⭐┃nospoilers_general

[celest blaze]

Got the wolfpass Ong

[finite dragon]

Can I play stalker if I'm lack toes and told her aunt?

[celest blaze]

There is a 30% chance it may become fatal but well worth the risk

[dim topaz]

Flustercuck

[drowsy blade]

Kharod and Dnipro are good late game rifles

[lofty palm]

what gamma does everyone else use? i'm trying 64% right now cuz indoors was way too dark to see anything

[native ibex]

Mostly Grok's

[sly matrix]

https://tenor.com/view/sleepy-cat-baby-cat-coffee-cofffee-cat-sleeping-cat-gif-11793912039839338151

[unreal raptor]

Zoneslugs latest video on YouTube is canon. Hope the devs are taking note

[sand scarab]

Hello everyone. I need to reinstall Windows, how can I do it correctly without losing my game saves? The game is installed through Game Pass PC.

[crude bison]

It should be cloud saves for game pass. If you wanna be sure you can put your saves in dropbox or something.

[orchid gale]

Hotel? Trivago

[orchid gale]

Move the game to a separate drive, disconnect the drive from the pc, reinstall windows, re plug in drives

[ashen compass]

who Stalkin' rn?

[thick zodiac]

I started thinking positively about this game, like I play now half-empty and buggy mess with little quests, but it still a cool map to explore. I will play this game in sometime when developers add more content so I can explore this content and map at the same time

[unreal raptor]

I'm swerving out of the way of this game for a long while

[placid shard]

how can i change the language in soc? i have been looking for like 20 mins in the settings and i cant find it

[thick zodiac]

in the same folder there should be a settings icon

[placid shard]

it asks me for a user name and a CD key when i open the settings.exe file

[icy tangle]

this game is still crashing lmao

[torpid bay]

Settings exe?

Have you tried... You know actually buying the game?

[icy tangle]

so new patch killed a-life completely? ive been walking around for 20 minutes and not a single mutant or enemy npc

[placid shard]

i want to try it out first + buying games dosent make sense in my country

they are very expensive

i wish i could buy them

[torpid bay]

If you want help with the game, buy it. Otherwise get lost. Pirates are not entitled for tech support

[thick zodiac]

what country?

[placid shard]

RO

[placid shard]

cant a man enjoy a game for free?

[torpid bay]

Not in this world

But drop the pretentious bs about "testing first"

[thick zodiac]

In Romania they can't afford a euro or two for SoC?

[placid shard]

well what if i dont like it? if its a good game i could save up and buy it, but im not gonna spend like 20$ on a game i dont even know i will like

[torpid bay]

You wont save up and buy it. You have already completed the game on pirate copy

[placid shard]

i replay games

[icy tangle]

guys how can we still have softlock bugs at main quest at sircaa with dr dalin after 3 months of release and like 7 patches?

[hazy jewel]

All games have a few bugs

[wild zealot]

Im kinda glad kcd2 came out - well optimalized almost bugless experience soo i can spend my time there until they (if) fix stalker 2

[hazy jewel]

Kcd2 was in testing for over a year so ofc it would have less bugs

[wild zealot]

Yeah they really stepped up compared to first one. That was a messy launch

[unreal raptor]

A few bugs is an understatement here — last patch was over 1700. The game is swarming.

[thick zodiac]

yeah, and it is still insanely buggy

[crisp ruin]

@placid shard let's not talk about piracy here, if you wanna enjoy the game just don't say it here. If you liked the game, buy it

[placid shard]

okay :((

[thick zodiac]

lol I am watching a 25 minute video from a railroad engineer discussing how accurately GSC represented railway system in Stalker 2

[crisp ruin]

[celest blaze]

I liked his powerline video of gta 4 and the rivers of skyrim

[crystal merlin]

You can do whatever you want. As long as you can accept the consequences, like in this case, since you download a popped version instead of buying, you can't ask for support on official discord/channels/forums.

[sly matrix]

I could make a similarly sized video about my appreciation for the critters probably

[thick zodiac]

are u sure we talking about the same guy?

[celest blaze]

any austin ?

[thick zodiac]

howard off the rails "STALKER 2 Railway Engineer reacts, Chornobyl Gaming railroad review"

[celest blaze]

ill watch this one it seems interesting

[thick zodiac]

I am genuinely surprised how much effort was put in such seemingly simple (at least in video games) things as railroad

He say GSC did even better job than RDR2 even though rails are a part of the core mechanic for RDR2

[drifting niche]

Do boars,controllers, fleshes have head-shot multipliers?

[dire dagger]

Yes

[urban basin]

Controllers have big heads so its hard to miss that headshot

[drowsy blade]

Every enemy I’m pretty sure has a headshot/weakspot multiplier

[dire dagger]

Also makes a crunch noise

[drowsy blade]

Can you turn that noise off btw? While satisfying to hear sometimes it is a bit immersion breaking lol

[dire dagger]

Don’t think so

[drowsy blade]

Ah damn

[thick zodiac]

I wonder why is it hard to compose a roadmap, are they not sure if they want to add content or they discussing money issues?

[celest blaze]

its probably so they can focus on working on the game look at how they set a time table only to delay game again

[drowsy blade]

Probably they want to avoid making promises that they might not be able to keep with the game in its current state. A roadmap being delayed is one thing but if they start missing roadmap deadlines then it’s gonna set the community on fire.

[celest blaze]

we know fixes coming, dlc and mp already

[celest blaze]

also this

[drowsy blade]

Focus on the stuff that needs fixing (optimization, A-Life, quests, reputation bugs, etc) now, so they can work on the cut content, dlc, and mp afterwards

[celest blaze]

i cant wait for it to be all done one day

[drowsy blade]

Same, I enjoy the game a lot, but I know a lot of people are disappointed right now. So if it’s gonna be better in the future let them take their time and not break the game even more by rushing out content updates when S2 simply isn’t ready for it right now

[celest blaze]

100% it's on pause for me so I can enjoy it at it's best

[dim topaz]

It's the eastern european way bro,believe me.
People can't usually afford/can't be bothered to buy games at full price. They buy them on sale 2-3 years later

[celest blaze]

thats what im doing with avowed tbh gonna wait for a sale lol in my country base game is 90 before tax thats crazy

[torpid bay]

Ah right so if you cant afford it, it entitles you to steal it and pay fraction of the price back some year if you can be bothered. Got it

[celest blaze]

i never said to pirate it dont put words in my mouth chief

i just said i am NOT buying it until its on sale

[dim topaz]

If you don't own games you buy, pirating them is not stealing.
Say the option for piracy didn't exist: If people feel like they can't buy a game at the base price anyway, they still won't buy it until a sale. The company is at a net 0 in terms if damages

[celest blaze]

im just voting with wallet i remember new games being 60 lol

[latent kite]

A helper told everyone to stop discussing piracy less than half an hour ago

[dim topaz]

I remember when games came out completed

[latent kite]

Adhere to this or timeouts will be used

[celest blaze]

this too

[dim topaz]

Well I wasn't here half an hour ago...

[torpid bay]

I mean if you cant afford it its really as simple as that product stays on the shelf

[latent kite]

I'd urge you to check the rules then

[celest blaze]

no one said to pirate it though

not buying full price doesnt equal pirate waiting for sales exists as an option lol

[latent kite]

I just buy keys

[dim topaz]

I don't see any rules about talking about piracy tho

[latent kite]

Typically discussing anything that is not legal is disallowed

[torpid bay]

That was pretty much context of the convo...?

[dim topaz]

Since when? I know about talking about drugs and shit, that came up a few times in relation to Freedom...
But not discussing anything illegal I mean, it's not like we're posting pirate links

[latent kite]

And yet a helper has laid the law. Plain and simple, it's not up for debate

[dim topaz]

Damn

Literally 1984

[dire dagger]

You can discuss and post photos of you speed so I can report you and up my fed credit score

[crystal merlin]

Unpopular opinion : SPSA-14/Sledgehammer,Ram 2 and Saiga are in the same tier.

