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

[warped monolith]

what was the term called

when you point your muzzle at someone

[slim moth]

That mechanic is really hit or miss

"Aggro'd"

[warped monolith]

bing says the term is 'flagging'

[slim moth]

oh i gotcha. Yeah, it's kinda hit or miss. not as consistent as the trilogy or GaMmA

[warped monolith]

hopefully they tweak/fix it in future, though I imagine this is probably at the bottom of their priority list

[slim moth]

There are a lot of HUB areas where I think it would've been more appropriate for them to "enforce" not flagging other people. but most of the time you can walk around willy nilly.

[deep robin]

I found out what the culprit was. I forgot I had an experimental mod installed that handles better tonemapping, part of the Dynamic Weather Overhaul mod. Disabling this removes this odd effect. I will notify the mod creators though.

[slim moth]

im glad you figured it out man. Cause that AO was abyssmal.

[deep robin]

Yeah, the mod is Alternative Eye Exposure, and yeah it is highly work-in-progress, so bugs should be expected

Thanks for the input though

[slim moth]

his new DWO has updates for his optional exposure stuff

[blissful coyote]

hi

[rapid kayak]

hi guys, sorry, got a question

rd-9x39 still in the game?

[sterile flower]

any of yall get a bug in the mission just like old times or whatever its called where u have to vent the gas

like the door doesnt open lol

[burnt wave]

wait is that the in game keybind for "show HUD" that i think wasn't working at all or something ?

as for an HUD mod, seems this one could still be working in 1.6 ( https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/683?tab=description )

[tacit glacier]

Oh cool
All base mods for Rusted Dawn seem to have been updated 👀

[austere walrus]

Been waiting for rusted down also for new playthrough

[late kernel]

Sir this is Stalker 2 chat, no AOE chat

[jade flax]

chat can i play stalker 2 with atleast 90fps? specs are: rtx3060 12gb Vram, 32gb ram, amd ryzen 7 5800x

i dont wanna buy bcs i think i cant play it well

[kindred violet]

It would be a miracle to get 90fps

[burnt wave]

If anyone's interested in testing this https://discord.com/channels/912320241713958912/1422217498203390032

[jade harbor]

The game is still unplayable just let me finish the damm story 💔 💔 💔

[peak eagle]

New room above Malachite has a safe, got a Liquid Rock and slightly upgraded and spec'ed out Dnipro in it

[slim moth]

it's not necessarily a toggle. just more of a show all stats. if you have auto-hide it can almost be like a toggle. I also tried to use that hud editor but couldn't get it to work for some reason

honestly, if they made it to where you could hide all stats unless you check inventory/backpack, i'd be cool with that too. and compass has it's own toggle.

[warped monolith]

I'd be glad with that, too

[bronze dew]

i was thinking of buying stalker 2 this october

[tacit glacier]

A 4080 Super has to play it at locked 60fps to not feel the input lag.

[queen elk]

I don't know if 60 fps is required to feel absolutely no input lag because that's what they say, but recently I played the RTX mod for Painkiller Black Edition with Path Trycing ultra, I had about 80 fps avg with the generator x2 and I didn't feel like my mouse was floating even though it was only 40+ fps native

the same, currently playing almost everywhere with x4-x6 generator with lossless scaling, locking fps to 60, I literally don't feel any difference whether it's x2 or x6, only bigger artifacts

[finite needle]

I only felt the mouse floating when playing on my laptop, that has a 4060, and only sometimes. Never felt lag on my desktop, that has a 5070

Didn't feel it on my old ass desktop either, (that had a 2070 Super), but I also nevere had the luxury to even think about reaching 90 fps with that machine

[queen elk]

greater computing power of the computer, lower input lag with good hardware, physically unnoticeable nvidia reflex on+boost help too

[finite needle]

Sometimes, you just gotta swallow the pill consider not setting all the options to max

||half joking but I knew a dude who would do this and then complain his PC was lagging while playing||

[queen elk]

Living in a time where I can run literally anything ultra I want, limit the frames to 60 artificially increase them to 360Hz on my monitor without any lag, I would have to be an absolute idiot to play on low or medium settings in 2025 to get some ridiculous 100fps.

dlss and frame generator are the best thing that happened to people with top-of-the-line hardware

[finite needle]

It's a matter of priorities, if he wants 90 fps stable there are ways to reach it by compromising

[queen elk]

but it should be emphasized that this applies only to top-of-the-line devices and high monitor refresh rates

[finite needle]

Now, why he would do this on a single player game I don't know, but it's a choice

[queen elk]

only when limiting fps to 60 you have constant 360hz with the generator, the game runs perfectly, no frame fluctuations, poetry and the game looks beautiful

What's the point of 90 fps that keeps dropping and you have to lower the settings and still 90hz is nothing on a 360hz monitor ;p zero eye comfort whatsoever

The computer also gets less tired and uses less power thanks to the fact that you limit it to 60 ez game win win situation

[nocturne wasp]

where's my 1080ti benchmark man to tell me if i can run the game with a 1080ti (no lol)

@autumn hearth you're not going to believe this shit but i almost meet recommendeds to run s2

[golden hazel]

Gotta esports trickshot the 9000 Bloodcykas by dropping everything to 800x600 lowest and Lumen off

[quick solstice]

depends entirely on the resolution you're going to play at but def not with a 3060 i would say. iirc it's still on UE5.1 which has horrendous performance problems and also forces software lumen on for basically everything which also looks bad and runs bad. it's why a 4090 or 5090 can't even get good frames in this game. there are mods like ultra+ that will allow it to scale better for lower settings but it's currently in beta for 1.6 so you'll need to join their discord to get a copy of the mod and it might not be fully stable

[slim moth]

God, if only there was a option to skip the attack on Duga. it's easily the worst fucking section of this game. I'd rather a powerpoint slideshow show me beating up faust than have to play through his boss fight. GSC really said, "ambushing the player with endless respawns and 30fps? perfect, ship it out."

[tacit glacier]

Info from Rusted Dawn discord
Initial 1.6 version tomorrow
Wont include all gun mods tho, yet

[warped monolith]

don't remember to set the fov down as much as you can so enemies "look bigger" and become easier to hit

[sour grotto]

i have the second Scavengers, Trespassers, Adventures, Looters, Killers, Explorers, Robbers and i have a laptop 4090 with frame gen on i can get up to 85 fps sometimes 90 it's a beast of a game but the world needs to be filled out more its a walking simulator with a ton of areas only having one or two side quests. its just too empty that being said i put in 90 hours and got the cannon ending (if we're going by the novels) id wait till its more fleshed out.

[warped monolith]

on what resolution are you getting those frames

[sour grotto]

2K

[warped monolith]

seems acceptable

... somewhat.

[sour grotto]

i had to really fernagle with the settings i can open em and send you a screenshot i haven't played the new updates since like 1.4 so i don't know if it'll be better or worse 😐

Frame gen sucks to have on because there's a lotta ghosting honestly i expected at least 120 fpys for a 5 grand laptop but im just being picky XD

[quick solstice]

it's just engine limitations atm doesn't matter what your gpu is

[kindred violet]

^this

It doesn't even really matter what your graphics settings are

[cunning stirrup]

Laptop 5090 equal 5070 GPU so..... sounds legit about your 4090

[tacit glacier]

Holy fuck @vital jungle that has got to be the most intense blowout I ever seen

[kindred violet]

God damn

[iron prawn]

I have to leave the house every day

this severely impacts my ability to be a fucking weirdo playing stalker 24/7

or ever

because I haven't installed it

[trim iron]

Welcome to adulting

[golden hazel]

https://tenor.com/view/bandit-cheeki-breeki-stalker-gif-27140308

[vital jungle]

It is Dynamic Weather Overhaul addon which changes blowouts

Addon for DWO mod

[tacit glacier]

Classic Blowout one yeah?

