⭐┃nospoilers_general

[viral garden]

hehe true true... it's just that I was moving around and hid far back and somehow they knew where I was and shot through several of these sheds x)

Quite thin but there were a bunch of them (Trailer Dump, south of Yantar Prod. complex). I stumbled upon mercs north of it, ran through to the south part. Crouched and hid in one of them. Yet these mercs shot right through several of them like they knew exactly where I was.

[crisp lintel]

Also you think we can just start a petition to get rid of flash bang anomalies? I just think they are god awful

[light adder]

Zig-zag​ run and you're good to go

[crisp lintel]

I guess I was a bit frustrated in bog popper, can be hard to run around if you misstep into the swamp lol

[unreal raptor]

Was hoping this would be fixed now — it's a blink and then perfectally normal weather. It would be cool like in the OGs where it lingers a bit

[limpid pagoda]

Hey I’m curious how many developers needed to make a game like stalker 2 ? And do we have any information on their workforce ? I greatly appreciate this game

[wraith socket]

Around 300 or so.

[limpid pagoda]

lol

No really you have an idea ?

[wraith socket]

I just told you.

[limpid pagoda]

You joking ?

[wraith socket]

At what point did I ever say I was joking?

[limpid pagoda]

300 is a lot of developers

[dim topaz]

And Stalker 2 is a lot of game

[muted valve]

300 workforce for a game like this isn't that odd, GSC's LinkedIn page lists 200-500 employees

[limpid pagoda]

Yo, I was really under the impression it was a studio of 20 - 50 people max lol, okok I see

[muted valve]

ok, without googling, how many developers do you estimate are working on GTA6?

[limpid pagoda]

lol I was going to say the number previoulsy mention maybe 200 or 300

my scale might be really wrong

cause I can see what I can do as solo developer is a lot 😎 , so I was thinking 10 - 20 gents like me surely we can do stalker 2

[muted valve]

6000-7500 developers for GTA6 😛

[limpid pagoda]

whatiwhat ? that's fuckedup crazy

[muted valve]

11 studios around the world, that's why the thing costs billions to make

[summer stream]

…

[summer stream]

Your perception of studio sizes and manpower required to make modern AAA games might be a bit skewed

Call of duty is a few thousand, Elden ring I believe was around 250 which is considered small, starfield I think was around 500, far cry 6 had around 11 studios working on it, doom eternal had almost 1400 devs, kcd2 was around 300

Over 500 made cyberpunk

Gsc isn’t a large team, at least not when comparing it to other studios making games of comparable size to stalker 2. Stalker 2 is not a small game by any stretch either

[unreal raptor]

I was thinking David's take was a slight on the amount of bugs and lack of polish?

[rapid warren]

apparently 1.8 is about to come in december

But I dunno would be great to get more side quests this year

[unreal raptor]

I would like to believe that — but they take so long to turn things around for these patches.

got some time off coming up it would be good to play/complete the game after over a year

[vital atlas]

Scource?

[rapid warren]

GSC did interview at games anniversary. They mentioned more side quests in update this year i dunno if I'll find the link

Or I could mess something up becouse it was a while ago but I remember 1.8 being about side quests and December as potnetial window of relase

[worn oar]

Did they?

1.8 will indeed come this month either way.

[sly matrix]

https://tenor.com/view/pog-pogchamp-pog-meme-thats-kinda-of-pog-gif-21813748

[worn oar]

https://tenor.com/view/sleep-go-to-now-footbed-gif-13232767

[bold oxide]

eh well alot of metals and especially wood dont work well with stopping bullets

theres a wood shed somewhere and people shoot me through that all the time

[unreal tartan]

does anyone elses game just not launch? since update 1.7 and now 1.7.1 too, my game is shown as being played by steam, but it just isnt open, No window no nothing. its only open in the task manager.

asking here since i never got an answer on reddit or anywhere else so far

[muted valve]

i'd make a support ticket for this

[viral garden]

Sure, absolely! But it was the case where they knew my exact location and shoot through it all. Like I was on an opposite side or all the sheds and the NPC stood on the other side but shot right through at me. No matter if I moved around.

[unreal raptor]

question at this point, is 1.8 going to be stable?

[bold oxide]

ohhhh yea they do that

really i only get in that situation with monolithians so i just say maybe the monolith is telling them my exact location and i just find a brick wall or run away

[bold oxide]

1.8 aint even in testing i believe

[unreal tartan]

here in the discord or on their website?

pretty new to all of this, sorry :0

[unreal raptor]

They do testing?!!?!

[muted valve]

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

[bold oxide]

yess

i got an opportunity to be a tester but i have better things to do rather than test patches for bugs, i dont have all the free time i used too

but like a couple weeks before a 1.whatever they do testing for those 1.whatevers

[unreal raptor]

really could do a with a solid team of testers — do they have a QA dept?

[stone trench]

Yall think this game will ever get a gamma type mod?

[glass turret]

Modders are state of the art people, only time will tell but theres already (not modpack) mods that use some gamma/annomaly loot and craft mechanics to HoC

[ember summit]

You mean a mod where it strips and changes so much of the original formula it becomes its own thing and the only thing Stalker related to it is the assets and name? Yeah, sure, why not. I like GAMMA btw but it ain’t a Stalker game.

[stone trench]

Cool story bro.

[junior turret]

Anyone knows when the engine update would come?

[glass turret]

2026, hopefully first quarter

[celest goblet]

Perhaps in 15 years when there is enough of other people's work to put together

[dire dagger]

[sly matrix]

https://tenor.com/view/el-risitas-juan-joya-borja-ratones-coloraos-laugh-meme-laughing-man-gif-24899295

[stray tendon]

Hey stalkers, any tips for identifying who and who not to shoot on sight in the zone? I feel like I end up walking up to people who are not friendly all the time thinking they are. I cant tell who is friendly and who isnt before its too late lol

[sly matrix]

If you play with crosshair you can hover over potential target, if it light up green they're neutral

[stray tendon]

ah I think I have that disabled would explain why I could never tell lol

[sly matrix]

Good to start out with it till you're familiar with all the suits and their respective factions/allignments

[stray tendon]

Oh well actually I am on master mode so I cant have it on I think

[sly matrix]

Ah

That checks

[stray tendon]

I have a general idea of who is who. But dont know which factions are shoot on sight, I assume just the bandits?

[sly matrix]

If you have a scope you could try identifying faction patches on outfits

[stray tendon]

good idea

[sly matrix]

Bandits generally, and IPSF

[stray tendon]

gotcha, I think I just need to get better at identifying bandits. Are IPSF the ones who wear blue camo?

Or is that Malachite?

[sly matrix]

Blue camo is mercs(also hostile 95% of the time)

[stray tendon]

oh the IPSF are the ones in regular camo

[sly matrix]

IPSF use green camo

But the Corps can look very similar

[stray tendon]

Bandits seem to be the ones with the less consistent wardrobe. For obvious reasons

I guess I just have to get good at recognizing every other faction to know who is a bandit lol

Wait didnt they add Binoculars in an update or am I imagining that? It was something they confirmed they would add at some point right?

[celest portal]

No, nvgs were added though. Maybe you're thinking of that.

No idea if it was confirmed or not, but hopefully binoculars get added at some point.

[stray tendon]

I may have been thinking of NVGs but I am pretty sure I saw Binos in the roadmap somewhere lemme look

https://support.stalker2.com/hc/en-us/articles/38051158762641-Roadmap-for-Q3-Q4-2025

Found it, they have 21 days to add Binoculars /s

[celest portal]

interesting

[sly matrix]

https://tenor.com/view/popcat-pop-cat-richter-stalker-gif-16173856213738886390

[dire dagger]

this road map will spill over into 2026

[stray tendon]

Yeah lol I figured, I was mostly kidding

[celest portal]

Crazy how the year is already ending

[dire dagger]

the last update for the year will be 1.8

and while i can't tell you anything about it it i can tell you binoculars are not included

[stray tendon]

For real. I played this game on release and coming back to it now its actually awesome. I'm happy to see the state the game is in

[sly matrix]

Nah, 2025 will.be extended until further notice

[celest portal]

I will explode

[stray tendon]

Wednesday is canceled due to scheduling issues

[celest portal]

starts dissolving

[sly matrix]

Oops all mondays

[celest portal]

dies

[sly matrix]

https://tenor.com/view/dance-coffin-meme-rip-gif-16909625

[stray tendon]

Oh yeah wasn't multiplayer gonna be a thing? Lmao did we all collectively halluciinate that?

[blazing robin]

Hello

[celest portal]

https://tenor.com/view/wires-cat-wires-wires-twitch-twitch-gif-4904131052786437239

[sly matrix]

Mendela effect

[stray tendon]

Oh I looked it up... its pvp??

I mean kinda neat

Would be cool to see a Stalker-flavored extraction shooter

[sly matrix]

Probably something similar to the old school TDM

[celest portal]

https://tenor.com/view/taraterrorful-tara-terrorful-cute-cat-cat-sad-cat-gif-4503999093402539113

[stray tendon]

Was it just plain old tdm? I played the og trilogy but never the mp

[dire dagger]

people all hyped for multiplayer till they find out what it will be

[celest portal]

mp should be scrapped

[dire dagger]

agreed

[sly matrix]

Nah, it was promissed.

[celest portal]

https://tenor.com/view/verycat-cateat-gif-7339469281817108398

[sly matrix]

If they decided against it they should have done so before promissing it with the sale of their pre orders

[stray tendon]

Honestly I think it is already scrapped in the background. Or at least is bottom-priority. I'm not missing it, I dont really think anyone is tbh. Their only obligation to make it really is just that they promised it

[zinc apex]

How come Grok and Modders fix more issues and add more features to gamma then gsc to s2?

