⭐┃nospoilers_general

[scarlet kernel]

Average xray engine stability

[hidden stratus]

Believe it or not even a game like stalker can cause a pc like yours and mines to crash if you max out everything

Try lowering some settings

[wind briar]

I'll lower it and see

[hidden stratus]

Haha yeah, Clear Sky was were I had the worst experience when it came to performance. Too many sun rays and my pc would explode

[wind briar]

it worked

[hidden stratus]

[wind briar]

So is the engine unoptimized for high settings or does it just need a nasa level pc?

[hidden stratus]

Could be the first thing, the game is also pretty old so there's also that.

[wind briar]

what do I do with 500 rounds of 19x18?

[hidden stratus]

Different weapons use different ammo. Sell it if you want or spray some bandits down with it, up to you how you play

[wind briar]

I haven't met a true vendor yet do they sell everything?

[earnest horizon]

I got to where I was finally

[hidden stratus]

No they sell seperate things

[fast stratus]

Guys. Why they removed turkey in steam? I can't buy anything that's so expensive

[fast stratus]

I don't know Turkish

[fast stratus]

I have a question
Why we can't have physical copy of stalker in iran?

[finite dragon]

Hello. How are you?

[fast stratus]

Hiiiii

[hazy helm]

My GT1030 ass pc could run high sets at 60+ stable so I'd say a good PC is optional

[amber shale]

My pc is a pentium 4 with 3 gigs of ram

Clear does alright

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[fast stratus]

You to bro

[true summit]

SKI

[fast stratus]

I can't wait for Saturday

[half bone]

can you send me the video

i remember watching one with 19 minutes

[fervent beacon]

what do i do if i quicksaved at a really bad time? am dying from radiation i don't have the thing that saves me from radiation nor a medi kit

[marble tiger]

hello dear GSC, please tell me why in the new message about the price change, you indicated the date of announcement of the game in 2021, although the first trailer for the game appeared in 2020, and Wikipedia also indicates the date of announcement of the game in 2018

[ripe ivy]

Hi, is there a chance for collector editions restock?

[broken latch]

Go to a previous save, soc usually keeps the auto save of when you enter an area

[worthy lagoon]

You load a previous save

[broken latch]

I hope S2 will have folklore on random npcs

Was fun reading it in soc

[fast stratus]

Guys what are the need to cosplay stalker?

[hazy helm]

the same stuff youll need to cosplay general
clothes and some ammount of skills to be able to replicate the models

[quaint niche]

Hey bro

[glossy blade]

Monolith told us

[quaint niche]

I am so bored I have 15 pro max but no pc

I changed country

[fast stratus]

Thanks

[hazy helm]

I didnt say anything very helpful tho

[fast stratus]

I know but thanks

[solid dome]

????

[broken latch]

Each Saturday is the official national catposting day

[glossy blade]

you are generally helpful

[solid dome]

Molitttt

Where are the TGA teasers, what is GSC doingggggggggggggggggg...

[fervent beacon]

not really an option because my last safe is is still low hp radiation and if i go back there will be that dude that kills me in 1 hit can't loot soldiers too because they are behind him

[solid dome]

I am turkish

And I am refused Stalker 2 news
I'll end my life, right here, right now

[timber dock]

stalker clear sky it a good game

[solid dome]

Valhalla
Mashalla!

[broken latch]

Don't really know the situation, you might of soft locked your game but knowing stalker games, you can survive it all against all odds

[jagged gale]

Oh Zdarov Mol1t
Since you're talking rn there is something I want to tell you

are you allowed to forward this to GSC dev team? It's to do with Call of Pripyat

in the POL localization 5.56 cartridge is missnamed

point is can you let them know and can they update COP's polish language? If you can that is

[glossy blade]

We are praising the stone

[jagged gale]

it is named 5.456x5mm in the game (regular cartridge) and Armor Piercing is 5.564x5mm

[solid dome]

Holy potatoes. Nooooooooooooo. Please. Nooooooooo, noooooo, no no no no, nooooo, no noooooooooooooooooo.

[jagged gale]

yeah zone ends the worlds
canon ending to stalker franchise DDDDD:

[glossy blade]

I can transfer it to the team but not sure when it will be patched if it is bugged

[jagged gale]

I don't think it's a bug, rather a typo

still it's kinda bothering

[glossy blade]

PM me the details

[jagged gale]

aye

[fervent beacon]

nope i can't i die in about 10 seconds the moment i spawn i get a bullet into my face

[solid dome]

Man, hear me out
The Game Awards do be knocking on the door. I swear in my maid, I'll take my own life without thinking, I'll hang myself in the back yard and I will leave a note to make every GSC representative feel sad for life.

😄

[toxic kettle]

hey vasim you there ?

[icy prism]

COME TO MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[silver pagoda]

I WAS NOTIFIED WHILE IN A JOB
I'VE GOT HIT WITH THE DISCORD PING
AND WHEN I WOKE UP
IT WAS NOTHING BUT STALKER YOUTUBER VIDEOS
"HERE'S YOUR NOTIFICATION!" ❕
WHY IN THE HELL WOULD I NEED A NOTIFICATION?
"TAKE A LOOK AROUND"
GIVE ME STALKER NEWS
I'VE GOT NO NEWS TO GET BACK TO, Mol1t
OVER AND OUT

[fast stratus]

Becuse in iran we use turkey region and it's way more cheaper. We can't use PayPal or these things

[jagged gale]

You never say over and out ;-;

[earnest horizon]

Chat should i just restart, I finally made it to the power plant but my entire armor bar is depleted and I have no heals

[hazy helm]

could always try and scavenge around

[earnest horizon]

I can get some heals but it’s gonna be impossible to find armor

Quick save button has been used more than left click

But like it might be over

I’m getting one hit by every single enemy and they’re piled on eachother

The rads are destroying me too

Yeah this sucks I think I’m out of here chat, I’m soft locked and I’m sick and tired of losing my progress in this game

[solid dome]

Losing progress?

What is this, Windows XP with bad anti-virus software?

[earnest horizon]

I got so distraught I left the server and almost deleted the game but then I decided to suffer through repeatedly dying for an hour and finally beat the game

[nimble cipher]

thesteng has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[earnest horizon]

Wtf

In a server for a game where people can brutally implode you can’t say the f word 😭

[hazy helm]

Btw you find an exosqueleton inside the plant

Mainly what I mean scavange

[earnest horizon]

Yeah I found it but bro when I got it there was no enemies left

[hazy helm]

well you did a fine job brother
I'm proud of ya

[earnest horizon]

The ending I got was the ||the one where he goes blind||

Gamma time baby

Anyone know a good loadout for a beginner in gamma

[hazy helm]

In the gamma server they would know

Thankfully I'm afforded the right to play other mods
They suit me better

[earnest horizon]

Which ones

[remote crow]

Vote for Skif

[hazy helm]

Last one I played was NA7,very fun to play
Translating RTTZ currently

It's like
Peak stalker mod

[earnest horizon]

What’s it do and what’s it about

[remote crow]

Skif for president 2024

[hazy helm]

NA7 is a arsenal mod that went overbudget and added tons of stuff
RTZZ is a story mod with 2+ DLC stories and another mode added on top
Great stories

[earnest horizon]

Is gamma was optimized it’d be raw there’s no way it should run 40 frames on a 2060

[hazy helm]

Drop the grass draw distance and world draw distance

As well as grass shadows

[worthy sorrel]

Yeah it’s crazy how many frames those settings eat

Should help a lot

[earnest horizon]

The aliasing is awful in this game

[hazy helm]

Well you could complaint about it in the gamma server
This is the stalker server

[earnest horizon]

You right you right

[hot reef]

Im playing clear sky rn Im in limansk and im infront of a road with lots of weirdly Pulsing anomalies what do they do?

[peak pecan]

complete health restore

[broken latch]

If they are perfectly round you won't die

But if it's pulsating with weird circle like shapes, most likely vortex

[hot reef]

Ok Thanks

[earnest horizon]

Chat do I reload my save right before the wish granter and try to go for the other true endings will that work

[hazy helm]

od you have the requirements?

[earnest horizon]

Does that require doing a quest line

[hazy helm]

when you shut the brain scorcher down you need to do the meet guide questline

which is given to you,automatically

[earnest horizon]

I just immediately ran to Chernobyl after

[earnest horizon]

You can’t leave Chernobyl after entering wish I knew that

I tried to run back with all the gear and it didn’t work

[hazy helm]

when you enter the stadium in Pripyat you are locked into endgame

[toxic hazel]

can someone help me please

the game isnt running for me, i just bought it from steam

its the SoC one

[rapid umbra]

i recall it being pretty good. most stalker modding engines have AA in some form or the other

[rapid umbra]

refund and try buying the GOG version i guess

[toxic hazel]

Is there a difference?

