╓☢stalker2™-chat-not-gamma-keep-waiting

[steady swan]

@gilded sequoia

[clear valve]

Ts tastes idk

[elfin pilot]

SKEHFA

[stable mica]

Chad name

[steady swan]

ty haha

[stable mica]

Me, im a fan of 7.62x54r, .308, 6.8 sig

[steady swan]

took 1 look at 5.56 stats and said nope, I think i fired an M4 once early game to save my 5.45 lmao

[stable mica]

Ahh same, but irl for me

[split crown]

So I'm getting back into the game after taking a long break; about to head to the Garbage looking for Nestor, but I think I can explore the Cordon as well. Does it matter if I head to the Cordon first, or will I mess up anything story wise?

[steady swan]

im almost certain you cant mess anything up story wise by going other places early

[split crown]

Alrighty cool, thank ya

[stable mica]

Aww shucks, im looking at the wrong chat

[west moth]

[spice pumice]

I am curious, are the ward better for the zone or do most of you believe the zone should just exist? I've been wondering about this for a while

I haven't finished the game yet and I am busy with a ward playthrough, but I've considered starting a new game.

[abstract lagoon]

Finish the ward playthrough

Find out what happens and you'll know if you think ward is better for the zone or not

I know which ending I think is the best outcome, though

Unrelated, but how many of those Ward MRAPs do you think get crushed like a beer can in a grav anomaly every day?

[clever sigil]

You gotta get the mango one

Also where did you buy it?

[tall current]

sign me up

[bitter fulcrum]

Are the ward incorporating the military? Or are they just a separate faction that works with them?

[fallow pivot]

they're a PMC hired by SIIRCA

military left, border guard is now IPSF - int'l perimeter security force

[molten osprey]

But as the loading screen says, its the same old shit

[fallow pivot]

basically

[molten osprey]

I cant even remember Meeting IPSF in my playtrough

[rapid jolt]

They're all around the Lesser Zone

You go through their base at the sphere for a story quest

[fallow pivot]

They're a mix of non hostile and hostile. So always watch your shot lol

they have brown camo.

[molten osprey]

Oops, see thats the presence they have. I didnt even realize its them

[clever sigil]

They also were in controll of Duga before monolith somehow returned

You can spot their logo on multiple crates around the area

[bitter fulcrum]

Spoilers

[rapid jolt]

Read the channel description :^)

[bitter fulcrum]

Ah fair

[clever sigil]

You can also find multiple BMPs and other APCs in ward colors around the zone

[bitter fulcrum]

Went through the truck cemetery for the first time, kinda disappointed in a way, was expecting to encounter 1 chimera or lurkers if they were in

[clever sigil]

Dont worry you will find them soon™

[bitter fulcrum]

Not looking forward to it xD

Also got hold of a new ar from a number pad puzzle

Khord I think

I find it weird the G36 can't mount the scope you can get

[ancient flicker]

anyone got a mod to make the purple stashes better

i installed ultiamte but it dosent seem to effect the purple ones

[sage wolf]

Entering Agroprom underground for the first time in S2; hope I find Strelok stash (;

[sage wolf]

You can find a GP37 that has a rail which takes a variety of scopes and doesn’t have the built in one

[bitter fulcrum]

Figured as much

I like exploring but I want to main quest a bit too

[light fjord]

to those who didnt believe i give you proof

20 fps

currently hovering at 10 fps

[prisma monolith]

why there are so many Ward in Old Church? lmao
they were fighting bandits and mutants, there were like 24 of them, and it dropped my frame rates

also, is this normal size of a squad or my game is fhekked?

[wanton arch]

Should I play stalker 2

Or should I wait for it to be more polished

[wary orbit]

California right now ->

the volcano glows red and everyone's dead not a body to be seen
a nation of ash and cinders and it looks like I'm the queen
The flames keep roaring like the furnace that's inside
Couldn't keep it in, hell only knows I've tried
Don't let them in don't let them see,
be the good girl you always have to be,
conceal don't feel, don't let them learn,
well now they've learned!
Let them burn, let them burn!
they're no longer my concern!
let them burn, let them burn!
Time to show the world it's my turn!
I wont care, how they're going to scream!
Let the fire rage on.
Flames never seemed to bother me.

It's funny how this inferno makes everything look bright
And the fear that once controlled me, set everything alight!
It's time to see what I can do,
to test the limits and break through.
No right, no wrong, when it's only me!
So i'm free!
Let them burn, let them burn!
See my fire across the sky!
Let them burn, let them burn!
Like a rocket I can fly!
I wont care, how they're going to scream!
Let the fire rage on.

My power surges through the air and all around.
My soul's the engine that will burn this world down to the ground!
And one move sparks ignition of my vengeful wrath!
I'm never going back, the future's all I have!
Let them burn, let them burn!
Raining down Armageddon,
Let them burn, let them burn!
Their precious world is gone!
I wont care, how they're going to scream!
Let the fire rage on.
Flames never seemed to bother me.

https://tenor.com/view/frozen-elsa-let-it-go-flames-fire-gif-4982532

[true yew]

Average Skif Hunters

[junior turtle]

Guys, how can I go through psy zone like Limansk?

[wary orbit]

Wait what? Limansk?

[junior turtle]

Yes

[wicked adder]

You don’t

[wary orbit]

Limansk isn't in Stalker 2

[junior turtle]

And Redwood and Radar

Oh, shit, confused chat

Sorry

[wicked adder]

https://tenor.com/view/saibamen-yamcha-dbz-gif-15067242038020165323

[west moth]

I will wait at least 6 months, if not longer. I am patient

[warped monolith]

[scarlet scroll]

Not a single thought in his head

[west moth]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-what-que-recalculando-loading-gif-19097337

[tacit glacier]

The fuck?

[warped monolith]

forgot his meds, don't mind him

[west moth]

Brain scorched, head empty

[warped monolith]

knees weak, arms heavy
something something mom's spaghetti

[west moth]

I'm a little stalkey
shoot a doggie

[digital plume]

oh no yamcha got yamchad

[true yew]

||WHERE IS MY SPITFIRE||

Fucking inventory bug

[ionic narwhal]

I just ran stalker 2 last night, woke up to play it and its giving me the unhandled exception error on launch, i dont even get to the usual shader compilation warmup, which has been getting skipped anyways. What gives

[wary orbit]

Its obviously a bad situation, don't judge me too hard for my dark humor. I am just amazed that people still build communities on hills that are known to be bone dry and prone to burn down to a degree every year.

[bitter fulcrum]

if anybody is curious as to what the snorks look like without a mask

[wary orbit]

hmmm somehow i expected a trunk

[mint holly]

Schizo posting

[west moth]

average monolith posting

[warped monolith]

dark humor

[mint holly]

It's an interesting example of dark humor that's for sure

[steady swan]

anyone here use maklanes ballistics?

[bronze skiff]

Does selling to differnt vendors give differnet amounts e.g. is rostok different to zaton

[warped monolith]

in theory, yes

[bronze skiff]

wdym?

[warped monolith]

the game tracks reputation with factions (you see the trader icons go from white to green or red) and in theory it affects prices in general
also I've seen anecdotes about the two traders in Rostok. One of them buys red-condition stuff but pays little (even for high condition guns), the other pays more for high and mid (yellow) condition guns but does not buy stuff at red condition

[bronze skiff]

i might go to zalyssia to sell bc they are green then

[steady swan]

honestly i wouldnt over think it, but ive noticed most vendors that sell weapons or armor have the best prices

[shell blade]

What a qt

[chilly ore]

I was gifted the ultimate edition for birthday (preorder, I didn't ask for it, bleh) and I feel really guilty that the game is dogshit and I couldn't bear to play a game with little depth, blurry and at 40fps, so I stopped after 1 week.

Is it safe, after many updates, to start a new save, or is the game essentially the same thing but with less game-breaking bugs?

[steady swan]

i think its fine, i started my run about a month or so ago and barely had any trouble, but whats your hardware?

[chilly ore]

Good enough to run anything that is not UE5 vomit

• it's AMD, but that's irrelevant

[bronze skiff]

what actual specs tho

[chilly ore]

Do my specs affect any gameplay changes that might have been done to the game?

[bronze skiff]

its in relation to the performance you were talking about

[chilly ore]

Cuz that's my main gripe.
I can stomach some fps drops and there's a config I can use to get some extra.

[warped monolith]

it's Tyrion Lannister from the books

[steady swan]

my biggest issue was fps drops in cities, and some optional jobs getting stuck, but thats it really, i think youll be fine, i had a great first run.

[stuck condor]

I know a man that looks exactly like that, he was my classmate

[chilly ore]

"my biggest issues were the same issues that made you stop playing, I think you'll be fine"
Yeah, thanks, I guess?

[steady swan]

dont play the game for all i care, you asked if its fun, i think it is

its very playable

also you just said you can stomach fps drops, so idk what youre crying about

[chilly ore]

Dude is an actual 80iq ong

Well, I do appreciate your attention and time spent in replying to me, but I don't think it's being very useful

[steady swan]

youre an actual idiot, asks for others opinions, gets mad when they share them and says fps drops arent a problem then does an instant 180 saying its the main reason they dropped the game, make it make sense

idk why you asked in the first place then

[bronze skiff]

it was actually a good opinio i think- he said the problems he found and answered your question

[chilly ore]

"I didn't find the game fun due to problem a, b and c back then, are these problems is there?"
reply: "I played with these problems so you should find it fun"
Actual reddit-tier response

[steady swan]

why the fuck did you say "i can stomach fps drops" then

[chilly ore]

keyword you're ommiting for the sake of "gotcha"

[steady swan]

like youre calling me dumb while contradicting yourself, idk what you want lmao

yea there are some fps drops, in cities, its really not bad

[bitter fulcrum]

was life not good to him? or did he choose that path?

