📸┃screens_and_videos

[timber tapir]

Bloodsuckers, Snorks and Mercs fight in the AW (Call of the Zone)

Psi Storm hits the AW (Call of the Zone)

Black Cloud in Jupiter (Call of the Zone)

Darkscape (Call of the Zone)

Hunting artifacts on top of the Garbage piles (Call of the Zone)

Killing a Controller with a knife. The very second the screen goes from all blue, back to normal colors (Call of the Zone)

The Cordon Mill (Call of the Zone)

Cordon Loner Base (Call of the Zone)

Me and the Boys taking shelter in the Mobile Lab (Call of the Zone)

Getting shot by the Monolith in the AW (Call of the Zone)

[uncut raptor]

Do you raid bases with them or just walk around?

[timber tapir]

When I arrive in a level that has a safe shelter and I can leave them, I will so I can go out alone and do things for short periods of time, returning to them to secure their area. If I do not have a safe level, I will find a shelter for them and remain with them, with the location as a temporary base of operations. If there are no safe locations, then we will all travel through the level as we pass to it for our next destination. If you travel with small groups of Companions, like 6-12 men, you can take them out and engage more enemies or mutants. Once you get a really large group like this, you greatly increase the chances of friendly fire, if they get too excited, step in front of each other shooting at hostile men or mutants. Frequently if I am out by myself, and I run across other Faction members who are alone or poorly armed, I will hire them to bring them back to the safe shelter with the other Companions, and my small army grows.

[timber tapir]

I see you got all these great stickers from the C-Con. First they bribe you with stickers and then the next thing you know, you wake up with no shirt, no shoes and you look in the mirror and see you are now a Controller.

[uncut raptor]

Peak

[pulsar forge]

time is coming

[timber tapir]

My game just moments ago. (Call of the Zone)

[wind belfry]

ITS A "FINAL" COUNTDOWN🔥 🗣️

[pulsar forge]

[coarse slate]

@simple viper Here's how the Nosorog looks like.It's very good ngl,make's me feel like Artyom from Metro.Me and Hip are ready to do the Living Legend questline.

[simple viper]

?

[swift sky]

disgustingly ugly dutier

[spice urchin]

Bro, chill

[simple viper]

;-;

[uncut raptor]

no

[swift sky]

https://tenor.com/view/homelander-disappointed-disgusting-disgusted-looking-gif-6561690286467128067

[cloud temple]

Will there be mod Support like in the other games cause that will be crazy

[stuck edge]

to some extend yes

[shrewd mesa]

S2 preview by Cole Luke from Radio Times Gaming alongside the interview with Yevhenii Kulyk talking about post-launch content + modding support: https://youtu.be/mJiyyKbl4Ik?si=9RtOqOLnSxvGHNyr

[fiery birch]

I'm not watching this
6 ads

[pulsar forge]

bro just use FreeTube appthan normal Youtube

[fiery birch]

windows 7 out of support

[pulsar forge]

Why you using Windows 7 then

[fiery birch]

Gooofy AHHH Pc

[restive oar]

Windows 7 doesn't have security updates anymore

[fiery birch]

tell micorsoft that I don't like this

[pulsar forge]

You can switch to Linux Mint tho

[fiery birch]

Hell no
I'm not wearing the funny stalker suit

[keen wadi]

[wind belfry]

Yoga in the Zone

[cloud temple]

💀

[coarse slate]

Coolest OTs-02 Kiparis.This is the ''Obligor'' variant.Has some cool attachments,higher ROF than the usual Kiparis and can have It's own scope/silencer attachment in Anomaly.

[arctic sleet]

what modpack you using?

[karmic dagger]

I doubt a lot of the existing modders would jump to S2

Especially since it's harder to add some new stuff to UE5 than in X-Ray. I speak from experience.

[fiery birch]

Stalker players will see this and be like : it's just zombified stalker

Boys after they saw his face : This isn't good

[pulsar forge]

Gamma
not peak

[fiery birch]

at least not Tarkov

[uncut raptor]

Oh
My
God
A tank!
We are so back
TANKS ARE SO BACK

T-64BV if Im not mistaken

[fair wagon]

Speaking of T-series how is the grind going for you?

[uncut raptor]

I hate T-80
But at the same time
Much reverse speed
Much good

[fair wagon]

Oh I just realized this was screens and vids

[uncut raptor]

Only 70k XP untill Strela
Yippeeee

[coarse slate]

It's Anomaly 1.5.3 with most addons being from 1.5.2 and a few recent ones.Currently going with Hip to disable the Miracle Machine.

[fallow parcel]

Based

[brazen meadow]

https://youtu.be/MqYTEX-Z9h4?si=Z8tj10ZOuqmhww-8

[timber tapir]

@topaz moat Wow. I was trying to find a pdf that I wrote on and came across 635 hidden screenshots from CoP that I didn't even know I had.

[topaz moat]

Hold on screenshots aren't loading on my phone for some reason. Will be right back

[topaz moat]

Shame Petruha doesn't have unique dialogues. That dialogue I found by talking to random stalkers

[timber tapir]

I bet you've never seen him talk about a SEVA suit before.

[topaz moat]

Not about SEVA no

[timber tapir]

I got that, by not visiting that anomaly, knowing they would die soon after leaving, so I avoided making them spawn until the end of leaving for Pripyat.

[topaz moat]

Wait a bit XD @timber tapir , I'm downloading those because my phone still isn't loading screenshots...

First time seeing Awl with Eliminator. How did that happened? Any ideas?

[timber tapir]

I am a master at selling better weapons to everyone including Bandits, Mercs, Snag, Tuna, you name it.

I gave or sold better weapons to everyone in the 100 Rads Bar in SoC too.

I would repair them just enough to reach the bare minimum of repair to sell them.

[topaz moat]

Finally pictures are loaded. I can see everything now

[timber tapir]

I will try to find more dialogue pictures since I know you like and collect those.

Apparently I made lot of screenshots of the hidden CoP stashes.

[topaz moat]

One of the few stashes i genuinely hate

[timber tapir]

I can tell you how to get all those you cannot reach.

[topaz moat]

Thanks for the offer. I managed to get all the stashes I believe?

[timber tapir]

Go to demo_record and then move forward to the object, when you see the prompt to grab it, do so and then exit demo_record. You now have the item.

[topaz moat]

Gotta find that screenshot. 1 sec

[topaz moat]

Finally found it @timber tapir

[timber tapir]

I got them all. No one escaped.

[topaz moat]

💪

[topaz moat]

Unfortunately, CoP is so easy, knowing all the stashes is basically not even important. Knowing a few of the important ones helps, though

[timber tapir]

Yes, after you get the armor and weapons you want, the rest of the stashes are just stuff to sell or stash away.

Jupiter factory Mercs who tried to ambush me.

[topaz moat]

Ooo thats interesting one. I only sided with him in my last playthrough. Encounter with him at Jupiter is also interesting

[topaz moat]

i still kibda wish it was a bit more sophisticated of a quest path

[topaz moat]

Kinda* in the end you kill everyone instead of getting more perks out of it

[timber tapir]

Well, actually with Morgan and his men being attacked by Loners and Bandits, I killed no one at that scenario.

That is why Morgan got so upset with me and gave me no reward, I did nothing,

[topaz moat]

I meant end of the quest. You also meet Vulture

[timber tapir]

I totally shocked all of them at that scenario.

[topaz moat]

Morgan basically lures you into an ambush and if you survive thats it. No perks

[timber tapir]

I approached the compound of vehicles and trailers, then I ran as fast as I could right into the middle of it, ran straight to go inside the trailer where the secret trap door was and then turned around and waited for them to come to the trailer entrance. Morgan was the first one I killed.

They were so surprised they didn't even hit me with any bullets, when I sprinted inside.

[topaz moat]

Noice

[timber tapir]

Here's my trick at the Ranger Station. I stand behind Morgan and right as the Loners and Bandits attack, I step behind this mechanism of pipes and valve wheels and hide. The entire attack goes down, I remain hidden and no one sees me until it is all over. I come out and I have killed no one. It may take a few attempts (manual saves made before action) but I get the outcome where only Morgan and or 1 or 2 of his men are the only survivors.

Did you see this glitch in one of the rooms at the X-8 building?

[topaz moat]

Not in my game but I do recall seeing it somewhere

[timber tapir]

It reminded me of the glitch of the mattress inside one of the houses at the Rookie Village in SoC.

You step a certain way just right, and the room and house disappear and all you see is nothing with a rolled mattress on the floor.

Man of Balance is my favorite Achievement. I literally played the entire game without killing any Loners or Bandits.

Just killed Zombies, Mercs, Morgan and Monolith.

[topaz moat]

Man of balance my beloved

[timber tapir]

I got 2 Zulu PKMs

If you haven't done that before, I can tell you how.

These were crappy suits I never wore. I just upgraded them for study.

This is from inside that room in the train tunnel where you get the altered transformer. i think unless you know better. @topaz moat

[topaz moat]

Ah ye. Was about to ask if it was the tunnel from Intermittent psy-emissions quest

[topaz moat]

Mind telling?

[timber tapir]

After you help Zulu at the school, he has dialogue asking if you want to join him (magically appear) back at the laundromat with him or if you want to stay behind there at the school. Choose to stay behind. Let him walk a few steps before he vanishes, run up to him and open up the dialogue to trade. You have to have enough money to buy his PKM from him. Buy it and then he vanishes. Return to the laundromat where you will meet him again. There he rewards you with his PKM and now you have two. For the Evacuation later, I give or sell the two PKMs to the crew that go with me to the Chopper so they have better weapons to survive. Be sure to always put in any ammo to any weapon that you sell/give to people to ensure that they will use it. Otherwise, they might just stow it.

