#⭐┃nospoilers_general

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pseudo rivet
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Plenty of mods are very loosely based on the original games

agile eagle
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is that allowed?

finite dragon
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do not mod the game

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play it vanilla

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its a nicer experience in my opinion.

pseudo rivet
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Yeah, try to mod it as little as you can

finite dragon
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no

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play it vanilla

pseudo rivet
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Shows you the true form of STALKER

finite dragon
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forget about mods for first time.

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the true form of stalker is vanilla

pseudo rivet
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Aye

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And the game's got plenty of lore to read

agile eagle
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so we can or can't talk about mods in this discord

finite dragon
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true

harsh dew
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I was not planning on modding.

finite dragon
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but for the first time, i do not reccomend it

agile eagle
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Ok are there any vsync mods?

wispy walrus
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not YET ATLEAST Sure_I_am

agile eagle
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I just want a vsync mod

finite dragon
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vsync?

hushed aurora
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Vsync exists in the game

vernal magnet
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the chad english stalker fan reads both southern comfort and northern passage stalker novels

finite dragon
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it does

agile eagle
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to make the game more playable

hushed aurora
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No need to mod it in

pseudo rivet
hushed aurora
pseudo rivet
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Rule 3 moment

finite dragon
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so true

pseudo rivet
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But yeah, Vsync should just work

finite dragon
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yeah it should

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but i get 1000fps without it lol

agile eagle
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ah I apoligize if I said a obscene word

wispy walrus
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vsync works

finite dragon
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it just works

wispy walrus
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just not in the main menu

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in otherwords if you have a good pc vanilla shoc will run 10,000 fps if you use a mod with a 2d main menu as there's no fps cap there from the vsync

agile eagle
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Well I want the fps cap

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I want it to be limited

wispy walrus
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the fps cap SHOULD work ingame tho

agile eagle
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ah ok

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I mainly use vsync for the cap because I like a steady framerate

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If I had to choose between a steady 60 and flucuating 120-144, I would choose a steady 60

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I have a rx 5500 xt can I run clear sky in 4k

wispy walrus
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the human eye can't see more than 30 fps so 60-100 shouldn't matter much more, least that's the line I always got told for years now

agile eagle
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wait do I get an extra key with my purchase of clear sky?

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because it popped up

wispy walrus
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No, it gives you a key for mp

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you need to enter one every time you start up mp or sumthing

pseudo rivet
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Nah, that's just the way you have to activate the game

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It'll pop up every time you boot it up

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Steam, I assume?

agile eagle
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yup

pseudo rivet
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Yeah, that's normal then

harsh dew
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is there any other type of multiplayer on the first three games that is not like a pvp CoD style? Because if S.T.A.L.K.E.R.2 is going to have multiplayer like I think it will then I am going to be playing a bit carefully...

finite dragon
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no

harsh dew
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oh... well that is okay.

finite dragon
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only tdm dm and artifact hunt

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artifact hunt is kinda like ctf from quake

buoyant heron
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So, I played Anomaly for the first time

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And I have to say, its absolutely fantastic

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I might go as far as saying its the best STALKER title but I might get shot for that

shrewd arrow
buoyant heron
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Yeah I can definitely see those criticisms. Havent reached that point yet though

shrewd arrow
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so maybe it's the best Stalker freeplay mod, but not the best stalker experience in general. You can have fun with anomaly for 100s of hours even ignoring the main stories

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so of course it's super good, expecially using community addons

buoyant heron
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It definitely lacks the incredibly compelling plots of the actual games

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The story mode isnt all too interesting, not early on, at least

shrewd arrow
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First time i did it main characters were like "bring me 3 AUGs" lmao

buoyant heron
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Lol

shrewd arrow
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the randomized fetch quests can be bad but what they really are are excuses to make you travel through the zone

buoyant heron
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Well, I made a Loner for my first freeplay character and my first quest from Sidorovich was to go across the fucking map

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Yeah I think thats the point too

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Which isnt a bad thing at all, theres lots of interesting things to do and see everywhere and on the hard difficulties you have to stay sharp 24/7

shrewd arrow
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The "gearing up" gameloop is satisfying enough too

buoyant heron
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So ultimately I think theyre justified

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I havent really gotten to the stage of upgrading my gear yet. I'm playing on Survivalist so all I have is my slavic super soaker and an AK74U with 20 bullets

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Trying to avoid conflict as much as possible lol

shrewd arrow
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Remember, get a shotty and a mask as highest priorities

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early game buckshots kill everything

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and masks avoid the annoying radiations and save you a lot of resources

buoyant heron
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Yeah, I can imagine. I used to play CoC with damage mods and buckshot was just as lethal

shrewd arrow
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also if you never played anomaly I'd try to explore the swamps early game, 'cause they are awesome

buoyant heron
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I did, actually. I had to go there

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Woops, forgot I cant say swears

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Seeing "Bloodsucker Village" appear on my screen made me poop my pants a little

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But hey whats STALKER without some brown underwear

shrewd arrow
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eheh that's a creepy place, one of my favourite locations

buoyant heron
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Seeing all those dead stalkers too

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I was even more on edge than I usually was

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I had to get some stuff from a guy near a campfire that had like 9 dogs piled ontop of him

shrewd arrow
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you playing vanilla anomaly?

buoyant heron
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Yes, I am

shrewd arrow
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I'd only suggest using the item animations mod

buoyant heron
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What, does that take out all the annoying ass animations for equipping gear and what not?

