What difficulty do you play on?
#⭐┃nospoilers_general
lyric forge
near star
Thinking of getting into anomaly, any recommended first-time patches? also what difficulty should I start on if I have previous STALKER experience?
olive path
In SoC you can just eat some sausage and heal, there's no need for artifacts that heal you.
That's how I passed the CNPP.
indigo moon
heey
distant quartz
Medkits? No, sausage and bread!
olive path
I literally ran out when I was inside, got huddled up next to a corner because I had like 1/10 HP remaining, and my the hunger indicator came up and saved me.
indigo moon
take
olive path
Don't need. Have 
.
indigo moon
let's drink,comrade!
finite dragon
blocked
&
reported
silver arrow
-warn @distant quartz Политика запрещена на сервере
iron heathBOT
Auttaja
fleet vapor
whats up fellow bandits
rough aurora
Oofs
covert wharf
what will happen if you eat a artifact is it like just eating a rock
finite dragon
You Become One With The Artifact
covert wharf
so if you eat a fireball will be become flame boy like that 1 super hero i dont know the name of
i want to make a meme about the compass artifact but i just cant just me thinking of it is hurting me
grand stratus
distant quartz
Duracell®
finite dragon
Aids
distant quartz
Hm, what if you make a battery with shock artifacts
finite dragon
gauss rifle ammo
pseudo rivet
Yeah
distant quartz
Uh, certainly
pseudo rivet
Batteries are powered by Flash Artifacts
stuck river
Can someone help me ?
pseudo rivet
What's the problem?
stuck river
I am playing stalker cop with mods ao3 and atmosfear 3 mod and i need to download mutant fix but when i click on link it does not want to download
so does anyone have that file downloaded
pseudo rivet
I think @shrewd dagger has it
stuck river
Atmosfear 3 mutant parts hotfix when i click on link it goes on mediafire and it says like Generating new download key lol
if someone has it pm me i would really appreciate it 🙂
covert wharf
i know nothing of modding my help is non existent
teal radish
So I've been replaying STALKER and just recently came across the anamoly mod, I've been using the Clear Sky complete mod for years. Just how much better is Anamoly?
feral verge
Well, for starters, it's based on Last Day, which is based on Call of Misery, which is based on Misery, which is based on Call of Pripyat
teal radish
@-@
feral verge
It's also just a sandbox, even if they want to pass off their story mode as an actual story
I like playing the Warfare gamemode mostly, but it's just a fun sandbox with a good variety of weapons and gear
A good bit of item bloat though
teal radish
So it completely changes the storyline?
feral verge
It doesn't have the CoP storyline at all
olive path
It's not related to Clear Sky.
feral verge
It has Lost to the Zone, which was originally developed for Call of Chernobyl iirc
teal radish
Call of Chernobyl?
feral verge
LttZ or Lost to the Zone has a few storylines not related to the vanilla trilogy
Call of Chernobyl was the original sandbox mod, as far as I'm aware
teal radish
Ohhh, interesting
olive path
Call of Chernobyl assembles all of the games together with the engine of CoP and gives you freeplay.
feral verge
It's the gameplay of Call of Pripyat with all of the maps from the trilogy
But without any story mode
LttZ does introduce 3 new factions though, which are also playable in Warfare (in Anomaly)
Well, Renegades are not really related to the story, and aren't technically new
But they're there and they are playable
As for the Warfare gamemode, you try and help your faction and its allies take over the entire zone
Very fun, but really messes with the engine and the game's performance
Just to put it into perspective, Anomaly runs on a 64 bit engine, and I made it run out of available memory due to the sheer amount of NPCs that were fighting at the same time
I also had a ton of crashing in the meantime because the game just starts to break when there are literally over 100 stalkers fighting all at once
teal radish
holy moly that's crazy
feral verge
Have you ever seen 70 monolithians die trying to take the same entrance? I have
I shot and killed at least 30 of them
It's really fun, but like I said, it really breaks the game into tiny pieces
It is in CoC, but I play it in Anomaly mostly
Due to the fact that Anomaly just has more weapons and gear out of the box
Plus prettier graphics and stuff
Anomaly has warfare included onto it
It's just another game mode you have available
It was ported by Werejew, the guy who actually made Warfare
Anomaly is completely standalone
Huh, what
shrewd dagger
aimless freeplay mods and like Killhakan said the only way it can serve any kind of purpose is through Warfare (or equivalent for other mods)
if you want to play an impressive mod, try OGSR
teal radish
Oh I can talk again! I used too many h's in oh
I've only ever used the STALKER Complete mod so I wanted to get some diversity
teal radish
Awesome, I'll give it a look!
finite dragon
I'm thoroughly enjoying Autumn Aurora 2.1
formal rapids
hey guys in call of Pripyat where do i pick up my ordered armour and how do i sell weapons?
pseudo rivet
You can order and pick up your orders by Nimble over at Zaton. Weapons can be sold at Traders. Be sure to check the condition. Traders don't like worn items
formal rapids
is zaton the boat im already inside the boat?
pseudo rivet
Yes
formal rapids
whats the guys name?
cerulean bolt
a few roubles will
pseudo rivet
Nimble
formal rapids
the armoury guy i briught it from? i mean i did get it from him but he didnt give it me
brought
pseudo rivet
Bought
It's an order. You'll have to wait for him to have it. Then you'll have to give him the money
formal rapids
i already gave him the money
pseudo rivet
Yes
formal rapids
i did
pseudo rivet
Then you are able to buy it
formal rapids
ye i brought the armour just dint know whwre to get it and i need more medkits
pseudo rivet
Owl has Medkits for sale, in case Tremor isn't there
formal rapids
i only have 100 atm need more cash
pseudo rivet
You can also sell them to Hawaiian
formal rapids
so i unloaded the guns i wanted to sell but cant sell them dk why?
what floor is the armor guy from again?
pseudo rivet
As I also previously mentioned, you need to make sure that the weapons are in a good condition. If they are worn, the traders don't want to buy them.
