⭐┃nospoilers_general

[coarse sparrow]

guys, what is Zone Kit Phase 1

[celest goblet]

Initial release of official modding tools

[coarse sparrow]

Does that mean we will able to install mods thru steam?

[celest goblet]

Not sure but I would guess so

[ripe patrol]

Nexus will still be much better to install mods on PC

[coarse sparrow]

nexus got sold out to corpos

site has grim future

[dire dagger]

Hopefully the sdk helps nexus modders

[novel rover]

I hope so too, I can't even get a pak file to load without crashing the game if it contains a skeletal mesh :/

[celest blaze]

Nexus will stay the same I read the press release

[supple wedge]

Saw that reload renewal is pegged for 1.5.
It doesn’t bother me too much but still that’ll be a nice quality of life improvement.

[novel rover]

it's what I'm waiting for

[worthy zodiac]

And people will still use it, unfortunately. Simply because they are too used to it and it's easier to promote your smaller mods if you have them on nexus instead of "downloadmycoolmod.com"

[worthy zodiac]

"It'll be the same, trust us bro" kind of thing, really

[dim topaz]

Stalker 2 will have A-life 2.0, I read their website

[coarse sparrow]

do you really trust what they say haha

[unreal raptor]

Man this is the wrong place to believe press releases. Look at Stalker 2 and what was promised 😂

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[celest blaze]

Fair yeah

[topaz spire]

I dont think true A-life is possible on UE5 world partition system

Also the progress we have seen in 8 Months is not promising...

[hardy bear]

Given how many bugs have been ticked off in recent notes it seems to me like they are still focusing efforts on fixing them mostly

But in reality, I never expected a similar feeling ai system when the game was said to be open world and as big as it is, so I’m still enjoying it

[fathom cedar]

??

Offline a-life does not even need to be simulated as UE5 actors.

It can exist as any arbitrary data structure, in that way it's completely engine-agnostic.

[spring wedge]

Thats true although i can imagine that would be really difficult for them to impliment

[supple wedge]

All I know is everything seems easy when you’re not the one having to do it.

[spring wedge]

Yeah i dont see how that would be easy to make in the slightest

[unreal raptor]

that's true — but i also imagine it would of been easier to build this system first, rather than retrospectively. Jamming it into a game that is already spiraling out of control with bugs, balance and performance issues.

*The trifector of slop. *

[spring wedge]

yup

[static compass]

[coarse sparrow]

do you think Metro devs played Stalker 2?

[sly matrix]

More likely than Stalker 2 playing Metro devs

[elder beacon]

will mosin be available in all variants

pu / obrez / infantry

[dire dagger]

Unknown

[elder beacon]

imagine running mosin infantry for primary and obrez for secondary

[dire dagger]

Considering nothing like that exists in game currently I doubt it

[elder beacon]

rumers have it that a mosin exists in the game files

[dire dagger]

No the mosin I don’t doubt

The existence of any sub variants

I highly doubt

[elder beacon]

wouldn't the pu be a variant

a simple scope attachment

[dire dagger]

Id be an attachment

But it’s probably gonna go for the pubg approach

And just let you fix an already existing scope

Like modification install dovetail rail

[elder beacon]

possibly suppressor mount?

they would have the tools to externally thread the barrel

[dire dagger]

I doubt it

But we’ll see

I don’t think any other sub variants will exist though

Cutting barrels etc

[celest goblet]

If anything there may be a unique version somewhere

But I wouldn't expect multiple normal types

What we really need is more 9x19 handguns

[sly matrix]

THE MIGHTY KEITH HAS BLESSED US WITH HIS PRESENCE

[nimble cipher]

g.0.r.0.1_1_1.e.k has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[hexed leaf]

Once SDK is out I'll be adding this to OXA, already got them set up and just need the ability to add new meshes now

[dire dagger]

Based

Can’t wait to see it

[hexed leaf]

I can't post pictures on this channel, but there's a brief outline of where it's at on the nexus page

https://ibb.co/nsydwXqq

those are the WIP meshes for some of the different barrel lengths

[wraith socket]

https://tenor.com/view/rat-rats-drive-driving-car-gif-26521606

OMG
KEITH

[wraith socket]

https://ibb.co/nsydwXqq

[gritty orchid]

i for once, cant wait for the sdk so i can make an escape from tarkov hud for stalker 2

or at least make a ghetto body health system mod until someone makes a better one

[hardy bear]

I do wish leaning from cover actually did make a noticeable different to make such a system worth it

Tested it out earlier, standing without leaning in the open had near enough the same number of shots land as a tight corner lean

Feels like they just shoot the camera position and just miss when the rng is in your favour, rather than them shooting centre of mass with some spread to make leaning actually worth it

Will test it some more in better and more consistent conditions but it doesn’t seem to be as potent, and you ideally need it to be for such a limb health system

[clear elm]

Or just play HUDless

A more complex healing system could be cool, but it would also require an entire rebalance of everything else to make it flow properly

[hazy helm]

https://tenor.com/view/max-payne-sorrow-sad-tragic-why-gif-25206915

[clear elm]

Because the balancing is built around fast healing

[hazy helm]

need to SDK to port Nature Winter in all of its glory

[clear elm]

We need SDK so Dreamer can finally add more foliage

[hazy helm]

Im afraid Ill captujre his pockets of data during transfer and change all textures with a 16x16 low res file of the colour green

[celest blaze]

We need sdk so we can have OGSE 2..

[worn oar]

Evil

[gritty orchid]

man, stalker 2 with a winter themed zone would go hard

[celest blaze]

Fr

[celest blaze]

peak

[supple wedge]

https://www.reddit.com/r/stalker/comments/1iywomt/concept_artwork_for_cut_locations/

GSC had some concept art set in the snow^

There is also a location on the wider map with a name implying it could have snow.

Also a really killer painting.

[golden mesa]

Why is the game called stalker if there are no women in it ?

[karmic cradle]

Hold on this guy might be onto something here...

[worthy zodiac]

There are women in stalker 2 tho. In stalker 3 you'll finally be able to stalk them in the zone too

[karmic cradle]

This is peak gaming

[worthy zodiac]

Also, lots of good news about 1.5 patch. Nice to see that... Especially that reloading thing

Still, I wonder what's up with A-Life

And will they manage to make a significant improvement for the next patch

[elder beacon]

im thinking of reinstalling if the next patch makes a significant difference

i got soft locked and had no way out other than restarting so i gave up playing

[dim topaz]

What do you think the first few mods will be

[worthy zodiac]

Considering that for the last 20 years people have added like 10 women in mods for original stalker games... I doubt the situation will be THAT different in here, lol

Altho who knows... With some better graphics there might be a higher demand for some women in bikini armor...

[dim topaz]

I can already see the realistic ray traced sweat beads mods

[ripe patrol]

The reloading change is honestly one of the most baller features for me

WOLF

Sprinting at the last 10% of the reloading animation only for it to cancel the whole thing was frustrating to say the least

[worn oar]

you want it to skip reload?

[hardy bear]

Animation cancelling is great for reloading mid-mag, but since 80% of reloads are done when empty, this will be useful

[coarse sparrow]

Yeah, renewal was long overdue

[fathom cedar]

I hope so, it’s in the roadmap for Q2, and Q2 is almost over

[worn oar]

Alife will keep getting improvements even after this uncoming patch.

[coarse sparrow]

that means Q3 roadmap is upon us

[worthy zodiac]

In your roles it says that you are a tester... Does that mean that you are currently testing this update or something?

[dire dagger]

We aren’t no

[fathom cedar]

liar

[dire dagger]

I’m not lying but believe what you wish

[celest blaze]

I tested it and it's pretty peak

[dire dagger]

Professional gas lighter over here

[celest blaze]

[crystal merlin]

More exoskeletons/exosuits

[worn oar]

Yeah

But I can't share anything other than that

[dire dagger]

There’s nearly 10 already

[celest blaze]

Add the wild ones from op2..

