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

[remote eagle]

we did that since SoC

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

[wraith hinge]

yes, hence why I talk about original trilogy

[remote eagle]

[rotund mantle]

i mean is that really surprising? when any company uses an engine they never used before lol

[molten osprey]

I think s2 definitely had a lot of issues because of incompetence, no matter the engine

[rotund mantle]

fr

[late kernel]

So why not hire actually talented UE5 developers and not interns?

[rotund mantle]

probably for $ reasons GSC arent fans they are for profit company

talented people cost more money and GSC has a history of being greedy as hell lol

[warped monolith]

gotta hoard that microsoft money

[rotund mantle]

cant get another Ferrari if they hire good ue5 devs lol

[odd plume]

Also probably not a lot of people looking for Dev Jobs in the middle of a war I guess plus them relocating to a different country midway through meaning locals didn't speak Ukrainian

[rotund mantle]

fr its pretty complex situation imo

[molten osprey]

It aint complex. I get all the talk about the war Situation but lets be kinda real, it was incompetence and especially the Deadline, im 99% sure without war the game would have Release in the same state, maybe 3 more Bugs fixed.

First of all Tons of ukrainian devs got relocated as well, and second of all, locals not speaking ukrainian doesnt mean nobody speaks english. There are reasons for the state of the game at Release, but a lot of it doesnt Sound like people want to reason about it, but execuse it in a fanboish way. And i think thats just naive. S2 was a giant project for a Studio that needed 8 years for shadow of chernobyl. If war or not war, it would have always released as the bugfest we now have and like

[warped monolith]

also there's something to be said about developing a game while simultaneously fighting for your survival.
They really should've scaled down the project a bit.

postponing release worked 3 times but then Microsoft likely said "no more delays" and we got what we got.

[rotund mantle]

personally i kinda wish they never reopened or just focused on a new and smaller IP they did alot of damage to themselves

[stoic lichen]

Then again, There’s Microsoft being… well Microsoft…

I’m sure they had their shit covered handprints on the development process as well.

[warped monolith]

switching to UE5 definitely stinks of corporate decision from some clueless Microsoft suit

[stoic lichen]

Yeah, while they’re also busy going full clean house, publicly executing multiple devs and families for the shareholder gods

[odd plume]

Eastern European countries are known for not speaking english very well, most of the time barely any

[stoic lichen]

Yeah, due I think it was incompetence? Obviously. Management always finds a way to fuck something up. But there were so many other factors in play… like a devastating war that’s STILL going on because a certain someone just can’t call it quits.

And you know that there are still certain retards that think being in a war isn’t an excuse for releasing a bad product.

[pseudo falcon]

question for the better ballistics users

the second one affects npc right?

they hurt like hell when they hit me

[warped monolith]

if you're in the middle of a warzone you don't just wake up one morning and decide to make a AAA game, do you

[stoic lichen]

Ah yes, my bad. They should’ve totally accounted for the surprise “special military operation.” My bad gng

[warped monolith]

surely someone must have thought of something along the lines of "the project has been put on hold while we fight for our lives, we'll get back on it after we don't have to live in fear of getting bombed or shot"
But then again I guess they didn't

[stoic lichen]

You would then have to take account of how much slavic special ed would try to keep this war going.

Apparently 3-4 years and counting.

[warped monolith]

that is another discussion entirely

and...

[stoic lichen]

Of course. Let’s talk about something else.

[kindred violet]

To raise a last point, do you think the studio would have really survived something like that.
I would think it clear that they also had to kinda rush it out of the oven to gain some liquidity for the company.
But that's just my two cents of cope

What do y'all think they might have in store for us in Q3?

[stoic lichen]

I’m hoping for new weapons.

PP-SH would be nice to have.

[kindred violet]

Ooh, that would be a fun one to have

[stoic lichen]

A bit more improvement to stealth an AI would be a lot more appreciated.

Fighting enemies with dense foliage sucks major dih atm.

[dim frigate]

Anyone here downloaded the zonekit and had this issue. Im downloading it on the epic game store to a 5TB portable hard drive. Its downloading to around 2 gigs then the download speed drops to 0.00kbs. With a few spikes every 5 mins downloading a bit then cutting off again. Been a few days trying to get this bad boy now and its driving me crazy

[warped monolith]

I sure hope that promised MP mode comes out sometime this year

[warped monolith]

Never had that happen to me but then again I never tried downloading something as large as the zone kit

[odd plume]

Its your hard drive being too slow to process the data, get an SSD

[kindred violet]

[kindred violet]

Sounds like it's downloading a portion, then writing it to the disk and so on and so forth

[kindred violet]

Yeah, fighting through foliage is really annoying.
I still think the dispersion of their gunfire is a bit too low

[pseudo falcon]

am i lucky?
i tried another new game just to test stuff

[stoic lichen]

Don’t get me wrong, the gunplay in this game can be pretty damn good sometimes, it just that I don’t like playing Vietnam Simulator for most of that time.

[pseudo falcon]

gunsmith tool too

[kindred violet]

Nah, i absolutely know where you're coming from

[stoic lichen]

They really did rip that texture shit straight from Gamma lmao

[kindred violet]

Almost said wrong channel kek

[pseudo falcon]

im trying to test if i only use 1 file from better ballistic

[brazen yarrow]

Sorry if this has been answered already somewhere but is it possible that Stalker 2 can ever become co-op /multiplayer? Would be awesome to roll around the zone with friends!

[warped monolith]

devs promised a multiplayer mode as a "post-launch update", but so far no dice.
and there was no talk of co-op

[astral kernel]

I remembered seeing these in Call of Pripyat. Dunno if it's in the original game

[brazen yarrow]

Was that the Team Deathmatch that was mentioned? Not sure about everyone else but i think it would be much more appealing to be able to go explore the zone with up to 4 friends or something.

[odd plume]

Never gonna happen, A-Life radius cant even keep up with one person

[brazen yarrow]

We live in hope 🤣

[odd plume]

Def not gonna click to download those lol

[warped monolith]

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

we got another nazi tard trying to hack people

@icy basin save us

[odd plume]

I think that guys account was hacked, created in 2019, but yea

[warped monolith]

don't click free nitro links, kids

[eager solstice]

@rustic helm (beicolla) has been banned for reason: compromised account

[warped monolith]

also I thought that cross was a nazi reference but it actually wasn't

[icy basin]

Sorry chat, I was busy watching a funny youtube short :)

Also that shoulda been autodeleted

[stuck zenith]

You know what's funny? at first i thought it was one of those bots doing the report

[icy basin]

Fucking imagine

[stuck zenith]

i was looking for a "Friendly fire will not be tolerated" meme

before i realized it's a report

[odd plume]

Thanks for removing that

[slim moth]

if it's TDM or some capture the flag type shit, im not going to touch it.

[slim moth]

everyone playing with Frame gen and 30 fps.

people will play it for a week and move on to something more functional

now if it's factions-based and utilizes the whole map, now we're talking. but i do not have high hopes for that. too much effort.

[slim moth]

You use them both but it may conflict with Maklane's Better Combat or Wools NPC Combat overhaul which make NPC changes. if you merge, you can choose which one has priority.

[outer depot]

Stalker Z moment

[summer schooner]

Iirc they said multiplayer would be TDM or something PVP

[summer schooner]

They do conflict until merged. (stares at one dude basically break dancing instead of fighting)

[warped monolith]

I know it'll be pvp, but I don't know what exactly

[summer schooner]

I think they said something about TDM being a thing, but idk if that's all they ahve planned

But, tbh, with how the game itself is going, I give it another year or so before we get MP, much less stable MP

[slim moth]

it'd be more interesting than tdm/capture the artifact

i get they're in the original trilogy, but i remember not being able to find a single server to actually play cause nobody played it lmao.

[slim moth]

https://tenor.com/view/raygun-paris-2024-breakdancing-breakdance-raygun-breakdance-gif-798072564895466514

[summer schooner]

basically

[rotund mantle]

Tbh id rather play a game thats dedicated to multi-player instead of a half assed addon

[nova lake]

The greatest filter
"Your game won't be like dayz"

[slim moth]

it will never be like dayz. I wouldn't ever expect anything like that from GSC.

[warped monolith]

we can barely expect anything like that from Bohemia, let alone any other dev

[cedar pond]

Doing a new playthrough with Shay , loot and craftable zone , it’s a blast ! Does anyone knows if unforgiving zone will conflict with lootable zone mod ? Thanks

[summer schooner]

it's so

dark in this cave....idk how I'm supposed to fight this mfer.

How tf am I supposed to fight this controller in this pitch black cave with 5k anomalies in it? The bro has eaten 5 grenades from a launcher

I just sprinted at him through the anomalies spamming medkits. 20 buckshot at point blank

[molten osprey]

I once had to knifefight a pseudogiant

Was fun somehow

[cedar pond]

Cave in cordon huh

[slim moth]

https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/1494

idk try this out.

[summer schooner]

I may try it later.

Most of the muties feel fine, but that controller eats so much

[remote eagle]

its stalker 2 chat

[warped monolith]

it peam

[round hatch]

Oh sorry

[old nacelle]

if i want to use the oxa armory mod do i really need to start a new game

[remote eagle]

idk ask modder https://discord.com/channels/912320241713958912/1322530320494628945

[odd plume]

You're in the Stalker 2 chat

[shrewd sand]

ik i move it

[craggy frigate]

is it only me but when i close stalker 2 my pc freezes for sone seconds

[astral kernel]

stalker 2 having performance issues?

