smol reflex sight
#⭐┃nospoilers_general
open lintel
yeah, idk bout that one. mostly cause itsa rifle scope on a peestol c:
tired anvil
hold on
i havent added what he wanted to say
"it isn't what i meant when i said gimme pistol optics"
open lintel
wouldnt the slide just pop back and smash you in the eye?
robust forge
exactly
robust forge
it's not mounted on a rail
open lintel
lmao
finite dragon
"Ivan if you put an ACOG on your pistol slide like this...
You never fear of shooting inaccurately because the fear of smashing your eye."
shrewd dagger
lmao
frail spire
Little baby, you put ACOGs in deagles
near star
shrewd dagger
upper heath
Demosfen is dead then. The Dev is refusing to translate the mod and told everyone to do it themselves
The Dev team is literally one man as well
late bramble
demosfen was dead on arrival and it has nothing to do with the tiny western fanbase that wouldnt have played it anyway
its just a bad mod
feral verge
But you know what mod is really good and needs translation? New Arsenal 6 :-)
finite dragon
no
lunar surge
Or just coming there as visitors, not as a company
tired anvil
yeah which is what they literally said
winged flax
finite dragon
Is anyone here good at identifying possibly finnish military vehicles?
finite dragon
I have a picture of a vehicle that looks like an xa-203 but it has more wheels
anyone know any good storybased mods?
i already finished spatial anomaly
it was good except for the endings
@finite dragon Winds of time is good, but the translation is a machine translation so it's a bit hard to follow at times
oh yeah i don't like it
it's extremely rough
late bramble
kinda outta luck if you want story mods in english
finite dragon
Goldsphere is also getting a hand done translation soon, it's a soc mod
finite dragon
i want muh missouri and anal molly
proud herald
In Spatial Anomaly, where can I find tools for basic work at the cordon?
open lintel
@late bramble need you to remove that swear please, ty c:
late bramble
deez nuts
red tulip
Go to the Building in front of where Fox was in SoC, then search for a manhole-kinda thing, it should be on the north side of that building, and close to it. Climb down, and you'll find your garbage there. @proud herald
DEEZ NUTS
proud herald
thanks brother
feral verge
That burned almost as hard as the brainscorcher
finite dragon
That moment in SoC when you can manipulate Duty and Freedom into fighting each others so you can have all the gear.
Now that is how you do business.
lime halo
i tried creating a new game on anomaly but i cant see or select any factions or portraits
finite dragon
Deez Nuts
lime halo
die
anyways
i tried creating a new game on anomaly but i cant see or select any factions or portraits
help
lime halo
bruh
late bramble
bratan
finite dragon
bratan
feral verge
Uh, I also had that glitch
wind trail
shrewd dagger
I can hook you up with a fix
finite dragon
i saw some gameplay of goldsphere
all i have to say is that it is interesting
it's like lost alpha remake but at the same time it's new?
finite dragon
it's rough-looking just like the builds
late bramble
not particularly
maybe in some regards
it just has a good atmosphere and build-like ambiance
brave vortex
cnnp or cnpp?
feral verge
Chernobyl Nuclear PowerPlant
Or was it Chernobyl North Nuclear Plant?
Now I'm questioning it too
simple tusk
hey guys quick question
is there a console command to teleport to a certain character
i dread going back to Veles in the caves (lost alpha) but i have to finish the quest
whoever made those caves should have their computer taken away
seriously, %&$* darkscape and %&$* those caves
mint oracle
darkscape is even more pointless without them
simple tusk
it feels like the cave / sin part was made by a russian kid with a down syndrome
i can't even find the words for how retarded it is
it's so big and empty and pointless
ranting aside the demo_record 1 + enter doesn't work either for some reason
silent quartz
I wanna be Bandit
How to be a cheeki breeki Bandit?
@tired anvil Hey bandit bratan,I wanna join Bandit faction
iron heathBOT
Auttaja
silent quartz
Anuuu cheeki breeki IV damke
pseudo rivet
cloud gazelle
should I play CoP vanilla before modded?
finite dragon
Vanilla first
if you gonna mod do it with patches and stuff like that
vanilla first
always
cloud gazelle
will do
shrewd dagger
modded first
reason why
someone argue with this, not one person has been able to
finite dragon
poopie doodoo fecal matter wrong server
frail spire
play vanilla to have a grasp at what changed in relation to older ones
CoP is pretty much gold star in stalker standards
Barely any bugs, working weapons, working npcs, barely any crashes
oblique turtle
aside from the other stalker games CoP is the buggiest and crashiest game i own
nova mantle
I'd go for a simple modpack
For me a weapon mod is a must have
For your first playthrough you can try OWR as it's basically a pack of textures and animation that doesn't add any new stuff
Later on you can switch to SCOP but this will require a new save
Anything else it's pretty much ok
Cop is a rather stable platform (compared to the other to platforms)
Personally I play on a Atmosfear (new weather, psionic storms, high quality sky textures) Absolute Nature (MUCH better vegetation and FPS booster) Absolute Structures (high quality building textures) STCOP (Big-ass weapon mod) THAP (High quality hand models) self-made modpack
shrewd dagger
CoP ain't no gold star, maybe the gold star for bad writing in the series
gold star for overly gamey and forgiving level design in the series
frail spire
Can you use scop with anomaly?
