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

[warped monolith]

that's not a t-pose

[kindred violet]

*a-pose

smh these pedants

[warped monolith]

[wanton arch]

huh

the corps is over here already ?

[summer vapor]

Lesser Zone?

[obsidian gate]

Does anybody if there's a reduced consumables spawn rate, and mutant health/armor rework mod that doesn't crash on 1.6?

Also, since picking the game back up after half a year, I noticed my guns literally never jam anymore. What's up with that?

[shadow sphinx]

waaaait can NPCs even climb ladders?

[slim moth]

i think wool was trying to figure out how to get the npc's to climb

[shadow sphinx]

I was playing GAMMA and a cheeki breeki shot me in the back from a cleared room. he only could have gotten there via a ladder. made me THINKYYY

[warped monolith]

fascinating, but this is the stalker 2 channel

[shadow sphinx]

YEAH, and I was asking if the NPCs in stalker 2 climb ladders, HMMM

[warped monolith]

hmmmmmmmmmmm

https://tenor.com/view/dark-souls-catarina-siegward-of-catarina-siegmeyer-of-catarina-gif-13712021241983370348

[slim moth]

i think it'd be nice to see them hopping over boxes/railings/climbing ladders and shit. makes the encounters even more in-depth.

but tbf i don't think i've seen a npc climb in gamma tho.

[kindred violet]

they can "climb" along navmeshes as far as I know

so sometimes you'll see them walk up a wall

but yeah would be really cool if the NPCs had more mobility in S2

[wanton arch]

Zaton

[wanton arch]

You def see npc in anomoly just go up

At the same time if stalker 2 npc "climb" over fences

Gg gsc has to implement actual ledge grab mechanic

Ain't no way a random criminal can climb over something but a military grunt could not

[summer horizon]

What is the timing for dodging the Pseudo giant's shockwave?

[mossy jasper]

I got confirmation that duty is alive

And not only that but their leader is alive

While freedom has turned into a puppet of capitalist enterprise

Stalker 3 Liver of Chernobyl will have a Zone controlled by Duty trust

https://tenor.com/view/dolg-stalker-stalker-game-gif-25931282

[kindred violet]

Good for you?

[golden hazel]

Deadly Anomalies, Dangerous Mutants, Anarachists AND BAndits, All Of Dem Will Stop DEUUTY On Its Triumphant March Towards Capturing The Cement Factory

[trim iron]

https://tenor.com/view/doge-doge-meme-dogecoin-doge-rad-much-wow-gif-14096716326313205497

[summer vapor]

Are there any mods that make mutants dumber? Boars are especially annoying when they flank you; combat is very chaotic.

Blind dogs, flesh, and wild boars hiding from gunfire are something

[rotund mantle]

dying caked up that hard is devious lol

[mossy pasture]

Got a question. I bought stalker 2 upon Release and refunded cause I didnt like it at all. I felt it was missing a lot of depth, especially regarding loot and crafting. I know, being a gamma Player myself I shouldnt have expected too much of that in stalker 2, but wcyd. I saw that a bunch of Updates have happened to stalker 2 since launch. Has it improved at all with regards to progression difficulty and gearing? Is alife still inferior to stalker 1?

[mossy jasper]

Big ass question

The game is fine

I played all the stalker games and am used to the jank

Stalker 2 is mostly the same system just with a few tweaks and running updates that add features that they didn't have at launch(for free)

We now have mutant parts and night vission

[wanton arch]

you are used to a mod on a heavily modded game

so the answer is no

stalker 2 would not have janky long ass grinding with Freeplay like anomoly does

you should expect stalker 2 vanilia as a progressive game with a bit of grind as side dishes

but does the modding scene allow you to have similar to Gamma experiences or any Anomoly / Modpack Anomoly

yes similar but at worst

people guessing the engine update would make the modding scene for stalker 2 better which hopefully can capture what anomoly could do

[kindred violet]

Depends on if the S2 modders even want to turn it into that ^^

[wanton arch]

i mean Lootable + Craftable zone is not there yet

(bit too useless by it own without anyway to tone itself)

[obsidian gate]

Have only played SOC before this, it's still not quite a survival sim like the modded games I would think. But the vibes are great. I kind of wish difficulty was more in scavenging and survival than insanely tanky mutants though. And gunfights are mostly only difficult if npcs spawn in areas with no cover. They're not smart enough to mess you up if you hold a good position (aside from the grenade spamming), but some mods attempt to do something about that.
A lot of the mods I used to use are incompatible with 1.6 though, but at least we have NVGs now.

[mossy pasture]

Hm. I think ill wait to ask again in a year.

[lone tusk]

I stumbled upon this one fellow in Zalissya last night and

I fuckin feel it dawg

[prime path]

Hello I have a question if someone can tell me the button to activate the laser or the lamp on the weapon

[mossy jasper]

L?

[wanton arch]

i thought the clearsky hate the ward

[mossy jasper]

Ward seems to be aligned with Duty, Spark with Freedom

Only factions that serve foreign and C-group interests are mercenaries and clear sky

[wanton arch]

Spark is clearsky

or well former clearsky

[mossy jasper]

I mean possible

But Scar was a mercenary

I gotta check the wiki if any clear sky characters survived into stalker 2

[wanton arch]

Spark is Former Clearsky anyways

Scar was a merc but a part of Free Stalker

[vital jungle]

when im unpacking mods folders of some of them are empty. Is it somehow possible to see whats inside?

[summer vapor]

Pak files? Use unpacker tools

[vital jungle]

yes, pak. files
Im using unpacker and for example i can see what is inside Unlimited mod but when im trying to unpack More realistic forest or Weapon reposition project then created folder is empty

[summer vapor]

They can probably only be edited with the SDK because they were created with the SDK

[vital jungle]

alright, thanks

[remote eagle]

spark is former spark

which were normal stalkers

bro didnt played CoP

[wanton arch]

nuh uh!

[golden hazel]

SKEEFA HE MUST BE A WARDEN IN DISGUISE SKEEFA, HE PROBABLY HAS COPPER WIRE UNDER HIS SKIN SKEEFA

https://tenor.com/view/stalker2-scar-laugh-gif-12786287499780353633

[remote eagle]

[wanton arch]

anyways they still a scientist

but like

bro the spark does not like the warden wtf why the game AI is so fucked

[remote eagle]

THEY SCIENTIST BECAUSE THEY WORKING WITH SCIENTISTS

[wanton arch]

😭

[wanton arch]

NUH UH THEY DEF WORKED FOR THE CLEARSKY!!!!!!

(only scar worked for clearsky)

[remote eagle]

[golden hazel]

The only active stalkers working with clear sky currently is bandits

[wanton arch]

true.

[remote eagle]

[golden hazel]

Also Scar technically isn't the Scar that worked with Clear Sky

Spark isn't even Spark

[remote eagle]

[golden hazel]

Current Spark is dudes who took up the mantle of the original Spark

Frauds, even

[wanton arch]

the FRAUD!!!!!!!

[wanton arch]

factual our scar is not insane

[stuck seal]

anyone know what mod could be causing me to not being able to loot ?

