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

[silver orchid]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/656399242683744266.gif?quality=lossless&name=aKianaSmug&size=48

[royal mural]

#📄rules message

[eternal tiger]

got it 👌

[royal mural]

https://tenor.com/view/hand-on-shoulder-akakichi-no-eleven-everything-will-be-ok-my-brother-in-christ-we're-gonna-beat-you-gif-16692013677699419935

[tulip cloak]

I see. Do you know if I can use my original stalker call of pripyat install - build anomoly on that- and then install gamma? I'm trying to use openxray engine which can't be used on anomoly

If not, I'll just make my own modpack - probably isn't a viable option

[grim crane]

does reputation reset overtime? im enemies with Mlacchite for some reason after the mission with fight inside institute with a Ward

[tepid spade]

v1.8.1 build 21222340

Latest version

[eternal tiger]

what's weird is that all the other mods work with my version, except unlimited :/

[echo nest]

anyone got any mod recommendations? havent done a playthrough since launch

[royal mural]

https://discord.com/channels/912320241713958912/1092852637847789699

anomaly is standalone

ohhh

i just read what you meant

nvm

ask here https://discord.com/channels/912320241713958912/1029824156289732649

[grim crane]

check out some collections on nexus, mabe yall find something suiting

[echo nest]

yeah just having a look at stalker unlimited now, mods have come a long way since launch thanks to the modders

open to suggestions tho if anyone knows a good collection

[grim crane]

you can check if any of the collection that Stalker Unlimited is in, fits you

i am currently playing on this, and i love it tbh https://www.nexusmods.com/games/stalker2heartofchornobyl/collections/k2befk

[echo nest]

liking the look of this this might be the one for me

thank u very much

[sinful dawn]

currently doing my first master diff playthrough

my ass is getting reamed in the sphere rn

and no checkpoint in sight

i cri

[warped monolith]

good luck

I wouldn't play master difficulty if someone paid me to

[sinful dawn]

i have the expedition mode mod that lets me at least save at campfires

but holy fuck there's a lot less checkpointed autosaves than i originally remembered

came back around to stalker 2 after playing SoC, some of CS and CoP + gamma

so i thought i was hot shit

[warped monolith]

[royal mural]

https://tenor.com/view/you-guys-are-getting-paid-gif-20686662
you guys getting checkpoints?

[hardy crest]

Oh man this perma enemy with malachite thing still never got fixed?

That place has been bugged to shit since launch, figured they would have fixed it by now

Is it also still making like 4 layered location/area markers on your map?

[sinful dawn]

fucked up that the sphere has ONE

[royal mural]

that soldier stormed the room after talking to solder
killed me
i was back at zalissya

[sinful dawn]

that's fucked

[royal mural]

still couldnt finish the swamp

tried it 3 times now

wasted prob 5h

[torn bane]

Anyone else running into just massive massacres any place they go. Anywhere that has people just has 10+ dead stalkers laying around

[eternal tiger]

does this progression path mean I can install all of those upgrades? or only a row?

[outer depot]

row but they both unlock the same final mod

[eternal tiger]

dang it. I thought I can get 4 slots on this armor :/

[outer depot]

there's a mod that unlocks them but by default yeah

[eternal tiger]

btw is anyone here using OXA prototype mod? do you know why I can't use this to repair any gun? do I need some kind of tools like in gamma?

[wanton arch]

You need to hover over the pda

Convert your gun

Hover again to show durability

Then consume one

Press the correct number key slot of the weapon to repair it

Same to armor pieces

[eternal tiger]

not sure how to do that tbh

not to mention just discovered that one of my scopes is doing this xD

[wanton arch]

Average oxa

Protot

Eh prob the best gun mod you could have out there

[cinder sleet]

I actually saw some one discussing this oin Nexus. May be a fix there

Also what does this do? Nothing happen when I turned it on?

[cinder sleet]

I'm in a tough spot with OXA the Ai is stupid... they're not hard, they're cheating lol and Vanilla is too easy....

[midnight walrus]

I’ve found rat swarm’s archnemesis

Grenade

[slim moth]

rats hate to see me coming. especially with a nade.

[cinder sleet]

Literally did this 20 mins ago at the sphere lol

[midnight walrus]

Well. It’s night time and I heard heavy breathing inside a building.

Big nope.

[icy basin]

BUT SIR

[midnight walrus]

Found a zombified Loner mumbling to himself, sitting alone in Red Forest. Showed him mercy. 🫡

[cinder sleet]

https://tenor.com/view/green-goblin-gif-14141276552966470862

[midnight walrus]

By mercy, I mean buckshot to the head. 😭

[cinder sleet]

https://tenor.com/view/ace-ventura-pet-detective-jim-carrey-comedy-duh-gif-3522438

[knotty onyx]

You should only need that, but sometimes it just doesn't work.

[tame lodge]

read the manual for oxa

[tired flicker]

Even better when meds refused to spawn and you were stuck on expired medkits until duga

[tame lodge]

thats for a quest for Gaffer no

[cinder sleet]

Ah okay. I guess I found it early

[eternal tiger]

yeah figured it out eventually

[cinder sleet]

Man this game is gorgeous

[eternal tiger]

agreed. not sure why everyone I know and pretty much the whole stalker community complained that it's a buggy laggy unoptimized piece of crap. it works pretty well on my rig, and this thing struggles with some games like WWM >.>

but it does do a lot of things bad 😭

like, you don't give the hoarder stalker player the smallers inventory capacity paired with a 20 meter splurt of a run and make us just walk for kilometers

[outer depot]

My main issue is the horrible underground lighting issues which there seems to be no solution to

[molten osprey]

because its a buggy laggy unoptimized piece of crap AND has lumen

[prime stratus]

Runs good for me also, plus some of the encounters I have had have been amazing. Last night I was on my way to Malachite to sell mutant parts to the nerd lady that works there. An emission started so I ran into the closest building I could find. The building was huge. I could hear a massive shoot out of other NPCs fighting over shelter along with some mutants also. I made it to the basement without being spotted. Emission over. Went upstairs and came face to face with a bandit. Blasted him with buckshot and ran back downstairs expecting retaliation. Nothing. Went back up and found a dozen dead NPCs and some dead mutants. The loot was all mine. Love this game.

[cinder sleet]

Like this is worth all the issues for me with recent updates and a few mods. 10/10

[cinder sleet]

Yea I said fuck it, didn't tell my wife, got NASA rig, and now enjoying my free time

Whatever. US isn't getting any better and I'm getting old.

https://tenor.com/view/i-don't-know-idk-idk-about-that-gif-7336250873949261946

[warped monolith]

weird. WWM runs better than stalker 2 for me

[eternal tiger]

I'm pretty much CPU bound atm, ryzen 7 3700x does not like that game lol

[warped monolith]

the fact that games like ARC Raiders exist on the same engine and run much smoother also makes the argument that Stalker 2 is a "buggy laggy unoptimized piece of crap" easier

We're still getting artifacts spawning inside the ground, so the "buggy" part still rings true.

Lumen still exists in the game, so the 'unoptimized piece of crap' still rings true.

[eternal tiger]

yeah, ran around like a moron yesterday after an arti that simply didnt exist. we need an indicator for height as well

[warped monolith]

the only UE5 game that ran worse than stalker 2 for me personally was ARK Survival Ascended

oh, and Killing Floor 3. Holy shit that game had no right being so choppy. Maps are much smaller and the graphics aren't nearly as good.

[outer depot]

I haven’t gotten an underground artifact spawn since the patch, plenty of squirrely ones hopping location though

My biggest issue remains lumen because it completely breaks when underground

[eternal tiger]

I am on 1.7 so that might be the issue :v

[cinder sleet]

But is every one really still experiencing performance issues? Game is running like butter for me?

I thought patches took care a good bit of that

Maybe I'm just having a good day, but these shots are cool lol

This is way' MO better lol

[torpid relic]

did you have a quest telling you to turn it on? cause its for the technician in the village, lens i think. its for finding Squints PDA. just one of many ways to find the guy.

[grim crane]

w8. are u the creator of the collection immersive zone? 😄

[tepid spade]

could be

[grim crane]

thank you fot that 😄 ilove it but id love to make mutants health a lil bit lower. is there any mod compatibile?