[dire dagger]

How does that even make sense

The saiga has a mag

[latent kite]

https://tenor.com/view/rb2g-no-no-no-no-noo-nope-gif-6468251513222528705

[dire dagger]

That reloads faster than all those guns

Even if the stats are the same that just flat out makes it better

[latent kite]

The cracker is the closest thing

But fire rate slow

[dim topaz]

+500 SoCial credit

[gritty orchid]

I'm a toz enjoyer

[tiny token]

i can't wait to play it again when it's all fixed to feel the difference between release stalker and fixed stalker

[drowsy blade]

even if there is still slavjank leftover (it’s a stalker game, wouldn’t be one without it) it’ll be a much better game once they iron out the major problems and begin adding in the stuff people are waiting for

[static compass]

Agreed

[dire dagger]

Coming soon in 2026

[celest blaze]

Play op2 while you wait Ong

[granite mortar]

Who isnt?
TOZ 34 is goated

[sly matrix]

https://tenor.com/view/plotting-cat-gif-3934658067705292368

[celest blaze]

https://tenor.com/view/huh-gif-6291937884935153335

[sly matrix]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-funny-cute-close-to-camera-cats-gif-15896756

[granite mortar]

Omg
Cat

[granite mortar]

Omg
Cat
(Ive waited for four minutes, so its not spamming :3)

[celest blaze]

[static compass]

I'm partial to the saiga myself

[static compass]

Based

[frail belfry]

Guys why can't I rebind primary weapon to mouse scroll up? Can anyone else try this for me? it comes up saying "W" is already bound even though I don't press W and then does nothing. Thanks for any help!

[solid dome]

@glossy blade Will you ever bring back:

1. Binoculars
2. Encyclopedia
3. Dynamic mutant behavior

...ever?!

Also, roadmap when? Was supposed to be "Soon"...

[latent kite]

Pls don't @ gsc

[solid dome]

?

[latent kite]

#📌┃rules

[solid dome]

I been Molitalking for 3+ years, brotherman... Change the crack supplier, brodman!

[latent kite]

Ok?

[solid dome]

What does that mean, Treksthatman?

[crystal merlin]

It has the highest recoil, while the SPSA/Sledge and Ram are similar.
Also it takes more coupons to repair so when you take all into account, they're all in the same tier, you trade one for another, at least imo.

[dire dagger]

I mean if blasting mutants point blank range recoil doesn’t really matter

[granite mortar]

Omg
Cat

[granite mortar]

Forgot Saiga is a thing in canon

[static compass]

Yee

One of the DLC guns is a saiga as well

[dire dagger]

The best dlc gun

[static compass]

Ong

Just wish I could find a drum mag for the saiga

[dire dagger]

You can

But not till the games over

[frail belfry]

Guys why can't I rebind primary weapon to mouse scroll up? Can anyone else try this for me? it comes up saying "W" is already bound even though I don't press W and then does nothing. Thanks for any help! Anyone?

[static compass]

Try asking in https://discord.com/channels/504587323577729024/1308034529889615963

[frail belfry]

thanks

[static compass]

The real Heart of Chornobyl is the anomaly that is Skif's cardiac system not failing from the copious amount of energy drinks

[stiff pasture]

I just prefer the Ram cause the DP-12 is such a weird gun and I love it lmao

[dire dagger]

The real heart of chornobyl is the catalytic converts we looted from sirrca along the way

WERE GONNA BE RICH

[static compass]

[unreal raptor]

every stalker npc is in full-sprint in stalker 2 no matter what's happening. Chill out you idiots, walk.

[static compass]

I saw a group of Stalkers running and was like "that's odd"

Suddenly bloodsuckers in my face

I understand why they were running

[unreal raptor]

every group i encounter seem to be in a relay race across the zone.

[viscid edge]

I prefer the Big Iron

[dire dagger]

The dlc big iron is actually a direct downgrade from the regular one

lol

[crisp ruin]

I'm gonna tag u

[sly matrix]

https://tenor.com/view/funny-animals-cats-kitten-dog-gif-23867127

[unreal raptor]

that feeling when you turn your flashlight on, only to find out it's already on, it's just weakasshell

it's tied with fallout 4's for on of the most useless flashlights/torches in a game ever.

[finite dragon]

Bro the institute popin is so bad

[dire dagger]

Your mother was telling me to popin last night bro

[finite dragon]

My moms dead

[dire dagger]

Welp

[zinc apex]

empathy 3000

[unreal raptor]

has anyone checked to see if the GSC updates to A-Life are just from Nexus Mods?

[dire dagger]

No cus those improve a life

[unreal raptor]

Touche!

[finite dragon]

This pop in making me sick

[zinc apex]

i hope gsc are working overtime and on the weekend

time to get a-life out fr fr fr fr skrrttz

[finite dragon]

I hope you are to

[dire dagger]

I hate this job too much to do that

[zinc apex]

yup I'm working retail. don't worry

[dire dagger]

I feel bad for you now

[finite dragon]

i used to do 12hr/6d now i do 0hr 0day

[zinc apex]

you working at gsc now?

[finite dragon]

what. no i work at valve

[zinc apex]

sounds legit

[dire dagger]

Explains how your ballin so hard

Can give me like 12k dollars

No particular reason

[static compass]

What job required you to work 72 hours a week?

[finite dragon]

whats ur pda code. ill send you 12k coupons. i was warehouse operations manager

[sly matrix]

truck driver?

[static compass]

True

[dire dagger]

Ups worker

Government employee

[static compass]

But I mean

[finite dragon]

i was warehouse operations manager

[static compass]

Gross

[dire dagger]

For the right price I’d do it

[static compass]

Noice

[dire dagger]

[static compass]

I mean yeah hella money

[sly matrix]

very cash money

[dire dagger]

30 bux an hour

I’d work 72 hours a week

[finite dragon]

it got to be to much. to stressful. i was responsible for like 10-20million usd worth of shipments and orders a day.

[north violet]

Truck driver, warehouse worker, parcel delivery/mail carrier, medical...

Probably a whole bunch more that I'm unaware of.

[sly matrix]

game-dev...

[dire dagger]

Yah like yandera dev

Or pirates software

Those guys spend so much time on there games

[finite dragon]

their

[sly matrix]

or just general big companies that use crunch-time

[dire dagger]

Rockstar games

[static compass]

Gottem

[finite dragon]

rockstar gotta be the best dev in the industry

[static compass]

When it comes to making impressive ass games, ye

[north violet]

That too, especially if you're an indie dev and especially if you're a solo dev.

Also IT support workers when stuff like the Crowdstrike incident occurs.

[static compass]

Apparently the budget for GTA 6 is 2 billion

[latent kite]

Must outdo horse testicle physics

[finite dragon]

most innovative company

[latent kite]

I wouldn't go that far

[finite dragon]

im hyped about pc gtav e and e. we getting raytracing in gta march 4th

[north violet]

Jesus Christ....if that's true that's absolutely insane.

[finite dragon]

we gonna be playing gta 6 for the next 20 years

[static compass]

There's also been rumor the game is gonna be $100 standard

And if that's true the game better be a life simulator

I better be able to do EVERYTHING

[finite dragon]

its gonna be pretty close the leaks of the tech are insane

theres gonna be real people making gta 6 tik tok content in gta 6 social media im like 90% sure. haha kinda cringe

[static compass]

Also Rockstar hasn't commented on the $100 thing as far as I know

[finite dragon]

i think the industry as a whole is trying to go to 80$ usd standard

[north violet]

So basically this means that if we want Star Citizen to actually get finished, we need to give them 2 billion dollars.

[static compass]

I saw that they were trying to add an in game social media lmao

[finite dragon]

i wonder if you can make real money from that

[static compass]

Doubt it

Maybe in game money

[latent kite]

They've had IG social media since GTA 4 tbf

[dire dagger]

2 billion and game would make 10 percent progress

[north violet]

Good God, how much money is Rockstar playing with nowadays?

