⭐┃nospoilers_general

[fair crater]

hm wait is there rtx in s2?

[tired anvil]

Yes

[fair crater]

oh no

[robust forge]

Most likely will be

[fair crater]

wet zone

[tired anvil]

Already confirmed for a while now, Proam

[robust forge]

I'm more afraid of the engine they are using

[still ridge]

zone is wet after freedom did freedom things to it

[robust forge]

UE4

[oblique crypt]

Well, when I get buds of mine experiencing SHoC for the first time, imma recommend them to download OGSR engine to their game folder. Same vanilla game, just with DX11 and more graphical features.

[still ridge]

UE4 is good though wym

[tired anvil]

And what should they use? X-Ray 2.0?

[still ridge]

^

[robust forge]

No, idk what

But I'm afraid

[tired anvil]

Unity

[pseudo rivet]

I was about to say Unity

[still ridge]

source

[robust forge]

You know how UE4 games tend to look

[fair crater]

imagine zone produced graphic card

[tired anvil]

Already exists

[pseudo rivet]

Already

Dang it

[still ridge]

well with day one mods I'm sure people can fix some stuff if it's unsatisfactory for you

[hushed current]

Someone was saying call of Chernobyl sucks and personally I hope it dose

[fair crater]

free performance just for the cancer

[pseudo rivet]

Plenty of people are saying that CoC sucks

[still ridge]

call of chernobyl?

don't play it lol

[hushed current]

Yes call of Chernobyl

[tired anvil]

LJL wants it to suck because he's incapable of installing it

[still ridge]

don't worry, it sucks

[hushed current]

Exactly gajunas

[tired anvil]

But yea, it sucks

[still ridge]

it's obsolete

[pseudo rivet]

It's meager

[still ridge]

since forks of it exist that are better

[hushed current]

Are you just saying that or is it actually bad

[still ridge]

it's cop with every map

[tired anvil]

It's just the maps combined

There's nothing interesting about it

[still ridge]

literally

[hushed aurora]

It's not worth it

[fair crater]

i like when people dive head first into anomani and coc just to say game too hard

[hushed aurora]

It's boring af

[pseudo rivet]

And some added stuff that has no real use whatsoever

Looks worse as well

[hushed current]

Being able to play as any faction and your own character interested me

[still ridge]

I hate that people play anomaly but refuse to play vanilla because "muh bad graphics"

[pseudo rivet]

The many new outfit models also look like trash

[fair crater]

stalker players are like man on sahara

out of water

but piss is also water

[oblique crypt]

Can't wait for True Stalker mod

[pseudo rivet]

Don't need that

We've got CS

[tired anvil]

There's only 2 mods I'm seriously looking up to

[pseudo rivet]

[tired anvil]

XRMPE and the old S2 one

[still ridge]

can't wait for gunslinger to add every weapon

[fair crater]

stalker drip when?

[still ridge]

old s2 mod?

[tired anvil]

Already exists

Yea

[hushed current]

Well gajunas I managed to change to file to up with 7zip

[oblique crypt]

Don't need what?

[tired anvil]

There's some lads working on remaking the old S2 with documents and the X-Ray 2.0 engine and stuff

[mint furnace]

yeah

[pseudo rivet]

We already have True Stalker

[fair crater]

should the start of s2 be as brutal?

[pseudo rivet]

It's called Clear Sky

[mint furnace]

dezowave team

[oblique crypt]

Okay?

[still ridge]

bruh are they really making a new proprietary engine

[pseudo rivet]

[tired anvil]

Even more

[finite dragon]

i think shrelok bugged for me

[tired anvil]

No, they have the original

[hushed current]

When I try open the file it says it wants to make changes to my computer

[pseudo rivet]

If he did, I suggest reloading a save

[still ridge]

the original as in x-ray 1.6?

or 2.0

[tired anvil]

As in X-Ray 2.0

[fair crater]

d\

[still ridge]

wow

[fair crater]

ign 6/10

[oblique crypt]

I mean, what Stalker mods do you play?

[pseudo rivet]

None.

[still ridge]

he doesn't

[tired anvil]

None

[still ridge]

he's a chad

[pseudo rivet]

Was referring to Strelok, by the way

[still ridge]

tbh... only mods I enjoy now are vanilla ones

that leave the base game intact

I'm done with anomaly, it's just too boring

vanilla supremacy

[hushed aurora]

[fair crater]

i tend to do only one play through

[still ridge]

well the last time I played cop was like 2018

[fair crater]

i want more stalker but i cant get myself to play the games again

[still ridge]

CoP has more replayability imo

[fair crater]

i got all good ending in one play

[still ridge]

we don't know how canon the endings are

[hushed aurora]

CS has the most replayability for me

[pseudo rivet]

CS for me

[hushed aurora]

Because of the faction war

And it's pretty fun overall

[fair crater]

the canon ending is the Dee one

[robust forge]

Yup

[pseudo rivet]

After a while, CoP just becomes really empty

Not enough Stalkers respawning

[robust forge]

CS is the most replayable

CoP is the most boring one

It feels like a one huge sidequest yet it's the most linear one

[fair crater]

i like cops travel system

[hushed aurora]

CoP is the least replayable one for me because after one or two playthroughs you've done it all

[pseudo rivet]

Tbh, I like CS'

Costs a lot, plus it's over multiple areas

[fair crater]

stalker counterstrike

[pseudo rivet]

I do like CoP's inventory and upgrade system

[still ridge]

idk about that

CoP is the most refined, easily

[pseudo rivet]

Weapon and armor upgrade descriptions can be pretty interesting

[still ridge]

so I get the most enjoyment out of t

it

the lore, too. CoP is pretty lore heavy

[hushed current]

Call of Pripyat is my favourite out of the trilogy

[fair crater]

yeah to much Dee in cop

[still ridge]

imo cop perfected the things from SoC and CS that needed improvement

[hushed aurora]

CoP has the most polished mechanics

[still ridge]

^

[pseudo rivet]

Duty existed in 2006

[still ridge]

😫

[pseudo rivet]

Aerial anomalies are a thing

Anomalies move after Emissions

[fair crater]

femboy anomaly

[still ridge]

mez moment

[hushed current]

I really liked clear sky’s faction war system but it’s so hard to play due to the many glitches there was a mod that was meant to fix a lot of the problems but I couldn’t get it to work I’ll post it in suggest a mod

[fair crater]

dynamic anomaly can be a pain in the ass

[pseudo rivet]

Monolith used to control Zaton and Jupiter, but they are now only around Pripyat

[still ridge]

yup

[pseudo rivet]

They had access to the workstation in Zaton

[hushed aurora]

The only issue i had with it was the constant respawning

[still ridge]

they got btfo'd by free stalkers

[pseudo rivet]

Strelok's group's messages

[hushed aurora]

Which was a plus because that way there's more ppl to kill

[still ridge]

oh yeah

I forgot\

[pseudo rivet]

Item descriptions

Etc.