[chilly ore]

dude is misinterpreting and nitpicking so he can show how much of a reddit user he is

[steady swan]

sure guy, just dont play the game then, not wasting my time with you anymore

[bronze skiff]

who does bro think he is

[chilly ore]

you're entertaining me, that's all lmao

[stuck condor]

He was like a simple bandit from Dark Valley, turned into a snork during emission 😄

[steady swan]

thanks btw

[mint holly]

Game def has a bunch of issues but I have been enjoying my playthrough. It just depends on what you can or can't tolerate and that is a very personal thing

[chilly ore]

Say, after all the updates, did the performance go up by at least 10%, the depth and balance become more reasonable, the bugs taken care of and is A-life working?

[mint holly]

Don't know, yes, some, and that's a very complicated question to answer

[chilly ore]

or is it basically the same game but with less bugs?

[bronze skiff]

how did you find it had no depth?

[chilly ore]

it's kinda abstract.
There aren't many mechanics and barely any complexity.
It feels bland, in a way.
Well, GAMMA is more to my liking, I guess you know where I'm going.

[bronze skiff]

not many mechanics wdym?

also what complexity do you want, like filling bullet cases with gunpowder

[mint holly]

Comparing it to GAMMA is sort of dumb, GAMMA is it's own thing separate from normal Stalker, normal stalker has never had these sorts of mechanics

[chilly ore]

I am aware, I didn't buy the game

[bronze skiff]

what

[mint holly]

Okay good then, you probably wouldn't enjoy it then. I recommend you just play GAMMA or atleast wait until a future sale to try it

[chilly ore]

I was gifted and, aside from what I consider "shallow", there are some stuff that feel pointless as mechanics.
Like water, for example: you get 1 trillion water bottles that you spam for the sake of getting a bit of stamina every 10s while running across the map.
Hunger is more of an annoyance than a mechanic, it's a pointless "open the inventory and eat one of the 15 sausages that you fund in the last outpost".
Things like that.

[bronze skiff]

so you dont like having to eat and drink?

i like seeing the animations and stuff

[candid thicket]

We need pda messages in stalker 2 😭

[mint holly]

I like the animations aswell, I do agree though the balance is very poor regarding food

Like there's always food everywhere so there's never a threat of starvation ever

[steady swan]

groks med balance adds a nice gameplay element to them

[bronze skiff]

but also they were complaining about lack of mechanics not the current mechanics

[bronze skiff]

what dies it do

[steady swan]

drinking energy drinks and water gives you stam regen for a certain amount of time on top of giving an instant refill, food heals you a bit and both the stam regen and food heals stack. bandages dont heal anymore and are for bleeds only, med packs heal slower, but he has a variannt where it still heals relatively quickly, so its harder to just stim through fights but still doable. i liked it alot

might be missing a detail, you can check the nexus page for all of them

[mint holly]

Sounds nice, I basically decided I'm gonna do mostly vanilla for my first playthrough, only tweaked some small stuff

[steady swan]

understandable! thats what i thought i was gonna do and then i went a little crazy

[mint holly]

Thankfully they rebalanced mutant health some, I don't know if I could have dealt with how tanky bloodsuckers were originally

[steady swan]

yea i just used groks mutant health, so many enemies are much tankier than they were in the previous game, hate that for a lot of them the best way to fight them is just climbing shit

[bronze skiff]

the only thing i felt was poltergesits

[steady swan]

like controllers are insanely tanky compared to previous games

[bronze skiff]

they seemed axtra tanky

[steady swan]

i honestly didnt mind the poltergiest health, they were always kinda tanky. nothing running at them with a shotty cant fix

[bronze skiff]

whats the key to switch to grenade launcher

[steady swan]

hold b i think

[bronze skiff]

yeah ty

[mint holly]

Bloodsuckers are still a little too tanky for my taste but it's tolerable, on launch though it was actually hilarious to the point I don't understand how that made it in the released game

I love bloodsuckers in the old games because they are glass cannons pretty much, when one jumps you out of nowhere either it's gonna die pretty fast or you are more than likely

[grave trellis]

Do you know the reason for white textures on weapons during rain?

[limpid nest]

has anyone gotten stalker 2 to work on vortex?

[tall current]

it's so annoying

wish i could do something about it

[bitter fulcrum]

so i found out the hard way i didnt have enough ammo for the swamps

also is it necessary to use a suit with high psy resistance?

[mint holly]

I don't think it's necessary, probably more annoying without though

[jagged marsh]

Can just take psi pills instead

[bitter fulcrum]

dont have enough

[mint holly]

If you want a tip I'd go explore ||cement factory|| as the game never pushes you to go there but if you explore it well you will solve your issue

[bitter fulcrum]

think ive been there but ive gone back to the nearest outpost and stocked up

what realy screwd me over was the lack of shelter for an emission

[arctic marsh]

Got all excited seeing the notification for the stalker sub only to find its a fucking radio beats video

I DO NOT CARE ABOUT THE MUSIC haven't heard from them for like 2 weeks

This is the only game that's even remotely making me want to upgrade my computer right now.

[proven nest]

Managed to get all the places of interest and blueprints onto my interactive map today. moving on to attachments and artifacts tomorrow 🗺️ 🖊️

[quick pike]

i can tplay stalker 2 😦

then it wont respond 😦

[candid thicket]

alt f4

and run game again

[wary orbit]

my ram running this game be like

https://tenor.com/view/wreckitralph-ralph-pancakes-explode-pancake-gif-11246002

[cerulean root]

When will they learn

[hollow basin]

Kaimanov ending hits hard

[eternal oyster]

unm, bro?

[hazy knot]

hey someone have problems with the round 4 of the arena?

[true yew]

Be more specific

[hazy knot]

i think is bugged, I wait and sleep and it won't let me do round 4

[gilded sequoia]

Thanks a lot! (And sorry for the late response)

[true yew]

Progress the main story, you'll be able to do it after a specific quest

[hazy knot]

ah ok tysm

[warped monolith]

[true yew]

Does anyone know about this elevator bug during Visions of Truth?

Like, clipping through the elevator-

[steady swan]

no worries, i hope the list was helpful!

[true yew]

Can't scorch my brain anymore, smh 0/10 refunded

[tacit glacier]

As no one seems to have answered it.
No, Vortex does not like STALKER 2. Mods don't get removed properly and it just creates a hassle to deal with.
Besides, using Vortex right now is pointless as all mods are packed and you can't even use the app to manage the load order.

[limpid nest]

Hmm, is there another mod manager I should be using then? Or should I just be manually sliding paks into my mod folder?

[tacit glacier]

Manual is pretty straightforward tbh
Just drop the pak in and it'll work. There should be conflict detector and merger apps on nexus

[timber zenith]

That's not true, you can use vortex to manage the load order.

[wary orbit]

you can also just add Zs

[timber zenith]

I always use vortex to handle mods, and I've never had problems with it, I seriously don't understand the hate vortex gets

[wary orbit]

its bloatware

[tacit glacier]

So does it change the pak file names on the fly?

Because unless it doesn't do that, the load order in Vortex is worth jack shit as the game loads pak files in alphabetical order.

It can't even be used for loose file load order as most mods that are loose add their own files that abide their own load order rules based on naming scheme as well.

[timber zenith]

Well it has loot built in, so it automatically sorts your plugins and warns you about issues in your load order, like missing patches to make 2 mods compatible, you cannot expect everyone to have in depth knowledge of every mod, and what it exactly does and which files it changes and it's dependencies to have the knowledge to sort your load order manually, and most mod authors just say load my mod at the bottom...

[tacit glacier]

... LOOT is for Bethesda games.
pak files do not equal esp's

STALKER 2 loads mods alphabetically no matter what you do. It doesn't have a plugin list.
It sees a file, it loads a file.
If a mod has a pak file named "zzAIEnhancement" and another mod is named "NoAIAimbot" then regardless of how you put them in vortex, the game will load the first one last because it starts with the z

[spice pumice]

If I had to take a guess..15

I still wish the Merc faction was a joinable one or that you can at least do contracts for them. I've loved their design since SoC

Also why does Skif insist on wearing a hood with most armours? I mean you can see he is wearing a hood in the shadow and only in some he wears a helmet

[tall current]

the faction system in this one is disappointing to say the least

[wicked adder]

Well, there isn't one really

[tacit glacier]

There is

[wicked adder]

not really

[tacit glacier]

Yes really.

[wicked adder]

nah

[tacit glacier]

Sure, you can't explicitly join a faction (that was a Clear Sky thing) but you can have reputation with a faction.

Getting shit done properly in Lesser Zone early on will make all loners friendly to you basically.

This equals better prices from loners and I think it impacts repeatable quest rewards.

[wicked adder]

Its not really a faction system though, I don't agree that town rep=Faction

When someone describes a faction system i imagine they have more to say about it

[tacit glacier]

It is a faction system though as faction x can be hostile to faction y

[wicked adder]

Except it isn't, because even if you become 'Red' to a faction (And i think this only happens in scripted sections) They don't even become violent, they just give you bad prices

[tacit glacier]

There is an Orange status which reduces prices but Red factions will open fire on you.

[wicked adder]

Then i can tell you it doesn't work

Because i became 'Red' with the scientists at malechite and i could still walk right in

[tacit glacier]

Odd. I became red with a few factions and their stalkers were on my ass all the time

[wicked adder]

Im not entirely sure that works as intended either, Because neither Duty or Freedom's leader is actually on the map are they?

I think the only example of 'leaders' on the map that you can talk to are different Loner towns

[tacit glacier]

You can talk to Myklukha in Rostok.
Haven't even found the Duty faction myself on my plathrough, can't talk about them

[wicked adder]

Theyre at the concrete plant next to the CNPP

For uh, some reason

[tacit glacier]

Myklukha chills on a rooftop above Bazar

[wicked adder]

Huh, i was checked the old Duty HQ for him

Fair

[tacit glacier]

You can also find Voronin in Cement Factory.

