⭐┃nospoilers_general

[hidden stratus]

With 60 kilometers of map there has to be some good form of travel around the map that isnt fast travel

[sand fiber]

doubt the world will be big enough to require transportation

[pearl jacinth]

half life 2 reverse bhop

[pale pivot]

https://yourcountdown.to/stalker-2

[pearl jacinth]

dont need vehicles if you fly through the air at 362 mph

[fast stratus]

Thanks

[hidden stratus]

Half-Life > Half-Life 2

[sand fiber]

not really

[pale pivot]

It’s about 64km^2. For reference skyrim was about 40km^2

[sand fiber]

"64 kilometers" doesn't mean anything

[pearl jacinth]

squared

[sand fiber]

it's not how you measure game maps

[pale pivot]

Yes it is lmao

[pearl jacinth]

its squared

[hidden stratus]

Exactly, it would be cool to walk across all that but what if a quest requires you to go somewhere far and back

[pale pivot]

That’s literally how u measure maps

[pearl jacinth]

nozar u silly :3

[fierce flower]

Eyyy Near Perfect good ending for COP i just got

[pale pivot]

Id do it it’s part of the game and if the world is designed well I wouldn’t mind the journey

[sand fiber]

"""kilometer""" in a game doesn't mean anything what are you talking about

[pearl jacinth]

kilometers squared does tho

[fierce flower]

Hell yeah (i couldnt help Cardan with whereabouts of bis friends)

[sand fiber]

how

[pale pivot]

64km in both X and Y directions

[sand fiber]

what's a kilometer in a game

[pearl jacinth]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1002642985403547738/1205027915729997874/Untitled.webp?ex=65d6e0b3&is=65c46bb3&hm=d267182481190771420adb855f7ee24e237db9a721d06a987239eb802dd1906b&=&format=webp

dont mind the embed failure

[pale pivot]

64km x 64km basically

[sand fiber]

WHAT'S A KILOMETER IN A GAME

[pale pivot]

LIKE A KILOMETER IRL!!! The irl “zone” is much bigger

[hidden stratus]

Games measure distance by meters, 1000 meters in a kilometer. That's probably what they meant

[pale pivot]

But stalker isn’t gonna be as big as the actual Chernobyl zone irl

[sand fiber]

what's a meter in a game?

[pearl jacinth]

(((squared)))

[pearl jacinth]

gsc, boutta hit us with the "yeah we made the entire country of ukraine the game map":

[sand fiber]

do you really not understand that kms and ms are not appliable in a game

[pearl jacinth]

it is if u square it

[sand fiber]

the only viable measurements of how big a map is are in-engine units/how long it takes to traverse it

[pearl jacinth]

which u can then convert to meters or kilometers squared

[sand fiber]

that's arbitrary and not comparable to other games, so it simply doesn't mean anything

[pale pivot]

For example: the Chernobyl exclusion zone is about 2600 square km. Stalker 2 is only 64 square km. They still use accurate km distances but one is a MUCH smaller representation

[pearl jacinth]

look at size refs for the engine

[sand fiber]

there are none

[pearl jacinth]

for example:

1 unit in unity engine is 1 meter

[sand fiber]

it's not how this whole thing works

[hidden stratus]

Game engines also have their own system of measurement, they might of gone with that

[pearl jacinth]

source: https://docs.unity3d.com/2019.3/Documentation/Manual/BestPracticeMakingBelievableVisuals1.html

(the official unity game engine documentation)

[pale pivot]

Unreal units are metric by default. One unreal unit is equal to one centimeter, and likewise 100,000 unreal units equal one kilometer. For your cube example, the default cube that you can add to a scene from the Place Actors panel is 1 meter in size.

[pearl jacinth]

In many “real world” setups, we recommend you assume 1 Unity unit
= 1 meter (100cm), because many physics systems assume this unit size. For more advice, see the Art Asset best practice guide.

the creators of the engine can provide references like this

[sand fiber]

that's not applicable to games and again, doesn't tell anything about the map's actual size lmfao

do you really not understand that you can't measure virtual space with meters

[pale pivot]

Bro what? Can u not comprehend conversions? A unity unit is just a unit of distance that can be converted to irl units like km or miles.

Are u tryna say that u cannot measure distance in games?

[pearl jacinth]

gsc said the map is 64 km squared, therefore it is 64 km squared

[sand fiber]

no it can't holy shіt, you can decide that 1 unit is a meter, you can decide that 1 unit is 10 meters, it's arbitrary and doesn't say anything

[sand fiber]

only in engine units

[pearl jacinth]

some engines provide documentation on how large a unit actually is

[sand fiber]

IT'S ARBITRARY

[pearl jacinth]

like the example of unity that ive provided

[sand fiber]

it doesn't mean anything, it's not comparable to other games

[pearl jacinth]

their fault for not following the docs, then.

[pale pivot]

No u can’t. U technically could say it but it can get disproven. I can go out and say that I dated Megan fox but no one would believe me. By ur logic almost anything can be arbitrary

[sand fiber]

what the fuсk are you talking about

what do you not understand about the fact that meters and kilometers aren't applicable to virtual spaces

[pale pivot]

If u used any rendering software you’d know that it’s not arbitrary

[pearl jacinth]

the one thing you NEED to do when making a game is to read the engines official documentation

[pale pivot]

They can be tho? How do u think ur everyday items are designed? In virtual design apps like solidworks, cad inventor, blender etc.

[pearl jacinth]

otherwise you're not gonna know how to use the engine, and therefore will go nowhere in your game development journey.

[sand fiber]

designing everyday items isn't the same as creating a map for a game

[old jungle]

No, I think you got it wrong. The map is said to be 64 km² so that would be 8km x 8km.

[hidden stratus]

Another great convo ruined by NozAr starting an argument

[pale pivot]

Oops yea I think ur right

I thought it’d be 64km in both x and y planes

[pearl jacinth]

correct

[hidden stratus]

That's close to the maps used in pubg

[pale pivot]

That would be 4096km^2 Jesus

[pearl jacinth]

that map would have a whole lot of NOTHING

[pale pivot]

Ubisoft map lmao

[pearl jacinth]

unless the devs dedicate another 20 years to filling it up lmao

[sand fiber]

this is why i'm arguing, how the hell did you measure

[hidden stratus]

Just a way for devs to compare to real life measurements

[pearl jacinth]

going off of engine docs and asking the game devs/reading their own stuff

[pearl jacinth]

would it even be possible to make a decentish game with a map that large and use most if not all of the map space

that campaign better be like 200 hours long if someones gonna do this

[sand fiber]

my whole point was that different games aren't comparable
what gsc considers as 1km is 4km for some other dev, because they just felt so

[pearl jacinth]

i propose we behead the some other dev in question

[hidden stratus]

I think its based on the game engine each game uses. UE, Unity, etc

[sand fiber]

no.

[pale pivot]

It depends on if the devs would show documentation on their distance units and what not. Some devs don’t care to provide that so take their word with a grain of salt. U can also use topography and just guesstimate using how fast ur character can walk aka character speed. 20m/s and I travel for 100s that’s about 2,000m aka 2km in one direction.

The cool thing is about Stalker 2 is that it’s being developed on UE which has design documentation that tells u what distance units are being used

[pearl jacinth]

lets ask gsc

"hey gsc game world,,, are you using engine docs to calculate the size of your game world"

[hidden stratus]

Alright man believe whatever you want to believe

[pearl jacinth]

unreal engine provides a measurement tool

https://dev.epicgames.com/community/learning/tutorials/70z/how-to-measure-distances-in-unreal-engine
gsc better be using this to calculate map size looool

ok tbh this entire conversation couldve ended really soon if just brought this up, my bad lol

sorry for going in circles @sand fiber

[pale pivot]

This is more of an issue of proportionality than anything. For things to make mathematical sense they’d have keep proportionality. Visually this would mean that irl a 2m long baby and a 10m long table table can be “shrunk” down to 1m long baby and 5m table and still keep the same mathematics

[pearl jacinth]

2 meter long baby....???

[pale pivot]

2/10 = 1/5

[pearl jacinth]

what the hell

[pale pivot]

Yea they’re about 2 meters right?

