⭐┃nospoilers_general

[gaunt burrow]

renegades

[pseudo rivet]

Bandits

[worn oar]

Renegades

[gaunt burrow]

are

[pseudo rivet]

Based

[worn oar]

[gaunt burrow]

🧢 asf

[pseudo rivet]

No autism

[worn oar]

You both are

[pseudo rivet]

Literally

[umbral jay]

Hello

[gaunt burrow]

hi

[pseudo rivet]

'Sup

[worn oar]

https://media.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExNnFrNmlmYjB1M2swcXk0ZGpkOXo5bTFnZ21pNWEzOWZoOGxucG1hMCZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw/XcidNpp4FZjN4qzK6u/giphy-downsized-large.gif
@pseudo rivet
@gaunt burrow
Part of the vid that didnt load for you

[gaunt burrow]

lmao wtf

[worn oar]

when you take an afternoon nap!
your dreams are like:

[gaunt burrow]

it do be like that

[umbral jay]

Freedomers wet dream

wettest

[pseudo rivet]

Based

[umbral jay]

how tho ?

[pseudo rivet]

*Bandits

[gaunt burrow]

bandits fr

[lethal orchid]

Cope

Bloodsuckerfckers

[pseudo rivet]

Lore do B Lore

[gaunt burrow]

that applies to bandits

last line

[umbral jay]

Real

[gaunt burrow]

freedomers don't have sex with mutants

[covert slate]

it seems the modrot got to em

[umbral jay]

source ?

[gaunt burrow]

trilogy games

[umbral jay]

[pseudo rivet]

Nor do Bandits, but they get cravings

[gaunt burrow]

freedomers literally avoids bloodsuckers

cuz they're afraid of them

[rotund canopy]

Its to cover up the past

[umbral jay]

Slavik Carpenter 🗣️ 🗣️ ‼️

[gaunt burrow]

this whole meme about freedomers and bloodsuckers is a misconception and nothing else

[pseudo rivet]

Simply because of shared dialogue

[still ridge]

Consequences of watching Nikolai videos while not playing the games

[gaunt burrow]

Freedom also kills mutants

but difference is that Freedom (at least under Lukash's leadership) doesn't want to completely eradicate mutants

[still ridge]

Fraud

Horrors beyond human comprehension and he doesn’t want to annihilate them

#dutygang

[gaunt burrow]

#shamangang

[umbral jay]

i used to love duty bcz i helped them on my first playthru of SoC but now Mercgang

CS changed my view and also CoP

[lethal orchid]

Psyop

[gaunt burrow]

Ngl I feel bad for Freedom

[worn oar]

#shunmangang

[gaunt burrow]

Probably most misunderstood faction

[indigo marsh]

Maybe try goldsphere OGSR, if you haven't already

[gaunt burrow]

Ok now I'm on my phone and this video suddenly works

[worn oar]

weird fr

[umbral jay]

Cap

[gaunt burrow]

No cappucino

[umbral jay]

just black coffee i guess ?

[gaunt burrow]

Espresso will do

[indigo marsh]

How did you get good at range finding?

[granite mortar]

I did

[pseudo rivet]

Ngl I feel bad for Freedom

Most people either join them because they misunderstand the Zone or simply because they love the way their armor looks

Probably the most "No mom, I'm 13 years old, I eat Unhappy Meals now" faction out there when it comes to stereotypes

[ebon burrow]

I join them because I like freedom so clearly Freedom™️ is the faction for me

[gaunt burrow]

Real

[indigo marsh]

Damn. They can't understand a good game(GS OGSR). They might never be able to understand Peak (Clear sky and GS OGSE)

[umbral jay]

imma go into Jupiter Underground

[pseudo rivet]

Good luck

With SEVA Suit or without?

[umbral jay]

idk

lemme recharge my save i'll send you a screen

[pseudo rivet]

Aite

[umbral jay]

Speak to the big bad boss i've missed that

[spark sequoia]

Has there been any recent mention about the ULTIMATE PHYSICAL EDITION preorders? If they will be available in the US specifically?
I wanted to get one for my boyfriend and he asks me daily if they sent an email about it, but I have not seen any new information for a few months....

[worthy lagoon]

For now there's no info, if there will be any info you will be notified via email (if you subscribed) or you can check #🖤┃s2-pre-order

[spark sequoia]

I am subscribed and I know my bf keeps a better watch here on discord, but I just wanted to check since he has been very impatient about it and is worried about missing out. Thanks!

[worthy lagoon]

Well, all he gotta do is wait then

Actually, is there any news regarding that? Since the release date is getting closer @glossy blade

[old jungle]

I suggest not putting too much trust in the automatic email system, I was never notified when there was a restock in my country.

[spark sequoia]

I have been checking the retailers list every other week or so and have not seen anything that was available yet for the U.S. it still just says "Right now we're still working on setting up the delivery of the physical editions to you. Leave your details below, and we'll notify you when the physical editions will be available in your country."

[old jungle]

There's been a lot of people in the US waiting for it, I think if you keep on alert and it happens you will learn of it eventually

I hope you will manage to get it

[stable bobcat]

I'm trying to complete Radio interference mission, but the moment i put the dynamite on the door, it did nothing.

What should i do?

Call of prypiat SGM mod

[old jungle]

🤔 Strange... it's probably the mod messing with the game, I never saw this problem in the OG

[gaunt burrow]

Dunno about SGM mod but I never had that issue in vanilla

Try reloading your save

[tender torrent]

Something is preventing the mission from being completed

[old jungle]

maybe try to search all the dead military corpses?

[covert slate]

honestly this is why i just went with the digital pre-order, all that stuff with shipping being all spotty and uncertain was something i didn't want to deal with so i just went with the easiest to get Ultimate Edition

[old jungle]

Or you can get both to make sure you'll get it in the end

[covert slate]

normally i would, but that 300 is something i can't just throw around for it

as much as i would love to have an Artifact Container lamp

[glossy blade]

no updates yet, unfortunately

[covert slate]

aay Mol1t, any chance that you guys'll be selling those lamps seperately post launch?

[lethal orchid]

Yeah I'd buy that ngl

[granite mortar]

so true so true

[north herald]

What is with the others? Did anyone of you get your preorder canceled? Or is it still just the netherland boys. Mine still there

[covert slate]

cause i'm a sucker for orange lighting, so those things would be right up my alley along with many others, hell you guys could sell em for close to 100 and i'd still buy it

[old jungle]

Mine still here as well

[dreamy holly]

Mine got cancelled sadly

[north herald]

you was one of the netherland site right?

Did you got any news from the support?

[dreamy holly]

Yeah

[dreamy holly]

Not yet, i guess i’ll get a reason why on monday

I’m guessing i’ll have to wait on a restock to be able to pre order sadly

[north herald]

For my imagination it can only be something with the sites itself. I would be pretty scared if it would have happen to other sites too... on the other side there is still some time left that that could happen

[dreamy holly]

Why does it have to happen to the netherlands though

[pseudo rivet]

Because the Netherlands always draws the shortest stick

[north herald]

No idea, the same we could ask us why australia got the chance now to preorder. Any other continent

didnt get a restock

[naive fog]

OWA says it's corrupted or the files are mismatched

Imma see later, for now imma play something else

[shell kernel]

yo

[static compass]

So are getting the raw gameplay at gamescom most likely?

