⭐┃nospoilers_general

[zinc apex]

Roadman when?

[celest blaze]

dlcs coming cool we already knew gg

[magic coyote]

huh???

[placid spoke]

Texan > saiga buket > any smg

[zinc apex]

I don't know nuthing tbh

[celest blaze]

road map for shit we already know is coming? whats the point

id rather them not rush and get things right but thats just me

[twin pulsar]

It shows whether the fans’ expectations align with their ideas to improve the game

[magic coyote]

A roadmap, from personal experience, is something they already have. Imagine thinking that a studio updates its game without following an order

[celest blaze]

who said i thought that lol

[magic coyote]

People simply ask for it to be released, even without dates, so they have a general idea of when to return to the game and don't have to stay on top of every update.

[zinc apex]

My guess is they are evaluating when they can confidentiality say when A-Life will be fixed, so they can put it up to the roadmap. If that'd be missing we will be outraged again

[twin pulsar]

It’s never going to happen though

[celest blaze]

https://tenor.com/view/map-anime-gif-19673808

[magic coyote]

I just don't understand the point of complaining about people asking for a roadmap.

[celest blaze]

i just said whats the point if we already know whats coming

dont put words in my mouth

[elder beacon]

are stun locks from bloodsuckers going to be removed

[urban basin]

No

[zinc apex]

I don't know whats coming and when 😦

[twin pulsar]

People paid for a game that is broken and bad. They want to be assured the devs agree what is broken, missing and to what capacity it can be fixed. There is no real clarity about what is coming apart from vague fixes. Oh yeah DLC and MP as well, but who really cares about that right now anyway

[magic coyote]

People tend to manage better when they know the order of the updates, without needing exact dates, just the order. This way, you wouldn't have to deal with people constantly asking for features like "A-Life." Also, we can't be sure what will actually come out, because at least for me, I expect much more than just "a-Life" and optimization.

[celest blaze]

in 1 week || kots are coming to s2||

[zinc apex]

Don't get hit

[elder beacon]

it really should

[zinc apex]

Yeeees

[elder beacon]

the stunlock im referring to is the roar

one of them is fine but fighting more than one is really unfun, because you're unable to move while the second one gets free hits

im sure that everyone else feels the same way

[zinc apex]

Even experienced Stalkers have to run from some fights

[celest blaze]

@prisma cargo if you're gonna insult me atleast don't be a coward and delete your message bro

Pathetic

[prisma cargo]

No no sorry misread it that’s what I deleted it

[celest blaze]

Ah

My bad then

[thick zodiac]

lol

[prisma cargo]

I misread it as who said I thought hah

[celest blaze]

All good I was like man that's outta nowhere haha

[empty gorge]

beyond bugfixes and optimization? whats coming?

[analog helm]

DLCs and SDK. I though everybody knows that

[prisma cargo]

Hopes and dreams being dashed to pieces

[empty gorge]

yeah and? what is dlc 1? and 2? more info for season pass users would be nice.
what is sdk contents? how deep does it go? is it a full release or gradual? when should we expect it? between dlc? before dlc 1?

[placid spoke]

Yall picking malachite lady or yaniv lady

[thick zodiac]

I have a thing for girls with glasses

[placid spoke]

Id have to go with rostok lady

[thick zodiac]

I go with Sultansk lady, if you catch my drift

[placid spoke]

I dont see my girlfriend much when im locked in my room playing stalker all day

[celest blaze]

build her a pc so she can play beside you

[analog helm]

and: all this info will be provided when they actually have it established and sealed.
No point of promising something which is subject to change.

[thick zodiac]

my gf is a gamer nerd, but she likes nintendo zelda hollow knight

[celest blaze]

based as hell

i wanna replay the classics again a link to the past, oracle of season & ages, links awakening

[empty gorge]

trying to tell me 4 months post release they dont got internal deadlines for these things?

[prisma cargo]

So can still play games while sitting next to each other even if they’re different

[thick zodiac]

oh yeah we do

[analog helm]

don't make things up. Roadmap is not an "internal deadline". It is external deadline. Huge difference

[empty gorge]

if they got an internal deadline, cant they share it to external with an offset and a big fat subject to change? or is it unheard to expect internal deadlines to reach the deadline

[analog helm]

they can, but then it is not a roadmap. Don't change the subject of the conversation.

[empty gorge]

my dude to get this straight, are you actually defending no roadmap after 4 months?

[prisma cargo]

Could just do what Enshrouded does and section them in priority groups

[empty gorge]

sharing internal deadlines on a calendar with external people and adding an offset on the dates you got internal is not a roadmap?

[prisma cargo]

At least that way we’d know what they’re working towards

[empty gorge]

so if i got internal april 1st deadline alife 2.0 -> i cant share it external alife 2.0 on april 30th with a fat subject to change? is that not a roadmap?

if i got internal q3 target sdk, i cant share external q4 target sdk?

[magic coyote]

2 dlc and maybe online pvp?

[celest blaze]

I hope the pvp is a faction wars mode tbh TDM Is boring as hell

Hell even Koth would be cool

[dusky shard]

pvp would only work in designated areas, pve in rest of world, im not losing all my stuff bc some guy with a tonne of gear came to lesser or garbage

[celest blaze]

Pvp has always been a separate mode

[placid spoke]

They need to put more than 1 buket extended mag in the world

[dusky shard]

good

[placid spoke]

I did a stupid a while ago and sold it so now i can just never have a 30 round buket again for this playthrough

[celest blaze]

Damn is there really only 1 ?

[placid spoke]

Theres one other place you can get one but its randomized loot and i didnt get it

[magic coyote]

My friends and I always modded the PvP mode in stalker cop, we'd all run around with grenade launchers and other crazy stuff. It'll be fun if they allow modding

[celest blaze]

I hope modding comes soon I'm dying to get the AN-94 back..

[storm kernel]

can you not just buy it from a merchant?

[placid spoke]

Ive looked everywhere and ive never seen it in a shop before i started looking

The buket is my favorite gun in the game but i sold it with the mag because i was using it too much and forced myself to "upgrade"

I didnt think i would miss it but i do

[clear raft]

They need to just release the SDK. 😑

Let the community fix this game.

[sly matrix]

Nah, people wouldn't be happy with that either

"How dare they give up on their game!?"

[dim topaz]

Dalin

[drowsy blade]

King

Dalin looks uncannily like a younger Zelenskyy at certain angles and distances

Also you’re gonna forget Birch and Mavka like that? smh

[storm kernel]

is birch the armor retailer in Rostok?

[austere garnet]

Yes

[storm kernel]

ok

[ebon hatch]

Korshunov is like Trump, bullying Zelensk

[thick zodiac]

haha I have just realized that when dogs attacking when their front legs look in one direction and back legs in another direction was not a designer choice, but a buggy mess.... it is pre-alpha bois

[drowsy blade]

Yeah and Mavka is the Arena announcer

[dusky shard]

whats the best place to farm grenades?

[storm kernel]

"the heckin' doggo physics aren't 1000% true to the real world, my immersion is shattered and the game is a broken mess, take that CHUDS!!"

[storm kernel]

just fight mfs and loot the bodies

[dusky shard]

what region has most grenades on bodies?

or higher chance

[gritty orchid]

Mavka is my waifu

And Keith is our family pet 🥰

[zinc apex]

I'm waifu :3

[storm kernel]

idk bro that is randomly decided

you could also look for stashes and find grenades there. Also when fighting people, sell their guns and use the coupons to buy grenades

[ripe patrol]

Can we get a modding channel for S2 yet?

[empty gorge]

YOU CAN HAVE COSPLAY, TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT CHIEF

[empty gorge]

its not like the steam page says "official modding support" or something like that? there isnt an interview either where devman says we appreciate modding community lol why would a modding channel be needed? ||looks at nexus||

[zinc apex]

We'll get the answer after the 4th holiday

[celest goblet]

I presume there will be a dedicated one whenever the modding tools are released

[zinc apex]

How bold of ya

[celest goblet]

Yes my blazing hot takes on full display here

[empty gorge]

what is this modding tools i keep hearing about?

[granite mortar]

Omg
Cat

[prisma goblet]

PATCH WHEN!!! I'm softlocked GSC help please!!!

