🔨base-gamma-support

[willow hawk]

Like make a measure so legs don't get one shotted

[lapis silo]

Yes, it happens way too often imo. Posion weeds, snorks, boars, fucking random ass gravi anomalies and fruti punch

[willow hawk]

And in general if limb should loose more than 2 HP just loose 2HP

Yep

I also need to make random hit redirection from legs to torso

[lapis silo]

Hmmm, maybe for really high damage limb break feature? A pseudogiant can break my leags and I wont be mad 😄

[willow hawk]

Well, most hit to legs could be applied to torso

[graceful iron]

not if you are stuck in closed space

[willow hawk]

Like boars charge etc

[kindred geode]

There's no way to check what zones you haven't been to for the tourist achievement is there?

[lapis silo]

thats on me thogh not the pseudogiant (excpet you mean the tunnel in yantar, fuck that, i just bring grenades)

[graceful iron]

also with the fact that he could hit you behind objects and walls

[lapis silo]

ok i forgot about that

[graceful iron]

and now with zcp you can easily get ambushed by 2 or more

[lapis silo]

this seems to be a good alternative

[graceful iron]

[brisk zinc]

+1

[graceful iron]

how about no

[kindred geode]

Wouldn't you get 1 shot more often?

[graceful iron]

more like legs damage to arms

[kindred geode]

I can't remember if you lose torso you die instantly

[graceful iron]

yes

you do

[kindred geode]

I thought so

[brisk zinc]

Okay, not torso, arms then

[lapis silo]

Well, I dont dislike getting my legs one shot itself. I just hate that 100 things can do it

[graceful iron]

i mean i noticed that with some of the recent damage changes (before the last true damage removal) damages started to become better to the actor

[lapis silo]

Like, I cant remember the last time I specifically tried to heal my head or torso, Its only ever legs and sometimes arms

[graceful iron]

not sure what it looks like now

you didnt get shot enough maybe

[lapis silo]

Hmm true, havent tested that much yet

[kindred geode]

I can't count how many times my helmet has saved me from instant death

[lapis silo]

Well, if youre dead you cant heal your torso

[graceful iron]

i keep getting shot in my arms since i am always behind some cover but arms sticking out

its funny at this point

[lapis silo]

i thought more about mutant fighting, but yeah this holy shit

[graceful iron]

but bullets never one shot limbs for me

[lapis silo]

No very rarely but mutants do it all the fuckign time

hate fighting mutants because of that

[graceful iron]

i never lost a limb to a single mutant attack recently, one third of my leg last time a cat attacked me

[lapis silo]

Hm, pseudogiant and -dogs do it for me pretty often, also bloodsuckers suck my arms dry

[graceful iron]

also maybe its just me but i always expect mutants at their regular places so i am always just waiting for them to come at me and that makes it easier

if you dont have to fight that pack of dogs, dont

[lapis silo]

they just pop out in the middle of nowhere for me lmao

i know the vanilla spawns too, but ZCP is just wild for me

[graceful iron]

get more map experience i guess

[kindred geode]

Pretty obvious but stop sprinting everywhere

[lapis silo]

its kinda fun though

[graceful iron]

zcp only changes what spawns in each spawn area, areas are still the same

[lapis silo]

everything north of rostok i know by heart, below that not so much

[tall charm]

I love zcp in its current form

Walking loot bags

Be it a mutant or a human

[lapis silo]

Walking knife degrader lol

i am buying 8 wetstones per day

[tall charm]

A non issue for me

[graceful iron]

it adds so much more excitement to places you go to, you dont know what mutant you are going to find at this spot(in anomaly its almost always the same mutant or 2)

[tall charm]

Farm it off the bodies

That i wade thru

[graceful iron]

you are using a shitty knife then

[lapis silo]

Hunting Knife

[graceful iron]

the switch blade has a lot of durability

[kindred geode]

The later game knifes last so much longer

Ye

[lapis silo]

I have 128 cat claws by now

[graceful iron]

[kindred geode]

Make a necklace and bracelets

Scare stalkers in the night

[lapis silo]

I could make a shop lol

[lapis silo]

didnt know they had diff durability though, ill be looking for a better knife then 😄

[graceful iron]

knofe

[lapis silo]

Dont bully me for my fat fingers

[graceful iron]

why not

everyone does it at some point (fat fingers happens to everyone i mean)

[lapis silo]

peer pressure

[blissful tree]

Snorks like them legs.

[lapis silo]

why is this a thing

[graceful iron]

wow ... real art

[blissful tree]

[lapis silo]

Thank you

[proven thorn]

Snorks are wonky even without the limb system

[blissful tree]

They really are.

They can spasm tf out at your legs and be impossible to shoot at.

[proven thorn]

I've noticed they get stuck nearly underneath me in GAMMA more than they ever did in vanilla

[lapis silo]

yes i hate that so much

they also push you around so much while doing that

[gritty oar]

what armor set is that?

[graceful iron]

but yes thats a thing because snorks are just too smart, they even hide behind an object even after you clearly seen them go hide behind it

[proven thorn]

Going to the club

[lapis silo]

snorks are the real geniuses of the zone confirmed

[graceful iron]

[lapis silo]

Smarter than Sakharov himself

[graceful iron]

yes

[gritty oar]

also is there supposed to be purple around my nvgs?

[graceful iron]

shader cache?

[proven thorn]

Mine get red on the edges, something with light reflecting on the helmet overlay?

[graceful iron]

its not really important, i think mine have red as well

[rotund moss]

huh, idk looks like a seva with an overcoat, but not used by a stupid idiot who ripped out all the good bits of a seva

[rotund moss]

thats a known bug as far as i am aware, you can try and use different settings in the Modsettings ingame (somebody something NVGs)

[gritty oar]

damn i was hoping i could get that armor set it looks dope as hell

[graceful iron]

i think the actual suit is a seva

but the model adds some extra details

[gritty oar]

yeah i think its due to duxs but idk if players can actually get the armor set big sad

[rotund moss]

yeah some of them look realy nice, i wish we could somehow have them as well (even if we actual never see them - since 3rd person cam is kinda fucked IMO)

[graceful iron]

if you get big sad from not being able to get a cool looking armor in a game where armor looks dont matter on your character you need to rethink your life decisions

[rotund moss]

true, i mean knowing you look badass and seeing you look badass are two pairs of boots - also you can still go the weeb way

thinking you look cool af, while you actualy dont - and since you are in the basement there is nobody to judge you anyway

[graceful iron]

[gritty oar]

was just trying to lookk good for hip lmao

[strange moon]

Isnt that SEVA?

[gritty oar]

it is but has like a overcoat with it

[strange moon]

Hmm well idk! Maybe ask a bandit,they wear those

[modest depot]

how are you meant to complete the "scouting expedition" missions when the people youre meant to scout are from the same faction as you

[mighty condor]

whenever @buoyant hull gets to finishing abc, some of his armours will use my visuals

[buoyant hull]

@mighty condor in TEST-COURT section on ttc serv. is published version of one pre-ABC version that will super easily allow to plug your outfits into player outfit profiles ...
Classical outfit profiles .ltx files will be divided into 3 part - outfit stats, outfit hands and outfit visual.

So basically you take name of your model and plug it into some visual file...

Example: (in v_berill.ltx ---> you change only one line, you copy paste name of some of Dux´s model and voala la - that player model will be loaded)

[army_outfit_visual]

    visual                        = dynamics\outfit\army_outfit
    **actor_visual                  = actors\stalker_soldier\stalker_soldier1e**
    npc_visual                    = actors\stalker_soldier\stalker_soldier1e
    character_portrait            = ui_inGame2_soldier_1_camo_paint

It is all in development ... but I want to publish at least that version where people themselves can load what they want

@willow hawk

[willow hawk]

XRay

[lapis silo]

[willow hawk]

Thanks but I don't give a damn about 3rd person player models until first person leg is a thing (no offense, I think there are much more pressing matters).

But most likely the models won't be High Poly enough to be nice for the FP legs so it will require another 6 months of dev for new FP legs models...

