⭐┃nospoilers_general

[clever vale]

I want my female companion to stick out as much as possible

[celest blaze]

tired of gamma players shitting on the real games and telling people to skip them for that free to play mess

[kindred hatch]

i think i am very stupid for playing a mod that is so difficult that it isnt even fun anymore but what am i supposed to do in the wait for s2 ???

[pseudo rivet]

How many of them have even played the real thing?

[celest blaze]

hardly any

[pseudo rivet]

It's Misery all over again

[celest blaze]

i wouldnt have an issue with these mods if all of their fans didnt shit so much on the trilogy

[static compass]

I've met people who have only played anomaly and Gamma and don't even know the story of the games

[quick kettle]

i wonder if it will be driveble cars in stalker2

[native ibex]

Listen, GSC, I'm beggin' ya... weapon cleaning kits and suit repair as well. Good additions.

[kindred hatch]

HAHAHAHA lmao real asf

[north violet]

Isn't MISERY literally the base mod for Anomaly and GAMMA?

[static compass]

Much less played them

[pseudo rivet]

"Wait, who is Strelok?"

[kindred hatch]

we all hate each other and its just a circle jerk

[indigo marsh]

That's CoC

[static compass]

Not possible, Zone doesn't like cars

[north violet]

I did love those additions tbh.

[hasty birch]

ya need bicycle mod

[pseudo rivet]

In a way, but not entirely. It's basically the economy of Misery combined with the sandboxiness of CoC, etc.

[clever vale]

I tried this and first time playing stalker I got my leg broke and didn’t have enough money to heal

So I limped for an hour before I got bored and went to the old games

[static compass]

Lol

[indigo marsh]

CoC merged with misery is called CoM which has a fork called Last day. And last days fork is called anomaly.

[late yarrow]

Confession, I was so desperate for a STALKER themed mmo that I play Stay Out for a sickeningly long period of time back in 2021

[north violet]

@indigo marsh @slate halo Call of Chernobyl is just vanilla Call of Pripyat with the maps from every game added in, it doesn't have anything from MISERY in it as far as I know.

There is Call of Misery though, which is just MISERY but in CoC.

[north violet]

Oops, you already clarified. My bad.

[kindred hatch]

to be fair i find that quite silly, i dont respect gamma players who havent played and finished the three ogs

[pseudo rivet]

"Psy-Emissions were in the base game as well, right?"

[celest blaze]

💀

[static compass]

I think he's the old guy that sits in the bunker and eats chicken

[north violet]

Yeah, I mean aren't emissions already psy energy?

[celest blaze]

i beat the trilogy before touching any mod tbh

[indigo marsh]

Where is that vid about the brain scorcher and the yellow filter
It's hilarious 😂

[pseudo rivet]

I personally think so as well, but there's nothing confirming it

[late yarrow]

As everyone should

[native ibex]

Flying carpet

[north violet]

Speaking of psy, why has the pronunciation of the word suddenly changed in S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2? Now it's being pronounced as "see".

[pseudo rivet]

Mutated Boar Mount

[kindred hatch]

before i tried gamma i was very much against playing gamma but then i got bored and wanted stalker with shaders and here i am

[pseudo rivet]

https://tenor.com/view/hog-rider-coc-clash-of-clans-gif-24053135

[molten mason]

.

[pseudo rivet]

Because it's psi

[kindred hatch]

mysterious

[clever vale]

I wanna ride the guy who crawls on the ground with the gas mask

[static compass]

[clever vale]

Or the big guy in the lab in SoC who shakes the lab

[pseudo rivet]

You sure you don't want to snack on their fingers?

[north violet]

Yeah, I noticed different spelling, but I would still pronounce it the same way.

Not a fan tbh, it feels as wrong as the way symbiote was pronounced in the original Venom trailer.

[pseudo rivet]

It's also Psi in the Trilogy

[frigid anchor]

pee-sy emission

[indigo marsh]

I almost forgot about Sagorth

[celest solstice]

I want my 🔑 !!

[north violet]

Is it? I swear it was spelled Psy.

[pseudo rivet]

Nope, Psi

[kindred hatch]

anyone watch that youtube recap of the story and the guy making it pronounces strelok as "stir-lock"

[north violet]

Oh, so it is both?

[pseudo rivet]

Although the deer in HoC is a Psydeer

[north violet]

Psy helmet.

[kindred hatch]

pee pee emission

[pseudo rivet]

This is correct

[frigid anchor]

It can be what you want it to be, who's gonna tell you otherwise?

Freedom?

[north violet]

Psy band upgrade.

[kindred hatch]

i cant believe that "pee pee emission" was the comment that leveled me up HAHAHA

[static compass]

Isn't it called a hornhead?

[north violet]

Psychoactive emission level.

Yeah maybe.

[pseudo rivet]

This is also correct

[round axle]

4 days! almost there

[pseudo rivet]

Psydeer

[north violet]

I can't remember, was there ever an explicitly explained difference between Psy and Psi?

[kindred hatch]

me getting mad blazed and drunk as balls to turn off the rainbow emitter

[manic vector]

Wonder if the game will run decent on Intel GPUs as they werent even mentioned in the minimum specs

[static compass]

Oh, word

[pseudo rivet]

Nope

Not in the games, at least

[native ibex]

Need to really expand on the edible artifacts

[north violet]

"Lol, let's just change the spelling willy-nilly, who cares?"

*hits bong*

[static compass]

Freedom be like

[kindred hatch]

psy egirl

[north violet]

I kid, I'm just trying to imagine what the reasoning was, or if there even was a reason.

[north violet]

Only under the leadership of what's-his-name.

[static compass]

🚿🚿🚿

[native ibex]

Being a Jak & Daxter fan since childhood... the writing was about this level

[pseudo rivet]

Ah, good ol' childhood classics

[static compass]

Maklukah or something

[native ibex]

But I still love it, very chad series

[pseudo rivet]

Mikluha?

[static compass]

That one

[pseudo rivet]

Mikluha

[static compass]

Yes him, the bread guy

[kindred hatch]

please give me video perms i have so many stalker memes that would go down really well in chat

[pseudo rivet]

Unfortunately impossible, but you can post them in #🤨┃stalker_memes

[native ibex]

The Skyrim singer girl?

[static compass]

No, that's Malukah lol

[pseudo rivet]

I know, responding to a message with a meme is based, but unfortunately not possible

[kindred hatch]

duty-core server rules

[pseudo rivet]

Hella

[obtuse quartz]

still remember what they did with jack, dark eco...

[native ibex]

Whoa whoa, I loved that part. Very cool.

[obtuse quartz]

and hard lol but cool...i even had Daxter for PSP back then

[kindred hatch]

#🤨┃stalker_memes message

[pseudo rivet]

Ayy, good solution

[native ibex]

Dude, the jumper buggy in the desert. Great time

[opaque ruin]

i got a gtx 1080, i5-11600kf 32gb ddr4 3200mhz
will i be able to run stalker 2 at LOWEST settings, 1080p (maybe 720p) with at least 80-144 fps?

[obtuse quartz]

fun especially playing all day with grandpa

[pseudo rivet]

@dire dagger

[north violet]

@pseudo rivet Hey Crimson, could I get clarification on Rule 4? Basically I just want to know if it's okay to ping Mol1t directly with a question or if that would break that rule.

[dire dagger]

yes

easily

though you can get a much better 1080 ti for like 180 bux on ebay

[opaque ruin]

for reference i can run games like cyberpunk, tlou part1, tarkov, bf2042 at least 60 fps up to 144

[opaque ruin]

i bought my 1080 for 450 bucks back in the gpu shortage lmao

[pseudo rivet]

It honestly really depends on the question, although Mol1t is one hell of a chill dude

[opaque ruin]

wdym

[native ibex]

Lol, I tried to get my great-grandma into it, but the interest wasn't there

[opaque ruin]

all those 4 games run pretty much the same at lowest settings

[fathom pelican]

how can I join a faction?

[kindred hatch]

i would 100% survive in the zone in real life

[pseudo rivet]

Which faction do you want to join?

[obtuse quartz]

damn thats sad..i played many games with my gramps like Sly Racoon, Jack and Daxter, Ratchet and Clank

[north violet]

It was about the original trilogy on PC. Was curious if he knew if GSC have any plans for it i.e. surprise patches, remasters, etc.

[fathom pelican]

monelith

[opaque ruin]

i was just saying what i can run on my pc, i know stalker 2 will be way more hard to run

[native ibex]

Yeah, well, she was born in the 1920's, so

[kindred hatch]

some of Mol1t responses to ask-gsc questions are so funny

[pseudo rivet]

There you go, sorry to hear you like them over Freedom

[kindred hatch]

run gamma with all the grass settings cranked tf up

[karmic haven]

Hey guys, I know that question was asked millions times probably but what time stalker 2 is being released exactly? Midnight?