I found them all dead like this.

Can you find or see all eight?

No Achievements favoring Loners, Bandits, Duty or Freedom.

Not in this game at least. I have done all four of those in other games.

[topaz moat]

Interesting stuff

[timber tapir]

Sledgehammer! That's a rare NPC screenshot.

Jack!

[timber tapir]

I'm just trying to share with you quickly since I read you have only 3 or 4 days here.

I was really hoping there were more dialogue screenshots.

[topaz moat]

Aye. Wish I had more time but eh

[timber tapir]

We will try to make the most of it. I still wish you were Helper despite your limited ability to be here. That shouldn't matter with your brain of knowledge.

[topaz moat]

Thank you. Appreciate it a lot

[timber tapir]

After all, you are No. 24 here.

[topaz moat]

Had to resign because I still don't think that I deserve that rank due to the fact that I can login rarely. It just wouldn't feel deserved imo

[timber tapir]

You earned Master through hard work and they cannot take being No. 24 from you.

It's not about being here rarely. You deserve it for your ability to help people.

[topaz moat]

It means a lot. Thanks for the support

[timber tapir]

Plus you will be able to post screenshots to help people in en_stalker. Surely you deserve that privilege, if nothing else.

You are always nice, very helpful, not boastful like Magpie. You are humble and courteous.

The way I feel about things, if I myself have done it, talk about it or show screenshot, that means YOU (everyone) can do it too. I'm just a Player that studies things, and tries different scenarios to get different outcomes. I want to share that to make people happy when they are able to do it too.

[topaz moat]

Hope you'll keep doing the good work brother

[timber tapir]

Let me ask your opinion. I have made 3,378 videos but I have never spoken a single word in any of them. I do write extensive comments on most of them to tell people what is going on. However with Stalker 2 coming out, I thought maybe I should try talking like most people do in the popular videos about playing the games. The question is, should I continue to say nothing? Should I talk some as needed to tell people what I see or think? Or should it be like the most popular videos where people talk and talk and shout and scream at action? I do not know what to do since I have never spoken before to any people. Your opinion really matters.

[topaz moat]

I recommend speaking. Let the community know what you think and know. This should be very beneficial imho

Plus you know a lot of things. You can use it to your benefit by informing community about a lot of lesser known facts

You can tell them about your experience with forums, knowledge, your feats and a lot of other things

[timber tapir]

Okay. I was thinking somewhere in the middle. Not talking endlessly about idle chatter, just to hear my voice, but instead just to be playing and to say things that are helpful and not about myself, just the game.

[topaz moat]

Yeah, sounds reasonable

[timber tapir]

I would imagine people want to learn about what is in Stalker 2 and what I think or what I am doing.

However, I move so slowly and I am very cautious at first. I only go crazy sprint when I am comfortable with my surroundings or in danger running from something.

[topaz moat]

I can relate. Once you start doing something and then constantly continue doing it then it should get easier. Act naturally

[timber tapir]

I did buy a Roccat microphone a couple of years ago, but I have never used it.

[topaz moat]

Seems like its a good opportunity to use it. Also like I said, act naturally when commenting @timber tapir , if you will have some troubles, doubts then you can tell people that its your first time commenting. Should also be beneficial as they'll respect your honesty

[timber tapir]

I should probably practice before Stalker 2 releases.

[topaz moat]

First time is most important one though. After that it will only get easier

Best of luck to you btw @timber tapir

[timber tapir]

Before I forget, I assume you really like the Sopranos? If so, I think you would really like "The Penguin". It is the best thing I have seen all year.

[topaz moat]

I do hear a lot of good things about the show. Once all episodes of first season will be released I'll check it. Don't like waiting for new episodes yk

[timber tapir]

5 of 8 is starting right now.

[pulsar forge]

[fiery birch]

if S2 didn't show me Proffesor Kruglov
I'll be so disappointed

[uncut raptor]

Kruglov ded
I ate him

[fiery birch]

O_O bro didn't just ate the horse only...he ate Kruglov.....

[uncut raptor]

Im not your "bro"

[fiery birch]

okey bro

[swift sky]

I better be seeing Degtyarev in the zone still or Yar an Ashot

[hazy smelt]

zamn

[pulsar forge]

He has the most Black Sea region people's nose bruh

[topaz moat]

@steel arch @dawn atlas

[solar sedge]

over

when are they going to announce the multiplayer

[obtuse bough]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0E7X4_sbEE

[swift sky]

Either on Launch or probs a week before

[solar sedge]

hmm but its a post launch update they're probably going to wait a bit

[heady rune]

[terse basalt]

Monolith gathering at the edge of the CNPP

[pulsar forge]

Time is comin' in 28 days

[fiery birch]

imagine that funny guy appeared

[glass peak]

guys which one

all of them are inaccurate but the first one is the closest, here is the original

[topaz moat]

first one is good but a bit too dark

[glass peak]

this ones cool too

[glass peak]

yeah its the coolest and most accurate but the background screws up

[cinder flame]

3rd imo

[uncut raptor]

Yeah

[coarse slate]

Didn't even start the playthrough and I'm alredy enjyoing Goldsphere(OGSE) just by the menu screens and music alone.Now lets see what Peaksphere has to offer !

[uncut raptor]

It has peak to offer

[wind belfry]

Swamp

[limber solar]

Beautiful

[idle plaza]

The one that comes with S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 Limited Physical Edition

[pulsar forge]

27 days left...

[swift sky]

https://tenor.com/view/pepe-happy-frog-gif-14752094

[silk crypt]

apparently this is the latest version of ultimate collector's edition box appearance

[pseudo sentinel]

Semi Related gear breakdown for the mercs

[tired stag]

#🔮┃fanart_and_cosplay type of deal
really helpful actually

also, the vest is more pointed for monolith cosplays if you look at it

[pseudo sentinel]

The type of vest is so commonly remade it's not a joke, for the monolith I'd aim to European gear over western, for monolith I'd use the yugoslavian police vest

[fluid wyvern]

The xm40 is an extremely rare experimental gas mask, so you would need to go with either an m17 or m40, both with black outserts.

[tired stag]

doesnt make much sense for the serbian vest, but youd need to customize the blackhawk vst to get the right colours

[pseudo sentinel]

I know all to well about the xm40, for purist tho m40 all the way

[fluid wyvern]

I have seen some pretty good looking xm40 Airsoft replicas, but I can’t find them online anywhere.

[pseudo sentinel]

Theres probably a decent quality repro of the Blackhawk in East Europe somewhere

[fluid wyvern]

This isn’t my picture btw. I don’t even know who to credit because the guy deleted his Reddit account recently

F**ck me, I thought I was on the cosplay channel. My bad.

[swift sky]

https://tenor.com/view/failure-gif-23242816

[wind belfry]

Cordon is snowy today, isn't it?

[karmic dagger]

his ammo got cooked

[terse basalt]

Yup, it cooked off during the fighting

[pseudo wyvern]

Can anyone spot where this graffiti is visible in the original trilogy?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6K2pvA5ScoE&t=389s
Jumped to timestamp

[steel bear]

@silent sail, в останньому вашому відео я знайшов БАГ, можливо ви цього не бачили та треба це якось виправити. На 24:19 в моменті зникає вода. Дякую за увагу!!!

[fervent wolf]

I still have my non-stop energy in my fridge
Waiting for the day I can open the last one when stalker 2 comes out

[proven crown]

Same

[fallow parcel]

playing a guitar while holding a vodka and an energy drink all at the same time is crazy

[swift sky]

zone skills

[fiery birch]

still
wait..this mean he is still there ?

[fallow parcel]

call of chernobyl is cooked bro why is there a pseudogiant in the cordon

this type of shit is what pisses me off about mods like this like why

[pulsar forge]

26...

[timber tapir]

Escape from the Agroprom (Call of the Zone)

Agroprom Underground (Call of the Zone)

Me and the Boys moving through the Army Warehouses (Call of the Zone)

Army Warehouses after dark (Call of the Zone)

Rostok Bloodsucker swarm (Call of the Zone)

Jupiter Concrete Bath anomaly (Call of the Zone)

Cordon Monolith (Call of the Zone)

Cordon Snork (Call of the Zone)

Sunset in the Cordon (Call of the Zone)

Marshes anomaly field (Call of the Zone)

[fiery birch]

Escape from Pryipat instead

[timber tapir]

I've got that too. (Call of the Zone)

[fiery birch]

where is your psy helmet

[timber tapir]

It's on me. However I haven't turned off the Brain Scorcher yet. We took the boat ride to Pripyat.

[fiery birch]

I'm hell of a sure normal boats wouldn't take that much of loners

[timber tapir]

It's a mystery, since we never get to see the boat we depart from the Truck Cemetery to get there from.

