⭐┃nospoilers_general

[steady lantern]

what I'd expect at most would be different zoom capability

[tacit oracle]

maybe rangefinder

not that a rangefinder would be incredibly useful when everything disappears at 100m but hey

[steady lantern]

and I assumed by binoculars they mean the handheld ones, with nvgs being separate, but it might just be their jank ukro english

[tawny comet]

They have to increase spawn bubble, in order for binoculars to work effectively.

[civic tinsel]

what was that pre download update they released for console today

[zenith creek]

Probably something for 1.5.3 if I had to guess

[tacit oracle]

seasonal dlc

swimsuit outfits for all major npcs

especially sidorovich

[wispy plume]

Exoswimsuit

[tacit oracle]

stalker 2 the beach episode

[wispy plume]

Bikini bloodsucker

"Have you ever seen a naked burer ? "

Controller pin-up !
How to better control people by sexy pose

[tacit oracle]

I may have failed to consider the ramifications

[wispy plume]

(Ok time to sleep, sorry xD)

[tacit oracle]

it's weird though, usually stuff is first uploaded to steam and then needs approval on consoles, not the other way around

though I guess it would make sense to first get it through console approval and then pushing it to pc if you want both to hit at the same time.

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[nimble cipher]

huntsman218 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[teal swallow]

Why is the 1.6 that late ? Unlike the other before

They were releasing major patches monthly

[mystic drum]

Maybe because they're completely rebuilding the game on a new engine? It's not the same as adding mutant corpse-eating animations, or a few new guns.

[teal swallow]

I hope so

They said there's no particular order for roadmap goals

[mystic drum]

"Our main mission in the near future is upgrading the game to Unreal Engine 5.5.4. This will bring new features and tools to make the Zone an even better place, but more importantly — bringing the latest Unreal Engine 5 optimizations will lead to better stability and performance."

[teal swallow]

60fps on series x maybe?

Just maybe

[wispy plume]

They made an announcement
Not this mounth, but in september, if i'm correct

[reef spruce]

Is the teleport anomaly in Rostok broken? I'm doing everything I can to get close, but it doesn't pull me in anymore

[alpine hollow]

1 week ago, it did work. But I had to go through the concrete sheets that looks like a diving plank.

[reef spruce]

Thank you for replying!
The last playthrough I did months ago, the anomaly sucked me up just fine. This time around, I've tried to come at it from every angle and it doesn't do anything.
I even copied the same routes that people took in videos and it still wont work. Dunno whats happened

[coarse sparrow]

engine upgrade

shenanigans

[wise geyser]

There already is 60fps on the series x???

[hallow lichen]

are you able to post images if you hit a certain level? It's hard to explain things without photographs

[tacit oracle]

you can use #📸┃screens_and_videos and link to it

[hallow lichen]

cool, thank you

[dark lynx]

Has anyone noticed a weird bug that just causes ads-ing to be stuttery af, and stamina straight up wont regen? Didnt have this on my first playthrough back on launch

Funnily enough, using a controller fixes the stuttery ads, unfortunately doesnt fix the stamina tho. Looked up online and apparently its caused by old save files, im on a fresh save tho and it still happens. Pretty weird

No frame gen, no mods, 'decent' fps

[tacit oracle]

as far as I undertand it, at least at launch that was caused due to a buggy tiredness system

under certain circumstances, tiredness would stack and not go away when sleeping (not sure what were the particular causes) which would cause both no stamina regen and the ADS problem

not sure why would that happen to you now but I would suggest making sure that you have no outdated mods on your game. Uninstalling and completely nuking the folder might be a good idea if you don't mind the reinstall time.

[dark lynx]

I’ll try, pretty weird cos I just downloaded it lmao. Hopefully it works tho

[tacit oracle]

I mean maybe there's still some leftover files from when you first played it and they got installed on top

you could check if you have something leftover in S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 Heart of Chornobyl\Stalker2\Content\Paks\ ~mods first

[dark lynx]

I’ve reinstalled windows since then, wouldn’t be that

Might need to submit a bug report and just let the devs know its still happening

Quite a strange one

[tacit oracle]

Are you on steam?

If you are, unlikely but maybe check your workshop subscriptions?

[dark lynx]

Yep, no workshop subscriptions, I last played on launch when workshop wasn’t a thing

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[lunar shadow]

I wish I could play my guitar for the bloodsuckers am sure they would enjoy it as well as my blood

[wooden zenith]

Hey question about weapon or armor upgrades. Does the upgrades benefit go past the visual bar graph? Because some weapons and armor you can literally do upgrades that exceed the visual bar graph.

[thick wolf]

Does anyone know if the patch fixed the spawns at Depot in the Garbage? I was enjoying my last playthrough until I saw all of the NPCs for the area stuck in a hallway, totally breaking any immersion

[simple brook]

Is the fps on a 4060ti 16gb good now?

[vocal ridge]

So anyone else locked out of thr Skadovsk now after the update?

[worthy zodiac]

The fps is more or less the same as it always was. The game became more stable (less fps drops, stutters, crashes), but the amount of frames you get wasn't really affectes by the updates

[vocal ridge]

Good news! If you fast travel to the sultansk you get locked inside and have to use a guide to get out.

[lucid pagoda]

Yep lmao how do they keep having such a problem with these damn doors

[fiery heron]

they do not want us entering or leaving

[vocal ridge]

I never even had an issue until there was an update to "fix it." All I want is a fix to my guns just deciding to dump all their ammo back into my bag whenever they're holstered sometimes. That sometimes always being when a freakin bloodsucker pops up outta nowhere.

[tacit oracle]

Performance is about the same it's been since launch.

[kind phoenix]

I find unplugging the mouse and plugging it back on fixes it for me

[empty gorge]

doors are one of the hardest things to develop, believe it or not 🤣

[tacit oracle]

okay, unfortunately it looks like they're too busy talking cars in #☢┃stalker-general or w/e

looks like they've reintroduced enemies blasting off into orbit when killed

[hidden sorrel]

do you all think the delux eddition is worth it ?? im thinking about buying it

[robust kestrel]

No

[clear raft]

Don't upgrade until all the DLC is out and the game is heavily discounted. It's simply not worth it.

[hidden sorrel]

so standard version or should i wait later to buy the game

[clear raft]

Have you played through the first 3 titles?

[hidden sorrel]

nope

[sly matrix]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/504592685428899851/1397342374618857583/pop_richter_glorp1.1.gif

[dire dagger]

This is like when people play the modern deus ex games

And think they know deus ex

[sly matrix]

Ikr, Invisible War was so much better than Human Revolution

[dire dagger]

Sir there is only one deus ex game

If you count nameless mod

There are 2 deus ex games

https://youtu.be/5To_czx__1E?feature=shared

[pseudo rivet]

https://tenor.com/view/jc-denton-deus-ex-gif-22280125

[sly matrix]

https://tenor.com/view/deus-ex-deus-ex-jc-shame-gif-26245854

[dire dagger]

@pseudo rivet have you played deus ex ?

[pseudo rivet]

I've got it, but PC can't handle it

Never played the old ones tho

[dire dagger]

Bruh how

[clear raft]

Play those first and see if you actually like this series. Don't bother with 2 until it gets fixed

[dire dagger]

Oh

The older ones

Run on a toaster

[pseudo rivet]

Yep

[dire dagger]

You gotta play them

They are so good

[pseudo rivet]

One day

[dire dagger]

Well the one

Invisible wars game is plagued by console

[pseudo rivet]

Just like HoC

[dire dagger]

They made it multiple platform and ruined it

Like it completely destroyed the game

Most of what made the original games so good was removed

[empty gorge]

quick psa if u dont follow my channels: my alife mods work with 1.5.3

[flint cliff]

Hi. Is it normal for the corpses of killed enemies to disappear after a few seconds after today's update?

[orchid gale]

Time to jork it

[orchid gale]

Yep it’s me, I’m eating them

[flint cliff]

It is a bug?

[orchid gale]

Nah I just get hungry

[tacit oracle]

tested today and so far haven't seen any enemies disappear after a few seconds

[flint cliff]

I did two side missions in Rostok and as soon as I killed a bandit, his corpse disappeared.

[clear raft]

This is a bug with the "kill bandit" radiant quests. It's annoying, it's been around for a few patches now.

[clear raft]

This only happens with the radiant quests offered by traders.

[tacit oracle]

ah, yeah that did happen to me with a "kill bandit" mission from the guy in rostok yeah

I thought it was weird but that maybe I had overstepped into another game chunk and unloaded the corpses so I didn't think more of that

[coarse sparrow]

probably very low priority

engine upgrade >>>>>> radiant quests bugs

[light dock]

Skadovsk door is perfectly fine in 1.5.2....

[wraith socket]

How is it now in 1.5.3?

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[sly matrix]

https://tenor.com/view/noanjo-knut-good-morning-gif-27412785

[zinc apex]

Modern Deus Ex > Old Deus Ex

[dire dagger]

Modern deus ex is just a direct downgrade

They sucked all the soul out of the game

[past basalt]

All Skadosvk doors are broken for me on 1.5.3. They worked fine in 1.5.2.

[rancid flume]

Deus Ex in General ≠ a good game series

[celest goblet]

The original and Human Revolution were pretty good. Both sequels were steps down though

[coarse sparrow]

wayyy to consolized

I was replaying recently, atrocious PC controls and I think MD still has broken MSAA

[tacit oracle]

Patch fixing a non-existing problem that actually introduces that problem to begin with

Classic gsc

[tacit oracle]

so looking forward at getting softlocked further down the line and still not being able to complete this fricking game after well into the triple digits hours wise

[red lagoon]

Is anomaly or gamma worth it? Story wise?

[tacit oracle]

the point of anomaly and gamma is that they don't have story. They're free play mods.

also these are the stalker 2 channels

[reef raptor]

yeah you are better off asking that in the gamma server or in some other channel here (TLDR game no story but it has a "story" to add a sense of progression to the game imo)

[coarse sparrow]

if u want to roam around and do stuff

there is no "story" in a conventional gaming sense

[dire dagger]

Sir your suppose to say

NO GAMMA AND ANOMALY SUCK

[reef raptor]

hey I played both and I still have gamma installed grrr!!!!! >:(

[hazy helm]

you shouldnt download and install viruses in your PC

[reef raptor]

brooother you should have seen kid me downloading roblox exploits from random links

[drifting niche]

Was there an announcement about Gamescom from GSC?

[lunar cradle]

Is it worth getting stalker 2?

