⭐┃nospoilers_general

[celest blaze]

do these people even like stalker honestly

[covert slate]

they're more than likely trend chasers, after a while the next big shooter craze will come around and they'll pack up and leave

[warm linden]

I don't know

[celest blaze]

i feel this is correct

playing gamma and efp right after beating the trilogy felt so jarring i didnt like it cotz on the otherhand feels like stalker

[covert slate]

exactly

as much as i'd like to try out Road To The North the combat is too out of place and similar to Misery, which is boring to me

which sucks cause i'd like to try it out for the story

[celest blaze]

i think its worth pushing through for the story imo

[fossil fiber]

If people like these are saying they will heavily mod stalker 2 before they even got to play it - the answer is "no", they don't really like what stalker is. They just like parts of it. But they also know acknowledging the fact they don't like the original concept will make them look very bad so they use a bunch of excuses to hide the truth

[covert slate]

basically

[celest blaze]

I think i put about 30 to 40 hours into gamma until i got over it shit is NOT stalker

i tried to give it a fair chance but it aint it

[lethal orchid]

Same here

[covert slate]

yeah

[lethal orchid]

Maybe closer to 15 hours

[lethal orchid]

I'm sure they like the vague premise

[fossil fiber]

Saying Stalker needs mods to be playable was somewhat tolerable position in the community for og games for technical and technological reasons (even if it's still wrong one) but when Stalker 2 comes out - this excuse will no longer be valid. And will give you the opportunity to see who actually likes Stalker and who doesn't

[celest blaze]

keep in mind there is now mods for anomaly that remove anomalies/ radiation and i think mutants now

[fossil fiber]

it's for people who want single player Tarkov basically

[celest blaze]

tarkov was a mistake

[covert slate]

god don't remind me about that mod

[fossil fiber]

Tarkov feels like a game that was made by people who didn't really understand what Stalker was about

which is why it's so ironic it was advertised back in the day as a game inspired by Stalker

[fossil fiber]

Depends which premise

A lot of newcomers come to play anomaly / gamma for "hard survival sandbox shooter" premise

which is not Stalker

[celest blaze]

youtubers should showcase the trilogy not gamma fr

[fossil fiber]

Youtubers will showcase what makes them more popular

[celest blaze]

true sadly its a buisness

[static compass]

Am I the only one that would like a personal hideout in game? That little underground place in the bolts and bullets trailer when he's putting the suppressor on the pistol almost looks like a player hideout.

Not customizable or anything crazy, but just a little spot you can chill at

[celest blaze]

I'd like a little areaor the ability to make a small base where you can stash your stuff or have a small workshop to tweak your armor/weapons or sleep to pass the time

[earnest forum]

and has a radio

🎵

[static compass]

See that's basically what I'm looking for, even if it's just a preset place

[raven grove]

I've come just to get more fluff in the chat

[static compass]

True lol

[earnest forum]

[loud gate]

I am pretty sure that is indeed a player stash. It's a cool idea, I want to see more.

Especially now since in S2 you can interact more with the enviorment. Like with the radio, etc.

[static compass]

Just a stash, or a little safehouse?

[celest blaze]

only good pro that came from gamma is the player being able to set up bases and workshops

[loud gate]

It's designated as "stash", I do not know specifics

I never asked about this, but it's probably NDA

[static compass]

Ah, fair enough

I mean I'll even crash at Richter's place if he's got one lmao

[celest blaze]

my cotz just stopped working lol was playing it fine before dinner but now no saves load

[covert slate]

that mod does say that's just prone to crashing, but that's because it's just good ol' X-ray engine

[celest blaze]

log says it was a running out of memory error had to reload a save awhile back to fix it is there a patch to fix that issue ? i know some have 4gig ram thing

[covert slate]

ooh now that i'm not familiar with, i have 16 gigs of ram so i'm guessing if you don't have as much you could always just lower your settings?

[celest blaze]

i got 32 which is the weird part

[covert slate]

that is weird

there might be something online that you could find as a general fix for it

[celest blaze]

[error]Expression : D3DX11CreateTextureFromMemory ( HW.pDevice,S->pointer(),S->length(), &LoadInfo, 0, &pTexture2D, 0 )
[error]Function : CRender::texture_load
[error]File : ..\xrRenderDX10\dx10Texture.cpp
[error]Line : 525
[error]Description : Ran out of memory

yeah its weird as i use DX11

Ill have to take a look thankfully i didnt lose to much progress

[hexed yoke]

Are there any mods I can install for quality of life improvements on console, and will they remove the ability to unlock achievements? For clear sky and other stalker games

[covert slate]

mods for console only replace what is already in game, nothing that can change the code, so only the following can be changed

Animations

Sounds

Textures

Models

Videos

so no achievements can be disabled upon doing so, since they are only visual/sound changes

[worn oar]

https://tenor.com/view/gorilla-hello-chat-discord-monke-good-morning-gif-26382875

[indigo marsh]

Hello vro

[indigo marsh]

I am glad this clip stopped at that moment

Also Tik Tok 🤮

[worn oar]

random gif from search eh

[indigo marsh]

I think in this vid or a similar one he turns around

[worn oar]

idk

[indigo marsh]

Omg mentioned

I love

I hate

I love being annoyed by 's faction when I am trying to sell from dead of and

[warm linden]

@celest blaze one of the loners just offered me a mission to help him look for a crate he lost :3, he's searching a specifc area for it

[hexed yoke]

Oh damn okay

[lethal orchid]

CS so goated

When will I reach veteran

I'm hardstuck experienced

[spring apex]

yeah idk how it works too

just yapping anyhow i can

[lethal orchid]

What level are you

[spring apex]

17

for like a month

[lethal orchid]

It looks like I'm about halfway through 19

Yeah I level up about once a month

Chymo grinded it and got a level up a week

Let's see how much these messages gave me

Need to wait 2 minutes

[gloomy knoll]

Discord Level Up masterrace?

[lethal orchid]

Ok I can totally see how you can do this in a week

125 minutes per level basically, where each message is sent once a minute

Starting now

Just yappin

[gloomy knoll]

Cant wait for someone to Interrupt your plan

[lethal orchid]

Can't stop won't stop

[lethal orchid]

Will never happen

[gloomy knoll]

Hey Mods, someone is spamming

[lethal orchid]

I just have to make sure I send a message after the new minute starts, so every time I speak I have to wait a couple extra seconds

[nova wedge]

OHHHHH MODERATORS!

But, if you must, reacts also count towards XP.

[lethal orchid]

Wait that's goated

[indigo marsh]

It's / rank

Without the space

[lethal orchid]

It works with the exclamation point

[indigo marsh]

It does?

[lethal orchid]

Yeah

[gloomy knoll]

It's/rank

[indigo marsh]

Well no wonder it appeared and disappeared in a single moment

[gloomy knoll]

Damn What a lie,you said without the spaces

[indigo marsh]

I thought you just deleted it to not clutter up the chat

[lethal orchid]

Nope

[nova wedge]

I think youre meant to do it in bots channel

[lethal orchid]

It doesn't matter, since it deletes itself

[nova wedge]

Ah, fair e-nuff.

