📸┃screens_and_videos

[regal shuttle]

I've found Skif a while ago in SoC

[latent owl]

Quite literally: 💀💀💀💀

[cinder flame]

I played a ton of SoC in Polish but idk the English in CS stuck and I ended up playing stalker in English

[ripe carbon]

Модна і такого кудись в підземелля закинути щоб ганяв тушканів

[regal shuttle]

Mirosław Utta🔥

[pseudo wyvern]

Lol

[coarse slate]

some screenshots from my 5h and 31 minute grind in Dollchan 8 Infinity.The grind for the Veles detector starts now

[rancid cairn]

lmao that fridge went so fast I thought the stalker flew towards the fridge

im gonna make a gif out of that

[uncut raptor]

slopchan

[coarse slate]

really? fr? | .gg/swagcat

[uncut raptor]

[keen wadi]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjS4u5jkZ2Y

[timber tapir]

One of my Companions is Skiff right now in my game/

[keen wadi]

[paper vault]

Ну что. Ловите моё творчество ...:)) маленький. Кусочек

[analog pine]

Ukrainian or English here

[paper vault]

In Russian

[analog pine]

WOW, but S.T.A.L.K.E.R. its Ukrainian game, and languages here its Ukrainian and English, not russian

[hollow crag]

[halcyon mantle]

its not that deep man, ive seen bosnian, dutch, spanish, and even japanese here before
other languages are usually allowed as long as they aint disruptive

[paper vault]

For a stalker fan, nationality and language don't matter.

[uncut raptor]

geez bruh
it doesnt matter
let people be

just because you support ukraine doesnt mean you have to be fascist asshole to russians who came here for chat

[halcyon mantle]

and now hes off to complain to ua_offtop because he was called mean on the internet

other languages have been allowed here all the time as long as they arent disruptive to the chat

[uncut raptor]

absolute cinema

[paper vault]

friends, i just want to make a good series like stalker, and i do it myself, good luck to everyone

[uncut raptor]

nice
the lighting and transitions kinda remind of that buff Monolithian from S2 trailers

[paper vault]

[coarse slate]

Axe.Gonna use It as an alternative to a knife(except for skinning a mutant)

[uncut raptor]

I preffer this Axe

[green stone]

Who ever made these stairs before 1986 I HOPE HE GOT FIRED DUDE

[real dove]

where can I see more of this?

[uncut raptor]

peak

[paper vault]

It's still a draft, maybe next year if I find sponsors. A good product will already be released. And while the viewing of all key materials is closed, this is my policy.

[paper vault]

[cinder flame]

This stuff looks real nice

[hoary rock]

Anyone also thought about climbing that thing?

[fervent flare]

I can imagine the situation, I'm standing near this arch-anomaly and waiting for it to rain:)

[thick zinc]

Wait my thing was deleted

[hollow nova]

yes in original shadow of chernobyl, the top of that chimney is the poin to trigger the ending cutscene. used to be climbable but i think the ladder after half to the top is not climbable.

[timber tapir]

https://i.imgur.com/hsi1Djl.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/qfEMTUA.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/MMeayEA.jpg

[uncut raptor]

holy kino

[timber tapir]

My game tonight: (Call of the Zone)

[fiery birch]

result of throwing gernade
never touch door or you gonna get instant death

[timber tapir]

That Laundromat looks different than mine.

[fiery birch]

Laundromat ?

Oh..it's just the textures I guess.

[regal shuttle]

I love stalker's out of bounds

[timber tapir]

Me too. I would try to find the way to get out in all the retail games if I could.

[fiery birch]

insane enough to play gunslinger on master without suit and storming mercenaires just for Laptop

[thin osprey]

you know as much as I dislike anomaly the modding goes crazy af

[green stone]

The funny marked guy!!!1!1

[thin osprey]

I CAN'T BELIEVE IT, IT'S JOHN STALKER

[swift sky]

that does look beautiful ngl

[thin osprey]

everyones anomaly looks different

[restive horizon]

▶️ Una mirada al desarrollo de Vessel, el mod de S.T.A.L.K.E.R. creado por el argentino Matias Arregin junto a colaboraciones de la comunidad hispanohablante.
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnqC_uHnqyk

[errant agate]

Is that ray of hope

[tawny wyvern]

Yeah right bruh

[mint hull]

it is pretty fun

[tired stag]

!warn 716252326305857566 self ad

[obsidian cipher]

tropix322 has been warned

Reason: self ad

[timber tapir]

The blood splatter is pretty cool (Call of the Zone)

Ouch Ouch Ouch (Call of the Zone)

Black Dog bite (Call of the Zone)

[long urchin]

WOW

[timber tapir]

Is that the Cement Plant in Jupiter?

[oblique hawk]

Типові "долгівці"

[fallow parcel]

what is happening

[cinder flame]

Mod 🙏🏻

[fiery birch]

Duty is so gay....damn....

[thick zinc]

Got 3 new projects

[timber tapir]

Damn. 12 days and you are already in the AW? You are missing over half the content in the game going so fast.

[fiery birch]

it's prank

[fallow parcel]

I had to murder all of rostok

Ive been having an incredibly buggy game the entire run I keep getting broken tasks ands tuff

[timber tapir]

I have never regretted starting a new game. You get to learn from your earlier mistakes and do things better.

[fallow parcel]

eh Im already so far Ill finish it, its not my first time playing anyway

Im just doing my first master playthrough

[timber tapir]

Any idea why you had to murder everyone in Rostok?

[fallow parcel]

duty was hostile to me

[timber tapir]

They usually will only get hostile if you kill some NPC within the boundaries of the level.

[fallow parcel]

you see I was given a job to do that and I didnt care atp because voronin was giving me jobs that I couldnt get payed for because he was in a locked area so I didnt even care that I became hostile with duty and just said fck it and now Im just trying to do freedom tasks etc. I already helped freedom from the duty raiders and stuff

tbh I kind of like the extra challenge of killing duty stalkers because they are plentiful which also means more stashes and ammo for me

[timber tapir]

Something went wrong somewhere. I think I remember you talking about this. Did you ever stay in Yantar long enough to see Duty arrive to guard the Mobile Lab?

[fallow parcel]

I did

If I had to talk to them it is now far too late ive like wiped down the duty population and voronin and petrenko is dead and I managed to kill one of the bar guards

[timber tapir]

And was Duty in the WT to start their blockade when you passed back through?

[fallow parcel]

wt?

[timber tapir]

Don't you make manual saves at various stages, just for this exact type of problem? Quick Saves and Quick loads overwrite each other, can easily become buggy and corrupt. Never rely on them alone.

[fallow parcel]

nope :3

[timber tapir]

WT is Wild Territory.

[fallow parcel]

I genuinely didnt think it was possible to get the duty people to not shoot you in soc and talk to voronin and petrenko

which in my case it wasnt

but they were still giving me jobs when I couldnt physically get back there without making everyone shoot me

[timber tapir]

Make manual saves before you leave a level and after you first arrive in the next. Make manual saves before you talk to important NPCs and after they give you tasks or rewards. Make manual saves before you enter an anomaly field and after you grab the artifact. Make manual saves before a battle and after it is over, and again after you have all your loot. Before you talk to a Trader and after. Before you deal with a mutant and after. I think you get the idea. Frequently making manual saves resolves 98% of all game issues.

[fallow parcel]

I did that on my novice run but I dont wanna save scum the whole gaem again for master it feels cheap

[timber tapir]

What feels better cheap...or where you are now?

[fallow parcel]

Im adapting to my new lifestyle of slaughtering all of duty's soldiers everytime I need to go to the wild territory quite nicely

[timber tapir]

You're not doing it to cheat. You are doing it because the game can sometimes not work the way it was intended.

[fallow parcel]

Im getting ready to go to x19 soon dont worry Ill end the game before a 3rd disaster happens due to the xray engine melting down Im just farming tasks for an exoskeleton currently

[timber tapir]

You can buy one from Freedom or later get the free one in Pripyat.

[fallow parcel]

I know thats why im farming tasks to get m oeny

[timber tapir]

Good Luck.

[fallow parcel]

thx

[fallow parcel]

AYEEE I MANAGED NOT TO BREAK THE GAME AND FACTION RELATIONS THIS TIME

[swift sky]

W

[timber tapir]

My Game tonight (Call of the Zone)

[timber tapir]

Jupiter Travels (Call of the Zone)

[faint hull]

By looking at this bloodsucker I dont think it was worth approaching this stalker

[bright cipher]

mod name is anomaly custom im playing it on gtx1070ti with 40fps stalker 2 needs to be looking better than in the trailer

[hearty remnant]

MUUUH GRAFIX

[cinder flame]

Thanks man

[bright cipher]

np yw

[uncut raptor]

Goofy ass nazi modpack

[sturdy grail]

yes:3

[errant agate]

!warn 1182243580564209678 fanart channel exists for a reason

[obsidian cipher]

sney.d has been warned

Reason: fanart channel exists for a reason

[wild plaza]

https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/stalker_ru_gamepedia/images/6/6b/Art_S2_old_leshiy.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/1000?cb=20180806220103 @devout oyster

[uncut raptor]

Why does he look like hes gonna do a little dance move any second

[wary bloom]

it's a dev mistake (which was fixed in the LotZ btw), you need to go to the farmstead just north of that quest marker and kill the merc squad there

[sudden kindle]

Stalker above surface and underground

[bright cipher]

stalker 2

[uncut raptor]

Gay slop mod

[bright cipher]

im a hacker and hacked unnofical footage

[spark elm]

Nah, its mode

[solar sedge]

you can tell because of the lack of anti aliasing

[shrewd mesa]

Both your date of joining & what you're implying in your messages tell me you're soon to be on your way out, mate — unless you stop with this obvious trolling, ofc.