[obtuse quartz]

oh well then its not that surprising

[pseudo rivet]

Well, LotZ does exist and they have released patches in the past, although I'm not entirely sure what those patches changed

[kindred hatch]

"monelith"

[clever vale]

Unknown

[fathom pelican]

in anomaly I play freedom but joined monolith because my friend is in monolith

[pseudo rivet]

Unknown

[opaque ruin]

i aint downloading allat😭 i wanted to try gamma but man its a lot of work just to download it

[karmic haven]

Damn ok thank you 🙏

[pseudo rivet]

I'm just sticking to the Trilogy

Although, to be fair, I do know most of the lore now

[clever vale]

[lucid pagoda]

so presumably that 11:00 a.m. (Eastern standard time) seeing on console is more of a placeholder?

[pseudo rivet]

Seriously guys, if you're ever interested in the lore, be sure to play the game and talk as much with the NPCs as possible. Some of the stuff they say is really interesting, especially in Clear Sky

[indigo marsh]

What is the composition of the 'bread' and how does it compare to bread

[pseudo rivet]

Honestly? I'm sticking to bread. "bread" is sketch as hell

[indigo marsh]

Stalker clear sky my beloved

[pseudo rivet]

And while on the topic of Clear Sky, find Hermit

[indigo marsh]

Bad choice. It being sketchy is being funny. It's like having those little jelly beans that are really good or taste like socks or something.

[pseudo rivet]

Typical Renegadis

[old jungle]

you can't even eat it

[pseudo rivet]

https://tenor.com/view/bread-bounce-bouncing-bread-gif-14227658804645507524

[indigo marsh]

Hermit is the kind of guy to shoot you if you joke that you are bullet proof.

[native ibex]

What is 'bread'?

[pseudo rivet]

https://stalker.fandom.com/wiki/"bread"

[native ibex]

Oh, I love when I get those in TES games

[tall swallow]

what's the expected price for the story expansions if bought individually do you guys think?

[north violet]

Yeah, and I also saw they they did a couple localization patches for Shadow of Chernobyl as well as patches for Intel CPUs for Clear Sky and Call of Pripyat, so a precedent is sort of there.

I just wanted to make sure it was okay to ping him because like I said, I didn't want to accidently break rule 4 and get banned or something.

[tall swallow]

so ~40

[north violet]

Probably depends on how big the expansions are.

[native ibex]

"Whenever an NPC stalker eats something like Diet Sausage or Bread they don't use an item like the Player can pick up. Instead, they use a NPC-only object, in this case "bread_a"."

But y

[pseudo rivet]

Personally, I'd go with #📜┃ask-gsc or even check #📜┃gsc-answers with Search to see if the question has already been answered

[north violet]

"Diet" sausage, but it's as thick as your forearm and the methylcellulose globules are as thick as a human finger.

[native ibex]

You worry too much!

[north violet]

Oh, so I can ask that in #📜┃ask-gsc ? I was told that that channel was exclusively for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 questions.

[native ibex]

Could explain plz

[north violet]

Fixed.

[kindred hatch]

what is the bread talk i was away for a bit

[native ibex]

Fake bread

[pseudo rivet]

Oh wait, yeah, that's true

Well, I suppose

I doubt he's got an answer for you, though

[north violet]

Good point, something like that probably would be under NDA, I didn't even think of that.

[kindred hatch]

Anomalous Bread

[native ibex]

Can I get low gravity artifact to give moon jump? Sounds fun.

[north violet]

I imagine it's literally as hard as a rock and you could kill someone with it if you hit them in the head.

[kindred hatch]

it is also radioactive

[north violet]

Stab them with it.

[kindred hatch]

you can get it in a certain mod pack

[north violet]

Yes, Anomaly/GAMMA, you're allowed to say it.

[kindred hatch]

it is funnier to pretend im not

[native ibex]

Out here like it's Voldemort

[jaunty tangle]

GA**A

[indigo marsh]

He said the word

[pseudo rivet]

Honestly? If the Altered Insolator makes a return (I doubt it), I'd love to have an artifact that actually created psi-emissions around you. Or any artifact kinda like that, really

[north violet]

The Mod-that-shall-not-be-named.

[pseudo rivet]

Complete? True Stalker?

[clever vale]

[north violet]

Anomaly/GAMMA apparently since a not insignificant segment of the community has a rather visceral hatred for them.

[pseudo rivet]

Yep, welcome to STOC

[native ibex]

This probably a stupid question but, how's Misery?

[pseudo rivet]

Well, it's not only STOC, really

[north violet]

An unfun slog, it's what Anomaly and GAMMA use as a base. (Well sort of)

[indigo marsh]

What are you guys talking about?

[native ibex]

The mod with the .50 beowulf rifle, though, lol

[kindred hatch]

we are just LARPing as stalker factions and shooting each other (with arguments)

[north violet]

Lol, pull out a .50 BMG rifle and tell the Chimeras and Pseudogiants "Prepare to meet God.".

[pseudo rivet]

Very unfair economy, item bloat, but also classes and armor being catagorized as light, medium, heavy as well as their level of conceilment. Not sure how that is with other mods, but yeah. Oh, and you can use mutant parts as protection as well

[native ibex]

Masochists are valid bases to cater to. That's why those 'Souls' games exist.

[pseudo rivet]

It's basically that father of Anomaly and that kind of stuff

[kindred hatch]

you cant sell guns you pick up

or armor

[native ibex]

So you presumably dislike Anomaly

[kindred hatch]

and the health system is nuts

[elder sequoia]

Cheese burger

[native ibex]

Sage words, friend.

[north violet]

Nah, I'm a (modern) FromSoft vet and those games are difficult but fair. (Mostly)

MISERY is a drawn-out, tedious slog to play through. I made multiple attempts to play through it but got sick of it rather quickly.

It has some features I like but the difficulty is unfairly punishing and the progression turns everything into a tedious, thousand-mile march.

[pseudo rivet]

Haven't tried it, so I don't know. Some of the things I've heard don't make it look that good, tbh

[viral moss]

The minimum spec it's a joke, 32gb of ram

[indigo marsh]

The c-conscious server too

[severe turtle]

I need to know when the review embargo is 😭 Why? well because I need to know how well optimized the game is

[clever vale]

Heh just say ur broke

[pseudo rivet]

I did try Misery for a bit and I did enjoy it, but who knows, perhaps when I play more, I'll dislike it

Who's to say

[celest blaze]

bro that aint cool lol

[north violet]

Well thank you for the clarification and permission. I'll probably wait to ping him with the question until chat slows down a bit so I'm not disrupting any conversations. (Like I am now, whoops.)

[lusty fable]

preload or riot

[kindred hatch]

the appeal of gamma to me is the learning curve and the progression, its so easy to me now after learning the systems and getting good loot but i remember when i started it was just awful

[tall swallow]

time to upgrade

[celest blaze]

no

[kindred hatch]

i am broke (i have expensive hobbies)

[lusty fable]

PRELOAD

[celest blaze]

same

[pseudo rivet]

Hella

[lusty fable]

preload or steam review bomb

[celest blaze]

dude stop crying already

[kindred hatch]

go on name one

[native ibex]

See, I love Anomaly, but starting out, you're kinda not gonna have fun. That's the issue. Having that fella at the village show you the ropes and giving you decent gear would have been nice for more than one mission. Any other faction is "Take that Glock we gave you and kill this mutant." (It's a Chimera)

[kindred hatch]

typical freedomer

[celest blaze]

pc gaming my pc i built cost 3400 before warrenty and tax

[obtuse quartz]

minimum are 16

[kindred hatch]

take that block (of bread)

[clever vale]

Me too (I can’t decide if I wanna fix my car or buy pc parts)

[native ibex]

That's pretty Chad

[kindred hatch]

what currency

[pseudo rivet]

Isn't the whole point of a mod to have a different experience compared to the original? Like, if you play the original games first, you know what changed and perhaps even appreciate the changes more

[lusty fable]

my man

[celest blaze]

canadian dollar

[native ibex]

Aggressive negotiations

[kindred hatch]

i spent the same in gbp on mine in '22 i know those feels

[lusty fable]

the only way

[celest blaze]

it was so worth it i cant go back to console gaming

[kindred hatch]

if you build a pc powerful enough to grow legs you wont need a car

[kindred hatch]

real (i hate consoles)

[pseudo rivet]

PC Gang

[clever vale]

With these gpu prices haha

[pseudo rivet]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/561149828503961600/1304199840800182395/lv_0_20241107223718.gif

[indigo marsh]

There is a preload

[fervent socket]

So my stalker 2 for the Xbox comes in soon, do we know if it’s gonna have a CD or is it all Digital?

