⭐┃nospoilers_general

[pseudo rivet]

I need to ask le spicy question

[gaunt burrow]

inb4 they're keeping that channel only for entertainment

[pseudo rivet]

[glossy blade]

it is used for different things, not only #📜┃s2_suggestions (hehe), it will be rebranded in the future ( renamed for sure)

I keep it for now

[gaunt burrow]

hi Mol1t

[rotund widget]

Yevhen Kulyk mentioned in an interview that currently no content is planned to be added as the studio is focused on polishing out the final product

[granite mortar]

S3 suggestions confirmed?

[glossy blade]

hello, Matt

[pseudo rivet]

Thanks Mol1t, sorry for le funky question

[glossy blade]

I have some ideas

[granite mortar]

[gaunt burrow]

[glossy blade]

actually, we discusssed this question with mods a bit before you rejoined

logical question, ngl

[rocky trellis]

Zaton looking even spookier than before

[gaunt burrow]

nice discussion we had there

[rotund widget]

We need those new screens uploaded separately ASAP

[gaunt burrow]

i enjoyed it a lot

[pseudo rivet]

Well, I had a suggestion in mind that I feel like would add a bit of depth to the gameplay and to A-Life, but seen how far the game is in production, I don't know if it was any use to post it

[loud gate]

Why, Wolf.. Why do you even exist.

[pseudo rivet]

Agreed

[rotund widget]

I saw a vision for a sec

[granite mortar]

based Wolf

[loud gate]

#📸┃screens_and_videos message

[worn oar]

Dlc

[pseudo rivet]

Real

[rocky trellis]

Adding those trees to the swampy parts of Zaton for sure makes it look far more spookier because there was fairly clear line of sight and the grass was tall enough to only hide smaller mutants like dogs and snorks. Should be harder to instantly spot if something taller is moving around

[indigo marsh]

In CS they are pretty good too.

[granite mortar]

Freedom better

[indigo marsh]

Maybe faction rewards wise

[rotund widget]

I honestly can't get over how cool this all sounds 😁 "The Red Fortress" of Monolith arised on the remainings of the never-finished 5-6th CNPP units — straight up Minas Morgul sorta vibes, idk, lol

[granite mortar]

Freedom is skillful

[gaunt burrow]

real

[granite mortar]

cant believe they spelled Red Forest wrong smh smh

[indigo marsh]

That's the bandits

[rocky trellis]

Freedom has better shit to steal from them. Freedom based

[static compass]

God, the new screenshots are gorgeous

[rocky trellis]

not just any bandits... green bandits!

[still ridge]

Can’t wait to liberate skadovsk

[worthy lagoon]

Back to answering Krezzin's questions

[pseudo rivet]

Krezzin almost hit 200

[indigo marsh]

The freedom bandits are just watered down renegades which are watered down bandits

[indigo marsh]

200 questions?

[pseudo rivet]

Welp, suggestion posted, if it's even any use

[pseudo rivet]

Yes

[indigo marsh]

That's unbelievable

[rocky trellis]

Could be possible if there are faction quests like in older games. I'd kind of expect them to keep those type of quests that affect the balance of the zone

[pseudo rivet]

Of course it is, it's Krezzin we're talking about

[indigo marsh]

That's believable

[rocky trellis]

but do have to wonder how Zaton is going to work since at least the old central base is under bandit controls, are other "base" locations also now under their control?

like those 2 merc bases

[timber violet]

I think one of the top things im waiting for is areas being more massive than ever before. so much exploration.

[pseudo rivet]

Since the Exclusion Zone turned into the Anomalous Zone, Duga became one of the highest priority objects for the Military and IPSF

So Military ≠ IPSF

That's cool

[indigo marsh]

Definitely

[rocky trellis]

Could still be related like how FBI isn't the police, but still related

[indigo marsh]

I always thought the ISPF would replace the military

[gaunt burrow]

yeah same

[pseudo rivet]

Same

So hopefully we'll still see Military Stalkers

That'd be awesome

Maybe even ISPF Stalkers?

[rocky trellis]

Would be unfortunate if there were no rich bandits to loot indeed

[pseudo rivet]

I definitely want to see competent Bandits

Imagine wearing no protection whatsoever despite having the money to buy better equipment

[rocky trellis]

in those 2 older games that's just the military, aka rich bandits

I guess mercenaries also kinda act like bunch of rich bandits too

[thin shuttle]

Guys do you think stalker 2 would be that kind of game that would make u stay a full weekend in front of the tv like skyrim on his day

[pseudo rivet]

Yes

[rocky trellis]

Probably will be the Skyrim of shooters

[gaunt burrow]

so true bestie

[thin shuttle]

Ogg ugg that’s what i wanna hear baby

[gaunt burrow]

only "unique"-ish bandit in the trilogy is Limansk machinegunner that wears Exo and has RP-74

[sly matrix]

TES VI will be the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. of fantasy RPGs

[granite mortar]

only Renegades can be competent

[gaunt burrow]

Degeneradis Gods of Zona

[granite mortar]

renegadis gods of zona

[rocky trellis]

Would be funny to call it it. Just not too sure VI is going to be as good as Skyrim... Bethesda be Bethesda

[thin shuttle]

Yeah bethesda it’s on the shit at the moment

[granite mortar]

eyyy
I contributed to more than 10% of "renegadis gods of zona" on this server

[pseudo rivet]

Renegadis Gods of Zona

[granite mortar]

renegadis gods of zona

[thin shuttle]

I guess a third person camera is not avaible on stalker 2 right?

[granite mortar]

no

[thin shuttle]

Well time to whait for mods for that feature

[rocky trellis]

Would be funny if Renegades were renamed to Degenerates and all of them given an expensive Fur armor suit. You know who's going to have all the good expensive shit...

[tacit fern]

Hello everyone stalkers

[rocky trellis]

Wolf could join them too and release his inner fursona

[granite mortar]

hi

[rotund widget]

Shevchenko is presumably controlled by the Loners & Beard. My guess is GSC wouldn't put Bandits in control of Skadovsk & park Beard like few steps nearby without giving players a chance to turn things in the latter's favour 😁

[indigo marsh]

renegadis gods of zona

[dense hatch]

third person stalker would be so scuffed with aiming

[indigo marsh]

renegadis gods of zona

renegadis gods of zona

[rocky trellis]

But they already revealed that Beard had to relocate from there?

[indigo marsh]

renegadis gods of zona

[rocky trellis]

If I didn't misunderstand horribly, bandits took over and he got kicked out

[indigo marsh]

renegadis gods of zona

Alright I give up

[rocky trellis]

And in one of the screenshots looked like Owl stayed with them

but hard to say, could be some other similar looking place since we only saw small part of the inside in it

[celest blaze]

3rd person fps is so weird feeling imo

[granite mortar]

renegadis gods of zona

[indigo marsh]

Anyways congrats

[gaunt burrow]

hi

[pseudo rivet]

Renegadis Gods of Zona

[gaunt burrow]

yeah true

still sucks that bandits took over skadovsk but that's not unrealistic scenario

[rocky trellis]

oh wait, Shevenko another location, for some reason mixed those up 😂

both start with S, blame the S

[rotund widget]

Yup, and judging by the "Time of Opportunities" trailer he ended up settling at Shevchenko. But I don't think Beard's the kind to let em bastards get away with his ship 😄 Gotta be Captain Jack Sparrow sorta story, lol — getting back the Skadovsk nearly 10 years later 😁

[rocky trellis]

Wouldn't ne surprised if there is a sub plot around free stalkers vs. bandits in Zaton

[dense hatch]

it's the garbage all over again

I wouldn't be surprised if zaton was placed closer to the starting area if it's as "peaceful" as it is in CoP

[gaunt burrow]

10 years later would mean that bandits took skadovsk back in 2012 during CoP but realistically there would be some struggle for Skadovsk for a while (in case Deg remained neutral and didn't took anyones side)

[crisp ruin]

They gonna give back to them

[rocky trellis]

It's kind of interesting how in CoP they kinda tried peace for a little bit, but Chaos reigns supreme

[rotund widget]

Owl was always portrayed as the trader for Bandits, so no wonder 🤷🏻‍♂️

[crisp ruin]

[gaunt burrow]

Owl is a bandit sympathizer so not surprising

[pseudo rivet]

Yet fears them

[dense hatch]

well yeah he's still a merchant

[indigo marsh]

And 30% of peak sky too

[rocky trellis]

Owl knows how to make deals, good deals

[dense hatch]

I wonder if nimble will return for the fourth time

[granite mortar]

[gaunt burrow]

English here

[dense hatch]

speak american

[rocky trellis]

Nimble has to return, we need more wares

[granite mortar]

thats peak
almost as peak as peak sky

[dense hatch]

praying they don't have him just sell all of the uniques

[granite mortar]

🍟

[gaunt burrow]

that borov emoji is so peak

[dense hatch]

if he sold a handful but mostly high level gear that would be nice

[indigo marsh]

Borov's story is definitely a 6/10 story mod

[rocky trellis]

if this was made by EA, he would be selling loot boxes. Instead of guranteeing you getting what you want in 3 attempts, potentially 10+ attempts to get the gun you want

oh missed a 0...

