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[crisp lintel]

I just found an artifact in a thermal pit that I sold for about 4K but the cost to repair my gear was about 20k lol

[worthy zodiac]

You can sell the flashdrive, it won't remove anything from the map or notes or sidequests

[frigid nimbus]

rate equipment for midgame: full upgraded dnipro, base saiga, psz 12v bulat and skif pistol

[worthy zodiac]

It's true that Alife was unbaked in original games but let's not forget that the base was already there. It's easy to slander original games for being unfinished mess but let's be real, CS had something that HoC definitely didn't have during 1.0-1.6 versions: true persistence + true offline Alife + the ability to spawn stalkers in their hubs no matter where you are on the map. Even SoC had a solid base – that's how something like AMK mod was possible in the first place. Stalker 2 didn't have anything close to that base until now (And I'm still not sure if it has it now)

[bold parrot]

Is ps5 update out?

[worthy zodiac]

What do you mean?

You can play it on PS5 already, if that's what you meant

[bold parrot]

Hotfix patch 👍

[crisp lintel]

I haven’t received the ps5 hotfix yet. Maybe tomorrow?

[onyx kettle]

It's not slander, lol.

We all loved the OG games even though they all had huge issues.

The point is that Stalker was always like this since Day 1. People acting like those issues didn't exist either have nostalgia glasses, forget how much mods fixed, or both.

I played through all three originals leading up to S2. And I tried them all without mods for as long as I could bear it.

You absolutely needs mods for a good experience with the originals.

ALife never worked properly.

If anything people shit on S2 unfairly as if the originals didn't have these kinds of issues the entire time.

[languid mist]

Hello, anyone knows what is the update bringing to the table ?

[toxic smelt]

Hotfix

[frank vector]

its got the underfold stock from the AKMS and not a side folding tubular stock

[celest goblet]

IDK. They made it that way? We still have the Viper-5 with the ejection on the wrong side because that's how it's been. The guns are not necessarily made true to life

[stiff pasture]

A lot of em have stylistic twists.

The Carmel (Kharod) is an SBR.

The MP5 (Viper) has the ejection port on the same side as the trilogy.

The AK74U has that stock.

It ain’t rocket science, it looks cool

[onyx kettle]

Indeed, in the Stalker universe that's the model that made it to The Zone for whatever reason we'll probably never know.

The lack of proper picatinny rail compatibility is a bigger issue imho.

[frigid nimbus]

which artifacts can spawn in the claw zone

[terse swallow]

load up save after reinstalling for 1.7
still stuck inside skadovsk
close game
uninstall again

[frigid nimbus]

whats the best way to kill burers

[long aspen]

Where is Skadovsk?

[terse swallow]

zaton

Beard's ship in the swamps

[jolly basalt]

wait for them to stop using the force & shoot many times

[long aspen]

Hmmm, I don't know much about beard's ship. Unfortunately I have work today. Will see if I can check it out before the weekend.

Engage, take cover, wait for shield to wear off, shoot a couple of times, pick up your weapon, take cover. Continue like this till he is dead or your weapon of choice kills you.

[grand heath]

bro what the hell did they do to mods

[long aspen]

Discord $#@t the bed, I am not dealing with this peace.

[hexed leaf]

no idea, they haven't told us anything

[grand heath]

i am going nuts my guy

i love this game but the weapon balance is pure cheeks

[frigid nimbus]

when should i start reppairing my stuff

[north nebula]

Any advice on how to tackle the death cave? Or is it not even worth it?

[fathom bramble]

Is this level of physical protection correct with this armor + helmet? Seems to much

https://gyazo.com/9fbd187c318fdc43a2a86292cd886909

[wise flume]

Pretty much... You got garbage starter mask, it's not going to do much.

[past basalt]

Get out using the guide. Spend sometime somewhere else before going back to Skadovsk, doors will work next time.

[terse swallow]

no

its been over a year gsc need to fix their shit

[light adder]

How is fps in Rostok on ps5 quality/performance mode anyone test it out?

[rocky shadow]

just for you to know, every game out there, when there is new patch, the mods will broke until they are updated to the new patch. Thats normal in gaming

[worthy zodiac]

My point isn't "Alife was perfect in the OGs". My point is "Alife in OGs had some very critical features that definitely weren't here in Stalker 2 1.0-1.6". You DON'T NEED mods to experience the persistence in all of the three games. You DON'T NEED mods to experience offline combat in the entire zone in Clear Sky. And if you wanted - you could expand on the system that already existed because it had a good base to do that. If there's no good base – there's no possibility of making a fancy mod that uses that base. That's why GSC was the only hope for Stalker 2 and I'm glad we can finally see some good results in 1.7

[grand heath]

I get that my guy but the 1.7.1 quite literally doesn't even have patch note, Ive asked 2 or 3 modders what's going on with the compatability issues and even they don't know. It's so bad texture mods are crashing my game.

[rocky shadow]

i will say this. We should compare finishe patched game with finished patched game.
Secondly, they are basicaly doing same progress as they did with OGs. Trough the development of SoC, then SC and then CoP, they learned what to do and what not to do. How to properly use the engine and what game mechanics change.
They are now at SoC step. Which had very bare Alife. But witch patching, they are changing some mechanics, bcs they learned, that they are bad. Once the DLC will come, it will surely bring something like CS did, aka much more developed things, bcs they knew more about the engine and what to do and what not to do.

In a sense. as i said, they are doing the same progress as before. I bet, that after UE update and maybe with DLC, a bigger Alife will come to the game and it will be change simmilar to fromSoC to CS levels.,

[rocky shadow]

Which is irelevant. Even small changes can make big issues. Game has data in packs and even one line or little small change can change whole pak file, which would destroy the mod compatilibty. As i said, its completely normal

unfortunate, but normal

[grand heath]

Man I just hope gsc starts documenting the smaller patches so this can be worked out. Most of my mods worked with 1.7, after yesterday nearly every mod makes my game crash. Even ones that only replace textures

[sly viper]

yet still theres a lot inconsistency of NPCs not liking a muzzle in the face before talking to you in S2

in OG trilogy i would be beaten to death for nagging and flaggin them

[worthy zodiac]

I get that. All I'm trying to say is that OGs weren't perfect but they had a good base. It's obvious that S2 isn't finished as of right now and, I hope, it'll get better but it was also natural to be skeptical about the future of A-life during all that time after release, it was natural to compare the current state of S2 with previous titles. Simple as

[flint cliff]

I became paranoid about the bug given the previous misadventures affected by bugs that have happened to me.

I'll be vague to avoid spoilers:
One of the initial main missions involves going to the slag hills technician for the first time who then tells you to go to his lab and check it out.
The laboratory is closed by a door that requires an electronic card to be opened, I had the thrill that the technician had to give you that card directly at the beginning since I couldn't find anything on site, ergo I asked chat gbt about that mission and reading the first lines I saw that he doesn't give it to you but you have to find it. I closed the chat, without going any further, to start looking for the card which I haven't found yet.
I didn't remember anything about it since I already finished the first run days ago...

[rocky shadow]

well yeah, deffinitely

[rocky shadow]

dont look for card, There is a way to get in without needing it. Thats all i will say to not spoiler.

[flint cliff]

Thanks

[flint cliff]

If you're talking about that entrance where the explosive anomaly is on display, I've already tried dying 100 times

[rocky shadow]

You want to activate the anomaly and once it appears, you want to turn other way and get far from it, and once it blast, you can go that way again. So, just go there and once it appeary, get aways from it and then, you can go the original way again. Its tricky this one

[south spear]

I have to help yurko fantomas to get his friends body out of an anomaly field , not supposed to “loot the dead” but can’t drag the body unless I fully loot it ?

[finite dragon]

Yeah this is a bug that they are still yet to fix. They are aware of it afaik.

[rocky shadow]

its bugged

[thick wolf]

Only take his PDA from his pocket, you'll be able to carry him then and the guy doesn't consider that looting

[rancid zephyr]

Oh we have 6,8 gb update ? someone know patchnote´s ?

[thick wolf]

ps5?

[rancid zephyr]

pc

[thick wolf]

some random bug fixes mostly... but not the important ones like unreachable artifacts and poltergeists wall hacking

there are some patch notes (and story spoilers) in gsc-answers

[finite dragon]

Probably a stab in the dark here but do you know if there is any info on when they will fix them bugs.

[covert stone]

is there any rough time frame of when the engine upgrade is releasing

unsure if I wanna hop back on now or wait for engine upgrade

[thick wolf]

not sure sorry, I'm honestly surprised they weren't in yesterday's patch

[thick wolf]

maybe this year, probs early next year. It's greatly improved now from release even without the engine upgrade though

[muted valve]

probably this week

[thick wolf]

hope so

[finite dragon]

Me too man. I’ve been keeping a mental note of the places I need to revisit to pick up the Artifact

[finite dragon]

Fingers crossed that would be awesome if they can push out another hotfix this week

[unreal raptor]

yeah another hotfix on the wallhacks and artefacts is needed asap. Embarrasing with PS5 release, us PC cucks are used to this treatment. I feel sorry for the new kids just getting used to the pain of being a Stalker fan.

[crisp lintel]

Maybe the artifact glitch is to secretly stop players getting too rich lol. But seriously it’s made me much poorer than I should be

[muted valve]

truth, pc gamers are always the alpha testers

[unreal timber]

Anyone know if the sight issue is fixed?

[quartz sequoia]

I got SoC on release and it was pretty fun not being able to play the game at all for the first couple of months because of the bugs

Was way worse than 2 on launch tbh

[pallid tundra]

Whats the status on thatMP BR mode😆

[celest goblet]

Well, happy anniversary GSC. Hard to make it 30 years in this business as an independent studio

[near dove]

Yo guys is the game good yet

[celest goblet]

I'd say pretty good, with some caveats. Still only going to get better I think.

Annoying bugs in 1.7 need to be patched but they were in the kitchen on optimizations

PS5 version seems to be received well since they didn't have to deal with a year of bugs, broken features, and worse performance

[serene roost]

At least Stalker 2 did run on launch... Poorly and game was melting after institute, but it was playable. Mostly.

If PC/Xbox players got game in same condition as it is right now in 1.7, it would've been GOTY candidate easily, considering that there's not that many good open-world singleplayer FPS games that aren't Far Cry.

