📸┃screens_and_videos

[restive oar]

Well at least they are right that LA is bad

[uncut raptor]

yeah but its still comparing a piss stain on your pants to wine stain on your sofa

which mods is which stain..
well.. thats for you to decide

[coarse slate]

we all know Incubator is Staropramen beer stain kotperverse

[uncut raptor]

why would you let that happen
so much gone to waste

[neon depot]

https://youtu.be/N77kHLw8TAM?si=TB8uFJ5Ut0nVmRUw

[uncut raptor]

friendly rule 10 reminder :3

[gaunt prism]

Who gave bandits fent

[heavy sandal]

Good wallpaper video from GSC website

[glossy loom]

@uncut raptor yeah goddamn I hate the fetch quests, never do them

[uncut raptor]

Who doesnt?

[glossy loom]

Anomaly has lots of very cool side quests like defend the barrier and the Water pump station, wish there were more of those

[obsidian cipher]

adirgs has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[glossy loom]

I had to mod my game just to get better side quests

[uncut raptor]

Pretty sure all of those are taken from an old quest pack for CoC

[glossy loom]

DoctorX quests right?

[uncut raptor]

no not that
something else, I always forget the name

[glossy loom]

There's a new quest pack for Anomaly if you get the brotherhood addon and new maps addon which are leagues better

[uncut raptor]

I know
I played through New Levels story and Im beta testing for Brotherhood

[glossy loom]

Brooo brotherhood better give me some MARKERS

[fair wagon]

Gamma test instead

[uncut raptor]

I will grokking defenestrate you

[glossy loom]

Took me 2 hours to find the dead stalker in kompachy, dude was under a house

It was night time, I was dealing with bloodsuckers and chimeras

[uncut raptor]

I found him unintentionally
Cool quest tho

[fair wagon]

Don't you mean demofenestrate

[glossy loom]

Yeah honestly I liked those quests, especially New Levels

[uncut raptor]

[glossy loom]

God tier lab, made the brain scorcher look like babushkas Siberian dacha

[uncut raptor]

it will also be in Vivients next mod, cant wait
Hope they use some other engine than IX-Ray

[restive oar]

Dreamcatcher was gorgeous but the fps was terrible

[uncut raptor]

yeah

[glossy loom]

What's that?

[uncut raptor]

I think its called Atribute

https://www.moddb.com/groups/na13241/news/attribute-announcement

[hearty remnant]

@fiery birch you'd love this mod
https://youtu.be/SXu_nx9kjg8

[fiery birch]

wait ?
is this a mod ?

it still need more work tbh

[hearty remnant]

Made for the ap-pro quest competiton no less

🤯

[fiery birch]

[restive oar]

Oh sweet

[cinder flame]

Aiaiai

[coarse slate]

Vivient be cooking again

[uncut raptor]

too bad the Contract translators didnt cook (its abysmal dogshit)

[fair wagon]

I thought you were going to play the Polish version

[timber tapir]

Me and the Boys arriving in Darkscape (Call of the Zone)

Me and the Boys in Dead City Merc Base (Call of the Zone)

We had one Freedom Companion with us.

Me and the Boys at our Base in the Dark Valley (Call of the Zone)

Me and the Boys in the Agroprom Underground (Call of the Zone)

With our allies, the Military helping us out.

Me and the Boys at the Freedom Base in the Army Warehouses (Call of the Zone)

Me and the Boys traveling in Darkscape (Call of the Zone)

Me and the Boys in the 100 Rads Bar (Call of the Zone)

Me and the Boys at the Military Outpost in the Cordon (Call of the Zone)

Me and the Boys chilling in the Dark Valley (Call of the Zone)

Me and the Boys at the Marshes Church (Call of the Zone)

[wind belfry]

wat?

[quartz sable]

Don't ruin their ambush they planned this for years!

[timber tapir]

My 35 Companions and I are about to enter.

[quartz sable]

Watch out for that one rogue grenade, that's all it takes.

[timber tapir]

When the Military and Bandit respawns arrive in the Cordon from Garbage: https://i.imgur.com/xF60E5H.jpg

[undone dock]

Huh i remembered i only face spetsnaz in there

[timber tapir]

https://i.imgur.com/dt2XwDS.jpg

[timber tapir]

Kill all the Military in the Cordon, and their replacements will arrive from Garbage.

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

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

Military will move north from Outpost in Red. Military Respawn replacements will arrive from Garbage and go south shown in Green. Bandits in Blue. https://i.imgur.com/YyOCv0O.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/W2Y7EUo.jpg

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

https://i.imgur.com/WATrRK6.jpg

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

Sometimes they attack the Rookie Village: https://i.imgur.com/Z2SOZAo.jpg

[pulsar forge]

Time is coming...

[tight sinew]

STALKER 2 IS RUNNING

FOR PRESIDENT

[uncut raptor]

@wary kestrel @tight sinew

[wary kestrel]

Doesn’t even look official tbh

[uncut raptor]

its not
its special bonus from the shop itself
but Im a sucker for metal mugs

[tight sinew]

They cut out the ferris wheel and the duga, ILLEGAL MUG

[wary kestrel]

Idk looks hella mid

[uncut raptor]

[wary kestrel]

Like that mug looks like slop you would buy off Ali express for a dollar

[fair wagon]

It's not bad IMO

[cinder flame]

Kvass would be so good out of that

[uncut raptor]

trve

[hazy smelt]

security camera pov

[coarse slate]

Here.Me and Rogue(Streloks group member) are going to Pripyat to meet Strelok and take out Eidilon

Hip is here too,we're finally ready to see Strelok !

[timber tapir]

Stormy Autumn ⛈️

[swift sky]

W Strider W Freedomer

[coarse slate]

https://youtu.be/B4L1OfLBjm8?si=hiwHl8nnm0FaxbpG

[uncut raptor]

from a mod called "The Exception"

[coarse slate]

We're finally ready to eliminate Eidolon.This was always my favorite part of the Living Legend story.

[uncut raptor]

ever seen a bloodsucker having a seizure?

[brazen meadow]

I like that part too then all your followers get killed in like 2 seconds before they even fire a single shot

[coarse slate]

I installed the 'Companions don't die' addon,now It doesn't become frustraiting + a fully upgraded Nosorog exoskeleton

[uncut raptor]

peakborn?!

[rancid cairn]

if you can read that you are a god

[restive oar]

I kinda wish the translation wasn't so incredibly bad

[coarse slate]

deleted Anomaly and installed this gem.I'll never play the garbage that is Anomaly ever again.That mod sucks and I've wasted so much time on It and Its shit story.I saw that you played WoT in your old status so I decided to try It out just for you kotperverse

[half ridge]

GEMERALD!!!

[uncut raptor]

Peak

If you get stuck dont hesitate to ping me or talionofsparta

[coarse slate]

Thanks,alredy had my first crash but I'm not mad since I watched Cheeki Breekis WoT and he too said It randomly crashes

[uncut raptor]

I didnt have any random crashes
Altho there is a notorious crash in Rostok
I recommend lowering details when going there

[rancid cairn]

is that OG fortnite?

[wispy oxide]

Wow, that's some news.

Looks cool, too bad it's not for R6

[swift sky]

even if it was for R6 they'd give it to all the wrong characters

cause UBI= mental

[wraith kestrel]

https://youtu.be/1gwNrYJ5VKM?si=e2zbp-Vg_yke9mIH

[wispy oxide]

I watched it yesterday during the premiere. Overall impressions are positive.

[wraith kestrel]

watched it for paid release, definitely the best fan film since the creation of stalker

[wispy oxide]

I agree, few have tried to work so hard on everything yet. Although there were some good fan films like Photographer. However, at the moment this film is definitely a cut above the rest.

[wraith kestrel]

despite the quality of the film, i wouldve preferred it to be longer. after the lab raid portion of the film, the ending felt cut short. perhaps there was a second act but the budget got in the way of the script

[wispy oxide]

The ending is relatively open, in principle, like the previous films of this company. In general, I was extremely surprised when I learned that the creators of Overlord took on Stalker

[timber tapir]

They misspelled Red Forest.

[wispy oxide]

I didn't understand something else. Why was the Duty base occupied by Mercenaries?

[fiery birch]

THEY BROKE THE SPELL

[fiery birch]

[timber tapir]

I wasn't a big fan of seeing a Cadillac deep inside the Zone.

They could have gotten something from Europe to make it more believable. Just sayin'.

[latent owl]

American imports are quite popular in Ukraine and Belarus IIRC

So it’s more believable than you’d think

[uncut raptor]

mod name?

[timber tapir]

Sure they exist. If there was a parking lot full of vehicles, it would be no big deal. But when the solitary car you show is a Cadillac, it was just shitty placement. We're not talking about on the streets of a Cosmopolitan city. This is deep inside the Exclusion Zone where you would expect old, abandoned vehicles, not this.