[fiery birch]

the question is : ARE YOU THAT RICH TO TAKE ALL THESE BOYS WITH YOU

[hazy smelt]

is this cool

[pseudo wyvern]

https://youtu.be/7PnIpGa6Iss
Check this amazing fan trailer out! 😮

[keen wadi]

https://tenor.com/view/metal-gear-solid-big-boss-big-boss-metal-gear-gif-19661000

[shrewd mesa]

Another episode of IGN's Unlocked podcast featuring Destin Legarie himself sharing his impressions of playing pre-release S2 build live: https://youtu.be/6y2BLY5RHBo?si=bTK2iYA3TIjNtjDh

[untold heron]

Freedom Space Program

[fiery birch]

leave them but as dead boddies

[uncut raptor]

Pretty sure this will get deleted for self advertising

[river swan]

Aha, thats not allowed?

[uncut raptor]

Nope
Only verified channels (those with content creator role) can post their videos here

[river swan]

Wierd... well okej.... Its a stalker song, this is a stalker community....

[uncut raptor]

Yeah but rules are rules

[river swan]

as always....

[uncut raptor]

Also
The guitar is nice
But the singing..
Ehhh

[full wolf]

You can post the vid in #🔮┃fanart_and_cosplay but not as a link if you wish. Upload it right to the channel there.

The moment you get to the content maker requirements, tag me if you wish and I'll tell you who to talk with to get your role

#📺┃media message

[fluid wyvern]

I was just about to ask about the requirements. Thanks for posting this!

[full wolf]

Anytime!

I don't want anyone to be mad, but rules are rules. Just don't post links if you wish to post in the server, unless you have reached the requirements to the content maker role and got it ofc.

[shrewd mesa]

New interview with Ievgen Grygorovych by Mirror Gaming: https://youtu.be/VDTcRmDD52M?si=NZFt-DbMDOOO7nB9

[keen wadi]

Destin trying to not be based (impossible)

[swift cobalt]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GS7djab3Ct4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojXUb5oVrrQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daBY0zNW-Ks

[fallow parcel]

successfully installed stlaker dead air

[fluid wyvern]

We don’t negotiate with bandits

[clear totem]

https://youtu.be/uCYEP2dqQEw?si=J8aJlY_l181nCLdG

[brazen meadow]

Your goddamn right

[tawdry crest]

https://youtu.be/fso0qmyBaPQ?si=yZuQcfgbO8uOXIi_

It is of the shittiest quality but I tried my best in the time I had

[pulsar forge]

25 days left

[rain hare]

Ultimate Edition

Ultimate Edition

[topaz moat]

@hazy smelt exit to Garbage

exit to Wild Territory and Army Warehouses (at the last part of the video wild territory is in front)

[obtuse bough]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hisaZ4UIW38

[topaz moat]

lmao, this actually reminds me of that Shadow Fight 2 helmet for some reason:

[fallow parcel]

Gave me more of a Patrick star vibe

[coarse slate]

2 days ago I started doing a knife only challange in vanila SoC.No SoC playthrough is done right without saving Tolik(only idiots refuse to help him) and found the 2 secrets in Cordon.Sold the Merc suit,guns and ammo for more vodka,salami,bread and tourist cans

time to go to Dark Valley;kill Borov and get the 2 best Items in the game

All while listening to Sakuya Izayois soundtracks

[coarse slate]

Quick update before I descend into X-18

[topaz moat]

@hazy smelt if you'll be at the Wild Territory and time in your game is 00:00-05:00 check this place

2 moonlights (strongest endurance artifacts in SoC) are guaranteed

here @hazy smelt

[hazy smelt]

thanks a lot, you're pretty dedicated to helping people, i respect people like you a lot

[topaz moat]

appreciated

[coarse slate]

what's behind that electricity btw ? Gave the guy and his friends what they deserve.Now he'll never scam anyone again

[topaz moat]

wdym behind that electricity?

[coarse slate]

like,why go through those electric anomalies in Wild Territory ? I know there's something behind the electric anomalies in the video I replied withđ

[topaz moat]

because that place I showed in my video contains 2 strongest endurance artifacts in SoC, moonlights (they only respawn if time is 00:00-05:00 though)

i remember moonlights respawning in Agroprom underground as well, when there's a night

[coarse slate]

time to take a break before heading into the Territory that's wild with knife as my only weapon

[uncut raptor]

"2 days ago I started doing a knife only challange in vanila SoC.No SoC playthrough is done right without saving Tolik(only idiots refuse to help him) and found the 2 secrets in Cordon.Sold the Merc suit,guns and ammo for more vodka,salami,bread and tourist cans"

is this a Secrets of Cordon refference?

[coarse slate]

I've never heard of this "Secrets of Cordon" thing.I just found the Cordon Merc suit and that pistol in the Cordon checkpoint

[pulsar forge]

I was on the quest bros... (To be continued)

[coarse slate]

I was able to get the artifact but wasn't able to save Kruglov.Atleast I got Wolfhound and most of the Mercs.The Beril suit is destroyed so that onely leaves me with the Wind of Freedom suit.

[brazen meadow]

https://youtu.be/5MgARWZpy2c?si=qT-K54QzTGaOH7tn

[wary bloom]

you'll find a decent replacement for your suit soon enough.. It's Yantar.

[swift sky]

This is beautiful man i love it

[fallow parcel]

My not very trustworthy first pistol of this run finally died after 4 days (hammer broke mid bandit assault in the garbage)(for context: I didnt start the game with this pistol technically I just stole it off one of the first bandits I killed)

[wary bloom]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-opMLE0cEE

[wary bloom]

at last, the TRULY fastest armour repair in SoC

[warm sparrow]

Guess who captured agroprom

[timber tapir]

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

https://i.imgur.com/Qx1w906.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/O0wi7YV.jpg

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

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

https://i.imgur.com/0cYHsvf.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/Ek7aBjP.jpg

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

https://i.imgur.com/rm1qsBU.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/s4k2cei.jpg

[pulsar forge]

Comfy

24 Days!!

[fallow parcel]

[split scroll]

Morning in Pripyat

[undone dock]

Let me guess.. SoC freeplay mod right?

[coarse slate]

Got Ghosts suit,documents and hard drive after killing the controller.Before turning off the Miracle Machine;this cool effect(1st pic) happend,made the Immersion even stronger ngl.While I was exiting through the tunnel in Yantar,I sprinted my way through while playing Night of Nights by beatMARIO

[uncut raptor]

https://youtu.be/r8Is-ThP98w?si=Dez-SvtFhURo23yF

Thougts on this?
Honestly its one if the better "I played stalker for first time" videos Ive seen
There are some issues but also lot of stuff people usually get wrong is correct in this one

[stuck edge]

Yes, I agree.

[uncut raptor]

the clear sky bit was bit eh but SoC and CoP was almost on point

[coarse slate]

Hey Anomalous,have you ever done a knife-only run in any of the stalker games ?

I'm asking you since you've been a stalker fan for a long time and this is my first time doing one + some photos from my run

[stuck edge]

No but I did an explosives-only run (SoC) and no-armor run (CS)

[coarse slate]

Oh cool.Is the no-armour run harder in CS than in CoP/SoC ?

[uncut raptor]

you cant do no armour in CoP

[stuck edge]

you have to wear it for one cutscene but that's all

[uncut raptor]

thats one more time than you should

[stuck edge]

no-armor is a nightmare not because of the lack of protection but because you can't use artifacts

[swift sky]

W

[coarse slate]

It is possible to do complete CoP without armour as Chaoticism has shown.You just need a lot of Chemical protection for Pripyat1
https://youtu.be/Jnc_E7syHP4?si=bmbe8mQwbVtAPsEk

[uncut raptor]

what I meant is that you need to wear armour for Pripyat 1

[coarse slate]

Oh that,well I can't deny that tbh

[coarse slate]

I once tried Pripyat1 with an exoskeleton.You'll need the SEVA suit to start the mission but don't actually have to wear It.I beated Pripyat1 with an exoskeleton and chemical protection

[stuck edge]

Yep, you only need it for the cuscene

[uncut raptor]

I know

[night hill]

what the || _ _ || he doing here

[hearty remnant]

https://youtu.be/s2CcXRdBjvI

[coarse slate]

[paper minnow]

@strong axle this is a boar

[hearty remnant]

I love that animation they play next to the roasting boar

[strong axle]

neat

[uncut raptor]

bolt eater anomaly
||(Ignore the super scuffed quality, I dont know why OBS does this to me)||

[wind belfry]

This bandit dropped his gun and started running from mutants
His friend died with same situation as well

[coarse slate]

Almost at the end...I had to use an AS VAL and a USP to kill the Crystal group Monolithians to get to C-Conscience.It was Impossible to get past them

[coarse slate]

I have finally done It Sakuya_vibe

[crisp relic]

Brother finished the game with knife. Powerful stalker, congrats

[coarse slate]

*almost with a knife as I had to cheat due to the Crystal groups location.The Monolith war lab in general just sucks

[uncut raptor]

:3

[fallow parcel]

https://youtu.be/QdsBtFm_ILo?si=NGZj5WKUPDVVK6AK I used to also find the mercenaries to be kind of a nothing faction but this theory made me like them a lot.

[uncut raptor]

they work for Group remnants in the outside world

[fallow parcel]

Yep

[uncut raptor]

they attack scientists who carry important information, hinder research, scare off guards, they left Jupiter bunker undefended just to go to Pripyat...

