⭐┃nospoilers_general

[azure snow]

this is an additional 20 years ago thing, the first was distance, this is slider for distance

[gritty knot]

[azure snow]

what if GSC get tasked on making a Sniper Elite type game and 6 years into development realize they cant render NPC beyond 100 meter, oops there goes our whole game

if only we checked this from the beginning

[hazy helm]

https://tenor.com/view/copium-meme-pepe-frog-gif-26117735

even if the bubble was extended for 400 meters the game still wouldnt have A-Life

[stone laurel]

im telling you guys we just just forget about this shit, go to target, get some switch 2s and puyo puyo tetris and never look back

[azure snow]

it's just amazing these systems weren't being tested since the very beginning

"oh we can't get it working at all, we need to change course"

[stone laurel]

oh shit tainted grail is updating

hell yeah

[sly matrix]

Which one?

[stone laurel]

running from the thing

[atomic linden]

what does sdk change in terms of modding? what difference in mods should we expect comparing to what we have now?

im an absolute noobie in terms of modding

[hazy helm]

the sdk should (I dont know for sure, I am not part of the sdk tester team) allow you to add stuff to the game
without the sdk you are limited to configuration files swaps

[lofty fossil]

god i hope someone makes a low resolution texture pack mod

not too low resolution but certainly not MAX scaling like the normal game

[hazy helm]

replace all game textures for 16x16 images

[lofty fossil]

thats what i hate about unreal engine 5 games. theres no texture resolution changes. low and ultra only difference is anisoptic filtering. the resolution itself is still 4k

ah mann the kora 919 is a original 1911 lmao

not realistic

they should of added some russian or ukranian or any near by country reproduction model

[celest blaze]

Nothing about stalker is realistic though tbh

[lofty fossil]

i dont mean that shit i mean the guns

[celest blaze]

i mean it makes sense google says theres estimated 10 million of them

[hazy helm]

big shame not more guns were mirrored, the Viper-5 is GOAT

[celest blaze]

its a shame no an94

[lucid vortex]

https://www.stalker2.com/news/patch-1-5

[lofty fossil]

bro they typoed it says 1.4 below

[celest blaze]

1.4 part 2

[azure snow]

so nothing about NPC render distance, won't be reinstalling then

🥱

[zinc apex]

I wonder if NPC are finally persistent now

[azure snow]

what if you took all this effort into these 100 different things, and focused it on NPC render distance? any progress possible then?

[nimble cipher]

dreamic has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[celest blaze]

i mean companies can work on multiple tasks at once you know

[azure snow]

so f**king dumb, maybe in the next 6 months

[zinc apex]

Lets hope we can fiddle with modkit

[zinc apex]

Wolf'd

[ripe patrol]

https://www.stalker2.com/news/patch-1-5

[celest blaze]

🐺

[azure snow]

how many more months until they begin focusing on this one at all though? been over half a year

[ripe patrol]

fastest post on the Zone

[hazy helm]

do you think the same people finishign the weapon animations and models for the mosin are the same people that are doing a-life stuff?

[azure snow]

idk what the a-life people are doing, are they real?

[viral heart]

Man, i get some people are disappointed with things, that's your right ofc, but jesus taking it to heart so much like...its a video game bro

[hazy helm]

a videogame you payed for

you ahve the right my man

[azure snow]

they also advertised it and the predecessors did it better

[viral heart]

Yeah, like i said "thats your right ofc" but at a certain point, go do something else with your time

[azure snow]

im barely here

id play the game with my time if they ever improved it

[viral heart]

Okay cool so wait until that day or play something else

[hazy helm]

as if sending messages online requires a big investment of time or attention?

[azure snow]

do you know how many more months or years until that day might be by any chance?

[viral heart]

STOC - no not really like good one i suppose but im pretty sure you get the idea and Dreamic, No obviously not also, good one

[dire dagger]

People want a product worthy of the full price

[azure snow]

im being generous when i say years, because it's actually looking like possibly never, regarding NPC render distance

[viral heart]

If they improve it cool, if not it is what it is, a shame yeah but y'know life goes on

[dire dagger]

And a lot feel what we got right now isn’t that

Which id mostly agree

Since it’s only half finished

[celest blaze]

they honestly shoulda delayed the game till 2026 or 2027 tbh

[azure snow]

maybe modders will be able to fix and finish the game with SDK

[viral heart]

Yeah, i get that its perfectly understandable, but again at a certain point accept it for what it is

[dire dagger]

Why should I

By that logic nothing will ever improve

[shut cosmos]

Not plausible

[viral heart]

You do you brother whatever floats your boat

[zinc apex]

Agreed

[azure snow]

the least i can do is complain about NPC render distance every patch it isn't improved

[dire dagger]

If you stop talking about the problems

[celest blaze]

fr microsoft needed return on investment

[dire dagger]

They never get fixed

[hazy helm]

nha man, complain about it till they make what they promised

[dire dagger]

Completely flawed logic

[hazy helm]

what kinda logic is that?

[shut cosmos]

It wasnt just Microsoft. It was actively draining GSC lol

[celest blaze]

extra drain for peak is worth it

[hazy helm]

"yhea I payed for a burger and they only gave me a quarter of a burger, but I need to stop complaining, I need to look at the bright side"
man what? Im going to the manager and demanding the other 3/4ths of my burger

[viral heart]

Yeah actually things can get fixed without complaing agaig and again and again, companys can be aware of issues and make adjustments to fix them without being reminded everyday

[zinc apex]

My learning of all this is to never buy something from gsc again, not after several in-depth reviews have dropped.

[azure snow]

theyre adding new sauces and stuff tho

[past basalt]

Mutant looting not mentioned?

[shut cosmos]

Snore

[dire dagger]

Mutant loot exists as a mod already

[celest blaze]

fr fr over 7 months now since i played

[hazy helm]

time and time again we are shown that reapeatedly hitting the nail is the only real way to communicate and show what fans, as a group really wants, its not like people do it bc of no reason

various examples on how it is the thing that worked

and even more will be shown

[shut cosmos]

Mutant loot is a useless ass feature and id rather more important things be focused on lol

[azure snow]

i cant WAIT for the new DLC or multiplayer mode instead of increasing NPC render distance beyond 100 meters! you think youve heard complaining thus far

[dire dagger]

No

Clearly we haven’t

Cus it’s not been fixed

[stone laurel]

im already over carry weight, you think i have room for bloodsucker nipples

[celest blaze]

to be fair different people work on different things

[shut cosmos]

Real

[celest blaze]

some animator aint gonna know how to do render distance stuff

[hazy helm]

work those knees ma boy

[viral heart]

Yeah, i get there's a reason, very obviously there is but some people in here let it consume them and like i said its a video game, is it a shame, yes as i said, is it annoying, yes, but it is what it is

[azure snow]

idk but its very nice to try to charge more money for stuff when you're not fixing fundamental aspects

which will probably be what happens

[stone laurel]

i dont find mutants enjoyable at all. i hate jump scares and using all my ammo in one fight

[nimble cipher]

papa_levan has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[celest blaze]

i wish they focused on fixing base game before considering selling any dlc at all

[empty gorge]

oh boy

[shut cosmos]

Bruh is swearing banned in a stalker server lmao?

[celest blaze]

you shouldnt be allowed to sell dlc if game is incomplete imo

[empty gorge]

[azure snow]

yes but singleplayer DLC and multiplayer mode will likely happen with glaring issues still left in the game still

[viral heart]

True tbh

[past basalt]

https://www.reddit.com/r/stalker/s/kq78dUs93z

[dim topaz]

Oooookay, Zoneslug?

[shut cosmos]

What are you using to kill mutants

[celest blaze]

imagine if you could meta game the 100 meter pop up distance in MP 💀

[past basalt]

So mutant looting is in 1.5. Start snoring boys, I’ll try to have fun with it.

[azure snow]

100m only arenas confirmed?

[dim topaz]

I love how they went from:
"A life is just bugged guys it's real I swear"
to:
"A life is now in the game guys"

[stone laurel]

hopes and dreams. i played through twice. im exaggerating a little. but yeah i dont love the mutant implementation

[celest blaze]

naw was just joking haha

[shut cosmos]

Are you using a shotgun or your rifle or whatever the hell

[celest blaze]

so they lied..

[shut cosmos]

Where was this?

[azure snow]

surely the people developing the multiplayer mode could have worked on A-Life somehow, or simply that budget could've been used elsewhere...

[zinc apex]

I feel gaslighted haha

[dim topaz]

First part? They were saying that since release.
Latter part? Latest patch notes.

