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[storm kernel]

idk all of it. Some folks did get filtered and weren't able to appreciate it's intricacies.

[dim topaz]

It has potential to be phenomenal, but as it stands even the gunplay feels a bit "sticky" to me, idk how to describe it, it doesn't feel like the originals'

[sly matrix]

I like how none of the ammo-types become obsolete

[storm kernel]

the gameplay is definitely better than the originals. I actually somewhat know if I'm hitting my targets because they react to getting shot

[unreal raptor]

each to their own — I'm not gelling with it at all. Feels a watered down lookalike of a game i loved once...

[dim topaz]

Hard disagree. SoC gunplay was peak

[storm kernel]

in the original trilogy you wouldn't really know if you were hitting anything until your target died.

[storm kernel]

I'm not saying it was bad, but it's not the best.

[sly matrix]

to me the game looks like stalker, smells like stalker, feels like stalker, and stalks like stalker. And that's more than I dared to hope for

[dim topaz]

Not true. Enemies staggered all the time

[empty gorge]

can we all agree that more communication instead of occassional gsc answers will be atleast a step in the right direction?

[formal wyvern]

Does anyone have their mouse freeze randomly only in menus like the inventory?

[unreal raptor]

Shay speakth the truth

[empty gorge]

we got 5 cm online right now, sure there are more social media platforms than discord but answering 5 cherry picked questions each x days aint the way man

[celest goblet]

I guess that's presuming there's much to communicate that isn't "we're working on a bunch of things"

[formal wyvern]

I'm sure they're just not trying to get in trouble. In my honest opinion, they're doing a fine job.

[strange sparrow]

pls add drivable zaporozhets that only works for 30 seconds

[dim topaz]

Implying CMs get told anything or the opposite, don't get told not to say something

[empty gorge]

what are the things, they can say that dont they? i dont need scrum deadlines for targets i want to know what is up with my product from the seller and not his middleman

[celest goblet]

I mean I would appreciate more info too but with the way a lot of players behave it's not exactly uncommon for teams to be reticent to talk more directly

[empty gorge]

the single biggest gripe atm is alife is broken, alife is being fixed. what is even fixed in the eyes of gsc now? what is the endgoal. cmon its basic stuff. i get product, i want an idea of how my finished product looks like, if after 3 months you still cant give me more basic info then its gg

[dim topaz]

Well yes but it's not the CMs fault. They are at the bottom of the nuclear poopy pipeline

[empty gorge]

i know im not saying cm are to blame, im not putting blame on anyone. i just want people to realise we got a product that is not finished so it is fair to ask for more info than cherry picked questions every couple of days

[dim topaz]

Yea I understand that. I feel the same

[empty gorge]

and you know what will be a nail in the coffin? if gsc expectation of alife 2.0 is something else than the player. imagine you wait literal months on a feature, you have no idea from the games release untill that feature is feature complete of what it is. you wait and wait and eventually realise due to game design, engine and other limitations the alife isnt even close to trilogy but more like a spin off. wouldnt you atleast want to be informed before hand?

[dim topaz]

Gamma 2 will fix everything uwu

[empty gorge]

why spend time, effort, hope on an uncertainty, one that can be fixed by gradual steps of communication in the right direction. give a broad explanation of what is wrong without going into subsystems. with each update expand on the info and target

dont use deadlines, dont use keywords just give us an idea. make us visualize what you want to achieve

at this point who here can even tell me what alife 2.0 even will have?

[unreal raptor]

"how can i upgrade to the deluxe edition"

Please god don't answer that question again — there must be something more prelevant?!

[dim topaz]

Man idc I already beat the game, I'm just playing Heroes 3 and waiting for it to be worth playing again. If it's not fixed, I move on

[celest goblet]

They're still in the "fix game breaking bugs" phase so maybe once they have that down lol

[dim topaz]

My point is, there's no use hangong around just to wait for updates that might not even come

[empty gorge]

i do care, i care about alife and i believe stalker is not stalker without that alife vibe to it how broken it even was in trilogy and made possible with mods. i want the product to succeed but these coms aint the way.
and @celest goblet like they didnt know the state of bugs pre release, weve all seen post sircaa state

[dim topaz]

I get that. It sucks. I waited for this game since 2009 lol

@celest goblet below, my point exactly

[celest goblet]

Yeah not like that changes the reality that we have though

[dire dagger]

It did in the timeline where the game launched in 2026

[empty gorge]

same man was little teen but those forums kept me updated.
@celest goblet right we are here now, atleast open up. i get the whole work in silence and show only what you got and works but if its this slow and this unknown its kinda bad, especially when some have major bugs

[dim topaz]

Or a timeline where some half ork half dwarf with a tiny pecker complex didn't go ballistic

[dire dagger]

I don’t get the reference

[dim topaz]

Putin

[dire dagger]

Oh

[sly matrix]

rofl

[dim topaz]

Sorry sorry no politics I know (it is lowkey their fault too tho)

[celest goblet]

Yeah, idk. Things were different back in the day for sure.

[empty gorge]

all good, helpers are exempt from rules, even had a warning from one and afterwards went on to comment like 10 political messages

[granite mortar]

Gamma 2 will flop and only thing it will fix will be Groks god complex uwu

[storm kernel]

probably will release DLC later that lets people just get the seasons pass

[unreal raptor]

You just answered it again 😂

[empty gorge]

btw what makes someone a helper? i would like to help others by being exempt from rules /.s

[storm kernel]

If I had gif perms I'd put that gif of the futuristic city/utopia you know the one

[dim topaz]

You say that but

1. people complain about story, Gamma has no story
2. people complain about alife, gamma has alife
3. people complain about balance, even gamma has better balance

[unreal raptor]

The balance in S2 at the mo is so wild it's not even worth commenting on, shocking at best.

[granite mortar]

Nah
Gamma has story but its just so ass most people ignore it, Alife was nerfed to obvlivion there and balance doesnt really exist either

[dim topaz]

You call me blind, but it is you who cannot see.
You cannot kill Gamma. Just as you can't get rid of the sky above

Eh, we'll see anyway

[sly matrix]

comparing GAMMA to a brainrot machine, yeah that works

[empty gorge]

ayo how i get that purple role? seems a lot of purples here

[sly matrix]

there's veterans and there's helpers

you become veteran at level 25

[dim topaz]

+1 chromosome

[empty gorge]

so i just gotta yap to get cooler name colour and shii?

[sly matrix]

exactly

veterans have to cooler shade of purple tbh

[empty gorge]

but can i dish out warnings?

[sly matrix]

no

that's mods and helpers

[empty gorge]

how i get that

[sly matrix]

by sticking around a while, being chill, and preferably having some relevant experience

[dire dagger]

The real question is how do you become red

You join the Chinese communist party BING CHILLING

[sly matrix]

by watching ''Turning Red'' on repeat for three years, if Jack's anything to go by

[storm kernel]

The typa shit an eldritch god would do to punish somebody

[dire dagger]

I’ve never seen that movie

[sly matrix]

yeah it's... a hard watch

[storm kernel]

lowkey instead of turning red just watch all the classic pixar movies from the 90s-early 2010s

[sly matrix]

bug's life goes pretty hard for some reason

[dire dagger]

Toy Story

[dim topaz]

like Shrek?

[sly matrix]

dreamworks

[dim topaz]

haven't seen that one

[drowsy blade]

That’s the studio

[sly matrix]

shrek is made by dreamworks, not pixar

[dim topaz]

Sorry I meant Surf's up

[drowsy blade]

Is that the one with the surfing penguins?

