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

[finite needle]

God willing it will be

[remote eagle]

im playing with this mod and so far its really good https://discord.com/channels/912320241713958912/1390437561738203337

[finite needle]

btw the trailer is kinda sick. Of all things Stalker 2 could do well, cinematic was dead last on my list

[warped monolith]

other phrases are ok tho, like Alhamdulillah

[finite needle]

Yeah the fact that Alhamdulillah isn't censored makes me really understand WHY it was banned

I'm not trying others tho

Best thing Stalker 2 has? No battery needed for the exosuit

[odd plume]

I want batteries needed for flashlight

[warped monolith]

yay item and mechanics bloat

surely the best part of gamma

[finite needle]

6 different bands of cigarettes, but only 1 beer smh

[odd plume]

Its called "Resource management"

[kindred violet]

I'd be fine dealing with batteries for the flashlight if it actually was a good flashlight

[warped monolith]

sure it is buddy

[kindred violet]

You could do it akin to metro where you have a dim flashlight when "depleted"

[warped monolith]

yea current s2 flashlight could work as "the flaslight you have when no batteries"

[kindred violet]

Exactly

[warped monolith]

funny how they get even the most basic things wrong when compared to the originals

weak-ass flashlight, stamina isn't enough to sprint for half as long/far as you could in the original trilogy

(and they expect us to cover this whole game map, which is theoretically larger than the 3 OG maps combined, on foot)

[finite needle]

The stamina surely is a choice

[split crown]

No.

[odd plume]

Guess they wanted Stamina artifacts to be relevant, not sure it works like they intend it tho, it could be a lil extended sprinting

[peak meadow]

update? 5.2Gb?

[warped monolith]

welcome to UE5
every update makes the game have to redo packaged files

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qFxNZksiSw

[slim moth]

New Game Start, Oxa Prototype, start as a loner from the Duga and make your way to a hub was hell at first lol

i think NGS conflicts with the mutant looting tho. i feel like there needs to be a console command to enable it or something. maybe i need to go to lesser zone and talk to the old guy there to trigger it. not sure

[remote eagle]

im trying this one https://discord.com/channels/912320241713958912/1390437561738203337

and goddamit movement speed upgrades for armor is peak

[slim moth]

I tried infinite and it wasn't my cup of tea

[remote eagle]

so far it oneshot fest

for anomalies at least

[rotund glacier]

the changelog for NGS says that mutant loot should be enabled from the start

[slim moth]

i have not been able to loot a single mutant lol

[remote eagle]

what is ngs?

[warped monolith]

new game start

[remote eagle]

oh

[remote eagle]

[slim moth]

i'll reinstall lol

Like it SAYS that, but i personally had an issue with it lol

imma try this out too

[remote eagle]

i wonder is it gonna work with overhaul

[slim moth]

we shall see

[remote eagle]

time to cook my save it seems

[slim moth]

eureka! my mutant loot works!

[remote eagle]

that head worth a fortune

[slim moth]

mutant variety is peak

[remote eagle]

what mod is it?

[remote eagle]

[remote eagle]

ping me if u found any more good mods ty

[charred bramble]

so now mod tools are available, any great mods i should look at?

[sweet mica]

How do I launch stalker without triggering the update? I dont want to fuck up my current mods and i can do without it

unless, maybe most of them will work straight away? Idk dont wanna risk breaking save. its nothing gameplay related, just performance, UI, font, and trees. and animation

[nova lake]

turn off your wifi

[brave terrace]

Create exe shortcut with -steam launch option

[worldly merlin]

debating buying Stalker 2 or installing GAMMA ... as someone who enjoys games like TARKOV. do you think Gamma will be to much of dick kick

also never played any of the games before

[slim moth]

i'd say gamma is kinda easy compared to tarkov

but Stalker 2 vanilla is like, a looter shooter.

[worldly merlin]

im 35 years old so im a little picky when it comes to putting time into a new game

are there mods coming for stalker 2 that i will lead to something like GAMAA

[warped monolith]

not anytime soon. At least Grok himself (the main guy behind GAMMA) said he has no plans to make a gamma equivalent for Stalker 2

[warped monolith]

weird I think Tarkov is easier

or, I should say, less brutal.

[worldly merlin]

tarkovs hard to start but once decent its not so bad

Do i have my PDA right off the bat? im confused i set the key binds and cant pull up map or pda

[slim moth]

I could not get Tarkov down for the life of me. I managed to have a better time with SPT, but im so late on the gameplay loop.

[worldly merlin]

i just play it in PvE mode now due to cheaters

back to my map question tho.. do i get he PDA later from a quest? or is something not working right

[warped monolith]

well I suppose the fact that you lose your gear when you die does make it objectively harder than GAMMA, since you can just load a save there. (not counting iron man mode, of course)

[outer depot]

GAMMA is genuinely easy once you figure out your early game loop

you'll start adding shit to make it harder just because it becomes trivial to game the system

[worldly merlin]

So no you dont start with a map and pda?

[slim moth]

you definitely should

it's default. I make mine M for Map.

https://tenor.com/view/dora-themap-imthe-gif-22214617

[sweet mica]

I know I talk a lot of shit about S2 but as I'm playing it right now I am in love with the game

This performance mod makes it run so smooth. It is extremely immersive, especially with the dynamic weather mod and minimal HUD.

I was roaming around Yantar and through Wild to get to Rostok. Slowly walking around, hearing bloodsuckers, dodging bandit patrols, it's so fucking fun I cannot wait to see how modders can improve on this game.

With 3D PDA and expanded side missions/freeplay conent, this game will be so much better.

[odd plume]

In my 100 hours of Stalker 2 i have never found spoiled food. This has to be a patch addition right? Or am I dumb?

[kindred violet]

Never seen it in vanilla S2 personally

It's abundant in OXA Prototype but I don't think you're using that

[odd plume]

No, not using any mods that add new items whatsoever

I did a quest for Needle to put down "patients" and one of them had it on their body

[summer vapor]

it was in the cfg files

[kindred violet]

Huh, interesting

Spoiled food as rare as fresh loaves of bread

[frozen cradle]

Hello! Just started playing Stalker 2 today with mods.
And came across what I think must be a bug from OXA Prototype?
I can't heal Max Saturday in the 'Lost Boys' quest since all I have are Expired Medikits (which apparently don't count?), and all the other Medikit Ids (Army/Eco) only give the same Expired Medikits

So I'm not entirely sure what to do, since its kind of halting my play- and Im fairly certain removing OXA mid-play would screw up my save file

[willow skiff]

I remember you could google door codes back around launch. Was there some change that made it so you cant interact with the unlocking mechanism unless you actually found the code in-game?

[kindred violet]

Most likely you aren't clearing the healing threshold, i had to heal a wounded stalker multiple times for him to get up.
If you have no qualms with using the console in such situations, the quick start guide has commands for spawning med kits

[frozen cradle]

But all the ids in the quick guide just give me the same 'expired medikits' and it isnt letting me heal him with those at all.
It just shows 'no healing items' when I look at him rolling on the floor

[finite needle]

Alife would do ANYTHING to reach you if you're in the bubble, even climb a 7 story building infested with zombies

[kindred violet]

Then something seems to be not working properly ^^

Are you sure you installed it correctly?

Are you using any other mods that might conflict with it?

[frozen cradle]

-Issue resolved-

[remote eagle]

!hasalife

[fallen iron]

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[odd plume]

Im glad they fixed the Bloodsuckers spawning in safezones, and replaced them with Snorks instead. Way funnier

[remote eagle]

[sand saffron]

god damn i was rocking this game after the update for most of my shift at work from like 11-4 and then took a break to chill with the lady and when i got back on it wont even load past "setting up profile" just straight up takes a shit and crashes.

removed all mods, deleted all old saves, the whole shebang. anyone got any bright ideas or any similar experiences?

not normally one to post "help me" posts but god damn i am completely out of ideas haha, i have basically nuked every file in the game and it still wont start up. only thing i havent done is a complete reinstall because reinstalling 150 gigs sounds like a damn nightmare.

[kindred violet]

Have you verified game files?

[icy basin]

If no one got me, I know ALife got me

[tacit glacier]

Looks into the modding chat in official server
"Finally, wood AK"

[junior egret]

90 GB update???

[tacit glacier]

Blame pak files

They chunky.
Also
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3520391849&searchtext=

Bullets do damage, not weapons. Ammo now determines base damage, and weapons act as a modifier.

Weapons increase damage based on barrel length.

[junior egret]

so i have to download all of that? or is it gonna be done in less than 2 hours

[tacit glacier]

You have to download all of that, yeah.

