⭐┃nospoilers_general

[spring abyss]

Those unused models are used to make the main models

[midnight tiger]

Racist

[midnight tiger]

Bigot

Hating on marginalized models

[spring abyss]

Like, both freedom and duty got models of their leaders

[spring abyss]

Console player trying to understand how pc work

[midnight tiger]

Except I've been gaming on PC for ages lol

[cyan canopy]

Im my opinion,SoC have most of variation of model of faction instead of CS and CoP

[spring abyss]

"Except that's a lie"

[midnight tiger]

Just not right now

[cyan canopy]

Especially monolith

[spring abyss]

Agreed, in both camo and faces

Gsc just got lazy in cop

Cs got too many factions so theres not a big variation

Also, the coc cs models are in fact unused models from the og cs

[amber tendon]

"Lazy"
That face when have to pump out titles once a year to satisfy publisher

[spring abyss]

Petruha in soc
Petruha in cop

No more

[amber tendon]

Oh that

[cyan canopy]

Petruha probabily got New suit according to dialog

[spring abyss]

Cop got very few variations

[amber tendon]

I haven't read what's before that mb

[cyan canopy]

Also the Nimbles my god why they are using Normal rookies model

[spring abyss]

Soc got like almost 15 unused models for mole

[spring abyss]

Yep

They could literally just put the soc face in a sunrise suit

[rancid hornet]

is stamina just really bad in Clear Sky? I'm carrying like half my weight and can't sprint for more than 5 seconds, and walking isnt letting my stamina go up

[spring abyss]

You can find artifacts to increase your stamina and carry weight

Also the suits upgrade can help a lot too

[rancid hornet]

also, where the heck do i make money

[spring abyss]

Search for artifacts in the anomalous fields

Do the faction wars quests

And sell guns from the deads

[outer marten]

I recommend making a pile of dead bodies so you know what bodies you scavenged already

[rancid hornet]

alright. dead guns didnt seem to be selling for as much and i hadnt seen any artifacts yet so

[outer marten]

If you get enough piled up onto each other the bodies start flailing around and convulsing

[rancid hornet]

oh? is that a good thing or a bad thing

[outer marten]

it's entertaining

[rancid hornet]

i see

[spring abyss]

The military outpost in cordon got infinite spawm of soldiers

You can farm guns there

[midnight tiger]

You can always sell boatloads of ammo lol

[rancid hornet]

so far clear sky has been a mixed bag for me. The graphics and repair/upgrade is cool but i dont feel like the charm and depth is as good as SOC

[spring abyss]

The first times is like this, when you get the faction wars spirit it can improve

[rancid hornet]

some freedom guy in dark valley handed me 200 ammo and then let me keep it lol

sucker

[spring abyss]

Freedomers moment

[outer marten]

:)

[rancid hornet]

freedom kinda the hippies of stalker ngl

[spring abyss]

They are

Shot them all

[outer marten]

:(

[dry imp]

that's the point

[rancid hornet]

Literal free gp-37 in Soc

[spring abyss]

Based

[split aspen]

@spring abyss the freedomer has the most batshit insane gear including an exo suit and a 3 burst gauss rifle with auto lock

[spring abyss]

Cool, them we should kill him with a knife

[split aspen]

If you kill him in less than 10 minutes after starting a new save you get a small discount on sausages :>

[spring abyss]

satisfactory

[split aspen]

"Today I will kill the ultimate freedomer with a knife just so I can afford a single sausage from Sidrovich"

will die in .6 seconds

[finite dragon]

'Get out of here St-'
The bulldog-6 on my backpack:

[spring abyss]

Nah, this is not dark souls
This is stalker

[midnight tiger]

Freedomers being the homies? Pretty based ngl

[split aspen]

Ah so he'll die in .9 seconds

[nimble cipher]

Paradox#7185 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[spring abyss]

"We will give you this ammo bc our squad was wiped, here just leave i need to cry in the base"

[midnight tiger]

Doody cope

[spring abyss]

4 squads wiped out

Poor freedomers

[midnight tiger]

More like "oh, you need ammo STALKER? Only if you hit this spliff"

[spring abyss]

You didn't play cs isn't?

[midnight tiger]

Dunno how that's a "gotcha" lol

I didn't play the worst game in the series 🤔🧐

[spring abyss]

"Worst"

Cope harder son

[midnight tiger]

Pretty sure I've never seen anyone claim CS is the best lol

[spring abyss]

Vasim
Crimson

cope even harder son

[hazy helm]

you havent played CoP yet

I mean,not the best,not the worst tho

[midnight tiger]

CS is the only one I couldn't play

[hazy helm]

Skill issue

massive skill issue

[midnight tiger]

PCs being PCs mixed with xray being xray

The other 2 worked without a hitch lol

[spring abyss]

if your pc can't run cs it doesn't deserve to be called pc

[midnight tiger]

Xray is held together with duct tape, vodka, and Slavic magic. I wasn't at all surprised it didn't work

[spring abyss]

Skill issue

[mossy shard]

So, I'm looking on the finalbossbundle.com website for the Ultimate Edition on PC, but it isn't in stock. Has it ever been in stock? Or did it run out that quickly?

[spring abyss]

they will restock eventually, also you can try ask the devs about this in the #🔍┃ask_gscarchive to see if theres anything else or if it's a bug

[mossy shard]

Alright, I'll copy it in there

[neat roost]

Heya! Thanks for your question. Our partners are working on it, I hope closer to the release day situation will change

We are constantly working with our distribution partners and doing everything possible to offer different options.

[midnight tiger]

GSC being based

[mossy shard]

Cool, thanks. I've never wanted to buy a collector's edition more in my life

[sleek creek]

🫵🤦👀

[cobalt sequoia]

I still feel lucky to have been able to nab a Collectors lol. Keep up the great work and looking forward to finally playing it!

[finite dragon]

back from the blizzard, anyone ruin s2 for themselves yet

[cosmic schooner]

A common sight

[wet flume]

just sucks the 180$ edition dont come with the season pass

[finite dragon]

wdym im pretty sure it does

[wet flume]

Everything ive looked at dosent mention it

If it had it id grab the pre order rn

[finite dragon]

the ultimate edition definitely does

[wet flume]

Yeah i just dont got 400$ to blow atm

[finite dragon]

eh idk the 100 dollar not physical comes with it im pretty sure whatever 180 thing does

oh my bad it doesn't

[wet flume]

So yeah

[finite dragon]

eh the 110usd one does idk about the phyiscal ones

[wet flume]

109 dollar digi version it is

[finite dragon]

eh yeah this is a thirstier launch than a cod game lol

[wet flume]

Lowkey rather get Content then physical stuff if i had the extra cash id jump on the ulti

plus Lets be honest the statues and all that will most likely be buyable on like ebay and such

[finite dragon]

if it's limited it may be cheaper at launch to be honest if you want it

[wet flume]

true true

[finite dragon]

the hustler in me has thought about getting the ultimate physical to sell the stuff i dont care about and make my money back

seems limited AF seeing as you cant buy it in most places

[wet flume]

But we must think here Theyre aint even an official date yet for all we know this game could be a 2024 launch so I could possibly scrape up funds by then

Plus them possibly making more available

[finite dragon]

I would personally bet the physical editions, especially all the merch are limited

[wet flume]

Only one way to know and thats to see what happens

[vernal magnet]

my hype for this game is hitting critical mass

i need it so bad lol

[finite dragon]

only 2 more years

i wish i downloaded for the "stuff" from the gdrive before it went down

[finite dragon]

damn there was a way to circumvent the limit with gdrive

[vernal magnet]

dont worry, its coming

and not 2 years for sure

[vernal magnet]

possible but i still bet for Sept - Dec

with what they have they should take all the time they can

and be right in time for holiday. and after the hot months. My PC is going to be running full blast for this game lol

[ruby harness]

finally made it! got ultimate edition, which verion you got? also good night! i am new here!

[vernal magnet]

Yes

game looks incredible

you are seeing old material.

and stuff that is work in progress and not finalized.

[ruby harness]

i made it because io wanted to send support to GSC i read all the struggles they had to endure, even the dead of devs in the war, for me it felt like a crime purchasing standard edition. i dont know if the game will be like the trailers or not but for me it felt necesary to help even as tiny as a game copy

[vernal magnet]

The game will be the best stalker 2 we could hope for. I am 1000% sure of it

[ruby harness]

hope it is like anomaly lol

where i can upload pictures here?

[vernal magnet]

I refuse to look at anything story related

nor would i be convinced that it is finalized material

[ruby harness]

are you a developer?

