⭐┃nospoilers_general

[still ridge]

LMAO this was the worst

[dense hatch]

again, RNG

[still ridge]

Spending 5 minutes fighting a legendary rad scorpion only to get a legendary pipe pistol is so irritating

[dense hatch]

I kinda wish it was like 76 where you could actually do something after getting screwed by bad luck

what, you don't want a freezing boxing glove for the 8th time?

[indigo marsh]

FO NV has a good unique system

[dense hatch]

or perhaps a burning walking cane?

Fo3 and FNV both have really good uniques, I just wish they had a unique skin

[indigo marsh]

Except the gun runners part

[dense hatch]

*in fo3

[dense hatch]

gra is 100% a moneysink

[still ridge]

AER-14 is visually unique though no?

or is it just green lasers instead of red

[dense hatch]

I think almost every unique in NV is visually unique, if not just every single one

I'm not sure why fo4 dropped it besides time constraints

there was nick valentine though so it's worth it

[indigo marsh]

The service rifle and All American was a pretty good combo for me

[still ridge]

Nick valentine isn’t even the best companion in fallout 4

Far harbor was goated though

[still ridge]

Q-13 matter modulator enjoyers:

[indigo marsh]

Not really an energy weapon fan

I prefer something with a little more dakka

[dense hatch]

name a better one then

[naive fog]

Dog ez

I don't give a shit about companions I just wanna bring the dog with me

[pseudo rivet]

Deacon

[dense hatch]

railroad

I prefer my slave liberators to free everyone

[velvet sun]

Who was able to pre-order the ULTIMATE EDITION?

[lean quiver]

wdym

is not like is gonna run out dude, is digital goods

[ruby warren]

https://www.stalker2.com/en/preorder/physical

I think he's talking about that one

[worn oar]

There is a chance for a restock. GSC will notify you if it becomes available, so just fill the form.

[jagged idol]

Been playing anomaly for a while but I am not sure which faction to stitch for, any recommendations?

[dim topaz]

Zombies

[sand fiber]

recommendation: stop playing anomaly

[jagged idol]

Yeah you'll tell me to play the original games instead. Stalker 2 is at the corner so I will just wait for it

[wild wharf]

I bet that they're going to delay it again

[sand fiber]

no i'll tell you to play better mods

[wild wharf]

"One must imagine Sissyphus Happy"

[jagged idol]

There's still a while until december. Only time will tell

[wild wharf]

But in this case
"One must imagine S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2 fans, Happy"

[sand fiber]

you WILL get rid of freeplay brainrot and you WILL be happy

[jagged idol]

Tell me about those, what I liked about anomaly was the freedom it gave u to do anything

[dense hatch]

does anything mean grind and redo the same quest a dozen times

[sand fiber]

learn the concepts of positive and negative freedom :3

[finite dragon]

Good mod: Gamma ?🤔

[sand fiber]

FALSE!

[spring apex]

bruh

[finite dragon]

[jagged idol]

Nah literally being able to just not do the quest or do wathever u want. Sometimes I just even like to relax around Jupiter

[spring apex]

do you ever fought through jupiter pripyat-1 mission

[sand fiber]

you have no idea...

[wide flume]

S2 will not be getting goty Space Marine is to good

[spring apex]

mainly fanbase outnumbers

[wide flume]

THIS GAME IS AMAZING

[ruby warren]

Maureens gone to space too is good? Nice

[finite dragon]

I don't know about the stalker mod because there are so many of them.

[bold star]

Can't wait for stalker 2

[wide flume]

Very good

[finite dragon]

My recommendation is vanilla only.

[ruby warren]

Ill be getting it when it launches for poor people then

[wide flume]

Haven’t tried the PvP mode tho

[wide flume]

Game share with rich person like me

[indigo marsh]

I mean I consider that a good thing. Lots of options.

You have your soups, your story mods, CotZ, and vanilla plus ones.

[wide flume]

The slop

[finite dragon]

This is just my opinion, but even if there are bugs or the tasks don't go as planned, I still play Stalker Trilogy because I like it. I'm sure HoC will too.

[indigo marsh]

Forgot about Old story restoration and buildo mods

[finite dragon]

I think I would be happy if there was more food. 🍎

[sand fiber]

anyway i'd suggest you playing mods with actual vision&story rather than freeplays buuuuuuuuuuuut

there exist some other freeplay CoC forks which you might? wanna give a try to
Road to the North - a Call of Misery derivative with an alright mainquest
Legend Returns - a SoC buildo-inspired mod that'll never reach release
Call of the Zone - vanilla CoC but improved, no story, dynamic quests
Dead Air - a dead hardcore mod made by nazis that nonetheless had actual vision behind it

[spring apex]

don't worry guys, play NLC7

[indigo marsh]

Forgot about legends returns. Can't wait for it to leave beta.

[lethal orchid]

cap

it will be due to z bots flooding the polls

otherwise it would win 100:1

[indigo marsh]

Isn't the goty decided mostly by the judges?

[ruby warren]

Do people actually care about GOTY?

[sand fiber]

well you can play some of them, though that would be difficult, considering none of the mods have japanese translations :S

[indigo marsh]

Yeah forgot about that

Even an English translation is usually for the popular mods

But at least there are English translation

Most mods that come in English are based on CoC

[sand fiber]

terrible machine translations my beloved

[jagged idol]

I'll have a look at them

[finite dragon]

Of course it's about the language (always a great achievement by the volunteers), but it's also sad that there aren't any large-scale mods for the console version.

[sand fiber]

oh right, consoles

[indigo marsh]

A cheap PC or laptop can run most stalker mods

But the consoles don't have any mods that do substantial things

[sand fiber]

eghhhhh kindaaa but not really

[ruby warren]

My potato PC can run some mods of the trilogy (not major overhauls) at 60fps

[sand fiber]

for comfortable experience you still need a mid-spec rig if not more

[indigo marsh]

I mean yeah

[sand fiber]

god forbid you try to launch OP 2.2 on a laptop

[finite dragon]

Still, I'm happy with the vanilla console version.

[indigo marsh]

But you can still run it tho. But It will be on the lowest setting or a low setting.

[spring apex]

lagspikes

[ruby warren]

Pretty much the biggest console mod is misery textures (which look horrible) and hd models, which look nice but kind of out of place, and some gun model updates

[spring apex]

although yeha it can run in 2GB laptop from 2010 lol

[sand fiber]

i mean yeah that's the only thing console mods can do, replace textures

[indigo marsh]

Can't they change animations or something?

[spring apex]

they can, even gun models and stuff

[ruby warren]

I'd be fine with that if there were more texture mods besides that one, which is pretty much just a color blind filter with worse sounds than base game

[sand fiber]

honestly before the feature released i expected it to be able to handle (at least) stuff like Priboi Story, but no, not even that

[spring apex]

like "M4A1 model for TRs-301" addon

[indigo marsh]

But not configs and scripts or engines

[indigo marsh]

Trs 301 is pretty good tho

It's pretty cool

[spring apex]

yeah i am just sayin

[ruby warren]

I figured it would be on par with what bethesda game mods look like on xbox, but I guess that wasnt in the cards

[indigo marsh]

The m16 would be a good replacement for it. With the carry handles

[ruby warren]

It caused me to buy the trilogy on my PC though so silver linings

[indigo marsh]

Stalker on PC is significantly better

[normal ocean]

I do find the Trs funny since it's apparently a super rare expensive gun irl

Meanwhile it's basically the M16 of the Zone.

Did someone buy them in bulk

[sand fiber]

i mean it looks good that's the only thing that matters :33

[dense hatch]

not well

I have a cheap laptop and it can technically run most mods, but not well

[indigo marsh]

They have the gauss rifle

[dense hatch]

well that's zone exclusive

as it's too expensive to use outside the zone in terms of producing

[normal ocean]

NGL I find it funny how little you actually get the gauss rifle in Three games

[dense hatch]

2, you don't even get it in CS you get a prototype

[normal ocean]

Granted you get the COP one somewhat earlier than SHOC

Well ok it's still late but you're not at the point of no return yet

[dense hatch]

you can use it for most of the final section in SoC

[sand fiber]

well you don't really get the gauss gun in SoC either, it's like basically inside the CNPP and nowhere else

[karmic vale]

Gauss rifle is an interesting gun .