[sand fiber]

you're still wrong btw

[pale pivot]

Idk I use American units 💪

[pearl jacinth]

you can set measuring tool units to centimeters, meters, or kilometers in unreal engines measurement tool

if devs arent using this to measure map sizes then whoopsies

its not accurate by the rules of the engine then, at that point then yeah they make their own

((it'll still be not accurate in my mind tho because documentation for life 🔥))((not really, some docs suck))

[pale pivot]

As long as 1 unreal unit is equal to 1 meter and they are always equal and proportional then they are truly and mathematically proven to not be arbitrary

The main issue now is probably with how they actually measured and not what units were used

[pearl jacinth]

my point, summarized:

please for the love of anything that is holy, use official in engine tools and documentation for calculating map sizes

here's to hoping gsc did

[sand fiber]

that still wouldn't mean anything, because how long it takes to traverse the map (and thus how big it feels) differs on game to game basis

i'm going insane

[pearl jacinth]

yeah because different people walk at different speeds lol

[pale pivot]

It only differs depending on travel velocity

[pearl jacinth]

this is assuming that every game protagonist ever is NOT a carbon copy of one another

[pale pivot]

Rdr2 map and gta 5 map are the same size but one feels MUCH bigger bc it has slower traversal

[pearl jacinth]

this applies to other movement things like running and crawling

[pale pivot]

Stalker 2 will FEEL massive bc we’ll be mostly walking im assuming

[nimble cipher]

weewdiedrich has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[pearl jacinth]

i crawl slow as fuk (thanks wolf) while a military dude might be like a spider

[pale pivot]

We have irl data for games that use realistic movement

[pearl jacinth]

therefore it will take longer for me to traverse the "map"

while the military dude will get that done quicker

all of this and the map is the same size.

[pale pivot]

And we can also use irl data for assets like how big a tree is and using the size of certain known things to calculate speed

[pearl jacinth]

true!

[pale pivot]

and once we have speed we can then calculate how big something is by how much time it takes to traverse it

[pearl jacinth]

to branch off of this, a map may feel large when in reality it is very small because your character moves remarkably slowly.

[pale pivot]

Yea rdr2 felt so much bigger than gta 5 bc u were on horseback or running around but both of those maps are the same size

In gta 5 u are zooming down 200mph in a car

[pearl jacinth]

so what your saying is true here, but this doesnt apply to map size and how that changes game per game i think.

it generally applies more to how fast the player character is allowed to move

[pale pivot]

If we’re assuming that stalker 2 is gonna use realistic human movement then it doesn’t matter what GSC says we can calculate the map size on our own

[pearl jacinth]

the map size would still be what gsc says

[sand fiber]

i still stand by my point that you can't use meters to measure things in games

[pearl jacinth]

we would just move slowly through it, thus making it feel larger

[pearl jacinth]

then adapt to what the game dev says is "1 meter tall/long" in their game's scenario

[pale pivot]

As long as they are always a meter and are always proportionally correct then u can. If they aren’t then u can’t. A meter in one game should be the same in another game under good circumstances

[pearl jacinth]

hopefully you wont have to ask them for these measurements if they go off of the engine docs

then everyones happy. you get your measurements, the dev has to respond to one less dm

going off of engine docs is likely easier tbh. if you make your own way of measuring, you have to convert EVERY unit of measurement, like centimeters, meters, etc

unless you just eyeball it. please don't just eyeball it

sure the map may look nice anyways but that one dude that's super into math will likely get mad at you

[pale pivot]

If GSC was using an in-house private game engine then I’d be much more weary of just taking their word for it but we don’t have to worry abt that bc of unreal engine having unit measurement documentation

[pearl jacinth]

if gsc was using their own inhouse engine, just ask them "hey. how large is one kilometer in your engine?"

then go off of that

[sand fiber]

the only thing i'm getting from this is that you're using a different word for a unit

[pearl jacinth]

thats essentially what the docs ive brought up recommend you do yeah

1 unit = 1 meter for unity

unless you make your own way of measuring. good luck with that, in the case you do

[sand fiber]

which doesn't in any way translate to real-world meters or to other-engine-measurement-meters

[pale pivot]

U mean unity unit right? Not just unit lol

[pale pivot]

I think he meant to say a unity unit not just unit

[pearl jacinth]

yeah, a unity unit

[pale pivot]

Bc unit is what u say to describe like anything measurable

[pearl jacinth]

if you use just unit, WHAT are you doing

[pale pivot]

That could mean anything lmao 😭

[pearl jacinth]

and more importantly, how are you doing it

[pearl jacinth]

its like asking how much something weighs and the other person says "yeah this thing weighs 20"

20 what? pounds? grams?

communication is important!

[pale pivot]

Nah bro I just weight 150

[pearl jacinth]

150 TONS 🔥

[pale pivot]

Damn 😔

[sand fiber]

s2's map is actually 6

[pale pivot]

Cm

[pearl jacinth]

nah thats too large

[pale pivot]

Yea that’s massive!

[pearl jacinth]

millimeters

[pale pivot]

Omg that’s such a good size ❤️

[pearl jacinth]

im happy that we agree now

[pearl jacinth]

"its average sized ok"

[pale pivot]

Bro fax like that’s actually sooooo big

[pearl jacinth]

1 nanometer 🔥🔥🔥 (the character moves super duper uber slowly so it feels like a kilometer)

actually im pretty sure the game engine would start to shit itself with things this small

le floating point precision????

[pale pivot]

Brooo u weight like 2000

[pearl jacinth]

2000 meters 🔥

[pale pivot]

I weight a light year

[sand fiber]

i'm 2 yards tall btw

[pale pivot]

Damn

[pearl jacinth]

one time i ran into a kid on vrchat that claimed he was 20 feet tall

[pale pivot]

Bro taller than ||gyro||

[pale pivot]

Oh the game that I almost got groomed In when I was like 14 lol

[pearl jacinth]

what the heeeelllll

yeah there's an amount of people on there suck ass i'm gonna be honest

[pale pivot]

Yea but I mean that’s like any social gathering game lol

[pearl jacinth]

vrchat gets good when u find ur group

[pale pivot]

I did once and it was fun but vr messes me up sometimes

[pearl jacinth]

e-boys that use avatars that havent even thought about optimization that also get mad when u mute them for playing music thru the mic

blegh......

stalker related because there's a stalker community on vrchat tho... right....?

[pale pivot]

Lol I used some weird old dude as my avatar and ppl always thought I was some old boomer

Until I spoke when I was 14 and sounded like a squeaker

[pearl jacinth]

a fun thing to do in vrchat is have people guess your age exclusively from your voice

or rather, in stalker 2's multiplayer,,, implying thats gonna have VOIP

hopefully. VOIP makes anything so much more fun

[pale pivot]

We’ll see what type of multiplayer they’ll have it’ll probably be similar to the older games

[pearl jacinth]

different engines have different sizes, thats what it does get funny. just a final thought

[pearl jacinth]

yeah the pvp in the trilogy is super fun

[pale pivot]

I didn’t play much multiplayer

Are there still servers?

[pearl jacinth]

most likely

even SOC has 200+ people in game right now, according to steamdb.

[sand fiber]

there are a hundred of insane russian men playing since 2006 present at all times

[pearl jacinth]

legends of the zone say that one day, ivan just spawned in immediately after the release of the stalker game... he spawned in with the knowledge of the chornobyl shadows, so played in pvp he did....

[sand fiber]

you can log in at like 3am moscow and there will be some 40yo playing TDM swearing in voicechat

[pearl jacinth]

he is still going to this day

he doesn't need to eat, he especially does not need to sleep. he plays soc pvp.

[pearl jacinth]

maam, what if i log in at 4am moscow?

[pale pivot]

You’ll have to deal with me 😡

[pearl jacinth]

oh shit

[pearl jacinth]

its stalkove... for U.........

[pearl jacinth]

and then i stalked all over the place

[pale pivot]

AHHH IM ABOUT TO STALKKKK

Damn I just finished stalking

[pearl jacinth]

couch status: OBLITERATED

[sand fiber]

Huh... So this is it, Stalker... The Shadow Of Chernobyl.......

[pearl jacinth]

couch status: NONEXISTANT

[pale pivot]

Gsc after delaying game for 10th time

[pearl jacinth]

couch status: RELEASING ON SEPTEMBER 5TH

[pearl jacinth]

.... 2064

[nimble cipher]

phub.exe has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[analog charm]

For my cop players, how can you get up the god for sacken southern plateau

[celest heart]

Ask noah

He will show you the teleporting anomaly in the burning farmstead

[finite dragon]

Hello. How are you?

[gaunt burrow]

Aye. That part is nightmare

[gaunt burrow]

Go to Old Barge and find Noah

He knows the route to third Stingray helicopter

[thorn portal]

I grow mine organically.

[rancid kestrel]

Hello

[broken latch]

hi

[fast stratus]

good

[rancid kestrel]

I just got into S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl yesterday, anyone got any tipps for me?

[celest heart]

Don't shoot the military at the bridge

[rancid kestrel]

uh

What if i already have…?

[rancid kestrel]

Is it really really bad if i already have?

[dire maple]

nah

[rancid kestrel]

whats so important about them

[dire maple]

i think thats how i get my first gun aha

[rancid kestrel]

I think my first gun was a sawed off db shotgun

and then i got an ak74 u from one of the guys at the bridge

[finite dragon]

You would see the result of that you have done in the Clear Sky part when you leave swamps for the first time. Remember the name - Vova Vist

[spring apex]

go look into one of the house in the starting village. there is a merc armor.