[wanton arch]

i alway suspect oxa

but i haven't see oxide respond anyways

[remote eagle]

it always oxa

[kindred violet]

why does bro have multiple localisations

[stuck seal]

https://tenor.com/view/nervous-glorp-glorp-glorp-cat-nervous-gulp-cat-gif-6405647114975741623

what dat mean

[kindred violet]

oh it just means that I'm confused that you have two sets of "localisation" :)
it's not related to your issue

[stuck seal]

oki

[cinder sleet]

Idk wtf to do

Should I redownload this fucking shit or hang tight for a bit longer? I see updates are rolling..

Still never got pass that last save AWHILE ago

[prime path]

hey L is for the headlamp but I can't find the button for the lamp on the weapon and the laser

If anyone knows how I thank you

[mossy jasper]

Wait

Theres a button for that?

[mossy jasper]

Before and after the lobotomy

[twin pebble]

Uhh have you finished the game yet?

[mossy jasper]

Don't worry i know

Plus this is irrelevant since clear sky only existe in CS

Its dead in every other game

[twin pebble]

No, not clear sky

Spark very clearly is working towards CCON interests

[dull burrow]

i dont vibe with any of the factions

give me my goddamn Duty DLC already

its time we took back the zone

[late kernel]

What too much gamma does to a mf

[kindred violet]

lmao

[golden hazel]

Before Lobotomy #100 and after Lobotomy #100*

[golden hazel]

They still exist and hire bandits to help them scavenge scientific items from places

[mossy jasper]

Dickridding Duty is our top priority

[dull burrow]

i just wish there was more lore about hte new factions, its pretty open-ended who do what

[dull burrow]

i walked into rostok my first time playing S2 and i was so sad

way too much green

[mossy jasper]

Me walking into the freedom base to see all the weed loving anarchists turning into money hungry capitalists that bully everyone in the Zone

https://tenor.com/view/sad-peter-parker-tom-holland-spider-man-no-way-home-contemplating-gif-23878415

Legit first fuckin thing i saw in rostok was a freedom guy killing his loner friend after he revealed that he sold him out for bandit money

[dull burrow]

wouldnt happen if Duty were there

at least theyd throw you in the arena and have yo uduke it out there

[golden hazel]

They gotta grind for Ganja's best strains

[mossy jasper]

If Duty conquered the zone a single stalker could walkup and down the Zone without getting killed by a single mutant

[dull burrow]

bliss

[peak eagle]

Duty had over a decade to cleanse the zone of mutants, they didn't do a good job

[mossy jasper]

blame all the constant triggering of the Zone

Duty had nothing to do with that

[peak eagle]

but they did always get triggered by freedom, skill issue

[remote eagle]

[rugged bison]

hey, I´ve played stalker 2 on release and the game felt a bit unfinished.
Is it worth replaying it now after almost a year?

[nova lake]

still unfinished

[mossy jasper]

More finished than stalker 1

Not a compliment just the truth

Atleast its much better than last year

[split crown]

still incomplete

[mossy jasper]

meet faust
"what time of day do you want Skif?"
asks for night time
its night time already
Faust fraud reveal

[wanton arch]

average oxa loots

AT Least

then you loot non marked stash on Oxa proto

[wanton arch]

I BELIEVE IN THE WARD

[mossy jasper]

Hype moments and aura my beloved

Btw if im correct

Stalker 2 implies that Faust was the leader of the Monolith since the beginning

Meaning that the Gamma mod can finally have a lore accurate Monolith leader

[wanton arch]

prob

idk if this is the cause of shay living zone or not

bro the spark just spawned out of no where

[wanton arch]

not going to be lore accurate to the GSC world building

but it's more of a spinoff

like oh what if Noontide did not formed into a faction

aka Strider died before Faust keep the monolith faction on

[mossy jasper]

Well

All those monolithians need somewhere to go

And they keep the muscle memory and some knowledge

Any faction that needs pripyat survivors would want to invest in them

[wanton arch]

i mean im pretty sure Strider appeared in SOC

[mossy jasper]

As an enemy?

Wait you got it wrong

He's in call of Pripyat

[wanton arch]

nah i mean we have some quest related to strider

i just realize the vehicle scale is kinda off

or skif is just 2 meters tall

[mossy jasper]

Wait a second

That quest

IT ALLOWED you to get Strider's group to join either duty or freedom

Tf is canon then

[wanton arch]

consider Duty is kinda gone in stalker 2

[mossy jasper]

Maybe they swapped between factions and once duty was gone they established their own faction

[wanton arch]

i mean they could be in duty until duty died out in general so they have to make their own faction

[heady marsh]

ABout to play S2 for the first time. Is it worth modding it from the get go or playing it vanilla? I'm old school Stalker fan from when it first came out so don't want an arcadey version- I'd prefer hardcore with 1 shot kills, no hud etc etc

[wanton arch]

aka they did not join freedom and in stalker 2 timeline they have to make their own faction recuiting old monolithian

they have too because seems like Freedomer wouldn't like to accept monolithian

[wanton arch]

at vanilia gameplay it would be just story focus

i consider you use certain mod to make the vanilia gameplay a lil bit easier like "Better Ballistic"

"Bartender sell all"

"Unrestricted Upgrades"

[heady marsh]

Doesn't better ballistic make it more difficult? Which I like the idea of btw mate

[mossy jasper]

Don't worry

[wanton arch]

it would make you die within 1s anyways

with insane accuracy

[mossy jasper]

Every time you play this game you die to shit insantly

[heady marsh]

Also- can you mod it during play through or need to restart?

[wanton arch]

but you can 1 tap and mutant does not have insane HP

[mossy jasper]

[wanton arch]

Depend on what mod

Mod that change the root file a lot like oxa prototype good luck

you can download "Focus Aim" if you want to abuse better ballistic better

[heady marsh]

BIG question- is it worth playing yet or keep on waiting for updates to AI etc etc?

[wanton arch]

the AI is already there

is just the progression in my opinion

[heady marsh]

AI Life I mean sorry

[wanton arch]

need some toneing

if that is the case you could download Shay modular

it could improve A life in a sense

[heady marsh]

Is the main way to mod S2 via Nexus or Steam Workshop?

[wanton arch]

Nexus has more and you still have to mod it manually

[heady marsh]

THanks for all your help- appreciate it.

[wanton arch]

btw if you want to play stalker 2 like anomoly

not yet

not enough mod or some mod need a better tuning to make it fit anomoly

[heady marsh]

I must admit- GAMMA is by far my favorite game so I would like somehting along those lines yes

[mossy jasper]

[wanton arch]

Lootable zone and Craftable zone is the one need the most tuning in general

Lootable zone drop so much shit

but finding a tools

good luck

52 stashes for one basic tools

https://tenor.com/view/stalker2-scar-laugh-gif-12786287499780353633

[mossy jasper]

Jesus once i finish stalker 2 returning to gamma will be whiplash

[wanton arch]

true.

[heady marsh]

which do you prefer man?

