⭐┃nospoilers_general

[inner mural]

fr though COTZ in stalker 2 would be absolutly fire, way better than a gamma mod probs too lol

[celest blaze]

you're officially based

[delicate wraith]

Can pseudodog make fake copy of its self in original stalker trilogy?

[celest blaze]

yes but psi dogs

[noble surge]

Psi dogs rather. Pseudodogs seem to be gone entirely in Stalker 2?

[limber shard]

In concept art they are called pseudo dogs now but they are basically psi dogs

[noble surge]

Not a bad change though. Always felt pseudodogs were kinda redundant with blind and psi already in there

[upper elm]

yeah, same

[gray turret]

i jus want some stalnkelers snokrle me

[noble surge]

Don't you mean snorkelers to stalkle you

[bold creek]

right, i forgot they existed , now they are evolved , although i wouldnt mind to have also the regular versions , pseudo dogs were quite dangerous in soc hard difficulty

[meager kindle]

I wanna reinstall lots of my mods but scared it night break my save

[limber shard]

Agreed I miss regular ones too

[noble surge]

I know this stuff is all psi and whatnot but damn I hate it when this game goes all ghost-y on me lol

[thorn ermine]

Mantling ruins the game IMO the parkour is fun as it is, makes fights with mutants more intense as well since I have to find a high ground that is jumpable up to

[bold creek]

mantling definetely rekts the parkour and the exploration, at least 85% of the stashes, boxes and game progression is tied to specific jumps , walking at the edge of buildings, jumping over boxes and finding the specific or intended way to climb a building. Put mantling and all the hard work in the level design gets completely nullified and trivialized

[orchid gale]

What’s up losers

[noble surge]

I think the build sent out for press reviews was in really really rough shape. Game in far better state now

[cosmic isle]

What are they working on now, it's been dead silent

[celest blaze]

Stalker 2

[cosmic isle]

That wasn't funny bro

[noble surge]

Well they already announced what they're doing just before the new year holidays

[cosmic isle]

Bout lame as hell son out here modern day comedian got everyone rolling

[gilded magnet]

Expect "stalker 2" what answer are you expecting? Honest question, I don't think it's anything else to say really.

[chrome flicker]

Do we have any idea if we will ever receive mod support for XB/PS4/5

[noble surge]

Heard that is on the cards but no date or anything

[chrome flicker]

Damn 🫤

[cosmic isle]

Throw down some specifics bro bugfixing, alife, roadmaps, etc. don't act stupid

[gilded magnet]

No need to be hostile, it was a genuine question. Christ

[cosmic isle]

Sorry dudes in here start acting like they're lobotomized sometimes

[celest blaze]

you should relax man

you said the most obvious thing so i gave the most obvious answer

its obvious they are working on all of it so your question like this outburst is pointless

[gritty orchid]

Bro wants a fullblown git commit history list from us, so he can know exactly what they are working on

[gilded magnet]

Afaik roadmap already has a Ish set date? iirc it was late january? A-life is already getting slowly implemented and improved along the bugfixes. I don't think there's a exact answer to your question other than what's already said.

[west shadow]

Their family's bro

[orchid gale]

Don’t care didn’t ask

[cosmic isle]

Ain't nobody even talk to you lame ass little dude

[orchid gale]

Your forehead is too big

[celest blaze]

Calm down man rules 1 and 2

[cosmic isle]

I see my apologies brosef it's all fun and games

[orchid gale]

Nose look like a double barrel shotgun

[celest blaze]

Bro lol I've never heard that one before 💀

[orchid gale]

Bros sneezes and takes the whole room out

[celest blaze]

Fair all good then

[cosmic isle]

Just having a goof around you know how it is play

[celest blaze]

Ngl I'm excited to see what the dlcs are gonna be

I hope it's limansk

[orchid gale]

Ngl I’m excited for when Canada computer finally ships my GODDAMN CASE AND POWER SUPPLY

[cosmic isle]

Limansk with a wide underground would be cool and the actual cnpp reactor

[noble surge]

Crossover with Infinity Nikki

[worn oar]

[fluid ermine]

I would willingly go into a Bloodsucker den with just a knife if that was the case.

[noble surge]

Same. Make yassified Skif canon.

[fluid ermine]

No, no, and no. Leave Skif as the Slavic Chad he is.

[noble surge]

Nikki in an exosuit then lmao

[arctic lichen]

I wanna go to the CNPP and touch the forbidden elephant foot

[copper haven]

Games gonna look so good on that new 5090 🫦

[arctic lichen]

Oh no that emote is forcing me to say the thing

[copper haven]

say the thing

[arctic lichen]

[fluid ermine]

DO IT! DEW IT NAO!

[copper haven]

Gonna camp best buy jan 29th fo sho

[dire minnow]

Good noon, guys, my game stuck on shader compiling, any idea?

[fluid ermine]

It's a known issue, alt+f4 and try again. If you see it hanging alt+f4 and see if it'll let you bypass the compiling shaders step. I think there's also a way to bypass it completely but idk how to do that.

[dire minnow]

Ty. I find a nexus mod, but don't know if it works.

[fluid ermine]

I don't use mods, should be easy to figure out if the mod works though.

[dire minnow]

Yes. I usually use mods to skip the game's intro.

[fluid ermine]

Seems like a waste of a mod to me if you're trying to skip Stalker 2's very quick intro but you do you.

[arctic lichen]

I'm gonna get muted

[fluid ermine]

I'll remember your bravery brother

[meager kindle]

today is big day

[dire minnow]

Shader warmup failed, this is unexpected behavior that will case temporary stutters while they are compiled at runtime.

[plush spade]

hi

[dire minnow]

It needs to compile shader every time, really?

Are you kidding?

Oh my god.

I don't see any other choice but to install that mod.

[whole inlet]

u don't need to dl a mod - unless you really want to anyway.. just create an engine.ini file in the config directory with this in it:

[/Script/Engine.RendererSettings]
r.PSOWarmup.WarmupMaterials=0

[dire minnow]

I will try this, thx.

I can't find this config directory.

[gritty knot]

[royal storm]

PDA audio messages not playing? They start then end instantly with the start and end sounds like two clicks. Currently on Xbox.

[worn drift]

Will stalker 2 run on gtx 1650

[unreal grove]

probs not

[whole inlet]

c:\users\YourUserName\appdata\local\stalker2 (by default appdata is a hidden folder in windows)

gamepass copy might be in a different location; i don't know about that version

[dire minnow]

Should I create the directory config or put engine.ini in appdata\local\stalker2?

[whole inlet]

the full path would be
C:\Users\YourUserName\AppData\Local\Stalker2\Saved\Config\Windows

[dire minnow]

You are my savior , thx very much.

[whole inlet]

you should try to let it build shaders fully at least once before you start skipping it; or so i've heard

and let it compile again if you update the drivers or they update the game

[dire minnow]

I'v done it before ,try it again now.

[dire minnow]

I created this C:\Users\Sun\AppData\Local\Stalker2\Saved\Config\engine.ini
with this in it:
[/Script/Engine.RendererSettings]
r.PSOWarmup.WarmupMaterials=0
but it still compile shaders when i restart the game.

[frank dew]

Anyway around the Rostok memory leaking?

[muted valve]

he did say "C:\Users\YourUserName\AppData\Local\Stalker2\Saved\Config\Windows"

So not in the config folder but in the windows folder in the config folder

[jagged nebula]

Guys, what is the stupidest suggestion for the Stalker 2 you have seen so far? My top 3 so far is: emission safe tent, needing a vehicle, and sleeping bag 🤣

[gloomy knoll]

Gamma Like health system

[hearty compass]

I want to spend more time healing my legs than walking okay its for realism

[gloomy knoll]

The pair of Ibuprofen are gonna fix my legs because science

[sly matrix]

https://tenor.com/view/breakingbad-science-yeah-science-gif-5954775

[gloomy knoll]

Is that.... A flying dutchman?

[orchid gale]

That’s 5070 is looking SPICY

[hearty compass]

12GB VRAM do

[orchid gale]

Yeah nvm, I saw the 5070ti for 16 but that’s 750 usd

[hearty compass]

5070 ti genuinely looks pretty good but still super expensive imo

[orchid gale]

Yeah 750 usd for 16 gb vram

[sly matrix]

https://tenor.com/view/flying-dutchman-dutchman-pirates-of-the-caribbean-pirate-ship-pirates-gif-20820399

[orchid gale]

Nvm nvidia still expensive depressed radeon didn’t announce anything today

@hearty compass check off topic

[outer laurel]

why there is no COVER for emissions in the swamp area?!