My 2 cents

[buoyant hull]

look on the #include sections ...

I would like to revolutionize how we do modding structurally

Hands addons would have their own files nicely separated

• Haruka already has parts.ltx and death_outfits.ltx injectors that can replace vanilla profiles

so we are good to go beyond current chaos stage

[mellow canopy]

I updated my Gamma today but repairing gun condition still repair parts. DO I need to do a complete install?

[willow hawk]

Hum can you check anomaly-wpo install ?

[willow hawk]

Can you check the bottom of your load order ?

And screenshot it

[willow hawk]

Hum weird

[willow hawk]

What's inside zEnd of Loader ?

[mellow canopy]

Maybe it's on my side. Multiple people reported it yesterday but only me today?

[cosmic drum]

Sorry I tried looking for the answer but after updating to next patches is there any way to keep hold of my previous configs or should I just bite the bullet and redo it everytime?

[proven thorn]

"GAMMA MCM Values - Rename to keep your personal changes"

[graceful iron]

that only keeps mcm changes and only when updating

[kindred geode]

Do these work together how I think they'd work together?

I tried some testing but with how jumpy a chimera is it's hard to tell how much bonus damage, if any at all, I'm actually doing

[graceful iron]

you will just have to have faith in the addon's dev

[kindred geode]

I will have to run into every fruit punch I find if I'm being hunted by a chimera

[graceful iron]

does it also absorb damage done by these anomalies to you?

[kindred geode]

No

You still take the damage as if you just made a mistake

[graceful iron]

you still take damage

[kindred geode]

Yes

[graceful iron]

breh

then whats the point

[kindred geode]

Bonus damage

At a price

[graceful iron]

that sounds stupid

i am already getting the artefact and empowering it (in gamma at least)

[kindred geode]

I do think it needs a buff, as right now it's so incredibly niche I don't think anyone will actually equip it and use it for it's sole purpose

[gritty oar]

anyone know how i can increase the quality of my talking stone?

[graceful iron]

a perk based artefact?

sorry i dont know all their names

[gritty oar]

for some reason i cant empower it and its only got like 9 percent on it

[graceful iron]

you need the same artefact and an artefact melter with more than 1 uses in it

[gritty oar]

yeah ive tried that and it doesnt show up in the melter

[graceful iron]

the second one? the one you are trying to use?

[gritty oar]

none of them show

[graceful iron]

that could be bugged then

[gritty oar]

i even tried to debug a couple in and they dont show

[graceful iron]

what is the artefact called?

[gritty oar]

the talking stone

[graceful iron]

talking stone?

[gritty oar]

yeah

[brisk zinc]

Your configs in "options" should be safe

For the options inside MCM you need to rename "GAMMA MCM Values - Rename to keep your personal changes", do what you need to inside the game, exit, rename this add-on in "GAMMA MCM Values"

Once you update trough the installer you'll have two of them, keep the one you rename and delete the other one

[mellow canopy]

Guys, I know I'm annoying with my reports and maybe you feel I'm impatient. I want to stress the fact that I love this work and thank Grok and everyone that worked on it. That cheese repair of guns annoys me. So I started a new Merc game to have fun while a fix is being done. But I keep on looting guns with 45% condition from "experienced" enemies. It feels off. Maybe it's normal to have better condition gear in army warehouses compared to the cordon. But according to the "drops" mod settings, such a high level condition should only be dropped by legend stalkers, and be an exception on top of that. I wonder if there is a bigger issue. I know that at the end of the day it's no big deal. But it destroys the hobo phase and it saps the will to play a little bit for me.

[brisk zinc]

45% seems like a little bit too much

Especially since you've just started

[graceful iron]

it could be looted by npcs before you looted them

grok said he would check this

in #📎to-do

[mellow canopy]

I was the first to loot. One duty guy I killed. And I also looted 2 corpses the scientist in the shack killed

[north turret]

This is the problem with the Merc start. I recommend fast traveling to the swamps if you want a hobo Merc start

You have CS as neutral, renegades and military as hostile

[mellow canopy]

Great idea !

[graceful iron]

thats not what i meant

he could have looted someone and then you looted him, the gun you found that was high condition was looted from a different npc

[mellow canopy]

Oh ok. Got two AK and 3 pistols though. All in yellow condition. On 3 different guys.

Well, maybe I need a break !

Killed a brand new Duty guy, Junior. Gun in good condition

[graceful iron]

the heck

is this in the latest update?

[mellow canopy]

Yeah. He's a trainee.

I'll do a full install.

the repair bug is not solved for me, my install may be buggy.

[graceful iron]

okay do a full install then

hopefully its just something messed with the install somehow

[mellow canopy]

Yep.

doing it right now.

[north turret]

You likely didn't downgrade WPO somehow

Might be worth manually installing it over whatever's in there

[mellow canopy]

I hope so. I deleted all mods and doing a clean install

[willow hawk]

Ok I downgraded WPO again to the old version

[mellow canopy]

Already launched the reinstall, I'll do it once again after bc I'm not sure I started after your downgrade.

[mellow canopy]

IT WORKED ! I cannot repair guns cheesily anymore ! Now I'll load the other save and kill again that poor duty guy

And second win, shitty loot again

[graceful iron]

yey

[mellow canopy]

Will to play restored

[brittle kestrel]

why do NPCs like prioritize attacking boxes over actual enemies attacking them?

[graceful iron]

so they dont get stuck in boxes

[gritty oar]

mimcs @brittle kestrel

[graceful iron]

they can

[cosmic drum]

Praise thank you so much!

[willow hawk]

Perfect

[willow hawk]

Dumb AI

Box smashing ai should be removed honestly

[graceful iron]

cant they get stuck in these boxes if they dont shoot them?

[willow hawk]

Aaaaah maybe

[graceful iron]

dumb AI

does it really matter that much if they shoot those boxes tho? they are mostly not in open areas and they dont respawn

[proven thorn]

The only time I've really noticed it was the Sarcophagus with those narrow corridors. There are boxes for cover

Companion AI has many other issues in that area though

[glacial shadow]

@willow hawk got any news about the jsrs fix?

[willow hawk]

Which one ?

[brisk zinc]

It should be that one about frame rate optimisation

Don't remember exactly which one

But it's related to that

[gritty oar]

my game is crashing when i try to open my PDA was working just fine then boom crashes everytime now. im in limansk

[glacial shadow]

Ctd when deactivating jsrs + jsrs patches

it says you can deactivate jsrs in frame rate optimization but in doing so the game doesn't open

[willow hawk]

Ah

I need to do more tests for that

Didn't have time

[gritty oar]

figured out the cause of me CTD when i open my PDA its the duxs BaS patch that was added

[glacial shadow]

Alright thanks

[timid edge]

Is there a trick to seeing if a damaged suit is better than the one i'm wearing?

[tidal raft]

Using debug.

Or meta knowledge.

[timid edge]

Is the Beril 5m the best arnor against rupture?

[tidal raft]

Not sure. I think the Skat-9 body armour has the highest Rupture resistance.

[timid edge]

I'm actually amazed at how well i get murdered in an exo suit.

[tidal raft]

Yeah, did you update recently?

True damage and Armour Penetration should have been decreased in the latest update of GBOOBS + Actor Damage Balancer.

[gritty oar]

is there a way i can add a patch to my FDDA backpack?

[wraith token]

Like, your own? Or are you trying to get a skin for your backpack?

[gritty oar]

like with morths fdda bags but klean has his patch on the bag and im curious how i could replicate it

[brisk zinc]

Any tips for these quests? I need to find that memory module first I think

[tidal raft]

Yeah, you need the module first.

Did you play CoP?

[brisk zinc]

Some of it

[tidal raft]

Go through the antenna complex where the Bloodsucker lair is.

[brisk zinc]

I've finished SHOC, tried CS and for CoP I got to the part where you should go to Prypyat, if I remember correctly you need maps

@tidal raft Krug Antenna complex, here?

