⭐┃nospoilers_general

[vernal magnet]

by default sprint should be a toggle already.

if you tap X you will go into sprint (shadow of chernobyl). if you pause or stop it resets

[tame canyon]

so there is no hold shift for sprint?

[finite dragon]

isn't it x, look in key bindings

[dry imp]

shift isnt the default spring key

i set it to shift though because i like it

[vernal magnet]

dont think you can make it a hold key. you could rebind it to shift but it will stay as a toggle

[finite dragon]

i guess since there's no stealth i never even thought about it really

i think i thought there was working stealth when i first played but I think I came here and asked

[dry imp]

soc stealth is broken as hell

[finite dragon]

they all are honestly

[dry imp]

true

[finite dragon]

by far my biggest beef with the game, it's really funny to me milsim people picked up this game so hard when there's no stealth

[vernal magnet]

truth

[vernal magnet]

bigger truth

[finite dragon]

i wonder if s2 if it exists and not a prank will have stealth, im guessing ue5 must have functional stealth built in

[dry imp]

no it doesn't, but modern technology allows for better stealth systems and ai overall

so i bet S2's stealth and ai will be much much better

[finite dragon]

yeah i read some about how AI works in ue5

all i know from the gameplay trailer is that you can move

and throw bolts

[vernal magnet]

lol oh trust me, it exists

https://tenor.com/view/blade-runner-tears-in-rain-roy-batty-gif-3478115

[finite dragon]

send gameplay in dms or it's a conspiracy

[fluid abyss]

^

[finite dragon]

also rip rutger hauer

[pearl jacinth]

Volkswagen time

[lyric atlas]

stalker irl

[fluid abyss]

“Another person preordered Stalker 2? Excellent. Order another van.”

[delicate vector]

stalker team done spent the preorder money on a bunch of vans 😭

[lone leaf]

Welp time to buy a van

[vernal magnet]

Based

[fluid abyss]

[glossy blade]

[finite dragon]

something perverse about this whole thing

[pearl jacinth]

development money being used excellently i see

[pearl jacinth]

if i had that much money id order a bunch of vans too

[muted valve]

War perverses everything

[pearl jacinth]

oh my god every single van is identical

the army

[dry imp]

all we know about the game is that is probably works

probably

[fluid abyss]

It’s probably gonna be a back line logistics/troop transport truck

[pearl jacinth]

Van time

[fluid abyss]

When all is said and done how many vans will be left and how much will it cost? (The ultimate stalker 2 collector’s item)

[pearl jacinth]

i want to be transported to the front lines in the stalker 2 branded black van

[finite dragon]

without starting to get to p word, i just think they should focus on capitalizing on video games and delivering the product instead of using people's feelings about war to increase sales for a AAA game not even distributed yet internationally

[fluid abyss]

I just want more transparency man

[finite dragon]

or that

I just think it's just a weird style to not have any updates and then be like we're buying vans with the preorder money is my jist

[pearl jacinth]

i don't really care where my preorder money goes
let the devs fight for their country using the preorder money lol

as long as the game eventually comes out, anything goes

[finite dragon]

eh, but then just donate money to ukraine, why use a video game company to donate money to a cause, it's weird

[vernal magnet]

It's part of their identity and existence

[pearl jacinth]

donations are donations

[finite dragon]

I get it, I think it would be fine if they were transparent. War sucks

[pearl jacinth]

admittedly it's a bit hard to make a game when your country is actively being attacked

so id personally say let em take all the time they need

[finite dragon]

I used to say this to people like me last year but honestly most of them are in Prague now

[solid dome]

This is the major problem

[finite dragon]

Also, I think they should be able to take as much time as they want, just let the community know

[vernal magnet]

The video they showed behind the scenes of how they were affected and relocated. the loss of family and pets lives. They deserve all the support and more in my opinion

[pearl jacinth]

agreed

[fluid abyss]

The issue with this is that a game built on an outdated engine or using outdated code would be hell to try to modernize. If they take too long they’ll have to start over from scratch

[solid dome]

When I was saying to people the preorder campaign is a giant scam, one were laughing in my face

Where are them folksters laughing now....

[muted valve]

let the community know what..? That they're working on it? Do you want them to tell you this every week..?

[finite dragon]

oh cmon bro, it's been months

[pearl jacinth]

unreal 4 isnt that old (yet)

[vernal magnet]

Yes but they are not that far behind in my opinion for those concerns.

[fluid abyss]

Well I mean it’s still in a gray area rn

[vernal magnet]

its on 5 now

[pearl jacinth]

which is even newer

[fluid abyss]

True

[vernal magnet]

it never was a scam bro lol

[fluid abyss]

I’m just sayin don’t take too long

[muted valve]

Yes.. so either you have months of them saying every week they're working on it or you can draw your own conclusions, what's the problem?

[vernal magnet]

truth

[finite dragon]

ok bro, if you think an update is just "im working on it" you are insane and don't know how dev blogging works

[visual jolt]

I don't see rockstar giving us weekly or monthly updates on GTA 6 lmao

[pearl jacinth]

if i had to constantly reassure people that im working on [x] i think i would lose my mind

[finite dragon]

its not even announced yet much less preordered with a date that seems fake

[vernal magnet]

me working on any new YT video lmao

[finite dragon]

That is not how dev blogging works

[vernal magnet]

They had war and other factors delay them. Did you notice how regular the news was and how dried up it got when they got past their original projected dates? They probably didnt have marketing planned

[fair oyster]

Hey guys, any clue why a buddy of mine was banned for reacting to the announcement?

[muted valve]

Why would you even want them to spend time on dev blogging? I always think those things are so silly, they just create a lot of nasty comments when there's a pixel not the right colour in that one specific screenshot and when they put in "this is a WIP and is subject to change" everyone is still up in arms about that specific thing, honestly i've almost never seen devblogs that add anything but toxicity to a fanbase

[vernal magnet]

And that's fair if the game is going through major iterations right now and not final representative yet

[pearl jacinth]

well i mean if it's just a neat little dev blog then it isn't being pressured by the community to post something

[vernal magnet]

like an emoji reaction or something else??

[fair oyster]

The Scotland flag, Like a few others - a.k.a his home nation

[finite dragon]

okay there is a difference between updates and no updates, transparency and a lack of it. it doesn't need to be one extreme or the other. it could be a screenshot or any promo that indicates the game is actually coming out

[vernal magnet]

I imagine a dev blog would be full of harsh realities of what they go through developing the game right now and that may not be the perception they want to put out

[pearl jacinth]

yeh

[vernal magnet]

idk honestly thats weird. I couldnt imagine being banned for just that

[pearl jacinth]

if you're being pressured to put something out then it just gets harder to be calm and honest

[finite dragon]

eh by dev blog I meant just meant writing posts about updates, it's a thing. it doesn't need to be a diary

[pearl jacinth]

heat of the moment stuff

[fair oyster]

That is what happened , at least what he told me

Could it be rude to ask for Moderator support?

[muted valve]

Why? Why do you need constant reassurance the game is coming out? Imagine if you were working on a game and every day someone asks "is the game coming out?", do you need to answer it every time? Even though your literal entire company is working on developing the game every single day?

[vernal magnet]

They probably want to work in peace and i cant blame them honestly

[pearl jacinth]

i personally would just keep responding with "EVENTUALLY™️" and nothing else

[vernal magnet]

especially such an ambitious project

[solid dome]

With such announcements, everything suddenly starts to feel fishy, dude

[vernal magnet]

not really. whats fishy???

[pearl jacinth]

they're just trying to live in the middle of a war zone

[visual jolt]

I mean the trailer was literally 3 months ago

[vernal magnet]

this guy gets it

[pearl jacinth]

that's pretty damn recent too lol

[finite dragon]

I didn't say constant. I said transparency. I'm sorry but there is objectively weird things. Also when you open preorders and announce a game, there are things you should do. It's called running a business with respect to your customers.

If they need more time, they have the war and could just say so. It'd be fine

[pearl jacinth]

they've said that they're in the middle of a war several times lol

[visual jolt]

What transparency?

[finite dragon]

They're not in the middle, they are devs working in different places. I'm not even saying that the war isn't affecting it, I'm saying an update more than once a year is probably smart if you're going to have people buy your game

[muted valve]

What transparency do you want? "ooh hey here is how this model looks!", "ooh hey here is what scope fits on this gun"? If you want to know a specific thing ask in #🔍┃ask_gscarchive

[finite dragon]

you need to learn critical thinking

average monolith

[muted valve]

What does that even mean? Critical thinking about how they might not be developing the game due to not providing a detailed update every month? You have no idea how game development works do you?

