⭐┃nospoilers_general

[finite dragon]

I got limited edition physical B)

excited for all the patches the most

I've gotta assume they're gonna give you them all and not like, three

gonna be really upset if thats the case

[solid dome]

Only for the patches? You can literally do those yourself, doe.

[finite dragon]

Yeah well, I was going to buy the game when it came out anyway which'll be like £40-£50? An extra 20-30 for all the stuff? Absolutely.

I've tried looking into ordering patches before, they're a solid £10 for one

Plus all the other stuff is awesome and I wanna support gsc instead of just pirating their game when it comes out

y'know

[solid dome]

Not judging or gonna judge or ever judged someone

[finite dragon]

Yeah I didn't think you were, just saying my reasons. I'd been thinking on it for like, a month is all.

plus god the design of like, all the patches are great

thats just me nerding over the design though

oh I'm especially excited to see the new patch for the new faction

[solid dome]

I was once thinking what would Ward's sign constitute

[finite dragon]

if I remember they're supposed to be like, the police, right? So maybe a shield will be incorporated

[solid dome]

Akimbo pistols with shields around?

[finite dragon]

ooo that'd be cool wouldn't be shocked

As long as it doesn't closely resemble another patch I will be happy

[solid dome]

Lot of variation what can be done

[finite dragon]

I have full faith they will make another fantastic design

[solid dome]

Letter W crossed vertically by army knife?
Could work too

[finite dragon]

Perhaps perhaps. I prefer the akimbo pistol shield idea but mayhaps. I feel like a letter (other than the words in other patches) being the main focus on a patch might look a little off. It'd be a change though which could be cool.

I think both of your theories are very plausible

[sleek creek]

Who know what will happen in 2033?

[solid dome]

Kane does

[pseudo rivet]

Truly a C&C Firestorm moment

[vernal magnet]

Yes! I have ran Into this. It's been a long time though. First, make sure stalker is starting with administrative privileges. Then you might need to change the hook rate or another option from the game capture properties

[hearty vigil]

ZRP does not touch the engine how could it theoretically fix the issue?

[spring abyss]

i will not fall in your bait sir

[nimble cipher]

street cred#4937 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[hearty vigil]

Just a really crappy piece of advice for that issue that can have no effect on that.

[spring abyss]

no

but thanks

[silver pagoda]

https://schedule.gdconf.com/session/stalker-2-next-gen-game-development-with-nvidia-omniverse-audio2face-presented-by-nvidia/894518

[hazy helm]

Ho hey thanks for sharing

[velvet schooner]

i don't get it

freedom and duty always have conflict of interest

[velvet schooner]

me looking at sequel title:

s.t.a.l.k.e.r. shadow of chernobyl
s.t.a.l.k.e.r. 2 heart of chornobyl

wat

literally missed opportunity for naming the sequel like s.t.a.l.k.e.r. 2 heart of chlorophyll

[toxic coral]

its called like that cause the wish granter became sentient and you get to date it

[velvet schooner]

🏃‍♂️ 💨

[cosmic schooner]

It literally told the marked one come (cum) to it

[long harbor]

can't wait to stick my pp in that stonussy

[toxic coral]

hell yeahh

[long harbor]

GSC pls makes Wish granter waifu real 🙏
i'll pray for your prosperity every day, inshallah

[toxic coral]

sex with a giant irradiated meth crystal is what we all pray for🙏

[cosmic schooner]

Walter white caused the zone

[toxic coral]

yes

[cosmic schooner]

Don't let freedom near the giant meth crystal

[toxic coral]

jokes on you, i am a freedom backed ecologist

a freedom backed experienced rookie expert ecologist

[velvet schooner]

can anomalies produce drug artifacts

oh yeah, i'm not sure but

(stalker SoC) do weapons with ⬆️ icon mean, "unique" ones

[vernal magnet]

we get to see the facial mapping tech for STALKER 2 at GDC at the end of the month

H.Y.P.E.

[toxic coral]

yes

same with suits

[finite dragon]

SDALGER

[toxic coral]

FR THO

[cosmic schooner]

Yeah, i think so

[velvet schooner]

there are suits w/ such icon?

[toxic coral]

yes, you got unique weapons and suits, both marked with the up arrow

[pseudo rivet]

Yeah, SoC had them

[worthy lagoon]

What

[vernal magnet]

Stalker 2 is confirmed to be using Audio2Face Nvidia tech. They are showing it off on the 23rd at GDC

[worthy lagoon]

Oh yeah that

[sleek creek]

How get stalker 2 free

[pseudo rivet]

Ping GSC role and ask them

[sleek creek]

Sure

He will show me?

[spring abyss]

Dude if he does you will be muted with him

[pseudo rivet]

[sleek creek]

@azure nimbus

Like that now he will show me how download?

[pseudo rivet]

Unfortunately, that's the inactive account

[spring abyss]

Don't ping gsc role or you will me muted

[sleek creek]

Oh

[pseudo rivet]

Me muted

[sleek creek]

But he told me to ping for help

Can I have help now

[spring abyss]

If you want to ask something to the devs use #🔍┃ask_gscarchive

[sleek creek]

ok

[pseudo rivet]

[sleek creek]

I will be muted?

[pseudo rivet]

Nah

[sleek creek]

ouf

[vernal magnet]

this guy has to be trolling

[sour zinc]

i saw an article just now about new footage being shown on march 23... but i see no mention of it on the official discord itself lol

might be legit actually, GDC 2023

just looked it up

[tropic flax]

I need another video to breakdown and watch all the small details

[sour zinc]

im just hoping it wont be a bunch of sewn together 5 second clips like the trailer and actually a legit playthrough to show real gameplay

[vernal magnet]

I gotchu fam

[tropic flax]

True, It would be nice and some responsiveness of how the NPCs will actually interact other then them being completely still. I do understand if that may have been an early build or just for showcase purposes. But I would love to see some good gameplay, really looking forward to this, we will be hearing from them very soon.

im also looking forward to seeing how far the zone has come and the time that has passed to see the known places we love. I love being in that environment and exploring the decay

[sour zinc]

iirc the zone expands by like 1km every time there's an emission... and stalker 2 takes place a few years in the future, so there's room for them to add new regions too

[pseudo rivet]

Not sure why people believe that, since it only happened once. The reason why S.T.2's Zone has expanded is probably all thanks to Strelok destroying the C-Consciousness

[tropic flax]

but that would be a good way to expand upon the zone for gameplay and lore. The emissions could have evolved into something once the CC was destroyed. turning the souls and consciousness of the scientists into the zone/noosphere itself.

[dry imp]

the zone expanded because i upgraded the size

[tawny shale]

The Zone expanding was a result of the first emission, right?

[tropic flax]

June 10: The Zone abruptly grows five kilometres bigger after the massive First Large Emission

[tawny shale]

Yes, then.

[tropic flax]

yee lol

[pseudo rivet]

That is to say, the Zone already existed BEFORE the First Disaster

[unborn crow]

i still have stalker 2 downloaded on my xbox lmao

[finite dragon]

I just finished stalker 2

was kind of like if tarkov and anomaly had a child

[pseudo rivet]

Yup, told you

[finite dragon]

they retconned the whole zone thing too, it's just a straight milsim now

[tropic flax]

oh very interesting! what were some of your favorite areas to be in>?

[finite dragon]

Brooklyn was my favorite

[dry imp]

brooklyn was ass. the chinese embassy was my favorite part

[worthy scroll]

Any news on the Stalker 2 release date??

[finite dragon]

was leaked a couple days ago

[dry imp]

bro its been out for like four days

[finite dragon]

Brooklyn was my favorite level

Strelok takes the subway to Chinatown to get dimsum before going to the Chinese embassy

[vernal magnet]

Deus Ex / STALKER crossover episode be like

[tawny shale]

Strelok becomes a vampire and has to fight for their life in vampiric politics, while maintaining a masquerade that prevents humans from learning about their existence.

