⭐┃nospoilers_general

[analog kite]

Ooooo

Also I have read about how we all treated Sidorovich too harshly as he is actually fair

But the thing is, isn't his expensive prices for newbies unironically pushing them to banditery out of desperation?

I think an AK cost 20k RU while fricking low level arties in cordon were only around 3-5k

Uh-huh

[sly stump]

@azure nimbus #🎲the_zone message

[analog kite]

If I recall from their quotes and lore, bandits are often starving etc

[clever vale]

Can u complete every quest given by characters or do they keep auto generating quests in SoC

[frigid monolith]

Still no single word on the review embargo?

[nimble cipher]

pingasphobia has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[celest blaze]

also most do not want to be bandits as i believe most are moral people

[analog kite]

See, here's the thing

Thanks to Sidorovich admittedly ridiculous prices, newbie stalker materials were pushed toward banditery out of desperation

Which means that Sidorovich is at fault over how strong the bandit is, not entirely on him but he plays a viral part in indirectly giving them fresh supply of men

That's why in any stalker games we play, most locations in cordon north of rookie village

Are bandit infested (or soldiers by bridge)

[clever vale]

When do the artifacts get good in SoC

I’ve been using stone blood since I started the game

The other artifacts give +5 rads and a +2 of a random stat

[cunning vigil]

I never bother with artifacts in SoC

[analog kite]

I hope stalker 2 artifacts are better and there's more of em

[clever vale]

Apart from one gives a +133 to bleeding but idk what that would even be useful for

[analog kite]

Imagine if stalker 2 encompass the entire map + new locations

[cunning vigil]

So you don't have to use bandages

[hazy helm]

Aye

[dense hatch]

they're extremely common

[cunning vigil]

You only need the one that give stam

[dense hatch]

I've come out of agroprom with over 3 dozen

[hazy helm]

In a game where bleeding is caused by being damaged, anti bleeding would be very very good (which it is)

[clever vale]

Oh I thought that meant you inflict bleed more often

[dense hatch]

kind of?

you can still find rare artefacts early on but they're used more as rewards for secrets

like there's a mama's beads in dark valley

[clever vale]

But there’s an over abundance of bandages maybe it’s more useful on harder difficulties

[celest goblet]

Once you start reaching wild territory and onward you can find the good stuff more

[clever vale]

I’ll remember that when I come back after finishing the trilogy

[dense hatch]

not bleeding is useful for stacking bandages as healing

[dense hatch]

it also depends on weather and time

meaning you can get a ton of artefacts while backtracking

[celest goblet]

If you want a moonlight in SOC you have to show up at night

[clever vale]

Oh I see

[dense hatch]

you can find a ton of them at the CNPP but they're pretty pointless at that point

[sharp maple]

I'm looking forward to seeing how/if artifact hunting has evolved in 2.

[lost vault]

Hello everyone, please tell me where I can write my suggestion for improving the game?

[dense hatch]

there's this one pit with over 2 dozen but it hurts you to be down there

[clever vale]

Also how do I attach this scope to my gun in SoC

[dense hatch]

#📜┃s2_suggestions

[dense hatch]

equip, then drag it onto the gun

[celest goblet]

I found one at the wild territory train yard on my way back from x-16 on my most recent playthrough

[clever vale]

No way

[dense hatch]

which one?

[clever vale]

I was dragging in my inventory but it never worked so I thought I needed a merchant or work bench

[slender crown]

hello stalkers

[dense hatch]

oh there's also the useless unique merc suit in wild territory

I have no idea why they made it so bad

[celest goblet]

A moonlight

[analog kite]

I can't wait for Skibidi 2 heart of ohio

[celest goblet]

I like to run so it's nice to have, best stamina artifact in the game

[analog kite]

I want to see strelok again as he goes "it's stalking time"

[severe turtle]

Hello guys! It's me, Im new here

[clever vale]

Wow I feel stupid

[hazy helm]

Go to #📜┃s2_suggestions and read the pinned rules

[inner vault]

hello i have a question about preorder S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl Collector's Edition Reprint i would know if i have a code for the game at the release or wait the delivry physical item

[clever vale]

I dropped the scope cause i couldn’t figure it out🥲

[lost vault]

thank you

[celest goblet]

Code will come in email

[severe turtle]

@analog kite

[analog kite]

Skibidi gyatt Ohio fanum taxing stalking arties oppenheimer

[severe turtle]

Real penguin ???

[analog kite]

....Yes

[severe turtle]

what the sigma

[hazy helm]

We should start banning people for such offenses

[jaunty pebble]

you will get sent the code by Email on release day

[analog kite]

I think half of those chatting here just got brainrot seizures

[jaunty pebble]

thats what i have been saying for weeks Vasim

[analog kite]

That is not so sigma of you, skibidi 😭 think of the baby gronks

[sharp maple]

Please

[severe turtle]

Hawk tuah

[celest blaze]

i hope there is a hawk tuah mutant ong

[analog kite]

https://tenor.com/view/tyler1-gif-21550111

DARNIT.

I have failed my rizzed ancestors.

[hazy helm]

https://tenor.com/view/embarrassed-embarassed-benjammins-ben-jammins-embarrassing-gif-5613503079993356631

[worthy lagoon]

@hazy helm @granite mortar are you ready?

[analog kite]

For my failure, I must pay with my life.

[hazy helm]

For my nuts?

[analog kite]

Ummm watessigma

[severe turtle]

so many mods here

[celest blaze]

lol

[worthy lagoon]

For stalker gamma 2

[analog kite]

The mods assembled together once I started brainrotting out of boredom 😭 apologies

[clever vale]

Projected for 2076

[celest blaze]

you will pay for your crimes

[worthy lagoon]

Sorry that was a joke

[analog kite]

But I can't stop the Freddy Fazbearing har har har har

[worthy lagoon]

Gunslinger 2

[severe turtle]

So skibidi so fanum tax

[hazy helm]

https://tenor.com/view/desk-gif-21857082

[celest blaze]

i WANT call of the zone 2

[sharp maple]

We don't even need gunslinger 2

[cunning vigil]

21st can't come any faster

[analog kite]

This is the part where we get more tacticool escape from Tarkov stalker 2 mods

[celest blaze]

i'm gonna ban anyone who uses them

[analog kite]

Stalker 76

[celest blaze]

id take this over gamma

[severe turtle]

20th it releases

[clever vale]

Hope stalker 2 has cod onmimovement

[analog kite]

Cordon roooooad take me hoooome to the zoooone where I belooooong

[celest blaze]

🤢

[analog kite]

I hope stalker 2 has Nicki Minaj and goku

Even better, it needs MICROTRANSACTIONS!!!!

(totally not EA)

[sharp maple]

I hope so too

[severe turtle]

It won't have micro transac

[celest blaze]

ngl 76 got alot better

[sharp maple]

Still doodoo

[analog kite]

We will force players to pay everytime they reload

[clever vale]

I hope it has a battle pass with a subscription service for better drops

[celest blaze]

naw

[sharp maple]

But I'm not gonna judge

[severe turtle]

needs cross save tho

[analog kite]

We will force players to pay to save the game

We will force players to pay to even be able to own guns in stalker 2

[jaunty pebble]

such an Ubisoft move

[analog kite]

WE WILL FORCE PLAYERS TO PAY TO BREATHE!!!

[clever vale]

EA*

[severe turtle]

both

[jaunty pebble]

nah, EA wouldnt give a game at the first place

[clever vale]

Ubisoft isn’t bright enough to charge people to save so they make nft games

That no one plays

[analog kite]

Concord

[celest blaze]

i cant believe they released that nft game lol

[analog kite]

Imagine if EA or Ubisoft stole Stalker IP

We are going to have a 5 vs 5 hero shooter stalker 2

[celest blaze]

i pray ubisoft collapses and shuts down

[sharp maple]

They released an nft game? 💀

[clever vale]

U don’t wanna pay 66000 for a table top mini to play pvp on a game that has a botting issue already

[sharp maple]

No wonder they're going bankrupt

[celest blaze]

yes after outlaws they released it on the DL

[clever vale]

[clever vale]

The share holding are going to sell the ceo for more stock

[celest blaze]

Champions Tactics: Grimoria Chronicles a pure blockchain nft game

[analog kite]

We all may agree, that Ubisoft needs to...

Skibidie.