[spice pumice]

I personally don't really count the "faction system" in the game as a "faction system". Feels more like a rep system because from what I know you can kinda just build up rep with most factions

[tacit glacier]

You can build rep or loose rep. Joining a faction is pretty much impossible as you either end up joining Ward or Spark or become a Loner again if you say no to both of them.

[spice pumice]

Do we really join a faction tho? Ward's people still refer to you as a stalker and nothing else. I mean I genuinely feel more like I am a merc for them than anything else which is fine seeing as I like playing as a merc and am running the merc armour

Then again I am not that far in so maybe they start calling you something else

[wicked adder]

They don't but you effectively become a Military stalker, like Deggy

[spice pumice]

Ah I see, seems kinda fitting as Skif used to be in the military

[wicked adder]

True, but also Degtyarev wants absolutely nothing to do with Ward

So, not the exact same i guess

[spice pumice]

I noticed tho that his backpack has the same camo as the IPSF..so I assume he used to be part of the border guard? Or they're just using the same camo OR I can't tell the difference

[wicked adder]

Skif? He used to be military and was selling off Artefacts, but also his PDA diary says he had never been to the zone before

[spice pumice]

Yea Skif, I only noticed the camo's look the same when equipping the military armor or well..the "IPSF"

[wicked adder]

So either his PDA entry means he never went into the zone, only stayed on the outskirts. OR, he was stationed close to the zone but not on the borders

So he wouldn't have been IPSF, which is international, not ukranian only

[spice pumice]

Ah I see, makes sense..maybe just using the same camo then

I've been trying to switch to loadout to something more akin to a stalker..but I love the merc suit and Kharod too much

[wicked adder]

Corundum suit on top

[spice pumice]

Or wait, to be more specific..I use the Kharod and the PSZ-9N Wolfhound suit

[spice pumice]

Is the Corundum an exo suit?

[wicked adder]

Nah, the Exo is the Diamond

Corundum is the heavy Monolith suit, while the Diamond is the Monolith Exo

You get both for free in quest locations

[spice pumice]

Ohhhhh I see, I mean I like the look of the exo suits, it's just the exo part that bothers me so knowing there's a suit without it. I might rock it and switch back to the AK

I've been switching back and forth between a stalker kit and a merc kit

[latent berry]

is the Grok's Economy and Difficulty Fix Attempt still viable after the 1.1 patch? Which mods you guys recommend?

[tacit glacier]

Pretty sure Grok's mods are no longer compatible

[latent berry]

ah isee

[bitter fulcrum]

That's why I did not use mods personally

There's going to be alot of patches and hotfixes

[zinc sapphire]

also makes guide travel really cheap

[true yew]

Speaking of cheap, free guide!

[crystal thicket]

First thing I see when I enter the channel and first thing I agree to

Preety sad you can't "Join" any faction I really thought with the three kingpins in garbage you could join freedom, duty, or the bandits

[zinc sapphire]

yeah, I'm at that point too 😄

[crystal thicket]

I'm actually on the road to befriend every faction across the zone in my new run currently I've gotten the loners bandits and the dutyers on my side

[true yew]

Bandits on your side? How??

[crystal thicket]

Not exactly "On my side" but the slagheap bandits are it's preety much known the "Bandits" aren't really one faction

More so criminals in general sometimes creating bigger groups

[true yew]

Ah

Holy shit, you can actually get struck by lightning

[spice pumice]

I was pretty excited to see that duty is in the game, thought we might be able to join them but no..also just rep

[crystal thicket]

Maybe in a dlc? I mean "Iron forest" and the CNPP are to be added in the game that could mean duty vs freedom questline... maybe?

[abstract lagoon]

God it scared the absolute bajeezus out of me the first time

[spice pumice]

Yea maybe, would actually be nice to be able to but I have a feeling it's more gonna be a "pick a side, you aren't joining them but just helping them do what they somehow can't"

[crystal thicket]

Hope

[spice pumice]

Yet again I genuinely feel more like a merc in this game, which is fine because as I said I like being a merc..but I would've loved the option to actually join a faction and be part of it..not just doing their work

I mean I chose Ward hoping I would be enlisted into their ranks, but you're more a soldier/stalker for hire. Basically just a merc...you know the more I say it the more I'm kinda ok with being just a merc

Get the feeling tho that someone's gonna make a mod where you can just start in a certain faction like in G.A.M.M.A

[sage wolf]

Guys did they patch the crate jump for the diamond exo?

I’m not able to stand on that little inbetween protrusion

Nvm, it’s just kinda tricky

[granite quarry]

Just read the description of the Misery mod and realised the game has sleep need implemented.... Ive played 60 hours, and I'm at the final stretch of the story, and I've not once been sleepy in the game 😂

I guess me chugging energy drinks for stamina might have had side effects

[true yew]

Misery predicted S2 sleep mechanic

[bitter fulcrum]

Your chest palpitations must be earth shaking

[true yew]

"Тобі подобається моя пісня?"

[wicked adder]

Resets whenever you drink an energy drink

Ive only seen it after Arena fights, which automatically sets you to tired

[warped monolith]

[neat oxide]

Guys how do I see the full mod names in the launcher

[bronze urchin]

Why does the 74u have better accuracy with a stub barrel than the 74s with a full length barrel

[neat oxide]

Help

[solid ibex]

The Devs Vision™️

[bronze urchin]

I get it, you need balanced weapons

[true yew]

Most likely this...

[maiden sundial]

The amount of vodka, energy drinks and radioactive fields my kidneys have spent time mixing contents together in has resulted in kidney stones with anomalous properties.

[bronze urchin]

You know what they say: what doesn't kill you makes you S.T.A.L.K.E.R.

[bitter fulcrum]

[sacred canopy]

whats the code to unlock the monolith though the command menu?

[west moth]

[fiery cove]

classic meme, its been so long since i seen it

[lusty lion]

Stalker 2 is unplayable with 16gbs of ram right? (Tryna see if I should reconsider downloading it)

[mint holly]

wouldn't say unplayable, but I saw a significant improvement in terms of stutters and drops once I upgraded to 32

[viral notch]

how can i fix this?

[lusty lion]

Jus asking cause last time I had it installed I was getting white flashes that were making my game run at 20FPS at 1080p low settings on a 3060 ti

Thought its prob due to 8gb of vram plus 16gbs of 3000mhz ram

[nova matrix]

hello guys

[warped monolith]

hello there

[west moth]

[polar sigil]

that was just your gpu prob

cuz i played on 16 gigs for a few hours to test aswell and it ran almost the same as 32

[tacit glacier]

Say hello to software lumen.
Its shit

[west moth]

[wind hedge]

Is it known if they planning on adding hardware lumen in the future?

[tacit glacier]

Don't know
Also Hardware Lumen is basically ray tracing

It'll probably require like a 5080 to run

[wind hedge]

Software Lumen is still ray tracing is it not? Only run through the CPU instead of dedicated RT cores on the GPU?

[prime stratus]

Hawaiian does not say "Aloka". Literally unplayable.

[covert eagle]

Hello software lumen 😒

[stuck condor]

GSC lost 200 of their employees since last year

[stuck condor]

Path tracing*

But worse

[warped monolith]

the microsoft axe

[stuck condor]

Like the company is 60% smaller now, how do you expect them work better?

[warped monolith]

it doesn't take as many people to just update the game, bugfix and whatnot

[stuck condor]

Most of the companies hire people before the game release to make it faster/better/whatever and fire after

It was probably the thing when their office moved to the Czech Republic

[warped monolith]

well, yes. Like you said, before the game release. It's been out for two months now.

they probably don't need as many active devs anymore

[stuck condor]

Oh, it's 2025 now

I meant during 2024

[golden hazel]

[true yew]

Theres two ways to interpret "lost" here

[true yew]

Idk if they really did this cuz they really seem serious about the "we are a family" thing, basing off their documentary. But maybe its a different scenario

[stuck condor]

I'm only looking on numbers so

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[warped monolith]

or maybe they just straight up lied

[true yew]

Kinda annoying that whenever I try to find videos on S2, It's always the english dub

[golden hazel]

Oi bruv yeuw gort a loisens fer tha ukrennen dub bruv

[warped monolith]

find a video of Hamster saying bo'le o' wa'ah for me, please.

[sour narwhal]

Stalker 2.............

[true yew]

The artbook is so cool, the way they described the armor and devices seems like they were supposed to be more sophisticated than what are currently in-game

Or, maybe it's just flavoring

[split crown]

the english VAing is so bad

[proud ruin]

Oi bruv u got yur arty’fact huntin liecense?