[upbeat kite]

Because there is no cover in the swap area where you usually go. XD

[outer laurel]

Great, now I can't do main mission

[hazy helm]

That guy in the suggestions channel insisting that weapon hand changing was a game breaking innovation

[upbeat kite]

Yes, you can. If you’re closer with timing to emission after last save, i would recommend go little back and find spot. If you’re in middle, run north asap

[outer laurel]

I'm 275m from that hut we have to go through to reach CS

[hazy helm]

P sure one of the huts in the border of the swamps can shield you

I hid there my first time after demolishing the little bugger

[outer laurel]

I tried

didn't worked out

[upbeat kite]

Hurs from last device towards cs are not working

He need push fast to cs or reload save, and await it by first camp in swamps

[outer laurel]

which one is the first camp? the village before Swamp area?

[upbeat kite]

Yup

[outer laurel]

I need to backup my save then

[upbeat kite]

If you await and check timing by save files, you’re likely to know when emission appears, and hide inside of the cap house.

[upbeat kite]

… but 275m is close

[outer laurel]

heavy

[vagrant bane]

drop the stuff get it back later

[gritty knot]

[opaque vortex]

@glossy blade I'm blocked from progressing the 'back at the slag heap' mission I get teloported inside the sawmill and the target npc isn't there. Really hopping this gets cleared up in the next patch (xbox user)

[muted valve]

roadmap when tho?

[outer laurel]

Today or we riot

Is it me or random mutants spawn is annoying?

[muted valve]

i don't want excuses i want a snorking roadmap!

[outer laurel]

Same

[boreal mica]

Ah fresh meat

[outer laurel]

Że co

[upbeat kite]

Że nic = So nothing

[boreal mica]

wszystko fajnie ale Panowie to jest anglojęzyczny serwer

[outer laurel]

Nieeeee, Polacy przejmują grę

[upbeat kite]

Sure, im not embracing that. Was just a joke, without context to continue 🙄

[boreal mica]

Keep. It. English.

[muted valve]

Ja praat gewoon engels..

[outer laurel]

Fine

[boreal mica]

Thanks

[zinc apex]

Roadmap drop today along a-life update

[outer laurel]

HA

[upbeat kite]

Good morning

[outer laurel]

You wish

[boreal mica]

Nah

[eternal tinsel]

Morning

[native sparrow]

Morning

[tropic stratus]

Source ?

[outer laurel]

trust me bro

[late beacon]

new update morning ?

[delicate vector]

why are you polish

[outer laurel]

why you're white?

[azure dock]

I just hope we don’t have to wait months for some key additions/changes.

[zinc apex]

John Stalker told me right before we did a fire parcouring session on Pripyat rooftops

[empty gorge]

roadmap delayed to february, next update end next week, if not end the week after, source: idk bro got a hunch

this, prob q2 minimum by now

[meager kindle]

im playing SOC and theres a task called save the mole right he wants me to get inside undergrounds i do i wipe out everything and exit and he still wants me tog et into the underground wtf

[muted valve]

man that's crazy 😎

[meager kindle]

oh i had to talk to him right...... atleast i cleared the whole place out

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[outer laurel]

Roadmap next year source: Strelok himself

[muted valve]

roadmap on the 21st of December 2 pm CET

[charred wraith]

day two of exploring ||pripyat||; something has to be broken, there is not a single ||monolith|| patrol in the whole city. tested for 8 hours in total now.

[upbeat kite]

Ohhh 😮

[charred wraith]

went right outside the city and then I started encountering them again

[copper otter]

Did you do the thing to open up place or did you use a glitch to get there?

[charred wraith]

i did not glitch in, ive followed the questline - got there first after 200h playtime so no shortcuts

yup the second i went from ||pripyat|| to ||jupiter|| region they started "spawning in" again

[copper otter]

Hm that’s odd I’ve had it happen before but I just reloaded a save and it fixed it

[charred wraith]

also someone said the sun is always shining there, well thats a lie because all thats happened has been rain

[tough wadi]

I think it would be hilarious to visit some convention wearing a nice stalker cosplay, and running around, throwing plastic bolts at every tiktok cosplayer you encounter.

[meager kindle]

Stalker suit or Merc suit which one is better for SOC

[worn oar]

Sunrise

[meager kindle]

i dont have it i have stalker suit or merc suit which one should i use

[worn oar]

Stalker suit is sunrise

[raw acorn]

OH CRAP PSUEDOGIANT

[meager kindle]

weird it says nothing about sunrise in it lol unless its a nickname

[worn oar]

That's a sunrise

[meager kindle]

i dont see it im too blind

[worn oar]

[meager kindle]

im sleep deprived

[celest blaze]

Sunrise is iconic

One of my favorites

[raw acorn]

got to a ward checkpoint, got an ambigious answer from the guard, so i just walked through anyway and then some dogs attacked and i heard the shots so by pure instinct i twirled around and shot the guard in the face and now the entire base is after me 😭

[celest blaze]

Rad suits are my #1 though

[granite mortar]

Omg
Cat

[primal salmon]

after a year buddy

[vestal schooner]

Does anyone know if there is a way to clear quest markers that weren't removed after quest completion?
I took a generated quest from bartender, then completed it and got some cash. But the quest marker is still hanging on the map and the quest log shows 'Return to <guy name>'. Also got one orange marker remaining after emission (it says find a shelter or something) that won't go away

[raw acorn]

do yall be taking anti rad for radiation? i cant find ANY ANYWHERE so i just have like 40 vodkas at all times

[zinc apex]

40 vodkas is lore friendly

[celest blaze]

^

Folks say smoking cures rads but real stalkers know vodka does that

[raw acorn]

you aint seen shit in the red forest till i start returning fire 7 vodkas deep

[celest blaze]

God I love the red forest tbh

Limansk and that zone are PEAK

[raw acorn]

i was mucking about in the red forest until i started seeing shit so i decided to gtfo

[charred wraith]

how do u enter limansk

[celest blaze]

Through dead city I believe

[charred wraith]

bring some of that alife back with you

[celest blaze]

Bet I'll borrow some from call of the zone

[vestal schooner]

weird water ftw

[nimble cipher]

lunatic_0804 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[raw acorn]

i cant fricking find it

[zinc apex]

Which stalker you playing guys?

[raw acorn]

I HATE GLASS ANOMALIES

[celest blaze]

Call of the zone but I think I'm gonna replay clear sky once I beat this run wbu

[granite mortar]

The sad one ||(trying to figure out how the SDK 0.8 works)||

[zinc apex]

Tried radiophobia but that one's really off tbh

[granite mortar]

Eww
Radiophonia 🤮

[worn oar]

Burns liver

[zinc apex]

Yea has nothing to do with stalker at all

[celest blaze]

Why is it called radiophobia? Do they have fear of radios ?

[granite mortar]

Im scared of radios in mods that play white girl pop

[zinc apex]

Endboss is a big skibidi toilet radio to kill in the npp

[celest blaze]

Same man

[worn oar]

Radiation

[celest blaze]

Why fear spicy air fr

[granite mortar]

"yOu sHoUlD fEaR rAdIaTiOn"
Ha!
Nice try fed
Bites Goldfish

[zinc apex]

How is cotz doing? Is it still updated?

[granite mortar]

He doesnt know

[pseudo moat]

i heard radiophobia is a masochist simulator how bad is it

[zinc apex]

damn man. Just read about it 😢

[granite mortar]

Its not bad because it would be difficult
Its just shit mod in general

[zinc apex]

It's clunky af and they added a complete personal flavour overhaul to the game. Everything looks different and is kinda wacky ngl

[celest blaze]

It's still fully playable

Just grab 1.2

I prob got 100+ hours it cotz now

[charred wraith]

bugs galore

garry a guide in yanov is invisible

[daring storm]

You should get some bug spray

[sudden elk]

I have this issue as well.

