beginners-assistance

[finite helm]

a super super super cheap option that isn't great but is really good for price is double barrel on double tap with magnum buck

even more punishing then shrap 10 but also is more available

[pulsar hearth]

Still trying to figure out what my phone number is again

[mint light]

double barrel with double tap is fucking hilarious

[finite helm]

i dont even remember mine lol

[ancient thorn]

bruh

marked room be so shit

[pulsar hearth]

I don't remember it at all I have never needed one of these things. How do I even find it

[finite helm]

if im not wrong i think there is a option to use your email instead of phonenumber

[ancient thorn]

the last 6 times i looted mark i didnt make more than 80k

[mint light]

ur going there for guns

goober

[ancient thorn]

injector case

or keytool

i ned them

[mint light]

rare spawn

ok buy them

[finite helm]

mark is bad now, i have opened 2 entire marked room keys and only 1 injector case and like 1 docs case

[mint light]

i get marked to farm mutants

[ancient thorn]

oof

[ancient thorn]

no

expensive

[finite helm]

50 damn chances

[tropic cedar]

why not buy from skier

[ancient thorn]

i have the key

[ancient thorn]

what ll ?

[tropic cedar]

mutant

[ancient thorn]

oh

[mint light]

1.3 mil for injector

cheap

[ancient thorn]

ok drop me one

[finite helm]

not really but cheaper than marked room

[mint light]

physically cant

[finite helm]

new rmt changes suck but at least they are trying with the hackers

[ancient thorn]

my last marked had an shitty ak, a m1911 and some boolets

m995

[finite helm]

best you can do is just hope for the best when you open

[mint light]

m995 goated

[ancient thorn]

i go there so hyped

and go out depressed

[tropic cedar]

marked is bad but its not as bad as people say

[ancient thorn]

i tought it was good

[tropic cedar]

used to be

[finite helm]

not anymore sadly 😦

[ancient thorn]

well thats sad

[tropic cedar]

when you could get keycards and when you could put shit on flea and make more than 1 rouble and a gum wrapper

[finite helm]

they should add back stuff spawning in the containers you find in them

[ancient thorn]

is there a unstuck command ?

[tropic cedar]

wym

[ancient thorn]

just glichet in a desk

[tropic cedar]

no ur fucked

[finite helm]

wait

alt f4

then rejoin the raid

that usually fixes being stuck in things

[ancient thorn]

close the whole game ?

or just return to menu

[mint light]

[pulsar hearth]

I hate this phone crap so much

[mint light]

yanny where are u from

[pulsar hearth]

Australia

[mint light]

shrimp on da barbie

am i right

[dawn geyser]

[pulsar hearth]

Duck you

[finite helm]

wait dont confirm leave that actually makes you leave the raid. close game

[ancient thorn]

oh

[finite helm]

hes trolling you

[ancient thorn]

imagine coming to beginners assistance to do shit like that xD

[finite helm]

did you actually leave

[pulsar hearth]

I have gone into the phone settings and found the page that is supposed to say your number but it doesn't work

[ancient thorn]

nope

im relogging

but ill hope for the worse

a scav was trying to shoot me

[finite helm]

hope for the worse?

[pulsar hearth]

I tried the code you dial in but that doesn't work either

[mint light]

what are u trying to do

im a bit ootl

[ancient thorn]

yeah i wont have any hopes

[pulsar hearth]

Figure out what my phone number is

[ancient thorn]

actually am alive

and unstuck

nice

[mint light]

u dont know ur phone number

[ancient thorn]

no stepbros this time

[pulsar hearth]

I know my phone number but not my new mobile phone number

It all seems like a waste of time just to try and post video

[finite helm]

nice!

[finite helm]

honestly just make a new discord account at this point

[pulsar hearth]

This is a new discord account

On the phone

The new phone

[finite helm]

oh

idk then

[pulsar hearth]

A mobile one you do not plug into the wall

[ancient thorn]

how old are you yanny ?

[pulsar hearth]

25

[ancient thorn]

oh

[pulsar hearth]

I have never had these mobiles I just hate them

[ancient thorn]

yeah they can be pretty hard if you dont know what ur doing, or dont have someone to do it for u

@finite helm

is modding a vector hard ?

[pulsar hearth]

This is what does not work on the computer, I tried putting my new number in here (forgot it) , my friend number, etc. None working

I get this on almost every tarkov server on discord on the PC

I am not buying another phone just to use it on my PC I think it is scam enough that I just had to buy one

[dawn geyser]

Wait why do you need to enter the server on another account?

[pulsar hearth]

It want phone number, I try all the ones I have access to. I even buy my own and still it is broken

So the discord on my phone is different account from the discord on PC?

I will write it down also, another thing to question

[pulsar hearth]

I want to enter on my computer but I don't know how to make it work with the phone number or phone discord

[dawn geyser]

You need to log in with this discord account

[pulsar hearth]

Once I figure that out I will do it

[mint light]

the way u type hurts my noggin

[pulsar hearth]

Sorry

[ancient thorn]

no need to apologize

[livid pollen]

Literally got this game 2 hours ago, can I refund it? Each time I load in my teammates kill me snd steal all my guns. How do I refund this stupid game?

I’ve already reset my account too

[mint light]

dont use the in game looking for group LMFAO

[dawn geyser]

Are you using the in-game LFG?

[mint light]

no incentive not to kill u

[dawn geyser]

Or are you using the group system in this?

[livid pollen]

Yes

[dawn geyser]

Do not use that

[livid pollen]

What do is use?

[dawn geyser]

In-game Teamkills are not against TOS

They can kill you without penalties

Use this servers LFG

Pair up with a squad, make sure you're recording

Any teamkill that takes place, they get banned

[livid pollen]

Oh

[dawn geyser]

So far i'm 6 for 6, as far as non-teamkill goes

Yes, the in-game LFG is basically signing your death cert

[livid pollen]

Where do I use this severs lfg?

[dawn geyser]

9/10 times you're going to die

You can use #pvp-lfg

Or you can just simply join in one of the calls

On the left side under these text channels

Be sure to join one of the beginner channels and not one of the duo/customs/shoreline etc channels

They'll be accepting that you're a noob

[brittle path]

this event is such bullshit why do the raiders have scav voice lines

[dawn geyser]

It doesn't have to do with the event

Probably a temporary bug

[pulsar hearth]

Thank you so much for your help I can now type and screenshot without having to use the woeful phone

[dawn geyser]

That's great

[pulsar hearth]

I made a video but I do not know if it works

I am not sure if anyone can see it, I can not on here

[novel mirage]

Sus

[misty ginkgo]

What if you tk by a mistake?

[dawn geyser]

Intentional teamkills

Sorry

[novel mirage]

Thats fine

[novel mirage]

U need video evidence

Of the person teamkilling

[dawn geyser]

Do you mind changing it to an MP4 format so that it can be embeded?