[dense hatch]

also before the potion of no return

[dense hatch]

you can kill snipers in pripyat and hope they drop it

[karmic vale]

I like how it is balanced

[sand fiber]

i just realized i don't know the development history behind the gauss gun oh god

[indigo marsh]

Yeah that's true but there is the AK 47 that fires 7.62 x 54mm

[normal ocean]

Yeah but with SHOC you're VERY close to it

[ruby warren]

I only saw one while I was in that giant stairway in the CNPP, didnt know you could get it before the point of no return

[sand fiber]

how can this be

[dense hatch]

isn't it in early trailers?

[indigo marsh]

Like lorewise or builds?

[karmic vale]

Jupiter meant nothing to you?

[normal ocean]

Like you're literally on the path to no return instead of at least having a few more steps like in COP

[sand fiber]

builds

[normal ocean]

I recall SHOC had a cut unique one

[dense hatch]

like 2005 early

[normal ocean]

Would be found with the Elite Monoliths near the C-Con I think and held more ammo but that was it

[indigo marsh]

It's burover.

[karmic vale]

I like how the cnpp and clear sky have a 1-1 scale chernobyl power plant

[normal ocean]

honestly wish they used it better

SHOC is basically call of duty slavjank edition and Clear Sky is just....bad

Like as someone who t hinks Clear Sky is just ok, the finale itself is baaaaaaaaad

[karmic vale]

Honestly i i believe that the c-con is back to torment stalkers

[ruby warren]

"Harris is typing"

[sand fiber]

how the hell is soc a slavjank cod

[normal ocean]

Not SHOC, the finale of Shoc

Specifically the actual power plant part.

[sand fiber]

ah, still wrong and false but yeah pretty much

[normal ocean]

Because it's really jank linear shooter

[karmic vale]

The trailers seem to intend that we need to go back into the reactor and destroy c-con again

[sand fiber]

the white house groupchat be like

[normal ocean]

Hopefully Pripyat has people in it now

[indigo marsh]

You don't like slid cancel or anything. You can take it slow.

[normal ocean]

I dont want it to be a bustling settlement but having actual stalkers exploring it would be nice

[karmic vale]

I was dissapointed in pripyat in shoc it felt like there was no interiors to make you just rush towards the cnpp

[sand fiber]

i mean what they really should do is bring back dead city and make it a freedom base :3

[karmic vale]

Nuh uh

[indigo marsh]

I think || the bad ending for pripyat in CoP happened but it's likely that it's the good ending||(CoP spoilers)

[karmic vale]

Army warehouses is freedom land

[ruby warren]

CoP had stalkers exploring it in the post game, but I get ya, I just hope its still super dangerous and you need to be geared up to go though

[normal ocean]

Pripyat in SHOC (as I feel it is once you meet Doctor) is basically the "we're running out of time finish the game" part, or at least feels that way.

[karmic vale]

Its like jupiter underground difficulty

[normal ocean]

Yeah if anything, I want to see generic stalkers consistently get picked off

But still have them trying their luck.

[karmic vale]

Im curious to get peeks into the new faction

[indigo marsh]

I don't think that will happen. And hopefully they don't bring darkscape back if they do that.

[sand fiber]

insane madman anarchists living in an extremely dangerous area that most stalkers can't even reach nghhhhhh

[normal ocean]

Will the Lenin statue get blown up

[karmic vale]

Personally i think the new faction will be lead by strider

[normal ocean]

I do hope maybe S2 has more complicated military/merc relations like COP started to show

[sand fiber]

Смерть всiм хто стоïть на перешкодi здобуття вiльностi трудовому люду
:3333333333333

[normal ocean]

Friendly Military/Mercs in one area but hostile ones in the next, reflect how there are massive (or seperated groups entirely in merc cases) groups more.

[indigo marsh]

Also they have rostok now so they already control a hub so it wouldn't make sense for them to gain more territory. I think if it returns maybe noon would make better use of it.

[sand fiber]

i mean freedom could probably control multiple areas or even have different factions inside itself

[normal ocean]

Also I doubt they have it but if they have the COC system where the military can outright request attack helicopters oh boy

Like I'm not expecting it but damn would it show how they're technically the biggest boys

[ruby warren]

*gets blown out of the sky by an anomaly

[normal ocean]

They're just too disfunctional/disinterested to do anything

[normal ocean]

NGL that'd be funny if that could happen too

[indigo marsh]

I think they still have the warehouses. Also there is a slight chance that they might get the Yaniv.

[normal ocean]

Honestly most STALKER factions could probably be split somewhat

[sand fiber]

the faction inner workings and stalker relationships can be so, SO deep, but S2 won't do it :S

[normal ocean]

Hell Loners is basically just many split groups o independents

Same with Mercs I think

[indigo marsh]

Loners aren't really a single large group.

They can unite under times of trouble tho

Like in Clear sky

[sand fiber]

i was thinking like, imagine a large group of freedomers getting stranded in dead city and thus forming an insane branch of the faction, that could work methinks :33

[indigo marsh]

My interpretation is that most mercs mostly are under the Merc faction and there are few mercs that do freelance jobs like Scar

[indigo marsh]

I mean they have the 2 noon groups so it's possible

[normal ocean]

Yeah they're lumped together but there is a big merc group at least

[sand fiber]

how organized the mercs are would depend on the current contractor

[normal ocean]

I'd also imagine some mercs would wind up working for opposing clients and potentially fight each other. (Assuming they aren't all part of the same group)

[sand fiber]

i read Children of the Zone the other day and instead of mercs it just straight up had a Clan of "Killers" directly contracted by the military

[celest blaze]

i like to think all the mercs are separate but friendly

[indigo marsh]

I think ||most mercs for THE group||

[normal ocean]

I am curious how they'll handle artefacts in 2

SHOC had a drawback system I liked but CS/COP have near exclusively just radiation

(Ig the best would be to varry it up, like weaker artifacts only have radiation while stronger ones have side effects to make them more situational.)

Like a low health regen artifact only having rads while the very strong one would be like SHOC where you're weaker to bullets so it's better for recovering outside of combat rather than during it

[sand fiber]

the best artifact system i saw was in OLR 3, but even that kinda sucked :S

[dense hatch]

artifacts are kinda hard to make interesting but still useful

[sand fiber]

for artifacts to be interesting they need some serious gamedesigning, i doubt S2 will do them justice

[normal ocean]

I think SHOC did it better than CS or COP

I don't mind weaker artifacts being only rads as downside though

[lean quiver]

would be nice if artifacts gave special abilities not just stat bonuses

[celest blaze]

i kinda like gammas perk artifacts tbh

[dense hatch]

erm actually those aren't from gamma grok stole it from a popular addon

also a lot of them are just kinda useless or not worth it but there some neat ones

[fathom jolt]

Better than nothing

ngl

[dense hatch]

they're better for the cash

[wraith socket]

Did you take any screenshots?

Lots of helicopters in Pripyat:

There were 3 options to do several missions in Call of Pripyat. It was always better to choose the Owl jobs over the Beard ones that involved the same scenario.

What series of i5?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bqc-Q6A5RxI

[gilded flower]

GSC founder : MoozE don't go crazy with sound track it's just a silly survival game
MoozE :

🔥🔥🎹 🔥🔥

[wraith socket]

Did you know that the Wild Territory has the largest variety of mutants than any other level in SoC?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKdsx7Vyx3E&t=182s

[indigo marsh]

I thought it was a stalker mod for a second until the menu opened

[wraith socket]

In SoC you can get endless Sniper VLAs.

There's an RPG-7 hidden underground in the PO.

Why am I seeing all these "message could not be loaded" when I am replying to people?

[indigo marsh]

It shows that to me too some times

It's usually for other people's replys

To anyone

Not really depending on if I send a messages or not

[worthy lagoon]

Because sometimes Discord's client can't load the preview of the message you are replying unless you load the message by scrolling up where the message is

[wraith socket]

i had to work 10 hours on a Saturday and it took me a long time to catch up on the things I wanted to reply to. 😶‍🌫️

[worthy lagoon]

It's just a client issue, everyone else can usually see to who you are replying to

[wraith socket]

Just kind of sucks where I am specifically answering someone and it doesn't load, making my reply look like lunacy.

[indigo marsh]

Your reply doesn't look like lunacy tho. It's just like what kuro said in the message before this one which I am replying to.

