⭐┃nospoilers_general

[tacit oracle]

Ever since the launch I must have tried like what 10+ games? And I just end up dropping out cause what I want to do is play s2 lmao
I hate it but it's what it is.

[brittle rivet]

I like stalker 2

But I like stalker 1 so much more

[worn scarab]

OG Deus ex still has the best feature that no one else took I think ) : kill a boss with a dialogue (or avoid it). Best feeling in gaming history.

[tacit oracle]

cat

[wraith flax]

I like all the stalker games

[noble surge]

Well, the ability to resolve a major combat set piece with words has been done, but Deus Ex's design overall has aged really, really well

[wraith flax]

Never really was much into Deus Ex but i did like System shock

[noble surge]

I'm too much of a scaredycat to finish System Shock 2

[brittle rivet]

It is far less dynamic then the original

And I am not just talking about A life

Faction Rep more dynamic, Timed Mission, weapons and armour not being repairable forcing you to change loadouts more often

No magic storage so light armour being massive advantage in certain areas, having load out sorted across the map

Like the stashes felt real in the first game because you stashed stuff away just like the AI stalkers for when you came back,

[wraith flax]

Ill be in offtop chat

[wise geyser]

I agree with the storage thing but you don’t gotta use the box if you kinda wanna get that feel again the game remembers all your stashes I believe. Like I just went to a stash on the map looted it at garbage detention center and put my stuff up there to let off some load and like a couple real days later lmao I remembered it and it was still there

[brittle rivet]

The one thing I have to admit is so freaky

How similar is the location looks and feel

Like it insane

[tacit oracle]

Yeah but the problem is that s1 is very linearly designed.
No stashes do make more sense in 2 (even though you're going to have to do ||several stretches of mandatory linear levels lugging shi around||) 1 is made to keep the story moving and pushing through areas.

it is one of the reasons I bounce off 1 and I wonder if later games address that feeling of essentially just playing a level-structured game dressed like an open world. I'll admit I've barely touched CoP 'cause I keep stubbornly trying to go through the games in order.

[brittle rivet]

Stalker 1 was kinda open

Linear areas interconnect with hubs sorta

[noble surge]

I think radiation and anomalies did a very good job of making the original trilogy feel more open than it actually is

[tacit oracle]

that and the interactions between random spawns, aka, alife™

[celest goblet]

Well there is not much random about how things spawn in the original games

[brittle rivet]

It opened in the same way fable 1 was open

But it did a much better job at it

[brittle rivet]

Stalker 1 was one of the most immersive games

Very few games have ever came close so many years later

[wraith socket]

You are in the NO SPOILERS channel. Here is where you need to post: https://discord.com/channels/504587323577729024/1308034374473617459

[tacit oracle]

idk, I've tried like 4 modpacks (including zrp) and I keep bouncing off
I legit don't like how combat feels, how the levels are structured, and how it wants to be a survivaly immersive sim while at the same time just giving you the option to push forward and keep going.

I guess the more apt comparison I could make to it is outward, which while also focused on survivaly stuff and brutal combat gives you total freedom to move around and go at your own pace (within the massive differences between outward and SoC ofc)

[wraith socket]

No Spoilers chat is in red. Spoilers chat is in green. Just a reminder if you do not know. You are in the red zone. Thanks.
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[short totem]

I don’t use framegen btw.
But when the spoiler mission on Duga started it was absolutely unplayable, that’s when I lovered DLSS to balanced and settings from high-ish to medium.

[scarlet lintel]

Man, they just need to release a fix for the memory leaks...

[velvet marsh]

do the same artifacts stack?

[tacit oracle]

they should, yes

[velvet marsh]

like if i find two liquid rocks can i stack them for double the effect?

[wraith flax]

No i dont think it works with Liquid rocks i tried it

[velvet marsh]

what would yall consider the best exo?

[brittle rivet]

I still really like stalker 2 a lot, I want prefix this because it seems like I am bad mouthing it

Great game but I think they fumble the story a bit

Don't want to give any spoilers so I will only mention the one issue from the opening cut scene

Mention at the beginning of the game artifacts break apart and lose there ability if taken out of the zone

This doesn't make any sense to me, like the main industry in the zone was artifacts and barkeep and sodorvich sold these things to people in and out of the zone

I thought selling the artifacts to the outside world was what was sustaining their whole economy, the reason why trades could get weapon shipments from the outside, they were giving something in return

The entire stalker economy doesn't even make sense anymore

[gentle briar]

It's a tie between Diamond and Liberty imo, depending on what you prioritize more between stamina regen and carry weight limit

[velvet marsh]

right now im rocking the liberty with a fair amount of upgrades

[brittle rivet]

I think exo overated

[velvet marsh]

i think you're overrated

[wraith flax]

Oof

[tacit oracle]

damn

[brittle rivet]

Lol

[silver pier]

If they don't dissolve or disappear, they would still have value despite losing their power

[brittle rivet]

Marked One, you know the story about the fairytale about the Goldfish? Yeah, yeah, that's the one. There are a bunch of jokes about it too. So anyway, there's this old man who keeps on wanting to catch it. Bottom line, I need the one-of-a-kind artifact called Goldfish, the client is from the outside, respectable. Will you help out?

-BARKEEP

So what, they get a pill of dust which you told was an artifact that used to have magical properties

Why would that have value, they talk about how the hulk of meat are used in clinics as well

[silver pier]

I would get a dust of an artifact 🤣

[crude scarab]

not if I get it first

[brittle rivet]

"What the hell is this? I've seen artifacts taken from the Zone before, they always burn out and fall apart real fast..."

-hermann

Like why are people buying artifacts in the outside world if it just becomes dust

[tacit oracle]

that's probably a #📜┃ask-gsc question
they would probably give you a more lore-oriented answer, even if it's just "yeah we just changed how it works"

[short totem]

Most of the things lose their power over time. My PC does it each 3rd year
The fact that artifacts do this is actually stimulating economy - you can’t get enough of them.

It’s like planned obsolescence tbh, feels logical for me.

[brittle rivet]

I get if they fall apart over time

But he said they always burn out and fall apart real fast and completely shocked to see it even in that non functioning condition

[magic patio]

I need a reshade to turn this -

[zinc apex]

Halo frens 👋

[brittle rivet]

🫳
🐱

[muted valve]

dw boys i can feel it in my bones there'll be a patch today and it'll fix all of A-life

[hazy jewel]

Its Saturday

[brittle rivet]

Profile picture explains why you have blind faith

[tacit oracle]

yes but we're at the third saturday of the week already 😤

[slim birch]

Its pretty impressive what mods already exist at this point.

[tacit oracle]

I just gave heart of misery a whirl and it's way too much for me.
The stalker games have this tendency to coalesce players that are either 100% game-is-perfect purists, or mega-punishing-no-I'm-not-overcompensating-why-do-you-ask tryhards.
like, there is some middle ground for people who want it just a lil bit spicier, but boy is that strand thin

[muted valve]

ye of little faith, Прийди до мене

is there anyone here who also knows Ukrainian and can explain me the translation of "come to me" cause i see two different ones, "Прийди до мене" and "иди ко мне"

[finite dragon]

Actually it's not even lowering the settings, it's just if you go to the settings menu and click apply, something gets applied and it works again

But it's NOT something to do with frame gen. By changing the settings and clicking apply, it makes it look like turning off frame gen helped, but in reality the settings got applied again and that's what put a bandaid over the lagging, but the leak is still there and you will eventually crash.

[wide herald]

It's literally the same but in different languages

[muted valve]

ah okay, one Russian and one Ukrainian?

[copper haven]

Did someone say A-Life?

[prisma onyx]

we getting a polish dub or not?

[tacit oracle]

si por favor 🙏

[prisma onyx]

el presidente de estados unidos es トランプ

[crisp ruin]

[dawn pine]

now now, this is english channel chat

[boreal mica]

God please no

[calm bough]

Yes you are getting the lector dub

[muted valve]

Wanneer krijgen we een Nederlandse vertaling? "Kom naar mij"

[boreal mica]

English bro

[near mortar]

is it worth changing the caliber on the kriss vector?

[vagrant rampart]

hi i just bought stalker shadow of chernobyl, just bc it's from 2007 and i have windows 11 i wanted to ask if it's known to crash a lot/if there's any setup i should to make sure it's more stable

[amber arch]

Day 13, no patchie

[wraith flax]

No/Nie

[velvet marsh]

if i have a muzzle break on and put a suppressor on does that stack with it or nah? yes i know its not how guns work but stalker is usually an exception for gun realism lol

[placid spade]

a muzzle break and a silencer arent compatible into real life afaik. does the game allow that?

[near mortar]

are the .45 acp fmj round common in stalker 2?

[velvet marsh]

yes

[loud gate]

Yes

[zinc apex]

Patch

[near mortar]

is it worth changing the kriss vectors ammunition to .45 acp fmj?

[velvet marsh]

depends on how much u use it

[tulip monolith]

lmao, just hope the usual suspects are not on lol

[summer cliff]

We got snorkussy before patch and gta 6

[lean creek]

https://tenor.com/view/patch-patchie-spam-kaperoo-mordhau-patchie-gif-9155792929366169868 thank god for no embeds for us plebs

[prisma onyx]

https://tenor.com/view/epic-embed-fail-ryan-gosling-cereal-embed-failure-laugh-at-this-user-gif-20627924

[mellow locust]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-cat-blink-cat-blinking-cat-cute-cat-funny-gif-9710335640959949058

[mighty sentinel]

stalker 2releases in 4 months

[main frigate]

When the patch is coming?

[summer cliff]

Patch got stuck in a traffic jam

[near dove]

Happy patch day

[tacit oracle]

Finally

[wind veldt]

Can I just download and play anomaly completely free without owning the base games?

[tulip monolith]

I am pretty sure you can, its on a different engine.

[wind veldt]

I don't understand how is that not pirating the games?
Gsc is just ok with it?

[mellow locust]

Gsc games made the engine open source. So all that is created with this is for free. You are not allowed to just share the trilogy I think.

[wind veldt]

What about gamma?

[olive crown]

why GSC? Why this engine? And I was wondering, why is it looking so blurry even without blur, why is it performing so poorly

https://youtu.be/aq2sdrJVEMU

[tulip monolith]

because UE5 basically needs upscaling to be on.
on the upscaling native, so its only doing AA its not blurry. But on other settings its blurry because most are upscaling to 1080p upscaling from 2k to 4k for example is not blurry from what i have seen

[olive crown]

its blurry even on native, because its using TAA, just watch the video, its mess and awful

[tulip monolith]

its not blurry when I play stalker 2 when I have FSR set to native AA.

[soft lotus]

I need a little help. So the sky is red constantly, its been like that for 2 hours. Is this apart of the story or is my game bugged?

[static gust]

No way

[grand swallow]

does anyone have a game save file around "leave the slag heap".

[tulip monolith]

not sure, im not that far into the game. Hopefully someone who has finished the game will be able to chime in soon for you :)

[wind veldt]

Because they haven't optimized it correctly from what I heard all the upscaling can look good when implemented correctly
Correct me if I'm wrong

[olive crown]

please, just watch the video, you will see what Im talking about

[tulip monolith]

why do I need to watch the video when I have been playing the video game

[noble surge]

Also I think anyone would need a much more solid reason to watch Asmongold lol

[soft lotus]

had to load back 3 hours 😭

[olive crown]

you cant optimize on UE5, you are wasting perf just using this engine, you can clearly see it in the video above

[remote bough]

Seems like ur eyes ain’t that good. Game is either blurry or flickering. U can choose. Which is, by now, quite normal for games especially in UE.

[near dove]

You need to play Clear Sky to experience clear skies

[olive crown]

he just reacted to video, if you want, here is original video

https://youtu.be/lJu_DgCHfx4

[soft lotus]

i dont know what you mean but, the sky wasnt supose to be red constantly only once in a while

[vivid skiff]

Bear in mind that not all people see things like you, I cant stand low or bad frame rates, while my wife doesn't even notice the difference between 30-60 fps let alone 144

[tulip monolith]

My game isnt blurry and my eyes work perfectly fine lmao
it was blurry until I spent time finding the right settings and editing an ini file

@olive crown nope I havent turned off any UE5 features

[olive crown]

you just confirmed, that game is blurry 😄 and you need to tweak engine.ini to turn off UE5 "features"

[noble surge]

The amount of people who don't fully understand game engine tech coming out to badmouth UE5 as a whole is the only thing I find more annoying than non-stop patch questions tbh.

I agree that this game could do better in terms of technical performance, but it's more to do with the implementation of UE5 rather than UE5 by itself.

The criticism of TAA and reliance on upscaling I can understand, but personally I don't feel they're serious problems to make a grand statement about at all.

[odd abyss]

TAA is horrible, i'd rather have horrible fps and MSAA X4 than this crap.

[wind veldt]

When i was just playing on console I was absolutely ok with 60 even got used to stalker with 30 after a bit but when u use high framerates on PC like everything over 120 there is no turning back the spell is broken

[olive crown]

video is from developer who clearly showed all differences between engines, what TAA and all AA mess is about and also contributed to UE5 development

so clearly, defenders of UE5 have no technical background about this messy engine

[vivid skiff]

Absolutely that's why the PS5 is solely my Wife's, i tried it but the frame rates are always 30 fps or totally unstable to the point it gives me a headache, but for her it's not even a thing

[tulip monolith]

I was the same, controllers especially wireless ones have some latency so the lower fps didnt feel bad. But the moment you're on mouse and keyboard it feels horrible.

[noble surge]

Tell me what specifically made UE5 bad for Stalker 2

[glass arrow]

A-life when

[broken patrol]

Hello all

Is it right that you can't start a New Game+ after completing the story?

[noble surge]

Yep

[olive crown]

missing a-life (there are rumors that engine just cant handle it), nanite and lumen (visuals are not that great but perf impact is too big)

[vivid skiff]

Buuut, to be fair, a lot of games add New game+ later down the line

[tulip monolith]

the engine can, it just broke for xbox before launch so they had to turn it off until they can fix it for xbox.

[noble surge]

The A-Life thing is just entirely conjecture at this point and you can blame it on as many things as you want imo. The thing being mostly missing is definitely not good.

Nanite I personally think is well worth it. Lumen I agree almost entirely that it's bad, but I lean more on the side that it's a bad implementation of Lumen in this game

[remote bough]

If it’s not blurry, it’s flickering. Nice for u if ur eyes bad enough to accept it.