[finite dragon]

yes, this is how it always is, good point

every game developed has this lifecycle and arch, very smart

[pearl jacinth]

well i mean, there was a trailer like 3 months ago https://youtu.be/BB87nZ2Wldg

they're set for the next 9 months

[finite dragon]

My dudes, the game will come...sit by the campfire, grill a sausage & remember the stalkers who couldn't make it till today

[muted valve]

Requiring constant validation and confirmation of something is critical thinking according to you? Sounds like a waste of time to me.

[pearl jacinth]

my take is

simply play other games while you wait for it to come out lol

that's what i do and it works really well

just let it rest in the back of your mind for a while

[muted valve]

I'd even say if you had a grain of critical thinking within you you wouldn't be asking the question in the first place

[finite dragon]

A. That is not what validation means. B. Criticizing a company's communication style is not what I said critical thinking is. You keep saying I think more transparency means I need personal e-mails from the CEO with nudes and updates. There's such thing as an inbetween.

[muted valve]

Yeah, okay, now you're just making stuff up about personal e-mails, good luck my man, with your "critical thinking" essentially being a need for constant confirmation of previously established facts

[pearl jacinth]

a way to actually apply "critical thinking" is by attempting to stop whatever argument you two are in instead of dragging it on and on and on

[finite dragon]

not understand metaphors and allegory is a lack of critical thinking, thanks

[pearl jacinth]

it's getting a bit annoying

[visual jolt]

Sdalgger brain rot

[vernal magnet]

GSC is being perfectly transparent everybody knows what the score is and whats going on. They have stated as such before multiple times. The community is generally not patient. People rarely keep that same energy with other game companies. What are you expecting from them lol. let them work

[pearl jacinth]

we came here to talk about a game where you're a dude shooting other mutated dudes that run around on all 4s, not to fight. very silly

snorks are just very silly creatures

[finite dragon]

Too much caffeine for acister to speak to monolith zombies. I just think they could update people more often and there's been some weird lack of transparency with preorders and other things. I don't even care about when it comes out and they shouldn't feel pressure in that regard - just update people and make work on distro internationally. If this game was before the preorder stage of things, I think they would have less of a responsibility. God bless

[glossy blade]

And we do everything we can to make the game a great authentic stalker experience for our fans. You are amazing and nothing would be possible without your support.

[solid dome]

1. Opening pre-order campaign during the most illogical moment possible
   1.2 Talking about providing more choice in different countries for a year and on, even though it's literally few stores offering the game you can count on both hands
2. Talking about donations in press messages repeatedly__even though the whole world is aware of the situation and can decide if it wants to shell out money or not with no need of such announcements__
   2.1 Talking about donations instead of simply opening a message saying to the audience the team is doing alright, families are okay and everything is okay
3. Talking buying physical objects in support of 3rd parties, not explaining where the money come from, be it employees offering their salaries for the cause, be it them giving out from own pockets, be it money from charities they are in operation of, so to prevent further speculation on the matter what the source of those funds is.
4. I can keep going.

DISCLAIMER: I am simply giving my 5 cents on the topic of the last announcement as people want my 5 cents.

Topics are topics, man.

[vernal magnet]

1. Pre-Ordering is standard practice. they have done nothing out of industry practice. next.

2. & 3. Theres nothing wrong with asking for donations for your war torn country and comrades. Game company, food company, car company, etc. it makes no difference

3. These arent 3rd parties. its literally their countries defenders. Ukrainians are unified. Ill pre order another dozen copies of the game to get them more trucks.

[pearl jacinth]

i pre ordered the game because i want the game

[vernal magnet]

4. i can keep going too lol

[pearl jacinth]

and also to support the developers

[vernal magnet]

What do they need to state about preorders that we do not know? we know as much as we need to

[finite dragon]

wdym, it's a AAA game and not even distro'ed in the US, the largest game market after a very long time of preorders being open

[vernal magnet]

once again, what information are you upset they arent providing

[grave portal]

Totally agreed with you. thanks for the support

[solid dome]

You are pre-ordering a video game with the logic in mind you are helping an entertainment cause, not fueling war I'm saying. But it's just me. All okay, boys, we debating. Debating is good.

[finite dragon]

like if it's going to ever even have distribution here or when? I just think there are weird things that are objectively not industry standard as everyone keeps saying

[vernal magnet]

when you preorder the game your doing so for whatever logistical game reasons, sure. and there hasnt been anything wrong with that here. nobody is forcing anybody to preorder or support something they dont want to

[vernal magnet]

dont you think that information is important when your actually coming up on the release?? they may not have final logistics yet because why would they if they are 6months + out possibly from release?

[grave portal]

"fueling war"? you're wrong about this as much as possible.

[solid dome]

Ain't gonna keep going on this as I know where the road leads. Gotchu, my dude.

Rule 8 my beloved.

[vernal magnet]

more like fueling self preservation of their people

Any country would be blessed to have such support like GSC has for their homeland.

[woeful tangle]

Ok

[pearl jacinth]

i didn't fully watch the video of the vans until just now turns out they actually are stalker 2 branded

there's the logo on the window

[vernal magnet]

what distribution are you not sure there is going to be? steam, GOG, xbox all will have stalker 2. If you mean regional pricing your going to need to wait until closer to release for those details to become public. everything has been industry standard thus far

@grave portal hang on a sec, i recognize your username

did i buy my functioning bear detector from you on etsy???

[pearl jacinth]

small world

[vernal magnet]

has to be the same guy.

[grave portal]

Sry, but i have no idea what means etsy

[vernal magnet]

you have the same username as a guy who was selling custom stalker stuff on an online shop.

oh wait looool

just checked, the etsy guy was named STUNDART

[grave portal]

Youre right, I sell some stalker stuff some time ago, but it`s not me, its my foreign copy

[vernal magnet]

so close hahaha stundART vs standART

[pearl jacinth]

long lost brother

[grave portal]

Good guy, i guess with good stalker stuff

[vernal magnet]

Yea that guy really made some quality stuff

[grave portal]

I sell stalker collectibles editions and physical copies long time ago)

And collect myself different editions

[vernal magnet]

dang i would have surely bought from you lol

im always expanding my collection. i collect literally everything

been trying to get those italy G2 steelbooks. pricey

[grave portal]

Hah, I'm sure there is no Ukrainian version yet

[grave portal]

I like Europe steel versions of SoC and CoP

[vernal magnet]

I haven't seen a Ukraine specific one. I have the Polish SOC edition

[vernal magnet]

yea those i have took me ages to get the CS one

[grave portal]

Poland edition is closer to Europe version

Different publishers - THQ - Worldwide, GSC - Ukraine

[vernal magnet]

Kosh Media

[grave portal]

Koch Media for CS

And Deep Silver

[vernal magnet]

and Stalker 2 now

for the physical editions

[grave portal]

Really? Don`t check yet. thanks for info

[vernal magnet]

Yea its actually really cool that partnership was able to come back

i have a ton of the promo items from the THQ days

Developer shirts are really hard to come by

[grave portal]

Read about CoP and bitComposer, they try to steal name of the game

[grave portal]

Oh i try find SoC physical collectable here with shirt

[vernal magnet]

the 2012 incident

[grave portal]

Yeah

[vernal magnet]

hard to find information on what the details of the dispute were

like why the heck would they think they had the rights to stalker over GSC lol

[grave portal]

They buy rights for the book name

[vernal magnet]

i got that one. its the russian collectors edition.

the shirt inside is random for its Size

think mine is a medium? but ive seen one be Large before

[grave portal]

Yeah, 1C, so i forgot about this edition forever now

[vernal magnet]

it pops up on ebay around 200ish. I'll keep my eyes peeled for you

[grave portal]

M?

[icy prism]

It is incredible that fans of a saga are so obtuse to criticize to the hilt the company that produces it, even when it has had to suffer a large-scale invasion in its homeland. It is the first major war of the 21st century, and the first major war in Europe since the Yugoslav Wars. It literally produced millions of displaced persons. Among them are GSC members and their families. It is entirely understandable that the company is helping to defend its homeland.

Point aside, I too would love to see more gameplay of the game, but the best thing the company can do in this situation is to keep expectations leveled down until they have a polished product to show. After all, otherwise it would happen as it happened with Cyberpunk 2077, which went away in promises for showing too much and generating too much hype.

This game is the only one I've been waiting for years, and every day I wake up wanting to know more about it, and to finally be able to play it. But let's not forget about many other things more important than the game, and that it is being developed by humans who have gone through really hard situations.

[grave portal]

200 euros?

[vernal magnet]

USD

[grave portal]

Feel bad for price

[gilded sentinel]

Smells like copium

[vernal magnet]

Amen brother preach on

[gilded sentinel]

But I guess it’s the only thing to do now

[vernal magnet]

yea such is the zone. Rare items fetch high. You dont want to know what I paid for the official marketing team shot glass set

[pearl jacinth]

four dabloons

[solid dome]

You almost made it sound like Kush Media

[dry imp]

come to arizona

[grave portal]

Think more than 200 usd

[solid dome]

Oh my Lord. Let's have a spliff.