[mossy jasper]

Depends honestly

[wanton arch]

btw there are few Modpack you could install

Redawn is huge

[mossy jasper]

Gamma is basically a horror game

[wanton arch]

Radium is erm

confusing

[mossy jasper]

Stalker games vs Gamma is a weird comparison

[wanton arch]

i have not try radium yet (it's on Moddb)

2 of them do try to become Gamma 2

[mossy jasper]

Stalker 2 managed to fix most of the old issues i had playing the older games

Be it buggs, really odd feauture changes and loading screens

[heady marsh]

all interesting feedback this guys- cheers

[mossy jasper]

[heady marsh]

I've been watching some of the S2 Immersive Realistic Gameplay YT videos and REALLY like the look of that type of experience. I don't think that's vanilla though- is heavily modded?

[wanton arch]

that one is heavily modded

as in they do have Oxa prototype for the their gun

[heady marsh]

what is Oxa Prototype pls?

[wanton arch]

vanilia gun is boring compared to anyone tried out anomoly + gamma

https://discord.com/channels/912320241713958912/1322530320494628945

[heady marsh]

that's good to know..!

[wanton arch]

it's on Nexus

[mossy jasper]

Aswell as weirdly censored

Is john kalasnikov gonna sue them?

[wanton arch]

tho Oxa prototype ( root changing ) would not work with other mods likely

like better ballistic that suppose to make gun more powerful against mutant and stalker ?

Oxa prototype will not work with it

oh yeah download stalker 2 optimize mod...

[heady marsh]

AH, it's so difficult wether to decide to mod this before I play it thru or not lol. I got the Ultimate Pshysical Edition and still haven't even played it as I'm waiting until it's basically almost at a 100% worth playing rating haha

[mossy jasper]

🥀 bro gonna leave that shit to cook until the devs mod actually conscious AI into the game

Alife system gonna be so developed we gonna have monolith prayer day and freedom joint parties at a weekly schedule

[heady marsh]

It's weird- I know it's meant to be good, but I've been so used to GAMMA now for so long, when I DO see some vanilla S2 gameplay it all looks and seems really shallow? Is it shallow or really got depth to it all?

[mossy jasper]

My problem is that its a stalker game

[wanton arch]

i mean it's a GSC game

[mossy jasper]

Its still on that fine line between FPS,RPG and survival horror

Being a master of none

[wanton arch]

if you played through the Triology

[heady marsh]

Yeah, I have all the limited editions of the OGs, got patches up on my wall framed and everything. Absolutely love this game

[mossy jasper]

Guns are mostly fine but the good ones are only available after literal ww1 trench warfare

Pripyat ptsd is somehow the most consistent part of the game

[heady marsh]

lol

[wanton arch]

I mean the gameplay is just

Stalker

Or if you played fallout

[mossy jasper]

Ironically the only complaint i really have is the horror elements

[wanton arch]

Yeah it's just like that

[mossy jasper]

I no longer shit myself every time its night time or a X7 lab

[heady marsh]

I remember seeing vids about the exploration is a bit lacking as there's nothign to do and it's vast empty spaces etc etc? Has that changed?

[mossy jasper]

Failed game design

[mossy jasper]

Theres alot of shit

Problem

Its esoteric as fuck and you need guides to find it

Exploration,quests and upgrading are all reliant on the player memorising every item location and puzzle otherwise you gotta use ancient agarthan mind reading to get through

[heady marsh]

ok guys- thank you both again, really appreciate the help..! I THINK I'll just go back to GAMMA for now and mod the crap out of it lol

[wanton arch]

that is the issue with most open world game rn

[heady marsh]

Agree aye

[wanton arch]

i mean Anomoly itself cut half of the empty zone as teleport section

( just don't try anathology because that just become another true open world game )

[wanton arch]

LMAO

BRO THEY HATE THE MONOLITH SO MUCH

[warped monolith]

I mean

who doesn't

[wanton arch]

THEY SHOOTING THE DEAD CORPSE

AND THEY DID AGAIN

[warped monolith]

good

[wanton arch]

well thats a murder

[wanton arch]

lmao

the amount of VSS

[golden hazel]

GHOST SKEEFA COME IN, THIS IS PRICE SCAR! WE'RE UNDER ATTACK BY SHEPHERD'S THE WARD'S MEN AT THE BONEYARD STC MALACHITE DO NOT TRUST SHEPHERD THE WARD I SAY AGAIN DO NOT TRUST SHEPHERD THE WARD

[prime sapphire]

May be a dumb question here lol but Im using Oxides OXA prototype mod and his mod page link for discord sent me here. Where can I ask a question I have on his mod? I added his localization later in the game because I was using Lootable localization instead. But dont know with addin ghis localization later in game and deleting Lootables localization if Id need to start a new game. Everything seems to be working still and traders still working but just unsure lol

[wanton arch]

you should ask in https://discord.com/channels/912320241713958912/1322530320494628945

[prime sapphire]

thank you

[wanton arch]

bro i hate stealth in S2 so much b r o

[wanton arch]

IT'S ALL OVER AGAIN

THE ANOMOLY HAS STARTED

[golden hazel]

SKEEFA, THE WARDENS ABDUCTED THE FAT MAN

[wanton arch]

shay WHAT THE HELL

[wanton arch]

if i can shoot scar rn i will

[torpid relic]

my only complaint is the quick slots, why tf do i have to hold F1 to use the second one?

[torpid relic]

did you forget that wounded monoliths detonate grenades if you come loot them? not in stalker 2 i think but atleast in the older games

[wanton arch]

anomoly has it

[wanton arch]

issue is

they are

DEAD

likie

DEAD DEAD

[torpid relic]

but what if there not dead dead and only play as dead? then u shoot them to make sure there dead dead

[wanton arch]

dawg i shot em with 308 twice

in the head

and these ward put gazillion of 5.56 into their head after that

[rugged bison]

I just played GAMMA for a while now and wanted something new.
But I am a bit unsure if I should return to stalker 2 yk

[wanton arch]

Stalker 2 is still your typical Open world game

[molten osprey]

THE WARD BETRAYED US!

You need to trust to get betrayed

[rugged bison]

then it should be fine ig
I give it a try
like I said: I played it on release and even in that state I somehow got over 50h in that game

[wanton arch]

there is A life now

[late kernel]

Still not good enough

[wanton arch]

true.

[warped monolith]

compared to gamma

[nova lake]

!notalife

🧎‍♂️ damn

[wanton arch]

partially

[obsidian gate]

Yeah, it's still kinda shit.
NPCs are still dumb as a bag of rocks, and randomly spawn just to fuck up your day.

[nova lake]

short hand

there isnt, it still is a spawn system

long hand

[wanton arch]

the real issue with stalker 2 COMPARED to gamma is just

not that much option to tune whatever you want

more loot more stalker more mutant

[obsidian gate]

I like the exploration and gunplay, but it's still not enough.

[wanton arch]

nuh uh only through mods

And weapon progression

is awful

[nova lake]

the game spawns stalkers randomly beetween the loaded chunks and the vision bubble, the game does not simulate stalkers outside of the loaded chunks, and the gmae doesnt save stalkers positions or state

[wanton arch]

like wtf i got SVD at near the end of the game for what purpose

when the doc give me the wisp

[warped monolith]

it's

!noalife

[fallen iron]

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

[wanton arch]

it's so finicky to see mf still use DB at malachite or red forest

what the hell dawg

[obsidian gate]

But for real, all I want is for enemy npcs to try and outsmart me instead of alternate between standing around shooting, advancing straight on, and grenade spamming. Is that too much to ask?
I can tolerate the shit dialogue and interactivity.

