⭐┃nospoilers_general

[finite dragon]

🤷🏼‍♂️

[static dagger]

apart from rich flexers

[finite dragon]

Fans

[crystal crescent]

[finite dragon]

Some blinchik spent 100k on that Nintendo PlayStation thing

[pseudo rivet]

Could you edit the swear?

[crystal crescent]

Ayy

[finite dragon]

Sorry, I'm not used to policing my swears

[tired anvil]

Nintendo Playstation thing?

[pseudo rivet]

Thanks dude

[crystal crescent]

It's the rule

[pseudo rivet]

[finite dragon]

In the 90s Nintendo and Sony made a console

[static dagger]

blinchik, pancake chik

[pseudo rivet]

[tired anvil]

Blinčikas

[finite dragon]

It's what my ex would say if she couldn't swear

So it stuck lmao

[tired anvil]

It's a nice word instead of a swear

[pseudo rivet]

Still, that's a lot of damage

[tired anvil]

What

No?

[pseudo rivet]

100k

No

[tired anvil]

Oh

[finite dragon]

100k for a console

[pseudo rivet]

100k

[finite dragon]

I mean it's one of a kind

[static dagger]

what the blin did you just say to me you little chik? I'll have you know....

[tired anvil]

Thought you meant Blinchik is a lot of damage as a wiord

[pseudo rivet]

Like damn

[tired anvil]

word*

[finite dragon]

But still

100k

[tired anvil]

Wasn't there an iphone 5 with diamonds that costed a whole bunch a few years ago

[static dagger]

that's like 10 years of work in lithuania lmao.... 100k

[pseudo rivet]

Yes

[tired anvil]

10 years

You stupid bro?

[pseudo rivet]

Kinda dumb, yeah

[static dagger]

taxes, rent, e. t. c.

[tired anvil]

10 would be like the minimum

[pseudo rivet]

Taxes

[tired anvil]

And that's being nice about it

[static dagger]

sorry, rookie mistake

[tired anvil]

That would mean 850 Euros a month

Yeah ok

[crystal crescent]

What is the average wage in lithuania ?

[tired anvil]

Heck it changed over the last 5 years

Was barely 300-400 5 years ago

[median rock]

yeah, i always knew that Ukraine's the richest country

[crystal crescent]

Oh

[tired anvil]

Now new president whos good guy and its like 600-700

Increasing but still ehhhhh

Though it's for sure better than 200-400 lmao

[crystal crescent]

Yeah

[finite dragon]

I plan on moving to Belarus when I have a few 100k saved

[tired anvil]

Heh don't

Idk how much you know about it, but don't

[static dagger]

*a few

[pseudo rivet]

[finite dragon]

Why?

[tired anvil]

Dictatorship

[finite dragon]

Life in Eastern Europe is great if you're rich

[median rock]

Was barely 300-400 5 years ago
@tired anvil In Ukraine this is an average salary

[tired anvil]

You would be better off in Ukraine than Belarus

Belarus is a very closed off country

You need to do a lot of document work just to enter it

[finite dragon]

It's the cheapest though :(

[tired anvil]

Like I've been to Ukraine but not Belarus lmao

[static dagger]

come to austria

[finite dragon]

No thanks

[tired anvil]

Was easier to go around Poland lmao

[finite dragon]

I want 2nd world tier stuff

[tired anvil]

Ukraine is perfect then

[pseudo rivet]

Please, come to Brazil

[finite dragon]

Money goes a lot farther in Ukraine/Romania/Hungary

[pseudo rivet]

[tired anvil]

Ukraine and Romania sure

Hungary...to some extent but a lot less now

Moldova tho

[finite dragon]

I don't know about Moldova

Isn't there ethnic clashes there

[tired anvil]

Used to be a part of Romania

I mean

[finite dragon]

Last thing I want is to wake up and find Nato is bombing the place

[tired anvil]

There's ethnic crashes everywhere since the USSR and Warsaw pact collapsed

[finite dragon]

F

[tired anvil]

Moldova ain't Serbia

Moldova wasn't part of Yugoslavia

[finite dragon]

I know that much

[tired anvil]

Aight

Thought you didn't know where it was

[crystal crescent]

Cute

[tired anvil]

Could I ask where you are from, taurus?

[median rock]

@tired anvil , omg thanks, i always wondered where is it

[finite dragon]

No, I'm pretty versed in geography

[crystal crescent]

Ukraine give him a hug

[static dagger]

if you wanna constantly die inside, you could try Sweden aswell lmao

[median rock]

yay

[tired anvil]

Or explode

[finite dragon]

Berlin is ranked #1 cheapest place to live in Europe

[tired anvil]

[median rock]

lul

[pseudo rivet]

Oof

Just oof

[tired anvil]

Yeah maybe if you get the highest paying job in Berlin

Maybe it seems like that

[finite dragon]

I don't have a confused emote

[tired anvil]

Or maybe if you find an abandoned bunker

[pseudo rivet]

[tired anvil]

[pseudo rivet]

[crystal crescent]

@tired anvil Somewhere with baguette and wine.

[finite dragon]

I just want to live in my flat and be left alone, almost never leaving

[tired anvil]

Francais?

[pseudo rivet]

France

[crystal crescent]

Yeah.

[pseudo rivet]

Neat

[tired anvil]

Je parle francais un peu

If you're ever in pain

[crystal crescent]

C'est bien, sauf que ça s'écrit français.

[tired anvil]

Just remember, that means bread in French

[crystal crescent]

Good pain

[tired anvil]

Or poison means fish lmao

[crystal crescent]

*poisson

[tired anvil]

Ah thoguht it was the other way around

Poison is poison then

[crystal crescent]

poison want mean poison

[median rock]

uh

[tired anvil]

Welp

Guess bot got to him before I did

[pseudo rivet]

Neat

[finite dragon]

Hey did that spammer get banned?

[median rock]

lol Bucharest is a cheaper city that Kiyv, how?

