⭐┃nospoilers_general

[worn oar]

Hunger games moment

[celest portal]

I would have been trigger happy seeing that role pinged

[clever cedar]

i am ready to kill on your command soldier

[celest portal]

Would arrive here asap

[stiff pasture]

I reiterate: make a scoreboard for the mods

[clever cedar]

i have 1

1:0

1.0 kd

[spiral sun]

PS5 is King. Everyone knows that. I don’t even have a pro. Just standard PS5. Game is going to run slippery smooth.

I’m so confident in the team and my standard PS5, that I pre-ordered the ultimate edition.

Also guys, there are two story expansion DLC coming out. This means you’ll be able to play beyond the final mission at some point I would imagine.

I’m just guessing but would make sense.

Story expansion wouldn’t mean brand new save (because that would just be bad game dev)

[hazy helm]

what if the DLC is before, you finish the final mission

[spiral sun]

Wouldn’t make sense. DLC comes out after everyone has finished the game. Unless the game force saves your game before final mission and you cannot overwrite it, that’s a different story.

But if the game saves over your game and restarts and you lose everything, then would indicate different story entirely (maybe new character)

[hazy helm]

you dont have a save before you finished the game? damn

lmao

[magic coyote]

brhu moment

[spiral sun]

I haven’t played the game yet.

[hazy helm]

ho yhea you have a laptop

ho damn

[spiral sun]

waiting for ps5 release. I’m just speculating.

[hazy helm]

sorry

a

what was it

a

DS5

[spiral sun]

Does the game auto save before you finish the game. It doesn’t override that save ?

Does it prompt you to load the save before finishing game after the credits roll and you’ve finished it?

[burnt prairie]

just before the last mission the game tells you there will be a point of no return and if you have anything you wish to do before continuing, to back-up and go do it.

[bold oxide]

nah most likely the dlc is gunna be before the final mission cause it doesn’t make sense to have a dlc in stalker 2 after with its endings

if you haven’t played the game fully (or at all) dont assume things

[spiral sun]

Was just saying in essence of a save file being present.

Which is why I said does the game keep a save for you before the final mission

[bold oxide]

oh yea

its just any auto save or manual save befoe hand

[spiral sun]

Ahhh got it! Some games rewrite your save

[bold oxide]

you can continue before the final mission from it

[spiral sun]

Wait why is my name big juicy nuts ?

Wtfff.

Have I been hacked 😂

[bold oxide]

no mods just do that

[lost tartan]

Admin abuse!!1!1 im calling the internet police

[spiral sun]

Pwoah I started worrying

[flint cliff]

Why does it do this? It's never done this before, and I haven't installed any new mods. Clusters of corpses appear in some areas.
https://youtu.be/KKGiU7MNcro?si=0_0BwcdpL9VI3sh9
Bug?

[spiral sun]

Nah it’s an accurate name.

I wear it with honour. Admin did me good.

[lost tartan]

Ayo what, ive never seen anything like this before. Did it just start happening out of the blue? In any specific areas?

[bold oxide]

also assuming this is quite rough, my xbox series x runs my game buttery smooth until after certain missions that change alot in the game, when it happens just save and reload, also pripyat may be a struggle

[flint cliff]

Malachite and Duga for now

[spiral sun]

Thank you for the tip! Will keep it in mind. Save and reboot

[bold oxide]

random ahh bug

[lost tartan]

Do the insta-kill snipers at duga shoot NPCs? The only thing i can think of is the NPCs spawned and were immediately killed by the snipers

[bold oxide]

i wont tell you the mission that it happens after but youll know when you hit it

[lost tartan]

But that doesn't explain Malachite

[spiral sun]

I’m so excited to play this bloody game.

Looking forward to sitting near the campfire and listening to the guitar play. Or playing it

And the radio station. I heard the songs are MADDD

[flint cliff]

It started doing this after I updated the game to Ultimate Edition.

[rocky shadow]

literaly whole game is free roam

classic ppl

[rocky shadow]

tons of expansions are put in story before final acts of games. Its normal

[ancient canyon]

ps5 huh

[spiral sun]

Yeah! Why so many PlayStation haters

😕 I believe the team will give us a great performing game. I have faith! 🙏🏻

[ancient canyon]

i'm ps5 myself waitin till it drops lol

[spiral sun]

Ohh I thought you were PC Master Race

[ancient canyon]

thought it was released so i bought it and then it showed 20 days so i been waitin since

[spiral sun]

Yeah bro same!

So excited! Looks phenomenal. I’ve seen very little gameplay. And very little information.

So going in blind to experience it

Love horror games. Love shooters. Love thrillers.

[ancient canyon]

never played stalker ngl only watched yt

[spiral sun]

Best of all worlds. Yeah bro, I never have as well.

And we get multiplayer as well. Some TDM and DM will be mad.

[ancient canyon]

damn didnt know that

sad i gotta work on the day it releases

[spiral sun]

Yeah bro. Free update. But zero details. I’m guessing DM and TDM at least

Most likely come out next year maybe Q3 - Q4

But could be later no idea. Yeah bro same.

[ancient canyon]

we will see

[ancient canyon]

atleast my jobs fun so i ain't worried

[spiral sun]

What field ?

[ancient canyon]

still in college but i work in a warehouse as a forklift driver atm

[spiral sun]

Logistics. Nice.

[ancient canyon]

ye going that way atm

[spiral sun]

That’s my full time profession.

Within that field I mean.

[celest portal]

Forklift certified

[ancient canyon]

get all the girls

[dim topaz]

When she sees your forklift license

[flint cliff]

There was psionic radiation in one area of the Duga, but when I returned a second time, I couldn't find it anymore. Is this normal or a bug? I wasn't doing any missions, just exploring.

[tight pasture]

AI Life simulation still shit?

[light hollow]

Its better than release, and theres an update coming with more changes

[bold creek]

its very very barebone so far, next update 1.7 might bring it to a somewhat okeyish state , lets see what happend, i have hope.

[hazy helm]

it doesnt exist so far

[unreal raptor]

oh my sweet lord those last two GSC Answers have me positive

point based warfare? AI retreating and not seeing you in grass etc.

sounds grande. count me the heck in.

[zinc apex]

It's like we finally exit early access phase 🎉

[tiny token]

Fixing NPC foliage vision would make me soyface even if it was the only change in the patch

NPCs seeing through grass boiled my blood for the entire 128 hours of my playthrough

[unreal raptor]

I honestly have played about 20% of this game

can't play more as it's so half-baked. Went to the swamp once — left as soon as possible.

[rancid zephyr]

Why is Stalker 2 being removed from Game Pass?

[thick wolf]

Probs just the deal they had with xbox

[north birch]

ngl feels a little bitter to remove S.T.A.L.K.E.R II from gamepass when it's only coming round to a state where I would say I feel it's playable

[stiff pasture]

Contract is expiring

[rancid zephyr]

ahh okay , thanks for info ❤️

[rancid zephyr]

true

[oak rock]

Ewww Update next week

[magic arch]

xbox so cooked not even stalker wants to stay

[static compass]

[sly matrix]

Didn't wanna be there in the first place

[drifting niche]

It would have been cool to see the dogs running away when they were outnumbered, like in the trilogy

[sly matrix]

Soon™...?

[thick parrot]

I think its the other way around lol, game still in an awful state

[drifting niche]

I wonder if there are new sounds and phrases also being added for NPCs and mutants

which they will use during their escape

[sly matrix]

Both X-box and S2 leave something to be desired. But unlike S2, it ain't likely to still change for X-box

[magic arch]

I have a sneaking suspicion that the game will still be ass despite all the patches and features

[thick parrot]

Game needs to be done from scratch , engine is awful and really limits the game.

[magic arch]

i really hate to say this but unreal slop isnt the problem

its the devs relying too much on nanite and dlss slop

[tight pasture]

Thank you, so essentially buckle up and wait for 2.0

[summer stream]

It doesn’t matter who you ask. Every single person you ask this question to will give you an entirely different answer. Some people are content with the game, some love it, some hate it, some have set up entirely unrealistic and false expectations that will never be met. Just play the game and try it for yourself, or don’t. This entire community is split into a ton of subcategories of people who have differing ideas of what they all think stalker is supposed to be, can’t make them all happy.

[hazy helm]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1188461429683134565/1311348835947122708/dalinlike.gif

[flint cliff]

The developers have added photos to the map. I'm "collecting" them all. Do you know how many there are in total? Thanks.

[magic arch]

Ah hell nah I realised its freaky unc

[coarse sparrow]

it was cooked many years before

[brisk nimbus]

When is the game leaving Xbox game pass?

[stiff pasture]

Tomorrow

[bold creek]

the game is doing incredible progress of restoration so , i wouldnt say to wait 8 months to play it, it might get to an almost excellent state before 2.0

[bold creek]

one fact is that most people want alife to be at the very least in decent state, thats widely agreed across the community ,some people want to be as good as modded OG stalker, thats unrealistic, i personally want the S2 alife to be at the very least between soc and CS type of complexity. which is pretty understandable.

[nimble cipher]

omisco has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[stiff pasture]

Brother sent a whole ‘guess I’m never finishing this half baked mess of a game’ thing and I’m like

You had nearly a whole year of the game on Gamepass, we knew it was a limited time thing from the beginning

[hazy helm]

it is completely reaslitic to expect Alife 2.0 to be better than modded Alife that we already have, since it is easier to add and expand on their action scripting in UE

it was promised to us, Alife 2.0, dont try to receive something lesser

[bold creek]

unrealistic expectation from GSC to ask GSC to make alife even more complex than modded alife, they should have lowered their own standard before promising all that still i have high hopes for GSC

[hazy helm]

if GSC lowballed, I wouldve ridiculed them, it completely isn't

[terse bane]

according to certain thingis the A-Life of HoC will be better than the average modded A-Life in some point

[bold creek]

maybe in 2 years from now , but now i would be completely happy with having SoC/CS more or less type alife in 2026

and then in the future , when Stalker 3 is ever release, they can just copy paste the same system and have alife already cooked in S2 ready to be cnt+c cnt+v in the next stalker game

[terse bane]

Imo two years is too much for get that, GSC it's making a good work with the great updates.
Id say 2026 is enough for have smth better than the average modded a-life.

