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frozen python
finite dragon
do i need call of prypriat for anomaly?
burnt fog
complete is very good
patent quarry
No no i mean the anomaly repack that needs no installation
shrewd dagger
You don't need CoP for Anomaly, it's standalone
finite dragon
@patent quarry complete repack?
shrewd dagger
Ignore anyone who recommends Complete mod, it means they're extremely ignorant and inexperienced
finite dragon
hmm ok
finite dragon
Which addons should I use for A-LIFE improvement in CoC?
burnt fog
it's up to you
slow thunder
Wow jester i just like the stuff i can do with complete with the wishgranter :( like spawning a lot of mutants
Dont know any other mod that does that
burnt fog
call of chernobyl xD
shrewd dagger
Lots of mods have spawn menus and there's Atlas spawn menu as well
@finite dragon Dynamic Faction Relations is all you need
But keep in mind Call of Chernobyl is discontinued and not finished. I would just use Anomaly which includes CoC but has a lot more features since it is still in development
and Anomaly 1.5 Beta 2.4 is more stable than most non-beta mods
finite dragon
alright,thanks for the advice
slow thunder
Could you recommend me one which works with the normal campaign? @shrewd dagger
burnt fog
is there any spawn menus for cop??
slow thunder
I mean I'm already playing thru OGSE so if that one has a menu would be fun hehe
slow thunder
try it its quite fun i like the way they shaped the normal campaign a bit differently than normal
i dontknow i have played CoP i dont think it has a spawn menu in default :/
slow thunder
well trty a mod fo cop ._.
shrewd dagger
@slow thunder Dynamic Faction Relations works in story mode
Oh wait, you're referring to spawn menus
I doubt there is one for OGSE
shrewd dagger
don't know
finite dragon
i have had literally 0 bugs in stalker
i've played like 4 hours
which isnt a lot
but no bugs whatsoever
shrewd dagger
I've played at least 1500
shrewd dagger
epic
slow thunder
Naise
Stalker bugs are funny as * sometimes! Like this instance I had in ogse gunsmith in cordon I killed him and he just got stuck in the wall and started flying everywhere 😂
finite dragon
just installed dynamic factions, CoC crashes upon loading or starting a new game :/
shrewd dagger
like I said don't play CoC
dynamic faction relations only works on 1.4 by the way
Literally no point in playing obsolete dead CoC
play Anomaly instead
shrewd dagger
no it's not
wait
yes it is
😃
Be sure to use update 1.5.0 [BETA 2.4]
For addons I suggest Shotgun Variety and most of all Dynamic Relations
late bramble
anomaly is in like 5 parts if you do it through moddb
i have a link for a download thats just 1 part
Anomaly 1.5 Beta 2.4, 13.7gb https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1NRWK2z6MWv6Lbmk_-iBqcHolkwE9WPUN&export=download
it should still be up
shrewd dagger
Blessed
finite dragon
@late bramble appreciate it
late bramble
brap
finite dragon
I'm gonna keep playing COC until I get a new PC
Like
My internet is terrible
And I can't be bothered configuring everything again after spending hours figuring out compatability issues and so on
And especially for a new mod I'm unfamiliar with
It's just not ideal
slow thunder
Anomaly is great :)
timber zodiac
For people who have a 64 bit OS
shrewd dagger
which should be everyone and there's no excuse for anyone to still be using 32-bit
finite dragon
Do I have to enable warfare mode for dynamic factions?
timber zodiac
Trust me, i would like to have a 64 bit OS, but i dont know how can i do that without deleting my files
finite dragon
which windows do you have?
timber zodiac
Windows 10
finite dragon
back up your important files on one drive then
open lintel
@finite dragon hey, gonna need you to edit out the swear, ty
timber zodiac
I dont have another drive, just a 8gb pen drive
finite dragon
one drive - microsoft's cloud folder
timber zodiac
This will take time considering thay my internet goes with 200 kb in midnight of download
timber zodiac
I could name you the company CANTV or what i like to call CAN'TV
Is a venezuelan internet company and is extremely bad at doing anything right, i have to wait over 9 months in order to fix me a issue whit internet
finite dragon
Oh damn, you’re in Venezuela?
open lintel
-warn @finite dragon swearing
iron heathBOT
Auttaja
void vortex
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNciaEuPK_I I should still give it a normal thumbnail
late bramble
slow thunder
Maxine is that the nvidia logo sponsored by freedom?
timber zodiac
@finite dragon yes i am, that country were everything happens and the same time nothing happen
Anyway my internet is garbage
lilac pecan
I feel okay I just cleared the cordon military thing by the tutorial area with the silenced pistol you get in a stash
those metal windows are really abusable if you use them as cover since most enemy bullets will hit that instead of you
Now to spam quicksaves to make every body give me a stash
burnt fog
heh
finite dragon
Wait. THEY'RE MAKING A NEW STALKER GAME!?!?!? oh my goodness. i haven't played the game in ages,
lilac pecan
Hey is it worth using soul if I only have a merc suit?
shrewd dagger
It's always worth using soul
lilac pecan
Ive been waiting the underground tunnel with the electric by the moonlight spawn, and in the time ive been in the PDA there are suddenly 6 bandit corpses with me
lilac pecan
a few more came from... (i have no idea) and ran out the tunnel, I wonder if the sounds are luring them?
finite dragon
oinga
lyric sonnet
Hey guys
Guess I'll start the conversation.
To you all using below average PCs, what settings do you run S.T.A.L.K.E.R at?
frigid wing
CoP runs terrible on max even with my gtx 1050 and ryzen 5 2400g and 32 gb 3000 mhz ram
i can barely even run LA
everything else runs fine for me
shrewd dagger
"Even with" - as if that's a really high end PC? What if you turn off MSAA?