[latent owl]

Maybe a petrolhead stalker would drive his imported Caddie into the zone

[timber tapir]

You're just making impractical excuses.

[latent owl]

That’s what suspension of disbelief is right

[timber tapir]

No matter what I say, you are going to say something to make yourself feel good.

[uncut raptor]

Škoda Favorit

[tired stag]

My main question would be why is that a modern chrysler

The real answer is that in America you can't just go to the scrapyard and get an old scrap heap, those have been scrapped long ago, and scrapping and blowing up a classic would, make me very sad

[timber tapir]

Cadillac is a General Motors product.

Hey are you okay? Saw some flooding on the news in Spain?

[tired stag]

Yea, some friends got out of danger, nasty stuff
But anyway, L + Bozo + RIP
Told ppl that Shadows of the Zone was not gonna be good and I was right

I love being right

[pulsar forge]

Mine is better

[wraith kestrel]

?

[uncut raptor]

not even a stalker film
theres like 2 anomalies in total
0 actually stalker looking characters, and half the film is just mercenary tactiсuсks doing tactiсuсk shit
its Tarkov with little bit of generic stalker stuff sprinkled on top
and I mean a LITTLE bit

[wraith kestrel]

Entirely wrong

Thanks for letting me know you have 0 observational skills

[uncut raptor]

so what are the 3 main things in Stalker?

Anomalies
Mutants
And.. well.. poor people with bad equipment and no real training

Now
In shadow of the Zone we have:
Whopping 2 Anomalies
0 mutants
and 0 actual stalkers

but what can you expect from movie connected to Drewski

[rancid cairn]

this is so true

shouldve called it gamma: shadow of the zone

[uncut raptor]

should have called it "bunch of SCP nerds failed attempt at making stalker film because they worked with tarkov clowns instead of actual stalker fans"

[rancid cairn]

the budget went to paying for the tacticool gear

[uncut raptor]

Im still mad they had my poor OT-64 in this crap
#OT-64DeservedBetter

[coarse slate]

Nah,It shoul've been called ''Wendigoon and a bunch of other guys try to make a Stalker movie without understanding the thing that makes stalker unique''

haven't seen It but should I watch It tho ?

[uncut raptor]

no
its tactislop
like 3 seconds after the intro you already have badass tacticool operator mercenaries mumbling some tactical nonsense commands while assaulting a camp or some shit

[analog urchin]

AlternativA 1.4

[uncut raptor]

I forgot what alternativa HUD looks like
its so over

[swift sky]

get this disgusting fugging AI outa here

[hazy smelt]

found this thing behind a crate in jupiter, anyone know what the hell this is?

[inland jungle]

Psi-Emitter mobile device used by the Monolith to communicate with the Monolith

[hazy smelt]

so does that mean i found something i wasnt supposed to?

[inland jungle]

It's kind of lore stuff

Not tied up to a mission

[hazy smelt]

oh fair enough

[pseudo sentinel]

Pass me a medkit bro

[hazy smelt]

i have like 30 tons of medical supplies waiting for me at skadovsk

[rain hare]

https://youtu.be/lX__umMlIHg?si=0n7RctPVIxDT1IAB

[agile sequoia]

Playlist above with all 3 games in action together - and sepertely! 🙂

[tired stag]

!warn 306781151287312384 self advertising

[obsidian cipher]

impactgamestation has been warned

Reason: self advertising

[wispy oxide]

[native kindle]

@royal cliff

[royal cliff]

Бачив))0

О, до речі

Це чат для скріншотів?
Щас

[native kindle]

Ja ja, genau

[coarse slate]

The man is cooking again.Edit:This is Call of Chernobyl not Anomaly https://youtu.be/2MBf36VqtGQ?si=ThqB4W-P-BX4GQRG

[rancid cairn]

just released it?

[rancid cairn]

whart is this

[restive oar]

Been playing that mod lately. It's unhinged but in a good way

[rancid cairn]

I played it but it got too repetitive for me

[royal cliff]

Price of Freedom 1.0

:>

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJRubC5T7As&list=PL4f0yA4qpVNX0OSZDs6SBBf4dPYB6tCBD

[uncut raptor]

he doesnt know

[coarse slate]

Some screenshots taken in Wind of Time

[velvet grail]

це в грі?

[royal cliff]

Нє, то в відосі Володьки)

https://youtu.be/yD-px8Jpnl0?si=16F4-yq8V946X4z4

[native kindle]

Сподіваюся й там буде

[bright cipher]

https://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomaly/addons/coc-main-storyline

[coarse slate]

Ngl I might try Call of Chernobyl now

[hollow birch]

I made myself a little webcam effect.

[uncut raptor]

wind of peak

[heavy estuary]

Happy Halloween everyone

[hazy smelt]

very happy

[swift sky]

Beautiful Freedom Exo

[hazy smelt]

do you guys think i am prepared for pripyat?

[wary bloom]

no

you already have the gauss

[hearty remnant]

Get a second gun, that poor thing won't survive firing all those bullets

[marsh narwhal]

Play guitar as actor for other players in Anomaly co-op edition

[fallow parcel]

Nice. Found the doctor dead randomly in the great swamps(dead air). Also I took my saves from my laptop over to my newly setup pc with my new monitor and dead air feels magnificant.

[tawny wyvern]

got downvoted so hard for saying this.

[tawny wyvern]

What did you think about it overall?

[tawny wyvern]

this, but apparently people say duty and mercs... teamed up??

[swift sky]

Mercs are paid by anyone that has $$$ they dont discriminate on who their "employeer" is so its not fully unlikly it'l happen

anyone can hire a merc in the zone as long you have something thats of $$$ value
but teaming up seems out of the ordinary would be group going not two diff factions

[bleak tartan]

ogsr rearmed

[onyx cliff]

Прівет Бодя!)

[timber tapir]

Any social media site that allows your opinion to be downvoted, is just toxic. Of course, that's just my opinion.

[karmic dagger]

reddit for problems fr fr

I don't even use any of them, except youtube, but I stay quiet there.

[timber tapir]

It's real easy to get on the bandwagon, like I did, to criticize any medium whether it is a movie, tv show, book or story. However, in the big picture of things, full production movies made about the Zone are very rare. Taken into that perspective, it was entertaining, the acting was decent, the special effects were not bad and the overall story was good, with an ambiguous ending. I would recommend it to any fan of the Stalker games, and some will like it, and some will not. And to those that do, "HAPPINESS, FREE, FOR EVERYONE, AND LET NO ONE BE FORGOTTEN!”

The Karlik (Call of the Zone)

[frank bear]

[royal cliff]

Thank you bro! But it's Infernis Group's Exo

[royal cliff]

Вітаю!

[fiery birch]

what the heck is this EXOSKELETON

[onyx cliff]

Дякую!

[sinful viper]

Least chaotic battle for me:

[fiery birch]

MAN , HE IS ALREADY BEHIND YOU

[sinful viper]

And?
You think that will save my Swedish dumbass?

[fiery birch]

and you think not shooting the enemy will save you from getting shotted in the ass ?

[sinful viper]

I did not even notice him until he started shooting

Then PKM had enough of me

[fiery birch]

bro , first bullet you got was from your back
and you just ignore him until he shotted you 3rd time

[hazy smelt]

alright

[wind belfry]

20 days, guys, 20 days....

[cinder flame]

19 days

50 days didn't even feel too long ago

[shrewd mesa]

Not fuсkіng Cadillacs, I can tell you that much 😂

[shrewd mesa]

Basically faction patches, Rostok digital background appearing once, a single wide Duga shot & a rendition of "Dirge For The Planet" at the end — SLAP DAT STALKER NAMETAG ON IT RN! 🫵🤨

Monolith ARE mutants 🤯

[shrewd mesa]

I mean, if you think about it, there was indeed only a shadow of the Zone 😏

[uncut raptor]

they also stole that flying skull sphere idea from a mod so..

[shrewd mesa]

It's quite apparent all of their inspiration is being taken straight from the mods 😏

[solar sedge]

this is true

[uncut raptor]

yeah but they just stole this
not even inspiration
just stole an idea, made it cringe and gave it hentai tentacles

[sinful viper]

I thought Monolith praised some rock and not walls or something

[hazy smelt]

i shot him into the wall

[sinful viper]

New shrine for the Monolits

[hazy smelt]

💯

[coarse slate]

@uncut raptor Is Call of Chernobyl worth playing ? Ik Anomaly was based on It(and the Misery/CoM mod, too).If yes then should I try the original,Demosfennecs or Sylkys version ?

[uncut raptor]

TeamLite is total conversion

[pulsar forge]

[uncut raptor]

just play the original if you want to roam and explore maps
otherwise not really worth playing unless you want specifically play that as it doesnt ruin the canon

Like Tejas does
Otherwise if you dont mind modrot dont think its worth it

[coarse slate]

so that's the best version of CoC to play ?

