⭐┃nospoilers_general

[outer laurel]

for some reason I do, cover does not work

[viscid rock]

It's not aim bot, so there is a feature in this game called "sound" atm its busted because enemies can hear you a mile a way and determine your position no matter what

[violet nimbus]

Skill issue

[outer laurel]

bug issue u dum dum

[foggy scaffold]

Do you think that glossary is straight up screapped idea? The way when in game you discover new POI it pops up with shortcut to check new POI in PDA

[violet nimbus]

Trees are basically impervious to AI and so are walls

[violet nimbus]

The prevalence of this bug is nowhere near what you are describing ive already killed hundreds of npcs and have not noticed AI actually purposefully scanning through walls not only that it has never lead to my death

[outer laurel]

the hell u mean

[viscid rock]

I've tested this in one of my streams, and enemy tracking works like stalker SoC, but the sound detection is busted, for example, you can Flank them and they will check your "last known position" but the moment you make that blue bar go all the way up, they will 180 and know where you are at next

So their hearing is superhuman atm

[outer laurel]

bullets should not got through a wall when you're taking cover

no matter where u hide

I get it wood or something, but the wall from any material? please

[viscid rock]

You can do the same

Pmm especially

I posted multiple videos on that a lot

[nimble cipher]

blackburn8215 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[outer laurel]

snowflake bot

[viscid rock]

Naughty naughty

[outer laurel]

Maybe I'm over reacting

With ai aim

[violet nimbus]

You can pen a lot of things yourself but its not any wall and not with any bullet

Its a little too good but overall penning objects works decently

[viscid rock]

On The contrary

You can pen Steele with a pmm

9x18 should not pen Steel

Upgrading pen on any gun gives it a higher percentage to pen anything

[violet nimbus]

I swear you just dont read what people type sometimes
I just said its too good

The system is overall good but the values make it too good base if I wanted to be more precise

[viscid rock]

I'm dyslexic, I read your comment as "Cannot"

[violet nimbus]

Yeah that does make sense

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[unreal raptor]

is anything ever going to happen with this forsaken game?

[muted valve]

yes

[celest goblet]

Yeah just maybe not on your personal timeline

[zinc apex]

Nothing ever happens

[fathom bramble]

They worked the entire 2025 fixing the game. A little longer wait doesn't hurt anyone

[zinc apex]

Bro we've not bought into early access 🤣

[rocky shadow]

[unreal raptor]

They also released it in the state it was in?

[zinc apex]

Just wait some more bro the game is complete soon trust me bro just wait

[unreal raptor]

tired of waiting bro!

[zinc apex]

Soon

[unreal raptor]

._.

[timber spear]

should i use this channel to ask about a niche technical issue or is there a designated area for such things

[minor cobalt]

I have over 1000 hours into the game now. I haven't had any issues for months

[mortal ivy]

@safe badge as long as it's not got any spoilers, I'd say go for it.

[outer laurel]

The f u do there for 1000 hours

[nocturne edge]

so did molt share some details like he said he would?

[muted valve]

he isn't even online yet

[outer laurel]

Duty tomboys pls

That's all I want from update

[muted valve]

figures

[outer laurel]

I'm an honest man

Well another ping another dissapointment

[sullen vessel]

Today there is an update in the game right?

[muted valve]

njet

[outer laurel]

Teaser, or some hints from Molt

[drifting niche]

Nice hint

[outer laurel]

.

[boreal mountain]

How is the games optimization?

[potent steeple]

cant you guys make a general announcement channel instead of posting everything in announcement? getting tricked every

[muted valve]

announcement is the general announcement channel

[zinc apex]

🫃

[unreal raptor]

Trolling us.

[magic coyote]

On the official CS2 servers, you have specific channels for updates

That said, I've gotten used to the random announcements as it adds more excitement, wondering if it will really be an update or if it will be more spam

[lofty onyx]

Is there a way to just get game announcements? its sad and all about your story but a lot of us here are here for the game...

oh wow just read previous comments, im late to the party apparently

[urban basin]

Still kinda mid cause is unreal engine 5
Better than release tho

[outer laurel]

Yea u are not the only one

I'm only waiting about game news or dlc. Don't care about other things

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[hexed timber]

stg this is the server I get the most pings from

[outer laurel]

Yup, same

[fathom bramble]

Are we gonna get any hints or details today? I'm counting the days to go back to the zone.

[drifting niche]

Probably not, read the last answer

The bug fix patch is taking suspiciously long. I thought they were updating the engine, but nope. Neither one nor the other

[outer laurel]

Duty Tomboys...I need them

[scarlet cove]

Duty femboys...I need them

[safe kayak]

Maybe you know by the chance how to fix non working lumen for amd 8060s?

[chilly jungle]

👀

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[chilly jungle]

❤️

[nimble cipher]

yanaxxer has been warned

Reason: Posted an invite

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[outer laurel]

playing stalker 2 be like
Run 1km there, run 2km there, run 3km

God

This is so tiring

[sly matrix]

Good day to you too Ranjid

[stiff oriole]

Hey, I just got a Sledgehammer shotgun and want to use it instead of Predator. I know that the best shotgun is the Saiga, but is it worth it if you can't get attachments for it until the endgame?

[nocturne nimbus]

saiga is basically sledgehammer with mag reload, it is much better even without blueprints/higher capacity mag, but repair costs are also much higher
mag reload was a huge thing for me personally , I completed almost the whole game with m860 cracker with mag upgrade while having sledgehammer (plus it's cheaper, it matters a lot on master difficulty)

[summer bane]

Maxed out PSZ-9I Falcon, or maxed out SSP-100I Survey for mid to end game?

[outer laurel]

Probably biggest flaw of Stalker 2 is no cheeki breeki iv damke or bandit radio

[muted valve]

there is cheeki breeki iv damke though

[outer laurel]

But it ain't the same, there is no soul in it

[worthy zodiac]

What you mean by soul in this context?

[outer laurel]

Play clear sky

You will understand it

More ethusiam, more lively, bandits are happy that they are bandits.

In stalker 2 they are blank and empty.

Generic npc without a style

[worthy zodiac]

Yea, I kinda agree, actually (and the issue is definitely not a ukrainian voice acting because ukrainian va in originals is also good). Just wondered if your arguments are similar to mine. Many people like to say "soul/no soul" without defining that so called soul, if you know what I mean, so yeah

[outer laurel]

Yea, I understand that

[violet nimbus]

Its truly mysterious why this installment in this ukrainian franchise is less cheery and more sad/cynical

[outer laurel]

Don't care, games are games not political manifesto of your fantasy

[violet nimbus]

Games are whatever the devs want them to be

[violet nimbus]

Also
Disco elysium

But well you are an actual creature so I dont expect you to comprehend that

[outer laurel]

Gsc fanboy detected

No wonder Stalker 2 is a bad stalker

[violet nimbus]

How odd the dutyer has finally realised people in an S2 discord are gonna be atleast partially fond of S2 and GSC

Its almost like there is brain activity in there

[outer laurel]

😂 😂 😂

[violet nimbus]

Remarkable specimen genuinely

[outer laurel]

The point is

Stalker were never some serious games

Especialy clear sky, Stalker 2 just feel empty, boring, and depresing sometimes. Barely any enjoyment

I stick with stalker 2 cause of the content drops and dlc. Which I hope can better than main storyline

Which is a total rewrite of the old story and facts

Stalker 2 will either age like a wine or like a milk....

That's my statement

Untold stories was 4/10, those fetch quests were tiring

[deft pond]

Bro simping Clear Sky the most unplayable buggy mess of a game, S2 plays like a dream by comparison

[steady valve]

How does loot work in s2 and like compared to difficulty? Im tryna figure out if lowering my difficulty before opening a stash would give me more loot cus im lowk a loot goblin like that

Or like if loot respawns

[drifting niche]

only Master mode has different loot in stashes iirc

[outer laurel]

The cope is hard

[nimble cipher]

hanime_master has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[deft pond]

Go back to Nikke gooner

[outer laurel]

Cause the plot is better? That's right

[rocky shadow]

Poor rage bait today

[dusky geyser]

Unrelated to everything, but I now realize why the red forest in S2 looks and feels nothing like the one in Clear Sky.

It's the canopy, the new one is composed of spindly short trees. Very dense, yes, but it doesn't provide much shade.
In CS, there were less trees, but they were much bigger, lush and tall. That lead to its recognizable lighting: with small crevices of sunlight in contrast of big, continuous areas of shadow and near darkness, no matter how sunny the day was.

Tree size and density is important, but it's more a matter of lighting that set the tone and expectation.

Thats also why in s2 concept art you can get the same feeling as in CS: it features not many trees and bushes, but they are so tall and (must) have such a thick canopy that theres practically no direct sunlight reaching the ground.

[violet nimbus]

Pretty sure we've already established they didnt retcon much except some map parts (kinda) and CS

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[heady remnant]

Do you think GSC will release anything on 26th of April (it’s 40th anniversary of power plant catastrophe)?

[drifting niche]

Who knows?

[outer laurel]

yea, well we will see what future updates will bring

[sly viper]

stalker....is it patch week yet?