[fresh drum]

zues is out to get me

[uncut raptor]

god its crazy how much Merc lore we got in CoP
In SoC the only evidence of this was them attacking Kruglovs chopper

[fair wagon]

This theory makes mercs one of my most liked factions

[fallow parcel]

I mean if they are part of the group they probably dont see the ukrainian scientists outside of the group as much more then money suppliers

[fresh drum]

https://tenor.com/view/huh-cat-huh-m4rtin-huh-huh-meme-what-cat-gif-27377993

[uncut raptor]

Mercs are cool but the way "fans" potray them wants me to commit violence
Not only is it straight up wrong but also million times less cool than the actual lore

[fallow parcel]

Yeah

[uncut raptor]

G*mma 🤮

[fresh drum]

gamma is a W modpack wdym

[fair wagon]

I hate when mercs are considered a generic PMC bc it kinda simplifies them and makes them a generic mercenary group.

[fallow parcel]

Yeah

[fresh drum]

what makes them different to a PMC?

[fallow parcel]

I mean they are a pmc but thats not all there is to the mercenaries

If you want a faction to be thats just random evil guys that just exist as people to shoot then the renegades would be it

[fresh drum]

and the bandits, not much interesting about them

[uncut raptor]

they are a PMC
but not generic one
What the community does is potray them as "hehe sekrit document mine.. diea stalkr hehe M4 with 38905973573078 lasers and 12 silencers go pshu pshu"

community potrays them as stupid american goons when they couldnt be further from that as private army

[fallow parcel]

Bandits are almost a comic relief faction to me, just kind of hilariously incompetent and immoral and none of them care. Renegades I cant really think of anything about them because all I ever did in the games was shoot them.

[wary bloom]

the bandits are a typical caricature of the thugs in the 90s/2000s in eastern europe

[fallow parcel]

Yep.

[wary bloom]

the Renegades are no different, they're a faction created to basically avoid spoiling relations with the Bandits before Scar even gets to Cordon

[obsidian cipher]

lstrawb has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[fallow parcel]

Yeah

[wary bloom]

the mercenaries are a very poorly written faction, hence all the diverse interpretations...

[fallow parcel]

What I really mean is there is not a lot to set bandits and renegades apart so they seem kind of dull

[wary bloom]

I mean, in SoC, CS, and CoP their rifles are almost all rigged out with silences and/or scopes, so it's not too far-fetched why in some Abobaly they'll give them 100500 lasers

[uncut raptor]

wouldnt say poorly written, their lore just wasnt in foreground and you had to connect the dots (which is incredibly hard for your average chud)

[wary bloom]

so what's their lore though? As far as I am aware they don't have any concrete lore

[fallow parcel]

I dont think they had to create a whole new faction I think that there should just be people who lean to certain sides from different factions and varying faction relationships depending on territories, so the bandits couldve just been hostile in great swamps during the clear sky faction war.

[tired stag]

https://tenor.com/view/flashbang-gif-22572243

[uncut raptor]

Their are paid soldiers attacking scientists (attacking Kruglovs chopper) and hindering their work, they are interested in labs

[wary bloom]

that's not concrete lore, those are meager observations of their actions

[fresh drum]

basically as far as i know, PMC's hired by some rich people/companies outside of the zone to do specific tasks

[uncut raptor]

they kill witnesses (guide in CoP tells you they wanted to kll him when he leads them out of underpass)

[tired stag]

Mercenaries arent supposed to be elaborated on, they are the shadowy enemy that you don't know about, to indicate that there is more going on
if you shine light under the veil, it ruins the faction, bc they arent a normal faction, they are bad guys

merc lore shouldnt be emphasized

[wary bloom]

until we know who's paying the different merc groups and for what purposes, they're a faceless faction as far as i'm concerned

[uncut raptor]

its not concrete untill you notice a pattern
That is their connection to scientists and wanting to destroy research about the Zone
Like seriously, who would benefit from that?

[fresh drum]

am just gonna grossly simplify the mercs

[tired stag]

it is kinda weird ppl have this obsession to try and fully flesh them out and make them their own kinda faction

[wary bloom]

where do they ever destroy research materials?

[fresh drum]

maybe kruglov's helicopter in SoC?

[uncut raptor]

no but they shot Kruglov down because he was carrying info on Psy emission research

[wary bloom]

sure but your thesis is that they want to destroy the research, which is not true because even Kruglov threatens to destroy it

[uncut raptor]

the helicopter had no soldiers as far as Im concerned

[fresh drum]

unless you count the armed scientists as soldiers

[uncut raptor]

and they still shoot him, because they want it to be destroyed either way

[wary bloom]

bro there is 0 indication that the mercs want to destroy the research. You made this up lol

[fresh drum]

theres not much knowledge on the mercs anyhow, its a canvas waiting to be painted

[wary bloom]

the impression one should get is that they are after the info about the Zone and the X-labs, harvesting it however they can, but definitely not with the aim to destroy it

[tired stag]

same can be said of renegades

[uncut raptor]

secure in best case, destroy if they cant secure it

[wary bloom]

where are you getting the "destroy" part????

[fresh drum]

i think its subjective, people can make up their own impressions, theres not much to prove them wrong anyway

[tired stag]

and lore on bandits is underground enuff you can make it your playground, so it is weird to me ppl focus so much on mercs

[uncut raptor]

except renegadis gods of zona
and mercenaris slops of zona

[uncut raptor]

the fact they dont care if its destroyed
Unless they need it (like the underpass plans)
they still attacked Kruglov even tho he threatened to destroy the information, they wouldnt do that if letting it be destroyed wasnt a viable option

[wary bloom]

never mind, I forgot about the sequence in CoP

Actually I still can't find any sources about their task to destroy X8 documents

Yeah there's no indication of that anywhere

@topaz moat hey man, do we have any info about the mercs wanting to destroy documents in X8?

[tired stag]

Mercs have more indications of wanting to steal and get information about the zones experiments than that to destroy it
remember the snipping mission in COP

[hollow crag]

One message stands out among a handful of others. The sender is called Jackal and the message reads: "My man at the research institute will recommend that you lead the expedition. He will have to hire your boys to guard the bunker. That will make things easier for you. Remember, the client doesn't want ANY information about the operation of X-designated objects to reach the scientists. If it does, we will not be able to leave the Zone. Don't let me down, Black."

[wary bloom]

Thanks. But that's like having a cyanide pill type of thing. Worst case scenario. Otherwise it seems that they want the documents to be delivered to some unknown employer.

Again, could also be interpreted just merely as that - at all cost avoid the info being delivered to the scientists. I.e. kill Degtyarev if he gets it, etc.

Also it's very hard to say whether the events of the games are connected to each other and whether the hunt for Kruglov's flash drive has the same interests behind it as the search for X-designated objects and documents

[weary loom]

wthell mods

[tired stag]

CS2? in my Stalker only channel?!

[weary loom]

its art and creative and it was cnpp...

[tired stag]

that's pretty intended, honestly think it should be kept that way, keeps you guessing and keeps to their theme, tho it prob is heavely frustrating to those who want all the lore and factions laid out to a perfec t, but that is boring

Mercs are that kinda faction you can use when you wanna hint at smth bigger without needing to write a whole preamble

[wary bloom]

I've gone far enough down the rabbit hole of "lore" and "canonical information" to determine that there seldom is inheritance and consistence between the games of the trilogy, especially considering the turbulent development history of SoC and CS and all the rudiments and leftovers of the draft plots

While some elements remain relatively stable and add up reasonably / don't change throughout the games, others are disjointed as hell

[tired stag]

as a rule of thumb I try to judge lore in a game per game basis, and if you wanna judge factions portrayls from a series perspective, I think its better to say that a faction is a junction of various smaller clans that all work under the same banner

nice explanation for why SoC portrayal is so diff from CS portrayal and shizz

[wary bloom]

Nonetheless, it's interesting putting all the pieces together and see what works and what doesn't

[swift sky]

Mercs do stuff for $$$ , I can see them going after Kruglov an his research to be sold to the highest bidder I.E their employeer or someone who pays more $$$

[karmic dagger]

custom level screenshots

[coarse slate]

Downloaded this mod that I'm gonna try blind.I'd like to thank Cheeki Breeki for the recommendation.I enjoyed Dollchan,so I'll probably enjoy this too

[uncut raptor]

thats nice and all but wheres the antenna?

[restive oar]

Incubator and its sequel are great

[uncut raptor]

yes

[uncut raptor]

@radiant notch

[nova fox]

Its still high up there

[uncut raptor]

its barely bigger than Cordon

[coarse slate]

What's the sequel called ? Man this mod is amazing,shame It has to be similiar to Anomaly but this is better than Anomaly

[restive oar]

Dreamcatcher is the sequel

[uncut raptor]

wdym similar?

[coarse slate]

maybe similiars not a good term.It's pretty much just Anomalies models and graphics mixed in with some UI changes but the story(so far) is engaging

[uncut raptor]

its not just Dreamcatcher
All mods on 64 bit engien do that
Its mostly the engines fault, and the lightings
Only 64 bit engine that doesnt do this that I can think of is OXR, and thats only if you slap it on unmodded CoP, mods using it also fall nto ths phenomena

[restive oar]

Dreamcatcher has a pretty unique aesthetic comparatively, but they changed the version of the engine for that

[coarse slate]

Is 64-bit a type of engine or a specific engine ?