[tidal raft]

Yes.

[warped ginkgo]

[brisk zinc]

[tidal raft]

In CoP you need some underground maps from the Jupiter factory before you can enter the underground toward Outskirts (Pripyat).

[timid edge]

How recent?

[tidal raft]

Yesterday.

[willow hawk]

https://github.com/Grokitach/Stalker_GAMMA/blob/main/G.A.M.M.A/modpack_addons/G.A.M.M.A. Outfits Balances - Experimental/gamedata/configs/creatures/damages.ltx

I think exos will receive a damage res boost from there

These aren't Vanilla values indeed

[junior swallow]

Keybind for switching sights with a weapon that has 2 sights attached?

[winter gust]

underbarrel grenade launcher

[junior swallow]

THANK. YOU.

[timid edge]

is this a download? i don't see anything that lets me do anything with it

[brisk zinc]

It's a file inside a mod, you have it too

You don't need to download it

[timid edge]

well why did he mention it when i said something about the exo suit being weak.

also, if he released it yesterday, i dont have it.

[brisk zinc]

He posted it, not me, how could I even know?

[brisk zinc]

I'm sure you have it

Open your "mods" folder

Scroll down to the bottom, it's there

"G.A.M.M.A. Outfits Balances - Experimental"

[timid edge]

okay, will check it out. I assume he mentions it because i complained of exo being weak so i could download the thing.

[brisk zinc]

Well again, I don't know

If you want to compare the two files you can

Or if you want to take the one Grok send here you can too, it's a simple text file, you can open it with something like Notepad++

[pure scarab]

its just me that hates the fact that artefacts dont make money anymore? like my favorite activitie is not worthed anymore until later in the game

[gritty oar]

so i am using a mp7 thats at 100 percent durability and its still jamming like every 5th round

[brisk zinc]

Your parts are in bad condition

[gritty oar]

shouldnt be i got the gun repaired by a tech

[brisk zinc]

Have you read the #│📚manual?

To answer your question, no

Technician in GAMMA only "clean" your weapon

Where "clean" is the condition of the gun, you need to "manually" repair the parts of your weapon

[pure scarab]

they do repair your clothes tho

[brisk zinc]

Yes that's true

[timid edge]

Anyone know if doing the brain scorcher or other such main quest line, opens up the map for npc like it does in original games?

[brisk zinc]

Don't know if this counts but I've found one Freedom guy in Zaton

[timid edge]

Nah. Theyre suppose to populate more or something.

[hollow apex]

yes if you disable both brain machines in X16 and X19 will unlock an achievement and let more stalker NPC spawn in the north

[timid edge]

you did this in anomaly and this happened for you? Not trying to doubt u, just making sure.

[hollow apex]

yes, in anomally

[timid edge]

in the other games, the factions would push each other around, taking key points across the zones. I see none of this in this game. Makes me sad.

[hollow apex]

in warfare mode yes, but gamma is not intended for that mode

[timid edge]

that's just it though. It wasn't any mod or warfare element that did that. It was a part of the game. I see small little instances where this happens in out of the way areas, but nothing dramatic. An example would be the checkpoints in Rostok. Duty and Freedom were always battling for those spots and i remember them constantly changing hands there.

[north turret]

It happens in anomaly

Not often

[timid edge]

it might be i had a direct roll in instigating it though, because i always had to battle my way through duty, then suddenly they would change hands.

[north turret]

Depot in garbage will have different factions present sometimes

Or the ATP in cordon

Dark valley usually has a lot of military moving about

Never seen them win tho haha

[timid edge]

i just watch one Duty guy lay waste to a squad of Freedom outside their main base. Sad. it is no wonder they cant take anything else.

[pure scarab]

one of my games i had mercs and bandits attacking the loners in depot

[timid edge]

nice. So it does happen. i wonder if it's because i havent did the brainscorcher\x19 stuff. Will have to do that now.

[hollow apex]

yes that is all small scale random A-life thing, not something like "freedom taking over Rostok" type of incident

taking over main base only available in warfare, and the corresponding NPC will fill the base like mechanics

[north turret]

you could try the Living Zone addon

it has some conflicts with story mode apparently, but it creates a lot of npc movement

im playing without it as it apparently also changes what spawns where and i dont think i was a fan

but you might find it nice

[timid edge]

Did i seriously just fail an entire questline because i was on the other side of the game map and couldn't find a clear sky guy in time?

[wraith token]

The quest is a bit specific

It tells you to find the guy on the road at night.

Meaning literally that night

When you first accept the quest.

[amber kiln]

Does anybody know how the mission "Semenov Research Hunt" works?

[timid edge]

I didnt accept anything. It just pinged one time as i was on the otherside of the game and failed me a day later.

Wonder what i missed...

[wraith token]

Which quest was it

I thought you were talking about the Clear Sky New Dawn quest

[timid edge]

That was the one. I turned in the quest before it and left. Then some time later Cold contacts me and tells me i need to find a guy in the swamp. A day later it fails.

[north turret]

so even at 13% efficiency, i get the full +carry weight. is that how its supposed to work?

[pure scarab]

i dint do it either, but i also had a monolith squad attacking flea market once

[timid edge]

SHHHH!

[pure scarab]

including mercs and bandits at cordon

[brisk zinc]

It's a feature (cit.)

[timid edge]

I'm talking larger scale. I think maybe it needs to be opened up for them to really go at each other.

[pure scarab]

ewww a merc, or should i say nerd

[timid edge]

Lol

[pure scarab]

i dont think the zone really fits with large scale combat, but you could go for the barrier, lots of monlith and freedom engagements overthere

most of the time for me freedom wrecks their shit, soo alot of good loot laying around

[timid edge]

it wasn't large scale, it was just conquest type stuff that happened.

made the zone more dynamic in what the factions did to each other.

the loners and bandits used to go at each other, taking over that mechanic spot in cordon all the time.

stuff like that.

[timid edge]

funny, duty is owning freedom my game.

[pure scarab]

lol

i really hope that A-life in stalker 2 improves the dynamic of the zone, i want to fight over artefacts with other loners

hunting spots

i really hope they do something like that

[brisk zinc]

Let's start with not having a COD/Battlefield clone

And don't forget that the protagonist literally barge full speed in front of maybe five people

[cursive musk]

I feel a bit stupid asking that but does anyone know if madmags could be safely removed from an existing save ?

and if yes how to haha

[timid edge]

realistically, they'll probably try to compete with Escape from Tarkov. They're probably typing up their bullshit multiplayer coding as we speak.

No question, though, is that Stalker 2 WILL be made for todays market, not for people that actually play their previous titles.

God do i hate this industry...

[warped ginkgo]

you mean magazines redux?

i don't think so, once you enable it you can't remove it from a playthrough which have them

[cursive musk]

yeah that's what I thought. Well, i'll have to get used to it then haha

[gritty oar]

soo i completed the lab x8 experiment's notes quest but i still have the notes in my inventory do i give them to someone else?

[hollow apex]

afaik if you are UNISG you need to keep all of those files to finish the main quest, other faction I don't think you need to hold on to it

is this thing BUGGED? I keep receiving this as reward for Military main quest, but I can't use it in anyway.

[noble oar]

As a loner, is it worth disguising as a merc to use aslans patch roulette? I have MANY monolith patches and others alike

[hollow apex]

it is very worth to do so because you can win brand new guns and that is so good in GAMMA ecosystem

but that is nearly impossible for you to reach 2nd floor and talk to aslan without botch your disguise

unless you change the default setting

[noble oar]

Mmmm, I’ll have to think about that

[hollow apex]

maybe consider change your faction to ecologists

[graceful iron]

sorry i seen people already respond but no one said, grok knows about this and said he will do some changes to non-junk artefact stats

[broken pendant]

can i still finished the mystery of zone even if i already sold the consipiracy file?

[strong ice]

Crash log happened when accessing my inventory in Cordon at the military checkpoint while playing as Military.

[broken pendant]

it turned black all of a sudden

[graceful iron]

loading a save?

