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

[late kernel]

every upscaler looks like shit

[deep mica]

its sponsored by nvidia after all

[late kernel]

But no one can bother optimizing for native res

[ancient musk]

I've found some settings that make TSR picture less puke inducing, but still

Also, sluggish camera kills me

[deep mica]

does the auto detect feature in graphics setting not work you say?

[ancient musk]

I mean the engine.ini tweaks for tsr

In terms of performance I'm stuck with rendering resolution 55-60% and medium/high settings

[deep mica]

whats your gpu?

[ancient musk]

RX 6700 XT

[deep mica]

this game is not amd friendly it seems

wonder why

solid gpu tbh, mine is worse but it runs smoother because its nvidia

[ancient musk]

Spoiler alert: unreal engine 5 in general hates amd GPUs

[knotty onyx]

It runs ok with native 1440p on my 7900xt, but it gets a lot hotter than any other game I've played.

[deep mica]

wonder why that is

[ancient musk]

At least the ones below 9000 series

[deep mica]

oh shit

i just played the hunta mission in zaton

seems like burers cant clip through wallsanymore

same goes for poltergeists i assume

[ancient musk]

They could clip through walls?

[deep mica]

yeah their telepathic attacks clipped through walls

it was a known issue for a while apparently

[ancient musk]

Btw, did devs removed flesh jump attack or what?

[deep mica]

yes

[ancient musk]

Cause it feels like this mutant behaves much more different than I remember

[hallow canopy]

Well knowing how the Bloodsucker can stun lock you with jump attacks
The fleshy can do it too

The Fleshy just being in great numbers as well as each one jumping with a moderate amout of HP
The removed Jumping attack for them is more realistic

Beside those are heavy mutants, they cant leap that hard

[wanton arch]

being heavy as a flesh does not mean they could not jump ?

or leap

i mean pigs in general could if they are wild

aka hog

[rotund mantle]

Them being bigger = more muscle mass so theoretically they could jump

[wanton arch]

i would say they cannot leap that far

[rotund mantle]

I prefer trilogy fleshes though

[wanton arch]

well i would say they need better animation for leap and indication for leaping

like they should rush and leap at you

not just leap out of nowhere

[ancient musk]

Just reached Zalissya and wasn't expecting such massive performance boost compared to pre-1.7

pre 1.7 my fps in any hub was crawling at 40-45 fps (around 80 fps with frame gen enabled)

[finite needle]

yeah 1.7 did wonders for the performance, wonder what they did.

[tepid spade]

Use FSR4 INT8

[ancient musk]

1. Too lazy to fiddle with drivers to make fsr4 work
2. it nukes fps on anything below performance/ultra performance

Fuck it. I'll try it out

[ancient musk]

Replaced gibberish CPU related code with real deal I guess

[tepid spade]

Thats is best solution to get best visual fidelity on RDNA2

You will need Optiscaler and use DLSSG through Nukems.

[finite needle]

I woudln't be suprised if it's all the leftover alife stuff that wasn't working that was causing issues and now that they activated it they figured out how to optimize

[silver orchid]

for be more like Clear Sky

[kindred violet]

[still portal]

real question

Shturm

Brummbar

or Diamond

[rocky berry]

LIAR

wait nvm it was in a tunnel

[still portal]

ye

[rocky berry]

why is it so heavy tho

[still portal]

no clue

[rocky berry]

what does ur sofmod look like

[still portal]

i have the HK CAG mod

[rocky berry]

same

howd you get the uhh drum mag and shi

[still portal]

found it somewhere

don't remember

[rocky berry]

i yearn for this build

[still portal]

x3

its good

[rocky berry]

x3

u gotta gift me the ultimate edition

[ancient musk]

Tried it out. Even with fsr 4 on performance preset it makes my fps crawl in 30s everywhere

And image quality boost is close to nonexistent

[tepid spade]

Show me your Opti screen

it should look like this

[normal sentinel]

Shtrum looks cool

[still portal]

using it

[normal sentinel]

Nice

[rocky berry]

yo which technician can upgrade this

[still portal]

yaniv

mehehe

M16 my beloved

[ancient musk]

I've already uninstalled it but I had exactly the same settings

Ah, wait. Nvm. It's optiscaler itself nuking my fps. Cause I even tried to switch from fsr 4 back to tsr and my fps still crawled

[tepid spade]

Something is very wrong with setup on your end as You have 12gb VRAM and You should be getting very stable and smooth performance enabling DLSS FG and using DLSS=Q + FSR4

[ancient musk]

I've already noticed that optiscaler nukes my fps in any game

Idk why it happens though

[tepid spade]

@ancient musk when U set Opti with FSR4 & DLSSG Nukems - You have to save.ini and reload the game and only then You will have DLSS option available.

[ancient musk]

I've did all these steps

[tepid spade]

30FPS is no good

[ancient musk]

Like I said earlier, optiscaler reducing my fps in any game

[tepid spade]

smtn is wrong

[normal sentinel]

Happiness for everyone

[tepid spade]

have You reverted Adrenaline drivers back for RDNA2 ?

[ancient musk]

Idk what that means

[ancient musk]

Optiscaler support ignores me, but I've found that using spoofing option in optiscaler on and/intel GPU can be the culprit for nuking fps

[tepid spade]

That explains 🙂

I will find video for You and It will explain what to do in this case to get FSR4 INT8 running.

In short You will have to go back in time with drivers

[cold mist]

alright well i got the game now im having crazy resolution tear issues

[tepid spade]

@ancient musk watch this and apply that to latest Opti v0.9.0-pre7 version

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4B3vmWg9bg

[tame lodge]

V sync?

[cold mist]

Disabled, Gsync disabled. Fullscreen exclusive, running fresh latest drivers.

res tear intensifies higher i go on the DLSS mode

[tame lodge]

Well isnt that why you have screen tearing

[cold mist]

Its resolution tearing, not traditional vertical tear

i also dont have the ability to adjust sync settings across display modes

[still portal]

BRUH THERE'S A BURER ON CIRCCAA

[cold mist]

That aint no burer

thats

https://tenor.com/view/hackerman-gif-22344136

[normal sentinel]

He works there

[still portal]

homeless man at a rich people's estate

guards do not care

[normal sentinel]

[outer depot]

I mean

You’re there

He’s there

Clearly they let him in too

See if he wants to grab an energy drink at the cafe

[still portal]

fair fair

he dead :c

Monolithians got to him

[normal sentinel]

https://tenor.com/view/star-wars-darth-vader-noooooooo-nooo-no-gif-19285910

[still portal]

I was gonna name him Gary

:c

[normal sentinel]

He had a bright future ahead of him

Dead

[still portal]

this place is a mess

the'll pay for the death of Gary

[hallow canopy]

ahh that part at SIRCAA

[still portal]

i'll kill everyone

🔥w🔥

[hallow canopy]

well in normal mode you can
In master
Run

[normal sentinel]

Make them pay

[heady marsh]

Just about to start my FIRST playthrough of S2. Are there ANY essential mods worth installing or vanilla it?

[tame lodge]

Vanilla ice

[still portal]

id say go vanilla first

buuut

the HK mod is really good

[heady marsh]

What is HK?

[still portal]

HK416A5 and HK CAG mod

[heady marsh]

Also- I've got 7:1 headphones. There's no setting in S2 to use them?

[still portal]

changes the models on the M416 rifles

[normal sentinel]

https://tenor.com/view/stalker-stalker-2-korshunov-colonel-korshunov-ward-gif-7609651101951900652

[hallow canopy]

Look what we got here

[normal sentinel]

Neat

[hallow canopy]

What 1 Bloodsucker can do

[deep mica]

ai is crazy bad at aiming vs bloodsuckers but they 3 clip you with headshots

[golden hazel]

I saw 2 squads of Weedomers take like 5 minutes of constant gunfire to take down a poltergeist

[hallow canopy]

where is this new content in the burned forest that got added in 1.8?/

Cant seem to find anyhting

[peak eagle]

one yamcha death pose and a couple fent fiends bending backwards

[normal sentinel]

People complain about bloodsuckers being a canonically tough mutant and then complain when it wipes a squad of NPCs

[hallow canopy]

The amazing part is, the Blood sucker was eating them

[peak eagle]

people have trouble separating the lore and the fact we basically fight a bloodsucker or multiple every 20-30 minutes

[normal sentinel]

Yeah, part and parcel with a series going from a few restricted levels to open world tbh

[midnight walrus]

Stalker

[deep mica]

was it the poltergeist thats floating on a pipe at the border of rostok?