[mellow locust]

Gamma is just a modpack for anomaly so it's completely free

[olive crown]

so all platforms are working ok, but not xbox, with this logic, it should be easy fix (because other platforms dont have such problem), still we are here, month after release and no patch to "fix" this issue

you cant fix something that is missing

[noble surge]

Performance on my setup is good enough for me but what I dislike most about this game's state in terms of the base tech is how inconsistent its visual elements are. When it looks good, it's up there with the very best. When it breaks down, it looks completely broken (parts of ||SIRCAA||)

[vivid skiff]

I don't get consoles these days they used to be worth it, but now with the price of the console the 10-20% added cost to games compared to PC because i dunno why, Buying a console seems like a fools choice, Not to mention you need to pay a sub to be online, it's wild

[unique quiver]

Anomaly modpack, Anomaly is free to download and play

[wind veldt]

Ahhhhh I see thanks

[hazy jewel]

YESS there is gonna be a patch today ive been waiting for this day 🙏

[runic spire]

No thinky, only smooth. In a way Im kinda jealous in that a game either works or does t, no tinkering required. No false hope.

Walled gardens can suck a fat one though

[vivid skiff]

Do you know something we don't?

[runic spire]

Judging from his past posts i find that highly unlikely

[hazy jewel]

No lol

[wind veldt]

The s was 100% worth it for the first few years (it's definitely holding games back now tho)

And u gotta remember Xbox x and ps5 are offering 120 fps in many games and atleast 60 in all of them so u pay less then a PC to guarantee games running on ur console
And for Xbox the online component is kinda balanced with the fact that u buy their gamepass and get access to all the games with online play included makes the price absolutely worth it

Remember ps5 even offers 4k and ray tracing for some games

It's definitely not a PC but I think an x is like 500 rn u wouldn't get that experience with a 500 pc

[vivid skiff]

Your name just reminded me I need to go to REWE and get milk, Thanks

[runic spire]

Get milked

[hazy jewel]

Ps5 cant even run a solid 90 in 1080p in most new story games, it also upscales from 1080p to 4k to be fair

[atomic marsh]

New day without patch

[wind veldt]

I mean yes absolutely right but u kinda gotta think that it would be a bit unfair to expect native 4k for that price
I can't speak on the fps for ps5 to much cause I don't own one but from what I heard from my friend there aren't rly fps dips

What games are u playing where it's not stable?

[hazy jewel]

For example in elden ring its only around 58 and drops a bunch

[wind veldt]

Damn that's bad I'd expect to hold 60
Especially ps5 I think that thing is still like 800 no?

[hazy jewel]

In performance mode btw and drops into 40fps a bunch and quality mode can get above 45 fps at all, ps5 is 500 ps5 pro is 800

[wind veldt]

I mean I kinda agree that atleast back when I played PS3 or PS4 I didn't rly have to think about stuff like oh this looks bad or oh here they went with the budged options and I still have fps problems

I think it's partially just the tech that is used in games today it's just way more demanding and they definitely are getting cozy with just upscaling shit and cutting corners

Idk there are a lot of things to consider but ig the promise of every next gen title running on ur console isn't rly given anymore

[lime hornet]

First A-Life patch this week.

[near mortar]

whats more important on a gun, range or armor piercing?

[worthy lagoon]

Armor piercing changes the caliber of the gun

So not worth it if the ammo is uncommon

[zinc apex]

Today

[near mortar]

wdym it doesnt say that?

[sterile brook]

You can't go wrong with penetration, range is OK but you could probably substitute it by using Flat ammo

[worthy lagoon]

What gun are you upgrading

Maybe it's because you already changed caliber

[dawn imp]

Everyone is one shot the the head so just go penetration imo

[upbeat kite]

No Pach no xmass

[lime hornet]

Not today, Thursday.

[near mortar]

kriss vector

[slender stratus]

Evening goobers, any alife news?

[dawn imp]

The devs are busy enough they have lives and don’t work on the game 24/7 you can’t blame them

[zinc apex]

Patch today 23:59

[granite mortar]

Alife patch confirmed to come out at February 31st

[barren drum]

I'm 100% sure there would be first alife patch just before christmas holidays

[slender stratus]

Oh hell yeah, can’t wait for increased spawn radius

[zinc apex]

NPC will despawn at 100m instead of 80 💦

[tacit oracle]

I was 100% sure it was going to drop last week so

[signal bronze]

abc-life when

[upbeat kite]

Pole dancing naked nuns in Rostock bar

[barren drum]

Give them more time, more time = more stable patch

[sterile brook]

Monolith already using C-Life

[runic spire]

its easy as 1- 2 -3 life

[near mortar]

integral a

[slender stratus]

I also have enjoyed seeing people get further into game and it becomes blatantly obvious how much content was cut. Get ready for some sick DLC fellas. We’re getting mutant parts sold back to us. CN pee pee dlc

What is the Heart of Chernobyl anyway? What is it meant to symbolise?

[wind veldt]

No spoilers

[slender stratus]

Killing myself right now

[worthy lagoon]

Misinformation

[runic spire]

its an obvious joke mate, to a silly question

[near mortar]

on the kriss vector is it more important to have armor piercing or range?

[slender stratus]

Nah you’re spreading lies and deceptions. How dare you. Anyway I’ll be back when this stupid alife patch drops, keen to see what they manage to pull together out of this goofy spawning system

[runic spire]

Dumdumdum dum dum

[slender stratus]

Holy balls this place is still on two minute cooldowns too, why? Chin up stalkers, patch will drop soon. Games gonna be decent in two years time. We might even get to romance strelok or something cool like that

[wind veldt]

So should I play anomaly or gamma?

[slender stratus]

There’s plenty of mods that sit in that realm for the OG games, hardly anyone these days is a complete purist when it comes to Stalker

[wooden bane]

Anyone know why my ads could be getting stuck? I'm unable to leave ads except by sprinting. I'm on a fresh install and also it happens on every save file. Have uninstalled and reinstalled.

[slender stratus]

Play SoC Gunslinger, looks sick. Or play Prosectors Mod. Or if you really want freeplay then go with IWP with Cotz addon. Vanilla anomaly is meh, and gamma is bloated anomaly

[wooden bane]

On stalker 2 version of Gamepass I might add. On PC. Also a good one for cop is spatial anomoly that's a dope one or dead air for an RPG playthrough

[tulip monolith]

There's also a lot of cool story mods for OG stalker

[mighty sentinel]

Woah gamechanger

[rare gulch]

I mean, I hope no one expects A-life to be fixed after this patch. This'll just be the first, early tweaks.

[noble surge]

+300% fps but enemies spawn only within 5m

[muted valve]

i just hope they do the bloodsucker spawn rate x10 there's way too few of them

[marsh pond]

Bloodsucker babies coming right up on a dlc for just 2.99 pounds

[noble surge]

You can't just stop at implying bloodsucker mommies exist

[dry dock]

Also:
Flashlight now casts dynamic shadows
Helmets can get nvg upgrades
Added a new inv slot for binoculars
Added button for quick melee with knife instead of current gun
Added faction ID
Added reputation (sid-bro is still running it)
Added faction relations in pda

[wide herald]

Coming fall 2027

[coarse sparrow]

G'day legends, is there any reason for me to wait for the next patch if I have completed the game and moved to other games?

[lavish sparrow]

i need faction ID so bad

[noble surge]

I was trying to fix Zalissya today and accidentally shot wrong people a few times lol

[orchid gale]

Yeah, game will much better after the full implementation of A-life

[tulip monolith]

yeah I wish we had this, there is a mod that adds it in, but from reading the posts on it sometimes it stops working

[coarse sparrow]

Yeah, this alone will probably warrant a 2nd playthru

[lavish sparrow]

60 hours into and vanilla since now, might as well do the first run vanilla since i never played the 3 ogs vanilla

[tulip monolith]

yeah im doing mine on vanilla + so to speak. The only mods I have that somewhat attempt to fix the AI and thats it

[loud gate]

manifesting patch 1.0.4

[grim rivet]

manifesting patch 1.0.4

[mellow locust]

Manifesting manifest

[lavish sparrow]

based!

[versed cape]

Definitely need patch 4 I’ve been stuck for 2 weeks now

[orchid gale]

Content creator is one of us!

[summer cliff]

No spoilers lil bro

[simple scarab]

Morning my fellow snorkers

[tulip monolith]

hiya !!!

[orchid gale]

Good morning gang

[tulip monolith]

I hope you're doing ok today :)
Have you finished SoC yet?

[orchid gale]

I did finish SoC ! I’m taking a break in between clear sky though I got crushed by a bunch of galvanized steel after looking at gold coins though.

And yeah I’m doing good 🙂 hope you’re doing well too I woke up in the best mood today

[tulip monolith]

xD yeah 1 of the wish granter endings, theres some pretty cool ones.

[orchid gale]

Oh wait, is there more to the game if you don’t interact with the wishgranter? I thought that was it

[loud gate]

Play the game until the end.

[dreamy tree]

Hello has the patch been released?

[marsh pond]

what patch 😄

[weary token]

They are close to releasing it. GSC community manager said this a few hours ago. (Reddit forum,"Zalissya bug. Possible Xbox solution. No mods required." thread)

[tulip monolith]

I wont spoil it, but yeah there is more to the game. If you want a hint because it can be missed I can dm you a hint.

[orchid gale]

Yes dm! What the heck I need to go finish it now

[dreamy tree]

Do you have a link to it? @marsh pond Skibidi toilet 😆

[marsh pond]

lmao only thing i look at is the changes on steamdb 😄

[weary token]

https://www.reddit.com/r/stalker/comments/1hf62p4/comment/m29723q/

[near dove]

I've heard in order to play the game in its intended state you need to beat it once then on new game plus a life turns on and the game is suddenly playable on a calculator. Source my dad is John GSC

Hey now I'm not a pregnant man, that is impossible. I'm just sharing the deets with you guys ❤️

What's everyone's favourite line in the series? Mine is during the end of Clear Sky when all the snorks are snorked, the monolith has retreated and our heroes Strelok and John Stalker wipe the sweat from their brow, look up at the sky and says "wow look over there, STALKER, clear sky!" Then they kiss

[zinc apex]

What if we kissed in Agroprom 👉👈

[noble surge]

I need this so much

[orchid gale]

It’s not what if, it’s when

[marsh pond]

what if i take flint/magpie out on a date

[near dove]

A great early line in STALKER 2 is when gaffer says "you can take the heart of me, but you will never take the STALKER 2 heart of chornobyl"

[orchid gale]

Love that scene, especially when strelock came in and said it’s strelocking time and strelocked all over the zone

[tulip monolith]

cheeki breeki iv damke periodically plays in my head when I see a video of OG stalker

[worn oar]

The trolling is still going I see

[tacit oracle]

https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/665
Also for the flashlight dynamic shadows: https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/221

[muted valve]

i think the correct term is "snorking"

[nimble cipher]

comradeceri has been warned

Reason: Final warning! Next one will be a mute

[near dove]

How am I on a final warning wolf? It shouldn't be in the games script if it's gonna offend the discord kids

[hearty compass]

Brother what did you even say

[orchid gale]

Bro thinks he can crush the indomitable human spirit

[near dove]

Just that but in the game where Skif takes off his robe and wizard hat and skifs on some snorks while saying it's skiffing time I may have mentioned a mechanically correct term for radiation which wolf did not like

[lavish sparrow]

the mere thought of dynamic flashlight shadows in S2 makes my current computer tremble and cry

[tacit oracle]

yeah and it needs "epic" shadow quality too to do it

[unique quiver]

Brainrot we don't need but what we deserve

[tulip monolith]

I dont mind the flashlight being like it is.
just want some night vision in the game.

[noble surge]

Is there already a mod for flashlight range?

[unique quiver]

So true
Flashlight is okay but It'd be much better to have night vision device during stealth missions

[marsh pond]

open ya eyes then

[weary token]

+1 for night vision. Really hoping the devs will add it as a free update.

[tacit oracle]

the mod I linked has parameters for just about everything
The dynamic shadows are kinda a by-the-by
#⭐┃nospoilers_general message

[near mortar]

on the kriss vector is range or armor piercing more important?

[zinc apex]

I tried the flashlight customizer mod but i'm too dumb to get it working

[summer cliff]

Ok no patch today or tomorrow im snorkin it then

[tacit oracle]

you need the modloader and add it on, if you're in gamepass you also need to add it to the engine.ini or you'll need to launch it every time you start the game (same with the faction ID mod really)

[worthy lagoon]

Do you want to find out?

[zinc apex]

Who said that? My uncle is janitor at GSC and he said the update will drop today

[lavish sparrow]

i run on all low, with an HDD and i5
not even in dreams lol

[toxic vector]

Psz-9I falcon vs Brummbar Exoskeleton, which one is better ?

[tacit oracle]

I mostly wanted to link you the faction ID mod, the dynamic shadows one I threw in 'cause the guy above you mentioned it. ID is pretty solid although the author says it can be a lil wonky. In my experience it works mostly fine.

[summer cliff]

exo has to better

[toxic vector]

even for cost effeciency?

[hearty compass]

That was my favourite part too, it made me almost cry it was so emotional

[worn oar]

[tacit oracle]

anyone has a recommendation for a mod that reduces pickups and makes the game more punishing but without going bananas? I've been using Grok's and I quite like it, but wanted something a little spicier. Tried Misery but it's way way too overboard

[lavish sparrow]

o7

[fierce totem]

New phone, this A-life?

[tulip monolith]

maklanes ?

[thick wolf]

Y u say that

[ocean hornet]

fiox a life

[hallow sleet]

Any news on patch? its been a while now.

[thick wolf]

I only know that they're cooking based on the steamdb repo updates

[tacit oracle]

yyeah I could give that one a try, thank you for reminding me
@hallow sleet news are no news

[upbeat kite]

Bethesda released if not mistaken 9 patches in almost decade for Fallout 4, while gsc games 3 patches under a month. Looking forward to see how that evolves over time

[hallow sleet]

what is that ?

[thick wolf]

https://steamdb.info/app/1643320/history/

There are different private branches, presumably of the unreleased patches that they're working on, going through various testing and compliance phases

[hallow sleet]

Oh that´s cool. Thanks.