shrewd dagger
nope, unfortunately
STCoP 3.2 is by far the best stalker weapon mod but it's only for CoP, can manually be merged into CoP mods that DON'T change the engine but that's it
robust forge
Yeah
shrewd dagger
It's funny how Stalker is one of the most improved games by mods, but its community is the most devout in its "vanilla first" beliefs of any community I've seen
most people don't even replay games, so you might as well play the objectively improved modded one first like in the video above
nova mantle
@shrewd dagger STCoP is a very solid weapon mod indeed but besides recently added open scopes feature (which is slowly starting to become a standard) there is nothing revolutionary about it
TAZ is a worthy competitor
shrewd dagger
TAZ is only for Misery so not much competition
nova mantle
Though the quantity>quality approach is not something I like
I guess once the GUNSLINGER is finally released that will be the GOAT of Stalker weapon mods
shrewd dagger
Yeah, TAZ quality is inconsistent but improving, also TAZ 2.0 is very unstable and has a lot of crashes, and again it's for Misery while STCoP is for vanilla so there's not much to compare really
If gunslinger ever releases yeah, it's clearly above all in quality, seriously lacking in quantity though
nova mantle
I wouldn't say that's much of an issue when you can customise every single weapon however you please
Plus it does add some new guns, namely some 5mm beasts
Like p90 and FN57
shrewd dagger
it adds lots of pistols which is nice
nova mantle
Maybe something else as well, I'm not sure
shrewd dagger
I just wish it added some 7.62x39 guns
shrewd dagger
and Russian shotguns
Saiga-12 or Vepr-12 is a must, then something lower end like a TOZ-194 or the Ukrainian Fort-500
or MP-133
But for now, STCoP 3.2 is unrivaled in quality until Escape from Tarkov Weapon Pack, Shoker 3.0, or Gunslinger show up
shrewd dagger
yeah look it up on youtube, it is promising
shrewd dagger
WiP, was thought to be dead until they recently said development is continued
cloud gazelle
Does CoP difficulty scaling work like in SoC, where harder just makes everything less spongey?
late bramble
that thing about master on SoC making enemies less spongy is a myth and flat out false @cloud gazelle
that image sums it up pretty well ^
mint oracle
if I aim for the body I'm just trying to get a stun to buy time for a headshot
I never kill anything with body shots
except maybe bloodsuckers
high glen
Gamescom 2019?
finite dragon
Ive been awarded a mute
finite dragon
I used the b word in my user name
frail spire
When are they updating Anomaly?
Had to delete it due to breaking it with addons so may as well wait till they update it
lusty elm
I don't think the next update is announced yet
shrewd dagger
ask on their discord but make sure to ping all the devs there
so that they see your question
lusty elm
^
spiral bear
And don't forget to mention that's Saint Jester fault:p
olive folio
Halo outpost but for stalker
robust forge
What was halo outpost remind me
finite dragon
No
late bramble
happy birthday clear sky
robust forge
It's a release date anniversary?
late bramble
released 11 years ago on this day in Russia
tired anvil
wasnt it the 15th?
late bramble
in the states its September 15th
robust forge
So yeah
late bramble
but who cares about where it was released in the west
tired anvil
oh yeah i mix the months up
late bramble
came out first in russia
tired anvil
happy b-day clear sky
robust forge
Happy cakeday clear sky
late bramble
aug 22nd
25th in ukraine
dont know whats up with the gap between russian and western release im assuming its a localization thing
tired anvil
CoP cakeday not too far as well
late bramble
yup
tired anvil
think its early october
late bramble
October 9th?
finite dragon
scar turns 11 today
tired anvil
like 2nd
finite dragon
yesh
late bramble
it was a typi
tired anvil
do u even have one lmao
tired anvil
wait so
finite dragon
WTF JESTER JUST SWORE THOUGH
robust forge
That was quick
late bramble
its vulgar for sure
tired anvil
i guess
late bramble
I wonder if GSC will acknowledge Clear Sky's birthday or if they only care about SoC
late bramble
I'm okay with that unless they acknowledge CoP's birthday and not CS'
I'll get buttmad
Also I'm pretty sure they acknowledged SoC's birthday on it's initial release in CIS
So they should do the same for CS and CoP
tired anvil
guess so
tired anvil
forget that we got 1 whole comment from a s2 dev
finite dragon
What comment is that
finite dragon
"I can promise you that, and also there will be no Battle Royale mode."