[sharp maple]

I'm gonna puke

[analog kite]

COURT IS NOW IN SESSION, SUSSY BAKAS

[clever vale]

Wait guys we just need another Tom Clancy game but make it like call of duty

[analog kite]

I vote to throw Ubisoft CEO into a whirligig. Take it or leave it.

[celest blaze]

you have to buy these heros aswell with cash lol

[analog kite]

It's gonna be a quadruple A experience.

[clever vale]

Who released skull and bones

[analog kite]

Obama

[celest blaze]

check offtopic they got some listed for 300 millon dollars lol

[sharp maple]

Wtf is pod?

[clever vale]

I wish it would’ve at least had a scene where everything gets drone strikes

[sharp maple]

Oh boomer racing game, never heard of it.

[vast zenith]

guys someone know when exactly s2 coming? like time, evening or morning?

[wraith wave]

my internet slow as hell let me preload on steam

[clever vale]

They will release the time soon

[vast zenith]

no

like 20 november i know

[clever vale]

#📜┃gsc-answers message

[vast zenith]

but 20 November evening or morning

[clever vale]

We don’t know

[vast zenith]

thx

[worthy lagoon]

I hope it's in the morning or midnight

So i can download the game during the day

Since I'll be busy for the whole day either way

[clever vale]

I got 4 days to speed run the trilogy

Is CS or CoP very long story wise?

[vast zenith]

You guys helped more than the ua chat

[clever vale]

[earnest bear]

16:00 utc is the time for xbox so i guess its the same for pc

[worn oar]

[fallow garden]

Welcome to Gboard clipboard, any text you copy will be saved here.

[dusty kernel]

when does preload start for gamepass players?

[loud gate]

Won't.

[dusty kernel]

damn

[clever vale]

Game pass heh

[spark grotto]

essentially if u have bad internet it launches 20th u play the 21th

[dusty kernel]

given i live in germany, it'll be on the 25th

[untold salmon]

Rip

[static compass]

[spark grotto]

i rmbr when i had to install gta 5 it took an eternity then and its half the size

[static compass]

How about Richter downing 9 cans of nonstop in 30 minutes

Bro's heart is gonna explode

[clever vale]

I’ll Bluetooth u my wifi

[spark grotto]

thank you g

[jaunty pebble]

someone counted... Bro downed 3 bottles of horilka, 6 cans of Non Stop, two sausages, a loaf of bread, a can of tushonka and 9 cigarettes in 30 minutes

[static compass]

Bro must have been hungry lmao

[crisp ruin]

bro is running to diabetes

[native ibex]

Bacon is always worth early death

[proper rock]

Hi GSC, can you tell us how the multiplayer system will work? Will we be able to host our own games in P2P (Peer2Peer) or via a private server? Or will we have to go through official servers to create our games?

Questione asked, done. I hope to get an answer.
I guess nobody have information about this yet right ?

[frigid monolith]

Nah. They need to tell us when the review embargo lifts.

[static compass]

Speed run

[native ibex]

You'll need to go through the nanny state AI system that ensures you don't use bad words over voice chat

[jaunty pebble]

currently no information as the full focus is on the singleplayer aspect. Expect more details about MP mode Post Release

[native ibex]

Did I stutter

[indigo marsh]

What is a din din? I don't remember it

[native ibex]

Gonna go have some bacon and eggs rn

[proper rock]

That's why i though, i hope to have information about this soon !

[clever vale]

eggs suck when u remember ur eating eggs

[jaunty pebble]

the one thing we know is that there will be no Co-Op aspect

[clever vale]

[proper rock]

What you mean friend ?

[clever vale]

If they can do it in Skyrim they can do it in stalker

[indigo marsh]

It likely will be a TDM just like in the other stalker games

[native ibex]

No, that's the best part. I'm just like a Dunmer

[jaunty pebble]

Basically, there will be no Co-operative Play like doing the story with your friend.

[static compass]

If I'm correct, Richter drank 2,250 ml of caffeine in 30 minutes 💀

[jaunty pebble]

Its because the whole idea of Co-Op doesnt fit to the intention of STALKER where you are meant to be alone

[naive fog]

Kwas?

[jaunty pebble]

Segments such as Agroprom Underground or X Labs wouldnt be as creepy as they are if Co-Op was in the OG games

[naive fog]

Yeah but same irl

[late hazel]

Guys help........ I can't do this any longer.......

[feral nest]

then bust

[wheat shell]

I gotta skip the day.
First step: go sleep 😄

[celest blaze]

do what ?

[proper rock]

So it can be PVP or something like this ?

[late hazel]

This..........................................

[feral nest]

Would you like to fast travel to Stalker 2 release?

[static compass]

[wheat shell]

But it cost real money…

[celest blaze]

only if its immersive through guides

[late hazel]

This thing of trying to pre-install stalker 2 every 3 minutes on gamepass

[feral nest]

real question, why do gunshots in stalker 2 look like your shooting a lightning ball out of your gun?

[late hazel]

I actually wondered the exact same thing

[waxen nacelle]

Anomaly fields moved and sealed known roads to locations. We need to wait untill new are discovered.

[celest blaze]

i hate bethesda style map fast travel it trivializes the game imo

[late hazel]

R E A L S H I T

[feral nest]

then you never played Skyrim Eldergleam Survival

[waxen nacelle]

Best fast travel is limited one that you can get from specific points.

[celest blaze]

no just lorerim

[late hazel]

Is fast travel gonna be a big thing in this game?

[weak olive]

Hello guys. I'm here with just one question, for now. It is just me, or they took away the A-Life description on the Steam store page? I remember not long ago in one of those bullet points, describing the amazing things they have for us, but now it is just something like "detailed AI"
Did they remove this?

[celest blaze]

no i feel itll be like the trilogy

[feral nest]

they use ChatGBT 4o based AI now bro

[jaunty pebble]

More of like Guide's from Clear Sky, where you pay a NPC and he takes you to the said area

[late hazel]

Sorry guys I hate to be that guy, but I'm new to stalker 😄

[celest blaze]

no worries

[static compass]

Welcome to the zone

[late hazel]

Oh but i gothca, you have to talk to an NPC you can't just open a map and fast travel

[jaunty pebble]

Nah no problem, Its actually good to have new people joining

[feral nest]

It’s actually stated that you must own and play through the original trilogy to be able to load up stalker 2, it will not load unless you owned and logged atleast 45 hours in the trilogy.

[weak olive]

I'm... Serious. They changed the requirements. Maybe they are cutting things because optimization issues on day one release?

[late hazel]

Well I guess I'll just go F myself then lol

LMFAO I SAW THAT

[celest blaze]

whats if gamma was like this lol

[static compass]

[late hazel]

talks about god before I can f her in the......

[feral nest]

I could never get past the loading screen in Gamma

[static compass]

Force all Gamma players to play the trilogy before they play Stalker 2? So based

[feral nest]

Trying to leave rookie village in anomaly is like trying to start a Space X rocket

[jaunty pebble]

As for a serious answer, currently this is what its writing on the Steam Page
"Advanced artificial intelligence systems that will keep engaged even the most hard-boiled players"

For some reason Steam has some sort of a limit on what is in the store pages so add the new stuff in they had to kid of shorten some stuff

[celest blaze]

that would be based AF and COTZ aswell

[static compass]

[celest blaze]

i am Dr.X strongest solider imo

[weak olive]

They could just put ALife 2.0 and all good we fans know how this works.

[clever vale]

Unlucky half the good mods are repacks

[late hazel]

ok on a serious note, should i start straight away on the hardest difficulty? Like as a total noob will I just noit have fun

[hollow plank]

Steam page says this! Coming 20 Nov, 2024
This game plans to unlock in approximately 4 days

ohhhhhh shiiiii

[static compass]

If you want to die a lot, go for it!