[summer cliff]

Yeah patch gonna be huge

[upbeat kite]

Their version control is getting hotter mrauuuuu

[lunar copper]

mod.io 👀

[zinc apex]

@GSC Install patch on my pc now

[orchid gale]

10mb

[hazy jewel]

Damn black myth still has 155k players online right now
@tacit oracleyea

[weary token]

one thing for sure: steamdb depot updates doesn't really indicate anything. Only that they are working on something and they intend on releasing it, sometime.

[tacit oracle]

I haven't a single clue what monke game is about but is it that replayable?
Figured it'd be some kind of sekiro clone tbh

[orchid gale]

You are the buy last of us 2 dude. Why promote other games ?

[runic spire]

see weeb avatar, safe to discard opinion

[weary token]

finding all secrets and getting better at the game. It has new game+ (i think you can go infinte new game plus runs). It looks great, and yes it's the yet another souls game....sigh.....to be honest it gets boring every 2nd game is "souls like".

[upbeat kite]

You’re wrong, it indicates movement. Moreover before they will merge to main branch it will go through several testing cycles internally and externally (steam repo)

[hazy jewel]

You cant even pre order last of us part 2 yet. What are you talking about ?

[orchid gale]

Dawg I’m not pulling up the chat history, but you know what I’m talking about

[rare gulch]

That's how development works. It's not just one uniform group of developers. Some teams work on some things, other teams work on other stuff. They each have different brances, that then get combined into the final product. It's not different release patches.

[raw acorn]

what is that bandit death sound called, y'know the one that goes like BANG BANG "AAAAAAAAAA-" BANG BANG BANG "AAAAAAAHH..."

[weary token]

You're correct. That's what I meant in my 2nd part of the sentence.

[tacit oracle]

I mean there's sousllikes that are actually more replayable like nioh which has mission structure and looting and whatnot. Kinda weird for an orthodox soulslike to have like 150k players like 2-3 months after launch tbh, they tend to be a one and done for me.

[upbeat kite]

@weary token ”We are working on something and intend to release it, sometime” ~ Todd Howard

P.s. Couldn’t resist that joke 🤣

[weary token]

they did good marketing on this game (dont know how), and this is based on a book (Journey to the west). It had 2 million concurrent players at release time. Probably souls like were at the peak point when it got released. Also the game had somewhat long development.
I have finished the game and I understand why the game features screens, videos from the 1-3 chapters and not the other ones. Later parts of the game are mediocre in terms of side content, art style.

@upbeat kite release it 16x times a day.

I don't get the hate on Todd Howard: I love Terminator, (i think those are their best), Elder scrolls are also ok. Loved the new fallouts as well (even though the engine has some bad CPU utilization). The new indiana jones is also great (although its really really buggy). Starfield: well.....it is okay, nothing special.

[muted valve]

Starfield is a great game if you think salt is a spice

[lunar copper]

salt is a seasoning

[orchid gale]

Hot take salt>garlic

[upbeat kite]

I profoundly admire your compassion for Toddy

[feral agate]

Condiment

[tacit oracle]

I think skyrim is very very mid game in terms of design and progression, and I think calling fallout "undercooked" is doing it a kindness. Starfield felt less mediocre just because it actually tried a little, though I still think it's mediocre as well.
Todd Howard rode these very mediocre games into some kind of steve jobs cult of personality.

[muted valve]

nah skyrim was a great game i enjoyed that a lot

[craggy carbon]

Skyrim was amazing. People forget how old the game is, for its time its great

[lunar copper]

for coming out in 2011 (wow) it was really good. Since then, mods have kept it alive and in a great state.

[weary token]

Terminator was such a wow "you can enter any building", lot of weapons. Fallout 3 came out at a time where there were almost no "sandbox" FPS games out there (Far cry 2, released at the same time).

[tacit oracle]

It's a big game. And a pretty one too. I don't think any of its systems are particularly interesting or engaging. It's an incredibly script-heavy game with idiot AI and a very delineated path.
And then that slop-like design mentality invaded fallout with 4, which I'm kinda salty about.

[sterile brook]

It is a bethesda game after all, it is still one of the greatest games ever made

[orchid gale]

If you don’t get out of bound at dragon reach to loot the sky forge, are you really playing Skyrim?

[upbeat kite]

Im still compartmentalizing my trauma after preordering Starfield and giving hopes for Toddy.

[lunar copper]

Skyrim: Call of the Zone when??? I wanna give an Amulet of Mara to a snork and hunt for artifacts in Dwemer ruins

[tacit oracle]

I don't think any single element of skyrim can be called "greatest" of anything, but I'm aware it's an unpopular opinion.
Ynow, must be the wind huehue

[tulip monolith]

its why oblivion is my fav

[upbeat kite]

Wait, greatest foundation for modders to fix the game?

[tacit oracle]

I unironically think oblivion was better designed. Technically inferior sure, but at least it was more defined on pretty much every single area.
Skyrim is just... a very pretty and warm blob with no sharp corners.

[lunar copper]

oblivion is fantastic. My favorite will likely always be Morrowind. I just love the lack of map, having to read the journal and ask people for directions to get to a dungeon. It's pretty cool.

[sterile brook]

I mean we could sit and criticize a lot of the games aspects (especially by todays standards) but a video game is not its individual parts, it is a combination of all of them, and then some, Skyrim was never considered "perfect" or "greatest" in isolation, but looking at the greater picture of gaming, Skyrim would probably be in top 5 for most people, if not for its design then for how it resonated with the gaming community as a whole, not many games can do that

[tulip monolith]

I tried to love morrowind but I couldnt and thats because of its dice roll combat

[potent mica]

Wukong is not souls like at all. Nothing soul like about it other than it "can" be hard. You don't lose your items, you don't lose anything. Also you can respec at anytime

[tacit oracle]

It's the first time I heard a game being described as "wide as an ocean deep as a puddle" and I think the only time I've agreed with that descriptor.

[lunar copper]

Yeah, definitely a holdover from Daggerfall (also a GOATed game, praise Daggerfall Unity for helping it to feel like I remember it feeling back when I first played it, and providing the framework for many great mods that make it even better)

[tacit oracle]

daggerfall unity is crazy. I was blown away by the fact that you need to go around, ask people where places are, then get actual jobs from people and stuff. I just knew it was hilariously big but not that grounded and immersive.
Have played just a bit, not crazy about the combat, but damn, it's crazy this game is in the same series as skyrim
Also the sprite graphics hold up super well.

[tulip monolith]

daggerfall unity is a great bit of preservation and all the mods too yum. I think with morrowind is that because it is a 3d game my brain still thinks in real time combat, but I dont get that with daggerfall for some reason but it might be because Its an old game I expect it to be...weird.

[weary token]

Yes, you're correct about that. Still it's way easier to describe the game quickly what the general first impression of the game would be if someone were to play it. There are some differences of course. Chances are though if someone hates "souls like games" (Which "hate" is probably originating from the challening combat those games are famous for) they probably won't like Black myth.

But all in all my opinion is that these souls like games are ZzZz...
Bloodborne was awesome, and dark souls as well. Elden ring: yes, it was ok, but didn't feel anything that made me Wow.

[potent mica]

Yea the difficulty would make one think that initially. There were some areas like chapter 2 that were long and annoying to traverse but the combat was fun. You play them for the combat basically and particularly Wukong felt like too many bosses but I enjoyed my playthrough

[weary token]

I think chapter 2 was the highpoint of the game with the "no head" musician.

[potent mica]

Maybe I'm thinking the snow level not chapter 2. I also hated that underground pagoda level too

[urban basin]

Lies of P is the best Souls Like that isnt made by FromSoftware that i played
But anyway Stalker Tuah patch waiting room

[modest cairn]

Games hold our hands too much nowadays it feels like. A lot of these new gamers heads would explode if they tried to go back and play morrowind

[weary token]

yes, snow level was chapter 3, and the underground spider level was chapter 4 I think.

[tacit oracle]

lol maklane's overhaul makes vodka feel like vodka
which, pretty cool honestly.

[potent mica]

It depends..I hate games that just drop you into a world and then it's like "ok go forth". I'm like ok but why? What do I have to do and why? Elden ring felt like that for me I had to use Fightincowboy as a guide on YouTube to enjoy it. For example I loved ocarina of time and Majora's mask but couldn't get into breath of the wild or the second switch Zelda game

[craggy carbon]

I mean Elden ring always tells you the clear progression with the light showing the next bon fire. Is this the best way to go? nope, its always to the main encounters and nothing else leaving you to explore side areas on your own

[storm kernel]

soy

[potent mica]

Yea but once I started following a walkthrough I was really enjoying elden ring

[modest cairn]

In morrowind you were given a set of directions and that was it - no guided quest pathing, no map markers, no yellow and white paint. It made you actually consider the path you were about to take and put a lot of emphasis on exploring the world for yourself. Elden Ring kinda does a similar thing, at least for side quests albeit those are ten times more vague than morrowind ever was lol

[upbeat kite]

I hate the fact that Elden Ring is not on GOG, only on steam. Which means i need to have steam….

[tacit oracle]

I wish stalker 2 was a little more vague with directions honestly. Bit like breakpoint where you're told a general direction to go in instead of ynow, marker on compass and stuff.
Then again first game had a PDA and a minimap so people would probably throw a fit if directions weren't clear

[sick spear]

i think modern games need to think outside the box and start giving us the OPTION to turn off features

[modest cairn]

Kinda why I’m excited for the new kingdom come game tbh. At least in that game all the quests have a ‘radius of exploration’ you need to explore through to actually find your quest targets.

[old sparrow]

https://tenor.com/view/what-have-they-done-what-did-they-do-to-us-itysl-i-think-you-should-leave-gif-12841228487474861094

[tacit oracle]

people can complain about ubisoft all they want, the sheer amount of options breakpoint gives the player is honestly overwhelming at times

[sick spear]

Not everyone wants the game spoonfed to them and when games make decisions to withhold information from he gamer for content purposes there will always be someone crying in the corner about "i dont have time to play cuz i work and bla bla and i should be able to beat the game much faster!" sooooo i think the solution is to make those things toggleable from inception Everyone wins that way

[old sparrow]

Playing through SoC for the first time right now and loving it. Sometimes when I can't find a quest item or location, my brain defaults to "Wtf theres a bug or something"

But then I just find out that Im actually an idiot and just didnt put enough work in to figure it out lol. Yellow paint in games has made my brain soft. I prefer the figure things out on your own route.

[upbeat kite]

Wasn’t our craving for freedom in big open world? Approach Mainstream story with own written one on side?

[tacit oracle]

I mean in stalker 2 there's already a lot of stumbling into locations which is cool, can't tell you how happy I was to find the sultansk for example
And some areas, like when you're sent to the penitentiary, do make sense to be marked on the map

[modest cairn]

I never understood this tbh. What would you rather spend your 60 dollars on? A game you can continuously come back too and relax with after work, or a game that’s over in 8 hours? Sure some people might want the 8 hour experience, but if you wanted that you wouldn’t be getting stalker 2 anyways.

[sick spear]

Amen brother me either! i work full time and i make time to play If you truly love something you will make time

[potent mica]

Looking forward to KCD 2. Never played the first one but I have it. I like no map markers if things are explained why I'm supposed to be doing something and there are enough clues around to interest exploration

[old sparrow]

Yo KCD is the best game of all time. 2 is gonna be sick. I actually recognize a ton of the same KCD voice actors in Stalker 2.

[tacit oracle]

I mean as long as the game is fun to come back to every day and stuff, but I can see how someone would not enjoy having the 2 hours they can play videogames wasted in just running around in circles. It's alright as long as the game stays somewhat focused, at least on the player's eyes.

[celest blaze]

2077 > all other games

[upbeat kite]

Lets see what they will cook with alife fully capable and then switch off compass

[potent mica]

Stalker is interesting though to explore due to the atmosphere

[sick spear]

ive switched off the game for now until a sizerable update. not out of anger or anything negative, just i have a bad habbit of just ripping a game and getting bored, so i wish to drag it out some

[modest cairn]

Even with stalker 2 being easy to navigate the exploration is still always rewarding tbh. I find all kinds of weird shit just walking around

[tacit oracle]

I have enemy markers disabled on the compass but I haven't disabled the compass itself or the markers 'cause otherwise it's just a whole lot of opening the PDA for essentially the same results.
This being said, I wonder if also disabling quest markers would be that bad 🤔
@modest cairn yyeah but imo the amount of stashes just laying around borders on the obnoxious, particularly when most of them have like a sausage, a bottle of vodka and 20 bullets.

[lost kindle]

I only find empty buildings with the basic meds and ammo stuff. Some of them look like they are supposed to be occupied because of fires and seats but nah

[zealous pumice]

Just turn the compass off, problem solved

[sick spear]

theres loot to find 😉 but i do see what you mean there is quite a few areas that are clearly supposed toi have some npcs idling around and just dont

[upbeat kite]

Fair enough, my approach is that i refuse do forward in main story, however, create own storyline by making myself busy there. For instance gathering artifacts from places where they respawn to finance Skiffs costs to keep equipment and supplies without heavy looting. As loot doesn’t respawn.

[sick spear]

I just want to be able to organize my stash instead of it making its own organization because the maid is smoking crack

[upbeat kite]

It’s all about memorizing in the same way as finding body after long distance takedown for loot without compass at all.

[zealous pumice]

So how about that snorkussy, he was a good stalker.

[tacit oracle]

Stashes in general could use a few improvements yes.
I'd personally appreciate being able to fave weapons and stuff so you don't accidentally sell them (among others)

[sick spear]

for the first like 5-8 hours i didnt realize it was bottomless i was like well dang. i guess i have enough storage for 1 gun and some ammo.

[zealous pumice]

I wanna be able to repair my own guns, field strip etc like gamma. The repair and maintaining mods in that game are great. It's annoying having to go to a settlement to repair when being a soldier I should know how to clean and look after my gear. Every now and then having to pay for a repair on certain parts.

[tacit oracle]

I like my gunporn but I understand why people wouldn't enjoy going full on fudd on it (though I would absolutely install a mod that does)

[sick spear]

supposeing every gun you picked up came with the correct repair kit for it lol. being a soldier doesnt really mean anything when you dont have the correct tools to accomplish a task. one gun cleaning kit doesnt equal another lol. not to mention if something actually broke.

[celest goblet]

Having to repair a gun at all in the time span of the game is already not particularly realistic. Having to return to a base periodically is already a natural part of the game flow with how looting works anyway.

