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Best not to get into it, will get me banned for sure.
Both of us will be BANnaned
Good part is you have plenty of bananas
Worst part is they're poisonous

Tarnation. That's a bargain, you can sell them to people who don't know they're poisonous.
Best part is they’re imported from Brazil and have the most venomous spider species in the world attached to them
(True story)
yeah i miss the times when you could find cocaine in banana crate instead of venomous spider
Why would you look for cocaine in a venomous spider?
Cartel’s newest method
Is that where people find cocaine? No wonder I have none!
it's true story as well, here in Czechia some coke was found in LiDL in banana crates, and not in the storage either
At least you got the fun contraband.
I think we have a deal
I'll get banana'd, will send you the bananas after, you sell them, we profit both
Glorious fraud scheme
Noice. Need to register a few companies to cover my tracks.

I sincerely request bananas @open lintel Do me a favor, lend me the crate of bananas, can you? You can't refuse, can you!
If nobody wants to strike a deal, I'll go to Crete with my crate
No bunny, it's poisonous!
Hello brothers
Hi everyone
Hi
Good
But Why?
Idk looks boring
@half glade just so I'm not overreacting, you're talking about stalker trilogy ?
It's funny only when they're serious
Where is a new gameplay vid of STALKER 2??? 😩 😩 😩
When they realease it there will be tons of gameplay vids 
And the comments box will be disabled
Its tru its more funny then
I hope they don't make the game casual-friendly
though I guess novice mode exists for that
the stalek
oops
i was going to say that I think people exaggerate how difficult the stalker games are
I want it to strike a balance
Only one difficulty was confirmed @fluid abyss
Journey
Journalist-based difficulty mode
-enlarge 
lol
wounding mechanics being expanded for both players and NPCs would be neat too
cuz when THEY shoot me, I get knocked down to 25% health with severe bleeding, but when I shoot THEM, they shrug it off like its nothing

Theoretically, we should be getting some gameplay within the next 3-4 days right?
I hope
nah
Why "nah"
because why would we get gameplay
Because you were naughty this year.
sure but that doesnt mean anything, in fact they can even not show gameplay until the game releases. Im pretty sure they will much closer to release but most likely not before february
Why would they show a trailer at E3 then?
Companies usually show gameplay before the game releases so that they show off what people are buying into
I don't understand why they wouldn't
to save the E3 show from the trashy games. But jokes aside every company can do whatever they want even if it doesnt make sense when it comes to marketing. As ive said before they most likely will show gameplay closer to release but I doubt they will show it in the next 4 days.
Well the whole reason why I said that is because I saw many people saying that they would show gameplay 4 months until release... and I have no clue where they got that information but I am desperate at this point
Yeah I'd really like to see where they said that
Yeah apparently someone from GSC said something along those lines but that really isnt confirmed. And also GSC tends to not announce stuff before they show it
Sex
I even doubt we will get the game in april 
Look at it this way, marketing for a game picks up the closer you get to release
Soc is only thing u need
that’s normal across most games
I love this
Have you told Strelok that you like him? You should maybe he likes you back
😳 😳

Do 😳 you like me 😍

I love keys

If I buy stalker 2 on Series X, will I be able to play it on PC as well or do I have to make a separate purchase
You'd need to buy again I think
if you purchase digital version you should be able to download it on PC through game pass crossplay. physical game copies dont have the same ability
Cant wait to see highdef Sidorovich xD
Has GSC ever mentioned weather or not theyre ever gonna be porting stalker 2 to ue5? I just saw the matrix demo for it and my God would stalker benefit from it
I have news for you
The game is in UE5
...it's being made on 5

