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

[tepid spade]

Can I ask what are You using now for Your security ?

What is that you are not willing to loose from your system ?

[unreal ridge]

I will just answer that if someone with advanced tools or government will want to find me

They will do it easily

[tepid spade]

😄

[unreal ridge]

But for basic hidden mode what I’m doing is ok

And I don’t have personal info

On my system

[tepid spade]

You are just paranoid 🤣

[unreal ridge]

Man it’s only your opinion

[tepid spade]

If You do not hold 10 BTC you shouldn't be much worried 😄

[unreal ridge]

i agree that i'm not so important now to be specially targeted

but

you never know what tomorrow will bring you

[warped monolith]

tinfoil moment

[tepid spade]

I m just fkn with U - touch some grass now - we cool 😅

Privacy is important but WIN11 is ok, don't worry, Bill will not come after You

[unreal ridge]

lol

alot of things were just theoris before they happened

and after they happened

[tepid spade]

he has those 1mil meme coins which will go to the moon 😄

[unreal ridge]

most of the people was not so happy

about position they put themself in

and about banking

i have finance/banking education

banking as itself is a global scum

anyway

those topics dont belong herer

[tepid spade]

the whole system is a scam

Lets move on

[unreal ridge]

agree

[haughty sierra]

hello

reminding you who is the best character in the Zone

byeee

[slow cave]

Nah I mean my system I’ve gone through upgraded to better ram and faster, got a x3d cpu and upgraded to the max

Checked software and any sort of problem

Sadly not; it’s just a weird case of

Ue5 cooking me for some reason fr

[slow cave]

Now here’s my theory

Big bald guy looks like the kremlin dude

And the suit and tie is zelenky looking, a little too close sometimes

[tepid spade]

no, its common user lack of skill how to optimize their system to begin with to get the best possible results.

[slow cave]

I mean like list me some and I’ll see if I’ve done it

[tepid spade]

U can go EPIC

[slow cave]

Because it’s odd

[tepid spade]

indeed it is

[slow cave]

Drivers and everything up to date fr

Firmware updated

Basically brand new kinda idk

[haughty sierra]

what do i do with this info man

[slow cave]

Nothing

Just noticing

[haughty sierra]

aside from possible mute for controversial topic

[slow cave]

What

[haughty sierra]

nothing, dont talk about the conflict too much tho

[slow cave]

People have said the suit and tie looks like Zelensky here already twin

Nah I gotchu

Fr

[haughty sierra]

yeah i agree

[slow cave]

Like it’s not perfect but I’d guess

Some artists saw his face in the morning and just had it on his mind and it unconsciously transferred to paper

[warped monolith]

https://tenor.com/view/the-simpsons-principal-skinner-skinner-children-out-of-touch-gif-4463952

[tepid spade]

https://tenor.com/view/whatever-okay-i-guess-if-you-say-so-idgaf-gif-24633985

[mystic kelp]

few people would be happier as an alcoholic but this guy deserves to be wasted 24/7

[dusty nymph]

Ngl I was thinking richter was the zelensky looking guy

[lone saffron]

awrite that's twice now I've been struck by random ass lightning what the fuck

[silk dove]

hasan got you

[lone saffron]

Had to get to the water

[tepid spade]

A few to start with.

[slow cave]

I love you for this mane

Gonna test it

Thanks bruzza

https://tenor.com/view/khamzat-chimaev-khamzat-smile-chmaev-smile-khamzat-chimaev-gif-15793111961246360318

[slow cave]

Yeah I forgot his name sadly; haven’t played the story in a while just waiting for a life to become real

Then I’ll be immersed

[eager solstice]

This server doesn't have levels enabled or I haven't recorded you yet..

[lone saffron]

The ultimate question: style over substance?
SPAS vs Saiga

[unreal ridge]

Dalin

[unreal ridge]

Saiga
But good alternative M860 Predator with 10 round mag
Since all the shells can be loaded in one piece
And SPAS load shell by shell

[lone saffron]

That's the practical argument yes
But I was more considering cool vs useful

SPAS is cooler imo
Saiga is more useful overall

[warped monolith]

don't you get the saiga way, way, WAY late in the game tho

[peak eagle]

you can rush straight to the Red Forest merchant to buy a saiga
There's also one now in the truck cemetery that you can pick up thats damaged

[lone saffron]

That's the one I got. Also when you chase down Nimble he drops his. It's always in lousy condition but you can get it pretty early.

[remote eagle]

u can get one in truck cemetry at yellow condition

if u do some parkour

[warped monolith]

https://tenor.com/view/parkour-the-office-andy-bernard-gif-11765843

[tranquil lintel]

Pretty cool, I saw on my PDA a medic stalker from living zone travelling around and end up in cordon where I was.

[remote eagle]

yeah also on north of there there is 2 spark corps which can drop random weapon in good condition

i got double barrel pump shotgun once from there

[tepid spade]

Main mission after Duga where You need to get to Malachite base and speak with Prof. Ozersky has bug.

All doors are locked and I can't get in that base.

Have been in different hubs and back, on foot or through paid travel - nothing works so far.

I remember it was a bug on release day of the game but didn't expect this on v1.6

Is there any workaround or fix for this?

[summer vapor]

cheats?

[tepid spade]

Yeah I guess as I can't really find a solution atm.
Everything I have read so far doesn't work.
Will try latter on ending quest E08_MQ01 "A Minor Incident" through console

[summer vapor]

You can also use a free fly cheat

[tepid spade]

I am not a big fan of spawning things and using cheats in general but will try as I don't see any other option to progress my 2nd playthrough otherwise.

Thanks GSC i guess 🍻

[tepid spade]

Latest PRZ-COLD LIGHT:PHOTOREALISTIC ZONE v2.0.4 is out 🔥

Please, support mod creators with ENDORSING their work ⚠️

That's at least You can do & it's one click on that ENDORSE button in NEXUS.

Note from the Dev 👇

PRZ 2.0.4 FULL CHANGELOG:

• Updated dxgi.dll to latest 6.6.2
• Reworked sharpening shader
• restored default game's sharpening to 1.0 instead of 0.5
• Added saturation and levels shader in post processing
• Added Histogram visualizer in post processing
• Changed some configuration variables from UE4SS PRZ script
• Removed log print from UE4SS PRZ script
• Reworked PRZ UI
• Changed GasmaskBlackScrenFix from preprocessor to dynamic setting in order to prevent shader recomputing at each preset change
• Added option "Adaptative dark.night - Always On" so adaptative mode is always enabled by day and night, without using Capslock

https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/265?tab=files

[gentle parcel]

Well EFTs 1.0 release is a complete crapshoot, I can’t even login.
Any excitement I had is gone.
Just makes me more excited for stalker 2’s 1.7 update, GSC devs actually seem to care.

[warped monolith]

they don't have to worry about servers, do they

but yeah

nikita vastly overestimated his ability to tank the surge of new players for v1.0

[gentle parcel]

That he did.

[silver orchid]

GSC care, yes

a great compromise to me (?

[gentle parcel]

We’ll see if they can’t deliver this week with all their talk of A-life improvements.

[silver orchid]

If they only add a faction wars or increase the range online/offline id say that is ok for now

[tranquil lintel]

One of the testers said that a-life moving to poi’s and having to attack/defend territories, artifact hunt, trade, etc. was coming

So faction wars perhaps

Mutants too

And foliage los detection finally

[dusty nymph]

Am I crazy or is the way that stashes work in stalker 2 that:

1. All stashes are by default guaranteed to have loot in them
2. When getting a stash from a mission or killing a stalker it gives you the location of a stash without adding any items to it
   ?