[pseudo rivet]

Nah

Muted

[finite dragon]

Ah ok

Kiev seems nice

[tired anvil]

it's nice

[finite dragon]

But I'm learning Russian, not Ukrainian

[tired anvil]

Odessa is also nice

Well you can get around with Russian in Ukraine

[finite dragon]

Odessa is my favorite map in RO2

[crystal crescent]

RO2

[tired anvil]

Berlin is my favourite map in war thunder

[finite dragon]

Yes, Ostfront is superior

[static dagger]

my favorite map in war thunder is the chernobyl power plant 1 minute before the explosion

[tired anvil]

[pseudo rivet]

🙈

[median rock]

yeah, i remember the same in cod : United Slavic state warfare

[finite dragon]

Imagine being one of those crazy gopniks that jumped off Duga-1 with parachutes

[median rock]

[static dagger]

crazy? you mean heroes?

[finite dragon]

I suppose

But really what's the difference between crazy and hero? :^)

[static dagger]

yes

[median rock]

hero is Vova Vist, crazy is Sidor

[static dagger]

sidor is hero to merchants around the world

[median rock]

also to Jews

[finite dragon]

Oy vey

[crystal crescent]

Is that allowed ?

[static dagger]

ooooy veyyy

it is

... I think

[median rock]

[tired anvil]

It wasn't hate speech so I guess?

Tho let's not go there lol

[crystal crescent]

Antisemitism is a hate speech ? 🤔

[robust forge]

technically

but what isn't antisemitism nowadays

I hope it isn't too much of Rule 7 breaking

[crystal crescent]

What do you think about Israel ?

[median rock]

Cool country, what can i say

[robust forge]

[crystal crescent]

Good answer.

[finite dragon]

I'd say they're a chosen country, one of the world most prominent

[static dagger]

I dont think Israel isreal

[finite dragon]

Like Finland?

[crystal crescent]

A really lucky country, chosen by God himself.

[static dagger]

Sweden doesn't exist

Poland? is that some sort of food?

[crystal crescent]

Israel ? Is not a real coun...

Banned

[finite dragon]

Ukraine? Why are we talking about my crane

[static dagger]

Ukraine more like uhaul

haha gotrem

gottem*

[tired anvil]

I just got banned from a server full of Serbs for saying history

😦

[finite dragon]

I have a not so server friendly video making fun of Ukraine

[tired anvil]

Keep it just for the sake of it

[finite dragon]

SERBIA STRONG
GOD IS A SERB

[static dagger]

SERBIA STRONG

[crystal crescent]

PANTERI

[tired anvil]

Mauzer

But anyway

[finite dragon]

TUPAC IS ALIVE IN SERBIA

[tired anvil]

Taurus

What is your view on all the French memes

[crystal crescent]

What French memes ?

[tired anvil]

Maginot, baguettes, white flag

Those are the main ones

[static dagger]

normal ppl laughs be like: ha ha ha, nice haha
French laughs be like: ahohoHo ho, baguette wine hohoho spaghetti pizza hohoho

[tired anvil]

Lithuanian laugh: į ką žiūri nx tuoj snukin gausi asile

[static dagger]

lmao

[tired anvil]

[median rock]

i think you said : ahahahahahahahahahahahha

[static dagger]

yep

[tired anvil]

You're correct

[crystal crescent]

Just because we lost one war because of a doctrinal problem.

But baguette meme is funny and true.

[tired anvil]

Economy was also trash just to add

[static dagger]

austrian laughs be like : ahaaha get ze flammenwerfer hahahaha

[crystal crescent]

Because of the communists.

[tired anvil]

Also

Should we go to #💬┃en_offtop

[median rock]

@tired anvil , well i didn't need to use a translator....

[tired anvil]

Well you're wrong serjous

[static dagger]

no, this is stalker

this is stalker issues

[tired anvil]

I guess communist star is in stalker

[static dagger]

oh no

[tired anvil]

Also Lenin and Stalin in old S2

But anyway

I want a baguette w some garlic rn

[median rock]

[static dagger]

imagine if u could cook in stalker

nvm

nvm

[median rock]

I want vareniki

[tired anvil]

That has been one of the most downvoted suggestions Lukey

[static dagger]

deep fried pseudo dog with snowflake dust spices

[tired anvil]

Yummy

[static dagger]

mmmm

[crystal crescent]

I don't want cooking simulator in the zone.

[tired anvil]

Just like cepelinai

Neither tbh

[static dagger]

lmao

[median rock]

With spicy ukrainian air

[tired anvil]

But I will probably go with whatever GSC does because I'm biased for s2 to be fun

for me*

[static dagger]

guys!!!! don't you know that the more game mechanics = better game!?!?! omg rookies omg

[tired anvil]

If there are no Indiana Jones rope swings in s2

Why even play

[static dagger]

ikr

[crystal crescent]

Useless game mechanics=boring.

[tired anvil]

Sleeping was useful imo

What do yall think

[crystal crescent]

Yeah.

[finite dragon]

Honestly I have good hopes for s2

[tired anvil]

My hopes are high, my expectations don't exist

[static dagger]

taurus if there's no crocheting in s2 why even play

[median rock]

DEAD CITY was useful, MUTANTS was useful

[finite dragon]

https://streamable.com/2o0yby

R8

I want to get a good photo from pripyat and photoshop it to look like an emission

[crystal crescent]

A shoot in the lock is enough

[tired anvil]

I love that wallpaper engine animation

I don't have wallpaper engine hto lmao

[finite dragon]

Lol

It's so cheap

[crystal crescent]

Pretty cool.

[finite dragon]

5$

[tired anvil]

I could buy it rn

4$

[finite dragon]

I like it

I had a Tarkov wallpaper I edited with wpe

[static dagger]

if there's no gun cleaning after 30 shots, why even play

if there's no boot cleaning after 5 miss of walking, why even play

if there's no showering system, why even play

if there's no nutrition system, why even play

if there's no dating, why even play

[crystal crescent]

If there's no gf, why even play

[finite dragon]

I ask myself that everyday

[marsh quiver]

If there's no artifacts, why even play

[median rock]

If there's no Sidor...