[tribal meteor]

Play on the highest difficulty

I think it changes what weapons npcs use

So you'll get better weapons faster

[tribal meteor]

Also there's a secret true ending - keep playing and you'll find it.

[finite dragon]

To jump higher you have to throw grenades under your feet and to load your headlamp you need to go into electra anomaly

[rancid kestrel]

should i change the difficulty to the highest or just start a whole new game on the hardest difficulty

[tribal meteor]

Oh and by the way you can walk all the way to Kyiv if you kill all military npcs on the blockpost and go through the gates

[rancid kestrel]

Ok, will do, thanks for telling me

[tribal meteor]

Yes you can change it anytime

[tribal meteor]

[rancid kestrel]

Where can i even get a headlamp?

[tribal meteor]

Kill Wolf

[rancid kestrel]

Is that really necessary

[tribal meteor]

Yes

[rancid kestrel]

wont my reputation decrease a lot by doing that

[tribal meteor]

No

The devs accounted for that

Earning money is so easy it won't matter really

[rancid kestrel]

Kk

Are there other locations where wolf is, apart from the starter location

[finite dragon]

Reinstall the game and then you can use L button

[tribal meteor]

No

[tribal meteor]

He's lying

[rancid kestrel]

i know

[finite dragon]

Yes, lying, it does not help

[rancid kestrel]

Damn

so the people will agro on me, right?

[tribal meteor]

Yes

But it's worth it

[finite dragon]

You always have it, normally L or check settings

I am just envious you get such great experience

[broken latch]

@rancid kestrel at army warehouses

[rancid kestrel]

kk

theres a way to one of them from agroprom underground, right?

[broken latch]

You get to army warehouses via northern exit at rostok

[broken latch]

No, aprogrom underground is just tunnels under aprogrom that are like alternative paths

[rancid kestrel]

ah okay thanks

How do you get to Dark Valley

[broken latch]

In which game

[rancid kestrel]

SoC

[broken latch]

2 entrances on the west side of garbage

In CS you can enter from cordon west entrance to dark valley

[sand fiber]

from garbage

[fast stratus]

I hate apple vision pro

[pale pivot]

I tried one out and it’s overrated ash. It’s just like a quest but a good bit clearer. Not worth almost 4 grand usd

[granite coral]

Wake me up when September comes!

🤘 🥴

[solid dome]

Wait for Stalker 3

[gaunt burrow]

Reputation system in SoC is bugged anyways

You can have Excellent reputation that may go to Terrible after completing 1 sidequest

Better not to pay too much attention to it

[granite coral]

Don't forget to press F5 often

[steep hawk]

if u havent free space in invertory, shoose the empty house for yourself that you like and drop items on the floor to return and get it when you need it, like food or first aid kit

[solid dome]

I WAS ATTACKED WHILE IN STOC
I'VE GOT HIT WITH A SOLID ROCK
AND WHEN I WOKE UP
I SAW MOLIT STANDING BESIDE ME
"HERE, TAKE THIS CHILL PILL!" 💊
WHY IN THE HELL I WOULD NEED CHILL PILL?
"TAKE A LOOK AROUND, YOU MUST THINK STRAIGHT"
O P E N T H E D O O R !
I'M LOSING IT, MOLIT
OVER AND OUT

[gaunt burrow]

I WAS ATTACKED WHILE IN STOC
I'VE GOT HIT WITH A SOLID ROCK
AND WHEN I WOKE UP
I SAW MOLIT STANDING BESIDE ME
"HERE, TAKE THIS CHILL PILL!" 💊
WHY IN THE HELL I WOULD NEED CHILL PILL?
"TAKE A LOOK AROUND, YOU MUST THINK STRAIGHT"
O P E N T H E D O O R !
I'M LOSING IT, MOLIT
OVER AND OUT

[solid dome]

[gaunt burrow]

Wtf

[solid dome]

How do we do, Matt

[gaunt burrow]

Krezzin what happened to your tag? no more Sir and STOC Gaming?

[gaunt burrow]

All is well, thanks. Wbu?

[solid dome]

I'm hot and wet, as in sweatin

[granite coral]

I love creative schizoid poems

I need that Chill Pill until the game is out...

[finite dragon]

He's been stripped of his valor by the GSC overlords

[solid dome]

Factually, yes

[wheat osprey]

Do bloodsuckers only spawn at night?

[granite coral]

Nope

[wheat osprey]

I heard creepy noises in garbage

[granite coral]

Travel around a bit, maybe you'll come across it if you're lucky 😄

[wheat osprey]

Are you advising me to how to encounter bloodsuckers?

[granite coral]

Go to the certain places at night

Army Warehouses have lots of Bloodsuckers for example

Open your map and find Army Warehouses and go there at night

If you want a challange 😄

[wheat osprey]

Which places have bloodsuckers in army warehouses? Isn't there is freedom base?

[granite coral]

Look for the tower at the northern section of the map

You can't miss it

Red Forest is the second best place for it

Have you encountered Snorks so far? @wheat osprey

[pale pivot]

Shotgun is pretty effective

[toxic vector]

if you dont like switching weapons, just use a fast firing ar

TRs301 is my favorite

always kill sucker within a mag

[solid dome]

@finite dragon "Chad" Chadman back on track. How do we feel today, broski?

[fast stratus]

This generation is going to hell I prefer real world

[worthy lagoon]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1171602505382236231/1180571899336609892/Strider.gif?ex=657de842&is=656b7342&hm=6a8809fdc1d71177a02d71073be633f7842cededab111e7527dff9502ef97903&

[rancid kestrel]

Nah

[keen rune]

Krezzin lost his knighthood, he is nothing but a peasant to GSC

[wheat osprey]

Is South-east in army warehouse freedom base?

[wheat osprey]

No, but I have seen dead snorks in cordon Bridge tunnel with electrical anomalies

[wheat osprey]

Wiki says bloodsuckers spawn rarely in red forest

[granite coral]

Do you see Army Warehouses area on the map? @wheat osprey

Go there first because Red Forest will be later

[solid dome]

Comment of the Day

[granite coral]

I'm the peasant of the day

[wheat osprey]

No, bro, I want rather stay with lovely freedom guys than encountering bloodsuckers

[granite coral]

It is up to you

[wheat osprey]

How many times have you encountered bloodsuckers in Army warehouses and garbage, red forest before?
(Shadow of chernobyl)

[hazy helm]

there is a village filled with them

in AW

[granite coral]

There are no Bloodsuckers in Garbage if I'm not wrong

[wheat osprey]

You haven't encountered or there are no bloodsuckers in garbage?

[granite coral]

Yup

[wheat osprey]

Wiki says bloodsuckers spawn in garbage rarely

[granite coral]

You will face with them sooner or later so don't worry

There is no escape 😄

Stop asking and play the game so simple

[wheat osprey]

No, bro, you're a good guy and good explainer

[granite coral]

And the Wiki about the game will spoil your Stalker experience

[wheat osprey]

So I should not read information/wiki about S.T.A.L.K.E.R before finishing the game?

[granite coral]

Yes indeed

Do not read anything on Wiki about the game for the best experience

Experience and see it all live in the field

[wheat osprey]

Thank you, but it really haunts me and I will get heart attack (no, it's getting jumpscared)

Learning about faction is fun

[keen rune]

You're gonna have a lifetime getting jumpscared..

I advise you prepare yourself

[granite coral]

I'm sure you will have a heart attack once you face with the Controller 😄 @wheat osprey

But I'll not give you any spoiler about it

Do not read anything just play!

[silver wharf]

Has anybody gotten an email on NA PC preorders?

[keen rune]

We ain't getting it anytime soon

[fierce flower]

i preordered mine on steam already

lmao, game aint comin out till sept (hopefully)

[hard oracle]

any news on stalker 2?

[pale pivot]

Nah

[hard oracle]

damn

[balmy hound]

I've heard there was some kind of a Microsoft event coming about broadening some of their games to PS5 too. Any thought about S2 ?

[old jungle]

We have to wait a few months for some news, it's tradition

[pale pivot]

Could be on there tbh. There were articles (granted they are old) that were talking about stalker 2 coming to play station

No gameplay I bet but some news

[balmy hound]

Yep i have the same opinion.

It could be a great news for Stalker 2's reception on release.

[solid dome]

Sure

According to BBC news hosts, presently we have no news

[solid dome]

Lovely art

[pale pivot]

Big black…

[solid dome]

cox

[hard oracle]

[loud gate]

Hello STOC

I have awaken from my sleep

[finite dragon]

it was a long sleep brother

[gaunt burrow]

Hi bros

[loud gate]

that you are right

[loud gate]

Hello, Matt.