[shut cosmos]

Ive never seen them say that 2nd part at all

[stone laurel]

typically the best gun i can get my hands on in most situations. i know how to kill them, i just dont enjoy it.

[ripe patrol]

Visualization range is slightly increased. Characters now appear in visualization range with relevant animations and equipped weapons. This reduces the "pop-in" effect and contributes to a more seamless character visualization.

[twilit mist]

Is the game amazing now with patch 1.5???

[urban basin]

another patch another day of people complaining love this server

[main frigate]

damn you were right

there is pu scope

[ripe patrol]

Render distance pushed back?

[azure snow]

cuz they dont patch anything big that matters

[shut cosmos]

Obviously not if youre taking an absurd amount of ammo. Shotgun's are most effective.

[dim topaz]

I wish I could paste pictures, but here
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1643320/view/525346350588494399
literally the topmost highlight

[shut cosmos]

They literally nerfed bloodsuckers and they're pretty weak now lmao

[stone laurel]

idk if they changed anything but i havent played since the end of february

[celest blaze]

"Life in the Zone is now simulated for all characters, not just those in the player's view."

[hazy helm]

https://youtu.be/yR2DDPJHHcg

[shut cosmos]

Oh boy

[hazy helm]

the mosin has a pu scop on the cover of the video man

[shut cosmos]

So offline a life wasn't even in the game?

[ripe patrol]

it was

[hazy helm]

it wasnt

[ripe patrol]

just very neutered

[shut cosmos]

That's wild lmao

[hazy helm]

I mean

[stone laurel]

and thats how i remember it. maybe its a worse memory than the actual experience

[hazy helm]

the game doesnt have Alife

[azure snow]

what is the use of this ranged sniper and scope when enemies cant render past 100m?

[hazy helm]

need to see if they added it with 1.5 now

[shut cosmos]

Is the patch out rn

[hazy helm]

yes

[shut cosmos]

Well shit, smth to hold me over till DS2 releases tn

[dim topaz]

It literally wasn't in the game. I need people smarter than me to test it to see if it is now.

[cyan cargo]

Read the patchnotes

[shut cosmos]

Did they do it??

[azure snow]

did i miss the render beyond 100 meters?

[stone laurel]

dont give me hope

[shut cosmos]

Tragic, the link doesn't work for me

[lofty fossil]

i havent played stalker 2 since it launched is it good now (i would assume its far better then launch but not a 2.0 cyberpunk situation)

[dim topaz]

Bro... #📰┃announcement message

[ripe patrol]

https://discord.com/channels/504587323577729024/1387390279857995796

We got MOD THREADS finally!

[cyan cargo]

Patchnote states that visualisation range is increased (slightly)

[jovial lotus]

Slightly increased the visualization distance hahaha.... wtf is that verbiage? For them to call it A-life is just an outright lie.

[turbid karma]

finally some kind of update on a life

[pallid tundra]

Need more quests and stuff to do outside first two beginner zones😆

[shut cosmos]

Im willing to play the long game with S2. I'll give them the benefit of the doubt since I am kinda biased and the bull they went thru.

[stone laurel]

32.2 gb nice lil chungus

[lofty fossil]

mod support allows you to add and replace animations for once. now expanded armory can have full animation support of their attachments!!!

[dim topaz]

They are claiming it's not just a spawn bubble anymore. Read the part above.

[shut cosmos]

Is that mods just for pc

[turbid karma]

i'll wait for 2.0 before playing the game

[lofty fossil]

also what 1911 is in the youtube video thumbnail its not shown ingame is it a unique?

[urban basin]

wait another year is you want a cyberpunk like situation

[wind crow]

When’s the patch coming? :3

[hazy helm]

its a new gun

the second new gun

[manic oriole]

It says the mod kit is out now too, which is interesting ngl

[hazy helm]

its phase one btw

https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/stalker-2-zone-kit

[turbid karma]

quick mod in a life

[lofty fossil]

im gonna check when i first played through cyberpunk

[jovial lotus]

Lmao... its still a spawn bubble dude, they just increased it... slightly

[elder beacon]

yeah i should try doing the lottery next lmao

[wind crow]

When is the patch

[main frigate]

for sure 🔥

[hard trench]

CC-move

Let you know somethings done about it, but as minimally done as possible as to not break anything

[urban basin]

its out now unless you are on xbox i guess

[potent surge]

It's out on xbox

[twin pulsar]

is S2 Anomaly out yet?

[shut cosmos]

No and hopefully never

[lofty fossil]

i first played through the entire game of cyberpunk in 2021 during the 1.3 update

[celest blaze]

anomaly sucks

[urban basin]

Nice, im used to xbox releasing the updates late on most games

[ripe patrol]

700 GB for SDK btw

[unborn palm]

Patch looks nice, gotta test out the a-life changes. If they’re truly let loose to roam then it’s gonna be sick

[dim topaz]

I said they are claiming, not that it is.
I doubt you know any better either before we get to test it.

[hazy helm]

no, S2 freeplay is out tho, has been out for months

[celest blaze]

westerners cant make good freeplay mods only russians can

[fading kiln]

ukranian lip syncing finally, that annoyed me so much

[hazy helm]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1344299336644821042/1385741151121834034/GondolaLTG.gif

[twin pulsar]

But it's actually really good and so many people enjoy it

[hazy helm]

WTF

[shut cosmos]

Anomaly spawned the worst part of the fanbase and I hope it dies

[urban basin]

same lol i liked it back then too

[dim topaz]

@empty gorge What is the consensus on this one, great old one?

[celest blaze]

fr lol

[ripe patrol]

we got the whole game uncompressed

[empty gorge]

what sdk or 1.5 update?

[hazy helm]

https://tenor.com/view/walter-white-gif-2421249060515128977

[dim topaz]

A-life

[twin pulsar]

who are those people

[empty gorge]

whats that?

[ripe patrol]

bruh its so good to finally talk about SDK publicly

[hazy helm]

dude it came out less than half an hour

[urban basin]

I wanna hear your opinion on both

[hazy helm]

people have yet to play

[dim topaz]

[empty gorge]

sdk is weak

[shut cosmos]

I'll test it

[empty gorge]

its too big for average user, it has limitations, its problems, its not final

[shut cosmos]

(I probably won't notice anything ill be fr)

[dim topaz]

Hence why I'm consulting someone with a higher sentience

[empty gorge]

it does allow for some things to go in depth, but other things are just not there

[hazy helm]

are you praying to god rn?

[dim topaz]

relatively speaking

[shut cosmos]

Hes praying to the noosphere

[celest blaze]

ill answer..

[hazy helm]

based

[shut cosmos]

The great monolith

[ripe patrol]

go checkout my new sdk mod:
https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/1428 :3

[shut cosmos]

Wait so is xbox moddable now?

[empty gorge]

in short: the sdk is fun for someone with a good bandwith, no limitations on monthly usage due to size of updates and due to limitations its mainly good for specific things atm

i myself am locked out of most stuff i personally have an interest in due to it being in its first phase, i did however make a mod with sdk

[dim topaz]

Ah yes, CJ Bloodsucker. Thank god for mods

[shut cosmos]

Milsim weirdos that think Stalker should be like tarkov.

[ripe patrol]

funny thing, thats a test mod from one of the GSC devs

[shut cosmos]

One of my buddies is like that and its so annoying

[celest blaze]

i dont see the appeal of milsimy stalker tbh

[dire dagger]

In this place we hate all mil sim slop

[shut cosmos]

Thank god

[sullen vessel]

So there are A-life fixes, I wonder if the AI is competent now

[urban basin]

This wouldnt happen on stalcraft!!!

[shut cosmos]

Speaking of milsim slop. How was that wendigoon stalker movie

Never bothered watching it because of that god awful trailer

[twin pulsar]

IDK, I just liked anomaly and Gamma because it's quite immersive and a fun sandbox

[dim topaz]

https://tenor.com/view/vince-mcmahon-gif-2846744691193008994

[ripe thorn]

Or just generally more squads traversing the zone

[celest blaze]

you should play call of the zone, stanson, legends return, team lite much better freeplay mods

[shut cosmos]

To me that's the good thing about anomaly, I honestly got no issue with anomaly

I like the freeplay aspect and its smth I hope GSC considers

[celest blaze]

theres so many better freeplay mods then slopomaly though

[urban basin]

My only issue is that it kept crashing my 5700xt when i played it

[shut cosmos]

Why i dont like is the flooding of tarkov garbage in every single mod if you want to play it for more than 10 hours

LMAO

Cj bloodsucker wtf

[empty gorge]

wheres modio link?

[shut cosmos]

Wait so why is modding for og stalker games on console so limited

But its not for stalker 2?

