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[finite dragon]

Trust me

[river glacier]

I played the first task

The one with the flash drive

But ended up uninstalling bc of the weirdass long loading time

[quick dune]

then upgrade your computer mate

i was playing on a crappy laptop and it took AGES for the game to load a level in

[tired anvil]

I doubt he would be playing Fallout 76 if his computer was bad

[solid dome]

Considering I played SoC on a Dual Core PC for ages... his argument about loading times doesn't seem.. on point

What's worse than Dual Core and 2 GB of ram? Pentium 4 and 1 GB of ram?

[tired anvil]

@solid dome I kid you not, a reviewer on YT with a 1080 or something had issues loading SoC and mentioned it taking minutes lmao

I'll try to get the video with the timestamp

[gusty trench]

Stalker is a mystery.

[tired anvil]

It honestly is

And GSC scored a jackpot with a lot of things in it

[gusty trench]

But it can simply be explained with developers being too lazy to optimize their game properly - it doesn't support multi-threading and uses only 1,5 cores.

So it doesn't matter for the game if your PC is much powerful than it was. It still going to load the location for hours. 😏

[river glacier]

Dude

It's not my computer's problem

👍

[hushed aurora]

Are You By Any chance using compatibility mode? Iirc that makes loading times a Lot longer

[river glacier]

Actually

I think I was

I was unable to start the game with mods enabled so windows recommended me to use a compatibility mode

I ended up playing vanilla and didnt even remember about it

[steady arch]

my office gpu from 2011 runs it at 60fps

[hushed aurora]

CS took 5 minutes to load a save with compatibility mode on, and without it it takes like 30 seconds or so

Ig it applies to SoC too, so yeah disable it

[tired anvil]

Shouldn't have tried to do it with mods anyway

@solid dome https://youtu.be/8cJqzxi3nE8?t=391 timestamped lmao

My favourite Stalker series reviews for how crazy they are

[sonic rampart]

Ahhh GmanLives

the second biggest boomer reviewer on the platform

[hushed aurora]

CIVVIE gang

[sonic rampart]

yep

Civvie11 is better

[hushed aurora]

Indeed

[sonic rampart]

He got me into stuff like the original thief games and postal 2

[quartz folio]

should i get stalker clear sky

i have 20 on steam

[sonic rampart]

If you've played SoC i guess yes

But you should rather wait for a sale

[quartz folio]

next sale is like in june

[sonic rampart]

Clear sky goes on sale for 3 bucks if i remember correctly

[tired anvil]

If you've played Shadow of Chernobyl, yes

Nah next sale is in like a week

[sonic rampart]

Wait really

[tired anvil]

Steam Spring/Easter sale

[quartz folio]

actually

[quick dune]

easter sale

[quartz folio]

yooo

thats neat

[sonic rampart]

Too sad

[quick dune]

then u can maybe buy all stalker games if u only have one

[sonic rampart]

Easter here is at the start of May

[tired anvil]

Well, Steam doesn't care, you'll still get the sale

[sonic rampart]

thankfully yes

[quartz folio]

[sonic rampart]

Btw i think the whole stalker series is on sale at GoG

[tired anvil]

I wonder how much it is on Humble Bundle

[sonic rampart]

Is humble bundle actually legit

i used it to get free games 2 years ago

[tired anvil]

Yea, GSC even advertised them here before

[sonic rampart]

but right now all they do is send me spam ads

[tired anvil]

They still give out games pretty often

[sonic rampart]

Strange, guess I live under a rock.

[tired anvil]

Worst case scenario, sale will be in May

[solid dome]

What am I looking at, framerate?

[sonic rampart]

Orthodox gang

[tired anvil]

Just listen to the comments about loading

[sonic rampart]

Funnily enough i never had trouble with the loading times while i was playing shadow of chernobyl

[tired anvil]

Same, never had them

[solid dome]

Same

Never had them, not just now

[river glacier]

Why not?

[tired anvil]

They make the games unstable most of the time

[river glacier]

Aight

[quick dune]

is the poltergeist in EVERY SINGLE lab?

[finite dragon]

Anyone who wants to leave the zone is free to do so by approaching one of the military outposts with hands raised in the air.
After submitting all possessed weapons and all items that may be contaminated, which includes banknotes and coins,
you will receive professional health care and will be sent back home to your families.

[quick dune]

poltergeist annoying as hell

[tired anvil]

No

[quick dune]

crimes forgiven or i go into jail?

[sonic rampart]

Only in x18

[solid dome]

@tired anvil I think you asked Nickie to stop posting this. Right?

[quick dune]

i already encountered poltergeists in x18, x16 and now in x19

[finite dragon]

We will see about that.

[sonic rampart]

Are you playing modded

[tired anvil]

Sort of agreed to not do it in local chats, if more complain about it here I'll just start deleting/muting

[quick dune]

huh didn't know modders like to annoy people with mutants that aren't supposed to be in a lab

[sonic rampart]

Which mod tho

[quick dune]

autumn aurora

[sonic rampart]

Ahhh that's more like it

[tired anvil]

That's what you get for playing modded on your first playthrough

[quick dune]

not really first playthrough

but yea i get what ur saying

[past shuttle]

Only in x18

[solar scroll]

Brotherhood of Steel is basically the Fallout's Duty.

• They are both Military wannabes.
• They have rank structures.
• They have proper uniforming.
• They have good weapons.
• They both hate Mutants.
• They both hate Anarchists and Bandits.
  -They have powerful mechanic suits.

[finite dragon]

Guys im planning on starting Stalker cop for the first time, i never played a survival game, i was wondering if its still worth it as a game?

And do you suggest to apply some graphics mod or the game aged well?

And i never played a survival games, what approach would you suggest me to use?

[hushed aurora]

If i guess correctly you haven't played SoC, so i'd suggest starting by that

[tired anvil]

@finite dragon Suggest you to start playing with Shadow of Chernobyl like Rebel already wrote. You're fine going in with no mods

[finite dragon]

Is it that important to play the first stalker?

One thing im worried about is the longiness of the game, i fear that it will become pretty boring is it last too much

[hushed aurora]

It's not that long,

If you rush it, doing only the main stuff you'd complete it in like 10 hours or smth, if you want to explore and do the side quests then it's like 20-30, atleast for me

[tired anvil]

If you end up enjoying it, the other games will feel even better

[finite dragon]

Thats nice

[tired anvil]

What are some other games you've played and enjoyed?