I saw it. Waiting for Rusted Dawn to update before I play again, lol

[vital jungle]

yes

[cunning stirrup]

I rather to hide in the basement forever if i see this coming

[cunning stirrup]

Btw last time i was hiding in a open world basement and there's an NPC came out of nowhere show up behind me

And I was holding a RPG

So ya know what happened

[warped monolith]

https://tenor.com/view/tremor-stalker-call-of-pripyat-rpg-gif-16865290063216580545

[abstract ridge]

Hello

Does anyone knows how can i switch from Stalker 2 version 1.4 to latest patch?

[cunning stirrup]

Isn't Steam default setting update your game automatically?

Usually

[abstract ridge]

i dont have it on steam

[cunning stirrup]

Ah

[abstract ridge]

i got it somwhere on pirate web

[cunning stirrup]

You mean happy share version

[abstract ridge]

I dont know i got it from my friend.

its 1.4 patch

[cunning stirrup]

Huh.....

[abstract ridge]

So if i want to have the latest patch i should buy the whole game on Steam?

[cunning stirrup]

Better and you should be

Since that doesn't sound like a legal way to get the game honestly

[abstract ridge]

But its almost 70Euros😭

[cunning stirrup]

Wait until it's on sale then

[abstract ridge]

ahh...

[cunning stirrup]

Should be cheaper a little bit at least

[warped monolith]

it's on sale now

30%

[cunning stirrup]

Oh hell yeah

40 dollars here we go

But I'm pre-order player

[abstract ridge]

Can you play multiplayer?

[warped monolith]

no MP yet

will be added in a future free update (tm)
please be excited

[abstract ridge]

Ok, thanks. I go see how much is on Steam

[cunning stirrup]

It's 40 dollars in my region

Tho

[abstract ridge]

34,99€

[cunning stirrup]

What are you waiting for

Get it

Do it

JUST DO IT

[vital jungle]

https://tenor.com/view/raid-it-gif-1327706771478143354

[molten osprey]

numpad.

[warped monolith]

hardcoded keybinds are a cancer

friend of mine's a leftie and he has to suffer through the roulette of finding out if the next game he wants to play will allow him to change keybinds so he can play comfortably

[molten osprey]

The bad thing for me is that they have an option for it to move the keys, but it just doesnt work when your aiming down sights. And the fact they announced that they would handle it already with 1.2

Its 4 keys, how hard can it be to fix that

[kindred violet]

Imagine if it's just so mega ultra spaghetti jank that they just can't get it to consistently work 😆

[molten osprey]

Im pretty sure if i was on PC i would have fixed myself already with tweaking the cfg, but xbox

[quick solstice]

load bearing keybinds

[cunning stirrup]

PC is awesome

[molten osprey]

I mean i could play with controller

but lmao no

[cunning stirrup]

Meanwhile me playing on PC using a controller instead of mouse and keyboard

PC? Air filter pro

[molten osprey]

Stalker just doesnt feel right with controller, cod or bf arent a problem

[vital jungle]

|| Right now im completing quest where i need to escape Ward base after they put me in jail. I saw on YT that there should be PDA on desk with some info and code for doors next to safe where all my stuff is. However videos that i watched are old and i dont have such PDA on the desk (next to cage they put me in) but i know the code and i can open those coded doors later anyways to collect another PDA which i can see through window. I dont understand why they removed first PDA if 2nd is still there and theoretically it should give you additional info about story but you cant open the doors without watching yt videos. Question is to anyone who completed this mission recently, did you have 1st PDA with doors code next to cage or im experiencing a bug?||

[peak eagle]

So long and still the artifact missions still don't show what artifacts they want for the reward

[wild acorn]

is stalker 2 worth playing yet, or is it still bare bones and boring

[indigo harness]

needs another 12-16 months

[wild acorn]

figured, thanks

just needs a bunch more weapons, more side quests and id be happy

[warped monolith]

yea how dare they release a game without 30 AK variants

[indigo harness]

if the engine update happens this year as rumored, hopefully will only need another 6

but who knows if its actually going to improve things lol

[warped monolith]

My guess is... probably not much

[wild acorn]

i can get past the lack of wepaons at the moment, but there aint shit to do in this game man, i have more fun farming monolith in pripyat on vanilla CoP than playing stalker 2

[nova lake]

this is the official stalker wiki map
https://map.stalker.wiki
it has sapce for 3 DLC

so we may get 3 DLC

[tacit glacier]

Well, that's nice

Actually, one issue

DLC1 shows base game content

[nova lake]

its placeholder images so

I mean, the DLC2 image is just the ultimate edition image

[tacit glacier]

No, I'm saying it literally shows base game content xD

It's a wiki
I'd say they f'd up and just called base game DLC1 instead of STALKER

Funnily enough not everything is in here at the moment, like full english translation

"Fan made wiki"

Yeah this is just a mess up and nothing official. Just stalker fans doing fan things.

[worthy hollow]

is this also the place to ask for help with modding Stalker 2?

[late kernel]

https://discord.com/channels/912320241713958912/1309182885756145685

[worthy hollow]

thanks, i thought that was for making mods only, not so much help with gettting mods working properly.

[tacit glacier]

bruh
At this point I wouldn't be surprised if the website was just as buggy as the game

[silver orchid]

Idk

i just know that there's a problem in the map

[tacit glacier]

Oh bruh

I'll tell you my confusion

[golden hazel]

Can I get uhhhhh slavjank, extra janky

[tacit glacier]

I'd just do 4 buttons, not 3 buttons that change constantly

[golden hazel]

It's peak

[silver orchid]

In the og map (by joric, this wiki take that high-resolution map as base) that weird line don't exist.

[late kernel]

web design is my passion

[tacit glacier]

You can see my confusion yeah?
I look quickly and see only 3 tabs and figure "Okay they named base section DLC1"

But ig the game will have 3 dlc's then.
We'll see.

[worthy hollow]

that looks a lot better then the horizontal and vertical cutting lines.

[echo belfry]

anyone know how to make no weight mod work with oxa prototype?

[wanton arch]

how to download SSS for anomaly pls smn 🙏

and how to resolve shader failure

[silver orchid]

is funny how #╓☢stalker2™-chat-not-gamma-keep-waiting has not-gamma-keep-waiting in the name.

[warped monolith]

yet people keep asking for gamma 2

[warped monolith]

#╟🔰☢newbies-chat

[hollow jewel]

@midnight wind sorry to bother you. It seems your Modular Mutants Health mod is causing STALKER 2 to crash now since the 1.6 patch dropped. Is it possible to update your mod? Even removing the mod doesn't help since apparently the changes were baked into my saves. Help! Thank you!!

If not then I'll have to start the game from the very beginning. This would be a fate worse than death.

[midnight wind]

Hum ? No it’s probably not my mod doing this to your saves bud.

I can update it yes. But I doubt it’s « embedded in your saves » at it’s just config edits

[hollow jewel]

Yeah, that's just my way of wording it.

Thanks very much if there's anything you can do. You'd be a life saver!

FWIW, there are quite a few people reporting the same thing on your mod's comments page.

[tardy meadow]

can someone help me i cant lower the resolution below 1080p

[knotty onyx]

...why do you want to do that?

[kindred violet]

Probably for performance I figure

[knotty onyx]

But the game already has upscaling, which would more or less achieve the same gains.

[summer vapor]

Which points have already been completed?

[kindred violet]

To my knowledge at least the second point should be done.
As for the combat I did hear there were some changes but idk if they are the full update for that

[knotty onyx]

1.6 affected all 4 of those. Are they done making changes tho? Who knows

[summer vapor]

Mutants combat & balance was changed?

Idk

[knotty onyx]

They made some changes to pseudogiants , tweaked HP of different mutants.

[tacit glacier]

I decided to try out the High/Low Ready Stance mod
Looks fuckin dope, just needs a tweak that makes NPC's not act like Skif is pointing the gun at them

[odd fjord]

been there

good luck bro 🤣

because the game considers center of camera as where the gun aims

i literally got to the point i got it all in game, even canted shooting like 1.6 got

but 1 thing efed me at all times, bullets go center

granted i havent picked it back up to test on it again

[solid remnant]

Hey guys can anyone suggest where I can get anomaly?