[muted valve]

Never

[nimble cipher]

nyafu_hime has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[crystal torrent]

are we still getting the physical? i ordered the ultimate edition literally over a year ago and have gotten absolutely zero info whatsoever... even if it doesn't end up being a scam this feels so double plus bad

[hazy helm]

Yea both games are great, CoP is the worst tho

[rocky nimbus]

I give up on the trilogy

Can I just move on to 2?

[muted valve]

that was always an option

[keen ether]

So I got da peestul... But how do i get the bigger peestul?

[fiery heron]

find a bigger longer peestul

[gray python]

I recently got into garbage and completed main quests up to the price goes up, and was wondering wheres the best place to go at this point for 556?

I heard somewhere to go over to rostock but im not sure if I can yet or if it unlocks through main missions

for context this is my first ever stalker game

[west veldt]

I saw on the stalker Reddit that people started to get tracking updates regarding their ultimate editions. I think some even received them

[jolly basalt]

I've gotten my physical.
Speaking of, is the number atop the artifact lamp (below the number on the handle) your individual # of all the ones produced?

[terse bane]

Imagine being one of the guys that preordered the physical editions years ago and still keep waiting to receive his box, mental torture

[gray python]

Anyone know?

[nimble cipher]

vrf_farr has been warned

Reason: Posted an invite

[crystal torrent]

oooh thats nicee

[unreal raptor]

Yawn. Another week. Month. Quarter and basically no info.

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[unreal raptor]

Ranjid is the only soul keeping this place alive.

A-live 2.0

[sly matrix]

https://tenor.com/view/monkey-coma-wriogifs-gif-4586647766923608943

[nimble moon]

@vision011

[rapid warren]

Ranjid is our Alife 2.0

[sly matrix]

Ranjid is our Alife support

[fathom bramble]

Give it time, I was expecting some fixes and balance changes, and then bye bye for half a year until the EU, or the DLC, but it looks like we're gonna get some new content

[sturdy sage]

I just got mine

[unreal raptor]

Don’t want to sound ungrateful but I’d rather they fixed the current content first.

[west veldt]

Yeah this ^

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[crystal torrent]

just got my special edition!!!! the figure is quite nice (a bit lighter than i expected but eh) and the artefact lamp is cool albeit a bit low quality. thge poster and map are both some crappy viyl which is a bit sad, patches are cool and backpack is actually really really nice

[violet nimbus]

That confirms what I thought about it
Well good that I didnt buy it maybe they will release worthwhile merch someday

[sly viper]

thats like saying monolith keep the zone alive

dont support wish cultists and lunatics

[dusky geyser]

Should we have more artifact spawn areas? In CoP, an area of aprox 1 square kilometer had at least 7 different points where to find an artifact (zaton, jupiter, prypiat). Now theres, with some luck, 3 to 4 areas in the same area size for s2.

[brazen gate]

i want more bandits to spawn, more monolith scum to spawn, more mercs spawn! i want more bloodshed to start happening!

[primal salmon]

when Alife 3.0 ?

[thick bluff]

haiii im new to all the stalker games wich one should I start in?

and wich game uses gamma? heard its a pretty good mod

[bold oxide]

okay so id say definitely start with soc

SHADOWWW OF CHERNOBYLL

the first game in release order

gamma is a standalone mod pack

you dont need any game

[thick bluff]

ohhww

[bold oxide]

but its a grueling process to install it correctly

[thick bluff]

so its like a complete different game

[bold oxide]

on gog you can buy call of pripyat

or stalke 2

and get a one click install

the easiest install

but

[thick bluff]

I like to suffer

[bold oxide]

if you wanna ruin your stalker experience

play gamma

gamma is a bunch of shit systems and stuff with a horrid story stitched onto the stalker map

it sure has alot of stuff

but it clogs up what stalker actually is

[thick bluff]

ohhhh

[bold oxide]

gamma is the reason why well

people think the monolith

are people who made choices to be monolith

they are stupid

and i swear

[thick bluff]

hmmm... hope i get that later on

[bold oxide]

it ruins and puts a stain on the community

[thick bluff]

but thanks lexa (:

[bold oxide]

its literally like liberty prime seeing any amount of communism to me

i hate it

but

[thick bluff]

ive heard call of pripyat is a good one to start off too i like the gun play in that game

[bold oxide]

start with soc

[bold oxide]

if you start with call of pripyat

you wont wanna play the other 2 trilogy games

[thick bluff]

OHHHHH

[bold oxide]

and also playing stalker soc and cs is essential

cop is like a side story

[thick bluff]

thank youuuu

[bold oxide]

yourrr welcomemme

play gamma if you want

[thick bluff]

that helps out a ton

[bold oxide]

but play the original stalker’s first

and remember

everything in gamma doesnt apply to the lore

its all fake

[thick bluff]

does it have an actual story to follow? sorry im dumb

[bold oxide]

uh

kinda??

its just a bunch of quests

[thick bluff]

welll thank you again, i have to goo :3

[bold oxide]

it gets boring after awhile byyyee

[terse bane]

has shit in form of storyline, the storyline of Anomaly seriously is the worst "serious" plot that i've ever seen in a stalker mod, Lost To The Zone is the worst storyline that i could read in stalker, sure that has a few good thingis (mostly being SoC copypasted in quests in most part of Living Zone) but the quantity of - are wayyyy bigger than the +, if u want story Anomaly is the worst option to play

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[ember summit]

Is SIRCAA considered like a mid-way point in the game?

[summer stream]

Pretty much

[sly viper]

so much silence, no daily #📜┃gsc-answers
makes you wonder if they are hiding a worthwhile surprise or just holding to peace till the next wave of complains we got stored for them

[west veldt]

I wish YOU a good day, and for YOU to be well, Ranjid

[unreal raptor]

YAWN

it's totally past a joke — I would not be suprised to see this delayed again for the engine upgrade.

The fact they are teasing more content.... fix the game GSC.

[bold oxide]

they are hiding something from us

[unreal raptor]

instead of keep tipping more water into the leaky bucket

[bold oxide]

[fathom bramble]

My little brother got the game on PS5, it looks and runs great, plus aiming with the controller gyroscope is pretty fun

[west veldt]

Its got gyro? Thats pretty dope

[narrow osprey]

Have we heard anything about Hardware RT? Will the game add this in to fix the aweful jittering and lighting?

[flint nexus]

Why are they being so NDA about patch 1.9 - the game came out 16 months ago and I never even beat the game because waiting for it to actually be finished. You don’t need to withhold this information, the game released in early access, it’s been way too long of a wait

[terse bane]

I'll believe that probably is because most thingis that Mol1t or other community manager would told about the 1.9 are spoilers (and logically the spoilers kills possible hype), possibly the 1.9 is going to be another update like the 1.8, adding several hours of free content, these months are going to be filled of NDA

[drifting niche]

My theory is that they want to show off a lot at once to boost sales and build up the hype. But that’s just a positive, copium theory

[unreal raptor]

My theory is it’s not going great. Overpromised and undelivered.

[celest goblet]

Neither theory has any basis so I'm just gonna keep doing what I was doing and wait

[unreal raptor]

Basis: track history

[west veldt]

I think stalker 2 is a fine game and I believe progress is going well

Im no hater

[flint nexus]

I agree, the post launch support is 100%, but I really want to finish and/or replay all of S2, however feel stuck knowing that it’s better to see what 1.9 brings considering how much of a time commitment S2 can be

[west veldt]

Yeah Im waiting until then to finish

[gray python]

As someone who never played the trilogy, I think it's pretty damn fun and it looks pretty beautiful (could be optimized better though)

[dusky geyser]

Is it possible to repair 0 durability guns? I got one of those unique customs from a side quest but it was at 0.

[drifting niche]

yes

[serene carbon]

Hello

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[wary sparrow]

i remember mortyy hating on mutant mods for not linking mods even tho he does but then i see multiple examples of morty not linking any mods
plus morty accused mutant of a massive crime but when i called out his hipocricy he started calling me a child but doesnt that mean he is talking to a child and using verbal abuse on one ? thats more than what mutant mods did
if anyone believes that hypocricy should be punished call him out on reddit and any social media

[hazy helm]

what are you talking about

[wary sparrow]

a guy that mods stalker and fallout falsely accused another of somethign he does and did recently

and he broke eucla game rules and i have proof of confession

but i gotta go i hope one of yall stand up to him

[hazy helm]

sounds like useless drama

[dusky geyser]

Are emissions supposed to not have screen shake? My screen only shakes (and then only sometimes) in the first boom of the emission, and the rest stays completely steady.

The audio and lighting is also weird, when it ends they abruptly cut, the lighting quickly switches to normal weather.

Is that how its supposed to work? If it is, it's very poor work, the least inmersive moment in the game.

(also the screen shake itself is kinda lame. Maybe more of a personal opinion but its lame like the supposed "energy drink tremors" that are just the idle aiming animation intensified, a glorified swaying that's more annoying than lore accurate.)

