🔨base-gamma-support

[glad schooner]

hahahah funny to hear that coming from you. while that's factual it had me happy for a long while. im sure the new stuff will be better now. i'll have guns with legitimate descriptions instead of overlapping text and issues, as well as misplaced gunsights and various cringey forced in models that look ripped straight from other games

[tidal sentinel]

I forgot about that. Im gonna try that

[willow hawk]

Quality >>>>>>> quantity anyways.

Also why is it funny coming from me ?

[rotund moss]

aint that how BAS started?

[tidal sentinel]

have you checked pinned btw? An admin pinned my question that I was curious about. I wanted to know if there was a way to remove reflections on gas masks.

even with the setting off for mask reflections, they reappear after the mask is removed (ex. eating, drinking, taking the mask off)

[glad schooner]

idk, it's like celebrity gossip or something.

"yoooooo big man say other big man cringe"

https://tenor.com/view/pogchamp-pog-pogey-poggers-twitch-gif-14340727

[willow hawk]

So because I'm well known I shouldn't say anything bad about an other modder ?

[graceful iron]

thats some weird logic right there

[willow hawk]

Fuck Provak. There you go

I don't know any modder that likes him

[graceful iron]

this server has history with provak as well. thats why he is not so welcome around here

[willow hawk]

Since he's doing cringe work anyway and try to squeeze as much money as possible from an half cooked bug fiesta

[rotund moss]

is it bad that i dont even know who Provak is and what he made?

[graceful iron]

ignorance is bliss

[grave plover]

i mean when you throw all you want and make it barely work, thats why it gets so many hate

[rotund moss]

legit never heared of that guy

[willow hawk]

Well that Provak is just Starcry, another guy that hates Provak

[graceful iron]

https://tenor.com/view/confused-unga-bunga-loading-uga-gif-23786525

i thought he was the same guy, ffs

[willow hawk]

That's also the fault of YouTube.

Provak and Expedition are eye candy so it's easy to make a video about it and say that "Stalker modding peaked" and viewers start using it and there you go

Expedition is still better than Provak.

But considering the simplicity of Expedition load order, being that unstable is crazy

[grave plover]

didnt try expedition, but i played on a old version of provak, didnt finish my playthrough tho

[willow hawk]

Gamma is stable if you put aside hard busy hands and killing mechanics crash the game bugs. But it's still in beta and that's why it's not on moddb yet

I won't release 1.0 until these are fixed

[rotund moss]

Btw Grok i ran into hard Busy hands while skinning a crow and holding the pda at the same time

just to add on the list

[grave plover]

overlapping anims makes xray shit itself

[willow hawk]

Yep

[willow hawk]

Disable mutant skinning animation in FDDA

And disable FDDA rework

[rotund moss]

FDDA is disabled

the Identification UI is on tho

[grave plover]

can confirm really stable and atm im playing with more mods added on top. Ovbiously im playing without fdda and i update the pack when you push updates

only thing is im still playing with the identification UI turned on, no issues so far for me, only when they updated mags redux and ammocheck was broken but Raven fixed it pretty quickly and i got my saves back

[rotund moss]

same beside the odd one while actively trying to break the game i usually have to force stuff that got added to break, or even crash the game

[grave plover]

nice

[willow hawk]

That's the thing, hard busy hands can hit you anytime for no reason

And when it happens, it will start happening more and more frequently in your save

Only issue is that the trigger isn't known

My base line of work to understand how it's triggered is that I know it's happening since 8 of January

And it was happening before most likely

It doesn't happen in EFP apparently

[rotund moss]

i think it does tho

i can force it on EFP as well

[glad schooner]

no lol, your not will smith

[rotund moss]

just have to force feed the game animations

[glad schooner]

i just thought it was funny in a weird way

[willow hawk]

Wait "busy hands" is one thing. Hard busy hands is another

Hard busy hands isn't necessarily related to animations

It can happen in the middle of a fight or simply when you wake up after sleeping or after changing maps

Playing FDDA animations will then lock you up yes

But the symptoms are multiple. Infinite batteries out of any battery powered item

UI doesn't update

Saving crashes the game

[rotund moss]

actor shadows freezing etc

[north turret]

I'm extremely picky with mods especially when it comes to consistency and the whole feel/vision. And I've been nothing but pleased with Gamma. I expected an unstable bugfest with crashes galore. I'm surprised how stable it is and how consistent the gameplay feels. I love it

[willow hawk]

Thanks 🙏

[desert robin]

Is there no way to reproduce the problem? Is it just seemingly totally random?