[dim topaz]

I think so? I can't remember that far back

[drowsy blade]

Hm

[dire dagger]

Yah it is

[zinc apex]

you're a corporate slave bro

[dire dagger]

We all are we work for a company

Well that’s kinda lame and cringe to say commie speak

lol

[zinc apex]

doesnt meant you have to defend falsley marketed , broken products which you paid for

[dim topaz]

and then there's the random guy somewhere in the white names that makes a living by selling intricate carvings of storks or something
A few farmers and shit I reckon too

[sly matrix]

was about to say jack:' D

[vagrant bane]

days since someone is an extreme complainer or defender: 0

[dire dagger]

Well idk what else you want us to do tbh

Game is broken yah

[sly matrix]

ONLY APATHY

[dire dagger]

Can’t do anything but wait

Can scream into the void till I’m blue in the face but it won’t change nothing

[vagrant bane]

these dudes live in a country at war, game may be broken but you cant go back in time

[zinc apex]

You're not the one defending it. everyone can enjoy the game as much as they want, I do too. But why giving credit for things were its not due

[dire dagger]

I mean I have sympathy given the situation

This isn’t like a kicker starter mmo

[static compass]

I have sympathy for the devs, and therefore am very lenient in my criticism, as I believe that this game will be amazing one day

But that's not to say the game doesn't for sure have its share of issues

[dire dagger]

There are many many factors that likely forced the game to be the state it is

[sly matrix]

i think the game is amazing, considering the circumstances. and will be amazing, period, with some time and patience.

[zinc apex]

Thats not the point. Gamrknight's take was that we are at fault to buy a broken game. That's just bs

[celest goblet]

I played the game, finished it, hope for more in the long term. If it gets better that's great, if not I guess I had my 100 hrs with it anyway and can live with a bit of disappointment

[dire dagger]

I mean considering how much mixed press there is

If you don’t read reviews that’s your fault

[zinc apex]

The game will be good in a year or two no doubt

[dire dagger]

If you can’t read reviews before buying something that’s just natural selection

[zinc apex]

Bro, I bought in when they marketed the game with a-life and it still isn't in

[dire dagger]

Well fair enough

still totally fucked to this day so that hasn’t changed

[zinc apex]

i don't care for jank and bugs. that was expected. my whole point is that promises were broken

[dire dagger]

Don’t have much to add in that regard

I’m not a dev

[zinc apex]

thats fair tbh

[dire dagger]

What I’ve been told is a life wasn’t possible given the level performance they were able to get to by launch day

So it’s not there as it would make the game unplayable

[storm kernel]

he says, on a discord server for a video game that is sold for profit, on a private for-profit chat website, on a computer/phone he bought from a corporation, using a network connection that is provided by a corporate ISP

[nimble cipher]

cyskr has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[drowsy blade]

Until they fix the optimization a fully functional A-Life would just make the game impossible to play even on the best computers

[storm kernel]

Another advertising bot -ACK'ed! Good job, Wolf!

[dire dagger]

Heck

[drowsy blade]

Got him

[dire dagger]

!ban @finite dragon scam

[nimble cipher]

cyskr has been banned

Reason: scam

[dire dagger]

Bitch ass using nearly the same pfp

What ever

[drowsy blade]

Ruhroh

[dire dagger]

Well dudes got his dms closed so

Hopefully he joins back

Anyways

The biggest and most grounded complaint for stalker 2 is probably the switch from ue4 to ue5

I can imagine that did zero favors in the long run

Slightly better visuals in exchange for…..

1/3 the fps

[ember summit]

They should have stuck with the x-ray engine. Was ahead of its time when it came out.

[dire dagger]

The engine can’t do what they wanted

Would have had to massively retool the engine which would have cost insane amounts of time and money

[outer aurora]

It'd be like Valve making Half-Life 3 on GoldSource

[dire dagger]

X-ray could have been better but

Game would have costed multiple more millions to make

[ember summit]

Like you said, time and money lol

[dire dagger]

And wouldn’t be here till like 2028

[outer aurora]

Speaking of Half Life, HLX is apparently coming sooner than expected. I'm hooked on copium but who knows

[dire dagger]

If they actually show off half life 3

The internet would explode

Would bigger than gta6

[outer aurora]

The funny thing is they would do it the same way they did with Alyx, just a random trailer out of nowhere

[dire dagger]

Then need to go to an event

Get Gabe on stage

[outer aurora]

or a random tweet even, knowing Valve, as if the game they're making isn't one of gamings most anticipated releases.

[dire dagger]

If Gabe came out on stage would be global news lol

[sly matrix]

HL3 would be too late, we now have half a generation who don't even remember the HL3 when jokes

[dire dagger]

I disagree tbh

It’s so deeply engrained into culture

[outer aurora]

Stalker 2 sold very well and was popular despite being a niche eurojank franchise before. Lots of people will come out hyped for HL3 when it gets announced.

[dire dagger]

I mean it’s the most anticipated game in history

[sly matrix]

I doubt it is in the general audience.

[outer aurora]

People lost their marbles at Alyx and that was a prequel.

[dire dagger]

Sure not for the casual Nintendo folk

But for everyone else yah

[dire dagger]

And a vr game

Most people will never play

[outer aurora]

Alyx is so good I'm willing to buy a VR headset just for it. But that will be in the future, VR games still have a lot to go till they become more mainstream.

That new Metro VR game has good reviews, but apparently isn't groundbreaking. Still I'd pick that up too.

[sly matrix]

also, who's to say said sequel isn't gonna break old canon like some other sequels that got released 1-2 decades late?

[dire dagger]

Nothing

But we will see

[outer aurora]

I trust Valve in that aspect. They made a whole game that furthered the timeline by like 20 seconds and people lost their minds and were hyped. Who knows.

[dire dagger]

Valve is also super tight lipped with this stuff

The lore of half life is one of valves most closely guarded secrets

[outer aurora]

Leaks so far show they are doing external playtesting which in their case is make or break. They are not afraid to shelf a whole almost finished game if playtesting goes badly. It's in the polishing state currently apparently.

[sly matrix]

didn't the original script of HL3 get released when the original writer left a few years back?

[dire dagger]

No

It’s just how they would have written the script

[outer aurora]

It's iffy. The writer told his version in a way.

[dire dagger]

In there own opinion

It’s not a 1 to 1 copy of the script

[sly matrix]

https://tenor.com/view/white-russian-big-lebowski-doubliface-gif-18060190

wha...

[dire dagger]

Basically he wrote how he would have continued the story

Considering he was very involved it carried a lot of weight

[outer aurora]

Safe to say they won't be going with that exact script since the writer isn't working at Valve anymore, and HL:Alyx made changes to the timeline that do not allow for Epistle 3 to happen.

[sly matrix]

fair enough

[dire dagger]

Only valve knows the true lore of half life

No one else does

[outer aurora]

Honestly Epistle 3 seemed fitting. Ended on yet another cliffhanger that left everything ambigious.

[dire dagger]

And they seem more likely to fire bomb your house then let anyone get there hands on it early

[sly matrix]

valve has the money to get away with it, yeah...

[outer aurora]

I don't blame them, the G-Man is the main thing that I love about Half Life among everything else, the mystery around him is so interesting.

[celest goblet]

I kinda doubt that whatever HL game valve does next is gonna be a direct sequel to Ep3 given the ending of Alyx. Simply write your way out of the corner lol

[dire dagger]

Like when valve was out sourcing for half life spin offs

In the early 2000s

The devs got very very little in terms of lore until they literally had to have it

[outer aurora]

All we know so far is that Xen will be present and Barney will be in it and probably Gordon since his suit is in the files.

[storm kernel]

there will never be another HL

[outer aurora]

Things are looking good so far, copium aside.

[celest goblet]

And also in the documentary gaben said they failed to make episode 3 interesting so they just never finished it which seems fair enough

[dire dagger]

Like there was a spin off for half life that involved a gman in training

It got roughly 60 percent finished before it got canned

Apparently because the ceo of the studio was an extremely unlikable shit head

[storm kernel]

I've heard this story a hundred times before. Don't go and give me hope like that.