[vernal magnet]

S.T.A.L.K.E.R The Masquerade, Monolith Bloodlines

funny enough youd still need to wait almost 20 years for a sequel hehehe

[sleek creek]

2033 who know what will happen

[vernal magnet]

i still believe Stalker 2 is coming between September and December

[tropic flax]

I hope so, i need to get my dirty little hands on it

[vernal magnet]

https://tenor.com/view/give-me-it-give-me-that-bobby-newport-gif-16327655

[dry imp]

i cant wait for Black Ops 2 to take place in two years

[dry imp]

tomorrow

[worthy scroll]

Very vague..my man..nothing more specific 😊

[finite dragon]

Malfoy kills Strelok

[primal salmon]

So there will be a strip club in Pripyat (Stalker 2) or not ?

[finite dragon]

Yes but there are still no women allowed in the zone so it will be men in drag, mostly Duty members

ok im done troll schizo posting in here i will return to my cave in en_offtop

[spring abyss]

Theres nfsw in the soc files, everything is possible

[finite dragon]

lol are they just naughty jpgs of actual humans or player models

[spring abyss]

[vernal magnet]

everyone thinks June but its not gonna happen

[sleek creek]

Stalker

[prisma crystal]

Yo ik how pirate the game stalker1 and 2 more info dms

[spring abyss]

That's against the rules friend

[sleek creek]

Oh sure for stalker 2

[prisma crystal]

Here

That for stalker 1

[nimble cipher]

Whoissbb#2390 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[sleek creek]

I don't give a fu** about stalker 1 I want it 2 me

[prisma crystal]

But now we can only pirate stalker 1 not the 2 and the 2 he is not uploaded stupid

[spring abyss]

@hazy helm hun

[sleek creek]

I don’t care about stalker 1 I already have it

[prisma crystal]

Yea yea that why you say everytime stalker stalker stalker stalker in 1 min I think you don’t have stalker 1

Download here for free

[sleek creek]

No

I already have stalker 1

[hazy helm]

!tempmute @prisma crystal 7D Breaking TOS

[nimble cipher]

Scavenger#4152 has been muted for 1 week

Reason: Breaking TOS

Muted until · Mar 16, 2023, 12:13 AM

[sleek creek]

Banned for scram link

[hazy helm]

that was no scam link,Discord doesnt allow piracy links in their TOS

[sleek creek]

we knew very well what it was

[worthy lagoon]

What the

I thought they disabled the brain scorcher

[sleek creek]

Ok?

[finite dragon]

bruhs brain definitely seem scorched

average monolith

[spring abyss]

He is muted no one will answer you

I'm just a ghost of your imagination

[finite dragon]

that effing cat again i dont get it

[spring abyss]

He is silly

[finite dragon]

maybe my brain is scorched

[spring abyss]

Yeah

[proven thorn]

anyway theres one thing all the factions have in common

cheeki breeki

[spring abyss]

[solid dome]

With Starfield in sight in September...

[solid dome]

Till the Cheeki Breeki meme turns into Cheeki Brokeniki at launch. Hopefully not!!!

[proven thorn]

hopefully 🤞😩

[velvet schooner]

something about monolith: what an enigmatic faction

they just like, some brainless ones

[vital dagger]

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Anomaly is like calling a Half Life mod Half-life: Black Mesa

[velvet schooner]

oh yeah

when was the detectors thing introduced in

[long harbor]

bro you can just type "stalker SOC free download" and there are 50 gazillion results, you just need to choose reliable sites

[velvet schooner]

i just remember

"bandit" role

welp

[warm goblet]

Can you beat SoC
But only streloks iconic weapon, the Aks74u

[amber tendon]

what was that guy trying to accomplish lol

[spring abyss]

The strelok canon run

[amber tendon]

no I mean scav

[warm goblet]

The clear sky is hard,almost half of ammo consumed after 4 shotting a exosuit monolith

[velvet schooner]

not something stalkers want in the zone: encountering monolith

[spring abyss]

It's bc you should shot in their heads

[velvet schooner]

i've yet to play clear sky but, is there a way to repair armor and weapons there

[spring abyss]

Yeah, on technicians

[warm goblet]

^^

[warm goblet]

Accuracy

[vernal magnet]

Starfield is going to bomb that game is going to be straight cheeks

why do weirdos come in here talking about pirating stalker. the game trilogy goes on sale literally all the time and can be had for 15 bucks much of the time

I have bought it for people just to get them into it. if you like these games idk why you wouldn't throw support to the developer

[cosmic schooner]

Can you beat soc as a bandit?

[spring abyss]

They literally want to make their own outer worlds when ow itself is not even that good

[spring abyss]

No, but you can kill all non important characters, and theres a unique monolith ending for this

[cosmic schooner]

I mostly mean using the same loadout as a bandit

[spring abyss]

Oh, you can find a unique bandit suit in cordon

Unfortunately you cannot use a trench coat

[midnight tiger]

It's like 11 bucks on steam or something I just talked a friend into getting it

[tropic flax]

if you want something free just download anomoly...

[hazy helm]

Nice joke mark

[tropic flax]

so I know this probably been discussed in the past but what is everyone looking forward to in stalker 2 or theories of what to see in the world?

[sand fiber]

because current gsc has nothing to do with devs of the trilogy?

[vernal magnet]

https://tenor.com/view/tommy-wiseau-oh-hi-mark-hey-mark-gif-17296134

[solid dome]

Pretty much

With exception to 1-2 guys however, and we don't know if those are literally developing the game or fighting in the war, so your argument stands

[vernal magnet]

There's still some members there but ok lets play devils advocate. Is the new team even if it were 100% new not entitled to compensation for the IP they are trying desperately to make a new entry for?

people complain about everything except that it sucks waiting 15 years and the IP is frozen in time. We finally get something promising and people think nah dont support it its not the same team? That's so jank and degenerate. We wouldnt have S2 if it wasnt for the sales of the OG games regardless.

[solid dome]

Welp, Anomaly popping up in #📺┃media Not a good sign.

[sand fiber]

some members like who? yasenev?

and nah they aren't entitled, nevermind the fact the money doesn't go directly to the devs, it goes to grigorovichs, who accumulate most of it

[sand fiber]

any proofs that sergiy reopened the company because of it?

anyways intention to support S2 development and intention to "support" the original developers are different things

[vernal magnet]

they work for GSC Game World, they are entitled to it. That is how business works. GSC employs and pays developers. And GSC takes game sales and uses it to function and grow as a company. They are absolutely entitled to your money if you intend to consume their product

[sand fiber]

no they aren't

[vernal magnet]

There's enough proof that S2 in 2011 was definitely worth cancelling. Based Griga move. Who knows why they were able to open back up, but had they released S2 in 2011 with also "a whole new team" it would have been devastating and could have killed the franchise like the latest terminator movie. At least what we have now definitely appears to be more than worth supporting

[vernal magnet]

that's fine but then your not entitled to consume their product. you have to pay to play. thats life

I will agree that supporting original devs and supporting S2 are 2 different things. That is fair. I still believe supporting the OG games and making them more successful as a product still reflects on the resume's of previous employees with having a successful AAA title in the zeitgeist but that would be me splitting hairs and semantics. your point still stands those 2 things arent mutually exclusive

[sand fiber]

no you don't have to lmao
videogame corpos want you to pay for products they have nothing to do with, but due to the gift of piracy you can just ignore that

[sand fiber]

no there isn't, sergiy even went on to say that closing the company was a mistake

you can make an argument that it would be jammed between the two generations of consoles, limited by them or the experimental concepts wouldn't work, but that's just speculation

[vernal magnet]

simply false logic. im not entitled to taking your car cause i dont own it. im not entitled to just take it from you

license and IP holding is no different

[vernal magnet]

closing the company yes but the game no

[hazy helm]

after S2 they need to make a new firecracker and make a Cossacks 4

[gray halo]

Maybe firestarter 2?))

[sand fiber]

it is lmfao, how is paying money to some random ass ultrawealthy corpo for a thing they have nothing to do with is justifiable in your book

[vernal magnet]

because your whole premise of ultrawealthy corpo is just shining the brightest light on your Anti capitalist views. GSC Game World owns stalker. if you want stalker, you pay them. otherwise they have no funding to continue existing. If we followed your logic we would have nothing to play at all because why bother developing a product nobody will pay for? basic economics man

[solid dome]

Cossacks 4 may have only 4 races, 4 maps, 4 missions

And each production building having only 4 unit options with no upgrades

[solid dome]

You both have points

[vernal magnet]

why dont you ask GSC bet you they agree with me

[solid dome]

It's all else she'd ask I bet

[vernal magnet]

gotta get paid bro thats the way the world rotates

[solid dome]

[vernal magnet]

without Griga Stalker wouldn't even exist because nobody in Ukraine was ready to invest big money in videogames in 2000s.