[finite dragon]

Yeah, ill try Shadown of chernobyl then

[tired anvil]

Because Stalker isn't exactly just survival

[hushed aurora]

It's mostly first person shooter

[finite dragon]

I used to play more back in the days, i dont even play anymore. I just got interested in stalker and wanted to try it, i used to play a lot of gta, csgo and Hitman

[tired anvil]

Hm, well it's not really like those games, but it's also not exactly a survival game

It's sort of it's own deal

[finite dragon]

Mh i got that

Ill just try it and ill see how i feel about the game i gues

[tired anvil]

Alright, gl

[hushed aurora]

Hf

[finite dragon]

I might as well warn you, i'm having a crappy day, as always. No booze. I expect everyone to do their job right, otherwise heads will roll.

[quick dune]

heads roll when you raid our bandits camps

[finite dragon]

Don't worry, we ain't gonna do anything sick to your bodies.

[lime ridge]

Is there anyone who knows alot about stalker anomaly modding?
I installed the aggressor a week ago and it worked now i want to play again and i cant use the reshade, there are no boxes to tick or untick

[quick dune]

reshade no worky because u didn't install it correctly

go to the addon page and follow tutorial

[lime ridge]

It is installed correctly

my reshadegui is damaged somehow

it also worked before as i mentioned

[lone leaf]

I've been cursed with knowledge and now have a very specific fear

[hushed aurora]

Elaborate

[lone leaf]

Fast travel, HUD/map clutter

All those, like

"Generic AAA open world game" things that pull you out of the atmosphere

[hushed aurora]

It could have fast travel in the form of guides

Ig

Dunno what You mean by hud/map clutter

[lone leaf]

More or less the stuff that makes the world stop feeling like a giant uncaring alien superconsciousness that doesn't care if I live or die inside it and starts making it feel like a theme park where you shoot the staff

A lot of well intentioned "quality of life" stuff adds way too much convenience and makes the atmosphere suffer unless you intentionally work against it

[native ibex]

Metal 3D printing has huge implications for the Zone's technicians

[runic rapids]

Can anyone send me a transparent image of the SSP-9 ecologist?

[fair crater]

you guys think factions should look less like eachothers? in term of indentification in combat

[runic rapids]

It would be cool if you saw freedomers in loner suits infiltrating the duty base

[fair crater]

yeah

imagine stalkers would just wear others faction suits

[runic rapids]

Or seeing more bandits with sunrise suits

[fair crater]

interm of salvaging

that would be chaos

for instance a sunrise bandit shot a trench coat loner

who am i going to shoot?

"sorry wolf i killed him"

[runic rapids]

Yeah, just overall more diversity in stalkers

Just like they said it would be

[fair crater]

interesting to see

but might be infuriating

[eager oyster]

https://youtu.be/thshr_PTgeI 😦

Make teeth great again

[spark magnet]

I will cry if there's a fast travel in stalker 2 smh

[tired anvil]

Guides

[safe obsidian]

you saw dj peach cobbler's video too right?

[spark magnet]

Just a spoonful, but I had that thought prior

Point still stands

[safe obsidian]

yea

[tired anvil]

Guides

[safe obsidian]

better than a free click and go there type of fast travel

with a guide you gotta go to him and pay to go to a certain area

normal fast travel is click and boom

[golden ridge]

https://gamingsym.in/gsc-game-world-has-started-recruiting-testers-for-stalker-2/

[hexed yoke]

BTW

stalker will be released i think 2021 its on net

[gusty trench]

Wdym?

It's less likely that they will release the game in 2021.

[hexed yoke]

first release

but yes

if yes it will be so cool all stalker will buy it maybe 🙂

stalkars 🙂

[tired anvil]

What do you mean by “its on net” ?

[hexed yoke]

search

when will be stalker 2 released or release date

[tired anvil]

That's misinformation

[hexed yoke]

idk i saw it i just wanted to inform

[tired anvil]

Ok, and GOG says that it will release on the 31st of December 2021, do you think that is real?

[hexed yoke]

😄

[tired anvil]

Everyone is saying 2021 because they think that, it's nothing official

[hexed yoke]

last day of 2021 mb

yes

i think it will be in 2022

[hexed yoke]

and how long are they working on stalker 2?

[tired anvil]

They announced it in May of 2018

But mentioned that they started work some time before that

[hexed yoke]

ok i think it will be better than chernobylite

[tired anvil]

Most likely

[hexed yoke]

100%

what do you think the game will cost?

i think 80€ or 60€ in europe

[tired anvil]

Assuming they don't do regional prices, I think it will start at 60

[hexed yoke]

yes i think too

stalker soc is 14yrs old and cost 16€ 😄

[tired anvil]

Call of Pripyat is also 12 and 20

Pretty solid price imo

[hexed yoke]

🙂

[finite dragon]

When wil the stalker

[eager oyster]

no worries, I think we gonna carry car batteries on our backs that deplete and slow us down a lot

no other way to watch youtube in the Zone

Stalker 2 will be the first AAA video game to feature wasteland dentists. Stop near a guide, buy some medkits, get some bandages and food, bullets, then sit down and get that fancy gold teeth gril like the rappers

Petrovich - 50 Rubles

[solid dome]

😄

STOCKUP 2 will be released exclusively on a market share platform

[finite dragon]

What can I say. I like the stocks

You know what I like more?

Pepsi

[solid dome]

Throw the garbo in the garbo area, where it belongs

When life gives you lemons, don't buy sugar drinks

[quick dune]

do u guys mean that sdalger will be sold on discs

[finite dragon]

There must be pepsi in stalker 2

[tired anvil]

It will be

[finite dragon]

It might be as large as modern warfare 2019)))

What if we get a teeth simulator

And that's it

We are supposed to use the guns to complete dental procedures

[quick dune]

no ples

[little beacon]

I want radioactive teeth to emit green light! So I don't need any flashlight and blind everyone who are using night goggles with my smile!