[graceful iron]

the anomaly folder is in the desktop?

and the gamma one?

[broken pendant]

yeah after loading it turns black

[graceful iron]

delete shader cache, if that does not work

[graceful iron]

did you enable some extra inventory animation?

does it do an animation when opening inventory ?

[broken pendant]

thankss i deleted the shader cache it works

[willow hawk]

Nope, that's so you can tweak values if you want

[willow hawk]

Just empower artefacts together ? You should be able to find much much more arefacts now to balance that

[desert robin]

Hey grok, any idea how to enable water deprivation after stupidly turning it off not realising the havoc it would cause?

inb4 aneurysm about not to touch these settings... etc. been through it already

Pref without a complete reinstall, if you know or have ideas on another way i'm all ears but if not then no worries i'll just live with it

[willow hawk]

Disable GAMMA UI + Sleep thirst hunger bar + patches I think ?

[desert robin]

Ok will give it a go, cheers. And does force github downloads need to be on when doing updates?

[willow hawk]

Not necessarily

[strong ice]

I have both files seperate on the desktop yes. My old anomaly install, and the Gamma one as a separate file.

[graceful iron]

they are not supposed to be on desktop

[strong ice]

And as far as I know I haven't enabled any extra animations. just the regular installed stuff with Gamma. aside from FDDA.

They're in there own custom folders on desktop.

[graceful iron]

anywhere in your drive but not in program files, downloads or user folder (which includes desktop)

[strong ice]

Is that the reason for the crash? cause aside from occasional crashes the mod has been functioning fine lol

[graceful iron]

it normally causes issues with mo2 if you install gamma in desktop, but it shouldnt cause crashes

[willow hawk]

Post your log

[graceful iron]

he did

[strong ice]

I posted above

[graceful iron]

.

[strong ice]

What kind of issues?

[willow hawk]

No Lua error just XRay doing weird shit... Delete shader cache + what's your GPU ?

[strong ice]

3080Ti FTW3

[graceful iron]

install issues but it seems fine for you, also could cause saving to just not work caused by not having perms to overwrite

[willow hawk]

Can you reproduce it ?

[strong ice]

lmao thats gr8

[strong ice]

The crashes are pretty random. They just happen for no reason. sometimes it goes 30 minutes without a crash, other times it crashes within 10 minutes. Before that one it crashed while just running around in Cordon. then before that it crashed in Garbage twice.

so I can't necessarily reproduce it, but it'll crash again if I play it for a while.

[graceful iron]

i was worried that it was just me not finding the error

[strong ice]

I turned on dev mode or whatever earlier because of a bug with one of the ecologist yellow "story" missions or whatever in Army Warehouses, it wouldn't let me find the artefact in 'steamer' anomaly, and had to spawn in the artefact manually. could that be a cause?

[desert robin]

Hm nope. Crashes no matter what.. All good i think i give up Dont think it can be fixed.

[graceful iron]

its in a different location than where the marker is at

[strong ice]

?

[graceful iron]

the artefact the ecologist wants

the one in army warehouses ?

[strong ice]

weird. cause the mission just says "find artefact in (3 different anomalous locations marked on map with yellow marker)"

so I go to them and they have random junk artefacts.

[graceful iron]

yes, which one you couldnt find?

[strong ice]

the one that's from the steamer anomaly

I went to it, checked all around it with detector, nothing, spawned in veles detector tried again. nothing. had to manually spawn one in via f7 menu.

[main iron]

I've been trying to fix this for 2 hours. I'm stumped. Help
[3:40 AM]
FATAL ERROR

[error]Expression : no_assert
[error]Function : CXML_IdToIndex<class CCharacterInfo>::GetById
[error]File : g:\projects\stalker\anomaly2-engine\src\xrserverentities\xml_str_id_loader.h
[error]Line : 114
[error]Description : item not found, id
[error]Arguments : ah_sarik

[strong ice]

doesn't even tell me the actual name of the artefact he wanted, just had to spawn all of them in until I Found the correct one.

[graceful iron]

you mean the marker thats in bloodsucker village? or the one south?

[strong ice]

the thermal anomaly north of bloodsucker village, the one next to the big windmill tower thing

[graceful iron]

yes you have to look all over 3 anomalies in bloodsucker village

not the one marked

#old-additional-storylines-rewrite message

[strong ice]

ahh I see, it didn't say that in the description,

[desert robin]

Did you search the **xml_str_id_loader.h **in discord? Found someone else talking about that. Took 5 sec and they said they found the fix.

[graceful iron]

these quests are kind of inaccurate and have google translated dialog

[strong ice]

Oh I see, if any help with translating is needed I am a native english speaker, so I can try to help.

[desert robin]

https://tenor.com/view/tried-nothing-flanders-out-of-gif-9662944

[graceful iron]

you know Russian ? cuz thats what they were translated from. if you can help post any changes you did in #old-additional-storylines-rewrite

[strong ice]

I know some Ukranian, Russian is hit and miss.

[graceful iron]

also you will probably need some experience with these quests, they can be really confusing thats why we are trying to rewrite them

[strong ice]

I understand

[graceful iron]

base gamma? no changes or addons added/removed? when did this happen?

[strong ice]

So for deleting shaders cache do I delete the entire "shaders_cache" folder or do I delete the file inside of it?

[graceful iron]

deleting the whole folder

[strong ice]

Now what lol

[graceful iron]

the shader cache

folder

[strong ice]

Yes, I deleted the shader_cache folder

[graceful iron]

okay?

[strong ice]

What should I do after deleting it?

[graceful iron]

oh i guess it was just a shot in the dark by grok, too many of these x-ray doing shit logs and we dont know what causes them

now try playing and see if you still crash i guess

and post the log if it happens

[strong ice]

Do I have to re-install shaders or something?

[graceful iron]

no

[main iron]

Yeah, base gamma. Ever since I deleted my entire mods folder (i was having some crashing issues to begin with) and redownloaded it. I'm using a fresh anomaly install as well. The load order is the default profile that it comes with.

[strong ice]

so it will automatically re-create a shaders_cache folder?

[graceful iron]

yes

[strong ice]

Perfect, Thank you! 🙂

[graceful iron]

deleted mods folder and did a complete installation in the installer?

[main iron]

I went through the steps listed in https://discord.com/channels/912320241713958912/912320444911206470

[strong ice]

Oh yeah, one more thing, the added skills mod, Doesn't really explain what some of the skills do.

[graceful iron]

this ?

[desert robin]

Hey does Mags redux have to be enabled with a new game or is there a way to get it working after a new game? My assumption is that i enable it and all my ammo turns to mags but this didnt happen so just wondering

[graceful iron]

endurance : sprinting speed and stamina recovery (levels by carrying light loads), strength : carry weight and melee damage (levels by carrying heavy loads), survival : increases damage resistance and parts gained from mutants(levels by hunting or taking damage) and scav : increases loot drops from stalkers (levels by killing and looting stalkers)

[graceful iron]

you cant enable mags redux during a save

okay thats enough reactions

[desert robin]

You know cat, you're not a bad cat, you're not an extraordinary cat.. But you're somewhere inbetween. You're an okay cat.

[graceful iron]

https://tenor.com/view/i-will-send-you-to-jesus-asian-dad-i-will-slap-you-ray_strikes-steven-he-gif-22426705

[main iron]

Yeah, I just spent 4 hours letting everything download. I've searched through the discord and 2 other guys had issues with xml_str_id_loader . error line 14. No soultions though.

[graceful iron]

and after that you get crashes from starting the game? or loading a save file?

[main iron]

starting a new game

[graceful iron]

your mod list looks like this?

[desert robin]

despite having an amazing playthrough i have to restart cause i fucked up by disabling thirst thinking i could re-enable it which i cant, so ill also go with MagsRedux this time - Anything i should know about mags redux before i do this ? just really dont want to restart again -_- got so far...

[graceful iron]

nothing missing?

[graceful iron]

mags is tedious but i think thats all

[desert robin]

tedious how?