[tepid spade]

welcome. I haven't got any issues with them so far - get those hi-end slugs in your shotty and it will do the job

[grim crane]

ye, no issues too, but im used to GAMMA feeling, where they dealt a ton of dmg, but so did I, and giving 2 headshots from 1m to bloodsucker did the job 😄

[tepid spade]

I don't compare Stalker with Gamma 😄

[grim crane]

and when i tried any mod that changes mutant HP then loot breaks

[tepid spade]

https://tenor.com/view/the-more-you-fuck-around-the-more-youre-going-to-find-out-the-more-you-fuck-around-the-more-youre-going-to-find-out-the-more-you-gif-26876224

[dapper chasm]

whats happening with gamma i played a long time isee every channel is locked what are they up to?

[grim crane]

lol, im locked inside Yaniv station, every exit is locked for some reason xD

[dapper chasm]

can i download gamma now from how to install/

?

[odd silo]

Read the channel name

[grim crane]

jesus, ||seeing The Ninth in the story mission and not being able to interact with him in any way is just so fucking frustrating, id call it a lazy mission writing||

[weak hound]

I still don’t know how I feel about stalker 2 like 25 hrs in. the moment to moment gameplay is fun and I don’t mind the economic loop. missions feel similar to doing them in trilogy with a few more set pieces which isn’t a bad thing.

I think the zone itself is what’s throwing me off a bit. there’s so little visual distinction between areas especially in between waypoints. it’s cool that it’s open and connected but each zone feels way less distinct and it’s a lot harder to tell where I am at a glance

also like, the new factions aren’t all that interesting and the old factions are kind of neutered, zone feels kinda dead in terms of conflict

a-life shit still feels unsatisfying

I’m still having a lot of fun and exploring new zones and reimagined stuff is really cool, just feel like there’s something missing

[midnight walrus]

I've grown to love STALKER 2 personally.

The more I play, the more I see A-Life doing its thing.

But not everyone will absolutely love the game, I can understand why.

[weak hound]

It’s grown on me the longer I’ve played but yeah there’s just some stuff that bugs me

[midnight walrus]

I think it'll get better as time goes on, I hope lol.

I did try playing it a little bit after it launched, and oh boy.

[normal sentinel]

Embark just has a better dev team

They came from EA / Dice originally I’m pretty sure and wanted to work with unreal engine instead of frostbyte or whatever

Stalker will always be slavjank

[tepid spade]

Embark customized UE5 strategically omitting heavy features like Nanite, Lumen, and VSMs for better frame rates while leveraging RTXGI & focusing on strong base optimization which resulting in smooth frame times and low VRAM use despite high visual quality.

[outer depot]

The different regions have felt fairly unique to me, the only real “samey” parts are the big fields around Garbage and Cement factory tbh

Everything else has pretty unique geometry/visuals going on

The originals were just HARD cuts from one level to the next with basically zero connection to where you’d just come from at all

[eternal tiger]

the most annoying thing about stalker 2 is that it runs better than gamma 😭 . If someone managed to make the gameplay look from gamma but in 2 I would not play anything else. but 2 really feels like a game journalists slugfest

[normal sentinel]

Gamma's strongest suit is really the freeplay / progression

If someone remakes that in Stalker 2 it'd be fun

[grim crane]

lol

[tepid spade]

hard to imagine otherwise for obvious reasons

[grim crane]

for me it does not by a lot 😄

[tepid spade]

Old outdated engine in comparison with latest engine who runs on 8 cores - seems that it should outperform no other way around

[warped monolith]

[grim crane]

thing that bugs me the most is that GAMMA was much better at keeping the feeling... in GAMMA every dungeon was fucking scary.. in S2 it is like a maze just to get through and shoot some meatballs in meantime 😄

also NVGs were much better, in S2 they seem just like some addon, that is not needed nor balanced - nights are way to bright

also what was mentioned earlier - factions. Some of them are attacking me in the open, but are friendy in the bases, i get confused a lot, dunno who is fighting who and why

[tepid spade]

in vanilla, yes - way too bright and thats why they have been adjusted so they are dark as hell and U can use FL

[grim crane]

IM USING YOUR COLLECTION MAN ❤️

in gamma u had NVG lvls and stuff. i mean u could set NVG to certain darkness to make it usefull

[tepid spade]

I don't have NVG problems, I do not spend money on them as I use PRZ integrated ones which are way superiour than vanilla or Oxa

imho

[silver orchid]

yet don't there a proper reputation-system, that's why the factions have "conflicts" with how they deal with the player.

[grim crane]

ajajaj, had to disable PRZ 😄

[tepid spade]

I know - rememmber your issue

[hallow canopy]

Hmm bit of a issue
Scar seems to pretty much one shot you in Master difficulty

[tepid spade]

But I believe that DWO should make them darker for You anyway

[grim crane]

tbh S2 feels like a game that was pushed to relase 2 years before it was supposed to go

it feels like it in maaany ways

not only in gameplay mechanics

but also storywise

still story is cool, but you know, there are missing pieces for sure

tbh if it was not STALKER i would drop it after first 5 hrs 😄

[tepid spade]

I dropped CP2077 5y ago when it was released and came back when v2.0 was released and moded the hell out of that game. It takes time and I waited 15+y for S2 so another year or two i don't mind

[hallow canopy]

Yea Scar on Master is hard AF to deal with
Dude has instant Kill and shoot asap he gets a crack

Yea I cant beat Scar even with my experience
Dude just one taps you the moment he sees you in a crack

I remember him not doing that, but it seems that he just find you and tracks you thro walls

[outer depot]

Stalker 2 gets plenty dark for night vision it’s just dependent heavily on the weather conditions. If it’s cloudy/raining at night? Good fucking luck without NVG this shit dark as hell giving me ARMA 2 flashbacks

It’s even too dark for NVG sometimes especially indoors

[hallow canopy]

@normal sentinel
Yea I give up
Cant beat Scar my dude, even with my skill I cant beat him in Master, Luck has to be on your side to beat him
But I cant fight something that is auto aim thro walls and shoots thro Cracks of Walls and objects

[normal sentinel]

Yeah he shoots through the 5cm gaps in the tvs lol

He was tough on veteran

[hallow canopy]

Yep thats one of issue

Dude just gaps me between the TVs

and the booby traps are almost a one hit

I give up and hope on GSC to somewhat fix the AI with they targeting

[slim moth]

i recommend using NCO.

[normal sentinel]

Idk it’s tough to balance it perfectly

It’s either too easy or too hard

[hallow canopy]

Yea they need to lower the targeting on the AI
Think what people wanted went overboard

They arent shooting because of chance or "Cant see you" they shooting because they do know where you are

[slim moth]

are you using NPC Combat Overhaul

[hallow canopy]

Nothing

Vanilla

on Master

[slim moth]

NPC Combat Overhaul completely fixes that. but ig your going for achievements or something.

[hallow canopy]

Yea I want to beat Stalker 2 on Master

[slim moth]

if you name your mod game file ~mods_custom you can have a modded game and keep achievements. just FYI

[hallow canopy]

Its more of a Self rewarding rather than achivements

it should be possible even without mods

[slim moth]

beating a looter shooter isn't rewarding to me, but i understand for other people

vanilla is just way too easy

[hallow canopy]

Not in Master

[slim moth]

i've been playing it on the playstation 5. it's easy

fucking janky

but if you played the game before it's meh. It's about where I expected veteran to be.

[hallow canopy]

I have played it since Release

[eternal tiger]

gl wiating for GSC to fix this mess then . atp I 100% they blamed the war for their incompetence in making games

[warped monolith]

they've been steadily fixing it since last year

they'll get there

might still take a while but they'll get there

[hallow canopy]

yee got other games I can play in the meantime while they fix it
Even got a submit now

[cinder sleet]

How the hell do you get pass the flashbang from hell anomaly

https://tenor.com/view/-gif-3784246

[sinful dawn]

i recommend attempting to toss bolts and zig zaggging, as it attempts to track your incoming position

[slim moth]

Also energy drink helps juke it

god help you if you're overweight tho

[cinder sleet]

That thing has a reset of Mach Jesus

https://tenor.com/view/hyperventilate-cant-breathe-hyperventilation-sheldon-cooper-gif-3510677630357883825

[sinful dawn]

oh i am aware.

it's a demon

that anomaly and the fucking glass shard one are the rudest anomalies they've made

[deep mica]

what i do is a sharp 180 turn and sprint for a split second once they pop up

[cinder sleet]

https://tenor.com/view/ren-and-stimpy-george-liquor-spumco-ren-hoek-stimpy-gif-14794141443203664911

It’s working then it just spawns in my face and I die

I MADE IT!!!

https://tenor.com/view/jim-carrey-haha-no-gif-5033183

[deep mica]

congrats

skill issue overcome

[cinder sleet]

With no keycard..

https://tenor.com/view/tentofate-elmo-elmo-staring-gif-11901234066681497328

[deep mica]

they keycard is in the other room

[cinder sleet]

https://tenor.com/view/grinch-audacity-gif-7405621

[abstract furnace]

stalker unlimited is a slog fest

there's no loot to be found, anywhere

[eternal tiger]

can't skip the intro right?