[kindred hatch]

no one saw that

[young adder]

I've just seen this post on reddit and ge is not wrong. We're 4 days from release and there's a reviews embargo. What's going on?
https://www.reddit.com/r/stalker/comments/1gspuq1/im_surprised_how_almost_nobody_is_talking_about_a/

[clever vale]

A gpu costs more than a body kit for my car like

[celest blaze]

👀

[fallow garden]

for steam? dont think so

[indigo marsh]

It is on x box

[kindred hatch]

i just got into airsoft so that isnt very good

[indigo marsh]

Only for x box

[celest blaze]

airsoft is based

[lusty fable]

i chose monolith not freedom how do i change

[kindred hatch]

i spent about 1000 gbp on us army gear while i was out in texas

[pseudo rivet]

Digital

[kindred hatch]

got a woodland iba and a woodland pasgt

[native ibex]

Yo, they should definitely turn the Exclusion zone into a massive airsoft range. Host entire wars, lol

[celest blaze]

based af

[fervent socket]

Thank you!

[kindred hatch]

id pay a lot of money to LARP in airsoft stalker

[north violet]

Review embargos aren't a new thing, pretty much every game has one nowadays.

[clever vale]

I think people talked about this earlier but it’s following similar games that release embargo insanely close to release

[celest blaze]

stalker airsoft would go so hard id love to buy a clear sky uniform

[kindred hatch]

im going to be the coolest boy on the uk airsoft field dressed in my us gear 🤓

[north violet]

Someone in that very thread pointed out how Elden Ring's embargo didn't lift until literally the day before release.

[viral moss]

For 2k it's 32

[kindred hatch]

im going to try my hand at a monolith cause i could also spin it into hl hecu too

[native ibex]

All the mutants are just fluffy little dogs

[celest blaze]

CS-1 body armor goes so hard

[kindred hatch]

nah they have to be xl bullies on roids

i want as close to the real thing as possible

[pseudo rivet]

https://camohq.com/products/stalker-clear-sky-video-game-camo-unisex-hoodie?_pos=14&_sid=356b02edd&_ss=r

[obtuse quartz]

yeah but 2k arent minimum, if you wanted 2k say so but otherwise yes i understand it that 32 are a high amount

[pseudo rivet]

Just like the CS-3a

[celest blaze]

AYO

[kindred hatch]

that is too farb

[hazy helm]

Peak

[native ibex]

But I don't think that's going to fly with any legal system outside south American uncontacted tribes

[celest blaze]

mono is cool aswell

[kindred hatch]

what i would recommend is finding the material that resembles the cs gear the most and finding a seamstress to make you the shirt and trousers

[obtuse quartz]

wheres the hoodie? i dont see anything

[north violet]

I probably won't go any higher than 2k res when I'm able to upgrade my rig.

[pseudo rivet]

I know, but it's basically the exact same used in the CS-3a

[north violet]

Plus I don't think they make 4k monitors that would actually fit on my desk.

[native ibex]

1440p is the way, practically speaking

[pseudo rivet]

Uh, you just replied to it?

[obtuse quartz]

yes i see the text but no hoodie

[north violet]

Someone told me yesterday that that's 2k, is that not true? I'm not a hi-res fanboy so I'm not as familiar with this stuff as I probably should be.

[celest blaze]

fellow 1440p user

[kindred hatch]

camo joke

[native ibex]

Some people can't see camo

[pseudo rivet]

Oh, right...

[celest blaze]

2k = 1440p i believe

[indigo marsh]

They used the " "
It's le jok

[pseudo rivet]

Eto bleh

[obtuse quartz]

[pseudo rivet]

[jaunty pebble]

just like John Cena

[north violet]

Yeah that's what I was told. Thanks!

[native ibex]

It refers to that, yes

[kindred hatch]

1080p 3080 gang

[north violet]

GTX 1660ti 6GB, i7-10700k, 32GB RAM

[obtuse quartz]

yes thats 2k

[native ibex]

Yez. I have one of those wide-screen galaxy tvs Samsung made. Crazy thing. Love it.

I bought it in anticipation of exploring Hogwarts with as much immersion as possible. It was great.

[north violet]

My current monitor is 23" and I legitimately can't go any bigger. (I like having my monitor on top of my desk, it gathers less dust and pet hair that way)

[kindred hatch]

you need to upgrade your graphics card straight up

[north violet]

I know, but that was all I had the money for at the time and I can't afford to upgrade right now.

[celest blaze]

https://www.dell.com/en-ca/shop/dell-32-curved-gaming-monitor-s3222dgm/apd/210-azzr/monitors-monitor-accessories?msockid=13d8b9ccc29b6238368dad06c3216343 i use this one

[kindred hatch]

real

youll still be able to play it though

[celest blaze]

there were 4k ones in the store but they had lower refresh rates so got this instead

[native ibex]

Nice

[native ibex]

That's what I mean by practicality

[north violet]

Literally all I care about. I couldn't play Shadow of Chernobyl at 60FPS when I first played it, I survived then and I'll survive this time.

Hopefully it'll be like Fallout 4 where it runs WAY better than I expected it to.

[celest blaze]

one day ill go 4k but when i have 7900xtx i dont feel 4070ti is a modern 4k card

[kindred hatch]

i bought dying light in 2016 while i was using a dell tower i stole from an office the struggle is real

[north violet]

For context: When I first played Fallout 4, I had a GTX 960 2GB and was able to run the game on pretty high settings with a mostly stable framerate that was surprisingly close to 60 FPS a lot of the time.

[native ibex]

Right now I'm praying for the AI singularity to take off so we can get Matrix level experiences managed by superintelligent AI agents within my lifetime.

[kindred hatch]

couldnt run it at all

[loud vale]

Stalker 2 is gonna the first time in two years I've payed full price 60$ and up for a video game

[kindred hatch]

i started my stalker journey on gtx970 sli and got mad gpu whir

[north violet]

I'm getting S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 as a combo birthday/Christmas gift.

[kindred hatch]

i paid £100 for it oof

[loud vale]

Next time after this is gonna be kingdom come deliverance 2

[young adder]

guys if I order ultimate edition for PC on Game Legends DE, is it for Steam or Epic Games? It's not mentioned on the page of the product

[loud vale]

Then gta 6 and mafia old country

[proper rock]

Guys, is the Guides are compagnon in Stalker 2 ? Or do we know if we can have companions ?

[celest blaze]

based game choices

[loud vale]

What you get for that price ?

[kindred hatch]

stalker 2 is probably going to be my last game before i put gaming down for a while

got my whole life to sort out

[loud vale]

2025 is stacked for gaming

[kindred hatch]

the digital edition that comes with everything

[celest blaze]

fair tbh plus these games aint going anywhere

[patent nebula]

do we know which time it releases on the 20th? are we speaking 00:00 on the 20th or something else?

[wicked fox]

Can't wait for that

[pseudo rivet]

Don't forget DOOM: The Dark Ages

That game looks like pure hype

[kindred hatch]

that is what im saying dawg i have more important things to focus on, besides upgrading rigs aint cheap if you want to play games that get more graphically intense every year

[kindred hatch]

nope

[clever vale]

U can pass urs down to me

[native ibex]

Nice. What's the other game?

[kindred hatch]

if you live in the uk ill let you buy it for cheap

[native ibex]

Didn't get around to play the second game. How was it?

[north violet]

Oh there is no other game, what I mean is I'm getting S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 as a gift that counts for both my birthday and Christmas.

[kindred hatch]

got my old gaming pc that im looking to sell quite soon actually

[pseudo rivet]

Haven't played it

[clever vale]

I’m in the US

[loud vale]

This is gonna be my first stalker game coming from a metro fan

[clever vale]

I was looking at 3080 and 3090 prices why are they still so expensive

[pseudo rivet]

But I do know The Dark Ages look heckin' LIT

[patent nebula]

thats a shame. got the ultimate edition cause i cant wait and defintely want to support the makers of my beloved series. hope it is at a reasonable time

[native ibex]

Oh. Hey, that's a scam

[kindred hatch]

peak no cheap gaming pc for you then

[north violet]

This is my most anticipated upcoming release after S2.

[kindred hatch]

nah dawg some people just aint got that much money

[patent nebula]

dont look at those. look at something that gives you equivalent perf but without the rtx tax

[clever vale]

Haha I hope I can keep finding deals I got my 3060 rig for 600

[north violet]

Nah, I don't see it that way. I'm the one who proposed having it as a gift that counts for both birthday and Christmas. It lets my dad save money, which he appreciates since things are kind of tight right now.

[elder sequoia]

Thank you

[native ibex]

Oh, that makes sense. Good on you.

[kindred hatch]

i got a 3080 2 years ago and it cost me £900

[clever vale]

Sold my rtx titan which I grossly overpaid for but it was my first pc

[kindred hatch]

cant believe i dropped that much on it

[elder sequoia]

Thank you

[clever vale]

You live you learn

[loud vale]

7800 xt is probably the best bang for your buck card out now

[kindred hatch]

the older that i get the more money i spend on things that i didnt think i was going to spend money on

[wise blaze]

does the svarog detector detect all artifacts?

[jade coral]

Probably

[north violet]

My GTX 1660ti 6GB cost a little over $700 USD. Yes it was a rip-off but it was the cheapest thing I could find that wasn't from some shady-ass vendor.