[dense hatch]

to be fair you're still gambling for some reason

[hazy helm]

@austere saddle speak muh engrish

[indigo marsh]

The emoji is actually the one of the peakest thing from the game

[dense hatch]

imagine if a surgeon had a 1/3 chance of actually doing the correct operation but he still charged you 50% of the fee each time

[austere saddle]

[granite mortar]

you know whats even more peak?
when you write Borov into the emoji board, it will find Fries emoji

[indigo marsh]

It would be better if he was a trader like Sid than like himself in CoP

[rotund widget]

The events of CoP are August-September 2012, so Bandits had at least few months to take over, which at this point I'm sure they did, given how white hot the rivalry has been already when Deg was around

[dense hatch]

an extremely expensive high quality trader

also not directly next to the spawn area

[nimble cipher]

spugelo has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[granite mortar]

lol
Get Wolf´d

[rocky trellis]

wait what? what was the word that got wolfed?

lootbox?

shitty?

[indigo marsh]

2nd one

[gaunt burrow]

fair

[gaunt burrow]

this word

[rocky trellis]

Nimble's Loot box rates:
50% Chance it's trash starter area weapon in 10% condition
30% A trash starter area weapon in 90-100% condition
19% A unique weapon, but nothing amazing
1% A unique weapon, but actually good

[gaunt burrow]

never let bro cook again

[dense hatch]

third one is just vanilla CoP

they're just not really interesting for the most part, with a couple exceptions

[gaunt burrow]

also unique weapons should have unique looks ngl

in all games unique weapons look just like normal ones

[rocky trellis]

A weapon that looks like it has a story behind it

[worn oar]

Ask-gsc was made for krezzin at the first place its all his

[dense hatch]

unique uniques would be huge

[pseudo rivet]

True

[still ridge]

Zaton area is north of swamps in S2

[worn oar]

His questions are mostly good too Krezzin is

[rocky trellis]

but oh god please no CS:GO type colorful paintjob kind of "unique" 😂

[still ridge]

Krezzin asks a lot of questions for someone that won’t even play the game

[indigo marsh]

[dense hatch]

nice

[indigo marsh]

For some reason I liked the swamps but not Ztn

[still ridge]

Crazy

[dense hatch]

zaton is kinda visually bland

[rocky trellis]

Makes sense since both are swamp kind of areas. But swamp is just swampier

[still ridge]

Except for all the awesome shit in it.. like the testing workshop and all the anomaly formations

[indigo marsh]

Actually when I played with Absolute Nature, I actually thought the Zaton looked nice

[lime gull]

The new real life area vs ingame area release mentions that Pripyat is protected by it's own force bc apparently it's hiding a big secret. Path to the north? Secret xlab? New faction base (mercs, maybe the sparks?) Who knows.

[still ridge]

CoP maps are goated and you can’t really say otherwise

Sorry

[gaunt burrow]

especially Jupiter

[indigo marsh]

CoP pripyat is 💩. SoC pripyat was much better

[dense hatch]

oh you mean the reused one from CS, the big pit, and the one that's just taken from the CS swamps?

CoP pripyat is just so empty feeling

[indigo marsh]

Jupiter was the only good CoP map

[still ridge]

Copium

[rocky trellis]

Is scar also reused?

[gaunt burrow]

subjective. I like all maps but Jupiter is my fav

[dense hatch]

it does have the only truly cool anomaly formation in that game though

[still ridge]

Pripyat is better than in SoC

[gaunt burrow]

for me its 1) Jupiter 2) Pripyat 3) Zaton

[pseudo rivet]

I dunno, I like Zaton more than Jupiter

[dense hatch]

pripyat in SoC is peak because it actually has combat and feels hectic, which the map works with

[indigo marsh]

I mean the lab X 18 is cool but not ministry of culture cool

[pseudo rivet]

CoP only or all games?

[dense hatch]

pripyat in CoP has like 2 decently sized monolith bases and that's it

[gaunt burrow]

cop only

[indigo marsh]

So was the yublie service center

[rotund widget]

The bloodsuckers lair, the controller in a cave, poltergeists, couple of snorks layers, dozens of zombies, chimera, pseudogiant in a lab & a fuсkіng vampire killing stalkers — did I miss anything in this particularly peaceful place?

[still ridge]

And a lab

[pseudo rivet]

1. Zaton
2. Pripyat
3. Jupiter

[still ridge]

and awesome anomaly formations

[rocky trellis]

and anomalies, and hidden stashes...

[worn oar]

That's rough

Ruthless

[austere saddle]

1. Zaton
2. Zaton
3. Zaton

[indigo marsh]

X 8 was totally 💩

[dense hatch]

lair was gassed, it's one controller, zombies are a joke, the chimera was ALSO killed, and the vampire is dead too

[still ridge]

Naw

[austere saddle]

xd

[dense hatch]

most of those aren't even an issue while travelling

[gaunt burrow]

I'd like Jupiter underground if not for the fact that you have to babysit your teammates there

[indigo marsh]

The other labs were just so much better

[still ridge]

Fair

[dense hatch]

you have to seek them out

[rotund widget]

Yeah, def makes it a walk in the Cordon then 👌🏻

[austere saddle]

Tell me, what attracts you most about stalker?

[still ridge]

If you play long enough they are an issue

[indigo marsh]

Evac would be decent if it didn't have the same thing

[rocky trellis]

just let them all die or kill everything before it kills you, ez

[gaunt burrow]

no i can't do that

i always go for perfect ending (all good slides)

[rocky trellis]

free loot, stonks

[still ridge]

Giants and chimeras literally start spawning in zaton and Jupiter

[dense hatch]

literally all of those are resolved in quests and the entire "more dangerous mutants appear" is kinda stupid and contradicts the ending slide

[still ridge]

after a certain point

what ending slide lol

[dense hatch]

the one that describes Jupiter being abandoned due to mutant problems?

it's part of the hunter questline

[gaunt burrow]

"The area around Yanov station gained the reputation for being one of the most dangerous places in the Zone. Fewer and fewer stalkers make it back from raids, many dying at the hands of mutants within view of the camp. One of those missing is Trapper, who set out to track down a Chimera on what appears to have been his last hunt."

it doesn't says that more dangerous mutants appeared tho

[rotund widget]

Mate, when you have ALL THAT in a single location you can't call it "peaceful", lmao. That's almost Wild Territory type of a party.

[austere saddle]

ditenahy

[still ridge]

And the good ending slide is safe routes right? Or am I misremembering

[indigo marsh]

But in gameplay they did

[austere saddle]

kill the pendosi...

[still ridge]

Which is good

[dense hatch]

it's peaceful compared to constantly being attacked by bandits, or monolith, or military, or the duty/freedom turf war

[gaunt burrow]

yes, but lorewise it never says that more dangerous mutants appeared at Jupiter

[indigo marsh]

One of the based things CoP did. Restore chimeras.

[gaunt burrow]

obviously theres huge difference between gameplay and lore

[dense hatch]

90% of what you listed is either resolved or not a problem unless you look for it

[rocky trellis]

Like... more dangerous than before. It only says that it gained a reputation with the danger it already had

[indigo marsh]

Yeah Ik but it's funny bc of the irony

[pseudo rivet]

Gameplay-wise, they did, but with everyone hunting mutants, it also became safer

[austere saddle]

I'm sleeping.. ZzZ-z-z...

[granite mortar]

shun the non believer
shuuuuuun

[still ridge]

In the opening slides it does say that more dangerous mutants appear in the center of the zone though

So it is lore backed too

[pseudo rivet]

Yeah, but that's like way before CS even

[dense hatch]

"The area around Yanov station continues to attract growing numbers of stalkers. The lack of dangerous mutants and abundance of anomalous areas have led to the area being referred to as a "treasure trove" with increasing regularity."

[gaunt burrow]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wY3jDDnUZno which part?

[rotund widget]

It is a problem for all stalkers around tho, which does not make it "peaceful" by definition, lol. Ofc you're the terminator killing em all with a couple knife strikes, but it's not about that — it's about the lore & how freaking Noah has closed himself in a barge thinking the Grand Mutant Horde is gonna wipe out every human on the face of this "peaceful" location 😄

[dense hatch]

again, 90% of those problems don't actually come up when exploring

for the third time

[gaunt burrow]

2007 slide tells that people tell tales of mutants, not that more dangerous mutants appeared suddenly

[still ridge]

I misremembered

[rocky trellis]

One of the mysteries is that why we got a knife when shovel would be better? The bonk is far superior sound for hitting, you can also cut with it and bury your mistakes

[dense hatch]

based

[valid summit]

@dense hatch so you didn’t finish yesterdays convo. So did c-con accidently sent strelok the message to kill strelok instead of scar?

[gaunt burrow]

he was most likely given a new PDA

many theorize that it's Scars PDA but Scar's final mission wasn't "Kill Strelok"

[still ridge]

Tbh I prefer this experience vs constant combat

[rocky trellis]

oh right, wasn't there mention of bayonet being an attachment?