[wary bloom]

it's just his sense of humour, it can hardly be called trolling

[halcyon mantle]

stinkler 2

[undone dock]

Go play STCoP idk

Or trilogy without mods

Bandite

[fallow parcel]

Oh thanks

[timber tapir]

Limansk (Call of the Zone)

Rostok (Call of the Zone)

[bright cipher]

im not trolling

[bright cipher]

i did play soc its the worst game clear sky is better but im stuck at finding compass anomaly in clear sky

soc is the worst game because emissons dont make sense

[tough meteor]

clearly you have not spent 37 hours reading about lore

[uncut raptor]

compass anomaly is so hard to find frfr

[undone dock]

bruh 🗿

i bet you just focusing main quest

[spark elm]

RLS "Duga" at Stalker 2

[bright cipher]

no it was a emisson i was in house but the emisson still killed me

[undone dock]

what? since soc had emission?

[bright cipher]

i was playing with modpack

[undone dock]

[hollow nova]

i genuinely expected you to label SoC is the worst because for example, blocky gunplay, no repair mechanics, bugged quests, or any other stuff as whole. but labeling the game as the worst just because emission is..... -??

[undone dock]

you do know thats a mod not VANILLA games

[bright cipher]

yea my bad

[hollow nova]

now that answered many questions

[bright cipher]

I MODDED SOC BECAUSE IT CRASHED ON VANILLA AND DIDNT LAUNCH

[uncut raptor]

lmao
skill issue

[undone dock]

krill issue

[kindred crown]

game not working? find bug fixes? NO! download a modpack that completely changes the game and complain that the game is bad

[undone dock]

steam issue moment

[tired stag]

what did you even put in there? AMK?

[inland swallow]

@hollow nova @boreal wigeon

[hollow nova]

Ohhh console version

that explains a lot XD

[inland swallow]

Yeah I want to get a PC so I can try out the gamma mod but PC costs a lot of money for the specs I’d like

[swift sky]

what are you going for?

[inland swallow]

To start off with basic 120fps, 36GB Ram, QHD for colour grading and whatnot (4K wouldn’t really be needed and it’d cost a lot more to run stable frames with 4K)

Which I could probably get all of that for about £600-700?

[hearty remnant]

What asylum did this guy escape out of

[errant agate]

Just get a 700 dollar pc

It will run fine

[uncut raptor]

Just get a pc
It will run fine

[boreal wigeon]

Comparing steam prices:

[long urchin]

Yeah but wait cause am in a bus

[long urchin]

wtf did they get cheap

[green stone]

And that's what i call dedication

[fervent flare]

I love GSC games

[fervent flare]

and the maximum edition of Stalker 2 for $38 in old prices in the Ukrainian region

[long urchin]

the basit one is 60 in france

[errant agate]

How is that s cheap

I can buy 3 kebabs instead of cop

[long urchin]

it used to be 20 for soc

[errant agate]

Never?

[long urchin]

?

[cinder flame]

Did CoP and SoC switch prices or am I going mad

[errant agate]

Mad

[wild plaza]

5 years ago they were literally like 0,50 each 😭😭

[long urchin]

HUH???

[wild plaza]

i mean even now in hryvnias they're like 1,5 dollars

and you could buy keys for like 0.3

[long urchin]

bro it 15 € for soc on steam

[wild plaza]

(on sale)
not on sale is uhhhhh 6

[long urchin]

6??? for like cleaar sky or soc

[errant agate]

Where are the cossacks

[wild plaza]

soc

[fair wagon]

It is 4 bucks for SoC on sale

Actually yeah it's 6 bucks individually

It's only 4 bucks on the Stalker bundle

[bright cipher]

stalker bodycam

24.09.2011

[halcyon mantle]

clear sky on sale is like 2 bucks

[tawny wyvern]

@timber tapir did you really spend multiple in game days in the back of the wild territory level changer truck

[peak kernel]

Mom, can we have STALKER 2?
We have STALKER 2 at home
STALKER 2 at home:

[undone dock]

But uhmm.. Stalker 2 is Stalker Clear Sky

And Stalker 3 is Stalker CoP

[peak kernel]

So STALKER 2 is STALKER 4 then? LOL

[fallow parcel]

encountered a bug I think(had to compress the video for discord sorry about the quality >w<)

[fallow parcel]

there was a combination of 4 factions all spawned in at once btw 💀

combined with like 50 dogs and some snorks and bloodsuckers

[wary bloom]

old bug, typical of wild territory especially

[timber tapir]

Actually it was Yantar in the winter:

[tawny wyvern]

How long?

[timber tapir]

Anyone can do this. Once you do X-16 ( can be repeated) you will have killed the Controller, the Snorks and all the zombies. Most people leave the level before the repawns arrive, but if you wait you can greet them at the level changer. I got the idea, to go up the hill on the right before the level changer and circle around it so I could get in the back of the truck. There I waited for all the Controllers, the Snorks and all the zombies (15-20) that you could wipe out and wait for more. You are only limited by the ammo you have and looting ammo from them was usually meager. I really don't think I was there for more than 2 days, but maybe 3. Remember that 2 hours and 26 minutes real time is 24 hours game time OR 1 hour (IRL) = 10 hours in the game. This means that 6 minutes (IRL) is 1 hour in the game. This was regular SoC that starts on May 1, 2012 and when I reached December 2012, I added a small winter Mod that did nothing to change the game play, spawns, or anything. It just looked like winter. I chose the back of the truck so I could crouch down low with some protection from bullets plus I wasn't on the ground to be jumped by Snorks. The limitation is lack of ammo. I think a couple of times I ran back to the Mobile Lab, but I had so little time. Off-line spawns in SoC (they all travel through multiple levels) move faster than when they come in range of the Player and become on-line. SoC is the only game that does this. The latter games do more spawn-on-demand for the levels. You can make SoC do things without Mods that most people never realize.

[signal hearth]

Police Axon Body in stalker

Something new

[timber tapir]

The road to Yantar: https://i.imgur.com/wi2n6kz.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/ihBIyWw.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/MMeayEA.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/wPc8G18.jpg I don't know why this picture won't load like the others.

[timber tapir]

Last night I was near the Jupiter Plant where I saw down the road ahead of me, three Ecologists approaching. Suddenly my visibility meter went off and I whipped around and blasted what was coming up behind me. (Call of the Zone)

[old kestrel]

Here's mine

Thanks @undone finch for cool artwork

[undone finch]

👍

[shrewd mesa]

Spotted in the 4070Ti Super announcement 🤔

[cinder flame]

Honestly cool keyboard setup

[tired stag]

@bright cipherwe do not support Gray Market key resellers

[bright cipher]

oh ok sry

i bought it trough gray market key seller lol

im gonna buy evry game on steam 2x❤️ and gonna spend 40dollars on them❤️❤️❤️

[fiery birch]

[swift sky]

god that keyboard goes hard

[paper minnow]

@charred wedge in this building

[fallow parcel]

@charred wedge hey apple

hey @charred wedge hey

[errant agate]

Don't recreate annoying orange

[long urchin]

1984

[uncut raptor]

strooder joining doodoo because I want that sweet target acquisition scope 🤑

[charred wedge]

lol thank you, i see this now

[paper minnow]

Reasonable motivation

What rifle you putting it on?

[uncut raptor]

AC

[paper minnow]

Hmm, over AS val/Groca?

[uncut raptor]

Yes
I like AC more
Plus I got like 1800 rounds of ammo for it
700 of that being APs

[paper minnow]

Ammo availability is a perk of AC, agreed

[fervent flare]

Freedom better

[uncut raptor]

I could get Tunder from the Duty warehouse
Or buy SA but eh
AC better

[paper minnow]

Tunder from Nimble that uses 5.45

[uncut raptor]

Sure is
But I wanted target acquisition scope
Plus I always join Duty in CoP
And I always join Freedom in CS

[uncut raptor]

Ehhh
I still like AC more
Bullpups are kinda ugly ngl

Anyways
Tomorrow Ill go to Pripyat to get tools, then I get target acquisition on SVD too

[paper minnow]

Based

[fallow parcel]

1984

[wary bloom]

That's why SoC is my favourite of the trilogy.

