⭐┃nospoilers_general

[hazy helm]

I only did jobs and went to anomalies to artifact hunting

[still ridge]

Gunslinger is unfinished

which is a shame

[hazy helm]

theyre stil updating a lot

but that is understandable

[still ridge]

when was the last update

[hollow field]

Oh is that a mod thing

I thought it only made guns look hd lmao

[hazy helm]

the animations top notch,the models great,require a lot of time

@hollow field gunslinger changes loads of animations and guns models adding new functions

[hollow field]

I see

[hazy helm]

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1HWs21SylwtUGhvGNZ805l0H89_Fv5Ntg7MjlgtGPbNo/edit#gid=1004726274
here's the weapon list

it has the weapons taht are finished and those taht aren't

[hushed current]

So

[hollow field]

Does stuff ever respawn

I still see dead people

And animals

[hazy helm]

well,animal and ppl corpses don't,unless you change maps,but artifacts respawn after an emission

[hollow field]

So I cant really farm people for loot?

[hazy helm]

I mean,they dont despawn corpses

[lyric forge]

You can

[hazy helm]

am sure stalkers respawn in really small numbers,and are neutral to you

[lyric forge]

Yanov is the best place to farm for unlimited money if we are talking about CoP

Is that what you’re playing?

[hazy helm]

he's still isn't in jupiter

[lyric forge]

Ah.

[hazy helm]

he's still at Zaton

[still ridge]

farm artifacts

do jobs

[lyric forge]

||Well if you manage to get to the last part which is the outskirts, the military have a repairman there tht fixes everything for free. If you’re at Yanov and decide to kill the bandits at that military stop up the road north, take all their guns, go to outskirts, you can fix them up all for free, sell them back to Hawaiian, and by the time you come back, all the bandits would respawn. Just repeat this process over and over and you should have unlimited money, way better then artifacts. I quit at 3mil RU though.||

[hazy helm]

https://youtu.be/6vP1q9GsFgE

that's the guys channel

[hollow field]

Alright ye fk anomaly I'll go back to cop

Tyvm guys

[hazy helm]

always ready,if you need any more help feel free to ping me

[hollow field]

Yea probably going to ask alot more as I go haha

[hazy helm]

anyway,Im gonna clock out for the night see you guys later

[hollow field]

Bye and ty again

[hushed current]

Do you know how install mods?

[hazy helm]

yhea I do why

[hushed current]

Thanks for answering and good night

[hazy helm]

[glacial quartz]

The feeling when chernobylite gets an official announcement and we are just standing watching in misery T_T

[verbal hemlock]

This is totally unnecessary

[hollow field]

so uh i found an artificat but i died when i picked it up

am i supposed to put it in something or

[lyric forge]

Explain how

[verbal hemlock]

You will never need this much money or anywhere close to it, waste of time dude

[lyric forge]

I collected all of that money out of just doing it to have it, never said you needed 3 mil.

[verbal hemlock]

most of the game’s best equipment (Gauss Rifle, Strelok’s SGK) are totally free of charge. SEVA and Exo + upgrades are easily paid for with the money you get by just playing the game normally

[lyric forge]

And plus if you wanna upgrade EVERYTHING in the game just to be a completionist, then yes. It isn’t required

It’s the quickest way, far quicker then artifact hunting.

[verbal hemlock]

artifact hunting in CoP is easier than blinking

you don’t even need to “hunt” like in, say, Anomaly

you just pass by the anomalies on the way to your regular destinations and make like 40k worth of artifacts

[lyric forge]

With just paying 5000 RU from Zaton or 2000 RU from Yanov, you can Bank about 30k every trip if you’re carrying Hercules and exp suit managing 120+ KG with artifacts to benefit weight. So yes it is quicker

[still ridge]

only after getting beard's artifact quests

[verbal hemlock]

even without beard’s quests

[lyric forge]

It’s far more superior then waiting for artifacts and plus you don’t even know which ones you’ll find. Though prices may vary depending on who you go to, and beard is always #1.

If I can bank over 200k per hour, then yes, in every way it’s better. Not even 1 hour, but in an hour, you can probs attain 2-350k. Depending on what gun you sell, and how fast you move

Lmao

Perks such as the prototype svarge(whatever the name is) detector and artifact hunting achievement can help, I still find myself selling guns over artifacts. Sleeping all day waiting for emissions to hit I know help, just don’t see any of those factors outweighing what I described

We aren’t talking Anomaly either, so no need to me toon that as if it’ll help.

Mention*

[native helm]

Did you notice the nose on the silver teeth guy? It goes yellow at the top because hes crunching his nose skin. You'll see it when you pinch your skin.
THE DETAIL

[lyric forge]

Wat

[soft ice]

Hey does anyone know if there’s a way to prevent bandits from spawning in certain areas?

[gusty trench]

No

[soft ice]

I keep having this issue where a bunch of bandits keep coming to the entrance to garbage from cordon (soc)

Oh ok

[lyric forge]

I don’t believe so, but even if I’m sure military would start to spawn there.... and they are worst then bandits

[nimble star]

I play CoP Gunslinger, there are 2 burers in quest hunt mutants. They said that rush with knife to kill them but I can't. Everytime I touch them, I will die because they throw something over me.

I tried to snipe them, but even they don't see me when i shoot, they still can block it easily

[hazy helm]

I just threw grenades and shoot them in cover,not that hard

[nimble star]

But when I cover they can throw something to me

Don't know how

[hazy helm]

Artifacts are in a sort of minefield called anomaly,they only spawn there and you need to listen to your anomaly detector to avoid them

[hazy helm]

I cheesed the AI by poping in and out of the main door

Burers are pretty stupid for psychic mutants

[nimble star]

But they can throw away the grenade right? I tried about 10 grenades, not one of them hit the burer haha

[hazy helm]

Never had that sort of problem

What is your equipment?