[junior egret]

that's a bit retarded

[junior egret]

not pak files, my stalker 2 basically deleted itself, showing up as 26 gb on spacesniffer

a steam bug i guess

[tacit glacier]

[feral goblet]

Guys, give me a mod for immortal companions 👀

[remote eagle]

Stalker 2 has no companions

[wary nimbus]

https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/1483

He gonna upload it on SW too

[kindred violet]

I don't know if oxa is already doing something like this but it would be especially cool with the prototype where you can actually swap out barrels

[molten osprey]

[timid oyster]

This is creative as fuck

[wise zinc]

stalker 2 custom ps5 controller

[fast valley]

Oh that’s nice

Felt odd having a very clear ammo progression but weapons could use lower tier ammo and later ammo and still have different damage profiles irrespective of ammo just depending on where they were found along the main quest

[gentle dove]

The gameplay they show is definitely not ps5 lol

This shit is gonna have the worse draw distance

It’s gonna be like silent hill 2

[round hatch]

Can someone help and say how can i open house in clear sky base

[kindred violet]

Hardcore parkour

[round hatch]

Thank you

[sand saffron]

Yeah a few times.

Yesterday I basically nuked the entire content folder and reverified right before bed. I don’t think it’s gonna work and I’m thinking it’s a corrupted config or something but fuggit.

So weird it would run. Then didn’t add new mod or anything. Just sat down and booted it up again and it takes a shit haha.

[kindred violet]

i had that happen a few times but a verify fixed it for me :/

[remote eagle]

паркур

[wet sand]

there is a hole on the room on your right, if you go under the building there is a path to the other side of the stairs, after that, its just another day of bolt, parkour and a little bit of vodka

[wet sand]

once inside the main building just drop from the first hole you see, and don't forget to explore before going down, there are some... interesting data up there

hope this helps

[gentle dove]

Delete the document folder for the game

Am I the only one who can’t stand the English dub

[odd plume]

I just play on Ukrainian dub, don't know why I would ruin my immersion with English dub

[warped monolith]

[gentle dove]

If they had the accent i wouldn’t mind but damn

[remote eagle]

english dub more proffesional than ukrain tbh

[midnight ridge]

But it sounds goofy

[warped monolith]

they decided to go the Chernobyl tv show route

[kindred violet]

I understand what they were going for but I do personally prefer the ukrainian VA for the most part

[warped monolith]

instead of just having that extremely forced, almost comical slavic accent in 99% other games

[midnight ridge]

Honestly, I would play with Metro's dub where actors trying to say with russian accent and put a few russian words in dialogue lines

[kindred violet]

nothing can beat eng va scar tho

[midnight ridge]

Something like assassin's creed with Ezio

[midnight ridge]

When I was talking with genuine slavic people from Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, a part of them would talk with simmilar style

[remote eagle]

ukranian VA is something
strelok VA dont playing at all
when Scar VA OVERPLAYING his role

https://tenor.com/view/the-goat-gif-4115569673926897153

[warped monolith]

so they all sound like they got potatoes stuck in their throats?

anyway like I said they tried doing something similar that the Chernobyl tv show did. It's not for everyone

thank god for options

[gentle dove]

The acting from the English dub is bad lol

[midnight ridge]

it depends of country and of course part of the country

[gentle dove]

Sounds like they are reading off a script

[warped monolith]

the UA sounds even more like that. Monotones all over

[midnight ridge]

I work in the office of dairy factory, I prepare paperwork for truck drivers delivering dairy products and we've got lots of ukrainian drivers

[gentle dove]

They probably both sound like that but at least UA sounds better since idk what they are even saying

[midnight ridge]

Most of them sound like you've described it

[warped monolith]

lmao

[gentle dove]

Like honestly

[warped monolith]

"they sound better because I can't understand them"
every weeb using JP voiceovers in games

[gentle dove]

What

[midnight ridge]

And what's more funny, most of them clearly use russian instead of ukrainian

[gentle dove]

Idk if that was supposed to be diss or not but okay

[gentle dove]

Most of them probably grew up in the Soviet Union or right after

[midnight ridge]

Yeah, 30-50 years old

[gentle dove]

Very similar

It’ll be another 20 years until they start to refine it more

Unless yk…

[midnight ridge]

But yeah, it would be cool to have genuine "british" english dub and another with some kind of styling on ukrainian accent

[gentle dove]

Or just broken English with UA

[midnight ridge]

Exactly

[gentle dove]

I actually like when they mix it up a bit

“What’s up bro!” (Random freedomer)

[midnight ridge]

Oh, I've almost forgot when you meet black mercenaries who speak pure ukrainian

Honestly, foreigners should use english or just a mix

[gentle dove]

I think the theory is some of the mercs are cia affiliated

In CoP you can find a few mercs trying to prevent ecos from discovering a lab I don’t remember the details

Kinda a loose end in the story

[odd plume]

Mercs out there tryna cover up the Epstein files in Lab X69

Canon event, look it up

[summer vapor]

did you know that lamps can be broken in the mission where you need to get to the sphere

[gentle dove]

True

[sand saffron]

welp, i read this a bit too late, i nuked every single folder on my computer and im starting from scratch. download is showing 2 hours. wish me luck.

[sand saffron]

same here not sure why the hell it shit the bed this time especially with it running at some point and then not the other.

fuggit. we are going nuclear. full reinstall. which i hate doing with a fiery passion haha.

[sand saffron]

nope, same.

most the voice actors are good but god damn Skif is just so cool guy it just isnt working for me.

[lyric grove]

GUYS HOW DO I ENABLE 3D SCOPE SHADER IN GAMMA?

[kindred violet]

bro this is the stalker 2 chat

[remote eagle]

!topic

[fallen iron]

@lyric grove

S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2-related gameplay Discussions.

This channel WILL contain spoilers for this game. Spoiler tags are preferred, however not mandatory. Moderators do not want to sit in here and read every spoiler for some jokers sneaky n-word. By joining this channel you aknowledge that you can be spoilered. Be aware. If you want spoiler-free discussion, the official server surely has a channel for that. The official Stalker Discord is also for technical support for the game. This is a G.A.M.M.A-server, and not the S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2 tech-support. Furthermore:

• Any server rules apply to this chat aswell
• English-only
• Only S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2-related convertsations. #╟❓general-offtopic and #🎪bruh-fart still exist as channels, use them for anything offtopic or meme related
• Keep the screenshots and videos S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2-related channels.

[drowsy umbra]

awesome, since today my game crashes

with and without mods

has there been a hotfix?

[kindred violet]

1.5.1 yeah

[lyric grove]

WHAT?

[remote eagle]

[drowsy umbra]

but yesterday the game worked on my end

and today it isnt at all

[gentle dove]

F

Sometimes mods can alter doc files and fuck up the whole game

[drowsy umbra]

dafuq

[remote eagle]

matrix needs time to load

[drowsy umbra]

So I loaded an earlier savegame and it seems like the game fails to load the area properly on a savegame

so loading a savegame on Duga is not a good idea

[finite needle]

Interesting, I have loaded and continued a savegame straight from 1.3 and never had this kind of issues. Even found loot on mutants and shit

[ornate dust]

Someone knows why the HK416 replacer on nexus is gone

[finite needle]

My boy doing stretching

[gentle dove]

What’s yours specs my windows don’t look that good

[finite needle]

Intel Ultra 7 265K , 32GB ram D5, RTX 5070 12GB.

[undone vessel]

https://youtu.be/41jsmBqO6JM

[warped monolith]

I LOVE CLICKBAIT

[kindred violet]

have y'all ever seen the noontide guy from their roof go somewhere after that mission?

bro is on a mission rn in my game

[remote eagle]

i looked that modpack its mid

[kindred violet]

bro got stuck, damn

[remote eagle]

[warped monolith]

CRATE STUCK

https://tenor.com/view/counterstrike-csgo-door-stuck-knife-lit-gif-13501025

[remote eagle]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=461SLRAvseI

[kindred violet]

aww he's gone after the scripted emission

[remote eagle]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/437075103285772288/1382371897928319088/sad.gif

[sand saffron]

real quick, where are these files located? im not seeing anything in documents and after completely reinstalling this fuckin thing im like "okay...whats the fuckin deal" haha that tells me its gonna be something really stupid like a config file somewhere that is making it shit the bed.
i cleared the ENTIRE appdata folder (backed up my saves and controller configs) and yeah this shit is still acting a damn fool haha

sorry long replies also testing a keyboard as im using this so may as well rip a long ass comment.

[slim moth]

Duga mission?