[covert stone]

oh fr? if optimisation is much better will hop back on

[celest goblet]

It will vary based on your system and settings but ~20% higher fps doesn't seem uncommon. And less stuttering generally

Rostok and other big hubs are still lower but I'm still usually around 60 or higher on high settings

So basically getting the performance actually advertised in the recommended specs now

[serene roost]

There is Digital Foundry video where they took footage - in general anywhere between 5 to 20 FPS boost depending on scene and load.
I am now able to play the game on Epic settings at 2k native at ~60 FPS or slightly less with Adaptive Sync smoothing everything

[celest goblet]

(I'm running a 7700X and RTX 3070 with 32 GB RAM)

[covert stone]

sweet

[serene roost]

I'm running Core i5-12600K and RX 9070

[covert stone]

got a 4070 super and 7800x3d so should be grand, but on 1440p ultrawide

[serene roost]

Yeah, it should run well

And if it doesn't you can always adjust settings or just put DLSS to Quality - it should be good enough IMO

[light hollow]

And theres an engine upgrade incoming btw.
Maybe for next year, but it will be coming

[covert stone]

yeah ik was asking about that originally

[serene roost]

I hope it will go well but even right now we have fairly decent upgrade over what was even in 1.6 performance-wise, I'm not even starting on things like Quality of Life improvements, actually somewhat working Stealth and generally better behavior. Also game fully supports PS5 gamepad - Gyro aiming, speaker, lights for status and detector, adaptive triggers and touch panel

and it supports that on PC as well

[celest goblet]

The newly enhanced a-life has some funny interactions with the world like a new field of corpses in zaton where there's a psi field

People wander in offline and either die or get turned into zombies then shot

I guess everyone going through there has the same brain cell count as the freedom guys from SoC who walk into an electro in single file after fighting Skull's group

[serene roost]

I had very funny moment - I go to Ward checkpoint near their camp at Zaton, and there's only like 3 alive Ward guys and Snork roams around like a dog and doesn't care about anyone.

[celest goblet]

I guess tbf I wandered into the same field to loot all the dead guys for a bit before I went "oh wait this is probably a psi field"

Ultimate stalker honeypot

[serene roost]

also I had a moment where I got into a fight against group of bandits only for another group of bandits to come and start shooting at bandits that were shooting at me

[nimble cipher]

comradeceri has been warned

Reason: snorking

[frank vector]

do we know if they have plans to add freelook?

[ember vale]

I just wanna be able to look behind me in less than 4 seconds on ps5

[unreal raptor]

Obvs not play tested with the mutants. It’s impossible to kill them effectively on controller at the moment. Need up to about 4x sens.

[ember vale]

100% yes. I’m learning keyboard and mouse cause controller is unplayable. Got my gaming mouse shipped should be at home when I get off work

[coarse sparrow]

Zalysia hub still runs horrible in 1.7

I am on 4060 and outside I can get 60-70 fps that are really stable

Inside the hub its 39-42

[celest oracle]

I mean, how well should it run on a med GPU? No offense. Also it's mostly on the CPU in hubs.

[coarse sparrow]

I expect the game to be consistent

losing -50% of frames is not that

[celest oracle]

What kind of CPU you have?

[coarse sparrow]

ryzen 7 7725

[celest oracle]

Um, is this a laptop CPU? even google can't find it.

[coarse sparrow]

ye

[celest oracle]

It should be 7735 no?

[light hollow]

What are your games settings btw?

[light hollow]

Also yes, its that one

[coarse sparrow]

they are mostly mid-high, I played on these settings in 1.0, except I think I cranked DLSS up to performance and turn off frame gen due to input lag

[coarse sparrow]

7725hs I think

oh yeah, its 35 not 25

[light hollow]

Yeah I wanted to see if it was a vram issue, but doesnt seem like

Maybe lower stuff to medium, mostly texture, just in case

[coarse sparrow]

anyway, its a pretty good cpu, rans cpu intensive games like Tarkov pretty good

[celest oracle]

I can't find any cpu named like that, but I think that's the issue.

[coarse sparrow]

try 7735hs ryzen 7

[light hollow]

The town is just fps killer thats for sure, not much to do with it

[coarse sparrow]

doubt that

[coarse sparrow]

yeah, sucks, I guess I need to cope and turn on frame gen

[light hollow]

Check if theres a way to turn on nvidia reflex too

[celest oracle]

Maybe he has the 4060 with 8gb VRAM, that also could be an issue in hubs no?

[celest oracle]

Frame gen will only help you of you are consistently above 60, but it worth a try.

[light hollow]

It would drop more imo

[celest oracle]

Yeah probably, I think it's just cpu limit. Every cpu has a bad time in hubs, the only good thing that frame gen can help with cpu limit.

[finite dragon]

I just done this and it worked. Thanks for the tip dude. Also did you notice there is 2 PDAs for bubbs, one next to his body and the one in his pocket?

[soft sky]

yep

just put it in your stash or sell it

[hearty compass]

Yep even with 9800X3D and 4070 Super factory overclocked I get between 62-70fps in Zalissya lmao, if it rains tough luck down to 55 I go

[finite dragon]

Sold both 😂

[fallow barn]

Hi, did i guys get an "update" of 100+ GB? I already have my game updated to 1.17 but this moring i try to play and boom update, anyone else got it?

[hearty compass]

Yeah it was a hotfix

[cyan hazel]

Hey everyone. I wanted to ask a question, but I'm not sure if this is the right place to post it. Sorry if it isn't. Yesterday I installed the PS5 version. But the patch information shown in the program details before launching the game is for version 1.4, not 1.7. Is the version numbering different on PS5? Thanks for any answers.

[south spear]

Controllers can drop your gun into the ground ?

[thick wolf]

The PS5 app version is different yeah.

You should still see details about the 1.7 update on the main menu

[thick wolf]

^

[cyan hazel]

Thanks for the reply. I was going crazy.

[thick wolf]

np, mine is the same as you and it's definitely the 1.7 update

[latent kite]

Burers, yes

But not skifs pistol

[grim rivet]

Major performance updates wen plz GCS plios plazse wen

[long aspen]

What are you playing on?

[flint cliff]

The lure of the new difficulty level, the many unexplored areas, and the expedition mode was strong, so after spending five months, 400 hours, and seeing one of the four endings, I started playing again. But after wandering around the Lower Zone, I began to think I might overdose and abandon the second playthrough, so I decided to wait a few months before returning.

In this case, is it better to follow your instincts or let reason prevail and put the game on hold?

[worthy zodiac]

I wouldn't touch it until all the dlcs come out so you could have some fresh experience

Unless you are interested in seeing all the progress GSC makes with each update

[ripe patrol]

id probably wait a month or so after ur5.5 and try out all the new mods

then play again with DLCs

[somber juniper]

framegen forces Reflex on DLFG

[rancid zephyr]

Are there differences in spawn chance between the large and small safes, or generally for all hideouts? Or can everything be found everywhere? Or is there more and better loot in safes?

[flint cliff]

DLCs WHEN?

[rocky shadow]

officialy next year

[ripe patrol]

Tomorrow

The Sidorovich Strip club update

[celest goblet]

Last week

[south spear]

With the budmo! Side quest in garbage , I’m not supposed to steal from the stashes and put a vodka in each , what would happen if I did steal all the stashes ?

[grizzled herald]

you will have to kill the owner in the end. There is also a third option

[terse jay]

The guy who it is meant for will attack you accusing you of thievery if iirc. You can steal from them after the quest is completed.

[grizzled herald]

I believe all stashes are empty after the quest

[south spear]

Thx guys , I will just leave their stuff 😂 I saw a nice detector and my greed made me doubt myself

[south spear]

Wait what is 3rd?

[grizzled herald]

Yes, it's the morality check 😅 I hate killing innocent npcs so I did the same... If you have some to spear add an anti rad to the vodka 😉

[terse jay]

In previous patches they retained the loot including vodka I placed. Might be why the quest became active when I completed it. That was 1.3 or something

[south spear]

To each stash ? I only have 2
Is it worth to buy a 3rd and put them in?

Ik this is no spoilers , but I play on ultimate so don’t really have the ability to load previous saves that much

[grizzled herald]

I honestly don't know how much the reward changes, did the quest a long time ago, but it gives a different dialog in the end you also just need to do two stashes because he will wait at the third.

[south spear]

Thx! I’ll just go for it

[south spear]

Any sequence I have to go past the stashes or will he show up at the last one I do

[muted valve]

he'll show up at the last one

[grizzled herald]

he will stand next to it that's why you also only can steal 2 of 3 (at least back then the third was empty but maybe that changed)

[unreal raptor]

I wish we had a random amount of effects on artefacts, making it a little RNG for the effects how much they give a benefit. Bit more variety on what you find.

[south spear]

Is it possible to get the eco suit at the factory if i already left , in the cutscene he closes a door and you have to drop down to exit so I’m not sure if i can get back there

When you just enter garbage and have to do the mission

[tropic cobalt]

Leaning to the left/right... is it even worth doing?

[light hollow]

When you get a couple of people shooting at you, cover behind a wall and lean. It will help you to not get hit

[unreal raptor]

the 20-30 rats spawning together. is this a bug?

[grizzled herald]

the tiny ones that explode like a beautiful slideshow? they are normal

[unreal raptor]

they need to sort the Depot out , bandits just placed all facing the same way. The place is useless.

[sly matrix]

Yeah they only get used in the ward story line

[finite dragon]

I stole em and pawned off half his stuff

[ripe thorn]

I've been there yesterday and it functions normally for me...
But I'm not siding with ward so it's just a location with non-aggressive bandits for me

They react to attackers tho and warded off some mutants and a military patrol

[unreal raptor]

What do you mean by normal? Are they just standing facing walls? Or do they have routines?

[ripe thorn]

They have routines

[south spear]

Can i sell nestors flash drive , like the pdas and notes etc ? Or does someone want it

It’s not marked as a quest item but I don’t want to mess anything up cuz I’m playing on ultimate

[zinc apex]

you can sell these. all notes will go up into your pda on collection

[unreal raptor]

How weird my guy’s just stand here like statues.

[ripe thorn]

You intrigued me I'll double check

[finite dragon]

A big score side mission.. when I get to the car park it’s empty and akopyan is dead? Anyone experienced this?

[eager onyx]

Game crashes without unreal engine report. is mods still a issue? do i have to wait untill GSC patches the game again before i can play?

[plain jay]

Anyone found a good mod to skip the intro? I want to do Expedition but not go through the opening again

[viral garden]

There are 2 mods, one for skip intro and one for starting directly in zalissya (on steam)

[undone iron]

Guys after a year its time to play the game on 1.7?

[magic arch]

There should be an award in steam called rugpull

[magic arch]

The game is still half baked wait until they finish the roadmap

[lean crystal]

Guys quick question, I haven't played since I think 1.3 and even then that was briefly, but did they ever add wounded enemies into the game like in the older games? And do other NPCs execute them after battle like in previous games? I really can't remember

[oak comet]

They do get wounded, rarely. There's no execution like in the older games, the npcs just shoot at them until they're dead.

[lean crystal]

Okay thanks for the update, last few games I played through were the OG trilogy and you often see the factions walk over and talk some shit before they execute

[spiral sun]

After 45 hours on PS5 and my first time playing stalker, I can say with no shadow of a doubt this is one of the best games I’ve ever played and in my top 3.