[still ridge]

Cop does it really well

[rotund widget]

You do get attacked by bloodsuckers, snorks, poltergeists & much later — chimeras & pseudogiants while exploring, what are you on about? You don't even get to face such mutants on Cordon & you only meet the bloodsucker & snorks, I believe, on Swamps in CS.

[pseudo rivet]

I hope we'll see bayonets in HoC, that'd be awesome

[still ridge]

The quest content does its job to where exploring without nonstop combat feels good

[dense hatch]

it's a preference thing, yeah

[gaunt burrow]

final task of scar is either "Incapacitate Strelok’s psy-protection" or "Find the teleport that leads to the heat pipeline:" (depends on how you play it)

[valid summit]

So last I remember strelok was making his way into the plant when scar showed up. Scar got him the first time but strelok was able to make it back to the plant and stop everything that was happening. Then he met with the military and extracted. So what happened to scar

[dense hatch]

poltergeist don't spawn aboveground, bloodsuckers are rare, snorks aren't a huge issue, and the other 2 go against an ending slide, and I have no idea what you're smoking to think you fight bloodsuckers and snorks only in the swamps

[gaunt burrow]

his fate was unknown for a long time but he was shown in recent trailer

although its still unknown what exactly went down when it comes to Scar

[valid summit]

I’m waiting to not watch trailer till release

[rocky trellis]

Snorks for sure were pretty common enemy

[still ridge]

You know what I hope we’ll see? I think it was a quest concept in 2011, where the player be disguised, and would infiltrate a monolith base with strider for some purpose

[rocky trellis]

Those mother effers were almost everywhere, just missing from starter areas

From the start in Zaton tho in CoP

[dense hatch]

snorks are surprisingly common but they aren't a huge issue most of the time because it's so open

[pseudo rivet]

Sounds wack

[valid summit]

So this new dude we are playing in upcoming stalker is just a random? And we won’t see strelok bc he’s already been extracted

[dense hatch]

only rough area is the little cave

[still ridge]

Strider my goat

[gaunt burrow]

that new dude is random character yeah

[rotund widget]

Poltergeists are literally spawned in the Iron Forest & within the Circus anomaly, mate — go play the game first & then jump in such convos. I never said "such & such mutants spawn only in the Swamps" — we're talking about the starting locations, if you remember.

[rocky trellis]

Random like every main character so far has been random and then become a legend

[gaunt burrow]

but tbh we will most likely still see Strelok 1 way or another

[dense hatch]

WHEN WANDERING

[still ridge]

Strelok will probably be in the game for sure

[gaunt burrow]

Strelok is very important character

[dense hatch]

READ WITH YOUR HUMAN EYES

[valid summit]

Probably through others accounts or pdas

[dense hatch]

hopeless

[still ridge]

He’s definitely going to be mentioned

[rocky trellis]

Anyway, don't think there is any reason to doubt that we'll get to know our new MC better once we get to play the gamee

[still ridge]

That’s for sure

[rotund widget]

Once you enter the area — they're spawned if you killed them previously, and to enter the area you gotta WANDER, lad 😁

[valid summit]

Might be an encounter between strelok and scar

Oooo maybe the new character actually makes a wish from the wish grantee

[dense hatch]

they spawn once and there's 3 of them, they don't leave a defined area like everything else I listed, and they're also extremely easy to deal with

pay attention, it's not that difficult

if you have an issue dealing with 3 low health clouds in an open area you can't be helped

[gaunt burrow]

how would they even recognize eachother tho? Scar never saw Strelok's face. In Red Forest Strelok was running away + wearing gasmask, at CNPP Scar was just sniping Strelok with EM1

[rocky trellis]

Paying to attention is very difficulty. The moment about to give it money it's already gone

[still ridge]

Keep it civil

[valid summit]

No like we just meet them in the journey

[dense hatch]

I just hate CoP love

[gaunt burrow]

ahh got it

[still ridge]

I hate CoP hate

[dense hatch]

based

[valid summit]

Prob do some missions with them kinda like we help scar get to the plant or sum

[dense hatch]

be opinionated

[still ridge]

CoP may be the shortest but I had the best time with it

[rocky trellis]

Eh... still spent the most time with it just having fun

[gaunt burrow]

Wish Granter isn't real

[still ridge]

Exploring in CoP felt awesome

[valid summit]

We will find out once the game starts

[valid summit]

But what if it could be

[dense hatch]

I just hate some of the changes it makes and the lack of replayability because of it

[still ridge]

We know it isn’t though

[dense hatch]

once you've gotten all the quest outcomes there really isn't much to replay it for

also just the changes to uniques and medkits and the fact it has 2 escort quests as part of the main quest

[rocky trellis]

Just wish that the wishgranter was real, works 100% trust me

[still ridge]

True

Exploring and finding new areas is sweet though

[rotund widget]

The whole game is not that difficult — should we call the whole CAZ "peaceful" then? 😂 The point is on "starting, peaceful" locations you simply didn't get to fight such a variety of creatures from the get go in SoC & CS, you saying "I won't be surprised if Zaton ends up being a peaceful starting location" like Zaton is some sort of a Rookie Village is quite a downplay.

[rocky trellis]

And seems like there will be plenty to explore in Stalker 2

[dense hatch]

that's cool or whatever but I'm not reading it

[still ridge]

Like I didn’t know about the apartment stash in Pripyat until my 2nd or 3rd play through

[dense hatch]

oh yeah a first playthrough is fantastic, rivals SoC

[gaunt burrow]

there were six generators that powered the entire installation. notice the projection of the Wish Granter in the middle. While destroying them, you can even hear a voice announcing that the installation's power level is decreasing: https://vocaroo.com/11X8FoIJttS5

[still ridge]

Testing workshop and Pripyat-1

[dense hatch]

I just like games that you can replay dozens of times and still have a unique experience

[rotund widget]

I accept your capitulation

[still ridge]

A-Life moment

[dense hatch]

I'm not a captain

[dense hatch]

it honestly doesn't add much considering how most human enemies aren't hostile

it's neat to see it happen but it doesn't fill the same itch

[rocky trellis]

A-life gets pretty repeatitive after a while. I played CoP so many times I learned how basically all of the mutants more around the map and where you encounter them the most...

[still ridge]

Unless you start shooting them

[rotund widget]

Not as fluent in English as well, apparently 😏

[dense hatch]

in which case you already have a huge advantage

[still ridge]

Since bandits shoot at stalkers in the open

[dense hatch]

I've never played a woodwind

are they supposed to become all hostile at some point because I don't remember them doing that after killing a couple of squads

[rocky trellis]

just sneak behind the conga line and open full auto fire

[dense hatch]

there's also stuff like the economy that I just don't enjoy

too easy, even compared to SoC

[gaunt burrow]

@valid summit want to know something interesting? After you refuse to join the C-Consciousness and the sequence with teleporters at the northern part of the CNPP begins, at one point you will find yourself on a railing on the roof of the Sarcophagus, and you will be able to look inside through the holes in it, and the place where the Monolith was located will be empty. It's not certain whether this was an intentional thing, but it can still be assumed that the Monolith simply disappeared after the generators were destroyed

[rotund widget]

You just did, I'm afraid 😉

[dense hatch]

are you alright

[valid summit]

True

[valid summit]

Hmmm

[dense hatch]

I think it's literally just a hologram like the doctor says, so once it's no longer being powered

[still ridge]

Nobody:

Bandits in CS for some reason:

https://tenor.com/view/brady-tom-goat-football-throw-gif-20115080

[gaunt burrow]

lmao

[rocky trellis]

At least you can predict where it's going to land

[dense hatch]

CS but everyone only uses grenades

[valid summit]

Maybe our goal in this one is to eradicate the monolith solely

[rocky trellis]

GRANADA!

herd that line so many times it has burned to my eardrums

[indigo marsh]

They had 1 for intelligence and 10 for strength

[dense hatch]

they already are

[rocky trellis]

Nah that's a dex build moment

[dense hatch]

considering the casualties they took in SoC and CoP

[still ridge]

Never forget that first encounter with them in the garbage and they throw 18 goddamn grenades at you in two seconds

[valid summit]

We eradicated them in soc?

[dense hatch]

and that recruitment is toast

in both you kill hundreds

[indigo marsh]

Not if you are fast enough

[valid summit]

Well what if it’s like the monsters of the zone

[dense hatch]

maybe like a hundred in CoP

[indigo marsh]

Or have already spent all your money

[gaunt burrow]

CoP Monolith is still somewhat strong so they aren't completely eradicated

[rocky trellis]

They did seems like they were falling apart tho. Only strong presence in Pripyat

[still ridge]

Which makes me think they’ll be in stalker 2

Like, the ones that are still brainwashed

Not Faust/strider type ones

[rocky trellis]

But speaking of grenades... I do remember what I gave to those monoliths praying together as a present

[valid summit]

Then who would be the antagonist of stalker 2?