[sweet ether]

modDB

[solid remnant]

Thanks fam

[knotty onyx]

Is this an S2 mod?

[warped monolith]

er whoops, wrong chat

cleaning up

[solid remnant]

Looking for eclipse?

[summer vapor]

What is that game?

[warped monolith]

that was Arena Breakout Infinite

a chinese f2p, simplified copy of tarkov

[summer vapor]

that's nteresting, I remember when Tarkov wanted to be like Stalker

[jade harbor]

Why the hell is it so hard to tell apart factions in this game

They don't have obvious colour's anymore

Much pain

[kindred violet]

Feel that, was playing with oxa prototype for the longest time got so used to just pressing the faction identification key he built into the mod to know who it is

[dense bay]

is the bundle worth on steam?

[warped monolith]

which bundle exactly?

[dense bay]

Stalker complete bundle

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/54175/STALKER_COMPLETE/

[warped monolith]

I don't know much about the enhanced edition of the OG trilogy, but I've seen some complaints about it being a ""downgrade""

[molten osprey]

they do a good job in offering what ZRP and other mods always did and look alright

but i guess mods can do more, like always

[warped monolith]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nz55OH8cyZs

I tend to take this guy's opinion seriously. Give this a look and see if it helps you decide

[dense bay]

watching it now. Thanks friend-o

[real dirge]

Did you guys like S2 ? like the map, environment and so on ? I kinda feel like it's small

[warped monolith]

small? dang

the map is HUGE

the problem is there's little content for the map

[late kernel]

Its not small in the slightest

[warped monolith]

a lot of areas have nothing in them

like zero quests

[real dirge]

yeah my bad meant empty

[late kernel]

the map is just empty

[real dirge]

like sure the map is big but there's nothing

[warped monolith]

oh. alright yeah, agreed there. it's empty

worse than a ubisoft game

[late kernel]

UE5 is not good for open world games

[real dirge]

leaves lots of room for mods I guess ahah

[molten osprey]

like which specifically

do you think of

hmmm far cry maybe?

[late kernel]

Even a Far Cry games has more depth

[real dirge]

I mean, far cry games aren't the worst of ubi games

[warped monolith]

heck even the "modern" ass creed trilogy with their huge fuck-you-sized maps had more stuff

[late kernel]

But they're boring, hasn't changed fundamentally since Far Cry 4

[real dirge]

do we know of anyone working on a MP mod for S2 ? Cause that's really the only thing the game could be good with

[molten osprey]

im just joking because a lot of people said s2 feels like far cry chornobyl

[real dirge]

yeah really boring I do agree

[late kernel]

MP mod?

[real dirge]

Multiplayer

[late kernel]

devs will implement it one day

its not a priority for them right now

[real dirge]

Not talking about a pvp deathmatch like there was in the og

[warped monolith]

devs promised MP mode in the future but FAIR WARNING it won't be co-op in any form

[molten osprey]

thats what you will get

No coop, it will be PVP

[real dirge]

yeah ofc not coop they never talked about that

[molten osprey]

And im kinda looking forward to it, couuuuuld feel nice

probably wont but hey

[warped monolith]

if you want some sandbox co-op or play the game's storyline in co-op, maybe someone could make it in future.
But it could take a very long time. There's a COP co-op mod released rather recently...

[real dirge]

tbh I wasn't talking about the official devs, but if a mod author was working on a MP mod (not exactly coop, more like FiveM per se)

[real dirge]

UE is really really easy to mod. There was a MP mod for hogwarts legacy in the first week of its release (though.. thirdperson helps a lot)

[late kernel]

I mean if people could get a hold of Stalker 2's source code an MP mod might be possible

[golden hazel]

https://tenor.com/view/looking-at-distance-strelok-stalker-stalker-2-heart-of-chornobyl-gif-9607769205614768453

[real dirge]

No need

though it'll simplify things of course but UDK is sufficient

[slim moth]

hi

[molten osprey]

I also saw a guy who rewrites the whole xray engine for clear sky now and it seems rather promising

at least more than the more known mods

[warped monolith]

https://tenor.com/view/dancing-like-nobody-is-watching-richter-dancing-richter-slag-heap-stalker-gif-12313168116865261724

[late kernel]

What happened to Ray of Hope anyway? They ported the mod to UE5 aswell

[golden hazel]

[warped monolith]

dammit where's the gif of "not strelok" doing his whole speech but sped up

[golden hazel]

https://tenor.com/view/stalker-stalker2-explaining-gif-25555840

[warped monolith]

why couldn't I find this

I scrolled FAR

gonna have to favorite it

speaking of

pls send skeefa it's peak

so I can favorite that too

[golden hazel]

You didn't believe hard enough

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

[warped monolith]

you are the true hoc of tuah

[molten osprey]

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

[dense bay]

This guy doesn't really hold his punches. I watched the whole thing and he convinced me to actually not buy the bundle. Saved me some money

[frozen wind]

anyone know how to fix my game, ive started a new game and as soon as i open my backpack my game dashboards, with mods, without mods. ive redownloaded stalker 2 three times now and it keeps happening. pls help (i camt take this anymore)

[peak eagle]

Guess his back won't have any problems, since he's kinda dead

[frozen wind]

anyone know how to fix my game, ive started a new game and as soon as i open my backpack my game dashboards, with mods, without mods. ive redownloaded stalker 2 three times now and it keeps happening. pls help (i camt take this anymore)

[tacit glacier]

You know what I find hilarious?

Skif used a smoke grenade once at the start of the game.
Then we never see that item ever again

Imagine if we could use those

[hollow jewel]

Lots of people are complaining about ver 1.6 now. Crash reports all over the place. Is it mods fault? Is the game broken now? I think people are just waiting.

[golden hazel]

SKEEFA THE WARD IS HOARDING ALL OF THE SMOKE GRENADES SKEEFA

[slim moth]

check your modio and steamworkshop. remove ue4ss/update it.

[frozen wind]

I will have to try that, have no idea how to do that 😅

[slim moth]

1643320 is STALKER 2's steam workshop mod folder.

[clever ermine]

Why's the MC less stamina than my chain smoking ass?

[slim moth]

https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/672

now you are the master of stamina

[clever ermine]

Question still stands, are Ukrainians just naturally winded or did the artifact give him 50 years of smoker lung?

[slim moth]

idk. ask any dev of a modern fps game. they all do running stamina like hot garbage

[clever ermine]

Also melee, wtf?

[slim moth]

yup. all fixed with the mod above. ^^^

[clever ermine]

Aa, I switched to gamma untill they release a 2.0 cyberpunk style overhaul

Might even buy it then

[slim moth]

alright then. lmao. congrats

[warped monolith]

cheating

[warped monolith]

ironically enough OG stalker has protagonists who actually can sprint for longer than 10 seconds

why didn't they just... do that

skeefa's former military, he should be able to run longer than I can

[slim moth]

i prefer for a singleplayer game i paid money for play like how i want it to. I slow down character movement by like 20% or so and cut stamina depletion for sprinting in half.

i think it's a reasonable change. but if people want to play s2 as originally intended, more power to em. I, personally, will not playthru s2 vanilla. it's too easy

[frozen wind]

Cheers dude

[slim moth]

did it help

[frozen wind]

Haven't tried yet, stuck at work

[slim moth]

because those were the 2 main things that kept my game from loading

[silver orchid]

Fraglab (current developer of the EE) fixed and even added certain mechanics that was cut in the EE

[frozen wind]

I mean I can load it fine, it's just every time I open the backpack, I get an "inventory" line come up after the game dashboarded.

[silver orchid]

but there's detail that the "blurry" (yet, but is much less blurry than in the release).
And new bugs by the EE.

[slim moth]

sounds like a left over mod. hopefully checking those folders should help ya out

[silver orchid]

Some minor details are (for example):
AI Artifacts on the CGI cinematics.
AI Artifacts on the textures.

[trim iron]

#╟📸stalker2™-media message
@trail gulch Demonstrating the saying "Shove it where the sun don't shine"

[silver orchid]

dead or smth like that.