[cinder flame]

SoC would probably be my favourite if it was like CS

[fallow parcel]

I glitched inside of the freedom armory

[wary bloom]

my classic tactic, nice

[fallow parcel]

stalker glitches are so funny to me I tried to get out of bounds of army warehouses with a red barrel and the barrel rolled and got sucked into an anomaly and I laughed so damn hard 😭

[wary bloom]

idk if it works with all the barrels but one of them in the Freedom base, if you move it too far outside the base, it just teleports back to its original location\

I've also discovered a glitch recently that in some cases you can teleport to a random spot on the level with the use of a fridge and collision bug by throwing out a large gun

[fallow parcel]

💀

[wary bloom]

so for context, #1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-303Fi_1rQ

and this is the other fridge in the room across from Lukash

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSagNdChZn4

Where the fridge disappears to - I have no idea. I tried to roam the entire level with demo_record but never found it

[fallow parcel]

im cackling rn

[wary bloom]

It was at first a mere theory, but then I tested and tested and tested and finally it happened, I was proud

Most of the time the character ends up dead from the insane collision damage, BUT if you equip 4 "Spring" artifacts, you are immune to impact damage and thus don't die. In this video, I didn't come to that realization yet but got lucky enogh. But it's a freeplay save of mine, so I'm loaded with all kinds of fancy stuff and artifacts as well.

[fallow parcel]

I see

that makes sense I only have found one of them I think

[wary bloom]

just a random rather boring example of that immunity

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ubyj9hFmOi0

[fallow parcel]

thats actually cool

[wary bloom]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2GpWBOCaJo

The use of "Dummy" artifact that gives fire immunity, but negative damage = healing and repairs

[wary bloom]

@timber tapir I'm curious if you've ever used this particular spot

[fallow parcel]

I will try this at some point, I have 2 of these artifacts and Ive already been to x16

[wary bloom]

basically any artifact that gives you +30 to whatever immunity, if you stack at least 4 of them (5 is better) will allow you to heal and repair your armour. E.g. a "Pellicle" will obviously work with the chemical anomalies, and a "Dummy" with fire ones, campfires, any fire burn damage basically, "Battery" will work with Electro, etc.

[fallow parcel]

oh shit I got a ton of those(pellicles)

[cinder flame]

Mfs be doing all that when last time I just shot the guard with a suppressed weapon (sniper trs) and didn't even lose rep

[fallow parcel]

so this is what happens when you side with freedom instead of duty

[candid jacinth]

Freedom🗣️🗣️🗣️

[near viper]

That’s what I call determination

[fallow parcel]

Would you know why this protect border mission is also bugged because there is no monolith or zombified stalkers left I even checked with demo_record 1

[fallow parcel]

lol the full recording is 15 minutes

[fallow parcel]

it helps when you find the janky physics of stalker and the loud ass sounds the chair makes when you move it funny

Ive gotten the true ending before and I dont even remember that, tbf the first run of soc with true ending I probably played with just speaker audio

[errant agate]

@thick zinc check this out

[real dove]

does anyone have a picture of the Ward faction patch?

[obsidian cipher]

tanktato has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[spiral prairie]

I FREAKING LOVE FINLAND

[timber tapir]

Looks like an MSI Stalker keyboard, mouse and game pad.

[timber tapir]

In normal SoC unmodded gameplay, I don't have 4-5 Battery (Burn) artifacts in order to benefit from that ruptured pipe flame, the first time you do X-16, but I might have done that in a repeat trip. All the X-Labs can be repeated as many times as you like, which is fun. I have used the Batteries (Burn) to jump in campfires too. When I first discovered this could be done, I carried 4 sets of the 5 artifacts, that neutralized all the types of anomalies, being at .5kg each was 10kg total. Added to carrying health artifacts, endurance artifacts, radiation artifacts and others, carrying around all these artifacts was a lot of dead weight. As I played SoC over the years, I realized this wasn't really necessary, so being that the first set of 4-5 artifacts the Player could get, was the Battery (Shock) from Hunter's repeatable Bloodsucker mission in the AW, that became my favored set. Since each one was 30% protection, it wasn't necessary to carry 5 at 150% when 4 at 120% protection was adequate, as you just needed to reach 100% minimum. So, my go to was carrying 4 Battery (Shock) at 2kg total to get the benefit of repairing your armor and your health at the same time. I just like the electrical charge better than the burn, and it was faster than most campfires or Burner anomalies. The Chemical Burn recharge was the slowest.

My game tonight where I moved my 36 Companions from Jupiter to the Skaovsk. (Call of the Zone)

[obsidian pumice]

Ah-h-h. So sweet 😍 . You were like a Mother duck leading little ducklings.

[timber tapir]

That's what it feels like sometimes.

[spiral prairie]

[timber tapir]

Zaton snork blasting (Call of the Zone)

[fiery birch]

SOOOOO Normal since Cop appeared

[uncut raptor]

me:
I will keep my inventory clean and use IL-86
also me:

[timber ruin]

6 more Stalkers away from booob

[uncut raptor]

:3

[fervent flare]

good?

[errant agate]

Maybe soon boobs too

[tawny wyvern]

Why 36 companions?

[pseudo wyvern]

Stalker! It doesn't matter whether you hunt for artifacts or mutants - if you missed out on this rifle, you probably wasted a ton of money! (Or not?)
Which weapon accompanied you for the first few hours in stalker?

https://youtu.be/nIGSkZKjXgA

[thick zinc]

Ima splurge

[timber ruin]

nice

[uncut raptor]

Youre bouta get Wolf'd

[fiery birch]

that's not enough
I want him to get fanaticed

[uncut raptor]

Shush

[wary bloom]

The mutants wander off somewhere, it happens often

[wary bloom]

Burn immunity "Battery" is actually a latter patch issue, I think in the earlier versions it was called corretly. Also I don't recall the English version having that problem, but I've played the original localization more

[wary bloom]

5 vs 4 artifacts just does it faster, that's the only reason I carry more of them, but for a long raid I keep them at 4 to have an extra half a kilo available

[wary bloom]

Some of the chemical anomalies deal significantly more damage, I noticed, and those are actually about as fast as the Electro

[tired stag]

!warn 697357765374509107 self advertisement

[obsidian cipher]

sonicslav has been warned

Reason: self advertisement

[uncut raptor]

The prophecy was fulfilled

[fallow parcel]

This is a mutant related job?

[wary bloom]

After the initial monolith attack, it's always just the mutants that need to be killed yeah

[fallow parcel]

That was really confusing in my case because after I already did the scripted job with monolith I got this job and there was another wave of monolith there when I came to do it

But Ill check now

[hearty remnant]

I hope the exo won't be as broken as in CoP, damn thing makes you near unkillable

[swift sky]

I like it

[timber tapir]

They are just not in readily available locations as the other anomalies. Most are in X-Labs and even then, some have weak fields. Electro & Burner (including campfires) anomalies are more frequent. Vortex and other anomalies that do Impact, are readily available but are slow to recharge and the sounds are unpleasant. It's up to each person to decide what they want to use. It's just sad some people I have seen are so fast to sell any artifact they get their hands on, that they go to the CNPP in such a hurry and run out of med kits and anti-rads and then think the game is too hard and lose interest.

[timber tapir]

I don't think 4 artifacts take that much more time than 5, and I'm such a heavy looter, I'm looking to reduce weight any way that I can.

[timber tapir]

Having 2 artifacts with the same name is confusing and was actually an error that just got overlooked.

Dead City Ecogs (Call of the Zone)

Agroprom Flesh attack (Call of the Zone)

Anomaly Island (Call of the Zone)

[timber tapir]

That's what I call the island where Scar is sent to, in Clear Sky, where he fights the boars at the tower.

Recycling Plant Mutant Wave (Call of the Zone)

[uncut raptor]

boar

[long urchin]

THEY CAN USE 2 LEGS???

[uncut raptor]

yes

[long urchin]

i never knew

[uncut raptor]

they are basically humans
PKM is also a human

[keen wadi]

Operation “Fairway” will celebrate its 15th anniversary on October 2nd, which is just 5 days away now.

Let's celebrate together on the date at 15:00 CET: https://youtu.be/5z7rE4ht7pc

[torpid rain]

flesh

[uncut raptor]

doggo

[wary bloom]

that error appeared in 1.0006 (iirc) and wasn't there in earlier versions

[brazen meadow]

https://youtu.be/q-ycP1ydJ2k?si=_TWBCms2ky23-yWm

[timber tapir]

I originally thought the SPSA-14 was the best SoC shotgun, holding more rounds but after time I realized the Chaser-13 was the best overall choice. Doesn't hold as many rounds but weighs a lot less. If you are watching every kg/lbs, this is the wisest choice. Thanks for the video.

No, Tuna. I haven't seen the Altered Wheel.

[brazen meadow]

I always kill that dude and his friends

They might as well be dressed as bandits

[timber tapir]

Did you know you can make Tuna and his 2 men go from hostile red to neutral yellow? You don't have to kill any of them. GSC is full of alternate outcomes that few people realize.

[brazen meadow]

I dont care when you rob other loners you can rot in hell

[timber tapir]

Did you get robbed? Tuna and his men got nothing from me. To be robbed means something is taken.

[brazen meadow]

well they certainly fine with shooting you dead and taking the artifact off your corpse

[timber tapir]

Did you get killed? There are other options than dying.