[uncut raptor]

1.5 R6

https://www.moddb.com/mods/call-of-chernobyl/downloads/beta-call-of-chernobyl-15-r5-full

[radiant notch]

this is amazing!

[uncut raptor]

I know :3

[radiant notch]

i think i tried something similar but i could manage it to pull it off
sometimes it hits me even when i was covered
i just found easier running from autosave toa tank some hits

[uncut raptor]

now that you see its possible
drop the argument in #🔩┃trilogy_modifications

[radiant notch]

never said it is impossible jsut that is not great game desing to make oyu engage with the upgrade system
if anything it just prove the oppposite

its not for make you upgrade your armor

[uncut raptor]

you mean like the game pushes upgrades too hard or doesnt push theme enough?

[fair wagon]

I still can't believe annelyse got her account deleted

[thin osprey]

hell you mean it's not good game design to make the player engage with the upgrade system? that's literally the point it's supposed to encourage it since it's a core mechanic of the game which you have chosen to ignore

[radiant notch]

you still have to make it sloppy in most cases
and seems like the best way is not getting hit at all so not engaging witht the upgrades is needed and i can assure you no amout of upgrades in early game can make you go throught that with more confort than running and spam medikits
much less in master

[thin osprey]

clearly we had two seperate experiences

[radiant notch]

i had a good experinece overall
it did stuff that did not in soc and did not repeat in cop

[fair wagon]

In C-Con some one said hi who I don't remember talking to ever. So maybe a new account.

[thin osprey]

Who is annelyse?

[fair wagon]

Somebody that we used to know

[uncut raptor]

[cinder flame]

Silly_Flamey right?

[fair wagon]

Yeah

[cinder flame]

Yeah big F, yt gone too

Do ya know what even happened?

[fair wagon]

Nah I just remembered seeing a deleted account on my dms around a month and then I realized it was her account deleted a month ago.

[cinder flame]

I just remembered that I haven't seen her in a while a week ago and that her yt was also gone

[fair wagon]

I was busy and I forgot about it after that but I remembered today after chymo sent a link in the modifications channel to his holy run posted in screens and vids and her texts showed deleted account

[uncut raptor]

@trail valve Ryan Monosling

and another one

[coarse slate]

I'm read to kill some Bloodsuckers and Chimeras.Gonna replace the AK-74 with an AN-94,Ignore the AKS-74U

[swift sky]

i fw this hard

[lethal tapir]

I still don't know who had this stupid idea to replace those cool Atmosfear skies with vanilla looking ones

Emission skyboxes were the coolest thing this mod added

[trail valve]

These go so hard

[undone dock]

She was hacked

But she had another account that is Velvet.

[wary bloom]

wouldn't advise replacing the AKM-74/2 with an AC-96/2, because the latter has dogsh1t reliability. Like legit don't switch.

[fair wagon]

I had a hunch that was her because I hadn't talked to an account named velvet and yet she said hi like she knew me. Also the anime PFP in black and white.

Thank you for informing me

[timber tapir]

When you're looking for a trade-in.

[timber tapir]

Screenshots from my first game of CotZ as a Loner, before I enabled helmets and made other tweaks as seen in my 2nd and 3rd games.

Starting out as a Loner in Rostok, Picked up the weapons and detector in my first trip to the AW.

First armor I moved to was the Bar Guards suit. Comparing it to the Bandit Merc suit.

[terse basalt]

Dead city recreation screenshots

[uncut raptor]

@tired stag
Could you help me with Calm afterr the Storm?
its fuсked to say the least

[tired stag]

prob texture size

[uncut raptor]

I tried that
didnt help at all

[tired stag]

delete all of the game, reinstall and make sure you dont have cloud save before installing, reinstall

[uncut raptor]

I use GOG, no cloud saves

[errant agate]

Hahahaha

[keen wadi]

@sly meteor sir, will the postcards be different for everyone?

Or at least, will there be a number of postcards each different from one another and randomised in the editions?

[restive oar]

Website is going under some maintenance. The news article on the site about preorders has links directly to vendors for various regions though

[fair wagon]

Chimera in the cordon

[orchid osprey]

i love stalker gamma.

[sinful viper]

I have a strong suspicion that they found me

[keen wadi]

@sly meteor

I need answers

[sly meteor]

Guess there will be some different possible postcards

[keen wadi]

gotcha

[cinder flame]

Hell yeah more variation

[coarse slate]

Waiting for 2 more emissions to get the 'Marked by The Zone' achievment.Other than that,I'm ready for Pripyat

[fair wagon]

Found Zhenka (John) Messenger from the messenger mod

[uncut raptor]

[uncut raptor]

holy kino

[uncut raptor]

flesh truck (its taking them to flesh farm)

[delicate prawn]

Anybody know what this item is in the ultimate edition?

[paper minnow]

Case for firestarter?

[flint halo]

I believe it is a some kind of a multitool

[flint halo]

most likely a case for the fire starter

[swift sky]

it looks like a dosimeter of sorts

[full wolf]

Hmmm I'm curious now

[delicate prawn]

Yeah, it's the only thing not labeled

[uncut raptor]

:3

[wary kestrel]

No last train home

Cringe

If you’ve never tried that game highly recommend super fucken good rts

[uncut raptor]

Ill buy it one day
I get notification from steam that its discounted every now and then

[wary kestrel]

BUY NOW

[uncut raptor]

its 40 bucks

[wary kestrel]

OR ILL KILL YOU AND YOULL NEVER PLAY STALKER 2

[uncut raptor]

I already played it (Goldsphere is the real Stalker 2)

[wary kestrel]

Over

[uncut raptor]

oh hey
they have a free demo
Ill try it soon

[fair wagon]

Why no last day fork? 🥺

[uncut raptor]

cuz it stinks ass

[fair wagon]

What about second or third CoM fork? 🥺

[fair wagon]

That's the first CoM fork

[uncut raptor]

its the only CoM fork
rest was made up by fearmongers

[pulsar forge]

Bro is getting infinity stones

[pulsar forge]

now make it Faust vs Richter

16 days!!

[hearty remnant]

https://youtu.be/GYokmrT-EF4

[timber tapir]

You are missing a lot of helpful artifacts.

[hazy smelt]

this one's a floater

[timber tapir]

Give them a medkit. What are you waiting on?

[hazy smelt]

the relation between bandits and freedom is a ceasefire, freedom and bandits have been at war several times in the past and you've been pushed out of dark valley, nobody likes criminal scum

[timber tapir]

You're playing Call of Pripyat. Your Bandits should be neutral unless you sided with the Loners, past the point of no return.

[hazy smelt]

so if you won't, ill touch them instead

[timber tapir]

Sorry. My cat keeps jumping on my keyboard.

[hazy smelt]

exactly what i did

[hazy smelt]

kot*

[timber tapir]

You are Polish?

[hazy smelt]

no, bulgarian

[timber tapir]

That works too.

[hazy smelt]

kot is just better name

[hazy smelt]

NOAAAAAAHHH NOOO

[timber tapir]

Have you been to Jupiter yet?

[hazy smelt]

nah im doing side missions for some extra cash

also to get good ending screen

[timber tapir]

There are three variations to "The Hit" and "Transaction". Also I hope you didn't kill Tuna and his men.

[hazy smelt]

i did

[timber tapir]

Why? isn't he a Loner who you sided with?

[hazy smelt]

he isnt any better than a bandit

[hazy smelt]

ive tried giving the semi-artifact and keeping it, dont try to fool me

[timber tapir]

No, what I mean is, after you run from Tuna and his two men, they turn red hostile. After your escape from the Barge, do not return and leave them alone. Then continue to do Loner jobs, improve your stats and after you do the Bloodsucker Lair job, all Loners turn green. When all Loners turn green, Tuna and his two men go from hostile red to neutral yellow. Then you can talk to them.

[hazy smelt]

they're still assholes lol

[timber tapir]

Have you ever met Morgan at Yanov Station?

[hazy smelt]

yes, he will try to kill you anyways so it doesnt matter who you side with

[timber tapir]

Just asking. Some people keep playing the side with Spartacus version again and again, not understanding there are three variations to the mission.

Having Morgan go to Yanov is best outcome since it involves a lot more action and more loot.

My first game of Call of the Zone as a Loner. This is before I realized the Companion HUD on the screen was annoying for screenshots.

I made a stash on top of the eastern Garbage pile, across the road from the Train Depot. Good place to put all your supplies and not get attacked as you are sorting it.

[hazy smelt]

nice

[timber tapir]

The Flea Market is just not always safe.

Always good to hang with allies.

I'll place my Companions in the Flea Market cellar for safety and shelter from storms. This allows me to go around alone and do things.

Of course in the Marshes, the safest place for your Companions is the Clear Sky Base, unless they are enemies.