[charred wraith]

need a bearspray for this shit even tho im having fun jc there are bugs everywhere, cant go 5 min without one looool

who tf designed some of the stash boxes? you put the box on one side of the bed, but i can't go to bed from that side? i have to literally go around the bed and use the prompt from the other side. that is some insane coding right there

[daring storm]

Sounds more like a skill issue than a coding issue

[charred wraith]

gus gem

[potent mica]

It's up to 1.18 now

[celest blaze]

What are you talking about lol

[potent mica]

Radiophobia v3 1.18

[celest blaze]

Oh i might take a peak at it

[crisp ruin]

[potent mica]

Changes the gameplay a bit too much with the quests but it's a graphical improvement for sure

[full osprey]

I do my first run though Swamp and man... Water is so broken. You have no way of navigating through it. A puddle can slow you down so much and... Why while I can't move through water I can still jump in it to inch forward and mutants run in it at full speed? I hate water so much I want to stop playing. I won't, but I want.

[dull pelican]

[eternal tinsel]

Gonna write some more STALKER 2 fanfic while planning out my comp upgrades at a local computer shop.

[sweet belfry]

it may not be to late for you to change

[jade geyser]

PATCH IS OUT REINSTALL WINDOWS!!

[marsh gulch]

that ping got me hype for update but then it lied

[finite dragon]

Is a life still being worked on

[hardy bear]

Of course

[muted valve]

you're not being very snorky here

[hardy bear]

Ambience videos I’m still very hype for though, love em. Glad they are still doing them

[real wharf]

CAT > SNORK

[glossy glacier]

Hopefully cause its pretty alpha state rn

[marsh gulch]

i love ambient radios. make it so much better

[boreal mica]

The new announcement, so I came here to check if the chat would get nasty, but here we are, loading anti snork shotgun

[celest blaze]

Based as hell

[celest blaze]

I love to see it

All SNORKERS your time is LIMITED

[jade geyser]

everything > snork > cat

[celest blaze]

😡

[marsh gulch]

Anyone who mentions snorks unironically needs to be put down like ol yeller

[celest blaze]

https://tenor.com/view/gun-db-shotgun-gif-21597283

[faint raft]

Yo, where's patch?

[celest blaze]

Lol

[marsh gulch]

it died

[celest blaze]

Here's a patch

[real wharf]

ran down the street

[celest blaze]

[hardy bear]

It’s on my briefcase

[celest blaze]

That's your patch enjoy

[marsh gulch]

[faint raft]

[celest blaze]

God I love the monolith

[boreal mica]

Based

[marsh gulch]

Based

[real wharf]

Based

[celest blaze]

https://tenor.com/view/monolith-preacher-games-stalker-gif-19391373

[muted valve]

such a violent response to innocent snorkers

[marsh gulch]

[celest blaze]

No snorker is innocent

All are guilty

[marsh gulch]

[faint raft]

https://tenor.com/view/stalker-gif-959353769133896202

[muted valve]

guilty of having a snorkin good time maybe

[celest blaze]

I remember waking up at 430am for work and snorkers getting sexual in chat so NO SNORKER IS INNOCENT

[marsh gulch]

Bro people get banned for that type off stuff. i dont even mention them anymore

[celest blaze]

fr lol

7 day mute then ban

Mfs talking about filling up snorkussy at 5am is INSANE

[muted valve]

you said it yourself based, you hate what you love ❤️

[jade geyser]

I ban you for snorkussy

[noble surge]

Wow the radio beats video goes way harder than I expected lol

[charred wraith]

imagine getting banned from a discord server my life would be ruined

[boreal mica]

Uno reverse bro

[marsh gulch]

i got a mute for saying that word like 3 weeks ago

[celest blaze]

https://tenor.com/view/waah-waa-sad-wah-waaah-gif-25875771

[jade geyser]

first time? Franco face

[marsh gulch]

bro someone asked about what was going on; i mentioned what happened and got muted for even mentioning the word

[boreal mica]

Good

This is the way

No snorkussy is allowed

[marsh gulch]

This is the way

[muted valve]

these helpers sure make a poor example

[charred wraith]

deserved + theys hould ban u for thinking about it

[boreal mica]

this made me blush

[real wharf]

aww

[jade geyser]

banning you either

[boreal mica]

Uno reverse

[muted valve]

any who is bothered by that word is merely suppressing their urges and desperately tryign to deny it, you should feel nothing when that word is uttered, you do and it frightens you 😉

[boreal mica]

Bro

The first and the last time when you flip mod

[marsh gulch]

this is unsettling

[jade geyser]

you are not funny, d lite is more fun

[celest blaze]

Druid is fun aswell

[boreal mica]

He's based and merciful. I am the hand of justice.

[celest blaze]

Ong

[jade geyser]

he was offended by the sticker

[celest blaze]

You gotta let folks know you're messing around haha I know you do so I'm not like 😡

[boreal mica]

You still are able to write on the chat.

[azure dock]

Anyone else get excited by @glossy blade's announcement, only to feel a sinking disappointment when realizing there wasn’t a patch?

[muted valve]

can't we all just snork along peacefully

[celest blaze]

All snorks MUST DIE

I murdered some snorks before work today

[boreal mica]

If I felt offended by that

It wouldn't be a thing

[celest blaze]

Gunned them down like the animals they are

[muted valve]

always, mol1t is like an abusive partner at this point, just bringing up our hopes to dash them into a malachite asmr stream

[solemn nova]

Holy shit boys, I just tried condensed milk in my coffee, wowowowow it’s good

[azure dock]

I'm still holding out for a discernible/measurable performance boost, not to mention further refinements to the controls on console.

[tender oracle]

GSC playing with our feelings

[azure dock]

A-Life fixes, binoculars and NVGs are sorely needed.

And the weapon stats don't make a lick of sense!

[north rock]

Nvidia 5000 series coming out lol, get ready for a big upgrade

[azure dock]

I've left PC gaming behind, sadly.

[north rock]

I was gonna build with one soon with a b580 but now that these just got announced I might as well wait

[granite mortar]

Doubt Nvidia will show anything with better price/performance than the B580

[north rock]

the 5070 is only $549 and as good as a 4090

[granite mortar]

Lmao
Good one

[real wharf]

ahahaha

[north rock]

We'll have to see when the benchmarks come out

[real wharf]

let him learn

[north rock]

lmao you don't think I've already learned with previous cards?

[granite mortar]

You mean the cards where xx70 was 15-20% slower than the xx80 from the gen before that?

[real wharf]

Yes i dont think you learned

[north rock]

We'll see when the benchmarks come out, because I sure as hell ain't gonna take advice from people in discords, basically the same as redditors lol

[granite mortar]

Yeah
Better take word from the big corpo
They care about you

The 5070 claim is absolute crap
Its likely 5070 in isolated scenario with all the framegen and upsacling technologies vs 4090 without any of these

[tiny token]

They did say "it would not be possible without AI" so you know it's some framegen upscale slop

[north rock]

Have you noticed I keep saying? "Wait till the benchmarks come out" or can you not read?

[real wharf]

I do read, but i only cat

[north rock]

Oh god not a f-cking furry

[granite mortar]

Real

[real wharf]

no dont worry, its not that bad

[granite mortar]

Omg
Cat

[rapid warren]

i love car

[tiny token]

Meow

[north rock]

The increasingly number of anime profile pics tells all

[granite mortar]

Omg
Cat

[tiny token]

Celibate berserk fan trying to act tough #271

[real wharf]

mhm, person with a berserk profile pic

[inner mural]

Im switching to amd once their new cards are available

[thorn mountain]

please go talk about anime in offtopic

[granite mortar]

Hope AMD doesnt screw this new gen
And maybe
If NVIDIA keeps screwing low price range further we could have good competetive market between AMD and Intel

[granite mortar]

Omg
Cat

[gritty knot]

Youve literally got an anmie pic, beserk.

Are you that stupid?

Guys probably an edgy child saw a guts edit on tiktok or somesheet lmao

[inner mural]

Ah just like the good ol days but with gpus instead of cpus lol

[granite mortar]

Not like us chad 40K pfp guys
||The cat is Emperors true form||

[gritty knot]

Only true 40k fans know that the emperor was piloted by a extremely small cat

[granite mortar]

Real

[real wharf]

[granite mortar]

Omg
Cat

Catia Stands!

[gritty knot]

The planet broke before the cats did

[granite mortar]

[real wharf]

[daring storm]

[gritty knot]

[boreal mica]

please don't

also funny that novice account starts conversation like that

[gritty knot]

Some weird folks out there mate

[boreal mica]

i'm not that weird

[real wharf]

🫂

[zinc apex]

New Wolf looks like every other male NPC in the game lol

[slender perch]

I have a question for GSC I'd like answered; Why are you so awesome?

[boreal mica]

I think Mol1t should answer this one.