[vernal magnet]

i wish

[ruby harness]

i hope this game will not be another cyberpunk 2077 finger cross

[vernal magnet]

these guys know what they are doing

they got the whole art style and theme nailed to a T

[ruby harness]

reminds me of metro exodus

[barren sparrow]

I have complete faith in gsc

[ruby harness]

what things are leaked?

[barren sparrow]

Please dont share any leak content

[ruby harness]

not seen or read anything

holy moly

i hate this, this sort of stuff can destroy or hinder monetary a company, the only thing one could think would be human engineering?

[vernal magnet]

Quite frankly, leaked material is incredible. i have the 15GB. dont look if you dont want to, and if you do, you are likely to be really hyped if your a long time fan and understand video game development. otherwise you might be confused and it can skew your vision of the game, which i would not recommend. Basically, make the decisions best for yourself and what you want

[barren sparrow]

With all the press its getting, it might just sell more copies. Bleeping computer even has an article on it

I dont want any spoilers gsc does not provide in trailers. I want to experience the Zone for the first time again

[ruby harness]

i might be interested,

nah better to be fresh and blind

[barren sparrow]

@hearty vigil yeah i saw alot of that in reddit from people not otherwise interested much in it. Some buying multiples to give out as gifts lol

[vernal magnet]

its me. im people

just stay away from the story folders

[barren sparrow]

I already had plans to gift it to a friend for their bday

[ruby harness]

like what, game story? or just concept art and maybe test levels? i always like pre alpha and developers levels of games seeing the behind of scene

what VA are you planning to use on release? i want to go ALL hardcore and go with ukrainan VA instead of english or latin spanish

[barren sparrow]

Im keeping it in ukrainain with subtitles for first play thru, good way to practice learning ukrainian

@hearty vigil good heads up there. I feel alot of people would look at that not mych else

I just hope i can run it well

Iv been saving up for a new computer though

[vernal magnet]

technically true

[finite dragon]

cant get it to work for some reason

[still ridge]

Probably not in the sense of like, models and stuff

Concepts and ideas is certainly possible

[wise blaze]

hey, does anyone know why "a horse with no name" is on the radio in this game? is it some song the USSR liked?

[unkempt sphinx]

just heard about the story of russian hackers wanting to spread stalker 2 gameplay if their demands aint fullfilled

i mean, isnt it nice of them they wanna spread free advertisement of the game? 😛

[midnight tiger]

GSC chad moment to say "we don't care"

[rancid hornet]

Not even just “we don’t care”. It was a “You don’t have any power over us and you have no way to threaten us”

[unkempt sphinx]

its typical russian tho. "you are bad guys"
"we are not, and to prove it, we will hack you and threaten you"
"ok, pappa stalin"

[rancid hornet]

That’s maybe a tad more understandable, but this is still no way to express your disappointment at not being able to get the game. Threats are not the way to get things done

[barren sparrow]

When they become known we should send them those dick glitter bombs 🤣

[gaunt cedar]

@magic perch ☝️

[weary quail]

Уйди

[amber tendon]

Didn't wolf like

[finite dragon]

Good to see a fellow freedomer

[amber tendon]

Used to accept moderation tickets

If you wrote to him with command before, or am I mistaking

[magic perch]

[amber tendon]

Thx

[thick sundial]

hey so im looking through the leaks here and there is no mention of sex being added to the game

i want to get intimate with my fellow stalkers, please GSC

[restive wharf]

💀

[amber stirrup]

only if it is an intimate relationship between two strong men, if you know what I mean...

[jaunty pebble]

The original GSC worked on it until the company went bankrupt or something. So they were scattered and the game was cancelled

The current GSC and the GSC back then is not the same

[jaunty pebble]

Stalker 2 sex update is post release content

I can't read Ukrainian so I don't know any of the character names besides the protagonist which his name was revealed on a trailer

[jaunty pebble]

They already leaked it? Jesus it's what? 10 am here on Turkey

[ionic torrent]

First 15gb was leaked like 8 hours ago and there will be another within about 14 hours

[jaunty pebble]

Holy.... Let's hope they don't leak an entire internal build of the game

[ionic torrent]

If they arent lying and the next is only like 15gb I highly doubt that a build would be that small, prob just more concept stuff and screenshots

[jaunty pebble]

It could be super compressed

And not finished in any way

[solid dome]

And you had to bring that 2nd paragraph just for fun I guess

[dense raft]

This concept arts are incredible, even gsc could share some of them with community if they wanted, but i guess it could only create more hype, actually i saw leaks and instantly preordered Ultimate Edition

[unkempt sphinx]

I also pre ordered the ultimate physical edition. Was sold out in my own country, so i ordered from amazon germany.

I want dem goodies

[uncut kraken]

The leak happened already? Damn, time to leave every stalker related community

[hazy helm]

I doubt anyone will put spoilers and not warn other ppl

[full estuary]

looks like the leaking backfired on them lmao

I also got to see some of it on other discords and it's very cool stuff, i hope game sales and pre-orders will only shoot higher

[uncut kraken]

There is always an off chance that some idiot comes over and in all caps says something to the extent of ||"STRELOK DIES LOLOL"|| (Just making an example, haven't looked at the leaks). I don't wanna have that happen to me.

[stark plover]

Here probably not... out there in the wild internet

[hazy helm]

Do you not know || spoiler brackets ||

[amber tendon]

It's p safe here

[uncut kraken]

What

[amber tendon]

The || exists

[uncut kraken]

Dont tell me

I just guessed randomly

[hazy helm]

Le || text here |/|

[amber tendon]

[uncut kraken]

I havent looked at the leaks

[hazy helm]

Nobody wants to spoiler stuff to ppl thats jist dumb

And besides concept art arent spoilers

[amber tendon]

Me neither but tbh who wouldn't like to kill Strelok

[hazy helm]

And editor and benchmark reports can hardly be called spoilers
Just aavoid lore stuff and youll be fine

[amber tendon]

Guy painted a huge target across his back

[uncut kraken]

Thought for a second that i just accidentally got a spoiler right

[toxic coral]

his face is a target cross, just look at him

[amber tendon]

[stark plover]

[hazy helm]

No one,they want his head however,they need to pick his brain apart for secrets,killing him would just waste information

[amber tendon]

Men in black vodoo shit right here

No need to read his mind if he writes everything in PDA logs and on sheets of papers

[uncut kraken]

Are the leaks really that good as people say?

[hazy helm]

Yes

[hexed zephyr]

Some RUSSIAN youtubers rate the game 9/10 or 8.5/10 on leaks

It's amazing to hear from them, because they hate GSC

[nimble cipher]

🍋limun osvetnik🍋#0390 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[amber tendon]

lol

[uncut kraken]

Godamn i forgot you cant say the f word

1984

[hexed zephyr]

We must also take into account the fact that these are work-in-progress materials

[barren sparrow]

Someone on the reddit that looked at them said its game of the decade material

@finite dragon i put a freedom bumper sticker on my van after those cosplayer fans got murdered in muscovy for having a freedom flag/gear

[finite dragon]

Thankfully i am a Balkan slav

So i won't get shot

[barren sparrow]

Im an american slav, so that risk always exists 🤣

Apperently the hacker wanted a job at gsc according to a new post on reddit

[hazy helm]

reddit
Pffff

[silver pagoda]

leaks so far only proved that freedom is still homosexual fashion

duty wins easily, gg leakers i pre ordered 3 ultimate editions thanks for free hype

[hazy helm]

leaks actually... nevermind

[amber tendon]

[sand fiber]

reddit has a trouble interpreting jokes

[silver pagoda]

mfer leaking years of work because he did not get the job and got banned on discord

[sand fiber]

@hazy helm seen the map already?

[nimble cipher]

Shadowfox423#7184 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[tulip maple]

So I saw the leaks gsc love the game and how it is I will be buying it and it looks really good so ya keep up the good work u got my money

[red ledge]

What makes the leaks good? No spoilers ,but the plot is good with lots of choices that actually affect the story?

[cyan canopy]

Same

[ancient hedge]

he was a dev and got banned for being Russian, that’s what I heard

[hazy helm]

Yes

[hazy helm]

both of you are wrong

So so wrong

[ancient hedge]

What is the reason then?

