╟⚒stalker2™-mods-making-discussion

[pulsar comet]

I have ONE succesful knifekill, then everyone saw me instantly

[rain finch]

l'open world je ne sais pas encore trop comment c'est géré

[torpid kite]

hmmm, okay je vais voir ça

[timber vortex]

Flashlight in ai globals? Why not lol

[pulsar comet]

oh fuck, the french are taking over! No one expects the french inquisition

[solemn hinge]

I think you're mistaking what flashlight values are in there

[timber vortex]

Quick high-school french save me

[solemn hinge]

Because you edited the AI file, i think it's more of the detection values of the flashlight

[pulsar comet]

Oui, je ne sais pas!

still got it

[honest glade]

its something with player visibility so idk if its your flashlight or the rendering of NPC's flashlights

[west lintel]

Could anyone with the enabled console try entering the following command? Would love to know which active value is returned for you by default.
r.Lumen.Reflections.ScreenSpaceReconstruction

[solemn hinge]

@honest glade FlashlightVisionConeLength would be the distance at which AI will react to your flashlight

[timber vortex]

I figured it's just funny

[honest glade]

imma scrap that

[honest glade]

can be

wait dont download yet

imma change it back

or to something reasonable

[thick tundra]

anyone got an aes key for a brother?

[solemn hinge]

check pinned, you can extract it in 10 seconds

[daring sluice]

Absolute warzone @worn temple hahaha

[solemn hinge]

https://github.com/Dmgvol/UE_Modding/tree/main?tab=readme-ov-file Dmgvol UE modding guide

[solemn hinge]

There's a good chance Flashlight values in an AI cfg file would be for the flashlight detection xD

@honest glade in UE5, AI works with a component, you can edit it so your AIs have perception components

[honest glade]

nvm test this anyway, I don't think the values I changed will change that much, i just put like 5 more meters or so

[solemn hinge]

AI can have ear perception, sight perception, touch perception, and so on

[pulsar comet]

any chance the shotgun slugs can be turned red if buckshot and green if slugs? So its easy to differentiate when reloading? Or is that SDK stuff?

[honest glade]

yes yes touch perception is there

[royal heath]

guys for some reason while in dialogue i now have to press a button when the other person stops talking to proceed.. any idea why ? did i click on something i shouldn't have ? it's annoying to have to wait him to say soemthing and then press a button instead of him continue talk

[solemn hinge]

So they probably made it so that the AI also reacts visually to your flashlight

[honest glade]

I changed the earing perception too, the value during a storm was too high

was like HearingCoef = 0.9 or something, I changed to 0.1, but maybe 0.2 is better

[daring sluice]

@worn temple So far it doesn't seem to be spawning them further away, just more of them.

[solemn hinge]

A very simple way of visualizing this in your mind is that each perception sense has a radius at which the AI will react.

[honest glade]

what do you think the FlairCoef is?

[solemn hinge]

and your player actions will trigger any of the senses depending on how they coded it. Most will make sense by itself, they will hear you from some distance depending on your player state (crouching, running, etc), and see you if there's no static mesh between you and the AI, etc

[hard prairie]

guys, a life doesnt exist in the games files right?

[solemn hinge]

Let me check the whole file

[solemn hinge]

I got it dw

[honest glade]

this the modified

[frosty portal]

It does, there's a lot of mentions of A-Life in the game, though I can't see anything about layers, offline/online but it might be included in the ALifeDirector/ALifeSubsystem and since I can't see the code, I can't tell. But A-Life is in the game, though the S2 A-Life could only mean "random spawn encounter" and that's it

[cloud sorrel]

What is it about people constantly asking about a life

[torpid kite]

@rain finch Avant le mod

Après

[hard prairie]

jesus thats not good news

[cloud sorrel]

That was Just speculation 🤦🏻

[solemn hinge]

So @honest glade the FlairCoef seems to be a coefficient that represents how well an NPC will react depending on the weather. The worse the weather, the lower the coef is, suggesting reduced ability to detect environmental details

[timber vortex]

It's not really bad news either it's just a idk

[tepid holly]

Bro the mutants are absolute tanks in the game, some of them shouldn’t even be tanks

Especially the flesh

[timber vortex]

Check out pinned for groks mod on that

[tepid holly]

Ping it for me

Also I’m on Xbox not pc

[solemn hinge]

@honest glade notice the default value of the FlairCoef is 1.0 for clear weather, 0.9 for light rain, etc..

[honest glade]

ok yeah makes sense, well I mainly tweaked the visibility and hearing so that alone should do the trick (or maybe not and I should change flair values too)

[tepid holly]

So I ain’t modding s2 until another good year or two

[pulsar comet]

Is there anyway the compass can not turn red and show red arrows for enemies? Any mod capable of doing that?

[timber vortex]

Ahh sucks hopefully devs change it

[tepid holly]

Yea

It’s cool tho

[cloud sorrel]

Go to settings..

[tepid holly]

I’m still having a blast

[timber vortex]

Yeah it's still fun

[solemn hinge]

doesn't seem to work @rain finch ?

[cloud sorrel]

Same !

[solemn hinge]

@torpid kite tu pourrais test plusieurs fois ?

et dire si tu vois des changements substanciels

[cloud sorrel]

Seems fine from the Picture?

[pulsar comet]

I cant see anything in order to change the compass, what setting do you mean?

[solemn hinge]

Parce que c'est moi qui aie pak le mod

[tepid holly]

Rahh

[pulsar comet]

I wanna have the compass for my quests and stashes only, not to turn red and show enemies

[tepid holly]

Anyone here encountered the mercs yet?

[cloud sorrel]

threat indicator?

[tepid holly]

I really wanna know what they look like

[pulsar comet]

no not that, thats been off since the beginning

[torpid kite]

J'vais le garder en jouant pour l'instant, voir si je sens une différence ( j'ai remarqué que je pouvais sprint à l'infini aussi, va savoir pourquoi ~ )

[solemn hinge]

@torpid kite t'as installé d'autres mods ?

[pulsar comet]

I mean this compass, it turns red and shows the enemies on the compass which is just stupid

[torpid kite]

non

[solemn hinge]

mdrrr

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/952523705483948142/996403939203350588/E20D2199-DBB5-4F2D-903E-85418CCD7E1B.gif

[timber vortex]

Curse discords lack of a translate function

[cloud sorrel]

Hm idk well If there isnt another Option F only option to Turn IT Off complitly then i guess

[solemn hinge]

I'm just saying I was doubting the mod was functionning, I paked it for Grok

So maybe I've done it wrong lmao

[timber vortex]

Lol

[cloud sorrel]

Lol

[solemn hinge]

And apparently the mod also gives infinite stamina

[torpid kite]

i'm sorry if you feel excluded i will talk in english

[sudden summit]

Hows that Axii mod anyone tested if it works well?

[solemn hinge]

Who knows why

[timber vortex]

It's alright I was just making jokes

[steep dock]

Kinda look like the same as they do in Stalker 1. Blue camo uniform with NATO weapons

[frosty portal]

english do you speak it (on est partout les français)

[honest glade]

je m'appelle je suis 🇫🇷

[tepid holly]

Noted

[timber vortex]

Je n'parle le francais

All I got

[honest glade]

hard

[pulsar comet]

ehm why is bread my armor now?

[timber vortex]

BREAD

[honest glade]

its a known ANOMALY

[topaz cape]

anomalous bread is back

[torpid kite]

frenchmen build

[steep dock]

feature FTFY

[timber vortex]

Best feature

[solemn hinge]

@honest glade ```
CharacterPoseSettings : struct.begin
[0] : struct.begin
Pose = EStateTag::LowCrouchInPlace
VisibilityCoef = 0.75
NoiseCoef = 0.05
struct.end
[1] : struct.begin
Pose = EStateTag::Crouch
VisibilityCoef = 0.75
NoiseCoef = 0.1
struct.end
[2] : struct.begin
Pose = EStateTag::Walk
VisibilityCoef = 1.0
NoiseCoef = 0.6
struct.end
[3] : struct.begin
Pose = EStateTag::Run
VisibilityCoef = 1.1
NoiseCoef = 0.8
struct.end
[4] : struct.begin
Pose = EStateTag::Sprint
VisibilityCoef = 1.2
NoiseCoef = 1.0
struct.end
[5] : struct.begin
Pose = EStateTag::None
VisibilityCoef = 1.0
NoiseCoef = 0.8
struct.end
struct.end

[honest glade]

I changed those

[solemn hinge]

There are even coefs depending on the material type you're on

[honest glade]

fr

[solemn hinge]

all set to 1.0 somehow

[honest glade]

well ig they kinda ignored it

[pulsar comet]

Back in Cordon, feel at home ❤️

[honest glade]

idk if the visibility coef changes the NPC behaviour (prob) but I tweaked it a bit on crouch and low chrouch

[plucky carbon]

my home is abandoned in s2

[solemn hinge]

yeah it's worth testing out

[honest glade]

its just stoopid that they have the same value

for visibility

[torpid kite]

Okay j'pense que quelque chose va pas {x quand j'ai cassé deux caisses en bois les machins était remplie avec 7 items chacune ( vodka, canned food etc.. )

[timber vortex]

Farmstead?