The top floor
fleet vapor
im currently practicing the bandit radio theme on piano
pseudo rivet
Nice
formal rapids
oh yeah i remeber my friend saying that but is it possible to repair them? and well done @fleet vapor
fleet vapor
going to play it in public once i master it
pseudo rivet
Yes, you can repair them and sell them
formal rapids
who repoairs them? im just a beginner atm but i played with my friend from czech and currently im building a pc but im using my sisters laptop temporarily
pseudo rivet
Cardan, middle floor
fleet vapor
next i might do accordion
formal rapids
looked everywhere for Nimble where is he he is not there and its 12am
pseudo rivet
Top floor, directly to the right of the stairs
formal rapids
first or second?
pseudo rivet
Top floor is second
formal rapids
i cant share photos 😦 ashame because im on the top floor do you go ouside and theres no one there
pseudo rivet
Right
There's a lit up room with Nimble sitting on a stool
Or he's just collecting your order
Which means he's not there until he actually has what you're looking for
formal rapids
ye theres only fiyla and koysta sitting there atm so you could be right when will it be ready in the moring?
pseudo rivet
Sleep for 24 hours
formal rapids
wont let me
dk why
oh and you know if theres a pitol sign with a cross over it does that mean its not in good condition
its that what that means
is
pseudo rivet
Yes
formal rapids
thank you now i can sell my weapons after all
formal rapids
im going to wait till morning to sell them but ill let you know when they need selling and i have a whole box full of armoury as well but i need some ak47 ammo and it confuses my brain on what is what
formal rapids
Is clear sky good just asking because im downloading it
empty hull
it is very good
pseudo rivet
Yup, it's good
formal rapids
Well thats good then might give it a go
Its ahasme you dont earn achievents for it on steam though
lyric forge
its okay besides the bugs and annoying master gameplay
formal rapids
Ahhh i see
lyric forge
you'll understand when you get kobe'd on by 6 grenades at once
formal rapids
I actually cant wait for number 2
lyric forge
make sure to catch up on the predecessors first tho
formal rapids
I persoanlly think that nukber 2 might either he an adaptation to the story or it could be a story with new tech but i think id orefer it to stick to the story
lyric forge
no thats chernobylite
formal rapids
Havent quite got though it all yet ya know im sotll trying to get used to it but im trying to also find the other helecopyers as well and the badit base needs an army i think because theres too many of them
lyric forge
woah woah woah toooooo long of a run-on sentence, rewrite that and break it down
I'm having trouble understanding that a bit
formal rapids
Basically
Theres this place where all the bandits are and if you go near them they will kill you but im trying to get passed them so i can find the other crashed helicopters
Do you understand now?
formal rapids
Mercs?
formal rapids
Not sure what they do and how to get those yet
formal rapids
Sorry i have selight understandings im autistic and people need to explain things more ckesrly to me so i understand does this make sedne
Sence
?
Clearly
pseudo rivet
Mercenaries are a group of hired killers. However, you do not need to deal with them. Ask any Free Stalker/Loner you see if they've seen any crashed helicopter. Perhaps they know something
formal rapids
Ohhhh thats who they are i thought they were bandits thanks for explaining that more clearly
Oh wierd
When i briught a bundle for stalker it said shadow of chernobyl was the first one
pseudo rivet
SoC (Shadow of Chernobyl) was the first game of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series. After this comes CS (Clear Sky) and CoP (Call of Pripyat)
Chronological however, the timeline is CS, SoC and then CoP
formal rapids
Ahhh i see i mean i remeber it years ago but one of my friends played it on his gaming laptop but i never played it but ive only just been introduced properly to the game but in getting pretty good at it but CoP is kinda hard and im wating for the armour to come back
Anyways it was nice talking to you guys but im tired now good night as im.living in the UK and ita 00.36 currently so thanks for helping :)
lyric forge
make sure to play on master difficulty b4 you go to sleep @formal rapids
you dont want to have your gun feel like a watergun on rookie
pseudo rivet
Heh
Yeah
It's tradition around the entire S.T.A.L.K.E.R. community for everyone to play Master, even people who are new to S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
finite dragon
I play on Stalker and you can get put down easily by NPCs.
I am playing with Autumn Aurora.
Which apparently is supposed to make the game easier.
shrewd dagger
no it's Complete that makes it easier
finite dragon
Interesting. When I was reading about the best mods people were saying AA did that as well. When I began playing AA I thought "bullshit", I'm getting pinged at 200 metres for 35%.
God forbid you encounter an NPC with a shotgun.
shrewd dagger
wait till you find hostile NPCs with KS-23 shotguns in OGSR
that's equivalent to like a 4 gauge
finite dragon
The sawn-offs are one-shot in AA.
6 1/2 gauge UK/US, 4 gauge EU. Handheld artillery piece.
shrewd dagger
good armor in OGSR will prevent most 12 gauge from one shotting you at least
wooden prairie
Get out of here stalker
finite dragon
Watching a YT vid of OGSR.
shrewd dagger
I'm probably the only person with English OGSR videos
wooden prairie
There's a disturbing lack of stalker content out there in general
I need my squatting slav memes
shrewd dagger
What do you mean? It's so heavily modded 12 years later, plenty of people record it and stream it, the only real disturbing thing is how many people only know of like 2-3 mods that are quite subpar
wooden prairie
Yeah that's a fair point now that I think about it.
shrewd dagger
not many moddable games end up with engine forks like stalker has
you have to go back to games like the classic Dooms and RTCW to see that
wooden prairie
I'm just really happy to see that stalker is finally getting another game
rough aurora
I wonder what will happen to survarium lol
pseudo rivet
The game is still being updated to this day
Lots of RU players pumping money into that
robust forge
And tbh if you remove the p2w aspect from the game it's quite enjoyable
rough aurora
I know its updated, I have been playing it lol but not what I was asking
Since vostok games are ex-gsc employees and such. I wonder if there wasn't some proprietary stuff survarium is using that they may not be allowed to once stalker 2 gets closer to completion
finite dragon
Never played Survarium.
rough aurora
Be better if there were more than 100 people online at one time lol match making take too long...