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Because if so, I'd be happy to

shrewd arrow
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no, they are actually animated item usages

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like in tarkov

buoyant heron
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Ah, alright

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Thats cool

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My pc isnt strong enough to run Tarkov but I'm getting a new one in a couple months

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Excited to play it

shrewd arrow
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only tarkov I've ever tried is Single Player tarkov

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which is basically Tarkov with only bots (which can be deadly as fuck) and offline progression

buoyant heron
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MP Tarkov is very tense if you're playing on the right maps and times

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Played a lot of it at a friends place

shrewd arrow
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Yeah but my connection sucks. Also, queing for 4+ minutes for a game kills my fun and makes me even more nervous. Waiting and more inventory management is the punishment for death

buoyant heron
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Yeah thats fair

shrewd arrow
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have fun Stalker, I'm about to enter the zone too 🙂

buoyant heron
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Good hunting

finite dragon
pseudo yoke
fallen dust
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helo

ornate compass
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Hi

wispy walrus
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freeplay's flaw is its never tailored to a specific faction and no one in the misery coc side really bothers to make questlines dedicated to each faction

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I know some mods for vanilla coc add dedicated mini quest lines for the factions, but misery fork don't ever bother

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its all about

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FEATURES

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FEATURES

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USELESS FEATURES

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that just pad the standard boring freeplay meta

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stalker at its core is really bland as a freeplay game, its the truth

pseudo yoke
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Yes

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Something about the story line makes it almost infinitely repayable

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I can load up soc and have a great time

wispy walrus
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even add maybe a 10-12 questline thing for each faction would make it better

pseudo yoke
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Any tkmd

wispy walrus
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take legend returns

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Duty's quest line you start off being given a quest to find a start kit stash with a suit and some meds Duty scouts leave, then meet with a recon team, check out a mutant strange mutant sighting for local stalkers, work for the SBU attachment to the faction and transport documents for the army, investigate clear sky, maybe assassinate the leader, kill the freedom leader and put in place a duty plant, etc

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its all basic, but its still more fun than random gen quests as there's a story to each.

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it all feels like it leads up to something

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and can have tailored rewards

finite dragon
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Can someone far more versed in the STALKER lore than me, tell me if the Soviet Union still exists in the STALKER universe? For some reason, years ago, I believe I read that to be the case, but I cannot find information confirming one way or the other now.

wispy walrus
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it doesn't

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the Military ingame is flatout the Ukrainian Security service, so

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you know from the country that was independent only after the USSR fell

finite dragon
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Right, I just thought that it might be because, while Ukraine is its own governing region, it is still under the overall control of the Soviet Union.

finite dragon
wispy walrus
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no

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the guys ingame are TECHNICALLY the state security service

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its like

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the conscipts are border guard under the SBU

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the spetsnaz are the army

finite dragon
wispy walrus
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and the military stalkers are SBU

gusty trench
finite dragon
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Beb SSU drippin

wispy walrus
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the SSU is the SBU btw

gusty trench
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freaking T9

wispy walrus
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or was it the USS

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or was it all three

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either way it has like 2 names

finite dragon
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Awesome thanks!

finite dragon
wispy walrus
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i BELIEVE

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its like the spetsnaz are the SSU

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while the military stalkers are the USS/SBU

gusty trench
finite dragon
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Damn... I really wanted to be military or an intelligence officer again. :p

wispy walrus
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ones the security service of ukraine, one is the Ukrainian Security service, they are like completely different if i remember right

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one is spetsnaz, the other is spying and covert ops lmao

finite dragon
finite dragon
wispy walrus
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I remember reading some confusing explanation

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that one is the KGB style branch and the other is military special forces, its been like 2 years since I researched it all tho

finite dragon
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Similar to how the Tibetan Autonomous Region theoretically exists independently and has its own government and enforcement bodies, but ultimately answer to Beijing in contemporary China.

gusty trench
finite dragon
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IT'S FRICKING 2012

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NOT 1991-1999 STUFF

gusty trench
fallen dust
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uh

finite dragon
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IE Fallout for instance.

gusty trench
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Also. Check the description of the in-game weapons. Russia is mentioned as separate country.

finite dragon
gusty trench
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AC-96/2, f.e.

wispy walrus
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the only difference was 2006 and the pre 2006 labs

finite dragon
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With mutants

finite dragon
gusty trench
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... another confirmation could be an emblem of the in-game military.

wispy walrus
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I can see how someone would get this assumption the USSR exists given all the UKM uses rare russian spec ops guns

finite dragon
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Yeah, I remember reading an article that said it did a long, long time ago. Possibly even before the game came out.

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That's where my confusion comes from.

wispy walrus
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probably confused it with the book the title stalker comes from which is a soviet novel, dunno

finite dragon
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So, I was just checking to see if perhaps Ukraine still existed as its own administrative body underneath the Soviet Union in this timeline.

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All good!

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I thought it was its own thing, but was not sure.

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So, I appreciate the clarification from you guys.

wanton marlin
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Well, all however many hours of my time in Anomoly led to me getting shot at up in Limansk by a rocket

dull anvil
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does anyone know whether the lab in yantar has a campfire besides the one at the entrance stairs in stalker anomaly?

finite dragon
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And yea, there is none

dull anvil
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why

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why would they do that

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i only have a shotgun and a pistol

finite dragon
dull anvil
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artefact detector

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sold my flashlight a while ago

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my armor is pretty solid

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was the best duty armor i could get from the trader at rostok

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my main concern are bloodsuckers

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snorks are pretty easy to deal with

wanton marlin
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Sounds like you're about to go disable something while wearing a tin foil hat. Good luck mate, that shotty will be your best friend

dull anvil
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ill turn off campfire mode if i fail 5 times before making it to the central room

potent bluff
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I remember you can save freely in underground map if you use campfire save

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Maybe I'm wrong idk feels_bad_stalk

half glade
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CAMP FIRE MOOODE

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HELL yes

dull anvil
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Anyone have a link to the stalker short film that follows the military dude and the ecologist?

gusty trench
dull anvil
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Oh yeah that one

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That dude was stated to be military in the film

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Even identified himself to mercenaries near the end

half glade
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I took winer pictures now I am a photographer

wispy walrus
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fotograf is a mod

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not a film

dull anvil
wispy walrus
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this has to be based on the mod tho

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even the peacekeeper faction thing originated from fotograf the mod and ST2

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question is what came first

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🤔

dull anvil
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What game’s the mod for?

wispy walrus
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shoc

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you play photographer you start in

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get this a peacekeeper base

finite dragon
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hello stalkers!!

