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[viscid mason]

(Your detector 💀)

[boreal nimbus]

ok I am actually stupid this is what happens when you live with a brain that gets 4 hours of sleep

[boreal nimbus]

controller activities

[viscid mason]

nah but I do have one of those. Popped a perc, got straight to killin

[cunning hull]

Its time to rest stalkers

[full raven]

I miss the colourful emissions

[timber tapir]

damn guys idk how but after hotfixes i can play even on DLAA preset with epic graphic with stable 80fps (before i was getting 50/60 and 70/80 on Dlss quality mode) 🥹 (rtx3060 12gb)

[topaz moat]

Most peaceful day in London

[summer maple]

some screenshots, running on xbox series s

freaky Richter

[daring maple]

DOOM door

[stone linden]

The FORA accuracy is actually busted

[gritty granite]

I've been thinking modern games this one less so suffer from lack of detail where there is heightened fidelity all the textures are really clean and basic besides the buildings and terrain

[obsidian cipher]

amongstclouds has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[fervent kettle]

Been hanging out with Freedom, I see. Maybe one less puff and pass before adventuring.

[wicked mantle]

Yeah, I find the SEVA-V suit and my ass is like GUESS IM FREEDOM NOW

[warm sapphire]

https://clips.twitch.tv/FurryYawningSangStoneLightning-nsFKYGkE-kbsnIKd
Secret zone !?

[carmine wave]

its like running a game on close to medium settings on PC lol

[strange cairn]

stood in line for this loaf of bread

[dawn atlas]

The fact that they coded in a facial reaction to getting hit by a bolt cracks me up

[left pilot]

blew my pants man

[fierce peak]

0.0?

[valid wagon]

I have two pieces in my first playthrough

[pure pumice]

I love it when random squads show up to assist you in a battle they don't always show up but when they do and it's almost always at the right time

[dawn atlas]

I brought my kid to rostok

[keen river]

aww how cute I love "bring you child to work" days!

Lovely sunset view of the Zone, so beautiful and so scary at the same time

does anyone here use reshade for stalker?

[vernal sandal]

Posted on r/stalker already, but I figured I'd showcase some stalker 2 screenshots I took tonight. Hope you like them! (hope the compression is okay)

[jaunty yarrow]

How the heck do I reach this stash? I can't get out through that hole and I can't any other way out there

[civic sonnet]

You have to jump to the hole on the other side of the bridge. Just go to the right side from where you looking at the photo

[brazen geyser]

So im confused, there is a second emitter outside the shlter on Noontide/Monolith WIld Island - however unlike the story-emitter you cant pick that one up but only deactivate it by shooting it.
whats the point of it? just sitting there for no reason, no quest, no extra

[near viper]

Woah these are 🔥 The textures and material quality on the first ones are amazing. Also like the lighting

[hoary haven]

Those are just Monolith signal boosters or whatever they're called. They are scattered all across the map, same as in Call of Pripyat.

[brazen geyser]

so for me valissya was chill, no monolith showed up, i was able to just take all the sidequests and basically had the hamster quest left over - and these 2 noobs, ricochet included die when walking through that door. no idea why.

[brazen geyser]

i dont fcking get it - whats the issue? are they supposed to die anyway or why is that so bugged?

[jagged ginkgo]

Astolfo 😊, And yes, unfortunately it is bugged, have you checked if your game is updated? If so, all that's left is to wait for them to fix it next time (I don't think there's any way around it).

[outer flame]

I think he has the wrong patch

[wind sierra]

CoD Makarov is canonically dead in Stalker 2.

https://tenor.com/view/captain-price-captain-john-price-thumbs-up-modern-warfare-warzone-gif-18595355

[brazen geyser]

its updated, Dec 1st build
i cant for the life of god figure out why that door kills them. I cant block them either.

[sour bane]

Check out the op strategy of that "tank" everytime i enter a small lake with anomalies it runs away and hide, soon as i go past a line it attacks, i stand back 1 cm and it hides again lol.
If he cant see me i cant see him either i guess , n just standing there while i shoot at it

[sour bane]

https://youtu.be/uBQuNr_Jv0M

[dense plume]

Bug def Zalisja

[barren robin]

hello

[granite ocean]

Yesterday I was there and I found 2 of them lmao

[summer maple]

its beauty

[thin forum]

beautiful

[brazen geyser]

also why do u see astolfo? it should look like this

[jagged ginkgo]

Now it is, but before it was Astolfo (Astolfo the best together with Saber)

[brazen geyser]

weird, i didnt change it, i made the SSP-100M pic on 26th

[jagged ginkgo]

Cool

[jagged ginkgo]

@brazen geyser Astolfo

Yeah, and I'll avoid sending random images here, that might end up in a mute

[pulsar forge]

Oh you forgot this, sister

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/561149828503961600/1309093393972068423/pepoSippin.gif

[elder dew]

Piggy go spins me around then boom🍗

[faint walrus]

stalker dont have bug, only anomaly

[fervent kettle]

Fast travel implementation successful. Working as intended 👍

[faint walrus]

🤣

[fervent kettle]

Just imagine being a lone stalker who experienced that and is now trying to convince people at the bar that it really happened.

[timber tapir]

why game stuck on black screen and nothing happening any fix? (no mods/reshade)

[pulsar forge]

Try close it from Task Manager and relaunch it

[timber tapir]

same...

[solemn stratus]

Same for me as well. I'll try verifying game files.

[timber tapir]

I tried it but nothing changed ;/

[pulsar forge]

hmm, try update your graphic card drivers or system

[solemn stratus]

Already up-to-date

[faint walrus]

I swear I flew 50m high and I did 1km like that
Yeah me to, I was drunk too and I woke up 1km from where I fell asleep 🤣

[fervent kettle]

Suuuure, stalker. I bet you flew a click away and landed without injury. Too bad you were alone that day, huh? Buy your own vodka.

[timber tapir]

i saw that steam installing an microsoft redistributes pack and i got up to date sys/graphic card drivers

[elder dew]

This happen to me but my game crashed 😂

[faint walrus]

🤣

[pulsar forge]

did you looked into log files? What it causing this? It's in C:\Users\YourUserName\AppData\Local\Stalker2\Saved\Crashes

[timber tapir]

it not crashes, game just not launching and stays on black screen and 0 disc or cpu/gpu usage on it

(NGX_2024.12.02-23.32.29_17A3A52449CDE663CFAF6286739D93B3) - thats latest folder there and its empty

[faint walrus]

I want to find your vodka supplier my dear stalker, he sells very good quality vodka!

[pulsar forge]

Looks like hardware problem or software stuff

[pulsar forge]

no get it from crashes folder

[solemn stratus]

It doesn't crash. It just freezes for a long time, and staying black screen all the time. You have to use task manager to end the task. If you click on the game's icon, it freezes our PC as well forcing to sign out or restart.

[pulsar forge]

Then it's hardware problem

[solemn stratus]

Not really, before the patch I had 50 hours with no issue

[pulsar forge]

hmm

[solemn stratus]

Playing on SSD, a good PC with 7600X + 32GB Memory and RTX 3080

[timber tapir]

latest crash was on 21.11 ;/

[pulsar forge]

https://discord.com/channels/504587323577729024/1308753015355740181 send your problem to devs, get your ticket

[timber tapir]

AYOOOOO WORKING ! ! ! ! I REINSTALED MY GRAPH DRIVERS ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

[fervent kettle]

He brews his stuff in the Poppy Fields! Go visit!

[timber tapir]

god damn thx that i dont need to redownload 150gigz...

[timber tapir]

u tried to reintsall graph card drivers? for me it worked

[solemn stratus]

Now trying 🙂

[pulsar forge]

I told you, it's all about hardware.

Glad it worked

[solemn stratus]

Didn't work for me 😦

[pulsar forge]

same as the guy had or crashing?

[knotty bloom]

any information about these radio stations? I see them around and one of them was interactable

[timber tapir]

i pasted my mods and i get black screen again so we need to wait for an mod update to 1.0.3 ver, just tested it now...

[brazen geyser]

ahahahaha as if I just have to complain a lil bit to get it fixed - people of the zone, tell me your bugs and I complain for Version 1.0.4 to have it fixed

/s

[solemn stratus]

I have some mods installed as well. What mods do you have btw?

[jagged ginkgo]

Cool

[pulsar forge]

[knotty bloom]

what happens when you turn this on? I didnt see any change

[solemn stratus]

You're like me 🙂 I also have similar mods

[timber tapir]

i need to try to cut SimpleModLoader i think it can cause it than an some number changes

[brazen geyser]

how much data is that patch?!

[timber tapir]

well thats not simpleloader, maybe optimization tweaks?