[trim fractal]

They should add mangoes to stalker 2

They are tasty af

[north herald]

We dont know. It can be.

[deft stirrup]

boo

[worn oar]

Possibly! We can only speculate for now

[north herald]

But it also can happen before that, sure. Some days ago one of the devs told on the steam discussion side they will drop gameplay and it will be ofcourse before the game release, but he cant tell exactly when this will happen.

[restive shell]

ayo strelok is in Cop

nice finally meeting him

[polar orchid]

how many days to stalker 2

is the release still on track?

[old jungle]

55 days

[polar orchid]

i just realised i could have just done the maths after i asked that lol

thanks

[old jungle]

Friends and I have been keeping track every single day

[polar orchid]

i try to keep my mind off it, still the only upcoming game that i care about but not a massive stalker fan just an enjoyer of the games

[old jungle]

To each his own

some of us have been waiting for this moment for more than a decade

[fluid abyss]

Real, suggest in #📜┃s2_suggestions

[trim fractal]

Take the Glory

[polar orchid]

How many times has the game been delayed?

[worn oar]

all the bar brothermen are

[polar orchid]

at least you know it wont be far hopefully lol

its lookiin good, i cant wait to explore and look at stuff

[gaunt burrow]

Not the worst thing that was suggested tbh

[old jungle]

I don't remember for sure

[polar orchid]

i wonder if there will be any crazy things from actual chernobyl like the basement with the firemans clothes but an anomally down there or somethin

[loud gate]

I'm sorry, @naive fog
#📜┃s2_suggestions message

[worn oar]

Real

[fluid abyss]

Can’t wait for the release to be a rushed disappointment

[loud gate]

https://tenor.com/view/brooklyn-nets-nba-paul-pierce-gif-1451274719610649494

[old jungle]

I think there will be some things like this. For example, the Partisan Tree could be seen on the map

[naive fog]

Bro cmon I just worded it bad 💀

[loud gate]

4

[naive fog]

I shoulda mentioned the seva

[worn oar]

want to place a bet?

[loud gate]

Please actually stop

[naive fog]

It was late 💀

[fluid abyss]

brother I preordered, I already made a bet

[polar orchid]

is that 4 times since what we have now being announced or was there nothing ever mentioned for the best part of those 10 years?

[worn oar]

Then you have faith deep down there ! Do not cover it

[loud gate]

The game was announced on May 15th 2018.

[restive shell]

well. that was fun. CoP get's an 10/10. like 2 other games before it 😄

[loud gate]

The first Delay took place on January 12th 2022. It was to December 8th, 2022. Another delay to the date of "2023" happened at the Xbox Extended Show that year. This was the date until 21st of August, when it was delayed to Q1 2024. On January 16th, the final date was given - September 5th 2024.

Yea, I know all of that by heart

[restive shell]

now.. i need some suggestions when it comes to mods. any "newbie" friendly ones that are fun? are most of them made for CoP or others as well?

[fluid abyss]

Nyet game is fine

[restive shell]

i saw some anomaly gameplay and.. it has so many items that do different things

[polar orchid]

damn i only played the first games in like 2019 or 2020 lol

[restive shell]

yeah decided to give the trilogy a shot like a month ago. just finished all three

[polar orchid]

when this game first came out i only had an xbox and no pc. i knew about it from a gaming magazine way back when it released. wanted to play it but never did. wish i'd played it when it was fresh. i find it hard to play now, modern games got me spoilt lol

[restive shell]

im the contrary. i love jank

i grew up on gothic. the grandpa of eurojank

[naive fog]

Same

[polar orchid]

i dont mind a bit of jank if it adds comedy value

[naive fog]

Gothic, quake and doom

[restive shell]

i love the slow and methodical gameplay of stalker. peaking through corners, headshotting, the dread

[polar orchid]

but most of stalker feels a bit dated to me, some things are still great, but too many dated things to appreciate it properly

[restive shell]

i need more stalker. i might replay clear sky again

[naive fog]

Still has better leaning than modern CoD

[gaunt burrow]

Based

[restive shell]

i wonder how the ballistics mod improve the experience

[polar orchid]

i guess you guys will have seen the pure xbox review?

the guy has played the game, and in that he video he quickly mentions the game will be "less cryptic and more catered to mainstream audiences"

[finite dragon]

Thinking about playing Clear Sky

Is there a mod that I can install similar to ZRP for SoC that fixes bugs

[restive shell]

SRP ;p

you can also add some additional features. i would take the "less granade spam" and "restore handguns crosshair" when it comes to those

played it like that myself. no other modifications

[finite dragon]

Not removing grenade spam

I wanna get the true clear sky experience

Also I assume there's PRP for CoP?

[gaunt burrow]

Then don't install any mods

[restive shell]

^

[finite dragon]

I mean

[restive shell]

bugs are the true experience

[finite dragon]

It's like distilling vodka even further

[restive shell]

also play it on 1.0 version

[finite dragon]

It just enhances the base experience

[finite dragon]

Why?

[restive shell]

true vanilla CS experience :p just a joke. i bet its even more buggy

[gaunt burrow]

I literally encountered more bugs in SoC than in Clear Sky

Faction wars in general is a big mess

But you are only forced to participate in CS vs Renegades faction war

Other wars are completely optional

[restive shell]

it's crazy how i didnt encouter bugs at all in all 3 games

okay maybe 2 crashes? one in SoC and CS

pripyat played flawlessly

are mods mostly done on CoP base?

[gaunt burrow]

CoP is the most polished game so not surprising

[restive shell]

can i add faction war to CoP?

[finite dragon]

I encountered like a couple of crashes in SoC despite having ZRP

[restive shell]

i want more shootouts like the last mission in cop. that was fun

[finite dragon]

CS IS harder than SoC right?

SoC was kinda easy, especially the monolith part of the game

[restive shell]

eh? kinda similiar (on stalker diff ofc)

early game is harder beause guns have worse accuracy

[gaunt burrow]

Many people think so. But if you don't have a skill issue CS shouldn't be very difficult as well

[restive shell]

what diff you play on?

[finite dragon]

Do NPCs also miss like crazy in CS if you run right?

[finite dragon]

Highest obviously.

[gaunt burrow]

Yes but beware of the grenades

[finite dragon]

I remember just circling the beginning bandit base in SoC

[restive shell]

then i cant speak at all lol. i played on stalker diff ;p

[gaunt burrow]

Enemy NPCs in CS literally throw nades with 100% accuracy

[finite dragon]

You know that monolith with the gauss rifle in the CNPP with the really long hallway

[gaunt burrow]

When you hear enemy saying grenade either kill him as fast as you can or start running

[finite dragon]

You can literally run up to him and stab him which is what I did

[polar orchid]

does SoC have no emissions from the reactor?