[grave portal]

I have only rare here USA version of SoC

[vernal magnet]

Missed opportunity for them lmao

[pearl jacinth]

stalker branded weed

[vernal magnet]

Freedom faction equivalent of tegridy farms

[grave portal]

And if it's interesting to look, I have ukrainian versions of all the factions patches that could be translated

[vernal magnet]

do they look different then the regular patches?

[grave portal]

Only with ukrainian names, and in ukrainian stalker community now big disput about Duty naming

[solid dome]

How so?

How do you spell Долг in Ukrainian?

[grave portal]

canon is a Долг, but it is not a Ukrainian word

[solid dome]

What is the Ukrainian equivalent then?

[vernal magnet]

oh really? interesting this is news to me. what is the duty dispute?

[grave portal]

In 2007, in the Ukrainian localization left Dolg

[solid dome]

So you want to change what, a 15-years old term in STALKER 2? I don't get it

[grave portal]

And now the community is divided on the name of the faction

[vernal magnet]

he is saying there is a debate in the other community over this

[solid dome]

What is the debate about, it was called Долг in 2007?

[grave portal]

First of all about the future title in Stalker 2

[vernal magnet]

was Dolg a mistranslation?

[pearl jacinth]

gamers are just like that sometimes

[grave portal]

Dolg is a russian word

[solid dome]

People don't like 2's or the sub-title being reminiscent of the first game?

[vernal magnet]

ah so the debate is whether or not they go with Ukr or Rus spelling?

[grave portal]

Yeah, left canon or rename

And debates about how rename

[vernal magnet]

ok I can see how folks would debate on that

[solid dome]

Hmm. Okay but...

Will it be canon and reasonable if every faction is named differently ?

[vernal magnet]

good question but id expect retconning to some degree

[solid dome]

Its like changing Pirelli for something else

[grave portal]

Word "Dolg" in ukrainian have few variations

[solid dome]

Or calling Hankook - Hancooks

Totally different feeling, meaning...

[grave portal]

Like Борг and Обов'язок

[solid dome]

What brand are your Mustang tires, @vernal magnet - drop it in #💬┃en_offtop

[grave portal]

Now it`s a hard and open question xd

[solid dome]

Oh I see people to be The Borgias fans

Jk jk

[grave portal]

The name Обов'язок is closer in meaning

[grave portal]

Only in Ukrainian version Duty is not translated

[vernal magnet]

i didnt see a tag in offtop. but if you were serious, on my 94 GT i ran Sumitomos and Nitto on a fat 315 rear tire. The sumitomos spin alot for slides. Nitto way better for grip

but on my UAV in the zone I run 30 year old dry rotted tires

[sleek tundra]

@west harbor Weapons with real life copyright issues that don't allow you to use their real trademark names

Glock, for example

[vernal magnet]

I laugh when I see the MP5 and my brain is split in half thinking Viper

[hazy helm]

Imagine wanting to change the name of the weapons in stalker
why would you?

[sleek tundra]

See, this is the problem with our society. Anomaly and gamma players are making stuff up like ""MP5"" and ""G36""

[hazy helm]

"""""M4""""""????? what is taht?sounds like a cheap knock off of the TR301

[west harbor]

well, gsc could buy licenses

konami did that with mgs4

not even konami, even cod licenses real weapon names

[hazy helm]

why would you do that

[sleek tundra]

Why waste so much money on LITERALLY one of the most trivial details that old fans won't even like? Not even CSGO has real names

[hazy helm]

youre taking all the gun out of the gun names

all the charm even

[west harbor]

im not specially for it

[hazy helm]

we really do need to bring back pseudo realistic guns

[fluid abyss]

Pretty sure gun nicknames and military designations aren’t copyrighted, so although you can’t say Glock, you can probably say G19

[hazy helm]

you will get a mirrored AK

[sleek tundra]

You can, but still, what's the point?

[west harbor]

i prefer fake names myself, but it would be cool to have the option

[fluid abyss]

Uhh realism, when gun in game based on gun irl

[west harbor]

and it would spare modders the hassle of making a mod for it

[sleek tundra]

Realism doesn't matter

It's a fictional universe, for all we know some gun manufactures didn't exist

[west harbor]

+gotta think about the xbox audience

[fluid abyss]

Go back to playing anomaly bro

[sleek tundra]

Didn't you play cyberpunk?

[hazy helm]

wdym,SGI 5k is the guns real name

[sleek tundra]

I thought you'd understand since they have different gun companies there

[fluid abyss]

Cyberpunk is set in the future

[hazy helm]

cyberpunk NAILED gun design for cyberpunk setting

they straight up rock

[sleek tundra]

Stalker is set in an alternative universe

[hazy helm]

its already pretty sad that they didnt keep the mirrored guns in Stalker 2 but ha well

[fluid abyss]

yeah but when the stalker guns look IDENTICAL to irl guns, it’s a little harder to make up an excuse to call it something completely different

[hazy helm]

you cant expect Mirrored guns nowadays I guess,where every idiotic internet gun guy expects the same models and animations bc *guns in games NEED to be accurate to real life *

[fluid abyss]

That’s like calling 4 seat 4 wheel 4 door vehicles “baswingis” because “it’s a different universe cars don’t exist”

[sleek tundra]

No reason to make an excuse, just tell gun owners to kill themselves and get used to mirrored guns

[hazy helm]

think they will bring back Plum Buildo AK?

that would be cool

[sleek tundra]

I'd do it, purely because that's more fun to make than just 'ctrl c + ctrl v'ing something from the real world

Fallout does this, a lot of weapons don't have an actual name, just their designation

9mm pistol, .45 acp smg, etc

[fluid abyss]

Isn’t that cuz it’s like the only 9mm pistol in the game with a generic name (non-unique)

[sleek tundra]

.357 magnum, .44 magnum, nope

[fluid abyss]

Those don’t fire 9mm

[sleek tundra]

I don't get your point

[fluid abyss]

It’s easier to call something a generic name when it’s the only weapon of the caliber, of that class and type

Stalker has a handful of assault rifles, calling them all “7.62 assault rifle” would not be very good

[hazy helm]

different calibers are used to differentiate them in a ladder of progression

[fluid abyss]

Also fallout is more for a brain dead normie audience that can’t comprehend individual weapon names, stalker is more niche

[hazy helm]

and to make scarcity

[sour cradle]

guys i have a question i pre ordered stalker 2 ultimate edition however i have by accident deleted the email about it. will i have to pre order again the game or will i have possibility to receive it with my previous pre order?

[hazy helm]

ask the PR guys

[fluid abyss]

Uhhh #🔍┃ask_gscarchive , though I’d assume it will be shipped to whatever address you set it to

[sleek tundra]

NICHE HAHAHAHAHHAHA

[fluid abyss]

Niche enough

[sleek tundra]

THIS MF REALLY CALLED STALKER NICHE

[fluid abyss]

I don’t live in Eastern Europe, there are more shooters here

[sour cradle]

alright thanks guys

[sleek tundra]

Wait, you're an American? British?

[fluid abyss]

American

[sleek tundra]

Yeah, that explains a lot

[hazy helm]

imagine if Stalker was made in russia,Russian's dont know game design silly hahahha

[sleek tundra]

We, Eastern Europeans, are very racist to westerners (and everyone really)

[fluid abyss]

Don’t worry, you live in (eastern) Europe

[hazy helm]

but yhea

[sleek tundra]

The game isn't niche in the United States, bud. The Gamma server has 80k+ members or something like that

[hazy helm]

if they go the realistic names route I will dissapointed

especially since the new weapons lack charm or character

cant even find a good model of a mirrored gun nowadays,mf...

[west harbor]

depends really

[fluid abyss]

Yeah cuz clickbait YouTubers are a pipeline for kids to get a modded game without ever touching vanilla

[west harbor]

pretty much no one i know irl plays stalker

[sleek tundra]

Justified, I don't like the game either way

[hazy helm]

Stalker is a very well known game underneath the scene
if you go to someone who is online for a certain time and ask about stalker chances are they will know at least one thing about it,most likely its mods not the actual games

which isnt the best...

[sleek tundra]

Anomaly somehow made it worse, not sure how, it needs a compliment just for this

[west harbor]

better than not knowing it at all, right?

[sleek tundra]

Nope, not better

[hazy helm]

if you only know anomaly you dont really know stalker,you know anomaly

[sleek tundra]

They're killing us old school gamers, by making the devs try to appeal more to the modded players

[hazy helm]

that is as simple as taht

[fluid abyss]

Remember when some random youtuber misattributed gamma as being made by GSC when it wasn’t

[vernal magnet]

oooooooooooof

[hazy helm]

well arent you the little conspiracy theorist ahaha

thats very funny

[sleek tundra]

Truly one of the Youtubers or qll tome

[hazy helm]

they waht?