[midnight walrus]

I do love how I can be wandering peacefully, then suddenly a small war is happening around me and I’m taking cover, trying to figure out where everyone is shooting from.

[golden hazel]

Yes that one exactly

[deep mica]

yeah those stoners are terribly bad at killing it

i think they hit the pipe 3 times as much as their actual target

they blessed my eyes with that spectacle while i just wanted to get the wind of freedom suit

[rocky berry]

https://medal.tv/games/s-t-a-l-k-e-r-2-heart-of-chornobyl/clips/lK0rFNprPX9lFU-Te?invite=cr-MSxXVGQsNDI5NDk1NTIy

master difficulty btw

wait i mean veteran

[heady marsh]

Ah- after putting off playing S2 for over a year since release I’ve just had my first go at it. I played for about 3-4 hours but have quit already. I suppose I’m still in the initial tutorial/walkthru phase but goddamn- I am just not feeling it sadly.
Does it get better? I’ve seen some gameplay vids (immersive realistic gameplay) and they great- but when you’re actually playing it, it feels so shallow? Does the game improve with familiarity or does it always feel like a Farcry but around Chernobyl?

It sort of feels chunky and plodding along, the movement? Like no nuance or subtlety to it.

[rocky berry]

honestly when you get past the first point of the game where you get to go outside of lesser zone its actually a blast, specially with some steam workshop mods

those immersive realistic gameplay mods have like 15-20 mods installed too with just the hud disabled

probably even less actually

[heady marsh]

Well that’s good to hear, thanks.
What mods would you recommend pls?

I honestly want to give it a good fair go man- just initial impression are so flat ..!

[rocky berry]

well i mostly just have weapon mods but if you think the movement is chunky id recommend these

[heady marsh]

Happy to come back here in a month singing its praise!

[rocky berry]

which part are you in rn??

[heady marsh]

It sort of doesnt feel sharp or snappy if that makes sense? Feels like you’re in water when trying to doge around firing?

[heady marsh]

Still very very early ingame, very early but fought bandits/bloodsucker and polyergeist

[rocky berry]

oh LOL

its one of those games that get more fun when you progress

it feels like it rewards you when you do actually explore

[heady marsh]

Just from familiarity or actual does get better somehow?

[rocky berry]

familiarity and theres just way more things to do

since youre still early game its just showing you the basics

i wish i could skip that part all the time

when i first started playing it felt like the movement was also being in water LOL but its because youre not used to it id say

maybe increase your mouse sensitivity a bit?? that helped me

[heady marsh]

Yeah, I understand man. I will give it a fair shake but damn, the UI etc is so clunky and not really intuitive either. Wtf were they thinking lol. The lean is awful too?

[rocky berry]

its like that in the original games too LOL

but trust me once you get used to that its actually a blast

[heady marsh]

Yeah- Ive played them all back in the day many many times and am also a HUGE gamma fan- so am probably set in my ways to be fair. It really does feel flat somehow tho? Ill carry in anyway man- thanks for your feedback- appreciate it.

[rocky berry]

no problem

[rocky berry]

i also recommend these mods if youre interested

[heady marsh]

Thank you

One of the best things about Gamma imo is the sheer intensity and realism of the gunfights. It’s amazing. Is it the same in S2?

[rocky berry]

nah LOL

but it does get pretty intense

s2 is way different than gamma since it sticks to the same way the trilogy used to play

[heady marsh]

Goddamn- can you imagine Gamma in the S2 game tho… drool…

[rocky berry]

gotta wait 10 years for that but id try that out

but if you do want like some intense gunfights then try out master difficulty

[kindred violet]

!gamma2

[fallen iron]

⠀

[golden hazel]

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

[dapper parrot]

GAMMA is not a Stalker - it just pretends to be one

[warped monolith]

click stalker 2 channel
yet another instance of someone calling this game far cry

[tepid spade]

https://tenor.com/view/delulu-delusion-star-wars-luke-skywalker-force-gif-17088789

[late kernel]

If i had a dollar everytime someone compares this game to GAMMA

I'd have enough money to pay my rent for ONE month

https://tenor.com/view/apple-orange-gif-26930909

[golden hazel]

[odd fjord]

https://tenor.com/view/denzel-training-day-gif-16743259178450786472

[silver orchid]

Someday shay would see that GSCEmployee 70_HoCtuah4ever recommend shaymods

[rocky berry]

omg shay hello..

[golden hazel]

I love being hit from enemies obscured by a random patch of anomalous darkness

[outer depot]

uh...what

this is well post-SIRCAA

how

[golden hazel]

Built different I guess

[sweet mica]

do you guys know how I can make a metric fuck ton of coupons so i dont have to grind then do the story, grind then do the story, grind then do the story. i remember when i played cop, I made like 400k rubles before i even started looking for the helicopters, i set myself up for the entire rest of the game it was awesome

[odd fjord]

living zone?

[outer depot]

nope lol

[normal sentinel]

Artifact hunting

[golden hazel]

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

[slim moth]

it seems like thats the point of the progression in s2. you go to each hub do a side quest or 2 then go on to the main quest and onto the next hub.

and i think by the time people get to the swamp, they get this "inventory overload/underload shock" especially on 1st play throughs

[finite needle]

The swamps are designed to punish you if you're overprepared

Meaning, if you carry too much stuff you're gonna regret it

But also punish you if you're undergeared. That place sucks, I love it.

[elfin pilot]

I still dont get how Skif's PM deal more damage than a UDP

like 9x18mm beat 45 ACP

kinda feel like they intentionally make this pistol 9mm but then change to 45

[knotty onyx]

Because S2 vanilla balance doesn't care about caliber.

[pale haven]

quesstion, is there a mod for carry weight for the current patch 1.8.1? i couldnt find the one that up to date. i appreciate if you could help

[grim crane]

should the shop be closed at night? cannot acces my bed, storage or trader.

[wanton arch]

i puke

[finite needle]

My guess is that for gameplay reasons, devs didn't want you to completely screw yourself over and left you with a useable gun (in this case, Skif's pistol). The weapon classification is not based on caliber but on tiers, just like it was in SoC. Meaning, the "rarer" or "later" the gun, the better - I think ammo now just deals with penetration, but that's it.
Milsim enthusiast hate this system but considering this is how the original was, I'm fine with it, I just question their choice of tier for the weapons if anything.

UDP has the misfortune of being the first non PTM gun you find, thus being forever relegated in no one will use it unless they really want to use a UDP because they MUST or the voices in their head will make them send antrhax letters to the devs.

[tame lodge]

read as "I was expecting GAMMA even though, everywhere everyone said its nothing like GAMMA, and now I am dissapointed"

[wanton arch]

i rather say is if he think gamma is that "Intense" and "realistic"

there are

better

[tame lodge]

realism of a gunfight where people tank 7.62x51 NATO in the face

[wanton arch]

intense as in 6 NPCS walking toward you and fire bazillion of bullet

Inaccurately

with chance

good luck on SPT or Tarkovs where NPCs get better accuracy over time and can track you well

and healing ?

greenhell hop on

god heaven S2 modding sceen please give us the hope of mapping via mod

https://tenor.com/view/東方抽菸-gif-27406514

[finite needle]

Well, moving from hiding spot to hiding spot so that you can AP some mf in the brain with 7.62 (for them to tank the first two hits) can be intense tbh.