[latent kite]

Don't forget dating sites for Niko

[nimble cipher]

inub_upro has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[latent kite]

Peak gaming

[finite dragon]

oh right no cussing. in here. this is family friendly Christian server

[latent kite]

Fuck...

[finite dragon]

ur a wizzard harry

[static compass]

A lot

[static compass]

Damn it

I forgot

[north violet]

I'd love to see the game finished one day, but boy am I glad I never put money into it.

Apparently this same thing almost happened to Freelancer, Roberts' last game. Promised a ton of stuff that just wasn't feasible, fell victim to future creep which caused issues during development, until Microsoft bought the company and force the game to reach a finished state.

[static compass]

[finite dragon]

gta 5 made close to 9billion so far

[static compass]

GTA 6 is gonna rake in double that I'm sure

[finite dragon]

wth is even that video in announcements

[latent kite]

[static compass]

The views for the GTA 6 trailer are already double the views of the GTA 5 trailer

[static compass]

Ambience

[midnight basalt]

Zone asmr

[finite dragon]

i dont recognize the locations. also the lighting isnt glitching?

[static compass]

Some lights are flickering

It's probably one of the labs

[dim topaz]

some walls too when I last played

[finite dragon]

seem intentional tho.

[static compass]

[zinc apex]

Yakimoto posted in wrong channel lolzor

[tropic sequoia]

Hi

[latent kite]

The thumbnail is ||where you fight Scar||

[finite dragon]

no spoiler general. ban him

[drifting niche]

Asmr video?

[pseudo rivet]

ASMR video

[latent kite]

spoiler tags

[thick wolf]

I hope Mol1t is just on vacation

[steady lantern]

bruh, can't they find someone more qualified for #📜┃gsc-answers ?? most of the answers are along the lines of 'I don't know, I'm not involved with that'

[pseudo rivet]

Even then, I don't believe that's entirely the purpose of this channel. Ah well, this is offtop 2: Electric Boogaloo after all

[pseudo rivet]

Welcome to Game Development 101

[dim topaz]

wasn't thhis the general chat before S2 release?

[pseudo rivet]

Nah, this was the channel for anything STALKER related, basically

[rugged edge]

sees announcement

it's a video

[unreal raptor]

Please bin all none patch related announcements please.

[upper ferry]

Howdy yall

[pseudo rivet]

Yeah, it'd be neat if they had a special role for that, tbh

[torpid totem]

the hecc is that backrooms ahh video they posted lol

[pseudo rivet]

ASMR video fr

[unreal raptor]

Less marketing please.

[dire dagger]

The people are gonna be really excited about this announcement

[torpid totem]

more marketing pls

[lost folio]

I bought property in the zone, and what they do for you is give you the property

[dire dagger]

I can’t wait to see all the people coming to chat to talk about it

[pseudo rivet]

[dire dagger]

[zinc apex]

people are numb of gsc shenanigans

[static compass]

Maybe some bans incoming

[dire dagger]

No

[torpid totem]

dude that video is creepy lmao
scary stuff frr

[dire dagger]

Just angry people

[static compass]

Yeah but like

If they get TOO angry

[pseudo rivet]

Belicatius Meowl, pl0x give us Volkite Primaris Kot Marines

[static compass]

[zinc apex]

They already on their way

[pseudo rivet]

https://tenor.com/view/gigascar-gif-7252302473669868672

[scarlet coral]

[dire dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/clapping-wow-wow-starts-clapping-gif-23651813

[zinc apex]

Guys I gonna do something absolute crazy now. About to boot up Stalker 2 and crack a beer open

[dire dagger]

Wow

[north violet]

When we don't get new news for a while, both this channel and #☢┃stalker-general effectively turn into off-topic chats until someone segues the conversation to S.T.A.L.K.E.R. for a bit.

[unreal raptor]

CTD, tip beer down the sink.

[dire dagger]

Tbh nah it’s just 24/7 people hating the game

[torpid totem]

why are ppl hatin on it wut

[dire dagger]

Dude

The game is blatantly unfinished lol

[pseudo rivet]

Yup

[dire dagger]

It’s completely justified

[pseudo rivet]

That's about right

[scarlet coral]

I don't hate the game😢 I just won't love it until console has mods

[dire dagger]

Get it on pc

[torpid totem]

I never had a bad experience with the game... other than performance that's been fixed up later

[dire dagger]

Consoles probably won’t be able to run most mods anyways lol

[pseudo rivet]

I haven't even played it. I'm just waiting for the patches

[scarlet coral]

Don't have a PC, too broke

[dire dagger]

Game barely running as is

[north violet]

That doesn't mean it isn't unfinished or still suffering from bugs and performance issues.

[dire dagger]

Well go get a job and work for a year

[torpid totem]

wym unfinished tho

[dire dagger]

Then you can afford one probably

[scarlet coral]

Game runs fine for me on xbox

[dire dagger]

There is massive amounts of cut content

[north violet]

..........

[torpid totem]

I beat the game twice and had fun, im confused what y'all missing tbh

[dire dagger]

80 quests were cut from final release why there’s basically no quests past 2/3s of the game

[north violet]

You've never played the original trilogy have you?

[dire dagger]

Clearly not

[latent kite]

[torpid totem]

I did and i still dont get it

[dire dagger]

You either got rose tinted shades on or

[north violet]

[latent kite]

S2 is half baked and even the devs have acknowledged it

[pseudo rivet]

For me, the biggest problem is the huge amount of retcons

[dire dagger]

Your standard for quality is none existent

[unreal raptor]

Oooh where’s the source for this?

[pseudo rivet]

It's like they never played the Trilogy

[torpid totem]

I don't carry over expectations of past games to newer games. That's why im asking what yall missing.

[north violet]

Did you only do the story missions and literally nothing else?

[latent kite]

To list what is missing would be one huge ass list

[dire dagger]

Idk bunch of people were saying it’s in the games files

[torpid totem]

Got like 250 hours in the game running around exploring so idk

[hardy pasture]

it seems alife got better and then broken again from what people are saying

[latent kite]

You're not allowed to just enjoy the game

[dire dagger]

You can enjoy the game but

I also enjoyed but it

I also can see it’s insanely raw and unfinished

[latent kite]

You can enjoy it but you must bask in the negativity in hindsight

[pseudo rivet]

It's basically like Fallout 4

[latent kite]

[pseudo rivet]

You can enjoy it, sure, but the game isn't finished fr

[north violet]

It's a sequel and it's been 15 years since CoP; expecting it to be an upgrade from the older titles is not an unreasonable expectation.

[latent kite]

Not even close

[vale quartz]

What's the new trailer about?

[dire dagger]

Nothing

It’s just asmr

[pseudo rivet]

It's just one of those environmental videos, just like before

ASMR, basically

[devout geyser]

retcons?

[torpid totem]

It does play like an upgrade, unless you compare to anomaly. Then ill agree, but then you're comparing to mods and not games

[hardy pasture]

I think it is fair for many to just expect a game to be finished without glaring bugs

[vale quartz]

Lol rip

[north violet]

✨ Ambience ✨

[latent kite]

Who wants dlc when you've got asmr

[zinc apex]

gamma or s2. what to play tonight? 🤔

[torpid totem]

100%! Its just funny when you say you enjoy the game ppl instantly get on like "but its unifnished blah blah".

[north violet]

I'm not comparing it to mods at all; S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 is objectively a downgrade from the original trilogy in almost every way outside of the gunplay and the visual fidelity.

[dire dagger]

It just is bro

[pseudo rivet]

Yes, for example, the reason why HoC has coupons makes no sense

[dire dagger]

It runs like ass

[latent kite]

https://tenor.com/view/it-be-like-that-sometimes-like-that-sometimes-snoop-dogg-sometimes-just-like-it-gif-12501830

[scarlet coral]

Apparently not nowadays, every game releases half finished 🤦

[ember summit]

More like Tarkov simulator or stalker game.