[outer laurel]

Emissions went big downgrade

[fathom bramble]

I'll wait for an emission rework after the engine update. I don't like to use mods as a comparison, but emissions in Dead Air or Anomaly are far more terrifying

[dusky geyser]

I mean, i very much like the game while it has a lot of problems. But im worried about these details because theyre just that: details that can easily be missed and probably a lot of other players dont care about. And i hope gsc doesnt forget about these small things that with a little adjustment could go a very long way in inmersion, which was always the point in this series.

[nimble saddle]

Why are so many people asking about fast travel where there is the guide service available in game?

[fathom bramble]

There are a few possibilities. They are clueless gamers who didn't find the guides. They are veterans who remember the fast travel mechanic from CoP, where any random squad could give you fast travel options to any POI. Finally, surely there are people who just want to fast travel from the pda to anywhere

[hazy helm]

the veterans taht want the "fast travel" mechanic from COP are just wrong

and dumb

[nimble saddle]

Everyone is wrong and dumb except me.

[nimble saddle]

It still dint make sense, if you want to extend the guide mechanic such that it includes any POI, it would make the game very fast paced/too close or smth idk how to word it

In COP I did find it to really increase the pace of my game, cuz if i wanted to go anywhere ill just find a squad and throw money at them till I get teleported

I even used them as my personal vehicle such that I visit multiple places with them and then back to the base

[hazy helm]

true if you have any kind of conviction in your opinions

[nimble saddle]

It dont matter thats just the truth and you are in denial.

[fathom bramble]

I mean, I'm totally against fast travel in games, unless it's implemented in an immersive way, like carriages in Skyrim or Red Dead Redemption. The guides in Stalker? It's just a teleport, there is no justification for it. Yes, they know fast and safe routes, but that's just lore, there isn't an interactive implementation, isn't immersive at all.

Now we have this huge map in HoC.
I never used fast travel in the OG games, but in Stalker 2 I started to use it because not every day I have the time to walk from Sid to Yaniv, even though I enjoy traveling more than just teleporting.

[rocky shadow]

i dont understand it either.

[rocky shadow]

While i understand what you are saying, the mechanic literaly work exactly same way as in Skyrim. You go to NPC, ask to go somewhere, click on place and then port there. Only difference is, that you have to sit on carriage, but its still same

[nimble cipher]

ender.io.121002 has been warned

Reason: Posted an invite

[nimble cipher]

ender.io.121002 has been warned

Reason: Posted an invite

[fathom bramble]

Yes, but at least there is a believable way to transport you through the map, someone takes over and drives you around, and you just chill back in the carriage. In S2 is just a dude, and I assume you have to walk by yourself to your destination following his steps. Isn't like he carry you in his back or something

[nimble saddle]

Thats not just in stalker 2. Its in all of the games except for SOC (where there isn't a way to fast travel afaik). Ther philosophy is that when you join the company of a stalker or a group, time goes by faster. Thats's kind of implied in COP when you and Yar head back to yanov, or going back to yanov with Mitay ||after freeing him||.

[rocky shadow]

well, its guide. Guides guide you and its just a way to make fast travels, that arent just fast travel. I think its neat way, especialy when guides are part of lore.
My only caviat is, that it would be best, if it worked same way in KCD, when you see the movement on map and there would be possibilty of being attacked or just arriving to some fight between others.

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[sly matrix]

https://klipy.com/gifs/yugioh-no-u-1

[velvet yew]

You know, the game has intense atmosphere when you get a mod that gives you godmode (doing it for screenshot purposes) and you STILL feel like you're in danger.

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[sly viper]

is it patch week yet?!

[violet nimbus]

No

[glass turret]

Tomorrow

[sly viper]

its always tomorrow, but like peace day...it naver came dear stalker.

[rocky shadow]

Testing should start this week. So for non testers, it will be several more weeks for "patch week"

[unreal raptor]

Yawn. Stalker 2 slow.

[dusky geyser]

Yep, 1.9 is coming mid april, if we're lucky.

[sly viper]

what did the eggheads ask you to this time?

[rocky shadow]

eggheads dont ask us what to do, they just give us product and we report back with informations from our experiments

[tired gust]

should i play stalker 2 now or wait a little more?

[sly viper]

depends whats your red lines
if you hope for more perfomance and the possibility of no event bubble youll have to wait

[summer cliff]

Is DLC plabned to release in Autumn?

[flint cliff]

Hi everyone, currently what is the super ultra mega hardcore mod that dies even if a mutant dog only sees you?

[main frigate]

It is planned to be released this year. That's all we know

[summer cliff]

Damn, 2 years for one DLC

It really feels that this game was released one year too early in development

[main frigate]

Yeah that's true. Realistically it should have one year more to cook

But actually, CNPP teasers can be pointing us into closer time of release but who knows. Right now lets focus on 1.9 and engine update that are getting closer

[red oracle]

The patch is tommorow if not read the sentence from start

[glass turret]

i read that backwards and it almost made sense

[fickle summit]

foolproof method to avoid delays

[civic pasture]

you know i really want some UE5 engine update news soon

[unreal raptor]

You know I really want some any news soon

[fiery jungle]

will we have a DLC at some point?

[outer laurel]

So bored...nothing is going on

[worn oar]

A patch will be coming this month so it's up to you

[calm sequoia]

Forgot how unstable SIRCCA is after everything goes to hell

Siding with The Ward and after everything breaks out it runs like shit in the area of SIRCCA

[sly viper]

you think it will address any of my 2 issues?

[static compass]

Soon™

[gloomy vector]

got a feeling this update is gonna be super buns

[rapid warren]

I mean last 3/4 patches were all very rich content wise and had very positive impact on the game

And since its been quite some time since last update its safe to assume this one is gonna be very bug too (new doors opened )

[worn oar]

Possibly 2.0

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[coarse sparrow]

1.9 testing started yet? or "this week has barely started"

[rocky shadow]

nope

[terse bane]

the people think that the DLC would be released in april and after u have people saying that izgoy pepevich told to em that the DLC would be released in Q4, u just can smell hopium

[fathom cedar]

I think DLC will be released

[rocky shadow]

(optional)

[hollow pelican]

1.9 will release in april end acc to my prediction

but it would be nice to know what they are working on

[rapid warren]

Same same

[modern gate]

what is that mysterious file

why is it just. File.

[hazy helm]

somebody forgot the ext on their image

[modern gate]

maybe its a puzzle for the chornobyl dlc

nevermind

[hazy helm]

lol

[eager onyx]

When a life

[sly viper]

so many tags, so little patch info

[unreal raptor]

Blergh. Impossible to be enthusiastic about this forsaken game.

[signal grotto]

Game still having massive input latency issues yet no patches 🙃

Last patch was 8th december

[pallid dune]

i think they're gonna drop a huge load with a patch + dlc

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[flint nexus]

Hey if we could maybe go another month+ with no patch info that would be great

[grim torrent]

My sleepy ahh head read "foreskin game".
-# ⓘ Signed • 𝓜𝓸𝓷𝓼𝓽𝓮𝓻 𝓘𝓷 𝓐 𝓓𝓻𝓪𝔀𝓮𝓻 👑⁨

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[nimble cipher]

drfreddy87 has been warned

Reason: Posted an invite

stalker091838 has been warned

Reason: Posted an invite

[pearl jacinth]

this is false now btw

i was missing out. fallout is awesome.

i'm starting with the first game because i'm a weirdo and this shit has me Interested

[zinc apex]

based

[outer laurel]

So bored....when any content....

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[outer laurel]

Content....where content...

[rapid warren]

I need to pick up fallput again too

[pearl jacinth]

you're sheltering content, are you not?

[outer laurel]

I wish

[nimble cipher]

johnson_antileft has been warned

Reason: Posted an invite

[deft fox]

Might be a weird question but is there a way to nullify the blade/grass things that make you bleed when you walk through it? I know bleeding resist would help but I mean like throwing a grenade at it or something to disable it

[stiff pasture]

Crouch walk or slow walk through it

[deft fox]

Understood, ty 🙏

[naive wagon]

It's also worth knowing that you can't shoot through a Shard anomaly, and grenades thrown at it will just dissappear when they hit the boundary; this also applies to NPC projectiles .

[deft fox]

Oh snap, explains a good bit lol very much appreciated 🙏

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[sly viper]

i wish you all a patch week

[muted valve]

you need a very magical genie for that wish to come true

[sly viper]

if only i could reach the center of the zone and ask the wish granter

[outer laurel]

U wish

[feral totem]

Any update on the 1.9 update?

[dire dagger]

It’s being play tested

[drifting niche]

How is it going

[grim torrent]

Everyone's playful and testy. 😏
-# ⓘ Signed • 𝓜𝓸𝓷𝓼𝓽𝓮𝓻 𝓘𝓷 𝓐 𝓓𝓻𝓪𝔀𝓮𝓻 👑⁨

[muted valve]

are you in a drawer or a dryer? make up your mind man!

[grim torrent]

The king 👑 does not bend to the name calling of lesser men.
-# ⓘ Signed • 𝓜𝓸𝓷𝓼𝓽𝓮𝓻 𝓘𝓷 𝓐 𝓓𝓻𝓪𝔀𝓮𝓻 👑

[muted valve]

i... that's the issue, i can't call you your name since i don't know which one it is!