[rapid umbra]

i think so

otherwise go to stalkers local files and try running the exe in the bin file (xrayengine.exe or something)

[toxic hazel]

Hmmm

[earnest horizon]

Literally could not get it to work no matter what

So cjat I have this friend who refuses to buy the games, would anomaly be a good starting place anyways for a broke loser like him

[rapid umbra]

lol rip

[rapid umbra]

no anomaly sux xD especially if you havent played the originals

[toxic hazel]

Can u show me how later im sorry im new heree

[rapid umbra]

dms

[earnest horizon]

Chat I went to streloks hideout and ||the doctor told me I am strelok|| can I get the true ending now

[worthy sorrel]

I’m not sure I’d say it’s a good starting place but it’s gotten a lot of people into the franchise so it could be worth a shot

If anything I’d send them lore videos or something first

Nothing too spoiler-y tho

[old jungle]

Yes, just ||follow what he told you||

[earnest horizon]

I don’t remember what he told me 😭

[old jungle]

||The quest is in your PDA. Doctor told you that the Wish Granter is a deception, but there is a key located in a stash in Pripyat that can unlock the true secret of the Zone. You'll have to get this key and use it at the Sarcophagus.||

[earnest horizon]

||I did find that yes yes||

[fast stratus]

Hi. I have a question. What renegades and clear sky fighting for?

[old jungle]

Renegades invaded the swamp to conquer new territory. Clear Sky, who was there before, is fighting for survival.

[hybrid condor]

Is it just me er does this game make you guys want to go to Pripyat also does anyone know any Chernobyl stalkers irl (the ones that go there irl er that’s what I call them)

[worthy lagoon]

What does it says?

[fast stratus]

Thank you.

[fast stratus]

This game make me want to leave this world and become a stalker

[hybrid condor]

Have you seen those videos of people exploring them expesialy when there filming the bunker i was to go there and explore all abandoned places not just Chernobyl how bout you

[fast stratus]

I've never been outside of the country. But my dream is exploring the zone

[finite dragon]

Hello. How are you?

[hybrid condor]

I had enough money where I set up a tour for Chernobyl then the Russians invaded thankfully I got a full refund but still sucks

[earnest horizon]

I need help chat

||How do I destroy the c consciousness||

Google won’t even tell me

I’m stupid don’t mind me

[old jungle]

you figured it out?

[earnest horizon]

Yeah I thought it was doing sometning else

[nimble cipher]

thesteng has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[earnest horizon]

Jesus Christ

[broken latch]

Yeah that last part before end was really confusing first time

[light locust]

Have you found the secret door already? At there you have 2 options, ||join or kill ||. Choosing second option will have you to shoot your way through, so bring a sheetload of ammo and meds

[earnest horizon]

I got hit by three rockets and no longer have armor

[broken latch]

Just reload save

Gauss rifle is best for RPG enemies

[earnest horizon]

Reload what save bro

I F WORDING DID IT

[toxic hazel]

Nothing

[worthy lagoon]

Try verifying the files

[earnest horizon]

Does anybody know if gamma is a good continuation of the stalker story im dying for more and idk if the next two games will suffice

[toxic hazel]

@worthy lagoon

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/981603510967750706/1177494121271808070/Screenshot_138.png?ex=6572b5db&is=656040db&hm=eadf18d2ef435e339f70265b4e2ce9ac4c1861caf9d623acdb4d7c365520c75f&

That's the last thing that pops up (oh god why did it not embed correctly)

[toxic hazel]

Also i tried verifying the files integrity and it doesn't do anything, it scans it then it said successfully scan all files

[worthy lagoon]

Hmmmh

Have you installed DirectX?

Maybe try reinstalling the game

[earnest horizon]

It’s 4am do I go right into clear sky

[old jungle]

yes

[fluid wolf]

Hello. Could someone help me with crash at startup vanilla Stalker Shadow of Chernobyl?

• Detected CPU: GenuineIntel P3 family, F6/M14/S13, 3597.00 mhz, 18-clk 'rdtsc'
• CPU Features: RDTSC, MMX, SSE, SSE2

Initializing File System...
using fs-ltx fsgame.ltx
--found external arch mp_military_2.xdb0
FS: 32623 files cached, 6068Kb memory used.
Init FileSystem 0.620591 sec
'xrCore' build 5573, May 9 2014

Initializing Engine...
Executing config-script "user.ltx"...
[d:\steam\steamapps\common\stalker shadow of chernobyl_appdata_\user.ltx] successfully loaded.
Starting INPUT device...
Loading DLL: xrRender_R2.dll
Loading DLL: xrGame.dll
! Unable to find InstallUserName entry in registry

• [win32]: free[4018156 K], reserved[64268 K], committed[111816 K]
• [ D3D ]: textures[0 K]
• [x-ray]: crt heap[12125 K], process heap[12125 K], game lua[0 K], engine lua[0 K], render[0 K]
• [x-ray]: economy: strings[973 K], smem[0 K]
  Executing config-script "d:\steam\steamapps\common\stalker shadow of chernobyl\gamedata\config\default_controls.ltx"...
  [d:\steam\steamapps\common\stalker shadow of chernobyl\gamedata\config\default_controls.ltx] successfully loaded.
  Executing config-script "user.ltx"...
  Executing config-script "d:\steam\steamapps\common\stalker shadow of chernobyl\gamedata\config\rspec_extreme.ltx"...
  ! Unknown command: r__dtex_range
  ! Unknown command: r__ssa_glod_end
  ! Unknown command: r__ssa_glod_start
  ! Unknown command: r__wallmark_ttl
  ! Unknown command: rs_detail
  ! Unknown command: rs_skeleton_update
  ! Unknown command: vid_bpp

[toxic hazel]

I did, it doesn't work

I think i also have DirectX installed already

[silver pagoda]

delete user ltx file in appdata files of the game

SOC is really bad on newer systems in general, my shit crashes all the time

[fluid wolf]

So I should not change anything in options?

or whats wrong with this .txt file?

[silver pagoda]

from my understanding, changes graphics options and resolutions many times lead to crashes

[fluid wolf]

Jesus..

[silver pagoda]

if you delete that file the game might launch, but SOC does not like modern systems

I get 2-3 crashes every 1 hour on a 4090/13900k

[fluid wolf]

lool

[silver pagoda]

the log you posted seem like graphics issues to me, which means user.ltx might be corrupted

[fluid wolf]

there is another part

[worthy lagoon]

What specs your pc have?

[nimble cipher]

garon94 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[fluid wolf]

stupid bot

I cant past log

[silver pagoda]

i saw your DM, i do not know what that is. 90% of my crashes report a crash on xcore.dll aswell and nobody can help

[fluid wolf]

🤣

GSC fix your game please. Make some patch. Thanks.

[light locust]

And here i thought having a gtx1050 sucks, well glad to hear this (:

[jagged gale]

Guys is it worth keeping the rocket launcher in COP?
I found it at jupiter

[worthy lagoon]

If you want to be silly

[jagged gale]

is that a yes or no

ig yeah sure

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[jagged gale]

thank you

[toxic hazel]

@worthy lagoon
Device name MyLaptop
Processor 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-1115G4 @ 3.00GHz 2.90 GHz
Installed RAM 8,00 GB (7,65 GB usable)
Device ID 43599A37-CA3F-49D2-BBBC-F72750A5953F
Product ID 00356-24651-41495-AAOEM
System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor
Pen and touch No pen or touch input is available for this display

[worthy lagoon]

Graphics card?

Wait @dire dagger

[toxic hazel]

Intel UHD

[fluid wolf]

This is funny. Game is on steam and not working in 2023. WTF?

Now I cant change resolution because crash xDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

[dire dagger]

What’s the problem

[worthy lagoon]

@dire dagger

[toxic hazel]

Any ideas?

[dire dagger]

Uhd drivers are terrible

[worthy lagoon]

Never had such an issue tbf

[dire dagger]

[toxic hazel]

But it said its updated, anything i can do to make the game run or am i just unable to do it?

[dire dagger]

Tbh I’m not sure

[toxic hazel]

You see, my laptop is able to run Monster Hunter World a game that might be more resource demanding than stalker

[dire dagger]

Intels drivers are a dumpster fire so

Idk where to even start

[toxic hazel]

Well i really have no clue what im doing as well, im afraid that I'll be breaking my stuff instead of actually getting the game to run so i asked for help

[dire dagger]

I mean if you don’t have some kind of error or log file I can look at idk what I can really do

[toxic hazel]

Where can i look for those

[dire dagger]

@hazy helm this is probably more your area of expertise

Idk much about debugging stalker it’s always just worked for me

[toxic hazel]

Oh, should i dm them?

[dire dagger]

He will arrive eventually

But you can if you want

[toxic hazel]

ill wait instead, thanks for pinging him for me

[broken latch]

@toxic hazel Can you get in main menu? Does it at least show a little stalker picture box that indicates that stalker is launching?