[sleek tundra]

I played Deus Ex, yws

[hazy helm]

when did this happen

[west harbor]

i have DX on ps2

[sleek tundra]

Get the pc one, better

[west harbor]

nah

[fluid abyss]

They’re killing off interesting games and mechanics because brain dead normies want a “press x to win” type game
(The game then fails because when it drops everyone goes “but this isn’t what I wanted even though it’s literally what I asked for!”)

[hazy helm]

the PS2 one is cool

ngl

[vernal magnet]

the weird redone cutscenes lol

[hazy helm]

that is the first time I played DX,and one of the first games I payed

[west harbor]

well, i actually own a rather rare french cd of the pc version

[sleek tundra]

Facts, brother. So true my friend

[west harbor]

but i lost it, and a bunch of other cds

[vernal magnet]

normies be like press x to win but stalker purists be like press x to sprint

[fluid abyss]

I think GSC should focus on what made the stalker trilogy good, and not what other games do

[hazy helm]

they seem to be doing that

and I am pleased

[fluid abyss]

That’s how you make a banger of a game. Don’t start adding in “normal” mechanics just because it’s popular, that’s how you get a flop like Dying Light 2

[west harbor]

only thing im a bit scared of is s.t.a.l.k.e.r 2 being way "slower" than the og trilogy

[vernal magnet]

that and Dead Island 2 had no concept of melee combat with weight

[sleek tundra]

Yeah, they should focus on...

[west harbor]

how theres no animations for picking up stuff or healing yourself, for example

[sleek tundra]

Uhh, what do the normies praise the game for? Atmosphere?

Idk, I never liked the atmosphere. The gameplay screwed it for me.

[fluid abyss]

Ngl I hate the HUD compass that stalker 2 seems to have

[vernal magnet]

the anims from the e3 trailer looked pretty quick. you wouldnt want the game to be too quick either

[fluid abyss]

I hate HUD compasses, they ruin immersion

[vernal magnet]

the originals were slow too. Master mode, creeping in buildings, etc

[west harbor]

yeah, but still, i hope theyre togglable

[fluid abyss]

HUD compasses should be an optional enable, or automatic on the lowest difficulties

[vernal magnet]

The compass is the only thing i DO NOT like so far

[west harbor]

never been a problem for me

[fluid abyss]

HUD compass should NOT be on by default

[vernal magnet]

but i prefer no HUD

[fluid abyss]

I prefer minimal hud? If possible

[vernal magnet]

they make me worry it will take design cues from Skyrim with the compass

[fluid abyss]

Too many moving parts and then the game starts feeling like you’re in a mech suit

[vernal magnet]

minimal is also good. just less clutter

[fluid abyss]

No hud is often too hard because you end up needing to keep track of everything minor, or have to pop open your menu cuz you don’t know anything about yourself

[sleek tundra]

NLC 7 mini hud best hud

[fluid abyss]

Minimal hud gives you the info you need when you need it, but doesn’t obstruct much else

[fluid abyss]

Idk

[west harbor]

i think half life 1 had a great minimal hud

[hazy helm]

not like the massive radar was too good for immersion either,but at least it was good for combat and navigation

[sleek tundra]

Half life 1 doesn't have any mechanics from stalker save for shooting and health

[west harbor]

it had pretty much everything you needed, laid out in a clear and readable way

[fluid abyss]

The radar was best for stash/dead body finding. For combat it was okay, and otherwise didn’t bog you down with a billion icons

[solid dome]

Aha

[tropic lichen]

So I'm reading roadside picnic, and I don't have anyone to talk to about it but God damn it's good.

[hazy helm]

its dependant on information about the timeframe and place where it was released for the commentary to land

its hampered by that but its still a good book regardless

[west harbor]

i still gotta buy it

[hazy helm]

you can just download it,its a soviet book,its on the public domain

translations of it as well

[west harbor]

im trying to find a particular french edition with an insane cover

[hazy helm]

haaa,yhea that is going to be harder

[west harbor]

check #💬┃en_offtop

[midnight tiger]

I read most of it awhile back

Interesting to see the similarities and differences between it and STALKER

[tropic lichen]

I can see how Stalker was inspired by Roadside Picnic.

It just makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. The Zone feels like home.

[west harbor]

because it is

[midnight tiger]

You can leave the Zone, but the Zone never leaves you

[finite dragon]

Does anyone know a good gun mod for Stalker CoP besides Gunslinger?

[midnight tiger]

Arsenal Overhaul

[tropic lichen]

I'll never leave. Life makes sense in The Zone.

[finite dragon]

I like gunslinger but the amount of weapons are heavily limited

[midnight tiger]

dies to a pack of 50 dogs

[solid dome]

Is there Ukrainian alternative to Roadside Picnic

You ever thought?

[midnight tiger]

https://www.moddb.com/mods/arsenal-overhaul

[finite dragon]

Id prob get that mod if it was reanimated

[tropic lichen]

Is there any other way to go?

[finite dragon]

Fallout gun mods have spoiled me when it comes to their animations

[solid dome]

Nade thru

[finite dragon]

Hmm STCoP one looks pretty nice

[hazy helm]

OWR3

[finite dragon]

Man I wish I had knowledge of the Russian language so I could play those very weird mods

[pearl jacinth]

never too late to learn

[finite dragon]

I mean sure I can pronounce Russian but when I look at them ancient pagan runes I cry

[hazy helm]

most of them have machine translations,some even have hand translations
IG,you can currently play Goldsphere,OP2.2,NLC7,REBORN

so why are you doing it?

[finite dragon]

And plus they also have better gun mods n stuff

STCoP looks really nice but sadly its in Russian

Screw it I will look at them moon runes

[west harbor]

you wanna know how i learned russian?

[finite dragon]

How

[hazy helm]

someone left him in a shack in the desert with a PC with Statson's CoC mod

[west harbor]

first, i downloaded a couple pictures of the russian alphabet with their latin counterparts+ a pronounciation video

and i looked at the russian announcements in this very server

thats how i learned to read russian

then, i installed duolingo (it doesnt teach you a lot, but it definitely helps)

and i got myself a book on how to learn russian

[finite dragon]

I tried to learn Russian with it and it did not teach me cyrillic

Like man I know what them words mean if they would be written in Latin

But its cyrillic instead and I cannot read cyrillic

I guess thats what happens when you immigrate to a western country at a young age

[hazy helm]

it does tech you cyrilic

what are youj talking about

did you just,like,not swipe to the other screen to do cyrilic exercises?

bro they tell you to do taht

[finite dragon]

It was long time ago

[hazy helm]

yhea,I used Duolingo a long time ago as well

they did have it

besides

[finite dragon]

I dont remember

[hazy helm]

you can learn cyrilic here

put it on a wall and read it every morning for 5 minutes and youll know cyrilic in at least 10 days

start using cyrilic and trying to read russian and youll have it cemented

[west harbor]

yeah, what he said

[hazy helm]

cyrillic is one of the easiest things,just make a cheat sheet and try practice a little everyday,you just need to imprint it into your memory

[west harbor]

to familiarize yourself, try to go to #504592667716354048 and read the posts with the alphabet pic next to you, and once you're confident, hide it and read without it

it should take you a couple of days to get most of them memorized

[finite dragon]

Aint that serbian cyrillic?

[hazy helm]

dont know exactly but little changes

[west harbor]

it is

[hazy helm]

here

[west harbor]

i posted some pics in #💬┃en_offtop

[outer marten]

@finite dragon Im learning Russian now, I'm using a textbook and workbook called Sputnik

[tropic lichen]

Shit I did this with duolingo. I just wanted to be able to read the signs in Stalker..

[outer marten]

I tried duolingo and it wasn't helpful, Rosetta stone was awful to learn too

[hazy helm]

Duolingo is only good as a starting stone

[tropic lichen]

For me duolingo helped learn the alphabet pretty well, and some basic conversation. But when I talked to natives I was constantly asking them to speak slower because I still hadn't learned to hear it yet. Duolingo can only do so much lol.

[hazy helm]

as soon as you get the basics,start consuming media

[solid dome]

Lol

[vernal magnet]

thats where good game design comes in. checking mag key for your ammo. and using proper screen damage effects for player health. no need for HUD

[west harbor]

screen damage effects, ew

nothing beats an hud in showing precisely what you keed to know

[vernal magnet]

good screen effects =/= minimal HUD

[icy prism]

If you say so. I am sure that your position does not smack of copium at all.
Anyway, it's a good thing I don't interact much on this server.

[tired orchid]

If you want, you can try to learn a little bit Ukrainian language, it is much easier than russian and has a lot of common with Polish, Belarus, Slovak and some other.

[solid dome]

What do you even imply

[icy prism]

We all justify our beliefs in one way or another. Fortunately, everyone is free to believe what he or she pleases.

[solid dome]

You sound like Gordon Freeman but he's a priest.