[crystal crescent]

[tired anvil]

Tbh I didn't get the nutrition one

[median rock]

Marked One, WADA HEEEELL

[tired anvil]

Like you eat too much bread and your anus hurts?

Making walking slower?

Who suggested it because I couldn't find it

[crystal crescent]

[marsh quiver]

When you eat too much bread and you turn into a loaf

[median rock]

Like you eat too much bread and your anus hurts?
@tired anvil gudd feature for stalker

[tired anvil]

Someone suggested it

But idk about it because I didn't see the description

I'd like to read more into it to not just bash it for no reason

[marsh quiver]

I'd like getting limbs and parts of body crippled, aslo not just plain "Torso"

It would be more immersive

[static dagger]

FALLOUT

[median rock]

no

[finite dragon]

Ive said it before, I would like Tarkov's movement, health, combat and inventory placed in stalker

[static dagger]

^

[pseudo rivet]

Would the game just become Tarkov then?

[static dagger]

niet

[median rock]

da

[finite dragon]

No?

[crystal crescent]

Not too many tarkov anyway, We don't want Tarkov 2.

[finite dragon]

It'd still be set in the zone

it'd still have mutants, anomalies and other hazards

it'd just playl ike tarkov

[pseudo rivet]

But it'll be Tarkov in the Zone

[finite dragon]

the perfect game

add in some co-op

and you'll make millions

[crystal crescent]

^

[tired anvil]

I don't think I want tarkovs inventory

[marsh quiver]

+1

[tired anvil]

I don't have much experience with it, but from what I tried and seen it seems to just be moving things from one place to another over and over

[finite dragon]

Its organization

its almost as important as shooting

[tired anvil]

Also doesn't tarkov have a feature where if something is in your backpack and not your pocket you can't use it?

Its organization
Yeah just take most of my views about tarkov with some grains of salt

[static dagger]

nah stalker doesn't need tarkov inventory imo

[tired anvil]

I still don't know too much about it

[finite dragon]

Yes

[static dagger]

stalker is stalker, no need for everything tarkov

[median rock]

👍

[finite dragon]

Why would you be able to use your health kit if its in your backpack and not accessible?

You can still use it, its just slower

[static dagger]

stalker wasn't a real life Sim though, tarkov is

[tired anvil]

I'd say try to keep the balance between irl sim and video game

Maybe not walk for 50mins to reach a location

But that's just me, everyone has their views

[finite dragon]

I really like the NLC mod so

[static dagger]

for me stalker is pretty good, just the gunplay needs alot of work

[median rock]

Yeah, i wanna be a sport car like Strelok

[crystal crescent]

[finite dragon]

I want the game to be slow and tense, like I felt the first time in agoroprom

[median rock]

He really runs too fast , but that's cool

[finite dragon]

now im just sanic with my raifu

[static dagger]

saaaanic

[median rock]

SANYA

[static dagger]

though that's every game with a singleplayer campaign, first time it's slow

insert lenny face here

lmaoo

[finite dragon]

honestly I just want Tarkov but set in the zone

with less emphasis on stats and pvp

because god there is nothing more annoying

than butting heads with people that talk down to your favourite gun because it isn't meta

[static dagger]

hmmmm, it sounds very interesting tbh

[crystal crescent]

I just want Stalker 2 come out.

[median rock]

[static dagger]

tarkov but singleplayer stalker

[finite dragon]

Yes

Or

If you really need to include pvp

Make the zone completely open world, but have it a maximum of 15 other players

[median rock]

Or Stalcraft

[finite dragon]

I just wanna be able to explore Labs and kill mutants with a buddy

[static dagger]

idk about stalker and multiplayer

maybe buddy

but not pvp imo

[tired anvil]

I'm repeating myself again but

[crystal crescent]

Freeplay coop.

[tired anvil]

I just wan't to see the game actually being made

[finite dragon]

Freeplay co-op would be great

[tired anvil]

Before asking for anything

[crystal crescent]

^

[finite dragon]

I have faith its actually being made tbh

[static dagger]

gajunas we just fantasizing

[tired anvil]

Like I will probably buy it regardless of how broken it is or w/e

[finite dragon]

I doubt GSC just announced it and have done nothing in the last 12 months

[tired anvil]

More than 12 but yeah

[crystal crescent]

[tired anvil]

May 2018 I believe

[crystal crescent]

Yeah.

[median rock]

More than 12 but yeah
@tired anvil How about A LOAF OF BREAD, huh?

[tired anvil]

Speaking of that day should be soon

Hey Serjous

Don't forget the radio

[median rock]

[tired anvil]

I think they announced it on may 15

So a week left and maybe some more news

[crystal crescent]

ROCK_4, WE WANT NEWS !

[median rock]

"we made Sidor's underpants, that's gaming evolution!"

[tired anvil]

I think imma pass on that lmao

He just sits there

[median rock]

Are you understand it's a joke

[crystal crescent]

Sidorovich main character of Stalker 2

[tired anvil]

What's a joke

[median rock]

We have Sidorovich Fury mod, so...

[static dagger]

fury? what's he so angry about

[median rock]

https://stalker-mods.su/load/stalker_cop/stalker_zov_pripjati/unleashed_sidorovich_fury_full_version/1-1-0-2731 idk , but this mod looks like black ops zombies

[static dagger]

oh

[tired anvil]

So

Do y'all think climbing over walls should be a thing

[median rock]

yeah, when you're wearing exoskeleton

[static dagger]

I mean, if he guy doing it has military training sure

idk how some random bloke could just vault over walls with 60 kg on his back

speaking of, training system in stalker?