[drowsy umbra]

yeah

coming from the ward side to go underground way into duga

[slim moth]

yup. You have to reload the game, get through a that certain section underground without dying and you'll be good

I had to do that on MHM Hardcore

[drowsy umbra]

lel

[slim moth]

so if you reload right there in that hallway, like restart the whole game it should pop back and you can start from there

[slim moth]

https://tenor.com/view/disgusted-tooth-guy-stalker-stalker-2-heart-of-chornobyl-chernobyl-gif-9172559518915644769

[slim moth]

https://tenor.com/view/stalker-gif-13248385

[brittle river]

hi people. i finally brought stalker 2

[warped monolith]

welcome

have fun

[slim moth]

just constantly break the game with mods and don't finish the game like a real STALKER

[brittle river]

i will do !

i just subscribe to vanilla+ collection mod on workshop

i will try it jajaja, bcs idk how to install mods from moddb

[slim moth]

HEP

[slim moth]

rivatuner

[elfin pilot]

I swear the tankiness of Monolith and certain things makes exploring Duga sometimes a fucking pain

also the aimbot that too

[warped monolith]

welcome to stalker it's been like that since SoC

[elfin pilot]

is there a way to turn down foliage?

man why Capt Senkevych is just from Texas

[elfin pilot]

man the Duga mission is still ass

[waxen turtle]

Praise be the monolith

[golden hazel]

https://tenor.com/view/stalker-stalker-tv-stalker-build-tv-stalker-build-build-gif-3756457842748169719

[willow skiff]

mods installed...time to test the game doesnt break 🙂
Installed Standard OXA cause I wanted to use modular hard mode mod which specifically wants you to install Standard OXA not Prototype

🤞

no crashes, audio was muted during the intro cutscene but came back once I was out of it. Seems to be working fine 🙂

[willow skiff]

This is annoying... I finished the tutorial and exhausted Richter's dialogue options. He gave me the standard items and I also received these two which seem to be a part of Modular Hard Mode mod however I dont know why their names and descriptions are messed up. I installed it according to the guide

[kindred violet]

Localisation go brr

Seems like you have conflicting localisation files.
Most likely some mod is overriding the proper one or there's some compatibility actions you missed

[willow skiff]

yea, I'm checking now

reinstalled everything manually instead of with vortex. Hope to fix it

hmm, well I'm still getting the same thing with the those items names but now I'm also getting the "whats new" text on the main menu and the text that appears during shader loading and game loading to appear all wonky

[remote eagle]

u know MHM dont work on 1.5 u playing at 1.4?

[odd plume]

There is community localization patches. Without that you'll always have that issue

[remote eagle]

[remote eagle]

[proud ruin]

Stop leaking my gameplay

[tacit glacier]

Modding is going fine.
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1387353128268988519/1393067867313803375/S.T.A.L.K.E.R._2__Heart_of_Chornobyl_2025-07-11_08-11-45_-_Trim.mp4

Source: GSC Discord S2 Modding chat

[finite needle]

Sidorovich sex mod is just a matter of time

[remote eagle]

wake me up when they turn stalker 2 into dating sim

[outer depot]

Anyone who plays Ready or Not knows where this will end up

[devout flame]

Do different venders give more money for different types of items?

[odd plume]

Yes

[devout flame]

Who should I sell artifacts to?

[remote eagle]

any normal trader

BUT NEVER TO BARKEEPS

[rugged bolt]

Is there any good modlists I’m planning on modding the shit out of stalker 2

[finite needle]

I'll give one year until stalker 2 gets the umamusume treatment and everyone is an anime girl

[remote eagle]

Boar-chan baaaka dont charge on me

[golden hazel]

Fuck that, we need Skeefa hitting the Scar-Skeefa Kamehameha

https://tenor.com/view/ssj2-gohan-sparking-zero-dragon-ball-father-son-kamehameha-dragonball-gif-3546837251674074281

[remote eagle]

full Skeefafication of zone

[golden hazel]

Absolute Skeefnema

[warped monolith]

scar talked about the shining zone... but he doesn't know about the skeefa zone

[remote eagle]

i need that faust from one of the endings remade to Absolute Skeefnema meme its gonna be peak

[warped monolith]

when it comes to mods, I kinda think this game would benefit from a full sandbox/warfare mode, but that is probably gonna be a very difficult undertaking
... assuming the engine is even capable of handling it, of course

[golden hazel]

Clear Sky 2

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1306683555488862319/1351304623406714971/SKEEFA.gif

[remote eagle]

we need time so mods could cook

[warped monolith]

but it'd be cool if you could start the game as an entry-level grunt in any faction, rise up the ranks, gain command of your own squad, outfit their gear alongside yours and just stomp around the zone claiming areas for your team

[remote eagle]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1306683555488862319/1351304623406714971/SKEEFA.gif?ex=68722940&is=6870d7c0&hm=4d5e3a23813a97623f871a5ef2856da732a160b800246df7a73e07fd07293450&

[warped monolith]

I'm absolutely in love with games that give you these possibilities, like the X franchise

you can own more than one ship and then pilot one of them yourself while you can hire npcs to pilot the rest of your fleet

[golden hazel]

No, no npc squads, we can go further, actual co-op

[warped monolith]

that would be too much of an utopia imo

[golden hazel]

[remote eagle]

well they gonna add multiplayer not coop

but modders can cook with that

[warped monolith]

I'm starting to think Stalker 2's multiplayer is gonna be just like Cyberpunk 2077's multiplayer

[golden hazel]

It has multiplayer?

[warped monolith]

exactly

[remote eagle]

nah its gonna be like in og trilogy

more like stalkerish CS

[golden hazel]

Maybe we'll finally get some doody vs weedom interactions in mp

[warped monolith]

I'd actually like that

SoC/CS multiplayer was:

[outer depot]

Bro stalker multiplayer was quite possibly the most scuffed shit I can remember

It felt like a fever dream

[remote eagle]

[finite needle]

Vaatidutya about to lore dump you about his dead friends or whatever I don't read the subtitles and don't speak ukrainian

[remote eagle]

yeah its old mangun from hit game stalker gamma

[hallow canopy]

I've managed to Mod Stalker 2 to my liking with bunch of Mods

Sadly cant fix 100% the AI itself with the See thro bushes and the Laser point aiming

[warped monolith]

if I got stuck in a building with vaatividya with an emission going on, I'd walk outside

[tacit glacier]

More updates on the LR300 mod have dropped in the GSC server 👀
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1387353128268988519/1393217193663008819/S.T.A.L.K.E.R._2__Heart_of_Chornobyl_2025-07-11_22-05-14.mp4?ex=68725e1f&is=68710c9f&hm=09fd966def9bdf96f8288f0752590044f455eab33b08196b9fcc1292260504f1&

The author asks for scope tutorial XD

[hallow canopy]

Would love to have the PPSH in Stalker 2

[warped monolith]

they added the mosin in the current update, right? it'd be cool if we had more soviet ww2 guns

[hallow canopy]

Agreed
I love the Mosin
But would love if it came first with the Iron sight
And the PPSH Would fit with it as a WW2 loadout

[finite needle]

SKS, ppsh, akm on my wishlist

[warped monolith]

I'd be happy with the SKS

[hallow canopy]

Nah
SVT-40

Best Soviet Semi Auto

[finite needle]

SKS way more common tho

Idk I have a thing for the SKS

[hallow canopy]

I like the Style and Lenght of the SVT

Beside you get a bigger Mag for the SVT-40

[terse gazelle]

id rather stalker 2 not turn into a gun nut game tho!

[finite needle]

My brother in the Monolith you are in the GAMMA discord

[hallow canopy]

You forget that Nut guns are everywhere a Gun is even in a game

Also these are Mods we are talking about
But also what Stalker had for weapons too in the OG's

[warped monolith]

tbh me neither. It's fine to have a few extra guns but I do not want GAMMA levels of 30 different variants of the exact same platform

[hallow canopy]

What game has 20 different PPSH and Mosins?

[terse gazelle]

i was being ironic but gamma has like 10 different ak types that are essentially the same weapon

[hallow canopy]

Its the most Basic Famous weapons you can get
Nah lets add a Hybrid Revolver in Stalker 2 that uses 9x39

[terse gazelle]

they should just give you proper gun customization

[warped monolith]

I'd rather have unique weapons you don't find in most games than half a dozen AKs with nearly identical stats, looks and function

[hallow canopy]

I mean,you cant go wrong with a AK in any game,beside each of them is slightly different in design

[hallow canopy]

Tell that the people who made the AR and M4's

[willow skiff]

ahhh, ok I'm trying out Stalker Infinity instead then

[warped monolith]

Why should I? I'm talking about a videogame, not real life. I don't care if there's half a billion variants of those irl lol

[hallow canopy]

There are some games out there with insanely too many options of weapons/stats ect

But I can agree that some can get boring,if they are the only weapons in game
Look at Stalker,How many Bullpup style weapons do we have?
Too many and all with different caliber and slightly different design

Meanwhile,Mosin already more fun then most of them Bullpups

[lament geyser]

As i'm a complete noob i have to ask: How comes that the modkit is now available for a few days already and only a few new mods dropped. I imagined it like people would go crazy with new weapons and stuff like a remoddeling of the Epipen/medkit shit to classic and whatever... but its rather empty. Can someone explain ?

[pseudo falcon]

im waiting for a modder to make the rhino revolver double action

altho it might need a new firing anims i assume

[proud ginkgo]

game development takes time

[slim moth]

Not a lot of people really know about Stalker.

and needing 700gb worth of space for the S2 zone mod kit does not make it very accessible for people to just "jump in" and crank out mods. It's also very limited rn with more and more addons and features going to be added. It's really surface level right now.

[green pebble]

Wait you need 700GB to start making mods?

[warped monolith]

the first part of the mod kit is 700gb

[green pebble]

First part? 🫡

So at some point you need a 2tb ssd just for the mod kit?