[fair crater]

fast travel should be like in cop

[quick dune]

if u mean xbox then ofc

but i mean pc

[tired anvil]

Why not

And I mean both Xbox and PC, it's already confirmed

[quick dune]

nobody sane has a cd rom

in their pc case

[tired anvil]

Plenty do, even then, why would physical releases be a problem to you

Not like you're forced to get one

[quick dune]

i don't have a cd rom

many people with new pcs don't have one

[tired anvil]

You do realise that selling physical copies doesn't stop them from selling virtual ones

[quick dune]

dunno who's fault it is since i didn't ask if there's gonna be a virtual one aswell

but ok

[tired anvil]

It's pretty obvious

[quick dune]

well yes

[iron junco]

Anybody know pre order date?

[robust forge]

Tommorow

[iron junco]

[solid dome]

What if its on a new type of discs

Newer than blu-rays and nobody can actually play those discs?

[solid dome]

Me and the PMm gang have equipped ourselves, what are you, a bandit w/o walkman?

[quick dune]

i found old fone from 2010

plays only the most exquisite music

[grave wraith]

How bout hair simulator

[quick dune]

freedom simulator

[grave wraith]

yoo

Imagine

nah loner faction is way better

[quick dune]

the only mutant i would be having fun befriending is snork

[finite dragon]

stalker woman update when

[vocal bison]

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　　　/ 　 へ＼
　　 /　　/　＼＼
　　 ﾚ　ノ　　 ヽつ
　　/　/
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[finite dragon]

Idk

[lone leaf]

stalker woman (male) update when

[finite dragon]

wo man

[mystic flax]

agreed

[finite dragon]

...What was i saying... hik, blurp... Bring him to me right now, or you will regret it you bums!

you do realise that the speaker is broken

because i shot the speaker

[finite dragon]

How about i shot some provisions for duty?

[robust mountain]

I like how everyone pooped their pants over tooth costumization

[dusty wagon]

the greatest achievement in all of human history

[robust mountain]

Let's not forget that gameplay makes a shooter

Oh also, anyone else noticed that in the Skif trailer the left hand completely clips through the PDA when he's about to turn it on?

Your lead animator uses rocks as reference, so I'm wondering if he's a ghost

All in good fun, might want to polish stuff like that in the future, though

Character models look sick, whoever is making them needs a raise, just make freedom more distinguishable from loners and it's perfect (they don't really need the eye hitting yellow, but anything to make them look like anarchist stoners will help a bunch)

[finite dragon]

Insert that MP40 animation

[lone leaf]

Does you hand not clip through stuff

[finite dragon]

I remember I once fell down the stars because my foot just clipped through one of the boards

[lone leaf]

Every time, man

[finite dragon]

Thank god it wasnt stuck in there

[robust mountain]

My 2nd ever animation?

Yeah very comparable to someone who worked for Warframe

[finite dragon]

Was it you who made the parkinsons MP40 animation?

Lmao

Cool stuff

[robust mountain]

Oh nah

[finite dragon]

Ah

Sad

[robust mountain]

Not that one

[finite dragon]

That one is just legendary

You're way too good for that Asnen

[robust mountain]

Made one too, wasn't as terrible but also bad

[finite dragon]

Quick! Build up a big portfolio and apply to GSC

Quickly, before they release S2!

[robust mountain]

They don't take anyone outside of Ukraine

[finite dragon]

😔

Racism

[robust mountain]

Well more like convenience

[lone leaf]

Just move to Ukraine, duh

[robust mountain]

Oh hell no

LOL

[finite dragon]

Though I hope they'll pick english playtesters (I.E. me) so that we could point out all mistakes in the dialogue

Because

My goodness

SoC is terrible in some places

[robust mountain]

Would be nice if I got in, played ShoC since 2008

[lone leaf]

Adding more dialogue mistakes for flavor

[finite dragon]

Wait one sec

[robust mountain]

I have a physical copy of ShoC from a gaming mag

Released 2008

[finite dragon]

I lost SoC CS and CoP discs in my lithuanian attic and couldn't find them since

[robust mountain]

It was a pretty badass disc, it also had IL2 Sturmovik

[robust mountain]

Not as bad as some russian mods

[finite dragon]

My friend and I had a storage here not far from the car park, where the forest is more dense. Basically, just what you need. But recently the boars made a lair there, and now we can't get to the storage. Help - kill the boars, and I'll thank you, for myself and for my friend.

[still ridge]

Russian “mods”

[finite dragon]

Well machine translated do sound terrible

[robust mountain]

Hahaaa wassap ne

[gusty trench]

I wish you knew how it's worse compared to CS and CoP

[still ridge]

CS supremacy

[finite dragon]

CS and CoP are more polished aren't they?

[coral river]

Is clear sky worth playing

[finite dragon]

Of course

[still ridge]

Yes

[gusty trench]

Of course

[coral river]

Ok

[finite dragon]

A lot of lies about it being bad

[gusty trench]

Don't ask

[robust mountain]

It's meh

[finite dragon]

Shut mouth asnen

[gusty trench]

Just do it. Launch it

[still ridge]

Asnen out here with the bad takes

[finite dragon]

smh

[still ridge]

[coral river]

It costs 750 rubles so I'll need to do that first

[gusty trench]

Asnen is czech counter-vanilla saboteur

[robust mountain]

CS doesn't have the story and immersion of ShoC and also it doesn't have the gameplay of CoP, it's a weird mutant child riddled with game breaking bugs and questionable experimental features

[coral river]

Such as no pistol iron sights

[finite dragon]

1.6.10 seems pretty stable though

[robust mountain]

Worth to play it once

[finite dragon]

Faction wars are kinda fun

[robust mountain]

And don't touch it after the first playthrough

I like the locations though

[finite dragon]

Only three repeatable crashes I had in CS were 1. Sprinting, opening PDA and quicksaving at the same time 2. Bandit faction 3. Red forest gate

Night time was genuinely spooky in CS

Just the atmosphere

[robust mountain]

My save broke twice in hospital area

Screw that area

[finite dragon]

Nr. 1 isn't fixed by SRP btw

CS is honestly the most linear of all the games

But like

SoC was also pretty linear

Like you can draw lines where you are supposed to go

Meanwhile CoP was pretty free in where you had to go. Go wherever you want.