I. e. military training

lmfao

[median rock]

yay, like in UNTURNED

[static dagger]

yes very

[finite dragon]

I wish more games featured my raifu

[tired anvil]

@static dagger you mean like pushups?

Would be a garbage feature lmao

[static dagger]

I was thinking maybe like skyrim, u paid a person to train u for money and then in game time passes

[tired anvil]

Hm, idk

These things also depending on the character so yeha

[civic aurora]

Дынь Дынь Дынь мы жарим картошку

[cloud cairn]

I subscribed to Patreon and wanted to download the new COP re-do or graphics upgrade

Anyone know the discord channel offhand

The developers

[pseudo rivet]

@finite dragon
Do you perhaps know something about this?

[finite dragon]

@cloud cairn who's patreon

[cloud cairn]

Oh it’s a ‘go fund me’ like page that supports developers

[finite dragon]

No who's patreon is it

[tired anvil]

There are scammers around

So it would be good to know who's patreon it is

[cloud cairn]

YeSh I’m getting info now...hang on

Ok

ReMaster Studio

[finite dragon]

Cancel your subscription

He is scum

[pseudo rivet]

Sounds like a scam, yeah

[tired anvil]

Yep

It's the guy

[cloud cairn]

I’m Sri...clear sky

[finite dragon]

Don't bother with his remaster mod eitge

[cloud cairn]

ReMaster

[finite dragon]

He's stealing other modders content and locking it behind a pay wall

[tired anvil]

You're better off subsribing to the dude making SoC on ue4 than the remaster guy

[cloud cairn]

Ok...what’s his info or page?

[finite dragon]

@cloud cairn cancel your subscription and download a free mod from moddb, not only his his """ remaster""" poorly made but it profits off other modder's FREE stuff

[tired anvil]

I don't think he has one set up yet, but he's planning on it

I'll just dm you it when the guy makes it

[willow charm]

you only get access to their discord through their patreon, he has a bot setup that automatically removes you from the discord if you cancel your subscription though

[cloud cairn]

Okay...I downloaded the Misery pkg last year on that site...free

[tired anvil]

You can't get a refund from patreon can you

[willow charm]

not that I know

[finite dragon]

You should leak his mod for free actually

Lol

[cloud cairn]

Ohh ok understood

[finite dragon]

Its garbage anyway tho

[cloud cairn]

Lol

[willow charm]

I have the files its pretty trash

oh wait nvm I only have the download instructions because the actual files took up like 50 gb LOL

[cloud cairn]

Yeah...I’m on moddb and see it’s 9 data files+ a handful

So I should unsubscribe from ReMaster Studio

[finite dragon]

Yes

[cloud cairn]

Copy that

I already downloaded all those files lol

Is Anomaly worth downloading?

[finite dragon]

do you like freeplay?

[cloud cairn]

Affirm

[finite dragon]

do you like misery or misery lite mechanics

[cloud cairn]

Misery

[finite dragon]

you'll enjoy anomaly then

[cloud cairn]

Ok..kewl

[finite dragon]

Anomaly is great

Just disable fast travel and turn in hardcore ai aim

[finite dragon]

true zone experience.

i hate call of misery because uhhh unknown routes exist

like what?

[finite dragon]

Yeah you gotta buy them I think

[lusty elm]

Okay i've played through OLR

And i remember some saying "OLR did what Lost Alpha DC couldn't accomplish"

And i must clearly admit that the person that said it was full of crap

[rancid coyote]

Instead of Anomaly I'd recommend Dead Air but it's your choice

[solid prism]

You buy unknown routes in Anomaly too.

[lusty elm]

There is an option in the settings menu to disable the unkown routes buying mechanic

So you can enable all the passages

[sharp current]

Someone needs to make a campaign where sidorovich hires you to kill the barkeep dude

[finite dragon]

the difference is Anomaly is actually a good mod.

Call of Misery is basically

scarce loot = realism. i bet if you kill someone it’ll just be. 1-25 rounds of ammo and maybe if you’re lucky, cigarettes.

@lusty elm what do you mean full of crap?

LADC advertises itself as "old good stalker" and turns into fan fiction

OLR is the closest and best representation of cut content that we have

@lusty elm what do you actually know about cut content, builds, and design documents for stalker?

[wooden mauve]

does buying the game actually support the devs today??

cause i just bought a copy for my friend

[finite dragon]

yes it does.

you are giving money to GSC

[wooden mauve]

great!

[lusty elm]

I actually know nothing about the content from different versions of stalker, i only said that i much prefer LA's gameplay from OLR's ones, some argue that the story in it sucks but i still felt a lot of the climate

[finite dragon]

then say you prefer the gameplay then, because claiming that LA suceeded in what it was trying to accomplish is wrong, LA is a total misrepresentation of cut stalker content and the old story whereas OLR is a faithful recreation

[lusty elm]

I completely do not accept the argument that OLR is the true representation of the original planned builds as i dont have much information on them

[finite dragon]

You can't deny something you're completely misinformed about

https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&text&u=https%3A%2F%2Fstalker-ru.gamepedia.com%2FS.T.A.L.K.E.R._Design_Document_v1.4.PDF read through this page

[lusty elm]

My whole argument was that i dont accept the overall opinion on those two mods and i just prefer LA DC

[finite dragon]

and you'll see OLR is much more faithful

[lusty elm]

I see no reason to teach me on the cut content

[grand pendant]

if you prefer gameplay it's ok tbh

but LA wanted to be OLR and failed

i still prefer OL gameplay but that is personal taste

[magic perch]

dezowave team abandoned the olr concept in the year 2010

they just decided to make their mod

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[finite dragon]

Sorry guys, I can't hear your arguments over the sound of Vanilla SoC at 1028x782

[grand pendant]

yep, and it is a nice mod. But your original plan was to make something like OLR wasn't it?

