⭐┃nospoilers_general

[solid dome]

Question to GSC. Why is it every time you can make your customers happy with the tiniest thing possible you can share - little things do mean more to people in those hard times, you always turn your head the other way and pretend customers are to be put last in the list...

Seriously

1 darn jpeg, gif, a short audio clip, an encrypted teaser,

Is it that much to give to people who dare spend HUNDREDS of dollars preordering your game?

Where has respect gone...

[pseudo rivet]

Down the drain

[solid dome]

Every single time, when the opportunity knocks on the door, someone from the other end dashes through it and kills the chance

[pseudo rivet]

You already got your present

Q1 2024

Do you really expect more than that?

[half bone]

Are you serious or?

[solid dome]

Me?

[half bone]

Yes

[solid dome]

I'm on the verge of mental crisis right now

[pseudo rivet]

He's being serious, alright

[solid dome]

I'm giving food for thought

[half bone]

Dont check #📸┃screens_and_videos xd

[pseudo rivet]

Damn, guess I won't

[fast stratus]

Guys. Where is csg? Romania

[amber tendon]

czech republic

[solid dome]

October almost over, we're into November in couple days. "STALKER 2 is in polishing state". Give us a quick development progress report on what has been done and what remaisn to be worked on.

As if we're asking for Serga's IBAN...

[pseudo rivet]

You're obviously expecting too much

[amber tendon]

q1 2024

[solid dome]

And how is that a reason to make me preorder, say if I was a newcomer to the universe?

"Here, a yet to be decided upon release window, enjoy"

[amber tendon]

cancel preorder if you feel unsure

that shrimple

[solid dome]

What if the person wants to preorder but has to be convinced first in the product's qualities?

[fast stratus]

Oh

[amber tendon]

you could back on gamescom

of an unfinished product

[solid dome]

So how would that make a good look for GSC, if everyone unsure about, heck, whatever it is, goes on to cancel his/her preorder?

[amber tendon]

I mean I am keeping mine, you know how much of a gamble recent games are Krezzin

Payday 3 for instance had an alright beta, yes there were issues but it was working, few months passed and the game is a disaster

[solid dome]

Yep, games do be getting pricier and sh*ttier

[amber tendon]

shadow warrior 2 was good and I preordered back then couldn't put down keyboard and we had only 2 gameplay reveals in 2 years period

just don't over hype yourself man

[pseudo rivet]

So you're saying AAA quality games have become bad?

[amber tendon]

they can be good

[solid dome]

Wheels have turned

[pseudo rivet]

How often. though?

[amber tendon]

once in a blue moon

[solid dome]

Often AAA games are crappier with indies being the actual triple-As

[pseudo rivet]

Fr

[solid dome]

How do we say it, is Triple-A standing for Triple-Ass?

[amber tendon]

my point is there is nothing new to show

[pseudo rivet]

I mean, they've practically shown nothing, tbh

[amber tendon]

might end up with block buster release trailers where all the good bits are already shown in a trailer

[pseudo rivet]

So there's plenty to show us

[solid dome]

In relation to STALKER 2?

[amber tendon]

I mean I would be excited to see things for the first time in the leaks I saw

[solid dome]

In general perhaps?

[amber tendon]

anomalies? check
mutants? check
factions? check
guns? check

and they looked raw in the trailer for a reason, maybe because everything is in development iunno :^)

[pseudo rivet]

But even then, their approach of cinematic trailers instead of actually showing features and possible scenarios isn't really the hype material a game company should want to publish

[solid dome]

I don't know, my duder, I do know one real thing - GSC & double standards is like common thing within the community

[amber tendon]

you watched how stalker soc was developed

same shit different day

[solid dome]

Different ship, different staff

Can't compare the development of the OG to the NG

[amber tendon]

ofcourse because the old team have already moved on to other projects

not to mention less then 20 years ago they also weren't as experienced as now

[solid dome]

One is developed in a fast moving world of tech by a group of more than 200 people, other compared to the new game, feels like a garage development

[amber tendon]

now imagine if the development team changed from oldies to new staff

I am pretty sure they are stepping on the same nails in planks as they did back in 2007

and again the "garage development" had a sponsor

[solid dome]

I'm not really sure you want to compare a the dev cycle of the original to the new title, simply by the fact the OG team was under the pressure of a 3rd party publisher

[amber tendon]

I think that new team is in the same boat too

[solid dome]

A bit different boat, it's a yacht

And the management gives the route coordinates

[amber tendon]

more like yacht exchanged for 100 smaller boats as everyone works in different conditions

[solid dome]

If I was Elon Musk and I had to pay billions only to get rid off the current manavement in GSC, I'll do it. Just for the cause.

[amber tendon]

I would kms if I was Elon Musk tbh

[solid dome]

Many career options out there, every employee can find an alternative

Kill yourself without doing smth good beforehand?

Waste of potential, maboy

[amber tendon]

Elon has done that?

[solid dome]

No, if it was you, maybe you could do any good

Moving on, how about we speculate if Q1 is just an illusion for Q2 to be Q3, in fact Q4 into infinite hiatus

[amber tendon]

there is no reason not to speculate about that

but I would like to believe it's q1

besides I've wrote Q1 2024 on my nonstop can

it expires in 2025

[solid dome]

Lol

[amber tendon]

I. AM. STILL. WAITING. FOR. F4NV. PROJECT.

now that would be great

[pseudo rivet]

I'd rather have a remake of F3 than NV

[amber tendon]

I would much rather not chase my dad over the whole wasteland

literally went for cigs why should I care

[pseudo rivet]

Damn, you'd rather want to chase some guy you don't even know over the whole wasteland while being railroaded?

[amber tendon]

in fallout 4 my son could turn into dust after like 200 years and my dad from f3 couldn't trust me on his life wish

wish to chase for family members dissipates when there are like 100 (more like 20) things happening in the wasteland

[pseudo rivet]

So, more interesting quests than NV? Sounds good to me

At least we can all agree on one thing

Tactics is the best Fallout

[amber tendon]

I can't

haven't played it

[pseudo rivet]

Bro, I just said "we can all agree on one thing"

You've got to agree, you must

[amber tendon]

like fallout 3 doesn't land for me

I couldn't give 2 shits about enclave and bos problems

[pseudo rivet]

True

[amber tendon]

which is the only thing happening in fallout 3

[pseudo rivet]

So, let's see, that means F1, F2, Tactics, F3, F:NV, F4 and especially F76 are just wack

[amber tendon]

in fnv bos and enclave are dead shells of former selfs

I can progress in the game without carrying for them

[pseudo rivet]

Yeah, NV really missed the nail on that one, huh?

[amber tendon]

wdym "missed a nail"

they literally stated the obvious

if both of them turn the whole world against each other they won't survive

[pseudo rivet]

Simple, all factions are at their worst and it's so obvious that everything happened so all factions could be weak. It's honestly kinda insulting

[amber tendon]

you aren't disturbed by the fact that bos is only concerned about themselves in fo3 too?

[pseudo rivet]

Either the story should've been earlier or certain events shouldn't have happened

[pseudo rivet]

Except they aren't?

Unless you mean the Brotherhood Outcast

[amber tendon]

I am probably thinking about outcasts

[pseudo rivet]

(Which are so underdeveloped. They had potential)

[amber tendon]

bos actions are aimed towards restoring the old world

and in the old world there weren't mutants

raiders or problem with education

[pseudo rivet]

You're confusing BoS with NCR at the moment

[amber tendon]

yea at least I can try to help ncr

which I am tired off so I don't

[pseudo rivet]

NV moment

It's just

[amber tendon]

yea I can take over NV for myself

[pseudo rivet]

It could've been better

NV, I mean

Even in story and setting

[amber tendon]

fallout 3 could have been better as a whole period

it was the first game I played in fallout series and I haven't touched it since

[pseudo rivet]

True

At least it is better than F:NV

[amber tendon]

Not at all

my argument is in fallout 3 you can play as a good guy or a bad guy without seconds thoughts in a world that becomes empty after you hit max level

[pseudo rivet]

That's the case with every RPG?