[bold creek]

i dont know... modders have done some insane things in the past decade, hopefully they will but i dont need it to be THAT insane

[drifting niche]

Dynamic spawning previously spawned random creatures within 100m of a Point of Interest. I hope they'll remove this nonsense and make it so that only one type of creature spawns in a Point of Interest.

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[flint cliff]

After installing the Ultimate Edition on Xbox, there are no longer any loot indications on corpses. Bug?

[burnt prairie]

should be in accessibility/display options.

you can disable a lot of information from your hub.

[flint cliff]

In the settings there is no entry about this on xbox

[flint cliff]

I had some unfinished business in the red forest, I went back there, I usually underestimate zombies but in the middle of that flora, when there are many of them and scattered, they shoot at you and you don't know from where.

[drifting niche]

The animation when NPCs draw their weapons could be made more interesting in S2. Right now, when they do it, they stand still, but if they were sitting when they were attacked, two animations should play (the standing up animation and the weapon drawing animation). It looks very slow and robotic.

[void pike]

Looking to get back into the game after last playing in December of last year. Should I start a new game to make sure all of the major updates are working? I also noticed that one of the big updates affected A-Life and wonder if the game still spawns hostile NPCs 10 metres from the player or if that was patched?

[drifting niche]

The update will be released next week

[void pike]

I thought 1.5 updated the A-life? Is there another update releasing soon that expands on it?

[drifting niche]

Yes, dynamic spawn become better in 1.5.

[stuck pagoda]

any definite date for the 1.7?

[urban basin]

Nope, but should be out next week

[dim topaz]

Alife is still incredibly superficial, just wait for more updates imo

[velvet yew]

Love the update message about it being a rainy day, and today it's rainy here in Southern California!

[thick wolf]

Release the patch for the rainy day players!!!

[vestal quarry]

When is the engine update coming?

[light hollow]

"when its ready" no release date. And not coming with 1.7

[dim topaz]

California dreamin on such a rainy day?

[terse bane]

possibly at par with the first DLC, i think that isn't good expect have better performance with the 1.7 or 1.8

[zinc apex]

Stop edging us and release the update pls

[vestal quarry]

The game really need performances that's the problem

[terse bane]

Well, don't expect better performance for now, possibly is gonna be worse with the A-Life improvements

[velvet yew]

What do you all think will be the first DLC? I'm hoping it's Limansk. They can really do that town justice this time around, I think

[terse bane]

iron forest, cnpp and limansk, i think it because in-game there thingis about it

[velvet yew]

Ooooh all three??

Not sure what they can really do with the Iron Forest. It's just the switchyard at the plant, right?

[terse bane]

Yes, in-game there thingis like a "friend" of x character that go to the CNPP, the radio thingi that seems related to limansk and Iron Forest being closed "without reason"

[velvet yew]

All in one DLC? Or did you just list them in what order you think they'll come out

[rocky shadow]

DLCs will be big. It wont be just few hours of gameplay

[tawny comet]

Is the rain update just with more sunny skies?

[drifting niche]

light rain + sun

[blissful jackal]

I have been to CNPP, it is unfinished. But coming together nicely.

[stiff pasture]

Fog too in the background

Nothing absolutely mind blowing but still just a nice small addition

I’m hungry for those AI changes

[rocky shadow]

its not rain update. Its different weather type. There will still be same rain as now, buit there will also be chance to have lighty rain, aka weaker rain with sunlight and little fog in distance

[worn oar]

Should wait for 1.7

[rocky shadow]

[worthy zodiac]

You guys hyping it up like that make me a lil bit worried. Like, it might be the best update in terms of AI but I hope it won't be the last one if the state of A-Life and stuff won't be "good enough"...

Also, it sounds like it's gonna be the biggest patch ever

[urban basin]

Have some faith

[celest goblet]

Kinda feel like A-Life is gonna be a continuous improvement sort of project. Always improving, never done

At least until updates for the game cease entirely, but with expansions on the way I don't think that will be soon

[dim topaz]

That's what I'm afriad of lmao

That we eventually get an A-life patch that makes it "servicable" and then it stops being a priority

[pallid rose]

tbh I think the main priority should be performance

[dim topaz]

It is a big priority. But performance issues can be at least mitigated with better systems. actual gameplay cannot

[flint cliff]

https://youtu.be/dSidHnhUxFc?si=LcokDY_AApJbE2WG

[unreal raptor]

What does that new video show?

[thick wolf]

New weather state

[keen bone]

Is the mutant AI still no matter what mutant you're fighting 'attack the player / run backwards / attack the player again'

[worn oar]

Won't be the last. I said it before and I'll say it again; it's a milestone.

[muted valve]

but a milestone in the good sense or the bad sense? Like the kind of milestone that makes a rocksolid foundation that still needs to be built upon or the kind of milestone that digs a hole where a solid foundation may appear? Or the actual start of a house?

[worn oar]

Good obviously! That means it's going the right path.

[muted valve]

i'm more wondering how far up the right path, is nirvana in view yet?

[worn oar]

I'd say close enough

At least in my opinion

And I do see how you want to get NDA

Not gonna work

[muted valve]

i'm not asking for specifics, the specifics i can find in #📜┃gsc-answers , just probing if it's gonna be solid enough to start my second playthrough 😛

[thick wolf]

It sounds like it will be

[worn oar]

Yeah. If you decide on playing then it won't be a bad idea.

[worthy zodiac]

Glad to hear that

[worthy zodiac]

Another question I've had since forever: will we EVER get some kind of debug tool to monitor NPC status and movement on the map in PDA? Just so we could see how the system works. It could also be used as a good proof that it actually works, lol

[bold creek]

there are some modding tools you can use, i dont think there are map type of indicators for npc, it wasnt programmed to be that way because NPC dont live for much longer outside the player radius, if alife ever gets to be map wide then PDA for npc locations would make sense

[worthy zodiac]

Of course, I'm not talking about the current version of the game (although it would be nice to have, even if it would show how simple the current simulation system is). I just wanna know if we'll have a feature like this in the future, when they'll update the simulation system and make it similar to A-Life from original games (If they'll ever do it, of course. Maybe they have something very different in mind)

[bold creek]

i mean it would be amazing marketing and also player knowledge to just flex on their alife system, i bet the primarily reason why OG stalker had the PDA with the info of the npc in real time was to flex on alife.
They can definitely bring that back eventually

[worthy zodiac]

I wouldn't want that visualization to be a part of the game like it is in Clear Sky tho... Just a hidden debug option or something

[bold creek]

i mean visualization to a lesser degree, just to see some important quest npc who travel around , merchants npcs. Only those

[stiff pasture]

Just for the love of god don’t make the PDA beep everytime a stalker enters range if they do this

[bold creek]

no PDA notification for appearing stalkers/bandits, no number for amount of stalker around you. Thats just too immersive breaking

[worthy zodiac]

Yeah, that was a pretty weird feature in original games... Although it was kinda cool

[analog helm]

these are literally the most arcade-ish elements you can come up with. Nothing to do with immersion

[bold creek]

first time you play its kinda cool tho yes

[stiff pasture]

it’s more along the lines I’d go insane if I kept hearing a beep everytime one stalker kept doing the Macarena in and out of range

[bold creek]

but now the more immersive the game gets the better

[worthy zodiac]

Yeah, it's nice to know they'll make headshot feedback sounds toggleable without mods

For me it has been more annoying than PDA beeping in original games

[rocky shadow]

we use this in testing. Althgouht, its simple mod and it doesnt mark all NPCs, only some, and you have to be at that place first and it doesnt mark any mutants at all. So its pretty barebones.

and i dont think anything like that will be in game officialy. Its weird

[worthy zodiac]

Sadge

Thinking about A-Life made me want to play Mount and Blade. Guess it's time to download it again

[rocky shadow]

warband pog

[dim topaz]

Based. I played that last time bannerlord first came out. Time to re-dl i guess

[worthy zodiac]

Yeah, more or less same. I was disappointed by bannerlord too, unfortunately. Just found out they are still updating it and there's a big update + dlc coming soon. Kinda cool

[tiny token]

Meow

[muted valve]

i think they're even adding a more complex diplomacy system

[muted valve]

https://tenor.com/view/jermichael-no-urn-spray-bottle-spray-gif-13258723

[zinc apex]

Can't wait for Stalker 2 to finally release next week 🔥

[amber arch]

all hail based mpreg

[zinc apex]

got impregnated by Nalartos

[amber arch]

truly one of the times of all time

[sly matrix]

I'm very happy for both of you

[tiny token]

shouldve-been-me-gif

[worn oar]

Can't say but I might answer this after patch drop

[spiral sun]

Woooooo 4 days until Stalker PS5 🔥

Held off from all games. This’ll be the game I sink my limited time into 🥰

[latent kite]

Not long now bud

https://tenor.com/view/ticktock-clock-gif-25700487

[rocky shadow]

Can't play bannelord without Bannerkings mod now. Its so shallow. DLC will help lot. But not enough

[rocky shadow]

Its still nothing burger tho.

Its pretty simple diplomacy

[worthy zodiac]

Can you recommend any "recent" mods for warband? I remember playing anno domini 1257 10 years ago or so, it was very cool but I wonder if there are some newer mods that are much cooler

[rocky shadow]

Depend if you want overhaul or just improvement.

One of best overhauls is Brytenwalda for me. Its hardcore And highly immersive.
Nice is also In the name of Jerusalem (which has now bannelord version, which Now wants to be realistic And its one of best mods, that tries to push game mechanics much further). Fór warband, it wasnt that detailed, but was rly good.

Diplomacy 4 litdum is great mod, that would highly enhance your vanilla gameplay. Highly Recommend that, if you want to play Warband again, huť not want overhauls. It does a lot of immersive changes to base game, while still being vanilla.

[worthy zodiac]

Thanks, I'll check these out while waiting for 1.7 (and maybe a few bugfixes, hehe)

[rocky shadow]

If you want better Bannerlord gameplay and like high conplexity and insane details, Recommend Bannerkings mode. Its one of best. It ads insane diplomacy, religion, gameplay things and other tons of stuf.