[finite dragon]

Played on a CRT

[magic perch]

But your original plan was to make something like OLR wasn't it?

in 2008-2009 - yes

[pseudo rivet]

Never really liked LA

Don't know if LADC is any better

[magic perch]

then priorities were revised

[grand pendant]

i did like LADC at the start, not so much near half the game to the end

[magic perch]

the original LA 1.3 was beta

OLR is also a very cool mod, but it is not worth comparing it with LADC, because it is absolutely the opposite of the concept of Stalker

[finite dragon]

@magic perch if the original plan for LA abandonded around 2010, why did the moddb page (and still does) advertise itself as "old forgotten stalker"?

[magic perch]

because moddb has not been moderated for a long time, the catchphrase has remained from those times

I have no other ideas

[finite dragon]

ah

so a mix of new ideas and neglectfulness basically

[magic perch]

something like that

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[finite dragon]

is the old dez0wave website even still moderated or used

[magic perch]

idk

[rancid coyote]

RULE 3

[pseudo rivet]

@finite dragon
I suggest you ask that to him in DMs, due to Rule 3

[grand pendant]

hm, i wonder if in the future someone will try to do a mod about s2 old story

that would be something

and in unreal heh

[native ibex]

Yeah, but they were going to kill the old protagonist in it, right?

I can hear the reeee's all the way from that potential timeline

[pseudo rivet]

Someone is making cancelled S.T.2's story in a mod

I wouldn't know the name, though

[solid prism]

Don't "Kill Strelok"

[finite dragon]

UBIT STRELKA

KILL GUNSLINGER

[pseudo rivet]

[mystic ridge]

And i remember some saying "OLR did what Lost Alpha DC couldn't accomplish"
@lusty elm

that's just not a statement about gameplay quality

so the fact that you didn't enjoy OLR more than LA doesn't disprove it

[woeful wolf]

just bought the whole series for a nice deal, i hear these games are pretty much meant to be played with mods. can anyone recommend some to me for a first time playthrough of shadow of chernobyl?

[finite dragon]

not really meant, but they're definitely best played with mods

on first playthrough you want something vanilla friendly

so one sec

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1hh6YZEEttT1RsiDWVeIgcAPxAMpTDTVv @woeful wolf this is a modpack i made, its OGSR Engine + OWR 3 (weapon mod) Absolute anture and structures (texture mods) and photorealistic zone

keeps the vanilla feel and aesthetic with technical visual upgrades

if you want i can dm you some comparison screenshots

and dm me if you have any issues setting it up

install instructions are included in the readme

[woeful wolf]

okay cool, thank you

i'll try this out and dm if i have issues

[tired anvil]

complete

[finite dragon]

@woeful wolf note that some of the menu stuff may look broken, thats normal, its just unfinished translation strings

also make sure you enable "ui_mm_ambient" in game settings

that enables ambient music

[woeful wolf]

yeah i read a steam community page or something that said complete is really bad for a first playthrough

okie

[finite dragon]

complete is poop

it's basically EZ mode

[tired anvil]

I played vanilla on my first playthrough, tho mods arent bad if you wanna try em

[woeful wolf]

oh wack

[finite dragon]

everyone says play vanilla first but i dislike that advice, there's a lot of mods out there tht are just direct upgrades from vanilla and bring it to the standards of 2020

[woeful wolf]

a friend told me a while ago that you wanna play these on the harder difficulties cause of enemy damage or something, is that true?

[finite dragon]

not true

check the pins

[woeful wolf]

e ok

[finite dragon]

you can see how the damage actually works

however, play on master

it is the ideal experience

[finite dragon]

but if the game is hard, lowering the difficulty will be easier

[tired anvil]

Playing on master is kinda tradition in the community

[woeful wolf]

a tradition i'll follow ig lol

[tired anvil]

[finite dragon]

Lol

Did he recommend complete?

[ionic egret]

Master is pretty much the staple ye, enemies are not as spongy

[feral verge]

Master makes the enemies spongier

[finite dragon]

What did he mean by this?

[ionic egret]

🧽

[finite dragon]

Why does CoP look worse than CS

[young comet]

[crystal crescent]

[finite dragon]

i have to turn off the second control module at lab x16 but it doesn't show a marker and when i try it it doesn't work

is there any fix?

oh nevermind

i was just being stupid

[finite dragon]

I wish most story mods didn't have a bad story

How hard is it to mod a story?

[tired anvil]

I mean, try for yourself

I've no idea

[rancid coyote]

Some mods have very good one

Also even weird story is better than you get in stuff like CoC/Anomaly

[finite dragon]

waits for someone to talk

[pseudo rivet]

https://media.tenor.com/images/6976a40b95ccb7a019303c40f4cc5f66/tenor.gif

[finite dragon]

[finite dragon]

Gonna try and do an Iron Man run of Anomaly

[native ibex]

You can try

But the Monolithians will meet you on the other side of a load gate sooner or later

[crystal crescent]

[finite dragon]

Im gonna download a few mods tho

mainly the magazine mod

[native ibex]

One time I went to wild territory, three monolith at the other side.
After that wasn't an option, I tried Agroprom.
Three Monolith on the other side.
Gg, all knowing Monolithians.

[crystal crescent]

We are legion

[finite dragon]

Oh yes

Its all coming together now

Oh

I dont have update 4

[native ibex]

Not big deal

[finite dragon]

I think it is

[native ibex]

Just download

[finite dragon]

as the magazine mod crashes on load

VERY upsetting

[native ibex]

Magazine mod probably not very good anyways

[finite dragon]

How isn't it?

It adds magazines

[native ibex]

I assume it is buggy

[finite dragon]

assume

[native ibex]

It's assured

[finite dragon]

I like how moddb lets me download at a maximum of 1.2mb/s

[native ibex]

That's pretty good

Considering the average internet speed

[finite dragon]

I have 600mbps

its not good

[untold loom]

bruh

my average download speed on Steam is 1.4 MB/s
and
have you tried downloading from a mirror or whatever it's called?