[zenith creek]

Right now I'd give it a B-
If performance were better (which they have as top priority for the next patch) I'd say it's absolutely worth it

[tacit oracle]

Imagine playing gamma

[coarse sparrow]

always has been

[coarse sparrow]

I have not seen

[stiff pasture]

It’s opening night, could be saving it for a later one so it doesn’t get buried

[ember summit]

Still baffles me that there’s people who consider GAMMA as a Stalker game in the 1st place. I like GAMMA but at the same time, it’s not a Stalker game. It’s just a survival FPS game with Stalker aesthetics.

[tacit oracle]

Ugh sorry I meant imagine NOT playing gamma

Stupid phone keyboard smh

[safe badge]

Still sad

[tacit oracle]

have you tried wishing everyone a good day?

[safe badge]

I am still trying to find a car. Either its too expensive or too used to be worth buying. I would be willing to spend more, but I am not a millionaire

[tacit oracle]

obtain a shitbox and once expended obtain a new shitbox

[safe badge]

Well, the car isnt that expensive as you may believe but I set myself a limit because I see no reason to pay even more

[tacit oracle]

That is smart. You are smart

here let me kiss you smart boy 😘

[boreal mountain]

Did yesterdays update help a lot?

[tacit oracle]

No

[wise geyser]

Bro F gta 6 im hype for the new lego Batman 😂

[dusky otter]

If I buy DLC standard to deluxe edition will I get this gun?
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4Ey80GTWA9w
On standard edition there is nothing 🙁

[tacit oracle]

that weapon is the Cavalier
https://stalker2.wiki.fextralife.com/cavalier
Wiki doesn't say anything about being edition limited and it's not listed on the steam store page

[dusky otter]

However if Cavalier weapon is a unique variant of the M701 Super and with Deluxe you get M701 Sniper Rifle “Hunter”. Maybe this is it. Or sth like this.

[tacit oracle]

I honestly have no idea. Maybe Faust ate it.

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[dire dagger]

It’s mil sim slop why would I play it

[flint cliff]

Hi. There's an achievement to unlock on Xbox. Get 20 silent kills. I've gotten 10 with the knife, but the percentage is still 0%. Bug?

There's an achievement on Xbox that unlocks when you collect all the artifacts. Do those collected and then sold count?

[lucid pagoda]

Yes, you'll know when you've gotten a new one when you get the HUD popup. You must collect them all on the same save slot. I don't think any of the achievements are really properly tracking for Xbox, but should pop upon full completion

[flint cliff]

Thanks.
Same slot?
But the game allows multiple saves of the same game.

[lucid pagoda]

Sorry if worded oddly I mean you have slots 1, 2, and 3 for saves & they must all be done collectively across the same one. You can reload old saves in same slot, may actually find it easier to get common/uncommon ones before SIRCAA

[glossy blade]

We are invastigating this bug

[wise ingot]

how the hell is this game gna run on ps5 smoothly? it runs like 💩 on my 3070

[south spear]

That’s what I fear aswell can’t wait to try it out but I hope it runs good and is less buggy by then

[rapid moss]

Is the game worth buying yet or does it still run awful, R7 5700X3D 3070ti

[dire dagger]

I mean that’s an optimal rig

[viscid pivot]

Xbox game pass 😉

[dire dagger]

You got a cpu with 3d v cache

Thats better than most

[rapid moss]

I know lol, but it was bad when I ran it on games pass a few months after launch

[tranquil tartan]

Official ps5 trailer when the game is still broken and unfinished is crazy

[wise ingot]

id still wait tbh

[rapid moss]

Think I quit after they "fixed" the garbage fps issue, but still had to reset my PC every hour or two after gameplay

[dire dagger]

When it drops on ps5 we will finally be in open beta

[tacit oracle]

imagine not NOT playing gamma

[dire dagger]

I’m gonna ban you tbh

[tranquil tartan]

Alright let's hope for the best

[wind crow]

Is the ps5 preorders coming to those who pre ordered the ultimate edition too on pc? Or is this just platform gating content

[dire dagger]

That’s mostly a joke though the engine overhaul will likely massive improve the games performance

[frozen nymph]

It says PS5 Exclusive. So yes, platform gating.

[wind crow]

So lame

[dire dagger]

Its the same content

What you on about

[frozen nymph]

Then why does it say PS5 exclusvie

[wind crow]

No??

[worthy lagoon]

It's the same content, the game already released on XBOX and PC

[frozen nymph]

Someone should change that then.. it isn't exclusive.

[worthy lagoon]

Because the game did not release in PS5 at first

[dire dagger]

I literally have all that stuff on my pc copy of the game

[dire dagger]

No it’s poor wording

It implies something that’s not true

[worthy lagoon]

The pre order bonus is exclusive

[unreal raptor]

more shill — we the already paying customers sit and wait whilst it get's ported/updated for PS5.

[dire dagger]

It’s not

[frozen nymph]

I haven't played in a long time I don't remember what I have and what I don't, but it says PS5 exclusive so I assumed it is exclusive to the PS5.

[worthy lagoon]

Not exclusive to the platform

[dire dagger]

It’s the exact same bonus we got for pre ordering on pc

[hazy helm]

The early bird content for PS5 is the same as the early bird content for PC and XBOX, just now, you have it for PS5 since the game is releasing there and not on PC and Xbox bc it has already released.

[unreal raptor]

is the PS5 version going to be the released wtih the new engine update?

[dire dagger]

Imagine not

Total pc victory

[worthy lagoon]

^

[frozen nymph]

Wait there's a new engine? My PC can barely run it as is

[hazy helm]

possibly, maybe, we arent the developers

[hazy helm]

they will update the game from 5.1 to 5.5.4 UE, as per the roadmap

[drifting niche]

in the trailer the artifact becomes visible from much further away?

[outer laurel]

still waiting for dlc info....

[warped herald]

bruh all thoose pings

[dire dagger]

Come back next year

They gotta finish the game first

[unreal raptor]

PS5 guys take it from from me — come back in a year or two.

[warped herald]

Is there a way to disable all the pings from this server please? I mean cool stuff cool stuff, but there is just way too much

[outer laurel]

yea, that's probably true

the dlc is the stalkers we meet along the way

[unreal raptor]

i know and understand it's marketing but this is leaving a sour ass taste in my mouth. Fix the game and at least come true on your promise for the OG release before ramming this down my throat.

[outer laurel]

ouch

[tacit oracle]

right click, "mute", then right click, "notifications", "nothing", and also select the "suppress" options at the bottom.

[warped herald]

Thanks a lot !

[tacit oracle]

shocked that discord doesn't offer the option to just auto mute on join because that's the first thing I do when I join a server

[tacit oracle]

wdym ass taste is the best

[unreal raptor]

MARKETING ASS — new and improved with less sugar.

[warped herald]

Yea me too I mute the server but generally keep the notifications for when persons tag me or there is an important annoucenement.
Did not know you could disable the latter too, thanks ! 🙂

[safe shard]

dang ps5 players get to enjoy mid, hell yeah!!

[nimble cipher]

fuckus has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[safe shard]

I love being ping spammed about the latest cash grab GSC is putting out hell yeaaaaaaaaah

[tropic sequoia]

Hey

[tacit oracle]

imagine turning your notifications off

[coarse sparrow]

any exclusive quests or weapons coming to PS5?

also, does anyone know if PS5 version will be on the upgraded UE engine?

I would guess this is as "yes", so the PS release will probably coincide with the engine upgrade

[unreal raptor]

it seems common sense — I wouldn't apply it for Stalker 2 😂

[tacit oracle]

yes ps5 users get the bonus of playing in objectively the best controller in the market right now

[dark peak]

Imagine we got a useful announcement like the DLC content we bought the special edition for nearly 1 year ago

[worn oar]

Well, the exclusive content is mentioned in the trailer

No other specific exclusive additions aside from that

[hexed leaf]

has anything been mentioned about mods on PS5? I imagine Sony won't be too co-operative on that front, they probably consider turning subtitles on a modification

[flint cliff]

Why does Skif sometimes run faster and other times slower with the same weight carried?

[long aspen]

You walk on red, sprint ok in yellow. Peak in green.

[elfin rune]

xd exist)) but very buggy and in closed tests

[tacit oracle]

Why is there 5.45 ammo in the game if we already have .45?? Are they stupid?!?

Is that what they wasted time with instead of alife 2??

[tacit oracle]

Why is there bleeding?!! Like who honestly likes to bleed???

I can't believe they put bleeding in and not night vision like cmon gsc

They should've never released the game until at least they figured out if they wanted 9x18 or 9x19, like what a scam bro 🤦‍♂️ 🤦‍♂️ 🤦‍♂️

[wraith socket]

9 x 18 is Warsaw Pact
9 x 19 is NATO.

[empty shoal]

Hello, stalkers. I'm new to the game, could you recommend me a setting for the display that it will be not too dark at night and see properly.

[summer stream]

I can’t tell if you’re trolling or not

[tacit oracle]

why did they put in 5 types of food in but no vehicles?! smh my head

[sly matrix]

What the point of having all of these different people in the zone? Why not combine them all into one? Mr. Stalker Shadow of Chornobyl

[summer stream]

Trolling

[tacit oracle]

Gasp

I prefer the term "being a silly billy 🤪" thank you very much

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[rocky nimbus]

I don' wanna flex but I brought one band whose music is featured in the game over to Bandcamp

I fockin' love that band for that now

[tacit oracle]

your mom and I are very proud of you

[coarse sparrow]

but you don't even own the game on Steam

so much for flexing

[zinc apex]

yes, we know that ps5 release is coming. no need to post it 30 times

[alpine hollow]

Hello, I haven’t seen in 1.5.3 notes the comeback of white dot over weapons. Do I have to rummage through tall grasses still ? (Can’t play right now)
Kind regards

[rocky nimbus]

I know

I just watched gsc's music vids and played it on gamepass cloud for like 7 minutes

[reef raptor]

stalker 2 ost still not on spotify 💔

[coarse sparrow]

radio songs are

some good playlists

[reef raptor]

yea but I wanna jam to the OST :( Its weird why they dont publish it on music streaming platforms

only way to listen to it is from people uploading the songs on YT or from the steam OST if you own a higher edition

[coarse sparrow]

yep, YT is the way

[stiff pasture]

The actual ost or the radio? Because the OST is on Apple Music so I’m not sure why it wouldn’t be on Spotify

[reef raptor]

still not a proper fix though

imma still remind gsc till the day I die to at least get an answer as to why its not on spotify yet

[reef raptor]

it is?? the hell.. damn

[clever finch]

is that a mod or did it get added

oh it says modification

[hallow lichen]

Is stalker soc cs and cop on Xbox?

