⭐┃nospoilers_general

[lethal orchid]

Yeah lol just keep looking

[wary quarry]

I was looking in the wrong area

I also picked up a gauss rifle and oh my God this gun is so fun

[wraith sonnet]

my friend just started out soc and he got to experience the early game gunplay where he could barely hit anything with a pistol.

[wary quarry]

I feel actually strong for once

[lethal orchid]

All I needed was the AK

[wraith sonnet]

same

[lethal orchid]

There is also a mod that I like a lot that lets you upgrade and repair

It's called Memories of the Zone, and it's standalone

[still ridge]

Or do you

[lethal orchid]

It makes the AK easily the best weapon in the game

You can literally turn it into a sniper

[hazy helm]

yknow
that sounds pure crap

[wraith sonnet]

i just used ZRP. played stalker difficulty to.

[wary quarry]

Massive massive massive spoiler ||okay straight up someone laid out for me I want to make a morally good decision but I don't know which is good do I join the c consciousness or do I refuse?||

[loud gate]

Do what you gotta do

[wary quarry]

I don't know what I want to do

I want the morally good option but it really feels like there isn't

I guess I'm going to go with the first one

[finite dragon]

Joining C-Conciousness ends the game there which is kinda boring ngl

[celest goblet]

Well ||the official ending is refusing, I think it's a more interesting ending too||

[wraith sonnet]

||the official ending says it best. I don’t know if what I did was right or wrong. All I know is that I’m free.||

[icy lance]

I really hope to see s2 for ps5 aswell, its an exclusive for pc and xbox for 3months for what i heard but is not guaranteed it will come on ps.
Bought the trilogy and enjoyed it 👍 . Nice to replay a childhood game.

[covert slate]

as far as i know it's a timed xbox exclusive

but i don't know much on it

[sand fiber]

eh, C-con needs to be destroyed but it's dubious whether or not it's good

[radiant remnant]

You fail the free man's test if you join. You fail the collective if you destroy them.

The C-con is allegorical to soviet control of peoples' lives with the "good intention" to provide them with all that was needed for the collective good. If you take it a step further, you can consider how controlling peoples' minds for the good of the collective is a continuation of that.

[gaunt burrow]

Don't trust C-Consciousness

they literally wanted to kill Strelok and his group and even sent Marked Agents after him

"The transports were used to send our Marked Agents into the Zone. They infiltrate Stalker Community and carry out our orders without realizing it. Unfortunately, more than half of stalkers die during transportation. The Zone is very unstable. You are one of our agents sent to kill Strelok, and we're now trying to work out how we made that mistake."

besides representative could simply lie about the Zone's growth, in order to convince Strelok to join them

since CoP not only has 0 dialogues about Zone's expansion, but also has Loki's dialogue where he directly says Zone isn't getting bigger

"They're idiots, that's what I think. I mean, why the hell would they want to destroy the Zone? it's not consuming precious resources or getting bigger... or anything. They could just sit there and study it to their heart's content - just think of how many scientific discoveries could be made... I mean, in the history of man-kind, no one has never been able to understand antigravitation, right? And in the Zone you've got ready-made antigravitation devices lying all over the place. It wouldn't hurt to kick their asses out of here, but it's too much hassle. By the way, don't be confused by our relations here at Yanov. We are at war... it's just that Yanov has been made neutral territory, if you know what I mean."

[finite dragon]

Why would the zone expand because of emissions anyways?

[gaunt burrow]

Only emission we know that expended the Zone is 2006 one

[finite dragon]

The emissions are basically just nukes that happen due to the noosphere being harvested

[gaunt burrow]

there are many mentions in Clear Sky of large emission from opening cutscene changing the Zone

[finite dragon]

Noosphere energy goes into the bio sphere and shit right

[gaunt burrow]

but 0 mentions of that emission actually making the Zone bigger

[finite dragon]

Right but that was a strong emission

The emissions became much weaker therefore they won't have the power to expand the zone

[gaunt burrow]

C-Consciousness representative words would be the only credible source, if it wasn't for the fact that they would say anything in order to presuade Strelok to join the project, instead of shooting it up (what he did anyway). The rest are all rumors or propaganda.

Leaders of Clear Sky, Lebedev and Kalancha, were members of the Group, which created the C-Con project - but they didn't say anything about emissions or anything else causing the Zone to grow. They were only afraid that frequent powerful emissions (like the one from CS intro) may destabilize the Zone, which will have consequences:

The Zone is spewing out emission after emission and pumping itself full of energy with each one, so much so that the readings on my sensors oscillate with unbelievable speed! And unless we find a way of reversing the trend, the result will be a disaster of far greater proportions than the 1986 catastrophe.

Besides Strelok already had distrust towards scientists (according to Ghost's voice message)

[wary quarry]

I went back and refused to join them

[gaunt burrow]

"Where the hell are you, Strelok? Damn, and Doc's gone I could really do with the help right now. When I get back from the mission I'm gonna find the Guide at the perimeter. He goes there a lot. And he may help me find Doc, and if Strelok's still alive, Doc will know for sure where to find him. Anyway that's for later, and now I'm all alone. On the stinking underground mission. Vasiliev doesn't count - he's just a burden which I'll have to protect. Vasiliev lost it at the very last moment, and when the door opened, he ran off instead of deactivating the lower consoles. I shouldn't have relied on him. Strelok was right to mistrust those lying dogs. My only chance is to get to the door before the controller."

[finite dragon]

Aren't the emissions caused by the noosphere being harvested by the CNPP infrastructure?

[gaunt burrow]

Lebedev described emissions as a discharge

"A normal emission is the release of energy accumulated in the Zone, a discharge if you like. But what's happening now is completely different! In my opinion, the increasing regularity of these emissions is the Zone's response to some sort of serious threat, akin to the response provided by a human immune system. It is difficult to rationally explain coexistence between humans and the Zone. The Zone tolerates us in some areas and forbids us from going to others. Whatever is beyond the Scorcher and further towards the center of the Zone is taboo - a place where stalkers are not supposed to set foot. I think that recent events in the Zone are related to the fact that someone broke that taboo and made it past the Brain Scorcher."

[finite dragon]

Of noosphere energy right?

Well what's causing the emissions besides the infrastructure at CNPP

[gaunt burrow]

In CoP emissions are/were happening daily because Strelok shot those capsules up

Meaning that C-Consciousness did have control over the Zone to certain extent

HOWEVER, their resources aren't unlimited

[finite dragon]

Right they contained the emissions and released them when they were threatened

[gaunt burrow]

"That depends on you. The Zone is growing. We're trying to restrain its expansion, but humanity seems to be intent on hindering our work. Our resources are not limitless and bodies connected to C-Consciousness eventually die. If you join us, we can restrict the Zone's growth. If you decide otherwise we cannot make a credible prognosis of the outcome."

So even if Strelok would do nothing those bodies connected to C-Con would still die anyways

that would be the case (in case representative was telling the truth)

basically, it was just a matter of time tbh. Strelok just made the whole process faster

[finite dragon]

Do you think that Stalker 2 is gonna have a happy ending?

[gaunt burrow]

No idea. Won't assume anything yet

[finite dragon]

What does the freedom think about the daily emissions

[gaunt burrow]

In CoP, although emissions happen daily Loki directly admitted that Zone isn't getting bigger

[gaunt burrow]

.

Scientists in CoP also don't say that Zone is growing. Hermann just mentioned it's evolution

[finite dragon]

I mean Freedom IS the second biggest faction so chances are they actually you know measured it

[gaunt burrow]

"Hermann: "Not much, if I'm honest. We are just starting to understand the mechanisms that drive some of the phenomena we encounter, and unfortunately we're far from understanding the Zone as a system. This is particularly difficult by the fact that the Zone evolves over time. I don't mean the appearance of new anomalies or little things like that. I'm talking about more serious changes, ones that cannot always be spotted with the naked eye. The weakening of the magnetic field is an example of this. The saddest thing is that we don't know what this is all leading to. All that is left for us to do is to sit and wait."

[finite dragon]

Magnetic field?

[gaunt burrow]

yep

[finite dragon]

Bro what's the magnetic field I skipped physics class

[gaunt burrow]

Even Duty never said anything about expansion in CoP

[gaunt burrow]

In short, magnetic field is the area around a magnet, magnetic object, or an electric charge in which magnetic force is exerted

[finite dragon]

Is that what he meant?