They need to make it where you can choose the map you want to play
formal rapids
clear sky is actually one of the best ones to play ngl i find it easier as well but as i said i need to get used ot the rest
btw does anyone know how to change difficulties in your current save apparently you can do that
if someone gets this as well make sure you tag my name because i muted the chat for educational reasons it bugs me when im at college(high school in british for 16-21 year olds)
formal rapids
oh ye
formal rapids
which character do i sell weapons to?
ye but how do you sell weapons?
anyone know how i can buy radiation needles
formal rapids
its ok ive got it now
karmic wharf
lyric forge
New user
Just left
YT link with (Subsciber)
Nope.
olive path
It doesn't automatically subscribe you, it just makes sure you see the channel the way normal subscribers see it instead of the way unsubscribed people see it.
cerulean bolt
actual bots
olive path
Despite my previous defence of Freedom, I'd like to give a moment of respect to Duty, whose non-fanatical members have a fantastical, but nonetheless respectable goal of keeping others safe and whose structured command shows that they take their task very seriously, whilst Freedom's ideal is the vague-at-best "defend the Zone" and whose lax command structure, weed smoking and crazy members (e.g. the guy who wants to eat you) don't command the same amount of respect.
formal rapids
how do you pass mines?
pseudo rivet
CoP?
olive path
Throw bolts and listen for a click.
pseudo rivet
Stick to the road and don't step on the ground
olive path
If there's a click, there's a mine.
pseudo rivet
They can't dig down mines where there's a road
formal rapids
where is it im trying to pass to get to a crashed helicopter
pseudo rivet
Some parts of the road are broken, however, so be sure to stick to the road.
Yeah
Just stick to the road
Stay on the concrete. The ground around and on the road has mines
olive path
And use those bolts if you aren't sure.
pseudo rivet
To be honest, I do want to give a counter argument to the post, but Duty can have it's victory for now
formal rapids
i did but still died using bolts i stuck to the road and thats the only way in you have to pas the mines i did the exact same thing but im trying to get passed them
pseudo rivet
Structure is perhaps nice, but the ideology of Duty consists out of misunderstanding of the Zone
olive path
@formal rapids, you may not have noticed, but the places where there are mines are darker than where there aren't.
formal rapids
??
olive path
Can you take a screenshot and post it, I'll show you.
pseudo rivet
The road is still the safest bet, but he's right
Perhaps handy if you want to loot the dead soldier in the minefield
cerulean bolt
just sprint and spam [
olive path
Yeah.
formal rapids
bare with me a second im sorting something out
olive path
Somebody posted copious amounts of adult material?
pseudo rivet
Swastikas
olive path
Same difference.
pseudo rivet
The server got raided pretty badly
It even came in some of the news sites
Like "Boohoo, this server so toxic"
olive path
Right.
pseudo rivet
finite dragon
I'm trying to sneak in to chat with Borov.
cerulean bolt
simple solution
"trusted with images" role
give to not idiots (no offense btw, jannies or whatever who wants to enforce coc)
swift sleet
Does anyone know how I might be able to tone down the amount of crashes on Misery 2.2
swift sleet
but muh stuff
😦
I just reached Jupiter and honestly the crashes are scarier than the mutants at this point
cerulean bolt
in duty mutant zoo you find very scary mutants
SUCH AS
the flesh
the ruthless pseudodog
the dangerous bloodsucker
the scary chimera
bugtrap has detected an error in the x-ray engine
pseudo rivet
Well, it's Misery 2.2, so it's expected to be pretty buggy
@shrewd dagger, do you perhaps know something against the crashes?
pseudo rivet
Yup
pseudo rivet
Who doesn't?
shrewd dagger
use another mod problem solved 
pseudo rivet
shrewd dagger
Misery is pretty much perpetually unreliable
swift sleet
Misery is wack
swift sleet
Nop
I played through once and then played some call of chernobyl
Then artifact
Now misery
cerulean bolt
somebody plays on rookie here
pseudo rivet
Don't mess with my CS
pseudo rivet
CS is the best mod available
cerulean bolt
BAD WORD DETECTED BY THE JANNY ENGINE
swift sleet
Its weird being in a server for a horror game where even minor swears aren't allowed
But I understand
pseudo rivet
Welcome to the modern age
cerulean bolt
welcome to discord partner coc
it disallows almost everything
one thing we are allowed to do is praise our furry overlords who gave us this unrestricted platform to praise them on
swift sleet
Yeah tbh I wanted to play through Misery just for the experience, since people say its like, the best mod but the crashes make it pretty impossible
open lintel
I find Misery to be quite easy personally
open lintel
once you get decent armor, you can literally run around with a knife
pseudo rivet
It's the start that's hard
pseudo rivet
Because it was inspired by it
swift sleet
You pretty much heal in combat
open lintel
the start is pretty easy too. just get a scoped weapon - from that point it's gg
pseudo rivet
Except it's even harder than Misery
open lintel
peestol a guy and take his stuff xd
cerulean bolt
ty
shrewd dagger
@swift sleet If you want to play an actually well designed hardcore mod unlike Misery, check out NLC 7 Build 3.0 on ModDB
open lintel
sniper, but I usually played it on the dark road one where you start in lumber mill with nothing
shrewd dagger
it's machine translated only but hey that makes it harder haha
open lintel
I read maxine lost a bunch of artifacts by putting them in a box cause there was no warning that the one guy would fall asleep
lmao
not sure if that was NLC 7 tho, but that sure was a shame
shrewd dagger
hmm not sure, kind of sounds like what happens when you get to a certain point in the main story - if you were storing your equipment with Duty (and maybe a few other stash locations), you can lose it all
it's intentional for those wondering
open lintel
ahh yeah, I think that's what it was
I hoard too much. I prefer putting backpacks everywhere, and ofc sorting everything. So I end up with about 25 backpacks all over the floor, arranged nice and orderly c:
shrewd dagger
I wonder how much you'd hoard in NLC, since you're going to feel compelled not to
you'll want to do more trading
open lintel
wait, why would I feel compelled not to hoard? :o
please tell me theres no limits xd
shrewd dagger
Resource scarcity + desire to trade for certain things
you're going to actually WANT to trade, it's cool
open lintel
ah I see, yeah I feel that actually
shrewd dagger
Would you happen to understand Russian?