[wraith socket]

Hey, does anyone have any information to share on the Black Clouds? I'm tracking one in the PO at the Hospital.

[worthy lagoon]

Black Clouds?

[wraith socket]

Yes, like some Modder grabbed the Black Cloud from the TV show "Lost".

[worthy lagoon]

Ahh

[wraith socket]

If it even touches you, you die instantly.

I had killed two zombified Stalkers, a Bloodsucker jumped me but not grabbed. So far 127 days in my game and I've never been BS grabbed yet...knock on wood. Anyway, I was on the roof of the Seaport when I saw the Black Cloud come down the main boulevard and then divert to the warm dead I had just left. It seemed to be checking them out.

Black Cloud

That's from another game in Jupiter.

[rocky trellis]

Black cloud just exists there. menacingly!

[wraith socket]

They move around and they have some sparkly embers at the head, which is the only place you can damage it.

[gilded flower]

nightmares with that one anomaly
damn staston

[indigo marsh]

||reminds me of the black clouds in the garbage|| in goldsphere

[wraith socket]

Any Mod based on CoC should have the Black Cloud. However, they are rare when they appear.

[indigo marsh]

Goldsphere is based on OGSE but I think it is a different kind of black cloud

[worn oar]

CoC disabled those tho

I dont remember with what version, but it was no longer to be seen other than in the files

Perhaps other mods based on CoC had it restored

[worn oar]

Yeah

Actually it's the same thing? Or not? Idk lmao, it looks the same

[wraith socket]

I know CoC 1.2, 1.3, 1.4...the best being 1.4.22 and a little time with 1.5 but it was buggy. Also I was a Tester for 1.6 but I don't think it ever got released.

I've been playing CotZ 1.2 for a couple of years I guess.

[solid cosmos]

Isn't the black cloud like.. a Lost reference or somethin

[bleak crescent]

Y’all think dirge for the planet and live to forget will be remade for stalker 2

[solid cosmos]

I remember it killing me in OGSR

[worn oar]

Hmm you know Alundaio well then

[solid cosmos]

I'd love for CoC to start up development again, but I think I'll be too preocupied with Stalker 2 to bother with CoC or anything else lol.

[wraith socket]

Exactly. I guess Alundaio was a fan.

[wraith socket]

Yes. For many, many years. His vision was genius.

[wraith socket]

I know. When S2 comes out it's going to interfere with my current game.

[solid cosmos]

Haha. I'll probably binge it for three straight weeks like I did Starfield and then it'll fall into the regular rotation

[wraith socket]

I'm afraid I will binge it like I did my first game of CoP.

[solid cosmos]

Just months straight of playing it?

[wraith socket]

All of 2025.

[solid cosmos]

haha, that's the way to do it

[wraith socket]

I'm already behind on so many TV shows. I think I'm starting to lose track.

[solid cosmos]

I don't really keep up with tv shows anymore. I haven't for years. It'll be a struggle to juggle my one tabletop game with me wanting to play stalker all the time lol

[wraith socket]

I did buy a few tabletop games recently.

[solid cosmos]

I've been playing a pathfinder 2e game with some friends. We're basically couriers and so far we're killing a lot of cultists and gnolls lol

The delivery of the mail shall not be impeded

The idea died earlier, but another friend was talking about running a FATE game using fate accelerated and setting it in like the stalker universe or something akin to it

[wraith socket]

I bought "Cartographers: Collector's Edition" and also "Sleeping Gods: Primeval Peril".

[solid cosmos]

Both of those look sick as hell

[worn oar]

Well, he left modding like 3years before I did 😦

He was a good stalker

[wraith socket]

They all got severely burned out.

[worn oar]

Anyways Tejas, you still have some time right?

[worn oar]

Yeah.., last one I talked to was Daryl

[solid cosmos]

I'm pretty sure I've seen you as far back as like.. the facepunch forum days.

[gilded flower]

HELL NO .. THIS COSTS ME AN 100% OF MY HEAD TO PASS

[worn oar]

Tejas was everywhere

[solid cosmos]

It's something of a comfort. To see you still around after all this time.

[wraith socket]

Facepunch doesn't ring a bell. Does it go by another?

[solid cosmos]

Mh not that I know of. If not that then definitely moddb as early as 2010ish.

if not before lol It's been a long, long time

[wraith socket]

ModDB for sure. However it can be as toxic as Reddit in some places.

[solid cosmos]

Hah, yeah. It's best to just.. get your mods and not linger for too long. I used to comment a lot more often, but I stopped just cause yeah.. toxic stuff

[wraith socket]

Well said. I could not have described it better.

[worn oar]

@wraith socket

Who's that?

One that is tormenting some ppl around here haha

[wraith socket]

Very nice. Were you tracking him? In SoC (without Mods) you can track Wolf when he leaves the Rookie Village.

[worn oar]

Actually, yeah, but not really tracking. Ik his path, so I waited for him to pass through lmao

He died so fast when the blind dogs attacked

[wraith socket]

I mean you can track Wolf's movement on your PDA, no matter what level you are in when it happens.

[worn oar]

Ik

You told me about this a while back

Also, how do you use bulldog?

I developed a different style for myself, that is much more fun in my opinion

But requires some good skill

[wraith socket]

Cool. Forgive me if I repeat myself. I'm always wanting to share things for other people to do themselves. If I can do it...you can do it.

[worn oar]

Like this:

[pseudo rivet]

Yes, although I can't post them at the moment

I've also made a save file on that roof

[worn oar]

Come on Tejas ! We both know that you don't need to say that. We are past apologies phase

[wraith socket]

I find the RG-6 kinda sloppy. However the grenade launchers on a rifle is my jam: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRGlshg9jEo

[spring apex]

full-auto bulldog my man

[worn oar]

I use all grenade launchers the same way. It's just easier to showcase the method I use with Bulldog

[worn oar]

Helicopter bombing style lmao

[spring apex]

ain't underbarrel grenade launcher have lower range than bulldog

[worn oar]

My grenades fall from the sky

[pseudo rivet]

I prefer the RPG-7u, it's the best sniper rifle in the game

At least you don't have limited ammo in CoP, which is awesome

[worn oar]

Hella
What's better than sniping not one, but abunch of enemies with one shot?

[pseudo rivet]

Exactly

[spring apex]

lol, gotta use that 8x zoom to good use

[wraith socket]

Call of Pripyat

[pseudo rivet]

Exactly

Just gotta aim a little bit higher

[worn oar]

Oh yeah

[wraith socket]

Yes, that was just for the screenshot. I got every one of them just using the RPG-7.

[pseudo rivet]

That or aim directly on one of them. The splash damage would kill them both either way

[wraith socket]

Once you take out the two main ones, all you have to do is shoot the doorway a couple of times. They all scramble to escape through that center door.

[pseudo rivet]

I wish Mercs were more fleshed out, but I understand they need to stay secretive

Something like a Merc/Bandit outfit would've been neat, tho

That or I wish the Leather Trench Coat had something that made it special

[wraith socket]

There is the Bandit version of the Merc suit and maybe a Bandit Military suit.

[pseudo rivet]

Maybe a Bandit Military suit? What do you mean?

[wraith socket]

My favorite is the Bandit Exo:

[pseudo rivet]

Ah, mods

[worn oar]

CoC

Or some other modpack based on it

[wraith socket]

Let me see if I can find that. I know I have a save with Limpid but at the moment I don't want to interrupt my paused game to reload it.

[spring apex]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/524246444560089099/1206844204014112808/20240213_130654.png?ex=66de90c0&is=66dd3f40&hm=09e29fc4047add80a1916182ec6a5a6916c58eb7899ded452150e7b5e5ebf983&

my fav armor

i'd prefer skat-9 with wallhack upgrade tactical helm than exoskeleton. lets you see enemy on radar lol

[wraith socket]

I'm wearing the Tactical Helmet with its Infrared Scanner with my Bandit Exo.

[spring apex]

ohhh you enabled wearable helmet for exo

[pseudo rivet]

So yeah, mods

[wraith socket]

Here it is:

[spring apex]

oh i swear i saw that from clear sky's global war mod too

[wraith socket]

After doing that, I'm afraid I can't live without it.

[pseudo rivet]

You know, seen their modus operandi and amount of wealth acquired by their "policing", you'd think they'd buy better armor, but no

I hate how much of a joke they're making them

[wraith socket]

My CotZ game has slight alterations that no one else has.