[gaunt burrow]

4 types of magnetic fields also

[finite dragon]

I don't think they discovered that magnets became weaker

[gaunt burrow]

Paramagnetism, Ferromagnetism, Antiferromagnetism and Ferrimagnetism

[finite dragon]

What abt electromagneticism? Unless that falls into one of those categories already

[gaunt burrow]

its basically the physical interaction among electric charges, magnetic moments

but in any case, only SoC presents the idea of the Zone's growth

[finite dragon]

Man I really hope those scientists find out what's causing the emissions

[gaunt burrow]

Zone's growth isn't an issue (since it's not confirmed. at least in the trilogy)

there's an issue of emissions being able to cause third disaster

"How can I best explain? Let's put it like this: any complicated system in nature, and that includes the Zone, automatically seeks equilibrium in the absence of destabilizing external factors. That was the case here in recent years - the Zone was stable and there were no significant deviations from the norm... And now? Now we've seen a gigantic emission that has changed the face of the Zone. The system became unstable, distorted... a glitch, of sorts. The Zone is spewing out emission after emission and pumping itself full of energy with each one, so much so that the readings on my sensors oscillate with unbelievable speed! And unless we find a way of reversing the trend, the result will be a disaster of far greater proportions than the 1986 catastrophe. The most important lesson in all this is that this "glitch" is not a product of natural causes. This is human handiwork..." - Professor Beanpolev/Kalancha

"I know a lot about the Zone, but I can't share everything with you. You'll just have to trust me on some things. A system, any system, needs to be in equilibrium. The Zone is unstable right now, and this instability is increasing. If the constant emissions aren't stopped, the Zone will become so unstable that a new disaster will occur. Which brings us to what Clear Sky is doing - we're trying to prevent that disaster." - Lebedev

[loud gate]

[finite dragon]

If it's human handiwork then it can be destroyed

[silver pagoda]

@glossy blade hello mr molit how many goats i have to sacrifice to get achievements/trophies on steam for trilogy brotherman

[finite dragon]

If the emissions get stopped somehow the Ukrainian military can just straight up swoop in and like basically kill everyone

[gaunt burrow]

It could be. Strelok in Call of Pripyat did say "I have information that'll allow the army to take control of the Zone and destroy it."

[hardy moon]

😐 really no stalker 2

[gaunt burrow]

so at least there's some chance (perhaps small one)

[glossy blade]

why goats

[finite dragon]

Not stalker 2 news so dnc

[vale patrol]

Saw Xbox and thought it was mod support 💀

Dang 🗿

[silver pagoda]

Would you prefer sheep? or lamb?

[finite dragon]

That’s what I’m saying

[finite dragon]

I mean it is strelok

Bro has literal plot armor he's probably correct

[gaunt burrow]

He's incredibly lucky truth be told

[vale patrol]

Bruh I’m pretty sure they are showing something in like. A week to 2 weeks times

[gaunt burrow]

but he was already a veteran stalker during CS events

so he's obviously extremely capable and experienced

[finite dragon]

I feel like luck isn't the thing that saved him when he was in those underground labs

[vale patrol]

And the Xbox event is right around the corner

[finite dragon]

Yeah but the new stuff that drop in #📰┃announcement is still filler

He was nerfed by amnesia and fought and killed many mutants that he never even remembered

[gaunt burrow]

He survived crash of death truck, Ghost didn't abandoned him when emission was happening, C-Consciousness didn't realized that they already had Strelok

[loud gate]

11 days

[gaunt burrow]

"Kill Strelok" has picture of his friend Ghost

[finite dragon]

Oh yeah lmao

[vale patrol]

Oh snap lmao cool

[gaunt burrow]

plus in one of SoC cutscenes he was in terrible state, barely alive

[finite dragon]

I wonder how he canonically killed those bandits at the start of SoC with a makarov and knife

Like bro just wakes up from a coma and just starts a 1v8 and wins

[gaunt burrow]

He lost his memory, not his skills

[finite dragon]

Right

[gaunt burrow]

him being a rookie in the beginning is more of a gameplay thing

since before SoC events, during Clear Sky he was already a veterna

veteran* none of stalker main characters were rookies even in the beginning of their respective games

[finite dragon]

Even when he was a rookie in SoC he still took down a military base by himself

[north herald]

And again, i thought they dropped something and its just some console stuff

[loud gate]

I love cosnole posts, they are so good jebait

[finite dragon]

gsc to console gamers to make money to have enough to pull off stalker 2: here's a remaster and updates
gsc to their original fan base:

[granite coral]

Another console annoucement 😒

[old jungle]

Great!

[silver pagoda]

its called big biznis

[granite mortar]

Hello Anomalous from the Anomalous Dugout channel

Do you think Great Swamps is the bestest stalker map of all time?

[gaunt burrow]

Scream if you love Anomalous Dugout

[granite mortar]

🙀

[gaunt burrow]

Proceeds to scream as loud as possible

[raven grove]

Hooooiiiyaaaaahh

[granite mortar]

[old jungle]

Hello Goldshpere Shill from the GoldSphere mod

[old jungle]

[granite mortar]

OMG
He knows my name

[raven grove]

[old jungle]

No

[granite mortar]

[gaunt burrow]

Cordon is the greatest because everyone started from there

Cordon is where sigmastalkers were born and forged

[granite mortar]

erm actually, in the game clear sky you start in swamps 🤓

[gaunt burrow]

🗿

[granite mortar]

and in gamma (the best stalker game) you can start where ever you want

[tiny olive]

Tfw no Cordon Bleu in Cordon 🌯

[old jungle]

[granite mortar]

No Cordon Freeman either, only at Wild Territory

[indigo marsh]

Red forest is the bestest

[granite mortar]

SoC or CS?

[gaunt burrow]

Wild Territory = Detroit of the Zone

[indigo marsh]

CS

[granite mortar]

Nah, Wild Territory is safer, with less junk around

[granite coral]

There are lots of schnitzels in Cordon 🍕 🍆

[gaunt burrow]

its still chaotic

[granite mortar]

I dont believe you know how schnitzel looks

[gaunt burrow]

mercs, bandits, and different kinds of mutants around

[granite coral]

😄

[gaunt burrow]

honestly, I have love hate relationship with Wild Territory

[raven grove]

Kommandostore has a Monolith flag now for all of you rock worshipping nerds

[indigo marsh]

[granite mortar]

Hey guys, that 3 hour iceberg guy is streaming Goldsphere, come watch

[thick lichen]

ummm

[steep jetty]

Man, I have a really bad stalker itch, but there's nothing to scratch it with.

Original Trilogies are already over played, mastered anomally and Gamma. Just played through True Stalker, even though I sorta stopped playing it after chapter 6 becuase of the faceplam writing.

Not sure if there is anything else out that to hit that itch.

[nova wedge]

Ask someone to hit you on the head really hard so you lose your memories, so you can play them for the first time again

[steep jetty]

I wish... I'd do anything to experience SoC again.

[versed crypt]

Huh, IDK maybe ask the Goldsphere shill

[steep jetty]

Goldsphere?

[versed crypt]

I've never played it though (or most of the mods for that matter)

[steep jetty]

eh, worth taking a look I guess.

[versed crypt]

Anyway, bye (I'm gone for the day...again)

(Probably)

[old jungle]

There are many other mods to try out depending on what you are looking for. Oblivion Lost Remake, Wind of Time, New Arsenal, NLC 7 just to name a few

[steep jetty]

There's a remake of Oblivion Lost? I thought that was basically abandoned.

[red spruce]

Patrolling the Red forest almost makes you wish for an original joke

[worn oar]

It's OLR 3 now

[granite mortar]

Hello

[wraith sonnet]

Well good hunting then stalker. Not many of those are found in the zone nowadays

[granite mortar]

Try Spatial Anomaly
It gud

[wraith sonnet]

How is dollchan 8?

[hazy helm]

play NLC7

give yourself a REAL challenge

[indigo marsh]

OGSE has better atmosphere and works fine on low end but is more likely to have save corruption and is less stable and OGSR is the opposite of OGSE

[steep jetty]

What do you guys feel for A.R.E.A.?

Any good or is it a pass?

[viscid glen]

ooga booga

[granite mortar]

Poopoo

[wraith sonnet]

how about dreamcatcher?

[raven grove]

california girls we're unforgettable

[viscid glen]

yass gurll get it 💅

[raven grove]

[viscid glen]

uwu

[steep jetty]

You sure? One thing I sorta want is an actual fleshed out Mono missions or something. Gotta destroy heretics for rock god.