It was unknown for a while, but later got confirmed to be 5

I have a couple of questions about the game universe. I’m probably missing some details or haven’t gotten to the part of the game yet for it be explained. So is the Stalkers technically faction that had small factions within as the name suggests that we are a group of people. (I’m also still trying to figure out what exactly is a Stalker but have an idea of the actual definition). Second question is that it’s clear that the setting is sort of apocalyptic. Is it just da zone is like this or is the rest of the world like it as well
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYQBgCFZprY 🤔 hmmm see what hunger for stalker spawned? xD
Answering your second question, I believe the Zone is the only place like that. The rest of the world is fine.
Yes - another thing I liked about stalker - it was a local apocalypse - creating very dynamic relation with the world. having mercs getting in, bandits sneaking in, smuglers etc. It was always way more interesting and alien to me than just another fallout/madmax
In the Stalker universe only "the zone" is postapocalyptic. Outside world is normal as our irl. s.t.a.l.k.e.r. is C-con project, they are their agents but braindwashed like strelok after Clear Sky. But this term is commonly used towards every person who enters the zone.
yes despite STALKER being acronym, it is also a slang word for scavaner- thats why you hear talk of stalkers even in metro games - when you play RU audio
alrighty
after some more time in soc
i am somehow enjoying it
but there is a bug that's driving me crazy
im somehow shorter than other peoplle
you're not shorter, the camera is located on between character chin and shoulders. Not where your head is. You can figure that out by using binoculars
how do i fix tthat
Thx for the answers
xD easy fix, go to actor.ltx and find height and edit the numbers
open dms
Hey do you have news for me
I'm looking for yalpemag, have GSC shared any yet?
GUYSS PLEASE HELP
HOW DO I KILL A CONTROLLER
QUICKSAVING ISNT WORKING
SO IF I DIE MY PROGRESS IS LOST
ok im dead
Roast it to death
OK I KILLED IT THEN MY GAME JUST DIDNT LET ME USE MY MOUSE
IT WAS JUST STUCK ON THE BOTTOM LEFT
Skill issue
Skill issue
Lmao
you see that's the controller doing that
oh
i didnt notice thatt
ok damage sucks in this game
imma be real honest
i need a damage mod because the damage system isnt pleasant at all
Someone didnt put the game on master difficulty like theyre supposed to
Or just doesn't do headshots
I dont remember controllers being that beefy anyways. I think in my first run of SoC the hardest fight was the pseudo giant in one of the labs until i figured out how to cheese it with grenades
about to attempt another Lost Alpha play through! 😄 anyone try 1.4007?
I havent tried it yet, but i should!
You can deal with both of them with 1 AK mag, it's easy
yea, last one i played was 1.3
I also played on wither rookie or normal becuase i didnt understand the difficulty lol
going to stream on twitch if anyone is curious to see what it looks like 🙂
i do have the game on master
but the damage sucks
it really does
plus
ive noticed that not all of my shots land where im aiming
The game does suffer from that old school bloom mechanic. Its exactly why i would always use the SVD when i could get it. Id like my bullets to go where the reticle is so i can get a nice crsipy headshot on demand
What happened
i left agroprom and found myself surrounded my military
the fight took 20 mins of pain
So?
Just headshot them on master difficulty
i am
Or use a shotgun
but the accuracy is just bad
Or use grenades
Happens
You shoot while aiming or using the crossair?
ads
Because you are supposed to aim and then headshot
Using the crossair is a bad idea
what commands do you use to get free camera?
Then get a better weapon
what Stalker you playing
the bullet doesnt land where im aiming
soc
its just very frustrating and irritating
it feels so weird on your 2nd playthrough
im gonna download zrp
but at my 1st playthrough i don't even remember it being like that lol
Don't do that
why
Finish the game without mods
i wont
You will get used to it and find a way out, or use different weapons such as shotguns
Or SVDs
Or knife
im like 15% into the game and im already starting to get bored
my vss ammo ran out
Well, you won't get that bored later
i downloaded a double damage mod
Use another weapon then
and its 100000 times better
Bruh
i did
i got the fast shooting ak
and its not accurate at all
There was no need to use a double damage mod
OFC THERE IS
Just learn how to play the game
EVERYONE NEEDED AN ENTIRE MAG OF 5.56 IN THEIR HEAD TO DIE
Do you want to see me playing SoC on master without mods?
lmao
If you have problems with the aim then use the knife
bruh
Or use a shotgun
i did all of that
The VSS isn't that accurate
it is super accurate
No, it's not if you don't know how to use it
There are so many guns in Anomaly that dont suffer from accuracy probelsm
M14ebr, Green Dragon, SVD
hahahaha
bruh you guys are treating me like i havent played an fps game before
Anomaly does suffer of a story emptiness problem
i can agree to that
Forget about FPS games
bro what im saying is
The mechanics are different
I KNOW HOW TO AIM
I hate to agree but youre not wrong hahaha, i just like it for atmosphere and internal role play
bro just get lost
You are not used to use the AK
is verteran rank on the server
wdym
You said that you have problems with headshotting people, that's probably because you are using an AK, and you should get used to it
so an ak isnt used to headshot people?
In 2007 we had no double damage mod and we had to get used to it
It can and will
In STALKER the recoil and accuracy are different
fire it in single, better for ammo conservationa nyways
you could've just said that
thatss actually smart
i didnt even think about that
ima try that
i didnt even know you can fire it in single
lmaoooooo
i didnt think it was even a mechanic
glad i could give some advice, go enjoy what the game has to offer now 🙂
You just click the mouse once
alrighty
That's it
you mean theres no single fire mode?
that's actually probable
(never used it)
PFFFT
hehe
You should uninstall the double damage mode :/
I mean, so long as he enjoys the atmosphere and story, isnt that all that really matters?
it isnt perfect
Wait until he plays CS
i havent played a game with such immersion and story
Ah yes, the naked mile in front of the military checkpoint
what's that
Update товарищи im slowly leanring writing in russain and i think its going well
The buckshots entering in quantum reality and then passing straight out the enemy body without damage
what are you guys talking about
lmao that just killed me
youll understand soon enough...
oh no
I legitimately almost broke my desk time ago for that
Me spending the only rpg warhead i had to shoot down a hind just to watch it go straight through it
why do you guys hate anomaly so much?
has anyone even used an rpg for a tank or something?
And for controllers go for knife kills or use lots of grenades, he cannot psy-attack you if he doesn't see you
It's too overrated.
I like anomaly 😦
thank god
Because it's ovverreated, empty and story sucks, as well as some models
well thats a first
i mean it might be overrated and the story isnt tthe besst
Too much useless mechanics, mediocre story, bad optimization, it gets boring very fast.
but it is super super fun
thats all of stalker, my intro into the series was clear sky
I never carried the rpg, i keep it in a box until i find a purpose it use it
which is either kill helicopter or kill chimera
i dont know im really enjoying anomaly
same, also damn thats one way
Pussy.. real chads uses knife
i jsut use a siga nerd but thats me
Thats fair, i just use a lot of internal rp and imagination in games like that i guess
Same
its me, im pussies
No? History in the trilogy is good lmao and the game feels like the Zone is alive
Beside that. Some quests are like: "Bring that sausage from Cordon to Pripyat. I'll pay you 1k rubles".
hahahahaha
RAELL!??
But in general. Anomaly is easy, but hard mod is unfair.
the quest line to gain Hip as a follower
Oh god. Don't even mention Companion AI.
Said by someone with freedom pfp
Companions are blind and stupid.
I swear they wouldnt even die sometimes, they would just dissapear into oblivion
meh anomaly is only my 2nd stalker game and i like it so either my bar is too low or i just havent tried the others
Try using the knife, it will immediately explode and probably kill you lol
Dont hate the drip
The worst feature of Companion AI - they pick up every frkn' gun possible.
oh god
Get away with your twenty dollars
if you want something that is just very hard, try Prosectors Project
anomaly is already kind of difficult
Im realizing ive never tried to knife things
wait this is no joke? its not like "steve" or anything?
why add difficult mods
after trying like 80 ish mods i just uninstalled and went with expidition mod pack
anomaly dificulty id juuuust right in my op
havent switched since
Strelok: Proceeds to destroy helicopters with knife and PMM during SoC
Militaries: Sends Major Degtyjarev
hey in freedom this 20 dollars will get you a bag of the driest, most laced weeed in the zone
mmmmmmmmmm laced weed... 🤤
but it will be better than anything duty can do in their offtime
i tried the expedition pack but it wasnt as good
il looked super pixelated and bright
and the hud doesnt even exist
it wasnt installed properly then
pluss it requires a new game
tru
tfw weed is mentioned and another freedomer comes out of the woodwork
i literally downloaded anomaly in a fresh folder and put the expedition pack folders in the anomaly root files
it looked horrible
I just made another subfolder and put in it into that, worked for me
Reason: Bad word usage
meh either way i just Messed* with luma
It's not
alrighty, yall take it easy. peace
OH GOD NO
do you mind sending me your anomaly folder?
i like anomaly, but i definatly recommend anybody who wants to get started with the world of stalker to play the original trilogy
like the game?
you can upload it to mediafire
i started off as freedom and i found it hard until i looked up some mechanics online ;_;
i was broke and struggling
or try compressing it then uploding it to mediafire
zaid i mean i messed with the in game luma setting in command menu
oh
in the discription of the mod pack it gives a luma fix
what is a luma
Light
but the companions are the worst part of the mod easily
is it like a graphics command?
Do you remember the "please read'? in there you will things to enter into the game if it glitches
hit `
then enter them
i didnt even pay attention to that
ALways read the instructions
epic 
ill try downloading it tomorrow
It's free because mods with STALKER assets cannot be paid-only due to license
You need to have GSC permission
how do you know that it's free for that reason
man idc why its free its still cool
^
Because of copyright?
You cannot export STALKER assets without permission outside the game and nor you can make money out of it without permission
but like was it their intention to monetize it or are you just assuming that
I am saying even if they wanted they couldn't do that
Of otherwise it would be taken down
By GSC
You said it's free because it would get taken down
Hey either way its free and our lovely devs get paid