[warped monolith]

everything else you mentioned is believable, except this

[silver orchid]

Idk

Any AI Combat and A-Life improvement is cool, but, how will be the performance knowing that the 1.7 isn't the update of the engine

[warped monolith]

true.... that is concerning

they're going to increase CPU usage with those AI improvements

[silver orchid]

and if every improvement is added on the 1.7...

[tranquil lintel]

Could be a slog fest until the engine update comes out yeah.

I’m struggling with everything in medium rn

Gamewithdave has a video teasing the features, going to release a full a-life video after the update and GSC gives the ok.

[silver orchid]

U must prepare to have configs below the low by default

[silver orchid]

i don't think that is full a-life, GSC has more thingis to do with it surely.

[tranquil lintel]

Sorry not full a-life, I meant a full video showing what’s improved. I doubt they’ll be done with a-life until 2.0 and even beyond the expac.

[silver orchid]

i hope that 2.0 be ready on 2026

[tepid spade]

https://youtu.be/AbO9nn31OWU?si=tfxk2ggQrtOh2P-V

[latent plank]

useless

[warped monolith]

yea idk how removing all color from the game is an upgrade

[slim moth]

the need for binocular intensifies

[tacit glacier]

https://www.vxreddit.com/r/stalker/comments/1oxydq1/stalker_2_heart_of_chornobyl_update_17_light/

[tepid spade]

What color removed ?

[warped monolith]

going from this #╓☢stalker2™-chat-not-gamma-keep-waiting message

[silver orchid]

Misery existance did certain damage to stalker

[tepid spade]

well if You like Vanilla state ENV you can have it, its not an issue within PRZ at all if that's your preference and You still can enhance natural ENV keeping intended look from GSC.

My comparison screenshot is with enabled UE variables and preset which alleviates that yellow/green tint from Vanilla as I am not a fan of it.

I perhaps gave wrong impression just throwing video w/o context so here will be more in-depth about what has been done.

Hope it clears few things for You.

There is no damage in any shape or form to the game, its entirely user preference what to use or not from PRZ.

[wanton arch]

Atmosphere Upgrade type shit

lesser colours just mean more grim to the surrounding

such bright and shit would look like what

happy sunshine while blowing up stalkers with RPG 7

but hey this is stalker not Metro

https://tenor.com/view/let's-not-bird-hooded-crow-shut-up-gif-13507623047974708682

[wanton arch]

Metro Redux with the shitty ahh overlay

shit look grim under few section

even modded level in exodus are like

Grimmy

[warped monolith]

I'm just glad the piss filter xbox 360/ps3 era is over

[wanton arch]

true

[sick sparrow]

hey why are these ghosts attacking me? it’s not a poltergeist, but these green/orange ghosts keep attacking me and they won’t go away

[slim moth]

https://tenor.com/view/stalker-following-video-game-gif-17964670

[trim iron]

If you don't mind spoilers, it's ||part of the controllers ranged attacks: https://stalker.fandom.com/wiki/Controller||

[golden hazel]

The humble baja blast filter from battlefield 3:

https://tenor.com/view/goku-blue-gif-23831767

[rotund mantle]

Goated filter imo

[next sun]

So have they balanced weapons/weapon progression at all since release?
I remember that weird rpg-esque progression where certain weapons were better just.....because

[icy basin]

Sounds like classic STALKER

[summer vapor]

Because it's not milsim or realistic shooter

I miss when Groza/Vintorez were elite weapons

[next sun]

Guess I'll have to mod that then

[unreal ridge]

To defend I tried PRZ and except colors and etc it give pretty cool filters to reshade of gas masks and etc, which I didn’t find in other mods
ONIT helped me a lot with performance side with his OptiScaler guide but I also don’t feel like cold light is working for me, but more likely I will stick with the filters and other stuff
So before judging just try for yourself and discover all features

[unreal ridge]

It’s new types of elemental poltergeists

[unreal ridge]

Or I might be wrong, it either can be ghosts caused by psy attack
Attach screenshot for better understanding

[unreal ridge]

OXA prototype will fix it for you
Now you can have HK416 with 20 inch barrel, for example

[unreal ridge]

This is too simple to describe PRZ, check everything it can bring, it some kind of complicated for some users but it’s not only color shift
And a lot of features actually bring immersion

[next sun]

This looks great. Thanks.

[unreal ridge]

You welcome)

[unreal ridge]

Check the tutorial btw, this mod maybe kind of complicated without pre requisite info
And unique weapons cannot be converted and modified same way as usual one but you will be able to unattach attachments unique weapons have

So now you can use SOFMOD suppressor from SOFMOD HK416 on other rifles

Some clips as extended clip for HK416 can now be used on multiple weapons, for example Fort 221

Or Carmel (Kharod)

Even VSS (Vintorez) have couple of barrels to choose from

[wanton arch]

i will try after the break

or well if there is major update for modding

[unreal ridge]

As you wish, I just said that it’s not that simple as it looks like at the first glance

[unborn cradle]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlCeEbBf1F4 Maybe GSC should Upgrade a bit further 🙂

[trim iron]

Why Youtubers post all kinds of shit
https://tenor.com/view/money-is-a-very-strong-motive-charles-haden-savage-steve-martin-only-murders-in-the-building-s209-gif-26546510

[stray bear]

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[nimble mango]

Just strolling through the Cooling Towers area, come across the Field Radiobiology Base, and fell dick first into two DOZEN mercs. I counted them afterwards, twenty four fucking mercs

[remote eagle]

misery mod was the biggest disaster in stalker modding

[tepid spade]

Then perhaps devs also

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDGujnN_PN0

[tepid spade]

Well PRZ most likely is not working & will not work for you coz You are using couple engine files.
Until You will not remove all of them from your game You most likely will cause issues with engine & PRZ as it has own engine scripts.

In your case as You are on low end GPU there are workarounds that would keep the RE:LooK presets but will remove UE variables that are performance demanding - that way you will be able to sustain your current performance just enhancing the visual look w/o triggering real UE variables.

You can use the ReShade alone, even if it's not gonna look the same, but you can & it'll work just fine.
Install everything inside the win64 folder from the PRZ download except dwapi.dll and UE4SS

[unreal ridge]

Bro I’m not an idiot and before trying it followed all the requirements

[tepid spade]

Nobody said that U are - keep your emotions in check plz

[unreal ridge]

Stop talking to people like they burned yesterday

Borned

Or were born

[tepid spade]

I gave You solution - touch some grass and chill 😄

[unreal ridge]

F off then

[tepid spade]

https://tenor.com/view/big-shaq-mans-not-hot-michael-dapaah-smoke-trees-gif-10323654

[unreal ridge]

Talk with yourself you ignored

I get tired of you

Still appreciate help but you annoying

[maiden egret]

will deleting and reinstalling stalker 2 remove all manually added mods?

[steep pivot]

Not really if it's attached yo mod organizer

If manually adding by means of putting them manually via folder, then probably yes, it is deleted.

[summer vapor]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-B3NiRDooFA damn it looks good

[lone saffron]

God hates me omfg

That is the 4th time I have been struck by random ass lightning

[dusty nymph]

Does it do damage?

[visual minnow]

How long do yall think it'll take for a 3D PDA mod to release once dev kit is fully released

[dusty nymph]

Did they say the full dev kit would be released?

[visual minnow]

beta dev kit has already been released, but its like 700gb

and like half the features are missing

[dusty nymph]

How is the partial dev kit 700?

