⭐┃nospoilers_general

[vernal magnet]

i love the dynamic shenanigans of COP

[ivory axle]

And the games of this series of games have a unique ambient

[vernal magnet]

Yep. no other game even comes close to it

[true shuttle]

I watched the leaked footage from STALKER 2, and I think it backfired for the hackers

it just showcased a bunch of impressive tech and cool visuals, and made me more hyped and more impressed by the Developers

[solid dome]

No footage was ever leaked

You watched one of those random Youtube videos

[haughty gorge]

Sup Stalkers.

Fun fact in every group of 3 stalkers one of them is traitor

[spring abyss]

Anomaly with shaders

[haughty gorge]

ultra hd rtx 6080 no lag 60 fps

[exotic dock]

Can someone explain to me what is the correct ending to STALKER Shadow of Chernobyl??

[spring abyss]

||the ending where strelok shot the c-con pods||

[exotic dock]

And with the ending ||Control where is nothing around?||

[spring abyss]

What?

[exotic dock]

Where he says the words ||,, People in the zone need to be controlled " Is something like this||

[hazy helm]

||that is one of the fake endings,you have been had,you got caught in the fly trap||

[sleek creek]

██████

[exotic dock]

I've been playing this game for 9/10 years and I didn't know that ||Capsule shooting or consciousness with|| is correct

[spring abyss]

||it's the only where strelok get out without being captured in the c-con plans, and we know the he is in cop so this one is the true ending||

[exotic dock]

Oh my god, ||I've been thinking these 9 years if there isn't some secret ending with a wish granter that makes for a good ending||

I heard you can drive a vehicle in Shadow of Chernobyl Stalker

[spring abyss]

You can but it's a bug

[exotic dock]

But you can..

[spring abyss]

The devs unintentionally left this in the game

[haughty gorge]

u black out because u have 92% vodka in ur body

[hazy helm]

you cant

and you cant in CS,neither in CoP and you wont be able to in the upcoming game

I say all of these with a smile on my face

[haughty gorge]

Join monolit. We must protect the zone & monolit and its beauty.

[autumn shale]

Remember to kiss your Monolith on the cheek before going to sleep

[spring abyss]

aren't you a clear sky member?

[vernal magnet]

my man

we stay walking and running out here fam

[signal nova]

So I've never played these games, only seen clips. Refunded a game on steam with the cash sitting in my wallet and I remembered STALKER existed, just how open world is the first game and is it completely story-driven or can you explore?

[spring abyss]

You can explore and do side quests

[signal nova]

...Does there happen to be any crafting involved with the inventory system?

[spring abyss]

No crafting involved

[signal nova]

Oh ok, that definitely makes me feel more leaning towards it lol. Seemed like it would be one of those games

[spring abyss]

Just run and pick guns and do pew pew

[signal nova]

One last thing is can you explore every building or are there certain ones for decoration?

[spring abyss]

You can explore a lot of places

[signal nova]

Alright, I'll probably get it. Crafting and linear story progression are the two big things holding me back from open world games but this one sounds pretty good

Thanks for the answers btw

[spring abyss]

The story ain't linear, you got multiple endings to do

[signal nova]

That's what I meant, I want it to be open

[spring abyss]

[radiant bough]

Hey guys, silly question, i just bought all 3 stalker games after playing anomaly and wondered which language the original game is in. I looked up some and some sources said russian while other said ukrainian. im trying to make my game work with subtitles and original audio

[spring abyss]

Stalker games are in English and En dubs

At least on the En steam

[radiant bough]

Really? i just bought them on steam, and i only get audio in english with no options to change anything

[lost frost]

That’s how it is

[spring abyss]

Yep English

To change the dubs and use en subtitles you have to use mods

[lost frost]

I know a good one that uses English sub and Ukrainian dub

[radiant bough]

yep i have the subtitles now, im looking for the original language and i honestly have no idea if the main game is in ukrainian or russian audio

[lost frost]

(Not mentioning it here)

[radiant bough]

or as in, the way it is in anomaly

[spring abyss]

Ewww anomaly

[hazy helm]

russian

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/677854582554230795/1083750263040516187/anomaly.gif

goofy ahhh

[radiant bough]

yeah i get it you guys are guarding the gates, im just curious about the games and dont want english voices

[spring abyss]

we are protecting the brain scorcher

[hazy helm]

thhats easy to do tho wait...

[spring abyss]

Find a mod to use ukraine voices them

[hazy helm]

https://www.moddb.com/games/stalker/addons/russian-audio
follow the steps in comments

[radiant bough]

Thank you, i have them downloaded, just wanted to know if i should go with ukrainian or russian

[hazy helm]

what?unless you know either UA or RU then play En,since change localization changes both text and voices

[spring abyss]

Me at 12 when i download a game from a mysterious page

"Wow funny letters"

[radiant bough]

Ok i managed to get Russian audio with english subs, thanks!

[hazy helm]

have fun,be sure to ask if you have any questions

[radiant bough]

will do!

[brittle bear]

why remove russian language support? such a bad move.

what's next? remove Chinese support cause China doesn't against russia?

being a Chinese. this worries me.

[spring abyss]

Rule 8 friend

[brittle bear]

so we can't talk about language support?

this has nothing to do with policy

[spring abyss]

You're not talking about language support

[pseudo rivet]

You already know the answer, I'm sure. No need to ask the obvious

[brittle bear]

ok then. saves me 60 bucks anyway.

[pseudo rivet]

Chad

At least it'll have subtitles

[mental mirage]

*the best move

[timber verge]

They removed russian voiceover but not subtitles.

[solid dome]

Wot?

You refuse to buy a game cause it won't suppor your native language?

What do I say here for literally 99% of the games on the market have no support for my language...

Lol

If you're so keen to play it in Russian - wait for it to come out and handle the translation yourself

Whether you do dubbing or not lol

[timber verge]

He's chinese. He worries that gsc can remove simplified chinese from support because China helps Russia. As i understand. Ahhh this communism....

[solid dome]

So what, should modding be possible in that regard...

He can add it back himself

If too lazy to even do that - play in English. World isn't over.

[finite dragon]

it isn't, but they can't understood that

[nimble cipher]

V3RTEBRAL1S#3312 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[solid dome]

World is over?

Mega The Last of Us plot twist?

@spring abyss Whathapenin

[spring abyss]

@timber verge i saw your deleted message, rule 8 friend

[solid dome]

@nimble cipher faster than you, Sylky

[spring abyss]

Wolf got a magic scroll with messages

[finite dragon]

for them yes, because they don't have they ,,mighty" language in this game

[solid dome]

Horadric cube rare item

[spring abyss]

Friend did you even heard what i said?

[solid dome]

Rule 8, my son

Let's not be a broken record for Nth time

Watch out, Sylky just warned you (he might have missed that)

[timber verge]

It not for me to judge anyway

[timber verge]

I was thinking there was swearing in my comment so sorry.

[spring abyss]

Relax, just take the verbal warn and stop

[solid dome]

Rule 8 says no political discussions in any form

[finite dragon]

meanwhile at ru channels)))))

[timber verge]

It is not theirs headache)

[spring abyss]

I don't even go there

@solid dome still there?

[timber verge]

If you even saw all of this business You know what i wanted to say)

[spring abyss]

Friend you better cut that

[timber verge]

Done lol)

[finite dragon]

[solid dome]

Very much yes

[rancid hornet]

wow, the combat in later CS areas is rough

do i like, need to finish CS?

[toxic coral]

it would be good if you did, yes

clear sky has the best combat music, might aswell enjoy that

[grim palm]

Last part of CS is horrible. Cheat your ass off

[finite dragon]

I really did not like the combat music feature, turned it off (the music was good but not the vibe of Stalker)

[nimble pecan]

The last part of every Stalker game (the original trilogy) sucks

[finite dragon]

SoC was fine

not the best best but fine

CoP was really harsh to me

[grim palm]

nah, SoC was fine, as is CoP. But the grenade spam makes CS such a hazzle. Your ment to spend some time and get some good gear and artifacts, before hitting the endgame. And there are backup armors here and there to help you keep on keeping on

[finite dragon]

CoP ending was godawful

[grim palm]

Story wise, yeah

[finite dragon]

there was no endgame, all that work to get all the boys together for the most anti climatic ending

[grim palm]

I did enjoy the tunnel part though

[finite dragon]

i really enjoyed CoP gameplay but that pissed me off, tunnel part was fine but thats before Pripyat no?

