╟⚒stalker2™-mods-making-discussion

[dense swift]

Might be because we're in UE 5.1.1

[spice smelt]

Try adding Windows Defender exceptions to the SDK's folder, so far it doesn't play nice with anti virus

[misty oyster]

2070 Super, 32 gb ram, Ryzen 5 3600

[bright haven]

SDK on ssd or hdd?

[misty oyster]

external SSD

[dense swift]

Ye ok

That'll do it

You're working over USB 3.1 speeds at best

@sterile falcon what the fastest USB 3.1 versus fastest SATA SSD

[sterile falcon]

The fastest USB 3.1 SSDs can achieve speeds up to about 10 Gbps (1.25 GB/s). For example, an external SSD that supports USB 3.1 can leverage these speeds efficiently.

On the other hand, the fastest SATA SSDs typically max out around 6 Gbps (around 600 MB/s), which is the theoretical limit of the SATA III interface. In practical terms, many high-performance SATA SSDs offer speeds in the range of 500-550 MB/s.

So, USB 3.1 SSDs generally have the potential for faster speeds compared to SATA SSDs. However, real-world performance can depend on various factors like the specific hardware, file sizes, and types of data being transferred.

[misty oyster]

Jesus christ, so there is no solution with this disc ?

[dense swift]

[misty oyster]

I did add the whole folder to Malwarebyte's as a whitelist

[bright haven]

I have SDK installed on HDD + 16 gb RAM
SDK starting run for about 20-30 minutes
And packing takes 30-50 minutes.

[misty oyster]

For me it's also opening files like browsers, takes 5 minutes sometimes

[dense swift]

Unless you have apparently a godly USB 3.1 SSD

Probably need an internal drive

Which should be easy to solve if you have a free SATA connection in your tower, or even your laptop

[misty oyster]

If I am using USB 2 how do I measure this lmao

[dense swift]

Uh

[misty oyster]

I don't even know tbh

[dense swift]

@sterile falcon what's USB 2.0 speed

[sterile falcon]

USB 2.0 has a maximum data transfer speed of 480 Mbps (megabits per second), which is approximately 60 MB/s (megabytes per second) in practical use. This standard enables faster data transfer compared to USB 1.1, making it widely used for connecting various devices! 🌟

[misty oyster]

Like how do I actually figure out

[dense swift]

You're 10 times slower than an average internal SSD

You're hard capped by the USB connector/controller

[misty oyster]

How do I know the cable that coems with the SSD is USB 3 or not ?

[dense swift]

External SSDs/HDDs are fine for like movie viewing, but probably not the SDK

[dense swift]

There will be 5 extra contacts in the connector

Can your external SSD housing even do USB 3?

[misty oyster]

I am not a hardware guy

I have no clue how to figure out

[dense swift]

Man

[misty oyster]

I don't even know what "External SSD housing" means. You mean the drive itself ?

[dense swift]

The box the drive is in

[misty oyster]

There is no box, it's just a little drive

[dense swift]

Gimme a sec, I think I saw an external around here at work

[misty oyster]

The cable inside is blue plastic, so I suspect that is USB 3

I have a USB 3 port on my pc, so I connected it to it now. Let's see what it does

[dense swift]

Either way, I'd suggest upgrading your internal storage at some point

[misty oyster]

I would have to figure out how to do that properly. Hardware does not interest me, I just need stuff to work for what I need to do lol

Thanks for the help

[indigo beacon]

so far so good :D

[misty oyster]

Prototypes in UE are basically Prefabs from unity ?

[indigo beacon]

ah thats not good. crashed when i tried loading the XSS: Performance preset kekw

at least it loads SO much faster after the crash compared to first launch

[misty oyster]

They note it in the documentation that the first loads takes a lot of time

Meaning the 4 articles they posted

[indigo beacon]

yeah it was bout 50 mins considering im running it on 16gb ram and HDD. but i like pain :D

back to loading prototypes xD

[misty oyster]

Ngl I wish I had more experience with UE. It's different than Unity

[indigo beacon]

i feel like its gonna be much easier to learn considering blueprints are a thing

[misty oyster]

MutantBase seems to crash aswell

[indigo beacon]

oof

[misty oyster]

MutantBase is like a table of all mutants ? I wanted to try to add mutant variations, like recolours with different attacks etc

[indigo beacon]

still cant change even a single preset weird

crashed again trying to switch to xss

[misty oyster]

Just fyi

Also what are happy hours lol

[indigo beacon]

overclocked my cpu as it kept getting 98% use by just UE5 lmao

from 3.8 back to 4.1ghz

[misty oyster]

Don't burn your computer

Ok, so these also crash the editor

[indigo beacon]

actually wondering is there a way to perma set XSS:Performance scalability? each time i try to set it UE5 crashes and it just defaults back

[indigo beacon]

i already did 4.4ghz runs on it and tried pushing to 4.5 which i failed lmao

[summer silo]

@void owl I don't know if I'm completely wrong or not but is it just me or did adjusting the weapon position on the screen change the way the arms are positioned?

Like here. It feels like the arm is at a different angle

[misty oyster]

Btw, why is there a config editor in the SDK, when we have to manually copy the config files to the mod folder (according to the video tutorial on the BSG youtube channel) ?

[misty oyster]

Isn't that because of the rig settings of the player model. Like bending the elbow

[void owl]

i mean it moves the whole skeleton i guess

why?

[misty oyster]

That's why I think it's the rig settings yeah. I have experience with rigs in Blender so it seems to me this way. It looks somehow what your wrist and your arm would do if you pushed the weapon like that into your shoulder/under it

[summer silo]

This sorta implies there is some procedural animating here
Which is neat cause it makes the arms feel less stiff.

[misty oyster]

Well it's probably a good humanoid rig

I don't know how it works in UE though but I would suspect it has a good system for that

[misty oyster]

Also is this just to be able to see the editable values better ? Or an unfinnished feature of the SDK ?

[solemn flare]

Does anybody know of weapon mods being worked on?

[summer silo]

Not at the moment

[misty oyster]

Do you need to make a new save to have monster loot ? I see the icon but no looting prompt

[summer silo]

The distance is finnicky. Might have to get closer to the mutant

You'd think they would address the looting/talking distance being way too small after half a year

[misty oyster]

Doesn|t work tbh

I can loot humans fine but no mutants. I think it's bugged and I need a new save

[misty oyster]

What is this unit of time btw

Like 600.f for example

[runic token]

Maybe it represents a float? Just a guess

0.something
600.something
I guess f means “something” which is a numerical value

Would love if someone corrected me tho

[misty oyster]

This is the min and max value for looting mutants btw

So I think old saves are bugged :/

[misty oyster]

I made a mod that makes the new Three Lines rifle without a scope by default. For some reason they made it's a preinstalled modification
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3510846231

More values about the mutant looting from CoreVariables.cfg. I see no values for normal bodies looting, which is interesting

Also I like how it says mutant loot without widget true, which suggests maybe using a knife was planned

[misty oyster]

Anybody know's what's the problem here ? Does the thumbnail be in the resources folder like the icon ?
Stalker2\Mods\ThreeLineRiffleWithIronSights\Resources

[bright haven]

mb long path ,put thumbnail on the desktop

[misty oyster]

oh

It has to be on a system drive apparently

Yeah that was most probably it

[bright haven]

hehe

[misty oyster]

Lmao

I am looking at recoloring mutants

Did you just edit the texture and the material or did you edit the Blueprint

[bright haven]

Took a duplicate of the material of another weapon, renamed it,
assigned my textures and assigned them to the model.

[misty oyster]

Did you add a new weapon completely or just replaced the material in a weapon ?

[bright haven]

This is duplicate of APBS with glock model (There is no glock-19 in S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2 )

[thick widget]

They're hours where everyone is happpy!!!!

https://tenor.com/view/lucille-ball-happy-hour-gif-19297131

[unique hull]

does anyone have a table for mutant hp and damage values from either gamma, anomaly, or og games? i am thinking about making a balance mod for s2 based on that

[misty oyster]

Oh. I did not eve nrecognise it was a different model

Does anybody know where is the traders table with items they sell ?

I need to add the three lines riffle scope as a purchaseable attachment to my mod lol

[bold trail]

Has anyone downloaded the Gunslinger weapon mod and gotten it to work?

[misty oyster]

For example I see this SID, but I cannot find it in the ItemGeneratorPrototypes.cfg

[misty oyster]

Nvm managed to find that in the DynamicItemGenerator.cfg

Anybody knows where the animations for adding attachments are ?

[subtle jasper]

I have a problem. Zonekit does not see my VS2019 for create child class. It always says "install visual studio". I need to enable extra option somewhere?

[vocal sage]

anyone know where i can post to get help with identifying which mod is crashing stalker2?

[crisp bolt]

this is intentional, we do not have access to read or write cpp

[arctic lion]

screenshot mod folder and im sure one of us can see what's wrong

[subtle jasper]

F*ck. Thx

So only lua scripts and not via sdk ....

[crisp bolt]

and w/e you can make up in BP's at least for now, we can hope the later phases allow us more access...

[vocal sage]

i got it in the end, but thank you for your offering dude!

[misty oyster]

Was it.. Acceptable ?

[vocal sage]

yes bro it was indeed, it was an old version of a weather mod that needed updated

[nocturne narwhal]

you cant know if you dont ask jeez

[misty oyster]

Where do I find what animations are linked to weapons ? I cannot find it in WeaponGeneralSetupPrototypes, only sounds there

Ideally the ones that play when you add an attachment

Ah, in UE you do it with blueprints

[silent fox]

Hey guys, has anyone had luck with the emissive option in the weapons mat instance? when I've enabled it its caused meshes with that mat to be translucent in game, tho they look fine in editor. from what i can tell with the option on it will look for an emis tex in the alpha channel of the mask map

[misty oyster]

What material is it ? I want to check, I have couple ideas

[silent fox]

i think its something like weapon pbr, if ur in the editor find the gun mesh and go from there. ive made a couple of mods on steam that sorta make night sights for the new kora pistol. but for now ive have to settle with just colour in the albedo, i had wanted to add a little glow with the emissive so they actually glow in total darkness.

this one, its the parent instance that all the weapons use for their own mats, its parent is the PBR_FOV mat, tho editing that can cause issues for instances based on it

[misty oyster]

I am lookint at one of the three line mats now. I thought the emission will have a map option but I do not see it there.
Also you are sure you have alpha set to 1 right ?

You could probably try to force Opague

[silent fox]

ah tired that too no luck 😦

[misty oyster]

You are saying that you tried forcing Opaque but it was still translucent ?