[rugged edge]

I think it would be cool to just have kits to get us up to like, half of the upper tier of repair, that you can buy or make from scrap you get from scrapping red tier guns (to give them an actual in game purpose)

[tacit oracle]

To be honest, guns don't need that much maintenance, and the wear on guns in the vanilla game right now is absolutely obnoxious.
I think some kind of maintenance would be fine but you definitely won't be getting a jam after shooting 10 magazines through a weapon (assuming decent ammo)

[upbeat kite]

Returning to camp is even mentally beneficial 😭

[sick spear]

im never out l ong enough to merit an in field repair cuz your full on weight before it matters anyways. ive went so far as only bringing 1 gun + side arm for extra weight

[zealous pumice]

Yeah like repair to 85% would be great, just cleaning and oiling is generally enough to stop guns jamming. Having the random malfunction is understandable and immersive but it's over done and durability is a bit annoying in it's current form for me imo. Would love a mod for repairing and maintaining in the future. Was a nice part of gamma, especially collecting all the parts to repair a rare damaged gun you found. Was rewarding asf

[rugged edge]

psychopathic behavior (unless it's an assault rifle with an underbarrel shotty. in that case, this is based)

[visual warren]

I think it would be decent if there were repair kits but they’re very few and far between, like a rare artifact, you can use in an emergency. Sometimes the long story missions push your gear very hard and it would be cool to have more rare consumables in this game.

[tawny comet]

Or what if they tied difficulty levels into these features being enabled / disabled?

[tacit oracle]

I do enjoy my short sorties and going back to camp to sleep myself. Needing to sleep only every 3 days or so is kinda dumb, and I think enforcing more of a routine would be nice.
But I can see why people would be annoyed at that

[sick spear]

your onto something there...

[dreamy tree]

Patch just dropped.

[tulip monolith]

this is how I play the game as well

[zealous pumice]

They need to fix the loot table as well, I have way too much stuff. Rarer consumables and gun parts for repairing would be a nice addition to the loot table in replacement of way too much food, meds and bullets.

[rugged edge]

counterpoint: I have mental illness brain and I like seeing the random thing into the distance and walking to it, up until the point where I can hardly walk from carrying so much random shit

[upbeat kite]

I hope they will implement stash improvements, with for instance tabs like D2R. Inventory never autosort till user prompt it with key

[tacit oracle]

there's frankly excessive amounts of stuff in the game, yes. I get why people would want mutant loot, but it's like why don't you have enough loot already lol
Maybe making it cheaper

[sick spear]

I didnt even notice the need for sleep for probably 2 or 3 irl days since its so infrequent found it very immersion breaking since IRL i would be taking a nice nap everytime i hit camp safety in numbers and all would be cool to have sleeping bags and be abnle to sleep randomly with risks involved

[rare gulch]

It's not so much about having "more loot" as it is about making mutants more interesting than something you want to avoid at all costs.

[zealous pumice]

Mutant loot cause I collect snorkussy and burer faces to sell. It's the whole monster hunter side of it, those missions are always interesting. Then having something to sell after packing in some muties is always satisfying. But yeah I don't pick up consumables anymore.

[visual warren]

I agree with that. In general the loot pool is way too small, which is why the game throws the same 5 items at you over and over so you end up with 45 bread and 70 medkits. Game desperately needs more sellable items (ie junk) and better consumables to reward you with rather than just medkits food ammo and the occasional gun.

[tacit oracle]

I just find nights spoopy so I'm out and about mostly during the day, didn't even know there were ill effects to not sleeping lol.
My skif getting his 8 solid hours a day.

[rugged edge]

how? There's like 2 dozen guns, a decent variety of armor that mostly operates the same, attachments for those guns which act as just "Find and put on gun, never think again", then a wide assortment of useless-to-mandatory aid items. There really isn't much

[rare gulch]

The "Project Itemization" mod also helps with making loot more interesting than endless sausages and medkits.

[tacit oracle]

Not variety, I mean amount. Like it wouldn't be the first time I come back to camp with like 50 sausages to sell. (and 30 bandages and 15 vodka bottles and--)
That being said I would be remiss not to mention there's an itemization mod that adds random stuff like watches and walkie talkies, another one that adds sellable patches, and another one that adds mutant loot, if anyone fancies them. I go on the opposite direction and I'm actively looking for mods that give less stuff lmao.

[rugged edge]

I see what you mean, yeah. There is an abundance of stuff, it's just all kinda the same and shit. Like, I wish the guns operated much differently beyond calibers, I wish aid items felt more unique, but I wouldn't mind some silly little objects and trinkets to collect and sell (Or possibly use for a crafting system in mods, to make handmade contraptions and doohickies)

[rare gulch]

To be fair, Project Itemization actively reduced the total amount of loot you get, it's just more varied. (lots of people complaining about the smaller amount of total loot)

[tacit oracle]

Oh really? Gotta give it a try then

[zealous pumice]

Facepalm not talking what there is it's that the number of items the game spawns in, I.e I have 80 medkits, thousand of rounds of bullets. Used to have to buy bullets and gave me something to spend my money on asides upgrades and thinking "I don't have many of these left i have to be careful" but rn I'm just like "im full health and don't care i just used a medkit by accident or I'm full auto on everything because I've got too much ammo" it's supposed to be a zone where everything is hard to come by and aid items are rare and expensive. But instead, doesn't feel like I'm.struggling in the game to survive just that I got everything I need all the time which for me is a bit immersion breaking.

[near dove]

Stalk Tuah sometimes you gotta snork on that thing

[nova matrix]

I don't think it lessens the loot. I've been using it for awhile and there's still sht ton of food, medkits, and bandages, but it does add unique stuff so that's cool

[zealous pumice]

Better snork your man before someone else snorks him foryuah

[rare gulch]

I don't have statistics, but at least it claims to: "Game economy was drastically changed. You find much less stuff in stashes, destructible containers and NPCs."

[tacit oracle]

There's a few "less stuff" mods, wonder if it'll reduce stuff further

[nova matrix]

I do use it in combination with other mods, but none that conflict with loot tables, so idk feels the same 🤷‍♂️ and yeah @tacit oracle ive seen those but haven't dled as it might conflict with other mods, would be interesting hear the reviews on them though

[rugged edge]

I literally agreed bro, you didn't have to write all that

[zealous pumice]

I use less shit seems to work for containers but not boxes, since there's way too many med boxes around lol

[rare gulch]

Without knowing for sure, I'd think they'd be incompatible, unless you manually merge them, as they probably changes the same files.

[tacit oracle]

I'll defo give itemization a go if it just doesn't add more stuff on top of things, see how it plays

[nova matrix]

Yeah it's really cool, adds random valuable stuff like gold tooth, belts, socks, gloves, etc.

[rare gulch]

Most important: it adds toilet paper to the Zone! 😄

[modest cairn]

I shit you not, it adds a bag of cocaine to the lootable item list

[tacit oracle]

My main concern was that even with grok's economy rebalance and less stuff patch I was still amassing absurd amounts of coupons lol, I'd like to actually have to go out and put the elbow grease to come up with money and upgrade my stuff even if it gets a little tedious

[simple scarab]

This ancient scroll decrees I ain’t reading allat. Sorry it happened or I’m happy for you

[nova matrix]

Yeah money is way too easy now with mutant loot anyways, so if you're looking for a challenge economy wise, probably not a good idea. But the stuff in project item are pretty cheap like 50-200 coupons. It's more satisfying just for the immersion factor not seeing the same loot on every NPC is great

[orchid gale]

ANOTHER HAND TOUCHES THE BEACON

[rare gulch]

Stalker 2 is not intended to be a hardcore survival experience. That's what mods are for. 🙂 I'll be playing my first play through largely vanilla, for the story's sake. Second play through will be heavily modded though!

[nova matrix]

We'll all be back on vanilla after this huge patch coming soon, all the gameplay mods will be incompatible

[tacit oracle]

Yeah I get that this wouldn't be for everyone

[raw acorn]

does anyone know the name of the song played in the "final release date" trailer from 10 months ago

[rare gulch]

Nah, I get it. The Hobo-phase is the most fun part of mods like Anomaly/GAMMA! For my first playthrough, I wanna experience what the devs intended though.

[nova matrix]

Im guessing this patch is having a hard time passing the testing phase. Must be huge for it to take this long.

[summer cliff]

Guitar song?

[rare gulch]

I mean, it's bigger than patch 1.02 and 1.03 they've said. But it'll also be the first beginnings to fix A-life. I expect that to be a pretty huge endeavour as they'll need to change a whole lot regarding spawns and performance.

[nova matrix]

Yeah, I'd imagine the spawns and ALife affect every main and dynamic quests too so they're gonna have to be thorough and replay the game multiple times

[rare gulch]

It'll be cool to see what they come up with, though I hope people won't expect that this one single patch will fix A-life. It'll just be the first, early tweaks.

[waxen hearth]

hey so I turn in the package to the bartender but the quest wont complete, how do I fix this?

[rare gulch]

Known bug, sadly. Don't think there's a fix beyond loading a save from before you accepted the quest.

[waxen hearth]

ripp im gonna see if I can cheat the quest to completion since I totally finished it

[timid trail]

Finish the game just yesterday

[rare gulch]

That's way too soon! Stalker 2 have to carry me until KC:D2! 😄

[sullen vessel]

Where is the patch fixing A-Life?

[timid trail]

There’s a lot to talk about it. But I really enjoy the work they’ve done so far. Hope that they keep fixing all the problems that the game have

[rare gulch]

Still cooking. (and it won't fix A-life, it'll just be the first early tweaks)

[glacial perch]

This is what I was gonna say

Anomaly and Gamma are NOT how they intended the base game to play like

[nocturne shale]

I can't wait to see what the intended they base game to play like.

[mellow locust]

Hopefully wir get something similar from modders.

[ocean hornet]

fix a liofe+

[flint nymph]

Guys in the ending Series S continue crash

[rugged edge]

counterpoint: My Series S crashes the game less than most people's PC's

[sick spear]

oh god not this debate again.

[near dove]

A life who

[waxen hearth]

man these duty guys do not want to go green, ive done like 6 bartender quests for them sleeping 11 times each good god

[twin thistle]

one component away from being ready for the new build. just have to find a GPU that won't scream and cry running this game lol.

[upbeat kite]

Screaming coils is best ever sound

[near dove]

Screaming coils make me skif all over my SNORKING self

[glass arrow]

a-life when

[zinc apex]

Anyone got a little of those... you know... patches?

[marsh pond]

https://tenor.com/view/willj-oprah-oprah-winfrey-winfrey-you-get-a-car-gif-14138405041468291224

[cedar current]

Don't want media - I want a patch

[tender oracle]

Patch when? I has been 12 days without being able to progress in the campaign.

[rare gulch]

Delayed one extra day now, every time someone asks.

[hearty compass]

Me when I cant progress the champagne

[vocal hornet]

Does anyone else experience a crash when approaching north of Zallisya?

[summer cliff]

I've been snorkin it for a week waiting for a patch

[tender oracle]

join me brother

[celest goblet]

So coming in about ten years

[proven dagger]

[ember summit]

[potent mica]

Steamdb commit shows it was done 9 hrs ago. Sounds like they are still working/testing and chances are not getting the expected results

[rare gulch]

There are a bunch of different teams, who all do their own stuff on different branches, with their own commits. Nothing to suggest they "aren't getting the expected results"

[celest goblet]

Better to do this than release a patch that breaks things

[potent mica]

Ok sure. But by that logic we shouldn't even be caring about steamdb. It's not an indicator of how soon a patch will come. We don't know the results of any of those test branches

[vocal gyro]

This game is out for what almost months and still unplayable with VRAM and I hate Nvidia too with their crap 8GB GPU's I hope that the jensen guy gets hit by a car.

[rare gulch]

That would be correct. Steamdb says nothing about when the next patch will come, only that they are working.

[worthy lagoon]

You couldn't be more cringe than that

Jesus Christ

[rare gulch]

While true, I hope no one expects that this patch will fix A-life. This will only be the very first fixes in a long long process.

[potent mica]

Oh I'm definitely not expecting this patch to fix A-Life. If they chilled out on the enemy spawns I would be happy

[celest goblet]

If they just fixed that and NPCs instantly spotting you when they are loaded in behind you it would help

[empty gorge]

already adjustable in files

[potent mica]

Yea this goes a long with the above of them spawning once you clear an area. Pretty much why I stopped playing is because of these 2 annoyances. Worst is when it's not humans doing that and it's dogs or boars ..you waste time and ammo

[rare gulch]

... ok... but that's not been adjusted in-game yet. (I know you have made a mod)

[ember mesa]

Luv me A life, luv me nvg, luv me binoculars, simple as

[empty gorge]

@rare gulch nah im not advertising my mod tho i dont have it adjusted atleast not worth mentioning. yeah @worthy zodiac yeah ofc , here is a snippet idk if i can send all : WipeRespawnTimeoutSeconds = 300.0
edit : there are also individual poi respawn timers but that one is more against rules idk? sorry correct me if im wrong playing it safe
edit 2 : the 300 here means most likely 300 minutes ie 5 hours : so 12min respawn?

[vocal gyro]

YOU WILL NOT TELL ME WHAT TO DO I RAGE AGAINST THE SYSTEM AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[rare gulch]

Don't get me wrong, I love what you and other modders are doing tearing apart the files! I'm looking forward to see what you can do once a proper offline system is implemented, rather than "just" spawn tweaks.

[empty gorge]

all good bro, i tweak values its not really modding haha, cant wait for offline mode for sure! @worthy zodiac i dont have it in my mod.
edit 1 : the whole respawn system is messed up
edit 2 : i really cant speak a lot about that im 100% sure
edit 3 : @muted valve i can give you link so poi are always populated, i wont promise you going out alive

[versed cobalt]

alihe when*

[muted valve]

man i just want POI's to be populated before i get there 😛

[potent mica]

Nah it only happens once your there and then again once you're done clearing them lol

[rare gulch]

https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/446

[native jacinth]

https://youtu.be/_n2KFcs4Dmg?si=IBG9d4eLR0PJYJqK do we like boris here?

[zinc apex]

When 🍆 -update?

[empty gorge]

again my mod does not have increased respawn time or functionality to not respawn when you already visited. the whole spawn system is VERY complex (if it works).
edit 1 : im not advertising my mod for people tuning in just discussion of spawns

[muted valve]

i mean judging by your name it's this mod right? https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/446

[dull token]

Is it worth it to deviate from the main mission to go scavenge the stashes?