[grim palm]

It's on the way to Pripyat

Thankfully Metro released to give some more of that

[finite dragon]

yeah thats what i mean, the end of the game and Pripyat was so weird, seemed rushed and non existent

[grim palm]

Probably was

Seemed there should be a lot more to it than what it was

[finite dragon]

I'm assuming they had more of an endgame in development but had to wrap it up and then used those cutscenes but who knows

[green carbon]

Hi.

[grim palm]

I don't remember too much from it. I'm replying it. But I don't enjoy CoP as much now as I did back when it released.

I finally managed to clear SoC true ending last year. And gave up on finishing CS. Just sat and watch the cutscene on the tube

[finite dragon]

SoC is my favorite overall, I liked CS but I used SRP to make it less harsh and have some qol fixes

[supple python]

when can i preorder on Xbox?

[green carbon]

i also used the arsenal overhaul mod

along with SRP

[finite dragon]

#🖤┃s2-pre-order

[grim palm]

SoC is my favourite as well now. I wouldn't mind some of the gameplay elements from CoP, like repair and weapon modifications

[finite dragon]

Same, SoC with some of the CoP upgrades would be awesome

SoC is the best world building and plot vibe to me, makes the pacing work really well

[rancid hornet]

yes i go anywhere near an enemy and get hailed with like 5 grenades. This combined with whatever the heck they did to the accuracy system is so painful to me

[finite dragon]

i still have never played MP stalker

[toxic coral]

neither have i

tho i probably should

[potent bluff]

Its actually fun

Even with my pings more than 200 I still find it fun

[finite dragon]

i forget which ones eve have mp, soc and Cop?

[fierce trench]

All of them do.

[finite dragon]

isn't one of them on gamespy or something and dead i dont remember tho

[hazy helm]

time to get the boys together

[finite dragon]

yeah im down, having a stalker mp event would be fun

i have a vps i could host in the US im sure (no idea about hosting a stalker server but cant be that hard im guessing)

[exotic dock]

good morning, I come with another question... Does anyone know what is behind the door in the red forest? it's about STALKER Shadow of Chernobyl

[spring abyss]

What door?

[exotic dock]

Code door, I've been thinking about it for 9/10 years... if you have a Road to Pripyat or BrainScorer, this door is on the rise

[spring abyss]

Do you have any pic of her?

[exotic dock]

Everyone must have passed this door at least once

Well, unless someone wanted to finish the game quickly, then they didn't see this door

[north haven]

Heya. Can anyone give me a link to a clean unpack program for .db stalker files? I`ll be very grateful

[hazy helm]

You can use the AXR tools to unpack the db files of CS ans CoP,and SoC as well I think
We have pinned them in #🔩┃trilogy_modifications

[north haven]

Thanks

[spring abyss]

[exotic dock]

Ehh

So I'm supposed to find you a picture of that door?

[hazy helm]

I know which door youre talking about

Theres nothing there

Dont worry about itb

[north haven]

Yup, i found it. Thanks, Vasim

[dense raft]

It was original entrance to the lab X-10(old builds, Lost Alpha) now it's just a decoration

[exotic dock]

I understand that somewhere in the game there is a code for this door?

[hazy helm]

There isnt
You arent supposed to go there

There is nothing there in the game
It was planned in th old builds but it was never implemented

Dont waste time with the door

[exotic dock]

X10 lab?? Originally, there were supposed to be more of them, not just 2??

[dense raft]

X10 is now X19

[hazy helm]

is it that hard to believe that there is nothing behind that hunk kf metal?

[dense raft]

Some people say this is some kind of entrance to Jupiter Undergrounds

[hazy helm]

This is just myths

[exotic dock]

X19 is where Saharov is? Is the Valley of Darkness

[dense raft]

X19 is brain scorcher lab

[exotic dock]

Originally, this Brain Scorcher factory was supposed to be or, something else was there

[dense raft]

X-16 is the lab with the brain, X-18 is the one under Dark Valley, X-8 is the pripyat lab, X-19 the lab with brain scorcher controls, X-7 is the main C-C lab probably the central lab what we saw in SoC good ending, idk, they also call the lab under generators X-2 lab or Monolith War Lab, generators map were cut with it's lab and they were placed behind CNPP, there was also Lab X-12 but we don't know where it was because it was cut, it could be located possibly under Limansk but this is just speculation/theory

also there is also Monolith Control Center which is also a Laboratory under CNPP we saw it at the end of Shadow of Chernobyl

Also there was another cut lab, the current lab X-19 under brain scorcher is fusion of X-10 and that lab location, X-10 entrance was located where this secret door is located at North-East corner of the map. Near the antennas there is a house with part of the roof collapsed it was entrance to one cut secret lab, it's layout is very similar to Monolith Control Center, but in the final version of Shadow of Chernobyl as I said it was replaced with X-19

[vernal magnet]

i love running around stabbing poltergeists with a knife in X18 like a lunatic. And they go down so much easier lol

[solid dome]

@fresh fiber Why are you Bruh-ing in #🔍┃ask_gscarchive ?

[solid dome]

Do you spit on their corpses after?

[vernal magnet]

too busy running and stabbing

[solid dome]

We need piss mechanic in ST2

We piss on those monsters so they stink in there forever

STALKER 2 Postal mod please

We need to go postal on them

[vernal magnet]

i was gonna say that is a certified Postal 2 moment. i dont think id want it in stalker unless as a mod lol

i think the feature i would like most is playable instruments with individual key plucking

[solid dome]

I think the feature I would like most is rusty frying pan, to slap my enemies with

[amber tendon]

sounds like duke nukem forever

you piss and it stinks forever

[static compass]

I'd be down with some campfire mechanics like in metro exodus where you could drink and throw wood on the fire

[solid dome]

Yes, yes

[vernal magnet]

yea exactly. Anything that lets you immerse yourself with the NPC's during those calm moments of reflection around the campfire

[haughty gorge]

Remember.

[static compass]

I'm excited to hear some campfire stories, there better be some spooky ones

[glad temple]

The one good thing from tlou2 is that it has this

You use the touch pad to strum or pluck, and use the shoulder buttons and thumb stick to choose the chords

[haughty gorge]

Bro it took u 90 hours just to type that

[dry imp]

plays the l4d pan hit sound

[wise karma]

Ay who got the files

[worthy lagoon]

Do not ask for leaked material, leaked material was banned on Google Drive.

[toxic coral]

maybe he meant the strelok prism files

[hazy helm]

ayo free me from this wack prison

[jaunty pebble]

I don't know why but the 108 Bit of The Zone OST for Stalker 2 is a banger

[vernal magnet]

https://tenor.com/view/true-its-true-the-office-dwight-gif-9399457

[jaunty pebble]

Also I just noticed, that OST part is exactly 108 seconds long. Very Clever GSC

[vernal magnet]

nice catch lol

Freedom theme song with a runtime of 04:20 when?

[jaunty pebble]

I wonder how the new PDA will look like on Stalker 2

[stark plover]

Probably like a pda

[vernal magnet]

lets just say you wont be disappointed

[jaunty pebble]

No like as in how we used to have on the OG games or a completely new one? As I just watched all the teasers that GSC posted and one of them had the PDA bootup

This one https://youtu.be/9avKD9rC318

[jaunty pebble]

Was it leaked or NDA stuff?