[abstract furnace]

no i’m all the way in the garbage

this mfer REMOVED locations that you find various stalker suits

and you can’t even find an artifact detector

he even reworked the hilka, the only detector you can buy in zalyssia to be useless. it just tells you if artifacts are in area. you can’t even find them.

[trim iron]

It literally describes what it does, then you come complaining about it. Why do you even play it then?

[abstract furnace]

am i not allowed to give criticism, you fucking commie?

[trim iron]

lol
One of those, I see

[abstract furnace]

if you don’t like it, block me. you’re adding nothing if you complain about me “complaining”

which is ironic lmao

“one of those, i see”

thumb-sucking mid wit

[late kernel]

Go critisize the mod creator

[slim moth]

https://discord.com/channels/912320241713958912/1390437561738203337

there you go. have fun

[tepid spade]

is that British ?

[torn bane]

Big talk from a guy that catches colds so easily.....

[dapper parrot]

https://tenor.com/view/cope-harder-cope-sir-cope-sir-american-psycho-gif-26276799

[torn bane]

Anyway, any mod recommendations for a 2nd playthrough

[abstract furnace]

is that quote in your bio from the big silly billy book of things to put in your bio?

https://tenor.com/view/sam-hyde-stare-sam-hyde-gif-26166704

because it sounds really ahem feminine

[tepid spade]

Feminine is only your immune system

[abstract furnace]

tell me more about "men's writings'

is that code for pillow talk?

[weak hound]

why did they make bloodsuckers even worse than they used to be

the packs of them are so annoying

[slim moth]

i feel like they are way better than they used to be lol. They have more animations now instead of spamming a jump AOE attack that would insta-kill

[weak hound]

The knockdown anim is so annoying

[drowsy umbra]

hot take: not including the NPP was a big minus

[weak hound]

Is that a hot take

[slim moth]

I understand. I don't mind it, but it'd be cool if there were different animations

some procedural physics. something

[abstract furnace]

it's annoying when they knock you down and then continue to get free hits off of you

[weak hound]

yeah the problem I keep having is with like 3 of them at once and they kinda stunlock you

[abstract furnace]

yep, i've had that happen

can't even fight back

https://tenor.com/view/fight-back-gang-fight-gif-13312078259119098072

[rotund mantle]

ngl im hoping we can see new arsenal style mod come to stalker 2 as NA7 is so peak

[eternal tiger]

QQ, hoe can I teleport to a location?

I wanna check if OXA is working properly

[eternal tiger]

so I can't pick up this moron, only some time after looting him :/

[eternal tiger]

that seems... comfortable

[eternal tiger]

home sweet home

[eternal tiger]

where tf is it??

[tame lodge]

Under the ground

Are you on 1.8.1?

[eternal tiger]

1.7

[tame lodge]

Yeeerp

That will do it

[eternal tiger]

do you know if saves are compatible between 1.7.1 and 1.8.1?

[normal sentinel]

Yes

[olive dove]

https://tenor.com/view/cinematic-timelapse-from-the-zone-stalker-heart-of-chornobyl-chernobyl-launch-trailer-gif-4675711253960156214

[eternal tiger]

I got my hands on the correct version. will try when I wake up. see ya 😄

[junior drift]

Hi
I'm trying to figure out if I should leave a space/line between these two blocks in the engine.ini file or not ?
Does anyone know ?

[loud sonnet]

What do you all think of the stalker 2 story line

[late kernel]

retconned nostalgia bait

[icy basin]

The best story of the four

[cinder sleet]

maybe unpopular opinion but PRZ is kinda too much

[late kernel]

color blind simulator

[cinder sleet]

It’s well delivered and that’s enough for a 4 day weekend for me

https://tenor.com/view/awesome-ok-great-good-thumbs-up-gif-16351183

Yea like I literally just loaded up this other preset. FUCK. I should have taken a before and after screen. They’re hyping up PRZ so much… this shit is GORGEOUS now

Also get setup to setup applies

Look at that dudes

[icy basin]

(I don't get it)

[loud sonnet]

Well I hated the stalker 2 story, the gameplay is fun but nothing will ever beat anomaly/gamma

I wish we had gamma in the unreal engine

[cinder sleet]

I just think PRZ looks overly edited. Idk

IT LOOKS GOOD but

Idk

[late kernel]

https://tenor.com/view/ah-shit-here-we-go-again-ah-shit-cj-gta-gta-san-andreas-gif-13933485

comparing apples to oranges YET AGAIN

[icy basin]

Stalker youtubers are a blight on society

[burnt abyss]

hey i was wondering if anyone knew if poltergeists no long throw items through walls?

that shit was peeving me in master difficulty.

[deep mica]

they still do

[rotund mantle]

you got a real low bar if you think anomaly and gamma are that good lol

[icy basin]

Sandbox and sandbox modified by a French nerd

And saved by Oleh

[warped monolith]

they're not... terrible either

just an entirely different kind of experience

[rotund mantle]

True they arent bad but they arent the pinnacle imo

[tame lodge]

What would you recommend genuinely asking

I was thinking of playing OGSR Rearmed

[rotund mantle]

OGSR is really cool but it depends are you feeling freeplay? Story? Im personally playing New Arsenal 7 and its becoming one of my favorite mods atm

[tame lodge]

A bit of both really?

[rotund mantle]

NA7 would be good imo but OGSR is a solid choice if you want a shorter experience

[tame lodge]

I might try both

Since i wanted to replay soc anyway

Radiophobia 3 was eh

[rotund mantle]

Shame about radio ive personally never tried ogsr but I have played ogse

[tame lodge]

I just always bounce off at agro

So im gonna stick to it with ogsr

Also legend returns is good supposedly

[rotund mantle]

Legends return is awesome i like it

[tame lodge]

Nice ill try that then

[rotund mantle]

I've been exploring the mod scene freeplay and story while I wait for stalker 2 to become the game its supposed to be theres so many good mods out there

[tame lodge]

Yeah im getting more into it

Cheekis site helped a lot

[rotund mantle]

Check out the ccon server aswell its got a spreadsheet for a bunch of mods

[tame lodge]

Yeah i saw that too but im a bit paranoid about ap links and google drives

Even though i know its legit

[rotund mantle]

Thats understandable tbh if anything if you see it on the list could always go to moddb and grab it there for extra safety

Never hurts to be cautious

[tame lodge]

Yeah but some dont have moddb links so thats a bummer sometimes

[loud sonnet]

I love the open world of both games

SoC was peak stalker for me, running 4 batteries and bhoping around the map

[hallow canopy]

Has anyone hand luck fighting Scar with his one hit Kill Gauss in Master? I cant beat his ass with the auto aim the dude has

[late kernel]

That sounds fair and balanced

[hallow canopy]

It aint fun fighting him

[rotund mantle]

ah fair and yeah SoC was so good its atmosphere was incredible

[eternal tiger]

I wish we had gamma in any other engine BESIDES unreal 5 😭

[loud sonnet]

Cry engine

[knotty onyx]

Frostbite if EA didn't own it

[eternal tiger]

or that one engine that Death Stranding 2 is running on

that would be a dream

🤤

[icy basin]

Anomaly but Kojima played STALKER

He's doing this while fighting Monolith in the Sarcophagus in SoC

[rotund mantle]

ngl id love a kojima stalker game lol

[eternal tiger]

given how weird the zone is yeah, he'd fit right in

[warped monolith]

death stranding

[rotund mantle]

are those good games? never tried

[warped monolith]

no idea

watched my wife play them for a while

understood nothing

saw a lady with two left hands

guillermo del toro hugging norman reedus in the shower

[royal mural]

that pretty much sums it up

wont get better with context

[warped monolith]

and ofc

the best piece of dialogue in the history of mankind

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iYfHLtTudc

[royal mural]

princess beach

LMAO

[rotund mantle]

princess beach

[rotund mantle]

i think that sold me ngl lol

[tame lodge]

Its quirky but it has its charm

Depends if you like the delivery gameplay

But it is immersive

Second one is better in regards to gameplay I heard

[warped monolith]

it better be

imagine a sequel being worse than the ori....

wait...