[amber tendon]

in fnv I am at least interested about different sides of factions who put different spin on solving the crisis

[amber tendon]

not for fnv

[pseudo rivet]

It is

Also, Caesar's Legion objectively the Evil option

[amber tendon]

NCR is also objectively evil

[pseudo rivet]

They all are

Some just way worse

[amber tendon]

and if I don't agree with any of them

I can flip them all off

[pseudo rivet]

But if you do that, you go with the Yes Man ending and don't control anything, either

[amber tendon]

that's how it is

[pseudo rivet]

Indeed

[amber tendon]

neither ncr or ceaser would

[pseudo rivet]

It wack

[amber tendon]

almost as if the world would live on

and didn't end like a fairy tail

The lake in Washington (A state that is literally in the right corner of irradiated US) is purified yippee :) and then everyone kissed :) father is f-ing dead :)))))))

also there was a vault with bunch of Garries

I especially enjoyed Garry 11

[pseudo rivet]

Just like the California had to become stable for Fallout 1 to "progress" to 2 and NV, so to did the East Coast have to become more stable

Besides, Lake Mead from NV is also purified

[amber tendon]

California state asa whole is unstable

just like Washington

a river purification won't solve the problems with raider or super mutants

and with only like force to step in is bos

[pseudo rivet]

Capital Wasteland is way more unstable than the Mojave, though

[pseudo rivet]

That's why they do step in

[amber tendon]

and they don't do anything

[pseudo rivet]

Nah, they do, but it's hard when it's decentralized and when they're in a defensive hold

Patrols do get sent out

It's just too much for too few

[amber tendon]

fallout 3 is on discount

should I just give it another try

[pseudo rivet]

I'm obviously biased, so I'd say "Yes"

[amber tendon]

I am just REALLY going to miss all qol that fnv had

[amber tendon]

I'll treat it like popcorn

[pseudo rivet]

Eh, there's not that much, other than the companion wheel

[amber tendon]

or weapon overhaul

[pseudo rivet]

And the mods for weapons

But it's not that big of a deal

[amber tendon]

or perks or traits or skill refurbish

or player homes

[pseudo rivet]

Wait, wtf are you on? 🤨

[amber tendon]

traits aren't a thing in f3

[pseudo rivet]

Correct

[amber tendon]

they only increase stats like give numbers

[pseudo rivet]

🤨

[amber tendon]

in fnv you could build your deck around energy weapons where a critical hit would wipe a horde of enemies who are standing close to each other for example

or explosives perk would allow me to craft more variety of throwables with less punishment

I could actually play as pacifist and it would work because I don't have to roll for speech check

why is the last thing not a thing

[pseudo rivet]

🤨

[amber tendon]

I bought it

[pseudo rivet]

Good luck

And hopefully you'll like it

What build are you planning to use?

[amber tendon]

don't want to see 1 hour introduction?

[amber tendon]

I will kill my dad

other than that iunno

a lot of guns are pea shooters

[pseudo rivet]

Nice joke

[amber tendon]

maybe I will run with 44 magnum that you can get at the sstart

[delicate vector]

we should throw all dutiers into a burner

[amber tendon]

Johnny please you watch dutiers in femboy dresses

[pseudo rivet]

Real

[amber tendon]

don't deny it

[delicate vector]

sorry, only bloodsucker for me

[amber tendon]

like bethesda were really inspired by half life's train scene

[pseudo rivet]

Bethesda games do B Bethesda games

Man, I wish they expanded more upon the Brotherhood Outcast in F3

Would've been neat to have an Outcast build

Unfortunately, F4 kinda did with it's Creation Club content

Which is pretty oof

[amber tendon]

isn't f4 as a whole a big oof?

[pseudo rivet]

Definitely

It's an unfinished game

[amber tendon]

like take introduction from fallout 3 and multiply it by 3 times

and survival mode is just so offputting

like literally nothing was put to change it

it's unforgiving to the point of alt-f4 ing

overweight? haha die :)

and nothing effects survival, you can't help but suffer from it

like the game forces you to play minecraft and build a shelter every 5 steps and each has to be fitted

[pseudo rivet]

Settlement Moment

[amber tendon]

and excuse me

each has to fitted with water, electricity, comfort items, protection, trading posts to cover the costs

like I can do my taxes instead

[pseudo rivet]

It is tedious, yeah

[amber tendon]

also like my problem that I have with both f3 and 4 weapons being just bland

[sour meteor]

Duty is in cop, right??

[amber tendon]

there is your weapon that takes .38, here is one that uses .308 and this uses 5.56

[sour meteor]

Oh thank god.

[amber tendon]

that's it, no way to upgrade it or differentiate the palate

[pseudo rivet]

But F4 are especially upgradable? Even to the point that other modifications are straight-up garbage

Which is kinda oof, tbh

[amber tendon]

like yea

why would I use auto shotgun if my db has comedic infinite magazine

or why would I retrofit my rifle to .38, just because the ammo is annoyingly everywhere?

[pseudo rivet]

Assault Rifle being 5.56mm is dumb

[amber tendon]

like in f3 besides ar there wouldn't be any use for 5.56

and in f4 there is no use for other guns because you have 2 of choice that work the best

[pseudo rivet]

Fallout honestly works best as a TTRPG template, imo

Too bad that doesn't "really" exist

I mean, it kinda does, but nobody plays it

You know how it is

[amber tendon]

turn based and what guh?

I played first and second I've spent 60 hours

[pseudo rivet]

Tabletop

[amber tendon]

ah

[amber tendon]

anyways time to get out of womb of my mother that is about to die

But first I have to listen to Ink spot

[pseudo rivet]

[amber tendon]

I soft locked the game....

Dad won't leave my cage because I closed the gates and standing right at the exit lol

Funny bug

There we go I fixed it

[amber tendon]

Would you like to play Caravan some time tho?

[pseudo rivet]

I've never really got Caravan, tbh

[amber tendon]

It's good and I only learnt it like after 9 years of game's existence when I had to move lol

[pseudo rivet]

I do want to learn it, tbh

Is it hard?

[drowsy violet]

TBH if you want to make caps quick in NV I suggest getting max luck and spend some time in the casinos.

[pseudo rivet]

Real

[drowsy violet]

For real. There is even an achievement called the courior who broke the bank. You need to get banned from every casino because you are winning so much.

[strong drift]

i own all old stalker games and i just pre ordered 2 and the question is
do i need to play the old ones to get used for the game or just wait for 2?

[worthy lagoon]

play the old ones

[amber tendon]

Not at all

[strong drift]

which one should i start with?

[amber tendon]

Shadow of chornobyl

[strong drift]

ok thx

[delicate raptor]

ngl imo play Stalker Anomaly mod which will fuse i think all stalker games into one single free and standalone game

still for anyone who doesnt own stalker games, do be sure to buy them as the devs who worked on Stalker do deserve it for this great world they created
But atm Anomaly is kinda a very big improvement over usability vs stalker base games imo but you lose in lore

if you want the story untouched ye, play Shadow of Chornobyl

[hazy helm]

do you want a slap or 2

[delicate raptor]

oh it isnt allowed?

[hazy helm]

NO ONE IN THIS HOLY HOUSE WILL BE REOCMMENDING A MOD TO A NEW COMER
an act of blasphemy,pure heresy,and high treason
as for an answer
Anomaly is a mod which is not the main games,it is not stalker,it is anomaly,we should be separating these mods from the main games and the main games from these mods as both give completely different experiences,if you want to play stalker,play stalker,if its anomaly,play anomaly,these are not interchangable and the experience you get from playing one is not the same or comparable to the other

[delicate raptor]

well alr then

[strong drift]

for a second i thought he will recommend GAMMA 🫠

[delicate raptor]

nah

[hazy helm]

god you made me remember
I was so close to forgetting what that was

I don like it ,some ppl do,thats fine really

I also like some PRETTY f`d up stuff

NLC7

[delicate raptor]

lmao

we are all f up in some way or another

i do like it, i dont like the made up lore that justify the gameplay but its kinda its own idea at this point anyway

[strong drift]

i think ppl love it for the new stuff and engine and graphics

but for me i dont care about graphics if the gameplay is good🤷‍♂️

[delicate raptor]

the EFP mod looks better tho

anyway i leave before i do get those slaps :v

[strong drift]

u better dip

[delicate raptor]

yo i have a question before leaving that is why i came here

i did left a suggestion a while ago in s2_suggestions and it got removed, it was suggesting if they could add X weapon that appeared in X youtuber video, i think i am self answering my question but i want to make sure, what you think?, does it violate the rule 10?