[vernal magnet]

I can't tell you in here

speaking of leaks in here is forbidden

[jaunty pebble]

Ah I understand, the holy NDA Rock

[vernal magnet]

Basically lol

[jaunty pebble]

If you want to, you can dm me about it(If it's leaked). If it's NDA, blink twice and I will understand

[vernal magnet]

we need an NDA rock ingame

[dry imp]

yes

plus another gordon freeman reference

[spring abyss]

:skull13:

[dry imp]

this is a certified skull13 moment

[spring abyss]

[spring abyss]

You know what would be cool? A soap named soap

Great easter egg 10/10

[dry imp]

and it has a knife wound

[spring abyss]

[dry imp]

a bar of MacTavish brand soap with a can of Price brand soda next to it

[spring abyss]

And theres a guy who keeps saying
"Price, what price?"

[brittle bear]

localization is not easy. specifically translate to Chinese. trust me. i have been translating elder Scrolls mod for years.

[brittle bear]

so how about Chinese who doesn't know much about English?

[vernal magnet]

or an alyx reference for HL:A

[dry imp]

yeah but... woman

[vernal magnet]

Ill settle for a Barney reference. Half Life Barney or Purple Dinosaur. Either works

[frigid linden]

what order should i play the stalker games in?

[brittle bear]

they keep the Russian sub? i thought gsc remove russian sub and dub at same time.

my mistake. according to stream. russian sub is still here. sorry

[drowsy valley]

is there a way to get back into the pripyat underground in COP

[hazy helm]

Release ordee
SoC>CS>CoP

[drowsy valley]

i'd say CS>SoC>CoP

[hazy helm]

Youd be wrong

[drowsy valley]

anyway

[drowsy valley]

is there?

[hazy helm]

Do you mean the laboratory ||in the building full of monolith soldiers and zombies or the tunnels you use to get to Prypriat,you zulu and company||

[drowsy valley]

no i mean the place you first fight the konolith

[hazy helm]

Be more specific

You fight them in both places

[drowsy valley]

i just said where you FIRST fight them

the place you fight thru with the boys to get to pripyat

[hazy helm]

So you mean ||Jupiter Underground|| you cant

[drowsy valley]

darn

every stalker "look in pripyat underground for artefakt"

but nope, cant go there

[hazy helm]

that is not what it means

Just explore Pripryat as you would other locations and youll find plenty of artifacts

In fields

[drowsy valley]

ik, but when you ask stalkers where to find artifacts they tell you the underground

[spring abyss]

What game brother?

[drowsy valley]

CoP

[spring abyss]

Theres some big circles in the pda map, those circles are anomaly fields you can search for artifacts there with a detector

[drowsy valley]

yeha i know

[spring abyss]

[solid dome]

I have been translating games, privately, as a passion for years. Dunno about TES mods. 😄

Dedication does wonders

[amber knoll]

Will there be a USA PC version of the Ultimate Edition available soon? Finalboss has the Xbox Ultimate Edition (USA) available for preorder but there is not a PC option...

[finite dragon]

only god knows

[worthy lagoon]

GSC is working on it

[solid dome]

God being Monolith?

Beg your pardon?

[magic dust]

anyone have any short phrases a bandit might spray onto a wall? preferably in russian

should i just ask the russian channel lol

[radiant bough]

Hi guys where can i buy ammo in Shadow of Chernobyl?

[finite dragon]

might as well be monolith in charge of distro

[remote crow]

My husband would never kill our son. Stop spreading false information.

[finite dragon]

your hubby is a bloodthirsty monster that kills the main protganist of s2 and caused god knows how many emissions

[remote crow]

He knows what he's doing. You are not the one to tell me who~~ Pashenka~~ Strelok is.

you will die in 5 seconds

[solid dome]

Atheadax developed the Strelok syndrome, much as Racoon @finite dragon God help us poor men.

[weary quail]

I asked chatgtp to make stalker stories they are so good worth of a whole movie plot and you can ask to make a second part to the story

Try it

[finite dragon]

ok im dumb, replaying SoC. when did Strelok get stalker tattooed or is it not official?

[olive jolt]

Iirc its implied that he got it from the time he was af the center of the zone, for lack of a better term. Its the centers marker or whatevr hence Marked One haha

[solid dome]

Before he entered the Zone, obviously

Who knows

[remote osprey]

does anyone know if CS complete mod and SRP is compatible with one another

oh wait SRP is included with CS complete?

[hazy helm]

dont play CS complete

[hazy helm]

it sucks use only SRP for CS

[velvet schooner]

so, is that it

||the moment strelok refused to join c consciousness, he was just, yeeted out of the building, to the other side of cnpp||

||i was expecting something, disastrous happened to strelok||

[remote osprey]

oh alright

[remote osprey]

||I LOVE WHEN STRELOK IS FLUNG OUTSIDE THE CNPP||

[hazy helm]

||this is due to the troubled dvelopment of SoC,you were supposed to go to another map and fight the monolith there,a map called generators,but it was cut and they put it behind the CNPP||

[remote osprey]

just wondering how does it exactly suck

[velvet schooner]

||like, an arena where you are to fight all monolith army at once?||

[hazy helm]

its too intrusive and its changes arent good for the game

[hazy helm]

||an area youd go to infiltrate the C-Con lab,that was the generators,but it was cut unfortunatly||

[remote osprey]

oh so there isnt like stuff that makes cs unplayable?

[hazy helm]

if you play CS without bug fixes it is completely playable yes,it has bugs and pathfinding issues in some areas tho
so as I said install SRP which is the most up to date bug fix mod

[remote osprey]

i meant like, is there any bugs that is inside the mod (cscm) that makes it unplayable? according to some reviews there is (already planning to get srp once im done with soc tho)

[hazy helm]

if there are I didnt see any,altho I played Complete years and years ago

[remote osprey]

ah, i see... might try cscm maybe, seems nice tbh but ill get srp first

[hazy helm]

as I said,dont,simply put SRP and play,dont change your game too much on your first playthru

[remote osprey]

yeah planning to just roll with srp as for now! thx for the assistance tho

unless some "anomaly" happens and the zone explodes from one dead bandit

[dense raft]

Play Clear Sky Reborn first, not some kind of bugfixes for CS, this mod will fix your entire life also

[stark plover]

Reborn

[hazy helm]

its his first time playing CS,dont

[dense raft]

Don't listen to them Reborn is best for first time

[blissful axle]

does anyone know if stalker 2 will keep the same map layout as the og games

[amber tendon]

It will no longer have map transition so expect drastic changes in layout with some familiar sight scenes

[blissful axle]

thats what im a bit afraid of tbh im a tad too used to the og layout

[amber tendon]

you'll most likely navigate yourself pretty easily than but again og game wasn't supposed to have level transition back in 2007 which resulted in drastic map changes so

[autumn shale]

I really wonder of the new layout will be closer to irl zone

[blissful axle]

tbh looking from old map it probably will be

[autumn shale]

considering the CS and CoP did have some changes to make it more accurate like moving the npp and Pripyat to their real life locations

[hazy helm]

dont talk about the leaked map here its considered spoilers

[blissful axle]

no the old one

of the cancelled s2

[hazy helm]

the map from S2011 wont be used and the new one will be very different

the devs said that the new game will be very different from S2011

and thats a good thing

[blissful axle]

ohh

[autumn shale]

though the Duga in the trailer looks much more true to the real thing compared to the previous games so at least that will be represented in a very faithful way

[blissful axle]

yes lol

wonder if it will still be near limansk

[autumn shale]

irl Yanov is south of Pripyat iirc so I wonder if that will be moved to the real life location aswell

[blissful axle]

WHAT YANOV IS REAL

[autumn shale]

yup

iirc all of the maps in STALKER games are real

and were modelled after photos, maps and other reference material from the zone but their locations within the zone were sometimes changed for gameplay reasons

https://maoistrebelnews.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/1.jpg

this is for example the irl Cordon farm

[haughty gorge]

flash backs when i first played the game

[autumn shale]

Though if you ever plan on going a trip to the zone, you should probably stay away from red forest. That area is super radioactive and one of the most contaminated areas in the zone

[haughty gorge]

ye

[blissful axle]

where would the irl rookie village then

never knew some of these locations had irl counterparts except for cnpp pripyat red forest and duga + cooling tower

[amber tendon]

wait Ukraine exists??????