[dire dagger]

Make one that allows me to punch people so hard their chest explodes

Like

[celest blaze]

Ngl melee should be viable with an exo equipped

[dire dagger]

I mean bro

They give me super human strength

I should be able to pick up rocks

[celest blaze]

Should let you become bane and snap mfs backs

[dire dagger]

And throw them hard enough to kill people instantly

[celest blaze]

FR

[dire dagger]

Throw bricks like baseballs

Like I feel this isn’t something that’s been explored

Like I feel any suit that allows me to lift 140kg of crap

Should also allow me to inflict some serious damage on other people

[proper shadow]

does stalker 2 have any mooze soundtrackS?

[smoky bobcat]

Mooze?

[terse bane]

The guy that made the ambient tracks of Shadow of Chernobyl and some themes for the trailers of Oblivion Lost and Shadow of Chernobyl.

[coarse sparrow]

wish 1.5 update would get a trailer or smth

game needs move visibility

[worn oar]

@loud gate wishgranted*

My role color changed again

[loud gate]

It's been finished for like 1 week now

Just waiting on release

[worn oar]

Good! I just remembered lmao

[worthy zodiac]

I'm not even sure if what you said is true or not... But just in case of it being true, can you request them devs or something to release some sort of debug tools to actually see the way A-Life works in game? I'd love it if GSC was more open about it... Basically, something like Anomaly has where by enabling debug info you can see all the squads on the map as dots and see what they are doing

Yeah, probably asking for a lot in here but who knows

[worthy zodiac]

(Talking about post 1.5 A-Life, of course, cause currently we definitely don't need debug tools to see that it's borked, lol)

[proper shadow]

🤖

[worn oar]

Probably the modkit will have something like that, but I don't really know much about it. Ig we all should wait and see.

I know as much as u do in that context

So, I'd rather just wait if I were you.

#📜┃gsc-answers message

Can't say more than what was officially shared by GSC

And honestly, I don't know any more than that, so what I said is my own current speculation until proven otherwise

You can try and ask in the GSC ask channel tho? About the content of the phase 1 modkit

If it's not NDA, you'll get the info you're looking for

[unreal raptor]

My guess is if you saw that in Stalker 2 you would be very underwhelmed

[frank vector]

How are the devs getting along withe the a-life updates? i know end of Q2 they said about updates. Hopefully progress made.......ala........cyber punk

[celest goblet]

There should be 1.5 next week. We'll see then. They have a lot of other things to fix and improve too

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[silent marlin]

Hey y'all I have a question, is there a way to stop the game from compiling shaders Everytime I start, so that it can just store the shaders and I can play as normal?

It's not very reasonable for me to compile shaders Everytime I start it...

[worn oar]

#📰┃announcement message

[silent marlin]

How hard is it to fix this issue that they haven't already 😭

This should be like day 1 patch shit, how did it get through to let shaders compile everytime on the PC version... On a PC game???

[worn oar]

I mean its obvious at this point since the coming patch will seek the completion of the Q2 roadmap

[silent marlin]

Okay I tried launching it for a third time to see if it would compile faster and its not nearly as bad after the first two launches

I was gonna just wait for the update if it was gonna be 10+ minutes everytime

[smoky bobcat]

Why are you relaunching it over and over? Just to see if it goes faster?

[celest goblet]

It should be pretty long after each update and shorter on subsequent launches until another update at least

[silent marlin]

I launched it earlier today for the first time, then I took a small break, and onmy second launch it recompiled. So I came here to see if it would recompile everytime. I looked it up, it said it should get faster each time, so I closed the game and tried relaunching it to see if it would be faster the third time, and it only took about a minute or two

And also, I was experiencing a bug where a large amount of geometry wasnt loading, so I tried to restart it to fix that too

[coarse sparrow]

Or move things into Q3 roadmap

[coarse sparrow]

you can force turn that off on PC

and only do if you update your gpu driver

other than that I don't think it matters much

[worthy zodiac]

Fair enough...

[worthy zodiac]

Been asking similar questions like once per month, lol. Well... Guess it's time to do it once more

[topaz rover]

will we get DLSS4 with 1.5 patch?

[gritty orchid]

isnt dlss4 already in the game?

[topaz rover]

I dont think so

I think its 3.8 or something close to 4

[bright lantern]

Is there some kind of massive new memory leak past the point of no return?

I've had the game freeze twice|| while fighting the granite squad || and both times the game has been using 40gb of RAM.

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[dire dagger]

Bro it’s 12:39 at night what you mean

[steep raven]

im loving this game yalls

[supple wedge]

Would be nice, but it's also super easy to add, with app or dlss swapper+profile inspector.

[empty gorge]

i admire the passion

[supple wedge]

I think the bigger question is - why does it take longer for some people than others?
There's all this talk about removing compiling shaders, but why are some people saying it takes 20mins and others it takes 30-40 seconds (My experience is the latter)
That delta is beyond just hardware differences.

[topaz rover]

Will try. Thx

[coarse sparrow]

I dunno, but I suspect that its mostly hardware

[topaz rover]

Hmm I am trying the dlss swapper, but the latest one is v3.10.3, not dlss4 :S

nvm, 3.10 is apperently the same as dlss4

[supple wedge]

Yup, that is correct

[worn oar]

[exotic hamlet]

Is anyone else having issues with gunfights past 20 meters or so? My bullets are landing, but enemies aren't flinching and half a mag doesn't take down a bandit in a jacket.

[exotic hamlet]

I downloaded a "damage numbers" mod to ensure I wasn't just missing. Apparently, a rifle becomes a peashooter at 50 yards, doing only 2-6 damage per shot. Even Shadow of Chernobyl didn't have this bad of a damage dropoff.

Meanwhile, enemies' shots at the same distance are ripping off chunks of my health and leaving me with bleeding damage.

[torpid prairie]

Is there a channel for technical support stuff?

[worn oar]

#s2-support

[worn oar]

You saying you have the issue with the mod or you had to download the mod to get over the issue?

[exotic hamlet]

I downloaded a mod that shows you the damage you're doing per attack, like in Destiny or Fortnite, to make sure I wasn't just missing. I was otherwise playing vanilla.

[worn oar]

Hmmm

Then it shouldn't be the case

[coarse sparrow]

1.5 is shaping to be the biggest patch of the year no less

NG+ would be welcome as well

[worn oar]

Well, if something like that is going to happen, it would've been noted in the Q2 roadmap
I'd say maybe in the next Q or idk

Best to keep your expectations tied to what is listed in the roadmap(s/ to come)

We'll maybe see more cool stuff in the next one (gut feeling)

[ember summit]

I’d hope for more optimisations and bug fixes before adding any new features, adding new content normally comes with new issues needing ironed out, sometimes even a patch is needed to fix a patch these days, it’s mental.

[smoky bobcat]

My biggest wishlist items are trackir support for head tracking and dual input support so I can use my Azeron Cyborg without the game changing my aim sensitivity

[hardy bear]

I’m essentially making my own new game plus after finishing its story, will be interesting to see how it plays out

Would your vision for new game plus be restarting it with all the gear you have now?

I’m not all too familiar with new game plus modes aside from Tsushima which just lets you replay it with tools unlocked

But since s2 doesn’t have skill trees or anything, what would the plus aspect be?

[coarse sparrow]

instead of playing main quest, get an alternative path knowing what will happen with some choice inbetween

that keeps the location flow fresh + you get to keep gear

anomalies change locations

something along those lines

[hardy bear]

So keep your gear, and have the main quest locations be randomised?