[silent fox]

this naming convention i assume means roughness, metallic, alpha, emissive. when packing into the alpha channel it worked as expected in engine

[silent fox]

yup lol i dont get it

[misty oyster]

DOes the material have a parent material ?

Like for example this one

[silent fox]

yeah, but that one is an instance of its actual parent

[misty oyster]

Because it could be forcing Masked blend mode

[bright haven]

nah,RMA - Roughness , Metalness , Ambient Occlusion

[misty oyster]

the E at the end is probably emission though ?

[silent fox]

yes your right that makes more sense

yeah

i would guess

[misty oyster]

Hmm

The texture for RMAE on three line is RGB, not RGBA

So there is no emission mask, theoretically

[silent fox]

i would think tho that even if its parent had it as blend the child could override

[misty oyster]

I would think so probably yeah

So maybe export the map, make it RGBA, make the A layer a map for emission and then import back ?

[silent fox]

i think thats just cause most weapons dont need emissive so they dont pack anything into the A channel

[misty oyster]

For sure

It's uneccessary data

For an already 160 gb game

[silent fox]

ye lol

[misty oyster]

Cool. I learned more about Unreal Engine today lol

[silent fox]

i did haha, export from engine, into substance desginer split channels, recombine with my added mask in the A channel and reimport

[misty oyster]

And that did not work and producded the translucent result ?

[silent fox]

yeah 😦

[misty oyster]

I think you might need to find a material with working emission

And learn from it

[silent fox]

yeah a good shout

it could be some compile thing but who knows

well the GSC tech artists would know

[misty oyster]

I would hope they make more tutorial videos but we will probably have to do it ourselves lol

[silent fox]

lol tru

[misty oyster]

I am trying to add a putting on animation to the three lines scope I made not attached by default. This seems it's not enough to make it work, any ideas lol ?

[silent fox]

sorry im not much of an animator i haven't rly looked into how the animations are done either yet

[misty oyster]

No problem

[bright haven]

Either I misread the guide ,or mod io guide is bad.

[misty oyster]

What are you trying to do

Is there a way to see console now on 1.5 ? The mod that worked before crashes the game on 1.5

[void owl]

Simple mod loader or UE4SS

[misty oyster]

Thanks, works

[misty oyster]

Is it possible to have it log whatever the game logs ? I am trying to figure out why an animation is not being triggered, I thought log could help

[void owl]

With UE4SS you can enable GUI console. I think might be what you're looking for

[misty oyster]

Uh

I have the console but there is no documentation on the mod page at all

[gritty trench]

guy i am new to stalker and i still haven't tried gamma i am thinking about buying stalker 2 in this steam summer sale what do you think should i try gamma or buy stalker 2 just to wait for it to be fixed

[misty oyster]

Well, I didn't find the command to enable what you mentioned. I only enabled ShowDebug which does not show anything relevant

[misty oyster]

I just can't wrap my head around it. I added the scope here to the ThreeLines Anim Collection file, but it does not work.
I tried looking at AnimBP_ThreeLine_fb and AnimDB_Player_ThreeLine but did not find anything relevant

It's like something is missing but I don't know what lol

[hazy ivy]

the animation

[misty oyster]

Well, ok, but where do I put what. I wanted to use the same one it uses for the red dot

The AnimCollection_fp_ThreeLine_ColimScope only has this, no animations in it

[hazy ivy]

So unfortunately without an animation to copy, there's nothing you can do

unless you make your own

I have this problem with the gvintar, m701, and svdm

I created a blueprint function which detects if these weapons have attachments added, then does a bit of blueprint fuckery to trigger some weapon swaps and circumvent the animation

not really a plug n play solution though

up until v1.4 you could just attach from the inventory but they made teh animations play when you close the inventory

so yea, welcome to modding Stalker 2, where you're having fun right up until you get fuuuucked 🙂

[hazy ivy]

wait up, did you say it has an animation for the colimator

[misty oyster]

Actually I just found out the was no animation for the colimator, I thought there was and the empty slots were supposed to be empty. I compared with grenade launcher for AK74 and noticed it has animations

[hazy ivy]

yea i assumed as much, with it being a hard-locked tech upgrade and all

[misty oyster]

So I added AK74 x4 attach animations to the AnimCollection for the ThreeLines colimator and I am compiling now

To see if it works

I suspect the animation cycle breaks when the slot is empty, so maybe it will work now since there are animations

[dire wasp]

Ik this isnt mod support but I just wanna know if this bug from Mutant Loot hurts my game in any way other than the text bug. I wont mind playing w it if it means I get more consistent mutant drops

[silent fox]

._.

[misty oyster]

It's just a shader compilation error, it should no be that bad ? Maybe few uncompiled shaders (pink shaders or something) ?

[misty oyster]

Is that the emission

[silent fox]

yep lol

[dire wasp]

It appears on all my guns kek

[silent fox]

this is it in engine, looks fine. but in game its fuked

[misty oyster]

What does the map look like

or mask

whatever you know what I mean

[silent fox]

this

[misty oyster]

And it does not render the whole material slot/mesh it seems like ?

[silent fox]

yeah, seams anything that has the emissive toggle turned on, renders translucent in game

[misty oyster]

And you are 100% sure you exported the right merge

I suspect you did since it is emmissive in the material in UE

Well

Weird AF

I thought about render queue but I did not see an option to change it in the material

Not sure if it's even a thing in UE, I know it from Unity

[silent fox]

yeah its weird, i think stuff like that is normally done in the master mat or done with code

[misty oyster]

Since it works in the preview in UE, I would think there has to be something extra influencing it, like a master material setting

I doubt it's lighting

[silent fox]

yeah i really doubt its any lighting thing, defo a shader issue

[misty oyster]

Yeah I think so too

The thing is there is no documentation so we have to reverse engineer everything

[silent fox]

pretty much atm

[misty oyster]

Btw what I did did not work, the weapon gets stuck in idle when you are holding it and are trying to attach the scope

It work when you attach it when the weapon is not in your hand but I wanted to make it work that way too

[misty oyster]

Didn't figure it out lol. I've spent the whole weekend on this

[spark gate]

Happy to give you a free ride 🙃

[sudden oxide]

guys, anyone who installed zonekit can remove reflection(or refraction) component from material of glass blocks, that's why they black in result, because of mesh distance fields in software lumen don't contain colors data

[misty oyster]

Where are the developers collecting the feedback from modders ?

[mental zealot]

Gsc official server I think

[honest glade]

does anyone have the latest AIGlobals.cfg?

[magic geyser]

How's scripting in the mod kit? Are we capable of making blueprints or C++ code and make use of game events (such as OnPlayerDeath, if there's any exposed)?

[void owl]

Not yet. Adding logic is still very rudimentary

Also adding c++ code will never be a thing, at least not official. We hope we will later get an API to the game we can script or create BPs around

[fiery plaza]

https://youtu.be/DrTa0aVcYnk?si=EBP5G0ly2A3xyJy3

[cloud lagoon]

Next one would be best so far

[magic geyser]

Appreciate the answer, saved me from the big download. I'll wait for more support on scripting, even if only through blueprints.

[sudden oxide]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LolsMH73Yug

[sonic birch]

what is localization

[dense swift]

Translated descriptions, names, etc

[kind cave]

so we can add new guns but can't name them/ descriptions?

[dense swift]

Local man scrolled 3 posts up

[frail root]

Oh boy

[bleak fern]

i have a question.
Can the mod tools released for stalker 2 do animation changes currently?

because id love to see the Cheese slice healing replaced with the metro animation instead of the injector...
Makes no sense that we have the cheeses but its an injector

[subtle jasper]

Can anyone help with save logic in stalker 2? I tried to implement some actions when it needs to save save object, but i am crashing all time.

I am using zonekit

[tidal rapids]

did anyone find a workaround to adding in localization in stalker 2?

[coarse kettle]

Been thinking about animations too, was wondering the same with the Metro Gas Mask model and Gas Mask wiping animation curious

[bleak fern]

man it would be good. the stim injector just makes zero sence.

[dapper barn]

my guys... are working on get better A-life?

[drowsy yarrow]

is this fine to do ?

rename mods folder to something else, so that achievements count ?

[real mantle]

your mod is so badass i would love to see it in stalker 2

[silent trench]

is there a mod to make npcs in stalker 2 not aimbots that works with the latest updates

[sharp meteor]

Yes, LetsWoolgather mods "Instant Long Range Aggression Fix" & "This is My Rifle": https://next.nexusmods.com/profile/LetsWoolgather/mods?gameId=6944

[silent trench]

im having a lot of trouble as soon as i peek someone they instantly drop my health with a perfect spray of bullets

[silent trench]

thanks but that doesnt look it does what i want it to do

[weary harbor]

does anyone have any graphics mods that make lumen and ghosting look a little less awful?

[mental zealot]

after patch 1.5 ghosting has decreased significantly

Ultra Plus is recommended but I personally haven't used it

[weary harbor]

oh wow, that's really good, need to check that out

[thick widget]

That's because vanilla is set to have npcs ignore dispersion for a certain range of shots.

NPC Combat Overhaul does turn off their snap to target so some of their shots are "panic" shots off in a different direction as they're turning. However the rest of the changes will make them less straight forward to deal with.

This is My Rifle - This is My Gun. With the projectile speed adjustments it does allow you to run between cover without getting hit by every shot they fire at you. Can technically even strafe shoot and get them to miss a few shots depending on the type of weapon you're using. However the same is true for the players trying to shoot at them. So aiming ahead can be a little tricky. Especially with slower rounds like 12gag shot and 9x39.

[subtle jasper]

There need to be cfg files... No?

[bleak fern]

they made an animation modding tutorial....

WE NEED

[subtle jasper]

I wanna know how to see cfg files in zonekit...

[crisp bolt]

as of right now you cannot, but if you have the correct folder structure it will package and work, there is a Cfg tool at the top left under Tools that you can utilize, but this edits the cfgs that are localized to the SDK found in (E:\UE5\STALKER2MODSDKClosedBeta\Stalker2\Content\GameLite\GameData)

also it's kinda jank right now in phase 1

[subtle jasper]

My god why not to unpack cfg files while asset are unpacked......

[stoic portal]

Quick question, with the new mod kit is it possible to get a weapon part system like gamma?

