⭐┃nospoilers_general

[tawny yew]

permadeath ? dammmmmmmnnnn

[ember summit]

Yeah, I always go for ‘Invictus’, shame there is no proper permadeath, it’s just if I die I restart.

[rocky shadow]

same. I rarely ever use that

[lucid pagoda]

Stalker purists when a welcomed FPS feature gets added that they don't have to use

[tawny yew]

For everyone who can't play to the new Untold Stories missions (caused by a automatic cancellation of the mission), i wanted to update you that the team has identified the problem and has started working on a fix. It will be included in one of the upcoming patches.

[pliant fox]

Stalker purists when you mention two extremely popular mods that GSC themselves have sanctioned as worthy

[static compass]

[fathom bramble]

Are Burers and poltergeists fixed yet?

[drifting niche]

No

[fathom bramble]

The mutant overpopulation?
Artifacts spawning under the terrain?

[ember summit]

Artis under the map has been addressed but I’ve heard some people saying if an arti was already underground there’s a good chance it won’t fix it. A few mutant spawn points have been fixed but not sure about all of them, at least the spawn in Lesser Zone next to the mill was fixed.

[sly matrix]

https://tenor.com/view/glorp-popcat-pop-cat-richter-stalker-gif-7031127237708430139

[crisp lintel]

Mutants are still multiplying like rabbits. I’m often getting ambushed by around six or seven snorks. Bloodsuckers are rampant too

[finite dragon]

Its cool tho more of a challenge then only 1-2 bloodsuckers

[finite jungle]

I didn’t realize there was idle chatter while hiding from emissions until my second play where skiff decided to ask some random guy what emissions were and i havent had a interaction like that since

[vital atlas]

Thats a scripted scene to explain emmisions to people new to the game because Skif unlike the other protags never been to the zone

[finite jungle]

Ahhh itd ve cool if there were more scenarios like that because small idle chatter and things like that make the game feel more alive

Also changing the random stalkers trading inv would be neat so EX (if you watched a stalker loot a gun you wanted from a corpse instead of killing him and taking it you could just simply trade if from his inventory then everyones happy)

[vital atlas]

Logically you wouldnt sell a new gun to some random dude so it makes sense. You have to imagine their trading inventory as stuff they are willing to let go

[hazy helm]

people having opinions separate of the company? no.... this can't be!!!!!!!

i have only now been notified that I must only have a overwhelmingly positive outlook on everything and anything
this sucks

[stiff pasture]

Do people think you go through some corporate sponsored lobotomy when you become a mod or admin here?

[sly matrix]

-# wait, you guys didn't get lobotomized for modship...?

[stiff pasture]

He’s breaking free, get him back in the programmer

[sly matrix]

https://tenor.com/view/panic-panicking-gif-20590506

https://tenor.com/view/cat-brain-cat-brain-ice-cream-gif-25160275

[muted valve]

orange cats would honestly only get smarter from this

[sly matrix]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-orange-spin-hat-one-brain-cell-gif-2745719316163357325

[celest portal]

3 minutes of no one sending anything

Dead chat

[glass turret]

Its techniquelly not spoilling anything so its not off topic

[sly matrix]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-flabbergasted-shocked-wink-reaction-gif-25698054

[celest portal]

https://tenor.com/view/cavif-cavifax-gif-3330778137757269524

[sly matrix]

https://tenor.com/view/orange-cat-biting-tail-explosion-cute-funny-gif-441070498682892579

[grim palm]

[celest portal]

bolls revoked

[flint nexus]

Should I get into the new stories untold content before doing the SIRCAA mission?

[ember summit]

Up to you, don’t think it matters when you do it tbh, I’ve seen it’s a good way to earn some cash so I’d recommend doing it early game.

[glass turret]

Theres no difference

[silver hamlet]

👋

[warm yoke]

what unreal version is stalker 2 on right now? is the 5.5.4 update in place already?

[velvet yew]

I can't complete the Banzai's Tools quest, anyone else run into this?

[pure peak]

That’s not true, some friendly man sold me a Gauss rifle for 800ru once

[vital atlas]

Oh shit really? Where was that maybe he has another one

[urban basin]

The engine update will happen next year
The game runs better than before rn tho

[exotic isle]

Stalker 2 modding is giving me Skyrim modding PTSD flashbacks 😭😭

"there is a problem with the compatibility of one or more of your mods"

yuh, YOU THINK UOU COULD NARROW IT DOWN A LITTLE??? if you're capable of telling me which mods potentially conflict with other mods, IT SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD MAKE SENSE IF YOU COULD ALSO TELL ME WHICH MODS ARENT COMPATIBLE WITH THE GAME VERSION

[warm yoke]

i see, thank you very much ! 😁😁

[hasty wyvern]

hmm, im playing a litttle bit modded version of the game, and mutants suddenly started to drop ammo, weapons and artifacts XD anyone else encountered this problem ? 😄

[unreal maple]

👋

[hollow pelican]

check image i sent at #💬┃en_offtop and help me pls

[stable sparrow]

I have to say the spawn rates are a bit insane, aren't they? I was just yesterday doing the Banzai mission.|| I'm not finished yet with it, and at that old military base or whatever it is, there were constantly Snorks, Bloodsuckers, and soldier patrols spawning. It was insane. In the end, I just ran away.||

[safe badge]

I wish you all a merry christmas be well❤️🎅🎄🎁🔔❤️

[sage grail]

When can I start using artifacts? I just got out of Lesser Zone and have found several...but they all give you radiation so its pointless using them

am i doing something wrong?

[tawny yew]

No, that's the effect of the artefact. While some prevents radiation, some emits radiations.

[sage grail]

i guess i havent found any that prevents it, without that they are impossible to use

Should I be hunting artifacts for more options? Ive just been stumbling upon them

[tawny yew]

You could equip one and bring some beverages with you.....you will find more throughout.

[sage grail]

i would have to constantly drink at that point

[celest portal]

Eventually you will be getting armor that has lead containers, which protect you from the radiation the artifacts give off.

[sage grail]

ok, i just realized after watching a video that you have to hunt them down at anomolies, i just assumed you randomly find them

[celest portal]

Also yeah, artifacts are in/around anomalies. They aren't always there though.

[sage grail]

i need to start walking around the with detector up, i never use it very much

[celest portal]

What I do is when I am running in-between quests I just have the detector out. Since I like to find stuff my own, and not by looking at tips, etc.

[sage grail]

same here,,so anytime it starts beeping it means aartifact is close?

[celest portal]

It needs to come directly from your detector, because you may hear another beep sound which means anomaly is near. (I think you toggle that on or off through settings, forgot)

[muted valve]

yup, but you can really only find them in the big anomaly clusters, and a few scattered around the world outside of that, but those don't respawn

[celest portal]

There are indeed special ones you will only find once

[sage grail]

yeah i know there is the beep from being too close to a random one, but the blue light beep means one is close?

[celest portal]

yes

[sage grail]

ok thanks

[past scarab]

is anyone experiencing getting shot through walls? like im getting aim botted through walls and its very annoying

[zinc apex]

Merry Christmas, Stalkers! ✨

[lost tartan]

Yes known issue

[sage grail]

Yeah I had that happen today...also I noticed a journal bug..when you look at the current/completed missions it jumps around all over the place..tried a different controller and same thing happened

[terse jay]

Go to Magnetic Cave, get your detector out. That’s how you farm artifacts. I think rad protection is associated with chemical anomalies. So you might want to look for those. There is a helicopter graveyard in south west Garbage with chem bubbles. You can farm for rad protection artifacts there.

[sage grail]

ok thanks

[unreal maple]

👋

[flint nexus]

think optimization will get any more love before the engine update? Runs really really smooth since 1.7 - 4070TI/DLAA at 2K, but I started Untold Stories and entering red forest the FPS tanked 🔥

[celest goblet]

I assume that the engine upgrade will be the next major update on that front. The 1.7 optimizations were a pretty major effort from the looks of things

[fickle summit]

Chemical protection for chemical anomalies, radiation protection for, well, radiation

Thermal for fire, electro for electricity

Oh

No im dumb i read you completely wrong there

You right

[sage grail]

When I pick up a flash drive with a blueprint on it, how do i unlock or know what blueprint i get

I noticed the one Im talking about, when I look online on older posts it says at the end of the description, contains a weapon blueprint...on the same one im looking at in game it no longer says that

[safe badge]

I wish you all a merry christmas be well❤️🎅🎄🎁🔔❤️

[dim topaz]

Merry first day of Christmas Stalkers

[bold oxide]

hohoho

[sly matrix]

On the first day of Christmas
my true love gave to me:
A sack of bolts, very rusty

On the second day of Christmas
my true love gave to me:
Two Viper 5s
And a sack of bolts, very rusty

[tawny yew]

On the third day of Christmas
my true love gave to me:
Three AKS-74U
Two Viper 5s
And a sack of bolts, very rusty

[sly matrix]

On the fourth day of Christmas
my true love gave to me:
Four orange medkits
Three AKS-74U
Two Viper 5s
And a sack of bolts, very rusty

On the fifth day of Christmas
my true love gave to me:
Five chicken wings
Four orange medkits
Three AKS-74U
Two Viper 5s
And a sack of bolts, very rusty

[tawny yew]

On the sixth day of Christmas
my true love gave to me:
Six anomaly's
Five chicken wings
Four orange medkits
Three AKS-74U
Two Viper 5s
And a sack of bolts, very rusty

On the seventh day of Christmas
my true love gave to me:
Seven energy drinks
Six anomaly's
Five chiiiiiiicken wiiiiiiiiings
Four orange medkits
Three AKS-74U
Two Viper 5s
And a sack of bolts, very rusty

[hot canopy]

How did I not know you can equip the boomstick in the pistol slot

[finite dragon]

You can??

[hot canopy]

Oh, that must be part of a mod, as I'm reading more about it.

Sorry to get your hopes up lol

[finite dragon]

Dont do me like that bro 😭

[hot canopy]

I'm sorry! I believe you can put the Gordon in that slot on vanilla tho

[ember summit]

After you get the Nightstalker/Kora you don’t need anything else in pistol slot tbh.

[worn oar]

Are already in Christmas? Time really flies indeed

[muted valve]

Only goes faster and faster as you get older

[worn oar]

You just called me old did you

[muted valve]

Nah, i think you're younger than me

[nimble forum]

Are those presents a part of the christmas event

or are those from some mod I have

[lucid pagoda]

Probably the Lootable Zone mod Christmas Event #1389348765965750323 message

[nimble forum]

Now I kinda feel like I cheated damn

[rose plover]

how can i report in game bugs?? i found a pretty funny one lol basically where if you load 7 buckshot shells then at the end a slug into a m860 and unloaded it all the shells would turn into slugs and vice versa, slugs into buckshot

would be cool if we could decide what to load into our shotguns like buck>slug>buck>slug>buck>slug>buck>slug

[lucid pagoda]

https://support.stalker2.com/hc/en-us/requests/new

[sage grail]

How do I know what blueprint unlocks with with a usb drive i find?