Also, in the name of Jerusalem 2 is playable Now too. Its great mod. It even have fire mechanic

[worthy zodiac]

I'll check these out too when the time comes. I'll wait for them mods to be updated for the new update/dlc before starting playing Bannerlord again, yeah

[unreal raptor]

I love M&B good to see it still getting love. Wish the combat was a little more visceral, but in the grand scheme of things. It’s not the main part of gameplay.

[worthy zodiac]

One of the few games that has a system similar to A-Life and that isn't just another grand strategy game...

[unreal raptor]

Man. All this talk of Alife is making me want to play anomaly.

[worthy zodiac]

It's all about A-Life, you see........

[worthy zodiac]

I've played enough of freeplay mods, getting tired of them... But if I'd play anything like that I'd play IWP + CotZ addon

[latent kite]

I prefer B Life personally

[worthy zodiac]

How about A Death, huh? Ever thought about that?

[unreal raptor]

Anything is better than F-Life 2.0 that we currently have.

[worthy zodiac]

There's a game called Cruelty Squad where you can get a death surgery and you get a death bar instead of a health bar if you do that surgery

r/mildlyinteresting

Like and subscribe for more gaming facts everyday

[thick wolf]

Do you live when you run out of death?

[worthy zodiac]

It's a biopunk setting where the immortality has been achieved so there's no such a thing as stopping existing forever... But yeah, you "die" if your death bar reaches 0

[worn oar]

https://tenor.com/view/braindead-cat-brain-damage-gif-583403308765934478

Abominaly

[zinc apex]

Better install gamma

[light hollow]

If only you could

[light hollow]

Although, now thinking about it, better play AMK. Its got nice A-life improvements that idk if anomaly has.

Or Prosectors, which is generally considered as one of the best AIs out there.
The only problem of Prosectors is playing it

[zinc apex]

AMK was peak back then

[worthy zodiac]

AMK is a special case. Many cool features but then you have some classic additions like electric chimera

[light hollow]

Its not a bad addition ngl

Well, at least it wasnt for me, in goldsphere

Maybe in amk theres a step up in difficulty

But well, in goldsphere it was literally an epic fight, so you had the proper ammo and defense

[broken latch]

Is this out yet

[orchid gale]

This was out a while ago lol

I posted it in off topic if it’s even findable

[celest portal]

Lol, I remember that

[celest portal]

#💬┃en_offtop message

[orchid gale]

Back when you were a helper 🥹

[static compass]

I was a helper once

[celest portal]

<@&1429819918492368916>

[sly matrix]

cheers

[worn oar]

Done

Cheers

[sly matrix]

I think 3 mods jumped on this

is this what we call a gang-ban?

https://tenor.com/view/forge-dwarf-dwarves-molten-forging-gif-27356913

[worn oar]

Hella not even sure if it was my kill or Jack's

[sly matrix]

or mine

[worn oar]

Seems like it's mine tho message got deleted the moment I pressed the ban

Jack gets 0.5 for recording tho

Or let's say 0.33 for each of us

[flint cliff]

Is mod support confirmed for PlayStation 5 like on Xbox?

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[thick wolf]

Welcome to next week! Patchy patchy we want patchy

[zinc apex]

20th november

[thick wolf]

1.6 was on a Tuesday

[latent kite]

The stock market crash was on a Tuesday too

There’s no significance

[zinc apex]

Hard facts

Mol1t should push the update release button now nonetheless

[celest goblet]

vatlislavovych posted on YT that the overview of 1.7 is ready to go so i have to assume it won't be more than a few days. PS5 release is soon too...

[thick wolf]

Earlier than the 20th 🙂

[zinc apex]

trust

[worthy zodiac]

It should be earlier than the ps5 release. Imagine downloading a game you just bought and after a few hours of gameplay you have to redownload everything because of the patch

[zinc apex]

Gsc acting nonchalantly again instead of just telling us their planned release date

[bold creek]

because the patch comes with the console release, i bet they decided to have both release and patch drop on pc very close together, as to not favor any platform , in this case, PC

[muted valve]

well that implies they have a planned release date and aren't just scrambling to get it done before ps release

[zinc apex]

We'll see my guess was the 20th too

[ornate anvil]

do we know if this new difficulty is like the hardest in the original, where bullet damage is way higher, everythings less spongey but so is the player?

[rapid warren]

Mister president 1.7 has hit stalker 2

[still parrot]

Cannot wait to get one tapped on the new difficulty

[twin thistle]

Feels like I need to start a new save at this point

[thick wolf]

hell yeah

[zinc apex]

Mol1t trolled us so hard man 🤣

[thick wolf]

mol1t

[zinc apex]

Love this man

[dim topaz]

Zoneslug, wakey wakey

[late yarrow]

What is expedition mode?

[magic arch]

heres hoping master difficulty doesnt increase bullet sponge

[nimble cipher]

boofkoosher has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[junior turret]

1.7 looks good

[sullen vessel]

Is the update available now?

[urban basin]

Yeah

[still parrot]

Says out now on trailer

[rocky shadow]

it not. Its actually balanced rly well

[oak rock]

Why fsr 4 dont Work ingame

[sullen vessel]

I will wait to hear impressions first before jumping in. I haven't touched the game since release

[dim topaz]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kc1OTaj4V8k

[rocky shadow]

i would say it this way. This is best patch we ever got

[dim topaz]

interesting

[coarse moth]

Try optiscaler.

[ripe thorn]

But is the loot less common?
Is struggle real?

[rocky shadow]

yes, its less common.

[golden vector]

It does, it just looks terrible with the shimmering if your not using native

[sullen vessel]

My biggest issue with the game was how buggy missions were

[oak rock]

WE payed 70 Dollars dor the Game and 400+ Dollars for GPU , fsr 4 should be ingame

[ripe thorn]

I guess it's time to lay off battlefield 6 and go back into the zone....

[oak rock]

How,it dont Work for me ?

[celest portal]

I hope the npcs smoking pdas didn't get removed

[golden vector]

If you go into the adrenalin software and go to stalker while it's open and look for fsr it should say that fsr4 I enabled. Aslong as 3.x is enabled ingame.

[oak rock]

I did that ,dont work

[mystic sigil]

What is the size of the update anyone know

[oak rock]

Ist it BCS im in Gamepass ?

[golden vector]

What about it doesn't work? What does it say

[rocky shadow]

this patch with Master gameplay is great. Even AI is not sniper elite from distance. They shoot finnaly normaly as they should

[celest portal]

S2 got removed from gamepass yesterday

[oak rock]

Enable fsr 3.1 for it too Work,i aleardy have fsr 3 in quality Mode

[oak rock]

I didnt Play since 1.5 bro ,fsr4 never Work soo i never bothered

[celest portal]

k

[oak rock]

But Game Look intresting now and i got an OLED coming next week that why i want fsr4,1080p too ,1440p IS big jump

[coarse moth]

23 gigs

[golden vector]

Idk then, worked for me but its unusable anyway if you put it to anything but native.

[rocky shadow]

Stalker looks insanely different on OLED with HDR. Its insanely better

[oak rock]

Thanks Cat,

[mystic sigil]

thanks mate

[oak rock]

Hope soo,im getting an OLED for thes Game and rdr2 too BE precise,good OLED too from aoc

[drifting niche]

does Expedition mod means saves only on campfires?

[golden vector]

What gpu you got?

[ripe thorn]

I skipped 1.6 because I finished the game twice and was waiting for master difficulty to make it survival and not lootgoblin adventure zone edition
It's good to be back what can I say

[oak rock]

9060xt

[rocky shadow]

RDR imo doesnt look that different (it still does, but not that much).

[golden vector]

16gb variant?

[oak rock]

I heared otherwise,that rdr2 Look that great ,idk

[oak rock]

Yes Sir ,decent gpu

[golden vector]

Phew.

[oak rock]

32 GB 3600 MHz too

I need an 3xd CPU through,my ryzen 5600 getting OLED

[rocky shadow]

yeah, it does. but Stalker looks more different than RDR

[thick wolf]

Family love GSC

[flint cliff]

What is Expedition Mode in upadate 1.7?

[oak rock]

Well my Monitor coming next monday,it will be a wild night lol

Got eny Tips for me ? Frist time OLED User

[thick wolf]

Expedition is just the name for the patch, innit?

like 1.6 was Night of the Hunter

[oak rock]

It Just a Name

[coarse moth]

In the patch notes it says "Expedition Mode" (in the highlights), so I also thought it's a new mode

[oak rock]

Just namw

[thick wolf]

oh ya, just saw that. Huh, not sure. I'm still downloading

[oak rock]

Not Sure If U got time ,can U Tag me and say If Performance IS better ?

[rocky shadow]

its a gameplay mode, that you can turn on in any difficulty (its automaticaly in Master mode), where you cant save where you want. You can save only at HUBS

[thick wolf]

I'm not a good person to tell you, sorry. I just switched from Xbox to PC version so I don't really have a baseline comparison on my pc. Sorry, I would tell you if I thought I could help

[keen bone]

I absolutely love how GSC is gradually integrating all my fav features/tweaks from the OG trilogy modding community into 2. Like they're really trying to make 2 the ultimate Stalker experience, no mods required

[thick wolf]

I'm just hoping my PC version doesn't crash every 5 mins now.

[oak rock]

It alright

[keen bone]

like, all the objectively good things, they are adding. I hope we get binoculars eventually

[oak rock]

Bino wont Work bro

[urban basin]

Maybe for the engine update!!!! Trust

[oak rock]

Engine Update wont do much honestly,maybe 10 FPS gain or soo

Update will Work for tress und busches that it

[magic arch]

depends on your specs

also dlss is mandatory

[rocky shadow]

Recommend this highly detailed overview of Alife changes in 1.7 from Vati
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kc1OTaj4V8k

[thick wolf]

love how technical this is

[rocky shadow]

Yeah. Vati knows his stuff. he also has video like this about whole 1.7 patch. Recommend following him.

this one
https://youtu.be/xJp9T54uNYk?si=BI7bZVxQ6ytjFNTy

jesus, its 31 minutes. Madman

[drifting niche]

#📸┃screens_and_videos message

[light hollow]

We already got like 5-10 fps boost in this update it seems. So I doubt it will be only 10 fps

[rancid zephyr]

1,7 out ?

wuhuuuu yeah ❤️

[thick wolf]

and my constant crashing on PC seems to be fixed, too! From what I gathered, 1.6 had some bug where actors would spawn on top of each other or something and cause the game to crash. I spent hours trying to figure it out a couple weekends ago. Glad this patch fixed it

[signal grotto]

Performance optimization tweaks

We'll see about that

The fps wasn't and still isn't the issue for me, it's the damn input latency that's sky high

[drifting niche]

Did they reduce mutants hp or not?

