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

[wanton arch]

ok fine

i mean you could buy whatever monitor with the spec i mentioned

at the price of 20$

[iron prawn]

I said 200

[wanton arch]

if 200$

lemme check

[iron prawn]

$200 bro

[wanton arch]

do you play any Competitive FPS game

[iron prawn]

the dollar sign goes in fromt

[wanton arch]

idrc man

[iron prawn]

no I don't like competitive games, I like games with a story

[wanton arch]

200 buck 200 buck

if that is the case

you should be fine with 60hz to 144hz

[iron prawn]

I'm willing to spend around 200 on a screen, and I could get a big tv for that, is that a good idea or a bad idea

[wanton arch]

and if you enjoy the visual/story

[wanton arch]

bad idea because the input delay for TV is around 30ms

and a standard gaming display only has 1ms

[iron prawn]

because last I checked the tvs now are pretty good

ok this is why I'm asking in here

[wanton arch]

i mean you could tell me the TV spec you wanted

[iron prawn]

I seriously don't know, I don't have a tv either

[wanton arch]

man.

[iron prawn]

but I love watching movies

[wanton arch]

hm

tell me what is the website of a hardware store that your country usually use

like US has Microcenter

Neweggs

[iron prawn]

but also my apartment is not huge

and I'd have to mount it on a wall probably with a cable going across the floor

[wanton arch]

im confused with what you really want tbh

like you want a gaming monitor or not

or you want a large monitor that allow you to use your broken laptop as display screen and some time play low demanding game

because with that spec

going for 4K is impossible at 60 FPS on gamma with reduced performance/graphic

[iron prawn]

I won't be using it at 4k though. it'll be at 1080p maximum

[wanton arch]

you would have issue with visual clarity

like do you know DPI

[iron prawn]

but if I decide to build this other computer into a desktop computer, I might want a 4k monitor, you get me now? because at the moment I have only laptops that work

but I have a really good case and desktops cost less money

and if it's sitting there with a screen anyway, I want a decent screen, I don't really want to waste money on some gaming monitor that's only 1080p if I could have something a bit more future proof, but I am reading what you are saying, because I don't know much about this

[wanton arch]

uhhhh

you know you can have 2 screens at the same time right

i have 1080p as a side scrolling screen for chats/youtube

[iron prawn]

of course, I'm a nerd I just don't know all the gaming specific stuff

[wanton arch]

and my main is 1440p

at 27 inches

[iron prawn]

I use arch linux and all that, I've built videowalls before

I had a really cool videowall

I miss having that

[wanton arch]

ok imma just throw the basic

if you enjoying game you should look for 1440p at 27 inches to 32 inches

if 4k then focus on 32 inches +

[iron prawn]

I get dpi, I get 1ms latency, I get the resolution

now

[wanton arch]

that is the best combo

[iron prawn]

it's probably really cheap too actually

I don't even need 4k for anything

[wanton arch]

not going to be cheap if it's Oled panel

[iron prawn]

I don't REALLY need oled

[wanton arch]

oled give better colours in general

like the best of the best

[iron prawn]

I have some money but I'd rather spend it on a motorbike

[ocean hearth]

The deep blacks are unlike anything else though

[wanton arch]

like looking through a window

[ocean hearth]

Dark games are dark not grey backlight

[iron prawn]

I'm not buying new either, because screw that

[wanton arch]

if that is the case then

IPS would have second best color

VA is just way cheaper

[ocean hearth]

I’d say va

[wanton arch]

not really ?

[iron prawn]

IPS is pretty damn good in my experience

[ocean hearth]

iOS has more bleed imo

ips*

[wanton arch]

wait

[iron prawn]

it's just the ghosting that annoys me but I think this current thinkpad carbon x1 I'm on is IPS and it doesn't ghost

[wanton arch]

oh wait there is a cheaper panel

and it look absolutely ass

[iron prawn]

I do not want an ass looking panel

[wanton arch]

so yeah IPS / VA

[iron prawn]

what's VA?

[iron prawn]

what?

what am I even looking at

[wanton arch]

a panel type..

[iron prawn]

what's VA, tell me in words please

[wanton arch]

...

[iron prawn]

VA looks worse to me

[wanton arch]

VA panel ( Vertical Alignment Panel )

[iron prawn]

it looks more faded

[ocean hearth]

Ya my bad I always remembered it differently.

[iron prawn]

ok, I'm learning, why does it look slightly more washed out than the ips

[wanton arch]

older tech

cannot use better colors in general

[iron prawn]

I think I would prefer ips

I can get a LED panel in 4k for pretty cheap

[iron prawn]

what am I looking at right now? I'm pretty sure it's ips, I'm on a thinkpad carbon x1 6th gen

[wanton arch]

LEd panel is like

LED

[iron prawn]

it's LIKE led?

[wanton arch]

like the LED screen display or miniLed monitor

i mean im saying Miniled is not a bad thing i just fear that you may got fucked up by literally

LEDs Display

[iron prawn]

I was looking at my phone and I saw a picture that was faded out for ips, but I'm positive I'm looking at an ips screen right now

going between phone and laptop for other stuff and this

[wanton arch]

i mean going to electronic store or PC hardware store can show you how dif between it

like they have actual monitors for you to see

and they prob has better suggestion than me

because they have the supply

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

[iron prawn]

I don't think you're using irony right

unless you're referring to me looking at this on an IPS

[wanton arch]

tbf yeah

and idk what phone you using but

[iron prawn]

samsung, I'm using discord on an IPS laptop

carbon x1

thinkpad

[wanton arch]

for modern phone you def have OLED

[iron prawn]

I am pretty sure it's ips, I remember looking up the specs but I could be wrong

[wanton arch]

wtf

[iron prawn]

it's a samsung phone

[wanton arch]

i mean yeah it's thinkpad

[wanton arch]

what model

[iron prawn]

galaxy s9+

[wanton arch]

if it's was a budget then it's just IPS

oh

it's oled panel

or Super AMOLED

[iron prawn]

yeah I like how this thiknpad looks too and I'm pretty sure it's ips

I was playing just cause 2 on it when I had windows installed

[wanton arch]

im supprised

not that much people going for the ward

[iron prawn]

so I should go OLED and huge, but I don't really want to spend that much money

what sort of TV would it take to play games on?

I wish I never bought this damn gaming laptop, it cost me about 800usd

now I can't even play games on it

I live in australia

aud are like cad basically, eveything in the usa is in australia, and europe etc

[wanton arch]

i forgot australia pricing

btw you still can use it for work in general

[iron prawn]

you do't need to know it, I can convert in my head between usd and aud

[wanton arch]

the price may not the same

[iron prawn]

it's roughly the same

[wanton arch]

due to export and import taxes / Inventory travel cost

i mean

[iron prawn]

second hand stuff is pretty cheap

[wanton arch]

it's dif

[iron prawn]

nah, they ship containers of stuff here man

[wanton arch]

oh second hand is harder

[iron prawn]

I was talking about second hand this whole time

200 will get me a decent 4k gaming laptop, usd, second hand

[wanton arch]

if that is the case then go for it tbh

[iron prawn]

man that's what I was talking about this entire time, and I even said it

[wanton arch]

but you could go for a screen

actually tell me the spec of that 200$ laptop again

[iron prawn]

oh sorry I mean screen

I was looking at something else

[wanton arch]

oh,

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

[iron prawn]

I spent 800usd on a gaming laptop and smashed the screen like instantly

now I have to buy a screen

I got a used gaming laptop, follow the conversation, how am I going to buy a new gaming laptop for 800 bucks

this is too frustrating, I'm guessing you are very young

[wanton arch]

i rather keep the used laptop

saving that 800 for a pc

[iron prawn]

the used laptop has a broken screen now, that's why I started asking about screens, how old are you?