Hardly any STALKER youtubers even run the games close to max settings, 9-12 years later lol
frigid wing
i never said anything about my pc being high end
i’m only saying “even with” because the other games run perfectly fine at fully maxed out settings
shrewd dagger
if CoP runs worse than CS for you then something is not right
tired anvil
yeah CoP is like the most stable one
finite dragon
@tired anvil Change me back into a bandit?
iron heathBOT
tired anvil
-takerole @finite dragon Loners
iron heathBOT
finite dragon
Sweet
iron heathBOT
shrewd dagger
What the hell is all this disturbing furry crap
late bramble
noosphere does strange things
patent quarry
Delete this
lilac pecan
ima say something that may sound stupid
but human enemies are the worst part of stalker
When you go into the unknown not really sure of what you'll face, the atmosphere can feel quite oppressive, the surefire strategy of just headshotting whatever you see suddenly has a bit of doubt, what if its a poltergeist? A pseudogiant? Loads of snorks? But the moment the army/mercenaries/monolith come in a lot of that fear instantly dissipates, since human enemies are the one you fight really often and know how to deal with easiest.
lilac pecan
It'd be cool if there was a bit more human/mutant combo enemies
so even if you saw a human enemy it wasnt 100% sure that there would only be humans afterwards
(whilst there was the controller after the bandits/army in agroprom underground, that was more of two entirely separate attacks than both at once)
pseudo rivet
Curious
tribal jolt
I wish there was an option to go full on horror and have people only at settlements and have a 2% chance of meeting a random human
shrewd dagger
play Goldsphere
it has reduced human population
or play Anomaly and set human population factor to a minimum, but that'd be super boring
Goldsphere is said to be perhaps the most atmospheric mod
most atmospheric stalker experience
lilac pecan
One thing stalker does pretty well
certain enemy encounters are pretty infrequent, and they are a bit tougher than most games would do
so those encounters are much more startling in the moment, and that sort of empty atmosphere broken up with more intense firefights works well for keeping you on the edge even when the area is pretty calm
tribal jolt
Is goldsphere standalone?
feral verge
Yes, it is
tribal jolt
Fantastic
feral verge
Oh wait, apparently it isn't? But there are standalone repacks
I think I can pull a link for you, give me a second
shrewd dagger
That's right, not standalone but standalone repacks exist
It requires SoC 1.0004
standalone repack really relieves headaches
since Steam and GOG versions are 1.0006 out of the box; GOG is easy to downgrade but Steam will likely try to forcibly update the game and you can't stop it
late bramble
no it doesnt
my repacks use the steam version because im lazy and never once has steam ever tried to update it
itll only try to update if the path to xr_3da doesnt exist or if its renamed
feral verge
Steam allows you to downgrade a ton of games
late bramble
because it cant find it
feral verge
I don't see how SoC would be different
late bramble
but stalker works fine
feral verge
Unless you specifically use the "validate files" option, it shouldn't mess with it
shrewd dagger
I've had it so whenever the exe is tampered with (assuming it's in the original path), Steam's like "Oh wait I GOT THIS FOR YOU BRO" and "updates" it
feral verge
Weird, I tampered with a few games and none of them had any issues
late bramble
ive only had it happen with renamed exes but maybe i haven't fricked around enough
shrewd dagger
potty mouth
feral verge
Well, they might have failed to launch
shrewd dagger
inb4warning
late bramble
overall i do recommend the GOG version for modding tho
shrewd dagger
I recommend GOG version period
feral verge
Fair enough
shrewd dagger
GOG Galaxy does that
late bramble
gog tracks hours now though, i have like 100-200 for SoC on galaxy
but steam is where my big boy hours are
late bramble
i got a ton of untracked hours for some standalone mods like OLR and coc mods when those were new
tribal jolt
There are enough mods for Stalker I can just go 10 hours per mod and be entertained until the end of time
shrewd dagger
in order to exhaust the Stalker franchise and its mods (not even counting meme mods and bad mods, only good ones), one would have to spend well over 2,000 hours
tribal jolt
My point exactly
fallow harness
http://chng.it/wFnZH7yxv4
Sign the petition.
Please.
shrewd dagger
yawn
finite dragon
We demand that GSC game world releases stalker 2 this weekend 
naive tiger
I demand that GSC games make a new Hover Ace game
Obviously the best game in the world
finite dragon
ok am i the only 1 whos favourite stalker game is CoP
finite dragon
CoP is my favourite too
and I like CS a lot because it was my introduction to the series. I bought it blindly in a game store when it came out
finite dragon
I still have it, it has a fancy box, a neat manual and stickers! I rememebr reading the manual and lore up with my friend while isntalling it and being excited af
finite dragon
we shall see. i'm a sucker for story driven games but the mai nstory in stalker was never what kept me playing and coming back for more
btw, is the bear in Road to the North a random spawn or always at the same place?
tribal jolt
which map
red tulip
I myself, never found the bear in the Cordon, but it's supposed to spawn somewhere around the Cordon.
upbeat tree
Hey, I recently bought Clear Sky. I want to play multiplayer, but I can't, becouse for some reason the provided CD key is invalid. How do I solve this problem?
tired anvil
i dont recall needing a key to play it, though its only death match type of multiplayer so you arent missing much
finite dragon
Do people still play cs multiplayer?
upbeat tree
@late bramble It is, but it doesn't work. That's really strange, since Steam always lets me copy it to clipboard.