shrewd dagger
I only ask since as you know the main language for NLC is Russian, no other hand translations yet but English one is in progress
Polish translation is at around 80%
for all you poles
open lintel
I love the modding community for S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
shrewd dagger
definitely one of the most impressive of any game, not many moddable games have 64-bit engine forks
not many moddable games still have a lively modding scene 12 years later
stalker's keeps getting BIGGER, it's insane
even Gmod slowed down before stalker
open lintel
Gmod is not exactly fair to compare it to either, since it had so much more visibility to work with
I would say someone would be hard pressed to present another modding community more dedicated then Stalkers
cerulean bolt
bugtrap
shrewd dagger
^ on that note, not many other moddable games have custom engines with error handling and logging that's improved 1000% like NLC's engine
open lintel
lol bugtrap
cerulean bolt
most moddable games are designed to be modded in some way
shrewd dagger
mindblown.gif
finite dragon
Thanks, Captain Obvious.
cerulean bolt
easy peasy
lyric forge
Stalker modding community seems pretty huge, I don't really involve myself in many mod communities.
Only ones I've been in were Cod WaW(Custom cod,UGX, Etc) and L4D2.
finite dragon
I used to mod original R6 and GR.
coral silo
i always wanted to learn modding but was too lazy
chrome bison
Is there an effort to port OXR to macOS? If not I could give it a shot
silver arrow
We're going to complete our Linux port first
We have plans about macOS as well as other systems, but now stable work on Linux is our must
coral silo
(what is oxr)
silver arrow
OpenXRay - we're working on the original stalker's engine updates and different improvements and bug fixing
coral silo
oh i see
well
that explains the
"playing a game: visual studio"
what language are you using/was used for stalker?
olive path
C++, probably.
silver arrow
I think obj-c is more about apple world
olive path
^
coral silo
i wanted to learn c++, but i don't need it in my job so i didn't yet
silver arrow
Classic
coral silo
a colleague of mine who started with me got into backend so he is learning it
finite dragon
DID SOMEBODY SAY CODEE????????/
shrewd dagger
I own a Code keyboard
olive path
Use code STRELOK for 69% off of your first artifact purchase.
finite dragon
Where are you buying or selling Jellyfish for that price?
cerulean bolt
tescos finest
lyric forge
In CoP, probs the worst anomalies have to be shock.
Not only for the fact that navigating through them can be scary and more dangerous (in my opinion) than any other in CoP, but locating the artifact while it spawns just feels like 5000 flash bangs went off in front of my face.
shrewd dagger
nah it's burners and the steam anomalies because they melt you and your suit without even touching them
electras are harmless unless you touch one, but bolts discharge them giving you a huge safety window
formal rapids
how to find ammo for ak47?
shrewd dagger
whatcha playin
formal rapids
other stalkers?
formal rapids
shotguns arent very good in call of prinypat
cerulean bolt
then use ak
best gun in the zone
obokan is for noob military weekend soldiers who cant get headshots and need to spray n pray
formal rapids
see why is it whenever i bloody cover i die!
and someone told me to use master not rookie and its hard man so im switching it back
pseudo rivet
Investing into a Thermal or an Electro Upgrade can always be tricky
formal rapids
this is really annoying me now! everytime i go to cover i get shot im not good at this
pseudo rivet
Electro Anomalies do the most damage. However, Thermal Anomalies have background heat
Depends on what the cover is
formal rapids
ye but i didnt do anything its the game being stupid and i had a ak47 its gone
cerulean bolt
duty uses that badwordy zoomer gun
if you cant land headshots 50-100% of the time dont play master
pseudo rivet
As said, it depends on the cover you're using. For example, a thin metal plate wouldn't be as protective. Since it's thin, it can easily be penetrated
formal rapids
im getting so annoyed i am not good at nothing i do something im always so mbad and get scared!!!!
cerulean bolt
i can take cover behind a bin or something and freedomers cant shoot me
pro tip get a warsaw-pact compatible scope
use it and a suppressor when you want to stealth snipe
pseudo rivet
I suggest 2-shot burst for long range also
It's the reason why it was created in the first place
formal rapids
yeah to annoy someone im not good at anything im scrap and i get sensory overload when theres soemthing in my head i dont want there it annoye me so much when im trying to concerntrate on life
pseudo rivet
Lay the game down for a while
formal rapids
ye i did man ive had enough tbf
am i the most terrible guy on this sever be honest?
shrewd dagger
there's no AK-47
formal rapids
there is in stalker ak 4 7 a and ak47s
shrewd dagger
they are based on AK-74's
formal rapids
i know but whats annoying is the game wont let me get ammo for one and i end up running out of ammo and dont have enough money not only that im trying to get to the last helicopter in my location theres mutated dogs everywhere!
literally i stab them kill them theres more and they kill me and i cant belive this game doesnt let you run for at leas 1 hour compared to the other 2! wierd as hell
shrewd dagger
throw bolts at dogs, it is the secret weapon
formal rapids
i hope stalker 2 runs for long as well and I'm not good at pc atm really aint and its not good for pentinum gold at all!
what!
WHAAAAT!!! BOLTS BOLTS I GIVE THEM BOLTS ALRIGHT XD BOLTS!!!
i do have bolts yes lol sorry ive gone nuts man
shrewd dagger
if you press the Zebra key on your keyboard, all AI freezes but you still move freely
a built in cheat
pseudo rivet
formal rapids
@pseudo rivet i agree
formal rapids
Seriously though i give up on this now try to sell weapons no one lets me, i try to crouch and use the q and e key to doge i dont dodhe properly i try to kill the dogs properly and i dont honsely my bran is stupid
!
formal rapids
I do
fair sedge
fair sedge
👌🏿
pseudo rivet
fair sedge
Has anyone already played Dead Air mod?
formal rapids
On which stalker?
cerulean bolt
cop...
pseudo rivet
Yes, conserve ammo for when you actually need it
formal rapids
Wait u know this ammo ive had it in my bag am i meant to drag it to the weapon or is that my ammo?