[umbral jay]

🍋

[granite mortar]

Well they have to compensate for their assault rifles with shotgun levels of accuracy somehow

[umbral jay]

Plz have the reference

[finite dragon]

There's like 2 emissions, 1 is a cutscene and another is near the reactor

[gaunt burrow]

1 emission will start happening at CNPP, another at Yantar

[finite dragon]

The hardest part of SoC for me was right outside the power plant when the choppers started shooting at me

[restive shell]

was the blowlout in SoC an emmision? the timer before entering the bunker?

[gaunt burrow]

Blowout and emission are the same thing

[restive shell]

oh man, i died so much on there lol

[gaunt burrow]

Sometimes emissions are referred to as blowouts but thats just 2 different names for 1 thing

[restive shell]

funny how C-con never used more emissions to stop strelok

[finite dragon]

I like “blowout” more. It makes sense because the energy blows out, it’s not a greenhouse gas emission

[grim palm]

[polar orchid]

yeah i couldnt remember but CoP was dope when i was constantly needing to take cover from the emissions

[pseudo rivet]

Interesting to see you think that. After all, it's not said anywhere in the games that they actually used them whatsoever

[naive fog]

Funny how strelok never checked out the stalker rank system on his PDA to see who he was

[gaunt burrow]

Blowout does sound more serious

[naive fog]

Ye

[pseudo rivet]

Emission for me

[finite dragon]

Clear Sky emissions were terrible. The screen goes black for a little bit and yeah good luck running to cover with that…

[naive fog]

Both are cool but I use emission

[pseudo rivet]

Ngl, I love that

[naive fog]

The effects in CS were peak

[gaunt burrow]

Plus emissions in CS were long asf

[pseudo rivet]

Unlike whatever the hell CoP's Emissions are even supposed to be

[naive fog]

Psy shit and emissions were just so good

[finite dragon]

I just like imagining c-con going “imbouttablow” before every emission

[restive shell]

i would assume that everything in the zone was their doing. they created it afterall right?

[pseudo rivet]

Guys, why don't we just call it an "Eruption" instead?

[gaunt burrow]

No thanks

[restive shell]

guys.. i think c-con want to blow strelok out

[pseudo rivet]

Implying they control the Zone? Replay the entire Trilogy

[finite dragon]

I think it might be called like that once or twice, but I might be having a modbrain moment and remembering some crap translation

[restive shell]

they do to an extend? how the hell they create monolith, control them and all that

[polar orchid]

if the game runs this life simulation for all the NPC's does that mean I can kill a whole area and run around lonely af...
or you think they'll replenish npcs outside of the constant fighting locations?

[pseudo rivet]

Implying that's connected to the Zone itself? Replay the entire Trilogy x2

[polar orchid]

in call of pripyat by the end of the game i had killed almost everyone
in soc i was running along lonely af in some areas after i killed everyone there lol

but some areas had constant spawning enemies

[gaunt burrow]

They DID NOT created Monolith faction. Monolith before the trilogy already used to be a faction (many CS dialogues mention "old" Monolith)

[restive shell]

why won they create another zone and place it on top of the zone they have now?

[finite dragon]

Yeah SoC’s A-Life is a bit

[restive shell]

OH

[gaunt burrow]

In fact Monolith faction in CS is just recently emerged

[finite dragon]

_ _

[restive shell]

i did not saw anything about monolith before the zone. that's crazy

[pseudo rivet]

See? Replay the Trilogy x2 NOW

[restive shell]

brb gonna replay the trilogy

[polar orchid]

i have a video clip somewhere of a monolith in CoP doing the spaghetti anomaly

[restive shell]

hmm. can you still pick difficulty options in anomaly?

[finite dragon]

What if the Monolith was actually founded by some Group members as a fanatical first line of defense?

[pseudo rivet]

Because they don't want to? Also, how even?

[gaunt burrow]

1 example

[gaunt burrow]

We can speculate but there are no confirmations of such things so far

[polar orchid]

is spaghetti anomaly common in old stalker games?

[pseudo rivet]

The talk about the Monolith all started from one person, but it almost feels like he's sent out as a sort of messenger. But yeah, no confirmation

[restive shell]

imagine being able to join monolith in S2

[polar orchid]

i have a clip of a monolith soldier turning into spaghetti, its a bug lol

someone told me it was known as the spaghetti anomaly

[pseudo rivet]

[polar orchid]

the character model was stretched out across a huge room twisting and waving

[naive fog]

It's real common in anomaly

I haven't encountered it in base game

[pseudo rivet]

Just the one time, tbh

[polar orchid]

i just think it would be funny if one of the anomalies did something like that for real in S2

if it was common enough and the devs knew about it

an anomaly that warps you into spaghetti then kills you

[restive shell]

i saw an anomaly grab a guy and twist him around before he exploded that was fun

[gaunt burrow]

@restive shell check this one

Direct confirmation of Monolith being a stalker clan before trilogy events

[restive shell]

huh, that's cool

[gaunt burrow]

There are many other dialogues

I can send them if you want

[restive shell]

no need. ill prob replay CS soon 🙂

[gaunt burrow]

Nice. Good hunting then

[restive shell]

might play it slower too. ramp it up to vet maybe

for now, ill check anomaly out

[pseudo rivet]

Try Master

[polar orchid]

i would have thought they wouldn't be called monolith until after they discovered whatever they discovered

[restive shell]

i struggled with stalker in some places

[pseudo rivet]

You could get a job as a game journalist, I suppose

[restive shell]

doesnt matter. still had fun

[polar orchid]

just save scum your way to victory

[restive shell]

also shit my pants on some occasions.

i still remember one damn bandit who managed to sneak kill me in the warehouse in SoC.. what a jumpscare lol

[gaunt burrow]

Random fact: bandits planned to take over Army Warehouses at 1 point

[loud gate]

Can you imagine how many notes + voiced notes about the events that happened in-between CoP and HoC will be there? Oh my god, glorious

[polar orchid]

i get pretty hyped for s2 sometimes, todays one of those days, tryna find out anything from the breadcrumbs i can find on youtube lol

[pseudo rivet]

Ngl, I wonder if there will even be Exoskeletons, seen what happened in CoP

We haven't seen one so far, to my knowledge

[indigo marsh]

It would be pretty cool especially if it was the old Monolith

[north herald]

I remember how i was blown away when i was 14 and played call of pripyat. Up to this day i just love this atmosphere. To just know that we probably get something like this again just with better graphics and gameplay is an imagination i cant get really trough my head. To see all the old places in new glance... it just feels so unreal to have this game in 55 days

[delicate chasm]

ew CoP

[north herald]

🥱

[gaunt burrow]

LISTEN UP! SULTAN WANTS TO SEE YOU

[shell kernel]

Yo guys

[gaunt burrow]

Hi

[pseudo rivet]

'Sup

[north herald]

Exactly

hi

[shell kernel]

Yer stolking it off?

[loud gate]

Ye, for sure

[gaunt burrow]

We're STOC-ing

[pseudo rivet]

STOC Gaming

[gaunt burrow]

Real

[shell kernel]

Keep it up my g

[pseudo rivet]

Yo Matt, that movie anything for you or nah?

[gaunt burrow]

I'll check it out later. Don't like watching movies on my phone tbh

[pseudo rivet]

Real

[gaunt burrow]

I prefer watching them on PC

[north herald]

based

[pseudo rivet]

Obviously

[umbral jay]

@gaunt burrow Should i use the SGI-5k, IL86 or the Thunder VLA i just came accros some stashes that i've made

[pseudo rivet]

Uh, Thunder VLA?