late bramble
Yeah, its kinda finnicky. Dont know why
@finite dragon primarily just russians but yes people do still play it, its fun
late bramble
absolute structures / nature probably
sweet hamlet
@late bramble Awesome! , and now for improving gameplay a bit. whichmod would you recommend me? (keeping the main storyline normal but adding some stuff)
robust forge
That's actually the hard part
Is there any gameplay overhaul that doesn't change anything else in ShoC?
sweet hamlet
@robust forge i don't mind getting some stuff there and here.
but i want ot keep the MAIN story line intact (of atleast the endings)
late bramble
is it your first time?
sweet hamlet
nope but it will be my wife's first time
late bramble
i always recommend vanilla since finding overhauls that dont change the game too much is fairly difficult
robust forge
Yeah
And it's especially visible in ShoC
Where no matter what you do you take a risk that it's gonna loose its atmosphere
halcyon nest
@sweet hamlet maybe an just maybe owr
It changes animations and weapon models for better ones
but it does not change gameplay at all
slim sky
get out of here, stalker
shrewd dagger
Get in here, stalker
finite dragon
in here, stalker
feral verge
Come here. Let's have a little chat.
tribal jolt
Come in stalker, dont just stand there?
tribal jolt
I said come in, don’t just stand there
near star
I personally recommend ZRP for a first time player simply for the bugfixes
OWR is pretty cool as well
tribal jolt
the game is not the same without the bugs
near star
I said come in, don't stand there
vs
Get out of here stalker
Also did anyone tell them about how Master difficulty might be the best to play on
late bramble
Master doesn't actually make the game easier / less spongey, if anything it makes enemies more spongey
It changes player resistances (you take less damage on lower difficulties) and loot, so you get more ammo/meds on easier difficulties
for reference
shrewd dagger
The most balanced difficulty mode = any mod I edit
late bramble
For vanilla I'd recommend veteran or master, maybe stalker if youre not good at fps games or waste a lot of ammo or medkits
finite dragon
Anybody notice Gordon Freeman in SoC?
shrewd dagger
Nobody has ever noticed it in the 12 years it has been out
finite dragon
ok good for you then
fluid stream
you're a little bit late
gilded dawn
did anybody notice gordon freeman in the tunnel you literally have to go down for a mission you get at the bar
I think it might be like a really obscure easter egg
red tulip
Literally everybody knows about that Easter egg.
finite dragon
DID ANYONE ELSE FOUND BIG BEN?
pseudo rivet
Literally everybody knows about that Easter egg.
red tulip
yEs.
late bramble
You'd be surprised how many people skip SoC and CS entirely, and will never know about the easter egg
lyric sonnet
gonna play some CoP with misery 2.2 for nostalgia's sake
Been a long while since I've launched that game 😮
finite dragon
Damn, Zaton in RttN is depressingly empty. Even the PDA chatter is rare. I'm convinced there is like 1 loner dude out there a few groups of zombies and a few mutants
while with the same settings, Cordon was annoyingly overpopulated
I'm convinced Bandits breed like rabbits in the bushes
finite dragon
that chimera hunt quest is a shitshow lol
finite dragon
yo guys i have one small problem when i start stalker SoC i see that small window and then screen go black like game is loading and automatically close
is ther possible the problem to came from some of the dll files or... ?
i never saw that before and now is so strange wow
tribal jolt
@finite dragon it’s a different resolution
Go to settings and change it to the correct resolution that matches your computer
finite dragon
okey thanks i will try
finite dragon
nop the problem still
tribal jolt
are you clicking with your mouse at all while it’s loading?
frigid wing
im play road to the north, i meet this guy, ask him for work, and he says that he wants a desert eagle because he loved that rifle
"desert eagle"
"rifle"
🤔
finite dragon
Nop. I just start the game i see the small window before the screen to go black like open the game and then the game just close.
tribal jolt
Try running the game as administrator?
finite dragon
Update your drivers and try reinstalling the game
If you use the GOG version then make sure you delete everything before reinstalling
Other than that, I don't know
I'm having the same problem with FH2
shrewd dagger
what's FH2, Female Humper 2?
late bramble
yes
tight meteor
@tribal jolt I didn't know you were a STALKER fan
tribal jolt
I am
tight meteor
Cool
finite dragon
FH2 is Forgotten Hope 2, a WW2 mod for Battlefield 2
timber zodiac
Goldsphere
red tulip
That's not really a graphics mod, though..
timber zodiac
But is atmospheric so that can be a graphics mod
Or try atmotsfear but that is a atmospheric mod
red tulip
Still.. It changes gameplay too.
feral verge
"It changes gameplay" is an understatement
Goldsphere is like an entirely new game
And it isn't a graphics mod because it doesn't just change graphics
red tulip
^
Also, if anybody want to help with the Goldsphere translation, then DM me.
I need some more people.
feral verge
You might have some luck posting that in the ru channels
red tulip
Dunno about that.
feral verge
Why not?
red tulip
Since most russians don't know, or speak a tiny bit of English. But maybe it's worth a try.
feral verge
It's free and it takes a few seconds, and you might get lucky
red tulip
I'll do that later.
feral verge
Good luck bud
red tulip
Sent my message on #561139750564659236. It's just a matter of waiting now.
quasi lichen
epic
shrewd dagger
The only pure graphics mods for SoC are mods like Dynamic Shaders and STALKER Shaders Max
and Photorealistic Zone 2 and Particle Paradise
reef bough
do you hear it here at the Sultan is shorter for you to talk
frigid wing
im mad
im play coc as monolith and having to recover things
but
ive been in limansk (where it is) and where it spawned is literally impossible to get to
slow thunder
F
silver arrow
-warn @barren smelt Мат запрещен на сервере
iron heathBOT
Auttaja
torn birch
hello
how to make this quest
how to kill mutants
In the church ... there are none.
barren smelt
||DEADLY ANOMALIES||
||DANGEROUS MUTANTS||
||ANARCHISTS AND BANDITS||
dawn pier
Such is life in the Zone
torn birch
torn birch
Nothing that a grenade does not solve.