[nimble star]

Maybe the mod gunslinger changed them somehow

I have a SVD and an AS VAL

[hazy helm]

I mean armor

[nimble star]

Sunrise suit and tactical helmet

Almost full upgrade

[hazy helm]

If you're having trouble with the burers kill one with hiding in the first door poping in and out,watch out for when he has his shield down,then press on the other with explosives and be mobile

Or do the same thing with cover

[toxic coral]

Yeah, burers are awful on high difficulties

[hazy helm]

Controllers on gunslinger are worse

[toxic coral]

if you pack psy block no, if not then yes

and i'm still waiting for the PKM in gunslinger, i love that gun

[nimble star]

I kill the first controller by a lot of grenades

[toxic coral]

ye, nades work great if you dont have psy block

[opaque parrot]

Has anyone ever killed a pseudogiant with a PMm?

[hazy helm]

Yes

[hazy helm]

https://youtu.be/1zbsx8R-DU4

[opaque parrot]

What a legend

[potent bluff]

any news on this special day?

[leaden hamlet]

Did you know that 35 years ago today, Reactor 4 at the Nuclear Power Plant in Chernobyl, Ukraine, melted down! 😮

[solid dome]

@hazy helm So this was you giving hiim the challenge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zywee1gC1Wg

Huh

[hazy helm]

I only ask the important questions

[tired anvil]

Vasim's 5 mins of eternal fame

[solid dome]

[opaque parrot]

My biggest fear : Stalker 2 not being stable on release

Just hoping we won't get to see some sort of Cyberpunk or Days Gone scenario

[solid dome]

Nope

You cross fingers it doesn't become the next Cossacks 3

CP77 cant compare

It comes from multimillion developer with tons of investors

GSC seemingly has MS & Epic only, with them never confirmed anyway to fund the game

[leaden hamlet]

I honestly don't think we have anything to worry about there. GSC made SOC to COP on their own proprietary engine that, in spite of the memes, runs phenomenally well despite being constructed entirely out of egg cartons and happy thoughts. And they're now making S2 on the Unreal Engine that is, let's be honest, popular for a reason even though it's made by one of evilest companies in gaming. It'll run fine, I'm sure of it.

[tired anvil]

They mentioned that they are self funded like two years ago

I've got the interview saved for a reason

[solid dome]

Two years ago a long time

[tired anvil]

Meh, it's not two full years, so not that long ago

More so December 2019 or so iirc

[hazy helm]

Runs "well"

:looks at CS:

[tired anvil]

CS, my beloved, runs pretty well

[hazy helm]

Get 25 on high,cop gets 60 on high

[tired anvil]

I get 125 on max, not counting the broken lighting setting

[hazy helm]

[leaden hamlet]

You can shave like 1.3 years off that though due to R O N A .

I seem to have real trouble reading what I write before posting it today... 😫

[solid dome]

RONA?

[tired anvil]

Covid

[solid dome]

Hell does RONA mean

lol

[tired anvil]

Covid

[solid dome]

Nah the acronym itself

[tired anvil]

It literally means Covid

Corona

'rona

[solid dome]

Oh oh

I'm slow

I'm slow and I'm dead - Zak playing through SoC, & CoP

[hazy helm]

https://nintendosmash.com/s-t-a-l-k-e-r-2-will-be-released-in-late-2021/ cracked laughing when I read this

[tired anvil]

Saw this recently, I don't see any problems

He has to finish his work by 2021, so pretty much saying that at the worst possible scenario, it should be winter of this year

[solid dome]

Didn't know the Marked One guy is back for S2

At least tiny bit of news

[hazy helm]

I'd say it will launch on early 2022

[tired anvil]

Marked One, Barkeep, Duty, CS Sid

Some other voices

[solid dome]

All by this guy?

[tired anvil]

Yup

[hazy helm]

Tallanted

[opaque parrot]

Hope you're right mate. Fingers crossed in any case

[solid dome]

What a legend

Who was Griga German voicing in the trilogy?

Strelok?

Or it was one of the factions

Gregory German voiced bandits in S.T.A.L.K.E.R

Yeah

Though if we go by the article above

Releasing by Winter is far too unrealistic

Though development started back in 2018 so it will be 2 years + of development

[tired anvil]

We don't know when it started unfortunately

[solid dome]

Kinda true

[tired anvil]

What we do know though, is that in May, it will be exactly 3 years of official work

But they mentioned that they have been working some time before that

So it could easily be the 4th year now, or 3.5

[solid dome]

Could be they started when the bankruption mess recover was on

Even Duty doesn't know

[opaque parrot]

That's why I doubt we'll see a release this year

Next year is more likely

[tired anvil]

I can honestly see it this year

[tired anvil]

Well, I imagine it was always on their mind, but C3 released back in 2016, so their focus could've easily been set even at the start of 2017

Which could and would result in at least 4 years by now

And looking at games like GTA5 or the Witcher 3

[opaque parrot]

But how long have they worked with Unreal

[tired anvil]

Even 3 years can be enough

[tired anvil]

This May would mark the 3rd official year, the developers are experienced from all types of companies working with it

[opaque parrot]

Honestly the only reason I don't see it releasing this year is the lack of more announcements, teasers and such

We haven't seen any actual gameplay for starters

We have a trailer and a small teaser which still doesn't show much

Basically we've only seen what the graphics might look like

[tired anvil]

That's pretty fair

Though we will see gameplay this year

So fingers crossed on that one

[opaque parrot]

Amen to that

[finite dragon]

oh man time to run stalker 2 while cooking noodle

[still ridge]

I can see a winter release potentially

Winter 2021/22

[past shuttle]

All we need to do is to be patient

[still ridge]

Since we’re getting gameplay most likely in the summer

[past shuttle]

As simple as it seems

[solid dome]

Long confirmed the C3 team isn't involved

It was more like contracted team to develop it

There were people from GSC overseeing and helping but wasn't fully GSC driven development

Could be they were sketching long before C3

[tired anvil]

Could be, could be

[solid dome]

Hell

Could be even they were working on it in a small team during the Old S2 catastrophe

[tired anvil]

Could be the same old one

Or one of them

[solid dome]

Infinite possibilities yep

I ain't gonna be a prophet

[past shuttle]

35 years...