[graceful iron]

just filling up mags and emptying them

gets old after a while

[desert robin]

yeah fuck that.

back to no thirst.

[main iron]

Nothing. Load order is what it downloaded as

[desert robin]

Also i noticed on a new game thirst is re-enabled again so is this indicative that it's stored somewhere not in a mod file in mo2 and somewhere else? like it's baked into the save somehow?

[graceful iron]

probably

[willow hawk]

Can you post your log ?

[graceful iron]

grok can this be something to do with a missing file from artefacts somehow?

[willow hawk]

That's an artefact hunter quest bug coming from additional storylines :(

[graceful iron]

on starting a new game

disabling the addon? or just complete install?

or reinstalling the addon?

[willow hawk]

Did you disable additional storylines mid playthrough ?

[graceful iron]

this is supposedly after a complete installation

[willow hawk]

axr_options

Or in the save file

[graceful iron]

@main iron can you screenshot mo2 so we can check if its missing any mods, if you updated gamma data recently then it should have 232 mods active by default

[desert robin]

FATAL ERROR [error]Expression : <no expression>[error]Function : CScriptEngine::lua_error[error]File : ..\xrServerEntities\script_engine.cpp[error]Line : 191[error]Description : fatal error[error]Arguments : LUA error: ...amma/install/bin/..\gamedata\scripts\actor_status.script:359: bad argument #1 to 'pairs' (table expected, got nil) stack trace:

[willow hawk]

Thanks

Check on the right part of MO2 in gamedata/scripts/actor_status.script which addon "owns" it @desert robin

[strong ice]

crashed again, this is the log, Was just talking to trader, game goes black. crashes.

[noble oar]

How good is aslans raffle from 1-10

[desert robin]

?

Found this in axr_options, anyone know what it is? igi_tasks/realistic_assassinations = false

[graceful iron]

GPU device instance suspended ?

[graceful iron]

this one might have to do with gpu, is your nvidia driver updated?

[strong ice]

Just updated my GPU drivers a few days ago.

To be fair, this is the first time I’ve ever had the game turn to black before crashing.

[graceful iron]

@willow hawk is this caused by having the files in desktop? perms or something?

[willow hawk]

I don't think so

Did you OC your GPU @strong ice ?

[graceful iron]

why the heck would anyone oc that gpu...

[willow hawk]

You can try the amd GPU fix in #│🔧troubleshooting

[strong ice]

Nope, it’s at factory settings. Temps are super low as well. Like 50c on max settings Tarkov lol

[willow hawk]

––––––––––

GPU device instance has been suspended Fix

If you have an AMD GPU, different issues can arise, from random crashes to add-ons not working after a small stutter (NVG not working, animations being broken...). If you suspect your AMD GPU being involved, here's an easy fix:

Modify the registry entry to increase the GPU processing time.

• Open the windows start menu and type regedit. Click the Registry Editor app to launch it.
• In regedit search GraphicsDrivers under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\GraphicsDrivers.
• After clicking GraphicsDrivers add a new QWORD (64 bit) and name it TdrDelay on the right panel.
• Double click on TdrDelay and add 8 for the value data
• Restart Windows

A possible AMD GPU fix is to check BIOS to make sure the GPU is running on PCI GEN 3.

[strong ice]

I have nvidia GPU. RTX 3080ti FTW3

[willow hawk]

Did you try deleting shader cache folder ?

Nevertheless the issue is the same :(

[strong ice]

Yes, I did that before this crash

[willow hawk]

I never saw that issue with big ass GPUs

I never encountered it with my RTX3070

Nor my 2070

[strong ice]

Weird, this GPU is brand new, just bought it like a month ago

So I don’t think it’s defective or anything, Maybe X-ray doesn’t like the 3080ti because the clock speeds are too high for it or something?

[graceful iron]

screen going black normally happens when a gpu just stops working or updates

[willow hawk]

Just do the AMD GPU thing

[strong ice]

Screen didn’t go black. Just the game

[willow hawk]

It's just an issue with XRay and some GPU parameters

It's just a registry edit

Like editing one value

Make a backup of your registry before if you feel shaky

[strong ice]

That seems sketchy lol makes me think I’m gonna brick my PC

• normally the game doesn’t go black. This was the first time it’s happened.

[desert robin]

Fuck it. It really bugging me this thirst thing. I hate not knowing what it is 🤔 Is there a tool to edit saves somehow?

There must be a way.

[graceful iron]

why the fuck are you not doing a complete installation

stop complaining about it

https://tenor.com/view/igdamsabanov-gif-20499877

start again

its fun

[desert robin]

dad please dont hit me. Im just curious what simply changed in some obscure text file somewhere when i went 'untick' which caused an avalanche to cruch a village of children somewhere.

[graceful iron]

who plays anomaly without thirst

[desert robin]

Doing a complete install won't do anything will it..

[graceful iron]

[desert robin]

Someone who got sick of the joke of a rate at which it depletes

[graceful iron]

.

[desert robin]

If it had a more reasonable rate this would not have freaking happened

[graceful iron]

okay yes start blaming everything but yourself for doing stupid shit in the settings

[desert robin]

'doing stupid shit in the settings' Yes because it's obvious that simply changing settings WHICH YOU ARE GIVEN THE OPTION TO CHANGE is going to nuke the game

[graceful iron]

have you read this?

[desert robin]

Yes, Did it say thirst?

[graceful iron]

water deprivation goes under the same thing

[desert robin]

No no, DID. IT SAY. THIRST.

[graceful iron]

[desert robin]

I'll just untick it on an old install, check what file was modified, and see what it changes and just see if it can be manually edited back.

[graceful iron]

have fun

[desert robin]

Hmm yeah nothing.

Nothing gets edited anywhere lol. it must exist in the same somehow

[graceful iron]

just stalker anomaly being "unfair" in some aspects including insane burner damage to actor and suit

unless there is a mod thats overwriting these anomalies you can try to find them in the anomaly folder

to change this. tho i dont think thats how you would be able to change it

for what?

guns? outfits ?

they should be working

how does it not work?

[sudden tide]

Who can tell me what changes I have to make to turn off the hit sounds on NPCs, I strongly dislike those sounds. The mod is wepl_Hit_Effects. I like the other stuff this mod brings, only want to get rid of hit sounds on NPCs.

[graceful iron]

the hit sounds?

what do you hate about them? they are quite and somewhat helpful to know if you hit the target

barely audible

[graceful iron]

if thats the mod then look into the configs

you will probably find something about it

[sudden tide]

Definitely too loud for my taste. Hit a guy 100 meters away and can hear it.

There is a script wepl_hit_effect

But I don't know what to change to turn of only the NPC sounds.

[graceful iron]

what volume do you play stalker on

holy shit

[sudden tide]

very loud 🙂

[graceful iron]

i can barely hear those sounds and i can hear footsteps across the map

wait what does the mod do other than these sounds?

[sudden tide]

Effect when actor is hit

there is a section of the script titled function npc_on_hit_callback

changes are required here probably

local hitSound = xr_sound.get_safe_sound_object( "wepl\hit_effect\" .. hitType .. "\hit_" .. hitEffect .. "_" .. math.random(20) )
if hitSound then
hitSound:play_at_pos( ply, npc:position() )
end

[south scaffold]

to sell artifacts, i use the artifact melter to combine them and get their condition up, right?

[graceful iron]

you would be wasting your time if you empower them just to sell them but yes

[south scaffold]

is there something else i should be doing with them? some of the effects look cool but most of them look a bit situational

[graceful iron]

you can use them to charge the melter so you can repair actually useful artefacts instead

[graceful iron]

take this whole part and cut it, try the game without it and see if that works. if the game crashes (probably not) then put it back

[vocal abyss]

why isn't the water in the Great Swamps not radioactive?

oh ok got it:D

[sudden tide]

Yeah that works, thanks

[graceful iron]

suits protect from rad water, but i think it might have been completely removed in gamma. grok said something about adding it back

[graceful iron]

nope

[sharp crater]

so...artefacts have durability now?