[brazen meadow]

yeah i know theres other options but im a maniac

maybe im forgetting some things, maybe i walked into too many psi waves

[timber tapir]

When Tuna confronts you, tell him you haven't seen it. Jump off the walkway to the left and run across the water back to Skadovsk. Tuna and his 2 men will remain hostile red so don't go back and leave them alone. Continue to do jobs for the Loners and when you clear out the Bloodsucker Lair, the Loners will turn green. At the same time Tuna and his 2 men will go from hostile red to neutral yellow. Now you have Loners who are on your side at the Barge. I went there and sold Tuna and his 2 men some better rifles. There is no reason to kill any Loner if you can avoid it. GSC made many different outcomes for the Player who tries.

[brazen meadow]

mhmm

[timber tapir]

GSC is so smart. A Player can play complete games of Clear Sky (as a Merc) AND Call of Pripyat...without having to kill a single Bandit. It's amazing.

[brazen meadow]

well i dont like bandits anyhow

[timber tapir]

Most people don't so they never find out.

Don't get me wrong, a Player is free to choose and kill everyone they see. It's just that there are other choices to explore.

[brazen meadow]

oh yeah and i should prolly side with them for variety cause i always do the same thing

[timber tapir]

In Call of Pripyat, I kill zombified Stalkers, Monolith, Mercenaries and a single Duty traitor named Morgan. I do not have to kill any other Factions.

However, if you choose Friend of Duty or Friend of Freedom, or the Authority (Bandits) then you are taking sides, including some of the Loner options. That is why my favorite achievement is "Man of Balance" where I don't have to kill any Loners or Bandits, if you are smart and do things in a way to pursue alternatives than thinking you are forced to kill those that may threaten you.

[brazen meadow]

are you getting philosophical

[timber tapir]

I'm just a Player that likes to figure out multiple ways to do things in any situation. That's the genius of GSC. There is not just one way to do things.

[full wolf]

Somehow

[brazen meadow]

yeah like the bandit base in soc how you can sneak in through the sewers or run in the front gate like rambo

[full wolf]

Bandits are bandits. I mean that alone is a reason to not like them

[full wolf]

Rambo it is that's the right way to do it

[timber tapir]

SoC is a different story. You are forced to kill the Bandits. That's how GSC tricked people in Clear Sky. You thought you had to kill them when you didn't. That's why GSC made the Bandit Faction the ONLY ones who could do the third-tier upgrades on both the types of SEVA suits.

[brazen meadow]

holy anomalies sidorovich that's a lotta money

[timber tapir]

Me leaving the Marshes for the first time in Clear Sky (always go at night to reduce the Military seeing you entering the Cordon)

[timber tapir]

My game last night (Call of the Zone)

[tawny wyvern]

Do we ever see any other instances of a "half-converted" artifact like this?

[outer echo]

yea but i wont get into more detail cuz its spoilers

[timber tapir]

Other than the Altered Transformer/ Insulator? Not in the retail games. If you kept these, it prevented you from getting one of the Achievements.

Pseudogiant coming my way (Call of the Zone)

[graceful swan]

https://youtu.be/oDI6dp_3dq8?si=HQNX_WuqKMX7mucB

[real dove]

he returns to the scene of the crime...

[timber tapir]

The magazine dropping and floating back up?

Kruglov and his PC (Call of the Zone)

Dark Valley Lake (Call of the Zone)

[half ridge]

https://tenor.com/view/stunned-wow-omg-lego-batman-lego-batman-movie-gif-7647770

[keen wadi]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcw5czao5D4&t=7s

[shrewd mesa]

Photo by tri_san on Twitter

[keen wadi]

Looks familiar, no?

[timber tapir]

Dang that's a tiny keyboard. Mine is twice as wide:

[keen wadi]

By the way, in this picture, you can observe snow

[shrewd mesa]

Exactly the place, basically 👌🏻 Here we go again, rewatching the trailer 😄

[errant agate]

I need this

[faint hull]

"I have no enemies"

[pulsar forge]

Those hands...

[lethal tapir]

They placed radar south of Limansk

I recognise it here

[brazen meadow]

Guys im making another gun animation what gun should I animate?

[lethal tapir]

So here is compiled zone map that we know about

Looks like map in game is taller than paper map

Zaton is above Swamps, Radar (Brain Scorcher is south of Limansk), Agroprom is north of Army Warehouses (they are north-east of Duga)

[keen wadi]

Locations are labeled only after you first visit one.

[lethal tapir]

I know there are more images but i wanted a clear image of map size

[fiery birch]

https://tenor.com/view/stalker-strelok-gif-18615594

I love women but sorry I'm doin the true endding

[graceful swan]

I didn't understand why the author decided to use this image either, I just liked the song. It's just that the words from the Monolith's line are used here, but in a female performance and as a song, which surprised me a lot

[fiery birch]

I love women and I like to serve monolith....but nuh uh I'm doin the True endding

[swift sky]

as val 🫶🏼

[brazen meadow]

ok ok

[swift sky]

Lets gooooo

[fiery birch]

Why do all STALKERS outfits looks silly

[restive monolith]

About to go to Red Forest for the first time. Hopefully these will be enough.

[errant agate]

Why does radar look rotated by 90 dhetees

Degrees

[lethal tapir]

It's not

Looks same like in SoC

[keen wadi]

It makes sense, this change.

[lethal tapir]

Red line is road in radar

[errant agate]

Antenas are the green one

The red square was bunker

But here it looks like there a building on top of it

[lethal tapir]

Inside red square you can (if you look closely enough) even see a building which has identical shape that the one behind antennas on SoC map

marked it

[restive oar]

That's a lot of new map to examine

[errant agate]

I'm telling you

The green one is with antennas

[uncut raptor]

we ballin

[timber tapir]

Mutants, Renegades, Military, Monolith, Zombified Stalkers...plenty to keep me busy.

[timber tapir]

FN F2000 shooting and grenade launcher, of you haven't done it already.

[brazen meadow]

i some times forget that gun exists

ill do it, after I finish the as val

[brazen meadow]

I forget about it cause i can hardly ever find it,

[cinder flame]

Honestly same, I always sell it in CS I just like eastern guns. Trusty AK

[brazen meadow]

I do love using ak's but eventually they fall off when you start going against dudes in exo suits and they just eat your 5.56 like its dinner

[cinder flame]

5.45 armour piercing to the head is effective

Or use the grenade launcher if you have one

[brazen meadow]

grenade launcher make enemy go weeeeee

[timber tapir]

I put silencers on everything. Really helps from enemies immediately realizing where the gunfire is coming from. Less noise to attract mutants.

[brazen meadow]

I see what you mean but i want to hear the boom of my gun

[cinder flame]

Based AF

I only put a PBS-4 suppressor on AKS-74Us when possible cause that's my irl Airsoft AK build

[brazen meadow]

I want them to tremble when they hear my gunshots getting louder and louder

[timber tapir]

Might be interesting to test weapons firing with and without the silencer. Show people the difference.

[brazen meadow]

good idea

[timber tapir]

The Rules here are kind of strange. Unless we are labeled a "Content Creator" we are allowed to post OTHER people's videos, but if we dare to post our OWN, we are stomped on like cockroaches. I have thousands of videos that due to me not meeting 1,000 subscribers, I cannot share them.

Current count 3,344 videos going back to 2008. (actually that's when I created my account with the first Stalker video 9 years ago. There wasn't good recording software for videos 17 years ago)

Bloodsucker coming up behind us in Zaton (Call of the Zone)

[cinder flame]

Get a friend to send all your stuff and advertise cause that's technically not you

[tawny wyvern]

Honestly this ^

[timber tapir]

My videos are just not as popular because I am not talking. I feel like people would instead want to see the Zone, hear the Zone, hear the atmospheric music than me yapping. I just assume anyone watching already knows what is going on and doesn't need me to tell them. However, I do make extensive comments, most of the time, about what I am doing, including some Game Notes, if something is important. Now that I am spending time on Discord, I am hoping to pick up some new subscribers. Don't get me wrong. People that make videos and have stories, lore or whatever to talk about are great. I guess I just don't have that in me.

[cinder flame]

Pm me the link, I'll give ya a sub

[timber tapir]

Click on my PFP (Personal Profile Picture or Avatar) to the left. When the box comes up, click on my picture again, and the larger box has my link. Thanks.

[cinder flame]

Welcome man

[timber tapir]

Right now I am recording my entire game from start to where I am now 133 days into the game.

However if you click on the oldest, you will see some Shadow of Chernobyl stuff.

A popular video is the "Protect Border" in the AW, that so many people have trouble with that job.

Right now I am playing Call of the Zone. It basically looks just like Call of Pripyat except I have all the levels from all 3 games and more.

[proven crown]

I have watched nearly all of your videos because of this. I don't want to hear a player yapping about whatever is on their mind.

Except Skypants on youtube. His commentary was hilarious.

[timber tapir]

There are some really quality videos, by ALL of our Content Creators here. I am nowhere near their level of awesomeness.