[slender perch]

Yes

[noble surge]

Wandering around the Brain Scorcher is such a vibe

[tiny token]

i really hope they add more faces and voices to NPCs

hearing some loner guy with the same voice as a bandit feels icky

[inner mural]

there should be a mod for voices in stalker 2 tbh, add the old voices from the old stalkers to stalker 2

[drifting niche]

in the game ispf are not hostile to duty and freedom, is that how it should be?

[tiny token]

They all signed a pact, they aren't hostile to each other

[drifting niche]

Duty, Freedom,Ward and Degtyarev Corps signed a pact, ispf is not included in the pact

[tiny token]

Nevermind i mixed stuff up

[upbeat kite]

New music?

[sullen lance]

fellas honestly do you think this was the last A life update we are gonna get? I´m afraid that there is no way they are able and going to bring the true A life back, let alone improve on it

[proven dagger]

[upbeat kite]

Alife is there, it’s a feature where need to be polished. 🙄 it’s pretty nice on new play through after recent updates.

[sly matrix]

don't give reason to a man looking for outrage

[upbeat kite]

Ohhh… i was in polite mood 🙄

[frigid ginkgo]

hi all 🙂

[north violet]

There are a lot of furries amongst the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. fanbase.

[upbeat kite]

I don’t understand where it come from… 🙄

[north violet]

Furries in general or just the ones in the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. fanbase?

[upbeat kite]

Furries, haters, initiators. It seems like a plague 🙄

[coarse sparrow]

so, when patch

[boreal mica]

Whoa whoa whoa

[north violet]

Mmhm.

Well, at least from what I've read, the "modern" furry fandom originated all the way back in the 70s and proliferated through fan zines and such. Then the Internet became a thing and it exploded in popularity, and now we're here.

Anthropomorphic animals characters though have been a part of humanity for literally thousands of years, so it's kind of an evolution of something that was always there.

[granite mortar]

Omg
Cat

[boreal mica]

Anubis first official furry

[north violet]

Pretty sure there are anthropomorphic animal characters in cave drawings that are even older.

[inner mural]

and the Aztecs and maybe Mayas? although they did the calender lol

[boreal mica]

But they are not so mainstream as Anubis was in the ancient civilisation.

[north violet]

They could have been representative of gods or spirits or something, I'm not sure if an official consesus has ever been reached.

[boreal mica]

You can't even name them without google.

And everyone knows Anubis or Ra.

They even teach about them in schools.

Also Minotaur.

And folks get wild about furries.

Look for signs.

I mean road sings, they will show you where to go.

[north violet]

To be fair, I'm not sure if we've ever found a name.

You're right though, if you count the ancient Egyptian gods as furry characters then they would be amongst the most mainstream. Also a bunch of stuff from Disney and other children's animation.

[boreal mica]

Yeap, so I don't know why people brag so much about furries, I mean- as kiddos they were probably like- WOAH WEREWOLF, or WOAH ANUBIS LOOKS SO AWESOME- I'M GOING TO BE ARCHEOLOGIST WHEN I GROW UP

[north violet]

Talking with someone in another server about how I accidentally created a cheetah fursona for myself when I was a little kid.

[boreal mica]

Man, introduce half man half bear into the Marvel universe and folks be like- I IDENTIFY WITH BEARMAN, HE'S SO AWESOME

[north violet]

A large majority of furries today can probably attribute it to Disney films.

[boreal mica]

Oh, Zootopia. Furry haters were watching those with their family and they were like: god I love this movie.

[inner mural]

i was a brony once apone a time, now im a furry lol

[boreal mica]

And that should be noone's business, live and let others to live.

[north violet]

Also Robin Hood.

[upbeat kite]

Throttle main protagonist in ”Biker Mice from Mars”

[north violet]

G4 MLP was just a legitimately well made show.

Really disappointing to see how bad the G5 stuff turned out to be, and now it's been cancelled outright.

[boreal mica]

Weren't you like "Furries, haters, initiators. It seems like a plague" few minutes ago?

[north violet]

I think they might be saying they want to choke the main protag from "Biker Mice from Mars".

[boreal mica]

No, it's the name of the main character

Throttle, Modo and Vinnie

[north violet]

Ah my bad.

In my defense, I never watched it.

[upbeat kite]

I had something diff in mind, lost the plot 😬

[boreal mica]

As long it's harmless to others it's not wrong to be a furry.

[north violet]

Totally Spies too, though that show introduced people to more than just furries.

[boreal mica]

Wasn't it the thirsty cartoon which we understood when we grew up?

[inner mural]

omg i used to watch totally spies ALOT and martian mystery's lol

[slender perch]

alife when?

[north violet]

Lol yes.

"Hmm, I wonder why I have all of these weird predilections?"

*sees a clip of Totally Spies*

"Oh, that's why."

[celest blaze]

Last year

[boreal mica]

Don't get me wrong, I'm not furry myself (even with the fox in the avatar), but I can't understand why people get full of hate when they see someone with furry avatar.

Like bro

[north violet]

Probably because a lot of people have a misunderstanding of what furries are and what's actually acceptable and what's shunned in the mainstream community.

[boreal mica]

They do not harm anyone.

Furries, not haters.

[north violet]

The mainstream furry community doesn't, but there are straight-up neo-Nazi furries as well as pedos.

However, they are vehemently ostracized by the mainstream community from what I've seen.

[boreal mica]

Also, there are non furry neonazis and pedos.

But this isn't the topic for this server.

[north violet]

Yes, but people see the furry ones and use those to judge the fandom as a whole.

Yeah, we should move on now.

Anyways! Boy, I wish we had the option for canted sights on weapons, I think it would help add to weapon versatility and make combat more engaging.

[inner mural]

but hardly ANYONE remembers the shows i used to watch like "reboot" and "kim impossible" "atomic betty" aaahhh man i miss them shows... anyone remember little bear?

[boreal mica]

My CPU still isn't shipped so another week to go to see the Stalker 2 on high/ultra settings.

[north violet]

Kim Possible and Little Bear I do remember, also Franklin.

[north violet]

AMD?

[boreal mica]

Omg I love those, when you can switch from red dot to 4x scope in a second.

[boreal mica]

Yep.

[north violet]

Ryzen 7 or are you going all-out to Ryzen 9?

[boreal mica]

Ryzen 5

[north violet]

It would be really helpful on things like the Clusterf*ck and Vintorez. Could be useful on shotguns too if you like to switch between buckshot, slug and dart rounds.

[boreal mica]

Wait, does the Clusterfuck triggers Wolf?

[north violet]

I have no idea?

[boreal mica]

But only if there were those sights ingame Clusterfuck with extended mag would be the gun which needs it the most.

Also Kharod or Dnipro, cause they are pretty effective on low-mid range.

[north violet]

Yeah, I'd have it available as an upgrade for every assault rifle, a couple of the shotguns, and those DMR/AR hybrids like the Clusterf*ck and Vintorez.

[boreal mica]

What a missed opportunity.

Even some smgs would benefit from it.

[north violet]

Hopefully someone at GSC reads this and adds it to the list.

I know it's the type of "tacticool" thin you'd see in Tarkov or maybe even GAMMA but I don't care, I think it would be nice to have.

[boreal mica]

It would be a nice addition, but NVG would be the best at the moment.

[north violet]

Alright, I'm gonna go play S2 now. Good talking with you all!

[boreal mica]

I love them in every game.

[boreal mica]

Good hunting Stalker.

[north violet]

Forgot to post a screenshot.

[inner mural]

that seems pretty good i have a AM4 motherboard x570 with a 5800x3d im afraid on replacing the motherboard x.x becuase i would need to take EVERYTHING, cooler, GPU etc. out of the case then get an AM5 motherboard put it in and get a new CPU but i think ill be good for another year or so before THAT happeneds...

[boreal mica]

When I started building I was torn between AM4 and AM5, cause then I didn't knew much about it. Now I'm pretty glad that I took AM5. It is still supported, new CPU still are getting released on it.

Also ye, building rn is like a lego.

But also I think new RAMs would be a thing.

But AFAIK 5800x3d is still a good CPU.