do i have to reword it or suggesting to add X weapon is not allowed?

cuz i do really think it will be cool to have that weapon in the game, heck maybe if stalker 2 can be modded i would try myself

[pseudo rivet]

Some suggestions get removed due to the lack of a format or because they're already posted before

It's not always said to the suggestor though, so I suppose that happened

[hazy helm]

removed due to format

[hazy helm]

dont want to clog up the chat with warnings

[pseudo rivet]

Yup

[hazy helm]

its better to simply silent delete

[pseudo rivet]

Which is why suggestion discussing was based

[delicate raptor]

oh i didnt check the pins in that channel, thanks for the clarification

[hazy helm]

with how calm stuff has been,we may bring it back,just a matter of talking to mol1t about it

[delicate raptor]

well it will give more engagement imo

i will repost it but i think i will remove in what video it appears just in case tho

it technically is promotion of a youtuber so ye

[floral valley]

Tell me about it

Pretend I'm a therapist

[hazy helm]

get me a padded cell,I like NLC7]

[floral valley]

No go ahead I'm curious

[hazy helm]

I dont get what Im supposed to do here ngl

[floral valley]

What kind of experience is it

[hazy helm]

its strange,its this completely stressful yet mind enriching mod,it actually makes you take stuff slowly and think your objectives and goals,its more chilled out,the focus isnt on combat and in fact mutant combat is this prevalant bc Syak thought it would be boring without,its about wandering the zone and fuffiling quests and desires other have,but,its so cryptic and hard in its presentation that 99% of every player is turned away before seeing the beauty thjat it has inside

in short I cant believe Hideo Kojima stole this mods idea and made Death Stranding

[pseudo rivet]

[floral valley]

What is it comparable to in terms of cheek clappingness

[hazy helm]

your first mission is to find a physical container in a randomized location in cordon,without a suit,nor a knife,(without a suit tushkanos can three shot you (tushkanos always roam in packs of 3-5) and dogs and boars one shot you),you do all this,to get a makarov

[pseudo rivet]

With no ammo?

[hazy helm]

nha you get ammo

you need to do the bandit ATP quest to getn the AK (the best way to do it is to do it peacefully bc if you dont you will have a bad time later in the game)

in short,be sensible and kind,and they will be sensible and kind back to you

[floral valley]

Also

What is the hardest, most excruciating mod out there

[hazy helm]

I dunno,most likely a soup one,NS?maybe

[pseudo rivet]

Complete, duh

[floral valley]

NS?

[hazy helm]

Narodnaya Solyanka

[floral valley]

Aah heard of it

Is it really worse than OP 2.2

[hazy helm]

the newest OGSR NS should prob be worse

[floral valley]

Must be traumatic then

[hazy helm]

wouldnt know,never played either,tied up with NA7

[floral valley]

Aaand what is that? Tryna make a list here

[hazy helm]

New Arsenal 7 is a mod that adds quests,changes completely the main quest,revamps thje gameplay and adds tons of guns and areas to SoC

[solid dome]

I still can't get over the Xbox Partner Preview skipped STALKUH 2

Give a man an opportunity and he'll sh*t on

[flint moth]

Hey guys I wanna get myself the leather trenchcoat that stalker infamously uses, minus the hood.

Anyone got any ideas wtf was the inspiration or what is it called.

Checking all over the internet for one

[misty kayak]

we got a new stalker addict on deck

this game is like crack. i am gonna start playing with modded SoC, anomaly and gamma while i play through the trilogy i think. i am all in on the lore and gameplay

this game is everything fallout wishes it was.

[drowsy violet]

To be honest it's only a matter of time before the world knows about The Zone.

[misty kayak]

as soon as 2 hits the ground this series is gonna be on top of the charts for sure.

some games that are this hard discourage me because they are being hard just for the sake of it. this game teaches you lessons. They are painful but meaningful and your death is your fault.

[nimble cipher]

cleverleviathan has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[drowsy violet]

Well I mean in the Lore of STALKER. Something like The Zone is something you just can't hide forever. I am surprised that NATO hasn't already tried to get involved.

Let me tell you something, if someting like this happened IRL, information about it would spread like wildfire.

[ruby quarry]

NATO did get involved in some way, Free Stalker and Mercenaries from Clear Sky did mention international soldiers and western forces
In Call of Pripyat, Nimble did mention his GP-37 was from a failed international expedition into the zone

[amber tendon]

mercenaries existence?

[fast stratus]

Hi

[solid dome]

Demo

We been let down for 9999th time

[broken latch]

Tbh I'd be happy with just ray of hope mod releasing

[amber tendon]

Didn't they delay it?

And moved to UE?

[broken latch]

It's been delayed and in the works before queen of England was even born

[amber tendon]

I missed "I'd be"

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[knotty carbon]

Rest in Peace Viktor Smagin. 🙏

[grand rock]

Damn, just discovered the concept for ray of hope

That looks very cool, not sure how feasable it is tbh

[gilded sentinel]

Ray of hope may probably be the most important mod ever made , imagine it becoming a platform for other mods , like nlc,ogsr,gunslinger. Really hope it works out

[hazy helm]

You know ppl say this about anomaly and it sounds like a horrible thing to be done

Like the most souless thing you could do to the community

[gilded sentinel]

You mean anomaly on unreal engine ?

[hazy helm]

No,I mean the comments about RoH
I hope they dont lose all their drive when S2 releases...but demanding or even thinking that every mod will be ported and merge on their homebrew UE+Xray sounds like the most souless Ive heard in the while

Taking away a big part of their individuality

[gilded sentinel]

I think it’s a good thing , stalker modding is practically dead , most of new projects are just anomaly versions. A lot of people literally just played everything there is , so if this whole thing works out , it may start a new era of modding

[grand rock]

Why?

[hazy helm]

stalker modding is dead
Stalker modding is arguably the most creative its been with loads of projects that arent anomaly based

[grand rock]

Like why do you think its soulless to port mods on the newer engine?

🤔

[gilded sentinel]

Idk , mods are still coming out but none of them is actually “new” , I’m having Deja vu from simply doing anything in stalker at this point

The feelings are just not the same

[candid temple]

Make your own mods.

[gilded sentinel]

I hope that new engine changes that and hopefully we’ll have something actually great

[gilded sentinel]

I did

[candid temple]

Oh yeah okay

[grand rock]

I wonder if its not an issue of having the same maps over and over again

[gilded sentinel]

I literally can’t stand cordon

[gilded sentinel]

I’m afraid if s2 actually releases, its pretty much game over for orig stalker mods

Since s2 WILL have all the tools for modding

Not in a sense that people will stop making them , but in sense that no one will actually play them

[hazy helm]

Whenever it comes to ports to OGSR engine
Its a crapshoot
You may get a good thing like lets say Goldsphere OGSR
Or you may get one of IAMDEAD's projects where she completely replaces the entire arsenal,visual aesthetic and introduces gunslinger,whih complitely and irreversibly changes the mod to smth that is no longer alligned to how it was originally,and makes it lose its individuality when put up against other mods

The second type is more prevalent unfortunately

[candid temple]

I am oblivious to literally everything that is going on surrounding stalker news and drama, is there someone that does like updates on youtube breaking down what is going on? regarding like stalker 2 to mod creations and whatever else

[hazy helm]

It is VERY common for a new game to release in a franchise and for the modding community to lose interest since new game
Dont think stalker modding community will be affected
At least the most hardcore one

But I do Think ROH in specific would be affected

[hazy helm]

WolfStalker

[gilded sentinel]

It’s Russian only tho , but I think he has eng sub

[hazy helm]

Busy making my game sorry

[hazy helm]

learn russian silly

[candid temple]

im gettin there have no motivation though 🔥

[candid temple]

what engine and type of game?

[hazy helm]

Automatic subtitles I guess

[gilded sentinel]

I am part of vodka and vodka is part of me

[hazy helm]

Still brainstormin and whatever engine is good except UE
Im nott using UE

Never

[candid temple]

if you want to monetize your game dont use unity 💀

[grand rock]

Tbh i actually cant wait for anomaly to be transfered to the newer engine, but i also really hope for story driven mods too

[hazy helm]

i dont plan to even advertise the thing until I am done with it
Trying to make money on a passion project jus doesnt sound right + i really wouldnt want to deal with the drama driven indie game sphere (in the infinitissemly small chace the game does get big enuff)

[hazy helm]

It already is on the newer engine

[candid temple]

you got like coding or game engine experience at all?