[willow hawk]

Yup

[north turret]

And I run on a potato too. So it's extra cool that I'm able to run this mod. It is now my go to way of playing anomaly for sure.

[desert robin]

Is there any known 'first instance' around when it started occurring?

[rotund moss]

im trying to, but every time i can make it happen one time it just kind of is not there anymore as soon as i restart the game (since it crashed) and the reason it comes back is something else the next time

like fuck that bug

[willow hawk]

Well, now anomaly has a consistent gameplay and progression

[willow hawk]

That's why it's si hard to track down

My hopes are to get VS2015 to work so that I can check mdmp files and find the reason

[north turret]

Day 10 in the zone I'm still running my old scorpion with a torn up leather jacket just hoarding money... I started knifing chimeras and burers to conserve ammo

[willow hawk]

Like a true survivor heheh

[desert robin]

Personally the only time ive ever run into any type of busy hands was when i would turn night vision on on a certain nv (the middle one) a while back. Never had issues after that random flurry of busy hands.

[north turret]

It's really fun lol. But it's time to spend my money

[willow hawk]

The learning curve is quite funny. Some people get advanced tools on the first day in the zone

[desert robin]

The speedrunners

[rotund moss]

to be fair didnt happen for 3 runs now ^^

but yeah you actually can get them day 1

[north turret]

I only got the basic one so far, from hip

[willow hawk]

I think if you play duty it's much easier

[willow hawk]

Check all the marked stashes

Especially before the psy barrier

[rotund moss]

early game gets a lot easier if you start at Rostok can confirm

[north turret]

Yeah I'm planning to collect more stashes today. Got a bunch marked. It's just an old habit to ignore them

Used to have shit loot lol

So I'm not in the habit of actually checking them, forgetting Gamma has changed them

[rotund moss]

i usually dedicate a day or two for Stash collection

saves me the last bit of sanity i have left

[willow hawk]

Hehe. Yes in GAMMA stashes are as important as quest markers

[glad schooner]

huy guys.

._.

is there a mod to make the movement not look so friggen goofy?

[willow hawk]

Npc movements?

[glad schooner]

yeah.

[willow hawk]

There's already an addon that fixes it

[glad schooner]

mans literally laterally bouncing outwards to shoot at me before running back into cover

[willow hawk]

https://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomaly/addons/anomaly-re-made-animations-pack

[rotund moss]

i get what you mean, but i have to say it still looks better vanilla than the npc movement of CoD2 xD

hmm what are the chances of Aslan giving me advanced tools for 30 military patches?

[glad schooner]

it doesnt seem to be implemented..

or it is..im just a picky gremlin

definitely gotta turn on hardcore AI aim

cant stand it those 1.5 second stares.

[willow hawk]

Low but possible

[rotund moss]

well im lucky then

[willow hawk]

Good luck

Just remember you are playing a Eastern Europe 2009 game made on a refurbished 2005 engine

[glad schooner]

it's the only way to fight

[glad schooner]

it didnt feel that way with my provak ak74u fighting 40+ monolith at once

stuff was exciting XD

i know it's not tarkov but its close enough on my macbook hybrid

[north turret]

So if I want to try runnign traders overhaul, should i disable both gamma economy and economy no BAS injection or just gamma economy?