CHORNOBYL?!?

[blissful axle]

help nooo ive just never seen yanov before

i literally go on chernobyl on google maps like all the time LOL

i just dont think its on there

[amber tendon]

It was a joke don't get offended tho lol

[blissful axle]

im not dw dw

[spring abyss]

[amber tendon]

dude all this time I though Chornobyl was in books or something, like from "Roadside picnic" or smthg fr fr

[blissful axle]

the town or

[amber tendon]

next thing you are going to tell me Strelok is real

[spring abyss]

Brazil is only a myth too, theres no south america, only sea

[amber tendon]

||:)||

[amber tendon]

||he's real btw||

[blissful axle]

WHAT NO WAY

oh my god.!1!1!1!1

[amber tendon]

His face is based on Australian actor Vincent Stone, which is used in SoC's cutscenes and in Call of Pripyat as a game model.

[worthy lagoon]

Not all maps.

[autumn shale]

oh

[north haven]

Does anyone have build stalker maps (from OLR maybe)?

[finite dragon]

you are telling me that Agroprom research institute and the X18 lab are not real?

[worthy lagoon]

[remote crow]

Hold on lemme ask

[remote crow]

He started to cry so idk

[velvet schooner]

idk why is S.T.A.L.K.E.R. development always brimming with trouble

and at this point i'm too afraid to ask

[solid dome]

@finite dragon How can you...

H.o.w. can you m.i.s.s.p.e.l.l. Strelok...

You spelled it STRIELOK.....................................................

[remote crow]

@finite dragon You will die in 5 seconds

[solid dome]

You misspelled Strelka's nickname. We have a crime scene, @remote crow

[remote crow]

Well Strelok isn't Polish 🤾🏻‍♀️

Pashenka

❤️ ❤️ ❤️

It's up to Pasha, so I'll ask

He says he'll let you go this once.

[solid dome]

You can't kill Scar, he died in a cart crash involving Cartman

[remote crow]

🤾🏻‍♀️

I will do anything for my husband/Strelok/Pavel/Pasha/Pashenka

[solid dome]

Rule 8, Degtyarev-wannabe

[finite dragon]

stalker community be crazy

Anomaly

[jaunty pebble]

Your Honor, Death Penalty

[finite dragon]

Was feeling transgressive

[wide pawn]

Hi, I usually never pre-order a game, but for GSC I made an exception after reading you guys evacuated a few hundred employees and their families. A pre-order isn't much, but I hope it helps!🇺🇦

BTW the trailer is sick!!

[spring abyss]

👍
Stay strong king

[cold void]

My condolences for the recent leak, hope as few people as possible will play it

[finite dragon]

its not a build of the game, its assets and information

supposedly a lot of it isn't up to date but there are files marked 2023 so

[finite dragon]

finally looked at the uhh stuff

[hardy solar]

Where can I get help? Clear sky wont launch, neither will shadow of chernobyl. Clear Sky I have no idea, SoC wont launch after I changed static light to full dynamic light.

[finite dragon]

Can ask here. I'm personally not sure because I used ZRP

[nimble cipher]

RatOrder#1918 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[hardy solar]

Uh ok sorry

Im really sad because I got the game today and I cant even play it lol.

[finite dragon]

I bet someone knows a parameter you could add to fix it

Do you get an error?

[hardy solar]

No, it's just stuck on the little stalker load screen popup.

[finite dragon]

Hello

[hardy solar]

My issue still isnt fixed, could there be any help from people who would know how to fix these issues? Clear sky wont launch, neither will shadow of chernobyl. Clear Sky I have no idea, SoC wont launch after I changed static light to full dynamic light.

If there was something in user.itx to change full dynamic light back to static I dont know, so anybody who does please tell me. I'd also like to launch clear sky, but I did nothing to it and it wont launch lol. I got all 3 games today, and only launched 2, both now working,

[finite dragon]

you could try deleting user.ltx and using steam to verify integrity

[keen saffron]

What’s going on?

[finite dragon]

they got it fixed by having steam them give a clean user.ltx but i wonder why dynamic lighting wasn't work. im sure someone here knows

ive only used srp and mods so i dont know about the directx stuff with vanilla

[hardy solar]

Yeah as acister said, I got SoC working, although I have no idea whats happening with Clear Sky. Havent even touched a single setting.

[rancid hornet]

CS is just not balanced in the slightest is it

[wide pawn]

Thanks Ser, but I'm not from Ukraine. I just feel sorry for the Ukrainians. 🫡

[remote osprey]

does clear sky have different hand models?

[remote osprey]

W

[hardy solar]

Idk. The game isnt launching for me lol.

[rancid hornet]

from how much i've played so far, you might have more fun skipping it lol. Bullets have like no velocity and none of the guns have good accuracy, plus stamina seems to be worse than SoC even

[dry imp]

CS is super fun, i highly recommend it

[rancid hornet]

i having some fun but an equal amount of things are frustrating me

[dry imp]

true but i feel like a huge majority of the game makes up for that

[rancid hornet]

upgrades and repairing and graphics are great. All of the guns seem to have the same velocity and accuracy as a low quality airsoft until you dump 10000+ into them, however

[gray lotus]

So in Clear sky when you gotta help those mercs lower the bridge by killing the snipers. I ran out of ammo

Not sure what to do from here

[hardy solar]

Yeah I want to play it, like I keep saying it wont launch tho. Still looking for help lol.

[finite dragon]

didn't you just get SoC working, need to beat that first

[hardy solar]

yes

[finite dragon]

they tried to implement RPG like leveling to weapons, not the most polished and user friendly but if you take time to get it, it's pretty fun. you can definitely get a weapon to be accurate. the economy is slightly annoying but workable. i also played it for way too long, maybe its annoying if you just want to play the story and get through it

[rancid hornet]

i get this but the upgrades feel really expensive when you also have to worry about repairing and buying ammo.

the economy also seems to favor being conservative, as artifacts dont seem to be as common and guns/ammo sell for less on average

balanced i guess by the fact that every 2 days renegades go on a suicide mission towards the neared duty/freedom camp and leave 9-10 guns laying around

[finite dragon]

the economy is definitely kind of rough in cs

i do like what they were trying to do with a lot but yeah needed some help

[rancid hornet]

to me, it feels like a lot of good intentions but not ending up quite the way it was intended

like, upgrading guns to be better is awesome, but that doesnt mean make the guns feel terrible till they are

[finite dragon]

definitely truth in that, I loved CS but yeah, it seemed like an experiment they couldn't finish. I kind of think it's cool to have to upgrade guns and grind to make it easier to take down enemies like a RPG

replaying SoC, sad because I'm going to have to grind IRL to finish this class and want to just play this again. been playing metro and forgot I can quicksave in stalker for a sec

[rancid hornet]

been trying to get into metro but after stalker it feels so linear

[finite dragon]

i love it all myself, linear can be just as good or better. its a great way to deliver a narrative

So quick question, when they said that the map would be huge, shouldn’t there be some sort of transportation or like a small bike if the distance is huge?

no

[solid dome]

🇳 🇴

[finite dragon]

my only issue with the vehicle thing is why do other people have vehicles, / why the absence plot wise. but yeah i think its good to have to walk everywhere, gives it a survival feel for real and you notice a lot of details

[solid dome]

Vehicles and anomalies? Are you out of your frikken mind?