[robust mountain]

ShoC had insanely annoying backtracking

Especially on the true ending

Ugh

[still ridge]

Speak for yourself. It’s just as immersive as SoC for me

[robust mountain]

lol

[quartz folio]

maybe they were sacrificed to the Slavic deity's

[robust mountain]

My opinion is the correct one, I am not blinded by nostalgia even though I love the series more than anything

Good that you have your own, it's fine

[still ridge]

My opinion is the correct one

Wow

[robust mountain]

Yes

[still ridge]

Your opinion isn’t objective

[robust mountain]

It's correct

[still ridge]

For you, sure.

but opinions are subjective

[robust mountain]

It's cool that you're in some kind of a CS lovers cult but it's just easily the worst one of the 3

Good game, yes, but objectively the worst one by far

[still ridge]

you’re right

But that doesn’t mean it’s objectively less immersive than the other games

[robust mountain]

I've spent countless hours on the base game (because the mods for CS aren't very good) and I had a blast anyway, but there were so many poor choices by the devs that I can't see myself playing only CS

[still ridge]

ok

[robust mountain]

Datastor modpack is easily the best mod for Clear Sky, but it's in Czech

Might make an English version

[gusty trench]

CS doesn't have the story and immersion of ShoC
It has much better immersion than SoC for sure. It feels more realistic and alive. NPCs react to every hit, their became better than It was (NPCs actually react to each other and mutants.), graphics are awesome.
and also it doesn't have the gameplay of CoP
Repairing mechanic, upgrades, AI and etc. Just like in CoP but less progressive and polished.

[robust mountain]

Yeah so you answered based on your feelings

And the gameplay is worse than CoP, you confirmed that yourself

[gusty trench]

I played CS after SoC.

And it felt much better.

[robust mountain]

Cool, glad it feels better for you

I agree specific weather looks better

And CS added (scuffed) emissions

Which is cool

Oh and bandits got a lot of love in Clear Sky

So that was nice

[finite dragon]

Gunplay is better in CoP

But CS laid the foundations for CoP

CoP is more like CS instead of SoC

[robust mountain]

Let's not forget that CS and CoP are "expansion packs" for SoC

[still ridge]

I hope S2 follows the CoP model of quests

All those intricate side quests were

[robust mountain]

I hope they remove quest markers

Let the players figure it out

Guide them with clues and tips of NPCs

[tired anvil]

Or make it possible to toggle it

[robust mountain]

Good design doesn't need quest markers

[tired anvil]

Good design won't stop casuals

[robust mountain]

There was quite a good video on this

[robust mountain]

That's their own minus, they can use guides

[tired anvil]

Not wrong

[robust mountain]

If the developer guides the players through dialogue and "interesting locations that you can't overlook" then missing the quest area is the player's fault

And this is the way games should be designed

[verbal hemlock]

they’re not expansion packs its a holy and unique trilogy, each game making up an equal part of it

[tired anvil]

Tell that to GSC

[finite dragon]

Any attempt to penetrate the secured Zone will be punished by any means necessary. Patrols have the right to shoot on sight.

[verbal hemlock]

All three games make up STALKER 1

each game makes up 33% of the holy trilogy that forms STALKER 1, and now we are getting STALKER 2

my outlook

[tired anvil]

So 2 will cost more than the three combined

[verbal hemlock]

I got the trilogy for $40 so yes

[tired anvil]

46 Euros if you were to buy them one by one with no discount

[verbal hemlock]

Also on the subject, Clear Sky is just SoC with more content and more life filled into the areas

[robust mountain]

So does this mean S2 will be a trilogy as well?

[verbal hemlock]

like in SoC Cordon, Garbage, Agroprom, and Dark Valley in particular all have very little content or characters, they’re just vessels that each tell one piece of the main story as you pretty much travel through each of them once on your path, but in CS, they’re all home with bases, characters, and content that you keep coming back to for all the stuff and interactions

[verbal hemlock]

I hope so

I’m sure we’ll get some expansions

[undone sapphire]

Hello

[past shuttle]

👍🏻

That would be more fun in my opinion

[past shuttle]

Imagine, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: ... (Fill the blank by yourself with your imagination, kek)

[past shuttle]

[finite dragon]

stalker 2 episode 1 when

[robust mountain]

STALKER 2 series 2 episode 2 when

[finite dragon]

strelok has hev suit in stalker 2

now we can have Gordon Freeman but Ukraine

[robust mountain]

Scar has a flak jacket

He learned after all the grenades

[quick dune]

we already have gordon freeman in stalker

though he didn't have an hev suit

[robust mountain]

That's amogus

[finite dragon]

who need hev when you have exo

[quick dune]

yes

[livid citrus]

what if you just don't get hurt

[robust mountain]

SEVA gang, assemble

[quick dune]

at least exo doesn't tell you that u need medical help

[finite dragon]

don't worry your brain will help

no need dumb ai telling to heal

[verbal hemlock]

we already have Gordon freeman in Ukraine

[past shuttle]

Guys, I have a question for you

Is UE4 easy to edit?

[finite dragon]

no

[past shuttle]

I mean, there will be some willing to mod S2 in the future

That's why I'm asking

[verbal hemlock]

They’ll figure it out

[past shuttle]

[finite dragon]

wish stalker had a multiplayer mode example military vs monolith in chernobyl but in battlefield style

[quick dune]

i wish we could have actual faction warfare but multiplayer

you choose a faction and fight for it

similar to battlefield like u said but everyone gets to choose one of 9 factions

[finite dragon]

i would like to fight in a big map like chernobyl example and at the same time blowout happening and your team had to hide

[quick dune]

seems nice

[past shuttle]

Spicy idea

[finite dragon]

and when your team lost the enemy team will do the orange juice and play bandit radio

if only there's a mod like that

[little beacon]

So what about modes of multiplayer?

[robust mountain]

Capture the Artifact

Last S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Standing

[finite dragon]

9 yo Ukraine kid screaming on mic

[robust mountain]

I imagine the video where a guy deletes a kid's Minecraft house everytime

[quick dune]

we get freeroam multiplayer?

would be kinda cool if u had people walking around

[finite dragon]

you mean make your own story with other player

[little beacon]

How about Search and Destroy!?

[quick dune]

then u can give them jobs and stuff for money

you can be

bandit legend

[robust mountain]

Garry's mod

[finite dragon]

Well there is a roblox game about stalker rp

[quick dune]

roblox not the best

[finite dragon]

ik

gmod yes

[robust mountain]

Roblox is the Diablo 3 of kid games

[quick dune]

well i mean gmod is mostly just wacky sandbox and roleplay isn't really...