[hardy pasture]

early access

[devout geyser]

interesting

[torpid totem]

Ok? And I played it like it was finished without reading what random ppl cry abount This is first time i see ppl talk about it being unfinished, I just played the game and enjoyed it. Despise performance problems

[dire dagger]

Ok that’s fine

And we also enjoyed it

We’re just not gonna lie and say it’s finished

Because it’s not

[north violet]

No one is saying you're not allowed to enjoy the game, but to deny that it isn't unfinished is objectively incorrect.

[latent kite]

Nobody's crying about anything though and nobody who's criticised it in this convo has said they didn't enjoy it

[torpid totem]

When does the game show you itself by playing that it's unfinished. I don't really understand

[latent kite]

But you are aware this is a public discord where 100,000+ are free to share their opinions right?

[pseudo rivet]

Coupons were created as a digital currency. That way, everything is stored on your PDA. Except CS shows us that Rubles were already stored and transferred this way. Then again, this is in the EN translations, but there are still other retcons which makes no sense, even with the RU/UA translations

[dire dagger]

The lack of end game content for one

All of it was cut

[torpid totem]

idk what was cut since i just played the game, didnt listen to data mining lol

[scarlet coral]

Probably end up being released as dlc

[dire dagger]

You didn’t think isn’t it kinda weird Pripyat doesn’t have a single side quest

[hardy pasture]

"season 2"

[dire dagger]

They do plan to add the cut stuff back in so

Don’t give up hope yet

[hardy pasture]

check back in 2 years and we'll have a finished game

[ember summit]

Just be prepared to pay for it.

[zinc apex]

sure, if we get a refund until then

[dire dagger]

No

[torpid totem]

ye you can say that, but when you ask what was unfinished and the answer you get is "....." "there's cut conent" "youve never played".. That ain't much telling

[dire dagger]

It won’t be paid

Devs said it won’t be

[hardy pasture]

honestly I also got bored of stalker gamma's progression
nothing really scratches the itch rn

[static compass]

Gamma is

Not based

[dire dagger]

How can you play cut content

[static compass]

[dire dagger]

It doesn’t exist

[ember summit]

If it comes out as a DLC it will be paid for though, otherwise why did I buy the ultimate edition?

[torpid totem]

read again. How is someone suppose to know what's cut when you just play the game lol

missed reply, mb. chat scrolling fast

[dire dagger]

The dlc will be entirely new content

[static compass]

I was talking about Gamma not being based

[zinc apex]

same bruv. Also burnt out of the old zone tbh. Seen all of this the last 20 years man

[static compass]

But I agree with you

[dire dagger]

You can again get to Pripyat and notice wow there’s no side content here at all

[ember summit]

Sweet.

[dire dagger]

That’s kinda weird

[static compass]

They also weren't able to add interiors to some of the buildings

[scarlet coral]

None???? I see what you mean now

[hardy pasture]

... time for me to finish metro? dunno...

[static compass]

The pool house for example

[zinc apex]

Yes!

[dire dagger]

You can walk around and explore but that’s it

[torpid totem]

ye my bad, i missclicked while chat zoomed 🙏 didnt mean to ping ya

[scarlet coral]

Arguably pripyat should have the most, definitely not none

[static compass]

[dire dagger]

Basically the most polish was to the first half of the game

After you clear the half way point the amount of content drops off a cliff

Because they started cutting stuff

[zinc apex]

you know it's real bad when even the mods of your official discord turn against your game

[dire dagger]

We like the game

[static compass]

That's just jack for you

[torpid totem]

it sounds more of a disappointment rather than not liking it

[dire dagger]

Were just being honest

That is exactly it

Game could be and hopefully will be

[ember summit]

Maybe because they’re stalker veterans who want the best for the stalker games and not this half finished dribble.

[dire dagger]

A lot better in the future

[north violet]

@torpid totem Alright, I'll list off some of the stuff that's missing from S2 that was in the VANILLA original trilogy:

• A-Life: What we have now is an unfinished skeleton.

• Binoculars

• NVGs

• Detailed mutant and human NPC behavior:

• Mutants dragging away and feeding on bodies including a unique animation for bloodsuckers

• Certain mutants like blind dogs and fleshes fleeing when you've killed enough of them or killed the pack leader

• NPCs having unique dialogue for executing incapacitated foes

• NPCs hunting for artifacts

• More than two 5.56 assault rifles and more than four pistols in the entire game

• Anomaly fields that spit out more that one artifact at a time.

There's more things to list off but I don't have the time to do it right now. If you really want to know what's missing, I strongly recommend watching the comparison videos from ZoneSlug; they're an excellent showcase of trilogy features that are just gone.

[zinc apex]

i don't think theres even one stalker veteran who's not disappointed in this early access title tbh

[static compass]

But ye, it's more so that we want stalker 2 to be peak af

[hardy pasture]

Mutants dragging away and feeding on bodies
thanks for writing but stuff like this aren't what I really want. like it's good if it's there, but nothing major

binoculars are good. better artifacts wold be nice. more guns too.

[zinc apex]

based af profile pic btw

[ember summit]

Even just small details like this makes the zone feel more alive and interactive.

[north violet]

Well I don't have time to argue right now, I'm off to work.

Have a good one.

[dire dagger]

What do you want then

[hardy pasture]

I wrote it right after

[limber shard]

Why not have it all lmao

[ember summit]

More bloat, basically

[limber shard]

Adding immersive elements is never a bad idea especially if they were already in the games from 10+ years ago

[hardy pasture]

if that's possible, sure

[torpid totem]

Binoculars and NVGs are good calls tbh.
All the NPC and Mutant stuff is just AI problems it seems. Idk why are those separate points.
I am not that really into guns per say so i didn't pay that much attention i suppose, but still a good call.
Unique dialague sounds lovely too.

[limber shard]

Obviously binocs and nvgs and all that is more important for gameplay and should take priority, but they did flaunt an AI system that is supposed to feel immersive and alive

[hardy pasture]

A life is what I am concerned about the most, yes, as for many

[ember summit]

I just want my damn statistics tab on the PDA so I can see how many mutants and stalkers I’ve killed, emissions survived etc.

[limber shard]

True

[ember summit]

Need to steal an NPCs PDA since they for some reason have these tabs lol.

[granite mortar]

yall should play OLR 3.0 while waiting for Alife patches

[zinc apex]

they observating the player

[torpid totem]

AI is crazy goofy in the game.. I remember constanty same two things spawning around the windmill. got huge piles of bodies for no reason lmao
it was like first week of the release

[hardy pasture]

what is OLR

[ember summit]

I’m still playing IWP with CotZ bro.

[limber shard]

It’s very jank

[dire dagger]

Yah the a life system is completely busted lol

[zinc apex]

IWP aka companion simulator or Zone Sim City

[granite mortar]

Oblivion Lost Remake
A modification aiming to remake what Stalker was supposed to be back in 2004
it got crazy good Alife

[limber shard]

The replay value isn’t really there atm but I’m hoping for a big cyberpunk type of comeback

[ember summit]

Lels. Nah I don’t take companions anywhere, do nothing but get in the way, it’s harsh they’re forced upon you during some tasks but I just leave them behind.

[limber shard]

I know alot of people stopped their playthroughs of stalker 2 because of the bugs I think it’s a shame

[hardy pasture]

wasn't there recently an FPS inspired by stalker
where you have a hub and go on missions. what was the name again

[outer laurel]

I want Stalker ASMR where Victoria calls me a good boy 😦

[limber shard]

But can’t fault them for that some bugs are frustrating

[dire dagger]

No no harpy

[zinc apex]

would love to play it but the graphics are also 2004

[dire dagger]

Yah so

[granite mortar]

Tarkov

[hardy pasture]

has someone packaged OLR with stalker anomaly / gamma graphics mods

[outer laurel]

Nah she bad cause she in Freedom, I want a nerd girl

[dire dagger]

What

Harpy is the women in yaniv station

Your thinking of birch

[zinc apex]

most early 2000s games didn't really age well imo. this era was amazing gameplay and variety wise but graphics aged like milk

[outer laurel]

My bad, wrong woman....Harpy is the b*ch one

[zinc apex]

you were impregnated bro, sorry

[outer laurel]

While Victoria is happy to see us

[hardy pasture]

got the name

chernobilite

[zinc apex]

quite ok game. I liked that it had a branching story

[dire dagger]

Its slim pickings I mean birch looks like a high school so thats a no go leaving harpy as the only option

[solid dome]

I brag you

[dire dagger]

Your about to get a 7 day mute friend snorking is forbidden here

[celest blaze]

Mute them to send a message

[gritty orchid]

[dire dagger]

But we will let it slide this time

One warning

[celest blaze]

Ong

[ember summit]

Tbf I had no idea it had been outlawed.

