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

[warped monolith]

what about it?

[hushed garden]

Is it still being held captive?

[uncut frigate]

Friends who knows how to properly configure stalker 2 for Rtx 5060 8gb, 32 gb ram, ryzen 7 5700x

so that it plays at 60 fps

[tacit glacier]

Not working

[tacit glacier]

Bro that game sometimes has issues to hit 60FPS on a 4080 Super

[uncut frigate]

https://tenor.com/view/sticker-yung-joc-crying-meme-man-crying-meme-thebeyonderrrr-gif-828328460466032722

[tacit glacier]

And you're trying to do that on a card that has half the VRAM I do

[warped monolith]

I haven't played recently but v1.0 on a 4070 Ti (12gb) it was fluctuating a lot

so I imagine a 8gb gpu isn't gonna do good

[uncut frigate]

good damn where stalker 2 optimization

[warped monolith]

unfortunately

[finite needle]

Just place everything on minimum and then gradually start placing stuff on medium until you start noticing decrease of performance

I still haven't found what causes my pc to lose TONS of FPS while watching a single NPC. COuld be the hair setting (amazing setting since we're in ukraine and everyone is either bald or shaved)

[warped monolith]

or wearing a mask/helmet

I still think it was dumb of them to showcase that ULTRA REALISTIC TEETH TECH

90% of characters wear masks or helmets

[finite needle]

I don't get it either, but at least masks and materials look amazing, so it's obvious the effort was all around

[tacit glacier]

Found a different solution. Shot the bandit asking for the body and looted the Goldfish for myself.

[uncut frigate]

i just use 2 mods and i have 70+ fps for epic settings

stalker 2 optimizer and optimized tweaks stalker 2

[visual minnow]

Anyone know what causes this weird artefacting around the edges of my screen?

(mainly the bottom of the screen)

[uncut frigate]

Do you have Dlss enabled?

it is more likely that he makes such bug

[visual minnow]

I'm using FSR

[uncut frigate]

maybe he creates such an effect

[slim moth]

snakeoil engine.ini parameters do that

[summer vapor]

I hope they fix this with the engine update

[uncut frigate]

guys who know how desable croshair?

[slim moth]

in the in-game options

UI

[warped monolith]

they probably won't. This kinda bullshit is done for """""""""""immersion"""""""""""

[warped monolith]

there are a lot of UI options you can turn on or off individually, and yes you can remove the crosshair

[silver orchid]

inmersive eye adaptation

[summer vapor]

This is the most fakest immersion

[warped monolith]

I know

quotation marks are there for a reason

[slim moth]

have you used DWO's Alternative Exposure

[warped monolith]

but many games do this because it's """""""""""realistic""""""""""

[summer vapor]

Kcd2 eye adaptions is better 100x times

[golden hazel]

immerrrrrsssiiiooooonnnnnnn overrrdriiiiiveeee

[warped monolith]

[silver orchid]

Damn, that's soo inmersive as the real life

[golden hazel]

[silver orchid]

i lobe KCD atmosphere

[warped monolith]

kcd1 is one of the best games I ever played

gotta grab 2 sometime soon.

[visual minnow]

its so goated

[lean dome]

did they fix a-life this update

[warped monolith]

it's improved but I dunno what you would consider "fixed"

[lean dome]

the new behaviors seem cool, but i guess the spawning system is just inherently flawed

[summer vapor]

[stoic lichen]

[warped monolith]

[stoic lichen]

[golden hazel]

[minor elm]

I'm playing KCD2 right now. 20 hours in and I can attest it's great, I've lost sleep from getting so immersed I had to keep going.

[brave comet]

immersive mode is fire

this is also the first update where I'm starting to see the sauce finally cooking

genuinely great interactions happening with the a-life updates

[inland lark]

yesterday I was thinking exactly this while playing kcd2

[inland lark]

this basically breaks the game trying to aim outside of the building lol

[nova lake]

Offline Alife has been implemented, it is like Alife 1.3 now

[finite needle]

Meanwhile, me playing EUV and finding out somehow Paradox managed to patch the number 6 out of the game

Which obviously is a Reddit lie

[tepid spade]

Outdated NUKEMS 😅

[dusty nymph]

Nukems?

[tepid spade]

https://www.nexusmods.com/site/mods/738

[dusty nymph]

Never downloaded that mod and had the same dark surroundings issue

[tepid spade]

its very hard to say from the video what is the main cause there, could be many resons for that.

Outdated .dll files, some shenanigan engine.ini tweaks etc.

[dusty nymph]

Me: Time for a fresh install!
My 1TB ssd after 3 installs of stalker 2: Yes dear...

[tepid spade]

TIP: When You have clean install copy your S2 win64 folder to some safe place that way if You will break smtn You can use spare one instead of redownloading or verifying the files.

Saves a lot of time.

[austere urchin]

Does anyone know what causes this grain looking bug?

[tacit glacier]

Lumen

There is no fix

[warped monolith]

lulmen

[golden hazel]

It's terminal

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

[visual minnow]

[trim totem]

is there a reason why they made strelok look like a emo white boy or was that not strelok

[silver orchid]

for non spoilers

[golden hazel]

With how much they changed around the game during development he was probably meant to be the Journalist or something

[trim totem]

wtf cats are in this game

[silver orchid]

according to the leaked thingis always was strelka

[golden hazel]

I see

[silver orchid]

OG Kot:

New Kot😭 :

[golden hazel]

Before sidorovich weed and after

[silver orchid]

That bitch ruined the kot

https://wccftech.com/stalker-2-anniversary-ps5-debut-qa-ps5-pro-leans-toward-pc-high-settings/

Possibly the 1.8 or 1.9 (or both) are gonna have restored quests

Tho, i read that Noah would appear on the patch 1.8 but in this case, that is pure speculation of x page

[tepid spade]

NPCs shooting through concrete walls is new addition to v 1.7 from GSC

[lone saffron]

Dude what is it the the fuckin RATS man??

They are EVERYWHERE

Activate the and suddenly everywhere I turn there's a swarm of fuckoff rats

[trim totem]

u dont understand they have ap rounds made from anomalies

[tepid spade]

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

[warped monolith]

damn they got the lawgiver

[tepid spade]

Dude we have also a bit of Bloodsuckers

[warped monolith]

seems like he was desperate to talk to you about extending your car's warranty

[golden hazel]

Damn freedomers bringing all these telemarksuckers

[tepid spade]

https://tenor.com/view/whatever-blow-up-laughing-funny-spit-out-gif-17054641

[slow cave]

Yeah they had bad rewrites

So who was Skif before the rewrites?

Cause I know we og stalker 2 played as strelok; but the ue4 version seemed the same skif idk

Didn’t see anything

[golden hazel]

[silver orchid]

+-

OG Stalker 2 has two plots with two differents protagonist

the first one (and the best) was a random stalker that had dreams with the zone and then tried to enter to the zone
the second (and the shit himself) had strelka as protagonist

Imo have protagonists of prior titles don't works on official S.T.A.L.K.E.R

[slow cave]

Like the first one better

New guy new everything not a military dude kinda deal

[silver orchid]

Idk but

Skif isn't a bad protagonist

[silver orchid]

Too, both OG plots was planned to don't have several areas of the trilogy

[odd rampart]

anyone tried new stalker 2 patch?