[crisp bolt]

it's actually just easier to manually edit and package configs then using the editor, unless you require editing them with assets that are utilizing the cfg or you want to upload to steam or modio/xbox with your cfgs then you package in the SDK

[subtle jasper]

Ok thank you

So the only way - using tools and zonekit together for phase 1

[crisp bolt]

It depends where you are uploading the mod, if its just cfgs and nexus, you use the tools we have already used, unrealpak etc. if you want to upload to steam and modio/xbox, then you create the folder structer exactly how the cfgs are. For example I packaged a mod for a config for both modio and Steam (E:\UE5\STALKER2MODSDKClosedBeta\Stalker2\Mods\WeightReduction\Content\GameLite\GameData [since I used only core cfgs and no refurl/refkey I put Corevariable.cfg in here]) the editor won't show the configs, but it is there and will package.

also if you want to see the cfgs unpacked they already are here (E:\UE5\STALKER2MODSDKClosedBeta\Stalker2\Content\GameLite\GameData)

[subtle jasper]

Thanks!

[lucid kite]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCSvw0ZrKfs

[turbid wagon]

Is anyone working on any new weapon mods yet?

[hot oar]

i can not open back pack or box the game will go down ?

[bleak fern]

For anyone making an animation mod.

Replace the medkit healing animation with the one from metro or tarkov and my soul is yours

[thick widget]

https://tenor.com/view/devil-brooklyn-nine-nine-b99-nbc-captain-ray-holt-gif-16001898

[bleak fern]

https://tenor.com/view/yas-queen-finger-snap-gif-9873002

dude so sad hes dead now.

[thick widget]

Yeah he was a good actor.

[rugged compass]

I want proper mask overlays.

[bleak fern]

dude.

yes.

[rugged compass]

They said they’ll be developing more tools for the kit as the community requests them. So we’ll see the extent we can reach at that point

[tidal dragon]

is someone working on a character skill rpg mod? like we had in gamma?

[pulsar pike]

I cant get the OXA NVGs to work, anyone know what it could be? I have UE4SS running fine, other attachments are spawning, but the NVGs dont work

tried with the SML as well but no dice

also the faction ID is not working

[dusk valley]

Has anyone tried to use the new pistol available on steam workshop ? It’s invisible for me

[dusk valley]

Did you find the NVGs ? I put them in the quick slot and they were working but it was prior 1,5 update

[thick widget]

Are you using any other mods that affect weapons?

[pulsar pike]

I just reinstalled everything and it worked lol.

[bleak fern]

is there a thread i can ask for help in reguarding OXA.
the nvgs and stuff work. i can spawn them in
But i have no repair widget in my inventory. and the weapon parts and NVGs and gear is NOT spawning at vendors at all.
its also seems to be stopping the spawn of the mosin and 1911

[arctic lion]

you using an older version? im getting mosin and 1911 spawns

[bleak fern]

using the one from the 29th. the most recent standard.

[dusk valley]

Only oxa but I tried the mod without too and even a new game but always invisible

[thick widget]

Yeah so Oxa changes weapons a lot

[bleak fern]

OXA affects weapons :p

including the new version where like..new parts will spawn. like barrels and stuff.

[thick widget]

I mean Oxa Standard should be refurl so less issues, but I could see that still having some issues with a new weapon mod

[bleak fern]

i mean its stopped the mosin and 1911 from spawning in my game so

[tidal dragon]

is someone making an rpg character skill mod like we had in gamma?

[faint eagle]

Hi! I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this, but is someone willing to create a mod that simplifies the game HUD? For example, instead of the current big and colorful, make one simpler, just like SCUM's, with the addition of radiation levels:

it would be much easier to know how much I need to eat and drink to fill the meter, since right now there's nothing stopping me from chugging every single water bottle in the game

[bleak fern]

SCUM widgets lol

but i agree. or at least make them a seperate color like green slightly hungry orange very hungry red starving. same with water. that would be cool

[sharp yarrow]

u folks where I can download C Consciousness Grass for anomlay?

[tidal yew]

Wrong channel

Burn in hell sinner

[tidal dragon]

we basically need an expansion for the character tbh

[snow egret]

Damn exporting skeletal meshes with joints and vertex groups from blender to unreal is cooking my brain. Why can't all meshes be static meshes...

[rare smelt]

Hello, is there a mod that lowers the HP of enemies and mutants? I just can't handle it — I used up all my ammo on a single enemy, and I'd really like to play this STALKER 2. Does anyone know?

[compact furnace]

There were some but not sure if any got updates

[rare smelt]

Then recommend me one, and I'll check if it's updated

[compact furnace]

Just go on nexus and look for mutant health tbh

[rare smelt]

Okey

[snow egret]

I finally did it!!! I created a new item in game that reuses the same animations as another.

Took me forever to figure out how to export / import the FBX file properly and setup all the joints & vertex groups in blender.

[rugged pollen]

hi pls i need help info with O.X.A on stalker 2 im trying to convert a weapons its say move to inventory but when i move it nothing happen

[hazy ivy]

Won't work on unique weapons or if you're one of those weirdos who has like billion items in their +1000kg inventory

If it's more complicated than that you're better off going to the OXA thread

[proven kayak]

Trying to with basic AK 74 N and full place on my inventory, Pressing Convert, moving in my inventory, nothing appear

[hazy ivy]

Does the text change at all?

[proven kayak]

Nothing change, qctually using ur guide but cant convert

[hazy ivy]

Should switch to "ensure all attachments are removed" then there's a 2s delay before it says CONVERT and you hit enter

Any texture mods?

[proven kayak]

Nop

Pressing Convert

Moving inv

Menu stay to Move in inv

[hazy ivy]

What modifications are on it?

[proven kayak]

She are full boosted on the Vendor

Can be the reason ?

[hazy ivy]

Could you show me the item info for it?

Like the mouse-over popup

[hazy ivy]

Yea that's a unique weapon

[proven kayak]

oh, how i can know that ?

[hazy ivy]

Lummox AK

[proven kayak]

Ohhhh

Sorry

[hazy ivy]

It's an annoying one because it's literally just a regular AK with a scope on jt

[proven kayak]

That the same like ohter AK, but with other name

[hazy ivy]

And with OXA, that scope is removable

[proven kayak]

Okok !

[hazy ivy]

Yeah it's probably the biggest cause of 'cant convert' reports lol

[proven kayak]

Okay, all works when i buy a basic AK

But what the convert do ?

Add barel and parts finding in the game right ?

[hazy ivy]

Yeah so convert just sets up the weapon to be compatible with the OXA weapon components system

Meaning you can swap out the barrel, fire control group, and stock/grip with parts that you find. Some weapons have an extra slot - the AK, for example, has a slot for an RIS adapter, whilst the Vector has one for an extended handguard

It's intended to replace the technicians once it's all done

Probably a good thing you didn't convert your Lummox AK because technician upgrades are lost and can't be applied to an OXA weapon

[proven kayak]

Yeah, gonna try with fresh other weapon

[hazy ivy]

The idea is that rather than having a dozen upgrades that apply small (permanent) changes, you can instead get big changes from fewer modifications, and swap them out however you like

[tidal dragon]

Do we have the mod that shows factions when aiming at people?

[twin swift]

OXA does it

[twin swift]

@hazy ivy Do you know why I do get this localisation text sometimes when pressing T? It doesnt happen always and its removed when reloading the save

[hazy ivy]

Shift+T

Toggles the debug text

It's for reporting missing/incorrect IDs

As someone saying 'i saw a freedom guy with the wrong tag' is pretty much useless for fixing them

[hazy ivy]

Might be that you're sprinting whilst tagging - I should probably switch it to Alt-T

[twin swift]

Oh no problem at least I know the workaround now, basically press again shift T right?

[hazy ivy]

Correct 🙂

[twin swift]

thx mate

[hazy ivy]

Oh and if you get a bad tag, just screenshot that and drop it in the OXA thread

[snow egret]

Hey guys, Im making a simple cfg file mod to add a new consumable item, and I think everything is correct, but I keep crashing with a Fatal error on the "loading mods" step during game launch.

Unhandled Exception: EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION reading address 0x0000000000000020

I've only created two cfg files. A referenced ConsumablePrototype and MeshPrototype. New eyes might be needed here haha.

I basically copied the struct from existing config files and did a ref_url in new cfg files. Same formatting as always.

[hazy ivy]

How are you packaging the mesh?

[snow egret]

With the SDK. I've got a new skeletal mesh working already and it re-uses an existing animation. Also created an associated StaticMesh for in world spawn. It's functionally identical to the Hercules/Psypills items.

The meshes are packed in the .utoc and there is only the two .cfg files in the .pak file. When I temporarly remove the .pak file, but keep the .utoc in my ~mods, the game no longer crashes. That's why I figure it's something with my cfg files or .pak.

I can send the whole mod if that would help.

These are the assets in the SDK.

Animations are working great in the editor

[snow egret]

Okay so the issue is definitely something with cfg files in the pak. I changed the cfg files to point to only vanilla meshes and assets, and then I removed the custom meshes/assets entirely from the mod so it's now only a simple cfg file mod.

Still crashing, but at least narrowing it down

[snow egret]

I fixed it somehow by tweaking cfg files - but I made the classic mistake of changing multiple things at once and I have no idea what worked.

[stoic portal]

Is it possible to add a weapon part system like gamma, now that we have the sdk?

[snow egret]

Here's the final result of hours of research haha. A new consumable item - Aspirin! It's lame but I'm so happy it works

[lean oar]

Hell yeah

[proven kayak]

@hazy ivy did the standard mod add the few item to sell etc ? Or just modding ?

[hazy ivy]

Just weapon attachment changes, and adding those attachments to traders

[proven kayak]

Okay

[proven kayak]

Do u think i can change Proto to Standard in my current game ?

[hazy ivy]

Pretty unlikely, there'll be a bunch of references to non-existent items which typically causes a crash

[hazy schooner]

has anyone tried making outfits or new weapons? i have a ton of models I'm interested importing but I'm only familiar with modding Arma

[real arrow]

@hazy schooner GSC released some intro videos on doing weapons, i would imagine the process isn't too different for outfits.

[hazy schooner]

alright thanks ill look into youtube and see what i can find

[snow egret]

It's definitely doable. The FBX exports from unreal are pretty good

[snow egret]

It'll mostly be challenge to rig up the new weapons to fit the animation systems inplace or create new animations.

[rugged compass]

I’d love a more modular armor system. Legs, chest, head and mask would be cool.

[hazy schooner]

yeah i didnt want to create new anims yet because ive only just started learning animation. so instead i was hoping i could import some different AK variants with something like Zentico furniture etc and use the vanilla AK anims for it if possible.

[worthy jackal]

😆

[compact furnace]

Why are u asking this in the stalker 2 modding channel, just curious about the thought process

[lean oar]

Yeah but specifically stalker 2 ^^

And no, multiplayer projects aren't legit

See rule 11

[compact furnace]

I guess reading is very difficult

[normal pebble]

dont need to be an asshole i get the memo

[compact furnace]

You're the one that started getting a lil sassy

Anyway, doesn't matter

[normal pebble]

u r the only one that created sassiness asshole gg.