Possibly the port to UE5 killed the entire mod

[silver orchid]

The map is good just, some retcons of locations are bad.
In detail the map is GREAT.

[late kernel]

It had to be "retconned" to better resemble the real Chernobyl Exclusion Zone

[trail gulch]

Lol fr, shot em in the back of the head and he just plopped over like that

[silver orchid]

I don't think that army warehouses or radar exists in the real chernobyl.

Tho, this map is much more accurate but.

[late kernel]

They dont thats true

Where would you put them

[silver orchid]

i would let em in +- his original location (?.

Tho, perhaps one reason for these location-retcons are for fill parts of the map that could be almost empty without these locations, Zaton places are everywhere.

[real dirge]

Could be awesome as a massive multiplayer experience

[silver orchid]

As Coop could be an great experience, as MMO i don't think.

[late kernel]

Only stalker MMO there is, is Stalcraft but its blocky and pay 2 win

[real dirge]

I hate it haha. Really not a big fan of blocky games

[late kernel]

Then there's "Stalker Survival" for DayZ that MIGHT potentially be a good co-op/pvp stalker experience

without the roleplay and whitelist BS

[real dirge]

There's "Will to live online" too

haha

[late kernel]

Never heard of it, must be garbage

[real dirge]

It is

[warped monolith]

[warped monolith]

funnily enough there used to be a bunch. stalker online, survarium and whatnot

[silver orchid]

S.T.A.L.K.E.R Online (cancelled, by GSC):

[warped monolith]

heh. huge fonline vibes.

as beautiful as the day I lost you

[real dirge]

damn fonline I miss you so bad

[silver orchid]

there's one or 2 stalker online builds.

[real dirge]

FOnline 2238 the goat

[warped monolith]

I never played it but I loved watching videos

[real dirge]

what is this omg

[real dirge]

I loved playing a slaver on FOnline 2.. hehehe

[warped monolith]

oh my. That actually does not look bad.

[real dirge]

yeah it looks gorgeous

I need it

[silver orchid]

S.T.A.L.K.E.R Online, an official game developed by GSC Game World since 2009 until 2011.

[slim moth]

the stalkerZ servers are really cool but the AI is so ass in DayZ it makes it not very fun.

[warped monolith]

ass in the sense of bad, or ass in the sense of... omniscient aimbot wallhack zero recoil?

[real dirge]

Damn never heard of it

[slim moth]

all of the above

[warped monolith]

[real dirge]

Worse than in S2 ?

[warped monolith]

I was genuinely curious about trying it, but I never played dayz

[slim moth]

S2's AI is better than most games so

especially compared to how it was in the beginning.

[real dirge]

Right, AI is ok, ALife isnt..

though I only played it on release

[slim moth]

I don't know any other game that has a-life

[warped monolith]

ALife is fine if you use the original STALKER games as a benchmark, and not GAMMA/Anomaly/Misery or whatever

[real dirge]

meh, NPCs spawning just around you.. let's not start a debate I just thought the game was kinda bad because of this

[slim moth]

i haven't encountered that problem since 1.4

[silver orchid]

Once i read that some games like skyrim was inspired by the A-Life of SoC but i don't have any source in my hand.

[warped monolith]

maybe not "a-life" but some games do have persistent simulated npcs in one way or another. Mount & Blade, the space sci-fi X series

[slim moth]

Mount & Blade is a good example.

[warped monolith]

Bethesda games npcs have some actually good scripting, all things considered. They do behave like living people, but you don't see much of it because they're mostly town/village npcs that just go on about their daily routines

you're not gonna see a random villager going out into the woods to hunt, even though it'd be realistic and appropriate for the setting...

[real dirge]

Another disappointment.. Bannerlord

[warped monolith]

but you know, the blacksmith wakes up early, goes to the forge, works, stops occasionally to rest/eat/drink
closes up shop at night ,goes to the tavern, then goes home to sleep
and the next morning the grind continues

[real dirge]

Which is a shame (the part about NPCs kinda not leaving the town to do stuff)

[slim moth]

But bethesda's isn't really as in-depth. It's mostly just radiant encounters with lair spawns on a timer. Not really any actual traveling or missions or goals

[warped monolith]

I imagine sandbox games tend to have more indepth AI in this regard since the game needs to feel alive without as much scripting as a regular RPG or immersive sim with a linear-ish story to tell

[silver orchid]

A-Life is ok.

[real dirge]

No need for a proper "A-Life" if we have players to fill the world

[silver orchid]

Far from being 2.0 but it's ok

[real dirge]

Seems like it got better since release I guess

[silver orchid]

has more thingis than the CoP A-Life and that

[real dirge]

Can't really compare a 2009 game to a 2025 one but sure

[slim moth]

Probably easier to simulate A-life when there are multiple maps instead of one big giant map.

[real dirge]

Probably yea

[slim moth]

hence the 300m offline limitation.

[silver orchid]

Once i read that the leaked build has an port of SoC A-Life but idk.

[slim moth]

in the beginning the a-life offline wasn't even functioning

for s2

[slim moth]

i haven't heard about this. like on their old engine?

[silver orchid]

Like on X-Ray Engine 1.0?, i guess.

[real dirge]

yeah, game could've used a 1 year delay tbh (I mean another one)

[warped monolith]

word. the X series I mentioned does exactly this.
Huge universe separated by sectors and the "online simulation" only happens on the sector you're currently at.

[warped monolith]

I also agree with this but I doubt Microsoft would've accepted yet another delay.

[silver orchid]

the game was release by pressure according to Evgeniy Grigorovich (HoC Director), GSC didn't wanna release the game on November 20 but... investors rule.

[real dirge]

How do you know so much

[warped monolith]

he's John Stalker

[silver orchid]

Anomaly

[slim moth]

https://tenor.com/view/stalker-stalker-shadow-of-chernobyl-shadow-of-chernobyl-chornobyl-chernobyl-gif-3707974255428954678

[real dirge]

I might've missed that quest

[slim moth]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4iyMIQLaC8

[warped monolith]

ahh leaked development builds, my beloved

I still pine for Doom 4 and Prey 2.

[silver orchid]

strelok girlfriend aaaahh plot

[slim moth]

this

[warped monolith]

damn the bloodsucker with the glowing eyes

[slim moth]

https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/1441

[warped monolith]

I want that.... but I also do not want that

look at this fucking nightmare fuel

[slim moth]

sickkkkk

[slim moth]

and when they turn invisible you can still see the eyes

horror

[warped monolith]

just like the OGs

[nova lake]

if you can get a flash supported browser you can get this working, just need to get the files, I was supposed to get it workig but I got lazy

[silver orchid]

i remember that vestnik had an google drive with the build but he deleted it or smth.
https://youtu.be/Yf2HxqbKSY8

[nova lake]

I still have it

[slim moth]

oooo another one was bioshock infinite

[molten osprey]

think i gonna try it out

[hazy bison]

So is Stalker 2 good yet

I played on release and it felt like a soulless movie game

[trim iron]

Depends on what your definition of "good" is.
In some ways it has improved, in others it has stayed the same.
They are moving forward, at least. Just at a snails pace, imo.

[trim totem]

why is he aura farming

[real dirge]

Do it

Though servers are kinda lowpop now

[mystic rampart]

These tiling seams appear on all maps, including the in-game map. They are saved this way in the resources. The only way to remove them is to re-capture the tiles using your own camera, for example, via a UE4SS mod.

[deft linden]

try it ,lol

[icy basin]

И за имя учётной записи
Меняй, 10 минут

[brave coral]

1

[warped monolith]

2

[vital jungle]

finally finished my 1st playthrough with Streloks ending. SPOILERS, DONT CLICK IF YOU DIDNT COMPLETE IT - || That last scene in lab was epic, dark atmosphere, Streloks determination, anticipation of final after all those hours, Skif wathing on Strelok before he closed eyes and MUSIC, soundtrack was awesome and all together it felt even majestic i would say. Im surprised how this game at the end made me feel such strong emotions especially when i had to kill Doctor, i felt myself as a vilain at that moment, like a Jedi who choosed the dark side lol. After the end i started to regret that i killed doctor and ignored his hints but after i got Skifs ending as well looks like it was right decision but had to watch YT video which explained Skiffs ending, it was confusing ||

[vital jungle]

anyone knows which npc allows to restore reputation with faction?