[balmy hound]

It's temporary.

[loud gate]

How are you guys

[gaunt burrow]

Doing good. You?

[loud gate]

Just woke up from a years-long coma.

[balmy hound]

Feels a bit like it haha

[finite dragon]

I WAS ATTACKED WHILE IN STOC
I'VE GOT HIT FROM BACK BY AN UNKNOWN GUY
IT DIDN'T HURT BUT I GOT TIRED
WHEN I WOKE UP
I SAW MYSELF WITH LONERS
"BROTHERMAN, WHO WAS THAT GUY !"
HOW IN THE HELL WOULD I KNOW WHO HE WAS?
I DON'T KNOW WHICH FACTION WAS HE FROM , BUT I CAN TELL HE IS HELPESS TO THEM"
TAKE THE BEER MOZI , WE ARE STILL ALIVE
OVER AND OUT

[finite dragon]

i feel great

[solid dome]

T'was the spirit

[solid dome]

Original copypasta, t'is the way to go brotherman

Keep it in style

[finite dragon]

thanks bro

[solid dome]

I WAS ATTACKED WHILE IN STOC
I'VE GOT HIT WITH A SOLID ROCK
AND WHEN I WOKE UP
I SAW MOLIT STANDING BESIDE ME
"HERE, TAKE THIS CHILL PILL!" 💊
WHY IN THE HELL I WOULD NEED CHILL PILL?
"TAKE A LOOK AROUND, YOU MUST THINK STRAIGHT"
O P E N T H E D O O R !
I'M LOSING IT, MOLIT
OVER AND OUT

Hold on let me rock out mine

It's no shame, mane

[finite dragon]

6 days left

[solid dome]

Copypasta
Absolute rasta
Mad basta
JAH BLEEEEESSS

[balmy hound]

Until what ?

[solid dome]

I come out as gay

[finite dragon]

untill krezzin do something crazy

[balmy hound]

Awesome news !

[finite dragon]

rat monsta

[loud gate]

What is this

I show you men a real copy pasta

GOD, THIS THEORY IS SO GOOD
HEY, WHAT IS IT?
A RELEASE DATE
HA HA HA, SERVES US RIGHT
THANK YOU, MANY COPERS OWE YOU THEIR LIVES
MAN, SPILL IT!
THAT'S WHY I STAY AWAY FROM ANY THEORIES
DON'T WANT TO CATCH HYPE
I DON'T KNOW
BETWEEN ETERNAL PESSIMISM AND A COPING THEORY, I'D RATHER CHOOSE THE LATTER ONE
I CAN ALMOST SEE THE BEAUTY YOU SPEAK OF
I'M NO ROOKIE TO THEORIES
YET I WON'T THINK ABOUT THEM MUCH
YOU CAN NEVER BE SURE OF A THEORY
THEY SAY YOU KNOW THE RELEASE DATE
HUSH, HUSH
DO YOU RECOGNIZE THE RADIO?
DID YOU SEE?
HE'S A TRUE COPER
AND YOU?
THE SAME HOPE OVER AND OVER AGAIN
YOU'RE THE ONE SAYING
I USED TO COPE LIKE THIS TOO BY THE WAY
OH, MONSIEUR...
MY SINCERE APOLOGIES
CONSIDERED JOINING THE COPY PASTERS? SUITS YOU WELL, COPER
MAYBE YOU'LL EVEN MAKE YOUR OWN COPY PASTA
BLABLABABLA
STOP IT
DON'T TREAT YOUR COPERS LIKE THAT
YOU JOKE WITH HIM AFTER ALL
IF ANYTHING, THERE IS NO COPING IN HERE
DISAGREED
DID THEY SUFFER?
YES
DAMN, THEY DIDN'T DESERVE IT
AND THE DELAY WAS WELL DESERVED?
IT'S A SHAME YOU DELAYED SO MUCH
I KNOW
YOU DON'T THINK I WAS LOOKING FOR WAYS TO FINISH IT?
IT COULDN'T BE DONE UNLESS WE DELAYED
BUT NOW, JUST LOOK AT IT
NO, STOC
I'M NOT RELEASING IT BROKEN
THE GAME GAVE YOU HYPE
A NEW HYPE
THE HYPE YOU ARE PREPARED TO RETURN IF YOU HAVE TO
I WILL MAKE S2 THE BEST
ALWAYS
WOW...
LOOKS LIKE GSC POSTED
WHAT IS IT?
A RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENT.
GOOD LUCK WAITING, STALKER

[loud gate]

I guess

[keen rune]

I knew you were from the start, it's ok Mr. Krizzy, your love for Stalker 2 has died

[dim timber]

Semen

[finite dragon]

i think he is one of the few people who actually see dreams and nightmares of stalker 2 , shows the love of him to the game , lets say if the game get cancelled , he might smokes some cigars and drinks cuz of it

[broken latch]

I think this is the longest one yet

[loud gate]

@silver pagoda beat me to it, noob

[solid dome]

I can do it but Im too busy with life

One day I'll champion the title myself

[toxic vector]

addon of the year

https://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomaly/addons/152-old-world-addon

[hidden stratus]

What a gap, last message was around 6 p.m

This server is dead

[rancid needle]

I really want to get that ultimate edition but seems like it isn't available anymore

[wheat osprey]

Bloodsuckers, chimeras, controllers will be my nightmare soon, but controllers looks like a bit easy to kill

[modest mural]

waiting for my birthday so that the "grandma anomaly" can give me 3000 INR (money artefact) to preorder Stalker 2 from sidorovich (steam)

[hidden stratus]

What edition are you planning to get

[broken latch]

Addon of the year is Clear Sky stamina regen while walking

[modest mural]

standard i think is the lowest one

3k inr is quite a bit of money but if it is worth it i will be buying
i loved the first three

i dont know if after release, we will be able to buy the other preorder bonuses separately, like an upgrade
i'd like to experience that extra quest and other bonuses when i've saved up more money

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[finite dragon]

Hello. How are you?

[silver pagoda]

YOU ASKED ME ABOUT STALKER 2 RELEASE DATE, REMEMBER?
ITS A LONG WAY OFF
DECIDED TO DROP RELEASE TRAILER AFTER TOMMYLOVE'S VIDEO? FOR REAL?
MOL1T AND I WERE JUST DISCUSSING HOW TO TROLL 100 RADS BAR DISCORD
BUT WE CAN'T QUITE SEEM TO GET A GOOD PLAN FOR IT
MAYBE YOU CAN FIGURE IT OUT
IT REMINDED ME THAT WE USED TO BELIEVE IN Q1 2024
I TOOK JUST ONE AWKWARD LOOK AT THE RADIO NUMBERS AND MY WHOLE WORLD PLUNGED INTO DARKNESS
IM SORRY, STOC
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA....
THAT WAS THE DAY GSC UPLOADED OFFICIAL RELEASE DATE TRAILER
SUDDENLY, THE VOICE OF DESPAIR WAS GONE
I FELT AS IF I WAS AWAKENING FROM A YEARS-LONG COPIUM
AND THROUGH THE MONITOR, I SAW MOL1T POST ABOUT 5TH OF SEPTEMBER
WE HAVE A SIMPLE CHOICE
SIT BACK, AND JUST WAIT UNTIL SEPTEMBER
OR TAKE A CHANCE, AND GET GSC TO RELEASE A NEW DEMO
ONLY I DIDNT CHOOSE THAT DATE
UNLIKE YOU

[loud gate]

GOD, THIS THEORY IS SO GOOD
HEY, WHAT IS IT?
A RELEASE DATE
HA HA HA, SERVES US RIGHT
THANK YOU, MANY COPERS OWE YOU THEIR LIVES
MAN, SPILL IT!
THAT'S WHY I STAY AWAY FROM ANY THEORIES
DON'T WANT TO CATCH HYPE
I DON'T KNOW
BETWEEN ETERNAL PESSIMISM AND A COPING THEORY, I'D RATHER CHOOSE THE LATTER ONE
I CAN ALMOST SEE THE BEAUTY YOU SPEAK OF
I'M NO ROOKIE TO THEORIES
YET I WON'T THINK ABOUT THEM MUCH
YOU CAN NEVER BE SURE OF A THEORY
THEY SAY YOU KNOW THE RELEASE DATE
HUSH, HUSH
DO YOU RECOGNIZE THE RADIO?
DID YOU SEE?
HE'S A TRUE COPER
AND YOU?
THE SAME HOPE OVER AND OVER AGAIN
YOU'RE THE ONE SAYING
I USED TO COPE LIKE THIS TOO BY THE WAY
OH, MONSIEUR...
MY SINCERE APOLOGIES
CONSIDERED JOINING THE COPY PASTERS? SUITS YOU WELL, COPER
MAYBE YOU'LL EVEN MAKE YOUR OWN COPY PASTA
BLABLABABLA
STOP IT
DON'T TREAT YOUR COPERS LIKE THAT
YOU JOKE WITH HIM AFTER ALL
IF ANYTHING, THERE IS NO COPING IN HERE
DISAGREED
DID THEY SUFFER?
YES
DAMN, THEY DIDN'T DESERVE IT
AND THE DELAT WAS WELL DESERVED?
IT'S A SHAME YOU DELAYED SO MUCH
I KNOW
YOU DON'T THINK I WAS LOOKING FOR WAYS TO FINISH IT?
IT COULDN'T BE DONE UNLESS WE DELAYED
BUT NOW, JUST LOOK AT IT
NO, STOC
I'M NOT RELEASING IT BROKEN
THE GAME GAVE YOU HYPE
A NEW HYPE
THE HYPE YOU ARE PREPARED TO RETURN IF YOU HAVE TO
I WILL MAKE S2 THE BEST
ALWAYS
WOW...
LOOKS LIKE GSC POSTED
WHAT IS IT?
A RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENT.
GOOD LUCK WAITING, STALKER