I made the Bandit Exo have a 5th slot and made it weigh 5kg less.

Before that, the best Exo in the game was the Merc Exo.

I'm gonna get back to the Black Cloud in the PO.

[gilded flower]

CALL OF TH EZONE
I guess someone using my addon

I created the Helmets for closed outfits

[wraith socket]

It's actually not an Add-on. My friend who recommended CotZ to me was snooping around in the files and came across that by default it was disabled. He showed me how to enable it manually.

[gilded flower]

https://www.moddb.com/mods/doctorx-call-of-the-zone/addons/helmet-with-closed-suits

remove false infront of helmets thing

[wraith socket]

I have very, very few Add-ons in my game. Way, way less than most people. Add-ons are: Better headlamp, Better night vision, Loot Money (has a slider bar for amounts) Talk to everyone, maybe one more that escapes me.

My greatest achievement, other than the Bandit Exo, is I modified just two artifacts. No one has what I do, but I was thinking of making them an Add-on, so other people could enjoy them.

[wraith socket]

I've had my Exo enabled helmet since December 2022.

[gilded flower]

RAGHHHHHHHHHH

[wraith socket]

I still don't understand why Doctor X replaced Barkeep with Sidorovich.

[gilded flower]

he likes to kill sidrovch I guess or maybe because he thought it will fit for barkeep

[wraith socket]

That is very nice of you to make that an Add-on. Somebody should have done that long ago, like GSC. 😝

[gilded flower]

I made one for call of pryipat vanilla and gunslinger

Call of chernobyl too

[wraith socket]

Good. I can tell people to go to your Add-on.

[gilded flower]

I hate @nimble cipher

[wraith socket]

I just read what he deleted.

[gilded flower]

We need to throw wolf into vortex

[wraith socket]

Yeah but then Fanatic would replace him and he's rather dull.

[gilded flower]

Wolf is quite aggeresive

[worn oar]

It's easy to do it! You gotta change one false to true and that'd be it

[worn oar]

It could've been variants, but ig it's not really that necessary for GSC to do so. One can simply do it on his/her own without any issue.

[gilded flower]

Hold on chef

Some mods and games might crash instant

[worn oar]

Nope

[gilded flower]

So , recommended REMOVING the false and leaving it empty

[gilded flower]

Try this with call of chernobyl and see who is lier here

[worn oar]

You can simply remove the whole line and let the sub-section use the mother section

[gilded flower]

EXOSKELETONS will crash your game

sometimes you'll get the following
invaild parameter

[worn oar]

Been modding stalker since 2017 , never faced such a crash related to easy config

Well, I usually just remove the line as I said.

[gilded flower]

Call of Pryipat

Call of Chernobyl same when EXOSKELETONS

I fixed them by leaving it empty

[worn oar]

You might be right, I never called you a liar lmao

[wraith socket]

It never made any sense to me that GSC created these great upgrades for the Tactical Helmet and then the Player lost all those when the Player moved up to an Exo with a dumb helmet without any features.

[gilded flower]

Might ? try to do it and run games because I faced those issues and fixed them BY YOUR Help in RAD online server

[worn oar]

Did you actually read what I said?

[gilded flower]

yea I do but MIGHT BE RIGHT seems like you still don't believe me

[worn oar]

I said I leave them empty ffs lmao

[gilded flower]

huh ? I guess brainscorcher blinded me this time.

[worn oar]

I don't really rely on small parameters most of the time if the section can use its mother section

[gilded flower]

ah I see , ma bad..

[gilded flower]

sometimes I get that following crash when I remove the smoke lines effects

Something related to sound issue

[worn oar]

I can make whole different variants with one section instead of changing one outfit.

For example, I'd make one with fixed helm, one without.

Simply add new text section, modify the icon, and create a new copy of the section

Then register it in the game economy, and spawns

[gilded flower]

Sometimes there is Mods crash instantlly if you just edit something

[worn oar]

Well, sometimes you gotta change more than just one parameter

You have to always rely on your crash log and see what's wrong there.

The whole log

[gilded flower]

FATAL ERROR

[error] Expression : <no expression>
[error] Function : CInifile::r_section
[error] File : D:\CoC_UP\src\xrCore\xr_ini.cpp
[error] Line : 702
[error] Description : fatal error
[error] Arguments : Can't open section 'wpn_ak_actor_sounds'. Please attach [*.ini_log] file to your bug report

for example

I said an example

[worn oar]

Can't open section

The bug is simple

[gilded flower]

how to fix it
I face it in most of stuff when I edit lines or remove smoke and flash lines

[worn oar]

Use another section instead of that if you want to just move through and be sneaky with the bug.

[gilded flower]

I'm not expert even with SOC lines

[worn oar]

Fixing it entirely requires a check to the whole weapon section, and making sure there is no missing or corrupt files

Is that a mod or vanilla tho?

[gilded flower]

sometimes both

but in vanilla because I have skill issue before

[worn oar]

You removed a section man, it's only natural to have a crash if it's not registered in the base_(section name)

Editing something without knowledge can get the section corrupted

Too

[gilded flower]

in mods I just left the line like the following
Flame_Partical =
like this ^ in Satason and it gave me that error

[worn oar]

So, you need to always find the pattern if you are not very familiar with modding configs

[worn oar]

You left a section without config

The game will not load base config if it's not there

[gilded flower]

that's cooked

[worn oar]

Some parameters come with the sub section and are not part of the mother section (base)

[worn oar]

Btw, instead of removing one line, you can simply keep it there and disabled

You come to the start of the line and put ;

[gilded flower]

that's a thing I want to hear

[rotund widget]

That's exactly what it felt like 😁 And imo, for absolutely no reason. The lvl design is such an industrial chaos in an incredibly cramped space that it'd make much more sense to put a couple factions in there & simply make em control their parts of the territory and fight for some more of it. Having so many diff mutants coinciding with each other AND humans on such a small junk filled industrial site just doesn't sit with me right.

[gilded flower]

smoke_particles =; weapons\generic_shoot_00
like this ?

[wraith socket]

Some people never see the Poltergeist there, which is only visible on the return trip coming from X-16.

The AW comes in 2nd for the most mutants.

[gilded flower]

He is sad

[wraith socket]

3 Mama's Beads and I haven't gone to Pripyat yet to get the 4th.

[gilded flower]

MOMMYS BEADS

[wraith socket]

I didn't get there until Sept 6th.

That's 4 months after the game started.

[rotund widget]

The difference is Agroprom is, like, 10 times the size of the Wild Territory & it actually has woods and fields around the complex where mutants (and everyone else, frankly) can freely roam 😁

[wraith socket]

Agroprom

That last screenshot is not mine but a friend's. She's good.

This one is mine from the Agroprom Underground:

[pseudo rivet]

They're drawn there for some reason, but why, we don't know

Hopefully that'll get explored in HoC

[rotund widget]

Now THAT territory be wildin' 😁

[rotund widget]

That's some foreshadowing right there I feel like 😅

[worn oar]

I'm saying use this if you want to remove a section (after making sure it's not unique)
;artifact_count =

[wraith socket]

Wild Territory with the Dutyers

Any of my old screenshots where you see me equipped with a Health artifact, means I hadn't learn how to properly wear artifacts yet. They are cringe for that reason.

[grim palm]

[worthy lagoon]

How

[pseudo rivet]

@wraith socket

[worn oar]

Snow? It's a mod

Bloodsuckers? It's a luring tactic to use the NPCs nearby

It's really hard to get them there tho, due to their gulag points

[wraith socket]

I needed to fight this Karlik before I ended my game for the night. Pripyat Outskirts (Call of the Zone)

[pseudo rivet]

Player is hidden

[wraith socket]

I see the Player in the lower right corner.

[pseudo rivet]

Hella

That ladder can't be climbed in that mod you were referring to, right?

Or is it actually set to be climbable?

[wraith socket]

Not a Mod. Just Call of the Pripyat when I discovered that. Jupiter is easy. Zaton is very difficult.

[pseudo rivet]

Haven't found the ones in both Jupiter and Zaton

I assume the one at Zaton is near the Iron Forest or Waste Processing Plant?

[leaden sentinel]

For a lot of people STALKER is a game about desolation and decay. But for me it's a game about light, shining in the dark.