pseudo rivet
That's your ammo
It'll automatically consume it when you fire your weapon
Be sure to grab ammo from corpses and to unload the weapons they carry
Right-click and press Unload
formal rapids
Theres one problem, i escape but when i do, there's too many of them and boom im dead and my sisters laptop is really small
HELLO STALKER CREATORS WHY DODNT YOU EXPLAIN THIS!!!! YOURE SUPPOSED TO TELL US THE CONTROLS!!! 🤦♂️
Ignore the gender sign
cerulean bolt
git gud
shrewd dagger
@fair sedge quite a few people have played Dead Air
cerulean bolt
@formal rapids go in to settings and into controls tab you can change anything you want
shrewd dagger
lol who has to be told about key bindings seriously
pls play NLC 7 Build 3.0 mod
I want to hear your reactions
pseudo rivet
shrewd dagger
since you're struggling with CoP I suggest playing NLC 7 mod
I can point you in the right direction
shrewd dagger
trust me
lyric forge
@shrewd dagger Yes they do overtime damage which gets annoying IF you don’t pay attention to your health level and suit resistance, though shock anomalies for me just are hard to navigate due to being OVERLY CLUTTERED, iron forest anomaly is a good example.
But when the artifacts spawn it’s like I get hit with a flash bang for a good second, same as psy anomalies.
shrewd dagger
I'm a psychiatrist
did you just call me.... unattentive
Not inattentive
unattentive
lyric forge
Probs the easiest are gravity anomalies, not AS cluttered, yet if you don’t have a svaorg detector and can’t SEE that bubble in front of you, yeah than you’ll die.
And anything below master gives a second chance ability, aka you won’t die in a one tap and you somehow can ESCAPE.
shrewd dagger
you're right that CoP has very dense electra clusters
pseudo rivet
Electro Anomalies do the most damage. However, Thermal Anomalies have background heat
lyric forge
But like I said if YOU PAY ATTENTION to your health, it’s no probs easy.
pseudo rivet
Electro Protection prevents instant damage, whilst Thermal Protection prevents instant damage and damage over tine
So it's a choice on what you want, really
lyric forge
I do hate thermal for the simple fact in CoP that mission with the snorks and dodging the anomalies is so annoying
pseudo rivet
When you use the Svarog, I'd suggest getting Thermal Protection upgrades
lyric forge
I haven’t done a build yet on a suit with the SEVA yet, I may do that or biohazard build for it.
pseudo rivet
The Guardian of Freedom along with the Curtain Helmet has the same anomaly protection as a SEVA
So that's also an option
lyric forge
Although I never carry any biohazard resistant artifacts
pseudo rivet
It's more combat oriented with weight being it's trade-off, however
lyric forge
Ah... than that’d be great.
pseudo rivet
However, with more Armor and Impact Negation
lyric forge
Who is simplyYuri???
pseudo rivet
The SEVA Suit can be upgraded to weigh 5 KG, though
lyric forge
Attentive/ inattentive he seems to use a lot
But the comparison of me and him, I don’t see it
Wait I’m not careless/ not focused what????
shrewd dagger
it's just because you said pay attention a few times
shrewd dagger
olive path
tennatuntive
formal rapids
the whole time my bloody controls were mixed up this is so much better now actually
chrome bison
@silver arrow I'm fairly busy but when the time comes I'll gladly help as much as I can on a macOS port. It's rare I come across an OS project I care about after all, and I have a beast of a hackintosh ready to go for it.
32GB ram, Nvidia 1060 w/3gb, ~1.5tb of SSD drives. Can do the job with both performance and the fact it's a hackintosh means fringe issues should be rampant.
I would've helped with the Linux port too but I took Ubuntu off of here - surprisingly it ran HORRIBLY
And other distros including my favorite, CentOS, wouldn't work at all.
cerulean bolt
ubuntu bad
debian stable good and isnt backdoored by amazon
fedora bad
centos good
rhel good
arch bad
manjaro badword
chrome bison
I used Mandrake until the founders decided "we're as good as redhat" and weren't.
chrome bison
Now it is, but for a good while it was the most stable free downloadable distro
Then they were like "we gotta charge" and everyone was like "lol peace"
cerulean bolt
LFS
keen hollow
Whenever I try to take a screenshot in stalker SoC, it doesn't appear in the steam menu
lyric forge
Zulu:Let's drink to Noah and his mental health!
Me:To Noah!
The absolute state of The Zone
silver arrow
@chrome bison can I send you a link to our server?
keen hollow
lmao, the only time my game has crashed is when i tried to join a multiplayer game on vanilla
lyric forge
If your game hasn't crashed any else way, are you REALLY playing stalker?
I think not.
austere saffron
i just joined this disc someone hit me with an epic stalker story
lyric forge
How many F5's does it take to get through CNPP on master in Clear Sky @austere saffron
lyric forge
Which have you played
austere saffron
pripyat and a bit of shoc
cerulean bolt
it took my one (1) quicksave
lyric forge
Make sure to play SoC first, after play CS, than CoP.
Chronological order: CS>SoC>CoP
Make sure to ALSO play on master for better and more FAIR experience.
Come back when done
cerulean bolt
at the wrong time too, i needed to snipe for every second after that or he would just barely live
austere saffron
ik playing stalker on the other game modes is hell
lyric forge
BS @cerulean bolt
I was pressing it JUST AS MUCH as I was pressing W to move
austere saffron
easy=easiest okay
i remember unloading 2 mags into a guy once on normal difficulty in pripyat
lyric forge
Easy= your guns are super slav soaker with 0 dmg and you'll mag dump everytime
Master=more difficult but your bullets do something
Anything besides Master and you mine aswell have brought a nerf gun to The Zone
lyric forge
Well on Master unless you have the ultimate patience and Expert reflexes, followed by knowing how to understand Russian, Than you'll be like me and almost put a hole through my monitor.
By the way if you start the game, don't leave as soon as you boot it up, the story and gameplay is Aids at the beginning and you'll wanna make sure to F5 a lot.
Also the MG at cordon, hopefully you're the matrix and can dodge that PKM
austere saffron
one time in modded pripyat i tried to quick load but accidentally quick saved
i only had 1 quicksave count
lyric forge
What mods did you use
lyric forge
probs ironman mode
lyric forge
Nice.