Kudos to the team. And run amazingly for me. I feel fortunate this is the version I get to enjoy as everything I hear about the bugs and issues are unseen for me. Only issue I’ve had are artefacts spawning beneath the floor here and there.

And NPC not moving occasionally like they don’t know what to do.

And NPC shooting at the wall when there’s an enemy on the other side.

And twice encountered stalkers just sitting around the campfire playing guitar while being shot at and I’m engaging the firefight behind them.

Solid 9/10 (NVG are phenomenal. The sound when you turn them on is 👌🏻- reminds me of OG COD)

[toxic smelt]

W opinion

[worthy zodiac]

Same. Basically, artifact hunting could become similar to fishing in all of these stardew valley-like games. Imagine that there are various types of artifacts with their unique names and all (like we have right now) but then you also have many different modificators with different % for each modificator (you can even make some of them visual)

But yeah, I doubt many people will agree with me on that one because that kind of stuff can be considered a bloat that has no place in the game

[formal ibex]

Same here,the shooting actually requires strategy and the atmosphere is GODLIKE

Tbh its top 3 in the last 20 years for me along with Dark souls 1 and Witcher 3

[drifting niche]

Damn, fix the bug with artifacts

[spiral sun]

Solid bro! Witcher 3 is one of mine and (drum roll) Dragon Age 2.

Yeah the atmosphere is sooooooooo good.

[mystic nova]

This, I have not played since patch came out because of it 😓

[sharp minnow]

hotfix today i hope

[opal torrent]

Anyone played Master Difficulty with Unlimited Mod?

[rocky shadow]

its almost finished. Just three points are missing

(i meant roadmap, not game)

[open tartan]

Hi. Is there sync between PS and PC version?

[thick wolf]

Don't think so

[zinc apex]

You're welcome. PC players did all the beta testing for ya guys

[zinc apex]

what's still missing?

[rocky shadow]

Binoculars, UE update, Extended day/night cycle (although cycle was in 1.6 update i think, there is no significat change, so we presume, that there will be some change in next patch presumably)

[zinc apex]

Ah yea, you're right

New quests also missing

[rocky shadow]

yes

[late quartz]

where can i report new bugs since 1.7.1?

[celest goblet]

#s2-support

[south spear]

Do I have to do varan’s quest after I’ve talked to him or can I still kill him , not sure if I want to choose a faction yet or is that not what this is ?(since both targets are getting backed by different factions)

[spiral sun]

I know! Super grateful! 🙏🏻

[flint nexus]

1.7 should be blowing my socks off but with these bugs my socks only sorta slip off: objects hurled by poltergeists and burers passing through walls/geometry and smashing into my face, somewhat overtuned A-Life spawns such as burer hordes in the garbage zone, whatever is causing dead bodies to be scattered outside randomly in populated friendly areas, and artifacts getting stuck beneath the ground

[celest portal]

Damn, the burers are holding meetings ? ? The Zone is fr cooked now.

[flint nexus]

that's why it needs to be fixed, don't want them meeting up and getting any funny ideas

[celest goblet]

I have not encountered the burer convention myself but that sounds quite funny

[burnt prairie]

||This is not a spoiler||

[flint cliff]

I'm at a point where, after 400 hours of my first run, I still want to do a second run, but at Master level, but I'm afraid of burning out. What do I do?

[grizzled herald]

If you want to do a second run, do a second run.
I'm on my third after 450 hours

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[grizzled herald]

You too!

[celest portal]

If you aren't burnt out you should just go for that second run

[safe badge]

Thanks. Love you buddy ❤️

[south spear]

Just got the ward badge but not the special AK?

[tiny token]

You can finish your first playthru, take a break and then have a second playthrough with master on 1.8 or whatever

[sly matrix]

You only get the AK if you sided with Gaffer in Zalissya

[mystic nova]

fix for artifacts spawning underground today? 👀

[quaint knoll]

When is the new ue update coming so i can plan to replay it?

[celest goblet]

TBD. My guess is it will slip to early 2026 though

[quaint knoll]

Good enough

[celest goblet]

They made a lot of their own additions to 5.1 so they presumably have to make all of those compatible with the new version to port the game

[quaint knoll]

i know its hard work, lets just hope it will come out before gta vi xD

[sour meteor]

Does anyone know if stalker 2 went on sale last Christmas? With the new update and fixes to the game i think its just the time to buy the game.

[sharp minnow]

Hotfix today!

[sour meteor]

Ik its on sale rn but I dont have money for it

[celest goblet]

I think there was a very slight discount last Christmas. Might be a discount again during the winter sale

[sour meteor]

Ohh i completely forgot about the steam winter sale.

[celest goblet]

GOG also does one if you prefer to get it that way. If it is on sale on one I assume it would be on the other too

[sour meteor]

Ive had my first pc for a year, im not rlly sure what the hell gog is lol. Heard of it and ik u buy games from there but thats it

But I prefer having all my games on steam anyway.

[celest goblet]

Its another storefront that specializes in selling classic games ready to play on modern systems and all are DRM free

[sour meteor]

I see. Well, hopefully stalker 2 goes on sale for at least -30% this winter.

Do you know if it ever was bellow 30%?

[celest goblet]

No and I doubt it will go lower than that for quite a while

[sour meteor]

Well, I think 40€ is worth it for stalker 2. And since the game is far from being updated its even better

[flint cliff]

I've seen some side quests disappear if you don't activate them right away, like the one for finding a Stalker's rifle when you first arrive at Slag Hill. Can't they be retrieved?

Unforgiving Zone Mod e Real Days Mod works on 1,7

[south spear]

I have 48 K is it worth it to buy the GEN 1 nvgs for 40K?

[wraith socket]

No, not when you can get it for free.

[frank vector]

Why did a blood sucker in the underground part of a building not get killed by the spark anomoly he ran through 🙁

[finite jungle]

Depends on where your at in story you can get a free set from a side mission but i didn’t find him until i already had gen 1s

[naive wagon]

You can get all the NVG's for free if you hunt around...

[naive wagon]

You also have to complete The Road to Salvation by rescuing the prisoner. Otherwise you get a punch in the head but no gun

[sullen dew]

Hey guys I was having some issues with the uetools console, it CTD as soon as I move the files in the mods folder. Is there any other way to load a console up? (need for other mods I have downloaded that are compatible with 1.7)

[grim parcel]

Hey, I just got the PS5 version and have no idea how to use the holemaker-L attachment is anyone able to tell me how to use it after attaching it?

[light adder]

New patch: fixed the issues where bugs should've implemented

[toxic smelt]

Weapon Wheel and down on the d-pad

Same as Grenade Launchers

[grim parcel]

I’ve attached it just don’t know how to use it😅

[toxic smelt]

Yeah that's how you use it if you have shotgun ammo

Weapon Wheel and Down on the D-pad and if you have ammo it's the same as any other weapon

[nimble cipher]

shade4747 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[karmic rune]

Master difficulty need to have save system or its just a non-playable at all. You can die instatny in very random way in this game. after 2h of this mode. Big nope. I don't want to lose a 30-60min of playetime because of random stuff.

[bold oxide]

saves at trader hubs

[crisp lintel]

Another day another artifact underground. This time at the conjoined wagons in yaniv

[bold oxide]

or bases and during certain story missions

simply just get better and dont die

if someone can play every darksouls game and that back to back without dying once, you shall be able to play and expect the worst, just always go slow

[karmic rune]

I'm good at this game. But you can't predict everything. Typical artififact hunt, one wrong step and you die in anomaly.

I've already completed that game twice on Veteran, amost 300h of game. I know exacly what to do. But that is just riddiclous stupid.

[bold oxide]

always be prepared, and getting money from looting guns off of dead bodies you killed is more profitable than a common and uncommon and some rare artifacts in master

and if you have 300h you should know where that free liquid rock is, and compass artifact spawns in those easy to navigate grav anomalies

in master these will probably be the only ones you need

maybe the thunderberry too

but grav anamolys cover more of the map in random areas than the other

in veteran mode having compass and a good amount of physical protection can render most grav anomalies useless even in early game

if you need early game good gear try to grab the seva-d or do the rostok arena exploit

[karmic rune]

Still - no save system at all it's unplayable. I'm not a teeneger with tons of time. I got things to do in life, but still Veteran difficulty in my opinion is TOO EASY because how easyly you can get loot. I want simething like a MASTER but with a save system.

[bold oxide]

saves at campfires would be nice

[karmic rune]

I know there is a fan mods that allows save in MASTER difficulty, but that turn off achivements.

[bold oxide]

there are mods that mimic the hardness of master i believe

oh wait you want achievements, master difficulty doesnt give any special achievements

[vernal mountain]

Maybe get the mod that enables achievements again. It's a single player game, play it how you like it

[karmic rune]

There should be save system at demand, maybe not just "press F5" but maybe - play a guitar? Saves at campfires? ANYTHING that allows to save the gameprogres before you know there will be a hard part. I don't lose a life on this game just because there is no saves at all. But in fact - i want to have that kind of experience but WITH SAVE SYSTEM

and maybe Dev should think to add a save system to MASTER DIFFICULTY but if some one is so obsesed with that, create a similar one, call it "NO LIFE DIFFICULTY" for those who are masohists.

[bold oxide]

how does a mod like that even work

[vernal mountain]

Sounds like you want mods

[bold oxide]

well the point of master is to not have any way to manually save except for traders hubs and special story mission points

just walk your lil ahh to yaniv or sm

[vernal mountain]

There's one on nexus mods, you can take a look for yourself

[rocky shadow]

Master would be too easy, if you could save normaly. Expedition mode is good in it, it just needs few tweaks. If you dont ahve enough time, just use mods, its unfortunate for you, but lest not destroy whole master difficulty for that

and you can save, just only at hubs. I would love if there would be save item, like in KCD, but not anything else. It would be too easy

[karmic rune]

What is the point of adding a MOD that allow saves on Master Difficulty and a mod which allows you to have achivements when using mods?? Why dev's just allow to save on Master difficulty. I want play a game in the way I like. If i want to have a "no life difficulty" i won't use saves anyway. This is riddiclus.

[rocky shadow]

as i said, it would be too easy. They want Master to be big achievement. And i agree with them

[bold oxide]

use a mod for hardness, bro, achievements dont matter at all

theres no special achievement at all, literally the only achievement is the friends you made along the way

master has no different achievements than veteran and suchhh, just get a mod bro

[vernal mountain]

Stop trying to ruin other people's fun... Smh

[karmic rune]

Does this "Mod which allow use achivements" acctualy work? I want to use a mod that alows save on master combining with mod which allows achivements, but i don't want to see after 100h of play that this mod wont work

[bold oxide]

why are achievements so important to u..

[karmic rune]

For me - matter. I want to have a Master difficulty experience but with save system.