[celest goblet]

Idk I'd just start on normal and go from there

[celest blaze]

normal is fine imo

[jaunty pebble]

Unfortunately they also want to sell to new people, and those new players wont know what A-Life is

[celest blaze]

also this ^

[serene urchin]

Hello

[feral nest]

If we get cyberpunk npcs instead of skyrim npcs i will be refunding

[late hazel]

Yeah I think starting on normal is probably a good idea just to get the gist of it

If it's obnoxiously easy i cna make it harder

[static compass]

Hello, hello

[celest blaze]

what does this mean? ( i never played cyberpunk )

[static compass]

I said come in, don't stand there 🗣️

[feral nest]

it means npcs who do absolutely nothing for the world

[late hazel]

WHAT WHY lol

[weak olive]

Dude, when I was a kid and saw stalker a life I thought "WOW WHAT A FANCY NAME, IS THIS SOME MAGIC AI??" sold. And yeah, it was magic. It's generic what they got now

[celest blaze]

i got a big backlog of games i need to get through first on its on my list of games to play later

[feral nest]

Anybody here actually beat Wukong yet? 🤣

[late hazel]

It hurts my soul. Sometimes I just want to observe the NPCs in cyberpunk, they look great but they scream, "I'm an NPC"

[late hazel]

Don't we all haha

[jaunty pebble]

I agree with you by the way, they should have just said A-life but probably there is a reason why they shortened it. everything i said is an assumption

[wispy topaz]

optimization sucked

[celest blaze]

fr plus with stalker 2 coming im gonna be locked in for a long time

[weak olive]

So, you guys think they still have the A-Life 2.0? I'm afraid of the release day. Perhaps they're cutting things down?

[celest blaze]

ngl thats an insane thing to type

[old jungle]

of course they have it

[jaunty pebble]

yes, A-Life 2.0 has been mentioned SEVERAL times on interviews as a thing in the game

[late hazel]

So, based on some videos and stuff I've seen, I've heard the other stalker games had really good AI is that true

[jaunty pebble]

It wont be Stalker if it aint has A-Life

[old jungle]

depends

A-Life and NPC AI are two different things in my opinion

[weak olive]

Eli5?

[patent wolf]

whoelse remortgaged their house to get this game? 🙋‍♂️

[feral nest]

that’s because your a dumbarse

[indigo marsh]

Heard that in OLR 3, the Alife can get docs and stuff before you. Imagine if they add that

[celest blaze]

????

[late hazel]

Depends on what lol

[old jungle]

[feral nest]

i’m playin they are deff different

[late hazel]

Is that really such a big deal? I feel like a lot of people are blowing that a bit overboard...

[celest goblet]

They have continued to discuss A-Life, it just isn't named on the store page I guess

[clever vale]

What is A-Life

[granite mortar]

[celest goblet]

System from the original games that simulates the activity of NPCs not actively loaded into the game

[clever vale]

Frame gen input latency is so minuscule if done right

[old jungle]

you will discover it when playing

[celest blaze]

CoTZ has really good a-life and AI imo

[static compass]

You missed it, we were saying Gamma players should be forced to play the trilogy before they can play Stalker 2

[late hazel]

See, I feel like I haven't noticed much input delay from upscaling. I've played with upscaling a bunch before and haven't noticed it much??

[clever vale]

I play Skyrim with frame gen using darks frame gen and it’s insanely miniscule

3600 mods heh

[celest goblet]

It is a matter of personal preferences and tolerances so what is fine for some people will be annoying for others

[pseudo rivet]

Search for Hermit

[clever vale]

Oh so it’s like immersive ai from skyrim where npcs in the world have jobs and don’t exist for the mc?

[indigo marsh]

AMK autumn edition has good a-life too. It use Rulix's AI changes afaik.

[celest blaze]

lorerim?

[weak olive]

I hate upscaling too. More so frame gen. All so fake. Do you know why they are cutting this things? Because consoles?

[clever vale]

Yeah

[celest goblet]

Yes, though they will have goals that change and move around the zone to accomplish them instead of always doing the same thing

[celest blaze]

based me too i love that modpack

[clever vale]

Playing through a painted world the oblivion mod pack

[celest goblet]

Doesn't seem like anything is being cut really

[late hazel]

yeah I get what you mean 100%. I just can't recall a time where I personally turned on upscaling and felt any kind of input delay. Usually I push a button and it does it, when I tell it to. IDK

[celest blaze]

id love for stalker 2 to have a lorerim equivalent one day

[pseudo rivet]

@granite mortar
I fixed your name

[celest blaze]

same im pumped 0.5 dropped just figuring out what build i wanna do

[clever vale]

Literally only issue I have with oblivion is consistent crashing

[celest blaze]

fr its so damn unstable

[clever vale]

Doing a mage sword type build

[late hazel]

Ok I might be the biggest casual on planet earth but another thing that I've always found odd is the concept of "fake frames" - If you're getting frames i.e., the game is running smoothly, why are we calling them fake. 😂

The frames are happening, your games not stuttering, they're just as real as any other extra frames.

[clever vale]

Bc ai is taking over the world!

[celest blaze]

that sounds like itll be fun

[light jewel]

@azure nimbus if i give my left testicle and my right little toe and some spare bolts i found laying around can we get stalker 2 early? whats a few days its been 14years xD i feel like a meth addict with no meth over here!

[late hazel]

FPS = frames per second, if your games getting higher FPS they're probably not fake they're probably just making your game get higher FPS lol

[frozen yacht]

based

[weak olive]

Thanks for all the info. How do you know all of this?

[clever vale]

Seriously tho it’s just a mentality thing when it comes to how games should be optimized due to how long it takes to make these games and the graphic fidelity that’s needed nowadays in order to have modern graphics

I hated upscaling at first but it’s working wonders on my 30 series

[granite mortar]

Thank you Crispy

[late hazel]

The way I see it, if the technology isn't there for STALKER 2 for example to run such a demaning game WITHOUT upscaling, are we really gonna complain? Wanna wait like 3 more years for technology to catch up? lol

[pseudo rivet]

https://tenor.com/view/pirate-spongebob-gif-17942032727212475337

[clever vale]

I mean lossless scaling exists in steam even if it wasn’t great

[light jewel]

its alright i dont think they would take the deal anyway

[static compass]

If I have to wait any longer I'm gonna explode

[late hazel]

OK I tried lossless scaling THAT was extremely noticeable input lag NGL

[cunning vigil]

Who?

[late hazel]

Couldn't do it.

[pseudo rivet]

Hermit

[celest goblet]

I only play my games with organic, home grown heirloom variety frames

[clever vale]

Depends on the frame generation or scaling u choose

[weak olive]

Ohh...

[fallow garden]

Lossless scaling will work sooooo well. I'm sure of it

[indigo marsh]

The goat

[fallow garden]

If need be..

[cunning vigil]

The game has FSR 3.1. So those with 30 series can use FSR FG

[late hazel]

Okay, really not trying to be rude, would love to understand it better. Whyy does it matter where the frames come from?

[cunning vigil]

FSR FG + DLSS = very playable

[late hazel]

If the game runs smooth, it runs smooth... That's just how I see it, personally, IDGAF where the frames came from

[fallow garden]

It doesn't, unless you're experiencing artifacts or high latency

[late hazel]

Which 99% of the time I don't so generally speaking I don't care LOL

[cunning vigil]

At least in Wukong it was, minus UI Artifacts

[fallow garden]

Yeah basically

[native ibex]

Cheesy scrambled eggs

[late hazel]

Cause I simply wanted to know a reason. Genuine curiosity, chill

[cunning vigil]

I don't think Upscalng or FG is really a bad thing.

[late hazel]

Just sounds like nitpicking imo

[cunning vigil]

Even with them, a badly optimized game will run like crap regardless

[late hazel]

Yep, look at cyberpunk release for example

[hollow plank]

Dragons Dogma 2 at launch agrees, games butter smooth now though

[late hazel]

Nothing was saving that shit.

[lean quiver]

Frame gen is pretty bad for FPS games, the smoothness is not worth the latency cost

[clever vale]

Bo6 had my pc on 50 frames in zombies

Dls had it back to 130

[cunning vigil]

I think for single-player games it's fine. Definitely not MP games

[celest goblet]

If it works for you then it is fine. I am in the same camp where I've generally had a good experience with it

[cunning vigil]

If I can maintain a stable 70 to 80 fps I generally don't use FG.

[late hazel]

Hunt showdown is a beast of a game though and I DON'T NEED upscaling but damn it feels better with it, and again I still feel like when I push a button it happens so idk

[cunning vigil]

FG is bad, Upscaling not so much. But FSR is pretty bad NGL

[severe turtle]

FG isn’t bad if you’re already getting a raw fps of 60+

[cunning vigil]

It's still bad.

[left plume]

who is using a rtx 3080 and ryzen 7 5800X3D? 😄

[cunning vigil]

Fake frames are bad

[severe turtle]

why

[cunning vigil]

I notice and feel the difference

Unless base fps is higher then 60

[outer aurora]

thats what the dude is trying to tell you lol

[severe turtle]

Bruh i just said that

[marsh pond]

Nah I just said that

[cunning vigil]

I am saying it's still bad regardless. I feel the latency difference and artifacts

[hollow plank]

Yeah so if you're rocking a 4060ti you'll notice the frame gen, on higher cards it's hard to notice it

[outer aurora]

"its still bad" dont just blindly hate things my man, it's an option, and extra options are always good for gamers

[late hazel]

ok ok ok wait, so if you're fps on the game is higher than 60 you shouldn't use upscaling?