[golden hazel]

[proud ruin]

GSC fumbled so badly not having so bad that it’s good Slavic accented VA

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wtyKEE-hQEI

[proud ruin]

6090 will be powered by a sparkler artefact

[golden hazel]

The timeline where Socker 2 HoC of Tuah is on XRay

[proud ruin]

maybe Stalker 3: Stalk Harder will be on xray

[golden hazel]

With A-Life 3-Life-Harder

[proud ruin]

mfw when sdalger 3: sdalg harder is in ue6 and only has farcry level ai

[golden hazel]

Lumen 2

[proud ruin]

https://tenor.com/view/my-honest-reaction-my-reaction-my-honest-reaction-meme-my-reaction-to-that-information-reaction-gif-14670636402905757665

[proud ruin]

5090 + 9800x3d minimum - 20-30 fps at 1080p (experience may vary)

[golden hazel]

(With DLSS and Framegen on)

[split crown]

ayup

[split crown]

Crazy how with those settings turned off I bet my 3070 gets better natural fps than a 5090 would in STALKER 2

[golden hazel]

[split crown]

wake me up when the nightmare is over

[golden hazel]

Nightmare never end, comrade ivan

[golden hazel]

Now go and enjoy your memory leaks

[split crown]

oh don't worry I am; however, I'm also carrying so much shit that I'm desperately wishing there were more traders around my vicinity (the garbage sucks)

[golden hazel]

Isn't there like only 2 traders in the garbage

The guy in the slag heap and the guy at Shah's Shah palace

[split crown]

Idk I'm still exploring it. I think there's one at Slag Heap? About to discover it

[proud ruin]

https://tenor.com/view/this-has-to-be-some-kind-of-nightmare-charlie-smiling-friends-this-is-a-living-nightmare-this-can't-be-real-i-must-be-dreaming-gif-15316507569790164783

[split crown]

Also I just killed the first batch of zombie stalkers I've encountered; one of them was a military dude named "Quartermaster" which seemed kinda odd

[golden hazel]

He must've been really good at using quarters

[split crown]

a master of them, one might say

[golden hazel]

[proud ruin]

[golden hazel]

Me when they took the vending machine again

[proud ruin]

https://tenor.com/view/waah-waa-sad-wah-waaah-gif-25875771

tfw no more anomalous pringles

[golden hazel]

I will find it, and I will post it to sidorogram and make Commander Charon mad

[proud ruin]

https://tenor.com/view/ponke-ponkesol-solana-sol-monke-gif-11426857860369028236

charon seething and malding in the comments

[golden hazel]

[proud ruin]

[split crown]

Yenno, I really miss the rank and stat systems. Sucks STALKER 2 doesn't have them. Was a nice minor dopamine rush to work my way up from rookie to the higher ranks and to also keep track of where I am compared to other NPCs.

[proud ruin]

they spent their time modeling and animating the frogs instead

[split crown]

lmao

[golden hazel]

Rank system was Sid's creation, everybody fucking hates him in Stalker 2, that's probably the lore reason why it doesn't exist in HoC Tuah

[split crown]

https://tenor.com/view/conspiracy-theory-gif-10587157

[split crown]

Oh was it? Lol. Tbh I haven't met Sid yet in S2, but yeah I get the gist EVERYONE despises his fat ass

[proud ruin]

ward is putting chemicals in the water!!!

[proud ruin]

i suspect sid keeps a full gimp suit in his backroom

[split crown]

bro there ain't no way he's fittin' in one of those

[proud ruin]

its a tight fit

[golden hazel]

It's how he would keep track of "his people" and likely how he would find targets for mercs easily

[split crown]

Makes sense

[golden hazel]

He's done so much shady shit throughout CS Sky and SoC of Chernobyl

[split crown]

well ofc

he sticks his nose in any avenue if it means profit

morals be damned

[golden hazel]

He needs his chicken

[nova wadi]

it runs on gpu like normal raster. doesn't use rt cores and doesn't run on the cpu

[sturdy meteor]

started a new game and got out of the tutorial opening. first thing i did was climb the tower and get some ammo and a medkit then a firefight broke out at the nearby village, the 3 bandits were killed and the stalker in the building is suddenly hostile to me.
had to reload and kill the bandits myself to get the quest off him.

[west moth]

[true yew]

Plot twist: It was sid who put "kill strelok" in the quests list

[ancient flicker]

how long are you guys taking to beat the game ive only explored like the bottom half and have 50 hours

[molten osprey]

What

So being a legend in the zone, just meant being a legend in sids book

Sid was the evil Mastermind all the time

[stuck condor]

The more the better

Enjoy the game, not speedrun it

[ancient flicker]

exactly

havent even begun artefact hunting and stuff

[molten osprey]

25.5h and i saw the credits iirc

i wanted to finish the story tho

[tall current]

around 50 hours too, i think there's still a lot of story ahead of me but i spend most my time doing side quests and exploring

[bronze urchin]

Like 32 hours and I'm wrapping up Garbage?

Treating stashes like pokemon and gotta catch 'em all

Cause if you're not double-backing and getting 2 cans of food, a water, a beer, and a medkit in a 15-minute detour instead of completing the story, are you even S.T.A.L.K.E.Ring?

[ancient flicker]

crazy

[ancient flicker]

yeh im the same

want to make the most of it a it will be long wait before a good overhaul like gamma is avalible

[bronze urchin]

Same. I got a few other games I'm going to play after I get through this and then revisit when the DLC drops and someone puts in night vision

[wary orbit]

so never

[west moth]

[wary orbit]

When you make a sharp turn only to end up in a shard Anomaly.

[west moth]

[bronze urchin]

Just walk through when you hear the clinking

[ancient flicker]

are the traders like tarkov where if i do quests for them/ward i get better gear

or are they always selling junk

[wary orbit]

yes and yes

[bronze urchin]

Prices get better and gear gets better

[ancient flicker]

cool

[bronze urchin]

Although, I don’t think it gets THAT much better from what I have seen. I think they still sell the same tier of weapons, just different options

But someone later in the game can correct me on that.

[ancient flicker]

im making a trek to piledriver as i heard he sells the best stuff

and ive got way to many coupons

[bronze urchin]

https://tenor.com/view/zombie-land-comedy-crying-upset-sad-gif-3457380

[ancient flicker]

https://tenor.com/view/wawa-emdeb-fail-failure-cat-gif-16703817715131368982

ono

[bronze urchin]

Tenor plug-in broken?

[wary orbit]

https://tenor.com/view/robert-downey-jr-tony-stark-gif-26471287

[bronze urchin]

Or, we don’t have the fancy shoulder markings. Or it doesn’t work on replies.

Rank, probably

[ancient flicker]

piledriver trader is loaded

[west moth]

You need to remove the newcomer role

[ancient flicker]

https://tenor.com/view/wawa-emdeb-fail-failure-cat-gif-16703817715131368982

[west moth]

[warped monolith]

[west moth]

[bronze urchin]

Gracias, @west moth. I thought I took care of that when I played Gamma last year but I guess I hadn't...

[west moth]

[sonic flower]

does stalker 2 have alife yet?

[warped monolith]

!noalife

[fallen iron]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1306683555488862319/1309254531602972753/Screenshot_2024-11-21-21-13-12-76_572064f74bd5f9fa804b05334aa4f912.jpg?ex=6740e9cd&is=673f984d&hm=4c16bf5a7fe14ff8f1b81027f51be666771f1c2eb28f8a82498b0e0f436dea10&

[sonic flower]

ight I will be back in a month to ask again

[west moth]

Not a life. Will possibly never have one. Like me

[bronze urchin]

[west moth]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/658391090424184833.webp?size=128

[wanton arch]

I won't be that excited to play until theres an AKM mod

I love 7.62x39...

[molten orchid]

Im looking forward to mods that add more weapons into the game

[west moth]

[fast valley]

Really enjoying this so far, basically exactly what I expected

[west moth]

[mint holly]

I feel like even asking if the game has A-life is just not something that works, A-life is basically a concept that everyone else measures differently. I feel like if I asked everyone to define A-life and whether or not the game has it, I'd get very different answers

[west moth]

Look here, there is a recent summary: https://discord.com/channels/912320241713958912/1310675708091301930. Lets see if GSC will work on it or the modders step up

[noble talon]

!yesalife

[ancient flicker]

is the artifact detection system the same as before where higher level detectors detect highlevel anomalys

[late kernel]

You can get a Compass with Echo Detector lmao

[warped monolith]

nope

[misty storm]

What modpack you use guys? Can you share what mods you prefer?

[bitter fulcrum]

i have aquired big boom

[warped monolith]

two pump chump

[bitter fulcrum]

more actualy found more warheads before hand

[fathom dirge]

HOW TF DO I GET DR DALIN TO STOP BEING INVISIBLE

little bitch boy wont talk to me face to face

[bitter fulcrum]

i survived the swamps

visiting the CS Base was mellow though

[stuck condor]

Man, stalker 2 icons look so cartoony

[bitter fulcrum]

im cool with it, just not the crashing and buggy bugs

[wanton arch]

does this game run any better since release? rtx 3080 was slideshow

[fathom dirge]

i can run it native res at 60 FPS on my 6800xt (no frame gen)

90 outside of settlements

Ghosting is a huge issue for me tho

[bronze cairn]

Havent played since release is the game in a better spot after the most recent update?

[silver canyon]

So I’m finally starting a stalker 2 play through. Been hooked on gamma for a while. Any suggestions for some good quality of life mods? Or just some must haves as of right now?

[abstract lagoon]

Maklanes overhaul

Fukken uh.... something that slows the day/night cycle, and something that reduces repair cost

[bronze urchin]

Here's my list

Really like Oxide's mod; gives you a ton of flex with the weapons

[abstract lagoon]

Oh yeah oxides is good

[bronze urchin]

Maklane's Better Zone is a great catch-all

[abstract lagoon]

Readable ammo is good too

[bronze urchin]

Also, play with Russian Audio and English Subs

English Dubs are terrible lol

[abstract lagoon]

I also like a slight increase to carry weight. Like +20 pounds to 100

[abstract lagoon]

UKRAINIAN AUDIO, YOU PLEB

[bronze urchin]

Extended equip offers backpacks.

[bronze urchin]

OH SHIT MY BAD! I can't tell the difference and didn't know it was Ukrainian...

[abstract lagoon]

No worries lol.

[bronze urchin]

Nah, that's a pretty big fuckup.

[abstract lagoon]

Chornobyl, not chernobyl

Kyiv not Kiev, etc etc

[bronze urchin]

That said, the lips don't sync with the Ukrainian audio, because they move as if they're speaking English, but it's not that noticeable.

[abstract lagoon]

I think they try to do some procedural lip syncing for ukrainian, but it's not very good

[bronze urchin]

Now that you mention it, Strider's mouth is moving to the Ukrainian, so maybe the cutscenes move to the English?