[bold oxide]

havent you already sucked them down in ur other playthroughsssssss

[south spear]

There technicaly is a safe system prob not intended though , just exit to main menu when not in combat and it quick saves , it has to save cuz your “taking a break” kinda cheesy yes but also safes allot of time if you just did a mission and are contemplating going back to a hub to safe or to explore some more

[vernal mountain]

It's getting kinda weird at this point

[bold oxide]

but WHYYYY

its the same achievements you get in the others, that means you dont get anything special

theres no special master difficulty one either its been stated

[south spear]

Master mode = fun
Just cheese some safes occasionally if you made a decent amount of progress and don’t want to loose that or loot a whole area again

[vernal mountain]

Strelok would just mod his game and get on with it. Be like Strelok

[bold oxide]

“walk your lil ahh to yaniv or sm” strat

cause you do save at bases

[south spear]

Ye or just exit the game when not in combat , also saves it

They didn’t think of that 😂

[bold oxide]

that saves the game

[south spear]

Kinda wish I didn’t figure that out though but it did safe me from a few headaches

[bold oxide]

gahhh

wonder if they will patch that

they ->

[south spear]

Now I’m low-key abusing it after doing main mission and instead of going back to hub to safe and sell I’m just exiting and doing another side quest

[bold oxide]

why i wish you never told me

[south spear]

Lol sorry

[bold oxide]

i regret this convo and wasting my breath on someone who has an achievement save fetish or something even in the hardest difficulty ment to be the hardest

[south spear]

Just do it occasionally whenever you feel like it would be a burden to redo stuff instead of it being fun , IE exploring something and looting all the small boxes for food and ammo just to step in to an anomaly is not fun , dying in a fight because it’s hard is fun to me so I don’t safe during/after fights

[south spear]

I’m at garbage and just had the option to show or not show the PDA , am I able to find them soon?

[south spear]

Does the open collimator sight not fit the normal AK only the U variant ?

Wanted to take that and a PSO scope and swap it on the go when needed

[finite jungle]

Try exploring the northern half of zaton and im sure you will get his radio message wheb you het close to him

[crisp lintel]

Also note to devs. Bog poppers anomaly. Just…no.

[stiff pasture]

Understood. All electric anomalies now flashbang you like Clickers do.

[velvet yew]

Last night, I full-cleared that apartment in Pripyat. I didn’t see all the things that have been fixed or adjusted in patch notes, but I’m not constantly swarmed in it anymore. Was that fixed? Or is it the free play mod I have that could have done something to it?

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[velvet yew]

Flashbang anomalies are the worst.

[safe badge]

If I had a dollar for every @wraith socket I know, I would have one dollar

[sly matrix]

https://tenor.com/view/ohh-oh-damn-oh-daymn-daym-damn-gif-10129893223082536574

[crisp lintel]

Anyone know what the actual deal is with those guys at the helicopter at the chemical plant? They are hostile

Yet the other ward guys are friendly

[sly matrix]

Maybe the helis are IPSF

[crisp lintel]

No idea
I haven’t unlocked that base yet but you can still go to the front doors. Yet they shoot lol

[sly matrix]

Oh you said at the helicopter, not in. Area probably just off-limits

[crisp lintel]

Yeah I looked online and apparently the ward guys at helicopter there are hostile until you “unlock” the base after a stormy mission. Kinda bizarre though

[sly matrix]

Myeah ward thinks they own the damn place

[latent kite]

Some people like to get them

No need to be an ass to people over what they enjoy just because you don’t care

[boreal cave]

What you guys think is better in Stalker2 Viper-5 (MP5) or the AKS-74U?

[bronze cliff]

several years in development and somehow artifacts bug into the ground

this game is soooooooooooo gooooooooooooodddddd and soooooooooooooo funnnnnnnnnnn

[boreal cave]

You got that issue too?

[latent kite]

Only that’s a relatively new bug

[nimble cipher]

canine.d has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[bronze cliff]

and it seems to happen for literally all artifacts

even ones the player drops

also artifacts just seem to be unfindable

in the middle of an anomaly field the detector is beeping but the artifact is just nowhere

[boreal cave]

My last play through I had that problem which is why I am mostly acting like a mercenary just to get coupons.

And of course selling loot.

[bronze cliff]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1444424622648070234/1444427684875735120/Discord_4ADmCersIN.jpg?ex=692cab9c&is=692b5a1c&hm=3a78e5351a23526ac7d8472aab733237933b93f8374acb6d3bd5c15c8e79140b&

[median warren]

Yeah this is kind of buns, because I did his task and he let me in but they started gunning me down

[crisp lintel]

I think it’s only ok if you get there via main mission. At least what I’ve heard.

[median warren]

Pre lame because I heard that you can’t free roam after the story which is upsetting so I’m trying not to do story missions rn

But I think I have to do them to get to Pripyat

[crisp lintel]

And apparently after a certain point in the main mission some side stuff can being unavailable too

[median warren]

My ps5 says I’m 80% completed with the story

And if that’s true that’s a pretty short story

I did maybe 3 story quests

[crisp lintel]

Ive no idea. I only go to just before you get to the big zirca building north of zaton. If you go beyond that you can’t do some side stuff so I think your good

[median warren]

I’m in wild islands rn so idk if I’m far

[crisp lintel]

Yeah that’s pretty early on. The main quest structure is a bit odd, that and the damn artifact bug. It’s made me a lot poorer than I should be haha

[median warren]

I’m not artifact hunting until it’s fixed, so I’ve been killing people (bandits and ward) and robbing them and selling and doing merc quests

[crisp lintel]

I got lucky and found a compass artifact while getting lost and stumbling into an anomaly. Found a liquid rock too earlier

[median warren]

What’s the compass one do? Just give you a compass? Because I have two of these common artifacts that give carry weight and endurance

[crisp lintel]

No it’s a legendary artifact that drastically increases physical protection at the cost of high radiation but that can be negated with other artifacts or a lead container upgrade on your suit

I’m finally doing ok either way money as I’ve got just under 400k but my armour and gear is expensive to repair

[median warren]

Under 400k meanwhile me struggling to even reach 20k to repair my gear

[crisp lintel]

The liquid rock has extremely high durability buffs along with chemical and rad protection too, haha yeah well all the spawning mercs near malachite have good guns and you can sell monster parts to the scientists there. I made about 130k alone doing that

[median warren]

Bet

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[vestal lily]

Can someone please explain (i might sound like a ragequitter but i have to know). It can't be intentional that every lightning anomaly in the game is supposed to oneshot you? even with decent lightning resist, or am i wrong? I mean the stat is there, but you still get oneshot regardless? (Master difficulty)

[zealous pumice]

Just dont stand in the lightning bit 🤠👍

[vestal lily]

Duh obviously ❤️ But what is the point of a stat, that does nothing to protect you? 0o

I mean, you dont get oneshot by, acid, fire or anything else 😐

[zealous pumice]

That sounds realistic to me? electricity can just stop your heart instantly if even remotely strong enough. The others you have to be exposed for longer

[zealous pumice]

But maybe it is a bug? Or just the damage settings. Electricity does deal more damage

[vestal lily]

I dont know, because when we look at the earlier games it didnt oneshot either. Im gonna be honest i only have 2 bars currently on the resist, but so far, it makes no difference 😐

Gonna test some more see if its actually possible to survive x)

[hearty compass]

Does Sid no longer sell VSS/VAL?

[naive wagon]

Might be a bug, might be because you're on Master and the damage has been souped up. On Stalker or Veteran if you have anything above bare minimum electro protection and full health you'll probably survive the first strike...

[sage grail]

Is there a glossery or something in game to tell me info about people and factions I meet? Im having a hard time keeping all these names and factions straight, I just started

[fiery heron]

i dont think so

[sage grail]

I just started and looking for info on a guy name Solder...have I met him already? I dont remember if I have

[muted valve]

he was the person you talked to over the radio in the intro

[crisp lintel]

Oh man I went to get the weird water artifact and that’s underground too
I can see the head if the bottle but I can’t interact with it

[sage grail]

Ok thanks, suck they dont have any in game info on people. its really hard keeping everything in order

[crisp lintel]

Ah never mind I got it! Close one haha

[hearty compass]

Yeah a dossier/notes about people and factions like we had in the old games would have gone far, it be what it be though.

[fathom bramble]

I've been in wild territory for about 20 minutes, fighting a mercenary squad. This has never happened to me in the original trilogy, maybe in Anomaly, but never in the vanilla games. Master difficulty and the new combat AI is the way to play this game

[hearty compass]

I'm honestly just loving the a-life. Met a guy while clearing out the military checkpoint in Cordon, 30 minutes later i was fighting rodents at the electro tunnel, and this same dude just strolled up and started shooting them with me. The zone actually feels alive now, it's amazing.

[summer cliff]

Hey guys. Just installed the game with 1.7. Is the input lag severely smaller? Game feels much more smooth now even with framegen

[frank vector]

is there a way to increase bodies staying on the map. Looks like the limit is 10 or something

[crisp lintel]

By the way does the reputation system actually work? I was green with zalissya and now I’m white, and I’ve for missions for other people like spark at malachite and they don’t change. Shame there’s no way to check properly..

[wraith socket]

You turn Faction bases "green" by doing side-jobs again and again.

[crisp lintel]

Right but the starting area faction was green earlier and now it’s white, for some reason, unless I upset that faction in some way. I did some side missions for the scientists at malachite but it never turned green, unless I need to unlock more

[wraith socket]

You keep doing them (Viktoria/Medic) until the base turns green. I went there before going to SIRCAA.

[crisp lintel]

Fair enough. Not sure why the zalissya base turned white suddenly though. Maybe I accidentally killed a stalker or something somewhere

[fast dove]

What does turning a base green do? Haven’t had it happen yet.

[celest portal]

You get cheaper repairs, fast travel using guides are cheaper, you get a bit more when selling stuff, vendors sell for less I think also

[fast dove]

Ah, do I just have to do missions for the bartenders?

[tawny comet]

It would be legit if GSC could implement special, faction missions of you're Green relationship with them. Incentivize building a bond with them

[bold creek]

very much , its improve, if you want to reduce it even more, use "special K" i was able to reduce the delay from 15ms to 7ms back in 1.2 version just with some tweaks, thats program is magic.

[oak comet]

It is possible to survive, I thought it would always oneshot you too on master difficulty. But I discovered you need at minimum 2.3-2.5 bars of electrical protection to survive one hit.

[finite dragon]

Should I go explore the other side of the zone like the burnt forest and chemical factory, etc or should I finish doing the main quests in swamps.

[zenith forge]

explore, always explore

[wraith socket]

Yes, you should explore and put the main mission on pause.
Otherwise events may prevent you having the free time to roam.

[celest goblet]

Whenever there's a lull in the story is a good time

[spiral sun]

Finished the campaign! What’s a game ❤️

‏cannot wait for the dlc

Loaded back before final mission and continuing the journey for now.