[warped monolith]

A bunch of us are playing. I haven't reinstalled yet

[tardy meadow]

isnt that skif

[warped monolith]

that's a placeholder generic model to avoid spoilers in the trailer

[tardy meadow]

i always thought that was supposed to be skif's model

used as a placeholder for strelok

[warped monolith]

I don't think it is

[slow cave]

He ain’t

He’s just a shell to me; others were shells too but this feels like just a dude to me

[slow cave]

Welcome to retail game

Where Pripyat doesn’t even get a side quest

[silver orchid]

Better than the one of the plot with strelka as protagonist (?

I mean, don't have nothing ((((for now)))) is better than have a cringe battle of Monolithians against the European Union

[slow cave]

Shows strelka

[slow cave]

Nah

I’d say content triumphs no content fr

[slow cave]

Who*

[silver orchid]

Strelka is strelok

Sometimes is strelka, others strelok

[silver orchid]

Tho

HoC Pripyat is gonna obtain sidequests and that anyways

[slow cave]

I just don’t like how they had it in in 2023 for open lots of the map

Then went, this could make us money paywalling it

[slow cave]

I’d rather play as him personally idk

Playing as him in the flashbacks felt like I had a mission to do

But that was better as a flashback

I’m tired of strelok

I want scar back

[silver orchid]

Imo strelok has enough on official S.T.A.L.K.E.R, three games rounds around him

I like that strelok was killed on the start of the OG plot of S2

[slow cave]

For me I didn’t like that

Og shouldn’t die uselessly or anything

Skif should be the one to take him out if it ever happens like scar failed to

[silver orchid]

Eeee

GSC it's expanding Pripyat for the first DLC, u can't see that in-game but on certain current map has more locations on Pripyat

Tho, I think that GSC probably is gonna add bits of Pripyat on atleast two expansions

[slow cave]

My thing is like in the 2023 leak it’s huge

Just makes me feel they held it back cause lol

I’d love to see more zone areas not the same personally

[silver orchid]

It's huge and that

But a lot of locations don't have textures

And/or are low quality models

[slow cave]

Oh yeah fr; but the biggest part I dislike

Why the power plant

Why man, it could have been not a dlc

[silver orchid]

Personally i would liked smth like

[slow cave]

It’s chained off

Fr

[silver orchid]

"CNPP just exists", like, u can go to there soon as u escape from lesser zone and that

Not smth that still has relevance somehow after of 9 years

Oh, another thingi that don't make feel that HoC it's set on 2021 while SoC/CoP are set on 2012

[slow cave]

Real

Just wild to include it in 2023 again to shut off

[river lintel]

he is just a dude?

well, former marine, but still just a guy

[trim totem]

dlc trust

[gloomy sparrow]

all of the doors in zalyissa are locked, i just got here and it says its under attack lmao

[river lintel]

bros play ing 1.0 i guess

[slow cave]

Yeah but to me it doesn’t feel like it

Just feels like a dude who had experience

Strelok was the experience

[indigo vessel]

first time booting up stalker 2 since I preordered it a year ago

[summer vapor]

[tacit glacier]

Man

I should check when I got the game end achievement

25th December

I managed to finish the main story first ending in a month's time

Assuming I roughly played 3-5 hours a day it took me like, over 100 hours (which is way more than estimated 30 hours for just the base game story)

[river lintel]

I kinda want to play the whole game with my beloved mp5. I started with one in anomaly and just never got rid of it for a while

[severe sun]

yall how do I stop my game from looking like a 5 yr olds drawing?

[severe sun]

doc can you help?

[tacit glacier]

The game will look like someone smeared vaseline over the screen
It's because of anti aliasing

[finite needle]

Truly the Dark Souls of fps shooters

[tacit glacier]

We added Master difficulty and YACS to base STALKER 2
We also broke the game fundamentally which makes difficulty more unfair

[pseudo falcon]

anyone has this same issue?

otherwise the guns are fine

[tacit glacier]

Clearly someone modded the AK into bulpup

[icy basin]

Finally
Better AK

[burnt leaf]

Thinking about playing it too hope the 1.7 makes it worth the while

[mental saddle]

Has anyone tried the new 1.7 update? How different are Gamma and stalker 2

[icy basin]

GAMMA is baby's first softcore modpack

Stalker 2 is actually Stalker like the trilogy

[mental saddle]

Right, I’m trying to figure out if I should buy it or not

[icy basin]

If you liked the trilogy, sure, on a sale

[hallow canopy]

First thoughts on the new difficulty?
I like it

[burnt leaf]

Probably the loading time

[hallow canopy]

Haven't played Stalker 2 for around 2-3 months
Its crazy they changed so much,and im excited to find the NVD

[mental saddle]

How’s the new update?

[tacit glacier]

STALKER 2 is a video game that has survival horror elements, video gamey ballistics that are weapon tier dependent instead of caliber.
GAMMA is a video game that tries to be a "hardcore" milsim with body health, realistic ballistics, sophisticated crafting and repair, etc.

Like, it's not even fair to compare the two. STALKER 2 does not have crafting, one gun will be better than the other because its more rare, repairing can only be done at a technician.
There are less side activities in STALKER 2 because it's more story focused, side activities are there to just give you a finance boost but even that isn't really needed as by exploring you can get everything you really need (like suits, weapons, supplies, etc)

There are those typical side quests that give you an entire side story like in Call of Pripyat
Think mutant hunt quest in Zaton that ends up revealing that the medic was responsible for stalker deaths and not the bloodsuckers

[icy basin]

While GAMMA will shit and cry before ever giving you a fully repaired exo for free

[mental saddle]

I guess I’m just not used to the difficulty/complexity of Gamma

[hallow canopy]

Didn't fully experience it as I stopped at Zalissya
But from the small encounters with the bandits and rescuing Gloom it was really fun.
The Enemy AI seem to be more dumber (as in not cheating) by locking on to you instantly and with the new stealth they do seem to have a Last known location where you can juke them in a different angle ambush.
As for the mutants,the Bloodsucker is seriously dangerous (especially for the first encounter infront of the bunker) they dont seem to stun lock scream you,what I like,and they do seem to care getting damage by retreating (instead of the usual charge forward and dont give a sh*t type of ambush predator)
They do seem to die quicker in Master difficulty, but so do you too.
The hunger mechanic could be tweaked a bit to not starve so quickly and frequently.

[mental saddle]

Sounds cool

[hallow canopy]

The visuals are also much better as well as frames
(Doesn't make your eyes tired trying to look thro bushes with intense looking to decipher whats standing there)

[next sun]

I'm actually enjoying stalker 2 for the first time.
Wild

1.7 pretty gud

[soft egret]

ngl i genuinelly think he's the best lmao, his motivation to go to the zone is so fucking funny

"this fucking rock wrecked my home, im here to make money"

[soft egret]

Ultra + helps but still doesnt get rid of it

[soft egret]

KCD2 is genuinely the most beautiful game i've ever seen

In a perfect world stalker 2 was made on cryengine and actually looks good

But this is not a perfect world

[hallow canopy]

I agree
1.7 really brought back motivation for me to play again

[late kernel]

Only a proper engine upgrade can motivate me to go back to STALKER 2

that can also hopefully fix the awful Lumen and Nanite feature

[slim moth]

oxa

[pseudo falcon]

both standard and protoype?

[slim moth]

ik prototype. idk about standard

haven't used standard in 4ever

[pseudo falcon]

i see

im still thinking if prototype is worth to use (gun customization)
but standard i was thinking of using with stalker unlimited(makes stashes like in gamma and other changes)

[slim moth]

I was never big on stalker unlimited. OxA prototype with some personal adjustments is enough for me.