[wanton arch]

best is going for 500 buck + PC then leaving 300 buck for pheripheral

wait dude

i told you

check the used market

find some thing like

4k 32 inches 144hz

IPS panel

[iron prawn]

I have a razer keyboard, and a logitech gaming mouse

[wanton arch]

that is all

im tired man

[iron prawn]

ok I'll look for that

[wanton arch]

like it's a on a used market idk how i can find a good deal for you

[iron prawn]

they're usually pretty honest

if it's a good brand etc

it should be pretty good

[wanton arch]

until some one said their 3080 EVGA should be sold at 800 buck

[iron prawn]

people upgrade gaming shit ALL the time. I have old computers that I use for ages

I'm talking about marketplace, if it's too cheap it goes REALLY quickly but the market sort of stabilises and the price goes pretty fair most of the time

sometimes you have to jump on the deals

but not often

I mean often, but those ones go really fast anyway, I can pick sometihng up at a good price second hand, without having to pay retail or pay some used computer store rent + power + staff

[tacit glacier]

I want to say "I suddenly feel good about UE5.6 Heart of Chornobyl"
But this is fucking SpongeBob if that game didn't get 100FPS at native 4k I'd be disappointed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rc6xGmYzTaA

[iron prawn]

if I get a 4k screen that's pretty big, I can use it on this 3070 laptop with ryzen whatever it is?

I don't even know the unreal engines anymore

I'm over 40 years old, I know computer stuff that's not gaming stuff

[tacit glacier]

That's more than current primary school generation knows

[iron prawn]

newest game I was raelly into was just cause 2

I have RDR2 somewhere on a drive

[tacit glacier]

But yeah maybe STALKER 2 will finally become playable when they update to 5.6
Not saying 5.5.4
5.6

[ancient osprey]

maybe XXD

[iron prawn]

how do you change a game engine when the game has already been made

[tacit glacier]

I know SpongeBob isn't the most graphically impressive game but it is reaching 100FPS at 4k native while other games aiming for that graphics style struggled

[iron prawn]

it's a square with legs and a face

[tacit glacier]

And it somehow looks and runs better than Borderlands 4

[iron prawn]

borderlands is a shit game

[tacit glacier]

True

Well, the lead dev is a shithead that brings the game down.

Also the performance is bullshit and everyone knows it

[iron prawn]

it's just boring and shitty, they aways have been

[tacit glacier]

Eh, Borderlands 2 got a cult following

[iron prawn]

killing Jason in a different mask over and fucking over for slightly more whatever

it's like a spreadsheet

I never bothered with it, it sucks

[wanton arch]

the reason

[iron prawn]

I like games with a story, basically ONLY with a story

[wanton arch]

every single part of the map being rendered at 4k texture with maximum polygons

[iron prawn]

just like I don't like watching a movie unless there's a good story, or reading a story unless it's a good story

[wanton arch]

yeah apparently with a simple tone can vary in size from 480p texture to 4k texture

[tacit glacier]

I like how Spongebob didn't come out yet
And it's already on fucking 10% sale

[wanton arch]

likely why BORDERLAND 4 PERFORM like shit

[wanton arch]

LMAO

[iron prawn]

I loved disco elysium but once you play it once it's sort of ruined

[wanton arch]

have you see border land 4 sale

20%

[iron prawn]

it doesn't really change

[wanton arch]

when first release

[iron prawn]

I think my first playthrough was the most unlikely series of events, I saw all the cool stuff and playing it again would only sort of be the same mostly

[tacit glacier]

You know what
I could test how this SpongeBob game runs on a 3050 paired with a Ryzen 9 5950x

Before you say anything
This is a work PC

CPU and RAM are overkill for the GPU, but that thing is there only to output to monitors

[wanton arch]

it's 5950

wait how many core a 5950 have

[tacit glacier]

Modest 16

[wanton arch]

that just better than mine in a sense

i mean im using 7700

im tempting to get 7950 or prob just 9800X

[tacit glacier]

[wanton arch]

the insanity

[tacit glacier]

I have a 9700x at home with a 4080 Super

[wanton arch]

yeah i only have 9060XT

[tacit glacier]

Funnily enough it only bottlenecks at 1080p
But not at 1440p and 4k

[wanton arch]

it's the strain on the CPU

[tacit glacier]

Out of which only the CPU bottlenecks

[wanton arch]

ye

[wanton arch]

tbh i could get another card and use Loss less scaling

[tacit glacier]

Dual GPU is going to be popular with NVIDIA anyway

[wanton arch]

eh nah prob not worth it

i could try RX580 + 9060XT with LLS

[tacit glacier]

You put in an old 960 that does't need power supply cable for PhysX

[wanton arch]

true.

[tacit glacier]

But I seen people use second smaller GPU to do frame gen on Lossless Scaling

But tbh at some point we'll see NVIDIA or AMD go
"So we added dedicated AI cores so you get more performance while using upscaling and frame generation without sacrificing rendered frames"

Which will eliminate the need for secondary GPU's unless you need PhysX specifically

[wanton arch]

that is for Nvidia user with 50 series +

but i mean the issue with using frame gen with one GPU is you have to divert few cores to run frame gen

but from the look of it

AMD could give us better APU

and prob allow the APU to do frame gen instead

it just my 7700 APU is kinda mid so i get like little to no extra frame on base 100 fps

hey nvidia is jumping on Destop market with ARM base / X86 base

so you could see nvidia user using their new CPU that has Best APU to run frame gen

[iron prawn]

do any of you game on linux?

I run a few games but they're mostly pretty simple games

because I.... don't always pay for games?

steam runs on linux but I'm broke and I can't afford to pay for games that I feel bad enough wasting time on for free

let alone paying to waste time (which equals money) on

that's why I wanted gamma

I can run gamma on a 3070 with ryzen whatever the hell it actually is

it's a half decent ryzen. the laptop WAS good. I smashed the screen, now it sucks and I'm bummed out. I had to get a keyboard and a mouse just to prepare for playing games

is there a server where I can talk about laptop repair and gaming computers and stuff like that? or just ask nerds like you in any gaming specific server like this one

because I already learned a lot just asking swebi

thanks Swebi

[obsidian gate]

If the games you play feel like a waste of time maybe don't play them?
Steam prices are pretty good if you have some patience for a sale, and want to reward artists for their hard work.
So wait for a sale, or sail the seven seas if you're too poor, I guess.
Steam's proton compatibility layer works flawlessly 90% of the time, needs some minor tweaks 9% of the time, and does not work 1% of the time in my experience.

[iron prawn]

all games feel like a waste of time to me, sometimes, if not all the time

I feel like I could be doing something really good instead

but I do want to play them. and I will sail the seven seas, I've paid for games, I just don't do it often if I can

I use linux because I don't like paying for any software, I'm careful with money

I do thikn that creative works should be paid for, but game companies these days? I'll use a copy of their game

I wouldn't rip off some solo developer if I really liked their work, and I wouldn't rip off a small game company, but shit that's triple A I don't feel any guilt at all for pirating, they make their profits before the game is even released. I don't think I'm putting anyone out of business by pirating a game, but I haven't pirated stalker 2 yet, I'm talking about GAMMA, that's free anyway

all a triple A game company has to do is mention they're releasing the next game and they've made all their profits, then it gets released and they make more. I pirate movies too. I don't feel bad, nobody is losing money, I pay for some things, I pirate others

this is probbaly against the rules to talk about

if I'm playing games hours go by and nothing creative has been done

it's just staring at a screen semi passively doing shit, basically running through a maze like a rat for the cocaine reward at this point with a lot of these games these days

[obsidian gate]

You sound like a disillusioned addict, not gonna lie.
If it's no longer bringing you joy, maybe resist the urge and go do something that does.