[lean oar]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

man, it's really a shame that the SDK is so big, i'd love to play around with it

[proper grove]

Everyone,
How do I merge localization file together, I have infinity and restore cut content and cut content dialogue is missing

[compact furnace]

Wasn't there a tool to merge automatically at some point?

[compact furnace]

There's so much wrong with this picture, including the question of why it is here🫡

[lean oar]

lmao

[pseudo lotus]

Yum

Where would I ask for help with stalker crashes

[compact furnace]

Since you're posting your diet choices, might I suggest some protein and fruit on the side?

[snow egret]

Anyone had issues with the new SDK crashing on startup? It was working fine for me last night. Classic reboot didn't fix it surprisingly.

Fatal error: [File:Unknown] [Line: 960] PresentInternal(SyncInterval) failed at D:\STALKER2\s2editor\Engine\Source\Runtime\D3D12RHI\Private\D3D12Viewport.cpp:650 with error DXGI_ERROR_DEVICE_REMOVED

Definitely don't want to redownload all 430 GB again

Incase anyone is interested, I fixed it by disabling the steam performance overlay. It was changed in a new Steam update and Unreal Engine does not like it.

[snow egret]

Yeah I just started down this road myself. I added a new consumable to the game yesterday that reuses the animation from another item. Had to rig up my new model to have the same bones in the same locations, but it worked pretty well. Same approach should work for weapons I would imagine, just more complicated.

[snow egret]

I can send you the mod files and Blender project if you want.

[wheat shoal]

wtf

[cinder saddle]

https://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomaly/addons/saiga-12s-drum-magazine-kit/page/2#9026334 Hi, is there a solution to make it work in BaS 2021 without the mod loader? Trader AutoInjet doesn't seem to work. Haha, yes, it's Stalker Anomaly 1.5.1.

[shrewd monolith]

Where would I find the values to adjust the "zoom" in when you aren't holding a weapon

I've been trying to get the empty hand zoom mod to work but it conflicts with 1.5 and won't let you loot mutants

So basically I'm looking for the corevariables cfg but don't want to unpack the entire games stuff

[mental zealot]

I can send you

[shrewd monolith]

thatd be cool

[shrewd monolith]

I found the correct config now I just need to figure out how to get it repacked and for the change to actually work

[shrewd monolith]

Thank you

[shrewd monolith]

when repacking the pak file, should it be "compressed" or not when using unrealpak?

[mental zealot]

I didn't quite understand, the file should be in .pak format

[shrewd monolith]

disregard, I figured it out !

[glacial hare]

Hello! I’m new to STALKER 2 modding.
Can someone please help me with adding a specific item (like a Vintar rifle) to a stash on the Zalesye location at the start of a new game?
Which exact files do I need to edit to make this work?
Thank you very much!

[sonic birch]

i noticed this too, i think there may be a conflict with named weapons

[sand escarp]

Hello, mates.
We are restoring the cut STALKER 2 content, and are looking for people who know how to work with UE5 3d materials, including fluid ones. PM me if you are interested.

[cedar depot]

Hello all i'm creator Mod UE4 and 5 +(Skyrim, Conan Exiles, Ark & Stalker2 )
I wanted to know if anyone would be able to create Glow Maps for mutant creatures, weapons and armor (like the luminescent veins on a bloodsucker).

[silent fox]

as far as i know emissive is kinda broken, tho id love to be proven wrong

[pale widget]

please help, I installed everything strictly according to the instructions, the mod works, but it is not clear in the description

[hazy ivy]

Duplicate localization - You have another mod that installs localization, probably mutant loot. You need to delete the localisation files from the other mod so there are only OXA localisation files in the mods folder

You can still use the mod, and it's localisation files are included in OXA's

[tidal dragon]

is anyone modding the game for new guns/models?

[outer spruce]

When installing or doing mods is it easier on steam or gog

[snow egret]

I just got this little guy in game

[tidal dragon]

ak 105?

[snow egret]

the OKP7 sight.

[tidal dragon]

aah

[snow egret]

It's not in the original game

[outer spruce]

Is this gamma?

[snow egret]

Stalker 2

[hazy ivy]

no new guns, but heavily modified standard guns

slap a 21.7" barrel on an AK

Aliexpress 105

[tidal dragon]

kekw

are u giving them real life specs too?

[hazy ivy]

what do you mean by that?

All the components have different effects on stats n stuff

[tidal dragon]

stalker 2 guns have different stats from real life version

like the as vall is 900 rpm, hk416 should be 850

in game they are off

[hazy ivy]

could always throw it in, looks like it wouldn't mess with balance too much

10% increase in fire rate for the HK416

[tidal dragon]

hm, someone was doing it already with another mod, but i think it got left behind

[hazy ivy]

adjusting the fire rates would only be like a half hour job if there's no silliness with animations or audio

[tidal dragon]

also another question

the game has the mk14, that gun has 700 rpm full auto for the military version

single fire for civil

if you slap 700 rpm to a single fire gun, will the engine mess with it or nah

[hazy ivy]

You'd need to mess with the audio for that

weapons typically have different audio for single shot and rapid fire

[tidal dragon]

yeah

with the rapid fire being a chain of single shot right

this issue is very noticeable in tarkov

highlights BSG incompetence

[hazy ivy]

that's where it's different - I assume it's modified so they don't just get INCREDIBLY LOUD by stacking on top of each other

so if you don't have the rapid fire audio it clips it I think

been a while since I messed with it

that being said there's nothing stopping you from stealing the audio from another weapon of similar calibre

[tidal dragon]

yeah

that would include the suppressed version

and the mod id like to have is a futher expansion of the character

making it a bit rpg

like physical skills, technical skills

[peak hearth]

q

[compact furnace]

There is a "Glowing bloodsucker eyes" mod on nexus. maybe get in touch with the creator for that one, dont know how he did it

[white ermine]

Are these your builds? If so nice job

[junior shoal]

Hey guys how are you ? i got question witth tthe new Kit devs drop do you think we could merged weapons mods with blender or so ? And finally get new guns in this stalker 2 game that has 3 sniper and 5 AR ! And yes i'm a little sad/mad comming from gamma and frosty modpack when i finished stalaker 2 i was like why do the dev only put like 30 weapons with like some Mods and unique skin on it ! Btw thx to @hazy ivy who make the game playable i did my all playtrhough with his mod and can't imagine doing it without !

[compact furnace]

Does anyone have any idea how to move around where the ammo count is displayed as a HUD element? I need to move the actual counter down on the Y-Axis.

[snow egret]

@junior shoal yes it is already being done. People are getting working guns and attachments in game. I recently got a new OKP7 Russian scope working on the AK74 yesterday.

[snow egret]

Yeah it’s happening right now. It’s 100% doable with the SDK but it’s still in the early stages figuring out how it works and the correct workflows.

Another guy in another forum actually has new guns working in game. He got a SCAR16 or 17 or working in game. Fires, reloads, and everything, but it is reusing animations from the HK416 in game.

I have not yet seen anyone create new animations for anything Stalker 2 yet, but it’s just a matter of time until someone sets up the correct rig in blender and figures out the correct setup for import / export into the game.

[dusk valley]

i dont know what to do

[strong coyote]

Man, how's going your OKP mod? I really need it for my As Val

[snow egret]

I wasn’t going to release it as a polished mod. It was more of a fact finding exercise to reverse engineer how it all worked. That OKP7 model was ripped off the internet somewhere as well so it would be plagiarism/theft to distribute it. The model / textures on it was not amazing anyway.

Maybe I’ll brush up on my blender and substance painter and get some polished attachments released, but I’m mostly just experimenting at the moment.

[drowsy yarrow]

For stalker 2 mods, are there any mods in steam workshop that arent available in nexus ?

Or nexus will always have the exact mod by exact author that steam has

[compact furnace]

There is mods that aren't on nexus and there's mods on nexus that aren't on steam

[drowsy yarrow]

what a nightmare

to sort through

[compact furnace]

I'd just stick to nexus, usually everything important is on there

[lean oar]

Yeah, generally almost everything is on the nexus.

[drowsy yarrow]

This i couldnt find for example

Unless its this:

[odd osprey]

has anyone been able to figure out how to make upgrades/attachments change materials on weapons?

I have been trying to crack it but not entirely sure where to assign it, but you can change these static meshes over to (lets say) the nightstalker over to the standard kora (i did it with the hammer and trigger) so im wondering if there is a way to swap the barrel to the upgraded TIN version from the nightstalker or something.

i know how to swap static meshes in the files, but id really like it if they changed based on the upgrades that are applied to the weapon. if i can crack this one it would be awesome.

once i figure out how to distribute these guns or add them to merchants ill be sure to drop a mod so people can buy/customize weapons because changing out those parts is an awesome feature and its insanely easy.

i also messed around and found out you can change this line to the highlighted (i think its defaulted to EN_grip_2) and itll add the magpul VFG from the sofmod rifle instead of that goofy ass big one that comes default when you add add a grip to the rifle super easy little thing to add if youre one for details.

[zenith flower]

Gents, ladies

Correct me if I'm wrong, but with the Phase 1, we cannot access nor modify the game logic with C++ (yet) ?

[proven cargo]

I'm no mod author just a simple stalker, but I specifically remember reading a comment that said no C++ yet. Not sure how accurate but I did see that.

[compact furnace]

Not possible at the moment, not sure if it ever will be, I read somewhere that thatwould require even deeper access to the gamefiles

We'll see though

[glass ice]

I just installed the SDK and i would like to create a mod to make a mag reload system like in Tarkov. anyone who tried before ??

[leaden dagger]

Unless you plan on reworking the entire gun system mechanic, adding a crap load of new UX to support it and then making hundreds of new items with icons. Bests of luck

[zenith flower]

We cannot edit game logic through the SDK (yet) as it seems.

[leaden dagger]

I don't think anyone's going to be doing that for a long long time, at least until injecting or reworking game blueprint and code logic works

[zenith flower]

And for the few weapon files I've read so far (I've had the same idea) the gun logics is not made to support such systems

Back in the days, we've had to wait OpenXRay to implement such systems and even with it, it took me 6 month to implement it into Autumn

And in the end, we've had to scrap it almost entirely because it was buggy asf

[glass ice]

OMG

well, i'm not planing on reworking the entire gun system, but Im just gonna try to make a magazine as item in the game

[zenith flower]

I suggest that you take a look under the hood of Tarkov (with SPT you can do it easily) to see how they have made it

Long story short : they have made that system, then built the game around it

Not the other way around

[glass ice]

I think that it's a very immersive mechanic, it's sad STALKER 2's devs don't implemented

[leaden dagger]

If you want to ruin accessibility to your game, sure. Not everyone wants a tarkov 2.0

[zenith flower]

Plus, good luck to sell a Tarkov 2.0 as widely as Stalker 2 sells

As much as I love Gamma and EFP, we are a minority in the Stalker community

[glass ice]

Tarkov or DayZ at the beginning were a minority ...