the under paid devs... that is
such is life in the game dev industry
i should know... im a writer
I'm asking if the anomaly devs wanted it to be a paid mod initially but then made it free because of copyright or if you're just assuming that that's what they wanted to do
Anomaly literally uses their assets and their engine, Anomaly is just CoC but on X-ray 64bit but heavily modded -.-
It's not like they made the mods
Nor assets
Actually most of the stuff is from Misery and other mods
They are forced to make the mod free, they cannot gain any money from it, read the post
I know
Mods are allowed for non-commercial purposes
Whatever forget it
you are now blinking and breathing manually
No
guess what
i found a mod that has pip scopes
but it dooesnt render the view twice
its like the normal scope but with a black circle and it actually works like a real scope
but it messed up my anomaly folder
kill me
use a mod manager you dork
i put it off for a long time but it's really really really worth it
keeps you from breaking your files and is basically necessary to test which mods are broken and what they're conflicting with
alrighty I'll try it tomorrow
Only in stalker can i breach a room, and some Duty guy rifle butts the gun out of my hands, catches it, then tries to use it on me lol
Thankfully, I got quicker fingers on my sidearm.
How long did it take yall to beat SoC
9 years
i have to admit i never beat the game at the final moment
so it'll prob take me a few years like the guy above me
45 hours
But it was one of the first fps games I played
3 days
wow 3 days?
Get a clean install of Anomaly then install Escape From Pripyat mate- it uses Mod Manager by default and already comes with close to 300 mods already set up to work. You can then turn off/on and add any more you like.
But you can get mod manager and use it for other mods, you don’t need escape from Pripyat to use a mod manager
If you do this, use mod manager 2 not jgsme
m
Wheh, I just lost two mercs in my squad of six, absolute chads have been with me for so long that they each had double digit kills in stalkers and mutants. I will drink a few bottles to them.
just started playing stalker for the first time the other day and im starting to get more weapon options. Should I stick with my fast shooting AKM 74/2 or cough up the roubles for a SGI 5k
for reference as to how far I am, Im in the middle of the yantar quest before the X16 lab
stick with the ak for now
once you get to wild territory you will find sigs and m4s on most of the mercs
@edgy isle Can you share all your mods? I really like how your game looks
SGI deals more damage
but the ammunition isn't that common
You told me to call you in a appropriate chat
so i suggest you to use the AK
https://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomaly
https://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomaly/addons/enhanced-shaders-and-color-grading-for-151
Follow installation instructions carefully. I use advanced configs with grading_hollywood preset
Also, in console, I adjusted tonemapping to my like
r2_tonemap_adaptation 10.
r2_tonemap_amount 1.
r2_tonemap_lowlum 0.01
r2_tonemap_middlegray 2.```
That's it.
Hope Stalker 2 has a lot of weapon an gear customisation
Thanks!
Around 7 hours
For CCon ending
I hope it will have different weapon types in the first place.
In stalker anomaly there is a lot same-ish AK47 models, and who cares about difference.
In stalker (any) there is a dozen of pistols, and you don't care almost of any of them.
Also you don't need 6 similar pump action shotguns (hello anomaly again)
Customization? I don't know really. For a particular weapon type you often choose optimal attachments. You don't put sniper scope on a shotgun or spray and pray SMG, you want that scope on a sniper rifle. and so on.
But don't worry, you will have a lot of weapons and customizations in stalker 2
Yeah however I would like to see more attachment variety, multiple types of reticles/scopes, some barrel attachments for example... Doesn't have to be unrealistic, just decent level of customisation, also its fun haha
I know the base games had that with the tech npcs, but just building on that is all
I love stalker
I bet everyone here does
mmm sdalger
Zhdalger my beloved