[thick wolf]

Yes

According to google

[sacred pelican]

is 5.56 ammo hard to find? cause it seems to be.

[hallow lichen]

It’s the enhanced versions :(

[fiery heron]

if you buy the enhanced edition you might get the original idk

[undone iron]

Guys now its enjoyable the game?

[clever plaza]

Not that bad

[hallow lichen]

I couldn't see anything about that on the store page for xbox

its just my friend is playing stalker 2 before the original three because he said its not on xbxo

[wispy plume]

Only when you're starting the game

After some point you get more tha 5.45 in some area

[hard sleet]

So I've got this strange issue where the frame pacing/timing doesn't reflect the actual # of frames I'm getting. Instead of it FEELING like I am getting 100+ FPS it feels like I'm actually getting 60 FPS. This happens when I am at epic settings, low settings, DLSS on/off, frame gen on/off. It's such a bizarre thing.

I've seen this happen in Dune Awakening and it was Lumen that needed to be turned on which consequentlyu made the FPS feel very smooth. Given that this is unreal, I think it's an unreal issue.

If I"m getting 100+ FPS it should feel smooth and response. I've messed about with nearly every setting and can't figure it out.

Has anyone experienced the same thing and what might be a resolution to it?

[long aspen]

Even with framegen off, something is messing with the frame time. I see it happen with blind dogs. They spawn in, because the enemy popin is still real, and the solid straight line becomes a sawtooth wave.

[hard sleet]

hmm -yeah one thing is for certain is that the frame timing is getting impacted some how ...

[long aspen]

What cpu do you have?

[hard sleet]

13700k / 4090 FE / 64gb RAM / running off nvme

[long aspen]

Tod would argue it's your hardware. Upgrade your PC bud. Don't think it's your hardware. What resolution are you set to?

[coarse sparrow]

that's just the game

[hard sleet]

upgrade my hardware? lol - that would be a hilarious suggestion given that it's considered a top tier system. God rest everybody elses soul with a lesser rig than mine haha

[hard sleet]

100% the game. Seen the same issue with Dune Awakening and at least on my rig it was resolved by enabling Lumen which is an in-game option in graphics.

This also held true for my laptop running Dune with a 4070 / 13700H

[coarse sparrow]

nothing we gamers can do there bud, hopefully the engine upgrade fixes these things...

[tacit oracle]

I mean to me that sounds like classical framegen sickness but if you say that also happens with framegen off then idk

[fathom cedar]

An inferior version of them is, yes

[fathom cedar]

Only on PC

[fathom cedar]

Well it’s better to experience downgraded editions than not experience the trilogy at all

While it’s plagued with censorship, AI upscales, terrible HUD, new bugs and removed features, it’s still 95% the same games. People are just upset over all the stuff they did wrong and how little improvement there actually was.

[dire dagger]

It confuses me especially on steam because now the 3 original games with overwhelmingly positive reviews are now hidden

Why would you ever want to hide that

I think the ee was just a massive pr L with seemingly zero upsides

[fathom cedar]

there were upsides imo, no stutters is a big one

[tacit oracle]

I wonder if maybe the million plus civilian casualties over the last 3 years maybe would have an impact on gsc's decision to take the original versions off steam and instead publish ones whose major characteristic is the removal of all russia and urss references

ofc you can't take anything off steam really, you can just hide it, but regardless

[fathom cedar]

you can take it off steam with no ability to purchase, OG is just hidden from search

imo it's done to avoid confusion, and besides, purchasing either would give you both anyway

if they really wanted to, they could remove the originals. or update them to have it censored as well. they evidently did not do it, hell, they did not even change the spelling even though it is a 1 minute edit

so no, i don't think that's intentionally trying to hide a version from steam, just probably to avoid confusion

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[supple siren]

Hello everybody ! Can anyone help me with AK suppressors please ? I have the AKM and 74U suppressor (the one which is compatible with the dnipro too), but I can't install it on any AK (special or stock)... I can't find the answer on topics or internet

[dire dagger]

I just think about it as like if someone looks at the seem page and it’s for mixed reviews compared to the originals which all have overwhelmingly positive reviews it’s much less likely to result in a sale

[main frigate]

I'm curious if they manage to deliver 1.6 in september. Im so tired of waiting for the new patch

[tacit oracle]

there's been a patch like a week ago

[torn sky]

Hey, i have a few bugs, if anyone has time, can you confirm wether these are the just the state of the game or smth that is broken on my end, please?

• some upgrades vanish.. sometimes. specifically those that are replaced by addons like muzzle brakes, flash suppressors and the GP37's scope mount
• increasing encumbrance seems ro make issues
  -- picking up several weapons from stash sometimes does not register properly, at times allowing to walk overencumbered (it does not show the number, only when selling/dropping does it recalculate)
  -- when my encumbrance *just reached the red bar i move painfully slowly but when i'm 99/100 i move faster again, the sprinting animation also goes back to low encumbrance
• radiant quest enemies (like Barkeep's freeloaders) sometimes despawn as the quest is completed

[tacit oracle]

Latest one yes, can confirm, barkeep's quests are pretty buggy, there's one mission that likes to despawn the enemies right away, there's also one that straight up won't start for me.

two first points I personally haven't encountered either, but I'm using mods, idk about vanilla

[long aspen]

Where?

[safe badge]

Does someone have some knowledge about cars? Not sure if the offer I got is good or just trash

[long aspen]

How much are they asking? What model is it?

[pseudo rivet]

@dire dagger

Can you help the Legend?

[dire dagger]

I’ll try

[peak basin]

Is anyone else being shot through walls and cover with 100% accuracy?

[coarse sparrow]

chatgpt can offer some help

[hard sleet]

I have a questinoa bout my duel with the col. -- he goes down but I can't kill him and he keeps getting up and opening fire on me. it's an endless loop

Edit; apparently a bug --- how this is a bug this long after release is beyond me lol

I just shot him in theface and moved on with my life

[bitter chasm]

Can anybody tell me, wtf Dnipro using 7.62x54 if he should be 7.62x39?

[fathom cedar]

it's common for stalker games to reuse existing calibers even for weapons that don't realistically fit those

instead of creating a new ammo type just ofr this rifle

[lucid pagoda]

Patch 1.5 removed 7.62x39 when it properly rechambered the RP-74 (PKM) to 7.62x54 and changed the Dnipro upgrade to use that instead because 7.62x39 doesn't spawn anymore

[bitter chasm]

not true, ive find a lot of 7.62x39, but okay

[lucid pagoda]

Well then you are either playing with mods re-enabling or on some bugged older version, plus nothing (in vanilla) is chambered in 7.62x39 anymore.
https://www.stalker2.com/news/patch-1-5
Reworked and replaced 7.62 ammo across the map.

[bitter chasm]

0 mods, 600 round 762 39

[long aspen]

Did they move cavalier?

[celest goblet]

You can find 7.62x39 rounds still where there were fixed spawns that GSC didn't change

[random stream]

Kind of wild they announced a physical edition of Stalker 2 for PS5 lol. I still haven’t received my physical edition i pre-ordered for PC.

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[dense jackal]

We'll probably have stalker 3 before you guys get the physical editions

[clever finch]

do yall think new game+ or the ability to continue playing after completing the story will ever be added?

its so annoying that I cant load a previous save from before the last mission

[surreal anvil]

Well, since we've played Stalker 2, isn't it time to hear about the preparations for Stalker 3?

[clever finch]

im still so sad about this man like its such a good game too

[fathom bramble]

I will never understand the concept of newgame+. Where is the fun in starting again overpowered? If they improve the sandbox experience, adding a little bit of randomized elements, and maybe a quick start mode where you start in Cordon or Zalissia, without the main campaign quest (maybe you can contact Herman or Solder to start it), that could be fun enough.

[clever finch]

eh I dont really care abt new game+ I js wanna be able to continue playing the same save game

[lucid pagoda]

True, especially in vanilla the power scaling you would have with those endgame items would be insanely overpowered if they didn't modify the NG+ experience to compensate for that, overhauled encounters etc. & the same thing I'd love to see for master difficulty overhaul.

[celest blaze]

stalker 3? how about we get GSC to deliver the game they promised us in the first place before we even think about another game

[celest goblet]

And the promised story expansions

[celest blaze]

i wonder if stalker 3 will come with NVG and binos

[tacit oracle]

it's so over

billions of alives must adie

[wraith socket]

I think Stalker 2 might get that before Stalker 3 is ever imagined.

[clear elm]

It doesn't make sense based on the endings, but it would be nice

[clear elm]

This is no spoiler and that could be viewed as a spoiler so I would delete that

[last adder]

Sorry

[clear elm]

Don't worry

[hard sleet]

Man i gotta say - as a criticism, the voice acting in EN is terrible lmao -- as soon as I switched to UA audio with EN subtitles... way f'ing better. No more weird Irish men and dudes from New York popping up.... just bros from the actual zone.

[tacit oracle]

I hate having to keep looking at the bottom of the screen and subtitles sometimes failing to appear, but yeah, the English dub makes me physically cringe

[hard sleet]

I know what you mean -- completely. It's one degree removed from being fully immersed but the language is beautiful, voice acting is better, and while I don't understand a single god damned word, it's more "believable" ... price I'm willing to pay lol

I think it's an EN translation thing. it's just way too goofy IMO... like I couldn't take it seriously...

[tacit oracle]

There's a mod that translates the writing to English btw, if you're interested

[hard sleet]

and the voices are like weathered bros... instead of just weird goofy voices from across the globe lmao. Like the deep raspy "I've seen some sht" voices.

[hard sleet]

wait what? link?

[tacit oracle]

https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/1559

[hard sleet]

very cool - will try this. I mean I do like everything native to its original design but it would be cool to be able to understand more of the zone

I'm also willing to make huge bets that the translation from the original UA audio to EN subs could be way better. Just a strong hunch.

[tacit oracle]

I would prefer if you just got the translation on mouse over but this mod actually keeps the aesthetics which is a huge plus

[paper brook]

What perks does the heart of chernobyl artifact offer?

[coarse jetty]

Saaaaammmme, when was it due? Early 2026???

[bitter chasm]

Someday the Monoliths in Pripyat will have other armor besides exoskeletons...

[flint cliff]

I still think there's a bug with my weight management. Even though my inventory weight is in the red zone, I can run. I don't have any upgrades or artifacts that affect my weight. Am I wrong?