[maiden dock]

hello, quick Q, i want to replay the old ones, i havent done so in years. Its buying them from Steam advisable or where should i get them instead? also i am using Linux, do they run alright or will i experience anything out of the ordinary? thank u all 🌼

[ripe patrol]

I think so too but man it's a bad decision.... The game already has so many mods, each patch breaks mods as well, so there is no location for modders to give heads up or discuss their S2 mods

[granite mortar]

Omg
Cat

[ripe patrol]

@glossy blade будь ласка створіть Мод канал

[celest goblet]

Well I do share that feeling a bit yeah. I guess the flip side may be that because it's not released and there isn't any documentation yet, they don't want to give the impression it'll be officially supported right now

[granite mortar]

there is a mod channel

[ripe patrol]

For trilogy

[granite mortar]

because S2 doesnt really have any mods
at least not any mods that change the game enough to have a chat dedicated to them

[empty gorge]

except they repost video content about mods in media

[ripe patrol]

But the game does have some pretty big overhaul mods already... I don't think OG games had complete overhauls like misery soon after releasing either

[empty gorge]

MHM, desolation and zivs modpack -> am i a joke to you?

[granite mortar]

AMK
2008

[granite mortar]

yes
yes you are :3

[empty gorge]

opinion invalidated

[maiden dock]

do i buy on GOG or where 😄

[thick wolf]

Nokia N-Gage store

[granite mortar]

GOG
its discounted there all the time

as for the linux thing, if you use Wine it should run just fine

[drowsy blade]

It’s quite shrimple

[zinc apex]

where's my sdk, juggalos?

[mild palm]

So uh, we’ve improved flashlight shadows see ya later stalkerssss 🫡🫡

[fallow garden]

fix the game ty

[maiden dock]

i already own the Ngage and the Flash versions 🩷

[thick wolf]

Don't some mods not work with Gog version?

[maiden dock]

aouhh this is why i ask. Not super interested in modding but id like to have the option. Id just change crosshair size lol thats a given

[hazy jewel]

Hardware ray tracing ?

[sharp minnow]

why? for drop fps on 5090 to 20-25fps=)

[hazy jewel]

Hardware ray tracing increases fps compared to software ray tracing what are you talking about

[sharp minnow]

in patch 1.3 have -7% fps

Now it's time to optimize the game as much as possible and fix bugs, and then we can talk about hardware ray tracing.

These terrible Lod are very visible on vegetation and in the sky

This destroys the immersion in the atmosphere as much as possible.

Literally 50 meters away, trees in a net and the sky too

And all this on epic settings

[zinc apex]

pssst don't critisize the game pls

[sly matrix]

Why not?

[wheat vine]

half of the pop in is just lumen being terrible

[magic coyote]

That's what happens when Nanite does the dirty work.

[thick zodiac]

in patch 1.3 +25% fps

u guys jealous

your settings might have been reset after the patch (happened to me), so take a look at it

[magic coyote]

A 25% is an exaggeration, and not a small one, I barely got an average of + 4 FPS, in my case just 5%

[dusky shard]

bro i enter western rostock and i see 2-4 zombies on all 4's walk past 50m infront of me sounding like wwz zombies 😭

[thick zodiac]

I will redownload the game and will show u all

[celest portal]

Those guys are snorks, zombies don't walk on all fours

[wheat vine]

one day they will fix cpu performance

[magic coyote]

you must be the guy who activates frame generator without knowing it and thinks they optimized the game.

[prisma goblet]

I don't understand why they fix softlocks in big patches instead of small hotfixes

Making sure that players can finish the game is way more important than squirrels or optimization

[prisma cargo]

Don't forget looping sound effects

[somber juniper]

poll actually related to stalker :
#pc-specs message

[granite mortar]

Omg
Cat

[granite mortar]

Omg
Keith

[red adder]

Omg rat

[dusky shard]

where do i upgrade the cuirass exoskeleton?

[gray island]

does anyone knows how to upgrade my games from standard to ultimate?

[celest goblet]

Not currently available but it will be in the future

[gray island]

thank you

[north violet]

I wouldn't bother with the Cuirass exo unless you really want to roleplay as a Dutyer. For some reason it has no sprint upgrade.

[dusky shard]

damn, i was wondering why i couldnt find it

[turbid remnant]

how's a-life feeling after the latest patch?

[sand fiber]

where's the rapture gscccc where's the rapture

[vivid pier]

Loaded up the game for the first time in over a month to take a look at the latest patch....I died from radiation poison nearly immediately because I didn't realize they nerfed all my artifacts.....oof.

[prisma cargo]

No change

[red adder]

If this game had co-op or like rust type of multiplayer, roleplaying would be peak imo

[ebon hatch]

They did work on the AI behaviour tho

[red adder]

They Nerfed weird water, that's it

[ebon hatch]

sdalger is made for roleplay

[thick zodiac]

FRAME GENERATOR 2070SUPER YES

[magic coyote]

It was the only option for that 25% FPS boost in the new update, otherwise, I don't understand the nonsense in your message kido

[thick zodiac]

I am grandpa

[north violet]

Everything is set to low but I can play pretty comfortably on my 1660ti 6GB.

God I can't wait to replace it though.

[magic coyote]

It was a good generation, at least here in Spain, they were cheap.

[prisma cargo]

Pretty sure they just increased timers for alife/lairs spawns?

[north violet]

I had to pay $770 USD for mine, yes I know it was a rip-off but I had no other choice.

[magic coyote]

covid?

[north violet]

Yeah, also crypto-mining was still really popular at the time so GPU prices were screwed.

[thick zodiac]

If I had to pay this much for a gpu, I would calculate floating points by hand

[north violet]

I got it specifically for Elden Ring as that was the only upcoming release I cared about at that time.

On the plus side it let me experience Witcher 3 finally so that was nice.

[magic coyote]

During the COVID era, my 980 helped me a lot. What a good purchase it was around 2017.

[north violet]

My previous card was a 960 2GB iirc. It served me surprisingly well for a while, but I needed to replace it.

[magic coyote]

Who would have thought that the 980 would perform better (for me) in rdr 2 than the 4080 in Stalker 2

[north violet]

You can push older cards surprisingly far sometimes.

[sly matrix]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-black-cat-void-panther-fangs-gif-7277970538302689209

[celest blaze]

I am the rapture.. the snork rapture

[sand fiber]

"if this game was like that game with no roleplay roleplay would be peak"

[celest blaze]

Stalcraft

[red adder]

Stalcraft?

[celest blaze]

Closest thing you'll ever get to that tbh

[drowsy blade]

it’s cursed Minecraft/Stalker mash up

[orchid gale]

Stalcrafted goated

[orchid gale]

My xtx has arrived 😈

I have now officially owned every 7000 series amd gpu

My conclusion 7900gre is the best

[celest blaze]

AYO

Hell yeah

What puts the GRE over XTX?

[orchid gale]

In my opinion price to performance, plus it stays cool as heck constantly

Gave me 0 driver time outs and it was my upgrade directly from a 1650 so I’m biased

First time I was able to up the graphics beyond minimum

Xtx is objectively just better but it’s also almost double the price so 26% performance for just under double the cost is not worth it imo

So sad the stopped producing it😔

[celest blaze]

I agree 100%

[orchid gale]

Of course when you pick up an xtx for 33% off it doesn’t apply 😎

100$=13% performance is a good trade imo

[nimble saddle]

Is there a channel for spoilers?

[orchid gale]

Stalker general is the spoiler channel

[thick zodiac]

gauss minigun when?

[celest blaze]

Part of me wants a newer gpu..

Arma 3 is more demanding then expected lol

Want new cpu and gpu

[celest blaze]

Imagine..

[worn oar]

[simple geode]

man and thats a game from 2013

[celest blaze]

fr theres ALOT going on hell in high settings on a 4070ti and i7 12700 stalker 2 without FG gets better fps in some situations lol

i feel its GPU issue 12GB vram aint really alot

[sand fiber]

strrrrlkkkkerdrrr

[celest blaze]

35 fps in this pic 🗿 ( but i am rendering two different mirrors)

[worn oar]

Tessssterrrrrrr

[worn oar]

ayyyy doog fooood is more valuable than this

[celest blaze]

https://tenor.com/view/morgan-freeman-true-morgan-freeman-true-nodding-gif-13973817878387504960

[ebon hatch]

The Day Before?

[celest blaze]

no

[celest blaze]

it's the day after

[simple geode]

Arma was never well optimized.

[ebon hatch]

Arma is a shitshow

[simple geode]

even the best ivy lake and nvidia GTX 690 shit from 2013 wasn't enough to get it to run well.