tired anvil
truly amazing
finite dragon
In regards to if there will be lootboxes and microtransactions
tired anvil
i wonder where they couldve been going if the guy didnt get to ask more
finite dragon
how else will sergiy buy a new ferrari then
finite dragon
EZ Cash
finite dragon
he'll have TWO ferraris and an endless supply pepsi at that point
pull a metro and make master difficulty a preorder bonus/dlc
tired anvil
did metro actually do that lmao
finite dragon
yeah with last light
because thq required a preorder bonus and that was the only thing they could think of
tired anvil
now thats a bit lame
they shouldve pulled a bethesda and sell some poor cloth for 100 bucks
finite dragon
thank god GSC is self publishing this time
tired anvil
lets hope they dont run out of money
finite dragon
though they might need to hire a californian to come over and berate them into finishing it
tired anvil
a blonde one with long hair too be specific
finite dragon
one that refuses to pay them unless they finish it
Honestly I wonder how much code they'll be able to reappropriate for whatever engine they're using
a-life isn;t something that could be easily replicated from the ground up
silent quartz
cheeki breeki
pseudo rivet
frail spire
ANUUUU
crisp crater
better yet, unique weapons hidden behind lootboxes :^)
with a 99% chance of getting a common gun
finite dragon
Seems that vanilla CoP promoted the use of 5.56 ammo and nato weapons more than in SoC and CS. But maybe it's just my prefrence tho.
frail spire
It's also the issue that most sights that aren't from 5.56 guns suck ass
5.56 got acogs and red dots that are clean and clear
Pso scopes are all scratched and you can't see sht
shrewd dagger
^ Well if talking about vanilla, nothing you just said applies
the best guns in SoC and CS are NATO weapons (F2000 and G36 respectively)
don't remember how vanilla CoP differs
finite dragon
No love for VSS?
shrewd dagger
that's good in all the games but eclipsed by the F2000 in SoC and G36 in CS
finite dragon
Wish G36 could have GL.
frail spire
Vss is cool but ammo is kinda scarce and doesn't goes that far
shrewd dagger
G36 accepts M203 in CS
frail spire
Also the mag is kinda smol
shrewd dagger
Then there are mods that give it the AG-36
frail spire
I love vss guns but the mag sizes along trash-tier ammo is really a kick in the nuts
shrewd dagger
Some mods give the VSS a 20 round mag
It needs to be like Gunslinger where you can upgrade from 10 round to 20 round and finally 30 round mag
finite dragon
In SoC genral Voronin is basically shower you with SP6 rounds for doing his easy sidequests. And they're repeatable too.
shrewd dagger
yeah
also the newly released OGSR mod has a work in progress fully customizable G36, you can see its icons in the center of this image
shrewd dagger
that's alright, when it's out of beta I'm going to add well over 100 guns to it 
finite dragon
YOU ARE TOO HEAVILY LOADED TO MOVE
Deadly anomalies
Dangerous mutants
Anarchists, and bandits.
they’ll stop duty
Duty succ lmao
frail spire
Duty are basically larping bandits
cursive bay
calling it now the 2021 thing is actually meant to be read in reverse partially so it's actually december 20th
or dec 2nd or something
covert wharf
the smile emotes 100%
when stalker 2 comes out i need a button whare you can push so i can push a friend into a burner
proud herald
In spatial anomaly, when you get to the cordon, Beast gets a sniper rifle at some point and then hands it to Raven for adjustments. When do I get it back?
red tulip
Never.
tired anvil
like the baby head on one of the buildings?
wintry cradle
anyone know why discord says playing xrengine instead of playing stalker ...?
covert wharf
rip
lusty elm
Because the .exe in your game directory is called xrayengine @wintry cradle
You can always rename it
I think it's in the bin folder
wintry cradle
yea but what if i want to stream stalker on the new discord vc streaming system
it doesnt work with games not in the games library
wintry cradle
alright i see
tired anvil
Do you have to buy nitro for quality
tired anvil
If you do then imo its garbage
wintry cradle
wait are u talking about stream quality or the ability to stream in general
tired anvil
Ight then
wintry cradle
hopefully discord will add games not in games library to streaming
lusty elm
👌
wintry cradle
bye
tired anvil
Gn
grand otter
i need some help, im getting a squad together to travel to pripyat so far i have vano sokolov and i just need strider but i cant find him anywhere (he already is apart of freedom) and i'm losing hope of finding him and getting the achievement for the squad.
pseudo rivet
He should just be at Loki's door or at Uncle Yar
knotty stag
Creeper
robust forge
No
robust forge
Yeah
knotty stag
Creeper, aw man
robust forge
Please don't
grand otter
@pseudo rivet i cant find him in yanov at all
pseudo rivet
Hmm
Weird
Between all the green icons on the minimap, isn't there any Yellow Star?
If not, you might want to reload a previous save file
grand otter
i playing misery not vanilla CoP
finite dragon
I tried to get Strider into the team, but I just remembered that I got "A Man of Balance" achievement beforehand. Well damn....
pseudo rivet
Aw darn
finite dragon
But well it's never late or another playthrough. Wait, is Strider's SVU and his marksman skill help much when going through that underground?
pseudo rivet
About midway through the tunnel, there'll be Monolith snipers, so he can help with that
finite dragon
Oh yeah, these damn snipers, had to F7 like 12 times because they shot Vano down. Too bad the seva ain't have NVG at that point.
pseudo rivet
It can't be upgraded with NVG
finite dragon
And that's why I feel that SEVA is pretty much nerfed in CoP.
pseudo rivet
Nah, not really
Sure, NVG is nice
But it's not needed when you're pretty much always roaming at daytime
finite dragon
I see. Well, a thermal scope/vision for S2 would be nice too.