[willow hawk]

40+ monolith in gamma, if you don't have a Nosorog with several artefacts you'll have a hard time

[willow hawk]

Both yes. But I wouldn't recommend it. Just read the #│📚manual and get into the gameplay loops

[rotund moss]

5 Monolith sound like a lot of work and field repairs already

[willow hawk]

Well with endgame rifles it's easy though

[glad schooner]

it's alllll about positioning. and low recoil high damage automatic firearms

[north turret]

I've read it. I just miss having that candy shop feeling when I grinded a lot of goodwill and they open their shops up for me... I will run some stashes before I turn it on I think.

[rotund moss]

yes both, how ever you will miss out on a big part of the actual modpack

and yes at the end of the day its your game

[willow hawk]

Well, the reward is better ammo for your new guns. And loads of ammo for them. Also, tons of juicy heal

[north turret]

Eh I'll leave it on for longer then. I understand why traders dont sell weapons and armor it just made grinding goodwill feel a little disappointing initially

[rotund moss]

do what you want, but the rat-goblin-loot-bastard feelings are stronk in gamma

[willow hawk]

And don't pass on the stimpacks nor painkiller stims

[willow hawk]

AP ammo makes a huge difference

[north turret]

oh no im a drug fiend. my guy gets high on yadulin daily

[rotund moss]

srly folks do drugs in gamma, it will take you places - wait that sounds wrong

[north turret]

drinking a huge flash of strong vodka is the best way to go to sleep. cheaper than buying sleeping pills from sid that slimey bastard

(early game)

Oh btw question. Do companions also jam with their guns if the gun's parts are all messed up?

[glad schooner]

can i headshot a nosrog with fmj?

[north turret]

I noticed they don't need ammo. but also Hip has been using a beat up gun with seemingly no issues

[fringe radish]

Is there any way to have the noise/visibility meters return?

[north turret]

I fed a relatively badly equipped merc with shotgun blasts to the head (slugs) from point blank. he ate like 2 shots atleast before he put me into the ground

so probably no. unless if you have lots of FMJ and patience and good aim

[willow hawk]

I'm not sure

[willow hawk]

Depends on the barrel condition

[rotund moss]

yeah but it will take some time

[willow hawk]

Not recommended

[glad schooner]

huh. well i mean, i guess i'll see what happens. i usually have good luck. i just need a high fire rate. this SKS is gonna dry my patience

[rotund moss]

i mean technically you can kill everything in the game with HP ammo, just dont expect that you will survive long enough to make it happen

[north turret]

is it possible? certanly
is it optimal? no

[willow hawk]

9x18 full auto works well in the beginning

[north turret]

yeah im still running my 9x18 scorpion as i said. killed my fair share of mercs, chimeras even a pseudo giant. but its an ammo sink. also yeah ap and hp ammo recommended

[fringe radish]

I regret going with .45, no AP rounds for it to be viable beyond early game for more combat orientated builds... Are there any mods to add AP ammo?

[rotund moss]

if you use .45 only use like slugs and ap slugs with your shotgun, never a good idea to have 2 guns doing the same job

or use 2 guns using the same ammo

that is even worse

[north turret]

also a good knife is your friend

[torn berry]

should i save for the 30 patches delivery or is 15 fine?

[north turret]

make good use of that quick knife (3rd mosue buton or middle mouse)

[fringe radish]

I haven't gotten that far to get a good hunting knife.

[north turret]

basic knife is useful too

[rotund moss]

and getting good knifes needs you to grind goodwill, which will unlock better ammo and lower prices

[fringe radish]

• binocs are great

[rotund moss]

30 usually has the better stuff for you

[fringe radish]

How do you unlock UNISG as a faction in the character select? I know you have to usually do the 2 or 3 quest lines, but I've done it before and don't want to grind it out again...

[torn berry]

type unisg

unisg, greh (sin) and renegade

[fringe radish]

Oh man, I forgot how unfun they are... nvm...

[sterile musk]

unrelated to gamma but do anomaly reshades work on CoP too?