[coarse sparrow]

the main quest kind of shrinks into something else, like you know where to pick up stuff and prevent foes from doing something else

plus you get the true ending of what would have happened if not the original story

so its rewarding to replay, it also reflects on the original choices you made

that way the loop main game + ng is always fresh

[hardy bear]

Sounds at face value a little like the original premise of npcs beating you to the main quest

[worn oar]

Honestly? I believe it won't really be a life changing thing to have. Like, the best part of the game is you having to scavenge your way through and all. Would it be fun to have everything staying in a new game setting including upgrades, gear and stuff? What would that make of stash system and rest of the stuff you'll need to find like blue prints etc..?
Okay, I'd see a little sense to us having a new game plus that only saves your personal stash content and coupons count while it resets everything else (blueprint requirements and stashes.), other than that, it won't make no sense to have everything unlocked (unless you just want to rush through the game without any form of scavenging outside of looting corpses.)

I'm not really in favor of this new game plus thing. It simply doesn't fit Stalker, to my opinion at least.

[hardy bear]

Oh no not that kind of new game plus, I should have added more detail.

As I’m in agreement there. Playing through it again with gear would strip away any of the fun.

My idea for new game plus would just essentially be a free roam style thing equivalent to cop. I’ve been playing the game focusing on the narrative so far, and while exploring has been very rewarding, it’s been a little too rewarding. I never needed to buy any gear, and good loot just sort of appeared.

My plan was to create a branching save, bin my items, sell my stuff and see how it feels doing a sort of free roam thing starting from theoretical scratch in the same world.

Since most supplies come from buildings on the critical path, I was keen to see how it would play out that way.

[worn oar]

Well, what you stated there doesn't really represent the NG+ concept. It is more of a dlc like story mode which would only take ton of work (effort going wasted on it whereas it should've been put into making the game better and better)

[worn oar]

You mean a story mode like one that removes all ties to main quests and unleash you on the zone without any marker or anything other than side activities? Or just everything but with no markers at all (like saying you should go to the pripyat ferris wheel without giving you any direction and you rely on your knowledge of the map?)

Either way, that wouldn't really be a majority thing since most just can't deal with such thing.

[hardy bear]

Just - the world as it is after the final mission (which I haven’t reached yet and know nothing about). All the markers stay the same, all the world events are the same, it’s literally just wiping my inventory, starting with low tier stuff and just progressing not following that critical path that the story pushes you down

[worn oar]

I could also say that most games never add NG+ until the game is fully complete (when major patches come to an end)

[hardy bear]

Which I can achieve myself by doing just that, no need to add anything or waste dev work as I can do it myself

[worn oar]

That wouldn't be a new game plus then

[celest goblet]

Well I will not spoil much but there are 4 endings to the game so it would be kinda hard to do a post game

[worn oar]

Yeah

Almost every one denies that possibility

[hardy bear]

I’d say it is. just not one that does the inverse and give you all the gear and a fresh world. It’s a completed world, with no gear

[hardy bear]

Yeah I don’t know at what point I’d do the reset at. Assuming you can carry on playing like in cop it wouldn’t really matter anyway

And even if not, I can just make a branch before that final decision if it does exist

[worn oar]

Look, imma be honest with you and say that I don't think it would ever happen. Modders might find the liberty to do something similar, but won't by official means.
I also think that the Canon ending will eventually be known when dlcs drop as I expect one of the two (or both) would carry on from where we left off. In theory, if what I think is correct, I can also guess which ending has a possibility for such thing, and even think of multiple different alternatives which do not really involve skif as a protagonist

[hardy bear]

I think you are vastly overestimating what I’m planning on doing

[worn oar]

Free roam in that style would be possible, but highly unlikely to have any post story references

[hardy bear]

I’m not asking for a new character, a new story, nothing. I will quite literally just do the final mission, drop my gear, spend money and dispose of whatever I buy, head to zalissya and just set my own goals

[worn oar]

Maybe so, but I tried to cover all different scenarios I could think of

[worn oar]

Look my message above

[worn oar]

This one

No?

[hardy bear]

Yeah, that’s the goal

Wouldn’t need any story

[worn oar]

That is possible then

[hardy bear]

The main reason I’d do such a thing is because the abundance of gear, supplies and general loot makes it so that following the critical path of the narrative will keep you stocked up constantly

[worn oar]

Idk if the team has any plans on doing it, but it should be possible with modders' work

[hardy bear]

There was never a moment where food or meds created any kind of decisionmaking. The only time there was pressure due to the lack of resources was when I used boosters that gave you negative effects that needed replenishing

[worn oar]

We'll just wait and see ig

[hardy bear]

I never needed to buy gear or ammo, nothing. So I wanted to see how the game plays when that ground loot is gone. How would progression feel if I can’t rely on the game giving me a new weapon at a steady pace? How will exploration feel if I can’t be certain an upcoming building has anything at all? That’s what I was thinking about for the most part

[worn oar]

I get your point actually. You want to try being in the zone after exhausting the resources you made for yourself during story progress

Trying to resume exploration and such

[hardy bear]

Not to say the way it is now is bad. It feels exactly like the trilogy, and I’m in it for that story. I’ve had a blast taking in the atmosphere - wondering what various structures and rooms did when they were used, reflecting on how the place feels.

But the first run felt like a proper narrative experience that gives you everything you need to work through it in good pacing. All in all, I just wanted to see how it felt when some of that is taken away

While I feel like a hypocrit saying this, I’m thinking like those free play mods. Taking the existing survival, money making and combat systems and tuning their impact to have me see the game in a new way

[hardy bear]

Exactly that. Sorry if I came off a little aggressive earlier, didn’t mean to

[wraith socket]

No one is making you empty any stash, buy any items or getting any upgrades.
If you want to experience a "Misery" type version of Stalker 2, you can do it yourself,
if you have the self-control not to utilize the things, that you think make the game too easy.

[hardy bear]

Yup, that’s the plan. I can create the setup myself with no need for devs or modders to do anything

[exotic hamlet]

Forgot to reply. I downloaded a mod that changes the ballistics. I went from doing 2-6 HP per shot to 16-21 at the same distance. (However, the mod didn't address the aimbot so now I'm getting gunned down in 5 seconds and wallbanged.)

[hexed leaf]

Have you tried 'New Game Start'? https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/1211

[dire dagger]

Finally anomaly slop

[supple wedge]

The sound design in this game is really good.

I really like just how dynamic it is, how much it changes between areas. Not to mention guns.

I love the trilogy but man did it have terrible weapon audio.

[static compass]

I like that your eyes adjust when going outside from dark places

[supple wedge]

Yeah, makes the dark places feel dark without being impossible to see

[static compass]

Yee

[dim topaz]

Can't wait for Gamma 2

[dim topaz]

I love the OG's audio. Still a lot better than a lot of todays games

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[sly matrix]

https://tenor.com/view/greetings-chat-chinchilla-hello-chat-greeting-meme-gif-9823477163413463224

[supple wedge]

It's just really barebones.
Guns have one sound each, and the only effect is it getting quieter the further away it is.
S2 has better recordings, a variety of sampled sounds per gun, echos, reflections, reverb, and the sound even changes over the course of a magazine.

[dim topaz]

The guns sound cool tho

[coarse sparrow]

this is how NG+ is done in Starfield kind of

[supple wedge]

Cool if you like it I guess.

I just think shooters have made big strides in that department. That and animations.

Cant share links apparently, but there's a good comparison on YT

[crisp ruin]

[celest blaze]

Omg
Keith

[sly matrix]

PRAISE KEITH

[kindred drum]

[sly matrix]

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

[novel rover]

Less talking, more dropping 1.5

please and thank you

[sly matrix]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/783337511018823770/1360616007558762658/pop_richter_1.1.gif

[rapid warren]

Dont worry, keith the patchbringer is upon us

[sly matrix]

Keith is a generous lord

[worn oar]

[sly matrix]

THE UNBELIEVER LAUGHS AT KEITH, GET HIM!

[novel rover]

🙏 bless us Keith, we have sinned but we are worthy

[tiny token]

The gunfire sound is batshit insane in s2

[hazy helm]

bro you dont even code in C

[sly matrix]

-# don't call me out like that in public, that's rude

[pallid tundra]

Anyone notice brightness change in foliage when in motion vs standing still. Is it the response time or monitor panel design (VA vs IPS). Response time seems to not make a differece regardless of option.