[wanton arch]

hop on interchange and try to kill killa

kakakaka

it can be intense

but not the most intense in the gaming scene

that is the point

i would say mild intense in a sense

due to being intense in here is just sheer volume of fire can happen in a combat

[finite needle]

I also still remember back in the day when random bandits could survive a 5.45 in the head because their rag scarf headpiece counted as armor and the 5.45 couldn't penetrate it

[wanton arch]

at least

for base gamma set

if you decide to buff enemy by your own

[finite needle]

It is more dangerous for sure, shit can kill you easily and the limb damage adds to the tension

[wanton arch]

you can have insane intensive by knowing

if you repeak you are dead

they got dead eyes because they know you there

type shit

not spraying until they hit

[finite needle]

AI in GAMMA is either all knowing or completely oblivious, there is no in between

[wanton arch]

it's old AI system

i cannot ask much

[finite needle]

but the game AAA coulnd't make that has AI that makes other AAA games blush

[wanton arch]

true...

walking ahhh meat bag

https://tenor.com/view/oguri-cap-umamusume-uma-uma-musume-oguri-uma-gif-12988350546616302090

[finite needle]

Speaking of Stalker 2, I am puzzled by the burnt forest, the loot seems to be mostly early game, but if it wasn't for 1.8, you would have no reason to go there until late game

anyway the new storyline is absolutely what I was hoping for in regards of secondary content, so I am pretty happy about it.

Considering that stories untold seems more like a series rather than a one shot work, I have hope for the future.

[warped monolith]

1.8 is out?

oh it's the stories untold thing

carry on

[finite needle]

yeah that, it's not really 1.8 but gets called that even by devs now, so I guess the name stuck

[heady marsh]

I stand by my words man.

[wanton arch]

tbf it's your opinion but then again there are more intensive game you could find out there

[warped monolith]

at least he praises gamma for the gunfights and not for the severely disgusting item bloat

[wanton arch]

300+ unused gun

[finite needle]

Fair, the gunfights in GAMMA are fun

[heady marsh]

Any recommends? I used to play the old Insurgency SP and it was amazing on hardest diff.

[wanton arch]

i rather say basic but you do you tbh

[warped monolith]

basic isn't necessarily bad

[heady marsh]

I’ve been thinking about SP Tarkov too- never played it but heard it’s intense?

[warped monolith]

there is beauty in simplicity

[brazen swallow]

play PVP tarkov if you want intense

[wanton arch]

i could point out SPT

[warped monolith]

if you mod it right, yeah. There's AI mods to make the scavs/enemy PMCs a lot smarter and more lethal.

[brazen swallow]

PVE will never match PVP for that sort of thing

[wanton arch]

and yeah PVP would just hit

[warped monolith]

you might have to wait before getting Tarkov though

[wanton arch]

really intense

[heady marsh]

Ah ok- good to know that, chees.

[wanton arch]

try out SPT before buying tarkov

[heady marsh]

How come?

[warped monolith]

I too love getting head eyes'd by hackers

[warped monolith]

version 1.0 came out in November and SPT still hasn't updated to match it

[heady marsh]

What’s SPT - single player Tarkov yeah?

[wanton arch]

yep

try that

it's free too

[heady marsh]

Nice- cheers

Free..!?!! Cool

[warped monolith]

[brazen swallow]

If you have played it for 10 years like i have... it's just part of the game now 😄

[warped monolith]

stockholm syndrome

[heady marsh]

Ah- yeah, I don’t own T

[warped monolith]

spt is free
but to play it you need to own a purchased copy of tarkov

[wanton arch]

i would say steam is cheap

unlike EU edition

[finite needle]

Free the same way GAMMA for GOG is free

[wanton arch]

yeah.

ass tbh

but you would buy PVE edition if you want to explore 1.0 story For now

[heady marsh]

I’m just not into the PvP thing. Waaaaay over that and the anger/dissapointment that it generates lol

[warped monolith]

pay for the convenience of a one-click installer

[wanton arch]

until SPT dev change their mind and import 1.0 story

[heady marsh]

SP for me lads

[kindred violet]

still think it's genuinely shitty that PVE is locked behind a paywall with tarkov

[wanton arch]

it's dumb

[warped monolith]

and since that is basically an official endorsement by GSC, might as well throw them a bone and give them a few more sales in gog

[finite needle]

Now I'm gonna say something controversial yet brave, but if you want to play SPT, just stick to GAMMA

[wanton arch]

i mean sure PVE has their own market and Server ( not really)

[wanton arch]

nah they are not the same

[kindred violet]

brother, they're kinda different experiences

[warped monolith]

it's shitty, but you can't deny it was pretty smart to do it that way

[wanton arch]

at least for now steam is just cheap

[kindred violet]

yeah, doesn't make it less shitty tho

but it was damn smart

[heady marsh]

Must admit tho- as I know the whole Stalker maps by heart, it does appeal to jump into a brand new game for me like SP Tarkov

[wanton arch]

i mean i did mention the point that combat intensiveness in Gamma is still not on pair with Tarkov on PVE side

mostly boss shit

[brazen swallow]

what was more shitty, then unheard edition get less aggro from scavs.... wprk that one out.

[heady marsh]

Other games I LOVE are Wildlands and Days Gone.

Wildlands is phenomenal.

[wanton arch]

it's a lie

[brazen swallow]

not when it first come out it wasnt

was in the patch notes, until everyone kicked off

[finite needle]

GSC, add a way for me to check the time in game without taking out my PDA and my life is yours (Skeefa buys a clock)

[wanton arch]

i rather wait a modder do that

https://tenor.com/view/lux-lyxocx-seal-mischievous-smirk-gif-8266549212389467758

QoL patches is never better than QoL mod

beat me

[warped monolith]

I liked Breakpoint and the fact that you could tweak its difficulty for you while the other people you're with in co-op had their own difficulty settings, and the game dynamically adjusted the enemies for each one.

It must have been extremely difficult to develop such a system

you could be playing in realistic mode while the guy next to you was playing in arcade "The Division-like" mode

and the game works fine for both of you at the same time

[brazen swallow]

you lot seen that new hame Pioneer, AI looks abit shit but looks promising

game*

[heady marsh]

My whole (unfair) chat about S2- I honestly haven’t given anywhere near enough time, a fair shake. BUT, it almost immediately felt so samey as other games of it’s kind it fell completely flat with me. I can’t find anything unique in it (yet!) I do hope I’m proven wrong though after putting more hours in.

[warped monolith]

it has everything that makes it a STALKER game

[wanton arch]

it stayed true to the original triology

[warped monolith]

deadly anomalies, dangerous mutants, anarchists and bandits

[wanton arch]

yeah that mean you would not enjoy the original Stalkers

[warped monolith]

it has the vibe

it has the bleakness

https://tenor.com/view/its-bleak-bleak-bleak-gif-bleak-bleak-gif-its-bleak-bleak-gif-16722421242498492683

[wanton arch]

basic ass gameplay but only has the strong point of the lore the vibe and the random shit called anomoly

or bugs

https://tenor.com/view/lux-lyxocx-seal-mischievous-smirk-gif-8266549212389467758

[heady marsh]

I tried BP and sadly couldn’t get into it- after a few days playing mate. After WL the world felt empty and false- flying bots etc. is it worth sticking with?

[warped monolith]

I didn't play much myself, only a free weekend. I had fun.

The Terminator event was fucking amazing.

even better than the Predator event in wildlands imo

there's a very special quality about seeing the T-800 coming for you and you can't do shit about it

(until you get the phased plasma rifle in the 40-watt range)

[heady marsh]

Ah mate- I got all the limited editions at the time, played them to death as loved them so much and recently jumped over to Gamma. I love them like you wouldn’t believe.

[warped monolith]

(and even then it's fucking tough)

[heady marsh]

THIS- “basic ass gameplay” that’s basically what I’ve been trying to say. Succinct..!

[wanton arch]

yep

[heady marsh]

So the gameplay in S2 stays sort of basic throughout aye? Damn…

[warped monolith]

again - basic doesn't mean bad

[heady marsh]

Any mods to improve it and add nuance?