[pseudo falcon]

guess either standard or prototype then

also i noticed in unlimited
the ball of lightning chases you even tho it only does that if you have artifacts equipped

[slim moth]

i mean, for now until OxA is more stable, itd make sense to use Unlimited

[slim moth]

The attachments like ballistics and ammo bags from OxA did that sometimes too

[pseudo falcon]

oxa is fine other than the guns with mags have issues that are dropped in the world

[pseudo falcon]

problem tho when i tried to make a new run
at the start there is a ball of lightning and it follows me when i get close
when i let it pass and i try to get to the body it chases me

[slim moth]

if you move it from your tool belt/artifact slot to your inventory it shouldnt chase you

[pseudo falcon]

i dont have any artifacts at the start of the game tho

i only have a jacket and makarov

[slim moth]

it still chases you?

thats lame af lol

[pseudo falcon]

ye
try unlimited lol

and make a new run and see that it chases you

[slim moth]

hell naw. fuck that lmao

[pseudo falcon]

thats why i stopped using it
imagine on master difficulty and using unlimited
how do i get pass that coz it will one shot me

[slim moth]

like I know with OxA if you had stuff in your tool belt, it would read it as a artifact and the ball lightining chases you. but not the first one in the game lol

[pseudo falcon]

ye

unlimited makes it so you find stashes like in gamma thats why i wanna try using it

but the ball of lightning is a turn off

[slim moth]

From what i read, Stalker Unlimited has a very game-y progression and that's what im trying to avoid.

[pseudo falcon]

kinda like gamma progression iirc

[slim moth]

i feel like oxa with crafting and looting feels more like "GAMMA". but then again, im not trying to recreate GAMMA.

[pseudo falcon]

true

[hallow canopy]

There are now sliders for the Contrast and saturation that can be changed and make it yourself more fit.
Visually they did improve the lighting a lot

[summer vapor]

They fixed the box that was too big for post process volume

[stoic lichen]

when you goon too hard

[junior thicket]

Btw fps are better for me in 1.7

About 15 fps more, 20

[icy basin]

20 FPS gaming pog

[finite needle]

GSC finally caved in and made their own, in house bullpup AK.

[echo magnet]

try avatar pandora 4k output.

[tame lodge]

Anyone can recommend a flashlight mod?

The base one is so anemic

[finite needle]

Me playing any videogame in the mid 2000:

[warped monolith]

same

[icy basin]

Can't go back to the days I played CS1.6 at 20fps and 2000ms ping

[echo magnet]

cs 1.3 at least bruh.

[golden hazel]

You're powered up get in there

[stoic lichen]

Not in the dih

[silver orchid]

[finite needle]

Ward soldier dies into anomaly
I steal his weapon

We're so back

[golden hazel]

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

[visual minnow]

I just found out that if you stealth your way into the Factory where you met Scar, instead of shooting your way in, the Colonel doesn't have you punched in the dick when you first meet him, however you miss out on the unique AK

[undone vessel]

https://youtu.be/aA7Q7Duh5S0?si=rJJHiPNvBJ1r-v9Y

[visual minnow]

Any fix for this?

Isn't exclusive to NVGs, happens with any other HUD effect like bleeding, or vignette

[warped monolith]

never seen this kinda problem before

[visual minnow]

Seems to be related to FSR, and not only in Stalker 2

https://steamcommunity.com/app/2124490/discussions/0/4700161359562367242

Also happens when just sprinting

[lone saffron]

Man. I go and save Solder and he gives me the key to the stash. Cool. He then proceeds to walk RIGHT into the next room and gets killed by the Monos in there.
A brick has better survival instincts than that man because at least the brick will STAY PUT!
Went through all that effort for no reason...well I guess the stash is a reason so there is that.

Also: dude the Ram has to be the best shotgun. It's accurate, has a massive capacity, can double-tap, the recoil is manageable. The only downsides are that A) its got that classic long reload we expect from shotguns, and B) after you rack the action you can't load 2 more. You should be able to load 2 more dammit!

[visual minnow]

Anyone know how to fix?

[lone saffron]

That said it's way better than the Saiga ever was for me

[stoic lichen]

The Unique variant of is even better!

[tame lodge]

am I just stuck here?

[hollow otter]

run for your life over these anomalies, theres no way around the third one or so

[tame lodge]

this is ridiculous

[hollow otter]

ikr

[hollow otter]

d'you make it?

[tame lodge]

yeah but I think its stupid that I have to burn through medkits and antirad to be able to leave a STORY MISSION

idk if this is a bug but its stupid

[tacit glacier]

tbf you have to enter this way as well, but usually I just jump over them

[tame lodge]

not if you go ward

[tacit glacier]

I know

[tame lodge]

but im playing with unlimited so it might be even worse

[slow cave]

“Way better” as it tanks fps

It is way better fr

5.5 will hopefully be the “cure”

[finite needle]

Huh so that's why he stopped punching me in my last two runs

[finite needle]

Idk what unlimited is, because in regular Stalker 2 that area is just a mild annoyance

[tame lodge]

stalker unlimited mod

[finite needle]

Me: I kinda miss playing GAMMA
Stalker 2: I gotchu fam spawns a fucking burer outside the depot in Garbage just after a long fight with bandits

It was actually 3 burers

ngl the sheer amount of bullshit 1.7 is spawning upon me makes the game feel more alive for sure

Of course one of the first a life things I see is freedomers hunting bloodsuckers.

I think they can tone down the burers, I've met like 7 in the garbage.

They need to tone this shit down a bit mate

[golden hazel]

Close enough, welcome back Stalker 2 1.0.0

[finite needle]

Now I got into a huge fight with a camp of like 7 bandits, who took over a camp from the Ward.

I just want to get to the slag heap

Master mode is gonna be a riot

[finite needle]

Same enemy density, but they replaced the bloodsuckers with burers. AND they do stuff offline isntead of just spawning behind you.

[golden hazel]

Good thing those midgets can't steal my Skeeftol anymore

Err

At least they stopped being able to a while back

[finite needle]

||hot take it feels more stalkery with the constant fuckery going on around you||

[golden hazel]

https://tenor.com/view/yep-gif-14695751784991438845

[finite needle]

I can tell it's not the nothing personnel kid spawner anymore because I haven't fought anyone else until the slag heap, back in 1.0 you KNEW a couple bloodsuckers would gank you on the way

Just look at all the mutant parts, I just reached the slag heap

[golden hazel]

It was peak SKEEFA

[finite needle]

Not sure what to think about the journaist stashes up until now. The merc armor was cool, but I'm not a fan of the monolith gear

[warped monolith]

oops wrong channel

[slow cave]

I agree

But not when it’s just bad spawn rates

Chaos should be chaos intentionally fr not a huge bug but still

Better than before

[silent jay]

looking to start a fresh playthrough on 1.7. anyone have any mod suggestions that are working on 1.7?

[slim moth]

mods are fukd right now.

[slim moth]

I got npc's shooting me through walls and shit

[obsidian summit]

I had the axact same thing, it was 6 for me, and garbage is packeed with them, are you running Shays D test for a life?

[shadow stirrup]

how do I enable DLSS Framegen? It's greyed out

[slim moth]

what gpu

[shadow stirrup]

rtx 4060

[tepid spade]

If I use UNLIMITED & O.X.A. do I need to skip
O.X.A. - Standard Localization files ?