[dire dagger]

comparing apples and oranges

[sly matrix]

Because they're the epitome of adequacy apparently

We should all worship them and sell our kidneys to donate the proceeds to them

[dire dagger]

like this is not a case at least in my opinion of something like mojang who constantly gets out done by modders playing on a level playing field

[sly matrix]

Well that's just mojang specializing in vanilla ice cream to appeal to an as wide as possible audience, while modders just create whatever flavours they like. Corporate decisions over creative decisions

[dire dagger]

well its more so mojang is terrified to changing anything about the game

even a little

you see this with everytime they even think about adding a new weapon

it might be good in the snap shots

but by the time the full release comes out they almost always nerf them into the ground

because they are afraid of even slightly altering the meta of the game

[sly matrix]

Also that

[dire dagger]

why most of the updates just add some gimmick feature instead of any actual content

[stray tendon]

Well I think thats just so they could establish a baseline. The game should have released with those features but better late than never ig

[dire dagger]

my point is that while modders are effectively able to modify the game on the same playing field mojang is that is not the case for stalker 2 when compared to the mods for the original trilogy

[dire dagger]

i mean they can make a large change to the game

they have twice before

[stray tendon]

Well sure but then they run the risk of annoying the people who think the game isn't feature complete yet by adding content instead of base features

[dire dagger]

are we talking about minecraft or stalker 2

[stray tendon]

stalker 2 my bad

[dire dagger]

oh okay sorry i was confused

[stray tendon]

I was talking about the stalker 2 devs

[sly matrix]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-cat-turning-head-confused-cat-rizalalthur-orange-cat-behavior-gif-10491959385063137392

I thought we were taling about fortnite

[celest portal]

https://tenor.com/view/my-honest-reaction-monolith-stalker-stalker-game-cop-gif-5328015560665532230

[dire dagger]

i think most of the stuff they have added so far are for sure the little things

1.8 will bring what i'd probably call the first MAJOR content update to the game

[sly matrix]

Pure speculation

[dire dagger]

well i can't tell them what it is

[celest portal]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1343696552006520963/1345889957499244566/attachment-5.gif

[dire dagger]

[sly matrix]

https://tenor.com/view/johnny-laugh-four-gif-7446278225827837893

[dire dagger]

i can only gas light them with hope of good things yet to come

[muted valve]

just DM me bro i won't tell

[dire dagger]

nah

[muted valve]

[olive locust]

Guys, I just found a max health mask and an armor on a dead Ward guy is that normal?

[muted valve]

honestly i still don't know whether finding armor on bodies is normal or not

might be a bug, might not be, who knows?

[dire dagger]

but honestly until gsc adds a quest with a hunter character that lets me complete a long quest tree to get given the one of one unique weapon 1895 browning lever action

[olive locust]

Im doing the Azimuth mission at this moment could be mission related loot

[dire dagger]

i wont be happy

[sly matrix]

Gimme M240 MG

[nimble cipher]

xbiohazardx. has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[light adder]

Is it just me? After you took the emitter and you have to bring it to scar, and clear sphere. Why there's so much enemies spawn rapidly anywhere I travel I can't even do anything just keep dying repeatly.

[muted valve]

also no matter what it is i'm prolly gonna be dissapointed cause you're here hyping it

[dire dagger]

i just said its the most major content they have added so far

which id say is accurate

@sly matrix would you agree?

[sly matrix]

Give me machine gun update adding RPK-74, M249 Saw and M240

[sly matrix]

Will not confirm or deny

[muted valve]

yeah, but that could mean two five minute quests

[dire dagger]

im debating if i should allure further or not

[muted valve]

[dire dagger]

again my point stands

its the largest update so far

this is true

[muted valve]

so 150GB instead of 120?

[dire dagger]

200 actually

[zinc apex]

Guys i'm playing female Skif and the best armor in game is just a bikini. Is that correct?

[dire dagger]

yes

[zinc apex]

Phew. Was worried for a bit

[celest goblet]

Looking forward to whatever the future brings. I feel like even if you're still not happy with the current game, GSC is putting their money where their mouth is in terms of continuing to improve it

[stray tendon]

Is there a way to make the viewmodel of the guns smaller? I feel like they're so huge they take up so much screen space

[summer stream]

We get massive updates to this game almost monthly. Everyone goes wild for the first week. Then by the second week, everyone goes back to crying and saying how we never get any updates for the game. Then the cycle repeats

[zinc apex]

I was ragebaiting

but monthly massive updates is a lie tho lol

[dire dagger]

yah no this will be the first update i'd call major

[summer stream]

27 updates, 7 of them major updates in 12 months

[muted valve]

no, no, we get a massive update, then weeks of crying for fixes to all the stuff the update broke, then a call for a new update

[celest goblet]

The eternal cycle

[worn oar]

Shame on you guys

Rage baiting like amateurs

[wind wedge]

It truly is the STALKER way 🫡

[celest portal]

@spiral stump interesting

[glass turret]

I just did that quest Yesterday and got the same mask and Armor AT full or AT least 90% durability on a dead ward Guy so might be normal

[crisp lintel]

The artifact near that lava anomaly next to red fortress is still glitched in the water below lol

[spiral stump]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/560386382170947594/1376144549499506709/6u6ylb.gif

I was sleeping already

[dim topaz]

But even so they added so much needless bloat to the game ...
I wonder why it is that while in Terraria, the more content the better, but in Minecraft newer additions just feel halfassed and tacked on

[dim topaz]

Werent Gaijin making something like that? Also that Beautiful Light indie game

[stray tendon]

Yeah it's funny I feel like the Minecraft devs have this weird obsession with "balancing" the game. Like they won't add anything they deem too OP. And probably because the Java version at least is such spaghetti code adding even the must simple features takes forever.

It's also funny to think that now that they have movies and other extra media there's some form of "lore" they have to adhere to lmao

[dim topaz]

It just aint the same since Notch left, I'm telling you

[stray tendon]

Stalker 2 is such a realistic game I love it.

[muted valve]

[stray tendon]

I'm playing on Master mode. I get held up by bandits. They ask for like 5k coupons

I dont have it so I opt to fight. I get my face blown off frame 1 leaving the conversation

[dire dagger]

Because it never gets revisited

They NEVER go back and make old content better

[stray tendon]

Do suppressors change the stats of the gun? Like I know it makes it quieter but is there a tradeoff of less damage or something?

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[dim topaz]

Clearly not Master enough for Master difficulty

[drifting niche]

Does the controller spawn after we collect the artifact at Cordon?

[muted valve]

<@&1429819918492368916> could someone delete these two scam posts above?

[empty gorge]

guys i did a thing:
https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/1879?tab=description
okay bye!

[spiral stump]

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

[muted valve]

snipiest of snipers

[sly matrix]

Is it just me, or do bots now seem to show up in duos?

[stray tendon]

Okay I very much think stickups need a two second head start. It is impossible to survive a 3v1 shootout that happens right out of a conversation

[glass turret]

we got 150 meters buble before gta6, i want to create a religion for modders

[empty gorge]

thank us later chief, first go enjoy

[unreal raptor]

150km now Shay

*then we might need binocs *

are artefacts still spawning underground or is this just me?

[drifting niche]

I think this happens to those who have artifacts that have already fallen into the ground

[unreal raptor]

So the fix would be to start again. Again.

[keen bone]

tbf it's kind of surprising its taken GSC 3 weeks to put out a hotfix that hasn't even fixed all the new bugs, but I guess something complicated must have cropped up in testing

I was hoping I could be ready to play 1.8 as an early Xmas present but I guess that's going to slip into Jan, rip

[unreal raptor]

What are these massive updates. The only one I can think of meaningfully is 1.7.

The rest have been band aids on a rushed release.

[analog helm]

I've watched a streamer for 7-8 hours playing the game on PS5 release, and man, 1 year after - still so buggy...

• NPC bodies stuck in the ground with only legs sticking out (at multiple occasions)
• dead NPCs constantly lay in "yoga position" with their hands and feet behind their back
• poltergeists wallhacking, completely confusing the person (she was playing the game for the first time)
• in the mission where you need to carry a body of the stalker out of the anomaly - the "take body" button just doesn't appear, until you loot it (despite are explicitly told NOT to loot it). Reloading from a save did not help.
• button to interact with the trader didn't appear for least one of the traders on the stream (making her very frustrated)
• NPC shooting into walls or just stuck in the combat position pointing a gun into one place and not moving
• NPCs stuck inside one another blocking a door (happened once)
• in the Nightgale's mission where you need to kill dogs, "A-Life" spawns bandits right in the way when the streamer and Nightgale run towards the location. NPC start shooting the player, but completely ignoring the Nightgale and Nightgale completely ignores them just running through as if nothing is happening, just giving a default replica ("don't fall behind!").
• mission where (The Ninth) cures Mastiff, looks like a game-designer`s prototype, that has never been touched by an actual programmer: when you select "the building is empty" dialog option when talking to Dew at the door, then Nineth just runs through the player right into Dew's face, and shoots A FULL MAG into him for like 3 seconds - all this time Dew and his gang just stands still without ANY reaction (not even playing an idle animation talking, or anything, just stuck in "dialog" mode), then he suddenly plays "take out a gun" animation and just one-shots the Ninth with a mele attack, not giving the stream even time to react. Mission is over. The whole scene looks so clunky and frustrating for the player... But that's not over - then the whole gang enters the building where Mastiff is lying wounded. However, instead of going to the room where Mastiff is, they just stop at the anteroom and stay there indefinitely completely forgetting the very reason they came to the house at the first place. It all just looked so jarringly bad... Also, The Ninth changes voice actors for different replicas.

It is so sad to think that after a whole year the game is in such a poor state... Like quality control just not exists

[drifting niche]

pitux...

[vale quartz]

stopped reading after watched a streamer

[muted valve]

why watch someone play the game when you can just play it yourself lmao

[unreal raptor]

This guy is chatting the truth.

[unreal raptor]

It’s so buggy it’s not worth playing?

[sly matrix]

I'm comfortable with worse so it's perfectly worth playing for me

[celest portal]

https://tenor.com/view/sad-ant-with-bindle-sad-ant-ant-sad-so-sad-gif-27445701

[twin nexus]

hey guys if understands PipelineState crash error and can help me troubleshoot i sent a message to #❔┃seeking-for-advice

[worn oar]

Not to mention that it's far better now and very stable too.

[zinc apex]

1.7 was a gamechanger literally

[rocky shadow]

sometimes i feel like ppl dont play games. I sometimes meet bugs with quests, NPCs and etc even in big AAA games from Sony years after release.

[wind wedge]

Anywhere I can send a ticket to GSC for like feedback? Idk if it's a weird question or not

[muted valve]

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

[stray tendon]

Is there a way to prevent the psi hallucinations that shoot at you? Like will they not happen if I have high enough psi protection?

[stiff pasture]

You will never be ‘immune’ to Psi hallucinations, the best way is to start hauling ass and popping a psi block once you hear the psi droning pick up

[rose plover]

did they make medkits heal slower or is it a mod i might have added?! bc for me bandages dont heal at all and medkits heal so slow and i was wondering if one of the mods i installed or just a game feature (i do not recall having one of those mods thats why im asking)

[stiff pasture]

That’s a mod

[rose plover]

ah alright its probably implemented with another mod that i wanted and didnt realize that slow healing was added into it, thank you

[rose plover]

found out what caused it, it was better ballistics, apparently the newer versions have health item redesign

[eternal fulcrum]

are poltergeists still able to throw stuff through walls

[celest portal]

Based on what I am seeing from others, yes

[finite dragon]

#📜┃gsc-answers message

[eternal fulcrum]

thanks

[unkempt sphinx]

Yo Thats nsfw. You are literally showig his bare chest

[terse jay]

Also add the fact that we have bloodsucker and burer infestation, like bloodsuckers was fixed and it is broken again and with much higher magnitude. Personally I had a situation that a bloodsucker would scream in the distance and then move exactly where I was and engage me.