[zenith flower]

And still they are

[pulsar pike]

Is there a mod that JUST increases bullet velocity and flatness to more realistic levels? I dont feel like using Better Ballistics because he makes too many changes I dont want in my game on top of those two things

[hazy ivy]

not to my knowledge, but if you want to have a go at modding it's a relatively easy one to try

It's a handy skill to have, lets you change all those little aspects of mods that don't quite sit right with you

[pulsar pike]

the furthest my self-modding knowledge goes are some basic .ini tweaks if you even count that

wouldnt have the faintest idea where to look for this

[zenith flower]

We've all start that way you know.

[lunar cypress]

guys how can i boost weapon condition which drops from enemy

[zenith flower]

My best advice would be to download Better Ballistics, unpak the files and see what's inside and start fiddling with it to learn

[hazy ivy]

1. Grab a tool like this that lets you unpack .pak files https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/374
2. Extract it to your 'modding' folder, then download the mod you want to look at to that folder. Drag the .pak onto the 'unpak' .bat and it'll unpackage it
3. You'll see it's created a folder containing yet more folders. This is all a basic .pak file is, essentially a fancy .zip for config files
4. Have a look at the configs, then once you know what you wanna change, make those changes and save the file.
5. Once you're all done, drag the original root folder onto the repak.bat and it'll give you a finished pak file

[tidal dragon]

As immersive that is, stalker 2 mid to end game has a scaling for damage pretty bad, the further you go the more bullet sponge enemy are

I would find very annoying to deal with enemies that tanks multiple mags to die and then spend 10 minutes just to repack and sort everything

Instead, simil tarkov in my opinion would be character development

We need some character skill and perks like tarkov, like gamma had

Would be cool and actually give a further impact on progression sense

[snow egret]

What language is it in the .cfg files that defines the structs and stuff?

[hazy ivy]

i believe it's a proprietary language specifically for configs that's a bit like C

you don't really need to know any code for them

[odd osprey]

unpack better ballistics using a program called repak. its CMD based but super straight forward.
and take JUST the projectiles file from better ballistics. when you unpack BB itll be located in "BetterBallistics_Main_97_P\Stalker2\Content\GameLite\GameData" (its called ProjectilePrototypes.cfg) and then repack with JUST that file, that should get you what you want. at least to start, you can start tuning from there.

its a little cumbersome but i have my workflow down to "open cfg, edit, repack, drop .pak into mods folder and start testing" it takes less than a minute, the game takes longer to load and once you get it down to what works for you youll be able to make changes super easily. this is exactly how i started modding this game for my hardcore24 mod. \

[odd osprey]

this pretty much made it a must for me to work on a damage mod because i couldnt stand how tanky and weird everything got after that point. i also run better NPC progressive loadouts because i got sick of everyone running exo suits everywhere i went. i still want some poors running around doing poor people stuff, especially since im still just rocking the marauder fit with a 74u.

[sweet widget]

Don’t click that link

[coarse kettle]

So I might be a donut but, I've been trying to upload something to workshop with a thumbnail.
I just get this message each time, is there somewhere specific I need to put the picture to use it as a thumbnail?
(pretty new to all this modding stuff, so help would be appreciated)

[mental zealot]

iirc max size of picture should be no more than 5mb

[coarse kettle]

yeah the picture size is small enough I'm pretty sure
edit: so the picture is small enough, not really sure why it wont upload it

[worthy jackal]

🍉

[compact furnace]

I think its funny that seemingly, to test the mutant loot system, they had set up a "DefaultMutantLootGenerator" where every mutant would drop one sausage instead of their respective loot

[lean oar]

Imagine if all you got was sausage from mutants

[compact furnace]

It would be very funny. Im currently wondering if there was a way to make zombies lootable like the other mutants instead of dropping their gear... But then youd have to make a new Item for it and a quest at malachite and all that. Probably not worth it

[compact furnace]

I just started getting into "modding" just configs for now. Can someone smarte than me tell me why this does not work?

The values work if I dont try to exclude the rest of the file but as soon as I want to single out the changes I made into a new config it does not

[void owl]

i dont think corevariables can be refurld

[compact furnace]

Ah, so it only works on specific configs?

[hazy ivy]

Most configs. I think a lot of corevariables doesn't have any SIDs, and when the game goes looking for the data it contains it only looks in that one specific file.

If you imagine each struct as physical paper folder, the SID is the label on that folder that tells the game what's inside. Using refurl doesn't tell the game to replace the original, it simply creates a copy with the same SID. Then when the game looks for the various structs it needs, it finds two copies and uses the most recent of the two.

Without an SID, the game doesn't know that your modded content is supposed to be replacing the original content, and effectively ignores it.

[tidal dragon]

any mod compatible with 1.5 that reworks artifacts?

[compact furnace]

That is a very helpful explanation, thank you so much😊 Totally get it now, I had no idea the SIDs were necessary for refurl to work. That's why merging cfgs and conflicts are happening so much I assume. Makes Sense now

[gusty olive]

chat how good are these tools? are we gonna see some good overhauls anytime soon or big nothingburger?

[dense swift]

It's phase one

[lean oar]

Curious to see how many phases there will be

It is 2034 phase 34 of s2 sdk has been released, you can finally edit the c++ code

[compact furnace]

I think we will be at like phase 3 in 2034

But by 2033 Eastern Europe is going to be a nuclear wasteland due to the nukes that started the Metro series

so...

[lean oar]

[pulsar pike]

Are there any mods that "unlock" the later areas of the zone for free access rather than behind a point of no return?

[gusty olive]

phase THIS

[gusty olive]

[subtle jasper]

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLf9GogjdG-eKrihWRqP-DEXL-nkXXv3OW

Maybe its not an actual info, but found it by muself as good point to start stalker 2 modding

[compact furnace]

The only one that has anything like that I've seen was the free play mod on Nexus. He's trying to have the map unlocked without the story

[pulsar pike]

never even saw that, pretty cool. will keep an eye on it

[odd osprey]

@sweet widget after nuking the entire god damn game to pieces, it was this ONE file haha. i deleted everything besides this folder and for whatever reason this was the one that was holding it up. i think its because i used that "unlimited saves" mod.

which...if thats the case means im back by like 6 hours haha so that kinda sucks but at least its working now. fuggit.

thanks for the assist.

EDIT: now stupid fuckin stalker wont find my savegames. god damn the devs choices sometimes are fuckin unreal. "nothing signed to this account?" no i just reinstalled the game "yup, nothing to see here, start a new game!"

like them removing the ability to skip new game cinematic. jesus christ.

sorry venting and not mod related but i needed it so bear with me.

[compact furnace]

To be fair, using a mod that altered something to do with saving isn't really the games or devs fault for your game not working, that goes for installing any mod

[worthy jackal]

🍉

[vague knoll]

anyone knows of any mod that would reduce the loot system significantly? (stash's and boxes)

[strong coyote]

@tidal yew are you working on something for Stalker 2 since SDK is out?

[tidal yew]

I’m downloading it, about 250-300 gb remaining.

[compact furnace]

Can someone explain to me why there is herculesweight and herculesweightpenalty that seemingly do the same thing and also what duration 300.f means?

My theory on the two seperate entries is that it adds 20 kilos to your backpack but doesnt make it so you can actually carry 20 more, which is the job of the penalty one?

Its a bit confusing

I figured out the .f part, still confused why there is 2 entries

[hazy ivy]

.f identifies the duration as a float rather than an integer. The two parts have seperate functions, i believe AdditionalInventoryWeight increases your total carrying capacity (the amount you can carry before you stop being able to move) whilst PenaltyLessWeight increases the amount you can carry before you incur a movement penalty (i.e. the length of the green section of the carry capacity bar)

[compact furnace]

That was my understanding, thanks for clarifying! Is there any specific reason these two would be made into something seperate instead of just being tied together? Like being able to carry 20kg more also meaning the PenaltyLessWeight movement penalty gets pushed at the same time?

I guess thats just how they coded it

[hazy ivy]

Personally I'd have used a single value for max, with the penalty level set to X% of max, where X is set by another config variable so it can be adjusted when balancing the game. Ultimately it does the same thing though, so the answer basically boils down to 'it is the way it is, because they made it the way it is'

[compact furnace]

That was how I thought it would be before seeing the config files, then I was a bit confused, but yeah that clears it up

[hazy ivy]

yea there's a lot of that kinda thing 😛 There's also a lot of seemingly unused effects, so always crosscheck your consumables/artifacts/whatever to make sure you're using/modifying an effect that's actually functional

[compact furnace]

I've modded 7 days to die stuff before, and those configs were 100 times worse... Always interesting to see what kind of solutions devs come up with

[lean oar]

I don't even dare to imagine knowing how much fudging is done in the tech industry

The solutions you come up with when you're absolutely at your wits end not getting it to work when you try to do something properly

[hazy schooner]

got this far no idea how to test it or do the cfg's

[spice smelt]

For cfgs, check this: https://discord.com/channels/504587323577729024/1390024650469146744

[finite wedge]

Was thinking,since GSC has fixed the Stalker Space Program
Could we potentially see it return as a Mod?

Made my freaking day after seen enemy's fly from a headshot
Especialyl after the Mosin got added

[compact furnace]

Anyone got a clue what PsyNPCType in the summon ability from the deer under the boar entry is?

[tidal dragon]

there were a couple of mods for Hk416 on nexus, i assume striked for copyright?

[arctic lion]

the tan one?

[tidal dragon]

There were 2

One was named HK family platform extension

Adds some more HK platform weapons like g28

[turbid wagon]

Comments were all saying it wasn't working, he mightve taken it down to fix it

[pulsar pike]

Is there a bullet drop/velocity mod that doesnt effect damage values or overhaul any weapons? just want pew pew to go straight and fast

[odd osprey]

Animators are next level. This goes hard.

[tidal dragon]

https://i.imgur.com/3mzefBo.png any idea on this?

[tender silo]

you can read this on steam

no big deal its patch notes

[tidal dragon]

i know

i meant the localization issue

its not the only broken one

[tender silo]

they forgor

[tidal dragon]

wait its broken even without mods?