[bitter chasm]

its kind of bug, some times its fix when u use some thing or unload a gun

[simple geode]

I'm not sure if this is a bug still? I thought they reduced the running speed penalty but kept the stamina penalty

Also I'm having a hard time finding a good medium or light suit with a helmet. Unfortunately a lot of these suit+helmet combos are just as heavy as my corrundum suit and I'm finding it hard to switch. I wanna get away from this heavy armor in favor of lighter weight stuff so I can carry more

[flint cliff]

When your weight is in the red zone, sometimes you can run and other times you can't.

Let's say that sometimes the Zone helps Skif run even if he can't.

The Zone is always a mystery. Bugs aren't bugs, but the Zone creates them.

[tacit oracle]

nono it's not jank you guys it's 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓏𝑜𝓃𝑒

[simple geode]

I just noticed this when I was trying to use hercules. I think it might be if you're really close to the limit you'll be forced to walk but just over the edge into the red zone you can still run at a steep stamina penalty?

it was pretty consistent for me but at the moment I haven't touched it much

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[flint cliff]

What happens to me is that in the red zone sometimes it just makes me walk, other times it makes me run but with a heavy stamina penalty.

[grim rivet]

I think it’s the delivery of the voice acting not the dialogue writing

It feels like the characters are voice actors playing a character, instead of just characters having a conversation if that makes sense 😭

Like everything is exaggerated and inorganic

[simple geode]

I don't like it that they use American/British accents then pronounce certain russian/ukrainian words or names in a slavic accent.

[tacit oracle]

I have problems with both the delivery but also the technical quality

to me it's not just the delivery but the quality of the voices as well. They almost feel like each actor recorded them at their place with whatever microphone they had on hand

but also yeah the delivery feels incredibly disjointed in general

[grim rivet]

Yeah the accents are super jank

[lucid pagoda]

Forever wish they went for slavic accents on english voice acting like in Metro series. Some say it's cheesey but certainly retains more immersion than suddenly sounding like you're in downtown Worcestershire, didn't realise English would mean The Queen's

[tacit oracle]

I don't fundamentally think english accents will unequivocally ruin a dub, but in this case they kinda do yeah

best way to put it is that the actor doesn't own their identity

but yeah I would also strongly favor a slavic accent in the dub

[flint cliff]

After 150 hours on Xbox, I'm giving my opinion. I still have to finish the game, so please no spoiler. I'm enjoying exploring the map. You can be attacked by enemies and mutants at any time, from any direction, and when you least expect it. I've died about 800 times so far. I still have so many areas to explore. I'm also enjoying the main missions. These are the two strong points in my opinion. Occasionally, enemies might freeze or NPCs might be unresponsive, but that doesn't compromise the overall experience. They could have given you the option to use more custom markers to mark the areas still to be explored in the various regions. I was forced to mark them on my phone. I'm playing without a compass, without a threat indicator, without aim assist, and without using manual saves except in camps and on the highest difficulty level. This way, there's more tension and a greater challenge when exploring the map.
The Zone is Zone.

[indigo thistle]

bon appetit !

[hexed dagger]

its sad that the game on sale but not upgrade to deluxe or ultimate 🙁

[wise geyser]

The upgrades were one sale when they dropped for like a whole week bruh

[hexed dagger]

rip i missed it didnt even know that:(

[surreal mortar]

Absolutely, the limit of 10 to custom markers feels so artificial and frustrating at times (at least to me, once I started leaving stashes full of items to retrieve later, noticed different artifact-spawning anomalies, etc). What is the justification for it, I wonder?

[flint cliff]

I always try to bring all my loot to the nearest camp. At least here, unlike the previous three games, the personal stashes in the camps are all connected; otherwise, it would have been a nightmare.

[surreal mortar]

I think I still have like 4-5 personal stashes (filled with weapons, consumables) in Duga that I'd like to retrieve (to 'clear' that part of the map). But man, that's a long ass walk. I might just focus on any really interesting items in the 'regular' (purple) stashes that I still have over there, leave the rest for good and call it a day.

[pale sedge]

are there more optimization coming ? i have a 3080ti ryzen9 5950x and still it gives no 144 fps

[pale sedge]

i have to use dlss which sucks

[surreal mortar]

They have committed to it specifically in the roadmap for Q3-Q4. Part of it will come from the engine upgrade, I think.

[pale sedge]

ah usually engine upgrades are worse

[surreal mortar]

Well, I think in this case most people expect it to be different (based on the countless reddit posts/comments I've read already talking about it), because the Unreal Engine 5 version the game currently uses apprently is an older, a lot less optimized version than the planned version (5.5.4?). They might go with an even newer version, but they haven't committed to that.

[pale sedge]

lets hope so

dlaa is like way more awesome then dlss

[surreal mortar]

I'm running it on an RTX 4090 laptop, and I know what you mean.

[pale sedge]

but its so heavy on pc

[grim rivet]

I think DLSS quality looks fantastic idk

Combined with UltraPlus visual mod and a reshade the game looks incredible and doesn't perform that terribly (I'm using 4x framegen for more fps though)

There is still the issue of trees in the far distance looking like a checkerboard but that's it

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[pale sedge]

is there a way to turn off the headshot squishy sound ?

[coarse sparrow]

yes, in 1.7

[coarse sparrow]

there is a mod on PC for that

[grim rivet]

Are you using on that is working? I've tried like 3 that don't work

One by Axii and a few others

[coarse sparrow]

on Steam by Kyne

[grim rivet]

What's the title of the mod if you don't mind? I manually install mods. Will search for it on Nexus

[coarse sparrow]

No Headshot Sound

[velvet yew]

@glossy blade Hey I saw the GSC answers thing about the rain, I had the same issue with my first playthrough of Stalker 2. It rained non-stop once I reached Pripyat, and wouldn’t cease even after leaving the region.

I don’t know how common that is, did anyone else get this?

[deft pond]

Anyone else unable to complete "A Sign of Hope"? As soon as I turn off the machine on the roof it doesnt let me into lodochkas lab the door is just locked

[true knot]

I haven't had any issues only thing I can think of that could do that is if there is a enemy nearby

[deft pond]

Its actually happened on my 3 recent playthroughs without mods or anything. Only way I could open the door is with console commands

[true knot]

Did you leave the zombie alive?

[deft pond]

Funny enough it says I killed the zombie every time in quest log, but I never actually saw the zombie on the roof

[true knot]

The only fix I've seen so far is to run away from the area and come back until the zombie spawns in once the zombie spawned in the door opened for them

[deft pond]

I will try it thanks!

[coarse sparrow]

rain > else

[grizzled herald]

on my current play through I did not kill the zombie and at some point it fell from the roof and now it is walking around on Wild Island. I meet it from time to time....it's a bit funny

[wraith socket]

Did you entice it to get close to the edge and fall?

[grizzled herald]

I have really no idea how it happened. I remember I was hit by a emission in the middle of the quest, So I spend some time in cover then went to the bunker to finish the quest (Without problem) It was only after the quest, that I noticed he was gone. A few days later I found him on top the front door and later near the bunker 😅

[wraith socket]

That's interesting. I didn't kill my Zombie either but he's still up there on the roof stumbling around.

[grizzled herald]

That's how it was in my first play through and the reason why I was confused when he was gone

I decided my current play through is simply cursed because I have all kind of funny anomalies this time...

[wraith socket]

Keep me posted.

[mint helm]

#Spammer @finite dragon - @wraith socket

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[junior gazelle]

I havent played the game in like half a year but every time I launch it it opens for a second then crashes, tried verifying game files but it doesnt work does anyone know a fix

[sharp minnow]

Did I understand correctly that there will be an engine update first and then 1.6?

It seems like the developers said that first the engine and then everything else

[vale quartz]

No

First 1.6, engine later

[main frigate]

Hoped for 1.6 engine update because it takes alot of time to finish it. Hope that we will still get alot of content with 1.6

~3 months with no updates must be worth it

[sharp minnow]

"Our main task in the near future is to update the game engine to Unreal Engine 5.5.4. This update allows you to use new tools to improve the Zone, and most importantly, optimization of the latest version of Unreal Engine 5 will provide better stability and performance." these are the words of the developers

and "
But switching to a new version of the engine risks affecting the release date of other updates. We take this risk — like true stalkers — and will do everything possible to achieve our goals in 2025. We are embarking on this journey together, so be sure not to miss the next interesting and big news. Yes, that very news too!"

[vale quartz]

first 1.6, engine later

[sharp minnow]

Are you okay with your head?

[vale quartz]

believe what u want, idc

[sharp minnow]

First learn to read the announcement and then say something, okay?

Are you one of those people who fools themselves with false news that DLC was supposed to be shown at Gamescom?

[sharp minnow]

And yet, 1.6 is strange at first, they say one thing in the announcement and in reality it's completely different.

[vale quartz]

nowhere in the announcement is stated that it will happen before 1.6, only that they are aiming to get everything done in 2025

[main frigate]

#📜┃gsc-answers message Okay, hands down, we can scatter

[coarse sparrow]

engine upgrade will come in 1.7

[tacit oracle]

The engine upgrade probably has priority, thank christ

If only because it's liable to break so much shi they'll need a few months of patching just to get over that lmao

[languid widget]

which zone comes after the Garbage? after the lesser zone I went to Cordon and now to Garbage

[nimble cipher]

hvnter.txt has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[junior turret]

Keep going and we are going to kick you.

[tacit oracle]

Story wise, they send you to wild island

[languid widget]

thank you!

[hard sleet]

is there a way to fix the fact that on launch it perpetually chooses the WRONG audio device and not the ACTIVE audio device? I have to keep switching it every launch.

[tacit oracle]

fraid not, I have no idea why but there's no option for "default audio device"

[hard sleet]

that is... perplexing to say the least.

[tacit oracle]

yeah, also for some reason the game decides it's gonna launch at 1080p despite me switching it back to 1440p every goddamn time

[hard sleet]

how...how is that still a bug coming on a few months shy of having been released for two years? Can you hardcode it in the ini?

[tacit oracle]

my resolution is set, but, you just gave me an idea (that I doubt is gonna work)

I wonder if there's a "AudioOutputDeviceId" to force it to select the default

I mean it's not available on the settings but that doesn't mean you couldn't type it in I guess

[hard sleet]

Yeah I was going to check to see the ini AFTER i set the audio device and I'll see what happen when I quit the game -- may have to set the file to read only after the fact.

So your resolution issue, you have it set in the engine ini and set to read only and it keeps reverting to 1080?

[tacit oracle]

yeah, it's set to 1440 right now, but as soon as I launch it goes back to 1080

might have to do with the fact I'm launching windowed but idk

[hard sleet]

but the file itself is set to readonly, correct?