Also some pre-placed artifacts still buried below ground. Or Ward HQ spawning insta-kill NPCs if you kill too many soldiers at their compund. Or insta-kill snipers at Duga or Cordon, or 2 million siverts rad-zones that fry you the moment you make one step to far.

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[analog helm]

Yeah, I'm sure there are more issues than i mentioned, but I just decided to include specifically what I witnessed with my own eyes and there is an actual video recording of that happening over the span of under 10 hours of playtime.
In environmental design, atmosphere and sound - the game looks great, but the amount of junk that is still unaddressed 1 year after release is staggering (like my list, is by far not exhaustive). Though, after reading replies from other people here - I understand why....

[terse jay]

Most of those issues are spot on. I came here on discord asking what I should do about that guy that you had to bring out from anomaly field *without * looting. It's counter-intuitive that you have to grab the PDA from his pockets first.

BUT on the other hand the Alife in 1.7 is surprising me in a good way. For example I knew of one Chimera spot and when I approached the area I saw it dead, it was killed by Ward who then got killed by pack of Snorks. A very difficult monster was laying dead ready to be skinned. And it isn't the first time I am exploring an area knowing there is a scripted encounter only to see that someone else dealt with that problem already.

I can shoot snorks or bandits all day if it means I don't have to fight Zone's apex.

[bitter pasture]

Ugh, is that normal? I took a quest for the innkeeper in the starting area where I was supposed to clear out some bandits… and then, within a short time, seven bloodsuckers spawned. When I went back to the innkeeper to turn in the quest, two more spawned right in front of the village.

[bitter pasture]

And one more question: this is my first playthrough and I jumped straight into Master difficulty. It’s almost impossible to tell who is friendly and who is hostile. Enemies don’t seem to wear shoulder patches or any other clear identifiers. Are there plans to improve this or add better visual identification later on?

[safe badge]

Dont ask why but I need many love

[sly matrix]

https://tenor.com/view/bring-me-to-life-with-kittens-bring-me-to-life-kittens-adorable-kittens-cute-kittens-gif-8754854

[celest portal]

@wraith socket go snipe this guy old man

[wraith socket]

Thanks.

[celest portal]

https://tenor.com/view/soggy-cat-shark-ssoggycat-curseforge-minecraft-gif-10127735356643084535

[bold oxide]

covet granted ahh… it took awhile to find words so i dont spoil something

[wraith socket]

Covet granted?

[bold oxide]

see it worked

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[sly matrix]

https://tenor.com/view/minecraft-cat-door-close-gif-25779279

[empty gorge]

you 2

[charred wraith]

dont tell me the fix for mutants throwin stuff through walls isnt out yet?

[sly matrix]

Ok, I won't tell you then

[stray tendon]

How do I side with Sultan and Beard in Three Captains?

Arent I supposed to just wait it out then the objective changes?

[sly matrix]

#📜┃gsc-answers message

Try this

[tropic cobalt]

stalker, is there a better flashlight ingame or do i have to deal with that matchbox light?

[sly matrix]

No, but there's NVGs now

[stray tendon]

In case you happen to know, do they mean this wall?
https://imgur.com/a/oTjl7Lb

[sly matrix]

Idk, haven't tried it myself

[stray tendon]

Leaving the tower triggers Sonya's mercs just taking them out ;-;

How do I get access to the thread channel the issue is alluding to? And the spoilers channel? I dont see either of them in the server list

ohhh interesting this is a new discord feature

you go to "Channels and Roles" and you can check off what channels you want to see. Neat

[storm kernel]

ts dude aint even play the game for himself 😭

[placid grove]

does the player do more damage in master difficulty?

or is it just bullet sponge simulator but now you die even faster

[placid grove]

who are you having trouble IDing?

the main factions stand out pretty well, ones green ones red and ones more white

Bandits usually wear dark colors and trenchcoats

Stalkers usually wear their stalker suits

[ember summit]

I feel it’s a decent challenge without being tedious tbh. Enemy NPCs can be tanks bullet sponges, if you don’t use the right ammo.

Basically need AP ammo to 1-2 shot Exos with some calibers, non AP ammo will require around 3-5 headshots depending on what armour your hitting.

[glass turret]

Yeah theres no much difference in terms of bullet sponge ennemies between difficulty

You die faster on master but you dont need to Land more shots

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[finite dragon]

You could just assume everyone is hostile and just shoot on sight. Atleast thats what im doing and im having a blast and tons of stuff to sell

[rapid warren]

Next update just got leaked

[rocky shadow]

its not leak tho

[analog helm]

not a leak
https://blog.playstation.com/2025/12/15/s-t-a-l-k-e-r-2-drops-a-free-story-and-content-update-on-dec-16/

[modest mesa]

It's a new update for 2026

[celest goblet]

Means a trailer will probably go up soon

Sony loves posting stuff early lmao

[modest mesa]

Lol 😂

[rocky shadow]

Mozi has trailer already on his twitter acc (stalker news)

[rocky shadow]

its not early. Its exclusive info for Sony from GSC and they posted it when they should have. Its not leak or something

[midnight lion]

No!
Tomorrow

[stray tendon]

Do AP bullets effect mutants? Like does it do enough extra damage to make them worth using against them?

[lost tartan]

HP (expansive) are much better for mutants, AP should be used against humans with heavy armor such as exos

[stray tendon]

Yeah I do know that but I was wondering if they still had some sort of advantage against mutants over regular bullets

[lost tartan]

Not that i know of, at least in my experience Bloodsuckers seem to take the same number of AP rounds as regular rounds to kill

[celest goblet]

All you are doing is more damage to your weapon by firing AP at mutants

Except maybe the hornhead? But there's like 3 of those in the whole game

[unreal raptor]

Will this content update also fix the damn spawning underground of artefacts and dropping bodies beneath the ground too?

[celest goblet]

The artifacts are fixed already except for some static spawns I believe

[unreal raptor]

Will check on mine again later but maybe they were static. I don’t want to start this game again. Burnt out from redoing the same 25% of the game and getting soft locked.

[lost tartan]

Speaking of soft locked, i somehow got the bug where ||Zotov's body isnt there after the "ward attack" at the wish granter|| but was still able to ||speak to Dalin|| and progress

[modest mesa]

If u look on Google ur see what I mean

[placid grove]

Playing master mode and then running into a glass anomaly really sucks

[muted valve]

then don't do that

[placid grove]

were it that easy

[muted valve]

it is, it's a static object

[placid grove]

huuur durrr ya bro hindsight is nice aint it?

village ppl man I swear

[muted valve]

just dont walk into the shards of glass lmao

[sly matrix]

-# >"Doctor my arm hurts when I do this."
-# <"Then don't do it."

[muted valve]

i'd make a great doctor

[sly matrix]

I mean comedian isn't working out so you might as well try

[muted valve]

Well, i'll take your word for it, you seem an expert on being humor-less

[placid grove]

Should I run the Fora rifle or AR416 just got to slag heap on Master mode

[wise geyser]

Update soon

[placid grove]

hot fix?

[wise geyser]

No I mean that content drop tomorrow

Wether or not it will include fixes and ect

Idk

[placid grove]

content drop huh

[muted valve]

just more bugs 😛

[placid grove]

didnt 1.7 like just come out

[celest portal]

https://tenor.com/view/weevil-weevil-intentions-evil-bug-gif-10939745778306086252

[wise geyser]

Yeah this a PlayStation collaboration though I believe. It’s 8 new quests some new characters and a new hub in the burnt forest

But apparently the hub is dictated on your choices and the quests I believe so we will see

Oh and a new gun the gp37v2

[placid grove]

interesting well Ive started the game like 4 times over after the last updates and im satified with the 1.7 master mode one

[wise geyser]

I still haven’t really touched the game in a while other to test master a bit because of the spawning bugs and ect that was added in 1.7

[placid grove]

master mode makes the game more enjoyable for me even tho its pain

[wise geyser]

But if this update adds this new stuff and fixes some of those bugs I’ll hop in prob

[wise geyser]

I agree

[placid grove]

its kinda like Fallout 4s survival mode like I couldnt even imagine going back to normal difficulties

no compass isnt that bad cause the map is soo good

[stray tendon]

Does anyone know what this says?
#📸┃screens_and_videos message

[placid grove]

having no enemies on the compass either really adds to the tension

[wise geyser]

I mean shit I play zero hud anyway I like immersion over all

[placid grove]

ya and this like forces it

[wise geyser]

Hence why I like master a lot

[placid grove]

the checkpoints are routh tho fs

[wise geyser]

But I wish they lowkey added an Ironman mode

[placid grove]

idk if I could do that lmao

Youd have to like RP a hunter or something

[wise geyser]

@sly matrix

No one click that link

[stray tendon]

Yeah, nobody click that it is a scam

[frank vector]

They need to fix these spawn point issues. There are places on the map where enemies just spawn constantly. Bodies also disappear because of the inability to have more than 10 or so corpses

[zealous pumice]

Update 1.8 tomorrow apparently, new content

https://youtu.be/UgB339Y915k

[worthy zodiac]

Don't click on that link, guys, it's a rickroll

(Alright, I'm just fuсking around, it's just an update video from game with dave or something)

[faint veldt]

whats up folks, i didnt played since february, are there any major updates, especially with content

like new zones, new missions

i completed the main quest, so i need some missions instead of just looting

[rustic gulch]

Why is it that this is been basically silent from GSC, it was Playstation that dropped the trailer???

[thin cargo]

some youtubers apparently knew 2~ weeks ago but had to keep quiet

guess it was just a surprise gift for end of the year

[lucid pagoda]

You picked the right time to come back, not only did you miss 1.6 which added NVGs & mutant hunting content, but also tomorrow another update is due that will be adding a bunch more narrative content to explore https://blog.playstation.com/2025/12/15/s-t-a-l-k-e-r-2-drops-a-free-story-and-content-update-on-dec-16/

[faint veldt]

nice man, happy to hear that

but is this closed part of the map now open?

in which you could not get without mods in the early game version

[lucid pagoda]

If you are referring to the Iron Forest & CNPP, no they are still blocked off & unfinished in current build 1.7.1

Sounds like this DLC is pointing more towards exploring some newly repopulated & potentially modified areas of the base map, but that PS5 article does have a line "Your choices may also lead you to completely uncharted places. Trust your instincts to see how it pays off." that certainly seems to imply some wholly new areas, though it's unclear as of now if these will just be further fleshed out POI interiors, or the actual overworld map will expand in some form.