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hi

hexed yoke
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Hyllo

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Who can teach me 1lvl up?🙂

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How many people i can take to pripyat tunnel count with me , i got only 4 and on ytb i saw more than 4 (with player)

grand pendant
hexed yoke
grand pendant
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what?

hexed yoke
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How many people i can take to pripyat tunnel count with me , i got only 4 and on ytb i saw more than 4 (with player)

finite dragon
grand pendant
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and i meant the "this q" part

hexed yoke
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Yes its the pripyat

finite dragon
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IIRC I took Vano, Strider, Sokolov, and Zulu

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So it's only 4

hexed yoke
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Yes too but look

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I ll send u screen

finite dragon
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real

fallen dust
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r

finite dragon
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e

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yes

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very real

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very cool real

hexed yoke
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Uf, i did not search right video

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Idk

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But i am 100% sure more than 4

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Nvm bye thx

grand pendant
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the 5th one you saw was just Degtyarev's model

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you cannot take anyone else in vanilla CoP

finite dragon
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Deggyyyyyy

dull anvil
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thank god the anomaly devs actually let you save whenever at the labs even in campfire mode

wanton marlin
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Quick question. In Anomaly, after I finished Operation Afterglow: Rally Point, how come I don't get the Collaborator achievement? I'm Ecologist if that matters.

Oh btw Bowser, congrats 🙂

dull anvil
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i still havent even completed the first questline

wanton marlin
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I'm on the last one right now but I think it bugged

finite dragon
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And are you in Jupiter?

wanton marlin
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I'm not sure. It's when UNISG is first introduced. I'm in Zaton, actually.

finite dragon
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You gotta go to your faction leader

wanton marlin
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I did that, it was part of the "Report" mission. I told him the truth and said I'm free to go.

finite dragon
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And yea, you'd think that Operation Afterglow is short, but actually no

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Did you get a message in your PDA from the Colonel?

wanton marlin
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I'm looking back through my messages now, but the last message from him was from the face-to-face conversation we had.

finite dragon
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And then check the PDA messages again

wanton marlin
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Okay, I'll let a full day go through

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Hm, nothing.

finite dragon
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Takes a while

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Ah damn I'll just spoil the story for ya

wanton marlin
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It's all good. I appreciate you for telling me what I'm doing wrong though. I'll just grind some more rubles for a while.

finite dragon
stark widget
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Has it been a few days yet?

wanton marlin
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At least two

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It's been about 5 days so far. I went to Cordon and got the Unquenchable Flame mission from Sedorovich on the 3rd day.

sharp spear
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Some weird stuff keeps preventing its succession

haughty rivet
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good morning stalkers 😄

golden moon
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hello monoprod

cerulean rover
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G'day

proven bison
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The question I'm wondering is

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Are some of the cut mutants making their way into STALKER 2?

haughty rivet
proven bison
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that'll be cool to see

haughty rivet
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yup

finite dragon
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It won't

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If they do though

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Might as well ride it

proven bison
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T a r k

finite dragon
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Based horse

proven bison
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I can imagine the OG zombies showing up only because it's been as long as it has

robust forge
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Tarks remind me more of these died out species in western ukraine/eastern poland

proven bison
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psi fields likely degrading those advanced motor functions

haughty rivet
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hey does someone here knows about pc hardware? 🙂

finite dragon
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There is someone (he's sleeping)

haughty rivet
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Thanks 🙂

tepid ibex
robust forge
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Nah

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And tbh

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When I checked, turns out that my memory is as faulty as ever

proven bison
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Aaah they're currently endangered, yeah

robust forge
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I remembered the Tur to be more equine-like

tepid ibex
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Tur is a bovine

robust forge
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Ik

tepid ibex
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Funny thing is, the only reason I ever knew of it, is because it's horn is in my coat of arms

proven bison
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Ya know, the counterparts would also be neat to see

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since I have a feeling STALKER 2 is gonna up the trippiness

robust forge
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And I have quite the opposite feeling

nova spruce
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you can play stalker 2 on xbox with keyboard & maus ?

proven bison
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I imagine you can do advanced inventory systems on XBox

finite dragon
robust forge
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Iirc the console version will be different from PC one so using a keyboard on something made primarly on Xbox will be weird

proven bison
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Aaah, alright nice

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That's a good way of dealing with the difference between the two versions

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Probably slightly differing mechanics and UI

robust forge
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Ig

tepid ibex
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At least they're making separate UI for PC and XBox. That honestly was one of my main concerns

quasi forge
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Hello stalkers!

proven bison
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Honestly if that's the case that's awesome

robust forge
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Don't take my words for granted though

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Dementia be hitting hard

proven bison
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Either way it'd make some sense

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If not then I'll be interested to see how things are gonna be

robust forge
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Yeah

proven bison
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The guns be looking nice though

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like that updated MP5

robust forge
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You mean the Viper?

proven bison
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y e s

tepid ibex
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Well, in theory, such inventory system already worked fine, for console versions of older Resident Evil games. There's a chance the classic inventory system will work just fine too

proven bison
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True

finite dragon
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How do you join Doots in SoC

potent bluff
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I think Stalker inventory system gonna works fine on console because nothing complicate (no rotate item, no max capacity. Etc...)

proven bison
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True

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the primary thing to consider in stalker was weight

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plus I imagine they'll bring back the hot bar system from CoP

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Which'd easily be bound to the D-Pad

potent bluff
proven bison
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I theorize they'll make leaning on consoles done by aiming near a wall

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Which is honestly fine

potent bluff
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or maybe leaning aim like in R6S console version

proven bison
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True

solemn tapir
haughty rivet
grand pendant
grand pendant
finite dragon
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hello

robust forge
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Hi

finite dragon
solemn tapir
finite dragon
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stalkir dva

vernal magnet
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im goin to bed late tonight

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links better not go up till after i wake up