[fair crater]

oh mononith, please give me Dee

[hushed current]

My problem is how the ai wasn’t helpful at all like as freedom I had to wipe out the duty base 5 times until they finally decided to go and take it

[urban socket]

i installed STCoP for CoP

the mod is fantastic but i have a problem

[still ridge]

not to mention x-8 and the underground locations

[urban socket]

the scopes when i ADS i cannot see the sight pic

[fair crater]

stalker ai isnt dumb but inconsistent

[urban socket]

its too low quality

is there a way to increase the size so i can see stuff ?

[still ridge]

resolution?

[urban socket]

1024

[fair crater]

boi

[still ridge]

increase dat

[urban socket]

pc cant handle .-.

[fair crater]

so why complain

cope

[hushed aurora]

Lightning

The lightning render

PiP scopes are not visible on static lightning

[still ridge]

maybe install gunslinger instead

[hushed aurora]

Kek

[urban socket]

3d scopes i disabled

so no PiP scopes

[hushed aurora]

Got no clue then

[urban socket]

k

[still ridge]

is STCoP more complete than gunslinger?

[fair crater]

no scope then

[hushed aurora]

STCoP has way more guns i think

Not of the same quality ofc

[urban socket]

i think ill get the reverse dove tail scope then
Pso-1 wont work

[still ridge]

yeah gunslinger hasn't redone a lot of weapons

but the quality is much higher

• 3d pda

does stcop have a 3d pda?

[fair crater]

it has Dee\

[urban socket]

no 3d pda

is regular

[hushed aurora]

No

[still ridge]

gunslinger >>

[hushed aurora]

Not like it's a "wow it's so cool it's a must"

And it's not entirely translated yet

[still ridge]

IMO the 3d pda is a big factor

[hushed aurora]

Still in beta

It isn't for me

[urban socket]

adds to immersion

[hushed aurora]

2d pda feels even better to use ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[still ridge]

disagree there

[urban socket]

honestly speaking immersion musnt only include the FPS immersion it should add other stuff as well

[oblique crypt]

Neat. Have like several installed.

Spatial Anomaly, Lost Alpha, Oblivion Lost, Old Good Stalker Remastered, and Anomaly.

[urban socket]

like not being able to stick 3 aks in your pockets xD

[still ridge]

[hushed aurora]

It's just a menu with your map and stuff, the 3d pda is the same thing in terms of what it can do

It looks cool, but it isn't a big of a factor

The guns are a way bigger factor

In fact Gunslinger would be better if it was just the guns

[pseudo rivet]

I just keep my games unmodded, so I'm sure that nothing is changed

[fair crater]

i hate everyone, who am i

[still ridge]

regardless, gunslinger has better models and animations

[pseudo rivet]

I want to read all the dialogue and lore and know that it's 100% canon

[hushed aurora]

But it's still unfinished and not properly translated

[finite dragon]

Right, just finished CS

[pseudo rivet]

Nice

Congrats

[finite dragon]

Ending was confusing to say the least lmao

[hushed aurora]

When it's complete, sure

[urban socket]

Congrats

[hushed aurora]

Nice

[still ridge]

I don't think gunslinger changes anything story related

[finite dragon]

Thanks, a painful yet fun game 😂

[still ridge]

can't say the same for other mods

[pseudo rivet]

Weapons and upgrades, though

Still like to read the descriptions of those

[still ridge]

I like that suits stay the same

it's quite literally just the guns with the exception of the exo

[pseudo rivet]

I mean, thanks to that, we know that Duty uses drugs to make them almost superhuman

[still ridge]

yeah lol

no wonder they're so angry

[hushed aurora]

Tfw Duty are drug addicts

Smh

[pseudo rivet]

[fair crater]

duty eat roids

[still ridge]

hey hey hey, we don't know that

[fair crater]

zonemade roids

[still ridge]

they just don't like artifacts so they take manmade artifacts instead

[quick dune]

dooty drugs?

[oblique crypt]

Some of the mods that I've mainly played were freeplay mods like Anomaly, CoC, and Call of the Zone. But I've grown tired of that sorta thing.

[hushed aurora]

Freeplay mods are tiresome

[still ridge]

phoenix restoration system

[pseudo rivet]

I mean, if the upgrade is taken, they can literally pump adrenaline into your body regularly

[quick dune]

freeplay mods are boring

[still ridge]

dubious content

[pseudo rivet]

Yeah, fair

Freeplay mods aren't all that original with their quests

[oblique crypt]

Yeah, so now I'm just finding story based mods that give me same SoC atmosphere itch.

[pseudo rivet]

I believe Wind of Time and Spacial Anomaly are story mods

Not sure if they're good, though

[hushed aurora]

Yeah

I tried Wind of Time for a bit

[pseudo rivet]

Same

[oblique crypt]

Yeah, I have Spatial Anomaly installed.

[hushed aurora]

Was pretty decent, but kept crashing

[pseudo rivet]

Didn't play that far into it

Ah, nice

[hushed aurora]

I've heard Spatial Anomaly is great

[finite dragon]

Cocaina addiction

[oblique crypt]

Spatial I got stuck because I accidentally shot a ghost where you're suppose to drink some vodka with him.