[solemn stratus]

AI mods might be the cause

[small quail]

https://medal.tv/games/s-t-a-l-k-e-r-2-heart-of-chornobyl/clips/jaQUxkIDBNplVwzkZ?invite=cr-MSxsWVAsMjA0MjU2ODk0LA does anyone know how to fix this ? is anyone else getting this bug ? game will just freeze spontaneously and i have to task end it

uh ignore the chris-chan news video

[timber tapir]

still not

[fervent kettle]

Two words: Weird Bolt

[solemn stratus]

I'll try mutant loot

[timber tapir]

got it !

[brazen geyser]

weird bolt has to be recharged - sit around an anomaly field for a while or sit out a few emissions. takes a while but its also stupidly powerful

[solemn stratus]

how?

[timber tapir]

now launched with mods and i deleted these, need to check which one exacly causes this black screen

[knotty bloom]

does anyone remember more places like this (radio station with yellow light), I want to check if there is a puzzle, so far my friend and I checked two places and they didn't have this interaction option

[solemn stratus]

StrangXY mod might be the cause because they fixed those values, check the latest update log for info.

[fervent kettle]

Yeah cool, it also has the fun feature of crashing my game 100% during emissions. That's the part I want fixed! 😄

[solemn stratus]

Not that one

[timber tapir]

probably this is reason, other mods works as before 😌

[brazen geyser]

gimme some more data in DMs, ive heard it but I run weird bolt for the last 8 days and not only do I survive them, i can sit in emission outside with it and not crash and I wanna find out why

[ripe drum]

Guess he went to the shadow realm

[solemn stratus]

I just removed that mod (changes X Y sensitivity of your mouse for balance) and didn't work.

Not AI mods either

[timber tapir]

maybe u got other mods

[brave grotto]

https://medal.tv/games/s-t-a-l-k-e-r-2-heart-of-chornobyl/clips/jcM5ufb93jtR6-Aw8?invite=cr-MSxBOWYsMjEyMDg5NzkyLA

early main storyline spoilers ^

[solemn stratus]

You're in? Did you remove these mods? #📸┃screens_and_videos message

[timber tapir]

mutant loot cause it

[solemn stratus]

I just removed it, still not working 😦

[timber tapir]

everything work only loot mutant for me even alife mod and X Y mouse fix

[solemn stratus]

Mutant Loot mod maker said he'll update the mod soon in here https://discord.com/channels/912320241713958912/1310037284954837063

[solemn stratus]

They say Dynamic Weather mod also causes black screen but only with save files.

[timber tapir]

for me its working

@solemn stratus all my mods which works now

[pseudo wyvern]

WE ARE LIVE! 😄
https://youtube.com/live/_dYzqfeJNfQ?feature=share

[solemn stratus]

Happy to hear. I removed all mods still black screen

[timber tapir]

try remove an Engine ini files or something like that, some mods got files not only in this ~mod folder

[solemn stratus]

I already did remove, no luck.

[valid stump]

Spawntrapped 😄

[timber tapir]

u reinstalled graph drivers?

[solemn stratus]

Twice 🙂

[timber tapir]

hm, try restart pc and again file integrity... if not then only reinstall. idk how it worked for me cuz i was thinking 99% that i will need to reinstall it...

[solemn stratus]

Will do next thx

Restarting the PC helped, now I'll put all my beautiful mods back in! @timber tapir

[timber tapir]

nice :D!

[solemn stratus]

You just removed Mutant Loot, right? All others are working?

[timber tapir]

yeah

[sleek copper]

yes. nice

[fervent kettle]

They should have listened to the emission warnings.

[brazen geyser]

@sly meteor about "Weird Bolt Crashing game during emission" bug - Is it possible its not directly the weird bolt but something else/additionally that happens when you pick it up in the tornado anomaly?
I never went there, I spawned mine with UETools some days ago when testing artifacts and I now tested around a bit, examined it, spawned an emission and not only did I recharge it, my game still runs perfectly fine yet everyone that went to tornado and collected weird bolt starts to crash. hence my conclusion about it not being the artifact or recharging mechanic directly but something else getting flagged by pickup potentially

[fervent kettle]

Can you go test getting it from the tornado manually with normal game functions and see if it somehow enables a reproduction of the error?

[frozen prawn]

Chocolate Artefact

[fallow parcel]

I like finding Unique in one of a kind guns I've got a good collection so far if u know of any others lmk I have sledgehammer,trophy,spitfire,shahs mate,kharod,lynx,spittier,gambit please lmk if u know of more

[brazen geyser]

tested with "native" Weird Bolt retrieval and sitting out an emission - no crash

[timber tapir]

[brazen geyser]

doing it again, with the same bolts, but disabling any helper tools and cheats that i use normaly during testing and finding a bug where a part of the kitchen inside Noontide shelter is not counted as inside and does not provide cover from emission(despite being one of the deepest part of that bunker)

[fervent kettle]

I’m going to patch up and run it, and film it while I do, then post here. If it’s working now, then Hallelujah praise the Zone, but if not then maybe you can detect something I cannot.

I don’t have the ability to trigger emissions and stuff though, so I will have to wait and find one naturally. The other night, I was reliably getting emissions within 10 minutes of loading a “safe” save, so if that continues it shouldn’t be a long wait.

[wanton aspen]

And they were lovers...

[fervent kettle]

It’s also worth mentioning that I have suffered no other wonkiness worth mentioning since launch, and I started within 24 hours of launch. I had less than half a dozen crashes overall, that seemed to share no pattern. Just random timing, usually while traveling. I have been through many emissions with no issues either.

[brazen geyser]

send me ur save maybe

[fervent kettle]

After patching, I loaded up the autosave before the emission and the game did not crash. 🤷‍♂️
I'll call it a win.

[worthy hull]

Got the Veteran VS Vintar that came with the pre-order bundle!

[clear dawn]

me too it kickin!

[brazen geyser]

ehhh i guess... wasnt mentioned in patchnotes to be fixed but then again...

[prisma bear]

Anyone speak Ukrainian?

[clear dawn]

rough, but something about "nobody knows" I think

I tried using a ukrainian keyboard and then translate lol

it would be so cool to be able to understand these D:

[clear dawn]

whos a good boy

[worthy hull]

Found this beauty

[idle plaza]

im him

[hoary haven]

Not a true Stalker fan unless you did this

[hoary haven]

People may shіt on Starfield, but at least the game doesn't freeze and crash when you drop a gazillion of items on the ground lol

[idle plaza]

STALKER 2: N64 version

[clear dawn]

I did this before to go in a cave to get an artefact i didnt have enough space to make a jump or something so i dropped everything, when i came back some of my items popped out of existence lmao so i reloaded my save so i didnt lose my crap

[clear dawn]

9 fps 😄

[hoary haven]

yeah, i had to go to settings and lower everything in hopes of dropping even more items

[clear dawn]

ngl im starting to hate water

[clear dawn]

LMAO "Stay Tf Down"

[clear dawn]

the scream and the body ahhhhhhh

[hoary haven]

he spawned in a t pose lmao

[warm narwhal]

lmaaao

[clear dawn]

ohhhhh mahgod

[worthy hull]

Behold, the most overpowered anomaly I've ever collected

[wicked mantle]

I'm waiting for the Gameboy Advance demake of the N64 version.

[clear dawn]

hail the holy liquid rock

[thin forum]

what it do?

[worthy hull]

Max radiation and chemical protection

Think of it as god mode but for radiation

[thin forum]

oh damn thats worth it must be hella rare

[worthy hull]

I got it while I was walking around a bubble anomaly field so it shouldn't be too hard to get it if it is rare

[thin forum]

ah ok understood but can ya tell me wat artifacts are in the poisonous hole one spawned but i wasnt quick to grab it

[worthy hull]

I can't really say much, there's a few that spawn in it that are decent but I can't really name them off the top of my head rn

[thin forum]

ah ok its alright man ill just go find some else where

[granite ocean]

[foggy fog]

Zombie volume up sorry bad audio kek.

[vague igloo]

ramma is that you?

[warm narwhal]

Yup

[vague igloo]

my man you are really everywhere

[silk storm]

After patch this happened can’t load into game either

[idle plaza]

yea i feel like 1.03 has broken some things with me

[clear dawn]

I found my long lost buddy|| Dr Hermann,|| what an anomaly lmaooo

[spare token]

Hell kind of Massacre did I stumble onto! Like 5 more are outside on the ground having fallen off the building.

[mortal hatch]

Reminder, you can find the spot where the menu for Shadow of Chernobyl is not too far from the plant!