[toxic hazel]

i couldnt get into main menu

[broken latch]

Have you been able to play other stalker games

[toxic hazel]

but it does show that

no people said that i need to play SoC first so not yet @broken latch

its intel UHD

so iGPU

im on w11

[fast stratus]

That mean you can't go to chernobyl even from Russia?

[broken latch]

Might be worth trying to launch another stalker games cuz based on that we can know if it's a pc issue of just soc issue, I think

[hazy helm]

@toxic hazelright click the game in steam and go to properties and select betas and win11 intel gen 12
should fix it for Intel i11 and Intel newer GPUs

of course,its a should

bc I use a R5 3600 and a RTX3070 and I have never had a problem for any of the stalker games or mods

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/561153801114091521/1139964698721263646/4x.gif

[sturdy zodiac]

why he so tongue

[toxic hazel]

i have gen11

[toxic hazel]

my cpu is

[hazy helm]

I saw

you also are using a intel iGPU

[toxic hazel]

ahh so the access code is still the same?

[hazy helm]

access code?

[toxic hazel]

the thing u put in

[hazy helm]

just clcik the drop down menu at betal participation

[toxic hazel]

oh right

[silver pagoda]

this will work on win10 aswell?

[hazy helm]

shoul

[fast stratus]

Stalker 2 is Soooooo expensive 3500000 toman😭

[hazy helm]

GAMMA doies not continue any story nor is it like any of the games,its a separate entity to stalker entirely

[fast stratus]

I'm so tired

[jagged gale]

are you serious?

Do you know what Anomaly is or the only thing you know is gamma

[jagged gale]

in the SOC beta both of them lead to a bad ending

[fast stratus]

I couldn't get pc, I'm sick and my headphone is broken

[jagged gale]

I feel your pain

I was like that all these 7 years
not anymore, I think I can prolly ron HOC

[fast stratus]

The PC I got... The site I got it says we may not having it in stock

[toxic hazel]

@hazy helmi dont think it do work

[jagged gale]

oh hold on that's an extreme procedure

nah he's not a scum

[grizzled timber]

I need help. When i start upp Clear Sky and then click New Game, it puts a black spot on 1/4 of my screen top right. i cant close the game or alt f4 or do anything so i need to plug out my computer to start it upp again.

[toxic hazel]

anyone can help me out? with the game not booting up

the "xrengine" thingy is thing i dont have in my file

[fast stratus]

I don't have steam I don't know

[broken latch]

dms

[finite dragon]

what games are you playing right now?

[silver pagoda]

gamma is best stalker mod but story is lightweight, its more sandbox

[fast stratus]

Guys do you ever had a pirated game?

[jagged gale]

Minecraft, COD MW1/2/3 (og ones)

cod only to try it out

[broken latch]

@finite dragon @fast stratus #💬┃en_offtop

[jagged gale]

Minecraft well, who doesn't?

[broken latch]

Nuh uh

[jagged gale]

The story is cool but the gameplay is generic :/

still I would play this shit over The Division

[dire dagger]

Piracy can’t not be discussed here

[hybrid condor]

I could but then I have the chance of running into the front lines of the war

[hazy helm]

well you can try reinstalling the essentials to run stalker and turn off overlays

more so troubleshooting

[toxic coral]

do you think the brain scorcher has good wifi

[solid dome]

No, it has only Only Artifacts access as any other platform eats too much mobile data

On that occasion... only 13 days left till TGA and GSC are pulling the emotionless look on us even now

[signal kayak]

Hello!

Does anyone know, if the Stalker boardgame is having good progress in being made?

I want to dungeon master for it while dressed in a stalker cosplay

[hazy helm]

GSC isnt making this game,it is Awaken Realms,I am not very well informed on it

[signal kayak]

Awuh okay, I hope it doesn’t go into kickstarter hell

[hazy helm]

awaken realms seems to be an actual company so I doubt

[earnest horizon]

Why did you guys get so mad 😭

All you had to say was no I just want to see some theories about what happened to strelok

[hazy helm]

there isnt really a theory we know what happened since CoP happens

[earnest horizon]

I thought that was a prequel to my bad

[hazy helm]

Clear Sky is the prequel
CoP happens afte

[earnest horizon]

I got my days mixed up so I don’t think I’ll be able to beat cop before school starts back up now I’m pisssssed

[hazy helm]

it aint a big game,dont worry

[earnest horizon]

I want to be Fr btw I know gamma is fan made I just knew one of the missions involved strelok so I was curious if the story was good

[raven raptor]

it's rudimentary for the most part

not that it has value of some sort

[earnest horizon]

So I’m just supposed to automatically assume it’s an awful fan made sequel

[tiny smelt]

great mod for gameplay but the story in anomaly follows the main games. if ur playing stalker for story the originals are superior.

[earnest horizon]

Of course that’s why I’m playing them

But what after cause I don’t wanna sit and wait months for hoc

[tiny smelt]

i recommend trying it out then, its rlly fun

[broken latch]

S2 will either have strelok help you like in cop or kill it off

My prediction

[earnest horizon]

Probably kill him for some reason

[broken latch]

If they kill strelok I'm gonna start recommending everyone anoamly and gamma

[earnest horizon]

Lmfao

I’m guessing you’re not a fan

[tiny smelt]

not a whole lot of stalker fans are fans of anomaly

[silver pagoda]

if you want story there are mods that enhance the game with side stories etc, if you want deep systems like armor crafting, bullet crafting and a very hard experience go for gamma or anomaly

[earnest horizon]

I played a little bit of it and it was alright but it got me to play Chernobyl and that’s become one of my favorite games ever

[tiny smelt]

i started with SoC and CoP, then i couldnt play CS idk why it just felt janky

[earnest horizon]

Seems fine to me so far

[spark zealot]

gamma is overrated, don't worry about it kid, play vanilla first

[earnest horizon]

Yeah yeah I beat Chernobyl

[spark zealot]

nice

[hazy helm]

its not a sequel to begin with

[finite dragon]

Isn't anomaly meant to be a sandbox game doe

[hazy helm]

yes it is

[earnest horizon]

Chat I’m burnt out on stalker what game do I play now

[hazy helm]

a game thats not stalker

[earnest horizon]

Yeah yeah any recommendations

[finite dragon]

Stalcraft

[hazy helm]

Pathfinder the new one

[hot reef]

Can u choose a faction in COP?

[broken latch]

no but you can side with duty/freedom and bandits/loners

One from both

[hot reef]

Okily dokily

thx for info

[hot reef]

when does Call of pripyat set in after clear sky or after SOC?

[broken latch]

After soc

We know this by time in PDA and the fact that we meet strelok that talks about soc

[toxic hazel]

Somehow activating the community mods and the patch made the game work @broken latch

[remote crow]

Someone take Skif he’s a terrorist

[hazy helm]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/550869975385112606/1111992510047330405/FullSizeRender.gif

have fun

[remote crow]

@hazy helm YOU WANT ????

[toxic hazel]

Is that a common solution or what xD

[hazy helm]

who

[toxic hazel]

Activating the mods from vortex i mean

[remote crow]

SKIF

[broken latch]

Who uses vortex for modding stalker

Tf

Vortex only exists for Skyrim nsfw mods

[toxic hazel]

My friend said its easy to use

So i did use it and it works so......is it bad?

[hazy helm]

what?

what are you talking about

[toxic hazel]

I got the community patch mod 1.0 and the 1.1 update for it then install them to the game via vortex, after its installed i run the game and the game works, it doesn't boot me out like usual

Like i get to get to the main menu

[hazy helm]

https://tenor.com/view/cuh-what-cat-huh-gif-23986318

wtf is vortex

[remote crow]

What if Tremor instead forces people to play Jenga and if the person loses he eats them

[dire dagger]

https://c.tenor.com/RL0-tTg3QOQAAAAM/oh-no.gif

[fierce flower]

Man im way to excited for S2 to come out i just wanna see what happened after so many yrs

still needa beat pripyat though

[toxic hazel]

its a mod manager

[hazy helm]

why would you use a mod manager to mods in stalker
Id get it if it was fallout

want me to teach you how to hand mod it?

[toxic hazel]

i mean.... i guess it can't be hurt to learn

[hazy helm]

ok so
open the game folder
open the mod archive
copy paste the gamedata of the mod onto the game folder

mod installed

for SoC you need to go to fsgame.ltx and open it with a notepad then check the gamedata line and change the false to true BUUUT for CS and CoP its as easy as what I said above

[toxic hazel]

uhhhhhhh

mod archive?