[proper wyvern]

I won't expect a "Can it run Crisis" meme but I would fully expect a "Can it run Stalked 2?" Meme

[tired anvil]

@solid dome @still ridge @opaque parrot @hazy helm @finite dragon Welp, seems like the guy who said the winter stuff is taking his words back, I guess GSC noticed

Or rather the studio he's working with

[gusty trench]

Vilkov?

[hazy helm]

Told ya

[tired anvil]

Yea lmao

[hazy helm]

2021 is unrealistic

In the best of the best cases early 2022

[tired anvil]

Nah it's realistic, I'm just pretty sure GSC doesn't want anyone saying any dates that can and will be fake

[gusty trench]

Didn't saw. Maybe he said it in his Twitter... But his Studio already explained everything

[hazy helm]

More like mid to late 2022 or early 2023

I am giving them time

[tired anvil]

His studio originally said that he's related and all of that

[hazy helm]

In spades

[tired anvil]

Now it's saying that they didn't say anything

[hazy helm]

Lol

[quick dune]

confirmed info from google is that we get it on christmas as a present

[gusty trench]

"It's not related to Stalker!" - that's what they said.

[tired anvil]

That's what they said now, yep

[leaden hamlet]

In 78 years time.

[still ridge]

What does this mean?

Someone holding some official status mentioned winter?

[tired anvil]

A voice actor

[still ridge]

It’s a much larger studio now, not using a proprietary engine. saying 2023 is unrealistic if they’re ready to show gameplay this summer

[hazy helm]

I have treated every reveal as a very early Dev,even if they're in he middle of Dev 2023 is more believable than you might think

[opaque parrot]

Woah

Hyped

[still ridge]

my guy development was announced in 2018

Frankly, 5 years is a very long time for game development

Bear in mind, using UE4 is a lot faster than what it would be if it was a new proprietary engine

If they’re ready to show gameplay this summer, would they really need another 2 years of development?

[tidal fiber]

Just be patient

[still ridge]

That’s reasonable

I’m patient, I’ve been patient since 2018

[tidal fiber]

The one thing I hope for in stalker 2

Is no mirrored guns

[solid dome]

Lol

[still ridge]

That’s already confirmed lol

Check the dev diary

[solid dome]

GSC: Vilkov, oh Vilkov, we said no use of megaphones. Take his recording device!
Vilkov: Had to change my nickname..... damit.

Pastorazzi probably laughing at us discussing

[tidal fiber]

Link?

[hazy helm]

It has happened before

I want to treat my expectations so they don't go out of hand

[still ridge]

You’re overdoing it, trust me. 2022 is much more reasonable than 2023

[finite dragon]

I thought he said he had to do his voice lines by winter

[still ridge]

https://youtu.be/fdJgHlTUYek @tidal fiber

[hazy helm]

Like I said,worst case scenario early 2023,normal expectation mid 2022

[solid dome]

Nope

He said the developers expect to ship by winter or more like, want to

This brought GSC attention perhaps

[finite dragon]

Honestly I think this would have slipped through if it were not for Cyberpunk 2077

[solid dome]

More or less confirms the game won't come out this year or...

the team isn't really sure yet

Damit

We can wait another year with CP 2.1

[finite dragon]

2.2*

This summer

Hopefully

ANYWAYS my hot take on the release date

[hazy helm]

If I have to endure another full year of idiots calling anomaly the defenitive stalker experience I'll have a mental breakdown

[still ridge]

Billy and his pessimism about S2

Gonna say it’s gonna get delayed and turn into a CP situation

[finite dragon]

GSC appears to have always wanted to release at the end of this year. Look at the 2.0.2.1. thing, which is rumored to have been the original date, but was removed since they just don't want to repeat Oblivion Lost (probably)

[hazy helm]

Didn't that one switch genres middle Dev?

[finite dragon]

Now again, look at the VA's statement of the release in winter

Clearly GSC has always planned for release this year

But!

Since Cyberpunk, they won't take any chances

It's like double the proof right now

Oblivion Lost + CP77

And I think, that these rumors point to a good thing

The developers are taking their time

[still ridge]

Tell me, what engine does CP use?

[finite dragon]

I'd rather have it release next year (mainly due to me being finished with the exams

[hazy helm]

Same as the Witcher 3

[finite dragon]

No, it's a new version

Red engine 5?

Lemme google

Red Engine 4

But it is self-developed

[still ridge]

Ok, now what engine did OL use?

Also self developed

[finite dragon]

Ok ok we already talked about the whole engine thing

[still ridge]

It’s relevant

[finite dragon]

S2 could have been in development since at least like 2014

[hazy helm]

You saying that a game is measured by the engine it uses now?

[finite dragon]

Serious development in 2016

Full on development in 2018

They work on a new pre-made engine

Yeah they saved time

But again, they have to modify the engine

They are making a big game

And they are also GSC

[still ridge]

Engine is incredibly important to the development process

[finite dragon]

||GSC as in 2001-2007 development of SoC))) Loads of creativity and awesome game but took a long time||

[still ridge]

I’m saying the fact that it uses UE4 means that development is much smoother than what it would be on a proprietary engine

[still ridge]

When they weren’t self publishing

I’m not saying it’s gonna release this year, in fact I personally believe it will release early next year

[hazy helm]

You do know that an engine not as important as Devs that know how to mod it and work on it

[finite dragon]

We really don't have any idea on how long the development is going on nor what stage they are at right now

They aren't even hiring playtesters

[still ridge]

I think we’ll have a pretty good idea when gameplay is shown this year

[hazy helm]

Take TF2 for example,they used source if I recall,high octane moment on the same engine that made the atmospheric half life 2

[finite dragon]

What if they pull off a Fallout 4

Gameplay in summer, release in November

[still ridge]

🔫

I think winter is more likely

[finite dragon]

Honestly, out of all hype trains, the S2 one is the worst because we don't have anything to drool over, nor the chance to complain when trailer content gets cut

[still ridge]

that’s a good thing, trust me

[finite dragon]

No it's not

[still ridge]

You want it to be hyped to CP standards?