[pseudo rivet]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fobndxwxx6I

[kindred hatch]

i used to ride bmx and built a custom that was £1500

[static compass]

Goated song

[kindred hatch]

1500 for a bicycle

[native ibex]

I cant blame you. If I hadn't found a very discounted R9 295x2, I'd have bought a Titan.

[kindred hatch]

ridiculous

[indigo marsh]

Everything but ||Deez mamas beads ||

[regal drift]

Anyone else pre-order the game through GoG? I usually buy through Steam but I’ve heard too much about DRM impacting performance

[clever vale]

My buddy at work offered it to me cause he built pcs for a long time and just replaced it and I paid 800 cause I didn’t do any research

[tender sphinx]

Is there still an option to join a faction at this point? I selected monolith but must have deselected it in the couple days leading up to the faction choice being locked, and have not been able to play

[loud vale]

Steam or bust

[austere crypt]

I'm pretty sure I've found those with svarog in CoP

[clever vale]

I sold it for 600 and bought a 3060 rig for 600

[kindred hatch]

WHAT

[austere crypt]

Maybe I'm wrong lol

[sharp maple]

Steam DRM doesn't affect performance.

[kindred hatch]

drm affects performance ?

[clever vale]

Minimally

[pseudo rivet]

You want Monolith back?

[austere crypt]

If it's kernel diving yes

[north violet]

It's a joke my dude. Mama's Beads can be found with a freaking Echo detector in Call of Pripyat.

[kindred hatch]

no idea what that means

[north violet]

The Kernel is the deepest level of a computer's operating system.

[hazy helm]

Any process that is running in the background concurrent does
Steams drm works at start and runs once per start
So no it doesn't

[indigo marsh]

It was a joke that kuro made to troll people, but mostly mozi

[regal drift]

I didn’t mean Steam DRM, I meant like Denuvo and the such. I don’t know if the game is automatically have their own drm on top of whatever storefront

[hazy helm]

At least

Steam drm

[celest blaze]

it doesnt have that

[austere crypt]

I got that now haha

[sharp maple]

Stalker 2 doesn't have denuvo

[static compass]

[tender sphinx]

Yes It calls to me in my dreams and says "tearlings" "mama, tearlings"

[north violet]

Speaking of Denuvo, it's been confirmed that Kingdom Come: Deliverance II will NOT have it either.

[hazy helm]

Denuvo is a set of tools that obfuscates the games innerworkings thus it's very heavy and hogs perf

[austere crypt]

Yeah as far as I know this specifically does not use denuvo. Which I'm grateful AF for.

[sharp maple]

Why would it be on GOG if it has denuvo?

[austere crypt]

It does not have it.

[kindred hatch]

appreciated for the explanations, i never really thought of drm much before aside from it is something to do with rights

[north violet]

Well if it's on GOG then it shouldn't have DRM, though I think there have been a couple of exceptions.

[sharp maple]

Rhetorical question.

[north violet]

Well, now seems like a relatively okay time to ask Mol1t my question.

@glossy blade Hey Mol1t, hope I'm not bothering you right now but I had a question:

Do you know if GSC has any plans in the future to further patch or remaster the original S.T.A.L.K.E.R. trilogy on PC? I know they put out localization patches for Shadow of Chernobyl as well as patches to fix an Intel issue for Clear Sky and Call of Pripyat, and we just got the original trilogy released for consoles, so I'm curious if there are plans for anything further.

If you're under an NDA and can't share that information that's fine, but I figured I'd ask.

Thanks for your time!

[clever vale]

Banned

[sharp maple]

o7

[pseudo rivet]

NDA rocked

[north violet]

Nope, @pseudo rivet said it was okay.

[pseudo rivet]

https://tenor.com/view/wizard-rock-throwing-gif-3095471689337470556

[regal drift]

How dare you ask such questions

[clever vale]

I’m joking it would be insane to ban someone for an inquiry

[glossy blade]

NDA moment

[pseudo rivet]

See?

[loud vale]

I hope the movement speed is tactical and doesn't reward a cod play style

[north violet]

Not a problem, appreciate you responding anyways.

[obtuse quartz]

[north violet]

[indigo marsh]

[clever vale]

[loud vale]

[regal drift]

[pseudo rivet]

[cobalt nexus]

Good Morning

[pseudo rivet]

Man, I miss #books

[obtuse quartz]

oh god damn you failed it

[analog rampart]

[pseudo rivet]

Welcome

[indigo marsh]

[obtuse quartz]

but still good morning

[celest blaze]

[indigo marsh]

[static compass]

[regal drift]

[obtuse quartz]

[loud vale]

Got a folder set up for some spicy mods for stalker 2 😏

100 gb folder btw

[indigo marsh]

🚿

[celest blaze]

🤢

[cobalt nexus]

[pseudo rivet]

[gleaming ruin]

games not even out yet man lol

[north violet]

"You break NDA, you die..."

[celest blaze]

can we not talk about coomer stuff

[kindred hatch]

NO WAY did someone just ping the man himself

[loud vale]

Gooner stuff

[north violet]

[pseudo rivet]

Yes way

[kindred hatch]

jail

[obtuse quartz]

you go naked into the zone now

[north violet]

Here, jump into that whirligig anomaly, there're cookies inside.

[pseudo rivet]

Damn, you almost got me

[celest blaze]

[pseudo rivet]

I forgot to ask what kind of cookies first!

[north violet]

"See your suit can handle it keep going!"

[obtuse quartz]

theres stalker 3 in there ...go

[indigo marsh]

Website cookies

[north violet]

*SPSSSSSSSSSSSH*

"Help me Stalker!"

[pseudo rivet]

Hard pass, no way I'm jumping in that Vortex now

[loud vale]

Crumbl

[static compass]

Get out of here, stalker

[tender sphinx]

w00t thank youu

[cobalt nexus]

If you thumbs downed my Good morning. I hope your internet breaks on launch day. If you thumbs up, may Strelok bring you good fortune

[tired raven]

hey. stumbled upon a steam thread with a user mentioning 21:9 support at release. anybody can confirm? cheers

[north violet]

Okay, that's a good question, in your opinion which anomaly would suck the most to be killed by?

[indigo marsh]

It seems you think you have a choice

[clever vale]

U broke the chain may ur stalker 2 be plagued by forever corrupting files

[north violet]

You join the Loners obviously.

Or Freedom.

[pseudo rivet]

In the game, probably a Vortex. IRL though? Any type of chemical anomaly

Freedom

[north violet]

Been a while, Vortex is the one that lifts you up and explodes you right?

[static compass]

Yes

[cobalt nexus]

I break all the chains

[untold salmon]

wait the new radio beats has richter drinking :)))

[obtuse quartz]

it was answered in gsc-answers that i know

[north violet]

Okay yeah, my vote would be for Vortex too. Nice and quick.

[static compass]

Bro drinks 9 non stop cans

[tired raven]

thx ill check that thread

[pseudo rivet]

Bro didn't fully explain Freedom

[obtuse quartz]

#📜┃gsc-answers message

[north violet]

I forgot the exact stats on his consumption, but someone left a comment on the video.

[pseudo rivet]

Yes

[static compass]

Richter truly has the heart of chornobyl after all that caffeine

[north violet]

Yeah, like I said, that would be my answer too because it's nice and quick.

[pseudo rivet]

It's probably the fastest and cleanest way to go, honestly

[upper cedar]

I got a quick question......

I bought the PC Physical Ultimate Edition of S2 on Amazon DE and I live in the Netherlands, will I be able to activate the codes on my Steam?

[pseudo rivet]

Yup, Steam

[north violet]

*gets pulled in*

"Son of a biiiiiiiitch!"

*explodes*

[pseudo rivet]

You'll get a Steam Code per mail

[upper cedar]

even through Amazon?

[north violet]

I subscribe to the idea of the Loners being a "real" faction after watching Anomalous Dugout's video on the subject.

[pseudo rivet]

Yup

[static compass]

Accurate

[untold salmon]

amen

[pseudo rivet]

Most painful way would be either any chemical or fire-based anomaly

[worn oar]

[cobalt nexus]

I own the rights to play Stalker 2 on steam but am considering buying on GoG so I can actually own the game.

[static compass]

I'd rather get exploded by a vortex than melted by fruit punch or torched by a burner

[north violet]

The electrical anomalies probably aren't pleasant either.

[pseudo rivet]

This

[granite mortar]

👖
Gameplay accurate strelok

[north violet]

I've been electrocuted before, it's not fun.

[pseudo rivet]

And an electro doesn't actually kill you in one go, even with common armor

[indigo marsh]

If I had to assassinate someone it would be in a fire anomaly because it would give me free food after

[north violet]

Shock one paralyzes you, shock two kills your ass.

[static compass]

I wonder if an electro is what happened to Richter

[pseudo rivet]

The scar would probably look different?

Not sure

[ember oriole]

I just want to make sure that game legends is the website to preorder it because I've seen some people saying it was a scam website so could someone tell me?