[hazy helm]

whatever packaged format the mod comes in
some use 7zip,some use rar,others zip
its all the same

[toxic hazel]

i cant send picture

[hazy helm]

#🔩┃trilogy_modifications

[shrewd berry]

So I've never played Clear Sky, and I've tried to in the past, but always run into a wall with graphical issues.
Well now I've just completely given up on trying and will just play DX9 mode, but the issue is still with the trees.
The trees look fine [not really, still horrible when moving] in DX10 with 2x AA and 10.0 DX10 AA, but something about Clear Sky's DX10 really hates me, and I get microstutters and tearing. Also weird shadow shimmers on NPCs, but I get that on all Enhanced modes

So it's back to DX9. Is there anything that can be done about these damn trees

[solid dome]

Honest question begs for honest answers:

Do you really think STALKER 2 will be part of the TGA roster?

Please,
react with Y / Yes and N / No respectively
.

[hazy helm]

youre using an AMD or Intel GPU?or an iGPU?

[solid dome]

@hazy helm Stay away off my poll-tory!

[shrewd berry]

1050 ti, 3770k

[hazy helm]

I choose the 3rd option
ask griga to play the build bro it aint hard

[solid dome]

Lolz

[hazy helm]

have you updated your graphics drivers and tried reinstalling the stalker essentials

[shrewd berry]

It's not a driver issue
Look at these stupid trees https://i.imgur.com/1dheiVH.jpeg

[hazy helm]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-blink-blinkingcat-cute-funny-gif-8859604814399687515

opening my game up rn

[solid dome]

Another fella with issues of running OGs?

I feel like Superman, never an issue

[hazy helm]

I didnt no

[solid dome]

I installed SoC on at least 5-6 PCs, trouble-free game doe

[shrewd berry]

Max setting trees: https://i.imgur.com/b6jT1eA.jpeg
They look 'full', but still shimmer when you walk.
Clear Sky is the only one I've had issue with.

Oh wait I think I found the reason for the tearing, the 60hz option was checked. It's perfectly smooth now with DX10.

[solid dome]

60hz gang

[hazy helm]

the jagged trees Im p sure is a issue with oversharpening on earlier iterations of the same tech

but Im still gonna check it

[shrewd berry]

Yeah it's very much a design vs. tech issue. I did manage to get 10.1 with 4x AA working well, which definitely boosts the foliage.
But that can't be the only way can it?

[hazy helm]

no,it is,altho Clear Sky is very very good,the AA tech is still from the 2008

[earnest horizon]

Is clear sky good

[solid dome]

Strelok asking

[finite dragon]

Do you hate yourself?

[solid dome]

Dear Стрелка, you don't scam people in your homeland

You scam foreigners

[hazy helm]

yes

[whole harbor]

Bro is about to start a gang war in the general chat without even knowing it

[shrewd berry]

I've pretty much settled on accepting that CS is just an ugly game. And there's really nothing that can be done about that.

[earnest horizon]

I just hear mixed things 😭

[toxic hazel]

Help again :( @hazy helm

The game is crashing as i talk to the trader in the beginning, it just boots me out

Wait how do i do that

Im on steam

Yea howw

[earnest horizon]

Is clear sky only faction fights I’m confused

I’m not saying it’s bad

I’m also really confused

How long do I have to hold this point until help arrives

What am I supposed to be doing the game will not explain

[whole harbor]

I don't think it's issue too much

He's new, let him ask questions

[glacial citrus]

Is there any way to get back if my only save is within the final area of SoC?

I seem to be locked out of getting back completely

[earnest horizon]

You are

Man I’m stuck in clear sky I think I’m gonna give up on the game

[glacial citrus]

is there a mod that can move me somehow?

[earnest horizon]

Why

Just beat the game

[glacial citrus]

I did, I just missed a ton of content and I have 15 hours of progress stuck in the final area

[earnest horizon]

Just make a new game

Get one of the endings and do a new game

[pearl jacinth]

i updated my measurements it is now 30 stalkillion

[remote crow]

Your pfp slapped me in the face with memories from 2016

[green dagger]

Yooo the stalker bundle is under 5 dollars i can finally buy the other two games

[finite dragon]

Hello. How are you?

[broken latch]

Just beat the game and make a new playthrough, doing all other side quests and stuff will feel too easy and boring with all the end game stuff

[earnest horizon]

Is all of clear sky like this

[broken latch]

But if you're really lazy, download ZRP teleport mod

[broken latch]

What

[earnest horizon]

Boring faction missions

I don’t think so now since I’m meeting the trader mission guy from the first game

[fast stratus]

Oh. Sorry

[old jungle]

from that point you don't have to join the faction wars, you can but it's up to your choice

[broken latch]

Faction warfare is more for easy reward and loot

[earnest horizon]

Thank you that clears my problems up

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[toxic hazel]

Can anyone please help me here? my game is crashing in the prologue now instead of instantly booting me up, still no log/error notice though.

It's stalker SoC by the way

[hazy helm]

you are locked into end game when you get into the pripyat stadium

[hazy helm]

you can skip the faction wars system and ignore it,even in the tutorial
as for the time you should wait a bit,you can see the individual squads move about in your PDA

[fast stratus]

Life could be dream

Why they change chernobyl to chornobyl

[hazy helm]

they changed the pronounciation to the Ukrainian one

[fast stratus]

Oh. Got it

Ukraine/Russia jungles are different from other places. The have the vibe of " a mutant will come out from bushes"

[toxic kettle]

wait until you see my room, it literally gives the vibe of a bloodsucker nest.

[fast stratus]

My room is like a metro 2033 Station

[toxic kettle]

my room is a wasteland of nuclear warfare

[fast stratus]

There's a Persian expression for somewhere that so messy and you lost everything in it. We say camel and it's cargo will lost there. Yesterday I found a camel in my bag

[toxic kettle]

damn

[fast stratus]

Yeah

[wheat gulch]

Still nothing. I expect another delay and more investor money laundered

[sly viper]

new ping!
no news!

back to the normalality

[thin shuttle]

[wheat gulch]

How are the NFT NPCs doing?

Never forget.

[stray star]

✨ G e t o u t o f h e r e s t a l k e r ✨

[fast stratus]

Does stalker 2 have micro transaction?

[wheat gulch]

It has DLC campfire songs lol

[fast stratus]

Ahhh OK

[forest lily]

I think they thought about making NFTs and the backlash made them recoil

[wheat gulch]

Oh yes. That is still a redflag, a major one

[forest lily]

It's still ongoing ?

[wheat gulch]

Don't think so. But they were "going to release" the game months after the NFT announcement and now it is delayed 2 years. hmmmm

[forest lily]

I think they understood the negativity of microtransactions

[wheat gulch]

I do not expect much good at this point. The project smells of grifting

[forest lily]

If they were trying to do that, they'd release an early version like the rest of the steam store

Or a kickstarter that never goes anywhere

[wheat gulch]

You get more money from investors than from people. Kickstarters also do not get you lots of money, you make a kickstarter to get investors interested and only then get lots of money ( Shenmue 3)

[forest lily]

True

At the end of the day, it doesn't change anything for us the consumers

[wheat gulch]

Well, we are getting most likely a hack job with bought assets that runs like my dead grandma due to UE5

[forest lily]

Negative way of thinking, imo

[wheat gulch]

Still no gameplay sections in marketing

Just hacked up bullshots

Looking at all trailers you never see any real gameplay. The last one looks like it but it is spliced so much that you can't ascertain how the game works proper. The NPCs are still dumb as rocks and most of the trailer are canned animations and cutscenes. hmmmmm

[fast stratus]

Guys a small question a perfect vacation mean to you

[wheat gulch]

3 months in Japan

[brazen wigeon]

They called it nfts but to be honest it didn’t sound exactly like nft more like a raffle I could be wrong but wasnt it like a sort of paid admission to a raffle to be an npc in the game sort of like what they did for the kickstarter in we happy few, if im wrong that’s my bad im just trying to remember

[static compass]

Bro the last trailer is literally ripped from the demo 😭

And the nft thing ended after a day

[hazy helm]

they wanted the Steam Market feature on the platform of NFTs
why?Griga was friends with one of the creators of the marketplace

it was dumb

SUPER DUMB

[brazen wigeon]

Ah k mb

[finite dragon]

Everyone's talking "ooh GSC is 28 years old, they made stalker, cossacks, that strategy game, firestarter and codename outbreak!!!1!"

Yeah well, the most important game GSC has ever made was WarCraft 2000: Nuclear Epidemic

[broken latch]

That's foolish to say in soc fan boy server

[finite dragon]

The story of that game is a fever dream. Even crazier than some of the Oblivion Lost and Stalker 2 (2011) concepts

WarCraft 2000: Nuclear Epidemic is genuinely one of the gems of all time.

[potent bluff]

[finite dragon]

It's disappointing that GSC won't aknowledge its existance, but... They would get sued by Blizzard to be honest

[broken latch]

Anomalous dugout got to play demos, and he says it feels like stalker, all confirmation you need

[finite dragon]

HoC marketing is garbage, even Stalker 2 (2011) had better marketing and it got cancelled with little details about what the game was supposed to be.