[pseudo rivet]

The Shining Zone

[solid dome]

For me its about getting pants wet in the undergrounds

STOP @wraith socket

[pseudo rivet]

Never stop, Tejas

Stopping is what can get you killed during the Holy Run

[wraith socket]

Zaton has three traps beyond the barriers. Two are low spots, in the northwest corner where the gate and road is and the other is behind the Recycling Plant. These are areas where if you descend into them, you cannot get back out to higher elevation. These two divide the Zaton Twilight Zone in two halves. Like an "L" and a "7". The third trap, as shown in red is at the Iron Forest. You can get over the wall, but there's a secondary barrier, that traps you between where the Player can go and beyond it. Even if you get over the first barrier, you are trapped from getting beyond the red area, that surrounds the southwest corner of the Iron Forest. I only found one way to get beyond both barriers at the Iron Forest.

[normal ocean]

STALKER is about bleeding to death constantly because for some reason Clear Sky bleeding multipliers are busted

https://tcrf.net/S.T.A.L.K.E.R.:_Clear_Sky/Version_Differences

Every body part has 3.0 bleeding multiplier after a patch

For reference, the torso in the first version (and I think SHOC?) has 1.5

[pseudo rivet]

I know how to fix this

Don't get hit

https://tenor.com/view/improvise-adapt-overcome-bear-grylls-gif-10468556

Hey @wraith socket, willing to do a bit of a STOC ritual?

Should be easy enough

[loud gate]

https://tenor.com/view/dog-oh-really-lies-why-you-always-lying-stop-lying-gif-7432913009127585308

[rotund widget]

Bots didn't like Tommy's vid at all, I see 😂

[loud gate]

It is bugged.

For some it's lot of dislikes, for some it's almost to none. It's bug from the extension.

[rotund widget]

'kay, fine then 👌🏻

[solid dome]

Bots b homophobic, LGBTWolf

[worn oar]

Are we recruiting Tejas?

I'd say we give him a green pass without any requirement

It's the man himself

[solid dome]

Recruit me, you foolerinos

Though I dont want to be recruited, I do freelance work only, you feelers?

[worn oar]

He can do the holly run himself without it being a requirement and for fun

[pseudo rivet]

It's more of a ritual, it's up to him if he wants to do it or not

[solid dome]

Ritual my grASS

[pseudo rivet]

Duh, as it should be. The Holy Run is meant to be a challenge that is fun

[worn oar]

Then so be it

Let's give him the stoc gaming if he's willing to be one of us

[pseudo rivet]

He likely doesn't care, tbh

[worn oar]

Let's hear his own words on it

It's nothing more than a cosmetic anyway

Man, if I had role management permission, I would've gave him the legend of the zone role day one lmao

[rotund widget]

Overall tho, watching the interview you posted & what Tommy was able to get from the devs, I realise how much I truly despise every single сrеtin who leaked S2 builds & docs last year. It certainly made the NDAs unnecessarily restricted in the areas there should generally be under no contractual obligations at all, like gameplay features for example. Generally, NDAs cover the story details, the content of quest lines & special/surprising character reveals, but you can tell that something went rly wrong at one point when people are now asking "what guns are gonna be in the game?" or "how does the upgrade system work exactly?" — and they get "NDA 😐" in response, although mere three years ago there was an official vid literally showcasing some of the arsenal & its possible upgrades. Some general gameplay mechanics that could be found in lots of FPS titles shouldn't be hidden behind the NDA as it makes no sense to keep in secret things that are usually used in the first place to promote an FPS title, but thanks to those gоblins here we are 🤷🏻‍♂️

[worn oar]

hey brotherman krezzin the delayed

Want to update that nick?

Revert back to STOC Gaming?

[loud gate]

Mmm, I don't think so, really.

GSC has always been very very secretive

[solid dome]

@pseudo rivet should bless first

[loud gate]

I don't think last year's data breaches really resulted in "NDA" tightening (if that's a word) To some extent, yes, it probably did, but I don't think it's as much as you imply it to be.

[pseudo rivet]

Sure, do the No Hit Holy Run without the delay. You may decided the direction yourself

[pseudo rivet]

As long as you can post proof

[solid dome]

I only have a hoof

Boycott LGBTWolf, @rotund widget ?

[finite dragon]

HELLO

[finite dragon]

How could they tighten NDA if the data breaches weren’t even a result of some employees, it was just general security negligence

[solid dome]

Billy Gay Really?

[rotund widget]

Well, tbh there's something not clicking in the PR department when the audience is guessing about a revolver or SKS/Mosin potentially being in the game from AD's breakdowns & not getting the info from some dedicated official promo materials for an FPS (!) title that's been delayed for couple years at this point 😅 The thing is, people just tend to fill the void of uninformity about the gameplay with delusions & all kinds of made-up BS, which creates unreasonable expectations, disappointment & rants all over the space. It's hard to reason with a huge amount of fans that have created an image of what should be in S2 cuz they genuinely believe certain things should be implemented, when even CMs are not allowed to explain things openly. "There's no mutant parts collecting in the game?! TF YOU WERE DOING ALL THESE YEARS?!" — and officials can't say/explain anything about it, cos they're not allowed to. And it's a weird situation as such game mechanics should generally be promoted/marketed as features or there should just be a clear statement "not planned" — simply to manage expectations and avoid controversies, cuz yes, the gaming audience has to be babysitted, people barely have an idea what it truly takes to add some features. The whole thing around the gameplay is just kinda all over the place & creates space for fans to fantasize on things to get disappointed about eventually 🤷🏻‍♂️

[solid dome]

Wall of Fistzzext!

[rotund widget]

Who's doing it better, mate — me or the Perimeter wall? 😂

[loud gate]

It all comes down to the fact game has not been ready to be shown

[solid dome]

Perimeter wall's broken, its not reliable anymore. Fistzz - trusted man!

[loud gate]

constant development, meaning things can easily change, which means more NDA

And now, close to the release, you can see they went out to give #📜┃ask-gsc back, they started showing a lot of the game, responding to more questions, etc etc etc

[normal ocean]

NGL I did miss harvesting parts from mutants after Clear Sky

let me deliver controller brains to scientists smh

[rotund widget]

If anything, some of these answers are confusing people even more 😅 Like, there's a guy who created a whole separate video on how the upgrading works through PDA using Mol1t's general descriptions & compiling pics from the Gamescom footage — allat has to be done when in reality it would've been enough to straight up explain the mechanic in detail or create an actual footage of it being showcased for people to get a clear idea and THEN discuss it, but the time it'd take to finally be done with how the PR works here is gonna be enough for misinfo & misunderstanding not only to be spread, but also established in minds — and then no facts would be able to correct the initial false impressions in our world plagued with attention span 🤷🏻‍♂️

[loud gate]

A lot of these explanations are a bit more barebones, because they probably already plan on making dev diaries, etc. on them

[solid dome]

Dont trust Mozi, he one with SIRCAA

[jovial monolith]

oh my god I just found the "trade" button in SoC

I think im blind

[gilded flower]

oh

[acoustic smelt]

Asking again from yesterday in case someone knows: What's the deal with the Shadow of the Zone movie release? They're selling a poster + early viewing for the movie and yeasterday it said "streaming until Sep 6th", but now it's been updated to "Sep 15th". The $20 poster isn't bad but with the shipping it's a bit much if you're only interested in the movie.

• Mainly, how's the movie going to be distributed after the "early viewing" ends, where do I buy or watch it then?
• When does the "early viewing" end since they apparently just silently extended it with a week and there's no info on the pages?

[cyan canopy]

uhh

[broken latch]

What are you talking about

[acoustic smelt]

https://inviz.tv/collections/sotz

[broken latch]

This is the first I'm hearing about this one

Is this the one made by those guys that made Scp movies

[acoustic smelt]

yeah, that one. For a GSC partnered project there's just zero advertising and info anywhere, I only just randomly found out by a shoutout on Wendigoon's video myself.

[fair jackal]

are they partnered though?