GSC put Ukrainian development on the map in a huge way

[sand fiber]

and that's just false, grigorovich was successful precisely because of videogames, and there were some other ua companies producing games too

[vernal magnet]

tell me one Ukrainian game in the 2000s comparable to the success of STALKER.

and how is it false? if Griga didnt make STALKER you wouldnt have it lmao

youd be reading roadside picnic cause thats all youd have. and the 79 film

[vernal magnet]

and yea GRIGA was successful from small game projects. Not Ukraine gaming development as a whole

GSC started with localisation of games in 90s. Thats how they made their first money.

[sand fiber]

gsc owns stalker ip, so? it is, in it's current state, again, has nothing to do with the people who actually deserve to be paid for the game they made

if gsc stops existing games wouldn't just disappear btw

it's the same situation as in paying for digital versions of books of the dead authors, why the hell do i need to pay some publisher or company when the people who worked on the book don't get anything

[sand fiber]

griga made stalker? no dude, team of talented developers made stalker and other gsc games under the funding of griga, money for which came from games they made

[autumn shale]

rip

[vernal magnet]

and Griga funded and employed them. Duh, you dont have talented developers without Griga paying them

[vernal magnet]

the games would not dissapear no, the publisher still exists, and if they didnt, it could become abandonware sure, but thats not this situation or what we are talking about. same thing as you ALREADY bought stalker, nobody asked you to buy it again. and its also not magically free now for new players cause they came years later after its been made. What kind of mental gymnastics is that

GSC was generous enough to support Mods and let people distribute them for free with original game assets. hell, they even support all the leaked builds, even the original S2 one. Quite a consumer friendly Company.

[sand fiber]

what are you talking about
my point is that paying the companies money for a thing they have no relation with isn't justified, what do you not understand or agree with

[vernal magnet]

lol they DO have relation. Its GSC game worlds product

[sand fiber]

Current GSC has no relation to 2007-2012 GSC, i already stated that, as in no people from the original team are in the company

[vernal magnet]

its the same Company. Re-opened means nothing. What you want their federal TAX ID to match too or its not legit? You dont make any sense

[autumn shale]

yeah. Ultimately when you buy whatever product, you're paying the company and the current employees. It's still the same corporate entity, just with completely different people this time. If someone really wants to pay the devs directly, they should send them money via paypal or something

[vernal magnet]

i dont care if a team of chimpanzees worked at GSC now vs 2007, that's GSC. They are entitled to the companies IP's

[autumn shale]

That's just how corporate world works

[vernal magnet]

exactly its not rocket science. dudes just a socialist lol

[sand fiber]

And? I don't care it has the same name, it's completely different staff, only the owner remained, therefore it doesn't have any relation

[autumn shale]

If every person in the industry got money everytime you buy a product they worked on, every contractor would be a billionaire

[sand fiber]

I don't care Griga "owns" stalker IP either, paying him for what other people did isn't justified

[vernal magnet]

We all know when stalker 2 comes out no matter how good it is NozAr will find some morally ambiguous reasons to justify pirating it

why waste our breath. Real recognizes real anyway. Those of us who actually support big bro GSC will continue to do so, and be the reason anything bothers to get made

[autumn shale]

true

[sand fiber]

ad hominem

[vernal magnet]

https://tenor.com/view/princess-bride-gif-5023039

its not an ad hominem argument. just a true observation lol

[spring abyss]

what's going on here

[vernal magnet]

the pro pirate socialists are getting dragged by pro GSC supporters

[autumn shale]

NozAr trying to find excuses for pirating Stalker 2

[spring abyss]

How about we all agree that Bethesda is sh!t

[sand fiber]

you're just lying lmfao

[solid dome]

Nozar is saying, while it's the same company, same brand, the core "ingredients" have changed

Its obvious though

[vernal magnet]

not what hes saying but that statement by itself is true nobody is arguing that

but GSC owns stalker and is entitled to its current and future sales and profits. end of story

[sand fiber]

She's*
And yes, that's what i'm saying

[solid dome]

Dunno. I'm not following the convo completely.

[vernal magnet]

wrong your using that statement as a premise for NOT supporting stalker now

[sand fiber]

No it's not, sergiy shouldn't be entitled to that lmao

[vernal magnet]

oh yea? then who is?

[solid dome]

One thing is for sure

[sand fiber]

THE DEVS

[vernal magnet]

might be a new team but its still Sergiy owning it

[solid dome]

Griga ain't saint and everyone knows what he'd done in the past regarding the company he's CEO of, but different topic this one

[vernal magnet]

wrong. devs GOT paid by their employer when working for the company. devs dont own anything. the company does. you cant be this dense?

[sand fiber]

And it shouldn't be like that, you dum-dum, it's morally wrong that some ultrawealthy people own things they haven't made and that you have to pay to play them

[solid dome]

He's right you know. Devs don't own crap cuz they're guns for hire. Except freelance devs!

[vernal magnet]

same reason stalker 2 devs are already being paid by GSC to ugh drum roll make the game

and theres the socialist argument bubbled right to the surface

[solid dome]

That's how the world goes, hun

[vernal magnet]

welcome to economics 101 kid

[sand fiber]

and it shouldn't be like that

fortunately, we have ways of avoiding paying people who don't deserve to be paid, a.k.a., piracy

[vernal magnet]

it's always those with the least that have the most to say folks, remember that

[sand fiber]

anything to say against that?

[solid dome]

Let's not discuss that here if we aren't in for the banhammah. I am deffo not gonna go that territory. 😄

[vernal magnet]

yea, the world doesnt work that way.

you just hate anyone that built wealth

[sand fiber]

And that's wrong

[vernal magnet]

Griga earned his wealth it wasnt given to him. Have you tried being successful NozAr?

[vernal magnet]

too bad so sad. alot of things dont work the way our feelings would like. but i live in reality where we get stuff done lol

im glad we reached an epic conclusion to why Pirating STALKER is not justified. Thanks for the Ted talk

[sand fiber]

Nah m8, you argue that it's the way things should be, while it really isn't

[vernal magnet]

i didnt say should, i said are. you cant change human nature. we created the world as it is. wanna complain? fine, but its because people chose the systems we live in that we live in them

not everyone will agree with your way either. your never gonna get everyone on the same page. which is where basic economic principles exist

the world isnt run by emotions its run by money

[sand fiber]

if by earned you mean managed the company and took most of the profit while other people actually did the job, then yeah

but no, i don't think he deserves anything more than the actual devs

[vernal magnet]

did the devs not agree to provide a service for pay? nobody forced them

by your logic they could have banded together, made the game, and grabbed all the profit? why didnt they? because they didnt have the funding. and someone has to manage the project while developers make it

[hazy helm]

What nozar is saying is that Sergei didnt provide the best of places of work and the pay wasnt up to par to the work they used to do

[vernal magnet]

that is true. doesnt change my point

we all know about the red ferrari and folding chair stuff from back then

[hazy helm]

At least I think thats what she is trying to say

[sand fiber]

"because people choose the systems we live in"
no they don't lmfao, it's wealthy bastards who do, actual masses have no say in most things

also, gonna argue feudalism's "human nature" and can't be changed?

[autumn shale]

can you just stop please

[solid dome]

You thing crunch exists within the current management, Vasim?
How about we talk that for a change

[vernal magnet]

oh word the wealthy decided for bartering??? give and take has always existed

[autumn shale]

this whole argument is completely pointless and doesn't do anything but create more drama

[vernal magnet]

you just dont want to give lol

[solid dome]

You two CALM your TITS, lol

[hazy helm]

Yhe the argument is just spiraling wildly out of proportions why dont you guys go to your DM's?