[slender perch]

remember when cohh came in here to ask about updates

[rare gulch]

Absolutely. Exploring the world on your own without following a quest marker is where the most fun is!

[native jacinth]

GENUINELY just asking, i found him randomly damn near ten years ago, I mainly asked cuz I wanted to ask ppl whod know better, if they thought he could be faking that accent lol

[dull token]

Is there any notifier that you've already visited a stash? ( I don't keep track of what stashes I've already gone to )

[empty gorge]

yeah haha

[rare gulch]

Once you've looted a stash, it'll disappear from your map. (unless you find a pda/quest that re-populates the stash with new loot)

[glass arrow]

They don't show on the map

[sudden elk]

Can that happen? I've cleared out stashes, then gotten their waypoint from a PDA and gone back to find them just as empty as I left them. It removes the waypoint after the second interaction.

[muted valve]

sometimes it even gets bugged, you loot a stash, the marker doesn't dissappear, you open it up again and there's loot in it again, had it three times in a row at some point

[rare gulch]

I've had stashes that I looted, then checked my map, it was still marked, so I checked it again and it had new loot.

[vocal gyro]

A life will never work on unreal engine 5 trash engine

[sudden elk]

@muted valve @rare gulch That's crazy, I have never experienced that. Sounds lucrative!

[ember mesa]

If they lower the textures on npc they can, dunno who thought high res hair was good idea for mostly bald guys

[native jacinth]

yeah in vc and otherwise im not running into anyone like this in decades of playing, if anything the people out that way sound more and more less like this and dudes just being dramatic to create a character, i noticed it when i realized he specificall was solely using terminology and slang for everything from out that way and people on discord from that way didnt even use lol

[upbeat kite]

wait you said devs need to find out how to implement it correctly? Lets be honest they're the ones who coded it in first place...

[muted valve]

I do hope that we will see either GSC or a mod add artifacts to loot stashes soon, doesn't even need to be a huge chance but would jst make looting stashes far more interesting

[vocal gyro]

It will never work name one game on UE5 who does something like A-Life, there's a reason why enemies spawn in a radius of 30m of the player you know.

[hearty compass]

The offline/online system actually makes slightly more complex than an RTS system, but only slightly

[rare gulch]

I suspect one of the major hurdles they need to cover is the fact that the old games had zones with loading screens between them. So it was "easy" to have "this zone is online, the others is offline". It's probably much harder now with a giant map with no loading zones. Even if they are marked as individual regions, would the local spawn change when you cross the "border" ?

[dull token]

So at the point im at in the game my bag can only hold 80kg. Do I ever get a bigger bag to hold more loot?

[potent mica]

Yea the old games had the map sectioned off in smaller areas with loading

[hearty compass]

Obvious bait as there are literally no other games that do something like a-life

@rare gulch kind of but not really. The old games also had an offline/online radius.

[muted valve]

we should stop responding to clowns exclusively posting bait

[empty gorge]

im afraid a lot of you dont understand the old map sizes and the way it handled offline alife with the next map around your current one semi simulating and the far ones not, the same can be achieved here with 2 donut bubbles around the player the 1st and furthest is the offline director, that one is currently borked, if the offline director sends a squad inside the 2nd bubble the one around the player it starts rendering and simulating online.
the open world has 0 impact on this system since the bubbles are the old maps
Edit 1: the game also has hidden loading screens in region borders 🙂
for instance : when going to garbage, the window is a loading screen

[upbeat kite]

is there some reference or source to read about it?

[hearty compass]

Actually from what I remember one of the guys that made the original a-life system was reemployed by New GSC™️

[empty gorge]

the original alife creator and engineer has only started working at gsc in 2020 (1 year before og release date) and has stopped working there in summer of 2022.
he most likely led a team of atleast 8 developers for alife.
edit 1 : what a stupid countdown timer, yes @muted valve he went to the navy

[muted valve]

yeah but didn't he stop cause of the war?

[rare gulch]

That's not true, there are many original STALKER devs working on Stalker 2. For instance, Dmitriy Iassenev who was the lead dev fro the original A-life is a Senior developer on Stalker 2. He's also a volunteer in the Ukrainan army, so...

[dull token]

Stalker 3 release date in the next 5 years?

[empty gorge]

in short : iassenev started working on alife, war started, was a patriot, rest of team now needs to finish work. throw in optimization, deadlines, relocation,funding tada we get alife 1.5
Edit 1 : @rare gulch 100% Ievgeny called said we need you too bro, no sarcasm
edit 2 : @worthy zodiac see linked in https://ua.linkedin.com/in/iassenev

[rare gulch]

I mean, it's not that long since he posted on LinkedIn. I'd suspect he's still working. He was a volunteer in 2022, most likely he isn't at the front any more.

[muted valve]

Linked-in page says he's employed at GSC

[nimble cipher]

xavish3794 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[rare gulch]

Well, according to his LinkedIn profile, that Shaytech linked above 🙂

[empty gorge]

do note could mean anything since gsc still pays out wages to developers that fight in the war
source : wargame making of

[dreamy tree]

Any news on ETA for the patch?

[upbeat kite]

cannot someone reach community manager to confirm information? There would be relief for us to know xD

edit: relief for us to know that he is in the house, not in the field.

[muted valve]

only time will tell tbh, but i have some faith they're willing to go the extra mile to get it finished

[empty gorge]

A-life has massive problems, i wont go into detail but essentially: what has been made and found shows very great potential absolutely amazing stuff that arent just base ue5 stuff. especially when it comes to the ai complexity and checks. what we have now is a broken system that fails to work together.
its a puzzle where the pieces are scattered but the box shows its a really good puzzle.
sneak peak : ai has different daily schedules based on faction,rank,gear,experience etc. they can for instance have daily routines that change per day.
THEY ALSO HAVE NEEDS THAT CAN BE FULLFILLED, wild

[rare gulch]

Of course. They don't keep people on the frontlines for several years (especially not non-professional soldiers). My guess (that I have nothing to base on) is that he's working in a supporting role, not an actual combat role, and still have time to guide the team. He's the lead dev, he doesn't code all the stuff himself, he probably do a lot of management.

[muted valve]

now i do wonder where you've found that though, certainly stuff like that can't be gleamed from config files etc?

[empty gorge]

100% what you say, his past experiences show team leader so i take it he has a backline role due to his important job position and i think the government will make exception.

@muted valve cant say more here sorry but yes kind of correct there.

mods delete this if its too much

@worthy zodiac its there, its coded, its hooked the offline just isnt keeping it up, but when you render an npc it will do what i said

edit : but since ranges are so close you wont experience it

[dense hatch]

a-life sucked in CoP, this is well known

[muted valve]

how do you mean can't say more? leaked build?

[empty gorge]

the following is public info that can be found on official website mods so please look at steamdb before anything mods
as for the answer : gsc messed up and accidently released the debug exe with an update and they revoked it.
the exe is what gsc uses for testing

here is a fun edit
Needs : struct.begin
NeedType = EContextualActionNeeds::Sleep
IncreaseRateMin = 4.f
IncreaseRateMax = 6.f
Radius = 500.f

[rare gulch]

I have no doubt that GSC is super ambitious and A-life will have amazing possibilities (and still be janky, years from now 😄 )

[tulip monolith]

its not the zone without some jank

[muted valve]

yeah there's video's of that online but the A-life tab was empty, so do go into details, doubt the mods mind this chat actually talking about stalker 2 for once 😂

[empty gorge]

here is some more, this is all available without illegal stuff :
DutyNeedsPreset : struct.begin
BanditsNeedsPreset : struct.begin

edit : as you can see factions have own need type

[rare gulch]

The ambition and williness to attempt stuff even if it don't work quite as intended is one of the reasons why games like Stalker an Kingdom Come: Deliverance are some of my favorite games ever. They dare to try to pull off amazing stuff that others don't, even it it doesn't always turn out perfect. I'll much rather take the ambitious attempts and live with the jank, than another streamlined "perfect" game.

[muted valve]

GSC forgetting to turn off a debug console does not make it illegal to use it 😂

[storm kernel]

GSC LEAKED 1.04 PATCH NOTES:

• ALife 2.0 cancelled
• Incredible Gassy added

[empty gorge]

a-life is in the game its not that its not there, its just hidden. yeah call me a conspiracy lunatic or clown but see this first : EVERYTHING SEND HERE IS NOT SOURCED ILLEGALLY MODS DM ME FOR INFO BUT IT IS 100% LEGALLLL

ALifeLairExpansionTime = 50.f
ALifeLairExpansionRadius = 500000.f
ALifeStartSimulation = 48.0f // hours
IsALifePoint = true

the above shows the online alife values that cant communicate with offline

@worthy zodiac i know...a lot and im scared to speak about it too much

[amber arch]

From what I heard from modders 2.0 shows great promise, its current form is just dement as can be in its decision making

[muted valve]

i think GSC will try to get basic features to somewhat work and look at the performance impact, then move on from that, i think that's what they're testing now

[dense hatch]

at least stalker 2 is blatantly broken, CoP just has terribly designed a-life instead of an intended good a-life that just doesn't work properly

[rare gulch]

They've said that most of A-life was hastily scrapped before launch, for performance reasons, and everything I've seen so far seems to support that. I'm confident that with time we can get both A-life and performances.

[fierce ermine]

Dang, no patch today 😭

[exotic agate]

Thats it im calling GSC CEO directly to get you. You forced my hand

[empty gorge]

they took the alife, and smacked the shit out of it to make it work last minute
edit : we know what causes memory leak
edit 2 : its easy to fix but it will make alife 2.0 break more
edit 3 : thats why there isnt a 100% fix yet its tied to alife

[tulip monolith]

if only you're about when you get people coming in screaming about alife not existing in the game.

[muted valve]

yup we've got him now mods please ban this man for revealing ultra super secret never seen before GSC code and charge him for theft and copyright violations

[dense hatch]

they won't enjoy CoP because they would've played good games before, unless they have the misfortune to start at the middle

[amber arch]

Basically A-Life 2.0 in theory is a genius, the system however currently in practice is bipolar and makes decisions based on the fragmented logic of the system currently in place.

[slender perch]

[rare gulch]

Yep. Makes sense. They really couldn't force the devs to keep working overtime (and I suspect they also needed the income from sales to keep paying people). Just had to get the game out, and then keep working on it with renewed resources and time.

[dense hatch]

it's good for a first playthrough and just fine the rest, which is worse than being bad

[empty gorge]

check this tinfoil timeline
2018 : announce pre production wraps up
2018-2020: bad choises, mismanagement, funding so they shift to epic for money epic says yes but you are gonna use ue5 and we will use you as pr for ue
2019 : covid 19 hits
2020 : shift to ue5
2021: delay, alife starts proper work, they expect 6 months
2022: war, delay issues, main alife developer leaves for war
2022: phil giving money for relocation to prague, lots of money going to wages, other misc like alife og creator not at studio
2023: delays, funding, management and most importantly alife and optimization and covid
2024: phil says it must release this year else no funding
2024: they release and continue work on alife and optimization
2025: alife 2.0

edit : ooohh yeaahh covid too indeed @rare gulch

[shrewd socket]

Maybe upgrading to UE 5.5 will help?

[rare gulch]

You're missing a Covid epidemic in there! 😄

[slender perch]

why isnt anyone else mentioning this????

[amber arch]

I highly doubt they will upgrade the engine version.

[exotic agate]

It would alleviate performance issues but that would take a lot of time and effort to do depending on how custom they made the version of UE5 its running on

[dense hatch]

a fun bad game like the frontier is good for all time, a mediocre game is one I'm going to immediately forget unless I'm constantly reminded of, and HK is peak because it has quirrel

[hollow bridge]

I've been waiting for the game to get some patches before continuing my playthrough. Still in the first zone. Is it any better now? 1.4 must be close to release...

[empty gorge]

try update 2.0 with alife 2.0 update

[rare gulch]

For people saying "They moved the HQ to Prague, they can't use the war as an excuse anymore!" - check the "In memory of" list at the end of the game, and try to still claim they aren't affected of the war..

[tulip monolith]

half the devs got out of dodge when it went down, the other half stayed, some decided to help the war.

[dense hatch]

I don't know if I can ever respect you, smh it's so over

[amber arch]

I’d say hold off till next patch, hopefully it gets to us before Christmas if you really want to get into the game now.
If not wait till sometime March next year for likely further improvements.

[nimble cipher]

gg.dicky has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[slender perch]

HAHA GET WOLFD NERD

[rare gulch]

And even if they are working from abroad, they still have friends and family in Ukraine.

[exotic agate]

Also people dont realize that the devs in Prague are living in a completely different environment and culture. The war also being on their minds 24/7 too. People are so apathetic its really sickening.

[hollow bridge]

Okay cool, il wait and see what 1.4 notes say. Game is awesome regardless, I just want a smoothish first playthrough haha

[dense hatch]

Relax conservative, it's called light humor

[muted valve]

keeps amazing me how much difference there is between a the US term "liberal" and the European term "liberal"

[tacit oracle]

Aaand straight down politics lane

[obsidian crypt]

Politics please

[exotic agate]

Does that make you the Champion of Light?

[fierce totem]

🫃

[obsidian crypt]

Ohh i forgot to add “No”

[tacit oracle]

I love novichok's ai overhaul but the game clearly hasn't been made with non-stupid ai in mind 😭

[barren drum]

Most likeky scenario is the patch will come out in wednesday or thursday(most likely) this week. It will 100% not come out in friday or monday next week

[muted valve]

the only politics we discuss here is zone politics and the only zone politics we discuss here is Monolith smashing through the lines of the nonbelievers for the Glorious monolith

[full bronze]

mascarpone ice cream

[tulip monolith]

monolith on one side and snork lovers on the other

[tacit oracle]

Nuh uh patch is clearly coming out last Wednesday ☝️😏

[jade dagger]

Just beat the game for the first time, nothing like it. What an experience. G.O.A.T

[slender perch]

i loved when john stalker came in and shot the monolith with his stalker gun

[exotic agate]

Freedom over here with our Bloodsuckers 😏 and weed watching everyone fight over dumb Zone stuff

[rare gulch]

Well, thanks guys. The interesting talk was fun while it lasted! 😉

[muted valve]

but guys that was our one weekly alotted civilised discussion please return to snorkussy posting and doubting the existence of A-life while consistently asking for a patch for it

[summer cliff]

I dunno bro I'm pretty sure it will come pit before Christmas and will be the last patch before holidays, along with a roadmap so anytime this/next week

[tacit oracle]

Fix alife (see you guys in a couple hours when i post the exact same two words)

[empty gorge]

[glacial perch]

I just got to SIRRCA and now I know why everyone says the game drops in quality after that

Constant frame rates drops, AI spawning within 15 feet of me, crashes, etc.