[hazy helm]

You can.see from concept art and conception stuff as well as benchmarks and editor photos,they are trying to be faithful to the original gamed while putting a new spin,and they are making a beautiful game

[hazy helm]

Rule 8

We will not speak of this

[ancient hedge]

Ah yea

[sand fiber]

it's so wack

[hazy helm]

I havent given it a good look,will try and translate whrn Im home

[sand fiber]

can help you with that if you want

[hazy helm]

Later

[worthy lagoon]

"Pwease uwu"

[sleek creek]

NO NO NO

[sand fiber]

owo

[finite dragon]

nah strelok is sexy

no killie the strelok

[midnight tiger]

Strelok has it coming

[finite dragon]

at least say why

[cyan canopy]

Strelok is chad

[midnight tiger]

Because he screwed the zone lol

[finite dragon]

[long harbor]

"1984 🤓 "

[long harbor]

man with dementia shot his ay to the wish granter

truly blessed by the gods, he shall be honored as a legend

[uncut kraken]

""1984🤓"🤓"

[long harbor]

""1984 🤓" 🤓 " 🤓 "

[uncut kraken]

"""1984 🤓" 🤓 " 🤓 "🤓"

[long harbor]

"""1984 🤓" 🤓 " 🤓 "🤓"🤓"

[grave nimbus]

plebbit

[hexed zephyr]

[midnight tiger]

Chad flecktarn > edgelord red and black

[sand fiber]

it's not grigorovich's work

[vernal magnet]

Man I am hyped for the GDC presentation

[torpid crown]

when it is

23?

[vernal magnet]

yup

[worthy lagoon]

*Chadgrygorovich

[vernal magnet]

Refuses to give into demands. refuses to elaborate further. GigaChad hours

[worthy lagoon]

Thanks to motorbikes we got STALKER and Cossacks

[long willow]

Anyone know what day it's supposed to be released on?

[tropic flax]

soon

[vernal magnet]

All i could tell you is my faith in it releasing this year is up tremendously

[tropic flax]

agreed, the promising venture of something glorious is soon to come will be in sight./

from the size, depth, density and richness of landscape to explore crawling with the unknown./

its going to be a wild adventure for all, this will be truly a great world to explore./ from new and old stalkers seeing the familiar areas we know and love./

[sand fiber]

2023

[outer marten]

on a day that ends in y

[vernal magnet]

good guess

[hexed zephyr]

And month ends in ber

[amber tendon]

Tomorrow at 25:00

PM

[dry imp]

TOMORROW???

[worthy lagoon]

what the hell is 25:00 PM

[amber tendon]

When the stalker 2 releases

Time zone is YXST

[spring abyss]

The zone got 25 hours per day so i can sleep more

[outer marten]

that ends in a w so no not tomorrow

[dry imp]

its tomorrow

[keen saffron]

Yes it comes out on International Egg Salad Appreciation Day

[finite dragon]

egg salad is a weird one

[sleek creek]

Stalker stalker stalker

[dry imp]

true

[solid dome]

I think you have the wrong word in the end, stop making everyone look equal - one likes, the next one dislikes.

If one hates something, the rest of Earth's population dislikes it
Broken logic, man

Pathetic when people come out with such arguments

[finite dragon]

Russians also love stalker which is why this drama is sad to me (the hacker is pretty cucked dont get me wrong), a lot of them aren't for the things happening, i know war creates anger but (stops rant before getting banned)

[hexed zephyr]

I was talking about those who called for pirating the game and canceling the pre-order. They also said that Stalker 2 would fail in sales. That's why I was so surprised to hear such ratings (8.5-9/10) from them.

[solid dome]

Sheesh, almost crossed the thin red line where banhammers swing 24/7. The Big Land is one big trap. 😄

[hexed zephyr]

Yes, I agree, I wrote it wrong. It was necessary to write to RUZZIAN youtubers

[solid dome]

All fine

[dark bobcat]

will i be able to run new stalker on gtx 1060 and r5 3600?

[dry imp]

maybe

lower settings

[dark bobcat]

what gpu is recomendet?

[dry imp]

i forgot, its on the website

[dark bobcat]

ok

[vernal magnet]

Run it? yea, but at absolute minimum settings

CPU isnt too rough. id focus on a newer graphics card first

[hexed zephyr]

The developers seemed to say that they would try to lower the system requirements for the release, and in general it is not known what resolution was used to configure the minimum settings. It can be 1920x1080 down to 800x600

[maiden sparrow]

.

[spring abyss]

1280x720 is my main resolution, she is absolutely the greatest resolution ever made

[hexed zephyr]

I mostly have 1600x900 because the monitor is not a gaming and for it a higher or lower resolution will kill my eyes. 👍🏿 (The screen can either stretch out of the frame or not go into them)

[solid dome]

I'm not buying it if 800x600 isn't supported

Not a chance

[spring abyss]

Nah, create a mod resolution is easy, low spec gamer will help us, he is always there to make the i3 cpu run games

[jaunty pebble]

My hopes for Stalker 2 has increased, and I am glad I pre ordered it earlier this year

[spring abyss]

I gonna pre order it when i got some money

[vernal magnet]

It's going to a very, very demanding game. the minimum spec currently (which is outdated) was a GTX 1060. anything less than that is a no go

[quaint mantle]

Just got the stalker bundle from a friend

[hexed zephyr]

Closer to the release, they will tell the exact system requirements, while it is difficult to say what exactly they will be (minimum requirements). After all, these requirements are from 2021

[jaunty pebble]

I don't expect Stalker 2 to be as big as 150gb

Maybe like 70gb IMO

[vernal magnet]

true, but its only gonna be more demanding as time goes on

1060 simply isnt enough VRAM these days if im being honest

[cyan canopy]

I think its gonna be like Cod warzone

[jaunty pebble]

Optimization would happen, either way I can run the game

[vernal magnet]

it will be 150 on PC and 180 on xbox

[jaunty pebble]

Are we 100% sure or these numbers are placeholders?

[vernal magnet]

confirmed. they will be extremely close to this. within margin of error

• or - a few gigs

[hexed zephyr]

The game map is 64 square kilometers. This is more than a map of Skyrim.

[jaunty pebble]

I mean, the steam reccomendation usually shows more storage than what the game takes

[vernal magnet]

its from GSC, not steam

[jaunty pebble]

Oh shid it is big then, I was expecting like 16km square

[jaunty pebble]

Ok, thanks more reliable then

[vernal magnet]

also...i cant exactly tell you how i know...even though we all know how i would...but additional information has reinforced this

ill just say this, assets are ridiculously high quality and plentiful in nature

[jaunty pebble]

I trust it if it's straight from GSC

I know how big the assets are, I use Unreal Engine 4 currently

Can't even imagine how big high quality assets are for Unreal Engine 5

[vernal magnet]

ive seen some asset files themselves

[jaunty pebble]

But I do think GSC can do some file optimization to lower the size atleast abit

But hey, I'm not them. So I talk with my own opinions

[vernal magnet]

they are using UE5 streaming to keep the load down. all assets have non compromised raw masters

other than the usual poly optimizations for the original masters

[hexed zephyr]

Anyway, I still hope for a reduction in requirements, it is also beneficial for them. Many people want it

[jaunty pebble]

Welp, it would be wrong for me to reply if that is good or bad as I have no experience on Unreal 5

[vernal magnet]

its a good thing. the game is pushing insane visual quality. the higher the requirements the longer the game will stay technically relevant like the OG trilogy. these games always pushed the envelope

[finite dragon]

i think it's really difficult to have a next gen open game like that and have chill requirements, 50% of the reason why CP2077 was such a fiasco is they had it on the ps4 to increase sales

[vernal magnet]

best example here. last gen 2077 was a mistake

[finite dragon]

i mean its cool to be inclusive and make money but a big open world game with bleeding edge graphics is just that

[vernal magnet]

it reduces the scope of what your game can be

[jaunty pebble]

Because you have to make sure it runs on last Gen aswell

[vernal magnet]

more RAM and CPU requirements are really needed to push A-Life 2.0 properly

[finite dragon]

also gpus are available again, idk i dont have a rtx card but have a mid amd card (probably not even considered mid) and i can run everything on ultra. i will probably upgrade tho for s2 and just in general

[vernal magnet]

stalker 2 is like stalker OGs. you upgrade your machine over time and the games can keep scaling up to it

[jaunty pebble]

I am gonna sound like an dummy while asking this, but do we know what improvements does A-Life 2.0 bring over the one that currently exists on OG games?