[tame lodge]

Just a couple more years

[rotund mantle]

[hallow canopy]

Yea it doesnt matter what you do, Jump, Bait, Sprint or go around, Scar is for me just impossible to beat in Master Difficulty
Even with Insane level of Protection, he one shots you each time
Between cracks of the TVs and even pre fire in corner
I cant, its mentally killing me, for the first time I am not enjoying Stalker 2

[eternal tiger]

welp good news is that new version works great. just added the mods folder and can even play on previous save. even better, it fixed the scopes issue I had

but now that I did the poppy field quest I still can't find Mityay

I was going back to the village and the quest marker suddenly dissapeared

did you guys ever had this issue?

[echo nest]

Feelin a bit silly asking this but my 2nd playthrough since launch and currently at Zalyssia and all traders doors are locked at night (not sure if it has anything to do with the pack i'm running Cinematic & Immersive ZONE) or just a bug/''feature'' but anyone else had this?

[eternal tiger]

didn't happen to me

also anyone knows a mod that can fix the prompt from mutants to be from bigger range? this guy won't let me do it at all(it may be because he's between trees as well but still, I'd like to know if there's a mod for that)

[silver orchid]

good concepts and good new stories but with several unnecesary nostalgiabaits that, without em, would enhance the experience.

[silver orchid]

(offtopic) Prosectors Project is the ideal thingi.

[tame lodge]

Gonna look it up

[slim moth]

Shadow of Co-op just dropped too

[tame lodge]

Oo gonna look it up

But the other coop mod looked sketchy

[slim moth]

I've used them all

XRMPE, together, Net Online, Stalker Belarus

plus others

idk why people think co-op stalker is a scam lmao

when it's not

[midnight walrus]

Who's ready for Leon S(ex) Kennedy in RE9.

[tepid spade]

Its a bug. Try reload earlier save and come back to village.

Been having this post Sphere mission with other building door but that was in v1.6 if not mistaken.

From Richter to Village should be all good

[molten orchid]

FFS wasnt this bug supposed to be fixed

what fucking status ailment

Full health, no rads, no hunger or thirst, not overweight

[silver orchid]

modding drama

[tepid spade]

its not a bug - you are just not tired enough to be able to sleep.
You can use sleeping pills or eat a lot of stuff to be fatigue

[molten orchid]

wtfffffffff

[molten orchid]

Well shit, am I just a brainlet or did anyone else find that confusing

[slim moth]

i think most of us ran into that.

so no worries

[remote eagle]

!mp

[fallen iron]

@slim moth
For information related to multiplayer, read this: #╭📖faq message

[stone heron]

Am I a weirdo for liking vanilla stalker 2? lol. I keep seeing all these videos about how crap it is. About how it's not (insert mod pack here). I liked vanilla stalker 2. I liked gamma. I like the modlist I'm currently playing for stalker 2. I don't get the whole dogging on gsc because they didn't make gamma. Sorry. I guess gamer youtube is just annoying me lately.

[slim moth]

I've already read that lol

It's wrong lol

but they can have it on there

[remote eagle]

its scam

[slim moth]

I've played it along with a friend and it worked. no desync. How are you going to tell me it's a scam

I also paid no money lmao

you want footage?

[remote eagle]

still scam

[slim moth]

sounds like a skill and comprehension issue.

[remote eagle]

on your side

[slim moth]

brother, i could care less if you think it is. I get to play and enjoy it with my homies. It's fun af

Me and my homie have our own build of it with gunslinger and shit. it's awesome

[remote eagle]

[slim moth]

lemme compress these videos and i'll show ya

[weak hound]

WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT DISABLE THE PSI EMITTERS IN THE SWAMP MISSION JESUS CHRIST. Thank you for making me waste all of my ammo on 5 fucking pseudo giants and then topping it off with a chimera when I get to the shack Jesus fuck

horrific

[slim moth]

https://tenor.com/view/stalker-monolith-maytech-head-nod-yes-gif-2408363176849133420

[remote eagle]

[slim moth]

https://tenor.com/view/cope-harder-cope-sir-cope-sir-american-psycho-gif-26276799

[remote eagle]

[slim moth]

that's actually really adorable

[weak hound]

[rotund mantle]

looks peak ngl id love a stalker together port for NA7

[grim crane]

any1 else noticed that IWI Carmel does not "tilt" much enough for the laser to be fully usefull, if u run an big scope on it ? 😄

[warped monolith]

wait, what

is that a mod for stalker 2 or one of the OGs?

[slim moth]

TIS FORBIDDEEENNNNNNN

[late kernel]

Forbidden fruit tastes the sweetest

[drowsy umbra]

more like UWU Carmel

[midnight walrus]

STALKER: The Video Game

[golden hazel]

HoC Tuah

[odd silo]

An emission started right when I got to the shack

The shack is not considered emission shelter

Had to reload a save and book it to the objective bc there's NO shelter nearby

[sinful dawn]

are there any save spots on master in kazovkyoi? can't even save even though it'd be a hub technically

[weak hound]

yeah I had an emission a little earlier in the mission that took me like 3 attempts to get through because it was in a shit spot and one time a poltergeist followed me in the shelter during the emission

[odd silo]

[remote estuary]

thats stalker for ya

[hallow canopy]

I somehow beat Scar on Master
And Granite

Be it I needed to use mods to do so
The one tap Gauss Gun aim bot aint fun to fight
I can tolerate it on open world
But scripted like Scar has got the be the biggest BS I have experienced

For once I see GSC not testing if its possible to beat Scar in Master

There is also a chance of Granite to spawn with Multiple Gauss Rifles btw

[eternal tiger]

I'm not (that) mad that they didn't make Gamma, I'm mad they made a very STUPID set of decisions

like Skip, ex military, can't run more than 20 meters without needing to literally sit

they made a big ahh map, then decided to cut off freedom of movement to make it seem like the game is bigger

and fym I need to drink 10 energy drinks in a row if I want to go 500 meters over

enemies just laser beam you through cover, without even seeing you. they don't shoot at your last known position or whatever, they literally shoot exactly where you are, even if there are 3 walls between you

[blazing storm]

is stalker 2 worth buying

help

it’s on sale rn

[eternal tiger]

I guess it makes it easier for modding

since you won't have to scour the internet for the latest version of the game for the mods to work :v

base game is ok, not horrible but not amazing either

modding saves it imo

[eternal tiger]

do the stats on artis stack? like the endurance 5 and endurance 2 work together? or just the highest value will be used?

[icy basin]

They apparently stack but if one arty says "Maximum", then you shouldn't go for that stat anymore

This is funny to me

[icy basin]

It runs quite well now

[icy basin]

I believe so, yes

But there's always time to wait for the engine upgrade

[eternal tiger]

not sure if this is because of OXA or not but this just fks me so hard lmao

[jovial sierra]

Hey guys. I wanted to ask. I kinda getting this ass graphic and wanted to ask you all around in here, if you could kinda help me out or explain me why it looks so bad. I currently running it on Medium but even on High it looks wierd. is there something Iam doing wrong ?

[junior drift]

WTF is the spawn rate in the Swamps ???
I kill 4 pseudogiant, run 50m, and now thre is 5 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! more running after me ??
that make no sense

[eternal tiger]

yeah, the spawns are really dumb sometimes. I went into wild territory where the mercs spawn in gamma, and there were none. the second I step on the stairs I get swarmed by 8 of them >.>

[junior drift]

damn
what annoye me the the most is the fact taht nearly all ennemies Ig make no sound or not much
human make no noise when walk
mutant don't make noise too, or only when 3-4 meter close to you
dumb

[fading monolith]

Is Stalker 2 out of Alpha early access yet ?

[nova sedge]

Guys, got any good mods that I can add to Stalker 2? I currently have none. I have been looking at Unlimited and Desolation.