[warped monolith]

I mean, having performance issues during gameplay is one thing.
Having them after closing the game is another

[astral kernel]

unreal engine moment

[warped monolith]

tbf I've played nearly a dozen UE5 games and none of them caused this on my pc

I don't think this specific thing is an engine issue

[tribal totem]

hey how do i read the weapons cfg files what program should i use

[old nacelle]

anybody got any performance tips

[twin pebble]

Install a 4090

[tribal totem]

hey can you please help me

[knotty crater]

hello where do I can change brightness?

[tame quiver]

I would love to play as UNISIG but i dont have them in faction choices any idea ?

[warped monolith]

This channel is for Stalker 2. For GAMMA questions, go to #╟🔰☢newbies-chat

[summer schooner]

Is there anything to make water...not make you a snail?

[drowsy umbra]

avoiding it is something that is quite useful I heard

[summer schooner]

Hard to when it's everywhere and I have to go through some for a stash.

But thanks for the smart ass answer pooks 💙

[drowsy umbra]

jokes aside, if I remember correctly, there once was a mod

https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/267****

https://www.nexusmods.com/games/stalker2heartofchornobyl/search?keyword=water

[warped monolith]

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

[molten peak]

https://youtu.be/wU9db5_vkeE

[trim totem]

just merc'd a stalker group n they didnt do shit until i killed the second to last dude 🥹

[stoic lichen]

The game keeps crashing when I'm just literally playing the game. It keeps giving me this error, what the FUCK do I do?

LowLevelFatalError [File:D:\STALKER2\s2editor\Engine\Source\Runtime\D3D12RHI\Private\D3D12Util.cpp] [Line: 960] CurrentQueue.Device->GetDevice()->GetDeviceRemovedReason() failed at D:\STALKER2\s2editor\Engine\Source\Runtime\D3D12RHI\Private\D3D12Submission.cpp:971 with error 887A0006

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[pseudo falcon]

you can use the mods from workshop to make mutants like in gamma
no armor resistance
so expansive ammo is better to use

download the mod by subscribing
copy the files to a different location
then unsubscribe to remove them (coz mods from workshop will disable achievements)
then copy and paste them to the mod folder you have
i set mine to " ~mods custom " and achievements still work

proof

stalker 2 is nice
but the story, im not a fan off
also some mutants, feels like they butchered them

blind dogs are now more annoying coz of the new attack animation they have, and if a swarm of them attacks you
you will be dead in a few sec

[tribal totem]

again can somebody please help me

[junior egret]

busy doing what bro? i'd bet money it would take less than a day for a single person to do that

[remote eagle]

then do it yourself lmao

all talk no balls

[blissful ice]

hi would anyone recommend stalker 2 after playing gamma, efp etc?

plannin on buying it but i wonder if it's worth it

[drowsy umbra]

if you expect gamma 2, no, its not worth it

if you expect a game like the OG trilogy, its probably worth it

[blissful ice]

i see, never played trilogy before just straight up jumped into anomaly efp and finished it and been loving gamma so far

guess i'll wait like a decade or so more and try stalker 2 gamma when it comes out

[kindred violet]

You could try out one of the original games to get a feel for what gamma/anomaly are based on

[worthy tundra]

Haven’t played GAMMA yet (pretty excited and even kinda savouring/saving it lol!)

I started on stalker 2 and I absolutely love it! Over 200 hours and yes it has warts. This game tho I’m sure will be stalker gamma 2…. Eventually 😂

[rotund mantle]

its never going to be

[outer hull]

@chilly lily

[worthy tundra]

Sure of you say so 🙄

[rotund mantle]

idk if you're new here but grok himself said hes not interested in gamma 2

so unless you plan to make it its not happening

gamma 1 isnt even finished after years lol

[trim iron]

Unless GSC fucks it up entirely, the modding community will make it what it should be. Whether that's GAMMA 2 or some other take on it

[rotund mantle]

this we will have modpacks and stuff but it may just be diff projects

ngl misery 2 would be interesting

[worthy tundra]

Exactly. Alas there’s always some negative… person* that knows everything and craps on anyone excited about the possibilities.

[odd plume]

What made Misery actually Misery, wasnt it just another different hardcore version of the game

[rotund mantle]

Grok himself said so bro 😂

Lol

[worthy tundra]

So only grok could make the mod? Maybe it’ll be stalker 2(insert a name) like anomaly.

I get it you want to be right. I’m sure you’ll reply with something in your “I’m always right repertoire”

I’m excited and I don’t care if you’re not.

[rotund mantle]

Youre a clown lol

[kindred violet]

There will likely be something akin to gamma in the future.
The thing is that the G in gamma stands for Grok ^^

[rotund mantle]

^

[kindred violet]

And I wouldn't say he's a clown, that's just rude

[rotund mantle]

So is this

Im repeating what grok said and this mf tries to shit on me lol

Calling me negative for repeating what grok said is stupid

Groks posted many times about the future of gamma and the existence of or not of gamma 2

[kindred violet]

You don't need to justify yourself to me man

[rotund mantle]

Its mostly for the mods if he complains I'm being mean

[worthy tundra]

You’re a goof

[rotund mantle]

[worthy tundra]

I meant something on par. Which you’re right is my fault I should have stated that. The other goof just runs his yap.

[rotund mantle]

Someone's upset lol

[worthy tundra]

All good I blocked him. He can laugh and talk. I know betas like him. Weak and pathetic irl. So talk smack online. All good. Thank you for the response and again my apologies. I should have stated something similar to gamma.

[kindred violet]

No worries my guy, all good ^^

[rotund mantle]

Crazy how people crash out and name call when you post pics of grok saying gamma 2 isn't happening potentially at all most liberal male energy I've seen all week lol

[kindred violet]

I mean, you could just like not care about it.

[worthy tundra]

You’re 💯 right. My apologies

[kindred violet]

I don't mean you but yeah 😆

[warped monolith]

[nova lake]

honestly, looks more like 2 retards fighting

[warped monolith]

just another regular day at gamma discord

[remote eagle]

[kindred violet]

[little sage]

The amount of Gamma 2 chatter is ridiculous considering the base game is still being patched

[warped monolith]

... even more ridiculous considering the main guy behind GAMMA said he has no interest in modding Stalker 2

if such a thing even happens, it'd take years. GAMMA is a collection of hundreds of mods made over 15+ years of Stalker's history.

We're not gonna get anything similar for Stalker 2 in a long time.
And if we do, it's gonna be rushed and low quality.

[remote eagle]

[indigo hemlock]

[late kernel]

Actual gamma brainrot

[drifting rune]

Enjoyed going through the cat fight above. Thanks

[hollow lark]

shader compilation failed, what can i do

[slim moth]

it should skip it next time you launch

it's alright if you skip it sometimes, especially if you didn't add anything new. whenever you do add mods that are adding a lot of new textures or resources you definitely want to recompile.

[lavish pond]

Man reading this stuff like 12 hours later is making me laugh my ass though I love bringing popcorn when the circus is in town

[lavish pond]

Stalker 2 is so buggy and runs on unreal engine 5 it can hardly Run a collection with 30 mods on it let alone a whole mod pack that took over a decade to master and complete honestly I completely understand why there's hardly any mod collections on nexus for the game because you never know which ones gonna just completely break your game not only that but creating a mod pack while a game is fresh out still updating is THE WORST thing you could ever do you'd have to update every single one with each update they come out with atp I'm blabbering about stuff people know but God dame is stalker 2 so messed up

[warped monolith]

[slim moth]

https://tenor.com/view/jason-momoa-chair-interested-gif-9751403

[stoic lichen]

https://tenor.com/view/uni-cat-uni-fact-40-cat-uni-kitty-maxwell-gif-16518872652230738774

Eh, something something, such is life in the zone lmao

[lavish pond]

https://tenor.com/view/speak-gif-9578947274896178319

[pseudo falcon]

heh

[next loom]

where u guys get ur mods from

tons on the steam workshop but is there somewhere else yall get mods at

[odd plume]

Nexusmods? Thats like the main hub

[next loom]

my man

[odd plume]

[next loom]

so should i drop all the individual pak files in one big pile into my ~mods or like, the file as a whole

[odd plume]

big pile

[next loom]

yeah i see

[slim moth]

you are adding mods that are so old and out of date, you're going to ruin your game

[odd plume]

Make sure the mods are not outdated

[next loom]

ah.

was hoping the list in here was up to date gg

[odd plume]

Anything that has been updated to 1.5+ is fine atm

[slim moth]

Updated tab is where you should start and work your way down

[next loom]

fuck bro :c

[slim moth]

here is my list for reference

after you add everything, you'll definitely want to merge too

[drifting rune]

That’s the beauty of modding

[next loom]

i was hoping the pack was up to date cuz i dont rly know what i want or need

[slim moth]

i mean, just read the descriptions and drop em in

takes a little homework

[next loom]

so groks mutant shit and econ stuff doesnt work anymore?

[slim moth]

not at all

Just do Stalker Unlimited or OxA Prototype. Those are the two main overhauls right now that touch the economy, extra loot, progressions, combat, etc.

and then you can add A-life mods like Shay's or Found a Way

[next loom]

gotcha

so, stalker unlimited, Shays a life mod and whatever else looks cool should be enjoyable?

[slim moth]

if it's been updated within the past 3 or 4 weeks, should be good.

UI and hud mods doesn't matter when

[next loom]

ur a saint bro

[slim moth]

I recommend downloading https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/484

[next loom]

before i add shays, is found a way better or does it not rly matter

[slim moth]

I prefer Found a Way

[next loom]

then ill do that

[slim moth]

both will make the zone spawns feel more busy/natural but in different ways.