[warped monolith]

well, GSC said it's the first part at least.

dunno how large the other part(s) might be

[green pebble]

That is kinda insane though

[summer vapor]

700 GB is unpacked game data, there will be more only if DLC is added

[finite needle]

Stalker fishing when

I suppose those are fishes, I can't say I recognize the shape

Yo it's the Reddit Screeshot Place

[pseudo falcon]

anyone using OXA Prototype
it feels hard and you heal so slow lel

[drowsy topaz]

https://tenor.com/view/manhuntgenshin-manhunt-genshin-gif-23953742

https://tenor.com/view/manhuntgenshin-manhunt-genshin-gif-23953742

[kindred violet]

There are instant heal stims available

Also don't even bother using the expired medkits / bandages, they're pretty useless

It is a rather slow-ish start until you get money flowing in to finance your meds.

[hollow solstice]

lol

[pseudo falcon]

also what item should i keep
i see junk items, where do i even sell them or keep?
or only the upgrade parts for weapons?

[kindred violet]

the junk items you can sell, the weapon upgrade parts I would keep for the most part depending on what weapons you intend on using

[pseudo falcon]

well
i found this gun early

also i cant seem to sell the yellow guns. i need to repair them to 80% if i want to sell them?

[kindred violet]

yeah you need to have them in good condition to sell

it's not really worth it.
also you'll have to pay a 10k fee at a tech if you want to use a gun with durability below 40%

[pseudo falcon]

damn
so i cant do what i do when i used oxa standard

[kindred violet]

since the repair kits can only repair >40% durability guns, and make sure that you convert the gun to an OXA compatible version in the upgrade UI.
press U in your inventory and have the gun in your loadout, it might need a reload to detect it, then you can "convert".
this will revert the condition to 40% and you'll need to repair it.

[pseudo falcon]

i cant hoard guns to sell lel

[fierce hearth]

How's the new patch

[pseudo falcon]

huh convert? how?

[kindred violet]

do you have the quick guide?

[pseudo falcon]

yeah

also do the guns spawn as rusted?

[kindred violet]

there's a section about that in there you can read :)

[pseudo falcon]

iirc on older version of prototype
oxide made rusted version of guns
did they get removed?

[kindred violet]

I haven't seen any

[pseudo falcon]

weird

[pseudo falcon]

i read it but i cant understand what you meant of the oxa compatible version of the gun

i only know that i can i need to press U when inventory is open to upgrade the gun i want (replace parts)

[kindred violet]

some guns you find aren't "oxa compatible" out of the box, so you will see them in the upgrade section but see two yellow chevrons on the gun symbol.
this means you need to "convert" it so that it can accept the attachments and the upgrades

[pseudo falcon]

also one last thing
on default game, you can get the uniques since i have the journalist stash and some places
do those got removed?

[pseudo falcon]

oh, ok

[kindred violet]

I haven't checked the journalist stashes but uniques still exist in general

[pseudo falcon]

hmmm
the luminox is the only unique i have atm and can be upgraded

is this what you mean?

[kindred violet]

you see those two chevrons on it?

[pseudo falcon]

ye

[kindred violet]

navigate to it using your arrow keys

[pseudo falcon]

i dont have the parts to swap lol i forgot

[kindred violet]

that doesn't matter for now, on the page of the lummox ak you should have "confirm" be replaced with "covert"

[pseudo falcon]

oh yeah i forgot
i removed the attachments first or else the scope is gone too lol

[kindred violet]

yeah you always gotta do that when doing anything in the upgrade section

[pseudo falcon]

wait
if i see the 2 yellow chevrons, that means the weapon isnt compatible?

[kindred violet]

that means it needs to be converted to be compatible

if it isn't compatible at all it won't show up at all.

[pseudo falcon]

so the default guns of stalker 2 are already compatible?

while the unique ones arent?

[kindred violet]

not every gun is compatible IIRC

[pseudo falcon]

kek

[kindred violet]

you'd have to ask oxide for specifics

[pseudo falcon]

so i did convert it
but it still shows 2 chevrons

[kindred violet]

that's odd haha

[pseudo falcon]

i tried the malyuk so it should be like this right?

[kindred violet]

yeah

[pseudo falcon]

bruh
the uniques cant be converted

wait let me test the others
i have the spawn mod

lmao
the drowned AK is listed as X

lol

[kindred violet]

sometimes you need to quicksave reload for it to update the UI

[pseudo falcon]

i think i might know why i have this issue
i have duplicate guns lol

when i upgraded it with only 1, it works

i give up
oxa proto is not for me

@kindred violet sorry for the ping
but which trader is best to sell the junk items that i loot from oxa proto?

[kindred violet]

no clue, just been selling them off to the regular traders

[pseudo falcon]

even the faction patches?

[kindred violet]

yeah

I just never tested if the prices is much different, since I have plenty money atm anyway

[pseudo falcon]

seems like weapon vendors are the best

before i remove this oxa proto
im gonna test all journalist stash

[pseudo falcon]

i checked some on the starting locations, the uniques are still there
guess the only mod i know that changes them is the MHM, which hasnt been updated

but i give up on oxa proto
its too much for me, not the same feeling as gamma repair

[kindred violet]

yeah at the moment I don't think you can really manage a gamma like repair system

or at least it's exceptionally difficult.
But who knows i'm not a modder.

[ornate ibex]

Is this feature new

[pseudo falcon]

i think so

[ornate ibex]

Oh i thought that was pocket zone

[round hatch]

Can someone tell me why every stalker wearing a Seva

[astral kernel]

Are we allowed to flame GSC

[astral kernel]

I’d personally buy someone a 2TB drive if they’d promise to remove lumen and fix the map lol

[kindred violet]

lmao something weird goin on

[young fern]

yo guys, can someone recommend any other modpacks besides gamma and redux?

[icy basin]

#╓☢stalker-chat #╟🔰☢newbies-chat

[hearty dew]

is there a radio in stalker 2

[astral kernel]

there's a loud one in the red forest

[split crown]

If you're talking about the PDA, then nope

other than the map feature, S2's PDA is useless

[slim moth]

Craftable/lootable zone drop

[undone vessel]

who are those guys?

[slim moth]

Corp

[undone vessel]

what is corp

[slim moth]

You'll run into them later in the story and it will give you better context than i will.

[slim moth]

oooooooo become a feral hunter living off of mutant meat.

[split crown]

Oh, did that guy end up publicly releasing his crafting mod already?

[slim moth]

Craftable Zone and Lootable Zone on Nexus and steam

https://discord.com/channels/912320241713958912/1393626264518131815

[green pebble]

Ooh, I like the interface on that

So has the performance increased a decent amount since 1.1?

[slim moth]

yes

[green pebble]

Did they manage to fix the memory leak, because that was my biggest problem tbh

[warped monolith]

from what I've seen some people commenting on the day 1.5 came out, the memory leak is still not fixed

performance has improved but the leak wasn't solved

[lapis obsidian]

Hows the modding scene for stalker 2 ?

[golden hazel]

Memory Leaks WILL continue until morale improves

[warped monolith]

https://tenor.com/view/mods-discord-mod-moderator-moderation-clash-of-clans-gif-24080525

@whole schooner @icy basin pls

[rugged bolt]

[low slate]

goobers are sleeping

[split crown]

lmao no.

[green pebble]

Guess it's another UE5 game then😅

[rugged bolt]

Did anyone try this mod

[split crown]

https://tenor.com/view/unreal-unreal-engine-computer-smoking-computer-smoking-gif-24575019

[slim moth]

yes

[rugged bolt]

How is it

[slim moth]

It works

freeplay sandbox mode. pick a faction.

works with OxA Proto for me.

and i got crafting now. so im straight chilin

[rugged bolt]

Ohhh

[atomic tusk]

corpus

[split crown]

Kinda wild to imagine how that works with the way S2 operates, lol. So you still play as Skif, right? Just all the main quest stuff is taken out?

Would think there'd be quite a few major bugs in the game due to that if that's the case

[cloud prawn]

So! Any mods/pack y'all have been enjoying?

I really wish we had more complete weapon modification systems

[rugged bolt]

I just use this one the guy made bc idk what to use for modding .But I changed the OxA standard to prototype for more features

https://youtu.be/41jsmBqO6JM?si=PAqa0xeiUwiey37r

And then I’ll probably add this mod in and see if it works

[odd plume]

Not sure what I walked into

[split crown]

Oh, he finally updated his collection eh? Neat.

[rugged bolt]

Yeah, he said it’s for the 1.5 but it still works for 1.5.1

[split crown]

Awesome. I favorited his collection, might check it out at some point

[wanton arch]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1137125651116212266/1137126025487204392/f65cca847760e5f4.gif

[astral kernel]

Don’t worry there’s plenty already

[solemn phoenix]

did anyone before find a stash in cordon with a snowflake and an as lavina next to a backpack?? Coz i dont see anyone talking about it

(i dont know why i cant send a pic of it)

[magic spoke]

the cave one?

[solemn phoenix]

yes

[magic spoke]

i recall finding a crystal instead of a snowflake but yeah

as lavina and the controller.

[true yew]

Did a new run and the game already spoiled me smh

[remote eagle]

[kindred violet]

[remote eagle]

https://tenor.com/view/riddler-paul-dano-new-rockstars-thumbnail-does-he-know-he-doesnt-know-gif-27552850

[torpid relic]

Hows there already a crafting mod for this game? I wanted to start a new game after finishing my first run like . . . . idk 5/6 months ago? Was a bit curious about modding and whats on the workshop. first thing i see is a light crafting system similar to what base anomally had. and with very obvious GAMMA inspiration.