Like a bandit leader

[gaunt burrow]

also, C-Con Representative did say that they have entire network of psy-fields and they could be used to recruit more monolithians

"We created a network of psi-fields on the way to the Zone’s center in order to recruit agents. You know one of these fields by the name of Brain Scorcher. When a stalker attempts to reach the Zone’s center in order to fulfill some wish we acquire control over his consciousness and program him to a specific mission"

[finite dragon]

Did someone say Faust??

[gaunt burrow]

there are still psi-fields we haven't seen yet

[rocky trellis]

Beware of 5G towers!

[gaunt burrow]

so its logical assumption that they can also turn people into Monolithians like brain scorcher

[dense hatch]

well without the c-con to control them wouldn't it just turn them into zombies anyways because the c-con can't cut it off before it finishes blasting them

there's also just the fact that it's been 10 years and the monolith have lost their main religious focal point

[gaunt burrow]

kinda depends tbh. in last part of one more puzzle PDA entry of SoC its said that "There are periods when the power is lowered to cool down the apparatus."

[finite dragon]

I can't wait for November...

[gaunt burrow]

so scorcher isn't always operating at full strenght, we can assume that other fields are also like that

[dense hatch]

in CS you turn that off as part of the main quest, but the main thing I meant is that it would just turn people into zombies without the brainwashing

[broken latch]

Guys it's almost beer o'clock

[dense hatch]

so while there still would be zombies, monolith members would be few and far between because everyone hates them and there probably won't be more of them

there's a very clear difference between those brainwashed and zombified

[solemn perch]

Tried making the exo let me sprint by modifying the files and now game won't run :^D

[still ridge]

Congrats

[solemn perch]

Never try soc tricks in cop

[still ridge]

Dalin/SIRCAA

[solemn perch]

Turns out their was an upgrade for it in the first place in base game

[gaunt burrow]

its bit unclear how that works but I speculate it 100% has something to do with how strong effect of psi-field would be. I always interpreted zombie looking Monolithian duderinos as people who were under stronger influence of the Scorcher

[still ridge]

Yeah lol

[solemn perch]

Exo allow_spirnt I true = rip game

[gaunt burrow]

i think its like this: brain scorcher at its strongest zombifying you completely, at its normal making you look like zombie but still not causing you to become completely braindead and at its weakest just turning you into normal Monolithian without any defects

[valid summit]

Guys calm down ima stop the Emissions on my own

[dense hatch]

except psy fields in large amounts just seemingly zombify people unless the scorcher and miracle machine have unique psy waves

[valid summit]

[dense hatch]

misread it

[finite dragon]

[indigo marsh]

Yeah. Imo it makes the exoskeleton worth it. Sprinting is the most important part of combat.

[dense hatch]

it wouldn't make sense for the brain scorcher only brainwashing people sometimes because we see the brainwashing proceeds in CS

[rocky trellis]

Or stayed outside during a blowout.

[dense hatch]

it's separate from just getting hit with a psy field

[dense hatch]

blowouts just murder you I think in the trilogy

I'm fairly sure they never actually zombify anyone

[rocky trellis]

Pretty sure that is the lore behind zombies respawning in Jupiter tho?

[dense hatch]

I know it was added to CoP by a mod

I thought those were from when the scorcher was still on?

and they just respawn for gameplay reasons

[still ridge]

Can you just put it back lol

[gaunt burrow]

I wouldn't be sure if emissions are capable of zombifying humans, though. The fact that emissions are generally fatal is mentioned by characters such as Pilot and Lebedev, and it can also be simply observed in the games. Besides, in none of the dialogues or descriptions regarding zombified it's said or implied that they are the result of emissions. Emissions also kill animals, which means that they don't affect just the psyche, like psi-emissions that can zombify people but only cause fear in animals, but have a much more destructive effect

[solemn perch]

I did some miss clicks and the big ass config file is not the same

So idk I'll try to see if I can get it to work again xd

[rocky trellis]

oh right forgot controllers. Don't they kind of create zombies?

[dense hatch]

I'm fairly sure emissions are just insanely concentrated psy energy to a point where it's kinda like radiation in fallout

if it's slow there's a much higher chance of mutation compared to it just instantly killing you if you don't have ghoul genes

[solemn perch]

Should have made a copy of the config file bruh

[rocky trellis]

At least controllers seem to go hand in hand together not by coincidence, and that 1 mission that turned your team into zombies if you didn't kill quickly enough. Mixed that up with blowouts

[gaunt burrow]

Beanpolevs words might be a small implication of emissions being actually capable of zombifying humans but I wouldn't be sure about that still

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

last line about Scar losing his own self I interpreted as it zombifying Scar at first but Beanpolev might be talking strictly about the consequences that may be suffered by Scar, who was affected by them in a different way than most people.

[indigo marsh]

Do you use steam?

[worn oar]

[solemn perch]

It's gog

[broken latch]

Isn't emissions like the final thing the zone does to get rid of the threat

[gaunt burrow]

its basically a discharge of energy according to Lebedev

[indigo marsh]

If it was on steam I would have recommended you to delete that file and make steam check files through properties to redownload only that file. But I don't know if GoG has a similar feature

[solemn perch]

I'll reinstall no bigge

I thought I was cleaver

[indigo marsh]

Found this on Google.
https://support.gog.com/hc/en-us/articles/360003930017-My-game-data-is-corrupt-How-can-I-repair-my-game?product=gog

[solemn perch]

I'll try it out

[gaunt burrow]

it does brainwash people tho: "Brothers, as we were patrolling the outskirts of the Dark Forest we came upon an unfaithful loner. We did not kill him, seeing as he was already on his way to conversion, although he was still half-way in his animal state... Such is the wisdom of the Monolith: once again it revealed to us the true countenance of our enemies. Now our faith is even stronger! It is at hand, brothers! The victory over the unbelievers is at hand. Soon the Monolith will fulfill our greatest desires! Those who are truly faithful to it will be drawn to it, to its glory, its greatness! We shall abide in its radiance forever!" - PDA entry "A convert in the Black Forest"

This suggests that Monolithians could be recruited through psi emitters, but it's not said that the C-Consciousness or even the Monolith device itself were needed for that. the former was a source of commands, the latter served as an object of belief and a way of communication, but the brainwashing itself may be happening independently

[solemn perch]

Looking at this wall of txt hurts my adhd (getting used to cop txt was already hard)

[gaunt burrow]

sorry for the wall of text XD, I'd just send screenshots instead of I still had Helper role

[solemn perch]

It's k bro do whatever u like xd

[rotund widget]

Doubted no more: "After the 2nd Catastrophe, the area known as ”Zaton”, or Backwater, began to slowly drain, turning into a swampy wasteland full of abandoned, rusty, radioactive barges and ships. From the very beginning of the stalkers’ arrival, this place was at the epicenter of conflict between neutrals and bandits. In which the latter eventually won. Since then, the stalkers’ dry cargo base, formerly known as “Skadovsk”, changed the name to “Sultansk” by the resident leader's personal order".

[gaunt burrow]

👍

That name tho, "Sultansk" 😭

[rotund widget]

IKR 😅

[loud gate]

[solemn perch]

Wasn't his name just sultan?

[gaunt burrow]

Zaton bandits leader was Sultan yes, apparently they called Skadovsk Sultansk too after bandits won

[solemn perch]

I suck at reading

[gaunt burrow]

all bandit haters including me right now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_boOXjoOc0E

[naive fog]

[floral dirge]

Hello everyone, i just discovered today that amazon canceled my order on 26 august ...😫

I had booked my Collector's Prize on January 10, 2022. and customer service is unwilling or unable to restore the order. Do you have any ideas on how I can rebook it?

[dense hatch]

"on his way to conversion" could very well be the start of zombification

the mind being "wiped" before being completely ruined

considering he "was in an animal state"

it would also explain all the zombies around the miracle machine compared to the scorcher

the monolith are able to reach those being zombified at the scorcher while they cannot those at the miracle machine

if it was miracle machine I could see it being just psy radiation but the fact the monolith members seemingly helped him along points toward other input being needed

there's also the question if the brainwashing room is exclusively for agents or just any members of the monolith

[gaunt burrow]

possibly. I interpreted "halfway in his animal state" line as Monolithians considering non believers as just animals and "on his way to conversion" line as that loner being on his way to become monolithian

[still ridge]

In gameplay, no. In lore I think yes

[rocky trellis]

Remembered a bit later that controllers are able to zombify stalkers, that would probably the the more likely reason why there's so many zombies in the area around Yanov. You know, the mission with the controller and I've seen controllers wandering around the area.

[rotund widget]

Anomalous uploaded, gents — just in case you're not aware 😁

@loud gate so it is Strider booting Skif in the face in the beginning of "Come To Me", aye? 😏

We've discussed that part with MIYU in a convo about Faust couple days ago & here we are, lol — seems like it is indeed a branch having something to do with MC siding or opposing Monolithians/Strider. I knew that area looked familiar while watching the "Creating Cutscenes", lol, it's just a bit harder to put finger on it without all the chaos happening & considering it's been a year between the trailers 😅

[old jungle]

[dense hatch]

when is it said in lore?