[sand fiber]

Nah m8, i'm talking about the current state of events, not how trade came to be

[vernal magnet]

im gonna go eat lunch. im not here to do an economic lesson. go stack your bread up NozAr

[hazy helm]

Crunch?yes,but I think the quality of working conditions and pay are better bc Ukraine has better rules now

[sand fiber]

keep bootlicking

[hazy helm]

Ok lets break the convo up

[vernal magnet]

https://tenor.com/view/delicious-yummy-wow-tasty-vince-gif-24052077

[solid dome]

I dunno, keeping 300 people under control seems like... dunno how do I feel bout tis

[hazy helm]

I expect many of these to be subcontractors hired thru 3rd parties

[solid dome]

I'd say the actual employees are 120 tops

Then again, outsourcing a lot of stuff doesn't look and sound good to me

Asset quality drops drastically imho

[hazy helm]

Contractors and outsourcing is different

[solid dome]

Well yeah but...
Quality still drops whatsoever
Depends on how much contractors you have though

If it's 5-10 peeps, you can keep em on a tight leash, but 50? 100?

[sand fiber]

depends on the company you're outsourcing to, really

i know lots of audio stuff in early console days got outsourced to a billion different companies and it turned out pretty fine

but yeah having all done internally has its benefits in terms of creative control and etc

[formal rapids]

What armour reccomendation should you give me for shadow of chernobyl for the final level otheth than exoskeleton

[vernal magnet]

it is a luxury to atleast be able to argue together as fans. I would take that over the excessive coomer stuff any day

[vernal magnet]

Yea internally always better, but i dont blame them for using sound libraries and stuff when outsourcing. even the trilogy did a fair amount of that

alot of the times they grab stuff and modify it into something new

[sand fiber]

libraries are just a material to work with while outsourcing is giving the production of the sfx to other people

[hazy helm]

Reminds me when that rumour that AH copied MW19s ak reload sound when its different

[vernal magnet]

true i just bundle using external materials as a form of outsourcing. outsourcing materials vs people. same idea

cuts down time to creation

[icy prism]

I don't know if anyone was aware, but the date of the next Xbox Games Showcase has been confirmed. At the end of it, there will be a sub-event called Starfield Direct, but before it, Microsoft will show the rest of their games. We will almost certainly get the release date of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2. So mark your calendars guys, June 11.

[sand fiber]

stalker isn't a microsoft game

[worthy lagoon]

why don't we wait and see how the final product will be? Before saying that S2 is not like the trilogy and such @sand fiber @vernal magnet

[sand fiber]

that's not what i was talking about

[icy prism]

I know. I mean they are Xbox exclusive games and what Microsoft invested in.

[sand fiber]

[vernal magnet]

Thats not what we are talking about

but I agree with the sentiment

[worthy lagoon]

Well, the team is indeed different since 20 years have passed and there have been many events in the middle

So let's just wait and see what they will create

The team might be different but they might also have been trained by some previous staff or something like that

[vernal magnet]

I know this, if your catching up from earlier. The argument was wether piracy of stalker is justified (its not), but we have moved on from that and are discussing audio design for right now. I 100% support the new team and think they are doing fantastic with all we have seen

until we get the game all we can really do is compare to the OG and bring up what we like what we dont like what we hope to see, etc. it does get repetitive but hey, we are excited. only so much ground to cover

[sand fiber]

(it is though)

[worthy lagoon]

Well, if the game is worth then why pirate it?

[vernal magnet]

you just had to bring it back up lmao

your up Kuro, i had my turn. Kuro vs NozAr. Go!

[worthy lagoon]

yes and i know a way to close it

Talking about piracy and promoting piracy is against the ToS

So i am against piracy

[hazy helm]

You should see them tall about New Vegas, now thats a show

[vernal magnet]

I agree, which is why i made a long and tired argument supporting GSC and explaining why piracy is bad 👍

[sand fiber]

i will kill crimson with my bare hands

[worthy lagoon]

me and him?

[sand fiber]

just talking about it isn't though

[vernal magnet]

now go ahead and tell it to NozAr

[sand fiber]

(lovingly)

[vernal magnet]

technically true

https://tenor.com/view/correct-futurama-the-best-kind-of-correct-yes-yep-gif-5787390

[worthy lagoon]

idk Discord is weird

i wouldn't dare

[sand fiber]

Wack, even

[worthy lagoon]

yes sir

[vernal magnet]

as long as we dont post links or materials we are good. but nothing will stop me from expressing my opinion against piracy and being pro GSC (new or old, idc i love both)

[sand fiber]

keep bootlicking

[vernal magnet]

@worthy lagoon your up lol

[hazy helm]

Lets not start thks up again shall we

[vernal magnet]

i have said my piece

[worthy lagoon]

let's close that discussion now

[vernal magnet]

now it becomes quiet for 4 hours

[vernal magnet]

we did before you brought it back. Back to AUDIO discussion

or heck any discussion, does anybody play the Complete mods anymore or are they slowly dying?

[velvet schooner]

i finished s.t.a.l.k.e.r. shadow of chernobyl

yay

so this wish granter ||aka sarcophagus thing here, whenever one is making a wish, the wish did granted, only problem, granted in a rather bizarre way||

[hazy helm]

||its called the monkeys paw||

[dry imp]

i remember reading that in elementary school and thinking is was such a cool concept

and then when i found stalker, i recognized it immediately

[hazy helm]

its been built and used for so much stuff,very good

[vernal magnet]

It's a monkeys paw

[dry imp]

really???????

[vernal magnet]

How do I put spoiler tags

[hazy helm]

|| text ||

[vernal magnet]

|| testing ||

The real question is, || if the Wishgranter was made as a distraction to protect the noosphere then who is controlling it now that C-Con is dead and eradicated. Is it Siirca? And how on earth did scientists even physically the wishgranter with its magical properties? ||

Alot of unanswered questions for the sequel to dive into

[dry imp]

i made it

[sterile hedge]

maybe its just a giant psi machine that fools people into thinking the wish granters there

[hard torrent]

i have a question, maybe the more scientific among you can answer it

in a lot of games, specifically the anomaly mod in this context, but also fallout off of the top of my head, smoking cigarettes reduces radiation

im wondering if theres any scientific backing to this

ive found an article online that states that smoking cigarettes can cause radiation therapy to be ineffective, as it removes oxygen from your body that radiation therapy needs for it to "do its job"

but its very vague

and yes, im aware cigarettes cause cancer, and that they are in no way healthy

but is there some science to this?

[vernal magnet]

it probably makes it worse

tobacco also contains radioactive materials: polonium-210 and lead-210

[vernal magnet]

you did good but it keeps blinding me what the heck man

[rancid hornet]

as a suit of armor deteriorates, it protects less, correct? so a lower level suit could possibly be better than a higher level one at half durability?

[vernal magnet]

https://tenor.com/view/geography-now-thats-a-good-idea-gif-11458712

[sterile hedge]

the endings are streloks brain getting fried

[vernal magnet]

certain mods change the way this works but in my vanilla experiences i never noticed a penalty for armor until the item condition reached zero(might still have been there). guns however, obviously will function worse as they degrade

[remote crow]

https://c.ai/p/Vuysg9hax2Zedi3oMOGT4uL4iB0F-NZacjgtzC3eN_k

[midnight tiger]

Wasn't the entire point in CoP that there is nothing controlling the zone now, and that's why blowouts happen like twice a day

[remote crow]

I SURVIVED TREMOR CHALLENGE! (REAL)

[midnight tiger]

Oh I glossed over the wish granter part, I don't know if there is any mention of it after SHoC

[rancid hornet]

oh then is merc suit just generally better than berill-5m armored? it shows better stats with the merc suit on but i may be reading it wrong

[vernal magnet]

slightly diff stats. (bullet penetration, etc)

[midnight tiger]

Well they gave the actual Chernobyl liquidators vodka but I have no idea about cigarettes

[vernal magnet]

Yea COP didnt really go deep into these greater ideas weirdly enough

it dialed back the philosophy and went harder on characters.

[hard torrent]

the idea was that theyd piss a lot, and evacuate radioactive chemicals from the bladder

[rancid hornet]

alright. The question is then, should i continue saving up for another berill-5m or roll with the merc suit i found? im trying to get through the lab in Lake Yantar

[vernal magnet]

i may be remembering wrong but in COP the zone perimeter slowly expands now due to being unrestricted right?