Muh realism and muh real guns!
With STALKER SoC?
Anomaly players
we have to be real doe, original series has a great story but the re-play ability of anomaly is amazing. It's a great sandbox
Wrong
- the addons and quality of life mods etc
The re-play ability is from CoC
Not Anomaly
You should thank CoC for that
I should remind that Anomaly is based on CoC
Chad
Doesn't have 10000 useless items
Depends on the addons you use, but yeah
Still wouldn't get to that point though
everyone is entitled to their own opinion I think CoC is great, but I also think Anomaly is great
listen to monolith prayer in english for the 1st time felt scary
but when you replay it the 2nd time and listen to what he's saying
the useless items parts is true but also depends on some of your addons
it's just funny
like I said, people have different opinions
Yeah but it doesn't remove the fact that multiple things sucks
Like the AI
Gun mechanics
i don't really like that a lot of people came over from tarkov and think stalker is a tactical military game because of anomaly
true
when i talked to a friend of mine about stalker and he tried it, the first thing he did was try anomaly first for example since he heard about it before
I don't think they do, Tarkov players do stick with Tarkov, mainly it's those who hate Tarkov because it's not single player
there are mods to turn tarkov into single player
i'm not talking about offline mode on the normal game
It's bannable
BSG doesn't want any modifications with their files
i'm one of those people i'm just in both boats. I play tarkov regularly but also got into stalker because i wanted something similar and i enjoy stalker for it's singleplayer
Yeah but i am mainly talking about the majority of those Anomaly players are like that
If so even i do play Tarkov and i have 1000 hours in there of suffering
I still think you are generalizing to much man, 1 or 2 guys are not 1000
You haven't seen other groups
Lol
i allways heard those words from multiple people not just you, but still I never understood why
people always have something they favorite more than other stuff
Because they always complain about EFT being multiplayer, but they sucks so they want to install SP, but it's bannable, so they think Anomaly Escape From Pripyat is a good replacement
Lol
oh i see
you'd have to be literally vegetative to get yourself banned from EFT by modding it
It is still bannable though
ok and the only way they'd know to ban you is if you told them yourself or some arsehole found out your account name and reported you...
for playing singleplayer...
it's like the age-old "it's not illegal if i don't get caught" thing
same thing for FFXIV, using DPS meters
you can't "get caught," you basically have to tell on yourself and that's it
yeah exactly
to play SPTarkov you have to make a 1:1 copy of the base game files and then install it in said copy. there's no way for them to detect you using said copy, and there never will be because it's all client-side; you don't even connect to their servers
well yeah, they could ban literally anyone at any moment
it's just fearmongering
Yeah that's also a reason why i hope it will be server sided
they barely banned the hackers in Labs lol
right, but they'll go after the people playing SPTarkov, ok
Not really, anticheat works, it's just that they gain more money and buy another account
never heard of someone getting banned via SPTarkov, mostly since if you try to install it in the online version (not the copy) it just breaks the game and you can't launch it
I don't think they care
precisely, why would they
that mentality is the same as CSgo in the past before going f2p
I meant they don't care about banning them
Making the gane server sided is good
In general
yeah, agreed
Especially to fight off cheaters
wait, can you explain the "making the game server sided part" ?
Cheaters can basically spam infinite grenades, spawn IFAKs, spawn stims
wait they can spawn stuff? never heard of that
They can spawn those things, but not everything
Yet they can throw likd 40 grenades at you
And i ain't joking
I've met one of them on Interchange
I was with my friend we asked why the hell we could hear grenades almost every second for like 15 minutes straight
Then we chased a group of PMCs, i managed to kill both of them, then my friend just died due to an RPK, the cheater had killa stuff, so i tried to get as much stuff as i could get but i got spammed with literally 8 grenades
What's tthe fuss about Tarkov
Sure it's a good game but ppl should stop trying to turn Stalker into it
Quick question: played through SOC recently again, what's in a tourist's delight?
Canned meat.
pripyat looks terrifying
Fingers
A lot of stuff. Usually it's canned meat (or fish) and some porridge with tomatoes. In USSR, this type of canned food could be almost everything.
What? You are already at Pripyat in SoC?
Indeed, amd stop comparing it
Don't spoiler yourself lol
I was like looking in the pda
and found pripyat
I thought it was a maze of some sort
oh and btw
I'm never going back to agroprom
the controller is a pain in the butt
Bruh, you surely don't know what patience is
yesterday I spent 20 minutes trying to kill the controller
Knife kill him lol, in short range he cannot psy attack you
I can't even get near him
Lmao
what I did yesterday is I killed him with a shotgun but the game was buggy and I couldn't use medkits
That's why you need grenades too
Lmao are you sure you haven't missed all of that
I probably missed
also how do I increase my carrying capacity
50 kilograms aren't doing the job
he doesn't know 
damn, 4 grenades?
i used to carry 20 of each types on my first playthrough
I have like 8
bro, 8?
sadly you cant
because my backpack is full of ammo
You know if you hold both left mouse and right mouse you can throw the grenade farter
just make yourself a grenade launcher
how much pistol ammo do you have
40 or 50
yeah that's good
Get some artifacts lol
you're playing SoC right?
you can get like 10 artifacts walking on the street
I have 3 stone blood
3 jellyfish
and 3 wrenched
and one that has the regeneration effect
but I really need a bigger backpack
medkits also are taking a ton of space
Theory: The Zone is actually alive
The Zone is a mysterious place. Even scientists can't explain things that happen inside of it. So stalkers started to think of it as some invisible but ubiquitous creature or even a gift from heaven... but it's not unreasonably!
Cheers, mercenary! Luckly the Zone has brought you to us.
When thinking about the religion. You, of course, think about the Zone's famous fanatics called Monolith
You see... We don't remember how we got here. I remember we were a unit of the Monolith group... We wanted to break through to the center of the Zone. There was supposed to be the Monolith, a meteorite that brought us from other planets the seeds of new life... <...>
They believe that some supernatural stone came from the space.
Those who believe in the Monolith are psychos. They scream about it, but no one knows what is in the center of the Zone. The invisible crystal that fell from the sky... Ha-ha.
And that mysterious stone will grant your wish. They also believe that the Zone is actually alive!
Rumors? People say, the whole faction disappeared. It's not like someone eliminated them or monsters tore them all up. They just disappeared, that's all. Those guys were weird, they went nut because of the Zone (he means that their minds were full of the Zone). They believed that the Zone was alive and that the Monolith was in the center, and it makes wishes come true.
But beside "Monolith", some stalkers think that the Monolith is real too and it could cause the Zone to appear:
This is the legend of the Monolith, quite possibly the cause of the Zone. <...>
But as we know. The Monolith is a fake to distract the stalkers. Also it's another layer of protection from the most curious ones.
It's not real... The Monolith - the Wish Granter - is a deception, a machine that clouds the mind. <...>
But... Even after killing the scientists (not all of them), which were behind this - the Zone didn't disappear.
<...> those who started all of this didn't control anything.
... Can the Zone be... alive at this point?
Duty's Lt. Col. Shulga thinks of the Zone as living organism
That's classified information. All I can tell you is that Zone is not that simple. Some of us believe that it is a kind of tumor that must be removed at all costs. But personally, after what I've seen, I tend to think that the Zone is more of a living organism. And we are the microbes in it. <...>
Forester refers to the Zone as something alive.
I'll tell you this. A couple of days ago I found myself in the "Bubble". It is now clear that there is such a new anomaly. And then I thought - well, that's it, I'm in the attic for good! It seems that the edge of a familiar, but wherever I go, I can not get out. And then the Zone gave me an artifact, the artifact gave me an exit from the "Bubble" just and showed. So I called it the "Compass. <...>
Clear Sky members (known scientists that research the Zone for a long time) also think that the Zone has feelings. It can feel anger:
It's no good. Every day it gets worse and worse. Especially after the Big Emission. The Zone has stirred up, it became more ruthless to people. You can see it especially in the monsters: there are more of them now, and they're all angrier or something... <...>
Mez trying to confuse is
Like the movie annihilation
Sidorovich in SoC tells that the Zone doesn't like soldiers and soldiers don't like the Zone
<...> But what I will tell you. The military do not respect the Zone, so the Zone does not like them for that, either. Time and again they take away zinc coffins. Well, what else can I say... They look down on everybody, as if they're gods here. <...>
... Interesting. Can one random merc in the Zone accidentaly get abilities to survive the Emissions? "And it's definitely not just a coincidence. I don't believe in such coincidences."
Lebedev
You survived the Emission again. I'm not surprised anymore. Yeah, Kalancha's absolutely right: what's happening to you can't be explained scientifically. He claims that you've got some kind of... well, let's just say unusual abilities. You survive the kind of abnormal activity that literally splits others into atoms. In addition, it's as if some of your body functions are being spurred on: the readings are off the charts... Do not be fooled, get a spoonful of soot: with each emission your nervous system gradually burns out. If this destruction is not stopped, you will simply die.
And this
Lebedev
There is some strange connection between you and the Zone. On the one hand, each new release gradually kills you. On the other hand, you survive the conditions in which others die. My intuition tells me that these abilities of yours... well, a gift, a curse, whatever you want to call it. Well, your powers will allow you to go where no one else could, in principle. And we need to move very quickly now.
But most importantly this one
That's right, the Zone doesn't like it when someone who's too curious interfere in its own business. By the way, that's what Ozersky told me, and his words were confirmed in practice. So you can approach him with this question. <...>
Typical person doesn't know about noosphere
Though the fact that you can survive to emissions after getting 3 anabiotics and being naturally immune like Scar is surprising
And surely interesting
Anabiotics should put you in a zombie like status, kind of making your brain in coma, that avoiding the overload of psi-emissions in your brain
That explains why zombies are immune to it
But Monolith? Good question
Yeah, but we don't know if they are immune to emissions
Because they seek shelter when there's an emission
Look at CoP
I studied them looking from far away in their base near the river
Hmmm
Waiting for an emission
So i do know that Monolith do seek shelter from emissions but zombies do not seek shelter and they survive
Maybe you have to be fully brainwashed and with very little brain activity like-zombie to actually survive from an emission
That would mean that Monolithian are not fully brainwashed and somehow they can be cutted off from the psi-emissions influence since their brain isn't like zombies, ex: Strider
The quotes you give are literal translation of original speech. In slavic languages talking about natural forces as alive objects is not uncommon thing, but it is figurative language and not to be taken literally.
But in a context of the zone it surely feels so.
This reminds me of old russian tales, where many characters are avatars of nature and they are chaotic in their alignment. For example, Baba Yaga is the witch, who lives somewhere in swamps and forest. In some tales she helps protagonist with advice or items, and seems to be a good old lady. In other tails she is an enemy, crazy man-eater, able to put curses upon a hero.
This is truly what swamp is. It can provide useful resources, or it can kill you with many threats.
I wonder why we had the blind Monolith ladder in the concept arts
Are Monolith the evolved blind humanoid dogs?
Lol
Freaky-freaky
Ladder as in lad