[slow cave]

Wild

I see this too on a 4060ti

Maybe it’s broke for the update idk

I use lossless scaling for this game anyways I want full clarity and input it’s aight with me

[shadow stirrup]

tried lossless scaling but it came with ghosting and shit

[tepid spade]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1425257528954191872/1440477303628107796/SPOILER_Ineedmoreframes.gif

[slow cave]

I gotchu

Ls1 model and frame gen

[slow cave]

Nah it’s actually goated in cases like this and Helldivers

Both are optimized like a rusty door hinge so it tries its best

(That and I’m broke don’t wanna get a 3d cache cpu until later)

[outer depot]

I live again

what the fuck have I missed

[slim moth]

cheek'd up

[pseudo falcon]

hmmmm
oxa standard or oxa prototype

[wanton arch]

MORE MUTANTS

BETTTAAAR

[wanton arch]

oxa prototype did not get any fix patches right

best you could go is standard

or don't go with oxa at all

[pseudo falcon]

kek

[slim moth]

im skipping oxa for now

[obsidian summit]

Anyone else start a 1.7 new game and get past the lesser zone and have generally really wierd stuff going on with A life and spawns?
I went ward and garbage was full of Burers after taking the train depot and in general aside from that the zone feels incredibly anemic with A life, im having trouble finding non location/story spawns for mutants outside the lesser zone

[still portal]

isnt this like
the truck that strelok crashed on during SoC ?

[icy basin]

https://tenor.com/view/wheel-of-fortune-wheel-wof-game-show-pat-sajak-gif-23489511

[still portal]

:3

the nostalgia

[wanton arch]

is A life real lads

they prob need to limit how burer/ other humanoid mutants can spawn in

felt like they are clearing the entire zone themself

[outer depot]

oh god dammit not more access violation crashes, what now

[hallow canopy]

I really like the new Bloodsucker
No more constantly pinning you down with the stupid charge,instead they run around and actually ambush you rather then use that one move thats Annoying AF.

[icy basin]

Oh did they stop screaming every 20 seconds?

[slim moth]

finding camps of dead stalkers is unnerving

probably because of all the fucking burers in garbage. i've seen at least 15 them on the way to slag heap

[rugged bolt]

I forgot they’re planning to add multiplayer bc I saw their dlcs and saw weapons that would be “transferable to multiplayer”

[outer depot]

accidentally had an ancient mod installed, now it's running again

definitely way better performance, getting solid 60 spinning around in circles at the bar and zalissya and 75-80 out in the more open areas at 1440 with everything on high/epic, feels like a lot less stutters/dips too

also holy shit a-life needs to chill

[finite needle]

It's not the burers, I've see ward AI taking care of one of them without my intervention, I think it's a life resolving the fight but either killing also the winners, or having them move away shortly after.

There are way too many burers in garbage tho

[stuck seal]

what they doing with all dat ass

[slow cave]

“Guys this is so funny guys” porn

Get this shit out of here bruh

[finite needle]

My reaction when there's a lot of bandits in garbage:

[eager solstice]

Warned invoke606 for: Filter what kinda GIFs you send, borderline porn doesn't cut it here
Warning: 1

[stuck seal]

stop being so pressed

it aint that deep

[finite needle]

Fights in the open are generally better in 1.7, used to be my biggest gripe with the game (the execution squads that never miss in the open were just not great to engage with). AI is still pretty dumb but at least it's not just straight up Unreal tourneament bots.

[slow cave]

“Stop being so pressed”

I ain’t you just are posting porn

[stuck seal]

homie is scared of ass

shaking in his boots

[slow cave]

Nah I ain’t arguing with a sped gooner

Ain’t no one think you’re cool and no one agrees bruh

[stuck seal]

calm down young man

[kindred violet]

What arguing is there, bro broke a rule and got slapped for it

[true yew]

Is the faction war fr or nothing burger

[tame lodge]

They take pois now apparently

[golden hazel]

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

[rugged bolt]

There’s like a weird white sharpening outline on my gun whenever it rains, is that a bug or is that on purpose

[finite needle]

Yes bratan we see the fit

Btw they replaced the burers with boars while I was asleep, now there's tons of them and they do fight with npcs

[pseudo falcon]

they still scream
fcking stun lock if there are more than 1

bruh

[finite needle]

Not as often, they sometimes just fucking shank you from behind

Which is a joke, since they will always run toward your face so that you can, gameplay wise, see them and shoot if you pay attention, but you get my point. No scream, just the breathing

[still portal]

pretty sure this is where the Barrier used to be

same helicopter with a psy field

and terrain is somewhat similar

[wanton arch]

wait 1.7 overhauled the map ?

[still portal]

no

the devs just

changed it to make it more similar to the real chernobyl map

the barrier doesnt exist in stalker 2

😔

[wanton arch]

oh i mean the barrier fight was like on a choke point

[finite needle]

Well there is no monolith, so...

[wanton arch]

well not really

[finite needle]

AT THE GAME START there is no monolith

[wanton arch]

im pretty sure the barrier fight we had in the triology is like

[still portal]

_>
Faust will have a word with you abt that

[wanton arch]

one of the major point

[still portal]

and they completely removed the barrier 😔

not even a trace of it

[wanton arch]

the remain yeah

[still portal]

seeing freedom's logo on rostok is jarring too

[wanton arch]

i mean the triology is considered as legend ( folktold)

[still portal]

landmarks dont suddenly just evaporate tho

hell, streloks crashed truck is still there

[wanton arch]

some anomoly does teleport shit around

[still portal]

where's my beautiful barrier with skulls on spikes 😭

[wanton arch]

that should be around red forest tbh

but the skulls on spike are the remain of the Sin ( dark stalker ) type shit

i don't think the monolith even do dismemberment

[finite needle]

Sin isn't canon, Sin is alpha monolith that was dig from the grave by modders

||The closest thing to Sin in Stalker 2 is Spark unironically||

[still portal]

:v

[wanton arch]

so what you see the skull on spike is suppose to be the hind sight of dark stalker appearence on the location

but they just reused it

[still portal]

I just wish the original x19 lab was still accessible

[wanton arch]

they prob ended up as as DLC

all the lab even

https://tenor.com/view/bootcamp-gomerpyle-privatepyle-zoomin-zoom-gif-23477019

[finite needle]

I require more lab spelunking

[still portal]

😔

[finite needle]

My body yearns for the lab spelunking

[wanton arch]

me when only the underground part is the Strelok hideout

and it's not accessible all the time

https://tenor.com/view/kita-burst-btr-kita-explode-ikuyo-explode-ikuyo-gif-7368767260260607418

[finite needle]

Pretty sure it's gonna be DLC as all the relevant stuff you do right now is either odd jobs or very tighlty tied with the main story

Now, I think the main story of Stalker 2 is waaaay better than all the others combined, and it's a long ass game, but I just want to go into some weird bunker and steal shit there.

But we're one patch away from 1.0 proper, so I have hope they can finally start adding more side content to the game. Just took them one whole ass year.

[tame lodge]

wait theres no x labs or underground?

dont do this to me

[trim totem]

man the cutscenes in stalker 2 are so damn good

[trim totem]

i mean it is confirmed the brainscorcher did send out a psy field in a cone so it make sense that it could effect the areas around it

[trim totem]

i mean the labs are abandonded

like the zone is s2 is very much a zone thats being overran by the ward n the government

as much as it sucks it make sense bc theres no real reason to go there

it would kinda be cool but i see why the devs didnt

but the agroprom underground is in the game

[still portal]

since when do psi-emissions affect physical landscape ?