[iron prawn]

addict?

you sound really young

I do do things that bring me joy. I just started talking about STARTING gaming again fucking 1 hour ago approximately

I have a gaming laptop, I said I haven't used it yet, I don't even have a screen

the last game I played hardcore was just cause 2

that's how out of the loop I am

I'm too fucking old to be playing games, I just have time and I want to play some games that I like

not gonna lie? you don't know anything yet, you're a kid

[mossy jasper]

https://tenor.com/view/chillware-chrys-wall-run-running-lagloyavich-gif-23186252

[iron prawn]

I don't really get it

it looks like an MMO with someone glitching out

[unborn geyser]

Guys, is it possible to zoom in on the sniper scope instead of the whole screen?

[mossy jasper]

going in a maze

[iron prawn]

funnier than I thought

[obsidian gate]

Alright unc, hope you can manage to have fun then 😉

[obsidian gate]

Not officially, but a quick search does show some mods that attempt it.
Look for picture in picture zoom / dual render scope. Will probably be janky compared to official support tho.

[icy basin]

Yes, it's called Picture In Picture, or rendering the screen twice :)

[molten osprey]

Why do you ask then?

I swear to god one more fuck over 30 who thinks he has seen some dinosaurs telling someone "Youre a kid" because said person wasnt around when Matrix premiered and im gonna kill someone

[wanton arch]

DARN

[wanton arch]

my ass over here being 22 doing shit about Econ and Computer hardware for no reason

btw im just done with people pulling out age as an excuse to demean someone else

or whatever word that make the Speaker look Superior than other

[wanton arch]

wait we have that on S2 ???

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

[icy basin]

Probs not

[late kernel]

No

[icy basin]

Else I'd be playing at 10 fps

[wanton arch]

my insanity

[late kernel]

not with the current performance

[wanton arch]

picture in picture on insurgency sandstorm only

it's joever

[icy basin]

You know what DOES have PiP scopes?
Certain boomer shooters

[wanton arch]

peak.

[late kernel]

TAA makes PiP scopes looks like ghosting smeary mess.

but without TAA unreal engine games look even worse...

[wanton arch]

everything has to be a smear on your screen for UE5 anyways

non of the game on UE5 have good enough optimization anyways

[late kernel]

https://tenor.com/view/arc-raiders-give-arc-raiders-give-me-arc-raiders-arc-raiders-release-gif-4025392337056622447

[wanton arch]

even introducing dynamic LOD i doubt every UE5 game is going to perform well with high res high polygon

[wanton arch]

ok fair i tried it and it just look fucking great

[late kernel]

And it doesn't run like shit

no forced Lumen

[wanton arch]

true max setting on 9060xt ryzen 7 7700 120 fps

holy shit

peak game

[late kernel]

but even with Ray Traced GI runs well

[wanton arch]

it's fun even

it just sad that

trial ended...

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

and i prob would not pay it until it has 30% sale

[late kernel]

40 euro is affordable, unlike 70

[wanton arch]

nah im living East Asia

the price is a bit to high for a week meals

[obsidian gate]

Didn't feel like correcting him, I'm 29, not that it matters.
But it sounds like the good man is going through something, so I don't mind getting flamed on a bit if it makes him feel better.

[molten osprey]

I just cant stand the age argument, be mean as you want im often mean as well, but using age as argument was maybe cool when gaming became a thing

[late kernel]

My life is a mess but it wouldn't make me feel better yapping about it to random strangers on the internet

[obsidian gate]

Everybody's life is a mess, and there's definitely a sample bias on your average gaming discord server :p

[warped monolith]

don't mind the retard up above, but if you weren't alive when Matrix premiered then you're literally a baby

[obsidian gate]

Conversely, calling strangers on the internet retards is a surefire sign of maturity.

[golden hazel]

https://tenor.com/view/stalker2-nonstop-gif-7385508345518191769

[warped monolith]

bro behaves like a retard I'm calling him a retard

action, reaction

[golden hazel]

Morbius be calllin it how he sees it

[warped monolith]

https://tenor.com/view/morbius-gif-25461795

[mossy jasper]

I think Strellok may be the biggest idiot in the entire series

knows the zone and all its secrets
only destabilises it
claims to be fighting C-consciousness
gets gaslit by them
did 20 years of analysis of the Zone and all he came up with is "fuck everyone only i understand the zone"
studied all the magical shit the zone does
doesn't believe in any of it being worthwhile

[warped monolith]

doesn't believe any of it being worthwhile but still fights ppl over it
true schizo behavior

[mossy jasper]

Bro literally left the zone during pripyat

[warped monolith]

the short answer is that he probably went insane, like "scar"

[mossy jasper]

And still returned

[warped monolith]

zoneussy power too stronk
idi ko mne

[mossy jasper]

Stalker 3 reveals Strelok was actually programmed by the C group to do everything he did in all the games

"Yeah we ordered him to kill us so what? You weak little stalkers cannot fathom what type of plans we are on!"

[warped monolith]

................. while plausible, that sounds way too lazy
if we even get a stalker 3 twenty years from now, I imagine GSC might end up doing just that

[kindred violet]

I mean, you can argue that point

[mossy jasper]

🥀 stalker 1 plot:kill strellok
Stalker 3 plot: Kill strellok
Stalker 5 plot: Kill Strellok jr

[warped monolith]

with most of their minds already on the noosphere, it would """""make sense"""" to get rid of their physical bodies

"complete ascension" type shit

more like ass-ension

[mossy jasper]

https://tenor.com/view/all-in-his-mind-all-in-his-head-delusional-delusion-insanity-gif-12255351800206495360

The fact that we still don't know if the Noosphere and subtle matter is a real thing is some crazy shit

[warped monolith]

I also imagined he'd keep some of the cool gear he found throughout the games... instead of just wearing a lame lower tier stalker suit, I expected him to have a heavily customized exosuit that made him almost immune to damage like Eidolon was

cue Mimir from god of war

[kindred violet]

human instrumentality

[warped monolith]

"immune to all threats, both physical and magical"

[mossy jasper]

Bro got that Naruto illness where the firsr outfit you wear is your default outfit

Or maybe strellok is just homeless

He did say he hates all factions

I doubt anyone except his friends are gonna be giving him jobs

Did this mf live outside the zone and still wear his suit

Did he tell a random guy during the 2010s about the Zone

"Yeah they crazy mind shit there turning men into animals and chimeras it was all an inside job man"

[warped monolith]

you'd think he woulda joined up with duty or idk, ecologists

but I guess eventually their goals might have diverged

one wants to destroy the zone, the other wants to exploit it

[obsidian gate]

Honestly I preferred the roadside picnic zone origin story over the c-consciousness.

[kindred violet]

He did a sircaa before he fucked off again

[warped monolith]

wasn't that just an inspiration for the setting and nothing else?

[merry solstice]

Ok, I am sure it has been discussed a million times, however I have not been following........Stalker 2 Gamma, will it be a thing?????

[summer vapor]

Do you mean the mod specifically from Grok or just a big modpack?

[merry solstice]

either or, Grok GAMMA is amazing, so something on par

[silver orchid]

No

[winged spruce]

yo guys..is defeating faust kinda endgame already?

also he didnt dropped any weapons what was kinda disappointing

[mossy jasper]

Only halfway

[winged spruce]

wow, so the game is long

[mossy jasper]

"Man that sure was tough"
"Wait till pripyat"
"Pripwhat"

[winged spruce]

sry i dont speek emoji

[winged spruce]

on veteran the game drops you better guns on vice versa?