[dire dagger]

Why I didn’t mute you

Everyone gets one warning

[ember summit]

Praise be to yevon.

[granite mortar]

graphics aged like fine wine

[dire dagger]

Deus ex is peak graphics

[zinc apex]

nah one of the few games that aged fairly well are Unreal and NOLF

[dire dagger]

So deus ex

Because it’s built on unreal

[zinc apex]

agreed, it's still immersive

[dire dagger]

Based

Fellow deus ex enjoyer

[zinc apex]

deus ex is everything ❤️ such an underrated series

[dire dagger]

Well it really only had one amazing game

Everything else was mid

[zinc apex]

Only IW I didn't like. The newer titles i loved too

[dire dagger]

I couldn’t get into em idk

[zinc apex]

they have everything a proper immersive sim and deus ex should have

last title was cut short tho and there's still a game of the Adam Jensen trilogy missing. RIP

[dire dagger]

It would be awesome

If someone ported invisible war into the original games engine

[static compass]

Yeah, chernobylite has more of a horror focus

And not as many mutants

[outer laurel]

Nah, Victoria is perfect woman. Smart, pretty, hot and will buy artifacts from you

[finite dragon]

personally im picking a bloodsucker

[static compass]

Freedom be like

[hardy bear]

Anyone else feel like even if they added night vision they wouldn’t use it

Unless it had some actual downsides like the games offered

[sullen vessel]

Guys did they fix the issue with bloodsuckers being naked?

[static compass]

They

They always are

[dire dagger]

I betrayed her in my currently play through L bozo

[dire dagger]

Bandits be like

[static compass]

||Sultan and Beard are the based option||

[dire dagger]

Don’t try and rewrite the lore when I’m in chat pal

[finite dragon]

check screenshots. cant blame me

[outer laurel]

I will shove that compass right up your stalker ass

[dire dagger]

Harpy is best girl you can’t change my mind

[sly matrix]

her attitude gets old fairly quickly

[dire dagger]

Well what can yah do she’s only got liken 3 radiant quests

[outer laurel]

nah Victoria is the best, glasses make her cuter

[dire dagger]

WAIT

Your talking about the malachite women

Fuck me bruh I thought you were talking about something else

I take back what I said

She’s pretty fire

[jolly solar]

aaand i found a place in the big labs where u can glitch through the ground, looks like a normal door, suddenly a wall appeared and boom through the floor im flying xD

[outer laurel]

Hell yea man

[dire dagger]

Actually I’ll do you one better she’s better than harpy

[outer laurel]

Based

[gritty orchid]

I like Birch, she was nice to me when I went to Rostok

[dire dagger]

The probably with birch is she looks like a highschooler

Which is sus as hell

[gritty orchid]

Yeah

[dire dagger]

🤨

[static compass]

Sus ass convo

[dire dagger]

Mate was gonna say something else and now I’m afraid of what it was gonna be

[static compass]

[lapis cypress]

Any news on console mods?

[dire dagger]

Come back next year is best answer I can give tbh

[lapis cypress]

Thanks 🥲

[tiny token]

Meow

[drowsy blade]

Mavka is the best because you never see her

[dire dagger]

💀

[neon quartz]

Any pc players with no clip up for a quick investigation of a building in the lesser zone?

[sly matrix]

There's no way into the building with the energy drink

And there's nothing else in there

[jolly solar]

okay one elevator is also clipping through the ground. why is literally one of the most important locations from the game so damn buggy

[dire dagger]

Welcome to stalker 2

[neon quartz]

CLARITY
THANK YOU

[worn oar]

Clipping

[neon quartz]

Those damn crates all over had me curious
Damn devs how dare they don’t let me get that energy drink

[sly matrix]

You can shoot the crates and the energy drink keeps floating in the air

[worn oar]

Maybe

[urban basin]

Its bait

[dire dagger]

Krezin is blessed

So perhaps gsc will listen

[worn oar]

That's the legendary krezzin he knows the rules pretty well, and it's okay to let him tag Mol1t since they are beasties

[dire dagger]

If randoms do it

Not cool

If krezzin does though

Based

[finite dragon]

#📸┃screenshots_and_videos message

[worn oar]

Hella! He is THE krezzin, THE one and only. How come we hold him from doing the Krezzin duties

[dire dagger]

We could never is pointless

Krezzin is a super natural chatter

[finite dragon]

i got a decent modpack going rn about 70 mods and its basically stalker 2 anomaly although lacking quests

[dire dagger]

Anomaly has no quests

Don’t make me call anomalies number one hater

[finite dragon]

no ur right but it has jobs so lack of jobs

[dire dagger]

BORING

[finite dragon]

i play my summer car unironically so u wanna talk to me about boring jobs

[ripe atlas]

Is Chewbacca circumcised?

[dire dagger]

Yah but that’s awesome

Cus your building a car

[finite dragon]

Anomaly is basically same thing work simulator

[ripe atlas]

Is this where we ask questions? Or is this for u 2 to flirt?

[dire dagger]

Yah you can ask a question what’s up

[worn oar]

Has nothing actually

[celest portal]

[dire dagger]

It’s white space

Nothing no where

[worn oar]

A sandbox built on another one

[alpine pulsar]

Link ?

[finite dragon]

I haven’t published it yet I’m not done with it

[solid dome]

My boy, my man! * fistbump *

[latent kite]

[worn oar]

only Jack?

[granite mortar]

is that a cat?
I cant tell, kinda looks like a fennec, or a very pale red panda

[static compass]

It's a fennec

[granite mortar]

[static compass]

Fr

[static compass]

Yo, it krezzin

[zinc apex]

Is krezzin releasing a-life soon?

[dire dagger]

Uh yah

[solid dome]

Ayo ayo homes

[static compass]

What's up with you? Enjoying the zone?

[solid dome]

I'm putting it on a lease.... Your boy changes the work method.

[static compass]

[solid dome]

Enjoying that chicken bone like a real one

[solid dome]

How are you holding, amigos? @static compass @dire dagger

[dire dagger]

Working a dog shit job atm but otherwise I’m fine

[static compass]

Fairly good, stressed as always

[solid dome]

Oh I see you, looks like you're kotting well

[static compass]

Oh yes

💪

[static compass]

What does A-Life have to do with this

See, @granite mortar gets it

[granite mortar]

of course I do

Im smart

[static compass]

[sly matrix]

The kot emperor is an expert on matters of cats

Behold

https://tenor.com/view/cat-sitting-cat-turning-head-cute-cat-angy-cat-shy-gif-18519726

He shall correctly identify this... as a cat

[finite dragon]

i dont get it i updated my drivers and now lumen is spazzing out even worse than before

lumen is so bad. its not even close to rasterization or ray tracing in non ue5 games

[celest blaze]

Ngl I miss trilogy static lighting

Esp SoC

[finite dragon]

i keep saying this but. i think devs should work on a rasterization version of settings. that way people not using older gpus can play

[celest blaze]

I agree tbh

[finite dragon]

ive seen other ue5 games have both lumen or rasterization shadow/lighting options. and even in stalker 2 now theres a mod to remove lumen but some interiors are like pure white flashbang you cant see anything but you get like 100%+ performance gain

[unreal raptor]

lumen is the plague

[finite dragon]

i like raytracing like cyberpunk looks insane with it but lumen needs a few more years in the oven

[nimble cipher]

mathewlucas has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[celest blaze]

I wish we had 2077 RT and PT tbh

[finite dragon]

raytracing kinda started out looking how lumen does right now. so i think lumen in the future may look nice

[unreal raptor]

lumen looks REALLY BAD too even on a good machine.