finite dragon
guess what it's time for me to play priboi story
the lost alpha before lost alpha
except it isn't
shrewd dagger
Meh
pseudo rivet
Meh
robust forge
Yeah
finite dragon
lmao
obtuse pebble
finite dragon
yup
priboi is garbage
it's literally just go to the bridge guy
get your gun
and that's all
the only story is chasing sidorovich across the entire zone
and the wishgranter for some fricking reason is in garbage
literally WHY
open lintel
sidorovich sells rubber bullets, I wouldn't chase him around the zone c:
wintry cradle
sidorovich more like scamerovich
robust forge
How
urban quail
finite dragon
anomaly sucks
shrewd dagger
vanilla is worthless
GOG should include Atmosfear 3, Absolute Nature 4, Absolute Structures, and STCoP 3.2 with CoP
they should include SRP with Clear Sky and ZRP + OWR 3 + Photorealistic Zone 2 + Absolute Nature with SoC
feral verge
Well, not everyone can run the jraphics mods
shrewd dagger
yeah or subtract those even
grave sequoia
Epic engrish
spring axle
yo, would anyone be able to do me a favor and translate a 3 second sound clip from Lost alpha? I need it for a project but I want to make sure the dialogue is what I think it is
wintry cradle
w
storm seal
silent quartz
Guys I finished the Stalker Clear Sky.
I think this finish is the worst.
wtf
I am angry right now
random loom
What happened at the end?
random loom
Yes, I guess...
silent quartz
I off the Strelok's psy protection
and a emission killed the clear sky faction
Now,I am in the chernobyl's explosion zone
Strelok are dead I am too
this ending is trash
garbage
finite dragon
maybe dont make threats on the GSC offices because you didnt like an ending
yes, clear sky is garbage, but dont be stupid
random loom
Hmm... I remember that, only pictures in my memory
silent quartz
Because You Can join bandits
Anu chekei breeki
now I am gonna play call of pripyat
I think its so scary
lab missions
Clear Sky's ending very bad
but the game very nice
better than Gta 5
better than last of us
better than my life
better than stalker 2
random loom
silent quartz
oh no sorry
Guys did you play the Call of Pripyat?
I dont like the scary stuff in Stalker
open lintel
@silent quartz as Daiz stated above, do not make threats about killing like that. Consider this a firm verbal warning.
As a side note, swearing is prohibited in the sever, even if it’s in Russian. Please keep that in mind.
frail spire
Clear sky sucks ass, they're literally slightly more useless ecos
pseudo rivet
Tbh, Clear Sky, Ecologists and Freedom are too much alike. They all study the Zone with almost no difference in their ideology
Also, you might want to edit out the swear
frail spire
Are you assless?
pseudo rivet
Except not for the rules
You know
Modern times
I don't agree with them either to a certain extent
Just meant it as a warning, in case the Moderators see it
frail spire
Also freedom is about well, about freedom to be in the zone rather than researching it
pseudo rivet
They are about both
frail spire
Hard to research stuff when stoned the whole time
spring axle
imagine unironically thinking clear sky sucks
freedom is a paramilitary group about protecting the zone and the free access to it with studying it as a benefit, ecologists have no military force on their own and only want to study the zone, how are they too similar
pseudo rivet
There are some differences, of course
But the main thing is that they all study the Zone
Clear Sky studies it to understand the Zone
feral verge
Freedom also hate ecologists in CoP iirc
pseudo rivet
Freedom already says they co-exist with the Zone, so they study the Zone to benefit humanity
feral verge
And the Mercs that attack the ecos were originally going to be freedomers
pseudo rivet
🤔
feral verge
Freedom doesn't want anyone to exploit the zone for their own gain
All they want is free access to it
They tell you to kill a bunch of Loner stalkers in SoC (I think?) because apparently they kill mutants too often or something
feral verge
What do you want them to do? Let the mutants eat them?
feral verge
A lot of members of the community (I don't think this applies to the game) join Freedom for the ideal of having an open exclusion zone
And because Duty are a bunch of wads
But not everyone agrees with not allowing stalkers to hunt
Hence why a few mods have quests where the Freedom leader at AW gets replaced by a less extremist leader
feral verge
Most STALKER fans pick the SoC cannon because the other two make no sense
CoP is especially guilty of making no sense at all
pseudo rivet
CS "co-exists" with it
feral verge
CS is basically a failed faction
feral verge
Their whole goal was to put an end to the C-Con and right the wrong of their leaders
And CS failed miserably at that
shrewd dagger
most stalker fans are pro-Duty because of their cool outfit and because they kill mutants
pseudo rivet
Yep
feral verge
They either died or turned into Monolithians and what was left of their faction hid in the swamps
And even then they lost half of what they owned to un-organized bandits
Literally just a bunch of imbeciles with a patch
pseudo rivet
Basically
feral verge
Hence why people say the writing of CS makes no sense
Clear Sky obviously has better gear than these guys, they wouldn't lose the war as hard as they were
And also they are far more organised
pseudo rivet
And suddenly get a lot of new Stalkers out of nowhere
feral verge
Even if somehow these bandits outnumbered them 60:1
It is also never established where Renegades recruit members from
Other bandits? Random Loners?