[meager cloud]

when will stalker 2 be coop

[boreal mica]

never

maybe some mods, but it will take eternity to make them

[meager cloud]

you sure then where did I hear that from hmmmmmmmm

[boreal mica]

dunno, multiplayer will be more like a classic series

some dm, tdm, maybe ctf in the form of capture the artifact, but they didn't said a thing about coop, battle royale and extraction

[meager cloud]

hmmmmmmmmmmm

[boreal mica]

not want to lie to you or spread misinformation but i'm pretty sure they stated that there will be definitely no coop as the zone gives the best experience being roamed alone, but I'm not 100% sure about that

[meager cloud]

ok

[inner mural]

im more nervous about my 3080, its slowly dying on me i think i had bluescreens sometimes and i even had artifacting on my games happen too it has served me well but i think i can use it as a backup once i get a new GPU

[tiny token]

i am riding my 1070ti till i die

[inner mural]

i had a laptop that had a 980m lol till its battery died lol

[boreal mica]

Ye, in your position also I would be aiming more on GPU than changing motherboard as you can later put a already bought GPU onto the new mainboard.

[dusty sleet]

is the game any better? thinking about hopping back into it

[boreal mica]

Way better

[dusty sleet]

thank you! I paused for a few weeks just for things to get ironed out

[urban basin]

Its still full of bugs and stuff (performance is also the same) a life is better than release tho

[boreal mica]

Better NPC interactions in the wilds, better performance, less bugs, better economy

[boreal mica]

Before patch I was playing on low. Now medium just fine without any memory leaks.

[upbeat kite]

Pretty sweet, im a fan of the amd builds. They work flawlessly on my linux environment.

[boreal mica]

Ye, all my life I was anti-AMD cause I had one shitty 20 years ago but now everyone who I was asking was recommending AMD more. So I took the risk. When my CPU arrives I'll see if it paid off.

[final ridge]

Has any winner from the New Years giveaway been contacted yet? O.o

[urban basin]

Most people in #pc-specs say is the same for them but they already had decent builds
Its the same also for me but now the shader compilation fails

[boreal mica]

Yes.

[final ridge]

I'm guessing they are still in the process of DMing people, just wanna make sure i don't miss it, my DM is open but no DM yet 😅

[boreal mica]

I've got gaming laptop with 3050 6gigs, 16gigs of RAM, i5-12th gen so it isn't the best one

[frigid ginkgo]

do you have any tips for good mods for this game? or is that something we are not allowed to discuss?

[boreal mica]

You can load up UETools, in my case it deleted shader compilation completly and game run just like a potato for first 3-5 minutes.

[boreal mica]

It is allowed to talk about mods.

[urban basin]

Yeah i did that but its still annoying lol love the game since day 1 tho

[north rock]

I wonder if Duty would ever go furry hunting, they got be some kind of anomalous mutants right? Too much psi-radiation to the head?

[boreal mica]

Remind me yourself tomorrow evening, I'll try to ask around if you don't get DM about giveaway

[urban basin]

Most people here prolly use mods so dont worry about it

[final ridge]

Thank you ❤️

[boreal mica]

Man stop being disrespectful, oright?

[north rock]

It was just a joke dude, It's not like I hate these people just because they're into something different, we can all poke fun at each other sometimes

[spiral stump]

Yeah, it might take some days, so don't worry

[north rock]

I'd be glad to share some vodka with any stalker any day

[boreal mica]

Yes, we can, but some jokes aren't nice to others

[upbeat kite]

You should be pleased, im working remotely, so my build is production machine, and didn’t let me down.

We share similarities as my mb is MSI Pro B650M-A WIFI with 7800x3d. However i choose CL30 sticks at that time.

[boreal mica]

I had to cut on something to make this build possible, later in the future I plan on upgrading. Originally I planned build kind of worse and cheaper, but it grew.

Unfortunately I've chosen the bad shop for getting CPU and ordered it Thursday, they still didn't shipped it yet.

[upbeat kite]

That’s unfortunate or even unforgivable.

[muted valve]

snorks > furries

[upbeat kite]

In current state of the logistics we are actually spoiled with two days deliveries, however hard to predict indolent sellers.

[muted valve]

i ordered something from amazon the other day with same day delivery, was waiting for it and then got a message they couldn't reach my adress at the time and that the new dat was like 5 days later, while the second thing i ordered with 1 day delivery arrived just fine, both DHL

[boreal mica]

You know, I wouldn't have any complains if the site wouldn't say "order today, pickup Saturday" and after messaging them and them saying- yes, we'll ship it Tuesday, sorry, we were on holidays, then after the call saying- yes, we've packed all CPUs and waiting for the courier who should be in an hour- then seeing that your delivery still hasn't status "shipped" you would get pretty annoyed.

Also I ordered the frame for the poster from the phiscal on Friday and today courier brought it to me

And yet my CPU still isn't shipped.

[inner mural]

oh yeah AMD all the way man! back then when the 3700x came out it was a game changer for the whole CPU industry and now hardly anyone goes with intel becuase of the issues that happened with their current CPUs x.x i have a firend who ordered a pre-built and i said go with an AMD cpu but there was non at the time he got a 12th gen intel cpu i think or 13th and man its really bad with his computer i feel really sorry for him :/

[boreal mica]

The major rule is not the buy prebuilt in the first place. My friend ordered one and they forgot to put the thermal paste.

[inner mural]

OH GOD... really? dam it man this is also i didint want a pre-built from lets say... walmart they go cheap on lets say the PSU or the GPU or even the Motherboard and BAM it dieds becuase cheap PSU x.x

[upbeat kite]

Indeed can be pretty annoying. Cross fingers you will receive your cpu any time soon 🙄

[boreal mica]

I saw wallmart (or costco) sometimes had pretty good deals on PC build which sometimes it's good to buy only cause it's cheaper to get some parts of it. Unfortunately we don't have the shops like this here. It's mostly impossible to get the good stuff in a less that it's 70% original price.

[boreal mica]

It would be nice to get it before the weekend or even on Saturday when I will have the time to build it.

[twin thistle]

You just need to buy it from a trusted builder brand. There are plenty of good assemblers and you'll have a warranty backing if anything goes sideways.

[inner mural]

my firend actully went with bestbuy and this was just before the whole intel debackle happened too so very bad timing and AMD was out of stock too at the time

[upbeat kite]

Stalker 2 with ultra settings on 1440p locked 90fps is unmatched at the moment experience. Worth wait.

[night haven]

There was a tornado in the trailer. Without spoilers, does this actually occur in-game?

[twin thistle]

Oh the retailer isn't what I meant, I was meaning more like the actual company that assembled it. iBuyPower and shit like that. Sucks for your friend though, the Intel CPU stuff was nuts.

[boreal mica]

Ye, even on medium it stunning sometimes

[twin thistle]

One of the best-looking games I've ever played. Artfully grim and grody.

[inner mural]

yeah man 😦 its stupid that intel did that they should of looked into what made them great in the first place, then maybe their current gen CPUs would be alot better, innovation is the answer and they failed to do it!

[upbeat kite]

Im afraid we will not get anytime soon such a atmospheric title. I personally didn’t see any interesting pipeline.

[midnight cipher]

my puny 3060 ti cannot handle the game. input lag is crippling

[boreal mica]

Meanwhile me on 3050 6gigs having fun

[boreal mica]

Ye, it does the job with landscapes and atmosphere.

[sharp prawn]

30 hours in and just finished doing up the lesser zone

[potent mica]

Took me 10 hours to do most of the side quests but they are on a timer anyway

[midnight cipher]

anyone wanna start a voice call

wait, do we even have VC rooms in here

[boreal mica]

yep

but i think it is allowed by the user rank

[sly matrix]

experienced and higher

[opaque salmon]

the button for audiologs playback just broke for me any fixes? or an UE5 Tools command?

nvm fixed it

[sharp prawn]

i like to take hella time with these type of games

i always try to find whatever there is and what not

[tawdry geyser]

Ok I finally 100% the game

[zinc apex]

now add a-life to the game for maximum replayability

[sharp prawn]

i thought game already has a-life?

[tawdry geyser]

Not touching it again

[potent mica]

I'm waiting for some more enemy AI tweaks. I would like to be able to not be visible in complete darkness or through bushes and what not

[zinc apex]

nope, all smokes and mirrors at this moment. no npc persistence

[sharp prawn]

ouch

i have noticed what when i cleared a military checkpoint i turn around and they all respawn which is hella annoying

[tropic sequoia]

Hi

[dense hatch]

CS reference
also, the a-life situation absolutely depends on who you ask, there's an interview in the pinned where the devs talks about it

[sharp prawn]

i thought that 110gb patch restored a-life?

[dense hatch]

it's less broken

[sharp prawn]

but a-life does exist in the game regardless?

[inner mural]

i cant even run the game at all, im in rostok and tha game uses all of my 64gb of RAM then freezes my whole computer...