And inside any of the Mobile Labs, if the Ecologists are your allies.

Arena

[uncut raptor]

No
Nobody can compare to Richter

[pulsar forge]

[coarse slate]

Dollchan 8 Infinity remake ?

[uncut raptor]

Eeewwwiie

[hearty remnant]

Spiritual successor called Master of Puppets

Still being worked on, mod page says the release date is 3rd quarter of this year, but there haven't been any news since february or so

[coarse slate]

I hope It gets finished.Maybe finally The Suissekis quest will be finished and have a conclusion.

[hearty remnant]

And maybe, perhaps, if we're lucky, this time around the mod won't be a slog to go through

[coarse slate]

True.Hopefully,the successor will fix most of the crashing and (maybe) even remove the grind/make the grind easier

[hearty remnant]

A mod taking place on Dollchan maps but with good gameplay would be amazing

I've noticed more and more mods use either reworked exiting or custom maps

[coarse slate]

I'd love that too.Anomalous Forrest has gotta be the mods best location.Army Warehouses the most disappointing tho.You go there twice and there's not much to do there outside of main storyline

[coarse slate]

Name them,and I'll find them all before going to Pripyat.Tho the exoskeleton I use only has 2 artifact slots.

[wind belfry]

Construction yard..... cursed place

[signal hearth]

реально

[amber osprey]

The amount of "anomalies" in this video

[fair wagon]

He is messing with the other guy

[timber tapir]

Minimum artifacts for a 2 slotter: 2 Bubbles (wear 2 to remove radiation quickly and wear 1 to counter the second variable slot) Goldfish +12kg to carry more weight. Snowflake +6 for stamina to sprint farther. Firefly +6 for Health, can replace medkits. Meat Chunk +6 -for Chemical protection, good for the Pripyat underground when you wear a suit that is NOT the SEVA suit for the passage. Some people like artifacts for bleeding, the Compass and/or Heart of Oasis but you can probably get by with just the minimum I listed.

[coarse slate]

Well I alredy do have a bubble and a goldfish for the exosuit

[timber tapir]

Yes, I saw those. I was giving you a complete list of recommended artifacts. Here is what I was carrying once I got 4 slots.

I dropped the Meat Chunk once I did the Underground.

2 Snowflake 2 Goldfish, Compass, Heart of Oasis, 2 Bubble, 1 Firefly.

I was selling Sickle a shotgun above.

[coarse slate]

Why not get the Armsel Protecta(Eliminator) ? Sure It has a long reload but a great magazine capacity and good against tougher mutants like Chimeras and Pseudogiants ?

[timber tapir]

Yes, that's a better shotgun. I think I was using Trappers' unique shotgun I got as a reward in that one game. I'm showing you recommended artifacts, not armors or weapons.

[swift sky]

recoil is disgusting sultan
i am to strong

[hollow sail]

Shadow of Chernobyl in 3 minutes*

https://youtu.be/Rcb6aMVJZl8

[topaz moat]

"I meet up with one of the Duty men when there's a cease-fire. We share. @modest field

[modest field]

Right. That's some exposition for sure.

[coarse slate]

ah right,sorry

[timber tapir]

I still need to reply to our other discussion. Will do that tonight.

[timber tapir]

@topaz moat (Part 1 ) ZONE FACTION RELATIONS: One of the most fascinating things about the games, especially the first game Shadow of Chernobyl, is paying attention to the Faction relations and exactly where the different Factions will go at various stages in the Game. For example, the Bandits never go north of the Great Metal Factory, with the Wild Territory being the farthest reach and they sure as hell never venture into Yantar. You don't find Bandits in the Army Warehouses; they never venture into Pripyat or go beyond to the CNPP. They really don't stray too far from the Dark Valley, with the Agroprom being one of their farthest reaches other than the WT. Now the Military is a different story. Beyond the Cordon, they can be found passing through Garbage and have their stronghold in the Agroprom in 2012, where they are above and below ground. Now consider in 2011, that same location was under the control of Duty. Did they fight each other for it? Most likely since we are told anomalies make the path to Rostok beyond our reach, we can assume that as soon as the big blowouts at the end of Clear Sky, the way was cleared for Duty to abandon their out of the way base in the Agroprom, for a more central location in Rostok. In SoC, we see the Military have moved into the Agroprom, no doubt for the choice base to extend their control but also most likely due to the discovery of the underground. Likewise, somehow the Military found out about the Strelok entering X-18 and they wanted to stop him from leaving with whatever he might have found. This is why the Military moves into the Dark Valley. However, there are ulterior motives by GSC for what is happening in that level. We know that originally there was supposed to be a vehicle to grab for some type of escape, going south to Darkscape, that later got scrapped. The Player is still expected to do in on foot, with the threat that the Military have sealed the border and preventing escape back to Garbage and he walks south where the Player is magically arriving in the Cordon, the one-way level changer. Why is this? In my opinion, this is very simple. Since most all the X-18 mutants respawn, we have Bloodsuckers, Snorks and the Pseudogiant return to repopulate X-18. If the Player went back to the level changer and then through Garbage to Rostok, you could run into them. If you remain at the Dark Valley level changer you will see them arrive. I have done this many times before. (Continued)

@topaz moat (Part 2 ) ZONE FACTION RELATIONS: Now keep in mind the events of the Faction Wars in 2011, and subsequent Scar/Clear Sky related blowouts, gave opportunity for many of the Factions to abandon their 2011 locations for better ones we see in 2012. Duty wisely gave up their isolated hard to reach, at the edge of the Zone location in the Agroprom, to move farther north to the Great Metal Factory, that became the only path most everyone had to take to go north. Staying in the Agroprom was a poor location for Duty, since it did nothing for stopping people going north through Garbage. The two Agroprom paths to Yantar were lost, which further isolated the Agroprom, making it a dead end. Duty wisely gave it up and the Military moved in to fill the vacuum. The Military now with a farther northern outpost and with their interest in the Agroprom Underground apparent, it was beneficial to have a Cordon to Agroprom passage, which extended their northern control. Who lost with the movement of Duty? The Loners did. In 2011 they were stronger in the Cordon and controlled half the Agroprom, In fact, if Scar doesn't help the Loners, all they care about is gaining access to the Agroprom. The Loners became weaker in the Cordon and abandoned their base by the railroad tracks. The Loners abandoned their base in the Agroprom. The Loners took advantage of the Dutyers moving to Rostok and formed an alliance with them to cohabitate the eastern half of Rostok. Neither Faction had the resources to control the western half of the Great Metal Factory, that soon became known as the Wild Territory. We know that Bandits and Mercenaries moved into this location. We know that in 2011, the Freedom Faction had a great base but just like Duty in the Agroprom, they felt isolated and at the edge of the known Zone. Freedom found out that there was a large Military Base, north of Rostok but it was taken over by Zombies. If Scar, upon first entering the Army Warehouses, avoids first talking to the Freedom leader and explores the AW, he will find Zombies have taken over the Military Base (you can farm them for massive amounts of 5.45 BP ammo) and only when Scar talks to the Freedom leader, do the Zombies magically get replaced by Military, that Freedom wants Scar to remove and help their men to do so. Freedom leaves the Dark Valley and goes to the AW, where we find them in 2012. Likewise, the Bandits abandon their terrible location in Garbage for being too small and too exposed, and wisely move to the Dark Valley, where its isolated location makes it ideal to run their thievery operations out of. They had no idea about the X-18 Lab being in their backyard or the grief it would cause them later. (Continued)

@topaz moat (Part 3 ) ZONE FACTION RELATIONS: In the events of Shadow of Chernobyl, in 2012. Faction relations and where they are dispersed and willing to go are quite different from the events of Clear Sky in 2011. The Loners are weakened in the Cordon and are fighting both the Military and Bandits. Sidorovich has some type of deal with the Military, to keep them out of the Rookie Village, but I don't think his bribe or arrangement goes very high in the Military hierarchy. I think it is local, most likely with the Cordon Military commander, or his immediate superior, something to allow smuggled goods to get in to him and look the other way when rookies enter the Cordon. We see it is easy for the Player to break this arrangement, and the Military if pushed will attack the Player and even wipe out the Rookie Village except for Sidorovich. The Player can wipe out the Military Outpost in the Cordon, and simply more soldiers will arrive from the Agroprom Military Base. Perhaps it is actually there that Sidorovich has the arrangement. We just know it doesn't go too high up in the ranks or there would never be any Military after any Loners. It has to be something local to make sense. The Loners can barely get through Garbage and just make it to Rostok. From there, is the extent of their influence, much weaker than they were in 2011. Likewise, the Bandits have a stronger base in the Dark Valley, but their influence is stretched. The Bandits can reach the Cordon, Garbage and Agroprom, but they can't really hold those territories, fighting both Loners and the Military. The Bandits and Military, being both in the Agroprom Underground, seemed confined to their sections, with the mutants in between them, keeping them apart. The farthest influence the Bandits have is in the Wild Territory and it only seems possible through the assistance of the Mercenaries. No Bandits go any farther north as none are found in the Army Warehouses, and only the Mercenaries dare to confront Freedom. We know it takes the Marked One's actions to shake up the Zone and do different things under the direction of Sidorovich, Barkeep and Sakharov. Make no mistake about it, clearly all three of these men are doing the bidding of the Duty Faction. When the Marked One completes X-18, Duty is sent into the Dark Valley to control the barrier. When the Marked One takes the Wild Territory and Yantar, General Voronin again sends in two detachments of Dutyers, to form a barrier in the Wild Territory and defend the Mobile Lab in Yantar. (Continued)