Blind eyes that still can see are the common concept art ideas
always have been
You saying Monolith fellas are automatically blind once converted?
What in the religion...
Makes sense though
They're seeing through the power of the rock
No, only some of them are like that
I don't wanna have encounters with those in ST2, please
Please, for the love of mankind
Theory is: Probably those half zombified Monolith are caused by some un-calibration of the psi-emissions in the brain scorcher
Since most of them can be found in SoC at the Brain Scorcher
Calibration is a vital part of psi-emissions as we can see in CS at Yantar
What about Shulga then?
That's where literal interpretation sneaks in.
I didn't read all your quotes carefully, now it looks like a mix of both.
Anyway, I hope you get the idea.
There is a bit of archaic figurative language, that can be traced way back to animism and paganism.
There is a bit of superstitions, and people under eastern orthodox church are still pretty superstitious.
I am sure that's reflected in characters in the game.
And in a fantastic setting we have crazy mix of all of those things side by side.
You can see something supernatural going on,
you can see the character next to it, who believes in supernatural stuff,
and you can see just there also his sceptic buddy, who tries to find an explanation and guess out what's going on.
this is the lore of stalker - constant shifting between sci-fi, horror and fantasy, and keeping player uncertain about the true nature of things
What are the x64 stalker mods ? I know anomaly and clear sky lfo. Any others ?
True and Anomaly have much more fun mods than CoC IMHO
Does anyone have a link to the Stalker 2 wallpapers that used to be on the website? they took down the old site and put up a new one and didnt bother re uploading the wallpapers
where exoskeletons
need armor
my wind of freedom suit literally got from 100 percent to 50 percent in the agroprom military base thingy
Speaking of nature figures
There's one called Ded Moroz
He's the Santa Claus for Russians
Does anyone else just end up running shotgun and some form of assault rifle?
because i feel like thats all i do... like ai got an svds pmc now but
AR + Shotgun with regular suits, SVD + Shotgun + AR in the backpack with exoskeleton
I bring at least 4 guns into the battles
yeah, most versatile build.
a shotgun (depending on your weight preference). I like Winchester pump action. enough ammo capacity, and relatively light weight
and an assault rifle upgraded via precision path. I prefer lr 300, because it looks good to me, although it is not the most reliable choice
dushmans siga with polimer stock
cqb fal with suppressor and kobra sight
and svds pmc with Leopold scope and canted reflex
And at least 60 attack grenades
mmmmmmmm
dont know about that one chief
probably less
I save up grenades because I dont use them at all
And then at ChNP the fun party starts
Hi guys
Hey
I have a question bro:
What is the best addon for anomaly?
ok bro thanks
I hope anyone else who knows the answer will tell.
expedition mod pack if you want hardcore and beautiful
but if you want a more casual experience you can just get pick and chose each mod you want
like you dont want "no hud" alright just dont download it
Good but I'm looking for new weapons.
Thanks bro .
very nice
We are friends with mercenaries.
🤝 
confused loner noises
bc he was high