[trim totem]

they dont im just saying the way the brain sorcher sent out the psi fields it would make sense why the north was unaccessible until it was turned off

plus the theory that it used other radio towers near it

but

[still portal]

doesnt explain why the barrier is gone

[trim totem]

idk! it doesnt really state that second part

[trim totem]

retcons or stuff that hasnt been explained yet

god i hate retcons

[still portal]

its a shame the x19 lab is collapsed
shit was real nostalgia

[trim totem]

hopefully in the dlcs we can go to it

[still portal]

amen

when do we get those, tho

[trim totem]

im mainly excited to see limansk

[trim totem]

next year i think is the first one

2.0 release along side the dlc makes the most sense

[still portal]

also, game's missing a lot
like the double barrel TOZ , fort 12 and fort 17, the PB, the SIG 550 ( i think) and a few other trilogy guns

[still portal]

amen
good thing the ultimate edition gives you access to future dlc's right >_>

[trim totem]

yes it does

very glad

im glad i bought the game tho im glad it introduced me to the franchise

flaws n all this game is by far the best chernobyl game

it just does everything that every other chernobyl exclusion zone game ive played fails to do

[still portal]

fr

[trim totem]

man im so glad clear sky is living happily in the swamps n didnt fall apart!

[remote eagle]

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

[trim totem]

i know fully n it makes me sad

clear sky was one of my favorite factions

but it kinda makes the swamps better

[remote eagle]

[trim totem]

bc the vibe of it is just different compared to how it was in the og games

[tame lodge]

is there not 2 double barrels in the game?

i found a over under and the sawed off

[still portal]

Only the over under and sawed off

Wheres the un sawed off

[tame lodge]

oh that

would be cool but im not bothered by it

i do prefer side by side shotguns

[finite needle]

Tbh while I get it's for nostalgia reason, I don't really think we need yet anothet tier of bad shotgun in the game between the boomstick and the over under

I don't really like their choice of top tier ARs, but it's just personal taste

[pseudo falcon]

aw

i miss the army warehouse barrier to BS

maybe they will eventually add the underground labs

would be cool

coz agroprom underground is there

[remote eagle]

[still portal]

What

[smoky topaz]

hi

[tame lodge]

gotta love artifacts falling under the ground

[warped monolith]

get a shovel and start digging

[tame lodge]

would probably clip the gravity anomaly

[visual minnow]

What the actual fuck?

[warped monolith]

that's a big herd

[remote eagle]

they never clip underground in stalker 2

[tame lodge]

as of 1.7 they do

you can find a bunch of reddit posts saying the same thing

2 different saves

ribs anomaly

both times underground

or well they can, its not like its guaranteed but it happens

[warped monolith]

do the "unique" artifacts respawn after emissions or are they actually unique

[nova lake]

they have been clipping underground since 1.2

but 1.7 just makes it a lot more frequent

[remote eagle]

u mean weird bolt?

[warped monolith]

yea, stuff like that

weird flower from poppy field and so on

[visual minnow]

i assume they're one time only

[warped monolith]

so if you go to pick one of them up and it clips into the ground, it's gone forever?

[summer vapor]

There was a glitch where you had to move the "Ball" artifact so that another one would respawn, I don't know if it still works

[remote eagle]

nah its 1 time only

[remote eagle]

then im lucky didnt encountered this bug in 4 playthroughs

[stoic lichen]

Someone help...

what the fuck

[nova lake]

I didnt get any of themn until 1.7 where I got 2 in a row

[remote eagle]

make sense i didnt played on new version

[warped monolith]

eugh
so if these one-time artifacts clip into the ground, it's byebye

[remote eagle]

[tacit glacier]

Pretty sure one time artefacts have set spawn locations

[warped monolith]

yeah but can they not also glitch through the floor?

[remote eagle]

[tacit glacier]

I assume they can't since they are static and not mobile like other artefacts?

[warped monolith]

let's hope not

[finite needle]

Hopefully they will fix it by 2027

Open world fights and fights in general at least have been improved greatly since last time I played with some consistency (I think 1.3 or 1.4), so there's that.

[golden hazel]

Anything can happen in HoC Tuah

[quaint parrot]

1 hour nearly of this shet

[remote eagle]

[barren abyss]

is dualsense controller broken on 1.7 on pc for anyone else? Specifically wired. Constantly switches between xbox and ps5 icons and drops inputs

[slim moth]

https://tenor.com/view/laughing-at-you-gif-15677477317679001616

[visual minnow]

Note to self: The Psi Suit that Sgt. yeremeyev offers you, is NOT worth it

its legit just a basic ass ecologist suit

for 40k

[stoic lichen]

SEVA-D suit is just eco suit but with actual protection lol.

[shadow stirrup]

why is skif running so goofy bro 🙏🏻 😭

[warped monolith]

don't look at V's shadow in cyberpunk 2077 while sprinting or swimming

[golden hazel]

Despite what the cutscenes show you, Skeefa is actually an eldritch abomination

[shadow stirrup]

skif comes in many shapes and forms.

[slow cave]

Yeah I remember playing one day on launch, probably a cut feature

But skeefa opened his chest and shot tentacles out and ate scar

W eldritch abomination feature

[golden hazel]

Classic Skeefa

[visual minnow]

I have no idea how, but all of a sudden I'm getting over 60 FPS on high settings

on an RTX 3060

usually I get like high fourties - low fifties

[tame lodge]

Yeah it runs good now

The unreal engine update will go nuts

[golden hazel]

We making it out of Early Access with this one 🔥

[visual minnow]

maybe itll even make lumen less godawful

lumen is so ugly

especially in long corridors

[pseudo falcon]

anyone using OXA? both standard and prototype? latest version
can you guys save or is it just me? coz i cant save

[slow cave]

It runs better fr

But it’s gonna run great and good when 5.5

Imagine if they did this with simple optimization, the engine update will go nuts

How much fps do you guys guess we will get?

[late kernel]

Only if it won't break the game more

because it's a very tricky process

[pseudo falcon]

anyone?

[soft egret]

skif?

[soft egret]

you should see how he holds shotguns

[soft egret]

SAME

i have no clue what they changed

my main complaints about s2 before 1.7 were performance, mutant health, and ridiculous respawn timers spawning enemies before you were even done looting

the only thing that bothers me still is the weird lumen implementation

its so noisy

[torpid relic]

does DLSS caus reflections to be super eh grainy for others too?

[soft egret]

i think reflections and lighting are just weirdly grainy

[pseudo falcon]

anyone know why i cant manually save?
its greyed out
i didnt pick the expedition mode

[soft egret]

supposedly it will be fixed with the engine update

[torpid relic]

but if i use TSR what ever that is it goes away

wasnt that some UE upscailing?

[soft egret]

UE5 realies on TAA to hide these artefacts

[torpid relic]

oh yea right! ue5 had some strange arefact issue on relfections etc

[soft egret]

TSR is based on TAA

DLSS isnt

in theory it "helps"

but what it actually does is just make everything blurry as hell

to the point you cant really see the artefacts

[torpid relic]

TSR is also super blury for me, makes the immage near me really good but anything 10m away gets blurry

whats the difference with Framegen on and Auto?

[soft egret]

no clue

but my guess is that auto probably activates it only when fps drops below a certain threshold

[pseudo falcon]

guys? can you manually save?

dunno why i cant

[slim moth]

not on master

[torpid relic]

i can on veteran, are u on master?

[pseudo falcon]

veteran

[slim moth]

do you have expedition mode on

[torpid relic]

with expedition mode?