[wanton arch]

oxa prototype

[heady marsh]

Good point but it came across as a bit arcadey.

[warped monolith]

some mods add as much "nuance" as gamma itself

[wanton arch]

we don't have anyone modded the health system yet i believe ?

[warped monolith]

makes everything easier to kill - enemies and you both

[wanton arch]

that is better ballistic

im pretty sure it apply damage buff for you and AI

[finite needle]

STALKER has alwasy been arcadey, the whole point is that the game is clearly an action one, but with more "grounded" and "realistic" feeling to it

[wanton arch]

i would say it's an old game

it's like

2006+ game

and back then non of the game are "hardcore"

[brazen swallow]

i like the weapon reposition project mod, make shooting feel alot better imo

[finite needle]

That was the QTE era, but Stalker was brutally difficult for the time, as far as shooters go.

[wanton arch]

yep

i mean in easier difficulty it's really just arcadia

but only on highest dif it's the true few hardcore experiences

but it's still arcady

[warped monolith]

artificially difficult*

[finite needle]

Technicalities

[warped monolith]

the difference between a realistic game and an arcade game are also technicalities

[finite needle]

I was pretty sure it was all about how many gadgets you can attach to your AR-15

[finite needle]

also ammo=damage

[heady marsh]

Some pictures I just took incase anyone’s interested..!

[finite needle]

those are the two elements that add nuance and detail to the gameplay apparently ahaha

[heady marsh]

That Roadside Picnic cost a bomb

[finite needle]

ngl the hardcover soc is neat and I envy you, mine I found for 2 euros and is half cracked

this back in 2009

[heady marsh]

I also use the Mags Redux in Gamma- love the extra level of anxiety it provides lol

[tepid spade]

https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/550?tab=posts

Merry Christmas 🫡

[wanton arch]

i still cannot stop looking at prapor as sidovich

why most slavic game put a bald ass fat ass old ass men as their sketchy traders

[warped monolith]

lmao that tiny-ass hud

[wanton arch]

so they did.

[warped monolith]

hey I actually had that alarm clock when I was a kid

[wanton arch]

unc.

[heady marsh]

Ok guys, I’m off for now- thanks for the advice. I’ll give it a fair shake at some point but MAY mod it for first playthrough.

[tepid spade]

I like it that way, I play mostly w/o HUD

[warped monolith]

mods the HUD into a tiny unreadable piece of dogshit
plays "mostly" without it
gamma player logic

[tepid spade]

Vanilla takes too much of screen estate especially those main mission notifications - those are also downscaled

[finite needle]

They reduced them in 1.7 to a more sensible scale tbh

[tepid spade]

never played that single core dogshit

If You can't read then adjust your prescription glasses

[warped monolith]

this does not help you in the logic department

[icy basin]

https://tenor.com/view/stalker-stalker-2-korshunov-colonel-korshunov-ward-gif-7609651101951900652

[finite needle]

Who would win, 1 single bloodsucker or a coalition of 3 ward and 3 stalker boys?

[remote eagle]

vortex anomaly

[finite needle]

Bttz! The answer is: 1 bloodsucker.

because that's the scene I just witnessed

[remote eagle]

[finite needle]

AI has really a lot of troble dealing with bloodsuckers seems like

either make them rarer or weaker idk

[sweet mica]

how do you do this in a way that is cost effective on master difficulty? I end up having to use the majority of my earnings to repair my suit, my pistol, my shotgun, and my rifle

i started another low stakes playthrough of gamma without ironman and its so much calmer (oops sorry wrong chat I will not speaker further about that)

[lofty badger]

anyone know if different traders give better artifact quest or is it a flat 5000 kupons regardless? I have a bunch of artifacts banked but not sure if Warlock in Zalissya is the best even if he's green on the minimap.

[ancient musk]

The reason I hate swamps in stalker 2

Bloodsuckers everywhere

[finite needle]

But there is fine, it's an area that is meant to be annoying and full of horrors, I'm talking about bloodsuckers and snorks taking over all nests and reproducing like rabbits

[ancient musk]

@tepid spade okay, so I've reinstalled the modded driver update and it seems to fix the fps nuke for me. Guess I've messed up a bit while modifying driver files last time

With FSR4 optiscaler I'm forced to use Performance preset, but it still looks much better than game's built-in options

[remote eagle]

yanov repairwomen gives the most

[lofty badger]

tyty

[tepid spade]

Well on 12gb you should be running DLSSG and DLSS =q or Balanced, not lower. You should be able to handle that and get smooth Frame Time latency 10-15ms at 2K.

Is INT8 working along with DLSSG now ?

[ancient musk]

I'm using DLSSG via OptiPatcher

Also made resolution scaling override for Balanced preset from 1.7 (58% to 1.8 (55%)

I was playing at 55% scaling with TSR anyway

[tepid spade]

You should disable spoof with OptiPatcher ASI plugin and that will give you back performance as well

[ancient musk]

OptiPatcher, yes. Already using it

[tepid spade]

Optiscaler and OptiPatcher are two different things. One is tool and other is ASI plugin

[hallow canopy]

Lol
I love Glass Anomaly so much

[ancient musk]

I've already made those steps

[tepid spade]

Good then everything should now look like this - send your Opti screenshot

no TSR ⚠️

[hallow canopy]

Why is the New Hub Locked??

[grim crane]

hmm. i got locked inside zalyssia shop. what do i do? X D

[brave monolith]

So . Im kinda offline for like 1 year hows stalker 2 currently? Worth buy in steam sale?

[hallow canopy]

Totally worth it imo

[warped monolith]

much better than last year but still not quite there yet

[finite needle]

On sale go for it, just not full price yet. But we're getting there.

[ancient musk]

I've also installed optimax mod (required for weather overhaul mod) and it gave me a pretty noticeable fps boost

[grim crane]

there is some fight going outside, and I am locked INSIDE. is there anything i can do ? i didnt save for some time 😄

[deep mica]

has anyone tried a master run on immersive mode yet?

[sweet mica]

how the fuck am i supposed to survive the emission at kazowhatev camp???

the usual building that protects me isnt protecting me

and the door is locked

[tacit violet]

where can i find updates of stalker 2 gamma

im not buying stalker 2 until gamma comes out

[warped monolith]

!gamma2

[fallen iron]

⠀

[tacit violet]

so im not buying the game

[warped monolith]

guess not

[wanton arch]

hardcore SPT

i swear it would be just your ass 1 tapping all enemy

[warped monolith]

if we go by gamma's bullshit artificial difficulty, first step is making it so vendors don't sell armor or guns anymore

[wanton arch]

every thing has to be found in raid

[warped monolith]

and if you touch a barbed wire for half a milisecond, you get heavy bleed on all body parts

[wanton arch]

that is the worst

but if it's just a bartering it should be fine .

imagine using split but you need 2 mins for your fracture to go away

[warped monolith]

at least it's not 2 weeks

[wanton arch]

me running in wood

Oldolbus 1 is going to kill you after 60s of everything boost

[warped monolith]

that'd actually be cool

[wanton arch]

adolbus 2 boosting everything by half but blackout your head after 1 mins

type shit

oh now the green goo is appearing in factory

high chance of poison/radiation

[remote eagle]

!topic

[fallen iron]

@wanton arch

S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2-related gameplay Discussions.

This channel WILL contain spoilers for this game. Spoiler tags are preferred, however not mandatory. Moderators do not want to sit in here and read every spoiler for some jokers sneaky n-word. By joining this channel you aknowledge that you can be spoilered. Be aware. If you want spoiler-free discussion, the official server surely has a channel for that. The official Stalker Discord is also for technical support for the game. This is a G.A.M.M.A-server, and not the S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2 tech-support. Furthermore:

• Any server rules apply to this chat aswell
• English-only
• Only S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2-related convertsations. #╟❓general-offtopic and #🎪bruh-fart still exist as channels, use them for anything offtopic or meme related
• Keep the screenshots and videos S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2-related channels.