[dense hatch]

it has, just extremely buggy, it's around CoP levels in terms of complexity which isn't great

[sharp prawn]

i play on 7800x3d, 4070 super and 32gb ddr5 and game runs perfectly fine, high settings, 1440p, dlss quality and no fg

[zinc apex]

How so? All npc are just random spawns which will get despawned after 20 Minutes at max

[dense hatch]

because what you're saying is misinformation

[sharp prawn]

regardless of a-life being buggy, game is still hella fun to play and im just overall glad it finally came out

[inner mural]

well if you happen to be in the bar becareful when you open any inventory or stash menu thats when it happeneds

[dense hatch]

they just visually despawn after a distance and aren't as complex as they could be, along with respawns just replacing dead stalkers similar to CoP

[zinc apex]

I've tested it for several hours there are even videos on YouTube by Zoneslug. Eg. They do despawn. Or have you ever met some NPC again after some hours in the game world? Go to rookie village, do some quests for half an hour. Come back. All the guys in the village are replaced but the guard.

[sharp prawn]

a-life will be fixed later though if im not mistaken, correct?

[sharp prawn]

never had problems like it, just mini micro stutters that happen every 10-15 minutes

[inner mural]

oh and the compiling shaders i had THAT failed me so much times after they "patched" it x.x

[sharp prawn]

starting to sound like a you problem (no offense) but my pc perfectly runs stalker 2

[inner mural]

my computer was running it fine, it just depends on the computer not all computers are the same

[dense hatch]

I've seen multiple videos and also several people have already talked about this, and that's contradicting literally all of them

[sharp prawn]

yeah ofc not saying they are all the same

[dense hatch]

misinformation about it is less than surprising

[zinc apex]

'misinformation'. Go test it yourself if you got 30 minutes

[sharp prawn]

wouldn't the best source of info be the people who quite literally created/developed the game instead of listening to ppl on youtube?

[tiny token]

I'm wondering how long the vacation is supposed to last for GSC. It's been roughly 2 weeks and there's no SteamDB depot changes yet

[sharp prawn]

from my gameplay so far, different factions fight each other from a far, loot from the dead are roughly the same but it seems like they do wonder/patrol areas unlike before patch 1.1

[tiny token]

Not hurrying them up, just curious

[worn oar]

[sharp prawn]

he alive

[worn oar]

Who? Me or scar

[inner mural]

only a small group of people i think who dont trust the devs i think its becuase we got burned alot in 2023 and 2024 and thats why theres that group of people who dont trust the devs

[sharp prawn]

"full scale war happening but sure"

[sharp prawn]

why he looking at me like i did smth wrong 😭

[worn oar]

Well, idk if trust is good term tho? I mean game wise, they are undeniably 100% more invested than anyone. Like if you can't trust them to deliver a good game at the end, then what I can I say

It's their game, ofc they'll try their best to achieve what they envisioned for it

Let us not forget that the devs are also players

[sharp prawn]

im already happy with what GSC delivered, its something i aint ever seen and i'm having hella blast, wish i can upgrade to ultimate edition though

[worn oar]

So, it's not really a stereotypical relation this time

[inner mural]

i cant wait for the limansk DLC too, atleast i hope they added it in as a DLC 😄

[worn oar]

what limank?

Hehe is this Clairvoyance?

[sharp prawn]

can i only quicksave in the menu?

[royal storm]

This Psz 91 falcon armor is so nice I'm torn between it or using the exoskeletons.

[inner mural]

no theres a quick save buttion i remember its defualt f5

[sharp prawn]

i know but everytime i press it in game it doesn't save but only works when i press esc

[worn oar]

Nope

F5

[worn oar]

Laptop?

Change the keybind,if you wish, to something else

[sharp prawn]

full pc but could be my keyboard being silly

[worn oar]

Yeah

Maybe alt key situation

[inner mural]

what is your keyboard? it might be that you pushed shift and control at the same time and it enables like the e with the squiggly line on it

[frank dew]

Anyone else prefer the original "Live to Forget" over the original?

[worn oar]

[long fiber]

Man, the game just falls apart the further i play through the main quest. Third softlock so far.

At least i have uetools. I feel bad for console players.

[slender stratus]

Wow what an amazing announcement 📣 so worth announcing that 🫃

[granite mortar]

Fighting the Unknown is better

[gloomy knoll]

You mean changed it from a Standard Keyboard to a weird br*tish Version?

[inner mural]

Canadian version actully... i like tea aswell

[quick yarrow]

Wassup

[prisma goblet]

I need stalker lore videos to sleep to

[reef raptor]

same ngl
11:33 PM here I gotta SNOOZE

[crisp ruin]

Have good sleep then

[near dove]

Alife 5090 exclusive confirmed

[celest blaze]

Already preordered

[thorn ermine]

Dog dad studios had a couple interesting lore videos that I enjoyed, if you haven't watched vids from him already!

[wind veldt]

didnt they wanna give us a road map in december or am i missremembering?

[dire dagger]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/597350761730408451/1303389001276719115/charliecasino.gif

[celest blaze]

I wish I had that kinda money it's rumoured to be 2800ish before tax my entire pc before tax and warranty was only a couple hundred more 💀

2800 could get me so much more

[dire dagger]

i mean

they already dropped the price

it dropped yesterday

its 1999

[celest blaze]

Yeah but that's usd

I'm Canadian

[dire dagger]

major L

[celest blaze]

Naw

Love my country fr

[potent mica]

I'm in a microcenter computer store discord and my local store is saying they expect 5080 and 5090 stock to be plenty and probably won't sell out on day one..but we will see

[celest blaze]

You know I wish for the gigantic price of these cards we got real power with real frames

I'm over this FG and DLSS

[dire dagger]

with the 5090 you do

lmao

[celest blaze]

30 fps in 2077

For like 3 grand

I expect better honestly

Well actually like 28 fps

[dire dagger]

yah probably with path tracing lmfao

[celest blaze]

It is

[dire dagger]

then who cares

path tracing is a gimmick

[celest blaze]

Looks good though tbh

[dire dagger]

like dude come on

the fucken 5090 is 2x faster than the 5080

[celest blaze]

It's interesting they skipped the 24 gig vram unless they doing that for future 5080 ti or super

And fair point

[dire dagger]

only downside is the 5090 has slightly slower vram

but im sure you could just overclock it

to the same speed as the 5080

[celest blaze]

Overclocked 5090 would be a BEAST

[dire dagger]

yet to be seen

[celest blaze]

True

[dire dagger]

might be another 30 series

where everything is binned to near perfection right out the box

my 3090 when it was BRAND new

[celest blaze]

I am excited to see stalker 2 benchmarks on 5090 tbh

[dire dagger]

could do an eye watering 30mhz core oc

[celest blaze]

Holy shit

[dire dagger]

and most other 3090s cant do much better

[potent mica]

Yea the whole DLSS and framegen seems like a crutch for not optimizing games. Then you have your amd sponsored games that don't get DLSS until much later, etc and basically are crappy performance until they do

[dire dagger]

i can accept DLSS

if your playing at 1440p and up

it doesnt look that bad

but framegen just sucks

[inner mural]

you think it be a good idea to get a amd or nivida card once they are out? i was going to go for AMD

[potent mica]

Yea its not bad at 4k. I upgraded to a 1000w PSU for the 4090 and now seeing the requirement of 1000w for the 5090 means you probably want more watts. Pain to swap out, so annoying

[dire dagger]

amd cards are looking to be a total wash tbh

[tall furnace]

I’ve always been Nvidia personally

[dire dagger]

unless there selling them at rock bottom prices

i think nvidia has finally crushed them

[inner mural]

feels like 2019 all over again lol where im so pressured to just go with amd and got let down :/

[potent mica]

Depends what you do with it. Just games, sure. If you do VR or flight/racing sim in VR, Nvidia does it better

[tall furnace]

Yeah I recently got a 1200w

[dire dagger]

radeon 7 was ass lmao

was better than 5700xt at least

[potent mica]

I'm not planning on upgrading my PSU again but if I have to I'm gonna get a 1500w

[tall furnace]

Yeah I plan on getting a 5090. But ima have to upgrade cpu I’m on a 5800x

[dire dagger]

might wanna get a 9800x3d before you get a 5090

[tall furnace]

That’s the plan

[inner mural]

i did get a 5700xt but i got let down becuase the graphics drivers would corrupt every time and i tryed EVERYTHING to get that thing to stop doing that but it just hard restarted my computer corrupted the drivers then the WHOLE thing would repeat again >.>

[dire dagger]

sad

i built my hardline water cooled rig in 2023

and im probably just gonna leave it for next few years

got better things to spend money on

https://tenor.com/view/rx7-memes-car-funny-discord-gif-13777172133048524226

[potent mica]

I'm on a 13900k for now

[inner mural]

i would use DDU too to uninstall the drivers then reinstall the drivers i would stop windows update aswell but that didint work >.> a nightmare

i would boot up into safe mode too to do it

then the computer everytime i restarted it would say "the drivers crashed lol" like i didint know already...