[finite dragon]

lol i was playing roblox stalker and i chose duty and i keep getting killed by the freedom

[robust mountain]

Gmod roleplay was the shizzle dude

[quick dune]

i imagine it wouldn't look very noice in gmod

i like gmod roleplay

[finite dragon]

yeah just don't get caught by admin

[robust mountain]

Someone ported 90% of stalker assets to gmod

[verbal hemlock]

Someone ported Metro assets to Anomaly like LURKERS

cursed

[quick dune]

that's what i kinda mean

[finite dragon]

[quick dune]

you have to download assets, you have to follow some rules

u don't really have "failrp" in stalker

it's pure anarchy

[finite dragon]

imagine downloading a 20gb mods

[quick dune]

yea

[finite dragon]

and then you got kicked because you are afk

[quick dune]

sitting the whole day downloading addons

[robust mountain]

That's any game with slow internet

Gmod add-ons download fast

[quick dune]

i imagine most people don't have super good pcs to play stalker

[finite dragon]

i run soc at 60 fps at some maps

[robust mountain]

Just russians

[quick dune]

now imagine downloading addons with a pretty bad pc

[finite dragon]

smh at chernobyl the game tries to kill me

[robust mountain]

I used to play misery at 20 FPS around 2013

Was pretty cool

[finite dragon]

and pain

[dense roost]

I have in my

[quick dune]

i used to play tf2 with around 10 fps

[finite dragon]

30 fps

[robust mountain]

Just play pyro, you don't need more than 2 fps

[finite dragon]

pyro as snorks

[little beacon]

Spy as bandits

[robust mountain]

Snorks as pyro

[solar scroll]

Oh my God, no.

[terse stag]

​🅰️🅱️🅾️🅱️🅰

[solid dome]

The funk is so special in this trashy game...

Everyone saying Roblox left and right, where it's basically a Minecraft clone

[glacial quartz]

I just watched a video of the "cipher" code

Is it true that it might indicate on a date release?

[tired anvil]

No, it never did

Mind sharing what video told you that?

[glacial quartz]

https://youtu.be/cDvlb963nKI

This one

You can check out part one which I originally watched first

[tired anvil]

Ah jeez you're talking about this one

Would've made more sense if you were talking about the 2018 one

[glacial quartz]

Yeah, it caught my interest and seem to be very thoroughly made

[tired anvil]

It's interesting for sure, I helped that guy with gathering information about this cipher for his videos

[glacial quartz]

Very smart people behind this (if the story isn't made up)

[tired anvil]

It's sort of in a dead end at the moment, but people are still trying in the 2.0.2.1 server

GSC says they aren't related to it so that makes it even harder

[glacial quartz]

What if Cypher guy is a character in the zone that's "luring" real life players into exploring the zone?

And us entering the zone would be the day stalker 2 releases

[tired anvil]

GSC mentioned with the first cipher in 2018-2020 when people thought the same idea that they wouldn't do this, as it is not only illegal but also dangerous

[glacial quartz]

Ahh that makes sense

But still that was quite an idea for the devs to do it

However it did raise my suspicions for sure

[tired anvil]

You might enjoy reading up on the first cipher if you find this interesting

[glacial quartz]

I have heard of the first one but I kinda lost interest at this point

It would've been one heck of an idea if Cypher had been a character in stalker 2

[tired anvil]

Well, it's assumed that one of the cipher solvers will be

GSC mentioned an in-game surprise, but I can't recall if it was for the first person to crack it, or something in general for everyone who did it

[glacial quartz]

Hmmm

The best case scenario for me to see this end well is

If someone ends up making a small dlc mod for Cypher for stalker 2

[young swallow]

Is there a way to not do a shart while playing SOC? I keep playing for 1-2 hours and then take a brake for 1-2 weeks

[glacial quartz]

Since with S2 we will have both graphics and new tools to get top notch quality mods

Actually there's gonna be aloooot of mods for stalker 2 and basically the new fallout 4 platform for modding communities

[tired anvil]

@glacial quartz might like this #📰┃announcement message

[tired anvil]

What parts are scaring you lol

[young swallow]

Literally the atmosphere, and when you walk around scared and get jumpscared by some weird monster my instinct is to alt f4

I am also really new so I do not know what things to use and all to make it easier and less scary

[tired anvil]

Idk what to tell you honestly, never considered the games scary myself

[robust mountain]

Next clue is inside of the reactor

[solid dome]

That day game releases and zillion of people rush towards Cher... even the houses in the village with no name won't really fit them

😄

[tired anvil]

A lot of the houses with no names also got demolished

[solid dome]

Still lot of em there I remember

Or they gone now?

[tired anvil]

Some exist, a lot don't

There isn't really any number from what I know

[robust mountain]

I wonder if they will lean towards real zone or the zone from ShoC

And if it will be pre-fire zone if they decide to go with the real zone

[solid dome]

You can't go with completely real version of it

Cuz...

It'll be shallow map

[ashen cedar]

It would be really nice if you could join any faction at start or early in the gameplay. And beat the game differently with other factions or if you choose to be a loner.

[solid dome]

It would be nice if the game releases at all

[young swallow]

I literally hate that I dont know anything about this game. I tried playing again, got like 30 artefacts sold them and now I have 50k rubles but the traders sell me garbage items like basic stalker suits. What should I do?

[ashen cedar]

Haha yeah @solid dome

Do missions that is important

[young swallow]

I am doing the main missions

[ashen cedar]

No do shitty missions that u clear garbage from bandits

Oh

Then idk

[young swallow]

Its just that I find myself undergeared and have anxiety

[robust mountain]

This game is an RPG at heart, the gear progresses with your "level"

[young swallow]

Level??

[ashen cedar]

Progress is another word

[robust mountain]

Yeah basically just do story missions

[ashen cedar]

Your rank ingame

[robust mountain]

[young swallow]

Well but I often find myself full of items

And cant pickup stuff

[hushed aurora]

Which game?

[past shuttle]

[young swallow]

Soc

[hushed aurora]

What is the issue?, cba to re-read everything

[solid dome]

Guy collected ton of ship, doesn't know what to buy, lots of rub

Quickest TL:DR

[young swallow]

Yes

[hushed aurora]

Sell everything you won't need

[solid dome]

Ship for... [expletive]... um... shipment

[hushed aurora]

And most of the time you don't have to buy many things

[solid dome]

You know, shipment, right :kekw:

[hushed aurora]

Most of the good stuff you get it by looting

[past shuttle]

There are blue chests in some locations

[hushed aurora]

Do buy medkits and ammo tho

[past shuttle]

You can drop your items into them

[robust mountain]

Most of the stuff you pick up is pointless anyway, just take ammo and find artifacts to sell lol

[hushed aurora]

You're gonna need those

[young swallow]

I have ak74m, mp5, a pistol lots of meds and a little bit of food

[past shuttle]

He said he also had anxiety

The atmosphere itself scares you? @young swallow

[solid dome]

Vodka... useless? Mods, slam the banhammer at Asnen's head!