[indigo marsh]

Oh he dms it you for ! Rank

[lethal orchid]

What do you think the moral of stalker 2 will be

[indigo marsh]

He just shows it only to for /rank

[lethal orchid]

I really hope it doesn't do that stupid thing prey did

Where it just shows you what you're going to have to do later as a morality choice

[valid thicket]

That you shouldn't go to the Zone

[gloomy knoll]

Something Something Not everything is at it seems and humanity is the source of all evil

[lethal orchid]

That's why I chose to join the c con

[indigo marsh]

Do kill people and interpol is evil

[lethal orchid]

Humanity is the source of all good

[indigo marsh]

Well Ward is a local police

[lethal orchid]

Still evil

[indigo marsh]

It would be more for IPSF

[nova wedge]

Chill and have fun

[lethal orchid]

Blind people are evil too, lest we forget

[indigo marsh]

[gloomy knoll]

Freedom member spotted

[indigo marsh]

*most of the good

[indigo marsh]

That's like every faction goal except the Monolith

[gloomy knoll]

Idk, destruction of the Zone doesnt Sound too chill or fun, or trying to gain Money to afford medical bills at Home

[indigo marsh]

For example duty goes to the arena to watch people fight (and likely gamble on it) and the mini game at the shooting range

[nova wedge]

Ive been playing too much lethal company its giving me brain worms bc I kept turning my light off in CoP to "save battery"

[indigo marsh]

Also if you can't kill muties while your drunk then what's the point of life

[gloomy knoll]

That is Not their Goal tho?

[indigo marsh]

Yeah that's true

I can't think of a word to describe it

Ok I got it

[gloomy knoll]

Its their daily Agenda maybe to cope with the zone

But its not their Goal

[indigo marsh]

That's like what every faction tries to do when they are not doing combat or hunting for artifacts

[warm linden]

real

[indigo marsh]

In every faction a large part of the members are alcoholics

[gloomy knoll]

Which is understandable If you consider The place theyre in

[indigo marsh]

Which can be considered sorta fun to do

[lethal orchid]

I hope they get crazy with the story

[warm linden]

the zone is very not friendly :3

[lethal orchid]

Like, AlternativA crazy

[versed crypt]

Hello people

[lethal orchid]

Nah I'm kidding

[indigo marsh]

How crazy is alternativa

[lethal orchid]

It's the most insane mod I've seen

I might be getting the name wrong though

[indigo marsh]

Is it more batshit than the reborn series?

[warm linden]

remember, there are many wonders in the zone, and all of them are trying to kill you

[lethal orchid]

I saw this guy Modus5 do a playthrough of it

@soft frost

Craziest mod I've ever seen

I do hope they get crazy with it

Maybe not quite alternativa, but still crazy

Glad monolith is more involved than it was in call of pripyat

[gloomy knoll]

Id love some time travelling Boys that Just were Part of Operation fairway and have no clue whats going on

[lethal orchid]

There was this one video that messed me up for a couple days

An animation of a monolith soldier after the destruction of the c con

Lemme find it

I'm pretty sure the guy who made it now works at GSC

Nah it wasn't this guy, but here's the animation

Wait no, that's not it

[indigo marsh]

I think we should leave the crazy stuff to mods

[lethal orchid]

The intro frame was from that video, but it's not it

[indigo marsh]

I mean I think the story should be crazy but somewhat grounded

More like SoC

[lethal orchid]

https://youtu.be/I6WMVn6RSgg?si=cxrYb44w8GVvw0jY

This video, holy crap

[warm linden]

I love cotz :3

[lethal orchid]

That's more or less what I mean; something that truly changes everything

Like, CoP realistically doesn't change much in the world of stalker

I mean of course he did some things, but nothing on the scale of strelok

[indigo marsh]

The CoP story was crazy in its own way bc your telling me the army which has operated helos in the zone for a year has created a better and harder helo but now forgot how to fly them

[warm linden]

YOOOO, JUST GOT A VSS VINTOREZ

[lethal orchid]

Gg

[lethal orchid]

Lmao true

[warm linden]

got it as a reward for bringing a spas 14 to a duty guy

[gloomy knoll]

Wasnt it due to Anomaly Fields changing Position?

[indigo marsh]

[warm linden]

^

[lethal orchid]

That should have been super obvious to the military

[indigo marsh]

Yeah and they operated fine at the time of CS

[lethal orchid]

They had been there for a year

[warm linden]

It was shown in SOC and COP they didn't know apparently

[indigo marsh]

CS had frequent emissions

[lethal orchid]

Hence the strangeness

[warm linden]

CS only have scripted emissions, none that I have actually seen in game

oh wait lore talk, nevermind

[lethal orchid]

CoP's story made me like it the least of the 3 games

[warm linden]

sacrifices were made for it to be the most polished game

[lethal orchid]

Yeah gameplay wise it's pretty good, albeit easy as hell

Pripyat underpass and a couple spots in pripyat were the only slightly hard parts

But the levels were pretty damn cool, I liked exploring

[gloomy knoll]

If i remember correctly they Had maps of the Fields, but i could See that the frequency in Emissions increaed from CS on, causing the Maps they could use for a Long Time to be redundant

[warm linden]

^

[indigo marsh]

SoC, at least gameplay wise, had 2(I think there was one in yantar and ofc the one at sarcophagus ) afaik

Does the yantar one count as a emission?

[gloomy knoll]

Not to mention that some of the helos were gunned down by gauss rifles If my memories are correct

[warm linden]

yes

[warm linden]

gauss rifles didn't shoot them down apparently, it was due to air anomalies

[indigo marsh]

It was the anomaly IIRC

[indigo marsh]

this

[gloomy knoll]

Really? I thought that atleast one of Them was gunned down, that Most went down due to Anomalies is Something I do remember

[nova wedge]

We were playing modded too with this weird bracken variant that camouflaged and it reminded me a lot of bloodsuckers. Full circle

[warm linden]

gauss rifles don't do enough damage to knock out choppers

[lethal orchid]

Yeah, that's just one of their dead end leads

[warm linden]

the one the preacher used in COP was a special one apparently as it was powered by an anomaly

other than that, nope

[lethal orchid]

Oh I thought they were all powered by them

[gloomy knoll]

Werent they all usually powered by artifacts?

[indigo marsh]

All of them are powered by an electric artifact

[gloomy knoll]

I recall that the ammo even states it

[warm linden]

no idea, only one we get a description of is the preachers gauss rifle

[indigo marsh]

The flash artifact

Actually nvm that might not be correct

It only says that "the weapon is powered by using capsulated artifact fragments in the batteries."

[gloomy knoll]

Well it May Not be a flash,but an artifact nontheless

[lethal orchid]

Right

I really like the concept of monolith preachers for some reason

Really gives the monolith an unmistakable aura

[indigo marsh]

The homemade batteries made by cardan use flash artifact according to the description

But his are less efficient then the ones used by the Monolith with normal batteries

[lethal orchid]

Cardan got the best ending

No longer an alcoholic

[indigo marsh]

I love how in the good ending of Yaniv and zaton they get cleared of highly dangerous mutants while in game they get more of those highly dangerous mutants

[lethal orchid]

It's strange yeah

CoP has a questionable story

That's the moral of Stalker 2

[warm linden]

MF WHAT, WHAT DO YOU MEAN LONER AND MERC FACTIONS HAVE FORMED AN ALLIANCE

[lethal orchid]

Huh??