[hazy helm]

Yes

[grand rock]

Huh? The S2 engine?

[hazy helm]

Only real problem is modeling but I prefer to tackle problems as they come instead of stressing about stuff that aren't even in sight

[hazy helm]

what a funny funny joke...you jokester

You little goofball you

[grand rock]

Ok, im lost. Clearly you are having your own fun

[worthy lagoon]

Anomaly uses X-ray engine, S2 will use UE5

There won't be Anomaly in S2, unless someone else has the will to pull out another CoC

[candid temple]

have you guys preordered S2
hopefully it isnt like bf2042

[gilded sentinel]

Just have to summon Stason from the dead again

[candid temple]

got ideas? like a first person shooter or sumn?

[gilded sentinel]

1. physically can’t
2. preorders are dumb

[grand rock]

I did, but for other reasons

[hazy helm]

so he can make the runner up best freeplay mod?

[gilded sentinel]

Wdym ? It’s THE best mod bruh

Everyone loves it

[hazy helm]

JA x Xcom actually
More so focused on setting and planning

Rn

[candid temple]

theres a big preorder button!

[hazy helm]

i prefer the taste of incomplete freeplay mods
LR,COTZ

[gilded sentinel]

Same

[candid temple]

Im not familar with JA but Xcom is pretty cool

[gilded sentinel]

After some consideration and playing , gotta admit legend returns isn’t ass !

[sturdy zodiac]

Jagged Alliance

[candid temple]

are you sure you cant preorder

[gilded sentinel]

Some countries were deprived of this opportunity

[candid temple]

Ah, i see.

[gilded sentinel]

Although I specifically can preorder , since a did some shady stuff with my steam

I still think it’s a waste of money

[candid temple]

Whys that?

[gilded sentinel]

Just remember cyberpunk

I’m sure the situation with stalker will be much worse

[sturdy zodiac]

Numerous big name titles that have released and ended up being dumpster fires

You have no guarantee what you are putting your money towards is what you are gonna get.

Nothing wrong with being patient and waiting. The game won't go anywhere.

[candid temple]

Yea

[broken latch]

Bf franchise is known for that, stalker not so however

[grand rock]

Lets be honest: i remember the SOC release. It was a nightmare and needed 6 patches over 6 months for it to be playable at all. doesnt stop it being one of my favorite games.

[drowsy violet]

wow, lol.

[honest bridge]

I play it with Mint

[solid dome]

My gut doesn't let me preorder without a frikkin Dev Progress Report

Its like every time I open the preorder page, a voice in my head tells me "Go away, not the right time" and I follow

[west harbor]

i preordered s2 just because of the free poster and dog tags

[upbeat kite]

I do, how i can help?

[upbeat kite]

Shame my gut didn't work correctly when preordering Starshit from BGS, it was like a shot i feet when i learned how is optimized and didn't catch me after 8h gameplay. Fo4 looks now like a masterpece from their studio.

[solid dome]

Yep

[half bone]

anallomy is already on a newer engine

[nimble cipher]

justsilverguy has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[half bone]

the engine has a crappy optimization

[grand rock]

I meant on S 2 engine

[half bone]

s2 engine doesnt exist

its called UE5

[hazy helm]

the OpenXray64 engine is a really good engine,and the Offshot that Anomaly uses aint bad tbh

[half bone]

i mainly use openxray for testing my maps and stuff for anomaly. advanced xray and hybrid xray is also worth mentioning

[sour meteor]

Should I help Sultan or Beard? Beard is cool, Sultan is not cool. Although, Sultan is a bandit. And bandits are funny.

[grand rock]

I know, and i hope anomaly gets ported on it someday

[hazy helm]

I am quite sure CoC is gonna be a mod for S2 (if modding allows it to) and that someone somewhere will make a bad misery overhaul for it,most likely

but the chances that a Anomaly mod goes to S2 I dont think it will happen,bc it requires a merging of a lot of stuff

someone is probably going to make that misry offshoot and keep updating it

[sour meteor]

Well. I went with Beard.

[half bone]

if there would be a s2 misery 3.0.0 im fine with it

as long as its not gamma or efp

[hazy helm]

maybe it will be even worse than Misery 2.2

[half bone]

microscopic infections update

making maps for anomaly is hard

you have to merge tons of stuff that is confusing if you dont know what are you doing

[hazy helm]

the Anomaly SDK by itself is confusing and,p bad,its not good,they promise an overhaul in 1.6,whenever that drops

[half bone]

never got the anomaly sdk, because the link is broken. i use hybridxray as an sdk tho

[hazy helm]

*the anomaly SDK is just the MLR tools btw

I can give them to you

altho,its just the VK link

[half bone]

its fine anyway

i just need to figure out how to add volumetric fog

[half bone]

basically if you want level changers to work you need to handwrite the new level changer

[hazy helm]

yhea

[half bone]

or you can use the sdk for help with positions and other stuff but i find hand writing easier

[hazy helm]

its conveluted,but that is also bc anomaly is conveluted by itself with the ammount of messy work that has been done

[half bone]

anyway just did the spawn thing. and if its correct it will work 100%

cant post pictures here so i will post them in #📸┃screens_and_videos

[solid slate]

will stalker 2 come to ps or to macos?

[half bone]

steam lists it only for windows atm. i think mac os support will be included in the game

im not 100% sure

[solid slate]

i hope

[upbeat kite]

Yeppp

[patent cargo]

Hello stalker

[finite dragon]

im still alive stalkers

[flint moth]

Most depressing stalker faction

[drowsy violet]

Have to say Monolith because all you are to them is a brainwashed slave.

[floral valley]

This says a lot about society

[sour meteor]

Where did the whole freedom+bloodsucker ship come from? It's just so weird. Is it something the community made up or?

[hazy helm]

comunity made up

[floral valley]

There's a reference to it somewhere but it's way over exaggerated

[broken latch]

Wasn't the original about bandits and bloodsuckers, I don't even remember if it's even from the triology anymore

[hazy helm]

@pseudo rivet you still have the image?

[solid dome]

Unlikely

[winter comet]

Think we'll see an update on STALKER 2 at this year's TGA?

[fierce flower]

bandits r cringe help beard

[deep plank]

How to scare stalker?

[candid temple]

Boo

How can i equip the psy helm

[fierce flower]

its automatic

when u enter the cnpp

[half bone]

The misery devs are active on their facebook

So i guess there will be misery 3.0.0

[sour meteor]

How the hell did the stalker community even come up with this

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[finite dragon]

:3

[finite dragon]

Hello guys. How are you?

[finite dragon]

Got a math exam, hbu?

[finite dragon]

good luck

Thenk

i procrastinate sadly

[finite dragon]

It was easy but my brain stopped comprehending the questions I was reading at the last problem

Guess i'll lose 7 points then

Cant wait to finally get a job next year

[flint moth]

@finite dragon
Love your memes

[finite dragon]

Thanks, I spend minimal effort on them

[flint moth]

It's 2023.

[finite dragon]

I know :3

[honest bridge]

More a meme is with low effort the more is fresh and good

[finite dragon]

Kinda true tbh

[honest bridge]

Of course because I say only facts

[honest bridge]

Facts 👆👆👆

[flint moth]

I think irl if the zone existed

I'd go with either freedom or mercenaries or loners.

Freedom cus they care about each other alot.

And I need affection
Mercenaries cus they're just doomers with money.
So I'll fit in
Loners are just regular doomers

So I'll fit in too

I failed science so I would suck as an ecologist

And I hate religion so I couldn't pass as a sin or monolith

As much as the funny cheeki breeki meme goes for stalker I hate bandits and renegades. Bandits less cus they have a code. They're Anarchists but asshole Anarchists.

Renegades are basically assholes without a purpose.

I couldn't be a Dutyer because Duty is essentially a bunch of LARPers or people from ex Ukraine Military or Loners who agree with their goals.

I'm just rambling sorry I'll stop

[hazy helm]

wtf are you talking about

[sturdy zodiac]

[flint moth]

What I'd do if I was in the stalker universe zone if it was a real thing.

[hazy helm]

Reading this is like taking jabs at my understanding of the lore

https://tenor.com/view/what-the-fuck-man-stressed-problematic-gif-15976565

Damn they took ma right

[flint moth]

Sorry.