[hazy helm]

god I want to drop a nuke on a grand wizards head so much

[broken latch]

Wasn't 2011 supposed to be a fever dream illusion or something

[hazy helm]

it was supposed to bring stalker closer to the roadside picnic books with duty getting reintegrated into the military and the stalker job becoming a real job within a science institute

[static compass]

I just know I'm excited for HoC and not much is gonna change that

[finite dragon]

Oh yeah true. IIRC the biggest glympse of the game was when a Ukrainian TV Show came to interview Griga at the GSC Offices and he rolled down the corridor with rollerskates and then showed off a few behind the scenes views of X-Ray 2.0

[static compass]

That being said, snork trailer when?

[broken latch]

Basically supposed to end the series

[hazy helm]

it was different but not an end
IG you can make stories out of the books concept but it would be starkly diff from the games we have rn

[broken latch]

Those exo skeletons from 2011 were goofy looking

The helmet that is

[still nymph]

If this game actually comes out within Q1 2024 i will do something drastic, like donate cans of food to a homeless shelter, or rescue cats off the street, or donate to red cross ukraine.

Y'know, something really drastic

[hazy helm]

you could do all that rn

[still nymph]

Its not like i wont do these things anyway, but it stalker 2 comes out q1 2024 i'll be much happier while i carry out these tasks

[finite dragon]

Was Duty actually like supposed to reintegrate? I remember only the part where they left Rostok and went to some other place in the southeast of the Zone (There is that one map from 2016 floating around with the old 2011 quests and important areas marked), like a concrete plant or something, and they were supposed to have to fight like a swarm of snorks which were coming out from a massive underground lair? There was a translation of it on Reddit in 2016

Also I find it hilarious how Freedom went full on anarcho-capitalist in 2011. Lukash straight up sold out Freedom and the faction began to work with Mercs. Of course the faction split and the player character (Strelok/random stalker/random merc) would have the choice of changing up the faction.

It was Wiiild. Also the brotherhood of stalkers and the great murder mystery early game. I translated a visio flowchart from the old Koan documents from 2010. Gonna try finding it.

[hazy helm]

yhea they were
the game was a great departure

[finite dragon]

Some of the stuff in the old Stalker 2 concepts are absolutely bonkers and it would have been so cool to see them. Sadly they confirmed that they won't reuse old concepts (though I have a feeling they will, because some of the ideas were really good and there is no reason that they shouldn't be included)

Oh I wish HoC will have some awesome stuff like that

Alright gotta go find a download link for WarCraft 2000: Nuclear Epidemic and play the greatest GSC Game World game ever made, which eclypses everything else they made to date.

[wheat gulch]

Ah yes, everything behind an NDA. If it's so great why not share the footage?

[wheat gulch]

To be honest I prefer that over whatever soft reboot it became.

[finite dragon]

2011 was a soft reboot as well

Old games just don't work in a bigger world

[hazy helm]

I dunno I feel like we hjave a long way to go with Forgotten Experiment vibes until we need to hard reboot into RSP

[wheat gulch]

I really do not expect for it to come out in 2024 at this point

[broken latch]

Because demos are not alloweded outside of those showings

[broken latch]

As they said they are doing finishing touches

[finite dragon]

muh "omg omg false expectations!!1! iss goiing too bee likee cyberpuunkk!" except that cyberpunk also didn't share enough details about the game, so some crazy fans made up some random garbage and everyone just took it as "promised features".

[wheat gulch]

Need I remind that it was "100% coming out in early 2022 guys, we swear!"

[broken latch]

I don't remember that

[wheat gulch]

I never brought up CP. I am saying is that something shady is behind the project

[wheat gulch]

Well they did

[finite dragon]

No, I'm just saying the general consensus about how the fanboys are trying to justify so little details releasing about the game.

[wheat gulch]

So we are doing "finishing touches" for 2 years now and there is a nice war excuse to hide behind even though the devs are in Poland.

[broken latch]

Making a game is hard

Especially a good one

[wheat gulch]

Oh put a sock in it with the cop outs

[finite dragon]

GSC being shady is like humans needing to breathe air. It's just what GSC is

Oh the good old 2002-2005 days...

[finite dragon]

Czech republic, let's be accurate.

[wheat gulch]

And now they are just milking Microsoft and Epic for all they can. The game will release when they will run out of money is my best guess.

[wheat gulch]

Thanks, I stand corrected.

[finite dragon]

I recall Vilkov, the voice actor behind Strelok, Duty and Sidorovich in Clear Sky, said that the game is coming out in late 2021

[hazy helm]

Epic?

did I miss smth

[wheat gulch]

Unreal Engine 5

[hazy helm]

yes

and?

they arent getting paid to use UE5

[broken latch]

Hater idk

[hazy helm]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-blink-blinkingcat-cute-funny-gif-8859604814399687515

[finite dragon]

I think they got the Epic grant and Microsoft exclusivity deal

[wheat gulch]

A sorta famous franchise is using UE5, that's a big marketing push for Epic

[finite dragon]

Ah yes, being objectively critical and questioning the narrative is obviously straight up being a hater. Got it.

[broken latch]

Yuh uh

[finite dragon]

I'm waiting for someone to drop the "Don't criticize GSC or beg for Stalker 2, they literally have a war going on in Ukraine!"

[hazy helm]

?
wdym sorta famous
Epic isnt paying anyone for using their engine they get publicity and recognition enuff

you have a very skewed perception on how famous stalker is

[finite dragon]

Epic does offer grants and it would be weird if GSC didn't take it.

[hazy helm]

and you DO NOT know how ppl choose engines for high profile projects

[hazy helm]

bottomline
Stalker and GSC arent famous enuff to get any special treatment that a normal Double A company would have

[broken latch]

I think anoamly is more famous then triology

[hazy helm]

plus they chose UE5 bc for photorealism it is the best RN
also
it is the one thats most used for high profiule photorealistic Triple A projects and for project leads,that is all you need

[finite dragon]

Erm buddy, Stalker is mainstream since like 8 years ago, Drewski and Grok made it even more mainstream

[hazy helm]

there isnt a,super brainy reason why ppl choose it
its 1-its known
2-the other guys around the office used it

[broken latch]

Not really mainstream

[hazy helm]

it never broke mainstream
do you know what mainstrream means
its not mainstream not even in the anals of gaming

it still is niche
uits more known,but no its not mainstream

[finite dragon]

Oh how cool would it have been if HoC used Decima, RED Engine...

[wheat gulch]

It is famous in the nu-gamer crowd.

[hazy helm]

mainstream would be even my grandfather,who,lives in Portugal,in the woodnecks of the country,would know it
its not famous

[hazy helm]

no not really
for that everyone inside a subsection of more hardcore gamers would need to know it
it needs to be more well known for it be mainstream under the guidelines you talk about

[wheat gulch]

But they get special treatment from Microsoft, one of the biggest companies in the whole world, got it.

[hazy helm]

its not,yet

[hazy helm]

Microsoft funds like 100+ double A and Indie adventures

that is their bussiness

[wheat gulch]

gman, civvie and countles others shill it.

[finite dragon]

... And GSC needs to launch Stalker 2 gold disc on a rocket out of the solar system so that Stalker 2 would release successfully

[hazy helm]

yes
Gman way way way back and Civvie aint really nu-gamer known

[finite dragon]

Ah yes Stalker 2 is now double A

[hazy helm]

GSC may want to act like it is a Triple A studio but I never thought it that way

[finite dragon]

So why did GSC hire 400+ developers and throw millions into development? Is that not triple A enough for you?

[hazy helm]

is Larian Studios Triple A?

[wheat gulch]

Ah yes, UE5 the amazing engine that was officially announced that they are using in mid 2021 after sayinng that they are using some UE in beginning of 2020

[finite dragon]

Larian? You mean 450 employees, BG3 having a budget of 100mil USD? Yes, that's Triple A.

[hazy helm]

I dont understand what sht issue
yes even in 2020 and 2021 UE was the best for Photorealism

[hazy helm]

Larian is the Triple A of the CRPG market,it is considered Double A despite all of its noteriety in the niche it accrues

[finite dragon]

As I said, you have ASTRONOMICAL requirements for something to reach a great rating

Larian has 6 studios across the globe. A double A company wouldn't have 6 studios, wouldn't spend 100mil on development, wouldn't hire hundreds of developers

It has MASSIVE resources in line with other AAA studios

[hazy helm]

GSC needs to show me that they are Triple A before I recognise it which is why I still treat them Double A despite their talks of being Triple A since especially in todays age double and triple A have been blurred

[finite dragon]

Oh yeah because two offices, 400+ employees and however many millions put into development is basically not AAA enough

Or do you think Stalker 2's development only used up like a hundred thousand USD so far?