[finite dragon]

i guess the classic answer works, sure

yeah f vehicles

not trying to play gta

[hardy solar]

I was thinking about how weird it would be to see really good models in STALKER 2

but now I just adore the thought of seeing super hd duty models

[autumn shale]

yeah, it's called legs

[finite dragon]

yeah fair enough that'll do

just need vodka and some mutated legs

artifacts help

[autumn shale]

that gave me an idea

could you theoretically use mutants as means of transportation? Since pseudodogs can be tamed, couldn't you theoretically tame a pseudogiant and ride it like a horse?

or even a flesh if you are broke

[finite dragon]

isnt there just one psuedodog tamed in CoP? also not all mammals are domesticated equally. and dogs pre being mutant were domesticated so it's not far fetched. all those poor dogs in the zone IRL 😦

[autumn shale]

There were two tamed pseudodogs in the games iirc

Noah and Doctor both have pet pseudodogs

[finite dragon]

oh duh doctor, yeah 2

but yeah, they were a domesticated species, i feel like its a reference to how many dogs actually got left behind after cnpp

[autumn shale]

true

[finite dragon]

there's still dogs breeding from the meltdown but i dont think they're mutants

[full estuary]

Same ngl. Remember the first teaser of Freedomer and Dolgovets in HD and i almost coomed myself to death

[finite dragon]

i peeped the uhh thing that happened lately and it looks good

[full estuary]

You bad

[finite dragon]

eh its just some screenshots and concept art (which looks really good), not looking any further. id see it anyway naturally probably somewhere on the web before the release

aren't those screenshots like early date development state?

from various times of development but yeah, still looks good

[full estuary]

I was just joking, everyone has big curiosity to take a little peak. I did too and wasn't dissapointed

[finite dragon]

pleasantly surprised for sure

ah right, well it's good to hear that those are looking good, i haven't seen it myself since i kinda don't wanna spoil it for myself

i mean when they reelased footage of the gameplay trailer it already looked phenominal

the thing was there was next to no gameplay in that, was mostly cutscenes

ah ok, well none the less even the old stalker games hold up really well today

[finite dragon]

yeah replaying SoC now, they're weirdly classic

[full estuary]

Ye but every stalker fan has played the heck out of it. Now we are eager for stalker 2

[finite dragon]

yeah true, and it's been a long time since we had a new one so even i myself am getting impatient

[full estuary]

Remember the first time i fell into stalker lore and oddly enough it wasn't while playing stalker games

I hope the lore will be even more in depth in s2

[shy plank]

Super excited to see what kind of mods get released for Stalker 2 after playing the base game

[worthy lagoon]

Lmao, you can put a Pseudodog in a cage, but hood luck trying that with a pseudogiant

Beside the facts it is radioactive

[worthy lagoon]

The base game will have 200+ hours worth of content

[shy plank]

👀

[autumn shale]

indeed. I have been replaying the trilogy nowadays to prepare for S2 and I noticed so much cool stuff I haven't realised before

for example how great the pacing really is and how the game has this steady buildup and introduces the factions and enemy types gradually. I especially always liked how Monolith are built up until they're revealed.

Mysterious dead stalkers in white camo with heavy weaponry in X labs, a faction stalkers barely even mention, the implied shootouts with military in the background... it all makes for such a mysterious vibe surrounding them up until your first confrontation with them

And the depressing atmosphere of dread and despair in Yantar that changes when you disable the Kaymanov emitter and the music changes with it... as you climb out and are met with a colourful day and blue sky with only a handful of mutants around instead of the previous brownish desaturated tint, creepy music and tons of suffering zombies around the lab. Those are such nice touches

[jaunty pebble]

In my opinion that's good, as we will be able to experience the gameplay ourselves without being spoiled

However one may look at this on another side

[jaunty pebble]

Real shid Kuro? If so Stalker 2 might be The Game for me for some time

[nocturne latch]

Yea bro lots of content in the game its crazy

[long harbor]

buy 20 cans of energy drink and 20 bottles of hercules

ya know the one who really needs these cringy "transportation" are freedomers

mfs are so high they can't even walk

[long harbor]

oh mah gawd... stalker 2 will be the next elder scrolls?

[nimble saddle]

How can i increase running speed on stalker lost alpha

[midnight tiger]

Military propaganda

[radiant bough]

Anyone have any idea how bullets work in the old stalker games? im trying to shoot a bandit in the head for the past 10 minutes and hes still walking

[spring abyss]

Point
Shot
Don't formulate further

[radiant bough]

point shot?

[spring abyss]

👍

[hazy helm]

Shoot head enuff,head goes down

Easy as

[radiant bough]

enemy dont go down. do my bullets dissapear after 10 meters or something?

[hazy helm]

They dont

[radiant bough]

im playing clear sky. it seems to be even worse than shadow of chernobyl

[hazy helm]

Clear Sky has guns that are more innacurate,get closer and upgrade your weapons

[radiant bough]

also looking at my tracers from my last 10 rounds of 5.45 it looks like my ak bullets fly like 2 meters left and right from 20 meters this game is so frustrating lmao

[hazy helm]

I already told you why

[spring abyss]

The long double barrel shotgun is actually pretty good at start

[radiant bough]

yes i managed to get closer and kill the bandit with about 10 headshots now

[hazy helm]

Too busy geting a Chaser13 in swamps

[spring abyss]

I like my double barrel

Pew pew
Reload
Repeat

[hazy helm]

Go to a mechanic and upgrade your weapons

[radiant bough]

i literally just started lol im on the first mission

[spring abyss]

Go back to the cs camp

[hazy helm]

You talked about your 545,I asusme youre not using SRP

[radiant bough]

no its literally every gun. they all suck ass

[hazy helm]

Like I said get closer to the enemy and aim for the head

[hazy helm]

You are at the beggining of course

[spring abyss]

You need to upgrade them to get more accuracy

I go very well at the beginning with my rusty makarov and my shotgun

[radiant bough]

i mean yeah once youre close you can do damage but htat makes 0 sense, i guess its the eastern european coding tech from back in the day

[hazy helm]

yhea I can kill bandits easely with a makarov

[hazy helm]

its to make you get close instead of shooting everyone at 100 meters away

You know,actual fights with risks

[spring abyss]

Nah, you just need to be at middle range

[radiant bough]

actual fights with risk, bro my makarov is useless at like 15 meters

[hazy helm]

get close and use cover obviously

[spring abyss]

[radiant bough]

IT WORKED

[spring abyss]

jian jann jann

[radiant bough]

yes sure whatever that means

these games do strike a good deal of balance between being in an amazing storyline while also trying to not give up on it because of the terrible gunplay

[hazy helm]

Gunplay great

[spring abyss]

The gunplay is fine

[radiant bough]

you can't be serious

[spring abyss]

[hazy helm]

Unironically actually

[radiant bough]

even compared to the same titles of the year?

[spring abyss]

I don't think it's fair to compare, a non open world game got a different gameplay build

[radiant bough]

titles like Far cry 2, hell even the original Crysis games.

[spring abyss]

I'm sure moh airbone would never work in a open world map

[radiant bough]

dont get me wrong, i love the stalker universe.

[spring abyss]

Farcry 2 gunplay is not that great

It got a lot of colision issues

[hazy helm]

not the same formula
I play Far Cry 2 and Stalker for different wants
And yes I like the gameplay and gunplay Stalker gives

[radiant bough]

wdym not the same formula its a first person shooter. wether its an open world has nothing to do with mechanics

[dry imp]

skull13 reaction

[radiant bough]

?

[spring abyss]

:skull13:

[dry imp]

[hazy helm]

both of these games are so different and do such different things that they cant be compared that well

just different games

[dry imp]

basically, just because its a shooter game, doesnt mean its similar. its like trying to compare halo and CoD, or battlefield and half life. it doesn't make sense because they are mechanically different. stalker and crysis are not similar at all, they have completely different gameplay loops and mechanics

[stark plover]

good explanation Tampico.

[radiant bough]

yes but 5 meter MOA on an 5.45 AK are not good mechanics

[velvet mauve]

skill issue tbh

[spring abyss]

https://youtu.be/wz0i-dHWAfk
Long range, no scope barely upgraded = headshot and instakill

[radiant bough]

but you aimed at his legs

[spring abyss]

Did you even understand wath you saw?