@topaz moat (Part 4 ) ZONE FACTION RELATIONS: This is all the evidence you need to understand, that Duty was behind the grand scheme of things, to expand their control of territories beyond Rostok. Duty is interested in the X-Labs and have no need to extend their forces to the Cordon and the Agroprom. So, the question is what is the relationship between the Military and Duty? We know that many years before, when the Military was sent into the Zone, unaware of the true dangers of all the mutants, anomaly fields and other forces, they were mostly wiped out except for the few that survived that became Duty. There has to be some arrangement or understanding, to get some support, supplies to Rostok and shared goals to manage the territories surrounding Rostok. While I believe this goes to some higher level in the Military ranks, it is the lower ranks where Duty may face some conflict. Like any Military in any country, in any part of the world, you cannot control the behavior of the lowest ranks. Just as they will rape, pillage and murder the local civilians, likewise there are some of the lowest ranks of the Zone's Military, who may engage any Dutyers who they unwilling may meet. Just because this happens does not mean it is sanctioned or wanted by the Military officers that may have the arrangment with the Generals in Duty. Is it at the Spetznaz level as rumored? It may or may not be, but that doesn't really matter other than it is somewhere high up and those Military who may have the arrangement with Duty are most likely not in the Zone themselves, but safely outside of the Zone in their safety and comfort, far removed from anomalies, mutants and warring Factions. Sure, there may have been instances in 2011 and 2012 where the Military and Duty might skirmish, but overall they stay away from each other and both sides seem to not like Freedom. The Military are the ones sent in, where they know Duty cannot reach or are too weak to achieve their goals. There's no doubt that Duty supports the Scientists and Military seems to be okay with that in Yantar. The Military only went into X-18 where Duty was not. Likewise, Duty could not get past Freedom in the Army Warehouses, and the Military had to be sent to X-19, to kill anyone in their way, be it Monolith or Loners. It is the Military sent to the CNPP to attempt to enage the Monolith. The Dutyers, Freedom and Loners that travel north after the Brain Scorcher is shut down, are unorganized and appear to be on their own as they travel to Pripyat and beyond. Notice how the Military only engages Freedom on the western side of Pripyat, and generally leaves the Dutyers alone, on the eastern side of Pripyat.(Conclusion)

[topaz moat]

Makes sense that lower ranking members would disobey orders

I kinda assumed that only leaders of military and duty, and other high ranking members were in cahoots with eachother, and not low ranking members

[timber tapir]

My apologies for taking so long to respond to you fully. I never forgot this, just so many other things in life to constantly side-track me. However, when Stalker 2 releases, my life will be turned upside down.

[topaz moat]

No problem m8

[timber tapir]

There was one more screenshot to go with this overall conversation.

[topaz moat]

Duty defending Mobile Lab in SoC is also another interesting part because we know that lorewise scientists are guarded by military (in SoC at least. In CoP military couldn't defend scientists due to special operation)

I guess military troops not defending mobile lab gameplaywise is made for gameplay purposes

In gameplay we just see other helicopters after getting out of Lab X16. They arrived to eliminate zombies at Yantar factory

[hollow sail]

tejas stalker!

I am sorry I removed all brainrot from the video, Just left the background music

[timber tapir]

Yes, but it is more air support than landing troops on the ground. Maybe after X-18, having the Military and Duty bump into each other with possible hostilities at the lower ranks, was a lesson they learned to avoid when it came to Yantar. It was the Loners who moved in with force to control Yantar somewhat, backed up by the Duty contingent that arrives at the Mobile Lab. Of course, it is the Military that had the helicopters that dropped the Mobile Labs in Yantar and Jupiter. Most likely they learned their lesson and saw no need to place boots on the ground in Yantar, since there were no Monoilith there, like they found later at X-19.

[timber tapir]

Is that George Harrison?

[hollow sail]

yes

[timber tapir]

My favorite Beatle!

[topaz moat]

But what about this then?

"Troops everywhere, choppers"

This is something I have hars time understanding, because according to dialogues military wasn't useless to scientists even in CS. Yet in CS we don't even see any choppers, although lorewise they are mentioned. What I'm thinking is that due to all chaotic things that happen in 2011 Zone, military's top priority aren't scientists

Army Warehouses military has a hard time after emission, and cordon military is at war with loners

[timber tapir]

Yes, I see from the screenshots you are more focused on the chaotic events of 2011 (Clear Sky) while I am more focused on the outcome of things in 2012 (Shadow of Chernobyl). Neither of us have really discussed the events of Call of Pripyat, but I think the Faction arrangements of 2012, speak volumes about how they treat each other and what territories they will or want to control.

[topaz moat]

CoP is different story as military couldn't protect scientists due to this (most likely hes referring to operation fairway)

[timber tapir]

People that don't know or play Clear Sky, really have no idea how chaotic and unorganized the various Factions were before the events of Shadow of Chernobyl.

[timber tapir]

Yes, the Player can hire the Mercenaries, the Loners, Freedom or Duty to guard the Mobile Lab. This shows us just how desperate and isolated the Jupiter Scientists are. The Military can't even send in forces to rescue all their downed helicopters.

[topaz moat]

Whats funny is that even bandits can actually offer you to protect their bunker as well

oops, wrong SS, will get right one quickly

[hollow sail]

I removed all the brainrot, this is without brainrot: (SoC in 3 Minutes)

https://youtu.be/zdiiIlNZYH8

[timber tapir]

Don't they just offer but there is no way to actually accept their offer? I don't remember getting that dialogue choice.

[topaz moat]

here

even when bandits actually offered to guard scientists bunker in CoP you can't hire them anyways. I do understand why tho

[timber tapir]

It's just an offer with no dialogue option to actually accept it. Which is cool that there is the offer, at the very least. My favorite is to hire the Zaton Substation Mercs to guard the Mobile Lab.

[timber tapir]

Did you ever try what I did with the evil Mercs at the Jupiter Plant? When you grab the document on the upper floors, jump out the window, run around to the other side and set up an ambush at the main entrance hallway where they come out of? Be careful not to be too quiet there, or they will magically vanish, without ever being seen leaving the building. That happened to me once.

[topaz moat]

never tried that tbh. i usually kill them as soon as possible

[timber tapir]

I always like to try other scenarios, to see what GSC has in store for me. Call of Pripyat has more alternative outcomes or situations, than the other games.

[topaz moat]

hear hear. CoP is very detailed when in that regard

[timber tapir]

Probably my greatest achievement was the game I didn't get the Monolith into another Faction before doing the Pripyat Underground. I discovered a way to get them into a Faction in freeplay, and I'm not sure that GSC ever intended for that to be an option. That means Strider never leaves Jupiter, but he is no longer Monolith.

[topaz moat]

i'm actually surprised that Strider and his guys actually remained at Jupiter even after game ended

i never bothered to check it because i immediately assumed that they would dissapear like Hatchet and his mercs dissapeared after endgame (they don't dissapear only in case you actually hired Hatchet to guard scientists bunker)

[timber tapir]

Yes, they are left there in Jupiter and are vulnerable to enemy Factions and mutants.

Vano discovers his coffee mug got swiped.

[uncut raptor]

Dont they also tell you they will go to Pripyat with you?

[topaz moat]

i think they just tell you that they won't go to Pripyat yet

[timber tapir]

Jack moves to the Cement Plant Tower.

[uncut raptor]

I remember on my first playthrough I went to ask them again before going to Pripyat and they were already gone
I was really sad

[timber tapir]

Yes, both SoC and CoP, they know better to go to Pripyat.

[topaz moat]

if we assume that canonically stalkers arrived at Pripyat shortly after military left then maybe we can also expect bandits in Pripyat too?

[topaz moat]

bandits do not want to go to Pripyat partly because theres no stalkers there

[timber tapir]

If you're talking Stalker 2, I absolutely have no expectations anything will be the same except Sidorovich.

On the other hand, the Bandits have no need to go much farther north, when they can rob anyone coming south with any treasure.