[mossy jasper]

I didn't actually notice the spawn ins

Usually i just hear people battling eachother

[obsidian gate]

They increased the radius a bit since release. But I'm pretty sure they still spawn with the only objective of moving to your last known location, so that's still donkey butt.

[wanton arch]

get mod called

stalker oblivion lost

[wanton arch]

that is the best you can get

Take cover shoot you back

the one thing they could add is Cover firing

but i don't think anyone going to like it

[obsidian gate]

maybe I should go play metro exodus instead and come back in another year when we have bino's and a-life

[wanton arch]

Cover firing is a type of suppressive move where NPC just put the on the cover and shoot your lastest posisition

have you play Tom clancy Division 2

the AI in there know how to flank

[obsidian gate]

I have given up hope for anything ubisoft makes 8 years ago, and so far nothing looks interesting enough to make me go back on that.

[wanton arch]

they flank under 3 conditions
Player in Cover and not doing anything
Friendly AI firing at player Cover
Player are not focusing on them

i mean it will take GSC to refind AI combat system

we just miss flanking

(AI do flank in Stalker 2 but only if they use shotgun)

[obsidian gate]

really? most of them just try to shoot me from 50m away

[wanton arch]

i do notice this from an openfield tho

like only shotgun carrier will try to push you up

issue is they push up to around 5m

then stop

and if they got to a cover

they will not go out no matter what condition

well if they see a grenade

tbh you only see this on a section where they spawn in mutiple enemy

and you cannot kill all in quick succession

yes this mean i fucking stuck at DUGA MALACHITE RED FOREST FOR 50 TIMES

EACH

[mossy jasper]

I already suffer this

Don't even joke

The armour in every stalker game is made out of paper mache and bandages

[wanton arch]

i mean i played division 2 and you do not like how AI being smart on certain difficulty anyways

[mossy jasper]

[wanton arch]

oh

[mossy jasper]

The corridor fights are the worst

To shoot you need to get either very close or out in the open

And head shots only work on the specific enemies that wear no armour

Can't even fathom mfs who play these games on one life

Tried it with anomaly

Didn't work

[wanton arch]

tbf

GSC does not need advanced AI in this game

Consider yall just 1 tap head them

[mossy jasper]

Hell no

Thats 4 -6 head shots with a sniper

With an assault rifle thats 7-12 shots

And body shots?

Just put it in the bag🥀

[wanton arch]

yall fr

[mossy jasper]

Legends say that this game is being used to train soldiers because i started counting how many bullets i have in my gun every time i shoot because i always end up being 1 bullet away from killing a guy and then he 2 shots me

[wanton arch]

what is this

9mm FMJ at Newbie difficulty ?

[mossy jasper]

Hardest difficulty with armour piercing bullets

[wanton arch]

on what target

and what round you used + distance you shot at

and yes What round matter because some round is AP

but it's ass

[mossy jasper]

Monolith guys in duga

[wanton arch]

what gun/round

[mossy jasper]

Distance is like 5-10 forra 221

Thats one

And then the scoped AS riffle

Forgot the name

[wanton arch]

there is no way it take 4-6 headshot because i would stuck at there for 500 deaths more

because Faust.

[mossy jasper]

Wait

Its the unique VS Vintar the veteran

All fully upgraded of course

[wanton arch]

i did try no mod before and im supprised that the fora 221 take that much on veteran

[mossy jasper]

I told you

The gun curve is extremely strong

[wanton arch]

i mean most fight i took are short range in general

[mossy jasper]

Well with a Spas shotgun almost everything dies in one hit

[wanton arch]

i mean i was using VSS with AP

[mossy jasper]

But so do i

[wanton arch]

Finicky game

[mossy jasper]

Short range combat fucking shits the bed because it always results in me being baited to get shot by 50 guys

Best case scenario is being behind a door and waiting for the enemy to walk in

[wanton arch]

usually you should blame yourself to peak at mutiple target

but the duga location

holy shit it's so open

[mossy jasper]

Thats exactly why i use long range weapons

So i can sneak kill the snipers and not get ganged up if i go for mid or short range

Now imagine duga or pripyat

[wanton arch]

insanity

[mossy jasper]

Having to do sniper duals against GAUSS riffles

"3 head shots he MUST be dead"
"May the monolith give me a one shot"
*kills me in 0.5 seconds after i shot him

I have hugged the wall in stalker 2 more than i have my family

[wanton arch]

then imagine advanced AI on god you would just die because 4 mf firing from cover with only Arm exposed

https://tenor.com/view/ohthemisery-oh-the-misery-oh-the-misery-gif-10090736289525603098

Gazillion of bullets

wasted

[mossy jasper]

One day we will gaslight someone to mod in limited ammo and this game will turn into the easiest game on the planet

[wanton arch]

better ballistic already did it

• focus aim

[mossy jasper]

Monolith and military soldiers after wasting all their bullets hitting a wall

https://tenor.com/view/dog-with-eyes-closed-dog-closing-eyes-cooked-cooked-dog-meme-finished-gif-9741968221415886864

[wanton arch]

oh yeah one issue with the AI

WHY THE FUCK A BRICK WALL IS INVINSIBLE FOR THEM.

i know some material allow you to shoot through wall

and they did let AI abuse it

it just what the fuck

[obsidian gate]

yeah, they can see you through walls and bushes once you're in combat, but sneak 1m in front of a dude and he takes 10 seconds to spot you.

And once you're in combat everybody is notified of your location instantly

blegh

[wanton arch]

even yourself barely can see anything behind the bushes

[mossy jasper]

[edgy junco]

PC powers off on the 3rd scan at the start of the game. This guys post is exactly what and when its happening to me:
https://www.reddit.com/r/stalker/comments/1gws4yt/stalker_2_crashing_my_entire_pc_on_final_scanner/

does this happen toi anyone else? ive ruled out overheating and the newest update doesnt lewt me skip cutscene

[wanton arch]

What is your spec

Preferedly, your PSU/ CPU/GPU

From the look of it

It could be just your CPU pulling more power to run more simulations

Spawning more shit in general

You could try S2 optimization mod first

If you want to get achievement you could use another mod called achievement enable

I mean if you have this issue with other game

Some how

Then you should check your PC

It could be Your CPU failing to load or Motherboard did not put enough juice to the CPU

[late kernel]

Not even GAMMA

[late kernel]

Eventually someone will make the MCM equivalent mod for Stalker 2

[obsidian gate]

I know I crashed at that cutscene back at launch, if it turned my system off I don't remember. Try searching for stalker 2 crashes after cutscene [mission name] I guess?

[dull burrow]

fucking oof

senior mod btw in the official dc

[slim moth]

man. people be letting discord moderators dictate whether to play a game or not lmao.