[finite dragon]

Oblivion Lost trailers are superior to SoC even tho the builds show how broken it was

[still ridge]

You’ll be disappointed

[finite dragon]

CP is a good game

[still ridge]

[finite dragon]

I made sure to pre-order it so that it fails

))))

Pre-ordered it two weeks before release

I will do the same with Stalker 2 unless NLC7 translation comes out before S2 release

Ye thats right I'm blackmailing the community into giving me more translators for

[still ridge]

the one thing I can say is that it will release before ray of cope

[finite dragon]

True true

[still ridge]

With absolute certainty

[finite dragon]

@still ridge I'm still gonna say that S2 is releasing late next year

Mainly due to them not hiring playtesters yet

[tired anvil]

I'm desperate enough to say 2021 until proven otherwise

[finite dragon]

If I am not hired, stalker 2 will release in 2033

[tired anvil]

[still ridge]

We will die on this hill

I say winter so I can’t be wrong if it releases either this year or early next year

[tired anvil]

I have no problems with that

[small dust]

That knife vid gave me hours of discussion.

[void vortex]

[gusty trench]

no

[void vortex]

sus

[hearty hedge]

[solid dome]

It is

No disappointment, no hate

That's how you balance expectations & disappointment

[finite dragon]

But bro we wont get Stalker 2: OLR

[solid dome]

Keep it on the same level

[finite dragon]

We won't be able to dig out a cool cut concept

[solid dome]

Oh LOLRD

[finite dragon]

Sus is the fact that DoC has no translators

[void vortex]

Good

Don't want smelly nerds around

[solid dome]

Duty of Doll of Chan?

DoDoC?

[void vortex]

alternative stalker discord

doesn't matter

[hollow field]

@hazy helm like if i wanted to get artifacts to sell for money, i pick it up and get loads of rad so ho would i transport it back to sell without dying from rad

[hazy helm]

get some antirad meds,and in the base game artifacts in your Inventory dont give you any radiation so it shouldnt be like that in Gunslinger

[hollow field]

seems like it still gives me rads in gunslinger

unless

if i use meds then it wont come back maybe

maybe its just the rads from going near it

ill try that

[finite dragon]

can you really get artifact in soc?

there's no detector in soc

[opaque parrot]

Just watch for glowing bouncing thingys

[sharp spear]

yeah

artefacts are just littered around like free candy

quite literally

[finite dragon]

cool can't wait to get sucked into anomaly

[sharp spear]

anywhere

i found some artefacts outside of anomaly fields

[opaque parrot]

You can actually find a lot of them outside the anomaly fields

And if you want detectors, you can always install mods like Autumn Aurora or Radiophobia

[finite dragon]

i don't like lurk imo

you only has 30kg weight in the game

that's my complain about this mod lol

[woven locust]

should i be looking in the green lockers in shadow of chernobyl vanilla or just ignore them so far they all have been empty

[finite dragon]

just check it

i once found a monolith suit

[woven locust]

ok ill be looking in them then

thanks

[woven locust]

is it safe to leave my stuff in the blue box in hangar in garbage

shadow of chernobyl

[finite dragon]

yeah

i don't think npc will take it

heard a theory that npc will take stuff from the box

[sharp spear]

they dont

only CoP has the stash robbing which is just a overglorified side quest

[woven locust]

thanks

so i just met mole

and wow

that lipsincync

[dim sonnet]

[woven locust]

why is there a elephant foot in agroprom underground

[random barn]

because why not put more elephant feet

clearly corium can appear anywhere

[woven locust]

corium i guess is yet another artifact

[sharp spear]

n o

[random barn]

naw it's a name for super dense reactor fuel that breaks out of the reactor

[sharp spear]

actually

its a mixture

[random barn]

it's what the elephants foot is

[sharp spear]

and main spicy ingredient is uranium

[random barn]

it is a mixture

[sharp spear]

scientists can literally recreate corium

without any nuclear reactors being used

[random barn]

lol and hello diplo

[sharp spear]

hi yes

[random barn]

everybody gangsta until the physics teacher asks students to recreate an RBMK reactor

[sharp spear]

afterall

theres a literal RBMK simulator

and yes you can recreate chernobyl

[woven locust]

please link

[sharp spear]

find it yourself

and its supposed for like the trainees for NPP

i bet you wont understand it

[woven locust]

i can try

[lusty patrol]

guys the game dropped its fps at 30-40 after installing blindsides gun anims, i uninstalled them but the fps is same. i had around 60-80 fps what do i do? https://streamable.com/hntxym

[finite dragon]

Because whoever was cleaning up, poured concrete into the pipes

It makes sense in the whole lore of agroprom..

[woven locust]

it does look kinda like concrete

[solid dome]

Any native russian speaker wanna help me with something?

[tired anvil]

I can probably get you one , what's up

[finite dragon]

Non-native not-russian speaker, what's up?

[desert roost]

I'm native Russian speaker

[solid dome]

Solved it already

[past shuttle]

Kek

[solid dome]

Extra spicy kek with cheese and sour sauce

[fathom lava]

@swift sleet Bad news chapped ass

[swift sleet]

Dear god

[past shuttle]

[arctic rover]

R.I.P. unit 4 explosion #📰┃announcement text

[tired anvil]

You got the #🔵-twitter instead

[past shuttle]

[arctic rover]

2021 https://twitter.com/stalker_thegame/status/1386651295755427840
2011 https://stalker-game.com/img/news/26_april_2011b.jpg

[tired anvil]

Damn they upped them graphics great

[night sluice]

does anyone have stalker box cover art without any text?

[tired anvil]

This one?

[past shuttle]

@tired anvil Is that Major Degtyarev in the image from 2011?

[night sluice]

no

like soc and cop

[tired anvil]

The one not a pirate sent?

[night sluice]

cover art

without the text

[past shuttle]

@tired anvil

[tired anvil]

Strelok

[past shuttle]

It's hard to tell him apart

Hm, I see

[tired anvil]

Don't think I can find this with no text

[night sluice]

they made some good ass cover art and didnt manage to remove text

[past shuttle]

Why would they bother with the text to begin with?