[tacit oracle]

it's not, guess if I set it to read only it would help but then I couldn't touch any other settings

[hard sleet]

curiuos to know if it fixes it by setting read-only - small price to pay to adjust the readonly attribute when editing (it's not like you would edit it that often I'd imagine)

[tacit oracle]

yeah I'll have to try

[hard sleet]

iirc though this custom use of unreal, it doesn't use engine.ini out of the box...it's another ini file

[tacit oracle]

AppData\Local\Stalker2\Saved\GameSettings\AppliedSettingsWin64.cfg

[hard sleet]

there is also ..\AppData\Local\Stalker2\Saved\Config\Windows\GameUserSettings.ini

I can see that the audiodeviceid is wrong in this file

[tacit oracle]

hmm true

[hard sleet]

okay I think I fixed my issue by changing the parameter in AppliedSettingsWin64.cfg

I updated the AudioOutputDeviceId to the device I wanted it to use, booted the game, got sound right away. Exited, and it does another config save on exit, and the device name stayed.

At least that worked.

[light dock]

It was acting weird after patch (not open), but getting better after completing a mission

[grim rivet]

The game hasn’t even been released for a year my dude

[hard sleet]

Lol I'm on the vodka. I meant shy of a year.

[surreal mortar]

How much longer do you guys reckon until 1.6? Also, what do you think is likely to be in it? I suppose some things are easier to solve/add than others. I think NVGs might have a high chance of finally making it to the game as part of this next patch, but I am hoping for a patch scope/impact at least as big as 1.5. 🙏

[tacit oracle]

10 years, and actually I expect them to substract half the content on the game

[surreal mortar]

This game has its hooks in me like crack, I need more. 😭

Sort of unrelated, I find it somewhat surprising, looking back, that Clear Sky and CoP were released each within ~1 year of the previous game, and we don't even have a DLC announcement for S2 yet. Ah well.

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[zinc apex]

I'm gae

[languid widget]

should I keep mutant parts which are rare? for example for a side quest later on or I can sell those right away?

[summer saddle]

You can sell them right away if you need these money, since waiting for appropriate quests can take a while

[summer saddle]

However quests offer more money, which is why I think it's wiser to wait for a quest, however don't expect to get money for the trophy right away

[languid widget]

aight', thanks!

[summer saddle]

Good luck hunting, stalker!

[ember summit]

It’s not the same GSC that we had back in the day.

Pretty sure you’re lucky if there’s a dozen people still at GSC who worked on the OG games.

[feral totem]

Did they say anything about when to ship the engine upgrade?

[still prairie]

have u tried gamma

[dire dagger]

They gotta finish the game first

[terse bane]

Both, Clear Sky and Call of Pripyat are titles that originally aren't supposed to be released that soon (that's why CS has broken-faction wars and CoP changed his entire "concept" for that), same case with HoC but this title is bigger in scale.

And this article says smth like:
"we have an interview with one of the productors of HoC in the Gamescom and he said that GSC currently it's working on DLCS" https://arkaden.dk/previews/arkaden-til-gamescom-2025-s-t-a-l-k-e-r-2-heart-of-chernobyl-preview-staerk-ps5-udgave-og-interview/

GSC promised two DLC-story related in 2021 tho, with the announcement of Deluxe and Ultimate.

[unreal raptor]

promises are worth nothing when talking about this game

[languid widget]

anyone knows what is the situation with the friendly rats in Garbage, at the concrete blocks?

[hazy helm]

I do find it suprising how they didnt cancel COP before release knowing damn well how inferior it was to CS

[analog helm]

Last time I checked mobygames credits I've counted exactly 2 people from the Original GSC and only 1 of them actually worked on the OG Stalker Trilogy.
And that one person is Dmitrii Yasenev - the creator and the main programmer of the original A-Life (he is literally noted as the author in the most of the core A-Life files in Open X-Ray 1.6, based on which Anomaly was built).
Sadly, he had to join the Ukrainian military in January 2022 and haven't touched the game since. Probably, that's exactly the reason A-Life in S2 turned out to be such a mess.
Promises indeed worth nothing, when you have russia as your neighbor...

[lost elk]

I bet the sun hurts your skin

[analog helm]

at least it doesn't hurt my head, thanks for worrying

[terse bane]

well, Clear Sky is much inferior in plot and concepts compared to Anarchy Cell.
and they already cancelled a sequel of SoC, Secrets of The Zone (by Anton Bolshakov as director), before of start the development of CoP.

The dev team of CS-CoP has big differences in members compared to the OL-SoC dev team, so perhaps really they didn't care soo much the quality of the final product, just if it's fun and works, work is work .

[lost elk]

I got arrested and a warrant issued for being a stalker. Any advice is appreciated!

[pseudo rivet]

Hide in the Zone. Everyone there is a Stalker

[lost elk]

But what if she is fat

[pseudo rivet]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/953307230273409076/1135248382819045468/garbaged.gif

[lost elk]

If you turn the imagine 90 degrees to the right it looks like a cervix with fallopian tubes

[pseudo rivet]

Just looks like garbage to me

[flint cliff]

Am I going blind, or do bandits and mutants often spot me while exploring, even if I'm careful? Yesterday, I was surrounded by bandits, mutants, and zombies at the same time. All three at once.

[wraith socket]

When is the last time your Skif had a shower?

[hard sleet]

so... is the G36 scope really limited to the 3x and you cannot use the red dot on the top?

[wraith socket]

Did you upgrade it to use other scopes?

[hard sleet]

I just did a few minutes ago yeah
but I'm still curious why you can't use both sights and only one

[wraith socket]

I just kept mine with the scope it came with.

[tacit oracle]

I mean vanilla, yeah, enemies can be quite perceptive

I think mutants don't have an aggro marker so that doesn't make it easier

[flint cliff]

OK but if you are at night, under a storm and with a pack of dogs around you and with your weight at maximum, it is not at all easy to escape if you don't have a car and a rock to climb on.

[tacit oracle]

the loading screen does mention that mutants hunt by smell (aka, some inscrutable radiant aggro)

there's three kinds of "sensors" for npcs, sight, sound, and "aggro" which I assume translates to smell aka they can just detect you nearby

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[graceful hemlock]

some mutants will make noises when they suspect something is near at times, like the mutant dogs will start barking which gives you time to 360 nope out of there

[acoustic mortar]

Anyone knows legit site how to download old shadow of Chernobyl

[hazy helm]

buying the EE version will.give you the old original game is on steam

[deft pond]

Anyone else not notice a difference with dynamic weather mod?

[tacit oracle]

not a super huge lot

I haven't played that much off DWO to begin with, but I don't see weather changing that much with it either

[rose siren]

I've been told to skip clear Sky and go straight to Call of Pripyat. Should I do this, and if so, (without spoilers), why?

I started clear Sky and while I have my complaints, it absolutely didn't seem that bad for what little time I had put into it, being only maybe an hour.

[graceful hemlock]

It is the weakest of the 3 but I still enjoyed it

[tacit oracle]

Far I've been told people have said CoP is kinda the worst but my experience with the original trilogy is limited at best

I do know CS is buggy as shit though

Prolly someone will have more soecific insights on #⭐┃trilogy-general though

[rose siren]

Ty

[rose siren]

SoC is by far my favorite so far. I put maybe an hour in CS, and I haven't even touched CoP yet. HoC isn't even out yet on my platform, so I haven't even thought about it, though I've heard it's great, but was the absolute buggiest piece of shit on launch.

[graceful hemlock]

I don't think it deserves the flak it gets tbh

[tacit oracle]

It was incredibly unstable. Still is to this day.

[rose siren]

Hopefully they do right by it for the PS version. Though, even SoC isn't perfect. Lots of soft-lock bugs.

[tacit oracle]

also it was a game more designed for alife and the faction system as opposed to SoC which kinda had those features as a by-the-by but is mostly just linear interconnected levels

[worn oar]

[tacit oracle]

which tends to cause fun™ stuff to happen (both ingame and to the game itself lol)

[rose siren]

Yeah it definitely also seemed more far-cry-ish with the faction system

[graceful hemlock]

I didn't really have that much issue with it and I completed it vanilla when it first came out. Just the usual stalker jank

[rose siren]

Wasn't there a very small dev team for the OGs?

[tacit oracle]

GSC was pretty decently sized for the original trilogy afaik

[terse bane]

isn't a good choice.

Clear Sky explains several things of Shadow of Chernobyl and, in general has a lot of "details" that SoC doens't have + certain things that CoP doens't have (good smart covers and good freedomers ).
Tho, in my first playthrought of CS i just have an bug and one crash in the entire game (in an playthrought of 28 hours)

Call of Pripyat it's inconsistent with the other titles (in the gameplay), CoP has certain downgrades compared to the other titles and has an AI too easy, apart there's some things (in story) in CoP that originally are from Clear Sky, just it's the more stable.
Has +- good maps and that.

It's good play in this order:
SoC
CS
CoP

Apart, you can see the evolution (or downgrade) of the saga in that order.

[bitter pier]

IA?

Ope you changed it nvm

[zinc apex]

Biffy Clyro

[terse bane]

For the EE:
There's a ukranian company called Fraglab that has like 5 devs working on the EE after of the apparent rennounce of Mataboo (and may one or two actuall GSC Devs).

For OGs the thingi it's very different and more "dynamic", but explain it requires "much text", but according to Sergey Grigorovich on an interview of 2010/2011 he thinks that like a bit more of 100 persons worked on S.T.A.L.K.E.R between 2002-2009.

[urban basin]

Mucho texto

[tacit oracle]

si

[terse bane]

it's just a bit of text.

[rose siren]

Isn't this release order?

[terse bane]

yes, the best order.

[rose siren]

Got ya

[coarse sparrow]

hi chat

[tacit oracle]

Hello handsome

[warm basin]

Guys

Is there any mod availble for longer sprinting in stalker 2 for the latest update?

I could't find one yet

[bold oxide]

i wish skif was the leon looking guy , instead skif is this bald or not bald big masked guy

[hard sleet]

is there a way to stop shader cache verification from happening EVERY launch? this is super annoying and I know it's an Unreal thing.... there were some mods for Jedi Survivor to stop the shader cache check unless there was an actual driver update.

[mint helm]

Is the ||Moonlight|| Artifact like the most Common artifact to find throughout the zone ?

[wraith socket]

It's a popular one to find with a dead body.

[mint helm]

More like "The" Popular one to find next to a dead body.