CS could feasibly recruit from Loners, sure
feral verge
Renegades are just bandits under Yoga's leadership
feral verge
Renegades were a rushed faction, so I understand them not having a ton of backstory, but it would be neat of the devs to release documents or something explaining them
The game just kinda throws discount bandits into the mix and that's that
And them somehow they hold a bridge at Limansk???
pseudo rivet
I asked the devs, but they said they were just Bandit Loners
Since they're organized as a group, I took this in doubt
feral verge
Right, and you're telling me a bunch of bandit Loners made their own exos and just happen to hold a bridge at Limansk, one of the most dangerous areas in the zone
pseudo rivet
I made my own variation for the role-play to actually give them some flesh, so to speak
Renegades 
Rumors speak of a small order of outcasts, hailing from all sorts of factions and groups of the Zone. Seen how not even Bandit gangs want to stick around these stalkers, its reasonable to assume that Renegades consist out of the worst and meanest scumbags of the Zone. Sick of the rites of all of the factions, they seek to have payback for exiling them from the faction they previously belonged to, whilst also trying to prey on any unlucky lone stalker who crosses their path.
Doesn't matter
Renegades are getting deleted anyways
feral verge
Are the devs seriously trying to convince us that the Renegades have no leadership or supply lines and they somehow hold back the Monolith enough to have an outpost at Limansk?
That's insane
pseudo rivet
As if they want to delete them to hide the fact that they existed
feral verge
They probably just realised it makes no sense and want to pretend they don't exist
feral verge
Even if we assumed Renegades are just people who got exiled from their faction
Why would they suddenly wear a different patch and change their entire loadout?
Who even gives them the uniforms?
pseudo rivet
🤷
feral verge
Do the Renegades have spies in order to know who is exiled?
I understand the faction was rushed, but they could have just retroactively explained all of this
pseudo rivet
Yeah
feral verge
It's just one of the things that makes people ignore 99% of the CS lore
pseudo rivet
I don't get what's wrong with the CS lore, except for the Renegades
shrewd dagger
Sakharov having dementia
shrewd dagger
red forest and CNPP having no psi-emission from the scorcher
pseudo rivet
Guess they didn't expect to make a prologue
shrewd dagger
Clear Sky's base being so close to the Cordon yet they remain hidden/unknown, and they're able to mobilize and go across the entire zone to the center
pseudo rivet
The Great Swamps being hidden could be explained by the "dangerous anomalies" that disappeared through the Emission
But the one about Clear Sky traveling to Red Forest is indeed far-fetched
shrewd dagger
yeah that is what was supposed to have kept them hidden, but it would've made more sense if the swamps was where it originally was; much more remote location, much closer to the center
feral verge
They could have done some really insane stuff with the CS hidden base
shrewd dagger
Swamps is west of Dead City originally
feral verge
Like have players take a sekrit teleport anomaly into a temporal anomaly
pseudo rivet
Cut off from the map, basically
pseudo rivet
Or maybe harness anomalies through their knowledge about the Zone
feral verge
Anomalous grenades )))
feral verge
That's heading a bit too deep into soup territory
feral verge
I wish the anomalies had been trippier and more into logic-defying territory
pseudo rivet
Except for most players quiting at the cave level
feral verge
Like floating lakes and stuff
shrewd dagger
anomalies should be more Roadside Picnic inspired
pseudo rivet
Indeed
shrewd dagger
GSC cut some of the more Roadside Picnic inspired anomalies from the game
pseudo rivet
Like the Training Camp from multiplayer
shrewd dagger
Oblivion Lost Remake has the best use of anomalies I've seen in the series
feral verge
I'd like to play OLR 2.5
But I couldn't even before my PC died
Maybe 3.0 will be more windows 10 friendly
shrewd dagger
Probably
spring axle
backing up a bit, freedom doesnt hate the ecologists in cop, they can be hired to replace the mercs and have no issues doing so
totally agree on roadside picnic logic defying anomalies, there was a concept art for an anomaly which was just going to be a mirror space
feral verge
Freedom do express their dislike of Ecologists in one of the games
If it isn't CoP, it's SoC
And the mercs that attack Kruglov were originally going to be Freedomers iirc
true mist
Loki is actually rationalist and scientific minded. He also explains his view as why the zone should be open and free in a scientific way. He thinks the zone can be used for the betterment of humankind. So, of course he has bias for ecologists.
He gladly accepts the players request to guard ecologists. But in duty's case, you may have to be friend of them before making them accept.