[dull burrow]

i never said it swayed me lmao, i just thought it was funny a mod said to not play

[slim moth]

meh

[dull burrow]

i downloaded it anyways, i just was tryna catch the general vibe of the game after a year of updates

[slim moth]

I love the game. Definitely rough in some spots, but way better than where it was. With roadmaps and update transparency, makes it worth following along the journey. Especially when they are working with modders closely.

but i say that as someone who doesn't play (nor care) about vanilla

[mossy jasper]

The base version of a game only matters if you are a reviewer

Would be pretty weird to rate a game based on a random guys opinion on it

Man i'm way underslept i meant to say "it would be weird to rate a game based on a mod made by a randon fan"

[dull burrow]

i know hte ai got some overhauls but arent like the old games, i know NVGs are in the game, i know that performance and bugs are way better, i know that mutants actualyl have a purpose now to kill besides money sinks

but all of this could (and were ) achieved with mods, so its fine its part of vanilla, but i always play SP modded to some degree

[mossy jasper]

Pray the next update or dlc is finally adding the faction system in

[wanton arch]

FACTION WAR!!

you mean Freeplay

like actual Freeplay that anomoly has

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1076985318693158996/1077703119036747897/1948BC51-74D3-474F-B322-70E71767F8F5.gif

[orchid zealot]

I mean Call of Pripyat had freeplay after the main story

[wanton arch]

ye

[orchid zealot]

I doubt it but I hope we see some old ideas in the DLCs.

even if it's more lore about cut factions like ISG, or Final day.

[wanton arch]

man i hope it's a free update for thing like game functions / system

ain't no way im going to like Faction War as DLC

[orchid zealot]

I feel like if they were gonna do a faction war DLC it would be a new game sort of like Clear Sky.

The "faction war" dlc is just centered aroun Duty and Freedoms origins iirc.

which might be apart of the limansk stuff since in the lore, they fought over territory there.

[dapper briar]

is stalker 2 currently worth getting into?

[orchid zealot]

Personally I think so.

I enjoyed it on launch and I'm sure it's even better now with the additions of nightvision and such.

[dapper briar]

was thinkin of getting into it since i cant get gamma to work for me so might be my best opinion thank you for your opinion :3

[mossy jasper]

is this true

because LESS GOOOOOOOOOOOO

[wanton arch]

LMAI

now i know why people only need 500kg of carry weight

because pass that your PC could not handle any shit

[orchid zealot]

Despite the bugs and issues the game had on launch, and especially despite the performance, I really enjoy STALKER 2 and I think it is genuinely such a good continuation of the series as a whole. I love everything about it from the little bits of old lore popping up like the first stalker you save as strelok in SoC in the very beginning of the game. Or seeing nimble (he did nothing wrong, mans been through A LOT), etc. I think it is genuinely a really good game and is very much worth playing.

Especially now that the official mod sdk is out, the mods are getting churned out and are getting better and better.

Soon enough we might be seeing new full length story mods like we use to get with SoC and CoP

I doubt it, but I'd kill to see the MISERY team come back to make a HoC MISERY mod.

[orchid zealot]

according to leaks, yes, the first DLC is going to be centered around Duty and Freedom, and I personally believe this is the one that will include limansk too. as like I said, that location was a major part of their lore, fighting for territory and whatnot.

[mossy jasper]

***Deadly anomalies, dangerous mutants, anarchists and bandits... None will stop Duty on its triumphant march towards saving the planet!

The World fears The Zones expansion. Join Duty and save the innocent.

Stalker, protect the world from The Zone. Join Duty.***

[orchid zealot]

yeah idk if the Military couldn't do it, then ex-military Duty won't be able too either

[kindred violet]

I think the fun part is that duty is generally superfluous with the ward being around

[wanton arch]

you could say

same same

but dif

[mossy jasper]

Ward and Duty are actually allied at the start

But in this hypothetical dlc Duty can probably empower themselves and actually do their goals

[kindred violet]

Or they get crushed by the ward

[golden hazel]

Or they get crushed by bandits

[kindred violet]

Difference being sheer firepower

[kindred violet]

Lmaoo

[kindred violet]

Also highly unlikely since the survival of the zone is part of the main story

[golden hazel]

And they would not survive 1 day fighting against the ward

[orchid zealot]

well Ward is basically just the governments zone military so they could pull the actual military out of the zone. so it would make some sense why.

[golden hazel]

https://tenor.com/view/stalker-creepy-gif-26581765

[mossy jasper]

Duty wants to make the zone safe and to prevent any more suffering from it

[orchid zealot]

well no.

[mossy jasper]

They aren't stupid enough or corrupt enough to do clear sky or Ward type business

[orchid zealot]

wrong. Duty's entire goal is to destroy the zone lol.

[mossy jasper]

Which they haven't attempted

So far in any game

[golden hazel]

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

[orchid zealot]

gee, maybe because they're too busy fighting freedom

[mossy jasper]

They killed mutants,monolithians and collaborated with other factions

[orchid zealot]

but even so, the ukraininan military failed to destroy the zone too, like 3-4 times.

[mossy jasper]

Never has duty done Ward type shit

[orchid zealot]

so, I think I know why duty didn't try

[mossy jasper]

Which is a positive

[orchid zealot]

Duty was created after the first military raid into the CNPP failed miserably.

[mossy jasper]

From what i remember of stalker 1 lore

[orchid zealot]

well right but remember Ward is the Ukrainian military's zone division essentially (not officially apart of the military iirc, I'd have to doublecheck)

so think of the corruption the ukr military did in the zone.

[golden hazel]

Ward is SIRCA's personal guards

[mossy jasper]

I think unlike the military the ward has better goals and ideas

[golden hazel]

The ipsfs40 sunblock or whatever the hell it's called is the "government" zone military

[orchid zealot]

they aren't. "The Ward is a government-controlled paramilitary"

[mossy jasper]

That peace treaty and 10 year period of relative peace came from the ward

[golden hazel]

Did they retcon shit in recent patches

[orchid zealot]

also SIRCAA is also formed by the ukr government.

think of ward as the police of the zone.

[mossy jasper]

Insanity

[orchid zealot]

they're literally just both government entities.

but Ward specifically is just the zone police.

[mossy jasper]

Tf is the thing with the mercenaries then

[orchid zealot]

what do you mean? they're just that, mercenaries.

[mossy jasper]

They allied with the ward?

[golden hazel]

Mercs are just paid to do shit

Clear and simple

[orchid zealot]

Mercs are just a faction of hired guns.

[mossy jasper]

Foreign interest groups that collect and sell documents abroad doesn't go with a ukranian military governate over the zone

[orchid zealot]

It was only in Clear Sky during the faction wars that they were about anything more than just being hired guns.

[mossy jasper]

Unless the mercenaries now just aft as body guards

Which is possible

[orchid zealot]

well once again, mercs are just hired guns at this point.

the only meat in the game they had was during clear sky.

[mossy jasper]

Swear the did shit in the first game aswell

[orchid zealot]

not really, there was only like 4 tasks in the game that had any real merc engagement. past that, it was just generic mercs you'd find in army warehouses and rostok and pripyat.

[golden hazel]

Yeah they shot up the rookie village

[mossy jasper]

Classic

"I'm a little rookie i love being sold into debt slavery by Sidorovich"
"Time for pay day"

[golden hazel]

https://tenor.com/view/stalker-run-meme-gif-12385055482594746031

[mossy jasper]

https://tenor.com/view/наебники-наемники-макарена-макарена-наемники-макарена-наебники-gif-16001905399132071676

Wonder if anyone has modded in to have every faction speak ukranian except the Mercenaries speaking english

[orchid zealot]

wouldn't make sense for all mercs to speak english though.