[hushed aurora]

Cocaina

[still ridge]

wish there were some story mods for CoP

[hushed aurora]

Wind of Time
Spatial Anomaly

Smh

[robust forge]

Winds of Time has kinda ShoC feeling

[still ridge]

those are cop mods?

[hushed aurora]

Yes

[still ridge]

bruh

[robust forge]

But it's not the same

[pseudo rivet]

Yeah

[still ridge]

mfw

[hushed aurora]

Wind of Time has a stand alone version too, btw

[pseudo rivet]

Even I knew of that

[still ridge]

I thought they were SoC mods

[pseudo rivet]

How does it feel to be beaten by a non-modder?

[hushed aurora]

Ouch

But yeah try them,

[still ridge]

it'd feel better if you gave me some of that dubious content

[pseudo rivet]

https://tenor.com/view/kronk-emperors-new-groove-its-all-coming-together-gif-12813012

[still ridge]

mfw I literally can't get a desktop that can play S2

[oblique crypt]

That Back To Stalker mod looks interesting.

[still ridge]

my options are limited down to a laptop with vega 10

[pseudo rivet]

That dubious content literally removes any sense of pain from the user's body

[oblique crypt]

?

[pseudo rivet]

Oh, well, both the PSZ-9d Duty Armor and the Bulat Armored Suit can be upgraded with a Phoenix restoration system, which adds a generation C injector to the bodysuit with a dubious content, completely removing pain from the user's body

CoP's upgrades

[oblique crypt]

Ohhh

It's been awhile since I've played CoP

My heart goes more towards SoC, honestly

[pseudo rivet]

Fair

[still ridge]

Gotta get me some of that

You can spend hours reading about little things in CoP

adds a lot of depth to factions

[oblique crypt]

It's that atmosphere for me. Plus, you get to visit more places than CoP. Even if they're smaller sized than CoPs large boy maps.

[pseudo rivet]

CS gang personally

Has the most lore

[still ridge]

o7

[pseudo rivet]

Plus the best versions of the factions

[still ridge]

Arguable

[pseudo rivet]

[oblique crypt]

[pseudo rivet]

ge-ne-ra-te anomalies

[still ridge]

Man... imagine having the shulga cut and not the loki suave style

[pseudo rivet]

[still ridge]

This man shulga needs to wash his hair

[pseudo rivet]

His haircut in CoP looks pretty wack

Looks better IRL

[still ridge]

I guess he could disinfect that mop with vodka

Borrow some from zulu

wait...

[pseudo rivet]

[still ridge]

Loki’s hair on fleek

[pseudo rivet]

His cut is ascended

[still ridge]

I wonder what zone produced hair product he uses

[pseudo rivet]

Oh, you know

A Freedom-made compound

[still ridge]

Some of that uh

Zone produced product

he actually bathes in the lake near yanov with the bloodsuckers

[finite dragon]

mfw i just finished cleaning up the bandit base and then i had to get my reward but the guy in dead city

[still ridge]

anomaly

Get with the program, man

💪vanilla

[leaden hamlet]

Anomalous vanilla?

[finite dragon]

coc actually

I'm cool

[past shuttle]

The moment you get hit, you are pretty much screwed up

[leaden hamlet]

COC is veeeeeeery anomalous, but not for exactly the right reasons. 😁

[past shuttle]

I played Anomaly only for a little while, and I can already say that

Despite that, it is damn good

As soon as I master Misery, I will play Anomaly

[leaden hamlet]

The trick is treat 'em like you would if an actual massive, angry, possibly randy boar is charging at you - Get the heck on top of something. 😁

[finite dragon]

so now i had to walk from rostok to dead city

fantastic

[robust forge]

I have spotted Anomaly

I came

[finite dragon]

i had to avoid freedom, monolith and mercs

[past shuttle]

Getting on top of a something against dogs don't work

Dogs are the most annoying mutants in Anomaly

[leaden hamlet]

Depends how big it is.

[past shuttle]

Right

Did any one of you play Misery even once?

[leaden hamlet]

Nah, Snorks are the most annoying. One can land within about half a mile of you and that somehow counts as a hit. Patch the damn hitboxes, Anomaly Dev Team, smh...

[past shuttle]

Snorks have a weird attack pattern

Their hands are long as heck

[leaden hamlet]

God no, I heard it was about as reliable as a chocolate fire guard and vowed to never touch it.

[past shuttle]

Misery is stable

It's not that bad

[leaden hamlet]

Besides, it's just a mod for COP right? I don't see the point in modding the vanilla games like that.

[past shuttle]

One of the amazing mods in the entire community

Thanks to Misery, new mods appeared taken after it

[finite dragon]

can anomaly run on a crappy laptop i know this sounds stupid 😔

[past shuttle]

The new mechanics and such

[past shuttle]

Yes

Use DX8 only

It runs pretty good in DX8

[finite dragon]

fr?

[past shuttle]

Yeah

I didn't even need the potato PC addon for Anomaly

I was pretty surprised too, y'know

[leaden hamlet]

That's kinda like saying that the best computer ever made is Turing's Bombus cos every modern computer owes something to that. Sure Misery inspired a bunch of stuff, but it doesn't mean it was that good.

[past shuttle]

Opinions

[finite dragon]

how much is anomaly

[past shuttle]

@leaden hamlet Before moving on...

[quick dune]

what

[leaden hamlet]

Free innit?

[finite dragon]

size

[quick dune]

since when is it paid

oh

couple gigs

[finite dragon]

ok

[quick dune]

u can look at the moddb site on the size

[finite dragon]

now im no longer sad

[past shuttle]

8,75 GB

[leaden hamlet]

*Eurythmics lyrics intensify* 😆

[finite dragon]

i can now pretend t have friends in a video game

[past shuttle]

@finite dragon 8,75 GB

The size of the rar file

Make sure you have at least 20 GBs of space

[finite dragon]

Well i had problems with call of chernobyl keep crashing everytime you enter a new level

glad anomaly isn't that big

[past shuttle]

It encompasses a lot of space when decompressed

Decompress is the right word?