[lone saffron]

Before I got this SEVA it was nearly killing me. Now it does about half my hp bar.

[warped monolith]

it's 700gb and doesn't have everything. Next question?

[dusty nymph]

What should I do with my life?

[golden hazel]

!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&

[silver orchid]

Final SDK:
2 TB

HoC would have a lot more of mods and probably more high-quality mods if GSC hosted the SDK somewhere and let u choose what part of the content of the SDK u want install

[dusty nymph]

Of course no one can run the game! They made it on a supercomputer!

[silver orchid]

If this SDK that is incomplete and not works well on certain thingis

has an weight of 700 GB

imagine the final SDK, a new disk for only the SDK

[hallow lava]

Any of y'all rocking 5070 ti or 5080 laptops? How are they running S2?

[wraith echo]

turned on dx11 the game crashes error 1364

[silver orchid]

I feel that this isn't HoC related

[late kernel]

If I had a dollar everytime somebody has mistaken this channel for stalker 1 channel, I'd have a single monthly wage

[slim moth]

idk how it's confusing at all

[silver orchid]

perhaps the name should be re-named to:
chat-not-gamba-keep-waiting-heartofchornobyl

and the category to:
Heart of Exclusion

or some moderator would ban x words that one would assume that are related to gamba for this channel and #╟📸stalker2™-media

[slim moth]

"iS tHeRe StAlKeR 2 gAmMa yet"

[slim moth]

https://tenor.com/view/stalker-buhalker-monolit-gif-5681815038740798106

[silver orchid]

or perhaps

a S2 role that put available this category, and then none without that role will see this category

[slow cave]

Real

[tacit glacier]

If stalker was real you'd be dead in a ditch right next to my own rotting corpse
The zone does not forgive.

[nova lake]

You'd be caught by the military trying to enter the zone

[trim iron]

https://tenor.com/view/michael-scott-cool-story-bro-tell-me-more-gif-12119144

[summer vapor]

Some leaks https://www.reddit.com/r/stalker/comments/1ozc6ss/17_will_introduce_a_second_sprint_state_allowing/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

https://www.reddit.com/r/stalker/comments/1ozbhcz/short_ps5_non_pro_gameplay/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

[warped mason]

Man i wish there would be an option to play stalker 2 as anomaly ( gamemode like)

I know there is a mod were you can choose to act/deactivate story, choose faction, loadout etc

But its pretty barebones for now, no menu to choose stuff from, just files

[finite needle]

In time, seems Stalker 2 was developed with that possibility in mind, considering how open the game is. My guess is that the lingering a-life systems in background need first to be activated/improved/implemented before anyone attempts to do anything of the sort. While exploration is great, open world combat was miserable up until 1.5.

[warped monolith]

brother wants an anomaly-like mod just one year after the game came out

[finite needle]

He doesn't even have the full GAME yet

[warped monolith]

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

[silver orchid]

https://youtu.be/iJdwhpMdpuA?si=b5tfkG4laFl7Ykaa

[finite needle]

ngl jogging is a game changer

[warped monolith]

"harsher conditions and limited saves" 💀

[finite needle]

The answer to the question "But I want to play GAMMA and buy stuff"

[warped monolith]

lmao they now have a hud toggle with "immersive mode"

although you still have to pull up the menu for that

I hope that mod gets updated

or still works

[finite needle]

eh I'm sure they will have a quick button for that, for sure for sure

In all seriousness I like what they're bringing, a couple more and we can confidently say we're in 1.0

[warped monolith]

"tremor" effect after chugging energy drink looks more like skeefa is drunk

he's not 'shaking' he's bobbing

[finite needle]

Yeah it looks weird, but then again I ahve never aimed a weapon after drinking 5 energy drinks in less than a minute

But I have been drunk enough times to confidently state that's now how your sight works when drunk

[warped monolith]

was specifically talking about the arms swaying

[finite needle]

I know what you mean, was just taking the piss

[cobalt parcel]

Is the new update out?

I thought it wasent till the 20th lol

[white wadi]

yes

[cobalt parcel]

Dang just when I downloaded the mod collection for 1.6 lmfaooo

[white wadi]

Are all mods gonna be broken or

[cobalt parcel]

Yep

[white wadi]

has bpatch or whatever its called mix most of it

I saw atleast some of my mods, stated they were 1.6+ due to bpatch or whatever its called

[cobalt parcel]

It’s possible some mods would work. I wouldn’t count on it 100% though

[white wadi]

Now I'm gonna have to wait halfway through my playthrough

[hushed gull]

how we feeling on the patch

[warped monolith]

feels... patchy

[slim moth]

https://tenor.com/view/good-morning-vietnam-robin-williams-classic-announcer-radio-gif-4844905

[summer vapor]

Ok is new alife good?

[tacit glacier]

Wait it's out now?!

[slim moth]

we gon find out

[slim moth]

https://tenor.com/view/jack-nicholson-jack-nicholson-yes-yes-nod-head-nod-gif-17444176260167585294

[tacit glacier]

Guess I know what I'm doing today

[hushed gull]

u dont

the menu simply shows the keybind, u can do it in game

[tacit glacier]

Expedition mode is basically YACS but built into base game

[full mason]

what where. nothing on steam or did some modder port it to stalker 2 somehow ;D

[finite needle]

welp it's a decent patch to finally start a new run

[slim moth]

it's on steam lol

[full mason]

the hell, ye there is a patch but nothing on steam updated, last update is like nov 6

shadow drop

[slim moth]

restart steam

or maybe you downloaded early this morning already

[full mason]

i mean their posts

[slim moth]

oh yeah, if you go to the community tab, it shows

idk why the library tab doesn't show

[tacit glacier]

People complaining about shader compilation meanwhile I have to wait twice

https://tenor.com/view/memes-risitas-laughing-lmao-lol-gif-11500030

[full mason]

now the real question, is the mutant health mod updated already 🤣

[tacit glacier]

Dude that update was out for literally 40 minutes

[full mason]

these guys work fast

[slim moth]

these modders be straight c00kin boi

[unborn cradle]

3 mods already updated 😄

[slim moth]

im waiting for his winter mod

[tacit glacier]

lmao

[slim moth]

I think imma do a spark playthru

[tacit glacier]

And best part is, 1.8 was said to drop next month

We'll see about that, but would be nice

[radiant ridge]

So how is the AI in this update?

[unborn cradle]

So another 20 pages where each line starts with "Fixed..."

[tacit glacier]

Apparently way better

[radiant ridge]

Damn, at work, can't try

[tacit glacier]

AI properly flanks you, during combat, you can use bushes for cover when sneaking or escaping combat

Squads will flee combat if their odds go against them

[unborn cradle]

Like in the old CoP days

[tacit glacier]

Better, because in old CoP days AI would snipe you through bushes

[unborn cradle]

Oh... then I was using a mod back in the day :/

[tacit glacier]

No mod managed to fix that tbh
Only solution was making bushes a physical object but that messed with interacting with objects if they are within them.

I mean look at Anomaly, we are still struggling with making bushes not be see through

8 minutes later

[finite needle]

Pretty sure the modding community has been hiding that impossibility behind the popular catchphase "skill issue"

[unborn cradle]

Werent these swamp bushes the way to sneak in CoP ?