[clear dawn]

"this is fine" -end game spoiler so be cautious

[amber bane]

After update, any help wth is this

[odd horizon]

10/10

[clear dawn]

me too, lmao if u save and reload he will get up

[pliant hedge]

Nah 😭😭😭😭

[brazen geyser]

Weird Water is much stronger - Liquid Rock doesnt protect you from Red Forest radiation and it only capable of protecting you from 1 other artifact that has max radiation emission.
Weird Water lets you cross Red Forest easily and protects you from 4 Artifacts with maximum radiation output. it makes u virtually immune and gives u enough time to even touch the game border walls near CNPP

[foggy fog]

lol

[clear dawn]

damn zalyissa glitch cant start side quest

[soft swift]

which angle did you get this from?

cause i got the same problem

[sleek copper]

Nice save

[sweet tusk]

Learning the strats

[fallow parcel]

I just figured out as soon as I select the RPG for upgrade it crashes the game to the home screen. I don’t even know if you can upgrade it or not.

[clear dawn]

facing the north on the right side on the front entrance, I did a jump and quickly screenshot

also, my save is ruined and I am done playing stalker 2 I guess because not only this quest is ruined I can't even initiate any of the main quests surrounding this part of the game so now I am just irritated and uninstalled the game and deleted all my saves, I'll come back in a few weeks or months idk this game needs some serious bug fixes and just for me to play the game I have to use noclip, console commands and mods it's just not fun anymore

I went back to a save that goes as far back as 3 hours ago and I still can't activate the scar cutscene, I can go to the sphere and grab what I need for quest but omg it's just not fun in my experience anymore I'm having it rough right now

atleast I preorded the game so later I can get all the loot stashes or whatever

my enthusiasm and excitement has ran dry :/ back to whatever I was doing before stalker 2 goodnight

[frozen latch]

I'm good i hope

[worldly crane]

I have 2 of these, but haven't seen many other artifacts somehow.

[frozen latch]

Yessss

[jagged ginkgo]

If it were simpler to catch it, it would be good, try to catch it today

[frozen latch]

Good run lol

[weary loom]

the best non-exoskel armor?

[manic pine]

Very normal amount of playtime... 😅

[brazen geyser]

id agree

im maybe a bit more fanatical

[frozen latch]

the end-of-game boss lol

[modern basalt]

I repeled attack and nothin happens, is it bug or there is second attack?

[keen wadi]

I cried.

[frozen latch]

The end for me ?

[keen wadi]

Point of no return means Point of no return

[frozen latch]

......

[elfin pawn]

😞😞 looks like I'm gonna have to take a break until the next update and hope for the best

I can't wait to see the polished version!

[keen wadi]

kek, I believe IPSF respawning is part of the main quest, since they supposed to come after you and you to run away

[elfin pawn]

Yeah I believe that was their intention

Just weird. Old stalker games were about taking your time, going slow and acquiring loot. This is an early mission where I haven't much ammo so I'm trying to loot bodies, and guys just keep spawning literally on top of me😅 maybe they will add a dialogue that says "run" or "escape", the quest marker i got made it look like I was still supposed to be looking for something inside the perimeter walls not just run away😅

Can't wait til this is all polished up, when it's working it's pretty awesome

[modest wigeon]

with a reshade preset

[sour bane]

what surprised me is how often we can find medkits and bandages lol, i hoped harder difficulties would mean less resources on the map, radioctive rain storms etc such environmental effects, instead of pump up the HP stats enemies and lower dmg on player's weapon

[elfin pawn]

Right? After 5 hours of playing I'm just not even picking up any of that stuff anymore, I don't need 75 bandages 😅

[fervent kettle]

I thought so, but then I experimented with upgrading the SSP-100I Survey suit and it clowned the Falcon, plus 3 of its 5 artifact slots are leaded.

[summer maple]

i just found this gun with this camo :D

[errant crane]

https://youtu.be/grmgU7NorBU

[weary loom]

bro is happy 🤗

[desert shuttle]

i remember when me and my brother first played shadow of chernobyl and now i get to relive my memories ❤️ i just wish my brother could have seen this

[cloud notch]

I just did this bit got a clip of it just jumping at me

[fervent kettle]

Good old Cordon.

[desert shuttle]

yes memories.....

[potent ether]

Can someone post a screenshot marking where Chernobyl Power Plant is located exactly?

[charred kestrel]

this damned place again..

[frail gale]

zalyssia side quest has not been fixed as of 1.0.3

[covert ore]

XD

lokk gun and blue chens ajacket

[jagged ginkgo]

Ah,

[royal arrow]

ran out of 12gb gddr6x vram and it tells me to get more the recommended is 8gb 💀

[oblique cosmos]

that's stalker 2 for ya I am having a problem like that I got well above minimum requirements but my shit keeps crashing 💀

[ornate dawn]

you just have to kill all the monolith, might be one downed that you missed

[modern basalt]

I killed all of them and waited for 15 min for another wave maybe but nothing happens, and when i leave area it say mission failled or smth like that

[ornate dawn]

idk then. id load an earlier save and try it, i had no issues with this sidequest

[modern basalt]

Already tried it, i guess i will just wait for a fix or just continue like that 🤷‍♂️

[ornate dawn]

🫡 😭

[noble meadow]

me and the boys on a abandonated hospital with radiation and anomalies

[wicked wyvern]

Whut?

[hollow pelican]

devs have fixed nothing, patched nothing. game is MORE broken than before. and now MORE npcs are in the way. town is lost. if i could throw a grenade in the doorway and kill them all i would. this game sucks.

gewd jerb many patch much fix

[earnest cobalt]

i didnt have that kind of problem. send report with info etc. and help others to improve the game. and make it better

[daring maple]

seems that is how you spawn random weapon, it happens when you interrupt detector draw anim @sly meteor

[trim hornet]

"NOT MY VIDEO" but this is a dope way to get the game name out there. Ukraine official page shout it out.

[thin forum]

Check these out guys

And these three

And finally these two

[exotic spire]

found a debug interaction zone I think

Just spawned 2 groups behind me somewhere

[thin forum]

So I’m guessing no one knows how those radios work yet?

[exotic spire]

I just activate them when I see them idk

[hollow pelican]

game needs a way to change the hold animation to traditional Italian style. 🤌

[thin forum]

Hmm maybe a future dlc perhaps I think it might be something along the lines as special?

I died a few times tryna get that ball

[earnest cobalt]

You have maybe 2second to Getting the Ball when you cover behind left car

[wicked mantle]

My favorite loadout so far.

[worldly fjord]

Cheeki Breeki

[toxic dome]

Love that this dude has generic npc lines

[delicate anvil]

the exoskeleton works really well when you don't have a torso

[marble citrus]

Interesting

But I got one right into my hands when I was holding my gun

[worthy hull]

Found this photo in this safe while on my way to SIRCAA, is this just for decoration or is there a backstory to it?

[spare token]

I just felt the strong urge to jump

I LIVED!

[keen juniper]

Anyone have a fix for this this is for the mission once more into the breach word quest line when you attack duga second time the door to the tunnels does not unlock

I'm on console so commands are out of the question I've been stuck on this for 4 days tomorrow will be 5

[thin forum]

Ya pretty much that

[near vapor]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/283145023372132372/1314060988303020074/image.png?ex=67526629&is=675114a9&hm=64fdb469cd72bd6be6859d91f69023cea6b11e5efee3d29f9c62d2850b330d2f&

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/304282390367567892/1314077330443997225/Unbenannt.PNG?ex=67527561&is=675123e1&hm=3fcce1f5109af66a3b5f7f38a7ac973329f2505b92c57858fa26eefe56112af9&

[worthy hull]

I'm sorry but WTF IS THAT HEALTH COUNT?!?

[keen juniper]

Well I've discovered the limitations of this engine on Xbox

[frozen latch]

I have cry

[rotund trail]

;-;

[sharp light]

some shots from zone #2

[jagged ginkgo]

Freaky bloodsucker

[severe comet]

everytime i load it takes a few seconds for it to load everything (4080 super, 7800x3d, 32gb ddr5) (epic settings, TAA, frame gen)

got sent back to the shadow of chernobyl era 😭

[tired pebble]

Who was this guy in the trailer?

And this one

[vague igloo]

probably cut characters cause they couldnt finish the game or just cut characters

[tired pebble]

Maybe in a dlc?

[odd horizon]

Felt bad letting them kill everyone in that tunnel

[sharp light]

https://youtu.be/rrCTultDRx0

[civic ferry]

@keen juniper same shit with the door

[fair prism]

Bread Armor

[dry dove]

Considering how stale bread in the Zone must be its probably as effective as an exo

[sleek sigil]

That is strelok

[pure sierra]

||https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5ZtFByNtp0&ab_channel=ScereBroPSNU||

plot spoilers!!!

||second guy was cut from the game||

[naive monolith]

Look familiar eh??

[manic pine]

Do we have an Encyclopedia in game? I don't recall seeing it in the PDA tabs.

[tired stag]

interesting

[tired stag]

I will research this later

[craggy latch]

||Streloks room ||

[crystal jetty]

FIVE FULL BARS OF PHYS PROTECTION? THATS WHY THEY'RE SO GODDAMN TANKY

[sleek copper]

endgame: all ememy have exo. its hard

[robust cypress]

.