🤝 Good
a fact
hmm do you guys offer some tech suupport for anomaly
thx
stalker is by far one of the best fucky games i enjoy
i can get one shotted by a bandit accross the map with a pmm and die, or crash when i haven't saved for 20 minutes or step into a random anomoly and then get shitted on by a snork right after and then after punching several holes in my wall come right back to
Is there a stable SOC weapon mod?
Looking for some better high quality weapons for the vanilla game
arsenal overhaul
guys which is better a scientist suit of a stalker suit
I use original weapons renewal 3
Nice ty guys
Oh my god wasn’t that the greatest gameplay trailer ever guys? <— is what I would say if I had a new trailer….
shadow of chernobyl turned out to be one of the best games ive ever played
Question, I looked into Arsenal overhaul and original weapons renewal 3 but they're for COP not SOC
Can I still use them for SOC?
No
I haven't played ShoC in so long, I completely forgot how obnoxious the head bob was
And typing in the command to reduce it every time I launch the game is getting kinda annoying
Strange. I've never had to type cam_inert 0 more than once.
Strange. I keep it at 0.3, but I do have to type it in all the time
Perhaps altering some files should help me?
Guess it wasn't that bad when I was playing on slower PCs, with smaller screens
Just modify the user.ltx file instead of using console
The changes will stay with whatever you edit. Also recommend editing the shadow draw and sun values in there. Tweaktown has an old article good for adjusting vanilla game to highest detail
it drops tomorrow 
Insert -> “don’t do that, don’t give me hope” meme
i mean, could be a slight chance of it dropping on new years
"3 - 4 months before release"
Lol
Chances you'll be tripping are higher than the skies

