think we might see seamless transitions between areas aswell with no loading screens

[sleek tundra]

Not good enough

What are you, gay? We need actual gameplay mechanics and improvements, not "seamless gender transition" or whatever you're suggesting

[amber tendon]

get that silly war crime committing cat out of my sight

[spring abyss]

[amber tendon]

dori-dori-dori ass

[autumn shale]

....
ok comedian

[sleek tundra]

I'm serious

[spring abyss]

[autumn shale]

Then please actually read what people write instead of immediately seeking arguments and picking fights

[sand fiber]

trashcan seamless gender transition is what stalker thrives for

[midnight tiger]

Find artifacts, sell ammo, do side missions.

[sleek tundra]

You talked about level transition, I came here to mock you for not being as based as I

[sand fiber]

we need to turn stalker into an 90-ies dungeon crawler

[autumn shale]

If you want me to listen to things like this, at least pay me

[sleek tundra]

How much?

[sand fiber]

i mean what do you expect from a sequel, to cut half of the existing and iconic locations or smth

i'm sure it'll be everything we've seen+more+underground OL concepts

[midnight tiger]

Based

[sleek tundra]

NozAr based

We need more people like you in game development

[autumn shale]

I was just wondering since every game from the og trilogy had a different set of areas and for example CoP didn't have Cordon so I was wondering whether SII would have everything that was seen up until now or whether it too would be selective about which parts of the zone it would feature

[sleek tundra]

Maybe we'll have good games by then

[midnight tiger]

I hope bullets actually go where you shoot them lol

[autumn shale]

Since more areas means more work and more development time

[sand fiber]

seriously though i have some fairly developed concepts for games lmfao

[sleek tundra]

CoP was too damn small

[midnight tiger]

Who knows, they definitely had rookie village in the trailers tho

[sleek tundra]

Nah, that was gamer village now

[sand fiber]

eh, it was like a breath of a fresh air after tight locations of the soc-cs

[midnight tiger]

Each area was much larger than anything out of the previous games tho

[spring abyss]

Skill issue

[autumn shale]

oh yeah
I also noticed we might see some new X Labs aswell. I always loved exploring them

[sleek tundra]

Much larger but much more empty

And if you combine the maps, the old games still had a large play area, and less useless space

[sand fiber]

untrue

[midnight tiger]

You can't seriously tell me that wasn't a huge problem with the vanilla games lol

[spring abyss]

That's hella skill issue

[sand fiber]

it's filled with points of interest

[sleek tundra]

It wasn't since the NPCs were equally dumb

[midnight tiger]

Ya that was probably the biggest letdown of CoP was no proper underground areas besides the tunnel to pripyat

[autumn shale]

though the bloodsucker lair was at least pretty cool

[spring abyss]

Let me ask @finite summit , ain't that a skill issue?

[sleek tundra]

Same with the old maps, except we had more of them. Again, the overall play area and points of interest in SoC and CS were larger

[midnight tiger]

Take your dancing neco arc and shove it lol

[spring abyss]

[midnight tiger]

Not saying I didn't handle it, I'm saying it's a detriment to the games

[sleek tundra]

Detriment?

[midnight tiger]

There is a reason all the mods make accuracy exist lmao

[autumn shale]

Yup, it's all very neatly laid out and it definitely had tons of neat lore and side missions all around

[sleek tundra]

Which is?

[spring abyss]

Keep changing that php and i will never know who are you

[sand fiber]

soc and cs used same locations except redforest-limansk-hospital

[amber tendon]

Skill issue

[sand fiber]

cop had like three locations one of which is literally a part pripyat'

[midnight tiger]

I'm just saying, you don't know how many friends of mine were turned off by the lacking gunplay of vanilla

[autumn shale]

true. I hope STALKER 2 will at least keep the strategic aspect of the fights. I really enjoy the cat and mouse game with picking the best position etc.

[sand fiber]

AND THAT'S GOOD, STALKER 2 SHOULD HAVE TERRIBLE GUNPLAY AND NO WAY TO MOD IT

[midnight tiger]

Well so far the gunplay looks VERY GOOD

[autumn shale]

good point

[spring abyss]

[sand fiber]

THE ONLY WAY WE'LL KEEP ALL THE TACTICOOL AND TARKOV LOVERS OUT OF THE COMMUNITY

[sleek tundra]

You mean press f1, use artifact and become God?

The old games didn't have any strategy besides pressing f1

[autumn shale]

agreed. I can hear the screeching of Anomaly players from the distance though lmao

[sleek tundra]

That's their problem, not every game needs pinpoint accuracy for the player

[autumn shale]

The forums are gonna be such a chaos once the game drops

[sleek tundra]

Why?

[midnight tiger]

I'm honestly amazed yall are so defensive of bad gunplay lol

[sleek tundra]

Lmfao, the guy blocked me

[spring abyss]

Who ?

[sleek tundra]

Martin

[spring abyss]

Wipergone moment

[sleek tundra]

Stalker was never focused on FPS, and the gunplay was balanced around enemy AI

[spring abyss]

Hold on i got a meme

[midnight tiger]

It's literally an FPS lmao

[sleek tundra]

I said it never focused on it

[sand fiber]

i mean, hadn't had any problems with it but too much people complain about it

[spring abyss]

https://youtu.be/wz0i-dHWAfk

[autumn shale]

ikr. The gunplay is definitely very janky. Barely passable but can be fun. I won't miss pumping military dudes full of 9mm rounds without flinching only to get suddenly burst fired by a Abakan and drop dead though

[nimble cipher]

Paradox#7185 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[sand fiber]

uh why were you using pistol ammo for military

[spring abyss]

[midnight tiger]

Here I go stirring the pot again

[autumn shale]

MP5

early game SoC stuff

[sand fiber]

ehhhh there is better ammo for gadyuka and you can just use shotgun for military

[midnight tiger]

I played plenty of vanilla SHoC and CoP, the gunplay needs to be updated

[sand fiber]

nevermind the fact you can just pick up their AKs lmao

[sleek tundra]

• Uses crappy weapons
• Dies to enemies and misses every shot
• Complains about the game

[autumn shale]

True. That was my first playthrough though. On my later playthroughs I just get the AK-74 ASAP

[sleek tundra]

Then the AI should get better aim and more smart tactics, plus artifacts should be weaker and rarer

[midnight tiger]

I didn't even get started on bullet sponge enemies lol. First thing I did with CoC after Arsenal Overhaul was a damage mod

[sleek tundra]

Just play on master!

[midnight tiger]

I always do

[sleek tundra]

Why?

[spring abyss]

That's basic every dude who don't like cs

[sand fiber]

i mean, i see the point about the unsatisfaction of using the weapons, but it's not like the balancing is bad or anything

[midnight tiger]

Well the difficulty in SHoC is literally broken lol

[sleek tundra]

Explain

[midnight tiger]

Iirc on anything but Master difficutly, bullets literally disappear out of thin air

[spring abyss]

"Difficulty, you can literally cheese the game without kill most of the enemies"

[sleek tundra]

It isn't, the gunplay not being pinpoint accurate is balanced by NPCs also having bad accuracy and the characters in general taking a lot of shots to kill

[sand fiber]

indeed

[midnight tiger]

Read above my dude. You can't tell me that that is any positive lol

[spring abyss]

You cheese hl the same way

[midnight tiger]

Imagine having any sort of criticism of a series you love