[celest blaze]

i hope arma 4 is better optimized my fps is like all over the place depending on the situation lol

[simple geode]

Even arma 2 was optimized like ass.

[celest blaze]

haha man they seemed to have gotten better with reforger atleast

[orchid gale]

Canada computers has a killer bundle for a 7700x a motherboard and 32 gbs of ddr5 ram for like 500$

[celest blaze]

based deal

[orchid gale]

Lowkey thought about parting out my current pc to buy it

[celest blaze]

not a bad idea tbh

ive been saving everything i have as i may move soon so unless i sell i dont wanna buy new parts yet

[orchid gale]

Sell da car, liquidate everything for new PC parts

It’s the way

[celest blaze]

🙏

[orchid gale]

Also my Pokémon collection is coming along swimmingly

I pulled the chase card first booster box 🫦

[tiny token]

i decided that instead of potentially upgrading my rig i am buying HEMA gear

[ebon hatch]

buy yourself some bitches

[tiny token]

i already have one for free

[orchid gale]

True

[celest blaze]

HEMA gear cooler and if you gotta buy someone..

https://tenor.com/view/hema-chad-gif-22831353

[ebon hatch]

buy some more

[tiny token]

i've been a massive chiv2 addict for years now and always wanted to kill people with swords in real life

[celest blaze]

warrior grindset

[tiny token]

i will be getting a steel longsword as well as all the protective gear

[ebon hatch]

https://tenor.com/view/omni-man-omni-man-are-you-sure-are-you-sure-invincible-gif-3935116808772397515

[tiny token]

i really want to get a steel flamberge but those are expensive as hell. for example
https://regenyei.com/product/two-handed-sword-05/#blade

[thick zodiac]

no spoiler wtf

[orchid gale]

What about a scimitar

[tiny token]

a non-fancy scimitar / saber (steel) is not so bad obviously but still rather pricy

[loud gate]

Well, you see, this is not a spoiler. It is a scene revealed in a trailer, with the main character talking being oen of the most prominently shown characters

[orchid gale]

Oh dang 😔

[ebon hatch]

finish the game and shut up

[thick zodiac]

f u romanian poop

[celest blaze]

yeah if its shown on trailer it aint spoiler

[ebon hatch]

fortunately, i'm not a crybaby on Stalker 2 discord

[thick zodiac]

everytime I see your nickname I hold tighter to my wallet

[ebon hatch]

well.. good

[thick zodiac]

hahahehe 😄

[orchid gale]

Mods take this guys soul

[celest blaze]

https://tenor.com/view/shrek-smirk-shrek-sus-shrek-smile-gif-4983018699107868283

[thick zodiac]

whose?

[ebon hatch]

mine

[thick zodiac]

for what u chill

[ebon hatch]

i have done the unforgetable

[thick zodiac]

u mean unforgiveable?

[orchid gale]

He likes gamma

[ebon hatch]

no.

[celest blaze]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-wiggle-dance-cat-shake-dance-cat-wiggle-shake-gif-7275729331624892207

[thick zodiac]

I want testers helpers or whatever ability to post gifs taken away

[celest blaze]

bro..

[thick zodiac]

I want to post them as well, either we all can do it or no one can

[celest blaze]

based ngl

[thick zodiac]

for monolith!

[ebon hatch]

I can't post gifs. I don't have the privilage

[celest blaze]

the privilege to post gifs comes with monumental sacrifice..

[tiny token]

you have to be a certified good boy to post gifs :3

[ebon hatch]

I want you to post Omni man "are you sure" to whatever that monolithian Alexey says

[celest blaze]

https://tenor.com/view/omni-man-omni-man-are-you-sure-are-you-sure-invincible-gif-3935116808772397515

[thick zodiac]

I want Romania to stop borrowing money from the EU and get its own economy

[ebon hatch]

We need brains first. Money after

[orchid gale]

Lmao

[ebon hatch]

long live the EU

[red adder]

Long live the EU

[ebon hatch]

do not let Trumpy and Putin his ass take over

[ebon hatch]

russian bastad

[red adder]

Stop,хватит, no Kot

[celest portal]

1. Not even Russian 2. Name is in Ukrainian. 3. I'm neither

[ebon hatch]

bet you're Amerigang, aren't you

[celest blaze]

ayo lets not get political

[red adder]

I'm Ukrainian, speak English (and a bunch of other languages) but I was taught Russian

[ebon hatch]

in the army?

[red adder]

Nope, I'm just saying I was taught russian my whole life, I moved out of Ukraine before the war

[orchid gale]

If you send me nonstop energy drinks I’ll send you graphics cards

[celest portal]

Why so hostile, do you want me to change back to that S x F banner

[red adder]

Which ones?

[ebon hatch]

I don't care about that heresy

[orchid gale]

The stalker ones

[wheat vine]

they shoulda made that energy drink look like the ones from the trilogy

[red adder]

Yeah, no shiht Sherlock, which graphic cards

[ebon hatch]

5090s

[celest portal]

[orchid gale]

Idk right now I have a 1650 a 1060 a 7900xt and a 7900xtx

[red adder]

Alright I'll see what I can do

[ebon hatch]

all of them, he needs all of them. you get one can!

[orchid gale]

Average Romanian trade deal

[ebon hatch]

you moved to Serbia, didn't you

[red adder]

Heresy, Blasphemy

[red adder]

No god damn it, I moved to Italy cus why not

[ebon hatch]

you should've came to Romania

[red adder]

I thought about it

I don't wanna get bit by a vampire while walking down the road though

[ebon hatch]

but the sweaty gypsy men would've stolen your means of transportation mid-way

[celest portal]

I will change to Makarov Yuri banner if I am able to find a preferable one.

[ebon hatch]

https://tenor.com/view/haktan-gustavo-fring-buff-oil-up-gif-2633474113549167703

[red adder]

No god damn it, it's Heresy

[ebon hatch]

who cares. makarov got game ended

[red adder]

Me rn, pissed Kot

[celest portal]

Wasn't talking to you boy

[red adder]

No Heresy allowed here, Heretic

[ebon hatch]

this is straight only channel

[red adder]

Exactly

[ebon hatch]

and if there's heresy, we needs twinks. not makarov or bloody Faust of all people

[celest portal]

I don't even have image perms here, not like I will be sending anything sus

[celest portal]

Faust is a twink

[ebon hatch]

he's a 40 year old preacher. i get a bigger boner while looking at your mom

[red adder]

Faust is not a twink, Degtyarev is

[celest portal]

Why can't both of them be

[red adder]

No, no, no, only one deserves to be a twink, and deggy takes the n1 spot

[celest portal]

They are both pookie to my eyes

[red adder]

God damn it, how about Strelok is a twink?

[celest portal]

😩

[red adder]

Oh god fugging damn it

Alright, how about YOU'RE a twink?

[celest portal]

Nah

[hazy helm]

how about you start talking english

[red adder]

Нет

[celest portal]

скоро

[red adder]

Не, не скоро, потом, через пару часов

[celest portal]

How about never

[red adder]

Никогда, хорошо

[red adder]

Honestly freedom always gets disrespected

[celest blaze]

Freedom, clearsky and monolith based

[red adder]

Peak factions honestly

[drowsy blade]

Orders unclear, I’m gonna start speaking Armenian

[red adder]

I'm gonna start speaking Italian, or russian

[thick zodiac]

#📸┃screenshots_and_videos message

[magic coyote]

It's literally the same performance as always with a 2070, I don't know where you see a 25%😂

[thick zodiac]

🙄 🙄 🙄 🙄 🙄 🙄, what are u on? It did not have the same perfomance on EPIC preset hello!

[magic coyote]

What do you expect me to say? You show me an image of a single benchmark with a bottleneck and expect that to be proof that GSC improved performance by 25% in this patch. 🤣

[thick zodiac]

just skedaddle, "with a bottleneck" what does it even imply, game improved for me a lot, be jelly

[magic coyote]

Look, stop bothering me. Just search for what a bottleneck is, and you'll understand what I meant.

"And use the PC-Specs channel."

[thick zodiac]

I am a computer engineer, ur comment makes zero sense, quit this discord server if u don't want to be bothered

[magic coyote]

yes, yes, the performance improved by 25%, now stop whining at me and use the channels properly, kid.