[celest blaze]

I think in 5 years luman will be fully cooked and ready

[finite dragon]

its the performace loss of raytracing with worse visuals haha. only like 1% of the time do i go damn lumen looks good rn.

[unreal raptor]

in five years i hope unreal engine is a thing of the past. Nothing good comnig from this engine and it's chokehold on the industry at the mo.

[celest blaze]

I miss xray

[unreal raptor]

I have that too in the game I stop and think OH this looks good in this specific context.

[finite dragon]

sad part is game was originally being developed on xray but they scrapped it and went to unreal

the institute really shows how bad lumen is for me.

the reflections constantly moving. the rooms are pitch black till i look at something light and come back and then the rooms light up. its just wow

[unreal raptor]

and, and it runs like garbo

i played anomaly and gamma earlier today and multiple moments I thought this looks better than most instances on stalker 2 on high settings

[finite dragon]

real. psyco rt in cyberpunk 1440p balanced dlss i get 70fps and it looks amazing. i get 60 in stalker 2 like on occasion. haha and my cpu is only at like 30-40% gpu at 100. and its like no matter what settings im at 100% gpu and below 60fps i dont get it. well to be fair gamma isnt lumen. and is like 10 years of insane work in graphics modding.

the amount of work put into the graphic mods shows. in gamma.

[unreal raptor]

yeah it's true a lot of modders worked on that. but still this is a professional company and a product you have coughed up for, supposedly on the best visual engine.

Look at the old videos and screen shots, the game looks nothing like that!

[finite dragon]

real. every unreal 5 showcase i watch just looks insane. every ue5 game i play on max settings makes me think something is wrong with my pc or something haha

[celest blaze]

UE5 I heard isn't even a real game engine

[finite dragon]

there is some mods for stalker 2 for the lighting. and it fixes a lot of the lumen bugs. but at like 50% performance cost.

[unreal raptor]

yeah i was looking at the mod earlier, 50% performance 😂

[finite dragon]

gonna need a 5090 with 4x frame gen.

[celest blaze]

This will be controversial but I'd rather have stalker 2 on the creation engine lol I have 4000+ mods for skyrim and 800ish for fallout 4 and that engine handles and runs better then UE5

[unreal raptor]

man this game is not at all ready. I feel like when the Stalker Lost Alpha was leaked

[finite dragon]

i still enjoy playing tho

[celest blaze]

Speaking of lost alpha I need to play vector of alienation

[unreal raptor]

maybe, i'm losing patience with it. I can literally play three other better realised ideas of this game world from over a decade ago.

[finite dragon]

and its like somedays lumen bugs more than others.

[celest blaze]

That's totally fair tbh

I paid 130ish for deluxe for this

It's been since Nov since I played

[unreal raptor]

we have paid for a beta at best.

[finite dragon]

i couldnt play for the longest time cause the game would crash every 10 mins after a driver update. it took like a month waiting for another driver update that made it so i could finally play again

[celest blaze]

Goddamn

💀

[finite dragon]

but since then it hasnt crashed once

like even a few game updates came and didnt fix the crash it was the drivers

oh theres another driver update today. like 2 driver updates ago my lumen didnt look half bad. but this one im on currently def looks worse. i dont fully understand why. lets hope the one im downloading now might go back to how it was

[static compass]

[finite dragon]

Welp my pc is just black screen after installing them. Can’t have anything in the zone 🫠

[unreal raptor]

so i think i had about 2-3 CTDS before the big patch, now I'm getting them every five mins mostly when interacting with things lke bodies or weapons on the floor. THIS GAME IS BORK

[naive goblet]

will a playstation port be coming i have to play the old games😔 😔

[granite mortar]

Oh no
I have to play the games that arent completely broken :(((((((

[celest blaze]

i hope so

[finite dragon]

is s2 not on playstation

[granite mortar]

No

[naive goblet]

isn’t the newer one better ?

[finite dragon]

thats extremely odd to me

[celest blaze]

stalker 2 better then trilogy? no way

[granite mortar]

No
Its completely borked

@finite dragon the development was funded by Microslop so...

[naive goblet]

they’re missing out on fat stacks

[finite dragon]

i think sony also has is completely against early access games

[granite mortar]

Omg
Cat

[naive goblet]

ok i’m gonna buy pripyat tomorrow when i’m home and if it’s really good i’ll buy the other ones except sky idk but i just don’t like sky

[celest portal]

blocked

[celest blaze]

naw just timed exclusive

[celest blaze]

WHAT why dont you like clear sky the best one lol

[granite mortar]

Call of Pripyat is the worst one of the three

[celest blaze]

call of pripyat is mid as FUCK compared to PEAK sky

[static compass]

Heart of Peak?

[naive goblet]

i heard they gave up on a playstation port cause the game was buggy but buggy isn’t bad because i played cyberpunk

[celest blaze]

heart of peak in you king

[finite dragon]

wow bro. how old am i. sony started doing early access in 2014

[celest blaze]

thats just rumors man

[static compass]

[celest blaze]

why would microsoft give money if its just gonna go on their competition instantly ?

[naive goblet]

the other ones are too old bruh sky has weird graphics compared to pripyat

[granite mortar]

Shadow of Chernobyl is peak, Clear Sky is peak, Call of Pripyat is bland and boring and Heart of Chornobyl is too broken to be compared to the rest at this point

[celest blaze]

🤢

[finite dragon]

clear sky might have more bugs than stalker 2

[celest blaze]

naw

[celest blaze]

pripyat has the worst graphics and lighting in the trilogy

[static compass]

Whoa now, let's not get crazy here

[granite mortar]

Entire Clear Sky has less bugs than the first region of S2

[celest blaze]

call of pripyat was made in a year

it was rushed as fuck

[finite dragon]

yall must be glazing. cause i had so many issues with bugs playing clear sky.

[granite mortar]

6 months*
But some stuff was done beforehand, only changed, like the Underpass which was adapted from AC catacombs iirc

[celest blaze]

more proof cop mid

[finite dragon]

soc and cop were fine. but clear sky man. pain

[celest blaze]

🗣️ PEAK sky

[naive goblet]

bruh now i don’t know which one to get pripyat seems like my favorite out of all of them

[celest blaze]

if that one is your favorite id grab that one

[finite dragon]

limansk best map

[celest blaze]

the trilogy is cheap youll get them all at somepoint

[naive goblet]

what game is that one?
also which one has the squid guys that are scary and you need to sneak around them

[celest portal]

Kot Sky

[static compass]

Lymansk in Stalker 2 plz

[finite dragon]

i think i got all 3 games on gog for like 12$

[celest blaze]

however if youve never played trilogy start with shadow of chernobyl

[granite mortar]

Call of Pripyat has the sneaking part

[naive goblet]

on playstation it’s like 60$!!!!

[celest blaze]

fuck sony

[finite dragon]

wow tbh i didnt even know they were on console i thought the og games were pc only

[celest portal]

I think I got them for less than $12, don't remember.