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if i get old and grey fit me with a pacemaker set to skip when Stalker 4 preorders go live Sure_I_am

finite dragon
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Usa link up real

hard jewel
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Hello stalkers

half glade
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Hello nerd

finite dragon
half glade
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POOP FACTON RULIT

finite dragon
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800 rub gauss gun goood ppl

vernal magnet
vernal magnet
finite dragon
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Yes

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U reacted too late imagine it was real

finite dragon
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Capitalist usa wont get stalker

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Just go to Russia or Ukraine and buy the game and ship it to your home address via post

vernal magnet
finite dragon
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Ngl if u go on a tour of russia or Ukraine just buy the game and ship to home sounds good

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Ot if u go with car bring it with u

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Or

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Im guessing ur Based in USA but i think theres not a lot stalker fanboys there so most likely only europe will get it

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If ur willing to spend 400 bucks on gamr

gusty trench
jolly basalt
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imagine going to russia to buy the game

real gamers would just move GSC to wherever their home country is.

finite dragon
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he's so smart that Albert Einstein came back from the dead

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I'm not sure if you can get English version in CIS

gusty trench
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Ahem...

finite dragon
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You can?

gusty trench
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Looking for that Dev's message.

tender osprey
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hmm

finite dragon
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Atleast i got ultimate

finite dragon
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I am back from my ranting in political debate

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what is new here?

finite dragon
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Still waiting for the physical edition

jolly basalt
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maybe the real physical edition was the friends we made along the way

near orchid
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Where can I pre-order physical copies of the game in the US? All the sites a see are Russian or Ukrainian. Will I get a foreign language version or the game, or are they all the same?

finite dragon
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But oh well, no

near orchid
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Putting it in the FAQ might help /shrug

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Thanks man

stuck niche
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time to replay call of pripyat

stuck niche
jolly basalt
wispy walrus
near orchid
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Oh damn I didn't think of that

stuck niche
still ridge
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Are there any other showcases coming up this summer?

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Where we could possibly see another trailer?

earnest urchin
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GSC hasn't confirmed anything but i personally suspect it will be the Xbox event

pseudo yoke
pseudo yoke
sharp spear
random vortex
earnest urchin
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the one like last year, or was it just because last year wasn't E3? I thought it could be this year too lol

random vortex
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Last year's was just because E3 got canceled.

earnest urchin
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ah ok

dull anvil
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Can you burn pseudogiants to death using campfires?

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I’m in the tunnels that let you exit x16 and there’s a pseudogiant blocking my path and all i can use to kill it is my knife and a campfire it keeps walking over

pseudo yoke
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Just run away

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Go left

dull anvil
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i cant really

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im full on inventory

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so i run out of stamina really fast

finite dragon
pseudo yoke
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Should plan ahead, Stalker

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Dont hoard items

minor seal
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full on inventory but all you have is a knife? waow

dull anvil
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Whatever ill make a stash, run away, get some grenades and ammo and kill that bastard

dull anvil
minor seal
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¯_ (ツ)_/¯

dull anvil
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Wait nvm

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I have cocaine in my inventory

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Time to become a drug addict

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I escaped😎

cerulean rover
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I always loved stealth in games. I sneak around in Stalker as well, though it's annoying how well the guards hear me through walls when I load a gun.

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And they all have that c consciousness apparently, cuz they just know where i am

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But still fun to try to get out of dire situations

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So awesome to be stuck inside the enemy area

dull anvil
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In my opinion that’s pretty realistic since our eyes are so keen

finite dragon
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Yeah human eyes are exceptionally sensitive to movement

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The only issue is you can actually stand right behind an enemy NPC and turn your flashlight on and off and he wouldn't notice

pseudo yoke
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Lost Alpha's Cordon is good

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Too bad the game isnt good

wispy walrus
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LA is OK if you ignore the later half of the game

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after uhh the bar moves things kinda start getting off track I guess you could say.

vague sundial
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if stalker 2 wont crash on launch i will refund this game /s

errant orbit
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One can only dream

finite dragon
vague sundial
finite dragon
wanton marlin
buoyant heron
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Hello friends, I'm not sure if this is the appropriate channel for this, but I would like some feedback:

I have always enjoyed the content of this creator called FrankieOnPc, who used to do a sort of narrative driven DayZ playthrough where he had a little story going on, and stayed in character throughout all of it. The story itself wasnt really executed super well as its not very immersive, it was still just portrayed as a standard lets play.

That being said, I really enjoyed this idea, and thought, what if I took this further?

What if you took something as free form as a freeplay mod like Anomaly and tried making a semi-scripted video series out of it, told in the third person with a narrator. Framed as a story told by a veteran Stalker in safe zones, where stalkers would gather around every time he was in town. The gameplay would be the images he's painting by telling the tales, with all the immersion breaking stuff like menus, text boxes, hud, etc. cut out entirely.

What are you guys' thoughts?

random vortex
buoyant heron
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I havent, no

finite dragon
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have you ever heard about kaymanov emitter?

buoyant heron
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Nope

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Oh wait

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Those things in SoC?

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In the lab?

finite dragon
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yes, the brainscorcher

buoyant heron
#

Yeah, whats with it?

finite dragon
#

nice place to visit

buoyant heron
#

I agree

silver arrow
#

-mute @remote summit 1h

iron heathBOT
#
Auttaja

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silver arrow
#

@spiral bear thx

finite dragon
#

why do i laugh at uncle yar so much?

ornate compass
finite dragon
#

gn stalkers

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join duty and save the zone

#

gn and no i wont join duty.

random vortex
wanton marlin
#

Thought duty fought against the zone and had the ultimate goal of destroying it

finite dragon
#

freedom better

buoyant heron
#

duty is correct but being a free stalker is cooler

random vortex
buoyant heron
#

zone should be eliminated, its too risky to keep there, i dont think whatever advancements mankind might have as a result of the zone are worth the risk of it existing

#

not to mention, isnt it constantly expanding?

hushed aurora
#

The Zone can't be destroyed by physical means so that scratches it, but everyone has a different perspective on how it should be dealt with

buoyant heron
#

yeah factions in stalker are very good

wanton marlin
#

i believe|| the zone expands by 5km every time someone uses the wish granter ||but i'm not sure that's canon. Idk where I read it.