But Play Vanilla THAN mods
You gotta understand what you're playing rather than a sandbox of sidequest
austere saffron
i know i didnt mod it crazily i just hated vanilla anims
lyric forge
I for some reason prefer them in Vanilla, I'll use enhancers in CoC or other mods only.
austere saffron
im addicted to modding coc
it never ends
i cant stop myself when i see a mod i think is epic
lyric forge
Just play the Series for vanilla on master first rather than modding.
Though,
I'm not sure if you care about lore.
austere saffron
i like lore
lyric forge
For me, story means a lot
austere saffron
not crazy about it though
lyric forge
Than play vanilla, NO MODS, not even enhancers.
austere saffron
yeah i started doing that in pripyat
people say pripyat is the best story but im not entirely sure if it does
lyric forge
Okay but SoC>CS> than CoP.
CoP is like the chill relaxed kinda stalker, its like easy mode.
The other two have much more combat.
Who said pripyat is the best story?
austere saffron
i liked shoc more than pripyat
lyric forge
Please name 3 events in CoP which top CS or SoC in story, especially SoC
You must've been listening to bandits or something
They lie a lot in the zone too.
austere saffron
ive never finished any of the games but i want to finish them all pretty soon
lyric forge
CoP goes as followed:
||-Study Helicoptors
-Go find documents
-Pripyat 1(THE BEST PART)
-Go inside lab and get jumped by snorks and Burer's
-Meet stelok and military
-Get to LZ and THAT'S it||
Please out of any of those besides pripyat 1 was so interesting
austere saffron
is there a way to switch the game audio from english to russian?
lyric forge
I wouldn't know since I never bothered with that, maybe mods.
Ask @shrewd dagger
Anyways, I wanna know who these people are who said CoP>CS+SoC
austere saffron
idk ive heard it a lot from my brother he said hes seen a bunch of reviews where cop is rated better than shoc and cs
cant really mark a source though
might just be rumors
lyric forge
Yeah unless you have solid proof idk man
some aspects like customization and weapons in general I'd agree though
austere saffron
upgrading?
lyric forge
Yes.
austere saffron
anyways im out its getting pretty late
lyric forge
Okay gn
austere saffron
gn
shrewd dagger
Never bother with vanilla, all 3 games are just too need of improvements
olive path
CoP is fine without any mods at all.
And I've only played Clear Sky with Clear Sky Reclamation Project and the Alternative Ballistics addon.
shrewd dagger
yeah CS is the only one that's really arguably unplayable with mods
the other two are just made so much better by simple mods that there's no reason not to use them generally speaking
olive path
These mods can start to degrade the game's performance though, because they might (for example) use 4K textures for stuff that doesn't need them.
wispy mist
how do you get faction tags in here
shrewd dagger
nothing in that video degrades the performance to any significant degree even on 2010 hardware
since those don't use any insanely high res textures
or do anything fancy that would cause more CPU bottlenecking
pseudo rivet
@wispy mist Look for the Faction War channel near #✌-new_users
olive path
OK, I'm not exactly sure why I brought that up, but I've tried playing Misery (which isn't purely graphical) and it lags every time I move 15 meters.
pseudo rivet
They even made it part of their Lore
shrewd dagger
that's Misery for you, the king of bloat
olive path
Right.
shrewd dagger
it's miserable innit
and weapons are very obsolete compared to STCoP 3.2
and yeah here's the lore friendly stuttering Comrade Crimson mentioned
literally one of the worst mods you can get for stalker
also the... over the top weapon descriptions are funny
comparing that to something like https://i.imgur.com/hxvXSwT.jpg
olive path
That other description is much better, but what's going on with the image?
shrewd dagger
that's just the spawn menu, it stretches out all the icons
in the actual game it looks fine
olive path
Alright.
By the way, going back to the video you sent, modded CoP seems to lose the darker, more opressive look of vanilla.
Plus, the louder and punchier gun sounds take away from the quiter atmosphere of vanilla and make it more action-oriented.
shrewd dagger
louder, more realistic gun sounds don't just make you think more action oriented, they're more startling and it makes shooting a gun a bigger deal, great for horror and such as well
robust forge
exactly
olive path
Well, jumpscare horror.
shrewd dagger
also I had to start a new game in that video for the modded one; every time you start a new game the weather changes
that's not a jumpscare lol
robust forge
it isn't
shrewd dagger
plus that vanilla weather is just... nonsensical, 'artistic' vomit
You won't see any time of day, any weather like that in real life
so the equivalent 'darker' but not stormy weather with those mods (Atmosfear 3) actually looks great, unlike that
robust forge
but that feeling of dreadfull silence and desolation after the firefight is finished
olive path
I didn't want to say one is necessarily better, I'm trying to say there's a tangible difference.
shrewd dagger
that's the main graphics mod on display besides textures
it succeeds far more at darker oppressive visuals too
olive path
Which of those screenshots should I be looking at exactly? They all look bright to me.
olive path
Not really what I'd call "opressive", but I'm not exactly an expert.
shrewd dagger
well you called vanilla oppressive, that's why I used the word
it's no less so than vanilla
olive path
I think vanilla's fog helps it a lot.
shrewd dagger
there wasn't actual fog in vanilla
that was just bad draw distance
here's some actual fog
pseudo rivet
pseudo rivet
CS FoV is way better, that's for sure
olive path
Is it really narrower? I've never noticed.
shrewd dagger
using the normal horizontal measurement, CoP is 55 and SoC is 67.5 or 75 (I forget)
olive path
You're right.
I dunno, I still like how vanilla STALKER CoP looks, despite the technological limitations and generally lower quality.
pseudo rivet
olive path
I'd say it's an experience worth having.
Everything is equally as bad as everything else, it all fits nicely together.