[wanton arch]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/718598631367639162/1282740362456207380/caption-2-1-4.gif

to think of that

Oxa prototype could add more healing that stack up together if he want to

like Apply Dressing before bandage will remove bleed entirely

and i wish just

more med usages mean more heal and not spamming one shit over and over

like combining things to get a better result

[grim crane]

XD why are there bandits with Sawed off shotguns spawning on sniper watch towers X D

[broken shuttle]

What stalker editions are worth it? I find them to be overpriced personally

[normal sentinel]

Standard edition is fine tbh

[late kernel]

You can buy the Ultimate edition for as low as 50 euros in some places

[finite needle]

Standard is fine, you get some decent early game loot with deluxe but that's it

||The new questline rewards you with a unique G36 varian that is, sadly, only single or burst fire, and the tech on the new hub can modify tier 3 guns early||

I'm a weak man, I got the sprite armor anyway

||I'm going to betray ward anyway so who cares||

That's a very active tunnel there

I swear to god I've seen more alife happen in this tunnel than in the rest of the run

[normal sentinel]

Korshunov didn’t like that ❌

[warped monolith]

bro's not buying stalker 2

https://tenor.com/view/heartbreak-drama-dramatic-fall-gif-25496181

[tacit violet]

what ive read the reviews

[finite needle]

I wonder if he means GAMMA for Stalker 2 or GAMMA for Anomaly, because either way it's not complete

I mean it's fine what I don't get is why you share it with us

[warped monolith]

he asked when gamma 2 is coming

then said he'd only buy stalker 2 after it had gamma

[finite needle]

Oh missed that part

[kindred violet]

lmao

[finite needle]

then never, Grok said he ain't gonna do it, so back to the hobo phase mines

[kindred violet]

gotta hit em with the

!gamma2

[fallen iron]

⠀

[finite needle]

I am kinda concerned by the fact that the rat swarms can apparently spawn in the wild now

[warped monolith]

I already did

[finite needle]

GSC COULD give us some cleaning and repairing tools in Stalker 2 to be honest...

[late kernel]

Peak Gamma brainrot

What the hell is so good about Gamma, anyway?

Its just overbloated diet Tarkov that pretends to be Stalker, with so many tedious mechanics

[finite needle]

Anyway now that GSC finally released the Burnt Forest area, I can't wait for them to release Chemical Plant, Yantar, Red Forest Rostok, COoling Towers and Yaniv Station

[warped monolith]

item bloat
overcomplicated health, healing and armor/weapon repair systems
die in half a second to something you didn't even know was there

the turbo nerds love it

[late kernel]

Explain to me why that's interesting

https://tenor.com/view/gaben-cave-johnson-potato-phone-gabe-newell-gif-27410220

[warped monolith]

same way vintage story is interesting

[silver orchid]

the people like pretend that they like be bullied by the ultimate hardcore experience that beat the AAA scene

[finite needle]

Sseth made a positive video about it so it must be good

[late kernel]

He only made a video of it because it was popular*

[finite needle]

Well yes, but let's not give away his secrets

[warped monolith]

Sseth likes some objectively awful games

[finite needle]

Kenshi is good tho

[normal sentinel]

[late kernel]

Now call me crazy

But i love playing Vintage Story with a group of friends, with the right mods

It offers things Minecraft could only dream of

[finite needle]

Another thing I'd criticize about Stalker 2, if you want to put a barrier that players can't pass, one shot snipers that give no warnings is not the best way.

[warped monolith]

rdr2

[late kernel]

or radiation barrier that insta kills you

If GTA 6 going to have the same restricted, linear campaign design as their last couple of games

It will be guaranteed slop

no amount of minute details will save it

[slim moth]

that game will be a success even if it runs at 15 fps on console

[finite needle]

Didn't gamers already decide the game was slop because one of the main characters is female?

(slop usually menas I don't like it)

[late kernel]

I think they just hate the opposite gender

[finite needle]

It's more nuanced, see if the main character is very good looking then the game is no longer slop

[silver orchid]

"this game is GOTY because u can see spiders making poop" (with commands to see clearly)

[finite needle]

Didn't RDR2 have horse balls shrinking

[late kernel]

Everyone and their grandmothers know about the horse ball shrinking at this point

[barren narwhal]

isnt that.... what snipers do?

???

ohh

im already too drunk

i misread IM SORRY

DUI srry

[finite needle]

park and sleep

[slim moth]

https://tenor.com/view/richer-drinking-vodka-skadovsk-richter-stalker-stalker-2-gif-9117330193623200354

[finite needle]

The Drahunka is pretty nutty

Welp can't delay any longer, time to go to SIRCAA

[tacit violet]

what game is this

[finite needle]

Make a guess

[tacit violet]

alright never mind i dont care

[finite needle]

Bro you're in the Stalker 2 chat, just connect the dots

[ancient musk]

I really hate that even with FSR 4 and heavily tweaked Engine.ini this game still looks like shit due to trash tier software Lumen and some other stuff

Especially that I have to choose between game being blurry as fuck and game looking oversharpened as fuck

[tepid spade]

https://tenor.com/view/what-lebron-james-wtf-huh-wth-gif-10041254

[split crown]

yea

[grim crane]

well, at what time of the story should Noon traders work for me? I just came back from some mission, saw the whole Faust-Strider argument, but still cant sell anything in their base. Bug, or intended behaviuor?

[nocturne smelt]

They do not trade on wild island. You have to go to the little outpost to the south where Quiet is.

It's across all the partially submerged train cars.

[grim crane]

ahh, thanks. i was getting sure something bugged for me 😄

[finite needle]

No, it's intended. They don't trade with stalkers, so you have to deal with Quiet instead, who has left Noontide. There is even one NPC who bluntly states this to you if you talk to him.

[brave monolith]

Stalker 2 for 22 usd. Good price or nah?

[warped monolith]

imo yes

[brave monolith]

Standaet edition though

Got same price in KCD2 hard choice

[rotund mantle]

Id do KCD2 as S2 is only going to get better with time

[broken shuttle]

What platform? Stream?

[neon acorn]

This is my first playthrough of the game. I decided it should be on master difficulty. This is my deathcount as I am reaching Rostok (I have also reloaded saves over 50 times as I'm mid death animation so +50ish deaths)

[lofty badger]

50 repeat deaths with S2 loading times means you must've been there for like 3 hours

[golden hazel]

The real heart was the loading screens we made along the way

[neon acorn]

90% of those deaths is forgetting that anomalies extend beyond their visual effects by a foot. I always try to skirt the edges of them and die :(

[split crown]

SKEEFA, WE MUST LOAD OUR BRAIN SCANS INTO THE SHINING ZONE TO REALIZE THE TRUTH

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

[golden hazel]

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

[finite needle]

I sure hope none of those machines breaks because replacing one in that rack looks like hell

||so I finished the new questline, it's the miracle machine doing shenanigans, apparently it wasn't turned off compeltely and still lies dormant, but enough to zombify people on command through the so called Zombie FM (lovely name btw). If the DLC will have something unrelated, we might get back to X16 if they add more stories like this one.||

I honestly loved it, and I agree that it should have been not paid content since it just feels like base game content that was completed too late and added later, not an expansion. I am really hopeful for the future of the game if they keep releasing stuff this quality (bugs aside, but GSC is the reason the term slavjank exists)

[dense dove]

is stalker 2 for the ps5 worth it?

[remote eagle]

they said that new questline is prelude to dlc

[elfin pilot]

AHH

[ancient musk]

Tbh it sounds like some kind of lake monster concept from oblivion lost, but heavily reimagined

[finite needle]

Btw I can't side with a clear coscience with the Ward after SIRCAA, I just can't

Fucking Dalin

[pseudo falcon]

i dont mind spoiler
where do you get this?

since its new content
im restarting my game coz mods im having issue but its fine now

[finite needle]

It's a reward for the new short 1.6 questline, night of the hunter. Once completed, NPC will ask you to come back to him after a day and will reward you that weapon. You will also get a free Gen 1 NVG during the questline, which is in Zaton.