Most wicked plot twist a man can come up with

[icy prism]

I think there is a language barrier between the two of us that not even DeepL (software I use to chat with you) can bridge. Or I'm just short of understanding, so I can't do anything about it either.

I just stated my opinion about the situation of the company in the present context, and the reactivity of some users. 'To whom the bow tie fits, let him wear it'.

[balmy forum]

Anyone thought of how stalker 2 modding may include new locations... Like someone just adds london or something

[hazy helm]

Ive said this before and I will say this again,stalker 2 modding will never be as open as Stalker modding by the simple fact its on UE5,and all the modding you can do is up to the developers descretion,so we know absolutely nothing and its all up in the air

[vernal magnet]

I want to but am not sure where to start

[balmy forum]

But thats not as fun to think about

[vernal magnet]

https://tenor.com/view/spider-man-doc-ock-hes-right-he-is-right-hes-not-wrong-gif-24196261

[hazy helm]

[tired orchid]

As a citizen of Ukraine, I can recommend to learn and understand the differences between russian and Ukrainian alphabets.

[vernal magnet]

i would sooner expect assets to be backported into the old games for mods somehow

[hazy helm]

it will take a while for UE5 rippers to be made

[outer marten]

Im learning Russian because im marrying into a Russian speaking family 😅

[balmy forum]

Og stalker remade in ue5

[hazy helm]

you do know what RedPanda's project is right

[balmy forum]

No but Im intrigued now

[tired orchid]

For example there is no a strange letter as “Ё” instead we use “ЙО”

[hazy helm]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRqi6ITesJ4

you can download it just join RedPanda's server

its not finished

[tired orchid]

Ohh, wish you good luck and happy family

[outer marten]

thank you so much!

[balmy forum]

Never ceases to amaze me what stalker shit people can do

[hazy helm]

and this project will always be more open and mod frendly than S2 bc RedPanda has the source code open in github,not that they should do the same to Stalker 2 but yknow

anyway,Imma go

see ya

[winged dust]

The famously mute protagonist?

[finite dragon]

I now have learned cyrillic

[dry imp]

he did it

[finite dragon]

installing a virtual machine to play stalker games on my mac because why not

[sand fiber]

installing stalker on my machine to play stalker

[finite dragon]

i don't have my machine with me so i will use a virtual machine

[dry imp]

installing a machine on my stalker to play a virtual

[finite dragon]

stalkering my machine to virtual play

what mod should i play on my macbook, i started replaying soc with motz (don't shoot me)

[finite dragon]

lol going to see if i can run anomaly still havent really played it

[dry imp]

you're gonna play it for like fifteen minutes

and then get bored, because its anomaly

[finite dragon]

thats what i did last time on my pc months ago

[dry imp]

[finite dragon]

but maybe it will be more fun on my macbook in the big city

think i will become a macbook anomaly enthusiast

[solid dome]

Took me an hour to delete it

I'm installing Drug Simulator but not anomaly, never again

[finite dragon]

what drug are you going to simulate

[solid dome]

MDMUH

[sturdy zodiac]

Can you manufacture Hopium and/or Copium?

[solid dome]

MDMA + something that breaks your mind for 24 hours straight

We can cook in the jungle @sturdy zodiac

Do the Escobar style

[sturdy zodiac]

aw crap

[solid dome]

You are excused

[dry imp]

do the thug shaker

[finite dragon]

you all like your little cool thing in brackets don't you

[gilded sentinel]

(maybe)

[small solstice]

which has best campaign? ncl 7, or ogsr?

and thos campaigns, are really different from soc original campaign?

[gilded sentinel]

It depends . Ogsr is easier for a newcomer , but NLC is WAYYY deeper

[small solstice]

i want that are DIFFERENT from vanilla campaign

[hazy helm]

Both OGSR and NLC are different from OG

[distant tundra]

Hello! Decided to join because I am horribly addicted to Stalker, even though I've only ever played Anomaly. 👋

[hazy helm]

So you never played stalker
start with SoC, great games

[distant tundra]

Okay! Though with the rest of the Stalker games, they also great?

Or good?

Also give me a chance, I didn't have the money for the actual games

[hazy helm]

They are all great
Start with SoC, then CS then CoP

[hazy helm]

Then why not sail the seven seas? Anomaly is nothing like stalker, very different

[distant tundra]

Really? Damn I know nothing about Stalker, super exciting to know!

[hazy helm]

Any questions just ask here

[distant tundra]

Well... what makes the official Stalker games different from Anomaly? I assume its different with difficulty

[hazy helm]

Anomaly is a free play mod that veers into survivalist scavenger
The games are fast paced Exploration FPS
Anomaly has different lore, gameplay, systems, changes p much everything except the most basic stuff

Anomaly is in every way, unrelated to stalker

[distant tundra]

Oh, so it doesn't have the crafting and workshop systems?

[grave portal]

Vanilla doesn`t have it

[hazy helm]

Not at all

[distant tundra]

Alrighty then, though with playing Anomaly a bunch it'd be pretty jarring to play a more fast paced experience, I'm still interested!

[grave portal]

That`s why u need start first from original games

[hazy helm]

If you expect stalker to be like anomaly you'll leave dissatisfied

[distant tundra]

One more thing, is it somewhat similar to Total Chaos, a mod for doom?

[hazy helm]

No not even comparable

[grave portal]

It something similar to old good Stalker

[hazy helm]

How did you even get the idea?

[vapid current]

You can play the guitar in Anomaly, it's not that bad, just underestimated

[gilded sentinel]

I feel like Im agonna be sick if I have to explain why anomaly is a bad mod for the 100th time but in short,its a hypocritical project without an ounce of innovation being propped as the height of modding with ppl falsely believing that it is the defacto experience when,its not even trying to be that
anomaly in itself,is just a bad and boring freeplay mod,the community around it are obnoxious and suffocating,but that is all,if I wasnt always being reminded of it I would not think about it

[vapid current]

But...i can play the guitar

[hazy helm]

I have been turned into a copypasta

[gilded sentinel]

You are now history

[distant tundra]

Inventory system, I have never even seen gameplay for original Stalker.

Shit... really sorry I thought Anomaly was anything similar.

[vapid current]

Also Gamma is bette-get thrown into an anomaly

[hazy helm]

Just, go play SoC, if you have any questions ask here, experience it yourself

[distant tundra]

Got it!

[distant tundra]

Honestly really sorry, I didn't know Anomaly had such a reputation.

[vapid current]

Prp tip: don't play mods, they are not worth it

The vanilla Stalker experience is better

[hazy helm]

SurDno alt detected

[gilded sentinel]

Anomaly isn’t horrible , bad thing about is such mediocre product is taking all attention from dozens of other great mods and Especially the original games

[vapid current]

who the hell is he

[distant tundra]

I see, anyway thanks for letting me know.

[hazy helm]

Anomaly is bad and forgattable, except I can't forget it bc ppl keep bringing it up

[vapid current]

I love how the original Stalker trilogy is all sort of colorful and jolly while Anomaly look like a Silent Hill game

[hazy helm]

Mfs really drop morrowind quantity of fog and then call it atmospheric

[vapid current]

Todd Howard level of lie

[sand fiber]

try olr i guess

[silver pagoda]

anomaly best mod across all modding communities easily, people who hate just need to git gud and stop playing Sims in their free time

gg ez no re

If you're hairy and a true man you play Gamma though

gg ez no re

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[velvet fable]

Are there any other mods that enhance CoP?
Misery is major league BS. Lack of innovation disguised as intellectual immersion and realism.
SGM is pretty old and incomplete. Not to mention gated behind Russian language.
Nothing new or exciting was released in the past few years in the non-Russian-only community. Like it or not. GAMMA is the best you can get for CoP.
Shame that no modders acutally went on to improve and add storylines, quests. Give a purpose to your wandering through the anomaly Zone. Right now. Anomaly is senseless and pointless. Still the best experience aside from the vanilla one.
Anomaly just needs quest writers (main or addon) that could write up a good story that is not just a glorified fetch quest.

[hazy helm]

GAMMA is not a Cop mod

Anomaly is just a evolution of CoM, so it explains why it lacks innovation or creativity
It literally is just the Misery adaptation to CoC ported to the OpenXray engine

[hazy helm]

Just go play translated mods they're more worth your time

[velvet fable]

10 year old incomplete buggy mods from moddb?

[hazy helm]

would not call them buggy and I do not understand what their age as to do with anything

[velvet fable]

Last time I played them, 8 years ago.... Haven't had a new update since... And yes. They were buggy as hell. Incomplete weapon animations. Stuttery. Unstable. Cant remember everything. But I do remember trying out every translated mod. Not only was the translation shabby, but I do explicitly remember that all of the mods were lackluster and buggy.

[visual jolt]

check out radiophobia 3 tbh

[hazy helm]

Nha Radiophobia 3 sucks

[visual jolt]

why?