[remote eagle]

their leader

[silver orchid]

Omg joric

[vital jungle]

but if they are red how can i get to the base?

[remote eagle]

[idle quest]

so does the new update break all the mods again?

[slim moth]

a little update :0

[kindred violet]

have they even dropped any patchnotes, can't find any

[slim moth]

i will play road to vostok new demo until i see patchnote

[kindred violet]

thanks for reminding that that exists, I wanted to check out what's changed since about a year ago

[slim moth]

new demo dropped minutes ago. bigger maps, better ai, more items, quests, etc

[silver orchid]

5.5 GB for an aim thingi

[slim moth]

cap

[kindred violet]

topkek

UE5 moment

[slim moth]

nah, you know they sprinkled some other shit in there.

[kindred violet]

a little treat for the modders to keep them on their toes most likely

[slim moth]

lmao they just rearrange everything but nothings changed

[kindred violet]

fuckin imagine

that would be some bethesda tier fuckery

[slim moth]

home base is no longer the attic in RtV

[iron prawn]

can you run stalker 2 on arch linux?

I should google that

[warped monolith]

thanks, ue5

[tacit glacier]

Okay nice. Gestures mod with low stance is compatible with flashlight mods and Rusted Dawn

@supple cargo great mod. Keep at it 👍

[peak eagle]

Found it just after you do the ||Clear Sky Base|| in the bubble field

[molten orchid]

Did... some update drop today?

[summer vapor]

Small patch to fix controllers

[molten orchid]

aw shit, so nothing regarding all the 1.6 issues with CTD's

[kindred frost]

if you decide to mod the game (rusted dawn, via vortex) does that overwrite the main game, or are you able to also launch it in vanilla?

sorry, I figured it out. thanks 👍

[trim totem]

bro i just wanted to update the game??

[bronze dew]

i finally got stalker 2

[slim moth]

@warped monolith https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/1681

[warped monolith]

FUCK YEAH brother

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

[slim moth]

https://tenor.com/view/pod-racing-pod-race-anakin-star-wars-gif-14869284

[bronze dew]

you guys seen the review from GmanLives?

about stalker 2

[warped monolith]

nope. I stopped taking that clown seriously since he whined that Sigil was too hard

self-proclaimed "veteran doom player"
gets skill-checked by john romero

[eager zephyr]

Can I change the difficulty of a game after I've started it?

[white moat]

yes

[bronze dew]

hes been complianing about artifact hunting and the bloodsuckers

[wanton arch]

any mod suggestion chat

nvm

[finite needle]

Sigil wasn't even THAT hard by Romero's standards. I still have nightmares about that level in Thy Flesh Consumed where there is goo everywhere and to get the plasma gun you have to kill like 5 barons or some shit

[nova lake]

Left to Die 2

[real dirge]

Does UE4SS works on latest version ?

[wanton arch]

this is a pack right

i mean i downloaded few mods but i fear it barely do anything

i mean im using MO2

[nova lake]

no its a standalone mod

[wanton arch]

what it do actually

[buoyant moat]

Does anyone know how I can get sounds and audio from GAMMA? I want to run a role-playing campaign, and they'd be great. I'd also appreciate a website that compiles stalker sounds. Thanks.

[nova lake]

makes the game a zombie survival

[wanton arch]

Zombified or just mutant

well do yall have any suggestion for reducing mutant Health in general

[nova lake]

zombies

actual zombies

[wanton arch]

Mutant zombies ?

oh dam wtf

ALREADY

it's fair at least ?

[nova lake]

zombies, normal ones, and the world is a normal one

[golden hazel]

Mutant zombies? Better call Leon

https://tenor.com/view/stalker-stalker2-explaining-gif-25555840

[bronze dew]

any few mods to optimized the game?

[finite needle]

Yeah there's one called drop 3k for a brand new PC

[bronze dew]

is that a joke?

[slim moth]

the game runs like ass on 5090's. We just have to wait for the dev's to optimize because all of the the "anti-stutter triple framerate optimization performance engine.ini overhaul" mods dont do diddily squat.

[bronze dew]

hm :/

[finite needle]

Better hardware is always the solution. If you are at the point where you're looking for miracle inis then you just need to let your 2060 go

[slim moth]

i updated from a 2080 to a 4070s just for s2.

[warped monolith]

while true... the game still runs like ass on high-spec modern hardware

[slim moth]

even then, performance is still disappointing

[finite needle]

Fair enough, but generally that's the solution

[warped monolith]

I have a 12 GB 4070 Ti and the game still chugs in Zalissya. I don't even want to know how bad it'll be when I get to Rostok.

[golden hazel]

https://tenor.com/view/stay-gold-umamusume-heineken-beer-ステイゴールド-gif-17203209366003823667

My 2060 is eternal

[finite needle]

I have a 5070 and it runs decent enough, except when sometimes I talk to some NPC and the game goes into single digits frames until I reload

[finite needle]

Biblically correct Stay Gold

[bronze dew]

1660

[slim moth]

you have a 1660?!

[bronze dew]

yeah

[slim moth]

im sorry bruv.

[bronze dew]

i know

[slim moth]

Great card for going back and playing older games. emulators etc. It's gonna struggle with games that have forced raytracing

[bronze dew]

i guess its time for a new one then

[slim moth]

some engine.ini changes may help you achieving turning off the lumen and stuff to save some frames. maybe also look into the configs that are made for steamdecks

[bronze dew]

huh interesting

[slim moth]

https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/1675

[bronze dew]

huh neat

thanks man

but also my achivements got disable now

[slim moth]

https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/1493

don't know if it works for 1.6 but you can try

[bronze dew]

i mean he updated it

[slim moth]

i forgot it dropped on the 23rd so yeah should be good

so im running into the bug where i can't loot mutants again and I can't pick up the stupid collar

[trim totem]

is he stupid on purpose?

[nova lake]

they are just, zombies

[golden hazel]

https://tenor.com/view/resident-evil-4-inventory-eggs-leon-s-kennedy-briefcase-gif-26327693

[peak eagle]

Killing these silly goobers spawn a small posse of rodents behind you

[peak eagle]

I thought this hypercube would be pretty good for bleeds, but its pretty ass lol

[tepid spade]

Hey Stalkers,

Do we have any working mod related to faster ADS and weapon swap on v1.6 which could go well with O.X.A & Unlimited ?

[cunning stirrup]

Kind of curious

About 750ti will survive after running this game or not

I'm testing PC at then meantime and somehow my cursor is right on top of the Stalker 2 icon

But I just upgraded from Win10 to Win11 25H2

[hushed garden]

I find it hard to play on a 9070xt lmao

[slim moth]

https://tenor.com/view/nvidia-amd-ryzen-4070-rtx-4070-gif-16743319857322994151

[tepid spade]

Yeah 7900XT all on EPIC with PRZ 2.0 on 2K res is also struggling but keeping those stable 80-90 FPS in most places.

[wanton arch]

man is this real

controller can take 2 magazine full shot of 5.45

[cunning stirrup]

But it's fine to me tho

[warped monolith]

all depends on which kind of 5.45 you're using

use the good stuff

[wanton arch]

tbf it's FMJ but im just amazed the Mutant Hp in general

i prob need some recommendation for damage mod

[cunning stirrup]

Slap some RPG on his face then

[wanton arch]

im still in cordon

[warped monolith]

sometimes that's just how it is

[warped monolith]

or get AP ammo

[wanton arch]

they do actually have armor now

[cunning stirrup]

Aren't they alway have armor?

[wanton arch]

i mean stalker 2 have it

[wanton arch]

actually guys

yall install mod manually or using Mo2/Vortex

[halcyon moss]

if the mod is compatible with vortex install, then I use vortex since is faster and auto, also some mods have options that I can choose on there, if is not compatible then I do it manually

[pearl shadow]

hey, could someone help me with settings in Stalker 2?