[pulsar hearth]

I do not I am trying to figure out that too

[novel mirage]

I got 6 bp to the chest and was in a 6 second fire fight and i couldnt get the dude banned because i didnt have a video

[dawn geyser]

Do you have the file extensions showing at the end?

[pulsar hearth]

yes

[dawn geyser]

If you do, you should just be able to change the file extention

Just change from .avi to .mp4

[pulsar hearth]

okay I can try that

[novel mirage]

Just change the last 3 letters to mp4

Was it avi?

[dawn geyser]

Mhm.

[novel mirage]

Its

Test.avi

Rename it to

Test.mp4

[pulsar hearth]

I already have

[dawn geyser]

Give it another shot

[novel mirage]

Send it bro

[pulsar hearth]

It is sending

[dawn geyser]

[novel mirage]

[sweet flicker]

[novel mirage]

Hmmm mega sus

[pulsar hearth]

no

[dawn geyser]

Still sent without embed

[pulsar hearth]

Maybe I have to convert it first I think it is too big anyway

[novel mirage]

It depends on the codex

Codec

[pulsar hearth]

hypercam 2

[novel mirage]

Not what i mean

Well avi file format

Is usually associated

With apple

[novel mirage]

And h.265 is for all apple products from 2017 up

How long is the video?

[pulsar hearth]

10 seconds

[dry belfry]

Which DN are you running?

[novel mirage]

I dont think u need to compress it lol

Make it a gif lol

[pulsar hearth]

it is very large maybe the screen resolution is too large for this

[novel mirage]

No nitro

[pulsar hearth]

?

[novel mirage]

Whattt

Gifs are not allowed :(

[dawn geyser]

No Gifs for the normals

[novel mirage]

Are u korean?

[dawn geyser]

Kwon is Korean

I'm Chinese

[dry belfry]

Wait

What

[dawn geyser]

Kwon is a korean surname

[dry belfry]

Oh your first name is Awacs

Got it

[novel mirage]

I was asking cuz i am korean

[dawn geyser]

icic

[dry belfry]

We have this good korean bbq place near me

And I like Kimchi

[novel mirage]

There are like 200 dif kinds of kimchi

Well 190 i think

[zinc canopy]

Can you name all of them?

[novel mirage]

Pogi

Mat kimchi

Oi kimchi

[ancient thorn]

gud kimchi

[novel mirage]

깍두기

[dry belfry]

That one is my favoirte

[novel mirage]

Kakdugi

Idk how to spell it tbh

[dawn geyser]

[novel mirage]

But anyways

[dawn geyser]

Sounds about right

[novel mirage]

Baechu kimchi

Baek kimchi

Mul kimchi

Yoelmu

[dry belfry]

My gf like pickled radishes a lot, and the only place we get them is from said korean place

[dawn geyser]

Okay let's not list all 190 kimchi's

xD

[novel mirage]

Im running out of kimchi

Ill take the l boys

I got this

[dawn geyser]

Nop

[novel mirage]

Send it to my dms

[dry belfry]

Link doesn't work

[novel mirage]

U better not hack me

[pulsar hearth]

The video itself is not important I am just trying to get it to work so I can show one if I need to

[dry belfry]

Out of all Asian countries, Korea seems like the chillest

[novel mirage]

Phillipines

Imo

1 night in busan u get yelled at more than in bootcamp

[dawn geyser]

HE DID IT

CELEBRATION

[pulsar hearth]

it is stuck on first frame

[dawn geyser]

[novel mirage]

Sqo whats wrong?

[dawn geyser]

At least it's embed corerctly

[dry belfry]

That's the best clip I've ever seen

Nice shot

[novel mirage]

Yea

[pulsar hearth]

I hate it already

[novel mirage]

Its really exhilarating when he left click to examine

[zinc canopy]

[novel mirage]

Was intrigued at the non usage of middle mouse

[pulsar hearth]

Wait you could actually see it??

[novel mirage]

Great play

[pulsar hearth]

all I could see was the first frame

[zinc canopy]

Yes

[dry belfry]

Yeah man, it's a good clip

Post it on reddit

[pulsar hearth]

Great what is middle mouse

[novel mirage]

Scroll wheel

[pulsar hearth]

I don't have reddit

[novel mirage]

Press it down

[misty ginkgo]

💀

[zinc canopy]

10/10 some of the highest skill gameplay I’ve seen are you going to the next major?

[novel mirage]

Yanny is like 90 uears old from his pfp dawg

[novel mirage]

Lets sponsor him

[zinc canopy]

[ancient thorn]

how can i see yanny's skills

[dry belfry]

It's in the video he posted?

[ancient thorn]

where

[misty ginkgo]

Where

[dry belfry]

Oh he deleted the comment

[ancient thorn]

[pulsar hearth]

I did not do it

I have recorded a clip like what I was told earlier today, I will try to show the parts that are relevant okay and then hopefully someone can help with what is going wrong

[dry belfry]

Ok daddy

[fringe hull]

How do I know if something is on my wishlist or not?

I've added an item, and inspect it next to another item

and there is zero indication about the 1 being on my wishlist

[dry belfry]

If you right click

And it says

Add to Wishlist

It's not on

If it says Remove from Wishlist

It's on

You can also look at your wishlist in the flea market

[fringe hull]

This is all on the barter/flee screens?

I was hoping this was somewhere in your inventory

So i know what i can sell and what to keep

[dry belfry]

It's used for buying on the flea market

Not for inventory management

[pulsar hearth]

Okay I fast forwarded to when the round starts but I am not sure what to do when I spawn here at the factory either the guy to the left kills me or is not there

[dry belfry]

Still stuck on first frame lol

[pulsar hearth]

This video taping crap is so difficult

[bold kernel]

Where is Yanny’s video?

[novel mirage]

I like legumes

[pulsar hearth]

I am still trying to upload it properly

fingers crossed

[dry belfry]

Okay so

#1

[bold kernel]

Wooooooo!

[dry belfry]

No moving

No peaking

You need to move and lean

I think you did good by staying in 'cover' (even though you weren't in cover), just use your peaking next time

Factory is tough, you're going to have people spawn rushing you and you're going to have people who know where you are in the first 30 sec of raid or so

Sometimes your entire raid is going to depend on what you do in that first 30 sec

[minor mural]

The right peak is the real deal. I got pinned down on shoreline planting the rifle and I did a slow right peak lean when I heard footsteps coming. The PMC never had a chance.