[ornate tree]

Hey guys, any way to troubleshoot my mods if they aren't working? (Just put them in the paks/mods and that's it)

[solemn hinge]

Donc ça augmente les probabilités de trouver des items au lieu de les réduire c'est ça ?

[torpid kite]

possiblement

[twilit scroll]

is anyone working on enemy visiblity and spawn ranges

[solemn hinge]

si t'as l'occasion et que tu trouves un stash, save devant et teste plusieurs fois

save / reload

[true topaz]

Cooking with too many coef will make the npcs probably fully blind eventually since any coef will be a multiplicative change right

[plucky carbon]

factory

[sudden summit]

Does that visibility mod also helps for npc to be less superman at night?

[solemn hinge]

I have no idea how they implemented it tbh, my guess is the coefs are used in the UEPerceptionSystem, but how each coef interact with each other idk. I don't think they just blatantly multiply coefs, because if you're crouched in the night and in heavy rain, yeah they would just be blind lmao

[honest glade]

the folder needs to be named ~mods

[honest glade]

needs a lot of testing and I dont have the game yet so

maybe later

[ornate tree]

Needs the '~' too?

[honest glade]

yes

[ornate tree]

Thanks ❤️

[twilit scroll]

saw a video of someone explaining how to mod something

and his mod file didn't have the ~

[ornate tree]

Guess I'm sitting through the loading screen again 😦

[twilit scroll]

btw, is there a mod that makes enemies spawn further away

and not 10 meters away from you

or I just wait till alife hotfix

[honest glade]

alife fix maybe

or try this one

https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/62

see if it changes something

[twilit scroll]

this mod oversaturates the cells

with enemies

[twilit scroll]

81 frames with that width

you monster

wrong channel btw

[honest glade]

i had one yesterday that I changed some spawning and despawning distance values

if you want to try

[fierce skiff]

4070

ahh sry

[twilit scroll]

yeah

I just want spawns further away

[ruby matrix]

I wonder if it’s possible to make it so energy drinks give you a stamina regen for like a minute or two after use

[honest glade]

check if this does something

put it on ~mods folder

[ruby matrix]

Feels silly chugging 4 of them back to back

[twilit scroll]

why was this not pinned

[honest glade]

are you playing with this mod?
https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/49

[honest glade]

its just a test

[ruby matrix]

No I’ll try it

[digital gulch]

oh boy lets give it a try

[pulsar comet]

is there a trader somewhere in the garbage? I really dont wanna run back all the way to the lesser zone

[ornate tree]

Rostok has 3

[daring sluice]

@honest glade I'm currently testing https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/62 For @worn temple

Seems like it the game isn't spawning them further away but it's definitely spawning more of them

[digital gulch]

there is.

[honest glade]

if mine works in terms of spawning distance, the two of them combined would be awsome

[digital gulch]

mmmm they might conflict tho. will test asp

[orchid wharf]

The mod folder should be like this ??

[honest glade]

they can or not, its a way to test it and see indeed (different files too)

[rain finch]

What ?

T’as pas fait l’inverse ?

[daring sluice]

@honest glade Well that's the thing, Nicks mod is meant to address both the spawn distance and amount I think, so something isn't right with the distance, could have something to do with the minimum spawn distance

[torpid kite]

nan nan

[honest glade]

spawning distance can be affected by another file too, thats my hope

[orchid wharf]

@rain finch bro it should be like this as my game is very unplayble with PC specs of i5-12400f , rtx 3060, 16 gb ram

[daring sluice]

But as of amount it definitely has more life, so the spawn slots work.. Just addressing the distance issue

[honest glade]

yes its like this

[torpid kite]

J'ai vérifié l'heure à laquelle j'ai pris les screenshots, c'est bien le bon ordre

[orchid wharf]

ok bro

[digital gulch]

Oo that should be more than enough. check your drivers and set graphs to med

[rain finch]

Tu as moyen de test les NPCs ? @torpid kite

[honest glade]

how much fps are you getting with your settings?

[ornate tree]

My ryzen 5 and 4060 ti is struggling with it so no wonder 😦

[crimson laurel]

yeh there should be a option to hide the enemies

[orchid wharf]

i am getting around 70 - 80 with medium settings with FG but it is shutterting so much like so my i can play it , it is droping like 1-2 fps

[digital gulch]

how wtf .. must be a pc issue then . cuz i m on a 3070ti 1080p /AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core Processor 3.80 GHz 32gb ram ddr4 and an ssd nvme and it runs smooth at High abobe 80fps np

[rain finch]

Need testing on a mod that edits supplies spawns in stashes and NPCs, check the pins guys

[torpid kite]

Sure, will see

[honest glade]

so what mods are you running?

[ornate tree]

My ryzen 5 is probably the weak link but still, also about 30 minutes on the initial load screen every time, with my m.2 ssd

Its crazy

[digital gulch]

check your power settings

[orchid wharf]

these two that's it for now

[digital gulch]

and i m using 0 performance mods

must be something on your end /hardware/driver issue

[strong ether]

We definitly needs less grenade spam

[ornate tree]

Unsure what, haven't had issues like this b efore

[orchid wharf]

And these mods are working ??

[cloud sorrel]

Yeah

[digital gulch]

ye i heard those work

[orchid wharf]

Can someone share their steam account like just to download the game i guess Gamepass version is a bit more laggy

[digital gulch]

should be the same at this point

no updates

[thick tundra]

what tool should I use to get the usmap file?

[honest glade]

what about grenade damage?

[digital gulch]

needa a boost also area size

[ornate tree]

Any idea how I should try and troubleshoot that?

[honest glade]

okidoki

[digital gulch]

i can ide bhind a tree and get 0 damage

and i mean a real smal tree

although careful cuz if i m bhind a wall i do wanna get 0 damage

imagine geting killed bhind a wall (thinks to myself "wall must have fallen on me")
kek

[honest glade]

so they do a lot less damage to the player but a lot to NPCs

so we can change that

[digital gulch]

i would install ryzen master to see the temps /

check the system power definitions and make sure its not on saving power mode

see if theres any updates on drivers (use the windows update tool)

Nvidia drivers up to date

Run the nvidia tool to show you the % in game
ALT+Z

those are the 1st steps

[compact horizon]

Would these get affected at all by the npc damage to players which is modified by the difficulty setting?

[steel musk]

Grenades seem intended to just about almost kill you, at least in Veteran, but not oneshot if you're at full health

[honest glade]

no

difficulty changes the weapon values

well we could say grenades are weapons, but we can test and see if it conflicts

[orchid wharf]

see this video it is working like this

[magic latch]

did the same thing to me until i forced to start in DX12 through steam.. did you try that?

[daring sluice]

What CPU do you have @orchid wharf have you checked temps for throttling?

[orchid wharf]

i have gamepass version how can i switch it bro ??

[orchid wharf]

i5-12400f i have checked the temp it is low only

[digital gulch]

give me the full details of your rig

[honest glade]

if you dont have steam, right click on the game and click on properties, and type -dx12 on the comments under the shortcut tab

[orchid wharf]

i5-12400f , 16 GB ram , rtx 3060

[crimson laurel]

downloading ue5.1 rn will heavily try to edit the .utoc .ucas

[digital gulch]

and what seting are you on atm?

[orchid wharf]

medium With DLSS quality and frame gen on

[orchid wharf]

'-dx12' like this ??

[honest glade]

-dx12

[orchid wharf]

yes i did like this only \

[gaunt bay]

Welp.....I said I wouldn't....but here I am

Curse you grok

[orchid wharf]

see

[gaunt bay]

cracks his shitcode knuckles

[pulsar comet]

I cant store skifs pistol. Its just stuck in my inventory... thats nice

[gaunt bay]

Yeah dude and it costs weight

[honest glade]

should work

[spice cape]

its stuck in everybodies inventory

[ornate tree]

quest item

[pulsar comet]

oh lol, weird thing though

[orchid wharf]

ok now i'll try it again

[daring sluice]

@gaunt bay Skif's pistol doesn't weigh anything

It's just annoying having it there though

[pulsar comet]

0.38kg, so its okay

[honest glade]

you'll need it

[sudden summit]

I think Grok mentioned was working on max weight mod any luck on that

[gaunt bay]

That's odd you can mod it to be 50% lighter...

I guess it's just lasted over from PMT standard mods

[pulsar comet]

barely weighs anything I think he means

[timber vortex]

Well I have a pda stuck in my inventory and I have no idea what for lol

[pulsar comet]

0.38kg for me

[sudden summit]

I think mods make it weight smth

[gaunt bay]

🤡

[timber vortex]

Bubba pda lol

[orchid wharf]

starts giving error

[gaunt bay]

Works on my machine

[tender wadi]

Is there any mod that prevents shitspawn? +3 bandits were spawned right on my head without them been walking from other point

[honest glade]

delete the line and update your drivers

[gaunt bay]

Are you win10?

[honest glade]

we working on that

[tender wadi]

Much appreciated!!!

[gaunt bay]

In the shortcuts property, keep the target the same, but append the -dx12 at the end

If it's windows 10

[potent geode]

anyone know if a-life actually exists?

[gaunt bay]

As far as I can tell it's in the files but borked.