I know that the blasts that the miracle machine makes are called psy emissions technically

same with blowouts kinda

specifically the one the marked one gets hit by while setting up the psy helm

[worn oar]

Did you know that strider was talking to the "siding with faust version of skif"

[rotund widget]

Absolute killer vid, mate, as usual 👌🏻

|| I have a question tho: if I understood correctly, you've seen that clip from this year's Gamescom showing the very end of the demo, right? If so, you may have had a clear visual of the man knocking Skif out, which brings us back to the "Creating Cutscenes" trailer — and here's the question: do you find that "unknown character" getting attacked by snork looking kinda alike to the man from the demo's ending? Both seem to share the profile (even tho it's hard to say for sure as shots get quite pixelated in motion), they have a very similar looking haircut & the jacket, although the latter might just be a default leather one like in the trilogy, which technically could be worn by anybody. What do you think, is there a chance that could be the same person? ||

[old jungle]

I suggest spoilering that

||I did see it yeah, and I do think it's likely the same person. However since it's not an official reveal and the info is not 100% certain I prefer not to think too much about it for the moment.||

[finite dragon]

Hi!

someone recommend me some mods for SoC

only been playing with the starter pack

[dense hatch]

which one?

[sand fiber]

OP 2.2 :3333

[dense hatch]

she's lost it

[finite dragon]

SP2019

[sand fiber]

you WILL play op 2.2

you WILL go insane

[finite dragon]

op2.2 got it

[dense hatch]

I don't think going from starter pack to op 2.2 is good advice

[sand fiber]

it's the only way

[dense hatch]

try some other soup mod like soupmod

or perhaps the uh

whatever the one with the insanely long name is called

[sand fiber]

what name

narodnaya solyanka?

[dense hatch]

how do you remember that

I barley remember wind of time

[finite dragon]

whats this one

[dense hatch]

good soupmod

[sand fiber]

"good"

[dense hatch]

I didn't feel like I was going to vomit immediately

[finite dragon]

do i have to remove starter pack first or

[sand fiber]

^they have NO idea

[dense hatch]

it's standalone

[finite dragon]

ive only ever had the starter pack, just got into modding

ohh okok

[dense hatch]

most stalker mods are standalone

[digital lynx]

AMD Ryzen 7 5700X, 8x 3400 MHz

32 Go DDR4-RAM, 3200 MHz

1000 Go SSD, M.2 PCIe, Kingston

ASUS GeForce RTX 4070, 12 Go GDDR6X

GIGABYTE B550 Gaming X V2

600 WATTS BOOSTBOXX POWER BOOST

Is this a good config for a gaming computer ?

[dense hatch]

whuh

have you tried running doom 2016

[digital lynx]

The powersupply is a bit cheap right ?

[dense hatch]

that's a word salad right there

[sand fiber]

okay serious now
finish the trilogy first then go play mods, most stalker mods are standalone fangames, including op2.2 and ns16

[digital lynx]

I'm asking for someone because he needs a new computer and I just know the basics but I don"t know if it's a good config

[dense hatch]

esp CS, don't install SRP unless you have difficulties getting it to run

[sand fiber]

no actually install SRP, it's just a bug fix

[dense hatch]

#💬┃en_offtop might have better answers

[finite dragon]

looks like i gotta beat peak sky

[dense hatch]

aw c'mon

the bugs and occasional crippling performance issues are fun!

[sand fiber]

it depends on the price
the power supply is shady yes, also i don't think you need 32gb ram

[finite dragon]

i did play it, its a bit odd tho atleast at the start where you gotta get guided to diff parts of the map. is that how it is the entirety of the game?

[dense hatch]

no

[sand fiber]

not really but it's linear unlike soc and cop

[dense hatch]

guides are just included as a way to reduce backtracking after the swamps

CS is slightly more linear than CoP

[finite dragon]

so i COULD walk there and back if i wanted

[dense hatch]

*SoC

anywhere but the clear sky base, yeah

[sand fiber]

it's not "slightly" :3

[finite dragon]

only got 20 minutes in CS im cooked

[dense hatch]

the only part of SoC that is less linear is that there's not an extra optional "questline"

overall everything outside the main quest basically works the same

besides the fact they forgot to make it so you can't just go past the scorcher

[sand fiber]

no actually, you can skip lots of things unlike CS :S

[dense hatch]

what can you skip besides dialog?

*not including just skipping the entire main quest

[sand fiber]

the only mandatory things are the labs

[dense hatch]

don't you need to get the documents?

otherwise you can't enter the miracle machine because you can't get a helmet

[sand fiber]

ye from agroprom

[dense hatch]

yeah that's mandatory

besides the extra questline that you can skip, you can't skip that much of the main quest

wait can you just medkit into x-16

[humble condor]

Anyone here?

[finite dragon]

yea

Peak Sky has officially been opened and now being played

[dense hatch]

nozar is making a full list of things you can skip apparently

[sand fiber]

it's not exactly an imsim but infinitely more free than CS, you can kill seriy, kill mole, go into bar and help Lukash before talking to sidorovich, it's fun :3

[dense hatch]

I'll concede

can you not do the same in CS?

like going directly to dark valley

[sand fiber]

no not really, clear sky is unkillable, you can't even participate in faction wars (except loners) until you progress the main quest to yantar, partially it's like that just because there's not much to do

[dense hatch]

I hate that you're not wrong

I never really noticed because you don't really need to do sidequests in CS

[sand fiber]

SoC is built at least somewhat like a good fallout game, spawn in the middle of nowhere and go wherever you want*, CS is closer to a linear adventure, especially in the early game

[dense hatch]

SoC does have a couple sort of soft barriers though

like to the bar or the red forest

also yantar, kind of

same with the labs

[sand fiber]

yeagh but you can skip the bar barrier with a little bug or just by killing the dutiers

i have no idea why it's there in release, in 2006 builds it just wasn't present

and the quest to help the dutiers with the boars to gain access to bar actually worked

[dense hatch]

I thought the boars only popped up once you had the documents

and that killing them made all of duty hostile

jank at its finest

[sand fiber]

yes kinda BUT YOU STILL CAN :333

also stealth killing exists

[dense hatch]

is it possible to actually stealth kill them

[sand fiber]

yeah i completed all the duty and freedom assasination quests with stealth killing

[dense hatch]

I know you can't get anything good with a silencer before the bar

[sand fiber]

it's buggy and janky and partially unintended but yeagh

[dense hatch]

I mean specifically those guys

[sand fiber]

PM works, knife too

[gray matrix]

Yeah last update was mod.io support on June 25, which means no updates for 2.5 months. Last content update (as mod.io did not modify anything in vanilla games) was May 29, which is over 3 months ago

[dense hatch]

sick, I need to mess around with stealth more

[indigo marsh]

💀 Do not play OP 2.2 as your first mod

[sand fiber]

do

[indigo marsh]

Nozar is trolling

[indigo marsh]

https://tenor.com/view/pearly-gates-cat-gif-12548368082789706344

[sly matrix]

shocker

[sand fiber]

i mean

my friend started op2.2 as his first mod

and he's 200 hours in :3333

[indigo marsh]

Your friend has power not afforded to mortals

[indigo marsh]

Also have you played OP? Or even NS?

[sand fiber]

no but i know what awaits me

[finite dragon]

couldnt even find it

[dense hatch]

300 hours of oblivion lost

[finite dragon]

oh oops i meant to reply

[dense hatch]

https://op-2.fandom.com/wiki/Installation_and_links

[sand fiber]

i'm 80hours in OLR 3.0 AND I WANT TO DIE

[dense hatch]

(ew fandom)

[indigo marsh]

This is literally paradise on earth. Unless it's 3

[dense hatch]

only 80?

[sly matrix]

rookie numbers!

[indigo marsh]

Nah jk

[finite dragon]

how do yall know how many hrs you have on the mods

[indigo marsh]

Goldsphere without bugs or crashes is literal paradise

[sand fiber]

a guy with the docs bugged and i have to spend like 10k dollars to get them now

[dense hatch]

what do you mean "bugged"

[sand fiber]

got tired of olr 3 tbh so instead playing Deadlock and Peripeteia now :333

[indigo marsh]

The original version. Not the OGSR slop

[sand fiber]

stuck in a transition (between locations)

gender transitions in A-life when

[dense hatch]

would you take that as a mod if it was only for anomaly

speaking of gender transition does anyone here know how install viva new vegas in under 7 hours

[sand fiber]

with the furry icons mod? yes.