[hazy helm]

The Serega Repack version of OGSR is good tho

[small solstice]

And ncl 7?

[hazy helm]

I would not recommend NLC7 to anyone but a niche of very very specific ppl

Golsphere looks good tho

[visual jolt]

need to give NLC7 another shot tbh, the UI was broken with my res

[small solstice]

I play mods to find new quests

Not new weapons,or items

[gilded sentinel]

Only the chosen ones can see NLCs true greatness

[hazy helm]

It's like only those with lovecraftian madness can play and enjoy nlc

[gilded sentinel]

Sadly those who pass this rubicon can never regain their sanity and nervous system back

[small solstice]

In ogsr,i can't Fire without a crosshair

There Is no ironsight

Do i must apply a mod?

[vernal magnet]

hope everyone's Friday is going well

[dry imp]

shut up!!! you're not Ranjid!!!!

[dry imp]

i love this guy

[vernal magnet]

that madlad never skipped a day lol

love that guy

[sleek tundra]

Total overhaul mod for SoC aimed for hardcore survival/survival horror players

[proper shadow]

HEY YAR

[fair oyster]

hello hello

[vernal magnet]

howdy ho bro

[fair oyster]

may I ask

a curious question one I have

What is the voice saying in Jupiter - Day OST?

[peak aspen]

Hi

[dry imp]

its this guy again

[peak aspen]

What

[gilded sentinel]

i know right

[dry imp]

true!!!

[barren sparrow]

Happy Friday Stalkers

im making some salo mushroom udon noodles. I cant have any vodka today because im taking advil for some dental work i had done yesterday

got some great beech mushrooms. i love these little ones in noodles

contemplating adding some Amanita Muscaria to the broth since I cannot drink

[vernal magnet]

heck yea

[vernal magnet]

those are super toxic. be careful

[clear saddle]

Happy Friday!

[barren sparrow]

I have hunted/ prepared them for years. I have a few ounces of them dried in my freezer lol

You have to make sure your recipe allows for the ibotenic acid to decarboxylate into Muscimol

[finite dragon]

Is it no longer a psychedelic once you do ths?

[barren sparrow]

It very much is psychoactive. It just wont make you have an upset stomach that way

[finite dragon]

thought so, idk when you said broth i think of food but i suppose it can be both

[barren sparrow]

It can be both. Most people consume them via tea or alcohol for recreational use

Eating large amounts of the mushrooms can be somewhat difficult on digestion if people have sensitive stomachs, some of the make up of the cap structure is not really digestible like hair/fingernails

Even if they are detoxified or decarboxylated

Iv never had stomach issues using 5-10g dried mushrooms that reconsitutured or powdered in soups/stews or a large wild harvested one that was boiled for lemon juice tea, then sliced and used as part of a steak meal with mushroom gravy too

The Amanita Pantherina species has nonbusiness being used culinarily. I would also strongly reccomend avoiding the Panther mushrooms also commonly sold by mushroom websites. Those are way stronger and can be quite dangerous

They are a dark brown

[hazy helm]

what does any of this have to do with stalker...

[barren sparrow]

Its fortuate its very easy to avoid the actually deadly amanita speices in the wild for most species worth looking for

Yeah prob should move this to off topic now lol

[dry imp]

druggie

[midnight tiger]

Mushrooms are holistic

[distant tundra]

I've played some of SoC so far, and how long is it?

I'm really worried it won't have much going on in it because its great so far!

[finite dragon]

just do all the sidequests and take your time walking around and exploring, steam says i did 80 hours lol but i leave my games open in the background by accident and i think i started another playthrough. probably did 50 hours though ditzing around vibing my first playthrough though

[distant tundra]

Got it, also the combat in SoC is leagues better than Anomaly, the weapons have a ton of punch in 'em!

Even the knife!

[finite dragon]

Haven't played Anomaly too much but that doesn't surprise me based on what people think here

[oblique thistle]

Cannot play anomaly, GOG CoP make difficult modding.

[finite dragon]

it's standalone wdym

[oblique thistle]

Idk man i'm kinda stupid i learned about the stalker anomaly from a friend that plays too much games

He told me it was a mod or something

[dry imp]

its a standalone modded client

you don't need the original games to play it

which i disagree with but whatever

[oblique thistle]

Thank you for the information

[sand fiber]

smth around 25 hours

[distant tundra]

Cool because I just started getting 3 hours in, I'm hooked!

[pearl jacinth]

when one feels the touch of the zone, it never leaves

[sleek tundra]

Play NLC 7

[distant tundra]

Whats NLC 7? I'm still very new to Stalker

[sleek tundra]

Stalker SoC but hardcore survival horror

It's only for epic gamers

It's like an Elder Scroll, playing it causes mortals like us to go blind

[finite dragon]

nlc7 seems cool but when en version

[sleek tundra]

@vernal sluice You mean the same engine that anyone can modify and improve? Stop making excuses, they've made crappy stuff with it because they lack skill, not because the engine itself is bad.

[sleek tundra]

There's already a machine translation, and it's comprehensive

[finite dragon]

is it actually good and worth playing (the translation?)

[vernal sluice]

Does that mean that the old GSC team also lacked skill with their own engine?

[sleek tundra]

If you expected me to defend them, you're naive. Yes, they lacked skill in multiple departments.

[sleek tundra]

Like I said, it's comprehensive. You'll very rarely get stuck in a quest because of bad translations.

[finite dragon]

https://www.moddb.com/games/stalker/downloads/nlc-7-build-30 is this what I should dl?

[sleek tundra]

Nope

[finite dragon]

eh I guess I'm trying to figure out what to download

[gilded sentinel]

Download Nlc I’d like to know how long you last

[finite dragon]

thats what im trying to do but where can i do that

[sleek tundra]

Sent you a link in DMs

[finite dragon]

Everytime I hear about NLC it sorta sounds like bots talking about it seeing how it's so not well known here yet praised all the time when I hear about it

probably wouldnt like it that much tho

the vanilla games while being more difficult than your average shooter still have that arcadey feel to them, also didnt really get into gamma because it became more of a game about inventory managment and stuff than just hopping on and having fun which is what I really appreciate the vanilla games for. They offer a decent survival experience yet are very accessible without unnecessarily complicated mechanics (even tho gamma isnt even that hard once you get the hang of it)

[gilded sentinel]

What is the point of your message ?

[finite dragon]

well i just think its weird how its universally acclaimed to be so good

i never ever heard any negative thing about it basically

whereas anomaly and gamma have their fair share of ,,hate´´

[gilded sentinel]

It’s also weird how ppl can judge a product without even seeing a glance of it

[finite dragon]

well im not necessarily saying its bad

[gilded sentinel]

If anomaly and gamma weren’t popular no one would be dissing them , if Nlc was popular people would be dissing it

[hazy helm]

its an interesting mod, it has an original vision of hardcore thats not just misery+
and the reason why you dont hear anything bad about it is bc the ppl that wouldnt like it get filtered in the first quests,the only ppl that stay are ppl that like it and you will get less critics in the field of ppl that like it bc they like it,they dont want it to change

there are some problems at the start like,I do not think the timer for Nimble should start when you start the anomaly tunnel,but aside its pretty good

[still nymph]

stalker 2 will be real on tuesday

[gilded sentinel]

And also Nlc is the only mod where you legitimately hav to run away from mutants , for a good portion of the game

[hazy helm]

if your idea of fun isnt,going outside buck nacked without so much as armour,moving slow as a worm and being fragile as one too to find one thing,then yhea you wont like NLC

[finite dragon]

does NLC 7 keep the vanilla ost?

[sleek tundra]

It's a niche mod, so you'll find the same people praising it. You either like it, or you don't. People who criticize it have only played for 30 minutes so they can't just judge an entire 100+ hour long mod based on that, and those that like it usually have a lot of experience

[hazy helm]

if you like something youll have less bad stuff to talk about bc,well you liked it

its a biased pool

[gilded sentinel]

It keeps the random noises from locations like gunfire and someone getting eaten alive

[finite dragon]

ah

[sleek tundra]

Nah, I can criticize some of the best games I've played

[finite dragon]

mooze is unbeatable in terms of atmosphere imo so i was always upset when mods changed it but for standsalone i guess its basically a necessity?

[sleek tundra]

I just can't criticize NLC 7 because I haven't played it enough, and for all I know it gets worse later on, but at least I played for 25 ish houes

[gilded sentinel]

Been to x16 already?