[silver pagoda]

aint gonna read this monologue

[gaunt burrow]

Truly "ain't gonna read alldat" moment

[granite coral]

Hey girls 🌭

[loud gate]

Hey ladies

[granite coral]

Oh yeah

[loud gate]

How are you?

[gaunt burrow]

Hello, hello

[granite coral]

Standart

[loud gate]

We are getting closer to 15.2

[granite coral]

6 days left

To the release

[granite coral]

Hey bro

[gaunt burrow]

Hoi

[finite dragon]

wish all the g's here have a good day , wish all the p's here a good day

[gaunt burrow]

I too, wish everyone a good day

[half cedar]

Weird, I'd wish for money

[rancid kestrel]

How are you all doing

[loud gate]

Wishing everyone a good day, Chad Move

[rancid kestrel]

Hey Stalker, come over here, lets talk business

[gaunt burrow]

I said come in! Don't stand there!

[loud gate]

PIPE DOWN MAN

Let me fill you in

[gaunt burrow]

My information might well be of use to you stalker

[loud gate]

Don't you get it, retard?

Man, can't wait for all the catch phrases Stalker 2 will have

[gaunt burrow]

Fr

I can already see face of Flesh getting memed

[rancid kestrel]

Ive got a little something you may want. I was wandering around Yandar when i found this stash, in it was a gauss rifle. Anyone within 100 meters of it is as good as dead. It’s yours for just 800. What do you say?

[gaunt burrow]

What a nice offer!

[loud gate]

It's been memed, yes

[rancid kestrel]

Wait here I‘ll go get it.

-800 ru

[gaunt burrow]

Gets scammed

Pulls out his weapon and annihilates the entire Stalker Camp

[loud gate]

Matt, whatever you do, don't check bar convo rn

[gaunt burrow]

[rancid kestrel]

Listen carefully Rookie have you ever heard the story of robin hood? well you’re going to be one of the poor if you dont watch out. Sick your nose over here again and youll be crawling back to your mommy.

[rancid kestrel]

I fell for that scam yesterday

i easily killed all the people in the camp

but i was so annoyed when i didnt get my 800 ru back

[gaunt burrow]

800 RU is pocket money tbh

Money isn't an issue in SoC and CoP. Clear Sky's economy is bit harder however

[loud gate]

CS's economy makes the game somewhat better imo

Requires you think more about what you spend your precious money on

[gaunt burrow]

True

[celest heart]

Hmm is spamming the duty major shooting range games in CS a good way to farm rubles?

[wheat osprey]

Oh my god! I just saw bloodsucker's white eyes in darkness in swamps! I don't know is it a bloodsucker or npc's flashlight, but it moved very fast.
After killing two renegades, I saw last renegade was aiming at somewhere in tall wheats instead of me.
I did not think about it and killed him.
When I was going to a path, then I realized I was walking to renegades base, so I walked back and I saw white eyes moved fast from far away.
I ran away in panic and it's in mid night.
(Clear sky)

[rancid kestrel]

How do i get to rostok

The mercs wont let me through

[celest heart]

The guys in black and red?

[rancid kestrel]

Yea

[potent bluff]

I have that fan art on my phone

[wheat gulch]

still no gameplay

[celest heart]

IIRC you have to help them with something

[wheat osprey]

Now I see renegades squad are aiming gun at fields.
I used binoculars to view.
I saw something that is moving fast.

[loud gate]

mol1t come onnnnnnnnnnnnn

[misty herald]

Those aren't Mercenaries

[rancid kestrel]

What then

[solid dome]

Attention, stalkers 📣...

...if you are looking for new music to accompany you during your adventures in the virtual and/or the real Zone...

..you have found the RIGHT PATH...

Yes, Lone in the Zone is a collection of post-apocalypse focused music, consisting of over 1️⃣ 0️⃣ 0️⃣ 0️⃣ tracks...

... so, listen and/or join the effort to help us keep the thing going here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/12eVK8ItlIJyYiO4kbcIYodYwmTECvf3-X2RRxVqHmdo/edit?usp=sharing

[misty herald]

Those guys belong to Duty

[rancid kestrel]

Duty sorry

[finite dragon]

Shitping 😭

[glossy blade]

ZoneArt gang everyone be rdy

[misty herald]

But yeah I think you need to do a quest for them

[sand fiber]

there's an exploit to get there early (you either stealth-kill them or open the door with a knife), but you're supposed to do some main quests before they let you

[loud gate]

Oh, look who it is, the constant complainer.

[rancid kestrel]

I'm playing SoC if that makes a difference

[pale pivot]

We not getting some for a while sadly

[rancid kestrel]

Oohh okay, thanks

[loud gate]

Does making real life "art" count as "ZoneArt"

[wheat gulch]

Can't wait for the next delay announcement 🤣

[glossy blade]

Everything is the art to some extent

[pale pivot]

Prob a lot of ppl might cancel their preorders if that happens

[loud gate]

Mol1t, I'll mail you my Strider Good Luck charm on September 5

[gaunt burrow]

best way to make money (imho) is to raid Cordon's military outpost, loot all the soldiers, put the loot in a dead body of 1 soldier and drag the body all the way to Sids bunker

[sand fiber]

*everything is art

[pale pivot]

Is a banana taped to a wall art?

[sand fiber]

yes

[gaunt burrow]

you should make around 10k~ per 1 raid

[glossy blade]

especially if its from walmart

[loud gate]

People really can't read.

[wheat gulch]

The way it looks everyone who has not cancelled after the NFT thing will not cancel, cult mentality and all

[loud gate]

No. The wall that has the banana is the art

[pale pivot]

NFT thing got scrapped

[rancid kestrel]

So i should go find information about strelok in streloks groups stash

[sand fiber]

yes

[wheat gulch]

I know, the fact that it was seriously considered is concerning enough

[rancid kestrel]

Thank you for helping me

[pale pivot]

It was a trend a bunch of games were attempting it and ppl found out it was shit

[loud gate]

Ah yes, cult mentality

[pale pivot]

It’s gonna be a game pass title just pick up gamepass of off cdkeys for like 4 bucks for a year and play the game

[gaunt burrow]

there's unique fast shooting AK in Strelok's stash

[wheat gulch]

A trend to do a pyramid scheme. Yea, fast money from idiots

[sand fiber]

i mean griga junior knew what he was getting into when seriously trying to collab with nft scam company

[gaunt burrow]

NFT

most overrated and overpaid shit ever

[sand fiber]

or he didn't

the whole thing was weird

[loud gate]

Yes, Pre-Ordering the game is bad because of a bad idea that was scrapped anyway (Which also didn't have much to do with the actual game)

[pale pivot]

Either way it never went thru to the public. That’s like telling someone that they’re the scum of the earth cus they had a bad thought once in their life

[loud gate]

👆

[sand fiber]

stop acting like gsc isn't a company

[solid dome]

Another Anomaly love video?

[solid dome]

Pre ordering is bad

[wheat gulch]

Huh? All there has been done over the years with this project is just getting loads of investment moolah. There is absolutely something fishy behind the scenes since a very long time.

[sand fiber]

wdym

[pale pivot]

Money isn’t the only factor in game development

[solid dome]

Deal with it
If you cannot, unplug your ethernet cable and destroy your RJ45 just in case

[sand fiber]

LMFAO

[loud gate]

Yeah, cause Devlopment is free, no?

[sand fiber]

the game is real, you can go look at the leaks, what's the trend with calling every single project "fishy"

[wheat gulch]

And lying every half a year is not?

[loud gate]

What lies?