[clever vale]

That one that throws the barrels at u deserves to rot in hell

[static compass]

Not sure, it almost looks like it has a shock pattern

[clever vale]

God is it annoying when random guns are getting tossed at my head

[indigo marsh]

The poltergeist

[static compass]

Maybe you can ask about his scar

[pseudo rivet]

He probably means the Burer, no?

[north violet]

Richter's scar looks like a burn of some kind. Probably a fire or maybe a chemical anomaly.

Though yeah, @static compass is right that it does look like an electrical pattern.

[clever vale]

I got killed by that thing bc the barrel kept landing next to me and it just kept chasing me

[cobalt nexus]

I got lived up for about 5 seconds at work. The doc said it was 50/50 that it could have killed me. Electro is no joke.

[clever vale]

It’s funny but god pls leave me alone 😭

[pseudo rivet]

It should be real. I don't believe I've heard anyone about it being a scam

[indigo marsh]

In AMK autumn edition I had a Poltergeist spawn next to the rookie village around the slope divet that is filled with anomalies and a camp with radios and other technology stuff.

[ember oriole]

ok thanks you so much

[north violet]

I shocked myself with DC current when TIG welding once, that was scary.

Part of the reason I made the decision not to pursue that career.

[clever vale]

Is the poltergeist the one that jump scared u when ur putting the code into the door for the lab

Cause if so it really deserves to rot in hell

[north violet]

Oh yeah, my favorite song from Fire Lake is Dirge for the Planet, just putting that out there.

Also, the rendition that plays during the credits of Shadow of the Zone is excellent.

[upper cedar]

sorry for not being entirely up-to-date on things, when should I receive the code?

[pseudo rivet]

Release date

[cobalt nexus]

Im an electrician of 20 years. Hence why im pursuing a Youtube career now.

[upper cedar]

thanks Stalker

[pseudo rivet]

Which is the 20th of November

[static compass]

I gotta go find Sid

[indigo marsh]

Those are the ones that throw stuff at you and fly around looking like some like electric anomalies and sometimes sparkling gas

[static compass]

If he died I'll be sad

I hope he's still listening to Dirge for the Planet on repeat lol

[clever vale]

I see how do u outplay the ones that shoot fire from the ground

[distant barn]

yess

[indigo marsh]

Find the one that is sparkling and moving about

And it

[north violet]

My 20s were a big quarter-life crisis basically. I was initially going to get into IT support, but instead of following through I listened to Internet demagogues and gave up on that and decided to try welding.

Not a good fit for me, ended up trying trucking which was also a bad fit. After some mistakes, learning experiences, and serious self-reflection, I'm now studying for the A+ certification so I can get an IT help desk job and move up from there. Long-term I'd like to become some flavor of sysadmin.

Too bad it took me so long. (I turn 28 this December)

[clever vale]

For the ones that look like gas leaks from the ground and shoot flames?

[north violet]

That's a pyrogeist.

[indigo marsh]

Yeah just getting hit by those.

This reminded me of the poltergeist in the goldsphere mod

[icy marsh]

so no preload on steam Guess im gonna crack the game then

[north violet]

I miss the poltergeists leaving a body behind, they're a fascinating design.

[austere crypt]

Congrats!

[cobalt nexus]

You are doing well. Many in their 20s do nothing then freak out at 29.

[austere crypt]

With peoples life expectancies getting longer and longer 30 is barely midlife anymore.

[north violet]

Yeah, at least I was spending my 20s actually trying things and not partying or other stupid shit.

I also have zero debt.

[native ibex]

Ah, so I'm definitely on track as far as maturity goes.

[icy marsh]

how dumb can you be to not do a preload on a 160gb game

[dim topaz]

relatabe bro, my entire life is a midlife crisis lol (I'm 27)

[native ibex]

27 97

[static compass]

What if the Zone was just a dream?

[austere crypt]

It's in my dreams

[untold salmon]

What if we woke up tomorrow and there was no stalker 2

[north violet]

27 '96 here. Technically a Millennial according to every chart/graph I've seen, just born at the end of the year.

[static compass]

Do you think the Zone Dreams?

[dim topaz]

In my restless dreams, I see that place

[untold salmon]

Emissions are just the zone having nightmares

[native ibex]

I can't say

[static compass]

https://youtu.be/tbbXDlDpyQQ?feature=shared

[cobalt nexus]

Im 41. My grandmother forced me to take up a trade at 17 and all these years later Im still doing it. It pays pretty well but my back hurts.

[shy lake]

Any words on the series x version?

[north violet]

Oh by the way, I recently found out that the idea of anomalies being human emotions isn't an original idea created for Shadow of the Zone. From what I can tell, the idea originally came from the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. iceberg that Anomalous Dugout made, though I wouldn't be surprised of others have had a similar idea before.

[native ibex]

You ever wish you could view your childhood through a massive viewfinder bar thing? Just to appreciate what's changed?

[static compass]

?

[north violet]

Eh...not really.

[native ibex]

Guess I'm just sentimental

[jade coral]

Performance wise? I think just 2 settings to change it’ll be fine

[clever vale]

Dang everyone in this discord is ancient

[static compass]

[granite sand]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yA682VkhhF8&t=1383s !!!!!!!!!!!! It's Trapper on the left, we agree !!!!!!!!!

[north violet]

Oh I'm very sentimental and nostalgic, but I've dealt with trauma during my childhood and that's the stuff I don't want to remember. (Outside of therapy when I'm trying to deal with and reconcile it.)

[untold salmon]

A couple of people have said it runs well

[ember oriole]

is it possible to pre order the physical edition from game legends only with paypal?

[native ibex]

Respect your elders, Sonny jim

[cobalt nexus]

All I can say is enjoy your 20s. Make as much money as possible. Get a qualification and stay single. Your 30s are going to be great so just enjoy the ride.

[loud gate]

It is confirmed.

[lofty fern]

i turned 20 5 weeks ago apparently im ancient too

[north violet]

@clever vale *smacks you with cane*

Damn children with their Tik Toks and their Snapchats.

[native ibex]

I was young once. I was a teenager.

It was only yesterday, really.

[dim topaz]

Old men yell at cloud

[sturdy sky]

I built my first pc so I could play stalker

[native ibex]

These young whippersnappers and their battlepasses

[dim topaz]

Based

[north violet]

Despite being a cusper (Zillennial), I feel the strongest kinship with elder and prime Millennials whereas I feel little to none with Gen Z/Zoomers.

[cobalt nexus]

In quite immature for a middle aged person which keeps me happy

[frigid anchor]

Game ready drivers don't usually improve performance, just let the GPU recognize the game on Adrenalin/Gefore Experience and that's it. Improvement drivers usually come later on if the game has any specific issues

[sturdy sky]

I'm debating if I am going to drop 109 bucks on a preorder right now

[dim topaz]

I'm convinced most men never age beyond 15

[cobalt nexus]

Do it!

[clever vale]

I’m about to be drinking age

[north violet]

Europe or US?

[clever vale]

But yesterday I was 12 playing halo reach infected all day

US

[gleaming ruin]

are you able to upgrade your preorder via steam?

[static compass]

I was once a teenager as well

[untold salmon]

Wild to think that Americans have to be 21 to drink

[clever vale]

In college rn about to complete my associates and go into uni

[untold salmon]

Truly 1984

[static compass]

But only 18 to go to war

[north violet]

On my 21st birthday I slowly worked my way through a custom 6-pack of beer.

That's the most intense drinking I've ever done in my life.

[earnest bear]

stalker 2 releases in 3 days 20 hours and 53 minutes if they releases at 16:00 utc
or in 92 hours or 5573 minutes or 334426 seconds

[clever vale]

And 18 to vote for the future of the country

[north violet]

I'm quite boring tbh.

[sturdy sky]

Ah, i remember ignoring my ex girlfriend to play stalker on my awful desktop I put a janky graphics card into

[weak lion]

what kind of answer is "its a surprise" to asking about when the embargo lifts haha

[limpid hearth]

17 utc

[untold salmon]

I remember drinking when I got my a level results, took sips from friends drinks, tasted like piss each one of them

[clever vale]

I’m a lowkey person also I love a good cookie cake tho

[earnest bear]

wen did they say that?

[sturdy sky]

Is my 3070 gonna be okay for 1080p?

[thin copper]

🇸🇦 🇸🇦

[limpid hearth]

You can say by time they post "XXX days till release" , its always exactly at 17 utc @earnest bear

[minor lake]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlCGIvwPKbs

[untold salmon]

As long as you don't try to run it max yeah

[sturdy sky]

I'm gonna run it max

[loud gate]

clickbait

[north violet]

Yeah, I remember one day I had a beer and suddenly I couldn't ignore the taste of ethanol like I used to.

I barely drank before that but I drink even less now.

[celest blaze]

based

[ivory sinew]

No, it’s going to literally explode as soon as the game boots /s

[minor lake]

it's an early review

[dim topaz]

ikr these $hitty videos lately say absolutely nothing new about the game...