[warm linden]

cotz

[lethal orchid]

Also 39 messages to go before level 20

[lethal orchid]

Evil mod

Ontologically

[indigo marsh]

Dynamic faction relations

[lethal orchid]

Dynamic faction relations are cool on paper

[warm linden]

bad thing about them is that the mercs shot my allies (duty)

I couldn't shoot back cause I would lose rep

[gloomy knoll]

I had that with a Quest where bandits were hostile

Aparently they were innocent bandits

[warm linden]

I got a bug with cotz

[lethal orchid]

Do you lose rep with Doodoo for doing that?

[warm linden]

general reputation

[lethal orchid]

Bruh that's dumb

Surely they'd have it set up differently

Hardest challenge: immersive freeplay mods actually be immersive

What faction would be best to join strictly for survival

Let's say you have to survive by any means but it must be in the zone and for as long as possible

Depending on how smart you are, I'd say ecologists

Because you might end up doing research with them

But if you were the average 95 iq slav, I dunno

[indigo marsh]

And ecologists get protection from duty and have money to hire stalkers to protect their mobiles labs

But if you're an ecologist then you do have to go out and research anomalies so you can't be inside the bunker the whole time unless you're like ozersky or Sakharov

Or Herman

[lethal orchid]

Right

145iq minimum basically

[indigo marsh]

Not really tho

[lethal orchid]

And even then you need formal training

And an understanding of lab science

[indigo marsh]

You can have average IQ and be a scientist

[lethal orchid]

Not a very good one

Not one Hermann would trust to do meaningful work

[indigo marsh]

But you are part of the ecologist factions

[lethal orchid]

Right, but you aren't working in the lab

That's the part that guarantees safety

[indigo marsh]

You live in the mobile bunker and sleep in it

So that's better than living out in the field

[lethal orchid]

Yeah, but you enter anomalous zones much more than your average stalker I'd imagine

[indigo marsh]

And you get PPE for that

It's not going to completely stop the anomaly from injuring you or even killing you

But you still get more protection than an average stalker

[indigo marsh]

The trader faction is the safest

Cuz you live in one place and sell stuff from there

You get rich and you're safe from most of the dangers of the zone

[lethal orchid]

I dunno if that's true

I seem to recall a mission where sid sent you to kill a stalker who was getting into the trading business

I think most major traders have their areas locked in

Unless you wanna trade with monolith, no dice

[indigo marsh]

That's because he said he is a representative of Sid and is selling crappy quality shit and ruining sids reputation

[lethal orchid]

Still seems dangerous to me

They are essentially the most powerful people in the zone

They could have you killed at their whim

For any reason

[indigo marsh]

I'd argue that the most powerful are duty/freedom faction leaders

Also military bc of the ssu sub faction

And the military stalkers

[indigo marsh]

Actually you might be right bc Sid would have most outside contacts

And he definitely can pay well for hits

[indigo marsh]

Actually that might be a good idea

There's noon

But if you only consider the zone as of the trilogy then it right before it would start to form or when it's in it's infancy

[lethal orchid]

Maybe

What is Noon exactly?

Ex monolith good guys or current monolith bad guys?

I'd assume the current monolith bad guys just kept the name monolith

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[lethal orchid]

You too man

[gaunt burrow]

morning

[lethal orchid]

3:26AM

[gaunt burrow]

12:28 here XD

[lethal orchid]

I'm literally only staying up to get to level 20

[worn oar]

9:30

Am

[lethal orchid]

Just yappin

[worn oar]

[lethal orchid]

My faction patches will be arriving in a couple weeks

Thank you cheap Chinese labor costs

[nova wedge]

Bro XD'ed

[lethal orchid]

Frick this I'm sleeping

[nova wedge]

I gotta fix my sleep schedule for the con next weekend can one of you sedate me with a dart gun when I'm not paying attention

[gaunt burrow]

real

[nova wedge]

I still say it to older people online sometimes bc they'll use it too but sometimes I slip up

[earnest bear]

Is that Therm completely replaced?

@nova wedge

[lethal orchid]

15 excruciating messages left before I hit level 20

[finite dragon]

congrats

[naive fog]

Probably calculated xp per message

Ok

[thick zodiac]

wtf

take it back

take it back

[finite dragon]

soooooooooo counterpoint about one statement

the having intercourse with mutant part is completely fabricated and it was only glorified by anomaly and call of chernobyl

making it not canon

the weed part is true since some SoC npcs will talk about weed as well as ganja from clear sky

other than that yeah

freedomers doesnt do intercourse with mutants its non canon

[gaunt burrow]

you do realize that freedomers having sex with mutants is just a misconception right?

[finite dragon]

thats what i said

[gaunt burrow]

bandits are horny for mutants, not Freedomers

last line

[worn oar]

You get xp for being active. There is a coldown tho, so 🤷

[gaunt burrow]

???

[worn oar]

Meme effects

People often link such things to freedom instead of bandits

[gaunt burrow]

You gotta be a moron to really believe that Freedom is full of junkies and drunks. Think about it, if that were true our whole clan would've been dead and buried a long time ago

[worn oar]

Either way, it's not canon

Lorewise, it's only a joke among bandits

[velvet spire]

oof the game is out in 2 month and you still cant preorder the ultimate physical edition

[gaunt burrow]

besides, Freedomers in CoP don't even have weed

and in SoC they're complaining about not having weed in their pockets https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EUcPIpAHNg

[finite dragon]

yeah other than ganja

am actually thankful that i learned russian so i can understand what they are saying

[gaunt burrow]

not only Ganja smokes weed tho

some Freedomers as well since they answered Scar's "what's new" question with what's shown in SS

[finite dragon]

clear sky they had weed then SoC and CoP they dont

[gaunt burrow]

but still

doesn't mean that literally all Freedomers are junkies and drunks tho

[finite dragon]

yeah

[gaunt burrow]

its honestly amazing how misunderstood Freedom is

[finite dragon]

also for some odd reason freedomers hit harder than other factions i fight

tried being hostile with freedom then got killed many times

[worn oar]

True, but a fair share of them are. It's just a logical assumption

Since freedom have no real ground law that forbids these activities

[gaunt burrow]

Other than Ganja, who smokes weed, Chef who's drunk and some Freedomers other members aren't drunks nor junkies

[finite dragon]

one question i had with another faction other than freedom

are loners an actual faction or bunch of randos

[gaunt burrow]

many Freedomers in CS have this dialogue: ""We got lots of sun, fresh air and grass...really good grass...c'mon, dude, stop worrying and just enjoy it!" but its not really possible to calculate how many Freedomers exactly smoke weed

[gaunt burrow]

not a proper faction

[finite dragon]

since they team up then part ways right?

and cause of the stalker code

[gaunt burrow]

in Clear Sky they seemed like a faction but there they weren't a proper faction. Valerian's group operates only at the Cordon and Garbage

Agroprom loners have their own leader, Orest

[worn oar]

These are the ones that you can actively see doing it. However, if you consider the situation from a lorelife perspective, you can assume that it's common. Freedom often chills, drink and all. It's only natural that some might fall into addiction, especially during CS events. Moving to the military base mightve stimulated some change since its close to the barrier and the faction is forced to be on high alert

[gaunt burrow]

and other loners aren't under Valerians leadership too

[finite dragon]

that i found dead in red forest

[gaunt burrow]

The way this Freedomer was talking about Chef makes me think that they aren't fans of drunks

[finite dragon]

yeah when entering red forest you can find father valerians body

nearby a space anomaly

[finite dragon]

what does stoc stands for

[worn oar]

Server name

[gaunt burrow]

Stalker Official Community

or "Help me stepbro, I'm STOC"

[finite dragon]

no you will casually find him dead

wish so

[gaunt burrow]

no you can actually find Valerians dead body in the Red Forest

[finite dragon]

i play stalker games with murderous intents towards any npc friendly or not

[finite dragon]

its nearby the space anomaly right

[gaunt burrow]

ye

[finite dragon]

welp he died alongside his hopes

[gaunt burrow]

although dead body of Valerian I don't consider to be a lore element, tbh

[worn oar]

Why are you not STOC Gaming already?