[uncut raptor]

64 bit is architecture
wont go into details, what it means for you is that the game can take and use more than 4GB of Ram

[tired stag]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/64-bit_computing

basically

[uncut raptor]

some of the notable 64 bit versions of Xray are Open Xray, Advanced Xray, Cryray, IX-Ray, Monolith and OGSR engine

With Open Xray and OGSR being some of the best when it comes to modability

pretty much any unstable old mod you can think of has a OGSR version for improved stability

[tired stag]

shame most OGSR versions change a lot of the loadout and stuff

[coarse slate]

Peaksphere being one of them

[uncut raptor]

yes
and also mods like Zaurus series and Narodnaya Solyanka

[uncut raptor]

Yeah
And only few mods get lucky enough to get community patches to revert such changes
I say few when its probably just Goldsphere

[coarse slate]

Have you played Incubator btw ? I think I have a problem

[uncut raptor]

yes
Lets take it to #🔩┃trilogy_modifications tho

[radiant notch]

larg

[shadow marsh]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2CcXRdBjvI

[timber tapir]

Actually you don't. You are only required to have the SEVA suit on you (in your inventory) but you don't actually have to wear it. I have done the Pripyat Underground wearing an Exo, wearing a Sunrise and wearing the Wind of Freedom. The reason GSC wanted people to wear the gimped SEVA suit was it had no night vision. They wanted to force the Player to do the underground with nothing better than a headlamp to make it harder and more terrifying. All you need to wear any armor, is the Meat Chunk artifact and the chemical protection drugs, which are helpful in the first 2 stages. I wore the Tactical Helmet with the Sunrise and WOF.

[stuck edge]

What I meant is that you need the suit to trigger the cutscene, if you don't have it talking to Zulu won't work. But of course you don't have to wear it to complete the Underpass.

[timber tapir]

Yes, without getting the SEVA, none of the others will gather for the trip.

[stuck edge]

I didn't know that having it in the inventory was enough though, so I guess the no armor run is indeed possible

[timber tapir]

Going through the Underground. This is the Friend of Freedom variation:

X-8 going in. X-8 going out:

Pripyat Underground wearing Wind of Freedom upgraded to weigh 1kg.

[fluid wyvern]

Did I cook or nah?

[stuck edge]

Looks good, these are the legends of the Zone cutscenes right?

[fluid wyvern]

Thanks! That means a lot to me coming from you and yes.

[pulsar forge]

23 Days

[timber tapir]

Here are my current activated stashes in CotZ. Green are activated. Purple are partially looted, most all contain armor and weapon repair kits. Yellow are placed knapsacks by me, with armor and weapon repairs kits, with other supplies.

[crisp relic]

hell yeah dude

[topaz moat]

we do know that they want to find documents and are interested in X labs, but we don't yet know the real reason why they are so interested in them. so there can be a lot of speculations

What I always assumed is that that they are being hired by the remnants of the Group/people assosiated with them who want to cover their tracks or recover research

This could be also why mercs targeted Kruglov, since him and his team were researching the psi-emitters created by the Group in the past. Some loners and Dutyers in SoC also mention that mercs have generally became more active recently, and that they seem to be focused mostly on scientists. I think that it's a reaction to the fact that the Ukrainian government began to uncover some of the Group's secrets within the project Truth

Also, Serbin and his people are wearing the scientific suits. Besides the scientists who are researching the Zone, such suits were also worn by the Group members who worked in the labs before the disaster took place, as evident by their corpses that can be found in X-18. This supports the theory that Serbin could be their representative

[uncut raptor]

:3

[timber tapir]

Just seeing how Mercs can be both bad and good, in Clear Sky and Call of Pripyat, shows that anyone or Faction could hire them. They have no ethics other than the almighty dollar.

[topaz moat]

real

[timber tapir]

https://i.imgur.com/lJlZW3W.jpg

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

https://i.imgur.com/uzkRMH8.jpg

SoC without Mods: https://i.imgur.com/54UVPEV.jpg

[topaz moat]

i love that dialogue for some reason

[timber tapir]

I'm looking at my Imgur account where I stashed away about 2800+ pictures.

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

Forest level. A level designed by GSC but never used. Brought to life in Lost Alpha.

https://i.imgur.com/g30yL4i.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/a7hSoWI.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/3abcpRt.jpg

[crisp relic]

what is this pda

LA?

[timber tapir]

Lost Alpha - Testing phase 2012-2014. Game released in 2014 so the finished product may vary from my archives.

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

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

SoC saving Kruglov and three men.

https://i.imgur.com/j9mIswG.jpg

There it is my Scarecrow loot. I forgot where this screenshot was stashed: https://i.imgur.com/mLsyqj8.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/O24osWm.jpg

NPC pathways: https://i.imgur.com/QVtfplv.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/4KCPiQj.jpg

Helping Duty at the WT barrier

https://i.imgur.com/SpKbij8.jpg

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

https://i.imgur.com/YSX9YaB.jpg

[topaz moat]

epic

[timber tapir]

Of course if you use the ZRP to retard your game, you're not going to get all this action.

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

https://i.imgur.com/yWTT7YH.jpg

2 arties on the dead Merc. Not bad.

Ha. When people discover Bloodsuckers can climb ladders:

https://i.imgur.com/R5wCXU7.jpg

[topaz moat]

man first time i discovered this i almost had a heart attack. i thought "there's no way they can climb ladders" and then bloodsuckers did just that lol

[timber tapir]

Never wear health artifacts full time. Only use them like medkits. https://i.imgur.com/sZrZ5G6.jpg

Loner Camp in Yantar: https://i.imgur.com/zllZ87e.jpg

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

[topaz moat]

i mainly use 3 moonlights and 2 batteries that give you 30% electric shock . 2 batteries because they neutralize negative effect of moonlight artifacts completely

[timber tapir]

https://i.imgur.com/4b7bT7Z.jpg

[topaz moat]

Duty confiscating artifacts from loners, such a good members they have

[timber tapir]

Look at the PDA date on my Poker screenshot. October 28th. That's tomorrow.

[topaz moat]

you have a lot of patience

[timber tapir]

That's only 6 months later after the game started.

Going into Yantar with some brave or foolish Loners: https://i.imgur.com/KLVif8P.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/2iB3HqM.jpg

You know with me holding that shotgun, I've been to Yantar already.

https://i.imgur.com/p2qA5MS.jpg

[topaz moat]

SoC had a loot of cool and unique NPC models. those NPCs wearing balaclavas and bandits with gasmasks look pretty epic

[timber tapir]

I know. It's like SoC was peak and the two later games just got watered down.

November 1, 2012. Exactly 6 months to the day from the game start: https://i.imgur.com/Qtie4sC.jpg

[topaz moat]

Tejas casually killing like half of Ukraines population and more than half of Zones mutants

[timber tapir]

https://i.imgur.com/o72cdIP.jpg

[timber tapir]

We never got the breakdown of individual mutants and sub-species like we did in SoC again.

[topaz moat]

yeah, that was such a cool addition in SoC

[timber tapir]

PDA just got dumbed down in CS and CoP.

You can see what tasks I repeated: https://i.imgur.com/UExYhVg.jpg\

If I had to kill Loners, I actually wouldn't do it but hang out with them until men or mutants killed them for me.

Dumb I know, but I tried to play it with morals.

740 times? https://i.imgur.com/AXbjB2P.jpg

[topaz moat]

even Strelok in CS has Krylovs face

real. but at least CoP got Streloks canonical looks right

[timber tapir]

Borov used as Sin member:

[timber tapir]

No wonder he had memory problems.

I was lucky this one time: https://i.imgur.com/cy1TPcU.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/IzBsJ6k.jpg

Kill FAther Diodor mission from Sid: https://i.imgur.com/ehZbv8p.jpg

Killing Twig for his gun: https://i.imgur.com/kk05cNM.jpg

That's Leshiy standing next to him that survived.

Where Wolf dies: https://i.imgur.com/YWcL5rB.jpg

[topaz moat]

proof that Freedom is still actively recruting even in SoC

[timber tapir]

Bad day to be a Merc: https://i.imgur.com/pAxYZDS.jpg

What Wolf died to bring to the AW: https://i.imgur.com/8a5WTtl.jpg

And the sound that makes, so strange.

Garbage Bloodsucker at night: https://i.imgur.com/83o0eyT.jpg

In the day: https://i.imgur.com/7R1MOex.jpg

In the AW: https://i.imgur.com/5gnyiNQ.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/Bqf14EW.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/707qn8o.jpg

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

They never did the Bloodsucker red like that again, did they?

That good feeling when you survived: https://i.imgur.com/4Ze6z2m.jpg

December 1st 2012: https://i.imgur.com/IwLkJBA.jpg

December 9th back to Garbage: https://i.imgur.com/ZCqtdSX.jpg

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

https://i.imgur.com/9kGyygi.jpg

Making money: https://i.imgur.com/UqUewGs.jpg

Yep. Not buying that Exo but he could use the cash.

My armor stash in Rostok: https://i.imgur.com/tqBYlVu.jpg

I wore every Loner and Bandit leather jacket at the beginning and would replace then when they were worn done to nothing. Later I would "repair" them all, then store them, as new. Never sold a single armor.

https://i.imgur.com/Cqrc5K0.jpg

If you know, you know: https://i.imgur.com/ihBIyWw.jpg

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

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

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

Wounded Merc in Rostok: https://i.imgur.com/ghK9u2R.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/aD035QC.jpg

[crisp relic]

in my game session mercs rushed to bar and killed duty guys at their checkpoint

[timber tapir]

I couldn't kill him but what was funny is I left him and later I found him wounded in the WT. Every time I left him and he would go off-line he would move a little farther but when I came back and he would go back on-line, he would be wounded again on the ground. This went on for several trips where he kept moving closer to the passage until some mutants finally got him. It was kinda funny watching a wounded person crawl through the game, so to speak.