[hazy helm]

Ill make the judgement when the game releases

and see for myself

which I expect to be 2024 genuinely

[wheat gulch]

For the record current Stalker 2 record of delays and inconsistoncies:
Announced in 2019 with release date of "2021"
In 2020 the engine used is stated to be Unreal Engine and GSC partners with Microsoft
In 2021 UE5 was officially announced as used
NFT scandal happened in autumn 2021
Postponed then to early 2022
2 weeks before the supposed 2022 release gets postponed till the end of 2022
War happens

we are here now
We had a "2023" release window that got postponed to "Q1 2024"

All the footage we have seen up to this point was bullshots and canned animations and spliced together shooting that does not let you see much of the game at all to form any concrete opinion.

[finite dragon]

Stop acting like GSC is a small time small team developer. They're massive. Huge. So many resources.

To be real the weird international distrobution problems and preorder stuff is very not aaa

[finite dragon]

GSC PR, Marketing and whatever are terrible

this is true

and logistics apparently / distro

and management, the devs are chill tho~

It's like whoever they put up there is so grossly incompetent they can't even manage the development and distribution, both of information and of the game..

And I don't think it's Griga No. 2's fault

seize the means of production

[finite dragon]

And this timeline is exactly why I think the game started to get assmebled piece by piece only this year. They made the assets and locations but didn't populate the world.

[wheat gulch]

Yep. There was never a game all these years. They did not even have an engine selected a mere year before the initial promised release window

[finite dragon]

Again management screwing over the devs and expecting unrealistic things (cough in a war)

Though I find it funny that the first trailer in 2020 actually possibly used 2011 assets

[finite dragon]

The war happened 4 years after development was announced.

[wheat gulch]

What management? The game was said to come out in 2021, what war?

[hazy helm]

so were going into gross speculation

what is even your evidence

do games not get delayed?is GSC the first company to do so?

[wheat gulch]

Leaked assets

[hazy helm]

we are not talking about the leaks here

it is not allowed

[wheat gulch]

Ah yes, proof is not allowed. Got it.

Stalker 1 had troubled development. Stalker 2 development is a grift.

[hazy helm]

my heavenly brother
you want to show the leaks in the official stalker game discord?

I am warning you before it gets bad

[finite dragon]

They did use Unreal Engine though, probably since 2018. Probably UE4 at the start. There was a gap between the announcement of UE being used and confirmation that it was UE5. They moved over.

[wheat gulch]

I am willing to bet that not only the game is using basic stock UE5 assets and menus but will be filled with bought assets and will run on spaghetti "code"

[finite dragon]

Oh spaghetti is a given haha

[hazy helm]

well we could make that bet
100 bucks

I hope you love your kitchen sink conspiracy theorist assumptions

[wheat gulch]

Look at my timeline

[finite dragon]

Yes and?

[hazy helm]

yes and?all I see is a troubled development brought trhu internal and external problems
I dont see EVIDENCE of what you say

[wheat gulch]

Yea since I withdrew my pre order for the collectors edition after the second delay I think I am winning.

[finite dragon]

Your timeline is wrong. Game was announced in 2018

[hazy helm]

your problem is taht youre going VERY VERY extremist in the assumption

[wheat gulch]

The website was in 2019 iirc

[finite dragon]

2018

[wheat gulch]

Ah thanks

[hazy helm]

its not,Im scared about the delays,it is "THEY ARE LYING,SHUT IT DOWN"
take a chill pill man

I understand the sckepticism jnust not the extremity of it

[wheat gulch]

They are lying. The end product will be bad

Or at least considerably worse than OG games and will just play like Far Cry

[hazy helm]

the entire argument is based upon the assumption of a bad feeling borne from the delays which,I undersatnd,but I feel like the extremety of this feeling isnt borne from the skepticism but smth more

[finite dragon]

The argument turnedd into bait like 15 minutes ago, chill

[hazy helm]

ho yhea I know I will keep beating a dead horse just to keep the convo going tho

>dont speak about the leaks

procceds to speak about leaks

my brother in christ,if you want me to mute you just ask me

[worthy lagoon]

[wheat gulch]

Oh, did not notice you are a mod. Yea of course you are shilling overtime for free.

[hazy helm]

my bro Im questioning your weird logic

[worn oar]

Greetings stalkers

What's happening here?

[wheat gulch]

I laid it out bare, you call it a conspiracy theory.
Delay after the delay, lie after lie there is no good faith left in my bone.

[worn oar]

Oh, I don't need to read previous texts to know that it's the old cassette playing over again

[hazy helm]

I already told you before,I understnd the skepticism but you come here and tell me all this points to the game not being real and that GSC are charlattans

and when I call you out on it Im just a shill?

[solid dome]

What am I missing?

[wheat gulch]

Mod is working overtime and doing it for free

[worn oar]

Just guess

[hazy helm]

crazy dude tells me that delays confirms that GSC are charlattans trying to grift everyone
bascially
logic jumps thru the roof

[woeful frost]

LMAO

[worn oar]

Come on Vasim, you know better than to keep discussing it longer than it deserves

[wheat gulch]

Announced in 2018 with release date of "2021"
In 2020 the engine used is stated to be Unreal Engine and GSC partners with Microsoft
In 2021 UE5 was officially announced as used
NFT scandal happened in autumn 2021
Postponed then to early 2022
2 weeks before the supposed 2022 release gets postponed till the end of 2022
War happens

we are here now
We had a "2023" release window that got postponed to "Q1 2024"

All the footage we have seen up to this point was bullshots and canned animations and spliced together shooting that does not let you see much of the game at all to form any concrete opinion.

[hazy helm]

see this is what Im talking
HOW DOES THIS PROVE WITHOUT A SHADOW OF A DOUBT THE GAME IS NOT REAL?

[wheat gulch]

All the time for almost 3 years now the game was "in final stages of development"

[woeful frost]

Why are you even on the server bro 😂😂 just leave

[worn oar]

Bro, just chill. If not, you can just either go cool off somewhere else, or leave if you want.

[hazy helm]

this shows that yes its healthy to have skepticism but to simply write off the existance of even a build and say "they are grifting" is luancy itself

Im not going to call ppl stupid for being scared bc of this but Im calling you stupid for going off the deep end with no verifyable proof

[fossil fiber]

Sergey Galyonkin (who worked for Epic all these years) knew about Stalker 2 being on Unreal the moment the game was announced in 2018

[worn oar]

Smited haha

[vernal magnet]

https://tenor.com/view/cringe-no-undecided-not-sure-gif-26295992

you still have time to delete this post lol

[hazy helm]

being dumb aint a bannable offense

[solid dome]

Last paragraph do be true tho

[silver pagoda]

Zombine what kingdom did you escape your profession as a clown from? Tick tock my man, the king needs entertainment

[solid dome]

Couple people, yeah

No leak talk here, boy

[wheat gulch]

So where am I wrong? I am waiting

[hazy helm]

!ban @finite dragon leak talk

[nimble cipher]

1eure has been banned

Reason: leak talk

[solid dome]

DAMN

Lost to the Zoner!

[hazy helm]

[pliant pier]

That was quick

[hazy helm]

why are we getting dumb ppl today

[solid dome]

Lol

[finite dragon]

damn, strict regime in here

[vernal magnet]

Vasim shut that dude down faster than Sektoras shuts folks down in hunt showdown jeeeeesus

[fossil fiber]

"Yep. There was never a game all these years. They did not even have an engine selected a mere year before the initial promised release window" - this is total bs, dude.

[hazy helm]

thas what Im saying right?

[loud gate]

Ok bro🤡

[wheat gulch]

2021 was og release date. 2020 they announce that they use Unreal.
I am going by legal announcements and press releases

[loud gate]

[fossil fiber]

The only reason you heard about GSC making S2 on Unreal in 2020 cause Epic Games accidentally leaked it lol
So it was "announced" because they had no choice at that point

[vernal magnet]

your overlooking the entire UE4 projection was for the original 2021 date and they recalibrated the project and its expectations after they switched. Kind of an important detail

[wheat gulch]

So does that mean that the game restarted development in 2021?

[pliant pier]

no? what?

[wheat gulch]

Was that why they suddenly wanted to put in NFTs?

[solid dome]

It means we dont have such accurate details is all

How can we know anything internal.... we ain't Edward Snowden...

[loud gate]

https://tenor.com/view/facepalm-really-stressed-mad-angry-gif-16109475

[solid dome]

@wheat gulch You are asking questions the community doesn't know the answers to, my bud

[fossil fiber]

It means that they switched to UE5

[wheat gulch]

And lied about release right away, got it.

[loud gate]

what

[pliant pier]

I think we should not feed the troll and just ignore this dude tbh

[hazy helm]

it is kinda funy

[finite dragon]

his pfp stresses me out

[pliant pier]

same lmao

[hazy helm]

cmon
sam is a beautiful model

[wheat gulch]

in 2021 they kept saying that it is releaseing on time, then quietly delayed it to early 2022 and 2 weeks before the release delayed it to the end of the year. Before every delay announcement they kept insisting that there will be NO DELAY. It is here in the logs ffs

Or was everything nuked when the server got conviniently compromised?