[gaunt burrow]

either an easter egg or buildo remnant

[gaunt burrow]

.

[granite mortar]

Hello fellas

[gaunt burrow]

afaik devs were planning the "doppelganger" idea

[finite dragon]

interesting

[gaunt burrow]

but it never made it into any of the games

[granite mortar]

renegadis gods of zona

[worn oar]

Long way to veteran eh

[finite dragon]

thanks for info @gaunt burrow

[gaunt burrow]

anytime

[finite dragon]

i cant change my server nickname

[gaunt burrow]

we can change your nick if you want

[worn oar]

We can

[finite dragon]

sure that would be helpful

[gaunt burrow]

I think people without roles such as Helper, Moderator etc can't change nicks to prevent names that break the rules and such

[finite dragon]

yeah thats fair

[gaunt burrow]

not a fact though, just my speculations

[gaunt burrow]

what nick do you want to have?

[finite dragon]

put the stoc gaming

[gaunt burrow]

as far as I know it's for people that are in the server for a very long time

veteran members basically

[verbal osprey]

What’s going on with the stalker console modding website and some of the mods having a picture saying “protest against discrimination by GSC”

[finite dragon]

eh fair enough

[worn oar]

Well, it was crimson's idea

It's not about veteran thing

[gaunt burrow]

no idea

[finite dragon]

really?

[worn oar]

More about achieving certain level of knowledge to the games

[finite dragon]

oh

such as?

[verbal osprey]

I checked it the other day and they weren’t like that checked this morning cos I wanted to see if there is any new mods and a few have a picture saying that

[worn oar]

@pseudo rivet give her a challenge?

Not the holly run tho

It's way too much for her

[finite dragon]

i can find stashes

[gaunt burrow]

@glossy blade any ideas?

[finite dragon]

soo am ready for any challenges

[verbal osprey]

Crazy to think that stalker 2 is less than two months away now the day can’t come quick enough

[gaunt burrow]

@worn oar I recently discovered that Spartacus has 2 dialogues

doesn't seem to be the case with Hatchet though

he only has this 1 dialogue

[polar orchid]

do you think stalker 2 will be a pc game on console, or a console game on pc?

[finite dragon]

both

lol

[gaunt burrow]

afaik S2 will be available on PC and Xbox

[glossy blade]

I am not aware of what are those protests

[polar orchid]

yeah but console games feel like console games, wont that dilute the pc version a bit?

[gaunt burrow]

PC version will be superior because PC Master Race

[verbal osprey]

It’s strange I think all of them are uploaded by the same user so might just be a personal thing for them

[granite mortar]

It would be super funny if the SoC Agroprom landmine killed you if your suit wasnt good enough

[finite dragon]

am bit of a masochistic so i usually plug my controller to play stalker on my pc

[gaunt burrow]

in that case that does seem personal

[verbal osprey]

They’ll be the same game afaik unreal engine 5 makes it a lot easier to release updates on Xbox alongside the pc version

[verbal osprey]

I’ll have to double check though quickly as I ain’t too sure

[finite dragon]

i usually just rebind the game controls

when plugging my controller then have fun

[verbal osprey]

It seems to be two different people or the same person using two different accounts

Is there any news on a next gen upgrade for the stalker trilogy I swear they mentioned that was going to be a thing

[polar orchid]

woke people modding some diversity into the game? lol

[finite dragon]

maybe its russian people hating that gsc banned stalker from russia

[gaunt burrow]

diversity isn't an issue tbh

as long as it won't be forced

[north herald]

this

[finite dragon]

plus diversity and stalker is out of touch

[polar orchid]

its definitley a possibility since its a mainstream game

[finite dragon]

i doubt it

sorry

[polar orchid]

sweet baby inc could be all up inside your stalker experience

[finite dragon]

sweet baby inc doesnt touch european games as a whole as what i seen so far

[worn oar]

Both screenshots are the same btw

[gaunt burrow]

oops

[polar orchid]

fingers crossed

[gaunt burrow]

ok 1 sec

@worn oar

[finite dragon]

plus even if they did try to touch stalker then prepare for the torches and pitchforks

[finite dragon]

[gaunt burrow]

Honestly, many people are pissed because they think "GSC is adding forced diversity by adding a black guy to their game" but even in OG trilogy you already have people of other nationalities

[worn oar]

It's all about rus localisation if I heard right. And yes, it's one user protest.

[granite mortar]

its mods from people who had their stuff taken down for russian localization
Or at least thats the available info, there might be more to it but we wont know

[worn oar]

Hmm, tbh I only talked with him once and never noticed he had two variants.

[polar orchid]

inb4 the mission where you find a group of american tourists who got lost in the zone and really need your help setting up a birthday party for their friend and need you to collect rainbow flags to decorate their apartment

[worn oar]

Most NPCs have different dialog variants btw? Some are just not registered

[granite mortar]

Vano my beloved

[gaunt burrow]

idea of lost tourists unironically can work honestly

[granite mortar]

we need Vano sticker

[gaunt burrow]

because tourism do be canon

[gaunt burrow]

agree

[granite mortar]

its crazy to see Sid say "my homies"

[sand fiber]

lost tourists??? Oblivion Lost moment

[granite mortar]

all the tourists were Alphas

[gaunt burrow]

he also says "bro" in one of his dialogues

[worn oar]

could be

[gaunt burrow]

lemme check

[gloomy knoll]

People who complain about a black Guy in a Game just Lack any real Troubles And seek Something to be pissed about

[sand fiber]

[gaunt burrow]

@granite mortar "I'm sorry, bro"

[granite mortar]

And I though Doc telling Strelok "Strelok you were right man" sounded weird

[gaunt burrow]

many NPCs do have different versions of the dialogue

like this 1. Vano has 2 dialogues. First is if you paid his debt, second is if you didn't

[polar orchid]

inb4 you have a guy commentating by radio for half of the game using words like "lit fam" and putting a lighthearted teenaged spin on everything

[verbal osprey]

Has anyone here found a good controller setting for the games on steam deck recently got one and got call of Pripyat working perfectly just need to find a good controller bind so I can play it whilst I’m up in hospital for a day or two

[verbal osprey]

That’s odd it’ll all die down anyways in a week or two and be back to normal

[granite mortar]

yeah probably

[warm linden]

fish

[pseudo rivet]

Which game ams she playering?

[finite dragon]

clear sky

[pseudo rivet]

Uh, well, if not the Holy Run, then the Faction Wars

[warm linden]

hai hai whats happening here :3

[pseudo rivet]

You did do the Holy Run, right?

[finite dragon]

i failed :<

[warm linden]

should I come back later?