[pseudo falcon]

i tried prototype and standard

no

i dont like that but save is greyed out

[slim moth]

either youre in combat/weird unsaveable spot or saves are fucked

[pseudo falcon]

even tried a new save
still cant

[slim moth]

maybe if you load back the saves might come back

[pseudo falcon]

this is pissing me off

[slim moth]

god damn

[torpid relic]

uhhh, why do i suddenly have my screen bugging out?

[pseudo falcon]

the expedition mode is disabled

[torpid relic]

hmm, when i tab out its gone/ doesnt flicker

[pseudo falcon]

and even if its enabled it will say i can only save on hubs

but since its disabled
it says i cant save

bruhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[slim moth]

https://tenor.com/view/waah-waa-sad-wah-waaah-gif-25875771

[pseudo falcon]

what channel can i go for support?

[torpid relic]

someone already had this issue with the screen glitrching to like 1/4 of the size

[slim moth]

potentially S2 official. or just start over with adding mods one by one

[pseudo falcon]

my mods worked before

[slim moth]

1.6 modding and 1.7 modding is not the same.

[pseudo falcon]

bruh

[slim moth]

new conflict checker and overwriting problems

[pseudo falcon]

where?

[slim moth]

hol up

[pseudo falcon]

there is a mod that can check conflicts?

[slim moth]

no gsc put in their own

that's the problem

[torpid relic]

they did?

[pseudo falcon]

kek

hmmm maybe ill try the game without mods to see if its really a mod problem

[slim moth]

%appdata%/local/stalker2/saved/logs/mod conflicts.csv

[pseudo falcon]

i dont have such file

bruh

[slim moth]

[pseudo falcon]

anyway
i guess ill try the game without mods to see if the save persist

[slim moth]

letswoolgather was the one showed me

[pseudo falcon]

if i can save
then that means there is a mod that causes it

do you guys still use the skip the newgame cutscene?

[slim moth]

nooooo

old mods are fucked

[pseudo falcon]

why? i can skip it?

i cant skip it normally?

[slim moth]

im just saying, more than likely, that will fuck up your game brother

[foggy horizon]

Stalker 2 compiling shaders takes ages

50% done in 12 minutes

[slim moth]

is it your first boot up of the game?

[golden hazel]

Shader Compilation will continue until morale improves

[pseudo falcon]

why we cant skip the fcking cutscene on new game

[golden hazel]

They took that feature out a while ago

Idk why

[pseudo falcon]

bruh
QoL feature removed

[slim moth]

"you're gonna watch the story and you're gonna like it"

[pseudo falcon]

NO

[golden hazel]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1306683555488862319/1313668732559687762/SPOILER_sukkk.gif

[pseudo falcon]

anyway this is only 1 time
to see if i can save
without mods

if i can
there is a mod i have that causes it

[slim moth]

I had tried to use mods that 100% worked with OxA before that are now conflicting. like cozy fireplace and weird shit

even after multiple updates on oxa and cozy's end.

[pseudo falcon]

well i can save
guess its a mod i have

kek

now lets try the mod that skips the cutscene

if it works then it isnt the issue

[slim moth]

https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/1767

this helps with testing

skips the intro for you if you wanna test mods before playing story

im sure there's a command to enable story anyways if you really wanted to. not sure tho

[pseudo falcon]

skipped the new game cutscene
so the mod still works

now lets try oxa

[slim moth]

That's honestly good to know

[pseudo falcon]

well its just a mod that skips the intro

[slim moth]

i used skip intro for story play thrus all the time

[pseudo falcon]

yeah

[slim moth]

ik im just saying, with this new 1.7 update modding is finnicky so it's like having to start over to see what's compatible again

[pseudo falcon]

i only gonna do the story 2 times coz of ward and spark ending
i got the strelok and kaymanov was it

man why do i prefer stalker gamma coz even tho its so old
it still works and much easier to mod

lets go
oxa prototype is working

now to readd the mods i use
bruh this is will be hard

[slim moth]

it takes some time. :/ but you figure out a lot

[trim totem]

how he hold any weapon

ugly ass bitch bruh

[tame lodge]

This might be a you issue man i did both standard and proto and manual saves worked

Id reinstall

[pseudo falcon]

yeah its a mod issue on my end

coz i tried the game without mods and i can save

something tells me that it was recently added mod

[trim iron]

"Guys, I'm using old outdated mods, but things aren't working as it is supposed to! What could it be?!"

[pseudo falcon]

this is only happening recently
i have some old mods that work until 1.7

so its a mod i added recently i guess

[slim moth]

some hud and textures and UI mods didn't seem to be a bother before that are now

and there are mods that are updated that used to work together but don't anymore as well

[tame lodge]

Think im gonna play some gamma until gsc fixes the stuff on their end or something gets figured out

[pseudo falcon]

honestly same if this thing i cant find the mod coz i have lots of mods

[pseudo falcon]

btw can you show me what mods you use

[slim moth]

i cannot use oxa with my list

[pseudo falcon]

why

[pseudo falcon]

im using a merge tool to make them compatible

[slim moth]

which one

[pseudo falcon]

all of these?

[slim moth]

this was days ago so

[pseudo falcon]

im using this for the longest time
https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/326

[slim moth]

ive been meaning to try this one

[pseudo falcon]

you should make the mods folder ~mods to make a merge file
then rename it again so achievements work

what i do is ~mods when im merging and updating mods
then i rename it to ~mods custom

[slim moth]

that actually works?

i mean, idrc for achievements but that's pretty nifty

[pseudo falcon]

yeah
normally if you use ~mods
your savefile will tell you achievements dont work

altho you can use the achievements enabler in nexus

ahh fck im done
wasting my time instead of wanting to play this game
ill just play gamma or tarkov

sigh
last 2 mods to check
if the save still has issues
ill just wait for other mods to update

[foggy horizon]

Yeah, pc handheld

Ran at 45fps low settings no frame gen but that took a while lol

[slim moth]

first time is always the slowest and it'll be faster after that

not by much though lol, but you'll get the option to skip it

[pseudo falcon]

iirc on update
always let the shader compiler finish

[foggy horizon]

^was assuming too

Since performance would be worse

[slim moth]

alright well that Merger tool just fixed my modlist. and it was only one thing which was DWO

[pseudo falcon]

neat

[slim moth]

i can use OxA and all my sheeeeiiiit muh fuggaaaaaa

[pseudo falcon]

hehe

[slim moth]

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

game feels so empty without OxA

[pseudo falcon]

true

[slim moth]

and crafting/looting

[pseudo falcon]

wait wut
you wan to use the crafting and looting zone?

[slim moth]

it's not updated yet i don't think

well now i gotta restart the fucking game for the 8th time

[pseudo falcon]

lol

[slim moth]

but now ik Skip to Richter works so, that's lit

[pseudo falcon]

wait wut?

how

[slim moth]

i thought you just said it worked

[pseudo falcon]

the skip only works when you are near the gate

not until richter

[slim moth]

[pseudo falcon]

fck this shit
i removed lots of mod and the save button is still greyed

[slim moth]

https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/1777

slap that puppy in there and see if it works

[pseudo falcon]

true

agiht one last test
if this doesnt work
fck stalker 2

still cant
FCK this
ill play other games

[slim moth]

[pseudo falcon]

wasting my time on this stupid update

[visual minnow]

Will the engine update increase performance? Or should I be saying my goodbyes to my frames?