[grave plover]

yes, reshade works on any game if you can install on it and if it works your custom presets do too

[sterile musk]

alright, i think i just installed it wrong then

[grave plover]

for cop you would need to point reshade to the .exe in the bin folder

and select appropiate directx version that game uses, for stalker is dx10/11

[sterile musk]

yeah i did that, the problem is that the presets dont seem to be activating any effects

[void pagoda]

is there a reason zombified stalkers are turned off by default?

[tidal raft]

Too easy to acquire firearms and their parts.

[void pagoda]

can you limit what they spawn with or does it draw from whatever faction the stalker is meant to be from originally?

[tidal raft]

Since they are unaffiliated with any factions they pull from every single weapon-pool available.

Not as extreme as spawning with a Gauss Rifle, mind.

[void pagoda]

dam I thought the game would consider them basically like a unique faction

[tidal raft]

There are good reasons to not include them. Only scripted zombified spawns, such as underground in Yantar.

[willow hawk]

Use 15 for artefacts. Use 30 for potentially guns and advanced kit. If you get just 3 grenades, save scum

I need to balance it a bit more

[keen stag]

are freedom traders inventory impacted by ecologist goodwill? I've got max goodwill with Ecologists but only 1023 with Freedom but I'm getting the level 5 supply inventory

from both Ashot and Skinflint

[willow hawk]

buy_supplies = {=actor_goodwill_ge(freedom:1000)} supplies_5, {=heavy_pockets_functor()} supplies_5, {=actor_goodwill_ge(freedom:800)} supplies_4, {=actor_goodwill_ge(freedom:600)} supplies_3, {=actor_goodwill_ge(freedom:400)} supplies_2, supplies_1

that's for freedom trader

that's for ecologs
buy_supplies = {=actor_goodwill_ge(ecolog:2000)} supplies_5, {=heavy_pockets_functor()} supplies_5, {=actor_goodwill_ge(ecolog:1500)} supplies_4, {=actor_goodwill_ge(ecolog:1000)} supplies_3, {=actor_goodwill_ge(ecolog:500)} supplies_2, supplies_1

[keen stag]

I've goofed something up on my end then

thank you!

[willow hawk]

trader overhaul ?

[keen stag]

nah, baseline

actually it might be just displaying the supply level wrong for some reason but idk what the freedom trader's inventory is at different levels

so overall, it's a me problem

[willow hawk]

7.62x51 AP and AP slugs should be there

[keen stag]

Yeah I picked up a bunch of that AP ammo, it also had some if the upgrade kits

Deer hunter and the ISG AK5 but I don't remember anything else

[north turret]

There is a stash in the garbage in the train depot but i cant for the life of me find it. I even climbed on top of some railings doing some extreme parkour but it's nowhere to be found

Could it be right on the TOP of the depot?

[graceful iron]

you can get to the top

you can use this railing to climb to the top

[limber sorrel]

is psy block meant to be completely and utterly useless

Im trying to get the ecologist laptop but psy block does almost nothing to help

[graceful iron]

your psy is really bad already, even if psy block was much stronger it wont help you get through a psy anomaly

[limber sorrel]

well that sucks

I got no ways of getting new equipment so im basically softlocked from this quest for now

[graceful iron]

thats just the early game

[north turret]

Yeah after posting I decided to investigate and got it

[limber sorrel]

also how am I supposed to get better toolsets if they spawn up north and I have no way of going up north without getting better gear which requires said toolsets 😐

[graceful iron]

get a basic tool kit first

repair a better helmet, there are decent helmets that can be repaired by a light outfit kit

[north turret]

Hip was looking at me like she couldn't believe that I just spent 10 minutes trying to find this stash and then decide to climb on top of the roof

"Can we go home now"

[graceful iron]

you can craft advanced tool kits with 5 basic and 5 metal scrap if you dont find one, advanced tool kits are not even far north or anything, just go to army warehouses, dark valley or agroprom

and to go north you only need a good helmet and a psy helmet

thats all

[limber sorrel]

speaking of the devil, I think im good now

it was in a white stash as well...