I imagine he didn't even see me

[pulsar hearth]

How does the other guy shoot it first at the end though

is he moving with the gun aiming? or is it a different gun

[dry belfry]

I mean

He either heard you, saw you, or wasn't sprinting

[pulsar hearth]

so you should not sprint

[dry belfry]

Yes, 100%

If you are not actively getting shot at, don't sprint

[pulsar hearth]

Even when trying to exit

okay\

[dry belfry]

The general rule is

don't sprint

If you're crossing a field with no cover, you should probably sprint

Obviously, there are exceptions to the rule, but getting over the need to sprint is a big hurdle that'll help you hear and not be heard

[tropic cedar]

Not really ur fault that guy is a pussy

[pulsar hearth]

Maybe I will bind it to something else because I press it automatically

[pulsar hearth]

??

[dry belfry]

I think leaving it where it is is fine, just remind yourself that it's much easier to hear people when you aren't sprinting

And obviously, your gun is always at the ready, etc

[tropic cedar]

He’s literally sitting motionless with the highest dps gun in the game against a new player

[pulsar hearth]

Oh I am not able to hear much as it is anyway

[minor mural]

There's another way I describe this.

"Only worry about what is in front of you. If you are worried about getting shot in the ear or the back, it's a good time to sprint"

[tropic cedar]

I would try and wear headphones if you can afford it they help a ton

[pulsar hearth]

Yes I am using the earphones my new phone came with instead of the speaker

[tropic cedar]

I meant in game

[dry belfry]

He means in game

Which you were

So you're good

[tropic cedar]

^

[pulsar hearth]

I am a bit deaf so it does not do much

[dry belfry]

What's your setup irl? Headphones?

Using an amp?

[pulsar hearth]

the earphones my new phone came with plugged into the earphone jack on my screen

[dry belfry]

You'll want to try to plug them directly into the back of your computer

If possible

[pulsar hearth]

Why?

[dry belfry]

Because your computer (probably) has a sound card that is generating the sound

[bold kernel]

It’ll give you better sound quality

[dry belfry]

Your monitor is just getting the sound information from your computer and distorting the sound. The sound card will probably amplify your sound and let it be louder

Eventually, you'll want to look into a usb amplifier to plug your headphones into

[pulsar hearth]

Ah, louder does not help

[dry belfry]

Ah well, that's unfortunate

[pulsar hearth]

It is the ones that fit inside the ear I am not sure what

[tropic cedar]

Are Amps worth I have dt 990s

[dry belfry]

Oh yeah

Especially with DTs

They are quiet

[tropic cedar]

They just make it louder?

[dry belfry]

Well

yes/no

If you turn your car stereo to max, it'll be louder but sound like shit

[pulsar hearth]

Does the game have directional audio? or the surround sound?

[dry belfry]

A good amp will be louder and clearer

[tropic cedar]

Gotcha

[dry belfry]

I have DTs and they are nearly unusable without an amp

[dry belfry]

You can pick

[pulsar hearth]

this?

[dry belfry]

And sadly, my amp isn't even good enough for my DTs. I ended up just using Bose earbuds instead

Yeah, binural will be your 'surround sound'

[tropic cedar]

Might pick one up I feel like they are worse at blocking out outside sound

[pulsar hearth]

Oh I already had it on I didn't notice any direction to things

[dry belfry]

DT's just inherently won't block out sound. They are open back headphones, you'll never get noise cancellation

[dry belfry]

Yeah, it's not great, but I still hear directions pretty well. Perhaps I'm just used to the game

Your hearing might have something to do with it too

[pulsar hearth]

Don't you need a whole room full of speakers to do this though?

[dry belfry]

Nah

I get it just fine with earbuds

[tropic cedar]

I do prefer how light they are though I pretty much never get uncomfortable in them

[dry belfry]

I stopped wearing mine because they were uncomfortable 😦

[tropic cedar]

Well before I was in my rgb gamer phase and would buy ultra heavy light up shit like that

[pulsar hearth]

The phones that sit on the head? I have had many and not a single one I was happy with, gave up on that

[dry belfry]

Yeah, all of the quality headphones need to be paired with amp to sound good

But earbuds are much more comfy for me now, so that's what I go with

[pulsar hearth]

Yes apparently they are very cheap, only a few dollars. I did not know this!

[dry belfry]

I mean

Mine aren't cheap, so YMMV but there are some good choices out there

[pulsar hearth]

When they inevitably stop working I will throw them in the bin and buy another. It is the same as the on head phones just cheaper

[misty ginkgo]

What in ear do you guys use?

Kinda wanna buy Bose QC20, heard a lot of people say they are good.

[pulsar hearth]

The ones that came with my phone

[misty ginkgo]

Do they even have surround sound?

[pulsar hearth]

I dunno

I doubt they can fit that many speakers into earbuds anyways

Probably smoke and mirrors

[tropic cedar]

I thought about earbuds for a while but they just irritate my ear at least airpods but I imagine they are not the most ergonomic

[misty ginkgo]

They can in Bose QC20, a bit more expensive aswell tho

[misty ginkgo]

AirPods aren't the best possible, Sennheiser, Epos, Bose etc. all make way better headphones

[dry belfry]

I have a discontinued wired bose set, not sure of the model name

but they are the best thing I've ever used

Only thing I'm lacking is bass, but I'm guessing that's been resolved in the ~6 years since I've had these

[misty ginkgo]

Look like this?

[tropic cedar]

I figured

[dry belfry]

Nah, I've already tried to find a picture of them online

[bold kernel]

Earbuds can be great, unless you have to wear earplugs all day, then they suck

[dry belfry]

Yeah, I'm 90% sure mine were called Bose SoundSport

[pulsar hearth]

speakers irritate my neighbors, headphones irritate my head / ears, earphones irritate the ear hole overall it is irritating

[dry belfry]

If you're on the fence about a set of Bose, I'd say go for it. They are delightful

[dry belfry]

Yeah, that stinks

HyperX Cloud II were probably the best headphones I've ever had

Ol' reliable

[misty ginkgo]

HyperX really is good, ended up only working on one ear tho - so had to buy new 😦

[dry belfry]

There was that point in time where they were always on sale for like $70 or something

They were just the best

I'm sick of having things on my head now, so earbuds it is

[misty ginkgo]

Sennheiser Game Zero is really good aswell, can't even feel them on my head.

[pulsar hearth]

Time Bandits is really good as well too

[bold kernel]

I feel that, honestly you just have to pick whichever set of disadvantages you can tolerate most

[pulsar hearth]

At this time I pick no sound and no irritation

[misty ginkgo]

Did they remove the raiders on LH?

[bold kernel]

Wdym?

[misty ginkgo]

Because of the event, it spawned raiders on LH. I can't seem to find any

[dry belfry]

Allegedly, it's % based on the weekends

Sorry

No, according to reddit earlier today there are still raiders

Rogues are now % based on the weekends

Roof rogues are always there, but ground rogues are % based now

[misty ginkgo]

What?

[dry belfry]

Yeah lol

[bold kernel]

Oh, I read it before you fixed your typo
They’ll probably do another announcement when raiders are gone

[misty ginkgo]

Who is gonna defend the water treatment then

[dry belfry]

Thought it was bullshit before I saw it in person

[misty ginkgo]

probably unlucky then 🤷

[misty ginkgo]

Where did you see that?