[honest glade]

you can test this new version
https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/62

[honest glade]

it does its just broken

[daring sluice]

@honest glade Is anyone testing the mod atm? I can if ya want

[weary field]

What do you mean broken ?

[daring sluice]

I was testing Nicks one but think they're AFK atm

[gaunt bay]

As in not working as intended

[sudden summit]

Sorry to ask again mby someone else also tested those optimize mods and ini file did those worked for you and in which situations?

[gaunt bay]

Much like myself

[gaunt bay]

I run in 1080 ti with low and barely any stutter just forcing dx12

It just works (tm)

[ornate tree]

forcing dx12 helps?

[gaunt bay]

Absolutely. It fixed all my issues

[honest glade]

mine or @worn temple 's?

[gaunt bay]

Don't get me wrong there is some tolerable lag in rostok but like

I expect that

[daring sluice]

Your spawn tweaks for alife @honest glade I already tested Nick's and it needs more fixing

but can test yours too if you need someone im saying

[honest glade]

did you test the updated one?

[daring sluice]

Yes

[honest glade]

ok then test this one and see if anything changes

[daring sluice]

Will do

[honest glade]

a good way to test is when you see a squad, turn back and run like 50 meters, see if they despawn

[orchid wharf]

11 bro

[gaunt bay]

Oh okay I can't help u there

[orchid wharf]

its updated bro

[gaunt bay]

I tried to regedit windows update

[sudden summit]

Im also doing it but I wonder if all those optimization stuff even works some people saying they got 15 fps some says 2-3

[gaunt bay]

(it still backdoors)

[gaunt bay]

Well do you understand the nature of shitcode?

[orchid wharf]

can you post The screenshot how you did it

[gaunt bay]

No

I'm at work

Ask chatgpt to guide you through it

(I mean that btw, it will actually help you. Probably. Maybe.)

[orchid wharf]

ok

[gaunt bay]

Good luck

[orchid wharf]

@honest glade they are also updated

[gaunt bay]

Knowing how this shit goes forcing dx12 on it will have unforseen consequences for me eventually

🤡

[daring sluice]

@honest glade how far out are they meant to spawn?

[crimson laurel]

what card do u have cus the new driver went bork for me

[orchid wharf]

RTX 3060

[gaunt bay]

I remember forcing a certain GAMMA issue where forcing dx10 would cause a certain Hi rez loading screen mod to crash the game

What the fuck

You should NOT have to force dx12 with an 3060

[crimson laurel]

i got a 2060 and i got better frames in the previous driver than the newest one

[gaunt bay]

But uh....do what works lmao

[twilit scroll]

wait, do we actually need to type dx12 command in steam

[crimson laurel]

no, but if you do, it forces to be dx12

[twilit scroll]

would that be beneficial

[orchid wharf]

should i get the previous version ??

[crimson laurel]

try

[twilit scroll]

make sure your nvidia app actually sees the game

by scanning

[crimson laurel]

i have no knowledge about directX

[orchid wharf]

it is not showing even after scan

[honest glade]

This mod changes the damage of explosions/grenades to give more damage to the player, kinda like GAMMA (needs some testing).

• Before prop's explosions gave 90% damage to the player and 100% damage to NPCs, and now gives 100% for both (can change this more)
• Grenades now do way more damage to the player (from 80% to 150%)
• Grenade blast radius was increased by 2 meters, and also the impulse and concussion radius has been increased by roughly 1~1,5 meters.
• RPG is the most damage inflicting explosive for the player now dealing 200% damage (90% previously), but damage to NPCs remains at 800%

Need someone to test this:

• a commented screenshot of your health before and after a grenade explosion (without the mod)
• a commented screenshot of your health before and after a grenade explosion (with the mod)

[twilit scroll]

did you specify the folder?

[orchid wharf]

yes

[gaunt bay]

You can try

It fixed all my issues

[twilit scroll]

wish we had vulkan

[gaunt bay]

And I'm running on a 1080 ti shitrig

[twilit scroll]

[summer silo]

What sort of issues

[gaunt bay]

Not being able to run my game

[thorny ferry]

can someone make a mod with flashlight distance?

[gaunt bay]

[orchid wharf]

it is not letting me do it manually

[gaunt bay]

More precisely though, my game looked and ran better, I could improve some of the textures and draw distance with less impact on my performance. Towns didn't lag as badly and my fps remains fairly consistent

[summer silo]

Noted

[gaunt bay]

I can't speak for anyone else's shit though. And my computer is....about as insane as I am

(very)

[twilit scroll]

I highly recommend the optimization mod on nexus

[summer silo]

RTX 4080 Super paired with a Ryzen 7 9700X and 32GB's of 6000MHz DDR5 RAM is insane enough?

[twilit scroll]

that changes engine ini

without pak

[gaunt bay]

Like for example before I was forcing it on -re4(I think) and it fucking ran for 7 hours, then I hit a crash in dark valley and try to boot saves with nothing but black screens

[honest glade]

@rain finch can u pin this?

[gaunt bay]

Until I deleted it and replaced it with dx12

And then it works better than before

But how the fuck do you even run a game 7 hours on a renderer and then it crashed and now it refuses

????

I couldn't tell you

[summer silo]

But is my PC insane enough

[twilit scroll]

memory leak

reminds me of old skyrim modding days

[tidal dragon]

Any mod for flashlight yet?

[gaunt bay]

Restart the game and shader cache and now it should work under that theory

Which it didn't

[nocturne bobcat]

We need a mod to see weapon durability without picking the guns off the ground xD

[placid stag]

The A-life 2.0 is more or less working as intended. The devs have stated that the a-life is basically spawning things around you to create a "unique" experience for you. It seems that there is no persistent living world outside of the spawning radius.

https://feed4gamers.com/game-news/305358/how-real-world-events-shaped-the-story-and-content-of-stalker-2.htm

[gaunt bay]

Restarted my computer too

[twilit scroll]

make page files

for your ssds

[frosty portal]

Is anyone working on a modding wiki for STALKER 2 ? That could be really helpful to keep on delivering even better mods

[twilit scroll]

8 gigs should be ok

[gaunt bay]

I mean it works better than before so I am not going to page file

[summer silo]

Thus
No false advertising

[gaunt bay]

Unless it decides to hate me again

[grand verge]

not sure if its needed as the mod db has a description which would likely cover everything u would find in a wiki

[gaunt bay]

I don't trust journos who haven't seen the code

Or their "interviews"

[grand verge]

unless u are referring to a guide to modding wiki

[gaunt bay]

Or even what the devs say

[placid stag]

its the devs quotes themselves who said it

[summer silo]

Man doesn't trust the devs - How could this be???

[crimson laurel]

maybe once people start to know if its possible to edit .utoc and .ucas, going to try that rn

[steel musk]

If the Zone is dead aside from a X meters radius around you, that'll be sad

[frosty portal]

I'm referring on a guide for beginners to advanced modders, so that everyone can make mods, or so that advanced modders can get up to work

[crimson laurel]

maybe that was done bc of performance idk, hopefully they can fix everything 🤣

otherwise we will shit on em until a-life is fixed 😡 ha

[frosty portal]

Just like Palworld did, Hogwarts Legacy, and so on, we need to document stuff (even though it's mostly the same for UE games)

[gusty olive]

they said its "not working"
yeah no shit we can see that

[frosty portal]

though, it feels like the game isn't heavily Blueprint-based which is a godsend

[crimson laurel]

its just bricked

😈

[gaunt bay]

Look at what the dev says carefully

[frosty portal]

got banned for saying they're doing damage control about that, they should make an announcement, not a lost message in a channel without any pings or anything

[gaunt bay]

He does NOT say it's working as intended

He doesn't even answer the question really

He just describes what's happening now

[steel musk]

If the intent is to populate the current Region you're in, so events happens as you move about, that's okay by me

[frosty portal]

clearly, currently it's a bug even though everything hints to A-Life being a random encounter spawner

[gusty olive]

i aint even joining that shit, just way too many normies and newcomers probably asking how to fix crashes and how to kill bloodsucker 24 7

[crimson laurel]

he said it doesnt work as intended

and thats good enough

[frosty portal]

well yeah you shouldn't, people are smoking copium heavily "GSC can't lie" (even though they're not lying, they're omitting)

[true topaz]

so the same as #╓☢stalker2™-chat-not-gamma-keep-waiting

[frosty portal]

not enough

[gaunt bay]

Well, it's a lie by omission.

[pulsar comet]

if we cant see it and it seems natural, I agree. But now it doesnt feel natural at all

[gaunt bay]

They're doing it to try and sidestep an issue they're actively working a fix for

[timber vortex]

At this point I'll just wait and see, any speculation is just that, speculation.

[honest glade]

sorry I missed this

• the minimum spawn distance is 100 meters (was at 25 meters)
• the minimum despawn distance is 300 meters (was at 30 meters)
• agent count is at 120 (was at 60), so we can test this too and change more

[gusty olive]

and i mean fucking really? "its not working"? and you didnt know this before release GSC? sure, we believe u... thats why a-life 2.0 was NEVER demonstrated

[gaunt bay]

As you'd expect someone to do when they realize that a major gamebreaking bug has gutted an extremely integral system to their game.