[golden hazel]

https://tenor.com/view/sseth-gif-27687542

[golden hazel]

The guns that drop is based off what point in the story you're at

[winged spruce]

i found a saiga like rly early so not sure

[winged spruce]

i dont speak this language am old

[golden hazel]

There are spots where you can find late game guns but the general enemy drops are scaled off what point in the story you're at

[iron prawn]

You l know how kids say rage baiting

[winged spruce]

f so it was pure luck. next time will not find it for sure

[iron prawn]

30 years ago that was just called trolling

It meant the same thing. 30 years ago when I was 14

[winged spruce]

does faust not meant to drop you any guns or that is also based on where are u with the game?

[iron prawn]

And the internet used phones

[golden hazel]

Story bosses will always drop the same thing

[iron prawn]

That made screeeeeEEEEEbeooeeooeeechhhhhCHHH noises

[winged spruce]

roger..will not ask for more spoilers...thanks

[iron prawn]

so the story of stalker 2 is better or worse than SOC, clearsky, COP

[stuck seal]

is there like a psi storm or something that spawns stalkers to kill you /

what is happening

[obsidian gate]

The anomalies, artifacts, stalkers, wish granter, chucking bolts (maybe that one was the movie can't remember), the scientist/stalker/military tenuous relationship dynamic all came from the book.

And the book had multiple zones.
Believed to be random space debris from a passerby alien encounter.

More cosmic horror-y, bit less hubris of man will doom us all type beat

[mossy jasper]

Haha no

I don't think so atleast

Just makes the game harder

[obsidian gate]

Guns are either static spawns or enemy drops that are faction and main quest progression dependant I believe.

But do y'all's guns still jam? Ever since I picked S2 back up this week I noticed I have not once had a gun jam on me.

I thought that used to be a frequent occurence

[mossy jasper]

Stalker has alot more 1800s science vs religion struggles suprisingly

And wild west fronterism for obvious reasons

Way less modern sci fi

[obsidian gate]

Also am I crazy or does the coupled kharov mag not really increase reload speed, just look extra cool

[peak eagle]

too much twirly action, not enough fast reloading unlike the Dnipro

[tacit glacier]

I think YouTube wants me to watch something

Call it a hunch

[warped monolith]

this guy should get shot in the dick for these retarded clickbait videos

[tacit glacier]

Wait
How is it clickbait???

[warped monolith]

how is it not?
"players thought devs wouldn't think of this"
"when devs pay attention to detail"
"devs knew players would try this"

[warped monolith]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4q5ba5wqwOo

[silver orchid]

THIS GAME DOENS'T FAKE SURVIVAL

[hazy bison]

Are there any big mod overhauls for Stalker 2 yet? The base game just isn't doing it for me

[slim moth]

nexusmods.com

each mod has a description

[humble hill]

As a long time enjoyer of the stalker franchise, I finally got around today Anomaly /GAMMA due to stalker 2 failing to meet my expectations.

Now I'm kicking myself for waiting for so long jump on board with Anomaly

[slim moth]

Also use the UPDATED or NEW tab. not POPULAR since most of that shit is out of date

[tranquil lintel]

As someone that finally got around to adding npc/texture/anomaly mods ontop of it, it's become so much better.

Also am I allowed to post my modlist on here for anyone interested in a small but decent S2 mod collection?

[humble hill]

Yeah, I did nitpicker 1.2 for textures and KVMA for NPCs.

[mossy jasper]

https://tenor.com/view/disneytoons-movies-disney-animation-cartoons-gif-4817313545492797016

teleportation ain't shit

[tranquil lintel]

if you need some suggestions for a bit of cleanup for those I got a couple more.

[humble hill]

I'd be interested

[humble hill]

I would, but to be candid with you I feel like I haven't necessarily optimized these ones much. I'm familiarizing myself with mo2

Which is to say I'm embarrassed to admit how many times I had to revert to the base gamma modpack to figure out where the hell I botched it lol

[tranquil lintel]

all good, if you ever feel like so, there's a link with a tutorial vid i can pm ya, it shows you how to add those plus more.

not sure if it's permitted here

[humble hill]

Please do, and I'll get to it

[tranquil lintel]

Okay here's what I use for the list though, it's preference though of course at the end of the day.

+Better Vaulting (Ledge Grabbing) - Better Stamina Usage
+Craftable Zone
+Dynamic Weather Overhaul
+Enemy Weapon Attachments
+Extended Mutant Loots
+Gas Mask Overlays
+Lootable Zone
+Merged Localization
+New Game Start - A free play mode attempt
+No Quest Delay
+NPC Combat Overhaul
+Offset aiming without NVG
+Optimized Tweaks S.2 - Reduced Stutter Improved Performance Lower Latency Better Frametimes
+Project Y
+Shay's - Expanded Campfires
+Shay's - Saving Hubs
+Shay's Living Zone - Complete (Updated to and for 1.6)
+Weapon Reposition Project

[mossy jasper]

Did strellok just use "Her" as a way to refer to the zone

Oh god he's not only an idiot but a simp

[tranquil lintel]

He is obsessed with going as deep as he can.

[icy scaffold]

lowk gamma > stalker2

[mossy jasper]

Nah nameless

This end game shit kicks fucking ass

[steep pivot]

Stalker 2 believers

[mossy jasper]

https://tenor.com/view/revived-by-peak-fiction-revived-by-peak-fiction-gif-9495759636333085922

[steep pivot]

The new NV rocks hard, you can use a Tarkov like Aim

When you alt during NV

Pripyat has to be the best place to just explore for me i dunno it just seem the most fun area.

[mossy jasper]

When the game is so nostalgia coded that even the final area is as bullshit as it was in call of pripyat

GAUSS RIFFLE SNIPERS?

[steep pivot]

True I liked the danger in pripyat

Ngl there's no point now exploring lesser zone because you get the beginner loots

[mossy jasper]

The level and loot progression is abit weird but you get used to it

[steep pivot]

Nah I actually didn't care much lol.

I wish to have a drum mag for my Kharod, best looking gun when fully modified, but I think drum mag for kharod does not exist in the game.

I saw a youtuber have it and but sadly it was a mod

I had a complete mod for the Ar34 as well sadly the damage isn't as good as Kharod or Dnipro

[mossy jasper]

yeah this is complete bullshit

4 snipers aiming at me

with insta kill guns

[warped monolith]

feels like old times, eh

SoC and CoP mainly

[mossy jasper]

Real

In truth what is the zone?

A place

An ideology

Home

But at its most ideologically open

Its the ability to shape and change the world with human thought transformed into reality

There's a game that had a very similar ending

Ai somnium nirvana

There a group of cultists spend decades trying to find a way to uncover the world and control it

They couldn't do it

And all of them died

But in an alternative timeline they were proven right

The player

Separate from the player character

Gave them the code to control the game

And they did it

They won and were able to revive the dead

And reveal the threads holding them together

And so they were proven right

I think this is the way
we should read the Shining zone

[mossy jasper]

Okay on the other hand of my ending glazing

THE FUCK IS THE MONOLITH

They completely confuse me as a concept

[stuck seal]

yappaholic over here

[mossy jasper]

Yes

We yap for peak fiction

[stuck seal]

[mossy jasper]

I gotta get the other endings to fully compherend the zone

This game has alot of route customisations i didn't expect

[tacit glacier]

I mean tbf the vids shown bullets physically moving from the mag into the chamber as you are shooting

I don't think any game has that. Maybe Arma but you can't really tell

[kindred violet]

The point isn't necessarily the content of the video but rather how the videos are sold to you

It's got the typical youtube disease of clickbaity titles.