[dry belfry]

Reddit ofc

Where all internet tales live and die

But yeah, I went in about 3 hours ago and there were no ground rogues in North warehouse so

It's true

[misty ginkgo]

They on roof?

Just found some on the ground...

[dry belfry]

Yes, all on roof

Okay, I can't post my proof but there's a thread on reddit that has proof

[misty ginkgo]

My bad

[dry belfry]

That's a good site

[orchid salmon]

Please refrain from sharing datamined information, pretty sure its against this / sherpahub discord rules.

[misty ginkgo]

Just removed my message, my bad.

[olive bough]

It is indeed

[barren scroll]

wtf, how i killed 26 bosses?

[cold fog]

how much is the rc2 supressor actually worth? there's only one listing on flea for like 100k

[cold fog]

either raiders or rogues (maybe both) count as bosses iirc

[olive bough]

I think raiders /rouges count

[barren scroll]

cultists too?

[cold fog]

probably

[cold fog]

according to google yeah but I have no idea how accurate that info is

[orchid salmon]

It's normally 40k ish on flea iirc.

[cold fog]

gotcha. I just sold to mechanic because my fees were too high for that price

[orchid salmon]

There's quite some people that only look at the sale price and not the fee that they are paying for it.

[cold fog]

yeah. if I had a better intelligence center I know the fees get lower but I just managed to get level 1 recently so my fees are still super high, a lot of flea prices aren't worth it

[olive bough]

Since the fee changed, it is especially important to look at the fee

[marsh harbor]

night customs is scary

can't see shit

[cold fog]

just found a ledx in a stash

so freaking happy

I should keep it, right? they're for upgrades

[icy fable]

upgrades and a mission from therapist at level 35

[cold fog]

gotcha. so not worth selling probably?

[marsh harbor]

no

I mean it is if you want money

but probably not

[icy fable]

depends if you want medstation 3, and for the quest you'll have to "find one", probably starting from the point where you start/get the mission, so you'll want another one anyway

but hideout upgrades are a better investment in my opinion

[cold fog]

gotcha

I'll hang on to it for now

either for tasks or hide out or rainy day funds if I have a bad week or something

lmao

[marsh harbor]

first customs night raid

the best part? I never even saw him

[astral holly]

Anyone available to help out with some keys and quest running please? missing a bunch of them and theyre damn expensive when it comes to quest ones xD

[marsh harbor]

I don't think it's allowed for someone to help you with the keys

might be wrong

[astral holly]

as in the game or in the discord?

[marsh harbor]

both?

[icy fable]

sure it is, you can always ask someone to open doors, what's not allowed is trades (in discord)

[marsh harbor]

cause of RMT

[astral holly]

the game has no problem with that as far as im aware, you just cant drop them nowadays

[icy fable]

although it's been stated that it's not the intended way to play

[astral holly]

[astral holly]

oh i get that, im just a lowly poor newb that somehow made it to level 36 flailing my way through 😆

[violet furnace]

Guards count too I think

[astral holly]

Rogues count as well

[smoky moth]

except for AI scavs and sniper scavs, the other types of AI count as bosses

impressive that you even managed to kill that many without dying to their aimbot

[cold fog]

is yotota key any good? or should I just sell it?

[cold fog]

lmao okay, thanks!

[worldly grove]

Correct me if I'm wrong but aren't some of those keys used for a barrer trade shotgun?

[icy fable]

that key is used for a barter

the loot behind that key is so worthless that it's not worth the walk to the vehicle to unlock

[smoky moth]

yea, but the key's cheap af and it's just for a shotgun trade

[icy fable]

but with 3 keys (yotota, folding car key and VAZ car key) you get a mp-153

keys generally unlock doors or vehicles, though there are some special cases, the general purpose is to unlock rooms with loot

special cases include keys that open literally nothing (no matching lock), that are more useful for barters than to open the specified door, that open doors that are already unlocked (making the key useless) and then there's keycards

those 400k refer to the amount of money moved between you and that trader (buy/sell)

and the level is the player level required to unlock that traders level

yes

trading/purchasing items with other items, not money

[cold fog]

trades, essentially. instead of paying with cash like rubles or euro you give the trader items and they give you something back

[icy fable]

below level 15 it's a bit confusing, as you have the page, but technically don't have access to the flea market

at the moment, for you (under level 15), it's a page where you see a list of items sold/bartered by traders

[cold fog]

lmao I just killed some poor level 3 on factory

dude was running around with a scav aks 74u

[icy fable]

at level 15 and above you will unlock the actual flea market and then it's an anarchocapitalist wet dream of players buying and selling items

[icy fable]

rip

if you put them up for sale, yes

[cold fog]

right? and his username was something like "istherevenapoint"

dude is having a bad time

[icy fable]

that's when the real money making starts, as the value traders give for some items is laughable in comparison to flea market value

[cold fog]

a lot of the barter items are actually better to sell to therapist I've noticed, at least since fee update

[icy fable]

1. tool boxes and large crates with technical loot are your best bet

2. quests/tasks are the best way to level up

[cold fog]

tool boxes. either the small black and yellow ones or the big crates.

and do your tasks. they're annoying to do at low levels but they get you a lot of xp comparatively

[icy fable]

true, forgot about that... nowadays it's a hit and miss on items and where to sell them

nope

[true reef]

My bitcoin farm generates a bitcoin every 38 hours atm. One can of fuel is 13 hours and costs 80k. Bitcoins sell for 160k so unless the farm generates one bitcoin in less than 26 hours I am at a loss... Right? I have 2 GPUs rn

How can I make this profitable/

[cold fog]

yeah. some items are still better to sell on flea but a lot of the vase/statue type stuff sells for as much as people are asking for on flea

[olive bough]

Quests that require you to pick up special quest items or do things in general are not possible to do with a scav. Pickup quests like “Find in raid 3 bolts and turn them in” are allowed with scavs.

[icy fable]

the only quests you can complete as scav are "hand in X item" quests, and only the random items, not the "bring me my photoalbum from X room" special quest items

[cold fog]

yeah. best way to tell is to try to list it on flea, but check what the fee they're charging you is, and then compare to the relevant trader. sometimes, and recently often, its better to just sell to a trader

[olive bough]

Correct

Before you flea something, remember to check the fee you’ll pay. If the difference between offer price and fee is lower than trader price, then sell it to the trader.

[icy fable]

also: note that not every trader buys every category of items, and some traders will give more for an item than others, there's an order of which traders to sell to first

[olive bough]

Yes, scavs and quests.