[dire dagger]

based drivers

https://tenor.com/view/neutron-star-neutron-star-cigarette-cigarette-charlie-moist-critical-gif-18373819313414893684

[tall furnace]

What am5 motherboard you guys recommend for a 9800x3d

[dire dagger]

doesnt really matter

unless you wanna run cudimms at crazy latencies

[inner mural]

oh i dont use am5 lol i am still on am4

[dire dagger]

then you want an asus x870e

[tall furnace]

That’s what I was thinking. I do hate those m.2 latches though lol

[dire dagger]

just dont be the clown who buys the 1000 dollar board

i will laugh at you if you do that

[inner mural]

the msi boards? they look really good personally lol

[mint robin]

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

[tall furnace]

But what if it has 20 m.2 slots lol

[potent mica]

Good board is like $300-400 depends on how much stuff you need

[dire dagger]

who cares they would all be 2x anyways

[dire dagger]

no the asus extreme boards

wow gotta admit

[magic coyote]

The 5070 is only 20% more powerful than the 4070.

[dire dagger]

those new x870e boards look damn nice

well yah

i mean the nvidia keynote was just entierly bs lmfao

oh the crazy expensive asus board not even out yet

well DAMN

[tall furnace]

Hey so what’s the deal with mother boards only Amazon being only like 4.1 stars?? Should I be worried??

[dire dagger]

no

i mean

most of the bad reviews are either its a gigabyte board

so it sucks

its an asrock board

so it sucks

its an msi board so its mid

[queen ice]

Even a 200$ board can be good, for the average end user that’s more than enough given the VRMs are decent, which they usually are

[dire dagger]

or its an asus board that was doa

[gritty orchid]

Do you guys think it's best to get an am5 mobo + new gen Ryzen or a better am4 mobo and pair it with a 5800x3d? I'm currently rocking a cheap am4 a320 mobo, the 5800x3d would prolly fry them vrms

[dire dagger]

the 5800x3d is no longer in production

so your gonna be paying like 350 bux for one off ebay

[queen ice]

Went with a X870 Eagle for my 9800X3D, VRMs seem good on paper, haven’t heard much bad about it and Gigabyte has always served me well. 220$

[potent mica]

Yea for sure. I always stuck with Asus z gaming series

[tall furnace]

Nice bro

[gritty orchid]

Yeah, this is what I was thinking, getting an used one but idk if it's worth it

[dire dagger]

gigabyte bios mid as hell

[dire dagger]

at this point not really

its a dead platform

thats only getting older

[queen ice]

Any BIOS is mid as hell, I set my own values

[dire dagger]

no its just not good in general

asus bios is just best

[tall furnace]

Anyone have the x870e
Asus rog strix???

[dire dagger]

no

[gritty orchid]

Alrighty, thank! I'll do some research on some am5 builds that won't bankrupt me lol

[queen ice]

Currently on a Z690 Prime, hard disagree.

Asus bios’ is the reason 7800X3Ds were shorting in their sockets.

[dire dagger]

all motherboards did that btw

just so happened it happened most often on asus boards

but its fixed now so

[queen ice]

Definitely not on all, Steve pinpointed it to ASUS’ failsafes being non functional specifically

[dire dagger]

plenty of people reported the failure happening on msi asrock gigabyte etc etc

it could happen on any board it was a failure on both amds part

and motherboard venders

both were to blame for it

[inner mural]

must of been a bios update gone wrong or a vulnerbility that was patch awhile ago

[queen ice]

I specifically recall ASUS being the vast majority of cases, but regardless, ASUS is mid and has fallen off hard the last 4 years

[dire dagger]

eh not really

i mean for motherboards

honestly who cares

pick want you want for the most part

i like asus

but for overclocking

asus is king

has been for years

decades

[tall furnace]

I never OC

[dire dagger]

BORING

[inner mural]

my board is a asus crosshair VIII hero and its been with me since i built it in 2020 but i did hear that asus boards were failing but i guess i was the lucky ones that didint get bonked lol

[tall furnace]

Is there actually a performance in gaming? I only see like 3 more fps in vids lol

[dire dagger]

for gpu oc yah

cpu eh less so but some

and memory can be a bit

if you sit and mess with it for a while

seconadry timings are cracked if you sit down and tune them all

[tall furnace]

Big difference? Like 20% or more like 10%

[inner mural]

you have to becareful with OC the GPU becuase your GPU can be unstable after OCing it

[dire dagger]

depends on the gpu if you mod a 7900 xtx you can oc by nearly 30 percent

[tall furnace]

Ok so it’s not worth doing then on Nvidia???

[dire dagger]

up to you

i mean 4090s out the box basically all oc to 3ghz

from like 2.6 which isnt nothing

[queen ice]

Yes really, the way they handle issues and RMAs, paired with the price of their boards and you literally being able to achieve the same voltages and power delivery with boards half the price shows that pretty clearly.

Agreed though, everyone should buy what suits them, I just disagree sternly with that ASUS boards are a good buy.

[tall furnace]

Honestly might just plug and play fr probably safer so I don’t blow up the neighborhood

[inner mural]

i mean you could the new nivida app can OC it for yeah by detecting your system i even tested it and you can even control the fans

[dire dagger]

only company's ever to really rival asus in terms of oc potential were DFI and evga

both which are now gone

WHERE IS MY GALAX MOTHERBOARDS

[queen ice]

You’re stepping into LN2 territory…

Anyone here who runs their chip on LN2 daily?

No?

Anyone?

[dire dagger]

yup but that was the point i was trying to make

[inner mural]

EVGA man x.x rip them gpus...

[queen ice]

And my point was that if you’re basing your entire recommendation set based on LN2 potential for the average end user…

[tall furnace]

I had a 3080ti ftw ultra. So beautiful

[dire dagger]

well no i like the bios

and ive had nothing but good from them

thats why i recommend them as a regular board

two different arguments

[dire dagger]

they created the SR2 they are forever blessed by god him self

[queen ice]

Agree to disagree, not only will the average user not spend most of their time in the bios, buying a brand simply because it has a nice BIOS is a pretty bad decision.

You’d want to look more at expansion slot capacity, VRM arrangement and quality, power delivery etc, within a budget that suits your CPU

[dire dagger]

id agree

if evga was still kicking around id tell you to buy a board from them cus they got the best customer service warranty services etc etc

but i mean if you wanted say a board with 3 x16 slots id say fair enough cus asus doesnt offer that anymore

see if evga was still around we get like 7 x16 slots

[inner mural]

whoa are thoughs 2 CPU sockets?

[queen ice]

Funny, mine coming Friday does have 3 x 16

[dire dagger]

nice

[queen ice]

For gaming? Useless

For servers? Great.

Just hope you have a mortgage for those threadrippers

[dire dagger]

dual 6 core cpus fully unlocked for overclocking

intel x58 platform

intels best platform ever

[dire dagger]

actually the dual cpus make it still able to game now

[queen ice]

Yes, but in the same sense that there’s a reason SLI died, dual socket systems are in no way faster or more efficient at gaming applications.

Hence why I said they’re great for servers

[dire dagger]

its from 2009

so

why there are still people out there gaming on it to this day

is that kinda stupid i mean yah but the fact it can still be done at all just shows how amazing it was

[queen ice]

It could have been from 2024 if it actually had a good use application for it in gaming, which unfortunately it doesn’t.

There was a time where it was “faster” at the cost of horrendous 1% lows due to NVLink/SLI bridge latency.

I’m sure if they’d given it more time it would have improved substantially, but alas.

[dire dagger]

using multi gpu on it is pointless

thats true

[inner mural]

i remember a video from jayztwocents back in like 2019 where "dual GPUs" should nolonger be used in games" or somthing along thoughs lines oof man

[queen ice]

But it’s the same reason why a 7950X3D barely beats/loses to a 7800X3D, inter CCD/GPU latency is a killer in applications that rely on very fast instruction sets

[void stone]

Now we have upscaling and fake frames, sooo much more exciting, right ?