I would consider mercs as a multi nationality faction. Everything from american, eu to slavic/balkan/baltic to asian, etc.

[golden hazel]

The classic

[orchid zealot]

for instance in my STALKER TTRPG I'm writing/rewriting, I have plans to make different groups of mercs speaking different languages for instance.

and making a couple unique merc squads that are centered around certain nationalities.

[split crown]

based

[orchid zealot]

I think the only faction you could reasonably assume to be mostly english speaking with a secondary ukr/rus speaking is ISG.

Since it's an "international" group.

[orchid zealot]

Like a legendary Japanese merc squad with callsigns related to folklore for instance.

[golden hazel]

https://tenor.com/view/unexpected-gun-fakeout-gun-to-a-knife-fight-gif-26618629

[orchid zealot]

exactly

I haven't even gotten close to getting anywhere around there, I'm currently in the tough tedius part of writing the base game mechanics currently going through all the character creation stuff at the moment.

[mossy jasper]

Alot of foreign military guys joining the zone works

Especially from third world civil wars

[orchid zealot]

Which is once again, mercenaries

[golden hazel]

By this point in time in the story, everyone's wanting a piece of the science fiction pie

[orchid zealot]

that too.

I forget that HoC is set in 2021 lol and not back when the zone was largely unknown.

[golden hazel]

100% you'd be getting saudi arabian mercs because a prince wants a gravi to hang above his gaming pc

[wanton arch]

YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER THIS

[golden hazel]

SKEEFA DO NOT TRUST SHEPHERD

I MEAN KORSHUNOV

[wanton arch]

like Duty got rebranded as Ward already due to Korshunov

[orchid zealot]

I like the part where despite the fact that the ukr military failed like 4 different raids into the CNPP to destroy the zone, the police decide "yeah we can do it this time"

[wanton arch]

i mean

I mean the reason why duty is there

to KILL THE ZONE

while KORSHUNOV

KILL THE ZONE!

[orchid zealot]

well remember the Ukrainian government has been wanting to destroy the Zone since the beginning.

[orchid zealot]

and duty was formed after the first military raid into the CNPP failed, by a military captain breaking off to form duty with survivors.

so duty and ward having the same ideologies makes sense.

duty is ex-government, and ward is current government.

[wanton arch]

not really

[orchid zealot]

yes really.

???

not literally, but that's a simplified way of saying it.

[golden hazel]

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

[wanton arch]

not part from the military or the actual government

[orchid zealot]

yes they literally are?

[wanton arch]

it's Government Funded or Supported ????

as in they are not the actual government but controlled by the Government and their true purpose is to support SIRCAA

[orchid zealot]

Captain Tachenko, squad leader of a group of survivors, sabotages the communications of his squad to prevent them from calling HQ. They decide to create a group within the Zone dedicated to fighting against the Zone's 'spawns of evil' - Duty.

holy airball brother.

oh you're talking about ward.

[wanton arch]

yes the ward

im pretty sure the ward just got support from government and their original purpose is just help SIRCAA

korshunov just

[orchid zealot]

hey guess what.

[wanton arch]

became a duty member

WIPE THE ZONE

I BELIEVE IN DUTY!!!!!

[orchid zealot]

have you considered that, if SIRCAA is directly government controlled and funded, and if Ward is both directly government controlled and funded by the government...

[wanton arch]

wait hold up do Duty even get support from the Government/Military in a meaningful way

[golden hazel]

Not directly, but they would do deals under the table

[orchid zealot]

that maybe, just maybe. Ward is literally current government powers.

[wanton arch]

like i only know in other game the Duty is connected to military via under table

[orchid zealot]

no, but it is assumed they had under the table dealings due to Duty's military ties from its founding military members.

[wanton arch]

i mean it just IPSF reasoning is kinda meh

[orchid zealot]

IPSF is literally just the new border guards.

so the ukr government could pull out the actual military

[wanton arch]

i mean true they are just the smaller branch from the military government

for now

https://tenor.com/view/stalker2-scar-laugh-gif-12786287499780353633

it just ass that in game

even you have the Ward Badge

[orchid zealot]

also small correction, it's even in their name. technically IPSF is not specifically JUST the ukrainian government.

[wanton arch]

IPSF still shoot you

[orchid zealot]

because you're not officially apart of ward iirc.

[kindred violet]

Because you're in the zone illegally

[orchid zealot]

but gameplay wise, they're just keeping people away from the borders.

[wanton arch]

i wish i could because im literally at prypiat and i still getting shoot by the ISPF

i mean in the gameplay

[orchid zealot]

well yeah this too

[wanton arch]

im a stalker inside the chemical plant of the ward

[golden hazel]

Crossing the border for that sweet sweet scanner node

[wanton arch]

approved by the ward to be inside there

[golden hazel]

https://tenor.com/view/stalker-creepy-gif-26581765

[wanton arch]

then random ass IPSF spawned nearby and shot my ass

[kindred violet]

And how should they know

[orchid zealot]

imagine being able to sneak into the zone from LITERALLY jumping a fence.

[wanton arch]

IM STANDING INFRONT OF THEM

[kindred violet]

Yes and?

[wanton arch]

IMCHATTING AND BUY STUFF FROM THE WARD

[kindred violet]

All they see is a stalker

[wanton arch]

SOB

1 death because of the random event

[kindred violet]

You aren't wearing ward armour, nor are you wearing their insignia

[wanton arch]

i actually do wear their ward armour at that point

it just disguise system is not real.

https://tenor.com/view/ohthemisery-oh-the-misery-oh-the-misery-gif-10090736289525603098

god to think of that

they should add disguise system but because you can be spotted by the PDA

fuck it

[kindred violet]

Ah yes, the disguise system that stalker is so well known for

[wanton arch]

non

[orchid zealot]

some people are so anomaly-pilled it's worrying.

[wanton arch]

but then again i got like

120 IPSF badges

[golden hazel]

What do you mean the only time I take apart a gun is in a cutscene

[wanton arch]

during that encounter

if relation system is a thing then my corpse should be valuable for them anyways

[orchid zealot]

[kindred violet]

if skif was in the military he should regularly clean his guns, we need forced gun reassembling / cleaning minigames upon sleep

[orchid zealot]

people forget repairing weapons/armor wasn't even a thing in SoC I remember stacking artifacts to do the anomaly bug to repair my suit

[kindred violet]

Speaking unironically having your guns visibly be dirty / rusty according to item condition would be neat

[wanton arch]

you suppose to only clean yourshit at mechanic anyways

[wanton arch]

SHOULD BE POSSIBLE

pristine ahh weapon after rain and mud digging

[orchid zealot]

Anomaly mods be like: yes we want to replace every single nut and bolt on the gun.