[dire dagger]

You’ll see in due time

For better or for worse

[thick wolf]

Am I still cameltoe

[dire dagger]

Fixed it for you

[thick wolf]

Do you know how that even happened?

[dire dagger]

I don’t specially but I do have an idea

[worthy zodiac]

The fact that you imply that there's a chance that seeing it might be for worse...

[dire dagger]

I can’t elaborate further but make of that what you will

[burnt lynx]

Hello, where do I go to post glitches or bugs?

[worthy zodiac]

Yeah, I get it, NDA n shіt like that

[zinc apex]

1.9 seems so good that I rarely see any tester and content creator playing. One's even playing Stalcraft instead 🤣

[short oak]

Hey friends! Does anyone knows if they’ll improve ragdolls and death animation in 1.9? For me at least,it woud be great!

[sly matrix]

https://tenor.com/view/jet-bean-killer-bean-ragdoll-ragdoll-fall-gif-23762382

[zinc apex]

We don't know anything about the patch. But you could grab Shay's Realistic Death Animations Mod

[short oak]

This one drunk agent 47’s beer

[short oak]

I know! This mod is great! I asked because it woud be cool if those changes were official 😄

[sly matrix]

Any mods where any hit you land on an enemy is instakill and disintegrates them into confetti?

[zinc apex]

they should hire this guy tbh

[zinc apex]

instagib railgun mod with strafe jumps and arena shooter gameplay

[short oak]

Agreed!!

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[zinc apex]

Have a nice day be whale

[nocturne edge]

another ping in announcements for some useless thing

[nova lantern]

Kinda disappointing ngl

[gloomy vector]

disappointing is the story of this game. Shame it will be 4 years after launch the game potentially might be a 5/10

[azure dock]

So 1.9 is basically a non-event, and the engine update is months out. Meanwhile Crimson Desert is out here reminding us what competent development actually looks like.

[sly viper]

We are getting blue artifacted

[ripe patrol]

I agree GSC is slacking but comparing it to a game that hasn't even released made by MMO developers is bait

My brother in Christ is your sole participation on this discord is to complain about patches?

[stiff pasture]

Didn’t crimson desert also have to be all but bullied to show PlayStation gameplay

[ripe patrol]

This game is a psyop I swear, until the game releases I don't believe anything

Somehow something feels so absolutely doctored about every detail of promo of this game

GSC did the same thing with Stalker tho lol... We got some of the fakest gameplay I've ever seen in a game (game still good tho)

[rocky shadow]

well, Pearl Abyss is also company with much higher capital, that got shit load of money from Black Desert Online, that is heavy monetized grind fest. Has also several times more employees and they have a lot of time without any issues on their table. I dont think its fair co compare them.

[azure dock]

Pretty much. I’m not here for bloodsucker memes or the flood of unrelated announcements, just patch discussion and actual news. 👍

[azure dock]

It wasn’t a direct comparison, and I recognise the pressures GSC has faced, but they’re not exactly a small outfit. Stalker 2 reportedly had a budget north of 70 million, backed by Microsoft, with a limited platform scope of Xbox and PC. And even with all of that, it’s still missing core staples of the series despite launching in 2024.

[rocky shadow]

that is deffinitely true

[azure dock]

People have already had hands‑on time with it, so I don’t buy the idea that it’s a farce.

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[gusty field]

They also had a war to fight and had developers die fighting said war?

Like yea GSC slacking a bit but cmon they had the russian invasion to deal with.

[azure dock]

I respect what they went through, but that doesn’t automatically invalidate every criticism.

[rocky shadow]

i agree with this statement

[flint nexus]

Why would you lead people on for weeks about a major patch thinking they're getting AI or ALife updates just to say "actually it's not much, just a mission and some bug fixes and new loading screens." 15+ months of early access for a game that never went gold

[rocky shadow]

uhh, they didnt lead ppl to anything and didnt say, that its Major patch. that was just ppls expectation and GSC not lowering them down until now

Only issue they did was saying it very late imo

[gusty field]

This is also true

[nocturne edge]

nah, these people are trained in PR and are paid to do it right, they built our expectations for the next update, and naturally people got hyped, because the game is a poopfest as it is, and they want to see some major changes. It was their mistake, not us getting needlessly hyped up.

[nocturne edge]

right lol its like they don't read discord

[rocky shadow]

Not nah. They didnt say, that this patch is major or huge. Ppl themselfs thought, bcs of bigger pause (which is dumb) ans bcs GSC were silent (which is also dumb Reason). GSC should have come out sooner, but they didnt do it too late either. Its still several weeks before it. While i dont like, that they dont communicate much, this is absolutely mostly fault of ppl themselfs.

[coarse sparrow]

they have power outages

[outer laurel]

At this point I don't believe it

[summer stream]

They barely said anything at all about this upcoming patch. Any expectations people had were entirely self imposed

[rapid warren]

HOPIIUMMMMM

[nimble cipher]

pimpchimpinit has been warned

Reason: Posted an invite

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[zinc apex]

what for?

[supple wedge]

Agreed, but it was probably more situational.
We haven't had any patches in 3 months and there are things (some quite big) that were in last years roadmap and still unreleased.

Not sure what the answer is though.

Maybe either do lots of patches frequently, or wait until you have something really substantial.
Doing not many patches and having those patches alledgedly being small is neither.

[sly viper]

i wish...for the event bubble to disappear!

[rocky shadow]

be aware of what you wish for. Monolith is big jokester

[signal grotto]

Another announcement, no patch details

[rocky shadow]

There is actually. Its telling you, that its comming next week

[storm kernel]

Mol1t is a gigachad

[hollow pelican]

molt has 5000 hours in dota 2 ☠️ and several thousand on path of exile too

[zinc apex]

weird flex tho

[worthy zodiac]

I have 71 minutes in dota 2, how about that

[hollow pelican]

Suprising thing is that he dont have 100hours in stalker 2 :P

[hollow pelican]

Never downloaded or played that game

Idk how that game is stll alive after being so old tho

[worthy zodiac]

I mean, it's a part of valve economy. These games will always have a bare minimum support and there's no better way to promote yourself on steam than being a free game made by creators of steam

(Maybe it's a good game too, I dunno. I hate moba as a genre)

[gusty knot]

So is Molt like the lead developer?

[sly matrix]

Mol1t is the communitt manager

[gusty knot]

Ah

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[sly matrix]

https://tenor.com/view/yugioh-no-you-no-u-uno-reverse-card-no-u-uno-reverse-gif-25230405

[nimble cipher]

khlebnyixkhleb has been warned

Reason: Posted an invite

[flint nexus]

Is this upcoming patch going okay? Nothing went wrong or anything? It’s been dead quiet

[dire dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/riddler-paul-dano-new-rockstars-thumbnail-does-he-know-he-doesnt-know-gif-27552850

[bold oxide]

https://tenor.com/view/how-do-we-tell-him-mr-krabs-spongebob-meme-spongebob-meme-gif-24063814

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[flint nexus]

Im too employed ya gotta tell me, i can handle the pain

[celest goblet]

Its gonna be a fairly minor update with some new content. It's in testing currently

[drifting niche]

It’ll be hilarious if part of the bugs are still there after the patch

[frigid dagger]

Is there gonna be nato guns?

[supple wedge]

Aren't there already lots of nato guns?

[frigid dagger]

There is?

[supple wedge]

HK416, MP5, G36, Carmel, M1A, Tavor, Sako TRG, USP etc

[frigid dagger]

Oh i see then

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[bitter chasm]

1,5 year pass after release, A-Life in orig trilogy still much better than now...
And NPCs still shooting in wall on HUBs..

[rocky shadow]

thats cap

[zinc apex]

"A-Life 2.0 broke at release day, just needs to be fixed" <- was the biggest lie ever.

The whole system is being developed after release

[unreal raptor]

Truth here.

And now we are being told it’s essentially a bit of content for the next update.

Fix the damn game?!

[rocky shadow]

its not truth, bcs its false

[unreal raptor]

100% will be.

[sullen vessel]

Where is the dlc and newer patch

[plucky bough]

Forget DLC where is the game i paid for?

[unreal raptor]

Some of these bugs are still present from previous versions. Even the headshot flying bug still lingers around.

Every fix intros another 4-5 bugs it seems.

[nova lantern]

They’re rage baiting at this point

[bitter chasm]

like cmon ive star new game today, and already have 2 broken side quest and broken saves

[unreal raptor]

Seemingly there is a large portion of the community who either have given up or happy with slop.

Every time I see the promise of new content I fear we will never see the base games promise ever realised.

[plucky bough]

Calling it slop it a stretch. Its an unfinished product but lets not be disingenuous.

[unreal raptor]

Yeah bit far. But also. Been long enough now. I would like to play the game further than sirca

The game is super rough in places. And some of the recent bugs are a little unforgivable

[plucky bough]

Yeah long enough agreed. I just want to experience the world GSC wants us to experience man. Im not even mad anymore just sad at the state of video games now

[unreal raptor]

Some of them are literal Hotfix level. We get left with them for months.