[thin cargo]

Is there anything I should do before the quest "Extreme Simplicity"?
||I'm at the part where they asked me to go to the ranger station. From what I could tell I'll have to go to SIRCAA after this? I don't want to miss out on any side quests etc. I assume SIRCAA is some kind of big deal so I'm thinking I'll circumvent the ranger station for now and go explore some more instead.||
||I see plenty of stashes left to loot on the map and I've only been to the following areas: Lesser Zone, Cordon, Garbage, Wild Island, Zaton, Swamps. Scoured these areas of everything (I think.)||
||Is there a way to go to the other zones on the map before heading to the ranger station and then SIRCAA next?||

[placid grove]

whoever made "the price goes up" quest can rot honestly

[lunar berry]

is this game cooked to a good temperature or shal i leave it

[placid grove]

its fine tho

minor bugs to be expected but the gameplay has gotten alot better

[lunar berry]

okay sweet might have to give her a go

left her a year in the oven now

[placid grove]

ya same

master mode is what ive been waiting for tbh

but fk whoever made this quest seriously this anomaly just 1 taps me and you have to go through it

[azure dock]

I hope tomorrow's update also includes some much-needed fixes.

[zealous pumice]

Ai is still pretty dump as of 1.7, might be waiting until 2.0 for me to buy it

[oak wyvern]

Is it a bad idea to run stalker call of chernobyl off a USB drive?

[spring mirage]

https://youtu.be/1BKHq7v7bWI?si=ZrtZAh88tybPiWZd

First time finding this zone legends channel

[lost tartan]

You can complete the part at the ranger station with no issues. You will know youre at the part to "hold off on" when your objective changes to "Go to SIRCAA". I stopped at that point and went free roaming as once you enter SIRCAA you are locked in until you complete the mission and make several major choices

As soon as you leave the Lesser Zone you are free to explore the entire map except Jupiter and Pripyat ||(you can still get there early if you really want to, but youre not supposed to)||

[thin cargo]

Appreciate it mate, I was wondering if areas on the West side of the lesser zone and garbage were off limits or needed story progression to access. I'll be sure to explore those before continuing to SIRCAA

[lost tartan]

Nope, it's all accessible. The only caveat is you will be insta-killed if you attempt to approach Duga from the north or East. You can get into the city if you follow the south-most road in, but everywhere else is covered by snipers. ||there is a quest there you will miss if you don't do it before the story takes you to Duga||

[thin cargo]

Here I was thinking I'd done everything there is to do before continuing the story, and yet, there's another 60% of the map to explore

[lost tartan]

Supposedly we're getting a new hub in burnt forest tomorrow too

[thin cargo]

Yess, I'm so excited for that! I haven't explored any of regions outside of zaton/swamp/garbage/zalissya/cordon. Currently exploring the cooling towers. The game world is so huge

[lost tartan]

Red Forest and Rostok are my favorites, lots of stuff to do and places to explore

[thin cargo]

Red forest and rostok were my favorites when I played gamma and anomaly years ago! Looking forward to those areas the most!

[frank vector]

Tbh i am not enjoying it as much as Anomoly and i'm hoping if they can emulate that epxerience it would be the best game by far

[thin cargo]

I think the only real thing I'm missing is more looting and personal crafting and cooking. Other than that, I think the vibe is awesome, the gameplay is decent, the world could use a couple more sidequests/ random encounters through better a-life for sure.

What about you? What could be improved to emulate the anomaly experience more?

[light adder]

Can't wait for the future expansion, which may feature unlocked hidden regions. Guessing this update is just unfinished side missions from the base game.

[flint cliff]

Fake?

[worthy zodiac]

I hope they'll never add cooking, crafting and other "interface" activities

[worthy zodiac]

Nah, it's true, playstation "leaked" it or so I heard

[flint cliff]

Only for PS5?

[dim topaz]

Stalker 2 made me so sad that we didn't get the original cancelled version

[main frigate]

There are mods for this like Craftable & Lootable Zone

[hazy helm]

Stalker 2012? nha it wouldve sucked

Im a big 2012 naysayer

[dim topaz]

Why so

[hazy helm]

it sucked

[dim topaz]

Ok but why

[hazy helm]

the whole story was about making it less stalker and more roadside picnic, it was about returning everything to the status quo of "gov owns the land now"
it was a whole less hard sci fi and whole lot goofier, and the faction paths made less sense than the S2 we got now

[dim topaz]

I like roadside picnic

[hazy helm]

I like roadside picnic, I dont like stalker being made into roadside picnic, they are diff

keep it separate

[dim topaz]

"the faction paths made less sense" damn that's actually impressive

[main frigate]

I'm still waiting for better random quests like we had in Anomaly

cause right now the current one are preety basic and circled around the quest giver with low reward

[dim topaz]

But idk, i mean even if not for the story, the general vibes of the game are so vastly different between S2 and the originals

Maybe it's the engine or the context of the main story

I've been replaying the originals and gamma lately, and it's just so cozy

[hazy helm]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/552239751952859207/1447913034545889281/goy_modd.gif

[dim topaz]

The concept of an open world version of SoC sounded so amazing when they first announced the new S2

But way too much changed

Maybe I'm nostalgia blinded idk

[dense meteor]

Hey! How is the community doing?.

Quick question. Do we have a video about the new content that will release today? I seen a bunch of videos of content creators about the new missions and stuff but I cant seem to find that video.

[muted valve]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KCLiw3e-b8

it's unlisted, so you can't find it normally

[dense meteor]

Aaaaah... that is why!

Thank you Robo!

[hushed mantle]

Do we know what time it drops today

[celest portal]

no

[flint cliff]

Are good these mods?

[main frigate]

Sure, one of the best currently for S2

[flint cliff]

Don't they break the game?

[main frigate]

No. Of course you cannot delete Lootable Zone mid game since it adds new items

https://discord.com/channels/504587323577729024/1389348765965750323

Author is one of the best of its art currently

[rocky shadow]

why is everyone saying, that SOny leaked it

[rocky shadow]

jesus im glad that didnt happen honestly, after i read what it was supposed to be about

[worthy zodiac]

I dunno. Didn't look into it cause doesn't really matter to me

[worthy zodiac]

Where can I read about it?

[rocky shadow]

fair.
WHy i wrote that is, bcs many ppl are acting as it was accident or "leak" or something, when its actualy clearly GSCs official post on Playstation blog, Molit literaly said, that this is exclusive news for Sony and it was worded in a way, when you can clearly see, that it was clearly supposed to be released before the update drops, not while it drops, so it dropped exactly when it should. But ppl say, that its leak

[rocky shadow]

there are videos on youtube about premise and websites and etc. You have to look for it tho

[worthy zodiac]

Weird, lol. Guess people want to find any reason possible to blame sony

[rocky shadow]

yeah. Like i dont rly like Sony, but this was literaly GSCs article, not Sonys

[celest goblet]

Sony has a habit of revealing things early on their store, but this is clearly not one of those cases

[granite coral]

Hey guys 1.8 update today?

[rocky shadow]

exactly

[rocky shadow]

should be

[granite coral]

[crystal drum]

update time?

[lusty brook]

is the 1.7 worth the replay

?

[dim topaz]

Todayn't

[light adder]

The update delayedddd

I KNEW IT, IT WAS GOING TO BE

[unreal raptor]

embarrassing

[static star]

What is 1.8 adding? Ive not seen much information around it

[celest goblet]

A bunch of new quests, a new unique weapon, a new hub you can build in burnt forest

[unreal raptor]

and no doubt a load of new bugs by the sounds of it. Totally flying by the seat of thier pants on this release again.

[static star]

Isnt flying by the seat of one's pants the Freedom way?

[static star]

Gotcha, thank you!

[noble basin]

Will 1.8 have the anomaly fix in it?

[astral kiln]

Hey all, just wondering if there is any way to fix my game. I’ve been having issues with launching S2 because of a couple of mods that aren’t listed on Mod.IO anymore. I’ve tried to delete the mods and reload a previous save but it all leads back to the same screen that says I’m missing the mod.

And because of this I instantly dashboard

[lost tartan]

Which mods? When NPC Combat Overhaul was removed my save file just notified me it was missing and that was it

[astral kiln]

Can’t even play the game, and I’ve spent over 200 hours on this save file and I’m not willing to restart

[ember summit]

You probably had a mod installed that can’t be removed during a playthrough by the sounds of it.

[lost tartan]

You'll either have to wait until GSC puts it back on xbox (the modder fixes and re-uploads it) or restart

[astral kiln]

Dynamic Weather and some other one. I’m at work right now so I’ll have to see when I get home

[nimble cipher]

unsc_higgs has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[lost tartan]

Oof, yeah DWO has been causing major issues on xbox on and off since 1.7

[astral kiln]

Dang, so that’s why it’s gone lol

I think the other one is Zone Golden, like I said I’m just guessing but I hope I don’t have to restart

[gloomy vector]

gsc still cant get mods right eh

[tawny comet]

Is GSC planning to fix the sleep mechanic? I've not heard any adjustments being planned yet. It would be cool if you got drowsy or could actually fall asleep and have a portion of your loot robbed.

[celest goblet]

I want to say they have mentioned it's on their radar but I imagine it's a lower priority than many things they have worked on so far. Would be cool to have it matter more though

[tawny comet]

Yeah, at this point the sleep mechanic doesn't matter at all. It has never affected any aspect of gameplay that I can recall. I forgot it even existed as a mechanic.

[rocky shadow]

I think, that sleeping is tied to something else, that is tied to engine update or something to do with Alife and it wont be touched until that point, bcs it would not work properly before that. But that is only my idea, i dont know if this is true or not. But it would explain why its still not fixed.

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[zinc apex]

big chungus

[flint cliff]

I started on PS5 and despite the gyroscope being activated on the DualSense, it doesn't work in the game. Why is that?

[ornate orchid]

Hey, is there rules about the bullet penetration power on objects? Like, If I am behind some metal sheet or a tree I can't be shoot but I still take damage when I am behind 1m³ concrete cube or some vehicles. Is there something I am missing?

[placid grove]

the quest to kill a controller on Wild island is so borked and infuriating on Master mode

These damn people just keep spawning behind while im fighting the controller as if thats not annoying enough and its in a Vent that was irradiated and hidden but someone these 2 soldiers are able to get in right behind me what is this game

[fickle summit]

You are experiencing Psi hallucinations. Take psi-block

You find several prior to fighting the Controller

[supple nymph]

are mods working with the latest patch?