How long is the mod kit public now?

And how does modding work now? like how do you install them? manage them? can you use Mo2? or is there an ingame manager or what ever

[magic spoke]

Theres STALKER 2 call of chernobyl now

i found a mod that lets you get rid of the story and spawn in as any faction and get a loadout in accordance

[magic spoke]

check out the 1.5 version its supposed to be ingame

[torpid relic]

omg i loved COC back then. i modded it without any tools. it was the worst modding experience i ever had.

[nova lake]

if you use GOG use the mod.io website to download them

the SDK has been around ever since 1.5 released, 25-26 or june

[hybrid ridge]

anyone know why my items have these long names?

I did indeed mod things, but I just can't remember how to do tbh

[magic spoke]

MAYBE unupdated mods?

check your mods and see if they are rated for the current version of the game (1.51

[pseudo falcon]

ayo

[hybrid ridge]

I'm doing a reinstall of OXA since that's the mod that poopooing it to see if the bottom load order slot fixes it.

[pseudo falcon]

a new mod is released
seems like we can craft in stalker 2

[magic spoke]

STALKER GAMM2?

[kindred violet]

it means that the files that dictate what localized name an item should have are conflicting.
Most likely you're running multiple mods that add items without a compatibility patch

[kindred violet]

no

[pseudo falcon]

maybe tarkov crafting

i wonder if we can disassemble

[hybrid ridge]

gotcha, need to figure that out. I know it's the OXA mod.

[pseudo falcon]

lol

i installed the mod craftable and lootable zone mods
new items lel

[kindred violet]

what are you trying to use it with?

[hybrid ridge]

I've ensured that OXA is the only localization file that exists

[kindred violet]

[hybrid ridge]

hahahah

[green pebble]

That's a lot of mods

[kindred violet]

brother so many of those look to be heavily outdated

[pseudo falcon]

lmao

it works
now i just need to find the items

kek

[green pebble]

Unfortunately other mods can't add items to the crafting mod yet, GSC needs to fix how mods load for that

[magic spoke]

LOL

[pseudo falcon]

oh well i will still play with this mod

[magic spoke]

@Gork look at ts

[hybrid ridge]

yeah I think a bunch are I'll go through them. OXA "works", it's just the string name

[pseudo falcon]

just like in gamma
i can upgrade my detector fast

[magic spoke]

Isnt this just STALKER GAMMA?

[pseudo falcon]

also i can now use medkit to craft better ones instead of selling them

[green pebble]

Stalker anomaly 2 is here baby

[pseudo falcon]

seems like the author wants it like in anomaly

[green pebble]

So do you guys install the mods manually or use something like Vortex?

[kindred violet]

a combination of worskop, vortex and manual

[hybrid ridge]

I have been doing manually, but I just tried vortex for the first time

[green pebble]

I can't use workshop, I'm using Gamepass for the game

[hybrid ridge]

I fixed it- I went to the deployed mods folder in the stalker folder, and then I searched for localization files, and then deleted them all except the OXA ones.

[kindred violet]

well most likely all the items from lootable zone now don't have any localization?

[pseudo falcon]

im using the merge localization

[hybrid ridge]

yeah they don't. so i'll need to figure out how to fix that down the road.

[kindred violet]

you'll have to merge it

[hybrid ridge]

how does one do that?

[kindred violet]

god I hate the stun effects

[pseudo falcon]

download it on nexus
someone made it

[hybrid ridge]

what was the patch to? Oxa and lootable?

[hollow wyvern]

Since when does the artifacts flying away from you?

[nova lake]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/298886428459401236/1390960657842831532/ezgif-6d518331ad993d.gif

[nova lake]

drop into the pak folder

[kindred violet]

since release, only certain artifacts do that.

[magic spoke]

Stalker 2 call of chernobyl mod

[molten osprey]

a box of transistors

what in the stalcraft

[pseudo falcon]

im gonna continue the new run with this mod tomorrow
sad i didnt check nexus this morning, wouldve played it, was focusing my current run that has issue, guess having 4k of 545 ammo and other ammo of 1k+ pieces really makes the game crash
cant hoard lel

i like the oxa making the clusterfuck hk416 rifle being .308 ammo lol
i can use it as a 60 rounder sniper rifle

[hybrid ridge]

wait sorry, you said you had a patch for oxa and lootable/craftable? is that right?

[pseudo falcon]

check the nexus

[hybrid ridge]

oh awesome, thanks.

[pseudo falcon]

its not mine tho

[hybrid ridge]

looking up looting and oxa doesn't bring up anything beyond the parent mods

if you come across the link anytime I'de be grateful

[kindred violet]

https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/1394?tab=description

seems to be this that codefluff is talking about

do read the whole mod page

[marble snow]

Act of Mercy is still bugged.. stealthed through the whole thing and some monolith I guess decides to off himself just as I'm leaving every time

[tidal dirge]

Guys which do you prefer oxa or unlimited?and why one over the other?

[alpine ore]

i just installed these ontop of clikrads modpack and it works Gamma 2 eletric boogaloo

[remote eagle]

its more like anomaly then gamma

[finite needle]

It is bugged, one of the monos (ex noontide) will start shooting at the monos if you reload a save. It's still best to start from the very beginning and just speedrun the whole thing, you will get credit for not killing anyone. It's not intended, clearly, but it's the only way. Otherwise, just be better at stealth

[finite needle]

We have already optimized the story component out of story driven game with great cinematic and interesting characters?

ngl if they add more interesting exploration/secondary stuff that isn't just craft a gizmo I'll be sold

[kindred violet]

It's barely even anomaly

[remote eagle]

anomaly 0.4

add mod for new start and thats gonna be literally anomaly

without storyline

[alpine ore]

the clikrad modpack is designed to feel like gamma

[finite needle]

Huh.

[warped monolith]

I can't wait to remove half the content from a game I paid $60 for

[fringe forge]

does anyone know a fix for the game i launch my game and get this error, ive tried updating drivers, bios, reinstalling it idk

[kindred violet]

Truly enlightened.
Fomlowed by:
"This game severely lacks content"

[remote eagle]

[remote eagle]

[finite needle]

Gotta find that youtube comment that was let down by mutants behavior in Stalker 2 and was wishing they had more personality like in GAMMA. Has the GAMMA fanbase reached the Persona paradox, i.e. the fans don't actually play the game?

[warped monolith]

I kinda didn't like the fact that they gave Fleshes a leap attack. Now EVERY MUTANT has a leap attack.

[finite needle]

Half of the mutants in GAMMA are reskinned dogs

I'm more concerned about the fact that I've seen maybe 2 packs of fleshes in total

[kindred violet]

I've seen quite a few fleshes but that's most likely down to Shay's mods

[golden hazel]

The Fleshmera

[kindred violet]

gotta say having the fast travel with anyone and shay's living zone is great

makes crossing the huge map a lot easier

[empty oasis]

Did this to me because of UE4SS. I replaced it with simple ModLoader and it worked perfectly after.

[ornate ibex]

How to sell broken guns?

[finite needle]

There is one NPC in Rostok who will buy red guns, afaik is the only trader who will buy them

Btw I just fixed a potentially game breaking bug in my Ward save, which was a squad of Mercs just a life'd their way into the Corps building, aggroed me, but a couple of them were stuck into a couple corps, the other 3 were wandering Monlith knows where, locking the door to Deggy. Had to hunt them down and kill them all, now everything appears to be in order.

this will cover the expenses for killing the two fuckers

[willow skiff]

shit, I might have killed some friendly npcs and now Zalissya hates me....am I just screwed? I just started

or will my reputation eventually go back to neutral if I leave for a while?

[finite needle]

npcs really like to get stuck there

[fluid tiger]

hi guys! I was advised to ask you if there is a fan-fix for the MHM mod for Stalker 2. It seems like there is MHM_2.0.8S_1.5.1_FanFix

[marble snow]

I did stealth the whole thing, first try, still didn't complete like it should have

[finite needle]

Strange, because that's exactly what caused the bug for me. I had to start from the beginning and just rush it. I suppose there is some trigger that causes the ex noontide guy to just attack the wounded monolith

[marble snow]

Yeah, just some Stalker fuckery as it goes

[finite needle]

Man I've killed 2 mercs 8 bandits and this here fucker is here looting all the bodies lmao

(yeah I've started a Ward run because the PS5 trailer convinced me that Ward is the canon route)

[golden hazel]

SKEEFA YOU BETRAY THE SPRITE HOW COULD YOU

[finite needle]

I've already completed my sprite route

time for kofola

The Chernobyl Space Program might not be 100% cancelled

[remote eagle]

[finite needle]

VERY rare, I've killed probably hundreds of stalkers since 1.5.1 and this is the first time it happened.

Man I wasted my money fixing one of these things, I'll use one at least for a bit

[hollow solstice]

lol

[finite needle]

They moved sofmod? Why?