[potent oasis]

there are a lot of pictures scatered around the game but idk what they mean, might be easter eggs of the dev team or just random

[gritty granite]

https://youtu.be/g6HH5kKLAlw?si=luNtSxvh6gIa3LhH where is this at

[craggy latch]

Isn’t it from the main quest?(I could be wrong )

[gritty granite]

I've beaten the game twice and never saw it

[craggy latch]

I just seen that are not long ago tbh

[gritty granite]

I mean that specific cutscene idk what quest it's tied to

[craggy latch]

Yea I got it(not even trolling bro,but idk how I got it )

[sick cypress]

is this Brodyaga?

[sick cypress]

It can be if u gone for Brodyaga squad

[craggy latch]

True

[valid wagon]

the first is strelok on the red fortress

[valid wagon]

||a lot of parts like (the first scene is from wild island when you fight against sircaa) and others like swamps, cooling towers, rostok,zaton,yaniv and the laboratory on malachite or chemical plant||

[gritty granite]

What path do I take to get the richter cutscene

[valid wagon]

||you need to side with strider in sircaa||

[eternal hawk]

[jagged ginkgo]

Mod? The numbers

[eternal hawk]

Yea it's a modpack 😄
But don't ask which one
Nvm, "Universal Modpack 1.3"

[wicked mantle]

I just got my first one too!

[eternal hawk]

Nice

[eternal hawk]

Lol okay now I'm getting lucky

[sick cypress]

😳

[craggy latch]

So far 32 artifacts found lol

[pseudo prawn]

what does this say? i can get out the last word

[worthy hull]

Just gonna make a note that this was found in thermal anomalies..

[near viper]

we are led by a monolith

[charred kestrel]

hamster never died he just found another profession

[craggy latch]

Sorry to bother ,but would you know what this means ?

[near viper]

Don't believe his lies. He's behind everything. Kill him.

[clever dirge]

I thought he was joking

[frosty crystal]

WHAT THE FUCK??????

i need to buy a new ssd holy shit

[pseudo prawn]

thanks ! 🙂 couldnt make out the first words 🙂

[near viper]

happy to help 😊

[hidden tendon]

when?)

[final flax]

Does anyone know why my scope's FOV is like this? I just had a cutscene in wild island with an emission during it.

OK so quicksaving and quickloading seems to fix the scope issue some people might get after the ||faust monologue|| cutscene

[eternal hawk]

It is definitely worth it. The strong rad protection alone is really good.

[grave geyser]

We're being led by a monolith.

[hidden tendon]

xD

[spare token]

This...I did not expect this to work 🤣

[empty schooner]

why is every patch update downloading the whole game...

[granite latch]

It redownloads every modified file

[viscid jewel]

Mesmerizing moment

[keen juniper]

Did a update comes out to day

[pseudo prawn]

haha yeah the same here XD it was pulling 22gb out of my GPU just now XD

[wild osprey]

If you increase the draw distance the game will look like life

[finite eagle]

stalker 2 rtx 5090 i12-16900K 16k gameplay

[fervent kettle]

It's not safe out there...

They attacked ME first.

[short stratus]

Thats the patch being applied

[full raven]

if u look at npc pda... they have the removed statistics and archive page (why did they remove these features which are epic?)

[keen juniper]

Did I or did I not cook this is my first time making an edit like this so please don't be too harsh

[finite eagle]

secret chernobyl nuclear plant

[keen juniper]

Go to Jupiter

[finite eagle]

What is this??

[tired pebble]

https://tenor.com/view/strelok-stalker-меченый-стрелок-сталкер-gif-11142719355214393418

[eternal hawk]

I thought these were the generators

[amber osprey]

Poland mentioned!🇵🇱 🇵🇱 🇵🇱

[crisp scroll]

CAREFUL! You can get stuck there

[warm sapphire]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCj_b-AxRxw

[molten pilot]

Extra bouncy achievment

[manic pine]

Reflections on the PDA. Neat

[manic pine]

That Burner be lookin a bit more natural than I thought.

[grave geyser]

How do you get there to the Factory?

[wide magnet]

Look at the size of this boy's melon!

[manic pine]

Ok so you need free cam/invuln to pass through fog of 9000+ rads to these locations. Also find youtube videos on them.

West of Prypiat is Jupiter Factory partially modelled. It's looks good. Prypiat may look weird with it's cutout shape, cause unfinished district to the west with the Grocery Store.
Oasis is on the map in the fog that is also unfinished, no working puzzle sadly.
The CNPP has an outer texture and no interior with the Iron Forest floating in the air. The Generators (Dead Valley) have returned and are bit north of the CNPP... they are beautiful at night looks like a lot of work went into them... despite not able to visit them by normal means with no deadly rads there. I like the redesign/upgrade they made from the OG Dead Valley.

NGL very good modelling work 👌 and I hope to see it finished somepoint with a later update, if they get snipped what a waste... Would assume they splitting attention to working on this slowly in background alongside performance issues and Alife.

[finite eagle]

I did it like this lol
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/920161285063180368/1314464474064748565/dYuL2T6.mp4?ex=6753ddf0&is=67528c70&hm=d09ccb0df191067129d96b6d837f80f7ce1d4e88f37ebee3c615fd4f32929bf8&

Using the anomaly flying glitch

[craggy latch]

F’ck it ,we eat like kings today

[fervent kettle]

Your keyboard looks like it's saiyan a lot about you.

[frigid swan]

Helped me get the rare 5 headshots in 10 seconds achievement

[eternal hawk]

Naww

[upbeat pilot]

https://youtu.be/PExiXTHsN7c?si=dh3I5JfX8VZaYeIy

[pure light]

it starts to feel less like the game is spawning me a fun little challenge and more like the game is actively trying to kill me

[fervent kettle]

I think you're finally understanding what all those incoming bullets and hungry mutants are trying to do.

[mortal hatch]

It's freaky how good this game can look sometimes

[coral jacinth]

something is not right...

[jagged ginkgo]

This is the goal of monsters and nature

[amber osprey]

Stalker 2 on low fps looks scary...

[fervent kettle]

Anomalous porch, be careful.

[meager smelt]

yooooo this weapon is so op

[hallow finch]

any advice?

[summer maple]

cute

[clear dawn]

(I try to translate using google lense and it does it poorly or doesnt do it at all lol)

kinda like how npc identification works in previous stalker games, it would translate the words under the crosshair dot?

(translation would fade in if staring at text to initiate) just a little idea idk

[elder scroll]

Well, stalker 2 feels like anomaly already

[dry dove]

Beautiful artifacts

[quick trout]

this was me and my friend's first time playing call of pripyat (i'm coomthulhu)

i felt threatened

[clear dawn]

why would you do-

[fallen hemlock]

Weird why the FOV slider doesn't include character FOV had to download "Flawless Widescreen" to do it, they probably spent a long time on the weapon models so i want to see more of it dammit, the default is way too zoomed in

[muted void]

Prepared for cooler weather this week! Snagged 12 cans (had 1 for lunch) off of Amazon! It tastes very similar to the Ukrainian stuff I had during my 1 week stalker diet

[odd horizon]

Now that I look at some of ur guys PC pics I'm a bit jealous but game still looks great even on my little s

[mellow mauve]

running nicely after a few tweaks

such a shame that playing in HDR means not being able to share screenshots that look as good as what you see in person

[warm narwhal]

I thought there was only 2 of them

[mellow mauve]

LOL, I wish they were still that scary for me haha

[clear dawn]

yeah in sdr for me its very dim/sad looking

[mellow mauve]

Unfortunate byproduct of tonemapping HDR to SDR. That image looks considerably different in person.

[rare robin]

That’s the coop mod, I take it. How well does it work?

[quick trout]

very well

[rare robin]

I might try it out some day.

[visual slate]

Got paid

The zone calls for my return.

[fallow parcel]

Is this intentional? @obsidian cipher @twin flower Patch 1.0.3

[sleek copper]

🤮

[jagged ginkgo]

And there's more 🤠

[upbeat swallow]

🤯 🤯 🤯

[warm narwhal]

Yeah, theres was 5 in total in that underground

[jagged ginkgo]

[restive pasture]

Unmodded, on console.

[old violet]

Have fun and good hunting stalker

[knotty wigeon]

https://youtube.com/shorts/2dwWWxZc2ss?si=MXb_YxjZJ7XBHilO

[mild root]

This dude blocking the way

[young oasis]

💀 pain

[sharp seal]

Pour me some crystal vodka! I'm returning to the zone!