[pseudo falcon]

ahh ok
i guess its a quest i can look forward to
coz i already roamed all the map on my 2 previous runs

kaymanov and strelok ending finished

i need 2 more coz spark and ward

[finite needle]

There's some new stuff added in 1.6 and 1.8

questline for 1.8 is decently leghty, the 1.6 is pretty short.

[pseudo falcon]

i already know where to get the night hunter pistol

i guess i was playing gamma mostly coz i wanted stalker 2 to be a bit more fixed

[finite needle]

Nah I think it's in a decent place now, I would recommend.

[pseudo falcon]

anwyay
lots of things to look forward to
like where the nvg location are

im using oxa prototype kek

anyway tnx bud

[finite needle]

np, just if you try the game, alife balancing is a bit wonky as mutants are much stronger than stalkers, plus apparently the rat swarm is a possible alife spawn (hands down the worst mutant to fight in the game)

[elfin pilot]

huh conjoined twins

[wanton arch]

Pretty sure oxa prototype has their own NVD

Which is way better than the vanilia one due to less realistic function of it

And on god give us IR flashlight gsc

Fucking flashlight reveal yourspot 80m away

[pseudo falcon]

corpse doesnt have whatchumacallit?
that they dont stack instead they phase through

[livid lichen]

Does anybody have a clue what went wrong with my game ?
Issue : Main mission M03. Come at a Price @ Garbage [Ward path ]
After I talk with Korshunov to join attack or go by myself to talk with bandits, their hideout depo is completely empty. Literally no enemies at all.
The "Assault" phase doesn't start, it stuck as the soldiers doesn't move from the main gate.

Current mods I am using :

• Stalker Unlimited
• Oxa Standard
• Oxa Reload and Aim Faster
• Enemy Weapon Attachment

I have tried to sleep for multiple days in different areas like: Lesser zone or Pripyat
Waited for coouple of Emissions.
Tried console command to restart the quest...

No solution so far

I have no more idea how to fix the situation but it triggers me that until now there were no issues with my game.
Quest can be completed, but it kills the immersion about the area is empty.

Is that possible my A - Life system is fully broken and doesn't generate the spawns?

[wanton arch]

Bricked ?

Do you have earlier saves

[livid lichen]

Quest can be completed, but it kills the immersion about the area is empty.

[wanton arch]

Huh

Some thing happened

Either the entire depo got fuck up by whatever a life senario

[grim crane]

im crashin every time when getting close to Rookie VIllage. Any1 knows if that can be mod related, and if so, what can be causing this?

[wanton arch]

There must be a log

[grim crane]

can i find log somewhere, if i closed the crash window?

[wanton arch]

there should be UE5 crash popup telling the issue

[grim crane]

alright, will try to crash again then 😄

[tame lodge]

it should have crashlogs in appdata or mygames folders

[grim crane]

[2025.12.21-13.35.18:781][ 0]LogMemory: Virtual Memory: 17357.60 MB used, 52181.62 MB free, 69539.22 MB total
[2025.12.21-13.35.54:286][548]LogD3D12RHI: Error: Failed to create PipelineState with hash BB485F4F5148B282

eror messages start like this

and then there is like 50 different hashes

[warped monolith]

verify files integrity

reinstall the game if needed

[grim crane]

verified 4 files, but still crashing in the same spot oO

[warped monolith]

[sweet mica]

im surprised GSC didnt add spiders to the game the way Metro did (not the big ones please god no, im talking about the webs in confined spaces, and them crawling on your screen/mask)

i really hope they or modders add this to the game (and there is a toggle for it)

it really would add to the immersion of entering old old soviet bunkers and labs

it seems weird they didnt add spiders but added frogs (i love watching those frogs, i hope there is a mod that lets you go herping in the zone)

really excited for the dlc also

[nocturne smelt]

Can't really troubleshoot anything without knowing your modlist or if you have removed any mods recently.

[grim crane]

Im playing with a collectiin:

https://www.nexusmods.com/games/stalker2heartofchornobyl/collections/k2befk

No recent changes to modlist, playing the same since the start of a game

[brave monolith]

green man gaming sale but steam activation yes

[hallow canopy]

I am curious
There no reason what so ever that Mercs attack you
Or is it choice based??

Not sure what I did to get them always agro on me

They usually should all be neutral I believe

[finite needle]

My headcanon is that 1 - someone paid them to kill you 2 - they assume loners are hostile due to their conflicting nature and 3 - they're just too coked up to care

[ancient musk]

I mean

Mercs are jerks since forever

Why would it change in s2 all of a sudden?

Especially when it became much harder for them to exist in the Zone since Ward showed up

[kindred violet]

and on top of that ||strelok is hiring the mercs to do his dirty work and that's preventing people from uncovering zone secrets, and you're well, doing exactly that.||

[tepid spade]

D3D12RHI is not related to collection mods.

Try to clean your shaders cache and recompile.
Update your .dll files through DLSS Swapper also..

Not much info from your side to help you at this point, could be many things with your system.

Rookie Village is not an issue.

[grim crane]

I tried to delete shaders in steamapps folder, cleared DX12 cashe, reinstalled drivers, deleted MSI afterburner, disabled all ingame overlays

Ill try with DLLs tho, thanks for the idea

[tepid spade]

Pc specs?

[grim crane]

I guess gpu is most important, i have 3080ti
Cpu is 5800x i belive
Supported by 64gb of ram

[tepid spade]

12gb Vram is fine

Rest also

[grim crane]

Btw i went to other Area of the map again, and everything is fine

[tepid spade]

Follow guidelines about optimization accordingly as GSC can't provide up to date .dll files and perhaps that could solve your issue

[oblique jolt]

how do i uninstall gamma after 40 hrs of playtime is constantly crshing my pc i cant even load a game save

[warped monolith]

try asking in #╟🔰☢newbies-chat , this channel is for Stalkter 2

[oblique jolt]

try brushing your teeth

[warped monolith]

asks for help
gets help
insults the helper

the average gamma user

[oblique jolt]

unoriganl discord inept

[late kernel]

Is this guy for real?

[warped monolith]

apparently he is

dunno wtf you did to your gamma install or your PC to make it crash like this, and at this point I don't even care
but if you want help with tech issues go ask in the correct channel

this one is for hoc of tuah discussion

[late kernel]

This server genuinely needs a competency and literacy test to join, to weed out people like him

[warped monolith]

the manual installation process was supposed to be that test

[grim crane]

damn, swapped DLSS and crashed just a little bit later 😄 later enough to be happy that it is fixed xD

[tepid spade]

https://tenor.com/view/ashton-hall-daily-routine-hall-breaking-tv-throwing-controller-gif-4740959973143412307

[grim crane]

exacly 😄

this has to do with some asset trying to load, cause if i run fast i can enter village and then crash, but if i walk slowly ill crash before reaching it...

i tried to come from different site, and crashed near anomaly field where 1st mission at rokie village happens

does it make any sense to try different DLSS versions avaliable via DLSS Swapper?

[tepid spade]

not really, but different drivers could be also a solution.

When next time You have crash screenshot the UE log like from screenshot.

There could be also UE4SS, Kernel.dll and many different thigs - that would be more valuable to identify the cause

[grim crane]

chat GPT (xD) mentoioned that there is a chance it will fix itself, once i go very far away, so whole area "despawns" from memory, and mabe with next render try it will be alright

[grim crane]

dont have a SS, but i have it saved:

[tepid spade]

Try to disable Shays Render and enter Rookie Village.

[grim crane]

will give it a go, thanks

[tepid spade]

The only thing that I can think of is if You are using PRZ then set AO=TEMPORAL instead of Ray Reconstruction.
Close the screen and apply changes with CTRL+F12

RR will not work w/o FG anyway.
To get RR working you need to enable Frame Gen through OptiScaler and that could be another solution.

I don't believe that Render is causing your crash at this point tbh..