[broken latch]

It says so on the page

[acoustic smelt]

In yet another landmark development, the filmmakers have recently announced that they will be partnering with GSC Game World to help develop S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2, making this year a monumental one for both the series and the production team. The game is set to release in November 2024.
Sounds like they are

[broken latch]

I'll ask Mol1t just in case

Cuz recently some projects/games have been stealing S2 stuff for false advertising

[acoustic smelt]

considering the people behind it like the SCP movie guys & Wendigoon are pretty big names on youtube I'd be very surprised if they were saying stuff like that & using GSC's IP without any talks between them

[fair jackal]

then i´m a little confused they didn´t just make a video for the GSC youtube channel as people are subbed to that for news on STALKER 2 i assume.

like that'd be free advertising so it wouldn´t cost them any money.

[solid dome]

**ATTENTION, DEAR ROOKIES.

THE ZONE IS A HARSH PLACE TO BE.

BE WARY OF YOUR FUTURE ACTIONS.
BE COURTEOUS IN YOUR INTERACTIONS.
BE TRUE TO YOUR EXPECTATIONS.

ADAPT TO THE INTELLIGENT ENVIRONMENT.
THINK BEFORE YOU MAKE A BIG MISTAKE
SING TO KEEP YOUR SPIRITS EVER SO HIGH.**

[dense hatch]

[acoustic smelt]

Asked on the discord of the SPC film guys and someone said that the movie would likely be on the same youtube channel as the SPC films, Evan Royalty, and release some time in October, but source is just One Guy™ so take it with the appropriate grain of salt

[cyan canopy]

i hope they follow og stalker lore

instead gamma or anomaly stories

[jaunty pebble]

From what i heard its like a prequel to CoP(?) so they are basing off the OG story

but i dont know how accurate

[broken latch]

20 bucks feels like a scam for 1 hour long film

[granite mortar]

its tarkov ass slop

[cyan canopy]

true

[granite mortar]

the film

[acoustic smelt]

it's apparently going to be free on youtube in a month though so not that bad. Then again, you also pay for the shipping of the poster so depending on where you live it could be double that, fun

[cyan canopy]

anyway if the STALKER 2 are released,any chance they remastering Codename Outbreak games? the psuedo-Stalker

[acoustic smelt]

the SCP films were surprisingly good for the indie development they had so I'll probably enjoy the stalker one enough

not $30+ enough but an hour of my time enough

[broken latch]

It's probably gonna be the same case as stalker novels

[dense hatch]

if they do something interesting I don't care about what they do with the setting

but if it is just people shooting at each other for an hour I'll be disappointed and just watch hard boiled instead

that's some good action right there

[broken latch]

I saw pulse anomaly in a clip

[cyan canopy]

since its Prologue of CoP,i hope they showing aftermath of Operation Monolith outside CNPP

[worthy lagoon]

Eugh

I don't agree with that

The MTFs were terrible

Their outfits too

SCP MTFs operate way differently

[acoustic smelt]

it works a little bit better if you take it as an action slop but like 99% of any kind of special forces or military personnel depiction in any cinema isn't going to stand up to scrutiny

[worthy lagoon]

Have you seen their outfits?

random ahh gasmask

wears jeans

[acoustic smelt]

I'll give it to them that they tried but it's defo indie

shadow of the zone made $320k on kickstarter so I have some faint hope they might've actually gotten some legit gear this time around

[worthy lagoon]

Their gears and actions in the trailer

It's still too much tactikool like the SCP movies

But eh to each their own

[acoustic smelt]

it's not like stalker is a perfect depiction of how to gear up for a supposed anomalous zone

[worthy lagoon]

Eugh

STALKER has its own style and look

I don't want everything to look like COD and every other FPS game

[acoustic smelt]

it'll depend a lot on how the non-action parts of the movie are done, the trailers are always going to go 110% for the most exciting parts

[worthy lagoon]

You should look at the replies on the 1st trailer

[acoustic smelt]

people running around and just standing around when being shot at full auto is defo silly but I guess completely realistic firefights don't always make great cinema either. Just gonna have to see how the actual movie turns out.

[dense hatch]

but does someone do the borderlands 1 shock element death

[dense hatch]

again, hard boiled

[worthy lagoon]

Do these look like mercs?

[dense hatch]

not really

[worthy lagoon]

They look like the US Army

THIS is a Merc

[dense hatch]

I don't like the helmets at all for sure

[worthy lagoon]

You can recognise them even without their patch

That's what dope of stalker

You recognise each faction by their camo and outfits

Instead of everyone having the same boring outfit with ten thousand tactikool stuff

[acoustic smelt]

fair, they've definitely gone a bit US-centric with the gear they use

[worthy lagoon]

A bit....

Mercs are not even proven to be westerners

[acoustic smelt]

then again having some US people in mercs specifically isn't the worst they could do

[cyan canopy]

oh god

[acoustic smelt]

Drifters and cutthroats from all over the world, nothing's below them. Their motto is "Pecunia non olet - Money does not smell." There are artifacts here and so there's bound to be money. Mercs use mainly Western weapons.

[cyan canopy]

not tactical merc

[worthy lagoon]

Doesn't mean they are westerners

But then again

[acoustic smelt]

means they can be

[cyan canopy]

probably CIS country

[worthy lagoon]

Freedom uses NATO weapons too

[cyan canopy]

not entirely US or NATO

[worthy lagoon]

Yeah

But eh i dislike when people try to make everything tacticool just for the sake of being tacticool

Ruins the identity

[acoustic smelt]

I would definitely like to see the more local factions running around with bog standard AKs but I doubt we'll see much of that

[worthy lagoon]

There are plenty of other STALKER movies that deserve recognition as well

[acoustic smelt]

needs more leather jacker & sawed off shotgun bandits

[worthy lagoon]

With well crafted outfits too

[worthy lagoon]

@granite mortar

[granite mortar]

[cyan canopy]

Merc should be little bit unprepared in the zone.

[worthy lagoon]

Shadow of Zone outfits or Abdul outfit? Which one is better?

[acoustic smelt]

I'm just dropping this one for the meme value (it was a fun b-movie but it's not good good): Vyöhyke, a Finnish fan film, though it's probably a bit more directly of roadside picnic than stalker

[granite mortar]

Abdul looks based
these retards look like someone who spent their life savings on airsoft gear they wont even play with

[worthy lagoon]

I know it, based

[worthy lagoon]

ABDUL NOOOOOO

I'M CRYING

MY BELOVED ABDUL

HE WAS THE BEST

UAAAHHHHH

😭

[dense hatch]

what

[granite mortar]

gold ball

[acoustic smelt]

the funniest thing about Vyöhyke is the quest giver guy at the start is played by a moderately successful Finnish pop musician that is frequently the subject of youtube poop videos, it's just weird

[worthy lagoon]

He was the best

Btw, you believed about the parasitic doll thing? @granite mortar

[granite mortar]

I sold that hoe for hard cold cash

[worthy lagoon]

Noooo

[granite mortar]

[worthy lagoon]

@granite mortar

[granite mortar]

I will Grok you

[slender crown]

hello stalkers

[naive fog]

Hello-hello

[naive fog]

Holy Grok you've been gammad hard

[granite mortar]

why me
I did nothing wrong
Im the shining beacon of server rule obedience

[worthy lagoon]

You're an orange cat

[naive fog]

Could be worse. You could've also had Chymo changed to Groko

[worthy lagoon]

Lmao

[loud gate]

Task Force 141

[granite mortar]

are you colourblind?

[rose moth]

Good morning stalkers

[naive fog]

[naive fog]

G'day

[granite mortar]

[naive fog]

[granite mortar]

omg
kot

[naive fog]

My kot is going crazy

In out in out and looking at me weird

[granite mortar]

[tidal zealot]

Why are there so many Swedish flags on announcements

Finns det svenskar att spela stalker också?

[rose moth]

He hungers

[quaint glen]

I just want everyone here to know I had the best halal snack pack just then

[finite dragon]

Will NATO shotguns appear in Stalker trilogy（Vanilla）? Or is there a shotgun mod like that?

[naive fog]

||spas 12 is in the trilogy||

[granite mortar]

most shotguns n the games are western ones, aside from sawn off and hunting rifle

[finite dragon]

Thank you!!

[indigo marsh]

Omg the grok himself

[indigo marsh]

By doing that you only cheated yourself

[finite dragon]

I see, Thank you!

I was confused because my friend called SPSA14 a NATO shotgun.