[hazy helm]

Well if I need to say one thing is
Sin doesnt exist in the games lore

[flint moth]

They're mentioned tho.

[hazy helm]

Im not gonna correct any other stuff

[hazy helm]

Black stalkers are mentioned
Sin is nowhere to be seen in the lore

And they arent a faction in there either

[flint moth]

Sin stalkers are basically black stalkers.

[hazy helm]

No they arent
And the black stalkers are a myth

They dont exist,they are a rumour that stalkers talk about

[flint moth]

And I haven't mentioned ISG but there's that one video to back up my claim that they did exist because ISG was supposedly used for a beginner clan for clear sky.

[hazy helm]

Dunno where you pulled Sins existance from
They are from cut concepts of Oblivion Lost

[hazy helm]

It wasn't

[flint moth]

mf I will find that video.

[hazy helm]

I know that video mf

And I know what youre honna tell me

And no it isnt

ISG is not a faction
No its not in the games
No it wouldnt have a big impact in the story
No they dont exist in tbe the lore

[flint moth]

I WILL CONSIDER THEM REAL UNTIL STALKER 2 RELEASES

[hazy helm]

you will keep being wrong even when S2 releases huh

[flint moth]

If S2 releases and there's no sin or isg or the black slugs or the dark stalkers or the interception imma be sad

[hazy helm]

why do you expect them to be there in the first place?

[flint moth]

Because I'd hate for such a faction to be cut just because.

Like why not make use of old cut content to boost the lore

[hazy helm]

Like the black stalkers,sure,they are a cannonised myth
But Sin?nha,ISG is completely fan made at this point since the Loxohotron build mashup that featured them only featured textures of them
No lore
No reason for them being there other than "being guided"

The VAs are for combat which are used by every single npc

[flint moth]

I will hold on to hope

[hazy helm]

Bc Sin is and Monolith in the lore are basically just offshots of themselves
So cut one and deepen the other
That was the rationale behind them being cut

And ISG has nothing
Not a smidge a single thing
The have some textures

They are insignificant

i dont understand how they became popular

Besides
Stalker SHOULDN'T concerned itself with what goes on outside the zone

[flint moth]

They should add a new faction that consists of people who run away into the zone because they're considered such a political enemy by their country/other country that no country will take them for political asylum, and neither will any faction of the zone, out of sheer fear of getting involved with the outside world forces. So a clan dedicated to those people as a safe haven would be a cool idea

Hot take

Roast me if needed.

[sturdy zodiac]

So MGSV?

[hazy helm]

theres no need
The idea speaks for itself

[flint moth]

MGSV?

[sturdy zodiac]

You just want Outer Heaven in the Zone

[nimble cipher]

tiananmensquaremassacre1989 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[sturdy zodiac]

I'm confused

[flint moth]

HOW IS THE F WORD A BAD WORD.

[hazy helm]

But yhea
They said themselves they wouldnt be using cut stuff from S2
And there is little reason to use concepts from Oblivion Lost

[flint moth]

What's the outer heaven?

[flint moth]

Today more things have died within my man balls...

[hazy helm]

ok dude

[flint moth]

That sucks
I hope they add one new faction.

All we've gotten is clear sky and renegades just to never be used again

[hazy helm]

Bro you seen any trailer?

[flint moth]

Yea.
I don't recognise any new faction symbols.

[hazy helm]

Did you shut your hears off so that when you play you get suprised or smth?some ppl do that

[hazy helm]

Hum...Ward?thats new

[nimble cipher]

tiananmensquaremassacre1989 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[hazy helm]

Check pinned messages youll see the cypher table

[flint moth]

Did anyone's heart sank when they saw the swamp watch tower from CS being held on by vines from the ground to prevent from falling.

Like that just gives me the impression the swamps is just a wasteland and not even bandits are there anymore from the condition of that singular tower

[flint moth]

Ward?

Where pinned, in announcements?

[hazy helm]

Yhea,the new faction,revealed in the cypher and they heavely appear in the new trailers,they are the biggest topic of speculation for S2 rn,check the pinned comments of this channel

Tho if youre online spellunking bit of caution
Leaks make it kina hard nowadays to discern what comes officially from GSC and what doesnt

[flint moth]

I don't do leaks from GSC. Ever

[hazy helm]

Yhea good

[flint moth]

GSC is my biggest respected company.

But leaks for rainbow six siege yea lemme see that stuff I wanna see how ubisoft is gonna f up.

There's so many games that try to be stalker but fail
EFT
DayZ
Lost Light
9 Days
Voice of Pripyat

Stalker is stalker. No other game will com close

[hazy helm]

my brother in christ,what in the gods name do you talk about

How does EFT or DayZ try to be stalker at all

Must be a tough day for you huh...its alright
Everyone has some of those days where you just dont have your brain working all the way

[flint moth]

Probably.
I earn 190 USD a month teaching ignorant communists to speak English.

My Brain is probably fried right now from pain

Bruh I might have to get a Turkish friend to buy me a stalker 2 account.

No way I'm gonna afford it 😭

[broken latch]

Considering how the faction is shown, I have a feeling it will play out like clear sky or something

[strong drift]

is the multiplayer in 2 gonna be coop or pvp? cuz i wish for coop to play with friends

[hazy helm]

There wont be coop

Its been confirmed by the devs multiple times

[glossy blade]

Yeah

[strong drift]

:(

[hazy helm]

🤷

[strong drift]

so its gonna be pvp like tarkov or something

[hazy helm]

No

Most likely it will emulate the Original games or be a more relaxed casual experience

why is everybody bringing tarkov up this day

[strong drift]

so you're saying its gonna be RP like gta or gmod

[hazy helm]

No not at all?what gave you the idea?one of the developers especifically said it wont be anything like DayZ

[strong drift]

Hmm

honestly i only hope for a good launch day thats it and decent performance and no need to borrow a NASA pc to play

[vivid basalt]

Which gun is better in vanilla stalker soc? gp37 or ft200m?

[broken latch]

Just download xrmpe standalone mod for co op experience

[flint moth]

better tell gameradar that then, a quick google search tells me there will be multiplayer

[glossy blade]

Multiplayer =/= coop

There will be multiplayer, of course

[flint moth]

oh but no co-op alr.

[west anchor]

Stalker 2 pvp should allow us to pick a faction to represent and then we score for that faction when we win. Kinda like in for honor but without the knights and vikings

[flint moth]

i wonder how multiplayer would be

maybe itll be like COTZ for gmod, a stalker mod thats sort of like stalker anomaly except its used in servers for people to join in, each map having its own server, and then everything you do updates the other serves in real time, deaths, kills, tasks, items, emissions, etc

[west anchor]

Open world pvp stalker sounds like an absolute blast

[vivid basalt]

that kinda sounds like eft

[west anchor]

Whats eft

[vivid basalt]

escape from tarkov*

[west anchor]

Yeah, but escape from tarkov hasn't been good for over a year due to rampant hacking I doubt anybody would mind

Also it probably wouldn't just be looting and extracting with pvp mixed in

[hazy helm]

it wont be like RP

no\

[strong drift]

so its gonna be like that just dance game from ubisoft but as multiplayer

[flint moth]

S2 100% gonna have like quantum levels of cheat detection probs lmfao

[west anchor]

I hope

I want the multi-player to turn out alright no matter the direction they go with it

[flint moth]

EFT: Cheaters that aren't getting banned for years
S2 when a cheater is detected:
We have currently contacted NATO for a series of strikes from Storm Shadow missiles to target your house, the zone will take you now.

[hazy helm]

I am expecting smth similar to the other games

which were chill cs1.6 like game modes

cta,dm and tdm

[worthy lagoon]

solution is not to play MP

[flint moth]

They should add a femboy to S2

He'll probs be freedom

[hazy helm]

we should ban the word

[flint moth]

bruh why

[full estuary]

We should ban gay stuff in general

[solid dome]

Removing Pepe Julian Onzima from the hood will infuriate the world

[full estuary]

I've been living under the rock who's that

[solid dome]

Gay rights activist from the African news channel interview meme

"Why are you gay" clip, you know

[spark vortex]

femboy is cringe, there’d be nothing wrong with a well written gay person in the game

[floral valley]

Agreed

[full estuary]

Ooooh that fine piece of chad

[solid dome]

16 minutes past midnight

STALKER 2 NEWS PRETTY PLESE

[strong drift]

go to sleep

[icy tiger]

With that pfp you look like you need the sleep

[icy prism]

least delusional stalker fan

[drowsy violet]

Well in CoP I just made it to Pripyat.