[celest blaze]

bro i saw skyrim for the switch is still selling for almost 90 CND lol

[naive goblet]

bruh they robbing the shit out of me i’m just gonna buy a pc and buy all stalkers

[celest blaze]

i hope you move to pc one day

[finite dragon]

you can play og games on like any laptop now adays

[naive goblet]

any game that had a gas mask was always good for me

[celest portal]

my potato work laptop even runs the trilogy pretty well

[granite mortar]

Gas masks werent added untill Call of Pripyat
And even then, they dont play a big role because all of the good suits have integrated helmets

[finite dragon]

i despise metro. the goofy guns kill the vibe. same with thing with fallout

[celest blaze]

on pc you can drive vehicles like buses lol

[celest portal]

[celest blaze]

(teamlite mod)

[naive goblet]

problem: i have a very very old laptop that’s literally falling apart
and a macbook that runs 12 year old games at 40 fps😭 😭 😭 i have the budget, i’ll fix up the old one because it’s like 4 years old and will work properly if i fix clean and resell, my brother has an old macbook we can split the money on and i can up my PC budget to 4k usd

[finite dragon]

4k is insane thats 5090 pc build if you can get it at msrp at least

[celest blaze]

4k is NOT a 5090 lol

[naive goblet]

i don’t have any idea how to build though since i have next to nothing knowledge

[finite dragon]

i built my pc with zero knowledge when i was 16. its like legos but only 8 parts and some wires.

[naive goblet]

so the extra 2000$ will probably be spent replacing parts i break

[celest blaze]

i can 4k game easily with a 4070ti but i have a 2k monitor so i dont see the point

[finite dragon]

pc parts dont really break. unless you overheat them or water 2 very easy things to avoid

[granite mortar]

Man I need a new PC
Too bad Im more poor than your average rookie village resident

[naive goblet]

i want to play games at 60 FPS my current budget is 2000$ but i need someone to cough up my money they owe me so i have to beat them until they give it to me

[celest blaze]

you can do WAY more then 60 with 2000 dollars

[finite dragon]

i have a 800ish dollar pc that runs cod bo6 at 300fps

[naive goblet]

bruh 144 fps and higher seems like overkill what’s the point if i’m only playing single player games

[celest blaze]

i game at 165fps and it feels good af

[finite dragon]

70fps is sweet spot for single player i think 60fps to me is kinda choppy. but 70 is really smooth

[celest blaze]

hell i can play fully maxed warthunder at 300+ fps

[granite mortar]

War Thunder is supposed to be played on ULQ tho

[celest blaze]

your fps really should be what your refresh rate is mine is 165 so i vsync cap it to not waste power

[celest blaze]

i cant stand looking at ULQ lol

[naive goblet]

i don’t see a reason for above 60 fps because it all just seems the same to me

[celest blaze]

oh its not trust me once you move to pc lol

[granite mortar]

I feel ashamed playing on it
So I rather put up with 40 ish FPS on medium details than to have 60 on ULQ and feel like a dirty cheater

[naive goblet]

i can’t tell between 60 and 300 fps

[finite dragon]

im spoiled ig. i can see the dif between 144 and 240.

[celest blaze]

you can only see 60 fps on console

[celest blaze]

naw dont feel ashamed

[finite dragon]

well you need the monitor to see the extra frames 60fps and 10000fps on a 60hz monitor is still only showing you 60fps

[celest blaze]

hell i can feel the differences between 165 and say 140

[granite mortar]

I dont
Cuz I dont use ULQ
But I would feel if I had to use it
40FPS mid details > 60FPS ULQ

[naive goblet]

my old laptop was a powerhouse even when it was 850$ surprisingly good, i played some game with decent graphics 2 years after i bought it when it started to fall apart
the game was really really bad though i guess fan service and graphics were the selling point my sister wanted
to play it so i downloaded the game

[granite mortar]

I can tell the difference between 12 and 15FPS

[celest blaze]

true sorry misread

[finite dragon]

i came from the trenches playing unturned at 600p 8-12fps. and was actually good at the game somehow

[celest blaze]

based as fuck lol

[finite dragon]

this kid said to go easy on him he only had 26fps i said lol i have 8

[celest blaze]

we should play WT im tempted to reinstall every day @granite mortar

[celest blaze]

[granite mortar]

I barely played in past month
All I do is log in to spin the free daily slots

[finite dragon]

i might boot up unturned at 15fps 600p just for nostalgia real quick

that was like 10 years ago haha

[naive goblet]

is stalker a demanding game

[celest blaze]

@naive goblet if you're serious about building a pc figure out what resolution youd like to be at, amd or intel for cpu and intel/amd/ nvidia for gpu. you could also go to reddit pc builders section and start asking around or researching

[finite dragon]

the old games no stalker 2 yes

[naive goblet]

i asked for help many times and was ignored so i’m just gonna buy like 2 cpus and a case and some wires and i’ll be good

[celest portal]

nasa pc to run S2

[granite mortar]

First three are old and as such, easy to run
The new one I wouldnt call demanding, as its just poorly optimized

[celest blaze]

2 cpus ??

[devout geyser]

guys when do patch notes come out and where can i read them? ty

[finite dragon]

nah my 2080super runs stalker 2 with frame gen on at like 90-120fps. high settings 1440p quality dlss. 200$ gpu now adays

[granite mortar]

Mf is building a server

[celest blaze]

what i did was contacted a local pc shop that made in house gaming pcs told them this is what i wanted this is my budget what can we do and they built it for a small fee and everything has a warrenty

[naive goblet]

yes 2 4070ti supers or something

[celest blaze]

bait? or serious

[celest blaze]

SLI doesnt exist for 40xx gen

[granite mortar]

Thats a VGA
And SLI is gone

[finite dragon]

nvlink but i think its only for 4090

[naive goblet]

i saw someone use 2 of those things that have fans and look like rectangles

[celest blaze]

also 2 4070 it supers are alot more then 2 grand

[granite mortar]

Link?
From Zelda?

[finite dragon]

but if he has 2 gpu not in nvlink/sli he could run 2 instance of windows and basically have 2 seperate pcs in one.

[celest blaze]

i implore you to do some research before you invest money into this

make informed and good decisions

whatever you do do NOT buy a prebuilt either pay a pc shop to part out and build one for you or build it yourself or with someone who knows how to

prebuilt gaming pcs are a big scam

[analog helm]

2 GPUs for video games is just not a thing nowadays (unless you do AI training or something).

[naive goblet]

ok i’m gonna go to micro center i asked pc guy he said go there and i’m in US so

[finite dragon]

yea. you cant use 2gpu to render 1 game. but you can have both gpus on different tasks.

[celest blaze]

based they will be able to help you through the whole process

[granite mortar]

Not that big
Sure its not as good price/performance but better than wasting money due to lack of knowledge

[finite dragon]

actually it is possible to render graphics on one and physics on the other. but thats uh... niche asf

[celest blaze]

true alot of the issues with prebuilts is they cheap out on things and the biggest offender is PSUs

[granite mortar]

Everyone cheaps out on PSUs tho

[celest blaze]

PSU prob the last thing you want skimping on

[celest blaze]

not me

i think i got a gold rated 750 or 850 watt

PSU goes it could cause wild damage

[analog helm]

unless you use dual monitor setup - I don't know how it can be useful...
I've seen an ancient video where somebody used separate GPU to compute PhysX for games, but that's very experimental barely any game uses PhysX these days

[finite dragon]

and actually in practical sense with 5000 series having another gpu that is older that still supports physx you can run physics calulations on say a 1080 and video rendered on the 5000 series. thats like the most practical use of this application. lol.

[celest blaze]

this is what 50xx owners are gonna have to do now lol

[analog helm]

to play 2013 games - yes 🙂

[finite dragon]

not me i have a 300$ plat psu

[celest blaze]

good games are timeless

[analog helm]

was just thinking to play Mirrors Edge

[finite dragon]

the thing is. 5000 series doesnt support it so it will offload to the cpu to do the physx calculations and its very slow.