[pale pivot]

Plus the games gonna be on gamepass it’s practically free if u get a code from cdkeys or wherever

Not that I am endorsing them

[wheat gulch]

"the game is ready and we will release it in a month, pinky swear" has been happening for years now

[loud gate]

No bruv, what game? it doesn't exist.

It's not like there was a literal demo toured last autumn

[wheat gulch]

Ah yes, the demo nobody is allowed to see or show footage from

[loud gate]

"Release in a Month" Yeah.. evertime they delayed it was much earlier than one month.

+Delays always happen, because problems occur.

[vernal magnet]

@glossy blade Love the artwork posted under media. That is an awesome Strider portrait

[pale pivot]

I don’t like the delays either but it’s not like anyone wants to delay the game even the devs. It’s a matter of not releasing a crappy game at launch lol

[vernal magnet]

Miss the zone artworks I always adore these

[loud gate]

Yeah, the same Demo I had to argue with you and demonstrate it's real

[wheat gulch]

Oh look, the only demo footage we have wow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aeqq4taIfA

[rancid kestrel]

Got that one already

[wheat gulch]

Everybody must be so confident in the project

[rancid kestrel]

Ive already been at the stash

[gaunt burrow]

nice

[loud gate]

That's not the only footage, why speak if you don't know what you're talking about?

[rancid kestrel]

Just didnt get the infos regarding strelok

[wheat gulch]

Show me

[pale pivot]

[glossy blade]

I also really like it, looks amazing

[sand fiber]

what's even your argument?

[wheat gulch]

Because looking up on YT brings me only that

[vernal magnet]

i never forgive todd howard for not playing how could you turn down playing stalker 2?

[gaunt burrow]

For real. I'd play it in a heartbeat

[pale pivot]

Not a lot of people are but there’s no point in crying over it

[loud gate]

Yes, cause YT is the only source on the internet.

[pale pivot]

[rancid kestrel]

Because i was so confused why my screen was turning blue and i was shaking

[pale pivot]

I seen the ||russian leaks|| and those are about 1-1.5 years old and they looked decent

[wheat gulch]

Stock UE5 UI, horrible feedback, "you are dead" with a stock UI5 screen,

[wheat gulch]

I am still waiting

[loud gate]

#📸┃screens_and_videos message

You can literally see someone playing the game, there was another video, I'm trying to find it.

[pale pivot]

UI is one of the last things that they are gonna spend time developing lol. It’s not the biggest priority

Their biggest priority id say is optimization and technical work

Making sure the game looks as advertised to a certain degree

[wheat gulch]

Cool, why can't we see uncut gameplay footage?

[sand fiber]

do you know anything about gamedev? UI's literally the last thing designed

[pale pivot]

Bc they are still working on it?

[loud gate]

Because it's not ready to be shown

[wheat gulch]

I thought it was practically ready since Jan 2020?

[loud gate]

No one said that.

[sand fiber]

people always ask that but there have been 1,5 aaa games that actually showed it pre-release

[wheat gulch]

Tapik said that

[pale pivot]

There’s no point in whining. Delay gratification just a little bit and god willing, the game will come out great and impress us. If not, oh well

[pale pivot]

U got fed some horseshit then lol

[wheat gulch]

It is not about "gratification delay", it is about tegrity.

[loud gate]

Link me then

[sand fiber]

kuro!!!!

[loud gate]

Hello, italian man.

[pale pivot]

Things don’t always go to plan. I literally don’t know what to tell you. Nothing ever goes to plan like ever. Game development or not lol.

[worthy lagoon]

I just woke up, it's 15:20 lol

[loud gate]

Sleepy bastard.

[pale pivot]

Uhm in human terms pls

[worthy lagoon]

3:22 PM

[pale pivot]

3:20pm?

[sand fiber]

american

[loud gate]

Yes

[gaunt burrow]

bruh

[wheat gulch]

How convenient that the communication from that time period got deleted thanks to the "hack"

[pale pivot]

No one ever uses military time unless they are in the military

[nimble cipher]

zombine3d has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[loud gate]

Or you're just full of crap.

[gaunt burrow]

1984

[pale pivot]

1984

[worthy lagoon]

*No one inside the US

[loud gate]

You're the same guy ranting about release dates that never happened.

[wheat gulch]

Or you havent been here in 2019

[pale pivot]

I’ve lived most of my life outside the us and none of us used military time lolz

[loud gate]

Ok, so?

[sand fiber]

yeah gsc has bad inside-communication it seems, so?
the game still exists, still being developed

[worthy lagoon]

Exactly

[pale pivot]

U haven’t been here since 2019 either 😭

[rancid kestrel]

Yea

Was about to say that too

[granite coral]

It was an empty shell

[loud gate]

Uhm.. yeah

[wheat gulch]

My bad, I confused covid and the war, 2021

[pale pivot]

Listen bra, ain’t no point in arguing about something we have no control over really. If GSC doesn’t want to show us gameplay til like a month before release, oh well.

[pearl olive]

idk some guy on discord said the game doesn't even exist.. sooo

[worthy lagoon]

I don't get what's so bad about delays, the game is being worked on and it exists, all i care and hope is that it will be good as the trilogy and satisfy me

[rancid kestrel]

By the way

Is there any way to play SoC on mobile?

[pale pivot]

Delays can also be good since they give more time to get a good game out

[pale pivot]

Idk maybe u can

[granite coral]

I will stay up on September 5th and wait for the game to be released

[pearl olive]

can't believe i got all hyped for so long and there's no game

[pale pivot]

We should host an event here lol

[rancid kestrel]

Isnt there some abandoned russian port of it?

[sand fiber]

gsc seemingly nuked it

[rancid kestrel]

Damn

[granite coral]

Include me too

[wheat gulch]

Oh and how convenient that that sacred month keeps getting pushed away

[pale pivot]

Don’t get hyped. Hype makes someone stupid.

[pale pivot]

I don’t think they’ve ever delayed the game when it was only a month away from release

[wheat gulch]

#⭐┃nospoilers_general message

[sand fiber]

you can still download it but it's not a good port, more like proof-of-concept

[wheat gulch]

#⭐┃nospoilers_general message

[loud gate]

They never did, yet.. CM can only communicate the actual release.

[wheat gulch]

#⭐┃nospoilers_general message

[pale pivot]

Ok? That still doesn’t prove what u said that they delayed the game when it was only a month away from launch

[loud gate]

Negative IQ, ok...

[worthy lagoon]

I don't see what's so wrong with delays, i mean can't you wait for the game to be ready or what?

[pale pivot]

Ppl got nothing else to do lol

[pearl olive]

Too true, my expectations are realistic.. i just want a detailed map, a solid story and some good gunplay, which I think we'll get

[worthy lagoon]

Sure they should communicate better and maybe show some more, but that's about it

If you don't like it just don't pre order it

[wheat gulch]

Not the point. The point is lack of transparency in all regards to the consumers.

[pale pivot]

I’m hoping I’ll get around 60fps average on high at least

[loud gate]

As I said, CM can only communicate the announnced released at that time. Cry about it.

[pearl olive]

i heard GTA6 doesn't exist - only seen one trailer

[wheat gulch]

They can delay all they want but not say every time, we just need a bit of time to polish it UwU

[sand fiber]

i hope gunplay is absolutely terrible and non-realistic so all the tarkov players won't play

[wheat gulch]

So yea, bad business practices

[rancid kestrel]

Ah okay, that makes sense

[worthy lagoon]

What are you going to do about it either way? Just find something to do while you wait

[pale pivot]

This isn’t open development. How do u think people will react if GSC comes out and says: “hey we’re having development hell and we are struggling to get the game running properly. But hey at least we’re transparent ❤️ 🥰”

[worthy lagoon]

They have shown a demo as well

[loud gate]

What do you expect them to do?

[sand fiber]

it should be more transparent tbh

[pale pivot]

Bros a business man

[loud gate]

When they realize they aren't making it, they set a specific time when to announce the delay.

[pearl olive]

this guy clearly bought The Day Before and this is his reaction

[wheat gulch]

It has been announced a few months ago and we are far away from it's supposed release.
S2 has missed the release windows 6 times

[loud gate]

The announcement isn't instant.

[pale pivot]

Maybe sure but maybe they don’t have anything worth while to show rn

[sand fiber]

what 6 times are you talking about lmfao

[wheat gulch]

Just say "when it's done" from the start

[loud gate]

Bruv forgot how to count.

[worthy lagoon]

That wasn't 6 times

[pale pivot]

Isn’t that like the opposite of what u wanted which was transparency?!

[loud gate]

That's not how it works LMAO

[pale pivot]

How will they get any traction at all or any hype moving if they say: “oh yea we’ll get the game out one day for sure”

[rancid kestrel]

You cant just predict that sorta stuff

[pale pivot]

Bros forgetting they went thru COVID, and a war where they lost devs and family.