[thick wolf]

latency seems good to me with DLSS and FSR turned OFF

[signal grotto]

But then is fps decent?

[thick wolf]

to me, but I only have a 60 hz monitor

[signal grotto]

See that'd be fine if I didn't have a 165hz monitor

I have a Ryzen 9 9950x3D, 4070 Super, 32GB DDR5 RAM and it's still awful

[thick wolf]

ya sorry I'm a casual PC gamer. I still have a 2080 super

[signal grotto]

Still a decent card tbf

[zinc apex]

Still mysterious how that guy vanished suddenly

[dim topaz]

it was the feds

[zinc apex]

Opps

[zenith creek]

I'm following the patches and they look good. I just have the feeling that there will be a few more softlocks to fix and that the engine upgrade will cause a bunch of problems on an existing save so I'm still afraid to start the game

[thick wolf]

I was having crashes which are now gone with 1.7 on my same save file. I had to disable a few mods though

engine upgrade patch is a diff story obvs, but we'll see

[signal grotto]

The engine tweaks ini mods from nexus have never worked for me

[hot canopy]

Expedition mode sounds promising. Making good use of the camp sites!

[worthy zodiac]

@worn oar sooooo, 1.7 has been released...

[rocky shadow]

you can see the mod i was talking about earlier here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kc1OTaj4V8k around 09:20

[worn oar]

Shay is working up something and I hope I'm not leaking this info

[rocky shadow]

you not, dont worry

[worthy zodiac]

Nice, nice. Will it be a public mod too or just for the internal testing for you guys?

[hazy helm]

if you were shay wouldve activated the bomb in your neck

[worn oar]

Would allow you to track NPCs pretty well and see how the alife works and as far as I'm concerned, it does look like it's going where it should for now.

[dull mural]

Hey ya'll, I havent played in a few months, whats the state of a-life rn?

[zenith creek]

A new patch just dropped a few hours ago so it'll take a while for people to form opinions on the changes

[flint berry]

Some changes are only in video, some are only in steam notes, and "full" notes on website are only fixes

Very happy to see update, but a bit annoying trying to get full picture

[worn oar]

Not really I already played 20hrs+

Well, it's pretty good

Online simulation is pretty nice and there is a real offline now

Except, offline combat does not really happen unless player includes them in his simulation bubble

[zenith creek]

The patch wasn't available for me on Steam 20 hours ago

[worn oar]

But overall, this is the biggest alife patch yet

An absolute hype

It's really good

[hazy helm]

hes with the Testers

if you open his profile, he has a tester role

[zenith creek]

Gotcha

[twilit mist]

The territory system looks a bit too good to be true, wonder how they implemented it

[normal widget]

Finally a patch I've been waiting for, after the game came out its performance was terrible and I stopped playing after about 20 hours. Now I'm going to redownload and play on the hardest level in hopes of getting the real experience!

[worn oar]

It does work

[frozen violet]

Does the simulation bubble still have problems with the range being only 100m? This was my main problem but it’s been about a year since I’ve played so as long as it feels natural compared to how it used to. I really wanna play this game again if it’s fixed up.

[worn oar]

I visited almost half of the regions already and its different

[hazy helm]

you can keep AI NavMesh loaded in perpetually and from there, you can guess

[twilit mist]

what does this mean exactly?

I am not exactly familiar with what the AI was supposed to include and why it didn't work at launch

[worn oar]

You can notice populated zones, fights happening over them and if you stay hidden, you'd see how the opposing force comes and claims that territory

[hazy helm]

this hanst been a problem since 1.5
in 1.5 they added Simulation outside of the Pop In bubble, it was capped by the Chunk loading bubble

[frozen violet]

Hell yes I’m definitely gonna get back in this game then

[hazy helm]

the AI NavMesh contains information necessary for AI to exist and work, it tells them what is on a given coordinate and how to get there

[worn oar]

Tho, it kinda feel like a cycle for now, but it's a good addition

[twilit mist]

oooh... so before it was restricted to a certain distance from the player, but now npcs can do whatever without you being right under their nose?

[worn oar]

Bubble is still the same, but not a problem anymore since offline does work now. NPCS Will roam the zone instead of a sudden spawn. You will just activate the simulation for them if you come across them while their roam

[hazy helm]

I still dont know, I need to test it more, I cant say if it is still capped under the chunk loading distance

[frozen violet]

As long as it feels natural when the NPC’s show up and they don’t visibly pop in or just appear around a corner out of nowhere, I’m fine with it

[worn oar]

Next step would probably be enhancing offline and making it act outside the bubble and include proper combat logic

[worn oar]

Here is an example I came across. I was in a hub (icarus) and a group of IPSF assaulted me as they were passing through that location. They didn't spawn, they literally walked in

[frozen violet]

I know OG Stalkers also had a bubble but the offline a life made it feel natural so this seems the same

[zenith creek]

Supposedly they just fixed enemies popping in in front of or behind you but IIRC that's been in the patch notes before

[worn oar]

Scale is different

[frozen violet]

This is good 👍

[zinc apex]

We're so back with this update guys 🔥

NPC can leave hubs now and go on follow their goals

[worn oar]

Yes

They do

[zinc apex]

this is amazing

[tiny token]

Watched the full Vati vid. Absolute gem

[worn oar]

You won't see the same faces stuck there any more

[dull mural]

Thx for the answers

[frozen violet]

Tbh I haven’t been following patches as closely just kinda been waiting for when I deemed the game fixed enough from launch

[worn oar]

Yeah, and they don't bug much any more. They always do things properly

[zinc apex]

GSC cooked this time

[worn oar]

And combat is amazing

No more super sniping

[tiny token]

I was soyfacing so hard when I saw footage of being able to stealth around bushes in daytime

[zinc apex]

love it so far

[worn oar]

You can actually have fair fights now

[hazy helm]

@twilit mist@zenith creek
Alife 1.7 demonstration
#☢┃stalker-general message

[tiny token]

It felt like forbidden footage

Like those cursed minecraft vids

[zenith creek]

I can't watch the video right now but I'm excited to watch it

[worn oar]

NPCs with shotguns won't just snipe you from a far lmao, they come close before they engage now. Weapon type matters now

[tiny token]

Bloodsuckers actually choosing to sneak up on you while invisible instead of announcing their presence is golden

[twilit mist]

They actually seem to move far away from you, ofc it is probably not real time, but at least some calculation to make them act outside of your imemdiate presence

[twilit mist]

That is good, my #1 problem with gunfights at launch, was that enemies would simply bumrush you no matter what or beam you down.

there was no real feeling of them actually taking cover, being careful etc.

[frozen violet]

Thank you for the info. They pretty much fixed every problem I had so now I can properly play full play through and I’m somehow still blind to the story

[zenith creek]

My problem was that the pistol didn't do squat and you're still supposed to use it. It felt like it had very short range and only did reasonable damage on a headshot

[worn oar]

They don't have supper accuracy anymore. They miss now and you can see how it happens as you run off

[rocky shadow]

Yeah, NPCs now dont snipe you from far distance with everything. They actualy miss. And you can rly hide behind bushes (sometimes, sometimes not)

[worn oar]

You may use stealth and they will try and look for you if you manage to hide

[worn oar]

Mutant fights uhhh

[rocky shadow]

and stealth gameplay is great now

[worn oar]

Not bullet sponge, but actual good balance

[zenith creek]

GSC slowly but surely making the 5 mods I use part of the official game

[hot canopy]

Which mods?

[frozen violet]

Ahh so the bloodsuckers aren’t annoying sponges anymore too

[hazy helm]

they shouldve kept Bloodsuckers how they were in 1.0

now that they arent spawning in front of you on a 5 to 5 timer

[twilit mist]

Do they also try to look for cover immediately/shoot pot shots at you from cover etc.

cause before they would immediately turn and start gunning for me like they were death robots instead of humans lol

[tiny token]

The mandatory PMM was actually one of the more damaging guns in the game. Not sure how it is now

[worn oar]

They are still super annoying cuz they have insane damage, but they are not bullet sponges. It's literally a skill thing now. You dodge and do things properly instead of shooting indlessly. Chimeras too? Those Fuckers can even one shot you, but testing how much they eat bullets, it's fair now. It's like 60% less than the last time I fought onr

[worn oar]

Yes

They shoot then hide and keep shooting and if you run off, they try to flank you and change cover. You can notice this especially with shotgun users.

[signal grotto]

Games ruined for me, performance is awful, latency is awful, lighting has completely disappeared, no shadows, no dark areas, nothin

[hot canopy]

Disable mods and verify game files

[signal grotto]

Literally just reinstalled it and never had mods

[worn oar]

Update driver and clean your shader cache

[zenith creek]

Mostly NPC combat/aiming tweaks to take off their X-ray vision and add some variety
I prefer to use as few mods as possible. I don't know if the Letswoolgather mods are truly unnecessary now but the AI has improved enough that I feel I can take off some of them.

There was also a mod to fix black rail attachments on guns and that bug was straight-up fixed by GSC

[signal grotto]

Already tried those,

It's a fresh install, the game does not run smooth, it never has since I bought it, I install it every time there's an update in hopes it's playable, but yet again it isn't

[worn oar]

Your system?

[signal grotto]

Ryzen 9 9950x3D, 4070 Super, 32GB DDR5 RAM

[worn oar]

Shouldn't be a problem then

[signal grotto]

Definitely not

[worn oar]

Tried different settings?