[grim crane]

dajum, my saves from that area got overriten XD

[odd fjord]

enough water for a family of 4 for a month used for this question to it 🤣😭

[grim crane]

i disabled PRZ in vortex, to heavy for me

[tepid spade]

go Ultra +

[grim crane]

i did, and i love it 😄

[oblique jolt]

i get my answers at the end

[grim crane]

i need a little spoiler help, ||how far, aproximetly, like 25% or 40% in a main story am i, if i entered Zaton (after wild island?|| im asking cause since i play on a modded version i dunno how fast should the progression be, i still run around with 2-artifact-slot armour 😄

[kindred violet]

you're not that far along, late early game

[grim crane]

so i should not feel sad about being unable to find better armour ? 😄

[hallow canopy]

Well
After that Fight got new weapon and shit load of NVD xDD

[normal sentinel]

Lmao

[acoustic kernel]

Apologies if this is asked a lot.
Is there an updated recommended modlist?

[royal jolt]

doing Budmo! and they expect me to not take the loot from these stashes

YEAH SURE

LOL

[normal sentinel]

:(

Honestly a funny quest

[elfin pilot]

Is there any mod that makes gun shot feels more punchy

Or slightly more powerful and not just making NPC just demolish you after 1 look

[vocal rapids]

Hey whats up everybody. I have a question regarding my install of stalker 2.
I downloaded the 1.6 version from the steam depot (im wanting to mod it) and have all the game files ect. But i cant physically launch the game? is there way to get a working exe for v1.6 without steam auto updating and ruining my files? Or maybe im just going about this all worng lol

[north ember]

hey i'm considering getting stalker 2 but i've heard mixed reviews. do you all think it's worth getting?

[sterile marsh]

purple

[tame lodge]

On sale yes

[north estuary]

Lmfaoo, in the new quest, there is a switch, i won't spoil anything but it made me go from 120fps with framegen to 15 and get the entire region be stuck at that

[wanton arch]

It's prob in the setting where you want to stop updating

and at 1.6 version you prob going to have a lot of issue finding compatible 1.6 mods

Well nexus does have older file so check those carefully

[wanton arch]

Buy it on sales

Stalker 2s just like the triology

Load of story and pieces

A life is kinda there

Just missing faction war and freeplay

But the gameplay would need to be tweaked a bit in freeplay

Bit blant to become exporable freeplay style. (Like fallout series)

[slim moth]

https://tenor.com/view/stalker-gif-20461706

[lone owl]

Could someone please tell me if there is a way to walk through walls without UETools? In Zalissia, right next to the bed in the hallway, three stalkers are stuck, and I'm playing on master mode, so I can't roll back my saves.

[slim moth]

ue4ss has a console

simple mod loader

XSetNoClipGSC true 1000

XSetNoClipGSC false

[lone owl]

thanks man

[knotty onyx]

Why tho? Most good mods are actively maintained

[elfin pilot]

me when STALKER 2 compared to Anomaly

[royal jolt]

guessing i should not be trying to get into Duga

bc i shot this one sniper 50-ish times

[shadow thicket]

not from the main street, no

[royal jolt]

alr alr

i wanna get the journalist stash

im also thinking against it because im just barely under max weight

but yk

[shadow thicket]

east path, also there's a bunch of shit there

[royal jolt]

sunk-cost fallacy

[royal jolt]

ohh yeah i see it on the map

could i not just hug the guard wall

[shadow thicket]

no

sniper bullshit

[royal jolt]

fair enough

[shadow thicket]

I got annoyyed too with that

[royal jolt]

also holy fuck im amazed i can run the game

im running constant 60 1080p on a gtx 1080

I JUST GOT FUCKING NAILED OUT OF NOWHERE LMAO

[cold mist]

What's a good sandbox collection that i can use for an infinite playthrough?

[shadow thicket]

yeah you gotta go a long way around to ge to Duga

[slim moth]

he looks so sad

[wanton arch]

dumb ass video

https://tenor.com/view/yapping-yap-general-no-memes-in-general-gif-9164752588744327184

Gamma chuds type video i swear to god

[normal sentinel]

[wanton arch]

such a gamma chud

i swear

[sharp sapphire]

cheeki breeki detected

[silver orchid]

eeee, if we are talking about freeplay, HoC should be like CS

[wanton arch]

we are lacking faction war

man

[silver orchid]

And even with(out) that, HoC could replicate CS

[slim moth]

need more stalker fashion in my life. need to wear a sick leather jacket with hoodie with a kevlar vest

[wanton arch]

btw that is prob the best thing CS offering

[silver orchid]

There a interview where Dimitry Iassenev says that Clear Sky is freeplay focused

[wanton arch]

HoC need that freeplay so badly on god on god

[golden hazel]

When the HoC of Tuah wasn't the friends we made along the way

[sharp sapphire]

stalker 2 got some of the best graphics ive ever seen at times

when it doesnt look like a blurry mess or a ps2 game its borderline photorealistic

[wanton arch]

early hoc is like

[slim moth]

he's sad his wall hacks didn't fucking get me, that bitch

[wanton arch]

generic UE5

eh it's improved

[silver orchid]

Imagine HoC with:
CS level of quality in freeplay
SANDBOX DELUXE DLC
Faction Wars
A-LIFE NON-FACTION WARS FOCUSED DLC

[slim moth]

https://tenor.com/view/areyasmokingyet-family-guy-smoke-family-guy-are-ya-smoking-gif-3225001389027464046

[golden hazel]

[sharp sapphire]

i dont think any free play is possible or playable within the next 15 years

UE5 shits itself the moment squads are generated in your radious

[golden hazel]

https://tenor.com/view/tarkov-streets-fps-gif-7169049143920371789

[wanton arch]

it's getting better

[wanton arch]

me when i use PIP scope

[slim moth]

15 years?? lmao it's not that hard

sdk will be way done before then

arguably, there are free play mods right now

[golden hazel]

It will be like 5tb by the time the sdk finishes production

[slim moth]

it will go down in size. it wouldn't go up in size

[golden hazel]

Allegedly

[silver orchid]

SDK when the DLC1 be released:
+300 GB

[slim moth]

cause that's the problem is most assets are uncompressed on the current sdk and impossible to render hence the giant size. once it's compressed and implemented with the modding kit then it'll be good to go.

it's probably gonna be big and stay big especially with the game expanding, but it'll be more efficient to run and have more features like quests, map tools, etc

[golden hazel]

I wonder what'll come first, the dlc or the next stage of the sdk

[slim moth]

Right now most mod overhauls like Point of No return are just working on their own assets right now waiting to implement them

[kindred violet]

The engine update would also be a great boon for the sdk as it's lacking some nice features from later versions of UE5

[slim moth]

there will def be a modding boom when the engine update hits

[dusty dove]

I keep hearing about this point of no return, is there a link to any info on it?

[slim moth]

hardly

ill dm their discord

[dusty dove]

thanks

is the discord private?

[slim moth]

i don't think so

[drowsy umbra]

so whats the opinion on the new quests on stories untold?

[vernal cape]

hey weird question, I just bought stalker 2 on steam, installed it for the first time and its saying I have mods installed? any ideas why?