[finite dragon]

well technically failed

[pseudo rivet]

Kowabummer, dude

[warm linden]

oke ill come back later

[finite dragon]

while yes i did the holy run but the video footage got corrupted cause i alt tabbed

[pseudo rivet]

Depends on you, I guess

[pseudo rivet]

Oh, video proof isn't needed. Besides, you need to do that to progress the right way, anyways

[finite dragon]

so whats the faction war challenge

[pseudo rivet]

Freedom or Bandits are usually the hardest, so it's kinda up to you

[finite dragon]

i needed it for an upcoming yt video am working on

[granite mortar]

what is Holy Run?

[pseudo rivet]

Ah

[celest blaze]

i kinda wanna try a freedom CS run

[finite dragon]

i done it before

so am familiar with it

[pseudo rivet]

Bro still doesn't know of the legendary Holy Run

[granite mortar]

No I dont

[warm linden]

I dislike interrupting

[pseudo rivet]

It's STOC's name for outrunning Vova Vist

[finite dragon]

i did the faction war as a bandit so ill do it as a freedomer this time

[warm linden]

whats the holy run?

[pseudo rivet]

[granite mortar]

Ohh
Does it have to be hitless or something?

[warm linden]

yeah im coming back later, sorry just anxiety

[worn oar]

Seems reasonable.

[pseudo rivet]

Well, there's the Holy Run, then there's the No Hit Holy Run and the Reverse No Hit Holy Run

There's also with and without delay

[granite mortar]

is reverse running to swamp or going to cordon backwards?

[finite dragon]

ill provide record footage just cause the yt video so thanks for the challenge

[pseudo rivet]

Reverse is from Cordon to Great Swamps

[granite mortar]

oh
lame

[pseudo rivet]

Doing it backwards is impossible fr

[granite mortar]

sounds like loser talk

[warm linden]

@celest blaze HAIHAIHAIHAIHAIHAI

[pseudo rivet]

Freedom Faction War is my favorite, tbh

[granite mortar]

why do I never get "hai"

[finite dragon]

ill do freedom cause i done it as a bandit before

also cause your a freedomer

[pseudo rivet]

Okay, do it without killing anyone and without getting hit

[warm linden]

you aren't fren :>

[granite mortar]

I can try

[pseudo rivet]

Backwards

[granite mortar]

This almost sounds like you dont want to be my bestie

[celest blaze]

[warm linden]

don't know you and don't care :>

[granite mortar]

[pseudo rivet]

Oh wow, this is sad

[warm linden]

hru :3

[worn oar]

It's hard to admit it, but I failed that challenge.

[warm linden]

the more you annoy me about not wanting to be your bestie the less I will consider it :>

[worn oar]

[celest blaze]

Im well today how are you?got the quest raid lab x18 in cotz

[granite mortar]

my besties are usually the people I stop annoying

[worn oar]

I can do it, I'm was able to reach further with each try, but it's not really that easy to walk right.

[pseudo rivet]

I mean, you did, but it isn't the same challenge. He wants to do the Reverse No Hit Holy Run while moving backwards

Which is impossible

[granite mortar]

woah woah, I said just reverse

[worn oar]

It's x2 difficulty

[granite mortar]

like just backwards

[pseudo rivet]

Yeah, backwards

[granite mortar]

everyone gotta start somewhere

[warm linden]

guess who is about to go into X-18? :3

[granite mortar]

[pseudo rivet]

If most people fail it while sprinting, how would doing it walking backwards be possible?

X-8

X-8

[celest blaze]

Ayo you to??

[warm linden]

how did you know I was called thorn as well

[warm linden]

ye, although the mercs with me are gonna be a problem as I can't walk into rostok :>

[granite mortar]

trust the process

[celest blaze]

That will be interesting haha I'm doing it solo rn

[pseudo rivet]

Sucks for you, I guess. You can't finish the game otherwise

[warm linden]

I'm doing it solo as well :>, I got VSS Vintorez and TOZ 34, sunrise suit and screen helmet

[celest blaze]

Ayye nice loadout

[warm linden]

I wanna watch you play

[pseudo rivet]

You talk the talk, but it's just talk

[celest blaze]

I may consider streaming haha

[granite mortar]

just believe in me crispy

[pseudo rivet]

Sounds like pussy behavior

[warm linden]

right now :>

[pseudo rivet]

Mfw y Discord broke

[warm linden]

X-8 is not scary and it's by far the easiest level

[worn oar]

Ping me when you're set

I'll update your nick then

[gaunt burrow]

@pseudo rivet remember when you said that Dutyers in CoP talk about going to Pripyat? will they have that dialogue after you ask them "Do you know the way to get to Pripyat?" question?

i'm collecting dialogues rn

[granite mortar]

its not

[gaunt burrow]

bandits, freedomers and dutyers are left

[pseudo rivet]

Yes

[finite dragon]

it might take a while for me to make the video so when it releases then change my nick

[gaunt burrow]

aight thanks

gonna carry on

[pseudo rivet]

Hella

[worn oar]

Take your time

[polar orchid]

what is the 'bonus' for pre-ordering?

[celest blaze]

[pseudo rivet]

Ngl, Mol1t needs to do the Holy Run

[warm linden]

where is strem gonna be :>

that's a burer tricking you into opening the door :>

[pseudo rivet]

Especially the challenge ones

[granite mortar]

wat

its modded
it doesnt have cutsene ._.

[granite mortar]

yeah, thats the CoP cutscene

[polar orchid]

extended campfire content?

what does that mean, more dialogue?

[warm linden]

can you translate what you are saying
the hell is prb

[worn oar]

Campfire stories, music, etc..

[warm linden]

just open the and blast? it's a video game

[polar orchid]

thats kinda scummy lol

[celest blaze]

no its not imo

[worn oar]

Wdym?

[celest blaze]

its a bonus its not game breaking not to have this content

[granite mortar]

well yeah
have you read the mod description? the guy is a veteran

[warm linden]

I am happy gaming rn :3

[polar orchid]

if you dont pre order then the game will be more repetitive at campfires... lol

[warm linden]

I am confused

[celest blaze]

are you exploring the zone or sitting at the campfire for hours

[polar orchid]

i have learned from many years as a gamer that pre-orders are never worth it

[celest blaze]

🫵

not every vet is in a tricked out exosuit lol

[polar orchid]

i dont care if its half life 3 or a new halo game made by the original bungie team, never pre-order a game

[celest blaze]

plus hes a sniper @finite dragon

[warm linden]

you are lovely lol

[gaunt burrow]

found those 3 for now @pseudo rivet

[celest blaze]

thank you

[granite mortar]

he was kicked out from his Merc group, no suit for him, also as sniper you dont need protection

[celest blaze]

bro cant read

[polar orchid]

how is it not?

[celest blaze]

its additional content thats not required for gameplay they arent locking core gameplay elements behind a paywall

plus you can just youtube the extra content for free lol

[worn oar]

Well, that's your opinion and you are free to share it. For me, anything extra is worth it when it comes to stalker. The extended content does not mean the normal one will be as you said, it only means that it'd be more dynamic and so on.

Pre-order itself is our way to support the devs, and I myself wouldn't mind to get nothing for pre-order

[polar orchid]

its locking part of the experience for people who dont pay up front

[worn oar]

I just need the game

[worn oar]

How about we change that lock term to add*

[celest blaze]

^

if you want more pay more its not scummy to offer more incentive to spend more

[worn oar]

It's not about locking, it's about adding here

[granite mortar]

the moddb page

[worn oar]

It's perfectly fine

[warm linden]

yw, so what do you think I should do? continue playing cotz or try to play CS vanilla?