[celest blaze]

tools really

[stone laurel]

wait are you the shay who makes all the mods

[main frigate]

he is

[stone laurel]

the man

[main frigate]

shaydorovich

[celest blaze]

also console trilogy is EE so its different modding then the og trilogy on pc

[shut cosmos]

I thought it was a company policy thing with Microsoft and sony

Especially Sony

[celest blaze]

microsoft allows external asset modding (skyrim and fallout 4) so i feel its mostly sony holding it back

[empty gorge]

heh?

[celest blaze]

as you can have mods like bruma on xbox with custom map etc

[shut cosmos]

Wait wait wait

[empty gorge]

i am a mod maker yes, mods by shay

[shut cosmos]

Theres a total conversion section on the Xbox mod page for the game

[celest blaze]

wait fr? thats based

[empty gorge]

but i never advertise my shi

[shut cosmos]

That's insane

[main frigate]

you have fans it seems

[shut cosmos]

Shat

[main frigate]

only fans

[celest oracle]

Do we have a life now boys?

[azure snow]

anyone that cares about A-Life knows who shay is

its inevitable

[twin pulsar]

Are mutants still bullet sponges and cheesable by jumping on props?

[shut cosmos]

Ngl I've never heard of him but glad hes doing God's work

[empty gorge]

[main frigate]

@empty gorge SLZ works wiht 1.5?

[shut cosmos]

Ive only noticed pseudogiants being tanky since the updates

[celest oracle]

Alife, and AI competency in battles are two separate thing.

[azure snow]

if u were looking for mods to unshit A-Life u cant miss them

[empty gorge]

ofc, its hidden atm tho

[shut cosmos]

Im sorry bro I dont play on pc

[empty gorge]

well good news bro, i made 3 versions for console and gave steam users same

[shut cosmos]

I now have a crowbar

[celest blaze]

based

[main frigate]

but if i have it installed already should i delete it or can do?

[empty gorge]

so in a few hours/days u too can try it out, i made one for Series S, Series X and a hardcore one if u want to play powerpoint on xbox

since that one is mainly for high end pc

[shut cosmos]

W

[dim topaz]

He's one of the Gamma modders. the A in Gamma stands for shAytech

[empty gorge]

it works nonetheless

[shut cosmos]

Can't wait for my xbox to become an IED

[main frigate]

k thanks

[empty gorge]

but in a few hours ill do update to make it work even better

[main frigate]

btw steam workshop is up? i dont see it still

[stone laurel]

trying to decide if i pick up an old 15 hr file or start another new one

[shut cosmos]

Modders are insane ngl, you telling me they do this shit for free?

[celest blaze]

new one

[empty gorge]

should be up today, my mods are public and on 1.5 there

[nimble cipher]

shaytech has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[stone laurel]

there are things more valuable than money up front

[celest blaze]

modders are beyond based honestly i hope you can move to pc one day so you can experience the years of mods

[empty gorge]

yeah, d(f)uck me right

[celest blaze]

i hope the east is crazy enough to make op3 on stalker 2 engine

[shut cosmos]

Nah mate i have a wife sorry

[empty gorge]

thats fair

[sullen vessel]

Okay Sherlock, thanks for the explanation

[shut cosmos]

Now, time to find a mosin

[main frigate]

I'm sorry fo you

joking

[shut cosmos]

Sorry for what

[main frigate]

nevermind 🤣

[dim topaz]

[empty gorge]

update out yet?

[main frigate]

yeah

[shut cosmos]

The update is out

[empty gorge]

ah okay time to unhide the sdk mod on nexus

[shut cosmos]

The mod page doesn't have a refresh button

[stone laurel]

1st try unreal 5 insta. lets try that again

[shut cosmos]

💀

[stone laurel]

same

come onnnnnn

[main frigate]

btw how to access mod.io? is it integrated into the game or what?

[loud seal]

hey guys, is Alife finally fixed? is the game in a good state now?

[empty gorge]

xbox mods are not out yet

[ripe patrol]

i havent even tocuhed Modio with my mod. The ones there are placeholders and outdated. I need to remove those

[empty gorge]

should be soonish

[shut cosmos]

Integrated with the game

Theres a CJ bloodsucker mod and a crowbar mod

[main frigate]

https://tenor.com/view/alejandro9ix-gif-13711685647150536594

[shut cosmos]

Do we know where to get a mosin

[main frigate]

it shouldnt be spawning in stalkers hands? kind of a newbie weapon i think

it should not be rare or uniqe

[shut cosmos]

K time to murder some stalkers

[main frigate]

but idk its just my assumption, still downloading the patch

[celest blaze]

Mosin should be common as hell imo

[shut cosmos]

I wanna my 1911 too

[main frigate]

So good that Zivakas is making his modpack compatible with 1.5 today

[shut cosmos]

IT IS A COMMON WEAPON

[celest blaze]

Wonder how long until we get ogse 2 now with the sdk out

[bronze bramble]

Fixed a crash when drinking vodka.

lmao

[shut cosmos]

Im 2000 short

Im ending it all

[stone laurel]

patch made my game unlaunchable. verifying now...

[shut cosmos]

Yall should I sell my GP for a mosin

Its very tempting rn

[stone laurel]

console command it out of the sky

[shut cosmos]

Im on xbox

[stone laurel]

aw

[shut cosmos]

Screw the gp idc, nato weapons suck anyways

[dire dagger]

BASED

Gsc gatekeeping

[shut cosmos]

Fellas, is it wrong to goon to a gun

[willow quail]

Guys they just released the modkit in Unreal engine, we can update to 5.6 so

[shut cosmos]

Oh my god its beautiful

[dire dagger]

Well get cracking

[stone laurel]

what kind of mods will we get now that we couldnt get before?

[empty gorge]

animation

[bronze bramble]

Weapon models too, iirc

[stone laurel]

meat jiggle physics

[bronze bramble]

Basically all weapon mods relied pre-existing assets from the game.

The only things that could be changed were textures.

Now people can just add completely new guns, with new animations, new ammo, etc etc

[shut cosmos]

Question, did the patch notes mentioned anything about fixing muzzle flashes lmao

[willow quail]

Is isn't the UE project?

If it is, upgrade is possible

[stone laurel]

why would this patch"break" my game. i just reinstalled it a couple of hours ago

[potent surge]

Yes xbox mods are out lol stop being weird

[stone laurel]

i guess ill reinstall again. luckily my internet is fast

[graceful hill]

woah, huge update!

[finite dragon]

Yes

[shut cosmos]

Welp imma wait for more mods cuz I do wanna tweak some aspects like enemies not being very visible

[proven dagger]

The update seems to be really nice.

[celest oracle]

You're welcome

[bronze bramble]

If this eventually means we'll get OXA straight from workshop or modio, then I'm so in.

I'd start a new playthrough just for this.

[shut cosmos]

OXA?

[potent surge]

Mod.io is up on xbox and pc

Download the kit threw epic games

[bronze bramble]

One of the mods that completely overhauls how guns work in the game; but sorta in similar direction that the Stalker 2 team is already heading towards

Like, it makes it so any gun with a piccattiny rail can use any compatible sight, any side-rail gun can use eithe the PSO-1 or the POS8X, etc etc

[finite dragon]

I play on a series s why does outside look so grainy and fuzzy and how do I fix it?

[bronze bramble]

Basically the got all the hidden pieces inside the game and allowed you to go nuts with the costumization, within limits.

....But it's a complicated mod, so it required a mod loader, it used to break pre-existing unique guns, etc etc

[shut cosmos]

Lmao what

Does that mean, id be able to use sights that isnt the psu on my ak

[empty gorge]

oxa is going to need time to update

[bronze bramble]

https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/939?tab=description

[bronze bramble]

Yeah, it'll basically have to be rebuilt from scratch, programming-wise

But at least it'll be far more powerful, since it'll have access to so much extra stuff, particularly animations

[stone laurel]

have we talked binoculars yet

[shut cosmos]

I need my aks with a red dot rn

[bronze bramble]

That's one of the things that OXA allows, but recently I talked to the team via an email suggestion, and actually they're already working on that

Like... the AS VAL has an upgrade that adds an adaptor from side-rail to picatinny, allowing it to use red-dots.

....Side-rails from Soviet-era guns are universal. This means the AKs could use the same rail; but for now, they don't.

[willow quail]

I just get the Stalker modkit, where did it appear in epic launcher, in Unreal engine section (fab) or library? I d'ont see it anywhere..

[bronze bramble]

OXA uses that to its advantage to allow for AKs to equip red-dots, but the Stalker team themselves are working on expanding attachment compatibility

[shell lichen]

Do merchants give you a quest to bring them mutant loot?