[umbral jay]

Thunder S14* sorry

[pseudo rivet]

Which game?

[umbral jay]

I leaked the new stalker 2 weapon 😔

[pseudo rivet]

SoC, I assume?

[umbral jay]

CoP

[pseudo rivet]

Ah, CoP. Depends on your playstyle. They're all good

[gaunt burrow]

Call of Pripyat? In that case I'd recommend Strelok's SGI or GP37

Although IL and Tunder are good as well

[pseudo rivet]

Depends on your playstyle asf

[gaunt burrow]

Ye true

Personally I got used to both Streloks SGI and GP37. Those are one of the few guns in CoP I'm familiar with the most

[lean quiver]

Oh boy i'm getting ultimate edition

[umbral jay]

rocket launcher

[pseudo rivet]

RPG-7u asf

[umbral jay]

i have some ammo idk why

[gaunt burrow]

Best sniper ngl

[pseudo rivet]

Still best sniper in the game fr

But yeah, if you want to go with the RPG-7u, that's easy

Just get either One of Ours or Boss, then purge the Bloodsucker Lair, find Magpie and kill the Chimera. You can buy OG-7V warheads that way

Oh, and a Wealthy Client

[umbral jay]

i only have a duty suit, should i take a military one ? i have like 25k + rubles and it's keep going

[gaunt burrow]

Boss achievement

[umbral jay]

artifacts huting baby

[pseudo rivet]

Eh, do the stuff I said and you can get better stuff

[gaunt burrow]

Whoever goes for boss achievement should be sent to the arena ngl

[pseudo rivet]

If you want better anomaly protection, continue through the game until you can buy the SEVA Suit

[pseudo rivet]

Inb4 Degtyarev did and it's canon in HoC

[gaunt burrow]

Did he tho? I mean, maybe he didn't even picked any sides?

[pseudo rivet]

Who knows? I don't

[umbral jay]

gay i never used this suit i think

[pseudo rivet]

So uh, how did you get the PS5-M Universal Protection?

[gaunt burrow]

You have to buy SEVA at 1 point in CoP

[pseudo rivet]

Duty suit

[gaunt burrow]

For Jupiter Underground mission

[umbral jay]

they gave it to me

[pseudo rivet]

Alright, then there's a chance for you to achieve Friend of Duty in case you didn't lock yourself out

[umbral jay]

Bro is spoiling me

[pseudo rivet]

Which would be the best combat-oriented suit in the game alongside the Exoskeleton

[umbral jay]

Can you sprint in exo in CoP ?

[pseudo rivet]

Non't

[umbral jay]

bcz in SoC ur just a fatass

[gaunt burrow]

Lmfao

[pseudo rivet]

And you still are in CS and CoP!

[gaunt burrow]

||if you'll give Cardan all 3 tools he'll be able to install sprinting upgrade on Exosksleton||

[umbral jay]

yeah i thought abt this

I will try to do pripat 1 tonight

[gaunt burrow]

Good luck there

[pseudo rivet]

Hopefully better prepared than the pic you showed earlier

[gaunt burrow]

That thing is a savescumming paradise fr

[north herald]

do we know if Degtyarev will be in hoc?

[gaunt burrow]

50/50 I guess

[pseudo rivet]

Returning to what was said earlier, if you're going to do Pripyat 1, I suggest the SGI-5k. It's accuracy, low recoil, high RoF, fairly common caliber, high mag size and ability to attach a grenade launcher make it a great all-rounder perfect for most situations

[pseudo rivet]

No confirmation

[gaunt burrow]

Good night everyone

[indigo marsh]

Gn vro

[pseudo rivet]

Good night dawg

[umbral jay]

Gn chat

[elfin echo]

Man i'm at home stretch

I just need to get to the wish granter in SoC,however radiation keeps killing me

NVM i did it,i finished SoC

Next up is CS and i'm done with the trilogy

[broken latch]

Via upgrade yes

[elfin echo]

So any tips with CS?

[umbral jay]

Learn how to run

[umbral jay]

yea

[elfin echo]

alr then

[indigo marsh]

Upgrade your rifle as soon as you can

[restive shell]

you went to the wishgranter or did you follow the other lead?

[elfin echo]

went to the wish granter

[restive shell]

||bad ending||

there are quite a few endings

[elfin echo]

Yeah i know,i'll do them later after finishing the trilogy

[restive shell]

you played SoC with ZRP?

[elfin echo]

I played through it vanilla

[restive shell]

oh okay. get used to running from granades in cs 🙂

[umbral jay]

what does zrp add

[restive shell]

bug fixes only

[umbral jay]

it doesnt make you play the game even after completing the cnpp ?

like after the credits

[restive shell]

no idea. doesnt really matter to me. i wanted to beat all 3 first ;p

[umbral jay]

Real

[elfin echo]

Why am i losing health when i'm not bleeding

[indigo marsh]

Likely radiation

Drink vodka or take anti rads

[elfin echo]

But i don't have radiation

[indigo marsh]

You should be able to see how much radiation you have on the bar on the right in red

[elfin echo]

There wasn't that icon that i have radiation

[celest blaze]

So torn between OWA or CoTZ playthrough tonight

[umbral jay]

the swamps water are radioactive i believe that's why

[static compass]

Hey maybe when we hit 50 days away, they'll drop a new trailer

[worthy lagoon]

A man can hope

[indigo marsh]

I.W.P

It's a mod for CoC

Play the one you have played the least

[celest blaze]

What's iwp?

I'll check it out though I'm bored of gamma now and want something better

[indigo marsh]

Improved weapon pack

It does more than add weapons

[celest blaze]

Does it work with cotz aswell or only coc?

[dire dagger]

50 days away then we get new delay reveal

[celest blaze]

I added one western foods mod to gamma and it completely shit the bed black screen on start up and had to power cycle my pc to get out of the black screen so uninstalled today and moving to other mods

[indigo marsh]

Only on CoC

[celest blaze]

I just want it to be Sept 5th already

[toxic vector]

its weight makes you carry less ammo

[indigo marsh]

There is CotZ quest port for IWP tho

[celest blaze]

Now I'm torn between coc and cotz lol

If you had to choose what would you pick

[indigo marsh]

If I had to pick I would pick IWP

[pseudo rivet]

Which can be decreased. Besides, you'll always have enough room for plenty of ammo

[indigo marsh]

And I am guessing you don't have a Intel GPU
Intel GPUs don't work well with cry ray engine with IWP uses

[toxic vector]

i always want to carry loot as many as possible so i always go with full mod TRs301 and a lot of ammo

like 700 5.56 rounds

[pseudo rivet]

Might be overkill, but okay

[toxic vector]

5 m203

less thinking when shooting mutants

just spray and pray

[pseudo rivet]

Which the SGI-5k can do as well, seen how you can attach a grenade launcher to it, just like the TRs 301

It's definitely up to preference, but of the three guns he mentioned, the SGI-5k seemed like the best pick

[toxic vector]

Sig 550 has less handling

[celest blaze]

no got a nvidia gpu only intel i have is cpu

[toxic vector]

so it has less accuracy in hip fire

[pseudo rivet]

The three guns being the Tunder S14, IL 86 and SGI-5k

[toxic vector]

SGI-5k is sig 550 irl

fighting with bloodsucker needs a good hipfire gun

or you have to carry shotgun

[pseudo rivet]

Also, since when is this a thing?