[silver canyon]

Nice thanks guys I’ll take a look into them all

[bronze urchin]

One thing to note: the SimpleModLoader on mine is solely for the Console commands.

Cause you know, noclip; spawn at/to character; spawn critical quest item that fell through the map....

[limpid nest]

should I extract these paks here? or should I just leave them as is?

[bronze urchin]

That should work, but add a ~ infront of "Mods"

[limpid nest]

okay, but why?

[bronze urchin]

so it should be \Paks~Mods

No clue. I assume it's because that's how the modding community has generally coded their stuff?

[limpid nest]

like this?

[bronze urchin]

Yup

[limpid nest]

alright thanks!

[bronze urchin]

Sure thing; enjoy gaming

[crimson arch]

guys i accidently looted my whole inventory box

[wary orbit]

now you got 2 games for the price of 1

https://tenor.com/view/retro-tetris-game-gif-17446542

[west moth]

[nimble mango]

Welp, that was fun, but I won't be going back to S2 unless the DLC is the most compelling thing on this side of the moon. Or at least more compelling than Cyberpunk's Phantom Liberty

[west moth]

[fallen phoenix]

STALKER 2 IS SSSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHIIIIIIIIIIIIITTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT

[pseudo falcon]

anyone saw this or am i late?(like always)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjXtJoyu4VM

[tall current]

hell yeah

looks promising

[fast valley]

I just never bother watching any video with a thumbnail or title like that

[humble hedge]

So I promised some of you I would post an update on Stalker 2 FPS/Performance after I finished my new rig so here we go:
9800X3D + RTX 4090 + 32Gb DDR5 6000Mhz EXPO-enabled + 2TB Gen 4 M.2

Stalker 2 running at 4K resolution, everything at Ultra, Using DLSS Quality with no frame gen: I'm getting 90-100 fps, minimal to none artifacting, input lag is non-existent and the game feels sharp and snappy. All in all a huge difference compared to my previous 5800X3D. Happy to answer any questions on game specs or hardware. Good hunting Stalker

[tall current]

good rig, good picks man, game wont be an issue for you methinks

[humble hedge]

Thanks fren

[tall current]

any stuttering at all?

[humble hedge]

No stuttering so far, not even in high pop areas. Obviously FPS takes a bit of a hit in Rostok though.

I tried enabling DLSS Frame Gen and it's pretty much the same experience as Non-frame gen but with a lot more fps. Input lag is still not noticable.

[tall current]

thats neat, i get around 80-90 with my 4080S and i9 14900kf. i do have some stutters at times but nothing major, also running on epic 4k and dlss quality, no frame gen

though the stuttering is kinda weird i think it's fair to assume that it's the games fault

[humble hedge]

Yep for sure. I hope they are able to optimize the game going forward.

[tall current]

but yeah, i can definitely notice some input lag with frame gen enabled lol

[humble hedge]

The input lag is the worst bit, at least for me. It makes combat very difficult. I'd take lower FPS over input lag any day of the week.

[tall current]

im fine with above 70 fps as long as the game looks good and plays smooth

frame generation just washes out the entire screen i can't stand it even in with the huge performance boost

[humble hedge]

Yep 100%

[ancient flicker]

im act the luckiest person

first time using the hilka i find a thunderberry
sells for 140000

just need a radiation absorbing artifact

[humble hedge]

Or a led-lined artifact container via armor upgrade, nice find!

[ancient flicker]

oh yeh i did upgrade that i tihnk on my seva suit

if you want good artifacts go scientist helicopter in rostok

[true yew]

It doesn't sell for 140K, around 17% of it's inv price

So, maybe 24K if I'm not wrong

[ancient flicker]

cant i go to the scientist at either malachite or the mobile base in yantar if its still there?

i thought it was like stalker hoc where diffrent buyer mean diffrent prices

[true yew]

No, not really. They would buy it from you at a higher price if it's a fetch quest

[ancient flicker]

eh im probably gonna keep it anyways, like being able to run for ages

[true yew]

Got 30K from 36K when the fetch item was a rare artifact (reward is based on radiation/rarity im not sure)

[ancient flicker]

yeh makes sense

[true yew]

https://tenor.com/view/how-do-we-tell-him-mr-krabs-spongebob-meme-spongebob-meme-gif-24063814

[ancient flicker]

ono

[bronze urchin]

https://tenor.com/view/angry-congrats-kid-congratulations-nice-gif-11565253382391449339

[true yew]

It's not like in the OG, no more infinite running

[ancient flicker]

yeh it doesnt actually deacrese amount of stamina used it just makes the replenish alot faster

[true yew]

But it does nerf the poppy field

[bronze urchin]

Was endurance/stamina supposed to drop during Poppy Field?

[ancient flicker]

also whats the faction with a green patch that has a boar on it

i forgor

[true yew]

I think you're referring to freedom
It's not a boar on the patch, it's a wolf (yes, they are furries canonically-)

[ancient flicker]

ah thanks thought they attacked me but it was military

[bronze urchin]

Making me realize my choice to get rid of the Freedom suit for Zircon was a good choice.

[true yew]

Now replace the Zircon for the Diamond
For the Monolith

[bronze urchin]

In like...30 hours sure

[true yew]

You can get it anytime and it's free

[bronze urchin]

It is just hidden behind the Compiling Shaders wall

[true yew]

This means the Monolith deems you unworthy of being its chosen

[bronze urchin]

Good. Buncha crazy zombies.

[shell cosmos]

would anyone know a mod for stalker 2 that has unlimited map markers?

[elfin pecan]

are the memory leaks still bad in stalker 2?

[bronze urchin]

My monitoring stayed steady for 1hr45min of gameplay just now. Haven't seen any leaks in recent playthroughs

Unless you're talking about GPU; can't really speak to that since I've got 24gb and it looks like the load is constantly under 99%

[fallen phoenix]

The one in Rostock is pure cancer.

[true yew]

So I did the tutorial again, but instead of meeting Richter...
A bunch of bandits took one of my kidneys and my gall bladder, ffs

[tall current]

how are we doing with fps in big settlements?

[obsidian thistle]

i think the text on the freedom patch confuses people who dont know how to pronounce cyrillic characters

also doesnt help that the devs call it svoboda in the game files and volya on the patch

and meanwhile in english those two things are separated into "freedom" and "liberty"

so yeah. BOAR

[wicked adder]

Did you say thank you?

[abstract lagoon]

No, he said, "put it back"

[wary orbit]

Aight time to break my Spaghetti in half and make my famous ketchup sauce

[wicked adder]

What is that, bait for Italians?

[wary orbit]

Nah if i wanted to bait italians i'd mention Pineapple

[west moth]

[icy tide]

i got a compass and liquid rock on my veteran playthrough it was bussin

[west moth]

https://joaniesimon.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Cheesy-Pineapple-Pizza-Dip-Joanie-Simon-1.jpg

[wanton arch]

does anyone know how to use herbata's mod-as-dlc loader? I cannot for the life of me figure out what exactly it wants me to do.

@arctic pine are you the herbata in question? help a brother out?

[arctic pine]

yeah whats up

[wanton arch]

as I said, I am not sure how to use your tool. It says to select the game directory but idk which part? like which level of the directory should I select?

[bronze urchin]

are you on Gamepass?

[arctic pine]

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 Heart of Chornobyl

[wanton arch]

GoG

[arctic pine]

the main one that has these files:

[wanton arch]

I don't have a file path with that in the name. My file path is as follows: E:\GOG Galaxy\Games\STALKER2\Stalker2\Content\Paks~mods

[arctic pine]

so it's STALKER2

in your case

[wanton arch]

ok done

[arctic pine]

[wanton arch]

erm

[arctic pine]

you dont have any mods installed that make use of this tool

or you installed them wrong

[wanton arch]

ah so I have to put them in the mod folder before I use the tool

I hvan't done that yet so that would make sense.

[west moth]

[glad socket]

does the game still shit itself during the duga boss fight?

[late kernel]

Does the game still look and run like shite?

[wary orbit]

404 diarrhea not found

[west moth]

[timber zenith]

Yes, I just had the out of video memory crash in rostok again.... I stop playing this crap until they fix their damn game

[tall current]

peeps

big settlements give me an annoying performance drop, any fix for this

[molten orchid]

Alright well, encountered a game crashing bug. Everytime I talk to Hamster and begin trading, my games crashes to desktop. It only happens in this instance

EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION

[west moth]

[wanton arch]

@arctic pine man I've been working at this since the last time I messaged you and I've gotten nowhere

not sure what the fuck I'm supposed to do

[arctic pine]

you selected the wrong folder

E:\GOG Galaxy\Games\STALKER2 is what you should be selecting

[wanton arch]

ok that worked

[lunar gyro]

pesky nullptr

[light quail]

https://tenor.com/view/my-disappointment-is-immeasurable-and-gif-20080022

[west moth]

[wanton arch]

what a self righteous bitch

[wicked adder]

His gun ain’t so bad though

Shame you can’t take the gun, shoot him in the face and then turn in the quest

[storm crown]

I just manually throw mods in the ~mods folder. I have heard rumors of people gettings custom MO2 and Vortex working but idk how

[bronze urchin]

How often do you all hit q/e by accident and spend your Quickuse item?

[storm crown]

where can i find this mag for the dnipro?

I dont see it on the wiki

[wanton arch]

maybe its a 556 dnipro with the 556 extended mag?

curvature looks wrong for that tho

[ionic narwhal]

Skif and his PM is like Axe and getting knocked out at this point

[storm crown]

yeah i dont see that mag listed for the dnipro on the wiki but its in the gun... https://game8.co/games/STALKER-2-Heart-of-Chornobyl/archives/487038

btw these equipment mods are really taking shape now

[tacit mortar]

Anybody know of a revamped survival mode mod? I always feel like I'm never needing to sleep, and hunger doesn't happen too often unless I drink a lot, etc.