Found a way, i feel like, is just a little bit more deeper, but i think that's because i've been following the mod for so long

[next loom]

i understand

[slim moth]

but Shay's Traders/guides are great

[next loom]

found a way got a fuck ton of extra shit in the zip

[slim moth]

yes, it's patches for other mods.

[next loom]

assuming i only need the 52 max actor thing

[slim moth]

yeah. if you're not going with an overhaul

[next loom]

you tried these?

[odd plume]

I know it might be annoying but reading the Description pages usually answers all your questions

[next loom]

moreso getting opinions, i see what its about but it could be shit ya know

[slim moth]

those 2 are very popular and are more than likely going to be a staple for a lot of mods in the future.

[ancient osprey]

Hi guys, it will be my second playthrough but this time with mods

i wondering is there any mod loader to help me install all of these mods or i need to do it all manually

[vital jungle]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3AJr0DrZUM

[ancient osprey]

got problem with localisation

Lootable Zone got some weird strings chains instead of names

I dont know which one makes mess with localization

using OXA Standard

[odd plume]

https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/921

[odd plume]

Look for patches

[ancient osprey]

i just put in in mods and that's all. Dont need to delete other locs like oxa?

[odd plume]

The Description of the mod tells you about taht

[ancient osprey]

everything works now, thanks

[left jackal]

Ho to increase weapon condition in settings?

[proud ruin]

is this piece of shit moddable into something good yet

[warped monolith]

[stoic lichen]

Laying it on thick I see.

[warped monolith]

there's only one way to appropriately respond to such a question. It's time to bring out the secret weapon:

[bold ruin]

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[warped monolith]

t

[stoic lichen]

a

[midnight ridge]

L

[kindred violet]

k

[odd plume]

e

[terse gazelle]

r

nope

[warped monolith]

DAMMIT YOU RUINED EVERYTHING.

[terse gazelle]

stalke

[kindred violet]

stalke

[warped monolith]

it was gonna be epic if we managed to get each letter by one different person

[kindred violet]

it was left unfinished, just like the game

and finished in post

[bold ruin]

whatsapp bro

[stoic lichen]

[kindred violet]

well presumably

[warped monolith]

[stoic lichen]

[little sage]

🫃

[north hound]

Quick question, I've dropped the game at patch 1.2 or something because endgame (just before prypiat) was boring. Is it still so bad? Is the night vision in the game already? Is it in any way better than it was before?

[warped monolith]

only question I can answer with an objective answer is the night vision: no it's not ingame yet.

[stoic lichen]

https://tenor.com/view/stalker-stalker-shadow-of-chernobyl-gif-13259672441119550833

As for the rest, that is for you to decide.

[slim moth]

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

[vital jungle]

Hey lads, need help. Sometimes i meet hostile group of npcs who just run past me and do nothing. If i follow them, if i understand correct, they run towards mutants and try to find cover before starting to shoot. I just encountered (not first time) group of 5 bandits, they just ignored me and ran like 1 meter next to me and started to shoot only after they found some cover. Is it an issue of S2 and you encountered this as well or perhaps its an issue of mods that changes Alife? I have Shays Living Zone installed

[floral jetty]

I Love how eveytime i update Gamma it brakes it self, And i have to go out of my way to fix it. yay

[warped monolith]

[slim moth]

https://tenor.com/view/john-travolta-well-where-is-it-looking-for-something-gif-5291661

[vital jungle]

so no one had same experience? i would appreciate simple yes or no

[slim moth]

no

[vital jungle]

I can confirm that it is Shays Living Zones issue, so if anyone was interested in to try out this mod i would recommend to wait for fix, im uninstalling it as well for now

[hushed horizon]

@vital jungle It's an issue with all Alife mods and I think vanilla as well

[odd fjord]

it's an issue with vanilla

[vital jungle]

Is that you Shay? 😄 i found comment on Nexus that im not the only one who encountered such npc behavior with this mod and DeleteBeliever stated above that he/she didnt experienced it. Well im confused now

[odd fjord]

its a vanilla issue, i do not change reputation, relation, aggro values, threat or anything like that

i merely adjust who and what spawns where and when

[vital jungle]

then i hastened to accuse your mod i guess, apologies

[frail turret]

Hi guys, I hope to get some help with an issue im having

When I try to load the last save I have the game crashes and sends me this

I dont know whats happening It just stared today

I allready tried reinstalling the game

and deleting all my modsbut I still have this issue

[kindred violet]

How old is the save you're playing on?

Does it happen if you start a new game as well?

[frail turret]

haven't try that yet

[frail turret]

maybe 100+ hours

[kindred violet]

I meant more like when did you start it? with which update?

[frail turret]

oooooooo, like 2 patches before this one

[kindred violet]

hmm, the save shouldn't have any issues then

[frail turret]

since 1.4.1

the thing its that it lets me get into the save

but once I hiit the load button it just crahses as soon as it finish loading the save

[kindred violet]

hmm, maybe some leftover of a mod is still in the save causing the crash, were you playing with any mods that add items?

[frail turret]

yes

the enhanced mutant loot

[odd plume]

Probably that then

Update the mod?

I think its out for 1.5

[frail turret]

yes, it was good until today

i dont really know what happend

[odd plume]

So is your mod updated or not

[frail turret]

nope

[odd plume]

Then do that

[frail turret]

ok

Im gonna try doing it without mods

[odd plume]

If you remove a mod that adds items to the game mid save it will cause issues

Just update the mod

[frail turret]

it does the same if i delete my mod folder

[odd plume]

No

You have to update

[frail turret]

I mean it still crashes

[odd plume]

Obviously it does, update your mod/mods

wtf

[frail turret]

so i have to wait untill the guy who made the mod updates

[odd plume]

Did you check if it is updated

[frail turret]

yes

[odd plume]

If he didnt, then yes Id wait. Do you have other mods?

Did you try loading an older save?

Does it crash when starting a new game?

[frail turret]

Im trying the new safe

just have to wait untill the cutscene ends

it's my save

It doesn't happens in a new save, fck i guess I have to restart the game

I was mid game btw so no worries

[odd plume]

Dont u have multiple saves for that playthrough

[frail turret]

the playthrough is whats broken

i tried loading a save like 2 days prior but still crashes

[warped monolith]

[keen bear]

Ok. I just turned off the machine in Ynatar, in the tunnels. WHY IS THERE A GIANT AND ZOMBIES!?

[keen bear]

no longer mad,I dealt with it

[summer vapor]

Mod glowing sticks. Can't bind F2 key for second quickslot. Does anyone have the same problem?

[teal mesa]

Hey guys I have a question

Should I use seperate mods or an overhaul mod for gameplay?

Like, I've seen several overhaul mods that are excellent but they dont offer some things I want and more often than not they are not compatible with certain mods and require new games and what not

So for example, Maklane's better guns, Craftable Zone, Better stealth, combat overhaul, artifact overhaul and ETC instead of relying on a single overhaul mod to do this for me

Because I just dont feel like overhaul mods like OXA, Ulimited and ETC offer what I want

[slim moth]

you can have a mix both if you do it right

[bold anchor]

I did a vanilla playthrough first, it wsas very good i thought. It has some ghosting when using fsr, so i turned off upscale and turned depth of field down. It ran pretty damn good on 1440p. My 2nd playthrough I added mods, I was getting 45-60 fps... not great

thats when i installed gamma lol

i got 60 hr from my 1st playthrough, it was good

[pseudo falcon]

extended equipment
i guess they only sell them on later places like yaniv

im near close on finishing this 1st run

[vital jungle]

damn, i got 50 hrs and im only at Garbage 😆

quick question, if anyone knows the answer i would appreciate it. Im watching weapons tier lists on YT 6-8 months old (cant find more relevant) and guns has penetration stat while in my game there is no such thing. Does it mean that devs reworked it and what only matters now in terms of penetration is ammo?

Im using Better Ballistics though, idk perhaps this mod changes it

[summer vapor]

What is this mod?

[teal mesa]

Actually I meant gameplay mods for Stalker 2

[pseudo falcon]

extended equipment, along side repair kit bundle and technicians rework

i can bring some repair kit coz im on endgame (finally)

currently on mission 30

[teal mesa]

Thats the problem, lots of these mods are incompatible with other mods and they require a new game etc

[pseudo falcon]

oxa standard is ok for me coz more attachments to weapons and nvg
oxa prototype on the other hand is standard but overhauls more stuff

[teal mesa]

Well so I wonder if its better to get Prototypes features using seperate mods to tailor the experience to my needs

[pseudo falcon]

it edits alot so dont know if you can add some
you can only test it yourself

[teal mesa]

I dont mean the weapon mechanics obviously

[warped monolith]

[torpid relic]

man i really dislike one specific tree in this game that i see all over the place

how come that shadow quality option in this game is so . . . . strange? like the "Epic" quality is really good, but then you put it down to high and i can count the pixels, but when i put it to low its so low that it looks somewhat good again . . . . .

[mental flower]

do you know any that doesnt mess up with the mutant looting?

[nova lake]

Any that is up to date to 1.5

[ornate ibex]

Guys

Who should i give soul artifact to? The scientist or Mateus

[odd plume]

https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/1482 I made a mod thats up to date and doesn't break any mutant looting

[rare laurel]

Do yall know which armors are traded with Sidorovich for the wastelander suit?

[hushed nymph]

is stalker 2 the same map as anomaly

[mental flower]

thanks, im gonna try it

i guess i have to keep the only .pak file i want right?

[odd plume]

yes

[split crown]

No.

[nova lake]

No, just looks at a online map

[remote eagle]

[midnight ridge]

Bruh

[west hollow]

Hey guys! I'm really on the fence about buying stalker 2 right now. is it in good enough condition now to buy and play or should I keep waiting for them to update it some more?