[dense hatch]

I think someone is making a protogen model replacer mod

[sand fiber]

isn't it easy, the site has a full guide

[dense hatch]

I was using wabbajack to save time

[sand fiber]

use MO2 for fnv

[dense hatch]

I'm required (ew)

[rotund widget]

Gotcha, mate 🤝🏻 I tried to hide the text behind the command, but it just didn't work no matter where exactly I put it 😅 I suppose things changed quite a bit in Discord with allat features throughout the years, had to Google it & it's sorted out now 👌🏻

[indigo marsh]

They should make a repack for that or something

[dense hatch]

wabbajack works close enough, it's just that if you don't have nexus premium you have to download every single mod individually

[deft stirrup]

i was playing call of chernobyl i was killing all the bandits at the dark valley in their base while i was searching for sultan i just found him walking alone away from the base then i came to him and he ignored me and we both just walked silently

[deft stirrup]

i really felt that idk why

[sand fiber]

they'll get executed by Zenimax death squads immediately

[dense hatch]

zenimax is defunct basically

[rotund widget]

Greetings! Happy to report that our recent little brainstorm was seemingly not in vain 😄

[indigo marsh]

I don't play NV anymore since I finished it. So it's whateva for me

[dense hatch]

I was thinking of the old one I was incorrect

new quest mod came out, so I'm reinstalling it again

I just wish some new good weapon mods that came out that weren't just modern guns

[sand fiber]

i kinda wanna make a vasyanka for FNV and replay it, but i remember basically everything that happens in the game sooo :SSS

[dense hatch]

PREACH

[deft stirrup]

🫥

[dense hatch]

that's a new one

[indigo marsh]

I am glad that stalker modding is not like FNV modding. (Unless it's a CoC fork)

[sand fiber]

i mean in terms of community fnv modding is infinitely better

but yeah i don't like modding modularity, at least not as much as actual fangames

[indigo marsh]

I feel like stalker modding would be easier than getting TTW to run

[dense hatch]

TTW is really easy to setup

you just need to install FNV and Fo3 then it does most of the work by itself

it's a little more difficult compared to just unpacking a file but it's not that rough

even mods like the frontier or new california are a cinch

[jovial monolith]

I dont even understand what ttw is

[finite dragon]

clear sky is peak

[jovial monolith]

false

[sand fiber]

a mod that combines fallout 3 and nv

[jovial monolith]

leveled up from that, wolf knows whats up

[jovial monolith]

I know that but I dont understand it

[indigo marsh]

Next time he does that I will hold his brother hostage

Well

I think some else has his brother hostage

[jovial monolith]

time to play CoP, im currently going to turn in the quest for killing the dwarves

[sand fiber]

op 2.2 playthrough when

[jovial monolith]

wuh

[indigo marsh]

Actual brain rot

[finite dragon]

wait do you get different roles in this server for being a certain lvl or sum

[indigo marsh]

Yes

[dense hatch]

makes game that is extremely difficult to run on modern hardware able to be run with small engine and gameplay improvements

[finite dragon]

nice

[dense hatch]

also adds back some cut content but it's a little jank

[sand fiber]

when.

[dense hatch]

imagine if you could play SoC in CS

[indigo marsh]

Never!

[dense hatch]

but could still swap between the two

[broken latch]

Is fnv coop out yet

[sand fiber]

you should

[indigo marsh]

It's brain rot

[dense hatch]

it's extremely janky, but yeah

[sand fiber]

it's art in its purest form

[indigo marsh]

Along with Reborn

[broken latch]

Is it more janky than shadow of coop for xrmpe

[dense hatch]

what about alternateA

[indigo marsh]

Combined with Shizoness and a shit load of drugs

[dense hatch]

haven't tried that so I dunno

[sand fiber]

what is art if not that

play op2.2 or i'll force you to play puppygirl visual novels

[broken latch]

What's the name

[dense hatch]

the devs run a server but it's garbage

https://nv-mp.com/

[granite mortar]

Wrong
Reborn is brainbless

Millions must Reborn

[sand fiber]

they should add puppygirls to op 2.3 tbh

[dense hatch]

I don't think anybody would notice

[indigo marsh]

I'll take the puppy girl visual novels

The only way to make me play it would be to force me to play gamma for 500 hours straight

Actually 5 would do

[sand fiber]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3089450/Malcatras_Maiden/
it's over for you

[indigo marsh]

I don't have money

[sand fiber]

i'll buy you the thing

[indigo marsh]

I don't have a steam account

[sand fiber]

i'll send you a direct download link

[indigo marsh]

Don't have Internet

[sand fiber]

will mail you a flashdrive

[indigo marsh]

You know the USPS checks for dangerous items in mail, right?

[sand fiber]

i mean ted kaczynski was able to send bombs

[indigo marsh]

He was caught. Also that would lead to greater safety precautions. Also he blew my mail box up.

[lean quiver]

The unabomber

[sand fiber]

you WILL play the puppygirl VNs

[indigo marsh]

Don't have a computer

I never actually played stalker. I just imagined I played it

[sand fiber]

i'll force you to imagine puppygirl VNs with psyops

they're not as bad of a cognitohazard as furry VNs y'know

[indigo marsh]

Don't really have a brain

[sand fiber]

PUPPYGIRLS DON'T NEED ONE

[indigo marsh]

Erm... Isn't that the same thing?

Also this is off top

Not stalker or related to stalker

[dense hatch]

no this is #⭐┃nospoilers_general

[indigo marsh]

Check again

[sand fiber]

^he has no idea

[indigo marsh]

Stalker 2 will not have the VNs you are talking about

[sand fiber]

strelok will transition

this is true!

[indigo marsh]

Stalker 2 will have, 3 brand new factions, and ISKRA & SIRCAA

[dense hatch]

it's still the same

[indigo marsh]

You checked too late

[indigo marsh]

But it will not have puppygirls

[dense hatch]

you don't know that

[sand fiber]

Sakharov seems the kind of guy to be interested in creating puppygirl hrt tbh

[indigo marsh]

Sakharov lives really close to a kamyrov emitter like the BRAIN SCHORCHER

[dense hatch]

replacement for the CoP ending slide

[sand fiber]

2004 Oblivion Lost plot but instead of Grey Brothers it's transfem girlthings

[wide flume]

Greklok

[indigo marsh]

How about you play Dsh or face 2000 hrs of gamma/OLR 3

[sand fiber]

i actually wanted to try gamma but uh

[dense hatch]

dsh?

[sand fiber]

OP 2.09 with NLC gameplay

[dense hatch]

yikes

[indigo marsh]

Merge of op 2.09 with Nlc mechanics

[sand fiber]

a trillion gigabytes for absolutely no reason

the western school of modding

[grim palm]

[dense hatch]

some of the planned changes for gamma are awful

[sand fiber]

what are they

[dense hatch]

lemme make a list

[worthy lagoon]

Grok yourself

[sand fiber]

already groked

[dense hatch]

-nerf scopes with NVG to force the player to always have NVG scopes or skip night,
-add a bunch of new weapons for no reason because they fill a niche that nobody uses
-inconsequential stuff like freezooming consuming stamina or slightly changing animations for running with certain guns

I think he actually removed removed a single gun in the past 6 months

so the file size is still absurd

I got rid of it after a bit because it ran somewhat poorly, which is a me issue, but it also meant I needed to butcher my pc to get enough storage

[sand fiber]

okay but i literally can't comprehend why it takes 100+20GB of space

a single copy of OP 2.2 is 40GB

like is it all unoptimized 16K textures or???

[sand fiber]

wats freezooming

[dense hatch]

yes

[midnight oar]

🤤

[dense hatch]

zooming without a scope, I can't remember which game it's from

[midnight oar]

16k …. unoptimized…. textures

[dense hatch]

also a bunch of extra stuff that just isn't used during normal gameplay

[midnight oar]

you need to add MORE clutter and misc items to Anomaly

[sand fiber]

i love not having a gameplay philosophy

KURO WHAT DID YOU DO

[dense hatch]

I have no idea what gamma is trying to be every time I look at it also rip

[sand fiber]

WHY AM I A GROK NOW

[midnight oar]

there’s an entire gun in Anomaly that isnt used in any squad or faction

[dense hatch]

someone play taps

[grim palm]

[midnight oar]

the XM8

[sand fiber]

@worthy lagoon BRING ME MY NAME BACK AT ONCE

[dense hatch]

GIVE THEM 15000 GB TEXTURES

[midnight oar]

GIVE ME THE SAME VERSION OF A GUN BUT ITS MORE GREEEEEEEEEEEEN

[dense hatch]

HELL YEAH!

[midnight oar]

they dun made the LR-300 NOT green

[worthy lagoon]

Yes.

[worthy lagoon]

Wasn't me

I bet it was Vasim

[jovial monolith]

I just walked into the jupiter plant and a bunch of pseudodogs jumped at a wall and scared the HELL out of me

I just jumped

THEY ARENT REALLLL

[wraith socket]

Those are not guns that are normally issued to US Miliary forces. Now what "Soldiers of Fortune" or Mercenaries not affiliated with the US Military can carry, is totally up to them. They can carry any weapons including those of the Soviet Union. It has no meaning. If GSC wanted to imply the US Military was involved, they would have used standard issued weapons, as if they came from the US Military. When the games came out in 2007, most Americans had never even heard of the LR-300, since it was designed for target shooting competitions, and was not marketed to anyone using it as their weapon of choice for going someplace outside of the US, especially Ukraine. In other words, it was a really strange choice. I have never met anyone that bought one, wanted one or used one. While it does have applications for Military or Law Enforcement, again there is a vast array of more mass produced and well-known choices. To explain this another way, the choice of the LR-300 is so obscure it would be similar to someone creating a game about World War II and all the German soldiers were carrying the StG 44, as if that was commonplace for everyone to have one. The LR-300 is that obscure. Yes, it is possible but really not feasible for the expectation. The only thing it has going for it, is the use of 5.56. I own more than a dozen weapons shooting 5.45, while only one shooting 5.56.