[kindred violet]

"this changes everything"
Is another favourite

"you wouldn't believe xyz"

Get a question in the title that the consumer might want an answer to, but then put the answer somewhere in the middle of the video/short so they don't immediately click away

[tacit glacier]

And yet it still shows something 1% of games have
Thus, not clickbait

[kindred violet]

It is still clickbait, it being true doesn't change that it's baiting you into clicking onto it

[kindred violet]

They could've just made it
"Stalker 2 gunplay is better than Stalker 1."
No need for the capitalisation of "better" and the question mark at end :)

That's the point

Of course it's fascinating to have fully modelled interactions in the guns

Also another game that does that is receiver 2

If you're curious about that kinda stuff!

[kindred violet]

Ofc no one would really watch a video that has the answer directly in the title.
So you are somewhat prodded into doing clickbait.
I could see the video being called
"Is stalker 2s gunplay better than stalker 1?"
Which still gives you the question people want answered but doesn't have the weird sentence structure and capitalisation

[kindred violet]

Basically just c-cons guard detail

With the actual monolith just being a psi installation that controls said guard detail

[golden hazel]

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

[warped monolith]

meanwhile the title and thumbnail show no such thing, it's just something vague like
THE DEVS REALLY TOOK THE TIME TO DO THIS

and you have no clue wtf it is until you click

hence

clickbait

[warped monolith]

or it could've been something along the lines of

"cool animation details in stalker 2"

it's still somewhat baity but at least presents the subject matter clearly and concisely compared to
WHEN THE DEVS LOVE THEIR GAME

that motherfucker doesn't even mention the game name in the title just to make people comment on their video asking what game it is, for engagement

[kindred violet]

Slave to the algorithm

What's an integrity

[tacit glacier]

"motherfucker doesn't even mention the game name"

Yeah

He doesn't

[warped monolith]

in the title, I meant. way to nitpick

[tacit glacier]

First part of description shows in videos, you know

[warped monolith]

[tacit glacier]

This video specifically is just about attachment animations

[warped monolith]

and

[tacit glacier]

I assumed wrong previously, but the video thumbnail matches the content

Granted it could've just been named

"Look at these cool attachment animations"

[late kernel]

"I get it, the lore is deep, and the weapons look cool.
What about the gameplay?"

[finite needle]

Man discovers the first Deus Ex

Or New Vegas

[kindred violet]

damn, can't believe they remastered sex

[stuck seal]

dumb question but is there like any anti rads besides vodka

[warped monolith]

there should be dedicated anti-rad pills

but they're a more advanced item and you'll probably not find them often in the earlier areas/traders

[tacit glacier]

@wary nimbus what mods are you using in these #╟📸stalker2™-media screenshots?
Cause they are tempting me into giving S2 a shot again

[wary nimbus]

Many 😅

But shortly, Dead Zone, Forest Rebirth, Ultra+ and reshade graphical wise. Gameplay wise Rusted Dawn modpack and many other smaller mods

[tacit glacier]

Oh, neat.
Forest Rebith would murder my PC

And it's a 4080 Super

[obsidian gate]

And I still don't quite understand what the difference is between range and damage drop-off, bullet velocity, or spread and recoil in these upgrade trees, anyone have a good explanation wiki for gun stats handy?

[warped monolith]

I can only assume, and I'd probably be wrong. I don't know of any resources on these stats

[obsidian gate]

And moving while aiming, faster? more accurate? 15% what?!

[mossy jasper]

Will Strellok return in stalker 76 as a 80 year old man

[wanton arch]

Damage drop off is better damage drop off

Like.

Spread is deviation on hip / ads

Range improves trajectory from the look of it

Recoil is the gun kick/moving to deviate your aiming position

You do not want to play with game that has deep recoil mechanism

[wanton arch]

Bullet velocity is bullet velocity ( faster travel speed )

[wanton arch]

Moving will make the accuracy stats worse ( spread / deviation ) on Hip/ADS

Yes ads does have deviation

Just use Bizon and you see it

[warped monolith]

first game called it "flatness" if I remember correctly. faster bullet = less drop over distance

or am I mixing things up

[unreal ridge]

Hey everyone!
I'm trying to get back to Stalker 2 after year
Last ver i played was 1.2
I used some mods like FUBAR and etc but now alot seems to be changed
Can someone recommend ultimate modlist based with OXA?
I was wondering if i can combine somehow Stalker Unlimited , OXA, Lootable, Craftable Zone mods
I thought it have some incompabilities, but usually you can get it done by manually repacking and merging cfg, but i also saw that some changes with character values bugs out mutant loot, so i'm confused at this point
Please share what mods do you use as a core, i'm looking for redone ballistics like with Stalker Unlimited or Better Ballistics - Hardcore Gunplay Overhaul
Thank you in advance

[wanton arch]

Nah the trajectory in certain game is pre-fix

And i guess

s2 could be that one of the game

The vanilla bullet drop is shit and the velocity seems does not change

Some games have pre-fix to distinguish a flat head projectile and a tip point projectile

Well some games do add extra stats called velocity degration instead of prefix to make bullet head matter

[wanton arch]

Btw for oxa prototype as base you do have redawn modpack

But for oxa standard

You can build your own modpack around it

And that means you can use any modpack with oxa standard

But if you want to build oxa prototype modpack you should not download any ballistic mod

Any economic change mod

[unreal ridge]

I see Rusted Dawn, will check on it
I mean as far as i can see Lootable and craftable zone adds some elements like in Anomaly or Gamma with crafting and repairing, some of the same elements Stalker Unlimited brings and in some way OXA also do it, so some features will overwrite each other, i want to see which ones more compatible for 1.6 at this point

[wanton arch]

I have to warn you that lootable / craftable cannot capture anomoly yet

Consider the tremendous grind

🥀

[unreal ridge]

so not worth it?

[wanton arch]

Tho you could use rusted dawn as a guide for your own oxa prototype modpack

[unreal ridge]

I checked OXA prototype have enhanced ballistics is they good compared to old FUBAR or to Better Ballistic mod?

[wanton arch]

I mean if you are fine with 20h of gameplay for basic tools and nothing else

I can say that oxa prototype is fair for stalkers to players but not mutants to player

At least in veteran difficulty

[unreal ridge]

at vanilla i could get sofmod HK416 with drum mag in less then 10m and like its already OP
So i'm okay with hardcore

[unreal ridge]

interesting

[wanton arch]

Issue is the blood sucker can take 6 headshot

But it can 2 tap you

[unreal ridge]

i see

you mean 6 shots from a shotgun or rifle?

[wanton arch]

Yeah remember the intro section where you have to kill a blood sucker

A rifle hk416

Or prob i used aku

[unreal ridge]

then you should also check with a shotgun

since it's common

if you played Gamma you probably feel same

mutants is for a shotguns

[wanton arch]

I mean yeah shotgun should be better

[unreal ridge]

then from what you said it's how it supposed to be

[wanton arch]

It just oxa prototype did not fix the broken mutant AI anyways

[unreal ridge]

better then v1.2 veteran difficulty

when mutants had alot of armor

lol

[wanton arch]

So just a warning before you play oxa prototype with vet dif

Because you def will get stuck

At some point.

[unreal ridge]

chimera might be an issue and Burers

but suckers and controllers easy deal

[wanton arch]

Burer takes 3 shots to the head with mosin rifle

Controllers take a bit more

[unreal ridge]

i see

what you personally use?

[wanton arch]

SVD for burer and controller

[unreal ridge]

i would like to use ledgegrabbing for example (parkour) and longer days

but i see alot of complaining

like it breaks mutant looting

i mean what mods you personally use?