[finite needle]

or at least that's was my diagnosis once I complained about being 360 no scoped by a Renegade in the swamps

[white wadi]

3 nexus mods have been updated

[unborn cradle]

Thats not a bug but a Feature. "Vodka makes you 360 granade launcher" - possibly stalker lore

[nova lake]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kc1OTaj4V8k

Online Alife changes

[unborn cradle]

Is updated

[full mason]

obviously the update drops on my last evening of holidays

they still didnt add an option to skip the god damn intro

[tacit glacier]

Well
I'd argue performance is just about the same as usual
Might be that lower end is getting better FPS

[full mason]

I mean preformance has a bottleneck. Its running ue5 🤣

[warped monolith]

gamma players: "we like hardcore experience"
gamma players: "pls give me a mod to reduce mutants health in stalker 2"

[tacit glacier]

Severly outdated UE5

[tacit glacier]

Excuse me,
GAMMA mutants die in one well placed buckshot
STALKER 2 mutants die in 20 well placed buckshots

https://tenor.com/view/mexican-laugh-laugh-laughing-laughing-hysterically-laughing-crying-gif-14871471

[full mason]

correction 20 well placed saiga magazines

[warped monolith]

so you just like easy games and pretend you're hardcore gamers?

[full mason]

i sure do love fighting a healthbar, i have already defeted the enemy now let me just defeat it again and again for the next 20 minutes as i chip away at his health

[finite needle]

Bro never play FFXI

[frigid raptor]

Damn the dmca still aint lifted

Wonder when itll go back to normal

[full mason]

wrong channal bro ;D

[frigid raptor]

Oh yeah

Mb

[warped monolith]

"these stashes are lame, they always have so much ammo"
"oh no I can't kill this mutant because I didn't bring enough ammo and now I have to cheat"

[nova lake]

btw

Tlaps posted a video demonstration of the ALife in 1.7 with a mod by Shay taht tells the Map the location of the NPCs

[full mason]

never said anything about ammo 🤣 its more of how crap it makes the guns feel. Useing nerf guns might be more effective.

[pallid mirage]

How is vanilla experience now? Would like to avoid mods but I'll probably lose a work week's worth of time (at least) to tinkering with them, anyway.

Was using Dynamic Weather Overhaul, retextured yellow stuff, blood/wound mods, improved compass. NPC combat overhaul, Shay's Living Zone. And various edits in a personal mod that I'll have to forward changes from, depending.
Oh, localization mods, Real Weapon Names.

[finite needle]

Justs dump all the magazine in the face of the bloodsucker with your Saiga bro

[warped monolith]

I'm just mentioning the dumb shit 99% of the players say about this game

[finite needle]

Anyway, Pseudogiants have too much health and are unfun to fight, that's a fact

them and Chimeras, rest of the mutants are honestly fine.

[warped monolith]

always has been.png

pseudos can tank rpg rounds in original

[next sun]

hows 1.7 lads

game less succ?

[full mason]

cool foilage mod already updated love the dead look

ohh they fixed all the health, one mag for a blood sucker. Thats nice

[thorn pasture]

how does the energy drink rework work?

[full mason]

well some things dont change

[thorn pasture]

you're using mods?

[full mason]

ye like 2 of em ;D reshade and trees mod, supposedly 1,7 ready

[thorn pasture]

even if they are 1.7 ready make sure to uninstall them the first time you open a new update

then reinstall them

[full mason]

Ye ok, i vibe with the dead look

[finite needle]

Average afternoon in Brno

[molten osprey]

Hmmmmm

Numpad

Hmmmmmm

[pallid mirage]

mod? Zone Regrown?

[full mason]

dead zone, on nexus

[lone saffron]

aw man why

I was having such a good time

Figures it breaks at least something in my mods list

eh well

Guess it's time to work on my patience

[visual minnow]

I've decided to buy Stalker 2 for a second time. This time on Steam and not GOG.
(Although now I won't have access to any of the DLC cuz I bought Standard edition on Steam )

[full mason]

why did you return it the first time, cuz if it was preformance, dont get your hopes up 🤣

[visual minnow]

I didnt return it.
I'm only buying it on Steam now so I can get access to the Steam Workshop

I've been playing actively

[full mason]

is there some special mod on steam workshop?

i checked it nothing really that intresting that isnt on nexus

[visual minnow]

There are a few, yeah

[unreal ridge]

So if you have time better return it
A lot of mods posted at S2 official discord too…

But it’s purely your choice

[visual minnow]

Imma try to brute force the GOG DLC to work on my steam version

[unreal ridge]

Without an offense which one exclusively on steam workshop?

[unreal ridge]

Good luck, hope you won’t get in trouble

[visual minnow]

Stuff like this

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3546651762&searchtext=417

oops hold on

[unreal ridge]

Sure

I’m just curious

[visual minnow]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3573256951&searchtext=G28

heres just an example

[unreal ridge]

Ok, not bad quality of mod

And author not gonna make it public at other platform?

[white wadi]

cant you just download steam files anyway?

[visual minnow]

Quite a few authors dont bother with nexus for some reason

[unreal ridge]

I see
Thanks for showing

[visual minnow]

In Stalker 2's case, you need to have an account that owns the game on steam to download workshop files

[unreal ridge]

So basically you can ask a friend I think

[visual minnow]

some games don't require an account

[unreal ridge]

I don’t think this files are some kind of encrypted

[visual minnow]

bold of you to assume I have friends

[unreal ridge]

Heh

I can be your friend here if you want to)

[visual minnow]

nah im joking

[unreal ridge]

I know a lot of people will judge me

But I’m a 🏴‍☠️

Until all the content finished

[visual minnow]

dont speak about that stuff here

[unreal ridge]

And polished

[visual minnow]

mods will ban u

[unreal ridge]

Then I will buy the game

I just said I love rom and roaming seas you know…

[visual minnow]

"Culture shouldn't be for those who can afford it." - Hakita

Ultrakill dev btw

[unreal ridge]

If we talk about art

[stoic lichen]

Ah shit, master difficulty is out today.

[unreal ridge]

But modern world is pure commerce

[visual minnow]

is the A Life out today too?

[stoic lichen]

Yep!

[unreal ridge]

Changes to A-life

[visual minnow]

damn

[unreal ridge]

Yes

[stoic lichen]

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1643320/view/596291616874954993

[unreal ridge]

So basically if you will constantly clear some faction territories

Other faction can grab their territories

[stoic lichen]

Honestly I’m a bit excited and terrified to do a new playthrough on Master difficulty.

[visual minnow]

GL waiting a month for the 1.7 update

[unreal ridge]

Don’t worry, jumping on boxes will still do the job in case of mutants

[visual minnow]

Download mods that remove ur position from the map, so you gotta navigate via landmarks

[unreal ridge]

And good aim in a bullet fights will also do it

[visual minnow]

thatll help make it harder

[unreal ridge]

I think it will be faster, anyway I got mod list I want to finish and with 1.7 a lot of mods need to be tested

So I have time

For sure

[visual minnow]

https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/1435
https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/1436

[visual minnow]

OXA is already broken on 1.7 unfortunately

[unreal ridge]

I was playing with Prototype but decided to check Stalker Unlimited

Since it’s only one mod that really change artifacts in a proper way

And interesting way

So I have time to test it now

So far I can tell

[unreal ridge]

It’s more immersive

[visual minnow]

we aint getting an OXA update for a while

[unreal ridge]

Unfortunately);

I think standard must still work

Since it changes only weapons attachments

[visual minnow]

Nah it wont\

[unreal ridge]

And I believe they are the same

[visual minnow]

since 1.7 broke a bunch of scopes

[unreal ridge]

Ahh

I see

Then press F

[visual minnow]

F

[unreal ridge]

Respect paid

I would like to see merge

Of Unlimited and Prototype

I crafted 20 inch HK416 with Prototype

Was fun tho

My custom cluster*uck

Also clips

I was surprised to see extended clip for HK416 now work for Fort-221

Both decent guns

But with Stalker unlimited I really feel gamma vibe more then with Prototype

Unfortunately

So I decided to use Unlimited as a core and Standard on top

[lone saffron]

greaaaaat
Managed to disable just the right number of mods to get the game working but now artifacts won't spawn

[sturdy meteor]

Stalker 2 hoc 1.7 update looks exciting

[lone saffron]

ngl I think the changes are great

[unreal ridge]

As someone already mentioned today

[lone saffron]

But at the same time I'm irritated it's broken my game lol

[unreal ridge]

With 1.7 game start to looking like proper 1.0 (;

[sturdy meteor]

But needs more content then qol stuff?