[thin cargo]

depends on the mod

[mighty lagoon]

Anyone gonna check out Pioner?

[flint cliff]

Nothing?

[fair flower]

anyone able to help me with some troubleshooting i have got the game for steam and it wont let me launch it i have verified game files tried to run it as admin reinstalled drivers made sure my anti virus allows it and still wont launch.

[latent kite]

Do you have mods installed?

[vital atlas]

You should elaborate more on what happens when you try to launch it, if any errors pop up or not

[rocky shadow]

nah, its garbage

[sly viper]

where was the new content info teased? all i see is the sudden mention of a delay of DLC that is nowhere to be seen not event GS-answers

[summer stream]

The delay was literally announced in the most recent post under…announcements

[sly viper]

prior to the delay was there any other anouncements about it?

[latent kite]

Yes

An article from PlayStation

[worthy zodiac]

Yeah, on december 15, right before it was supposed to release

[fair flower]

it gives me my file location then says CreateProcess() returned 2e4

[sly viper]

15/12 is the xbox discount in anouncements, what am i missing

[lucid pagoda]

https://blog.playstation.com/2025/12/15/s-t-a-l-k-e-r-2-drops-a-free-story-and-content-update-on-dec-16/ Wasn't posted here

[sly viper]

why they didnt hype it on their own server

[lucid pagoda]

To me seemed like it was meant to be a stealthdrop & it was the PlayStation blog that ruined the surprise early by posting that

Though it's certainly strange for them to still be wholly silent on acknowledging it in here now that the bayun is out of the bag, guess they are waiting for the 18th with its delay

[light adder]

Does anyone think they'll delay again? My gut tells me they'll do

[sly viper]

getting DLC while the zone is still unstable with anomalies is a mind bending concept
but...praise monolith i guess

[lucid pagoda]

I do hear your frustration. It's a sisyphean task to have the game be "fixed" as a whole, but it's also undeniable that there have been numerous regular improvements made to the game with updates, and presumably the teams behind adding narrative content + those fixing ongoing issues aren't one & the same in a way that means it's either/or. Seeing some of the major improvements made as of 1.7 and knowing UE 5.5.4 upgrade is on the horizon, I imagine that more of these issues will be ironed out in time.

[vital atlas]

Go to the game location in steam and look for exe then run aus administrator

That error usually has to do with missing elevation/permissions

[flint cliff]

What is the point of now allowing manual saving at Master/Shipping level? Isn't that a step backwards?

[light adder]

UPDATE DROPS NOW

[celest goblet]

Sounds like you can do it but you get a mark of shame on your pause screen

[hazy helm]

shouldve made a good mode

[flint cliff]

Is it possible to keep the saves as they were yesterday at the Master level?

[ripe mason]

Yesterday, i was very sad about changing release date of content update.

But today i am totally happy! Because today - is my birthday. And update drops one day earlier, precisely into my birthday.

Thank you all, devs! The Stalker 2 is amazing game, and i very happy to play this content update today!

[celest goblet]

Well by default Master saving is exactly as it was. You can optionally turn on manual saves in the options menu

If you do nothing it should remain the same

[flint cliff]

Did GSC give in to the children's tears?

[celest goblet]

IDK, I think the system could definitely use some tweaks. This is a quick way to give people some options at least.

[vital atlas]

Expedition mode is a complete failure made for gamma babys who insist campfire saves is a good thing (they turn it off every single playthrough)

[sly moat]

From what I'm reading is more of an optional thing yeah, but it is hidden so not many keeping up with stuff won't even notice it

[lucid pagoda]

Some may want to experience the gameplay changes made from veteran to master difficulty without the pseudo-iron mode, never loved that in Metro Exodus either. For me Better Ballistics Redux gives me more the kind of Ranger Hardcore difficulty changes I was seeking out of a master mode anyway so I'll continue to use that

Some may be seeking the greater challenge but are not fond of the simple mistake costing them hours of gameplay, we've all got different takes on our stalker sadism

[flint cliff]

Instead, it is right that there should be a Master level without manual saves.

[fair flower]

I have and it still doesn’t work

[vital atlas]

Delete the exe have steam validate it and close steam and run steam as admin

[vital atlas]

There is still a master without manual saves just play that and stop yapping

[fair flower]

Ok I’ll try it

[shell basin]

can anyone tell me where can i start untold story line?

game doesnt point out to starting location

[lucid pagoda]

#☢┃stalker-general message

[mighty tapir]

Framegen is now working in cutscenes ?

Maybe it was the case before, but never noticed it

[ocean coral]

"If these saves are enabled, the player's progress status, which is displayed in the Pause menu, will change." Change to what? Does anyone know what this obscure message is supposed to mean?

[lucid pagoda]

In the bottom right corner on the pause menu where it says the time/ date & difficulty, I believe it will change from saying Master to saying Veteran+ so really not a huge deal

[late yarrow]

Can someone explain to me why locked 60fps looks good on my tv through a console and choppy on my monitor through my pc?

[unreal raptor]

Any news on Burers and their wall hacks???

[vital atlas]

not fixed

[flint cliff]

I defend the purity of the Master level, which should NEVER allow free saving. Otherwise, the whole point of Expedition goes out the window.

[zinc apex]

There still is master mode without saving if you want to play it

[vital atlas]

https://tenor.com/view/yapping-gif-3664239514826816233

[desert flint]

What exactly do you lose by giving other players the simple option to play a bit more fluid? Hell, it doesnt even make the game easier.

[flint cliff]

Others should play at a lower difficulty level if they are not good.

[desert flint]

This is dumb. Really, really dumb.

[vital atlas]

You should stop yapping and go play gamma

[zinc apex]

I bet he also dislikes accessibility features

[dire dagger]

me when they add a feature to the game that i don't even have to use

[flint cliff]

I finished Gamma only with combat knife.

[vital atlas]

Nobody cares dude

[dire dagger]

i beat rust using only the rock

[zinc apex]

🫃

How's the update?

[flint cliff]

With this update, Unforgiving Zone Mod works or is broken?

[fair flower]

@vital atlas it’s till giving me the same error.

[hasty inlet]

So were we given any indication on the engine update...? they said they wanted to put it in by the end of this year, and while I wont look a gift horse in the mouth for the free content they have been adding, I haven't seen anything about it as of yet with only 2 weeks left in the year...

[vital atlas]

Then i am out of dieas sorry try reaching out to GSC directly

[fair flower]

How would I go about doing that?

[vital atlas]

you can tag molt or reach out on the support website

[unreal raptor]

This content sounds half baked on top of half baked. Another weird exclusive deal with a console, stopping the game actually getting a strong base to build from.

Still countless bugs/issues that need sorting.

Sounds ungrateful maybe. More so I worry for the amount of moving parts and new engine coming. Will it ever get to a decent state?!

[karmic rune]

I've completed STALTER 2 - master difficulty but with mods allowing to save/gain achivements. Without that - that was uplayable. Especialy when fight with Faust/Strielok/Scar - they kill with one shot + these anomalies flying around. Does anyone from developers tested boss-fights on master difficulty? They are broken even with "save mod" i needed to use "god mode" to complete this.

Strielok on Master Dificulty kills with one shot, its imposiible to win this fight without a god-mode enabled.

And even if you menage to kill strielok - there is another fight with scar, who also one-shot player, and between these two fights there is no AUTO SAVE

[unreal raptor]

Yeah they need to add more sacs in the story progression. The length of time between some of them is a little ott. Doesn’t feel like that was tested at all.

Even the scarcity of save points in some areas on the map. In a whole zone there isn’t a single save point.

[karmic rune]

The game also urgently needs neutral guides who roam the Zone in various locations and whom the player could pay for transport to HUBs. Unfortunately, at a certain stage the game involves an enormous amount of walking, which negatively affects the overall experience.

I completed the game twice. During my first playthrough I explored every location and had an excellent time; however, the lack of fast travel and the vast areas that must be traversed became a major issue during my second playthrough. I am a huge fan of the series, but even for me this became tiring. There should be some system that facilitates faster travel, because at times you simply lose the motivation to cross the entire Zone just to get from one quest to another.

[karmic rune]

I didnt have any problem with mutants or anomalies, but when comes to longer quest-lines and boss fights. This is just totaly unplayable experience. I couldn't complete without a trainer allowing me to use god-mode.

i guess, no one from dev tested that AT ALL

[unreal raptor]

Probs a skill issue if you ask half of this chat 😂

[dire dagger]

i did always wonder how those boss fights would go

[karmic rune]

Belive me I'm a very skilled PC gamer, especialy with FPS. But these fighs are EXTRAMALY DIFFICULT, almost imposible to menage

[dire dagger]

you'd think they would put special save points before boss fights

like the scar fight for example

scar can literally kill you in ONE hit

[karmic rune]

This is not a matter of skill. I consider myself a very experienced player, but this fight with Strelok on Master difficulty is simply impossible. He constantly teleports from one place to another, killing you in 1–2 shots. You can still avoid that to some extent by playing extremely cautiously, but at a certain point an anomaly appears that follows the player and kills you as soon as it reaches you. There is no way to avoid both of these things at the same time.

And once you finish the fight with Strelok, you are immediately thrown into a fight with Scar, with no autosave in between. And Scar one-hits you in seconds.

This is impossible to beat.

[dire dagger]

yah.......................................... no surprise there

[wispy depot]

i didnt have much trouble with strelok and a gauss rifle just had to play very carefully, scar on the other hand is pot luck whether he hits every shot or you get the buttons before he domes you

[karmic rune]

No when electro anomaly flying around map and seeks the player, you try avoid it - strielok will killl you from "nowhere". You try avoid strielok - anomaly witll eat you.

this boss-fight design on master difficulty is just a garbage

[ember summit]

I haven’t done these fights on master difficulty yet but I am on a master run atm. Try remove your artifacts so the anomaly doesn’t track you.

[karmic rune]

well i didn't know that

but still - no auto-save between fights it's riddiclpous

also fightting with Faust - how much i've repeat that on master difficulty? 30? 50? i dont know, but a lot. And this animation when players see that duga is destroyed - and can't be skiped anoyed me more that that i've constantly dying

[tacit ridge]

updated stalker 2 and my save file constantly crashes now after i get to the "click any button to continue"

anybody else have the same issue?

[dire dagger]

cut scene skip been broken since 1.0

not playing the game again till its fixed

[viral ferry]

Am i bugged or is there no key for the door for pickaxe is this a bug?

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[signal grotto]

Every update never fixes the input latency

For me at least, 50-70ms every time

[vital atlas]

Boss fights shouldn't have been part of the game in the first place they feel really gimmicky and out of place in the game

[flint nexus]

Anyone know if the bug with sonyas side quest has been fixed in 1.8?