[wanton arch]

Oxa prototype

[unreal ridge]

i prefer clusterfuck with penetration rounds

love this weapon

[wanton arch]

Focus aim + extended mutation loots

Uhhh

I skip lootable and craftable because those never come in story game play + bazillion of loots from lootable zone

I do play with a few cheat mod like spawntools + 500kg inventory + better artefacts stats

[unreal ridge]

i want immersity and realism

[wanton arch]

If that is the case then ignore my focus aim

Spawntools

You could use 50kg+ inventory

About shader

Your choice tbh i think default stalker 2 is enough for me

I do use better forest for less cluster look

[unreal ridge]

back on 1.2 i made
longer days (4 hours)
FUBAR
Realistic player speed
Parkour
Then tweaked manually repair cost and degradation
Axiis Stealth and custom stealth changes
Maklanes better gunfights
Shay's Living zone
True Master Difficulty (i believe that was a name for it)

i usually took wierd bottle

so weight is no problem for me

i started default stalker 2 today

1.6.1

on vet

[wanton arch]

I mean oxa prototype has a lot of shit for you

Upgrading in oxa is completely dif for a few guns

[unreal ridge]

i can tell spawns better, stealth better, still stupid behaviour but detection more realostic

vanilla vet difficulty is easy

[wanton arch]

Oxa detection can fuck you up anyways

Like just shoot your gun and kill some one could result in an alert

Red alert btw

[unreal ridge]

like in real life

[wanton arch]

Yeah

[unreal ridge]

you can do so only if enemies do not cross their sight of view

and also in a bad weather

noisy enviroment

[wanton arch]

I suppose but night does not help that

I mean the vision for those ai in oxa is realistic

But for gameplay it could be just

Stealth never an option

[unreal ridge]

maybe it's also sound treshold

and how aggro builds up

[wanton arch]

Nah

[unreal ridge]

when enemy first detected you they have better chance to find you

[wanton arch]

I mean i completed the whole game with oxa

[unreal ridge]

i got you

need to try then

[wanton arch]

Like yk the mission in the sphere right

[unreal ridge]

i just dont want to waste few more days

[wanton arch]

They have 180 degree vision

[unreal ridge]

to find out something incompatible

or useless

but it's always testing -_-

[unreal ridge]

but that's how it supposed to be

you can actually only sneak on so closed rooms to the point

you can take target down for sure

but that will reveal u 100%

only other factors that might influence how it going is like Human factor but it's an AI

human might be tired or dizzy

so won't notice something at the first sight

but it is AI

Swebi Thanks alot!
I seems to choose direction in which i will build up modlist

Thanks for your time and shared experience!

[wanton arch]

Tbh just ignore any mod related to AI / ballistic in general

[unreal ridge]

Why so?

like this also is not working?

sec

[wanton arch]

Actually wait just ballistic mod

Even if I make it load later

The ballistic mod is not in affect

[unreal ridge]

https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/635

it's NPC Combat Overhaul

[wanton arch]

AI should be fine if you let it load after oxa prototype

[unreal ridge]

and ballistic is just from OXA prototype you mean

i see

i read guide from OXA nexus page, one that comes as downloads

And now thinking on Prototype or Standard in terms of repairment process

[wanton arch]

Prototype req its own savefile

Standard is an add-on( add at any time)

Oh yeah i forgot to mention that...

Oxa prototype hate named gun

Like the aku you get from strelok hideout is chambered in 5.45 instead of 7.62x54r

Or the first ak with scope you get from a stash is not compatible to convert into normal AK

About others named gun idk because i did not try to get any of it after strelok hideout

[cloud kiln]

is there some mods rebalancing targets and weapons closer to reality? preferebly with progression adjusted with changes.
like u know make ak more powerful than puny 9x18 smg, make bloodsucker die from at least 1 clip of 5.45 in point blank, not 2.5, etc

[wanton arch]

better ballistic

[iron prawn]

is it possible for two people to be logged into a discord account at the same time

[cloud kiln]

can someone clarify - there's no point to wear something else for phys protection if u wearing compass and there's no point to wear ANY phys resistance artifacts if u have armor that have 5 points of protection right?

i mean compass itself grants 5 point of phys protection and its maximum possible resistance

[summer vapor]

https://youtu.be/RmYFjRP5w3A?si=mjL_BitEkhBdYOZ3

It was explained well here.

[obsidian gate]

But so the roadmap said npc combat updates and smarter human combat.
Is this it already?
Like, even on 1.6 with living zone, they're kind of idiots.

[kindred violet]

I mean, it's not the end of the year yet

[unreal ridge]

My greetings @wanton arch
Thanks again for helping me out with mods!
So what i currently use:

1. OXA Prototype (Optional no font changes, it's important if you play with Russian\Ukrainian Language) (Also Craftable Zone patch)
2. Dynamic Weather Overhaul
3. Optimized Tweaks (BASE)
4. Stop POP IN Engine tweaks (Engine version (last one in files tab))
5. Ace's Real Flashlight
6. Achievements Enabler - Steam
7. Monolith Weapon Retexture (Changing Clear Sky camo to Urban camo as monolith use)
8. Alternate Bag/Safe/Planks Texture (Remove yellow elements from objects)
9. Any Weapon as Sidearm
10. APS-B firemod fix by Serg0ff
11. Better Vaulting (2.0) this is version for OXA Prototype
12. Bloodsucker glowing eyes
13. Crackling wheel of Zalissya (new anomaly for windmill)
14. Craftable Zone
15. Lootable Zone
16. Damascuss Knife (Texture replacer, the older one)
17. Enhanced Combat VFX
18. Shay's Living Zone Complete
19. Focus Aim (Slow time mod while holding breath, wanna test it)
20. Kaimanov Over-the-Horizon Radar Station Duga nad Terror Emission (Changes visual effect for Duga and Radars during emission/psy storm)
21. Mutant Physics and Audio Fix Update 1.6
22. Mutant Variants (Diverse Mutant sizes and some appearance elements)
23. NPC Combat Overhaul 2.12 - Realistic
24. Painter of the Zone - Better Decal
25. Real Longer Days
26. Realistic Death Animations (Phase 1 - Headshots)
27. Rhino Original Silver Polish (Rhino Revolver retexture)
28. Saving Hubs and Campfires by Shay
29. Subtle Laser Sight
30. Updated version of Holding Breath for all weapons SWAY (50%)
31. Weapon Reposition Project
32. Darker Nights, for this you will need also UE4SS

On top of that i'm gonna check interface mods and install bodycam like reshade

Wanna check how it feels
Alternative in my eyes for the case if OXA prototype won’t satisfy me to use Stalker Unlimited mod, it’s from creator of FUBAR, so must be solid

[unreal ridge]

They do better, but not much

To test I started a fresh game on vanilla 1.6.1 and went to the military outpost that leading to Cordon road
So I managed to sneak behind (way I did this and their detection seems fine)
Then I started to take them down 1 by 1
Only enemies that were close to the first body noticed a kill and started to investigate, once they spot me completely other enemies started to rotate around the building
While two of them was trying to push me, one was flanking and waiting
So so far I can say it’s better

[obsidian gate]

I'm still on my save from launch day, but I'd expect most patches to work regardless no?

[unreal ridge]

No

Need a new save file

New game started

That’s why some changes might not be implemented

Like armor upgrades fix for SSP armors

[obsidian gate]

Man... I really don't feel like going all the way back to the beginning again.

[unreal ridge]

I can feel you
But I just said what I know about this one

You can try to use free play mode

To have a diversity

With OXA it must be different experience

[unreal ridge]

Also for AI I use this one NPC Combat overhaul

As for 1.6

At the previous old updates ( year ago when I was playing)
I used mix of Maklanes and Novichoks AI

[obsidian gate]

Oh yeah, I have that too.

used to run with maklane's gunfight rebirth but a lot of those old ones are deprecated sadly.
I also miss grok's less consumables. :/

And another tiny thing that unreasonably bugs me is with the dnipro and a 2x scope the iron sights keep flickering in and out of existence.