By the way, what's so scary about having a BIG STICK OF DEATH THAT PIERCES THE SILENCE WITH EVERY PULL OF THE TRIGGER as compared to "that thing that goes pew when I click the left mouse button"?
shrewd dagger
If you're talking about guns, they're not scary, you missed the point
When you have very real sounding guns in a game like stalker, every gunshot just sounds not only more immersive for sounding more lifelike, they sound more meaningful and significant, more important
robust forge
The scary thing is the silence after the shot
shrewd dagger
Shooting such a gun seems more like a big deal
The ultimate version of this is when you really feel like you're gunning someone down, with the sound and animations and violence effects, it just feels so much more significant
That would be the end goal of this ^
olive path
I'm not scared of humans. I'm scared of the fact that (for example) a bloodsucker just uncloaked in an enclosed environment and my pew gun won't kill it outright.
Also, I don't perceive STALKER as an action game.
So adding more violence and viscera goes against the atmosphere.
shrewd dagger
nonsense, violence is a staple of horror as well and nobody is saying guns should blow limbs off
you're still not getting the point
why are you saying the fake sounding vanilla guns (that sound like bad action games mind you) are less indicative of an action game?
why are more realistic sounding guns more action-oriented?
let's start with this
olive path
The more realistic sounds have much more punch and violence to them.
That's not a bad thing necessarily.
shrewd dagger
The fake sounding vanilla guns literally sound like an arcade FPS, while more real sounding guns are more STARTLING which is perfect for stalker, and like proamulus said the silence after the shot is nice and eerie, it makes firing a gun sound more important and significant as if it's something you don't want to do
shrewd dagger
^ lol TAZ
cerulean bolt
then people will use suppressors more
shrewd dagger
also vanilla stalker is very much action focused, all three ESPECIALLY Clear Sky which uses wild-west sounding holstering sounds and more
Clear Sky takes after war themed shooters lol
shrewd dagger
CoP is still action oriented, more so than SoC in fact
CoP maps are more uhh gamey
You should try NLC 7 Build 3.0
shrewd dagger
if you want to experience a non-action oriented stalker
cerulean bolt
cop is mods
olive path
I remember you saying that you've had experience with a real-life firearm.
I don't know if I've misunderstood a previous comment, but do you think that modded CoP's guns are as loud as they would be in real life?
This is about the silence after the shot thing.
The gun sounds are definitely punchier, but they aren't loud enough for there to be a period of silence after a shot.
shrewd dagger
Well I also don't use the sounds seen in that video
I always use sounds from TAZ 2.0 that do come from recordings of actual guns
robust forge
You know, when you clear a level any sound just stops
And this is the feeling I'd want to feel in stalker after a firefight
Just silence
cerulean bolt
yes
after a gun fight you cant hear well for a bit
so it would actually make sense
olive path
In Hotline Miami, you've just killed 15 people and are given time to contemplate your actions.
robust forge
And to just pull you out of the game
cerulean bolt
in stalker, youve just killed 40 freedomers and are told to head back to base for 20k rub
robust forge
Alienate you
olive path
In STALKER, you've killed Vasiliy for the 17th time and are looting through his and his friends' corpses to find some salami.
There's not much to think over, STALKER isn't that dark.
robust forge
But still, that weird feeling of silence after the fight
shrewd dagger
here's what non action oriented stalker is like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xR7gJQLbM10
robust forge
The feeling I had in OGSR actually
You know, the fight with merc squad in garbage
Took me around 20 mins because I was unprepared
But then the silence
Even the rain stopped
cerulean bolt
||you can make vodka farms in vanilla soc btw
- kill lots of freedomers
- put in room opposite of freedom armoury
- wait for vodka to spawn in their inventories, respawns on map reload i believe||
shrewd dagger
OGSR is ultimately a very action oriented experience like vanilla SoC but it also has far more of a mysterious setting, as it explores the alien nature of the Zone more
Dead City is actually more of a horror setting in OGSE/OGSR though
robust forge
Also I've encountered a problem in OGSR
cerulean bolt
notabug wontfix
shrewd dagger
what problem
robust forge
Inventory management problem
So I'm about to leave darkscape
but I have too much loot
and the UAZ won't fit between the bus and the tunnel
shrewd dagger
Workaround? You're just hoarding
drop some stuff, make a stash somewhere
inventory management is up to you
robust forge
That's the thing
I'll be to lazy to get back the stash
And dropping doesn't even come into play here
Because money
God, so now I have to cope with lack of roubles, right?
lyric forge
Is OGSR a whole different map? @shrewd dagger
Or does it reuse CS/SoC or CoP or all?
shrewd dagger
It's all SoC maps + Clear Sky swamps, Darkscape, Dead City, and Generators
lyric forge
Nice...
I’ll have to check it out soon
I’m so close to done with CoP on master
Just waiting to get back into mods
Also, do you use a mod manager or what?
If so I may need to get one
shrewd dagger
nope and OGSR is completely standalone
lyric forge
Alright.
Yeah I just ask because when I got that CoC factions mod a while back, it just wasn’t suited for the scenario I was currently in with my game, and coming to uninstalling it, it just kept making my CoC crash.
wooden prairie
My mouse isn't working for me on SoC. Same issue happened for me in CoP but the fix I used there didn't work for SoC. Anybody know how to fix this?
olive path
What exactly isn't working? Does it just not exist in the game at all?
wooden prairie
@cerulean bolt Mouse just doesn't register. Works everywhere else but STALKER so it's definitely not the mouse itself.
cerulean bolt
what is the mouse
ive never encountered that, not even on windows
and i doubt anybody else has
so if you are using a dodgy mouse, just stop
shrewd dagger
yep that's unusual
cerulean bolt
^
olive path
What exactly did you do to fix it in CoP?
cerulean bolt
inb4 he plugged a mouse (animal) into port and it doesnt work
wooden prairie
@cerulean bolt Wrong. I'm also not the only one that has had the issue as I've found on google. My mouse is a Corsair. My laptop mouse also does not work. I fixed it in CoP by typing a command into the console but in SoC that command does not work.
olive path
What was that command?
cerulean bolt
what corsair
theres plenty of models
make sure CUE isnt breaking mouse clicks/movement
wooden prairie
I wouldn't be asking if I haven't tried the common sense solutions.
cerulean bolt
@wooden prairie my trackpad and usb mouse both work, sounds like its your os
did you try another mouse?
wooden prairie
The command was input_exclusive_mode 0 @olive path
@cerulean bolt As I've already said I have tried another mouse and it does not work
Not to mention the mouse works perfectly fine on modded versions of STALKER I.E. Anomaly or CoC
cerulean bolt
its your os probably
stealing focus from stalker
its very old, maybe some directx stuff is different and now it wont use mouse for you
olive path
Don't agitate him.
cerulean bolt
@wooden prairie works on my machine :)
robust forge
During the escape from dark valley I had an SKS you get in like... First 10 mins of gameplay?
lyric forge
Ah..