The text serves a purpose

[signal basin]

stalker 2 will release in 2021

[past shuttle]

Must be a rumor

In any case, we will already see S2 soon enough

Either this year or the following year

[signal basin]

wait what it's gonna be an immersive sim?

tbh i'm not so confident

it's been so long and no gameplay yet

[past shuttle]

@signal basin I'm sure this summer is going to blow up

[night sluice]

tfw they cancel the game again

[past shuttle]

Not this time buddy

Lol they will succeed this time

Just be patient bro

[signal basin]

i'm trying to remain hopeful

if this ever releases i'll be ecstatic

[still ridge]

Gameplay this summer

Coupled with the fact that they’re self publishing, using an existing engine with good optimization, and have a deal with Microsoft

It’s not getting canceled

[signal basin]

alright

also, what engine?

[still ridge]

UE4

[finite dragon]

Gameplay probably at E3 or Gamescom

[finite dragon]

Not UE4. Just UE.

PRs are pretty tight lipped on everything, even the engine number

[still ridge]

Gameplay not necessarily this summer actually, but this year has been confirmed @signal basin

Most likely summer

[finite dragon]

During one of the game expos

Xbox will be showcasing their games

E3 will happen on June 12th-15th and will feature Xbox

[still ridge]

Or gamescom

[signal basin]

can't wait

just kinda curious on how they'll turn stalker into an imsim

[finite dragon]

Gamescom will happen later in August

[still ridge]

A what

[finite dragon]

I'm betting my monies on E3

[still ridge]

it already is arguably

[signal basin]

current stalker is in no way an imsim

[finite dragon]

Why does everyone want stalker be a simulator

Hurr durr tarkov tarkov simulator immersion

Like come on

Let the devs do their own thing

Stalker has its own magic

[signal basin]

nah, i don't care if stalker becomes one

might be interesting to see

[sharp spear]

their IQ in a nutshell

[finite dragon]

But like half of the community is just yearning for the EFT experience

[sharp spear]

"BRO BRO LOOK AT THESE SHADERS NOW ITS TARKOV 2.0 WOAW!"

me who uses static lightning

[finite dragon]

Yeah it's just absolutely terrible how Tarkov is overshadowing Stalker

Just because it's set in eastern europe in an abandoned Zone

[signal basin]

i just see tarkov as a multiplayer stalker without atmosphere tbh

[sharp spear]

anomaly is being the main target

of "MuH TaRKoV" experience

[finite dragon]

Anomaly does its own thing

[sharp spear]

its still being a main target for these EFT fanboys tho

[robust forge]

Anomaly aims to recreate the Tarkov feeling

Fails miserably

[finite dragon]

We already had a tarkov experience before Tarkov even existed

t. Misery)))

[sharp spear]

ah yes the OG

[finite dragon]

IMO Anomaly is more of a Misery game than Tarkov

[sharp spear]

i find misery more fun than anomaly tbh

[finite dragon]

But the fanbase just wants Tarkov

[sharp spear]

because i cant just bear the balance in anomaly

horrendous for my tastes

like psy creatures in misery are pain

meanwhile in anomaly they are a mild annoyance

[tired anvil]

https://gamerant.com/e3-2021-participating-companies/

[sharp spear]

while cats are just being pain in anomaly and being annoyance in misery

and the fact that boars REALLY hate you

[still ridge]

Anomaly is just less unfair misery with more content

[finite dragon]

Oh man misery, love that mod

[sharp spear]

some people actually like the bloated content thing

which for me

is just bad

[signal basin]

lmao remember atomic heart

rip that game

[tired anvil]

It's not dead though

[sharp spear]

its still WIP

propably taking their sweet time

after all you should have seen comments

[signal basin]

yup

[sharp spear]

"hope it doesnt end up like cyberpunk" related stuff

[signal basin]

looks terrible

they faked half the old gameplay footage

[tired anvil]

They uploaded an image like last night about a date

[finite dragon]

Oh yeah Atomic Heart is also getting overshadowed by Metro and Stalker fans!

Muh bioshock stalker xddd

[tired anvil]

So how much?

[finite dragon]

[tired anvil]

[finite dragon]

I don't want to bankrupt myself but I want the dvacokas back

[still ridge]

Ok, if you bet E3 I’ll bet Gamescom

Gaj can bet something else

[finite dragon]

5 bucks

5 bucks its E3

[tired anvil]

Alright

Ok Billy

You can send me 5 bucks now

[finite dragon]

Inb4 pride day surprise lmao

[tired anvil]

[finite dragon]

Because GSC is under Xbox you dum dum

[still ridge]

XBox

[tired anvil]

Alright alright

Let's wait then

[finite dragon]

Even the author of the article mentions that it is surprising that Bethesda is listed seperately from Xbox

[tired anvil]

I personally want it to be at E3 too so idk if it's worth betting lmao

[tired anvil]

You mean pride month

[swift sleet]

I wonder what GSC is gonna be announcing

err

deep silver

my bad

lmao

[finite dragon]

Ye my b

[tired anvil]

I don't expect much from Deep Silver other than their other Metro Exodus version atm

[solid dome]

E3 isn't it

Gamescom it is

[tired anvil]

Any particular reason on why you feel that?

[solid dome]

Gamescom's easier to reach since its hosted in Germany

E3 would be more complicated due to travels and crab

Was GSC ever present on E3 at all?

[still ridge]

Travel has nothing to do with it

[solid dome]

You never know

[tired anvil]

SoC

If you count devs going to it to check it out, then 2019 as well I believe

As for showing things off, only during the 2000's

[still ridge]

If not E3, gamescom

Winter is unlikely

[tired anvil]

Games Gathering Kiev edition

[still ridge]

Wonder if we’ll get a release date at the same time as the gameplay trailer

[tired anvil]

Probably not

That'd be too much for us stalker fans

[still ridge]

No, have this 30 second gameplay trailer))

Here’s an extra piece of unofficial artwork as well

[tired anvil]

Ayo, artwork was confirmed to be in game locations, so I'm in no way complaining about those

Space bubble building got me curious

[still ridge]

Didn’t someone identify it

[tired anvil]

Identified as an anti missile system in Moscow iirc

But that's about it

[still ridge]

Some missile defense yeah

If it’s in Moscow though...