[polar orchid]

if it cost extra maybe. i can pay the same price as you and not get the same content because i waited to make sure the game was good first

[celest blaze]

clearsky id play it again but its to fresh in my mind

ill always tell folks to play the canon games over mods everytime

[granite mortar]

its 2014 iirc

[celest blaze]

i wanna play SoC again tbh

[worn oar]

You are missing the point.

[granite mortar]

[warm linden]

I am waiting for dead sky though so I can get big replayability :>

[polar orchid]

no i can see it very clearly, greed

[granite mortar]

yes I know
I played the mod

[warm linden]

what is the problem here? I just got back :>

[polar orchid]

locking actual game content behind a pre-order status, and not just some skins or whatever

[pseudo rivet]

I love how it's never explained why people can no longer find their way towards Pripyat, but I assume anomalies blocked the place off after SoC's Emission

[worn oar]

Greed? Yeah? Cuz they chose to give something extra to the ones who had faith in them when others didn't? Yeah sure

[warm linden]

wdym game content? idk what the campfire thingy is

[gaunt burrow]

I think the same

[warm linden]

anomalies + monolith + people are probably satisfied with zaton and jupitar for now

[gaunt burrow]

also it's surprising how Jupiter Underground is common knowledge tbh

didn't know it was that famous before reading those dialogues

[polar orchid]

people who pre-order are gonna have extra voice lines, extra music when they walk by campfires, stuff like that

[warm linden]

there is enough demand for routes between jupitar and zaton for most people to be satisfied with what's there

[polar orchid]

double edged sword. i know microsoft and they arent doing this out of the good of their hearts

[gaunt burrow]

That makes it even more weird that Jupiter Underground is common knowledge

[warm linden]

getting the equipment to even get in there is by far very very expensive, plus you need technical expertise to get the generator up and running

[worn oar]

Campfire content can be that or simply stories and guitar songs and stuff that random players don't even care to focus on

[warm linden]

oh that's normal, not something I see as an issue

[polar orchid]

i care. but i also care about not supporting a game until there is an indication that its not woke and or broken

[warm linden]

what does microsoft have to do with anything

[warm linden]

wdym by woke

[polar orchid]

politicised

[worn oar]

GSC is developing the game, not Microsoft, and I trust that our devs are doing all they can to give us the experience we seek

[warm linden]

elaborate
consider your next words very carefully

[polar orchid]

they got exclusive rights

[warm linden]

they aren't behind the game though

[polar orchid]

you dont need me to elaborate

[warm linden]

I do require you to elaborate, otherwise I won't understand what you are talking about

That's how a conversation works

[worn oar]

Exclusive rights? yeah sure they did get Xbox exclusivity right for consoles.

[warm linden]

^

[worn oar]

Normal thing to happen

[warm linden]

Hey I'm just happy I get to play the game for free on release, I won't have to shell out a lot of money for something that might potentially dissapoint me :D so I'm satisfied

[polar orchid]

well it sucks for me. i would pay for extra content, but i dont believe in pre-orders

[warm linden]

asks to elaborate
refuses to elaborate

Rahmi can you please elaborate for him because I don't understand what he means by politicized

[worn oar]

Again, that's your opinion. You are free to do whatever you see fit.

[polar orchid]

that the game will contain themes for "modern audiences"

[broken latch]

https://tenor.com/view/isaac-clarke-dead-space-hello-chat-hello-chat-gif-11512231345617716277

[worn oar]

Nothing worth mentioning, it's just a conspiracy theory talk.

[warm linden]

again, what do you mean, please elaborate

[earnest forum]

[polar orchid]

i think the world is deep enough into this controversy in media that you should be aware of it by now

[broken latch]

Gamma

[warm linden]

Are you trying to piss me off on purpose?

[worn oar]

Granma! Also hi brother

[polar orchid]

no, are you trying to bait me into saying something so that i get banned?

[warm linden]

I'm not baiting all I'm asking for is an actual explanation yet no one wants to give one to me leaving me more confused

[celest blaze]

Like black people and women?

[worn oar]

@warm linden it's better if this stops.

[celest blaze]

Oh nvm sorry

Psedogiant took 2 and half mags of buckshot @warm linden

[earnest forum]

now eat it, bake it

[celest blaze]

Wonder how it would taste

[worn oar]

Like radiation

[celest blaze]

Spicy meat

[worn oar]

Not that I know how it tastes like, but eh

[earnest forum]

I want to eat most things in the zone

[worn oar]

It's also called cannibalism

[celest blaze]

I'd eat chimera

[earnest forum]

Gud

[polar orchid]

they should have women in the game imo, old lady's who stayed behind in the zone but mutated into witches or something lol

[earnest forum]

eat myself too

[warm linden]

send the answer in dms then, I have asked for an answer and I expect one

[cyan canopy]

Eat bandits

[warm linden]

did you try using grenades

[earnest forum]

crunchy bandtios

[celest blaze]

Some people eat snorks and others want to...

[warm linden]

Why aren't you a snork

[celest blaze]

Naw I'm not much of a grenade user

[celest blaze]

👀

[warm linden]

oh yeah I have multiple antibiotics, I don't know what to do with them

[earnest forum]

eat them

become a biotic

[warm linden]

Is there an achivement for using them or smth idk

[polar orchid]

what are expectations for shooting? do you think it will be the same as the originals? gotta grind for 10 hours until you get a weapon that actually lands shots sometimes?

[warm linden]

No it's gonna be actual shooting like an actual video game

[worn oar]

You should be.

It's fun

[earnest forum]

Grenade fun

[polar orchid]

the original weapon innacuracy is funny, but annoying

[celest blaze]

I do use my UBL though

[earnest forum]

💥

[warm linden]

I'm gonna go get some water and calm down, people are really intent on provoking me today, see ya in a bit

[polar orchid]

aiming at heads and shooting again and again and again until finally it hits

[celest blaze]

Take care

[warm linden]

ill be back in like 10 minutes

[gaunt burrow]

10 hours? You can literally get Vintar, SVD and other fairly acccurate guns in CoP in first few minutes

Only thing that can stop you from doing so is self control

Viper 5 in SoC is also pretty accurate, and can be obtained in the beginning for a cheap price

Thats a very huge exaggeration right there

[warm linden]

you can get a lot done and get a lot of good stuff if yo uknow what you're doing :>

It's more of a choice on how you want to play the game

[earnest forum]

i just like the pretty artifacts

[gaunt burrow]

what's even your point?

[warm linden]

I'm not making any point? there is no need to be rude

I'm just trying to join in the conversation?