I just got a 5080 and updated drivers etc, but I'm still unable to enable framegen

[hollow jewel]

Is the option greyed out?

[pearl shadow]

yeah

[hollow jewel]

Normally I'd suspect something seriously wrong with your Nvidia drivers installation.

Can you enable FG in other games?

[pearl shadow]

I haven't checked yet, I'll have to check which other game I have installed that have framegen

[hollow jewel]

Might want to try Display Driver Uninstaller in Safe Mode then reinstalling your 5080 drivers

That usually solves most driver-related problems.

[pearl shadow]

okay, I'll check in Dune Awakening first since it also supports framegen

[hollow jewel]

Also look for "DLSS Swapper". You can choose the latest framegen and DLSS versions for your games with it.

[pearl shadow]

oh true, I already have that installed

[hollow jewel]

Yeah, check that first.

You might be surprised what it says.

P.S.: Be aware that STALKER 2 ver 1.6 is currently quite buggy, even with a fresh installation of it.

Crashes a LOT.

Correction, 1.61 I think is the latest.

[pearl shadow]

oh that's good to know, so I don't blame my build lol

[hollow jewel]

Good luck.

[pearl shadow]

thanks

nothing there either, I'll check DLSS swapper

[finite needle]

Does it? I've had the game crash on me 3 times in one year, but admittedly I haven't played 1.6 yet.

[pearl shadow]

hmmm, v3.7.10 out of v.310.3 on Stalker 2 DLSS

idk if any of those are what I need but at least I can update

[formal bane]

Hey stalkers! I need help. sorry my english is bad. Stalker 2 crashed with Fatal error: [File:Unknown] [Line: 1660]. Steam version

[hollow jewel]

It is a real cluster-you-know-what right now. Unplayable.

Some people are claiming if you completely wipe all traces of the game then reinstall it WITH A FRESH SAVE, then it's fine.

Lots of people are claiming even that still crashes.

They really blew it with 1.6.

[finite needle]

Yet another round of works on my machine

Not that I'm gonna play Stalker 2 for long enough to see if it's true anyway, 1.6 doesn't really have enough stuff for me to be willing to play

[glacial warren]

can someome help w stalker 2 mouse problem

[kindred violet]

what's your problem?

[glacial warren]

i found the way to disable the accell, but now the game runs absolute shit, fps drops, no consistent fps etc

[kindred violet]

did you just turn of Framegen?

[glacial warren]

if i turn on framegen, it helps my fps alot but mouse feels wierd alot

[kindred violet]

yep, that's the big downside, you can only really use framegen if you already have at least a stable 60

which is rather difficult with the game since it still lacks in optimisation, hopes are that with the PS release they'll have update the engine to a newer version as promised, should hopefully improve performance

for the moment using things like DLSS swapper and stuff like ultra+ to squeeze out a few frames is the most you can do,

[glacial warren]

sadly i dont have dlss option for me

[kindred violet]

what's your hardware?

also dlss swapper can also swap out the binaries for other upscaling methods

[solemn siren]

I recently just got stalker 2 is it worth it to play rn or should I wait?

[kindred violet]

it's overall a fun game, it does get rather empty further down the line but the story is generally quite good for it being a stalker game.
performance can be rough at times especially on lower end hardware, still got issues with optimisation

[tacit glacier]

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/TK-0NKR4fyQ

Devs complaining about updating ue5 versions

[smoky plover]

Tell me where to look for the death lamp on the RV receiver. There's a note with frequency 321, but it doesn't say in what location.

[pseudo falcon]

what language do you guys use? english or ukraine?

i mean the voiceover

[smoky plover]

Russian Google Translate

[warped monolith]

well, you know what this means

1.7 is gonna be wild

[tacit glacier]

This is STALKER 2 chat, not GAMMA
Besides, Death Lamp is an artefact I believe that spawns randomly.

[cunning stirrup]

literally says : "hey players, UE new update just kill the game codes so I need your help"

[bronze dew]

well i give up playing this game

[cunning stirrup]

you mean stalker 2

[smoky plover]

I found a note. It lists the frequency for the RF receiver. It says "death lamp." The location is not specified. Why can't you post a screenshot?

Do you understand me?

[wanton arch]

i still found out the game is really vram eater

i have 9060XT 16gb but it still saying i don't have enough vram

it just medium texture/object wtf

[silver orchid]

Plot twist:
PS5 port has 10000000 patches pre-release while PC port has 400000 bazillion bugs

[peak eagle]

Casual small safe having a full marksman rifle in it

[thin linden]

gordon freeman!?!

[tacit glacier]

Freeman was dead since Shadow of Chernobyl
You can find his crowbar in Wild Territory tho

[golden hazel]

https://tenor.com/view/half-life-linkin-park-speech-bubble-gif-26402752

[thin linden]

is there a cheat menu?

/debug menu

[tropic tendon]

Stalker 2 any good?

[pure meadow]

okay im trying to mod stalker 2 but im not getting the Localization thing to work. These are the mods im using, im also using craftable and lootable zone from workshop as manual install dosent work for some reason. any ides? every text file it adds its just missing things.

[copper saffron]

Gotta wait for official i18n tools

[slim moth]

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

[pure meadow]

I have that. And its not working 😅

[fervent swift]

You should try out „the shining zone localization“ from nexus, it is available for en/fr/ru. But you have to put this localization at the top of the load order, only use one language and at any other mods you have, you don’t have to use the localizations from your mods. You can do it with vortex, its pretty simple. The author have also a really good collection with many mods and is always up to date. Its called „the shining zone collection“.

[pure meadow]

Yeah I haven't used any mod manager at all. I have just been downloading everything manually

[pure meadow]

okay i reinstalled everything with vortex and it works now xd

i guess stalker dosent like manual modding lol

[kindred violet]

Does vortex finally do some semblance of load ordering apart from just numerating through your mods?

[pure meadow]

does anyone have a save thats un modded in the first starting area? i need to remove oxa as i dont enjoy it

i removed oxa from my mods but its still in there even on a new save?

wtf

[wanton arch]

after 20 STASHES

god heaven

[warped monolith]

low number

consider yourself lucky

[wanton arch]

is there any mod that allow stalkers to drop coupons

[wanton arch]

how much it took you.

[warped monolith]

I don't have that mod but I've heard horror stories

[wanton arch]

modpack

im struggling against mutants i cannot believe it dude

[kindred violet]

I mean, you chose to play with it

[warped monolith]

[wanton arch]

I AM NOT WINNING

im still in garbage and there are like

5 burers around me

btw do mutants really have armor value in this game or i still use HP for it

like PLEASE

is that a rat farm ???

IT WAS

[thin linden]

so which uetools do i install, none of them seem to work

[kindred violet]

They do not work as of now for 1.6

[pliant falcon]

when the heck's they be releasing mod tools

[kindred violet]

You been living under a rock, the first versions of the sdk have been released a while ago, obviously not finished yet as it's still missing some stuff but already quite powerful

[summer vapor]

This could be part of life 2.0, where squads stop to talk to each other, maybe exchange something

[rose frigate]

What’s the best overhaul for the game in y’all’s opinion? Haven’t played since modular hard mode was last updated, been eyeing OXA prototype

[sharp sandal]

Hi guys, how is it going lately with S2? I am still waiting for the right moment and wonder if the time has come

[last lynx]

hey for people having the rtx 3060 how well does the game run?

[thin linden]

this death screen looks so cool

[wanton arch]

nah there is no way you cannot skip intro.

https://tenor.com/view/lauma-genshin-genshin-meme-genshin-impact-lauma-praying-gif-11727621629776392335

[warm kite]

how is talker 2 modding? will we be seeing somewhat gamma stalker 2?

[wanton arch]

im encountering whatever issue in general

[wanton arch]

and yeah people already modded it to a point where you can have

Loot / Craft like anomoly / Head Gear detached from armor pieces

but Rn can you edit file just like Stalker Anomoly

nah

[warm kite]

i mean in the future, hows the moddin scene and what the devs think

[wanton arch]

too general tbh

[warm kite]

so no interest on big mods then

[wanton arch]

like do the Dev want to do some thing with them ?

i forgot zero weight ammo / med / food

[silver orchid]

No, come back in 3 years.