[dusty dove]

for me thats real life

[ionic narwhal]

afaik Pillhead and Project Itemization make some changes. Afaik right now theres no big sweeping survival mod yet. Probably need the SDK for that.

[tacit mortar]

SDK is the mod kit, right?

If so, is there any time put on when it's supposed to release?

[ionic narwhal]

yeh, prob not gonna be released till after the DLC's. Whole game has to be finished still

[tacit mortar]

Yeah I've already put 200h in and played all but 1 ending so I'm just gonna put the game on hold until new dlc/modkit releases.

||Doctor/Skiff ending ftw||

[wanton arch]

I'm too stupid to figure out the equipment mod

but it looks great lol

[storm crown]

looking for a fix for the FSR ghosting, DLSS looks terrible so FSR is all i use

[split crown]

yeah I just don't use any optics other than scopes due to the horrible ghosting.

[storm crown]

That gun i couldn't find can only be unlocked through a specific campaign path i did not choose so i spawned it in with the console

someone on nexus will need to program and build these unlisted attachments for players

by gun i really just mean mag and laser on rail

[split crown]

really can't wait for the full set of modding tools to get released so people can start making standalone modpacks of STALKER 2; I just want the massive zone to explore as an open sandbox while I can spawn in as a random stalker and not as "Skif" with a linear path set before me like as such in default STALKER 2.

[storm crown]

People are publishing some on nexus community but they may break things and can easily be out of date at this rate

[atomic kestrel]

There's a safe in a shipping container near the destroyed bridge near wild island. The safe has a key you need to take off a corpse, and it's protected by chemical anomalies so I figured it was in for something good but it's just a low tier stash. Is there something else hidden around there? I didn't see anything

[wary orbit]

cheats 🙄

[storm crown]

yeah, i dont want to start a new game just to get a gun

[wary orbit]

hey you do you i'm just filling in for @warped monolith

[storm crown]

I dont think i could finish the game if i wanted to, Everyone despawns in the endgame scene leaving me trapped in a room

Just had a radioactive Cat try to control my mind and kill me in Prypiat, never seen this before

[wary orbit]

and all it wanted was Cheezeburger

https://tenor.com/view/cheese-gif-5775979070500277075

[storm crown]

human cheezeburger

[wary orbit]

They should make a cross between psydodogs and these cats

https://tenor.com/view/catdog-gif-21648486

[tranquil flame]

seems like a lot of mods with solid potential have come out, how things feeling these days?

[icy tide]

games still buggy as fuck but mods make it tolerable gameplay wise

currently my notes don't play at all and the front door at malachite is locked but other than that its alright

[wicked adder]

If you side with Spark you just get locked out forever

[icy tide]

ive barely done the main quest on my second playthrough but i did notice that on my first

[proud ruin]

Stalker 2: anomaly - release 2050

[true yew]

Ah, the foreshadowing

I think the song is "Don't tell mom I'm in Chechnya" right?

[broken hawk]

still no alife right

[covert eagle]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdQG5NZ66kQ

[languid turret]

Finished the game yesterday. Did I like it? Yes. Am I as fond of it as SoC and CoP? Not really. Did anyone ask? Nope but what the hell...

[true yew]

W-What the fuck?
Why does it have a quest mark-

OH, this was the guy who kept getting shanked

[split crown]

Yea idk how or why, but for some reason cats are SUPER OMEGA tanky and annoying in STALKER 2 because of ??? reasons.

[split crown]

https://tenor.com/view/mike-o'hearn-real-brainfog-gif-7666610795160025826

[molten osprey]

I mean its the first time they appear in a official game, there is no comparison to be made

maybe thats what was intended back then in soc, but never made it to the game

[split crown]

Maybe, but from what little I recall of them being talked about in the older games, idk why they're like minibosses if not more-so in S2

[molten osprey]

idk just the voices annoyed me, but thats something i fight irl all the time so meh

mutants tanking 20 shells is just the default for me now

[true yew]

Is this on veteran?

[split crown]

Tbh I thought the voices I was hearing was just a glitch lmao. I use Ukrainian audio, but there weren't any subtitles provided from what I saw while I encountered the one cat I did find and kill. So no clue what they were even saying.

[split crown]

Yea my playthrough is on veteran. I even use the Better Ballistics mod so all weapons deal significantly more damage.

[split crown]

Yeaaaaah. With Better Ballistics, at least, a flesh will die from 2-3 buckshot rounds to the face.

[molten osprey]

think lore technical it depends where you encounter the cat. if you see corpses around its implied that the cat replays the voicelines of the fallen around him, or in other words, the people the cat probably killed

[split crown]

That would be interesting

[molten osprey]

"Better Ballistics"? What is this magic? I played on xbox

[covert eagle]

F

[split crown]

One of the few weapon overhauls out there on the STALKER 2 nexus lol

[molten osprey]

cant really tell you either since i played on ukrainian as well, for atmosphere reason and because the english dub sounds so goddamn dumb

I think V and Skif have the same VA but thats it about being a good dub

[true yew]

"See-field"

[split crown]

Ah man. I can't even bare putting the EN audio back on when I was first trying it out in the Lesser Zone.

Uncanny valley as hell sounding voices.

[true yew]

The bayun has human vocal cords, or so they say. That's why it can reproduce voices

[split crown]

Ooooh

[molten osprey]

not even that, it just doesnt sound right. Mercs having english radio voice lines in gamma feels right, everyone who is russian and ukrainian talking english not so much

[split crown]

Agreed. The mercs are meant to be a mix of people from all over the place, so it makes sense there'd be some English speakers part of their grp.

[true yew]

Imagine you hear a mexican merc threatening you from afar

[split crown]

AYY PENDEJO; IT'S MODELO TIME! chucks molotov modelos at you

[true yew]

Tuco gon wrestle chimeras as a passtime

[molten osprey]

yeah had this discussion in this channel some time ago, mercs only speaking ukrainan or russian wouldnt make sense. hell im pretty sure 99% of mercs in ukraine rn dont speak the language

[split crown]

Luchadores in the zone

[split crown]

Wouldn't surprise me

[molten osprey]

Talked to a lad who was there for a few months, i asked him how communication goes. He just said the buddy next to you will know if you need a mag, if you speak french or spanish or english doesnt matter. Mercs simply dont have to learn the language, its just a job for them after all.

but he also said you obviously catch up stuff, we can get used to anything

[split crown]

100%. I'm sure you pick up on key words and phrases after being there for some time. Byeah, visual cues can go a long way aside from language barriers being an issue.

[molten osprey]

Yeah you also get used to the sound of it. I once had a russian girl and i sometimes could tell what they said to each other just by the sound of it and it massively confused them

[split crown]

Audio/verbal inflections eh? I get what you mean.

Can kinda get the gist of a foreign conversation based on the emotion people put behind their words.

[fallow pivot]

nah not the same

[molten osprey]

yeah and the fact i would like to learn russian so i understand a few words and im pretty good on putting context together

[warped monolith]

my number one fan

[wary orbit]

no u

[west moth]

[wary orbit]

Katzen dünsten!

[split crown]

are you just unable to aim with the gp-25's iron sight, or is my game bugged?

[solid ibex]

yeah you can only hipfire em, same with the M203

[split crown]

whack. Thanks tho

[wary orbit]

you can rocket jump with them though

[split crown]

Also kinda wondering why this upgrade seemingly does nothing for the Tourist suit even though I think it should be another artefact slot?

[true yew]

It Lead-fies one of your containers, protects you from any rads in that slot

[split crown]

Oooooooooooooh I see. Thank you!

That's pretty handy

[true yew]

Yeah, unfort you can't lead all of your slots iirc

[split crown]

Still, better than nothing, and at least now I know that's what it means

[golden hazel]

more like numbercht onen fannenliken

[gray sail]

Any goods mods out there, that fixes lightning?

[storm crown]

haven't seen any yet

[strange heath]

God collects eventually

[sweet wolf]

Is there mod that removes total carry weight cap without raising the base carry weight?

[manic thorn]

Hello

[tropic fiber]

Всем ку

[alpine swan]

hi folks, I have 3 stashes in the generators(?) I guess. Can I take these without Down Below (point of no return)?

[light sequoia]

Since stalker 2 keeps stuttering for me, do you guys recommend me playing gamma first until they fix stalker 2?

I never played the old stalker games

[west moth]

Holy shit ofc play the old games

[abstract lagoon]

Dumb question

[west moth]

Maybe try using some community bug fixes like zone reclamation project, nothing too radical. Gamma might be better after playing vanilla

[abstract lagoon]

Yes. Play the old games

[west moth]

There are no dumb questions, ask away

[wary orbit]

Challenge Accepted

[west moth]

The OG games are so old, a lot of gamers will never have played them

[west moth]

YOU are the exception that proves the rule

[wary orbit]

rude

[west moth]

'twas just a cheeki breeki jokey

[light sequoia]

no such thing as a dumb question

[west moth]

Oh just how i know to make friends 😭

[abstract lagoon]

Incorrect

[light sequoia]

pixeldrain or mediafire for faster download?

[golden hazel]

Play Clear Sky, Join Deuty, WE HAVE A HUGE RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECC DA WORLD FROM DA ZONE

[west moth]

Join Mutants

[warped monolith]

idk the 'licking' doesn't sound all that enticing

[golden hazel]

We have a huge responsibility to protect the zone from random loners in jackets

[warped monolith]

parallel universe stalker

[hollow basin]

Found a bug where scar awmill cutsene doesnt play

[molten orchid]

Is there a way to modify any of the games files to fix the flashlight brightness volumes instead of using a mod

[somber ravine]

can't wait in couple years stalker 2 will have modded in true open world experiance with factions

[molten orchid]

What file do I need to edit to change this dollar store flashlight into a fucking surefire flashlight

[somber ravine]

of course as long devs implement A-life fully

[warped monolith]

only idea I can suggest is trying to contact the mod author and ask him how he did it

[ionic narwhal]

does the businrss with owl quest repopulate? ive been gone a bit and he still doesnt offer any quests

[nova wadi]

yea known issue

hopefully next patch fixes that one

[bronze cairn]

Has the most recent patch significantly improved the game? I stopped after mutants would constantly pop in, and stalkers I saw only shortly before would disappear.