[finite dragon]

thats roughly 1/75th what I get from Steam or other places

[median rock]

I've 5mb/s lol

[finite dragon]

That sucks

[untold loom]

That sucks

[crystal crescent]

A good connection is so rare today ?

[untold loom]

I live in the Zone

[median rock]

Cheap Ukrainian internet wins

[untold loom]

Satelites cannot reach here or they will be destroyed

[native ibex]

American internet is standardized by companies which work together and stay out of each other's space in order to get away with low competition per region, high prices, and low speeds

[finite dragon]

Sucks to be American then

[native ibex]

Eh, it is fast enough

[crystal crescent]

That sucks.

[finite dragon]

I genuinely feel bad for people with slow internet

[native ibex]

We're stuck in the 2000's

[finite dragon]

Its like going back to 60hz after having 144hz

[untold loom]

what

[crystal crescent]

I would give a bit of my connection to others

[native ibex]

Since our politicians are all old, they don't really understand

[finite dragon]

Or not having a dishwasher

[native ibex]

Dishwasher leaves spots

[finite dragon]

🤷‍♂️ I dont have to stand in front of a sink for 20 - 30 minutes to clean up after dinner

[native ibex]

Better to stick to marriage for a good one

[finite dragon]

Ill take a few spots and a guarantee my dishes are sanitized

[median rock]

really good tip

[untold loom]

wanna share some internet?

[finite dragon]

Sure

[median rock]

but how

[untold loom]

I'll get my buckets ready and drive to your place

[finite dragon]

If my network wasnt saturated due to everyone being home

id gladly share some

[untold loom]

what you mean saturated

[crystal crescent]

I can send it to you by ups if you want

[native ibex]

You can have guns, or good internet, but not both in this world

[median rock]

[finite dragon]

@untold loom it means too many people in my area are trying to download (or stream, because streaming is the biggest hog of bandwidth in the modern world)

Meaning the network is being overused

But dont forget guys

[native ibex]

Yeah, man, could those soccer moms please stop using netflix

[finite dragon]

I wish

[untold loom]

oh yeah, that happened to me too

200 KB/s of Steam download speed hehe

[finite dragon]

There's nothing more annoying than soccer moms

[median rock]

it's kinda sad

[crystal crescent]

Or with a very long cable, where are you from ?

[finite dragon]

Canada

You're in Ukraine?

Ill come visit, as long as you can sneak me into the Zone

[median rock]

Kek, i'm 650 km away from the Zone

[finite dragon]

😦

[crystal crescent]

I asked to Rubinolas.

[untold loom]

huh

[finite dragon]

:(((((

I need to meet a stalker

[untold loom]

good ol' Third Republic

[native ibex]

Did any of you hear about those articles calling for the restriction of gaming online during the lockdown? Those same people be using 4k Netflix streaming

[finite dragon]

Yes

I was gonna mention that

[crystal crescent]

No.

[finite dragon]

A bunch of news networks put out articles

saying gamers should limit their time on games

because gaming uses up soooooo much bandwidth

[crystal crescent]

Yes, unlike streaming.

[untold loom]

a threat to the gamers, the media is

rise up, gamers have to

[crystal crescent]

We live in a society

[native ibex]

They hate you, gamer

[median rock]

Guys, i've reached my personal record, 6 mb/s

[native ibex]

Nice

[crystal crescent]

Not bad.

[native ibex]

Sometimes I get that too

[median rock]

I just found out that my country has the cheapest internet - $5,46 per/month

[crystal crescent]

How many GB/s ?

[median rock]

I'm installing mafia 2 now. It's 5-6 mb/s

in steam

[crystal crescent]

It's pretty good for the price

[native ibex]

That's exceptional for the price

It's more like $60 a month elsewhere

[crystal crescent]

[median rock]

I can't send the screenshot here, i can post it in #📸┃screens_and_videos

[crystal crescent]

$60 a month

[native ibex]

Welcome to America

[crystal crescent]

It's so high

[tired anvil]

I just found out that my country has the cheapest internet - $5,46 per/month
Doesn't mean it's fast

[median rock]

In Ukraine $60 it's 1/4 of an average salary, so i can understand why internet is so cheap

@tired anvil , check #📸┃screens_and_videos

[tired anvil]

My boy

Give me a second

[crystal crescent]

@tired anvil 5-6 mb/s on steam.

[tired anvil]

That's nothing

[crystal crescent]

More than most people.

[tired anvil]

Maybe in Ukraine

I'm pretty sure most get more than that lol

[crystal crescent]

I have the same connection than you

[tired anvil]

Nice

[crystal crescent]

But for twice price.

[tired anvil]

That's France for ya

Surprised it's not more

[crystal crescent]

Internet/phone are pretty cheap here.

30€ for 2GB/s.

[tired anvil]

cheap

Yeah nah that ain't cheap lmao

[crystal crescent]

Compare to America.

[tired anvil]

We don't speak about those things

[median rock]

idk, i don't feel any discomfort with this internet

[crystal crescent]

It's the most important.

[median rock]

If i understand correctly, the average price in the country

[tired anvil]

It's unlimited until you pay for it next month

[crystal crescent]

Internet not unlimited in 2020

[tired anvil]

Rip

Scammed once more

In your region or actually all of India?

Over here there's like 5 main telecommunication companies so it's a bit more simple

[median rock]

We have 10

I saw it in steam statistic

https://store.steampowered.com/stats/content/?l=english

[tired anvil]

Ones with a line pretty much nobody knows or uses

[crystal crescent]

Poor pinguins

[median rock]

Provider that i use has aver. 38.2 Mbps

*Eastern Europeans

[tired anvil]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

Still Europoors

Nah

Western Europe kinda like the US

[median rock]

Kek, check Italian internet speed

That's horrible

[tired anvil]

60 Euros per month?
Places like Spain probs

😦

Spain is overrated

Agreed

[pseudo rivet]

The world is over-rated

[median rock]

Some companies think West and East Europe are the same and put the same game prices in steam

[crystal crescent]

Smart companies

[median rock]

ACTIVISION

[tired anvil]

notice how a good part of them are american

Idk about the rest of the world

It's Europe, but it ain't all the same lol

[native ibex]

Gajunas isn't like other Europeans

[tired anvil]

Yeah I sound American

[median rock]

[native ibex]

He has a three digit iq

[crystal crescent]

[tired anvil]

Thanks?