[ruby warren]

I cant believe they actually added an option to remove the yellow paint lmaooo

[cunning vigil]

That's why I generally don't like to use FG

[outer aurora]

you can use FG to get extra visual smoothness at the cost of small input latency, depends tho

[hardy bear]

Surprised and glad

[severe turtle]

I mean if u think 60 is already smooth enough for you then no need

[cunning vigil]

If I can maintain fps at 80 and above

[late hazel]

Hmm

[hardy bear]

Having it in the labs and stuff makes diegetic sense, but a ladder in a church and out in the swamps?

[cunning vigil]

I don't have a 4060

[hollow plank]

Was just speaking in general not about you, sorry

[cunning vigil]

I also don't have a 40 series lol

[unkempt sinew]

https://tenor.com/view/1-gif-16802062075499853211

[late hazel]

My gpu is good I think my cpu is slightly more outdated though, which is why I'm curious to see what happens with this game.

[hollow plank]

Using DLSS is also better on the Vram usage, not by alot but someone on a 8gb card it may be useful

[cunning vigil]

I played early build of S2 and gamescon. I was afraid. I felt like it was running below 60fps. And I was fairy sure the PC running the game was a 4080 or higher.

[late hazel]

I'm learning stuff I didn't know 😂

[cunning vigil]

So far all the recent gameplay I've seen, looks way better. So I'm hopeful

[jade coral]

It probably was

[cunning vigil]

The game also plays different then the OG games, but also similar.

Similar to the metro games

[hardy bear]

Yeah that sounds about right

[clever vale]

The only gripe I have so far about SoC is the run speed I feel so fast 😭

[hollow plank]

What is your cpu?

[copper otter]

how different? are you allowed to say?

[clever vale]

Feels extremely cartoony to be so fast in a game where ur killed in one bullet

[late hazel]

amd 5600x

[hollow plank]

Recommended is a 5800x so take from that what you will, think you'll be fine, what resolution

[cunning vigil]

Modern, but also old school feel. If you played any of the Metro games, you know.

[indigo marsh]

You will get slower when you get some loot

[native ibex]

Yeah, but also the best way to play 2077.

[cunning vigil]

I play 2077 at 80fps with high setter without FG

[clever vale]

I’ve been at 49/50 pounds for the entire play time

[native ibex]

I did find 2033 to be a very clunky experience

[indigo marsh]

Endurance Artifacts?

[obtuse quartz]

what hardware do you use?

[late hazel]

1440p. I will probably need to use upscaling on this game, I'd turn on upscaling for the nice visuals on this game any day though.

[cunning vigil]

It feels closer to Exodus then 2033

[hollow plank]

To max out cyberpunk with pathtracing at 4k you need frame gen and dlss

[native ibex]

Huh. Nice. I have a pretty good card, but...

[cunning vigil]

3080/5900

[clever vale]

Oh yeah sorry

[obtuse quartz]

okay not bad

[clever vale]

[clever vale]

No just stone blood

[indigo marsh]

I don't see why it's a problem. It is a g gift from the zone.

[clever vale]

I’m on MOTZ and I don’t think it changes anything in the department of run speed when close to over weight

[tribal hemlock]

So far the nvidia benchmark was only tested with intel 14900k cpu, how about X3D cpus from amd? Maybe they will be a better choice for ue5 game?

[cunning vigil]

I'd say add 10 to 20fps

[clever vale]

Do the new intel chips still brick?

[indigo marsh]

That makes sense. It's not banilla.

[late hazel]

Mine did. Idk if the new new ones do though

[still zephyr]

any optimism about coop/multiplayer in the future for stalker 2?

[celest goblet]

The new ones shouldn't have that issue. The main issue is they aren't that good

The new AMD CPU is good but also sold out everywhere

[still zephyr]

😭 the community should beg for it 24/7 till it happens ngl (officialy)

[tribal hemlock]

I hope that stalker 2 will utilize V-cache more, hopefully its not going to bottleneck gpus as we could see it with 14900k

[indigo marsh]

There will likely be a TDM game mod just like the vanilla games

[celest blaze]

co-op doesnt even fit stalker tbh

or the trilogy

[still zephyr]

i know, and in my opinion it could be insanely better in coop

[indigo marsh]

Just wait for someone to mod it in after the SDK releases.

[granite mortar]

KG*

[celest goblet]

The game is built entirely around being single player

[static compass]

Yeah, I'm sure coop will be one of the first mods

[clever vale]

I already apologized

[static compass]

Omg
Cat

[celest blaze]

cotz 2 better the first mod

[clever vale]

Didn’t know opinions could be wrong

[static compass]

Omg
Another cat

[granite mortar]

Omg
Where?

[indigo marsh]

That makes sense. You are only using around half the carry weight.

[static compass]

[granite mortar]

Omg
Cat

[static compass]

So many kot

[still zephyr]

i got no opinion against the studio, i think they are wrong in not allowing co op in first place, suggesting improvment isnt an opinion against the studio lol

[granite mortar]

Omg
Cat

[granite mortar]

Omg
Another where?

[native ibex]

Literally me

[lean quiver]

Just give up stalker is not coop

[native ibex]

Skyrim is coop

[static compass]

[granite mortar]

Coop would ruin the tense moments

[lean quiver]

...

[clever vale]

I like the idea of coop also as there’s really nothing like it on the market

[granite mortar]

Omg
Cat

[still zephyr]

you can choose the way you play, allowing co op just makes it more diverse

[lean quiver]

hehehe diverse

[indigo marsh]

Just play the trilogy co op mods ig

[native ibex]

The only kind of diversity I'm worried about

[still zephyr]

yeah! those weirdos here talking against it like they getting paid for it xD

[lean quiver]

ur the weirdo

[granite mortar]

No
It makes it less atmospheric
Stalkers horror elements rely heavily on the feeling of isolation

[clever vale]

I mean it’s a mentality thing change isn’t always accepted by it would need major reform in how enemies worked for coop

[native ibex]

Kot, what do you care how people choose to experience game

[still zephyr]

ok, play single player, another guy can play co op after he finished the game himself with his buddy, why yall butthurt about it?

[warm linden]

alright I'll pre install stalker 2 in the morning

[clever vale]

I learned this the hard way in the lab

[warm linden]

may I introduce to you XRMPE, it allows you to play COP co-op, thank me later

[lean quiver]

[indigo marsh]

Yeah. Just wait for the SDK to release and then wait for someone to develop a mod.

[still zephyr]

they work fine fighting against you and ai teammate, wouldnt be different, just the net code would be a big work

[granite mortar]

Im not butthurt
Just saying that it would kill one of the atmospheric elements that make stalker so great in the first place

[clever vale]

And first booting up SoC I was scared of the dogs and mutant pig things

[kindred hatch]

oh man are people still on about co op

[warm linden]

I haven't slept

[granite mortar]

Me clearly
Because thats what I do now I guess

[kindred hatch]

have we all been playing the same game or what

[clever vale]

Yeah but having two coordinated humans is different than an ai who is coded to be more useless

[kindred hatch]

some of you people arent connected to the noosphere and it shows

[native ibex]

I'm wondering whether or not they'll pull a Naughty Dog and make a cart racing game

[warm linden]

goodnight

[lean quiver]

Next thing you gonna tell me is you don't want traders to sell gear

[still zephyr]

yeah ofc i agree, but games managed to find solution for that in the past

[native ibex]

Good night

[clever vale]

I dont care for coop in stalker as u can get that in dayz tbh now that i think about it

[kindred hatch]

take anomalies and artefacts out of the game

i want it to be set in detroit

[native ibex]

Yeah, you're just a single father trying to escape the hood... alone.

[dusty kernel]

isn't that basically metro?