[tender silo]

not sure didnt check

what kind of mods are you using

i cant think of one that would fuck with the localization

[tidal dragon]

hold on let me disable one that wasnt updated

yeah i figured

it was a non updated mod

which sucks because i really needed that mod

[tender silo]

tell me

[tidal dragon]

the #1326102791931953263

[tender silo]

You can probably live with it + it might make your saves with it unusable

What other issues are present other than the localization?

[tidal dragon]

well if the artifacts are all fucked in the text, u cant read them

[tender silo]

i sed

see

[tidal dragon]

only issue is that i had my build based on those artifacts

now i m overweight and have to return to safezone to re address

[tidal dragon]

am i wrong or wasnt there a mod that enhance the RTGI removing/reducing shadow flickers?

[junior shoal]

finally a goat who want to create weapons ! what in the hell is wrong with stalker 2 kit ? no one is transfering mod from X-ray to unreal 5 ? i hear about blender that can do the job please guys who do i have tto suck to get new weapons in this game that is amazing but get no weapons customisation at all ! i'm so sad guys 😢

[spring thicket]

Hey guys, if I want to make a weapon unable to install any attachments, how should I modify it? I replaced the AK74 model, and I don't want it to be able to add any weapon attachments.

[lament otter]

Hi, I have a question is this mod that recently came out on Nexus Craftable and Lootable Zone is compatible with Stalker Unlimited or not?

[odd fulcrum]

Should be useable but get the Nexus ones instead, the locatizational files you need to install manually isn't working properly with the workshop mod

They just add new loot and makes them craftable (without workbench).
Almost works as good as the crafting in gamma

[lament otter]

ok, thanks

[odd fulcrum]

You will need to find tools to use crafting, some icons are bugged at the moment but it's still a wip

[warm turtle]

Anyone happen to have stumbled across some lines that control Skif's hands when crouching? I'm looking to get them off screen or hidden.

[vestal turret]

hi guys! I was advised to ask you if there is a fan-fix for the MHM mod for Stalker 2. It seems like there is MHM_2.0.8S_1.5.1_FanFix

[compact furnace]

First time messing around with the Zone kit, just to get an understanding lol

[lean oar]

cola addiction hitting hard

[granite sierra]

I'd like to take a crack at the Zone kit, but I'm sure there's actually talented modders already going full bore on it, so not even gonna bother

[hazy ivy]

modify the CompatibleAttachments section of the relevant weapon struct in WeaponGeneralSetupPrototypes.cfg

[spring thicket]

Awesome, it worked! One more question though: After replacing the model, the iron sights are slightly misaligned. I want to adjust their position to ensure they're centered on the screen. Can this be fixed just by editing the cfg file, or do I need to modify the animations?

[snow egret]

@spring thicket If you open the sk_<weaponname>_skeleton and look at the sockets attached to the root bone (jnt_wpn_ak74 or something), there will be a few sockets that correlate to the various camera positions for the different weapon sights. The default one for iron sights is called CameraSocket, and then each scope attachment has it's own.

So you could adjust the location of that CameraSocket.

Then I believe there is also some aimcurves that can further tweak it, but I had trouble correlating them to real camera position offsets or anything. The units didn't seem to make sense to me, but I believe those add an offset on top of the camera position to tweak it further.

[compact furnace]

@bold timber No

[zenith oyster]

Haven’t downloaded the kit myself yet - does anyone know if it would be possible to modify the map such that global illumination could be removed?

really would commit some time to it if it were actually possible

[crisp bolt]

[compact furnace]

No, that's not possible

Actually, map editing at all isn't possible with the Phase 1 kit

[zenith oyster]

great.

probably holding onto that so they can release some DLC that also doesn't run well

[spring thicket]

Got it, I'll go try that out.

[scarlet halo]

anyone know if there is a cleaned up ready to use rig for animations?

[covert lotus]

Please for love of god make an install video for your mod!

I just can’t get it to work and it looks amazing 😊

[hazy ivy]

Its easy now, just dump everything into the mods folder, no UE4SS or SML!

[covert lotus]

Really? On nexus says still need those.

Awesome will try when I get home. Hope it works, I’ll definitely send a dono 😊

[hazy ivy]

Does it? I thought I updated that 😭

[covert lotus]

Well I looked again Friday? As I always look at that particular mod and want it lol.

Either way if it works then I’m getting. Even if I need a clean install I don’t care.

[hazy ivy]

Oh was just yesterday it went live 🙂

Standard is fine on an existing save (may need to respawn a weapon or two to get the attachments working, otherwise no problems)

Prototype requires a new save

[covert lotus]

Thank you sir for the quick responses 🫡

[mental zealot]

I don't understand how they make new weapons if localization can't be added?

[hazy ivy]

no worries, let me know if you have any issues!

[grave sphinx]

are there any plans for a coop mod?

[hazy ivy]

there's a 10 minute conversation on the en-mods-general channel of the Stalker discord where we just discussed the many reasons it's probably impossible

[coarse kettle]

you think this would become more of a probablity when GSC adds the actually multiplayer mode into the game?
its meant to be getting team death match style stuff or whatever it is

[hazy ivy]

Unlikely - we have no source code access, and huge portions of S2 are hidden away in there

[coarse kettle]

thats fair, was just curious

[hazy ivy]

i mean this is all hypothesizing from people who don't have the skills to pull it off

unfortunately those people are very rare

[covert lotus]

I imagine after the dlc’s release they’ll then let you amazingly talented people have access to those files.

I’m new to the stalker series. Did they not do this for the OG games?

[frail root]

X-Ray was slowly and painfully pried open over a period encompassing nearly a decade

[fervent stratus]

WHO SAID I DONT

[hazy ivy]

CANITRUNSHAYIN2052

[dull panther]

could the SDK do anything for game performance? it's still far from optimal

[hazy ivy]

not unless you wanna start asset-replacing with low-poly/res versions

[dull panther]

would that even do anything with nanite?

i guess the hope is that far down the line they release the code (it's a single player game and realistically we are 15 years away from stalker 3 lmao)

[summer silo]

Doubtful. This is a proprietary engine. Even in case of original games the only reason we got access to the engine initially was due to leaks.

[zenith oyster]

replace foliage with empty models 🤝

[arctic lion]

are you about to fix skifs shitty animations

[scarlet halo]

unfortunatly not, was working on an SKS project and SDK released so I figured I would give it a go

[arctic lion]

we need someone to make Skif not run like a robot and break his arms sprinting with a weapon

also Skif ragdoll death would be

Im getting an SSD the end of this month so i can jump on the Zone Kit wagon

[scarlet halo]

inside of skifs animations there are full 3d death animations, not the classic ragdoll but it would work with the classic death screen

[vapid bane]

Hi, I've already completed the basic version of Stalker 2 twice and now I wanted to play with a lot of mods, so I created such a pack/list mods on nexus and maybe someone who knows can write whether all the mods are cool or add/remove something?

[cloud lagoon]

gork made a channel here too huh

[hazy ivy]

AHHHHHHHHHHH

[hazy ivy]

a lot of outdated mods there, you wanna clean that list up a bit

[vapid bane]

Okay, if i remove these outdated mods,do you think it will be good or are there any other interesting mods that should be added?

[hazy ivy]

have a look at the other mods of the guy that made Dynamic Weather Overhaul, some nice stuff there

seems a decent list though - I'm not great for recommendations cos i spend all my time making and breaking things instead of playing 🙂

[vapid bane]

Haha i understand,thanks a lot for help

[stuck dove]

hello, is there a consolidated/updated list of mods for 1.5.1?

[stuck dove]

or rather, are there mods that are defintely broken with the update?

[hazy ivy]

if you have a list you can post it

[compact furnace]

Is there a way to replace the Koupon Icon in the text dialogue box? It does not seem to use any of the icons for your inventory

[hazy ivy]

/Script/Engine.Texture2D'/Game/GameLite/FPS_Game/UIRemaster/UITextures/Dialogue/AnswerIcons/T_Dialogue_Action_ICO_Money.T_Dialogue_Action_ICO_Money'

[compact furnace]

No wonder I couldn't find it in the Zone Kit searching for Koupon, thank you!

[mental zealot]

What is the name of the parameter for NPCs that is responsible for their reaction time?

when you jump out from around the corner, the time it takes for them to start shooting at you

[pulsar pike]

OXA names busted for anyone else? Just making sure, because nothing I've done has fixed them

[hazy ivy]

All of them or some of them

95% chance you have conflicting localization files

[pulsar pike]

All of them

[pulsar pike]

Ive tried deleting everything that I know has localization files with 0 luck, idk what I might have missed

[hazy ivy]

have you looked in the mods folder? or are you doing this with vortex?

[pulsar pike]

Vortex to install mostly. but it still creates a mods folder I can check

[hazy ivy]

if you wanna post a screenshot i can take a look

[pulsar pike]

this is what I have at the moment, ive been troubleshooting on and off

[hazy ivy]

mutant looting

open it up and delete the localization files

you can still use the mod, just not with the localization files (they're contained in OXA's localization anyway)

[pulsar pike]

Mutant Looting Enhanced just increases spawn chances I thought, odd

[hazy ivy]

adds a bunch of extra parts too

[pulsar pike]

https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/1475?tab=description
just to be clear, its this one

it should only edit ItemGeneratorPrototypes.cfg according to the description, it doesnt claim to add any

it might be EML tho

[hazy ivy]

oh yea mb, im thinking of EML

[pulsar pike]

just realized factions patch had its own localization files too, thought it relied on CLP or ML

Works now, thanks. idk how i missed that

[hazy ivy]

yea they pop up all over the place. normally if you put 'localization' into the search bar it'll find em

[tidal dragon]

is vortex having problems?

i cant download anything, all downloads are in pending

[true hemlock]

Hey is this where we could request for a mod to be made?

I looking for gamma

[hazy ivy]

This is Stalker 2

[fickle mist]

Does anyone know which file contains the Effect Type variables? Or is that something we have to build ourselves? c:

[rancid shore]

Hello, I've recently been using Extended Mutant Loots mode and it doesn't work in vanilla. Does anyone know why or know a fix?

[true hemlock]

My bad I'm new

[pulsar pike]

I cant get this off my SOFMOD and I feel like a mod is causing it. Ideas?

[lean oar]

[pulsar pike]

@hazy ivy OXA is doing jank things to the SOFMOD

i disabled the mod and the funny little backpack attachment disappeared, the regular pre-applied laser came back (though it was a low-poly, non-functional model)

[vague knoll]

anyone know of any mod that would reduce the loot in stash's and around the map?