[celest blaze]

OMG
KEITH

[supple wedge]

Got sharpening set really high? Could just be that.

[pallid tundra]

Thats mostly should be left at below 50

[spring wedge]

I had that issue even at sharpness around 20 although it was less noticable

If turning down sharpness doesnt change it it might just be Lumen artifacting which isnt really easy to fix, you can up the game resolution or upscaling and increase global illumination quality but thats about it

[eager cairn]

Big week ahead excited for the patch 1.5

and red markets too

[wraith socket]

https://tenor.com/view/rat-rats-drive-driving-car-gif-26521606

OMG
KEITH

[sly matrix]

Can we cancel monday mornings and skip straight to tuesday afternoons?

[wraith socket]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-sleepy-sleeping-kitten-gif-8836425

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[sly matrix]

https://tenor.com/view/morning-morning-coffee-morning-cat-coffee-cat-bad-hair-cat-gif-14075918411085173951

[gritty orchid]

when update

I need a reason to reinstall STALKER 2

[celest blaze]

Fr

[rapid warren]

this week

the schizo patch week is here

[zinc apex]

didn't follow for ages. is this update gonna be good?

[celest blaze]

I hope

[worthy zodiac]

Technically it should be the best one we've ever got (because all the other ones were bugfixes mostly with a few additions here and there)
In this update we are supposed to get something similar to actual A-Life, weapon reloading renewal, the first version of SDK... And some more stuff

[sharp minnow]

Wednesday 1.5

[worthy zodiac]

But my expectations are pretty low, to be honest. Somehow I'm expecting them to delay A-Life stuff for later (Or maybe it'll be just a simpler "bugfix" to the current system, like in the previous versions)

[celest goblet]

I definitely expect A-Life stuff to be incremental. That said this does seem like the most substantial gameplay update yet

New weapons, mutant loot, staged reloads, official mod tools finally

[empty gorge]

skeeffaaa lets go center of da zonaaa and steal the alife skeeffaaa

[worthy zodiac]

#📜┃gsc-answers message

[ripe patrol]

Oh boy oh boy. 1.5 is the tipping point for S2. If they can show some great improvements here, I have high hopes GSC will make S2 the next CP77

[vital raven]

How bout that multiplayer and shit, any news?

[hazy helm]

let them fix the game first

[empty gorge]

tbf dlc info is a must by now, it has to be on q3 roadmap and that roadmap needs to release with 1.5 update (spoiler: it prob wont)

[celest goblet]

Even if the launch had gone smoothly I wouldn't have expected dlc for at least a year

Now I'm thinking 2026 sometime

[low latch]

every time i think about this game i think how much faster the game could have been better if the devs didn't have to fix bugs every patch release and spent that time polishing the game for a 2025 release, oh well

[ripe patrol]

With 1.5, it feels we're getting the game at the state it should've launched back on November

[celest goblet]

Well we will see how it feels when it actually releases

[vale quartz]

a man can hope

[low latch]

nah we are still ways off, this is still 0.5 imo

[celest goblet]

But it seems like the game won't be totally busted anymore

[vale quartz]

I hope after 1.5 gsc start adding some meat to the bones

[hazy helm]

brother you aint even a tester

[vale quartz]

he's a secret tester tho

[low latch]

undercover tester

[vale quartz]

has invisible role too

[celest goblet]

Well getting some weapons that were presumably cut and a mutant loot system is promising at least

[low latch]

still no nightvision and i have low expectations for a-life

so really we're still not even at 1.0

[ripe patrol]

SDK tester

[hazy helm]

wheres the role

[ripe patrol]

there is no role i guess

[hazy helm]

there used to be one man, i dunno

[ripe patrol]

I aksed them to make one

dont know if thatll happen anytime soon

but

[vale quartz]

gimme tester role but I won't test shit cuz too lazy

win win

[ripe patrol]

This guy gets it

[sly matrix]

Based

[zinc apex]

Chupapi Muñañyo

[sly matrix]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-dance-gif-25818512

[junior turret]

DONT TALK ABOUT THAT HERE. YOU SHOULD BE ASKING IN THE DARK CORNER, THERE SON.

[zinc apex]

🐴

[lofty fossil]

are new weapons being added in 1.5

[worn oar]

2 yes

[empty gorge]

me im a tester whats up? who wanna do Q&A

[empty gorge]

woooooooooo slow down there bro 🤣

[dire dagger]

Wait are you actually allowed to do that now?

[worn oar]

Nope it's trolling lmao

[dire dagger]

Darn

[lofty fossil]

whats the 2 new guns :((((

[worn oar]

I can tell you

[lofty fossil]

i hope a pistol and something else

[worn oar]

But you gotta pay me with your soul

[indigo marsh]

Are there guns in the game?

[lofty fossil]

i dont know how to do that

[worn oar]

2 will be added with this patch

[empty gorge]

gotemmm

[indigo marsh]

Damn that's crazy
Next you will be telling me there is walking in this game

[worn oar]

I can't really tell you

But I'd say; hold your guess close hehe

[indigo marsh]

I'm playing global war and the bosses are so damn tanky 😭
Finally killed one of them and I spent so many rounds on this guy

[dire dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/chudlogic-chud-logic-evil-gang-evil-gif-11587451429599961940

[worn oar]

Be good and I'll add fishing to the game

[worthy zodiac]

I don't want to come close to the water in stalker 2, it looks very bad

Fisihing won't save it for me...

[worn oar]

Jack would kill to have such thing lmao

[dire dagger]

Import the water from those old graphics tech demos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IHCNw10hKs

[supple wedge]

Only issue I have with water is SSR artefacts and sometimes it doesn’t match the sky rendering that well.
Overall it looks great though. Shallow water looks really cool. Has a sort of blur refraction falloff as it gets deeper.

Also still water in underground areas 🤌

[lofty fossil]

give a hint on what one of the two new guns is

[dire dagger]

lumen is almost impossible to distinguish from lighting from the early 2010s

except for the crazy artifacts it has

those are very noticable

[worn oar]

Already said so much when I told you to keep your guess close that's your hint

[worthy zodiac]

The only game I know where water physics are kinda cool and are very well implemented mechanically is Cities: Skylines. In other games it just looks useless. For example, I remember blood with physics in borderlands 2 and that just looks silly, tbh. Like you are shooting out some jelly out of the head of some psycho. Like... Where would you use this tech in stalker 2?

[dire dagger]

ironically

borderlands 2

with physx on

has some pretty rad water effects

[worthy zodiac]

Yeah, some of them looked cool, especially with all of these gravnades

All the bits, small rocks, etc flying around was kinda cool too

[dire dagger]

yah

[worthy zodiac]

But the blood itself was silly

[dire dagger]

like people can say oh ue5 has a better phyics engine bu t

i frankly find that very hard to believe

[worthy zodiac]

And, in the end, it's just a visual that doesn't change anything mechanically

[dire dagger]

games that use physx by far had the most visually impressive displays of phyics

[worthy zodiac]

Isn't physx a part of Unity engine now?

[dire dagger]

its nvidia tech

[worthy zodiac]

Or that's something else

https://unity.com/solutions/programming-physics

[lofty fossil]

lets guess the 2 new guns together

[dire dagger]

its the mosin

and the rpd

[lofty fossil]

it is?