[obsidian cipher]

yuriy_shatunov has been warned

Reason: Posted an invite

yuriy_shatunov has been warned

Reason: Posted an invite

[eternal hawk]

Finally \o/
I know, there are better ones.
But hey, it's an exo 😅

[dusky harness]

this game is looking so good on high settings

[manic pine]

I've a got a recommendation if you want to enhance it even further. Nexus mods it's 'DrBishop's Downgrade remover ULTRA graphics config'
I thought the game looked good before... but now looks even better. Unreal engine is gonna show your FPS the front door tho and give it a good kick. I got 60FPS but at ultra perfomance DLSS and high sharpening to crispen the image with my 3070.

Got that nice reflection in the scope... worth XD. This is how I got the reflection on my PDA screen I posted. Lighting personally also seems a bit better.

[woeful rampart]

I think i broke the game, i can´t see this on the map. what can i do ?. i also got this with me, but can´t see the mission??

[dusky harness]

That’s looking crazy

[hardy jacinth]

Umm, wtf is going on here

[young oasis]

minecraft ahh textures

[sharp seal]

atleast he lived up to his name

[carmine grail]

dark of site

[cursive thunder]

U need to give this thing to sidorovinch before going to the sircaa

[woeful rampart]

Thx gonna try that. 👍

[uncut raptor]

we lost so much

[blazing fjord]

Does that towards the achievement? If yes what commands did you use?

[granite ocean]

fooooooood

more fooooood

[half goblet]

wha da hell

[raw delta]

(I did not survive)

[timber tapir]

Retro gaming S:CoP

[dry dove]

Spoilers for final mission, but by the Monolith is the zone beautiful in stalker 2

[timber tapir]

VS Modern S2 setup

[granite ocean]

something is coming

[timber tapir]

How u sorted it likr that xd

[craggy latch]

Making sure I give my fav stalker some love while I play the new one

[hollow pelican]

skif took 40 Benadryl

[hearty harness]

okay so who from the dev team did this ???

[vague igloo]

HAIL the energy drink

[fervent kettle]

I know precisely where that is

[worthy hull]

My boy... look how they massacred my boy...

[worthy hull]

caught this mf T-posing

[median python]

The best name

[serene pumice]

I got put on Dumpster Duty

[tired stag]

!warn @verbal scaffold seld ad

[obsidian cipher]

_trave has been warned

Reason: seld ad

[vagrant cloak]

is that a mfing shadow of Chernobyl reference???

[manic pine]

Does this even work with the missing text or is the whole thing buff it's applying bugged?. I would assume it injects food into you so you don't need to carry food... or maybe increase stamina recovery?

Anyone tried to see what this does?

[fervent kettle]

That may be the 5% stam regen upgrade. The wording is just flavor, you still have to eat and drink.

[half prawn]

There is an artifact underground at southeast of Rostok. How come it does not appear?

[dusky harness]

can anyone tell me why my game is looking so bad rn everything is on epic

[scarlet plover]

You guys know what is going to happen

(Neck )

[wide quiver]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1168964419720585287/1315360804035629146/hferUo0.gif

[idle plaza]

Clear Sky is a sleeper masterpiece if you ignore the first hour

[hearty harness]

did you turn off upscaling?

[gaunt prism]

Deserved

[fast basin]

Turn down sharpness maybe

[rancid sparrow]

Hell yeah

[wild ledge]

Something with the anti alasing or upscalers ?

[exotic spire]

purple

[craggy latch]

In stock?! Say no more

[amber osprey]

Is that the new glass anomaly?

[pseudo wyvern]

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/NUt1djunAfQ
Who else experiences it like that sometimes?

[left pilot]

I really love the one on one conversations in this game. The real sit down, speak, and hear. These three in particular really stand out to me but mostly Striders. But I do love how all three of them are discussing similar themes of happiness, regression, and pushing beyond our past. Narratively wonderful moments and I’ll be thinking about them for a while.

[cursive thunder]

Yea specially when this mf give u a hand n made u fall

[rare robin]

The achievement text for that choice cracked me up!

[haughty bough]

What I’ve been doing the past couple of days :))

[potent snow]

The last shot is a 12 out of 10...get rid of hud and you have a wallpaper right there 💯🔥

[jaunty nexus]

[hollow sail]

??? Idk game does not look necesarly "bad" maybe turn of all upscalers DLSS

[rigid hawk]

[exotic spire]

Might have found the best armor in the game before going to prypyat

On top of spark bunker. Good luck getting there.

[mortal hatch]

bag?

[fervent kettle]

Have to push one of those small destructible wood crates from near the base NE of the bunker all the way to the bunker wall and use it as a start point to jump on top of the bunker structures.

This is a well known strategy and target armor!

[frozen latch]

LOVE YOUUU

[frozen latch]

OMG

[dusky harness]

why is this guy green but when i come closer he sprays the shit out of me

[fallow parcel]

What did you do 😂?

[fervent kettle]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ea8u7dLJaoI
Here's one of the many available guides for this specific location and armor.

I did not make this. It's just easy to google it up since many vid creators know its desirable.

[mossy drum]

Or you know, just PLAY the game untill you get a quest there thats supposed to let you on the roof.

[fervent kettle]

That is also a valid strategy. I have done neither and do not have this armor myself, but I am well aware of its existence thanks to other channels in this discord.

But if I did want it, I would probably use this guide, as I think Scar the Spark faction are nut jobs.

[fallow parcel]

Agreed, however iirc there is only like 6 guys in the bunker.

[lone karma]

https://www.reddit.com/r/stalker/comments/1hai9oa/soooo_i_just_beat_veteran_stalker_2_heart_of/

[pseudo wyvern]

STALKER 2 LIVESTREAM!
https://youtube.com/live/XJEdDOLO3EI?feature=share

What has happened AFTER we left the institute? Today, we will find out!

[brittle thistle]

seems like the ||prypiat underground|| isnt fully modeled yet

[quick lily]

Yeye we all know you pushed the box

[sinful scroll]

help?😭😭😭

[humble tree]

I escaped cause I didn't like that guy he looks exactly like my high-school history teacher

[thin forum]

Lol

[sinful scroll]

😆😆😆

[wise dew]

A mission that’s fairly far into the game if I’m correct? Would rather use it as early as possible lmao

[valid wagon]

OR just enter pripyat early

[rigid hawk]

I love This Game graphics

[verbal scaffold]

Ivan returns to the zone

[sonic linden]

🫠

[coral lagoon]

almost done

[old violet]

he looks like the school principal from Back to the Future 😂

[humble tree]

Lmao💀

[drifting nimbus]

Lol

[summer maple]

I finally got it

[faint hull]

i like them too but i dont think my PC says the same

[rigid osprey]

Would also like to know! I'm unsure of who to shoot at sometimes

[coral thicket]

got a question, how far in is this screenshot

[fervent kettle]

Pretty sure that's first encountered in the Needle in a Haystack quest to find Squint basically right at the beginning in Zalissya, though the two guys in the picture are likely just there to look interesting and would be random passerby folks while you are questing in the area.

[coral thicket]

ohhhhh ty!

[coral thicket]

im guessing it is or something cause im past there and nothing like that happend

[fervent kettle]

I would also say that it's a marketing shot, so it's been framed and touched up for prettiness, which I think would include adding subjects that are visually interesting.

That shot reminds me very strongly of Metro Exodus advertising screenshots like this:

[drifting nimbus]

Yeah it's the second to last large map before Novosibirsk ak dead city

Just finished again that game before starting playing stalker.

[manic pine]

Top down view of the map. Thought the base game was big before... That really is a lot of area that they can use wow. I'm still in a bit of awe for scale GSC is going for is incredible with the level of detail they are striving to achieve.

Can't wait till the factory and rest of Prypiat comes into the playable area at somepoint.

You can see some of the testing areas as well to the east and north which I find quite neat.

@digital parcel, thought you might be interested, know you've covered the paper map before in a stream.

[safe wedge]

Taking cover from an emission.

[stoic vault]

Behold! The Chosen Flesh!

[final flax]

The zone took my PM, you can't have anything nice in Chornobyl

[exotic spire]

excuse me what

this is a bug right?

[coarse sonnet]

Klondike of artifacts

[exotic spire]

turned out this was intended

[digital gate]

Enemies spawning infinitely is such a lovely game design decision 🥰

[candid bronze]

Mmm now that's a good artifact

[zinc depot]

@wary trench this is what my loadout looks like on current save, nothing in stash box whatsoever also

[fervent kettle]

ka-chow

[green pond]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1172938500786634816/1316462936192978944/20241211_195327.jpg?ex=675b2326&is=6759d1a6&hm=3551e5dad38b7e204ded9832a027e4365ff9558b7d589a03d3c0a38462507575&
i can sprint more irl

[fervent kettle]

https://tenor.com/view/stalker-early-gif-18074307

[winter geyser]

Due to an 'Anomoly' in Concrete Forest I had to think a little outside the box to get that key.