[idle trellis]

i was playing a bit a few nights ago. the combat is more fun but the performance still needs work. they are doing a big update sometime in august

i wonder if grok is going to do a gamma version of stalker 2 down the line. i think that would be fucking sick

[west hollow]

Is the story good? Or it doesn't live up to the other stalker games?

[idle trellis]

one more thing,. u should try it for the perfromance. i live on a college campus so my wifi is bad already

[idle trellis]

story is great. very very very immersive. im not done with it yet, about maybe 40% through

[west hollow]

Im fairly confident it should run with no issues from my computer specs. Im more worried about the game having a bunch of bugs making it not fun to play.

[idle trellis]

from the few hours i played, i saw no bugs

but take what i say with a grain of salt

[west hollow]

I appreciate that. Im glad they cleaned up because a lot of the stuff I was seeing made it seem not fun to play. I heard there was a serious issues with mutants and some npcs having insane health pools.

[idle trellis]

the health pool stuff i didnt really come across, i was fighting other stalkers and military. couldnt tell ya if the mutant health pool was fixed. prettyu sure it was addressed tho

i had the game since launch, it is leauges better.

[west hollow]

Thats really good to hear. I'll keep my eye out for a sale then and grab it then. Thanks a lot!

[idle trellis]

if u have gamepass its free

and ya np, good luck stalker!

[ornate ibex]

Buy ti but get Ultimate edition or Deluxe

[west hollow]

Do or don't? They are worth getting?

[kindred violet]

Grok won't do a gamma for S2 he's not interested in modding the game

[proud ruin]

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

[visual minnow]

Stalker 2 GAMMA when

[kindred violet]

Look two messages above

[wise phoenix]

Pros:
1.Very pretty looking
2.story is good and interesting outside of one issue
3.the map is huge
Cons:
1.bullet sponge enemies will feel jarring coming from gamma
2. A-life, while better than on launch is still worse than gamma or even the OG trilogy
3.the AI is kind of dumb
4. Lack of ingame content.
Tbh, like 90% of these issues can be fixed via modding, they will also probably add more late game content in future updates. It’s up to you whether you want a relatively unfinished product with the trust that GSC will fix some of it issues

[haughty sierra]

probably in 2080

the SDK for stalker is 1tb

[rotund mantle]

700GB

[haughty sierra]

yeah and game is 210 or whatever right

[rotund mantle]

oh true

[haughty sierra]

• upcoming dlcs and shit so it will be 1tb just for S2

[rotund mantle]

its actually insane to think about lol

i need more drives 1TB is legit half my ssd lol

[haughty sierra]

tbf games do be big nowadays but doesnt mean its agood thing

waiting hours to download a shit game thats 200 gb sucks

[rotund mantle]

right? i wish modern games had demos its such a gamble nowadays waiting hours to only be disappointed sucks

[wise phoenix]

Half of modern games are love service too, like you do t even get a completed game, just a promise that more content might be released

[west hollow]

Thank you! Are the additional quests given by the delux/ultimate versions worth while?

[wise phoenix]

I have no idea I didn’t waste my money

[rotund mantle]

If i were you id wait till the game is on heavy discount

I did waste my money and preorderd and got COOKED its deff better then how it was at launch but the longer you wait the more polished it'll be for your first time

[west hollow]

Yeah thats what I usually do. Im hoping to see a 50% in the near future.

[west hollow]

I honestly dont want to waste the money either unless it's on a huge sale thats worthwhile

[wise phoenix]

Can somebody explain why GSC thought spamming bloodsuckers at you was fun and cool

[wise phoenix]

On sale it’s probably alright

[rotund mantle]

I only got into stalker last may and beat the trilogy so I had no idea of GSCS past scummy actions and buggy history when I preordered so I learnt my lesson real fast

[wise phoenix]

A lot of fanboys abuse the “oh but it was made during a war” cope, which ruins a lot of the discourse

[rotund mantle]

Fr they use it to like shut down any and all valid criticisms its annoying

[twin pebble]

My hot take, Stalker 2 in its current patch is currently the best vanilla stalker game

[wise phoenix]

That’s sad

Stalker 2 imo was screwed by
A) UE5
B) live service

Though I will become a #1 GSC glazer if they add a co-op mode

And some kind of free mode that lets you go back and do all of the side quests after you finish the main story

[twin pebble]

Its not a live service game though?

[west hollow]

I read online that they plan to add a pvp mode but refuse to add a co-op mode. Which is literally something fans would love and lose their mind over.

[wise phoenix]

It basically is. They front loaded most of the content in the beginning, leaving the endgame areas with barely any side quests. They promise now that new content/areas will come later in dlcs (are they free?)

[wise phoenix]

Idk what you would even do for PVP mode

I guess they saw Stalcraft X and decided that was the ideal product or something

Except Stalcraft is actually free lol

[rotund mantle]

Dlcs are only free if you own ultimate edition

[wise phoenix]

@west hollow another perk of ultimate ig

[west hollow]

It's a good perk if the DLCs are actually good and not half baked which a lot of games typically release really disappointing DLCs

[stoic lichen]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/884022178989867048/1313646744810291243/ezgif.com-animated-gif-maker_9.gif

G’day everyone.

[pseudo falcon]

oh shit, i know this modder, he was from fallout 4, i use some of his mods
https://youtu.be/RKd4bPq4CkQ?si=1zrw_jpDbfAuGjTZ

[serene geyser]

ehh... how do i disable headbobbing?

[upper crag]

In a few years the game with these DLCs will be given away for free, just be patient if someone doesn't have the FOMO to play right at launch.

[summer schooner]

Who buys from y ou for the most?

[timber plinth]

does anyone know if these two mods are supposed to be used together?

[trim iron]

Did you even bother to read the mod descriptions?
On the Living Zone Gold page it has a neat and easy to understand table that answers your exact question:

https://tenor.com/view/facepalm-really-stressed-mad-angry-gif-16109475

[idle trellis]

Bro got this mad for no reason 😭😭

[frigid rain]

Anyone can tell me how to add into my inventory an exoskeleton? I don't even need it to be diamond just exo is fine. The loot progression in this game is really annoying and lack of 3rd person view plus backpacks is even more annoying. Fallout 4 with mods has this game beat but F4 story is so old and boring it drives me crazy.

[timber plinth]

Read it and saw the table. Somehow missed the part where it wrote that it has shays Ai and a life enchantments. My bad. Thanks for clarification.

[trim iron]

No worries mate. I shouldn't assume every question like that is from brain rot people that won't bother reading in the first place. That was my bad.
Enjoy the mod!

[slim moth]

yeet

[waxen jackal]

i swear i downloaded everything properly, but it still doesn't run

[knotty onyx]

Does this game need to compile shaders every time you start it up?

[summer vapor]

You can skip it if you don't want to wait

[kindred violet]

Generally yes, if you don't change any graphical settings or add graphical mods you can generally skip it.
But it can lead to some unwanted behaviour of the graphics in the first few minutes of play as it is still compiling them in the background

[proud ruin]

https://tenor.com/view/south-park-wow-triangle-playing-triangle-gif-16899323

[kindred violet]

I mean, if you're talking vanilla yeah

By a slim margin but yeah

[remote eagle]

[jovial berry]

I think we're Version 1.6 away from this, but I can agree to an extent

[remote eagle]

its good but it can be better

[true glade]

after the first big compile after changing settings/drivers/updates whatever the compile goes much faster anyway

[tacit glacier]

@icy basin spam

[icy basin]

Oh it's still here, what

[eager solstice]

📂 foxdryeternal Your search result for xelA Audit Logs returned 2 entrie(s)

ID:          1523375
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User:        615270265043025949
Responsible: 64340825659678720
Reason:      Compromised account, but also n-word account name and Russian F-slur display name so don't come back
Expires:     Never
Timestamp:   29 July 2025, 13:10 (UTC)

ID:          1523295
Action:      MUTE
User:        615270265043025949
Responsible: 1381486732121473054
Reason:      No reason...
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Timestamp:   29 July 2025, 12:20 (UTC)

[icy basin]

I banned him like an hour ago

[slim moth]

lame tdm/capture the flag with everyone having the most inconsistent performance sounds like so much fun. Co-op fits the environment much more and would be objectively more fun in every way shape and form. I'd put more hours in with some homies adventuring across the zone doing quests or whatever besides.. just arena shooter bs.

https://tenor.com/view/here-we-go-joker-heath-ledger-the-dark-knight-and-here-we-go-gif-17775369

[warped monolith]

still not over it, I see

[slim moth]

fuck yeah im not over it.

a lot of other people aren't

You got homie making Co-op anomaly/GAMMA making a shit ton of money from donations because people want it so bad.

It's not a far-fetched for co-op to exist in the zone. It really isn't.

[golden hazel]

https://tenor.com/view/dio-gif-21948353

[warped monolith]

wasn't that confirmed to be a hoax and a scam

[slim moth]

Afaik, the problem was the synchronization of the zone and players. There are 2 players playing, but they see different NPC's.

[warped monolith]

there's a work in progress mod for Call of Pripyat in co-op, but the anomaly/gamma one is 100% a scam

I remember seeing moderators mention it in the past

[slim moth]

I can definitely see it being interpreted as a scam, cause it's a very limited co-op experience. especially since they're trying to charge people 200 dollars for modded versions

there are free versions

but it goes to show that people want it and it's not unreasonable to have the desire for co-op Stalker

[warped monolith]

sure, but you already know it ain't happening so at this point you're just pissing against the wind

and 'people want it' doesn't mean a lot, because 1. no one is capable of making it
2. if "people want it" was enough to make something happen, stalker 2 would have been another gamma. Which is... ew.