[leaden hamlet]

Yeah, that's right. 👍

[past shuttle]

I just checked my Anomaly folder

And it takes up 16,1 GBs of space

[finite dragon]

how about this area mod

is it good?

[leaden hamlet]

You'll need to ask Rebel about that one, I don't know anyone else crazy determined enough to play it. 😁

[finite dragon]

Well i just want to know

[hushed aurora]

It's just freeplay

There are no interesting quests to do besides generated fetch quests

It's got interesting mechanics and stuff but it's still unpolished (or atleast was) in some aspects

Idk how the updates have changed it

[past shuttle]

There is one dude who played AREA with some interesting addons/mods/changes, and he has a YT channel

[leaden hamlet]

Knowing what little I've heard about AREA, I wouldn't be surprised to find out that the latest patch notes are one bullet-point that just says "Increased pain".

[past shuttle]

@leaden hamlet #💬┃en_offtop

[hushed aurora]

From what i've read they optimized it a lot and also added 3125 (random number, just a lot of things) small things, but there's still a bit of ∞ left unpolished

[past shuttle]

In any case

There are mods that have to be played in their own aspects

You may not like Misery since it offers a new perspective into the game

Or AREA for example

I like all the mods to be honest

Vanilla and mods are not to be compared by the way

[robust forge]

Watch me

[timber jay]

fav stalker mod for me is Anomaly because it feels more like a proper game than just a sandbox

[sand oar]

[hushed aurora]

Huh??

[sharp spear]

pain

[pseudo rivet]

Malice and pain

[sharp spear]

yes

[pseudo rivet]

Yes

[finite dragon]

How do I get anomaly lol

[tired anvil]

You Google it and download it

[sharp spear]

pretty simple rn given they have a setup program now

[finite dragon]

Ah alright

[hushed current]

Best as in best written or best as in best leaders?

[pseudo rivet]

Both

[sharp spear]

god who knows what suslov did after he propably left the base

straight up lifts his trading post and brings it with him

[tired anvil]

Disappeared into X-7 probably

[sharp spear]

swamp factions are just built differently

[hushed current]

Mostly Agreed

[wintry sorrel]

bruh i swear Anomaly like, removed the cheeki breeki sound file or something 😂

[spiral hornet]

Whats part 4 of stalker anomaly?

I saw on modb when i was installing it

[crisp current]

hey guys, remember that guy on the agroprom bunker that gives you a headache or something and u cant use your weapon? well after i get attacked by him i can't move, use my gun or press esc

what should i do

[finite dragon]

I was watching a video on stalker and the video creator made a point about how duty isn't that great, since the further you push into the zone, the hostile it gets, thus being undefeatable, but then I thought freedom aren't great with the zone either

Since they can barely protect their own base

[crisp current]

join monolith then

[finite dragon]

Eh, not so much of a religious nut myself

[pseudo rivet]

At least they're actually protecting Stalkers from the Monolith and mutants, unlike Duty who only brags about doing stuff like that, but never actually does the things they say

[finite dragon]

I mean they do protect them from a bit of the zones eliments

Like bandits and freedom 😂

[pseudo rivet]

Lure the Zone's dangers towards themselves and the Stalkers they swore to "protect"?

[finite dragon]

Well God loves a tryer, as the saying goes

[pseudo rivet]

Welp, good luck trying to make the Zone more dangerous for everyone

[finite dragon]

Kinda about the "what if" possibility whether the zone can be defeated or not

I'm happy to try the chance of it being possible

[pseudo rivet]

I mean, if you want a Third Disaster, go ahead

[finite dragon]

I mean freedom aren't so capable of protecting stalkers themselves either

That and monoliths are the ones doing the most harm I'd argue

[pseudo rivet]

Barrier

'Nuff said

Besides, Duty is known for killing Free Stalkers

[finite dragon]

My play through of CS I had a really good rep with stalkers

Even fought along side em

In the garbage, me, duty and stalkers were attacking some bandits I believe

More nuetral with my war on freedom though

[pseudo rivet]

Doesn't mean Duty doesn't kill or abandon Free Stalkers

[hushed aurora]

Duty kills unwanted Stalkers at the borders iirc

[pseudo rivet]

Aye

Any unwanted Stalkers

[finite dragon]

I just mean duty has somewhat of a good relationship with stalkers in CS

[crisp current]

#🔨-technical can somebody help me? i really want to keep playing
(sorry for the spam)

[pseudo rivet]

In fact, it's so good that they totally forgot to help the Stalkers from the Bandit and mutant attacks, even though those Stalkers specifically came towards Agroprom to help Duty

Besides, Voronin can order Marked One to kill them in SoC

[finite dragon]

Yeah, I've only played CS so far

[pseudo rivet]

Wait, you didn't start with SoC?

Oof

[finite dragon]

I thought CS was first lol

[vapid compass]

how tf did you start with cs

[pseudo rivet]

Yeah, but not the first game released

[vapid compass]

the start for that game is frustrating* if you don't know what you are doing lol

[finite dragon]

Cheapest and first game in story order

[pseudo rivet]

In STALKER's case, it's best to play SoC, CS and CoP as last

[finite dragon]

I found CS really fun

[pseudo rivet]

It is

It shows a lot of stuff as to why Duty is bad

[finite dragon]

Least the impression I got from CS was that freedom is incapable

[vapid compass]

cs is the hardest one out of the 3 i think, so the rest will be a walk in the park for you

[pseudo rivet]

Both need Scar, so they're both incapable

[finite dragon]

First it's having leaks, then it's in a bad base only untouched because of a hostage, then it's hiding from a dog outside theyre base

[pseudo rivet]

Rule 3

[finite dragon]

Oh damn

Sorry

[pseudo rivet]

No worries, can easily edit that out

[finite dragon]

Ye, just did

[vapid compass]

btw did you play clear sky with mods or vanilla mode?

[finite dragon]

Sorry, that word is kinda part of my vocabulary

[finite dragon]

Vanilla

[vapid compass]

same, some of these modpacks change stalker so much

[pseudo rivet]

Sure, they had one dude who leaked intel to them and killing the Psy Dog was sort of a test

Not sure what you mean by the hostage, though

[finite dragon]

Really only issues I had with CS was nades and crouching

[finite dragon]

When they took the commander and interrogated him

[pseudo rivet]

You do realize he's the one who leaked it, right?