buoyant heron
#

most perspectives are perfectly understandable

random vortex
buoyant heron
#

how would that be done lmao

random vortex
#

Get a big knife and dig around it and put it on a space shuttle.

buoyant heron
#

hm

#

you have a point

finite dragon
#

There

#

I have achieved comedy

buoyant heron
#

i dont get it

finite dragon
#

. point .

hushed aurora
buoyant heron
#

ah

#

okay

finite dragon
buoyant heron
#

hilarious, queen fox, hilarious

finite dragon
hushed aurora
buoyant heron
#

you ruined your own childhood and adulthood by not going for canon endings

wanton marlin
finite dragon
#

Aw man

wispy walrus
hushed aurora
finite dragon
hushed aurora
#

Were*

wispy walrus
#

I mean its entirely possible to destroy the zone, just its a matter of no one has found a way yet, even duty themselves mention it, They'll keep searching till they find a proper way to.

finite dragon
hushed aurora
#

Id Say it's only possible if they set up a whole lab and fiddle with the noosphere to revert whatever created the Zone, but werent the people from CCon the only ones to truly understand that? And if it was possible it probably wouldve been done already

finite dragon
#

Im sorry for duty people here

#

from what i remember the generators behind power plant are responsible for creating emissions, cause C-con are using them

finite dragon
wispy walrus
#

I mean Duty could go either way, heck they might even merge with the Government like in one of the s2 2011 draft ideas i've seen.

#

key point is idea, in a document with 3 different main quest ideas

finite dragon
harsh dew
hushed aurora
wispy walrus
#

I mean that's more the c-con's own claim

#

for all we know the wish granter actually is an alien rock that can mind control

#

and they convinced the c-con they made it instead

hushed aurora
hushed aurora
wispy walrus
#

its narration from one scientific body ingame really

#

it CAN be untrust worthy narration canonically, but who knows right? Its a matter we can never properly know from any of the 3 games, as you only visit the c-con/inner npp in one

finite dragon
hushed aurora
#

Idc, we canonically destroy what created the illusion of the wishgranter, and learn from the CCon that they caused what created the Zone, thats the lore

wispy walrus
#

that's what a character ingame says only

#

how do we even know strelok isn't lying?

finite dragon
#

we don't

hushed aurora
#

Wdym

#

Delayed messages

wispy walrus
#

I'm saying all proof on the state of things

#

is single people who could easily be either WRONG or lying ingame

hushed aurora
#

But in what situation would Strelok be lying?

wispy walrus
#

He could be lying he destroyed the c-con, the c-con itself could be wrong about what it knows of the zone, its a thing that could never be answered

#

Think about it, the c-con's own screwup made the zone in the first place, DO THEY REALLY know what they're doing even now after they caused it?

hushed aurora
#

The first thing is something that is implied imo, You can see how unstable the Zone becomes in CoP with that many emissions, and knowing that the CCon were delaying it implies that they are not longer doing so, but ig You could just call it speculation

wispy walrus
#

How do you know they aren't still alive and intentionally doing? or the wish granter is real and actually convincing them to do everything so far.

#

Just because the c-con says they want to fix things doesn't mean they really are.

hushed aurora
wispy walrus
#

I mean it could really go either way imo, guess we might see in stalker 2, eh?

hushed aurora
hushed aurora
#

Delayed af messages

hushed aurora
wispy walrus
#

Yeahhhhh

#

honestly don't get your hopes up, but that's just me

hushed aurora
#

Ive already seen the trailers, My hopes arent that up

#

Delayed message again, i hate this internet

wispy walrus
#

I mean its more its been like 10 years, there's gonna be unintentional retcons morethan intentional

hushed aurora
#

Yeah thats fair

ornate compass
#

As I see it the the c-con had dual relationship with the zone, like they can control some aspects of it but not all, strelok indeed destroyed the c-con's bodies but it can be that an influence of the C-con remained on the noosphere, but as we now the, c-con aren't that infallible I mean they tasked strelok to kill strelok soooo they aren't omniscient nor omnipotent

ornate compass
ornate compass
#

Or strelok joined the c-con and the strelok we see is an illusion hehe

finite dragon
#

i would like to see a comback of C-con in stalker 2. I doubt that they are 100% dead, since they had labs all over the zone.

finite dragon
#

I want to play cs but dont wanna go through all trouble to get out of swamp

#

The first mission is literally bugged

#

Theres like hundred pop ups missions

#

Thr first faction war telatrd

finite dragon
tender torrent
minor seal
#

damn chimeras

minor seal
tender torrent
ornate compass
#

I just run take cover run again and zig zag a bit but yeah lot of medkits, running and bandages

#

Yes and that bullets pass through the trees

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Making trees not that good choice of hiding

#

Nice, that I didn't realised

wispy walrus
#

I always forget, isn't there a way to get rid of the weird shadows in the corner of your view in shoc/shoc mods

#

dunno

#

it did it on my entirely NVIDIA set up i had too lol

#

but yeah i got a amd cpu

#

nividia gpu

#

yeah

#

I know there's a way to fix it

#

just I can't remember

carmine pawn
#

r2_sun_near_border 1

#

iirc

wispy walrus
#

that's probably it

#

I know its a sun setting

vernal magnet
#

One of the r2 sun values changes shadows on the sides

#

The game doesn’t anticipate 16:9 super well in vanilla. A lot of 4:3 monitors were still being used back in the day

wispy walrus
#

im on 2k so

vernal magnet
#

There’s a tweaktown article for changing all the values in the engine. Not just the shadows so you can squeeze more fidelity. Works great for DX9

hallow escarp
#

I rewatched the STALKER 2 trailer, and at the gauss rifle parts noticed that the enemies were wearing monolith uniforms. I thought that after CoP most of the brainwashing was undone

pseudo yoke
#

Nothing was undone

stark steppe
#

I have over 100 bandages and 50 medkits on my cop run

void brook
#

in my current anomaly run i have like 150 bandages and 2 medkits, but i have artifacts that make me practically bulletproof