[rancid kestrel]

You dont just know when its gonna be finished

[gaunt burrow]

^

[worthy lagoon]

Wrong one

[rancid kestrel]

Yes

[gaunt burrow]

Exactly. This isn't rocket science

[loud gate]

Office Fire, relocation, more

[gaunt burrow]

Besides, none of us know what happens behind the curtains

[pale pivot]

And he wants them to work on auto pilot and get the game out in a month

[wheat gulch]

2021, April 2022, End of 2022, End of 2023, June 2023, q1 2024

[loud gate]

2021, June 2023?

Good God, you must be trolling

[wheat gulch]

https://gadgettendency.com/stalker-2-may-be-released-before-the-end-of-june-this-was-announced-by-the-organizers-of-the-game-awards/

[pale pivot]

Damn tbh that’s a little on the low side with what they went thru lol

[loud gate]

This isn't anything official.

[sand fiber]

half of these aren't official

[pale pivot]

We got Ubisoft and Bethesda doing those numbers and no one gives a shit

[worthy lagoon]

Source: trust me

[loud gate]

What even is this

[wheat gulch]

Game Awards is a good source

[pale pivot]

Best source

[loud gate]

The only official source is GSC, and GSC only

[granite coral]

Source: my lovely butt

[loud gate]

The actual Release Dates are:
-April 28, 2022
-December 8, 2022
-2023
-Q1 2024

[worthy lagoon]

Not really, but besides, for me they can delay all they want in order to make a masterpiece

[wheat gulch]

So more than half were right and the other were rumors then?

[worthy lagoon]

Yes

[gaunt burrow]

Kuro posting anime stickers again

[loud gate]

"Rumors", think you meant "Made up dates"

[wheat gulch]

So I am 4/6 right, like 63%, passing grade

[pale pivot]

Bro proud of a D

[wheat gulch]

At least I have one

[pale pivot]

C or above muddafucka

[pale pivot]

A small one tho

[loud gate]

Doesn't change the fact what you say is bullshit.

[wheat gulch]

School was a waste of time

[wheat gulch]

That GSC keep s lying? Yea that is the truth

[gaunt burrow]

Guys imagine how funny it would be if S2 will end up being so good that most of those so called critics will instantly forget about their criticism

[loud gate]

Yeah, sure buddy.

[sand fiber]

Why do gamers always obsess over insignificant shіt like release dates, "boo-hoo my vidya got delayed this is literally genocide"
there are and will be things worth criticizing GSC over, stoppppp

[worthy lagoon]

Lying about?

[nimble cipher]

spartan_mozi has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[loud gate]

Thanks Wolf

[gaunt burrow]

Damn Wolf giving those Ls to everyone

[wheat gulch]

I would not mind that, I would appreciate it quite a bit and be pleasantly surprised in all honesty. But I would be hesitant about it up till the ending credits.

[wheat gulch]

The game is totally ready, trust us UwU

[pearl olive]

according to you

[sand fiber]

i hope there are furries on the devteam

OwO

[loud gate]

The liar accussing others of lying

ironic

[worthy lagoon]

Are you in a hurry?

[pale pivot]

Furries are now banned in schools here in america lmaoo.

[wheat gulch]

Actually yes, I don't have much time left on this earth

[pale pivot]

Damn bro RIP

[vernal magnet]

that worked out so well for Duke Nukem eh?

[sand fiber]

red states should be cleansed with nuclear fire

[pearl olive]

natural selection working luckily

[sand fiber]

:3

[pale pivot]

Blue states should be bleached with acid

America should just do a wipe tbh

Restart the season

[worthy lagoon]

Too bad, you've still got to wait like anyone else in this world, you can consider doing some other stuff in the meantime

[wheat gulch]

To be honest that was George's fault on changing the project every year or so. That whole thing is it's own crazy story but I am pretty sure the situation here is very different.

[wheat gulch]

Yakuza 8 is great, I know.

[loud gate]

I am sorry to hear that, but the world isn't centered around only you.

[pale pivot]

Curious as to why u have such limited time on earth @wheat gulch

[loud gate]

Doesn't excuse the lies you tell.

[wheat gulch]

Well we all deserve some transparancy

[wheat gulch]

Cancer

[loud gate]

Damn, I am sorry.

[pale pivot]

Damn that’s tough bro. My uncle had testicular cancer and he passed a couple years ago

[wheat gulch]

It's ok. I try to laugh about it

[pale pivot]

If u don’t mind what type

[wheat gulch]

Sorry for your loss

[pale pivot]

Ehh he was a grumpy old bastard. I still loved him tho

[wheat gulch]

I don't wanna talk about it, sorry.

[pale pivot]

Yea I understand bra. Hope for the best

[wheat gulch]

Thanks

[pale pivot]

Maybe u can use that as a bargaining chip with mol1t lol they’ll get u exclusive access

While we sit and suffer

[wheat gulch]

Nah, it's like going to a restaurant and saying that it's your bday for a free desert.

[pale pivot]

I did that shit all the time bro

Idgaf I want my desert

[wheat gulch]

I hated it. I try to be discreet only for mom to blab it out. Awkward as heck..

[dire maple]

i finished clear sky

now im gonna try anomaly

[wheat gulch]

Ok, gonna go

[pale pivot]

Cya bro

[sand fiber]

uhhh CoP?

[dire maple]

i finished all 3 games (clear sky is the last one)

and im hungry for more stalker

[sand fiber]

play some good mods instead

[dire maple]

what are the good mods

honestly its time for anomaly anomaly is the reason i know about stalker

[sand fiber]

story mods in general

[dire maple]

like the story made by modders?

[gaunt burrow]

you finished Clear Sky last?

[dire maple]

yea

[gaunt burrow]

wtf

[dire maple]

aha i want to continue strelok story

[gaunt burrow]

you should've finished Clear Sky after SoC. CoP should always be the last game to finish

[solid dome]

3 times officially

[sand fiber]

mods that focus on having a story instead of freeplay

[dire maple]

yea CoP definitely feels better than clear sky but there are stuffs i prefer in clear sky too

[dire maple]

ill search for some

[gaunt burrow]

You can ask Vasim, he's mod expert around here

[dire maple]

yea he helped me before

im just gonna ask when there is some technical issues tho dont want to bother him too much

[celest heart]

spatial anomaly, wind of time are two good story mods you should try after finishing the trilogy

[loud gate]

OGSR

[loud gate]

Winds of time is

[dire maple]

are those mods for CoP or SoC

[celest heart]

both for CoP

back up your cop saves btw

[dire maple]

yoo that insane do they only add the story and keep the vanilla gameplay

[sand fiber]

just download a repack

[celest heart]

IIRC both of them use STCOP weapon pack (old version i believe)

[sand fiber]

i'd also suggest Lost Alpha and OLR, the latter doesn't have the best translation though

and if you want a short CoP-like experience Valley of Whispers is a good choice

[celest heart]

Incubator and Dreamcatcher are interesting too

[solid dome]

Don't mention piracy in STOCtown

[dire maple]

isnt Gamma and anomaly are repacks too

[celest heart]

anomaly is a standalone freeplay mod, GAMMA is a modpack for it

[sand fiber]

anomaly is standalone and works on open x-ray iirc

[dire maple]

so X ray is an open egine?

[sand fiber]

open X-ray is an X-ray fork

[dire maple]

insane

[vague zinc]

who

[celest heart]

what

[vague zinc]

who asked

[celest heart]

why asked

[open lodge]

sdalgers! why did you choose the faction you chose?

[sand fiber]

i can't underestimate how insane this modding scene is, there are things like OP2.2 and NLC, every big mod has a fork and a million versions, mods become platforms for other mods, a million story mods of all lengths, people revamp engines, remake alpha stalker
it's a rabbit hole, the only scene that compares would probably be morrowind's

[gaunt burrow]

because why not

they're just there to make $$$ from selling artifacts. none of that ideological bs

[gaunt burrow]

Same reason why merc faction is my second favorite

just do your task and get money

[open lodge]

but what about >muh environment?
and don'tcha know that unsanctioned sdalgers are subject to summary execution by the ?
and what about le Bandits and le Reggaenades? do we not have fun cleaning up unsavory types liketoo?

[gaunt burrow]

Well Military is corrupt

as for Renegades they're just Walmart version of bandits, created just because player wouldn't ruin his relation with bandits (at least in the beginning of the game)

Bandits I also don't like for obvious reasons. They even had a freaking concentration camp in Clear Sky

[open lodge]

with Free Stalkers, you never know where you stand with them. at least with the others, you either have a good feeling about it or you're at the end of the muzzle.

[gaunt burrow]

well yeah, there are bad and good stalkers

but honestly no one in the Zone is really "good"

[open lodge]

I like to see the goodness in people during bad times.