[radiant bough]

the second shot went 5 meters over him

[spring abyss]

[radiant bough]

[spring abyss]

"Oh no the gun don't magically hit the target"

[stark plover]

[radiant bough]

the second shot almost went in the tree above him while you aimed at the guys abdomen

[spring abyss]

You got skill issue dude

The gun is barely upgraded and killed the bandit

[radiant bough]

the proof of my entire point is literally in your OWN video

[spring abyss]

Only magazine upgrad

[spring abyss]

What point? That you got skill issue?

[midnight tiger]

Duty moment

[spring abyss]

Duty lover is here

[midnight tiger]

Trust me you are just gonna get people all uppity, I've said this before lol. Arsenal Overhaul fixes it

[radiant bough]

https://i.imgur.com/oOVEkSn.jpeg

ok so all arguments aside, basically i have to upgrade my weapons barrel to get accurate rifles?

[spring abyss]

Just the cheap guns

[stark plover]

Or just figure out how to shoot

[spring abyss]

[radiant bough]

i can shoot perfectly fine

[spring abyss]

i don't think so

[midnight tiger]

valid criticism of bad gunplay mechanics
"Skill issue"

[radiant bough]

helper role btw

[spring abyss]

Yeah let's make a braindead cod gunplay if that's make you happy

[radiant bough]

bro, not every criticism is call of duty gunplay

[midnight tiger]

If you had ever shot a real gun maybe you'd get what I mean lol

[velvet mauve]

evidently not

[radiant bough]

https://i.imgur.com/oOVEkSn.jpeg

[heavy vessel]

Hi guys, im new here. WHere can I download EFP 4.0?

[spring abyss]

"Oh no he shot guns, let's take advices"

[spring abyss]

Try the Anomaly server friend 👍

[velvet mauve]

Next it'll be "I served in the Navy so Im an expert"

[spring abyss]

LoL

[radiant bough]

so, in order for guns to actually shoot where you aim, you have to go to the mechanics to upgrade the barrel?

[dry imp]

yes

[velvet mauve]

Or get gud

[spring abyss]

[stark plover]

No. Just aim at feet

[radiant bough]

just aim at feet and you get headshot yes.

[midnight tiger]

🤣

[radiant bough]

boolet has chosen own path of destiny

[dry imp]

its not that exaggerated

[radiant bough]

ok aim at legs and get headshot

[hazy helm]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/677854582554230795/1083750263040516187/anomaly.gif

[spring abyss]

They shot guns but they don't know about flatness, literally skill issue

[midnight tiger]

Well S2 gunplay looks potentially solid so hopefully they don't listen to yall

[radiant bough]

LOL

[spring abyss]

Yeah bc whe are telling them to put the same gunplay of a 2007 game

[dry imp]

no one is telling them to use an outdated gunplay system

[midnight tiger]

👏

[velvet mauve]

S2 gunplay looks hella arcadey

[hazy helm]

yes|
just like the old ones were

[dry imp]

thats what stalker is

[hazy helm]

which is great

[radiant bough]

and you think the older guns arent acrady lmao

[spring abyss]

[velvet mauve]

Ok let me reword for the youngins

Too arcadey

[dry imp]

you're most likely very young

[velvet mauve]

sure

[stark plover]

Vasim be careful or the milsim bros will come out in force. We don't have the manpower to deal with that.

[dry imp]

elaborate

[hazy helm]

they cant take away my Arma 3 I dont care

[midnight tiger]

[dry imp]

i wanna do an arma 3 milsim

that would be fun

[midnight tiger]

I want to do one of those goofy warhammer ones or something

[dry imp]

you should invite me

[hazy helm]

nha complete opposite
me and 2 of my friends going around in Antistasi withot a plan but still killing everyone

[velvet mauve]

I mean just look at, recoil is merely a concept

[spring abyss]

Don't worry the anomaly server will always be open

[velvet mauve]

its just screen shake

[radiant bough]

its also just a trailer

[dry imp]

yeah

[velvet mauve]

woah, really?

[stark plover]

🤢

[velvet mauve]

are you for realsies?

[haughty gorge]

[spring abyss]

I play everything

[velvet mauve]

ok?

[dry imp]

bro stfu. dont pretend that you didnt think the trailer was a showcase of the gunplay entirely. trailers often make the game look better than the actual game. once we get actual gameplay we'll see. if we do.

[haughty gorge]

Bouta download soc again

[velvet mauve]

calm down champ, its not that deep

[haughty gorge]

[dry imp]

you're brain isn't capable of thinking that deep

wait

wrong your

[velvet mauve]

You tried, thats what matters

[spring abyss]

[dry imp]

thanks friend

[spring abyss]

Ready or not when?

[velvet mauve]

I'm sure the next attempt will be better

[dry imp]

when will ever play a video game together. let alone even talk in vc

[spring abyss]

i need money to buy more licensed games

My boss will just pay me in may

[dry imp]

you have a job

oh why

[spring abyss]

Bc my coworker got skill issue

[dry imp]

brazilian salary

[spring abyss]

I can just get a new contract when my essay is published

But my coworker found a big problem

Guess who will have to solve?

[dry imp]

you!!

[finite dragon]

is it true what ive heard they stoping making the game due the leaks?

[dry imp]

that is definitely not true

[spring abyss]

Fake news friend, the game are still in production check the #📰┃announcement

[velvet mauve]

bruh

[finite dragon]

oh yes my bad, ty

[dense raft]

GTA VI also suffered similar leak, maybe not as impacting as leak of this game and they are still making it, but this are not the worst cases, Victoria 3 actually suffered a entire playable build leak ahead of it's release (angry game tester leaked it) and this didn't stopped the team from finishing the game. Game will be finished I hope. And actually we gonna have two Stalker 2, because some group of modders is working on (i guess i should name it game) Stalker 2 Old Concept and it will feature plot from 2011 cancelled version.

[alpine ferry]

Is the game frozen?

[radiant bough]

@midnight tiger i tried out that mod you suggested and the game is fuckign awesome now, thank you so much

[midnight tiger]

https://tenor.com/view/eric-of-borg-gif-18122053

[radiant bough]

[hazy helm]

no,its not

[patent cargo]

Stalker 2

[rancid hornet]

can i beat clear sky using sunrise armor

[hazy helm]

I mean sure,but youre making things harder on yourself for no real reason

[rancid hornet]

is there an easy stash i could find with better armor, not really into grinding in this economy

[still ridge]

You have to get that bread bro

[spring abyss]

Finish the loner war objectives to get a seva

I usually finish at the beginning, 10 main quests and i already got the best armor in the game

[rancid hornet]

oh ok

[spring abyss]

seva supremacy

[rancid hornet]

what happens if the second objective glitched and cancelled for not much reason

[spring abyss]

What second objective?

You mean the points objectives?

You need to focus in the bandit main base objective

The side objective will be canceled if you don't reach they at time, the npcs will do it themselves

[rancid hornet]

im like halfway through limansk at this point, i might just clear it out. Is there not a stash like SoC that just has a free military armor suit laying around

[hazy helm]

Freedom and Duty give you a great armour and rewards at the end of their

faction war

[rancid hornet]

i got the suit for joining duty. Sounds like ill have to go back and complete a few quests

[hazy helm]

you should calm down man,play the game and dont rush,enjoy the moment

[rancid hornet]

nah Im trying idk if its possible to go back at this point tho so if its possible ill just finish the game, then if i want to play more ill load earlier

if its not ill find a way back no worries i just wanna see how far i get

[stark plover]

duty never is calm

[hazy helm]

if youre past limansk you cant go back

[rancid hornet]

past as in went into limansk or past as in got to the next level

[hazy helm]

as soon as you enter Limask,youre in end game and cant go back

[rancid hornet]

uh oh

now the question has become, how many quicksave and load will it take to beat it with sunrise suit

nvm i have a save right before limansk

[still leaf]

whats the best night vis headgear for anomaly?

[spring abyss]

🧱

How about i calm you down with this brick

[spring abyss]

[stark plover]

pls do.