And multiplayer 😍

[crisp lintel]

Lol I returned to Icarus base after the swamps an they are all zombies? RIP fellas

[tiny token]

Reportedly yes

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[thick wolf]

Artifact patch today? I just haven't been artifact hunting much at all because the ones I have tried to find end up in the ground.

[muted valve]

doubt it

[eager onyx]

is combat ai behaving like in stalker triology yet?

[thick wolf]

It's much better in the recent update. Enemies push based on their weapon range, try to flank more effectively, and retreat when injured. You can also hide in foliage much more effectively now

[eager onyx]

nice, something that took me away was when ai would just mindlessly walk towards you making most areas kinda lame because i didnt get to really fight in it

[thick wolf]

When did you play last?

[eager onyx]

february 22

[thick wolf]

I think you'll find it a much better experience now. There have been multiple significant updates to ai since then, both combat and A-Life

[eager onyx]

are both still developed on or are they focusing solely on a life now?

im prob gonna look at it again with the next major update like a 2.0

[thick wolf]

Both were updated in the most recent update, and they keep working on both seemingly. I imagine the Unreal engine update is gonna be the one that will bring you back in. They're going from a custom fork of unreal 5.1 to 5.5.4 in the near future

[vestal lily]

Sounds like a plan then, will check it out 🙂

[zenith forge]

My go to fix so far was walking back and forth, and eventually the artifact flung itself from the floor

[finite dragon]

@wraith socket ok I wanted to get the nvg 2 from the swamps but i'll wait i'll go get my stalker pistol.

Good morning stalkers

[sullen vessel]

Does stalker gamma has controller support on gog?

[gritty orchid]

bro.

had to come back just to say that GAMMA is ass

nonetheless good thing it's now on GOG though will make installation/distribution way easier (I hope)

only issue is having to "pay" for it but still, if people can't deal with the hassle of manually installing GAMMA this is definitely a welcome addition

[zinc apex]

Gamma now officially acknowledged as a great stalker experience 😎 👊

[unreal raptor]

Gamma GoG. Nice.

[finite dragon]

If i had a good pc i'll play gamma and how much they charge

[sly matrix]

PRAISE KEITH

[celest portal]

I missed you Keith

[unreal raptor]

Let’s not throw stones at GAMMA being crap whilst sitting in Stalker 2 server. Irony is too much.

Can’t even pick a damn artefact up in the game. 😂

[celest portal]

Funny to rage bait sometimes

[unreal raptor]

So hot hot fix this week then.

[worthy lagoon]

*STALKER server, it's not just STALKER 2

[unreal raptor]

This is a stalker 2 channel let’s not split damn hairs child.

[worthy lagoon]

Which is often used as general chat

[unreal raptor]

Title.

[celest portal]

You take this statement of Kuro back or you're getting sniped

[hazy helm]

damn, people have opinions? no...
how...

[worthy lagoon]

because many people don't even know the trilogy exists

[worthy lagoon]

https://tenor.com/view/scar-stalker-pibb-xtra-clear-sky-gif-14605512341377138525

[unreal raptor]

Many are often wrong.

[hazy helm]

true, many play gamma

[unreal raptor]

And by the look of the GOG response. Many more will.

[hazy helm]

it is what it is

[worthy lagoon]

I predict spikes of psi-radiation that we have never seen before

[unreal raptor]

Whilst I wait. A year later. To just play the game promised, like a damn sap.

[gritty orchid]

hopefully with that, people will learn that stalker gamma is not some offline eft clone and that its actually garbage compared to other stalker games/modpacks

[worthy lagoon]

I suggest playing Return To The Zone or Winds of Time

[worthy lagoon]

Wdym... GAMMA is a clone of EFT... They're both slop

EFT was great like 7 years ago

[unreal raptor]

I like anomaly. I’ll stick with that for my “fix”

[gritty orchid]

anomaly is goated

[gritty orchid]

true

[worthy lagoon]

Eugh....

I'm sorry for you

[celest portal]

I will stick with any other games other than either of those for my fix

[unreal raptor]

Well. It’s my flavour. Only got so much time to game. Don’t want to spend it in the midst of fixing random issues.

Like a AAA title.

[worthy lagoon]

I am saying that there are other mods that deliver way more than what Anomaly does

Like RTTN

Or Goldsphere

[unreal raptor]

More in what sense? Story?

I kinda like the open world stuff. Explore. Loot. Back to hub. Sell. Repair. Out again. Loop.

[gloomy vector]

Does gamma on gog still need anomaly?

[celest portal]

You need either S2 or cop on GOG to play

[gloomy vector]

Yeah I own the trilogy on GoG, I just didn’t know if I needed to download anomaly on GoG before Gamma

[celest portal]

Just look up gamma on GOG and it would have told you what you need

[clever finch]

did the remove the headshot sound in the update? is there an option to turn it back on?

oh wait im getting them on humans, I didnt get them on boars or whatever those pig looking things are

[stiff pasture]

Flesh and yes there’s an option to disable the headshot sound

[frank vector]

why is water the hardest thing to mvoe through????????????????????

[safe badge]

I am sad

[muted valve]

don't be

[wraith socket]

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

[tiny token]

stalker 2 server
b-b-but this chat specifically is for stalker 2

goalpooooooost

[muted valve]

kishka throwing words

[tiny token]

meow

[long aspen]

Ag nooit boet. What seems to be the problem?

[safe badge]

I wish I would have back my old car

Died 4 month

[celest portal]

meow

[safe badge]

Was a Skoda Yeti

[frank vector]

Eastern Checkpoint seems to be a spawn point. 40 bodies and constant spawns of groups

[thick wolf]

that looks like a cool car

[dim topaz]

Just started my first gamma run in a year, and it coincided with Sseth and the gog release, strange how the universe works

[finite dragon]

scar in his peak

[sly matrix]

Clear Sky Scar was a one man army

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[long aspen]

I went to the swamp today, left with 2 nice mags. I got the kharod extended mag and the gp36 drum mag.

[molten cove]

Hi all, if I understand it right, then 1.7.1 is not out yet...? Then what was that update that GOG labels "1.7.0 to 1.7.1"?

[thick wolf]

from gsc-answers: "it was a smaller hotfix so we decided not to name it, more sth like 1.7.05"

[muted valve]

#☢┃stalker-general message

[molten cove]

Appreciate that, thanks. GOG mislabelled it then. 👀

[limber shard]

1.7.1

[undone flicker]

Is the compiling shaders bug seriously back? Just waited 10 min to have it fail and crash my system. Wow

[finite dragon]

This game has BARELY ANY ENEMIES compared to the first game

[celest portal]

What game and what game

[undone flicker]

Why stalker 2 of course. Is there another stalker game still having beta issues a year after release?

[celest portal]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-funny-cathands-cat-in-hat-cat-with-hands-silly-cat-gif-14981685377760273746

[sharp minnow]

not today

[hearty compass]

Shadow of Chernobyl was pretty rough, for a while. Technically still is today without mods 19 years later

And Clear Sky also still has issues to this day

Call of Pripyat also still has the infinite pm headshot for the cannibal guy, right?

[austere phoenix]

any way to use steam purchase as verifcation for gog gamma download?

[vital atlas]

[austere phoenix]

lol, i just bought it on gog. dont mind the support

[celest portal]

Importing steam games to GOG probably won't work, because you technically still have the game on Steam.

[vital atlas]

When gog first launched you were able to get CD keys for gog version of games you had on steam sometimes

I remember because it's why I got the og trilogy on gog

[celest portal]

https://tenor.com/view/dead-chat-dead-chat-skeleton-gif-25954239

[wind wedge]

Anyone able to tell me is master is a good difficulty? Wan't to make sure it's decently balanced

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[south spear]

Gunplay and fights are more fun Imop , only thing annoying is anomaly fields and not being able to make a quick save at a campfire or sleeping bag

[celest portal]

https://tenor.com/view/dead-chat-dead-chat-skeleton-gif-25954239

[hearty compass]

Ayo do you guys know if controllers exist around the wild or only in key locations?

[muted valve]

around the wild as well, but only when you're later in the game

[south spear]

So where would I acquire a list of all the songs on the Ingame radio?

[unreal raptor]

do you think we will ever get real live shadows? The flashlight shadows look sooo bad.

[worthy zodiac]

I think there was a nice playlist on youtube, let me see...

[worthy zodiac]

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4Jc69rq8qm9f8JzRjdqD8SSus0KV1HvC

It says this one has both radio music and ambient music from S2 but I'm not sure if it's a complete list

[worn oar]

Yeah. It's good, but you should be completely flexible to be able to make up a new play style to beat it.

[austere phoenix]

does anyone else feel the loot is a little too abundant? im talking the destructible crates

[celest goblet]

Definitely. IDK how different it is on master

[muted valve]

my bread is overflowing and i have more sausages than i need to see in a lifetime

[celest goblet]

The sausage god still smiles upon us I suppose

[sharp minnow]

When the hotfix is ​​out, I want to play the game normally without constantly using the console!

what a hell!

Not only that, there are artifacts underground, some objects are also there!

[muted valve]

the ground swallows all

[sharp minnow]

If it's not a patch, it's just a bunch of bugs again

[unreal raptor]

same for medkits and bandages I have to leave bundles of around the zone like some kinda zone fairy

[muted valve]

i just shove them all in my stash

[unreal raptor]

i'm so weighed down I just cut and run

[sharp minnow]

There are a bunch of testers sitting here, are you testing patches there or what do you do there? Please tell us! Why are such critical bugs allowed????????????

[muted valve]

That bad boy can hold all the loot in the zone three times over

[unreal raptor]

bottles of vodka too

i don't know how the artefact bug slipped through for PS5 release — at the same time i was hear for 1.0 PC

[sharp minnow]

Maybe the rest of you will eventually test the patch instead of just making videos about the changes???

[muted valve]

let me tell you something important bro, no amount of giving off on the testers or anyone is going to make the hotfix get here any quicker, so blow off your steam and then chill

[sharp minnow]

Because from patch to patch, there are a bunch of bugs again, as if no one has tested the game! It's starting to get really annoying!

[muted valve]

it is, it's always been annoying, but just play a different game, go do something else, and eventually the patch for it will arrive

[sharp minnow]

Why should I play another game?

pls tell us dude

[muted valve]

cause this one is bugged

[unreal raptor]

this one is a cruel mistress

she never gives back what she takes

[sharp minnow]

We bought it as if there were no bugs or downgrades in the release, but now in 1.7 there are more problems for me than there were in the release a year ago!

[muted valve]

so play something else while you wait for the fix

[unreal raptor]

i know — honestly — preaching to the choir here. It's a mess. But, KCD 2 is fun.

or get GAMMA on GOG just to annoy 90% of this server

[sharp minnow]

GAMMA is a cringe!