[willow quail]

Ok so it appear in casual library like to buy games

[bronze bramble]

Seems to be a Malachite thing, from the update description

[willow quail]

I want to mod the Stalker

What I can do?

[raven bane]

I want to download mods for stalker

[turbid karma]

its ok guys gta 6 will have better A-life

[bronze bramble]

....Oh no.

We techcally can replace Skif with Hatsune Miku now

[willow quail]

store.epicgames.com/en/p/stalker-2-zone-kit

[willow quail]

Oh man... You give me bad idea

[raven bane]

no thats a good idea

[mint widget]

replace every skif line with vocaloid...

[raven bane]

you should make bloodsuckers hatsune miku instead though

[mint widget]

replace their sound with "MIKU MIKU BEAM"

we can have CNPP play caramelldansen now

[ripe patrol]

aye Senior Mods and Mods are not the only one with shiny names now

[willow quail]

Guys I will may mod the game, I'm serious and I may made like potato mod for budget pc

But You download also Unreal engine with the mode?

[supple wedge]

Just convert it to 5.6^

[willow quail]

It's kinda useless I already have it 💀

[willow quail]

Man It's the first thing I think of

[supple wedge]

Hows progress so far?

[willow quail]

I didn't started to install my bad.. I'm at work

Just taking a little break

[unreal raptor]

right finally going to give S2 a go again (not tried since the launch hotfix)

[willow quail]

Yeah man

There is a mod discord?

[unreal raptor]

looks like a big improvement to A-Life

[celest goblet]

Compared to 1.4? Hopefully

[empty gorge]

[unreal raptor]

say it's really real shay

[empty gorge]

no bro i dont think so

i aint satisfied with it, thats my opinion

[unreal raptor]

bahhhhhh

[dim topaz]

hmm... Zoneslug is taking longer than he usually does

[mint widget]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=je-VV87hJKg

[main atlas]

Hi guys!
I have a BIG problem.
Game crashes on startup with this error (LowLevelFatalError [File:D:\STALKER2\s2editor\Engine\Source\Runtime\CoreUObject\Private\Serialization\AsyncLoading2.cpp] [Line: 1660] ObjectSerializationError: /Game/UETools/Blueprints/BP_StalkerGameInstance (0x5C693617EE8598FD) /Game/UETools/Blueprints/BP_StalkerGameInstance (0x5C693617EE8598FD) - BP_StalkerGameInstance_C /Game/UETools/Blueprints/BP_StalkerGameInstance.Default__BP_StalkerGameInstance_C: Bad name index -46/93.)

No mods

[bronze bramble]

https://discord.com/channels/504587323577729024/1308753015355740181

[stone laurel]

same

[supple wedge]

This guy does quality analysis. No BS.

[dim topaz]

This seems promising actually

[mint widget]

yeah this seems like a bigger improvement than previous updates tbh

[mint widget]

for both languages too? i'm subscribing to this guy

[timber tangle]

Is mods available on xbox with this new update

[dim topaz]

lairs and such, more persistent world, seems good
NPCs not remembering their relation to the player is wack as hell tho

[keen bone]

It looks like A-Life is now functioning as intended.

People keep complaining about the 100m bubble, but the OG trilogy only had a 150m one and I think A-Life felt crappy in S2 cos it wasn't implemented as intended. Looks like 1.5 has gotten it functioning as it should. I wonder how the game feels now with patch 1.5, I wanna see if people can play it now without even noticing the 100m bubble. Seems it

I think people seem to not realise if A-Life is coded well you won't even notice the 100m bubble and looks like 1.5 has got it functioning as GSC wanted it to work now

[dim topaz]

the bubble is an issue for sure but by far the biggest issue literally everyone had was with persistent AI and the world simulation

[keen bone]

Also - is the mod kit basically UE5 but bundled with S2's assets?

[dim topaz]

The reason people take issue with it because it's a way bigger world compared to the predecessors, so a smaller bubble is way more noticable

[pliant flume]

Actual W this patch

Let's hope it delivers. Mod support, actual A-life, I can't believe it

[dim topaz]

This was by far the biggest W for GSC since release

Can't wait to see how the game looks like in half a year

[hazy helm]

its a custom stripped down UE5 editor custom built towards making paks and mods for S2, do note that its only Phase 1 beta of the modkit

aka

it sucks rn

[mint widget]

we shall have misery in stalker 2 soon

MORE MISERY SLOP!!!!1

[dim topaz]

bestie life is a misery

[celest goblet]

I think the other part of it is if you look at the level design of the originals, there tend to be more hills and obstacles and fog to obscure NPCs loading in. You can rarely see across a lot of a map to notice NPCs missing. HoC has a lot of pretty flat areas

[dim topaz]

that's kinda what I meant. can't think of a single flat area in the trilogy other than maybe CoP with some of Zaton's areas

[empty gorge]

psa: all my mods are updated on nexus in 1min

[hazy helm]

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

[mint widget]

everything will be 10x more expensive!!!

you will get 10x less loot!!!

[hazy helm]

10x less colour

[mint widget]

you will die in 1 hit!!!

[hazy helm]

10x more saturation

[mint widget]

10x less effect of consumables!!!

Tourist's breakfast will be like paper!!!

[supple wedge]

Mod kit just needs a misery macro

-10x enjoyment

[mint widget]

lmao already???

damn it doesn't like me sending nexus links

[empty gorge]

started before release

[desert flint]

May the zone bless ya.

[supple wedge]

Well there's a ship shader comp button

I ain't pushing it, because shader comp is 30 seconds for me.

[graceful hill]

am i crazy or did they pretty much fix the perfoamance in this update? i'm getting like 20 more frames since 1.4

[celest goblet]

I imagine that like with all things ymmv

[mint widget]

some guy said he lost like 60 frames from this update lmao

[supple wedge]

60 before and 60 after for me.

The magic of vsync

[graceful hill]

that's crazy, i was getting between 50-60 before without FG, now a smooth 70-90 in the same area

[celest blaze]

Each copy of stalker 2 fps is personalized fr

[vale quartz]

real frames or framegen frames?

[supple wedge]

The new weapon reloading works great

[keen bone]

We know he means framegen

[celest blaze]

Depends

[thick wolf]

This update feels gooood

[inner sphinx]

yo guys anyone playing on xbox?

[mystic sigil]

does xbox have mods now?

[inner sphinx]

wonder the same

[thick wolf]

Yes

[worn oar]

Aye

[inner sphinx]

YOOO

[mystic sigil]

damn thats a w

[thick wolf]

There are only a handful so far today, but the mod browser is there!

[rustic quest]

what is the new weapon reloading system?

[mystic sigil]

check the trailer they show it

https://youtu.be/yR2DDPJHHcg?t=51

[rustic quest]

oh hell yeah, nice. love when games do that

[mystic sigil]

new car models was unexpected in the trailer😂

[low latch]

is update out ? iam a lil confused

oh nvm i forgot i don't have the game installed 😂

[hazy helm]

reload staging

[night sequoia]

bruh they turn off the achievements if you install mods

[hazy helm]

nice

[low latch]

bethesda does the same

kinda crappy but what can you do

[rustic quest]

maybe there'll be a mod to re-enable them lmao, starfield had it

[empty gorge]

quick psa for people who want to discuss my mods or got questions: https://discord.com/channels/504587323577729024/1387423121983799388

[night sequoia]

lets wait for it lol

[low latch]

do we know how a-life is in 1.5 yet ?

iam downloading the game but it will be some hours yet

[hazy helm]

just watch vatis video

[ripe patrol]

Wait a day for the doomer youtube videos saying: "Stalkers still dont freely take a mortgage, so there is no alife"

[supple wedge]

This^

[ripe patrol]

But yeah Alife is better, but not real alife yet.

[mystic sigil]

@empty gorge not really a big modding guy dont really know anything about it but as i understand before the kit you were limited are you still limited or is there more you can do now with the phase 1 kit

[empty gorge]

me personally? still limited

[night sequoia]

how do i loot a bloodsucker there's no interaction button

[empty gorge]

YOU NEED TO DO A QUEST IN ORDER TO UNLOCK MUTANT LOOT

[night sequoia]

oh the other one has it

[urban basin]

I lost 10 frames

[ripe patrol]

I got about 5-6 frame on average, but i was getting much less stutters

[low latch]

going from 1.0x to 1.5 is pretty hype even if most of the stuff hasn't been fixed yet it will still be fun to see the improvements

[ripe patrol]

now add mods to that

itll be a new game for you

[low latch]

yeah it's gonna be fun as heck

[jagged plover]

Do any of the console command mods work on 1.5? UETools crash on launch and mod loader crash on save load

[empty gorge]

uetools dont work on 1.5

[ripe patrol]

UE4SS has console enabler

[jagged plover]

ty very much

[unique dawn]

Is there a way to install mods on Xbox yet for S2? If so could anyone pls send me a tutorial 🙏

[low latch]

i understood it as xbox modding coming later in the year but i could be wrong

[thick wolf]

There is a mod browser on the main menu in the Xbox version

[low latch]

ah okay then it should have arrived

[ember ridge]

Anyone tried out the patch yet

[main atlas]

Nope, because of fatal error....