[spring abyss]

🧱BONK

[spring abyss]

Be careful you quicksaves

[stark plover]

🧱

[spring abyss]

Do manual saves

In different slots

Use different slots

Stalker saves can corrupt

It already happened to me 5 times

[rancid hornet]

yeah, like my red forest right before limansk save did

[stark plover]

Sylky you should see how many saves I have for GoldSphere lol...

[spring abyss]

Look my old cs saves

[rancid hornet]

i have a save right before the bridge firefight in the warehouses goes but thats a ton of things to redo

[stark plover]

I have to tell my friend when I see him playing any of the stalker games to make hardsaves. 😖

[hazy helm]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/677854582554230795/1083750263040516187/anomaly.gif

[hazy helm]

relatable

[spring abyss]

So many good memories on thoae saves

[stark plover]

same same.

[still leaf]

bruv

[spring abyss]

I will replay the trilogy with my mods when i done my mod

[hazy helm]

wow you gonna make new mods for each

[spring abyss]

No, i mean replay with the mods that i like

[rancid hornet]

imagine being in a highly cultish group that shrugs off pain like its nothing and then some random dude shoots you on the shoulder from out of nowhere and you die lol

[spring abyss]

Monolith experience

[hazy helm]

he's beggining to believe

[rancid hornet]

im styling on the 20ish in the construction site

[hazy helm]

you got your stuff upgraded or are you just pushing thru with base stuff?

[spring abyss]

I love the limansk part, more them the cnpp

Limansk is the peak of the clear sky action

[rancid hornet]

uh im trying it with sunset suit, but a gun im really comfortable with and can headshot and kill in one hit with

[hazy helm]

I dunno,I think the Hospital is a great arena fight

[hazy helm]

[rancid hornet]

will the radiation in CNPP flat out kill me or

cause if construction site is the hardest it gets this game easy

[spring abyss]

The AI is kinda bugged on cqc, in limansk the middle ranged battles are fun, you know fighting building by building to push the monolith back, the devs made something cool, but the map design is not that good unfortunately

[hazy helm]

nha,its an annoying part but all youre ganna do is fight monolith and awkwardly shoot ||"Strelok"||

[sleek creek]

Stalker server officiel !!!

[hazy helm]

Honestly Clear Sky past limansk is very good,until CNPP
altho Limansk couldve been more open

[rancid hornet]

oh sick, i was worried it would be radiation and monolith hell like SOC, i can deal with just monolith

[spring abyss]

I wish limansk was more big with a mini faction war objectives just like swamps

But away hard them the swamps

And the monolith trying harder to defend every point

[rancid hornet]

and failing

[spring abyss]

[rancid hornet]

am i supposed to be shooting the plane in CNPP or just run past it

[spring abyss]

Plane?

You mean the chopper?

The chopper is a boss

Kill him

[hazy helm]

the helicopter at Hospital?just shoot it with a regular weapon

he'll go down

[rancid hornet]

how many bullets does it take? or am i missing

[spring abyss]

Theres a bunch of blind spots that you can exploit

[spring abyss]

Not much

You makes you loos bullets is if you miss

Find a blind spot and take him down

[rancid hornet]

ok i physically cannot finish because a brain shattering buzzing sound is constantly in my right ear after the first teleport

what am i supposed to be shooting strelok with

[hazy helm]

the gauss rifle that they gave you

[rancid hornet]

uh he ran away and theres no teleports? lol

[rancid hornet]

finally got him, and finished CS

[hazy helm]

nice work,good job

[rancid hornet]

i might mod it and come back to it, i did enjoy certain parts. Idk if it was just me but that last bit was a mess after leaving the hospital

[spring abyss]

https://youtu.be/s1s0wgKugLo
Use those mods just don't use the hd models one

Arsenal overhual
Atmosfeat
Absolute nature
Infinite spawn fix
If theres more i don't remember

[hazy helm]

it is,a shame
there are mods that are interesting especially for CS,I heard LFO is good and that Reborn is a trip

[spring abyss]

reborn

[stark plover]

Reborn

[hazy helm]

reborn

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_deone5tv0

[spring abyss]

[rancid hornet]

yeah, i heard of some mods that at least make the combat better. Ill probably play CoP first and then dig into the modding scene

[stark plover]

probably the good way to do it.

[solid dome]

🫳🧱

[rancid hornet]

CS and CoP never quite get the same vibe as SoC again, do they

[solid dome]

Copium

[rancid hornet]

wdym copium? I played 20 minutes of CoP so far so clearly im the most qualified to judge it

[carmine crest]

not really but it doesn't affect anything

[solid dome]

I'm talking nonsense atm, it's the 4 am syndrome kicking in action

[stark plover]

🧱

[solid dome]

You're thinking of bricks too?

[stark plover]

yes

[solid dome]

I found my long lost son

[stark plover]

but I won't call you dad.

[solid dome]

You, son, are top bloke

[stark plover]

i try

[finite dragon]

anomaly

its my new greeting

[rancid hornet]

anomaly is gonna be the first mod i try after i finish CoP i think

[finite dragon]

i thought the same because its such a point of contention here but I dled and played it for 10 and wasn't interested

gamma seems chiller but also did the samething, idk

[stark plover]

Anomaly is pretty shallow.

fine if you just want to run around and shoot stuff.

[rancid hornet]

ok

what about gamma

[stark plover]

Just anomaly with a ton of mods on top of it.

I know little about gamma

[finite dragon]

eh it looks juicier and adds a ton of shit, cant speak to it too much, hardly checked either out

[rancid hornet]

hm. i still wanna try them, i doubt any stalker game acheives perfection

[stark plover]

it may be fun for you though. Can play it if ya want.
I don't completely hate on anomaly. I can enjoy it for a little bit.

I can give some non anomaly mod suggestions tho if you want them.

[finite dragon]

yeah non anomaly is the way to go

lol actually havent play many, replaying SoC now but with MOTZ

[rancid hornet]

sure, ive been meaning to find some good ones to play

[wise timber]

Anyone know what time the game will be shown off at GDC?

[stark plover]

Goldsphere has uh some technical problems but one of my favorites
Narodnaya Solyanka 2016
the Reborn series of mods
Spatial Anomaly
Return to the Zone
and Road to the North is alright from what I played of it.

[rancid hornet]

for reference, are those mods for the individual games themselves or standalone like anomaly

[stark plover]

Road to the north and Goldsphere are standalone. rest require the trilogy games.

[rancid hornet]

👍 ill give those a try eventually

[finite dragon]

i forgot about headbob in soc

[dry imp]

beadhob

[dreamy arch]

I got this side quest to clear an area of mutants and it sent me to this one house where I kept getting scare jump attacks

any idea how to fight that mutant?

[finite dragon]

gun

[still ridge]

Shotgun

[dry imp]

kill it

[finite dragon]

theres no other method

[remote osprey]

does clear sky have different hand models when you wear different clothing like in CoP or is it just all one like soc

[finite dragon]

did all the stalkers not have auto reload and im braindead or just soc

[remote osprey]

wdym?

[finite dragon]

you know, weapons reloading automatically

[remote osprey]

for the npcs?

[finite dragon]

no, you

[remote osprey]

no I don't think you do

[lunar basin]

I think so, seeing as to how it reloads by itself.

Not by pressing the default button "R"

[finite dragon]

eh yeah its not reloading, i didn't think it was my mods by maybe it is

[lunar basin]

I play Shadow of Chernobyl without its mods.

[finite dragon]

yes yes i have too, experimenting rn

[lunar basin]

You can go to your inventory by pressing a default button: I

And you can right click your weapon to unload it and you can test it.

[finite dragon]

yeah im just talking about when it runs out of ammo in a clip

[reef granite]

Are the novels canon?

[finite dragon]

no

[lunar basin]

When do artifacts respawn?

[toxic coral]

after emissions

[lunar basin]

Shadow of Chernobyl without the mods.

[toxic coral]

i dont think they respawn in SoC but im not sure

[finite dragon]

they dont respawn in soc

or if they do its extremely rare after a long period of time

[lunar basin]

What other way can I produce money than artifacts?