[muted valve]

mol1t bullying us

[hollow pelican]

Stalker 2 coming on xbox partner preview march 26

[gritty orchid]

Prolly DLC trailer

[rocky shadow]

it is DLC trailer

[supple wedge]

The trailer for the trailer is out now.

[drifting niche]

Microsoft probably forced GSC to make a trailer

[rocky shadow]

thats not how this works. Microsoft doesnt hold any hand above them

[drifting niche]

Money

[celest goblet]

GSC has their own money now pretty sure

[topaz crescent]

moneysoft

[zinc apex]

2.0 update when?

[magic coyote]

2028

[zinc apex]

earliest date

[celest goblet]

Seems like we may find out Thursday

[magic coyote]

uuu he said 2.0

[celest goblet]

Yea and it seems GSC will be at the Xbox showcase to show off the first expansion

[zinc apex]

I never watch showcases and stuff but gotta admit I'm curious

[magic coyote]

Yeah, but 2.0 is a version of the game, not the dlc

[celest goblet]

I imagine that they will have a 2.0 by the time of the dlc or concurrent to it

[magic coyote]

It would be nice if they announced something at the showcase about the changes to the engine

[zinc apex]

wishfulthinking: Shadowdrop of 2.0 after the showcase

[empty moss]

I haven't played since release - is A-Life working yet (at least fixed the spawning next to me, and enemies visible over 100m)?

[muted valve]

ha, more likely it'll be an announcement that any DLC is 3+ months away

[magic coyote]

na same shit aprox

[zinc apex]

100% whats going to happen

[muted valve]

A-life is working in the basic sense of the online/offline functioning, but online bubble is still 100 meters

[zinc apex]

just some show off for generating hype and ensure preorders

[magic coyote]

A Life is still at version 0.5 rather than 2.0, I hope that version 2.0, with the new engine and supposed (process optimization), will help them finish developing it

[grim needle]

question, are people still experiencing bodies and firearms falling through the floor like I am?

[muted valve]

yeah...

[grim needle]

Thanks for the answer. Sad to hear that's still an issue, hopefully a general fix comes out for it soon. I'm sort of relieved to hear it's not just me though

[warm yoke]

guys, will stalker 2 get tactical reloads where mag is retained when its not empty?

[hazy helm]

hard to see happening, no

[warm yoke]

alright thank you 😁

[celest goblet]

That seems like it would be low on the priority list but I feel like someone will mod it eventually if they have not already

[robust rivet]

Yup, all the time

[sly viper]

is it patch week yet?

[sly viper]

first we need realistic ammo pool and not total ammo count when reloading

[hazy helm]

you mean like, mag count as opposed to simple ammo?

[sly viper]

yes like in arma or squad

personally i was expecting it on release based on how mainstream was tarkov and the whole "hardcore survival" that supposedly stalker is trying to provide us
but no we get cod reloading

[hazy helm]

very much delusional

[sly viper]

they could just made it the game to generate and keep count of "mags" based on the total ammo you have, any new ammo looted = new full mags generated
and save the state of a mag when its reloaded if it has ammo in left

[rocky shadow]

Stalker never was hardcore survival and it wasnt even promoted as such (only by outisde ppl and YT ppl, that dont know, what originals were). So if you expected hardcore survival, it was either your fault or fault of someone, who was wrong and misinformed you.

[sly viper]

playing on the harder difficulties in the trilogy was always accompanied with less loot to go by, more damage + the environmental dangers creating an atmosphere of "survival" im not refering to dayz style survival
i expected the least to improve on the realism on some basic concepts especially on shooting/reloading

[rocky shadow]

It was always storybased FPS game with survival and RPG elements. No harcore survival game. It literaly only had healtkit, bandage, and food with sleeping. Nothing harcore about it, not even "survival game" per se. Just survival elements

[celest goblet]

First two games didn't even have sleeping

[hazy helm]

incredibly

[celest goblet]

Also in what world was tarkov mainstream...

[rocky shadow]

exactly

[violet nimbus]

Stalker was never hardcore survival in vanilla and devs never promoted it as such

[violet nimbus]

No1 on twitch is pretty mainstream even if it was artificial

[violet nimbus]

That is literally still in the game in fact it has been expanded because of the fact you have more consumables and the economy is way more unforgiving than previous games

And it has massively improved realism in terms of shooting and reloading lmao have you seen how ass stalker vanilla gun handling used to be ?

Bullets having mega exagerrated accuracy AND drop, no weapon sway of any kind, stiff cinematic reloads and incorrect weapon models done for the purpose of visual engagement

[celest goblet]

People watching a game on twitch when it is hot is not the same as people wanting to play it for themselves

[static compass]

Hot + game = Leon S. Kennedy?

[celest goblet]

RE9 sold 5 million in 5 days so safe to say that one was mainstream

[static compass]

Everyone just wanted to stare at Leon (I'm everyone)

[muted valve]

wait you're tellling me bullets don't drop down two meters after 50 meters of travel?

[violet nimbus]

Or go 10° in every direction

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[subtle galleon]

Hi, I just came back into the game after a long break, is the poltergeist throwing things through wall normal or is it a bug?

[violet nimbus]

Bug

[subtle galleon]

Thank you, kinda annoying that I can't sneak past them like in COP

[visual coral]

1.9 should come out early april, so probably not sooner than in summer. But we still can hope.

[unreal raptor]

Bug that simps will be calling canon in three more months time.

[sly matrix]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/524246444560089099/1355988188052717587/get_out_of_here_stalker.gif

[lofty fossil]

is 1.9 gonna have new guns? if so how many and what models

someday i hope stalker 2 has like 5-6 more guns including pistols. we need some bad boys back like the walther p99 and desert eagle

the walther p99 is a staple of stalker. the desert eagle can be a late game pistol

[rocky shadow]

1.9 is only content update. One new quest, One new locaton. Some buf fixes. New loading screen arts. Nothing else

[celest goblet]

Hopefully just a teaser for what is to come

[terse jay]

1.9 will add DLSS5 but only for Sidorovich in his bunker

[muted valve]

based

[unreal raptor]

eager to see whats coming in todays reveal — hopefully we get some serious progres on this game soon. This engine upgrade is the obivous roadblock to any further progress.

I don't think we will see anything significant until then.

[zinc apex]

Truth spoken

[drifting niche]

I try not to expect much

[unreal raptor]

Even todays DLC stuff — that will be on the new engine I imagine so late summer?

Be good to get a roadmap, not that GSC are ever good at comms like that.

[zinc apex]

There will be a trailer drop and start of dlc preorder

My guess

Kinda weird they attend the showcase with the state the game is currently in. At least fix the glaring issues with spawns and collision befort

[bold oxide]

monologue

[dire dagger]

Likely they have been just not on the unreal 5.1 build of the game

[sly viper]

what is the ETA for the event?

[dire dagger]

https://youtu.be/l1plun37iZ8?si=CYVgrnKXw8QsBZns

[zinc apex]

Yea but with new player influx today they get to play in that broken state

[dire dagger]

[zinc apex]

Big brain Business move or something

[dire dagger]

True as that is logistically it’s a colossal waste of time for gsc to keep working on the current build of the game

Fixing bugs and completing work that’s going to be scrapped in the near future

[violet nimbus]

Tf a the expanse game ?

[zinc apex]

Yea not worth it. I would have done one hotfix and then just release 2.0/dlc when it's ready

I reached level 29 yippee🔥

[violet nimbus]

They probably dont really care about this in the context of showcasing

[zinc apex]

Gsc selling pipe dreams again

[bold oxide]

grippers

so

yrm

would the new engine make the game run smoother question mark

@dire dagger

or anyone who knows about that stuff

like all vanilla

no mods

base game

would it run smoother

[muted valve]

what, no, it'll make it run worse, what's the point otherwise

[supple wedge]

They said in the update list it was for "optimisation"

As in GSC have said

[zinc apex]

Of course. 5.1 was an UE iteration with huge performance issues

[dire dagger]

From what I’ve heard yes and no

[bold oxide]

https://tenor.com/view/key-and-peele-skit-you-will-never-be-troy-distraction-gif-14057568753463082760

[supple wedge]

Greyzone warfare is arguably a different game, but had big performance gains from UE5.5

[bold oxide]

it better do something good

besides like the obvious

better lighting i hope

[dire dagger]

ive heard from the people who know how all that stuff works 5.5.4 present a lot of opportunities for performance improvements

however the devs must put the effort in to make those optimizations

[supple wedge]

It's an engine version that supports hardware lumen, so hopefully that'll be implemented

[bold oxide]

i wonder whats gunna happen with mods

i know they will all be broken

but

[dire dagger]

probably most will have to restart im guessing

[bold oxide]

https://tenor.com/view/those-who-grow-grow-those-who-know-gif-14628111826263067934