[solid dome]

Still awake
5:23 am

[west anchor]

Will stalker 2 have joinable monolith I wonder

[finite dragon]

Hello guys. How are you?

[fossil crow]

it exists

[half bone]

Yes

[half bone]

Wait for misery 3.0.0

Or call of chernobyl 2.0

[solid dome]

I can bet my package (the thing down there) Anomaly 2, Misery 3 and/or CoC 2 won't ever see the light of the day

[flint moth]

It's so weird to hear za monolith

When there's a certain group that uses ZA as it's emblem

[half bone]

misery 3 at least has a story

and coc 2 has a soul

[solid dome]

You can't cancle the Zone

As much as you can't cancel the sun, it's genuinely impossible

[solid dome]

PUBLISHED SEP 9, 2022

[sly viper]

@silver pagoda this is your que

[fast stratus]

Hi

[solid dome]

Can you just not @sly viper

[silver pagoda]

COME TO ME
AFTER YEARS OF WORK
A GROUP OF SCIENTISTS MANAGED TO TAP INTO......
THE NOOSPHERE
THE EARTHS INFORMATIONAL FIELD
AN ACHIEVEMENT COMPARABLE AT BEST TO THE CONQUEST OF SPACE
DIED IN AN ANOMALY MOD
SHOT BY LONERS
FOUND WITH A STONE AROUND HIS NECK
THROWN OFF A CLIFF
TORN APART BY DOGS
YOU CANNOT KILL GOD
JUST AS YOU CANNOT GET RID OF THE SKY UP ABOVE
I AM BLIND
BUT IT IS YOU, WHO CANNOT SEE

I WAS ATTACKED WHILE IN A JOB 🔪
I'VE GOT HIT IN THE HEAD
AND WHEN I WOKE UP
I WAS IN ALMOST NOTHING BUT MY BIRTHDAY SUIT
"HERE'S YOUR BOLT!"
WHY IN THE HELL WOULD I NEED A BOLT? :questionmark:
"TAKE A LOOK AROUND"
O P E N T H E D O O R
I'VE GOT NOWHERE TO GET BACK TO, HERMAN
OVER AND OUT

[sly viper]

its news or we riot like drug addicts! i need my marketing shot, pleaaaaase!

[solid dome]

News please, our injection of life. Pain... is unbearable. You never felt such pain in your body, you're like going cold slowly.

@sly viper What they want us to do?

[sly viper]

crawl and beg till the marketing team decides its prime time for a shot.
any dates to put our hopes on? prefer chasing dates than chasing cold air trying to reach the zone...

[solid dome]

Lay on the highway?
Interrupt news broadcast?
Climb up an out of operation crane in front of mass amounts of people?
Hang from the roof of a skyscraper?
Cut open our chest SAW style on a livestream?
Drop a sledgehammer on our COD disc collection?
Venture on a dangerous hike unlikely to survive?
Enter a female convention screaming "ANDREW TATE"?

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[solid dome]

I personally like the COD disc destroyal take

Seriously, I'm ready to throw couple bucks in the river only for 60 seconds of gameplay

Straight up going to the mfin' river and capturing it on camera, livestream even if I can

I am on the very end of my ever thin patience

[loud gate]

Pipe down man

[solid dome]

I want to be filled in (on the deets)

Lol

[loud gate]

You're too horny for S2 news, mate

Just play some GAMMA to calm yourself

[west harbor]

EWWWW

[loud gate]

I mentioned GAMMA, now Sektoras is gonna show up with his GAMMA-Vasim copy pasta

[solid dome]

God, kill me while GAMMA installs so someone else has to uninstall it!

[loud gate]

EWWWW indeed

[solid dome]

Hang on will call him quick
@silver pagoda

"Greek brudda, wake up, the Imperialists are onto something"

[sour meteor]

Ok so. Pripyat isn't like a point of no return in cop, right?

[balmy hound]

Guys, do you have any info about Stalker 2 being in Paris Game's Week ?

I just cried of joy for the first time in my life reading a news article, but i'm a bit scared it's somehow not reliable.

[west harbor]

"paris" game week?

fr tho, i went there last year and lost a jojo asbr tournament

i'll try to go this year

of course, i'll report in on any s.t.a.l.k.e.r 2 intel, if theres any

[hazy helm]

Pripyat has a freeplay-esque mode after you finish the story,it sucks,it ruins story,but it is what it is

[balmy hound]

There are several websites citing S2 as being there, but you know, there are not first-hand source, although there is jeuxvideo.com

[broken latch]

I got taken to end on chopper even after choosing no

[hazy helm]

I was able to play and it wasnt very good

[drowsy violet]

IDK I think a STALKER that actually had a multiplayer mode would be interesting to me. Maybe something MMO like and it could be something that takes place after the main story. Though IDK how many actual people would be able to play as I got no idea just how big the combined map is.

[willow rivet]

we've been begging for stalker coop for years.

[hazy helm]

Stalker already has a multi mod

[drowsy violet]

The Zone is supposed to be 65km. It was 30 originally due to the chernobyl incident, then the second incident happend and it was increased to 60. I believe after that the giant emmision that happened in Clear Sky increased it to 65KM.

[hazy helm]

Yes you have
And the developers have been saying that it wont happen for years

[willow rivet]

so you're telling me there's a chance?

[hazy helm]

From the devs no

There isnt

[willow rivet]

😭

[hazy helm]

[drowsy violet]

TBH it wouldn't hurt to have a baseline story for your character in a Multiplayer setting. Everyone has their own reasons as to why they would go into The Zone.

[willow rivet]

I do not want to play a stalker MMO. lol.

[hazy helm]

yes and yours is to play a CS1.6 like gamemode

[willow rivet]

imagine trying to do something fun and some kid just starts blasting because he thinks it's call of duty.

[hazy helm]

Stop overthinking and play

[drowsy violet]

Well, COD fanboys are going to learn fast it's not that type of game.

[hazy helm]

Wdymn

you ever played Stalker Multiplayer?

Run and gun
Shootin and tootin

Grab equipment on the map and get kills so you can buy more equip

[willow rivet]

yeah... stalker multiplayer might as well just be COD.

[hazy helm]

Will neve get old to get the exosqueletoj in the Farm

And blasting fools till I get the RPG

[willow rivet]

and why I will continue begging for coop

[drowsy violet]

What I mean is besides the obvious banditry, they would learn fast they would need to stop to eat and drink, also that sprint isn't infinite.

[willow rivet]

and that's gonna stop them from blasting how?

[hazy helm]

If you beg enuff someone on the fans side will make it

[hazy helm]

clearly,youve never played Stalker mult

[drowsy violet]

They won't be doing much blasting if their starter weapon is a makrov with barely enough ammo to get around.

[hazy helm]

Ho man
The only thing stopping me from killing ppl with pistols is bad netcode

[willow rivet]

how is anybody supposed to get more than starter weapons when all these kiddos are just blasting?

[drowsy violet]

I can see the problem if all the CoD players might just go the way of Banditry.

[hazy helm]

you clearly want smth different from what Stalker Mult is

I expect Stalker 2 mult to be a modernized version of the earlier games mult

[willow rivet]

sometimes I think real life is a multiplayer death match first-person game but since we value the single life we have we created society instead

[drowsy violet]

Ok so what is this multiplayer mod as I got to try it out once I am done with CoP and SoC.

[hazy helm]

What mult mod?

[drowsy violet]

Oh wait you were talking about the actual multiplayer mode. That thing is pretty much like Counter Strike in a way?

[hazy helm]

Yes

[drowsy violet]

Yeah, I played plenty of Counter Strike Source back in the day.

Talking more of a STALKER Muliplayer mode that is actually on the map with multiple people running around. It honestly sounds fun.

[vague mirage]

I always liked the Freeplay idea for Survarium, sadly we never got it. It was going to be something akin to Tarkov but with anomalies and mutants.