[obsidian gate]

And when I trigger an electric anomaly with a bolt it always sounds muffled like I'm underwater. Pretty sure that's not normal right?

[unreal ridge]

Yep

[unreal ridge]

And yep

I don’t have such issues but I play fresh game so, can’t really tell is this a bug and it was fixed by devs or this is bug caused by mods

[unreal ridge]

Yea, and that was good, but since devs changes cfg contains and dependencies each patch each time you need to figure out how to merge it right, some mods can still be transferred, but some are broken due to value dependencies change, or formula change by the devs
Like I still cant understand why old mods that changing character values brake mutant loot…

Rather then just different cfg strings you know

[kindred violet]

Because old mods weren't made with bpatch, so you replace entire configurations with outdated information

And if the config just so happens to contain info critical to mutant loot it won't load when the game is looking for it

The game will "work" but it's not stable by any means

[obsidian gate]

No clue why, but removing vynngfx's optimization mod fixed this for me.

[obsidian gate]

And mysery looks like a game intended for people in this server
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2119830/MISERY/
A ps1 era graphics procedurally generated co-op stalker inspired survival game.

[obsidian gate]

also quick question, are the burer telekenesis guns supposed to one shot you? cuz it's kind of tiresome.

[unreal ridge]

Yes

[obsidian gate]

what fun

[unreal ridge]

Burers no joke

Especially in right spaces

Tight *

[wanton arch]

ops i was

[stuck seal]

dies quick tho if u pump his head full of lead

[wanton arch]

btw is this a list of mod folder or from an organizer like MO2 or Vortex

[unreal ridge]

Yeah true, not that I’m crying or something, just let him now they are no longer weak yoda copies

[unreal ridge]

Just what I downloaded and put into

Maybe 1 mod is out of mods folder

The pop in one

I can send you all the mods if you need it

[wanton arch]

i think you need to load weapon after oxa prototype

[unreal ridge]

Either links

Or whole folder

[wanton arch]

like reskin

[unreal ridge]

Oh don’t worry about order

I just put them in random order

[wanton arch]

aka if you do all by yourself you should do (n)z_

[unreal ridge]

When I was naming them

All good

[wanton arch]

i do fear weapon visual conflict anyways

[unreal ridge]

OXA almost dont touch unique weapons

I have two retex

One for knife

And other for monolith weapons

Oh and rhino revolver yea

I will check

If it will glitch I will let you know

[obsidian gate]

but for real, this burer arena in once more unto the breach is actual bullshit.
you drop down into a room with no cover and 4 ak's and boom you're dead before you have a chance to do anything.

[wanton arch]

true for unique weapons

if it's touch oxa gun rework then i fear the conflict is either visual change could fuck up the attachment system ( upgrade system )

[unreal ridge]

One chance to sprint fast and grab them

Also when they use protection against you

Like when you try melee them

They won’t be able to use weapons against you

[unreal ridge]

Sounds legit, will let you know

[mossy jasper]

Wait a second

Strider used a scope in his flashback that was like x20

Why can't we use that🥀

[remote eagle]

cause UE5 is shit engine

[warped monolith]

why would we use that, the game doesn't render enemies that far away

[remote eagle]

[kindred violet]

^this is the main reason

you'd kill your PC trying to do that

[mossy jasper]

WAIT

That's why

OH FUCK this shit man

I thought it was intentional

All this just to avoid loading screens

[kindred violet]

you will basically never have anything above 8x magnification in most modern games anyway

[warped monolith]

I get a big loading screen everytime I start the game

[mossy jasper]

[mossy jasper]

We don't even get binoculars man

[kindred violet]

honestly, even if the game was divided into chunks you'd still not have a use for 20x scope

[warped monolith]

Battlefield players using 12x scopes because they sit on a mountain at the edge of the map trying to get headshots on afk people 2000m away for a youtube video

[summer vapor]

it's cheap

[mossy jasper]

Well hopefully if the have a new dlc it can be a much smaller map that allows us to snipe from a mile away

[kindred violet]

as if haha

if they expand the map with the DLC it's going to be part of the main map

[warped monolith]

rumors of limansk being a dlc map
dense urban area is probably gonna be more taxing than the entire base game combined

[mossy jasper]

https://tenor.com/view/yagami-judgment-lost-judgment-cry-sad-gif-1214028373006190696

[kindred violet]

true, if they did add limansk it would be smart to be seperated

[mossy jasper]

Thats what we need man

[kindred violet]

the game already struggles in pripyat

[mossy jasper]

Making the game open world was probably a mistake

[kindred violet]

I actually don't think so

[mossy jasper]

But this is UE5

So maybe the engine is dogshit

[kindred violet]

also not the case

[mossy jasper]

[kindred violet]

people love shitting on UE5 so much despite it being a pretty good engine, it's just that game studios don't bother putting the time in on optimisation and figuring out what not and what to do with it

[mossy jasper]

Figures

Made worse that the devs did the duke nukem thing and kept changing to higher and higher software instead of chosing one and sticking with it

[kindred violet]

wdym by changing to higher and higher software?

[warped monolith]

UE5 can do open world just fine
it's a dev issue

[mossy jasper]

If i remember they l changed from unreal engine 4 to 5 which led to alot of problems running the game

[kindred violet]

well they certainly didn't constantly update the software :D

they're on UE5.1

[mossy jasper]

[kindred violet]

and actively updating to a newer version now

[obsidian gate]

It's not even that they don't want to. It's just that epic's dev support for in house dev and AAA is vastly better than smaller janky studios.

[kindred violet]

because UE5.1 is a rough build

[warped monolith]

microsoft probably put the foot down before the 3rd delay announcement and said NO MORE SOFTWARE UPDATES

[mossy jasper]

Unlucky

[warped monolith]

game is AAA though

[kindred violet]

eh

AA

[mossy jasper]

Hopefully by next 2 years the game will begin running like butter

[obsidian gate]

And because devs don't know how to optimize well enough, we get crutches like frame gen and smudgy streaks instead of optimized performance.

[mossy jasper]

Unless they actually implement Alife

[warped monolith]

TIL Microsoft is AA

[mossy jasper]

Then the game will always run like ass

[kindred violet]

[warped monolith]

by then we might have better hardware to just brute force through the bad optimization

...
looks at nvidia 5000 series

... yea maybe not.

[kindred violet]

we'll get more "frames"

but it's all AI generated

[mossy jasper]

4th Zone incident

[kindred violet]

10 native frames into 400 fake frames

[kindred violet]

dw when the AI bubble pops we won't have any nvidia anymore

[mossy jasper]

Didn't they already almost collapse due to china tarrifs

[warped monolith]

yea. but like prince charles, they're still here for a while yet.
(I know he passed, but their time didn't come yet)

oh wait

charles the ghoul didn't move on to the next realm yet

coulda sworn he did

[mossy jasper]

No that was his dad and mum

[silver orchid]

imagine A-Life 2.0

with Faction Wars

FPS fest

[mossy jasper]

https://tenor.com/view/crossing-the-poppy-field-cinematic-poppy-field-stalker-stalker-2-heart-of-chornobyl-gif-2939001881517201724

[golden hazel]

https://tenor.com/view/patrick-crank-dat-gif-19328104

[quasi ore]

I'm so desperate even fake frames will sate me

[remote eagle]

https://tenor.com/view/brother-ew-ew-what-is-that-whats-that-brother-gif-14318384540422820315

[tacit glacier]

Man I just tried running s2 with rusted down ans got a stuttery mess of 60 fps

Fucking 50ms frametime

It should be 16ms
But no, fuck you, 50ms

I'm already at balanced DLSS too

[slim moth]

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

[mossy jasper]

WAIT

What if the dlc is gonna be a prequel

Since all the ending change the zone

DUTY VS FREEDOM WAR DLC YES MAN!