[toxic vector]

the handling stats affect hip fire accuracy no?

[pseudo rivet]

No?

Accuracy affects accuracy

[toxic vector]

gun like aks 74u has good handling stats

[pseudo rivet]

Handling is the recovery speed of your aim and it determines how fast you can look around with your weapon in hand

So, for example, the RP-74 has low Handling, so it takes a lot of effort to look around

[toxic vector]

"Handling defines how fast the weapon's crosshairs will center in-between shots. Weapons with higher handling ratings allow their crosshairs to center back faster, easily allowing them to do follow-up shots with better accuracy. This goes hand in hand with accuracy and automatic fire."

stalker wiki

[pseudo rivet]

Yes

[toxic vector]

but you was wrong lol

[pseudo rivet]

No

[delicate chasm]

same thing

[toxic vector]

he just said low handling gun is slower to look around

[pseudo rivet]

I said that alongside the recovery speed of your aim

You can test it out yourself

[toxic vector]

will stalker 2 use the same mechanic?

[pseudo rivet]

I've also seen mentions about faster equip and holster speed, but I haven't noticed that so far

[toxic vector]

all gunstats from trilogy games?

[pseudo rivet]

Unknown

[celest blaze]

ngl i kinda like the gun stat mech

[pseudo rivet]

Same

Hope they don't dumb it down

[celest blaze]

same honestly

after playing efp and gamma i hope they stick closer to the ogs then these mod packs

[pseudo rivet]

Real

[toxic vector]

it would be nice if map is larger and engagement happens above 200 yards more often

they could add zeroing for guns like arma

zero with iron sight is fun

[celest blaze]

fr

would make svd and other scoped weapons more enjoyable

[dire dagger]

Very true

Like you got these scopes rifles which are all well and good but you rarely get to shoot anything far away

[toxic vector]

there are no women in the zone and i never say hi to fake woman

@finite dragon

[finite dragon]

I’m not fake lol

But if don’t have other woman’s here I will leave ..

[toxic vector]

nah, you are probably a bloodsucker. Because wish granter never gives us real thing

[finite dragon]

What do you want mean?

[dire dagger]

There are other women in here believe it or not

[raven grove]

Women aren't real, they're psyops by the government

[dire dagger]

They already left gg lmao

[raven grove]

Shame, should've embraced the psyop status

[stuck pewter]

the terminally online when normal people dont get their joke:

[raven grove]

one does not simply be a normal person on the internet

[celest blaze]

lol

im honestly suprised they truly thought they were the only woman in a server of almost 100,000 people

[dire dagger]

I mean

Yah they don’t show up often but there’s a few

Hell ones a legend of the zone

[celest blaze]

ong

hip is a stalker legend

im getting call of the zone set up im excited to get lost in the zone again

[finite dragon]

Can anybody help me with a problem in mod chat

[dire dagger]

I’m just praying stalker 2 is good

[celest blaze]

same honestly i feel due to the war, delays and moving studios they wont half ass this game they have alot invested in S2 success

[celest goblet]

I have some cautious optimism, I think it will be good

[finite dragon]

Can any of you guys help me with something please

[dire dagger]

As a wise man once said a rushed game is forever bad but a delayed game is eventually good

[dire dagger]

If you were playing a mod and your save corrupted your probably up a creek with out a paddle

[finite dragon]

I have fixed it before but I don’t remember how. The crash code is in the mod section

[celest blaze]

So true

[dire dagger]

Someone might know the answer but that guy isn’t me

[finite dragon]

Okay thx

[celest blaze]

ayo what since the most recent nvida update i cant take ingame pics of cotz lol its not a supported feature

[dire dagger]

Is cotz dx10

Cus dx10 seems to be hella buggy

[celest blaze]

You can run it in dx10 but I use dx11 so it's kinda weird

[dire dagger]

Weird

[celest blaze]

Right ? I gotta mess around with it

[still ridge]

It’s peak

[pseudo rivet]

What are the specs?

Can my PC run it?

[dire dagger]

Energy drink spec drop

[celest blaze]

We running it

[still ridge]

It can walk it

[pseudo rivet]

[dire dagger]

At 800x600

[still ridge]

still has his SVU

[indigo marsh]

Run what?

Call of the Zone? Yes

Stalker HoC? Likely no

[finite dragon]

Do you know anything about modding ?

[indigo marsh]

I can play it tmrw (maybe like 12 hrs from now depending on the time I go to sleep and how many hours of sleep I get )

[celest blaze]

Got the pics to work thankfully

[static compass]

SA Lavina my beloved

[warm linden]

what the hell happened

[raven grove]

wish I knew.

[warm linden]

anyway playing COP :3

[still ridge]

He’s about as vanilla purist as it gets

[finite dragon]

Dang

[dire dagger]

If it was up to him he’d probably host a public execution of 70 percent of modders

[still ridge]

[dire dagger]

[still ridge]

Why

[dire dagger]

His save file corrupted

[finite dragon]

All the info is in mod section

[still ridge]

Yeah tbh whenever that happens to me with mods I just restart, no reason to get frustrated trying to fix it.

[finite dragon]

Yah but I am so far in that restarting is a no go

[still ridge]

Mods are a tricky thing

[finite dragon]

Are u any good

[still ridge]

Not really, I only played like gunslinger which is an easy install and a bit of gamma

Which is not worth 100 gigs of storage

[celest goblet]

This is why you keep a series of hard saves

[still ridge]

True

[finite dragon]

How hard is gamma cause I might move to that

[still ridge]

Are you familiar with misery

[finite dragon]

Not really but I heard it is hard

Just start again playing computer games

[celest blaze]

I agree

[still ridge]

It’s 10 times worse with horrible item bloat and is really not stalker at heart

[finite dragon]

How about anomaly

[still ridge]

Same deal but not as hard and without the BS mechanics that make gamma a far cry from what stalker really is

[gusty laurel]

how many of those 100 gigs are just graphic mods anyway

[still ridge]

you need to install anomaly and then gamma if you want to get gamma

It’s not very easy if you’re new to modding

[celest blaze]

Gamma isn't bad but it also isn't stalker imo

[still ridge]

I agree

Not a beginner mod at all

[celest blaze]

Gamma is kinda like morrowind rebirth mod imo

Someone else's vision

[gusty laurel]

something I like about stalker is just shooting people a lot without any worries

gamma has that gun condition stuff

[finite dragon]

I guess I’ll play anomaly

[still ridge]

Have you played the originals?

just curious

[celest blaze]

Yeah gotta play the ogs first

[gusty laurel]

yeah

so you have an idea of what the game is

[still ridge]

I’m sure they have

[celest blaze]

Ngl I'm more excited to be playing cotz then gamma I missed the og look and feel of stalker

[gusty laurel]

I had a friend of mine think he was struck by zeus or something when he walked into an electro anomaly

[still ridge]

but anyway, anomaly and gamma are not beginner friendly at all

[gusty laurel]

in shadow of chernobyl btw

[still ridge]

Gamma wouldn’t exist without anomaly

[finite dragon]

I Do hate that ur pda needs battery’s

[gusty laurel]

I mean it's realistic I guess but it's not fun or necessary..