[finite dragon]

thats not bad for a 2070, 20ms latency is lower than what i get too

at least, it was, that may have been due to the last driver (saw in the patch notes they fixed an issue with driver settings not properly being applied)

[nimble cipher]

gelegsi has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[dusky shard]

@wheat vine said: "I get almost double that latency at 100 fps without frame gen if I don't put a ton of (bull's droppings) into my engine.ini"

[empty echo]

no, richter is

[celest portal]

Omg Keith

[orchid gale]

No I am

[placid spoke]

Who tf is leaving all these guns everywhere for this ugly ass hoodie dude to use on me

[dusky shard]

wait, if i found gauss cartriges on someone, that means he had a gauus gun on him right? i picked up the cartriges up 1-2 days ago 😭

[crystal merlin]

Imo the Loner Exoskeleton should have the highest durability compare to all other exoskeletons consider it's the heaviest of them, and exoskeletons carrying weight increase should only be on the green part of the weight counter.

[turbid hull]

Who’s Skif’s face model?

[lime yew]

Well, this new update broke my game. A-life is broken, and I cant use my primary weapons. RiP

[celest portal]

Was a life ever fixed tho

[prisma cargo]

Now now can't break what wasn't functioning to begin with

Now if you mean scenario spawning is broken then that's very possible

[celest portal]

This is what I was thinking, lol

[prisma cargo]

I can't say I've seen any of the fabled squirrels either, but there's probably a pack of them stuck to some tree infinitely spawning somewhere

[split robin]

Flashbang anomaly is so annoying

[magic moat]

my game just recently started crashing on loading my save after about 60 hours of gameplay, i think its because my stash has too many items in it, does anyone know any workarounds or fixes to this? i cant seem to find any

[crystal merlin]

Try restarting your PC

[magic moat]

didn't work for me unfortunately, im thinking i may just have to go back to a previous save and clear out my stash before it gets too big

[twilit lynx]

Should I sell my second gauss gun at yaniv?

[placid spoke]

You know what rhymes with best gun in the game?

[finite dragon]

your moms a terrible example of a stalker, mayne?

[placid spoke]

Buket fun in the aim

[finite dragon]

the buket is a fun gun, same with the vector, the vectors pretty good late game too, if you convert the ammo

[placid spoke]

Im using the vector because i sold my buket mag and i cant get another one

[twilit lynx]

Thanks for the answer guys

[placid spoke]

If you already have a full durability one then go for it

[vestal kraken]

I have targeting reticle turned off but its still on

[normal comet]

Will starting a new playthrough delete my old save?

[celest portal]

It's your choice really, unless there's something you want to go back to in your old save.

[normal comet]

that dosent really tell me anything ;-;

[celest portal]

I mean, there's no reason to delete your old save before you start a new game, unless if you have all your save slots full.

[dusky shard]

no, you can select the other slot

[lofty helm]

I like waffles

[mild palm]

Gentlemen. Do we know of a free app that uses an uploaded photograph and then animate it via AI? I’m not looking to make a deepfake, so it needn’t be super advanced, but just enough to kinda look real (so it’s funny)?

[crystal merlin]

You can get all blueprints for the loner exoskeleton without going to Pripyat now, if they stop blocking it behind a mission, I would be a truly happy man.

[sly matrix]

https://tenor.com/view/cats-jumping-wheel-cats-jumping-over-each-other-on-a-wheel-gif-1396458228875754591

[twilit lynx]

https://tenor.com/view/goal-soccer-celebrate-kill-lightning-gif-5662319

wow

[empty gorge]

online? free? never

[mild palm]

Then let this be our final battle

[placid spoke]

Do randomized loot locations ever reset?

[crystal merlin]

I think they do,you need to take all the loots though idk

[thick zodiac]

Yeah, as of today DLSS 4 works for me for Stalker 2, but... I forgot why I need it at all

[zinc apex]

Stalgreb 2

[celest blaze]

stalcraft 2..

[prisma goblet]

i want to play stalker 2..

[ebon hatch]

Stalcraft should shut down

[celest blaze]

🔥

[red adder]

Yeah, alright, Richter is also a twink along with Deggy

[ebon hatch]

Bury this topic

[red adder]

True, let's forget about this heresy

[celest blaze]

based idea

[ebon hatch]

Stalcraft was fun for a bit, the grinding is insane

[red adder]

So Stalcraft is just a Roblox version of Stalker?

[ebon hatch]

Yes, visually. There's no building, nor mining. It's an MMO shooter. Plays like Stalker tho. Faction warfare, quests, hunting artifacts

[empty echo]

Deggy does not fit the definition of twink I'm afraid

[red adder]

Strelok?

[empty echo]

Moreso that deg but not quite

[red adder]

Mikluha

Mikluha is a twink imo

[sand fiber]

!!! GAY PEOPLE !!!

[ebon hatch]

SHUT UP

[sand fiber]

wait is mikluha in s2

[red adder]

Yeah he is, pretty sure he's the new leader of freedom

[sand fiber]

HOLY SHIT S2 BEST GAME

but uhhh he doesn't look even remotely like a twink
definitely fruity though

[red adder]

Alright, we get it, no one in this game is a twink (except Richter)

[sand fiber]

RICHTER ALSO ISN'T A TWINK!!!

[ebon hatch]

Mi mi mi mi mi topic

[red adder]

Btw y'all I don't think the drum mags are in the game yet, someone would have found them by now

[crystal merlin]

Come to think of it, isn't the Grom S15 like a combination of an AK 74S and 74U with a grenade launcher for mid game?
Like it shoot VOG grenade and 5.45 but have the range of a 74U?
I wonder if it is actually cheaper to run than an Kharod 5.45 converted with 3OB grenade launcher.

[ebon hatch]

Pripyat cafe

[red adder]

Gp37 one I'm guessing? Or groza?

[ebon hatch]

Gp37

[mild palm]

Elaborate

[red adder]

Now we need Groza and Svu suppressor

[ebon hatch]

Let's not. Cringe topic

[sand fiber]

degtyarov is like a man in his 30s and he doesn't look like a twink

[ebon hatch]

Svu suppressor is in game bliat

[mild palm]

No, no, what’s a twink

[sand fiber]

skinny&athletic gay guy

[mild palm]

Oh. We don’t take kindly to skinny and athletic around here

[sand fiber]

trve........

[empty echo]

Google it

[mild palm]

This guy isn’t an ally

[zinc apex]

Who's the jock in Stalker 2?

[nimble cipher]

lactationlover has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[mild palm]

You’ve just made an enemy for life

[sand fiber]

he's like constantly spamming how he's deadly afraid of gay people 😭

[mild palm]

That’s good. His body is a temle, doubly so for his anus

[ebon hatch]

Not scared. The problem with LGBT is that they don't shut up about it. No other community does this

[empty echo]

🤓

[celest blaze]

i disagree

besides who cares

[mild palm]

That’s projection, my dear boy

[sand fiber]

dude you've been spamming "STOP STOP THIS IS CRINGE" in reply to every second message here 😭😭

[ebon hatch]

No one talks about how straight they are, but gay people don't shut up about it

[mild palm]

Because being straight is considered status quo. You don’t go around telling people you breathe

[celest blaze]

took a deep as fuck breath this morning

[ebon hatch]

Taking it in the ass ain't special either

[celest blaze]

you just havent met the right one yet is all

[mild palm]

You’re being facetious

[zinc apex]

bro secretly enjoys a good bbc

[mild palm]

Don’t we know it!

[celest blaze]

the reason people talk about it now is before you'd get attacked or killed for being open in the past

[ebon hatch]

That's why Trump is now owning your ass. People got tired of LGBT nonsense. You want to be a respected lad and live equally, then don't talk about sexuality like it's your personality

[celest blaze]

drop this

[mild palm]

Oh dear … 🙂

[celest blaze]

you could tell religous people political people the same thing

[thick zodiac]

I have just found out, that when a person drowns they die not from water, but lack of oxygen in it.
If you add more oxygen to water, you can live underwater.

[ebon hatch]

It's the truth. Cope all you want

[celest blaze]

MAGA shove their meat in the worlds faces

but anyway stop this

[ebon hatch]

And they are annoying too

[ebon hatch]

Silencing the Hyde

[mild palm]

Hyde must be silent, true!

[celest blaze]

rule 8 guys

[zinc apex]

Keith ❤️

[gritty orchid]

He's awake now

[thick zodiac]

the most open-minded Romanian in the entire universe

[sand fiber]

HEY LIBERAL, WATCH THIS
ECONOMIC RECESSION

[celest blaze]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-gif-25669918

[ebon hatch]

I don't mind gay people, I mind the ones that think they're special. It's a nuance that you can't see for some reason

[thick zodiac]

I can see that, I am just being an ass

[ebon hatch]

Damn. Respect for that

How am I not banned

[celest blaze]

i can change that

[mild palm]

I think that you don’t like people who think that they’re specia, period. You don’t like narcissists. So why do gay people have to have a special part in this conviction?