#

only the snipers can actually hurt me anymore

finite dragon
#

DO NOT CLICK THE LINK

#

UNLESS YOU WANT TO SUICIDE

ornate compass
wispy walrus
#

drink bots am i right m8

pseudo yoke
ornate compass
pseudo yoke
#

The hold of the Monolith faded on them

#

If you remember, you fought a massive amount of Monolith in the entire end portion of the game

ornate compass
pseudo yoke
#

There is no choice lol

#

Here you go

wary cove
#

a mix of denial and blind trust to their hierarchy I'd say

grand pendant
pseudo yoke
#

What Denial? Preachers are in communication with the Monolith still

ornate compass
# pseudo yoke Here you go

"By 3 months after the Brain Scorcher was disabled, the Monolith is slowly losing power – most of Monolith's outlying forces have either been destroyed or gained freedom from the influence of C-Consciousness. One such squad, led by Strider [...] It becomes apparent that, while some of them maintain a connection to the Monolith (namely the Preacher and Monolith Fighter), the majority of them have lost this link and are left at the Preachers' command."

pseudo yoke
#

Outlying

#

Or gained freedom

#

It isn't a choice to be Monolith

#

You don't choose to break free lmao

ornate compass
#

You can gain freedom of thought and still choose to stay with the Monolith

grand pendant
pseudo yoke
#

Quote from the wikia

grand pendant
ornate compass
grand pendant
#

man that wiki is ass

#

never read it again

pseudo yoke
#

Is there a better one

grand pendant
#

russian fandom wiki

pseudo yoke
#

Okay

ornate compass
#

I prefer not, but as he quoted it like his proof, I used his own sources to my favor

pseudo yoke
#

I quoted it?

#

I gave you a link to the page that directly contradicts your words of it being a choice

#

You don't "choose" to be Monolith, as the other brainwashed members would kill you

#

Since you're not brainwashed anymore.

grand pendant
# 

Brothers, the Monolith put my faith to the test, and I nearly strayed from the path. But I withstood! Glory to the Monolith! Its trials strengthen us! We were on our way back from the Dark Valley, and I fell behind. Evil grabbed at the opportunity and started tempting me. And... I doubted. The image of truth became distorted; the enemy whispered into my ear lies about how the Monolith uses us as slaves. But then I realized - it's a trial! I remembered the glory and the splendor of the Monolith. I regained my inner strength and my confidence. Since then I have no fear of any trials and know no doubts. Glory to the Monolith!```
ornate compass
#

Then why aren't killing their forces under the preacher of technicaly that aren't liked with the month anymore

wary cove
# pseudo yoke What Denial? Preachers are in communication with the Monolith still

Considering how cults work, could be as well either their own fanatism leads them to believe that the Rocc is still in contact with them or just a way to manipulate and keep their men under control before they open their eyes and start questioning their sanity (Just a thought of mine, not trying to imply that's what actually happens in canon)

pseudo yoke
#

Yeah, that sounds like the control was slipping

grand pendant
#

that story sounds like he chose to fall back into the effects of the brainwashing

#

then again, that was even before c-con was destroyed

pseudo yoke
#

The fact that he came back is a sign of the Monolith still being in control

wispy walrus
grand pendant
ornate compass
pseudo yoke
#

Monolith is Love
Monolith is Life

grand pendant
#

at first they were just like jehova witnesses, then they became increasingly fanatical to the point of shooting neutrals

pseudo yoke
#

Based

#

The Zone belongs to the Monolith, simple as

#

Speaking of after CoP

#

Is there a video that gives a run down on the leaked stuff from 2011

ornate compass
#

I also like thinking that someone managed to find that the Monolith was no more after strelok went brrrrrt and replace it with those statues that resambles antenas that degtyarev describes in cop, and that's why the Monolith only communicate with some unknown others

pseudo yoke
#

The statues / antenna are a clear indication that something is still controlling us

#

Them

wary cove
#

something like that

ornate compass
pseudo yoke
#

They still dont have free will

#

The last time the Monolith had free will was when they up and went into the Centre willingly

ornate compass
#

The Monolith have them a sensation of happiness that they don't have anymore and they are desperately trying to find it

pseudo yoke
#

It still doesnt mean they have "free will"

#

They cant choose to leave

ornate compass
#

They can just like strider did, but they prefer to not, they want Monolith back and retroindoctrinate themselves reafirming their fate just like many ideologies and religions do in real life

pseudo yoke
#

But Strider didnt choose to leave

#

well

#

I regret looking for quotes from him

wary cove
# pseudo yoke They cant choose to leave

then again, that's what a cult does
keeping an individual tied to it, believing they cannot find happiness/power/love elsewhere
and probably some others secretly wanting to leave may not do so in fear to be killed on sight by other factions, i guess

ornate compass
wary cove
whole inlet
#

I always assumed monolith faction was comprised of regular stalkers who made it to the CNPP but ended up brainwashed by the monolith wishgranter into defending the zone and the c-con scientists with no regard to themselves or others

ornate compass
#

I will replay CoP now, for finding answers (and good sources hehe)

wary cove
#

thinking about the same

grand pendant
whole inlet
#

some being so brainwashed it's now all they know... others like strider the brainwashing just didn't have as great of a hold and he came back around

pseudo yoke
pseudo yoke
ornate compass
pseudo yoke
#

that just up and went to the centre one day

#

I do not like CoP

#

But I will tonight

ornate compass
#

Hmm

pseudo yoke
#

It is short af

#

so itll take like 7h to beat

#

probably less to find Strider

wary cove
#

that's the first thing I do asap I arrive to Yanov smile_degtyarev

ornate compass
pseudo yoke
#

Monolith is best faction btw

#

The only ones not motivated by greed or ignorance

grand pendant
ornate compass
#

I like very much the faction is probably my favorite one but then I feel like cheating on God and God don't like that