[vernal magnet]

games like stalker 2 move the industry forward

[finite dragon]

my 5600xt can run cp2077 on highest (with fsr) and HLA on highest

[vernal magnet]

not a dumb question at all. to be fair, havent heard too much, not even from the leak

[jaunty pebble]

Hmm, I thought GSC atleast announced some of whats new with A-life 2.0

[vernal magnet]

very very basic concepts have been told to us

[jaunty pebble]

I think that is what I remembered

[finite dragon]

a-life seems to be the mystery, i personally think it'll be based on ue5's ai engine but an angry mob came at me last time i said that

[vernal magnet]

yea i believe that was around the PC Gamer article days when we were hearing about mutant nests n what not

[jaunty pebble]

I think it's gonna be an infusion of their OG A-Life and UE5 AI Tech with improvements

[vernal magnet]

could be true but would still need to be heavily modified. and at that point it really is its own thing

[vague mirage]

hey tommy, you think there are any insights whether the game will release mid or late this year from the leaks? or has it not given us any indication?

[finite dragon]

i think you could script something with the engine's framework and it could be your own

[hazy helm]

it will def be later this year or early next year

either that or mid next year

[vernal magnet]

Heres my impression after the leaks, I went from not being too sure about this year to DEFINITELY coming by the end of the year

[hazy helm]

I hope it gets delayed to 2024 tbh

[vernal magnet]

https://tenor.com/view/you-cant-do-this-to-me-donald-kimball-how-dare-you-dont-willem-dafoe-gif-14910653

[jaunty pebble]

And y'all called me crazy when I said the game would release this year

[vague mirage]

fair i guess

[finite dragon]

same but they pushed preorders in a questionable way so now they cant

[vernal magnet]

dont misunderstand, it could go to 2024

[jaunty pebble]

Oh I do know don't worry

[vernal magnet]

they are pushing such an insane level of detail and tech systems

[jaunty pebble]

And I wouldn't mind if it goes to 2024. Game dev is hard

[vernal magnet]

with everything going on you know they gotta be in crunch mode

whatever date makes the best game and keeps the devs healthy is the one im ready to wait for

[finite dragon]

i think they're going to have some diet cp2077 problems with promising fans release dates and creating hype and will feel pressured to release it before its done

[jaunty pebble]

And it's even harder in their condition. But the push of pre orders that acister said and the recent leak makes me think release on this year has a huge chance

[vernal magnet]

i waited 13 years, whats a little longer

[jaunty pebble]

Yea, what one more year can do

[vernal magnet]

at least they arent focusing on 3 platforms

[jaunty pebble]

They don't?

[finite dragon]

I think it's silly because they have the war as an excuse (obviously a valid one and it did set things back as well), why not use it to really polish it

[vague mirage]

i have a feeling the next date wont be far from release, they dont want to break more promises

[finite dragon]

yeah definitely not as crazy - definitely "diet"

[vernal magnet]

that could be the case, we already got past 2 delays

remember when we though it was coming Dec7 2022? Good times

[finite dragon]

right now without getting political, at least in the west, a ukranian company could definitely write a pr statement about the war and delay and people would probably be stoked

[worthy lagoon]

Remember that what's in the leak is mostly outdated content

[vernal magnet]

exactly. that further reinforces my thoughts. if that is what we have and its a chunk of old materials. we are looking GOOD

[worthy lagoon]

So my opinion is that they are actually far ahead than we think of

[vernal magnet]

Exactly

[finite dragon]

makes sense

[vernal magnet]

i mean look at the final official materials we have been shown

[worthy lagoon]

I wonder about MP and the DLCs though

[vernal magnet]

Its still being deciphered but DLC info is coming

[finite dragon]

I really don't like releasing new SP DLC with a new release of a game, it seems thirsty af to me

[vernal magnet]

luckily from what i have seen it does not appear they did anything beyond put some plans in place for it

[jaunty pebble]

I don't think they would release a DLC while also releasing the game

[vernal magnet]

it does not look like they axed a piece of the game to attach as an addon later. i dont expect that from GSC at all whatsoever

[worthy lagoon]

The map will be HUGE, i suppose new DLCs woll include some new map areas with its own lore and quests, maybe even factions

So it takes a lot of time

[jaunty pebble]

Pls I beg

[finite dragon]

yeah no, DLC like this is great, but it shouldn't come out right away with the base game

it seems thir$ty to me, just wait a bit and focus on the base game

[jaunty pebble]

Also I have no info about the DLC's as I didn't looked at the leaks

[vernal magnet]

https://tenor.com/view/raven-cant-talk-muted-not-talking-gif-19389721

[worthy lagoon]

I doubt it will come out right after, what will come out right after should be MP and Mod tools

[lost frost]

I can understand dlc because think of why the game is called stalker 2, and not stalker 4

[vernal magnet]

if only i could say lol

[jaunty pebble]

[worthy lagoon]

I suppose, there are the two story expansion, i honestly don't know what those are

[vernal magnet]

dont hold out for factions though

[finite dragon]

its coming out the same time as the base game - it says it includes two dlc

[vernal magnet]

all i really saw gave me THE IMPRESSION that it might be a map addon with quests

but i do not know that for a certainty at all

[worthy lagoon]

Wdym? I didn't saw anywhere the two DLCs thing

[vernal magnet]

didnt they say 2 DLC for the season pass

2 "major" story contents. im a little rusty but thats what i recall

[wise blaze]

is the ETA on 2 still the 23rd of dec?

[vernal magnet]

no thats just a retailer placeholder date

[finite dragon]

its on the s2 website of what you get, it's two story DLCs my bro

[jaunty pebble]

The said a season pass that includes 2 story DLC's

[vernal magnet]

we dont have a date beyond "2023"

[finite dragon]

https://www.stalker2.com/#editions

[jaunty pebble]

So there are more DLC's but 2 of them are story dlc's

Season Pass With Access to All Future DLCs, Including 2 Story Expansions

[finite dragon]

it seems thirsty to include that with launch editions, no games do that

wait 6 months, probably would have more money in the long run too

[jaunty pebble]

Honestly, aslong as they don't release the DLC's while releasing the game it would be fine

[finite dragon]

they are tho im p sure

[jaunty pebble]

Because they can release the season pass add on that gives you DLC's afterwards

I have seen games release with a season pass that add DLC after the release

Anyways, off to sleep I go

[wise blaze]

Ok. Well, better than nothing

[vernal magnet]

dates probably not far off tbh

[wise blaze]

Will there be any likelihood of a delay? Or is that not known at all. They’ve been quiet

I’m gonna need to get money to buy the dang thing. Then more if I get it on ps5 if that gets it.

[vernal magnet]

anything is possible but i personally doubt it now.

[jaunty pebble]

I kinda expect a release date reveal at E3/Gamescom

[wise blaze]

When is e3

[jaunty pebble]

Lemme check

[worthy lagoon]

That's not what i meant

[jaunty pebble]

June 13th - June 16th @wise blaze

[wise blaze]

Ok cool

I’ll hopefully have money by then haha

[vernal magnet]

Thats exactly what im thinking

[jaunty pebble]

I really need to sleep, it's like 2 am in the morning

[potent bluff]

I expect them to reveal at GDC

[balmy hound]

It's mainly for a professionnal audience, I don't think it will be a "hype" thing. The GDC's youtube channel has similar conferences on it, you can see and have an idea of what to expect.

[potent bluff]

Oh its like con for game dev, I thought its like E3 or something like that :b

[balmy hound]

Yep I didn't know neither what it was exactly, I'm more betting for next E3 for the release date !

[keen saffron]

In their post a few days ago, didn’t GSC request that fans not look at / spread any illegally procured S2 leaks?

Cause I’m really confused by this guy ItsTommyLove who’s been in here all day bragging about his procurement of the leaks and how on his YouTube account he claims to have communicated with GSC directly and that GSC gave him permission to stream / upload stolen Stalker 2 content.

Seems / feels pretty sus 🤷‍♂️

[chilly vessel]

At Xbox Showcase on 11 June

[chilly vessel]

Xbox will be have big physical showcase, but not at E3, weekend before E3

[hazy helm]

Tommy has talked with GSC and they gave his approval as long as he disclosed that the material shown is a work in progress and not representing of the final product
also,GSC didnt "request fans to not look them up",they simply requested fans to bknow that these are old leaks with old content,and to not spread spoilers

you can in fact have a discussion about these leaks in the server,and post images if they dont have spoilers and you follow the #📌┃rules

Tommy is a real one,he did nothing wrong mate

[finite dragon]

if i see a serious plot spoiler in here i will find you

biggest peeve in life is people spoiling plots of whatever

[hazy helm]

||strelok hits the ju ju and scar drops the beat||

[finite dragon]

im alerting the authorities

[rancid hornet]

how in the actual hell am i expected to beat the mutant in the agroprom underground without any gear

[spring abyss]

You can take your gear in the bandits camp in the garbage

[rancid hornet]

oh, good to know except now im locked in. i guess ill have to load earlier

[spring abyss]

The camp is near the chemical anomaly

[rancid hornet]

except now ive lost 45 minutes of progress and feel like taking a break

[finite dragon]

worst feeling in a game is to have to go back

[spring abyss]

First time this happened to me i didn't get my gear back

And i took the duty gear

[rancid hornet]

well i have to "prove myself" or something to duty before they let me join

[spring abyss]

You need to finish the agroprom underground quest

[rancid hornet]

thats why im here trying to fight off the headache mutant with like 3 grenades and an ak that couldn't hit the broad side of a industrial barn

[spring abyss]

Yeah, controllers suck without proper armor

[rancid hornet]

oooh scary your health drains and it gives you headaches in real life ooooh

[spring abyss]

Psy camp near him

[rancid hornet]

i knew enough to pick up a couple grenades so ill just lob those at him until i get lucky

[rancid hornet]

psy camp?