[native ibex]

Does anyone know if Skif will come in Penis 1 as well as Penis 2 edition or not

[coarse sparrow]

I think they are called "Flesh"

[kindred hatch]

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Call Of Moscow

[still zephyr]

im not saying replace single player, im saying allow the possibility for it, instead of making comminity modders work for it. co op and multiplayer for stalker was allways a topic in the community for past game, just makes no sense to not allow it in stalker 2 IMO.
even as DLC - (i would pay alot for it ngl)

[dusty kernel]

Stalker: Heart of Exodus

[kindred hatch]

i dont think anyone is saying that you are saying that to be honest, i think people are saying that it doesnt make sense to them that a distinctly solo video game has co op mode

[granite mortar]

Well
GSC has decided
It isnt worth the work and major loss of atmospheric value

[kindred hatch]

its like going to a car dealership and asking why there arent any bicycles

[kindred hatch]

Metro: Last Anomaly

i love that stalker fans have one big thing in common... we are never happy about things

me when there is nothing to be happy about in the zone

[lean quiver]

That was the big mood

[still zephyr]

@kindred hatch @granite mortar

Got it i guess, stalker is amazing and ill play it no matter what, just sucks to know i cant play and carry my less hardcore gamers friends ; p

[dusty kernel]

me when

[copper otter]

didnt they say the opposite?

multiplayer will be coming after launch if im not mistaken

how will multiplayer be handled then?

[lean quiver]

PVP

[celest blaze]

like it was in the trilogy lol

[dusty kernel]

pvp

[kindred hatch]

its fine to want to play video games that hold your hand so you can have fun, but if they cant play solo then the game might not be for them, personally i think it is refreshing (especially coming from the specific mod pack of a mod pack that I play) to have a game that is just so hardcore that it isnt even fun anymore

[clever vale]

Well they are scary at first same with that big thing in the lab that shakes the entire lab

[celest blaze]

me vs the zone ong

[jade coral]

Could be a possibility with UE5 mods but that’s going to be a while if ever l, think Skyrim co op play

[clever vale]

I actually started audibly yelling when it started chasing me

[copper otter]

awesome

[lean quiver]

Besides stalker is a buggy mess, slapping coop in top of it is just asking for trouble

[jade coral]

Even that’s buggy as hell at times

[dusty kernel]

co-op would be cool, i hope the modding community is going to do something for that

maybe... Ray of Hope 2...

[worthy lagoon]

Co-Op would ruin the atmosphere, so no official co-op

[kindred hatch]

co op enjoyers finding any game other than the thousands of co op games and asking why there is no co op

[indigo marsh]

*Ray of Cope

[copper otter]

co-op may possibly take years to develop depending on the approach the mod devs take

[dusty kernel]

I've got time

[kindred hatch]

mods can we ban the word co op now please i have read it so many times it doesnt make sense to me anymore

[dusty kernel]

the zone isn't running away, some anomalies maybe do

[static compass]

Smoking in Stalker 2 confirmed?

[celest blaze]

ong

[worthy lagoon]

Agreed, let's ask the wish granter

[copper otter]

has it been confirmed whether quests will be available in multiplayer?

[kindred hatch]

me asking the wish granter to populate the zone with women with large breasts and phat asses

[celest blaze]

please ban the words "co op" "anomaly" "EFP" "GAMMA"

[worthy lagoon]

MP is not in the horizon for now, MP will be implemented in an update later on

[celest blaze]

Bro its not to late to delete this

[still zephyr]

well, my point is, it will happend in the end by modders, and many would want that to happen and even pay for it.

one guy said that no amount of money would make it happen, if thats the case then i kinda get it, the product itself is more important then the community and the money, so thats respectable aswell.

[wise blaze]

ok. so. having now played CoT, how come anomaly is prefered?
ig its a little more graphically updated.
i hadnt dont CoT cause i thought it wouldnt have all the areas. but it does. so pog

[copper otter]

oh is it going to be deathmatch?

[worthy lagoon]

Relatable

[kindred hatch]

oh great and holy monolith, please populate the zone with your glorious 5'3" hello kitty enjoying egirls so that we may continue on with your mission and take care of the zone

[dusty kernel]

gamma... oh the memories.

[wise blaze]

egirls wouldnt last a day in the zone tho

[kindred hatch]

me with my nosorog and fully upgraded vss vintorez protecting my harem of zone hardened egirls

[celest blaze]

men make the best egirls ong

[fossil cairn]

Please wish granter populate the zone with those femboys in striped thigh highs and blahajs that will give me a 24h history lesson on the american civil war

[wise blaze]

zone. "hardened"

[kindred hatch]

what happens in prison also happens in the zone

[dapper kettle]

but do we know anything about the review embargo? (sorry, maybe they've already asked this 200 times)

[worthy lagoon]

You are not the whole community, a good amount of people agree that STALKER is not fit to have co-op and would rather that the devs invest their time and budget on other stuff

[kindred hatch]

chat clip this

[fossil cairn]

abelard cut that mans balls off

[worthy lagoon]

https://tenor.com/view/stalker-strelok-gif-6846341429631022830

[celest blaze]

i would die for strelok ong

[still zephyr]

did i say im the whole community?
if half say they want single player, and half wants co op, allowing co op doesnt take away the single player experience,
if devs claim that they care mainly about the product vision to have no co op at all, that makes sense, but for you to be against allowing co op making no sense since you can enjoy it just the way it is and the vision of the game doesnt affect you since you have no connection to its creation xD

[wanton charm]

hey guys, is there anyone who ordered ultimate edition 3 years ago when they were first released?

[kindred hatch]

please stop with the co op and start talking about the zone egirls please

[kindred hatch]

i cant remember when i preoredered but it was a very long time ago

[celest blaze]

no

[dusty kernel]

men make the best girls

[wise blaze]

making co-op actually work is not as simple as saying {if people want co-op= true}

[celest blaze]

but we are getting kinda coomer now so lets talk about other things

[worthy lagoon]

You said "the product itself is more important than the community and the money", implying that you speak for the STALKER community and that the devs are against the community

[gilded perch]

Replication with something this big would suck to do

[kindred hatch]

i have only ever pre ordered 3 games, the first was cod ghosts (awful), the second was fallout 76 (awful) and the third was stalker 2 so hopefully the previous 2 games werent a bad omen

[wise blaze]

das wut she said

[still zephyr]

im saying it doesnt matter what the community will say, they will care about their vision, if it goes against it, they wont listen

[copper otter]

replication is the bane of my existance

[worthy lagoon]

Cute

[celest blaze]

im actually based on replication

[dusty kernel]

if
{
coop.desire > 1
coop = true
}

[wise blaze]

fonv is another good example of how aids co-op truly can get

[gilded perch]

Bars

[kindred hatch]

no fallout in the stalker chat pls

[wise blaze]

breh

[kindred hatch]

anyone excited for series 2 of the fallout show

[wise blaze]

breh!!!

[wise blaze]

which CS people are still alive in s2?

[kindred hatch]

nimble and someone else i think

[wise blaze]

CS is my second fave faction and tbh i have 0 good reason why. since i have played CS the least of all of them

[marsh pond]

omg nimble! haha

[dusty kernel]

my favorite faction still are the eggheads

[wise blaze]

nimble is the one in skadovsk or whatnot right?
is he a loner now?

[marsh pond]

what did nimble do again i forgot

[kindred hatch]

anyone want to see why they call nimble nimble ? 😈

[kindred hatch]

yes and yes

[wise blaze]

thx

[marsh pond]

making me miss cs now

[granite mortar]

Omg
Cat

[wise blaze]

i only just finished CS. tbh. was not my fave. but it was not bad.

[kindred hatch]

with the way the devs explained factions i reckon cs might show up in stalker 2 in some limited capacity or something

[wise blaze]

im sure someone will mod it later too

[kindred hatch]

heard it here first if it turns out to be true i want everyone to give me praise for my prediction

[hazy helm]

It most likely won't so I'll come back and laugh at ya

[kindred hatch]

not great, not terrible

[wise blaze]

ye

[jaunty pebble]

Maybe some stragglers, but don’t expect the full faction

[kindred hatch]

"limited capacity"

yesh

[wise blaze]

ig some ex monolith could regroup and go "we wuz CS and shi"

[granite mortar]

We get more info on them as shown is Dev DeepDive
But they probably wont come back

[kindred hatch]

brother the reason i said limited capacity is because i kept it broad and unspecific, technically if one or 2 characters are in stalker 2 that COULD be considered limited capacity (little bit of a stretch) so realistically i cant be wrong (unless no characters show up)

me playing mind and word games

clandestine approach for a secretive faction

[hazy helm]

one character alludes to being former CS
See guys I tol you they're gonna rebuild samsahara now and become god's

[clever vale]

I can’t wait to try it

[hazy helm]

YOUR FACTION IS UNDESERVING OF THE PROTONG

DO NOT @ ME

[kindred hatch]

i would leave this chat before someone spoils it for you

[clever vale]

Spoiling won’t ruin the experience

[kindred hatch]

they all die

[sharp maple]

Based

[hazy helm]

https://tenor.com/view/surprised-cat-gif-26130953

[clever vale]

[kindred hatch]

and then become egirls

[north violet]

Are we allowed to ping Mo1t with questions or concerns?