🤡

[crimson laurel]

we shouldnt be able to see, but it still should be calculated behind or at least make it feel natural and make them spawn a couple hundred meters away

[gaunt bay]

They aren't going to outright say "oh yeah that major selling point of the game launched like shit and we bandaided it"

[frosty portal]

A-Life was never demonstrated, it was removed from the steam page. GSC isn't an indie studio anymore, they have automated tests (as all companies do, I'm not a gamedev but a dev, and we have a 80% code coverage with code reviews on every PR, as everyone should) and QA tests

[magic torrent]

we all knew s2 is gonna be a jumble at the start, yet we all wanna try it out :()

[hard prairie]

this is cyberpunk all over again, no point to complain but just wait

[gusty olive]

based on this release so far, no QA

[frosty portal]

they KNEW they shipped the game without A-Life, they're doing damage control, it's NOT a bug, it's a FEATURE lol

[grand verge]

it is in no way comprable to that shit show xD

[magic torrent]

true that

[gusty olive]

yeah 1000 percent, they straight up fucking lied. A-life 2.0? ILL BELIEVE IT WHEN I FUCKING SEE IT GSC

[crimson laurel]

they probably needed more money to keep the development its okay, as long as things get fixed, still fun to play with shit bricked

[frosty portal]

nah they probably do, but there might have been quite a lot of bugs that they couldn't fix on time, it happens a lot and that's fair because some bugs have more priority than others

[crimson laurel]

as long as the performance issues are fixed asap

[hard prairie]

the only thing messing with my gameplay are the ue5 crashes

[gaunt bay]

Anyways yes it's very disappointing but I'm really not too worried about it

[gusty olive]

i think they needed at least 1 more year to cook but microsoft pushed the release or funding was running low or whatever

[gaunt bay]

It is what it is at this point

Devs should stop releasing games as broken

[pulsar comet]

wait what?? At first nothing happens and then they decide to go full destroy on me??

[magic torrent]

thats gonna take longer then expected, modders will do it instead of them tbh, GSC needs to fix visual tear of textures overlapping

[magic torrent]

thats s2 for u rn

[gaunt bay]

If they stop releasing broken games I'd stop sailing the high seas so much.

[frosty portal]

probably yeah, there's quite a lot of mentions about ALife in the code so they did work on it, but probably never shipped it because it's not feature complete or optimized enough

[gusty olive]

they msut have not seen you before

[gaunt bay]

Literally I had to sail the high seas this time because I could not be assured that I could even run this game.

[magic torrent]

thats why u never pre order anything but wait and just see the game burn infront of u

[pulsar comet]

I could literally press F to talk to them lol, great stuff...

[steel musk]

Considering how CPU intensive the game currently is, A-Life 2.0 would probably decrease FPS even further. We'll have to wait and see how it all ends up

[timber vortex]

Gamepass is my high seas at this point

[pulsar comet]

sam

e

[magic torrent]

not really, wanna see something funny

[gaunt bay]

Depends on if Alife 2 was optimized or not

[crimson laurel]

precisely

[gaunt bay]

Wel - more optimized than Alife 1 was

[magic torrent]

so my gpu is maxed but cpu is chilling af

[frosty portal]

Yep that's what I think too, game isn't optimized enough and that's probably why they didn't ship ALife

[steel musk]

Look at how your cores are being used, not the full % use

It probably doesn't use ALL cores, just a few

[gaunt bay]

I'm still excited. Honestly I'm thrilled. The game has everything that it needs

[rain finch]

"Oops we only see it now, sorry"

[fierce talon]

not on my end tho, I see the dark less saturated red, the portion it should heal, roughly quarter of the health bar, but it never heals it

[magic torrent]

yes but that only happens if you have upscaling + FG on

[fierce talon]

eye adaptation is necesary for such game, but its over baked, as in most games... interiors are so dark...

[steel musk]

But yes, this is definitely an Early Access and not full release. I'm personally okay with it, given the circumstances, but yeah, lots of people feel disappointed and lied to

[gaunt bay]

I wonder how long it will take them to unfuck it. Shall we place bets?

[magic torrent]

my cores are not maxed out most of the time, only in city which im in rn

[gaunt bay]

I give it at least a month.

[fierce talon]

local exposure ? tell me more?

[timber vortex]

With the mod bandages heal very very little

[torpid kite]

Pris d'une save clean où les npc n'étaient pas encore mort sur les deux tests, 11 corps lootés au total à chaque fois, j'ai juste compté les loot individuel déjà présent sur eux, j'ai pas compté les munitions présentes dans les chargeurs de leur armes par exemple.

[gaunt bay]

Maybe even 2 or 3 months

[honest glade]

@rain finch can u pls pin this 🥺

[twilit scroll]

either they didn't have playtesters

or a lil trollin

[steel musk]

I wish all mods would state what files exactly they change, so we can know if a different mod will alter the same file and conflict

[magic torrent]

i ber 10€ that it will take them till march to make it playable on "low end pcs" and about january for the game to be playable as intended

[timber vortex]

Please

[gaunt bay]

I think they realized it when they tried to remove it off the steam store on the down low and knew it was too late.

They probably attempted another delay

And we're shot down

[gusty olive]

[twilit scroll]

people would've realized the cyberpunk 1.0 spawns

[gaunt bay]

So said fuck it let her ride

[twilit scroll]

even without AL marketing

[gaunt bay]

It's either that or they already were working on it but just couldn't hit the deadline

[magic torrent]

i bet if they release sorce code to the game its gonna be fixed in a week xD

[gaunt bay]

And then marketing goes oh shit and removes it, gets caught, re adds it

[frosty portal]

nah dude it was for "marketing reasons" lol (clearly not)

[twilit scroll]

just blame marketing

[solemn hinge]

TBH guys you should be happy, you are actively working on the development of your (to be) favorite game

[frosty portal]

So except for blueprint mods, are people developing lua/cpp mods using ue4ss ?

[torpid kite]

you're not allowed to enter tho, that's why i think

[viscid cargo]

Any1 found a Toggle Hud mod yet?

[solemn hinge]

Oren, weren't you the guy that asked me for the AES key this morning, then I sent you the repo where everything is explained and you can extract the AES key in 2 seconds, and you blocked me for not sending you the key right away ?

[daring sluice]

@honest glade whats this? CoreVariables.cfg

[magic torrent]

ill be honest, i cant seem to see what faction im actually with xD

like normally u can tell with just looking and knowing but now its all over the place

[timber vortex]

Just two unique rifles in one corpse, never change stalker 2, or maybe do idk

[honest glade]

I did not change any of these, so idk

[daring sluice]

Just stumbled upon it

[frosty portal]

Ouais c'est moi, je voulais éviter de faire les manips car je bosse en même temps et je pensais que tu allais gentiment me donner la clé AES comme un vrai camarade histoire de faire gagner du temps à tout le monde, mais tant pis je fais les manips moi-même

[tidal dragon]

44% isnt chilling

[solemn hinge]

[tidal dragon]

and remember its ue 5.1

so its massively bottlenecked by single threading

[swift wolf]

Stalker 2 gunshot sound for gamma when

[timber vortex]

Also its just called special lol

[frail silo]

wait stalker 2 is single thread?

[honest glade]

i tried one of them but didnt change shit

[tidal dragon]

yes

[honest glade]

also @worn temple these squads are way too big

[pulsar comet]

yeah but I mean they were all chill and stuff for a while and then BAM

[daring sluice]

Yes during my tests earlier it like a damn world war @honest glade

[pulsar comet]

at least instantly start blasting me if I walk into your base lol

[daring sluice]

Nick overtuned a little

[steel musk]

Probably means that certain processes are single-threaded, so it can't work on multiple processes at the same time, which bottlenecks everything until it's done

[final imp]

@rain finch you made the "news"

also fuck those mutants.

also fuck that guy that sends you into the bloodsucker cave after an artifact. If it weren't for the fact the artifact doesn't spawn without the quest i'd institur a shoot on sight policy for future play thrus. instead its shoot on second sight.

[steel musk]

Or something similar to that

[magic torrent]

oh yea btw, does anyone else feel like the game is actually not 64 square km?

[gusty olive]

are you guys trying to fix up "a-life"? cant wait to see what you cook up

[cloud sorrel]

I really have the Feeling some people Just want to brute force that gsc is betreaying and lying to you Reading this crap all day makes me vomit

[solemn hinge]

@frosty portal tu te rends compte que tu me l'aurais expliqué je t'aurais donné la key ? Ou même mieux, si tu comprenais pas les explications je t'aurais expliqué comment le faire très rapidement. Mais t'as préféré me bloquer visiblement. Je te souhaite une bonne continuation et bonne chance dans ton modding en tout cas 👍

Comme dit l'adage "quand un homme a faim, il vaut mieux lui apprendre à pêcher que lui donner du poisson"

[fierce talon]

"If it weren't for the fact the artifact doesn't spawn without the quest i'd institur a shoot on sight policy for future play thrus"

EXACTLY! I hate this kind of design

[placid stag]

quote from reddit " Dataminers have already gathered information about existing systems that relate to alife in any meaningful way. The result - there are no scripts or variables that would define alife as we expect it to be. The only thing that currently exists in the scripts of stalker 2 is the simple spawner with a bunch of presets and spawn/despawn timers.