[ebon hatch]

Cuz queers love banning people they disagree with. Makes them look very good, definitely not consolidating my point

[celest blaze]

it was a joke bro

[ebon hatch]

Ik, just continuing the crusade

I stop now

[placid spoke]

If any devs are listening and they buff the m14 i will recommend this game to everyone i ever meet for the rest of my life like im spreading the gospel

[celest goblet]

Trust me there are a lot of straight people that make it their whole personality too

[flint ravine]

Has something changed with S2 performance lately? Like new options or features that may be on by default. I never dropped below 60 before.

[mild palm]

Exactly

[placid spoke]

We should all discuss race politics religion gender and sexual preference

[ebon hatch]

LGBT people take the crown, and every world record

[placid spoke]

Ur a cornball but i dont disagree

[ebon hatch]

Goddamn right. Ward opinion approved

[sand fiber]

it's insane that in the year 2025 you are still a coward and hide behind dogwhistles

[gritty orchid]

No politics please

[ebon hatch]

Hmm, maybe I like boobs then?

[celest blaze]

wrong

[ebon hatch]

Goobercat

[sand fiber]

i like boobs too <3

[celest blaze]

based boobs

however theres other servers for this kinda stuff guys

we are a stalker server

goddamn bro

just said

[gritty orchid]

[ebon hatch]

No more seggs discussion

[celest blaze]

lets keep that stuff out of here

[placid spoke]

I enjoy this server no more from me but i had to jump in

[ebon hatch]

[flint ravine]

So, back to my performance related question?

[normal comet]

is there a lore reason as to why theres no male with long hair in the zone

[sand fiber]

inconvenient
also strelok in the trailer lul

[gritty orchid]

Rather talk about Mavka and Keith tbh

[celest blaze]

they may have changed presets id consider looking at settings

[placid spoke]

Rubber gasmasks hurt to put on and take off because they tug on your hair

[celest blaze]

folks mentioned something about it

[ebon hatch]

Trapper?

[ebon hatch]

Gas masks are for betas

[normal comet]

isnt his hair like 2cm long or something

[flint ravine]

I just had everything on max, I have a 4090 and it was all good. Been a few updates since I last dived in and suddenly its dropping down to 40s sometimes.

[celest blaze]

Ah man that's strange then I wish I could help

[ebon hatch]

Use framegen habibi

[flint ravine]

Its on, that's what is confusing me lol

[gritty orchid]

My performance is kinda f'ed after the update too (not that it was great either)

[ebon hatch]

GSC doesn't stop surprising

[sand fiber]

honestly just wait like a year until they fix it

[ebon hatch]

They made the LoD worse and game runs the same. WHY

[celest blaze]

You should play arma 3 while you wait

[normal comet]

cant wait till they fixed the main problems people had with the game and start adding new content

[flint ravine]

I'll play around with options. See what I can see.

[sand fiber]

no ❤️

[celest blaze]

I'd turn hair down for sure

[finite dragon]

Same reason why there is no male with short hair in King of Kings

[remote flame]

Apparently the Steam God himself has gotten hooked on STALKER 2

[gritty orchid]

I miss trying to play arma 3 wasteland or Altis life with 25 fps

[celest blaze]

I still can't believe how unoptimized it is lol

I'm coping but I hope 4 is better

[normal comet]

is barbers a thing in the zone
or do they buy a pair of scissors from sid and do it themselves

[ebon hatch]

Publicity stunt

[gritty orchid]

Specially for a map that's 70% sand

[celest blaze]

Ong

If it's south America with all those trees in 4..

Raytraced jungle shadows

[ebon hatch]

Arma 4 is going to look like regoyger

[celest blaze]

I mean reforger doesn't look all that bad imo

I don't like the console elements but it's not ugly

[ebon hatch]

Ik. Just runs bad

[celest blaze]

Fr

[gritty orchid]

This is why chernarus is the goated map

[celest blaze]

I love it so much

[ebon hatch]

I need Master role

[celest blaze]

Praise clear sky and watch the xp role in

[ebon hatch]

Lebedev my top G shoe me the way to Clear Sky

[celest blaze]

[empty echo]

any reason why there aren't any female stalkers
apart from woman bad

[celest blaze]

In the trilogy ?

[empty echo]

in s2, r there any in the trilogy? i've only played soc and i didn't see any

[celest blaze]

There's some women in the zone in stalker 2 it was probably just easier to go all men in the trilogy to save time

However that's just a guess

[empty echo]

yeah, no stalkers tho

[celest blaze]

Would be cool to see women stalkers tbh

[empty echo]

saying that coz im bored of the same dude with the same voice that all look exactly the same in exos
and yes, it'd add immersion

[sand fiber]

no women in the trilogy, there's a trader in S2, and in the cancelled 2012 S2 there was a singular female stalker

[mild palm]

I wouldn’t mind, but I don’t miss it either. I know guys that would be stalkers but no such women

[empty echo]

a couple traders in s2 yeah

[empty echo]

woman are too smart 😔 men r too busy hell yeahing into anomalies for artifacts

[sand fiber]

there are some funny cut women-related stories in SoC design documents, and back in 2002 during the VERY early stages of Oblivion Lost development there were a couple mentions of female stalkers

[mild palm]

There’s a modicum of truth to that, imo

[normal comet]

Hip

[empty echo]

?

[celest blaze]

Anomaly 🤢

[sand fiber]

but that's it, as far as we know (and we know a lot) since like 2003 the zone was men only

[normal comet]

I was just joking lol

[celest blaze]

Same don't worry lol

I have anomaly forgotten zone pack installed rn

[coarse sparrow]

should be better, not worse

[normal comet]

Just incase anyone would hate me for simply mentioning anomaly

[coarse sparrow]

they added 🐿️ though, could it be them eating your fps?

[celest blaze]

Honestly I feels mostly just meme hate at this point like a stoc inside joke

[empty echo]

yeah alright

[normal comet]

I couldnt tell

[celest blaze]

I mean it's prob not but some folk here can be wild lol

[thick zodiac]

Man I am bored from S2, any recommendations?

[celest blaze]

Like mention you think clear sky is the best stalker game..

[sand fiber]

the real explanation is that the devteam hadn't had a single woman in it, and stalker was grounded compared to GSC's other project
still weird, considering that both Firestarter, Venom Codename: Outbrake and Oblivion Lost (2002) all had women in them

[celest blaze]

What genre you feeling ?

[thick zodiac]

it is the most "fun"

[normal comet]

Kcd 2

[celest blaze]

Red dead 2

Dayz?

[thick zodiac]

I feel like I need to look for a job and find a better place to stay, what genre is that?

[celest blaze]

Star citizen grindset

[sand fiber]

disco elysium 💅

[celest blaze]

Or eve online

[thick zodiac]

I actually mean it

[celest blaze]

Oh hmm

[sand fiber]

play the fcigkgin first game before playing the second

[empty echo]

i've been playing a lot of wh40k darktide when i'm not on stalker, it's kinda like l4d but warhammer

[celest blaze]

^^

[normal comet]

Im sorry :(

[celest blaze]

Play some old-school dnd games

Bg1,2 nwn1,2 iwd1,2

[normal comet]

Ich need friends for that

[thick zodiac]

guys, I mean, I need to find a job and limit my gaming addiction or procrastination or whatevs

[celest blaze]

I'd look for jobs that interest you

Do what you're good at

Get into the trades and make $

[thick zodiac]

but, I have a degree already! M.Sc and B.A

[celest blaze]

Ah

[mild palm]

In what?

[sand fiber]

play disco elysium 💅💅

[thick zodiac]

Computer Engineering M.Sc and International Relations B.A

[mild palm]

Good man

[sand fiber]

bonus points if you're recently divorced

[thick zodiac]

I have just waited for so long for S2 to come out, prepared mentally for so many years and the game is not even finished, now I have to move on with my live until they hopefully fix something and I can come back and enjoy it

[empty echo]

it's not like it's unplayable

[thick zodiac]

I have finished it and don't feel like doing another playthrough, the game is quite hollow, it is like hollow stalker or hollow slavic simulator and I am slavic so nothing new

[empty echo]

ur right there, doesn't feel very alive yet

[civic fiber]

anybody else has their crosshair permanently vissible despite it being set to disabled in the menu ever since 1.3 dropped?