[dire dagger]

And he pissed Gabe off

[sly matrix]

training his ominous voice

[outer aurora]

He admitted it is his fault ultimately that it didn't release. It's a shame because they had good concepts and ideas, but they wanted more in order to justify it's release. Ah well everything happens for a reason.

[dire dagger]

Guy had mental problems apparently

[outer aurora]

I don't blame you. I'm skeptical too, but the leaks are promising so far. Then again Alyx happened.

[celest goblet]

They'll make one whenever they feel like it. Could be tomorrow, could be never

[dire dagger]

They are right now

[storm kernel]

"HLX" maybe the Half Life IP will be bought by Elon Musk

[dire dagger]

This is practically 100 percent confirmed

[celest goblet]

Yeah I just won't count on them finishing it until they announce it

[outer aurora]

And Gordon drives a Tesla and runs over combine soldiers.

[dire dagger]

Latest leaks uncovered there adding things like fsr

[celest goblet]

The whims of that company can be pretty mercurial

[dire dagger]

Which are the final steps in development apparently

[storm kernel]

FSR but no DLSS is kinda sad

yeah I know FSR works on a wider array of hardware but DLSS is by far the superior tech

[outer aurora]

Yes and Deadlock has it too and apparently it's straight from HL:X (Tyler McVicker didn't explain that part too well tbh)

[outer aurora]

They will probably add DLSS too if they're adding FSR

[storm kernel]

I want HLX to either be a new HL game or nothing at all. If it's something stupid like an LTM for Counter Strike or God forbid Dota 2/Deadlock I'm killing myself.

[dire dagger]

When’s the next game presentation

That will have a lot of eyes

[storm kernel]

our absolute best bet would be for either Summer Games Fest or maybe a CS/DOTA competition

[dire dagger]

That would make sense

[sly matrix]

though, to be real. At this point I'll have to see it to believe it. And it'll need to be universally regarded as excellent for me to give a damn again. Because I don't really anymore...

[storm kernel]

if Half Life 3 is confirmed to be real then I think that would be the signal that Judgement Day is upon us

[dire dagger]

Or perhaps the timeline is healing

[drowsy blade]

No judgement day would be Portal 3 being announced

[lost tartan]

HL3 light timeline vs Portal 3 dark timeline

[storm kernel]

HL3 light timeline vs Artifact 2 dark timeline

[sly matrix]

Like, some thing with the halo series. Used to be into it with halo 1 and 2 on PC. but then they used 3 as an exclusive console peddler, so I never played any games past 2. now they finally did release it all on pc and I couldn't give less of a damn...

[storm kernel]

Deadlock full release/DOTA 3 evil timeline

[dire dagger]

Halo arguably aged

In a way it was a product of its time

[storm kernel]

aged like wine

[dire dagger]

Dunno I don’t like it much

[sly matrix]

oh, I can probably still play halo combat evolved from my old disc and find online matches

[dire dagger]

You can

But it’s just a slow fps game which

[sly matrix]

and it still plays well to my taste

[storm kernel]

That's alright, I mean you probably won't be accepted into Heaven and will be condemned to eternal torment but hey everyone's entitled to their own opinions 🤷‍♂️

[dire dagger]

I find very boring

[storm kernel]

would it even work on windows 10? or do you use VM?

[dire dagger]

I never grew up with it so

It has no real bearing on me

[sly matrix]

there was an update to get it to run on windows 7, I'd be surprised if it didn't on 10

[storm kernel]

fair enough

[dire dagger]

Why I say it’s a product of its time

Most people who never played it aren’t really interested

[sly matrix]

nostalgia goggles render me immune to such issues^^

[dire dagger]

Most of us

Halo has been bad for most of the time we’ve been gaming

[sly matrix]

another reason I lost interest

[crystal merlin]

I imagine they release the official modding tools then BAM new game plus mod

[sly matrix]

milked dry

[dire dagger]

My shooter of choice I have my rose tinted shades for is apocalypse rising and phantom forces on Roblox

Both of which are now ruined

So

[storm kernel]

not necessarily true, there hasnt ever been a bad Halo game

[dire dagger]

Pretty much every game made by 343 is bad

Infinite was almost ok

[heavy sable]

Brother, halo 4, 5 and infinite sucked

[storm kernel]

nah thats just false dawg those games are good

[dire dagger]

But they botched that too

[dire dagger]

Your the only guy on the planet who liked those games

[storm kernel]

Halo 4 has a bad MP and Halo 5 has bad story but everything else is peak in those games

[heavy sable]

Warzone was S-Tier though wish 343 added it back to infinite

Yeah multiplayer was good for 5 but nothing else

[storm kernel]

If I am the only man spreading the truth so be it

plus I thought you didn't even like Halo to begin with 💀

[sly matrix]

does anyone know if Captain Halo ever removed his helmet without the view being blocked? Or did they never drop that bit

[dire dagger]

I’ve watched people hate on those games for years lol

Not a single positive thing to say

[heavy sable]

It was at the end of Halo 4

[storm kernel]

dude Warzone was easily best part of 5

[drowsy blade]

Yeah but you only saw a close up of his eyes really

[storm kernel]

Not in canon, other than a single split-second scene at end of H4 that shows basically only his eye sockets

[sly matrix]

it wasn't even Ryan Gosling?

[storm kernel]

ngl the community is pretty biased towards them. They're solid games, and those who played them without previous bias tend to enjoy them a lot more

[drowsy blade]

Halo 4’s multiplayer was horrible but its story was amazing. Halo 5’s story was awful but its multiplayer was better. Infinite has just a mid story and an okay multiplayer

[dire dagger]

Meh

Don’t care regardless

I tried it and

Found the gameplay just not it

[storm kernel]

nah Infinite has an alright story but good MP

[dire dagger]

They killed the game by using the worse dev practices ever

Let’s use an in house engine but only contractors where we must spend 2/3s of there contract teaching them to use it

[drowsy blade]

I think it’s an okay story but it’s another one of those “somethings you won’t understand unless you read some of the novels” issues that 5 had (not to the extent that 5 did to be fair)

Now, I do read the Halo novels so it’s not an issue for me but it is for some people

[dire dagger]

Then fire them when we’re done

Wdym no one knows how to dev for our game

[storm kernel]

upper management were idiots who focused on short-term profits over long-term success

[dire dagger]

343 has always done that lol

[storm kernel]

let's also base this engine off of 20+ years of accumulated spaghetti code and bandaid patches
what could possibly go wrong?!

[dire dagger]

That’s not a problem if you hire full time people

Who know how to use the engine

[storm kernel]

another issue that stems from the poor management. They ended up cleaning house with management and hired people who seem to know wtf they're doing

[dire dagger]

Too little too late

[nimble cipher]

gamrknight has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[dire dagger]

Like I think halo is just finished

The public doesn’t care about it anymore

[sly matrix]

dead and buried

[dire dagger]

It’s like Star Wars

[storm kernel]

kind of a soy take, people been saying this since H4. Yet here we are today

[sly matrix]

ready to have its grave desecrated by more money grubbers

[dire dagger]

With another heavily botched game

It’s exactly like Star Wars only people still watching are die hard fans

Everyone else has left

It’s sad but true

[sly matrix]

why would Die HArd fans still watch Star Wars?

[dire dagger]

Unless you come back with a massive hit no one will give a shit once you worn down the general audience so hard

[dire dagger]

Cope idk

Trilogy was dog shit rogue one was cool but that’s it for modern Star Wars movie

[drowsy blade]

Andor

[dire dagger]

No one watched andor

Even though it was good

No one watched it

This is the problem

People have completely zoned out

So much is bad why would they come check out this new thing to see if it’s good

If the 5 things before it were all bad

It’s happening to Ubisoft right now too

People got tired of being sold the same game again and again

Now sales are tanking

Why did people buy stalker 2 despite its problems because the 3 games that came before it were really good

So people bought the new one expecting it to be the same or better

If all the original stalker games were terrible you think anyone would have given a crap about the new one?