[ruby blaze]

how far does damage drop from a poor condition barrel? what's the worst it can get?

[graceful iron]

its just bad, dont use a non functional barrel. you will be wasting ammo a lot

from what i know its beyond 50% damage reduction

[ruby blaze]

hmm, okay

where do you get the repair kits that look like universal repair kits from?

the ones that can repair components down to 10% condition

[graceful iron]

you craft them

#│📚manual

[ruby blaze]

they can't be bought?

i see no reference to them directly in the #│📚manual

[graceful iron]

you can buy them only after delivering toolkits to mechanics

[ruby blaze]

okay, so they're tiered unlocks. gotcha

[graceful iron]

but its really recommended to keep a full set of tools for you

[ruby blaze]

yeah, i'm getting that idea 😄

[graceful iron]

in gamma you will need to craft a lot of things and its much more cost effective to craft things

[ruby blaze]

if you can craft them too, then it doesn't sound too bad. i'll look up the parts list

i'm very used to crafting, if it's in the crafting menu then I'll be fine 👍

[ruby blaze]

thanks for your help btw, really appreciate it

[north turret]

Do toolkits get used up after a couple uses? i have 2 basic ones in my back pocket at the moment. contemplating giving them to a mechanic and keeping one. or should i keep both?

[graceful iron]

they dont get used, but basic ones can be used to craft an advanced one if you dont have it yet

[north turret]

Gotcha thanks

Then Hip is going to be my walking crafting station

[graceful iron]

each tool kit only takes 0.5 kg so they are not too bad to carry around

[north turret]

I'm still kind of the fence with the Gamma economy. Part of me wants to use trader overhaul to open up the shops becuse I love shopping in the game and easy fixups... But it is also refreshing and fun to have to scavenge all my stuff. Bit of a hassle in the beginning but then it also feels cool to find a great drop and pimp it out with my own two hands. Makes your equipment feel more special.

Still I won't buy it that no trader is able to send weapons and armor whatever the UN says lol. They could atleast re-sell used guns, fixing them up and sell for a really high price. But I understand it's for the balance of the gameplay

[graceful iron]

gamma economy is a breath of fresh air from the base anomaly and even the trader overhaul, its just more fun for some reason

[ruby blaze]

this is the kit I'm talking about
It doesn't appear in the crafting menus

[graceful iron]

it cant be crafted

[ruby blaze]

incidentally, i see 2 heavy repair kits

[graceful iron]

its only bought from mechanics after you give them advanced tool kit

[ruby blaze]

okay, purchase only

[graceful iron]

intended, one is more expensive but is crafted with an advanced tool kit and the other is expert tools but costs less

[grave plover]

If you are on the fence of playing with trader overhaul but still make it scarce install trader destockifier in optionals and tweak it to your liking @north turret

[ruby blaze]

okay cool, cheers again

[north turret]

Thank you! I'll keep playing like this for a while longer then give that a shot at some point.

[signal furnace]

I dont like bullet-sponge kind of enemies, so I usually put "Bullet hit factor" to 2.2 (in Anomaly Gameplay Settings). But here is not changing the damage. Im still using 2-3 headshots to kill a rookie. Is there something I didn't see somewhere?

[strange moon]

What do i need to change to chamge the uh
The brightness in the console?

[grave plover]

Ballistics is different from anomaly #│📚manual

For brightness go to #│🔧troubleshooting

[strange moon]

Thanks

[signal furnace]

thanks for the info

[graceful iron]

is your barrel damaged? dont try using buckshot or HP ammo against stalkers

damaged barrels decrease gun damage

[willow hawk]

Two different recipes. One with advanced kit and the other with expert kit. But the advanced kit one is very expensive. That's for people that amassed money in the south and want there heavy gear repaired before hitting Red Forest+

[limber sorrel]

are these messages a real thing you can investigate in game?