[celest blaze]

fr youtubers gotta hustle

[earnest bear]

ohhh

[sturdy sky]

I hate how uts like 7.5 vram, almost enough to be good

[dim topaz]

You might as well build a new pc bro, I'm sorry to say

[clever vale]

I don’t drink it’s not my thing

[sturdy sky]

Do you guys sometimes hear the squeaking of the lights in the underground in the back of your head

[dim topaz]

now I am, thank you

[ivory sinew]

Not everything is about VRAM. While more of it is nice, you should be fine. Hell my 3060 12gb might struggle.

[cobalt nexus]

A 3070 will be fine.

[dim topaz]

and a lightning anomaly

[ember oriole]

?

[sturdy sky]

Looking at that you died screen while a bloodsucker violates your corpse

[native ibex]

Yeah, that was a pretty fun time. I think I actually drank slightly underage first, but, coulda been worse. Europeans do it all the time. I'm a little weird when I'm high or drunk. I don't become more outgoing, just take more pleasure in observing what the others are talking about.

[sturdy sky]

It's probably time for me to finish the third game before 2 comes out.

[celest blaze]

[clever vale]

I wouldn’t drink or anything I dislike the feeling of being impaired

[cobalt nexus]

UE5 is very CPU heavy. Dont just focus on the GPU. You will need 6-8 cores as fast as possible. Overclocking exists too, dont be scared of it.

[sturdy sky]

My cpu is pretty good, and I have a ton of ram

[native ibex]

Be afraid!

You could blow up the entire block

[earnest bear]

Just cores or threads

[untold salmon]

I pray it runs

[sturdy sky]

If you smell burning plastic, it's just an anomaly

[cobalt nexus]

Physical cores. All my UE5 tests utilise all of them

[untold salmon]

If you smell burning toast its a stroke

[earnest bear]

I have a Ryzen 5600

[cobalt nexus]

Very nice

[earnest bear]

So do you think it's enough?

[cobalt nexus]

What if you smell poo

[dim topaz]

most games don't do multithreading particularly well tho, it's a b$tch to code properly

[north violet]

I was wondering about this myself, thanks for confirming.

[celest blaze]

thats just a freedomer getting to close

[untold salmon]

Then invest in adult diapers

[north violet]

Nah, that's Bandits and Renegades.

[celest blaze]

based

[cobalt nexus]

Its better than the 3700x and on par with the 5800x in gaming.

[sturdy sky]

Is games planet to be trusted for my preorder?

[ivory smelt]

when does the review embargo end?

[light niche]

Just inject it into my veins already I’ve been waiting so long

[north violet]

Y'all gotta remember, Freedom doesn't allow for recreational use of weed anymore (at least as far as we know), that was just under what's-his-name.

Crap, I killed chat.

[pseudo rivet]

That's mentioned nowhere

[gleaming tangle]

hell yeah sound marines

[north violet]

Ah, my apologies, I forgot that that's speculation.

[gleaming tangle]

are they gonna be in stalker 2

[pseudo rivet]

No

[gleaming tangle]

what a shame

[frigid anchor]

Really hoping Lumen can be disabled.

If Lumen is on by default like it was on Silent Hill 2, it's going to be a disaster.

[gleaming tangle]

so we can join factions in stalker 2?

[sick lake]

Is preinstallation available right now? I can't check it

[north violet]

That's a good question, is Faction Warfare a thing in S2?

[frigid anchor]

No

[cobalt nexus]

I think people are worried a bit much. The 2060 and above will be fine, you have dlss to help if needed. Where I would worry is if you have a 10 series or less thats not a 1080ti and/or a 4 core cpu.

[north violet]

That's what I figured.

[north violet]

1660ti 6GB, i7-10700k, 32GB RAM, 1080p

[hardy bear]

I'm still just going to wait for benchmarks before getting worried, hard to figure out exactly how it'll run based off 4 systems tested

[frigid monolith]

4 days till release and still no reviews whatsoever

[north violet]

Can't remember if I shared my specs with you before or not.

[celest goblet]

If your only concern is having the game be playable at a decent framerate, I agree. Most hardware from the past 5 years should be fine

[ivory smelt]

😢

[north violet]

Review embargos aren't a new thing and have been standard for pretty much every major release over the last few years.

[ivory smelt]

probably like all ue5 games except fortnite

[north violet]

Elden Ring's review embargo didn't lift until the day before release as an example.

[sturdy sky]

I don't care if it's buggier than the first one at launch if it's fun

[neat relic]

Can i pirate the game at launch?

[celest goblet]

Sometimes reviews are out a week before launch, sometimes it is sooner 🤷

[full dagger]

no drm

[hardy bear]

Can't wait for the Jackfrags 'This game looks atsonishing...' thumbnail with the reload animations

[frigid monolith]

Well. Lets hope we dont have another cyberpunk situation here

[north violet]

I think Cyberpunk would have been better received if they had just refused to release it to previous gen consoles, since from what I remember those platforms had the worst time with the game.

[hardy bear]

Doesn't matter when the reviews come out if you have some patience

[nimble cipher]

berry9143 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[waxen nacelle]

TBH Cyberpunk worked for me since launch. On PC. consoles were buggered.

[sturdy sky]

I'm gonna do it, I'm gonna get the ultimate edition the day before the game comes out

[dim topaz]

Can you pirate any game at launch? bro asking dumbass questions won't get you anywhere

[frigid monolith]

And then cry cause its a dumpster fire

[waxen nacelle]

That's bait.

[severe token]

i just bought collectors edition, im gonna eat dirt till the end of the month

[cobalt nexus]

You may want to upgrade your gpu to a 20 series or newer. The 1660ti will run the game but Im not sure how good. Try the Black Myth benchmark on steam to give some indication.

[neat relic]

😱

[waxen nacelle]

You know you can always refund, yes?

[north violet]

Can't afford to now unfortunately.

[untold salmon]

god speed

[frigid monolith]

Yes. 😄

[gleaming tangle]

do you guys think that its worth downloading and playing gamma right now ?

[frigid monolith]

I think im good for 4k60 with a 4070TI and 5800X 3D

[full dagger]

never worth playing it

[waxen nacelle]

I think it is not worth period. 😉

[jade coral]

It had some issues that needed addressing like cops/npcs disappearing if you turned around, glad they honored the full refunds

[untold salmon]

aslong as you dont go max yeah

[ivory smelt]

the problem with cyperpunk was that the developers needed more time to optimize the game and fix bugs, but the shareholders didn't want to wait any longer.

i think if stalker 2 had been released as planned in 2023 we would have really had a cyberpunk experience...
i think the main problem will be the performance i'm not so worried about the bugs. everything else animations etc will be fixed by the community.

[north violet]

Yeah that's true, forgot about that stuff.

[gleaming tangle]

damn yall hate the mod or something

[frigid monolith]

I NEVER run ultra a settings. Only high. ^^

[earnest bear]

I was thinking ue5 in particular
I just hope it runs becouse doing an upgrade would just be too expensive or would not be enough to be Worth it

I am still on a b350 motherboard so I am unsure if it even could power a 5800 without overheating the vrm

[untold salmon]

you should be good yeah

[north violet]

I think the other problem is they announced the game WAY too soon.

[hardy bear]

not really. If you've not played stalker, play the games instead for a more S2-like experience. And if you have already, gamma is like 70GB in which case you're better off waiting 5 days lol

[jade coral]

Otherwise it was fine I enjoyed it and I only had minimal issues on PC

[untold salmon]

the issue with the mod is that its completely different to what stalker actually is and it gives people the wrong idea

[frigid anchor]

You think Stalker 2 will be as bad as Wukong on performance? That game has Lumen enabled by default as far as I know.

[waxen nacelle]

But other than some stupid/funny graphical stuff game was fine and playable. Not like bugthesda titles. At least for me. I think beth games were worse for me on premiere than any other games.

[untold salmon]

pretty sure the nvidia charts show wukong as slightly worse than s2

[north violet]

Anomaly and GAMMA are controversial amongst the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. community because they give the wrong impression of what the games are about and what they're really like.

[ivory smelt]

yes that's right .
there are very few games that come out the way i love it. they don't say anything about a game until just before it's finished and then they drop the bombshell and the media go nuts

[frigid anchor]

Got them handy? Would like to check em out

[shrewd crest]

love gamma, but will be updated soon with much better mods and features (3dss) and gamma is much different from the original games, i would play a vanilla or at least original game with graphics mod right now

[cobalt nexus]

Its an indication of how it may perform. A worst case scenario for your gpu. As for cpu im not sure how a-life 2.0 will use it.

[untold salmon]

lemme check

[waxen nacelle]

Gamma is just Tarkov at home.

[celest blaze]

also their fans are annoying

[shrewd crest]

still cool mod, even the developers play it

[untold salmon]

https://www.nvidia.com/en-gb/geforce/news/black-myth-wukong-full-ray-tracing-dlss-3/
so nvidia only shows with dlss for wukong

[north violet]

Some of them are, some of them aren't too bad.