I don’t consider myself really a whorder, BUT, let’s just say either stalkers don’t have enough RU to purchase my artifacts or Anyone besides Beard just offers way too low as a vender.
Same as my ammo, I let it just stack all the way up to 10,000+ rounds and sell, but it’s usually me leaving it and sitting from not using
Although guns like Stryker, Sg5k, or any other higher end weapon, I’ll pick up and store, take to Pripyat, and fix up for free to sell.
Other than that idk
cerulean bolt
horder* you sayer of bad words
nova sluice
You user of dirty mouth
pseudo rivet
lyric forge
@cerulean bolt I’d like to say I save it for an opportunity to earn the maximum amount out of an item.
As for guns they are as is, that’s a side job for when I need to support my habit for upgrading all my armor and guns and not using them at all.
lyric forge
nope
I haven’t finished my collection of guns and armor yet
And until I’m more organized H E double hockey sticks no
finite dragon
hoarder*
red tulip
Yes.
pseudo rivet
Yes.
robust forge
Mfw nobody wants to be my companion in OGSR because I've used them as distractions and human shields
pseudo rivet
Gee, how come?
robust forge
Hmm?
pseudo rivet
🤷
nova sluice
Like, why nobody wants to be your companion?
robust forge
Ah
Well
Because my every companion who I had with me died
In many, very unlucky circumstances
Like for example getting shot by bandit sniper at dark valley
Or taking soldier bullets for me
deft pumice
Hii! ^^
robust forge
Hi
deft pumice
How are you?
robust forge
Pretty good
deft pumice
That's nice! ^^
pseudo rivet
deft pumice
cerulean bolt
makarov best pistol
kept me going until i needed to raid freedom base, then i decked out a slightly more accurate and damaging pistol for like 700 rub
deft pumice
I'm a little bit sad
I still remember the day i was doing the quest about find the Fang PDA
I lost the 100.000 RU i had
cerulean bolt
KEK
he didnt make a quicksave before ||entering the bunker||, load it, buy a bunch of vodka then pawn them off to barmen
barmen buy vodka for 200 rub
if you can buy it for less than that you not only 1. have good stock but 2. make a profit
deft pumice
xD
olive path
The stock market, as explained by the STALKER series.
lyric forge
Depends in which game @wispy mist
wispy mist
Ideologically
lyric forge
ask @pseudo rivet
He knows more about the lore than me
Although correct me if I am wrong, Duty is mainly compiled of Ex-military seeking to destroy the zone
While Freedom only looks to 'co-exist' in it.
Usually though people go to Duty for their outstanding armor that provides get infliction prevention against mutants and bullet resistance is good also.
Freedom's suit is more anomaly-friendly and used for that rather.
But idk too much about both, Crimson knows more when he gets back online.
finite dragon
I wouldn't say that Duty is driven to destroy the zone.
olive path
Neither is better ideologically, it's up to you who you decide to side with.
Duty want to destroy the Zone and end STALKER, but they're doing it to protect everyone outside the Zone.
Freedom thinks the Zone is a blessing upon humanity and that it should be protected at all cost.
They're two ideological opposites.
lyric forge
Good thing I'm neither and just a contracted person.
olive path
Mercenaries are just murderers for hire.
pseudo rivet
Heya @wispy mist, about your question.
It's honestly about what you believe to be best:
Is the Zone a menace to not only the Stalkers of the Zone, but also the people outside the Zone, or is it a living entity that should be studied for the advancement of mankind the the coexistence between mankind and the Zone. I'll write down the beliefs of both factions here:
Duty
- The Zone is a mortal danger for life in and outside the Zone.
- Order must be brought to the Zone. Bandits and anarchists like Freedom must be fought at all cost.
- Duty must fight the spawns of the Zone to protect everyone. As such, Duty usually go on night raids, since most of the fauna is nocturnal.
Freedom
- The Zone is the greatest gift bestowed upon mankind. You couldn't replicate the same conditions artificially in a lab. As such, the Zone is a ready-for-use outside lab. Freedom wishes to study it to make a leap into advancing mankind both medically as scientifically.
- The Zone should be free for all to enter and it's existence shouldn't be covered up. As such, Freedom usually finds itself fighting the Military
- The Zone is a living entity. As soon as Duty started it's war against the Zone, more mutants and anomalies appeared in the area they are. Instead of trying to co-exist with the Zone, they actively go and hunt it's fauna. This also means Freedom hunts down Mutant Hunters who kill mutants for sport after multiple warnings.
I hope this clears things up for you
Of course, there are more background details, but these are their main beliefs
robust forge
Aren't there some small logic gaps in freedom ideology?
Like
How can you study the zone and co-exist with it at the same time
pseudo rivet
I'm afraid GSC didn't really give us any details about that. Chekov says Freedom does both. That said, Dark Valley is mostly free of mutant fauna, giving credit to them co-existing.
robust forge
Have we ever seen freedomers doing research?
olive path
In SoC they're enemies with the ecologists.
robust forge
Because the research is always intrusive
olive path
The STALKER english wikia provides an overview of the three leaders in the different games: https://stalker.fandom.com/wiki/Freedom#Freedom_under_Lukash
(Spoilers for all three games, btw)
Lukash thinks that mutants should be treated the same as endangered species.
olive path
It does.
Freedom's research isn't the same as what the ecologists do, but documenting something is still research.
Although I'm not entirely clear on what research Freedom do.
robust forge
Which doesn't help humanity
olive path
Information always helps.
olive path
You'll live longer if you know what the Zone can do.
robust forge
And you'll live better if you know how to use its potential