[polar orchid]

well i dont know every secret how to find early unlocks. my experience with soc in early game is unloading entire pistol mags on target and the bullets landing everywhere except the target

then upgrading to an smg, then an assault rifle, none of which felt much better

[grave hearth]

Just get good bruv

[gaunt burrow]

Viper 5 is fairly accurate

if you have trouble with it then skill issue for real

its very easy to use

[polar orchid]

its not a skill issue

[warm linden]

It's very easy to get early on since bandits love using it :>

[warm linden]

It's not a secret, it's called exploring

[grave hearth]

Then what is ot

[polar orchid]

the bullets from most guns in the early game literally spray everywhere apart from where youre aiming 9 out of 10 shots

[warm linden]

example if you go down a certain tunnel in soc you can pick up a modified viper 5 that uses 9x18 ammo instead of 9x19

[warm linden]

the condition of the gun and it's stats determine it's accuracy

[grave hearth]

Stand still and don't full auto or mag dump

[polar orchid]

even brand new guns

[warm linden]

you also have to consider their range

[grave hearth]

Just shoot heads

[warm linden]

SMGs are more suited for medium-close range engagements

[polar orchid]

i do. i can get the drop on a guy, aim for the head, shoot 3 or 4 controlled shots aiming carefully, all of them will ping off the wall behind him

[warm linden]

I don't get why there is so much complaining :>

[gaunt burrow]

I do agree with the fact that many weapons aren't very accurate, but 10 hours to get an accurate weapon is still a huge exaggeration tbh

[polar orchid]

the most accurate weapons i have found in soc didnt start popping up until i was 10 hours into it

thats taking my time exploring everything

[warm linden]

they don't "pop up"

the further you get in the zone, the more better weapons will start appearing, however you can get weapons early on depending on events

[gaunt burrow]

I guess accuracy is subjective in this case as I never had trouble with gus such as Viper 5, AKM-74 that can be obtained in the early stages

[polar orchid]

most guns in the og games, getting one shot one kill is a rare thing. and its not skill its literal rng

even ADSing, im looking straight down the gun, aiming direct... and the bullet pings off 5 degrees to the left

[gaunt burrow]

are we taking about damage or accuracy? if we're talking about damage then yes

majority of guns need more than 1 bullet to kill enemies

[polar orchid]

im fighting bandits early game who take one head shot to kill if it lands, but the guns have crazy rng bullet spread at anything over 10 meters away

[warm linden]

I don't recall there ever being rng

[polar orchid]

or packs of dogs, good luck with that lol

[gaunt burrow]

@pseudo rivet what is this joke?

[polar orchid]

i just hope s2 makes it a bit more believeable, if the bullets are gonna be innacurate at least animate it to be more believeable, give my character shaky hands

[warm linden]

:3

[warm linden]

what makes you think S2 will have the gunplay of the previous games?

[polar orchid]

because if i ever suggest anything on this discord that i think would improve the games people often get mad at me lol

[warm linden]

that's not a explanation :> silly

[polar orchid]

and if the devs are gonna make a game that serves their fans then maybe people like the innacruacy of the guns

[warm linden]

I don't understand the point you are trying to make

[gaunt burrow]

I mean you do realize that in CS and CoP you can literally upgrade weapons right?

[celest blaze]

^^

[warm linden]

^^

[gaunt burrow]

and in SoC there are plenty of accurate guns like GP37, Vintar, Viper 5 etc

[warm linden]

SOC's gunplay wasn't the best but CS and COP would refine this further since you could actually repair and upgrade stuff giving the player a lot of freedom

[gaunt burrow]

People who trashtalk accuracy conviniently ignore the fact that weapons in 2 out of 3 games can literally be upgraded

[polar orchid]

the character holds the gun steady, there is no weapon sway, he's locked in... but the bullets act like im shooting a gun with a cone shaped barrel

[warm linden]

did you try using the games mechanics? (not the literal mechanics)

[celest blaze]

i mean i beat soc with a scoped obokan and did fine

[gaunt burrow]

Obokan my beloved

[celest blaze]

ONG its so good haha i use it in the mods aswell its my favorite gun in the series

[warm linden]

I did it with the viper 5, surprinsgly good weapon considering the cqc nature of the CNPP

[polar orchid]

its not like im stuck unable to progress. i have played a lot of games, but stalker has some of the wildest rng bullet spread i ever seen and its not compensated by animations

[warm linden]

there is no rng

[gaunt burrow]

try guns like GP37

you can't miss with it

[warm linden]

I really cannot fathom what the issue here is

[pseudo rivet]

FT-200M, GP 37 or Storm within 20 minutes fr

[polar orchid]

that one is decent, but still not perfect

[polar orchid]

let me assure you, you can lol

[celest blaze]

stalker never went for realism tbh

[warm linden]

If you're bad at the game, which I'm not

[warm linden]

you know what is realistic and free to play? stalker gamma

[gaunt burrow]

can't miss with it most of the times* should've worded it better

[pseudo rivet]

Ah yes, and can reach it by repairing the UFO

[gaunt burrow]

but yeah if you have trouble even with relatively accurate guns such as GP37. FT-200M then maybe issue is in your skill?

[cerulean knoll]

bullets going where ur aiming = Realism?

[gaunt burrow]

just because some guns are inaccurate doesn't mean that all weapons are like that

[celest blaze]

rpg elements and stats on guns

[gaunt burrow]

besides, upgrades in 2 games exist

[polar orchid]

in soc i can aim and kill one guy in 1 or 2 shots who was 70 meters away, then turn to a guy who is 30 meters away and miss 5 times even though im aiming directly at him

[cerulean knoll]

the guns are generally not accurate

[gaunt burrow]

Plenty of accurate guns like GP37 or FT-200M out there

[cerulean knoll]

yea i get the idea im just not agreeing with it

[warm linden]

how are people doing tonight :>

[celest blaze]

i mean i never suffered with the guns in all 3 games lol

[celest blaze]

good having morning coffee atm wbu

[pseudo rivet]

There's this little thing called "Gid gud". I recommend you look it up. Gitgudism is what everyone should strive for, honestly

[warm linden]

will sleep soon :>, might go to internet cafe tomorrow and play games

[warm linden]

hai crim hru :3

[gaunt burrow]

i dunno man

[cerulean knoll]

it makes sense in a tradational rpg that uses magic and swords but not in stalker then again this is just my opnion

[gaunt burrow]

never had the impression that Sniper VLA is inaccurate

[polar orchid]

the point is it feels funky. im all for the gunplay being difficult, but some swaying animations would have been better than literally missing shots that are aimed directly at someone

hopefully the AI isnt like the trailers im seeing, hopefully they dont just stand out in the open, letting the difficulty be the rng of your bullets accuracy

[cerulean knoll]

from what we have seen from trailers of S2 looks like bullets will go where ur aiming

[gaunt burrow]

same

[polar orchid]

hope so

[gaunt burrow]

never had any issues with accuracy tbh

[polar orchid]

thats cap though

[cerulean knoll]

we have played diff games i guess

[gaunt burrow]

.

get good and get better guns

simply as

and don't forget about upgrades

[cerulean knoll]

u would not need them if the guns were as accurate as ur trying to describe them to be

[gaunt burrow]

some guns are still fairly accurate even without upgrades

such as GP37, FT-200M, Vintar

[pseudo rivet]

Doing fine

[warm linden]

you would still need upgrades

[gaunt burrow]

honestly so guns are so easy to use it's funny

[polar orchid]

they could make it more interesting if you found a scope and attach it, it wont be as accurate as if you find the guy who can install it properly

[pseudo rivet]

Oh, little heads-up for y'all. I'll be gone on a tour for a week so if you're ever wondering why Crimson isn't around bothering others with STALKER, Warhammer, C&C4 and the like, then that's why

[gaunt burrow]

[warm linden]

I'll bother people in your stead

[pseudo rivet]

It all depends on whether or not my hotel has WiFi

[gaunt burrow]

It's also worth noting that crouching makes you more accurate. So stay low when you want to make precise shoots

[pseudo rivet]

Control + Shift fr

[polar orchid]

ive been outsourcing ctrl and sometimes shift to my gaming mouse for a while now

especially in games with leaning mechanics, i dont got that kind of dexterity lol

[gaunt burrow]

@pseudo rivet finally gathered all the dialogues

of NPCs talking about way to Pripyat

[celest blaze]

Customs officers

[warm linden]

@celest blaze I got myself a saiga :3, I'm ready for X-18, what seva should I get tho?