[junior drift]

don't play with Unlimited
really
it's just no fun

[kindred violet]

I mean if you're looking for fun action gameplay why would you even go for a mod like unlimited
it's not meant to be that

[nova sedge]

I want it to feel like Im playing GAMMA. No bullet sponges but also I dont want to feel like a god.

Considering I have been playing Ready or Not quite a bit nowadays.

[icy basin]

Welp, turns out S2 runs pretty well on my system now

Only mod I'll really need is "better flashlight"

That's kinda cute

[junior drift]

unlimited is nowhere near gamma
gamma is hard, but fair
unlimited is unfair by all possible reason
I really like the econmic system of this mod, but everything else is just unfair and stupid
don't play with
really

[nova sedge]

I see, thank you for the heads up. Is there one you could potentially suggest? For example OXA or?

[junior drift]

This is my mod list
Maybe not the best in the world, but it works (with desert eagle from steam workshop)
unfortunately I play with Unlimited cause you can't dislabe the mod once you begin your save
'have 80h in my run, and I really regret playing with
The others are great

I have more than 600 deaths in my run
thanks to Unlimited
thre is no immersion, hard challenge
only die and retry
no fun

[nova sedge]

Thank you, I will mix and match.

I wont use Unlimited then.

[junior drift]

Yan can try of course, but maybe in a second run
keep the fun for for first playthrought 😄

[nova sedge]

Will do haha

[eternal tiger]

OXA prototype made enemies less spongy for me

but standard might be nice on its own as well

[nova sedge]

What difficulty?

Playing with standard currently on veteran, that one bloodsucker in the cave eats buckshot without being phased, whilst I get two shotted.

[tame lodge]

Standard doesnt change difficulty

Only adds scopes nvgs

[nova sedge]

Right.

I got Better Ballistics Redux.

Will switch to Prototype and see how it goes.

[hallow canopy]

With the Future Potential and the Mods that are growing in creativity despite not fully supporting mods
And with the amount of time I have finished it and enjoyed
I will say its worth it

40% off sure is one heck of a deal not gonna lie

if you wanted Stalker 2 eventually
Well now is the time to grab it for future proofing a game that will probably be phenomenal

[late kernel]

I can't really recommend it yet because the visuals and performance is still subpar until the fabled engine update (hopefully) fix that to some extent

UE5 graphics are such eyecancer that it makes early 2000s games look like masterpieces, and inconsistent frames make gunplay more difficult

[willow kelp]

Does anybody have a personal setup of shaders or suggestions for addons and settings that make a super nice looking spring/summer look for the game? I went off the clikrad video but can’t seem to get the same level of detail or beauty that he has

[late kernel]

PRZ looks like shit especially with the shitty graphics UE5.1 has

[willow kelp]

I meant gamma if you were replying to me

[late kernel]

To my knowledge, this is the Stalker 2 channel

[willow kelp]

Oh I’m silly my bad

[icy basin]

[hallow canopy]

So by your theory they should buy the game when its ready??

aka at full price instead of now where its 36€?

[warped monolith]

I think he means the game isn't ready now

[hallow canopy]

Yea doesnt mean you can buy the game and then wait to play it

[warped monolith]

it can get a bigger discount in future sales after it's finished

[late kernel]

Who said you shouldn't buy it now?

Putting words into my mouth

[hallow canopy]

certain games wont drop down below a set %
And with Stalker 2 constantly coming out with more updates for the future
I will say they can wait for 5 more years if the price would go down to idk 1 less €

[warped monolith]

you could be right
but you could also be wrong

[hallow canopy]

Money comes, money goes
It will only be in vain if you keep saving it over the top and never use it to the fullest potential

especially on a discount

[warped monolith]

different people have different priorities

[hallow canopy]

Games have only one priority

Games lol

[warped monolith]

[hallow canopy]

Unless you are a Gamer,Car Guy and Tech nerd like me

[warped monolith]

and here I thought this was a semi serious conversation

my mistake

[hallow canopy]

then you got some heavy shit to buy

[hallow canopy]

doesnt have to be serious or not serious if you give someone a perspective to think of something

[late kernel]

https://tenor.com/view/lol-gif-22712602

[hallow canopy]

https://tenor.com/view/my-goals-are-beyond-your-understanding-reverse-flash-eobard-thawne-the-flash-gif-16637212

[late kernel]

There is no point arguing with someone such as yourself when you yap about random shit like this, like what are you smoking???

[stone heron]

lol i was thinking exactly this earlier. Everybody wants everything UE5 like it’s visual gold and I just keep thinking really? This buggy, unoptimized mess is what you want. Then every studio builds their next game in UE5. I miss custom engines. I miss actual artistry in games.

[warped monolith]

I miss when everyone used idtech and games were actually good, unique and ran well because idtech is a good engine

thanks, Carmack

[stone heron]

lol. The days of idtech 3 master pieces

[warped monolith]

but since idsoftware went under Bethesda, they stopped licensing out the engine to other devs.
And now under Microsoft it's even less likely to happen.

problem with UE games is that there's so many of them. Gotta dig through a huge ditch of slop to find any gems

and not everyone wants to spend the time and energy to find the good ones

[late kernel]

Bully every developers into moving to the nvRTX branch of UE5

[stone heron]

Yeah. I don’t think most studios optimize it either. So most of it runs like a mess.

[late kernel]

Lumen and Nanite is not worth it

[warped monolith]

ARC Raiders runs well because they ditched those technologies and rawdogged it

based Embark

[weak hound]

I’ve worked with lumen a bit in ue5. It’s really neat tech, but it runs bad, and if you turn the settings down, it looks really really ass especially the ambient occlusion from a distance

like if you’re running a godly machine and have it cranked and somehow don’t have issues, it can look great but for the majority of players these days it’s gonna look bad or run bad or both

bring me back to the days of hard contrast dynamic shadows

[gilded verge]

in S2 Lumen is software

absolute fkn shit

flickering of shadows in the lab felt like eyecancer

not even Ultra can fix that, and I played it on Ultra settings

[icy basin]

Can confirm, STALKER 2 runs so much better now that I've started a whole new save
Goodbye, 1.0 run
Time to help Ward from day 1 and upset Richter slightly

[warped monolith]

[ancient musk]

Wish they'd also fix the horrendous input lag

It feels like you're trying to move the camera while underwater

[tame lodge]

Might be fg?

Tho it feels like that even without it

[warped monolith]

it's usually supersampling/framegen that cause input lag
I don't remember having any when I played

but I didn't play much.

[stone heron]

Playing the cinematic and immersive modlist from on1t. Is it possible to repair the detector, or do you just have to buy a new one? I tried the technician. Nothin

[tame lodge]

Depends what overhaul is the base

Sounds like unlimited if its the broken detector

Which i think you cant

[stone heron]

Yeah. It’s unlimited

[tame lodge]

Yeah u just sell it

Afaik

[stone heron]

I did not know that lol. Alright. Thanks for the info.

[prime stratus]

Are using FSR frame gen? That's what I use and my input feels pretty quick and smooth. I use a 3080. Not sure if that has anything to do with it.

[ancient musk]

It feels sluggish even without frame gen

[prime stratus]

I just got a. I7 12700k. Gave my i5 12600k to my son. I will admit the game feels better for me now. It was not that bad before though.

[tame lodge]

Idk that the difference between those 2 would be that big

Especially with higher resolutions

Might be their optimizations more than the change in CPU

[prime stratus]

I got better frame times and 1 percent lows in npc heavy areas like Rostok for sure.

[prime stratus]

I thought that also.

[sweet mica]

any advice to survive the fight in the Sirca D1 lab with that special something? I get encircled and fucked fast

[slim moth]

yeeeeahhh it's oxa.

[slim moth]

im glad i've always skipped it, then. I played infinity and didn't care for it, but sounds like Unlimited is straight up not fun

[junior drift]

What is Infinity ?
Honestly, I'm starting to hate ST2 because of Unlimited...
I must be at 700 deaths now, it's ridiculous, just die & retry, save & load
No fun, no enjoyment.
but I just have too many hours in my playthrough to dare stop restarting without this mod. :/ I appreciate the economy version, the fact that there's less loot, the revamped progression... but your character has 1 HP, and that sucks.
You get injured? You die.
You touch an anomaly? You die. You bleed? You die. You get irradiated? You die.
There are in-game sections that are literally IMPOSSIBLE without cheating. I had to give myself infinite health several times because otherwise it was impossible to progress...
So what is Infinity, better? ^^''

[slim moth]

dude, screw unlimited and infinity and just go with OxA and have a fun time with playing the game lmao

Infinity was the precursor to Unlimited.