[hazy helm]

now the server hacking is working into the conspiracy plot?

everything is still there

[loud gate]

It's not like in 2022, most of the time they couldn't develop the game at all🤡

[fossil fiber]

2 weeks before release? How about 3,5 months lol

[hazy helm]

but just bc the game got delayed does not mean that the game doesnt exist

[solid dome]

Zombine3D is right on his own on the delays and it's a fact - GSC can't manage deadlines, it's not their forte

[pliant pier]

I swear this person know nothing about game developpement lmao

[wheat gulch]

And yet the game was supposedly "in polishing stage"

[loud gate]

source

[wheat gulch]

This server and the devs

[pliant pier]

That is not a source.

[loud gate]

I want a link. Link me where you saw this?

[hazy helm]

if it is in the announcement yues

it is

[finite dragon]

Yeah, I have no idea about the exact details but gsc management and the devs seem to operate on different timelines..

[loud gate]

I can confidently say that the only time they said this was 2 months ago when they confirmed to IGN that the game is in its polishing state.

[finite dragon]

I wish 4A had stalker IP

[fossil fiber]

Why?

[finite dragon]

whoops

[wheat gulch]

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/the-stalker-2-release-date-has-been-delayed-by-7-months/

[finite dragon]

I like them as a company, many of the original SoC devs left and formed 4A because gsc management is sketch

[fossil fiber]

Technically they said they need more time to polish the game... not that the game is basically ready and only needs polishing

[wheat gulch]

All the time between early 2022 and now is "testing and polishing"

More like polishing a golden toilet

[hazy helm]

a few guys did not THAT many did

[pliant pier]

What I meant was that it is a source but just saying "oh yeah, I saw it on this server" without showing it doesn't prove anything

[loud gate]

Yes, that's what I said. They confirmed they are now polishing the game.

[fossil fiber]

Ah, so what about the management of 4A who made their game epic exclusive shortly before release? It's not sketchy?

[loud gate]

What is this? No relevance

[wheat gulch]

https://twitter.com/stalker_thegame/status/1481279837469872129

[solid dome]

Lmao

How about we criticise after we seen the product

[wheat gulch]

It is the source you asked for

[solid dome]

Its waste of keypresses atm

[loud gate]

Where does it say the game is finished? Where did they insist?

[fossil fiber]

It doesn't. He just saw the word "polishing" and twisted it into "the game is ready"

[finite dragon]

I mean they did say it was in the polishing stage of things which was a lie to be fair

[wheat gulch]

Can you read?

[loud gate]

Lmao

[fossil fiber]

They didn't say it

[finite dragon]

ok

[fossil fiber]

Read what other people write here, dude

[wheat gulch]

"requires thorough testing and polishing"

[fossil fiber]

Yes?

[loud gate]

Engagement baiting lol

[loud gate]

Ok.. and?

[wheat gulch]

Polishing stage means that the game is feature complete

[hazy helm]

no not really

[fossil fiber]

Where did they use the words "polishing stage"?

[wheat gulch]

Again with the shilling

[wheat gulch]

When they say that the delay is used for polishing?

[hazy helm]

if they are using a segmented fountain scheme for their project management then it doesnt mean that no

[finite dragon]

bro they said polishing and testing - https://twitter.com/stalker_thegame/status/1481279837469872129

[fossil fiber]

Yes? The game needs more polishing doesn't mean the game is the FINAL STAGE of development.

[hazy helm]

no

[finite dragon]

gah you're thick

[fossil fiber]

Jesus Christ, you both can't read?

[wheat gulch]

And this, ladies and gentlemen, is what brain damage looks like.

[nimble cipher]

uadavinci has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[finite dragon]

Testing and polishing means exactly what it means brother

[hazy helm]

he is right tho
polishing is a process that is continuous in a game development setting not done all at the end of development

have you ever done gamedev dude?

[loud gate]

No, not really.

[wheat gulch]

Yes as a matter of fact I have

[fossil fiber]

The game is being tested and polished entire time the game is being made lol

You have zero idea how game dev works

[toxic hazel]

:( help

[hazy helm]

well yhea
especially in the field of triple A games where the disposition of the teams project is handled by small pockets that are individually done and then put together these thigns are individually polished

[wheat gulch]

When you are feature complete then you work on strictly polish and big fixing, not adding in new stuff

[finite dragon]

This is semantic but my understanding is like this and every other thing that you google - https://www.buildbox.com/game-dev-101-adding-polish-games/ . I have done programming but not game dev

[toxic hazel]

Still unable to play SoC, it did launch this time though

[fossil fiber]

Yes, which is what GSC said only few months ago. They never said the game was feature complete before

[finite dragon]

Generally speaking by bug testing and polish, 99% of anyone who has done any sort of dev would think it means it's getting close to being finished

[hazy helm]

yes
when youre at the finish line you stricly do polish and bug testing but nowhere here do they say they are stricly polishing
only like a few months ago did they say this

[finite dragon]

not going to argue with people over semantics

[wheat gulch]

And yet it was supposed to come in 2021 and then 2 times in 2022

[hazy helm]

yes

what about it

it was delayed we all know that

[loud gate]

Ok. And?

[fossil fiber]

It's not semantics if you are talking about different things

[wheat gulch]

So they lied about the stage of the game all this time?

[finite dragon]

[loud gate]

There is no way. You must be trolling or have no idea.

[finite dragon]

going back to turning my raspberry pi into a router

[fossil fiber]

Do you even listen to what people are telling you?

[finite dragon]

I hope you all solve the mystery if GSC has been transparent and competent with their marketing and PR

[wheat gulch]

Yea, you say that they were absolutely justified in taking money for vaporware and lieing for years

[fossil fiber]

@hazy helm why you still tolerate this clown?

[hazy helm]

if I was mad at every clown that comes thru here I wouldve had a mental breakdown

jus chill

[loud gate]

Yeah, yeah. Sure 🤡

[hazy helm]

I dont think being suspicious of everything is wrong but being so hell bent on doing logic loop to try and decry smth as vaporware when we know it aint is well...we both are just saying stuff to defend ourselves and not our points at this point

[loud gate]

Guys, make me a favour and ignore this clown

[wheat gulch]

This is all so tiresome.

But how do we even know that it aint vaporware at this point? What proof is there?

[hazy helm]

waht proof is there that it is

[loud gate]

A lot

[wheat gulch]

Ok, shoot.

[hazy helm]

your timeline says nothing about vaporware and your polishing argument is very very small

[loud gate]

Can't talk about it here

[wheat gulch]

Duke Nukem Forever was also shown off under NDA

[hazy helm]

I dont see how you can say that its all vaporware bc it was delayed and bc one PR guy said smth off

[hazy helm]

so is every other game

Companies use NDAs,whats your point

[fossil fiber]

You know what proof is there lol
People were literally playing the demo the whole autumn + the OTHER STUFF

[wheat gulch]

I am saying that DNF was multiple year Vaporware award winner. Stalker 2 deserves the same treatment at this point.

What demo? There is a demo? Can't find it anywhere.

[hazy helm]

every delayed game deserves the same treatment as it?

[finite dragon]

bro we all want s2 to come out but maybe you should chill

[fossil fiber]

What? 💀

[hazy helm]

the demo taht GSC is showing around the world
it went to poland and brazil and is now in china

[wheat gulch]

Ok, I hope it comes out in 2027

[loud gate]

"What Demo" 💀

[silver pagoda]

zombine is just troller dog, ignore him

[finite dragon]

You're making other gsc skeptics look bad

[wheat gulch]

If the demo is so good why is there no footage of it from the trade shows?

[loud gate]

I have no problem with skeptics, I have one with idiots

[fossil fiber]

Lmao
from vaporware to "if the demo is so good"

[loud gate]

Well, techincally there is, but that doesn't matter

[hazy helm]

it is in NDA

you cannot film it

there are testimonies of the demo

[wheat gulch]

Yea, going on your level. DNF also showed demos and got callev vaporware because the consumers never saw them.

[hazy helm]

actually
the new anomalous dugout video contains his thoughts on the demo

[loud gate]

Nah, bro. Liars

[hazy helm]

bc he played it when they went to france

[wheat gulch]

Ah, ok. And I played Half Life 3 and it is amazing, trust me guys

[hazy helm]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_6fDQb2kpg

[fossil fiber]

Oh, forget about the demo. What about the stuff we are not allowed to talk about here? Also "fake"?

[loud gate]

[wheat gulch]

trailer footage

[fossil fiber]

which is demo footage, genius

[wheat gulch]

Then show uninterrupted demo footage

[loud gate]

@fossil fiber Get that footage. You know which one

[hazy helm]

the video is a junction of a the trailer deep dive and his thoughts about the demo itself

[wheat gulch]

It's like GSC hates money

[fossil fiber]

You constantly move the goalpost, dude

[hazy helm]

we also have a https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8RqV_iurZE&t=117s

[wheat gulch]

I am keeping up with you guys since you are as fast as a marathon runner

[wheat gulch]

Bigfoot is real!