[celest goblet]

It's a known bug yes

[empty echo]

yup, the option to turn it off isn't there for me

[sand fiber]

i bought a gamepass on release and stopped playing like an hour after, wasn't in the mood for it 💅 💅

i don't think i'll play it for another year or so

[thick zodiac]

why do u have a tester tag? did not u test the game or smth?

[sand fiber]

well to test it you need to have the game on steam, and even if i downloaded it rn it wouldn't be a steam copy, it'd be a GOG copy

[celest goblet]

it will only get better with age

[mild palm]

Alexey, did you change study or how come u got BA and MA

[sand fiber]

anyway play disco elysium!!! 💅

[wheat vine]

got to the cordon yesterday and the difference to soc is crazy

ue5 is so shit that it cant run features we had 17 years ago

[empty echo]

alife is just nothing compared to what it used to be, not complaining through because they're working on that

[wheat vine]

i just dont know if it can ever happen cpu performance is already in the shitter

[empty echo]

mmmhhh, i hope ur wrong
i'm afraid ur right

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[wheat vine]

I think lumen also puts load on the cpu so maybe a proper hardware ray tracing would help but thats a ton of work

[mild palm]

No

[wheat vine]

but yeah ue5 by default has questionable cpu performance

[celest blaze]

you too

[thick zodiac]

I finished my first degree, could not get a job with it, got a second degree

[mild palm]

That’s crazy. I’d rather work as a waiter or smth than go through UNI again

Mad respect

[empty echo]

that's insane

[thick zodiac]

I did not pay for the second degree, just worked in a warehouse to pay through the uni

[mild palm]

Sure, but I don’t mean the money

I mean the exams, essays etc

[crystal merlin]

I think I know how to describe the Grom S15 correctly : it's a 5.45 converted Buket that do less damage but also shoots VOG grenades and can be use with a better scope which improve it's effectiveness at longer range.
What do you guys think?

[flint ravine]

They meant to eat acorns, not my FPS!

[thick zodiac]

yeah on my way through my masters I did not give an F anymore
you also can't imagine hell going through the second degree that I picked 😄
It had like 18% graduation rate, meaning every like 1 person out of 6 were able to graduate.

[empty echo]

incredible
i'm going through my third consecutive 1 year course with the same uni and lecturers and i'm sick and tired of it

[thick zodiac]

where u from?

[mild palm]

Kangaroos

[thick zodiac]

I am from Kazakhstan and it made very clear from everyone there including my ex back at the day, if I don't get a degree to earn money I would not be able to survive, have a family or anything. When I got Germanized and westernized I realized you don't have to grind through uni to have decent quality of live, so I started getting tired of uni as well.

It is a long monologue that I have tried to make very concise, hopefully it is comprehensible

[flint ravine]

That's somewhat true. Any job that has a strong academic foundation you absolutely need a degree. Things like law, medicine, architecture.

[empty echo]

just the systems and doing everything over and over again and the system of assignments is driving me mad, i'm so tired of school, i just want to work but this course is required by my job

[empty echo]

certifications or years of experience, and to get one you usually need the other, unless you start really early

[thick zodiac]

from my years of experience I can say, these assignments reflect your job. Better make mistakes doing assignments and learn rather than do them at work.

[empty echo]

yeah, i'm going to be leaving it in a few months either way because i'm moving
half the course isn't even relevant to my job either way, which just makes it feel like more of wasted time

[flint ravine]

You can't get into medicine with experience. There are numerous fields where degrees and formal training are mandatory, its the only pathway in and that's correct because there is knowledge you need in order to not be a danger to others.

[empty echo]

yeah, only some of them you can
in that i was talking about some form of traineeship or apprenticeship where they train you and then employ you afterwards after they'd put you through the course/s
i'd be worried if someone was doing medicine without certifications lol

[mild palm]

Mol1t

[pseudo rivet]

Tilen[dead]

[celest blaze]

Morne

Somethingunique

[coarse sparrow]

Q2 in 8 days and no roadmap still

[pseudo rivet]

Soon™️

[red adder]

Give us co-op

[pseudo rivet]

The amount of people who want co-op would mean that there are definitely people interested in making a co-op mod. We'll just have to wait and hope

[red adder]

No, I'm not interested in downloading mods, especially on Xbox, I want co-op implemented into the game

[hazy helm]

Haha

[gritty orchid]

[pseudo rivet]

I'm sorry to disappoint you, but you'll have to wait for eternity in that case. GSC has said that implementing co-op goes against the feeling of loneliness and how fragile your life is in the Zone

They won't be adding co-op

[gritty orchid]

I would be fine with a new game + mode on stalker 2 (even if it's very unlikely for GSC to implement one) but coop I don't see this becoming a thing like ever

[red adder]

Yeah, but we can see multiple squads of duty soldiers and stalkers

[dire dagger]

Who’s gonna tell me about co op

Do I have to do it?

[hazy helm]

Hahaha

[dire dagger]

They have said since 2021 there won’t be co op

[pseudo rivet]

True, but all the games have you play specifically as a Loner. It's a way for them to enforce that feeling of loneliness

[dire dagger]

There won’t ever be co op

[gritty orchid]

Yeah

[celest goblet]

I understand why people ask for it but I do think having some yapping in my ear the whole time would ruin the atmosphere

[mild palm]

There’s also the question of what GSC consider co-op. Playing through the campaign in duos? Or having a mate in a MP open world

[pseudo rivet]

Which is why we'll have to wait for mods. There's plenty of interest, so it wouldn't surprised me if someone makes it

[pseudo rivet]

I basically think that it's "Anything more than one duderino is wackerino"

[red adder]

2nd one would be nice

[pseudo rivet]

So either way, they aren't interested

[mild palm]

I don’t. I think extraction type thing a la Tarkov is in GSCs interest. Plus, a Deathmatch wouldn’t take months to develop

[gritty orchid]

[pseudo rivet]

I really doubt they'd make an extraction MP thingy, tbh

But we'll have to see what they're planning

And if it's going to be the same as the old TrilOG MP

[gritty orchid]

Imo just a tdm mode would be fine, let modders do the rest

[mild palm]

There’s also the fact that multiple special edition items are SP and MP interchangeable. This to me speaks of smrhn more than just DM

[pseudo rivet]

The gamemodes of the previous games would be the bare minimum, tbh

[pseudo rivet]

I dunno, I'd love something like TDM but way bigger, but who knows

Like BF's Conquest but smaller, I guess?

[mild palm]

I think it should retain Single player’s atmosphere, therefore not an all-out shootout thing

[pseudo rivet]

Oh, definitely

[mild palm]

But none of it matters to me if no proper A-Life

[pseudo rivet]

That's what the SP is for

[celest blaze]

I'd love a faction wars mode

[pseudo rivet]

The main meat of the menu, as it were

But yeah, I'd love something like a Faction Wars MP

[celest blaze]

Imagine..

You and me fighting off hordes of duty while protecting rostok..

[drowsy blade]

hordes?

[celest blaze]

Oops autocorrect

Duty, mercs, military and eggheads are opps

[pseudo rivet]

Duty, Ward, Military, UN, IPSF and some Scientists are opps

Mercs are wack, but we're not outright at war with them

[celest blaze]

Oh yeah forgot about s2 factions

[pseudo rivet]

Most Bandits and all Renegades

And nobody likes them Monoboys

[celest blaze]

Imagine bandits running concentration camps think that you're too bad to keep around 💀

Renegades gotta be vile mfs

[full valley]

the game runs way worse after the latest patch, i went from having a crash every few hours to every 10 min again just like on release. (UN-MODDED)

[pseudo rivet]

Any idea what causes it?

[thick zodiac]

I want to sit on a lap of Sidorovich and tell him personally what I want

[loud gate]

[drowsy blade]

Give me the Corps role and my life is yours

[full valley]

I can send my dbug file, other than that im not too sure it seems to be a scripting error. same as on relase I feel as if I look somewhere to fast or speak to an npc it just stutters one then twice then boom black screen, stalker also seems to be the only game that kills my GPU as it completely stops video output

[pseudo rivet]

You could report it to #s2-support and hope they can figure out what's the problem

[pseudo rivet]

Aye, kinda odd it doesn't exist

[drowsy blade]

I wonder if they're worried it counts as spoilers?