[celest blaze]

AYO that thing melts haha and hmm good question tbh I feel maybe heavy seva

[warm linden]

where can I even get that

[celest blaze]

It shows up randomly at yantar/ clear sky base and rookie village I've seen I've had to save and spam reload to refresh inventories to find it (it's over 100k+ so I'd hunt artifacts for cash)

[warm linden]

I have 700k I think I have the money chief

[celest blaze]

aye very nice haha

[warm linden]

I just have to rotate to and from yantar then

I have reached the point where I gotten a job to get specialized tools tho so I'll be able to upgrade

[ripe hinge]

@warm linden ur new name is Kadey

[warm linden]

no

[ripe hinge]

Ok its Emily

[warm linden]

stop

[polar orchid]

so i took too long deciding if i should help freedom or not, then randomly running to 100rads some mercs were invading...
kill some mercs, now some loners are killing me, then duty turns on me...
reloaded my last save and tried again making sure i didnt accidentally kill some duty soldiers, same thing...
so i decide if duty are gonna behave like this im just gonna help freedom...
kill the duty squad near the freedom base, cant collect reward or access the next mission

i dont have any earlier saves to revert to, games just bugged lol

[broken latch]

@hazy helm

[granite mortar]

ewww
no

I doubt it would even work

because its made for CoP...

vanilla CoP

no its not

not really

10 for main quests only

yeah

thats plenty

no

yeah, same as CoP

[lethal orchid]

Thorny way a good mod?

[granite mortar]

yes
7/10

[hazy helm]

why

next youll tell me gunslinger is good

you shouldnt

[still ridge]

Gunslinger is good

[hazy helm]

Gunslinger is good, at being bad

it is excellent at fucking up

it is the master of being the bottom of the barrel

[granite mortar]

nah

[hazy helm]

movement and gameplay changes as well as additions and it being unfinished throwing balancing off

[granite mortar]

explain the animation system vasim

[hazy helm]

https://tenor.com/view/say-the-line-bart-school-millhouse-classroom-gif-26683141

Gunslinger does changes to gameplay, balancing, quests and dialogue

it is a normal mod

Gunslinger changes the entire skeleton system to allow modern features, on top of the stuff I already talked about, it is unfinished and riddled with bugs and bad gameplay stuff

[granite mortar]

its not story mod
so...
suck my fat toe

[celest blaze]

Only acceptable non story mod is COTZ

[granite mortar]

Dont ever mention these two lops in the same sentence as Wind of Time

Call of the Zone BABYYYYY

[celest blaze]

Aye

Yes

It should be able to yes it's built off of coc instead of anomaly so it's gotta easier running requirements

[granite mortar]

its not story mod

[celest blaze]

Cotz is miles above anomaly

[granite mortar]

pretty low bar
but yeah

CoC is trash

[celest blaze]

Cotz has awesome dynamic quests

[warm linden]

COTZ RIGHT NOW

[celest blaze]

It should be I've never played vanilla anomaly tbh

[warm linden]

COTZ is pretty modable, hold on I'll send a couple screenshots and ping you in them

[granite mortar]

CotZis gods of freeplay

[celest blaze]

Fr

Plus Dr x is based so I wanna keep his legacy alive

[warm linden]

whats thorny

[granite mortar]

Thorny Way

story mod for CoP, pretty good one too

no

no

[warm linden]

base game COTZ is still pretty good lol

[celest blaze]

^

[warm linden]

I just heavily modded it :3 I went into the addons section and never came back

[celest blaze]

cotz doesnt need graphic mods imo

[warm linden]

oh no, I didn't put in graphics mods :3

I just tweaked the settings a bit

[celest blaze]

i think cotz looks better then gamma

[granite mortar]

[celest blaze]

i said potatos can run it

[warm linden]

my pc is a potato, you can run it

yes

mf I'm gonna grill you, anyway @celest blaze send them the minimum mods to play if they like

[versed crypt]

Hello gangers os STOC

[celest blaze]

hey

[versed crypt]

Heyheyhey

Just upgraded my PC and got it running. Still need some more stuff to come but hopefully I'll finally be able to run games that were made in the past 5 years :>

[warm linden]

anyway goodnight love you @celest blaze

[polar orchid]

congrats! i did the same thing 7 or 8 months ago. Still trying to find a game worth playing from the last 5 years lol

[celest blaze]

Goodnight love you too

[static compass]

New trailer soon?

[versed crypt]

Cyberpunk...if you can get past the BS and explore the city

[polar orchid]

i played that on my old computer and enjoyed it for 100 hours. chalked all the bugginess up to my old computer lol

[tranquil canopy]

will there be a multiplayer?

in stalker 2

[loud gate]

Post release

[tranquil canopy]

aight

Campaign coop or mission coop would be fire

[static compass]

After launch

[static compass]

It's not coop, it's pvp type stuff

Like the old ones

[umbral rune]

Knowing the stalker community and the fact that it's not on the xray engine, I'll give it 3 days before a co-op mod starts development

[celest blaze]

Idk if coop Even makes sense

[umbral rune]

Doesn't have to

The "turn freedom into anime girls" mods don't make sense either but someone put their time and effort into it

[celest blaze]

I'd just rather modders focus on better things like call of the zone 2 vs co-op

[indigo marsh]

Ex Monolith faction led by Strider. It's a Stalker 2 faction. Monolith is still going to be there AFAIK

[indigo marsh]

There will never be a CotZ 2. And it might take time for a spiritual successor to be made

[celest blaze]

[umbral rune]

My biggest thought process is, modders have been trying to make stalker co-op for over a decade at this point. So if it's easier to do in stalker 2, I see no reason why they shouldn't, the people who've been trying in the original are probably going to be the same who are going to try to make s2 coop

[indigo marsh]

I think if we were to get freeplay for HoC then We'll get something like Xiani's Freeplay first

AFAIK Xiani's Freeplay was the first Freeplay mod ever

It used SoC as a base

[queen ice]

Considering S2 will have a MP framework of sorts, it shouldn’t be too difficult

[tranquil canopy]

oH SAD

id like both

[leaden meadow]

Premium PC with 14900KS with 2GB ram.......

[hazy helm]

yes, doesnt mean they should tho

[umbral rune]

"but your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could that they didn't stop to think if they should."

[indigo marsh]

Wait... Someone did that

[celest blaze]

There is a femboy monolith mod

[indigo marsh]

I remember seeing that

[broken latch]

Or course the Ryan gosling pfp remember seeing that

[loud gate]

WHERE

[indigo marsh]

On moddb

[indigo marsh]

I saw it on C con. Not like I was searching for it.

[celest blaze]

Hard not to remember such an outlandish mod

Same with anomaly removing anomalies and radiation I believe

[covert slate]

[worn oar]

hmm guess I'm missing some tea