[thin shuttle]

Stalker 2 gameplay where

[granite mortar]

Hmm, you can try Winter Sniper I guess

Its really short tho

[viscid glen]

Goldsphere is a very interesting mod

[hazy helm]

its a cool showcase of engine edits
I would never ever play it
I heard they have some interesting lore idea
about it

[granite mortar]

Bestest mod

[hazy helm]

prepare for your socks to be blown

[viscid glen]

After finding the doll i was like wtf

[granite mortar]

Hehe

[viscid glen]

i watched a video on roadside picnic after that

[hazy helm]

https://www.moddb.com/mods/return-to-the-zone-english-translation
BAM!

[granite mortar]

Huh

[viscid glen]

Wowowowow

[steep jetty]

Why wouldn't you play it? Just not your style?

[granite mortar]

I already finished that buddy

[viscid glen]

yah its in chymos review notes

[hazy helm]

its a clown car of "make it as mechanically hard as you possibly can" with absolutely no depth, I may play it again, but I have much better picks if I need a hardcore mod
Im still midway thru DSH

[granite mortar]

Sweet sweet review notes

[sand fiber]

VOZVrashenie V ZOnu??? jekan supports russia???

[viscid glen]

Why are u torturing yourself by still playing lost alpha btw

[steep jetty]

How does it compare to GAMMA?

[hazy helm]

I have never, nor do I intende to, or will play GAMMA

[granite mortar]

Its popular mod, I sorta feel like I should play it to have wider view on the modding scene

While not really good I think its a mod everyone who plays mainly mods should try

[hazy helm]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1053471338372800522/1088230376259977256/A_nu_shvidko_vpav.gif

[hazy helm]

would you also do this to anomaly lol

[sand fiber]

Stalker "Diana" playthrough when

[granite mortar]

I already did, as positives I listed that its still not as bad as gamma, and as negatives theres a freaking essay xd

[viscid glen]

where is the femboy mod for SoC

[hazy helm]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/195982591466274816/954353301326008460/image0-1-1.gif

[granite mortar]

The frick is that?

[viscid glen]

link pls

[nova wedge]

Gives you an ip grabber link so I can mail live insects to your home

[hazy helm]

are you prepared to face the truth?

[sand fiber]

https://ap-pro.ru/uploads/monthly_2020_09/6.thumb.png.a3b3945eb280ea4cb8b2bb621aa244fd.png

[steep jetty]

I played GAMMA to the point of actually finishing the main storylines. It's really tough at first, but once you have a good gun that is fully repaired, it because better to play.

[granite mortar]

Im not playing that

[viscid glen]

free food 🤤

[hazy helm]

lol

[sand fiber]

Coward.

this is what stalker modding's about

[granite mortar]

What did you think of the storylines?

[hazy helm]

are you really a stalker mod player if you havent fended off 50 flies with anomalous grenades?

[granite mortar]

I may play it eventually

[hazy helm]

I dont think so

case in point

[sand fiber]

i had an idea once to port Shinji and sans undertale models to stalker, that would require too much effort though

[hazy helm]

its time to play OP2

[steep jetty]

barebones... Except for maybe the sin storyline... It existed, but it wasn't very exciting to play.

[granite mortar]

Damn

[hazy helm]

you can just say what they are
pure, unadulterated, crap

its the anomaly storyline

[granite mortar]

You really should try some proper story mods

[hazy helm]

no GAMMA additions

[steep jetty]

Yeah. They only existed to push you further into the zone. Nothing exciting or interesting except for maybe disabling brain scorcher.

[hazy helm]

just play some good story mods

[steep jetty]

GAMMA doesn't add anything really. If anything it even removes some stuff like mono war labs.

[granite mortar]

Scorcher mission is copy paste from SoC

[hazy helm]

I do need to play Left to Die

[granite mortar]

Anomaly removes that

[steep jetty]

Yeah, Anomoly is basically SoC with some CS and CoP storylines.

[hazy helm]

dont

[steep jetty]

Well, no Jupiter underground.

[sand fiber]

anomaly's perception as "the" stalker experience and its consequences have been a disaster for the western stalker community

[granite mortar]

Yeah

[steep jetty]

I liked Anomaly, but I wouldn't suggest it as a first time player of stalker. Simply because the story is just... well not very energetic.

[granite mortar]

Yeah, the story utilizes like 10 maps out of 34

[hazy helm]

at any capacity
if you want smth tahts actually hard NLC7 or DSH
if you want a better freeplay experience, CoTZ, LR or RTTN
if you want story RTTZ and Goldsphere
if you want a global thing to have fun on OP2 or NA7

[granite mortar]

Goldsphere mentioned
Frick yeah

[sand fiber]

why play stalker when you can mod fallout 4 to look like anomaly

[celest goblet]

LR is Legend Returns?

[steep jetty]

I should try some of these.

[sand fiber]

yes

[steep jetty]

Have any of you tried DayZ Stalker stuff?

[celest goblet]

Good to know that one is an improvement. It's still on my to play list

[wraith sonnet]

im fine with playing it as a sand box and just exploring the zone, but yeah when introducing my friends to the series, i tend to point them to the trilogy first and then anomaly or gamma if they want sand box mods. otherwise story mods are for more stalker.

[granite mortar]

If you want a bit more in depth look I can give you my review list, it got few mods in it with pros/cons, summary and rating

[wraith sonnet]

could i also look at? kinda curious about other mods

[sand fiber]

the western mind cannot comprehend total conversions

[granite mortar]

Sure, Ill post it to #🔩┃trilogy_modifications

[wraith sonnet]

cool, thx

[granite mortar]

Its there

[sand fiber]

stalker is a unique case to be fair

[granite mortar]

What about Doom?

[sand fiber]

oh right

[granite mortar]

That thing got turned into Sonic game

[sand fiber]

source is a good competitor too

[wraith sonnet]

doom is great

[viscid glen]

and all fallout games

[wraith sonnet]

there is also minecraft and skyrim

[sand fiber]

no

[granite mortar]

Only 1, 2 and New Vegas

[viscid glen]

wdym no

[granite mortar]

Means that 3, 4 and 76 stink

[indigo marsh]

4 is the best for modding

NV was kinda boring

[viscid glen]

3 and 4 are decent

[granite mortar]

>:(

[viscid glen]

bad opinion

[indigo marsh]

You haven't even played it

[wraith sonnet]

i think 3 is fine, 4 has the worst story imo, but its decent. havent played 76. fallout brother hood of steel is a dumptser fire of a fallout game

[granite mortar]

Yes
And even so I know which of these stink

[sand fiber]

fallout modding isn't really big

[granite mortar]

4 and 76 are only good for 4 hour theory videos I can listen to while editing configs

[sand fiber]

there are some really cool total conversions for the classics, but that's about it

[wraith sonnet]

it is, especially 4 and NV

[viscid glen]

It huge tho

[sand fiber]

no, there are only like three total conversions for NV

[indigo marsh]

4 is good as a shooter

[wraith sonnet]

im not just counting total conversions, there are alot of mods for NV and 4

[granite mortar]

Virgin shooter game vs chad turn based rpg

[indigo marsh]

Stalker is a shooter

[viscid glen]

plays stalker

[granite mortar]

Yeah but not one that devolved from turn based rpg

[sand fiber]

3d fallout and other bethesda games modding is modular, which means there are a lot of mods but they don't change much by themselves

[wraith sonnet]

yeah, but they still are modded and are one of the most modded games.

whoops, pinged the wrong person, srry.

[granite mortar]

[viscid glen]

Skyrim and Fallout 4 ARE the most modded games on nexus and moddb

[indigo marsh]

Real .
This is why Goldsphere, Incubator, Dream catcher, Spatial Anomaly, Golden Convoy 1+2+3, and Return to the zone suck

[granite mortar]

No, they would suck if SoC was a turn based rpg and these were just plain old shooters

[indigo marsh]

[wraith sonnet]

the only games that i can think of that are even more extremly modded is mine craft and doom.

[granite mortar]

The point is, fallout in form of turn based rpg is much better

[sand fiber]

eh

[indigo marsh]

Have you even played a single fallout game?

[wraith sonnet]

i do feel bad for the fallout london team as they were going to release a new dlc sized mod, and then 2 days later fallout 4 gets updated

[sand fiber]

this is why western mind can't comprehend proper modding

[viscid glen]

ye, the main point is more people will always talk about fallout mods and Skyrim mods more than stalker mods, maybe that can change with stalker 2

[covert slate]

i just wanna VR mod, and one that ain't just modded Into The Radius

[granite mortar]

No and I never will because I only own them on epic and I aint installing 48GB of FO3

[wraith sonnet]

uhhhhhhhhhh, i prefer the shooter fallouts, fallout 1 and 2 have not aged all that well imo.