[kindred hatch]

zone "hardened" e girls

[hazy helm]

Could always use #📜┃ask-gsc

[worthy lagoon]

@hazy helm

Where coop vasim

[kindred hatch]

"i would leave this chat before someone spoils it for you"

[dim topaz]

Hee did it I can't believe it

[worthy lagoon]

Gunslinger 2 coop

[north violet]

The problem is that my questions are related to the original trilogy, not S2.

[hazy helm]

In ||Deez nuts||

[kindred hatch]

just ask it here ill answer it

[hazy helm]

Sure, could also DM him

[north violet]

I just don't want to break any rules.

[granite mortar]

6 months of development

[hazy helm]

Don't ping the role and make sure it's a relevant question

[kindred hatch]

just ask

[sharp maple]

Turned out pretty good for 6 months of dev time

[worthy lagoon]

They cannot ping the role anymore

[north violet]

I'll just post my question and hope he'll see it.

[radiant jetty]

Ahhhh i wish preload was a thing, I leave for 2 weeks at sea monday

[kindred hatch]

time to go read the s2 suggestions to have a laugh at some of the 💩 people have said

SINGING STALKER HAHAHAHA

[clever vale]

Suggestion should be if you die you hit with radiation irl

[somber hawk]

wait can we swear if wolf is down

[kindred hatch]

that is actually a hilarious idea

[mystic fiber]

Does anyone know if you have to unlock guns for multiplayer or anything? I'm considering buying the game, but I'm more of a multiplayer person so if there's no grind or unlocking of guns or gear I probably won't want it.

[somber hawk]

FUCК

[kindred hatch]

pokey bum wank

[somber hawk]

i works

[sharp maple]

Well, do you?

GOTY if so

[finite dragon]

You become one with the zone

[clever vale]

Heh you just wake up a little sleepy

[north violet]

I'm curious if GSC has any plans down the line to touch-up/patch the original trilogy on PC. Something like "officially" adding the fixes from the Zone Reclamation Project, removing the check/requirement for DirectPlay, etc. would be really nice to see.

Obviously S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 and the console ports take priority, but seeing some final bits of support for the original trilogy would be appreciated.

[kindred hatch]

HAHAHA i remember reading that and the response was just a "yes" i died of laughter

[drowsy schooner]

When do you think the review embargo will be lifted? (If there even is one)

[indigo marsh]

It will likely be TDM multiplayer that will be released later. The main part of the game is the single player story.

[hoary grotto]

There a review embargo

Uh oh

[north violet]

Other games have had review embargos too, don't start panicking just yet.

[mystic fiber]

ok, do you have to unlock guns too for that? or do you just choose anything?

[north violet]

Also I'm pretty sure review embargos are implemented by the publisher, not the dev studio.

[sharp maple]

All games have review embargoes lol

[kindred hatch]

major doubt on that one, if you are on pc i recommend the "complete" mods or just dealing with the bugs and moving on to g*mma when you have completed the trio

[sharp maple]

GSC are the publishers

[urban herald]

Elden Ring and BG3 lifted the embargoes 1 day before release

[drowsy schooner]

They are self publishing

[hoary grotto]

I thought Microsoft was publishing

[north violet]

@sharp maple @drowsy schooner Ah my bad, I thought Microsoft was publishing.

[kindred hatch]

someone suggested adding burgers to s2 i thought that one was pretty funny

[sharp maple]

Nope, only supported.

[drowsy schooner]

Yeah, that is why it's so weird that we have not heard any news about review embargos

[kindred hatch]

GUYS STAY CALM there has been another announcement

[sharp maple]

4 days

[indigo marsh]

In the stalker trilogy, every kill you get money and are able to buy guns (you get a free PM)after you die. After every round ends all the money is gone.
We don't know what the S2 multiplayer will be like but the dev said it's not like Coop or DayZ. So we can assume it's like the trilogy.

[severe turtle]

OMG STALKER 2 IN 4 DAYS

[kindred hatch]

oh piss its just a day countdown, gsc are edgeing tf out of me rn

[nimble cipher]

sanuku has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[odd glade]

welp

[indigo marsh]

Wolf is alive again

[scenic sable]

Guys game out in 4 days

[kindred hatch]

wolf is back guys stop swearing

[somber hawk]

wolfd

[valid summit]

I need stalker to be on ps5 bc I just finished the metro trilogy and now I have nothing to play

[clever vale]

I mean what games come out perfectly polished

[odd glade]

I will head the warning.
What I wanted to say was.
"Dang my small wallet"

[untold salmon]

4 days let's goooo

[fast stratus]

Finally I find wish granter and ask for a sukhoi su 35

[clever vale]

Some of the buggiest games have the longest lasting player base due to ambition

[fossil cairn]

commando commando!

[kindred hatch]

i remember making a steam discussion about the bad voice acting and everyone was on my case about the war

[west sierra]

any update on the review embargo

[valid summit]

Xbox is a far older console platform than ps5

[coarse sparrow]

A one-way trip to the center of the Zone

[fair pelican]

Has anyone who bought the physical editions received their Steam codes yet

[north violet]

Open world games are especially complex as well, bugs are kind of unavoidable.

[scenic sable]

Never thought I’d see light of stalker 2. When I was 9, I met the game (call of pripyat) with warm hugs on central square in Kyiv, was one of the best days ever

[rose flare]

san andreas multiplayer

[hoary grotto]

I heard CP2077 was a disaster bc CDPR outsourced the debugging and payed by commission not hourly

[mystic fiber]

ah, I guess I won't get it then, I'd rather have to unlock guns and it be permanent like CoD. If they elaborated on what exactly multiplayer looks like and what the bonus skins for ultimate and deluxe look like I would probably get it.

[valid summit]

I doubt it would even be able to run stalker without exploding

[sharp maple]

Your first mistake was making a steam discussion.

[lethal orchid]

I'm gonna level up to Veteran and then mute y'all

[granite mortar]

Ewwww
Anomaly mentioned
🤮

[indigo marsh]

Clear sky isn't really buggy for me for the most part. I'd say only really the bandit part is and that's optional and only if you want to join the bandits.

[clever vale]

Elder scrolls games are literal junk but there ambitious

[severe turtle]

I have never played the old Stalker games so am I gonna be confused in the 2nd game? 😭

[granite mortar]

Yes

[kindred hatch]

true, it was early days though and i think it was just a bad audio mix on the recorded dialouge at the time so its whatever now

[hoary grotto]

No

[lethal orchid]

A little bit most likely

[valid summit]

They just don’t like ps5 😭

[hoary grotto]

GSC has said S2 can be played by new Stalkers

[rose flare]

you and me, #1 anomaly haters 4 life

[odd glade]

What do they mean by extended campfire content in pre order?

[lethal orchid]

You won't understand the significance of some of the characters, events, locations, etc

[scenic sable]

Best bugs in clear sky online. Climbing the crane, getting on top of the energy block, and then sniping everyone else. Shit was the best

[fossil cairn]

Im going in blind too, all I know is my favorite faction is dead and that ive only been told a few hours ago.
Now I am mad, but it changes nothing, we'll be fine

[clever vale]

Will the rats storming the power plant cutscene help me understand what’s happened in S2

[kindred hatch]

me when i cant talk about the weird things that kill you in the zone becuase they share a name with a modpack

[valid summit]

Metro was lit on ps5 with the trigger pull mechanic on the controller etc

[sharp maple]

Probably, but that might add to the experience.

[abstract needle]

4 days left brothas

[indigo marsh]

The devs said that you don't need to know the old games but they said if you are playing the og games you will get the best of your playthrough

[kindred hatch]

rip clear sky you were kind boring but had cool uniforms

[radiant jetty]

You're asking the devs to go back and do polishing on games that are close to 20 years old - that's unreasonable at best. It's a bit like telling Activision to go patch CoD 2, instead of working on projects that are modern and ultimately, money making. Edit for autocorrecting error

[rose flare]

it’s not even a mod pack, it’s just a platform for people to build mod packs on

[fossil cairn]

o7

[kindred hatch]

umm aktually 🤓

[indigo marsh]

I haven't really played clear sky multiplayer. Only SoC multiplayer.