I thought infinity was really easy back in the day, but then Unlimited wanted to be MHM but mid af

[junior drift]

Yes honnestly I think I will restart a new game without unlimited...
if no fun, what's even the point to play lol

[trim iron]

Play the way you want. No mod will please everyone. Find the ones that appeal to your playstyle.

[grim crane]

hmm, im inside yaniv station (used guide) and all doors are locked, cant get out, why is that, and how to fix it? 🙁

[stone heron]

I think the biggest problem with all the overhauls is that they lack any player customization. There isn’t an mcm to adjust gameplay to your style. You just have to rely on what changes they make to their preference. I don’t know if that is just a limitation of unreal but i really want there to be an mcm or something so i can adjust all of that.

That’s part of what makes anomaly, gamma, etc so much more fun in terms of mods is because they can really be fine tuned to your play style.

[normal sentinel]

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

[trim iron]

S2 is nowhere near any state to allow for that. GAMMA is a collection of 554 mods which is what gives it that ability.
That's why overhaul mods do not allow for modularity, because it increases the maintenance of the mods exponentially.
Considering that S2 is very much still a work in progress, it introduces changes way too often to be sustainable.
You are simply looking for something that is too early to be viable in the current state of S2.

[slim moth]

It's not an unreasonable want though.

[stone heron]

Yes and no. I mean mcm’s for a large number of games come out within months of a games release. I think it has more to do with the nature of modding unreal than anything. Maybe it’s a thing and i just don’t know enough about unreal. I can understand it’s still early and much of the modularity is a ways off but at least having some sliders for config settings doesn't seem like a hard ask on unlimited, oxa, what have you.

[slim moth]

I mean, you can make changes to the mods you have if you really want to. but having it in-game especially when full SDK drops im sure it'll be a priority to make one

[stone heron]

Yeah. That's more of what I'm looking for. I don't mind diving into config files but damn it's bitch on unreal. unpacking, repacking. damn

[slim moth]

I think it'll be up to the og mod author to incorporate their own settings and stuff into the MCM but like fallout/skyrim etc

[stone heron]

Some day. Some ultra ambitious mod author will port S2 into the xray engine. Rookies will rejoice.

Praise to Atom

lol sorry. I'm just not a fan of unreal unless a dev really refines it for their game. We see so many slop jobs now.

[warped monolith]

that's gonna be even worse

[stone heron]

On a side note. I have never played unlimited before. I have all this dog meat. Can you cook this shit or what do i do with it

Would it really though? I mean we have seen these authors do some pretty incredible work with it. Even remaking the exe's to varying degrees. and with new sss adding fsr3, dlss. Could be pretty sweet.

[opaque vigil]

is stalker 2 bad or good

i never really looked into it

[weak hound]

it’s good

it’s still got some issues but at its core it’s still very much stalker ala the original trilogy

bullshit and all

it’s fun to just see how they reimagined and remixed the maps into a cohesive world

[silver orchid]

u have to repack a mod file in UE5 for have it working?

[outer depot]

it's in the best state it's been in since launch and eminently playable

if you consider it good or not is up to you

[stone heron]

Yeah. Afaik you have to unpack the mods to get to the config files and repack them. For instance oxa prototype has a configuration tool that lets you edit some settings and repacks the pak files. I’m pretty sure you can download a tool that does this for any mod.

[midnight walrus]

Told ya it would grow on you!

[lapis heart]

Yo guys is monolith nosorog exoskeleton best armor?

W gamma btw i downloaded it peak game

Better than stalker 2

[kindred violet]

You're in the S2 chat you goober

And good for you

[lapis heart]

Wha.

?

[lapis heart]

There are like 20 bandits in cordon trying to rob me just for 10ru 1 shotgun bullet and cossack vodka

[late kernel]

It's not something i've seen in Stalker 2

[tame lodge]

Youre in Stalker 2 chat

[late kernel]

He cannot read and compares Gamma to Stalker 2

classic

"Why Stalker 2 NEEDS to be compared to Gamma"

its all cope

[tame lodge]

I forgot drewski made another video about gamma 3 weeks ago

[late kernel]

Drewski should stick to milsims

[tame lodge]

Stalker needs to be 500+ mods on a modified engine on a mod made from 20 different other mods for Call of Pripyat

[tame lodge]

Real tbh

[midnight walrus]

Yeah I never vibed much with the milsim people covering STALKER.

[icy basin]

He's the reason I'm here, now I poke fun at STALKER youtubers

[midnight walrus]

Lemme rephrase that. I don’t hate that more people know about STALKER, I think it’s just the mentality of everyone that have only looked at Anomaly or GAMMA. Or even EFP.

[icy basin]

We should tie Drewski to a chair and install vanilla, pre-EE trilogy on his PC

(with ZRP, SRP, and maybe some QoL tweaks for CoP)

[midnight walrus]

Make him play vanilla Clear Sky.

[icy basin]

Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh nahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Sky Reclamation Project it

Keep the grenade spam, keep the gunplay

[midnight walrus]

What was that one mod I played ages ago…

Hold up

L.U.R.K

It was good I think lol

It’s been forever

[tame lodge]

He should play stalker soup

Or NS

[midnight walrus]

I vaguely remember playing Oblivion Lost as well

[rotund mantle]

NA7 is super fun aswell

[lucid spoke]

Are there any mods that make walking and sprinting slower and realistic, cause I cannot find any?

[kindred violet]

Make movement even slower?

[lucid spoke]

What do you mean it’s way too fast

I kinda like the tarkov movement

[icy basin]

It's fast? Whut

[lucid spoke]

Where it makes like your character almos feel geared u know?

[icy basin]

Here I am, somewhat feeling like I'm missing GAMMA's level 30 endurance speed

[lucid spoke]

Bruh lol maybe I might’ve installed the mod that may have made it too fast might have to take a look

[tame lodge]

You want to make traveling even slower?

Dear god

[merry sentinel]

Bro stalker 2 lowkey is already so slow😭

The first 3 stalker games you move at the speed of light

But in stalker 2 your character gets winded after 10 seconds of running

[lucid spoke]

Bru I had a speed mod

[tame lodge]

They should make a car mod so it doesnt take 20 minutes to go across one area

[merry sentinel]

That’s just stalker soc atp

Cus it actually fast travels you quite a bit each load point

[icy basin]

FOOLISH SAMURAI
YOU DID NOT CHECK YOUR ~MODS FOLDER

[lucid spoke]

Time to wake up samurai I MADE WAFFLES

[icy basin]

Schizo episode averted

[tame lodge]

Idk man then a bicycle one

[prime stratus]

That would look ridiculous. Lol. Idk

[tame lodge]

https://tenor.com/view/stalker-soc-bloodsucker-on-bicycle-gif-20911439

Doesnt look ridiculous to me

[merry sentinel]

I heard strelok biked his way back into the zone

[tepid spade]

https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/810

[icy basin]

Turns out he had a speed INCREASING mod all along

[tepid spade]

This might slow him down a bit

[coral crater]

i just joined community and i wonder is there will be a gamma for stalker 2 ?

[weak hound]

maybe in 5-10 years when mods can pile up enough and the full sdk is available there will be huge modpacks, but there’s nothing like gamma for 2 and won’t be for a long time

[warped monolith]

!gamma2

[fallen iron]

⠀

[brave yoke]

woa stalker 2 really pulls 70% from my 5600x

getting old now

[knotty onyx]

It turns my 7900xt into space heater lol

[eternal tiger]

[brave yoke]

my cpu bottlenecked

or not idk, it's fighting for its life

[warped monolith]

that temperature is fine if it's at 100% use

[brave yoke]

it's around 92-95%, not completely full load

I'll just ignore it the game is really playable now

[tame lodge]

Up the resolution

[eternal tiger]

so I tried adding a mod and kinda bricked the rest of them I think

added this https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/389

and it worked for a bit, then all mutant bodies were unlootable

then my buff icons stopped appearing

removed it and even re-pasted oxa and still nothing

also added the 500 weight mod, could it be because of it? although I did add it before the mutant loot and it was fine

like it's not interactable from any angle

is there a cache or something that I might need to delete for the other mods to "reload"?