That's the proof: https://imgur.com/a/aFCb9eI"

[tender wadi]

used zzzz_SuperALife.pak. well, the Zone became livelier, but shitspawn situation just worsened: in 20meters not only 5 bandits were spawned but 5 loners too. the Zone became a bullethell (tested at Kordon near pig farms)

[crimson laurel]

not you, we made the news!

[honest glade]

Nick did something that worked in a way, but the squads are way too big

[timber vortex]

Those are literally just cfg files

[strong ether]

Is it okay to Upload Here GOG Version of Ultimate edition content? All bonus pack included? GSC Make those stuff only install on top of Standard Edition?

[gusty olive]

its over

[opal field]

Would this work on gamepass version?

[honest glade]

well the issue im trynna fix is pretty much if you turn back and run 50 meters they despawn, and the way they spawn in front of you

[strong ether]

No, only if you have GOG Standard Version

[tender wadi]

OMG

[crimson laurel]

people are dumb af and they dont know thts just the exposed configs 😈🤣

[cloud sorrel]

People Just want to believe gsc fuck with them and brute force that they fucked Up hard and selling lies i dont get it makes me sick

[opal field]

Killing myself

[fierce talon]

there must have been a lot of bugs to fix if they didnt even manage A-life to work properly, its not like its not even implemented, its just so bugged it doesnt work

[high plaza]

Mornin modders! 🤠

[daring sluice]

We need a "screaming into the void" channel lol

[honest glade]

howdy

[strong ether]

You can get Ultimate edition from my server if you want

[placid stag]

it seems like to me they never meant to implement true alife but instead a farcry spawning system

[final imp]

gratz as well. i have a limited memory for names. only reason i recognize Grok is because i helped with a mod of his back in the day 😉

[timber vortex]

It's why I left the regular stalker2 chat here lol

[daring sluice]

Hello Lamp, did you workout flashlight?

[gusty olive]

lamp fixing the flashlight? poetry.

[high plaza]

Last night no I attempted to but the Uassets turned up a dead end so I said fuck it and went to sleep

[crimson laurel]

i think everyone that is trying to learn how to mod needs a congrats even if they aren't in the modlist mentioned 😏

[daring sluice]

I am also trying to but it's so hard for literally no reason lol @gusty olive

[fierce talon]

nope, A-life is clearly there, I saw it with many instances already, random stalker groups going through forests, same with mutant packs, then occasionally those groups running into each other and fighting, its all the same like in original trilogy, just spawning is extremely bugged

[placid stag]

we can only hope that is the case but i doubt it

[fierce talon]

give me one reason why wouldnt they implement it?

[daring sluice]

[fierce talon]

A-Life is literally USP of stalker, its what sells the game

[cloud sorrel]

Yeah i cant do this anymore people are Just forcing themself to believe they fucked up and the Game is shit. "Its just far cry in chernobyl" how delusional do you want to be ? Yes! I have to force myself to Not read the Chats. Because i lose all believe in humanity its getting worse every year

[magic torrent]

it might be there right, iv been going through the zone and iv only seen "set spawns" for the AI to do a shootout yea... and the rest is just empty

[high plaza]

There’s a lot of “spotlight” “light” etc but didn’t find anything on flashlights and they’re all encrypted uasset files

[daring sluice]

Have you tried using CTRL + SHIFT + F to find stuff, been way easier for me

[fierce talon]

see and thats my point, I never saw this happen in my run, everything spawned organically more or less, only couple of weird instances when enemies spawned nearby

[daring sluice]

open a pakchunk and try it for whatever you're looking for @high plaza

[frosty portal]

Working on a new engine they didn't use to (UE5), lack of time, resources. They might have worked on it but they had problems with performance, and that might be why they didn't ship the game with it.
Now, since the game is released, will they bother implementing it ? It's currently on "very positive" on steam

[high plaza]

Been using ctrl f I’ll add shift

[pearl lichen]

that would be great, any updates on that?

[timber vortex]

Like the game is fucked in some areas, but that doesn't mean it is the worst thing known to man

[solemn hinge]

Check pinned, FModel doesn't let you edit real .uassets

[high plaza]

You have to open the assets in UE5

[solemn hinge]

check pinned, we don't have a fully working version yet

[timber vortex]

I've seen a bit of both, some organic spawns and some real bullshit ones

[placid stag]

from my pov it seems like its working as intended only very buggy

[solemn hinge]

UAssetGUI ?

[cloud sorrel]

Yeah exactly i dont say everything is perfekt but what some people are ranting here just leaves me speachless

[pearl lichen]

aight ty

[daring sluice]

@high plaza Idk if it's anything but check pakchunk0 and search flashlight

theirs CFG there

[fierce talon]

"but they had problems with performance"

Lol, do you realize that they already had A-Life working on an archaic 32-bit single threaded engine back in 2007? UE 5 performance is like 50x better than Xray

[pearl lichen]

do you know what it can/can't do already? I'm looking to replace the deathscreen texture

[high plaza]

No the uasset files in the FModel you extract them and open them in a new project in ue5 and cook them into a new file

[zinc fractal]

Anyone have a clue what setting it is that makes populated areas lag so badly?

[cloud sorrel]

Dont try you will lose to the brainroted and brainwashed people

[high plaza]

👍

[steel musk]

Remember not to use the Modding channel as Chat 2.0

[magic torrent]

no way, just go in a forest and wait.... if you run through it there is nothing that will spawn. atleast for me its a running simulator rn. has good story tho 🙂

[prisma perch]

Anyone knows how to change resolution without launching the game. I have a decent PC, but I crash on first loading screen. Errors says I should lower the resolution, but I never get the chance to go into options.

[fierce talon]

also both engines are c++, so if anything, their prior experience with Xray only helped them with UE5

[frosty portal]

That's not an argument, those engines are made differently, they were the one who made X-Ray engine. Do you think it's easier to implement a complex system when you already are skilled with your engine, or is it easier to work on a foreign engine made by other developers ?

Ask a freelance to work on your legacy system, he'll cry about it and might even tell you to consider writing a new one from scratch

[cloud sorrel]

And Not a ranting/hating channel

[timber vortex]

Fair my bad chat 1.0 is just so bad

[frosty portal]

[torpid kite]

from my pov it's not working very well, i only see spawn when i do something, the life react to me, they're not doing their own thing, sometimes there's a shootout but i never seen these guys walking somewhere, it's always away and out of view from me, same for bandits patrol, they always spawn aggroed to me, npc spawn when i clear something and not before, a base is empty until i get my foot in there

[daring sluice]

#╟⚒stalker2™-mods-making-discussion message

[fierce talon]

you are right I am out 😉

[maiden spoke]

When the devs will release modding tool for stalker 2

maybe have to wait 1 year damn

[golden egret]

Hey guys, i found this mod and want to install it...the Creator says..."C:\Users%username%\AppData\Local\Stalker2\Saved\Config\Windows", but i cant find these foulders in my Stalker to Foulders...btw iam playing on Gamepass. Is there maybe a difference? This is the link to the Mod...."https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/60"

[frosty portal]

Don't really need those atm

[steel musk]

GamePass version is a different beast altogether due to Microsoft packaging it differently

[crisp igloo]

Does anyone know a command to change the weapon/hud fov model?, the guns look huge!

[golden egret]

So..where do i have to put my mods? Create a mods folder somewhere?

[golden egret]

There is a mod for this...https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/76

[steel musk]

Sorry, haven't read how to mod the GamePass version. In theory you'd try and find the Stalker2/Config/etc folder, but not sure

It's probably in a different location than normal

[merry mountain]

it doesnt matter, just shoot everyone. There are no faction relations that you could fuck up anyway.
noone remembers anything, all normal squads will be despawned and destroyed after some time

[magic torrent]

lol

[golden egret]

Year thats exactly my problem, i cant find these folders.

[maiden spoke]

@merry mountain Wait the AI is that bad

[rain finch]

Wooh crazy 🙂 Thanks for the info. Yeah mutants are so uninteresting: they need so much ammo for no return, why should you even kill them...? Imo they should be a balance between running or fighting. Currelty it's just about running and healing

[timber vortex]

Gamepass path for that is C:\Users\"user"\AppData\Local\Stalker2\Saved\Config\WinGDK

[magic torrent]

iv ran away from 3 chaimeras already xD

[merry mountain]

yeah like many people already said, best thing to do is just ignore them / tank them, run away and ignore, its a waste of time and bullets otherwise

[torpid kite]

Yeah ... i run away if possible too

[timber vortex]

In terms of gamepass modding this game actually is really easy compared to every other game I've done

[rain finch]

yeah chimeras health pool is simply crazy

[magic torrent]

do u know how much?

[rain finch]

2500HP

[maiden spoke]

They really need to have some major update for stalker 2 otherwise mods are there to fix but the fact that u could shoot anybody regardless of their factions and they won't remeber sounds like the Ai is bad or ALIFE

[honest glade]

ahahah its just scenarios

[magic torrent]

oh hell naw

[merry mountain]

yes its stupid

[rain finch]

Cats have 400

[grand sequoia]

What'd be the equivalent for them in the originals?