[topaz moat]

fair enough, but on another hand north = better artifacts, therefore more profit. and besides wouldn't south be fully explored? if not fully then at least 95% of south should already be well explored

[timber tapir]

If we are to believe the final version of the Zone in CoP, then artifacts can continue to spawn in any anomaly fields.

Did you know if all the Monolith join Duty, they each have 10,000 rubles? If they join Freedom, they all have lesser random amounts from each other.

[topaz moat]

what about loot though? i honestly doubt that there will be anything valuable in the South other than artifacts

even in trilogy stalkers already explored south nicely. 1 stalker in SoC even says that others took items even from x labs

[timber tapir]

2011 again. The Factions just arrived in the AW and haven't even secured the Barrier. What they know then is quite different what they find out in 2012.

[topaz moat]

not just 2011 though:

months before CoP events

[timber tapir]

The Zone is just swirling with rumors and heresay. Makes interesting dialogue but you can't take everything as facts.

[topaz moat]

good point

[timber tapir]

Collecting dialogues is probably one of the most benefical actions a Lore Master could undertake.

I finally came across the rumored sixth member of Stelok's gang who we never see or meet. They may not even be dead.

[topaz moat]

you refer to Otter right?

[timber tapir]

I caught one of the Monolith that joined Duty, patrolling the Jupiter Plant, all by themselves.

[topaz moat]

after joining Freedom/Duty Striders guys just wander around randomly right? I encounter them at different locations

i assume they don't have specific directions and just roam around aimlessly

[timber tapir]

Exactly. The dialogue of Otter is one of the greatest mysteries about Strelok's gang. Why even include a rumor, if it wasn't a possibility?

We certainly never found his body, like we do Ghost or the Red Forest Scientists.

[topaz moat]

tbh what do we even know about Otter? other than rumors that he was on Strelok's team, him being experienced stalker and him "burning out" on the Scorcher

[timber tapir]

He is as mysterious as "The Confederate" and his gang.

[topaz moat]

Confederate and his gang are just stalkers right? that's what Crimson told me at least

[timber tapir]

Everyones a Loner, I assume unless they mention a Faction.

Notice any difference in these two screenshots of the Scientists?

[topaz moat]

different poses. gun is at different place too

[timber tapir]

Any guess as to why?

[topaz moat]

no idea

[timber tapir]

The screenshots with the Scientists are a result of me painstakingly dragging each body from their location at the hole in the fence, in the Red Forest. I dragged each one all the way down the main road, down the dead-end road to the bunker where I dropped and posed each one, just for a cool screenshot. It took many tries to drop the rifle right in his hand. The variation as seen in the first screenshot, is when I left the area, the objects changed by leaving the level and when I came back, they had shifted their bodies, and the gun was either compiled or spawned on-line (whatever language you want to use) no longer in his hand but beside him. All that work to do that and it did not remain that way. Just something new to learn about the game and its behavior.

[topaz moat]

interesting

[timber tapir]

The other two games became way too difficult to drag bodies like the first game. No idea why.

He should have ran.

[topaz moat]

@timber tapir do you consider "Iroquois" and "Irokez" as same character?

[timber tapir]

Good observation. One from a Loner and the other a Dutyer. I would say they are the same person, but the Dutyer didn't know how to pronounce (spell) it the same way.

Maybe the GSC employee who heard the name, didn't know how to spell it the same way as the other GSC employee.

Do you know where this is?

[topaz moat]

looks like outskirts of Red Forest/Radar

[pulsar forge]

15 days

[timber tapir]

Yes, that is the outpost and level changer for the Player, to leave the Red Forest and go to Pripyat. I am atop the mountain at the base of the road where it ends at the edge of the level. The SoC Red Forest is the greatest level to explore out of bounds.

This is the other side of the Merc outpost in the AW.

[topaz moat]

Interesting. always wanted to see that side in SoC. Scar came from that side too in CS

[pulsar forge]

I'm not telling what it is...

[topaz moat]

Remember, no Freedom x Bloodsuckers jokes

[topaz moat]

bruh

[fiery birch]

@pulsar forge said once :

[timber tapir]

You're a Merc. You should enjoy making fun of Duty and Freedom.

[topaz moat]

peak meme, would be even peak-er if it would be Freedom version

[fiery birch]

Remember , No Duiters is way too small
Remember , No Freedomers fits

[topaz moat]

Making fun of Duty I do enjoy but I'm Freedom sympathizer, I was in Freedom before I became Merc also

[fiery birch]

Duty gay ?
Do they have flint ?

[topaz moat]

nope, but they have their fare share of terrible members like Skull and Morgan

[fiery birch]

Who is Skull

[topaz moat]

bruh. Colonel Skull from SoC

[fiery birch]

ah Skull

[topaz moat]

whats funny is that by selling weapons Morgan directly betrayed Duty and did a lot of damage to it. Magpie isn't an angel, BUT he betrayed only Splinter, Gonta & his crew who aren't Freedomers. he's traitor to the stalker code, not traitor to a Freedom faction

[fiery birch]

so , duty and freedom could be friends but mfs broke the shti

[fiery birch]

but Gaypie dirtys freedom name by being scam asshole

[topaz moat]

that he does

[timber tapir]

This is probably one of the most important and most missed pieces of dialogue in SoC, next to the Player being told to meet Guide in the Cordon after leaving X-16. This is all you need to know about which side to take in the AW. You should side with Freedom, since General Voronin is warning the Player that Colonel Skull and his renegade Duty are unauthorized and deserve whatever befalls them. The other big clue is the enter time the Player is talking to Colonel Skull, his second in command is muttering under his breath how he wants to make worm food out of him and other nasty things.

[topaz moat]

For me Scar

[orchid osprey]

i just released this was screens and videos

[topaz moat]

hahahahah

[timber tapir]

Where did you think you were?

[orchid osprey]

#⭐┃nospoilers_general

[timber tapir]

Did you find it yet?

[orchid osprey]

yes.

[timber tapir]

I see you just came from there.

[pulsar forge]

Final moments when he saw the car

[fiery birch]

my video :3

[timber tapir]

I was just trying to drive to shelter quickly during the emission.

[timber tapir]

You made that?

[fiery birch]

nah , i post it first

[timber tapir]

Either way, thanks for posting that. it's a great video.

[fiery birch]

I want to blast flint in his head with rpg instead

[topaz moat]

@fair wagon here

That was the case here in recent years - The Zone was stable @boreal spear

that dialogue also reveals that Beanpolev/Kalancha knew that C-Con created the Zone, since he said that Zone was man made

[hazy smelt]

do you think he looks younger or older?

[topaz moat]

Younger

[hazy smelt]

would be interesting if he's actually somebody pretending to be scar and we have to take him down

[topaz moat]

Clear Sky Scar looks someone who's in his 50s, Scar from the trailer looks like someone whos in his late 30s/early 40s in my opinion

[hazy smelt]

he lost his magnificent jawline

[hazy smelt]

is it just me or does his nose look broken?

[topaz moat]

Kinda

[hazy smelt]

i think he just looks different because the graphics allowed his face to be more than 100 polygons

[topaz moat]

Fair enough

[kindred crown]

this is the magic of the beard

[pulsar forge]

Beards always makes man look young.

[swift sky]

he looks much younger now, i thought scar in CS was this veteran merc in his 60s

[fiery birch]

ngl , he looks like scar

[hazy smelt]

TRUE

[fiery birch]

not me : They call me 25 year old guy with beard

[keen wadi]

Unplaiable... @twin flower

[twin flower]

done, what a mess

[hollow crag]

Here too
Btw good interview
https://youtu.be/mJiyyKbl4Ik?si=Bd_vUlGpt0F371H_

[keen wadi]

https://tenor.com/view/dannagarcia-please-stop-i-cant-cant-believe-it-no-no-gif-26010026

[low breach]

The way he's rendered I think makes him look older in CS but he looks alot older in HOC

[rancid cairn]

would that imply the real scar is dead? bc if so id be very sad

[hazy smelt]

i mean if it was somebody acting as scar then that means he would have probably died because of the emission at the end of clear sky

[rancid cairn]

that would be funny but also sadgw

[hazy smelt]

sadly true

[full wolf]

Handsome

[errant agate]

He looks 55

[hollow sail]

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. cut locations - Part 1
https://youtube.com/shorts/o1iPDZ9FkFw

[pulsar forge]

[coarse slate]

time to go to X-8,gonna grab all the documents

[timber tapir]

X-8 Going In

X-8 Coming out

Damage repaired after X-8 to armor.

Damage repaired after X-8 to helmet.

[nova fox]

I fear what that helmet and a sunrise suit would look like together

[timber tapir]

My 35 Companions and I are finally on our way to the Brain Scorcher (Call of the Zone)

[amber osprey]

Monolith fraction in 2011 trying to get past brain scorcher to find the wish granter be like

[outer echo]

@timber tapir yo you got that image of the merc multiplayer skins

nvm found them

[timber tapir]

What image?