grand pendant
#

they also preached about it a lot

ornate compass
pseudo yoke
pseudo yoke
whole inlet
#

then there's the whole praying / communing with piles of trash thing... think i'd rather hang out with Hawaiian in the freedom base 😄

hallow escarp
#

An hour later and we’re still on the topic of the HOLY MONOLITH

pseudo yoke
#

Its the only topic that matters

ornate compass
#

When the Monolith will return we will be happy, he will be happy we will be happy

whole inlet
#

does anyone know yet if the gunplay / ballistics will be the same as the original series games? (in stalker 2)

ornate compass
whole inlet
#

always liked the way guns felt in the stalker series compared to other shooters

pseudo yoke
#

Monolith have returned

#

and I am happy

wary cove
#

amen brothers

pseudo yoke
#

I wish analmaleleemmee bad mod

#

had a quest line

#

where your goal is to assassinate all the leaders

finite dragon
#

Alright on my latest SGM misadventures I returned from Yanov after meeting the pilot and now I need to meet with a certain liason

#

But he's not at the marker

#

So I wonder if I need to search the whole Krug Antenna Complex for him

#

@wispy walrus sorry for the ping but any ideas?

wispy walrus
#

krug?

#

isn't he at the heli pad

finite dragon
#

The quest marker is at Krug

#

Which helipad is he at?

edgy drift
#

Cry Bolsonaro cry

finite dragon
edgy drift
wispy walrus
#

the one to the north, is it the one that like

#

says he will only meet at night

#

or?

finite dragon
#

Kruggggg Antennaaaa compleeeeex

minor seal
#

just noob tube from across the map, get those VOG's workin for ya

finite dragon
#

The place with bloodsuckers beneath

#

That's why I'm not hanging around there for very long waiting for this liason

#

Because I have PTSD from the bloodsuckers

wispy walrus
#

OH

#

OHHH

#

its in the exit drain pipe

#

@finite dragon

#

i was thinking yanov

finite dragon
#

The what?

#

Oh

wispy walrus
#

the drain pipe that exits to the acid lake

finite dragon
#

Wait

#

He's underground

#

Now I get it

#

Alright thanks a ton

wispy walrus
#

I tho you meant one in jupiter this whole time

#

at like the oasis place

#

loool

finite dragon
#

Oh I see

minor seal
#

end of the bloodseeker lair?

flat prism
#

I read #🪐┃boz-rules , but I still don't fully understand what it is. Can someone fill me in?

finite dragon
wispy walrus
#

no

#

its basically a youtube partner program or something

minor seal
#

I'll stick to independently uploading and gaining traction that way, screw YT these past couple years

wispy walrus
#

i meant like

#

gsc gives you insider stuff kinda program to share, better to just read it ur self a few times tho

minor seal
#

oh its similar, not actually a YT thing. goooot it. Yeah ill read up on it then o7

wispy walrus
#

it IS

#

youtube channels tho from what I understood

harsh dew
#

Moo

#

lol

#

i made a funni

minor seal
#

icic, but not part of youtube's design, it's a GSC community that happens to use youtube?

wispy walrus
#

but yeah, just read the thing a few times. Its a better way to understand than trust my judgement lel

minor seal
#

gosh it's super overdone, haha. already don't meet the req's but that's okay :P

frail spire
#

this boz thing wounds like gsc asking for free advertisment

flat prism
#

Hm. Weird

glossy condor
#

You know outside there is a monsoon rn (thunderstorm pretty much) and I was just thinking how wonderful it would be to have something like that in stalker 2

finite dragon
flat prism
#

Fluid simulation physics debuting in S2

finite dragon
flat prism
#

Would that be a surprise or what?

glossy condor
#

although wasn’t too much rain this time

finite dragon
#

If there was a monsoon season in STALKER 2, be ready to see Zaton filled with water and the ships sunken

glossy condor
#

Hell yeah

finite dragon
#

Nahh

#

I don't want my old Beard die

glossy condor
#

Sultan is better and you know it

finite dragon
#

I rather be with Borov

glossy condor
#

same

#

But still

#

We need to keep “order” in zanton

finite dragon
#

Sultan is kinda cringe because bald (go take a crown or smth to become a Sultan)

glossy condor
#

smh

finite dragon
#

Bandit version of the Sunrise suit when

#

Black with Adidas

light widget
#

Hallo, guys

#

Whats the time?

pseudo yoke
#

Time to get a watch lmao

#

rekt

finite dragon
#

lmaooooo

#

😐

finite dragon
finite dragon
#

Not Southeast Asia

finite dragon
#

Should I join the creator program? I haven't uploaded in months and my videos are mostly s***posts

finite dragon
#

Kekw

finite dragon
#

No gay

#

ok and

frail spire
#

I mean you can join and probably get shackled or do as you were

#

Joining into a creator thing will end up with you having to do stuff by "before this date" and not doing so will get you unceremonioisly kicked out

finite dragon
#

well if i join this thing no one would like my content anyway

#

you can go check my channel if you want

finite dragon
#

i dont really post much stuff

finite dragon
wispy walrus
#

tragic

#

i lost my look at this fotograf meme

#

a real loss of a 5 year old classic

wanton marlin
#

lost but never forgotten, brother

finite dragon
wispy walrus
#

I remember back in the 2013-14ish times

#

there was actually an eng youtuber who did walkthroughs of stalker mods

#

even soup and sgm

#

what a time that was

finite dragon
#

these day people only play games with beautiful graphics

#

good graphics doesn't mean its good

#

like half life

#

it has good story

olive basin
#

yeah but it looks trash now, so people made black mesa

finite dragon
finite dragon
#

half life

#

og

#

Story is good, and yea been wondering, Is the X-Ray engine based off the Goldsrc engine?

#

no

#

it isnt

#

Or the Source Engine

#

independant

finite dragon
#

goldsrc engine is just modified quake engine

finite dragon
#

no?