[spring abyss]

Yeah he create a psy camp near him

[rancid hornet]

i got him by running up to him and just firing apparently

[spring abyss]

Great

Theres ammo in the other room

[rancid hornet]

nearly bled to death and had to spend 1000 on a random medkit and bandage from some guy but i managed to get back to duty headquarters, join up with the best faction, and get new armor and gun to boot, plus 9000 extra money

[spring abyss]

[rancid hornet]

is it just me or is clear sky seeming shorter than SOC? its already telling me to go to lake yantar

[finite dragon]

i spent more because i was being ocd about faction war stuff and the lovely fetch quests

[spring abyss]

Yep soc is the longer game

[rancid hornet]

they're always like "save this guy with a PM from 15 military guys with AKs and btw its 2 maps over" tho

[rancid hornet]

it must be. I spent triple the time getting to the same spot in SOC

[finite dragon]

i really took my time in cs idk what my problem is

[rancid hornet]

im just not spending any time cause all the missions aren't really causing me any trouble

and imma be honest CS is not impressing me all that much, feels too happy

[finite dragon]

based, i liked the vibe and graphics and lore but was the least sci-fi horror

lots of good lore if you're patient tho

[rancid hornet]

the graphics are definitely a step up. I won't say i hate it but it definitely has prequel energy

lots of good ideas, but i really think its missing some of SOCs charm

[finite dragon]

SoC is my fav for sure, lots of depraved nerds here like CS the most but SOC had a great vibe and was awesome at world building

CoP is great too I like them all for sure, CoP had some good polished gameplay and appreciated the outdoor level design in Pripyat and other areas

[rancid hornet]

havent gotten to CoP yet. I would still say i've enjoyed both SOC and CS so far except for the part where they steal your stuff in CS

[finite dragon]

you can get it back p quick

just have to go to that one camp, its pretty trivial. i guess i panicked and looked it up after. i wonder how people felt in 2008

[rancid hornet]

right, i just dont agree with it as a mechanic

[finite dragon]

if there were plot clues with maybe some quests that were easy combat wise (or god forbid stealth) it could be cool but yeah

i guess i cheated and looked it up because i panicked

[rancid hornet]

i knew it was going to happen and i still struggled with it

with a PM and no armor, pretty much all fighting is extremely difficult, so getting anywhere is unnecessarily punishing

[finite dragon]

Hi folks! How does one send a picture message here? I need assistance with a bug/crash, but It said I needed permission to be able to send a picture message.

[finite dragon]

if you need help upload it in imgur.com or a similiar site and post the link or post it in #📸┃screens_and_videos

[velvet mauve]

Man imagine playing CS and not stashing all your stuff right before you get robbed

[finite dragon]

lol did that after getting robbed and going back to the previous save

[finite dragon]

so those archives from 2 days ago are the big leak? i thought that was a sample

[sleek tundra]

And fighting over medkit animations

[hazy helm]

no medkit animations for me but if the game must have them Id prefer them quick rather than you being immobile for 5 seconds with a labourious animations only there to flex the skills of their animators

[strong cedar]

maybe medkit animations should be enabled/disabled in settings 🤔

[hazy helm]

thas dumb

[stark plover]

Hyper realistic healing animations.

[strong cedar]

some people put the aesthetic of the game before being able to heal in 0.75sec so you can keep shooting. Some people dont. People should be able to choose

[hazy helm]

Except when you realise this decision is not only one of taste but one of game balancing

[strong cedar]

why does it bother you if you can have it turned off and never have to deal with it again?

[stark plover]

[hazy helm]

Bc these decisions have a invariable impact in the balance of the game
If the game is balanced around you needing tl wait 10 minutes for each heal then turning these off will make it unbalanced
And kf the game is balanced around heals having no animations and being instant and you turn on the animations that are very long,thag will unbalance the game

its not a easy decision to make,its a deliberate game design choice to have or not animations for these things

[stark plover]

Vasim I feel like this is the 50th time I've seen you explain this since I've joined the server lol.

[strong cedar]

10 minutes for a healing animation? lets be real for a second

[hazy helm]

An exageration but the point is made

[strong cedar]

most healing animations take 2-5sec

[hazy helm]

Somehow,ppl dont understand so Ill say it however many times needed to say

[strong cedar]

therefore no significant impact to game balance

[solid dome]

Even 5 seconds is bad

Have you ever played Dying Light 2 at all?! You can't heal while you're running too....

[hazy helm]

Completely wrong
Lets take for example the Clear Sky holy run
Or the run to the helicopter in CoP
Or any large scale fight in SoC
If you needed to drop everything and start a animation that has yous top in place for 2-5 second the change kf battle is immediately stopped and in a lot of situations it wouldnt work
Because the game was never balanced to support these animations

The developers and game designers balanced the game around healing instantly

[solid dome]

Healing animation should take 1.5s tops not to be annoying

[strong cedar]

your "decision" affects people that want animations +people that will have them turned on automatically agree yo having a slightly longer healing time, so i dont think its "unfair" (since they give their consent for longer heal time)

and instant heal doesnt sound more balanced than 1sec healing time

[hazy helm]

My point being that this decision affects more than personal taste,since the entire game needs to be retooled and rebalanced for each choice
It is not realistic to expect them to do thag

Its a dumb thing

[strong cedar]

you are EXAGERATING by saying the whole game needs to be rethinked based off either you enable/disable an animation

[hazy helm]

Besides,having a long animation that locks you in palce would run counter to stalkers gameplay formula

[stark plover]

Is gunslinger a good example of what you are talking about Vasim. Or am I just brain scorched?

[hazy helm]

Gunslinger for CoP is only a good example in Prypriat and at the waste diaposal facility
Since CoP is the most chilled out of them all,but if you try and smash Gunslinger into Clear Sky and SoC you will see what K talk about
All the games balance is thrown off,and every encouter,the AI,the map,economy,the entire thing needs to be retooled to accomodate these changes

Gunslinger biggest problem is seeing something cool and adding ot without thinking of its consequences

[strong cedar]

the economy

if you are gigachad you can turn on animation for a more challenging gameplay, assuming the animation would be around ~1sec

and no, it doesnt seem to me loot spawning and economy should be retooled based off that

[solid dome]

Come to the Wish Scorcher

[strong cedar]

besides, they are not trying to make just a remastery of the same old games, they are making a new game, a better one

[hazy helm]

If the animation is that quick and small not a lot changes but if it is that small and quik why even. Have in tbe first place?

[strong cedar]

so comparing the gameste of the previous games is least to say, naive, considering none of us played s2 yet and we dont know how it works yet

[stark plover]

I get you.
I don't have any thing else to compare to.

[strong cedar]

thats the thing, it doesnt have to be, im advocating for it being optional, but to exist

[hazy helm]

so youre telling me that having these animations makes the formula automatically better?

[solid dome]

Except you are wrong

Strelok played it already

[hazy helm]

This is staller 2
There is a healthy expectation ktll be the continuation of the old stalker games

[solid dome]

Our mighty Strelka did what we can't yet

[solid dome]

Stalled 2?

[strong cedar]

bro, some people play the game to enjoy it, not just hunt other factions and monsters

[hazy helm]

Im on phone and am a very fat fingered person

[stark plover]

Will there be copious amount if baked beans if I do?

[solid dome]

Typo of the day.

[hazy helm]

so youre telling me Im not enjoying the game unless I have animation's?that the experience kn the original games isnt enjoyable?

[solid dome]

You have to step closer, you can't hear my whisper. Step closer, closer.