[icy fable]

though scav runs will continue after lvl15, they basically print money with 0 investment of gear

not a bad route

though buy/sell things to peacekeeper every now and then so you get the money moved between player/trader requirement for trader leveling

[cold fog]

there can sometimes be a bit more nuance to it, but this is generally my strategy. for whatever reason therapist pays way more than anyone else for most things

sometimes check fence though, he will buy some things for more than her

its a complete guessing game for him imo

[icy fable]

I never sold to peacekeeper and had to be quiet violent with trading with him, just so I could level him

[cold fog]

lmao to get peacekeeper 2 I just bought and sold a bunch of pistols from him

it was messy

yes

[icy fable]

I did it with info items

quests with specified trader

each quest gives 0.xx reputation with that trader

[cold fog]

which is also why tasks are hugely important, they make your standing go up. like I'm far, far past most money requirements for traders, its level and standing I need to raise

therapist is level 3 but jaeger is still level 1 cause his tasks suck

[icy fable]

traders

[cold fog]

task requirements and traders

some tasks are level gated

[icy fable]

they have player level requirements

[icy fable]

and this

[cold fog]

I can't do nostalgia yet because jaeger thinks I'm a bitch

[icy fable]

player level is mostly useful until level 42 (max traders)

[icy fable]

did it yesterday

I goddamn hate that resort, but got it first try

while 2 people were down the hallway and we didn't even cross lines of sight

[cold fog]

god damnit. I missed my shot on a scav and he killed me on factory

just lost the pistol I was using for scav kiills

[olive bough]

Yes killing provides exp, but quests are much faster

[cold fog]

a little. some tasks require scav kills, which is what I'm doing right now

[icy fable]

of course, everything you do gives xp

[orchid salmon]

Each kill gives a certain amount of xp. You'll gain additional XP by headshots and surviving. But quests are definetly a bigger (and quicker) ramp up early in your tarkov career 🙂

[cold fog]

you're welcome! glad I could help, tho most of my knowledge is from doing the same thing you're doing now lmao

[icy fable]

always nice to find people interested enough to fire off some questions at machine gun pace 😄

[cold fog]

lmao tbqh this is my first wipe and I'm still learning. I ask questions all the damn time

some really stupid ones too

Cyberflame can probably back that up he's seen some of my dumber moments

[icy fable]

if you didn't know it yet: https://mapgenie.io/tarkov

[solemn raptor]

noooo

[cold fog]

hahahaha

[solemn raptor]

no gifs?

[icy fable]

[cold fog]

no gifs for oyu

[solemn raptor]

outrageous

[icy fable]

CENSORED

[solemn raptor]

I had a great gif >:(

[icy fable]

hey look at this 100% legit link guise: REDACTED

[cold fog]

lmao some dude just red rebeled me on factory cause I was using a pistol

honestly not even mad

[icy fable]

oh nooo, everybody has equally or worse bullshit moments

youtube map guides to get you an overview, running around in offline, time and experience fixes that

[cold fog]

there's a few ways. offline raids let you explore the map either with only ai, or no ai at all. just run around and figure out where stuff is. scav runs let you try and grab loot, but you might find players, not a terrible option if you want to do 2 for the price of 1 with a little risk. or be dumb like me and just dive right in an hope lmao

[icy fable]

I recorded a clip yesterday of failing on labs where I though I headshotted a raider, just for him to look at me and head-eyes me after my spray

[cold fog]

oof. raiders/rogues still regularly mess me up. heck I die to regular scavs on occasion because of poor decisions, which is why I don't hunt raiders more

[icy fable]

the thing is, I had the perfect position, just overstayed my welcome on the peek

just started doing labs runs and that slightly hurt my ego, not gonna lie. pinnacle of stupidity

[cold fog]

yeah basically all of those. therapist sells a few. a few have dedicated spawns with low chances, and all keys can spawn in certain containers, but some are hard to find. and flea obviously but they can be outrageously expensive

[cold fog]

lmao try dying to regular scav cause you left hand peeked.

[icy fable]

getting snipped by a shotgun scav from 120 meters is also a fan-favorite

[cold fog]

oh good lord don't even get me started

not impossible to get at lower levels but defnitely easier with flea

I think therapist 2-3 sells it for a barter if you have the right items

[icy fable]

therapist level 2 trade

[cold fog]

oh yeah, sorry. loading into raid at the moment or I could check for you.

and there's a few that hold keys. key holders, document cases, sicc pouch

I think there's more but those are the ones I remember off the top of my head

key tool is easiest to acquire, if you can find the items for it. I have a docs case instead because I can stash money and other stuff in it too

[icy fable]

rather late-game pouch

that's a key tool, though you were referring to that

sicc pouch is a jaeger level 4 trade or a veeeeery rare drop

[brittle canyon]

docs

[icy fable]

personally I run docs+key tool

[brittle canyon]

in maps where u don't find docsable shit, sicc

[icy fable]

key tool with all the keys, docs for all the info items that can be placed inside+keycards

(doing a lot of runs on reserve though, many keys needed)

barter trades for both, jaeger gives you docs case after a certain quest called nostalgia

(and of course, flea market)

[brittle canyon]

trader barter obv

don't do flea barters

except for high ticket stuff

[icy fable]

flea barters are often scams in disguise except items so valuable that it's not worth trading rubles

and whenever someone says "theres a barter trade", it's always a reference to a trader barter trade

each trader level has it's own barter trades (the key-tool one specifically is level 2 therapist though)

therapist level 2 as well, trades for some statues

no problem, we'll be here if/when you have more

[raven spindle]

Anyone got any tips? im tryna get back into EFT After a break for a good year or so, so unsure whats chnaged

[true reef]

Stay away from Lighthouse

[brittle canyon]

war, war never changes

[icy fable]

[cold fog]

in the 39th millenium, there is only war....

[icy fable]

hi

[icy fable]

oh boy, time to drop some churches from low orbit?

[cold fog]

lmao something like that

I'm a black crusade ttrpg game right now, actually. never thought I'd call war crimes fun but here we are

aaaaaand I'm on a list, if I wasn't already

[icy fable]

anyone who assumes there are "good guys" in the wh universe haven't read enough lore

(I just enjoy the universe btw, never played a single game, neither tabletop, nor videogame)

[cold fog]

Nah yeah I get you. for the longest time I thought WH lore was cool but avoided games like the plague. but some of the people in a discord server I joined play WH ttrpgs and got me into it. can be quite fun, as long as your group isn't a bunch of jerks. but when isn't that true lmao

[prime comet]

Lighthouse is love

Let last night be an example

[true reef]

I keep going back even tho I die more than I survive

Cuz when I survive the loot is joosy

[icy fable]

the one map I've yet to visit, heck i've gone more to labs than lighthouse

[prime comet]

Oh he found a love for the flir on that map

Night time lighthouse is lit with that

[icy fable]

just watching the tasks pile up

[digital pond]

Poor Bear brethren

[prime comet]

People don’t stand a chance

200m with m1a one taps

It’s actually cracked

[prime comet]

I also noticed that

I never see bears on lighthouse letalone 3 in one raid

[true reef]

never understand bears on lighthouse

so many bodies found on the way to water treatment

shot from a mile away

full of free loot

[prime comet]

These boys were on the far bridge

From scav village

To treatment

[icy fable]

angrily mumbles in russian

[true reef]

I was sitting on a rock waiting to snipe a rogue

[prime comet]

I killed the raiders then saw them glowing in the trees so they both joined the bodies

[true reef]

when I look towards the bridge before water plant

Two players walk up

Get blown up by mines

I watched it all zoomed in

Was fun

[prime comet]

It’s funny hearing them in the distance though

I heard a few go off like back to backs across the map and just laughed

[true reef]

lol ye especially two in a row

u know they dead 100%

[prime comet]

amateurs

[quartz iron]

yo is there a optimization video that any of you got a performance boost from that you might remember?