Luckily I remember the code because sure as hell don't remember where the numbers are

[remote eagle]

https://tenor.com/view/blyat-russian-cat-gif-25643634

[remote eagle]

u need to climb on top to see the numbers if im not mistaken

or google it

[hollow solstice]

anyone have any idea when coop is coming out?

or if it will

[kindred violet]

don't expect it within the next year is my guess

[finite needle]

Yeah this looks comfy, not the kinda place where they attach electrodes to your balls

[hollow solstice]

well shit

[remote eagle]

shame its not permanent base

[finite needle]

At least they got showers, Spark members must smell like boars

[remote eagle]

and

[kindred violet]

sounds about right

[finite needle]

||one thing I learned from the Stalker series, never trust a scientist||

[remote eagle]

[finite needle]

From the leaks was actually meant to be retaken by Flame, which is the old school Freedom faction. There is a chance they're being implemented in a DLC. From what I hear, the Zulu faction has been cut, but not Zulu himself. I suppose they're just cutting the faction (Law).

[remote eagle]

yeah maybe they gonna add some faction stuff but later

[finite needle]

We can only pray. They have been teasing Iron Forest a bit - maybe opening up the area with the PS5 release.

[remote eagle]

where they teasing it ?

[finite needle]

In the PS5 trailer, Korshunov is just at the entrance to the Iron Forest

[brittle river]

Hey people. one question its normal the sofmod isnt here ?

[finite needle]

Yes, it has been moved elsewhere in patch 1.4 - I found out the same way as you

[brittle river]

f, and where its now xd ?

[finite needle]

Apparently, here:

[brittle river]

Ty brother ! i will go to check it

[finite needle]

Man why tf dexerto suggesting you to side with the scientist, mf just gave me something way more useful than 5k koupons

[remote eagle]

[finite needle]

Yeah something is fishy

[magic spoke]

Monolith

Hail monolith!

[finite needle]

Actually considering running the Ward cosplay instead of the Duty suit

But not today, maybe tomorrow

[remote eagle]

in my current modded playthrough id kill for that armor

[warped monolith]

timon and pumbaa

[tepid ruin]

Sup boys, game is almost installed, which mods you guys recommend to install right off the bat?

[magic spoke]

play vanilla for first playthroigh

then mods

[tepid ruin]

What about performance mods tho

I have a 3050, i5 12400, 32gb of ram and I'll be playing on a M2 SSD, so I dont know how the performance is gonna be

[pseudo falcon]

play vanilla, altho if u want yo play with mods
ur choice
coz i installed mods along the way
although you cant remove mods while you play or else your save will be crash or something

[tepid ruin]

Probably playable with no worries, but who would deny more frame stability

[pseudo falcon]

the mods i installed are, OXA, ledge grab mod, better stamina usage

also unrestricted upgrades which lets you upgrade weapons or armor with all upgrades, coz by default you can't choose both

[warped monolith]

https://tenor.com/view/mods-discord-mod-moderator-moderation-clash-of-clans-gif-24080525

[cedar pond]

Hey there! Have someone played modular hard mode ? I am looking for a mode that can have more loot able craftible items and more frequent repeatable tasks and randomed stashes would the mod will be a good choice ? Thanks

[ornate ibex]

Should you keep the drowned ak with grenade launcher

[halcyon verge]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1071397010810359849/1390002677601140767/1.jpg?ex=687289df&is=6871385f&hm=e71ebcf8ad12ef7b9229c1d1d0441a1c0b15b36e05e0d121b303e794c6b0611f&=&format=webp&width=1446&height=1824 https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1071397010810359849/1390002678070771722/2.jpg?ex=687289df&is=6871385f&hm=a63c0ee39e4b769fb562d65b96271c55209b43d3c7083786010cebee06f2d2a0&=&format=webp&width=1368&height=1824 https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1071397010810359849/1390002678431744092/3.jpg?ex=687289df&is=6871385f&hm=bae89845dc08fb39b290d956da3256982646f8338f37fe692967dcf3414f1d13&=&format=webp&width=1368&height=1824 https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1071397010810359849/1390002678960230500/4.jpg?ex=687289df&is=6871385f&hm=d59af2bdda625bd705dca42e0ce1642a39996b4ebb5280af66ad3baa9b8674f2&=&format=webp&width=1368&height=1824

[rugged bolt]

[tulip drum]

privet everyone, I can finally talk in here

[slim moth]

it's not updated for 1.5

[warped monolith]

https://tenor.com/view/ip-grabbermegamind2-gif-23461251

[uneven quest]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1071397010810359849/1390002677601140767/1.jpg?ex=687289df&is=6871385f&hm=e71ebcf8ad12ef7b9229c1d1d0441a1c0b15b36e05e0d121b303e794c6b0611f&=&format=webp&width=1446&height=1824 https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1071397010810359849/1390002678070771722/2.jpg?ex=687289df&is=6871385f&hm=a63c0ee39e4b769fb562d65b96271c55209b43d3c7083786010cebee06f2d2a0&=&format=webp&width=1368&height=1824 https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1071397010810359849/1390002678431744092/3.jpg?ex=687289df&is=6871385f&hm=bae89845dc08fb39b290d956da3256982646f8338f37fe692967dcf3414f1d13&=&format=webp&width=1368&height=1824 https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1071397010810359849/1390002678960230500/4.jpg?ex=687289df&is=6871385f&hm=d59af2bdda625bd705dca42e0ce1642a39996b4ebb5280af66ad3baa9b8674f2&=&format=webp&width=1368&height=1824

[slim moth]

im not fucking clicking on that shit

[warped monolith]

2 newcomers posting this within 15 minutes. totally not suspicious

[ornate ibex]

Hello?

Should you keep drowned ak

[slim moth]

it is inconsequential to keep or give it away.

[split crown]

Keep it. Lazy fucker shoulda got it himself if he wanted it that badly.

[cedar pond]

Ty , did u have a chance to try it out ?

[slim moth]

i did a full playthru of MHM hardcore on 1.4

my favorite balance was the standard paired with NGS

[sweet mica]

how tf do you get rid of the gross outline of guns when it rains, i hate this effect and every fucking modern game has it

rain doesnt make stuff glow in the dark it makes zero sense

[brittle river]

Hello buddys

someone on ? i have a question about one principal mission

[sweet mica]

whats up

as much as I love S2 OST I must say this game is very different when you play with no combat music and set music level to like 15-25%. im just as paranoid as the OG games. I can hear bloodsuckers in the not so distant distance, twigs snapping, I feel like Im literally being followed im so paranoid

[stark gate]

stalker 2 in Heads of State movie

[rugged bolt]

Whats the context

[summer vapor]

I can't pull out my sidearm while sprinting

[remote eagle]

https://youtu.be/EMs-hqrHkRM i wonder how is this

[frozen drum]

Привет, да

[remote eagle]

[remote eagle]

!embededfailure

[wary nimbus]

Propably it is . There are multiple souruces that talks about it. It was the same with mosin and 1911 leak

[remote eagle]

[wary nimbus]

And old leaked builds of the game had the same DLC marked on its maps

[nova lake]

Video title says leaks
look inside
datamined information

[pseudo falcon]

seems like using lootable zone and craftable zone
you wont be able to hoard meds, food and ammo coz you get crafting materials or other junk items

like some stash
im starting a new game

huh
so this is how to disassemble to get items from junk you loot lol

kek

[magic spoke]

@Gork is this STALKER GAMM2?

[hybrid ridge]

Has anyone used this merged localization mod and could walk me through like I'm an idiot, because I've been trying and trying and I just can't get it to work despite follow instructions

I feel like a dummy

[kindred violet]

Haven't personally used it

[hybrid ridge]

gotcha. I'm been trying but can't get them to unbreak. Trying to serach for a video tutorial during work this morning but now that I've noticed it I won't stop until it's fixed lol

[worthy tundra]

Who’s gork?

[magic spoke]

Gork

[remote eagle]

HEART OF CHORNOBYL

[pseudo falcon]

where are you right now lol

[remote eagle]

[kindred violet]

My guess is one of the cooling towers

Bro looking at the zones balls

[pseudo falcon]

oh
there, on where the weird nut is gotten

[remote eagle]

nah it was actually crane right to the place where exo is

[pseudo falcon]

anyone using the lootable zone and craftable zone?

its a bit overwhelming

im waiting for a mod that highlights items coz i badly need one

when i kill some stalkers there guns are nowhere near them

[kindred violet]

That must be misc item hell

[pseudo falcon]

yeah
so much items

anyway i will wait for more patches or updates

i will stick to my mods that works, prototype isnt for me
only standard oxa currently satisfied

[hybrid ridge]

I’m using it I just can’t get the item strings to pop up so I have the loot but can’t read what they are

[pseudo falcon]

descriptions?

im using this localization
https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/1394

just remove the one from oxa

[remote eagle]

Duty now hiring boars damn those guys are desperate aren't they

classical duty base

[magic spoke]

Reminder you cant obtain the recruit suit in regular gameplay

😦

[remote eagle]

[molten osprey]

daily message

daily message because i forgot it for a week straight

i really love stalker 2

such a great game with great atmosphere

129 exp for next level, thats a lot of daily messages

hmmm

good time to say it again

Stalker 2 is Neon Genesis Chernobylion

||lets remove the barrier that disconnects us and lets become all one mighty soul goo, yeah where did i hear this already||

https://tenor.com/view/evangelion-gif-5769630621397476987

thanks for coming to my ted talk, i will annoy newbies chat now

[kindred violet]

Unironically what I immediately was reminded of playing the first time

Fuckin HIP in my Stalker 2

[remote eagle]

!hip

[fallen iron]

🫵

[kindred violet]

Not that kind of hip but okay

[outer depot]

Stalker 2s story is genuinely good

Taking the completely amateur/stillborn concepts from the first three and expanding them into something that actually works is probably what it does best

Even if it does require some rewriting/retconning (but surprisingly little!)