[strong cedar]

im saying animations can make it even more enjoyable, based off taste

and if the repercussions of adding an optional animations arent significant, why advocate against it

[hazy helm]

And Im saying that these animations will either be a massive thing that will ncessitate retooling everything tl make it work without them or basically useless at which point why even have them

[strong cedar]

some people enjoy starring at animations, thats why there's flip knives in CSGO

[hazy helm]

Of course Id prefer if they were very quick and responsive,and didnt impact movement,if we are going to have animations
But if these animations are so speedy thag it doesnt matter wether or not have them on then why care

[strong cedar]

its not pointless, its entertaining for some people

[hazy helm]

they only care bc of skins my friend

[strong cedar]

there's also that button that lets you stare at your gun, including in stalker

its a nice adittion to the game, and i think that people that would turn on the animation would automatically consent to sacrificing a second everytime they heal

[stark plover]

It is pointless.
Unless it's a knife animation. Because knives have points.

[hazy helm]

There is no inspect button in stalkr what are you talking about

[solid dome]

Inspecting animations is one thing, having no way to interrupt to prevent wipe isn't good at all

[strong cedar]

it shouldnt have a point, its for aesthetics 🤦‍♂️

[solid dome]

Artifact/wep inspection should def make it

[strong cedar]

you could choose to move so healing gets interrupted, like in other games

[hazy helm]

i prefer my knives with edges and points tho

How will I cut?

[strong cedar]

i prefer swords

[solid dome]

If it's done so

[hazy helm]

They are also pointy and edgy

[strong cedar]

they are edgy, but you can still make the point round and it will still cut

i said it doesnt have to have a point 😉

[solid dome]

I said come in, don't stand there

[strong cedar]

or maybe healing get interrupted when you recieve damage (so you can defend yourself?) (not greatest idea but an option nonetheless)

[autumn shale]

What about the Brain Granter?

[solid dome]

Honestly, healing animation should take no more, no less than 1.5s and be press-and-release action. No holding, no bs.

[hazy helm]

Regenerates the brains of weebs and VRChat players

[strong cedar]

debate: is VRChat worse than genshin impact?

[solid dome]

Dialling... @wide aspen

[autumn shale]

Stalkers, the emission is approaching! Find cover!

[solid dome]

• runs towards cover, falls in deep hole, dies *

[hazy helm]

Depends by which you find more disgusting really, considering VRChat is filled with narcissists and perverts an Genshin with pedos and gambling addicts

[solid dome]

Isn't VRChat full of wankers?

[strong cedar]

there's some funny people in VRChat too

not all VRChat people are down bad or install skins that crash your game

[solid dome]

VRChat gay game
End of topic

[hazy helm]

90% of the community is a perverted narcissistic cesspool and even the developers hate it

[strong cedar]

but none of your answers answer my question

[hazy helm]

I do not give answers,I tell you things and you make the decision for yourself
Tldr,they are both awful and I cant choose

[strong cedar]

i mean, in vrchat you can choose who you hang out with, and you can find cool people (~1 in 50) (~2%)

a friend made me try a year ago, and me (romanian) managed to befriend a hungarian 😂😂

who knows knows

[hazy helm]

Just bc I can maybe find one person that is cool beetween all the maniacs and psycopaths doesnt mean Ill do it

[strong cedar]

noone says you should 🤷‍♂️

[stark plover]

Sounds like me in here

[strong cedar]

i used to just sit alone in the corner and look for someone that noone was talking to

and if they passed the vibe check, i befriended them

maybe thats why i managed to only make one friend 🤣🤣

[worthy lagoon]

I suppose you played it

[strong cedar]

question: for best plot experience, should i play the games in the release order, or is there another specific order? I only played half of SoC yet

[hazy helm]

Release order

That being SoC-CS-CoP

[strong cedar]

Got it, danke

[cyan canopy]

If you wanna replay the game play CS-SoC-CoP

[strong cedar]

never got to play the whole series in the first place

[velvet mauve]

CS is the prequel to SoC, so play SF first

It's also got the chadest faction

[strong cedar]

sf? what is that

[velvet mauve]

SF is me being a complete retard so play CS instead

[hazy helm]

Dont play CS first

Play SoC first,it is the besg introduction to the stalker series

[spring abyss]

And play with mods

[hazy helm]

It sets up the misteries and swtting of the zone as well mechanics and playstyle which are then developed in latef titles

[hazy helm]

Only SRP for CS

[strong cedar]

gosh SoC is giving me so many headaches. In settings, "low crouch" is standing crouch and "crouch" is low crouch

[spring abyss]

Put the misery in cop

[strong cedar]

idk how to install mods

[spring abyss]

Low crouch if for when you are already in crouch

[strong cedar]

ohhh

[strong cedar]

does it make sound/visibility difference?

[spring abyss]

You can pass over small spaces

Useful to reach hidden stashes

Useless for combat

[strong cedar]

oh ok

[velvet mauve]

Not playing them in order of the story is only hurting yourself

[hazy helm]

Truly the best way to ruin CoP

[velvet mauve]

Release order worst order

[hazy helm]

Playing in order of story is hurting yourself actually

[velvet mauve]

Make it make sense

[spring abyss]

Yeah, play anomaly, reborn and them olr

That's the best order

[velvet mauve]

🤢

[spring abyss]

[sand fiber]

that's not how prequels work

you don't go play modern deus ex before the original just because they're prequels

[velvet mauve]

Yes you do

[sand fiber]

no you don't, prequels rely on the fact you play the original

[vernal magnet]

Low crouch is useful for combat though. It allows you more flexibility shielding yourself with various environment objects and architecture

[strong cedar]

you guys should just agree to disagree and finish it, i dont think any of the sides is gonna be able to convince the other one which is the right way to play

[vernal magnet]

Based and correct take

[velvet mauve]

You do play them, you play them after the prequel

[sand fiber]

no lmfao, release order is objectively the right way to play games, read books and watch movies

[spring abyss]

I completely disagree, be always ready to run is the best way to engage in combats

[velvet mauve]

Well I mean the "right" way to play is just however you want to play, the second right way to play is prequel first

[sand fiber]

in games even more so, even

[velvet mauve]

You could play CoP first and that could be the "right" way to play if that's the way you enjoy playing it, or you could go for the second right way to play and go prequel first

[strong cedar]

i agree and i didnt say it isnt so, im just saying that we think in some way and other people think other way, we arent gonna be able to make others understand they are wrong and neither vice versa

[strong cedar]

it would be worth a shot, but ive already been halfway through SoC

[velvet mauve]

Sounds to me like you just get another opportunity to watch old siddy boy bite that drumstick

[vernal magnet]

both is good lol. you can be low crouched and then super sprint to the horizon

[strong cedar]

moving on, another question is how can i make the texts bigger? im not playing on my pc from desk, but from my couch, and i can barely read chats with npcs

[hazy helm]

This is completely wrong
You should play SoC and CS first before COP,as CoP uses concepts,mechanis,characters and story/lore from all of these

It requires them

[spring abyss]

You completely loose your mobility while in low crouch, the time you get to stand back the gopnik have already have thrown a grenade at you

[velvet mauve]

Nah play CoP then anomaly, then CS, then CoP again with misery, and then SoC. It's the only correct way

[spring abyss]

No, play lost alpha and nothing else

[velvet mauve]

No just play CS 12 times

[strong cedar]

the order youre supposed to play a series most time isnt the chronological order, sometimes the second game brings you back to explain more about the past, and best thing is to follow the order of the releases

[velvet mauve]

Nah do a complete reverse order so things make the most sense

[spring abyss]

just play the game

[strong cedar]

?

[spring abyss]

Lower the resolution

Or get a big tv

Theres some font mods, but most of them are broken

[velvet mauve]

Aim binoculars at your screen

[velvet mauve]

I tried saying that already and somehow that was still wrong lmao

[spring abyss]

You're still wrong

[velvet mauve]

Then I don't want to be right

[spring abyss]

[strong cedar]

my tv is too big for desk gaming, too small for couch

[spring abyss]

Plug her in the hdmi

And play with a controller

I use this since 2014

[hazy helm]

damn,a bad troll,I have been had by a joke!