[dire dagger]

also this might come with the new version of the modding tools

what i really hope GSC does though is split the game

[bold oxide]

oh yeah that

id assume you gotta download a bunch of stuff

the modders i think are waiting for the engine update

[dire dagger]

where you can select to play on the last update before the engine upgrade

[bold oxide]

true

[dire dagger]

so if you still want to play with all the old mods you still can

[bold oxide]

im kinda excited for new engine

i wish gsc prioritized more on performance than graphics dough

stalker doesnt seem to me like a crazy graphics game but it tis beautiful

[dire dagger]

well graphics can be turned down or off

[bold oxide]

imagineeee

if we still had the goofy trilogy models and stuff

[bold oxide]

erm

https://tenor.com/view/those-who-grow-grow-those-who-know-gif-14628111826263067934

i play on performance

[dire dagger]

for da master race we can

[bold oxide]

its either performance or lime max graphucs

for console

[bold oxide]

well yall are special

[dire dagger]

we are awesome!

que the pc master race own compilation video from 2014

[bold oxide]

i cant afford to buy a pc roit now

but pc will only go up higher so

higher in price

[dire dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/pcmr-pc-master-race-pc-master-race-gif-14892546

[bold oxide]

https://tenor.com/view/key-and-peele-skit-you-will-never-be-troy-distraction-gif-14057568753463082760

[dire dagger]

for now

then when bubble burst's prices crash we all laughing

[unreal raptor]

PC is a joke — we just get the slop optimised console games now

[bold oxide]

i hope someone just absolutely destroys ai

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[unreal raptor]

I can count on one hand the well optimised games in the last ten years

[dire dagger]

indiana jones ran great

[bold oxide]

well erm noone makes good games anymore

indie games die in a month

[dire dagger]

friend slop

[bold oxide]

[unreal raptor]

AAA release — pulled down in a week

[dire dagger]

i still find it crazy this is not a thing that juat happens

[unreal raptor]

gaming sucks due to AI, Nvidia and the influx of the new generation

[dire dagger]

something that we once thought was simply impossible now just happens over and over

[bold oxide]

i wanna kill whoever decided to start moving forward with ai

[dire dagger]

i mean open ai is crumbling

[bold oxide]

they looked at the last 80 years and said we havent advanced enough yet huh

[bold oxide]

sora is actually taking down their ai video making

this is a step in the right direction

[dire dagger]

who would have thought giving people access to powerful ai tools for free would not pan out

there gonna rerelease it and now charge like 200 bux a month to use it or something

[bold oxide]

i forgot we were in no spoilers

[violet nimbus]

Honestly idc about normal people using AI

My issue is companies like microsoft which already make dogshit software

Now they are enshittyfying it with AI (google algorithm rn is unbereable)

[onyx kettle]

It's my birthday today. Hopefully the announcement is something awesome 🙂

[lean crystal]

Yoo

Cost of Hope

[hazy helm]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2H5TBVr2hQ

[pearl jacinth]

ummmm goood morning fellow americans

we just woke up to some peak 🔥🔥

[obtuse pumice]

Nice.

[onyx echo]

Now we just need the engine update 🙂
Very excited!

[hazy helm]

if it doesnt come free with the DLC it will be strange methinks

[fathom cedar]

Any info not in the trailer? Store pages so far just feature screenshots from the trailer itself.

The description on EGS mentions non-linear story and new weapons.

[outer laurel]

gonna admit

peaked my curiosity

of course I will chose Duty, thank you for making a choice for factions now

JOIN DUTY! PROTECT THE WORLD FROM THE ZONE!

DEADLY ANOMALIES, DANGEROUS MUTANTS, ANARCHISTS, AND BANDITS. NONE OF THEM WILL STOP DUTY ON ITS TRIUMPHANT MARCH TOWARDS SAVING THE PLANET!

[high bay]

hi guys sorry, if u have the stalker 2 ultimate edition the DLC will be free? i dont remember if it was on pre sale purchase

[ember summit]

Yep, ult edition gets the 2 DLCs ‘free’ - you already paid for them by buying the ult edition.

[frigid anchor]

Will the DLC come along with the engine update?

[unreal raptor]

Please don’t get hyped about descriptions. They can change upon release remember.

[hazy helm]

how about you archive the game page so that dont matter?

[unreal raptor]

Does it change what they actually produce?

Alife 2.0 description debacle comes to mind.

[summer stream]

Only info I’ve found is it will require dozens of hours to complete and unlocks 2 new regions, iron forest and cnpp

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/03/26/stalker-2-dlc-xbox-partner-preview/

[hazy helm]

which is why you do this so you can nail them if they do do that
https://web.archive.org/save/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3765020/STALKER_2_Cost_of_Hope/

[rocky shadow]

Here
https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/03/26/stalker-2-dlc-xbox-partner-preview/

[drifting niche]

I would buy a dlc with Alife 2.0

[unreal raptor]

I won’t be buying it at all. Not until half of the unrealised features get added.

Maybe I’ll play the game I paid for over Xmas break?

[deft fox]

😢||just got to the point with "the signal" and man...my boys||

[outer laurel]

U went with bad ending?

[summer stream]

You’re gonna buy it, don’t lie

[unreal raptor]

Fool me once shame on you…

[zinc apex]

if A-Life 2.0 isn't part of the dlc i will give all my money to Grok so they can make gamma even more based

[livid moth]

I hope it's covered by the season pass

[placid brook]

Guys how's it running? Considering buying for ps5, should I? Is it worth it yet?

[deft fox]

Me? No I meant like, I just hit the quest where ||they become monolithians again and its sad to see them go back after all the progress we made||

Anywho, stay safe stalkers

[outer laurel]

Oh right

[celest goblet]

Yeah they already said ultimate edition is getting it

[rocky shadow]

its written in description of season pass, that you will get both two story expansions (which is this first DLC) and all future paid DLCs. basicaly everything that will be added in game and will be paid is included in season pass

[outer laurel]

I guess some people don't know how to read...

[pearl vortex]

Is there an in-game setting, or non-modded way to lengthen the day/night cycle yet?

I used the search, but didn't see a definitive answer to this. So if someone could enlighten me, I'd appreciate it.

[livid moth]

Oh awesome, I know some games have a time limit on it so I was hoping that wasn't the case for this one

[stiff pasture]

The blunt answer is no

[pearl vortex]

Thanks. I've been waiting a long time to try the game again. A lot of these updates have looked really good, but that's the last thing I'm waiting for. Been exited for it ever since seeing it included in the 2025 road map.

[lime geyser]

whats up with the S2 factions... I really despise some of them, they feel so artificial, like how FO4s factions were handled... freedom and duty are shells of their former glory as well 😔

[dire dagger]

Big news

there releasing a whole dlc related to duty and freedom

[lime geyser]

What???

[dire dagger]

It just got announced today

[lime geyser]

No way

it’s real…

[dire dagger]

Indeed it is

Very real

[summer stream]

Bro been living in a cave

[violet nimbus]

Tbh they feel equally artificial to og factions because of symetry

(Freedom v duty and spark v ward) being perfectly opposite of eachother

Atleast with ward you have the aspect of them being pretty mean to everything around them so naturally they made enemies
But freedom and duty are just silly game factions

Perfectly opposing views and also somehow they are both equal in power and each has failed to win for like a decade

[worthy zodiac]

No because you are in a #⭐┃nospoilers_general

[outer laurel]

Stalker 2 made those 2 factions just standing there....until the dlc

[outer laurel]

Indeed...

[violet nimbus]

And now they will fight...again wooo

[outer laurel]

It's about time for the zone to become a warzone again

D4 treaty🗑️

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[outer laurel]

This once I will say, the day is good today....be well aswell

[outer laurel]

I thought you were talking about that singal side quests

[bitter chasm]

and when it come out?

[naive rover]

Did I miss the announcement of upgrading the Unreal Engine or are they not doing that yet?

[urban basin]

Not doing it yet

I guess they are saving it for the release of the dlc or something

[naive rover]

Lol I have nothing nice to say about this team anymore.
I wish the DLC a merry ROI failure. What kind of assholes work on making more money off a title they hadn't delivered promises of performance fixes for yet?

[rocky shadow]

[unreal raptor]

I feel similar. I'll just come back once the modders deliver the game the devs couldn't.

[rocky lotus]

Im happy a DLC is coming. To be a bit more positive voice here xD

[violet nimbus]

So am I and I doubt they will hold off on all improvements just because of the dlc

And I suspect the unreal jump will be barely noticeable to non nasa setups anyway

[supple wedge]

What do you mean? It's more likely to be the opposite.
Most people are blocked by CPU performance, which seems to consistently be better on newer versions of the engine.

[celest goblet]

The upgrade isn't for visual improvements, though those may come. The primary purpose is improved stability and performance

[outer laurel]

During 1.7?

Sometime ago?

[rocky shadow]

as Jay is saying. It should be exactly opposite. It should helo with CPU and memory usage and the more you are close to max your memory usage, the worst it gets. So even slight help to get far from the max memory usage can give you big boost. Much bigger, than someone, who still have some room and is only bottlenecked.
Same with CPU. The weaker the cpu, the bigger the change, when its not massively destroyed

[nimble saddle]

Will the ultimate edition owners get the DLC for free?\

[celest goblet]

Yes

[nimble saddle]

Nice

[violet nimbus]

Yeah they always say that and then in the end nothing happens

[supple wedge]

There's already been a 26% performance improvement in CPU limited scenarios since launch.
And that's all on UE 5.1

Not to mention they haven't shifted engine before, so I'm not sure what the precedent was anyway.