[stiff pasture]

Hover over it

[sage grail]

it doesnt say anything...at least Nesters from the story mission

[stiff pasture]

His isn’t an upgrade

[sage grail]

whats it for then? i did notice the item description changed from older game versions

[stiff pasture]

It’s just an audio recording to progress the story, once you pick it up just sell it for some pocket change

[sage grail]

ok thanks

[zinc ember]

hello everyone, i wanted to dip my toes in the stalker franchise after watching a few videos praising the gamma modpack like it's the second coming of jesus
but i can't decide whether to jump into gamma (or any of the other modpacks really)/stalker 2 OR start with the first trilogy

[safe badge]

I wish you all a merry christmas be well❤️🎅🎄🎁🔔❤️

[sly matrix]

Start with the trilogy, Soc -> CS -> CoP

[zinc ember]

will do, thanks!

[gaunt meadow]

@muted valve i picked my gauss from prypiat no worries :)

[late egret]

Who knows when the game's add-ons will be released?

[gaunt meadow]

probably with unreal engine 5.5 update like early 2026 or spring 2026

[sage grail]

whats up with enemies seeing through walls? Im at a little outpost in Lesser Zone with military guarding it, there is a hole in the side of the wall around the back to sneak in and before i even see a npc they are spotting me

[hollow pelican]

what they gonna put in update 1.9

[ember summit]

Romancing the Sidorovich quest line.

[rapid warren]

I do wonder too, next year is definetly gonna be very huge for stalker

Most of things left on roadmap are relsted to engine upgrade so I think they'll focus on that. Cant wait for 2.0 version

[muted valve]

can't wait for the 1.0 version

[hollow pelican]

2.0 might be engine upgrade

[rapid warren]

It will with it we will probably get many things, SDK update included

[hollow pelican]

they should put lot of side quests in each update and make zone feel lively or add free roam events

Like the 1.8 one

[rapid warren]

I heard some mod makes are waiting for it since engine upgrade will rezultacie in compatibility issues with Current mods

[hollow pelican]

lot of zone in higher area awere empty otherwise

[rapid warren]

Yes, on top of further a life improvments

1.8 was an amazing update

[hollow pelican]

ALIFE is fine now no?

[rapid warren]

Id love to do some work for deggy in prypiat

[hollow pelican]

but i dont see them fighting for bases

or checkpoints too, they can put some faction encounters in alife i think

[rapid warren]

It is, but it always van get better , besides they already have stuff like npc animation for artifacts searching its the master of AI and mechanics now to fully emplement it

[hollow pelican]

what is deggy?

[rapid warren]

|| Degtyarov ||

[hollow pelican]

oh i didnt play the triology

[rapid warren]

Yea he is the goat

[hollow pelican]

i like how most of imp character names in this game begins from S

Skiff Strelok Scar Strider

[muted valve]

Sidorovich

[hollow pelican]

the developers probably loves the letter S

[muted valve]

It is a beautiful letter, nice and curvy

[finite dragon]

Sfaust

[muted valve]

So close! But good that you're trying, keep it up!

[fiery heron]

Sdeggy

[hazy helm]

at a point in beetween CS and SOC, not as good as CS, better than SOC

[sly matrix]

Progress in A-life development about the speed of CS squads moving to capture points

[muted valve]

from you i expect it, you can't seem to spell "horse" either

[fiery heron]

Honse sounds better than Horse tbh

[bold oxide]

degtyarev is so fire

[bold oxide]

horse

[fiery heron]

I am incredibly based

[worn oar]

When is deggy?

[hollow pelican]

Why is deggy?

[hollow pelican]

What else should they put in alife , i feel like faction dynamics can be added

[hazy helm]

• Squad Tracking
• Squad Inventory Tracking
• Dynamic Objective Scheduling
• More sofisticated battle simulation
• More Interections

[hollow pelican]

More interactions meaning free roam events?

[hazy helm]

more interections of squads with enviroment like buying and selling stock or travelling to anomalies to get artifacts

[stiff pasture]

There actually is an animation for Stalkers to look for artifacts in game, they just need to make it so they actually collect em

Same with them throwing bolts at anomalies, they just need to make it so their bolts interact with the anomaly

[worn oar]

Basically. NPCs should feel alive instead of simply fighting and looting only. Things will definitely reschedule clear sky level if the ai starts to behave more like a living thing. Doing actual stuff like hunting artifacts, ambushing player with proper conditions, visit traders and interacting with them (doesn't even have to be sophisticated or complicated like implanting actual trading logic or something, tho it would be nice to have something like that.), and ofc random missions or events related to random NPCs.

One could just hope at this moment

[sage grail]

I thought an update not too long ago was suppose to make AI good. I just started playing not long ago so maybe it is better, but enemy AI doesnt seem that smart when it comes to combat in regards to flanking and retreating..or even their pathing

[sterile beacon]

Lmfao, just baited a pseudogiant to basically wipe out 4 enemy groups, have them soften it up for me, put 4 rounds of 7.62x54r into its noggin and watch it go down, cut off its nail and go loot the bodies. I'm a tactical mastermind

[bold oxide]

wait till theres no enemy groups, and its just you inbetween two of them in a village after a guy asked you to kill a mutant after it chasing him for playing guitar

[sterile beacon]

Thankfully i've already done that, although it was just one of them iirc.

[bold oxide]

there was a spawn bug when i did mine

so there was two

[finite dragon]

Everytime i go to that village theres spawning a new one but already dead free loot i guess

[drifting niche]

If NPCs start hunting for artifacts, then there won't be any artifacts left for Skif. If they're made realistic, they should run to the anomaly areas after the emission to loot the artifacts.

[lost tartan]

Id love to see NPCs hunting artifacts tbh, going to an anomaly field to find a couple guys ripped up by whirlwinds, or shooting a guy and finding an artifact on him

[summer patio]

There's gotta be a way to disable this absurd beeping

[bold oxide]

whereeee

[summer patio]

everywhere I cannot take two blasted steps without beep beep

[bold oxide]

cannnnnnn you send a vid

[unreal panther]

how is the game currently havent played since a year ago

[flint nexus]

significantly better in most categories. AI, stealth, NVGs, day/night cycle, A-Life, mutant balance, looting/stashes, performance/visuals, traversal, all way better...game still has issues, there is jank, but seems like they're solving them over time

The new free missions have scripting issues: I don't have the dialogue option to give Banzai his tools back and have to lug them around because his 'radio silence' quest is also active, and the merchant (Rascal) I can't sell anything to because he's stuck saying "woah hello?! i was listening" after turning his radio off, even after turning it back on

[verbal quarry]

@flint nexus Just do the following quest and he will go back to his workshop and you will be able to give him the tools which in turn will allow him to upgrade equipment.

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[wise ingot]

will the game running like shit ever be fixed

[sharp minnow]

Seriously?) Maybe you need to update the game first?) and not use idiotic mods that break it?) why haven't I had a single problem in the game in 140 hours on the master except for artifacts in the textures that were later fixed

Can you finally upgrade your calculator to a 1060GTX to a normal configuration?)

[finite dragon]

You too my friend greetings from germany fellow stalker

[worthy zodiac]

Maybe it will after they'll update the engine

[placid niche]

Anyone know why shays bloodsplats doesn’t work for me they just show up as a green square

[finite dragon]

Green square usally means missing texture

[hollow pelican]

Tbh i like free roam event type of stuff more like where a random stalker ask u to give him beer , or help him get out of Anomaly trap , get dead body out of gravitational anamoly , or quest like where someone is in debt and is being attacked those if someone give me tradeoff between that and a life i will choose this one Lol

if they integrate this in alife that would be dope too instead of quests

[true fulcrum]

So is there any mention if they're gonna patch the infinite knockdown bug or is that a feature? For context, a bloodsucker knocked me down and as I was getting up he hit me again which reset the getting up animation from Skiff. Is this a feature? Anyone else have/ had this problem? Also is anyone else not getting dropped weapons from enemies?

[wise ingot]

Seriously?)

Yes? You gotta be a 🤡 if you think this game runs well and is optimized in its current state (even after the several larger patches since launch)

But hope they keep working on it like Nalartos suggested...

[sharp minnow]

blah blah blah, I have no problems with the game, it runs great on 5070rtx+5700x3d in 1440p on epic at 110+fps

[finite dragon]

Ur dead wrong. Theres still some jank and minor issues but the game runs smooth af i never had a crash or bug in my 150hours now

[wise ingot]

idk what kinda magical PCs or rather CPUs you have...

[static compass]

[sage grail]

The game says I can switch attachments on controller by pressing up on the D-Pad, nothing happens though. Where and when do I get to this menu?

nm, it was because i was in a safe area

[craggy carbon]

its broken on console dont use

[placid niche]

Ah okay thank you

[finite dragon]

U have to have the weapon equipped and in your hands dont open inventory just take out ur weapon and press up on d pad

[sage grail]

I just had the tuorial on it pop up after well over 20 hours in the game

Does the story eventually take you to all areas of the map? Ive just been exploring areas as the story takes me to them

[muted valve]

roughly, yeah, not to every nook and crany of it, not even close, but to each general area yeah

[static compass]

[wraith socket]

https://tenor.com/view/big-chungus-gif-21904924

[nimble cipher]

laivex has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[celest portal]

Dead chat

[drifting niche]

dead chat

[devout imp]

100

99

98

[lost tartan]

Combo breaker

[celest portal]

dead chat

[devout imp]

97

[celest portal]

дев'яносто шість

95

94

[devout imp]

93

[celest portal]

92

91

[fiery heron]

9

[summer patio]

Is it just me or is bleed resistance kinda useless in this game? Is it just the tick damage that it reduces?