[dire dagger]

99 percent chance

its been heavily leaked for ages

the rpd already exists in game

[worthy zodiac]

Yeah, I wasn't wrong about that one... Now I need to understand what physx actually is, lol. Before that Unity thing I thought it's just some cool stuff like effects in borderlands 2... But I guess it's just a general tech for physics... Anyways, guess I'm offtopic

[dire dagger]

or it did

i think it was removed

it use to be behind owl

in his shop

[dire dagger]

physx is a totally different thing

its a proprietary hw accelerated phyics api

[lofty fossil]

if i could pick the 2 new guns. i'd pick a SKS and a PB

[dire dagger]

well its neither of those

i can promise you that

[worthy zodiac]

#💬┃en_offtop message
What's that then

[urban basin]

The weapons are the excalibur and the gae bolg

[dire dagger]

i get that reference

[urban basin]

[lofty fossil]

GOD. if i could add lets say 4 more guns to the game i'd pick, mosin, sks, toz 106, sr1m

[dire dagger]

im sure someone will import every gun from tarkov in like a month after the sdk drops

[hazy helm]

what a shame

[lofty fossil]

but tarkov guns arnt the same quality of stalker 2 guns

tarkovs shit bro

[dire dagger]

people love mil sim slop

gamma is the biggest stalker mod

and its NOTHING but mil sim slop

[lofty fossil]

i used to be big into stalker but then i realized the level transitions REALLY sucked

im waiting for stalker 2 to add more meaingful contnet

[hazy helm]

why you want the toz 106 then?

[lofty fossil]

coz it be funny to have a garbage mag fed bolt action shotgun in the hands of bandits? plus i kinda like the gun

[hazy helm]

we have the double barrel

[lofty fossil]

its mosin and 1911 they are adding. unfortunately the rpd was cut content they forgot to completely remove

[hazy helm]

yhea, I know

that wasnt what we were asking you tho

[lofty fossil]

what were you asking

[dire dagger]

wait so

the rpd isn't whats getting added

[hazy helm]

why do you want the Toz 106 if it is a bad weapon that doesnt make any sense and we already have the double barrel?

[dire dagger]

huh

[lofty fossil]

nope the rpd is not being added. i dont know why other then reddit mentioning it was cut content and the one in the shopkeepers place was the only remnant.

if it does get added then reddit is bullshitting

its a mosin and 1911 tomorrow or the next day. if not its a mosin and a rpd

[hazy helm]

its a 1911 and a mosin the CMs already confirmed this

[dire dagger]

oh lol

how have i not heard this lol

[plain minnow]

Will the new weapons be placed in locations and have unique variants I wonder?

[dire dagger]

im gonna be the first to say

im kinda unimpressed

[lofty fossil]

dang a 1911? well hope its a modern version like the kora 919 in the original game was.

[hazy helm]

yhea the mosin is a bad choice

shouldve chosen the Ft200 or the SGI

[dire dagger]

its just gonna be either a m107 with slightly better or slightly worse stats

probably slightly worse

and the 1911 will likely still not be better than skifs pistol

[plain minnow]

It’l at least be an easier source of whatever ammo the mosin will be using

[lofty fossil]

will the new 1911 be a original 1911, a a1 1911 or a sig sauer looking 1911 like the kora was

[celest goblet]

My guess is closer to the Kora but we will see

[lofty fossil]

atleast my guess was correct that one of the new guns was a pistol

[hazy helm]

we literally knew about this a month ago

[lofty fossil]

didint expect it to be a 1911 but i was also expecting it at the same time if you get me. i wanted something like the sig sauer to return or maybe a new face to the series

[dire dagger]

f2000 when

[lofty fossil]

f2000 when

[lofty fossil]

frick the f2000. add a p90

[dire dagger]

nah

the f2000 was one of the most iconic guns in stalker

[plain minnow]

I forgot, can the USP get a reflex or is that exclusive to the unique?

[dire dagger]

other than the gauss rifle

[lofty fossil]

stalker is how i knew of a f2000. i did saw ones in battlefield but i never paid no mind to it. i didint know what it was nor did i care to know what it was. now i love the thing. i wish i had a f2000!

[dire dagger]

like

im sure they could add like every ww2/ early post war era soviet gun

but thats kinda boring

and been done to death

[dim topaz]

Doesn't really make sense in their setting to have all these old as guns

[dire dagger]

i mean it kinda does

well some of them

considering they were extremely common

made in the multiple millions

[dim topaz]

I mean, in soc even the bandits had more advanced guns than a mosin

[dire dagger]

id argue the mosin does make sense

its just a basic extremely common bolt action

thats easy to maintain and has tons of ammo for it

totally makes sense it would be in the zone

[plain minnow]

Any hints on what ammo its gonna use ingame and how common the gun itself will be?

[dire dagger]

im sure fairly common

and it will use 54r

why wouldn't it

[plain minnow]

I’m not familiar with what ammo some older guns use is all

[dire dagger]

7.62x54mmR

[plain minnow]

Kinda glad ammo for the Svd gonna be more common

Want to use it more

[dim topaz]

Except it was shown that the average stalker outside of Cordon can easily afford an AK or Viper. Hell, after the halfway point of the game everyone is running around in exos, at that point a mosin makes no sense to me

[dire dagger]

its a long range rifle

[plain minnow]

The hunters in the zone might be ordering them

[dim topaz]

In a game with a short range spawn bubble

[dire dagger]

yah

trueeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[plain minnow]

I’m talking lorewise

[dire dagger]

can't snipe in stalker 2 anyways so

WHO CARES

my favorite part is honestly

if you let people walk outside the 100mm range

they wont despawn till you look away

so if you kill them

then mistakenly take eyes off them

the bodies instantly vanish

happened to me more than a few times

[plain minnow]

You can snipe in 2, spent 4 hours sniping perimeter guards in an older playthrough cause I wanted to try and get a IPSf suit

[dire dagger]

mate

they got a 100 meter range

100 meters is nothing

they were training soliders in ww2 to hit targets further than that

hit targets 300 yards away

thats slightly less than 3x the current range

[dim topaz]

100 meters is not even marksman range lmao

[dire dagger]

like sorry if the series s players can't handel more than 100 meters

[dim topaz]

That starts at around 300 meters

[dire dagger]

BUT LETS THE REST OF US

[plain minnow]

Whatelse am I supposed to call sitting in watchtower killing perimeter guards for 4 hours

[dire dagger]

have 500 meter range

[plain minnow]

I’ve sniped farther than that in a game before

[dire dagger]

were they infintely respawning

[dim topaz]

Camping

[plain minnow]

No

[dire dagger]

so

dudes can be seen on your screen from more than 100 meters away bu t

if you look away from them

they will instantly despawn

[celest blaze]

Consoles man 😡

[dire dagger]

also i think the scripted spawns

[celest blaze]

Gsc should hire 4a games (the og gsc) to save stalker

[dire dagger]

can be seen from more than 100 meters

[plain minnow]

Kinda miss sniping someone when all you can see of their head is a few pixels

[dim topaz]

Bro they're fixing it tomorrow haven't you seen the roadmap

[celest blaze]

Hell in cotz i was getting into reg firefights at 180+ meters with red dot

[dire dagger]

IGHT BRO

LETS BE REL

WHEN DEY ADDIN DA G11 TO DA GAME

stalker timeline they actually put the g11 into service

[celest blaze]

God i WISH

[dim topaz]

It would unironically fit really well

[dire dagger]

we got a gauss rifle

[dim topaz]

The series already has goofy ahh guns

[dire dagger]

why not a g11

[plain minnow]

I will admit I’ve enjoyed playing Stalker 2 more than Gamma

[dire dagger]

would fit right in with the f2000

looks kinda smiliar lol

[celest blaze]

Ngl id also like to see a WA-2000

[dire dagger]

if we pretend

[dim topaz]

And the groza, and the IL, and the g36

[dire dagger]

that if there was a WA-2000 in the zone

it was just one

maybe i could believe that

[celest blaze]

Fr it should be rare af

[dire dagger]

UNTIL you realize the wa-2000 is super fragile

but im not really against it if you had to do something insane to get it

[dire dagger]

kinda yah

[celest blaze]

Same tbh

[dire dagger]

like i want to have to complete some super long and difficult quest line

[dim topaz]

That would be a fun gun

[dire dagger]

and be rewarded with it

[celest blaze]

Fun fact theres only 176 wa2000s in existence and auction prices start around 50,000 USD

[dire dagger]

even less belivable than the spas 12 being in the zone haha

[dim topaz]