"Message could not be loaded". I don't know what you are replying to. You say "I hope you're not serious about this))))" to which I am going to assume you are talking about the Soviet Tank in the Marshes. That I am serious about. The bottom line on this, it's not about what you think. It is not about what I think. GSC Game World intentionally decided to use tank turret for a reason. They put it there, and they didn't have to or need to, since it was buried in the mud and water, but they did. That fact remains.

[indigo marsh]

It tells you what the message is when you click on the "Message could not be loaded"

[wraith socket]

CoC uses the Marshes level from Clear Sky. It is unchanged. No matter if it is Clea rSky or a Mod based on CoC, the window remains and the person manning the PKM has their back to the Player.

[wraith socket]

I did click on it. it didn't take me anywhwere.

[indigo marsh]

Yeah. Also Even if they do have the Standard service rifle of the US, it doesn't mean that they are US army, since they add it since the M4 is a really popular rifle because of its use by the United States.

[indigo marsh]

Huh. It usually works for me

[pseudo rivet]

Yeah, but there's no RP-74 there

[wraith socket]

You could just tell me. Mercs? tanks? Wagner joke?

[indigo marsh]

He was replying to this: #⭐┃nospoilers_general message

[wraith socket]

The games call it RP-74. I call it PKM . Same weapon.

[pseudo rivet]

It still isn't there in Vanilla

[wraith socket]

So what are you saying is there instead?

[pseudo rivet]

Nothing

[wraith socket]

1.5.10 removed the RP-74?

[pseudo rivet]

Guess so

[indigo marsh]

I play on 1.5.10 and I have never seen that

[wraith socket]

You all have no idea how much 1.5.10 sucks. The entire Faction Wars got gimped. It cut in half the number of Renegades you had to kill to reach Expert rank. 1.5.10 really made everything so much easier. I guess people whined it was too hard in the earlier versions or someone at GSC decided to make it easier for everyone.

[pseudo rivet]

I know

It do B wat it B

Hey Tejas, any tips on how to effectively ensure I am able to side with Morgan? I've already failed The Hit but I can't get the mission from Owl

[wraith socket]

My experience with Clear Sky is 1.5.3, 1.5.4, 1.5.5, 1.5.6, 1.5.7, 1.5.8 and 1.5.10.

[indigo marsh]

I use 1.5.10 because it is the one that steam installs by default (bc it is the most modern) and I didn't know that earlier version had big changes like that. I thought it only added bug fixes and the AK 74 you spawn with.

[indigo marsh]

What version would you say is the best?

[wraith socket]

Yes, all digital versions by default are 1.5.10.

[wraith socket]

What did you do during "The Hit"?

[pseudo rivet]

Inform Beard, side with Bandits, Shevchenko empty

[wraith socket]

1.5.7 or 1.5.8. The 1.5.6 was not an authorized GSC patch. The publisher Quicksilver actually released that and it was immediately buggy.

[pseudo rivet]

Just like Space Marine armor, there's no Mark 9

[wraith socket]

Did you warn Spartacus?

[pseudo rivet]

No, Beard

[indigo marsh]

Anything really major between 1.5.7 and 1.5.8 or is it pick your poison?

[pseudo rivet]

I then sided with the Bandits and the ship was obviously empty

[spring apex]

there is patch 1.5.09

i think it mainly deathmatch stuff

[wraith socket]

How did you side with the Bandits? What do you mean the ship was obviously empty?

[spring apex]

bruh you now play oblivion lost remake gamma remake

[celest blaze]

@sand fiber you're finally based

In grok we trust ONG

[pseudo rivet]

Well, if you warn Beard about the attack and then decide to side with the Bandits, Spartacus and his group will be gone and Knuckles will take your money

That or you can decide to fight Knuckles

[spring apex]

try just killing anyone there? bandit and loners

[wraith socket]

I wouldn't do that. I joined Knuckles on the Skadovsk raid, but I just watched and did not take sides. Sometimes the Bandits won. Sometimes Spartacus won. If Spartacus wins he is avaiblable to attack Morgan. If Spartacus is killed, whether or not the Loners win or are killed, the surviving Loners had new NPCs added for the Morgan mission. When I am asked to protect Morgan, I do not. I have a special place I go, where I kill no Bandits and I kill no Loners. I kill no one at the Hit and I kill no one to protect Morgan.

[pseudo rivet]

Any way to have both Spartacus and Knuckles live while also having access to siding with Morgan?

[wraith socket]

I actualy show up tp protect Morgan only carrying a pistol.

[wraith socket]

The Hit usually has only one side winning.

[still ridge]

Tbh I don’t think deggy took sides in the conflict as of HoC, but maybe he did and sultan took over anyway?

[wraith socket]

I think one time I played, the last men killed each other and no one won.

[sand fiber]

Amen

[spring apex]

damn never tried that. one thing for sure to get owl transaction mission i'd kill everyone there

[wraith socket]

I've done all 3 versions of The Hit. I've done all three versions of the Morgan meeting the Bandits. It was fun doing the Sultan version because I could go to Beard and threaten him for money and his dialogue was him shaking and sweating, so to speak.

[pseudo rivet]

Anyways, this doesn't work

I forgot how I managed to trigger it the first time I did it

[wraith socket]

My favorite Achievement is Man of Balance. 2nd is Diplomat. I can play a complete game of CoP without killing any Bandits, turning Tuna and his men neutral. Letting Snag live and letting Sultan's Escort (Snag's potential killer) live. The only ones in the game I am killing are Zombies, Mercs and Morgan, before going to Pripyat. However, it requires plenty of manual saves and you have to reload if something doesn't go right. I never use Quick Saves or Quick Loads, as they easily corrupt.

[pseudo rivet]

Alright, fixed it

Got the mission

[wraith socket]

However, I've done the Friends of Loners, the Friends of Duty, the Friends of Freedom and the Authority (Friends of Bandits) in other games and some of those you can combine but never Duty & Freedomn or Loners & Bandits at the same time.

[wraith socket]

What did you do different?

[spring apex]

i did a gameplay which i kill anyone. all the way to the entire evacuation team killed.

[wraith socket]

Me showing up to protect Morgan:

The Loot after all the Loners and Bandits are killed, including the 2 Mercs:

What Morgan thought about me protecting him:

Where you go when the "Transaction" goes down, makes all the difference in the world. After all, both the Loners and Bandits will shoot you. The idea is, no one sees you.

[spring apex]

how often morgan gets killed and causes you to load a save?

[pseudo rivet]

Go with Knuckles, don't talk with him and go directly to Skadovsk, sleep 24 hours and the mission gets cancelled

[spring apex]

oh so the skip it all the way lol

[wraith socket]

I have very little to none experience, using the "sleep" function in the game.

[pseudo rivet]

Pretty sure it doesn't even have to be 24 hours

I think I just slept to 8 AM

[spring apex]

i'd sleep to quickly reset a-life

[pseudo rivet]

Sleep to instantly get Nimble's orders

That and artifact farming

[wraith socket]

I have things to do other than sleeping. The only thing I want from Nimble is the night vision helmet.

Did you know that any weapon you buy from Nimble cost way much more to repair, than the same weapons you get off looting?

[spring apex]

yeah it is tagged different in the game file also. (G36_nimble)

[pseudo rivet]

I mean, you can simply get the Tactical Helmet for free at the Cement Factory

[spring apex]

like that

[wraith socket]

However, I think you gotta buy a weapon.rifle from him to trigger Snag flipping out.

[spring apex]

yep. if you carry normal gp37 for example, snag wouldnt trigger. since the normal gp37 is just (wpn_g36). while nimble's g36 tagged (wpn_g36_nimble)

[wraith socket]

Yes, if you leave Zaton early. You can also get the Armsel Striker in Zaton if you are patient.

[spring apex]

part of me why CoP stash system sucked

can get OP items early game

[pseudo rivet]

Yeah, it's kinda wack

[wraith socket]

I have a bad habit of sometimes using the game names for weapons and the real names for weapons, so bear with me.

[pseudo rivet]

SoC's and CS' system better

[pseudo rivet]

Eliminator

[wraith socket]

I hope HoC goes back to activated stashes but it will probably be both open and activated.

All 3 games are so different for different reasons. That is why they should be played in order of release and not chronologically.

If HoC is going to call Loners as Free Stalkers, that is going to make my blood boil.