[finite dragon]

Ye

[pseudo rivet]

Then the problem is solved

[finite dragon]

I just mean he's the only thing keeping the base a base

[pseudo rivet]

As if Chekhov doesn't exist

[finite dragon]

Who lmao

[pseudo rivet]

Figured as much

Rushed through the game

[finite dragon]

Bruh

I'm not good with names

[pseudo rivet]

Freedom's leader

[finite dragon]

Especially ones foreign to me

Ah alright

[pseudo rivet]

Besides, Duty's not doing that hot themselves

[finite dragon]

Didn't he even admit the captive was the only thing keeping them alive?

[pseudo rivet]

They're hunting mutants and the Zone responds with more mutants

Heck, they even caused the whole thing by blowing up the caverns and accidentally creating even more caverns

[pseudo rivet]

No?

[finite dragon]

Pretty sure he said something about a helicopter gun run would've happened if not for the captive

[pseudo rivet]

What mod

[finite dragon]

Vanilla lol

[pseudo rivet]

Bruh, you're confused with Khaletskiy

[finite dragon]

O

[pseudo rivet]

Those are Free Stalkers

So you're actually saying that they're incompetent

Typical Duty moment, to be fair

[finite dragon]

Bruh

[vapid compass]

has a release date been put out by gsc yet

[pseudo rivet]

Nope

Still NDA

[vapid compass]

ok cool

[finite dragon]

Does the game explain where mutants come from?

[pseudo rivet]

Only two mutants

[finite dragon]

I assume something with zone manipulating people

[pseudo rivet]

The rest are unknown

[finite dragon]

Since all the mutants (least I seen) are human like

[pseudo rivet]

[quick dune]

yes

flesh is human

[finite dragon]

I mean like whether it be faces, or body shape, or limbs

[pseudo rivet]

Doggo moment

[finite dragon]

Oh yeah

Forgot dogs were considered mutants

[vapid compass]

bloodsuckers mutated octupus

[quick dune]

all of the wildlife is considered mutants

all of them are mutated beings

[pseudo rivet]

Even crows

[quick dune]

yes

i like to do birdwatching

[finite dragon]

I thought bloodsuckers were humanoids

[vapid compass]

yeah they probably are lol, but they have some tentaclelike thing on their face

[finite dragon]

Basically what I'm gettin at is that there's probably a finite amount of mutants

Least at natural explanation

Then again, idno how subject the zone is to natural explanation

[vapid compass]

hmm, some spoilers from stalker soc

[pseudo rivet]

And yet the Zone is sending more and more mutants towards Duty bases

[finite dragon]

I mean doesn't mean theyre infinite

Terrorist group attacks USA, USA sends more troops

[pseudo rivet]

Still kills the Free Stalkers walking towards Rostok

[vapid compass]

stalker one tells you more about the zone, clear sky is more faction to faction battles

soc*

[pseudo rivet]

CS actually tells you a lot about the Zone and the factions in it

It shows us that the Zone is sentient, responding to aggression and lack of hostility

[vapid compass]

hmm, my memory of stalker clear sky isnt that great, i remember more about the zone from stalker soc

i felt like stalker clear sky was more about the politics of the zone

[pseudo rivet]

Both, actually

[finite dragon]

Yeah, I thought CS was a really good introduction

Although maybe I'll try a second play though and be a bit more slow

really? i hate the the cs tutorial.. its so drawn out

Speedrun it

[vapid compass]

the start of clear sky is very frustrating, because of the army machine gunner

i died so many times before i got past that part

[finite dragon]

Speedrun past him

screw vova vict

You can go around the machine gunner fairly easily

[pseudo rivet]

The Zone is basically responding to Strelok's group having survived their raid towards the Zone. Strelok wants to destroy the Zone, so the Zone responded to this by blasting Emission after Emission, which could basically overload the entire Zone, destabilize it and burn everything in it, man and mutant alike. This can even go so far as to result in a Third Disaster

[vapid compass]

it didn't come to mind, you would never do something like that in soc

[finite dragon]

Either take another path or just send it past him

[pseudo rivet]

So yeah, don't threaten the Zone or it'll cause harm for everyone

[finite dragon]

Idno how I feel about the Clear Sky faction

Fairly nuetral feelings

i think they have a good goal but lebedev was a kind of an ass

Least he fought alongside you at the end of CS

[leaden hamlet]

Shaman Gang.

[finite dragon]

he locks you in the base if you dont accept his mission

[pseudo rivet]

Shaman Gang

[finite dragon]

Yeah, he did kinda use you

[pseudo rivet]

I mean, Scar honestly had no choice

Besides, if nobody stopped Strelok, then a Third Disaster could've triggered

[finite dragon]

I thought a third disaster did trigger after strelok

Idno

[pseudo rivet]

SoC and CoP are playable, so no

[finite dragon]

Last cutscene was confusing lol

[pseudo rivet]

That's just an emission

[hushed aurora]

Third Disaster=Rip Stalkers in the Zone

[finite dragon]

Oh ok

[pseudo rivet]

And not just people inside the Zone

[finite dragon]

based last day

[pseudo rivet]

Outside of it as well

[finite dragon]

Oh when you put it like that

Duty is kinda blue pilled

What causes disasters?

but... funny weed army

[pseudo rivet]

Well, we all know about the first disaster

[vapid compass]

funny weed army best army

[finite dragon]

Ye

[pseudo rivet]

The second disaster was the appearance of the Zone

[vapid compass]

smoke weed with ganja

then kill bad guys

[finite dragon]

So what would've been the third disaster?

where did ganja go though ????

[vapid compass]

probably went to make his own weed farm somewhere in south america

[finite dragon]

he was just a distributor though

Sell ganga in Washington

[pseudo rivet]

Ganja got Zone-grown weed, tho

[finite dragon]

But yeah what would've been the third disaster?