[solid dome]

wASSup

What's Grokin on, how you Grokeelin these days, my lil' Grokella? @granite mortar

Howdy Groksters

[indigo marsh]

They remind me more of the SAS during operation Nimrod than US army

[jovial monolith]

im playing stalker SoC and just turned off the brain scorcher, should I go back and sell stuff to restock and maybe get the exoskeleton or just rush to pripyat?

[hazy helm]

restock

[jovial monolith]

sounds good

[weary topaz]

Hey guys, i'd like to know, do we have an idea of when the physical edition are gonna be able to pre order ?

[old jungle]

nope

[granite mortar]

My name has been Grokked by Grokuro

[weary topaz]

Ok, thx anyway 👍

I can't wait to be the 20th of november

[granite mortar]

They still are available somewhere

[weary topaz]

Plz create a time trvael machine

[old jungle]

none of us can

[naive fog]

Only when you get me infinite kvass

[jovial monolith]

I just turned a corner in an area I thought I wiped out 30 minutes ago... a guy was low crouching behind a rock, in a corner, not moving for 30 minutes

[naive fog]

I need to squat and drink but for that I need to go buy more

[weary topaz]

There's 99% of me that is so fking hyped, and 1% that is worried to be disapointed

[naive fog]

What if CS is better

[normal ocean]

NGL I am considering leaving Stalker 2 for like a month lol

just incase it's a SHOC/Clear Sky situation and needs patches

I haven't finished Boiling Point yet anyway

[old jungle]

The delays are not for nothing.

[pseudo rivet]

Better late than never

[normal ocean]

NGL It's a shame Deep Shadows are basically dead

[solid dome]

@worthy lagoon ?!

[normal ocean]

I think they're still technically up but haven't done anything in years

Even if they had issues, Boiling Point/Xenus were cool

[pseudo rivet]

@granite mortar

[indigo marsh]

Is his name finally back to semi normal?

[pseudo rivet]

Hmm

I'll think it over

[indigo marsh]

It's burover

Oh you said you'll think it over

[pseudo rivet]

Whether or not I'm going to grok up his name or not

[solid dome]

Age of Grokage

Grok up
Grok down
Grok there
Grok all around

[indigo marsh]

It's one of the longer effects of the vasimifaction

[solid dome]

Wass Grokappenin, @indigo marsh ?

[indigo marsh]

It might be grokover

[pseudo rivet]

What's grokking down, dudes?

[indigo marsh]

Groksphere is now golden

[solid dome]

Ah, usual Groktuff...

[naive fog]

Im trying to make some GrokkyK lists

[loud gate]

[pseudo rivet]

40k?

[solid dome]

Need help Grokkin' down everything?

[indigo marsh]

Well other than that it is grOK

[naive fog]

Im tryna decide between 3 options for the 1500p - 2000p step for my dw

[solid dome]

Grok up, foo @nimble cipher

[pseudo rivet]

I'm sticking to my 1000 points list, I'm just wondering if my Brutalis Dreadnought will be good enough for an anti-infantry role

[naive fog]

Assault centurions were so underrated in 9e tbh

Necron annihilators

[solid dome]

Its so Grokver

[bronze wind]

i have recently played metro 2033 should i now play stalker??

[pseudo rivet]

Sure, although it's a different game entirely

[naive fog]

Play Metro Last Light

[jovial monolith]

play the next game

[normal ocean]

Yes

[old jungle]

[weary topaz]

Do we have any idea if mod support is gonna be on consoles to ?

[naive fog]

That's what I'm sayin

[normal ocean]

Last Light bad

[jovial monolith]

just straight wrong

[bronze wind]

i have heard good things about last light

[naive fog]

Nah

[indigo marsh]

All of this sounds like gibberish to me. Except the Dreadnought and anti infantry

[normal ocean]

Game is far more boring, I didn't finish it

[jovial monolith]

all of the metro games are phenomenal

[bronze wind]

if only i had the money, because i got 2033 redux for like 1.49$ on sale

[granite mortar]

[pseudo rivet]

No idea, perhaps you cool look for it in the Search bar or even specifically look for it in #📜┃gsc-answers

[normal ocean]

Metro 2033 Redux is actually worse than 2033

[naive fog]

Only bad part is dealing with the strippers cause how do men look like that

[jovial monolith]

just go on g2a

[granite mortar]

Yes
That Grokuro

[normal ocean]

because it's on Last Light's simplified engine so it removes more than it adds

[bronze wind]

it's kinda good

[naive fog]

Only good thing is bug fixes

[bronze wind]

only thing i hate is how short the story is

[naive fog]

I prefer og graphics too. I don't like the urban uniforms and everything

[bronze wind]

like HOW is artyom's ENTIRE journey just a measly 8 days.

[naive fog]

Its like that in the book what did you expect

[indigo marsh]

#📜┃gsc-answers message

[jovial monolith]

you can do a lot in 8 days

[worn oar]

Gorkification?

[indigo marsh]

Yes

Only to Chymo tho

[pseudo rivet]

I prefer STOCification

[naive fog]

Oh yeah, vote on the poll in 40k channel

[indigo marsh]

Wait. I am gork now

[naive fog]

Ingstoc

[bronze wind]

you're telling me that a young man, who is probably like 15-17 years old.
somehow traveled a HUGE system of tunnels, as well as fighting a shitload of mutants.

[pseudo rivet]

O

[naive fog]

He is over 20

[bronze wind]

surviving multiple firefights with other humans

[pseudo rivet]

You never grok

[naive fog]

He was born in 2009

[worn oar]

Ofc you do.

Duh

[indigo marsh]

I am a grokker, just so you know.

[worn oar]

Mod trolls

[naive fog]

So he was 24

[bronze wind]

okay now that is believable

[jovial monolith]

im getting urges to play metro exodus now

[normal ocean]

tbh Metro 2033 encourages being stealthy

[jovial monolith]

im on my 3rd playthru of ranger hardcore

[solid dome]

Metro can suck my lollipop

[normal ocean]

rather than Artyom shooting everything for the most part.

[jovial monolith]

bro dosent know peak

[naive fog]

Lets move over to offtop

[bronze wind]

but the bad ending is canon

[normal ocean]

I dislike Last Light mainly because they "COD-ified" it and I hope STALKER 2 isn't doing the same. (Such as how they changed melee/grenades)

[jovial monolith]

some parts yeah but 2033 is way more about shooting your way thru everything

[bronze wind]

which involves you having to kill everything

[pseudo rivet]

Wut'z dat? You're a Goff Rocka?

[normal ocean]

There are other parts like the simplified stealth system compared to og 2033 but melee being a cod-style button press but still slow af was absolutely terrible and made me miss just equipping the knife directly

[bronze wind]

honestly metro is kinda like half life if you think of it

[normal ocean]

Makes having to melee mutants one of the worst combat I've experienced

[bronze wind]

they're both linear FPS games

[naive fog]

Doesn't make em similar

[normal ocean]

I really hope STALKER 2 keeps us equipping the knife, at most be like COD BO6. (Tap melee is a weak instant gun bash, hold to draw knife)

[naive fog]

Thats what im sayin

[bronze wind]

do y'all think STALKER and metro could be in the same universe?

[naive fog]

Im tryna move over

[celest blaze]

not at all lol

[worn oar]

No

[pseudo rivet]

No

[naive fog]

Cant

[jovial monolith]

zero chance

[celest blaze]

the world outside the zone is fine and metro is a post nuclear war world

[naive fog]

Also dates

[worn oar]

Now take that metro pile of topics to #💬┃en_offtop

[bronze wind]

wait what.

[pseudo rivet]

That's like asking if Fallout and STALKER are in the same universe

[naive fog]

Im tryna 🙏🏻

[bronze wind]

i didn't know that

[naive fog]

Did you not know??

Oh wait yeah you thought about getting stalker

[pseudo rivet]

The world outside the Zone is just like we know it. After all, how else are Stalkers supplied with weapons, ammo and food?

[jovial monolith]

theres a dead rookie loner just outside in the bar in SoC lmao wtf

[normal ocean]

Well there is that one mod...

[bronze wind]

i only thought moscow was the only affected area in metro

[celest blaze]

it would be better to compare the post apocalypse worlds of fallout and metro then stalker

[jovial monolith]

play exodus

[pseudo rivet]

Stalkers in the Zone need the Big Land for supplies and the Big Land needs Stalkers to get what's in the Zone. It's mutual, in a way

[naive fog]

The CS Agroprom main building door

[solid dome]

STALKER peak, dude

[celest blaze]

if moscow was nuked the worlds over ( mad is a thing )

[naive fog]

How much of metro have you played/read and have you seen the intro 💀

[jovial monolith]

both are

[bronze wind]

i forgot

[pseudo rivet]

Which one would that be?