LowLevelFatalError [File:D:\STALKER2\s2editor\Engine\Source\Runtime\CoreUObject\Private\Serialization\AsyncLoading2.cpp] [Line: 1660]
ObjectSerializationError: /Game/UETools/Blueprints/BP_StalkerGameInstance (0x5C693617EE8598FD) /Game/UETools/Blueprints/BP_StalkerGameInstance (0x5C693617EE8598FD) - BP_StalkerGameInstance_C /Game/UETools/Blueprints/BP_StalkerGameInstance.Default__BP_StalkerGameInstance_C: Bad name index -46/93.

[jagged plover]

Do you have UETools installed?

[left canopy]

Hi everyone, sorry to bother you but I have a question, when I enter the new ‘mod browser’ from patch 1.5 in the game menu, I get a message that they are unable to ‘confirm my single sign-on with my current account’. If anyone understands which account this is and how to fix it, that would be great! I have the game on GOG by the way.

[jagged plover]

Same issue here

[slate needle]

Take the ue tools data out of the folder it works after thwt

[slate needle]

Had the same problem

[vagrant ocean]

@empty gorge what's your wishlist for future sdk updates? Terrain modification? Better scripting?

[main atlas]

I uninstalled it before patch

After reinstalling, game started

[empty gorge]

world edit, level edit, full bp support without issues, perhaps api for more closed off sdk stuff proprietary to gsc such as AI, A-Life, and more finer non generic ue stuff (unlike animations, meshes,...)

WWise support, external modification, controllers etc

[hazy helm]

please, the API, we need it to script parts, itll be 1000 times better than using the blueprint system for everything

[vagrant ocean]

I haven't downloaded it yet, but is C++ scripting possible? Is any A-Life stuff exposed for modding (at least in BP)?

[empty gorge]

no anndddd no

[celest granite]

Oh, i didnt knew it ! Is the Valks better than the drowned ?

[empty gorge]

oh and bp mods either dont work or work partly in wacky ways

[gritty orchid]

so whats the veredict on 1.5? W or L?

[brisk nimbus]

is this patch finally it?

[hazy helm]

W

[vagrant ocean]

What about post-processing stuff and modification to rendering pipeline, shaders? I'd like to port my Heatvision mod from Anomaly

[empty gorge]

euhm no not really

post processing you might be able to get it to work but it requires a lot of messing around

[gritty orchid]

nice, time to free up some space on my ssd

[coarse sparrow]

lads, hows Alife

[mint widget]

W for the most part

[mint widget]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=je-VV87hJKg

[frozen violet]

So now that we have more modding support, can modders increase online a-life bubble beyond 100m now?

[potent badger]

Why does the new pistol break

i cant aim it or reload it after i aim once

or even shoot it

[ripe patrol]

try reloading a save

[empty gorge]

no

[potent badger]

ok it works now

[coarse sparrow]

cool, thanks for sharing

I wonder if they will ever give us setting to increase the bubble

[mint widget]

eventually maybe

this is earliest version of sdk

[frozen violet]

Ah, a little bit of a shame but the offline looks fantastic. We’ll probably get an increased bubble pretty soon in an update or at least an option to 150m like og trilogy I’d hope

[empty gorge]

hope so too bro 🤞

[lofty fossil]

hey guys i need a low graphics quality mod that does not disable grass or replace textures with low detail lod textures

whats the best one that has the least amount of issues and is most up to date

[solid ridge]

Anyone find the new night stalker pistol yet?

[versed jasper]

oh boy time to uninstall Stalker 2 just so I can update it, I love that I need the entire game's size worth of free space just to download whatever small amount the game adds

[hazy helm]

I dunno what you mean man, I downloaded 7gb

[grim basalt]

32 gb for me on steam

1hour for doing other stuff

[merry verge]

So what kind of mods are everyone guma make?

[zinc apex]

Tung tung tung alife sahur

[hardy bear]

Got a long list, but gotta keep it simple as it’s a lot of stuff to learn

Anomaly site territory control is something I’d really like to think about

As well as a loot rebalance

[mental plover]

Good morning chat, i just saw 1.5 dropped, how does the game feel overall? Is it a good time to get back into it or should I wait?

[lavish fjord]

Is the SDK/steam workshop enabled now?

[merry verge]

Hell yeah looking forward to what you make my man. A loot rebalance is something Ive been looking forward too. Way too many medkits and bandages out there

Hopefully someone does a faction war thing too..but I'm sure with the a life in the state it's in now might as well wait for that kinda stuff

[hardy bear]

It works great when approaching the game as a narrative first experience as I was, but the distribution of it eliminates any kind of decisionmaking and sub-goals that make use of its survival systems

But then other things like more environmental traversal obstacles, pda route planning, some kind of custom weapon progression approach

[merry verge]

Ye ye. the modders will make it a whole lot more survival than it is now. Sucks official modding is limited as it is but I'm sure we'll still get some great things.

[worthy zodiac]

#💬┃en_offtop message
Another day, another patch testing... I'm experiencing some weird issues with AI being "frozen" when (I'm just guessing here) transitioning from offline to online simulation. Does that happen to you too, guys?

[ember ridge]

still getting fps drops

[prisma cargo]

Alife Uh... Found A Way jury rigs the spawns back into lair focused spawn system that gets npcs to do attack/defending/capture. However lairs are on a timed rotation so it's not permanent. I didn't get to spend a lot of time testing it in 1.5 with it's mostly persistence along with the new sdk stuff. No faction relation warefare territory stuff yet though.

[nimble cipher]

evilweener has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[mellow bridge]

30 gig update , is the game actually finished yet - fine hows that piece of crap

[prisma cargo]

It's improved

[lofty fossil]

wait did the 1.5 patch reveal say it added new cars?

[unreal raptor]

yeah props

[mellow bridge]

there's fkn cars now??

[prisma cargo]

New rusted car props

[lofty fossil]

god imagine if stalker 2 one day beyond 2.0 gets a driveable buggie built out of one of the "prop" cars

[prisma cargo]

Probably meant as a joke

[mellow bridge]

i'm mostly joking, its part of my bit to always come in here with a big ole attitude, i'm just in the group of people who refuse to play the game until A-life is implemented as promised

[spring heath]

Anybody know how to loot mutants in the new update?

[lofty fossil]

i think the zaz would be the perfect choice for a driveable car in stalker 2. its horrible, everyone hates it and a white one has been parked in cordon since -1986

[prisma cargo]

Crouch next to the ones that have loot and press e

[spring heath]

Do boars and tushkanos?

[mellow bridge]

honestly, i think a bicycle is the most you should get if they do vehicles in stalker, this way it drains your energy and thirst etc at the cost of slightly faster travel

[prisma cargo]

All mutants do, but not all dead mutants have loot.

It's a chance based thing

[spring heath]

weird. ive come across a few thusfar and havent found a single one with loot. Maybe its because I am using an old save

[prisma cargo]

Old save shouldn't matter

[unreal raptor]

Anyone have any weird audio issues. Sounds like it’s some really bad 90s fake surround sound whilst I’m playing.

Tinny and echoey

[spring heath]

I see now, 1 out of 5 boars had some loot and its a bit cumbersome to do you have to be just in the right spot to do it

[hardy bear]

What I’m after is something that has them gathered specifically around anomaly sites, rather than lairs. Artifacts are the best money makers, and as the only real survival based motive that isn’t provided by some journal quest marker I wanted to consider ways to make them more interesting

[prisma cargo]

If map editing ever becomes a thing. You could probably designate those locations as lairs for spawns to hang around.

Could probably setup contextual action nodes too.

[hardy bear]

I wonder what the possibility would be for larger anomaly zones. Traversing the map is mostly just about running in a direct path without much variation unless there are mutants in the way (which now aren’t valid traversal obstacles because they give you money), but big fields of the floating lights, massive electric fields or whatnot posing as a challenge to reroute your plan is something I also really want to try

Basically make it death stranding lol

[prisma cargo]

So you want the soap bubbles to chase you

[novel rover]

INSTANT mod io support out the phase 1 box? Just come push my stool in already, dinner was great.