atleast im not tripping as hard as a freedom sniper
that's why i said slight
yeah
hey how do i download multiple xdoctor mods for CoC? i know i gotta put the contents of the gamedata folder in the mods to the one i made in the mod folder, but these contents have the same filenames
rip
Thx

why no women in the zone
why would women go in the Zone?
Lack of time for the models
money
Also one exists canonically
who
Leska
There's a reason why women on average live longer than men you know
ye u rite
Just started playing the franchise, did I make a mistake my starting off with anomaly? This game is tough!
anomaly is a mod lel
True but it’s what drew me to it lol
you should play the base games first

@wind sentinel I would absolutely start with soc. I would play soc completely vanilla except for bug fixes, and once your finished with it, you can go play anomaly and you will enjoy anomaly 200% more. You can play the other games too if you want
I agree with @soft ice. The lore, setting, etc. make so much more sense and aids with the immersion (imo) if you play Shadow of Chernobyl. Anomaly is fantastic though, just not what many purists consider STALKER. Play what you want to play, but I highly recommend SoC
Especially since anomaly is an experience meant for people who have played the base games, and you’ll just enjoy both a lot less if you play anomaly first
:thonk:
got swear worded in stalker suggestions
either I accidentally slipped something in without knowing, or it flagged something I said as inappropriate
The idea was about helmeted and armored enemies working in a realistic manner
Face shots would deal more damage than head shots on helmeted enemies (even if they would both probably kill anyways)
Same with vests, shooting someone in an unarmored spot would deal more damage than somewhere that has plates
It would be cool and be more immersive, but has a big downside of feeling inconsistent/wrong
warfare mode in anomaly sucks
don't play it if you haven't played vanilla
Does it just make human fights far more common and chaotic?
yes
clear sky just got smashed after 2 in-game days
i turned on eevrything i could use, bought the best gea
gear
but now it's over, their last defence is being smashed and imma run up north to join the scientist
it's really broken, even after i downloaded like 2 addons to fix the warfare mode
What is problem
Hallo
Praise monolit dammit
Never
Reason: Bad word usage
Reason: Bad word usage
Praise monolith you little bloodsuckerfucker
Hardly
No
cope
Ypu cope
You entered the zone to get money to try and get bitches
I entered the zone cause bitches already came naturally
And monolith called me
I entered the Zone because I'm getting paid to stay here
Go eat radioactive bread, infidel
I get paid to do that
Lmao imagine needing money
Well I need it because my brain still works
Clearly not, you have an anime pfp