[unborn cradle]

Hopefully 1.8 would add more content in late game...

[unreal ridge]

It’s just while we were waiting for a new stuff we already studied game all across

[lone saffron]

tbh there's a lot of qol they still need. Brighter flashlight, equalize the x and y aiming, use F1-4 rather than just F1 and F2.

There's a lot of stuff people have been asking for that they still haven't addressed

I mean thank GOD they added NVGs but the flashlight really needs a bump

[sturdy meteor]

Burnt Forrest and Chem plant has square flooring in the environment and tree lods flicker still (maybe an AMD bug)

Flashlight upgrades from lamp to led

[unreal ridge]

I mean like yes for NVG but I feel like flashlight is ok in the way of brightness but not okay in the way of light dispersion

[unreal ridge]

That’s more accurate way to tell it

It’s 2025 people already have leds

Heh)

[lone saffron]

This is fair. Double range and maybe increase the angle by a bit. Keep the incandescent color.

[unreal ridge]

But I use Aces flashlight for it

[lone saffron]

atm it feels like it reaches 10ft

[unreal ridge]

And now it’s good

[lone saffron]

I use that too but it breaks the game

At least right now, so soon after the update

[unreal ridge]

But without darker nights plugin I don’t feel like I need any flashlight

[sturdy meteor]

I would have liked the old PDA instead of tablets, give the zone that endless time feel

[unreal ridge]

Feel sorry for you );

[unreal ridge]

Oh with full SDK I hope some modders will recreate OG trilogy stories inside of S2

[lone saffron]

Well anyway I'ma go try this supposed fix for non-appearing artifacts. I guess you just change graphics save and load, change back save and load, and it's fixed

[sturdy meteor]

Hope Devs can put in some bits of groundwork for mods to improve on like base and stash upgrades and a better loot table and toggle stashes, no bag there unless it's marked in PDA

Maybe rebuild zerlisia starting town after the monolith fucked it up, maybe part of the 1.7 territory reclaim?

[unreal ridge]

About bags it’s definetely possible
Like Shah’s stash

[sturdy meteor]

Yeah

[unreal ridge]

With Stalker Unlimited you have that experience

More likely stash will be empty or you will find a few food cans max

If you didn’t got info about stash before

That what I like about it

[sturdy meteor]

I hate all undiscovered stashes have something inside them, some of those could be empty and some can have some random shit inside too like a 5% chance

[unreal ridge]

There was a hidden mechanic

That puts different type of loot

Depending on what’s in your backpack right now

[sturdy meteor]

I can't keep playing it so all I can do for now is keep in the loop of game updates, speculate on possible mods and maybe jump back in when their first DLC drops

[next sun]

Lot of reports of big performance buff with the latest patch.

Wonder what they changed

[visual minnow]

did they fix distant LOD flicker? Such as when you're talking to Richter in a cutscene in Slag heap, overlooking the CNPP

[unreal ridge]

I keep playing on 1.6.1 with mods

[visual minnow]

is Lootable zone compatible with 1.7?

[full mason]

that moment when you dont know if its stalker or the mods

[tidal flower]

Dunno about Lootable but Craftable zone certainly not.

[visual minnow]

So basically I have to run vanilla Stalker 2

great

[sturdy meteor]

I'm still getting it everywhere in current build on highest setting. I had assumed it was likely an AMD GPU issue cause how differently it handles texture rendering then NVIDIA.
The old would flicker to square tree textures randomly

[full mason]

m8 the mods are getting updated real quick ;D ace flashlight is up already, better balistics is up. EML is up. It'll maybe be 24 hours before craftable and lootable zone is up

[sturdy meteor]

ill reencode the video to play better

[visual minnow]

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

[sturdy meteor]

attempt #2

[visual minnow]

yep thats it

its probably an engine.ini issue, since my edited version that I always use makes this 10x worse

hopefully with the new performance fixes, I wont need a new engine.ini

still gonna update the FSR and replace DLSS with FSR

[sturdy meteor]

maybe but this kind of thing happens in other games too (and no its not an artifacting gpu, it did this on my old 7900xtx and new 9070xt)

[unreal ridge]

Some mods was already updated to 1.7 just check at nexus mods filter ‘latest updates’

[visual minnow]

DAYUM

[sturdy meteor]

since both cards are amd, i would have thought that maybe the likely cause since no one on nvidia gpu mentions this issue besides other amd users on reddit and stalker2 groups

[visual minnow]

I use an RTX 3060 and get this issue

though I fuck HEAVILY with my files to get a decent framerate

[unreal ridge]

Try OptiScaler method
ON1T showed it to me

[sturdy meteor]

oh... its all GSC's fault! lol

[visual minnow]

I mean they are in an active warzone

[unreal ridge]

Same for you try OptiScaler method

With this method you swap DLSS version to the newer

[visual minnow]

Link please?

[sturdy meteor]

using dlss swapper that does the same thing

[unreal ridge]

Cl1CKRAID discord

I left it because got annoyed by 1 person

I can show in DM if you want to

For my system Ryzen 5500 and RTX 3050

[full mason]

Thats probably why 🤣 i had a 2070 super and i just gave up and bought a 9070xt like 90% of the graphics issues i had are gone

[unreal ridge]

I have stable 50-70 FPS

Even in dense areas

And most of the setting on Epic

Except textures and shadows quality

[visual minnow]

What card do u use?

[unreal ridge]

Here

[visual minnow]

damn

ill try it

[unreal ridge]

If you won’t find it

I can show in DM

Process need a bit of workaround

But if you follow steps not so complicated

I believe you can find discord link

At PRZ mod page

[sturdy meteor]

its just changing a .dll in the engine folders i assume?

[unreal ridge]

Or try to find Clickraid mod list

And search link there

[unreal ridge]

Not only

It includes DLSS swapper

And on top of it

You swap to FSR 4.1

With OptiScaler

[sturdy meteor]

4.1? thats a thing now?

[unreal ridge]

Allows you to enable DLLSG

More optimized from my experience so far

Previously with tweaks and custom engines

Got only 40 FPS

With some kind of input delay

[sturdy meteor]

fck i need to just quit work so i can stay on the internet all day, when did 4.1 drop?

[unreal ridge]

Almost none but settings were mid to high

I cannot tell for sure when

But that what I discovered last week

[sturdy meteor]

clickraid and optiscailer, ill save that in my notes to look up when i get free time later

[unreal ridge]

As I said

If you won’t find it

[sturdy meteor]

github or discord only?

[unreal ridge]

DM me

Discord

But the thing you will need to download

Either at GitHub

Or at free access

[sturdy meteor]

oh so there is a paid version i take it?

[unreal ridge]

No

Dont need to pay

It’s mix of dlls from latest AMD SDK

• OptiScaler

• DLSS swapper

[wanton arch]

the heart of the zone is beating...