Liberate not one but three outposts 💀 oh wait there's no such a thing in the game yet

[lofty fossil]

lmao a wa2000 i love it but its stupid

add a g11

[dire dagger]

it could work but it would need to be explained

[celest blaze]

An-94 aswell

[lofty fossil]

add a g11 with a copyright free redesign with scifi elements and a thicker frame

[dire dagger]

we would need some lore for how it got to the zone

more lore than uh this guy just uh has it for some reason

[lofty fossil]

call it the Gauss-11

[dire dagger]

pretty sure hk doesn't care about people using the g11

but i could be wrong

[celest blaze]

Apparently theres a 1000 G11's in existence

[lofty fossil]

its a game bro. add the f2000 and g11, gyurza pistol and my heart is yours

[celest blaze]

The AN94 is rumored to have around 2400 units

[dim topaz]

Obokan copechad

[dire dagger]

its that rare

the heck

did you ever see the video about that insane rpk style gun

[lofty fossil]

add the ak 12 prototype (the blocky one)

[dire dagger]

that could fire at 6k rpm

[celest blaze]

Yeah it was supposed to be a replacement for main battle rifle of Russia but it was extremely complex and expensive

[dim topaz]

How to melt your barrel in one simple step

[dire dagger]

well im not sure any footage of it firing exists

[celest blaze]

An94 was going to replace ak74

[dire dagger]

cus they only made the one

it never got made cus

firing 6k rpm from at best a 75 round drum

is not really very useful

[celest blaze]

Fun fact Kyrgyzstan was given 60 AN-94s in 2012 as a part of an aid package

[plain minnow]

Thoughts on these rules for my next playthrough, no using Spark suits, Veteran difficulty but down to Stalker when Chimeras and Pseudo Giants show up cause I don’t want to bankrupt myself ammo wise

[celest blaze]

Fr its insane

[dire dagger]

apparently it was 3k rpm not 6k

let me find the name of it

[celest blaze]

I like the sounds of this

[plain minnow]

I did Arena round 4 on Veteran, never again

[dire dagger]

apparently

it literally has no name

lmfao

[worn oar]

Well, vasim spoiled enough, but you'll definitely be pleased with the pistol

Personally so

[dire dagger]

tbh the 1911 is a little lame

[worn oar]

Is it?

[plain minnow]

So how is the 1911 balanced I wonder? Worse or better than the USP?

[dire dagger]

its like the most generic pistol ever so yah

[worn oar]

A couple of days and you'll get to see yourself

[worn oar]

Come to our channel

[lofty fossil]

will there be a cool mosin nagant varient with polymer stock

[supple wedge]

Based on what? Your nostalgia?

[dire dagger]

no it just doesn't look good

lol

go look at the lighting in metro exodus enhanced edition

not only is it not noisy

it also looks better

[supple wedge]

No, you actually play those games back to back

People think Metro enhanced looks way better than it actually does

[worn oar]

No more questions. You'll be knowing in a few days

[dire dagger]

it does by default cus all the lighting not only runs far better

but it is not nosiy

even look at indiana jones and the great circle

more recent title

its not even close

NOT EVEN CLOSE

[supple wedge]

Indiana jones maybe, but definitely not metro. Not from what I’ve played. The ambient light is worse.

Go actually play it

[dire dagger]

its not noisy bro

i have

over 10 times

[supple wedge]

It’s worse. It looks worse

[dire dagger]

not noisy

instantly better

[supple wedge]

Noisy isn’t the only metric. raster light isn’t noisy

Still looks terrible

[dire dagger]

https://youtu.be/oeARa14pO0w?t=198

stalker 2 never looks that good

ever

[supple wedge]

I’d post comparisons but this discord is a nanny state

Anyway I have a job to do that isn’t moderating discord

[dire dagger]

this is not my job

[celest blaze]

the sas is insane on this one lol

[winter stump]

Hey, I said that before. Man's copying me.

[orchid gale]

Your name looks sick

[dire dagger]

thanks bro

[orchid gale]

Idk I say some pretty egregious stuff in here sometimes lol

Anyway since based isn’t a mod anymore can we snork it again

He can’t stop us

[dire dagger]

but i can

[celest blaze]

I can.. im a legit mod..

[orchid gale]

Would you, of all people, subject us (the people), to this censorship

[dire dagger]

depends on if i took my meds that day

and how annoyed i was

so maybe

[celest blaze]

Make me mod again and I'll let you snork out

[orchid gale]

NU UH

[orchid gale]

!give role helper @celest blaze

Idk the command for it

[dire dagger]

!role @orchid gale moderator

[indigo marsh]

!ban @orchid gale trying to be a snorkee

[nimble cipher]

🚫 [DEEZ MAMA'S BEADS] iNever [EN], you can't use that.

[orchid gale]

Yo let’s go 😎

[indigo marsh]

Is that a 10 second cool down

[celest blaze]

I appreciate the thought haha maybe mol1t will give me it back one day

[indigo marsh]

We are finally back to 10 seconds

[orchid gale]

Give based gif privileges or give me death

[dire dagger]

ill make inever mod

hes next in line

[celest blaze]

Im admin now..

[orchid gale]

Make me a mod Id be the best mod ngl

[celest blaze]

Stoc aint ready for my reascencion frfr

[orchid gale]

We are bringing back public executions

And democracy banning

[indigo marsh]

How come en stalker gets a 10 second cool down when off top has a 15 second cooldown

[orchid gale]

Like a Phoenix

[indigo marsh]

Naw we need markedmatt to be a mod again

[dire dagger]

double mod me

i can be mod deluxe

[celest blaze]

Based but ngl life's more chill now

[orchid gale]

Yeah but now you can’t flirt with nuka in the feet pic channel

Legit the only reason I want perms

[celest blaze]

True..

[celest blaze]

Ultra mod

[orchid gale]

How much money do you have for computer parts

[celest blaze]

Tbh no budget for it as im content with what I got

[orchid gale]

Imagine not feeding into the capitalist mindset

[celest blaze]

Oh I do..

[orchid gale]

Get a load of this guy, being all content and stuff

[celest blaze]

(Skip the dishes fr)

[orchid gale]

Yeahhhhh skip is rough

[spring wedge]

Before the release of stalker 2 I always defended S2 saying it looked better than ME while being way bigger of a game, but as much as i wanted to do that around launch time the visual quality was so degraded with less tree density, nanite pop in, lumen artifacts, and the lack of optimization on top of all that, i cant defend S2's visual aspect compared to Metro, which uses all RT and still runs FAR better than S2

Guess thats what early UE5 versions get you

[dire dagger]

I mean again

Look at Indiana jones

Not only does it run better

But it looks fucken amazing

[spring wedge]

Yeah, path tracing in indiana jones runs about the same as S2 right now which is insane, I mean of course it isnt open world but its still insane how Path tracing can run around the same as only software RT

S2 probably has a bit better overall framerate but id take a lower framerate that isnt completely cooked by UE5s poor CPU optimization

Another great example is Doom the dark ages, needs RT to run and almost always runs better than Stalker 2

Its also got a LOT of destructible environments, and a very large amount of enemies on screen at once without even touching the framerate

[novel rover]

Is it Wednesday yet?

[wraith socket]

https://tenor.com/view/wait-what-wednesday-addams-wednesday-what-did-you-just-say-netflix-gif-7600045897913569123

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[sly matrix]

https://tenor.com/view/rowlf-dog-hat-tips-hat-hat-tip-gif-15353641066928728629

[unreal raptor]

1.5 is going to be more than just this reload fix correct? 🫣

[sly matrix]

https://tenor.com/view/thinking-batman-hmm-chin-rub-maybe-gif-544874022650473771

[wraith socket]

Made in USA.