[slim moth]

Stalker co-op/open world has been made with other games. so it is possible.

S2 is low-key turning into a (unofficial) GAMMA much faster than the original because of the scope of mods that these individual modders are capable of.

Like, it's okay if you don't want to play the co-op yourself. I will "waste my breath" advocating for it.

no biggy lol

[warped monolith]

"with other games"? But I thought we were talking about stalker?
if other games do it, play those other games then

[slim moth]

I have and do lol. but i will advocate for it to be on the official game.

[warped monolith]

I'd advocate for GSC finishing the game before any other stuff. Especially things they already confirmed they won't be doing

[slim moth]

okay, we're on the same page.

Just because i want co-op eventually doesn't mean i don't want them to focus on the singleplayer experience now.

especially when it's unfinished

[warped monolith]

and my point is it won't happen "eventually" either

it's not impossible for them to change their mind, but considering the state of the game I think it's unlikely

[slim moth]

It definitely won't but i will still say that it's a better idea than tdm that no one is going to play

[warped monolith]

you'd be surprised. there's so few online shooters in this format nowadays
even tarkov arena has a good playerbase

[slim moth]

but Tarkov has multiple gamemodes. a choice. You can play arena or you can play the extraction. more people probably play the extraction, but they jump on arena from time to time. no biggy.

[warped monolith]

it's a very difficult game mode to accomodate the systems people are "used to" nowadays. can't monetize too hard, can't have too much progression

unfortunately gamers nowadays need this kind of carrot on the stick. they can't just play the game for the sake of playing it

[warped monolith]

I don't think TDM is gonna be the only mode for mp. The originals had more

[kindred violet]

CTF would be fun

[warped monolith]

they may want to have more than one mode even if it's just to say "hey we have as much content as the ogs"

[slim moth]

if they had a extraction mode, i'd play tf out of that.

im just not big into arena shooters modes. so i won't be playing them alot.

[warped monolith]

capture the artifact

[kindred violet]

I mean, it could just be warfare mode

[warped monolith]

so it's not "no one is going to play", it's "I'm not going to play"

[kindred violet]

steal battlefield players

[wise phoenix]

GSC could totally manage it if they weren’t scammers

[slim moth]

brother, in reality idgaf WHO plays what. I can guarantee that not a lot of people will play a arena gamemode compared to a co-op.

[wise phoenix]

Misery is coming out which looks pretty fun

[slim moth]

a warfare mode would be cool if it had to do with base/faction take overs

[kindred violet]

imagine getting warfare but like it works in planetside 2

[warped monolith]

as long as you stop posting your perspective as the one universal truth, it'll be fine

[slim moth]

oh so that's what bothers you

[warped monolith]

ps2 fell off hard a long time ago. I wouldn't use it as an example to be followed lol

[kindred violet]

it's a joke suggestion

[slim moth]

co-op is objectively more interesting than normal pvp modes.

[warped monolith]

dammit you were doing so well

[slim moth]

🙂

[golden hazel]

🍿

[warped monolith]

back to square one I guess

[kindred violet]

hahaha ^^

[slim moth]

Now im just having fun lmao

[stoic lichen]

This is the internet. Posting your perspective as the universal truth is what a good majority of the people do because fuck nuance lol.

[slim moth]

just learn to agree to disagree lol

[warped monolith]

this you?

[slim moth]

it's not hard

[warped monolith]

that's what I've been telling you for the past 15 minutes, ya hypocrite lmao

[slim moth]

no you haven';t

[stoic lichen]

You don’t understand, his opinion is just right.

That’s what opinion are supposed to be! They’re supposed to right!

[warped monolith]

my mistake, I keep forgetting

[stoic lichen]

Nuance? What’s that?

Just keep regurgitating the fucking obvious to be accepted by a community.

[kindred violet]

is it edible?

[stoic lichen]

Don’t have any other thoughts besides the main consensus that is agreed upon society :3

[kindred violet]

new rule for S2 chat, you're only allowed to post unpopular opinions

[warped monolith]

there was one earlier today

[stoic lichen]

I think S2 is fun even with its flaws.

[warped monolith]

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

(I agree with him but it's definitely an unpopular opinion, especially in this server)

[golden hazel]

HoC Tuah Skeefa on that thing

[slim moth]

I get what they're saying

[warped monolith]

vast majority of mooks here think Stalker 2 should've had more features than GAMMA and it's a terrible game for not reaching their deluded expectations

[stoic lichen]

Look, I get that the game has problems, I’m not trying to ignore.

But jesus christ these people keep beating the dead horse so much that it has turned into goddamn glue.

“UGH, IT’S NOT LIKE GAMMA!”

“UGH! UE5 SUCKS!”

WE KNOW! JUST MOVE THE FUCK ON ALREADY! FUCK!

[slim moth]

more than likely they never played the trilogy

[warped monolith]

I'm almost reinstalling to check out how the game is now on 1.5 but I think I'll wait some more

[stoic lichen]

“It’s slowly getting better. But I wait for more optimization fixes.”

[slim moth]

1.5 is a pretty good one to hop in. but since 1.6 is around the corner, i'd just wait for that

[warped monolith]

the only thing I "sincerely" nitpick about stalker 2 is fleshes having a leap attack just like chimeras do

it's just so weird.

[slim moth]

"just get a better gpu"

[stoic lichen]

[golden hazel]

MORBIUS THEY TOOK THE FUCKING BARRIER

[stoic lichen]

https://tenor.com/view/bleh-cat-blehh-cat-conswayo-yoyo-gif-2728106887809527143

[kindred violet]

I do appreciate that mutant behaviour is at least a tiny bit more varied. but yeah it is certainly jarring

[slim moth]

I miss shooting them in mid-air and they just keep flying up

lemme find the clip

[warped monolith]

it feels less varied in my perspective. Fleshes used to be more skittish and passive, now they just gang up on you like blind dogs... with the chimera's leap attack.

[stoic lichen]

It’s very simple. Charge > Attack > Fall Back > Repeat.

[stoic lichen]

Granted, a lot of mutants will gang up on you.

[kindred violet]

you missed "hide if can't pathfind to skeefa"

[stoic lichen]

If there’s more than one bloodsucker, it just becomes more tedious.

[stoic lichen]

And then you stand on something elevated, and ALL of them run and hide.

[warped monolith]

all of them will. but their unique behavior was that, when some of them were solo (like fleshes), they'd be more evasive and flightful
now they just all behave the same

I hated in SOC when I had to chase down a flesh to loot its parts

because I killed its family and it decided to run cross-country away from me

[stoic lichen]

The Zone works in mysterious ways.

[golden hazel]

https://tenor.com/view/hahaha-run-forrest-gump-tom-hanks-gif-4170876

[warped monolith]

but when grouped they would happily group hug you and give you headpats.
I mean headbutts.

[stoic lichen]

And also backshots

[remote eagle]

WE DONT NEED IT ANYMORE WE GOT THE SKEEFA

[stoic lichen]

https://tenor.com/view/stalker-stalker-shadow-of-chernobyl-gif-13259672441119550833

[timber plinth]

Do stashes in stalker 2 get better or they will stay underwhelming? Currently looted bunch of stashes in lesser zones and pretty much all of them were waste of time

[vital jungle]

most of the stashes will have some simple stuff like ammo, meds and food but imo its worth to explore because sometimes you can find suits and weapons + after looting a lot of regular stashes you get significant ammount of ammo, radiation pills and medkits which you can sell or use later which imo helps a lot. There are Stalker Unlimited mod on nexus which changes stahes but some other things as well. You can try it if you dont like vanilla stashes.

[timber plinth]

I also found unlimited stashes upgrade mod. Is that mod any good? Or does it make stashes overpowered?

[jade anchor]

I am using the grok's old mod about balancing mutant does that affect my achievements?

[jade anchor]

is it yes or no

[vital jungle]

i dont know, i never played with it. I just remembered that i saw this mod and it changes stash system and you asked about stashes so i replied that there is such mod and you can try it out

[warped monolith]

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

[vital jungle]

Does FSR 3.1 FG works for you? I have Nvidia gpu but it shouldnt be an issue however when im turning it on nothing happens, no effect

[kindred violet]

It means you shouldn't be using those mods as they are severely outdated, you will want something compatible with 1.5
And yes it affects achievements if you have mods

[proud ruin]

it's joever

[icy basin]

Don't use old mods in general

He made that mod when the game was in its first release versions and never touched it again

[finite needle]

Honestly I'd avoid mods until the game stops releasing updates every 2 months, since they have retroative compatibility issues

[young cosmos]

I like the game and the story but im waiting for overhaul mods and whatnot to come out for it if they ever do before i keep playing through it

im like halfway through the game and have been pretty much since release because various things in the game prevent me from playing further because they piss me off 😭

[bright star]

trying to figure out how to turn my NVGs off with OXA protype, he only ever mentions how to recalibrate the NVGs in the guide but I can't get them to turn off

[kindred violet]

The same way you turn them on?

[left zinc]

guys i have a question (i never played stalker 2 so pls no story spoil), and i wondered how is it possible that there are still monolithian ennemies ?

[kindred violet]

That's explained by the story

To tell you why would be a spoiler ^^

[left zinc]

oh ok thx then

[jade anchor]

I don't know how to delete the mod

I downloaded when Its came out

[icy basin]

Delete ~mods folder, delete engine.ini, verify file integrity iirc?

[jade anchor]

where is engine.ini

[icy basin]

If you don't know you probably never touched it, but \AppData\Local\Stalker2\Saved\Config\Windows

[jade anchor]

yeah I didn't

[jade anchor]

there is nothing named engine.ini

[icy basin]

Then yer good to go verify file integrity

[arctic marsh]

Should probably ask him in his mod thread...