[icy fable]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YgFCMGizGc&t=33s

[quartz iron]

ill try that one rn thanks

[icy fable]

it touches on almost everything you can do

[quartz iron]

thats great im just trying to squeeze every inch of performance on that lighthouse ya know

it runs like sht

[icy fable]

there's also a ram fix if you're having semi-regular stutters which is not being mentioned there

useful for people with 16gb or less, if you're having stutters

[quartz iron]

nah i have no stutters just shit fps

even though im using 16 gigs

[smoky moth]

probably squeezed dry already lul,
i finished my wipe goal and just waiting for them to optimize the game next wipe

[prisma hatch]

Try some of these guides
https://thetarkovhandbook.com/Settings.html

[quartz iron]

i mean im also running a shit but not that shit gpu, i have a i7 5820k running at 3.80ghz (I could push it more since tarkov is a single core focused game but im probably not going to touch around it just yet) and a gtx 1060 6gb that is on benchmarks 10% better than normal 1060 6gigs

considering buying a 2060 just because of that dlss feature aswell

[quartz iron]

that optimization one is the exact same video that i just watched

[prisma hatch]

Damn. Unlucky

[smoky moth]

i have a i3-10100f, 16 gb ram and gtx 1650, game runs at 30-50 fps depending on map, smaller ones like labs and factory gives 80+ fps

[prisma hatch]

That's honestly best best setting optimization I've ever found.

[smoky moth]

trust me, i searched through fuck tons of optimization guides, neither of them worked

well except for the first one since i just joined the game early with no idea how bad it would run on my pc

[quartz iron]

i mean yeah, I think tarkov is just poorly optimized in general and it wont change based on how many guides you do except if you have a top of the line pc and its running at like 70fps on average

then those guides will help a ton

[prisma hatch]

Thankfully, I have that.

but you're right. EFT is poorly optimized

[quartz iron]

yeah me a mid ish end gamer wont gain as much of an impact from these guides

[stray scroll]

where are broken gphones located?

[dawn geyser]

!wiki broken gphone

[broken quail]

https://escapefromtarkov.fandom.com/wiki/Broken_GPhone_smartphone
Not the correct result? Use !wiki page broken gphone for a direct link or !wiki search broken gphone for a list of all hits.

Escape from Tarkov Wiki

Broken GPhone smartphone

Broken GPhone smartphone (GPhone) is an item in Escape from Tarkov.

[stray scroll]

tnx

[dawn geyser]

[icy fable]

in my case, for max fps, I do/did everything possible: agressive win10 debloat, ram usage tweaks using automated custom windows tasks, nvidia panel changes, hardware overclock on ram/cpu/gpu (to the MOOON), carefuly tweaking in-game settings and I must say that the game is quiet playable at decent settings and dare I say: stable (3700x/1650/16gb ram 3200mhz, clocked to 3600 with tight timings)

the first time I opened tarkov though, it ran so badly that I feared not being able to play it, because I accept nothing below 60fps

throwback to the days of playing quake 3 on CRT monitors at 250fps

[dawn geyser]

250 fps on 60 hertz

[icy fable]

you underestimate modified CRTs

[dawn geyser]

[icy fable]

800x600 at 155hz

even 1024x768 could run at 120hz on many models

besides that, there were some cheeky hardware mods, because vga has limitations

well... not vga itself, but the signal processors on pc and monitor side, that's why resolution and refresh rate were basically inversely proportional

[pulsar hearth]

Thank you for rekindling the memories of such things

[nova egret]

What’s good settings

[silk pewter]

will UBGLs be readded?

[nova egret]

I can’t see people far away

And colors look all purple

I wanna have good visuals

[whole thistle]

Yeah

[whole thistle]

Make sure you have noise off

[spiral flicker]

zapwag

how dare u

having #1 max

coz

number 1 max is presidente maximus

[whole thistle]

No

I'm way cooler than him

He's a real life wojak

[pulsar hearth]

Does anyone know what kills you in the woods randomly? I tried to extract but I just die randomly

At this place here I have extracted before but this time it is not there so I walk down the road and explode

Who or what is killing me here

[open hedge]

The game tells you what kills you

[whole thistle]

Landmines and the out of bounds sniper

You walked so far out of the map

[pulsar hearth]

Isn't that the goal to get off the map

[whole thistle]

Not like that lmao

[dawn geyser]

There are extraction points you have to reach

You will likely not make it out without a map

[pulsar hearth]

Yeah I thought I was at one

It would be easier if I had a compass I think

[whole thistle]

There's a green popup when you're in an extract, you don't just walk through it @pulsar hearth

[pulsar hearth]

Yeah so what do you do if you go to where you think there is one but there is not, just keep wandering around

?

[oblique echo]

@pulsar hearth you stepped on a land mine and went past the point of the map so sniper scav will start shooting you from literally nowhere.

[whole thistle]

You can only use the extracts on your double tap O list

[pulsar hearth]

Oh okay I thought it was a grenade or a mortar or something

Is there a way to auto buy the kit ?

[whole thistle]

No

[pulsar hearth]

Are any of the starting machine guns any good or should I just keep buying the sks

[open hedge]

Real chads use the kedr

[whole thistle]

Mp5 or ump works early

They're both trades from peacekeeper

[pulsar hearth]

no I don't have items

I for trading

Just the money

I sold all of my items to buy kits instead

[whole thistle]

Yeah but you can get them easily, both trades are for scav knives

[pulsar hearth]

I am aware of those trades

I can not get them easily

[whole thistle]

Scavs are really easy to cheese

As long as you don't panic they're free

[whole thistle]

They take like 3 whole seconds to start shooting after they yell

[pulsar hearth]

It takes me about 10 seconds to figure out where someone is yelling from and then by then I am dead

[whole thistle]

Rip

Gotta get used to listening for directions

[pulsar hearth]

I don't think it has directions to be honest

[whole thistle]

It does

Hearing is actually huge in this game

[pulsar hearth]

not with the ear phones I have or whatever

[whole thistle]

If you have really cheap headphones they might be mono only

[pulsar hearth]

They are white and they have a microphone and a button to answer phone calls but no idea if it has a microphone as well

[woven fiber]

funny m4

[knotty palm]

ye its ass

[austere hound]

@pulsar hearth you could try switching on binaural audio in the settings & see if it helps you

[pulsar hearth]

It is on

[knotty palm]

that guy was a bot

[split dagger]

Do you have binaural audio turned on?