[kindred violet]

That's on my to try list for modding

Once I'm done with oxide trying to get a smoke grenade working

[wanton arch]

What on EARTH is HAPPENING IN PRYPIAT

WHY THERE ARE 5 CATS IN ONE LOCATION

[kindred violet]

It was the first thing I tried and looking back, I did silly mistakes that obviously it wouldn't work

[golden hazel]

The best mod would be to be able to attach anything to your gun

[wanton arch]

and i just saw a deer and 2 blood sucker with 20 Monolithians in my back

like

i thought pripyat to be lifeless not living zone

[golden hazel]

I wonder if the infinite spawn locations are still bugged in pripyat

[wanton arch]

this just so random

[kindred violet]

Well, nature reclaims and all that

And the deers aren't random spawns :)

[orchid zealot]

well no.

[orchid zealot]

waiting for modders to add mutant bears fr

actually I really hope the DLCs add new mutants.

new guns? meh. new lore and mutants? based

[golden hazel]

I'm ready for them to elaborate what the hell bandits are doing working for clear sky

[kindred violet]

I don't know if that's really doable atm

[golden hazel]

And if my guess that clear sky is hiding in Limansk is right

[kindred violet]

Something I found trying to do the smoke is that some stuff is hardcoded, like the types of grenades there are

[golden hazel]

Or the keybinds

[kindred violet]

Yeah

Shout out to numpad guy

My fav character of this chat

[wanton arch]

i just hop they make newer mutant has worser disfiguration

like the bear having larger muscle with black hardened claws and more exposed pointy jaws

or maybe not pointy teeths but stronger jaws with big heavy teeths because they prob eat bone or Deer

[split crown]

you see Skeefa, once detector is attached to most powerful skeefarov in game, nothing remains impossible.

[orchid zealot]

Clear Sky at this point is pretty much dead.

It would be interesting if they just had retreated to Limansk, but if the Freedom/Duty dlc explores limansk in relation, I doubt Clear Sky will show up.

[golden hazel]

I thought so too until a had the bandit encounter where they just lore drop that clear sky is still around collecting shit

[orchid zealot]

eh? I didn't come across that.

goddamn it now I have to do my next playthrough sooner then lol

[golden hazel]

It happens at the leash location factory if you come through the bridge

[orchid zealot]

actually I might have just forgotten about it.

oh yeah I forgot about that nvm

But here's the thing though

one of two surviving clear sky members post SoC nimble talks about it "Clear sky is confirmed by Nimble to be completely destroyed."

[wanton arch]

i like how Oxa just trying to remove this round but

[orchid zealot]

so unless nimble somehow has zero knowledge of anymore surviving clear sky members...

and it's nimble he knows a lot.

[wanton arch]

he would not spit it

[orchid zealot]

eh.

nimble is kind of a rat lowkey

[wanton arch]

i mean i still hate the fact that spark is there

nvm i actually hate scar in HoC

[orchid zealot]

[golden hazel]

SKEEFA YOU KNOW YOU WANT THE SPRITE SUIT

[orchid zealot]

SKEEFA

[kindred violet]

SKEEFA

[wanton arch]

https://tenor.com/view/stalker2-scar-laugh-gif-12786287499780353633

[golden hazel]

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

[kindred violet]

I can't wait to see the evil shit clear sky is gonna get up to in a potential DLC

[orchid zealot]

I like how they did Scar in HoC, they genuinely did a fantastic job of how insane someone can get from all the psi damage.

All those emissions scar survived, just making him more and more insane.

[wanton arch]

true

[orchid zealot]

My first impression of scar on launch was definitely "oh this dude is NOT okay"

[golden hazel]

The bandits talked about getting science shit from the factory where the leash controller is so my guess is some sort of controller to surpass metal gear, or a 2nd brain scorcher

[kindred violet]

And the stuff with the memory shit

[orchid zealot]

well thje leash project started in 2006 or so.

[kindred violet]

Skeefa gear solid

[golden hazel]

One of the log entries stated that it was him growing resistance to the brainwashings that was making him "unstable"

[orchid zealot]

yeah that too.

[orchid zealot]

well right, but I can't imagine the two emissions he survived one of which was considered one of the biggest, didn't fry his brain a little.

[golden hazel]

They didn't lol

[wanton arch]

oh dam Oxa

this shit still spawn

[kindred violet]

I mean, isn't it confirmed by that clear sky prof?

[golden hazel]

Everything they told him were lies

[kindred violet]

Well not brain fried per se but nervous system

[kindred violet]

Oh yeah fuck right

[orchid zealot]

it was about the nervous system.

[kindred violet]

Egg on my face lmao

Swallowing the Clear sky pill

[golden hazel]

He was meant to be an agent for them from day 1

[orchid zealot]

oh yeah. https://stalker.fandom.com/wiki/Comms_Session_Log

[kindred violet]

MILF
Man
I
Love
Forcing someone to be your bitch

[orchid zealot]

forgot about that PDA log

but it makes sense since clear sky was founded by ex c-con researchers. so I suppose it's not out of the realm that they would tie back together at some point.

[golden hazel]

"No we're trying to stop the zone from expanding we're the good guys" - Clear Sky lied as easily as they breathed

[kindred violet]

I actually really like the new clear sky lore

[orchid zealot]

same.

[kindred violet]

Half truths be hard man

The clear sky to monolith pipeline

[golden hazel]

https://tenor.com/view/stalker-clear-sky-shadow-of-chernobyl-strelok-scar-gif-15094744

[kindred violet]

Ngl I loved walking through that corridor on S2

[orchid zealot]

seriously, stalker 2 has so many good callbacks to the trilogy.

[golden hazel]

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

[kindred violet]

The story is peak for stalker

[golden hazel]

Everything except the barrier

Rip the barrier

[orchid zealot]

[kindred violet]

Rip

[golden hazel]

My headcanon is that Ganja made such a strong strain of lettuce that it made everyone in the general area so high that they imagined a bunch of monolith and a barrier

[orchid zealot]

god I hate freedumb with a passion. LOLWEED XDDD

[golden hazel]

https://youtu.be/lFSD202Dj78?si=ERsoReWmy2A4Sz9I

SKEEFA IT'S REEFA

https://tenor.com/view/stalker2-scar-laugh-gif-12786287499780353633

[kindred violet]

Nah miklukha made up the part about defending the barrier to drum up support for freedom and his business to perform a pump and dump on the rouble in the zone replacing it with koupons

[icy basin]

Freedumb haters when it's the sole faction holding the barrier

[kindred violet]

[golden hazel]

[kindred violet]

The only faction I hate is myself 😎

[golden hazel]

I hate every faction equally. (The rock told me to)

[kindred violet]

Damn the rock telling you to hate yourself

[golden hazel]

Yes

And it is through the rock which I am granted salvation from that hate, praise be oh Monolith

https://tenor.com/view/monolith-stalker-worship-wish-granter-gif-4163859184604151540

[orchid zealot]

the stalker radios were peak.

[golden hazel]

Freedom radio be like weed lul
Duty radio be like
Clear Sky radio be like
Bandit radio be like

And then Loner radio

[icy basin]

p!bar

[plucky ibex]

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[golden hazel]

https://tenor.com/view/anime-naruto-punch-fight-gif-12911685

Loner radio goes so hard

https://youtu.be/uOLpBEM-wAs?si=euh5AnUgC1cu92EN

[wanton arch]

wait why dalin look so dif

[golden hazel]

HoC tuah bar music if it was good

[icy basin]

What are you, Clark Kent's co-worker?