[undone saffron]

completely forgot my last save was at the world border

[lofty mist]

Rookie Village has shiny underground

[undone saffron]

i found it, the edge of the wall. south of corden

[lofty mist]

Lucky Compass drop https://mapgenie.io/stalker-2-heart-of-chornobyl/maps/the-zone?locationIds=413940

[plucky solar]

Is three of these guys normal now?

[lofty mist]

in my game mostly duos (stalker difficulty)

[plucky solar]

Strange, same difficulty but, I've been to this area plenty of time's but this is the first time I've had more than 1 here

[undone saffron]

really interesting being outside

kinda strange how much detail there is outside the map, its not alot but still cool

[fervent kettle]

Not that strange. They might not have known initially where the boundaries and borders would be and continued filling areas, or alternatively, it could be areas that are planned to be open with DLC or expansion content.

[undone saffron]

yeah guess your right

[fervent kettle]

I mean I could be wrong, Idk anything more than you. Just speculating on ideas.

[undone saffron]

Though i have one question, ive only explored the south outside part of the map so far, so i cant say about all the other parts of the map. But why is there over 24km+ of walkible land past the wall, and not just the wall part either but all southside of the map.

Granted a large part is just forrest with bushes and trees but stops and turns into lowpoly hills and walkable water.

[fervent kettle]

Again, I can only speculate, but my thought would be that the map size is dependent upon the game engine limitations. I think it could be possible that they opened an expanse of space somewhere in the beginning and then narrowed the traversable terrain as they put in the shapes and boundaries of each map segment and content area, resulting in the end with the much smaller accessible segment of the map. I don't know if they hand sculpted all areas of the map, but with AI and game engine terrain generation options, it is also possible that what you are seeing as a potentially creator designed area might be nothing more than computer generated areas that have not been assigned function or refined prior to use for map segments and content.

[undone saffron]

yeah, the opening cutscene for the game is there. that road segment, not alot is outside but its still alot and you'd think they'd remove it for performance since theres so much foliage. anyway still a cool area i wonder if gsc will do anything with it.

[fervent kettle]

I hope they do. I would love any map expansion in such a lovely exploration and scavenging game as this.

[compact cradle]

does anyone know if this is a bug or something else

[undone saffron]

theres a whole swamp-ish area

[mighty sigil]

@carmine wave no Controller

[fervent kettle]

I had an issue with this quest that gave me the same things. I asked for time to talk to the prisoner and it just ignored me and proceeded with the assault plan and then failed me joining with them and didn't give me a waypoint. I loaded a save prior and tried every way to make it work, with no different outcome. I just had to go in alone and do it all. After I cleared the base, the assault team sauntered in and it succeeded, then when I went back to the outpost it gave me the lead-on for the next part.

[undone saffron]

group of loners chilling outside the zone

[fervent kettle]

Trade with them! I bet they have exotic artifacts XD

[mighty sigil]

@carmine wave

[undone saffron]

well if you think a few 7.62 and bread is exotic, then i may just haft too

[carmine wave]

@mighty sigil
try looking here or in that quest mark, might other mutant spawned who has it

[mighty sigil]

Okay, I'll take a look at it, that's the boathouse above the Wild Island, right?
Thank you, I'll get back to you when I arrive

[mighty sigil]

Okay, unfortunately there was nothing there, just an empty house ..

[undone saffron]

the river system outside is huge, the main river that spilts the zone goes off into smaller rivers

[fervent kettle]

Out of curiosity, what are you two trying to accomplish?

[carmine wave]

look into stalker 2 map, there should be marked where mutants with collars are, but have you checked very well that location where quest mark is shown? maybe you kiled it earlier near that dock, there supposed to be two Duty guys i think and psi-dog inside and they aask for help

[mighty sigil]

Yes, I did, I did

I know that there is a cage in the room and there was the controller trapped I think the place or the hall was full of zombies and yes that was long before the quest where I was there and had cleaned up there once

mhh I don't know anything about this dock, where is that supposed to be exactly? I'll first look at the map you told me and run through it to see if I can find something, thank you very much for the help so far

[carmine wave]

its aproximate location, i don't remember i was just exploring, maybe its near the dock, its aa small brick house and docks were near by

[vocal finch]

What a shame having Zalissya completely wiped out just because the last Monolith won’t leave the city hall building……. Wasted 3 days trying and nothing….. Smh

[undone saffron]

these rivers just keep going, the outside is crazy

[carmine wave]

after saaving it never have comeback there....but there is redit post you can complete it with UETools, I have used that for this quest....its a minor loss...

[vocal finch]

Seriously? Thanks man!! I’ll go look this up

[carmine wave]

i did this before all patches, since i did not knew when they going to fix it and when the patch will be, but next day patch come up...but people still struggled completing it

[undone saffron]

uh ohh i found something really interesting

theres no effects just visuals

[fervent kettle]

You found a dev test area!

[undone saffron]

i really wonder why its here, at the end of the lake near southwestern side of duga

[undone saffron]

i dont think theres anything else around it. its super cool though

[fervent kettle]

It's there because during the development stage of making the game, the devs will try out effects and game assets on a safe area to ensure they work as intended before applying them in accessible areas. Dev test areas are often found in games outside of normally accessible areas. There's no reason to delete them bc players should not be able to reach them.

I am certain there are more of these such locations. Excellent photos!

[undone saffron]

welp i did, pretty cool find

[fervent kettle]

That's the craziest anomaly I've ever seen lol

[undone saffron]

pretty cool area to do it

welp guess i keep on going

[pseudo wyvern]

And here we go! Pack your backpacks, fill those oxygen tanks - we're going in!
https://youtube.com/live/N9Ylq2q9i9I?feature=share

[undone saffron]

made it to the left border, two down 2 to go

[carmine wave]

not found, used coordinates to teleport, normally you can't find this stuff

[undone saffron]

i actually found it, though someones probabaly found it before me, for the past 2 days ive been walking outside the map seeing stuff and actively trying to make it to every border. its quite fun

[carmine wave]

mhm, where did you walked out of the map?

[undone saffron]

the right side of corden, ya know that huge forrest? theres nothing stopping you from going south. ive explored all of the southern area of the map and made it to the border. its pretty fun @carmine wave

[mossy drum]

Was there anything there?

[carmine wave]

https://tenor.com/view/i-dont-believe-you-whatever-lies-gif-3602502

[undone saffron]

that pic shows a forrest so not much besides some enterances to some tunnels that are collapsed, but besides that the only real thing thats interesting is the wall, you can go inside of it and see the other side too. though the sniper still shoots you if you get to close still.

[undone saffron]

thats okay, the only mod ive used is a stamina mod, this map is quite big so i can see why ya got doubts

[vapid eagle]

FUBAR

[keen wadi]

What a.. fascinating show.

[undone saffron]

(2nd pic) fish

[timber tapir]

🥴

[zinc depot]

Lol, love these ones 😂

[timber tapir]

XD bro do 1 but good looking screenshot

[undone saffron]

im just posting pics from outside the zone, been trying to get to the northern border but theres a huge river in the way, but thanks

[undone saffron]

looks great

[lethal tapir]

Some cut lab under a pond in Cooling Towers from what i managed to find it was supossed to be called || X-12 ||

[undone saffron]

thats sick

man this game looks so good when there isnt a storm going on or nightime every two seconds

[lethal tapir]

This is a view...

[undone saffron]

huge issue, emision and i got nowhere to hide

im 500m out from a hideout but im outside the map

[thin forum]

Oh damn that sucks man hope you can survive it

[undone saffron]

yeah i tried everything, had to mod it

[thin forum]

I keep getting my ass beat by the chimera in the swamp and the scripted emission

[undone saffron]

youll survive it somehow, maybe

[thin forum]

Ya had to lookup a guide at last for many many deaths I snuck around it I’m not going back

I just snuck around and ran my ass outa there

[thin forum]

Oh ya I know that one it’s so wrong lol

[undone saffron]

yeaahh i shoved it in his nose :D

[zinc depot]

Freedom making all sorts of dodgy deals with the Mercs (I killed them, they were sat at the fire with the Freedom dude)

[undone saffron]

now i just need to go east and ill have been around the outside of the zone!

[thin forum]

Very nice

[undone saffron]

reminds me when i played gamma and explored everywhere, fun times

[meager reef]

this is when flesh attacks from behind exactly the moment i tried to make a screenshot. zone trolling me lol

this place in cordon haves the best music ive ever heard 🔥

[cursive thunder]

@grim glen ok u can’t read French but first line is in English

[frozen latch]

It's frensh ( i'm frensh )

[tired stag]

!warn @warm sapphire self ad

[obsidian cipher]

l1nfernals has been warned

Reason: self ad

[rotund flicker]

What in the sigma? This is so cool!