[hard sleet]

swear to god these bugs just kill it for me... trying to get into the Schevchenko -- i can't -- have to look up these weird ass videos where people either try to lure mutants in, wait for an emission, or jank clumb the ship to get access.... it's teh only game outside of skyrim I've ever had to save scum because I have no f'ing clue what's going to blow up in my face where I can't progress through the game.

npc's can't even evade the emission. They just run around like a bunch of idiots only to stand outside of the ship to get annihilated
edit - solution: jank/hack climb broken wreckage of centre of ship to get inside

[wraith socket]

You should probably switch to the Spoiler channel when you have stuff to reveal: https://discord.com/channels/504587323577729024/1308034374473617459

This is where you are at now: https://discord.com/channels/504587323577729024/504592685428899851

[hard sleet]

I thought location names are not spoilers since they have nothing to do with plot elements etc?

[wraith socket]

No, the part about the jank/hank climb. However I'm not complaining. Do tell more, please.

People talk about this section of the map as the most difficult.

[hard sleet]

oh - yeah the jank climbing aspect is not what the devs intended. It is in no way the way the game was intended to be played.

[wraith socket]

It's something good to know, if the intended ways are not working properly or too difficult.

[hard sleet]

essentially the doors are supposed to open to that location automatically - the bug is they do not. You have to jank clumb into the ship and then you can enter from the top fo the ship. You're supposed to get access from the get-go (i.e. no key, no pass, no pre-req's). Apparently a bug introduced since 1.5 dropped.

[wraith socket]

People really seem to hate some of the scripted Emissions/Mutants/Accessing the Ship difficulties.

[hard sleet]

not sure what that is about

[wraith socket]

I don't know as I haven't done that section of the map yet.
I've turned both STC Malachite and Yaniv Station "green",
but I put the main mission on pause, that goes in that direction.

[hard sleet]

you mean that you stopped following the main mission and started going to different zones?

am I wrong to think that the main missions should actually take you to each sector in the map?

[wraith socket]

Yes, since I read that many side-missions at many Faction bases disappear after you go to SIRCAA.
You are correct, that the main mission does go in that direction. That's why I went elsewhere.

[hard sleet]

being spoiler-free, do you have a recommendation on WHEN to stop the main mission and explore the different sectors to do the side-quests etc? Your clue around SIRCAA is definitely one.

[wraith socket]

This is where I paused the main-mission to go to STC Malachite and Yaniv Station.

I generally just go to locations that side-missions take me, to avoid main mission spoilers.

Other than to go to all the Faction bases and work hard to turn them "green" through side-missions.

[hard sleet]

when you say turn them green, what do you mean? I know the gist, but what mechanic am I looking at and where can I determine their disposition towards me?

because plotwise, I am not too far from where you are

[wraith socket]

Turning green means when the icon for the Faction location, the Mechanic, the Trader, the Medic and others changes from white to green.

This means you have the best relations and benefit from better prices.

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[drifting niche]

please tell me console commands that unlock the ability to fly through obstacles and God mode, UEtools is outdated

[graceful hemlock]

so far as I know there is nothing working yet

the closest I got was universal unreal unlocker, but I could only move the camera not the player pawn

[copper shale]

Wemod does have a setup for Godmode, but nothing for a noclip. I just found a custom stats mod on Nexus and gave myself 100000 health. Even the Duga sniper cant kill me

[boreal robin]

Not sure if this will work but have a look on here https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3375681819 it's got a lot of commands that may be helpful

[languid widget]

why do npcs GOT LASER AIM????

[long aspen]

We no longer ask this.

[crisp crater]

Im always thinking he is Leon S Kennedy from RE4R

[wraith socket]

https://tenor.com/view/blade-runner-leon-test-brion-james-1982-is-this-the-test-now-gif-8840346733023255174

[tacit oracle]

shcrodinger's hairline

[zinc apex]

Biffy Clyro

[empty gorge]

if u here @ me in 20min and i can give it i think

[drifting niche]

I'm here

[empty gorge]

console commands:
XSetNoClipGSC [true/false] [speed]
XSetFactionGodMode Player [true/false]
@drifting niche

[summer cliff]

#📸┃screens_and_videos message

Guys got me my first sucky boi, can you recommend where to buy burers and snorks? Want to get myself a collection

[graceful hemlock]

Funnily enough I just discovered this command as well, speed 2500 does the trick. Don't go too high game can't load in fast enough and I crashed lol

[drifting niche]

yes Thanks Shay. There are interesting places for example in the west of Pripyat, or a large forest in the south of Zalisye. Last year's leaked map showed that there was supposed to be something there

[summer cliff]

Bro how did you get green on yaniv

[terse bane]

1: i understand that isn't too allowed talk about datamined things (but isn't banned tho, just there's things more allowed than others).
2: that large forest in the south of Zalesie it's "Chornobyl" (just Pre-Zone, the chornobyl out the Anomalous Zone).

[worn oar]

Bro literally has more hours you can even dare to reach

I stopped counting after he said 47weeks or something like that

Still on his first playthrough

[summer cliff]

Wtf, I have 240 hours and stopped midway on the second playthrough

What is bro doing there

[terse bane]

Tejas it's the biggest fan of retail S.T.A.L.K.E.R.

[worn oar]

More than 1100hrs

[summer cliff]

Bro is older than sidorovich in his save already

[worn oar]

The counter is not accurate, but I literally explored the zone twice and finished my second playthrough and still haven't reached 200hrs

Testing sessions included

I noticed the counter not recording on different occasions, but It can't be more than 20hrs at best

[tacit oracle]

I have 220 on steam (not counting gamepass) and furthest I've made it is ||zalissya defense|| post sircaa

barely set foot anywhere west of lesser zone come to think of it.
I mean besides chemplant and rostok obvs

[flint cliff]

Guys before activating the mutant parts recovery missions, I sold several pieces of this https://files.fm/u/b6tweca4h5 Are there other pieces available or are they in limited numbers?

Thanks

[long aspen]

Just keep doing missions. It is possible.

[long aspen]

I have a offline time and a online time.

[deft pond]

Does anyone else have the carry weight bug? Basically no matter which weight artifacts I put on, my green capacity is always capped at 50kg, even if the max carry weight goes above 80

[wraith socket]

Talk to Harpy. Keep doing all the side-missions until you turn Yaniv Station green.
This is the same way, doing side-missions, that I got STC Malachite to turn green.

[wraith socket]

Not all carry weight artifacts behave the same way at increasing the green capacity.
You need an armor that allows you to carry 8 kg more, to begin with. Then depending
on which artifacts you are equipped with, does it make a difference at increasing the green.
You may find that the highest capacity artifacts, do not necessarily give you the highest green.

Additionally, not all carry weight artifacts have the same weight themselves. Some are heavier than others.

[deft pond]

So basically equipping weight artifacts on the bulat is pointless?

[wraith socket]

The Bulat armor in most all the games, is a very heavy, low-slot artifact suit I would never recommend.

[deft pond]

Guess I need to get to jogging over to malachite for the falcon so I can actually use my weight artifacts

[wraith socket]

These are the stats for not being upgraded yet.

What weight artifacts do you have at the moment?

[midnight wagon]

Crap, forgot this was no spoilers...my bad.

[wraith socket]

I don't think your comment was a spoiler. All suits improve when upgraded.

[midnight wagon]

Yea, but compared to the older games, the Bulat is genuinely so much more useful. Artifact-slot-wise, especially.

[deft pond]

Goldfish, magma, stone blood

[wraith socket]

Magma has low increase in the green area. Try the Spring artifact for the highest green increase.

[deft pond]

Really wish the game specified which color section was impacted for the specific artifact

[wraith socket]

You have to just compare them one at a time, to see how the green goes up and down per artifact. That's what I did.

[midnight wagon]

What site, BTW?

[deft pond]

It would be easier if the breakpoints had the number right at that point so you dont have to guess

Numbers always > bars

[wraith socket]

As I mentioned, not all artifacts weigh the same themselves. The heavier the artifact, the lower green increase.

[deft pond]

Also what does that mean "the armor has to allow 8kg more"? I thought that just means when you equip the armor you get increased carry weight

[wraith socket]

Not all suits have upgrade paths to increase their carrying weight, without the use of artifacts.
On average, suits that do, expect for Exos, allow you to upgrade to carry 8 kg more > increase in green band.

[midnight wagon]

Yea, that's what I want it for; comparisons. Zanks!

Yea, you can. I opened it.

SERIOUSLY?

Man, where do these even come from?

Delete this too. The scam, I mean...not me. 😆

[deft pond]

Based on this, seems like its never worth using a weak weight artifact

[wraith socket]

The Magma allows a couple of kg more than the Spring but it has a lower green band increase. Try the Spring.

[deft pond]

Is the difference .1kg green band because thats the weight difference between the 2 artifacts?

Actually magma is weak weight so yeah, medium weight or more is the only way to go

[wraith socket]

That contributes to it but there are more variables too. Don't try to analyze it, just choose the highest green band artifacts.

[deft pond]

I hope the artifact stats are included in the "improved player UI update" on roadmap

[wraith socket]

Everything in the game is a process of learning and comparing. Which gun do I like? Which armor works best?
If you had all the answers to begin with, you would skip lower tier weapons, armors and artifacts and learn nothing.
There shouldn't be a roadmap produced like a cheat sheet, giving you info like spoilers on every item, object or effect.

[deft pond]

I mean, theres already numbers on the carry weight bar so just guessing the change from an artifact is arbitrary for no reason and I bet you they clarify the stats in the next few patches its on the roadmap

For 2025

[wraith socket]

Artifacts behave differently. They weigh different amounts. They have different side effects. They do different variables in the green-yellow-red band.
Artifacts are a mystery and not something that are going to be revealed in a roadmap. While I have seen many charts listing their properties, I have
never seen a chart created that shows the green-yellow-red band properties of each one. That is what I'm trying to get you to understand.

[wraith socket]

I love Stalker 2. There is so much Zone to explore.

[wraith socket]

I swear, the more I play, the more I realize that there are so many places and locations, that I have not seen yet.
It makes me realize, that the average play with 200 hours or so, is seeing less than 20% of the game. Maybe 15%.

[terse bane]

Yes, even i think that an 1/4 of the map has more space/size than the map of the OG Trilogy (without consider DLCs or out of bound areas) .

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[sly matrix]

https://tenor.com/view/medic-tf2-nod-end-of-the-line-team-fortress2-gif-20496116

[languid widget]

holy smokes, i just found my first MAX artifact in the Swamps 😱

or is that scripted? 😅

[zinc apex]

i wish tf2 medic was a real person

[patent mortar]

No, artifact spawns are random and seems like you can find strong artifacts in every anomalous fields regardless of the area.