[robust forge]

They're doing le Survarium?

[frail spire]

Why people keep harping on a release date, the second they give out people will start overhyping the hell out of it and when they actually release the game everyone is gonne be "thats it?"

[robust forge]

Yup

People tend to be stupid

[tired anvil]

I'm enough of a fanboy to buy the game regardless of what we see and how it actually is

So I'm up for anything tbh

[frail spire]

I will probably play it too anyways but hype ruin companies

Like how overrated witcher 3 game

[tired anvil]

Or that other CDPR game

[frail spire]

Or Cybercoom 2069

"omg cybernut will let me play as a twink with a 20 inch dong, SO REVOLUTIONARY"

Like, dude what

[verbal hemlock]

Bruh

I would bet my life that you haven’t played Cyberpunk

it’s a phenomenal game

[solid dome]

Moscow joins the Ukrainian chat

[solid dome]

I might be the only one that won't really feel interested in buying full price if it's...

less from what everyone expects?

Anything that turns repetitive grindfest with QTEs - 90% discount

[tired anvil]

Well, considering the fact that modern games go higher than 1/4 of the minimum in your country (at least the last time I checked), that's sorta perfectly understandable

[solid dome]

Yeap

[tired anvil]

Though I think regional prices will exist and you'll be able to buy your own version of full price

[solid dome]

New games go like a bit high

[tired anvil]

GSC is aware that a big amount of the community is from the cheaper side of the world

[finite dragon]

35th anniversary of the zone

[tired anvil]

It's actually already over

[solid dome]

23 minutes ago

[sterile kettle]

Cheap unless its buying crates ( stalker Online )

[finite dragon]

Just got out of lab X18 in SOC

Most intense but of stalker so far lol

It was so scary lol

[sinful tendon]

SOP?

[solid dome]

Sober of Pripyat

Take on Sober in Pripyat

[tired anvil]

Impossible after going through those undergrounds

[solid dome]

However if you combine the 3 letters, you have SIP - which in fact, means to pour, sip

........

Sinners

[finite dragon]

si

[soft ice]

Hey i have a question. Im about to do agroprom underground level and what gear should i have? Like what gun and armor etc

[hushed aurora]

With AKM-74/2 you should be fine

[soft ice]

Sick

Is a merc suit ok?

[hushed aurora]

Yeh

[finite dragon]

i am gonna wager a bet that GSC will make an announcement once their yt channel hits 100k

maybe with a teaser

who knows

[hazy helm]

why would that matter?

[hushed aurora]

They made something with VK

Can see them making something with YT

[hazy helm]

[hushed aurora]

Why the Kuznetsov lmao

Once their VK reached like 100k they showed us a video of Skif holding the PDA on an apparently new location

Can see them doing something similar when their YT reaches 100k

Not saying it's surely gonna happen but it's possible

[signal dove]

Me me like stalker

[hazy helm]

which is your favourite

[signal dove]

Oblivion Lost

[hushed aurora]

[languid fern]

who is the best protagonist, marked one, scar or alexander?

[signal dove]

The sci-fi one

[hazy helm]

[hushed aurora]

Not even Stalker kek

[hazy helm]

skif supposedly

[languid fern]

lmao

[hushed aurora]

They all good

[hazy helm]

theoretically

[hushed aurora]

Scar hella kewl

[hazy helm]

a you talking the best not whos gonna be the new MC

man I gotta sleep\

[languid fern]

yeah bro, choose one

[hazy helm]

Strelok

giga chad

[hushed aurora]

Scar B my main

[languid fern]

scar>>>>>>

[hushed aurora]

Deggy be pretty nice too

But Scar man

[signal dove]

I like Degtrove

[hazy helm]

degtyaryev

I think that is the og name

[signal dove]

Detrev

[hushed aurora]

Degtyarov

[signal dove]

Degtrayev, I think

[hazy helm]

degtyarev is the english translation

[signal dove]

Oh I was RIGH

Oh

Damn

[hazy helm]

I remember reading that the russian name added a yev at the end

but Im also a ass at russian so

[signal dove]

Virgin playing stalker with russian voices and english text

Chad playing stalker with russian voices and text because you learned Russian

Thad playing stalker with russian voices and text and having no idea what's going on

[hushed current]

I’m still waiting on the Ukrainian version

[sullen dragon]

happy chernobyl day

[wary cove]

It is anything but happy...

[hushed aurora]

[hushed current]

Screw my life

[finite dragon]

major degerterrorytarev

[dull anvil]

x16 is always such a pain in the ass to clear

[finite dragon]

not really

you need to bring a shotgun with you

killing snorks with shotgun is really satisfying

[novel merlin]

I have been playing stalker anomaly which is my first experience with the stalker franchise. I am wondering if I should try call of prypriat if I enjoy stalker anomaly?

[sand oar]

Id do the originals in order first

I speculate that CoP would throw you into a story that you cant fully understand being its the 3rd game

[sand oar]

I know SoC is a very fun game so maybe youll enjoy playing SoC then CS and then CoP the way most people try them (just a friendly opinion you can do CoP if you really dont wanna play the others just its a recommendation)

Anyway gn bois

[novel merlin]

Thanks for the reccomendation, night

[sand oar]

Np

[soft ice]

is it possible to install mods mod playthrough

[tired anvil]

Mods mod?