[daring swallow]

not kind of screenshot but i love that fact they used Polaron Pripyat for it

[urban charm]

why does he need to wear a suit when he's just cooking?

noontiders are a weird bunch

[fossil sand]

shouldn't sultansk count as bandit-controlled like the slag heap?

[amber zealot]

should i buy the car

[idle cape]

Where us this one?:D

[amber zealot]

at green marker

[idle cape]

got it, ty

[foggy fog]

Wait till you hear his next offer. 🤣

[amber zealot]

i uh....im not sure theres gonna be a next offer

[foggy fog]

Did u buy it? 😏

[amber zealot]

i tested his physical resistance...

[astral magnet]

Bullets

[amber zealot]

i hate a-hole life. why are they programmed to block freaking door entrances?

[keen fossil]

frick the ward!

[wide quiver]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1301631245653905500/1316836409956634735/image.gif

[proud summit]

Sniping is kind of satisfying, however, it's really limited by the NPC render or spawn range. Longest I could get NPCs to show up was from 80 meters away. It takes away the satisfaction from getting long range kills in my opinion

[amber zealot]

wtf. 99 med packs? i know its your game and all, but stuff like unlimited carry capacity does leave out some survival aspects the game is intended to have

[keen fossil]

considering i use project itemization and mutant loot, i have a mod that increases the cap to 240, so it's not unlimited

[shrewd kernel]

But with med supplies being so plentafull. I leave a safe zone with 25 med kits and 40 bandages and by the end it jumps to looking like that.

[untold lodge]

Doom easter egg

Translation: Rip and Tear

[delicate prawn]

Look at that baby glow

[steady storm]

i feel like this is the part where i should be able to ask how do i join

[cerulean chasm]

Rate my headlight mod

[undone saffron]

what technology is this? i must know .

[past glen]

My brother in Christ he was just walking?!

[steady storm]

this tree proves that stalker 2 is nothing more than a simulation by the C-Consciousness

[steady storm]

im starting to understand why this was put here

[cold pilot]

You don't say...

Also, this is an interesting location..

Wonder if one of the safes actually have a stash 😅

[steady storm]

i thought those were gravestones lmao

[urban charm]

i one shotted him with Lynx and he's still alive. truly, the power of monolith is undeniable

[steady storm]

i sent him flying with a nade and he levitated his ass back up there for me lol

[timber bough]

spot the chimera

[round horizon]

@heavy granite the mag, its hiding on the ground, need to break some boards, there is another bag on top that makes it look like u looted that stash but theres two bags

[frail stirrup]

HE SAID THE THING 🗣️

[fervent kettle]

Lens got that artifact leg, he's walking around just fine with nothing below the knee.

[mortal sail]

Body tension god

[steady storm]

so many

[hot marten]

Poor babies got tired of running

[steady storm]

they showed up after a group of snorks

[hot marten]

Maybe they were just running from something bigger

[cursive thunder]

Imagine being a military officer n watch this sh*t, I’ll be lost like him too

[stable pulsar]

I forgot that I had the artifact equipped that changes my gun to other guns

[cursive thunder]

We all got 2 pkm at polissa hotel didn’t we, when we was climbing for the snipe ?

[lyric peak]

Lovely orange

[oak goblet]

normally u can walk through npcs that block stuff, if u cant pass through them its usually bcos they're supposed to block u

[cursive thunder]

Lol that not true, every liberty dude are for objective to block ur path n smoke weed

[cursive thunder]

Ok?

[hollow crag]

https://youtu.be/eG2s49PH8Rc

[frozen latch]

A le français ❤️

[cursive thunder]

https://tenor.com/view/elmo-hellmo-french-baguette-chaos-gif-24577820

[zinc depot]

@round horizon Its a nice retex an all

[round horizon]

nice

[fervent kettle]

I wish it didn't have such a clunky weapon swap delay

[vital obsidian]

freedom has the best camo

[fervent kettle]

Wow, you're right! He looks just like a corpse!

[foggy fog]

the spawn spam is insane. just hanging around the campfire... what a night lol.

[steady storm]

@fervent kettle this is what he said

[vital obsidian]

tornado + emission, pretty cool

[fervent kettle]

I feel like a Shrek quote about swamps would go good here. 😛

[steady storm]

bro what

[fervent kettle]

That's the government mandated "smoker port" on all Russian gas masks. Can't be having people take off their protective equipment for smoke breaks, now can we?

[fervent kettle]

I feel like you already know a thing or two about smoker ports. ;P

[steady storm]

damn is fast travel free now?

[fervent kettle]

Share your secrets, I travel ALL THE TIME. Free travel would open the world

[steady storm]

what is even that

[fervent kettle]

We've seen this already, it's the anomalous foyer. The glass, shelves, bench, and the rest are all physically supported by a wooden foyer room that has shifted out of the Zone's reality.

[meager reef]

what is this 👀 in cordon not far away rookie village

waited for maaany years for this moment

❤️

[valid island]

Man we need an update

[summer maple]

balls

[meager reef]

his english voice acting sound like a redneck american version of sidorovich, his deep tone is pretty similar to original voice actor but the accent kills the vibe tho. ukrainian voice actor's voice doesnt sound anything like original one. wish they used the original english actor for sid 😦

[foggy fog]

Looks like your bullets tore him in half lol.

[meager reef]

wtf happened in rookie village lol. died from the emission would be my guess, some npcs are stoopid and they dont hide 👀 and where is @obsidian cipher at??

ironically this dude looks like strelok lol

what are they doing in this small bunker 👀 plus was trying to find the source of the guitar music from the SOC where it was playing somewhere around the village but couldnt find 👀

[meager reef]

nvm, found him 🐺

why wolf looks so different from og game 👀 more looking like a real human tho lol. his english voice acting sounds as a redneck american villager as well, even more than sidorovich. ill stick to ukrainian voice thank you...

[shell vault]

Seems there is no way out of this place.

[steady storm]

main story takes you down there

[keen wadi]

The Goat 🐐

[whole prairie]

Same thing happened to me with the same guide

[amber berry]

👍

[fervent kettle]

@steady storm @zinc depot More DayZ evidence ;D

[steady storm]

jokes on you i found evidence of a witcher

[versed shoal]

I want to know if anyone has ran into this bug? for me it can be repeated, so maybe if you are in this area you can try?

[steady storm]

@winter geyser this thing is what im talking about

[steady storm]

how is anyone supposed to notice these things

stalker 2 bodycam update

[topaz fossil]

I really like how they put him back here despite him leaving in SoC, it’s like new writers did not finish the games lol

[meager reef]

i played soc really long time ago, i actually cant remember he left the place. could you remind me more details about it? where did he leave? 👀 im pretty sure there is some explanation why he is back in the zone

[topaz fossil]

He left for Army Warehouses.

Sure you can make up an explanation for everything but it's just weird having so little change in the Zone inhabitants in 9 years. Wolf left the rookie village and now he's back. Knuckles is still a loner at Skadovsk, even though he stops being one at beginning of CoP. Even goddamn mercs are still at WIld Territory construction site, despite them being there for a short story event in SoC.

You can make up a fan explanation for all of those to explain why things went back to the way they were but it's just a poor way to write the Zone considering 9 years have passed in-game. It absolutely does not feel like 9 years.

[meager reef]

you are following the story really hard i see haha. do you remember the reason why wolf left for army warehouses tho?

[topaz fossil]

It is not explicitly stated but it’s hinted he gave dynamite to Skull squad to help with freedom base assault.

[meager reef]

will be so cool if sid and wolf will have something to do important in stalker 2. i just met sidorovich today so in advance ill ask not to spoil anything if theyll be important in the game or not lol. i have an obvious feeling that they will be really important, but as for now sid is just giving me side quest and wolf doesnt give anything at all he is just a guide haha

[undone saffron]

atleast a small quest would of been nice, or just some more dialogue for wolf, that would of been neat

[meager reef]

you can speak with him a little. but missions would be definitelly nice. some missions to help rookies with blind dogs or smth haha

[topaz fossil]

The game has like 20-25 side missions outside of main plot, that's laughable tbh.

Like 20% of it in Zalissiya. So once you left the Lesser Zone you've legitemately seen solid fifth of what the game has to offer in terms of side content.

[fallow parcel]

Can someone tell me where to find this gun?

[fervent kettle]

It’s kinda hard to see from that screenshot but I think that’s a Kharod with an ACOG scope attached to it. If that’s the case, you can buy one from the vendor in Yaniv station. There are two you can loot at stashes, which you can google up. The ACOG scope is available for purchase from the very same vendor.

[fallow parcel]

Do i have to do main missions to get to yaniv station or can i just walk there whenever?

[fervent kettle]

You can walk there as soon as the main story lets you exit the Lesser Zone where Zalissya is.

It’s the northwester most map segment prior to Jupiter and Pripyat

[steady storm]

why does he not like him?