[still ridge]

Correct

[finite dragon]

Anyway to turn it off

[still ridge]

Well, in gamma you can’t buy guns

Or armor

you need to find them and repair them

[gusty laurel]

genuinely hellish mechanic

[still ridge]

You can disable it to make it more akin to anomaly where traders do sell weapons afaik

[silk skiff]

Wiill I be able to run the game smoothly? I got 16gb RAM DDR4,Geforce 4060,AMD Ryzen 5 5500. Or will I have to put all on ultra low?

[gusty laurel]

what game

[silk skiff]

STALKER 2

[still ridge]

Yes lmfao

[gusty laurel]

well yeah

[finite dragon]

Nah the pda needing batteries

[silk skiff]

I dont have the recommended cpu

[gusty laurel]

I dont have a pc like yours so I'd not be able to play stalker 2😭

[still ridge]

What is the recommended cpu

[gusty laurel]

its a laptop i have..

[silk skiff]

II barely could afford thiss piile of scrap

[silk skiff]

5700 i believe or i7 7900

[gusty laurel]

you most definitely can run stalker 2

[silk skiff]

I got lucky ii got a good car cheap (i scammed) and had money left over to buy this

[gusty laurel]

(i scammed) is important information i see

[still ridge]

I have a laptop with a 3050ti and a ryzen 7 6000 series

But it overheats like reactor 4

And I live in a studio apartment without any desk to I need to put it on my lap lol

[gusty laurel]

one day in the zone they will have another great emission, and this time it was caused by my laptop trying to run stalker 2

[silk skiff]

had a laptop with i5 3050 and 16 gigs ram. I had to cool it with those things you put on wounds those cold things from the hospital

[gusty laurel]

oh dear

[silk skiff]

I even ocervlocked it at some tiimes

[gusty laurel]

I remember the days of my old laptop, I had to put ice gel under it 😭

[still ridge]

Bro my laptop heats up when I play vanilla clear sky lmaoooo

[celest blaze]

It's crazy to think games one day will be so intense even 4060s can't run it

[still ridge]

Stalker 2 is actually going to cause it to catch on fire if I try playing with high graphics settings

[gusty laurel]

either that or bsod

[still ridge]

I mean S2 really looks like it’s a current gen game from recent footage

[silk skiff]

Its total bs. Liike barely meet the reccomended requirements,my cpu doesnt at all,its garbage

I dont wanna run the IInternational Space Statiion fiiles on my pc, just wanna play Stalker

[celest blaze]

Gamma would push my gpu I'd have spikes of almost 300 watts

[still ridge]

I can’t think of another game from the 2020s that looks better

[gusty laurel]

my favorite series of all time and the sequel ive been waiting for I cant even play it

[still ridge]

Same, but I can play it

[gusty laurel]

fml💔 💔

[silk skiff]

Time to go ultra low ig

[still ridge]

[silk skiff]

wait

[gusty laurel]

should I post my specs here

[celest blaze]

I just hope the server doesn't get flooded with when gamma 2??

[silk skiff]

if i turn all ultra low,it will look like origiinal stalkers

[still ridge]

You can build a pc that can run it for under 500 or get a laptop or something for under 1000

[celest blaze]

Ngl vanilla og trilogy looks best imo

[gusty laurel]

doubt it, it took a decade for gamma itself

[celest blaze]

People already excited for anomaly 2

[gusty laurel]

a decade or so

[still ridge]

I picked my laptop up for 800 dollars and it should be able to run stalker 2 pretty well

[gusty laurel]

stalker 2 04254

[still ridge]

I have NO idea what happened

[celest blaze]

I wish we would get cotz 2 but Dr.X is dead sadly so he can't do it

[still ridge]

Oh yeah

[sand fiber]

you know what we WILL get? GAMMA 2

[still ridge]

Should have been demosfen

[celest blaze]

😭

[still ridge]

[celest blaze]

Based honestly

[toxic vector]

i care more about gameplay than graphics

[still ridge]

I am ALFA modmaker.

[still ridge]

Gameplay matches the originals core gameplay elements

It’s fine

I’m sure there will be new mechanics

[toxic vector]

if graphics is on par with Metro Exodus level, it's pretty fine by me

[celest blaze]

I wish faction wars came back I loved it in clear sky

[gusty laurel]

games are progressing faster than hardware is bro

[still ridge]

Sure, but the most recent trailer seems to be better than exodus enhanced IMO

[celest blaze]

I wonder how far mods could push this even further

Ue5 is a beast

[still ridge]

Mods won’t be focused on graphics initially at all

100%

I think vanilla graphics will be satisfactory for a long time

[gusty laurel]

when are they expected to stop being satisfactory though

already looks like real life to me

[sand fiber]

no not really, studios just gave up on optimizing games

[gusty laurel]

fair enough

everything I play is either simple graphics or from 10 years ago

the largest ive played was fallout 4

[sand fiber]

i mean so far i haven't seen anything better looking than cp77

[toxic vector]

with mod ofc

[sand fiber]

?

what mod

[toxic vector]

vanilla cp2077 looks pretty normal with a lot of redundant features

[indigo marsh]

He's the most vanilla purist. I think that's Surdno or maybe someone else

[indigo marsh]

Oh you mean cyber punk

[sand fiber]

ughhhh no, it's very advanced graphically and beautiful

[toxic vector]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2n0T2-oj2gs

[sand fiber]

asmongold

and no this looks like shit

[dire dagger]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2n0T2-oj2gs

Yah to be fair a lot of his takes are ass

Same mate who didn’t see a problem with replacing thousands of jobs with ai

I mean cp2077 has path tracing

[sand fiber]

cyberpunk looks good because it has a solid artstyle, this is just trying to make it """life-like"""

[dire dagger]

Which is tech that can not even be rendered above like 15 fps

With overclocked 4090s

[sand fiber]

he looks like he's given up on life tbh

[dire dagger]

But that’s kinda the point

It’s a technical demonstration

Path tracing is at least 2 or 3 gpu generations

From being a thing

[celest blaze]

fr i dont think even the 5090 can really do it properly

[dire dagger]

Honestly it might

5090 is nuts

[celest blaze]

id sell my soul for a 5090 man its CRAZY cuz 4090s are still so expensive in canada

[dire dagger]

It makes me sad cus there so much more fun than the 3090

30 series was great value but kinda shit for overclocking

You got like 30mhz oc and you were ballin

[warm linden]

problem, sokolov doesn't move during the pripyat evacuation, is there any way to unstuck him?

[dire dagger]

4090 casually oc over 500mhz for some cards

[finite dragon]

Starting in anomaly is hard 😂

[sand fiber]

sokolov is the medic, right?