Wild how I’ve had no issue until I hit that point

Oh and random guns spawning in my inventory

[tacit oracle]

The problem is quests bugging out, you're literally seeing "problems" out of thin air (that were already there mind you)

[glacial perch]

yeah I was having no issues until I hit sirrca
no you haven’t

I guess My Skif has developed schizophrenia

[tacit oracle]

I mean everything you have mentioned has pretty much a consistent chance to happen at any point in time, guess you've either been lucky or have paid more attention to it since

[twin thistle]

there's a particular part that froze my PC a few times but eventually I just waited out the loading bug until it finished

[barren drum]

This will be a big patch so there is s big probability that new bugs will be created. So they have to release the patch at least two working days before holidays so they will have the time to hotfix new bugs

[summer cliff]

Uhhhh, how bout no 🤓

[amber arch]

Dawg the released a patch on a Sunday before, I truly don’t think they care too much about timetables and what is considered good practice when releasing a new version.

They just care about getting it out as stable and soon as possible.

[feral panther]

Can devs add a boko haram faction to the game please

[jade dagger]

I’ll give my opinion on A-life in 3 hours and 27 minutes stay tuned

[nova matrix]

The initial quest after SIRCAA gets buggy, but like another hour or 2 playing I've been back to normal, no bugs or stuttering

[tacit oracle]

no more than usual at any rate

[amber arch]

Also saying 15m spawns only happened after SIRCAA is wild with all the complaining about that (A-Life) issue in here since day one.

[zinc apex]

I'll give birth to a-life in exact 2 hours

[dreamy tree]

They need to release the patch this week to lure players back to the game, right now the player count on steam db has plummeted.

[tacit oracle]

oh no what are we going to do if the player count plummets in this singleplayer game

[tulip monolith]

that comment above... wow

[barren drum]

Yeah because they worked during weekend to fix very critical bugs ,but that was not just one week before christmas holidays

[jade dagger]

Well it’s also a single player game, “when people beat the game they may stop playing 🙀🙀🙀”

[vocal hornet]

It's impossible to play, you're going to do something about the crashes :Fatal error!
Unhandled Exception: EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION
This is really unacceptable, I don't see anyone talking about it

[amber arch]

You do realize this isn’t a live service game, right? Numbers are supposed to drop for this over time, that only makes sense???

[zinc apex]

A-Life more important than your PC problems tbh

[dreamy tree]

Why is there a slowmode enabled anyway? Barely anyone posts on this discord anymore. You can remove it now.

[tacit oracle]

@vocal hornet was just talking about it (I hope to god there's only one infernos in this server)

[chilly bronze]

Xbox Series A-life

[dense hatch]

the second the patch comes out it'll be back to the release standard

[urban basin]

Stalker dating sim update next

[vocal hornet]

What PC are you talking about? The crash is due to the game code, I have a 4090 and a 7800x3d so what the hell are you talking about?

[tacit oracle]

nuh uh everyone knows people who stop playing the game stop playing forever

[dreamy tree]

Those number matter for shareholders, GSC is a publicly traded company and steam player count reflects the longevity of the game. So you are wrong.

[slender perch]

there aint nothin wrong with stalker 2's player count though?

[dense hatch]

he's not, please actually read the message

[summer cliff]

People complete a singleplayer game and move on??????

[tacit oracle]

The GAME is DYING guys.
Cmon everyone launch your games the shareholders will all leave otherwise 😭 🙏

[dreamy tree]

No I will not.

[amber arch]

Dawg idk how much Fortnuts you’ve been snorting but sure thing pal, you’re right. Crystal clear logic that a singleplayer game should plateau at a consistent forever number in player count or actually only continue to rise even when there’s no new content or patch. My bad OG.

[twin thistle]

oh god not this again

[zinc apex]

hahah tis game is sooo November 2024 guys. absolutely DEAD. move on now

[loud gate]

Hey, my good men!
Oleksandr Laptiy - Actor of Scar in the Ukrainian dub streaming himself play S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2
https://www.twitch.tv/scarsei

[summer cliff]

I mean I have completed the game. I'd replay it while taking different choices but there's no reason to do it now, I'd rather wait for alife.

There are many people like me, or others who just completed the game and moved on. Player count is not an argument for a singleplayer game

[vocal hornet]

Don't sell a broken game then, I don't have to be soft on that

[tacit oracle]

pretend game's not out yet and play it when your particular problem has been fixed.

[tawny flume]

I stopped playing because the game felt empty without the proper ai system working

[dreamy tree]

Get a job and buy better hardware, GSC won't be spending valuable development time to optimize the game to run on your toaster.

[amber arch]

Nah nah guys infallible logic, game’s bleeding numbers, its bad, shareholders are pulling out as we speak. Lets go back to Fortnite now, the battle bus is waiting.

[summer cliff]

That's what she said

[nova matrix]

Because this isn't the place to talk about it. Stop annoying your fellow public gamers and use support channel

[zinc apex]

It's only micro when it's soft

[vocal hornet]

Bro, just imagine having two hours to play and the game crashes in the middle of the story without being able to do anything, excuse me if I'm a little upset with the game

[storm kernel]

is gsc publically traded

[dreamy tree]

No I made it up

[tacit oracle]

damn right you should, I have a 3070 and a 5600x and I don't get these crashes

[summer cliff]

No.

[tulip monolith]

I havent had a crash yet luckily

[amber arch]

You clown hat mf, I’m never replying to you again you sob 😭

[nova matrix]

We aren't GSC, youre bitxhing to the wrong people. It's like walking around Walmart whining to the customers about a return policy, like dude take it elsewhere

[dreamy tree]

So you are American? This narrows my search down.

[storm kernel]

my org's name in GTA Online is MacroHard 💀 😭

[tacit oracle]

I've had two reproducible ones, which is one during a certain optional objective, and hilariously enough one during the "stalker 2" title drop at the start lmao

[summer cliff]

GSC doesn't even read this chat, it's a wrong place to cry. Only mol1t comes sometimes to make an announcement

[amber arch]

I mean this probably is the least constructive place to criticize the game (this channel that is). You’d be better off yelling in support channel or at support themselves to get your points across. In here, you’ll just get hit with the clown guns till you mald yourself out.

And you’re def a giga clown for spoiling things in the no spoiler channel.

[twin thistle]

spoiluehr? I don't even know her.

EDIT: DON'T YOU DARE REMOVE THE UNNECESSARY LETTERS FROM THE EMOJI REACTS SMH

[vocal hornet]

sorry, your right

[nova matrix]

Walmart is in like 19 countries what

[dreamy tree]

What are you talking about? The fixes for A-life are being pushed because people made a shitstorm here over the issue, hence the reason why GSC acknowledge the issue. The CMs used to read the feedback here.

[worthy zodiac]

Nah, it's alright to voice your concerns anywhere you want. The message has to spread everywhere at once, it should be impossible to escape it

[glossy glacier]

Can’t blame you, be upset with the game, make support inquiries on their site. That’s probably the best place although they’re flooded over there cause of all the issues people have. They did say they check all social media and stuff, as well as steam discussions but probably less likely to be seen if your post doesn’t get as popular or a community manager isn’t in the discord chat right now.

@worthy zodiac I agree actually we should keep voicing our problems everywhere honestly

[fierce ermine]

@vocal hornet UEngine games can send a crash report to Epic. Either they get forwarded to GSC for categorisation, or they get flushed down the metaphorical toilet. It's anybody's guess which one of those happens.

[amber arch]

This is some I’m 12 and this is deep, logic.

I’m sorry dawg, I disagree.

[summer cliff]

Here? I doubt it. It's a very niche discord channel made by GSC itself. Constructive criticism on social platforms or GSC dms helps instead of crying here

[nova matrix]

No they are getting feedback from support channel and bug reports, they don't read this channel for reports or feedback. They've said so themselves.

[dreamy tree]

What other channels do they use then? Last time I remember most of the information regarding patches come from discord than any other platform.

[celest goblet]

Pretty sure the community managers read this channel and share the general feedback with the development team even if they don't reply to people directly.

[gloomy knoll]

So Theres discord Servers and Channels

Do they get a Lot of info from the Server? Agreed, but doubtful its this Channel and rather the Support Channels

[twin thistle]

No one reads anything, this is all a simulation, complain or don't, post hawg, stare into the great abyss, eat at Arby's (or the international equivalent in your part of the world).

[nova matrix]

Community managers don't share the feedback with devs, they will direct you to go to their support channel or page on their website.

[rare gulch]

Sure they do. Mol1t have literally said several times that he'll take an issue up with the dev team.

[raw warren]

Mol1t has said several times he shares it with the dev team

[celest goblet]

They won't share your individual comments, but they will gauge the sentiment of the community overall to see what matters the most to players.

[nimble cipher]

daro.odaarra has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[nova matrix]

Only for issues that are reported already in the support channel

[tacit oracle]

I mean it wouldn't hurt to use the official channels at any rate

[summer cliff]

They read all channels of public opinion to gather it and report it to the team. However, this is extremely general. It would be more useful to leave a support ticket or just wait, since all the problems with alife have been reported already and devs know about it. I found 2 bugs on release, reported them and they were fixed in the first patch.

[raw warren]

There's nothing wrong with continuing to talk about the games problems, doesn't matter where. If you don't like hearing about them just ignore it. People are going to keep talking about them regardless. It probably does help to keep talking about them to show the priority of what needs to be fixed first.

[celest goblet]

Oh yeah. Specific bugs you should still submit a ticket for. It's the best way to try and get it fixed for good

[nova matrix]

If I say in this room, my gun has turned into a piece of bread, he's not gonna report that to the devs, you're just making his life more miserable if you tag him and think mentioning that in here is going to help.

[zinc apex]

A-life is probably buggy guys. Do I need to report this somewhere?

[twin thistle]

They ignore anything to with technical reports and only record the amount of times you ask for snorkussy and bloodsucker dating sims. They keep a close record of whomst among you is truly the most degenerate.

[amber arch]

I ain’t typing all that again.

Basically to summarize:
I think it’s better for the complaints to be centralized in a channel meant for it i.e support for instance rather than flooding all channels with things that spiral into off-topic debates.
It makes the user experience in here unbearable for people that genuinely do not have the means to resolve your qualms with the game.
It promotes a shidposting atmosphere of people just taking dumb shots at eachother over things neither party can really do anything about.

Basically this channel is either;
“If I’m not having fun, you’re not having fun.” or
“I’m having fun so you should be having fun.”

All this to say, it’s pointless.

[slender perch]

all i'll say is, game is pog and haters gunna hate

[ocean hornet]

release the damned patch already

[amber arch]

Fair enough but you have to agree that the constant complaining that happens in here has not been good for those partaking or wanting to partake in talks about S2 in this channel.
Because all everyone does in here is spew their opinion like it’s gospel or like they have GOT to be right.
It’s toxic lmfao.

[nova matrix]

But muh bugs will be heard by devs?!? I must let all know 😭

[tacit oracle]

I must constantly bother strangers with my whining, this will help fix things.
"wait you BLOCKED ME?!"

[raw warren]

100% actually we need a seperate "S2 Concerns" channel. And you summed it up perfectly except I think there is a middle ground of:

People having an issue, but not saying others should stop playing because of it or others shouldn't have fun. Instead the ones having fun or ignoring the games issues try to demean their issues. They say stop whining or complaining too much, etc.

[nova matrix]

It's "general noise " remember, not constantly bothering, that means it's useful

[craggy carbon]

The devs know all the complaints at this point. Nothing that has been said the last week is new to them. Just the same circle jerk about a life.

[upbeat kite]

What i missed, while playing actually the game?

[tacit oracle]

omg having a "s2 complaints" channel all of y'all can go whine at and nobody pays attention to would be an amazing idea

[amber arch]

I think both sides are childish in their own way.
Mainly because people take critique on things they personally enjoy or not enjoy as some form of attack on them and I’m not saying this as a “oooOoo im so far above this” kind of zinger.
Just that people on both sides are too passionate to let go and agree to disagree.

[gloomy knoll]

Where alife?
GSC scamming the hell Out of us!
Wake up people they pulled the rugs from beneath us!!!!!

/S

[icy tangle]

There is a fallen tower with a ladder in the Red Forest that if you interact with it soft locks your game because you wont be able to move XD

[tacit oracle]

pulling the hell out of my rug tbh

[glass arrow]

a-life when

[amber arch]

Dawg you can’t tell me it’s not been bad when mods actually straight up hate this channel. 😭

Every 2 minutes there’s an argument over the same damn things for weeks on end. If this is your idea of getting a message across I don’t think it’s very effective, rather grating infact.

[nova matrix]

Most complaints here don't even tag the community manager, just bothering random gamers, hoping we'll grieve with you, fix it, or report the bug for you lol

[tacit oracle]

one could almost come to the conclusion you're just being unpleasant because you can't have what you want right now
ynow, like widdle babbies

[raw warren]

To be fair it's kinda sketchy to tag community managers since mods will put you in timeout if they don't like your question.

[nova matrix]

But I thought the managers report concerns to the devs? Hm

[tacit oracle]

I don't think a single player in this channel would deny the game has problems, or that they need to be fixed. We just have the presence of mind to realize that complaining about it for the upteenth time is not going to fix it any faster.

[simple scarab]

If you guys really think about it, Burers are basically femboys

[amber arch]

No I’m fairly certain they hate it because of pointless arguments being held between individuals about things none of us can draw unbiased conclusions on as to why things are the way they are with the game right now.

[raw warren]

They do how does what I say contradict that? Check #📜┃gsc-answers and pins.

[nova matrix]

Ah, so you'll get a timeout, but will also get your message passed to the devs. Interesting

[amber arch]

I’m all for feedback and constructive criticism mind, since that usually leads to a good civil discussion but as I said.

Both sides just make some wild or diminishing claim and that then sends this whole channel into a feces throwing match.

@worthy zodiac I brought it to light to give you an indication of how unpleasant the “vibe” is in here 90% of the time.

[slender perch]

and it is beautiful

[gloomy knoll]

Do I want to know why are again at the start of the battlefield, with "Game is broken and unplayable" Probably soon to arrive on one side and "People just need to be quiet" on the other side?