It's open now.
slow thunder
Nice
quasi lichen
||get out of here stalker||
smoky pelican
finite dragon
IZZZ BORRISSSSSSSSS BADUMDUDMDUDMDUMDUDMDDUDMDUDMDUDMDUDMDUDMDUDMDUDMDUDMDUDMDUDMDUM
quasi lichen
epic
cyan marsh
My save for when I entered Limansk in Clear sky corrupted and I deleted it thinking I had backup saves
I didint
15 hours of work
Welp time to cheat with Stalker Complete
cyan marsh
It happened again when I teleported to the entrance of Limansk?
shrewd dagger
Save game corruption in Limansk/Limansk Hospital is a major issue in Clear Sky, only fixed by later versions of SRP which complete doesn't use
cyan marsh
Damn, that sucks.
Ide have to remove the mod but at the same time redo the whole game
Im gonna be honest, I better just watch a video on how it ends and move onto Call of Pripyat
shrewd dagger
Yeah
cyan marsh
Actually
shrewd dagger
there's only one ending after all
cyan marsh
Is there a mod that can cheat me into the entrance of Limansk and I wont have a corrupt save?
shrewd dagger
no
shrewd dagger
You can still have problems there but it's a little less problematic
But there's no mod that'll put you anywhere
That would basically be a save game edit which nobody has ever done with Stalker
cyan marsh
I entered Limansk, the Hospital and NPP through the complete cheats
All seemed to just start up the level normally as if past actions didint matter
shrewd dagger
so it has teleporting, that's good
then you can teleport to the CNPP
and finish it
late bramble
theres a transition in the swamps that takes you straight to limnask as well
i think its a leftover transition from the devs testing or something
shrewd dagger
You learn something every day
I'm gonna go look for that on youtube
That was definitely there for testing
Apparently you can get to Red Forest or Army Warehouses as well
I never knew this and it's hilarious
There's a part 2 as well, over 16 minutes of footage but still a shortcut lol
late bramble
I use it for speedrunning and for fun
its pretty nifty
the limnask transition is a lot easier to get to
at least i remember it being straight to limnask
lyric sonnet
dooty
finite dragon
It's not a leftover transition
It's literally the fast-travel system
If you do not black out the screen (or the game glitches and the screen doesnt black out), you see that you get teleported there when asking a guide to take you somewhere
Every single CS map has those transitions
Though I only know of the swamps and the agroprom ones (agro has them in the northeastern-most corner if I am not mistaken)
Same is in CoP
late bramble
oh wow that's even more interesting than
what a weird way to do fast travel
thank you cockmeme very cool
finite dragon
That one with limansk, though, is 100% a leftover from the devs
I did some research, it is a leftover after all...
late bramble
pretty convenient leftover 
finite dragon
also i was on my 2nd playthrough of cs
and i got that
classic glitch on the mission where i need to take over bases for clear sky from renegades
hold the point until help arrives
quasi lichen
help never arrived
dapper saffron
on question i saw a modified ak at the liberty base on shadow of chernobyl
finite dragon
someone send an ambulance at @wooden shell
HE CAN'T BREATHE 😄
@finite dragon leftover from developers, bugs... more content for us 😛
we love that
games with invisible walls are ..uhm... cough retarded cough
nimble ermine
Guys
I might have something on the stalker page
I don't know if someone discovered it already
finite dragon
my page contains a bug
nimble ermine
A bug?
finite dragon
Oh wait, was just debris in the air.
frigid wing
what’s it about? @nimble ermine
nimble ermine
a morse code, not in the audio, but in the stalker logo
nimble ermine
yeah i tried translating it
it's a bunch of letters and numbers
-../..../-./.../-./...
D H N S N S
white beacon
hey so i'm relatively new to the community and picked up all the STALKER games off steam and I'm having trouble running Call of Pripyat but not either of the other two, it says the engine isn't responding and it won't let me play the game no matter the fix
I was just hoping i could get some help or insight on my problem to help me fix it as I played these games a ton as a kid with my dad and now I'm looking into modding the 3 to get the best experiences
I've done research and I have mods lined up but the issue is getting the game running
@ me if you think you may be able to help, I wasn't sure where else to ask and I wanted to get involved here with the new release coming relatively soon, (at least I hope)
red tulip
@white beacon What mods did you install?
white beacon
None yet for pripyat. I installed lost alpha for shadow of Chernobyl but uninstalled it thinking it may have been effecting something. I dont even have SoC installed anymore
red tulip
Have you tried verifying the game files through steam?
white beacon
Yeah I even tried a clean reinstallation
Combatibility mode doesn't work neither does the user ifx file
red tulip
Lemme DM you, and not clutter up the channel.
white beacon
👌
pseudo rivet
@white beacon Try playing the games Vanilla at first. Later on, you can try using mods
white beacon
I've played through them all before and i only had lost alpha installed for shadow but i can't get call of pripyat past the splash page, no mads have touched it
pseudo rivet
Hmm, that's pretty weird
white beacon
yeah
pseudo rivet
I'm not a real modder, so I wouldn't know
white beacon
i'm not much of one either, chernobyl works perfectly no hitches
pseudo rivet
Did E'ruiq manage to help you a bit?
white beacon
online? mod?
pseudo rivet
Another one
white beacon
ah
white beacon
i don't wanna piss anyone off
pseudo rivet
I'm sure he won't be pissed about it
white beacon
if you're sure, go for it
white beacon
yeah it's alright
pseudo rivet
Well, I wish you good luck
white beacon
thanks i appreciate the attempt 😁
late bramble
play vanilla on your first playthrough
lunar wigeon
Ok thanks
white beacon
then go for call of chernobyl
barren smelt
tbh memenomaly
really is
that good
finally a palatable misery based mod
economy in that one actually works
and much of the autism can be turned off/adjusted
finite dragon
all mods, except bug fix mods, are autistic.