[hazy helm]

It wasn't

i played that game and no it wasnt

[vague mirage]

But Freeplay was never implemented

[ornate rampart]

Coop is something I'd love as well and about online, despite I would like that too, unless they have a very solid anticheat system, it will 100% get filled with cheaters like no tomorrow, EFT style.
Imho they should do something in between, like servers with a limited amount of players but again, it there's the will, cheaters will find their way in.
I just hope people legit buy it this time and not pirate it, otherwise even the Zone would be better than this world.

[hazy helm]

Yes I used to play Survarium
Neither the plot nor the Freeplay were implemented
Im just saying
Survarium was not like tarkov at all

Ive been hearing about tarkov for way too much these past few days
Did klean stream anomaly or smth

[vague mirage]

You didn't read what I wrote. I said Freeplay was going to be, didn't say it was

[hazy helm]

I read and I said it wasnt supposed to be like tarkov nor that it was like it

[strong drift]

so no coop

[vague mirage]

I remember reading people would spawn at the edge of the map, loot, do their business and extract essentially. Maybe they changed the idea way further down the line, but initialy that's what I remember reading. Like 10 years ago mind you

[strong drift]

[hazy helm]

extraction shooter
MUH TARKOV WOW

I dunno man
Maybe Tarkov is like Marauders and Hunt Showdown instead?

[drowsy violet]

Honestly I don't much care for EFT. I could never get behind the one life and loosing equipment if you die.

[vague mirage]

You don't like Tarkov?

[strong drift]

Tarkov is shit

[drowsy violet]

No I don't. I can't get behind that you got just one life and you die you loose your equipment.

[strong drift]

Lots of BS mechanics and cheaters

[hazy helm]

I never said that
Thats an entirely new phrase dawg what

Im just wary of how much its been brought up these past few days

[vague mirage]

Then what was Freeplay about?

[hazy helm]

Smth is amiss...

[drowsy violet]

Knowing my luck and skill I would be stuck just using a knife and tier one armor.

[hazy helm]

What?

You said it in the name

[ornate rampart]

I don't mind games based on that premise otherwise I wouldn't have loved dayz mod (arma 2, not the shit standalone is) but yeah, they are not my prio either

[vague mirage]

So like sandbox mode?

[strong drift]

Will they add dances like the default Fortnite dance?

[ornate rampart]

on my grave, 100% nope

[hazy helm]

Have you ever played the freeplay mission demo that was in Survarium?supposedly persistent map that you and other could run around and fight factions on and such

Supposedly

It was all in concept stuff bc it was never made

[vague mirage]

That was just coop no?

[hazy helm]

Im p sure they stopped even trying to make a freeplay

[hazy helm]

Coop map was a kind of prototype to the freeplay tho

Since it was like a midway point to many of the features that freeplay would have

[vague mirage]

All I was trying to say is Freeplay was a cool idea that could've been very cool and way ahead of Tarkov if implemented. Instead Vostok chose to support a F2P playerbase. I would like to see something more interesting in S2 than what we got in Survarium (DM, LMS). But it's not like I'm interested in Stalker multiplayer to begin with, but with interesting gamemodes it could be

[ornate rampart]

like not in multi coming in as stock option but as a mod from modders?

[drowsy violet]

God, want to use the LMG in CoP but the ammo is rare.

[hazy helm]

Go at it the way I see it
Expect nothing more than the thing we got in last games with a progression system tied to the side

[ornate rampart]

like what they did with skyrim together

[hazy helm]

?
None of the games mentioned was like that

[vague mirage]

People just want coop slapped in in every game these days. It's not that simple, nor is it easy to implement and design.

[hazy helm]

Ppl will make a coop mode for S2
But the Devs dont want to

And thats fine

[ornate rampart]

I never said they were though, but in order to preserve the singleplayer experience I still think it would be a better alternative than implementing multi by default and having people complain that it's "not stalker". That's why I suggested it being comparable to how modders added it in games which didn't have it.

[hazy helm]

The games have mult and if by your standards a casual shooting focused online arena based shooter is not "stalker", the multiplayer there isnt stalker

Also

Mult will be added at a later date

After the games release,it is reported

[ornate rampart]

I'm already aware of this

[hazy helm]

I see your point and I can tell you the devs have already pissed ppl off by making it so the mult isnt like DayZ which rules off the RP open world Freeplay kind of mult and said there wont be any coop

You can make the math as to what its going to be from there

[ornate rampart]

chaos

[vague mirage]

Time for some deathmatch boys!

[west harbor]

from what i've read, xbox will be streaming everything on their twitch channel

gentlemen, we're eating soon

[hazy helm]

Cant wait for ppl to be disappointed again

[vague mirage]

What's going on with Xbox?

I wouldn't expect any news until at least the gaming awards

[ornate rampart]

They stalker community is one of the best I've been so lucky to be in so far and I hope it stays like that. I'm already accustomed with other communities gettings toxic just because of the mass of new incoming players "who just want to toy with new games out of boredom" and I'm at the point I became very pessimist about the whole process. That's why I'm still on the verge about multiplayer tbh.

[hazy helm]

Y'know having the multiplayer be generic WOULD be the most stalker thing they can do

[vague mirage]

We got a new trailer like 9 weeks ago, it's too soon for any new info imo

[ornate rampart]

yep, but you can't shake the fear of something bad happening regardless. The best way to mitigate issues is if the community itself refuses to deal with bad shit itself. That's what is all about.

I've seen people asking QoL features and not bothering fighting bots/buying gold/RTM etc in Wow and look what abysmally low point the game has reached.

[hazy helm]

I couldnt tell

Mult games are not my speciality

I am more so into single player games

[vague mirage]

Like which ones?

[hazy helm]

Stalker for one

[west harbor]

xbox announced that they'll showcase stalker 2 at their paris game week stand

i'll try to be there and report, of course

[vague mirage]

probably the demo again

[hazy helm]

They go to the Brazilians AND the French before Portugal?
Im salty

[west harbor]

[lost trellis]

greetings stalkers , been running benchmarks and trying to guess would be an RTX 4060 8gb would be enough to run stalker 2 proper , yes i did compare it to the devs official rtx 2070 super recommendation.
i want to build a stalker 2 on high capable pc (rtx off despite the rt card)

[hazy helm]

Altho.it isnt confirmed the specs may change at a closer date of release

[lost trellis]

i hope to god an rtx 4060 will be enough , also forgot to mention 1080p

[drowsy violet]

For STALKER 2 I hope we go slots for two primrary weapons and a side arm.

[ornate rampart]

on a scale from 1 to 10 how much stable is U5 compared to xRayEngine?

[drowsy violet]

Even though honestly Sidearms seem more like an afterthought.

[lost trellis]

far better but im still worried that my pc wont be enough

[ornate rampart]

yet you still need a sidearm to pair it with the detector

can't really pull out a shotty with that

[silver pagoda]

I, Sektoras, a Knight of The Duty church, doth proclaim that if no tidings be revealed ere January 1st, in the year of our lord 2024, I shall beseech a refund for my 100 Coin Digital edition of Stalker 2. This determination hath been wrought because, for too long, our Monarch GSC hath denied substantial intelligence concerning the game whilst receiving pre-orders for many a year prior.

[broken latch]

You're religion is denied, crusaders are on their way

[hazy helm]

Most likely yes

[hazy helm]

if used well or wrongly

[ornate rampart]

is there a difference? 🤣

[chilly coyote]

Is there anyone here who knows the anomaly mod very well? and would you help me with a few things?