@odd citrus somebodies poor and salty

[kindred violet]

it's just irrelevant to the channel you posted it in

[arctic marsh]

go cry at an anti gun rally

guy posted literally 1984 what a fuckin herb lmao

[kindred violet]

someone seems a little upset

[slim moth]

just put a gasmask right beside it and it's slightly more relevant

[warped monolith]

I have no idea what y'all talking about

[kindred violet]

look in the media tab

[warped monolith]

oh. I hid that channel.

why did someone post their irl gun

[kindred violet]

who knows ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[stoic lichen]

People really refuse to read.

[icy basin]

The fuck

[icy basin]

Oh are you upset at a little poop emoji for posting non-stalker 2 stuff

As I've told the other guy, use #🎨arts-and-crafts for stuff like that

[kindred violet]

[warped monolith]

holy overraction, batman. defensive much?

[stoic lichen]

He thinks he’s special. And by special, I mean retarded.

[warped monolith]

how dare people not like the picture of my precious widdle gun that I posted in an absolutely incorrect channel

[remote eagle]

[kindred violet]

damn, with 1.5.2 my fast travel with anyone doesn't work anymore :(

[dim badge]

I haven't followed the game since the launch. How is its current state? Did they iron out the kinks and added the missing features yet?

[kindred violet]

:(

why does it not allow me to talk man

[slim moth]

download and find out lol.

[warped monolith]

[abstract lintel]

There are some nice Pepes here.

[warped monolith]

I concur

[stoic lichen]

[supple peak]

Anyone know a good mod for less human enemy encounters?

[remote eagle]

bruh they got nothing else to repost it seems #560861009858920454 message

[warped monolith]

"# unknown"... should I click

[remote eagle]

yes its link to stalker official discord

[icy basin]

Oh no they're posting GAMMA in S2 discord

[kindred violet]

cross contamination

[stoic lichen]

Oh fuck it’s spreading.

[left jackal]

Any idea why I have massive FPS drop from 60 to like 5 FPS

Haven't played this game for about 6 months it was all fine before

[warped monolith]

I think I saw someone say rebuilding shader cache fixes that

[left jackal]

@warped monolith how to do that

[vital jungle]

It happens to me but rarely, i would say in 60 hr i had this about 3-5 times. Save and exit the game, it helps me

[stark rock]

man did they really patch out the thing where you stash your starter items in one of the safes so you don't get robbed? Anyone know if there's a way around that, mod or otherwise?

[warped monolith]

they patched that out?!

[slim cipher]

I forget do you ever get your stuff back?

[trim iron]

Only solution I found is the "parkour" mod that lets you jump over walls. Then you jump the wall with the closed gate that you eventually take to get to Zalissya, climb the tower and stash the stuff in the container at the top.
That used to work, not sure if that was perhaps also patched.

[stark rock]

I'll give it a shot and post results

Can confirm this does work still and let you keep everything except the Scanner, detector, and artifact
edit: It also deletes the 416 and the full size AK

[trim iron]

Rightly so, those are "quest" related

lol, so they are using a kind of item identifier to ensure no matter where you stash some of the items, they will always be lost

[stark rock]

it's nice because it lets you keep all the modded 'misc' loot you aquire

[trim iron]

Yeah, that's something at least

[warped monolith]

welp. at least something

[stark rock]

i mean you still get the krinkov, and all your meds and food

[molten snow]

i got gamma to launch the first time properly but afterwards its been dark and pixilated. anyone got a fix?

figured the problem out its the cache folder you got to delete in anomoly

[stark rock]

bro wrong chat

[warped monolith]

sorry, only saw that message now. I don't exactly know how to rebuild shaders in stalker 2

[molten snow]

instead telling me im wrong why not redirect me where to go?

[stark rock]

Because I can read the chat that says #╓☢stalker2™-chat-not-gamma-keep-waiting and it specfically says not gamma

[molten snow]

clearly new and not knowing where shit is so put it in random chat least u could do is point to right direction

[stark rock]

Perhaps looking at any of the various "SUPPORT FOR PROBLEMS" Channels could be the correct place? Like #🔨base-gamma-support or #🔨modded-gamma-support
Read the rules and information, It's really not that much to ask ffs. you don't even need to do that, just look at the channel list

[molten snow]

awsome thanks for showing me, now maybe the next person that has issues u know how to respond in a way thats helpful instead telling them wrong place.

[whole schooner]

https://tenor.com/view/now-kith-mike-tyson-gif-13249709

[molten snow]

https://tenor.com/view/thankyou-keyandpeele-gif-5027657

[molten snow]

lmao

[stark rock]

sorry, I figured you were literate, my mistake.
Thanks for the Gif Falco

[molten snow]

clearly literate if im typing and reading your message. Just common decency to help someone out if they possibly overlooked something

https://tenor.com/view/i-dont-know-what-to-tell-you-bud-i-think-you-should-leave-with-tim-robinson-what-can-i-say-i-got-no-words-for-you-i-got-nothing-to-tell-you-gif-3745689689795998035

[whole schooner]

Let's just say he helped you with some tough love

[molten snow]

ya tough love... lol

[golden hazel]

anyway back to maintaining the agenda

[idle minnow]

hi gents quick question, does one need to talk to gaffer first before you can start skinning mutants? had a game breaking bug possibly from mods that prevented me from collecting collars so had to hard reset the save. the image shows that the pig has a x mark on it so in theory you can collect it right? but as of now as i have not went to zalissya yet, and i cannot skin this flesh

[cloud verge]

Anyone knows a guaranteed way to switch to offline saves ?

Than steam cloud saves
On the offchance my saves get corrupted or internet is down so steam doesnt sync

[trim iron]

It's in the properties of the game. Right click > Properties

[cloud verge]

its as easy as turning this off ?

[trim iron]

Yes

[trim iron]

If you want to do it for all games, it's in Steam settings

[cloud verge]

FYI this worked:

Turn off Steam Cloud for Stalker 2.
Open folder C:\Users\YOUR USER NAME\AppData\Local\Stalker2\Saved\STEAM\SaveGames\Data. Grap all saves and move to desktop.
Delete folder Stalker2 form AppData\Local.
Open Stalker 2 and start new game. Skip cutscenes. - this creates a new stalker2 folder automatically in the above directory
Make 1 new save manually. Do not turn game off. Just tab out
Open folder C:\Users\YOUR USER NAME\AppData\Local\Stalker2\Saved\STEAM\SaveGames\Data. Find your new manual save. go to properties and copy the name of the file.
Bring back one of your original saves from the desktop and put it in the above directory
Rename your original save file with the same name as the new manual save - delete new manual save
Load your original save
God Speed.

Source reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/stalker/comments/1h6uj0t/45_hours_of_progress_gone_after_updating_to_103/

[near stratus]

So hows the game doing? Havent played since release, is it more stable and are there more fun mods. Or should i just wait another 6 months or so to play it?

[summer vapor]

I would wait, SDK is not fully functional yet

[near stratus]

still... 😦

[tacit glacier]

I mean, all the current patches made the game pretty good so far.
I will agree with the sentiment to wait for all the patches to finish so mods can stabilise once and for all though.

[summer vapor]

yes the game is much now but when there will be access to change the world in the game and spawn then mods can make the game 10 times more interesting

[spare flare]

How the new update feeling going to re-download today

[slim cipher]

Richter in CoP vs Richter in S2

[twilit thicket]

anyone else crash every time they try to load a save or exit to the main menu from the death/pause screen?

[tight hare]

can i donate for stalker 2 mods?

[pliant hare]

one month xbox game pass Q22J3-V4X62-6RPRW-GFJC4-V4G4Z

[radiant abyss]

Stalker 2 worth playing yet?

[tepid garnet]

BUENAS ALGUIEN QUE HABLE ESPAÑOL ?

[silk dove]

#🇪🇸-general-spa

[violet wyvern]

Depends, if you want the best experiences I'd wait because the ai is still dumb as all hell. But if you dont really care about that too much and are in for exploration and the story then yes. But beware there are still some story bugs. Zalyssia help missions is still bugged at least for me so yeah. I'd probably wait if you haven't played it yet.

[tight hare]

i cant see it when i click on it

[icy basin]

We won't have donations for S2 mods

[eager solstice]

@light crest (_ffiin) has been banned for reason: Compromised account

[remote eagle]

S.K.E.E.F.A.* enjoyer

[feral dirge]

How's stalker 2 now performance wise? I played it on game pass when it first came out but the low fps and crashing made me give up

[slim cipher]

S.H.E.V.A.

[remote eagle]

[warped monolith]

alomar

[kindred violet]

https://tenor.com/view/chris-redfield-re5-sheva-alomar-chris-damn-damn-gif-23727661

[remote eagle]

[oak dew]

Hey all, im very confused and not sure if im goign crazy or not, i have a ryzen7 5700x3d, 4080 super and 34gb ram, i have all of my settings on high, sky and clouds set to medium, dlss balanced, no frame gen, and 1440p, in zalyssie im getting 30 fps....out in the wild 40-45 fps, this seem extremely wrong.

[wooden glade]

maybe there's a bottleneck or resource drain somewhere? this definitely seems very wrong performance wise.

[slim moth]

Definitely not correct. i get around 60 fps in zaliss and i got 4070s and 5600x

[slim moth]

i'll get around 80 to 90 in the wild. what mods do you have?