[finite dragon]

I just shot the dude with RPG like 4-5 times after you destroy 3 psi emitters at the location of a fight

[keen bone]

have they fixed all the 1.7 bugs yet

someone made a post on reddit about each update introducing new bugs and it's got me thinking ya that's kind of amateur hour tbh. patches a year+ from release shouldn't be making bugs each and every time

[muted valve]

it's slav jank, it'll always be slav jank

[clever finch]

did NOT expect an update today😁

[unreal raptor]

100%.

[worn pulsar]

I heard that artifacts respawn after 3 days or an emission happening is that correct? Cause i kind of wanna grab some best artifacts but only one so far without any savescumming i got was the hypercube

[wind wedge]

Gotta know with the new update, did they fix the poltergeist issue of them hitting you through walls?

Anyone had the chance to test it?

[unique rapids]

I apologize if this has been asked and answered but I can't find a straight simple answer. On master difficulty does it increase damage dealt and received. So it's easier to be killed and easier to kill enemies and mutants

[thin cargo]

taken from reddit:

much less items in the world overall.

breakable crates now contain less loot of lower quality (you know the med boxes you break open to get medkits? They now usually have one or two bandages, for example).

This makes buying health kids a necessity, at least for me so far.

slightly harder economy compared to veteran.

less quest completion reward money.

expedition mode on, can only save at hubs and (supposedly) there's checkpoints during main quest missions as well. If you die, you are back to your last save.

higher damage to player, stalkers, and mutants. Everyone dies quicker now.

less stashes. Im at the Sphere mission and so far I haven't received a single stash coordinate, despite completing multiple side quests and looting multiple enemies. Not one so far, which is worrying. Im assuming you'll get like, 1/3 of the stashes you'd get normally...?

removed hud elements, no crosshair and no compass.

[unique rapids]

Thank you for that apparently I'm blind because I found all kinds of conversations about it but not that answer thank you.

[unique rapids]

Question. is the veteran + if you choose to turn the saves on the same as master as in terms of everyone kills each other easier just like in master.

[thin cargo]

the difficulty changes are the exact same, the only difference is that now it doesn't really count as a "master" run but instead a veteran+ run

but the difficult changes are same as master. Just, you can save everywhere now.

[unique rapids]

Ok sweet thank you again

[thin cargo]

👍 Good luck stalker

[rustic quest]

anyone have any idea why i'd be getting exception_access_violation approaching noontide base? going any other direction doesn't crash but as soon as i get close it's done

[thin cargo]

no idea, try to verify game files or do a clean reinstall tho

[placid grove]

Feel like you just get handed armor in this game even without any stashes like do people actually buy armor

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[keen bone]

Have they fixed all the 1.7 bugs yet

[worn oar]

Yeah, just one remains if I'm not mistaken (telekinesis attacks still penetrate walls)

[rocky shadow]

also a lot of ppl dont actually know what it even do or straigh say missinfo (such as, that Master make enemies more spongy)

[rocky shadow]

also to add info, Master also change a little healthpools i guess, bcs some enemies dies faster (mostly Mutants), but damage of player wasnt change at all. So its gotta be health or armor values

[rocky shadow]

exactly as you say. Its called veteran + just so Master stays Master, aka hardest achievement in game

[worn oar]

Yeah, everything is easier to kill, including the player. Damage balance is somewhat changed I think tho

Not sure, if it's Damage or protection tbh

Can be either

Either way, what matters is that it's not bullet spongy enemies and more of a skill thing. You either one shot everyone and survive unscathed, or die trying.

[tawny yew]

For everyone who has bug with the new Stories Untold missions ( new quest is automatically cancelled right after you accept it), i just want to let you know that the bug has been reported, and GSC are working to fix it.

[queen plover]

im using 1.7 version and i want to update to 1.8. Any advice or tips to keep the saves and mods?

[tawny yew]

Consider that maybe some of your mods will not work anymore

[celest portal]

Consider that after any updates mods may not work

[queen plover]

its a shame, will be hard to check all the mods compatibility

[fickle apex]

Numpad?

[tawny yew]

????

[fickle apex]

Numpad work?

[tawny yew]

It seem, my W ans S are already binded with alternative controls (5 and 2)

[fickle apex]

Last time i checked (1.6) numpad was still hardcoded

Or 1/2/3/5 were

[tawny yew]

I just checked it out, The bindings are working

[fickle apex]

Now try pressing 1/2/3/5 while aiming down sights

Last time they worked as well but when i aimed down sights it moved the camera again :(

[tawny yew]

I do not have any issues to press 1,2,3 or 5 while aiming down with the mouse......it work fine...

[fickle apex]

Maybe they finally fixed it

[keen bone]

so no then lol cool

I wonder if they'll ever do a patch that doesn't break more things

[rocky shadow]

thats basicaly immposible in software. ITs only possible, once only work you are doing is fixing stuff, not adding anything new

[sly matrix]

Let people dream

[keen bone]

it's been a month since 1.7 now. Maybe they should prioritise hotfixing rather than pushing more stuff out the door when the last stuff is still broken

[celest portal]

dream till hopium overdose

[rocky shadow]

This patch also does some bugfixing

[keen bone]

yet there's still a 1.7 bug lol. kind of embarrassing bug response time there not fixing bugs for a month+

idk I was giving GSC a lot of slack this whole time but I'm suddenly getting annoyed at them constantly introducing new bugs then taking a while to fix it only to make more

[rocky shadow]

thats not how this works. You have to work with priorities, you also have to find cause of issue and you also have to know how to fix that cause and to fix it in a way to not cause more issues. Thats long procces and also some bugs are much more needed, than others

[keen bone]

I mean players dying because they're getting killed through the wall seems pretty essential

[rocky shadow]

do you even play games? There is like zero game out there, where this wouldnt be happening, when they are adding content

[celest portal]

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

[rocky shadow]

all above what i wrote applies. Not only priorities

You have to know what is the issue (not ingame issue, actuall bug issue, so if its assets, code, some program or hardware), then you have to know how to fix it. SOme issues can take ages to be fixed bcs of that

[keen bone]

I guess Bethesda and CDPR have famously buggy releases too, but that's the exception, not the norm

[rocky shadow]

Im taking about patches

literaly even giants like Sony have patches in games, that introduce new bugs

and thats even years after release, forexample Horizon

[keen bone]

I still don't think it should take a month+ to fix problems introduced by a patch. fix bugs first, shiny new things later

especially with 1.7 there were only like, 4 or 5 bugs introduced this time. GSC have hundreds of staff members. Surely it doesn't take a month+ to fix that few a number of bugs

[rocky shadow]

well i dont doubt, that they would love to have it fixed earlier too, but this is real life.

[rocky shadow]

This is not how things works...number of ppl in company is irelevant. Number of ppl working on patches is and also, the bugs are only in some specific field. Other devs, that are not in taht fields are completely irelevant, so it doesnt amtter how many devs you have. ALso, as said, there are priorities in this also as another level and then finding issues and fixing it also. Also, a lot of times they fix it, but something else brakes, so they have to revert it and etc. THIS IS NORMAL SOFTWARE development and it works this way in every software company

[keen bone]

fix things first, add stuff later still

[rocky shadow]

we wouldnt have patches with adding anything bcs of that then bcs its still not fully fixed

[keen bone]

fine with me!

they've added almost everything now except for NVGs. And engine update. Just chill on the new content for a bit and focus on bugfixes. And I say all this, but all I care about is - just fix the damn bug they introduced themselves in 1.7. Hurry up

[muted valve]

NVG's are in, binoculars are lacking

[keen bone]

oops I meant binocs, not NVGs

but I have a feeling they are saving that for the engine update, probably going to look at expanding the A-Life radius to give people something to look at. Otherwise I guarantee binocs will lead to people being able to watch enemies spawn in

[muted valve]

yeah, binoculars would have zero use atm

[tawny yew]

If they want to expand visibility, they have to switch to updated UE. So binocular will release after engine update i'm barely sure....

[celest goblet]

x4 scope is the most you need currently so I'm not in a rush for binocs without greater online range

I will say I was never a sniper user in these games but this playthrough has made me see the light of the svu-mk s-3

Easy one shots on anything pretty much

With handling focused upgrades it's not too awkward to use either

[rocky shadow]

yeah, its deffinitely waiting either for Alife bubble or even also for better LODs

[twin thistle]

the Lavina was my go to before the upgraded Karod

that 9x39 ate through helmets

[placid grove]

you def dont 1 shot people they are still bullet sponges you gotta shoot everything in the head

[stiff pasture]

Good, aim better

[celest goblet]

As is tradition in this series (until you get the gauss)

[worn oar]

I don't shoot twice idk abt you

[zinc apex]

i shoot and then ask questions

[celest portal]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/524246444560089099/1414891717475176559/skill_issue-ezgif.com-video-to-gif-converter.gif

[pallid tundra]

Whats the 11.8 gb patch? Added snow?

[celest portal]

no

[tawny yew]

Game is making a 5.2 go update right now, hope it will fix the stories untold ''cancelled'' quest

[supple nymph]

A patch just released. Anybody know what exactly it aims to patch?

[devout imp]

not sure other than these files https://steamdb.info/patchnotes/21222340/

[hot canopy]

Bloodsucker spawn fix, unreachable artifact fix

[onyx dock]

Literally the exact second I get the pop up from Steam saying the download finished for the whole game I get the discord notification that they just dropped a new patch, c'mon man

[supple nymph]

OK, thx. Anybody know if GSC is ever going to fix the crazy annoying bug with the grenades?? Where if you throw a grenade immediately after you have just thrown one the second grenade explodes in your hand

[hot canopy]

Realistic behavior for RGDs lol

[mental sage]

Still getting pelted by shit through walls. Burer fights just get avoided now haha

Anyone encountered a bug where you cant finish the mission with Honta after killing the burer?

[hasty wyvern]

My game kind of freezes after every cutscene... is there any mod in your head that can cause this? im running full mod collection "Cinematic & Immersive ZONE"

i can hit escape, and browse menu without any issues, but after i close the menu video becomes still, tho the game is running - i can hear all voices etc

after turning DLSS Frame generator off it fixes itself.

[dusky geyser]

I have to kill the poltergeist from the seven seals mission in the underground, no escaping that bug there 🙁

Are poltergeists super tanky or what? I've shot at it point blank with a shotgun and surrounded it with grenades but it wont die.

In no other game where these guys this hard to kill...

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[summer stream]

From mcculkin on Reddit:

“Hello, stalkers! Here is the Update 1.8.1 — snowy fixes for your nice evening.