[brazen meadow]

Here's the final product, I'll put it into a compilation and upload it to YouTube sometime later

[swift sky]

noice

litterally did one barrier quest on SOC got over 200rnds of 9x39 an a pristine as val was absolutley cracked also cant wait to see the comp

[brazen meadow]

Im one of those people that get a rare item like 9x39 ammo and want to save it when i need it then i end up never using it cause im already loaded with a stupid amount of bullets

[swift sky]

oh my first playthrough where i accidentally joined duty i had a f load of 9x39

but i left it inside the yantar bunker an was half way through RF to enter the BS an realized i wouldnt have the meds nor money to make it back , ran outa 556 soon i turned it off

[drifting moon]

my first stalker save file

[analog urchin]

S.T.A.L.K.E.R: The Journey (2021)
"Hell"

[timber tapir]

Yeah, that funky point system that was never used again:

[timber tapir]

Wow. Very nice.

[timber tapir]

Any chance you could do this weapon?

[paper minnow]

Guitar-stock krinkov, the cutting edge of technology for the discerning modern-day bard

[signal hearth]

NO WAY

[green stone]

Tf he doing as a bandit😭

[uncut raptor]

is it any good?

[old kestrel]

Ahhh the knife animation

[cinder flame]

[errant agate]

[pulsar forge]

Even devs know female gamers will be... You know.

[restive oar]

Bit of a strange mod, but I quite enjoyed the experience

[faint hull]

you can be neutral with military by SOMEHOW staying in Clear Sky faction after leaving Great Swamps

[near dove]

tottely clear sky

[keen wadi]

This is Call of Prypiat.

[near dove]

It's ahoy AK documentary xd

[shrewd mesa]

Looking at these stats you can see why those were removed from S2 altogether, lol

[keen wadi]

Who said they were removed?

[shrewd mesa]

I mean as a separate part of data on PDA, and I should've rather framed it differently & said "decided not to add it" I guess 😄

[strong axle]

sad they're not doing the point system

probably considering they didn't do it in CoP and instead just did a flat killcount

[shrewd mesa]

It really was comical when the lore states "there are few hundreds of stalkers roaming the Zone", which could very well become few thousands in a decade — but then you open the stat sheet on your PDA in the late game & it shows dozens of thousands stalkers killed, primarily Bandits & Monolithians too, lol

[strong axle]

it shows how many you've actually killed on the left, the points are just how much each stalker is worth

[shrewd mesa]

There's no number on the left on the screen I was replying to 🤷🏻‍♂️

[strong axle]

no like in the PDA, it might've been the right side but there's the rank and faction of the stalker next to how many the player has killed

[shrewd mesa]

If I understand correctly what you're saying, these numbers have a dot next to em, which is why I always counted em for periodic numbers

[fiery birch]

there was going to be clear sky 2 ofc

[crisp relic]

my first Blender render, what you think guys?

btw i know about ugly binocular

[proven crown]

Sonic damage only.

[pulsar forge]

Looks cool for first timer render

[trail valve]

awesome first render

[uncut raptor]

Greed my beloved

[tawdry crest]

Average helper role setup

[broken oyster]

set material blend mode to opaque instead of alpha blend

[charred wedge]

I tried going the way of the left arrow, but it seems every way I went gave me way too much radiation.

now looking at the map if I loop around the wall, it's going to take me the exact same way eventually.

should i turn around and head to the left?

shadow of Chernobyl btw

[charred wedge]

whoa, that would have taken me forever to figure out ty

[timber tapir]

The Game automatically removes you from remaining in the Clear Sky Faction after leaving the Marshes. The reason is you are now a Merc and should behave like one, in order to accomplish your mission. While the game does give you the option to join other Factions, that action can literally impede your progress.

[shrewd mesa]

05:04 — a short 45 sec feedback on S2 demo at PAX West 😉

https://youtu.be/hM4O0QQzGlQ?t=304&si=L7ouqi9AxoVDrXzj

[green stone]

Why Wolf why?

[fallow parcel]

I found wolf dead in rostok on my playthrough

Near the area where theres always 10,000 dogs

[timber tapir]

(I made notations on your map. Enlarge it to see them better) You should have at least 3 Crystals and 2 Urchins for radiation protection before going into the Red Forest. 4 or 5 Crystals are too much and will immobilize you. There is a large radiation belt, getting off the road and entering this way. Beyond the radiation belt is a small army of zombified stalkers, waiting there to deter you if you get past the radiation belt. Plus, they are there to surprise anyone taking the other shortcuts through the RF. Get past all that and expect Bloodsuckers as you approach the hole in the fence. There are many high-end artifacts to find deep in the Red Forest. I posted a map. If you are interested in me telling you the meanings of all my notations on my map, I can. If not, then it is no big deal. Good luck.

[paper minnow]

@charred wedge

[timber tapir]

Thanks. I forgot to do that.

[golden peak]

were emissions called ejections

[errant agate]

You can climb the mountain off road?

[timber tapir]

Yes, as soon as you grab the documents in the Agroprom, the gate to Rostok opens. Wolf will leave the Rookie Village carrying dynamite to give to Colonel Skull, in the AW to blow up the Freedom wall. Wolf will travel off-line and only if you bring him on-line (get within his range) will he be vulnerable to his surroundings. Usually, he goes to the Loner Camp in the ravine in the AW, where he often spawns in the campfire and dies. It really doesn't change anything in the game if Wolf fails to arrive in the AW.

[timber tapir]

You can climb any mountain in the Red Forest, if you find the secret paths.

[errant agate]

But it's not meant to be?

[timber tapir]

There is nothing to find in these areas beyond, except the thrill of exploring. There is a difference in cutting through the Red Forest below, to find high-end artifacts and doing what I am doing in the screenshot.

https://i.imgur.com/mwgbQO7.jpg However there are other levels you can go out of bounds and run into men and mutants who travel in places the Player does not normally go.

https://i.imgur.com/KjpCzyw.jpg And you can make the game do things that most people do not realize or see.

Do you mean once you get past the tunnel?

Them being there is why the Player is encouraged to escort Kruglov all the way.

If Kruglov is killed, then you meet Semenov at the Mobile Lab and you only get the partially upgraded Psi Helmet. It requires help from medkits and anti-rads.

A friend of mine apparently killed Kruglov with a grenade because he wanted the PP-4a Sensor.

Yes, it does nothing for the Player. I wonder if there was some original purpose for it that got dropped or forgotten. Most people will never see it.

I just like collecting as much unusual objects in the game as I can.

[fallow parcel]

yeah idrc that he died he warns me way too much

[timber tapir]

https://i.imgur.com/k2tC3Q5.jpg Another friend of mine was able to do one of the most mind-blowing things in the game. These are the Loners in Bandit trenchcoats that jump Yurik. He got them to skip that scenario and they ended up being available to help Seriy at the Hangar.

[fallow parcel]

didnt even drop me a stash or anything cool like most irregular npcs do smh

[fallow parcel]

bro what 💀

[timber tapir]

https://i.imgur.com/qQ4Qogj.jpg More out of bounds (I call it the Twilight Zone) action taking place.

https://i.imgur.com/fKeFS5s.jpg I'm a hoarder. I don't sell artifacts, I collect them.

[fallow parcel]

same

I horde like literally every object in the game I have a stash in pretty much every area of the zone besides like red forest and above

[timber tapir]

You sound like my kind of Player.

[fallow parcel]

I also recently have stashed 5 pelicles specifically in the wild territory so everytime I have to go through there I can repair my suit

[timber tapir]

https://i.imgur.com/L2W7nkr.jpg This is my favorite armor in SoC. The only one that lets you carry the most loot AND sprint.

[fallow parcel]

Ive never found this

dont tell me where it is though I'll look for it naturally because I go through all of the stashes

[timber tapir]

You don't find it. You have to give Sidorovich four specific artifacts in order, to get it.

[fallow parcel]

Alright I wouldve never figured that out

[timber tapir]

Sidorovich, Barkeep and Sakharov each have tasks of giving them specific artifacts (4-5) to receive free armors. I also love to collect all the armors in the game.

[fallow parcel]

oh so its just through tasks?

that makes sense because I remember sakharov giving me a seva suit for I think just a jellyfish of all things

[timber tapir]

Yes, they will give a task for an artifact. If you do not have it on you, after 24 hours it will fail. That is why you need to have the artifacts on you before you ask. If you have it on you, they will ask for the next artifact, and then the next and then the next and you will get the armor. Most people don't realize there is a sequence of artifacts that enable the next one to be asked for.

It is the same for General Voronin and Lukash. Do their tasks within 24 hours to get the next. General Voronin has the hardest ones that involve like 7 tasks in a row,

[fallow parcel]

its not possible for me to do this with Lukash because his protect border job is broken

[timber tapir]

https://i.imgur.com/b4OxbZO.jpg I better post a picture so it doens't look like we are off-topic.

[timber tapir]

It's not broken, it's just more involved than most people realize.

[fallow parcel]

so how do I do it then?

[timber tapir]

At the Barrier, when a large mob of assorted mutants appear, and you are dealing with the worst like Bloodsuckers, it is usually the Blind Dogs that mess everything up. One or two will run from the scene and go up the hill to the north and run along the bluff wall, going to the Cabin by the Rocks (where the Mercs and Freedom traitor are found) The runaway Blind Dogs will sometimes join others there, and mix in with them and you don't realize this. Also if no action at the Barrier is happening, since you have 24 hours, often you can go to the other side of the AW, at the level changer to Rostok, and kill mutants arriving there. I have sometimes had to run back and forth to both level changers. Just standing at the barrier for 24 hours is often failure.