[silk skiff]

i remember when my iintegrated and pentium 3 could run stalker

[warm linden]

stingray 4 pilot

[silk skiff]

now you need reactor 4 to jusst run stalker 2 on ultra low

[celest blaze]

i actually wanted a 3090 ti but it was crazy expensive during the GPU shortage the price difference made my 4070ti cheaper by alot

[celest blaze]

👀

[dire dagger]

Considering how bad the minimum spec on the box runs stalker

I can’t imagine a pentium 3 can

Well

A 1.4ghz 512kb cache p3 maybe

[warm linden]

bro I don't think my pc will even run stalker on 1 frame

[sand fiber]

weirddd, reload i guess

[warm linden]

seriously though HELP, how do I get sokolov unstuck

[celest blaze]

i think the 3090ti was the last nividia gpu that you could sli

[dire dagger]

It was the biggest scam ever lmao

[warm linden]

I did reload but he keeps getting stuck and won't leave

[dire dagger]

You payed 500 more dollars

For less than 10 percent

[celest blaze]

man i didnt know it was that bad

[dire dagger]

Because unlike the 4090 which has a fairly high number of cores disabled

The 3090 to 3090 ti didn’t even gain 1k cuda cores

[sand fiber]

try reaching the evac point without him, if he's alive by the time you fly away the game will count it i think

[dire dagger]

Like the 4090 has 4K cuda cores disabled

[celest blaze]

holy

[warm linden]

I got him unstuck

[dire dagger]

If you had the full die it would actually yield a sizable performance boost

And technically you could get some of those cores

[celest blaze]

newegg canada website has the 4090 still ranged from 2200-2800ish still so i am scared to see the 5090 price

[dire dagger]

Modders will figure it out eventually

Back in the day

People enabled all the cores on gtx 480s

[celest blaze]

is that what they mean by silicone lottery ?

[agile spindle]

hello guys

[dire dagger]

Yes and no

[celest blaze]

hey

[sand fiber]

hello person with a "Save Europe" in their bio

[dire dagger]

So 4090 does likely don’t have all codes functional

[finite dragon]

Any good place in the cordon for loot

[sand fiber]

i wonder what that could mean

[agile spindle]

fr fr

[warm linden]

Hello new person

[dire dagger]

However it’s not unreasonable to assume that maybe 2k more cores could be used

[warm linden]

hai nozar hru :33333

[celest blaze]

itll be interesting to see what they do in the future

[sand fiber]

uhhh ugghhhh uhhhhhhhhhh at night there are stamina arts in the electra tunnel, also uhhhhh ummmm ugghhhhh

[dire dagger]

Someone installed ultra high speed memory off a 2080 ti

[sand fiber]

hiiii haiii hiiiii с: playing OLR 3

[dire dagger]

And got a sizable boost

[celest blaze]

thats pretty wicked

[trim kiln]

I installed 32gb of deez-nutz ram

[dire dagger]

For extreme chads only of course cus

Doing bga work is for gods chosen few let me tell yah haha

[warm linden]

hope you enjoy the game :33333

[sand fiber]

<3

[dire dagger]

Yah it’s pretty impressive

[celest blaze]

Haha yeah that's like next level stuff I'm very entry level pc knowledge

[dire dagger]

Basically every ram chip has like 150 to 200 tiny solder balls the size of a pin head

So if you remove the chip

You have you manually place all those solder balls back on

[warm linden]

I'm about to finish COP <3

[dire dagger]

Which is the most hellish ordeal I’ve ever seen

[sand fiber]

ooohhh it has the best ending tbh

[dire dagger]

I’m waiting for some absolute mad lad to remove the gpu core off a h100 and stick it on a 4090 pcb

[warm linden]

too short for my liking though ;-;, I might call call of the zone though :3

whats happens if I choose not to leave the zone

[sand fiber]

freeroam

[lethal orchid]

wait which game is this?

[warm linden]

oh, I thought it was just gonna be a endless holdout against monolith

[sand fiber]

CoP

[lethal orchid]

I didn't know that was an option lmao

I totally would have chosen that, prypiat has so much to explore

[amber tinsel]

hello guys, im on my first playthrough of shoc. do i follow a specific order of tasks or can i unga bunga

[sand fiber]

you can run to the endgame locations immediately after spawning, so no, you don't

[amber tinsel]

nothing happens if i let time limited mission fail right

[sand fiber]

yegh, main quest isn't timed

[warm linden]

great, turns out someone died during the trip and I don't know who since garry is scaring stalkers away with stories

[amber tinsel]

what about those "i need a job" tasks

[sand fiber]

timed

24/48 hours

[stuck pewter]

only "timed mission" is at the end of the game, and the penalty for missing the time limit is just dying, every other mission is untimed iirc

[amber tinsel]

yea, are those ok to fail is what im asking

[warm linden]

It's so hard to keep an eye on the military stalkers in COP

[sand fiber]

yes

[warm linden]

oh, great, turns out I messed up at the beginning of pripyat @sand fiber

[amber tinsel]

alright time to walk from bar to cordon jsut to claim that one mission from 2 days ago

[sand fiber]

whaaa

[warm linden]

I didn't know the military stalkers with me when we kill the preacher were essential to a certain ending

[sand fiber]

are they???

[warm linden]

[sand fiber]

i thought only the evac matters

[warm linden]

You need Tarasov, Valentyr, and Podorozhny with you during the evacuation

They can die during the fight with the preacher and the monolith soldiers

they are needed to get the good pripyat ending where free stalkers take control of the laundromat from monolith forces

[silk skiff]

I found Hip on ph.... Cosplay....

[warm linden]

We didn't need to know this

[silk skiff]

NOOO SORRY!

[old jungle]

Keeping them alive is quite difficult

[silk skiff]

Not that, not that not what yu mean

[sand fiber]

i reloaded like 5 times to keep them alive 3:

[silk skiff]

Pale Hobbits,its a festival in my country of cosplayers

[old jungle]

but it's worth it to get the good ending

[silk skiff]

Forgot this english server ph means smth else

[warm linden]

So I didn't know I messed up and now I need to replay the entire game just to get the best ending

[sand fiber]

eh whateva

[warm linden]

How the hell was I supposed to know keeping the military stalkers alive during the preacher fight was essential

[celest blaze]

Stalker is fun to replay

[sand fiber]

i think i got some bad slides my first playthrough too

[dire dagger]

The question is will it be cannon that all of them lived

[old jungle]

you can load one of the autosaves "Military Forces Located"

[dire dagger]

Except the pilot of course

[old jungle]

we'll probably never know

[dire dagger]

Cus he dies later regardless

[warm linden]

I know but I don't wanna replay the game

[celest blaze]

One of the reasons why CoTZ is great is hip isn't there

[warm linden]

I finished the game and now I want a break from it

[dire dagger]

That would be kinda lame tbh

Gotta reference the old characters

Like where’s 60 year old strelok

[warm linden]

I felt that COP was simply too short of a game

[old jungle]

The new game takes place a decade later, nobody really cares about a few random soldiers.