[molten osprey]

i dont know i just waited for some EVAS to show up

faust being like

https://tenor.com/view/meme-anime-gif-22734101

[outer depot]

Me after the first time I talked to Striders Noosphere wraith at Orbita

[astral kernel]

on god. neat to ||finally hear the monolith|| tho

do I need to spoiler that? Game has been out for almost a year already

[outer depot]

It’s the stalker 2 channel, I think the fact people will discuss spoilers is a given

[astral kernel]

I will say the cutscenes they pre-rendered for stalker 2 were gas -- like the final cutscene was fire

[outer depot]

I still find the Scar path the most amusing because it’s just Skif getting so lost in the sauce of Zone mysticism that even when Scar has doubts at the end, you’re the one who says he can’t stop now lmao

Which, in fairness, the Zone mysticism would definitely take some people in unless they had a comprehensive understanding of how psi-radiation and emitters function

[astral kernel]

I actually had no idea what the "skif" ending was going to be. I was upset when I realized what it was -- that was NOT my intention at all I just wanted people to leave the Zone alone, not ||the zone fucking the entire globe||

I suppose the closest ending to appeasing Duty as we could get is the Strelok ending

still mad I couldn't ng+ or continue to roam the zone with any of them -- I get the Skif ending doesn't make sense for that to be the case anyway

[outer depot]

Strelok ending would be the closest for a free play follow-up

[astral kernel]

honestly if I could take back my ending choices I'd do the strelok ending

but it makes no difference given no ng+ or free play

[outer depot]

I ended up with Strelok almost by accident on my first run

The requisite choices just seemed to make the most sense at the time

[astral kernel]

first run

You stomached an entire second run on slop engine 5?

[kindred violet]

Yeah?

Go figure people actually play the game and finish it to see the different story lines themselves

[autumn sparrow]

slop engine it might be, but I will say that the devs did a great job designing the graphics

the lumen system looks so good

[outer depot]

I put like 300 hours in and most was pre 1.2

[summer vapor]

Did they add spoiled canned food in 1.5?

[autumn sparrow]

I started playing in 1.5 but I found a dead stalker in rostock and he had spoiled food in the inventory

[outer depot]

I want to try out some of the new mods but my hands are beat the fuck up from working on my guns and I’m stuck doing data entry at work

[tepid ruin]

So, I'm a couple of minutes into the game and something odd is getting my attention

I'm averaging 80FPS, and for some reason, even with that performance, when I move my camera, it simply wont move in a smooth way

It doesnt feel something around 30/40 FPS levels of clunkiness, but it definitely doesnt match the current FPS

[astral kernel]

there's a .ini setting that delays your thread by a frame or something like that

between the performance and having to use the console to complete some main story quests, I can't say I'd want to play it a second time until they really put some effort into optimization and fixes

[tepid ruin]

The game does feel a bit laggy, or clunky, I dont know how to explain better than that lol

[autumn sparrow]

could be delay from using upscaling too

[tepid ruin]

I mean, I installed the game to see how it runs and how much fun I get from it, but lets see

[tepid ruin]

I'll tweak some of these settings in a few hours, it maybe that

[astral kernel]

r.OneFrameThreadLag=False this will reduce your input lag a touch - in engine.ini

[steep dagger]

Has anyone had an issue with mutant looting? I have white cross on compass but I cant loot that mutant

[tepid ruin]

Where is that file located, if you dont mind me asking?

Theres a shit ton of folders in this game, smh

[remote eagle]

just go around

and then button for looting will pop

[astral kernel]

somewhere in appdata. Too tired to figure it out but a lot of the mods on release modify those files and can probably point you to it

[kindred violet]

Also are you using framegen?

[little sage]

are there any mods that address the awful parallax on scopes?

[finite needle]

There was some guy getting hella lot of input lag from nvidia overlay, so that might be a reason.

[finite needle]

That's literally noontide, and Faust is like have you tried not being sad?

[molten osprey]

I dont know i kinda liked the story but it felt like NGE all over again

i hate nge

[finite needle]

Also calls them bitches for not wanting to be slaves to a big rock

[finite needle]

I don't really see that much "Gen X is pathetic" vibes from the game but maybe I'm missing something

[molten osprey]

It was the we are all connected and we can become soul goo kinda thing

its nearly a year since my playtrough i can get it completely wrong by now as well but i remember something like that when you chill with faust iirc

[summer vapor]

unfortunately fps became much lower in the game starting from 1.5 it is really uncomfortable to play

[hybrid ridge]

right, this is what I downloaded, but I'm super struggle bussing on getting it to work/ what to do with it. I followed the instructions (I think?) but everything is still broken.

[warped monolith]

really? Most people claim performance was improved

[finite needle]

Depends on the hardware, I had worse performance on my laptop, but better on my old desktop. Can't say abou the new destktop because it came after 1.5 was released.

[summer vapor]

idk something wrong. it was 45-50 now 35-40

[hybrid ridge]

I'm doing a slow test of everything- once all installed, delete all localization files in the mod folder, and then drag and drop the new localizations from that mod to then load them into the folder.

[finite needle]

He's showing you how the zone is a living creature just like you and him and, in his perspective, a real living god. At least that's what I got, it's been a while since I had my intimate dusk chat with my bestie, Faust.

[warped monolith]

I hope that doesn't happen to me as well

[molten osprey]

can we talk about how good his fight theme is

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y904LZq7IE0&list=RDy904LZq7IE0&start_radio=1

[outer depot]

Shit was good enough it made me draw it

[molten osprey]

In general the fight, duga falling in the background

it had its flaws but the game gave me goosebumps more than enough

more than i can count probably

[outer depot]

I’m glad my shit had like no major bugs because that first playthrough had some fucking highs

[molten osprey]

I still have to do the Skif ending

im getting kinda hyped to play again

[outer depot]

Legit the only problem I hit in the first hundred hours was Zalissya and I fixed that by just dragging monos down from Sphere to trigger the defense

That entire fucking grind through Duga to the rooftop battle was definitely something lmao

I don’t know if I’ve ever gotten to a fight already more beat up than that

[molten osprey]

I had fights where i was just forced into bunker hall ways with monoexos and i was knifing my way trough them

i kinda liked it, i expect nothing less from stalker lmao

[outer depot]

Yeah the final shove through the computer rooms on the way upstairs got pretty desperate, I think I used like forty grenades and then started the Faust battle with a mostly broken G36 I picked up off the ground because that’s all I had ammo left for lmao

So it was jamming the entire time

[molten osprey]

Oh yeah the jamming

[outer depot]

Local man was not expecting Brain Scorcher levels of grind

[warped monolith]

local man forgets STALKER endgame is a meat grinder

[finite needle]

lodal man forgot about getting onetapped/exploded by exo monos during SoC

[outer depot]

Please

That damage can never be undone

I’m genuinely at a loss as to how twelve year old me finished SoC on Master

[finite needle]

That last section was surely some gaming

[outer depot]

Fucking

Arms stuck through wall railgun to face down narrow hallway

The Granit squad fight in HoC ain’t shit compared to that

Legit the only hard part of Granit squad was the stairs where they’re up high enough you literally can’t fucking see them as they shoot down at you

[finite needle]

People forcing me to use the meme bonfire save gimmick in GAMMA never experienced that particular branch of gaming, where you pressed F5 every time you made acceptable progress

[outer depot]

Spamming F5 key with every kill

Getting soft locked and needing to roll back five minutes because you panic F5’d when you’re about to die

Classic

hitting F5 every few minutes in the open because the game might just exit to desktop with a bugtrap window at any second

[warped monolith]

and they say gamma is hardcore

[outer depot]

I will freely admit to getting shredded a few times doing Gamma Brain scorcher

[finite needle]

My first Brain Scorcher was literally with a Duty military suit, an AK74M, a Remington and a dream

It was HELL

[outer depot]

I went in with a Sunrise and an AK-74 and promptly left because I had run out of ammo by the time I made it to the ramp up to the entrance

[finite needle]

This was also back when the way in was empty but the way out was full of high level monos. I might have left a couple of exos on the ground there, but I remember I managed to snag the Howa 20, which at the time was probably the best 5.56 gun in the game

[outer depot]

I got whatever the CS medium armor is and came back with like 800 rounds which was barely enough

I love the magazine mod, nothing better than stopping to repack magazines on a timer

I hope someone makes a magazine mod for S2

[warped monolith]

[outer depot]

Yea wrong channel I KNOW

What the-

[remote eagle]

!topic

[fallen iron]

@outer depot

S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2-related gameplay Discussions.