[warm kite]

never played stalker 2, this UI looks like shit

[wanton arch]

that is oxo...

i mean oxa

whatever

[silver orchid]

The most """closed""" thingi to GAMMA is Point of No Return, an freeplay mod in development.

[wanton arch]

idk why you trying to archive second gamma

[warm kite]

im not, but i like some aspects of the game but looks to linear

[wanton arch]

not really linear

[warm kite]

want to try it in a big mod realese

[wanton arch]

i mean

[silver orchid]

Point of No Return is like the biggest mod in "concept" that there for now, the devs want release it when they get an proper SDK for every thingi that they want include (besides of freeplay; mechanics and non-freeplay quests).

[wanton arch]

bro i feels like the god dam skip mod bricked my game wtf

[kindred frost]

a good skip mod is desperately needed 🤔

[wanton arch]

WHAT THE HELL DID I DO

[tacit glacier]

You made the game upset

[kindred violet]

Sounds like someone's got a mod issue on their hands

I've had no issues using the intro skip mod

All it does is execute some console commands to skip quest states

S2 is only linear in the way that it has a story that you can follow and it has a minimal amount of gateing the player off from some areas

[wanton arch]

i did make the game sad

consider i hate it telling me to "do your shader compile"

mf i have 16gb of vram + extra 16gb from DDR5 ( SAM enabled )

https://tenor.com/view/doakes-james-doakes-dexter-morgan-dexter-flashlight-gif-10593574466888155064

nope it just crash when i open inventory

oh fuck it's OXA fucked the shit up

[warped monolith]

doakes gets a flashlight burn to the face and doesn't blink or flinch
he's the real psychopath

[remote eagle]

https://tenor.com/view/dexter-james-doakes-erik-king-stare-staring-gif-1343162792415382650

[wanton arch]

so it's grok file.

[inner cloud]

Anyone who plays the game, is it crashing at Slag Heap?

[wanton arch]

any crash log

[wanton arch]

could be grok file being incompatible with better ballistic

[unkempt crystal]

How to put the game in Spanish

[hollow jewel]

You didn't do anything. Many people are encountering the exact same problem.

[wanton arch]

nah

[hollow jewel]

1.6 dropped and all these problems started.

[wanton arch]

it just Grok Health and 1.6 ballistic mod are not compatible

when mutant spawn in grok file just taking from nothing = crash

i mean i just deleted grok Health system and it work now

[hollow jewel]

I've read many people stating they completely cleared out everything STALKER 2 related and performed a fresh installation of it, with fresh start at the beginning, and still get the same error.

I believe them.

[wanton arch]

...

[hollow jewel]

Personally, I'm not willing to do that.

[split crown]

The same Grok mods that he released when the game first came out? Dawg those files are hella outdated lol. I'd not touch those at all anymore.

[wanton arch]

it's outdated

[split crown]

very much so

[hollow jewel]

Removing them should cure the problem then, right?

[wanton arch]

yes

[hollow jewel]

It doesn't.

[wanton arch]

just remove grok file and check

[hollow jewel]

That doesn't work.

I've tried it many times.

[wanton arch]

the Grok file i mean the Health modular system

[hollow jewel]

I know exactly what you mean.

[wanton arch]

just show me your mod list

[hollow jewel]

Removing the modular mutant mod does NOT cure the problem.

I'm a little confused. You yourself just posted the same error.

[wanton arch]

ok have you think about removing entire mod then start a fresh game

[hollow jewel]

Of course I did.

Completely emptied ALL mods.

Same exact error.

Every time.

[wanton arch]

are you sure

[hollow jewel]

In the exact same spot.

[wanton arch]

post an image of it

[hollow jewel]

...

[wanton arch]

or even better a video of it

dawg

[hollow jewel]

I thought you were actually asking for help here, so I'm sorry I misunderstood.

[wanton arch]

i fixed my own issue

and yes it work for me

[hollow jewel]

May I ask how?

[wanton arch]

again it's mod compatibility issue

or in the crash log

the mod cannot find core file

[hollow jewel]

You won't take my word for it that I tried with my ~mods folder completely emptied out?

[wanton arch]

no you want to delete the folder

[hollow jewel]

Uh, what?

[wanton arch]

assuming you using manual medthod

unless you use Vortex or MO2

then just start game through steam or epic

[hollow jewel]

Are you implying that there are hidden mods in my ~mod folder?

[wanton arch]

?

prob rage baiting at this point

[hollow jewel]

You just said delete the folder.

Not rage baiting. I'll extract myself from this conversation. Thanks anyway.

[wanton arch]

delete "~mod" folder to make clear that the game main file is not broken

then my ass make another mod folder and swap each packages to see which is not compatible in the game version

shit take time but if you do modding you would know that is the worst inefficient way to find the cause

[hollow jewel]

Just to humor you, I just cut the entire ~mods folder out and pasted it on my desktop. Launched game. Load latest save. Run down the hill towards where there are some Fleshes waiting. Error 468. Exact same error, exact same spot.

I am not willing to start a fresh game. I shouldn't have to.

Many people are complaining about this.

"Bro, just start over!"

[wanton arch]

why im doubting this

because i just started over

and no issue

[hollow jewel]

Maybe you're the one rage-baiting now.

[wanton arch]

either the later patches got fixed

oh wow

[hollow jewel]

You think I'm making all this up?

Just Google it.

[wanton arch]

because im right now does not have that issue

[hollow jewel]

There's your logical fallacy.

[wanton arch]

?

[hollow jewel]

Just because you're not experiencing the problem doesn't mean it doesn't exist.

[wanton arch]

im playing rn in the lastest patches

the issue is

[hollow jewel]

Again, if you're curious, Google it.

[wanton arch]

does it still exist

Still or not there

anymore

[hollow jewel]

Maybe not for you. I'm happy for you.

[wanton arch]

for me that is not an issue Anymore and i doubt it's an issue rn

[hollow jewel]

Good for you.

How many hours did you have to give up?

[wanton arch]

like assuming you downloaded the 1.6 + 2 another patches from the game provider

[hollow jewel]

What

[wanton arch]

like steam

[hollow jewel]

I guess I must sound stupid to you.

[wanton arch]

yeah they just added 2 patches after 1.6 so check it tbh

Bro like

[hollow jewel]

"Bro"

[wanton arch]

you could say that you applied 2 patches after 1.6

and you still have same report issue about kernal issue or preferedly in the crashlog

[hollow jewel]

You clearly have no interest in actually helping.

It's ironic that I thought I was helping you.

Have a good life, whoever you are.

[wanton arch]

idk what the hell is this interaction

ok

[wanton arch]

did you install the lastest patchs that the main game has

because i did update my game that has 4+gb of data yesterday ( 23h ago )

and i will be honest the last thing you could do is reinstalling the game even if verifying the data does not work

[slim moth]

have you updated UEtools. have you checked the steam workshop mods is empty.
also let this be a lesson to not install mods that are from almost a year ago.

i swear, people download the Grok mod just because of the name without doing any actual research

[split crown]

Lol. Yeah, honestly, one of the first things I check on any mod is the date of which it was last updated.

[kindred violet]

It's truly fascinating the lack of awareness people have

But I guess these people are used to modding games that haven't gotten a proper update in years

[hollow jewel]

You're all wrong. I just (out of sheer curiosity) completely uninstalled STALKER 2, performed a thorough search for any files with the word stalker in them, deleted them, downloaded the game fresh from Steam, started it, then restored ONLY my save games. The game crashed in exactly the same way at exactly the same spot. This was a fresh installation with no mods at all.

This is a problem that is either related to a certain set of hardware only (5000-series cards?) or the issue is somehow "baked in" to savegames.

Also, I have to say, and all of you probably don't care, but the level of snarkiness and cynicism here is rather alarming.