• ⁠Fixed an issue where a large number of bloodsuckers could spawn near the Old Mill in the Lesser Zone.
• ⁠Fixed an issue where artifacts could still be unreachable in several locations.
• ⁠Fixed a crash related to AI behavior.

Happy Holidays & Hunting!”

[brittle tartan]

Всім привіт, маю таке питання
можливо хтось може поділитись своїми збереженнями на рівні складності "Сталкер"
Я просто грав в Гейм пасі і всі збереження залишились там, зараз планував грати на версії стім і треба відповідно наново проходити всю гру
щоб пограти з дод місіями з останього оновлення 🙂

[tawny yew]

Привіт, я тут не для того, щоб поділитися своїм збереженням, але хочу сказати, що тема тут англійська. Ви все одно можете спробувати, але якщо ви раптом не знаєте...

[brittle tartan]

Не помытив куди написав 🙂

[desert flint]

Jo GSC im very happy about the content patch, exactly what the game needed, but holy hell you gotta do something about the data structure. I downloaded the patch, i downloaded the hotfix, i played yesterday. I started up the game today and it started to download the whole game again? Then i paused that because it killed my internet speed and 60 gb already downloaded were erased so i have to start the 111 gb download AGAIN? This is insane. Im going insane.

[drifting niche]

This shouldn't happen, maybe your SSD is full or something like that

[desert flint]

Its not, idk whats going on.

[hasty wyvern]

any1 here playing with Cinematic & Immersive ZONE collection?

[stiff slate]

Hi, what is the best upscaling method in game nowadays? On 5080 16gb laptop?

[tawny yew]

DLSS is pretty optimized for nvidia , it's made by nvidia so.....

[stray tendon]

Is this quest with the dude ||Banzai|| part of the new content that just came out?

[fickle summit]

Yes

[rocky shadow]

yes

[rocky shadow]

deffinitely DLSS for you. DLAA best, you should be able to run it easily or not depending on resolution you play

[bold oxide]

chicken nugget…

[fading elbow]

How big was the new update (steam)?

I’m only at 7 percent installed with 400 mbps ☹️

[frank vector]

no idea, what was it for? I downloaded one the other day

[wraith summit]

How many hours is stories untold ?

[drifting niche]

6

[austere phoenix]

does master difficulty / restarting the game help with abudanat spawn tables / loot?

[runic adder]

yes master difficulty greatly decreases loot and the economy in general, for the better imo

[austere phoenix]

ok sweet. i might just need to do that honestly. even if i do it mid game?

[sly matrix]

https://tenor.com/view/energy-kyle-monster-drink-soda-gif-14275608

[hasty wyvern]

should the shop be closed at night? cannot acces my bed, storage or trader.

[tawny yew]

No it should be open

[steady valve]

what r some good unique weapons that can handle basically any content?

[hollow pelican]

i bought this game on steam from sale

[tawny yew]

Welcome stalker

[tawny yew]

GP37 is versatile, but not unique at all haha.

[clever finch]

Why does it just fail the challenge to ||get banzai's tools from the bandits|| after playing the recording "||Recording of a conversation from pickaxe's pda||"

Is this a bug or am I doing something wrong

oh nvm it says that ||i need to tell him theyre not there||

btw does anyone know how to get the GP37V2?

[sly matrix]

Keep it SFW

[orchid gale]

My fault

[tawny yew]

Yeah it's a bug.....they actually try to figure out what's going on with this....i've sent a report cause i got the same problems.

[steady valve]

ah. any good choices that are unique?

wanna be special fr

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[orchid gale]

Rhino

Guns goated just hit your shots

Get the buckshot conversion and thrive

[vital atlas]

Shah's Mate, Decider, Rat Killer, Spitter, ClusterF***, Predator, Sledgehammer, Texan, Night Stalker, Model Competitor, Trophy, Groza-M15, Special, Riemann and Merc

Maybe the new unique too i dunno.

[steady valve]

do yall reckon trophy is good?

[vital atlas]

It's a unique AS Val so it's pretty much one of the best rifles

Just has rare to get armor early game

[tawny yew]

Look out for @vital atlas answer, he knows.

[vital atlas]

Technically you can use any gun endgame it's just that guns like Decider just don't have enough damage/penetration to one tap headshot in late game which is where you would upgrade. The Decider is goated if you get it as early as possible it's a great rifle, cheap ammo good damage good accuracy decent range mag upgrade makes it 40 rounds you can put 4x scope on it to snipe and take it off for close to mid range fights

[tawny yew]

One of my favorite is the Sotnyk

[steady valve]

doesnt the trophy have good penetration?

[vital atlas]

It does but the ammo is expensive and hard to get. It wont be available in the early game traders

[steady valve]

what other guns r good late game and r somewhat easy to gey

[ember summit]

Kharod has the best penetration values outta all the ARs I think. Can get that right after leaving the Lesser Zone.

If you have the Ultimate edition, I’ve been using the Lullaby rifle [modified Fora] and it’s a headshot machine.

Why has someone changed my name slightly btw? Mods are some weird people..

[steady valve]

ah icic

lowk might take a break from stalker 2 and play shadow of chornobyl first

[fiery heron]

heck yea

only the best from the best

[hasty wyvern]

there is some fight outside of Zalyssia shop, but im locked INSIDE. Is there anything i can do?>

[bronze pebble]

Is there a memory leak still in the game with v1.8? I just left my game running idle in Rostok while I went to grab some food. Came back and the game had CTD yet again with a GPU driver crash. It's done this consistently despite trying different GPU driver versions. I'm using a RTX2080 8GB.

[shut maple]

is anyone else crashing alot?

[warm yoke]

how do i turn on motion blur

cant find engine.ini

[vital atlas]

Unfortunately decider is just plain better in all aspects then lullaby, which is a shame because lullaby looks so much better, but its not a lot so its more of a preference which one to choose

[bronze pebble]

Especially when Lullaby is an ultimate edition unlock I think? Deciding damage and penetration for the individual weapon instead of the bullet calibre was certainly a choice. Yes I know muzzle velocity/barrel length and pressure come into the equation too, but 5.56 should generally be hitting the same in any of the HK416 variants we have in game but some are just better than others for no real reason. Thank goodness for mods on PC is all I can say.

[vital atlas]

Yeah once the updates are gonna slow down all it takes is fiddling with the configs to make your favourite weapon be endgame ready

I plan on just buffing the lullaby to dnipro levels once the story takes me to yaniv

[ember summit]

I love the built in suppressor for Lullaby. It’s really a good firearm especially when you’re not long out of the Lesser Zone.

[bronze pebble]

Yeah, I love Clusterf**k but god the repair costs lol. And you can't swap the scope etc, which just irks me. I'd love a holosight mounted on a side mount and swap between the two for CQC.

The Monlith paint job on the 416 is cool too, but it just gets outclassed by midgame rather badly tbh.

[ember summit]

Never even used any of the Monolith camo weapons tbh, I stuck with Valik’s AK until I got Lullaby, got the Kharod, Gen3 NVGs and a Saiga from Yantar.

Annoys the life outta me that I still can’t get a few weapons and attachments until late game, hate it so much when games gatekeep items like that.

[vital atlas]

Generally having any form of customization to your weapon is great which is why im looking forward to try out oxa prototype once the updates slow down

[warm helm]

Hi everyone. Has anyone else encountered the problem of not seeing the introductory cutscene when starting a new game, but instead being thrown straight into the game?

[vital atlas]

Same by the time i reach yaniv i just console myself sotnyk into my inventory because i want to use a unique looking weapon before the end of the game at least a little

[ember summit]

I want my Ultimate edition sniper and shotgun lol but not for like the last 2 hours of the game. Why do that shit? As if it makes the rest of the game anymore trivial. I’m playing on Master ffs.

[vital atlas]

Im with ya

[ember summit]

If it hasn’t been made yet, I’d like to throw out the idea for a modder to change that if possible, so the locked weapons behind Pripyat can be gotten sooner in a random stash or something.

[vital atlas]

But mods will fix those things

[ember summit]

Aye, props to modders.

[vital atlas]

I understand the need for pripyat to have something so you go explore and look for stashes, but to me i think the exos can fill that role out all by themselves

Once the SDK fully releases im sure people will get more involved and if not im just gonna make some quest mods for myself that will give out the gun schematics from pripyat as rewards and the point of no return weapons

[ember summit]

Sounds good man.

[stiff pasture]

The only Point of no return weapon I don’t think should just be slapped into a stash is Deggy’s gun, once we get narrative tools, make that thing a custom quest chain reward

[vital atlas]

This is what a lot of people are waiting on tbh

[clever finch]

did I say something? I forgot what i said

[sly matrix]

I think it was aimed at another message

[clever finch]

alr

[meager depot]

Idk if this counts as a spoiler but, can anyone tell me what the difference is between the suit containers?

[stiff pasture]

The artifact containers? Both hold artifacts but only the lead one completely stops radiation

[meager depot]

but theres like

3 types of lead?

[celest portal]

3 lead containers, you can put in artifacts there and not get damaged by radiation. Different armor can have different amount of containers.

[meager depot]

Not the amount but the names, lead/diffusion/wrenched is there a difference?

They have different descriptions but they don't give you like stats or anything. Confusing

[celest portal]

I am kind of confused on where I should be seeing this

[stiff pasture]

Flavor text

[meager depot]

Operator exo

[stiff pasture]

Lead, diffusion and wrenched are just flavor names, they do the same thing

[meager depot]

Understandable

[stiff pasture]

Essentially just cool names so it’s not just

Lead container

[celest portal]

interesting

[shut maple]

does anyone know of a mod that allows you to upgrade further than what is vanilla i want my merc suit to have more artifact container slots ?

[crystal merlin]

Nope, not yet.
We might get more armors if that happens

[tawny yew]

Does anyone know how to unbug Father Valerian, he stay in aiming mode, and won't talk....

[crystal merlin]

Does his hair come off for you? It floating on his head for me

[tawny yew]

hahaha literally

[tawny yew]

I thinks because all the poisoned bubbles kill the enemies and not me, maybe that's why the event does not trigger...

[hasty wyvern]

how can i tell from the log, what caused the crash? i keep crashing when trying to enter Rookie Village in Cordon

[tawny yew]

Have you try to repair files ?

[hasty wyvern]

yeah, 4 files got downloaded but sill crashing. This is the only place im crashing, every time i get into the proximity of rookie village i got a instant crash

[glass turret]

Theres a mod on Nexus Somewhere that let every armor have 5 artefacts slot

Not an upgrade but if that the only thing you want it might be of interest

[true fulcrum]

Hey just a quick question. Xbox player here vanilla no mods. Does master mode make locks unbreakable by grenade explosions? Have trouble getting a certain armor behind a door. Thanks for any and all help.