[spring abyss]

i don't even know what keyboard gaming is anymore

[strong cedar]

thats what i do

except i have a keyboard with long long wire and bluetooth mouse

[velvet mauve]

Put the couch halfway across the room

[spring abyss]

controller >>>>

[hazy helm]

Somethign something femboys

[sand fiber]

my condolences

[spring abyss]

[strong cedar]

no money for controller, money only for gym and bulking

[vernal magnet]

Certified Clear Sky moment. i use shift hold for low crouch and CTRL for the crouch toggle so i just release shift and tap CTRL and im gooooone

[spring abyss]

To play fps you need a xbox controller

[spring abyss]

Too many buttons to hold

[vernal magnet]

But its one button lol

[spring abyss]

I prefer keep in movement while in action

[sand fiber]

nah, xbox controller doesn't have a gyro

[vernal magnet]

Valid strategy. It all depends on the scenario

I have done ooga booga shotty runs as well lol

[spring abyss]

Xbox controller got good dead zone

[strong cedar]

Keyboard&mouse>playstation controller> xbox controller

[vernal magnet]

im probably gonna be playing S2 on PC with xbox controller for that left stick variable movement

[spring abyss]

Sony controller sucks hard, especially on pc for old games

[vernal magnet]

i can still aim snappy enough but the immersion of variable movement is pretty high

[hazy helm]

Thing is Sylky has a KBM,he is a developer,he chooses to handicap himself bc otherwise hed be too good

[spring abyss]

Look sylky play with a controller

[strong cedar]

havent played old games with PS controller but i still like it better than the xbox controller

[sand fiber]

nah i mean playstation controller has a gyroscope that allows you to control the camera as if you were using a mouse

[spring abyss]

No, i prefer analog look

[sand fiber]

bad

[hazy helm]

You mean the Steam Controller

[spring abyss]

bad taste

[sand fiber]

I WISH

[velvet mauve]

Sony controllers are so bad

[strong cedar]

all i hear is haters

[spring abyss]

Based and stalkerpilled

[sand fiber]

how are they different besides stick placement

[strong cedar]

shape is unarguably better for PS controller

[hazy helm]

I don't even use a controller for sekiro plebs

[spring abyss]

🤢🤢🤢

[dense raft]

Because people expect Anomaly/Tarkov with mods here, and real life graphics and I guess GSC is basing some things in the game on Call of Chernobyl because it was most popular mod before

[hazy helm]

i need for MHW

[sand fiber]

what

[hazy helm]

Wht

[sand fiber]

we're talking gamepads m8

[strong cedar]

u wot m8

[hazy helm]

Besudes

[spring abyss]

Xbox s controller is the modern version of the 360 controller with is the best controller ever made for fps, mouse are still better for pc, but if i have to chose a controller the 360° controller is the weapon of choice

[velvet mauve]

Bigger size = more comfortable to hold (for me), after ps3 their build quality went to shit (2 controllers for duration of ps3 lifetime, nearly 2 controllers per year of PS4 lifetime) and the offset sticks just gives my monkey brain happy chemicals

[hazy helm]

GSC is stataying truthful and faithful to the old games man,dont you worry@dense raft

[sand fiber]

nah nah you see openworld's just like Anomaly

[strong cedar]

xbox controllers still look like kindergarden toys tho

[sand fiber]

they're absurdly overpriced too

[hazy helm]

i will throw a chair so goddamn hard I will hit you

[strong cedar]

with all those colourful buttons with letters on them

[spring abyss]

The S ones are great much better then the sony toys for movie games

[strong cedar]

cant take seriously anyone that prefers kindergarden toy-lookin ahh controlers over stilish sony quality

[hazy helm]

They are all controllers

I dont care

[sand fiber]

idk xbox controllers lack the functionality and don't even come with accumulator, aesthetics don't matter

[hazy helm]

I will buy the cheapest off amazon

[velvet mauve]

Where I live it's $109.95 for a ps5 controller, $89.95 for Xbox

[vernal magnet]

everyone here is wrong. the best controller is that one linus reviewed recently with hall effect sensors in both sticks. its the Chads controller

[spring abyss]

Ok sony fan, be chill

[velvet mauve]

I've been using playstations since the 90's and their controllers have gotten worse each generation, except when they gave us joysticks

[spring abyss]

You will have bad dead zone

[sand fiber]

the best controller's steam controller

[strong cedar]

better quality is bigger price in capitalistic world

[sand fiber]

no not really

[hazy helm]

I have bought loads kf chinese knockoff x360 controllers over these years
Not one has failed me

[velvet mauve]

But it's arguably not better quality

[hazy helm]

what else can a man need?usb of course

[strong cedar]

exceptions dont change the standard

[sand fiber]

that's not the standard either

[spring abyss]

Bad for fps

[velvet mauve]

I remember when the standard for controllers was ensuring you don't get stick drift after 3 months

[sand fiber]

by that logic gucci branded clothes would be the highest quality or smth, but nah, it's more complicated

[strong cedar]

we are talking about technology, not luxury items

[sand fiber]

quality isn't the only thing companies are selling, and frankly, in most cases, the last

[velvet mauve]

It's all about that logo

[strong cedar]

gucci is selling a brand name rather than a product, but it still doesnt help your argument

[hazy helm]

If I play a FPS i play with KBM bro
Controller is only for for very select few games

[strong cedar]

..

[hazy helm]

what?you thought I played all my games on controller?that would be insanity

It would be awful to play RTS, Strategy and CRPG games with a controller

[spring abyss]

I like the play games in my bed

The only game that i play with kmb is delta force

[strong cedar]

still mouse and keyboard >>>controllers

[velvet mauve]

99% of time yes, but very rarely you'll find a Dev that's actually considered this and made sure it's not the case

[sand fiber]

even if we don't count cases where companies sell other things than quality of the product, pricing is still more complicated

[hazy helm]

I still think for those it would be better and easier to go KBM,I csnt imagine playing Homeworld with a controler

[spring abyss]

Age of empires for consoles is the biggest mistake

[strong cedar]

if we are talking about technology brands, their image and branding is based off the quality itself, both of the hardware and software

[sand fiber]

no

[velvet mauve]

Oh it's definitely the better option

[spring abyss]

And also, i got both controllers
A ps3 controller and a xbox series S controller, i don't even know why I'm argue

[velvet mauve]

I grabbed bannerlord on Xbox when that released and playing it with the controller is like pulling teeth

[strong cedar]

are you gonna bring arguments or just say no and mind your business? cause just a no isnt very convincing

[spring abyss]

The ps3 controler is usually thrown in the ground bc he is a cable controler

I will buy a ps4 one this year so i will be able to have both of the new generation

[velvet mauve]

You mean the 5?

[spring abyss]

Too expensive

[velvet mauve]

Fair

[spring abyss]

The new generation that i can buy is ps4

[hazy helm]

Buy a used PS4

[velvet mauve]

Gotta find the wish granter and ask for more shekels

[hazy helm]

Open it,clean the insides

save some money

[spring abyss]

I just want the controller not the paperweight that comes with

[sand fiber]

in gpu market there was lots of situations where nvidia sold worst gpus for a higher price, compared to those of AMD, nevermind if the company's monopolist on the market, like Intel was before the ryzens

besides, pricing isn't decided by the manufacturer alone, it's also dependent on where you are, what retailer you're using and other factors

if you've done, uh, any buying-of-things in your life you know that higher price doesn't necessarily mean higher quality or whatever

[vernal magnet]

if your looking at it only from a games perspective. nvidia always had better encoders and cuda core optimization for workspace professional software. it wasnt black and white. or red and green rather, hehehe

[strong cedar]

its not an universal rule, more of a guideline obviously

point was that most very-cheap things come from chinese manufacturers that dont really focus on quality, therefore buying a cheap offbrand chinese controller isnt really a good idea

[sand fiber]

yeah

[velvet mauve]

I don't think anyone really argued against that though

[strong cedar]

the point was that price can be one clue of wether one of two/more items might have higher/lower quality

but obv, a clue isnt enough for a verdict

[velvet mauve]

Which again, I don't think anyone really argued against that though

[strong cedar]

...

[strong cedar]

and if another company manages to make a better product at cheaper costs, thats a different situation

because if the company does manage to make a better product at lower costs, most companies will choose to sell it for high profit margins and motivate the price using the quality

[reef granite]

Do we know what’s east, north, and west of Chernobyl? Since we’ve only been south.

[sand fiber]

If you mean all the games, OL-SoC concepts and S2012 concepts - no.
If you mean HoC - you can look at the leaked map

[reef granite]

I mean in general. Is there any backstory for those areas?

[sand fiber]

Nope. No mentions, they do not exist as far as the trilogy concerned

[reef granite]

That’s strange

[sand fiber]

I thought they would explore it in HoC, but the approach to the world they've chosen is a bit different, you can check yourself

[reef granite]

Where can I see the map?

[sand fiber]

It's in russian, but i think you can locate the CNPP to understand the relations, i'll dm it

[hazy helm]

i have the translation made

[sand fiber]

oooooo

[sand fiber]

can you send it to me too?