🎧 waiting for backlash 🎧
wanted faction wars mod in CoP.
nobody did it
shrewd dagger
Stop recommending Call of Chernobyl, it's dead
It lives on in Anomaly
And Lastwish is wrong
Well sort of
The absolute best faction wars gameplay is in Call of Chernobyl and Anomaly especially, which are CoP based mods
via dynamic faction relations, the ability to join any faction, and Warfare addon if you like that
(Warfare being included with Anomaly 1.5 beta 2.4)
finite dragon
guys who wants to watch english stalker streamer
i have link
i find this stream fun
barren smelt
>inb4 it's his stream
hmm
pseudo rivet
How about the Faction War Mod for Clear Sky?
shrewd dagger
It's nowhere near as good as Call of Chernobyl/Anomaly at faction war stuff since A-Life is much better in the latter, and the latter is totally open world with way more maps so more stuff to conquer and what not
late bramble
TFW for CS still has features not implemented in warfare
its a great mod
but yeah anomaly warfare is much more open ended and is receiving updates
finite dragon
i played CoC for few hours, problem was: hard to tell what to sell or not, got annoyed with trips to the store adn deleted, also got rekt by chopper in Swamps, while overburdent with crap, wrecked my saved, i htink chopper came out of nowhere, can't remember exactly, this was 1+ year ago
late bramble
CoC has no goal or plot to care about so it gets boring and its a drag
feral verge
Probably some Military dude called in a chopper
late bramble
clear sky is good
finite dragon
@late bramble have you finished Lost Alpha ?
finite dragon
damn, i tried twice, but got annoyed with bugs and weird stuff and deleted
someone should make a mod to fix that mod ! xD
late bramble
if only
white beacon
works fine for me, if you get it from moddb nad lower the lighting it fixes all the issues i had
the story still kinda sucks but that fixes everything
don't install all the mods in the pack at once, after you've installed lost alpha itself and you know it works for you start enabling and updating the mods included
some of the mods conflict but offer very different things
hard knot
!join duty
white beacon
and the lighting is a bit weird so i would recommend setting it to medium/high
@finite dragon
pseudo rivet
@hard knot There's a channel at Faction Wars, all the way down the Catagory list
You can get your role there
pseudo rivet
Nice
CoC basically needs a damage mod to even be playable
I don't really know what makes Anomaly so special, though
hard knot
sick
pseudo rivet
Radical
shrewd dagger
Anomaly = CoC on a better engine (64-bit) with more features like disguises and Warfare mode, some Misery features, several new storylines, and is actually still developed
feral verge
Why would 64 bits not be better, exactly?
barren smelt
you know what's the best part
about Anomaly?
I shoot something
and it dies
no flinching, no recoiling
just dies.
mutants too
none of that MISERY autism
where you have to magdump a mutant thrice
for it to only be half hp
shrewd dagger
Open X-Ray is 64-bit, an obvious universal benefit for reasons that need not be explained
huge improvement to X-Ray
Really hilarious that someone believes otherwise
I expect no explanation of course
late bramble
who the hell unironically thinks a 64 engine is a bad thing
feral verge
Doesn't a 64 bit engine just allow for 64 bit pcs to use more RAM?
shrewd dagger
Yes, which in turn increases performance significantly
feral verge
Is there any possible downside for that?
shrewd dagger
It's probably some backwards thinking really poor person who doesn't have a 64-bit PC
feral verge
I'm no computer genius, but 64 bits is just straight up better afaik
shrewd dagger
Yeah which is why I assume he just can't run it to begin with
finite dragon
32bit ancient technology
timber zodiac
My computer have a 32 bit OS and i want to die
finite dragon
😄
tribal jolt
You know what I just realized
there will never be a HL3
because
Gordon Freeman died in the wild territory
white beacon
valves new VR tutorial thing teases a new portal though so it's still possible
tribal jolt
Gordon Freeman died in the wild territory
white beacon
hey @red tulip i finally got it, i did everything you said and it worked perfectly
i really appreciate the help thank you so much
finite dragon
because VALVE too cheap asses to spend money on games. they have steam, money making machine, don't care about games anymore. damn greedy little j__s.
imma slap valve owner when i see him
the least they could do is remaster their shit.
Long live GSC! i am so happy they never sold STALKER 2 rights. I always knew they won't let us down, hurray!
timber zodiac
GSC: We are proudly announce S.T.A.L.K.E.R Battle Royale mode
pseudo rivet
I doubt it
Although, by hearing their soundtrack, I fear it won't be like any Stalker game we've played
It sounds too tactical, like something you'd hear in Dirty Bomb, Survarium, etc.
I hope the rest of the OST won't be like that
Nor that the gameplay reflects the current soundtrack
timber zodiac
Isnt the main thene for stalker 2 is distorned vertion of SoC main theme?
tired anvil
it has parts of the SoC theme yes
slow thunder
I just hope they keep the same gameplay and atmosphere
Or even better that it was but still the same concept
barren smelt
there'd be nothing wrong with STALKER 2 br if the base game was good
finite dragon
Gameplay or gunplay?
shrewd dagger
Gunplay is a part of gameplay, but there are other gameplay improvements I'd like
Just realized this is the regular stalker chat but whatever
finite dragon
I wonder, what are these things running after this poor bandit?