[outer echo]

it was the KSK and other western army skins for SHOC multiplayer

dont worry about it i found the images

[timber tapir]

Can you share it so I know what the hell you are talking about?

[hazy smelt]

did it have to be in this pattern?

[hazy smelt]

blin

[faint hull]

Little accident

[hearty lotus]

This suit has been awesome. Also big up to Streloks AK. Shit hits hard

[hollow sail]

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. cut locations - Part 2

https://youtube.com/shorts/ixC0wqpOah0

What do you think?

[hearty remnant]

Kino has been served
https://youtu.be/d2m5bp57KdE

[uncut raptor]

Thats bollocks
Static should still be DX9
Guess its a typo from SRP
Because SoC doesnt have DX8
Neither does CoP
And I dont remember it in vanilla CS either

[uncut raptor]

Wiki states "The X-Ray Engine is a 3D game engine, supporting DirectX 9.0c/10/10.1/11 and Shader Model 5.0."

[cunning burrow]

there's a crapton of stalker on directx 8 stuff, idk whos right tbh

[restive oar]

Official requirements specify minimum DirectX 8 compatible card

[wind belfry]

smile

[uncut raptor]

Tried searching the RU wiki but all I found is that it supports Direct3D 7 and newer
Which isnt the same as DirectX
Sadly no mentions on DX
Ill look for more later
On phone its bit tedious

[tired stag]

Stalker doesnt have Dx8, static lighting uses Dx9

you can look into SOCs exe dependencies, no Dx8 stuff, Dx8 was only a thing in the first few Stalker builds, it was quickly dropped as by the time Stalker would drop, Dx9 would be the new widely supported standard, which was prophetic one might say, considering, they released 2007

[uncut raptor]

Thank you sir Vasim for your wisdom

Gotta say its but confusing
Lowest supported DirectX is 9
Lowest supported Direct3D is 7
And lowest supported shader is 8.1

[slim shell]

Consider my pants pooped

[hazy smelt]

oh, its from the mission line where you help morgan instead and get betrayed right?

[topaz moat]

yeah, if you take morgans side, then go to jupiter and roam around the map sooner or later merc NPCs will appear and will try to kill you

[hazy smelt]

also i found a video on every document

can you get out of my way kind sir

[pulsar forge]

13 DAAAYYYSSS

[pseudo sentinel]

🫡remember to do your duty

[swift sky]

bought mine ages ago

[limber eagle]

Pre ordered finally

[coarse slate]

I'm ready for the final mission in CoP.Last run was trying to be neutral outside Skadovsk.This time no bandit deserved my mercy....

[coarse slate]

Destroyed the Bloodsucker lair,found the Oasis,cleared the River port and Prometheus theater,found both PDAs for Cardan and kept the Pripyat1 crew alive.Now It's time for action !

[coarse slate]

Erm,what the Sylky

[rancid cairn]

omg sylky coc

[hazy smelt]

omg coc

[pseudo sentinel]

I LOVE COC

[hearty remnant]

Sylky main menu art is kino

[sinful viper]

Low quality attempt at editing or something

[timber tapir]

Entering X-19 (Call of the Zone)

[spice urchin]

K

[fair wagon]

And you will become WORM FOOD!

[rancid cairn]

why do people never say the beginning?

[rancid cairn]

lmao

[topaz moat]

what a Chad

[hazy smelt]

@uncut raptor >:)

MUAHAHHAHAHAHA

[uncut raptor]

Prepare to be defenstrated

[pulsar forge]

That version is just the same as 1.5.2, if you want to mod, just install 1.5.1

[hazy smelt]

im not gonna mod, im stooped, instead i will play anomaly and uninstall if i dont like it

[pulsar forge]

[topaz moat]

@cunning burrow this is screenshot of @timber tapir

heres mine, never managed to become friendly with bandits sadly. but at least i was halfway there

[uncut raptor]

Your screenshot is better because Freedom is stronger than Doodoo

[topaz moat]

hear hear

[cunning burrow]

this guy was the hardest, he kept throwing grenades at me

[topaz moat]

sir you're bleeding

[hazy smelt]

how do you know that he was the hardest

[cunning burrow]

better angle

[cunning burrow]

he had these things in his pants

[rancid cairn]

lmao

[pulsar forge]

Richest stalker in the Zone

[topaz moat]

thats nothing yet. check this

[pulsar forge]

[topaz moat]

@cunning burrow

[stable granite]

about FEX - Subways Of Your Mind

[sturdy yoke]

My models

[crisp relic]

DAMN

[crisp relic]

my boi is fresh daaamn
awesome work

[sturdy yoke]

this is just the beginning, I'm from Kazakhstan and will try to improve my skills

[topaz moat]

@cunning burrow

Start running as soon as game will load because in that case machinegunner won't be able to react on time

[cunning burrow]

THERE'S A FENCE OPEN THERE?

[topaz moat]

Yes

[keen wadi]

Sid's laptop

[uncut raptor]

But its not on his lap
Sid is living criminal life

[nova fox]

YOU KILLED GRENADA MAN!

[lavish mirage]

https://tenor.com/view/let-me-in-eric-andre-wanna-come-in-gif-13730108

[idle plaza]

https://tenor.com/view/ladder-climbing-kojima-konami-solid-snake-gif-27596974

[fair wagon]

It appears that 3 rookies killed a controller

[hearty remnant]

Is that the car park? What was a controller doing there
||OLR reference ???||

[icy frigate]

Don't let freedom see this

[median mountain]

Certified Bandits moment

[pulsar forge]

@dim valve Hey, this channel is for Screenshots and Videos for this game. You can share your thing on #💬┃en_offtop

[fair wagon]

Probably amk spawns moment. One of them gave a message on the new channel about zombies nearby and when I went to check it out. Controller. Not even one game day since I saved nimble.
||I hate the attic controller 😭||

[dim valve]

My bad! Will transfer it there!

[pulsar forge]

[hearty harness]

so how exactly does this work?

the red laser isfrom the sniper btw

[molten apex]

New zone anomally

[obtuse yew]

me casually not noticing that when i watched it. thanks >:I

[hearty harness]

i didn't either but someone in the comments mentioned it

[restive oar]

Seems like potential bug

[obtuse yew]

it's not too bad as long as it's aligned to the barrel when i need it to be lol.

[slim pond]

Where is the window pane? It's so clean, it's like it's not even there.

[obtuse yew]

you know that is odd...it should be visible as it wouldn't have been cleaned by anyone lol.

[keen wadi]

I think for gameplay purposes really

[idle cape]

Gauss batteries ?

[slim pond]

What do you mean? Good windows was made in single-storey houses

[uncut raptor]

it looks too clean for something that wasnt cleaned for 40 years

[restive oar]

Maybe someone made a hideout there and cleaned it up, you never know 😛

[rain hare]

I know what I'll look for at the beginning of the game..

[solid bear]

The hell is this supposed to be?

[outer echo]

flashlight

[rain hare]

I am very glad that I suggested this chat so that you could get an answer.

[rain hare]

There is a switch on it: 200 and 2000.. The power of the flashlight?

[outer echo]

idk maybe

[rain hare]

the person has been looking for so long, maybe more details about how you realized that this is a flashlight, where and how you used it or where it was in the game..

[outer echo]

because it reminds me of this

and seeing how it’s probably about the same size as that chest light

[solid bear]

I was considering a flashlight for some time

[hazy smelt]

its one of these

[solid bear]

didn't have such a HQ pic till recent update about preorder
And, well... it doesn't seem to have the >>>light<<< part of the whole flashlight thing

[solid bear]

yeah, figured that when i started wondering what is this supposed to be.

Cause it doesn't look like literally anything from this list

[pseudo wyvern]

In case you ever wanted to see if Stalker on the switch holds up:
I got you covered stalkers! New video is out, show it sum love ❤️

https://youtu.be/AP_f49C7wS8

[hazy smelt]

it could be the multitool

[pseudo sentinel]

Mac SMGs in stalker

Gonna do a drive by on tha freedomers

[solid bear]

this is the multitool

[hazy smelt]

yeah i figured, its probably a remote lmao

[solid bear]

all signs on earth and sky would also say so

at least i can rest now. It bothered me for so long that i don't even know what i was expecting for it to be anymore lol

[hazy smelt]

it could be like 2000-0 watts

[solid bear]

The surprise geiger counter was a good although very copium-induced guess xD

[hazy smelt]

geiger counters cost a lot more

[rain hare]

It looks like it, but instead of a flashlight, it's a switch.

[rain hare]

When we think a lot and there is tension, the head tilts to the left side🫠🤔 And when we rest and do not restrain emotions and desires, then the head tilts to the right side, this is my discovery about consciousness, now that you have decided to rest, do you tilt your head to the right side?🤣🤪

[solid bear]

i tilted my head inwards and folded myself 8 times.