[clever vale]

I doubt it has the same affect but when Bethesda patched Skyrim they literally ruined countless mods

[north violet]

Maybe remasters or remakes for the original trilogy would be more likely.

[rose flare]

just keeping it a hundred rads

[exotic mural]

I want to uncover the zones inclusion of a mosin nagant teehee

[kindred hatch]

shoutout call of duty for keeping the prices on 20+ year old games ridiculously expensive

[clever vale]

They keep randomly patching so you have to downgrade your game by downloading files through steam XD

[kindred hatch]

based bar reference

[kindred hatch]

this person mods on steam and not on nexus ewww

[clever vale]

When I wanna buy old cods for zombies but it’s 60$ all year and the lowest they go is 20$

[misty void]

Is the legend of the zone trilogy for the other platforms remastered (different graphics, bug fixes, etc)? If so will we see this on steam anytime soon...?

[clever vale]

If u have to down patch skyrim by typing specific codes on steam zzz

[north violet]

They also did put out a patch for Clear Sky and Call of Pripyat to fix an issue with Intel CPUs as well as a localization patch for Shadow of Chernobyl, so there is at least somewhat of a precedent for them going back and fixing things.

[radiant jetty]

Definitely - I think the original trilogy is in a good place all things considered, and we have things like anomaly keeping the old stuff fresh

[kindred hatch]

its actually ridiculous and i am glad that cod died (shout blops6 for desert storm, chocolate chip desert camo pattern go brrrt)

[celest blaze]

Let's not be elitist about mods lol

[indigo marsh]

Appro and moddb is better

[celest blaze]

I use both depending on the game a mods a mod

[clever vale]

GUYS ITS JUST THE DOWNPATCH

[trail plover]

ITS ALMOST HERE [CHEEKI BREEKI INTENSIFIES]

[celest blaze]

I heard Ap pro is pro Z

[clever vale]

you need to type in a code to get the old files 😭

[loud gate]

ap-pro 🤮

[kindred hatch]

my friend i am into a lot of hobbies that are incredibly elitist i cannot help it

[clever vale]

I use nexus I even have the premium membership

[granite mortar]

Nah

[celest blaze]

Cringe lol

[indigo marsh]

Stalker mods clan.su?

[fossil cairn]

my right mouse button keeps ketting stuck if I click it from the wrong angle.
I didnt even smash the thing but I might gotta pick up a new one before weds

[kindred hatch]

cringe for having hobbies ? lmao what

[clever vale]

Pull off the cap and clean under it

[celest blaze]

Cringe for being elitist about where mods are used lol

[clever vale]

Pull off the button*

[fossil cairn]

I already did, last hope is like wd40

[kindred hatch]

me when the masses cant understand hypotheticals

[north violet]

WD-40 is a solvent, not a lubricant, just an FYI.

[celest blaze]

I am beyond the masses

[fossil cairn]

got that lying around her anyways, if it gets any worse I'll risk it

[north violet]

Yeah, it'll only lubricate temporarily.

[fossil cairn]

on that note I gotta put some wd on my swords before they look like souls starter weapons again

[north violet]

Though, WD-40 (the brand) does also sell a lubricant version of the stuff.

[kindred hatch]

beyond the masses =/= understanding hypotheticals

[celest blaze]

I can't be bothered to scroll up and get all the context tbh

[late yarrow]

I think it’s just some bug fixes and texture updates with the addition of achievements. Graphics probably match up with like a high medium on pc. Even if it ever did come to pc you wouldn’t want to play it over the originals. Achievements are the best thing about it

[hybrid cedar]

Is stalker 2 like tarkov?

[north violet]

WD-40 is like SPAM (the canned meat), there are a ton of versions outside of the standard that a lot of people don't even know about.

[celest blaze]

God no

[kindred hatch]

mate you literally started it by coming up with your elitist stuff lmao

[rose flare]

was playing stalker soc early this morning when i picked up this quest in the bar to get this guy’s family rifle, which ended with me escorting a scientist while protecting him from mercs to get from the wild territory to yantar, and then going back to get the rifle to give to the guy
the wonders of open ended design

[primal copper]

no pre-loading is kinda bs. seems like it's a deal with epic

[fossil cairn]

so
youre telling me ive been putting wd40 on my swords for nothing

[celest blaze]

I'd cancel my preorder if stalker 2 was anything like that russian slop

[kindred hatch]

i absolutely hated that mission

[clever vale]

It’s like csgo 😝

[fossil cairn]

🫥

[rose flare]

had the enfield with me, was a breeze

[clever vale]

I just picked up that quest going to do it soon 😭

[fossil cairn]

vrhgtfjhzhopnfjtzkzuluo

[primal copper]

stfu lool. pre-loading is encrypted on steam, don't spew bs pls

[clever vale]

Is there any merchants in SoC or do u just find everything on ur travels?

[kindred hatch]

how does that work then

[rose flare]

scope

[crimson remnant]

maaaaaan i hate that this game is releasing the same month i have papers due in college

[trail sun]

What version of the game does the limited physical version of STALKER 2 have? I dont know if i will get season pass like the ultimate digital edition or not...

[clever vale]

I have finals week in December

[rose flare]

weapons with scopes in soc dominate over all

[clever vale]

First week of December is all finals

[vocal mesa]

u are clueless lol

[primal copper]

i hate it when people bs just "cause"

[kindred hatch]

its a good job i finished uni otherwise i would fail

[primal copper]

they just don't want to do it or they have some deal with one of the partners

[late yarrow]

Sorry, I’ve been hearing this last couple days. Thanks for correcting me

[kindred hatch]

another person who cant understand hypotheticals, jesus

[static compass]

[crisp ruin]

[celest blaze]

I'm still impress stalker 2 is coming to consoles tbh

[primal copper]

ofc at 30 fps

[static compass]

And with mod support on top of that

[kindred hatch]

what rage baiting is is common knowledge and yet still people get so pressed on discord about a wind up merchant (me) wind up merching (you lot)

[primal copper]

I can't wait for all the bugs/performance issues

[late yarrow]

How do we know this is factual tho, that it WILL be a unoptimized mess?

[celest blaze]

I can't wait to test my pc

[clever vale]

I use frosty (I’ve modded mass effect 20 times to never finish)

[ruby warren]

Eurojank my beloved

[clever vale]

[primal copper]

Misery 2 when

[kindred hatch]

mass effect on steam suck i should have 100%ed it but the achievements never came through

new gamma update dropping december

[stark anvil]

[left plume]

at what extact time is stalker 2 releasing?

[kindred hatch]

play a "real" mod pack (for all of the people who cant understand hypotheticals, this is a joke)

[dense hatch]

all spam variants are basically the same though

[kindred hatch]

no one knows yet

[jade coral]

Soon

[primal copper]

GAMMA or gtfo ofc ofc

[left plume]

ooh ok

[kindred hatch]

who up gamma-ing they stalker rn

[fading halo]

is we able to play after complete the main story ?

[kindred hatch]

bro this is not the place to ask all these questions

[ruby warren]

we is not know

[rose flare]

i like the specialty contact cleaner for electronics

[jade coral]

Probably

[fading halo]

nice

[jade coral]

No guarantees

[celest blaze]

I hope stalker 2 has cool call of duty warzone kill animations

[primal copper]

Gauss gun scammer when

[late yarrow]

Why does everyone just expect games to come out unoptimized and buggy now? Also the way that it’s worded it does read like it’s told as factual that the game will be a mess.

[fading halo]

ok

[clever vale]

I hope we get a snoop dog collab stalker skin

[kindred hatch]

HAHAHAHAHAHA this is the funniest suggestion i have seen yet (i am dying lmao)

[stark anvil]

yea allright but we need fortnite emotes too

[primal copper]

they changed last min from just the "specs" to "using frame-gen"

[copper grove]

fortnite is in unreal, give it a few weeks/months

[celest blaze]

God I wanna hit a Victory Royale once I get the center of the zone

[rose flare]

when a stalker open world multiplayer game gets made with a black market of in-game items

[primal copper]

people on reddit noticed right away

[north violet]

Mostly yeah. Only real difference is added flavoring or reduced sodium/fat.