There isn't any running zombies ingame.
Besides snorks, but they're on all fours.
shrewd dagger
I want AI to be really cunning in stalker 2
Snorks and dogs and pseudodogs should attack like real pack hunters
a lone dog should avoid you
a lone snork should even prefer to avoid you
pseudo rivet
They did say that they did that in CoP
Haven't really noticed it, to be honest
So yeah
That would be a welcome addition to flesh out nature
pseudo rivet
Yep
I mean
If you really want waves, and I mean waves of enemies, you should go for the Mutant Hunter achievement
It's literally a sea of all sorts of mutants
And evidence that the Zone retaliates when it's attacked
Yanov is then basically the most dangerous place to be in
finite dragon
Yes, also i do hate that everybody, even bandits are neutral. Not much to shoot at. And monoliths are only in Pripyat. Was really great fighting mercenaries in ShoC, and war factions in CS was very entertaining.
Still, great game!
pseudo rivet
Mercs in Pripyat can also be hostile
I believe that if you shoot Jackel instead of both him and the Ecologists, they'll be way more common to find
You can also do that mission at the Ranger Station in favor of Morgan
Afterwards, he'll send Merc hitmen towards you
finite dragon
Interesting, i should kill anyone killable on my next through 😄 , see how that goes.
i'll try that, thanks!
proud herald
You guys know in the sewer level in ShoC when you go to find Strelok's stash? You hear loud door creaks throughout this level, does that actually mean that enemies have entered the area or is it just there for atmosphere?
feral verge
Just atmosphere
shrewd dagger
No those sounds are actually coming from your home
there are no ambient sounds there in the game
might want to get that checked out
feral verge
)))
finite dragon
they're Ghost(s) in that level O.o
chrome glade
i always thought that creaking noise was something swinging, like taught rope
late bramble
its a brap
shrewd dagger
it's special impregnation antipireny
lyric sonnet
damn misery 2.2 is givin me the nostalgic vibes
chrome glade
so i dont actually play stalker often just went back to an old save in soc and about to go into the lab
apparently its spooky
torn birch
HELLO players
best graphics mod for stalker shadow of chernobyl?
Preferably some that does not alter the gameplay of the classic game.
because I like him
barren smelt
hey gamers
robust forge
Tbh I still don't know what mod for ShoC is the best in terms of graphics
A mod which doesn't change anything else
shrewd dagger
OGSE 0693 has the best graphics, gameplay, atmosphere and everything else for SoC
but it's not just graphics
so nevermind
Just graphics = Dynamic Shaders, but 2.0 looks terrible
also Absolute Nature and Photorealistic Zone 2
and particle paradise if it doesn't conflict
pseudo rivet
They should be on ModDB
pseudo rivet
Seems like that's one of them
torn birch
links for photo realistic not working
😦
foundi t
found it
thanks
😄
2.1 right?
shrewd dagger
yeah
torn birch
Jester
this mod
works without problems right?
I mean, if it will not affect my save game or quests.
shrewd dagger
those won't mess with saves
pseudo rivet
They're graphical mods, so I doubt they'd mess anything up
torn birch
😄
lime field
next minit xray engine crashes
finite dragon
Cool dude mods. Place me back into the loner group 👍
proud herald
What are my chances of killing a "master stalker" in ShoC if I have a monolith suit, an AK 74 with a grenade launcher, an RPG 7 and an SG-550?
shrewd dagger
it's easy
proud herald
Nice, also, I'm here in the Bar, is this area Duty's main base where Ivantsov is?
hot oracle
Hey everybody. Have anyone noticed IL86 scope upgrade bug? CS SRP 1.1.2
any fixes?
4x scope upgrade is not functional after ANY other upgrades.
proud herald
Did anybody actually equip something else other than the SSP-99M suit in ShoC?
late bramble
skat9m is my waifu
shrewd dagger
Sunrise is lame
I also never used the SSP-99M for long in any game/mod
which just shows I never played as an Ecologist in any mod
feral verge
I played as Eco in Anomaly and just bought the guardian sunrise every time
The SSP-99M exists only for the skintight SSP-99 waifus meme
shrewd dagger
when I play as an Ecologist in Anomaly I'll use an SSP-99M
feral verge
I only recommend it for all-out Warfare
Because the scientists are laughably weak
I increased everyone's online strength to x2 the normal value (except for Military and Monolith) and the bandits wiped the floor with the ecos
And then Mercs wiped the floor with everyone but Monolith and Military (me)
On that note, Warfare is one of the best things that ever happened to STALKER
lime halo
it has just come to my attention
barren smelt
I somehow bugged out my wind of freedom outfit in CoCk and made it negative weight
lime halo
that sergey
lime halo
looks exactly like strelok
barren smelt
anyone else in love with VSS and Groza but can't find enough 9x39 ammo for them so they just use ak with 5.45 or LR300 with 5.56
I could stick my wiener in Groza is how much I love it
It's so aesthetically pleasing
proud herald
I fell in love with Strelok's personal AK 74 that you find in his stash
That Rate of Fire really sells it for me
shrewd dagger
Groza is fugly
so is vanilla AK-74 with its peculiar coloring
VSS and AS Val have become so overhyped thanks to Stalker
SR-3M > AS Val
proud herald
I personally prefer the SVD
proud herald
Only that truck delivers a bigger punch than a smart car
barren smelt
very cookie cutter and unimpressive
on the other hand there are really cool vans/trucks
shrewd dagger
OGSE 0693 has the best SVD in the series
proud herald
What about shotguns, any favourites there?