[oak dew]

not too many mods and none i can think of that would cause problems

[slim moth]

i do not recommend Optimized tweaks

its super out of date. I recommend U+ https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/484?tab=files

Use the UMM since it makes changing the options easier.

slap some stuff on performance or base like vanilla or game, then work your way up.

also, UE4SS installation through vortex will cause problems

you need to like, manually add that.

[oak dew]

okay okay let me try this

[slim moth]

beware: U+ can make performance worse if you make it worse, because of the visual options that can get cranked.

[oak dew]

oh okay, i removed ue4ss from vortex, and then when i installed u+ it asked if i wanted t install it, do i dtill need to manuallt install?

[slim moth]

let UMM install it

[oak dew]

cool cool

[slim moth]

and then once your in-game. if you had UMM open, just make adjustments and hit F12 and it'll update whatever you changed.

[oak dew]

okay that helps, with dlss balanced, no frame gen, and this u+ im up to 63ish fps

no thats just while standing still it fluctuates when moving around from 50-60ish

[slim moth]

I use framegen.

Its very difficult to play without it. but i understand the input latency being a problem for people

[oak dew]

yeah yeah, im just tryign to get close to 60 then turn on frame gen so the input lag wont be so bad

[slim moth]

some people get better input latency with the FSR FG but i personally don't

[kindred violet]

with a 40 series card you can also get an up to date FSR FG plugin

[slim moth]

but lots to tweak and play around with. I love it for the cutscene animation fg unlock, the LOD for trees and objects, as well as the denoiser. Temporal, hybrid and rayrecon is fun to bounce back and forth

[kindred violet]

you can find that in the U+ manager as well

I also recommend DLSS Swapper to update the regular DLSS binaries

[slim moth]

do you use it, @kindred violet ?

the FSR FG?

[kindred violet]

I have a 30 series card so no

I have too many problems with mouse input lag that it irks me

[slim moth]

As the frames get better, the input gets better. i imagine the 50 series is substantial in the input latency (the lower you keep the framegen x2, x3, x4) it makes it seem like a worthy upgrade, but I can't justify the price for any 50 series card rn.

I'd love a 5080 but i ain't payin' more than a grand. hell no.

[kindred violet]

I'm quite happy with my 3080, the only gripe I have is only having 10GB VRAM, i'd prefer having a little more

[slim moth]

S2 is the only game that makes me feel like my system struggles and i hate it.

[oak dew]

Yeah i was abit shocked goign from playign cyberpunk 2077 with full path tracing at 120ish fps, and then....stalker 2....

[kindred violet]

tbf cyberpunk does run a bit better, but turning on some of the more demanding things destroys performance much more than S2 ever did

[warped monolith]

and cyberpunk performance was awful for a good long time until they fixed it just before phantom liberty came out

[remote eagle]

[slim moth]

It just feels like these dev's are building around only the FG and not the standard rasterized gameplay, unfortunately.

[oak dew]

@slim moth Thanks for all the info and help, fluctuating between 90-110 fps, ill do more testing when i wake up. take care

[slim moth]

hell yeah bro, glad to help

[kindred violet]

wooo baby, let's goo

[split crown]

Yeaaaah that's the vibe I also get.

AI frame gen shit has been absolutely devastating to the gaming industry ever since its introduction.

[slim moth]

it's fine if people want the option, but it shouldn't be the standard.

[split crown]

Agreed

[boreal frost]

!alife

[fallen iron]

@boreal frost You'll need to change the date in this mod: G.A.M.M.A. Alife optimization.

To quickly reach the folder:

1. Open your MO2
2. Search the mod using the "filter" option you can find on the bottom
3. Search the mod, right click on it, "open in Explorer"
4. Go inside here: gamedata/configs/alife.ltx and change the date with 26/10/2018

[remote eagle]

https://discord.com/channels/912320241713958912/1012510897136222293

[arctic marsh]

Yet you guys leave other dudes post up

[stoic lichen]

I think it’s a good concept for people who don’t have the high-end/latest hardware, but yeah, it shouldn’t be an excuse for shitty optimization even if you have the latest hardware.

And if the latest graphic cards are gonna be more ai bullshit with barely any performance improvements then why fucking bother lol

[split crown]

ayup

it's why if I do upgrade from my 3070, it'll probably be to a 40 series GPU. Not even gonna bother with the 50 series because it sounds like they're full of issues and hardly any performance upgrades from the 40 series aside from AI upscaling bullshit.

[rotund mantle]

apparently 50xx drivers are also fucked up

[split crown]

so I've also heard lmao

[slim moth]

sheeit guess we gotta wait for the super's or 60xx series

replace VRAM with AI-RAM

[split crown]

[muted trellis]

i installed the rusted dawn modpack and now the 416 looks like this but when i put it in my hands i lose the ability to do anything?

[icy basin]

Yeah, things fall through cracks, we're human

[golden hazel]

CRACK?!

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

[split crown]

SKEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEFA

THE RADIANCE OF THE ZONE IS UNREACHABLE WITHOUT INGESTING ZONE-GRADED CRACK COCAINE™!!!!!!!!!

[pseudo falcon]

shit is about to get real
im finally gonna finish this 1st run (redid the runs coz either game updates and borked the mods or the mods themselves got borked lel)

[split crown]

I stopped playing S2 again for like the 12th time, but this time it's mainly because I have little to no free time due to the new job I picked up.

[pseudo falcon]

meanwhile i like gamma more than s2
feel like after this 1st ending, i will still play but not often

[split crown]

Yeah. Whenever I get more free time, I'd like to reinstall Gamma and give it another go.

[pseudo falcon]

perhaps i can do 2 endings atm

[proud ruin]

skeefa it's peak

[proud ruin]

skeefa we must strip duga of all copper wire

[golden hazel]

THE WARD SKEEFA THEY WANT TO STOP US FROM GETTING ALL THE COPPER WIRE SKEEFA

[proud ruin]

jarvis pull all the copper wire out of my exo immediately

[golden hazel]

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

[proud ruin]

air support is inbound

[golden hazel]

What the sprite suit does to a mf

[split crown]

this is actually what you become once you've acquired all the zone's copper wiring.

[golden hazel]

This is why the ward hates the sprite stalkers, they want to stop you from achieving an ascended state

[pseudo falcon]

close to finish
just need to kill scar

then imma backtrack to kill kaymanov to do strelok ending
so i can do 2 at once today

[golden hazel]

Kaymanov more like Raul Menendez

[pseudo falcon]

this is just excessive

fcking granite rape squad room

fcking finally
i did it
finished 1 ending

i can do strelok ending if i backtrack
while ward and spark
needs a new run

lets fcking go

[proud ruin]

the soylok ending

noooo skeefa you must kill old man for me!!!!!!!!!!!!

[pseudo falcon]

btw with this current save
i can backtrack to do strelok ending since it needs to kill doctor but ill do it nxt week
im so burnt for it
back to gamma i go again

[odd fjord]

I NEED ACTIVE TESTERS FOR PC ASAP, LMK IN DM

[arctic marsh]

really need to just play through the game haven't even made it to the swamps once in 100+ hours

[glass garden]

Stalker 2 npc ai sux?

[vital jungle]

Hello, after interacting with my personal stash at Yanov im getting this "gas mask" overlay (black corners) never had this issue before. Anyone knows how to fix it?

after i speak with trader it gets away for 5 seconds but then gets back

if anyone has any ideas i would appreciate if you could share them because its annoying

[summer vapor]

Mod?

[vital jungle]

i figured it out, it was because Skif wanted to sleep 😆

after sleep its gone

[stoic lichen]

Ya boi got 2 thunderberries, stamina is no longer a problem.

[jagged night]

I'm still not playing this game and waiting on updates for the best first time experience, idk if its cringe

I do wonder tho how is your experience with the game so far?

[vital jungle]

I waited as well before finally decided to buy it. I bought it on summer sale this June or July i dont remember exactly when it was. 95 hrs and approsimately 40% completed. So far i enjoy it a lot, hooked from the start and i dont play any other game only S2 but i dont play vanilla. I have approximately 15 mods one of them is engine.ini file which changes shadows, lightening, reflections, fixes object pop ups and changes are noticeable tbh. Vanilla has issues with those things. For example shadows on Epic have 2k resolution and has "jittery" effect on walls. This mod makes them 6k but i changed to 4k manually and issues gone, lost about 2 fps. Reflections are blurry, indoor shadows are wrong and this mod fixes it. I started to use most of those mods from very start so i cant comment on vanilla S2 but if you are OK with mods then i strongly recommend this game. Main story and side missions are very enjoyable at least for me.

[jagged night]

I do want to wait out until Alife 2 will be polished, how is it right now?

[gusty plaza]

Have anyone here tried Rusted Dawn modpack?

[eager solstice]

@surreal elbow (arturallapugachova) has been banned for reason: compromised acc

[split crown]

dawg I have 382.5 hours in S2 and have never beaten it once lmao

Just a rinse & repeat of getting burnt out, coming back, and getting burnt out again. Doesn't help with mods breaking every time some patch gets pushed out by GSC.

[split crown]

Nah, I'd say you're rather justified in holding that position. Even after all this time, Stalker 2 still has a number of issues that really fuck up the immersion and gameplay experience.

maybe someday GSC will somehow finish the game

[jagged night]

I mean, they did substantially updated the game, its rare in this industry at this point

[split crown]

yeah they've been working on updates, but from my own personal experience the game is still far from being polished.

[jagged night]

is it Alife or what the main issue in your opinion?

[split crown]

Maybe once they squash whatever issue is causing memory leaks in populated settlements, then I'll start thinking otherwise.

[split crown]

Mainly the memory leaks where your fps drops down between 1-10 fps.