[pseudo rivet]

Anything is better than Loner Stalker

[dense hatch]

yet another CoP L

[wraith socket]

Loner Stalker is better than Free Stalker. Free is a dumb term poorly translated. GSC hired some clowns to translate the English version in 2010, that had zero experience with the game.

[dense hatch]

I don't know, it has some charm

I don't think SoC would be as fun if it didn't have such silly dialog and dubbing

[pseudo rivet]

Free Stalker makes sense

Loners are Loners

[wraith socket]

In 2009 the GSC Forums Community provided an English translation to the exclusive 2009 Russian language only version. There are vast differences between Players of the game translating things and the clowns hired in 2010 that did not know the lore, characters or audience of the game.

I think they should just be called Loners. In my mind ALL people entering the Zone are Stalkers, regardless of the Faction they end up in. I will always just say Loners.

GSC shouldn't have keep changing the names from SoC for the Loners.

Vobla became Tuna. Rogue became Strider (LOTR reference?) Garik was changed to Gary because the translators thought the name Garik too unusual or strange and should be something English speaking people could identify better with, the pathetic "Gary". There is a reason why GSC called him Garik, from SoC.

[celest goblet]

Loners makes sense as the term for unaffiliated stalkers. Does not necessarily mean they never work together, just that there is no organization.

[wraith socket]

I guess not being organized like the other Factions, is poorly translated that they are "Free". The word free should not be used unless it is inside the word 'Freedom", which is another Faction.

Don't get me wrong. I am not here to complain about GSC. I think they are great. I'm only describing what took place and how some things changed for the English language are not what they should have been...in my mind. My opinion is just that, the thoughts of one person, who makes no decisions with the outcome we receive.

Inside the Bandit house in Limansk with my homies. I'm a Merc.

Walking with Sultan's Escort to see where he goes after the Snag incident.

Walking with one of the Monolith who joined Duty, patrolling the Jupiter factory.

[gray matrix]

I mean, it is what they are called in Russian cop.

It’s Gsc that decided to change the name of loners, not translators

[pearl jacinth]

who green'd my pripyat

[nova ore]

Would yall reccomend I playthrough the OG 3 games before playing anomaly?

[chilly vector]

Yes and then don't play anomaly

[nova ore]

Why

?

[chilly vector]

Plenty of other better mods that aren't anomaly, freeplay and story wise. @granite mortar is better to ask they're smarter than me

Check the pins in #🔩┃trilogy_modifications for a flowchart lookin thing

[nova ore]

So your reason is that there are good mods that are anomaly

[chilly vector]

No there are mods that aren't anomaly that are actually good, anomaly is not good

[nova ore]

Didn't say they're better than anomaly, just that they're good + aren't anomaly, which makes no sense

[nova ore]

And why isn't it good?

If it's cuz of the lore then I could give two fucks.

[dense hatch]

item bloat, a lot of balance issues, a lack of content other than Freeplay, being based on misery which is abysmal

also being quite poorly optimized and unstable

[chilly vector]

Yup

[nova ore]

I'm assuming misery is a difficulty?

[dense hatch]

no, it's an overhaul mod for CoP that is infamous for artificial difficulty

[nova ore]

Just like, inflating enemies health and whatnot?

[dense hatch]

health and damage, along with accuracy

[nova ore]

I noticed that with a guy who played stalker anomaly, he got one hit by a boar

[dense hatch]

the original trilogy is also just really fun

[nova ore]

Honestly for anomaly I mostly liked the graphics, improved gunplay, and expanded crafting system

I'm going to give anomaly a try after I finish the trilogy

I appreciate both of your guys input, tho

[dense hatch]

I wasn't a huge fan of the visuals of anomaly just because it's not as interesting as SoC or clear sky can look

[nova ore]

Also another thing I liked about anomaly is how enemies are more scarce but were more tougher

In SoC I saw 6 boars in a single area fighting against a pack of dogs lmao

[dense hatch]

oh SoC and CS go hard into the more arcade feel when it comes to the enemy counts

[nova ore]

Figured, I also noticed that loot from mutants is absurdly rare

[spring apex]

very. anomaly expects player to have already played the trilogy first.

[nova ore]

Gotcha, thanks

[broken latch]

[oblique thistle]

Make Chymo proud by playing the OGs

A lot of Anomaly players haven't played the trilogy. So bonus points for you for actually playing the trilogy

[gaunt burrow]

I see your point Tejas. Although GSC changing CoP Gariks name to Gary I actually agree with because theres already an NPC called Garik in SoC

[dense hatch]

also gary is much funnier than garik

[gaunt burrow]

Different NPCs with the same name might cause confusion

[solid cosmos]

Gary escaped from fallout 3 and came to the zone 😭

[gaunt burrow]

Even in RU dub theres a case of NPCs having same name (or even cases but rn I can remember only 1). both Drifter and Strider are called "Бродяга"

[dense hatch]

same names are awful when it comes to series with finicky lore

[gaunt burrow]

Anyways gn guys

[gray matrix]

I am 100% sure it’s not related to that lol

Cop translation was so lackluster they for sure did not go back to previous games to see which character names have already been taken

[gilded flower]

walking by them all
And you can even say...my name..have the memeory gone are you feeling numb..not a word..they say...

[jovial monolith]

im playing cop and im in the tunnel to pripyat rn and like I keep reloading saves I CANNOT let these guys die

[fierce pier]

I did the same thing. Once you remember the enemy sniper spawn points it becomes a bit easier to manage.

[gilded flower]

Be the first person

[jovial monolith]

it feels like im playing halo CE again bro

[gilded flower]

who walks in

[jovial monolith]

I am the mfs just jump around a lot

and I thought I brought enough ammo, I still think I did but im running out decently quick tbh

[gilded flower]

I'm that one sonvbich that catchs bullet in head without getting killed

[jovial monolith]

like 300 rounds for my VSS and 110 for my eliminator

[jovial monolith]

real

[fierce pier]

What dfficulty?

[jovial monolith]

master

[gilded flower]

ma man

[jovial monolith]

schlawg I havent had to expend tons of ammo like this before

[fierce pier]

You can do it!

[oblique thistle]

Man, I love master difficulty. I got shot in the face on full health and my health drops to half

[hazy path]

Has GSC ever made a clear stance on modding S2?

From what I can tell they say they are cool with it but like...how is it going to work?

[jovial monolith]

I cant seem to figure out how to power the doors in this place lmao

[pearl jacinth]

love is in the air? wrong! AN EMISSION IS APPROACHING, STALKERS. TAKE SHELTER NOW

[finite dragon]

guys real question not a troll question but why does everyone say anomaly is bad, i thought it was considered good. ive never played it so i have no say

[sand fiber]

SDK post-release, actual functionality is unknown
GSC claims it's open, vast and allows for things, but nobody knows for sure
i don't have the technical knowledge to comprehend whether or not UE5 is capable/open enough to allow for total conversions

keep in mind, even if it's heavily locked we still have (and will have new) leaked builds, which might help

[sand fiber]

overhyped, dubious quality

[nova ore]

:(

[sand fiber]

whaaa

[nova ore]

[sand fiber]

whaaaaa

[nova ore]

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[celest blaze]

anomaly is playable but CoTZ is alot better

[nova ore]

Whats cotz stand for

[paper pasture]

Lore wise how many stalkers do you think are in the exclusion zone at any time

[nova ore]

10

[pearl jacinth]

at least 2

holy shit i set my water bottle down on my desk and some water came splashing out

[celest blaze]

call of the zone

[nova ore]

May I have download link

[celest blaze]

https://www.moddb.com/mods/doctorx-call-of-the-zone

[finite dragon]

currently playing Peak Sky

[celest blaze]

Based pfp user playing based game

[sand fiber]

Call of the Zone, a Call of Chernobyl fork

[celest blaze]

call of the peak

[nova ore]

Is it standalone?

[finite dragon]

yea

[celest blaze]

yes

[sand fiber]

yes

[nova ore]

Spicy

[finite dragon]

we can go gyat for gyat 🗣️

[celest blaze]

Rip DoctorX

[nova ore]

Is it anymore complicated to get working than anomaly

[celest blaze]

🗣️🔥

[celest blaze]

naw its pretty easy to get going

[nova ore]

Sick!

[sand fiber]

it's literally a repack
anyway go play better mods

[celest blaze]

stop hating on cotz

its great mod

[finite dragon]

erm I recommend op2.2 🤓

[sand fiber]

cotz is alright but it's nothing special, CoC and its forks just aren't good

[finite dragon]

amirit grokar

[sand fiber]

the grok

[finite dragon]

I still have no idea what op2.2 is

[nova ore]

At this point I'm about to just play anomaly

[sand fiber]

PLAY MODS WITH STORY AND VISION

[celest blaze]

naw play cotz

[finite dragon]

just play the game normally then start modding

[sand fiber]

and if you need freeplay to survive then play the three good coc forks yeagh

[celest blaze]

based

[nova ore]

How's the crafting system?

[celest blaze]

??

[nova ore]

It's the most enticing part of anomaly to me

[celest blaze]

you mean like weapon and armor upgrading ?

[sand fiber]

GROK YOURSELFFF