[crystal merlin]

I think that's fair.
I honestly think that compare to the OG games, HOC is better in several aspects, like graphics, gun play, and writing, overall the game feel less clunky.
Though my experience with the game is great, the positives overwhelmed the negatives, I still want it to be better.
Maybe more side quest, faction war, more routes, better AI, rank A-life 2 being a true upgrade to the OG.

[sly matrix]

happens when money starts stifling creativity

[dire dagger]

Yah not saying stalker 2 is in fact a dog shit game

It’s not

[celest goblet]

It's just below where it should be

[dire dagger]

But it’s just a way to explain it

Like people come back for products that are good

If you keep making bad products

even If you make a good one convincing people to come back is hard

Basically gets back to what I was saying about Disney

They have likely killed most of these franchises forever

Marvel has some life left in it maybe but Star Wars is completely gone

[rugged edge]

I'd say the other way around, star wars has atleast a little lifeblood because we haven't gotten a mainline movie in awhile. If this mando movie sucks then, it's rough

[dire dagger]

Ehhhh if you look at the watch stats for the shows it’s clear it’s pretty over

[rugged edge]

oh on the shows end it's joever, but in terms of movies marvel has already burnt all their gas, while star wars has been out of theaters long enough

[dire dagger]

But will anyone even go that’s the thing

The expectation are nearly at zero as is

[rugged edge]

"oh hey, a new star wars movie!" is enough of a novelty to atleast pull a base amount of interest. it being tied to the one star wars show people liked will only help

[sly matrix]

Could have fooled me...

(The marvel part)

[dire dagger]

The only one people liked and watched

Except season 3

Season 3 was dog shit

[dire dagger]

Fair I mean I don’t really care about either anymore

Though I really liked the new Indiana jones game

[sly matrix]

I mean, I liked deadpool 3 well enough. But that's because their particular specialisation allowed them to weaponize disney's awfulness

[dire dagger]

True

[pseudo rivet]

I mean, which Star Wars are we talking about?

Canon or Legends?

[sly matrix]

I was mostly goofing around about Die Hard

https://tenor.com/view/welcome-gif-8999631627193293417

[pseudo rivet]

https://tenor.com/view/bruce-willis-smoking-cool-gif-14788118

[sly matrix]

Alright, discussion time

Die Hard: Christmas movie, yay or nay?

[latent kite]

Yes

So is Lethal Weapon

[pseudo rivet]

Batman Returns: Christmas movie, yay or nay?

[empty gorge]

nah here's a bigger question:
LoTR: Chistmas movie, yay or nay?

[pseudo rivet]

Nay

[latent kite]

Star Wars: Christmas movie, yay or nay?

[empty gorge]

weak

[sly matrix]

Lotr are movies for every day, including christmas. So, yay?

[pseudo rivet]

Yay
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Holiday_Special

[latent kite]

[pseudo rivet]

https://youtu.be/UL-hL6_XR30?t=10

[latent kite]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loaded_Weapon_1

Have to mention this every time I mention Lethal Weapon

The best parody film ever made

[sly matrix]

Oh that looks bad

[pseudo rivet]

No replies, so I guess nay?

Sadge

[sly matrix]

Haven't seen it, so can't judge

[pseudo rivet]

Bro

[latent kite]

That's a sin

[pseudo rivet]

The best one of the old movies?

With mf'ing Danny DeVito as the Penguin?

[latent kite]

Schwarzenegger as Mr Freeze

[pseudo rivet]

https://tenor.com/view/penguin-batman-returns-gif-13920975

[pseudo rivet]

That's Batman & Robin, but still hella based

https://tenor.com/view/chill-out-mr-freeze-arnold-batman-and-robin-punny-hd-gif-24346311

[latent kite]

Ah shit yeah it was

How could I forget the crush we had on Ivy

[pseudo rivet]

https://tenor.com/view/poison-ivy-uma-thurman-gif-19733137

[latent kite]

Batman & Robin Bane > Dark Knight Bane

[sly matrix]

Okay yeah that looks like a christmas movie

[pseudo rivet]

I dunno tbh, I like both. It's just that Dark Knight's Bane is totally different to the more traditional Bane

Also, his voice is the best

[latent kite]

To be fair you can never really fault Tom Hardy

[static compass]

Well

Bane is Spanish

Tom Hardy is British

I guess he didn't wanna do a Spanish accent

[sly matrix]

Classic

[pseudo rivet]

That new Harley Quinn show also has Bane using his Dark Knight voice, not sure who the VA is tho

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Vruz0KcTs8

[leaden marsh]

can i disable cast shadows now via engine.ini?

[static compass]

[north violet]

Hey everyone, what are we talking about today?

[dire dagger]

Radeons

[north violet]

I have a weird love for this thing; it's so bad, even by 70s standards, but that badness just makes it so much fun.

[north violet]

I saw that Half-Life was being talked about for a minute, so I just want to mention that I can do a freakishly good G-Man impression.

[dire dagger]

The new Radeons look good

600 bux for a really good video card

[north violet]

I mean their price point alone gives them a bunch of bonus points.

[dire dagger]

[north violet]

Did you know double-bass drumming was invented by a jazz drummer?

Tried a new beer today and was pleasently suprised.

[tiny token]

meow

[north violet]

Leave it to me to get here as soon as the activity falls of a cliff.

[static compass]

[north violet]

@granite mortar We have cats for you when you're ready.

[sly matrix]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-meme-angry-black-sad-gif-13761237589791439872

[granite mortar]

Omg
Cat

[static compass]

[granite mortar]

Omg
Cat

[opaque ledge]

Fam, should I head to Yaniv before the big spooky event or after it?

[golden vector]

after doing a main mission in the red forest i have a bugged sound of a guy just yelling things from a distance. anyway to fix it? i've done to much to go back to a save before it

[dusk raft]

go back to a save before it and do it again

that’s the stalker way

[wraith snow]

I need some help in clear sky

In the faction war thing

[granite mortar]

#⭐┃trilogy-general

[sly matrix]

https://tenor.com/view/facepalm-cat-facepalm-cat-bruh-bru-gif-3855516381892795428

[granite mortar]

Omg
Cat

[meager kindle]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Z7dYfd a stream pc for my friend you all think this is good?

he is gonna use this to Stream and play games on his main pc

he has a 7900XTX on his main and he wants to use NVENC which is not avaible for the AMD only RTX series

[thick zodiac]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-cat-timelapse-cat-waiting-cat-videogame-cat-play-gif-946782003036605499

Embedded fail

[thick zodiac]

please don't buy this, for the love of god

[meager kindle]

why whats wrong?

[thick zodiac]

mainly it is the video card.
I bought two years ago from a person for 350 EUR.
5600x, 512 GB m.2 SSD, better mainboard, 2070S, 16 GB DDR4 CL16

[meager kindle]

ok but this is not a GAMING pc its a STREAM pc

[thick zodiac]

so? the difference?

[meager kindle]

he is only gonna use it to stream his live stream and play games on his main pc which is decked out 7800x3d and 7900xtx he wants the benefits of NVENC so im building him a stream pc that has a rtx series card in it

[thick zodiac]

is the encoder of 7900xtx so bad that you need the poop of a card?

[meager kindle]

i dont know as i dont own one i got rtx 4060 :p

[thick zodiac]

then, why can't he just test it and maybe not get the second PC?