[green stone]

598k Rubles nah

[timber tapir]

5,889,766 rubles actually.

[green stone]

...

At this point just leave the zone. You're settled for life

[timber tapir]

Money is meaningless after a certain point in the game, if you have all the weapons and armors you want.

[green stone]

You have all uniques don't you

[timber tapir]

Yes, one of the hardest to get is Mole's pistol since he is not a perma-body and will vanish soon after death.

[green stone]

Wydm just stab him and get it

Guys how do I trigger infinite running in SoC

[cinder flame]

Artefacts, 1 moonlight or 2 flash

[green stone]

Nah there was a console command

[cinder flame]

You will use artefacts

[timber tapir]

Believe it or not, I play with the same morals I have irl. So, when I get the job to kill some ally (like the Dutyers in the WT) I will not kill them but hang out with them until Bandits, Mercs and mutants kill them for me and I get the credit. I know that's probably lame to most people.

[cinder flame]

And energy drinks

[green stone]

I think it was g_always_run 1

[cinder flame]

52 days

[timber tapir]

https://i.imgur.com/srnQxYJ.jpg Respawns in the WT, that the ZRP will cripple.

[timber tapir]

My game last night. (Call of the Zone)

Bubble

[timber tapir]

https://i.imgur.com/s9BMjML.jpg Over time (months of game time passing), this NPC south of Rostok, started stretching for unknown reasons. It was pretty freaky looking.

[timber tapir]

https://i.imgur.com/17D3hlx.jpg Good times.

https://i.imgur.com/2iB3HqM.jpg These old screenshots are really making me want to play SoC again. It is the best of all the games.

[fallow parcel]

does the mission possibly count mutants in the bloodsucker village because I never found any like of the worst but there seems to be a controller somewhere in the village

[fallow parcel]

I just realized something

they are all classified as loners not bandits

[timber tapir]

Yes, just like the Bandit in a Stalker suit (who waves at the Player) near the Flea Market building in SoC.

So, according to this article, events are 15 years later from the last game CoP that took place in 2012. That would be 2027 in Stalker 2, whereas I thought I read other people saying 2020? https://www.sector.sk/game-news/305358/how-real-world-events-shaped-the-story-and-content-of-stalker-2.htm

[real dove]

doesn't 15 years + 2012 = 2027?

[timber tapir]

What's wrong with me? You are right. I just wasn't thinking straight multitasking here at home with the TV on at the same time. I fixed it thanks to your help. I'm watching episode 2 of The Penguin.

[timber tapir]

That is actually more reasonable timeline. SoC came out in 2007 for a timeline 5 years in the future. So this would be a 2024 release for 3 years in the future. That has a better feel than something happening in a timeline we have already passed.

[real dove]

Yeeee

[fallow parcel]

Oh my god I actually got the task to work for once and it only took me 3 retries

[charred wedge]

thank you very much!

will put this to good use tomorrow!

[timber tapir]

My Red Forest map and the path I like to take. Green path is entering, passing by yellow dot (Kolobok artifact, right before the sunken safe stash) and going west to some boulders to climb up on, out of reach of the Chernobyl Dog (Pseudodog that produces phantoms to attack you on the ground) disregard the phantoms (waste of ammo) and shoot the Chernobyl Dog that will stay in the rear, where it is safer. There may be some Blind Dogs there too. After that you can take the blue path, beware of Snorks (orange dots) but your destination is some high-end artifacts against the wall (yellow dots) then you can go north (purple arrows and x are zombified stalkers) where you can go to the chopper and the stash chest there. This loops back around to the red path going north through the canyon. Expect Snorks behind the boulders but work your way north to a large flat boulder area. You are safe up here from mutants and it is a good spot to engage the zombified stalkers (purple arrows and x for their movement) and often you can stay here if you wait for the Bloodsuckers to appear (pink arrows) or you can dash a little in that direction to get their attention and then go back here or on top of other boulders. Once you do all this, you have wiped out all the Red Forest mutants (they do respawn later)and you have grabbed about 4 rare artifacts and avoided all the Monolith traps on the road. The hole in the fence, in the upper north-west corner, is where you will find three dead Ecologists. You can use their bodies to store excess supplies.

[sterile sundial]

got myself this beauty because of anomaly

[fiery birch]

I think it's Gamma gameplay
since you wear nothin

[sterile sundial]

fair enough lmao

[fiery birch]

[sterile sundial]

caught slippin

[fallow parcel]

caught that lil bro lacking

[shrewd mesa]

Just in case people didn't catch Slug's description in the vid I've shared earlier 😉

[fallow parcel]

never going to X18 again

[charred wedge]

wow awesome thanks, will use this as well!

[uncut raptor]

Grrrr
I want precise stats with numbers

[shrewd mesa]

It all may just be WIP currently + we're yet to know anything on how the new artifacts will be working & what's the balance and economy in general 🤷🏻‍♂️

[uncut raptor]

I still hate the text

[hearty remnant]

I'm speechless

[uncut raptor]

Peak

[marble citrus]

🗣️ 🔥

[uncut raptor]

I saw it

[restive monolith]

Will I struggle making money in COP? xd

[uncut raptor]

u gud
CoP is piss easy
like really easy because you can farm artifacts

[restive monolith]

I kinda farmed them in CS as well. Its a bit of a chore tho.

[thin osprey]

https://medal.tv/games/stalker-anomaly/clips/iMiNNDDsC8Sg3XAY1?invite=cr-MSxGbnosMjY3NzI0NjE2LA oh yep @uncut raptor

truly the 1.5.3 update

[uncut raptor]

truly worth it to wait 2 years for update that fixes no real issues, adds 0 content and breaks all mods

[uncut raptor]

in CoP they respawn a LOT more
you can farm them much easier than in CS

[prime hamlet]

Yeah that's why I switched from Anomaly to COC

[fallow parcel]

Idk if Im just schizophrenic but I like soc's artifact system

Besides the way dummy artifacts work they are kind of dumb. I think its just a little less immersive when artifacts can only spawn in specific anomaly locations

[keen wadi]

NonStop Watermelon!

[half ridge]

https://tenor.com/view/melon-gif-11523853064743036806
GSC watermelon factory

[keen wadi]

Area has been improved since Deep Dive - More Details, objects, etc.

This too, left is new, right is old. Significant improvements to LODs and foliage

[half ridge]

Birmingham

[long urchin]

any big city in france

[uncut raptor]

both are good but if I had to choose one, it would be CS/CoP system
Prefferably CoP because of how the artifacts respawn

[uncut raptor]

maybe it will change as the story progresses, the messy one could be after Stalkers made a temporary camp there

[fallow parcel]

I would like it more if it was still possible for artifacts to spawn to be in places besides marked anomalies

and marked anomalies just have a higher spawn rate

[fiery birch]

Tachenko Left Killers not duiters

[uncut raptor]

Cool cow cosplay

[fallow parcel]

wait just realized i posted it in the wrong channel

[near dove]

This.... This is a fokin jumpscare....

@wild plaza

[wild plaza]

ACTIVATE YOUR WINDOWS

[near dove]

NEVER

[pulsar forge]

[shrewd mesa]

I wonder if these two screens could be showing different graphics settings

[keen wadi]

Promo footage always going to be highest quality, so..

[bright cipher]

efp

[bright cipher]

better than vanilla stalker

[fervent flare]

It's not bullshit, it's the truth
I have a schizo theory.
That the Stranger from the 2021 trailer is Richter because the developers have confirmed that the Stranger model is just a plug, that is, he has already changed since 2021. (It's like with The Strider in 2022 he had one appearance and in 2023 a completely different one)
The Stranger expresses very well about the zone that he is ready to do anything to leave it because for him it is a home, a new life that the zone has given him.
We can compare the words of Stranger and Richter and how he praises the beauty of the Zone, and from the new information provided by the developers, the Zone is something more for Richter, it is a new home for him.
This theory is in the screenshots and video, here is a screenshot to illustrate.

** Translated by deepl**

[uncut raptor]

grok yourself

[bright cipher]

i like grokking myself

[pulsar forge]

They rizzed him up to be baby boi

[fervent flare]

My theory is crazy, but it has a basis for existence with the help of Strider

[fair wagon]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/524231625039413249/1280911821238177853/cherv.gif

[fervent flare]

Take a look at this. And now think about the words of that “Stranger” from the 2021 trailer and the views of the Richter zone
It could well have been Richter, because the player could have made some decisions and gone against him.

I have a schizo theory.
That the Stranger from the 2021 trailer is Richter because the developers have confirmed that the Stranger model is just a plug, that is, he has already changed since 2021. (It's like with The Strider in 2022 he had one appearance and in 2023 a completely different one)
The Stranger expresses very well about the zone that he is ready to do anything to leave it because for him it is a home, a new life that the zone has given him.
We can compare the words of Stranger and Richter and how he praises the beauty of the Zone, and from the new information provided by the developers, the Zone is something more for Richter, it is a new home for him.
This theory is in the screenshots and video, here is a screenshot to illustrate.