[oak rock]

Traders dont restock ,im half in the Game still get Shetty stufff early on,IS there someone i can contact ?

[sharp minnow]

How can this
GAMMA junk be considered a game?

[muted valve]

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

[zinc apex]

snórk

[unreal raptor]

might be cringe — but less rage inducing that trying to farm artefacts underground buddy

[fleet cosmos]

When will we get engine update!?

[unreal raptor]

no info on that yet

[rocky shadow]

imo like Jan or Feb

[unreal raptor]

is there anyway to reach the snipers in trainyard/wild territory?

[thin shuttle]

hello

is there any way to increase the pressence of the music? i try to put down all values except the music but on combat still being subtle

i wonder if there is some mod or specific way to increase it even more without breaking the balance of the overall audio

[thick wolf]

alright time for the patch cmon hit the button

[flint nexus]

something go tits up with 1.7.1? I've been playing a fairly buggy 1.7 for a while now...

[muted valve]

i think they're having trouble with the artifact in ground bug

[desert owl]

With 1.7 i noticed that stashes marked on the map always have better loot than if I find them on my own. What happens if find the majority like that? Do I lose the opportunity in the future to get better loot from it? Or do they respawn after I find it's cords on a dead body?

[flint nexus]

have a feeling it will be a good sized patch instead of a small hotfix

[unreal raptor]

Fun game: what’s broken in 1.71?

Artefacts now 50ft in the air.

You shoot a stalker in the head and you shoot 60ft into the air.

[civic pasture]

All I want for Christmas is engine update 🫶

[celest goblet]

Don't we all

[civic pasture]

But I am patient. After numerous times of my PC struggling with this game (low vram, old cpu technology) i ordered my new PC. Next year I will play this game.

RAM prices but it could've been worse. 32GB of DDR5 @ 6000MHz CL30 for 249€ - 3 days later it was ~600€

[frank vector]

does anyone know where the new updates list is post 1.7

[unreal raptor]

Ask GSC channel pinned

[wind field]

question. i asked awhile ago if i should redownload the game. I was told to wait for engine updates. I am not tech savvy. Game good to play now?

[celest goblet]

Well, 1.7 made it a lot better, but if you are patient I don't think you'd regret waiting for the engine update either

[summer stream]

I guess one of the major RAM manufacturers announced they’re no longer selling to the consumer market, so supply is going to be much worse. Assuming that is the reason for the all of a sudden price hike

[grim rivet]

That’s pretty much the main reason. SK Hynix, Samsung, and 1 more chip manufacturer I forgor are having all their current stock bought and preorders for all of their stock for the next like 2 years too, to field the AI bubble

[lavish fjord]

hello. where is the modification channel for stalker 2?

I thought it was suppoused to be here in somewhere in the official server

[wraith socket]

https://discord.com/channels/504587323577729024/1387353128268988519

[dim topaz]

600 wtf...
You can still get 32 for around 120 bucks where I live (Kingston and shi)

[true brook]

still dont understands why fleshes are aggressive

mutants always retained the behaviour of their pre-mutant selves. no clue why the choice was made to give them steroids

[wraith socket]

I like them being more aggressive and dangerous. It's the Zone after all.

[terse jay]

I had one stash marked in Cordon. It had literally one sausage, one energy drink and one shotgun shell. On the other hand a stash near Quiet from Noontide had a blueprint and a lot of ammo and consumables. Unmarked.

[wraith socket]

Before I left the Lesser Zone, I had activated over 100 stashes in all the other territories.
If you rush through the levels too quickly, you will not activate anywhere near that number.

[unreal raptor]

would prefer a bit of variety — some attack, some being more passive

depending on the size of the pack or something?

[terse jay]

Let me guess, farmed ISPF or how those border chuds are called? Back in 1.3 I got stash locations in Generators. “Bro you seriously keep your gear in the heart of chornobyl? “

[civic pasture]

DDR5?! Buy the stock and stonks

[dim topaz]

I don't have the disposable income for it unfortunately
But yeah Gskill trident DDR5 (2x32) goes for 300 bucks

other brands cheaper

[civic pasture]

Anyway, back to day dreaming about cheeky breekys

[glass turret]

I play on a 3 year old laptop with a 3060 in it and since 1.7 i Can play without fsr ans get liké 50 to 70 FPS average,

[unreal raptor]

is this patch coming today — I would like to find and artefact at some point

[muted valve]

eeh, doubt it tbh

[glass turret]

The détection radius of anomalies is bigger in master right ?

I dont mind the lethality of anomalies on master but their detection range IS to wide, Imo they need to reduce to the usual

[fathom bramble]

I read somewhere that it is a bug

[fathom bramble]

Supposedly it will fix existing artifacts that are already stuck

[muted valve]

i hope so, but i doubt it'll arrive today

[glass turret]

Im scared of going artifact hunting, in previous patches i got some artifact stick underground and the entire anomaly field was softblock for the rest of the playtrhough, imagine if the next patch just prevent further artifact to swpan correctly without fixing the ones that are already stuck.

[terse jay]

A NUU CHEEKI BREEKI IV DAMKE!!

[muted valve]

yeah i had that as well on my first playthrough, really hope they fix it properly, otherwise i think i'll just use a noclip mod

[glass turret]

Ill keep that Idea just in case

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[unreal raptor]

ha if i have to start again due to a softlock i'll be pizzed. About the fourth time restarting this damn game.

[rocky shadow]

what happened

[fathom bramble]

I finished the entire game 3 times, avoiding locks I guess

[dim topaz]

I can't believe we'll have half life 3 before A-life 2

[unreal raptor]

a-life 2.0 aint coming, i think we just need to get used to the idea of a watered down concept now.

[muted valve]

if you make bait at least make it good

[unreal raptor]

bwhaha

[worthy zodiac]

My hope won't die until the very last moment

[terse bane]

I mean, A-Life 2.0 would be a thingi but possibly isn't gonna be sooooo cool than a hypothetical version with limits of the A-Life described on the desdocs of Oblivion Lost for example

[thick wolf]

I'm gonna pick up smoking again waiting for this patch, gsc suggested it

1.7.1, the nicotine patch

[charred forge]

I never played the original stalker games, is the current A-Life that bad compared to how it used to be ?

[flint nexus]

Have been waiting for “stalker 2” since dropping $70 over a year ago and feeling very blue-balled that it’s “finally” worth playing with patch 1.7 except for several large bugs that need a hotfix which is two weeks late

[thin shuttle]

Yes

[desert owl]

Nah. It's same or better. It's just boomers confusing false advertising (that wasn't even present in the old builds) with reality and zoomers confusing hyper-advanced mods with the original releases. I actually played the games on release and still remember the pre-set patterns NPC's spawned in every single walkthrough.

[bold creek]

its watered down version of alife, not map wide, with many limitations, with radius based spawn. But it has potential of becoming like the alife from CS/CoP , still needs a lot of work yet.

But has alot of improvements compared to S2 1.0 , Patrols, lair fights, better offline mode, better npc exploration,npc exist for longer

[charred forge]

the world feels alive and really good in my opinion, I really like it

but I do use some A life improvement mods tho'

[bold creek]

cant imagine how much you gonna like it when alife is fully conceived in 2.0 version

also to this day we have to acknowledge, there hasnt been a single stalker who wasnt watered down and/or broken on release. The alife system is a gamble , thats why no other game tries to do it.

[desert owl]

Project Silverfish has an amazing A-Life with the latest update. If you can get past the... scales, it's a super fun Stalker-like. With weapons that actually kill with one-two bullets, too.

[bold creek]

project what?

[desert owl]

If by A-Life you mean "npcs continue to their objective even when physically despawned in the world". In that case, a ton of games have them.

[bold creek]

oh that furry game with pixel art graphics, yea .... no idea about it.

[bold creek]

scripted

[desert owl]

And If you mean "npc's have tasks and goals and follow them" then no stalker game does this. Oblivion is the closest one

[bold creek]

trolls used to be less obvious

[desert owl]

Oh my god, this is that type of server, isn't it.

Then I'm out of the argument.

[bold creek]

get out of here stalker

not reading all that

[quartz creek]

Started a new playthrough last night, played it back at the release all the way through. It's crazy how much the zone has changed for the better. Immersive as f*ck.

[stone trench]

Keep religion out of it weirdo 🫵🏻🤣🤣🤣

[latent kite]

🤔

[summer stream]

Anomaly and nostalgia really blinded a lot of peoples memory of og a-life

[muted valve]

that's just straight up not true though

[true brook]

you cant just argue "its the zone", its so lazy bro

[wraith socket]

The Zone doesn't argue.

[true brook]

shit argument

[oak comet]

lmao 1.7 update broke i think literally everything, the more I play the more bugs I encounter, ones I have never seen before, even on release. I'm now realizing i'm just invincible to emissions now. The game considers me in shelter the second any emission starts even if I'm outside.

[wraith socket]

Shit response.

[dire dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/death-of-stalin-jollyposting-christmasposting-christmas-jolly-gif-3882277632458285802

[true brook]

why? after you wrote "the zone doesnt argue"? thats literally a boring non sequitur.

[wraith socket]

The most boring thing is every comment you have made and every comment you are about to make.

[dim topaz]

CoP A-life was actually miles ahead of Stalker 2. It took 1.7 to improve its persistence aspect and npcs taking territories. General npc behavior is still a long shot from the original series

[dire dagger]

bro who deleted that comment

it was based

[oak comet]

I don't even think theres persistence in the npcs taking territories. I've seen npcs respawn at territories as well as followed a squad and the fights they got into at a location was different enemies each time

[celest goblet]

CoP A-Life was great except for if you wanted it to matter at all

tbh

[worthy zodiac]

It was never perfect in original games and has a very different implementation in each one of them. S2 is missing some of the cool features that were present in some of the original games (For example, assassination quests in S2 spawn static camps that don't move around the map meanwhile in Shadow of Chornobyl your targets would move around the world) but it is also starting to get some new features that OGs have never had (For example, stalkers can leave their squads and join others dynamically which is kinda cool). The biggest issue of S2 was (is?) the persistence of the NPCs and the lack of offline action (action far away from the player in simplified simulation)

[unreal raptor]

Patch today then?

[muted valve]

maybe, but i doubt it

[unreal raptor]

UETools_Fly it is then

sucks to be a PS5 guy waiting to find artefacts — they are real guys. Promise.

[muted valve]

yeah, honestly pretty embarrasing to ship the game like this for a ps5 release

[hazy helm]

Current Alife is on a level beetween SoC and CS

[thick wolf]

Yeah, leaving artifact hunting broken for 3 weeks after release on a new console is not a good look

[unreal raptor]

just a core loop

[ember stump]

Cantid aiming is sooo useful fighting dogs and mutants.. I never seem to adjust the sensitivity correctly. Normally.. by the time I turn around and try to shoot a dog that is rapidly cloning itself my health is gone.. I almost feel like I'm supposed to do some sort of back flip or dodge roll and lock onto them like 3rd third-person action game.. Due to how jerky and quick they move..