[dire dagger]

you would be surprised how little latency there is between the cores

i own one

[ripe haven]

Weird bolt when it's not charged and equipped is making your stamina to drain like 10x faster. Is it a bug or a feature?

[dire dagger]

and ive gamed on it

it has no lag or stutter issues what so eve r

[queen ice]

Between the cores? Sure, but between the CCDs, it’s absolutely noticeable.

The reason you’re not noticing it is because core scheduling shouldn’t ever allow it to choose cores from CCD1 for gaming applications.

I’ve done a lot of deep diving into this with multiple 7900/7950X3D users for SPT Tarkov, once core scheduling fails, so do the 1% lows

[dire dagger]

sorry i failed to explain im talking about the sr2 the 7950x3d has that problem

i have both lol

[wraith socket]

Wow. 256 bit to 512 bit.

[sterile cypress]

Any1 have still problem with four winds achievement?

[queen ice]

EVGA’s Sr2 might have it a bit less, but you’d still achieve better 1% lows if a single die was able to handle all the render thread instructions alone

[dire dagger]

i mean i played BFV on that board at over 150 fps

on high

no lag no stutter

[queen ice]

Now try DCS or SPT

SR2 is an awesome board however.

I’m just trying to explain how inter chip communication will always introduce latency, and if a single die is able to handle everything on its own, it will always perform better as most gaming applications simply don’t make use of 8 or more cores

[dire dagger]

the cpus lack AVX which basically all games after 2020 require to launch so

[queen ice]

Think of it like this, why do most 2 cylinder engines have 2 seperate throttle bodies and injectors?

Because having to pull from one centralized intake and injector is just less efficient, it adds AFR latency and thus produces less power

[dire dagger]

unless someone has modded AVX out of the game i cant run it on that board

[queen ice]

DCS might not require AVX, I haven’t checked but the engine is still from 2004 at its framework

[dire dagger]

wait what is DCS

[queen ice]

Digital combat simulator, Helicopter/fixed wing combat sim

[dire dagger]

ah

[queen ice]

Really CPU intensive, more so than S2

(Runs better too)

[dire dagger]

might check it out someday idk ive been not focused on my pc workshop past year or so

[queen ice]

Really fun if you’re into that kind of stuff, Altough my HOTAS has been collecting dust now for like 3 months

I’ll chock that up to me preparing for a virtual 24 hours of Daytona however

[dire dagger]

been getting into cars got a project car that needs to be stripped down and fully repaired

tried bandaid fixing it to keep driving it but it finally gave up on me couple weeks ago

[queen ice]

Cars are fun, if I had a driveway (Or hadnt filled my garage with a motorcycle lift) i'd love to build one as well

[dire dagger]

i loved it its a 1995 miata but

now that i gotta a secondary car a subaru in 5 speed manual im thinking of fixing it up enough to sell and go looking for something else

the rotary brain poison is deep rooted now i cant resist anymore

[queen ice]

RX7

[dire dagger]

yes

everyday i think about selling like 80 percent of my computer stuff to get me like 2/3s of the way to a FD

[queen ice]

Spotted a Savannah last year for 3 grand that just needed new brake lines, calipers and pads all around. So tempting

[dire dagger]

where you at

[queen ice]

Netherlands, was an absolute beater but nothing I couldn’t weld/fabricate

[dire dagger]

ah

was gonna say cus we never got the savanna model in the states with the mini back seats

sucks for you euro mates cus while we got only 10k fd rx7s you guys got a grand total of like 1800

truly the greatest modern tragedy man kind has ever faced

[potent mica]

Had an rx8 years ago when I got my first job out of school. Loved it but not a good car for snow. Got stuck on a highway and had a friend come help me out. Fun car to drive though. I do miss it

[queen ice]

Import is always a thing luckily

[dire dagger]

yah true

like the miata is awesome but

it snows and it snows hard here so

it dont really make sense to own 2 semi daily driver type cars

[queen ice]

Well, back to practicing. 24 hours of GT4 Daytona madness next week

https://imgur.com/a/Ng7g00q

[dire dagger]

good luck friend

[queen ice]

Update :

Half a Stint in and I’ve already been thunder slapped into the barrier going into La Source on Spa…

Man I love online racing

[dire dagger]

you got a sim rig ?

[queen ice]

Not really, Just Moza wheelbase + wheel and pedals, my old chair with the wheels removed and a head tracker

Don’t have the space in my room for a proper rig as I share it with my wife

[dire dagger]

oh you play in vr?

[hardy bear]

Gotta say, hearing somebody pronounce moping as ‘mopping’ made me chuckle

[queen ice]

I don’t, headtracker just follows IR lights on my headset, using it with an Ultrawide panel is pretty nice though

[hardy bear]

While sure some words have different pronunciations, sometimes it feels like there wasn’t much direction in the voice acting

[dire dagger]

like the psi radation not being said properly

like

that annoyed me to no end

NO ONE SAYS SEE RADATION

[queen ice]

P-sie radiation

[dire dagger]

its SI

[queen ice]

Radiation? I don’t see any radiation

[dire dagger]

lmao

im hoping someone can tell me how good those sim racing 6 speed or 5 speed manuals are

there just so much and im like how close can they really be to the real creature

[pliant bobcat]

will the swap from lumen to DLSS 4 bring any performance/optimisation benefits?

[dire dagger]

dunno

no word on dlss4 in stalker 2 atm

im sure it will come eventually probably

[pliant bobcat]

yeah, hopefully it does. really want to replay it but I just don't really enjoy playing on 40fps lol

[hardy bear]

That to me felt not like a slight mispronunciation but a complete oversight. For a concept so integral to the setting, to call it something else entirely is just wrong

[dire dagger]

what bothered me is that it was the same for every character

some one told every voice actor

to say it like that

[hardy bear]

If I hear many more like that I might go crazy and switch language

[dire dagger]

every single instance

where its mentioned

its said in that way

[hardy bear]

No insult to them but it sounds generated sometimes. Some delivery just lacks emotion or feels like they are reading lines over acting

The only convincing guy so far is the zalyssia medic and the rookie you find nearby

[dire dagger]

yah like a lot of skifs dialog

sometimes feels like its being read off as an essay

and not as dialog

[hardy bear]

Shame cause I really like his voice

[dire dagger]

like someone will say something very impactful to skif and he will just respond with a super dead pan voice

and im like bro no real person responds this way bruh

[hardy bear]

That’s one reason why I do like the option of switching languages, might consider it if it gets too much

Unrelated but goodness me fighting the rats on 40fps isn’t a good time

[weak delta]

ayo peeps checkin in. Hows alife doing

[queen ice]

Moza's H-shifter is pretty good from what I hear, Logitech's H-shifter works but it's definitely not top of the line in terms of feeling and quality

https://imgur.com/a/bOmrZru Progress

[dire dagger]

maybe i can find somewhere to test em out in person

CUS I NEED THEM TO BE

as near perfect as possible

to the genuine article

[queen ice]

Maybe a micro center has some on display?

[dire dagger]

DUDE

i never thought of that

ive not been to one in ages

YAH KNOW WHAT

or nah ill go thursday

[queen ice]

You know, just because I live in europe doesnt mean im european

[worn oar]

[dire dagger]

oh yah where you from orginally mate?

[queen ice]

Greenwood Mississippi

[dire dagger]

fucken hell i know a mate who lives around there actually

[queen ice]

Small world

Was a nice place growing up, but eventually my dad’s business kind of fell off, sold it and we moved back to Holland around 14/15 years ago

[dire dagger]

quite a change id say

[queen ice]

Still go back on summer holidays Bi-yearly, visit his good friend and old business partner, do some grilling and fire some guns

[dire dagger]

hell yah brother

[queen ice]

It was incredibly weird, and with the current state of both countries I honestly don’t know where I’d rather be. Time will tell, I assume

[dire dagger]

i mean you got ASML to fall back on

so you lads are set regardless

the world cant go on with out them

[queen ice]

Fair enough, hit an all time low at 1700 yesterday though, down 2. Something, Now back up to 1,26D

Not really all time low, but pretty quick dip regardless, they’ve been doing good the past year

[dire dagger]

well i mean regardless they are the only mates in the whole world making photolithography machines so

[queen ice]

True, very true

[dire dagger]

believe me id know i use to work at AMAT