[silver orchid]

it's planned to enhance the performance

[ruby copper]

Be patient bro, just 3~4 more years of development and it might be 1/3 as good as gamma

[silver orchid]

Possibly no

The 1.8 will add more quests and that, not the update to UE 5.4.4, my bet is that the engine will be released +- alongside the first DLC

[split crown]

[soft egret]

Hey guys!!!!!! have you heard about Sdalger GAMMA??????????? ITS THE BEST GAME EVER!!!!! I HEARD DROOOOSKIII SAYY IIIITTTT

[slim moth]

https://tenor.com/view/stalker-stalker2-anomaly-explaining-fov-gif-22384734

[soft egret]

Anomaly fans explaining why "It isnt true stalker" because you cant break your leg and piss yourself

[slim moth]

this master mode giving me MHM flashbacks

https://tenor.com/view/smile-silly-gif-12001090449059859434

[slim moth]

winter map

[warped monolith]

https://tenor.com/view/flashbang-gif-22572243

[stoic lichen]

Looks horrendous.

[slim moth]

it's a WIP lol

[stoic lichen]

I see lol

[slim moth]

it's nice having a map that is the same as the environment so, i'll take it.

https://tenor.com/view/sml-joseph-its-an-immersive-experience-dude-immersive-experience-unforgettable-experience-gif-27136760

[summer vapor]

Someone said that patch 1.8 will be released in December, but I don’t know where the information came from

[slim moth]

@tacit glacier what do you use to record my dude

[summer vapor]

It seems to me that artifacts fall into the ground because there is another layer of earth underneath

[warped monolith]

they could always just make them spawn a bit up in the air and fall harmlessly down to the ground.
Then again that's probably what makes them clip through

[slim moth]

bobbin' and weavin'

[summer vapor]

This won't work... I tried dropping the artifact from a height, but for some reason the artifact immediately ends up on the bottom layer.

[golden hazel]

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

[visual minnow]

I hate lumen so fucking much

[green pebble]

The only people who like Lumen is Epic Games share holders

[visual minnow]

like bro wtf is this

[slim moth]

do you have the winter mod

[visual minnow]

nope

[slim moth]

okay. i had a similar thing with it on 1.6 but it fixed.

[visual minnow]

!SPOILERS!
||bro even the wishgranter looks ass with lumen||

[slim moth]

dude what's wrong with your lumen lol

[visual minnow]

||like bro its supposed to look like this||

[golden hazel]

Just finished reintalling the game why's there an arbitration clause you have to sign to play the game now

[icy basin]

Oh he didn't find the fine print it's joever

[hallow canopy]

Not a big fan of the blind dogs
Somehow the moment you shoot in one direction they sort of spin,cant decide if they retreat or attack,then decides to attack again.
Its frustrating to fight them,not scary or difficult,but frustrating

[icy basin]

So
Classic STALKER blind dogs?

[hallow canopy]

Not sure
Its been a long time since I played the trilogy

[golden hazel]

[hallow canopy]

The fun part,when they do decide to spin
They become easy targets,but sort of dip down without slowing down when doing they u turn,making them weird to hit

[icy basin]

They always were the basic bitch enemy

[hallow canopy]

Also anyone else had issues with relics being underground??

[golden hazel]

That's been a thing since launch lmao

[hallow canopy]

Never happen to me

[wanton arch]

They spin because you shot some of it

[hallow canopy]

Only just yesterday when playing

[wanton arch]

Their AI trying to decide to make a run

Like get hit in open field

Hide

Find cover

[hallow canopy]

Not even
This is in urban

[wanton arch]

Oh wait cover is occupied by another blind dog

Find another one

Oh that cover is occupied by another blind dog

[hallow canopy]

Yea they ai code is bit weird

[wanton arch]

That prob the best explain why they spin some time

[hallow canopy]

This circle of like 50/50 decision making is frustrating to shoot at
Make you wanna pull a RPG on em

[wanton arch]

Fr

[hallow canopy]

How come they "act" this clever when they are both blind and low intelligence enemy

[wanton arch]

Instinct can be used as explaination

They are dogs

[hallow canopy]

The Psy Dog should be this clever and do dodging
But these generic ones are frustrating me

[wanton arch]

I mean they suppose to

You are not playing horde shooter game anyways

[hallow canopy]

Im aware,its just how they work is not really to my liking
Constantly have to find high ground to juke them,like fishing,you reel em in and back

[wanton arch]

It's a stalker game anyways

I will be honest they cannot dumb down the ai anymore or some dude would just

Mock the game for not being shit as the triology

[hallow canopy]

(Sorry fod this rant) And if we talk about instincts
Where is the fight ir flight instinct?
They switching up and down constantly?
A bind dog being blind relay on hear and smell getting shot at by a 7.62x54R not fucking scaring you? You heard what a AK-47 or RPK shooting at you sounds like? Its terrifying

[wanton arch]

Have you ever heard about pack instinct

[hallow canopy]

I had more better experiences with the blind dogs in the trilogy

[hallow canopy]

Yup

[wanton arch]

The pack still charges even a single one of them got hit

And the gunshot prob is not going to help much because they prob envolved or went through so many pack hunt

Consider we are in 2022

And mutants raiding rostok is a thing

Back in like 2012

Some thing

Idk if there is a mod that makes the AI dumb

But there is a mod that make them smarter i believe.

😭

[hallow canopy]

Smarter as im deciding to flank and attack head on charge as motivation between each other to be more valid than this BS of "Getting shot at,quick do a spin to confuse the enemy"
Like no sense of fight or flight instinct

[wanton arch]

They could optimize the AI again

Idk it's not on the priority list + i did mention the mod and im pretty sure its harder mutant ?

Its on nexus mod

[hallow canopy]

Ill check it out

Wasn't there also a chance for enemy's to run away when seem that a battle cant be won?

[wanton arch]

Prob not because they will do your best to take down

I killed all the pack

All the time

Unless it did happen and the last one did not appear and ran away

Hard to observe

[golden hazel]

The game keeps resetting the input config I made that turns off the mouse smoothing

https://tenor.com/view/rayleigh-one-piece-crying-gif-7583256620608062087

[trim totem]

they can

ive had it happen to me alot

but i want there loot so i kill them

[visual minnow]

https://tenor.com/view/this-fucking-sucks-danny-devito-clap-clapping-gif-17307367409868579769

[finite needle]

They'll fix Lumen in Stalker 3, by replacing it with an even worse lighting method

ngl I love the dorks flexing their NVGs in broad daylight, it's sucha Stalker bug.

Stalker 2 doing what GAMMA never could (alife is dodging anomalies)

[split crown]

a simulation of real life

clearly

[split crown]

if I recall, that shit's been a bug since the game launched lmao

changing the input config anyway

[golden hazel]

https://tenor.com/view/고루시-골드쉽-핫하로데오-로데오-지랄마-gif-20859414

[finite needle]

The fact that I INSTANTLY recognized the horse in the gif scares me

[golden hazel]

Lumen 2.0 with A-Life 3.0

[ionic night]

At this point, A-Life 0.25 is the most developed version of A-Life

Its going backwards

We are not ready for A-Life 0.125

[golden hazel]

https://tenor.com/view/tanino-gimlet-hiruno-d'amour-horse-horse-of-wisdom-gif-8087630190955450711

[finite needle]

To have Lumen 2.0 we also need to have people SWEAR that Lumen 1.0 was the best lighing system ever crafted by human hands as soon as Lumen 2.0 comes out.