Red Forest Kolobok. Right before the Safe stash as you left the road and entered the Red Forest: https://i.imgur.com/DVXBHFY.jpg

It's the first yellow dot on the green path: https://i.imgur.com/mTi56lc.jpg

[brazen meadow]

I remember that being the last artifact I had to collect for the achievement to collect all artifacts on console

[timber tapir]

That's good to know to share with our Console people.

[brazen meadow]

100% soc was doable

[timber tapir]

https://i.imgur.com/Xb1AQxF.jpg

December 26th, the day after Christmas.

3 high-end artifacts along this back wall: https://i.imgur.com/tyUq1Xp.jpg

The Chernobyl Dog (Phantom producing Pseudodog) https://i.imgur.com/h8J4Boi.jpg

Spring: https://i.imgur.com/v8ovEJI.jpg

Battery (for Burn): https://i.imgur.com/1LWGkVp.jpg

The other type of Battery: https://i.imgur.com/R8tTxCD.jpg

Did that name get corrected in a later patch?

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

I had so much loot from the Zombies, I had to take it back to the RF entrance: https://i.imgur.com/dhNsQFT.jpg

The yellow X is where all the Loners, Dutyers, Freedom and Military will walk into the anomaly if you are close enough to make them go on-line and die. Off-line they pass right through it like ghosts.

The little purple dot is a surprise Pseudodog waiting for me to take this shortcut.

The hole in the fence: https://i.imgur.com/eiYyjJ0.jpg

Dead Ecologist: https://i.imgur.com/p2axcrO.jpg

Mono on the catwalk with the SVU: https://i.imgur.com/uY9laNl.jpg

The view from his sniper's roost. One of two locations you can jump out of the playing area: https://i.imgur.com/yArX1Yj.jpg

By cutting through the Red Forest, you can come up behind the Monolith ambush on the road. You can shoot the Monolith with the RPG-7 before he shoots it, recovering all his ammo: https://i.imgur.com/J6JpBVu.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/fUJF8sc.jpg

One round still in it unfired.

There he is me sneaking up on him: https://i.imgur.com/04Cnien.jpg

Hello Boys. Guess you didn't expect me to ambush your ambush: https://i.imgur.com/y19LqWC.jpg

All this Red Forest loot, and I haven't even gone up the road to the Brain Scorcher: https://i.imgur.com/PM6itvg.jpg

Okay. Change of scenery in my Imgur account: https://i.imgur.com/hsi1Djl.jpg

Thanks for everyone putting up with me.

One last picture. December 30th: https://i.imgur.com/gFPXsSU.jpg

PDA goofing up saying I had -11 months to complete those jobs.

[hazy smelt]

rip

[brazen meadow]

lol imagine marked one passed out for 11 months after disabling the miracle machine

[hazy smelt]

peaceful and melancholic

[wary bloom]

what the... how did that happen?/

[wary bloom]

it was broken in the later patch. Earlier versions, if memory serves me right, had it correctly displayed as "Dummy"

[fiery birch]

it's peak to walk all that way

[fiery birch]

bro he is not bear

[coarse slate]

Beautiful atmosphere(S.T.A.L.K.E.R.:Incubator)

[crisp relic]

fixed texture with pixelated developers

[wary bloom]

neat!

[crisp relic]

you know what?
*unpixelates yours GSC

Unfortunately, I cannot find the original of this photo

[wary bloom]

I might be able to find it, gotta check.

[wary bloom]

would you be able to send me this fix so i can add it into my game? I mainly play vanilla SoC so it would be a nice addition

[crisp relic]

sure

[wary bloom]

thanks

[wary bloom]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1118880912642424843/1300153857753612411/x7Kolj0Smns.jpg?ex=671fce23&is=671e7ca3&hm=383bb802efcfb062fa8f94e4d1ed5867fccaf3affc6603873a1800ef614749a8&

not the actual original file, but that's the best i could get

[crisp relic]

Bro it's awesome, thank you so much

damn

[crisp relic]

bro you good at researching, find these two posters if you want. It's on texture too.

[wary bloom]

it's more the connections 😅

[wary bloom]

for the Firestarter I'll actually check my GoG files when I come home, I believe there was some art there.

from the interwebz right away came across this one:

https://hisgames.org/images/poster/069/poster_firestarter.jpg

[crisp relic]

ye i found the same pic

and i found this, but it's half image

[rain hare]

When you can't wait..🤌

[timber tapir]

I just remembered. GSC made a mistake with the SoC PDA, as there is no December 31st. I guess they never expected anyone to play SoC that long that starts on May 1st 2012. The PDA will literally jump from December 30th 2012 to January 1st 2013. That's why the numbers are bugged, it's going back 11 months in time to January 2012 by displaying a negative number. Once it goes to 2013, the daily count still functions for each 24 hour day but some of the jobs that give you only 24 hours to complete them give a nonsense timeline, until it starts acting normally, I think around March 2013. This was many years ago so sometimes it takes reviewing screenshots to remember all the tiny details. Honestly, have you ever heard there is no December 31st before?

[timber tapir]

Lost Alpha Forest level. That strange anomaly field is around the number 3 on this annotated map, that is showing the road and my red travel path not using the road. It was full of mutant traps.

Of course this is from the Testing phase where I had to walk everywhere as vehicles had not been added yet. I guess everyone nowadays just zooms everywhere in their car on the Forest road.

[timber tapir]

It's never been Dummy in any patch I have seen. I played 1.0003, 1.0004 (my bulk time) 1.0005 (my 2nd most time) and some but the least time in 1.0006.

[fallow parcel]

One week in the zone. Found doctor strolling around the clear sky base and he gave me a key to a stash in pripyat. Weapons are no longer completely broken and I managed to get vodka without there already being a threat of death by radiation poisoning for the first time.

[timber tapir]

Great picture. It's just cringe not seeing people understand how to wear artifacts properly. Don't get me wrong, as when I first played I didn't either. It took time to really understand that and everywhere I look, very few get it.

[timber tapir]

Is that a Venom: Codename Outbreak mural in the background?

[fallow parcel]

This feels super lucky for this mod, I found a bear detector on some military guy's corpse

[timber tapir]

Army Warehouses (Call of the Zone)

Army Warehouses Swamp (Call of the Zone)

Army Warehouses Controller Zap (Call of the Zone)

Army Warehouses Loner (Call of the Zone)

Army Warehouses PDA mutant hunt (Call of the Zone)

Army Warehouses Monolith sentry (Call of the Zone)

[wary bloom]

That's actually news to me. No, as much as I freeplayed the game, I have not gone that far. That's certainly a notable discovery and your input is greatly appreciated.

[wary bloom]

I may be mixing it up with the original ru localization

[wary bloom]

Yes it is

[timber tapir]

It's also possible, people using the massive ZRP Mod might have had that corrected for them.

[wary bloom]

I have tried out ZRP once before. It was interesting but not my cup of tea. I prefer my one-life raids into Pripyat these days. 🙂

SoC is the most fun in trilogy to freeplay

[timber tapir]

It's a massive Mod that the creator has been tweaking on, year after year, for over 15+ years. The creator likes to lie to people by convincing them SoC is unplayable unless they install his so-called bug-fixes Mod. While in reality, it offers some choices to toggle on and off but there are many, many hidden changes that are there, and they are all about his personal preferences and what he didn't like that GSC did or didn't do. People using it go around saying they are playing vanilla SoC, when that couldn't be the farthest thing from the truth. Years and years of brainwashing the Stalker Community like the Monolith does in the games.

[wary bloom]

Overall, I agree with you. I don't think that NatVak was that malicious in his pursuits but certainly ZRP is not the vanilla fix it sells itself as.

[timber tapir]

I've known the man personally since 2007 so I stand behind everything I have said.

[wary bloom]

I have no doubt. There are certainly dubious changes, some being simply head-canon (like the extra dialogue with Wolf) or the bandits on Garbage with IL-86.

some of the edits make sense lore-wise but break the balance

[terse basalt]

Idk bout bandits with il-86s tho lol

[wary bloom]

Well I do.

It was a bandit in a leather coat with an IL-86 around the barricades, past which the path to Agroprom lies.

[pulsar forge]

22 days

[timber tapir]

Just ask yourself this. If it is nothing more than bug-fixes and a few tweaks of his personal preferences, why does it have to be continuously changed or refined for over 15+ years? Lore doesn't take 15+ years to change. Bug fixes don't take 15+ years to find UNLESS the very same tweaks you keep making, produce MORE bugs than it ever fixed. He gatekeeps Reddit for over a decade, like the Monolith converting people to follow the Wish Granter. Seeing ZRP converts is like seeing people that can't stop offering praise to the Wish Granter and worshipping the Monolith.

[terse basalt]

Ohhhh ok

[timber tapir]

No harm meant to using your Faction as an example.

[wary bloom]

As someone who works with Wiki, I can say that the perpetual editing can be justified without a quasi-religious take on the changes involved. The bug fixes can easily be a constant W.I.P. as some of my colleagues have shown me, since the focus and skill of their work shifts accordingly.

[terse basalt]

And im sure with time people would want to refine early work as well

[wary bloom]

However, it is hard to explain a lot of NatVak's changes. Some make sense as QOL changes (brightened pseudodog tail icon), but many simply are a matter of preference (medkit icon).

There is a dialogue line in Wolf's chat that suggests a headcanonical story.