[toxic thicket]

69

[celest portal]

67

[lost tartan]

Using Weird Nut I've noticed it allows you to handle bleeds with 1 bandage no matter how bad they are. Afaik resistance is exactly what it says on the tin, you are less likely to get a bleed (or a severe bleed if you do get a bleed) from all sources

[summer patio]

Honestly they all feel the same and every enemy seems to apply the same exact amount even if I have 4 segments of physical resistance. I also have two "maximum" bleed resistance artifacts as well and I still bleed on the first enemy hit

[lost tartan]

Yeah the only reason i use any of the bleed resistance stuff is because i use BB Redux, which changes how medkits and healing works so without the bleed resistance artifacts mutants mess you up really fast

The most dangerous mutants in my game are the swarms of tiny rats (not the bigger jumping ones, the regular sized rats). If they get to you they'll take your entire health bar in under 10 seconds even in my diamond exo

Nothing makes me panic scramble for boxes or ladders like the chittering sound they make

[summer patio]

I feel like they improved the aim assist on AI recently? I find that they sometimes shoot me through walls which make them stupidly dangerous when you misjudge a cover

[lost tartan]

Its a bug, they see and shoot through walls/buildings/everything. Kazz said it was due to LODs causing objects further than a couple dozen meters from the NPCs to not "render" for them, effectively allowing them to perceive you as though the cover doesn't exist

I got hosed down with 9x18mm through almost 5 feet of solid brick

[summer patio]

Does it help at all if you max out LOD in settings? It gets egregious especially when you get into main quests where enemies saturate you with pure numbers. Also why do all enemies have sub 50% weapon condition at all times? I've never seen a single enemy drop anything above 50 in all 60 hours of this game

[lost tartan]

Im not sure about the LOD thing, im on console so i have no ability to change graphics settings. I definitely noticed a decrease in weapon drop conditions since the last update, even yellow guns are quite rare and only usually at 40-45%

||Even the GP37V2 dropped at 15% condition from Skull. Why on earth would a mercenary with the resources he had be walking into a fight with a dirty, broken gun? Especially one that he clearly customized a lot||

[summer patio]

Weirdly there's just no balance between gun drops which is kinda frustrating

[bold oxide]

hohoho

merrryyyy chrisma

[hollow pelican]

can anyone mod stalker 2 grass to look green and less brown

[worthy zodiac]

I'd love an "early summer" mod myself. Currently it looks like late summer/early fall

[sly matrix]

the grass is always greener on the steam workshop...

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[obtuse thorn]

Guys. I wonder will GSC add many newer take on mutant or even new mutant subvariant? I mean the base game is more than 10 years old and they only add a bunch of tiny rats? Hmm

[finite dragon]

I wound love some variety too but i think they wont because in my understanding most if not all mutants were Experiments from the xlabs wich are now shutdown

[civic pasture]

Guys i don't think we're getting UE update this year 😢

[obtuse thorn]

I get it. But they coudve add more stories as experiments can lead to soo many things, maybe another unknown xlabs or the known mutants are mutating further to some subvariant. Maybe a water mutant? Some mutated catfish or something.. they shudve at least try it. Or some mutant that lived on swamp area. A legendary mutant that can lead to hunting gameplay thropies collecting and stuffs..

[finite dragon]

I agree would be cool af maybe in the future i think for now they are focussing on A-life imrpovements, bug fixes and the Engine upgrade maybe with the dlc we get some cool new mutants

[obtuse thorn]

Yea man im rooting so much for gsc team can lay groundtable as big as they can so this game can keep growing like fine wine. i spend early ultimate preorder to contribute for their team . Heck i wish they let us donate.. so they can consistently and more proactively improve the game. 🥹

[finite dragon]

Yeah for me this really is the adult version of fallout the thing that bugs me the most tho is how damage is tied to weapons and not caliber and also that you cant continue after the story i hate open world rpgs that just have a point of no return but i get why they did it

[tawny yew]

Good morning stalker

[graceful spoke]

good mornign stalker and nice sunday

[finite dragon]

Good morning ma G

[celest portal]

https://tenor.com/view/blahaj-shonk-attack-camera-dive-shark-gif-14344361424253681658

[bronze pebble]

Hey peeps. Do exoskeletons reduce your ability to sneak because of the whirring sound of the motors?

[sly matrix]

Not to my knowledge

[bronze pebble]

Ah cool ok thanks.

[hollow pelican]

Why is no body in community asking for more mutants

[bronze pebble]

Idk I feel like there's a decent selection tbh, and honestly I find the mutants more annoying than anything else a lot of the time. In Pripyat it feels like there's a controller in almost every building. And the zombies can tank multiple 5.56 to the head without any kind of helmets or anything it's just weird.

Burers cause gunfire damage way in excess of what my guns actually do to enemies and have unlimited ammo with broken guns.

Poltergeists are even more annoying with the bug atm that allows objects to be thrown through walls. I enjoy the gunplay the most vs human enemies where I can actually be a bit more tactful instead of having hordes of bullet sponge mutants eating ammo for no real return.

[hollow pelican]

I find dogs to be most annoying

But i wanna see more new mutants apart from og ones like Bears

Even im out of creativity for mutants but spider mutants might be dope

[glass turret]

One New mutant type WE might get IS the super soldier, if so it ll bé part of the lymansk dlc but nothing sure

Also dont forget the new deer mutant

[lucid pagoda]

When the only truly new mutant to the series added in S2 is a goddamn Radstag

Definitely underwhelming to me that they didn't implement any other original ideas for fauna, and then the version of the deer they went with was frankly the most boring one from their 3 concepts though maybe the easiest to implement in gameplay. Also disappointing to not have some return of the Fracture/Izlom considering it being another OG from cutting room floor like Bayun and is even featured in the boardgame (also wish we got a real swarm mutant instead of just plague tale rats) for a new place to the series, it may feel like we've got enough diversity already and while ij some ways that may be true, as longtime player I found it enormously disappointing when I came to the realization that there wasn't going to be any sort of new horror lurking around that next dark corner of whatever X-lab and by midway point of the game I pretty much knew everything that was going to possibly come my way as far as threats go. The biome diversity variant idea that was teased for mutants before release would be a great addition as well

[sage grail]

What is the strat to kill the mutants that use PSI that pull you in then shove you back? I got one killed but i feel like i just brute forced the kill with resources

[sly matrix]

high DPS weapon to the face

[sage grail]

i would typicall almost get one shot if i got close. tried a shotgun and nades...nades were kinda hard to judge where they would land though

[summer patio]

We still can't stash Skif's pistol?

[coarse sparrow]

rush them and mag dump

[bronze pebble]

Rapid fire shotguns are your friend here. Nothing like mag dumping buckshot at point blank into a controller or burer and watching them just get obliterated.

If you have range on your side a M701 super is good for a headshot because it just does so much damage. But those enemies tend to be indoors most of the time so you won't have that luxury of range the majority of the time.

[summer patio]

SPSA with slugs for close range mag dumping is great. Large headshot area with a high damage fast firing weapon. Otherwise if you had to use a sniper I'd use an SVD or a TLR if you don't have the M701

[velvet yew]

Asking again, not sure if anyone answered, but I got an issue with the newest questline- I completed it but was never able to give Banzai his tools, and I can't get into his little hovel to give them back- the door to it is locked and everything. Anyone else had issues with this?

[celest portal]

I had issues with not being able to open that door, but I spammed my F key while hugging the left or right side wall of the door and it eventually got the door to open.

It momentarily shows I can open door, but I think there's some issues with that thing, because it disappears when you move a millimeter.

[wraith socket]

https://tenor.com/view/door-pull-struggling-with-door-wont-budge-pulling-on-door-locked-up-gif-9254939087710752538

[celest portal]

Zoom in

[hot gate]

I did.

[celest portal]

Damn he really pulling your leg then

[hot gate]

Evidence.

It's part of the new DLC.

[celest portal]

oh then idk about that yet, also isn't it technically not a dlc

[hot gate]

And yeah, technically not.

[wraith socket]

Stop posting Spoilers in the nospoilers_general channel.
Post in this channel to discuss content like you have done: https://discord.com/channels/504587323577729024/1308034374473617459

[celest portal]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-gif-7938150689684025197

[vital atlas]

Lol get owned fat cat lmao

[celest portal]

I am not the one who started the discussion, but should have realized

[wraith socket]

No problem.

I just wanted him to get help in the right channel.

[static compass]

Greetings fellow zone enthusiasts

[velvet yew]

advanced lockpicking. I'll try it next time I'm in the area

[dusky geyser]

Hi everyone. Since the main quest took me to Garbage I've not had a single non-scripted encounter with a mutant, are mutant spawns just rare now? There were tons of dogs and bloodsuckers in the lesser zone.

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[fiery heron]

u too bro

[craggy carbon]

Youre super early into the game. Mutants are in all areas.

[dusky geyser]

Oh ok, its just that rn ive already done like 3 or 4 main missions in garbage and still haven't seen another mutant that wasn't from these missions, I thought the game was bugging out. Thank you!

[ember summit]

Count yourself lucky tbh, my game has busted spawn points and I’m getting wayyyy too many mutants, especially for Master difficulty.

[static compass]

Monolith invasion

[nimble cipher]

Onward warriors of the Monolith, avenge your fallen brothers, blessed as they are in their eternal union with the Monolith.
Bring death to those who spurned the holy power of the Monolith.

[static compass]

[static compass]

Silence!!

[zinc apex]

relax mane

[sly matrix]

Wolf celebrating monolithmas

[fickle summit]

Is there any hope of GSC fixing the range of anomalies? I'm getting melted by fruit punch that I'm not standing in

[terse jay]

they reworked anomaly damage but yeah, their hitboxes are crap, especially electro anomalies which zap you even when you are outside their visible range

Anyway who the hell leaves a grenade trap next to his stash in a silo filled with toxic gas? a reddit moderator?

[warm yoke]

why do stalkers literally just throw away the mag while reloading instead of retaining it 😔

[strong basalt]

have they added nvgs yet or do we still gotta mod them in

[gloomy canopy]

They did!

[kindred thicket]

Official Support Response from GSC Game World regarding UI issues:
​"I contacted the technical support team about the tiny font size and subtitle issues in S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2. Their official response (from Support Agent: Ken) explicitly stated:
​'Requests such as UI scaling options and stronger subtitle background contrast are being tracked and evaluated.'
​As an Arabic language player on PS5, the game is currently very difficult to read. Since the company has officially confirmed they are 'tracking' this, we are waiting for these fixes in the upcoming updates!
​Reference Ticket: [4069MY-X3L7J]"

[ornate coyote]

2.0 when?

[past scarab]

im not sure if its my mods or the game is broke but whenever an npc shoots (even if its not at me) all of their bullets hit me. its really odd and breaking the game for me. i also cant reload or ads that new gp37 that skull drops

[velvet yew]

Found my first Liquid Rock!!

[frozen hatch]

I chuckled harder than I should have at this

[wraith socket]

Wolf

Monolith

[nimble cipher]

Onward warriors of the Monolith, avenge your fallen brothers, blessed as they are in their eternal union with the Monolith.
Bring death to those who spurned the holy power of the Monolith.

[loud spear]

lol

[bold oxide]

monolith

[nimble cipher]

Onward warriors of the Monolith, avenge your fallen brothers, blessed as they are in their eternal union with the Monolith.
Bring death to those who spurned the holy power of the Monolith.