[dull token]

I fell through the floor

[zinc depot]

@cedar sparrow use the one highlighted in red

[cedar sparrow]

Thank you so much. I spent the last two hrs just looking on line to figure it out after dieing three times @zinc depot

Made it ty

[tranquil spoke]

I have a question…. what i am supposed to do with this objects in my inventory??

[steady storm]

any idea whats up with jello car?

[earnest cobalt]

Its your badge, so dont worry.. you will see

[tranquil spoke]

i mean all the items, all the papers, USB etc

[earnest cobalt]

If its not a quest item, you can sell it then. But its up to you

[low oar]

lore reason one got kicked out of duty figure out which one

[valid wharf]

BREAD SUIT

[valid wharf]

holy shit you found it too

alright at this point im just starting to think the devs are trolling ("bread" reference?)

[idle plaza]

How am I ment to get to this side quest?

[sleek copper]

got this bug in the last Missio. every anomaly crashed my game

[trim goblet]

so uhh this happens when i hit "[" ingame lmao
mmm night vision

[idle plaza]

❤️ 🏳️‍🌈

[onyx socket]

Finally, figured out how to remove bushes, grass, and disable Lumen.

My ~/AppData/Local/Stalker2/Saved/Config/Windows/Engine.ini:

[SystemSettings]
fg.CullAll=0
fg.DitheredLOD=0
fg.DensityScale.Bushes=0
fg.DensityScale.Grass=0
fg.CullDistanceScale.Bushes=0.15
fg.CullDistanceScale.Trees=2.5
fg.CullDistanceScale.Grass=3.5
r.Materials.AllowReflections=0
r.Materials.Enable=0
r.Water.Quality=0
r.Water.ReflectionQuality=0
r.Water.SingleLayer.Reflection=1
r.GenerateMeshDistanceFields=0
r.StaticMeshLODDistanceScale=0.1
r.Tonemapper.Quality=0
r.Tonemapper.GrainQuantization=0
r.Shadow.RadiusThreshold=1
r.TextureStreaming=1
r.Lumen.DiffuseIndirect.Allow=0
r.Lumen.DiffuseIndirect.SSAO=0
r.EyeAdaptationQuality=1
r.EyeAdaptation.ExponentialTransitionDistance=1
r.Nanite.MaxPixelsPerEdge=1
r.OneFrameThreadLag=0
r.BloomQuality=0
r.Shadow.MaxCSMResolution=1024
r.Shadow.MaxResolution=512
r.Shadow.FilterMethod=0
r.Shadow.Virtual.Enable=0
r.SSR.Quality=0
r.VolumetricCloud=0
r.VolumetricFog=0
r.MotionBlurQuality=2
r.MotionBlur.Amount=1.0
r.MotionBlur.TargetFPS=0

[Engine.InputSettings]
bEnableMouseSmoothing=False
bViewAccelerationEnabled=False
RawMouseInputEnabled=1

[shell vault]

Yes, I figured. But going in there before gets you stuck as the ladder is cut off and the shaft lid on the other end is sealed.

[shell vault]

Good job at intentionally making the game as ugly as possible.

[rapid hatch]

I was watching a video and I noticed that this pistol has a unique texture on the side of it thought it looked cool

[zinc depot]

Average emission moment

[fleet wadi]

Check out what I found!

[zinc depot]

@rugged lance @fleet wadi How to carryweight 😄

[rugged lance]

Great loot run loadout lol. I run a bit fatter although my max carry is also 120kg from suit and an artifact. But you definitely want to travel as light as you can especially on things you'll find as loot whenever you're planning on hauling a stack of guns back lol.

[zinc depot]

Thats the thing though, unless its an artifact, im not about to lug it back for money 😄 Nothing else is worth anything comparable to them

[fleet wadi]

You're insane, I would die immediately if I had 5 medkits and 1 gun

[rugged lance]

At my stage of the game my gear costs a LOT to fix but the guns I find are worth a decent amount and thus worth hauling back but if you're a big artifact hunter that makes sense. Nice and light for long trips with cheap easily fixed armor for the occasional ambush or anomaly damage

[mortal onyx]

has anyone taken the time to mess around with console commands?
and walk to areas that you cant normally

[rugged lance]

This is relatively close to my typical loadout. I'm a little light on ammo but I'm just going to go hunt stashes so I don't need a ton and I grabbed some 12 gauge for the pistol after the SS lol. With the carry capacity boost of the armor plus the artifact and the Hercules if needed I don't mind running a little bit fatter

[mortal onyx]

999 f1 grenades be upon me

[sleek copper]

intresting... what does this leverage do?

[keen wadi]

So, just because he left, doesn't mean he can come back?

[sinful scroll]

code?

[delicate anvil]

you can get one at full condition at this place north west of truck cemetery, there's a keypad door inside - the code is 5578 or 5587 iirc

acog isn't included though

[fallow parcel]

can i get one from traders?

[delicate anvil]

yeah, of course. If you're short on money, you can also find a m14 with one attached here (at the top of the guard tower)
you could just remove it from that and put it onto the kharod

[delicate anvil]

195726

[rugged lance]

Invincible sniper isn't invisible to 8 gauss rifle headshots

[topaz fossil]

He can, that’s the thing. But TOO many things go back to the way they were, and this is honestly just poor writing.

Just because Knuckles became a bandit he couldn’t have become a loner again?

Just because Wolf has decided to finally leave Rookie village, he couldn’t have come back and stay there after 9 years?

The game just leans too much into mindless fan service without much regard to how much time has passed. Yeah, let’s put Wolf in Rookie village, he’s been there before, right? Let’s fill vehicle station with bandits, they occupied this place in SoC right? Let’s put mercs on the wild territory construction site, they were there 9 years ago so it sure makes sense for them to be there again!

I understand it’s new writers and game designers and not people who developed the original games but I just expected way more.

To add onto this: an absolutely mindless reference with Leshiy. According to data mining, he was originally a bandit in S2, but then devs suddenly have remembered there was a merc with that name in CS and they decided to make him a merc.”just because he left mercs and became a freedomer he couldn’t have become a merc again?”.

He could. But there is a much easier explanation — nu-GSC writers were VERY unattentive with the existing lore which clearly shows. Half the game was written off the wiki, it’s full of fan terms and the retcons. So all of those decisions to have things go back to the way they were stem not from conscious decisions but from unawareness of the changes.

[meager reef]

well as a long time fan i like that some characters are in their original places and i was more afraid not to see them in the game at all or way too different (changed too much). im afraid of a too big change more than just repeating the same things like you mentioned in your message. for example wolf looks so different from og one, or sidorovich's voice acting is too different from og one. meanwhile the fact that these guys are still in cordon - i really like that. so nostalgic after so many years. so in the end, every person have different needs, wishes and interests. so the things that you dont like doesnt mean the writing is as bad as you think it is. for me personally its not. but if the fact that there is only 25 side quests or smth like that is true, well that one i dont like lol. need more haha

[meager reef]

the closer you get the more beautiful it looks

[topaz fossil]

The thing is, there was a way to write it with both enough callbacks and nods to the original games and at the same time without core contradictions and retcons. You could feature all the same places but give them a new meaning like CS did with SoC locations. What the game ends up doing is having all of those nostalgia baits that are here for people who played the OG trilogy but if you dig a tiny bit deeper you find out it just doesn’t work out as a single picture.

I like what the game did with Tolik, for example. It’s a good example of having a characters from the original trilogy grown and changed over the years, with a callback to SoC events but it not being too on the nose.

Character’s faces is a topic for another discussion but I agree they did not do Wolf justice. Lots of characters do not look like themselves at all, which is a shame. Scar is especially bad honestly.

All of the references and callbacks work only on the surface level for someone who played games years ago and is happy to see the same stuff again. It’s not well written into the world and acts purely as nostalgia bait unfortunately.

[meager reef]

i didnt meet strelok yet but i think he is one of the grown and changed characters, isnt he ? talking about faces - i like how well they made sidorovich, he looks just like original one but with better graphics. 10/10 on that for sure.

[mortal onyx]

they did Degtyarev dirty
das all i gotta say

[topaz fossil]

Strelok has a weird motivation but yeah at least he is not purely there for nostalgia sake.

[steady storm]

how can i achieve the sight level this monolith soldier has?

[keen fossil]

holy shit thats alot of rats

[amber zealot]

anyone else having the bug where beard and sultan doesnt spawn in front of hte window?

[steady storm]

anyone know anything about not being able to take this sidequest?

[amber zealot]

they literally arnt here...

[amber zealot]

the sidequest is that you take his pda, i think. tell him to reveange himself. someone betrayed him? not sure what exactly it was at hte time.

[steady storm]

im aware, trigger seems to be broken and requires a few quick loads to work

[amber zealot]

quick loads?

[meager reef]

@split marsh