[vernal magnet]

i recommend keeping the lighter suit. KG limits will hold you back

[rancid hornet]

ok, cool

tbh i have very little idea what im doing when it comes to gear

[dry imp]

i did that for you

[vernal magnet]

GP37 is the best gun, thats all you need to know

[rancid hornet]

i dont think i can get a GP37 right now

[vernal magnet]

head to military warehouses

you sure can. Just hang by the perimeter and when the Monolith come and attack hang out nearby. then collect the loot from the bodies. PROFIT

[rancid hornet]

i will try that i suppose

[vernal magnet]

its ridiculous how good GP37 is in vanilla

[rancid hornet]

feels like none of my guns are accurate but i am still using an AK

[vernal magnet]

thats why. you need the LR300

thats the best gun after the AK and uses 5.56, should hold you over until the GP37

AK has very poor stopping power against armor

[rancid hornet]

yeah the zombies were taking like 50 bullets each so i figured i needed an upgrade, just wasnt sure where

[vernal magnet]

you can get an LR300 at the very beginning of the warehouses as well

[rancid hornet]

could i go to the warehouses and wait around and snag the GP37 or should i get the LR first

[vernal magnet]

either way, youll get the LR first. when you enter the warehouses section youll witness an ambush, grab the guns from the bodies and youll have yourself an LR300

then take that over to the top right exit where Freedom is holding off Monolith and you can snag an easy GP37

[rancid hornet]

Awesome, im assuming ill have to "borrow" some ammo for each of those too

[vernal magnet]

honestly you should be able to loot enough to get you by

but the bar will sell you pleeeenty of 5.56

[rancid hornet]

yea i know the trick where you exit the map and come bac in and the store refreshes too

[vernal magnet]

did that pan out and prove effective at all? now im curious

[rancid hornet]

the guys at the very beginning of the warehouses dropped a TR-301 is that the same thing?

[vernal magnet]

yea thats the one

[rancid hornet]

GP 37 aquired

i can see why this is so good

[vernal magnet]

https://tenor.com/view/joey-joey-tribbiani-joey-friends-friends-told-ya-gif-25057947

you are now the king of the zone lol

once you go through that perimeter exit in military warehouses and head down the road, there will be a shack on the left with a sniper who wants to ruin your day, kill him and theres a hot suit next to him at the top of the ladder

[rancid hornet]

is it a problem that the duty guys all got slaughtered

[vernal magnet]

those were Freedom, and it wont affect you

[rancid hornet]

like, get to the other side of the warehouses, or in one of the sniper spots i already killed

[vernal magnet]

its in a location you havent gone too yet

its when you head towards red forest

[rancid hornet]

guessing i wont be getting my reward for killing lukash however

[vernal magnet]

you killed Lukash!?

[rancid hornet]

uh well i thought i agreed with the freedom dudes

is it super important not to, should i reload earlier?

[vernal magnet]

Lukash is freedom leader

they wont take kindly to you slaughtering him lol. not a huge deal for your playthrough

[rancid hornet]

it told me to kill him on the mission text

[vernal magnet]

then you took Dutys quest

the game lets you choose which side to assist

[rancid hornet]

im pretty sure i was raiding freedom, with duty. idrc if freedom hates me if thats the way to get GP37

the dudes that i was helping had red and black fallout power armor looking suits

[rancid hornet]

not seeing this sniper with the suit stash. i went out the bridge from the compound, and tried both left and right branches, both just seem to have large amounts of hostiles

[vernal magnet]

your still in the military warehouses map

you gotta leave there and go on the road to red forest

[rancid hornet]

alright. ill try, both directions seem to have no less than 7 guys guarding the way forward

[rancid hornet]

the duty armor is what you are referring to?

[finite dragon]

i ruined en_offtop whats up here

any stimulating stalker related topics

[rancid hornet]

sure, hows this: the ghost suit implys that it heals you, at least in Soc, but it doesn't seem to do much of anything from what i see.
also, side note, should i be saving up for a SEVA suit now?

[finite dragon]

never used the ghost suit in soc, next playthrough maybe

[graceful summit]

They need to release the game faster

I have a good argument

[blissful bluff]

If stalker is only on UE5 doesn't it mean the minimum requirements are gonna be RTX only GPUs

[sand fiber]

why lmao

[blissful bluff]

I asked a question don't answer with 1

[dry imp]

that doesnt make any sense

just because its the latest engine doesnt mean you have to have the latest hardware

plus they have a recommended specs listed

[sand fiber]

why did you even come up with that

[blissful bluff]

Haven't paid attention

[dry imp]

then why are you asking this question without looking for an answer

[blissful bluff]

I did I asked u, bozo

[dry imp]

[sand fiber]

do lobsters have sex with dolphins

[blissful bluff]

Probably

[dry imp]

bro its literally on the site just look

[dry imp]

[blissful bluff]

I haven't got pc

[sand fiber]

how do you just think "ahh yes ue5 a new engine that would probably mean it has rtx only lightning" like what

[dry imp]

then why are you even asking

[blissful bluff]

So I know what to build

[dry imp]

then LOOK

bro what

[blissful bluff]

Ignorant bastoods

[dry imp]

you're being ignorant

fine ill tell you since you're too lazy to do it yourself.

recommended gpu: GTX 1080 TI 11GB, RTX 2070 SUPER 8GB, RADEON RX 5700 XT 8GB

minimum gpu: RADEON RX 580 8GB, GTX 1060 6GB

simple as.

[velvet schooner]

ofc it's of ray tracing

[dry imp]

what?

[blissful bluff]

Oh I have 1070 build with i7 I guess I'll be fine

[velvet schooner]

as if it's all the rage

[dry imp]

..what?

[blissful bluff]

I thought min u need for UE5 was 20 series GPUs

[velvet schooner]

i cri if UE5 would forbid non ray tracing gpu to play whatever games made with UE5

[sand fiber]

???

[dry imp]

no UE is usally very optimized, so you can probably run it on most newer hardware

obviouly you arent going to be able to run it on like GTX 970s and stuff

[blissful bluff]

40 series yuck yuck

[sand fiber]

i hope amd never releases an rt gpu so the technology will die out

[dry imp]

40 series is the top of the line. its just super expensive. doesnt mean its bad

[velvet schooner]

<insertcryinggifhere>

[dry imp]

they have.

[blissful bluff]

AMD is actually getting better nowadays

Like better than nvidia

[dry imp]

their last two generations can run ray tracing

[sand fiber]

cringe

[blissful bluff]

Run better than the 40 series

If I upgrade I'll only get 2080 super

Just to keep up with game requirements

[dry imp]

yeah thats what you do

you upgrade over time to be able to support newer tech

gotta keep up with the times

[blissful bluff]

I'm a half life player so I don't really need to as I can run it at 400fps

[dry imp]

true, but if you want to play the lastest stuff you usually have to prepare for that

[blissful bluff]

Yup

It's like my stalker anomoly looks like a Ray traced version of dayz on a gtx 1070 🤣

Fake RTX reshades

[dry imp]

💀

i bet it doesnt at all and you just convinced yourself that

[blissful bluff]

It works when u play on dynamic lighting

I mean I kinda did convince myself coz the puddles in great swamps might aswel just be mirrors

[dry imp]

thats just reflection technology

thats been around since mid 2000s

[blissful bluff]

That's what I thought rtx was 🤣🤣

[dry imp]

[blissful bluff]

Smoother reflection qualities and lighting effects

[dry imp]

i mean rtx does it in a way to where its 100% an accurate reflection based on rays shot out from a light source

but reflection technology has always been there using a similar method

[blissful bluff]

Yuh coz there's a major difference from looking at mafia definitive edition on PS4 compared to PS5 like reflections are alot better

And I play a ps4 even the hair looked bad

[velvet schooner]

blame nvidia for capitalizing ray tracing thing

[blissful bluff]

Duke nukem had best ray tracing

[finite dragon]

probably at least once

[velvet schooner]

oh yeah, strelok, went to the zone, seen numerous s and t meet each other and say hi

welp, he and his friends went to center of the zone once, and made it out alive to tell the tale

[uncut sand]

sorry guys, can someone explain how i equip my artifact application container to my suit? im wearing a sunrise stalker suit but cant figure out how i equip it

[spring abyss]

Container? What you're playing?