feral verge
Real men just use the abakan throughout the whole game
barren smelt
TOZ-34 with slug upgrade
shrewd dagger
vanilla has a very weak selection of shotguns
feral verge
Yep
shrewd dagger
Stalker 2 needs to come with a Saiga-12 and/or Vepr-12
and remove hollywood crap like Armsel Protecta
barren smelt
tbh protecta is kino, they need more dumb guns like that
we need pancor jackhammer in S2
finite dragon
ogse is good, but very poor optimization
feral verge
What about the spas-12?
proud herald
I've only gotten acquainted with the TOZ and a modified Mossberg
Think I prefer the Mossberg
feral verge
The TOZ is a good ole reliable
shrewd dagger
Ah yes OGSE is now on OGSR 64-bit engine, and we all know you have some kind of misplaced disdain for superior 64-bit engines with inherently superior optimization
lmao
I'm the only stalker fan who doesn't care for shotguns built on 1800s tech
proud herald
2 shots doesn't really sell it for me when bandits don't die from them
proud herald
Nice joke there
Pretty sure I can load my Mossberg faster than that piece of scrap metal
feral verge
If we are talking vanilla games, then shotguns are pretty meh overall
shrewd dagger
you can interrupt mossberg reload
finite dragon
ogsr has a bunch of other features besides x64
shrewd dagger
SPAS-12 is pretty clearly the best in SoC and CS, Protecta is comically the best in CoP
feral verge
Yeah, SPAS-12 is the shotgun of choice
proud herald
I'm talking OWR3
feral verge
But even then I didn't use it very much
shrewd dagger
another hollywood gun mind you
feral verge
I just spammed ak bullets at everything
shrewd dagger
Does OWR 3 change balance?
feral verge
The benelli nova is a pretty cool shotgun, but I'm pretty sure no stalker mod includes it
Probably because it doesn't fit or whatever
finite dragon
in most cases, x64 is not very different from x86 because of the lack of multithreading
proud herald
OWR 3 doesn't change the damage models
For now, I'm cool with it
Most times it's because I fail to hit
Cuz accuracy fails me with every gun
feral verge
Never have a problem with being accurate in STALKER, for the most part
Excluding that one time in New Arsenal 6.0 that you are given a really awful Japanese rifle from WW2 and they ask you to kill a bunch of German soldiers
And you die in one hit
And the rifle is awful and you can't get close without Hanz and his 20 buddies turning you into swiss cheese
feral verge
I actually still have it installed, and I'm almost done with it. I left off when I was stacking cash for the CNPP raid
lime halo
so
uh
can any one help me with dead air setup
the setup.exe is in fucking moon runes or some shit
put image of installer in #📸┃screens_and_videos
shrewd dagger
Whenever I encounter that I just keep hitting next
it's obvious which button is next
barren smelt
this but unironically
most systems support cyrillic without any external patches
in the absolute worstest of worst scenarios
you can always
send screencaps here
and we can translate it for you
and by we I mean people who understand both Russian and English
late bramble
Change your system locale to russian @lime halo
it's still going to be cyrillic though
it's a russian mod
shrewd dagger
yeah the recommended course of action is to delete it and download Anomaly 1.5 Beta 2.4 instead
I forgot to say this earlier
barren smelt
this but unironically
the only thing Dead Air has that Anomaly doesn't
is cool melee weapons
and lighters/glowsticks
but Anomaly has
so much more
shrewd dagger
I like drinking glowstick fluid
late bramble
dead air has better progression and it looks nicer
but yeah anomaly is more polished overall
lime halo
i have a ton of mods
im just trying dead air rn
anyways
i installed it
and i put the english game data into the folder and launched it
and it was in english
i restarted it cause i changed options and now its not in english
please help
i dont know how to get it out of russian
shrewd dagger
I'm not sure with Dead Air specifically, but go to gamedata\config\localization.ltx and see if there's a localization parameter set to "rus"
if so then changing it to "eng" might work
but that doesn't always work in all mods 💩
proud herald
I just got through X-19, jesus christ this game is terrifying sometimes.
timber zodiac
Isnt the X-18 is the most scary lab?
proud herald
Oh yeah, X 18 definitely takes the cake
shrewd dagger
none of the labs are scary enough
I wouldn't have found them scary when I was a toddler
lime halo
what is the anomaly mod? im considering downloading it.
finite dragon
it's an overhaul for Call of Chernobyl that improves graphics, difficulty, quests, etc.
Imagine MISERY except good
finite dragon
plus it tried too hard to be edgy which is a negative for me
lime halo
the intro did
but i dont see how the rest of the game did that
prolly cause i played it for like 1 hr total
lime halo
does anomaly add new items and mechanics?
finite dragon
plenty
late bramble
there's a plethora of stalker mods so it's hard to say but if we stick to CoC mods, Anomaly is the most polished of them all
It's getting a major update soon as well which will introduce a lot of new mechanics and balancing changes, you can get the current beta of it here: https://drive.google.com/uc?id=16U6usFl8ddi8telv5m7_HsmWFlK6Tpav&export=download
plus they have a discord you can find on the moddb page if you have any questions
shrewd dagger
CoC is obsolete, I don't know why everyone thinks it is cutting edge
It's literally a dead mod with no further development, died mid update
At least one of the devs moved onto Anomaly, which has features that were planned for CoC but never made it
Like Maxine said it's the most polished mod
the best freeplay mod
Best story mods I've played are Oblivion Lost Remake and OGSE 0693 which is just SoC on steroids
well it's more than that as it more than quadruples the side quests probably, and includes some of the best quest design in the series
limpid hedge
Is playing COP for the first time on misery considered bad?