[kindred hatch]

to be fair over the paast few years all of the AAA devs have been releasing poorly optimised games that only really get sorted months or years after release

[celest blaze]

^^

[fading halo]

if photo and gameplay match then it will be 🐐 for sure

[celest blaze]

Shareholders want the games out as fast as possible

[primal copper]

mods will fix it just like skyrim

[kindred hatch]

like we as gamers have allowed this because no matter what, instead of taking a stand, we just get the debit cards out and buy buy buy

[jade coral]

Nahh people who didn’t see this coming ovb had no experience trying to run UE5 games on high settings to make the graphics + shadow pop out

[clever vale]

Is gsc publicly traded?

[abstract vector]

Can we still smoke cigarettes in stalker 2?

[boreal crescent]

No

[primal copper]

I'm a dev for a living, I literally code in UE5

[kindred hatch]

and why sort your game out when you can get paid and dip and let modders fix things

[celest blaze]

Idk tbh

[kindred hatch]

its the new standard

[clever vale]

Have modders ever been brought onto the game?

To develop like a normal dev

[kindred hatch]

im a navy seal

[primal copper]

some companies do it actually

[clever vale]

I know warframe did it with artists and Bethesda does it all the time

[rose flare]

you could even say it’s the new norm

[kindred hatch]

paid mods core

[primal copper]

modding is a great way to show your creativity and skills

[clever vale]

With how big the modders scene is idk if they do it here too

[north violet]

I think Valve does it too.

[jade coral]

In an interview they mentioned something like that for this game, Bethesda sorta does that and Arma devs

[kindred hatch]

same thing linguistically really

[kindred hatch]

i asked a question concerning that earlier

[clever vale]

Oh that’s cool

[rose flare]

Does he know?

[clever vale]

I wouldn’t be surprised with how many source engine mods get made

[kindred hatch]

does who know ?

[clever vale]

And now every valve dev is a millionaire

[primal copper]

it's a meme

[kindred hatch]

i cant believe i just got meme'd

im going to invade your stalker 2 co op world and kill your character multiple times

[primal copper]

this isn't Metal gear solid

[haughty gorge]

4 days huh

[primal copper]

I still wish for a sandbox co-op experience with stalker, imagine being on different places and your friends are also there doing their thing

[haughty gorge]

Imagine there's a delay

[primal copper]

I would refund

[untold salmon]

I'll kms /j

[kindred hatch]

born too late to be a valve dev, born too soon to be a mod maker, born at just the right time to constantly ask everyone else to mod what i cant be bothered to do myself

[rose flare]

we’re not regurgitating mgr revengeance in this household

[primal copper]

Goat game ngl

https://tenor.com/view/me-atrapaste-es-cine-its-cinema-cinema-esto-es-cine-gif-12869046600151364058

[kindred hatch]

please for the love of everything that exists can we not go back into the co op argument like we did earlier

[late yarrow]

4 more days everyone Can’t wait I’m so fukin excited

[primal copper]

wasn't here

[kindred hatch]

i didnt mean you specifically, i meant in general

[rose flare]

Embed fail! Laugh at this user,

[primal copper]

ahh mb

[late yarrow]

The latest call of Pripyat coop mod is awesome!

[primal copper]

have been playing it with my friends, cool stuff

[kindred hatch]

this is why i only type on discord, i am scared of failing at my big age

[primal copper]

they only know anomaly so this is a bit different for them

some people are crazy 😂

[kindred hatch]

it was actually really funny to watch it

[jaunty pebble]

womp womp

[late yarrow]

Yeah really appreciate the modding community for stuff like that. It’s great when smart people make stuff like that for dumb people to enjoy like myself

[north violet]

Actually, what would a remaster of the original trilogy even look like? All of the bug fixes from the ZRP patches, support for higher resolutions, and updated multiplayer framework? What else even is there?

[kindred hatch]

i dont know what it is about stalker but this fanbase is one of the most brainrotten ones compared to other games straight up

stalker has ruined my perception of video games and fan bases

[primal copper]

someone will make a mod for it in like 4-6 months

[static compass]

[celest blaze]

you mean anomaly and gamma not stalker lol

[clever vale]

I would hope it would be something like the halo remaster where u can swap to new gen graphics but also old gen at the click of a button

[north violet]

Oh, which ones? I've never actually tried them out.

[kindred hatch]

WARNING, we are fast approaching co op conversational territory

[clever vale]

It’s so funny to go between old and new

[native ibex]

Slavs

[primal copper]

SO, COOP WHEN BOYS WHEN, YES I ASKED, WHEN

[static compass]

When modders add it

[celest blaze]

if stalker 2 isnt a battle royale its eastern slop

[clever vale]

Gonna box u and 200 pump u

[north violet]

Maybe moving Shadow of Chernobyl and Clear Sky to the Call of Pripyat version of the engine with the included gameplay improvements could be a thing too.

[kindred hatch]

literally one of the only fanbases to argue over vanilla or modded, like skyrim players dont argue over who is running what, they just play the game

[celest blaze]

[void prawn]

stalker 2 it´s going to have pvp?

[kindred hatch]

us on the other hand

[clever vale]

I just paid 3$ for the entire trilogy so they better not remaster till I get my moneys worth

[kindred hatch]

its like we are all racist but instead of skin colour it is how buggy you desire your game to be

[late yarrow]

https://discord.com/channels/504587323577729024/735759033667027046

[celest blaze]

well thats because bethesda doesnt have anything like stalker tbh

[primal copper]

Pioner is also a great game dunno if you guys saw it

[distant barn]

i just beat the original trilogy

[celest blaze]

also you dont have youtubers saying the vanilla games suck and play these cool tactical slop mods instead

[north violet]

Speaking of spawns, I'd definitely want to see the bug where NPCs spawn on top of you during area transitions get fixed.

[kindred hatch]

gamma time

[granite mortar]

great
REPLAY CLEAR SKY
NOW

[kindred hatch]

bro cant handle the tactical slop and item bloat

[north violet]

Please GSC, I don't want to have to install mods to really enjoy the original trilogy anymore.

[celest blaze]

what? thats the most retar ded thing ive seen today

[clever vale]

I think it’s mostly the story aspect to stalker and the gameplay can be widely different from mod to mod while Skyrim I’m ngl it all kinda feels the same that’s why Skyrim people just mod for infinite amount of time

[celest blaze]

i like STALKER not SLOP

[kindred hatch]

like literally i dont know how most of you live in real life if you cant handle gamma, real life and gamma are kind of the same thing, just a load of inventory management and making sure you eat and sleep and drink water HAHAHAHAHA

[celest blaze]

gamma is easy man its just tedious

[clever vale]

There’s no vastly different take for Skyrim mods u either get high fantasy or an souls like game

[celest blaze]

this is awful bait

[kindred hatch]

it was sarcasm, you are misunderstanding hypotheticals again

[north violet]

The default progression difficulty is horrible imo, it makes everything into such a drawn out slog.

[celest blaze]

i frankly dont really care tbh

[static compass]

[kindred hatch]

bro doesnt care enough to respond that bro doesnt care

[clever vale]

I went from mp5 to ak to ak with scope

[static compass]

Are we arguing about Gamma again?

[celest blaze]

im a stalker fan not a HARDCORE and most IMMERSIVE mod fan

[clever vale]

never felt better when I got taht scope

[primal copper]

i forgot, mod support is day 1 right?

[fierce flower]

pc being unable to preload a 160gb game is criminal

[kindred hatch]

yeah its so funny

[celest blaze]

ong

[static compass]

[clever vale]

I dislike the gamma heal system but I’m kinda slow sometimes

[primal copper]

in b4, mod support delay to Feb

[kindred hatch]

i dont even think gamma is that great but i think the divide between the community and all the memes about gamma is what makes it so funny

[north violet]

To be fair, that progression difficulty originally came from MISERY iirc, and I wasn't a fan of it there either.

I don't mind putting up barriers that make it harder for the player to steamroll everything, but holy shit, these mods (by default at least) make it such a sloggy grind.

[kindred hatch]

as i was saying before, the stalker community is one of the funniest to be involved in (but very brainrotten too)

[clever vale]

Where’s the companion mods that put in overly realistic female characters that have seductive voices

[static compass]

I feel like it's because Gamma fans act superior and the fans of the real games get fed up with it

[kindred hatch]

we are all LARPing zombified stalkers if you think about it

[celest blaze]

^^^

[north violet]

What does brainrotted mean in this context?

[clever vale]

I meant realistic textures sorry