[jagged night]

oh, that's Alife then, for sure its bugging out because it decides what to do in crowded area

[split crown]

if it sticks around long enough, the only way to fix it is A) loading a save, and if that doesn't work B) restarting your game.

Yeah it's extremely annoying and time-consuming due to the rate of how often it occurs.

[jagged night]

to me it seems like Alife code is very big and what it looks like it has bugs in it

[split crown]

wouldn't be surprised

[jagged night]

probably very hard to troubleshoot Alife anyway, how the fuck you can even test it properly?

and if I'm being honest, GSC do read feedback, at least it seems to me considering bugs at launch and what they are trying to fix

[sonic flower]

iffy borderline legal question...anyone found a way to play stalker 2 without agreeing to the overbearing "you own nothing" eula?

I personally don't like a eula that says they can remove my game if I do something they don't like

[split crown]

wasn't even aware of that tbh

[trim iron]

Is it the Stalker 2 EULA or the Steam EULA that says that?

[bitter kestrel]

Will upgrading my CPU help me get better frames or do I really need to spend $$$ on a fat ass GPU? I'm currently running an ancient i3 for my CPU and I can run stalker 2 at around 24 fps average with a 1660 super on lowest settings

[rotund mantle]

Id deff upgrade that cpu first before id touch the gpu

[bitter kestrel]

Ok, thanks for the info

I been really wanting to play it but my computer is slowly becoming obsolete

[kindred violet]

Tf kinda question is that, of course there's no legal way to do this

[proud ruin]

if you've done upto sircca or whatever it's called you aren't missing out on much the game goes sharply downhill after that

[split crown]

I see. Yeah, the farthest I've gotten in the game is basically right after the "major decision" you make in SIRCAA. Didn't even get out of the place lol.

[proud ruin]

it feels like they ran out of time or whatever after sircaa and just rushed to finish it tbh

[split crown]

that sounds terrible

[proud ruin]

that's also the point from which the game got super buggy when i played it on release

[split crown]

fucked up how GAMMA is more of a Stalker 2 than Stalker 2 actually is

[split crown]

lmao. Yeah that doesn't sound too surprising

[proud ruin]

i'm doing my first gamma run since playing stalker 2 last year and it makes me sad what could of been

[split crown]

Ayup, I've gotta delete my current iteration of Gamma and reinstall. I'm super behind on Gamma updates...

I think my current Gamma is on 0.9.1 or something

[proud ruin]

i'm enjoying 9.4 a lot and the new sss looks great too

[split crown]

Hell yeah. I look forward to seeing the new changes.

[proud ruin]

it was obviously never going to be like anomaly but there are a lot of features amongst the various modpacks that would of made for a much better game

[split crown]

Agreed.

I just wonder what Stalker 2 could have been if the devs weren't rushed and forced to release their unfinished game.

[proud ruin]

one thing that really annoyed me was the lack of tasks/side quests

[split crown]

Same

[proud ruin]

i remember there being like 3 in rostok and literally none in yanov

[split crown]

Like oh wow, you can grab one repeatable side quest at a time from a bartender every 24 hours, crazy

meanwhile, in the older Stalker games, you could grab like 4 or 5 side tasks from Sidorovich at a time.

I also really like how you can just talk to any NPC in Gamma and grab tasks from them too.

[proud ruin]

game was just super unfinished i think it definitely needed another year of dev time at least

[split crown]

Yeah, a year at least

[proud ruin]

people complain about the alife a lot but thats what annoyed me the most like i dont care too much what npc borka bumsniffer is doing it was just the lack of anything else to do but the main story really which like i said really goes downhill in quality after sircaa

from memory duty has legit 0 tasks/quests

[split crown]

Pretty much. If there's nothing going on in the game, then it's going to be barren and boring no matter what.

[kindred violet]

Apologies but what a braindead take

[proud ruin]

[split crown]

Yeah, I think you're right. They only have the bartender NPC that offers repeatable quests iirc. Also, Voronin or whatever the leader's name of Duty is doesn't even have anything for you to do lmao.

[split crown]

sure thing pal. Everyone's entitled to their opinions.

Even if some opinions are wrong; it's ok to enjoy bad things.

After all, I've shoved 382 hours of my life into a bad thing.

I enjoyed some of it, but I definitely haven't enjoyed all of it.

[proud ruin]

when i played it on release the game became a super boring slog after sircaa because all the main story missions make you run across like half the map and with no alife or whatever you would legit run for like 10-15 minutes and not see a single npc

i remember running from rostok to duga and back not seeing a single npc and being like this sucks ass

[split crown]

Yeah that doesn't sound enjoyable in the slightest.

[proud ruin]

it was nice revisiting old locations from previous games but the novality ran out very quickly

[split crown]

Like where's the random event encounters, big open-world faction battles (NPCs clearly going against the Ward's declaration of neutrality), and so forth

[proud ruin]

overall i'd give stalker 2 like a solid 5-6/10 maybe once they've patched it to 2.0 or whatever 7-7.5 but it could of been so much more

[split crown]

yeah I think I can agree with that kinda rating.

[proud ruin]

legit none of that it's very disappointing

i still can't believe how dirty they did the og factions though

rip duty

[split crown]

the OG factions are hollow shells of their former selves.

[golden hazel]

DEADLY ANOMALIES DANGEROUS MUTANTS

[proud ruin]

spark was just such a bad clear sky clone too

[split crown]

muh nostalgia...

[proud ruin]

ANARCHISTS AND BANDITS

[split crown]

Spark was literally just edgy Clear Sky lmao

They should have just kept Clear Sky in as a faction

and also NOT make Swamps a total fucking hellhole of a region that you only visit once and never return to again.

[golden hazel]

SKEEFA WE NEED THE LINKIN PARK HYBRID THEORY ALBUM SKEEFA FOR THE SHINING ZONE

[proud ruin]

i agree with this take spark should of just been clear sky remnants

[split crown]

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

[proud ruin]

SKEEFA ITS PEAK SKEEFA

[split crown]

Tbh, Spark could have still been implemented into the game, but yeah I don't see why Clear Sky had to simply be erased

[golden hazel]

Now we gotta wait for them to show up in the dlc

[proud ruin]

I bet the limansk dlc will be about them

[golden hazel]

Clear Sky is still around though

[split crown]

I could be misremembering

Though I also didn't finish the game, so

Like I remember the horrible trek through swamps, the destroyed clear sky base, etc., and the Clear Sky egghead leaving behind voice logs at each of the towers you have to disable

[golden hazel]

They hired bandits in one of the factories for protection looking for shit on the Skadovsk side of the map

[split crown]

Huh, was that a side quest? I must have missed that one.

[golden hazel]

Ye

[split crown]

Only thing that sounds similar to that was when I killed a buncha bandits that had been holding some stalkers captive.

[proud ruin]

i honestly think they should of just made the map look like how it is in anomaly

[split crown]

Agreed

[proud ruin]

i think zaton and brain scorcher are in such dumb spots

[split crown]

It fucks with me how the garbage just isn't directly north of the Cordon anymore.

[golden hazel]

Remnants only get mentioned once in the whole game

[proud ruin]

"we are saving this for dlc"

[golden hazel]

Just like grandpa science man

I forgot his name

[proud ruin]

one thing i also really didn't like was the new pda

it should of just been like how it is in anomaly it's perfect

[proud ruin]

soylok vs skeefa the battle of titans

no skeefa u mayst kell old man

[split crown]

oh dude it's so bad.

[golden hazel]

No not that one

The one in the yantar bunker

Sahkarov

Legit the only time he gets mentioned is in a log that states that he's old as fuck and was doing science shit in like 1961

Idk they left a lot of lore shit for the dlcs

[split crown]

even then, that's just speculation. They could have just retconned a lot of it lol

[golden hazel]

Like where the hell is Sahkarov, why is Clear Sky looking for things in a factory where there's a controller with a leash, was Raul Menendez Faust here today?, Can Skeefa use the HOC of Tuah like Soylok?

Like I swear the dlc is gonna start with Faust showing up actually being the person that followed you into the monolith control room

https://tenor.com/view/raul-menendez-call-of-duty-black-ops-ii-black-ops-black-ops-2-gif-8343864204037828622

[split crown]

yea iunno chief

[proud ruin]

the best part of the game is the cutscene where skeefa looks at the player and says 'truly i have become stalker 2 Heart of Chernobyl"

[proud ruin]

goes to yantar bunker, literally nothing there no npcs or anything

https://tenor.com/view/glorp-glorpshit-mad-gif-12826934952903770254

[remote eagle]

copper wire took them SKEEFA

[proud ruin]

https://tenor.com/view/me-atrapaste-es-cine-its-cinema-cinema-esto-es-cine-gif-17729711691959966457

[golden hazel]

My only absolutely solid theory is that Clear Sky is hiding in Limansk which is why they hired bandits to protect them while they look for tech in abandoned factories they're definitely creating a 2nd brain scorcher of sorts with how the place the bandits were at had a controller in it

[proud ruin]

i can't wait for a good freeplay overhaul that turns it into an autistic inventory management simulator in 10 years

[proud ruin]

https://tenor.com/view/riddler-paul-dano-new-rockstars-does-he-know-gif-26833694

[golden hazel]

https://tenor.com/view/stalker-clear-sky-game-soldier-gif-22616292

[split crown]

Literally same

[proud ruin]

game about chernobyl
doesn't even include cnpp

[split crown]

I do somewhat recall exploring a factory that was full of zombies and a controller wearing a collar... is that what you're talking about?

[remote eagle]

NOO NOT ANOTHER TARKOV MODPACK

[golden hazel]

If it was in the skadovsk side of the map, yes

[proud ruin]

it'll be called escape from shining zone