[finite dragon]

if you dont mind dropping me the link too i'd gladly have it, even though im probably first gonna do a modernized vanilla trilogy playthrough to stock up on the lore again before S2 drops

[sleek tundra]

It's hard to find a link for non English games/mods, half of the time you can't even tell what version you downloaded

[sleek tundra]

Late reply but this is true. You'll never find an unbiased NLC review, the mod is pretty niche and has a small playerbase

Those who like it usually love hardcore survival/survival horror games regardless, and those that don't only played for a short period, not enough to give a proper review

[hazy helm]

what I am talking about is the usual biased pool when it comes to community feedback of new indie games
when they are small you get 2 fields,ppl that do not like it so they do suggestions to change the game to what it isnt so they can enjoy it,and the field of ppl that do not criticise it bc they like the game already and have very little to bad to say,so in the end you have either very polarising opinions that do not want your game and simply want your game to be something else and opinions that have nothing constructive due to a lack of bad things to say
as the game gets more noteriety it will get another pool,a pool of ppl that say they always liked the game from the beggining and dont have anything worth it to hear

[sleek tundra]

This mod has been out for a long time, it's only recently getting more popular thanks to me. And besides, indie games can't be criticized in general regardless. UnderTheMayo criticized Ultrakill in his review, and the community lost their crap over his takes.

Indie Games are pretty much invulnerable to bad reviews and criticism, because of the modern gamer mentality where triple A equals bad, and indie equals good.

I've seen multiple people genuinely believe that Stalker is an indie game, how naive

[gilded sentinel]

It’s getting so popular 3 people play it now

[sleek tundra]

That's good, if too many people play it, it'll become stalker gamma

[young estuary]

Is there any way that i can find Military voice sound file? i've found duty,freedom,monolith and merc(sorta) but i cant find any military voice sound files

[kindred gull]

Will it become good ? Lol

[sleek tundra]

Wdym, its already the best stalker mod. Even better than vanilla

[fair oyster]

maybe they re thinking of Anomaly, thinking some guy created the game (mod)

Honestly

( here me out )

if that Anomaly guy goes in a different direction , not trying to be Stalker, but something in that same genre...
I believe Anomaly has potential

Counter Strike was a mod for Half Life. It became popular because it focused on something else which Half Life did not have at the time
DOTA was a mod for Warcraft 3. It became popular because it offered something which Warcraft 3 did not

If Anomaly focuses less on Stalker story (which it does a bad job at it currently) and the developer makes it into , let's say a MMOFPS, it could be something better

Imagine 500-600 stalkers, on one map, in 5, 6 ,7... different factions in a massive PVP battle

[hazy helm]

anomaly was created by a bunch of ppl's efforts and loads of iterations it wasnt one single dude

[fair oyster]

probably. all that work would be insane if it was made by one man

[hazy helm]

Misery was a mod for for CoP
then came CoC the first freeplay mod
a group adapted Misery to CoC and called it CoM,then some years later a new group grabbed CoM and made Last Day and then later a new group grabbed Last Day and adapted it to Anomaly
and they didnt make all of the tools they were always working with even more ppl outside the groups,the community,to use the newer versions of OpenXray64 engine

its not one guy

its a community

[rotund fox]

You don't hear negatives about other mods other then Anomaly repacks because at this point most of the "fanbase" knows nothing else other then Anomaly

[fair oyster]

My point being, they should focus on what stalker lacks , (sorry to the devs) - a great multiplayer

from what I saw in CS, the multiplayer is not popular

[hazy helm]

the stalker multiplayer is good

[fair oyster]

it is difficult to join a server
from my experience , impossible to make a custom server

[hazy helm]

its simply not muh ERP DayZ clone

The multiplayer used gamespy tho

which has shut down

[fair oyster]

it was?

[rotund fox]

Nobody plays stalker for multiplayer and for a good reason

Also not every game needs multiplayer

[fair oyster]

true

so true
STALKER has one of the best stories I have seen in a game

[hazy helm]

nha stalker multiplayer SLAPS
its simply not a serotonin addiction simulator

but it is good

[fair oyster]

though, imagine a mmo PVPRPG

[hazy helm]

it would suck

stalker does not lend itself to MMORPGs

nor to MMOFPS

[fair oyster]

20+ bandits , real players , making a strategy to attack 30+ loners, real players to capture, let's say , Cordon's vehicle station. Strategies, plans , defense .. everything. 45+ military , real players decide to take action. Freedom, 40+ real players take notice and choose to join in ...
it would be chaotic

😆 maybe I'm too optimistic and see stuff differently

[hazy helm]

it sounds awful

perfect way to add an expiration date to your game

[fair oyster]

maybe

[sleek tundra]

Guys look, Stalker lore! Too bad it's modding lore

[fair oyster]

Fans have a lot of potential to create good fan lore in my opinion. I have seen enough to say it.

[vernal widget]

[hazy helm]

I have seen a lot more bad idiotic fan lore than good,but there is good out there

[vapid current]

I installed Stalker just for the multiplayer, same thing with Doom 3

[vernal sluice]

I've expected you to explain how "the engine itself isn't bad" when the developers of the engine said the opposite.

[sleek tundra]

"Dev said X isn't bad, so it totally isn't"

[vernal sluice]

X-Ray devs said that it is bad in terms of performance and has many flaws

[hazy helm]

X-Ray isnt the worst engine ever made and it has some positives but yes,it is an outdated engine that would take a lot of resources and time to modernise

I would rather use X-Ray for 3d FPS's than use GODOT

and you will never make me use C4 engine

[sand fiber]

whyy

[hazy helm]

GODOT sucks for big projects,and 3d games in general

[sand fiber]

cruelty squad in x-ray when

[hazy helm]

dont think I could do it,but if it did happen it would run better than what we have currently

[night lodge]

hello I am playong radiophobia and I am trying to kill the military under the bridhe, but I keep getting killed in one shot any idea?

is this because of the mod that its so difficult?

radiophobia 3 yes

[hazy helm]

when they fix the IGPU preformance come back to me
they will neve do that

really big issue

you literally cannot play if you do not have a GPU or if you dont own certain IGPU models

like I cannot play on my laptop despite it being a Ryzen 5800h

[vernal sluice]

Maybe its because of modern IGPU?

[hazy helm]

no its bc GODOT sucks in general,for 3d games that are big

youd have a better time with some obscure japanese engine

https://godotengine.org

the home for small cash grabs and shitposts

anything larger?

use a better engine

[night lodge]

How do I stop dying from radiation? i am only in cordon and I keep dying from radiotion..

[hazy helm]

it was a joke

[night lodge]

no clicks on my screen

[hazy helm]

in SoC you can use Antirads and Vodka
in every stalker

[night lodge]

I know but i am still doing my first mission

[hazy helm]

then why is he asking here

[night lodge]

no audible cliksc

[hazy helm]

@night lodgemods go to #🔩┃trilogy_modifications and say what mod your using

💀 the goddamn channel for mods

[night lodge]

this mod is only visual

I dont know what to do lol all the mission I have seem impossible, cant kill the military under the bridge and I cant do other jobs since I die of radiation but to buy antiradiation helmets and pills I need to do those jobs..

Yes and its green and slowly goes to red as I bleed out

[hazy helm]

its not Radiophobia changes the entire game

it rebalnces the game

[night lodge]

yes I know but how do I avoid it

hmmm also more radation zones?

yeah but I need money to buy those

and the jobs are inside of radionzones, its and endless loop

yes this is soc

[hazy helm]

@night lodgehave you ever played SoC actually?

[hazy helm]

its not its Radiophobia 3

[night lodge]

yes without mods its easier i know

[hazy helm]

Radiophobia 3 completely changes SoC

its not the same game

it adds stuff

[night lodge]

I know but it should still be playable right

[hazy helm]

what?

[night lodge]

am I missing something? a improtant mission maybe?

[hazy helm]

radiophobia 3 is playable you just seem to not know how to play even SoC

[night lodge]

I have played SoC yes, I know how to

yes

[hazy helm]

then you must know how to get rid of radiation

[night lodge]

I need to pass the bridge first

they kill me in one shot

[hazy helm]

you could either bribe the guards or just go thru the tunnel

[night lodge]

oke I will try thank you

how do I stop bleeding? I used 3 bandages?

[hazy helm]

just ping each other here and discuss it

like

[sleek tundra]

Should've warned us, it was never stated that we can't discuss there

[hazy helm]

I did warn you

[exotic beacon]

How can I cheese the phy sucker in the agroprom underground?

That thing has killed me one to many times

[hazy helm]

just hide behind a wall and pop your head out to shoot it,once,use the lean buttons

[finite dragon]

hi everyone im new here

can i ask lore questions in this channel?

[hazy helm]

yes ask away

[finite dragon]

its about freedom i cant understand their goals and motivation

why they want the preservation of the zone?

[gilded sentinel]

Wiki ?

[hazy helm]

they want the zone to be free for everyone,that means not only ppl coming in and out,but also the research and anything that comes out of the zone

they do research on their own as well and publicaly release the results

[finite dragon]

so like the ecologist?