[coarse sparrow]

tomorrow is a big day for S2

[celest goblet]

Assuming the patch arrives on schedule yeah

[static compass]

Ayo

[gritty orchid]

[nimble cipher]

kislyi_bill has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[tranquil tartan]

A life 2 would be nice

[knotty peak]

КИМ

[devout canyon]

lol automodded for trying to scam someone

[coarse sparrow]

[shut cosmos]

The hype with skinning mutants is not real dawg, are people actually hyped for this 😭

No shade at the devs at all. I just dont get the point of a feature that has only been in SoC and was useless af

[unreal raptor]

it's trying to fix the totally broken gameplay loop

what is the point in killing a mutant at the moment? Other than wasting all your money?

[keen hedge]

I'm more than happy with skinning making a comeback. Been missing it in CoP

[hardy bear]

they act as barriers to go around. Dunno bout you but seeing one in a place I want to go and having to take a different path is just as fun

[unreal raptor]

oh do you not get 10 blood suckers every time you move 100m? 😂

[shut cosmos]

Does that mean CoP has a broken gameplay loop lol?

[unreal raptor]

No — CoP has balance instead. Stalker 2 does not.

[hardy bear]

I barely ever got enough in the other games to make hunting them worth it anyways, it was like 1/10 mutants who dropped anything and it would only be a couple hundred

[shut cosmos]

Its a miniscule feature that virtually adds nothing unless theyre actually gonna add quests and shit related to it.

[unreal raptor]

you get a dusting of fresh mutants every bloody time you turn around in this game and they are all tanky af bullet sponges.

[shut cosmos]

Skill issue ig. You got a shotgun and legs

[unreal raptor]

man ok — I won't even begin.

[shut cosmos]

Even on high difficulty you can obliterate 90% of mutants with a shotgun

[shut cosmos]

I dont ever remember hunting actually being viable outside of anomaly

Hell I dont even remember it being viable in that

[hardy bear]

when it was taken out in cop I never really noticed

[shut cosmos]

Same

[celest goblet]

The mutant parts in SoC weighed too much to be worth grabbing most of the time unless you knew you'd be able to turn it in for a side quest soon

[hardy bear]

but for S2 specifically, it makes some sense. People give you food, meds and some ammo for the weapon they use, so if you take them out in 1-2 shots you are up in ammo. With no rewards at all mutants are barriers and obstacles with no reason at all to push through since you can just walk around, now they would probably have the same feel

[celest goblet]

Anyway I agree it's a fairly pointless feature but the people want it so I guess it's what we will get

[shut cosmos]

I mean i don't hate it but like why was that a priority rn

[celest goblet]

It would definitely have been lower on my list but w/e

[hardy bear]

it's like on field weapon repairs, I don't really see the point

Given the supply economy, the only limiting factor to exploration are repairs, if you eliminate the need to go back to repair then it'll be even longer out in the world before you need to go back

[shut cosmos]

Imagine they add weapon parts like anomaly lmao

Make repairing even more annoying

All I want rn is my mosin

[inner sphinx]

yo guys,any idea if there will be mods for xbox in tommorow update?

[shut cosmos]

Not likely for a while

[hardy bear]

I would be interested in seeing how the linear / non-linear progression like the free play mods do, but that'll only be ones that first plythrough is done and the core push of the game is no longer the narrative

[inner sphinx]

ahh,still gotta wait for second playthrough then

[shut cosmos]

That is smth I'd like for them to add

Probably not likely at all but itd be fun

[hardy bear]

the game is very much a narrative adventure game, which I love, but as I was talking about with people here a few days ago, once that narrative is gone the other systems don't give you enough motive to be as strong a push

[shut cosmos]

Does the final act still have shit locked to only being in the final area

[celest goblet]

I guess my top priority would have been restoring some cut side quests but that requires some types of work this doesn't

[hardy bear]

dunno, haven't gotten that far yet

[shut cosmos]

Ik they added the Saiga drum mag to the normal world cuz it used to be locked in the final act and you could only use it there

[hardy bear]

one thing I'd love are bigger anomaly fields that span largers areas of the map, that are dynamic

add more obstacles to traversal so that you can't just beeline towards where you want to go and there's a little more to think about on the way

[shut cosmos]

I want less of the bleed bull tho lmao

Those glass anomalies are so ass

[hardy bear]

they've saved my ass a few times though

hiding in them to avoid any damage makes them one of the more interesting anomalies in my books

[shut cosmos]

True

Altho theyre still on my shitlist because of the outrageous suit damage they do

[hardy bear]

ngl the only time I ever ended up taking damage in them was during that one trial you go through

[celest goblet]

They're the best new anomaly hands down imo

[shut cosmos]

I had my exoskelleton go from 100% to 50% cuz of that hanger full of it

[hardy bear]

just slow walk

and if it's the hanger I'm thinking of, you can avoid them entierly

[shut cosmos]

I had no idea at that point lol

[hardy bear]

discovered that you could avoid it that way, and man when you do they become little pockets of safety

[sly matrix]

Hiding in a cloud of glass and seeing snorks drop dead when they jump at you is always fun

[elder beacon]

will there be a pu scope added?

[main frigate]

Dont think so

[elder beacon]

it wouldn't make sense to add a mosin sniper variant and not add a pu optic

[fathom bramble]

Someone should slow down the reloading animation from the Mosin immediately they get the modding kit

[shut cosmos]

Holy hell they bubba'd the shit outta the mosin

[main frigate]

But for them propably it wouldn't make sense to put effort into creating a scope for only one new gun. But who knows, maybe we will be surprised

[main frigate]

Like the speed in my opinion is okay but this reloading shouldn't be that fluid, especially inserting round via clip into the mag

[fathom bramble]

Well, that's what I was trying to say

It look too clean, in a bad way

[loud gate]

Ah, damn. That guy who wanted the Mosin is not in the server anymore ;d

[willow quail]

What does "NDA" mean in the reply in #📜┃gsc-answers?

[ripe patrol]

[willow quail]

What

[ripe patrol]

Non disclosure agreement - Legally not allowed to speak about it

[willow quail]

Ok 💀

Thx

[ripe patrol]

np

[celest blaze]

He earned it he was banned

[loud gate]

ohnowhat he'd o

[celest blaze]

From What I remember being combative and overall rude to other users I dont have access to logs anymore

[lofty fossil]

username?

[loud gate]

smth smth "reg" I think

[lofty fossil]

hopefully the 1911 looks good!

whats a 1911 model that would be easier to obtain in ukraine!!!

[novel rover]

You guys keep talkin about all this hope something looks good WHO CARES it drops with the mod kit make it look good...

LETS GO BOYS!

[lofty fossil]

mod kit drops tomorrow?

[novel rover]

1.5 is to release with mod kit accounding to #📜┃gsc-answers

Obviously anything catastrophic could happen, but I think this team has done a great job so far 🤷

[lofty fossil]

how extensive is the mod kit. does it allow new assets and texture changes?

[novel rover]

You can texture change now

models is what I have an issue with, and having access to original blueprints/code

It may be a me issue, but cutting out the third party hack tool middle man will let me focus on the problem

[coarse sparrow]

do we know if mod io is also coming tomorrow?

[novel rover]

Only thing I know personally is "Zone Kit Phase 1" not sure what all will be available, they might answer that in #📜┃ask-gsc but I would expect the patch to drop before the answer.

everyone testing what we will be using is under NDA, I wouldn't answer if I were them either lmao

[celest granite]

Hello there, is there somebody here who use assault rifles in late game ? If yes, why ? Because i always skipped it for sniper's rifles, i don't see the interest of rifles, but maybe, i just need a revelation.