Yet if an NPC fights them they are laser accurate..

Played all the stalker games it just feels so different in this one..

That being heart of cher. Does anyone else feel similar?

I want to be tense and anxious sure but when I'm empty full mags and barely getting any hits even with controlled bursts...I feel a bit jaded..

It's not always bad but sometimes yikes..

Like blood suckers just rushing ya then darting away so quick. I've thrown grenades in doorways trying to time them and they always seem to. Appear after the blast...then eat me...

I've beaten the game before on the og version on Xbox S or whatever it's called haven't touched it since.

Been playing on PS5.

Pss: Does anyone know how we went from 60 GB? To like 150?!

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[trail dune]

can someone tell me what the "readiness" stat is when upgrading weapons?

[mystic nova]

do we think we will get 1.7.1 today? Been without playing since 1.7 because of the artifacts thingy

[drifting niche]

possible

[muted valve]

doubtful

if they had it nearly working yesterday they'd have released this morning, there's like 3 or 4 hours left in the working day, they won't release so last minute before the weekend

[drifting niche]

Then there would be an announcement that the patch has been postponed until next week

[muted valve]

ha, right, from GSC, do you believe that yourself?

[drifting niche]

Yes, they usually announce things like that

[muted valve]

nah

[celest goblet]

GSC usually just announces when it is released

[drifting niche]

They are waiting for approval from Microsoft to release a patch

[unreal raptor]

ha you think there is a process like that for these patches

the bugs in the recent patches are so obvious its pretty crazy they are not caught fixed before release

[zinc apex]

1.8 today 🎉✨

[sly matrix]

Seems legit

[flint nexus]

just built a time machine to visit next week and play 1.7.1, i have so many artifacts right now you guys

[unreal raptor]

i jumped into the time machine too, artefacts are here! But now all mutants spawn underground.

[muted valve]

blame testers

[ember summit]

“Testers.”

[thin shuttle]

that's us

sorry guys

[unreal raptor]

Is there a base to save in every region on Master or do some not have one?

[quartz creek]

Just bought Ukrainian beer and sausage for the night. Time to play Stalker 2 and immerse myself

[summer stream]

lol

[oak comet]

The only place I have seen so far that doesn’t allow me to save even though it feels like it should is honta’s hut in Zaton. But as of rn, I know you cannot save in the swamps, Burnt Forest, or the Duga. The Red Forest you may not be able to save in as well.

[fading elbow]

I feel like stalker is one of those games that will make it difficult to enjoy other games again because it’s so good!

[wind wedge]

Is it just me, or do anomalies have an incredibly oversized hitbox now?

Not to mention artifacts falling through the floor

[bold creek]

exactly ,they are many many improvements, people are rightfully complaining of performance, alife and bugs. BUT.... there are many aspect of the game that are objectively better than old stalker games.

[crisp lintel]

I’ve been playing on ps5 and I haven’t really had any quest bugs or anything. Only issue is the A life spawning, artifacts underground, the enemy wall hacks and the game occasionally crashes when loading an auto save after death

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[frank vector]

I'd love to see them add a feature where A-Life mutants skill up. It would be cool if you had a legendary bloodsucker that roamed around and was feared or stalkers than lived longer and gained a reputation. That combined with the ability to hire them with the more expensive the better the skills.

[worthy zodiac]

Yeah, it would be cool if the game could create "characters" out of generic NPCs. Something similar to the nemesis system in Shadow of Mordor/Shadow of War but something more natural and something that doesn't revolve around the player like the nemesis system does. I doubt we'll see anything remotely close to that kind of system in Stalker 2 tho

[drifting niche]

olr 3.0 features

[rocky shadow]

most of times, they are caught, the problem is with priorities and time it takes to find whats causing those issues and fixing it. Forexample, afaik, the issue with artifact spawning fix taking so long is bcs its long tedious process

[dim topaz]

Maybe Gamma 2

[celest goblet]

Weighing some of the issues with the current patch against the benefits it had I can see why they released it with the plan to hot fix stuff after

[worthy zodiac]

Gamma 2 will add even more micromanagement in the inventory instead of something cool like that. You'll need to actually read pоrn magazines to boost your morale before repairing the weapon or something, I dunno

[ornate orchid]

Finally able to play on my computer.
Currently on first game with veteran and mods, shitting myself.
The scenario is sometimes really hard to survive.
||how tfk can you survive the ambush in|| ||team swap???||

[frank vector]

what mods?

[ornate orchid]

Better Ballistics is the only one changing the gameplay

probably the cause of most of my death

the damage and reaction are good enough to make me die everytime I don't have the initiative (and you know in the story and quest there are a lot of moment like this)
it is possible to win with a lot of retry, but damn, it is humbling

[flint cliff]

Is it currently possible to use stealth frequently to kill enemies?

[ornate orchid]

sometimes, no (scripted encounter...)
it is just some moment were those "forced" death append that I have to stop the immersion and go in full try hard

it is just realistic to die when 5 men shot at you by surprise at 10 m

[unreal raptor]

which is understandable — at the same time it was for a PS5 launch!

[frank vector]

I'm looking forward to weapons mods and proper ammunition specs. It's annoying a 9mm has more damage than a 5.45 round or two 0.45 calibre pistols have vastly different damage

[hot vector]

getting back into stalker 2 after a year, anything to know before hand? do people use vortex or manual mod install? I did manual during launch when I played last

[sour meteor]

I got jumped by a chimera... im 10 hours into the game

[unreal raptor]

Wait for a bit before installing mods. Just about to get and update and it will break them all.

Steam workshop is super easy. Manual is too tbh. Just drag and drop.

[hot vector]

oh really? what bout simple ones like weight reduction and stuff thanks foor the heads up

[unreal raptor]

Yeah they might be ok! Can’t say for certain with this game.

A flashlight mod crashed my game after the last update for example.

[hot vector]

did you lose progress / save or just needed to get rid of the mod?

[unreal raptor]

I think just get rid of the mod for that one.

[hot vector]

I mostly look for qol stuff

[unreal raptor]

Hardcore mode is here though and that is fun!

In the actual game. Not a mod.

[hot vector]

havent heard of that will have to check it out, didnt we just get a major update like a month ago? I heard A life is better now these days

[sour meteor]

And a pseudogiant???

[oak comet]

What exactly is the issue with artifacts falling underground?

[rocky shadow]

Rly dont know

[leaden scaffold]

can i ask you something

[wraith socket]

Sure.

[leaden scaffold]

how come you constantly post screenshots with no context or relevance to the conversation at hand

sorry if that comes off as rude

[wraith socket]

What is the conversation at hand that you think is being ignored?

[leaden scaffold]

there’s not one but i’m just asking in general

[wraith socket]

There's a multitude of reasons. One, so this channel is not just a wall of boring text.
People asking daily: When's Multiplayer? When's the Patch? When's the DLC? Where's Co-Op?
Another reason is to remind people, that there is an active Moderator, watching the channel.
Many times, it will be a screenshot that is on topic and sometimes not. There's no requirement.

[leaden scaffold]

i see, that’s actually fair enough and i didn’t think of it like that

[stiff pasture]

It’s also a Stalker channel, I’d still say it’s on topic regardless

[wraith socket]

I just got the Stalker 2 Art book today, First Printing December 2025.
It's a really heavy book, high quality paper and binding, with a huge
amount of information and many items you would not believe.
There's a lot of content in here, some not yet in the game.
It's on sale right now, 22% off, at $42.73, from $54.99.
https://a.co/d/97gvt9L

[drifting niche]

Are there different subspecies of mutants?

[modest trench]

The miracle machine is so cool, shame we cant see it in stalker 2

[drifting niche]

I would like more depth in gameplay than just new locations

[leaden scaffold]

ok lemme just add that to the game right now just for you buddy

[leaden scaffold]

looks pretty in depth to me

[lime yew]

Still debating on where to buy stalker 2. Steam or GOG?

[drifting niche]

GoG has Gamma

[solemn bobcat]

Moldy cheese

[hazy helm]

steam, ensures no temptation

[lime yew]

I got gamma when the stalker game went on sale 💪

[hazy helm]

already corrupted

there is no hope

[drifting niche]

On the other hand, the franchise got a second wind with these free play mods

What I don't like about gamma is that it's based on locations from Trilogy. There are POIs every 10 meters.

[simple geode]

I got Trapper's PDA stuck in my inventory. Anyone know what quest I gotta do to get rid of it? idk why it's marked as a quest objective.

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[south spear]

Prob have to show it to a character or hand it in?

[ripe fern]

Hey guys, I wanted to ask your opinion on something, I just started playing stalker 2 again after the 1.7 patch, but coming from stalker anomaly modpack, i feel like shooting in stalker 2 is "weightless", like shooting with an airsoft gun (the sound while shooting too seems off, too soft i guess?) . Is it only me or is it something you feel too?

[rocky shadow]

miney is on the way. Still waiting. should be here tommorow or day after

[rocky shadow]

Like, balistic isnt perfect, bcs you need too many shots. So i understand your feeling here, i have it same. But sound desing? That is top notch. Its heavy and meaty. Its great. So i wouldnt agree with you on that

[ripe fern]

Then i guess it has some problems with my audio surround setup? I'm using a 5.1 logitech audio system. Are you using headphones or just a 2.1 audio system by any chance?

Just to make an example, i'm also playing ARC Raiders and the shooting sounds feel real

[wraith socket]

You will be very impressed.

[rocky shadow]

i saw some parts already, but i dont want any spoilers.

[dim topaz]

A-life in gamma is peak, there's no reason modders wouldn't improve on Stalker 2's version too

especially with modding support this time around

[urban basin]

Yeah but gamma sucks!!!!

[dim topaz]

It would really be amazing to experience that same level of npc interactivity on a seamless open world

and for some of the visuals/atmosphere to be fixed

[frank vector]

Is it me or does the zone feel less scary in stalker 2. There seems to be lots of stalkers and not alot of mutants. In the original you'd see lots of boars, pigs and other animals running around and attacking eat other. I can walk for ages and maybe some rats pop up but i only every see lots of bandits and mercs now. Plus i never see mutants fight each other or stalker fight anything but blood suckers.