[loud gate]

https://twitter.com/stalker_thegame/status/1694756596562182233?s=20

Stop being a clown and accept the facts

[hazy helm]

my brother in christ
https://discord.com/channels/504587323577729024/1144276476708003880
we have a Gamescom thread

where the demo was first shown

since then the demo and game have been further polished

[wheat gulch]

Oh sorry, I am not closely keeping up with internal affairs after being burned several times already.

[hazy helm]

https://youtu.be/TMuOc_DvKdY?si=NHFfFlVNlz46RqAH

[loud gate]

Then why do you argue if you don't know what you are actually talking about??

[wheat gulch]

I just remembered that the game was supposed to come out this year and looked it up on YT and saw the same stuff as last year. Oh and another delay.

[wheat gulch]

Nice, bandit standing on the spot and not moving.

[fossil fiber]

💀

[wheat gulch]

Oh look! It's Todd Howard!

[fossil fiber]

"I don't pay attention to the game but I'll go into the server of people who do and gonna argue with them about stuff I know nothing about" 💀

[wheat gulch]

Yea, 2022 delay was wild, right?

[hazy helm]

ok so,now its not that the game isnt real,its that it looks bad

[loud gate]

dumb nitpick

[wheat gulch]

Yea you convinced me. There is something there.

[loud gate]

[wheat gulch]

You win the argument.

[fossil fiber]

@loud gate he is the one dude who believed the game was 25% ready. Remember that? 😆

[loud gate]

I don't remember no lol

[hazy helm]

I mean,like I said,I completely wholesale understand the skepticism with the delays,its just the extremety of the doubt that seemed very,uninformed
like,it is completely understandable to be on the fence but to say the game doesnt exist or was only worked on for a year?I dunno man

[loud gate]

Do you actually think I have time to rememeber dumb bois lmao

[fossil fiber]

Right when the THING happened - the other dude (not Frost) said the game is 25% ready

[wheat gulch]

Eh, whatever. I need to finish the Yakuza series before I get into 8

[loud gate]

Familiar situation

[fossil fiber]

and our guest here thought this info was the truth... explains his behaviour lol

[wheat gulch]

Well what is the truth-truth if all announcements are delays

[fossil fiber]

He is not arguing in good faith

[loud gate]

I don't even understand what is your problem with the game being delayed

[hazy helm]

dont expect any good explanations from games journalists but here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83K5hdElsLQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=q32cUSLUj2g

I cant find lennic's impressions rn

bc they were streamed when he was at gamescom

[wheat gulch]

The reasons behind delays and events leading up to them (outside of the war) were misleading and dishonest in tone.

[hazy helm]

but he had a lot more to say especially bc,he actually plays stalker

[loud gate]

How do you know lmao

Do you work at GSC?

[wheat gulch]

Because I was here questioning GSC staff on the early 2022 release and they assured that it is coming, do not worry all is good.

There was this one guy who got his discord acc stolen and the whole server got fucky wucky for a week or so. He was very talkative with the community in autumn 2021 when I was more active here and excited for the release.

[hazy helm]

yes there was the big hack

[finite dragon]

Live Love STALKER

[loud gate]

OK, AND?

Things happen

[finite dragon]

why bruh so angry

[wheat gulch]

"the game is totally coming out in a couple of months, trust me bro, we are just finishing it! Oh why we decided to add NFTs right before the release? Oh it is nothing, we cancelled that so nothing to look at here, tee hee."

[loud gate]

What relevance do the NFT have??

You're acting like GSC is the only company that delayed a product

[wheat gulch]

It is because I care

Adding NFTs must be very fast and not eat up any development time at all then? After all, the game was supposed to come out in early 2022. They must have had everything practically ready to go, no? Otherwise adding in a completely new feature that is bound to cause problems would warrant far more developmental issues.

[nimble cipher]

spartan_mozi has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[wheat gulch]

But fine whatever. I am the bad guy

[hazy helm]

you assume the feature would have any relevancy in the single player game which isnt true
the NFTs were supposed to be a system for the multiplayer game that was and is coming out AFTER the game releases as a separate update

[loud gate]

I'm done with you

You don't know shit you're talking about and you keep arguing

[hazy helm]

the NFT system was projected and the PR started but the development was only gonna start AFTER the game released so they could integrate it with the MP

they opened the shop early so ppl could trade early

[wheat gulch]

And to be an NPC https://www.theverge.com/2021/12/15/22834567/stalker-2-nfts-metahuman-dmarket

[hazy helm]

yes
was it a dumb idea?EXTREMELY bad
which is why we boycotted it and it was reversed

[wheat gulch]

So how far along was it by the time it was announced then?

[broken latch]

Omg you guys are still at it

[hazy helm]

they spent time doing PR
that is it

[broken latch]

@hazy helm are there any snow only mods for soc

[hazy helm]

Stalker Winter mod

[broken latch]

That isn't mature winter

Ah ok

[wheat gulch]

I hope to God you are right

[fossil fiber]

No, because what they wanted to do didn't really need NFT in first place. It wasn't the same thing Ubisoft was trying to do

[hazy helm]

https://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-winter-edition

[finite dragon]

winter stalker makes a lot of sense

it would be cool if s2 spanned different seasons or im sure a mod will

watching that anomalous dugout video finally

[jagged gale]

I swear this is like one of the 2009 released mods

[finite dragon]

winter mods >>>>

[pale moss]

hey guys, do you know if stalker 2 recommended specs are going to be higher in the final launch?

[broken latch]

They won't be I think

[solid dome]

Zombine gone?

You fellas killed his soul

I love when people start questioning the behavior of any company, if more were doing it, it'd be even better

[finite dragon]

I agree but he's like qanon level fried

but he was right on a couple things

[solid dome]

No doubt

Hell, I been called boot licker for thinking ST2 is on a good way albeit I been real pessimistic about it for months

[finite dragon]

I just think GSC management is sketch but S2 may be good, post demo and other stuff I'm a bit optimistic

[solid dome]

Me right here

[finite dragon]

also I like jank, all great games have jank (lol thats why stalker is good is slav jank), i don't like the expectation nerds have now for games

atmosphere and good textures and models, it best have tho

[potent bluff]

Does anyone know where I can get the artwork that GSC just posted without the text?

[solid dome]

The management makes tGSC look like a start-up company led by neckbeards, is how I see it

[solid dome]

I can do the Photoshop magic if you want, not now - I'm at work

[potent bluff]

I think I found it https://twitter.com/Stalker2News/status/1728817929607856270?t=leZfhD2g0KVnszJ_01DQUQ&s=19

[potent bluff]

Nah you don't have to, Krezzin, thank you

[solid dome]

Boy, @finite dragon, if game awards for Most Useless Management existed, the GSC management would've won at least 10 awards

I swear in my lawnmower

This is Duke Nukem Forever kind of failure GSC is doing with their PR advisors

[finite dragon]

It's been pretty weird and bad and uhh the drama stuff and ostracizing community

[solid dome]

Not simply weird, it's something more, something you can hardly describe with words

I'll be real shocked if this won't reflect the image of the company after release

You can't be playing naive and expect things to be going perfect for you

Internet doesn't forget things after all

First, like Zombine reminded, the delays, then the NFTs, the lackluster explanations about the lack of proper gameplay footage with HUD on and stuff

Not to sound like I'm ranting, I do not, though bad decision susually end with bad results

Susually?

I didn't...

Okay, this does sound sus...

[broken latch]

It's perfect ty

[broken latch]

Me when mojang

[twilit oriole]

yo i need help anybody want to hop in a call totry to help me?

[hazy helm]

cant be on call but you can write it here

[twilit oriole]

like i try to launch the game stalker soc and i click play and it goes to the pop stalker and then it fails

verifed to files redownladed and shit but nothing is helping me

[scenic phoenix]

H

[hazy helm]

what are your specs

[twilit oriole]

1050ti i5 10th gen 8 gigs of ram

and a laptop

[hazy helm]

any mods?

[twilit oriole]

nah

[broken latch]

Monitor?

I mean the screen wide and length

[solid dome]

Mojang?

[broken latch]

Yearly mob vote which can be done in less than a week, April fools update has more content than it

[twilit oriole]

idk man it wont launch and thats basicly it

[broken latch]

Might be your resolution, but if that was the case the screen would just be black

Might be same issue as that other person

[solid dome]

Hold up let me finish my tea

Shut yo mouth.

@kind breach Insulting

[twilit oriole]

nah man was not me

[solid dome]

Lol

On Mojang... what does Mojang have to do with management issues, @broken latch

[twilit oriole]

i am a law abiding black citizen you trying to pin this on me cuz i am black

[hazy helm]

try installing ZRP
might work