[tacit oracle]

it's an illusion from the monolith

[hard sleet]

I think I asked this before but do the main quests take us to each of the sections in the zone? Trying to figure out how to path my way, get to the side quests, and balance it out with the main questline.

[teal swallow]

Mostly yes

Cooling towers region you have to explore it on your own

Because when you reach the mission in cooling towers it won't allow you to explore the rest of the area

[nimble cipher]

greenfoam_ has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[placid spoke]

Damn we cant use bad words anymore?

Stalker soc has sex

[tacit oracle]

one less thing in common between me and the original trilogy 😭

[zinc apex]

Yes soc enhanced edition had sex update last month

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[sly matrix]

https://tenor.com/view/salute-cat-cute-yessir-gif-17449845613192073437

[low dune]

Does killing random people outside of towns matter at all?

[devout yarrow]

Does anyone know where you can get a good suit ive been stuck with an ecologist suit for like 5 hrs

[long aspen]

Legends tell of a suit at malachite use to cheese the game till you get a exo.

[devout yarrow]

Ill check it out thanks

[long aspen]

It's a jumping puzzle but save regularly and you will be alright.

[hard sleet]

is there a silencer for the G36?

[stiff pasture]

Same one the 416, Fora and Kharod use

[hard sleet]

okay so there are multiple "assault rifle suppressors" is what you're saying?

[stiff pasture]

Yes, attachments specify which guns they work on as well

[hard sleet]

okay thanks

[hard sleet]

what would you suggest in terms of exploration and balancing it with the main questline? I"m currently on Ad astra per aspera where I need to go to the swamps but was thinking of making my way westward to explore

There also isn't an easy way to see if I have side quests which is kind of annoying

[hard sleet]

little confused about the reliability of the SAIGA-12K semi auto shotgun - my gun's health is 91% but it jams literally every other shot... i would expect this if the wear and tear was like 60 or even 70%

[hard sleet]

and another question - I think i accidentally killed a friendly factions bro and they are now hostile to me - how do I fix that? I'm too far gone in the game to revert to a previous save.

[tacit oracle]

Killing one faction member is not going to make an entire faction angry at you

[wraith socket]

This is why you should get in the habit of making frequent manual saves, just to be able to go back before events go bad.

[hard sleet]

I do ... I just had no idea i killed one of them until I sort of thought about it later...

[tacit oracle]

Either you killed a LOT of them out there angry for another reason

[hard sleet]

but there should be a mechanic to earn reputation back no?

[tacit oracle]

What faction is it

[hard sleet]

um... not sure ... bros that wear lighter camo cloaks... Sgt [name] when you hover over them.

[tacit oracle]

That's either ipsf that will always be hostile or ward which can be hostile at certain points in the game depending on choice

Since you mention cloaks it's probably ipsf

[hard sleet]

I've got the ward pass so ... maybe ipsf ...we'll see but if there is a way to restore relations that would be cool otehrwise i'll just glass them

[midnight wagon]

IPSF can't be made non-hostile.

[hard sleet]

okay that's good to know - I am 100% guessing because I've come across more groups fighting each other that I am friendly with than not... outside of the typical bandits.

Why I thought it was an issue is that there were a bunch of guys fighting it out and I was tryign to take out the enemies but it was in the bush... and I think I smoked a friendly because it's not possible to tell if they are friendly or not with scope - have to use dot crosshair to see green and I didn't do that

[tacit oracle]

If you're on pc you can install a mod that will show what faction someone is from when you look at them

[midnight wagon]

Well, the IPSF, the Bandits, the Mercenaries will always be hostile, no matter what (there's specific ones who're not, but that's easy to know 'cause you ain't getting shot).

Other factions are dependent.

[hard sleet]

no way? interesting - which mod is this?

[tacit oracle]

https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/665

[hard sleet]

Thanks for the heads up on that

[tacit oracle]

The faction system is very rudimentary as it is right now so unfortunately it's not like you can do a whole lot anyway

You can get a faction pissed at you, but they'll mostly just charge you more for shi

In that case you can recoup that rep

But if they get angy and start shooting at you, I haven't gone too far story wise but i don't think you can make them dog l stop shooting at you except story choices

[hard sleet]

thanks for the recco - I tried it but it seems the mod is not working with the latest ver

[tacit oracle]

It's working

I have it on my game so it will work

However you need to follow the instructions

Namely, you need the mod loader it recommends, and you need to:

`- Launch the game; open up the console and enter the following command:

mod add /Game/Mods/StalkerId/BP_StalkerIdentification.BP_StalkerIdentification_C`

[hard sleet]

thank you that did the trick - needed the ultra wide variant as well

[wraith socket]

Sounds like IPSF soldiers. In early locations they are enemies. At STC Malachite and Yaniv Station they are friendly.

[hard sleet]

how do you guys like the Vector?

[long aspen]

Only burst weapon that isin't rubbish.

[hard sleet]

Good to know. There a silencer and extended mag for it?

[tacit oracle]

you should try OXA standard if you like weapons and weapon customization

it massively increases the amount of attachments available for each

https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/939

oxa standard only adds the gun stuff, oxa prototype does more wide sweeping changes

[hard sleet]

oh thank you - that is awesome - I definitely dig the weapon customization and attachments. Does it break the game in anyway or make it incredibly imbalanced?

[tacit oracle]

Afaik it doesn't touch stats. Only attachments and attachment availability.

but it will work if you have something like better ballistics or fubar installed

...wait, oxa standard also includes faction ID?

[hard sleet]

I didn't opt for better ballistics - died to quickly lol
yes - i was about to ask about the faction id

[tacit oracle]

lmao it does
well there ya go

[hard sleet]

very cool I'll give this a go - I just hope it doesn't break anything if I revert for whatever reason

[tacit oracle]

but yeah afaik it just gives you more optic options and availability which I do think is a big downside of vanilla

the fact that certain attachments are quite literally one of a kind, only obtainable in a stash in the butt end of the zone, irks me to no end

also the seemingly arbitrary availability of only certain optics for certain guns

oxa's not perfect but it does improve on that a lot

[hard sleet]

thanks for that - will give it a go - looking fwd to trying it out

now --- just have to determine which mods this will conflict with lol

oh craaaappp - new game is required 🙁 I'm too far in to start again

https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/913

might be a good middle ground - doesn't show any requirement to start a new game

[tacit oracle]

that's for prototype

prototype does a massive amount of changes that do require a new game, but standard can be dropped in

[hard sleet]

ahh okay was reading it as if it was the mod in general, but I see it's nested within prototype!

[tacit oracle]

ofc back up your save and stuff if you're in an in progress game but you should be good

[hard sleet]

damn this is a sick mod though - lots of changes. If I were starting a new game I'd definitely go with prototype

[tacit oracle]

I kinda want to try prototype yes

I really really like unlimited, but in my dreams I'd just strip down unlimited's stash and loot system and slap it in oxa prototype

the gun building aspect of it is sick

[hard sleet]

i saw the unlimited mod - that looks really cool too. combination would be really bad ass I think

[tacit oracle]

it would

I think the stash system in unlimited is what the game should have launched with, or something similar at least

it addresses what, to me, are the two biggest shortcomings difficulty wise in stalker 2: the free handouts, and the overabundant stashes

[hard sleet]

yeah the scarcity factor isn't quite there and finding unique loot - it would be also cool to find unique weapons and weapons with cool attachments on bosses or various enemies throughougt the zone

[tacit oracle]

unlimited does something like that. So basically all stashes are empty, and when you kill an enemy you get a pda, which will essentially place a stash in the world at random

there's several rarities of PDA, and one of the rarer ones are weapon stashes which tend to have either really dope or unique weapons on them

so it's not quite like finding a gun on a guy, but you do find a clue to a gun from a guy

ofc you'll have to go there in the first place which is one of the things that I also greatly enjoy from unlimited, but it's more contentious

basically it makes sticking your face into every random building a waste of time, but it will give you markers that you eventually will want to make a sortie to go check

so it's a radiant approach to loot which to me makes more sense and is almost more gratifying than just stumbling onto stashes every couple steps

it is lame at first when all you find on stashes are like, a chunk of bread and an expired can, but once you get into the swing of things it's very satisfying

oh yeah speaking of mods

English graffitti and signs

[hard sleet]

yep i've got that one - it's great

yeah I read a bit on the unlimited mod - it is pretty cool in that sense and makes the loot system way more interesting

damnit I think a mod "broke" the game entirely lol - I installed
https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/913
and I dismantled the silencer and scope from clusterf**k and even after reverting toa previous save and uninstalling the mod, the attachments are stil separated from that gun. I can't even reattach them.

[tacit oracle]

try a previouser save.

[hard sleet]

yep I did - like way back before getting to Rostok ... I entered the camp, went to my chest, and the scope and silencer are still separater

[tacit oracle]

wtf

try deleting AppData\Local\Stalker2\Saved\SaveGames

[hard sleet]

okay figured it out - I uninstalled both oxa std and the other customizable mod entirely, loaded the game, and I was able to reattach the scope and silencer to CF

[tacit oracle]

yeah I wouldn't mix it with oxa, they both touch the same stuff

[hard sleet]

and all is well since I cannot unattach them anymore --- yep I disabled that other one and OXA is enabled only

[tacit oracle]

oxa already makes some uniques customizable (though not all of them)

[hard sleet]

this is very good to know

[tacit oracle]

yeah you can remove the mag from the shah's mate for example, which is dope

side bonus it also makes it so you can remove skif's pistol from the inventory lmao

[hard sleet]

whoa get this - once I re-enable OXA standard, the components to CF are removed again?? lol. wtf.

[tacit oracle]

👆

oxa saves stuff in that folder, maybe something broke and you need to clear its cache

don't delete sml_data.sav if you don't want to, that's from simplemodloader (the faction ID mod requisite) but do delete OXAsavedata.sav

since both the unique mod and oxa touch on uniques, something might have gotten borked in the way

[hard sleet]

just tried that - damn dind't work 🙁

[tacit oracle]

hm

[hard sleet]

that is so bizarre - like how could it possibly remember the state of removing the scope/silencer from that unique?

[tacit oracle]

there's a thread in the gamma discord for OXA, they would probably be able to help you more there

but it's weird, definitely shouldn't happen

would make sure I wipe the save data and load a savegame from prior to me installing the mod at all, but

[hard sleet]

I'm not familiar with that discord - have al ink handy?

funny - I tried selling the gun to a vendor and then reloaded.... gun is in pieces in vendor stash lmao!