[graceful iron]

yes

perk based ones take durability damage when being used. radioactive ones dont

[sharp crater]

how do we fix them?

[graceful iron]

artefact melter

from scientists

[sharp crater]

ok...thanks

[graceful iron]

#│📚manual there is a part about it in there

[sharp crater]

yeah...i should probably read that. cheers

[bitter basin]

Do free stalker traders sell PSU recipes ? I'm at 3000 goodwill with free stalkers and I've checked Loris and Sidorovich constantly but no luck so far

[graceful iron]

2000 goodwill is the max

for trader levels

as for psu recipes i think they drop from exo skeleton stalkers

probably monolith

[bitter basin]

Ah ok thanks, welp time to save scum some monoliths then

[graceful iron]

i dont think that works, someone said they did that more than a few times and didnt get one

[sharp crater]

do you know whats the "fun level" option in the wpo settings menu?

[gritty oar]

is there a way i can make all armors have 5 belt slots?

[graceful iron]

you will have to look into each armor's config, they have a file in configs/items/outfits if i remember the directory

[graceful iron]

i think it just changes the profanity on weapon jam (the curse words used basically)

[gritty oar]

i changed a few but they dont actually change the stats in game

[graceful iron]

oh wait i think they are overwritten then

not sure what mod overwrites them

[gritty oar]

dammn was wanting a gucci trench coat lol

[graceful iron]

[gritty oar]

https://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomaly/addons/expanded-armor-pack-loner-edition

is this mod old and broken?

[graceful iron]

it says it is old but i dont think its broken, its for the latest anomaly version

1.5.1

[gritty oar]

would it work with gama?

[graceful iron]

i dont think so, its a models and armors addon

would conflict with a few addons

dux said they were working on a similar addon

maybe it will be added to gamma in the future

[gritty oar]

ahh okay

[boreal mural]

Hello, how to fix my mouse sensitivity problem? For example I use my gun without a scope everything is fine. But after I put scope on my gun it automatically changes my sensitivity.

Oh okay i fixed it. I can't change my sensitivity trough console i need to do it in main menu. xD

[gritty oar]

@graceful iron soo thap is over writing the itx files for the armors

[willow hawk]

It's written in the add-on title bro

[stoic axle]

You will still need Mil-Spec Textiles and Durable Textiles etc for crafting better backpacks, the condition doesn't matter there

So you should still disassemble certain kinds of suits

[graceful iron]

thats true i forgot about that

[gentle sphinx]

I think the scientist in yantar sells them. Not the one in the bunker but the one related to the new quests

[modest depot]

where in the village and who is this "fan" meant to be (if he even exists)

[graceful iron]

the guy they captured and you asked about sin movements

he is in the village

you can tell him to follow you as a companion

and he can repair stuff

he has a special name so you will recognize him

[modest depot]

i've looked all around the village and in the houses and still couldnt find him

[graceful iron]

he looks like a normal stalker in his outfit

dark outfit with a gas mask

look in some of the houses as well

just hope he didnt wander off chasing dogs or something

[pure scarab]

no i mean, just give them a selling price, since they are shitty common artefacts maybe betwen 100-400 rubles?

[graceful iron]

.

[pure scarab]

can you add them?

[graceful iron]

add what?

[pure scarab]

i hope not, since one of the devs said they arent aiming for today industry, but rather what stalker really is

[pure scarab]

mags

to a current playthrough

[graceful iron]

nope

only new saves

[pure scarab]

ah ok

[modest depot]

im pretty sure he didnt even spawn

[graceful iron]

it can happen

it happened to me once in anomaly

you can revert to a save before turning in the quest to sid

and try again

[modest depot]

will do

[timid edge]

That dev isn't running things, and since everything, literally everything, shipped today is built around multiplayer hand holding and superfluous cosmetics, the odds are heavily stacked against them.

[graceful iron]

how about we just wait and see?

[pure scarab]

CGS is the dev and the publisher if i am not mistaken

[graceful iron]

you will die of trying to figure out if the game is going to be good or bad even before it comes out

[willow hawk]

Freedom and Mercs are allies right?

[graceful iron]

yes...

neutral

[willow hawk]

But why would you sell them ? Just CRAFT new artefacts bro

In before "oh we can craft artefacts ?"

#│📚manual

[timid edge]

Are they the originals? Maybe only a couple are, and they're just in it for the money. I'll base judgdement from industry examples.

[willow hawk]

And freedom is neutral to bandit ? Or are these mercs ?

Can't remember all the relations damn

[graceful iron]

mercs/freedom/bandits are all neutral

to each other

[timid edge]

Relations are suppose to be dynamic. What happened to that aspect?

[graceful iron]

they all in it for the weed, money and status

[willow hawk]

New starting locations coming out soon

[graceful iron]

[modest depot]

apparently he isnt in the mood to spawn

[graceful iron]

are you sure?

inside houses ?

[modest depot]

yup

checked everything

[timid edge]

@willow hawk hey. It seems your updating program pulls mods that are incompatible with other not so up to date mods. Am i mistaken?

[proven thorn]

That's a setting.

[graceful iron]

what???

elaborate further on that?

[willow hawk]

What do you mean, be specific

It pulls whatever is told to pull

And pulls last version of every add-on of moddb

[warped ginkgo]

i'm sure you can add them midgame

[graceful iron]

oh

[timid edge]

Theres more than 200 mods. Once one person updates their mod, the program doesn't differentiate between compatibility. I've already run into this problem and had to rollback. Thankfully the updater doesnt replace files. One can rightfully assume the mods that work with each other should continually do so, but bugs happen, and publishers aren't creating their mods specific to others.

[willow hawk]

For GitHub it pulls specific versions or last version depending on instructions

[graceful iron]

sorry

[graceful iron]

really

[willow hawk]

Yeah and I'm here to fix issues on a daily basis

[proven thorn]

Kind of a shame ModDB doesn't store old versions under the same heading like Nexus does

[willow hawk]

And I know what's compatible with what don't worry

Dafuq

@warped ginkgo what was that bro

[warped ginkgo]

copypasta

[graceful iron]

@warped ginkgo how about you dont remove it? you have a point and i was wrong. i didnt know since i thought i seen someone say they couldnt add it to an existing save

[willow hawk]

You can add mags to a current playthrough yes

[warped ginkgo]

but not remove them

[willow hawk]

But not remove them once they are in, yea

Case closed

[graceful iron]

didnt know

[willow hawk]

Yup

My life would be so simple

That's also why donations are important .....

GAMMA requires a constant maintenance :(

[timid edge]

@willow hawk well i appreciate what you're doing. Ever thought on more donation avenues?

[willow hawk]

I'm considering Patreon

[timid edge]

@willow hawk and my ultimate point about your updater was that it will pull latest files before you have a chance at seeing if it is compatible. I assume.

[gritty oar]

so the snorks didnt spawn in for noahs mission. i tried debugging them in but they vanish as soon as they spawn

[willow hawk]

My question is: why do you think it won't be compatible ?

And if you have a crash, you can rollback to previous version, and simply report the crash so I can fix it

If I ever drop the support for GAMMA, I'll just provide everything as an extractable MO2 folder and call it a day

That way everything will be at a fixed version

[proven thorn]

My understanding is that you've added patches for most of the mods in the pack at this point and so the patches will usually overwrite any new updates anyway

[willow hawk]

Also that yeah

[pure scarab]

bro early game money on survivalist is hard bro

[pure scarab]

freedom neutral to mercs and bandits, bandits neutral do mercs, duty hate all 3 of them

[willow hawk]

Don't play in survivalist then ?

[pure scarab]

but grok senpai that's where the fun is

[willow hawk]

Survivalist is meant to be very hard anyways

Requires top notch resource management etc

And perfect knowledge of the game and all its mechanics

And knowledge of the Meta

[pure scarab]

baptism by fire

[willow hawk]

People jumping into GAMMA with max difficulty will get crushed yes

Would you start the last God of War or Doom Eternal in max difficulty cause you did the previous games ?