[amber arch]

You know talking to you is like talking to a wall, I have better things to do.

[fierce totem]

ya all should kiss a little more on a daily basis

[raw warren]

I am saying If I tagged @ mol1t right now with a concern, without him recently being in here as stated by @worthy zodiac then I will get a timeout most likely. Messages do get passed onto devs from managers in the discord, of course not every single one but Mol1t has before.

If you mean this chat specifically you could only speculate I guess but I doubt Mol1t is holding his tongue from the devs on what he has stated in this chat (which you can see the important stuff through pins).

[fossil vine]

Am I right in understanding that there is no "canon" ending in the game and all endings are "canon", because "Everyone saw the Zone in their own way"?

[tacit oracle]

at the end of the day game's not going to be more fixed regardless how much you complain about it, and that's what matters
@fossil vine p sure they took one of the endings of Shadow of Chornobyl as canon, likely this will be the same (if the game has more than an ending, I dunno)

[nimble sparrow]

...unless?

[gloomy knoll]

Ah is it the discussion wether complaining speeds up the fixing process after the data collection phase is done?

[slender perch]

why did apo leave us...

[amber arch]

Come here big dawg 🫦

[fierce totem]

want to help the devs? write a compelling review that grabs people's and devs attention. This chat is the void, opinions come here to die. Also use their official website for bugreports

[tawny flume]

When mods see a-life mentioned

[tacit oracle]

I mean its' the main argument for the people complaining day in day out about the same thing

[raw warren]

Anyone tryna run up CoP multiplayer?

[mellow locust]

can someone tell me what the "crypto test" depot is suppose to be? is their crypto idea returning?

[amber arch]

If I was home

[raw warren]

Riiip if you want to when your home message me and a friend will probably play later tonight around 5 or 6 est

[amber arch]

Not a clue what it’s for but highly doubt they’re bringing back the NFT idea.

@raw warren Out of town till tomorrow afternoon, absolutely devastating.

[fierce totem]

man, this chat will pop off if they go back on the whole NFT thing.

[nimble sparrow]

blockchain is the noosphere?!

[tawny flume]

Stalker NFT

[amber arch]

I mean considering NFTs kind of self immolated it’d be the weirdest and worst decision to come from them.

[vagrant rampart]

in stalker 1 i'm having a weird visual bug with the trees/grass which is pretty similar to the standard source engine repeated object visual phasing thing, is there any word on how to fix it? can't upload images here so i tried to describe it best i could

[steel estuary]

Hey peaople, i have problem, in main mission when I need to meet scar by the exit to labarotory, he's missing, what do i need to do now?

[bitter kindle]

[primal salmon]

its really hard to read

[fierce totem]

reading is for nerds anyway 🤓

[gloomy knoll]

But is the concept of building up the pressure, when they acknowledged the problems and are also announcing that they're working on fixed on the troubles that the game has, not absolutely void?

I would understand it if there was literally zero sign that GSC is doing anything to improve on the game. Because then you build up pressure to get them to start working. But in this case? I just find it rather useless without wanting to step on your toes or anything. But There is no increase in chance, nor anything to gain from building up a pressure that's nonexistent if the other side is already venting that pressure by working on fixes

[midnight pawn]

super nitpicky but am i the only one who's a bit annoyed by the way skif holds foregrips? like its not a thumb break grip

[tacit oracle]

"fix it"
"we're fixing it"
"well FIX IT FASTER 😡 "

yeah that helps

[dreamy tree]

Didn't read

[ocean hornet]

fix alife

[midnight pawn]

just hold off on buying the game if you want a-life? thats what i'm doing, im not in a rush to get into the game

[broken latch]

Honestly don't mind the a life cuz I finally got more stalker lore

[broken latch]

Finding out who's still around and who's not was like one of the biggest things for me

[nova matrix]

Nah, you gotta complain in here every day to build up the pressure for them to fix it, even at the cost of all the chatters experience, doesn't matter because complaining is more important

[tacit oracle]

this is correct and a healthy mindset.

[midnight pawn]

yeah i figure that's nice, and i think it'll be great once i get it. if anything hopefully modders can build up a similair framework to how original alife was, if stalker anomaly is anything to judge by

[broken latch]

We need soup mods memory leak a-life

They be going on better adventures than mc

[bitter kindle]

Didn’t play Stalker 1 so didn’t get to experience A Life so I’m one of the few who don’t mind not having something I’ve never experienced.

[pale merlin]

Are you guys kidding me? How can you make a whole 145GB game yet the MAIN quest line is bugged? I am stuck at "Answers Come at a Price"

[broken latch]

That's like saying Skyrim 2

[coarse sparrow]

#📜┃gsc-answers is again empty

[fierce totem]

||A-life?|| 🫃

[nova matrix]

I disagree. Positivity is more fun than Karens complaining

[broken latch]

Ngl if you saw triology alife you'd be amazed

[tacit oracle]

...because game size does not correlate with how many bugs it has?

[broken latch]

Like 2 or more select people are answering them, so don't expect them to reply like a factory

[bitter kindle]

Didn’t play any of the stalkers before this one*

How come you don’t get a 2 min timeout after each message sent? Is it because you’re a helper?

[fierce totem]

shots fired, shots fired!

[gritty knot]

The people coming in here complaining everyday have 0 other social interactions than screaming into the ether in here or their just serial weirdos

[gloomy knoll]

ITs cool for them to have an idea whats important to us

But people asking for Alife to be fixed first is not helping them in anyway or form and will not affect when its fixed. Because it is not as fundamentaly as were other problems at the start. They know the game best and even if we ask for Alife a thousand times, they only addressed it now on the fourth patch because they set the priority for things. Not us. Plus, bringing up problems that the devs know about already, because it is well reported for days on end, eventually will not have any effects anymore. They have the data they need. And thats what they work with eventually. IT doesnt matter if Youtuber X now reports the same issue 30000 people already reported, and you want to know why? Because they're probably working on a fix already, for the very same problem, and more publicity does not help in any way or form at that point

Do problems need to be voiced? Yeah, but eventually people must realize that repeating it for the Xth time will not bring any results anymore, especially when its in the fixing progress. It's like asking me at work over and over again for an item thats on the order that just arrived broken, and I send in a new order for it to be delivered. You can ask 3, 4, 5 times but it will not change anything at that point. Because the process of repair is already undergoing, and cannot be speed up. Much like the delivery time in my example

[nova matrix]

Hey Karen, devs don't care about your 200th complaint about the same thing. Sorry to break it to ya

[broken latch]

Yes I'm apart of staff

[pale merlin]

I meant that putting such effort to a huge game the main quest line is bugged, this issue has been there before the 1.02 patch yet we are at 1.03 and it's still there! Well that a real deal breaker, who the hell would pay for a bugged game? I have been running around for 4 hours in hopes something will happen

[tacit oracle]

yeah there's a few quests broken, we're more or less all waiting for the patch to see if they get sorted out.

[broken latch]

I definitely recommend all 3 previous games as they all go over stories of 3 most notable characters

[fierce totem]

Dear santa, I don't want any presents this year, all I long for is A-life, please? 🤶

[broken latch]

I can help you in dms cuz you might of had same problem as me in midgame

[pale merlin]

PLEASEEE 😂

[bitter kindle]

I have a mental problem playing games that are super old or outdated especially if the graphics aren’t up to par. It’s a visual thing for me. But I’ll look into it.

[broken latch]

Yeah totally understandable, sadly not a lot of graphical mods, you might have more fun watching Anomalous Dugout on YouTube, he's one of the best channel's that covers lore

[tacit oracle]

good luck, been bouncing off the OG trilogy for 17 years at this point

[primal salmon]

f uc k a-life, me and my homies be enjoyin CoP for 2nd time

[bitter kindle]

I’ll check it out thanks

[wary sparrow]

Yo

[thorny junco]

When is new patch

[fierce totem]

🫃

[gloomy knoll]

One could also just wait for the update to drop and complain then again, which would be reasonable. But like I said, until an update is dropped, bringing up the same complaint over and over again will not result in any new things. It will not increase any chances, it will merely cause people to get annoyed by it. People eventually will just dismiss the complaints because they're just strewn in like this over and over again rather than set on things like "Oh announcement X they promised fixes for A and B, things we had brought up in the past already". That would be real pressure building, showing off that they Promised and never delivered

[wary sparrow]

Damn cheeki breeki you got the same name as that YouTuber that helped me download gamma the best mod in history I still haven’t bought stalker 2 but I can’t wait

[tacit oracle]

it is a popular nickname. We also have a cheeki barki

[thorny junco]

Pls tell me when is the new patch

[naive rivet]

We're waiting for a new patch

[bitter kindle]

Bruh the argument goes both ways; as a consumer and for those who paid for the game they’re upset certain things aren’t in the game. Cool. Got it. Heard.

But for people who enjoy the game for what it is; or are new to the game, literally EVERY SINGLE DAY there’s just non stop arguing in this channel about why the issues of the game need to be voiced.

It’s exhausting and for those just looking for help on the game it’s also annoying to come in here and just see a book worth of messages and arguing about who’s right.

Could I mute you and block you? Sure but that’s dumb.

It’s mind numbing how much people argue in this channel about things not fixed in the game and we can’t magically fix the game.

[nova matrix]

Testing phase, nobody knows how long it'll be

[fierce totem]

yes

[blissful axle]

any idea if the devs will be changing the loot so theres less? i feel theres too much loot and ive seen ppl agree but idk if the devs will make it so you dont get like 50 medkits in 2 minutes

[dull token]

Switched my audio output from my speakers to my headphones and its no longer working, any ideas on how to fix?

[raw warren]

I have covid disease

[slender perch]

awe man im sry, rest up

[wary sparrow]

Yeah the gamma song cheeki breeki top tier should be a meme song but yeah how is stalker 2 I heard it’s amazing new fans hate the difficulty just like elden ring haters

[gritty knot]

You do realise some people have went through the proper channels to write a bug report or steps to recreate bugs etc, all of those get triaged according to how important or difficult the bugs are, complaining here but every single day about the same topic is not only boring to everyone else that pops their head in for a chat and its counter productive as f*ck to you to be in here doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different outcome, are you looking for a dev to specifically reply to your problems? All of the issues that have been spoken about have been answered by gsc, given their already stellar track record of how many bugs have been squashed i highly doubt their just gonna go nah no one is complaining about A life anymore lets just competely remove something that makes stalker just that, such a silly debate in here every single day

[tacit oracle]

if you're on PC there's a number of mods you can try
https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/125
https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/241 (optional "better items spawn" file)

[bitter kindle]

Spit in my mouth

[fierce totem]

honestly should be a lot harder. Beginning of the game is a challenge but once you overcome that initial hiccup you are basically a one man army. Thank god for mods

[wary sparrow]

Should be like gamma or call of Pripyat difficulty cop has easy mode so new comers will enjoy the game more or add the piss difficulty of shadow of Chernobyl where normal mode is where mutants kill you by choking you through the screen

[tacit oracle]

real life should be more like gamma tbh

[visual warren]

Gamma should replace real life

[raw warren]

Thanks I really do have it but getting better after 3 days

[coarse sparrow]

I wish they did this a bit more, I know, wishful thinking, but a man can dream

[fierce totem]

but if you are thinking about getting S2 maybe wait a bit. Lots of softlocks in the game atm. Also balance issues and whether those will get resolved I don't know tbh.

[wary sparrow]

December 27 whit mods is when I’m getting it bug fixes and graphics enhancers the graphic ain’t what it was gonna be and the combat needs more difficulty same for repair we need stalker 2 gamma

[gritty knot]

Get a bowl of boiling water and put a towel over you head breathe in all the steam itll clear the eld sinuses etc

[copper haven]

If you haven't beaten the game multiple times already you're lackin

[gloomy knoll]

I have beaten something else several times already.... A snork to be exact

@worthy zodiac Where am I not accepting criticism? I am merely pointing out that there's no reason to repeat something over and over again which is already known. Criticism is obviously wanted, but there is no grounds to be on right now. We have to wait and see waht the next patch brings before complaining for the Xth time again, and I am merely pointing out that this behavior has no benefits to it really. Can I ignore it? Yes I can, but like someone else already brought up, If new people come in here to check about the game or speak about it and see the same individuals going "This and that is broken" with no chance for the devs to fix it yet, because no patch was sent, just makes it look like a really impatient and annoying group of people

[dull token]

Chill bruh I just downloaded it 3 days ago

[broken latch]

Well everyone has their job and only CMs can do it since they are the only ones who actually know the answers

[raw warren]

Will that help with the clogged ears? I can barely hear anything.

[copper haven]

In three days you should have beaten it at least one and a half times. Scrub.

[nova matrix]

There's no helping the type of person that complains to the waitress about a mistaken food order, then complains to the other customers on his way out, then complains in a google review... Even after the restaurant acknowledged and reimbursed him .... The kind of human you hope isn't in your friend group and a company doesn't care about losing as a customer

[gritty knot]

Aye mate will help man. Should feel better after doing it

[dull token]

gang said "you cant go outside"...

in other news, I was wondering if I should sell Nestors flash drive?

[ocean hornet]

fix a life

[nova matrix]

Hopefully you don't lose your taste, that was really weird and lasted like 2 weeks

[raw warren]

Yeah luckily I didn't! Really just flu symptoms. I'd imagine that sucked not being able to taste food for 2 weeks

[tacit oracle]

Voicing concerns is only better when it's useful. At this point it is not useful because it adds nothing and helps nobody.
It's quite literally verbal masturbation at this point.

[ocean hornet]

i think you could take that to the dms. with that said: fix a life

[slender perch]

how about u get A life

[nova matrix]

Cheekibreeki don't even respond, has to be trolling at this point

Although I commend you debating with reason and it is very entertaining

[gloomy knoll]

I wonder why you must think this is personaly affecting me when I , to this point, have been pointing out things objectively in regards of how criticism is applied in a useful way, and when it ain't. And what it can and cannot achieve. I never mentioned it annoys me, I am merely having a conversation with you.

I have no clue what you mean with the quote from me, Especially because the devs alredy know about the problems, so bringing them up now at this point is not going to lead to anything more than the other 100 people that reported it via the support channels before. I am sorry but I think what people here do not understand is the ultimate goal, because the one you bring up, that it might lead to something, was already achieved way before when the dev team collected the data to work on their fixes.

if the next patch does not bring the fixes they promised, then I am all for it to bring up those points again. I am merely stating that at this point it is not changing the outcome anymore.