(im also new in the games sorry for the ignorance)

[hazy helm]

there is no ecologist faction
the ecologists arent stalkers

[gilded sentinel]

Nope , at least in the games they’re not

[hazy helm]

the ecologists is are the conjunction of scientists under government pay working in the zone

[finite dragon]

ok i think i understand it better now

I will try to play on their side anyway to try to make it clear thanks

[hazy helm]

you playing Clear Sky or Shadow of Chernobyl?

[finite dragon]

clear sky

i finished sow 2 weeks ago more or less and i needed more xd

[hazy helm]

nice

[finite dragon]

yes i loved the sow world and the marked one is a great protagonist

[sudden ember]

Yo I'm trying to disable the brain scorcher, i have the SP-99 and the psi helmet but i die,
not yet at the antenas or whatever

[finite dragon]

time runs out?

[sudden ember]

not yet in the actual building or facility itself, im kinda still fighting the monoliths that are protecting it.

[finite dragon]

more context

[sudden ember]

wait nah i think i was going the wrong way. im gonna break my keyboard i cba

[finite dragon]

good luck lmao

[solid dome]

Another day at the No Stalker 2 News bar almost gone

Gather around, we will drink till we lose consciousness and wake up in 2024

[finite dragon]

hi nice to meet you dude

[solid dome]

@finite summit @pallid dune @finite dragon @hazy helm

Calling the folks for a No Stalker 2 News bar meetup

[finite summit]

[solid dome]

I am no drinker but...

Today I'll drink myself till my eyes pop off

Are you okay with it @finite summit ?

[finite summit]

If it doesn't kill you then yeah

[solid dome]

It's cheapest alcohol, Liveroffka. Makes your liver go off.

[vernal magnet]

[solid dome]

You joining the Stalker-o-holism club?

[vernal magnet]

not my first bottle of cossacks lol

[solid dome]

We have expert drinker right eere

[west harbor]

send me s.t.a.l.k.e.r pics that i can use as a pfp

[solid dome]

Petruha OnlyFans?

[dry imp]

i thought only vasim had one

[finite dragon]

Hello peoples long time no see

[west harbor]

hello

[finite dragon]

hello

[midnight tiger]

Hello

[velvet fable]

Anyone played Gunslinger on master with HUD enabled? Anyone know which file dictates which difficulty removes which hud elements?
Master has nothing.
Veteran has a bit.
Stalker has most of the hud.
It's a bit obnoxious.
I've extracted gunslinger config.db file, it's bound to be there somewhere. Anyone know how to enable HUD on master difficulty on Gunslinger?

[dry imp]

who?

[finite dragon]

a friend of Krezzin and Stalagnuts.

[dry imp]

i like this guy

[finite dragon]

cool

[robust badger]

Anybody saw the "new" Stalker 2 gameplay? Since I don't see any new media posted here I assume the gameplay is fake, made with ENB mods in CoP or CS. The movements looked a bit clunky anyway.

[finite dragon]

no I have not seen it, I only saw the trailer

[night lodge]

Does anyone know if gunslinger is compatible with autumn aurora 2.1?

[gilded sentinel]

doubt it

[night lodge]

are there any weapon mods like gunslinger that is compatible with AA?

[sleek tundra]

doubt it

[hazy helm]

there has been no new gameplay,post link

[hazy helm]

that was more of a story teaser tbh

[solid dome]

He who appreciates the Zone, visits the Zone now and then

[finite dragon]

Exactly my fellow stalker

[solid dome]

I mean, if you are in the zone...

Its about the feelings

Innit?

[finite dragon]

Yes I mean I am from sin I am mostly completely druged Out because were We live, Hercules is cheaper then water

But the Feelings do Matter yes

[solid dome]

Her-cool-less
Less is more

[finite dragon]

Noice saying.

[ruby quarry]

anyone know how to make bandits hostile to me in Call of Pripyat?

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[solid dome]

Kill Insultan

[distant tundra]

My weight limit has stayed on 50.00 so far, is there a way to increase it?

[toxic coral]

depends on the game youre playing but in cop and cs you can upgrade most suits to have exra carry weight or in soc if you complete all of sid's artifact jobs he gives you a sunrise suit with extra carry weight

or you can just invest in an exoskeleton

OR you could edit the game files and manually change the limit but i wouldnt know where to find that

[gilded sentinel]

hercules

[distant tundra]

Is hercules in SoC?

[distant tundra]

I prefer playing games legitimately before messing with the game files, but thank you for the advise!

[toxic coral]

unfortunately not

oh i also forgot about artifacts

theres a bunch of them that can increase your carry limit

i cant recall if soc has them but the other 2 games do

[gilded sentinel]

no bonuses fro carry weight in soc

except fro exo suit but its garbage

[toxic coral]

you got the tourist suit

you can sprint in that but its still a sunrise suit so not too good

[shell elk]

i exist againb????

[solid dome]

Conan is

[finite dragon]

hi

[open socket]

bye

[finite dragon]

age of hercules unchained.

[fair oyster]

hey guys, a serious problem here

why are the enemies in clear sky not re-spawning?

[dry imp]

you killed them

[fair oyster]

a bunch of times

[dry imp]

they are dead

[fair oyster]

20+ yes, but why are there no more of them

[dry imp]

they're dead

[fair oyster]

good, yeah, but bad . I cannot loot more ammo

I need ammo and enemies to rebuild the Renegade empire

[finite dragon]

In case you haven't heard.
Clear Sky is the most bugged stalker game there is.

[fair oyster]

no really??

[finite dragon]

Yes so it might be bug.

[finite dragon]

just buy ammo if you need it that bad

[fair oyster]

Damn Duty. They broke the zone. Even when it was not Duty's fault, it is still them to blame..

[finite dragon]

I don't like duty either but they are very radical so better not say that to their faces.

[fair oyster]

I said it to Mitay

he reacted as you would expect

[fair oyster]

also, buying it is not an option. I cannot afford to spend money

[finite dragon]

You know that duty is very radical probably even more then i do.

[gilded sentinel]

I’m not radical , I hate all mutants the same

[gilded sentinel]

Also acting as a touche doesn’t make you look radical

[finite dragon]

But you hate non-duty people.

[heady ether]

So uhm, randomly popping in with theory here...
I don't know how many of you have watched Star Trek: Enterprise season 3; but if you have, don't you think that it copied STALKER? Even more so Roadside Picnic.

STALKER/Roadside Picnic deserve more recognition an credit (it has a lot already, but it deserves more due to how much it's been copied without recognition)

[finite dragon]

It is star Trek dude.

I don't think anyone cared about anything after the original.

[clear ibex]

why wont merchs buy my guns in CoP??

[gilded sentinel]

Which one ?

[clear ibex]

the one on sadvadosk.

[gilded sentinel]

Beard ?

[clear ibex]

the uper one

[finite dragon]

oh owl

[clear ibex]

yep

[finite dragon]

well I don't really know it could be because he doesn't like you but that is only the case if you side with the loners instead of the bandits

or maybe he just isn't interested in guns. IDK

[clear ibex]

just started the game and got a ton of guns out of a shootout between b and l i did not interfere.

and he just bought 2 / 8

[finite dragon]

maybe because they are too damaged?

[clear ibex]

maybe

[finite dragon]

well I would say so but I don't really know. you could try selling it to the barman (beard who is also the leader of the loner in this game)

[heady ether]

I mean, probably not, but I'm still shocked that no one else has realised how it so obviously it ripped of STALKER (because STALKER and it's original book/movie came way before Star Trek: ENT)

[clear ibex]

is Cop's map smaller than SoC and CS's?

[finite dragon]

yes but that isn't a problem really because these new areas are bigger then any of the previous ones

[finite dragon]

well I would guess that nobody saw it because star trek is pretty much dead tbh

[clear ibex]

i don't mind, i just got wary when i couldn't zoom further out on the PDA.

[finite dragon]

it is gonna be alright

[clear ibex]

Well thanks, and good hunting.

[heady ether]

True, true. STALKER is probably more popular anyway

[finite dragon]

Stay safe in the zone and don't let me catch you at night! : )

[finite dragon]

Exactly

[maiden prism]

https://tenor.com/view/nerd-emoji-nerd-meme-radar-gif-26497624

[dense jungle]

Late posting but Game in the UK had PC collectors edition back in stock earlier today! (not anymore sorry)

[midnight tiger]

They have to be in near perfect condition

[solid dome]

Why the rush

It isn't like the game will come out anytime soon... Plenty of time to think about where to spend your cash.

[dense jungle]

Some people like to get pre-orders done early and out the way, and I have seen some people ask about stock, so just a heads up to keep checking even if there's no update :)

[dry imp]

getting preorders out of the way for a game you haven't even seen gameplay of

[dense jungle]

Then don't pre order!

[gilded sentinel]

Exactly

[solid dome]

Tampico means this should be a huge flashing red signal

Though within the Zone, a lot of things don't work the way they should

[hazy helm]

stalker has no movie,not books

those were bad fever dreams

collective bad trip