[meager kindle]

i dont know

[thick zodiac]

ask this person just to get me a 9070 xt, if they have too much money

[meager kindle]

you are freedom so explains why you so poor

[thick zodiac]

😭 😭 😭 😭 😭
you got me

[meager kindle]

its fine...... im poor too 🥲

[shadow rivet]

Bruh. Says the clear sky pleb

[drowsy blade]

Renegade
Opinion defaults to invalid

[meager kindle]

going back to playing GTA 4 peak game

[shadow rivet]

sees a loner
looks back at his friends
they just suffocate from laughter

[drowsy blade]

Walmart Great Value aaaah bandits

[shadow rivet]

Only exists cuz plot armour aaah faction. Big L

[drowsy blade]

your Faction doesn't even exist anymore L

[celest portal]

[drowsy blade]

Hello Noontider, don't remind me about your formerly rock worshiping ass

[celest portal]

[shadow rivet]

Bruh. At least ion exist solely for the fact that the fcking story cant go anywhere without the faction

[celest portal]

wait, isn't that technically a good thing, a story won't continue without said faction = important.

[drowsy blade]

Bruh, at least my faction doesn't only exist because they needed a tutorial faction in Clear Sky

[shadow rivet]

Monolith delivered another message. Says, love one another

[drowsy blade]

Monolith?

[celest portal]

I may not be monolith, but I still eat rocks

[drowsy blade]

Not Monolith anymore* I think you mean

[shadow rivet]

Nah. The faction doesnt make sense due to it being too insignificant and yet built for one single purpose which to just exist just so there will be a story and nothing else

[shadow rivet]

Dont tell me u didnt die for hundreds of times to the same faction when u were playing bozo

[boreal mountain]

is the game better?

[celest goblet]

Than at launch? Yes definitely. Still a lot of updates to come though

[azure dock]

There's still considerable room for improvement. The A-Life system is largely incomplete, key series staples like binoculars and NVGs are missing, and many areas feel empty or lacking in content.

[lime yew]

I'm hoping for more free content updates

[zinc apex]

STALGER

[celest blaze]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/958342885005221898/1195534644079251486/trevor.gif

[reef raptor]

if stalker had quick time events

[drowsy blade]

Same energy as Fat Geralt

[orchid gale]

Snork romance QTE

[desert mason]

@dire dagger Any news on the roadmap? Currently waiting for stalker 2 official mod support so I can start making mods for the game and I'd like to know how long until we see official mod support.

[celest portal]

[dire dagger]

i don't work for gsc i don't know any more then the rest of you mates

i can consult the crystal ball

and give you a number if you like though

[orchid gale]

Shake the magic 8 ball

[desert mason]

Better than nothing

[orchid gale]

Idek why you need a roadmap, there’s literally a map in game

[celest portal]

I have a magic 8 ball from years ago, but the water evaporated somehow

[orchid gale]

I drinked it

[desert mason]

The shell has spoken!

[dire dagger]

i need to buy one right now

fuck it

[orchid gale]

Haha hell yeah

[celest portal]

I kept my old one for nostalgia reasons, but kind of want a new one

[dire dagger]

apparently there 10 bux on amazon

for the real mattel one

https://www.amazon.com/Themed-Novelty-Fortune-Question-Exclusive/dp/B0149MC426

[celest portal]

turns out my 8 ball does till have some liquid apparently, just took it out of my storage box

[desert mason]

Okay, see y'all later whenever mod support/roadmap arrives

[celest portal]

#💬┃en_offtop message

[dire dagger]

every time someone asks from now on i should just record a video of me shacking the magic 8 ball

and just post it

[celest goblet]

instant content

[dire dagger]

im sure it would make so many chatters insanely mad

but that would just make it funnier tbh

[orchid gale]

I would tag you every time anyone asked a question about the game tbh

[dire dagger]

well

hmm

i could just make pre recorded ones

[orchid gale]

But then you’d have to use the 8 ball to decide what answer to post

[celest portal]

Live Q&A on the game, but it's just Jack consulting the 8 ball

[orchid gale]

Live Q&A but it’s just me and the voices in my head

[celest portal]

I saw

[dire dagger]

did you get some werid guy dming you

asking for them to buy you stuff on amazon

[celest portal]

yes lol

[dire dagger]

dude was a ua guy so idk where he suddenly learned perfect english lol

[celest portal]

he was like 'stalker game code cheap on amazon, buy game for me but idk how to pay you back so I will buy you game instead'

[dire dagger]

the guy was literally a tester

🤨

[celest portal]

account got hacked or something

I should have sent him the 8 ball response

[celest blaze]

fr

please make sure to have 2 step verification

[dire dagger]

i didn't get dmed it

tampico did

and he sent me it lol

bro probably thought hmm dming the mods a scam is probably not a great idea

[celest blaze]

discord legit wouldnt let me use my mod powers before i enabled more security features when i first became a helper lol

[celest portal]

My account is triple protected, not counting the password, I should be safe

[dire dagger]

@celest blaze btw we need to tell mol1t to put mate over here into the mod cabal

[celest blaze]

perfect you're ready

[celest blaze]

ong haha

[formal wyvern]

Guys, this is pissing me off. I've been looking for 30 minutes for a controller around me but I cannot see him PERIOD.
How do I find them if I cannot see them?

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[celest portal]

rat

[finite dragon]

see them

[celest portal]

[sly matrix]

https://tenor.com/view/opossum-meh-cute-animal-gif-17580771

[bold stirrup]

hey im having a weird crash, it's for Quiet's mission, i have to find Peat at the checkpoint, but when i get too close to the south side of the checkpoint the game just crashes, it's so weird. anyone else had that happen?

i actually think it could be peat's body rendering in that crashes me, but i cant be sure

[sly matrix]

In the same mission I had a reoccuring crash trying to leave the lab. Eventually I got passed ot by doing another looting round and trying again(still experienced a big hitch at that point, but no crash)

[granite mortar]

Omg
Cat

[bold stirrup]

Unhandled Exception: EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION reading address 0x00000166c0a8007c. i tried googling this, but got a bunch of stuff for other games

[broken latch]

I had everything possible and still got hacked, it enough to press one wrong link

Stay safe

[celest portal]

Damn, but the guy who messaged me didn't send anything luckily.

He sounded sus so not like I was going to anyway lol

[finite dragon]

Day 93 of begging for limansk

[broken latch]

the worst thing is that it doesnt even have to be someone from discord, you could be on the internet on totally different topics taht have nothing to do with discord and if you press the wrong link it gives them all passwords

starting to worry that they have my token cuz i didnt get any alerts when it happened lol

[celest portal]

I am aware of those, phishing links and stuff related. Got to be careful.

[finite dragon]

Also important to use 2 factor. Having a few 4090s can crack a decently long password by just brute force rather quick.

[loud gate]

Why would anyone do this? Just mine Crpyto

[finite dragon]

What color is your Bugatti

Sorry I didn’t mean to lash out I just really want limansk

[thick zodiac]

but Limanks is fake it never existed

[true agate]

Then give us fake limansk, I don't care

[granite mortar]

huh

[rotund prawn]

how to spawn mercenary in uetools

[vale quartz]

press the cat key

[rotund prawn]

where is that key

[granite mortar]

[rotund prawn]

really where is that

[thick zodiac]

this siti never existed

[granite mortar]

half the places in Stalker never existed the way we see them ingame

[celest blaze]

fr

didnt gsc try to make the zone more realistic using real locations for 2?

[granite mortar]

they did
somewhat

[celest blaze]

fair tbh im doing what i can to avoid looking at any S2 content so when i do play its fresh still

[zinc apex]

Understandable. Have a great day.

[celest blaze]

https://tenor.com/view/stalker-strelok-shadow-of-chernobyl-shaker-dance-gif-26346044

[rotund prawn]

but really where is the cat key on the keyboard

[granite mortar]

What key?

[broken latch]

Stalker 2 is not canon!!!!!