[gaunt burrow]

everyone is either within gray area or outright evil. Poker (expert bandit in SoC) being the main example

Even if stalker is good technically he's still a criminal according to law

[pearl jacinth]

goooood morning zone

[open lodge]

yeah dude, Bandits and Renegades = shoot on sight

[gaunt burrow]

people who are in the Zone without permission of the government are criminals

[pearl jacinth]

sounds like the law is silly

arteractcels we've got work

[gaunt burrow]

that's why Military has orders to KoS everyone on sight

but military is also corrupt soo

[sand fiber]

mmm moral relativism my favorite

[open lodge]

"I'll give you 100rb to f* off" - me, to military

[pearl jacinth]

"wah wah wah i want to be morally correct" BOOOORIIIING

[gaunt burrow]

well Zone isn't really a place to be morally correct to begin with

[vernal magnet]

have you seen the meme with ricky paying the cordon bridge guard to F off? its classic lol

[gaunt burrow]

You can be good like Vano but end up in a lot of trouble nonethless

[open lodge]

I haven't but I'd love to see it. That's the kind of thing I was getting at but didn't know if it already existed

[gaunt burrow]

Degtyarev did him a huge favor ngl

[pearl jacinth]

in the zone, it's radiate or be radiated

[open lodge]

I will radiate goodness to everyone

[gaunt burrow]

Another thing about stalkers morality

[restive egret]

When can we expect the alucard from hellsing skin in stalker 2?

[gaunt burrow]

Yar in Clear Sky says that some artifacts can regenerate anomalies

"Useful? Useful in our line of work means something that's gonna help you stay alive. That, or something that's gonna make your enemy dead. I'll tell you about artifacts. What's an artifact? It's a cluster of anomalous energy, kinda like a stock cube. There's also artifacts that can...err...what's that damn word...ah, right...ge-ne-ra-te anomalies! I think that's how Chekhov says it. Anyway, only problem is, once the artifact generates an anomaly it's as good as useless. The anomaly itself ain't exactly powerful nor does it last long, but it's good enough to delay someone or knock 'em off your trail altogether"

Imagine the artifacts regenerating anomalies in the big land

[open lodge]

Good ol Uncle Yar

[pearl jacinth]

HEY
ASHOT

[restive egret]

I want to go for “very enthusiastic” walks as alucard through the monolith

[pearl jacinth]

BRING THAT STUPID GUN OVER HERE

[restive egret]

Bitches love canons

[gaunt burrow]

I love Ashot and Yars exchange and also Bandits radio

Bandits I don't like but credit where credit is due, they have a good taste in music

I guess one of the main reason why Clear Sky is my favorite game is because of atmosphere. It isn't downright depressive like SoC's

[pearl jacinth]

i hope stalker 2 has some of the comedic undertones that clear sky did

[sand fiber]

stalker

[pearl jacinth]

2

[celest heart]

heart

[gaunt burrow]

of

[pearl jacinth]

chornobyl

[keen rune]

Coming September 29th, 2077

[celest heart]

[loud gate]

@glossy blade Will certain factions be joinable in S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2?

[sand fiber]

yes, the faction "Анимешники" in particular

[loud gate]

Because the PC Gamer Article from 2021 hints at it

[gaunt burrow]

💀

[loud gate]

neiii

[gaunt burrow]

It'll get extinct in less than 5 minutes

[onyx dagger]

Hey, I'm looking for a German S.T.A.L.K.E.R. fan here for some youtube stuff 🙂

[pseudo gazelle]

Es gibt keine Deutsche Leute hier.

[finite dragon]

Keine Deutscher

[wicked surge]

Doch

Obwohl, ich aus der Ukraine komme

[pseudo gazelle]

Ich habe noch Recht.

[wicked surge]

Wirklich, aber ich glaube... Du bist kein Deutscher

[pseudo gazelle]

🇻🇳

[wicked surge]

Dein Name?

[pseudo gazelle]

Duo. Duolingo.

[wicked surge]

Okay

[finite dragon]

Erm

What the spruce?!

[wicked surge]

What?

[analog charm]

Would anyone be able to tell me what "weapon 5, 3" keybinds are binded too? I suspect one is probably binos and the other 4 are the 2 primary guns, bolts and pineapples but cant seem to even look for another 2 inventory slots? (CoP)

[loud gate]

Because binos aren't an item in your inventory

It works like your knife or bolts.

[analog charm]

Im just confused cause the game considers bolts a weapon making it very un clear what each "weapon" keybind does

[loud gate]

It uses the 'weapon' for every key from 1-9

Not a big deal, just ignore it.

[analog charm]

Exactly my point tho cause it is important

a quarter of the 1-9 keys are listed as weapons making it unclear what exactly your pulling out with that keybind

the default binds are 2,3 are slinged guns, 4 is nade, 6 is bolt but what is 5, 1 binded too

[loud gate]

I can't answer atm, can't remember

[analog charm]

No problemo

[loud gate]

5 might be detector. Or was it O? Can't remember sorry

[analog charm]

detector has its own bind

Plus im on misery so I have to use detector key for flashlight, that has its own bind aswell too, im worried about inventory/equipment binds so to speak

[analog charm]

But yes it is O as default

[hidden stratus]

man what the hell i thiught we got a trailer

I got soo excited for a sec

[gaunt burrow]

O is default key for detector

Also X is default key for sprinting

[loud gate]

[gaunt burrow]

Never really understood why default settings are so finger break-y

[gaunt burrow]

You'll only need binds for primary weapon, secondary weapon, bolts, binoculars and knife

Other keybinds you can safely ignore

[analog charm]

Which is knife cause I only know to keep it in inv for harvesting mutants or putting it in a slot or quick melee key if theres one in the og series

[gaunt burrow]

Well knife doesn't appear in the inventory nor does it has its own slot in trilogy. Can't say anything about the mods though

[analog charm]

Nah misery seems to stay true to van inv managment

SO in conclusion everything besides guns, bolts, pineapples are useless keybinds

And nods

[gaunt burrow]

Basically yes. Just primary and secondary weapons, knife, bolts and binocs

Thats pretty much it

[analog charm]

I can understand why they would make the choice though, maybe they couldnt find anyone to translate those specific set of keybinds so they just used what they knew

[gaunt burrow]

I guess they wanted the player to have more choice about that matter

Pretty understandable I think

[finite dragon]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1017314943923671040/1116257910197067826/image0-5.gif

[rose quiver]

So about the multiplayer for stalker 2.
Will there be crossplatform?

[loud gate]

We do not know yet.

[rose quiver]

Ok

[pale pivot]

Ok

[quick arch]

seems like it.

[fierce flower]

i think some sort of PVP for it

[hardy moon]

I wish stalker 2 would have vr support

[rose quiver]

vr + bloodsuckers must be nice

[hidden stratus]

Stalker 2 will have guns

[worthy lagoon]

??

[polar dragon]

Hey guys, im playin clear sky and the emission got me. My save (quick n auto) is from 10s before I die, so, is there a console command that makes me inmortal so I dont gotta start all over

[broken latch]

Doesn't exist, you have soft locked the game

However

You can download a mod

Think it's called Clear Sky Complete

And it has a god menu in main menu which you can use to teleport anywhere on the map, or others levels

[polar dragon]

ok imma try that

[hidden stratus]

Classic quicksave mistake, have you never played Skyrim?

[broken latch]

Skryim at least atuosaves and you have actually viable console

You can complete every quest step by step using console commsnds

Every tiny detail

It's crazy

And the game is like, 2013?

[polar dragon]

Actually, never

[grave hare]

guys i have a suggestion for the game but i don't think it's worthy of being put in the suggestions channel; S2 should have the trophy AKM as well or allow us to be able to recaliber some rifles and weapons into absolutely wild calibers like Trophy AKM was. we'd only be able to do it like in the late game though and it'd cost a lot to balance things out

[untold karma]

Hello

[hazy helm]

🫵 👌

[hazy helm]

there already was a upgrade to recaliber weapons ion CoP
but Im against this
Weapons thast are recalibred should be special weapons,obtained thru special means,like they were in SoC

[polar dragon]

👆 👌

[grave hare]

But it'd be funny and cool

Instead of finding someone else's special weapon we will be the ones to make a special weapon for someone else to find when our character either leaves the zone or dies

[hazy helm]

such weapons were also found hidden away or as quests rewards which make up better stories and are better for gating progression and have meaningful rewards

ppl dont care about the ability to rechamber weapons in CS or CoP
its an added feature
but the names of the special weapons in SoC is still in many a ppls minds

[naive quest]

we need a trailer fr

[grave hare]

Simple solution, allow us to rename the guns we modify as well

[hazy helm]

how will that solve anything

[grave hare]

Bam, just solving every problem you point out

[hazy helm]

what?

https://tenor.com/view/tole-cat-cute-gif-12080171459357821404