[naive goblet]

how much budget i need to run triple A game 70 FPS 1080p/144p

[finite dragon]

under 1000 but like gta 6 maybe 1500

[analog helm]

it is not true, 50XX do support PhysX, they don't support only 32bit which got deprecated while older games use it

[finite dragon]

sorry yea the 32bit. cause games like alan wake 2 came out in 2023 use physx

[naive goblet]

No way

[celest blaze]

people think you need to spend so much on pcs when you really dont

its easy to beat console preformance for not much more then a console

[naive goblet]

ok imma do 1700 just in case

[naive goblet]

why i bought a 2k
macbook and a ps5 bruh i’m pissed

[finite dragon]

real like my old 2080 super ran stalker 2 at 40-60fps and its 200$ now. you can get the rest of the pc for like 400-500 haha

[celest blaze]

those are still nice to have tbh

PS exlusives and all

[finite dragon]

gt7 only reason ps5 in my house

[thick zodiac]

Dear Santa was I good Stalker? I wish GSC to return Saharov

[naive goblet]

all i wanna do is play games i missed out on
the exclusives are not my favorite mostly

[celest blaze]

plus you can play GTA 6 like 1-3 years earlier then PC

[celest blaze]

ah fair

[finite dragon]

#📸┃screenshots_and_videos message

[naive goblet]

and macbooks are literal scams. i took good care of my macbook and it started dying on me and it cannot run anything
bad for study and work

[thick zodiac]

he is packing

[naive goblet]

strange UI and OS

[finite dragon]

i knew you would appreciate it seeing ur a freedomer

[thick zodiac]

these are false roomers, my fellow

[finite dragon]

yea yea u wont convince me

[thick zodiac]

we love the Zone, but we dont love the zone, do you see the difference?

[scarlet coral]

POV freedom logic

[naive goblet]

what CPU GPU and does case matter what else matters other than CPU and GPU

[finite dragon]

everything

[thick zodiac]

bloodsucker life matters

[celest blaze]

id consider moving this to #pc-specs could get more useful info there

[finite dragon]

yea bro ur never beating these allegations

[celest blaze]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/873359353825091635/1095452913880551524/steamuserimages-a.akamaihd2.gif

[finite dragon]

#📸┃screenshots_and_videos message

[thick zodiac]

this just a typical friday for us

[naive goblet]

that’s what they’re called

[celest blaze]

goes hard

[naive goblet]

do all stalker games have bloodsuckers?

[hazy jewel]

Any news about when path tracing will be added ?

[finite dragon]

.

lumen doesnt support path tracing...

[naive goblet]

nice profile

[hazy jewel]

What ? It was already confirmed that they will be added hardware raytracing aka path tracing

[finite dragon]

oh really. well i cant wait then cause this lumen stuff is bad

[hazy jewel]

It’s Astra Yao, Evelyn and Jane doe

[finite dragon]

unironically i bet id get more fps path tracing than with lumen haha

[naive goblet]

COP better then S2?

[static compass]

@celest blaze

Opinion?

[autumn roost]

any news on the multiplayer? would be cool if it referred back to something like the old metro 2033 docs where it was an mmo style game

[celest blaze]

Hard to say for playablity cop wins idk about the story though

[static compass]

Like, when it will be added, or what it is?

[autumn roost]

what it is

[static compass]

Assuming it's the same as the old games, TDM, free for all, artifact hunt(kill confirmed)

CoD style PVP

[autumn roost]

ik i shouldnt get my hopes up, but its taking longer than usual for a simple type of multiplayer yk?

[static compass]

The main focus rn is bug fixes

[celest blaze]

they are working on far more important things then team deathmatch tbh

[autumn roost]

oh yeah i act forgot

[static compass]

They're trying to get the game stable before they do any bonus content

[celest blaze]

MP will come in time but id like them to iron out the issues first

[autumn roost]

isnt the game in a really stable state now tho?

[static compass]

To a point

[naive goblet]

is COP like an RPG or is it like fallout

[static compass]

Still some A-Life issues and bugs to work out

[static compass]

Call of Pripiat is the shortest of the original 3

It's not an RPG, it's just a story driven game with some decisions you can make here and there

[finite dragon]

i havent had a crash in a while. but whenever i close my game it asks if i want to send a crash report.

[jagged gale]

I barely have crashes in HOC

[jagged gale]

what mod?

[celest blaze]

Teamlite

[finite dragon]

Dude did they downgrade I’ve seen screen shots of reflections being crisp from 2 months ago but playing now it’s like they are very noisy it’s really noticeable at the institute

It’s gotta be a mod or something

[static compass]

I've crashed maybe 3 or 4 times in over 72 hours worth of gameplay

[jagged gale]

ok

[finite dragon]

I had a driver update that made my game crash every 10 mins game updates didn’t fix it but new driver a month later fixed my crash

Basically the only crashes I’ve ever had

Although if set my graphics to high or more specifically over my vram my game goes to 10fps at times and needs save reload to fix it

[urban basin]

I had 2 but those were because i had rivatuner on the background

[finite dragon]

Textures from epic to high fixed mine

[jagged gale]

I have my textures on epic and I am fine

[urban basin]

They are running out of vram

[finite dragon]

8gb vram on my 2080 super

900p dlss to 1440p

[static compass]

Yo fellas

We doing aight

[devout geyser]

i’ve had a few crashes since the update before valentines. the same update said to fix crashes. didn’t crash once pre patch. i’m not overly mad. the first time it happened i had picked up my first bolt action which i had been hunting for. then it loaded me into a save like 600M away with no sniper rifle. lesson learned is to save after something important happens. i now do this and have acquired another bolt action rifle. it’s not as irritating as crashing in helldivers is though so idrm

[drifting niche]

After what moment traders change assortment

[crystal merlin]

Beware, many of the fixes don't work at all with an old save, require you to start the game over.
For example, the bug that prevents you from upgrading the SSP suit doesn't go away.
This is one of those reasons I want new game plus so much.

[eager onyx]

when new patch

[finite dragon]

My crush called me a stalker is she a real fan? I told her she didn't even know what being a stalker is and that I could show her
(Rizz)

[unborn thicket]

I really understand, if the new map zones are sold as dlc, but many would have a more whole experience if the full map is available to every player for free.
If the paid bonus would be something else we would appreciate.

[outer laurel]

Limansk, Rostok factory, CNPP, dlc area 100%

[outer laurel]

Show her your artifacts maybe she will understand 🙂

[celest portal]

'I showed you my artifact, please respond'

[clear elm]

"You want to see my meat chunk?"

[outer laurel]

"Want to see my heart of chernobyl?"

[outer laurel]

Stalker rizz at it's finest

[finite dragon]

LMAO

[inner ruin]

PERFORMANCE UPDATE NEEDED PC AND SERIES X

[thick zodiac]

achievements for the main quest along the line just tells me how many people have abandonded the game so far

[outer laurel]

Lol yea

With one of the ending with 3% XD

[sly matrix]

https://tenor.com/view/blanket-cat-cat-under-blanket-cat-waking-up-gif-22180834

[granite mortar]

Omg
Cat

[drifting niche]

When do traders expand their assortment

[thick zodiac]

so far I did not experience it

[finite dragon]

the farther you get into the story the traders you meet are better

[proper badger]

any performance patch incoming? 😕

[tiny token]

Meow

[robust kestrel]

Www.Buyabettercomputer.com

[proper badger]

50 series is a bust 😕

[finite dragon]

theres a lot more side quests in this game that 90% of people dont even realize.

its not given to you by someone. you dont gain coupons directly. but if you explore the world and read the pdas. often times you will find yourself on an unmarked quest. love it

[thick zodiac]

just dont crank up settings, accept that you are mid or low

[proper badger]

kind of hating the enemies in this game, they juke so much, especially the rats 😕

[finite dragon]

low 1080p epic 1440p. my gpu at 100% either way with same fps. i dont get it haha

[proper badger]

that's cpu bottleneck 😕

rats are pissing me off.. about to rage quit

is there a way to turn off the rats or something?

[granite mortar]

I love how if you side with Duty in Call of Pripyat, Flint will just stand there and boast about "his" accomplishments at an empty table

[finite dragon]

nah cpu like 30% 40% usage gpu at 100

[cursive ivy]

How is the game since the new 1.2 update, I have taken a break and waiting till it’s in a better state?

[finite dragon]

a life is at like 5% instead of 0% now

[cursive ivy]

One of the main reasons I’ve taken a break, I can see the fans being incredible but just needs time