[signal grotto]

I've tried many settings, nothing gets the latency down

[worn oar]

Weird

[zenith creek]

Now that they're adding new weathers and have said that they'll change the game timescale, even DWO feels less necessary than it did at launch (though that mod is still gorgeous and I highly recommend it)

[worn oar]

My system is not as good as yours and I never had such an issue

[hot canopy]

Yea, that one isn't leaving my order lol.

[signal grotto]

40ms latency makes the game feel choppy

[worn oar]

Using Frame Gen?

[signal grotto]

Tried with it on and off, same scenario

[worn oar]

Super weird really

[hot canopy]

What about G Sync/Free Sync

V Sync?

[keen bone]

I'm very curious is stealth is still compeltely impossible even after this patch. Tried to sneak around a camp one time, climb up a tower, soon as I step off the ladder NPC goes HUH? and everyone in the entire area knows exactly where I am

[signal grotto]

Tried with V Sync on/off, no change

I don't have freesync enabled on my monitor

[worn oar]

Try to record something to show the problem and while at it, show me the setting you have. I'll try to report it for a bug

[tropic cobalt]

Guys, I need some honest feedback. I played Stalker 2 at release for around 20 hours and stopped. Now, I have seen a lot of patches and updates for the game since then.
Still, Steam is on mixed reviews...? Has the game improved since then or has it become kinda worse?

[worn oar]

Would love to see your task manager while the game is on too, or just enable stats while ingame

[signal grotto]

All high, except hair, motion blur off, dlss balanced, FG on, nothing else really

I do have a pic of ingame recently

[rocky shadow]

yeah, latency is bad in this game. I feel like its better now, but you have to wait for engine update

[signal grotto]

It's been bad since release for me, UE5 is awful and I don't think fit for open world games

[rocky shadow]

stealth is deffinitely doable. Its not 100% in every time. But you can play stealthy and kill whole bandit camp that way, without them seeing you.
If they cant see you, they will not know, where you are, even when they know about you. Only vague location, where they last saw you

[hot canopy]

Just waiting for my mods to get updated and then I'm jumping in on master difficulty with expedition mode on. I'm pumped!

[winged shoal]

cant even start game lol it crashes on load

[rocky shadow]

Master has expedition mod included, you cant play master without it

[winged shoal]

lmk when its playable on xbox lol

[hot canopy]

Fair enough. I guess that saves me the step.

[winged shoal]

"gsc try giving a shit about console" challenge impossible

[latent kite]

Have you got mods?

@winged shoal

[winged shoal]

yeah but cant turn them off before the game crashes

[latent kite]

Shoot a ticket thing from #s2-support

I can’t get on my Xbox yet to check if issue is there for me

[winged shoal]

must be because of the outdated mods but cant really load in to take them off

[rancid zephyr]

Master mode is really good, but the saving system is awful. You have to start completely from scratch every time you start something, which is ridiculous.

[hexed leaf]

what does that mean

[zenith creek]

The game has definitely improved. I think the negative reviews are from people saying "it's been a year now, why isn't [X] fixed yet"
I also played at launch and since then they've fixed all of the crashes I was having, FPS has improved a bit, and the AI is a lot better.

[molten fossil]

1.7 performance definitely feels better from first impressions. It seems like annoying latency is gone and around a 5-10 FPS boost FG ON DLAA. Again, first look.

[rocky shadow]

you dont, you just have saves after certain time or after you leave HUB. You just didnt get to HUB yet to have save

[graceful cliff]

THATS A lot of reading in the changelog, does it have a date?

[hexed leaf]

yea they're getting review bombed because they took down Misery for ripping their assets

[zenith creek]

If they improved FPS by that much I might have to actually launch the game again. That would get me to a stable 60 on the highest settings (with DLSS)

[urban basin]

Wdym
The update is out

[eager zodiac]

Latency is gone? So low fps responsiveness should get a noticeable upgrade

[zenith creek]

Oh right I forgot about that

[graceful cliff]

na its awesome.

[graceful cliff]

sikkkkk

[rancid zephyr]

Manual saving should also be enabled for the master version, but with a cooldown period.

[unreal raptor]

Where’s this?

[hexed leaf]

https://www.stalker2.com/news/update-1-7-patch-notes

[unreal raptor]

What’s expedition mode that people are talking about

[graceful cliff]

give it a read amd let me know

[hazy helm]

check pins in #☢┃stalker-general

[molten fossil]

Best to try yourself

[unreal raptor]

Hype

[eager zodiac]

60% of compiling shaders in Legion Go

[graceful cliff]

perfect timing coz waiting for a match in Tarkov is so boring

[unreal raptor]

So expedition is saving only at hubs?

[modest fractal]

Does anyone else feel like removing stalker2 from gamepass is a step back?

[hazy helm]

nha

[rocky shadow]

yes. And after certain main mission events

[hexed leaf]

not enough info - microsoft foots the bill for it and whether or not it's a step backwards depends on what the specifics of that agreement are

[keen hedge]

well that sucks

[unreal raptor]

Nice. Is that always on with hardcore or toggle able? Scared to play stalker 2 with expedition at this point. Too many bugs.

[hazy helm]

always on

[rocky shadow]

its automaticly in Master modes and you can toggle it in any other difficulty on/off

[sly matrix]

For the gamepass maybe, for stalker it doesn't matter

[keen hedge]

wish there's a mode to have the hardcore features, like limited items and such, but keep the normal save system...

[unreal raptor]

I always played with campfire saving in the mods and that really added to the immersion. Hoping this does the same.

[modest fractal]

Your right but its still a bummer ive got close to 200 hours and all achievements and now i cant play since i dont really wanna spend 60€

[hexed leaf]

I don't wanna pay my rent either but here we are

[unreal raptor]

Keen to see how a-life feels. Will give this a jam tonight.

[graceful cliff]

200 HOURS / 60 DOLLARS = Dont think its worth AT LEAST 30c an hour?

crazy

[amber arch]

this is some next level mind gymnastics

[summer stream]

Proceeds to spend $45 on take takeout and cigarettes

[grave portal]

Thanks!

[zealous pumice]

How much have you spent on gamepass since you started playing stalker 2? At $10 for essentials if you've had it for 6 months you should just bought it in a sale on steam😂

Also modding is easier on steam

[zinc apex]

Good work my childs. Agartha awaits you

[wind mango]

is the performance in 1.7 any better?

[urban basin]

Some people said they gained around 10+ fps
but depends on your machine

[zinc apex]

Performance is definitely better on my end

[finite dragon]

https://youtu.be/zyl12yr0r-M?si=QN6LMCxEJ-4Q8Eb1

For the Xbox players

[little bridge]

So flawless widescreen doesn't work with 1.7 patch, god damn why there have to always be problems with the new update 😕

[stark charm]

No discount on DLC? Only on actual editions. Very disappointing for people who bought full price

[rocky shadow]

uhh, there are no DLCs yet? You can buy only editions

[thick wolf]

has anyone else tried playing on PC with a dualsense controller? When I disable Steam Input, Dualsense specific features work, but the stick inputs at small values are jittery. I've tried playing with the deadzones, no luck.

[viral garden]

Anyone else having the FPS drop to 17 when opening the PDA? Zooming in/out is really slow and gradually removes/add icons the map.

[nimble dagger]

Is there somewhere i can ask for help? My game is not launching after update i cant fix no matter what i try... 😭

[stark charm]

edition upgrades are considered DLCs on steam. Im not talking about game expansions...

[blissful jackal]

Probably cuz they contain DLC Items.

Hey @wraith socket do you still have the Edition upgrade screenshots handy?

[oak comet]

Are exit saves deliberate in Exploration mode? You can just make an exit-save whenever you want, kind of bypassing the limited save mechanic.

[ripe thorn]

Does anyone have good old issue of severe fps drop in zalissa specifically when close to npcs?

Haven't had this in versions 1.3-1.6

[blissful jackal]

Only happens on Performance I believe. Quality hardlocks at 30 FPS on Console

[ripe thorn]

Haven't changed settings either

[blissful jackal]

If ur on PC? I dunno.

[ripe thorn]

I'm on PC, and dlss is set to quality if that's what are you referring to

[blissful jackal]

Console.

[mighty lagoon]

Anyone else experincing SUPER long loading times for the shader compilation at the start? was playing last night and it was super fast. now its like a 10 min wait??

[ripe patrol]

the game needs to recompile them everytime there is an update

[little bridge]

So, they've decided to give skiff asthma, nice.

[light hollow]

I can finally roleplay as myself!

[mighty lagoon]

Yes but ive loaded into the game like 5 times now and each time the shader comp has been like over 10 min

[hot canopy]

I mean, it is on the player to not exploit things. If you don't actually want to play the hardcore mode, then don't. How else are the devs supposed to do it? They can't just not have an exit save lol.

[oak comet]

I mean I guess, but I feel Fallout 4 did a better job with their saves on survival mode. Beds everywhere and exit saves are deleted on load.

[hot canopy]

I believe these exit saves are deleted on load, too. And there are a lot of camps all over the place. I suppose not as frequent as the beds in fallout, but still. There are a lot.

[oak comet]

The saves are not deleted on load here. And you also cannot save at campfires. The only places you can save are at Hubs. That's what I think should be changed: Exit saves deleted on load, Saves at Hubs and campfires. I'm currently doing that on my master difficulty game, only saving at campfires and Hubs, but it feels weird having a limited save mechanic and then still allow you to save whenever you want.

[ripe thorn]

Okay so master diff is a blast already
2 hours into the game I'm having a life or death with a freaking psydog that killed a patrol of bandits, turns out it was not the whole patrol so as I and psydog slog it out I see shrapnel coming my way and dogs way, without compas I can't see friend or foe so I manage to finish off the dog, see figures approaching, it's swamp so they can't see me and the they do and start blasting, nowhere to hide, I'm bleeding, but I managed to headshot both and got a modified shotgun from a stash nearby I never knew was there

And all this amplified by the fact that I just did anomaly field (barely) so if I die my artifact is gone

Also everything is expensive and ammo is not common, atleast for now, early hours tend to be the hardest in these games

But I think with these levels if damage and saving system it will be immersive and buttclenching all the way

[dim topaz]

Well yes, but Fallout 4 is a terrible game

[ripe thorn]

I finished it no mods on survival, it's a terrible game

All editions still no fov slider

[oak comet]

Agree to disagree🤷‍♂️

[flint cliff]

I just tried the new master level. Autosaves are very rare now, but the game saves when you go back to the menu.