[celest blaze]

true i shouldnt say all

[frigid monolith]

People are way too spoiled bcs of gamma and efp

[jade coral]

lol

[ivory smelt]

do we already know what kind of modtool we will get?

[north violet]

I strongly recommend playing through the original trilogy before you touch mods like Anomaly or GAMMA.

[frigid monolith]

If you want tarkov, go and play tarkov

[sturdy sky]

I'm gonna play through all three vanilla before I play two

[frigid anchor]

That's much better than Stalker 2 even with upscalers lol

[hardy bear]

I honestly couldn’t give a famn about what people play, but it’s purely people who haven’t played the originals that can get on my nerves sometimes expecting something completely different

[untold salmon]

no its not?

[waxen nacelle]

I'm not saying it is not. I can appreciate its scope. And still think it is just empty shell of a stalker with added chores.

[frigid anchor]

4090 was getting bottlenecked at 1080p with same CPU at mid 80s.

[ivory smelt]

yes but stalker 2 is a real openworld and just look at the view distance ...

[cobalt nexus]

Even Fortnite max settings will stress your system. Its probably the most optimised UE5 game

[frigid anchor]

Don't justify it.

[north violet]

The main problem I have with MISERY, Anomaly and GAMMA, is that they turn everything in the game into such a tedious chore.

They all have some features that I genuinely like, but I hate the way they handle difficulty, especially for character progression.

[earnest haven]

You can change anything you want tho

[untold salmon]

yeah but compare the world sizes and what going on, alife would presumably be quite heavy

[north violet]

Well not in MISERY, but for Anomaly and GAMMA I'm referring to their default settings.

[jade coral]

It’s a really popular mod and has carried the stalker name as much as the originals, I think most people know S2 won’t be gamma it’s such a dead horse

[untold salmon]

if you go up to 1440p and 4k then s2 is performing better than wukong

[shrewd crest]

everyone is entitled to have an opinion, thats what you think, but a lot of ppl like it, it's a cool alternative to the game!

[waxen nacelle]

I especially hate crafting system. Who needs pliers to remove guns bolt? Who can replace barrel with pliers? Why pliers break after 15 - 20 uses?

[earnest haven]

Yeah, but you can change the settings, Just like you can in stalker 2

[ivory smelt]

we have to compare how it really looks in the game, maybe our jaws will drop .

what I love about Stalker in any case, and I love GSC for that, is that it is a game that is based on reality on real places and makes the graphics realistic and not comic-like, which I don't like at all in many modern games.

[cobalt nexus]

This is a spoiler for something im working on. Test your system with Black Myth and EZ bench benchmarks then Grey Zone Warfare and Fortnite. This will give you some worst case UE5 scenarios.

Be sure to crank those fans to max first.

[earnest haven]

Like the yellow Paint as example, the game Will allow to remove, does not matter if it is default

[north violet]

Yeah, I like the idea of the crafting system but not the way it's implemented.

[jade coral]

Easy stuff, just buy that off a merchant, I can’t wait to see you complain about weapon repair system in stalker 2 though it won’t be as intricate,

[celest blaze]

fr its so tedious lol

[untold salmon]

fortnite is especially good for benchmarking because of the ability to turn lumen on and off

[celest blaze]

gammas systems are obnoxious you cant deny theres so many unneeded steps lol

[full dagger]

i hate how many random items there are its so bloated

[waxen nacelle]

Tedious is the word to sum my experience with big mods. empty and tedious.

[north violet]

Just getting the money needed to buy that stuff is a needlessly tedious experience because even the most basic items cost an absolute fortune.

[full dagger]

CotZ is the best mod fr

[ivory smelt]

because they are cheap ones from the hardware store🧠 😄

[celest blaze]

i love cotz so much

[celest blaze]

ONG esp medicine it feels kinda memey

if gamma was anything else it would be fine but it deff aint stalker

[fluid folio]

Hi, i think i bought twice physical edition because i forgot i already did like half year ago, can someone from support check it ?

[full dagger]

just send the stuff my way dw

[pearl ore]

You don’t like the endless hunt for a new toolkit?

[waxen nacelle]

Twice the fun. 😄

[tulip vapor]

plenty folks would buy the spare

[static compass]

Will you be able to see yourself in reflections?

[celest blaze]

also gamma doesnt run that well tbh the engine sucks i have about 800ish mods for fallout 4 fully maxed im 100+ fps even in downtown boston but maxed gamma fps is all over the place

[wise geyser]

In stalker 2?

[static compass]

Yes

[wise geyser]

Yeah it’s in some trailers

[coarse sparrow]

yes

[static compass]

Which ones?

[wise geyser]

One sec

[waxen nacelle]

Most fun i had in Basic anomaly that i modded myself with about 100 mods.

[north violet]

Seriously, EVERY technician in the Zone shouldn't need you to find them more tools, it doesn't make sense.

Technicians towards the center of the Zone? Sure, it's probably harder for them to get the necessary supplies, especially since the Brain Scorcher and Miracle Machine have been reactivated (in Anomaly/GAMMA), but technicians in the Great Swamps, Cordon, Rostok, Army Warehouses, etc. should be well supplied; they're in well-trodden, populated areas and faction bases, not no-man's land.

[waxen nacelle]

It looks preety

[celest blaze]

based ive always been a fan of custom built lists

[pearl ore]

Pads playtime majorly, imagine how fast you could get through that story if you had an actual gun and armor lol

[celest blaze]

fr lol

[north violet]

Everyone having barely functioning guns and barely intact suits also makes zero sense. If you're that terrible at equipment maintenance you're going to die, it's that simple.

[wise geyser]

Guess I’m fcking retarted nvm lmao I thought it was in the world and locations and the really again one near water

[trail mantle]

modding support on launch?

[pearl ore]

Yeah if literally all parts of your gun are broke it isn’t shooting lol

[celest blaze]

ALSO mfs having perfect armor and guns but as soon as you grab it they magically fall apart

[celest blaze]

later down the road

[north violet]

YES! It's so stupid!

[old jungle]

no but it will come afterwards

[ivory smelt]

mfs?👀 😅

[wicked fox]

You guys have seen the leaked Xbox Series X screenshots?

[north violet]

Like bro, I shot them in the head, their gun shouldn't lose 98% of its condition because it fell to the ground.

[wicked fox]

Idk if I can post them

[cobalt nexus]

If only you could play the original stories in the monolith engine. I get what gamma is and people enjoy it but Its crazy that nobody creates story based content for it. Its all about tacticool stuff

[celest blaze]

grounds hard af

[wise geyser]

Does anyone know the ambient music or sound playing in the background of the world and locations trailer?

[celest blaze]

id love the trilogy on the mono engine

[wise geyser]

That shit is eerie asf and I’m fcking with it lmao

[celest blaze]

ngl id love if they ported the trilogy to ue5 if possible

[old jungle]

it's original

[north violet]

Kill them with a grenade? Sure, I would expect their gear to be highly damaged, but a basic firefight shouldn't render every piece of gear on their body borderline disintegrated.

[full dagger]

new video when?

[wise geyser]

I hope it’s in the soundtrack collection

[old jungle]

[wise geyser]

I’m messing with it

[full dagger]

😔

[cobalt nexus]

I have a strong feeling something like this might be a dlc. Especially SoC

[true shoal]

Hey

[celest blaze]

that would be awesome

[true shoal]

Is there any general what to expect performence wise yet thought the game looked cool but games been demanding on cpus lately

[north violet]

I'd be happy if they just moved SoC and CS to the CoP version of the XRay engine and updated the multiplayer components so the game doesn't ask you for DirectPlay when you launch it.

[empty surge]

why is stalker 2 in xbox weights 10 MB?

[celest blaze]

it needs to go on a diet

[lethal orchid]

In announcements you can see the specs

[celest blaze]

my pc stalker 2 is 5 mb

[true shoal]

😭

[winter jay]

Alright at this point I'm convinced they decided to just not bother with the local time release map and will announce something like "Less than a day before launch, just check the time on the Steam page"

[gleaming tangle]

i hope stalker 2 as a lot of repleaybility and lots of things to do after we finised the main story

[wicked fox]

That should be the client only, but the full preload is available on Xbox. I did it

[winter jay]

I expect more than the trilogy, but less than anomaly in terms of free-roam content.

[hardy bear]

I never see it that way, I just view it as a means to enable its progression system, as I don't really care for what's realistic and what isnt

[empty surge]

where?

[lethal orchid]

100 hours of theoretical content

[wicked fox]

On Series X, the gamepass version

[empty surge]

ok it worked

[wicked fox]

I am in Italy. Idk if location is a factor

[winter jay]

I hope they pull Michael Zaki on us and it's actually even bigger.

[old jungle]

There will be a lot to explore and plenty of side quests. Also due to the branching story several playthroughts are required to see all possibilities.

[empty surge]

btw i've meant like xbox app on PC

[celest blaze]

man i cant wait

[wicked fox]

Oh nice

[north violet]

It's needlessly tedious and grindy. I don't mind making it more difficult for the player to steamroll through everything, but I don't like the way that idea is implemented in Anomaly/GAMMA.