Greyzone warfare updated to 5.5 at got a 30-50% boost in performance.

[violet nimbus]

Yeah according to who the dev or benchmark

[supple wedge]

the 26%?

Digital Foundry

[toxic thicket]

Reckon the weapons they’re adding will be dlc only?

[bold oxide]

yur

and btw

the svt thing

isnt a svt

the bolt and all that is mainly found on sks’

and the sks 30 exists

[naive rover]

#📰┃announcement message

Main mission forgotten apparently LMAO

[toxic thicket]

Yea I forgot they gscify the guns

[rocky shadow]

They clearly stated, that they hope, that they will make ti in 2025, but that is possibility, that it will not get in in time and it will be in 2026. They are fully woking on it, which is clearly visible from patches approach

[mental sage]

Well, I've run into an interesting issue? I think I've soft-locked the "Once Upon A time at Kazkovyi" quest.

Ive ventured into this area before and did some looting and killed the Bayun cat inside the theatre. Now as part of the quest I need to go in there AGAIN and kill/loot whatever is in there. I cant proceed with the quest as the mission still shows I need to do something in that area...

Is it possible to spawn another Bayun in the mission area to kill it and continue the quest?

[rocky shadow]

i dont think you have to do it. Isnt it optional objective?

[naive rover]

"Main mission is UE upgrade"
Releases DLC 7 months later

[rocky shadow]

uh what

[celest goblet]

You do understand that they are doing both, right?

[magic coyote]

It's been this way since the start of development

[mental sage]

https://www.reddit.com/r/stalker/comments/1ppfa2h/i_believe_im_encountering_a_bug_in_the_mission/

[magic coyote]

Still, it's worth criticizing the fact that they didn't devote all their resources to finishing the game....

[naive rover]

Cool they didn't finish A-life either

I just have to admit my love for s2 is full of cope and I still can't recommend the game to non-fans. I am frustrated at this fact. I am frustrated I would rather recommend the original games that are nearing legal adulthood.

I will cease my complaining, I just had no where to vent. Have a good day everyone

[magic coyote]

any mod, including

[bold oxide]

well gsc has weird things too them

but

the sks 30 didddd exist

and is in 7.62x54r

[toxic thicket]

Hmmmmmm i’m still 50-50 id prefer a 7.62x39 sks

[mental sage]

@rocky shadow Also, theres a dog stuck underneath the ladder you climb to get onto of the main building where the NPCs are and I cant kill it. I cant target it

[rocky shadow]

Heh. How it is stuck, that you cant target? Btw, very unfortunate

[mental sage]

Cant even blow it up with grenades. The grenades despawn next to it

Mission is bugged

[rocky shadow]

damm

[hollow pelican]

The dlc trailer looks like ue5.7

5.5.6*

The helicopter Red light effect is why im saying it because there is no similar lighting like that in game

[rocky shadow]

you cant say that just bcs of lighting. It can easily be just them using higher graphics settings, that are not available in game. You need to have specific features, that would pin point you to specific version of UE, to be able to say, that its updated version

[hollow pelican]

100% sure its 5.5.6 the lighting in new area also looks different

otherwise its so dark

[rocky shadow]

as im saying. It deffinitely looks better, but its doesnt neccessary mean, that its engine update, it can be graphics setting, that we dont have

they did that in pre release trailers also

[bitter chasm]

Guys, do anyone else have problem with first side quest?
Bec, that Hmury dont wanna talk with me after saving

[nimble saddle]

Cant wait to rock Zulus PKM 😤

[fathom bramble]

"Cost of Hope will allow you to explore two long-awaited regions that have been cut off for years and that every stalker in the Zone has dreamt of reaching: Iron Forest and the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant."

So, no Limansk?

[onyx echo]

It would be foolish on their part if they didn't launch the engine update with / prior to their first major dlc. Best way to maximize profit and advertise the game with huge improvement and new content

[muted valve]

probably yes as a way through to CNPP, atleast in the trailer there is a tunnel with a sign with "Lymansk" on it

[celest goblet]

Perhaps it will come later, or perhaps it will be present but not as a full blown region on the map

[strong notch]

Wassup everyone

[unreal raptor]

Now this is the biggest problem with someone with common sense.

Assuming others do too 😂

[haughty flicker]

anyone else wish snorks jumped faster? I feel like they float through the air

[lofty fossil]

lymansk will be in the following dlc most likely sometime next year

there will be 3 dlcs. all in 3 different important parts of the zone

if i were to guess. there'd be 5 new guns in cost of hope as well as 2 unique weapons

the 2 unique weapons are as follows. hk51 and hk 433

the g3 and sks will be regular guns. and there might be some more idk

this is a guess i dont work for gsc

[fathom cedar]

It is 100% prerendered

[rocky shadow]

only the first part in the bar tho

[fathom cedar]

UE5 is movie software these days, GSC don’t have to rely on realtime graphics

They can easily prerender all of it

[rocky shadow]

it would look much better tho. It looks like normaly in game, just slightly better lighting. I doubt its render

look at end game cinematics compared to trailers. YOu can see the huge difference. Same now in the same trailer. The part in bar comapared to rest, its very different.

[celest goblet]

You only see skif in third person in the prerendered cutscenes so yeah I would assume so

[civic pasture]

DLC announcement before UE5 announcement?

[hollow pelican]

I dont know why would they drop DLC before UE5 updating because it will just add more work for them to do technically if they finish base game as UE5 update then make dlc it would have been much easier if they dont put UE5 with DLC then they get more work left to do but i think its ue5.5.6 in dlc trailer because why would GSC burden themselves with extra work + lighting and visuals also look better in trailer gameplay

[rocky shadow]

UE 5 announcement was last year. If you mean by it releae date announcement, then that is something differnet

[civic pasture]

Yeah, words are tough sometimes.

[rocky shadow]

btw. I dont think they will announce release date. It will probably came just as other patches. Nothing like anouncement months before

[outer laurel]

Hope new dlc will bring duty tomboys

[muted valve]

only femboys

[unique dawn]

Multiplayer will never come out

[stiff pasture]

Scrap it and make a new DLC

[sly matrix]

Better to make it and make extra unplanned DLC after

Scrapping something that was previously promised is considered a dick move in the zone

[ember summit]

I think most of us don’t really care for the MP aspect, it’s only gonna be a deathmatch type setting afaik. Stalker is a single player at heart.

[magic coyote]

There are people who clearly are interested, though I agree with you, it’s still odd to prioritize a DLC before finishing the game.

You can't finish the game because of various issues, but you can finish an entire DLC? Okay... that seems fishy.

[celest goblet]

This is also a part of what was promised. And one people care about a lot more

[magic coyote]

I'm not sure if talking about promises in the context of Stalker is the best idea...

[celest goblet]

Hah. It never has been really, yeah

[trim reef]

@dire dagger

[stuck pewter]

.

[dire dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/fnaf-five-nights-at-freddy's-toy-freddy-animatronic-sigma-gif-18383648778972099528

[trim reef]

We are truce

[dire dagger]

[nimble cipher]

wojti_ttv has been warned

Reason: Posted an invite

[outer laurel]

God I hope in the new dlc the leader of freedom in the trailer is either Chekhov or Lukash

Cause that's 100% not Mikluha

[violet nimbus]

Its mykluha and mavka later

[outer laurel]

No that's not Mikluha

[bitter chasm]

so when 1.9 will come out? May\June?

[flint nexus]

in the hit video game STALKER PART TWO you play as renowned hero SKIF RIZZKING who explores zone to pay rent on new apartment. he has special pistol. he eats sausage and punches bloodsucker. he kills blind hobo faust using perfect 20/20 vision. receding hairline won’t slow him down. hits fat bong rips with freedom. a truly realistic simulation of eastern europe lifestyle

[rocky shadow]

depends what you mean by 1.9.
The next closest patch with new quest and location will be probably released next week. I honestly dont know, if it will be in the end called 1.9 or not. If not, the true 1.9 might not even come and we will get straghly 2.0 with UE update who knows when

[zenith creek]

Personally I feel like the game isn't even worth playing until there's a patch after the engine update because no way GSC can do something that complicated without making a mess of it

They can add all the quests and locations and DLC they want, until that happens I'm not launching the game

[celest goblet]

Well they have said they are working hard to make sure the upgrade goes smoothly but yes there are certain to be bugs after such a change

I don't think any developer could get away from that

[rocky shadow]

that seams reasonable

[rocky shadow]

agree

[bitter chasm]

dont know about others, im mostly waiting engine update and a-life

[violet nimbus]

Bro thinks that change will do anything

[zenith creek]

I think it will remove one reason the game runs like absolute garbage no matter what system it's on.

[outer laurel]

Hope so

[lucid bone]

Game runs just fine for me

and I don't even have a super computer

[violet nimbus]

Same

[outer laurel]

THEN HOW common are memory leaks in rostok

[mystic path]

Does anyone know why my edition bonuses aren’t showing up in STALKER 2? I just started a new game on Expedition Master?