[ionic narwhal]

this on the edge defend zalissya quest is so bonked out, i have two warlock npcs now

gaffer didnt even do the radio transmission for the second wave

[bronze urchin]

Dude, I'm just doing that and I got 4 psydogs and 2 bloodsuckers that spawned in the village.

I just sat on the roof and threw nades.

[ionic narwhal]

yeh i had pack of dogs and two psy dogs

[bronze urchin]

It's so frustrating that they're like, "Here's 2 hours of gameplay. And no stashes/traders."

[ionic narwhal]

lmao yeh, the stash should be in the assembly hall now

lens name changed to vasko coachman

[bronze urchin]

It was, but Lens is not accessible.

[ionic narwhal]

also rip dracula, i couldnt save him. has anyone been able to save the Koly Green loner at Eastern Checkpoint, coming from SIRCAA

[ionic narwhal]

yeh its after the quest

[ionic narwhal]

trying to do like the good old days and im at the point where it says talk to prof lodochk. im having the opposite bug that ive seen everyone have, after i free him and shut the emitter down, he stays in the shelter camp, i did the zalissya defense, went to sleep, and he still hasnt spawned back in the lab. any tips

[marble escarp]

Any news or expected release of the official modding api?

[ionic narwhal]

brother we have like two dlcs and a whole game to finish, theyre not going to release that for a while,

[marble escarp]

Next year for dlc?

[warm crag]

2 dlc?

[gilded quarry]

ngl it's kinda hard to play Stalker 2 after GAMMA. I know GAMMA is not official and GSC has no obligation to make it more like GAMMA, but I just feel so many features are missing and of course ALIFE being broken sucks

really sucks we need to wait years before some big mods can be made, and I miss all the weapons and attachments from the Anomaly modpacks...

[pliant nebula]

because its a whole different game lmfao

stalker 2 was never gonna be like stalker gamma, its good in various other ways compared to eachother, hence why stalker 2 has amazing cutscenes and story development, while having shit and not exciting gunplay, whilst gamma has a shit story/shit story development, but has better gunplay, and has more life in the zone

[digital plume]

amazing cutscenes? ... i watched a story summary ... like in 80% of the cutscenes skif gets punched in the face ... it was kinda annoying after some time to watch ... like for real again?!?!?

[pliant nebula]

story summary lmfao, its very different when you play the game cause you know exactly what the context is, and alot of the cutscenes are variables, changes on your choices

and yes, the cutscenes are actually incredible, the voice acting, animations, etc

[wanton arch]

Same here, played for 30 minutes and logged off in a hope for better gunplay, economy, etc…

[pliant nebula]

gunplay could use some work in terms of hp pools, the economy is completely fine with the mutant loot mod, its kinda fire ngl

ofc you need a good pc to run it and have fun, but hopefully they optimize it upon full release

[digital plume]

there iss a quite famous mod for jagged alliance 2 called 1.13 - which has many features the base game had not - problem iss that with a new game peoples expectations where always based on that mod, so it was quite impossible to create a worthy successor
jagged alliance 3 was released and even the devs of the 1.13 mods said its a worthy successor - because its a sucessors to the basegame and for that it was good
i think the same logic should apply to stalker 2 and stalker gamma

[pliant nebula]

stalker 2 has way less jank, jank that cant be fixed in CoP with mods, stalker 2 is going places fs

[gilded quarry]

well it is a newer game by 15 years lol. I definitely do have high hopes for the game in few years once the SDK comes out

[pliant nebula]

my point exactly

[gilded quarry]

I simply prefer the more hardcore survival with realistic tactical gameplay of GAMMA

[pliant nebula]

realistic is wild

[gilded quarry]

while I definitely enjoyed my time with stalker 2, I don't feel the drive to go back to it with ALIFE being broken and the free roam not good

there's just a lack of a feeling of living world like GAMMA where you can constantly get new quests, and feel the NPCs and factions all doing their own things

[pliant nebula]

Alife got fixed somewhat, and a few mods, Shays, and "Alife uh.. found a way" makes it just that

i would suggest going for another ending with some added mods

[gilded quarry]

eh, just played a bit more today, when to pripyat and like 5 monolith guy were all standing right next to each other in a room, didn't even react properly to one of them being shot

[pliant nebula]

agreed, the quests is a bit vague though, SUPER repetitive

[pliant nebula]

mods fix that from my knowledge

[gilded quarry]

I'm using Shay's Living Zone

[pliant nebula]

https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/1122 add this on top

[gilded quarry]

kk, will try it, thanks.

[pliant nebula]

theres another mod i use that makes mutants pretty damn common, it adds alot more life and supplements the mutant loot mod

[gilded quarry]

roadside rage or smt like that?

I thought it conflicts with shay so I didn't use it

[pliant nebula]

https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/1098?tab=posts

[gilded quarry]

one thing that kinda sucks about modding right now is how so many of the mods are incompatible

[pliant nebula]

use the auto merger

its what i use and it works wonders

[gilded quarry]

it doesn't work for some of the bigger mods as it will break them apparently

[pliant nebula]

havent had a issue, maybe it does and i havent noticed it

[trim totem]

hey stalkers

look at this dude

[chrome leaf]

Hi everyone, i have a little request/suggestion considering a more realistic combat experience and resource/ammo management

I havent found any mod doing it, and in real life when weapon reloading before emptying the slot, player should lose the remaining sloted ammo, just as in real life.

it's just unrealistic for a person to fire 10 rounds from a 30 cartridge slot and reload and not lose those 20 bullets remaining in the trashed slot he just threw to the ground while fast reloading in the middle of combat.

just my 2 cent on a realistic shooting experience, a suggestion and a request, as it will make combat a LOT more realistic, just as irl when reloading, adding the need for real ammo management and rational use of reloading.. no more arcade fps style combat and ammo management.

Thank you.

[clever sigil]

Ah well, when the mod tools will come, the guy who made magazines mod for Anomaly will probably also do it for Stalker 2.

[wary nimbus]

Leaked build vs release version comparison. It seems that they had cut most of the trees at the locations. A bit shame since now, the Zone looks like a field with only few trees placed in. Propably made for optimization reasons but still, maybe modders will make the map more dense in terms of foliage in the future

[manic thorn]

здраствуйте судари и сударыне

[wanton arch]

[plucky sundial]

Deffinitely will.
Hell if they could do it for fxcking GTA V, they sertainly can for this

[warped monolith]

[west moth]

[glossy hedge]

bro when are they going to announce stalker 3 already 🥱

[warped monolith]

in 15 years

[potent blaze]

I can't stand Stalker 2. It just feels so... stripped and bare.

I feel like Xbox pushed them to make it more 'accessable' for 'modern gamers'. When the whole point of stalker was that it was hardcore and niche.

[warped monolith]

niche, yes.
Hardcore?

[potent blaze]

Just don't feel the same. I'd prefer Anomaly and G.A.M.M.A than Stalker 2 any day

[potent blaze]

Well I mean- It just had more interest and depth than Stalker 2

[warped monolith]

and there we have it lmao

[potent blaze]

I mean, am I wrong?

Stalker 2 feels so bare bones :T

[warped monolith]

You're comparing it To anomaly and Gamma instead of the OGs

the original games were anything but hardcore

[potent blaze]

Yeah but even then the Original Stalker games were at least a LOT less hand holding

I had to disable my Ui in Stalker 2, and even then the annoying Weapon Wheel just pissed me the fuck off.

[warped monolith]

weapon wheel can be entirely ignored

you can swap weapons with the number keys, use underbarrel stuff with B, use quickslot consumables with Q and E or whatever keybind you set

[potent blaze]

I just don't like Stalker 2 man

I was excited for a good bit, but... eh.

[warped monolith]

It's fine if you don't like it but you're complaining about non-issues

[potent blaze]

I'm just saying that the OGs felt better to play

[warped monolith]

the ogs... or gamma?

[potent blaze]

Mf

I will stab you >:V

[frozen flame]

should i end my haiatus on stalker 2 and get back into my playthrough or keep waitin on stuff to be patched like the first little town area monolith thingy

[sage wolf]

Got me a new word but this morning

[sage wolf]

Fr it sounds like most of that was gamma stuff

[sage wolf]

That’s supposedly patched (still broke for me) but it is the most broken thing in the game. Besides that I’ve had zero issues

[warped monolith]

It'll never not be funny to see people complain about stalker 2 while mentioning shit from anomaly/gamma

[sage wolf]

That’s because most gamma players didn’t even bother with the trilogy and consider gamma the stalker standard (:

[frozen flame]

honestly i prolly wanna get back into it regardless cause i kinda just gave out on it bc i played it so much in the first few weeks of release

i also prolly quit bc i kept fucking up the weird water artifact i did it so easy first run now i cant

[sage wolf]

I’ve been grinding a bit since the game came out, but I’ve definitely been taking my time to play other stuff too. Been playing a lot of marvel rivals. My save currently has about 3 days of playtime in game (: I haven’t burned out at all. The game is just so fun

[frozen flame]

ive been playing my other addiction again instead of stalker 2

and im on my 2nd playthrough which doesnt rlly help bc i gotta help spark and do achievements which kinda ticks me off

i dont agree with half the factions and i gotta play through them to get achievements

[sage wolf]

Idk why I’m asking here cuz this probably ain’t the kinda game that jives with the ppl here but if any of yall do play Rivals shoot me a pm im always down to play 😄

[chrome leaf]

Nice

[sage wolf]

Gonna see if this father valerian guy is here but if I remember he’s a pre order content thing

[tacit mortar]

Yeah like people swearing that the full pda message system and repair kits and shit were in vanilla

And as soon as they're called out on it it's either "Uh no, I swear it's in vanilla" or "It should be in vanilla anyways" lol

[clever sigil]

Stalker 2 is a downgrade, its missing so many things.