[lapis meadow]

nice typo

[dull anvil]

you gotta love artifacts even on master difficulty

+254 endurance

+400% health

-235% bleeding

-60 radiation

i can run all the way from chernobyl to cordon without losing a single bar of stamina in autumn aurora

Even when im overloaded the bar goes from empty to full in 10 seconds

[quick dune]

fill ur belt with all endurance artifacts and you’ll be able to run and regenerate stamina

[dull anvil]

That’s already the case

My stamina bar doesnt decrease at all

And with 5 times my normal health, im pretty much a fucking tank on crack

Didnt realize i could harness such raw power in my first playthrough and thought artifacts were just used for selling

[finite dragon]

My b lol

I'm use to saying SOP from milsim lol

[toxic coral]

shadow of pripyat, a sequel to call of chernobyl

[finite dragon]

Stalker 2 lua modding when

[finite dragon]

i can't imagine playing stalker 2 on xbox

it feels weird

[tired anvil]

Just remember that the original was also meant to be on Xbox one way or another

[robust forge]

I mean

They're making two different versions

So ig that S2 on consoles will feel somewhat organic

[finite dragon]

2010 S2 already was planned for the 360/PS3

[finite dragon]

I wonder how stalker is gonna run on my Xbox one s

If it releases on last gen lol

[hazy helm]

tahts the worst way to go about introducing yourself to the stalker series,starting with anomaly,I advice you to start with shadow of chernobyl

[finite dragon]

Yeah, either SOC or CS

Since story wise CS is first

[hazy helm]

but SoC is both the gameplay feel and mood setter as well as the basic story elements cement for then CS to build upon it

[finite dragon]

Ye, tru

SOC does do a lot of things better then CS

Like it's running animations, crouching and gunplay

[finite dragon]

And uhh, in SOC it did feel like you had more of a personality aswell

[gusty trench]

🤣

Don't be silly. It is a feelingless rambo.

[toxic coral]

Imagine the people that never played vanilla stalker

that they just got the game to play mods only

what a sad life

[sharp spear]

what a pain

[robust forge]

What a thrill

[sharp spear]

long ladder sequence in S2

[finite dragon]

ive saw a post that said vanilla stalker doesnt have storyline

[robust forge]

What

[toxic coral]

link

[finite dragon]

it was long time ago when coc was a thing

[toxic coral]

aw

[sharp spear]

brain pain

[robust forge]

Now Anomaly is a thing

People stay the same

As stupid as they were

[sharp spear]

but in anomaly edition

[robust forge]

Also remember that jannies don't like the no-no words

[tired anvil]

Indeed

Busted

[toxic coral]

Honestly, people should get their modding privileges only after they play the vanilla game

[robust forge]

Yup

People who play Anomaly before vanilla are a proof that you should beat your children

[sharp spear]

after all brainwashing is a thing

i can just brainwash them to play vanilla

[finite dragon]

its going to be hard to do that

[robust forge]

You can't brainwash the brainwashed

[solid dome]

"I want the Zone to have LUA capabilities."

[sharp spear]

not enough brain damage

[toxic coral]

Let's transport all these people into limansk and use the radar

[finite dragon]

they already view stalker as "realistic" survival game

[toxic coral]

or just build a brainscorcher outside their house

[solid dome]

If we really have LUA modding...

Would mean endless creativity

Sorta

[sharp spear]

LUA can get cursed

afterall you can literally code in hacks and such

which will be just point finger at mod by paranoia

cough cough gmod cough cough

[toxic coral]

Just get a big house, put all of those lunatics in there, miracle machine in the basement, brain scorcher in the backyard and the radar on the hill outside town.

[sharp spear]

the real lunaticism from mod first players

will be like

"insert mod X is canon" and such

[toxic coral]

lol

[sharp spear]

its just monolith

but a lot bad

[toxic coral]

the only legit "canon" mod is ZRP the last time i checked

[sharp spear]

ZRP and SRP yes

just bug fixes

[toxic coral]

ye

[sharp spear]

no heavy changes

LOOKING AT YOU COMPLETE

[toxic coral]

complete 2009 sucks

[sharp spear]

all of them suck

makes the game trivial

CS on master with SRP: good

[solid dome]

Hacks I understand if its multiplayer only but...

[sharp spear]

CS on master with complete: literally a day walk with no serious challenge

[robust forge]

CS in general is good tbh

[solid dome]

It all depends

I doubt S2 will have MP in any form

[sharp spear]

im pretty sure we will have one

[solid dome]

SupCom was written in LUA

[sharp spear]

propably a basic one

[solid dome]

You say its full of cheats?

[sharp spear]

i said

[solid dome]

GOt ya

[sharp spear]

that people can code in exploits and such

when LUA first came out

[toxic coral]

I used ZRP cause i just wanted to be able to repair equipment

[sharp spear]

exploits reigned through Gmod

[solid dome]

Not necessarily everyone would do it

[toxic coral]

sleeping bag was also nice

[sharp spear]

stalker complete: how to make a game trivial tutorial

in a nutshell

[toxic coral]

yeh

[sharp spear]

stealth in SoC was good

but complete absolutely breaks it

so most enemies are just blind as tools

[toxic coral]

ye, you shoot em from far away and they just stand there

[sharp spear]

even dead air has brighter Alife than complete mods

lol

[toxic coral]

shot one "ja ranien bratia"
Shot two death
Everyone else: he was too far away so i don't care that he shot you

Ok but this, why are boars and pseudodogs such bullet sponges

like sometimes it takes a whole mag of AP ammo to kill a boar

[finite dragon]

stalker logic
Strelok: has sunrise suit
also strelok: sleeps in death truck
Still strelok: wakes up in the bunker
again strelok: has leather jacket

[finite dragon]

sidorovich moment

[simple basalt]

interesting

i never felt the need because the game was a bit easy in terms of damage received (i was playing in master)

i liked stealth more in CS though

felt i was more necessary

[humble meteor]

What happened to Sus()lov after Clear Sky?

[simple basalt]

SoC's lore is so convoluted I gave up

[humble meteor]

In my headcanon Siderovich ripped it off him to sell it and to make Strelok more dependant on him

That fat pig didn't even gave him any equipment, lol

[finite dragon]

False. I got brainwashed, got brain damaged and now I cannot be brainwashed again

i.e. Played Vanilla > Played Mods > Played Complete > Can only like good quality mods or vanilla

[woven locust]

Some guy in white is shooting at me in the duty bar in SoC

everyone else is looking in his direction

aiming too

but they dont shoot

they start shooting at me after i kill 2 quest related blind dogs

i guess they dont like me killing mutant dogs

nvm still shooting at me

[past shuttle]

@woven locust

[woven locust]

i dont understand

[still ridge]

Only good mods are mods that run alongside vanilla

Gunslinger gang

[finite dragon]

I got a stalker suit in shadow of chernobyl, but I already got the mercenary outfit, what do i use ?