[unreal ridge]

Basically in two words you alter the scaling method that available at default game

For a newer

Versions

And in terms of S2 requirements I have low system

As I said

Ryzen 5500 and RTX 3050 which is only 8GB VRAM

just keep that in mind

With better system you probably will have better results

[golden hazel]

Only 8GB VRAM he says

Me with a 2060

[unreal ridge]

I know but a lot of users also have much better GPU’s

Like now I have DLSS v310.4 instead of default 3.7.20

same for frame generation

[tepid spade]

There is no FSR4.1 🤦‍♂️ 🤣

[visual minnow]

Me with 11gb of VRAM able to play with max textures with almost no FPS change

[white wadi]

Did not have this issue when I was there 1.6, with https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/7

But I have nvidia

[pallid mirage]

Anyone play 1.7 enough yet to have an opinion on loot scarcity? I haven't played since 1.4 or so and remember needing to mod the consumables to be less plentiful, I don't know if that's needed anymore. If nobody responds, then I'll just test myself.

[lone saffron]

You still get a ton of items, at least on Stalker difficulty for me

[white wadi]

I think 1.7 wise its hard to say yet, for 1.6 still enough mods made to fix precisely that issue so, so seems very prevalent

[radiant ridge]

1.7 gsc cooked a life with this update. Worth a new playthrough?

[rocky berry]

theres faction wars now wtf imma do a master playthrough

[mossy jasper]

"We’ve implemented numerous fixes and improvements to the A-Life system, so now factions can expand control over new territories. This means they may also lose control over their lands if they fail to defend them.

Various points of interest, checkpoints, locations (but not hubs) are in contest between different NPCs and… mutants! They also want to defend their lairs and territories from their very unfriendly stalker-neighbors. You can either jump into the fights or stay away".

[rocky berry]

is this actually a peak update

[mossy jasper]

Probably not that much but a good sign

[rocky berry]

the humble slight optimization boost

ok fuck it

[mossy jasper]

I assumed they would just drop the faction infighting

[rocky berry]

master playthrough

81% of the download is done

[dusty nymph]

Oh wait did 1.7 release today?

[rocky berry]

dude it released like 2 seconds ago LOL

if i had a tail rn that shitd be wagging

[mossy jasper]

This may be a chance for them to start introducing things they couldn't implement in the original game

[pallid mirage]

thanks @lone saffron and @white wadi

[white wadi]

You're welcome!

[rocky berry]

im glad theyre actually making up for it tho lowkey

[mossy jasper]

If they add back the binoculars we may be in the good timeline

[rocky berry]

TRUE

imagine they add cigarettes too

and more shit to loot

[mossy jasper]

Maybe the wait time was worth it if a map thats complete like this allows them to make big updates like this relatively quickly

[dusty nymph]

Wonder if I should start a new game with 1.7

[rocky berry]

yuh its still crazy to think this released like last year november

im totally doing it on master diff

never done dis befo

[white wadi]

OXA Prototype does, plus other cool features but 1.7 broke the mod, atleast slightly.

[rocky berry]

fire

wait wtf is the expedition mode

[pallid mirage]

How about Large Loot Inventory mod? I have a version from before it got deleted, anyone know what happened with that? I'll probably try the old one, you never know

[white wadi]

Only autosaves at hubs and certain missions

And no quicksaves

[rocky berry]

gamma ahh feature

[pallid mirage]

FYI, master difficulty is always expedition mode

[white wadi]

So only saves on exits

[rocky berry]

NNOOOOO

[white wadi]

Wdym exactly?

[rocky berry]

ok imma work my way around it

[white wadi]

They did that + reduced stashes

[rocky berry]

NNOOOOOOOOO

its ok i got dis

[white wadi]

if u want just the difficulty changes look here:

#1390437561738203337 message

You can probably change those values yourself to those values

[pallid mirage]

There was a mod that made the looting inventory as large as your inventory, but the mod is deleted from nexus/obsolete. Not really obsolete, because the vanilla loot inventory is still small.

[rocky berry]

i wonder what patch 1.8 is gonna have

[white wadi]

Hmm no idea, what was the point of the mod?

[rocky berry]

to make it more immersive or sumn

i mean you wouldnt be able to fit 5 rifles into a hunting backpack

[pallid mirage]

It just made the actual inventory window larger when looting, to match the size of your backpack inventory window.

Just good for seeing everything in the stash/corpse at once, and for people who like symmetry ig

[white wadi]

Oh like that

Uhm no idea if there's anything like that

[pallid mirage]

There used to be, but it's been deleted from nexus

[white wadi]

Then ig its gone

[pallid mirage]

not a big deal, probably the least important mod I had

[slow cave]

New update guys

What did it do I’m not installing

Stamina I know is improved ig

But a life improvements? It ain’t even in the game yet how

[rocky berry]

faction wars 🤤

[warped monolith]

!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&

[slow cave]

Goated but like what does that mean

Like factions finally attack eachother

Like before

[rocky berry]

basically

factions expand control over new territoriers

[slow cave]

Now since you’ve played it; how is it

Good bad or mixed bag

[rocky berry]

which also means they may lose control over their land if they fail to defend it n they want to defend it and their territories from their unfriendly enemies

like the uhh points of interest in the game

[slow cave]

Ah

[rocky berry]

im about to play master difficulty since theyve just added it

[slow cave]

I really hope it’s actually a system and not just a pseudo system like a life is fr

[rocky berry]

the ai combat isnt as bullshit as before

[slow cave]

Wasn’t this planned before?

Like in the ue4 showcase they speak about sumthing like it

[rocky berry]

because now theyve learned to retreat from the fight if they realize that chances for survival are low

and try to flank more and choose distances to fight

[rocky berry]

yuh

and they actually lived up to their promises so far but slowly

[slow cave]

Funny could use to be able to get away because skif mark had cancer

Hopefully his stam is amazingng now

[rocky berry]

honestly i dont think it is LOL but they did rework the energy drinks

which is good

[lone saffron]

ok got the game working again and artifacts are now spawning
I've been running everywhere and OMG IT"S SO GOOD NOW

[rocky berry]

ok it finally downloaded i gotta disable some mods to see how it is

[slow cave]

Really… big open world and all I get is a soda that makes me jitter

[lone saffron]

Infinite sprint!

[slow cave]

I can’t even run for 5 seconds

Wait what

Infinite

[unreal ridge]

Just to correct myself
FSR 4
Luckily I checked his message
But anyway I ignore that guy so far

[rocky berry]

OMG IT DOWNLOADED

time to see how this shit goes

[slow cave]

Infinite sprint is a little interesting

But better then 2 seconds of sprint

[lone saffron]

Stamina lasts longer too

So you sprint at full speed for longer and once your stamina runs out you can keep running but a bit slower

[slow cave]

Oh amazing

The first change I can say is better than og stalker

A jog

[next sun]

This might easily be the best update

[lone saffron]

I'd say if running is 100 then sprinting is 200, sprinting with no stamina is like 150

[slow cave]

Maybe

Depends what they do next if it’s better

[lone saffron]

Yeah that XD

[slow cave]

Goated

[rocky berry]

dude they cooked with every update so far

at least since 1.5.2

[unreal ridge]

Again
Thank you for showing me OptiScaler but at other aspects u r prick as a person

[slow cave]

That’s true, for me the time aspect takes a bit though. If I could say I’d have expected performance fixes first but hey even body cam is finally doing it

But body cam went down in fps😭

From what they showed

[rocky berry]

they did some optimization i think imma check it out

[slow cave]

5.5 ue I mean

[lone saffron]

Most of my mods even still work. The ones I had to disable were unfortunately the flashlight mod and the ADS with laser without NVG.