[stiff pasture]

How far in are you?

[mystic path]

just arrived in the village

[stiff pasture]

You need to progress to when you need to enter the Sphere for the flash drive to show up in your stash. You never spawn with the deluxe/ultimate/preorder (non bag) gear, you need to get to the stashes they’re in

[mystic path]

thx

[sterile canopy]

Do I have to explore the ||Tornado|| at night?

[lost tartan]

No, can be day or night

[sterile canopy]

Sadly, had it spoiled while trying to find a hint. To be fair, I would have never have gotten it because ||I somehow died from the Tornado while in the safe house. Why would I ever expect it to be "safe" after that?||

[lost tartan]

I actually had the same thing happen my first time, but it had already been spoiled for me so i just assumed it was a bug

[sly viper]

is it patch week yet?

[dire dagger]

perhaps

update definitely needed a fair bit of time to cook

[outer laurel]

Will the dlc add duty tomboys?

[urban basin]

Yes

[quick zephyr]

Is the dlc something like a new map and new places to discover... Etc

[fathom cedar]

It’s a major new questline with cinematics and whatnot that goes through existing levels and new ones and also adds a bunch of new weapons, characters, etc

[lean scarab]

I hope that we wont have the new CNPP being locked off to explore like the Duga.
As in explore I mean to even be there, I want to climb the Duga top and not be locked behind a cinematic story.
Same goes to explore the elephant foot or the Reactor core.

[modern compass]

I still can’t believe that Skif was pregnant with the Heart of Chernobyl all along…

Oops this is #⭐┃nospoilers_general not #s2-lore-discussions

Ignore that last message

[outer laurel]

jesus what the hell dude

[signal grotto]

Lucky you, I have a powerful PC and the latency is killing it, unplayable

[signal grotto]

Same

[lucid bone]

I mean, I get some drops mostly in rostok. But I got a pretty mid/low tier rig so idk.

[celest goblet]

Turn off frame gen

If it's already off then idk what is going on. The hardware gods dislike you

[gusty knot]

Soo I got to Rostok yesterday for the first time and you all can keep the Duty tomboys I'm now even more loyal to Freedom because of Birch

[signal grotto]

It's unplayable without

[celest goblet]

Then your computer is apparently less powerful than you think

But that's why the latency is bad. It's a bad feature that nvidia tricks you into thinking it improves the experience

And it can be less bad but only when your frame rate is already good enough that you don't need it

[supple wedge]

Well what is your refresh rate (vsync?) and what frame rates?

[signal grotto]

165hz, no v sync and I get like 60-80 without frame gen

[supple wedge]

Yeah idk
I’m not sure how that’s unplayable or how framegen would make it either

Probably just a case of expectations not meeting reality. Especially if you play a lot of MP shooters with no FG

[signal grotto]

It's the latency

so high, makes 120 feel like 30

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[twin pulsar]

CNPP locked behind DLC? lmao

[rocky shadow]

yes, and?

[fair jackal]

i forgot, did we go to the CNPP in all the old games? lol.

[rocky shadow]

nope

[fair jackal]

i remember we do in the first game as we're trying to get inside as Strelok and we fight our way in. does Skar go there in other ways than just the end by going through uhhh, Limansk?

[rocky shadow]

In CS, you go only near it/next to it. But that still is counted as CNPP being in game. But in CoP, its completely missing out of game and wasnt supposed to be in

[fair jackal]

i think i get the idea that the CNPP is a special location but at the same time it's not in ways. like we only go there as Strelok and we have to more or less rush through that section topside.

[rocky shadow]

CNPP is one of staple of franchise, but it isnt key location, that needs to be in every game

[fair jackal]

and then in CS we go through Limansk, through a hospital or something.

like in CS don't we just, get teleported there or am i misremembering

like in a way while there is a lot of shit that went on at the CNPP, it's not really any different than an X-Lab in the sense you prolly only went there 1 time in the trilogy.

and personally returning to an old, significant location as a DLC? feels fair enough to me.

i just hope that there will be more stuff to see and that i won't just be hurried underground again without time to look around

[rocky shadow]

basicaly, yeah. Once you get into tunnels from Hospital, you appear next to CNPP

[rocky shadow]

i agree

[fair jackal]

like at least Strelok had to walk there

Skar just walked in the direction and then bam

i'm just hoping i will get to actually explore the area

and i'm hoping to have more facilities to explore

[rocky shadow]

there willl deffiinitely be something to explore, it depends how much

[fair jackal]

i got a thing for exploring hidden places in games i guess lol. like the Dwemer Ruins in Skyrim, Vaults in Fallout and X-Labs in S.T.A.L.K.E.R

[celest goblet]

I was a little disappointed that we got a true open world stalker and the power plant wasn't in it, but over time I have cared less. It seems like it's going to be quite detailed in this one instead of just a single endgame set piece location which will be interesting

You don't really get a lot of time to enjoy the location in SoC or CS since you are busy killing one million monolithians

[rocky shadow]

same

[rocky shadow]

yeah, im glad, that it will be now whole region with HUB and quests and not just location for last quest to just run trough and finish the game

[celest goblet]

I enjoyed the finales in the originals but it will be nice to see it in a new context. Plus more of the interior from what it looks like

[fair jackal]

isn't there a menu screen or something in one of the older games of the same shot as we saw in the teaser a while back with the fog?

[rocky shadow]

it was fine in OGs, but it should be differnt here, so im glad, it is different

[unreal raptor]

lets hold our judgement until it comes — i'm hesitant to say i'm excitied. Everything else for this game has come undercooked, this would have to be a strong exception.

[celest goblet]

It wasn't menu screen but that location was in SoC

[fair jackal]

i watched a video the other day of someone analysing the trailer and it seemed to show an old clip and then the new part from the teaser as to show how it still looks the same but with more clutter

[celest goblet]

One of the views of the power plant in the new trailer is also from the same angle as the old SoC trailer with Strelok outside the plant

[celest goblet]

Fair to say that if this is the clear sky of stalker 2 it will be even buggier on release but also have a lot of cool improvements

[fair jackal]

it might not have been an old clip of anything but another like, view from the exact same angle but with people in the shot. might be on the store

[rocky shadow]

Could be either CoP intro screens, or Streloks cinematic shooting rats in SoC

[celest goblet]

I believe it's the latter

[rocky shadow]

i think that too

[fair jackal]

trying to figure out where that store thing is that has the gif playing

[rocky shadow]

bcs the shot of CNPP from trailer is from simmilar angle, so it would make sense

[rocky shadow]

it was probably this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6eaaq16pv4

at 00:05

[fair jackal]

noe

[celest goblet]

Are you talking about the view from the checkpoint then?

[fair jackal]

i'm talking about the campsite

[rocky shadow]

ohh, you mean the video with CNPP at distance

[fair jackal]

he says it's from a store page

i found it, it's the store page on Steam for the dlc

it's got small clips/gifs that play with some text on the side

and one of them is the shot from the teaser from a while ago

[rocky shadow]

you meant this
https://youtu.be/iGCyheenC7U?si=VB76xzyHTLKJU11E

[fair jackal]

yes

[rocky shadow]

i believe that OGs shot from this place is straigh from game, not from any loading screen or something

[fair jackal]

the Steam store page has a part of it that shows that view

[celest goblet]

I believe that spot is on your approach to the plant in SoC

[rocky shadow]

yes

[fair jackal]

but then it switched to another of the same view but it's from another time where people are sitting around the now lit fire

[celest goblet]

Yeah

The original one seemed like it may have been from around the time of SoC and the one with the campfire is contemporary

[fair jackal]

and Anomalous Dugout, youtuber, says that it might just show what it looked like, right after the big battle that happened there when the Monolith signal stopped.

[celest goblet]

Yeah I think that may be the case. Unclear if there might be a flashback segment or if GSC just did that for fun

[fair jackal]

i just posted the pics of what i mean in the screens n videos channel

[rocky shadow]

Idk. Its virtuale the same. Imo its just same place in almost same time, where first pic is just when the POI is not used by NPCs and other pic is when it is used by NPCs just with other weather effect. I wouldnt dig that deep into it

[fair jackal]

it could be but i like the idea of it being from back then, before the place was seemingly abandoned

like doesn't the people have Monolith armor on? but idk if the dead ones do. the place in the teaser with the fog makes it look abandoned

[ocean coral]

What is this nationality exclusive content shit? Are they nuts?

[rocky shadow]

Its Ukrainian studio colarobating with Ukrainian company. What is hard to understand about it

[ocean coral]

I bought the game with money like everyone else, regardless of ethnicity.

[hazy helm]

ok? whats your point

[outer laurel]

It's just some card game

Nothing to the game

[nimble cipher]

shevi1140 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[fair jackal]

?

i wonder what they said, it seems i was pinged in it lol

[outer laurel]

I do realy hope we get the most detailed ever CNPP with that dlc

[muted valve]

you can't buy that stuff though

[fair jackal]

it's not even content for the game so idk what the issue is

[terse bane]

in terms of fidelity is going to be the best (?, in being faithful to the real CNPP possibly is going to be the best