[tacit oracle]

DM'd you an invite for the server and the thread

[hard sleet]

I guess I have to open a new issue? just chattign in newb chat atm

I wonder if it's caching something elsewhere

[worthy zodiac]

Makes me wish stalker had some kind of dynamic stash system... You know, create hundreds of possible spots for stashes in every poi and randomly, from time to time, spawn one or two stashes here and there and despawn them if the player doesn't find them in X amount of time... Something like that

[tacit oracle]

we need lootboxes

[bitter pier]

We have those, the rare blue crates similar to those next to your bed in some bases

[tacit oracle]

no but ones we pay for

[bitter pier]

That’s stupid honestly, doesn’t really fit the game

[tacit oracle]

don't let realism get in the way of your gambling addiction

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[tacit oracle]

I'll always love you

[wise geyser]

😂😂

[flint cliff]

Excuse me, but how is it possible that the Wards are now an enemy faction (hence their camp's red color) but returning to the Sphere in Zalissya activates their main quest called The Hornest's Nest? Is this a bug?

[tacit oracle]

that mission is independent of whether you're friendly with them or not

I think at least-- I got it even though they were angy with me

[flint cliff]

It is not assigned to me by the Ward but it activates automatically as soon as I reach the sphere

[surreal mortar]

It's the no-spoilers channel, but I think it will make sense later, ie it is not a bug.

[flint cliff]

I apologize, I didn't think this was a spoiler.

[surreal mortar]

I don't think it is, I was just trying to not break the rule myself 😅

[tacit oracle]

I mean anything in the story is potentially a spoiler but I understand that you don't want to risk going into #☢┃stalker-general

but yeah I did get the mission as well even though I took ||noontide at sircaa||

[sand fiber]

OH MY GOD

[placid spade]

sup dude? 😮

[knotty pawn]

Cool they showed love to anomaly

Check out gamma too!

[reef raptor]

oh no you just opened the gates of hell

[tacit oracle]

#📰┃announcement message

[hazy helm]

may your taste get better

[tacit oracle]

It is real
They called me crazy but it is real

[reef raptor]

crazy?

I was crazy once..

[knotty pawn]

May you soon be blessed with a bit of Troy and Abed energy.

It wasn’t terrible.

[tacit oracle]

anomaly is canon now

[tiny token]

tourists rejoice

[sullen vessel]

Does anomaly have controller support in the GOG version?

[tacit oracle]

man I hope it has lootboxes

[brittle hull]

PEAK GAMING MOMENT

Sad I own the trilogies only on Steam 🥲

[tacit oracle]

they should remove them now that anomaly is official tbh

[drifting niche]

Arholos also have official page on Steam

[brittle hull]

Anomaly should be on Steam aswell

[hazy helm]

yhea, that would piss ppl off more, also make sure its a paid mod, that would gatekeep hard

[brittle hull]

Yk u can release free mods for paid games, right ?

The only thing you pay is the base game

[hazy helm]

yes, but I want you to pay 80 for the mod

[patent mortar]

Anomaly is still free from MODDB

[hazy helm]

and make all of the money go to GSC not the modders

[brittle hull]

Right, but i'd rather Gog or Steam, instead of checking the page for any update

[hazy helm]

brainlet small soul

[patent mortar]

smh

[tiny token]

basado

[fathom bramble]

Anomaly in gog, weird move

[gritty orchid]

anomaly on steam when

edit: not happening it seems

[tacit oracle]

steam is for peasants anyway

[lucid pagoda]

🫃 mod.io & subsequent console port when?

[zinc apex]

🫃

[wise geyser]

For a sec I thought bro that’s what it was 😭

I was like wait does that mean I can download anomaly packaged on Xbox now

But forgot its mod.io not gog

But to be honest that would mean the anomaly guys would likely have to go in a make controller support and stuff most likely

So unfortunately I doubt would’ve been cool tho

[gloomy vector]

So what are the odds gamma gets added to gog 🤔

[hazy helm]

Grok's desire to DDOS Moddb is too big to package the game in a single installer

[grim rivet]

The game is already in a single installer tho 🤔

[brazen gate]

so is gamma going to be available on Steam? any news about it?

[celest blaze]

no and most likely never

[brazen gate]

why GOG allowed?

[celest blaze]

cuz gamma is like 500+ mods with its own installer thats constantly being worked on things on gog hardly ever get updated like daggerfall unity is fully finished but gogs version is HEAVILY outdated beta

[tacit oracle]

It's not a matter of odds, they're now obligated

[celest blaze]

they should put every mod on gog now

[tacit oracle]

By the implicit law of universal justice they are compelled to spread the seed of our lord and savior grok

[tacit oracle]

Only the ones that are objectively better than the original games would be ok tbh

[celest blaze]

gamma NOW

[winter stump]

Gamma is already easy enough to install & manage. Gets updated? Press a button & it does everything for you.

[hazy helm]

this is whats wrong with society

https://tenor.com/view/armadillo-society-we-live-in-a-society-funny-meme-gif-27612787

[sly matrix]

https://tenor.com/view/society-gif-24588379

[tiny token]

Grok ain't spreading his seed anywhere anytime soon lmao

[worn oar]

Oh granma

[coarse sparrow]

greetings all, when is 1.6 releasing?

[flint cliff]

Hi. Is the On The Edge side quest still bugged near Zalissya?

[worn oar]

https://tenor.com/view/imagination-rainbow-soontm-spongebob-gif-9161732869085950743

If you ask for my personal speculation, i would bet on last week of this month

Or first one of the next

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[flint cliff]

I had to waste half a morning redoing two main missions in the tough ones by reloading a previous save because I had taken a submachine gun in Zalissya that I don't use but which weighs 5 kg and was a burden to carry around and could not be stored in my hideout, probably related to some mission that did not activate.

[dire dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/soon-tm-soon-space-gif-23401891

[tacit oracle]

second half of september is my best guess.

[dire dagger]

It’s never coming out

[tacit oracle]

I hate when it never comes out

[flint cliff]

I unlocked it and am almost done with the bugged On the Bridge side quest. It took me a day to unlock it after several attempts, but it's a great mission.

[gritty orchid]

I just want to say that GAMMA is ass.

[dire dagger]

Holy shit most based chatter

[fiery heron]

I also want to say GAMMA is ass

[tacit oracle]

It's okay everyone is objectively wrong from time to time

[sly matrix]

Where is Keith though?

[gritty orchid]

Keith is retired atm (I don't have nitro)

[unreal raptor]

not long now for the 12 month anniversary of A-Life 2.0 scam

[glad grotto]

vanilla anomaly is peak sandbox stalker experience

[gritty orchid]

Agreed

[sly matrix]

WOE IS US, KEITH HATH ABANDONETH US

[celest blaze]

Gsc meat riders giving you the clown reacts is crazy lol

[unreal raptor]

I'm used to the vibe in here — kool aid sipping verging on boot licking.

[celest blaze]

People forget companies are not our friends they are obligated to provide what they say they will

Hell like they are scamming gullible people right now with saying you need to buy cop ee to have anomaly on gog when its free on moddb lol

[vernal magnet]

GSC HQ was probably on fire when S2 released, and they probably needed money badly, so I can kind of excuse the poor release, despite it being very disappointing.

The A-Life 2.0 marketing? I really dont have a comeback for that, it was kind of a disrespectful marketing decision 🙁

[unreal raptor]

Yeah poor release I can forgive, the practices around it and the slow response and very little communication since. That's salt in the wound

[celest blaze]

^ same

[vernal magnet]

I think they're response have been good and on time. A-Life 2.0 is probably on the way, but it'll likely take a while to make.

I hope...

[dire dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/alucard-hellsing-ultimate-so-true-bestie-so-true-gif-24245816

[celest blaze]

While i understand geopolitical issues its important to hold any and all companies accountable to delivering good and promised products

[dire dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/getting-political-now-are-we-gif-26908217

[celest blaze]

Just speaking facts

[dire dagger]

Erm sorry just got word from ministry of truth that isn’t one of the approved talking points

[celest blaze]

😭

[dire dagger]

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

[storm kernel]

gammacacas vs OT + 2 GODS

[hallow bane]

Before you go grilling them, can you do any better?

[unreal raptor]

Grilling? I've paid for something I have yet to receive. Why would I do better, can I solo develop a game and release it? Not sure what you mean 😂

[hallow bane]

Exactly. Can you code the entire work? Can you do all the pieces of development? If not, you have no room to talk because you dont understand how difficult it is. Quit whining. The game works, it runs, and its fun. All you want to do is complain

[unreal raptor]

Haha this is such a terrible argument — I'm going to let it just slip by. Gracias

[sly matrix]

https://tenor.com/view/faust-stalker-kool-aided-cope-blind-gif-10164888219948518519

[hallow bane]

No, you are just an entitled loser who thinks the world owes them everything. If you dont enjoy the game, dont play

[unreal raptor]

jesus wept young master — I'm a paying customer. This is a transaction. I'm annoyed since I feel hard done by.

Why are you being so personal.

[hallow bane]

You feel hard done by for a game that is fully playable but isnt to your satisfaction? Oh okay then, I didnt know everything had to go YOUR way. Im also being defensive because everyone has been attacking a company that developed a game in the middle of a war and they dont have the first freaking clue how hard coding and all that is

[hazy helm]

he is owed the A-Life that they promised him, at the very least

[hallow bane]

Sounds like someone who thinks an ad is a promise. Toxic way of thinking

[reef raptor]

[hazy helm]

this is some good bait ngl

[reef raptor]

top tier rage bait

[hallow bane]

Not bait at all. The A Life is there. I think its great. It doesnt perform to your standards so its "garbage". Get over it

[hazy helm]

it aint Alife

its smoke and mirrors

[hallow bane]

Sure, then you program it. Go ahead. Give it your best

[hazy helm]

bait so good it might get someone\

[reef raptor]

lmao

[hallow bane]

Just tired of people being critical over things they have 0 concept of. You just want to complain. Always, the complaining. Sick of it

[reef raptor]

roblox npc AI better than stalker 2's alife 2.0 type bait

[hazy helm]

gold bait, talking about something that he himself doesnt understand

I shall use this bait myself

in the future

godspeed

[hallow bane]

Oh I understand coding. Ive done programming. Bet you havent touched it in your life

[hazy helm]

with that face I bet youve done a lot of renpy games yhea

[storm kernel]

ragebait

[reef raptor]

hell yea!

[hallow bane]

Ah, yes. The "I have no intelligence in my brain so im going to insult their looks" classic