[tepid spade]

I can't be offended by U so You know.

Love is real

[unreal ridge]

Aces was already updates so far

[tepid spade]

https://tenor.com/view/jay69design-gif-17079903863703693941

[lone saffron]

That "press to change view" is so irritating

Like I know what button it is

Put that shit away

I'm not dumb

[unreal ridge]

No offend
Just speaking facts

[lone saffron]

oh it was? I'll go check that then

[tepid spade]

https://tenor.com/view/touching-grass-touch-gif-21219969

[lone saffron]

y'all what if they just start fucking lol

affair of the century

[visual minnow]

https://tenor.com/view/now-that's-what-i-call-a-distraction-from-the-epstein-files-now-that's-what-i-call-epstein-files-epstein-now-that's-what-i-call-music-gif-17137429653524272758

[unreal ridge]

Enhanced combat VFX also updates

[warped monolith]

https://tenor.com/view/now-that's-what-i-call-a-distraction-from-the-epstein-files-now-that's-what-i-call-epstein-files-epstein-now-that's-what-i-call-music-gif-17137429653524272758

[unreal ridge]

Few mods from Pankotan updated

Then Extended Mutant Loot

Cinematic bullet impacts

DWO

[warped monolith]

dynasty warriors origins?

[unreal ridge]

Shay’s Bloodspats

[unreal ridge]

Black desert online

Shay’s impacts

Centered inventory

[lone saffron]

Man I could really go for some watermelon

[unreal ridge]

Better ballistics

GMWP2

[slow cave]

https://tenor.com/view/chad-gif-25592079

“Erm you’re a prick man” “I love you”

[unreal ridge]

Ok why would I pay attention to it anymore

[slow cave]

I love you

[warped monolith]

just ate half of one and I gotta eat the other half soon before it spoils

[torpid relic]

holy cope mc copeerson 1.7

we are :INHALE: so back :AGGRESSIVE INHALE:

[rocky berry]

why is the performance actually so good

wtf

[torpid relic]

oh the updates already out.

and how is it?

[full mason]

well why do you think its so quiet here

its quite good 🤣

[torpid relic]

is there still crazy ghosting with Dlss or what ever that crap is

[rocky berry]

fire so far but im upset that i cant manually save in master difficulty LOL

[torpid relic]

every time i want to play i got massive issues with DLSS, its super grainy and got ghosting issues. gotty try it then, best i do a full re install

[rocky berry]

i mean i could try rn im using fsr

hollon

[full mason]

I mean you could play without dlss

thats what i did when i had a nivida card

they work with frs as well

[torpid relic]

but performance was always ass then

[nova lake]

actually

the update did contain massive Alife shit

[rocky berry]

all im saying is fsr runs really good

[torpid relic]

also! anyone ever had the issue that if DLSS was enabled that water puddles had some strange grain noise effect? aswell as glas? you know like similar if you ran into radiation in anoamly

[full mason]

What way are you running it, i had a 2070 super and i could run it alright, in towns it would tank but 60+ everwhere else

1080p?

[torpid relic]

i got a 4070 ti super at 1440p

with everything enabled i had around 130 fps. im sorry im cant actually remeber what it was without

lemme try

nvm still need 40 min for update

honestly i shoudl be fine even without dlls and frame gen, it was just, that if i remeber right that there were visual bugs. But they could already be fixed too. What ever i will try tomorrow, i wanna do a Ward play trought. Last time i started to be ehh loner/ be more on richters side by helping gloomy, then instantly go pro ward, then pro spark cause i saw my old boy scar and had a soy pog moment, then realized hes UTTERLY INSANE, and some of his men wanted to kill me.and then went to help out strelok caus soy pog. Very confuseing, also helped sirca and then helped noontide to fuck over sirca

[rocky berry]

soy pog

ok nvm master difficulty is shit

at least the saving part

[warped monolith]

yea it's "limited saves" but I don't know how specifically limited it is

[rocky berry]

limited as shit bro they could at least save at some story parts

i went from the beginning to the part where you scan the second anomaly

and then the whole shit restarted LOL

[daring ermine]

quick questions about the deluxe and ultimate dlc, i know thay haven't released any new content but is the dlc right now just some extra skins and weapons?

[rocky berry]

lowkey yeah

[daring ermine]

okay.. i'll buy it when they drop actual content

[rocky berry]

to the ultimate edition??

[daring ermine]

im just going to buy the standard and when they drop actual dlc i'll pick the ultimate up is what i meant

[warped monolith]

ew

I'll stick to veteran lmao

[rocky berry]

yea fuck master for now

imma do veteran tomorrow

[full mason]

funny how easy it is to get good gear once you know how to ;D

[rocky berry]

yea thats the move for now

[rocky berry]

stinky ass master

ugh..

[full mason]

and this reshade with deadzone mod and cordon

[void coyote]

do you guys use mods from steam workshop or nexus?

[full mason]

i use nexus cuz its easy, just download, drag and drop

[void coyote]

no need to use MO2?

[silver orchid]

Dead Air style

Imo looks better than the common grey slop

[full mason]

nah ue5 games are pretty easy to mod from the user perspective drag and drop into bin/~mods

[void coyote]

ah cool

so last time I played was in december 16ht 2024

is this a good time to get back?

[void coyote]

I remember I droped it because I was tired of some of the game desing choices, like a shit ton of loot everywhere

and some other stuff

[unreal ridge]

It’s definitely better now

You were playing like 1.2 I believe

A lot of changes so far

And if you want more hardcore experience install Stalker Unlimited

[void coyote]

i'm checking here, it was 1.1

[void coyote]

yeah I saw that mod in a video somewhere

looks very cool, but its probably broken now with the new update

[unreal ridge]

So far it’s good
I was using previously OXA prototype but Unlimited bring much more immersive

Oh yes );

I forgot

I stay at 1.6.1 for now

Until they update all the stuff to be compatible with 1.7

But 1.7 by itself is good enough

Master difficulty will bring you that hardcore too in some way

[void coyote]

I will check it out in a few days surely

for now I will sitkc with GAMMA

[unreal ridge]

Understandable

[ripe spindle]

Is master difficulty like veteran difficulty where it makes the game unfair and unfun?

[unreal ridge]

It’s depends on what is fair for you

And fun

[tired finch]

which reshade?

[slow cave]

Real

[full mason]

Its one called clear sky i'm pretty sure

[slow cave]

W time out for mentioning the game you download

Seriously man?

I can’t mention an anomaly

Or a gamma

[unreal ridge]

Pankotan i the author right?

is*

PRZ might be good for higher end systems btw

[full mason]

https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/1717

this one

apologies i'm dumb as a brick

could have just checked on this

[lyric harbor]

Soooo are we back this patch? I gave up after like 3 weeks of release, is it worth playing yet? Or should I wait till the engine update?

[full mason]

https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/1682

this one

[unreal ridge]

It worth now

[silver orchid]

is a bit hilarious talk about G and A words here when the game dropped atleast top 3 best updates until now

[lyric harbor]

Finally, apparently the lumen indoor fuckery is fixed too

Is master indeed master or do I still need to mod further?

[full mason]

what words are those ;D

[unreal ridge]

It’s not a gamma so far but still a thing

[unreal ridge]

Better check change log of the 1.7 update to get details

[rich arch]

After the 1.7 update does the game visually look smoother? I was getting 110 fps or higher and it still felt sluggish

[unreal ridge]

Most of the guys reported better visuals and better performance

So far

[lyric harbor]

Hmm nice, I might wait till the hotfix to jump in and the main gameplay mods to update but this definitely looks more like it should have at release

[full mason]

this game has a very wierd loop, missions are absolutly worthless but loot sells for so much.