#

half-life is fully 3d and has fps hands

#

quake is an entirely different engine

#

At its core, GoldSrc is a heavily modified version of id Software's Quake engine. Following Half-Life's release, the engine powered future games developed by or with oversight from Valve, including Half-Life's expansions, Day of Defeat, and multiple games in the Counter-Strike series.

finite dragon
finite dragon
#

from wiki

#

There's a 3d Quake iirc

#

quake 2

#

the best quake game imo

finite dragon
#

it had rtx version

#

guage :DDDDD

#

Ray tracing kek

#

also play xonotic instead

#

its open source and free software ("as in freedom and price")

#

its on windows, mac, and linux

#

and also bsd systems

#

I wonder how'll the Anomaly cringeboys react to SoC Monolith voicelines

finite dragon
#

analmaly

#

"OWOWOWO DEY USED SIN VOICLINSSS!!!!!""!"!"

#

and they thought that anomaly is canon

#

SoC is good change my mind

#

well its our first stalker game of course its good

#

whoever plays clear sky or call of pripyat first are not normal

random vortex
finite dragon
#

It is

#

Otherwise get out of here stalker

ornate compass
finite dragon
#

No Clear Sky is

ornate compass
#

No, clear sky is the second

finite dragon
#

It is best stalker game

finite dragon
#

In terms of anomalies

flat prism
#

Do you guys believe we'll get more gameplay in the coming months?

stark widget
flat prism
#

Couldn't care much for the retail edition, at this point. I just want some gameplay in the swamps or somethin

#

I don't think people should be worried about their "retail" and "physical" editions or whatever, what's more important is gameplay.

stark widget
#

Honestly- I’d be VERY surprised if the gameplays on a par with or better than what we’re used too. I’m currently playing EFP and it absolutely sublime- amazing gunfights and gameplay. At least we can mod it if it falls short. I’m really hoping it doesn’t though..!

finite dragon
#

Jk it's kinda cool

ornate compass
finite dragon
#

But I'm not going to put EFP in my modpack list (It's cool and all but, I want a modpack that's aiming for STALKER vanilla)

flat prism
finite dragon
#

Kek

flat prism
finite dragon
#

Jk might not be possible

ornate compass
#

The problem is that is very easy to ruin a good story now a days and are very few modern good stories to be told, I just hope they don't forget the story for focusing more on the graphics and gameplay

stark widget
#

Game changer for me is the Dynamic Stalkers part- so previously empty areas can now have random NPVs in them and turn that empty area into absolutely amazing gunfights or whatever. I got into a gunfight last night in a stairwell that lasted about 30 mins- was truly epic

finite dragon
stark widget
ornate compass
finite dragon
#

Also we need an AKM/74/2

flat prism
finite dragon
#

And the U version as well

ornate compass
#

And trench coat leather bandits

finite dragon
#

Damn Freedoom and Dooty is killing themselves eh

ornate compass
finite dragon
flat prism
stark widget
#

Best stories are the ones used as Metaphor, and also simple premise- not convoluted filler for the sake of it or overly complex. Also make it Biblical in the Epic sense to give it real gravitas… not some petty human scale nonsense- make it larger than the Protagonist and have far reaching consequences

flat prism
#

It's already a great system.

#

They need to have a face reveal for Sidorovich in UE4

#

lol

glad temple
#

I want to see strelok in 4K

#

That is all I ask

vernal magnet
#

or Sid in 4k

finite dragon
#

Scamming in 4k

#

get caught in 4k HD resolution 60 fps

wanton marlin
#

Maybe it'll be in UE5. ik its coming soon

golden moon
#

you forget UE5 is in beta

finite dragon
wanton marlin
golden moon
#

you know

#

when a game is in development

#

they don't make it all in the last year lmao

wanton marlin
#

i know. i assume that the engine itself wont change class/object names, only the efficiency at which they run.

#

idk how it works exactly, im just spitballing. but it's an engine overhaul for sure

golden moon
#

its completely different from the ground up for the most part

#

it's gonna be ue4 no doubt

#

i think shroomjak

finite dragon
golden moon
#

ue5 isn't even done being patched into usability

#

its more like a 'lmao look at this we can do cool things now' open beta

#

porting ue4 to ue5 is kinda buggy rn

wanton marlin
#

makes sense

half glade
#

X Ray 4

finite dragon
#

Sex Ray engine when

tender osprey
finite dragon
#

I had a bad dream

#

I launched s2

#

And it wad an mmorpg like Warcraft

rotund lance
#

hm warcraft with squatting and guns...

#

seems like fun

finite dragon
#

Its like from above view

#

Oh god please dont let that happen

#

The gamr was literally trolling me

#

It said pc coming next year lololo and under it said xbox gang playing in 48 hours

#

I went like tutorial and small entry scene

finite dragon
#

Lmao I just went in Yanov Station in CoC Warfare mode and killed everyone there

#

Was fun

#

I am a Monolithian

#

Sneaked into the station at night and just knifed or shot everyone

#

Finished SoC, got the "Kill C-Con" ending (3 days kekw)

native ibex
#

Yo

half glade
#

do it in a day

#

pistol only

finite dragon
half glade
#

PISTOL ONLY

finite dragon
#

Pistol only hmm

#

Walker P9m my beloved

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I'm just going to reload Yanov Station and kill everyone there again

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Anyways, just asking, does anyone know how to access the Monolith Warlab in CoC?

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I know I need all the docs, so do I talk to Doctor and then go to the labs before going to the Warlab?

finite dragon
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Yeah I'm wondering

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Ye

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I'm in Warfare mode

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And playing as Monolith

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So I have no idea if Doctor would even talk to me

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You guess it: It's the date when the explosion of 86' started

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I know

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I keyed it in

finite dragon
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Couldn't enter

finite dragon
finite dragon
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Its Warfare Mode

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I set random spawns

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Kek alright

tender osprey
fallen dust
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helo

half glade
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yes

fallen dust
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The deadliest weapon of all in stalker series, the bolt

finite dragon
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Do bolts do damage

potent bluff
hushed aurora
harsh dew
fallen dust
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Felt good

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(yes, that is fake.)

finite dragon
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had a friend of mine play stalker anomaly

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he said it was harder than fallout's realistic difficulty XD