[past shuttle]

Those weapons are just starting points, stalker

[robust mountain]

Yeah

[solid dome]

You can't be serious sosig and vodka to be useless

[young swallow]

Its just very scary when you hear bloodsuckers growling and you have ti sneak by

[past shuttle]

Bloodsuckers are scary indeed

[solid dome]

I freak out at night, you do too?

[young swallow]

Wh.... I though.. so what should I get?

[past shuttle]

I get jumpscared sometimes unintetionally

[past shuttle]

You should follow the storyline and do side missions

[young swallow]

I dont even go out at night 😎

[robust mountain]

Just wait until you find Bootysuckaz

[past shuttle]

Check what traders sell

[solid dome]

See!

[past shuttle]

Don't just sell artefacts

Read anything you find

Explore the zone itself

And don't forget to enjoy

[solid dome]

Anomaly at night is fun tho

[hushed aurora]

Keep moonlight artifacts tho

Those improve your endurance

[past shuttle]

Endurance means a lot

[solid dome]

You, a flashlight in left hand and a PMm in the other, walking back and forth trying to figure where the thing will attack you from

Bloodysuckers

[young swallow]

Well every artefact I find has radiation poisoning

[past shuttle]

@solid dome Anomaly is another world

[past shuttle]

This means you haven't explored the zone completely

There are artefacts that take radiation out of you

Meaning they are beneficial

[young swallow]

I heard that the red forest is hearth attack zone, is that true and should I be worried of coming across the red forest?

[past shuttle]

The red forest in SoC is not the red forest itself

[young swallow]

Okay I will try to explore more

[past shuttle]

Just a part of it

The map is called Radar in original

The name comes from the Brain Scorcher

And yes, you should be careful there

That map is chaotic if you go there unprepared

[young swallow]

Oh god

[past shuttle]

A sniper is highly suggested

[young swallow]

What is the best gear to have?

[past shuttle]

Hm

Make sure you have stalker suit

[young swallow]

So I would know what to aim for

[past shuttle]

Obokan should be fine

Or use NATO weapons

[young swallow]

Wh.. but its the starter one

[past shuttle]

No

You get the wrong idea

The sunrise suit I'm talking about

Green stalker suit

[young swallow]

Ohhh

[past shuttle]

That armor is good enough for Radar

Though I'd suggest SEVA

I don't remember all the armors in the game, sadly

I should replay it again sometime

[young swallow]

I also saved a scientiat and he offered me a suit, is it worth?

[past shuttle]

Orange one

The worst one I must say

[young swallow]

I should try finishing it 😡

[past shuttle]

Every suit has unique properties

If you get a different armor, make sure you check it's properties

The one you are talking about is the second worst armor

[young swallow]

Oh wow..

[past shuttle]

It has very low bulletproof protection

[young swallow]

Well I still use the starter suit

[past shuttle]

Iirc, it has %15 bulletproof protection

Compared to sunrise suit, it sucks

Sunrise suit has %50 bulletproof

[young swallow]

Okay I will search for the suit whilst completing story

[past shuttle]

Also search for some artefacts that's beneficial for you

[young swallow]

JESUS, i have the starter suit and I take 0 bullet damage

[young swallow]

Yeah I always look at the properties

[past shuttle]

Which difficulty are you playing on?

Easy?

[young swallow]

The easiest ones

😔

[past shuttle]

I assumed so

Don't worry

Not a problem

I play on master with ease even though I sucked at the beginning even in easy difficulty

I was very young back then

Wow, 9 years eh

A seasoned stalker, here I am

[young swallow]

If I have poo stains from SOC what will happen to me with S2..

[past shuttle]

I can't imagine S2 bro

I'm hyped I must say

[young swallow]

Well im 16 and im having pain from playing

[past shuttle]

You will get used to it

[young swallow]

I hope..

[ashen cedar]

I was 8 when i started with stalker, i was scared from these bloodsuckers 🍮

[tired anvil]

There's two more games after SoC fyi

[past shuttle]

Unknown things scare you

But after you experience the games, it becomes very easy

[tired anvil]

And one of them is a lot harder

[young swallow]

Yeah i know I played call of pripyat and accidentaly deketed my save

[tired anvil]

Good, shouldn't have started with it

[past shuttle]

My first experience in x18 was scary and groovy, but after that it was quite easy

[young swallow]

I also thought that CoP was boring

[past shuttle]

No

No stalker games is boring

You just started to the series in the wrong way

[young swallow]

The story* of CoP

[past shuttle]

CoP is a different story

[young swallow]

Its just heli heli heli wow end

[past shuttle]

Side missions make the game longer

That's why side missions are also important

Also, the game itself is quite easy

Especially for me since I know the locations of most stashes

[young swallow]

I dislike that I cant have an ak and shotgun in my holster at the same time

[past shuttle]

In CoP, you can

[young swallow]

Oh you lucky... the stashes I find are empty or full of meds

[past shuttle]

The stash system is a bit different in CoP

You just don't open boxes or something

Anyway

@young swallow Begin your journey already stalker

And good hunting

[young swallow]

I have to sleep, but was just playing so I wanted to get some info

[young swallow]

Thank you I will hunt those stinking bloodsuckers tommorow

[past shuttle]

Sleepy stalkers often get killed on their way into the center of the zone

Make sure you sleep enough

[young swallow]

I remember looking at the wiki for mutants and the pseudogiant made me scared from the pixture

[past shuttle]

Kek

Psudogiant isn't even scary

[young swallow]

But its strong right?