[vapid compass]

radiated weed

[pseudo rivet]

We don't know, since it luckily never happened, but it would've likely killed everyone in the Zone and would've even reached outside the Zone

[finite dragon]

Uhh

[tired anvil]

[finite dragon]

How so? I assume the zone trying to kill strelok, right?

[pseudo rivet]

Yeah

[finite dragon]

Ah alright

Not so nuetral feelings about clear sky then

Kinda pog faction in CS

[vapid compass]

which faction would you join if you were in the stalker universe?

[finite dragon]

prolly clear skaj

Same

They're low-key, least chance of dying

[tired anvil]

Uh huh

[finite dragon]

That or bandits cuz they got good radio

[pseudo rivet]

Freedom researcher if possible

[tired anvil]

Ever completed CS?

[pseudo rivet]

He just completed it

[finite dragon]

I did

I woulda just hung behind guarding base lol

[pseudo rivet]

No leader, though

[tired anvil]

You wouldn't just lead a faction

[finite dragon]

duty and freedom are cool but im not about to get killed by deadly anomalies or dangerous mutants

[tired anvil]

So you'd be alone

[finite dragon]

Huh

Some people had to stay behind surely

[tired anvil]

Make me Monolith, free trip to Pripyat and no pain lets go

[tired anvil]

Nimble and Novikov

[pseudo rivet]

No pain?

[tired anvil]

But you don't see them in CS faction tags

[pseudo rivet]

Sounds like a generation C injector moment

[vapid compass]

arent monolith soldiers basically zombies?

[pseudo rivet]

Nah

They're still fully capable humans

Actually, they're honestly superhuman

They don't lose any strength while being shot

[finite dragon]

brainwashed humans with no free will, that is

[pseudo rivet]

They die when their body truly gives up

[finite dragon]

Well, all factions are brainwashed in a way

[tired anvil]

Imagine the olympic records they could break with that agility

[finite dragon]

except for chad bendits

Yeah

[pseudo rivet]

Heck, one of them got captured once and he killed himself by bashing his head against the wall

And that was with only one bash

Cracked open like an egg

[quick dune]

kind of like red army soldiers that would kill themselves if held captive by the enemy

[tired anvil]

Myth

[gusty trench]

Some dates
September 10, 2011 - Scar wakes up and CS starts.
May 1, 2012 - the Marked One wakes up in the Sidorovich's bunker and SoC starts.
August 3, 2012 - Degtyarev appears on Zaton to research the reasons of Stingray helicopters crash and CoP starts.

[still ridge]

A weapon to surpass Phoenix restoration

[pseudo rivet]

[wary cove]

A dream come true

[manic spruce]

Will stalker 2 be ready before Russia destroys Ukraine

[weak shuttle]

I've never looked into it before,

but how far in the future do the STALKER games take place?

[hushed aurora]

2012

"future"

[sinful tendon]

just finished clear sky

[hushed aurora]

Kewl

[still ridge]

NDA

[sand oar]

I hope i see stalker 2 before i have grandkids

[tough rock]

Hey can some one please do me a fav and go over to technical so they could help me install the mod

[sharp spear]

Ignore pain even

Unlike renegades in CS

Mfw renegade survives a headshot

[finite dragon]

Is the guy in the announcements a dev?

I didn't know mob boss is developing Stalker

[sharp spear]

Yes

[finite dragon]

Who is the guy in announcements

He looks like a gremlin

Not like my beloved

Pepsirovich

[gusty trench]

Rude

[finite dragon]

Weak birthday portrait

Vs

Video of driving around GSC offices with roller skates

[robust forge]

Punished Sergei

A man denied by his own company

Also

@finite dragon do you have that vid?

[finite dragon]

No ask daizen idk

[robust forge]

Damn

[gusty trench]

You owe me 2lr of Pepsi.
https://youtu.be/0ZRLLsE7xlk?t=47

@robust forge And you too

[robust forge]

We all owe GSC a 6-pack of pepsi

[finite dragon]

Send me the address))

@gusty trench this your address yeah?

25 Kyivska Street, Ivankov Kyiv oblast, Ukraine, 019861

[sinful tendon]

[past shuttle]

[finite dragon]

[sharp spear]

fear

[reef swift]

[finite dragon]

For all of you who don't get it

This is the address of NIICHAZ/SIRCAA

[reef swift]

who ?

[finite dragon]

An institute founded back in 2013 to study the exclusion zone

It's pretty neat

[reef swift]

aaaaah

now thats cool

[tired anvil]

Fake fans didn't get it

[finite dragon]

NIICHAZ is like the russian acronym

[tired anvil]

SIIRCA is the EN one

Smth like that

[finite dragon]

Ye ye

[finite dragon]

Just thought meming about doxing someone was weird lol

[lusty patrol]

https://streamable.com/xtk56z

whats the issue

it doesnt load the magazine

[finite dragon]

Imagine actually thinking it's a doxx

I don't think it's a doxx

Just think it's a weird thing to joke about

Humor is subjective

Ik

Emphasis on "think"

[serene pasture]

How to unlock/expand new area in Anomaly?

[hazy helm]

Why not go to the anomaly discord server?

[robust forge]

Here you'll only be talked down by people who hate Anomaly

[tired anvil]

Aka Proamulus

[robust forge]

Yup

[finite dragon]

Lmao

Well since its free, I may aswell try it

[robust forge]

Don't

It's not worth your time

[finite dragon]

I mean what harm is it

I like the stalker series, there's one free game within it

May aswell

[robust forge]

It's one of the mods which is free, but you still want your money back

[finite dragon]

What does it do that's so bad?

can anomaly run on a crappy laptop?

[robust forge]

Pretty much everything apart from their engine improvements

And I believe that it can run on bad devices

[finite dragon]

What does it do lol

Is it it's own story?