[pure scarab]

ntgl i love gamma, but some things dont make sense to me, but i see why you choose to do that way

[willow hawk]

That's a fucking hard challenge, same for GAMMA. There's no shame in playing in scavenger

[willow hawk]

You find much much more artefacts so I had to balance it

[pure scarab]

bro doom eternal in ultimate nightmare is just hell in your pc, but when you master it, it feels sooo good

[willow hawk]

You can sell them when they are at30% condition

[real quest]

Just win in blackjack 70 times. Easy

[willow hawk]

That too

[real quest]

my gambling addiction rises

[willow hawk]

Kill mutants > keep all parts > do tasks asking for parts

Really easy money

[graceful iron]

if you really think you cant make money on survivalist in gamma cuz you cant sell artefacts then you didnt play enough

early game money

[pure scarab]

yeah i get it the %, show how powerfull they are yada yada, but you could do like the tools, make tiers for the artefact crafting tool, lvl one would be your your jelly fish for alot of those easy to find ones to make a little bit of profiting from artefact hunting in the early game

[warm cradle]

I kinda hate the high minimum for repairs tbh

[south scaffold]

in the last dawn quest, after turning in the scanner thing, he mentions the scout showing up from 8 to 22, but i don't get a task. do i gotta go look for this guy now or will i get a task to look for him later?

[pure scarab]

its not that, its just that artefact hunting is my favorite activitie and it doesnt pay off in the early game anymore, but again, i respect the decision and in some ways like it, since there are waayy more artefacts to find, and in consequence the competition also has grown, with other stalkers fiding them more easily

[graceful iron]

mcm has a section for how much condition guns and outfits drop at

[pure scarab]

its easier for a random stalker and bandit to find that rare artefact worth your life and makes you want to hunt them down

[timid edge]

He will message you. Stay in great swamp until then.

[south scaffold]

thanks

[proven thorn]

It is a little bit of an issue that the buy-in for doing much of anything with artifacts is pretty high for new characters. Having a version of the melter that can only do low-tier artifacts might be good

[graceful iron]

learn what artefacts are good for you to use, the rest is garbage that you will use to empower those good ones. selling artefacts for money has always been way too easy

[pure scarab]

yeah thats what i suggested early on this chat, a low-tier so atleast artefact hunting is viable in the beginning

[graceful iron]

but you will have to start collecting them early anyways

even if you cant use them yet

maybe rng is going to bless you

[pure scarab]

i have to put them on a artefact thingy that i forgot the name right?

[graceful iron]

and the grizzly detector is crafted with an advanced tools so you dont need expert anymore to get the last tier artefacts

[graceful iron]

llmc?

[timid edge]

Hey. Since you mentioned he told you about the guy, i do wonder if you have to look for him now. I was unaware and got a message so it might be different.

[pure scarab]

the conteiner that only shields you from the rads but it gives you the benefits

[proven thorn]

How do I restore helmet-specific overlays? Is it as simple as disabling GAMMA No Masks Textures?

[graceful iron]

aam is the last tier i think

artefact application module

[pure scarab]

yes aam thanks

doesnt the fat fucker in the south sells it?

[graceful iron]

you can craft that or buy it

[willow hawk]

Sorry you can't just sleep and farm artifact and makes tens of thousands of roubles without taking any risks anymore

[proven thorn]

I got a new PDA message and update sometime after 21 at night after you get that dialogue from Spore, you can sleep and then wait.

[graceful iron]

at trader level 4 i think

or 5

[pure scarab]

i dint did that before... but hey thats a good idea for vanila anomaly

[warm cradle]

nah I mean like the minimum condition for repair kits and stuff

[south scaffold]

thanks

[willow hawk]

Although : find two artefacts, empower them, most likely it will be over 30%, I doubled their price > sell them for 60% of vanilla cost

[pure scarab]

its alot of task to even get him lvl 2

[willow hawk]

So you can still make money, especially since now artefacts just spawn ALL THE TIME

[graceful iron]

[warm cradle]

also what does trader overhaul, trader destockifier and minecraft respawn do

[willow hawk]

If you like to be overpowered after 3 in game days, GAMMA isn't your thing then

[graceful iron]

if you focus on tasks you can get loners to level 5 before day 10 in-game...

[willow hawk]

google it ?

[graceful iron]

you can find them on moddb

[pure scarab]

i hate that, thats why i came to gamma

[pure scarab]

yeah fair, its just that i do shit all over the place

[graceful iron]

thats the point of quests

[pure scarab]

bro, i aint going to zanton to deliver a package for a rookie in cordon xD

or 11 mono patches

[graceful iron]

you dont even have to take stalker tasks

just do wolf/fanatic/sid/barkeep everyday

[gritty oar]

soo bummed i cant finish the noah quest cause the snorks didnt spawn in

[pure scarab]

i like then add a little mixture to the flavor, since they vary soo much and sometimes the guy just dies

[graceful iron]

then thats just you

[pure scarab]

i am special ok

my mommy said so

[graceful iron]

check if in mcm/zcp you have snorks somehow disabled

even though i doubt

try learning gamma further, maybe you missed something

[willow hawk]

You can sell artefacts easily : just go to GAMMA Economy/gamedata/configs/items/trade/ecolog_sakharov.ltx > edit buy_condition = 0.30 to 0.01

Same for ecoog_hermann.ltx

[pure scarab]

wait so only the ecos buy artefacts?

[graceful iron]

no

[timid edge]

My artifact's "health" fluctuates. And im pretty sure this only happens with newly acquired ones. The ones i combine seem to stay the same afterwards.

Though, thinking on it, that is not the case with my "beads" artifact. The one that heals. That one, i have combined quite a few times and it still resets into junk.

[pure scarab]

i always get really shitty artefacts

[timid edge]

Same.

[graceful iron]

go north

grok changed spawn tiers

now good artefacts only spawn north

[timid edge]

I had a feeling that was the case.

[graceful iron]

you wont get a full empty in cordon anymore

[timid edge]

Are the conditions of the artifacts better, as well?

[graceful iron]

idk

i dont think so

[willow hawk]

If you talk about perk junk artefacts, they degrade when used yes

[willow hawk]

Nope

But 100% artefacts cost 2 times more and have 2 times the vanilla stats or even more

[timid edge]

Not using them. They reset in backpack. Outside of container.

[willow hawk]

I don't think it's possible they are reseted

[timid edge]

I combined 4 of the things, changed zone, turned into poop.

[willow hawk]

The code I wrote check and changes artefacts only when they are at 100% condition, i.e. when they spawn

[willow hawk]

Press X for doubt. I can try reproducing it through

[timid edge]

I can see the condition or "efficiancy" fluctuate every time i open my inventory.

[hollow apex]

I craft grizzly bear then crashed

[willow hawk]

[timid edge]

One second it is 8%. The next it's 16. The next it's twelve, and on and on.

[willow hawk]

Try disabling perk based Artefacts

That is not GAMMA artefacts Reinvention doing I heavily tested it

[civic portal]

Guys, in which way is EFP's gunplay different than Gamma? I keep reading "Efp better gunplay / more gunplay oriented", but what's the difference? Other than traders not selling weapons in Gamma

[timid edge]

Keep in mind this isnt happening with all of them. Only one i've really paid attention to was the beads one that gives healing.

[hollow apex]

EFP 3.0 you could equip saw-off shotgun and small SMGs in knife slot

[hollow apex]

and some guns in EFP have 3D scope

[willow hawk]

Pip scopes that ruin your Framerate

[timid edge]

3d scope? What does that mean?

[real quest]

dual render scopes ahh

[hollow apex]

yes I like the way GAMMA is

[willow hawk]

People saying are just dumb.