[finite dragon]

I find it silly the use of mods now disables achievements, for this game is purely single player there is no highscore, no matchmaking or any other kind of online interaction. So saying "To keep things fair for everyone, mods disable achievements" is just very useless. Dude who is everyone, I'm alone here!

[hazy helm]

its good bc it forces a vanilla playthru

https://tenor.com/view/breaking-bad-walter-white-walt-walter-walt-holding-gun-gif-7226932992774164990

[finite dragon]

Because the mod that replaced skifs knife with a pan completely ruined the experience or what

[prisma cargo]

Microsoft gives points for achievements to spend on real world stuff. So you can blame them.

[finite dragon]

hm as long as this gets the usual bethesda treatment and someone makes a mod that enables them again I'm fine with it.

[hazy helm]

it prob will
FOR PC

https://tenor.com/view/evil-laugh-gif-1246054594903804985

[celest blaze]

Tbh caring about achievements is silly

[lofty fossil]

whats this horrible flashing and shimering on everything lmao i cant get rid of it

[hardy bear]

It’ll chase those who are afraid of showers

[trim shore]

I think this is caused by shadows. Flashlight casting lowres shadows full of artifacts. Of course internal resolution does affects the quality

[left terrace]

the "new cars" are just static models right?

[hardy bear]

Yup

[tawny comet]

Rollerblades

[scarlet mulch]

Hello, does the multiplayer has been released yet ?

[ripe patrol]

bruh we just barely got Alife.... I dont expect the very scuffed MP to come out for another year

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[zinc apex]

i want achievements but still mod. but i am silly that's a fact

[ripe patrol]

i just consoled commanded my achievements in.... what you mean "To be fair to everyone" bruh idgaf i want shiny

i did it out of spite

[lofty fossil]

guess what guys!

i managed to disable eye exposure without bugging it, as well as disable ssao! i might revert the ssao thing though. even though i believe the ssao is whats causing those dreadful artifacts

[ripe patrol]

big if true

[lofty fossil]

eye exposure slightly changes in and out of buildings

its so subtle you dont even notice it finally ending the stupid feature

[ripe patrol]

howd you do it? we know of some ways but its cumbersome

[lofty fossil]

r.EyeAdaptation.LensAttenuation=0

this somehow with default eye exposure settings makes the exposure go away without too bright or too dark

been spending the past 2 hours messing with the engine config

trying to find a balance of performance and visuals without introducing artifacts

minus ones i cant fix such as ghosting or wonky reflections

testing more settings now i will get back here if i find something new

did anyone else know about the eye adaptation lens attenuation thing?

[atomic linden]

more than half year later vanilla still unplayable

[dire dagger]

Disable lumen

And then disable textures

Play in wireframe mode

Game is very playable once you do that

[atomic linden]

and it will fix bulletsponges and toddler stamina?

[dire dagger]

Yes

[urban basin]

Me a vanilla enjoyer on all the stalkers

[celest goblet]

Cannot fix skill issues

[atomic linden]

its more like immersion issues

[shut cosmos]

Are there new mods yet

[shut cosmos]

Blud has never play SoC

[atomic linden]

probably not

[lofty fossil]

where do i post images of stalker 2

i have photos of the final reshade and engine config

[late quartz]

does anyone see difference in ragdoll of NPcs? Im shooting with my full upgraded Kharod since 1.5 patch and bodies seem to fly alot when i hit/kill them

[west gate]

I came here to see if I was alone

One of them is with Neil Armstrong on the moon I think

[late quartz]

The ragdoll now feels more like FEAR , dont know what happened

i have a feeling before the 1.5 the ragdoll was more grounded

[keen bone]

It's not a bug it's a feature

[prisma cargo]

Pretty sure they adjusted collision profiles

[keen bone]

FEAR is great so FEAR ragdolls sounds fun

Weren't the OG trilogy ragdolls goofy too

[rocky mountain]

+1

[late quartz]

monolitians flying all over the place since patch 1.5 😄

[rocky mountain]

Has Skiff's voice toggle been removed when he wears the gas mask? I remember there being an option in the menu in patch 1.4, but now I can't find it.

[late quartz]

also the ram bug is still present, today it went to full 64 gbs 😄

[deep robin]

Is anyone else experiencing lagged inputs with this update? Ex. I attempt to use a medkit, but it does not trigger for another 10-15 seconds

[west gate]

It's not a bug, it's an anomaly

[celest goblet]

Most of the time no but occasionally

[heady bear]

Hello everyone, can anyone know what the problem is or what kind of sur is this? I downloaded the game today to check out the patch. And for some reason the sound comes from the system unit, and not from the headphones, for example. In Chrome \ other games everything is fine. But for some reason in Stalker it's such a mess. Does anyone know what it is?

[silent blade]

Is it time to get back into the game?

[twin pulsar]

what do i go after echo for echo sabre buyild_

oops wrong discord

[celest goblet]

It does seem like a good patch

[worthy zodiac]

Yeah, ragdolls are a little bit borked. Don't mind them being "hollywoodified" but sometimes they just bounce 3-5 meters in the air and that's just weird, lol

[worthy zodiac]

Didn't happen to me

So far the biggest issue I have is that one
#💬┃en_offtop message

[little bridge]

What was the p[oint of adding those colorfull ammo type icons in the inventory? I've never had any troubles in recognizing which ammo type is which and now there are annoying colorful icons that clutter my inventory and make it look like shit, have anyone asked for that?

[graceful hill]

biggest remaining problem i have is with the lighting, so i would say so

[lusty mountain]

I imagine its for more than just recognising ammo, but it does help with locating which ammo is which in the personal stash quicker and helps with looting what you want from stashes quicker. I'm guessing its more for MP, just preemptively changing it for when the time comes

[hearty compass]

Do corpses stay after dying during offline combat yet?

[little bridge]

Ok sure, but as I said, I've never had any troubles in recognizing ammo types in loot boxes. I have all ammo types in my stash, and now it looks like a christmass tree, it hurts my eyes. this should be optional. This breaks immersion for me now, I'm so annoyed :'C

[unreal raptor]

man this game sucks, just did the mission at the start where you get the AK from the water tower. A pack of six boars spawned on the top with me. WHY is this game still so damn broken still

[empty gorge]

[coarse sparrow]

💀

1.5 worth a reinstall to play with mods or not yet?

[lusty mountain]

Yeah maybe optional, but we got mods now for that luckily lol. Also you gotta think about others when they make changes like these. It could help with those who have a hard time seeing or colour blind ect. Its honestly a good change, minus the fact it isnt optional

[little bridge]

Well now its not optional, we sould be able to disable it as well as the "hold shitf to hold breath' icon while aiming with scopes..

[potent surge]

I can see mods in the mod.io website but when I load up mod.io in stalker. It doesn't show none of the new mods. Just what was posted this morning?

[empty gorge]

working on it should be

[potent surge]

Sweet

[empty gorge]

there are a handfull of mods ready for xbox just waiting for whatever microsoft always does

pfff

[potent surge]

Yeah I can see them in the website 😆 just can't see them in stalker 2 mod browser

[late anvil]

Holy shit, why is the STALKER 2 Zone Kit almost 660GB?

[shut cosmos]

I did ask for that

[little bridge]

Because it contains all astets from the game

[shut cosmos]

Because its annoying to have to look at the description to know what rounds you actually have

[hazy helm]

they put all the game uncompressed in there

[little bridge]

Then you have to be blind, you dont need to look at the description, all ammo types had different colours in their minatures already

[late anvil]

I guess I'm not working with the mod tools any time soon then. Big L

[shut cosmos]

Cope

Muh immersion is such a goofy ass complaint. Its just icons indicating what ammo type is which

[little bridge]

Cope vbecause you are restarted and cant see the obvious defference and have to have colorfull icons otherwise you can't see? yeah nice cope bro

[late anvil]

To be fair, it should have been an option instead of forced upon everyone.

GSC isn't very good at doing things the right way the first time. They'll figure it out one day.

[shut cosmos]

Lmao bro is mad over tiny icons 😭🙏

[shut cosmos]

I mean yeah it'd be a nice option but its not immersion breaking in anyway

[late anvil]

Did he mention anything about immersion?

[shut cosmos]

.