[uncut sand]

dont worry im being dumb

[spring abyss]

[uncut sand]

misread it lol

[spring abyss]

what are you talking about dude?

[finite dragon]

word play

[formal rapids]

Other than using mods and codes is there any other ways you can get more kg

[spring abyss]

In soc no

[formal rapids]

Or glitching

[hazy helm]

codes?
in SoC you wear better armor,in CS and CoP you upgrade or get better armour
also use artifacts

[formal rapids]

Which is what i did but i didnt inrease the weight or anything it stayed on 50

[spring abyss]

You can try some stamina recovery artifacts to run even with too many stuff, but when it reach the red value you will need to drop something

[long harbor]

don't search "bloodsucker" on rule34.xxx

[hazy helm]

https://tenor.com/view/pilotredsun-gif-21902485

what have you been doing brother

[toxic coral]

man planning to join freedom or sum

theres plenty of mods

well complete cop

[long harbor]

i definitely didn't get suck into some sort of weird fetishes while going down the stalker rabbithole

[toxic coral]

sounds like a you issue then

[hazy helm]

you could try OGSR,Spatial Anomaly or Winds of Time
try those after finishing CoP

[long harbor]

the stalkers in Zaton are so hot 😳

[toxic coral]

you can always back up the cop save and play mods

[spring abyss]

[long harbor]

bro i need a mod where you can romance these mfs

oh yes! of course we'd like a bunch of stupid and toxic roblox kids to join our community@

[toxic coral]

i have a crush on that crazy stalker who lives next to the freedom base in soc >_<

[long harbor]

"Whisper of the Zone" already exists though, too bad it's an rp game

[long harbor]

dude, you should confess...

i'm just worried that our community will become even more toxic, but that is an inevitable thing when our community grows bigger

[toxic coral]

im scared tho😭

[hazy helm]

that...is dumb

[toxic coral]

thats just rumors, hes more than that :<

[long harbor]

And you think a few hundred admins can match against the horde of hundred of thousands of toxic players?

[long harbor]

don't worry, I got chu sister

but making a 1 to 1 copy of SoC on Roblox is like giving your game away for free

[hazy helm]

to think that if ppl could play techically,an approximation of the game for free theyd be drawn towards it when we have been showed that they'll just keep playing that free version and wont care about the actual game that it was based on
also,roblox is dumb and evil,I shall refuse it forever

[toxic coral]

thanks bro 🥰

[long harbor]

i agree with everything this man says except the last time

[hazy helm]

not to mention making a 1 to 1 of stalker in roblox wont work

[long harbor]

engine compability and all that stuff

your idea in general is just stupid and not possible

[hazy helm]

yhea,Anomaly is heavely inspired and ppl play anomaly and dont care about the actual games
only like 98% turn around and care for them
most of them just play anomaly
they dont want Stalker

what would be good

is a demo of the game

[long harbor]

what? like making a demo of SoC?

[hazy helm]

THAT

is a good idea

[long harbor]

those who play Anomaly and don't play the original triology, may Thor cast them into a burning pit in hell 🙏

i made one of these obby games with free models

[hazy helm]

no you were thinking of a roblox replica

[toxic coral]

roblox stalker demo: blocky sidorovich eats blocky chicken with compressed eating sounds

[hazy helm]

but yes,making a demo of SoC is the best way to bring ppl in

they can try the game out,see if its for them

and if they like it they can buy it

[long harbor]

is that some random youtuber that goes "10 EPIC ROBLOX FPS GAMES YOU MUST PLAY IN 2023!!"??

[hazy helm]

yhea no worries

[long harbor]

i already saw it, is it the "THEY MADE COD IN ROBLOX?!?!?!" game?

[hazy helm]

its a high effort CoD clone on the roblox engine

[long harbor]

i quit roblox long ago but still come back to it once every few weeks so i guess I'm still somewhat conncted

ok does that mean making a game with 2007 graphics and clunky features possible in roblox

"Boohoo look at the graphics my dude!"
What does that game's graphics have to do with making a replica of SoC in roblox?

[hazy helm]

why did you bring this up again I thought we had laid it to rest

[long harbor]

i'm actually gonna quit now, my Forgotten Hope 2 game has just finished updating

[hazy helm]

have fun

[long harbor]

bro can't wait for new maps, if they didn't add any new maps and just asked me to download 4 gigs for the new update i'll be pissed

ok then let's just wait until that day happens

add me and remind me in 5 years brother, inshallah 🙏

[long harbor]

It happened

4 gigs and not a single new map

[dry imp]

roblox is a terrible engine. but there are some banger games on there

[dry imp]

what's that

[finite dragon]

Yep

[finite dragon]

SDALGER

[toxic coral]

where sdalger

[carmine crest]

эу кактус

[sleek tundra]

Impossible

The community is already toxic enough

Duty VS Freedom debates, which usually turn into meme shitposts so they aren't bad. Amomamy players VS vanilla games, and good god those are pretty common nowadays

[toxic coral]

dooty vs freedom debates are the best part

[sleek tundra]

As I said, they're usually taken as shitposts and we - for the most part - don't care about what you actually like save for the jokes

The Anomaly/Vanilla aruments are the real problem

[toxic coral]

true

[sleek tundra]

Ironically enough, the "elitist" and "gatekeeping" vanilla players are usually a lot less toxic than Anomaly players

Not surprising since we get posts like this
https://www.reddit.com/r/stalker/comments/11l6ulo/i_wonder/

The fact that more people voted for realistic armor than the unique stalker one says a lot about the community

[spring abyss]

Reddit community is not like the discord bro

Most of the people there come to talk about anomaly and bug issues

[sleek tundra]

The Discord is worse, if I had a dollar every time I got blocked for mocking Anomaly I'd be able to nuke california

[spring abyss]

You see if it's reddit you would be already banned

Discord is* better

[vernal magnet]

oh man i love this animation. Gotta make a right on Saratoga!

I cant believe I just read through so much misinformation about GPUs and RTX in this channel

on second thought, i can

[toxic coral]

you see, if you convince people to turn their computers into miniature fusion reactors, we can have the zone irl

[vernal magnet]

Duke nukem never had raytracing what???

[toxic coral]

how cool would that be

[vernal magnet]

we already got the zone irl

[spring abyss]

[toxic coral]

yes but it needs an expansion

[sleek tundra]

What were they saying?

[stable steppe]

hi does anyone know when the stalker new one comes out

[vernal magnet]

random nonsense about what RTX even is, or the fact that UE5 "requires" RTX gpus, when it does not.

[vernal magnet]

2023 nothing more specific available yet

[toxic coral]

it will come out when gsc tummy stop hurting

[spring abyss]

This year, but we still not sure about the month

[stable steppe]

mhm thx

[sleek tundra]

You're right, how the hell can you NOT believe this? This channel is the personification of misinformation

[vernal magnet]

It would be annoying that people troll so hard if people didnt genuinely ask such weird questions. These days its like people are allergic to researching anything for themselves

[dry imp]

blocked for having a different opinion

[vernal magnet]

but people still believe consoles do 4k 120fps all the time in all games so folks are already a lost cause lol

[sleek tundra]

This community has at least 3 popular misinformation comments under its sleeves

It says a lot that I can name two right now with no effort

[spring abyss]

I never saw that here

[dry imp]

little do they know consoles use dlss and variable resolutions so they think its 4k all the time

[hazy helm]

https://tenor.com/view/worried-scared-oh-no-stop-it-fearful-gif-12534009

[vernal magnet]

dont even mention checkerboard rendering their heads will explode

[dry imp]

you definitely have. im blocked by several people for that

[spring abyss]

Oh you mean the "those people" i thought you're talking about mods

[solid dome]

Blocked for having different opinion about Anomaly?

[sleek tundra]

Recommended games when

[solid dome]

Yes, this happens now and then and it's disgusting

[hazy helm]

when I finish this RON game with battle and sevka

[dry imp]

basically

[toxic coral]

sounds mental right?

[spring abyss]

Wipergone sindrome

Did you know wipergone?