[solid dome]

STALKER most, foo

Metro happened cuz of STALKER, brah

[normal ocean]

https://youtu.be/L9fz50lQoZU

[bronze wind]

i only played 2033 redux once and i'm doing a spartan playthrough for an achievement

[worn oar]

[jovial monolith]

dosent determine which one is better

[indigo marsh]

"is one MOD"

[normal ocean]

Fallout 2/Stalker crossover mod

[worn oar]

[celest blaze]

i caused moscow to be nuked

[naive fog]

Why not normal 2033 and what about the books

[pseudo rivet]

Oof

[normal ocean]

Bruh I don't think it's canon lol

[solid dome]

It does

[jovial monolith]

it dosent

[normal ocean]

I'm bringing it up because it's weird

[worn oar]

Wack

[naive fog]

There goes my family

[bronze wind]

og 2033 isn't on steam sadly

[naive fog]

Oh yeah I forgot they aren't

[celest blaze]

[solid dome]

You are too irradiated to think you said it yourself "DOSEnt". Outta my lawn, hooligan!

[bronze wind]

i LOVE radiation!💜

[jovial monolith]

modded stalker sure yeah thats way better but like, vanilla stalker vs the metro games? personally I think metro is better but thats only because they were made in later years

[solid dome]

Wack

[jovial monolith]

you're wack

[celest blaze]

dumb take tbh

[normal ocean]

Metro is too linear for me tbh

[solid dome]

You're first in line

[bronze wind]

i like metro because of it's disturbing beauty

[naive fog]

They're equal for me tbh

[normal ocean]

2033 is just ok but Last Light by doubling down on it/simplifying the mechanics more just kills it for me

[bronze wind]

the ruins of moscow just look so cool

[celest blaze]

if new = better then call of duty shits on both metro and stalker lol

[jovial monolith]

normal take tbh

[normal ocean]

Like how in Metro 2033 OG you have to buy your stealth/armor suits

[solid dome]

Metro woke ass trash piece of utter stinking radiation-induced filth

[celest blaze]

not normal at all they are way to different to compare

[jovial monolith]

new dosent automatically equal better but there was a huge jump in technology bro

[normal ocean]

But Redux just makes it part of the story and Last Light lacks the system at all

[naive fog]

CoD.....so the first one?

[bronze wind]

how is it woke?

[jovial monolith]

talking about which one is more enjoyable

[solid dome]

Oh, don't poke

[celest blaze]

i played the trilogy a couple months ago it was fine and fun

[naive fog]

It has women

[bronze wind]

OH MY GOD!!!

[normal ocean]

Reminder STALKER Clear Sky mentions women in a side quest

[naive fog]

Bro didn't notice 💀

[solid dome]

Boobs!
Troops!
Kabooms!

[bronze wind]

i did like literally at the start of the game, theres a woman wearing a revealing outfit

[naive fog]

Yeah she robs you if you go back lol

[jovial monolith]

personally metro exodus is in my top 10

[jovial monolith]

thats the second game, no?

[bronze wind]

i didn't go back, i actually went with my boy bourbon

[naive fog]

Hell yeah

[bronze wind]

and then he died...

[naive fog]

||no last light has the stripper house or whatever but they don't rob u||

[jovial monolith]

wanna know something fun

[naive fog]

How he dies in the book is so funny

[bronze wind]

??

[jovial monolith]

hes not dead

[bronze wind]

wait what?

[naive fog]

He goes: "I am dead" and drops

[naive fog]

[jovial monolith]

in a dlc you can overhear bandits talking about how he survived and the guys were super surprised, thinking HE was the one who took out the bandits by himself

[bronze wind]

i gotta read the book to actually see if this is true wtf

[solid dome]

Top 0, garbagerino

[naive fog]

Ghost shit lmao

No bandits or anything happened

[jovial monolith]

its in the dlc where you play as pavel I believe

[naive fog]

The book is a lot different tbh but both are peak

[naive fog]

Look it up ig lol

[bronze wind]

so bourbon isn't dead and is probably wandering the wasteland

[naive fog]

Bro straight up went "I am dead" and face planted

[jovial monolith]

yeah

[weary topaz]

Guys, the online mod of STALKER 2 is gonna be like a coop mod ? Like in Dead Space ? Or something like Far Cry ?

[bronze wind]

YEAAAAAHHHH

[naive fog]

No

[granite mortar]

No
Arenas

[weary topaz]

ARE- WHAT ?

pvp ?

[granite mortar]

Pvp fights

[weary topaz]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[granite mortar]

Coop would ruin the tense moments

[naive fog]

It would be funny as hell but yeah I see why they won't add it

[celest blaze]

coop sucks

[naive fog]

Quake 1 has coop so it can't

[celest blaze]

sucks for stalker *

[acoustic smelt]

tbh stalker has always to me been one of those games where the loneliness is a integral part of the experience

[normal ocean]

STALKER 2 Battle Royale when

[celest blaze]

fr tbh

[stuck pewter]

SOMA battle royale

[acoustic smelt]

obvs I'd love to mess around in coop with a friend for a time

[jovial monolith]

I feel like it would fit stalker tbh

[weary topaz]

I just don't get the point of a pvp arenas mod in STALKER

[stuck pewter]

i feel like its less of the loneliness and more of the idea that you wont be lonely in populated areas like bases

[naive fog]

Rostok

[dense hatch]

because stalker has actually good gunplay

[acoustic smelt]

even having AI companions kinda feels wrong most of the time (and the other times they walk into an anomaly and explode, insistently stand outside and zombify in an emission or get dropped by the first shotgun toting adidas wearing sucker)

[dense hatch]

also working with a buddy would be extremely funny therefore worth it

[granite mortar]

Its best way to assert dominance over other server members here

[naive fog]

That's cause they're brain dead

[dense hatch]

it's like if dead space 3 was also fun single player

[stuck pewter]

the feeling of safety in faction bases after being in the dangerous wild for so long is something i dont feel in many other games

[dense hatch]

sure you could do solo but having a friend makes it a little less spooky but four times as fun

[indigo marsh]

The trilogy has that and it was pretty enjoyable and people still play co op

[naive fog]

Getting to a station in metro when being so low on filters you only take a breath out of your gas mask and only when about to die

[acoustic smelt]

and then you walk into bar after freedom declared war on loners and suddenly the base doesn't feel very safe either lol

[stuck pewter]

Ai companions suck, player companions would be awesome and wouldnt go too against the game

[dense hatch]

exactly

[stuck pewter]

there are many examples in the lore of people going into the zone as pairs

[pseudo rivet]

Certified mods moment fr

[stuck pewter]

even the S2 trailers iirc

[pseudo rivet]

Real

[acoustic smelt]

I mean most of the chumps you run into are in groups of 2-3 people

[jovial monolith]

I'd love squading up with someone in the world of stalker

[celest blaze]

just play stalker dayz servers

[dense hatch]

it's not the same

[indigo marsh]

That's a dynamic faction relations in a mod. Not vanilla tho.

[acoustic smelt]

yeah, it is, in vanilla stuff still mostly makes sense definitely

[stuck pewter]

im not buying dayz

[naive fog]

Military and CS allying against freedomers in OWA

[celest blaze]

missing out

[dense hatch]

ahoy yee maties

[stuck pewter]

shame that the mods barely exist

[normal ocean]

Now I want a STALKER SRPG, like Silent Storm

[celest blaze]

i dont think you can even pirate it

[normal ocean]

About a loner group trying to do super dangerous artifact hunting

[stuck pewter]

ray of hope aint ever coming out and xrmpe is doing its own thing and it pisses me off to no end that nobody is doing multiplayer freeplay

[celest blaze]

plus pirating is wack

[pseudo rivet]

Bros, what about Survarium?

[stuck pewter]

its a multiplayer game, good luck pirating it

[acoustic smelt]

I kinda hate that loners is treated as a faction. I see that there are some faction-like sets of loners like in rookie village or Skadovsk but I feel like the game is sorely missing an option for a stalker to be truly factionless