[hallow lichen]

will stalker 2 go on a better sale next year? £30 is still quite expensive

[bold oxide]

well duh, also 30£ bro?? which is 40 usd
do you know what most games are priced to nowadays

[muted valve]

bro, a game that takes 100 hours to play through, for 35 pence an hour, that's cheaper than any entertainment you're going to find out there

[bold oxide]

70-100, 40 bucks or 30£ is good for a cane this big

[hallow lichen]

I miss when £20 could get you modern warfare 2

[bold oxide]

game,….

also you dont even need to upgrades, infact there will literally be sales for the upgrades

[muted valve]

Going out for dinner one night is going to set you back more than this game tbh

[hallow lichen]

im trying to save money man, housing is bad everywhere here, every penny counts

[muted valve]

then this is the cheapest form of entertainment you'll find

[bold oxide]

30 bucks, well while stalker is 40 and the rest of the gaming industry prices 70 dollars to 100?? stalker 2 is like 15 bucks compared to whats coming out especially cause most games are the same thing repackaged, you cant find anything like stalker 2 anywhere else

but to answer your question yes there will be sales

[muted valve]

like it literally doesn't get cheaper than this beyond taking a walk in the woods

honestly taking a walk in the woods for me would be more expensive after a month due to having to drive there

[bold oxide]

now they could only have sales for deluxe and ultimate editions cause the standard is priced so low

but regardless its still a sale and the only sale they could do for stalker 2 standard is like 10% to 20% probably inbetween those

[hallow lichen]

I think I'll wait until next year, they might go 50-75% reduction

its 40% right now, but it reduces it down to £30 and thats still a lot for a video game

[bold oxide]

which version are you trying to get

[hallow lichen]

standard, the others dont add anything really right?

[bold oxide]

deluxe adds 6 unique weapons, 3 unique armors

[hallow lichen]

seems a bit weird, needing to pay money for these things, maybe mods can give the same thing?

[bold oxide]

ultimate adds the season pass (2 future dlcs free which keep in mind will be around 20 bucks each) everything from deluxe, 3 more unique weapons, another unique armor, the artbook & soundtrack

[bold oxide]

well thats why ultimate is the better thing, also mods cant add in this content, so far the only thing mods can do is make any new model, you can apply those models to already existing ones to make a fresh looking gun, logic stuff, textures, sky changing things, but you will never be able to ever get any paid items through mods

stalker 2 standard will be around the 35 usd to 40 usd mark btw

you can convert that yourself

id say the ultimate edition is worth it if you wanna upgrade

[hallow lichen]

if steam converts the price right that'll be around £25

thats a little more reasonable I guess, 15-20 is my deal goal though

[bold oxide]

but heres the thing how long do you plan to play this game

cause this isnt any type of call of duty this game is quite literally an investment

[hallow lichen]

I'm not sure about htat

I wonder if I can change my steam location to get a cheaper deal

[bold oxide]

i have invested over 42 days worth of hours 🥹

[bold oxide]

i believe this is illegal

i also believe that everywhere will have the same price cause everywhere has the same sale margin thing

[hallow lichen]

ukraine is ~14.70, india is ~16

[hallow lichen]

steam offers variable pricing depending on where you live

https://steamdb.info/app/1643320/

check the price history

[bold oxide]

can you change your currency like that tho

thats weird if steam just auto converts your digital money

[hallow lichen]

thats why I'd need to find a way to change my steam location, if they think im in ukraine or india or something, they'd offer the cheaper price

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[hallow lichen]

the bank would convert your british pounds into ukranian hryvnia or something

[bold oxide]

i also still think this aint allowed

[bold oxide]

well steam aint the bank

[hallow lichen]

its that or steam keys

£21.15 for a steam key there, not bad

[bold oxide]

you need some type of local payment method to prove your where you are google says

if you try to change locations

[hallow lichen]

I can use my bank card anywhere in the world, so thats not a problem I'll think. I didn't even get charged a conversion fee last time I was in Germany

[bold oxide]

it also says something about contacting steam support

oh yea you gotta contact steam support about your new payment method and where you moved n stuff is what google says

[bold oxide]

also btw i did search it up switching locations for better prices is against steam terms of service for price manipulation

and you have to prove that you physically relocated

if you dont want the consequences

of course if they find out somehow i dunno how they track you

[hallow lichen]

"once you change your default store, you'll be required to use a patment method with a billing address based in that country"

[bold oxide]

do you have a billing address from that country

[hallow lichen]

Not in Japan, but I do know someone from Romania, but it doesn't seem to be much cheaper there

[hallow lichen]

they'd probably realise that im buying from a uk card and billed in the uk, not japan. darn

oh well, hopefully next year

[bold oxide]

[hallow lichen]

gsc please, gsc please if you can hear me, have a great discount next Christmas sale

[static compass]

GSC always does sales around the holidays

And sometimes just because

[hallow lichen]

im waiting for a better one, its still quite expensive. You know how the steam sales usually are

[craggy carbon]

What country? US has it for like 30 bucks, for the amount of content id say its worth it

[celest goblet]

40% off is already quite a bit, though in another year with an expansion out the base game could definitely be on sale for more sure

[tawny yew]

40% is a big discount

[hallow lichen]

United Kingdom

[hallow lichen]

games are so expensive these days

[tawny yew]

Yeah absolutely agree with you. But this game i think definitely worth the price.

[hallow lichen]

I'm a penny pinching final boss

[tawny yew]

I hope you'll eventually get your hands on it .

[hallow lichen]

one day

[static compass]

Should've known 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[hallow lichen]

You’re Scottish?

[static compass]

By ancestry

[hallow lichen]

American then I take it

[rich stump]

A lot of people from Wales tend to have Scottish ancestry, so that's my guess

[hallow lichen]

They all used to be called Welsh back in the day

[ember summit]

I’m Scottish and have never been called Welsh.

[rich stump]

How long ago was that?

[hallow lichen]

700s

[rich stump]

Oh, that makes more sense

[ember summit]

No one called me Welsh back then either.

[hallow lichen]

Everyone non-English was “Welsh” which meant foreigner

[muted valve]

Dw guys you can just take the Welsh, Irish, Scottish and everything between and refer to them as "english"

[hallow lichen]

Us English and the Scottish do have roughly the same Anglo-Saxon dna so it’s not totally crazy to do so

[static compass]

Since the 1650's yee

[static compass]

I don't believe the Irish would take kindly to that

[hallow lichen]

Bros one of the early colonists, respect man

[static compass]

[rich stump]

It's the British equivalent of a white woman saying "gracias" in a Chinese restaurant

[static compass]

Pfft

[muted valve]

They're just english in denial tbh

[static compass]

But ye, Scottish ancestry

My bf is British tho

[muted valve]

Chip Chip cheerio let's go me lads

[static compass]

Aye

[dim topaz]

"Runs beautifully on PC" what are they smoking

I need that GSC kush

[mellow bridge]

A-Life?

[hallow lichen]

It all leads back to the Anglo-Saxons

[static compass]

New teaser

Woot

[grave glacier]

Is that the power plant in the back?

Maybe we will get access to it

[drifting niche]

Yeah that's CNPP

It's probably iron forest

[nimble cipher]

montaluciernagas has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[junior turret]

WHERE IS THE 2026 ROADMAP!!

[celest goblet]

We might get it after the holidays

[muted valve]

in the future of course

[celest portal]

https://tenor.com/view/hl2-hl3-half-life-3-hopium-hope-gif-7246120153840726923

[junior turret]

WHERE IS IT SON!!!

[muted valve]

i am not your son, father

[mild granite]

omfg, i can't believe my eyes!!! Finally we can go in the CNPP!!!!!! I have been sooo hyped for this!!!! I can say that part of my interests all began with the accident, it some way i have always felt connected to it.

[dire dagger]

We aren’t done with the current road map yet

[celest goblet]

I presume that is just gonna end up on the Q1/H1 roadmap for 2026

[reef raptor]

my ultimate edition purchase is finally justified

season pass my beloved

[dense meteor]

I wonder if that GSC video about new year teaser is teasing ||CNPP||, I think you can hear ||Limansk|| OST there too...

[stiff pasture]

The CNPP sign is nearly front and center brother

[celest goblet]

There are a few familiar musical motifs in that teaser

[lost tartan]

I wonder how much the DLC will cost

[reef raptor]

personally im going to guess 20$ or 30$
sounds reasonable if the content is 10 hours ish

[lost tartan]

Damn $30 would be kinda high imo, especially for 10hrs of content. Maybe ill look into getting the ultimate edition

[reef raptor]

granted I doubt 30$
30$ MAX is what I mean

the ultimate edition is 110 eur, and standard is 60 eur (typo. whoops. im used to games being 70 eur)
technically since there's 2 promised story dlcs, both should be 20-25 eur each to pay for the ultimate edition's season pass which includes all dlcs

that's how I would price things

"Season Pass, granting 2 additional expansions and any future DLC."

[sage grail]

When do anamolies respawn artifacts? I thought it was after an emission but when I went back to a spot after one there was nothing there

also just got the Wanderer Suit from the DLC, is it worth leveling up?

[fiery heron]

it is after an emission but sometimes the anomalies do not spawn in artifacts

[celest goblet]

Whatever the dlc is priced at it would rationally be such that the ultimate edition bundle will give you a slight discount

[nimble cipher]

🚫 panthere_molle, that command is disabled in this channel.

[flint cliff]

Stalker 3 in 2036?

[rocky shadow]

they will deffinitely be longer than 10 hours

[reef raptor]

preach, I hope

[rocky shadow]

its basicaly given. Expect something like Witcher 3 expansions in terms of size.

[reef raptor]

good! I typically hope for expansions as big as Dying Light's "The Following" DLC which had like, 16 hours of content with a map double the original's size since I haven't played The Witcher 3 so I can't compare

[flint cliff]

Happy New Year and more sausages for everyone!

Happiness for everyone, free, and no one leaves empty-handed!

[drifting niche]

Thanks 👍 you too

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[carmine lintel]

Hello stalkers just picked up the ultimate edition but I have only one major question. When major updates take place what's the likelihood of having to start my playthrough over or game breaking bugs? I've played a few hours and love it but I hate having to restart after putting numerous hours in down the road.

[fickle summit]

In my experience, fairly low. I haven't run into much that reloading a save didn't fix

Won't deny that they can happen, but nothing major has happened to me that comes to mind

The worst I've had is Honta's dialogue breaking and not being able to progress his quest

[carmine lintel]

Hmm does the engine upgrade appear to possibly affect past saves?

[fickle summit]

No clue. It hasn't come out yet

I'm hoping I get to finish a save before that update comes

[hot canopy]

Who is your favorite youtube creator for this game?

[carmine lintel]

Lol I just started I'm not sure that's a viable option for me.

[south turret]

@outer narwhal I feel.. homocidal

[bold oxide]

kill..