No manual saves, although you can actually do so by going back to the menus and reloading.

Confirmed?

I didn't get to the first camp.

Is there a manual save there, or is it just automatic?

How do you activate Expedition mode?

[urban basin]

Expedition mode is the no manual saves stuff for master difficulty

[next bison]

they should add it so that you need to tune your optics when you put them on

so like the longer you tune, the better, and if for example you take long distance shots, you can tune it lower/higher

thoughts on this?

[split aspen]

How's A-life looking?

[mighty lagoon]

If anyone else has this issue try this
Go to %localappdata%/NVIDIA/DXCache and delete the top 5 largest files there
Saw this in another room and it fixed the load time and stuttering. Thank you @ripe patrol

[finite dragon]

Hope you guys are enjoying the new update I'm still waiting for some more updates before I hop back on ❤️

[finite dragon]

Hey, so i haven't played the game in a long time and saw they recently updated the game. Has the mutants health pools been brought down significantly? Cause I don't want to keep killing Blood Suckers with 20 rounds of buckshot or 2 and a half magazines of any other gun.

[west escarp]

so on master mode its only autosaves? or when visiting or exiting a town does it show up as a normal save?

[drifting niche]

Manual and autosaves

[fickle apex]

numpad

[west escarp]

I might check it then if I can do manual saves on it

[celest portal]

#☢┃stalker-general message

Wait, is that the same thing idk

[west escarp]

ohhh thanks nvmmm I see that they say there is only 1 save slot

I want enemies to do more damage but I want to be able to save

[celest portal]

Nvm I'm dumb, anyways yeah only one save slot.

[worn oar]

You can save in hubs manually or after exiting it

Also, the exit to menu save is not meant to be cheesed lmao

[worn oar]

2 as far as ik

[worn oar]

If you mean play master without expedition then it won't be possible. You can still play the other difficulties without it

[west escarp]

Yeah because I like reloading to diff points of my playthrough. Ill stick with veteran. Thanks

[celest portal]

Interesting

[worn oar]

Master is meant for hard-core lovers. It's not really a must, but a choice you take if you seek more aggressive Playthrough

It didn't really feel great at first, but I grew to love it

[west escarp]

I tend to love hardcore in games. Mainly love hardcore in resident evil games.

[worn oar]

Kinda got the idea behind it and managed to adapt with the new style

No more crazy assaults

I literally calculate every step and avoid every potential death cause if my progression is way too far from my last save

I rather urge myself to safely go back to the closest base and get it all saved then go off and resume my expedition

That's why it's called expedition

[west escarp]

hmmm. I like the sound of that.

one thing that got me was that bloodsuckers hit harder seeing the trailer for 1.7. I personally didnt like that they nerfed them.

[worn oar]

Because every time you leave base, you are literally in a very tough spot where everything is trying to knock you down and makes you feel as if your life is on the line

As if you are in the zone as any other stalker who goes off for a mission and whatever he does defines his future and whether he manages to pull it off, die, or back off from it.

It's basically a game of choices

Based on pure survival

If you play as you usually do, you're toast

[west escarp]

yeah that sounds like what the game was meant to be in the first place.

[worn oar]

I died 7 times in the prologue

Had to repeat it 7 times to get it

Lmao

[west escarp]

im trying out the update with my veteran save and im already loving the ai changes. Allot more going on in the zone than before.

[worn oar]

To let off my old style and play it save where I have to just survive through

Hella

I already told everyone who asked that the game reached a milestone and its real good now

[native pike]

I am trying to start a new stalker 2 game but when i boot up the game and it load mods i get an error that the mod might be unavailible. I want to uninstall the mod so i press continue anyway and then the game crashes

[silver shuttle]

I'm having trouble with ADS sensitivity, its at 0% and its still too low. Can we modify the settings ini to take it lower?

[raw elbow]

Does anyone know how to activate the new jogging state that doesnt take stamina?

[silver shuttle]

Wait did they break sensitivity AGAIN?

[silver shuttle]

https://tenor.com/view/ken-jeong-community-too-small-to-read-read-reading-gif-5494204

[bold parrot]

Is ps5 getting mod support still? How soon after release if so?

[nimble cipher]

.null_device has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[merry stone]

A year later and still no way to remap quickslots to any 4 buttons without having to hold anything? 😠 Come on

[tawny comet]

Anybody having trouble with Stalker 2 kicking you back to Xbox main page after game data loading screen?

[stiff pasture]

Delete reserved space and unsubscribe from your mods afterwards

[tawny comet]

I did that and now the game can load but with a ton of graphical glitches

The scope on my gun has random colors popping in and out and the screen flashes white randomly. Bruh...

[worthy zodiac]

Just run without stopping. You'll enter that mode automatically as soon as you run out of stamina

[wraith socket]

https://tenor.com/view/running-man-jason-sudeikis-gif-5959419

[unreal raptor]

Mods is the only way. I hate the current hot key system. There is a reason there isn’t another like it.

[flint cliff]

I'm Italian sorry I didn't understand, what does "cheesed lmao" mean?

[worthy zodiac]

When you exit the game on master difficulty it saves your progress.
You can use it to cheat the master difficulty and save your game at any point, doesn't matter if you are in the hub or not.
That's cheating and cheating like that is "cheesing".
"lmao" means "laughing my аss off", it's same as saying "lol" basically

[wraith socket]

https://tenor.com/view/squared-it-kraft-singles-endless-ways-feast-dinner-time-gif-26254823

[flint cliff]

Ah ok thanks.

[dim topaz]

Hows the new a-life boys

[worthy zodiac]

I've started a new playthrough yesterday

Currently it's hard to say... I think people need more time to see it in action

Although it's true that I've started to notice some fights in the places where they would never happen in previous versions of the game

[dim topaz]

Does the game run any better?

[flint cliff]

So the Master level pushes you to cheat?

[worthy zodiac]

It does, actually. I think I have like 10+ fps more generally

[dim topaz]

That's pretty impressive actually

[worthy zodiac]

Not me but some people "cheese" it with that menu trick

[dim topaz]

Guess I'll see how it is

It would be pretty funny when you think about it

People in the future would go:
"What version was stalker 2 alife fixed?"
"Around 1.6 or 7."

[twin pulsar]

Any Anomaly/Gamma like mods for Stalker 2?

[flint cliff]

So you'll always keep the game on and never go into the menu?

[worthy zodiac]

I hope this is not the end and they'll implement some kind of "repopulation of the whole world no matter where you are" kind of system. It would be a "we are so back" moment for me personally

Although I really like what they are doing with the lair system. That little feature of NPCs being able to separate from the squads to join other squads or forming their own is also very cool, I've never seen anything like that in previous games or mods. Having some new features is always nice, means they are not trying to just replicate something that was already done before

[dim topaz]

Same I waw just making a 6-7 joke. It's still relevant..., right?

[worthy zodiac]

I've never understood where's the joke with these numbers... (Never tried to understand it either, lol)

[dim topaz]

Nothing. It's brainrot with no meaning.

[wraith socket]

https://tenor.com/view/mario-luigi-familygamestories-family-game-stories-greedy-luigi-gif-1643358061870485208

[worthy zodiac]

It's over...

[worthy zodiac]

I'll never exit the game before a hard encounter just in case they'll kill me so I could reload because that's not the point of the difficulty. That feature exists so you could exit your game anytime you want (in case you are distracted in real life or something) and continue later on, not for saving before hard encounters... Using that feature as a "quicksave with extra step" would be cheesing

[fair lion]

Trying out new update, I loaded an old save and now it says: "The game cant be saved now" I didn't tick any new boxes or whatever and I'm wondering if there is a way to change it

[rocky shadow]

i would care much about the repopulation (although i want it also), but more about NPC having some goals, and not just fighting for Lairs.

[worthy zodiac]

Both are good. Both are needed and would be loved. Basically, I want mount and blade inside of stalker, haha

[rocky shadow]

thats weird. I dont think you can turn on expedition mode without starting new game. Gotta be bug.

or, you are bugged in combat?

[fair lion]

Not certain, it just says I cant save at all. Just went into combat and enemies are invincible. That is weird considering I have no mods

[rocky shadow]

i dont remmmeber now, if you can save in S2 in combat or not

[rocky shadow]

hmm, something bad there

[celest portal]

You can't while in combat

[flint cliff]

Are you aware that if you die you have to redo everything you did before you died? And it could be a lot.

[rocky shadow]

then i remmember it right, i played too much of master in testing, that now, i was like "damm, do i remmember it right, or im i just confused and it works same as in OGs"

[rocky shadow]

YOu have to redo evberything after last save. ANd yeah, it can be even several hours, if you didnt go into HUB and didnt do main mission with automatic save in it

[flint cliff]

Is this the true soul of Stalker?

[rocky shadow]

its more hardcore gameplay. Stalker players love more hardcore. But you have to turn it on.

[flint cliff]

Hardcore or frustrating?

[worthy zodiac]

Yeah, that's the point. If you don't like it then it's not for you. You can "cheese" it, sure, but that's not the point of the difficulty

[flint cliff]

and what's the point?

[worthy zodiac]

No such a thing as "true soul" of stalker. You either like that difficulty or not. If you don't – it's fine, but many people like that kind of stuff. Me personally – I'm not really into "dark souls bonfire" type of checkpoints

[worthy zodiac]

To prepare for the expeditions outside of the hub and never feel safe until you are back. The penalty for dying is losing your progress and redoing what you did or trying something else. That's the point

[flint cliff]

I finished the first run yesterday only with automatic saves without saving manually and at the maximum difficulty level. The death counter read 1700.

[muted valve]

How...