[kindred violet]

I'm not even talking about you mate

[hollow jewel]

Okay, that's fine, but your comment came on the tail end of that entire exchange.

To summarize: I'm not willing to start a fresh game from the beginning. I shouldn't have to. There are too many people complaining about this exact same problem. It's not me, it's the 1.6+ build of the game.

Before 1.6 dropped, I was playing at 120fps sustained at 4K with Ultra everything. The game did NOT crash, ever. That all changed once 1.6 hit.

Blame it on UE if you want to.

[hollow jewel]

By the way, this was a p. unfair comment to make.

[vital jungle]

what place exactly are you talking about? As i understood its somewhere at Slag heap?

[hollow jewel]

The mutants' strength and sponginess at game release was ridiculous.

Grok's mutant mod made the game much more playable.

[slim moth]

and there are tons of modern mods that change damage values.

[hollow jewel]

Not sure if you're asking me, but if so, it's right near the large bridge that has the teleporter anomoly that you can jump into. There's a shack down there with two Fleshes in it.

Approaching too closely instantly crashes the game.

Sorry, I don't recall the exact name of the spot.

[hollow jewel]

Great point. Believe me, I'd use them if it were that simple.

I'd play the game bone stock if I could. But I'm not losing all those hours of progress.

[slim moth]

check this folder

[hollow jewel]

No such folder.

I never downloaded anything from Steam Workshop for S2 anyway.

[slim moth]

okay good. means you didn't download any outdated workshop

[hollow jewel]

But I appreciate the effort.

[slim moth]

you verified files on steam

[hollow jewel]

Please read above.

Completely fresh installation.

[slim moth]

screenshot mods folder

[hollow jewel]

No offense, and thanks again for helping, but I don't think you read the above.

[slim moth]

do you have UEtools at all

[hollow jewel]

Nope.

[slim moth]

k. looks like you are dealing with something unfixable

[hollow jewel]

But I already tried adding it then attempting the fix people claim helps online.

One of three things is going to happen: 1. S2 developers release a patch and an apology for all the crashes. 2. Nvidia spots the problem and fixes it with a driver update. 3. Nothing happens, I'm screwed unless I want to start over completely. And I'm not convinced even that will stop the crashes.

[slim moth]

so on your previous save that you are continuing. did you have any extra loot or overhauls

[hollow jewel]

Item or overhauls?

Do you mean modded-in items?

[slim moth]

like stalker unlimited, oxa, there is also all the repair items, medical items, etc

[hollow jewel]

No.

[slim moth]

okay.

can you screenshot the UE5 error log that pops up

[hollow jewel]

Friend, it's the ubiquitous one that everyone's getting.

the infamous 465 one.

[slim moth]

im looking into it

[hollow jewel]

My mistake, it's 468. If you really want to know: https://imgur.com/Wl3t1AU

Again I do appreciate the interest in the problem. Please feel free to tag me if you come up with anything.

The entire reason I even engaged in this conversation was to try to relate to the above person because she (I think she) was expressing concern about the same thing.

(That was a mistake)

[slim moth]

the last thing i would check is the actual stalker2.log

[hollow jewel]

It's always the "Failed to create PipelineState with hash XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX" line in there.

This is very common. Many people are reporting the same exact thing.

[slim moth]

that's what my last error was before i got it running.

[hollow jewel]

Normally I'd probably suspect this is an issue with 1.6 and 5000-series cards, because my 5090 is brand-new, but people are complaining about the same exact error with a whole range of GPUs.

[slim moth]

mine was related to steamworkshop and UEtools being outdated

i did start a new game, until i reloaded an old save after i had all the same previous mods installed and was able to continue the one i left off.

[hollow jewel]

You're lucky, I guess.

[slim moth]

Do you have an intel cpu?

[hollow jewel]

I could probably even just avoid approaching that particular shack. I just know, however, that since it crashes there, it's going to do the same thing elsewhere.

Yes, I have an i9-14900KF.

[slim moth]

have you updated your bios recently

some said that helped

[hollow jewel]

I am meticulous about my PC.

[slim moth]

i figured. you got a 5090

[hollow jewel]

You may not believe me, but I've owned my own computer repair business for 18 years.

[slim moth]

yeah. I just like troubleshooting this game.

well troubleshooting in general lol

[hollow jewel]

You're one of the good ones. Thanks again for not being snarky like the others.

FWIW, if I ever come across a/the fix for this, I'll try to remember to ping you.

[golden hazel]

https://tenor.com/view/strelok-stalker-shadow-of-chernobyl-gif-10863075480991008005

[wanton arch]

odd to say this but is there any visual mod that reduce foliages

like on god the cluster amount of tall grass really blocking my visual ( i have FSR 4.0 on for Frame Gen / Upscale )

[jade harbor]

Why is this game full of bald dudes fighting

So much bald

Hairline of doom and despair

[slim moth]

we need more mullets

[rotund mantle]

Eastern europe full bald or balding men fr

[silver orchid]

for more inmersion

[warped monolith]

[late kernel]

Radiation isnt good for your hairlines

[golden hazel]

https://tenor.com/view/i-dont-think-so-whatever-yeah-right-vegeta-dragon-gif-15800722533836590310

[idle rune]

tf you on about, my scalp has never been more exfoliated

[summer vapor]

Is there a mod that add artifacts in npc corpses?

[hushed horizon]

@summer vapor https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/1612

There's an option for a small percent chance for artifacts to drop on a body

[buoyant flax]

is stalker 2 good? just coming back to playing the series

[kindred violet]

Define what you would consider good

It's something highly subjective

[stuck seal]

its very fluent and feels decently polished but guns feel kinda underwhelming and enemy ai is quite dumb

[rotund kayak]

Not really, basically anyone who isn’t coping will tell you they were disappointed by it.

[wanton arch]

Not good rn

compared to stalker anomoly + modpack

[wanton arch]

@summer vaporwatch out for some bug when you decide to sell some enemy weapon

apparently the game can crash when you try to detach equipment while in trade

it should be fine when you detach it through your inventory

[kindred violet]

Generally not the best comparison, two very different games

General advice is to form your own opinion by playing it yourself

Since any answer you will get online nowadays is pretty much guaranteed to be biased

[wanton arch]

it's more like

this is a game that got bunch of modders working around it

while stalker 2 only have a team to do it

i know it's unfair comparision

but hey there is a reason why we said it's not good right now

https://tenor.com/view/it's-not-as-shrimple-as-you-think-shrimple-meme-shrimp-meme-shrimp-gif-1921944168216252712

[kindred violet]

That's not the point I was making.
It's more a genre/gameplay question

[wanton arch]

i prob have no ideas about that because the gameplay of stalker 2 is some what similar to the anomoly

from what i experiencing at least

and i thought they are the same in term of genre

like FPS+Open world

[remote eagle]

how the fuck it similar to anomaly

stalker 2 literally just same as CoP

[wanton arch]

you mean the linear story ?

[remote eagle]

i mean gameplay

[wanton arch]

eh tbh i am not going for the vanlia with vet on

on god

[remote eagle]

[wanton arch]

nuh uh i don't like 10 shot to burer heads just to get a toe

God i wish there is a mod that let me have more spawn rate for mutants

[wanton arch]

actually have anyone compared Stalker 2 Vanila to Metro Exodus

[remote eagle]

nobody

because it different fucking games

[wanton arch]

linear on metro exodus

what on earth

[kindred violet]

So any game that has a story and has guns

[wanton arch]

open world + story + gunplay

similar things between metro and stalker 2 i can see it just

Upgrades for guns / (Linear/Full) open world / Quests and prob choice matter for certain thing

eh yeah not that much similarities to talk about

BRO IT'S SO OVER FOR ME

no mechanic no guide

I NEED TO FIX MY ARMOR

[remote eagle]

so similar to new vegas?

[wanton arch]

i actually have not play the game for myself

i mean i could say yeah because my friend finished it within a week

[peak eagle]

go to the other ship

[remote eagle]

[wind arrow]

Damn after 1.6 the game has gotten a lot better.

[wanton arch]

too late i have to do story quest