[timber tapir]

Is that coverred in the Wiki?

[wary bloom]

We don't write about mods

so no, ZRP concerns us little in that regard

[timber tapir]

Consider how challenging it is to deal with ZRP people here, when they talk about their game, and I realize why they don't see or have what I am talking about and then they go to the Wiki and it's not there or different. By no means am I advising it should be in the Wiki, just that you may share some of the same frustration with people there, trying to edit the ZRP version of events into it.

[wary bloom]

Oh it certainly comes up time after time as a matter of frustration. That said, however, I have personally received more feedback from people agreeing that the ZRP mod fails to maintain the vanilla feel that people install it for, and thus are harder to fool, and tend to lean back in favour of the vanilla experience, nevermind the innocent fixes that do not alter the behavior of all the "chess pieces" of the game.

ZRP in my experience reminds me more of the AMK mod somehow. Most people these days won't even know what that is, but it mattered a lot to the modern state of affairs.

and even so, AMK was just way more fun to play the vanilla SoC with.

[timber tapir]

You said "favour". Where are you located if you don't mind me asking?

[wary bloom]

I live in Canada

[timber tapir]

That's cool. You're using UK English instead of US English. All is good. I just like seeing clues like that telling me more about people.

[wary bloom]

guess "behavior" is therefore misspelled in my text :^)

[timber tapir]

That could have slipped by me. I have the TV on at the same time and I have to keep rewinding my program because I suck at multitasking when I am tired.

Let me post some obligatory screenshots to keep us out of trouble real quick.

[wary bloom]

I am an immigrant to Canada. English isn't my first language, so it's a bit of a mix when it comes to certain spellings. I do, however, prefer my "u"s in words like the one that prompted this tangent of a chat 🙂

[timber tapir]

Jupiter Companions (Call of the Zone)

[wary bloom]

also yes we need a cover story

[timber tapir]

Jupiter Companions (Call of the Zone)

Jupiter Ash Heap (Call of the Zone)

Jupiter Bloodsucker (Call of the Zone)

Jupiter Bloodsucker night attack (Call of the Zone)

Jupiter Checkpoint lightning (Call of the Zone)

[timber tapir]

The last Moderator (great guy) of the GSC Forums, that went down in 2022, was a Russian that was living in Canada.

[wary bloom]

Not me, that's for sure lol.

[timber tapir]

I didn't think you were him, just that I have seen, before the war many Russians that have moved to Canada or Spain. I'm not here to harass anyone from any Country.

I mean your Discord name is German.

Doesn't mean you are German.

[wary bloom]

oh yeah I understand. I've lived here since 2011, before any of those questions were a worldwide topic of conversation.

[wary bloom]

one of my favourite languages that I've been learning for some time. The nickname actually is a convoluted translation/interpretation of my surname

[timber tapir]

The big standouts are for example, spelling on words like color and colour, favor and favour, defense and defence, license and licence. Just a letter or two changed here and there. Nothing that doesn't make it not understandable, just something that someone may or may not notice.

Your name as you know means Wolf's Head in German. However that doesn't make you German, just that you liked the word or spelling.

[timber tapir]

That looks more like running than leaping.

[wary bloom]

well, a nickname and a custom of spelling come from different motivations, so I wouldn't put them side by side as examples 🙂

[wind belfry]

idk what happened with this snork

[timber tapir]

That's a great picture.

[wary bloom]

Syncronized sleeping performed by the olympic bandit team in Dark Valley

[wind belfry]

Right bandit: 😥

[wary bloom]

he's in it for the team

clearly that rolled-up mattress on the left could be his 😄

Mercs entering the Warehouses territory

[timber tapir]

I've got something like that somewhere, but this is the best I could do on such a short notice.

[wary bloom]

I was just reviewing my screenshots folder 🙂

Garbage Duty outpost soldier playing guitar

oh, btw @timber tapir, did you know the "Martha" is dupable in SoC?

[timber tapir]

I got multiple folders, multiple hosted pictures, too many stuff everywhere. Very frustrating to find things. Have you seen this before? https://i.imgur.com/oM569Rs.jpg

[timber tapir]

You mean getting two of them?

[wary bloom]

Getting as many of them as you want

[wary bloom]

ahaha, classic. I have a funny vid about that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60ZUb9YtfYo

[timber tapir]

You mean like endless amounts of the unqiue Val?

[wary bloom]

let me just show you:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oByOZ4moWb0

[timber tapir]

That's a new one to me.

[wary bloom]

I believe that there is an even faster way to farm those by simply exiting an re-enetering the level; Bullet's friend will keep dropping guns, but this is how I've learned to get at least a few right away.

[timber tapir]

I'm one of those people that may carry a pistol but rarely needs or wants one.

[wary bloom]

My gameplay meta seldom includes a handgun unless I main a Bulldog lol. Past a certain point, handguns and their ammo turn into unnecessary weight

[timber tapir]

However I have been using a pistol a lot more than I ever have in my current CotZ game.

[wary bloom]

I am not familiar with a majority of mods, but I'm sure in certain gameplay dynamics they are useful to have. In vanilla, I almost never carry any, even in CS and CoP. In CS the artifacts for extra carry weight capacity are simply too broken, so it's no big deal; in CoP, the weapon slots allow for a far more creative build.

[timber tapir]

This wasn't the stretching of movement like your video. This is fixed and not moving. That is why I was asking if you had seen this? https://i.imgur.com/oM569Rs.jpg

[wary bloom]

No, in that case I haven't 🙂 looks funny though.

Regardless, I am crashing - it's a late hour and I have work tomorrow. Pleasure talking to you! Until next time

[timber tapir]

Let me just explain real quick, this happened over months and months in the game, where slowly the perma-body NPC stretched longer and longer like Slenderman. Only saw this in SoC. Good talking. Have a good one.

[wary bloom]

Good to know, I'll have to test it. I have a freeplay save in SoC where I'm about a month of gameplay time in. Good time to start.
Anyways, goodnight 😴

[terse basalt]

Military helicopter suffers catastrophic damage during an assault through village in the zone. The pilot attempts to land it but it comes down like a brick in air.
Nearby soldiers from the Ground Assault team attempt to secure the crash site
The helicopter bears 2 survivors but they are so badly wounded it's unlikely they will make it out.
Another lost to the zone

[rustic glen]

Now I am broke

[fiery birch]

I'm broke without doin anything

[uncut raptor]

[swift sky]

hot

[rustic glen]

Went from a relatively shit 2060 to this

[brazen meadow]

how many dabloons did that cost you stalker?

[rustic glen]

Many for sure

[swift sky]

[pseudo wyvern]

https://youtu.be/0i6AW8dnUtg

[fathom olive]

must be nice

gonna print out a screenshot of my GOG purchase, frame it, mail it to myself, and open it Nov 20th

[keen wadi]

...

[uncut raptor]

Oh hell nah

[hollow nova]

duty division

[tired stag]

https://tenor.com/view/kitty-puke-puke-vomit-kitty-vomit-cat-vomit-gif-10902081098279086080

[strange comet]

https://tenor.com/view/standing-still-frozen-stopped-moving-no-moving-staying-still-gif-15691154961231534561

[pulsar forge]

Not the Ubishit

[swift sky]

no way this is real

[keen wadi]

It is...

[pulsar forge]

I hate French people

[swift sky]

like... its cool asf but the division makes no sense

[pulsar forge]

The company is dying from making bad decisions and bad games, OFC they trying to revive with popular games, Fortnite style

[karmic dagger]

grooooooooooooooook

[swift sky]

makin the seva transparent is disgusting

[pulsar forge]

World's most Mid-Game gets this skin

[swift sky]

so mono a loner an 2 duty skins 💀💀

[uncut raptor]

There are 5 cool guys from France

Asterix
Obelix
Anonalous
and Daft Punk

[uncut raptor]

Ewwwiiee
Ugly tactislop patch on stalker suit

[restive oar]

Freedom erasure

[solar sedge]

mr. clancy would be proud

[wary kestrel]

I’m still waiting for the Roblox cross over

[uncut raptor]

I would rather see that honestly

[fair wagon]

I just found this on Google. HywwiT on Twitter.

[pulsar forge]

[swift sky]

its a armband not even a patch it looks like

[uncut raptor]

double eewwiee

[wary bloom]

I was wondering, is it because it's been placed on that container? And did you move it there?

[uncut raptor]

Mr. Fantastic is canon?!

[fiery birch]

@timber tapir Do you like le graphic

[tired stag]

upload the video bare without the Tik Tok link

[elfin hedge]

Ight

I made this as a first edit cause i got my hands on a proper pc that dosen't lag

[fiery birch]

holy shit , Gamma gameplay

[terse basalt]

The race to the center of the zone! Strelok and some freedomers pass derelict military units and monolith forces through the heart of pripyat

[elfin hedge]

Nahhh don't bring up gamma to stalker 2 gamma is only for mil-sim fanboys (i played it and it dosen't have that stalker vibe tbh)

[fiery birch]

I never played gamma

[elfin hedge]

That's good

[fiery birch]

I play Call of Chernobyl

[wary kestrel]

Bro is siting his sources holy shit

[elfin hedge]

SAME HERE

[fiery birch]

MA MAN

[wary kestrel]

This guy should write my college papers

[fair wagon]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/1203074558450602004.webp?size=48

[fiery birch]

https://tenor.com/view/senator-armstrong-source-i-made-it-up-sauce-take-that-gif-26625795

[fair wagon]

I would rather glaze kms then site another essay in Chicago manual of style.