[granite mortar]

:(

[wraith sonnet]

the story is good, but it really needs an update

[viscid glen]

its like 5gb breh

[sand fiber]

ehhhhhhhhhh FNV was very good, though it's not turn-based, with good weapon packs the gameplay feels even better, so 3D ARPG fallout can work

[wraith sonnet]

there is wasteland that tries to mimic fallout 1 and 2 style just more updated.

[sand fiber]

thinking about it you can lean towards imsim gameplay much more with 3d fallouts

[granite mortar]

Its GOTY edition and epic doesnt let you choose language before installing, it just downloads 12 freaking copies each in different language

[wraith sonnet]

fallout 1 and 2 really require you to read the manual to understand its mechanics, and you can tell the age. Still has the better stories in the fallout games

[viscid glen]

wtf

[sand fiber]

no they don't lmfao

[indigo marsh]

Fallout New Vegas is the Anomaly mod of fallout because everyone pretends it is good when Fallout 3(story mods) exist

[sand fiber]

what the fuсk are you talking about

[wraith sonnet]

it would be cool if they can lean towards that route, but i do not know what bethesda is going to do now adays

[viscid glen]

Aint no way

[indigo marsh]

Yes way

[wraith sonnet]

yeah, hope the modding for stalker 2 is good

[sand fiber]

no bethesda game was good since morrowind

[wraith sonnet]

prey? just joking, thats arkane.

[nimble cipher]

amerikaner0 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[wraith sonnet]

cant even count FNV since that was made by obsidion too

[viscid glen]

breh

[granite mortar]

New Vegas is the best because you can reverse pickpocket Caesar to make him wear NCR uniform

[viscid glen]

Hopefully so, im just weary that the modding scene will be oversaturated with bs milsim mods to appeal to a wider audience

cos we all know stalker 2 is gonna attract new ppl into the stalker scene

[wraith sonnet]

i honestly just want more of the zone and just how cool anomalies and mutants make it

[indigo marsh]

The factions suck in New Vegas because the cool ones are either small or the NCR

[granite mortar]

It will take quite some time before we get proper big mods
If we even do get them
I dont believe in UE5 as modding platform

[viscid glen]

HELL NAH

[granite mortar]

L take

[viscid glen]

NCR SIMP NCR SIMP

[wraith sonnet]

i would not count the NCR as a good faction they are flawed as crap

[sand fiber]

fallout 3 fans really will say one of the best written games has bad factions lmfao

[wraith sonnet]

oh yeah, its in UE5. guess we will need to wait then

[viscid glen]

To like the ncr u must be a cuck

[sand fiber]

i never understood this, even in gameplay and exploration NV is better than 3&4, why do you have to die on the bethesda hill

[sand fiber]

GLORY TO THE NEW CALIFORNIA REPUBLIC

[indigo marsh]

It is the only decent major faction. BoS and boomers are the best factions but they are minor factions

[wraith sonnet]

i would say the atmosphere in fallout 3 might be better than NV but thats only because NV was worked on for like 18 months and there was more that obsidian wanted to do

[viscid glen]

The legion exists??

[indigo marsh]

Femboys romaboos

[viscid glen]

Ngl they have a really cool flag

[gaunt burrow]

Glory to Frank Horrigan

[wraith sonnet]

i'm more of a independant guy.

[sand fiber]

play fallout 2, matt

[gaunt burrow]

No

[indigo marsh]

After he finishes his 5th playthrough of clear sky this year he might consider it

[gaunt burrow]

It'll force me to fight agains the goat himself

[indigo marsh]

Also forgot about the remnants

[sand fiber]

then play NV

or 1, it's good too

[indigo marsh]

Yellow circle is better 🟡

[gaunt burrow]

Might consider it

[gaunt burrow]

Whole trilogy*

Not just Clear Sky

Gotta increase my knowledge about the lore 💪

[granite mortar]

Piss orb

[wraith sonnet]

fallout, metro, stalker, i dont care which one is better, just want to wander the mutated lands

[indigo marsh]

FFF44F closed two-dimensional figure in which the set of all the points in the plane is equidistant from a given point called “centre”

[sand fiber]

all those games try to achieve cardinally different things sooo

[wraith sonnet]

Yeah and they are all fun too

[viscid glen]

CS > CoP

[sand fiber]

so false

well, can't expect anything else from a legion larper

[viscid glen]

Sho said i like legion?

[viscid glen]

okay after thinking about it yeah im wrong

SoC still trumps all tho

[raven grove]

Real talk how much do you think fresh fruit would go for in the zone?

[nova wedge]

Depends, maybe apple could last a while, but yeah, they probably all have scurvy

Oh thought that said "how long would it last"

[sand fiber]

probably impossible to transport

[granite mortar]

Scar?

[sand fiber]

Sid might have some once a week? not sure

[raven grove]

Get ya prison wallet blueberries here

[granite mortar]

Scar as in the assault rifle?

Ohh

Like they talked about him?

I dont remember that sadly

You can let him go in CS

[nova wedge]

https://tenor.com/view/pear-wiggle-pear-wiggler-pear-wiggled-get-wiggled-gif-7225222458756406813

[granite mortar]

Yeah, its cool

[ornate bane]

I know this is a random question but

How good is the weed that freedom smokes?

If I’m not mistaken, you can just walk around and find wild weed growing so are they just l picking up wild ground weed and smoking it?

[viscid glen]

i love u

[wraith sonnet]

What the zone gives, the stalkers take

[sand fiber]

what

[nova wedge]

Best in the zone, baby

Smoking that special bloodsucker strain

[gaunt burrow]

Lorewise Scar is literal superhuman

"You survived the emission - again! I'm not even that surprised! Our boys picked you up not far from the tower when things calmed down a bit. You know, Beanpolev was right: you defy scientific explanation. He believes that you acquired some... let's say "unusual" abilities, which help you survive anomalous activity that would literally tear anyone else down to atoms. Also, it looks like something is increasing your body's performance in several areas, to the point where our monitoring equipment goes off the scale. Wait, wait, don't get too excited. There's always a fly in the ointment: every emission harms your nervous system, and if this continues - you will die." - Lebedev

Here's Beanpolevs/Kalanchas dialogue also:

"It's true - some of your abilities, such as motor skills, reaction and endurance, improved rapidly after the emission. It seems that the emission supplied your body with energy... Conversely, this brief period of strength is followed by a sharp decline in your well-being, the effects which you are currently experiencing. Finally, I'm going to tell you something you already know: the emissions are destroying your nervous system. If they keep reoccuring - you will die... or, what's worse, lose your intelligence and your very "self."

[hidden stratus]

damn you typed that fast..

[remote crow]

ctrl C ctrl V

[gaunt burrow]

@remote crow long time no see

[remote crow]

Hey hey

[gaunt burrow]

Hows life?

[remote crow]

Yeah, I was gone for some time. Hmu on en off top

[gaunt burrow]

Hunting for blood supplies I assume

Military tried to help Khaletskiy, because Khaletskiy simply owed them money

"Of course they'll save him - the rat bastard owes them a whole bunch of dough! He ran their operations on his own and stashed the cash away somewhere. Listen, I've got an idea. The commander's got only two men he can count on - they served together at the outpost and he cut them in on the deals, so they'll do whatever they can to get him out. If we dispose of them, the bastard will realize nobody's coming for him. He'll crack and we'll beat out of him the location of the stash with the loot. We split the money, and Sidorovich gets the case. What do you say?" - Valerian

His driver Semyon Lambee got scared tho

[keen rune]

Finally, I'm unmuted.

Yeah thanks GIO for getting me muted.

[gaunt burrow]

Tf

You got muted? For what?

[keen rune]

Because GIO was saying disgusting things, and I got muted because I kept begging him to stop @wild wharf and @pulsar sluice were beyond mortified

Can't speak on it anymore, I don't wanna get muted again for no reason.

[gaunt burrow]

Damn

[wild wharf]

Yeah, it's something we don't talk about

[gaunt burrow]

Understandable

[sour veldt]

1984

[hidden stratus]

Welcome back then

damn that was an hour ago hahah. This chat is dead as always

[pulsar sluice]

Fcking finally.. How TF did the unmute take THAT LONG?

[wild wharf]

5 days, let's be grateful it wasn't longer

[hidden stratus]

Should we expect a trailer next month? Release is about 13 weeks away and we still are yet to see the uncut gameplay.

[wild wharf]

Total Bandit Anihilation
Kill Bandits, Behead Bandits, Roundhouse kick a bandit in the concrete, Slam dunk a bandit jn the trash can, Crucify Filthy bandits.

Launch Bandits towards the sun, Stir Fry Bandits in a Wok, throw down Bandits into active volcanos, Judo Throw Bandits into wood chippers, twists Bandits heads off, report Bandits to the IRS.