[pulsar hearth]

Yes

[split dagger]

Oh it was asked

Does your headset have a software

[pulsar hearth]

no it is ear phones from phone

[split dagger]

Maybe you are running 7.1 audio which isn't good for games

[icy fable]

or windows itself, some bloatware realtek software or something in that form

[split dagger]

Oh have you tried with any other headphones?

[pulsar hearth]

Don't have any but I am figuring out if there is a way to test for surround sound

[icy fable]

they can sometimes have audio boosting processes or modifiers like that, all of those mess with in-game audio direction

[split dagger]

You can go into offline factory and turn on bots

And tagged and cursed

They will rush you and you can try figuring out the sound

[knotty palm]

surround sound poopoo

[pulsar hearth]

I am running a fresh windows install that is stripped, the audio is piped via Nvidia HDMI, no spatial sound or other alterations

When I test it, I can hear the left ear first and then the right ear so I guess it is not mono

[icy fable]

well... so far so good, try out what @split dagger said, go offline and make the bots rush you, try and see if their movements/appearances match up with what you see

[pulsar hearth]

I have been reviewing some footage but I am not sure if that is accurate due to it being a recording. Basically when someone starts shooting at me I look behind me instead of in front or front instead of behind

[icy fable]

the "sanity check" question: are right and left inverted?

[pulsar hearth]

?

[icy fable]

open youtube and search right/left audio and see if the audio is coming out of the right sides

[pulsar hearth]

as far as I can tell they only fit in my ears one way

[icy fable]

ok, just asking the dumb question because it had to be done

[pulsar hearth]

Oh they have 'R' and 'L' embossed on them but I had it right anyway

[icy fable]

I would check nvidia settings in the nvidia control panel to see what mode is selected

it should read Digital Audio setup or something among those lines somewhere

[pulsar hearth]

So I tried tagged and cursed in the factory, I could definitely hear them running around

Ah I have neither nvidia settings or control panel

[icy fable]

[pulsar hearth]

Oh I mean nvidia control panel

not the windows control panel

[icy fable]

i'd like for you to look at both, but the windows one will have to suffice

[pulsar hearth]

It is unclear what information you seek

[icy fable]

right click on the sound icon in the task bar, go to sound settings, then on the right click on audio control panel

select device and go to properties

[pulsar hearth]

I have that open, already

[icy fable]

there's settings there that may influence/cause the problem you're having

how about select the device and press "configure", does that show simple stereo?

[pulsar hearth]

what do you want to know

[icy fable]

spatial sound and enhancements are the interesting ones

[pulsar hearth]

Neither are enabled

[pulsar hearth]

here

[icy fable]

yeah, I understood that part... I'm just running out of ideas here xD

[open hedge]

We could call sessamy

He’s the tech support guy

[pulsar hearth]

They might have a fit due to the way I have made my computer work I am not sure about that

[icy fable]

do you have any way to "go around" the hdmi audio and plug the headphones elsewhere?

[pulsar hearth]

Yeah I can borrow some gear I guess

[icy fable]

don't worry, I use an almost stripped windows too

when you get to the point of making your own windows .iso's, shit can get messy and tech support desperate

[split dagger]

I just think you arent used to sounds in this game

Try with bots and see

[pulsar hearth]

Yes I tried it

I can hear the bots running

[icy fable]

if he describes sounds in front of him as behind him, it might be beyond that

[prisma hatch]

Is his headset backwards?

[icy fable]

nope, that was the sanity check question

[pulsar hearth]

I can get some indication of is this sound coming from left or is this sound coming from right but actually knowing is like guessing a bit

[icy fable]

all of the obvious things it could be have been checked

[prisma hatch]

Is he using 5 or 7.1 or stereo

[icy fable]

that almost describes normality

[icy fable]

stereo

[prisma hatch]

The he wont hear in front vs behind

[pulsar hearth]

Oh so it is normal

Haha

Well I have already spent lots of money on this game I guess I will buy a surround sound too

Cheapest I can find are pink LED RGB 7.1 surround for $30 okay let's go

Is there anything else I should buy to play tarkov as well? Do I need special mouse / keyboard or whatever? This is not a joke I am interested in this gaming gear now

[dawn geyser]

Nope nothing special required =p

[austere ermine]

Surround sound for tarkov

Just a decent headset

[dawn geyser]

^ True

[pulsar hearth]

apparently you need it to hear yes

[austere ermine]

Nah some good headphones will do the job

[open hedge]

After I went from a $60 headset to a $300 headset I feel like my third eye opened in this game

[pulsar hearth]

Apparently with the stereo you cannot tell front versus back

[austere ermine]

That’s the headset I use and it’s a belter for the game

[pulsar hearth]

Way too expensive

[dawn geyser]

Expensive?

[austere ermine]

That’s cheap for a headset 😂

[dawn geyser]

That's on the cheaper end of headsets

[pulsar hearth]

That is like two weeks rent

[austere ermine]

You have some cheap rent sir

[open hedge]

Where the fuck do you live for that cheap

[austere ermine]

That’s like half a week for me

[dawn geyser]

Man rents a shipping container

[pulsar hearth]

Sharehouse in Brisbane

[open hedge]

Oh you share homes

That makes more sense

[pulsar hearth]

I have not heard of anyone living by self unless really really rich

[open hedge]

Some people have zero friends

[pulsar hearth]

Anyway, yes I will save or look for these headphones with more than stereo

[austere ermine]

Bruh I live with parents and they charge £480 a month

[prisma hatch]

???????

[open hedge]

Bruh

You need to leave

[pulsar hearth]

You are probably living in one of those poorly European countries I have heard of

[austere ermine]

Saving for a house my dude house prices in the UK are ridiculous

[pulsar hearth]

Oh the UK yes I am sorry to hear this

[open hedge]

I’m sorry that you lose in the Uk I’m praying for you 🙏

[prisma hatch]

They charge you $480 a month and SAVE IT FOR YOU? or they just charge you $480 a month

[austere ermine]

They put half of it away and charge me the rest

[dawn geyser]

Well depends on how old he is lol

[prisma hatch]

True

[austere ermine]

So it’s really £240 a month plus all bills

I’m 38

[dawn geyser]

Yeah that's solid fair

[austere ermine]

I’m joking 23!