100% of the gunplay comes from one of my add-on: Grok's Balanced Overhaul of Ballistic System

[real quest]

when you scope in only your scope zooms in not the entire screen

[willow hawk]

EFP and GAMMA gameplay are similar, it's just that EFP made buckshots stronger by editing 2 values

[civic portal]

that's what I was supecting. Also recoil animation effects in Gamma are the best I've ever seen (and I've tried every modpack including Provak lmao)

[willow hawk]

And that's solely due to my work on GBOOBS

which I balance and update more frequently on GAMMA

GAMMA is superior. EFP is for Tarkov wannabes

[tidal raft]

Where you could get one-shot by buckshot..

[willow hawk]

Yep

[timid edge]

Grok slinging some dirt!

[proven thorn]

Monolith with KS-23s:

[real quest]

even in tarkov you cant get one shot by buckshot naked

[hollow apex]

I agree

[willow hawk]

EFP and GAMMA aren't for the same people that's it

[timid edge]

[willow hawk]

EFP is for people that want to play single player Tarkov

[civic portal]

By the way... I understand the lore about embargo on guns, but maybe: some traders (like the Merc ones) should sell some higly priced weaponry, at least at higer trader level - just to make it more believable (everyone has guns yet nobody sell guns?)

[willow hawk]

GAMMA is for Stalker lovers that want a good survival sandbox experience with an actual progression

[civic portal]

(or maybe, half-broken guns you still have to repair a bit)

[willow hawk]

I.e. what Anomaly wants to be

[timid edge]

Gamma for the win!

[willow hawk]

And guess what, some anomaly devs actually play GAMMA

[tidal raft]

No.

[timid edge]

@willow hawk companion spawning freezes my game and does nothing. Eventually after so many tries they will spawn to me. I get that it can be abused, but cmon!

[willow hawk]

That's how the original author coded it

[willow hawk]

whats the point of being able to buy an AK for 300K when you can loot it next door ?

EFP went that route and it's just dumb from a gamedesign point of view

[timid edge]

I just want my functional companion spawn back...

[civic portal]

(((It's just about making it a little bit more believable, even if gameplay-wise it's fine as it is. Guns being smuggled only to more experienced/trusted stalkers, makes sense to me. But it's ok as it is)))

[willow hawk]

you mean to teleport them right?

[real quest]

Its more interesting not to be able to buy guns because you are never going to know the exact amount of guns there are. There will be always something new

[timid edge]

Yes.

[willow hawk]

it's still working? check keymap ?

[timid edge]

Pushing the button freezes my game for a bit with no outcome. Eventually it will work. Eventually...

[willow hawk]

save > restart game

sometimes it doesn't work well

but I think the code behind is just not so well made

[tidal raft]

Companions ever working well.

[timid edge]

The heart thumping sound screws up my in game sound. It turns everything distorted. Half the time muting other sounds, the other half making everything a jarbled mess.

[graceful iron]

i think its intended to do that for the duration of the fight

[timid edge]

Well before i updated i could push the thing repeatedley until they finally spawned on me. Now it just freezes everything.

[graceful iron]

after all people keep asking for "immersion" addons for stalker

[willow hawk]

just restart your game

[willow hawk]

disable Desman Horror Overhaul

[timid edge]

I was thinking that was the case until i started paying close attention to it. It just doesn't sound right at all. Nobody acknowledges this so i assume it's just me.

[tidal raft]

Just you.

[timid edge]

Thanks for the reassurance, by the way...

[tidal raft]

You're welcome.

[sharp crater]

do NPCs loot boxes on this?

[graceful iron]

stashes?

no

[sharp crater]

cool

[tidal raft]

NPCs respect private property.

While you might not.

[graceful iron]

but they will still kill you for the stuff you have on you

[tidal raft]

Only if they are hostile though.

[mortal flame]

just dont carry anything so they will get nothing

[normal cloud]

does someone know where i can find the dead scientist at the garbage for the artefact hunting questline i dont find him

nevermind i found him i am such a idiot

[sharp crater]

So... i need to find a laptop but got 0 info on the whereabouts

any hints?

[willow hawk]

agroprom?

read the dialog

[sharp crater]

its a big place

ok

just says agroprom

is that it?

[willow hawk]

it's in the safe area, building with psy eletric anomalies, up top in the corner

[sharp crater]

oh ...got it

thanks

thanks for this modpack, btw...im having a blast

[willow hawk]

[hollow apex]

GAMMA will attract more and more players for sure, I converted 3 of my friends into this mod already

[graceful iron]

ah yes, converted

[hollow apex]

just a nice way of saying ditched other mods...

[pure scarab]

its in the "hidden" loner base there

[graceful iron]

ik, its still funny

[pure scarab]

we are a religion where Grok is the god and the CNPP is heaven

[graceful iron]

i would say outskirts is

has best loot i found and is a bit easier than cnpp

[pure scarab]

nah bro, the CNPP is our only objective

but wish granter bro

dont you want that wish granted

[hollow apex]

sounds like groklith to me

[fresh aspen]

Any way to increase amount of quest provided by NPC? for example Dushman, he gaved my only few quest now he have nothing for a loong time.

[north turret]

Hey @willow hawk would you recomend to use efp texture or dead zone stuff?

[graceful iron]

some quests take a day to refresh, but you have to actually finish them to get new ones. you also have aslan to take quests from for mercs or you can do quests for freedom and bandits

[willow hawk]

wait for GAMMA texture pack

[north turret]

Got it

[willow hawk]

check to–do

[fresh aspen]

I havent meet dushman for some time already, all quest given by him are finished

[rustic comet]

what

[willow hawk]

[graceful iron]

both aslan and dushman are the main quest givers for mercs

[willow hawk]

mix of everything

[graceful iron]

not just dushman

[fresh aspen]

It's not only dushman, aslan have not many quests too

only for bringing him some mutant parts

[graceful iron]

he should have at least 4 even from base anomaly

[willow hawk]

increase number of quests slider

[graceful iron]

it should be at 5 by default

[fresh aspen]

Have it on 10 already

[willow hawk]

or add tasks packs

[fresh aspen]

tried GhenTuong quest pack but it crashes my game while using a medkit

Will try to test other pack, any recommendations which ones are compatible with GAMMA?

[willow hawk]

WTF

https://www.moddb.com/addons/weird-tasks-framework

[north turret]

[willow hawk]

https://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomaly/addons/gt-task-pack

https://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomaly/addons/arszi-task-pack-igi-tasks

https://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomaly/addons/basegame-task-pack-v03

[marble quarry]

My god I can't wrap my head around the crafting system. Is there a comprehensive rescource I can find anywhere for in depth how to craft, repair and maintain this stuff?

I have so, so, many things dissasembled. I am convinced I can repair what I have, I just dont know how

[north turret]

#📎mods-added-for-next-build pleas

[rustic comet]

#│📚manual i guess

[marble quarry]

That manual is vague af

On this topic

[willow hawk]

lel

craft is like, open craft menu and check recipes

[rustic comet]

mmh i guess you'd need at least a basic anomaly playthrough knowledge
but it's not really that complicated ^

[willow hawk]

some of it

[rustic comet]

if it's the first time that you play anomaly and it's gamma, well congratulations on not having chosen provak at least, but some stuff isn't exactly for beginners

[marble quarry]

Can I check recipes?

Without paying for the vice?

every time?

(awesome modpack btw Grok. Just been away from anomaly for a long time and trying to figure it and your modpack out simultaniously)

[willow hawk]

Right click any toolbox : open workbench

and read the damn manual

[marble quarry]

Where are toolboxs? Are they something you carry around? I did read the manual

[willow hawk]

toolkits I mean

[south scaffold]

the tool sets that you give to the mechanics

[willow hawk]

basic, advanced, expert toolkits

[marble quarry]

Ahh. ok

[willow hawk]

that's what unlocks recipes

[marble quarry]

ANywhere they can be bought?

[willow hawk]

you need to find them

in stashes

[marble quarry]

also: Where do you get stuff that repairs individual gun parts that are very low condition? Also for example, I have 3 or 4 of the same specific barrel - Can I not combine them somehow to increase condition?

well, I guess I will start by getting toolkits and then figure this part out. : /

sorry for the 20q