That's a bit mean Amnesia

😦

[median rock]

All Baltic and Slavic have highter IQ

[pseudo rivet]

Then it would just be 1

[tired anvil]

I give positivity to everyone 🙂

[median rock]

thanks, i've already taken

[tired anvil]

🙂

[median rock]

sorry, but i need to kill some amerikanburgers, because all Slavic are evil

[tired anvil]

Good thing I'm not Slavic

[pseudo rivet]

Ah yes

Of course

Kill some for me as well, will you?

[median rock]

da

or tak

[crystal crescent]

Rule : Be nice

[tired anvil]

I like your profile pic Taurus

[pseudo rivet]

[crystal crescent]

I like your profile pic too, is that a tomato ?

[tired anvil]

It is, it's a tomato against drug use

My little campaign against narcotic substances

[crystal crescent]

It seems rather high to me.

[finite dragon]

hello all

[tired anvil]

That's the point of it

If you get high like Bob the tomato, you won't end up looking all that well

[finite dragon]

how is everything?

[tired anvil]

Also hello Alastor

Everything's nice

Until it isn't

[crystal crescent]

You're really against narcotic substances ?

[tired anvil]

Well

I don't mind if someone does them

But I'm not a fan of people who are alcoholics or meth addicts and such

[finite dragon]

what do you talking about?

[tired anvil]

Drugs and countries

[crystal crescent]

There is a difference between smoking cigarettes and meth addiction

[median rock]

and internet

[tired anvil]

Well when I say drugs I kinda mean more serious stuff than simple cigs lol

I'm just simply not a fan of that stuff myself

Idm if others smoke

[crystal crescent]

Yeah off course.

[pseudo rivet]

Just don't do anything addictive

[crystal crescent]

Meth = ruining oneself

Destroy your familly, yeah it's just yourself

[tired anvil]

Don't get high off your own supply )

[crystal crescent]

Yes, but for me meth will always be more destructive than tobacco, especially because of illegal traffic.

[native ibex]

Nah, meth must be destroyed

[tired anvil]

Ever heard about Pablo the mule dog?

[native ibex]

Thanks to jontron

Absolutely

[finite dragon]

imagine having a faction symbol tattooed on you like a gang sign

i.e. bandits become even more edgy and tattoo their skull faction thingy all over their body

[rancid coyote]

imagine having a faction symbol tattooed on you like a gang sign

I beg you pardon?

[untold loom]

I'd say faction symbols are quite comperable to gang signs

[finite dragon]

Do Merc symbol!

🇼🇵 🇸

[finite dragon]

bandits are like ukrainian thugs lol

• in the zone

wheeze-

[rancid coyote]

bandits are like ukrainian thugs lol
Bandits are Ukrainian/Belarussian/Russian thugs

[finite dragon]

so what are renegades

revamped bandits or just more edgy

[pseudo rivet]

Nah

[finite dragon]

they are coomers that like to stay in the swamps

woah big difference

[pseudo rivet]

Renegades are the worst scum in the Zone. Not even Bandits like to stick around these guys, because they're that crazy

[finite dragon]

renegades are not the worst

mono is worst

brain scorcher and zombified

[pseudo rivet]

Nah

[finite dragon]

explain

[pseudo rivet]

Renegades kill and mug everyone that comes on their path for no reason other than getting riches

The Monolith, however, wants to protect the Wish Granter and thus the Zone itself

[finite dragon]

monolith are actually facists and autists

bandits are just a softer version of renegades

[pseudo rivet]

Okay

Explain

[finite dragon]

mono want to kidnap everyone and make them be one of them

[pseudo rivet]

They don't kidnap

[finite dragon]

kill

strelok is biggest scum because you bust your balls trying to find him the whole game

[pseudo rivet]

Okay

[finite dragon]

anyone hear about the game WOTZ (whispers of the zone)? its a roblox fan game for edgy retards who like to RP (super cringe)

[shadow venture]

somehow

regular cigs manages to be worser than weed

and is more addictive than cocaine

you don't die from overdose but you die slowy and painfully

[finite dragon]

weed turns you into a r word

[shadow venture]

and cigs kills you

[finite dragon]

i'd rather be dead than a liberal

[shadow venture]

then freedom are full of liberals?

wow

no wonder

[finite dragon]

only Ganja

[shadow venture]

who's granja

[finite dragon]

the bartender

at the freedom base in dark valley

🤪

[shadow venture]

he sounds pretty sane to me compared to the other members there

[pseudo rivet]

Bruh

[shadow venture]

bruv

[native ibex]

Hey guys

[wise mantle]

Hi everyone. Quick question: do I have to play shadow of Chernobyl/CS/CoP before playing ANOMALY?