[dawn geyser]

Still fair

[pulsar hearth]

I pay $100 a week for my room and I earn around $250 a week but I have to pay for the food and contingencies and health, etc

[austere ermine]

Fresh out of uni but have a decent job so it’s no strain money wise

[pulsar hearth]

At this time the washing machine has been broken for some weeks so it is not the greatest

[prime comet]

True it’s shit

I’ve been saving for almost 4 years and it still won’t dent what I need

[pulsar hearth]

I don't bother saving because I hold very little hope for the future

[austere ermine]

Family offered to put a deposit on a 200k house but I don’t want to owe them so I’d rather pay it myself

[prime comet]

Just saying

You’re stupid

I’d have snatched that and owed them

Tell ‘em I’ll take that offer

[candid arch]

you serious 😮

[whole thistle]

Yeah, that's what binaural is for

Although you can tell from vs back easily if you just turn a little

[candid arch]

yall just solved my hearing issue ngl

[dawn geyser]

Binaural is

Can't wait for full implementation of steam audio

[candid arch]

i got some bose headphones that make it sound more surroundy than directional focused

going to try your sound suggestions ❤️

[whole thistle]

Bose ass

[dawn geyser]

Bose is good

[candid arch]

i dont know tbh

its good for music

tarkov

not certain

[pulsar hearth]

It is unclear how the equipment actually delivers surround sound as most seem to have just a single driver for each ear the same as stereo

[whole thistle]

Idk but it works

My ears are wall hacks

[open hedge]

My headset is magical I can actually hear people on different floors of the health resort

I can also hear people sprinting from the other wing

[kindred grotto]

not possible

[candid arch]

when i need to hear mutliple floors max volume with a subwoofer is the way

[pulsar hearth]

I am wondering how the difference is even accomplished ?

[open hedge]

I’m deadass I’m just literally magical

[candid arch]

until a firefight happens then your neighbours calling the police

[analog frigate]

Do quests effect your spawn points?

[lusty glacier]

what does it really take to reach max traders in a week on wipe?

[dawn geyser]

Blood sweat and tears

[lusty glacier]

do i need to play like 14 hours a day?

[dawn geyser]

Just a hardfocus on tasks

[lusty glacier]

cos rengawr made the max traders in a few days thing

and iw ant to do that

[open hedge]

Only if you are a literal no life

[dawn geyser]

If you hardfocus tasks and spend time

You can do it pretty quickly

Keep in mind

Grinding out max traders

Burn out most people

If they do it quickly

[lusty glacier]

to be honest i dont mind that much

i sort of want to get kappa for the first time and then be free to have fun with loadout lottery or grind other games

ive had my slow fun now i want to get kappa asap :)

[open hedge]

Kappa is overrated

So much effort for a slight advantage

[lusty glacier]

its just an achievement

[open hedge]

I don’t take pride in achievement of quests

I take pride in firefight efficiency

[lusty glacier]

telling me to git gud aye?

[open hedge]

No I’m saying I personally don’t see your side

[lusty glacier]

tbh i think the bigger problem with this is playing with friends

it might slow me down quest wise

[pulsar hearth]

Okay so I have been reading a bit more about this headphones, still. If the ear cup has only 1 driver than it is a stereo headset with 'Virtual Surround Sound' which is fancy computer software driver/ microcontroller/ package to emulate surround audio. When the headphone has five or more individual drivers for each ear it is considered real surround sound. As far as I can understand this is true, what the difference is I am not sure. However I am thinking this 'virtual surround sound' is probably already what the game attempts to do with binaural audio

[open hedge]

I have no idea what any of that means

[dawn geyser]

[pulsar hearth]

There is also talk of 'staging headphones' but they are essentially speakers sitting on head as I understand

[lusty glacier]

the thing is, the game audio work directly with the engine to pin point the sound location. virtual surround applies over top all the audio of your pc, which is why its not considered good to use

[pulsar hearth]

Yes but anyone using this 5.1 or 7.1 headset with only two real drivers is getting virtual anyway

[lusty glacier]

so the game engine makes a sound that convinces your ears*where the sound is coming from with only stereo headphones, the same way our 2 ears is enough to pinpoint sounds irl

[pulsar hearth]

Is this a true thing?

[icy fable]

code/software/hardware can emulate directional audio by carefully adjusting the fraction of which side the sound is coming out of, forcing your mind into interpreting that a sound that comes 30% from the left and 70% from the right must be in front of me and off to the right

[lusty glacier]

yes but there is more to it in some games rather than just panning

[pulsar hearth]

Yes I do not think it works so well on me I am immune to propaganda

[lusty glacier]

sound propogation? and stuff stuff

[icy fable]

it's a bit more complicated than this, but fascinating how with such a simple "hack", our mind can interpret direction

[lusty glacier]

CSGO's HRTF is good

[icy fable]

yeah, of course, but i'm not going to describe a white paper about audio

[icy fable]

that's what I was leading up to, it's one of the best examples

[pulsar hearth]

I think honestly if I put some speakers around the room and figured out how to make it surround it would be easiest

[lusty glacier]

but would games know how to work with that?

[candid arch]

these okay for tarkov?

[pulsar hearth]

I would need a driver enabled adapter, yes

[icy fable]

overkill, and for that price, there are better brands

[lusty glacier]

nah but like when games are designed for you to hear directional sound using stereo headphones

do they also have the design to pull off 7.1 speakers to sound just as good

[candid arch]

got two free pairs XD

[icy fable]

profit then, should be good

[candid arch]

wickeeeeeed

what headsets are you guys rocking? not a huge fan of these for gaming they hurt my head

[icy fable]

I usually recommend against bose, if it's a new purchase, they are decent to use, but generally overpriced and underbuilt

[lusty glacier]

i have akg k712 pro, it has the most comfort and best directional sound out of what ive tried

[icy fable]

if they are free, then they are more than ok

[icy fable]

a man of culture

[lusty glacier]

doesnt lvndmark use like 1000 euro earbuds

ive always wondered if earbuds were actually good but they never fit my ears well

[icy fable]

1000 euro earbuds

[lusty glacier]

no really

[icy fable]

with extra mojo components

[lusty glacier]

look up 64 Audio Duo

[candid arch]

cant complain too much about bose apart from running two headphones at the same time since bluetooth can shit its guts

[lusty glacier]

apparently you can pay 300 euro to get a custom ear mold

[candid arch]

you aint kidding lmfao

1022

[lusty glacier]

i mean csgo pros use earbuds

[candid arch]

for a grand it best get me to level 15

[lusty glacier]

they need to block crowd sound with big ones

[candid arch]

and do my washing and tidy

[lusty glacier]

a guy in a server i know bought one of them, and had an extra one sent out for free since it went missing

he received both and broke one

.........

[icy fable]

not saying earbuds are bad, but the price is a bit much for something that has the same points of failure as a pair that costs a fraction of that value

[pulsar hearth]

I saw then at the grocery for a few dollars