[lethal orchid]

Hopefully

I think Anomalous said something about footage being allowed to release or something

Don't take that too seriously, I'm definitely misremembering something

[hidden stratus]

Can you expand on that? I dont know what you mean by that

[celest goblet]

June is traditionally a pretty big month for game announcements and trailers so I expect we may see something in the near future

[lethal orchid]

I don't really know what I mean by that

[wild wharf]

Karate Chop Bandits in half, curb stomp Bandits, trap Bandits in quick sand, crush Bandits in the trash compactor, Liquefy Bandits in a vat of acid, eat Bandits, dissect bandits,

[hidden stratus]

Fair

[lethal orchid]

Something about the demo footage maybe, I really have no idea what I'm remembering that would lead me to conclude that

[keen rune]

Almost 5 days

[lethal orchid]

@old jungle did you say anything remotely like this?

[hidden stratus]

Xbox mentioned how they will have more news on third party releases so Stalker might be apart of it?

[wild wharf]

Exterminate Bandits in the gas chamber, stomp on Bandits with steel toed boots, cremate Bandits in the oven, lobotomize Bandits, Kick old Bandits down the stairs, Slice Bandits with a katana.

[celest goblet]

Could be there yes, I think PC Gamer also often does a show around this time

[lethal orchid]

oh it was this message

[wild wharf]

I really hate bandits

[lethal orchid]

speaking of bandits, I'm thinking about making my own customizable arena

something like a mixture of the arena and totally accurate battle simulator

[wild wharf]

Ah, I see what you mean,

[lethal orchid]

With mutants and everything, but you also get to play as a character with actually good controls

[hidden stratus]

Yeah I remember, 3 months away from release and the last trailer being 5 months ago. Im not sure to count "Not a Paradise Trailer" since it was released due to the Chernobyl anniversary

[lethal orchid]

It was also really short

Somewhat of a half-trailer just showing off a cutscene

and obviously some areas of prypiat

[hidden stratus]

With UE5 who's to say if the rest was pre-rendered or the actual game

[lethal orchid]

From what Can't Game Right has said, the game looks somewhere inbetween the graphics of the come to me trailer and the trailer everyone complained about graphically

[pulsar sluice]

Dude- I sent screenshots of chat logs... Apparently proof of reason isn't worth looking at.

[wild wharf]

It's ok man, it's been five days, let's drop it

[wild wharf]

Like, for real this time

[hidden stratus]

Then it will look great, but the problem is the performance. Because let's be honest more often that not the recommended specs are far from true to what you need to run the game at 60fps and keep it looking decent. So who knows if most people here will be able to run it well

Apparently many people here playing on toasters for pcs.

[lethal orchid]

Stalker characteristically runs on anything lol

It'll probably have similar requirements to metro

Exodus that is

[hidden stratus]

Metro Exodus ran horribly for me, had to lower the resolution and lower settings

and I have decent gear

[lethal orchid]

Hmm

Hopefully it's more optimized then

[wary quarry]

Okay y'all are going to laugh at me but I kind of just realized that NPP stands for nuclear powerplant

[wild wharf]

We have all made that mistake before tbh

[wild wharf]

THE WISH GRANTER!!... THE WISH GRANTER IS REAL!!!!!!!!!!

[raven grove]

Can we get much higher

[buoyant trench]

I'm just hyoed for console mods

Every patch update I see I just inside get more and more wxcited like "it's getting closer"

I even love the vanilla games

[vale patrol]

Same

[buoyant trench]

My one complaint about some mods I see is some clothing mods kinda clash heavily with the atmosphere

[raven grove]

Fursuits are canon don't worry about it

[buoyant trench]

Idk why I'm just inagining a massive furrsuit ad then a small gass mask on the snout that does nothinf.

[vale patrol]

Where are you seeing mods?

I don’t see stalker on Mod.io?

[buoyant trench]

I meantgeneral PC mods I saw

[vale patrol]

Oh lmao

[buoyant trench]

Like trends etc. I coukd be wrong with my judgements cause I'm an outsider

[vale patrol]

Well yeah there’s no need to nag about that there’s literally thousands

[buoyant trench]

What is your favorite game in the trilogy?

[vale patrol]

Shadow of Chernobyl

[buoyant trench]

Clear skies when it has no issues I love it. I had loke top teor fun as Freedom fighting in the Duty area and just it was peak

[vale patrol]

Yeah

[buoyant trench]

Teir*

[vale patrol]

I just hope mods when they drop will include things like player models, lighting and textures

Akin to the mods available for Skyrim and fallout

[buoyant trench]

When mods come I'll get more survival mods, mods that make you and enemies being quicker to kill, and repairing stuff for SOC

[vale patrol]

Facts

[buoyant trench]

In terms of console modding I feel like people forget Arma Reforger a lot

[vale patrol]

No one forgets it I don’t think

Just not as popular

Mods literarily make that game so it’s hard to forget

When I boot up arma it’s not for the vanilla experience that much is so

😂😂

[buoyant trench]

Omg I hate how Fallout does it's mods. It feel's like it's so unstable no mater what you do andthe space you have is so small

I just hope the mod space for the Stalker games is like 20GB at least

I think Arma had 15Gb or something

[limpid kraken]

damn there's a data cap for modding on consoles?

[vale patrol]

Yeah mod space is an issue for sure but stability isn’t an issue if you know what your doing

At least it wasn’t until recent. When they dropped the next gen update for fallout just a while ago then now it’s bad

[vale patrol]

And yeah there is but it depends

Like Skyrim has 5 gb and fallout has 2

[buoyant trench]

Yeah it's a requirement. It deoends on wht the devs allocate. Arma gives you enough space so I don't mind. I feel like the devs wilk do console modding right

[vale patrol]

Yeah

I think the stalker guys will give at least 10 or 15 gigs

[buoyant trench]

I would love 20 or more

[limpid kraken]

crazy

[vale patrol]

I don’t think it needs all that much lmao

These are old games remember

[buoyant trench]

Yeah

[vale patrol]

A facelift won’t require much

[limpid kraken]

the only stalker mod I can think of that's over 20 gigs is Anomaly, nothing else comes to mind

[vale patrol]

Anomaly isn’t gonna be on console

[limpid kraken]

maybe True Stalker

[vale patrol]

That’s is own separate thing anomaly is it’s own launcher or game rather

[buoyant trench]

Latley I have been playing Dredge, Easy Red2 and KCD a lot on my xbox

[limpid kraken]

what I'm saying is that most stalker mods are under 20 gigs

[vale patrol]

Oh yeah lmao ofc 😂😂

[buoyant trench]

Great games

[vale patrol]

I don’t know many mods that are that huge to begin with unless they are a overhaul

[buoyant trench]

What is the average size for like a mod that changes clothing and ups the graphics a little

[vale patrol]

Mods reall my only end up being about a couple 100 MBs

Some a gig or two

[vale patrol]

Those would be separate likely

You would find a clothing pack overhual

And graphics/ lighting and textures you download seperate

[buoyant trench]

What's your favorite faction base in Clear Skies?

[vale patrol]

Duty

[buoyant trench]

For me it's the bandits, always just seems like a great place to relax and find chill people and have fun.

[vale patrol]

Yeah

But Ight tho bro it was a good talk man ima go watch some yt and fall asleep or something lmao

[buoyant trench]

Goodnight

[vale patrol]

I’ll see ya hopefully mod support comes soon

[old jungle]

Recently someone asked if there will be "long, uncut gameplay" and a CM came forwards and said "Sure, that will be shown"

[lethal orchid]

Splendid

[deft stirrup]

"Lets play catch a grenade"

[raven grove]

Me first

[granite mortar]

Thats 16GB

Also OLR 3.0 is 27

[lethal orchid]

How big is OP 2

I'm seeing 40 gigs lmao

[granite mortar]

40GB is very little space for the amount of content

[wary quarry]

I'm running into a slight issue where like while I'm playing stalker clear sky my character just puts his gun away and it won't let me re-equip his gun

[granite mortar]

If it happens in neutral faction bases then thats a feature

[wary quarry]

Nah it's just random like I'm currently trying to kill bandits and I can't draw my gun to shoot and I'm not allied with the bandits because I'm friends with the stalkers and they're actively shooting at me

[granite mortar]

Weird

[covert slate]

was that on the facebook page for it? cause i think that's where i remember seeing it

[wary quarry]

Anytime I experience it I have to really quickly save and then reload the game

[granite mortar]

Hmm

Weird, Ive never heard about that before

So I sadly can not help

[deft stirrup]

Where exactly

[deft stirrup]

Stalker soup

[drowsy schooner]

Guys here me out, what if stalker 2 gets delayed again to winter 2024/2025?
But if they still go with sept 5th and show us plenty of nicely cooked gameplay during the next xbox showcase then we eating gooood

[loud gate]

No.