[toxic coral]

getting a job

theres a bunch of repeatable side quests

[lunar basin]

I see, seeing as to how I have roughly 230,000 Rubles from what I have found and sold in the bar.

[toxic coral]

also fighting in the arena

[lunar basin]

Without progressing through the main story.

[toxic coral]

nice

[lunar basin]

Would this be enough?

As I transported my loot to bodies and dragged them to the Duty checkpoint.

[timid trail]

We know what is your wish

[lunar basin]

Only angering the guards that guard it and not the others.

[lunar basin]

My desire happens to build a coin fort.

[toxic coral]

https://tenor.com/view/stalker-chernobyl-strelok-looking-up-worried-gif-17874458

[stark plover]

[worthy lagoon]

He doesn't know

[finite dragon]

So whats up with the company guys they not gonna release it this year?

[hazy helm]

They say that they are dont ask for my opinion

[lunar basin]

What should I pick up in terms of weight to money ratio?

(Shadow of Chernobyl, no mods)

As I seem to pick up everything, and if the weight limit exceeds I find a stash previously founded by me and place it there for later use.

[hazy helm]

Youll progressively pick up better gear as you progress,you should use money to keep your ammo and healing supplies topped up

[lunar basin]

I see and what area should I stop in the terms for the main story progression?

As I want to take my time, Sir Vasim.

[hazy helm]

Just progress as you see naturally
Artifacts are of great importance

[lunar basin]

Never mind reassuring myself to resolve to transporting all of my items from Cordon to Garbage and to sell at the Bar.

And one that was done, I was left with my choices to either clean Agroprom of its uniforms and to establish a Loner base, if possible to the NPC's in what you call: Vanilla.

[lunar basin]

I have seen the artifacts, such as 2 flash, 1 fireball and 2 Stone flowers.

And if a battle happen to ensue: 1 flash, 1 fireball and 3 stone flowers.

For radiation: 2 fireballs, 1 droplet and 2 flash.

[hazy helm]

you got plans

Now remember to get the true ending and you got nothing to fear

[lunar basin]

I have also acquired a radiation suit from the bar specifically from a stash: acquired from Veteran Loners being killed without any involvement, and gotten the info.

[hazy helm]

Either the seva or the SSP given from Kruglovs quest is better

But as soon as you make it to the sarcophagus youll switch for a exosqueleton

[lunar basin]

What also frustrates me is the stealth; never mind not relying on a noiseless PM and a knife, the range of the knife is pitiful and as to how NPC's seem to discover me before I happen to stuck a knife on their backs.

I am willing to play through Shadow of Chernobyl with specific adjustments and with no mods.

[lunar basin]

I do not seem to have met Kruglov, however seeing as to how it is a high end scientist armour that you mentioned, I've a feeling I may meet him later on.

[hazy helm]

There is no stealth in the game
Enemies have 2 states, when they know you're there and when they dont
There is no stealth system just enemy AI

[lunar basin]

I see, thank you for addressing to my concerns and conversating to me, Sir Vasim.

[long harbor]

sounds like you're just coping

[split heath]

i just finished clear sky

[nimble cipher]

mothra11#5417 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[split heath]

man that last misson was a pain

there

[midnight tiger]

Literally all the military and duty do is sit in their bases lol

[worthy lagoon]

Military storming the CNPP

[vernal magnet]

storming CNPP is weird. you either die of all directions or find that one open window of opportunity to sprint past everything

its fun when you have RPG's zooming past you as you sprint lol

[vernal magnet]

Also Happy Shadow Of Chernobyl USA Release Date Anniversary today everyone. 🍻

[finite dragon]

what mods do you guys recommend for a first playthrough ?

[thorny junco]

Real eye vortigaunt

[worthy lagoon]

None

[hazy helm]

No mods for Shadow of Chernobyl

[amber tendon]

no mods, every mod gets easier after you complete trilogy

[dense raft]

Reborn

[hazy helm]

You set them up for failure

[autumn shale]

ZRP

[midnight tiger]

This, first run should be vanilla

[hazy helm]

Thats what I said

[midnight tiger]

I'm agreeing with you

[hazy helm]

[midnight tiger]

[vernal magnet]

ZRP changes the game slightly. Stay Vanilla. Mod your User.ltx to fix the r2_sun_near and cam_inert values and your good to go

the headbob and shadow issue are the only things that really stick out on a vanilla playthrough

[fierce trench]

I was running into annoying bugs without ZRP, such as quest markers never disappearing, so I used it for my first playthrough.

[haughty gorge]

now can't even watch ** chernobyl ** for free 💀

[radiant bough]

when you get to clear sky get arsenal overhaul

[fervent wigeon]

Bruh in SoC I have to run away from the CNPP a 3rd time because the radiation is still bad even after buying a good suit. What things should I focus on getting? The exosuite maybe?

[hazy helm]

Nop,SRP only

[radiant bough]

that's a nice opinion

[hazy helm]

First time players,SRP only no opional mods simple as

[radiant bough]

Nop

[vernal magnet]

dang really? man there's bugs even i havent ran into yet lol oh im sorry, anomalies lol

[vernal magnet]

you have the adjusted Psy helmet right??

[fervent wigeon]

Yea, I think so. But I cannot seem to put it on, it just sits in my inventory

[hazy helm]

you dont put it on,so long as its in your inventory its taking effect

[fervent wigeon]

Ok

Yea its right when I get near the end of the tunnels, right when you go into that hole in the wall, I just keep dying of radiation poisoning and enemy fire. Enemy fire would be manageable, but when I am constantly having to heal and run around looking for bandages to stay alive cause I ran out of radiation medicine doesnt really bode well for me

[vernal magnet]

i would try routing the path with least radiation. a cheap trick is also bind the anti-rads or medkits to your Mouse 4 or Mouse 5 button

then you can spam them and sprint

[fervent wigeon]

Ah ok thanks

[fervent wigeon]

And just sprint past the enemies?

[vernal magnet]

yea so my initial strategy is to get against the CNPP wall and run along it as much as you can using it to take cover. your gonna have to kill a few guys as you make your way further into the reactor

[radiant bough]

Could someone help me out with the (i think) Final mission of clear sky?|| It seems to be totally bugged.|| ||Dont have any gauss ammo and strelok is just floating in mid air, wtfi s going on where do i go? || - hidden obviously for any spoilers

[spring abyss]

Srp ?

The arsenal overhaul gauss don't have additional ammo but got fast fire

The thing is, it's not how that battle works

After hit strelok theres a cooldown time where he will took damage again

Shoot wait a bit and shoot again

Theres a bug too

I dunno if it's fixed

[radiant bough]

||I looked it up apparantly the entire mission is bugged. He's at 20% right now, do i have to get it to 0? ||

[spring abyss]

Hold

Reload the save

[radiant bough]

i did and same thing happens..

[spring abyss]

The only way to kill him is with the gauss

Wait

[spring abyss]

https://youtu.be/wkqdGr9iWj0

The bug

[radiant bough]

ohh for me he's halfway across floating in mid air

im literally standing on the NPP lol

[spring abyss]

It's a bug, but the og cs is actually fine, arsenal overhaul have messed up some scripts

You need to kill him fast

[worthy lagoon]

Worst case scenario just reload the save in the Hospital before entering in the CNPP @radiant bough

For some reason SRP is incredibly bugged at the last mission

[radiant bough]

i got a hospital save, bleeding with no bandages or medkits but 500 grenades

[worthy lagoon]

Skill issue

[spring abyss]

[radiant bough]

oh yes

[spring abyss]

You should have searched for artifacts and upgraded your armor

[radiant bough]

oh so i havent upgraded my armour

[spring abyss]

[radiant bough]

yeah i did upgrade everyting

[spring abyss]

Arsenal overhaul is very unbalanced, the guns got a very high damage, you can kill the monoliths if you remember where they spawn

it's a no damage run actually

[radiant bough]

its a no damage run actually?

i like it tho, i die in 1 or 2 hits and so do they

[spring abyss]

The monolith damage base is very high, the monolith damage with arsenal overhaul is higher