[rotund prawn]

i need to spawn in uetools mercenary but idk where to find him

[broken latch]

Zone is more real life map accurate, which means that a lot of locations got moved across the zone

[granite mortar]

its not canon
its cannon... ball
that ankwardly rolled out of the barrel after copious amounts of smoke, cracking itself and the floor underneath upon impact

[static compass]

Stalker 2 is hella based

But

Could be more based in the future

[sand fiber]

ыSTLKER!!!

[wide isle]

Quick question is any one else having memory spike issues since the latest update?

[iron ridge]

I was having terrible memory leak related issues until yesterday when my Nvidia App updated now the game is running like a dream.

[dire dagger]

Stalker 2 more like nahalker 2

[static compass]

[dire dagger]

There is another pun you could have made there

[daring storm]

Nice pfp

[static compass]

Like what

Stalker? I barely even know her

[dire dagger]

No boobs

[static compass]

Oh

[fleet cosmos]

how do i fix the annoying GHOSTING in the sky? it's like black GHOSTING.....

[daring storm]

Call the ghostbusters

[iron ridge]

Ah yes, a fellow terrible music enjoyer.

[daring storm]

"music"

[dire dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/ghostbusters-blasting-gozer-gif-17962594855529849438

[daring storm]

What a fantastic movie

We should be able to use their guns to collect anomalies.

And then shoot anomalies at people.

[dire dagger]

It’s a true crime we never got a ghost busters 3 in the 90s

[daring storm]

I blame GSC

[dire dagger]

I don’t think it was gsc’s fault

They were a little busy not existing yet

Well nvm I guess they were founded in 1995

So yah I guess it can be there fault we didn’t get ghost busters 3

[zinc apex]

I am a cat

[granite mortar]

Peak

[tawny flume]

Is there a mod that makes the game like an PvP where enemies loot u and lose everything

So do npc yet go and look for artifacts yet like older games ? Not seen any vids about it

[zinc apex]

nope

they do sometimes have an artifact in inventory due to loot tables i guess

[fair jackal]

never killed a guy who did so idk about that. only time i remember seeing an artifact on a body it was from an encounter that always happens in Lesser Zone.

[zinc apex]

maybe I'm wrong though

I'm still just a cat in front of a windows pc 🐈

[junior turret]

It would be good if modding tools were already released so people can add more things into the game

[fair jackal]

modding tools in a game that isn't already really quite done yet, seems like it could be kinda bad.

[ember summit]

Don’t cross the streams.

[dire dagger]

there are already a bunch of content mods on the nexus

[junior turret]

yes but with the modding tools they could do more son, and in the time between we get the patches and all the official content while we wait

[zinc apex]

are trilogy remasters for pc still planned?

[dire dagger]

when i get my 8 ball ill tell you

[nimble cipher]

itssalat has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[zinc apex]

burned

[nimble cipher]

itssalat has been banned

Reason: scam

[dire dagger]

i was too slow

nooooooooooooo

[celest blaze]

https://tenor.com/view/clint-eastwood-draw-gif-19805060

[celest portal]

I'm at work, but I do have a prerecorded 8 ball response

@zinc apex #💬┃en_offtop message

[native ibex]

Guys, can we unban itssalot

[dire dagger]

Bro clutching up

[celest blaze]

yes but you have to click his link first and sign in to get the 50 dollar steam card

[native ibex]

Damn, sounds great

[finite dragon]

Wow it was real I just bought pga tour 25

[reef raptor]

finally got all of the endings
truly the game of all games

[crisp ruin]

[static compass]

[pseudo rivet]

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

[orchid gale]

Can we unban ky steppin

And Moss

And big boss

😔

[gritty orchid]

+1 for kysteppin

[orchid gale]

He’s truly the hero we need in these dark times

We still have @jade geyser thank fully

But he doesn’t like us anymore

[wraith socket]

It's posts like these that tell the Moderators and Helpers, who needs to be monitored more closely. Good job if that was your intent.

[celest blaze]

Those people are retarded trolls

I'd never unban them

[orchid gale]

L take

[celest blaze]

I'm 31 man I'm to old to deal with their childish immaturity

[orchid gale]

We truly live in a society

[sly matrix]

Rofl

[orchid gale]

I’ve been monitored 😭

[celest portal]

what's cookin over here

[sly matrix]

Copium

[orchid gale]

Ive angered the council,

My fault gang

[sly matrix]

More like exasperated

[orchid gale]

Me and @celest blaze when?

[celest blaze]

😇 😈

[celest portal]

[celest blaze]

[orchid gale]

I mean yeah they are stupid annoying trolls, but like they were kinda funny sometimes 🥺👉👈

[celest portal]

[wraith socket]

Everyone likes watching the most retarded kid in any class.

[orchid gale]

EXACTLY!

Now I’m the retarded kid in class 😔

[sly matrix]

And allowing them to continue would send a message to others that kind of antics is fair game here. Compared to other servers, this is a pretty chill place where a lot of different people can enjoy hanging out together. Having people outcrazy eachother in here would have this community spiralling into a toxic wastedump

[celest blaze]

Wrong

[orchid gale]

It definitely spiralled really hard haha, I felt bad for the mods every morning ngl

[celest blaze]

You're pretty chill there is worse offenders that i won't list publicly

[orchid gale]

Russel adler Fr

[wraith socket]

I would say you're the kid that is good at making the retarded kid act up.

[celest blaze]

I am 👁👁 in the shadows

[orchid gale]

Me in the back of the class sneaking the retarded kid 2 caffeine pills and a white monster Fr

[sly matrix]

Oh man, in high school I was such an instigator. :' D

[orchid gale]

I still am, no idea why, I can just sense crash out potential.

It’s like my super power

[celest blaze]

Me before I became helper

[celest portal]

If I ever become helper, I want to respond dumb questions with the 8 ball and send them here.

[wraith socket]

You channeling that energy into being a Helper is what makes you so great at it.

[orchid gale]

It could be US but you’re playing

[celest blaze]

Thank you

[celest blaze]

Locking in rn

https://tenor.com/view/lock-in-locked-in-lock-tf-in-cat-cat-meme-gif-13335816645637017379

[orchid gale]

Let’s go 😎

[orchid gale]

I’m too funny to be helper

[sly matrix]

Hmm, does google have a magic 8-ball function?

Let's check

[orchid gale]

Yeah Jack was using it earlier

[celest blaze]

You have what it takes Ong

@celest portal you too

Helper squad when

[celest portal]

I have a even better one: right on my desk irl.

[orchid gale]

I low-key WANT to but I doubt Mo1lt would let me,

I have quite the track record of mutes

[celest blaze]

Perhaps one day

[orchid gale]

Vouch for me slime, we can rip it up.

Be like my boys good, sources? Trust me bro

[sly matrix]

Hmm, no 8-ball function like when you type "roll 1d20" and you immediately get a diceroll.

[orchid gale]

It works every time

[orchid gale]

Plus I’m not a furry yet

[molten crow]

yet

[celest blaze]

Yet?

I'm not one

I just have kot pfp

[molten crow]

[orchid gale]

😳

[celest blaze]

Oh trust me not my thing but whatever makes folks happy I support

[molten crow]

mod chat says otherwise

[celest blaze]

AYO

[orchid gale]

BASED EXPOSED

[celest blaze]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-crying-cat-sad-cat-snaugz-gif-25724376

Mod chat got leaked

[orchid gale]

We are all going to jail, and I’m not even in it

[sly matrix]

[celest blaze]

I need cell mate so you're locked in with me Ong

[zinc zinc]

Is A-Life in an acceptable state yet or is it still phoned in? (Haven't touched the game since release or kept up with the reception of each major patch)

[orchid gale]

Yo FIRE I call lil spoon tho

[zenith stirrup]

I am still at the garbage WAITING FOR ONE MORE PATCH TO PROGRESS

[orchid gale]

Skill issue

[zenith stirrup]

Admire me for my patience!