[native ibex]

No

Not at all

But it wouldn't hurt

[finite dragon]

Generally the accepted order is SoC > CS > CoP then any mods

While the stories of stalker arent that great

vanilla is still great

and in my opinion, more atmospheric than any mod

[wise mantle]

Yeah I’ll probably start SoC tomorrow with the starter pack mod

[finite dragon]

Grab the silenced pbs that’s near the one guy who needs a medkit at the start

[wise mantle]

Thanks comrade

[finite dragon]

https://puu.sh/FITOA/42c1149ccd.png

Huh

Weird

also there’s this group of freedom-ers (I think) that need help in a shipyard area with fending off bandits. You’ll run into them some point in the game and could just leave them if you don’t want to help. But there’s a small watchtower and if you look right above the ladder there’s some crates that you can shoot. It’s going to give you lots of FMJ rounds for the viper smg early on in the game

what game

[pseudo rivet]

[pseudo rivet]

You mean the concentration camp at the Garbage

Free Stalkers, by the way

[finite dragon]

bruh a concentration camp.

i thought a zombie saying My daughter.......don't worry daddy will come back soon....

was the peak of stalker but no

N

[ember dew]

yikes

yoga best leader

[mystic ridge]

what the hell

shipyard area in SoC

that's a vehicle graveyard

also the rounds are HP not FMJ

[ember dew]

it was a concentration camp in CS

[mystic ridge]

yes

but I'm still puzzled how one can find a ship in there

[pseudo rivet]

[finite dragon]

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8qykrtgQ6sEve04wwuaRMA

channel recommendation

Alexander Kupniy he was dosimetrist of Chernobyl Reactor 4 from 1987 to 2011 if Im not mistaken

yep

[mystic ridge]

a guy who operates a dosimeter and knows how to take accurate measurements of radiation levels

that's a really interesting find Weebson thanks

[finite dragon]

welcome

he not only has lots of material inside sarcophagus but also criticism of HBO's Chernobyl and ChNPP stuff and disaster

[mystic ridge]

oh nice

I've watched HBO's miniseries recently and while it was a great watch I've heard some pretty harsh criticisim regarding the source material so I'm trying to read up on the details

I've known quite a lot about the disaster but I've never really scrutinised my sources very well

I'm reading the INSAG-7 report rn actually

[finite dragon]

so as me

btw did you know that there was another disaster in ChNPP in 1991?

which nearly lead to explosion of reactor 2

[mystic ridge]

I actually did not

holy smokes

[finite dragon]

Each reactor had two turbines. On October 11, 1991, a fire broke out in the turbine hall of reactor No. 2.[16] The fire began in reactor No. 2's fourth turbine, while the turbine was being idled for repairs. A faulty switch caused a surge of current to the generator, igniting insulating material on some electrical wiring.[17] This subsequently led to hydrogen, used as a coolant in the synchronous generator, being leaked into the turbine hall "which apparently created the conditions for fire to start in the roof and for one of the trusses supporting the roof to collapse."

[mystic ridge]

just...wow

[finite dragon]

could have been another disaster and we defo would live in post apocalyptic world

at least in europe

[untold loom]

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. would become reality

[mystic ridge]

not gonna lie I'm fascinated by all manner of industrial malfunctions incidents and catastrophies

[finite dragon]

kinda, no anomalies, mutants and artifacts @untold loom

[mystic ridge]

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPxHg4192hLDpTI2w7F9rPg

this is an interesting podcast regarding that topic

[untold loom]

no dangerous mutants
no deadly anomalies
no anarchists and bandits

[mystic ridge]

Duty dream

[finite dragon]

no anime

:sad:

instead huge levels of radiation

[fast eagle]

And no atmosphere

[finite dragon]

as CS memeber I shall say Zone should be preserved and have to be researched

and as experienced stalker its impossible to destroy the zone

[tired anvil]

Good thing not all CS members died

[finite dragon]

high chances to revive CS

[untold loom]

Clear Sky was such a good faction

[finite dragon]

[pseudo rivet]

Nah

[tired anvil]

I doubt it will come back

[finite dragon]

Best Fraction imo

[tired anvil]

You got nimble tho

[untold loom]

I doubt, the big science team is dead

[tired anvil]

Yep

[untold loom]

they were the glue that held CS together

[pseudo rivet]

Clear Sky's theory got "disproven" in their faces"

[finite dragon]

Cold defo survived

[fast eagle]

"WE made S.T.A.L.K.E.R. and we will kill it..."

[pseudo rivet]

They believed that, if the threat was stopped, the Zone would calm down

The threat was stopped, but the Zone didn't calm down

It even killed their leader

[tired anvil]

Poor Lebedev

[untold loom]

[pseudo rivet]

Demoralized, they likely just scattered

[fast eagle]

Not so poor

[finite dragon]

[tired anvil]

[fast eagle]

I think Clear Sku will never die

*Sky

[untold loom]

in our hearts, it won't

[pseudo rivet]

It already has, to our knowledge

[untold loom]

yeah pretty much

[finite dragon]

bleh

[untold loom]

That is why, children, we speak of Clear Sky using past tense

[fast eagle]

I think that some of them was on the base while mission

[tired anvil]

Yeah some of them survived

Nimble for example

[median rock]

https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/791992353179082757/784F96B16BCD2CA95A96D6B5C782A091A63FF1C6/

[pseudo rivet]

They believed that, if the threat was stopped, the Zone would calm down
The threat was stopped, but the Zone didn't calm down
It even killed their leader
Demoralized, they likely just scattered

[finite dragon]

Cold too

[tired anvil]

He's in all 3 stalker games and used to be in CS

[untold loom]

Well probably some rookies and stuff, they wouldn't rebuild the faction

[tired anvil]

Maybe join Strider's group

[finite dragon]

Cold could have handle it

[pseudo rivet]

Novikov also left, though

[untold loom]

In CoC, Cold becomes the new leader of CS

[median rock]

Nimble too

[pseudo rivet]

And he described CS to be chasing a hazy goal

[finite dragon]

most likely it was hazy goal

[fast eagle]

Bad that CS plot is very bad...

[fast eagle]

Most stupid thing is war of groups

[finite dragon]

I think CS plot and as a game was very rushed

[tired anvil]

It was

[finite dragon]

GSC didn't expect the game to explode

[tired anvil]

A lot of cut content, was made in pretty much a year

Though I love CS despite it's flaws

[pseudo rivet]

Still, my favorite game

[fast eagle]

They atmosphere in CS

*killed

[pseudo rivet]

[tired anvil]

[finite dragon]

the only thing I dont like in CS is warfare and some locations are thanosed

[pseudo rivet]

Explained in the Lore

[tired anvil]

Idm the warfare, the locations being gone sucks yeah