[hallow canopy]

Man has eyes of steel to getting blinded 24/7

[split crown]

is that who I think it is

https://tenor.com/view/gold-ship-gold-ship-golshi-silly-gif-16359485206290885243

[hallow canopy]

Also had a issue with the lighting system where at the Sphere base i could not see the enemy soldiers outside because the light was damn bright AF

[finite needle]

Of course it's fucking Gold Ship, that horse is STILL everywhere.

[golden hazel]

Goldfish

[split crown]

[hallow canopy]

You cant shoot out as its blinding you
And have to go outside to see,but the enemy shoots at you

And I play on Master soooooo

[split crown]

did they do something with saves if you play on Master?

[finite needle]

You can't really load a previous save to play it on master

[split crown]

right

but I mean if you start a new game and go to save, can you just save like normal or is there a catch?

[golden hazel]

Time for not a ship but still a rare metal

https://tenor.com/view/uma-uma-musume-silver-sonic-titleholder-horse-gif-17172761727107360637

[finite needle]

it autosaves after certain points and you can save in settlements/bases.

It's pretty much their own version of YACS

[split crown]

Ahhh gotcha

so instead of campfires, you can save in safe areas.

[finite needle]

I dislike YACS so I was like thank you GSC, very cool

[split crown]

[hallow canopy]

You can only save in major hubs/bases
Up on exiting it also auto saves,whatever happens in between is lost progress when dying

[split crown]

I like YACS in Gamma, but idk how I feel about that shit being in Sdalger 2 what with how fucky of a game it still is.

[split crown]

Yeaaaaaaaaaah I foresee lots of frustration occurring.

Just with how many bugs, crashes, and bullshit that still happens in S2

[hallow canopy]

Its not frustrating when you dont die

[finite needle]

Considering most of my deaths are due to navigation and trying to catch artefacts, I'm not really enthusiastic

[split crown]

but what about the times you die where you can't do anything about it

[split crown]

Real

[golden hazel]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1315174387351031859/1438292811597221988/absoluteagreementx2.gif

[hallow canopy]

I re try
Until another anomaly you have to go past gets you by a mm of distance

Its unforgiving
But just like Gamma

[finite needle]

It's pretty obvious that the mode was made for the GAMMA audience

[golden hazel]

[finite needle]

now, me, as a GAMMA guy that disables the YACS system because it's kinda pointless, I'm not very impressed by the imposition

[split crown]

My mindset is that I have more faith in Gamma's stability compared to S2

(and that's even with me adding like another 200 extra mods on top of Grok's list)

[hallow canopy]

As for performance
I play on a 5 year old RX 5700XT and get consistent 60fs (well 70 as I set it there) and game really improved
However got sometimes insane fps drop out if nowhere,probably the AI life or majour HUB that loaded a bunch of NPCs

[split crown]

yeaaaah memory leaks bayyyybeeeee

[finite needle]

GAMMA for me has been generally more unstable than Stalker 2, but GAMMA doesn't really have anything that can be broken quests wise.

[golden hazel]

https://tenor.com/view/scar-stalker-pibb-xtra-clear-sky-gif-14605512341377138525

[finite needle]

Nah it's much, much better in 1.7.

[split crown]

I sure hope so

it's only been a problem since launch

[golden hazel]

It is better but also I'm still at the beginning

[split crown]

are modded engine.ini files still necessary or nah?

[finite needle]

If the game was released as it is now it would've been fine.

[visual minnow]

still does help performance a lot

[finite needle]

Me pressing the autodetect settings button in the game:

[visual minnow]

probably not completely nececcary

[split crown]

[golden hazel]

https://tenor.com/view/stalker-stalker-tv-stalker-build-tv-stalker-build-build-gif-3756457842748169719

[finite needle]

I think half the complaints are people cracking their settings to the max and then complaining their 9 years old CPU is not keeping up.

the other half are the game being ass because lads, it's GSC.

[visual minnow]

imo its the gpu that has problems most of the time

my r5 5600 doesnt go higher than 30

never hits 40%

[hallow canopy]

Ever since I started playing S2 there has never been a broken quest for me

[visual minnow]

never got stuck in the arena before?
counts as a quest

[hallow canopy]

I have consistently finished S2 multiple times

[golden hazel]

I remember when 40% of quests were broken

[finite needle]

Eh I've had Zalissya break on me in two different playthroughs.

[hallow canopy]

Never for me

The random weapons spawning was both funny and bit obnoxious,thats the only bug I can remember really well as it consistently happened in the past

As well as the enemy spawning behind your back

Cyberpunk 2077 police style

[split crown]

I've had so many times where memory leaks occur in the arena area; usually when I go down the stairs or up them lol

[split crown]

Good ol Sid just ups and leaves

[finite needle]

My experience with the game has been usually pleasant performance wise, and this both with my current, more modern rig and the older one (2070S and I5 11600 16gb ram, something like that). I've had like two crashes when reaching Yaniv and one in Rostok but that's it.

[finite needle]

They still do that, but to be fair they do it in scripted events that spawn enemies. Plus I'm sure mutants don't really move, they actually just spawn out of sight.

[hallow canopy]

One thing is bothering me in 1.7
Does the poltergeist phase its attacks thro walls now or is that a bug??

[golden hazel]

https://tenor.com/view/uma-musume-symboli-rudolf-rudolf-symboli-uma-gif-13997911451712395221

[finite needle]

It's a bug, they're not supposed to do that.

[hallow canopy]

Yea died a few times by surprise when I could not hear one,in Master

[finite needle]

btw seems the game has spawned like 1000 burers when I just arrived in Garbage and then "fixed" itself once the burers died? I can't seem to find any of them, now it's just bandits and ward/loners having fights

[hallow canopy]

I had 1 burer spawn,that was all for me when I arrived there.

[visual minnow]

bruh how much ram do u have?

[golden hazel]

32gb

[visual minnow]

how tf are you using that much

i have 32gb and never go above 50% usage

[finite needle]

This is my mutant loot as soon as I got into the slag heap.

[golden hazel]

Memory leaks

[visual minnow]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1306683555488862319/1442039473570578625/image0.gif

[finite needle]

To be fair, all I did was do the Ward path and then beeline to get the mosin nagant. the 5 burer toes tell a story.

[golden hazel]

Moist Nugget

[hallow canopy]

Damn,in what difficulty?

[finite needle]

Stalker

this was my "casual" run

[finite needle]

to try stuff up and see how it works, stashes etc

[hallow canopy]

When you go the stalker way,the building is occupied by Star and yiu can waltz on the rooftop to get it

[hallow canopy]

Im doing a Master Run

Seems like less bugs there

[finite needle]

Oh I know, my first ever run I went Spark. I never completed a Ward one, it's time I do it.

[hallow canopy]

Apart from the annoying blind dogs doing spin U turns whenever I shoot them

[golden hazel]

SKEEFA NOOO DO NOT TRUST THE WAAARRRD

[visual minnow]

https://tenor.com/view/stalker-monolith-сталкер-монолит-моноліт-gif-2897425510303898959

[finite needle]

||Fans wanted Sin to be real and here you go, Sin from Temu||

[hallow canopy]

I really wish to post suff here to prove it,but cant for I assume its limited for newcomers that join the Gamma community

[visual minnow]

ward is basically just rebranded clear sky but with duty leadership

[golden hazel]

Kinda?

[finite needle]

Not really, they're more like mercs with duty leadership, but this time a bit less incompetent

[hallow canopy]

Not sure what ending I got,think got Skifs ending,but when I finished it the Ward way,then I realised how terrible they were