[slim moth]

i almost feel like it's going to be something inserted into the story that you can choose to do on the side instead of endgame.

i'd prefer it to be endgame tho and react to whatever ending you choose.

[mossy jasper]

ehh

i don't like that idea

i just realised only stalker shadow of chernobyl has multiple endings

[slim moth]

I'd like for the DLC to come end game and have a reaction from the choice you went with. but i feel that will end up being too much effort.

[silver orchid]

ehem

spoiler:
||that is the topic of the next DLC, but is more smth that happens between the base-plot||

[warped monolith]

gonna be very hard to do that

[slim moth]

which is why i think it's just going to be inserted as a "oh wow a new location is unlocked check it out" type shit when you start the game. if they tie it to the story cool, that'll make it matter more.

[wanton arch]

you mean you want a new location that has Story resolve around it

i mean i would prefer newer location has it's unique feature you could get or a thing that you have to look for

like idk like the swarm with bazillion of mutants for no reason

[remote eagle]

First dlc either gonna be about CNPP with iron forest or limansk

[golden hazel]

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

[unreal ridge]

@wanton arch Hey there
So everything works fine i even added mod to uncap max weight restriction and all good
Only one issue, retexture works but only for knife so far, those weapons not working with retexture as you assumed earlier

[remote hatch]

Guys, does it exist stalker 2 mod or hack about drop fps? Maybe gamma for stalker 2? Can’t play because have drop fps from 150 to 10 all time

[stuck seal]

what mod u using to uncap max weight ? im so tired of the shitty stamina issues

[kindred violet]

There are mods to improve performance yes, mileage will vary depending on your computer and whether you're using FSR or not.
No there is no "gamma" for stalker 2 and there won't be an official one, there's mods in the works that are trying to emulate aspects of gameplay in S2.

Have a look around on nexusmods, when downloading mods make sure to read descriptions and see if the mod is up to date, as quite a bit has changed in terms of how modding is done since release

[remote hatch]

I have 3070 ti with 150w TGP. Start game - good. High setting - 120-150 fps but after 10 min I have 10 fps :((

[unreal ridge]

Sure

here

[remote hatch]

And this is not RAM problem, because I use 64 GB 4800

[unreal ridge]

https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/1034?tab=files

go to Miscellaneous tab at the Files tab and download any version that just adjust maxcarryweight cap

[remote hatch]

Steam max version game. And can’t play

Ok

[unreal ridge]

can't attach screenshot unfortunately

i actually made a pretty solid modlist i believe
Balanced and hardcore

[kindred violet]

What's your cpu?

[unreal ridge]

Go to NvidiaApp
Graphic settings
Global settings

Set Shader Cache - Unlimited

Then set Power Management to prefer max performance

[kindred violet]

^goated advice

[unreal ridge]

Then set Nvidia Low Latency Ultra

[kindred violet]

Just make sure that you have enough space on the drive your shader cache is on :)

[unreal ridge]

Also make sure in game you don't have few plugins that enables Motion Blur at the same time

Usually original game have this settings but it's off usually in gamma

then you can check for Motion Blur at MCM settings SSS Settings, Motion blur or either Post Processing - Motion Blur

And there might be standalone Motion Blur plugin at the main MCM Settings tab

[unreal ridge]

You should disable this one if it's exist

it usually linked with a fps limit

so it's try to proceed motion blur at default 60 FPS

that might be the case also

also recommend you to try to disable AA settings

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Hello everyone
I want to ask for a help to those who willing to do so
So i found a guy that stole retexture mod for Stalker 2 at the nexus mods
I've reported him but mine report didn't make big hit
This guy took original mod texture and just changed text color at the knife and posted it as his own work
I asked Nexus mods to block him or either make him to put credits for original author of the mod (i'm not the author)
To prove my words i will attach both mods links (check and you will see that even small worn patterns at the knife the same)
Original mod: https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/256
Stolen: https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/1680
So he just made the text yellow and not white but stole whole texture lol

So please report this scumbag

[unreal ridge]

I checked in advance and other his knife mods also just redone version of the original mod. At the one i sent here he uses damascuss steal texture for whole knife parts, when original have only damascuss blade
But at his other mods guard is the same as the original mod author texture, so he definetely stole it

[wanton arch]

as i guessed

btw did you try to load it after Oxa

[unreal ridge]

Yes

Same result

[wanton arch]

seems like oxa file did change the entire gun including named one

it would be better if you ask him for the direction if you want to change the texture

[unreal ridge]

Not so desperately need it
I might ask him but I don’t mind at this point
If it’s not working at the first try i dont want to mess around compatibility a lot
Since soon new patch will come

No sense

[obsidian gate]

I don't have an uncap weight mod, just a reduced consumable weight mod:
https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/941?tab=files
With a flytrap and thunderberry equiped I don't really struggle with weight or stamina ever.

PSA: not all increase carry weight artifacts properly increase the breakpoint for light/medium carry load

[silver orchid]

||Limansk, Iron Forest and CNPP are for the first DLC||

[remote eagle]

i doubt that its gonna be first dlc

too much shit

[silver orchid]

Is not just these too

[remote eagle]

yeah i know about cold island

gonna be about clear sky probably

[silver orchid]

||Apparently that was supposed to be the first DLC but seems that the plans changed||

[remote eagle]

its gonna be 2 or 3

1 gonna be about cnpp and iron forest

2 about limansk

3 about cold island

[wanton arch]

i doubt new patch going to change directories for many items anyway

[tropic kelp]

hey i had a question i hope this is the right spot to ask. i got stalker 2s rusted dawn working. i got the oxa localization files all straight. so i can see the desciptions and all that . but the description for locked pdas is still bugged. like_doin_this_thng

any one have an idea why that could be happening. maybe i didnt put the oxa lootable zone in correct ?

[slim moth]

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

[mossy jasper]

Goals for tommorow

1.get scope for my riffle

2.fix rifle

Kill renegaders

3. Go to garbage and then rostok

When will i get companions man

[true yew]

What happened to her

[kindred violet]

Got a unique face

No longer generic female nr 1000

[cloud gale]

also if i remember right her story was that she got messed up somehow and stuck at camp. there should be a pda between her and the trader that covers it.

[restive steeple]

Hey any here that could/would help with mods doing this ?

[kindred violet]

You're gonna have go post what mods you're using ^^

[restive steeple]

just fix the Desolation mod according to the chat on the nexus for thee mods

[kindred violet]

Oh good, vortex.
Have you checked if all of the mods you use are 1. Up to date 2. Compatible?

[restive steeple]

yea all mods say they work on 1.6 as far i read trough comments

with exception to the 20x and reward mod as there are no comments on them

So yea. Tho i notice the crash only happens if loading autosaves @kindred violet

[kindred violet]

What's the "last updated" on those?

[restive steeple]

Well now that i cheched again i did notice that 20x is 1.01

so removed

[kindred violet]

Let's see if that helps :)

[restive steeple]

and the reward mod had this coomment which is way I'm trying it.

[restive steeple]

still crashing loading autosave

& crashing loading my save apparently

[kindred violet]

Go to vortex and click purge mods then check your ~mods folder see if there's anything leftover.
If it's empty deploy again

[restive steeple]

Don't use vortex last i used it it brick it all. not eveen install on my PC

[wanton arch]

did you install lootablezone in the middle of a gameplay

or did you start new one

and yes you should start a new one just to see

[restive steeple]

No all mods added as for starting new game

[wanton arch]

CameraManager