[deft stirrup]

It wont get delayed

Even if jts delayed no worries

[wraith sonnet]

I honestly need to upgrade my set up.

Not going to be running stalker 2 on what I have

[drowsy schooner]

But what if

[granite mortar]

It wont

[granite mortar]

It wont, they said its final release and they havent changed with any if the new trailers

[drowsy schooner]

Just one more week and we shall see

[hard ember]

The US tariffs might hit USians hard in coming months cus PC components are assembled in .CN if u r upgrading mebbe move fast.. mebbe get a big vram card so u can better weather the long term tariffs until next time u upgrade like a 24GB RX 7900 XTX that has the latest display port and lotta fps?

there are several games i'd also like to upgrade before playing alan wake 2 n friends

U only notice low vram when high vram games comes down the pipeline, nvidia is counting on consumers' inability to think beyond their next breath with these low vram plays--low vram is the best planned obsolescence playbook so whoever doesnt utilize this strategy to turn your hard earned money into landfill fodder is to be treasured

[deft stirrup]

What if they dont delay it

[granite mortar]

They wont

End of debate

[deft stirrup]

Whats the lore behind this cat

[fervent ice]

gamma lore

[granite mortar]

Its cute

[hard ember]

Sorry for the nerd out just looking out for my fellow stalkers credit card

[granite mortar]

[fervent ice]

goldsphere propaganda machine

[granite mortar]

Hell yeah

[hard ember]

howz every1

hope yall well hugZ

[granite mortar]

Eepy

[fervent ice]

i need help with translating a buildo voiceline

when a guy gets hit he says something that sounds like ахтещю (i used google translate to type this)

but it translates to awesome, which is not something anyone would say after being shot

[granite mortar]

I think they would, its used in the same way as "fvcking amazing!"

[fervent ice]

ohh

thanks shill

[granite mortar]

No problem

[gaunt burrow]

Bandits are scum

[loud gate]

No.

[gaunt burrow]

They have a literal concentration camp

[deft stirrup]

Criminals everything illegal and stuff i cant say for obvious reasons are you sure thats chill?

[gaunt burrow]

Ye bandits are everything but chill lol

[finite dragon]

Ladies and gentlemen. I did my first exam.

[gaunt burrow]

Nice

[granite mortar]

Based
So fvck-
Wait, thats not based
Bandits fell off frfr

[ripe hinge]

Monolith stay winning

[granite mortar]

🤨

[indigo marsh]

I mean the most important thing is assembled in the Republic of China, the processor and the assembly would likely not be in the CCP territory if it is an advanced chip

[broken latch]

Bandits literally kill and rob their own

[hard ember]

If tariff makes such distinction then we in the clear, so we need to find out whats what

[granite mortar]

Haha
Nobody is safe from these cunning creatures

[broken latch]

I am

[granite mortar]

Damn

[broken latch]

I wipe the floor with them

[gaunt burrow]

all my homies hate bandits

[granite mortar]

Poor bandoots

[broken latch]

Bandnoobs

[hard ember]

Dont think these consumer pc components arent allowed to be assembled in .CN but that is separate issue from the tariff

[granite mortar]

Is anyone reading that or is Destiny having a monolog?

[broken latch]

en_cat

[granite mortar]

Omg
Look at this cat

[broken latch]

It's flying

[granite mortar]

Silly little cat

We need such cat in S2
It would follow you while levitating in the air
The it would start doing circles around you to lower your Psy health

[hard ember]

U disrespecting me?

[granite mortar]

What?
I said nothing
You schizo again

[hard ember]

I dont remember deserving this from u

[granite mortar]

Chill, it was a joke

It was just funny how everyone was debating and you were still talking your own

[hard ember]

Pretty obvious u disrespecting me

[granite mortar]

:(

[hard ember]

More now than before

[granite mortar]

Wait
I meant to only send the cat

[gaunt burrow]

Scar isn't fan of the military in General

In his conversation with Valerian he'll say "I'm really happy for you - I'm not a fan of the military myself. What are your plans for the future?"

so even though you can actually help Khaletskiy I doubt Scar would do that

mod brainrot

Scar didn't saved any military soldier

at least there are 0 mentions of that in the game

[broken latch]

@gaunt burrow i bestow on you a new title

Mod brainrot

[gaunt burrow]

man wtf are you saying? you're playing too much mods

[gaunt burrow]

Scar lorewise is superhuman yes

plus NPCs mention him helping loners with military issue (I can send screenshot in #📸┃screens_and_videos if you guys want) but that controller story is from mods

[broken latch]

Send

[gaunt burrow]

also no one except Lebedev and Kalancha/Beanpolev mentions Scar having superpowers

1 sec

[gaunt burrow]

done

[broken latch]

Guess you only played mods then

[jolly thicket]

Evening stalkers

[granite mortar]

When am I getting a new title 🥺

Yes

[jolly thicket]

Hows everyone doing

[gaunt burrow]

evening

[broken latch]

In 10299492019_91001019373 years

[granite mortar]

🥺

[jolly thicket]

Oh thats 1 year in valve time

[granite mortar]

Good thing it can only get extended to 2 years because valve cant count to three

[jolly thicket]

I got so sad when i realized i had finished the half life and portal series (on pc)

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[jolly thicket]

Yes

So ummmm... stalker discord this is yes?

☕

[broken latch]

Yes

[jolly thicket]

Cool cool...

Thats my recent hyperfixation

Yknow

In my opinion

Finished all and im currently playing anomaly

[jolly thicket]

Call of pripyat's story feels like the half life blue shift of the three games

Its more about the people

Yknow

Probably

Shadow of chernobyl being the main half life game

And clear sky being opposing force

How many of yall play anomaly?

[granite mortar]

Eww

[fervent ice]

nah

[granite mortar]

I did, it stinks

[fervent ice]

i play grok ego game

[granite mortar]

Not worth it

[jolly thicket]

Mhm

[fervent ice]

unless its desolation, i play that sometimes, but its just for shits and giggles

funny gun setups

[jolly thicket]

Whats ya main problem with it?

[granite mortar]

[fervent ice]

erm the developer is an asshole and the game is just crap, but theres much more reasons

[nimble cipher]

soupcan.pyro has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[granite mortar]

Get Wolf'd

[jolly thicket]

Oh

[fervent ice]

did someone say f goldsphere

[granite mortar]

Dunno, Ive only read the f word before it got deleted

[jolly thicket]

I mean "I meant to ping goldsphere"

[granite mortar]

Damn

[fervent ice]

lmao

[granite mortar]

I dont think I can point out a single big problem

Its more of a collection of (still relatively big and prominent) problems that just make the game bad

[jolly thicket]

I think the game is fine from my current standpoint

[granite mortar]

If you are interested you can get more info here: #🔩┃trilogy_modifications message

I listed all my problems with it

Its quite a long list tho so...

Yeah, not a fan of Anomaly

[jolly thicket]

Well

[fervent ice]

better off playing tarkov than gamma

[jolly thicket]

I went into anomaly expecting a survival experience

[granite mortar]

Heh

[jolly thicket]

And already knew the story was not good

[granite mortar]

Theres no survival, all the stuff that lets you survive and do stuff on your own (tools for cooking etc.) is locked behind RNG and game progression

[jolly thicket]

But now i realize

[granite mortar]

By the time you get those items they are long obsolete to the copious amounts of money you have

[jolly thicket]

Yeah the quest are also doodoo compared to the main games

[granite mortar]

Yeah

[jolly thicket]

Being randomly generated and that

[granite mortar]

Anomaly is false prophet, nothing more

[jolly thicket]

Instead of a fixed full story like destroying a bloodsucker nest

[fervent ice]

BUT OMG HIP!!!! SEWXY OOMAN!!!

[brave mantle]

I had a lot of fun with anomaly, but then, my standards aren't too high and i'm not a fun of survival

[brave mantle]

I got her killed early on every time

[granite mortar]

If you want good, hardcore-ish mod with nice story go with Road to the North

[jolly thicket]

Any good mods for SOC that allow dx8?

[granite mortar]

Its probably best mod based on Call of Misery you can get

[jolly thicket]

Also whats call of chernobyl about?

[brave mantle]

That's another thing i don't get, what is it with stalker mods trying to be as difficult as possible?

[fervent ice]

anomaly but anomaly

[jolly thicket]

So mixing the three maps with new mechanics?