[stiff pasture]

<@&1429819918492368916> do I even need to say anything for this one

Porn bots: the dumbest shit I’ll ever see

[worthy lagoon]

llik

[bold oxide]

lik

[celest portal]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/308836618448404480/1075516002495889529/observer.gif

[bold oxide]

hi

[celest portal]

hi

[static compass]

Happy New Year stalkers, may your adventures reward you with many artifacts

[celest portal]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/982449477002616832/1031801332631351316/cat.gif

[little olive]

Good Hunting next year stalkers

[rocky shadow]

For lore Anomalous, for info Vati and for laughs Tommy

[sly matrix]

Yo @solid dome , you using euros now?

[grim torrent]

Krezzin has actual money now?
This can only end badly...

[safe badge]

I wish you all a happy new year be well

[unreal dew]

Monolith

[nimble cipher]

Onward warriors of the Monolith, avenge your fallen brothers, blessed as they are in their eternal union with the Monolith.
Bring death to those who spurned the holy power of the Monolith.

[unreal dew]

He even does it here T-T

[celest portal]

За Моноліт і для Моноліту.
And no, I won't touch the grass

[nimble cipher]

Onward warriors of the Monolith, avenge your fallen brothers, blessed as they are in their eternal union with the Monolith.
Bring death to those who spurned the holy power of the Monolith.

[nimble cipher]

Touch the grass yourself.

[nimble cipher]

Ми дякуємо тобі, о Моноліт, за те, що розкрив нам підступні плани твоїх ворогів. Нехай твоє світло осяє душі хоробрих воїнів, які віддали своє життя в служінні Твоїй волі. Вперед, воїни Моноліту, помстіться за своїх загиблих братів, благословенні вони у своєму вічному союзі з Монолітом. Неси смерть тим, хто знехтував святою силою Моноліту

[nimble cipher]

Слава Моноліту!

[nimble cipher]

За Моноліт ! За Моноліт ! За Моноліт ! За Моноліт ! За Моноліт ! За Моноліт ! За Моноліт ! За Моноліт ! За Моноліт ! За Моноліт ! За Моноліт ! За Моноліт ! За Моноліт ! За Моноліт ! За Моноліт ! За Моноліт ! За Моноліт ! За Моноліт ! За Моноліт ! За Моноліт ! За Моноліт !

[simple geode]

don't talk to me or my Duty son ever again

[bold oxide]

duty..

[winter crane]

I was doing a mission in Zaton at night and I just saw a blue meteor/fireball fall from the sky in the distance. Never saw this happen before. Does anyone know what it is. Is it a random event or an artifact?

[eternal basin]

i think it's just a random anomaly not sure though

[hollow pelican]

Check image i sent at #💬┃en_offtop its funny lol

there is a npc peeing while in emission

[simple geode]

freedom are just a bunch of drunk anarchists

[hollow pelican]

Some guy on steam workshop added tons of gun in just 1 GB!!! how is it even possible :O ( mod name is anamoly WP)

and he has 2 more big gun packs lesser than 1gb called GGWP , why dont stalker add ton of guns too

like 10 new guns in some patch

[stiff pasture]

[steel mulch]

It's been a long time since I played and there are lots of updates. do I need to make a new save?

[lucid pagoda]

Should be good to hop right back in, I'm still playing on the same savegame from arrival of 1.5 back in June & also haven't had any major issues returning to my other saveslot from release, but if you are playing with mods you may need to start a new game for some of them to work correctly

[finite dragon]

Stalker song I heard on YouTube :
in the apocalypse
There is a wanderer
He’s shooting monsters
He is a stalker

Guys what’s this song it’s been stuck in my head for hours and I can’t remember or find the yt short it’s from

[flint nexus]

Stalker 2 has had a lot of refinements but could really use one for the knife, skiff still getting his toes nibbled on by a single rat and having an asthma attack after only a few swings, which all miss because the range is tiny

[wind wedge]

Any updates on the player getting shot through walls by humans and poltergeists?

[drifting niche]

not yet

[wind wedge]

darn, hope the next update fixes it, Love stalker 2 to death and need it fixed soon lol

[hollow pelican]

if skif ending is canon wont it make him most wanted person on entire earth

and probably get him assasinated too

[bold oxide]

skif cant get out of the pod, we wont see skif ever again

[hollow pelican]

what if USA, UK send a joint special operation force and get him out of pod?

[bold oxide]

well skifs brain is already apart of the ccon

theres no saving that

[hollow pelican]

I never understood C consciousness lol

its too complicated to understand without reading about it on fextrawiki

but what if later in story they destroy c consciousness and get skiff out

[bold oxide]

skif is dead

[hollow pelican]

How??

[bold oxide]

the pod rips your consciousness out of your brain

your basically cooked when you enter it

the test pod at orbita doesnt cause well its a test pod

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[hollow pelican]

but consciousness dead heart is still beating though

and brainstem might also be working

and according to forensics until Brain stem is working u cant declare anyone dead

[hollow pelican]

DLC might answer if skiff died or survived

[latent kite]

Highly unlikely

DLCs don’t typically do anything to cement what ending was or wasn’t canon

[grizzled herald]

Eh guys that’s the no spoiler channel 😅

[latent kite]

But yes ^

[bold oxide]

oh holy I FORGOT THIS WAS THE SPOILER CHANNEL IM SORRYYY 🥹

[grizzled herald]

No worries!
I already finished the game but some else might have not 😝

[bold oxide]

yea… eeuuhhh

sadness im sorry to anyone who i have spoiled things for

[fickle summit]

Unrelated but I like your pfp. Could you send the full?

[grizzled herald]

Thank you!
I posted it a while back in the fanart channel -> #🔮┃fanart_and_cosplay message

[fickle summit]

That's so tuff. You're a fantastic artist

[mild owl]

any of you grabbin stuff for the steam winter sale?

[bronze pebble]

After the "point of no return" how much playtime is left in the main story?

[lucid pagoda]

Probably 2-4 hours of gameplay till ending, dependent on your playstyle & story choices

[mental sage]

So, looks like the bug at SIRCAA for being unable to sleep because of a status ailment is still there

[frozen yacht]

is the game still broken?

[lucid pagoda]

Yeah check back next year

[frozen yacht]

big ups thank you

[lucid pagoda]

Frankly I'm lying to you I have 2000 hours lol but what that even means is at such individual discretion, if you can't be assed to do some research yourself with all that's available & instead just coming here to ask that famously regurgitated generic incredibly vague statement lol like what kind of response do you really expect

[green lagoon]

The game was never broken, the zone does as it pleases.

[frozen yacht]

that was a question not a statement, sir.

[static compass]

[latent kite]

I thought you were talking 💩 with the hours but no this checks out

Nice job on 100% achievements bro

[lucid pagoda]

Thank you blueprints & artifacts especially were such a gauntlet it made me consider how bad do I need that 100%, as am not typically completionist for the sake of it. But with S2 I wanted to play guilt-free with mods on console, knew I'd have a tough time going back to vanilla, and recently done 100% on trilogy remaster too so leaving this unfinished just bothered me like an incomplete set, just one more milestone in becoming one with the Zone

[obtuse thorn]

Anyone here think the lights of flashlight, building light, campfire lights are way too dim. I wish they amped it up more and make the shadow dances like real fire would.

[drifting niche]

Can't wait when they fix polters, burers and alife spawn

Aimbot through walls, vehicles

[zinc apex]

can't wait for DLC to drop man

[drifting niche]

Before dlc please fix bugs😅

[static compass]

[mighty badge]

dude if they just had like a headlamp upgrade i would be grateful😭(console in mind with this comment)

[eternal basin]

just think of bugs as anomaly's

[fathom bramble]

Headlamp light intensity is Ok, an upgrade just would lower the difficulty and the creepiness of underground zones

[hollow pelican]

@bold oxide I want to ask some stuff about story can i ask u in dm?

I want summary of triology basically

And some questions

[bold oxide]

mhm

[cunning wave]

anyone having issues with the stories untol quest chain? trying to do any spoilers but when given a choice to make at a particular part of the story, you have to press q or e and you have like 10 seconds to choose. i'm in "combat" not "dialogue" mode so can't interact with the prompt. is this a known bug?

I'm not sure if I'm doing something wrong or if it's a bug

[dull mural]

heyo, havent played in a while, redownloading rn, do mods still need merging to be functional?

[feral apex]

anyone else getting the visual particles in dark areas on pc?

[hollow pelican]

worked fine for me

[hollow pelican]

in night vision by electrical anaomlies its annoying as heck

[celest portal]

yes

[cunning wave]

i finally got it to work.

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[latent kite]

Did you find an editing software that works for you in the end bro?

[safe badge]

Unfortunate not. I found another solution which worked pretty well

[latent kite]

All’s well that ends well, glad you got it all sorted

[safe badge]

Thanks bud ❤️

[hollow pelican]

someone add car in this game

[hot canopy]

I love all of the old radio equipment all over the place. I definitely see some stuff that was used for some cold war espionage shenanigans. It's pretty cool.

For example, directional antennas with radio receivers and oscilloscopes next to computers.

Tempest, anyone?

[zinc apex]

Have a fine morning Stalkers 😺

[green lagoon]

Glory to the zone.

[hollow pelican]

stalker 2 secret ending discovered sell 10 artifacts to viktoria marry her and escape the zone and live in main land

[zinc apex]

I want to run away with Sidorovich

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[zinc apex]

You too brother

[finite dragon]

Fix bugs

Game is unplayable now

[celest portal]

Dead chat

[hallow cliff]

Played it for like 10 hours today, what bugs?

[sly matrix]

https://tenor.com/view/dead-my-honest-reaction-damn-skull-skeleton-gif-15885937969029652188

[celest portal]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-looking-around-nervous-licking-lips-looking-left-and-right-gif-4422173576542573890

[ancient stump]

I just heard an NPC with a german accent [english VO] and my brain just deepfried itself.

[vagrant fjord]

Do you guys have any resolve for this annyoing issue with subtitles displaying with second setence

[zinc apex]

can't stop playing Stalker 2. It's not healthy anymore

[sly matrix]

https://tenor.com/view/stop-get-some-help-meme-gif-25769252

[zinc apex]

Dead chat

[sly matrix]

Monolith killed us all and is dancing on our corpses

[nimble cipher]

Onward warriors of the Monolith, avenge your fallen brothers, blessed as they are in their eternal union with the Monolith.
Bring death to those who spurned the holy power of the Monolith.

[sly matrix]

https://tenor.com/view/stalker-fortnite-fortnite-dance-monolith-сталкер-gif-18905167

[nimble cipher]

Onward warriors of the Monolith, avenge your fallen brothers, blessed as they are in their eternal union with the Monolith.
Bring death to those who spurned the holy power of the Monolith.

[civic cargo]

time to post some spoilers here

[sly matrix]

https://tenor.com/view/stalking-gif-23099546

[civic cargo]

nah that's wild

[zinc apex]

Spoiler: Monolith are the bad guys

[nimble cipher]

Onward warriors of the Monolith, avenge your fallen brothers, blessed as they are in their eternal union with the Monolith.
Bring death to those who spurned the holy power of the Monolith.