Heard, you can also hire those mercs from zaton.
frail spire
be CS member
fail to fend off bandits while wearing an exo and probably prototype weapons
finite dragon
is there a way to prevent coc from crashing
im littearly stuck beacusei cant move without crashing every 10 seconds
true mist
Never had the problem
finite dragon
if i get call of pripyat should i play it vanilla first or download call of chernobyl?
nimble saddle
@finite dragon play it vanilla! its the best in the series! its awsome without any mods
frail spire
Yeah CoP is legit good without mods
finite dragon
alright thank u
shrewd dagger
don't play vanilla nor CoC
this shows why
and it's definitely not the best in the series
shrewd dagger
modded, don't listen to this dude he's PURPLE
pseudo rivet
They're wack
shrewd dagger
what does your purple even mean
pseudo rivet
Nothing, unofficially
shrewd dagger
I suggest watching that video and making your own decision
pseudo rivet
Officially, GM
frail spire
SoC vanilla is a mess, CS as well, CoP was the last and most stable game of the series, regardless of lore and memes
pseudo rivet
Tbh, I'd only play mods made for IRL: The Game
lament wadi
btw what did you guys think of metro exodus?
shrewd dagger
very flawed game
robust forge
^
shrewd dagger
poor narrative design, awfully rushed intro (shoving a big portion of Metro 2035 at you in 30 mins), awful use of deus ex machina for the last portion, only 9 guns, clunky
robust forge
Yeah
Also
I left exodus unplayed because of intro
It's so bad
Anna be like
Artyom, nothing is alive outside ---> Artyom, we need to go out
In a second
It's so artificial
Also yeah
It has the same flaw as FO4
Little weapons, but many attachments which still do nothing
shrewd dagger
Anna 180'd way too quickly from her Last Light character
also weapon customization has senseless restrictions like being unable to remove a silencer from the barrel it's attached to, and being unable to use certain scopes on certain guns despite the mounts looking the same
robust forge
Yeah
lament wadi
ohh yea totaly anna was a diffrent person
even looked diffrent wtf
but i really liked the game good imersion
robust forge
Also the world design wasn't the best
frail spire
It's epic exclusive so it's automatically trash
robust forge
Maybe because they basically copied a model of humanimal from F4 ghouls
finite dragon
Somehow the Volga part reminds me a bit about CoP swamp.
lament wadi
really because of epic cmon
frail spire
Not only that but them removing the vanilla version of metro 2033 because no one bought the redux
Since redux version played like trash
lament wadi
if they dint take epix deal the stock whould drop
robust forge
That's more of Deep Silver thing
lament wadi
i have the redux its not bad
robust forge
OG was better
frail spire
It runs worse than the original version
lament wadi
well yed ofc
frail spire
So it was that on top of epic exclusivity
frail spire
Also last light is meh at best in comparison to the first one
lament wadi
dint it sell well on epic
shrewd dagger
this gon b gud
frail spire
Oh cmmon you're saying epic wont grab all devs who sold out by the balls when they get a hold of the western market?
They're owned by tencent
pseudo rivet
I always thought that they used their fame to sell it, without actually putting anything interesting in it
Literally describes modern gaming
feral verge
Excuse you, but games like War for the Overworld are also mordern gaming
And so is Hotline Miami
And both of those games are brilliant gems
frail spire
Hotline Miami 1 yes, 2 was meh
Instead of being able to improvise you had to learn the layouts by memory because all levels were surrounded by glasses
robust forge
Oh yeah, hm2 had a lot of glass
feral verge
So? Hotline Miami 1 is still modern gaming too
frail spire
Meaning that one bad step was instantly a game over because the whole map was glass
Yes, but HM2 went downhill so it was a good thing they didn't do a third one
feral verge
Also I disagree, I had plenty of moments where I messed up and still completed the mission
Like running circles when an enemy surprised me
frail spire
Look, levels full of glasses is bad and lazy design instead of coming up with an actual engaging level
feral verge
And HM2 had the goddamn docks level, which was fun, despite being insanely hard
robust forge
HM also has its bad moments
frail spire
They took the most frustrating levels and said "what if we did these levels but for most of the game"
feral verge
Look, I disagree that the levels are too restrictive
robust forge
Like that monster truck room
feral verge
I think you're overexaggerating
frail spire
I did those levels without an issue as well
frail spire
But disco levels were far more memorable than a meme room with 4-6 windows
feral verge
Rimworld is also modern gaming, and that one is really really good
I disagree with the notion that modern games/music/movies are bad; you just haven't found the good ones
However, I would agree that modern AAA games are bad, because they've generally only gone down in quality (and there are still exceptions, like The Witcher 3)
robust forge
I'd say that modern music is better than older one
frail spire
And norman fetus will be more movie than game
robust forge
Just because I listen to Hardcore EDM
frail spire
Oh also underrail is good
shrewd dagger
Underhell > Underrail
finite dragon
im gonna play call of pripyat vanilla first, mod later
@shrewd dagger why are you such an elitest
shrewd dagger
I'm not an elitist, the anti-modders are
that video was made in response to them
people talking about using mods first as being so taboo, attacking any differing opinion
yet when I provide mine with that evidence, their arguments fall flat
they can't provide one good reason to play vanilla instead
finite dragon
clear sky is the best stalker.
shrewd dagger
I prefer unclear sky
My actual favorite is original Oblivion Lost from the early 2000s, like the triple digit builds with the Aztec pyramids
GSC needs to make this
finite dragon
It's subjective tastes, people should be allowed to enjoy what they enjoy (Even though it might be straight up garbage.)
Whatever is the most fun. For them. It's personal preference.
Do not see why people sorta gatekeep vanilla.
onyx dagger
Hello guys, in which game is the Freedom propaganda? SoC?
pseudo rivet
Clear Sky
onyx dagger
Okay, I have the unzipped sounds, but it's soo hard to find..
pseudo rivet
In CS, Lebedev refers to the Catacombs, which supposedly is located at the end of the deserted hospital
Is this some kind of scrapped area or just some random mention?