I don't like when my beak is poking me so i just tuck it inside of itself

Then i just fold myself a couple of times and stuff myself into my comfy place in the beak

[rain hare]

You're joking like that, I don't understand..

[solid bear]

Here

[rain hare]

From where?

[solid bear]

hmm... have you ever folded a shirt into itself till you couldn't fold anything more and it was all packed? Well, the beak goes first in the reverse and then everything else follows until there's nothing left

[rain hare]

The translator is not coping, let's not flood off the topic of the chat..

[solid bear]

In simple terms: THIS, but harder

[brazen meadow]

Hermit's calling the narrater a liar

[charred mason]

Just pre ordered

[bright cipher]

🙂

[uncut raptor]

is that GOG?

[granite bobcat]

Yes, I just bought Ultimate edition.

[uncut raptor]

hell yeah

[granite bobcat]

Even if it was a 110€, it supports 🇺🇦 and GSC and I will easily be playing it for several hundred hours.

[uncut raptor]

oh man
I would never spend 110 on a game
I bought it with a mindset that when Im gonna pay minimum of 60 euro on a game I might as well just pay up the extra 20 and get the 80 euro physical edition

[granite bobcat]

This was my first purchase ever of a top-tier pre-order and might very well be the only one. I've been gaming since I was 5 yrs old and I'm 42 now so I've bought some games but this is important.

[restive oar]

Yeah this is the only time I have ever bought the ultimate edition of a game and probably will continue to be

[coarse mesa]

hmm

[granite bobcat]

That's a screenshot from the latest gameplay trailer right? I'm certain that is just Youtube compression going wild. There's a lot of other compression horrors also in the same screen

[uncut raptor]

yeah thats weird
this circle shouldnt be there
GSC better remove it
it looks dumb

[coarse mesa]

I have outlined the problem in the graphic

[uncut raptor]

you hate commieblocks?

[coarse mesa]

and that looks creepy

[coarse mesa]

no, there's a problems with detalisation this building at a distance of less than 100 meters

[uncut raptor]

just slap some fog there

[coarse mesa]

no fog is not same

[granite bobcat]

I might be a bit dim at this time of day but I don't see the problem. Soviet era apartment buildings didn't have details

just a lot of drab and dull concrete in mind-numbing colors

[tardy tulip]

heh. the building on the left feels like lacks of details

at least cracks and some grass on it will be better than this

[granite bobcat]

also, I'll repeat myself. You take a single screengrab from a YT video which has a lot of motion when that frame came into picture and therefore there is a lot of compression. Compression loses all kinds of details in a blur. YT 4K is not a stable video format by any stretch of imagination.

[coarse mesa]

ooops

[uncut raptor]

Thank you
I will use this for "Its Banditover" sticker

Could you take a picture from the front tho?
Ill send you a sticker of how it should look roughly

[coarse mesa]

My old screenshot from archive:(

I couldn't 😦

[uncut raptor]

Oh
Well
The pic you sent will have to do, still miles baletter than any of my bandit pictures, and the gun doesnt stand in the way

[full wolf]

[brazen meadow]

Youtube compression is painful I would have to render my animations in 4k for 1080p

[stark coyote]

yt compression

[nocturne charm]

thats from gamescon gamepley u know that right

[stark coyote]

no, this is from the recent trailer

[swift sky]

where yall finding this new vid

[brazen meadow]

youtube

its on ign's channel

[swift sky]

found it

LETS GOOOOOO That leveled me up lmao

[brazen meadow]

lol

[swift sky]

[brazen meadow]

how do you feel being a vet now

[swift sky]

that i can harrass rookie stalkers in peace

time to bait rookie stalkers into gravi's

[swift sky]

ooo geiger counter the stock

[scarlet plover]

We gona love it when it is next to our ear! XD

[velvet grail]

it`s decoration

[knotty coyote]

LOYALTY
02.11.2021

[errant agate]

You can't post your own videos without the content creators role

[sinful viper]

Nothing going on here

Just showing my love to Pripyat

[cinder flame]

Yooo congrats bro

[scarlet plover]

Just a question. How can we get it?

[errant agate]

Your channel has to be mostly stalker content like good 85%

Most recent person that got it was kira

[jagged locust]

Oh I am sorry

[rare dragon]

time region?

[granite bobcat]

UTC +2

[rare dragon]

thx

[split scroll]

NGL OGSR + Gunslinger Addon is very pretty

[hazy smelt]

@untold heron there's literally only 3 confirmed ones so far

[untold heron]

I wonder why the PM and USP are being treated as "new"

[hazy smelt]

these are the confirmed ones including the new ones i believe

[untold heron]

Ohh okay. Also neat seeing the APS being implemented. It was planned for SoC as it has an icon in the ui_equipment_icon.dds file for XrCore Build 1935

[hazy smelt]

oh darn, i havent seen this

is that a full double barrel?? damn that wouldve been insane

[untold heron]

I dunno whats going on with the various akm 74/2 variants.

[hazy smelt]

looks like there's an rpk (probably wrong though, im not a gun expert)

[untold heron]

Thats an RPK-74

[hazy smelt]

the models look a little older

[untold heron]

Ye, those icons were created early 2000s

[hazy smelt]

i still like how they look tbh, looks like gsc is just timeless

[untold heron]

I need to look in the files, see what models they had created

oh and another thing, another gun they've shown off, the Mac10 was also planned for SoC. Theres a single reference to it in the final releases gamedata.db files

It can be spawned in game but it uses the AK74 model, ammo and anims

[pulsar forge]

@north needle You cannot promote your yt channel, only Content Creators can do.

[north needle]

How can I get this role?

[pulsar forge]

https://discordapp.com/channels/504587323577729024/560861009858920454/874923796782530600

[full wolf]

If you meet the requirements, contact Mo1lt and ask him to get the role!

[split scroll]

[untold heron]

Is that a reload anim or is that gun jammed?

[split scroll]

its a jam, i used the weapon from looting soldiers

[untold heron]

graphics look nice

[split scroll]

you should try it
https://www.moddb.com/mods/assembly-by-sam
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZV0HqW0G_k

[blazing sail]

I`m sorry, but bugs in trailer???

[restive oar]

How will we survive the icon misalignment for a second of a trailer

[fathom olive]

send it back

[keen wadi]

Ugh.. it is so amazing.

[honest linden]

Keyboard artifact

[swift sky]

thats friggen hot

[swift sky]

excuse me sir , as the beloved god howard says , they are not bugs, they are features

[uncut raptor]

friendly rule 10 reminder
||also ewwwiee gamma 🤮 ||

[near viper]

Does clothes get penetrated by bullets? Is that what im seeing? Im confused

[tepid sigil]

Kopachi village is looking stunning in STALKER 2

[tired stag]

!warn 1060735088544989224 Self Advertisement

[obsidian cipher]

orlando.desantis has been warned

Reason: Self Advertisement

[keen wadi]

I am quite certain it's not Kopachi

[tepid sigil]

It still reminds me a lot of Kopachi because of the excavators, only in Kopachi there were excavators, and these excavators (in S2) are very similar to those in CoP.

[tepid sigil]

Some Yaniv footage

[torpid rain]

Since when does the Makarov have 9 bullets in the magazine?

[uncut raptor]

Im gonna bildo my pants

[tepid sigil]

since games came up with a cartridge-in-chamber system like in real life

[hearty remnant]

Bildo Yantar is incredible

The V I B E S there are like nowhere else

[uncut raptor]

Yes
It indeed is pretty increbildo

[split scroll]

mod name?

[crisp relic]

Stalker Weapon Reanimation SoC addon, based on OGSR

[keen wadi]

@sly meteor

[hybrid river]

very rough attempt at making my own stalker energy drink label, will fix some things
this is for my into the radius explorer cosplay but I wanted to use specifically the STALKER energy drink because I think it's a lot more iconic than the one from radius

[hybrid river]

So I'm mad disoriented after waking up in a sweat, I walk over to the kitchen, open the fridge, and see this. I was so confused I had completely forgotten I made this, and stared at the thing for like two minutes before realizing it was just the prop I made
"Shit, am I still dreaming???"

[uncut raptor]

How much did his parents hate this poor guy, to name him Nehoda 😭

[steel bear]

I tried to convey the atmosphere of STALKER as much as possible. What do you think?)

[untold heron]

old yantar my beloved . Also what mod is that?

[uncut raptor]

Friendly rule 10 reminder before not so friendly action by moderators takes place

[steel bear]

what is the rule?

[uncut raptor]

._.
go read the rules #📌┃rules

[steel bear]

I just wanted to share my creativity on stalker, and how to make it so that it is not considered self-promotion?

my goal is not to advertise myself

[uncut raptor]

too bad
rules are rules

[steel bear]

So how do you share video content so that it isn't considered self-promotion?