Lists out all the stuff added by the mods

[tacit mortar]

https://tenor.com/view/strelok-gif-26242052

[clever sigil]

Would love a DLC that would let us replay the trilogy story in the S2 map

[sage wolf]

I do miss things about the vanilla PDA tho

[hollow basin]

Idk the locations are too changed like in CoP you shuld go from zaton, to te burnt forest and later to fucking pripyat

[clever sigil]

The map does work.

Or do you think that just because you could Fast travel between two maps means that the locations are right next to each other?

#╓☢stalker2™-chat-not-gamma-keep-waiting message

They just need to add back in few of the locations like Limansk

And change few sidequests so they make sense with the new map.

Mainly the CoP bloodsucker lair

[tacit mortar]

Really hoping that's the first dlc

They're heavily hinting at it imo

[clever sigil]

We are going to find home for Ghost to live at

[hollow basin]

Its more on how the game manages fast travel i dont have a problem with that because i like to explore but the fact that normal stalker groups dont work as guides its such a downgrade from CoP

[sage wolf]

I miss the faction relations tab (would also be hella useful in S2 as wel) I miss the ranking tab (even tho it didn’t add anything substantial or any content, it just felt cool being able to keep track of and or hunt down the top 10 stalkers XD) and I also miss the thing where it would show you the amount of other PDA signals in the area but wouldn’t tell you anything else. So you didn’t know if they were hostile or friendly till you investigated. But when hostile it was a nice way to keep track of how many enemies left in a firefight. It made sense in lore too

[hollow basin]

If we take into acount the map that was promoted with the game there are a lot of locations cut from the game there even was a snow one

[clever sigil]

Yeah, back then the zone was less explored and more dangerous.

The ways to move trough were seecrets of the guides.

There is nothing saying they can't make anomaly/radiation walls etc.

[sage wolf]

I’m pretty sure the BS lair is in game don’t you visit it during a quest?

[clever sigil]

It is in the game, but its not in Zaton anymore.

[hollow basin]

And correct me if i am wrong but i remember in the trailers that there were bandits and a pseudogiant in rostok most probably a cut quest

[hollow basin]

Its in the burnt forest

[sage wolf]

Weird

[clever sigil]

You mean the renegades in red forest that have pet pseudogiant?

[hollow basin]

No. the one in the trailer where skif has a SVD and shots bandits from the arena tower

[clever sigil]

To be fair the old maps were more of "lets take these things And put them together to make it interesting"

So in that context it all worked.

The new map is meant to be closer to reality so they had to move some things around.

[clever sigil]

Ah ok

[sage wolf]

I like some aspects of the zone being “older” and more familiar and well explored to the people inhabiting it in S2, but others I’m not thrilled with. I think having some areas of unexplored mystery is nice for stalker

[heavy hedge]

Pretty sure the reason there aren't more PDA tabs is because they would be worthless until the actual features are implemented, what good is a faction relations tab when they're essentially static except for a pretty binary choice under very specific story-based circumstances (and factions not included in the choice remain static)? What good are statistics when offline NPCs are just recycled every 20 minutes? Etc. etc.

[stable brook]

chat do you think i'm a bit overstuffed to go on an expedition ?

[heavy hedge]

I'll grant you it's pretty odd that there's no journal entries tab for monsters, NPCs, anomalies, etc. especially considering GSC expected this to be the first STALKER game for many of its players

[sage wolf]

Well the relations tab could show you how close you are to achieving green rep with a faction which affects trading and repair costs. And for the ranking tab, it was similar in the old games

[heavy hedge]

Fair, although as far as I can tell in S2 it's also a binary between green/not, like once you do a specific side mission the base just "goes green"—it doesn't seem like there's incremental progress you can chip away at with side activities. I could be wrong though

[sage wolf]

Yeah there is. Because you can progress the rep even by killing roaming enemies around the faction hub. You also raise it by doing side activities. For example in Zaton I never got it to green via quests but after killing two groups of bandits attacking Sultansk, it became green for butcher and the guide there

[heavy hedge]

Interesting, alright. I never had that kind of experience but if it's there it's there

[sage wolf]

There’s also 4 colors so it’s not just either white or green which is nice

[hollow basin]

I find funny that doing the malachite defense quest gives you bad remp with them

[sage wolf]

It’s a good strategy to help get green at certain techies :3

[heavy hedge]

Yea I just always associated allegiances with story choices

Like, I've never not had Zalissya go green. Or maybe it's just due to how many quests are concentrated there in contrast to other areas of the map (where there are often only 1-2 side quests tops, if there are any at all unfortunately)

[sage wolf]

One thing that’s kinda buns in S2 is that the chemical plant is in SUCH a good, central location in relation to the map. But most ppl aren’t gonna side with them, and there’s no way to overtake that base. Sad haha

[heavy hedge]

Vastly preferred my ward run through ha

[hollow basin]

Idk its kinda lame at least i remember it doesnt have a trader

Just a technician

[heavy hedge]

Right outside the fence

near the power substation, it's a free stalker guy iirc

[sage wolf]

Interesting

[heavy hedge]

also a guide there

[sage wolf]

Siding with the Ward just seems counterintuitive to the stalker life so I didn’t, but I wish there was a base in a similar area. Plus Zalissya fucking breaks all the time I can’t travel there XD

[heavy hedge]

My first save I did with Spark, essentially, more or less by accident because I felt the same way but honestly Ward feels much more appropriate to me in context of Skif's character. Plus the characters associated with the Ward playthrough are vastly more interesting/sympathetic.
Ward playthrough my Zalissya didn't break, although I didn't realize you had to help the doc to save lens or whatever, so I technically saved the town but also it's still basically a smouldering crater anyway. But also who cares? Kinda? I get that people were upset the quest is broken for some still, but my first playthrough I just breezed past it anyway. Having done it, I have to wonder why anyone cared (beyond expecting the game to actually function anyway).

Like who gives a shit? Barely know any of these people lmao, not like you spend much time with any of them (although you might as well be married to them compared to how little time you spend with other "important" NPCs in the game too, Strider in particular it's like "hey" "oh ok seeya")

I probably sound a little sour, and I kind of am, although I enjoyed most of each of my playthroughs

Just feel like there are lots of missed opportunities. I expect very little from GSC with regards to fixing/improving/iterating elements of their game now that they've technically made money back, but that's just skepticism of all publishers/game developers—it would be nice to be wrong, and to see S2 elevated with further dedication.

And, you know, wherever GSC drops it modders are sure to pick it up. So it's just a question of where that line ends up being drawn

I'd probably put my enjoyment of the vanilla games as CoP>SoC>HoC>CS

Depending on what they do with further polish and prospective DLC, that might bump S2 up though

[bronze skiff]

Where is the mutant in the detention center in the mission a minor incident?

ive gone to the marker and nothing is there nd the area doesnt hilight yellow

[tacit mortar]

https://tenor.com/view/lotta-words-wow-thats-a-lot-of-words-not-reading-that-not-reading-wow-gif-26878516

[worthy arch]

that quest bugged for me too, probably because I had already run into one of the targets in an earlier quest -.- had to finish the game without completing it

[bronze skiff]

How??????

[worthy arch]

how I ran into the pseudogiant you mean? I was doing a quest for somebody at a nearby base that involved killing bandits, and it just showed up. I had to kill it lmfao

[bronze skiff]

no as how di you finish the game without completing it

also i cant remember killing any pseudogiants

[worthy arch]

I am talking about a sidequest for the young scientist hanging out with the drunk scientist, isn't that the name of the quest? maybe I mixed up

[worthy arch]

he wanted some collars from mutants

[bronze skiff]

yeah its the main mission

at the detentions center, its called a minor incident

[bronze skiff]

its after you talk to richter you get this quest

[worthy arch]

do you mean the chimera blocking the railroad tracks or something?

[bronze skiff]

i already killed taht

the quest points to the detention center in garbage, says there is a mutant there, i go to the marker yet nothing is there

[pallid mirage]

is there possibly a way to force the game to remove and replace spawned npcs to refresh inventories/drops? console?

[worthy arch]

yeah there should be one of those dogs that make illusions, doesn't spawn? :/

[bronze skiff]

bayun

and nope it doesnt spawn, where did it spawn for you

[worthy arch]

it has a beeping collar

[bronze skiff]

or wait psuedodog

[worthy arch]

yeah the target is one of those assholes that create illusory dogs

[bronze skiff]

nothing spawns, i already went to the dention center previously but im 99% sure it was a main mission

but i did a circle of the perimeter and nothing, ran thru the whole building and nothing

[worthy arch]

I had an hard time with main quests too -.- had to restart my first run because I wouldn't get the cutscene at my second meeting with Scar

game is broken rn

[bronze skiff]

the one at the sawmill?

[worthy arch]

yeah -.-"

[bronze skiff]

i had that too but a command fixed it

[heavy hedge]

https://tenor.com/view/epic-gif-spiderman-farts-farting-fart-gif-26232700

[worthy arch]

I did the console command but I still wouldn't get Scar to trigger his proper dialogue so I couldn't do the next mission

[bronze skiff]

rough

[worthy arch]

I restarted and somehow got there faster than the first time and with better gear tho

lucky for me I went with the least buggy ending of all

because of lore dumps lmao I lucked out