This channel WILL contain spoilers for this game. Spoiler tags are preferred, however not mandatory. Moderators do not want to sit in here and read every spoiler for some jokers sneaky n-word. By joining this channel you aknowledge that you can be spoilered. Be aware. If you want spoiler-free discussion, the official server surely has a channel for that. The official Stalker Discord is also for technical support for the game. This is a G.A.M.M.A-server, and not the S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2 tech-support. Furthermore:

• Any server rules apply to this chat aswell
• English-only
• Only S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2-related convertsations. #╟❓general-offtopic and #🎪bruh-fart still exist as channels, use them for anything offtopic or meme related
• Keep the screenshots and videos S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2-related channels.

[remote eagle]

[outer depot]

Anyways, I hope we get some more old locations opened up in S2. I kinda want to crawl around in X-16 and X-10 again.

That way I can clap when I see things I recognize

[finite needle]

That's fair, the Quiet - Sid quest to go grab a gizmo from some creepy place was nice, I wanted more of that tbh

[outer depot]

Ye

More side quests going down dark holes full of monsters would be nice

[cedar pond]

What mod is this ?

[hybrid ridge]

that looks like lootable zone

If you are running expanded mutant loot or OXA, there are localizatio files you need to merge to work correctly. But don't ask me how I'm still working on it lol

[kindred violet]

Whilst it might seem that S2 is similar in this regard it's way more metaphysical in S2 rather than the literal interpretation in NGE.

also in S2 it's very much a ||"this is just a copy of the thoughts of a person" rather than the literal person itself, see Dalins quest to talk to his dad again and the earth shattering realisation that it's not actually a living person anymore before getting capped by korshunov in the ward ending||

[finite needle]

It's closer to FFX rather than NGE tbh

[remote eagle]

[outer depot]

Yeah you can make an imprint in the Noosphere but it’s not the original

More of a reflection

[kindred violet]

an AI model of a human

[outer depot]

Though depending on the circumstances it can be about as a complete of a copy as you could possibly make (Strider) in which case they’re presumably just stuck there in the ghost zone

Plus the various hints at Noosphere shadows bleeding through in some areas like the more fucked up laboratories

Noosphere being treated as a physical energy field created by the combined psychic energies of humanity that can be interacted with directly via the correct equipment almost removes all of the mystique from it

Kinda like the Warp in 40K I guess, though with fewer malevolent inhabitants

[violet siren]

Does anyone know if there is mod to enchance stalker 2? Atmosphere, more alive zone, different loot, mechanics etc.

Not expecting gamma level mods yet, but at least in that direction

[hybrid ridge]

lootable zone, craftable zone, and OXA are fantastic. There's a ledge climbing mod, and it gets it pretty close to gamma. Just some broken string names that can def be fixed but I struggle with it.

[hybrid ridge]

this is what I use. Once I find a fix for merging localizations or do it successfully I'll let yo know

[magic spoke]

lootable zone (crafting mod) and new start (nexusmods) makes STALKER GAMM2

STALKER GAMM2 before STALKER GAMMA 0.94???

[violet siren]

@hybrid ridge OXA mentions it is not compatible with craftable zone :/

[hybrid ridge]

fantastic! where did you find that?

[violet siren]

Here. Pinned messages https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/939?tab=posts

a bit sad. I was a bit happy already checking these 3 mods 😄

[hybrid ridge]

incredible! I'll keep an eye out over the next few days teehee

[violet siren]

Yes, but the post was made in march 😦

[hybrid ridge]

the first release of craftable zone was released in July, so I anticipate it'll be soon

[hybrid ridge]

mod author of lootable/craftable said he's working on a patch! huzzah! 🙂

[drowsy umbra]

I love Stalker Gamm2

better than Stalker Gamm1

cant wait for a Babbel Gamm mod

[remote eagle]

[rugged bolt]

[molten osprey]

Gamma 2 when

[remote eagle]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1306683555488862319/1310363215158575154/What.mp4?ex=6876ce57&is=68757cd7&hm=b51f34e1c53e8daa89dcf92a770280935df7124761b597129586fa98a02dd557&

[molten osprey]

https://tenor.com/view/stalker-stalker-shadow-of-chernobyl-bandit-stalker-bandit-banditcopter-gif-14386725360396086584

38 more xp

ummmm i like skif

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/920016996752564286/1335411091597037598/SPOILER_SPOILER_4x.gif

https://tenor.com/view/stalker-2-stalker-scar-spark-meme-gif-6112129495284371231

newbies chat aint cool with me

[remote eagle]

[molten osprey]

cant even post a cute lil pepe gif without getting called degenerate

THIS BULLSHIT WAS 14 XP?

I WANNA SPEAK TO THE MANAGER

I wonder how the skif ending will be

im pretty sure how the scar shit will be

[golden hazel]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1306683555488862319/1351304623406714971/SKEEFA.gif

[molten osprey]

https://tenor.com/view/stalker-shadow-of-cheronobyl-dancing-grooves-gif-17116379

[green pebble]

https://tenor.com/view/cheekibreeki-cheeki-breeki-intensifies-stalker-bandit-radio-stalker-clear-sky-gif-24295015

[warped monolith]

skeefa it's peak

[rustic ermine]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/920016996752564286/1152299737547018372/1512022232993.gif

[remote eagle]

https://tenor.com/view/mediocrely-based-kruglov-approves-stalker-gif-24761841

[molten osprey]

https://tenor.com/view/stalker-strelok-shadow-of-chernobyl-shaker-dance-gif-26346044

[drowsy umbra]

the gifs I earned here are worth gold

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/920016996752564286/1335411091597037598/SPOILER_SPOILER_4x.gif

[remote eagle]

https://tenor.com/view/binoculars-gachi-muchi-gif-23789475

[warped monolith]

https://tenor.com/view/stalker-cringe-dies-of-cringe-stalker-cringe-stalker-dies-of-cringe-gif-12567984544418047021

[drowsy umbra]

https://tenor.com/view/peppa-pig-family-jumping-muddy-gif-26184639

[slim moth]

https://tenor.com/view/stalker-stalker-cop-stalker-cs-stalker-soc-stalker-shadow-of-chernobyl-gif-27599799

[drowsy umbra]

https://tenor.com/view/peppa-pig-dies-from-cringe-dies-of-cringe-gif-27405049

[rustic ermine]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1123782681147232356/1228916005548331038/RDT_20240413_2351525725232800729586291.gif

[rocky compass]

!443ru

[willow skiff]

I've been eyeing craftable zone and lootable zone. Anyone using these mods? How do they feel?

[drowsy umbra]

they are a first good start

but need rebalancing in terms of loot distribution

[willow skiff]

what I wasnt sure about was if I'd need to download the localization files that are mentioned in the lootable zone mod. I use Stalker Infinity which came with its own localization files named LocalizationDB_50, but Lootable Zone has localization_P ones

wasnt sure if I could ignore the ones from LZ or if I need both

[cosmic glade]

Is he jorking it wtf is this gif 💔

[slim moth]

https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/1394

[rugged bolt]

I can’t tell if I should keep modding stalker 2 or just delete it bc it’s taking up 150gb

[elfin pilot]

damn

[elfin pilot]

is it me or these localization never works, like even if I install it and stuff the names are still messed up

[kindred violet]

You need to make sure you always just have one set of localisation and that the one that is left includes the strings for all of the mods you are using

[elfin pilot]

wait so what happened if I have multiple mods that requires many different localization?

[kindred violet]

You need to merge them or use the community merge

Literally a couple of messages up

[elfin pilot]

well kinda suck that OXA Localization prototype is not working

[kindred violet]

Well, did you merge it?

[steep dagger]

could it be a mod incompatibility or why are all repairs at technician free?

[steep dagger]

I have removed all mods and repairs are still free

[kindred violet]

Have you verified your game files?

[steep dagger]

How can I do that? I am using vortex

[remote eagle]

[kindred violet]

What platform are you running it from? Steam? Gog? Game pass?

[steep dagger]

Steam

[slim moth]

you might need to delete everything from appdata/local/Stalker2/Saved except the STEAM folder

and then go to steam, right click stalker 2, properties, installed files, verify integrity of game files

[kindred violet]

Do the second part first I'd say

[steep dagger]

alright will try. Also will it mess with the progress?

[slim moth]

you get it all back when you launch/verify integrity. but it cleans out residual modifications

backup your engine.ini if you got necessities

but you got all this shit in SaveGames

[kindred violet]

My bad lmao I thought you were telling him to nuke the game saves

[slim moth]

STEAM is what has the game saves

[steep dagger]

My savegames file is empty 💀

[slim moth]

because you uninstalled mods

[steep dagger]

I see now

[kindred violet]

Well, yes and no ^^

But I get your point

[slim moth]

but i highly recommend not using vortex and manually adding mods to the ~mods folder in your steam's STALKER2/Content/Paks/~mods

[slim moth]

it's where mine is 🤷

[steep dagger]

So the problem was probably caused by vortex?

[slim moth]

problems will be caused by vortex

[kindred violet]

Vortex can do some weird shit with S2