[dry imp]

yeah

[hazy helm]

you sound like emperor palpatine recanting the dark tale of sidius

[vernal magnet]

Man the thing about anomaly that makes me sad is its popularity reduces the chance of us getting a proper SOC RT Vanilla remaster. I want an updated vanilla experience again

[spring abyss]

i dunno what this mean

[solid dome]

Is it a person?

[vernal magnet]

it's not a story the Freedom leaders would tell you

[dry imp]

have i told you the tale of Wipergone the whiny little brat

[dry imp]

probably not

[spring abyss]

It's a dude who was involved in every discussion in the #⭐┃nospoilers_general he just insult people and block them until got banned bc he was cursing anyone that talked with him

[solid dome]

Lol

[spring abyss]

That guy goes so far, so far that he was blocking people even if he is not in the discussion

[hazy helm]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05dT34hGRdg

[vernal magnet]

sounds certified schizzo lol

[solid dome]

Good part goes, ST2 - I suppose - won't be able to achieve such modding freedom so modders are able to do Anomaly 2.

[dry imp]

there were a couple of other serbs that did the same thing

[spring abyss]

It will took years, if they do of course

[spring abyss]

Oliv3r

That guy is on my mod server

[dry imp]

[solid dome]

Ban him straight away

[dry imp]

wait did he just do it because he isn't there anymore 💀

[spring abyss]

I think he changed his name

[dry imp]

of course he did

[spring abyss]

He can be here

[dry imp]

wasn't he banned

[formal rapids]

Give me an armour reccomendion before i set off to Yantar other than exoskeleton as i cant afford from the bar

And give me reccomendions on how to earn money if you cant get many jobs

[toxic coral]

there is a pretty common stash in wild territory that has an upgraded merc suit

also a stash with a seva suit, either option should be enough if you found those stashes

[formal rapids]

Got that already

[dry imp]

diamond armor

[formal rapids]

I repurchased because my other one wore out but hopefully i should be able to get better ammo and find a secret stash with it somewhere

[dry imp]

feather falling and blast protection is necessary

[formal rapids]

Shadow of chernobyl btw im almost done but im not going to Pripyat and chernobyl till ive got better armour and better weapons and you know the electrical gun do you get that at the end automatically or do you have to search for it

[toxic coral]

if you mean the gauss rifle, it is possible to get it in pripyat

[formal rapids]

Yeah maybe thats the name of it

[toxic coral]

there are a couple of gauss snipers on the buildings and you can get one if you shoot a sniper in a way so he drops it down

[formal rapids]

Ill find it somehow

[toxic coral]

the snipers themselves are impossible to miss so its just about shooting them at the right angle

[formal rapids]

I dont know if i should waste my money on a belril

To be quite honest might as well wait till i get better ammo I guess and carry on finding and selling guns

[solid dome]

Sell yourself to Duty for huge sum of money

[toxic coral]

sell yourself to freedom for a huge sum of money

[finite dragon]

Sell yourself self to monolith for huge some of monolith

[haughty gorge]

Yes

[velvet schooner]

the next time there are monolith appeared in the sequel

knock

||i thought monolith is (completely) done after strelok destroyed c consciousness pods||

[solid dome]

@finite dragon Where did Gnome Chompski go again?

[finite dragon]

I dunno

He went out back with old yeller

[solid dome]

I knew it

[finite dragon]

🤓

[vernal magnet]

in Magnuson's rocket clearly

[solid dome]

Oh my....

[velvet schooner]

wat

[pseudo rivet]

Have you played CoP? 🤨

[long harbor]

battlefield 2 mod
the community is small, but is still very active today

check it out, game's a banger

[dry imp]

perhaps

[fluid abyss]

monolarpers in this server prove that even without a brain scorcher, monolithians can still be brainless fanatics

[finite dragon]

[velvet schooner]

i had 🫠

[velvet schooner]

now idek why i imagine a s.t.a.l.k.e.r. game that takes place in goiania

[finite dragon]

why crossed out

[velvet schooner]

i jokingly mean it

[finite dragon]

believe in yourself

[velvet schooner]

not for this one xd

[glad temple]

This is what Gordon deserves after the whole “microwave casserole” incident

Losing his only true friend, gnome chompski

[cosmic schooner]

Why is it called stalker 2?

It's the 4th game

[finite dragon]

Is that a joke

[pseudo rivet]

S.T.2, because new devs

If we get other devs, then we'll get S.T.3

[velvet schooner]

really…

[sand fiber]

because CS and CoP are addons

and because everyone called Stalker 2 Stalker 2 at the time

[pseudo rivet]

More like the new GSC not appreciating CS and CoP

And the actual reason it's called S.T.2 is because they simply hadn't thought of a name yet, along with the fact their cancelled game was called S.T.2. HoC came MUCH later

[sand fiber]

nah lmao, mote like they're not appreciating SoC

[sand fiber]

the reason why it's called S2 is because S2012 was called S2, and because absolutely everyone called the next entry of the franchise S2

[pseudo rivet]

Exactly

[formal rapids]

If ive got 7,000 (5 digits) and a good armoured suit is worth 9,000 should i save up and spend all my money or should i get something cheaper and then find the exoskeleton

[waxen wraith]

Guys i was adding stalker game title to my youtube stream and there was "S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Mobile" ? Is this some off brand unofficial or something in the making? I know a couple of games which had previously accidentally leaked their secret upcoming games via game list on youtube and twitch. Just asking.

cant post pics here but ill post it to #📸┃screens_and_videos

[hazy helm]

there is a Stalker game for nokia phones,very old not cannon

the fandom articles suck but here"
https://stalker.fandom.com/wiki/S.T.A.L.K.E.R.:_Mobile

[quaint niche]

@hazy helm i mean what you think about this?https://youtu.be/DEn_DJHmt00?t=218

here he aimed for chest but bullet curved up

and got headshot

[sleek tundra]

It's a pretty cool game, still haven't gotten the Strelok AK skin there

[haughty gorge]

time to play stalker anomaly and get scared because the noises are creepy while killing bandits with a 34% condition bolt action shotgun

[spring abyss]

Eww anomaly

[haughty gorge]

XD

I finished the trilogy what to do

[toxic coral]

theres mods

[haughty gorge]

Can't run much mods

Low end pc here ** i only have boomsticks and sharpsticks and mag redux**

[hazy helm]

low end pc proceeds to talk about unoptimized mods with ripped models from games like tarkov

play OLR2.5 or OGSE0963 if your pc is that weak

Winds of Time

Valley of Whispers

[haughty gorge]

I run the game at low asf

[hazy helm]

legend returns

vector of alienation

that should take up time

[spring abyss]

If you run anomaly you can run most of the mods

Anomaly really demands hardware

[haughty gorge]

Im on laptop

[spring abyss]

Me too

[haughty gorge]

I run the game at 10 to 30 fps

[hazy helm]

then youll run many mods at 50-60

like the ones I just told you

[haughty gorge]

meh idk for now i like anomaly

[hazy helm]

CoC is better and its older and more barren

[hearty vigil]

Finish it again bro

[pseudo rivet]

Agreed, you can never learn enough STALKER lore

[toxic coral]

stalker lore is infinite

[sand fiber]

actually good mods

[sand fiber]

no, not really, there isn't much lore in stalker

[toxic coral]

dont burst my space bubble man

[spring abyss]

[hearty vigil]

Get back to cam inert and educate yourself

[toxic coral]

if the lore isnt so extensive then explain why there is an area called the garbage with nothing but garbage in it that has lore about the garbage thats in the garbage

[dry imp]

bro what

[spring abyss]

it's bait
Or maybe this is the bait

[vernal magnet]

No, GSC could have named clear sky and COP as numerical sequels if they wanted when they made it. Lots of franchises do this when reusing the same engine and assets. If they made it a sequel it would have gotten critically wrecked by journalists for being lazy.

[hearty vigil]

I mean this is simply untrue

CS was never meant to be stalker 2, even as early as 2006 these projects were separate.