[brave yoke]

okay so this is with DLAA+FG, good to go

[warped monolith]

very nice.

[sinful dawn]

anyone know if this mod works on current patch? https://mod.io/g/stalker2/m/better-bed-sleep-system#discussion

[tacit glacier]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKDX5hi9OMY

[slim moth]

isn't that hella out of datye

https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/672

this one works with bpatch im pretty sure

[tepid spade]

No, works just fine. He has good values there ngl.

[tepid spade]

Thats main SCAM mod where You manually can make things

[slim moth]

Ik with the newer vers. it didn't bug out my jog animation

cause project darkzone doesn't have the jog animations in there

[tepid spade]

No bugs with jog anim with his values.
I believe that jog anim bug was something to do with v1.7x
Not everyone had it but I saw that few users were struggling with that bug.

[slim moth]

i mean ig if it works it works.

[tepid spade]

Been using it since last year, no issues with any game update so far

[slim moth]

I prefer making my own values. but i understand

got that tarkov movement lmao

maybe it's a little faster since s2 isn't as sluggish as tarkov

[tepid spade]

Vanilla Stalker is way too fast imho, its just ridiculous

[slim moth]

feels like an arcade game

[outer depot]

Because it is one lmao

Anyone remember the old Trashbag + Moonlight build

[tepid spade]

Careful with another AI slop floating around in Nexus.

Non of those commands do even exist to begin with.

https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/1926?tab=description

[outer depot]

Go Fast, Die Faster

[eternal tiger]

so anyone knows what I could do?

also I found the repair kit from OXA that increases repair cap to 100% but it doesn't work. do I need the 90 and 95 as well or is it might be bugged?

[slim moth]

it's an old af mod that doesn't work with current patch vanilla mutant looting

if you wanted more mutant loot just use EML

[eternal tiger]

honestly can't care less about the mutant parts now, I just want the rest of the mods to work as they did ;-;

[slim moth]

usually the only thing that fixes that, for me, is reinstalling and readding mods and loading a save prior to adding the fucked up mod.

you could try deleting appdata/local/stalker2/saved/savegames

it'll just bring them back. lemme find see if i can find the other possible fix

[eternal tiger]

thank you, will give it a try

[slim moth]

good luck, stalker

[midnight walrus]

Ball ball ball

Lin
Lin

[eternal tiger]

EML? what's dat?

[slim moth]

https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/1452

[eternal tiger]

will it mess with OXA or Living zone?

[slim moth]

it's only adding items so no.

[eternal tiger]

will try, thx

[silver orchid]

Drewski should play SFZ

[eternal tiger]

even with this it seems like my save is fked :/

deleting savegames is basically deleting save right?

also loading a save before that isn't really possible since 3 hours + passed

and I'm a gamma dumdum that quick saves every 4 minutes :v

and suffering through another 24 hours of this game is a nono from me

will try to add EML

maybe it overwrites the messed stuff idk

[slim moth]

it's just the mod save info so it just repopulates

[eternal tiger]

oh really? then I;ll try that too

btw how does the localization file work? can there not be multiple of them?

[midnight walrus]

Ball ball ball

Lin
Lin

[eternal tiger]

after adding EML with it OXA does not have names anymore

still no luck

welp

there goes 25 hours

I'm out lol

[slim moth]

localization merge

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

[weak hound]

I want to be as passionate about anything in life as this guy is about fucking hating stalker 2

I wanna try that free play mod after I finish the game and see if it’s decent

[normal sentinel]

Foreigner Bob mvp

[midnight walrus]

I’ve had my time with STALKER mods, and right now I can say that STALKER 2 is scratching an itch for me. I’ve had legit 0 issues with anything after 30+ hours so far.

[stone heron]

Are you talking about the video saying why it's necessary to compare s2 to gamma?

[warped monolith]

seems so, yeah

[stone heron]

lol. that video was silly.

[midnight walrus]

It just seems like there exists a separate fandom within the fandom. Kind of its own thing all together.

[warped monolith]

[normal sentinel]

YouTubers making video essays about how I can’t be having fun with something enjoyable

[stone heron]

lol. I know right. The reasons he gives too were just as much reasons not to compare said things as they were reasons to compare them. I love the analogy of legos and bricks.

[midnight walrus]

Man that was a good fajita.

[weak hound]

yeah every video he makes is some hit piece

[midnight walrus]

Wtf

Did a Bloodsucker just THROW something at me?

[golden hazel]

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

[stone heron]

I’m glad I’m not the only person who saw that and was just shaking my head the whole time.

[midnight walrus]

What’s even the point of making those kinds of videos? Just to stir the pot?

[normal sentinel]

Rage bait

[midnight walrus]

I won’t watch it because I’m having fun with S2, would be a waste of time.

[slim moth]

i watched like 5 min of it and stopped caring

[silver orchid]

the same point of ||This Game Doens't Fake Survival/This Game Is Better Than Any AAA and IT'S FREE||, get views

[midnight walrus]

Many such cases 😭

[weak hound]

Drewski taking direct hits

[stone heron]

I thought it was worth the watch just because i enjoy seeing other people’s opinions good or bad. But that, by the end it just felt like he had a insane misunderstanding of game development, mod authorship and the modding community.

[weak hound]

Average YouTuber

[midnight walrus]

HEY GUYS, MILSEX GAMER HERE TO TELL YOU ABOUT THIS INSANE MOD

[silver orchid]

it just felt like he had a insane misunderstanding of game development, mod authorship and the modding community.
Many such cases

[stone heron]

I am ok with him too a degree. I got back into stalker because my first look at gamma was because of him. Then i decided to play through them all again.

[weak hound]

(I don’t watch drewski really but his stalker videos are actually kind comfy idc)

[late kernel]

huge misunderstanding of stalker lore, too

[slim moth]

Drewski's fine. I enjoy his format. it's not obnoxious, decently edited.

[weak hound]

yeah

[silver orchid]

This Is The Most Inmersive Game Ever Made That You Didn't Knew That Existed

[midnight walrus]

People want to combine Tarkov and STALKER I guess.

[normal sentinel]

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

[slim moth]

which is fine. just shouldn't be forced on people who don't want it.

[stone heron]

lol it’s all honestly pretty fun. I enjoy s lot of the mod packs. I just wish they ran better on my Steam deck

[golden hazel]

HOW DARE YOU EVERY SHOOTER GAME SHOULD BE A MILSIM THE YOUTUBER SAID SO

[midnight walrus]

I love collecting plastic containers

[golden hazel]

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

[slim moth]

People can turn a game into a milsim if they want. i'm all for it. it's just not going to be for everybody which is why theres a hundreds of modpacks/thousands of mods that you can use or not use.

[silver orchid]

||RAGE should be milsim, obviously||

[golden hazel]

Agreed

[midnight walrus]

I agree there.

[stone heron]

Exactly

[slim moth]

Which is why i think it's pointless to cry about modularity and bloat when it's optional.

[warped monolith]

every game should be a doom clone instead

[golden hazel]

That's just playing HoC Tuah Vanilla with the revolver

[stone heron]

Pff a doom project brutality clone

[midnight walrus]

STALKER should be a cooking sim

[stone heron]

Which i guess is just a doom eternal clone

[stone heron]

Is it not a cooking sim

[golden hazel]

Tonight on Zone's Kitchen, Chef Scar will inspect Rostok's 100 Rads Bar

[slim moth]

lowkey i want a fishing pole and grab one of those monster catfish

[golden hazel]

https://tenor.com/view/scar-stalker2-scar-stalker-2-gif-9056284766972622477

[slim moth]

cook that muh fucka

[midnight walrus]

This bread fucking sucks

[golden hazel]

That actually brings up a point

[slim moth]

https://tenor.com/view/mcdonald-chris-mcdonald-funny-big-fish-shaking-gif-17868799

[golden hazel]

What about underwater mutants

[midnight walrus]

Mutated fish with human limbs

[normal sentinel]

Barotrauma zone edition

[midnight walrus]

[silver orchid]

Agreed.

[slim moth]

i don't think chornobyl has any gators

but god damn im not gonna stop being upset that the mimicry was taken from us

[warped monolith]

ew

you managed to pick a mod worse than brutal doom

[golden hazel]

Not with that attitude

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

[midnight walrus]

There was concept art of a slender man mutant thing that would hide in trees or something

[slim moth]

I’m very surprised they only dropped one new mutant.