[rich arch]

Do missions for stashes>get loot>profit

[frigid raptor]

Can i run stalker 2 with my rig? Its got 8 gb ram a ryzen 3 3200g radeon vega 8 integrated graphics and no hdd

[rich arch]

no

[frigid raptor]

Why not

[slim moth]

it doesn't even meet the minimum requirements bro

[frigid raptor]

Some guy here said i could get a solid 40 fps

[rich arch]

You can use your laptop as a skateboard and kick flip it

[frigid raptor]

Laptop?

Its a pc

[rich arch]

You can use your desktop as a skateboard and kick flip it

[frigid raptor]

I dont havc the required skills to do that

[full mason]

gna try if longer days mod works

why did it replay

[frigid raptor]

What are the minimum req again

[frigid raptor]

Taret fps is 30 WITH an ssd and 16 gb ram

Thats kinda bs

And a 1060 damn

[slim moth]

brother i think it's time for you to look into investing in an upgrade.

[frigid raptor]

Oh no i bet i can still play gamma

In dx9

With no eye candy

Besides i dont even have a good psu to sustain an upgrade

[slim moth]

My Macbook pro can handle GAMMA surprisingly

[frigid raptor]

It came with my case 😅

[river lintel]

I haven't really played a whole lot since like 1.3. I saw there is another update.How are things going now

[full mason]

BTW is it me or did they fix the boar/flesh imbalance. Feels like they took away flesh's pounce and buffed boars health. Or is that just me

you sometimes forget stalker is technically a horror game. Until u get jumped

[slow cave]

Sadly not

Some guy said it yeah

One easy way to tell for you is to look up what your thing is vs the minimum gpu requirement

If it’s below a little then maybe it can run with upscaling, but if it’s way below then nah

[pallid mirage]

Tutorial, grab Slug artifact, game freezes. Anyone else's game freezing there, and if so, what mods you running? Got a few mods to try removing, but I can't save during the tutorial or skip cutscenes, so testing is going very slowly.

Gonna test without glowing bloodsucker eyes, since the bloodsucker spawns right after grabbing the artifact, seems like a likely culprit... will report back

[tardy meadow]

does unlimited work with the update on expert mode? i assume master just breaks it

[river lintel]

Does expedition mode have previous saves or is it just 1 save like master?

[hushed gull]

seems like stalker 2 ai is finally respectable

still not doing a full playthrough until the engine upgrade tho

i really want to play this game from the start to the end the way it was meant to be played but this update is sick ngl

[visual dawn]

is it a good time to jump into S2? or potentially wait for mods to be fixed before?

i bought on release but didn't have a good experience, but would love to come back

if its good lol

[hushed gull]

if u were unhappy about the performance back then, no its not a good time, as performance remains more or less the same, maybe slightly better

If u were unhappy about the ai, it has been largely overhauled, though it might be better to wait for like the next small patch that will adress any leftover small issues

[visual dawn]

it just always felt floaty like input lag for some reason

[elfin stone]

Is the 100 meter bubble fixed with this update?

[visual dawn]

i think its still 100

[slow cave]

Well well well

https://tenor.com/view/watching-you-observe-seeing-i-saw-you-gif-5740825

[tough wasp]

hi guys im having a problem in the game where the npcs take an extreme amount of headshots to kill. I dumped 2 mags of an m4 (5.56) into their heads and it only kiled one of them mid way through the 3rd mag

nvm its def one of my mods

[lone saffron]

Yeah it has to be

I've got the Riemann rechambered in .45 and it double-taps heads with zero spread until they are all dead

Honestly probably the most effective and economical guns

[tranquil lintel]

they confirmed the engine update would come later still as it's own separate update so bubble update then maybe binos too.

now just to find which mods this broke...

[visual dawn]

is there a go-to overhaul mod for s2? i assume it would be broken now but happy to wait

[unborn cradle]

I think you mean this mod: https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/1453

[tough wasp]

it was maklanes better zone

[tough wasp]

it was maklanes better zone

[tranquil lintel]

was living zone for me, needs to update to new a-life systems

i dont think project y will break so gonna try it

[soft egret]

Finally, mutants arent bullet sponges and the game has decent AI, performance is better too, actually having fun on master.

The game finally launched, I had this strange dream it came out in November 2024

[slow cave]

They finally fixed console fps

Glad but for me

Been a year I don’t want to play anymore

[dusty nymph]

Good

That means you can do other stuff while they improve the game

[slow cave]

Real

But if da game is finally becoming better it’s gonna take a while, like kind of a year delay if you think of it

With tha fixes

So I’ll enjoy it fr; I’m just waiting for dlc multyplayer and a life mainly

[tranquil lintel]

I just use a free play mod to give myself an anomaly type sandbox to play in after beating it once and save the replay for when it's truly there gameplay wise. Good to test out mods and new updates at least.

[tranquil lintel]

nvm project y causes ctd (specifically the stash and traders module, also any mod that does UI changeslike Craftable Zone)

[civic knot]

hey lads, how is modding scene for Stalker2, got some survival overhule mods that rebrand game to actual stalker yet?

[silver orchid]

survival overhaul
actual stalker

[tranquil lintel]

MHM is the closest weve seen but its author is waiting until the game is finished.

Craftable zone is adding crafting/dismantling, mods are coming together but were far from an anomaly/gamma experience yet, if that's what you meant.

But given that the mod kit is out officially maybe we'll see faster progress

[icy basin]

He does not think STALKER was ever an arcade shooter

Actual honest to god stalker game comes out but it's not NLC7 so it don't count

[civic knot]

niether GAMMA nor EFP are, those r only sequals to stalker, stalker2 is souless cashgrab

[icy basin]

Honest to god stalker game comes out
Cash grab
I know GSC is dogshit at making STALKER ever since SoC but man, they did make a proper sequel

[civic knot]

nah, SoC then Anomaly then GAMMA/EFP

[icy basin]

Misery was a fucking mistake

Hey, bannable

Check #📄rules

[civic knot]

what, aluding that i wont buy game?

[icy basin]

Piracy is bannable, chum

[civic knot]

fuk

[icy basin]

Rule 4 :)

Even hinting

Rule 2

[civic knot]

dear god where we at

death to corpoations

[ebon pivot]

Here you go, actual stalker:

[civic knot]

Perfect to smallest detial

https://tenor.com/view/it-was-perfect-gif-15232884745301549452

[ebon pivot]

If you want MISERY, you should play MISERY
But as far as authenticity to the base games, S2 is basically the same vanilla experience as Call of Pripyat

[civic knot]

nah, what i want is EFP but with more realistic mutants, no artefacts and almost no anomalies xD

only reason why i am not on Singleplayer tarkov is cuz it doesnt that living feel GAMMA has

[icy basin]

So you don't want STALKER

[ebon pivot]

I'm sure there's a "Half Life 2 without the Combine" mod somewhere out there too
Good luck in your search I guess

[icy basin]

Yeah, best of luck on that

[silver orchid]

No way

[civic knot]

no search, GAMMA and EFP are scraching my prostate the right way atm

[silver orchid]

No way

[silver orchid]

DSH is the proper stalker 2

[chrome vale]

1.7 looks so fucking tuff

I’m js waiting for engine updates before doing another play through tbh

[slow cave]

Where can I get silly mods like this and the bloodsucker on a triple

Trike*