[amber tendon]

What is he eating btw

[hazy helm]

not gonna send it to anyway

[amber tendon]

Chicken Kiev or something?

[strong cedar]

could be a donut

[bold lagoon]

Will Yantar actually be dlc or the leaks are fake?

[sand fiber]

1. they aren't
2. we don't know
3. ||the map with Yantar marked as DLC is an old one, SUPPOSEDLY||

[bold lagoon]

grim if true 😦

[sand fiber]

i don't think it's possible to dlc-ify a location in the center of the zone anyway

[strong cedar]

the fact that its in the center and you would have to go around it is an extra reason for it to be a moneymaking dlc, yet it would be a filthy method

[spring abyss]

Travel to this location?
-Yes(buy the dlc)
-No(hahaha poor)

[wide aspen]

Oh, sorry i was in a vacation, who needs brain granting?

[strong cedar]

i have a "Tunder" 5.45, should i sell my obokan? (SoC guns)

[spring abyss]

Yes Buy a xbox controller

[strong cedar]

id rather become a bandit than buy one

[spring abyss]

cope

[strong cedar]

?

[limpid frigate]

annyone here playing here stalker anomaly knowing fix for blackscreen when i load my last save and then i try to open my invetory or open stash i get direct black screen any ideas how to fix this modded stalker anomaly

[hazy helm]

Go to the anomaly moddb page and join yhe anomaly server

[limpid frigate]

oh i didnt saw that 💀 and ty

[strong cedar]

is there anything i can do with strelok's flash drive?

[hazy helm]

Not really,it weighs nothing tho so keep it as a good luck charm

[strong cedar]

not bad idea

[spring abyss]

you guys are still talking about controllers?

[vernal magnet]

GuliKit KingKong 2 Pro. Best controller

[strong cedar]

i might buy an xbox controller

[strong cedar]

if you pay for it

[spring abyss]

donkey kong bongo controller >>>>>

[ember moth]

Guys i read the leaks, Heart of Chernobyl, will take in Chernobyl and will be a stalker game

[vernal magnet]

https://tenor.com/view/why-would-yous-say-something-so-controversial-controversial-gif-15274636

[ember moth]

Believe it or not, it will have guns

It has anomalies too, truly the game of all time

[dry imp]

SALE WHERE STALKER 2

[delicate vector]

noticed a gramatical error in the announcement

[spark summit]

damn i got lowkey excited

[delicate vector]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-crazy-moving-head-gif-21228071

[hazy helm]

get yourself or your friends copies of Stalker

[spark summit]

I already have all 3 Stalker Games on Steam.

I also play STALKER Anomaly w/ GAMMA ;o

[hazy helm]

ew

How awful

[dry imp]

banned

[spark summit]

pfft xd

[glossy blade]

Which one?

[delicate vector]

in the english paragraph, it contains the word eager in 2 succesive sentences, making it a gramatical mistake

[glossy blade]

Perfect opportunity to try Heroes of the Annihilated Empires

[hazy helm]

Based mol1t
Get yourself Cossacks 1 and 2 while youre at it

[glossy blade]

The more you know

[hazy helm]

Is firestarter in Steam?quick question

[glossy blade]

no

[hazy helm]

Sad,at least its on gog

[worthy lagoon]

Perfect opportunity to buy Deep Rock Galactic and play it with me

[delicate vector]

its not techically considered a mistake by the english language, but it is considered harder to read and overall choppy when you could instead use a synonim. like how the sentence "green long gardening shears" isnt breaking any rules in the english language, it could definetly be fixed by rearraing the order of the words.

[hazy helm]

If we are going to rock and stone better download the+ miners mod and invite the entire mod team

[muted haven]

Anyone have any idea why the CoP story is so disconnected from the SoC and CS story? I mean I don't remember much from CoP but afaik you are just some random guy with no connection to the previous 2 protagonists

[worthy lagoon]

@velvet flax

[worthy lagoon]

It's not like Scar had connections with Strelok either

Nor did Marked One with Strelok

[finite dragon]

xD cool steam sale announcement

[velvet flax]

ROCK AND STONE

[sullen galleon]

Did you just ignore the ending of CoP

[muted haven]

As I said I don't remember much, I played it a long time ago. I remember the player character leaving in a helicopter or something

I remember absolutely nothing about the end screens or such

[sullen galleon]

You meet ||Strelok|| for like 5 seconds

[spring abyss]

Cop is very connected to soc and cs, you got ex cs members in the game.
The game slides tell a lot about the previous history and cop end the strelok soc arc

[muted haven]

Oh shit

I played CS when I was like 7 and CoP at like 9-10. I'm 15 now, so I didn't remember anything

[spring abyss]

Replay the game them

[muted haven]

Yeah ofc

I finished SoC some time ago and am now finishing CS

*Was finishing CS

[spring abyss]

[hazy helm]

Chad

Absolutely based

[muted haven]

I was at the CNPP but loaded a save all the way from when I was at AP cause I came severely unprepared to the CNPP and I decided to basically start from almost the beginning

[vernal magnet]

true but COP was a sort of thematic departure

[sleek tundra]

Mandatory reminder that STOC stopped posting Russian translations

We're in literallt 1984

[solid dome]

No I seen random stream on Youtube 😄

I live in too poor country to afford VR hardware

[solid dome]

Soon people who wished for Russian subtitles to be removed, will celebrate big time

Woooo

STALKER Discount!

Anomaly playas, buy the trilogy

[finite dragon]

I will never

[vernal magnet]

https://tenor.com/view/theyre-gonna-ruin-everything-randy-marsh-south-park-s13e6-pinewood-derby-gif-22907468

lol jk jk....unless? 👉 👈

trilogy sale is hype though I just convinced my coworker to buy the games

[sleek tundra]

You're lucky you're a respected content creator, else your DMs would've been filled with not-so-pleasant messages

[vernal magnet]

I always crack Anomaly jokes, but i play all the mods

for me personally, A.R.E.A was more fun than anomaly

but thats for out of the box installs. obviously both can be modified like crazy to become something else entirely

[vernal magnet]

but thank you for the compliment

[solid dome]

Tommy: You see, Ivan, at this point in life you beat every other game but you forgot one. STALKER. Don't be cheap, venture into the Zoner, now with XX% discount.

[vernal magnet]

Use promo code ItsTommyLove to save absolutely no money whatsoever at checkout. Good hunting

Dead serious question. Reply to this message if you currently do not own the trilogy and are a curious newbie

[vernal magnet]

What's everyone's favorite Stalker OST track? For me, Lake Yantar is up there pretty high. Radwinds PT 1 and 2 are supreme also

[muted haven]

Who the hell keeps shooting me from the military checkpoint if I killed everyone there???

[vernal magnet]

They will respawn over time. Also if i recall correctly there might be a "ghost" LMG nest. where you wont see a soldier but still get gunned down.

[muted haven]

Yeah I am getting shot outta nowhere

[vernal magnet]

which game? Clear sky or Shadow of chernobyl?

im pretty sure in CS that if you manage to kill everyone there after leaving the swamps that the machine gun nest will still kill you for some reason

[solid dome]

Ones I added to LITZ... Can't remember. Think it's Radwinds...

[finite dragon]

I dunno about vanilla but in SRP you can take another entrance to get to Cordon and avoid the machine gun

[muted haven]

Clear Sky

I progressed to Agroprom and then went back to the Cordon

Killed em all and they are still gunning me down

[finite dragon]

I avoided that whole base I think during my first playthrough

Maybe I went back later i don't remember

[vernal magnet]

oh then yea, its the ghost machine gun nest

[finite dragon]

This is my fav non ambient track, weirdly listen to it a lot - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yip-ivqIJw

[vernal magnet]

i remember getting out of the swamps and killing everyone at the checkpoint. felt quite proud of myself, then i went running up the road and got gunned down by the air It's not a bug though, it's an anomaly

[muted haven]

In CS I just went back to the swamp and used the top right exit

Dropped me off by like the railroad in Cordon

[vernal magnet]

Ah yes, Gurza Dreaming. Certified classic song

[finite dragon]

oh yeah same thought the question was avoiding the machine gun, i need more coffee

[muted haven]

Never too much coffee

[vernal magnet]

Amen bro sips coffee

[muted haven]

Amen

[finite dragon]

really like Wild Territory in SoC and yeah Radwind and Rads and Pripyat level music in CoP in general

I come from a experimental / noise / ambient / music concret scene - it's cool STALKER taps into that zone

[vernal magnet]

that zone nice pun

the level music in COP really is S tier

[finite dragon]

one my favorite areas in the whole series because of the atmosphere and sound design