[orchid gale]

Anyway I’ll give it a go ig I’ll slide in Mo1lts dms again and ask about the possibility of being helper

[golden vector]

Well, I’ve gotten to the point of no return. I feel like I haven’t done enough tho, like side quests and such…

I didn’t even realise till a few hours ago that you can’t continue playing after the end 😭

[crisp ruin]

I know that feel

[granite mortar]

Omg
Cat

[wraith socket]

You took the wrong fork in the road.

[granite mortar]

Omg
Cat

[gritty orchid]

Beautiful 🥰

[crystal merlin]

I think I have bad news, if you're waiting for a patch to fix the bugs that block your progress, either try loading an older save or just start a new playthrough, because once triggered these bugs will stick to your save forever.

[granite mortar]

Omg
Cat

[split robin]

Are there any good graphics mods i can use for stalker 2?

[orchid gale]

Ye, turn off dlss

[split robin]

I don't use it

[orchid gale]

Ah ok, in that case, turn ON fsr3.1

[split robin]

That doesn't answer my question. I asked for a graphics mod to enhance the graphics not to gain extra fps

[orchid gale]

It enhances the graphics, trust

[split robin]

No it doesn't. I used it before.

It only doubles fps that is not graphics

[mellow bridge]

Hey is the game ready yet?

[celest portal]

Let me consult my 8 ball

It answered 'yes definitely'

[celest goblet]

Well, I think the main story is generally playable start to finish with minimal bugs now, but they still have a lot of room to improve the overall experience

[mellow bridge]

cool, not here to hate or drama, i was just holding off because from what i saw, they basically like band-aid'ed the A-life but at this point i'm willing to play it still , but yeah, was just wondering if the experience was good now

[celest portal]

Personally, I think it's worth playing

[celest goblet]

I think it will only get better with time, but I think it's worth checking out at least

[mellow bridge]

cool, thank you! i'll probably start tonight

[simple geode]

tbh ever since like 1.14 I haven't had any radical game breaking bugs

the last bug I experienced was the save zalyssia mission and some dinky shit where ||granite squad will OHK you instantly regardless of armor or health||

[celest portal]

I never had game breaking bugs even before the patch, mostly smooth sailing except for things like zalyssa money glitch. Which not that bothersome lol.

[simple geode]

the only one I had was on my first playthrough where ||getting told by varan to go kill a duty or freedom guy, did so, then when I wanted to return his quest marker disappeared and he despawned from his base so I couldn't progress||

[woeful sandal]

just started my first playthrough today and I’m loving it, takes a lot of getting used to as I haven’t played any of the others and there’s a lot of hard challenges but if you like survival games it’s definitely good,

[mellow bridge]

that is very good to hear, thank you.

I've played the other games, and tarkov, so i'm pretty used to the gameplay in theory, but yeah i wanted to definitely wait until the game was patched and fixed up a little bit

[woeful sandal]

I’m only 6-8 hours in? haven’t seen anything yet but yeah I have no clue

[granite mortar]

How does Tarkov fit into this?

[mellow bridge]

i'm not doing this with you.

[granite mortar]

[celest blaze]

tarkov

[granite mortar]

I dont see what Tarkov has to do with... anything really
Other than their anti cheat system being equally broken as S2's A-Life

[indigo marsh]

Oh the CS, CoP, and SoC channels are merged now

[celest portal]

damn, I liked it when they were separate

[silver warren]

Optimized Tweaks S2

[jolly solar]

lmao thats an fps booster yet again.

[split robin]

Glad i am not the only one seeing this

[jolly solar]

idk if people are blind or what regarding what you are asking for. anyway the game is still pretty unoptimised so not really anyone even was thinking about improving the game further visually

[somber juniper]

He meant the upscaler FSR Not the Frame gen one

I think

[split robin]

Still not what i asked

[somber juniper]

But if you have an NVIDIA RTX card
Turn on DLSS on the DLAA mode
It will make the game sharper and more stable

[somber juniper]

You can try ColesyM's settings generator

[split robin]

Well at least the shimmering is gone

[somber juniper]

https://github.com/ColesyM/S2SettingsGenerator

[somber juniper]

the games TAA is so bad it actually 100% helps

[split robin]

Where do i put this?

This setting generator i mean

[somber juniper]

Anywhere
Just that once you have generated you Engine.INI you will have to put it into your config files

(IIRC in : appdata - local - Stalker 2 - Saved - Config)

(I could be wrong)
(I haven't checked the file location in months)

[zealous pumice]

Wish the rpd actually fired the correct cartridge

It's modelled with 7.62 x 51 but fires 7.62x39, ammo is so common anyway and it's all preference so why not have it fire the correct cartridge

Modders pls

Sorry just being a nerd, excuse me

[sly matrix]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-meme-funny-editing-photoshop-gif-4010364909273162247

[worthy zodiac]

[gritty orchid]

Morning 🌅

[sly matrix]

it is indeed, morning

[zinc apex]

I am a cat

[granite mortar]

Omg
Cat

[granite mortar]

Make it fire 9x39

[granite mortar]

Omg
Cat

[full snow]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-unresqu-cat-unrescuing-gif-19778809

[crystal merlin]

In my experience with this game, the positives overwhelmed the negatives, maybe it's all thanks to me not rush the game, spending time exploring, stash hunting, I haven't encountered any game breaking bugs.
I started an older save where I haven't reached mid-late game yet and currently playing the Ward route with mods, aiming to get all endings, and I'm curious to see if I can trigger the game progress blocking bugs that people encountered (which I doubt I will)

[nimble cipher]

emvit_ has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[crystal merlin]

Things that are annoy me with stalker 2

1. Optimization, game is too resources hogging for what it gives us.
2. You cannot find and wear Spark Exoskeleton and Exosuit.
3. What with most non-exo PSZ full body armors having no Psi protection by default and when you upgrade then they give tiny despite the helmets they came with can provide a very good amount.
4. The shield of duty, Bulwark and Cuirass being easily the worst and damn useless despite the looking cool as duck. The Shield Duty being the worst out of the 3, with the Ruby can sprint you don't need it.
   The other 2 at least have good and decent stats.

[jade geyser]

who said this

[empty gorge]

where alife?

[analog helm]

outside, behind the window

[empty gorge]

brother ewwwww, touching grass and shiiii

[analog helm]

yeah, what you suggest also helps, you are welcome 😊

[granite mortar]

in OLR 3.0

[night crest]

did they add a-life 2.0 yet

[granite mortar]

in OLR?
They sure did

[night crest]

shut up and play kcd2 :)

[night crest]

im not mean

im stern :)

[broken latch]

Actually I find S2 better in those terms, kcd2 NPC's just sometimes stare at you when you fight them

[night crest]

🤡

at least kcd2 is finished

[broken latch]

It's okay to be wrong

[broken latch]

Not really, you can still clip through spots, some just send you flying or don't even have floor/terrain so you can see the baseplate/devplate underneath the map

[night crest]

💀

[broken latch]

No game is ever truly good at the launch

But kcd2 has definitely gone above others standards when it comes to launch

[sly matrix]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-white-cat-wiggle-cat-wiggle-gif-11478261417989837040

[celest blaze]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-wiggle-crazy-cat-zoomies-gif-9877358298643393466

[sly matrix]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-wiggles-jiggly-cat-jiggles-black-cat-cute-gif-5896535416776985723

[nocturne monolith]

Plenty of games are good on launch, maybe not completely bug free, but good.