[worthy zodiac]

I still haven't finished the game. Dropped it during 1.5 patch somewhere in the middle of the game, before going into the red forest

[rocky shadow]

Both. When i played it in testing period, it was frustrating at first, btu after several tries, you realise, taht you have to approach the gameplay different way, more cautious, not just rush, and you then start to rly love it. Also, when you die and lsoe progress, often, you realise, that you have to do it different way. Its frustrating, but its good. It completely changes the philosophy behind your approach and i love it.

At first, i was against expedition being tied to Master,but after some time, i completely shifted and now i feel lke Master would be bad without It. It would be too easy.

[rocky shadow]

this

[flint cliff]

So in the master level if I exit to the main menu and start playing again after an hour I'm not cheating... 😁

[rocky shadow]

nah, you not

[worthy zodiac]

If your intention is to have a savefile that you can come back to if you die – then you are "cheesing" it. Not really cheating but "abusing" the feature in an unintentional way...

And it's fine, lol

[rocky shadow]

yeah

[flint cliff]

If they wanted to be tough and pure they shouldn't have put the save at the exit of the main menu. Do you want to save before turning off your PC or console? Arrive at the camp or no save for you or wait for automatic save.

GSC have succumbed to casual gamers

[flint cliff]

Sorry but only the monolith can read my mind and my true intentions

[worthy zodiac]

The other solution is to delete the savefile as soon as you load it and replace it with your latest "hub save". That way it can't be used as a "cheese" in case you die

[oak comet]

This is how Fallout 4 survival mode works as well, but the difference is it deletes the exit save when you load it.

[worthy zodiac]

Yeah, that's how it should be in stalker 2 too

[hazy helm]

nha

it is your perogative to abuse quit saves when the system is busted

and unfun

[rocky shadow]

yeah, we said the same

[worthy zodiac]

I mean, some people really liked to play with "bonfire mod" in original games. Can't say it's unfun. But yeah, if their intention is to make it uncheesable without mods – they should do it like fallout 4 does it

[hazy helm]

the diference with bonfire save is that bonfires are strewn about in the field instead of being static and far away emplacements, this means you have a lot more saving in the field and it doesnt really force your hand

if it was NLC7 based in S2, it would be better

[worthy zodiac]

That's also fair. Still, preparing for "long expeditions" is also fun for many people. I see no issues with the difficulty as is, tbh

There are people that literally like to play ironman mode in freeplay mods so yeah

[flint cliff]

Master level then is too easy in Stalker2!

[oak comet]

I wouldn’t say that, I’ve died quite a bit to things that I wouldn’t have in Veteran.

[unreal raptor]

I think fire saving would also be a nice addition — with slowhealing. Making you spend time with stalkers at the fire feels a nice immersion/gameplay loop.

[rancid zephyr]

Hey, has the compass in master mode been permanently disabled, or is it a bug that it's not displayed?

[unreal raptor]

yeah disabled in Master

[rancid zephyr]

like it haha

[unreal raptor]

before setting out in maste mode — is it safe? I hear we only have one save, is there still many progress breaking bugs with quests etc?

[hot canopy]

A few of my mods got updated pretty much right away yesterday. Nice to see! But there are sadly some key ones I am missing. Hopefully they get updated soon!

[rapid warren]

it is

[signal grotto]

Anyone else having lighting issues since the patch?

[solid ridge]

Stalker 2 crashes on the loading screen when i turn it on.. on xbox. Literally unplayable, i have no idea whats going on

[rocky shadow]

any mods?

[solid ridge]

Yes i have mods active but i cant turn them off, because the game keeps crashing

[rancid zephyr]

Where can I find the SD cards?

[rocky shadow]

oh yeah, you are on xbox, so you cant just delete them. IDK, how to do it, i would advise to DM to Molit or someone

[solid ridge]

Molitann?

Im thinking of just uninstalling the game and reinstalling at another date. Because i’d rather not waste time trying to fix an issue i did not create myself.

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[rocky shadow]

Mol1t. Hes GSC moderator here.

[solid ridge]

I mean i could dm him, but im sure he’s busy. Can i just tag him here and ask him about my issue?

[rocky shadow]

sure

[solid ridge]

@glossy blade Hey there, ive been having an issue with stalker 2 on xbox where the game has been crashing constantly, before it was when i loaded into modded games, now my game kept crashing on the loading screen as soon as i turn on the game. Any idea on how i could maybe fix this issue? I have gone ahead and uninstalled the game for the time being, and will download it again later.

[spiral sun]

How’s update 1.7 feeling guys ?

Eagerly waiting for ps5 release

[sullen vessel]

Hello what the hell is going on with the controller sensitivity when using dualsense on pc? Is absolutely terrible. How is this so bad after so many patches man

[candid blaze]

Alife feels really exist now

[latent kite]

I can’t imagine there’s been much feedback on dualsense tbf

Submit a bug report

#s2-support

[sullen vessel]

Yeah I just cant believe how bad the controls are even when tweaking them in settings. They feel so floaty

[rocky shadow]

best patch they released

[zealous forge]

I am Hyped for PS5 Release

Anyone else got a Samsung QLED 4k Ultra HD TV and have the disc PS5 version do u guys get any screen tearing at all I just want to check that this won’t be happening ?

[drifting niche]

The patch is good. A-life updated from 0.2 to 0.8

[celest oracle]

So is there presistency or not?

When you save a random guy somewhere, will he go join in a hub or if you go far away just despawn to be never seen again?

[zealous forge]

This update was what got me to buy the game not even fallout 4 has this ai freedom where they properly travers the map and change things drastically I think that mechanic is Freaking awesome

[flint cliff]

Comparing the Shadow of Chernobyl map with the Stalker 2 one, I saw that Prypiat, in the first game, was south of the Nuclear Power Plant, while here it's northwest. Why? Is there a mistake?

[celest oracle]

No, the OG games made some changes to the layout of stuff, the placement in stalker 2 is how its is IRL.

[zealous forge]

Anomaly’s causing compass to play up I guess lol I don’t know tbh I am new to this franchise

[glossy blade]

hey, you need to delete subscribed mods on mod io

[drifting niche]

I haven't played f4 since 2015...

[zealous forge]

Dude I tried to play it not so long ago because of AE came out but the devs broke the game and now are taking ages to fix their cock ups

[solid ridge]

So i have to go to mod.io and delete them from the website?

[glossy blade]

yeah

[zealous forge]

Because of that I am trying Stalker 2 on PS5 Pro and tbh sounds right up my street as in fo4 I mostly played Survival Mode which was a dumb down version of this

[flint cliff]

Is there a mod for Stalker 2 like the more famous ones for the trilogy? For example, Anomaly?

[glossy blade]

some mods make game crash afther the update

[latent kite]

Unfortunately always the way with mods

Til creators update accordingly

[celest oracle]

Would be possible for us to get a custom difficulty setting in the future? I like everything in the master difficulty, except the saving stuff. But i want less loot and more damage, HC style.

[flint cliff]

Is good on PS5?

[rocky shadow]

everything about Alife you want to know is here described, by god tier Vati
https://youtu.be/Kc1OTaj4V8k?si=_M9T32jF5yclkdVe

[celest oracle]

yeah, i watched it, but still dont know. : D

are individual NPC have presisteny or no?

[rocky shadow]

i would say this. I have that Shays mod, that marks NPCs (the footage in video as from me actually) and when you hover over that NPC, you can see its name. Even when you are at Slag Heap, you can see, that NPCs in Lesser Zone moves and do stuff. Idk to what extent it is persistent, but its not just spawning/despawning

[celest oracle]

Because i did some testing, altough on a save thats from the realese of the game. And when i saved a guy near Zalissya, i he just sits on boxes, and if i go far enough, he just despawns. In OG games, he would go to the nearest Hub and you could find him later.

Also, there was a campfire nearbay, and i reloaded a lot, and sometimes there would be stalkers there, sometimes bandits. So its still just random spawns?

[rocky shadow]

Campfire and places around map, where they sit or spend time (not HUBs) are lairs. They are perfectly described in the video

[celest oracle]

I will watch it again, but if its, then every time you reload, you roll a dice at every Lair?

[rocky shadow]

There is still spawning mechanic, but also normal Offline Alife. When you load a save, the Lair has to be filled with NPC. The first filling is random (apart to some places), So thats why its changing

as for now, the world is not filled with NPCs and Lairs from start. Those are filled only once you visit the location (i guess its for perfomance reasons to fill the world gradualy). Thats why first seeing of Lair is spawning basicaly

[celest oracle]

So, if i find a lair with stalkers, and then save and reload they should presist?

will test it

[rocky shadow]

After you visit the place, there is actual offline Alife, where NPCs move around and fight for those lairs.

even when you are far from it

[rocky shadow]

tin theory, yes. IDK tho. Maybe some lairs are set to random, bcs persintency there is not important, while others have persistency

[celest oracle]

and what about the guy i saved? Is he just despawning?

i might add, that i might have to start a new game, as this save is from the release of the game, but i was hoping you could save NPC and they would be presistent and findable later at Hubs or someting.

[rocky shadow]

i think it depends. I dont think there is real persitency with NPCs roaming the world themselfs. Bcs its completely unnecessary (it wasnt even in OGs apart for CS). But maybe tehre is. Didnt try. Can test it tho

[celest oracle]

I think in OG games there was NPC persistency. Like i remember saving guys from away the Hubs and then they would make their way towards the Hubs, and could find them later. They often were green on your mini map even.

[rocky shadow]

Some key NPCs had it, others not

thats why ppl think, that there was persitency

[celest oracle]

Might be, but S2 should have it, if its a scripted thing. Like in this case, you can even talk with the dude, whats he doing and whatnot.

[rocky shadow]

i will test it. But imo, its completely not needed feature, bcs you wont remmember names of all NPCs you meet to know, that they are alive

Alife still doesnt have goals of NPC. It has now lair system. Those NPC will fight for lairs, they would not progress trough map with overarching goal. There is no need for persitency RN

Ok, tested it and when you save game, exit to menu and load the save, those NPC have same name and they are are at same spot. So there should be some persitency, at least for the NPCs, that roam the world

[celest oracle]

depends, im a big fan of games like KCD, and there every NPC is trackable, you can even follow them around the map, and im just the kind of player who enjoys this.