[mint furnace]

you can see stats under hero icon in invetnory

[finite dragon]

Ye ik but

Do i use it?

ok so let me get this straight, you got a stalker suit and you also got mercenary suit

Yrp

Yep

[finite dragon]

Gunslinger sux

gigachad mod

[still ridge]

Yeah well I’m bilingual and whatever language it’s in I don’t speak

I’d play it if I could read Cyrillic believe me

[finite dragon]

I can send you one translated file

[still ridge]

One whole file

Machine or hand translated?

[finite dragon]

Hand

[still ridge]

[finite dragon]

is there a way out of limansk past the one building with alot of monolith in it

I can't seem to find a way back and I want to go do the rest of the game lol

nvm found a way out through ~parkour~

[past shuttle]

[nimble star]

The wiki said that burer will shield himself about 3s, but it's look like he block forever to me @@

[hushed aurora]

You playing vanilla?

[nimble star]

With gunslinger mod

[hushed aurora]

You're pmuch fricked i think

Try using knife

[nimble star]

I am aiming him in the head, wait for he put his hand down.

[finite dragon]

it works with knife

[nimble star]

But I waited about 15s and he still had the shield

[finite dragon]

gunslinger makes mutants more op

you can't even kill controller

[nimble star]

I played vanilla before, and burer was nothing to me

But with gunslinger? Well, I died a lot haha

I have all 3 of Stalker games

[devout harbor]

quick question which stalker game is best, I'm looking to get into it

[wicked current]

hello there, play the first game. shadow of chernobyl.

[devout harbor]

okay dokie thank you

[wicked current]

then clear sky and call of pripyat last

[devout harbor]

So play them in order. 😄

[hushed aurora]

Make sure to play vanilla first as well,

[devout harbor]

I typically play vanilla through first in most games.

[hushed aurora]

Good

[devout harbor]

yeah, great

[hushed aurora]

Here's a table with the difficulty changes just in case #⭐┃nospoilers_general message

[finite dragon]

how do I leave limansk

[gusty trench]

You can't leave it

[wicked current]

you can't i think.

[gusty trench]

Do it until the end

[finite dragon]

oh god

[gusty trench]

Yes

[wicked current]

the game becomes linear after entering it.

[finite dragon]

time to delete 70 saves

[devout harbor]

According to that chart I should play it in vetran then, for a newb to the series challenge?

[finite dragon]

I'd recommend master

it's the classic experience

[devout harbor]

Master it is.

[hushed aurora]

You can start on master and if you think it's too hard then lower it in the settings menu

[wicked current]

play on which ever difficulty you want to

[devout harbor]

cool cooll

I just want to know i can change it after I start, and I would like a challenge.

[hushed aurora]

Yeh you can change after starting

[vapid compass]

is it still possible for stalker 2 to come out in 2021?

[hushed aurora]

Who knows

There's no release date

[still ridge]

Yes

[finite dragon]

yooo wait

is Tolik the high tier equipment trader at the flea market?

or is it just a coincidence that the trader there is named Tolik

well it's Tolik and a last name but

[solid dome]

Duh what was "habar". habar guys?

Obviously an item but what was it looking like?

Like an axe or smth?

[leaden hamlet]

It means 'Swag' or 'loot', I'm lead to believe.

[solid dome]

Nevermind

https://stalker.fandom.com/ru/wiki/Хабар

STK wiki on the rescue

Yep exactly @leaden hamlet

Weird that such slang terms were used in the EN version of the game

[leaden hamlet]

*Clicks*
*Stares at the page for almost a full minute before realising he can't read a word of Russian*

[hushed aurora]

[leaden hamlet]

Actually that isn't 100% true, I recognised the word 'Stalker'. 😁

[solid dome]

• Insert epic embed fail gif *

[past shuttle]

☢️

[finite dragon]

wow my rank has been improved for killing monolith

my own member

they just don't care

[leaden hamlet]

House Telvanni vibes

[finite dragon]

omw to wiped out tomato town sarcophagus

[solid dome]

Wiping your own homies... in disguise

[finite dragon]

oh my god lol

I got a Kora from a stash gotten by saving stalkers from bandits

it's the exact same Kora that I got from the same stash by buying a stash location from the bandits

[finite dragon]

https://tenor.com/view/epic-embed-fail-gypsy-crusader-caption-joker-meme-gif-20224902

NOOO

I saw a duty solder flying through the map

[tired anvil]

CS?

[finite dragon]

yeah CS

[tired anvil]

Love that part

[finite dragon]

it's ok he just had a good artifact

[leaden hamlet]

Sack full of Night Stars = Zeppellin

[soft ice]

Whats up with the tendency of the ai to group closely together and point their guns up in the air during a firefight

Seems like mostly ukrainian mil does it but idk

[hot vapor]

guys

im playing stalker cs for the first time

and when someone trows me a grenade and im in the air

i start flying

does that happen to you?

[opaque parrot]

Just another anomaly, nothing special

@hot vapor Sometimes it happened to me whenever a mutant bit me

Especially if I try jumping to the side or onto an object next to me in the process

[hot vapor]

yes

its epic

and also

if you mess up with the camera innert you can noclip

and fly

its epic

[still ridge]

Just did the holy run on master @tired anvil @pseudo rivet

Am I a part of the squad now?

It only took 7 medkits and 20 bandages

[tired anvil]

Yes

[pseudo rivet]

Yes

[leaden hamlet]

Looking for helicopters.

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[solid dome]

Damn I hate you can't view postgame map in C&C3

[hushed aurora]

#💬┃en_offtop Moment

[solid dome]

oh