[pseudo rivet]

Not exactly, seen how we've got this lowres emote

[drowsy blade]

Hm

[pseudo rivet]

Weird that it has the black background

[drowsy blade]

Maybe because the Corps doesn't really participate in the whole Faction Wars stuff?

[pseudo rivet]

Could be, yeah

I mean, we had Spark and the IPSF as well, but people didn't even know what they were about

[drowsy blade]

True but IPSF is clearly just a Military replacement because of the cultural perception change around the Ukrainian military since the late ‘00s

[red adder]

IPSF just replaced the military from the old trilogy

[drowsy blade]

Yeah

Spark and the Ward are the two factions that we had comparatively little context for

[crystal merlin]

Fun fact : when using a mod that allows NPCs to drop their armors, the zombies only drop loner SEVA regardless of whatever suit they're wearing.

[tiny token]

Meow

[celest oracle]

so guys, how is the game? Did the patches improve a lot, of we still justbugfixing?

A-Life?

[lean creek]

i'd say mostly bugfixing

at least that's how it feels like but I didn't play a lot with the new patch

I'm guessing they had to reimplement some of the AI things they turned off for performance's sake - because I feel like the performance got worse

[night crest]

nope

[celest goblet]

Mostly bug fixing still, though they are sneaking in other improvements in each patch too. A-Life is definitely better than at launch but not that different from 1.2.

[red adder]

I've been teaching my dad how to play Stalker 2 for like 2 months now, he's finally kinda got the hang of it

He's played the OG trilogy for a really long time, and he was a huge fan of it, but of course stalker 2 is way different than the OG trilogy

[dusky shard]

👍

[coarse sparrow]

they added 🐿️

we still in the phase "where is roadmap its nearly Q2 already"

[red adder]

So uh, where exactly is the gp37 drum?

[worn oar]

Game is definitely in a real good state even Alife is somewhat alifish even if it still needs some more work. You can definitely hop back in if you was waiting for a better base stability and experience.

I've been testing for like 40hrs now and I'm definitely positive about it

Not a single crash encountered

One softlock tho, but it's supposedly fixed

(I managed to get past it, idk how, but it was a locked door and somehow, I was able to get it to open, so I carried on the story quest line.)

There is another small bug (related to weird reaction from inventory, but it has been reported and it's not game breaking as it only pops up in one specific area and cause no crash or anything. It does disappear the moment you leave that certain area too.)

The latter mentioned bug should be patched up in the next hotfix, so other than this, the game is definitely worth experiencing at this point.

Not here, answer in the #☢┃stalker-general

[red adder]

Ah mb

[sharp minnow]

Finaly have dlss 4,0 on stalker 2 new update in Nvidia app

[coarse sparrow]

General, did you progress past Zalissya?

||Hamster|| used to die from "heart attack" if I remember correctly

[celest goblet]

A-Life is still pretty buggy in places but I am definitely noticing it more. I've come across the aftermath of fights that happened offline seemingly. NPCs looting corpses reliably is definitely a big plus.

[worn oar]

Yep. I'm in the last quarter of the story

[coarse sparrow]

is it fixed?

[worn oar]

Perfectly fixed. I enjoyed it

[coarse sparrow]

dang, cool cool

[worn oar]

I didn't expect it to be more than one mission tbh

It's good. Perhaps one of the best in the game

Had my adrenaline rushing out of excitement

[worn oar]

Btw, all the encounters I faced were functioning properly

Aside from that

Not a single bug met in that regard

[celest goblet]

I still encountered a bug with one of the early ward quests but it's otherwise been smooth sailing for me

it was at least not hard to look up a workaround online for it

[worn oar]

I found no bug in the early phase. Like I said, the only noticeable one was late in the story and it's more of a softlock that was said to be fixed in the patch log (however I don't know if it is since some of my saves had it but managed to get past it surprisingly enough)

Felt the urge to do an extended testing session and now it's over 40hrs

[celest goblet]

The one I had in particular is the mission right after leaving lesser zone if you help zotov ||If you get into a fight with any bandits anywhere after crossing the pontoon bridge, trying to take the option to sneak into the train depot will auto fail and you will have to assault them||

[worn oar]

So, ig that's perfectly good considering the really minimal amount of bugs encountered

Again, not a single crash, nor memory leaks.

I remember having like 50 crash in my first playthrough

Lost count, especially mid way

[worn oar]

I didn't encounter that

No problems in my end

[celest goblet]

It's a very specific bug, solution was basically just to load back to a save from a few minutes prior. Had no problems after that

[worn oar]

Well, the game is definitely getting there

GSC's work is showing up plain as day

[mild palm]

Yeah … not impressive so far, and Steam reviews reflect that. Not naysaying here, but it is what it is.

[celest blaze]

🆗

what was the point of typing that

[celest goblet]

Eh. People want the improvements that have to come after more important work first. I think it's at least getting to the point where that can start more after another patch or two

[celest blaze]

yeah but its tilen

[worn oar]

Steam reviews are dumb af for an argument

I believe first hand exp is a more solid argument

[celest goblet]

well i understand the impatience but it is what it is

[worn oar]

Those who are waiting for more patches can already hop in now cuz it's already fairly good

I won't delude anyone by saying it's perfect, but it's getting there.

Those ppl relying on stupid hater reviews on steam are simply shortsighted

[drowsy blade]

I am encountering a few more problems than I did in 1.2, probably things that will be addressed in the hotfix. But also I’ve noticed a few recurring bugs I experienced in 1.2 are now gone in 1.3 so we’ll see what the hotfix does

[worn oar]

One can not really skip the paractical exp and take on the theoretical one from a place that is known to have crowds of non based haters throwing reviews based on 5hr playthrough lmao

[mild palm]

Just … trying to keep morale appropriately low, is all

[celest blaze]

so being a debby downer? if you wanna waste your life doing that thats on you

play peak sky NOW

[celest goblet]

Really the interesting thing for me is how different the experience has been overall from my first playthrough. Not just a level of polish thing, but the main story can take you on some pretty different routes, and it's changed how I've explored the map quite a bit

[orchid gale]

What game are we talking about

[mild palm]

Oh no, no. You see, this helps keep people grounded. Imagine next patch we get some new door texture or something instead of, say, a flashlight fix

[celest blaze]

S2

[orchid gale]

S2 good

[celest blaze]

gonna play eventually

[drowsy blade]

You dropped this 👑

[celest blaze]

[night crest]

play cyberpunk

[mild palm]

Play Unreal Tournament 99, kings

[thick zodiac]

it gave birth to UE5 eventually

[drowsy blade]

Play Call of the Zone

[sly matrix]

Play Terraria : )

[celest blaze]

play black desert online

[ebon hatch]

play fortnite

[sly matrix]

https://tenor.com/view/tts-emperor-prohibition-hammer-warhammer-gif-14213065

[sweet lintel]

is alife working yet?

[ebon hatch]

what do you think

[shrewd skiff]

People want to play A-life, not a game

[celest blaze]

play 🅱️ life instead

[celest portal]

Kot life is definitely working

[sweet lintel]

no?

[celest blaze]

omg kot

[grim basalt]

I mean some of the a life is working. It just not feels as organic as it should. Would be cool if stealth will be fixed someday.

[sweet lintel]

sorry i just thought alife was supposed to be part of the game my bad i just thought this version of stalker was supposed to have realistic roaming enemies but i guess its just random spawns i gues....oh sorry i thought i wanted to play a game but i guess not.. im really wrong and stupid..sorry for being so dumb

[celest blaze]

little dramatic

[grim basalt]

Its kinda dumb when u are out in the wild at night crouch and the enemy detects u from like a mile away even u got no lights or anything on.

[sweet lintel]

sorry for being dramatic...?

[pseudo rivet]

I'm already at Half-Life

[supple nymph]

Are there any mods out yet that actually truly fixes the terrible framerate?

[pseudo rivet]

I think I heard of one, but I'm not sure

[celest blaze]

half life rtx..

[grim basalt]

There a lot of permance mods and even some youtuber that benchmarked all the differences.

[celest blaze]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-look-gif-19801862

[sweet lintel]

i guess ill go play another game like zero sievert or something. because i dont like playing broken games that are broken...sorry

[pseudo rivet]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/752634309629968515/886557445500063794/image0-35.gif

[supple nymph]

I'm asking for specifics. Do you know of a specific mod that TRULY optimizes the game?