I just find it meh feeeling, when i clear and save this dude in this area, i go away to dorp my loot or whatever, i come back 5 min later, and the lair is now populated wiht random staff spawning there and no saved dude in sight.

like at least make spawning of new stuff take days.

[rocky shadow]

Ok, so after exiting menu and loading save. NPCs roaming the world, gurading the village and even sitting at lair were exact the same NPCs with same name. So its persitent

[celest oracle]

I didnt played much admittedly, but lets say, you have a mission, on the way there is a bandit lair, you clear it, and move to do your mission, when you come back are the bandits still dead or respawned again?

[celest oracle]

you have the mod enabled tho?

[rocky shadow]

its just mod, that adds markers to NPCs on map, nothing else. It doesnt change Alife behaviour in any way

[heady gate]

Should I start a new game with 1.7? I played around realease and I'm like halfway in the story

[zealous forge]

I don’t know is good ?

[bold creek]

by the reviews, runs pretty well, quality mod is 30fps but that version is maxed out in graphics, performance mode looks really well 60fps and stable only hiccups in big cities same as in PC

[unkempt wedge]

yo, cant remember but the inventory doesnt automatically sort anymore right? since like 1.5 or 1.6

[oak comet]

Just Tested, looks fixed

[tender plover]

hey guys how’s controller aim with 1.7?

[thick wolf]

I was having some issues with the Dualsense. Small inputs on the control sticks were jittery and the haptic triggers sometimes feel like bumpstocks on my single fire guns

[queen wedge]

Are the journalist stashes gone on Master difficulty? the usb that starts the quest is not in the stash.

[rocky shadow]

they are. YOu need to progress in main story for it to appear.

[queen wedge]

Thanks, was wondering if its a bug or not.

[unkempt wedge]

ty

[graceful cliff]

Well i played for....a long time last night. Got totally lost in the game for the first time in a while!!! A-life seemed really awesome, a few interactions of ppl trying to sneak up to me in rooms and i came across a few gunfights that seems much more real. The graphics looks even better somehow. so far very very impressed.

[unreal raptor]

compiling shaders skip now slow/buggy as hell?

[empty knot]

any news about the dlcs? just saw updates and it looks good, want to replay it but also want to wait for the expansions, is there a roadmap or something

[sly matrix]

There's one, but it only covers planned content before the end of the year

If we're lucky we'll get another shortterm roadmap in January

[magic patio]

So em
The stash where the Grom dum mag shall be had already being cleared by me. How the hell do I obtain this attachment now oO

[silver shuttle]

Anyone have a fix for ADS sensitivity not working?
Also, why is sensitivity so wonky? Are people actually playing with sensitivity so high they spin 6 times moving the mouse 6 inches? D:

[unreal raptor]

should try controller i have the opposite issue, so slow and sluggish. Max settings provide what feels like just below 50% sensitivity on any other game.

[mystic nova]

I’m seeing an issue on 1.7 where PDAs taken from the floow cannot be read and I think they are not even picked up, somebody has seen something similar?

[hushed blaze]

That first bloodsucker in the tutorial on hardcore... fml

[eager onyx]

Wait untill you trying to get out of the sphere. jesus christ. 1 healthpack left 2 bandages and a yellow ak is all i got.

[rocky shadow]

the sphere can be all done in stealth btw

[eager onyx]

little late for that. only 2 exits and military on both sides. but i have a bloodsucker-bro helping me out abit atleast

[hushed blaze]

I can only imagine, I just want out of the tutorial ); I swear bloodsuckers never 1 to 2 shot you x_x. Wish me luck stalkers

[eager onyx]

Good luck, and heres a rookie-tip for ya. once he start "reee`ing" head for the bunker behind you at blast him from there.

[hushed blaze]

I did that once... he got me lmfao boys fast as heeeck ill keep trying tho 🫡

I DID IT ... shocked by first scan location.. ahshhi here we go again ❤️ gl everybody

[unreal raptor]

I got lucky and put him down with the AR from hip fire. Ran straight past the poltergeist in the boat after. No thanks.

[hushed blaze]

Frfr loot aint gonna be worth it. Once I get to the town im set to handle this save system but im still in the tutorial feeling like "LET ME IIIIN"

[unreal raptor]

Hahah I skipped rescuing thingy from the boiler room. Straight to town for the save game. Then back out.

I kinda like it. I’m feeling way more on edge and calculated. Before it was COD with infinite medkits aka heal button.

[eager onyx]

fuuuck me. spent a good amount of time clearing a checkpoint then i get oneshot by a trip -grenade

[magic patio]

Anybody found more stashes with the Grom drum mag?

[viral garden]

-- never mind, found issue.

[flint cliff]

In Master Level, at a certain point, if you don't eat, your health starts to drop. Was this the case before the update?

[eager onyx]

I belive so

[flint cliff]

Sure?

I have the Ultimate version and recently started a new game on the hardest difficulty. Why doesn't the Journalist bonus mission activate?

[thick wolf]

I don't believe so. I think I heard a youtuber say it was new

[thick wolf]

someone earlier said you need to progress the main quest to a certain point

[magic patio]

Anybody found more stashes with the Grom drum mag?

[humble willow]

this game is ass compared to gamma, especially controls. why do i even have to hold quick access slot buttons

and when you stop holding it half way through the other item gets used

[worn oar]

https://tenor.com/view/braindead-cat-brain-damage-gif-583403308765934478

[celest portal]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1238970017329189024/1302524795937755188/ezgif-7-5875e47d1e.gif

[humble willow]

also motion blur slider and take all items button doesnt work

how is this even possible after a year since release

[humble willow]

boxes started flying through walls and killed me, then my game crashed

nah

[celest portal]

Poltergeists seemed a bit bugged for some people during this update

[humble willow]

this shit is sad

[celest portal]

ok

[oak comet]

Burers too, got attacked by 3 of them at the depot in garbage, scary af

[celest portal]

They can throw stuff through walls ? ?

[oak comet]

Yes

[oak comet]

They were throwing corpses of ward too, the thrown corpses got stuck in walls lmao

[light hollow]

local gamer compares Stalker to Gamma, gets obliterated in the process

[zinc apex]

Real gamers play soupmods

[unreal raptor]

All of his points are also valid.

[blissful axle]

anyone else find there are still not much npcs that spawn?

[unreal raptor]

The hold ‘quick’ controls suck.
The new bugs with mutants suck.
The fact it’s a year sucks.

I like the new update so far though but still feel like early access tester playing it.

[light hollow]

the fact that they come from gamma sucks too, but what can I do hehehe xdxdxd

[nimble cipher]

dameinu_mookon has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[eternal dome]

How is the fps looking on mid-low hardware in 1.7?

Specifically in very big story fights and camps

[long aspen]

Try this in #pc-specs and give your PC's spec. They might be able to help.

[thick wolf]

who changed my server alias 😂

[keen bone]

Am I right to understand radiation makes you lose life as soon as you are on even one bar

[thick wolf]

that's how it seemed to me too. not sure if it's intended to be that way

[dim topaz]

Hasnt changed much for me, it might even be running worse tbh

[blissful jackal]

I found 4 in that basement.

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[runic elm]

should i switch over to master mode????????? i want a challenge but idk if its the kinda thing where its challenging by being a pain in the ass

[oak wyvern]

Hows the a life in the new update? Also...why do I keep crashing when trying to get to pripyat?

[blissful jackal]

YES, DO MASTER

[runic elm]

kk!

IT DOESNT LET ME CHANGE IT TO MASTER IM STUCK AT VET

[blissful jackal]

Gotta make a new save Mills.

You know what you must do.

[runic elm]

oh hell nawh im not redoing all that just for master ill wait until someone makes a mod that lets you change it or something

[blissful jackal]

You have too, it LOCKS you in Master.

I feel like someone would break the game really bad if they published a mod like that.

[celest portal]

Speaking of, I started a new save but forgot about that new mode. Might as well restart as I have not gotten far in the game yet. I feel like it's not going to turn out too well tho.

[blissful jackal]

Im 12 n' a half hours in and I just got sent to Wild Island.

[runic elm]

its a mod, very much optional. sure theres a way to do it from the files or something

[blissful jackal]

Lemme ask you this, what do you truly have to lose?

[runic elm]

50 hours of gameplay

[blissful jackal]

You DO get 3 save slots.

[runic elm]

i know but i wanna beat the game not ping pong between saves

[blissful jackal]

You...you haven't...

That explains EVERYTHING

[runic elm]

no it didnt fit on my ssd forever and i had to upgrade ssd to play the game 😭

[blissful jackal]

Oh then ur good. Beat the gane first THEN play on Master Diff.

[runic elm]

and im not very well off financially so it took quite a while before i had the funds

[blissful jackal]

It'll be soooooo much better I promise. Just beat the game first. Dwell on your ending, then get ready for your Master run. If ur already on Vet, you'll make it in Master Diff no prob.

[runic elm]

YAY

[blissful jackal]

I wanna know who ur gonna choose tho. But I cant be specific in here.

[celest portal]

I haven't played the game in nearly 6 months, wonder how well I'll do.

[blissful jackal]

I've been warming up for about 2 weeks.

[runic elm]

thats the thing i only on ||dead frequency|| so i have no clue what ur on abt 😭 unless ive already made the choice and forgot

[celest portal]

Betting one corn chip that I will die in around 5 minutes or less to something very dumb.

[blissful jackal]

|| Did you meet yet? ||

[runic elm]

i dont belive i have met the man yet

[celest portal]

[blissful jackal]

Then you arent that far. Keep going.

You got this, Monolith guide your feet.

[runic elm]

ALTHOUGH ive met || ||

[blissful jackal]

How you liking the homie ||Richter|| tho? Isnt he the most adorable lovable dude in The Zone?

[runic elm]

honestly i keep forgetting abt him until i see him

[celest portal]

You said you're on ||dead frequency||? Yeah you're not that far in the game yet.

[runic elm]

im aware, this game is long asl

[blissful jackal]

I forgor what that quest was.

[celest portal]

Omg Richter mentioned

[blissful jackal]

I KNOW WHERE YOU ARE NOW

Monolith protect you in these next few missions. They're going to be..."painful"