[late anvil]

Ah I missed that message

Imagine having issues with other players' opinions on what is immersive or not

[little bridge]

I've said for me its immersion breaking, I check my backpack and normal ammo minatures are enough, i dont have a problem with it if I could disable it

[late anvil]

I'm sure there will be a mod to remove the new icons, just like there were mods to add them

[frank vector]

It's a shame you can't have a larger bubble for players with a bigger spec rig

[late anvil]

I don't know why anyone is worried about breaking immersion when you're staring at pictures of items anyway. The inventory in this game (and almost all other games) is not immersive at all lol

[hazy helm]

that is a based thing ngl

[little bridge]

As I said I'm not saying its immersion breaking, I'm saying for me it is, and this change is forced. Sure, but now i have to wait for a mod to play the game. I don'r undresteand why we dont have a seperate menu where we could customize things like that to our liking

[shut cosmos]

Nah bro make me scrounge my backpack to get a magazine

[hazy helm]

https://tenor.com/view/thief-thief-the-dark-project-dark-project-constantine-trickster-gif-27941738462695426

[shut cosmos]

Dawg what lmfao

Thats insane level of nitpicking

[hazy helm]

clearly, the box shouldve been TEAL not mf BLUE!!!!

GSC! GET YOUR HEAD IN THE GAME

[shut cosmos]

Not playing a game cuz theres ammo icons is so funny lmao

[late anvil]

Not just ammo icons. Ammo icons on ammo icons

[hazy helm]

whats next, ammo icons on ammo icons on ammo icons? sickening...

[late anvil]

https://tenor.com/view/disgusted-disgusting-gross-nasty-wtf-gif-6249411014270748400

Hell yeah, love when I can't embed gifs

Completely broke my immersion

[hazy helm]

https://tenor.com/view/disgusted-disgusting-gross-nasty-wtf-gif-6249411014270748400

[late anvil]

Any chance we get a "Zone Kit Lite" so people without more than half a terabyte of free space can make mods?

[hazy helm]

GSC working on it

[little bridge]

Yes, now everytime I open my inventory and loot box, shit look like a Christmas tree. I play Stalker since 2007 and OGs never had anything like that.

[hazy helm]

thats cute, spread cheer and hoy at the touch of a button

I wish I had taht effect

[shut cosmos]

Me when I exaggerate for no reason

[candid plaza]

is stalker 2 on dlss 4 now?

[hazy helm]

no

[late anvil]

I hope so. I just want to add my weapon models to the game lol

[shut cosmos]

Sacrifice 5000 GB

[dense pelican]

Shouldn't it be in the Mods tab in the menu?

[late anvil]

658.91GB to be precise

I'd have to delete my stalker 2 porn stash

[shut cosmos]

Tragic

[late anvil]

I'd never forgive myself

Will we get a modding channel here for people to collab or ask newb questions?

[dense pelican]

Has the Mod Browser not been released yet?

[shut cosmos]

It has

[late anvil]

Steam Workshop and mod.io

[little bridge]

I may be a bit too angry, and I do understand that this is insane level of nitpicking, but asking for an menu that lets you customize HUD to your liking is not crazy, I think. Like, who needs an icon that reminds you to push shift to hold your breath every time you aim?

[dense pelican]

i mean in the menu ingame

[hazy helm]

I wouldve agreed, however, if it reminds you of a christmas tree, I would say that it must stay in order for it to have a good effect on the world

[dense pelican]

Not for me lol https://imgur.com/a/R2zhT57

[shut cosmos]

Which platform

[dense pelican]

Steam

[shut cosmos]

Is its steam workshop up.

[dense pelican]

Ah, so there is no mod browser in the menu? (for steam)

[shut cosmos]

No

[dense pelican]

k thx

[little bridge]

I have even more insane nitpicks, for some reason they've made attachable rails on the guns darker? or are my textures bugged? https://imgur.com/Zj43sFi It now sticks out like a sore thumb

[pallid tundra]

cool, now we need achiv enabler

they treat steam copy like console

[tulip drum]

Is Stalker now ready for a first play through?

[ripe patrol]

try it out

[low latch]

did they do something with the physics ? i shoot bandits in the foot and they go flying, pretty funny ngl

[empty gorge]

thats a personal thing

[empty gorge]

sircaa space project testing is going on in the zone until hotfix

i mean coldfix amirite chat

[low latch]

iam having fun so it's no big deal

[empty gorge]

erryyyboddyy says that

[low latch]

i forgot just how heavy this game is on the pc, though performance seems a lot better than 1.0

[hollow pelican]

I played this game and completed in when it was on patch 1.2 should i reinstall and start another playthrough?

Is this the right time since they fixed combat a life and added life and sense to mutants

[low latch]

idk if you enjoy the game why not otherwise i would wait probably

[zenith yew]

Finally continuing reload added to the game

No idea why that wasn't added day one 💀

[dire dagger]

Cus this game launched a year before it was ready

[coarse sparrow]

bro

u couldnt complete mainstory on day1

talk about reload kekw

[dire dagger]

Don’t re word what I just said bro

[dim topaz]

More like day -365 bro it should have been delayed we just got an early access product bro

[dire dagger]

You guys

Are killing me here

[coarse sparrow]

🫡

[dim topaz]

Any Warhammer nerds in chat?

[supple wedge]

Give it a go?
The combat had a good overhaul in 1.4 and everything I’ve seen from 1.5 look even better. (Even though you shoot like a Skyrim giant)

[supple wedge]

Maybe, but is this off topic?

[dim topaz]

That's fine I just asked here because off topic is way less active

[vale depot]

why is the game not using my gpu fully

[vestal flicker]

if you have mods, you might find any that change sprint speed or ledge grabbing might be causing enemies to launch into space.

[celest goblet]

Nah it's something to do with some new death animations apparently

but it is extremely funny at least

[safe shard]

happy with new update on paper, is mutant health/resist still insanely annoying?

[vestal flicker]

I was getting it weeks ago, it went away when I removed a sprint mod.

[safe shard]

also is stamina still terrible

[celest goblet]

The only mod I have installed rn is Billy's Last Stop and I got a bandit trying to jump for the heavens still

[vestal flicker]

I can neither confirm nor deny that there are a bunch of Krieg on my workbench awaiting paint

[vestal flicker]

Ah, then that could be somethig new then lol

[short oak]

Hey friends,i guess GSC needs to fix the new bugs brought by this update! Hahahaha! Now we have flying ragdolls! They must have read my suggestion asking for better ragdolls,but this time it was… too much! 😛

[keen bone]

Have the 1.5 changes made enemies spawning/despawning less noticeable? I've always thought peoples complaints about the 100m spawn radius should go away once A-Life functions as it should. Looks like it finally is

[vestal flicker]

https://tenor.com/view/discord-mod-energy-drink-hindi-indian-ban-kick-gif-2366263619934276137

[keen bone]

Like if A-Life is coded and implemented cleverly/effectively then you wouldn't even notice the 100m spawning radius

Cos enemies just spawn in and out elegantly if the system is designed well

[short oak]

Exactly like this!!

[vestal flicker]

Just make sure every time you get a headshot you shout "PING!" 😄

[ripe patrol]

One can hope theyll push that 100m range. Issue is they actually tied game functionality to that range :/

[celest blaze]

Speaking of headshots im excited for a mod to disable that sound it makes

[ripe patrol]

i think theres already a mod for that, and it was done before SDK

[celest blaze]

Based

[vestal flicker]

I want one that uses the Fallout 3 cash register sound for headshots lol

[celest blaze]

🔥

[short oak]

Theres also a bug when we rescue that guy from the bandits in the beginning of the game,that he’s outside the house instead of inside

[nimble cipher]

felicheat has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[ripe patrol]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLF

[ripe patrol]

anyways, the sound is in CoreVariables so any outdated mod will break your game. So until someone updates it, wont work well

[fading marten]

Hey is Stalker 2 just crashing on launch for anyone else?

[flat galleon]

haven't played stalker 2 since it came out. has anything improved? any better performance or AI?

[fathom bramble]

There is like a little bit of graphical downgrade in the Xbox version

Textures and models fully load being reaaaally close

A bit annoying I must say

I hope that just a bug

That will be fixed asap

If not

I'll be a little disappointed with the "optimization"

Mutant loot is rare too, I have to play more to say if I like that way or not

Mosin is really fun though

[dense star]

why is there no mod manager prompt on the main menu ? (i got the game on steam)

[novel rover]

Check for updates, you probably aren't on 1.5

Its right there on the main menu under New Game and Continue, etc.

Kudos for putting the SDK on Epic, I know my thanks don't matter but you get it anyway. Easy for Unreal Engine devs to just hop right in.

If they don't already have Epic Games Launcher then they aint ready anyway 🤣

[supple wedge]

AI definitely.
Performance, depends how bad it was for you.