[celest blaze]

ok

play other games or dont it makes no difference tbh

[celest blaze]

omg kot

[grim basalt]

Look it up urself i cant remember which one i installed but i gives me stable frames and performance

[pseudo rivet]

Fair, you can always return later and hope for the game to be patched 'n stuff

[sweet lintel]

i just dont want to play a beta/early access because i thought this was a full released product

[celest blaze]

then play other things

[supple nymph]

Why look it up myself when I can just ask you nerds instead?

[sweet lintel]

yeah thats the plan

[pseudo rivet]

I mean, to be completely fair, what AAA quality game is an actual full released product?

[grim basalt]

Thats what u get for not being nice

[sweet lintel]

i guess monster hunter just released and it was poorly optimized for pc....but you know... it wasnt incomplete like stalker 2 was

[stiff pasture]

No it’s still missing features

[pseudo rivet]

There are way more AAA games out there

[supple nymph]

Are your nerd feelings hurt? I'm sorry

[orchid gale]

Cry

[grim basalt]

Lol

[pseudo rivet]

At least he did say sorry

[celest blaze]

guys please

[pseudo rivet]

Okay

Time to please Kotus

[orchid gale]

You like gamma your opinion is invalid

[pseudo rivet]

Post kots

[celest blaze]

https://tenor.com/view/kot-kupa-kocham-cię-miłość-sigma-gif-16138411322186672722

[orchid gale]

Omg
Cat

[pseudo rivet]

omg
dog

[sweet lintel]

i am crying and it feels very cathartic

[celest blaze]

https://tenor.com/view/cute-cat-smiling-kitten-kawaii-gif-2742547656233150604

[warped rover]

Ima stalk you

[orchid gale]

Pls

[celest portal]

The bulba has escaped the en_offtop

[warped rover]

but here I dont have my belarusian bulba powers 😔

[celest portal]

[warped rover]

the only stalker game ive played is clear sky frfr

[celest portal]

I lobe clear sky

[pseudo rivet]

I lobe clear

[warped rover]

I hate dirty ocean

[pseudo rivet]

Fr that's our opp fr dawg

[warped rover]

o.b.s.e.r.v.e.r dirty ocean 😡

[warped rover]

batat eaters made it

[lime yew]

Okay, so I found why A life, and my primary weapons were useless. The mods did not like the 1.3 update. 😅

[nocturne monolith]

Rdr2

Most nintendo games

[pseudo rivet]

RDR2 excluding

[nocturne monolith]

Re4 remake

😂 lmfao, suddenly that doesnt count

Re2 remake, final fantasy 7, theres plenty

[pseudo rivet]

Okay, so remakes

What about actual games?

Because, from what I've seen, most recent AAA releases are dogwater

Same's the case here, unfinished

[celest goblet]

I mean if we wanna hone in on Capcom you can also say RE7 and Village. The remakes are better but those were still complete games on launch. And Devil May Cry 5

[celest goblet]

Hahahaha

[celest portal]

Hat

[pseudo rivet]

Bro's a Hat Hater

[celest goblet]

The big thing all those games have going for them is they are not trying to be big open world AAA titles with a ton of systems and content

[warped rover]

hat

[nocturne monolith]

Remakes are actual games, theyre built from the ground up lol

[nocturne monolith]

This^

And the good ones that are(rdr2) are given the proper time and funding to do so.

Capcom has been doing pretty solid since re7, re3 was a hiccup but that was moreso a writing issue

[pseudo rivet]

I know, but I can't think of any recent AAA games which haven't been unpolished releases

Other than those, that is

[nocturne monolith]

How recent are we talking? Thats relative

[tawny comet]

Still getting a lot of freezes on series X (sometimes 25-30 seconds) or times when I can’t access weapon wheel: backpack. Is there a clear cache or something that can help alleviate this on series X

[pseudo rivet]

Let's say either 5 or 10 years, depending on what you see as recent

[celest goblet]

hmmm

[worn oar]

[nocturne monolith]

Bruh then that literally covers evreything I mentioned Re7-Remake 4

Rdr2, Nier Atonoma 1 and 2, final fantasy 7

Monster hunter worlds, titanfall 2

[pseudo rivet]

Yeah, those are some fair points

[nocturne monolith]

If youre willing to count games with a budget in the 10s of millions then the list is even higher

[pseudo rivet]

The DOOM games as well

[nocturne monolith]

True, id put Wolfenstien new collusses as well

[pseudo rivet]

Not a fan, but fair

Helldivers and DRG

Space Marine II

Actually, how's the Forever Winter?

Game released, but haven't heard anything of it anymore, tbh

[nocturne monolith]

My point isnt to rag on you or anything, its that there ARE good games that get released by big publishers.
And we should vote with our wallets on those.

[pseudo rivet]

So true

[celest goblet]

Some of these I think edge down into AA a bit but certainly the good games there hit much more consistently

[pseudo rivet]

Too bad it isn't always the case

[nocturne monolith]

Cool concept, but really poorly optimized imo.

[pseudo rivet]

FIFA still exists for a reason

[pseudo rivet]

Ah dang

Yeah, concept looked real nice

[hazy jewel]

Hardware ray tracing ?

[pseudo rivet]

But it's kinda weird how I heard literally nothing after release

[nocturne monolith]

Its still early access so ima check in on it in a year

[pseudo rivet]

Yeah, that's fair

Doing the same with HoC

[nocturne monolith]

The devs are aware and say they will eventually work to fix it

I personally just really hate the argument of
“Well this game is poorly optimized and missing features. But its ok because evrey big game that releases nowadays has it”

Not only is it untrue, but also doesnt help the core issue

^slightly unrelated and side tangent

[pseudo rivet]

I mean, there's truth in there

A ton of big games do release unpolished

But for it to be an acceptable norm is really driving it too far

[magic coyote]

Yes, although in the AA industry, they usually notify you when a game is unfinished, as happened with Assetto Corsa Evo with its roadmap of updates until version 1.0, or Sons of the Forest with its timed updates.

[nocturne monolith]

Yeah, but a lot of big games also dont. Baldurs Gate 3 absolutely hit the nail on the head by releases a full game at full price.

I absolutely do not mind paying 60 bucks for that kind of experience. But I fully expect to get a similar experience if im spending 60 bucks on a game again

[pseudo rivet]

Definitely, BG3 was popular for a reason

Same with RDR2 and SMII

Helldivers 2 as well, despite some ups and downs

[magic coyote]

all the dooms

[gritty orchid]

wasnt bg3 in early access on steam for more than a year tho?

[nocturne monolith]

If Cyberpunk 2077 released in 2020, how it is now, i would probably say the same thing for that. Unfortunately it took a few years to get to speed

[magic coyote]

The other day, I played it again, and it still has a lot of bugs. I still can't forgive them for the number of false promises they made.

[pseudo rivet]

No Man's Sky is a perfect example as well

[nocturne monolith]

Yeah, which is probably why the release version went so well.

I personally dont mind paying a slightly unfinished, buggier version but at a discount. Imo, what should have done with Stalker2. Early acess

[pseudo rivet]

Man, how old is that game now?

Feels like 10 years almost?

[magic coyote]

I’d say No Man’s Sky is the only game that has truly redeemed itself. Unlike Cyberpunk, the developers of No Man’s Sky not only delivered on their promises but actually improved on them.

[nocturne monolith]

true. But I personally dont regret the amount I spent on it. I still had fun, def wont ever preorder another Cd project red game tho

Taleworlds devs 💀

[vale quartz]

He doesn't know

[thick zodiac]

@vale quartz patch when?

[magic coyote]

Now I want to see how GSC will fix some things with Stalker 2. They have a complicated situation, especially with Lumen and the high CPU usage.

[vale quartz]

Also Bg3 on launch was buggy with an almost unplayable act 3 lol. It was fixed several months after. Still act 3 is abysmal dogshit tho with tons of cut content

[mild palm]

@vale quartz when is 1.4?

[vale quartz]

Next month

[nocturne monolith]

I played it on launch
I personally didnt have this experience and only had 1 bug my entire playthrough. With the midgets being stuck in the submarine

But to each their own, reviews reflected otherwise 🤷‍♂️. Sorry you had a bad experience

[magic coyote]

I also didn’t have any issues with Baldur's Gate. It’s really a solid game at launch in terms of bugs/performance.

[vale quartz]

Most review on steam were written with people still in act 1 lol

[nocturne monolith]

Act 3 had a dip in FPS but I was still averaging 70+ on my 3070

[magic coyote]

And well, Stalker 2, many people said and still say that the game is perfect.