Or should I have played vanilla first?
red tulip
You should have played vanilla first.
red tulip
I personally don't like misery that much, but since you played vanilla already, then you can play it if you want.
limpid hedge
Oh no
Like I mean I've finished van and misery
But I played misery before vanilla
limpid hedge
Fair enough I guess
finite dragon
did anyone uncover the mistery of why the actual city of chernobyl isnt featured in any of the stalker games
tired anvil
its this magical thing called money, gsc didnt have any
(im joking but thats most likely the reason)
shrewd dagger
I don't think playing Misery first is bad, if you somehow actually prefer Misery that is
No Stalker game should be played totally vanilla in my opinion. For first timers to CoP though I normally suggest Atmosfear, Absolute Nature 4, Absolute Structures, and STCoP
shrewd dagger
The reason Misery is alright for a first timer is because it DOESN'T "change the entire game"
Doesn't touch quests/story at all
just a gameplay and graphics overhaul
late bramble
but it plays nothing like the intended stalker experience
if you play misery for the first time youre not really playing stalker youre playing some mangled version of it
shrewd dagger
I agree but someone might prefer that, they might have decided (after the first two games) they simply don't want to play vanilla Stalker game and would rather play the story with Misery like gameplay
I'm not such a person but I can see/accept that
shrewd dagger
So are story and quests
shrewd dagger
You play Stalker for its campaign and gameplay and overall experience. The campaign is still the same, the gameplay is different and the overall experience changes but ultimately it is the same story, characters, dialogues
tired anvil
you play it for the cnpp and realize how good it is
shrewd dagger
Like I said I don't recommend it either, I'm just not going to rush and call 911 if someone does do it
pseudo rivet
Stalker is all about atmosphere
shrewd dagger
I mostly don't recommend it because Misery is uh... well I don't recommend it
pseudo rivet
So it's still quite a dramatic change
late bramble
i disagree that its all about atmosphere, the first game in particular has a lot going for it that gets overlooked
i just feel like youre cheating yourself out of the stalker experience by using mods like that
pseudo rivet
^
late bramble
since you dint get what the devs intended for you to see, hear, feel, etc
how can you appreciate SoC's gunplay if you have a mod that completely changes it
shrewd dagger
great example: SoC's gunplay is terrible (and it's not good in any of the games overall) so I recommend mods that change it
Seems like you're implying that the devs' intentions and outcomes are perfect? I could not, for example, get into unmodded Fallout: New Vegas. I needed mods to get into it, and now it's one of my top 10 games
The devs intended work (vanilla) ended up being too barren and empty
Stalker actually suffers some of the same issues unmodded, gimped A-Life
late bramble
I didn't say it was perfect, I just said its the way they released it and it should be the way its experienced
i play every game unmodded first
that way when i mod it i know whats been improved
shrewd dagger
It should be experienced at its best, which for a game with thorough modding capability, is never vanilla. Especially when you consider MOST people never replay games
But yeah it IS nice to be able to appreciate the modders' work
To understand what they improved, but considering it's a gamble whether or not someone would replay the game, I just recommend games with improvement mods
Bethesda games, Stalker, I always recommend them
pseudo rivet
Since it changes a part of the gameplay, there's a chance the player just doesn't like the game if that's the case
late bramble
I'm just going to remind you that someone's first STALKER experience was unironically REBORN
Don't think they ever played STALKER again
shrewd dagger
I don't recommend total conversions for obvious reasons, like I said I recommend improvement mods
vanilla+ mods
For CoP, Atmosfear + AN4 + Absolute Structures + STCoP
Also I don't know what you're trying to say Crimson; I couldn't get into Fallout NV unmodded since it was a barren open world with little activity, but then I modded it up to fix that and now it's like my #5 game of all time
I love its role-playing, writing, quests
I can't tolerate vanilla Clear Sky anymore because of its asinine weapon balancing; projectiles simply not doing anything to enemies often, guns being inaccurate at point blank range, if I were playing it for the first time today I would never play beyond the Swamps
but, I like its dialogue and world building and the overall experience once THAT'S fixed
Unrelated but I almost wish Stalker was bad, that way I wouldn't get tangled up in modding it because modding it is a mess due to X-Ray engine being a mess
shrewd dagger
I still play Morrowind, it's one of the most demanding games too
Runs worse than everything I play except for Arma 3
late bramble
sometimes rebirth but that mod makes dumb balancing changes
pseudo rivet
And people say it's the best out of the series
shrewd dagger
You probably need mods like I do Crimson
tired anvil
what was fun in fallout 4 was losing progress over and over because i had to go into files and give it acces to my saves or smth
pseudo rivet
It had it's ups and downs
Although, it wasn't an actual gameplay changing mod
It's literally what it says
New Vegas: MuliPlayer
Fallout 4 was alright
But it could've been much more
It felt barren in comparison with the others
tired anvil
i got bored of it fast
pseudo rivet
And I honestly didn't like the color shade
Fallout 3 has this green/gray tint with the sun being the only thing kinda light
frigid wing
i beat fallout 4 about 5 times going through every faction and every game changing choice, got boring extremely fast
pseudo rivet
And the OST completed the landscape
Yeah, Fallout 4 could've been more
So now they're selling Mini DLC's
And the Factions felt rushed
Like, you see how the BoS uses red with black
A reference to the Outcast
But the flag?
Orange
What about armor?
Blank
And some other minor nuisances, but this is just nitpicking
flint notch
can we keep it stalker related pls ?
robust forge
Going off topic is always inevitable
flint notch
anyway finding this disc make me want to play back the game
flint notch
yeah but i hesitate wich one