[past shuttle]

I'd say, the most scary mutant is bloodsucker

Yes very strong

You have to empty lots of mags

[tired anvil]

Tree boi from old S2 looked best

[past shuttle]

If you use weak guns

[young swallow]

Oh no

[tired anvil]

One AK mag is enough for a Blooduscker

[past shuttle]

The thing is

[quick dune]

snork is best mutant

[past shuttle]

This stalker has anxiety

[young swallow]

Well I will go now, thanks for the help guus

[past shuttle]

He says he is very scared of the atmosphere

[quick dune]

snorks are my buddies

[tired anvil]

I saw

[past shuttle]

Snorks are just complete annoying

[young swallow]

I had to spray 2 mags of ak74m to kill one

[past shuttle]

I hate snorks a lot

[past shuttle]

You don't aim correctly then

And try to find obokan

[young swallow]

How should I aim if my character is an alcoholic

[past shuttle]

Obokan packs more punch than Ak74m

[tired anvil]

Drink till it balances out

[past shuttle]

The three stalker games have their own unique experiences

[young swallow]

Also monolith zombies are almost impossible to kill

[past shuttle]

@young swallow Kek

You are right though

[ashen cedar]

Drink til you shoot straight

[past shuttle]

Zombies are hard to kill in SoC

[ashen cedar]

yeah, 20 bullets in the head

[past shuttle]

Just stop using mp5 after a while

Pistol rounds won't get you anywhere

Use Colt for example

It has more damage

[young swallow]

I have mp5 but I dont really use it, might sell it

[past shuttle]

Or something else

Sell it then

Mp5 is only good for weak bandits

Since bandits don't wear protective suits

[young swallow]

I have a pistol I think its a colt, i also found a deagle but forgot to take it :(

[ashen cedar]

Try get your hands on Vintar BC, OP @young swallow

[past shuttle]

I'm sure he doesn't know that weapon

[young swallow]

Ok I will search for that too

I know 0%

[past shuttle]

I supposed so

[ashen cedar]

You'll find it in the freedom base

[young swallow]

[past shuttle]

Interesting

[ashen cedar]

bunch of them

[past shuttle]

I know 2 ways to get one

[ashen cedar]

yeah

[past shuttle]

And in fact, there is one more way to get one

Now I know it

Thanks bro

3 ways to get a Vintar BC

[ashen cedar]

Easiest way I know is in of the houses the sleep in freedom, on the floor

they*

[past shuttle]

In a stash?

[ashen cedar]

no

on the floor

[past shuttle]

Hm

I see

Do you know the other ways?

[ashen cedar]

hmm

[past shuttle]

I can tell you if you want to know

[ashen cedar]

yeah sure

i dont remember

[past shuttle]

Spoiler

|| One way is to complete a task given by General Voronin, who asks you to bring a special weapon which has unique properties making it an almost sniper.||

[young swallow]

I read spoiler 😎

[past shuttle]

Kek

@ashen cedar Have you ever worked for Duty?

If so, you should know this mission

[ashen cedar]

Yeah, thanks i remember now

the bulldog 6

[past shuttle]

Uhh

[ashen cedar]

or?

[past shuttle]

Not that one unfortunately

[ashen cedar]

damn it

[past shuttle]

I can give you a hint

The task wants you to kill a few mercs

[ashen cedar]

3 of them right?

[past shuttle]

4

or 5

Don't know which one is correct

One boi has got an exoskeleton

[ashen cedar]

yeah

[normal glen]

hint for weapon ||NATO rifle||

[past shuttle]

The last way to get one VSS is to loot a stash

I can't give you the coordinates though

This was how I got my first VSS in my first playthrough

[finite dragon]

What are you staring at? Want me to rip off your head?!

[proper wyvern]

||Thought it wanted a Gauss for a second||

[finite dragon]

Hello comrades

What's up?

Nice

Nice man

I'm laying on bed cuz its night

Why there is no monolith faction?

[tired anvil]

There is

[finite dragon]

I mean role

[tired anvil]

There is

[finite dragon]

On this serwer

[tired anvil]

Not gonna say it a 3rd time lmao

[finite dragon]

Oh right nvm

I'm blind

[tired anvil]

Not really anything atm

[tired anvil]

Bruh

[proper wyvern]

you get the Veles Detector there?

bro...

Jesus

huh

get the Veles, best detector in game

It's around the northern left of the map in Great Swamp, or just follow the tracks

always works

not really, behind a mattress and there's an artifact there

though do be careful, there's a bandit base there

nearby the location

[verbal hemlock]

that’s the saddest thing I’ve ever heard, and I’ve been playing Fallout my entire life.

[proper wyvern]

man even has courier as his name, he is disappointed

[hazy helm]

WHAT

WHERE IS THE GODFORSAKKEN ASSHOLE

[proper wyvern]

yes

[hazy helm]

haha,I'd make a joke but I know nothing from the US

[lone crane]

'ello everyone, super sorry for derailing this conversation but i was wondering if anyong knew some great mods that I should download for Call of Pripyat

I've seen misery as a popular one, y'all suggest that as well?

will do, thanks

[tired anvil]

It's standalone

Doesn't make it for CoP

[tired anvil]

What are you looking for in a mod?

Also better luck in #📡-suggest_a_mod I'd say

[lone crane]

I think I'll try Call of Chernobyl with a few other mods

[tired anvil]

Pretty basic, but gl

It's also fanfic

[lone crane]

hm, I'll look into it

thanks for the help lads!

[ashen cedar]

aaaaaaay

[signal dove]

when is the stalker-fortnite crossover

[gusty trench]

When the cows come home to roost

[wary cove]

Hopefully never

[proper wyvern]

Honestly, I'm down for stalker to have an anime collab but that's my weeb ass saying that

[hushed aurora]

There's some anime based off roadside picnic iirc, but it's not that good from what i've been told

[proper wyvern]

I was thinking off other games than that

But what is it called?

[hushed aurora]

Uresikai Picnic or smth, let me get the name i can't remember rn

Urasekai Picnic

[proper wyvern]

Cheers

So that explains that one video

[hushed aurora]

Some dude said it's just "yuri trash", some other told me it's weird af like the writers smoked crack or smth, haven't heard anything good from it

[proper wyvern]

I'm watching the ops.... I doubt it's based off it

More inspired

[hushed aurora]

Ig, i haven't watched it so idk , i only know that it uses cgi in a weird way tho

[proper wyvern]

Though I'll probably think of it better if I do watch it

[glacial quartz]

Guys a question, the members on this discord with "GSC" tag, are they the current team making stalker 2?

Or atleast members of GSC company?

[still ridge]

They’re the PR’s

So yes, part of GSC

[gusty trench]

Some of them are PR managers, some of them are Community Managers. Just managers in general.