[broken latch]

X-ray used right is worse then U5 used wrong

[lost trellis]

couldn't get my hands on a 2070 super the 4060 was the closest to it according to user benchmark it's 6% better

[broken latch]

What is the difference between 20,30 and 40 series, I never learnd that

[ornate rampart]

fair enough, at least we'll get multithreading and not being bottlenecked by just 2gb of ram

[broken latch]

I wish they used x-ray engine tbh

[ornate rampart]

for nostalgia? maybe they couldn't improve it much and they've just give up on it

some bugs were funny though

[hazy helm]

Always

[hazy helm]

At 1080p a 4060 should be ablw to run everything on high but the newest and most unoptimized games

Id like to remind you Alan Wake was showed thru spec sheets using DLSS

This is not an endorsement I hate DLSS

[silver pagoda]

Cometh to me
After years of toil
A fellowship of wise men didst manage to pierce into...
The Noosphere
The Earth's field of knowledge
An attainment likened at best to the conquering of celestial space
Met his end in an enigma mod
Struck down by wanderers
Discovered with a stone about his neck
Cast down from a precipice
Torn asunder by hounds
Thou canst not slay God
Even as thou canst not rid the sky above
I am sightless
But it is thou, who cannot perceive

[broken latch]

Lost to the zone

[lost trellis]

im amiming to run stalker 2 on high with rtx off in 1080 with 60fps
and im building my new pc only to run stalker 2

[broken latch]

I aim to be able to even open s2

50 max fps in cop

[hazy helm]

It should "theoretically"

[lost trellis]

honestly im afraid sys req will get worse , after the first announcement when the game was UE4 i built a pc for ue4 , it wont work , i accepted the upgrade and now im working to build a new one for ue5 and s2

[hazy helm]

My advice is do nothing until you have absolute and unequivocal proof you need to do anythinf
And you dont have any rn
So relax for now

You have plenty of time for now

[amber tendon]

Imo if I would build a pc for stalker 2 I would look for a demanding game that is made in ue5

Fortnite as an example

But in all seriousness there aren't that many released games on eu5

[lost trellis]

here is the wip setup:

• i5 10600k , rtx 4060 8gb , 16gb ram , 2tb ssd , 700w psu, 16gb ram, inwin case, 10 gen intel board ecs wifi

[amber tendon]

Has to be enough lmao

[hazy helm]

I cant tell you this will or wont run S2 well rn bc I know nothing about the game
Going by specs advertised they seem to be,but those can change hypothetically
A lot can happen
So only worry when its closer to release

[lost trellis]

we will see , worst case scenario is a gpu upgrade

witch i hope to god i won't have to

[broken latch]

Me with intergated graphics and only 124mb of vram

[lost trellis]

wish i had the power and reach to get you something better.

[west harbor]

how fo i extract voiceline files from clear sky?

[hazy helm]

Unpack files

[broken latch]

You do if you have a 4060 lmao

[ornate rampart]

use this: https://github.com/revolucas/AXRToolset

and guide: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZObVRydo5w7ezBdJ5BDgdFpQblaJU4yfF68rYLwWTjc/edit

[hazy helm]

I should do an updated guide bc AXR tools SUCK!

major time

[ornate rampart]

it was enough for what I had to do. I found also this but couldn't make it work https://github.com/Rammaken/STK_Unpacker

[hazy helm]

rammakens visual unpacker is fine but I always used zenobians unpacker which is lightweigt,quick,and works for everything both stalker games and standalone mods

[drowsy violet]

Don't care how unethical or rare MG ammo is, using the LMG is pretty cool.

[whole harbor]

Heard they are adding showers in S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2! I think this will change the whole community landscape!

[chilly bridge]

What option do I pick to unlock sin from the wish granter?

[hazy helm]

what

[chilly bridge]

nothing

i figured it out, i'm new to stalker. miscommunications

[pearl jacinth]

immersive

[hazy helm]

there is no Sin neither can you pick an option from the wish granter

[whole harbor]

I think Aleister is refering to S.T.A.L.K.E.R anomaly

[hazy helm]

https://tenor.com/view/what-the-fuck-man-stressed-problematic-gif-15976565

[chilly bridge]

yes, sorry i should of been clearer

i figured everything out, my questions are answered

[elder narwhal]

Are vss, as Val and svd gonna be in stalker 2 anyone know?

[hidden stratus]

I know the physical pre-orders are out of stock but is there word on the size of the figurine or the lamp?

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[sudden swan]

why pick sin?

[chilly bridge]

curiosity

i got it unlocked, sadly i wasted my time

[sudden swan]

yeah you could have just typed greh in the character creation screen and it would show up

[chilly bridge]

lol figured that out too

[sudden swan]

but sin is cringe faction

[chilly bridge]

Why is that?

[sudden swan]

they live in cave

[chilly bridge]

I can tell they're already my kind of people

[sudden swan]

and if you're playing with warfare mode on

you start with ONE squad

[chilly bridge]

I hear sin is fun to play on warfare

[sudden swan]

i tell you, having only one squad in the entire god damn map

[chilly bridge]

sadly, my game crashes everytime i try to launch it, even when i lower stalker population to 0.25 (warfare)

[sudden swan]

would be very hard

[chilly bridge]

the challenge would be fun tho

[sudden swan]

you have any mods?

[chilly bridge]

just FDDA, zone customization, and BAS

[sudden swan]

you say challenge

[half bone]

if you're talking about mods go to #🔩┃trilogy_modifications

[chilly bridge]

bruh

[sudden swan]

okay

[chilly bridge]

anyway, is there a way to stop the crashing?

[sudden swan]

im not sure what exactly the problem is

but before we talk any further, we move to #🔩┃trilogy_modifications

[chilly bridge]

Reddit tells me it's the population of stalkers across the map, but we're not talking about mods?

[hot reef]

Is S.T.A.L.K.E.R Clear Sky worth it?

[worldly yarrow]

Yeah.

[half bone]

i played pure vanilla

aside from the crashes the game was interesting

[old jungle]

All 3 were seen in trailers so I think so.

[hazy helm]

if youre talking about anomaly you are talking mods

[hazy helm]

yes

[strong drift]

no

[hazy helm]

Clear Sky is one of the best games on the series only beaten by how much I like SoC

[strong drift]

i just checked my library and turns out its the only one i dont own so yeah

[silver pagoda]

Cometh to me
After years of toil
A fellowship of wise men didst manage to pierce into...
The Noosphere
The Earth's field of knowledge
An attainment likened at best to the conquering of celestial space
Met his end in an enigma mod
Struck down by wanderers
Discovered with a stone about his neck
Cast down from a precipice
Torn asunder by hounds
Thou canst not slay God
Even as thou canst not rid the sky above
I am sightless
But it is thou, who cannot perceive

[finite dragon]

I HATE SNORKS I HATE SNORKS I HATE SNORKS

I GOT JUMPED BY A SNORL HIDING IN THE CORNER AND BLED OUT AFTER KILLING IT

[floral valley]

These are always a highlight

[spare blade]

But they love you

[strong drift]

@hazy helmu recommend playing it?

[hazy helm]

well yes,usually with SRP

for first time playing

[strong drift]

whats SRP

[hazy helm]

sky reclamation project

[strong drift]

whats that

a mod?

[hazy helm]

https://www.moddb.com/mods/srp

or you can also play vanilla

[strong drift]

what will change with the mod?graphics?

[hazy helm]

fix bugs

[strong drift]

oh ok thx downloading rn

[sudden swan]

ecologist moment!!!!

[next fog]

will the limited edition be available for purchase after stalker 2 release, or is it pre-order only?

[sudden swan]

it's probably pre-order only considering that it's called "limited edition"

[hot reef]

Can u get a SVD in SSC?

[granite coral]

Guys I finally just pre-ordered Ultimate Edition! 🙂

I know the game will be out in Q4 2024

[ornate rampart]

the digital one?

[granite coral]

Yes

[ornate rampart]

ah ok, for a split sec you gave me a heart attack. I thought that they restocked the physical ones. 😅

[granite coral]

I can't buy physical edition because it is very expensive lol

[ornate rampart]

ikr, but still something I wish I can get when they restock. Don't get me wrong, It's not like selling a liver for it it's something I usually do

[granite coral]

Of course they will restock them in the future

[ornate rampart]

yeah but it depends how much demand there is for it, and also the circumstances about the war there

I mean if they get too many maybe they won't be able to restock, dunno

[granite coral]

I see

[hot reef]

is it bad if i kill the military in S.T.A.L.K.E.R Shadow of chernobyl?

[carmine crest]

morally yes gameplay no

[hot reef]

Oki

[grave whale]

hey guys, anybody knows the name of this campfire song? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRRGYEFZF4A&t=240s

i'm looking for its guitar tabs

[ornate rampart]

it's Introduction from folk traditional Tsyganochka

[cerulean remnant]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDEeie8qpf0

[ornate rampart]

source: https://stalker.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_stalkers'_songs#Global

[cerulean remnant]

this one?

[ornate rampart]

cool channel, didn't know it

yeah

[cerulean remnant]

Yea this guy is an Absolute legend, playing for 30m Stalker music with a GP-5 mask out in a Campfire.

[ornate rampart]

ah found that one now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVjwJxYDJUA
I'm finishing listening his stalker playlist first