[pseudo rivet]

Doesn't mean they need to number ever game

[pseudo rivet]

You replied to the wrong person

[hearty vigil]

They did number the engine

CS is stalker 1.5, CoP is stalker 1.6, HoC is stalker 2. Ez pz

[pseudo rivet]

Aye

Too bad we'll never get to know what happened to S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 1.7, 1.8 and 1.9

[sand fiber]

CoC, Anomaly and Gamma

[pseudo rivet]

Nah man, don't do me like this

[toxic coral]

the bad ending:

[still ridge]

https://tenor.com/view/taeuvre-squidward-squidward-shocked-squidward-break-gif-26165410

Crimson when mods exist

[dry imp]

me when the good mods aren't popular and the bad ones are

[pseudo rivet]

Me when someone tells me they've never play the trilogy

[dry imp]

i should play through the trilogy continuously

[solid dome]

I played the trilogy with debug mode on

Jumping from zone to zone only to end up triggering the wrong cutscene.

Am I grounded?

[dry imp]

like i played them pretty spread out

i never actually played them in chronological order

[solid dome]

We should be banned from The Zone for deliberately cheating to her

[still ridge]

Real

[solid dome]

Deal?

[dry imp]

Steal?

[solid dome]

Feel?
Seal?

[dry imp]

Meal?

[pseudo rivet]

Wheel?

[solid dome]

Heel?

Anyhow. Riddle doesn't have an end.

[dry imp]

i have a pen

its one of those twisty ones

[autumn shale]

Mommy Zone

[remote crow]

Duty and Freedom boyfriends when? I want Romeo and Juliet but gay

[spring abyss]

No

[remote crow]

Yes

[spring abyss]

[dry imp]

[remote crow]

Y’all I don’t want to sound like a cheesy person who hasn’t touched grass once but Stalker has literally blessed me smhhhhhh I’m so glad I found this game 3 years ago

I have so many amazing friends from all over the world because of it and now I’m heavily involved with the Russian and Ukrainian community

[hazy helm]

I am entirely convinced you havent touched grass in your whole life

[remote crow]

Jokes on you I’m an avid hiker

[dry imp]

i dont have grass where i live

yesterday i touched dry sand and paved road, does that count

[vernal magnet]

Yea, that was my point. They didn't need to number them. It's not like what you were saying about GSC not being proud of those titles. Why wouldn't they be proud?

[remote karma]

woah

[pseudo rivet]

Because they're more than just "add-ons"

[dry imp]

yeah

they're entire stand alone games

[solid dome]

You have gay fetish, @remote crow ?!?!?

[remote crow]

No

[opaque parrot]

So it's "For the Emperor!" now?

What about Kane brother?

[pseudo rivet]

For the Emperor, for the Lion and for Kane

[dry imp]

isn't that most women

[solid dome]

Women seem to like those things, I have no idea why. Turns them on?

@remote crow you need to serve couple weeks in horny jail to relax yourself

[dry imp]

its the same reason why men like lesbian stuff

[jaunty mason]

we live in a desert.

there's no grass. There's only SAND

SAND. I HATE SAND. IT'S COARSE, IT FEELS WEIRD, IT GETS EVERYWHERE, IT'S HOT,

wait a minute, I just realized that I typed in all caps without wolf yelling

[pseudo rivet]

Wolf doesn't warn for that for quite a while now

[jaunty mason]

did they finally fix the bot?

yeah but I only now realized that

[dry imp]

same. but different deserts

whats the utah desert called

[jaunty mason]

here's the answer to your question: are most men into lesbians?

[jaunty mason]

cold desert
same desert as antarctica

[dry imp]

oh

boring

[solid dome]

Counter question: are you into that?

[jaunty mason]

I'm asking you.

[solid dome]

I can speak for myself and I dunno, I only seen few couple of times. 😄

@dry imp What do you suggest I do with my questions list when we near the release date? Drop the devs a 6-part email? Make @nimble cipher lose his mind?

[rancid hornet]

so how many stockpiled gp-37s is too much

on an unrelated note, chests seem to have no limits to the amount of stuff you can put in them, at least in SOC

[solid dome]

STALKER 2, please, please!

[dry imp]

ermm.....
no!

[haughty gorge]

Stalker 3 my comrade, think bigger.

what is

a good like mod game besides anomaly low end

[spring abyss]

Call of chernobyl

[haughty gorge]

isn't that the trilogy

[hazy helm]

dude I told you like 5 other mods you could try

[hazy helm]

sorry what

[dry imp]

💀

[haughty gorge]

boy u tolled me 2 sorry i got it with shadow of smth

[dry imp]

bro are you like ten years old

[hazy helm]

I told you 6

there are 6 there

read

the messages

[haughty gorge]

legend returns
vector of alienation

[hazy helm]

you....

[dry imp]

@haughty gorge

[hazy helm]

6

[haughty gorge]

My bad

[hazy helm]

no worries

[dry imp]

much worry

[haughty gorge]

whats the best one?

[dry imp]

mine

[hazy helm]

play all of them and make assumptions based on your experience

[haughty gorge]

What do i start with

[hazy helm]

OLR2.5 may interest you first,its based on the builds

[haughty gorge]

They are all on moddb?

[hazy helm]

on DMs

[haughty gorge]

You gonna dm me it?

[remote crow]

Skif is literally my son

[hazy helm]

he isnt

[pseudo rivet]

He Bn't

[finite dragon]

so uhh about the "news"

[maiden sparrow]

.

[finite dragon]

im weirded out people arent talking about it, its making me actually talk on the other stalker servers im on that i never talk on

[remote crow]

shut your mouth

[hazy helm]

ho ppl ARE talking about it,check the ru channel

[finite dragon]

well im not ru but seems like they're going off

[hazy helm]

[finite dragon]

wish discord would auto translate probably be a thing in a couple years

[hazy helm]

there is an addon for that in betterdiscord

[finite dragon]

never looked into using it, seen people mention it. is it worth using

i guess translating is cool

[solid dome]

Call of Chernokyl

[spring abyss]

[solid dome]

News?

[finite dragon]

stalker 2 content leak from a russian hacker blackmailing gsc to release the game in russia

[solid dome]

What new is on the newswire?
Oh that

[finite dragon]

https://www.reddit.com/r/stalker/comments/11or7ao/ngl_looks_really_good/ info and screenshots here

[solid dome]

Blackmailing?

[finite dragon]

idk its on their official reddit so im assuming i can post it here

yeah theres a translation of the demands and info, it seems like a legit hack

[solid dome]

It's simply pushing them to reveal bits and pieces regarding the game we SHOULD KNOW about, already

[hearty vigil]

Yeah. Cool concept arts, made me wait for the game more. 🙂

[solid dome]

Concept arts that it seems they keep for themselves

[finite dragon]

i think it looks good and rumor mill is saying they were true to the originals with lots of nods and references

im now worried they'll change the game if it gets leaked and mess it up

[solid dome]

Sorry, what?

Usually, it can only get worse...

From what we were served till today, it looks differently

[finite dragon]

that's what I'm saying - if it gets leaked they will have to scramble and rush to make changes

[hazy helm]

it looks good

[hazy helm]

why

[finite dragon]

thats what games do when they get leaked, im not saying these screenshots, im talking about the 30gb they supposedly have

lots of games have been leaked and then changed by the developers

[solid dome]

Yo, what, 30 gb of actual game assets?
Bring it on!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm curious

[finite dragon]

they're threatening to release 30gb yeah if they dont change their russian selling policy by the 15th

[solid dome]

So 3 days, okay, let's wait and see what comes out from within the dark

[finite dragon]

well at least there's some news lol

[solid dome]

Ye, lol

[finite dragon]

it looks good and yeah supposedly lots of references to the originals which is cool

made me less negative about it weirdly

[solid dome]

I think differently. It's bunch of static images proving nothing. Concept is concept, doesn't translate to finished and never-to-be-changed-again content you see in the final game as models, prefabs...

Often times concept arts give better presentation on things than content in the actual game - and that is sad

[finite dragon]

eh yeah still think the gameplay shots look good better than what we have

[solid dome]

GSC, time to show Duty uniforms, exoskeletons. You don't have an excuse now.

Enough hide n seek games

[stark plover]

[finite dragon]

lol we might have a lot in a few, i doubt they're going to meet the demands. i just hope it doesn't end up ruining the game

[solid dome]

It could be scummy trick to force em reveal info

[stark plover]

higher possibility that it's just that.