[ocean hornet]

cheekibreeki about to unleash his inner form with the next message

[nova matrix]

He even beat you to it. Masterclass debate performance 👏

[ocean hornet]

I forgive you

[tacit oracle]

I can guarantee you the next patch will not bring the fixes they thought were promised.

[nova matrix]

Sadly true, there really is no satisfying some of these people

[azure dock]

Where patch? 🦧

[tacit oracle]

yooo the itemization mod seems to be working with maklane's better item spawns after a merge 🥳
(idk how it'll come out though, the itemization stuff looks kinda op price wise but hey)

[dull token]

erm game just froze after saving

[nova matrix]

Nice. I've been using OMEGA pack, and now includes Pillhead, Patches, and Project item localization. I prefer it since it doesn't include any ALife mods which is all kind of buggy or weird for me

[gloomy knoll]

Rahmi giving me a thumbs up, I am a good boy

[worn oar]

I read most of it tbh

[slender perch]

based mod

[worn oar]

Well, it's quite simple. We can all be constructive and that's the end of it. Let them cook, and if something was up, you can point it. Simple, easy, effective, and most importantly, civilized

[nova matrix]

Yeah, I think the debate is the definition of "constructive", people have different opinions on what is actually helpful or not

[worn oar]

Yeah! All is good since nobody has thrown insults yet

Proud 👏

[tacit oracle]

@nova matrix huh, looks like a pretty comprehensive overhaul, looks pretty okay but it'd conflict with pretty much every mod I have installed now so idk lol

[nova mason]

Yet

[dull token]

your mom

[worn oar]

Yeah? You mean sidor? He's my mom

[nova matrix]

Yeah I think the same thing whenever I look into another megapack like maklanes or keirans or w/e.... Tough choices I'm just sticking with what I got now 😅

[peak basin]

What's actually helpful? Asking for A-Life WHEN for the billionth time! WHEN A-LIFE?

[worn oar]

https://tenor.com/view/get-out-of-my-head-meme-cat-meme-gif-21336536

[tacit oracle]

Look, worst case you can just block them. It just allows you to semi-mute them. I have like half the channel blocked lol

[nimble cipher]

glizzygoblin._ has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[craggy carbon]

Just let it go man, you take the L this round

[nocturne monolith]

Guys I found A-life!

For some reason its in this game called “Call of Pripyat” instead of S2, but its pretty fun though!

[fierce totem]

Wanna hold hands and watch this chat descend into madness? 🥺 👉 👈

[worn oar]

Jokes aside man.. imagine if you accidentally said fuck in there.. and wolf threw this into oblivion... it would've been really painful ik because I felt it once.. long ago

[worn oar]

[tacit oracle]

rahmi begins

[peak basin]

Aite imma bout to start a third nuclear meltdown with this one...

What if A-Life 2.0 is the friends we made on this discord

[dull token]

yeah im not reading that senior yapper

[fierce totem]

you didn't say no

[gloomy knoll]

I will be honest now, if you want to keep the complaints up then thats fair and your right, I am merely stating that the chance to affect the outcome will only happen once the next update drops. Until then, it is objectively useless to bring up already voiced problems again and again. And I don't know how much more I would have to explain that. I did not tell you to stop complaining all together. I told you that it would be more productive to do so once the update is out. Otherwise You are merely stirring the pot with no heat on under it essentially

[nova matrix]

"Devs "knowing" and "fixing" the issue doesn't guarantee they'll fix the issue. "

Yes it does. If they say they're fixing it, they're fixing it. Now you're assuming they're liars?

And like he said, if it's still not fixed, sure report it again. But repeating your complaint 50-100x in the same day or week isn't constructive.

[worthy lagoon]

That's a whole ass poem

[worthy lagoon]

I agree with the dude stating that it is annoying if the same person keeps saying the same things over and over for something that they said they will fix in later patches lol

[ocean hornet]

plsfix a loft

[tacit oracle]

And if they don't want to fix it, you repeating it won't make them fix it either.

[gloomy knoll]

I used to write poems in English despite my mother tongue being German. Mainly because English is way more... elegant

[worn oar]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1188461429683134565/1311348835947122708/dalinlike.gif

[vestal phoenix]

I'M SURE this has been touched on before but SKIF is the biggest waster of food i've ever seen in gaming (WORSE THAN TARKOV PMC). He'll take a bite or two and then throw out his food. He'll take a sip or two and throw out his drink. No wonder i'm carrying so much weight. This dude is picky af.

[fierce totem]

🍿

[worthy lagoon]

You really shouldn't waste your time on that

[worn oar]

overthinker

[nova matrix]

Facts, it's a damn apocalyptic zone, finish your canned meat Skif!

[tacit oracle]

DRINK the ENTIRE vodka BOTTLE skif

[gloomy knoll]

It was a hobby and damn helpful when I was in depression

[vestal phoenix]

skif needs to go to a main land doctor to have his metabolic rate and liver checked

BRO IS NOT HEALTHY

[fierce totem]

I don't think anybody really cares about min maxxing stuffing your face when there is food everywhere and the fact there might be a bloodsucker around the corner ready to welcome you to the zone. On the other hand my man knows how to down a bottle of vodka in 5 seconds without hesitation so props for that 👍

[tulip monolith]

he eats like he caught a parasite

[worthy lagoon]

Bro has high levels of TSH and low levels of TS3-TS4, bro has hypothyroidism

[worn oar]

My brain cells are alifing real fast... I think I'm strelok

[hearty compass]

My arms smell like gas,
Oh heaven, were it to last.
My mother in a fit would be,
as she scrubbed me to a tee.

[nova matrix]

Yeah the sodium and fat in these sausages and cans he's ingesting has got to be bad for his cholesterol and blood pressure. No wonder he's so weak in his psy resistance

[tacit oracle]

imagine popping a single pill and throwing the entire tube away smh 🤦‍♂️

[uneven bear]

I wonder if it'd be worth removing the game from my account so I can rebuy it with the ultimate edition, since we don't know how soon edition upgrades'll be

[worthy lagoon]

So you are doing for entertaining? Then how about you stop trolling since the purpose is causing dramas

[cunning grotto]

You know what? The consensus here is very simple. We like the game, we care about the game, we want it to be the best Stalker- product possible and it irritates us that we do not get enough communication from devs. So what happens when there is no transparent communication? We make our own speculations based on the facts we have. It is annoying, stirs the discussion, but it is true and natural outcome. Lets hope that the upcoming roadmap gives us mind of peace.

[fierce totem]

Thanks for pointing that out. Now I will suffer every time I pop a pill

[vestal phoenix]

MFW Skif eats 10 meals within a day but those meals only consist of 1 or 2 bites. Is SKIF a certified grazer? SKIF IS LIVING THAT CAVEMAN LIFESTYLE

[near dove]

A life when

[hearty compass]

When you show me your best freestyle rap

[tulip monolith]

hes a chronic food waster.

[fierce totem]

My skif's diet consists of water, more water, then a little more water, a sh*tton of drugs and a can of food of it's a special day

[gloomy knoll]

Want me to prove it?

I already gave you an example from my personal space that gave you a pretty good picture that this does not help in any way or form yet I think you might've missed it.

So let's dissolve the process into some steps.

Data collection.

Like the devs, I need data to work with. Let the game be an order I have at work, I have set it up for the customer and send it out. Now the data I receive back is. Article A is broken, in the game its a bug that was shown.

Now I wait and collect as much info from possible other customers I send an order with the same articles to, to see if a problem arrived. Yes? Then I collect it all the info together.

Afterwards I begin the work of fixing those errors, for example, by sending in replacements for those broken articles. In the game it would be bugfixes. But the orders need time to reach the customer, or in the game's example, development time.

If customers then keep on telling me "Article A is broken, Article A is still broken, oh Article A is Still broken" It will not change the outcome of the replacements I have send. It will not change anything about it. All I can do as the worker, in the games scenario the dev, is wait / drop the update, and then redo the data collection process again until all is fixed.

[near dove]

1 2 3 and to the 4
Strelok and john S T A L K E R are at the zone
Ready to make an entrance so back on up
Cos you know we gon mess stuff up

Give me the microphone first so I can burst like a snork
Pripi and Chernobyl now you know you in trouble
Ain't nothing but a zone thing baby
A life is the system that evades me
Unplayable so pleased don't try to play it

[nova matrix]

How can somebody prove that repeating your complaint 50x is useless?... Umm common sense?...

Telling a mechanic that's fixing your tire, that your tire is flat over and over, while he's fixing that tire... is useless. Common sense and respect

[summer cliff]

Bro got affected by psy waves

[worthy lagoon]

I don't care, this stuff is so repetitive that it would be spamming and causing drama all over other than the fact that you said you enjoy it

[fierce totem]

@hearty compass you own this man A-life now. pay up

[worthy lagoon]

So let's play a game called not continuing the drama

[pseudo rivet]

Damn, I'm bad at that one

[gloomy knoll]

I mean its not even drama its mere a civil conversation

[worthy lagoon]

The devs already know that, they said they will fix it in later updates and it will take time, you explained yourself more than once regarding that and it loses the constructive criticism

[worn oar]

What about nonstops

[nova matrix]

Mechanics aren't obligated to fix your tire

[worthy lagoon]

I gave you a warning, some other people would just straight up mute you

[hearty compass]

A-life for you friend
🧎‍♂️‍➡️ ------------> 🔫 ----------> 🔥 💀

[worthy lagoon]

Now everyone cut that discussion and talk about something else thanks

[near dove]

What if devs turn on gay life instead of a life by accident!? it could be in there

[worthy lagoon]

Good question

I like that

[gloomy knoll]

Snorks?

[worn oar]

Freedumb features popping out

[slender perch]

i am craving some snorkussy

[fierce totem]

water= no hunger and full sprint bar cause animations take so long that you will get to about 95 precent full by the time the animation ends. Non-stop causes hunger meaning you have to bring food along. More food=less inventory=less cash money gang gang. Water will do

[near dove]

Will there be a mod that adds CHER to the game. It is set in CHERnobyl after all. I believe in life after love. If there are any modders in here can you change all the Snorks to be Cher please.

[nova matrix]

Sorry I'm ending this drama

[worthy lagoon]

Good move

[summer cliff]

There's less drama between freedom and duty than in this chat sometimes

[worthy lagoon]

Literally

[worn oar]

Hmm, but nonstop do increase gen

[worthy lagoon]

I really don't get why nonstop increases hunger

[finite dragon]

If you bring your car to a mechanic and they don't fix the issue you go to a new mehanic lol

[worthy lagoon]

Literally doesn't make much sense

[vestal phoenix]

I'm pretty sure it's already been confirmed that A-Life is NOT in the game at this moment. I believe it was the 1.02 patch that accidentally allowed users to access the UE5 debug console and config. However the A-Life tab, while exisiting, was empty when clicked on with 0 configurables. Something was likely broken before release in relation to a-life.

[near dove]

Which is why I took my game to my friends at BETHESDA and they fixed the game

[hearty compass]

Anecdote

A rookie and a master stalker were out hunting artifacts. Spending the day together, killed a couple bandits. Once they got to the anomaly field, they were attacked by snorks. The rookie had never seen such monstrosities before, so he cowered as the master stalker blasted it with his shotgun. Once the dust had settled the master stalked leaned over the dead snork. Held his PDA out and beckoned the rookie to come closer. The rookie did, looking perplexed at the white powder line on the PDA screen. The master stalker chucked and liftet it to the rookies face, "Snork this" he said.

[fierce totem]

thunderberry bby, at least two of em but non stop is meme so I'm chugging em down anyway when I happen to find some food and non stop

[kindred drum]

They should let us pet pseudo dogs in the next patch
And some blood succer action

[peak basin]

sadly maximum artifacts dont stack :/

[finite dragon]

with games the "other mechanics" would be modders. Bethesda never has issues tho they are AAA thats why you trust them. Bethesda is life

[exotic agate]

As a Freedomer I agree on the Bloodsucker action 😩

[fierce totem]

TIL, guess one is enough. man all this time I could have used that space for something else. Feeling like a real 🤡 atm for that mistake.

[summer cliff]

Bethesda has no issues? Excuse me?

[near dove]

Todd "It Just Works" Howard would habe this game up and running in 8 years
@summer cliff - It just works

[kindred drum]

Nice try duty

[worn oar]

I have a campfire joke for you all, but it's considered spoiler: || deez mama's beads you all. Congrats on falling for it||
@worthy lagoon

[olive jolt]

It makes sense when u say it out loud but i never thought about it so. Thanks for saving me space in the future

[tacit oracle]

Third campaign restart today. This time I'll get the mods right I can feel it 💪

[finite dragon]

It just works. What more could any of us ask for.

[worthy lagoon]

Nice try

[fierce totem]

Tell me lies by Fleetwood Mac starts playing softly in the background

@worn oar that's cool and all but you just|| lost the game||

[summer cliff]

It just works and has "fifteen times the detail" i guess.

[nova matrix]

Anddd....patch released

[worn oar]

Hehe don't lie! You didn't expect it

[tacit oracle]

lmao
giving omega a try, idk what was maklane thinking but an mp5 does not weight 1.5 kilos 💀

[exotic agate]

Thought about trying Omega but idk

[finite dragon]

You got it and 15x the loading screens @worthy zodiac and then release 3 different versions of the same game and force you to buy the new one to use certain mods or get updates

[nova matrix]

Yeah, omega is a less challenging than the others, in terms of weight and loot. But it's most well rounded for my style. I prefer the game not so challenging and I play on normal difficulty

[tacit oracle]

I'm trying several things see what I like better, itemization is starting to look kinda wack with some artifact-level expensive items so idk if I'm gonna keep it around.
Idea was to increase scarcity, not a chance to spawn a 0.1kg, 4k coupon baggy lol
@nova matrix idk how omega handles weight, gonna give it a go now

[mighty sentinel]

@summer cliff are you real

[summer cliff]

I'm as real as a Santa claus mf

[slender perch]

[crisp ruin]

Who is gonna tell him

[nova matrix]

Yeah I initially deleted it because it messed up my localization and there was kind of too much items, but I learned not to loot all of it and it's just fun to read and see the new unique items, it being there is immersive

[exotic agate]

Ill take a look at Omega again but I remember reading some stuff that I wasnt 100% about. Also with the changes GSC are making this early on I try to keep it as vanilla as possible with things breaking.

[near dove]

I asked Santa to empty his sack all over a snork