[wanton arch]

CLARK KENT

[orchid zealot]

I listen to the stalker music and kino playlists while writing my ttrpg stuff. very immersive.

[wanton arch]

stalker 2 memory leak is so bad what the fuck

[golden hazel]

I've seen worse

[wanton arch]

it keep freezing and eating up my ram

after like

opening inventory for 7 times

[golden hazel]

I think this was my biggest one

[wanton arch]

sob.

[orchid zealot]

goddamn, how. mine never did that.

[wanton arch]

any mod included

the only time you can kill dalin...

[kindred violet]

Nice, 500 koupons

[kindred violet]

Fun fact if you hesitate, korshunov caps his ass

[kindred violet]

Bro running around with a mosin lategame

[wanton arch]

nah i collected all gun

[orchid zealot]

don't need to fix what isn't broken

[golden hazel]

Delicious moist nugget

[wanton arch]

nothing is useless

funny amount of shit i got

idk if oxa fucked up any thing but i got so much artefacts on dead body

for no reason

ahhhh ukranian armyware house on a single stalker named skif

[kindred violet]

Ah yes, 9999kg

Mfers when you tell them they can't hoard

[icy basin]

STALKER 2 modding
Look inside
STALKER trilogy modding but in S2 ([effectively] infinite stash, so much money, etc)

[wanton arch]

i suppose to have like

50000 medkits rn

but this is what oxa proto do to your loot.

[orchid zealot]

my first playthrough I collected one of every gun and armor including uniques

[wanton arch]

All we should

[split crown]

I do this in any iteration of STALKER that I play.

actually I do it in like every RPG lol

I just love collecting shit

A strong proponent for doing so, also, with Gamma was the mod that actually pays you over time every X amount of hours for whatever you collect in your stash.

Forget what the mod is called.

[summer vapor]

What difficulty do you play Gamma on?

[split crown]

Master

always

survivalist too

[golden hazel]

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

[wanton arch]

absolute peak

[wanton arch]

what is this AI generated Mess

[kindred violet]

Slop me more daddy

[icy basin]

lmao

Lame ass

[tacit glacier]

The most hilarious bit about this ai slop is the fact the two guys in the foreground are using binoculars like "motherfuckers the fight is right in front of you"

[golden hazel]

Demonration

[kindred violet]

S.talker

[golden hazel]

[tacit glacier]

Seemingly the only thing written correctly is the title

"Heart of Chornobyl"

[kindred violet]

A miracle really

[icy basin]

https://tenor.com/view/pick-it-up-pencil-learn-to-draw-ai-art-ai-bros-gif-15720819641418633832

[iron prawn]

man

you have to make like 1 mistake to realise that mistake sucked, and then you can't really afford to do that thing better again because you made the big mistake with most of your budget that was FOR that mistake you made

[kindred violet]

What

[iron prawn]

long story short I bought a shit gaming laptop for too much impulsively, then I broke the screen anyway

I could have got an alienware one if I travelled 2 hours on a train, and it would not be broken, and would have a mechanical keyboard and other stuff

but I was lazy. the moral of the story I didn't tell, is don't be lazy and do your research

what sort of screen should I buy for this 3070 laptop with a ryzen 6800k

a TV?

[iron prawn]

because I can't play games on the laptop, the screen is shattered

[iron prawn]

can I even play staker 2 on a 3070 8gb with 6800k ?

[wanton arch]

you def need more Vram but the system will use the system ram instead

but judging by 6800k

it will be ass to play with

[iron prawn]

it has 16gb of ram

I think it's 6800k my memory is not that great and I can't look at the screen now

I stood on it onto a metal carabiner and the thing broke

it WOULD have been fine for playing some games, probably gamma

[wanton arch]

by default you could buy a new system including Mobo/Ram/Cpu

i assume you have enough PSU for 3070 anyways

[iron prawn]

it's a laptop bro

like I said

[wanton arch]

oh gg

anomoly yes

gamma on scaled down simulation yes

[iron prawn]

cool that has to do

I dunno if I want to even play that stuff though. I want a game with a good story

I did every stalker game shortly after it was released

[wanton arch]

Peak.

[iron prawn]

what's that from?

[wanton arch]

stalker 2

i mean

[iron prawn]

I want to play stalker 2

but this computer is too shitty

and also broken currently

[iron prawn]

could I scale it right down to 720p?

[wanton arch]

in theory there should be another display port for you to connect

[iron prawn]

I don't mind that resolution

there is an hdmi port, I just have to buy another screen and then it's no longer a laptop, and that sort of defeats the whole point

I'm so annoyed that I broke it straight away

[wanton arch]

issue is you want to play game but with a broken scene

easiest fix is just

get an actual screen there for the future even

if you want to use the laptop for mobile stuff

you def have to find a way to fix it

aka via mechanic + contact support from the manufactor

i doubt they have one spare at low price

[iron prawn]

what sort of screen should I get? if I go onto facebook marketplace and just get "gaming monitor" at 4k or whatever can I really go wrong?

[wanton arch]

at the same time there is Mobile display port

[wanton arch]

i know this is a bait but

[iron prawn]

there's an hdmi port

[wanton arch]

1080p 100hz is the cheapest

[iron prawn]

it's not bait, I seriously have no idea

[wanton arch]

that has to be a bait dawg...

do you know how much a jump from 3070 a mid range 1440p card to be used on 4k display

[iron prawn]

if I'm spending money on a second hand gaming screen, then I want something that doesn't suck, and most are only a few hundred bucks for like 4k whatever

[wanton arch]

that mean your 3070 card has to put x2.5 power to get the same performance as 1440p

not only that

from the look of it

your laptop def have Port Bottleneck

[iron prawn]

I'm not talking about running ANYTHING on 4k, I'm just talking about not wasting money on a 1080p screen when I could get a 4k screen and have it work on something that I get in the future, I have a computer case here

[wanton arch]

aka it could be older HDMI that could not do shit

[iron prawn]

it's an asus something or other

[wanton arch]

what 4k you even try to get here

and what purpose in the future you could use 4K for

( you don't )

[iron prawn]

4k stuff I imagine

[wanton arch]

4K resolution is one thing

for a monitor you need 4 aspect

[iron prawn]

that's the one thing I'm talking about

are you being difficult on purpose?

[wanton arch]

Delay
Resolution
Size
Refresh rate

am i

or it's the subject being difficult by default

[iron prawn]

I don't know. I'm just being ignorant, of gaming stuff. I bought a laptop that had like I think a 2k screen, I smashed it, and now I have to buy a screen for it to be a crappy little portable computer

[wanton arch]

first of all imo the 4k will not worth it IF
It's not Oled Panel
It's not 32 Inches ( size )
It's not 1ms Delay

and about refresh rate

144hz is the best but....

[iron prawn]

133 or 140something or whatever, I don't remember

[wanton arch]

the price...

[iron prawn]

yeah 144 is what I've seen before

for about 200 bucks

[wanton arch]

at the same time

[iron prawn]

usd

[wanton arch]

you could get 20$ for just

[iron prawn]

for a decent size

[wanton arch]

IPS panel
24 inches
100hz
1ms delay

[iron prawn]

how old are you and is english your first language?