And it fucking sucks. The deer would’ve been my last pick from the stack of cut mutants

[golden hazel]

Bayun is a new mutant though

[slim moth]

Ig it is

[golden hazel]

Wasn't there also supposed to be a bear at some point in development

[silver orchid]

Not much anyways

[golden hazel]

I coulda sworn there was a cut bear mutant

[silver orchid]

Yes, there a render of it but i remember that has a great size

[golden hazel]

It sucks it's banished to being event only spawning

Just like Chimeras

[stone heron]

lol i like em

[silver orchid]

First we had our Stalker Supermutant
After we had our Stalker Yao-Guai

[slim moth]

With these a-life mods, they pop up anywhere and it’s horrifying

[normal sentinel]

Going into the swamp with Shay’s was a nightmare

5 pseudogiants

[silver orchid]

Trve Sdalger

[midnight walrus]

Christ there were like 4 bloodsuckers here, and I hear more. 😭

[golden hazel]

A small challenge compared to when Grok upgraded ZCP to 1.5D many years ago

https://tenor.com/view/vietnam-flashback-traumatized-cat-gif-7852054576948114551

[midnight walrus]

Two snorks as well

What the fuck is happening

[stone heron]

I’m trying out cinematic & immersive modality. The stalker unlimited economy ends up broken by the living zone because so much crap spawns now.

[golden hazel]

Sounds like someone opened the door to an X Lab

[midnight walrus]

Nope! Was at the old Freedom base and suddenly I’m getting attacked by all manner of mutants.

[silver orchid]

IMO the mouth looks weird

[golden hazel]

Well it probably has an X Lab under it considering it used to be a military base before the weed clan hidden in the smoke took over

[golden hazel]

That's just a homeless dude

[silver orchid]

I mean, i understand that don't must looks like a bear in any detail, is a mutant after all

BUT

The mouth is super weird

Idk how explain it

Possibly has smth to do with that don't has much hair

[normal sentinel]

Bearsucker

[midnight walrus]

There was a joke I heard before about them liking mutants a little too much

[warped monolith]

chimera but 1 head
probably would behave the same

[midnight walrus]

Well just found out real quick that Ward hates me 😂

Tried to walk up to a base and they just started blasting

But anywhere else they’re passive

[golden hazel]

Ward is cringe

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

[slim moth]

their ending was so satisfying to me

idk why

well ik why. i felt more a connection to korshunov and built a better relationship than Skif and scar

going with scar feels like..idk culty

[golden hazel]

Korshunov was a real one

[golden hazel]

Cause Sprite is just "We have Sin at home"

[midnight walrus]

Is my rep just not great with Ward? That why I got shot at? 😂

[slim moth]

who have you been siding with

[golden hazel]

If you're near the chemical factory you need the ward badge

[midnight walrus]

Oohhhhhh

[golden hazel]

Otherwise you're shoot on sight

[midnight walrus]

I don’t think I’ve progressed the storyline super far. Didn’t give up the PDA.

Would that matter?

[slim moth]

oh shit you're in the benninging

[midnight walrus]

I’ve been exploring and doing jobs

Having a lot of fun with that.

[slim moth]

tons and tons to explore. there's a lot of shit the story doesn't touch which makes the world really mysterious

[golden hazel]

You get layers on layers on layers of lore

and the new dlc absolutely confirms what the hell Clear Sky is doing in Limansk

[silver orchid]

nah

[slim moth]

haven't done that yet. was waiting for my freeroam playthru. im looking forward to it

[golden hazel]

It's way more than what I expected

I expected maybe like 2 quests at most but it's a proper questline

[slim moth]

keep diamond exo or sell it

[weak hound]

why is every fucking mission in the latter half just: go into lab, flip switch, shoot your way out

Jesus

[slim moth]

welp. it only sells for about 9k koupons so guess im keeping it.

[stone heron]

I love the toz-34. I end up keeping it for way too long every time i play these games.

[midnight walrus]

I found Gordon Freeman

Crowbar and all

[slim moth]

holy shit i fixed my lighting.

[queen elk]

https://youtube.com/shorts/fwjBdHdHb14?si=eDUr4L3c0eVAW1jG

What is this mod looks very good better than in gamma

[rotund mantle]

I really wish stalker 2 had PiP scopes ive been spoiled by NA7 its hard to go back

[normal sentinel]

Just wait till you get to Pripyat

[slim moth]

PiP will be dope

i think the teaser had PiP?

the teaser also had a grab/interact animation 😠 why would they take that away

[wanton arch]

My frame when they implement PiP scopes

🥀

Tho they should add open eyes aiming

Giving gun and the sight itself some opacity

When ads

[midnight walrus]

Big broccoli

[wanton arch]

Clearance over funky

[dusty dove]

maybe https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/882

no thats not it, I am not sure

[silver orchid]

https://tenor.com/view/poop-cat-meme-dark-fnaf-gif-2491098315710587638

[midnight walrus]

😼

[icy basin]

Bad
Sit down

[wanton arch]

opening this chat just to see some one posted a mogging sticker

then tell some one is bad and sit down

oh i should have not scroll up

💔

[icy basin]

I wasn't in the wrong

https://tenor.com/view/light-skin-stare-gif-27568384

[slim moth]

https://tenor.com/view/my-honest-reaction-monolith-stalker-stalker-game-cop-gif-5328015560665532230

DLSS 4.5 babyyy gimme all them fake frames

[icy basin]

I just watched a stalker walk into severe radiation, freak out, then fall over dead

[rotund mantle]

[icy basin]

That's actually cool to finally see the NPCs be affected by rads

[slim moth]

i've been seeing a lot more mutants actually run into anomalies as well

[summer vapor]

Always has been

[slim moth]

usually there is like, some wall that mutants don't cross when it comes to anomalies and it seems like its a bit more natural now that they'll accidently run into one rather than avoid most of them perfectly.

[summer vapor]

I've only noticed this with the "shards" anomaly before.

[weak hound]

there’s nothing quite like hearing an angry growl behind you followed by WHOOOOOSH (splatter)

never gets old

[remote eagle]

[warped monolith]

@remote eagle how far did you go in ffxiv

oops wrong channel lol

[eternal tiger]

I woke up with 20+ bodies over a rad spot in garbage. I then proceeded to join them as I was not prepared to loot them

[weak hound]

https://tenor.com/view/fell-for-it-again-award-gif-13516122002380463869

some of these later missions are actual war crimes

I don’t want to flip any more lab switches boss I’m tired

[slim moth]

the flying leaf ghosties are gooone

[warped monolith]

"you will feel me"

[knotty onyx]

Richter can feel Me any time oωο

[normal sentinel]

[knotty onyx]

Ukrainian dub Richter is cute, English dub Richter can stay TF away

[stoic nebula]

REAL english dub Richter makes me feel like im being predated on

[calm drift]

The English dubs sounded incredibly bad from what I saw.

[normal sentinel]

Ukranian dub is the way the game's meant to be played

Skiff sounds way better lol

[knotty onyx]

English dub has very poor direction. It's like the VAs weren't told anything about the story or their characters.

I don't speak Ukrainian but the Ukrainian dub conveys a lot more emotion and gives the characters personalities.

[calm drift]

Id much rather just listen to original language with subs most of the time.

[knotty onyx]

The English is also with British and Australian accents. Stalker English dubs should be voice acted by random Ukrainians that work for GSC.

[warped monolith]

they looked at the chernobyl tv show and thought 'let's do that'

but people miss the heavy slavic accents like they have potatoes stuck in their throats

[knotty onyx]

The best part of old stalker was Ukrainians doing their best impressions of regional American accents.

I think the GSC guys were watching a lot of sopranos when they made call of pripyat

[warped monolith]

what are you, a statue

if you got somethin', spill de beenz

if not

take a hike

[knotty onyx]

Ain't no thang bro

[eternal tiger]

https://tenor.com/view/stalker-stalker-clear-sky-clear-sky-monolith-monolith-exo-gif-13594799489985857333

the moment I heard the (UNSKIPABLE) intro cinematic I knew this game is meant to be played in ukrainian dub. english dub once again proven to be the inferior copy in ANY medium

[silver orchid]

sounded incredibly bad from what I saw.