[granite mortar]

Its just all the maps wirt no actual story or proper sidequests

Basically Anomaly without item bloat and underutilized mechanics

[jolly thicket]

So how about misery then?

[granite mortar]

Misery is addon for CoP that makes it harder in the most bullsh*t ways possible

Call of Misery is the same but for Call of Chernobyl

[jolly thicket]

Hmmmmmm...

[granite mortar]

Generally I cant recommend either because they are boring as hell

[jolly thicket]

Aight ima just read ya list later for mods

[brave mantle]

What would you say is the best stalker mod that doesn't want to kill you for breathing?

I'll be honest, i only played misery, modded coc and anomaly

[jolly thicket]

Aight im back from reading

[hard ember]

I dont mind playing tortuous survival for a short stretch it is a gud time but mebbe not prolonged suffering

[jolly thicket]

Spatial anomaly, Secrets of the cordon and road to the north are on my mind

[hard ember]

It is the intellectual challenge i guess of mastering the challenge

[jolly thicket]

Have any of yall made the mistake of siding with sultan at first?

[hard ember]

Same as chess masters wouldnt enjoy battling ibm chess mainframes the fun is beating another human not an all seeing eye that never sleep

With choose ur adventure it is to extend your enjoyment allow ur curiosity to be quenched in several ways so.. mebbe u r supposed to make "the mistake" of siding with sultan?

[jolly thicket]

Hmmmmmm...

[hard ember]

If ur curious just do it no wrong way to play

[jolly thicket]

So like... you discover at the end siding with him is the bad ending for sadovsk

It makes you want to discover more in a second playthrough?

[granite mortar]

By only you mean as in the only mods or the only games?

[brave mantle]

Only mods, played all the base games

[granite mortar]

Good
You got me worried for a moment

Aanyways

Best mods are probably Spatial Anomaly, Secrets of Cordon (I really like it okay?) and the newer stuff from Vivient

Namely Incubator and Dreamcatcher

[brave mantle]

Alrighty, will have to look into those

[granite mortar]

Its the best in terms of story and atmosphere

Spatial Anomaly especially is absolut peak

[brave mantle]

I think i saw it on moddb a few years back

Didn't exactly get my attention then

[opaque parrot]

Play G.A.M.M.A. for adventure

[silver pagoda]

SKIF?
WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?
JUST LIVING A LITTLE, I MEAN, TAKE A LOOK AT THAT VIEW!
COOL
WHOA! STAY AWAY FROM THE EDGE!
YOU COULD FIND ANYTHING YOU WANTED HERE SKIF
MONEY, A BULLET, A FRIEND, AN ENEMY... DEATH
EVEN YOURSELF
IF YOU EVER GO TO PRIPYAT, THE FIRST RIDE ON THE FERRIS WHEEL IS ON ME
OK

[granite mortar]

Yeah you cant really make such mod appealing on a moddb page, its mostly the story (atmosphere is closely tied to it) thats the selling point

[deft stirrup]

He healed strelok

The first time he went to the cnpp he got like hurt/injured during the first large emission ghost and fang dragged him to doc to patch him up

No

3*

Maybe 2

He wasnt really inside the cnpp in CS

No

Thats the second time

Before events of clear sky

Yes

Emission

Its not clear exactly how

Maybe they reached shelter before strelok

All i know is that strelok was at the cnpp 3 times

There is info in their pdas n stashes u just gotta check

[gaunt burrow]

Strelok was at CNPP 3 times

first time him, Ghost and Fang reached secret door leading to Monolith Control Center

but had to retreat, then emission was unleashed triggering CS events

second time he also went to CNPP during Clear Sky events, in the end of CS he didn't managed to reach Sarcophagus

#📸┃screens_and_videos

[granite mortar]

Guys
Wouldnt it be like so cool if strelok in S2 said "we be gamming frfr" and then put 8 scopes and 4 lasers on his guns, kicked the door open and then said "time to grok them"

[fresh zephyr]

Would you guys like stalker 2 map to be more like SoC (multiple areas) or like Cop (few areas but larger)?

[granite mortar]

CoP, it feels a lot more like actual world

But it wont be either, its supposed to be one big map

[deft stirrup]

its gonna be like giant maps its not gonna be either

its gonna be many giant maps id rather say

[celest goblet]

Yeah it's open world, though based on the collectors edition map it looks like the natural geography is dividing it up into some different regions

[loud gate]

It's seamless, yes, but it also has regions

[granite mortar]

I get that

[loud gate]

And I think it will be more similar to ShoC than CoP, but it's pretty much the same

[granite mortar]

Damn

[ripe hinge]

Its gonna be like Minecraft

[glossy blade]

[granite coral]

98 days! 🍆

[loud gate]

I mean.. yes actually

[glossy blade]

Alper, your avatar kinda looks like

[loud gate]

huge map with biomes

[granite coral]

Hell yeah 😄

[glossy blade]

I realized

[wild wharf]

Man's the embodiment of

[loud gate]

Hello, Monol1t. How are you doing today.

[granite coral]

[glossy blade]

vibing

[loud gate]

New OST drop today bois

[granite coral]

Cats are liquid. Everyone knows this.

[granite coral]

Another copium right? 😄

I love Mozi's series of copiums lol

[wild wharf]

So can cats be solid?

[loud gate]

You asked me about my copium charm, remember?

[granite coral]

Cats take the shape of the containers they are in.

[granite coral]

It was an empty Mozi

[silver pagoda]

YOU ASKED ME ABOUT MY GOOD LUCK CHARM, REMEMBER?
ITS AN EMPTY SHELL 🐚
DECIDED TO PLAY SOLDIER?! WITH ME?!
DMYTRO AND I WERE JUST DISCUSSING ABOUT A CERTAIN PUZZLE WE FOUND IN THE ZONE
BUT WE CANT QUITE SEEM TO GET ALL THE PIECES TO FIT
MAYBE YOU CAN FIGURE IT OUT
IT REMINDED ME THAT WE USED TO BE PUPPETS
I TOOK JUST ONE AWKWARD STEP AND MY WHOLE WORLD PLUNGED INTO DARKNESS :banchou_zoomin:
IM SORRY, STRIDER
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA....
THAT WAS THE DAY THE PSI FIELDS WERE TURNED OFF
SUDDENLY, THE VOICE OF MONOLITH WAS GONE!
I FELT AS IF I WAS AWAKENING FROM A YEARS-LONG COMA!
AND THROUGH THE SCOPE, I SAW THE BODY OF AN UNKNOWN SOLDIER FALL
WE HAVE A SIMPLE CHOICE! 🕴️
SIT BACK, AND JUST WAIT FOR ANOTHER SUPER EMISSION
OR TAKE A CHANCE, AND GET CONTROL OF THE ANOMALOUS ENERGY
ONLY I DIDNT CHOOSE THAT PATH
UNLIKE YOU

[fervent ice]

[hidden stratus]

[wraith sonnet]

Hello, stalkers.

[granite mortar]

Yall forgot about wide letters

[loud gate]

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

[silver pagoda]

I WOKE UP AT 29TH OF DECEMBER 🔪
I'VE GOT HIT WITH ANTICIPATION
AND WHEN I GOT UP
I HAD NOTHING IN NOTIFICATIONS REGARDING A TRAILER
"NO TRAILER TODAY"
WHY IN THE HELL WOULD YOU NOT MAKE A TRAILER? ⁉️
"TAKE A LOOK AROUND"
U P L O A D N E W T R A I L ER
I'VE GOT NOWHERE TO GET BACK TO, MOL1T
OVER AND OUT

[elder laurel]

So uhhh

What happens to the bar if you just killed litreally everybody but the ones inside the bar

[versed crypt]

Hello

[drowsy schooner]

I just met the freedom barman in CS hahaha, pretty funny and random dialogue

[broken latch]

!warn @gaunt burrow don't spam the same copypastas

[nimble cipher]

markedmatt has been warned

Reason: don't spam the same copypastas

[broken latch]

!warn @granite mortar don't spam the same copypastas

[nimble cipher]

chymo_ has been warned

Reason: don't spam the same copypastas

[granite mortar]

what?

[broken latch]

!warn @long heron don't spam the same copypastas

[nimble cipher]

uhhhaidenn_15924 has been warned

Reason: don't spam the same copypastas

[granite mortar]

Matt forgot the wide letters...