It's a scrapped area, but it's supposed to be the Pripyat underground passage
So Clear Sky went through the same underground system as the one in Call of Pripyat
🤔
finite dragon
CS had a lot of unused and scrapped stuff if I remember right.
finite dragon
Well only Leb had the answer, but too bad that he had died now.
pseudo rivet
Jupiter should be under Brain Scorcher coverage
Should
Or they just hadn't thought about it
simple tusk
anyone know how to enable developer mode in the latest lost alpha?
from what i see online people say it's been disabled
i tried
-developer
-developer mode:1
-developer mode
but still no dice
lusty elm
-dev
YOU CHEATER
also you need to write it like this, either use steam and add a custom start option with just simply imputing -dev or with the shortcut
Oh wait actually you need to write in -developer mode but after "" stuff
but still try -dev
@simple tusk
simple tusk
@lusty elm i tried -dev just now and the launcher is still not offering me a way to launch it
with developer mode
i just can't be bothered to look for tools, it's like, mate, come on, i probably missed them somewhere where i'm not going back at this point
thats the thing i hate the most about the modded stalker games, the god damn tools
lusty elm
Well maybe the developer mode is working try writing demo_record 1 when in game or clicking S instead of f1
Did you do it with a shortcut? Adding -developer mode to it
simple tusk
well yes
i know how it used to work in previous versions and other mods
it should work now but it just doesn't
i have no idea why they would disable it
lusty elm
Have you tried adding the shortcut of lost alpha to steam and adding a custom start option with -dev or -developer mode?
simple tusk
hmm no
i'll try now
you mean the launcher or xray.exe
tried that too
doesn't work
ugh
lusty elm
¯_(ツ)_/¯
simple tusk
thanks for trying at least 😄
silent quartz
Guys do you think the Call of Pripyat Vanilla good?
I think its bad so much mutans and scary
Clear Sky is the best because you can join Bandits
floral willow
i love call of pripyat. yeah i wish you could skin them for loot you can trade for rubles or something fighting mutants feel like a waste of ammo especially if you can avoid it.
little thistle
anyone remember that mission from call of pripyat where you had to fight off boars
i must've killed at least 60 of them by the end of it
i think my game was bugged
tribal jolt
Call of Pripyat is the best stalker in scripted events
balmy sage
i think so too
south swift
hey guys in what order should i start stalker?
some1 said to start with clear sky first
robust forge
ShoC, CS, cop
feral verge
The series chronologically goes by SoC, CS and then CoP
However, CS is easily the easiest game
I did CS, then CoP and then SoC
Because SoC is the most difficult of the three by far
south swift
last time i played soc had lots of bugs
south swift
ok then i'll start with CS
feral verge
Just be careful when you go to Cordon
Don't just quit the game when you get to the MG outpost, like everyone else does
Look up a walkthrough or something for that part
south swift
ok i'll check that out ty
feral verge
Idk dude, I played both CS and CoP on Master and CS was a complete cakewalk
south swift
is this gonna improve the gameplay https://www.moddb.com/mods/srp?
feral verge
The game is just a total pushover lmao
SRP just fixes bugs
You can use it if you want
south swift
allright
feral verge
"Optional features:
- Easier Cordon Machinegun"
wheeze
robust forge
Who'd want to nerf our hero Vova Vist
pseudo rivet
feral verge
Okay so why is S.T.A.L.K.E.R. acronym explained once on the steam store page for Shadow of Chernobyl but then is never mentioned again?
I thought the acronym was originally designed to avoid a copyright dispute, and this is frankly very confusing
It's even omitted from the GOG store page
robust forge
It was probably like what you say
But you know
When you make a world bigger you have to add lore where it's needed
And it's very hard most of the time
feral verge
No, it would make no sense for them to include different information on two different store fronts
That's not lore, it's just confusing
robust forge
Oh, wait
Ok, I'm actually retarded
Ugh... Didn't sleep well today and I start behaving like an idiot
Anyways
Yeah
It makes no sense
late bramble
The browser page for GOG's SoC and Galaxy's page for SoC are different too
Galaxy's page has build screenshots
So none of it's screenshots actually reflect on the released product since it has models, weapons, maps, etc that are all cut from the game
It makes no sense
pseudo rivet
It's not rare to see miscommunication with Stalker
late bramble
It's a tad more than miscommunication
It's like Galaxy's page came straight out of an old press kit
I have the presskit
its just weird to see galaxy, which is relatively new, use outdated screenshots while the browser page is up to date
pseudo rivet
Ouch
To be honest, I'm not surprised
Although, it is weird that it's all outdated material
late bramble
it didnt come out of beta
its in beta
galaxy 2 is in closed beta right now
i have it
feral verge
Oh, sorry
late bramble
Someone would have deliberately went out of their way to supply GOG with old build screenshots or a press kit
feral verge
Why are the storefront descriptions inconsistent in the first place?