[magic torrent]

and i deal 60 dmg 🙂

[rain finch]

what do you mean? damage system is completely different, xray uses 1 as full life and everything starts with 1, it's just a matter of damage resistances in XRay

[steel musk]

Was using a Veteran difficulty modifier that also changed NPC outgoing damage to 1.2, but only stated it increased PC damage to 1. Fuck me, no wonder my life just poofs

[magic torrent]

and guns just break like they are toys xD

[maiden spoke]

@rain finch U gonna make mods for stalker 2 when they release modding tool like weapon of Alife fix mods?

[solemn hinge]

Just export and let it do its thing and prayge you'll have what you want. The tool currently bugs because of a texture that is 3GB of size

[rain finch]

I already started making mods

[torpid kite]

"A-life is real trust me guys, stop gaslighting "

[maiden spoke]

@rain finch Holy shoot can't wait bro

[magic torrent]

true that, so when 444?

[golden egret]

I dont know why, but iff i go to../Users/user/appdata/.....there is no appdata after, user. Wtf why? I dont understand

[solemn hinge]

i think you're not supposed to do that. It would work only for trivial files

[maiden spoke]

[honest glade]

can anyone test this?

[maiden spoke]

[cloud sorrel]

like there has to be a mod watching here and timing the people out that just rant and hate 4 real talk about mods and not cry all the time

[high plaza]

we got decent progress last night just the game relaced our new assets when starting the game

or maybe they werent made right who knows

[merry mountain]

its a hidden folder, you need to enable viewing of hidden folders in windows, or post this into your explorer location / adress field : %appdata%/../Local/

[rain finch]

adding new models is not the priority though lol

[maiden spoke]

so i am assuming we will have great mods under 2 months

[rain finch]

breaking into the LUA system is more important x)

then we can start reverse engineer the scripts to make our own systems and actually fix the game

[golden egret]

The reason why i wanted to install this mod.."https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/60"..is because i have extreeeeeme stutters, every fev meters, almost like every 2mins or so, its unplayable. i tried dlss, and all the other stuff, with medium settings and more. but it doesent seem to work, same stutters as before

[distant sable]

Grok i need to thank you for nerfing bloodsuckers, u are really a chad

[honest glade]

im posting mods and no one bats an eye..
but when I post ALife cfgs..
SOCIETY

[golden egret]

i have a 3060 gti rtx nvidia

[pearl lichen]

Have you guys figured out a way to make mods not overwrite each other?, currently a lot of mods are touching CoreVariables.cfg

[crisp igloo]

This does not change the FOV of the hud/weapon model.

[high plaza]

im just trying to make the flashlight usable

[merry mountain]

can we already extract the scripts atm? i dont think so or can we?

[maiden spoke]

I have rtx 2050 and i get 30fps on low rtx 2050 is a joke by nvidia💯

[solemn hinge]

from my understanding to edit the files, fmodel will not help you (unless it's for trivial modifications), so you gotta use zentools to unpack - then uassetgui to edit the files like usual, which is covered in dmgvol's guide then iostorepackager to repak edited files

[high plaza]

zen pack is tricky cuz files are encrypted

[golden egret]

maybe just try the fov slider??

[solemn hinge]

it's not working entirely, but I managed to extract half of the games paks

dev is working on a fix

[pulsar comet]

any luck with this one axxii?

[honest glade]

i mean rtx 2050 is actually a joke made by nvidia

[honest glade]

no one seemed to test it yet

idk

[rain finch]

Nope there's no way atm just unpak, diff the files, and make the changes and repak

[golden egret]

year man, same. but sometimes i get such extreme stutters that i cant even move properly

[rain finch]

We need a tool able to do this automatically

[high plaza]

M02 WHEN lmao

[solemn hinge]

That's why I told you to check pinned @high plaza there's a zentool version that can help you extract half the files until it crashes because of a texture asset that is too big. And the PackageFilter param isn't working properly

[rain finch]

(take the mods folder, unpack everything, diff all the conflicting files, let the player decide how to resolve the conflicts, repak everything

[steel musk]

That'd be pretty baller

[pearl lichen]

indeed

I'll see if I can cook up something like that in Rust

[timber vortex]

Atm its alot to ask of the average user lol

[steel musk]

Is there a repository with the latest/updated unpacked files?

[high plaza]

ah i got dencently far with model veiwer and zentools on my own last night but was hitting road blocks and gave up thanks for the help good man

[timber vortex]

But then again the average user isn't here

[digital belfry]

you guys are cooking with the mods

[livid fulcrum]

has anyone delved deep into the files to pinpoint the user headlamp vs NPC headlamp diffs?

[high plaza]

figuring it out

[solemn hinge]

I'll update the pin as soon as we have a working version of Zentools, so keep checking them here

[golden egret]

I mean...i understand that they developed a game while in war, thats hard af, and that it needs time for pollish. but its litrly unplayable for me at this point. thats why iam so desperate to get performance mods.

[digital belfry]

in the og games, was the headlamp an item or something the player always had?

[rain finch]

That would be so cool !! For paking and unpaking, you just need the unrealpaker exe

[daring sluice]

@high plaza I'm so confused lol what's flashlight got to do with difficulty

[high plaza]

npc uses of flashlights are affected by difficulty

[formal ravine]

so the AI uses flashlights in combat maybe?

[maiden spoke]

wAit there are performance mod but not that much have u tried those that are in nexusmods?

[daring sluice]

Ahh okay that makes more sense yeah

[pearl lichen]

also @rare ruin, I saw your comment about the compatibility on my mod page, lmk what that would entail and I'd happily do it

[high plaza]

based on ai level yes

[rain finch]

this is to mimic the usage of NVGs I guess

[formal ravine]

so there are no NVGs in the game?

[rain finch]

aka NPCs all see in the dark anyway

[high plaza]

no

[pearl lichen]

yee, will try a few things, just gotta get through my work day first before the ADHD hits

[formal ravine]

rip

[pulsar comet]

even stalker CoP had nvgs...

[lucid flint]

we need a sleep mod pls ❤️

[rain finch]

just shoot me a DM if you need some info

[golden egret]

Yes there are!! Currently i try to install these mods, but i cant find the right folders by any means..

[timber vortex]

Never did bother to learn rust

[lucid flint]

Are you on the xboox version?

[golden egret]

Game pass, Pc

[pearl lichen]

will do, appreciate it

[golden egret]

btw...is there any way to port mods from gamma or anomaly to stalker 2? Is this even allowed btw...is there any way to port mods from gamma or anomaly to stalker 2? Is this even allowed ?

wtf

[lucid flint]

\Xbox Games\S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2- Heart of Chornobyl (Windows)\Content\Stalker2\Content\Paks\mods

[golden egret]

iam sorry, iam a fg clown xD

[manic nexus]

you having a stroke there buddy

[pearl island]

witcher 3 script merger is pretty much what we need could it be adapted or does the author play stalker ? https://www.nexusmods.com/witcher3/mods/484

[lucid flint]

or C:\Users\ <user>\AppData\Local\Stalker2\Saved\Config\WinGDK

[timber vortex]

short answer no its completely different

[golden egret]

ok thanks to both off u guys

[lucid flint]

❤️

[digital belfry]

if we get modding tools, how hard would it be to port weapons from ready or not, tarkov, and cod?

[golden egret]

but... after User...there is no appdata or local, and i dont understand why^^

[daring sluice]

Think imma give up on the flashlight

[ivory geyser]

Can anyone vouch if this is any good?https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/7

[lucid flint]

use win+r and type %appdata% then backtrack one folder

[pulsar comet]

didnt do anything for me personally

[ivory geyser]

I'm running a RTX 2060 and have 90-100 FPS with FSR framegen but it's causing my mouse to feel err heavy? Delayed? I tried the input.ini edit thing and it didn't do much

[ivory geyser]

'dah crud thanks tho

[pulsar comet]

yeah its the FSR framegen, got the same thing going on

[golden egret]

already tryed that before i came here

nothing

[rain finch]

Might have a less grenade spam mod working

[rain finch]

it is

[grave drum]

Try %localappdata% instead

[rain finch]

it's the frame gen

[golden egret]

ok wait

[rain finch]

their frame gen fucking sucks

[rain finch]

tbh honest auto unpak > diff merge > let the player decide on the line conflicts > repak would work flawlessly

[tidal dragon]

100 fps with frame gen means you are natively below 50 fps, which isnt optimal

[golden egret]

ok did it, and than search for what again, local?

[ivory geyser]

yea I know :< it's why I'm looking for something that can make me play at 60+fps without it

[honest glade]

So what I did was increasing the radius, because @worn temple made some mistakes on the distance (100 meters max spawning distance and 10 meters minimum spawn distance, so they would spawn in front of you I think)

• Also decreased the amount of mutants that would spawn based on your stalker rank.

test it guys

[rain finch]

get a better rig

[ivory geyser]

cuz without framegen I'm sitting at 50-55 only on good parts

[ivory geyser]

I knowwwwww HAHAHAHAHAHA

just waiting for the 13th month bonus

[honest glade]

would that pair with my grenade damage mod?

[pearl lichen]

thats promising

[rain finch]

imo it make the game spawn nothing

[fresh igloo]

ey grok there is a mod for ammo and granades reduced weight by 50% now
https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/67

[pearl lichen]

its one of those, it will either go really well or really shit moments

[rain finch]

if the game has no scenario target it might just fail triggering anything

[honest glade]

thats what Im thinking it can happen too

[honest glade]

wait imma fix it

[rain finch]

Yep 🙂 ! it's in the pinned modlist

[ivory geyser]

Oh! Before I bugger off, @rain finch https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/23
Your mod is just plug and play right? I just follow the instructions and play my save as is?