** Translated by deepl**

[real dove]

schizo

[tawny wyvern]

@timber tapir do you think there's a reason why the pda encyclopedia was cut from later games?

[fervent flare]

But the developers have confirmed that the 2021 model of the Stranger is just a plug that has already changed, the same was the case with Strider

[fallow parcel]

Finally bought the exoskeleton and now I am almost ready to go north, I am now going to probably get a tourist suit and go through all my stashes throughout the zone and collect all of my best equipment, guns, ammo etc. and then equip the exoskeleton and then go to the red forest for x19

[uncut raptor]

Ewww
Stinky overpreparation

[wary bloom]

meanwhile Red Forest: here's 10000 free suits

[fallow parcel]

I like grinding even if I know Ill get free suits there

[wary bloom]

I am a loot goblin, I go almost naked into the Red Forest so I can bring a bunch of stuff back 😄

[fallow parcel]

Yeah I also am but only with stashes from pdas really because I never even got the merc suit in the beginning because it felt cheap

And the idea of red forest being the point of no return is satisfying to my brain for whatever reason

Hell I even naturally grinded up all the money for a stalker suit before x18 I like to force long progression a lot for some reason

[timber tapir]

You are seriously lacking some needed and good artifacts.

[fallow parcel]

I know they are all scattered about in stashes

[timber tapir]

The right artifacts can replace medkits. You need more radiation and stamina artifacts too.

[fallow parcel]

Eh what do I need more than a moonlight for regarding stamina

[fallow parcel]

Yeah thats why Im gonna go through my stashes and get my actually good stuff trust me I have a shit ton of random stuff

Almost all my stashes have like atleast 40+ artifacts and I have one in literally every area of the zone besides dark valley

Actually I do have one in dark valley and agroprom but they arent super great

[fallow parcel]

Souls?

[thick zinc]

What y’all think so far

[wary bloom]

it's not a point of no return tho

[fallow parcel]

I know but Im crazy

and force it to be because it makes my mind happy

[timber tapir]

The Stadium, if you go through the front entrance (south side) or if you take the side entrances, you can explore the Stadium, and the north side has another level changer. This is in normal game play without Mods like the ZRP.

[timber tapir]

I learned the hard way, when you return from Pripyat to the Red Forest, don't fight the Monolith, just run south to escape them.

Look at my health in this screenshot.

Look at all the hit points coming at me in the Mini-Map.

[fallow parcel]

I got the thing

[charred wedge]

@timber tapir man i did not have good enough artifacts/suits to go deep into the red forest lol

sad thing is i did have 3 crystals, but sold 2

[fallow parcel]

Local Rostok Rookie watches the number 1 highest rank stalker in the zone in an exoskeleton gun down the duty checkpoint and then mend himself with literal fire and then proceeds to walk over and try to shoot said stalker in the face with a rusty old pm

[trail valve]

id ban you for this if i could EFP is ASS

knock off tarkov slop that looks like garbage lol

[hollow nova]

first time i actually see someone main the IL 86

[fallow parcel]

I dont main it I dont really have a main gun I just pick shit up and usually take whatever freedom throws me

my """"main guns""" I have stashed currently for when I want to go to end game

[swift sky]

god mental fr

SVOBODDA OORRAHHH

[fallow parcel]

I kind of dont even want to just rush north anymore because I just became completely op I have to try to die with my exoskeleton and artifact combinations Ive crafted now

first time a soul artifact has ever been useful in the entire game

dont question why I have the big ass grenade launcher with me

[swift sky]

mmmm guitar

[fallow parcel]

cause Im just fcking around atp

[swift sky]

i gotta sadly reload a few saves back , my defend the red forest barrier glitched out an Lukash wont let me progress 😭

[fallow parcel]

this happens to me like almost everytime I get that quest unless if I get as soon as I load into the army warehouses from rostok

[swift sky]

well

i got the quest talk to the barrier commander thats over their, DID THE DEFENCE wave got over 200 rnds of 9x39 and a pristine val , but when it came to turning it in , nada

[fallow parcel]

my combination is so funny Im just imagining the soldiers watching as an exoskeleton stalker slowly strolls through their checkpoint one tapping everyone with a 9x19 pistol careless to bullets and then having a seat in their campfire to heal

[fallow parcel]

I thought you were talking about the one with the mutants

[fiery birch]

it's your mistake for using freaking shotgun

[timber tapir]

We all learn from our game and other people. I have never regretted starting a new game because each time I am better. Try going back to the Freedom Base and search all around the train tunnel on all sides and on top. Sometimes Crystals hide in plain sight behind the concrete walls. 3 Crystals and 2 Urchin is what I recommend. 4 or 5 Crystals will sap your stamina where you cannot move. You really need better radiation artifacts before you go north back to the Red Forest. It only gets more difficult the farther north you go and you do NOT want to go the CNPP without them. You simply cannot carry enough anti-rads to compensate.

[paper minnow]

Yeah those camping monolith are a nuisance

[timber tapir]

A shotgun is never a mistake for close range. I just had too many of them, under any circumstances. I got a couple of them but 7 remained and they were all spread out. Best to run south before they get organized. Sure they can still hit you but you live to escape.

[fiery birch]

they're not close

[timber tapir]

When the game first came out, the Monolith waiting for them made many people beleive it was impossible and that was your clue you could not return to the Red Forest.

[timber tapir]

I don't know what you are saying when the Mono is literally right in front of me, and I got his buddy behind him. There is no weapon that could have blasted my way through all 9 of them, as I was surrounded.

[fiery birch]

oh

[timber tapir]

Call of the Zone screenshots

[signal hearth]

https://tenor.com/view/explaining-stalker-сталкер-флинт-сигма-gif-15010663227243103228

[timber tapir]

Good to see you are in the right Faction.

[signal hearth]

https://tenor.com/view/stalker-stalcraft-dance-gif-13257141

[fiery birch]

he thinks he is Mercjakson

[timber tapir]

It's so dark in there with the boarded up windows.

All of these are Call of the Zone.

[uncut raptor]

Grrr
Dont shoot my fellow Prophet

[errant agate]

Yes it is

In soc you can shoot soldiers 5 times with shotgun and they won't die

Shotguns are for mutants

Guns are for humans

[wary bloom]

CNPP

or the flyby trigger when you enter the Avangard stadium through the central foyer is technically that moment although it could be broken with a save via console

[tawny wyvern]

Really itching to play this now, it's been years

[timber tapir]

Not if you shoot them in the head or face. A smg on full auto is not going to get all 5. The AKSU (Akm 74/2U) might on full auto, however are we talking a few meters away or 10 meters away? If you have time to reload that helps but we are just going to argue about just how far away they are and how much time you have to reload. If they are single file, right after each other, I'm taking the shotgun. Shotguns get better as the games progress, and I'm not talking about using a sawn-off two-barrel shotgun that has poor range.

[errant agate]

4:25

https://youtu.be/ofGMzbkelcg?t=266&si=px2nYLMUBb5xHLqW

[fallow parcel]

Headshots

And slugs

You can take down the entire checkpoints quite nicely with a shotgun too if you know how to use your grenades and cover good too(especially moving from cover during enemy reload animations to get closer)

[tawny wyvern]

A lot of people say that vanilla gunplay is abysmal, for example when you line up your sights dead-on and they miss multiple times in a row

[real dove]

game has accuracy stat on all guns literally just look at the bar 🤨

Stalker isn't a milsim like come on

[tawny wyvern]

To the modern audiences it is

[real dove]

im 14 and i say s.k.i.b.i.d.y. rizz of prypiat is a gyattdamn milsim

people under the age of 20 shouldn't have internet access imo

[undone dock]

https://youtu.be/BMlQEbv8Q_0

[analog urchin]

S.T.A.L.K.E.R: Legend Returns 0.9.2 (2018)

[worldly berry]

It's off moddb 😭

[thin osprey]

It's jover

[fiery birch]

[fiery birch]

replaying gumgulinger

[timber tapir]

Why are you showing me a video of someone shooting them directly in their chest with their armor on? Did I not say shoot them in the face or head?

[timber tapir]

I don't find anything wrong with the gunplay. Here's an example of I have enough distance from my target (not too far for a shotgun) I have plenty of smg ammo and they were spaced out enough so I could reload: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0Fkbli4kME

[fiery birch]

I'M ON FIRE : I'm no joking

[tawny wyvern]

Where can I find mods like this,

[timber tapir]

Artifact Hunting (Call of the Zone)

[errant agate]

Nor did I specify where they can take 5 shots

It's obvious that headshots give multipliers for dmg

[obsidian cipher]

.cpu. has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[uncut raptor]

lol
Get Wolf'd

[fiery birch]

Shut the FK UP

[uncut raptor]

No
I wont shut the fuсk up
You are the last person Ill listen to

[paper minnow]

Guys, pretend it's Christmas or something

[fiery birch]

Said the Goldsphere

[uncut raptor]

What does that even mean? 😭

[fiery birch]

When you grew up.. you'll understand

[uncut raptor]

grow*
Also you arent even older than me

[fiery birch]

you're not even smarter

[uncut raptor]

Whatever gigamind

[timber tapir]

Jupiter Monolith attack (Call of the Zone)

[paper minnow]

they didn't get very far:' )

[fiery birch]

I wish if I can create mp for Cotz

[timber tapir]

It all went to hell shortly after that. A Psi Storm hit, the only shelter was the second floor stairs and I had over 35 Companions I couldn't get to safety.