late bramble
Whether it be GSC or not
feral verge
You would think they would find it easier to just copy-paste
late bramble
Ikr
pseudo rivet
I believe Deepsilver does the financial side of things
feral verge
More like Dumbsilver
late bramble
Im not so concerned about it as much as I am with the STALKER acronym and its origins
Because there's conflicting information out there on it and the english wiki cites dead links and is often wrong to begin with
pseudo rivet
True
late bramble
Yet the steam page has the acronym meaning (which the english wiki doesnt cite, making me think thats where they got it from)
feral verge
The developer/publisher have to do the store description on steam, so either Deepsilver messed up or GSC just randomly threw it in
late bramble
the other storefronts however dont have it
pseudo rivet
Deepsilver needs the material from GSC
So I'd say GSC
What's the difference, anyway?
late bramble
Between GSC and Deepsilver? A pretty big one
late bramble
There's conflicting information on what it means
Some sources say it has no meaning and that S.T.A.L.K.E.R. came from a copyright issue
because Stalker is/was copyrighted
the English wiki (which cites dead links and is often plagued with misinformation) uses the acronym southern comfort gave it
pseudo rivet
It's definitely an acronym
late bramble
which now the steam page uses
Southern Comfort gave the acronym meaning but GSC disowned the book
because its hot garbage
pseudo rivet
True
late bramble
I just want to know GSC's intentions with the acronym and its original meaning, if it even had one to begin with
I don't care about it meaning anything now, I care about the origin more
late bramble
Ive already sent an email about it
pseudo rivet
Huh
late bramble
And today, I'm not expecting an answer from a bunch of english speakers on discord or anything just to be clear
feral verge
B-but I have the answer to the mystery :-)
late bramble
I don't expect anyone here to know its true origins
feral verge
It's from Southern Comfort, greatstt bük
pseudo rivet
Bet that GSC doesn't know it either
feral verge
Definitely should read, bratan
shrewd dagger
pseudo rivet
shrewd dagger
I haven't seen these before 
feral verge
If I had to fancy a guess; GSC threw it in on the store page and them completely forgot about it
late bramble
im hunting down the info regardless
pseudo rivet
They always were there 
feral verge
When you step into the club like 
pseudo rivet
finite dragon
tribal jolt
late bramble
t. sammy classic sonic fan
bronze fulcrum
Is there a file I can download to bring my Anomaly Beta 2.4 to Beta 3.0 or do I have to redownload everything? 😦
frail spire
Redo iirc
bronze fulcrum
man that sucks, oh well
gaunt merlin
what mod should i start playing after i get through with CoP?
frail spire
You can try call of chernobyl if you want to play the while story in CoP since its the best from a technical standpoint
You can get armory overhaul, which adds guns but nothing else
Warfare but its bugged af
Misery for "the dark meme souls" experience of "difficulty"
Or anomaly which is more open world oriented CoP that grabs all maps and throws them together
gaunt merlin
yeah Anomaly looks really cool
i've heard CoC is a foundation for mods more than anything else
finite dragon
Dont play call of chernobyl
dont play anomaly
dont use arsenal overhaul
dont play misery or warfare
if you want new weapons do stcop 3.2
new story, valley of whispers or spatial anomaly
have you played the other games yet?
finite dragon
okay good
gaunt merlin
why shouldn't i play those mods though?
finite dragon
freeplay mods always suck, misery is meme tier garbage, warfare is boring, and arsenal overhaul is just inferior to stcop
gaunt merlin
i'm not sure if i'd agree with that based on what i've seen
anomaly and misery look really fun
but i'll put STCoP into consideration
finite dragon
then you're too far gone to save
gaunt merlin
k
robust forge
What
I mean
If somebody likes something then everybody else shouldn't tell him what he can't like
They can recommend something
Like I recommend Road to the North
Because I actually liked it
finite dragon
and i can counter reccomend those reccomendations and call them garbage
also road to the north is garbage
robust forge
Not really
lyric forge
is there really even a chance during pripyat 1 mission that ALL of my squad mates survive? frigin keep having to restart since i want all to live yet those darn mercs or whatever keep gunning them. snorks and rodents were easy tbh
feral verge
RttN is bad even when compared to Anomaly
I like Anomaly, but 3.0 needs a lot of fixing
RttN is just boring and bland, if you ask me
lyric forge
btw im using trs-301 and stryker followed by bubble and compass
feral verge
Edit out the swear words before the mods get upset
finite dragon
seanmungo is gonna be so mad..
feral verge
Seethe
lyric forge
edited
anyways, what is best suggested loadout for pripyat 1 mission
im using stryker and trs-301, and artifacts bubble and compass idk why.
finite dragon
which game are you playing?
finite dragon
you essentially have to babysit them
pseudo rivet
GP37
pseudo rivet
Be sure to save a lot
finite dragon
use the gp37 or streloks sgi
lyric forge
well when you say "BABY SIT"
i killed a rodent and when my team fonally got to the scene, i got barrelstuffed 1 tapped when i turned sideways to my teammate
yeah i forgot about the sgi, i just brought a fully decked trs
finite dragon
the trs is garbage that late into the game
lyric forge
ik ik but i cant go back.
finite dragon
make sure youre not using a silencer either
lyric forge
no just susat since it decreased overall dmg