[shut maple]

do you have a link to it?

[muted valve]

should work just fine

[static compass]

[glass turret]

https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/1745

[stiff pasture]

<@&1429819918492368916> Scam bot

[sly matrix]

cheers

[hollow pelican]

why is interior so dark

[sly matrix]

because it's inside?

[celest portal]

Hamster forgot to turn on the lights

[pale pollen]

Anyone know where the drive is in dark as dungeon side mission i can’t find it at all and it not on pickaxe unless its bugged

[finite dragon]

👋

[hollow pelican]

Turned up gamma to 50% and it fixed.. but game looked so good in low gamma

[finite dragon]

👋

[full field]

https://tenor.com/view/freedom-stalker-shadow-of-chernobyl-stalker-freedom-sakharov-gave-me-experimental-zone-weed-gif-13440845669431909815

[winter crane]

I also find the interiors too dark even if it is mid-day, i still have to leave my flashlight on. If I turn up the gamma or brightness, then the nights are too bright. Not sure but i thinks something is up with the Lumen

[sage grail]

Should I explore all areas of Lesser Zone before moving to the next? Story wise Im ready to move on but some areas havent been explored yet

[lost tartan]

There's quite a lot to do there, although you can always come back. I'd say go artifact hunting and let the zone take you where it will. Thats what i usually do

[hollow pelican]

I put gamma to 50 it fixed dark interior but game looks very good at 30-35 gamma outside

[winter crane]

True, the game really nails the atmosphere especially with darker nights, making the NVG's really worth it. Hopefully we can get a good compromise with the engine update.

[crisp lintel]

I really hope they fix the whole bodies underground issue
It’s kinda annoying

And are burer gun controls instakill or something?

[dim topaz]

Gamma our lord and saviour 🙏

[tawdry crystal]

one of my slots seemingly got corrupted, as none of the saves there load properly and crash the game. this is post 1.8.1, has anyone else seen or had this as well?

slot 2 and 3 saves still work fine

[tender dagger]

Is there a way to repair / clean my rifle without paying 10k at a technician?

[tawny yew]

Nop......

[tawny yew]

Sometime you can upgrade weapons to increase durability

[tender dagger]

Is there a way to use my iron sights if I already have a scope on my rifle?

[tawny yew]

Maybe with a mod, without...no....

[clever finch]

is this gp37v2 a myth bro I cant find any yt vids on how to get it😭

[stray tendon]

Am I missing something with Rascal's warehouse code? I have all 4 digits: ||2,0,9,9|| I swear I've tried every combo

ohhh I see

I did not in fact try every combo

I love that all of these dudes in Bonzai's gang are just woefully incompetent. How did they live this long

[stray tendon]

I found it, play the questline added with the patch you'll get it

[clever finch]

yea I somehow managed to find a yt short on how to get it, way simpler than I thought it would be

[light adder]

How do trigger the new dlc quests

[tender dagger]

Is there a way to fast travel?

[clever finch]

guides which are at most camps

[clever finch]

get near the red forest and someone will call out for help

[split flare]

How do I play multiplayer

[hollow pelican]

Where do i find night vision

[ember summit]

That’s the neat part, you don’t.

[split flare]

But thank God we got that board game am I right?

[ember summit]

Even when MP does release, I don’t think it will gain much traction. Afaik no one is really interested in a TDM game mode.

[split flare]

The bigger issue is the whole game will be dead by the time they put it out

[azure dock]

Hotfix before Christmas? Yay or nay?

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[bold oxide]

you get it at the end of the 1.8 quest

[bold oxide]

multiplayer is literally the most unnecessary thing

we literally dont need it

its probably not even on gsc’s priority list

[split flare]

@bold oxide Then they shouldnt have advertised it

[dire dagger]

yah i agree

they shouldn't have

[bold oxide]

yeah they really shouldnt

expect it by late 2027

gsc needs to finish the game first before they can put out multiplayer

even if they do its not gunna be like a coop

[dire dagger]

yah everyone wants multiplayer till they find out its no coop

then no one cares anymore

[celest goblet]

The ambitions were certainly big lmao

[bold oxide]

them stating that the ultimate edition skins can be transferred to multiplayer means that its going to be a arena style game

[bold oxide]

they are pretty achievable if gsc had enough time and kept in the dark about the game until 2026

[muted valve]

stalker extraction shooter lesgooooo

[fickle wraith]

I am possibly looking to get stalker 2 but was wondering if the games worth it. Like what is main goal and does the map/game keep you hooked or does it feel empty and repetitive? (Hoping this makes sense and alot of reviews i see is all about graphics and not much on gameplay)

[latent kite]

There’s plenty of reviews on gameplay if you look just about anywhere

[worthy zodiac]

Have you played previous games? Did you enjoy them?

[fickle wraith]

Yes played previous games and enjoyed them

[nimble cipher]

schwengelbengel. has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[worthy zodiac]

Then you'll probably enjoy this one too. It's different but the core itself is mostly same (Explore the map, kill stalkers and mutants, loot stuff, sell stuff, beat the main story)

[latent kite]

@desert flint

Idk why it got nuked but here u go

[desert flint]

Thx, wolf is a pretty strict daddy.

[worthy zodiac]

Because of the word "shіtty"

[latent kite]

Well that’s just

Shitty

[worthy zodiac]

Yea

It's kindaaa...

[nimble cipher]

icanonlywishforthis has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[latent kite]

[ember summit]

Sheeeeeeit.

[desert flint]

[primal salmon]

Battle royale mode when

[ember summit]

I still think this type of game mode would be better received than a TDM/DM type game mode.

[sly matrix]

P R A I S E K E I T H

[ember summit]

@sly matrix Nuke spammer bro.

[sly matrix]

https://tenor.com/view/hammer-gif-23464742

[ember summit]

<@&1429819918492368916> Just noticed this sorry for single pin Al.

[sly matrix]

All good

[spiral stump]

where

[ember summit]

Al nuked it.

[broken latch]

Why ping all mods after it was taken care of...

[ember summit]

Initially I only pinged Al because I seen he was recently active, then I noticed there was a ping command for the moderation team. The post was still up only for a few seconds after I sent the ping.

My bad for wanting rid of scam posts asap so people don't get baited into them.

[celest portal]

dead chat

[drifting niche]

Dead chat

[sly matrix]

https://tenor.com/view/diablo-4-necromancer-gif-8445608852674654361

Rise, chat!

https://tenor.com/view/cat-cat-meme-cat-wiggle-funny-cat-raised-cat-gif-16677521383713822910

https://tenor.com/view/balls-159-gif-14183720859394747163

https://tenor.com/view/cats-error-message-gif-14767837

https://tenor.com/view/buzz-no-signs-of-intelligent-life-gif-13481205

[muted valve]

dw i'm here now

[celest portal]

dead chat

[tawny yew]

WHats your opinion about free look in this game, di you think they should add it ?

[hazy helm]

why?

[sly matrix]

Because it's free

[tawny yew]

it could add interesting immersion when explorate

[hazy helm]

how

[tawny yew]

To see how it goes around when you walking into a direction. I think is usefull, thats why i'm asking.

[hazy helm]

what value does it add

[tawny yew]

tool value

[tawny yew]

What's your opinion about it ?

[hazy helm]

i don't care

[tawny yew]

why

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[hazy helm]

i dont see the use

[tawny yew]

Only to avoid the lean walking. I dont think it's a big game changer, only usefull when walking. I haven't see any mod off this kind for stalker 2 so...probably i'm one of the rarest that think it could be interesting.....

[fathom bramble]

Yeah, if you come from any game with freelook, like Arma or Anomaly, you will miss freelook. It's 50/50, immersion and utility, even more now that combat ALife is more reactive.

But offset aiming comes first if you ask me

Both give you more awareness

[hazy helm]

I play arma, I still dont see the benefit

[fathom bramble]

As I said, immersion

[hazy helm]

how does it immerse you more?

[tawny yew]

It could stay you in tactical stance while looking for any troubles around

[hazy helm]

why would I stay in a tatical stance?

I need to move around, its a action game

[tawny yew]

example, you're in a building. fighting with enemies outside, but you hearing someone coming at you. Juste turn your head around, stay in move with your enemies outside.....

[hazy helm]

i turn my head to make sure I can shoot him

and then I change cover so I dont get swarmed with grenades

[fathom bramble]

You can walk straight while checking your surroundings. You can guard a door with your gun, while checking your flanks.
It's all in the movement and animations. The more control you have over your character, more immersed you should feel

[sly matrix]

You don't have to resort to strafing when cruising through the map and you wanna look to the sides. Minor thing, but I like it

[hazy helm]

why would I want to look around for enemies wihtout being able to shoot them?
there is no turning inertia in the game

[tawny yew]

Are you using it in arma ? And if you are , in which condition that you could relate in stalker 2 ?

[fathom bramble]

Well, is a personal preference, I will not discuss it anymore. As I said, I expect offset aiming first

[tawny yew]

It was a interesting exchange guy/girl !

[hazy helm]

i use it very sparingly to none at all
and in no condition would I use it in S2

[fathom bramble]

Wait wait, one more action that I need the most: sit anywhere (without your guitar), with the freedom to open your pda/inventory

[tawny yew]

Yeah of course, i would like too ! In this way of thinking..... it should be also cool to hold down weapon instead of remove it from hands

[fathom bramble]

Skif lowers his gun slightly when it's not aiming, but yes, I get what you mean

[celest portal]

I wish this game lets us sit in chairs. That bar in Zalissya or Rostok looks very inviting to just chill.

[tawny yew]

Imagine...come back from exploration....just sit and chat with others stalkers at the bar....., you know kind of online experience only inside bar........trade...exchange about clues....hints......... a bit weird but it could be cool 😛

[fathom bramble]

That's something that I believe is missing from this game. World building through NPC chatter. Like, no one in the zone talks about the arch anomalies, or even a hint on how to deal with them. I solved only one, the one south of Duga, and I know how to solve the one in the Lesser Zone because someone spoiled me, but the rest, I have no idea, the game doesn't tell you anything, and I don't want to google it either

It's all jokes around the campfires

[tawny yew]

Yeah the ''whats about the zone'' dialog with any NPC should be more advanced. and some npc's should have unique hints.

[ember summit]

They’re fairly easy to figure out once you’re at them tbh. It’s not hard.

[fathom bramble]

Well, the thing is, when I play videogames, I try to die as little as possible, so I want to have some certainty before committing to something. Try and error is discarded for me

[ember summit]

And I’m right there with you on my Master no death run lol.