[unborn kelp]

what the fu-

https://www.reddit.com/r/stalker/comments/1psj49k/is_this_normal_they_wont_stop_coming/

did they break the spawning system again or what is this

[drowsy umbra]

I love the All Star Smashmouth replies

[golden hazel]

https://tenor.com/view/shrek-somebody-toilet-hi-gif-17332899

[wanton arch]

are people fr

nah this comment section

nvm his first few points are flaws

nop this point is just nah dawg

naaah no way bro bringing out

Modders has nothing and they do by their shit to make a better shit than the game dev

he did not mention the seer number of modders doing shit on anomoly

not only that

what out perform by a single mod

what case here

no reason to choose stalker 2 over the triology...

so apparently gamma is the sequel of stalker series ?

and now he pulling out that S2 take 15 years to make

[deep mica]

most of those commenters probably never even played the trilogy

and if they did they are terrible at remembering what a buggy mess those games used to be

[remote eagle]

[wanton arch]

literally

i could make a video to counteract his point

it's man the point he made are really vague and not into the actual details

it's a mess of yapanese

his whole purpose is to motivate GSC to improve the game

i have to respect that

[deep mica]

how dare people enjoy a game you cant stand

GSC are no saints and had a full plate but its obvious they are trying their best to make up for all the promises that went unfullfilled

especially since we get free content updates

[wanton arch]

his clip is fine actually

despite the vague and unfair point for GSC

oh wow the controller attack

im pretty sure it's the worst one on gamma because yes it fuck up your aim so much more and you can still be stun lock by it

https://tenor.com/view/東方抽菸-gif-27406514

what

ok the controller attack point is dumb.

and he keep mentioning mod is better than stalker 2

WHAT MOD

WHAT THE MOD DOES

WHICH MOD ON WHAT THING

😭

this shit is so vauge it hit nothing

[late kernel]

Youtube Comments are not worth my energy because of people like that

[wanton arch]

no no it's his video

the end part make no sense

it make no fucking sense

i saw no comparsion rather than 3 vague which can be based on opinion

[late kernel]

comparing apples to oranges yet again like an average Gamma chud

[wanton arch]

and like his ending is like

Oh stalker series are great because of the community/modding

then saying s2 is fucking shit

[deep mica]

wait controllers are fucked because their attack is like it used to be or what?

[wanton arch]

erm

[deep mica]

or does he mean the shockwave?

[wanton arch]

i am confused

his controller point where in early triology it's ass

[late kernel]

The OG trilogy was also shit until it was modded to shit

[wanton arch]

but in modded anomoly it make it's scary

like adding effect where it stun you by moving screen and you cannot see where the controller is

DESPITE S2 DOES HAVE THAT

[deep mica]

wait what so the s2 controllers arent scary? because last time i checked their shockwave almost one shot you on master diff

[wanton arch]

it does stun and blur your screen

like what the fuck holy shit

his clip of s2 controller literally just like his modded game

what the fuck

[deep mica]

not only that but the psy spawns fuck you up as well

[wanton arch]

that is why i said it's an opinion base

[deep mica]

if you dont have psyblock you will get flanked from any position

[wanton arch]

and by function they are similar to a point that it's missing one or 2 actions

that one action i could say is not flicking your mouse away from him

the controller

or the annoying ass ( opinion base ) where he stun you WILL shootyourself if you are too close to him

https://tenor.com/view/anon-chihaya-anon-chihaya-chihaya-anon-plsuh-gif-332145181344742488

[deep mica]

yeah and pushing you off your feet while zombies or illusions bumrush you

[wanton arch]

that is the annoying point of the controller in anomoly mod

it fuck you up in close range and you cannot shoot backj

that shit is not scary that is annoying

(opinion base)

[deep mica]

s2 controllers surpass gamma ones which you could cheese

imo

[wanton arch]

at least base configure of gamma you could kill him fast

or return fire if you are far from him

[warped monolith]

y'all spending a lot of time and energy on this

[wanton arch]

well sure S2 controller will try not to go close or hide from him

nah he will post another clip and i will try to counteract it

https://tenor.com/view/lux-lyxocx-seal-mischievous-smirk-gif-8266549212389467758

[brazen swallow]

guys you know when i talk to strider and he give you the lynx. there is an alarm and a emissions zone..... does this emissions zone go away ? because it doesn't seem to be going... not sure if its a thing or im bugged.

[wanton arch]

it's force emission

it's funny even because who followed faust will die

so you have to stay in a bit

and go out and loot who followed faust

[brazen swallow]

yeah i done that, been playing for like a hour its till emssion zone... because of the mods im using i cant sleep

[wanton arch]

crap

i mean it should be gone in like Mins

btw there is another Force Emission

this is a spoil and you have to go through the swamp

where you are near faust location there will be an emission

[deep mica]

not really imo because were not arguing in that yt comment section

[wanton arch]

so like ignore everything even there is a chimera hunting your ass

[warped monolith]

arguing here... where the only difference is the guy who made the video can't see it

[wanton arch]

idk why i went through hell of that video just to hear the most vague opinion on S2 and being so unfair

nah dw i did post a comment

if he willing to see or not.

that is the problem

https://tenor.com/view/東方抽菸-gif-27406514

[deep mica]

were not really arguing, just agreeing on each others opinions

[wanton arch]

i mean i summarized what he said

[brazen swallow]

yeah iv even gone back to an old save and replayed it... still wont go away. everyone just walking outside as well not even taking cover

[wanton arch]

or what he mention in that clip

yall can see that and prob give whatever opinion about it

[wanton arch]

it should go

but if it take like more than 10 mins then it's a bug ?

or is there any mod that increase emission duration

( i don't think so )

[deep mica]

emissions are over pretty quick

shouldnt be

[wanton arch]

well give it best 5 mins if not

well

[brazen swallow]

because it happened during the story section, i thought it might be a long one... but not sure

[grim crane]

cant see any artifact tho...

[deep mica]

it probably spawnes below ground

[grim crane]

so it is gone forever? :C

[deep mica]

some spots have that issue and i usually ignore these yes

idk if theres a fix for it

[warped monolith]

I thought they fixed that

[deep mica]

it happened only once to me since, the other anomalies usually function as they should

[brazen swallow]

sorted it, had to disable the emissions using UEtools, seems like its a bug in the game if you get an emission when in a cut seen

[wanton arch]

not really ?

the emission is forced one

you could in theory

walk out and it will load without emission

[brazen swallow]

yeah it is a firced one, but alot of people have had the same issue in the same spot after a google search

[wanton arch]

well it's not theory it's more like idk if it did work or not

it did not happen to me since 1.6

odd i will be honest

[brazen swallow]

yeah i mean might be a mod conflict who knows. just turned weather off then on again.

[deep mica]

probably a mod conflict yes

[wanton arch]

could be

[fringe dirge]

can someone give info when we can talk about gamma in stalker 2? its like in 2026 or 2030+?

[silver orchid]

can someone give info when we can talk about G.O.V.N.O in stalker 2? its like in 2026 or 2030+?

[finite needle]

2077

[warped monolith]

!gamma2

[fallen iron]

⠀

[tepid spade]

NE BUDET

[grim crane]

wtf, 3 pseudogiants in one place in SWAMP? oO

[wanton arch]

ain't no one saying there wouldnot be a modpack gamma like tho

GOD PLEEASE THE CREATOR OF LOOTABLE AND CRAFTABLE

tho i would say what i prefer on stalker 2 is more mods that support customization

[grim crane]

pseudogiant HP pool is just bad design XD i just spent 5 mins runing around cementery in Swamps to unload 30 shotgun shells in a pseudogiant, and then 2 of his friends showed up X D

[steel maple]

i would be happy to see a more intense survival modpack for S2

[steel maple]

yeah they're the worst in this game

[grim crane]

im literally aout of ammo, sitting on watchtower and waiting for them to go away

[steel maple]

yyyyup

imo get a mod that lowers their health

anyways another ORB video has hit the youtube
https://youtu.be/dLd1Z-jTDic?si=jJz9aw06rK8BKUiS

it's ragebait and i am actively falling for it

[warped monolith]

[wanton arch]

wanna hear the summary

Bla bla modder is worse than the dev because the dev has access to the engine and they have more budget

bla bla bla the dev is shit at release

bla bla bla bring out 3 points that make no sense

and the end saying GSC is ass and they need to step up the game and he will release a big ass video some thing some thing

despite Sheer amount of Modder that do has access to anomoly code engine

Despite GSC just following their vision and how they want the game to be
(Despite he himself pointed out that shit but still call GSC is shit)

pointed out controller in triology is ass but modded version are more scarier because huhhh one thing dif is shitty kill yourself and flick from your mouse

[warped monolith]

objectively bad thing about controllers in original game: the tinnitus effect is WAY TOO FUCKING LOUD.

[wanton arch]

that is true

they are not quick to kill

[steel maple]

yeah they suck i always just avoid them

[wanton arch]

eh his point are faling a part

[steel maple]

in my years of playing OG ShoC i have never killed a controller in that game lmao