They aren't developing the game themselves.

[glacial quartz]

Sorry if it sounds dumb, but is PR for Project?

I thought it would be very interesting to have stalker devs here, especially while they work on the new game

[gusty trench]

PR is spreading information about the brand. Advertising, in general.

[glacial quartz]

Ah I see, so basically a much much bigger team is making stalker 2?

I am curious though how many people are working on this game since it's supposed to be huge

[still ridge]

I’m sure a couple dozen devs with a handful of modelers. Just my two cents, not official numbers.

[gusty trench]

Could be about 100-400 people.

[runic rapids]

Pog

[glacial quartz]

The more working on it, the better

[hallow solstice]

too bad the new stalker will only have 30ish guns

[glacial quartz]

M8

[hallow solstice]

was hoping thered be alot more weapon diversity

[glacial quartz]

You ever heard of modders?

[wheat lake]

@glacial quartz I wouldn't say so, the right number of people working on it the better

[hallow solstice]

@glacial quartz ik ik but still

[glacial quartz]

There's gonna be aloooot of modded weapons for stalker

[wheat lake]

Creative ideas die with management processes of larger teams - general concept

[hallow solstice]

i understand why as well, they need to buy contracts and copy right etc etc, i just wanted to see more

[grand pendant]

too bad? it's better to have less guns but balanced instead of a thousand pea shooters

[wheat lake]

smaller teams generally have to be more innovative to be noticed

but obviously, smaller teams do not have the same brute force of larger teams for say modeling a city

[glacial quartz]

I was just thinking since stalker 2 might be so huge and already has the concept from the previous games, if more people work on it we'd get alot more content

But for now I feel like all we need is a base game

The modding community will create the rest

Guns, areas, characters, outfits etc

[wheat lake]

I mean the nice thing is (for stalker 2 and similar games) is that nature and terrain like that aren't too intensive anymore to build

cities/buildings on the other hand... don't have as many procedural processes to increase one person's manpower

[glacial quartz]

Also keep in mind it's in UE4 which alot of people nowadays are familiar with and there's gonna be alot of modelers who will create new stuff for the game in the same engine

[wheat lake]

so even with a small team, you can make a massive map with the right tools

yep I agree

[hallow solstice]

well, considering its coming on console, i think it still needs a sizeable base game

[wheat lake]

UE4 will have a lot of potential import opportunities for modders

[glacial quartz]

Yes, I am very excited about that

[hallow solstice]

it cant be too reliant on modders

[glacial quartz]

I personally know alot of people who are really good with UE4

Already making their own games etc

[wheat lake]

@hallow solstice I don't expect it to be too reliant on modders

but it will be a plus as always

can't wait to see all the stupid things modders import

[glacial quartz]

My sole dream is to have a stalker game with new gen animations and graphics upon which we can download lots of cool mods

Like have you seen the mods for anomaly?

Or the gun mods

[wheat lake]

Not really, base anomaly is fine for me

my interest is the AI and the unpredictability

[glacial quartz]

Yeah anomaly is really perfect

[wheat lake]

thats what truly keeps you coming back IMO

[glacial quartz]

Actually speaking of which

I really really hope

They will have a stealth system

Like bases being guarded by faction sentries and we can pick them one by one

It would also be neat if we could "take over" bases we clear

Like in the anomaly war mode

[torn umbra]

like if CS didn't have enemies just keep respawning in their base after you clear it and your faction took it over?

[glacial quartz]

Yeah

It would become inhabited by your own faction until it eventually gets defeated by another stronger faction

[torn umbra]

that would be nice

[glacial quartz]

Even if it may not be a feature, I am 200% sure it would be a mod

In future

[torn umbra]

but in order to stop you from eliminating a faction that would probably come into importance later they'd have to have multiple bases and maybe with the size the devs claim to have STALKER 2 at, they'd have enough areas for bases, but it'd still probably affect some things

[glacial quartz]

Hmmm well that's where stuff gets sticky

Perhaps there would be main bases

And those you cannot conquer

[torn umbra]

like duty at agroprom and stuff?

[glacial quartz]

Unless they make the essential npcs disappear and then reappear in another base

Yeah

[torn umbra]

true

[glacial quartz]

I mean

[torn umbra]

ACTUALLY

[glacial quartz]

If we can kill essential npcs after the story

It would be nice

[torn umbra]

maybe they could relocate the main NPCs to smaller camps that are out of reach for enemies

and they'd start slowly mounting strength

until they take back the area

[glacial quartz]

Yeah, that could be awesome too

Seeing some important character in a random bar or campfire lmao

[torn umbra]

lmao

[glacial quartz]

That'd be extremely Immersive

[torn umbra]

imagine seeing general voronin sitting at a campfire in the zaton with some loners

[glacial quartz]

Now that's a sight to see

Do you remember the mission in red forest

Those campfires in the tunnel sides

[torn umbra]

oh yeah

[glacial quartz]

Holy crap that must be creepy

But I am very excited to see the red forest in new vision

[torn umbra]

i wonder what faction civil wars would be like

like a group of duty soldiers who don't agree with the policies

or the bandits trying to take control

[glacial quartz]

The PR lead did mention we should expect more factions in stalker 2

[torn umbra]

yea

[glacial quartz]

So its gonna be a hellhole

Everyone's gonna destroy eachother

But infact all I want.....

All I want is....

To see clear sky again

[grand pendant]

that already happened, Skull's group. It didn't lead to a war between them but they were simply abandoned

[torn umbra]

yeah but i mean a larger rebellion that directly made strikes against the main faction

[glacial quartz]

I hope they release new factions as dlc's in future

[torn umbra]

and i was no cap abt to say clear sky

[glacial quartz]

A mini story about clear sky in stalker 2 would be epic

[grand pendant]

a larger rebellion won't happen, i'd be surprised if they have more than 50 members each

[torn umbra]

true ig

[glacial quartz]

Man I am so excited

[torn umbra]

what abt the bandits though, there's multiple groups and i think i recall somewhere about there being quotes about the bandits always fighting to gain control over each other

[glacial quartz]

I can't even believe this is happening

Bandits would be more like the casual bad guys

[grand pendant]

oh wait, i forgot. S2 won't necessarily follow what's established so it may happen

[glacial quartz]

They're not as organized as some hardcore factions like monoliths