[tired anvil]

game

[robust forge]

Well, yes and no

[tired anvil]

50/50

[robust forge]

It has a story, but it's a token lab crawler

Not a full fledged story

It introduces its own characters

Such as

[quick dune]

it has a complicated crafting system

[robust forge]

• Pain in freeplay to kill
• Rape victim
• Many more forgettable characters

It's overcomplicated

[quick dune]

it’s overflown with useless items

[robust forge]

And its item count is overblown

[quick dune]

too much for even an experienced person to know what it all is

[robust forge]

Tbh, the only challenge in Anomaly is combating the item bloat

And unfair economy

Mutants too

Oh god, the mutants

[quick dune]

boars can sneak up on u

[robust forge]

Eh, it's easy to detect them. But they do a ridiculous amount of damage

And with new movement system unaccounted for, it's barely possible to escape their attacks

Especially when you're being charged at from several sides, which Anomaly's AI likes to do

[quick dune]

yes

[finite dragon]

I mean even still I enjoy the stalker gameplay

[robust forge]

It's not stalker gameplay anymore

[quick dune]

it’s stalker torture

[finite dragon]

😂

[robust forge]

It's somewhat of a limbo between milsims and Tarkov with a stalker theme slapped carelessly on top

[quick dune]

i had to reinstall the damn thing cuz i thought the graphics settings weren’t gonna be for 3090 cards

and when i pressed restore defaults it didn’t change my fps

[finite dragon]

Just me or was red forest not that scary in CS

You could just sprint through it lol

Maybe that's unique to me since I played on easist

[finite dragon]

Nice to hear that now i can delete call of chernobyl

[robust forge]

Why don't you treat yourself to something better

[quick dune]

play the entire trilogy without mods

or if u already did that u can try some mods

[finite dragon]

wait red forest and radar aren't the same?

i never played cs and i keep calling "radar" red forest

[tired anvil]

Should go play CS

[sharp spear]

1.5.1 optimized a lot

i dont get random CTDs now i guess

[quick dune]

i know what u can do

play stalker multiplayer

it’s great

[robust forge]

Hey @tired anvil, did we ask CM's to play Clear Sky multiplayer with us?

[tired anvil]

Yes, I'm pretty sure we did

[robust forge]

[gusty trench]

You did.

They said "later"

But we hope.

We believe

[robust forge]

Let's send them pepsi

And actually, let's send them many scissors

So Sergei will sign them and send them back

[quick dune]

stalker multiplayer is useful for 1v1 knife fights

[sharp spear]

bri'ish zone yes

[finite dragon]

oi straylorks, we're going to tah zoned

[sharp spear]

bottom zone

[finite dragon]

real life blowout/emissions when

[sharp spear]

maybe

[quick dune]

anybody wanna 1v1 me in cs multiplayer

[hushed current]

Cough skull cough also about the arena they have in shadow of Chernobyl do they force people to fight or is it completely voluntary

[pseudo rivet]

Depends, some of them volunteer, while there's also soldiers and bandits who get forced to either fight for their general in the case of the soldiers or for their freedom in the case of the bandits

[hushed current]

thanks for clearing that up for me

[sharp spear]

volunteers or POWs

and duty is getting blamed for warning stalkers that their PMs wont do anything worth against strong mutants like chimeras or boars

[arctic rover]

i forgot this exists https://www.reddit.com/r/stalker/comments/mebc6r/hteet/

[serene pasture]

is there any? could you dm me pls 😄

[serene pasture]

owh.. sorry, i am a newcomer in here, i don't know anything

[robust forge]

Don't be sorry

Just... Have you even played vanilla before?

[hazy helm]

It is in their moddb page

[serene pasture]

thank youu

[serene pasture]

i just found this stalker game from Bluedrake on his YT

[robust forge]

Uhh

Uhm

Give me a sec

@hazy helm

[hazy helm]

I knew this would happen

God dammit

Don't play anomaly first

[serene pasture]

oh oh..

[grand pendant]

i know that vid, the guy said anomaly is a better vanilla

[robust forge]

I suddenly felt physical pain

[hazy helm]

Go for the OG games first

[robust forge]

Like if something stabbed me through the chest

[finite dragon]

[hazy helm]

I recommend SoC shadow of Chernobyl

Vannila

If you have any trouble with it well help you but playing anomaly as your entry to the series is the worst way to enter the stalker universe

[serene pasture]

nonono.. i dont mean is bad.. i just play this genre game like tarkov for the 1st time, i never touch any of the series maybe i would like to try the OG game on Steam too

[hazy helm]

I am not saying it's bad but playing anomaly first instead of the OG games gives a wrong idea of what the series is

[grand pendant]

it's fine, though you would be better off playing the trilogy first, anomaly is totally different

[hazy helm]

Anomaly is a collection of mods

Not a stalker game

[grand pendant]

it's budget tarkov, or so said way too many anomaly fans

[serene pasture]

that guy every on his videos title always put "good" or "better" lel

[grand pendant]

and he probably didn't even play the others

[robust forge]

Anomaly is a bastard child of Tarkov and other milsims

With stalker theme slapped on top

[serene pasture]

ohh.. i didn't know that.. does Bluedrake says "made by community" ?

[grand pendant]

do understand that this "hate" has been building up for years now, with everyone recommending anomaly as an entry to the series. Don't feel attacked or anything

[finite dragon]

its basically mod collection because they combined different realism mods into one

[serene pasture]

oowhh..

[hazy helm]

Bluedrake is a kid without a clue of what he is talking about in this case,anomaly is a mod of a mod called last day that is a mod of Call of Chernobyl that is a total conversion mod

Loads of stolen assets,mishandling of what stalker is supposed to be

[robust forge]

"Realism" mods, mind you

It's not realistic

It's just unfair

[finite dragon]

yeah..

[hazy helm]

Hearing ppl calling it the defenitive stalker experience for at least a year is infuriating,I try to dissuade new ppl that do t know any better

But my advices can only do so much

[robust forge]

I will record myself killing a pig with a makarov in one shot to prove the point if I have to

How many 9x18 rounds does it take to kill a boar in Anomowy?

[hazy helm]

bruh what do you mean my 9x18 does nothing to armored targets

Lol

[serene pasture]

lol

[finite dragon]

it takes 5 shotgun shell from hunting shotgun

[grand pendant]

or literally one axe thrust

[robust forge]

Wasn't 9x18 designed to be somewhat more useful against armoured targets than tokarev rounds?