[civic cargo]

Spoiler; Skif is the main character

[zinc apex]

Skifaaaa!

[civic cargo]

Spoiler : STALKER 2 have psi-radiation

[zinc apex]

[bold oxide]

spoiler: sidorovich

[zinc apex]

Sidorovich likes chicken

[bold oxide]

spoiler: chicken hates sidor

[sly matrix]

https://tenor.com/view/chicken-say-what-look-glare-cartoon-gif-17244555

[zinc apex]

Angry birb x Stalker 2 collab when?

[bold oxide]

sidor bird

[sly matrix]

We already got sparrow and magpie

They'll get angry if you shoot them enough times

[lone meteor]

Hi guys, wanted to check with you if you received the physical Collector’s Edition goods. It's been year and half and I still didn't recevied it and the retailer's page looks extremly fishy now, even help page is blank.

[zinc apex]

that's crazy. I thought that situation was solved

[lone meteor]

I had to use one of the old emails from previous conversations as their site doesn't really have support information anymore, they used to have form, which when I try to open now looks like from 90s without formating or graphics.

[wintry hawk]

#📰┃announcement message

[nimble cipher]

thefoxowo9 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[wintry hawk]

Man this is absolutely cinema

[north rock]

Anyone know if UE tools is working for this current update? Got stuck with part of save file on my whatever playthrough this is and really don't want to have reload many saves back

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[finite dragon]

Was there any information about introducing fn2000 into the game in the future?
never liked the gun visually but i somehow miss that gun

[nimble cipher]

attackgod has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[high birch]

e

[fiery heron]

e

[civic shuttle]

Hello, what's up about physical goods ? We are still waiting collector boxes .

[zinc apex]

i think you need to reach out to the merchant you bought off

[civic shuttle]

Do you mean game-legends.com ?

[latent kite]

If that’s who you bought from, then yes

[simple geode]

scammed by lex the legend

[spice bloom]

[civic cargo]

SPOILER : ||Spoiler: this channel have no spoiler||

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[civic cargo]

I wish y'all will have the worst day ever.

[fiery heron]

you too bro

[safe badge]

Here some extra love only you for ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

[upbeat salmon]

i kinda need help stalker 2 for me is very kind laggy like kinda input delay idk if it's just the game or my laptop dying but i have everything on low and it's still like choppy/ feels slow like when im looking around and such

not input delay but just input lag i think or something stuff just feels not smooth

[polar veldt]

👋

[dense jackal]

Wait you're playing on a laptop?

You're gonna need a good PC or a console to play stalker 2 a laptop is gonna explode when trying to run that game

[upbeat salmon]

that’s fair

mine is atleast good enough to run a bunch of other games

but yea

[dense jackal]

The fact it hasn't blown up in your face is lucky tbh

[upbeat salmon]

yea

given that ive had for a couple of years

it ran armored core 6 well like actually normally lol

[dense jackal]

That laptop is pretty good then but sadly stalker 2 is a bad in ass in the optimization aspect

I would say to try to get a console or PC to play it but those things are expensive as hell lately

[upbeat salmon]

fair thats kinda what i thought for stalker 2

[upbeat salmon]

fair

[dense jackal]

It's a great game it just runs horribly on older hardware

[upbeat salmon]

fair

[latent kite]

[lofty fossil]

any modlist or collection thats plug in play and easy to install that works fine and is updated to the december 17th update?

who uses give us more guns. or stalker 2 weapon extended. which fits in more and is implemented properly?

[bold oxide]

better to ask this in #en-mods-general

[spark kettle]

One thing I would wish STALKER 2 would improve is the Size on Disk, 164Gb is rough.

[ancient wadi]

There are many things that need improving. Hah

[north rock]

I got a laptop with a 5060 and i play just fine apart from an occasional crash but that could be due to mods

[finite dragon]

what is your average fps?

[north rock]

I would say 40-60 depening on environment

[velvet yew]

Pro tip: you can get the highest framerate by looking up at the sky!

[north rock]

lmao

but I want to see he beautiful world

[velvet yew]

The beautiful volumetric clouds aren’t good enough for you!? lol

[compact belfry]

So we getting a new dlc?

Also optimization?

But no half life 3😔

[flint lotus]

We are getting half life three in theory

[molten cove]

hey guys, I'm having trouble updating the GOG version of S2, is this the right place to ask about this?

[dusky geyser]

Bruh i just found a second compass. I don't even have proper antirad artifacts or a suit with more than two slots yet.

And i found it with a Bear and Gilka, are all artifacts detectable by every detector?

[thin shuttle]

i recomend capping, works as the better scenario for variable fps

48 it's a nice spot

[ember summit]

Yep. They are not gatekept behind a detector progression wall, afaik it’s just RNG.

[dusky geyser]

Interesting.

[twin pulsar]

What is next for this game? Is an Anomaly type mod being developed by anyone?

[north rock]

How the hell do you get the journalist stash in Duga without being one shot?

[molten cove]

you probably not supposed to approach the Duga yet

[ancient wadi]

Hopefully some AI improvements are coming. It's near unplayable on PS5

[stiff pasture]

I played like a day ago & it was fine

[ancient wadi]

How many medkits did you go through because they're laser accurate on you? Lmao

Even in the middle of stagger animations and jumping from cover. I'm there watching where someone's head is gonna be and the second they jump out I headshot them, yet my health is half gone and bleeding.

Don't even get me started on the mutants.

[trail stratus]

it´s normal

[trail stratus]

That is the Game

[molten cove]

the Zone is a harsh place, stalker

[trail stratus]

Indeed...

[ancient wadi]

Actual meaningful difficulty? Nah, make it invisible and take all your ammo

There is a reason other games don't do this.

[trail stratus]

Are the other Games in the Room with us?

[ancient wadi]

Are you gonna say something useful?

[trail stratus]

What do you need?

[ancient wadi]

Didn't think so

[trail stratus]

Good

@ancient wadi What is "They/Them"?

[ancient wadi]

Those are pronouns. They are used in the place of proper nouns

[trail stratus]

Ah ok.

[vale drift]

@ancient wadi what difficulty are you currently on?

Lowering it would tone down the bullet sponginess of enemies and make supplies like medkits and ammo more available

[north rock]

I just completed the Duga quest so I was already in the area, burer kept insta killing me so I just had to cheese it sadly. Never had a burer, even multiple burers, insta kill me like that

Also anyone else's stories untold glitched? Banzai just keeps telling me there are bandits down there even after killing them

[trail stratus]

No i Had no issues? Loading older Safe?

[north rock]

yeah just reloaded it and worked

for some reason 1 guy didn't spawn in so it was glitched

[trail stratus]

Lol i was even wondering why i had no major issues.... like none..

[north rock]

Typically I've never really had issues with Stalker 2, even on the initial release the only glitch was I couldn't talk to the prof on Wild Island about some side information

[trail stratus]

Yes, so far I have to say the main quest is running without problems, but some side quests have really serious bugs.

[north rock]

Last time I played stalker 2 was the initial release so its nice to see the balance changes, but yeah from what I've seen other people report there still seems to be some issues

[trail stratus]

I couldn't find a drum magazine for the German assault rifle, but others have been able to since patch 1.7.💀

[hallow cliff]

I know I'm like several hours late, but you're seriously raging over a game that does difficulty better than anything you've probably even played. (judging by your favorite server at least) Complaining about bugs and random problems, talking shit on the game, and generally being a douchebag to people on here, why did you join this server? You just mad that people like something you don't like, or are you just angsty about life in general?

[ancient wadi]

How do you know what games I've played based on the one I choose to use the badge of? And how do you know I hate the game? Maybe you should stop psychoanalyzing when you're clearly awful at it.

Offer some solutions to the problems I have instead of getting butthurt over me voicing them and maybe things will go better

[violet nimbus]

You can kill a bloodsucker on the highest difficulty with one shotgun mag (like 6-8 rounds)

There is literally one bulletspongy mutant in the game and it's been toned down (the pseudogiant) but its huge and super easy to avoid by just climbing onto something

[finite dragon]

A nonbinary person 🙂

I go by Xe/Xim and Fin/Fem

[nimble saddle]

Did we get any updates on when we'll get to visit the CNPP?

[drifting niche]

We didn't

[stiff pasture]

<@&1429819918492368916> first Crypto scammer of the day, get em while it’s still steaming

[spiral stump]

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

[sly matrix]

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

[worthy lagoon]

https://tenor.com/view/indeed-tom-ellis-lucifer-morningstar-lucifer-surely-gif-23007365

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[clever cedar]

ranjid

[zinc apex]

1.9 when

[sly matrix]

Surely before 2.0

Tomorrow at the earliest

[stuck pewter]

Looney tunes sound effects type pronouns

[halcyon hare]

Idk if you still need advice but i know there is a stash in the ward base and one in cordon(i think there is a sidequest attached) that has the magazine

[trail stratus]

Where???

[halcyon hare]

In the ward base its near those silos things and in cordon its by that train on the broken bridge (I think you gotta do one of the sidequests in cordon cant remember which one)

And you mean the G37 rifle right?

[trail stratus]

Yes

[trail stratus]

I Have no sidequests left.

maybe the stash still has it...

[halcyon hare]

What main mission are you on?

[trail stratus]

The Long Road to the Foundation

[halcyon hare]

It should both of them technically have it

[trail stratus]

Ward base is where??

[halcyon hare]

Chemical Plant

[trail stratus]

ah the big boi place yeah

[halcyon hare]

Wait I am mistaken i have mixed up the guns

There is one in the swamps near the Church in that little bunker things

[trail stratus]

got it already!

I nedd the Drum Mag

[halcyon hare]

I dont remember there being one…. Just for the AR

[trail stratus]

i think they added it in 1.7

[halcyon hare]

I just checked the patch notes and i dont see it mentioned but i might be missing something

[halcyon hare]

Check dm

[dusky geyser]

Guys, can Skif drown in any of the swampy areas? I'm scared of dying if I keep walking into bodies of water up until he starts walking reaaally slow.
I know he can drown in rivers and big lakes, but for example im not sure of the bogs in Zaton.

[willow condor]

I think the radiation will get you before you drown in the swamps

The radiation alone made me turn back

[limpid pagoda]

Does now in master difficulty you can save without being in base point ?