[wary kestrel]

Lmao

I’d not let yah anyways writing the papers is my favorite part

[hollow birch]

Made a little hideout in 100 Rads bar

[coarse slate]

Finally found myself a good suit.Gonna first finish Anomalies story before trying out Dreamcatcher and Wind of Time.

[restive oar]

full interview with GSC Technical Producer Yevhenii Kulyk, it is a pretty good one too https://youtu.be/_1msvzkT1d8

[fallow parcel]

How far in are you?

Because theres like 3 segments to anomalie's story

[timber tapir]

This is similar to a collision when you shoot someone or a mutant, and it gets caught and bounces around except this is the really rare case, where the collision is on a perma-body. The perma-body does not move and does not vanish like most bodies. If it had been left on the ground it probably would have been like any other perma-body. However, since this one is sprawled on top of a fixed object, the collision between the body and being on top of that object and touching the ground is causing it to stretch in slow motion. Months and months of travel by me, making the object go off-line and back again online, has made this happen. Pretty cool to see and something most people have no idea could happen, since most Players are at the CNPP within a week or two, of starting their game.

[timber tapir]

Yes he is, killed outside Rostok. The Human Torch is trapped in the underpass in the Wild Territory going to Yantar. The Thing is waiting for you in the Hall of Numbers, deep inside X-16 and the Invisible Woman sometimes becomes visible and is called a Bloodsucker when seen in her natural form.

[timber tapir]

Yes. What Mod?

[wary bloom]

Neat. I was actually surprised to see you never went into Pripyat in the one year in the Zone video. I occasionally raid the city for loot and quests (I even had Duty reach the Avangard stadium), and what makes it really fun is the fact that I am absolutely not allowed to die lol. Saves get corrupted often, although not in 100% of the cases. So it really feels like an intense experience, preparing for it with good armor and meds and artifacts and getting out alive.

[timber tapir]

I actually didn't finish that specific Game and may have jumped to my playing Call of Chernobyl 1.2 for the first time, most likely due to a friend really wanting me to try it right away. As I've been to the CNPP many times, there was nothing new to see there by delaying going there after a year in the Game. In other words, the CNPP doesn't care how long you took to arrive, it treats you the same.

[wary bloom]

CNPP, yeah, but Pripyat actually begins to vary in terms of the events that are happening after the initial visit 🙂 And since you can return back to Red Forest (Radar) from the city, it makes it an interesting experience.

[timber tapir]

Yes, I have done multiple version of being in Pripyat and seeing many changes, especially going inside the Stadium and taking the artifacts from there back south.

[wary bloom]

I once had the most intense firefight in the main street between loners, freedom, duty, monolith, zombies, and even a damn controller joined in on the action

[timber tapir]

For example, seeing how Duty and Freedom entering Pripyat take alternate paths to reach the Stadium.

[restive oar]

Heard some distant collision sounds when returning through wild territory after X-16, was not disappointed by what I found

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/430427711597576212/1300603212239343616/GIF_10-28-2024_7-32-12_PM.gif?ex=672170a1&is=67201f21&hm=9a59616852417238ace6d8086b32ba05751f27f8941b6c8ab7178aed27b4e3a9&

[outer echo]

i mean technically you have this #🔮┃fanart_and_cosplay message (shameless plug of my work)

[errant agate]

!warn @muted void self advertising

[obsidian cipher]

soviet_dan has been warned

Reason: self advertising

[fiery birch]

Anomaly Together

was playin with ma fella

[uncut raptor]

yes..
"story"

[fiery birch]

if you're enjoying
then it's fine

[uncut raptor]

thats not what I mean
the story is unfathomable dogshit and you should be aware of that no matter if you enjoy it
it has 0 new content yet somehow manages to break canon

[fiery birch]

but if you still enjoy it
it's no problem

[uncut raptor]

theres no problem in enjoying
the problem is if you refuse to admit its (more than obvious) issues

[fiery birch]

I admit it

but I enjoy it

[uncut raptor]

good for you

[fiery birch]

NOOOOOOO NOT THAT LINE xdddddd

[faint hull]

What story

[fiery birch]

story ?

[uncut raptor]

thats the neat part
its recycled missions from through out the trilogy
Except done WORSE! 🥳
yet despite being recycle they still manage to break the lore

[faint hull]

I mean anomaly story is like a fever dream - you have no idea what is happening and nothing makes sense but you will still go through it

[fiery birch]

the only missions that doesn't break lore to me is :
Hunt arti
kill that mf
scan this area
escort missions
sides quests ofc

[faint hull]

real

[uncut raptor]

hunt arti..
you forget the part where Compass spawns in random anomalies

[faint hull]

It does?

I never seen that happening since artifacts are already rare in anomaly (and they give you like nothing)

[uncut raptor]

yes
In most mods its obtainable through quests (because it makes sense) but since Anomaly has virtually no handmade quests...

[errant agate]

Can you link it

[uncut raptor]

I think its in Monokits discord

[fiery birch]

it's in Monokit discord as Chymo said (Before anyone think..I'm not self adver..he asked I answer)

[uncut raptor]

friendly reminder of rule 10 :3

[errant agate]

Send in dms?

[coarse slate]

I agree.Something tells me to just finish Anomaly so It doesn't bother me.Living Legend is the most(how do I put this) ''compiled''.I played the Monolith ''story'' and It was just random fetch quests and ends with a Wish Granter ''ending''

[uncut raptor]

Living Legend is the original story
Made by DocX
I dont like it but its by far best chapter
Rest was done by someone else

[restive horizon]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNR879BdkgE

[pulsar forge]

21 days!!

[coarse slate]

And that rest sucks

[uncut raptor]

so does Living Legend
the rest just sucks harder

[coarse slate]

The only quests worth doing are those with the RF Reciver

[uncut raptor]

ehh

[coarse slate]

Those encourage exploring often even and are good for first time playthroughs

As much as I don't like the Monolith playthroughs,I'd still recommend the Zaton quest

[uncut raptor]

ehhhhhhhhh
encourage exploration in dull, empty, dead maps

[restive oar]

Need to up that NPC count to 2200+ like global war

[uncut raptor]

genuenly Anomaly has 30+ maps and only around 400-500 NPCs
Compare that to Clear Sky
the difference is crazy, you would think the 64 bit engine would handle it better than Xray 1.5 but no..

[coarse slate]

It's not just about the NPCs,I'd say It's also about the locations.Seeing the old maps(like Zaton,Cordon,Rostok,etc) in a new engine feels refreshing

I'll admit,before trying out other mods I was a regular player for Anomaly and even wanted to try EFP(but never did).Nowadays I just play for the Living Legend quest for the sake of finishing It

[restive oar]

Genuinely curious what's going on there

[spice urchin]

Chill, 1000-1500 NPC

[uncut raptor]

It is refreshing until you notice the mod doesnt utilise them properly and every playthrough is exactly the same
Its just same old maps for thr millionth time and nothing is even changed

Lots of mods are like that but they at least have quests that make it feel new
Like Bad Company 2 or Goldsphere or RTTZ
Man the CoP maps are peak in RTTZ

[wind belfry]

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

[coarse slate]

That's one of Anomalies problems,quests.Most suck and most are just fetch quests.By refreshing,I meant visually.Most quests are just

Go kill this guy
find this rare artifact
search this area
eliminate this mutant in this location.
I agree.When I played Dollchan,some maps are the same old ones/cut maps but with slight changes.I liked that ngl.Dollchan has a lot problems but does succeed when It comes to map design.Just look at the mods "Army Warehouses" location

[uncut raptor]

yeah
fetch quests wouldnt be a problem if they werent so random, SoC has them too but there you know where to find the stuff
the absurd item pool and randomness of anomaly make them borderline unfinishable normally
you dont finish them by knowing the game, you finish them by randomly stumble upon the item

[coarse slate]

That is true.Like I've said with the Monolith storyline,aside from a few quests,It's just fetch quests that are unconnected.In Living Legend It's atleast connected and makes sense

[uncut raptor]

yup

[coarse slate]

Go to Zaton Iron Anomaly ?
Why?
To find a weapon to kill Eidolon

[uncut raptor]

god I swear Ive seen someone say Anomaly is better than Lost Alpha because LA is a fanfic
like it sure is but you cant tell me Anomaly is any better, LA at least has good maps, handmade quests and ORIGINAL content

he even said that "the amazing story" is why people love anomaly so much

[coarse slate]

Let me guess.Some guy who didn't play the original games and prefers Anomaly over them and all the other mods ?

[uncut raptor]

probably
long time since I saw the post
maybe I can find it

[coarse slate]

It's good that I didn't play Gamma(what the Grok) and EFP

Cuz I actually wanted to play those modpacks one time.It's good that I found other better mods thanks to Cheeki Breeki(the youtuber)

[uncut raptor]

didnt find the mod yet but I found my favourite translator

oh here it is

fun
well made
polished
No fanfiction

Ah yes
He forgot the part where all of that is literally stolen content...

hehe

[coarse slate]

Unrelated but do you know wich type of quest is the worst in Anonaly ?
Those fuсking weapon quests

"Find this gun that has a 1000000000000% chance of spawning"

[uncut raptor]

yeah they are from CoC
they were doable there since you had more NPCs and less weapons
With Anomalys bloat and each gun having 40 variants its damn near impossible

oh finally someone with Da Brainz