Also my AK74 can't hit anything at 100m

[drifting niche]

NPCs can't loot bodies in Gamma, NPCs in PoI often freeze

In general, this is far from the best example for Alife

[dim topaz]

You just literally disable a mod and they do

[drifting niche]

I was told that because of this the game may work unstable

[dim topaz]

Maybe, works for me so I can't say

[celest goblet]

nothing is more immersive than the same 5 mercs repopulating the wild territory and army warehouses bus stop PoIs every day like clockwork so duty can pay me again to kill them

[dim topaz]

You should see Stalker 2 and its obsession with Monolith (and a bloodsucker out of nowhere every 5 minutes)

[celest goblet]

just saying that for as much as people hype up anomaly and gamma a-life, i find it to be equal to or worse than every vanilla game

you don't have to play any of the games for too long to see the artifice but the highly repetitive nature of gamma makes it evident pretty fast

[dim topaz]

I'm not sure how it is in Gamma but turning on war mode in base Anomaly made the game maybe a bit too dynamic

[celest goblet]

The game will not run above 30 fps long enough to find out in gamma with the number of NPCs warfare mode spawns

but that's what global war is for

I mean that will also occasionally run at power point level framerates, but it will happen more or less at random and then just as randomly get better after a bit

[dim topaz]

That's about as many frames as I get on Stalker 2 without framegen lmao

I hope the engine update they promised will address it to some extent

[celest goblet]

Unfortunate. But yeah, gamma seems to keep the average number of NPCs per map relatively stable to keep performance acceptable. IDK if that is a base anomaly thing or not. But when you combine a lot more with the fancy visuals, I found that performance tanked before even leaving the first map in warfare mode

[dim topaz]

in base anomaly the one time I turned on war mode I thhink my game bugged

and I had like 50-100 monolith soldiers migrating south into rostok like birds before winter

[celest goblet]

It never got particularly polished afaik. Global War can also be pretty buggy sometimes... something with transitioning NPCs from offline to offline sometimes doesn't work right so they stay unloaded until you walk away and then approach again is the most annoying thing in 0.4. But aside from seemingly random temporary fps drops it can run better than you would expect with 30 factions, 30+ maps, and over 1000 NPCs in the zone. You lose out on most of the rest of the stalker experience but it can be fun to see large scale faction wars going hog wild

[worthy zodiac]

Haven't really played it for long because wasn't interested in all the inventory micromanagement, don't really have an opinion on it. Is it different from vanilla Anomaly?

[grave sage]

ElEgAnTiTy )

[south turret]

Where is the Monolith DLC where we retake the zone?

Blessed be those that serve under the embrace of the Monolith, who defend it's secrets and holy grounds from the infidels that wish to abuse it.

[fleet cosmos]

Any updates on 5.5.4......or will we get a newer version like 5.5.6??? Will the game receive iterative engine updates going forward???

[celest portal]

<@&1429819918492368916> chat, are these guys real

[sly matrix]

ffs

[spiral stump]

I got one

https://tenor.com/view/gigascar-gif-7252302473669868672

[sly matrix]

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

[dim topaz]

I don't have much experience with base anomaly so I can't say.

[celest portal]

These compromised accounts don't spam channels anymore I guess

[simple geode]

what if the monolith were right and stalkers are just colonizers destined to shit up the zone

[flint nexus]

Every morning for the past 13 months i wiggle out of bed and crawl over to my pc to see if GSC has added Danny DeVito to the Stalker2 A-Life spawns, my bulging, bloodshot eyes scrutinizing every inch of the zone for the remotest hint of that little goblin bastard

[celest portal]

Now that you mentioned it, someone should add Danny DeVito into the game. Modders can do anything these days.

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[worthy zodiac]

Soon™

[unreal raptor]

D-Life 2.0

[muted valve]

Good day to you as well!

[thick wolf]

it is a monday, but is it the monday?

[fleet cosmos]

What are the biggest enhancements we will likely see in the unreal engine update?

[unreal raptor]

More bugs.

[sullen vessel]

Maybe stop breaking stuff!

And fix dualsense on pc!

[thick wolf]

the patch that literally just dropped has this "Fixed several issues with dead zone settings for the DualSense controller."

[upper adder]

Does anyone know where can you contact anyone here who is competent in the artbook stuff?

[nimble cipher]

gonzo4338 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[outer laurel]

Waiting still for dlc info....

[sullen vessel]

Well finally then. They broke it with a previous update and now it's finally fixed. Let's see what else they have broken this time

[outer laurel]

Season pass is collecting dust so far

[crisp lintel]

I don’t see fixing the poltergeist hitting you through walls in the fixes yet though

[outer laurel]

https://tenor.com/view/sad-crying-gif-23856077

[crisp lintel]

Maybe the next patch

[celest goblet]

They have said the first expansion will arrive next year

[outer laurel]

Hope so

[light adder]

How is the performance after power lines back

[outer laurel]

More like "How the performance after paying the bills"

[drifting niche]

Did they fix incompatible mods?

[ember lake]

“Nice” patch. Weird water is still under the texture. Before 1.7.1 I seen at least the tip of the bottle, but there was no option to take it. Now I can’t even see the bottle at all. The state of the game on PS5 is very disappointing.

[drifting niche]

How did you know it was underground?

[ember lake]

On PS5 your controller vibrates when you are near the artifacts. Also, there is a very specific sound effect. The vibration feels different so you don’t confuse it with anything else. I have checked the whole anomaly and only in one place I got this vibration. I have
reloaded my game three times and each time I got this specific vibration in the same place, however, there was no sign of the Weird Water. Also, before the patch I saw the tip of the bottle in this place.

[vestal lily]

Maybe this is the case of "leave area to unload it" because most likely since you load a save you probably are within loading distance too?

[ember lake]

I created a save file especially for this artifact. In game time 21:50, distance to the anomaly zone 200+ meters

As I said, before the patch I saw the tip of the bottle, but there was no prompt to take it. After the patch even the tip not visible anymore.

[vestal lily]

try to leave the area completely

as in the region

[ember lake]

I’ll give a try in another safe file later today. Thanks for advice

[sage grail]

Any info anywhere on a PS5 update that came through this morning?

[ember lake]

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1643320/view/530990439685161475

[flint cliff]

What does that mean?

Hey, stalkers!

We are back with Update 1.7.1. This time we brought back artifacts that were hiding underground (even though Hamster begged us not to do so until he sells all his brand-new shovels) and… power cables!

[stiff pasture]

There was a bug that caused power cables to vanish as you got close

[drifting niche]

@pseudo rivet spambot is here

[stiff pasture]

<@&1429819918492368916> Spam bot

[pseudo rivet]

They ghosted fr

[sly matrix]

https://tenor.com/view/im-too-late-tom-ellis-lucifer-morningstar-lauren-german-chloe-decker-gif-17379478

[stiff pasture]

The eng mod ping is just a starter gun to see who can kill the offender first isn’t it lmao

[sly matrix]

https://tenor.com/view/come-get-dinner-gif-7444792466963768508

[unreal raptor]

Not fix for burer wall hacking. Come on now. It’s been weeks!

[ember lake]

You was right. After I returned to Zaton from the Rostok region using another save file - the Weird Water appears.

However, artifacts on corpses still under the ground.

[coarse sparrow]

Do we expect GSC to shadow drop 1.8 with an engine upgrade as a Xmas present?

[hexed leaf]

lol

[celest portal]

There's not enough copium to inhale to keep hoping for that

[coarse sparrow]

a man can dream

[dire dagger]

i have some bad news

[coarse sparrow]

wat happened

[dire dagger]

its not an engine update

[coarse sparrow]

oh, what is it

[dire dagger]

[coarse sparrow]

binoculars?

[dire dagger]

you people will likely be very happy with what it is

[coarse sparrow]

nice

[celest portal]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1254039371955437570/1280437674766766091/attachment-3.gif

[celest goblet]

I expect something by the end of the year based on recent interviews but engine update seems pretty clearly early 2026 now

[muted valve]

finally the long awaited critically aclaimed sidorovich romance plot?!

[celest goblet]

[dim topaz]

Is it an engine SWAP to xray 2?

[dire dagger]

YES THAT IS IT

[dire dagger]

yes of course they remade the whole game on a 15 year old engine

[celest portal]

They adding sido romance before Richter smh my head

[dim topaz]

I knew they could do it. Props to GSC

[coarse sparrow]

port to Open Xray Engine

[vestal lily]

Most likely the artifacts on corpses is probably not coded in the same way as "artifacts in the wild" so they probably werent affected by the change. You should report that ^^

[celest goblet]

saving richter for one of the dlcs

[south turret]

If you think about it really hard. The Monolith are actually the good guys, a necessary evil in protecting the world from the evils wishing to abuse the technology buried deep within.

[pale moat]

Can anyone please help with a frozen character....my character is frozen i cannot move

[simple geode]

This is basically the theme around Transformers

Optimus prime is actually an authoritarian, decepticons were fighting for freedom. Optimus gave the people of earth a soft choice of "you can live with my influence or die to decepticons" which wasn't even a real choice.

[sage grail]

what is going on with the HUD since i did a update today. It disappears and the quick use icons are gone completely

nevermind, found how to fix it

[drifting niche]

Ipad kids

[celest portal]

Bots these days not really trying anymore

Damn did this guy get compromised or something

@wraith socket

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

[crisp lintel]

I went back into the death cave and the artifact is still stuck under that rock haha. But every other artifact is fine I guess

[finite dragon]

That’s too bad man I managed to get that artifact last night.

[crisp lintel]

Yeah it’s the only one still bugged. I came back there specifically for it. Guess it’s lost on this playthrough

[finite dragon]

Ah no, maybe you could try waiting til an emission happens and go back?

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[crisp lintel]

Yeah I might try that

[unreal raptor]

any point playing this patch or just wait for the next?

[shadow badge]

👋

[muted valve]

@sly matrix pls help

Scammer

@spiral stump

nvm, ty

[sly matrix]

https://tenor.com/view/look-smile-smirk-breezy-moves-ornery-gif-3520545

[spiral stump]

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

[viral garden]

I heard about NPC's shooting through walls/structures before patch 1.7.1 but damn it was very noticeable now with latest patch 😮 it's like they see right through and have armor-piercing bullets!

[unreal raptor]

wait for weeks for a patch ands it's so lack lustre it's untrue. what are we doing here. Has GSC only got 5 devs on the project or something?

[glad cliff]

probably only 5 experienced devs I would say

as wonky as the game is with stability and updates I still love it

I think they genuinely want to make a great game still

[muted valve]

six, take it or leave it

[zinc apex]

Brr Brr Patapim

[ripe fern]

Are they shooting through walls even with 1.7.1 patch?

[viral garden]

Definitely. I was hiding in a old metal shed with no windows. I was massacred inside.

[ripe fern]

Wonderful

[viral garden]

Best place to experience this: Trailer dump, south of Yantar Production Complex

[errant fog]

tbh that shouldn't be bulletproof

[stiff pasture]

Bullets don’t just stop because of thin metal sheets

[ember summit]

I’ve been shot through solid rock too.

[bold oxide]

how thick was the shed and can you tell what gun and ammo they were useing??

[light adder]

It's a bit weird once emission ends the weather is immediately back to normal

[bold oxide]

another weird mystery of the zone

[light adder]

Engine updates need a lot of work to do, so I guess they'll do once they fixed critical issues, needed features in the game.