[rain finch]

yes 😉

[crisp garnet]

Anyone else experiencing grass flickering? i'm playing on 1080p TAA

[ivory geyser]

As expected of Grok-sama! Ight thanks~ Y'all have a good weekend!

[fresh igloo]

ah i was only paying attention to the announcements post about it sorry about that

[high plaza]

im digging in cfg files but idk c++ so idk how tow change intesity or anythng

[grave drum]

then it should be Local\Stalker2\Saved\Config\WinGDK or Windows. Just make sure u put the right modded files where they belong cause from what I know only "S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 - Ultimate Engine Tweaks (Anti-Stutters - Lower Latency - No Film Grain - No Chromatic Aberration - Lossless)" needs u to really access this path.

[daring sluice]

Which cfg @high plaza

[high plaza]

BP_L _FLASHLIGHT 01.uasset

looking at otheres too

there was one im trying to find last night that had HUE variables as well

[coral bay]

did you try the update to address the pixelated reflections?

[rain finch]

Btw I'll update it and it will have a modular HP modification for each mutant

[high plaza]

not yet i changed it acording to the update but havejnt launched the game yet

[coral bay]

ight report back when you do

[rain finch]

Just need to get back home to pak the file actually 😦

[coral bay]

seems to fix it for me and a couple others

[rain finch]

Still looking for feedback concerning this mod

[high plaza]

im trying to crunch this out before i get my wisdom tooth pulled today

[high plaza]

will test soon tm

[ivory geyser]

https://tenor.com/view/sasuga-radamenthe-sasuga-rada-ssg-rada-gif-22254656

[daring sluice]

Testing it now

[unique grove]

https://tenor.com/view/lukashenko-happy-hooray-dance-dancing-gif-12820269

[timber vortex]

Need a mod to make pdas weigh 0 cause i'm just stuck with one for a supposed quest

[honest glade]

you mean weight?

[jolly fjord]

Is it Bubb's PDA?

[timber vortex]

Yes

[timber vortex]

Also Yes

[jolly fjord]

I'm pretty sure you have to deliver it to an NPC in garbage, at least that's what the description seems to imply

[timber vortex]

That would make sense, just annoying since I can't drop it

[jolly fjord]

yeah, quest items should be weightless

[merry mountain]

if the content is still the same if you save infront of a stash, you might need to regenerate the contents using "XRegenerateItemsInStashes" for it to take effect

[rain finch]

that's a console command ?

[merry mountain]

yes

[crisp igloo]

Dude, there are two fovs in FPS games. Some games have a slider and it affects both, the FOV of the view and the model/HUD, and other games affect only one FOV, like Stalker 2 where the slider affects only widening the "view" FOV.

[rain finch]

neat !

is there a list of console commands somewhere ? It could be nice for #╟⚒stalker2™-mod-resources

[short bison]

hello, there's an inventory grid mod? like the inventory in stalker 2 where you can organize the way you want?

[rain finch]

for GAMMA ? no

this channel is for stalker 2 modding too

[coral latch]

turn off fsr, it increases latency, u will get 50-60+ fps anyway

[short bison]

sorry i seached for "modding" and went trough this channel

[short bison]

a shame, it would be fun to waste a lot of time doing some tetris and getting killed just like in dayz

[torpid kite]

would be great ! it's getting obnoxious how much grenades they have in their pocket

[merry mountain]

its from this mod https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/18 , its for some reason under moderation / review on nexus
link to post with mod, since the mod is under review right now and cannot be accessed, download here #╟⚒stalker2™-mods-making-discussion message see also readme
Some console commands : #╟⚒stalker2™-mods-making-discussion message
Enable console with ~ or / on numpad
Backspace for freecam mode , Strg + F1 to teleport to freecam location

[steel musk]

Anyone far enough in the game, is there AP .45 ammo? Because in the files, the AP version of .45 has a AP modifier of 0.5. Wtf GSC

[honest glade]

what cfg file are you messing with? or is it a script?

[pearl sentinel]

the leaked stalker 2 build has it aswell

[wanton stump]

Thank you everyone for helping make this game better 🙂

[daring sluice]

Yeah I think I gotta regenerate it @merry mountain Grok's is the one without energy drink

@rain finch

[torpid kite]

there's iirc

[opaque smelt]

Is it possible... To make a mod, so that you can reload while sprinting... ? Hint hint GROK 🤣

[steel musk]

Damn, then it's actually doing 50% less pen than default .45, if the files are to be believed. Thanks

[opaque osprey]

That channel quickly becoming a mod wishlist rather than a modding discussion one

[steel musk]

Oh, nevermind. ArmorPiercingMod seems to be a multiplier

[torpid kite]

is it not 50% more penetration ?

[steel musk]

Which is still weird, since 9x18 AP has a modifier of 1.3, while .45 AP has a modifier of 0.5

[torpid kite]

maybe it's based on the base damage of the ammo or something ?

[steel musk]

It probably modifies the weapons base AP value

[daring sluice]

@merry mountain I need console enabler if you have it

[honest glade]

what cfg file are you checking?

[steel musk]

AmmoPrototypes

Weapon balance is all over the place, imo. What with Skif's Pistol doing more damage than the .45 UDP pistol, etc

Suppose a LOT is balanced around accuracy and penetration instead of raw damage

[timber vortex]

I suppose since you have to have it as a quest item they wanted it to be good

Doesn't make it good though

[daring sluice]

Or anyone else that has it, I require the console enabler mod. It's under review on nexus atm

[rain finch]

thanks, yes that might be it. Another test is killing NPCs

[summer silo]

We should probably get a mod releases chat for posting pak files 👀

[somber valve]

Quick question: If I want to search for some values like ammo damage do I have to unpack the game files or are they accessible through the good old notepad?

[daring sluice]

@rain finch This is once again on stash with mod enabled

I'll try NPC loot

[tidal dragon]

hold on there is sleep fatigue? i didnt see it at all?

[rain finch]

not much difference it seems :/

[steel musk]

Maybe the stash populates at game start, so you can't modify it after?

[rain finch]

I'll try by making everything at 0 if it has a direct impact

or everything at 99

[steel musk]

Since they're always present, all you get is their locations

[torpid kite]

That's what i experienced too yeah, and sometimes i think it does the inverse of what is intented

[rain finch]

there's a console command to reroll stashes

[steel musk]

Ah, gotcha

[high plaza]

maybe responds to specific variables or maybe its deeper than that

[daring sluice]

Bare in mind I don't have console btw.. I was thinking maybe just in case I might need to regenerate but idk

[tidal yew]

Have any of the mods so far cured the random fps drop that just doesn’t return to normal ever?

[twilit oxide]

Rip to the bozos playing this on console, with what i've been seeing going on here. the amount of tweaking needed to get this to function atm is insane lol

[supple mulch]

is it possible to make NPCs not eat headshots

by modding i mean

[formal bronze]

Just woke up, whattup stalkers. I seem to have installed the game so if anyone needs testing lemme know

[steel musk]

In theory, increase the penetration values of weapons/ammo, but that would also affect a lot of other things

[timber vortex]

I know grok is doing some mod testing and maybe axii?

[steel musk]

So both Light_Military_Helmet and Battle_Military_Helmet have 0 Rad protection. I think I have the Light version and it has a filter, so I assume GSC left the wrong values

[tidal yew]

Seems like they’re having a better time bc there’s less variance so half of their games aren’t running like shit

[timber vortex]

They don't get to fix things but they don't have as much to fix

[high plaza]

flashlight modding is taking some nice steps

[honest glade]

can u test this one? #╟⚒stalker2™-mods-making-discussion message

[high plaza]

anyways talk to yall later gonna get a wisdom tooth pulled !

[honest glade]

gl homie

[torpid kite]

it will be alright i'm sure

[pulsar comet]

https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/81?tab=description anyone tried this one yet? Looks interesting

[steel musk]

I'm considering modding all T1 artifacts by removing their Radiation, so you can at least use them early on without needing a -Radiation artifact to balance them out

[grand sequoia]

Has anyone tried to increase the flashlight's radius or strength?

It's my main gripe during night time to be honest.

[steel musk]

It's in the works, but not sure if we'll get actual results.

[torpid kite]

lampdude is working on it

[grand sequoia]

Modders 🫶

[honest glade]

im trynna fix stealth tho

[grand sequoia]

Stealth? Like, how they see you at night?

[twilit oxide]

I think stealth is a general AI issue, they ALL know where you are

[honest glade]

and during the day, pretty much NPCs spotting you in general

[steel musk]

Kinda sad that since NPCs see at night, your flashlight has zero effect on them

[pulsar comet]

https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/44 have people been able to do this without it causing issues?

[steel musk]

You can turn it on behind them in a dark place and they simply don't react

[twilit oxide]

i got spotted during a mission and the entire base turned and looked at me in a frame

[digital belfry]

yes

[void crypt]

before - after

[digital belfry]

the LODs need to be fixed tbh

[rain finch]

what's what ?