[zenith yew]

pog

[zenith yew]

Depends on your playstyle, tbh snipers are better for most cases since it allows stealthing missions. If you want a good mix between the two you can get Valks (I think that's what it's called) AK early on in the game which I hear many people bring into the late game because of being both a good sniper (it comes with a scope) and also having full auto when you get an annoying mutant

I brought Valks AK into late game and it's fine, though sometimes it lacks in damage where a proper sniper would make up for it

It's nice since ammo is abundent and relatively cheap in comparison to snipers

[lofty fossil]

hopefully one day they increase the npc distance to 150-200 like in the original trilogy. i would much prefer 500 though but thats not realistic as not very many games other then online shooters have that

[elder beacon]

yeah, from what i have seen mosin stripper clips are rather stiff, in this animation its effortless

[wide ermine]

So is that 3 line rifle a new gun DLC ? Orrrr

[empty gorge]

yeah afaik its 5 bucks

but if u get the second gun u get like discount

think it comes down to -5 if u get both so gsc pays u

[lofty fossil]

ok mr joker

it would suck if they made the2 guns seperate dlc lmao

[coarse sparrow]

yah, comes with the MTX shop

[gritty orchid]

Can't wait to skin my Mosin Gold 🔥

[dire dagger]

If they ever launch the multiplayer maybe

[gritty orchid]

camo grind on stalker 2 mp 😩

[brittle olive]

Hi guys, I genuinly dont want to start a war here, but what's the situation with A-Life2.0 (especially regarding the 1.5) at the moment ?

[worn oar]

You'll know tmrw

Ig

[brittle olive]

I meant, with the 1.4 was there already the long awaited changes?

[worn oar]

It did improve pretty good in 1.4

Ai takes cover, and reacts smoother

Well, it's still far from done

But it changed a lot to the better, in 1.4

[brittle olive]

And about the out of scope A Life? Like Stalkers having their own agendas etc ?

[worn oar]

Well, render distance is still there, but they seem a bit more natural with 1.4

I mean, hopefully, it'll be extended in the future updates

But base wise, it's way better than it used to be

[brittle olive]

Ok thank you !

[worn oar]

Online is somewhat great, but offline is still under work

But the team will be working on it until it's in the state they wanted, so we will definitely keep seeing patches pushing improvements

In that regard

[lusty mountain]

Did they give us a time frame for when the update will be out tomorrow? Got the pre-download so just curious

[worn oar]

No idea

Should come at any moment tmrw

Between 8am to 8pm

Ig

[coarse sparrow]

I'd say late afternoon

they usually release around 4-6pm central EU time

[plain minnow]

What’s that in EST?

[stiff pasture]

10 am ish

[plain minnow]

Neat!!

[worn oar]

https://tenor.com/view/stalker2-character-stalker-gif-18333719

[oblique oak]

im so excited to run a 3 line

[tired zephyr]

How enjoyable is stalker ??

[novel rover]

Enjoyable

[oblique oak]

very i need to start a new run through however im gonna wait till the update drops because then ill have new fun (hope some things are still a thing tho)

i missed the zone

ive only ever had 1 issue with the game but everything else is such a dellight i dont mind

It’s shader compiling

[amber tendon]

Completed the game 3 times already

[limber urchin]

I’m just curious if we’ll need to start a new save to get the new weapons, or will they be retroactively added to our saves?

[tired zephyr]

Im finishing the first three games and im loving every moment, the thing is that i saw a clip where they show the map of stalker 2 and its massive

I dont know if its easy to get bored

[oblique oak]

i dont actually care if i need to my current save has been collecting cobwebs since launch might as well i had so much fun in the game anyway i know some fun facts to get late game gear and i hope they still work

[limber urchin]

Yeah that’s true, I’m just pretty deep into playthrough 2 but I mean I can always start save slot 3 tbh not even mad if I have to restart to get the new weapons

[oblique oak]

i dont think ill have to but anyways gonna ]

[novel rover]

and bypassing it makes the world load in like shit

But you're right that's really the only major quirk I have with it every time I boot it up 😄

I don't understand why it has to recompile every time you run the game, if the game files have not updated or changed why does it have to do it again....save it and reload?

[oblique oak]

yea... its my only issue however it does give me enough time to pour me a drink OR go get some water

[novel rover]

Would ya look at the time! It's Wednesday o'clock! Good luck today @devs/@admins

[wraith socket]

https://tenor.com/view/sidorovich-gif-20097310

[ripe patrol]

Yall ready for SDK and 1.5?

Cant wait for Console peeps to get mods on their side

[desert plinth]

When is the update coming out? I am new to the server

[ripe patrol]

Sometime today hopefully

[unreal raptor]

Please be a redeemer patch — for the love of skeefa

[fathom cedar]

I have very high hopes for this one

[unreal raptor]

this is the final one for me — make or break. Waited far too long to play this game.

[stone laurel]

if they dont extend the circle i dont think anything is gonna matter to me

dont stalker updates come out like 5 am est usually?

[azure snow]

it's still just gonna be 100 meter npc render slop

[stone laurel]

if this fails im gonna get a switch 2 and play 1st party nintendo games and weeb rpgs exclusively ad infinitum.

first thing im doing if i decide to do a playthrough is dropping myself some snipers and armor out of the sky

• saiga

[empty gorge]

ima get popcorn it seems huh

[stone laurel]

wym

[empty gorge]

everybody hype for 1.5

its always a party in here right when update hits

[stone laurel]

im going to have popcorn too, but ill also be crying tiny tears into it

[empty gorge]

this one seems most hyped in a while

and with sdk coming too, we will see some fun conversations go down here and in stalker general 🤣

[stone laurel]

anyone who actually knows what theyre talking about and complains about a patch, i dont wanna be anywhere near that. i do enough of that for myself

have me noticing extra shit

[sly matrix]

Right, I'll clear my schedule this evening

[empty gorge]

good call hha

[stone laurel]

im just picturing them over there smoking cigarettes, not clicking the button

[empty gorge]

at gsc?

[stone laurel]

yeah, havent some of the updates go live around this time before, or am i thinking of anothe rgame

patch releases should be based entirely on vibes

[stone laurel]

Just passed by your post on r/stalker lol

[ripe patrol]

#ua-mods-основний

I see you working there GSC's CM

[vale quartz]

Patch drops tomorrow

[stone laurel]

its delayed?

[vale quartz]

Trust the system

[stone laurel]

ok kiddo

[hazy helm]

its wensday today

[azure snow]

i cant wait for 100 meter npc render distance still over half a year after release

such progress!

0 added meters

per 6 months

[empty gorge]

HYPPPEEEE

WHEN DO WE GET BINOS FOR THIS 100M GSC PLEASE GIVE BINOS GSC GSC GSC

[azure snow]

maybe they can add 1 meter before a year after release

[empty gorge]

1 meter for each fix each update

[azure snow]

1 meter per year possible?

[stone laurel]

if they give us a meter we'll take a kilometer or seomthing

[empty gorge]

we finna be seeing the moon render with npc on it

[azure snow]

100 years we could have 200 meter npc render distance

[empty gorge]

stalker 2077

[sharp minnow]

no way

[azure snow]

nothing says immersion in my big open world map with snipers like knowing nothing is visible or ever happening outside of my 100 meter bubble

will i ever hear gunfire over 100 meters in the distance or see anyone over 100 meters away? no

very nice

[stone laurel]

its not so much that it didnt happen that makes me mad its that they wont admit they cant do it

[azure snow]

games from 20 years ago did more meters, and other unreal engine 5 games are

[stone laurel]

i believe when they told us they thought they could, but then i think they realized they cant

[keen bone]

Can't wait to play S2 patch 1.5 in a few weeks after they've done several hot fixes for the things they make worse or the new bugs patch 1.5 makes again

[stone laurel]

what do they stand to gain by refusing to do it?

if they could figure it out they'd give it to us

[azure snow]

anomalies and radiation have cooked their brains

[keen bone]

I'm quite surprised mol1t replied 'NDA' to UE 5.6 upgrade, maybe they'd actually be able to do that...

[stone laurel]

they dont wanna hear all the potato boys cry about the game not running

[keen bone]

Highly unlikely but it's quite mad they're even talking about it

In a good way

[azure snow]

its almost like there can be a slider for render distances

[keen bone]

I could also be tom cruise

[stone laurel]

yeah thats what i want

[azure snow]

its almost like games mightve done that 20 years ago

[stone laurel]

let me decide my fate

we heard you the first time