[warm linden]

only three regions with barely anything to do other than quests

[dire dagger]

I mean sure but still

[warm linden]

I mean there are special events but that's it

[dire dagger]

Some of them gotta make an appearance

[old jungle]

Of course some old characters will return. We've seen Strider

And Herman and Doctor

[silk skiff]

Yooo anomalous dugout is here

[old jungle]

yes, hello

[dire dagger]

I’m really wondering if strelok will appear

I mean dude would be 50 or 60

[silk skiff]

been subbed to you since dec, 2020

[old jungle]

I don't think he's that old

[warm linden]

A game without strelok would make me happy
I don't want him to be a lynchpin for the series

[old jungle]

Nice

[dire dagger]

He’s like in his mid 30s in cop

Hell mates balding bad

[old jungle]

how do you know?

[dire dagger]

I don’t but

No mate on his 20s looks like that

[old jungle]

The Zone changes a man

[dire dagger]

Perhaps

But he would at least be in his mid 40s

[old jungle]

yeah maybe

Degtyarev was 34 in 2012

that we do know

[dire dagger]

So he’s gonna be like 54

If he shows up

[old jungle]

why add 20 years? It should take place around 10 years later

[dire dagger]

Didn’t they say 20?

Or am I imagining that

[old jungle]

nope, a decade

[dire dagger]

Oh

[old jungle]

we don't know the exact date though

Doctor mentioned "a decade later", GSC said the game will take place in a modern world, and the ARG took place in 2021. These seem to confirm the game will take place around 2022

[dire dagger]

Fair

Well

Less than 90 days

Till we find out

[still ridge]

Less than 60 days lol

[dire dagger]

Or until the game is delayed again

[still ridge]

(It won’t be)

[dire dagger]

5 days until launch

Game is delayed for 3 months

But nah I really hope not

[celest blaze]

i cant wait

[warm linden]

greer, any good mods for cop I should play?

I tried absolute nature and absolute fear but my pc started crying

[worn oar]

Morning jinx

[worn oar]

The ingame year should be the original first announced release date. So it's as you said yes

[old jungle]

I believe so but I guess we'll see in 54 days

[still ridge]

Gunslinger

[gusty laurel]

he will be mentioned

he has to be mentioned, otherwise he either wont be there or would be forester 2

[dire dagger]

He’s an old man in the woods

[worn oar]

54 days

[still ridge]

Thank god strider will be an important character

[gusty laurel]

actually I kinda like the idea of strelok being like forester, like an old man in the zone

[still ridge]

My goat

[gusty laurel]

wonder if healing artifacts could possibly have age reversing properties

like you begin to look younger if you get exposed to them for really long

[still ridge]

Naw you tripping

[gusty laurel]

or maybe fighting enemy stalkers that utilize artifacts like the player does just some ideas

[still ridge]

would have to be some heart of the oasis type mythical artifact

[gusty laurel]

true

[dire dagger]

It’s how the main character is able to save and load

It’s the most powerful artifact in the zone

[gusty laurel]

I mean we've got space anomalies why not time anomalies xd

[worn oar]

Morning Jack

[gusty laurel]

nice smile

[worn oar]

I thought you were vasim ! Sunglasses on

[warm linden]

Already did it

[sand fiber]

well it's addon-sized

which is okay imo

[warm linden]

still though, pretty dissapointed

[fluid abyss]

CoP was my first game

I think its fine, imo. It's much more developed than the other stalker games

fewest bugs

[warm linden]

ye, don't like how short it is though

[fluid abyss]

it just wasnt strong in terms of factions, which kinda sucked

faction affiliation basically was just "who do you support enough to assign to that ecologist outpost" and that was about it

[toxic vector]

maps are bigger, quests are longer, just more quality less quantity

[fluid abyss]

yea

here's a question, should there be alternate incentives for morality in the zone?

I disliked carrying out hit jobs in SoC/CS on NPCs that weren't hostile by default

like that one soldier that was hiding out in a trailer near a toxic swamp

[toxic vector]

i prefer big open maps in cop than smaller maps in previous games

[sand fiber]

its worldbuilding choices are dubious, there's not much progression, but it took quest and location design in the right direction

all i want in stalker is more roleplaying and freedom tbh

[lethal orchid]

I think to some extent space anomalies are time anomalies

Iirc some stalkers that were stuck said time worked differently

[gusty laurel]

hold on

yea i forgot..

[lethal orchid]

Don't quote me on that, I might be getting it confused with mods

[gusty laurel]

mmm

[warm linden]

should I try call of the zone

[sand fiber]

if you want freeplay

[warm linden]

you can get the mercs or free stalkers to guard the outpost as well

[fluid abyss]

free stalkers? how

[old jungle]

Spartacus' group

[warm linden]

I prefer the mercs though since they seem pretty chill

[sand fiber]

the only freeplay i tried was stason's CoC fork

[warm linden]

they wanted food to let me have the tools, they were pretty nice so I got them a job

[fluid abyss]

I don't know if its the same mercs but they will ambush you if you trail their crumb trail of notes too much

[warm linden]

not the same mercs, different group

the ones I'm talking about just got stuck in zaton and couldn't find work

[fluid abyss]

thats more so through desperation imo

I never trusted the mercs
sure they're cooler than the other mercs, but there's too many unknowns, too much distrust

[sand fiber]

also they had work, all the mercs in CoP are cooperating

[warm linden]

oh, I didn't know, oh well I gave them work regardless

Spartacus I had no interaction with so I wasn't about to trust some random stalker I didn't know

With freedom I was concerned they might confiscate the scientists work for themselves

[sand fiber]

well that's actually what mercs wanted to do

[warm linden]

oh, I never cared much for the implications or lore or whatever, I just thought the mercs were cool, they got the job

[sand fiber]

[warm linden]

:3

I'm weird like that

[gaunt burrow]

Freedom won't do that. They'll just defend the bunker and thats about it

[pseudo rivet]

Non-Stop

[pseudo rivet]

Afraid not

[pseudo rivet]

Freedom won't do that. They'll just defend the bunker and that's about it

[gaunt burrow]

https://tenor.com/view/jane-the-virgin-rafael-solano-hey-thats-my-line-thats-my-line-my-line-gif-22032274

[warm linden]

oh, alright then :D

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[gaunt burrow]

Telling faction leaders about Flint? Giving them Tachenko's and Morgan's PDA? Recruiting Strider into a faction?

When you do all those things you support Duty/Freedom, depends on your preference. Help isn't only limited by assigning Dutyers or Freedomers to work for scientists

[thick scarab]

Big maps sometimes are boring though. Especially if you have only some locations to visit and a lot of void landscape. In CoP sometimes you feel lost

[pseudo rivet]

[pseudo rivet]

Agreed

Same goes for the cut maps made for vehicles. They're long, empty and obviously made for traversal with a car. Kinda puts you out of the actual gameplay

Same goes with other games with this, Borderlands for example

[gaunt burrow]

Same goes for the cut maps made for vehicles. They're long, empty and obviously made for traversal with a car. Kinda puts you out of the actual gameplay

[thick scarab]

What if you can guide vehicles in stalker? 5 bottles of vodka and then I’ll run over bandits outpost

[gaunt burrow]

This is stalker, not GTA

The only functioning vehicle that will fit in the Zone is Cardan and Nitro's vehicle tbh

But another question is if S2 will actually do anything about this subplot