[loud gate]

Fun ruiner

[broken latch]

Don't copy paste the same, especially not the long copypastas

It floods the chat and only creates a chain

[granite mortar]

[loud gate]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/830078583275651145/1235240515595796563/Harazd.gif

Ok, 1984

[broken latch]

https://tenor.com/view/stalker-shadow-of-cheronobyl-dancing-grooves-gif-17116392

[granite mortar]

[indigo marsh]

[gaunt burrow]

literally

[indigo marsh]

War is peace
Ignorance is strength
Anomaly is fun

[whole hull]

I WOKE UP AT 29TH OF DECEMBER 🔪
I'VE GOT HIT WITH ANTICIPATION :pepe40k_reeee:
AND WHEN I GOT UP :SigmaStalker:
I HAD NOTHING IN NOTIFICATIONS REGARDING A TRAILER :controller_b_left_right:
"NO TRAILER TODAY"
WHY IN THE HELL WOULD YOU NOT MAKE A TRAILER? ⁉️
"TAKE A LOOK AROUND" :KillerTom:
U P L O A D N E W T R A I L ER :ohno: :ohno: :ohno:
I'VE GOT NOWHERE TO GET BACK TO, MOL1T :P_feels_sad:
OVER AND OUT

[loud gate]

@glossy blade No OST?

[livid ridge]

Hello on Amazon Germany are ultimate editions available but only for Xbox

[granite coral]

I'm waiting for 9th June

[old jungle]

[gaunt burrow]

This chat is unusually quiet rn

Where you guys at?

[north herald]

Waiting for stalker 2 🚬

[old jungle]

preparing my posts

[hidden stratus]

gaming

[granite mortar]

Hamburger
🍔

[drowsy schooner]

Do one where we can vote for the answer. Like "which is your favorite game?"

Those are always fun

[old jungle]

I already did some time ago

[granite mortar]

You aint embeding gifs here

[drowsy schooner]

Why is the gif not visible

[granite mortar]

Because the server is set that way

Its to reduce spam and bad content, only mods and trusted people can post them

[drowsy schooner]

So how does anyone send gifs?

[granite mortar]

You dont

You can post pictures tho
In specific channels

[drowsy schooner]

But not here?

Not even gifs?

[gaunt burrow]

You can send gifs in other channels but not here

[drowsy schooner]

Okay

[gaunt burrow]

In this channel gifs will be visible only if you have role like helper, mod, content creator

[drowsy schooner]

I didn't know that, thanks

[indigo marsh]

Why don't you try to create conversation to give life to the chat

[gaunt burrow]

I'm out of ideas

[indigo marsh]

I can't think of any either

Ok here is one. What do you think about CoC forks?

[loud gate]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1171602505382236231/1242506349582221352/Skating.gif

[granite mortar]

See
Trusted people

[sand fiber]

there are like 2 good ones

[indigo marsh]

Stop flexing

[indigo marsh]

RTTN and AREA?

Or RTTN and CoTZ

[sand fiber]

LR and uh

stason idk

gotta be honest the only freeplay i've played was stason's fork

[indigo marsh]

Legend returns is CoC?

[sand fiber]

yes it's CoC-based

[indigo marsh]

I am waiting for LR version 1

[granite mortar]

RTTN and CotZ

[sand fiber]

from what i remember it was fun for a first hour or so, but freeplay things did not appeal to me much

[indigo marsh]

What is your favorite buildo version?

[granite mortar]

Build* 🤓

[indigo marsh]

Buildo

[granite mortar]

Buildo are mods with build atmosphere

Or stuff belonging to builds

You get buildo garbage, but not buildo 1317

[sand fiber]

Duh, everyone knows the best build is 1098

[indigo marsh]

Buildo sounds a lot cooler than builds

[granite mortar]

Best build is 1984

[gaunt burrow]

Not sure tbh

[sand fiber]

2137, too

[granite mortar]

Build is the version, buildo is the content

[granite mortar]

I made the number up btw

[sand fiber]

what number

[granite mortar]

1984

[sand fiber]

what? where are we

[granite mortar]

[indigo marsh]

I wish they had kept the mini gun from build 1098

[prisma goblet]

https://tenor.com/view/minigun-turret-gun-machine-gun-gif-13196770

[sand fiber]

highly suggest that build, might be one of the best iterations of stalker

[granite mortar]

Everybody knows best iteration is gamma 😎

[sand fiber]

So true!

[granite mortar]

I hope Strider in S2 says "Im gonna Grok yourself" and then beats entire monolith faction with bare hands

[wraith sonnet]

Gamma is so hard core for me and I don’t need all those mods.

[gaunt burrow]

Stalker Heart of Grok

[wraith sonnet]

The trilogy was just a way to explore the zone and it was fun. Adding on the crafting and item bloat was something I had to get used to.

[indigo marsh]

What do you think the Oblivion lost devs think of oblivion lost remake and lost

[sand fiber]

I am blind, but it is you who cannot Anomaly - G.A.M.M.A. Modpack by Grok.

[gaunt burrow]

Players will go insane once Skif will say "everyone thinks I have heart of stone, but I have a heart of chornobyl"

[granite mortar]

He puts his name everywhere soo...
G.R.O.K.: Grok of Grok

[sand fiber]

Play NLC, coward

[wraith sonnet]

Nah.

[granite mortar]

Just get rid of the the bloat

[sand fiber]

all that talk about anomaly SuRvIvAl hORrOr and yet a typical anomaly player won't survive an hour playing any of the soup mods

[wraith sonnet]

I’m currently preparing for a deep rock session with friends

[wraith sonnet]

I did.

[granite mortar]

Gud

[wraith sonnet]

And then I just played base anomaly

[granite mortar]

Damn, you made your own addon or used the less items mod?

[wraith sonnet]

Not really going to go into gamma

[wraith sonnet]

Old world add on

[granite mortar]

Ohh

Yeah
Old World is based

Sadly I dont enjoy it, but thats mostly due to Anomaly itself

[wraith sonnet]

Yeah, I don’t really mind no story and just mindlessly going throughout the zone. But I will admit there are much better mods to get a stalker experience.

I got wind of time set up and and interested in legends return along with goldsphere since that one has some roadside picnic stuff

[granite mortar]

Goldsphere best mod frfr

[sand fiber]

you gave it an 8/10

[granite mortar]

Because I can see the shortcomings

You know, Im Goldspher Shill not Goldsphere Chud

[indigo marsh]

That statement is like saying I am climbing a Montaña not a mountain

[granite mortar]

No

Shill is someone who just likes a mod
Chud is basically definition of gamma players

[indigo marsh]

I see no difference

[wraith sonnet]

It just means that you love it so much that you also understand it enough to discuss the shortcomings and the flaws

[indigo marsh]

I know I just want to mess with him

[wraith sonnet]

Whoops, forgot to ping him.

[raven grove]

I mean Golden Sphere and Anomaly are basically the same mod

[wraith sonnet]

I haven’t played golden sphere yet so I can’t really add to the discussion

[raven grove]

I'm just trying to make issues, I want only problems, not peace

[indigo marsh]

It is good you should play it

[wraith sonnet]

I do hear it’s good.

Wonder what the story for stalker 2 is going to focus on this time around

[sand fiber]

True!

[unkempt dragon]

Modding hurts my head. I kind of want to get into anomaly and gamma but like fr i have no clue how

<@&524189227144052757> 👆👆👆

Thats him right there officer

[sand fiber]

depends on what you want, really

[unkempt dragon]

Which one is it that lets you just pick a faction and like. Do stuff?

[sand fiber]

urgh

any and all CoC-based mods, including Anomaly

[unkempt dragon]

Ah

Dont hate me im completely smoothbrained when it comes to mods lol

If its not bethesda or steam workshop im lost

[sand fiber]

mods for stalker are basically their own games

[granite mortar]

I will find you

And be like really sad

[sand fiber]

imagine Enderal for Skyrim, and now imagine 50 different Enderals all with varying quality

That's stalker modding

[unkempt dragon]

Ive noticed ive seen some gameplay.

ZE MONOLIT

[indigo marsh]

@granite mortar didn't grok like your mod for ANOMALY?

[sand fiber]

Actually, here's a comprehensive guide for an english-speaking person
https://i.4cdn.org/vg/1714851181826207.png

[gaunt burrow]

True stalker is vanilla trilogy stalker

[unkempt dragon]

True.

[granite mortar]

Shut up, nobody should hear that

[sand fiber]

untrue! it's GAMMA

[gaunt burrow]

Mods such as Anomaly are beasts of their own tbh

[unkempt dragon]

But still. ZE MONOLIT 🙌

[granite mortar]

Silly you, True Stalker isnt canon

[indigo marsh]

You can no longer make fun of grok or analmeme

[granite mortar]

Za* 🤓

[granite mortar]

I can do whatever the fvck I want

[slow crescent]

Lumbago

[gaunt burrow]

Tahiti

[slow crescent]

Rip Van Winkle