[drifting niche]

Yes

[limpid pagoda]

Yes you can turn this settings but you downgrade to veteran +

I just saw this

And you can’t go back to master which suck

Cause veteran is too easy for me I don’t enjoy stalker game like this

[drifting niche]

Didn't know that

[lucid pagoda]

But you're still playing on "Master" as far as the game modifiers are concerned it just changes in UI to Veteran+ to reflect that you aren't running expedition mode & have manual saves enabled, but this is not the same as dropping it to actual Veteran

from blog:
MASTER DIFFICULTY AND EXPEDITION MODE SIMPLIFICATION

This change allows you to simplify the save system if you want to play on “Master” difficulty or any other difficulty with the “Expedition mode” enabled.
After starting the game (if Master difficulty or difficulty with Expedition mode enabled is selected), you can enable the Manual Save system in the settings menu. This option is enabled once and permanently (for the current playthrough) and allows you to save with:
Quick Save (F5).
Regular Manual Save via the menu.
If these saves are enabled, the player’s progress status, which is displayed in the Pause menu, will change.

[olive spade]

I have a question about the character Yurko Fantomas. It's the part where you have to retrieve his comrade's body from the anomaly. I have a regular bandit with his name in that spot, and he immediately becomes aggressive towards me. Is this normal?

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[zinc apex]

He is part of bandit faction basically

[olive spade]

So, I have a bad relationship with the bandits? If I can improve it, will that fix my problem?

[zinc apex]

that I do not know, sorry mane

maybe it's just bugged out

[finite dragon]

Is best weapon the long range or cqc auto

[lofty fossil]

anyone got a save file they can lend me. i need to test some mods and im too tired to go through the intro again

needs to be base edition i dont have ultimate

[north rock]

Is there a spark exo suit? Found a dead NPC with one but obviously its not armor you can loot

[flint cliff]

I tried Zero Sievert created by one of my compatriots. It's stalker-extraction in 2D. Well done!

[subtle isle]

Is it me or walking over puddles and in water the effect is completely off? Over puddles no effect and in water it feels like a droplet instead of someone walking.

[tawny yew]

Good morning stalker

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[civic pasture]

Have I missed an announcement about the UE update? Wasn't it supposed to come late 2025?

[muted valve]

it was their aim, but the roadmap already said it could be delayed until 2026

[civic pasture]

Just got my new PC, i can wait

[terse jay]

Dnipro with 7.62 conversion if you want both otherwise there is no weapon that can do both. Just carry a shotgun for mutants and cqc. After zalyssia you should have ak74s and cracker and then upgrade to gp37 and spsa14

Or svdm2/lynx if ARs are not your style

[violet nimbus]

You can also instantly get the spsa in cordon after leaving zalissya

I think there is also a val stash in the burnt forest and if you do ward then its quite close

[molten cove]

Which direction should I start looking for a NVG?

Progress wise, I'm being sent to the red forest for the first time for a main mission

[stiff pasture]

Yantar dam

[molten cove]

Oh I'm going to pass thru there! Omw from rostok to where the map marks the last location for Shcherba's collars

Found one on a random snork, did the Big Baby, now I'll get the last one or die trying 😅 but had to stop for the night it was 2AM already

[unreal raptor]

they need to fix the wallhacky mutants — this would be a terrible bug on day one but this is over a year from release now.

Roadmap me GSC.

[molten cove]

100%
I can't hide from poltergeists

This reminds me, I found a bug yesterday: after killing a burer the last thing it held in the air got stuck in the air, gently floating there, complete with that shimmery visual effect and making that noise, but at least it didn't fly at me anymore

[lucid pagoda]

Nahhh where's the fun in going right for the best ones! Working your way up through them is much more rewarding & otherwise you'll just get the best ones and then never even experience the other 3. Great immersion from the "worse" versions & still very usable

[violet nimbus]

Yantar dam is so ez that it just makes no sense really

[nova lantern]

Will there be base building ?

[latent kite]

Probably not

[civic pasture]

Hopefully not

[muted valve]

Thankfully not

[heady remnant]

I don’t want base building like in Fallout 4 but putting some furniture in empty houses to make it my hideout will be cool.

And of course by furniture I mean sleeping bag, radio and maybe chest.

[dire dagger]

There’s a guy working on a mod to allow base building but it will never be a default feature

[sly matrix]

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 Hearthfire when?

[grizzled herald]

I simply wish Skif could sit down in the hub areas and not just the campfire… standing in front of the radio for an hour feels so weird

[main frigate]

This mod gives you an option to keybind sitting everywhere https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/1674

[grizzled herald]

Thx, might give it a try someday! 👍 I currently play vanilla though

[molten cove]

Why do some folks want every game to be Fortnite...? 😞

[lucid pagoda]

Lmao I'll take that bait, what a generic meaningless statement. If you took one look at the amazing work @calm prism doing on #1404418274904510586 you'd see it's more akin to something out of DayZ & very fitting for the atmosphere of this game. Nobody is "throwing up a set of walls in the middle of combat"

[hazy helm]

why does everybody want dayz?

[sly matrix]

Because DayZ is fun, but lacks a compelling setting. I think what people actually want is DayZ to be more like stalker instead of stalker being more like DayZ

[molten cove]

Wasn't meant to be bait. (Maybe Fortnite was the wrong example.) I genuinely think that outside of games that are built around the idea of base building, it's not desirable to add it.

Even the current setup is generous: you basically have your own bed and stash box e.g. in Rostok, no other character occupies it at any time

[willow condor]

What kind of stalker goes to the zone to build a house? Theres plenty around!

[latent kite]

Base building has absolutely no place in Stalker

[molten cove]

After playing through Fallout 3 and NV, the forced base building component in Fallout 4 felt sooo out of place that it put me off the whole game tbh. It just feels wrong.

[latent kite]

The only way base building in FO4 fits is ironically with mods

There are a few good mods that are based around it

Specific quests/playthroughs based around it

[molten cove]

Which one is that game where you collect resources and build your base out during the day, then try to defend it from the monsters during the night? That's fair enough, the whole idea of the game is base building. Stalker has no need for that

[violet nimbus]

I love how people think base building fits a setting where there are magical black hole esque blobs that MOVE and crush anything they touch
The constant shifting of stalkers, bases changing hands, being abandoned or destroyed etc is literally a theme of this game even rostok was basically wiped out by that giant spatial anomaly

And its only still there because of pure luck

[lucid pagoda]

Lol I mean is it not obvious from all of the similarities in post-Soviet setting & overall atmosphere + collaborations between the two communities from the Stalker in DayZ mods to having DayZ easter eggs officially in Stalker 2, the games run a sort of parallel that makes them ripe for sharing gameplay elements with the other and & those fitting very well into the setting.

No one will be making you check on your settlements I wholly agree the vanilla game as GSC intended would not benefit necessarily from any of these more complex systems like base-building, temperature, wetness etc. But as evidenced here with the temp system #1404418274904510586 message it does add a unique depth that builds upon what GSC has laid out foundationally, in the effort of providing end-user modularity & to ultimately benefit the extended life of S2 through its existence as a platform for such experiences, as was the case for the trilogy itself and all the community content it spawned still being relevant to the community at large.

The popularity of freeplay experiences ala DayZ or dare I say Anomaly/GAMMA is certainly not going away especially in the greater Stalker community beyond our more purist collective on Discord here, which contrary to the vanilla gatekeeping opinions do ultimately benefit the community at large by expanding on the STALKER ethos beyond the reach of just the base games.

[violet nimbus]

Agroprom is deserted
Swamps are inhospitable
The old dead valley locations are slowly falling into disrepair and are used as some temporary base for a local bandit
Depot is barely a base compared to CS
Army warehouses are completely deserted
Energetik and yaniv are under constant pressure
Sultansk was on the brink of collapse at the start of the game and the other boat is barely a base

[violet nimbus]

The only similarity is guns vaguely open world and being 'slavic' tho dayz is basically sprinkled with it while stalker has become actual slav culture by this point
I understand the need for sandbox open world games and mods but I feel like its less about dayz and more about a critical lack of open world realistic ish fps games that are NOT multiplayer

[molten cove]

TL;DR base building increases the lifespan of the game and may bring in a wider user base

[violet nimbus]

And even dayz itself started as a mod because people clearly want something like that

[hazy helm]

there is no worth in catering to people who do not care about stalker and it's gameplay

[remote mirage]

broooo

i just found out stalkers are real

[molten cove]

Hey I only summarised it, the opinion is not mine 😅

[lucid pagoda]

For me, all of these ideas are very interesting because I'm over 2k hours into S2 with a fat chunk on vanilla before mods came to console (pleb) & yeah am a fan of these other more survival oriented games as well, so I'd love to see the existence of some of those features to spice up my gameplay now which is a lot of more aimless wandering and my own goal-setting, with a focus on the gameplay being more immersive & hardcore than what I experienced in vanilla. I look forward to establishing more like bivouacs than outright bases, as my experience now is very roleplay heavy & lately been challenging myself by not using the hive stash.

I also think it's funny for people to see the player base-building as a sort of more casual thing when frankly the safe zone hubs being the only place where you can engage in any of these mechanics is equally as casual if not moreso especially with the hive stash.

Don't want to play with these additional mechanics? Just don't use the mod lmao

[violet nimbus]

Lowkey true i wouldnt be surprised if stalker would be better received if the people anticipating it were actually interested in stalker games

[molten cove]

Mod is fine. Having it in vanilla.... Not sure I'd be behind that.

[lucid pagoda]

I've been a fan of the series at large in its vanilla form and its mods for years lmao, wtf do you want a sorry 🫃 that myself amongst many others recognize that they can also be enjoyed as something more?

I love the purist mentality that comes out from all of the red text mfs when this dialogue starts, truly the boomers of this chat

[violet nimbus]

We just want to be consistent with the actual setting

[hazy helm]

Im such an awful purist man
https://www.moddb.com/members/vasim1

why are you blowing up at me when I didn't even respond to you tho?

[ancient wadi]

I really enjoy Stalker 2 but I am also not a sycophantic glazer who shuts down any criticism. Unlike some here.

[violet nimbus]

Yeah we get it you are mad someone disagreed with you

Idk enjoy your crusade lmao

[ancient wadi]

Me? The heck are you talking about?

[violet nimbus]

I see prof pic I must ask
Book or game metro

[worthy zodiac]

[lucid pagoda]

Purist or not Vasim I'm in here a lot too man i rarely see anybody hating on stalker fans or facets of modding community for playing the game they paid for as they want to like you bro lol, everybody is entitled to their own opinion and you love to spout off yours, but then when you're met with another one, you tend to send some stonewall response ala #⭐┃nospoilers_general message or act victimized like #⭐┃nospoilers_general message lmao was just a general statement sorry my message was a reply

[ancient wadi]

Elaborate

[hazy helm]

this is correct

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[molten cove]

Thank you, you be well too friend

[trail stratus]

LOL

[ancient wadi]

Back at you, king

[digital fern]

hello

[finite dragon]

Does stalker 2 have modding longevity?

I would like to make modded story videos 🤔 any suggestions for overhauls or reshades

[drifting niche]

Development tools still in progress

[vale drift]

7 days to die?

[molten cove]

May be!