[lean oar]

I know there's mods that have it ad a feature, but don't know if there's a standalone for it

[silver swift]

Is it possible to deactivate everything that fucks up your mouse sens? For example when colliding with objects. The game still sometimes randomly slows down sens.. super buggy. I rather not have this effect at all.

[lean oar]

Felt, i hate the bloodsucker and controller stuns so much as well

[zenith oyster]

There’s a mod that disables it I think

Looking

https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/870 there's this?

[lean oar]

That's beyond outdated, i highly doubt this is smart to use

[plain locust]

stupid question that probably a million people asked before BUT imma ask anyway hoping someone will reply:

is there any stalker 2 mod pack?

[lean oar]

there's stuff like infinity, unlimited or oxa prototype, modular hard mode (outdated atm I think)

it's not per see a pack of mods but overhauls of a lot of the game

[plain locust]

cheers! so mostly from nexus mods / steam workshop?

[lean oar]

yeah, generally from the nexus

[radiant stream]

How are people enjoying unlimited?

[thick sinew]

hello, installed some mods in the steam workshop, wanted to install some mods in nexus aswell. do steam workshop mods merge with nexus mods or do i only have to pick one?

[pulsar pike]

https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/1532?tab=posts
every day we get a little bit closer

its too bad its not compatible with flashlight mods or OXA's NVGs

[strong mirage]

has anyone yet figured out how to get the skeleton and mesh of the character working to get new weapons in? ive got a decent sks mesh and skele cooked up but ive not gotten the character skele working for anims

[livid spire]

Wow major updates happened to the modding section of this game

[mild beacon]

Is it real that SDK for Stalker 2 weights almost 700GB?

[pulsar pike]

with everything installed yes. i think you can uninstall certain parts depending on what you're modding, idk for sure

[livid spire]

has anyone made any weapon mods? :

:p

[compact furnace]

Does anyone have an idea what the textures for the PsyBlock, Hercules and Vinca are called in the game files? I can only find the skeletal meshes but dont know how to get to their texture from there

[vague knoll]

anyone know of anymod that would change aimbot from npc? also works on 1.5

[compact furnace]

Found it, if anyone is looking for this in the future: they are labeled just "pills"

[compact furnace]

I think there is Maklanes better gunfights

[vague knoll]

TY

[weak robin]

There is people that post packs on nexus, look up clikrad on youtube he posted one a few days ago

[odd fulcrum]

Anyone have an issue entering this part of the map causes the game to crash? tried approching it from the west, north and east and it seems to be this spot where it gives up and throws a 0x0blahblah38

mods i have is the latest weather overhaul, better effects and vaulting

[onyx stream]

How hard would it be to mod character customization into the game ?

[thick widget]

What kind of character customization?

[onyx stream]

like a portrait system similar to the kotor games

[thick widget]

I would suggest taking one mod out at a time to narrow down the cause.

[thick widget]

Oh I see you want menu system to customize Skif?

Sort of a preset character builder? Or am I way off haha?

[onyx stream]

head you can choose

[onyx stream]

i could see that only working if skif was made a silent player character

[thick widget]

I would think doing a portrait system would be possible at the very least using custom Blueprint and some portrait assets.

Having it affect the actual model, I'm not so sure. If it's being set in something like /Game/GameLite/Blueprints/Characters/Player/BP_Stalker2Character then you could probably switch it out during portrait selection.

@hazy ivy would probably have a better idea as to the difficulty aspect, since they've done the most custom ui additions that I know of.

[odd fulcrum]

yeah, gonna have to do that and start a new game while im at it, not too happy with my choices this time

[odd fulcrum]

no mods (no~mods folder or workshop), fresh install and new save. crashes in same place. gonna write this off as a game crash

[fickle mist]

Hm. Alrighty, so I'm trying to add a new munition type (.338LM) and everything is going well up until I shoot. From then, it CTDs.

I've edited the AmmoPrototypes to include the bullet (it is based on the A762Sniper with adjusted settings), the ProjectilePrototypes to include the projectile type (P338LM) and the WeaponGeneralSetup file to convert the M700 to only fire this modded round. Is there something

I'm missing? Since it's only crashing when I fire the round, I'm assuming that means there's something wrong with the Projectile

[compact furnace]

Anyone had this issue before? Picture is only 33kb and it does not matter where I save it, it won't post it

[odd fulcrum]

try changing the image to a jpg or png?

[compact furnace]

Already did 😦

Saved in many different file locations, tried different formats. Output log doesn't give any obvious problems

[lean oar]

that's weird

does it happen with every image you try?

[compact furnace]

yeah

It uploads fine without setting an image

[lean oar]

that's really weird

[compact furnace]

cant find anyone else having that issue either, guess I'll just not uplaod to steam haha

[lean oar]

https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/1/4406291470271820891/

[compact furnace]

Lord, I dont think I wanna be doing all of that, seems very stressful to do for every mod upload

But thank you

[lean oar]

yeah I absolutely get it haha ^^

what kinda mod you cookin up?

[compact furnace]

Just wanted to release something that Ive already uploaded to Nexus

https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/1537

[lean oar]

ooh nice, actually being able to distinguish them will be nice

[compact furnace]

I thoguht it was just me being bad with faint colors, seems like its actually difficult for a lot of people lol

Just using simple stuff and texture replacers to learn Unreal stuff, never had any experience with it

[lean oar]

yoink, let's see how this plays with my mods :)

[compact furnace]

Does not edit any config files so it should never mess with anything

[lean oar]

the model replaces are honestly pretty cool.
I feel like the cossack vodka etc is really silly

[compact furnace]

I think they are fine, but I know people, incuding me, like real life brands for immersion haha

Some of those textures were a bitch to make, the water and Vodka I had to design by myself, same for the canned food because I couldnt find any usable labels online

[lean oar]

yeah I don't imagine it's something easily available only because like, why

[compact furnace]

You'd be surprised. For the beer I found some russian guys personal blog/website where he uploads everything he does. One of is hobbies is literally scanning labels from beers hes had around the world

For others, I used chat gpt for research since my ukrainian skills are pretty slim so finding out what brands they have and all that and taking then googling their logos was a big help

[lean oar]

the beer thing I can kinda understand

[silver swift]

Does anyone know what rank progression is tied to?

I wonder if it's like in the old games or just fix thresholds tied to mainstory

[hazy ivy]

Are you attempting to do this in config only? If I recall correctly it's an enumerated property and new projectile types need to be added to some datatable to work properly

[hazy ivy]

It's story missions, can't remember which though

[fickle mist]

I was dreading that tbh. Welp. I guess I'm gonna just modify the 308 cartridge to fit my use case

[scarlet vault]

can someone just make a simple mod that replaces the radio station music with fall out music? there was one before and it was fantastic but the owner never updated it so it stopped working

[livid spire]

Idk about fallout music

:p i can’t wait for the modding community to get better

[lethal warren]

do we know if there is an anomally "for" stalker 2 being worked on at the moment?

It's just that at this point the game is less enjoyable than ANOMALLY or GAMMA, but it's potential greatly outweighs that of STALKER Call of Pripiat

[lean oar]

There really isn't an anonaly for S2 nor will there be a gamma for years to come

You'll have to wait until the full sdk is released (if that ever happens)

[arctic lion]

i hope gamma 2 never comes out.

[lean oar]

for real

spite is a powerful emotion

[scarlet vault]

You can kind of get an anomaly type of feel with the “new game start” and “debug game start” mods. It locks the main quest lines, and only allows you to do world activities and side quests as you move around the map freely. All zones are open by default. You choose where you want to spawn on the map and it gives you a basic loadout to start.

Pair this with an overhaul mode like stalker unlimited, or Oxide, then throw in some other mods like Looting/Crafting Zone so you get new items to collect and a crafting ability, and you’ve got a rough bare bones Anomaly style gameplay going on.

Still a lot that can be added, but it’s definitely a step in the right direction.

I’ve been slowly piecing together a mod pack to get as close to an anomaly mod for S2 as I can.

[scarlet vault]

Just hoping someone can make a simple mod for campfires healing

[main raven]

Hello everyone, ladies and gentlemen, could someone tell me how to configure FMODEL and get rid of this error in the screenshot?
I just started making a weapon retarget from ST2, and people sent me some trial main files, but they didn't send me any running or module animations. Can anyone help me?

[scarlet halo]

Anyone had any luck getting sounds to play in the mod editor/how to rip them/where to get them? I suspect you can’t check them out or export them for piracy reason(?) but not being able to play sounds really make creating animation montages a shot in the dark

[compact furnace]

https://youtu.be/AtTwHa25CJs?si=vb9d0Hv3GArABZ0B&t=2085

[compact furnace]

Can someone explain me what "Charges = X" means in EffectPrototypes.cfg?

Example

[wild void]

any one knows how to fix this?
after installing and merging mods only the sid shows for everything

[arctic lion]

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

[compact furnace]

Im very lost at the moment, I wanted to change one of my mods to use the refurl method instead of switching the whole cfg but I can not get it to work. What am I doing wrong here? Ive done Refurl before, but I cant figure it out for ItemGeneratorPrototypes.cfg

[compact furnace]

Ignore the [] Brackets, they are just from testing, it doesn't change anyhting whith them removed, I had that first

[thick widget]

This is in the itemgeneratorprototypes directory?

[compact furnace]

...\EnhancedMutantLooting\Stalker2\Content\GameLite\GameData\ItemGeneratorProtoypes

I'm beyond lost with this one

[thick widget]

Itemgenprototype cfg is kind of odd in my experience

[compact furnace]

I can tell, I tried to look what other people did in their mods, but no luck

[0] : struct.begin Got a feeling its got something to do with these zeros, can't tell what they are referencing I guess

[thick widget]

Try following the templates example.

Add the skipref where it matches with yours see if that helps

[thick widget]

0 is just an array key

[*] is an auto numbering version.

If you're not already using this it will likely help speed up testing:
https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/1356

[compact furnace]

Still nothing, game keeps its default values... Wondering if its even do able

[compact furnace]

Yea I use that for testing

[compact furnace]

Its like completely ignoring my file it seems, something must not be correct

[thick widget]

Last thing that might work:

BlinddogLootGenerator : struct.begin {bskipref} {refurl=../itemGeneratorPrototypes.cfg;refkey=BlinddogLootGenerator}

Might need to go at the end of the line. I can't remember if it only goes in the middle if the struct you're referencing has a refurl to begin with.