[digital belfry]

noticeable pop out

[void crypt]

before left, after right

[torpid kite]

same result as me ahi

[honest glade]

I was modifying the values and they could spot you pretty easily during foggy weather and stuff

[rain finch]

thanks, that's so weird

[formal bronze]

Unlucky roll?

Well lucky for the Stalker

[rain finch]

I'll try a version with everything at 99 just to see

currently I can't test it out

[void crypt]

after save reload

[torpid kite]

it will increase or decrease the drops ?

[rain finch]

it will increase the drops at 99

[torpid kite]

okay okay

[timber vortex]

Watch 99 drop nothing

[void crypt]

and after anotehr reload

from 6 to 5 to 4 food items 😄

next reload was again 2/2/2

[daring sluice]

@rain finch Okay here, these are the bodies of 4 different corpse before

And after is these

[torpid kite]

yeah... not much different it seem

[fading wind]

Hey man where did u find this file?

[merry mountain]

its a desktop shortcut for stalker 2

[rain finch]

https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/unlimited-carry-weight-nerfing-bloodsuckers-the-first-mods-are-here-for-stalker-2-and-they-ruin-everything/

[rain finch]

Thanks ! Yes on early npcs the difference might hard to sample

[hoary temple]

"They ruin everything"

[rain finch]

Did bro even play the game for such a bullshit article ?

[daring sluice]

This was tested in Garbage for reference

[rain finch]

"Having to use 60 rounds against a single bloodsucker is fine and fun"

[willow hornet]

I just read that, he never fought a bloodsucker for sure

[hoary temple]

Did he even play the original games?

[willow hornet]

60 round is putting it lightly too, that's if you don't miss

[stuck junco]

Can anyone tell me why the used mods i downloaded dont work ingame...like weight reduction etc, nothing changes for me ingame

[rain finch]

Even with my mod I had to shoot 30 rounds to kill a bloodsucker (might have missed a lot for sure)

[willow hornet]

More like, 120 round without mods tbh

[cyan stirrup]

Another L take by game "journalists"

[timber vortex]

Really? I've killed one with a single shotgun blast with your mod

[torpid kite]

Stalker 2 chat channel is evolving, they're writing articles now

[rain finch]

weight reduction, you need to modify your carry weight in some way for it to work

[wet rivet]

Yeah screw having nuanced balance, make everything two shot you AND tank ten point blank 12 gage shots

[stuck junco]

What does that mean, i dropped some cans for example and picked them up, still same weight

[solemn hinge]

@rain finch made some edits to the pinned post. So to make it clear FModel exports aren't compatible with UAssetGUI. So it's ok to edit cfgs, inis but you will be stuck if you wanna change Blueprint values or any binaries.

[rain finch]

oh shit

[torpid kite]

" i get that people can play like they want, BUT i don't like how they play so it me rant on this article for four paragraph"

[grand sequoia]

Can anyone confirm if anomaly locations change when an emission occurs?

[solemn hinge]

That's why we definitely need Zentools to be working.

[flint flicker]

Hey ya'll, JakesLongerDays has been updated for compatibility as well as some additional content, such as increased pay (Grok's tweaks Quest Pay as well! Thanks Grok!) https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/44

[stuck junco]

Can anyone tell me why my mods dont work, i put the .pak files into the mods folder...then i go ingame and load my save, nothing changes

[grand sequoia]

Have there been any mentions about it messing with any other ingame systems?

[honest glade]

needs to be called ~mods

the folder ofc

[fading wind]

Game pass is buns it’s not letting me create a desktop shortcut don’t wanna reinstall

[stuck junco]

wait

~mods

this exactly?

[honest glade]

yes

[stuck junco]

omg

..

[flint flicker]

1 mention, and that's storms last a long time. I'll look into over the weekend, likely that they are working on ticks. Otherwise no complaints!

[ruby matrix]

I have it on 3x and I think it’s a good day length

[grand sequoia]

Are emissions rare-ish? I've only seen one in a pretty long while

[ruby matrix]

Every 3/4 days I think

[hoary obsidian]

How "stable" are Stalker 2 pak mods when it comes to future patches? Will it break any current saves once they release an update like for example modding a Bethesda game would?

[timber vortex]

Is it now compatible with longer sprint?

[merry mountain]

no, its basically just changing values in config files

[white sentinel]

There are config files. It should'nt break your save file I think

[honest glade]

pretty stable, there's like 1 or 2 mods that aren't that stable

it wont break anything tho

[flint flicker]

Let me check, I've been using longer sprint already lol

[honest glade]

you can just delete the mods

[white sentinel]

Are we cooking any A-life mods btw

[hoary obsidian]

Ah cheers, that was exactly the kind of answer I was looking for 👌

[daring sluice]

Axxii be cooking hard

[silent musk]

Did you try creating the shortcut from within gamepass itself?

[honest glade]

check pinned if you want to test it

and test this one too
https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/62

[ruby matrix]

Are there any mods you guys would recommend other then the ones in accountments

[naive osprey]

both Jake's longer days and no beeping anomalies are such QoL improvements - thanks guys

[timber vortex]

Oh and for groks balance tweaks are you refering to his mutant changes or difficulty changes or both?

[white sentinel]

That one makes skiff schizophrenia for me

[honest glade]

although this one is being tested on a stream rn

[flint flicker]

It's Grok's balance tweaks PLUS quest pay increase.

[honest glade]

that one has the squad sizes too big, mine has smaller squads

also ranges the spawn of mutants/stalkers depending on your rank

[pulsar comet]

I thought the beeping is just a thing because theyd have detectors on their person or something. Makes sense to me but I get that peopel dont like it

[honest glade]

GAMMA doesnt have so thats why I made it

[lucid flint]

I am curious about the character before mods, I can confirm my mods have been working with the folder simply called mods and no special character

[crimson laurel]

am trying to cook up a .utoc .ucas but seems hard to package and ship the damn files

[fading wind]

yuh

[honest glade]

idk might work for some ppl or not

[pulsar comet]

yeah I can see that most people are Gamma only players haha, I love gamma too, great stuff

[daring sluice]

@Axxi is the latest one you dropped in discord updated Alife?

[flint flicker]

Yes, it should be work together now.

[timber vortex]

Thanks!

[honest glade]

yes, but download this one to make sure

[daring sluice]

Okie

[honest glade]

nvm its the same one :p

[celest echo]

Anyone know how to change the viewmodel fov in Stalker 2

[honest glade]

not yet

[rain finch]

Is there a mod to remove the aim dot already ?

[torpid kite]

you can disable this in the option ._.

[rain finch]

OOh !

[tidal dragon]

the crosshair?

[safe glacier]

Yup

[rain finch]

thanks

[safe glacier]

The crosshair is fully disableable

[rain finch]

will do

[daring sluice]

If you mean crosshair it's in settings, a lot of hud elements can be turned off which is nice

[naive osprey]

we need a keybind to hide hud

[safe glacier]

Do any of the modders have any idea yet how spawning works? Are enemies just spawning randomly in compounds when you arrive or are there places that have them there and make them spawn before you arrive? I think this is my biggest gripe with the game, there is no feeling of stuff being there before you get to the place, it's very noticeable and completely destroys the immersion for me. In the original games I could never tell when stuff spawned around me in the open world, maybe because of the longer spawnd distance or the actual A-life system.

[tidal yew]

Is there a way you’ve seen to keep the compass but remove the health and stamina shit

[daring sluice]

First thing I did when I started was turn crosshair off, so much better

[tidal yew]

Idm the compass bc not being able to walk while using pda is kinda cheeks

[merry mountain]

if iits not already possible, it should be easy, you can bind a Key to send a console command to hide / unhide hud

[flint flicker]

make sure mine is below longer sprint, loading order matters there.

[earnest gale]

does this conflict with any other mod?

[shrewd rampart]

Hello just joined to ask a question here in Stalker 2 to see if anyone else is experiencing this and perhaps brainstorm a solution.
I have an issue where none of the .pak mods are working on my steam version. Neither ones downloaded from Nexus, nor ones I packaged myself after making the changes to the .cfgs using FModel, UnrealPaks etc.

I tried putting it in ~mods folder, I tried using Vortex Extension and nothing seems to work for me.
Annoyingly, I can't get the logs to enable either to figure out what's going on.

[timber vortex]

Got it

[old void]

did you create the folder in the correct file path?

[daring sluice]

@shrewd rampart Is this in "S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 Heart of Chornobyl\Stalker2\Content\Paks~mods"

[merry mountain]

if you unpack your pak, has it this path structure inside it? Stalker2\Content\GameLite\GameData

[shrewd rampart]

\steamapps\common\S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 Heart of Chornobyl\Stalker2\Content\Paks\~mods
Please check and tell me if this is the correct one, I assume it is.

[daring sluice]

Yes it's correct

[shrewd rampart]

Yes, I've tried both with and without the file structure.

[grand sequoia]

Is it normal that selling items only gives you about 10% of their total value in Koupons?

Anyone tried tweaking economy values?

[merry mountain]

without wont work

[shrewd rampart]

Yep, assumed so. But had to try both anyways, when none of the .paks are working for me 😦

Grabbing at straws here, not sure what's going on. Works for friends, doesn't work for me

[old void]

pretty sure you can disable them separately