[hazy helm]

they gotta compress that SDK

[ionic mauve]

how to turn stalker 2 into dayz. slap on a Early access mark and leave it on for 14 years. have the main dev run with the money and start his own studio. profit???

[violet nimbus]

I love how dayz is still underdeveloped and mid despite all the years there just no good alternative

[nimble moon]

Is the hardest difficulty actually fun? Or is it similar to when the game just launched and everything was simply annoying to fight?

[violet nimbus]

Its fun but expedition mode forces you to play it more like tarkov/anomaly

You need to do shorter runs and set precise objectives for yourself cause doing huge loops around 8 anomaly fields is very dangerous

The NPC upgrades over the last year have made them quite fair and enjoyable to fight the main thing you will die to really is either anomalies/falls or specific mutants

Ohh also if you choose the ward path and stick to it its significantly easier

[nimble moon]

Interesting. It actually sounds immersive.

I'm really excited for the DLC, and hoping that it expands on some of the characters we didn't get to spend much time with. Thought about trying out the hardest difficulty to see what's all changed in the game since March.

[drifting niche]

today we will get a nothingburger

[rocky shadow]

its just few ppl man, not everyone

[violet nimbus]

It is if you allow it to be but you really need to slow down a bit because if you dont it becomes frustrating

[rapid warren]

I feel that this year will be very bug for stalker 2 cant wait for more updates

[unreal raptor]

Need some damn fixes on this soon now — are we all basically thinking nothing is going to change now until the new engine update happens?

Feels like with the DLC coming too they have just clogged the pipeline, spinning too many plates to get efficent and quick hotfixes out?

[dire dagger]

Why bother fixing bugs on an engine your not gonna be using soon

[unreal raptor]

shame for all those ps5 players — but welcome to the fold. Get used to it kids.

[dire dagger]

Console gamers always finish last

That’s how it’s always been

[lament sparrow]

Devs please .. add a portable radio în the dlc. Roaming the zone sometimes feels quiet…very quiet, and the psi zones…not gonna talk about it

[hazy helm]

tik tok kids

smh

[ancient wadi]

Jesus christ
Someone just making a suggestion. You don't have to be an insufferable hole over it

[mystic venture]

I went into S2 expecting jank, given my experiences with the trilogy. Through that lens, S2 exceeded my expectations. Is the alife as good? No ... but I got in late, it's there, and getting better with updates. For what it is it's amazingly polished, and more importantly, fun. Also looking forward to seeing what the modding community will do to this monster once I finish my first playthough. Perfect game? Not hardly ... but keeping my expectations low has served me well.

[mystic venture]

That's one thing Stalker has over Metro ... the damn gimmicky spiders, snorks don't care about your flashlight, they kick you in the face regardless.

[ancient wadi]

Metro's stealth actually works. That's one of the things I prefer over it. But Stalker does a lot of things better.

[mystic venture]

I'm legit surprised that while Springboards and Whiligigs made it into S2, Vortexes didn't (and I don't mean the waterspouts)

[violet nimbus]

Ohh hell nah

Metro stealth doesn't work it was simply INSANELY arcadified in last light and redux

It is 'consistent' but its an unfun unrewarding system where every npc is absolutely blind and clueless, you can do sneak attacks from any angle even the front (lol) and its also forced down your throat despite being so terrible because good endings almost always require using stealth

Also since they put gamma at 10000x in last light and redux it looks absolutely comical how artyom sees everything without nv even in the darkest places yet all the metro dwellers are magically blind

I much prefer the less idiotic S2 stealth where you actually have to stay out of sight and try to ambush people and not just brainlessly look at your magical cloaking watch and then press q despite staring right at a dude

The only complaint I have is instant global alertness for sections of the map

Which coincidentally was the main problem of old metro (pre redux)

[zinc apex]

Guys, should I install Gamma again?

[lofty fossil]

hey guys great news. the first fully functioning gun mod with implementation and localization has been released/updated. its called extended weapon pack. you gotta use one of the unofficial locales for it. it has names, descs, implementated into vendors, soon plans to put into the hands of stalkers once someone comes forward with the knowledge. they also fit in with the usp and other pistols

congrats on the staler modding community. we have now a nearly finished roster. adding back new and old pistols

[wary goblet]

Is the controller spawn of zombies an psi illusion? I noticed when u pick up dead zombies weapons in main missions and loot their ammo they still resurrect with guns in hand lol

[mystic venture]

It's a bit of a double whammy. Many controllers spawn with real zombies supporting them (because, you know, controller) ... but controllers also inflict psi damage, which will also spawn illusiury enemiess (that still inflict real damage) ... carry psi-block, if you think you should just be dealing with zombies and mercs show up out of knowhere, (or you know, corpses fading away when you try to loot them, that's a dead giveaway) ... take the mental tums.

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[finite dragon]

Don’t turn this IP into fallout please devs it’s unique it doesn’t need to be like fallout

[charred wraith]

can ya'll remove npc collision with player as a bandaid fix for npcs blocking doors? i cant progress --- again --- 1 year after release.

j e s u s l o r d a l l m i g h t y

[violet nimbus]

Rostok ?

[lofty fossil]

hey guys i want to make the game low resolution through engine ini. but i dont want the rest of the game to have broken lighting and stuff from those potato inis

[worthy zodiac]

Wonder what you meant by that...

[finite dragon]

Making the lore generic and boring so a broad audience can understand it without ever playing the game lol

[ancient wadi]

Who said it was going that way? Or was that just paranoia on your part?

[ancient wadi]

Besides. I, too, prefer my lore like Kingdom Hearts. Incomprehensible and nonsensical.

[finite dragon]

Sadly over time everything does. Let’s just hope that this game has a good run before any continuity is removed. Ideally the lead dev will keep the game alive for their career but eventually a new lead dev will take over and they might be more focused on broader audience appeal dumbing it down and monetization

This game reminds me a lot of old fallout games fo1-3 but the IP owner for fallout changed between fo1-2 and fo3 i really hope this game never gets dumbed down and only continues to improve

[lucid pagoda]

To be fair lol ...that kind of happened already... with the "new" & "old" GSC between the trilogy and now lol, there's been a lot of lore retconned & gameplay mechanics simplified in S2 vs. the original trilogy with the newer game generally being made for a broader audience ||(because en-masse contemporary gamers are dumb?/need streamlined & spoonfed instant gratification?)||

Don't take this the wrong way I do love S2 & the original trilogy as well, but it's easy to see that the series has been purposefully made to be more accessible both in terms of lore & gameplay as to widen the net of potential new fans beyond the likes of those who are still here from the originals

[violet nimbus]

Whats more accessible about gameplay tho

It has the stupid console features like the weapon/ammo wheel sure but like og games weren't really hard or complicated

But yeah story is indeed easier to follow probably because we have proper dialogued and cutscenes as opposed to wall of text staring

[grim torrent]

I genuinely do not understand the “gameplay mechanics simplified” argument. Sure, A-Life was lobotomised due to development problems. Ballistics and damage calculation are simpler. But otherwise, it’s functionally the same game as the trilogy. The same exact formula, unchanged.

[grim torrent]

Weapon wheel isn’t stupid. It’s a great addition. On PC it’s optional. I have never used it. Instead, I relied on keybindings only.

[violet nimbus]

A life in vanilla wasnt even that smart as many videos try to paint it

[violet nimbus]

It is stupid on PC but im saying that its the only noticeable gameplay difference and it doesnt make it easier or harder

[grim torrent]

True, they are thinking of freeplay mods, not vanilla. But even so, A-Life is much more advanced in the trilogy. More developed.

[violet nimbus]

As for damage and mechanics I feel like we now have MORE gun stats than in vanilla

[grim torrent]

And the weapon wheel on PC is completely optional.

[violet nimbus]

Maybe was after 1.7 I would disagree unless we pick and choose the best parts from every part of the trilogy

[grim torrent]

Not really. Trilogy had more in terms of ballistics. Trajectory, impulse, each per ammo not per gun.

[violet nimbus]

It also didnt have holding breath, equip and aim speed as seperate statistics, slugs for shotguns, and its accuracy was basically random in CS

Everything was shoved into the ergonomics stat or whatever the hell it was called
And hell SOC didnt have weapon modding at all

Unless you abused the repair exploit you had to replace everything with something new

[grim torrent]

Equip and aim speed existed for machine guns and long rifles. Slugs existed for shotguns, plus darts in SoC. Accuracy wasn’t random in CS, but range was limited by a bubble.

[drifting niche]

They've dumbed down some game mechanics, like strike damage, explode damage, etc

[grim torrent]

Simplified, not dumbed down.

I don’t think that simplifying is dumb. But it loses the charm that the trilogy had.

[violet nimbus]

Accuracy spread was random tho even if the stat could be improved where your bullet went was randomised

[violet nimbus]

Was the aim speed a cop thing only cause afaik you couldnt aim the pkm at all in cs

[grim torrent]

Didn’t the randomisation cone reduce with better accuracy? Because that’s generally how accuracy works in games.

I could hit super bullets just fine.

[grizzled herald]

I have to out myself as "that broader audience" but I can say for a fact that they simplified movement and made the tutorial better xD
before I got interested into s2 (as a person who had not played a single fps in theier life) I bought SoC to see if Iwould even like it... I played it maybe an hour but could not get into it. I still asked my bro to gift me S2 for christmas and end up loving it. Afterwards I tried the trilogy again and this time I had no issues and enjoyed them very much

[violet nimbus]

Yes it did reduce but there was no hold breath of any kind yet weapon sway didnt exist so it looked very silly

[grim torrent]

Oh you mean aim down sights, I thought you meant when you moved your mouse around for aiming.

[violet nimbus]

Yes

Could you aim the pkm in cop even ? I know it was in the game cause zulu but

[grim torrent]

I don’t recall ever aiming with the PKM

[violet nimbus]

Its all muddied cause I played cop ages ago and I played some gamma more recently

[violet nimbus]

More like 'made A tutorial'

COP just slaps you in zaton and says 'go'

[grizzled herald]

haha yes but there was like a popup for 1 second I could not even read in SoC!

[violet nimbus]

CS is the only one with a real tutorial

[grizzled herald]

oh yes the intro and BAM you stand in the forest is awesome

[violet nimbus]

Yeah cop is like that it really feels like a DLC not a game

[grizzled herald]

I honestly liked it the most but probably because it felt the most moden gameplay wise (and I like the characters the most)

I played them all vanilla and CS had me cursing the most because these camp defenses where completely broken

[violet nimbus]

I was extremely lucky with warfare cause it actually worked

[violet nimbus]

Yeah it has that but its also very barebones story wise

'Go find crashed helis and solve le mystery'
'Ok I did, it was the zone'
The end

[grizzled herald]

funny enough it did not feel that way to me but I do have the backwards issue because S2 obviously spoiled pretty much everything XD