You know, higher impact energy and all that

Or was it the other way around

[hazy helm]

@serene pasture but take it from me,in the years I've been playing these games and interecting with the community I've seen it happen loads of times,ppl who start with anomaly can't go to the OG ending up calling them boring and lacking in features and describing a lesser version of milaim tarkov stalker themed,when stalker isn't supposed to be that

[robust forge]

likes freeplays to the zealot levels
thinks that OG stalkan is boring

[grand pendant]

thinks that freedom bones mutants

god, why did the most popular mod had to include that

[finite dragon]

thinks that stuttering is effect of emission canon

[robust forge]

Let's be honest, both Freedom and Duty screw mutants

[grand pendant]

only you would

[robust forge]

Nah, I don't want to bone a fleshy abomination

A busty two legged shark though...

[finite dragon]

you kinda did since youre ecologist

[robust forge]

It's called research

[hazy helm]

Yhea,you need to ,your job to research

[robust forge]

Very, very thoroughfully

[grand pendant]

there's actually a dialogue of duty taking dead mutants underground in vanilla 👀

[robust forge]

Hmm

[hazy helm]

Interesting..m

[robust forge]

Anyways

Yeah, Anomaly bad

[finite dragon]

i spent most of my time configuring that mod than playing it tbh

[robust forge]

I've spent most of my time downloading additional mods that would make it somewhat enjoyable

[hazy helm]

I keep telling myself that I'll make a anomaly mod that tries to make it as stalker as possible,we three know that is never gonna happen

[robust forge]

You can't do that

[finite dragon]

It is

[robust forge]

How so, Lithuanian

[finite dragon]

No it's not

[icy prism]

Any new o leak about STALKER 2??

[finite dragon]

||because i partnered|| because it's actually a good m*d

It just mashes a lot of things together that have been popular within the stalker m*d fanbase

It ends up giving a pretty well done freeplay experience with many customization possibilities

its bad for newcomer

Indeed

But it's fun for a veteran

*who is into freeplay

yea i guess

I personally really only enjoy Anomaly in the warfare mode

[robust forge]

I still prefer CotZ tbh

Or Stason

[finite dragon]

Those have a much different atmosphere

I haven't played much of Stason tbh

Is it properly translated right now?

[robust forge]

No idea

[finite dragon]

havent heard of stason in a long time

[robust forge]

I mean, last time I've played it was around a year ago

But still, it was one of my more pleasurable CoC experiences

Maybe on par with Dead Air on the old desolation mode

And honestly, idk why CotZ didn't work out

[hazy helm]

It can be fun at times,but like I said countless of times,it's about the worst mod for a first time newcomer to plau

Play

[finite dragon]

I personally found it quite interesting how many people jumped on me when I posted that meme about it being cringy, that newcommers start off playing anomaly before playing vanilla

[hazy helm]

Why would anyone disagree with that?

[tired anvil]

Because they're the people who ignored vanilla for Anomaly and got offended

[robust forge]

Yup

[finite dragon]

Need to make the average enjoyer meme about that)))

lmao

[tired anvil]

Make sure to send it to SurDno

[finite dragon]

yes

[hazy helm]

Never seen him talk here

[tired anvil]

He isn't here

[finite dragon]

hes in ccon server

[hazy helm]

Hahah

[finite dragon]

cam_inert 0.21 actually

And my translation server))))

But he'll probably leave c-con and the translation server

[tired anvil]

Why c-con?

[finite dragon]

iirc he got muted in ccon

Apparently no one is interested in vanilla over there

idk why

[tired anvil]

Ah yea, heard him talk about that

And Maxine sorta archiving the vanilla channel or something?

[finite dragon]

can you invite me to cam_inert

[tired anvil]

I'll try to get an invite, sec

[finite dragon]

ight

[gusty trench]

Есть одно серьезное дело. На «Дикой территории» опять появилась группа ветеранов-убийц. Ко мне приходили люди из Долга и просили разобраться с этими ветеранами. У Долга есть неопровержимые доказательства причастности ветеранов к убийствам одиночек. Дело тут в том, что у них с Долгом старый договор, который Долг не может нарушить, а ребята эти уж слишком наглеют. Короче, Долг хочет чтобы их тихо убрали. Задание сложное, но хорошо оплачивается.
I have a serious matter for you. A group of veteran-killers appeared on Wild Territory. People from Duty came to me and asked to sort those veterans out. Duty has irrefutable proofs of veterans' involvement in killing Loners. But there's a problem - they have an old agreement, which Duty can't violate, but those dudes are getting cocky too much. So, Duty wants somebody to kill them silently. Task is hard but well-paid.

they have an old agreement
With bandits

Sadly, it was cut out from SoC.

[hushed current]

Is stalker misery anygood?

[gusty trench]

Isn't worth it

[finite dragon]

every mod isn't worth it

what's a good mod then?

[quick dune]

vanilla

[finite dragon]

that's a good joke eksde xdddd

you only play vanilla if you want to suffer

you only play with mods if you want to suffer as well

[visual egret]

no suffering with vanilla

actually nvm I suffer at Yantar at CS

[quick dune]

vanilla is easy

mods make it harder

unless it's soc complete mod

[finite dragon]

ok here's the answer

mods and vanilla is ok

[signal basin]

finally got back into stalker

after not touching it for like 6mo

extremely based game

[finite dragon]

[signal basin]

i expected yantar to be much, much, longer, so that's why i quit

turns out it was a twenty minute walk

[finite dragon]

you play soc or mods?

[signal basin]

vanilla unpatched soc

on master

[hazy helm]

King

[finite dragon]

i play soc with mods that makes everything dies with one shot

[signal basin]

wait why

game 2 hard?

[finite dragon]

no

it's my choice?

[signal basin]

yeah of course, just curious why

[finite dragon]

because i like it?

Idk

lol

[signal basin]

lmao, dumb question

[finite dragon]

bro i finished the game 3 times without mods

[signal basin]

nice

thought you meant for a first playthrough

which stalker games your favorite?

[finite dragon]

soc and cop