[compact furnace]

Ill try both

Wonder why this one is such a big issue. I had no trouble whatsoever with Consumables and EffectPrototypes.cfg

[thick widget]

Well I tried refurl the old npc itemgen structs in this main file. I got it to work for the most part, but occasionally it would spawn npcs with 999 of everything

Something weird goes on with it behind the scenes

[compact furnace]

Wild stuff

[thick widget]

An alternative you could do is define your own and ref the template

LinsBlinddogLootGenerator : struct.begin : struct.begin {refurl=../ItemGeneratorPrototypes.cfg;refkey=[0]}

And then you could refurl the blinddog.cfg and switch out the itemgen it's looking for instead.

[compact furnace]

Havent even thought of that... Maybe thats a plan

[thick widget]

Worth giving a try

[compact furnace]

Cause the skipref did not do the trick sadly

[thick widget]

Well hopefully I gave you some new ideas to try at the very least haha. I gotta get some sleep though. Good Luck!

[compact furnace]

Thank you!

Good night

Nvm, the BlindDog.cfg has 0 mention of the item gen, thats all just ItemGeneratorPrototypes.cfg

[compact furnace]

Im blind

Like the dog

[thick widget]

Alright off I go have a good one 😄

[compact furnace]

You too 😄

[compact furnace]

So, so far I've tried creating my own loot generator and then putting that into the BlindDog.cfg. For some reason the game won't load my newly generated one either though. Looked around to see what the difference between EffectPrototypes.cfg and ItemGeneratorPrototypes.cfg is. Everything in Effects has a refkey=[0] or some other template with it. The Loot generators in ItemGeneratorPrototypes are never referencing the template in the games own version... I'll do some more testing

[compact furnace]

Cant get it to work in any way, maybe someone smart will come along

[lean oar]

Maybe you can have a peek at how the more mutant loot mod did it?

[compact furnace]

They did it the same way I originally did it, by replacing the whole ItemGeneratorPrototypes.cfg file instead of using Refurl. Which I wanted to fix for compatibility reasons with other mods

[lean oar]

Hmm, I see.
Damm

[compact furnace]

already thought to look at that

[compact furnace]

I got it working without doing anything different. Started fresh, same folders same everything. Even compared the two files in Visual Studio. No differences, one works the other doesnt

[lean oar]

[warm turtle]

Something changed in the later updates with how weight capacity works. I reduce my capacity from vanilla, but now I get this bug where I move normal again when near max limit and weight artifacts doesn't have an effect. Somebody knows what they changed?

[cold bobcat]

if i want to use the oxa armory mod do i really need to start a new game

[hazy ivy]

nah i just thought it'd be funny

[hazy ivy]

but in all seriousness, in Standard there's no new game requirement, in Prototype your traders and spawns may be completely fucked without one idk

[cold bobcat]

Wait hah because I installed the full version which is prototype I guess and if I want to be fully functional do i need to start over

[hazy ivy]

it's definitely best practice but in all honesty, I'm not 100% sure

[covert lotus]

Oxide when we gonna get “Stalker 2 Oxide” first there was gamma.. now… 😂

[thick widget]

Same mod folder name or different?

[hazy ivy]

haha honestly idk, i couldn't get into gamma 😛

[compact furnace]

Everything the same

[covert lotus]

I’ve never played it but downloaded it because Grok made a masterpiece (I know with others mods as well) and it looks fun. I played the dayz mod and gamma looks a trillion times better.

Your mods are must haves for stalker 2 imho*

[hazy ivy]

ty 🙂

lots more to come soon(ish)

[covert lotus]

🫡

[hazy ivy]

this upgrade overhaul is driving me insane

and i just want it to be done at this point

but it'll be good

you seen pics of the new weapon components?

[covert lotus]

Well sir your page has a dono button yes? I donated to grok but didn’t to you. Let me fix that. I know how much insanely hard work you all do for us gamers.

[covert lotus]

Not yet. I’m taking a minor break from stalker 2 as that’s literally all I’ve played for last three months 😂

[thick widget]

Till 1.6

[hazy ivy]

there's a bunch of random ones

[covert lotus]

Maaaan I’m trying to stay away lol!

[hazy ivy]

well it'll be a couple weeks

so you got some time 😛

[cold bobcat]

Looks amazing

[covert lotus]

Ox can you check your dm’s real quick..

Er please*

[thick widget]

Only think I can think of is pak cache.

Sdk might add a unique identifier

[lean oar]

Heck yeah dude

[covert lotus]

Can we get a VSSK? 🥺😂

[hazy ivy]

show me a picture and I'll tell you 😛

[covert lotus]

It’s a Russian built in suppressor Russian 50 cal sniper rifle.

[compact furnace]

Something was scuffed with the file for a reason unknown to me I guess

[hazy ivy]

hmmm... maybe. I have no animator so that does limit me a bit, but dimensionally it's comparable to the SVU so it's definitely in the realm of possibility

Sniper rifles are phase 3 of the upgrade overhaul so gonna be a lil while though

Phase 1 is assault rifles and SMGs so that's the big one

[covert lotus]

No worries. There’s more than enough of your new guns I want to try.

[hazy ivy]

I'll have a better idea once I'm onto phase 3. ARs/SMGs each have 3 main components that can be swapped out - barrels, fire control groups, and stocks. Some also have extra parts, like RIS adapters etc.

So the lil G36 you see is a G36 with the 9" barrel

that one's also had it's stock switched out and a picatinny rail added

But I don't know if I'll use the same set-up for sniper rifles just yet - barrels on assault rifles make for a good modification because you choose between manoeuvrability/speed (shorter barrels) and damage/recoil control (longer barrels)

we'll see, I gotta get this phase completed before I start on the next (I'm very easily distracted)

but ideas and suggestions are always appreciated

[lean oar]

I love being able to change barrel and by extent also calibre

Changing my HK416 to 7.62 is peak

[hazy ivy]

the second screenshot is gonna be the new model when you switch to 7.62

[lean oar]

[hazy ivy]

bigger magwell for chonkier bullets and a dummy thicc magazine

the clap of your caliber will surely alert the guards

[lean oar]

I am positively buzzing

[hazy ivy]

because stealth mechanics are broken

i started rendering the new inventory icons because it's easier than making them all manually

[lean oar]

"HNNG COLONEL, IM TRYING TO SNEAK"

[hazy ivy]

realised I'm on the wrong side of the fuckin gun lol

[lean oar]

Peak stalger

[hazy ivy]

they keep mirroring them in the UI

its ANNOYING

well its not, im just retarded

[lean oar]

[versed tusk]

Unbelievable work you are doing Oxide, this is amazing! ❤️

[lilac stump]

How far are we from a Gamma 2 guys?🙏 😭

[lean oar]

years

[thick widget]

https://tenor.com/view/forever-too-gif-26162292

[thick widget]

@compact furnace #╟📸stalker2™-media message
That's a weird looking bunny. Doesn't look like it's burrow was wide enough to fit into.

[arctic lion]

https://tenor.com/view/ugh-stanleyhudson-rollseyes-eyeroll-whatever-gif-15621601883142464530

[covert lotus]

What some of us aren’t veteran stalkers like you. Some of us (GASP) just found stalker and for me stalker GAMMA.

Then I see the amazing talent of modders like Grok, Oxide, Shay, Maklane, on and on..

Of course us noob stalkers want stalker 2 gamma 😂

[spare lagoon]

Stalker 2 needs a lot of work before something like GAMMA can even be attempted.
You won't want to keep patching a collection of mods of that scale everytime they release a S2 patch to introduce fixes that also introduce some new bugs

At the current pace...
It probably will be years

Come back in a decade with the "S2 GAMMA now?" questions

[covert lotus]

That’s ok I can wait. I found this series and am not going anywhere lol.

Played dayz since 2012 and it isn’t anything compared to stalker!

[loud peak]

https://tenor.com/view/doors-double-doors-gif-82196084189606405

[arctic lion]

worshiping a modpack compared to hardwork from individual modders isn't the same.

[covert lotus]

Really so I named four modders but I’m “worshipping a mod pack” 🤡

until next update think I’ll take a break. Don’t wanna annoy the mods and since I can’t meet you and 👊 🦷 I’ll just mossy on out cheers

[arctic lion]

lmao

[lean oar]

[arctic lion]

i suggest therapy.

[compact furnace]

You both are insufferable

god damn

[arctic lion]

alright lmao

[lean oar]

my apologies?

[arctic lion]

For what?

[worthy surge]

Gamma was created on the back of 15years of modding, like why would you even ask "when gamma2?" in maybe 17 years if your lucky

[arctic lion]

BUT BUT BUT

[lean oar]

corrected to "my apologies" no need to pop off like that man

[arctic lion]

GAMMA IS AMAZEBALLS

[arctic lion]

lmao idc, i just don't know what you're apologizing for

i meant it as confusion, not berating, my bad home slice.

[subtle gazelle]

How do I upload a mod to the Steam Workshop? Do I need to download moodtool?

[thick widget]

Yes you would need the sdk to upload to Steam Workshop

[scarlet vigil]

you can upload using steamcmd

[thick widget]

That’s true forgot about using that for file uploads

[loud peak]

Thanks for your interest, and don't take the memes too seriously; for some of us, that's the only thing keeping us sane. As for ‘annoying the mods,’ I haven't seen any ‘modders’ complaining about your comment.
But yes, it will be quite a few years before we see anything like GAMMA.

[unique hull]

@hazy ivy does your attachments mod break every update? or gsc got better lately?

[stark jay]

if there are any tool/script requests that you all have to speed up the modding process, please make them in a reply to this message.

This weekend (probably) I'm going to do a very simple rig for 1P/3P in Maya 2025 using Advanced Skeleton, I'll also include a simple toolkit, these are the ideas I have so far:

-tool that creates a basic weapon joint chain with the correct names so you can just move them around and add joints as needed before skinning, probably needs presets
-tool that auto-gens/edits the config files for setting up a new weapon, takes an input for the relevant info that needs to go into the config, probably will require the user to manually export those prototype config files after each update or for me to do it on my end
-tool to import a skinned weapon mesh with a preset that will auto pose the rig into the vanilla idle for that weapon class or weapon (studio library?)

I've already made a custom animation exporter that is far better than the default maya game exporter

this whole thing will be a public git repo so it'll get updated over time

[unique hull]

this is what i use for config files https://github.com/sdwvit/S2CfgToJSON

[stark jay]

too much work, i'm more of a one-stop-shop kinda guy. why go through the conversions if you can batch edit the files with python

cool tho

[unique hull]

this tool is exactly for that. here is an example usage https://github.com/sdwvit/MasterMod/blob/master/src/prepare-configs.mts#L71-L110 can go through all cfg files really fast and do any modifications you want in code

[stark jay]

Huh. well maybe I can feed the info into that on the backend, it's basically just gonna be a big UI like this (ignore the shit actually inside it for now)