Who is very dumb and aggressive, he killed 420 loners, 0 monolith
Reason: Bad word usage

Reason: Bad word usage
Reason: Bad word usage
Reason: Bad word usage
fights a long battle against bandits and is far away from place where the last save was. Clicks use bandage in inventory. Game Crashes without saving


I keep forgetting to not to use a bandage or Medkit in the inventory and just press [ or ] key to heal
It’s fine where it’s at. I just click in the use for bandages and med kit is what crash the game for some reason
Also need to save more often
Just stalker things
Sounds like a standard day of stalker. you havent lived until you touch a wooden box, have it jitter, kill you instantly and then have the game crash
yo guys
@waxen crypt You’re playing shadow of chernobyl? You should look at the zone reclamation project mod on moddb maybe
What’s the mod do?
Bug fixes
Ah
Maybe see if it fixes your problems
yo
i think we should add women in stalker
80 years old babushkas with shotguns making blin for rookies in rookie village
good, suffer
No you
there are two periods in life
before hearing the clear sky freedom radio
and after
literally an earrape
but damn, they're good people
i had to kill like 40 freedom when i'm in the bandit faction and they still remain neutral to me
hi friend
thank you for introduce the expedition mod pack.
it's really beautiful.
@sage siren

Reason: Bad word usage

Of course so be careful
the mod pack creator dropped of the face of the earth
so if you break it, ya might have to re-install it
I am careful
I already have a backup of anomaly files.
Thanks bro.
@sage siren
Duty and Military. What do we know about them?
Military and Duty relationship isn't clear. Duty kills any contract coldier or conscript on sight. Duty's leader - Krylov - hated his old "colleagues", but he had contacts with spetsnaz. Zvyagintsev mentioned that their people saw some of the Duty members together.
... Sometimes our paths cross, so we don't touch each other ...
... Naturally, our relationship with acquaintances is not as crappy as with the rest of the factions. That's why everyone thinks that we cooperate with the army. That's the situation, in short ...
I know what do you mean: Duty is in league with the army, right? I hear that from every other guy. But it's all lies. No, at first I thought so myself, until one day I saw a conflict between Military and Duty. I was walking one day to get some small habar, suddenly I heard a skirmish. I quietly approached, looked up the optics. And so it is: Military and Duty were trying to get each other from forty meters away. How it ended then, I do not know: I left that place as quickly as possible, but the fact that they did not befriend each other there - that's for sure. The problem is something else: Our guys saw stalkers in black in the same clip as the special forces. And that brings up some thoughts.
But that's just CS. In SoC Freedom members mention that Duty is controlled by the "State machinery"
I meet up with one Duty member when there is a ceasefire. We talk to each other. The man is generally smart, but, man, he's narrow-minded as a tank. They say: "close", "forbid", "do not disclose"... Idiots, by golly, idiots. On the other hand, it's understandable: with the whole state machine behind you, you're not supposed to think too much.
AND. What's important. Duty is supplied by Ecologists, right? Their leader in CS say that they exchange artifacts to guns and ammo. But have you noticed that Duty uses very rare weapons that other factions rarely use? Obokan, RP-74, Tunder, SA, f.e.
Freedom members noticed that
I heard that Duty have got a lot of nerve. They say, like, "we are volunteers who want to achieve security and order in the Zone" ... aha, volunteers! Some sponsor has given these volunteers such equipment, such guns, it's enviable. And they sold out, too.
I think his brain is working on a different spectrum if you know what I mean
Monolith cultists are this kind of people who havent seen women in decades
freedom are horni
Freedomers suck at shooting
I have changed my mind,
Wouldnt stalkers be the horny ones bc they have the only woman?
I feel like factions that don't have women would be more horny
uh..... I think they would all be equally horny
waiititit explain
like apart from the porno mags from the bandits
HOw?
Affirmative
If you uh...have a women she can "help you." If you don't, you're left with yourself.
Don't need no women
No need for women when you have men 
Or bloodsuckers
Bloodsuckerfuckingshit
Neither is she if she's a stalker
Which is why she will be focus on staying alive and getting money
NOt doing a bunch of nasty blueballed, pentup, vodka swigers
@sage sirenno swearing my man
still gettin used to it sorry
BUt you get my meaning, no one would do that. boy or girl
monolith dont need women they have hands
they have the stone that talks
can you screw a rock though?
monolith are strong we can
the rock could screw you

If the stone actually pass through the kidney then yes
@wide aspen sen't me this thick stone, so it might work: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/926053625938210836/926053692619239474/download_2.png
monolith can

why
embrace the T H I C K rock

mf we meet outside 

tomorrow is the end of 2021, still no stalker 2 gameplay 😩 😩 😩 😩 😩

Maybe next year
They must not want people to buy their game
Idk I'll just wait and see
Hello cheese enjoyer
hi how are you doing?
I'm good. Wby?
Wanna go on a date?
sure

We can go to a cheese shop :))
heck yeah