[zinc zinc]

KCD2 had a phenominal launch

A couple of minor bugs/issues but nothing even close to the state Stalker 2 and other major titles were released in last year

[zinc apex]

SO MANY CATS! YES!

btw I heard KCD2 already getting modkit. BIG if true

[dire dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/charles-calvin-henry-stickmin-collection-why-why-tho-banned-gif-19329235

[granite mortar]

Omg
Cat

[celest blaze]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-watermelon-eating-eats-eat-gif-25258999

[sly matrix]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-cute-food-eating-cat-eating-gif-1320502635529344444

[dire dagger]

Someone most the asmr of cat eating corn

My ex use to love that video lol

[crystal merlin]

One of the questions was about whether the modding SDK will be released within Q1 this year, GSC answer was "official mod support is being prepared, we will share more details a bit later, sorry, have nothing new to share yet"
They didn't deny the possibility of a Q1 release, which makes me kinda happy I guess, I hope we will get new game plus and all the exos we don't have yet through mods if they're not getting officially patched in.

[hazy helm]

my personal opinion
lol
my other peronsla opinion
cope

[zinc apex]

vewy vewy unlikely

[crystal merlin]

I don't see any denial in that answer so it's likely they don't know whether it's up for a Q1 or not.

[heavy sable]

That's not a definitive answer from GSC…

[zinc apex]

that answer doesn't have any substance like any other of their answers

we're exactly as clueless as before

[night crest]

also kcd2 is also literally finished

meanwhile half of stalker2 is missing 💀

[reef raptor]

morne jumpscare

[dire dagger]

Q1 is next month sir

[celest goblet]

It's possible it will come this month, but if they have not announced it yet I would not count on it

[zinc apex]

Y'all high on hopium

[night crest]

??

[reef raptor]

idk

[celest goblet]

Personally I am not expecting it til much later in the year

[plain minnow]

So, has the games major bugs been fixed to where I can actually reach an ending without bugged quests?

[celest goblet]

I believe so yeah, though if you have a save that was already bugged you may have to reload to earlier depending on the issue

[plain minnow]

I started a second playthrough, think I got to the point where you need to head to the lumbermill but haven’t gone yet, so I should be good right?

[worn oar]

[plain minnow]

Uh, what does that mean?

[worn oar]

I'm not quite following

I have a fever

[celest goblet]

AFAIK the best way to avoid the sawmill bug is to just go there right after getting the objective

[plain minnow]

Oh

[worn oar]

I remember now! You are looking for the culprit right?

You can go anytime you want

[plain minnow]

I was waiting till it was patched before heading there so I just started Artifact and stash hunting until it was but stopped to take a break from the game

[worn oar]

I also started my second playthrough last week and I took my time to deal with main missions, that one included

It should work fine

I found no bug whatsoever

[plain minnow]

Alrighty then

[gritty orchid]

We just need gamma 2, it will fix all of the issues with the second half of the game. (By making us take 60 hours to reach the north thus making us drop the game)

[celest goblet]

Okay that's good. So many quest bugs got fixed in 1.1 and 1.2 that I can't remember all of them

[celest blaze]

🤢

[worn oar]

Vortex

[celest goblet]

Really what we need in the second half of the game is some side quests to better utilize some of the later game locations. Places like Yantar are cool to explore, but they deserve more love with all the detail that went into the locations. But this has been said a bunch already.

[plain minnow]

Ok, loaded my last save and the Arena round 4 progressed… is that supposed to happen this early?

[celest goblet]

I think it's mostly supposed to progress at certain time intervals after your previous round, but I didnt go there at all til after the end of act 1

[plain minnow]

Uh, when does Act 1 end again, I forgot

[celest goblet]

Well it's not officially marked but imo it's ||at the end of SIRCAA, since that's pretty much the end of the scanner chasing story arc, Act 2 ends after DUGA, Act 3 is the race to the foundation and generators||

[plain minnow]

I haven’t got that far in my second playthrough…

[celest goblet]

Yeah. Just saying I have not tested if arena progress is blocked by main story at all since I didn't go there until later

Trying to hold off on a second playthrough until we see the roadmap, though the longer we wait the harder that gets

[plain minnow]

I just hope I don’t have to start a new one, it took me so long to get a liquid rock…

[dire dagger]

Tar and feather this man

[broken latch]

yeah but when talking about large scale games

[nocturne monolith]

My point still stands, Baldurs gate 3 and elden ring are such examples

[broken latch]

elden ring is overrated

baldurs gate just sims 5

[nocturne monolith]

Literally irrelevant, its a large game that worked good on launch

[dire dagger]

Here’s an even better example

Tears of the kingdom

[celest goblet]

Elden Ring had the benefit of building on a foundation that they honed over like 6 prior games and being able to reuse a lot of assets

[dire dagger]

Tears of the kingdom took over a year to debug

[broken latch]

true

heres another one

battlefield branchise

franchise

[dire dagger]

Are you joking?

[celest goblet]

Not to say that means it is not a valid example, but those games tend to have something going in their favor in terms of releasing with polish

[dire dagger]

Bf games are always broken at launch

[broken latch]

yeah we started tlaking aobut bad lunches, no?

[loud gate]

So true

[celest goblet]

Bad launches generally just come down to time/schedule management at the studio. Obviously with this game there were some pretty rare and exceptional circumstances that didn't make it so easy

[loud gate]

After NIICHAZ

[dire dagger]

MY 8 BALL IS HERE

BASED

[celest goblet]

Finally you can give the people the answers they deserve

[dire dagger]

i have to figure out how to make these recordings now

[arctic fable]

Is A-life functional yet?

[dire dagger]

no

[plain minnow]

Hmm, is Decider any good as a rifle?

[fair jackal]

it's a better version of the Fora but the Fora is a little weak compared to other guns.

[plain minnow]

Hmm…

[celest goblet]

Fora damage is a little low but I still found it to be a pretty good mid game weapon. It's pretty easy to keep on target

5.45 ammo is not really in short supply in the game at any stage

[fair jackal]

i prefered the GP37 for example, felt it had better stats other than damage.

[celest goblet]

I intend to try out weapons I didn't use for my next playthrough. What sort of upgrades did you like on the GP?

[plain minnow]

Ok, Mytryk, how did yall handle him?

[fair jackal]

i don't really remember what it has but like recoil control to stay on point, it's also able to use the M203 grenade launcher and the Holemaker shotgun

[crystal merlin]

Ok we'll have that next month?

[crystal merlin]

It's all black, just sound no images

[celest portal]

Ay we have the same exact 8 ball now

[dire dagger]

the ball said no

[granite mortar]

Omg
Cat

[tiny token]

meow

[dire dagger]

im 3d printing a stand for it atm

[granite mortar]

Omg
Cat

[dire dagger]

because im now realizing have a round ball sit on a shelf it kinda wants to roll off

[celest portal]

Nice

[granite mortar]

Omg
Cat

[plain minnow]

Aww, they fixed the bread armor…

[granite mortar]

Omg
Cat

[granite mortar]

Omg
Cat

[orchid gale]

THE BALL SPEAKS!!!

@dire dagger You are now canonically the wish granter

[dire dagger]

i thought about using my pc mic

[zinc apex]

why is Wolf the only one on this server playing Stalker 2

[dire dagger]

but meh

[celest portal]

Well, he is in the game. So technically can't stop playing.

[loud gate]

I am playing S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 right now

[zinc apex]

Wolf addicted

[celest goblet]

I am trying to wait on additional patches for further playthroughs, though my willpower is gradually decreasing

[loud gate]

I have 392.4 hours in the game and won't stop.

[zinc apex]

I've given in today and started a playthrough. can't wait ages to have the game fixed

[celest goblet]

I do at least wanna see the ward playthrough differences in the middle part of the game

[loud gate]

oh, it differs a lot actually.

More cutscenes but tbh, worse missions

[zinc apex]

spartan you use any a-life mods or gameplay mods?

[loud gate]

No.

[plain minnow]

Well I’ll say I like the reward fir the final Arena match

[dire dagger]

yah its really good

[sand fiber]

stalekr

[crystal merlin]

Duck the ball

[dire dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/simpsons8ball-deez-nuts-8ball-make-a-wish-merps-gif-26138412