[empty surge]

it didnt lol

[wicked fox]

Oh then no

[celest blaze]

no pc preloading

[old jungle]

I don't know, the map will be way bigger after all

[wicked fox]

Preload is Xbox consoles only for some reason

[empty surge]

nooo

[gleaming tangle]

glad to hear i love when you can sim a life in a game and do rp

[celest blaze]

so people dont leak

[north violet]

60 square kilometers iirc.

[winter jay]

I'm not talking map, I'm talking activities and stuff to do on that map once you've finished all the proper story stuff.

[wicked fox]

Some Xbox screenshots are floating around already lol

[hardy bear]

yeah I don't either, I'm not a fan of how it handles material collection, repair and maintenance, but just saying that it's not just the lack of realism that makes it bad I guess. We're on the same footing anyway

[old jungle]

map will be filled with stuff to do

so the larger the map, the more things

[hardy bear]

theoretically

[north violet]

My bad, I misunderstood what point you were trying to make.

It's not even about realism for me, these things just seem straight-up illogical to me.

[hardy bear]

I'm keen to see if anything will respawn, or else visiting past locations would serve little purpose

[winter jay]

My main gripe with Anomaly/Gamma is that you can't do anything without tools and they're randomized. It absolutely blows to have 3 copies of Tier 2 and 3 tools, yet no Crude Tier 1 set.

[quick hare]

Hello guys, need help

[old jungle]

A-Life will do its job

[hardy bear]

worked with the linear structure of the games, but going into non linearity opens up the doors for a slew of further questions

[old jungle]

what with?

[winter jay]

There's only so much A-Life can do if the human NPC respawns are off, so I hope the zone gets some repopulation every 10 in-game days or so.

[quick hare]

I have stalker 2 standardt ed. If i buy ultimate ed i will pay rest of price?

[old jungle]

think Call of Prypiat but on a much bigger scale

[winter jay]

I think it'll make you pay the full Ultimate price on top of normal. Your best bet would be refunding standard and getting the other one.

[quick hare]

thanks

[north violet]

I love how Autumnal and "cold" S.T.A.L.K.E.R. feels. Plaything through it makes me feel like I need jeans and a hoodie, maybe even a beanie for nighttime.

[old jungle]

exactly, at least for now

they are working on perhaps adding the possibility to upgrade later on

[winter jay]

Yeah, they'll have upgrades later on, but if you want pre-order bonuses just cancel the standard and get other stuff

[urban herald]

Yup, did this exact thing today, everything worked

[winter jay]

I believe they explicitly said it'll be added post-launch.

[hardy bear]

I do really hope its main quest has a similar structure of allowing side quest characters to lend you a hand

[old jungle]

some missions will involve other characters

[winter jay]

I think CoP-like content density on such a massive map would be insane if true, so I wouldn't expect that much.

[hardy bear]

that aspect was so neat, felt like a huge climax that respected my time spent exploring other characters and their tales

[old jungle]

you will see soon enough

[north violet]

[winter jay]

I may be illiterate, but I think this might be a threat

(It took me a minute or so to remember how to write illiterate, I'm so cooked)

[north violet]

It's not, Anomalous just can't share too much with us because of NDA reasons.

[celest blaze]

i'm actually based on NDA

[old jungle]

I actually didn't sign any NDA

[winter jay]

The only problem I see with the current NDA is the lack of early reviews.

[north violet]

Oh, my bad then.

How was the performance?

[old jungle]

but it's a recurring joke to use it

[hardy bear]

so you can tell us everything then

spill the beans. now.

[old jungle]

Tell you what?

[hardy bear]

everything you know

[round frost]

@blyat

[winter jay]

@old jungle How would you rate Strelok's feet shown in the super-secret ending cutscene?

[north violet]

7/10 with rice

[old jungle]

that will take a few days 😆

[hardy bear]

we have 4

[old jungle]

[celest blaze]

[north violet]

[wicked fox]

It's a very cozy game

[old jungle]

I already share most of my knowledge in my videos

[wicked fox]

Oh wait! You are anomalous duguout

[old jungle]

correct

[wicked fox]

Big fan

[winter jay]

I hope the early reviews come in 2 or at least 1 day before launch. It's a REALLY bad sign whenever they come out post-launch

[ivory smelt]

👀

[old jungle]

we still don't know when they will be allowed

[wicked fox]

Tbh sometimes games have reviews on launch day and they turn out fine. Doom for example

[winter jay]

That's even worse tbh.

[north violet]

I now subscribe to the idea of Loners being a "true" faction because of your video.

(To be fair, I kind of leaned in that direction already, but your video just further vindicated that, so thank you.)

[wicked fox]

I'm not too worried. I also don't expect many reviewers to have played the original games so idk how reliable they'll be

[old jungle]

It seems the faction war event also supports this idea

[spark birch]

Game reviews 2024 are worth poo

[ivory smelt]

they will be able to classify bugs and performance well, but not the level of difficulty😄

[north violet]

True.

[hardy bear]

Besides, the only way you can figure out if you like a game is just raw gameplay videos

[urban herald]

Soon™

[north violet]

Oh, so how's the game's performance? @old jungle

[hybrid cedar]

Anomalous is the game like tarkov?

[north violet]

Curious to hear from someone who's had boots on the ground.

[winter jay]

Not sure about the context, but I feel like what Loners have kinda both transcends and doesn't reach what I would call a faction. Loners are just a bunch of free people who (may) work together and don't have an allegiance, but may be leaning towards a certain world view.

[pseudo rivet]

I mean, the same can be said about Bandits. Not every Bandit follows the same leader, but their modus operandi remains the same. Not every Loner/Free Stalker likes each other, not every Bandit likes each other

[ivory smelt]

with cyberpunk you couldn't find out in advance from videos what state the game was in

[north violet]

True, but even past Clear Sky, the vast majority of Loners still seem to follow the code that Father Valerian talks about.

[old jungle]

I hear it's good on XBOX

[north violet]

Series S or X?

[old jungle]

yeah and they are also a faction

[old jungle]

🤔 not sure

[hardy bear]

Exactly

[old jungle]

[pseudo rivet]

The Stalker Code is just an unspoken rule which basically translates to "Be human and don't be an asshole". AKA basic common sense

[winter jay]

Yeah, but that's kinda different. It's way easier to make stuff run on the same exact hardware. Meanwhile PCs with literally the same specs might have like a 20% worse performance.

[ivory smelt]

how do you know that? stalker probably doesn't look as good on the xbox as it does in the videos and screenshots

[winter jay]

Digital Foundry said it runs well on Xbox X, 60 fps and all.

[north violet]

True, but it was still pretty strictly laid out by Valerian as "a thing".

[exotic mural]

Series sex!!!

[ivory smelt]

but how it looks ?

[old jungle]

Some stores made a mistake and already distributed the game on this platform, so a few lucky folks already played it

[winter jay]

Some of the footage we got was recorded on Xbox X so I'd say it's decent.

[north violet]

I wish we knew how performance was for Series S since that's going to be more analogous for minimum-spec PCs. (I think)

[hybrid cedar]

I need to ask them the same question

[exotic mural]

Looks like an Xbox game vruh what are you expecting 8k 90000fps

[ivory smelt]

interesting any gameplay vids online?

[exotic mural]

Yes

[north violet]

Didn't you know that if you can't see each individual pore on an NPC's face that the game is terrible?

[pseudo rivet]

It's basically like the A Friend of Stalkers achievement:

You’ve always helped out stalkers in trouble. Although their faction is not very tight-knit, you now have allies in the unofficial stalker brotherhood who will help you in combat and afterwards too.

[winter jay]

Some people expect consoles to have such outdated hardware that they can only run games in 480p minimal settings 30 fps with input lag like it's a Witcher on Switch.

[old jungle]

they are being taken down

[ivory smelt]

xbox is a 4k console they said😂

[exotic mural]

Oh fr?

[north violet]

I always wish we could get that achievement and still be able to get Strider into a faction so we can recruit him.

[ivory smelt]

yeah and a 2000 rtx is also good for raytracing..😅

[pseudo rivet]

It's possible

[north violet]

Ooooh really?

[hasty sleet]

I just want to be the bandit king

[exotic mural]

2000rtx does not exist bruh

[winter jay]

Pretty sure whenever a console game is announced to have 4K it is heavily implied that it'll run in 30 FPS.

[ivory smelt]

2000 series bro

[pseudo rivet]

Aye, although I personally don't know what the exact way is

[exotic mural]

Yeah it raytraces what are you trying to prove here bro

[pseudo rivet]

@gaunt burrow knows, though

[north violet]

Probably a specific combination of handing shit over to one faction leader while still boosting your Loner rep to the max.

[old jungle]

I think you also need the "Man of balance"

[pseudo rivet]

Definitely

[old jungle]

basically you don't 100% side with Freedom nor Duty