[dim topaz]

I'm taking the plunge and buying a bunch of necrons and painting gear tomorrow

Wish me luck

[celest goblet]

Hard for me to say how much performance improved this patch since I installed some new hardware since I last played anyway

But overall it's running pretty good and I don't get the slowdown in zalissya that I did before

[dense star]

Im on 1.5 im using the 1911 right now but the mod option just isnt there for me welp

[deft pond]

Does anyone know how to use iron sights or change sights on mosin?

[tiny herald]

Remove UEtools if you had it downloaded

[finite dragon]

whats your hardware

[celest goblet]

Ryzen 7700X, RTX 3070, 32 GB DDR5 RAM (don't remember the speed off the top of my head)

So not exactly top of the line either

The GPU is the same as I had before but the RAM and CPU were new (I bought them back in like december and didn't make the time to install them til the spring lmao)

Would like to get a 9070 XT at some point but that purchase is not in the cards for me rn unfortunately

[stiff slate]

Whatsup stalkers, how is game performance right now with these endless patches? Did they fix fps problems?

[vocal vapor]

Why is my update 139GB?!

Thought it was 32

[wind mango]

is this game easier to run yet? 💔

[novel rover]

No, it's always been the shift key

[wind mango]

ur hilarious big dawg

[novel rover]

I loaded faster if that helps

I've always ran the game fine though

[wind mango]

well what are ur specs

[novel rover]

the low spec pc is Ryzen 5 3600, RTX 3060ti, and 16 gb ram. It runs game well just not on max settings.

[wind mango]

low is a 3060?

UE 5 is retarded

[novel rover]

no, low is the ryzen and 16gb ram

trust me, she bottlenecks lol

but turn the settings down I didnt have issues

[celest goblet]

min spec is a 1600X and 1060 6 GB but you aren't gonna have a good time with that

[novel rover]

You can open the trader window with that setup

[celest goblet]

You can reach the main menu

[celest blaze]

[novel rover]

If you have to dumb everything down to the resolution and ini settings. I feel it wouldnt be as enjoyable or immersive though

[wind mango]

did they mention anything about improving the performance or do i just needa get my money up

[novel rover]

Try todays patch?

they may have a hotfix soon too bub, its patch day after all

[celest goblet]

Some people say its a bit better after 1.5. I can't really compare since like I said earlier I also got new hardware since the last time I played

[novel rover]

All I can confirm is I definitely loaded in faster

and the dev kit is friggin huge (The release in general and the damn file size)

[smoky bobcat]

So how's the patch looking for a-life? Can I finally start playing? lol

[novel rover]

It's in there, check it out!

It's too soon to tell how the AI life works imo they havent even been alive for 24 hours

Just don't get too attached, they gonna die anyway 😄

[midnight lion]

@vladmihail It's a 5-year-old mid-range GPU; what did you expect?

[wind mango]

Most games still run well on a 3060

[late anvil]

UE6 isn't out lol

[wind mango]

meant 5 🥀

[late anvil]

It's okay, I forgive you

[wind mango]

lyt

[shut cosmos]

Its lookin good

There still needs to be tweaks like if walk away from say a battle between groups. It'll be solved immediately if you leave the 100m radius

[cursive parrot]

anyone else getting random screen tearing after climbing a ladder or looting an enemy? or how about the flying bodies after you kill someone?

[pastel roost]

Hey gents/ladies, just popping in to check if a-life has been fixed yet?

[ripe patrol]

its much better. Still 100m render. Not completely implemented like OG games

[sly matrix]

A decent way in the right direction, still some ways to go

[little bridge]

Are there any signs of GSC adding customization menu to the game? They promised HUD customization but turning it off or changing opacity isn't enough..

[unreal raptor]

the ai is better but damn wild

i see stalkers and mutants spawning on rooftops and odd areas all the time.

[rapid warren]

The last patch focused mostly on offline bubble and improved it a lot, especially around lairs

[worthy zodiac]

Yeah, the ragdolls are bouncy for everybody

[unreal raptor]

ragdolls are stealing my loot

how do i start skinning mutants?

[wraith socket]

knife

[unreal raptor]

do i have to wait to a certain point in the game?

i don't see any prompt to skin/loot?

[hollow pelican]

If i remove ukrainian voice and subtitles and keep only english how much Gb the size can reduce

[wraith socket]

0.5

[hollow pelican]

Ah shit i thought it would reduce 20-30 GB

[gritty knot]

[vale quartz]

U have to unlock it at malachite if I'm not mistaken

A quest or something

[unreal raptor]

ahh gotcha!

[worn oar]

Offline simulation isn't working yet. Online ,however, has been significantly improved

I think it'll be mended by next one or two major patches ngl

[glad sierra]

Hello, the question is this. If you have to download each patch separately, will it be enough to download only the latest patch for you 1.5?

[glad sierra]

if I have a pirate (I already supported the author)

[sly matrix]

https://tenor.com/view/kermit-the-frog-muppet-flial-arms-panic-not-calm-gif-7359311

[unkempt matrix]

Question: how long do yall think it will take to port all of the original aeapons from the earlier games?

[hazy helm]

do you know how to model and animate?

[unkempt matrix]

Hell no

[hazy helm]

then for you, the ammount of time it takes you to learn to do that

[elfin blaze]

Does anyone know how long it will be to get good mods on Xbox series x

Like are modders gona support it

[ripe patrol]

SoonTM

[elfin blaze]

Ah okie cheers

[ripe patrol]

I already sent my mods to be validated for Xbox.

[elfin blaze]

Did they say a time frame for that to you or anything

[ripe patrol]

Cant really say, hoping for today or tomorrow

[elfin blaze]

Ah okie

[ripe thorn]

Just kill more of them, you don't need to do any quest for loot to start dropping
It has chance to spawn tho, so not every mutant will have a loot piece

[empty gorge]

a long list of mods are currently awaiting whatever needs waiting on their end but should be hopefully soon that they will go through

[placid spade]

They should skip consoles and just stick to pc version

[rancid fern]

no

[placid spade]

stalker was a pure pc game and i assume lots of problems were caused by trying it to make it for both, so yes 😛

[ripe patrol]

Al though I agree, its up to the developers and modders on what they want to support and make. No need to gatekeep STALKER

[low latch]

lots of problems are caused by gsc in general, it doesn't have to do with the console port especially since the consoles are just pc's

[rancid fern]

console = more players, more fans, more recognition
i used to be a PC player, but right now a console lad
so its good to see that i can play stalker with mods on my xbox
like the rest of the player base

[low latch]

you do you but if you care about mods you really should be on pc, it's just the nature of open vs closed platforms

[rancid fern]

Mate, I know - but I’m in that category where I use my PC (a Mac) for work, and consoles with OLED and Dolby Atmos for entertainment. And honestly, I’m just glad I can enjoy at least half of what most PC gamers have

[ripe patrol]

Truth

[ripe patrol]

Its the natural way of adulting. Im sure soon ill find myself not staring at computer screen much longer lol

[placid spade]

Think about it, many games are developed for just one platform, consoles are easier to please caused by more standard configs. At pcs there a tons of possible configs. I see this point but onto the flipside I would never buy a console to play this or that game, when its not released to pc, Im out. The trend to drive both sides of the road is imo more monetary driven and not to please the players

[rancid fern]

yeah, this is the way

[hazy helm]

ehh, hardest thing would be the inherent problem of controls, and that of performant systems
aside from that, it's not all that hard, the originals on console are pretty beloved games bc Stalker as a game doesn't do anything that is retardant to a console fanbase
it's just that playing FPS games on console sucks

always has, always will

[low latch]

nothing is stopping you from using oled and surround on pc with steam big picture but i get your point, i just don't agree with it and that's fine

[nimble cipher]

felicheat has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[hazy helm]

you should fight over it
over a death pit with torches suronding you in a big arena

[ripe patrol]

AH WOLF. i was complaining over the quick access buttons being so consolelified for no reason. IDK why we can just rebind instead of using hold

[rancid fern]

for me, the main issue with seeing STALKER 2 in all its glory is the
xbox series s - it's a very limited console that's holding things back

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[placid spoke]

Is the eastern sniper suppressor still locked behind the final mission

[placid spade]

even if, you wont get it off from there, because when the game is finished, you are done

[short oak]

hey friends,is anybody having an issue where the mod option isnt showing in main menu? Because mine doesnt. I can normaly use mods,but i have to download them directly from the workshop. Is anybody having this issue?

[elfin blaze]

Ah okie cheers

[ripe patrol]

Steam doesnt have mod menu in game, since you just use workshop for that. It only appeard on Xbox and GOG

[wind crow]

I cant even launch the game hwere do i make a ticket this has been happening for months

[hazy helm]

#s2-support