[timber tapir]

Doctor X is dead.

[paper minnow]

rip

[fiery birch]

you think I don't know..but I want to create mp but I got a massive skill issue

[timber tapir]

All I'm saying is there is no one who controls or updates this Mod anymore.

[fiery birch]

uploads it to addons section ofc

[timber tapir]

True there are addons, and I know the two biggest people that have huge mod-packs for it. However their version looks nothing like mine, that just has a few tiny add-ons. Nothing to change the look or feel.

I'm on Day 134 (game time) of my third game. This is the only one I have changed my Faction multiple times in the game play.

[fiery birch]

we need to Mp for cotz

[uncut raptor]

No

[trail valve]

Rip DoctorX

[thin osprey]

https://medal.tv/games/stalker-anomaly/clips/iNvLajX8pu9YGFFE2?invite=cr-MSxZUHksMjY3NzI0NjE2LA actual warcrime

[fiery birch]

thousandyardstare

[keen wadi]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDFg9lGWuIo

[thin osprey]

https://medal.tv/games/stalker-anomaly/clips/iNwA1me6qh2sdNxyG?invite=cr-MSxQWnUsMjY3NzI0NjE2LA @fiery birch @trail valve

[fiery birch]

ZAMMMMN , ARTIFACTS !!!!

[trail valve]

Gamma music and atmosphere is peak

[thin osprey]

the clip is compressed as hell but I was running gamma on smooth 60fps

[fiery birch]

1 day if you asked me for a real challenge in gamma
it will be survival mode

[thin osprey]

https://medal.tv/games/stalker-anomaly/clips/iNvLajX8pu9YGFFE2?invite=cr-MSxzRVYsMjY3NzI0NjE2LA this will still forever haunt me

[fiery birch]

did you try to kill an zombified stalker after understanding what they say ?

[thin osprey]

Oh I'm playing on the hardest diff as usual :3

[fiery birch]

Do , you know what Survival Mode do ?

[thin osprey]

Haven't ran into them yet, only regular zombies, although since this modpack is a lot more difficult I just conserve ammo by avoiding them entirely unless I have no choice, if I can take a fight with spare ammo then I should sneak up

[fiery birch]

Ohlordy

[fallow parcel]

I remember anomaly having barely any zombified stalkers if any

And I dont know why its like that even lab x16 has ZERO zombified stalkers inside of it

[uncut raptor]

They were replaced with civillian zombies because Anomaly devs hate fun

[wary bloom]

Happy 15th birthday, CoP, as much as I criticize you, you're a big part of my childhood

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTjMG1R44JA

[uncut raptor]

Screw you CoP
Youre the worst of the trilogy

[fair wagon]

You literally love story mods. Most of them are based on CoP

[uncut raptor]

and they make the game better

[cinder flame]

CoP needs story mods to be better. CS doesn't need anything

[fair wagon]

Reborn

It needs reborn to be peak

[brazen meadow]

So I worked on the project and unfortunately the project corrupted, that's what i get for using sfm im gonna have to restart

[cinder flame]

Noooooooo

[brazen meadow]

It corrupted in rendering

[fallow parcel]

I honestly have no issue with stalker games having shallow main stories as they always make up with all of the other side stories and atmosphere coming from all of the other little things in the zone

[cinder flame]

Same

[swift sky]

cop is god tier

[crisp relic]

back from 2007

[timber tapir]

I own all of these:

[crisp relic]

I think this is his first trip to the CNPP

[errant agate]

How much is it

Just googled and it's 800???

Overpriced

[errant agate]

I own this picture now

[wary bloom]

@timber tapir

[timber tapir]

No Health artifacts? No Stamina artifacts?

[timber tapir]

I can't justify buying this video card at that price. So many other things I need to get instead.

The 4000 series sucks anyway.

[tawny wyvern]

Will your current pc run stalker 2?

[tawny wyvern]

5000 series is being teased now

[random haven]

So, you bought video card , and they give you free s2 standard edit?

[timber tapir]

RTX 3080 OC, so I hope so.

[timber tapir]

Technology is usually far ahead of games.

[trail valve]

idk if id say the 4000 series sucks imo they are solid cards

[swift sky]

real no need to get a 5000 series

Unless youra hardcore streamer or your uploading modded gameplay daily etc past a 3080ti rn is all u really need
(with a 12TH gen I7 or I9 CPU

[trail valve]

i agree 100 %

i cant imagine even running a 5090 its insane to think about

[swift sky]

I can see things to be used for
Hardcore streamer twitch etc
Blender or SFM Maker
Video Editor
Likes really supreme graphic settings
Stalker Mod player

[trail valve]

same i can see those haha GAMMA would be interesting

[thick zinc]

Trying out audio settings. Is it too much and should I stick to the original or is it OK?

[keen wadi]

Yes

[errant agate]

Most of people aren't buying 40 series cuz the 3060s with 12-8gb are as good as them

[timber tapir]

That's the only time I've seen red skeletons.

My game tonight:

[latent owl]

I think they appear when something dies in a gravitational anomaly and there’s a bug preventing the bones from being scattered

I’ve seen a video on YouTube where a guy showed that even some non humanoid mutants spawn a humanoid skellington

[timber tapir]

I watched where these came from. They were zombified Stalkers that walked into vortex anomalies. Due to the Snow Mod I added to my unnmodded game (when the game reached December 2012) instead of being spit out in meat chunks and bones, the vortex anomalies spit them out as bloody red skeletons. It had to be the Snow Mod somehow keeping them whole.

[latent owl]

Could be, but yeah the bones should be scattered around

[timber tapir]

And that was a 2007 Snow Mod too.

[fiery birch]

trouble

[fervent wolf]

The nightmare of every rookie

[fallow parcel]

What mod is this it looks cool

[lethal tapir]

Strelok confirmed from GSC Documentary

[undone dock]

I think he is (maybe)

[lethal tapir]

The guy who plays Stranger is also in this documentary

It's this guy

[fiery birch]

So , we're going to play as shadow of chernobyl again or what ?

[lethal tapir]

It's really going to be interesting looking by just this

[undone dock]

Strelok

[cold patrol]

the documentary is so sad, and full of cool info. im also pretty sure this is the first view of strelok in stalker 2 ever

[undone dock]

I wonder where his hair.

[lethal tapir]

Maybe hair is applied by different system, that simulates it

[tired stag]

simulated hair?

we are breaking the grounds of computing this one

each strand of hair, randomly generated

[restive oar]

An anomaly took his hair

[lethal tapir]

So it's him on 100%

[fiery birch]

wait...Strelok got hair ???

https://tenor.com/view/stalker-stalker2-explaining-gif-25555840

[primal pollen]

The zone changes people...

[lethal tapir]

Also he has a hood

[fiery birch]

I hardly try to compare both faces but it doesn't look like strelok

[primal pollen]

His appearance was changed for the trailer

[fiery birch]

this is confusing

[keen wadi]

The building he stands on is also different.

[keen wadi]

His name is Leonid Zakharchenko btw

[crisp relic]

oh my god it's him

[lethal tapir]

Because it's in the finished game now, map has changed

[keen wadi]

Yes, obviously.

[thin osprey]

https://medal.tv/games/stalker-anomaly/clips/iNX4OxUMRWtW3Q8Hz?invite=cr-MSxPUE8sMjY3NzI0NjE2LA

[shrewd mesa]

IGN's "Unlocked" podcast discussing the "WAR GAME" documentary 👌🏻

https://youtu.be/TM8coxhzex0?si=ZyPMFiNfrU5mx5yG

[fiery birch]

ofc I'm still stuck at Cs - Cop events

[cyan moss]

https://youtu.be/dKFLZl-YOQk?si=w-xvWRYSnAwmKszf

[wanton walrus]

Mmmmm build

[fiery birch]

Counter strike fr

[paper minnow]

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Strikes of Counter

[fiery birch]

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 : De_Dust 3

[lethal tapir]

I needed to do it

[pulsar forge]

Me when making game on Godot Engine with Template

[fiery birch]

[keen wadi]

lmao, good for emoji

[lethal tapir]

If only GSC shared better version it could be great

[lethal tapir]

Also there is this version

[keen wadi]

oh god

[pulsar forge]

[crisp relic]

bro's jawline broke even the Windows taskbar

[lethal tapir]

Improved quality with some upscale

discord somehow destroyed it (Reuploaded lower)

[lethal tapir]

Now it's like it should be

[pulsar forge]

Lemme make him 8K

Here you go

[lethal tapir]

We have 8K Stalker 2 smiling Strelok before Stalker 2

[uncut raptor]

thats it!
restreloks your strelok

[lethal tapir]

Now we need his hair and to remove taskbar from bottom and to make background transparent

[uncut raptor]

perfect
isnt it?

[lethal tapir]

IDK why but he looks similar to Lewandowski smiling