[willow hawk]

lore and context that's all

[limber sorrel]

alright thanks

[soft leaf]

if i'm using the roguelite mod, lose a run with mags and then disable mags is my stash bricked or is there any way to save the loot

[graceful iron]

thats a good question

[soft leaf]

hmm

[strange moon]

Is it true that there will be sledgehammers in the game?-

[graceful iron]

no

[strange moon]

Hell

[topaz berry]

hi

so im am doing

the millitary quest

with the labs

and i cant find the documents inside the miracle machine

oh nvm

the docs were on the floor in the middle of the last room

[north turret]

Tried trader overhaul and then tried it with destockifier jsut to take a peek but nah, having isntant access to everything did ruin the fun. I missed the gamma system without even buying anything

[grave plover]

welcome to the gamma cult, now play with gamma economy and trader destockifier

[graceful iron]

i think something breaks in between or one cancels the other

[grave plover]

with gamma economy and trader destockifier? For me its just less overall things to buy, stock they dont sell weapons so i know its working as intended

[willow hawk]

Yes it just makes trader stock unpredictable

[grave plover]

yes on my playthrough i was forced to craft a multitool and im 7 days in the zone all thanks to bad rng and 48 hours stocking traders

[fringe radish]

is there any way to have a detection meter for stealth?

[frank urchin]

hi guys, ive seen in updates that now i supposed to get ammo crafting parts from corpses, killed like 30 stalkers but didnt get any of those, am i missing something?

[graceful iron]

not really? you can get a distance pointer by enabling crosshair and range but not a detection meter

[fringe radish]

That's a shame, I miss the noise/visibility meter from Stock Anomaly

[graceful iron]

wut

oh.. the one next to the minimap?

[fringe radish]

ye

[rotund moss]

yes

the noise meter made sense for me

the visibility meter did not

[graceful iron]

i guess you can disable the map mod to get the base map and the visibility meter

[fringe radish]

Yeah, nah... Stealth tips?

[graceful iron]

dont walk through bushes, stalkers can hear that

crouch if really close to enemies

[rotund moss]

dont try stealth while being to heavy, light and distance are the most important factor (from what it feels like) and your tempo also plays a part in it

avoid bushes and trees (they hear that) and your companions dont actually count until they do, so better keep them behind

oh and flashlights and headlamps only can be seen by NPC if the light comes from the "front" as in if its light is in their forward facing awareness perimeter

[willow hawk]

There's a way yes. Check MCM for stealth addon you can make a stealth gem appear

[graceful iron]

its not really a meter but i should have definitely mentioned that

[rotund moss]

isnt that only for the light hittin you? as in the lower the light levels are the darker the gem?

[willow hawk]

crouch + shift and move on stealth surfaces and don't be "in front" of them

[north turret]

im guessing i should wait a little before updating gamma, waiting for dux's and ballistic fixes

[rotund moss]

oh and you can do stealth around mutants, as long as they are not PSYmutants

just make sure you know where they are and that they have no line of sign towards you

its hard to do tho

[rotund moss]

honestly same

[fringe radish]

Probably the best solution, as others said, the meter was a tad broken in terms of balance

Campfire saves are a whole new thing for me, as I'm used to savewhoring.

[rotund moss]

there is still a way but i dont want to get bonked to throw exploits around again .( (no nothing wrong with the campfire saves hold your horses, just a mostly forgotten stalker thing)

[north turret]

how likely is it that updating gamma will break my current save?

[rotund moss]

so far no update did fuck any of my saves

the save from RC1 does not count since it was announced that i have to play without "pretty pistol pack" if i come from RC1

[north turret]

Coolio. I installed Gamma like 3 days ago or so anyway so i didnt miss many updates

[rotund moss]

since we still talk about the Xray engine i will have to save: chances are pretty fucking low

[strange moon]

How do i change the grass-gloss values?

[graceful iron]

#│🔧troubleshooting message #│🔧troubleshooting washed out grass

[strange moon]

Thanks

Ok it didn't really help my brightness problem

I'm playing on DX8 and i have all brightness values at max even in the console

[pulsar terrace]

Are cooking kits reusable as long as you have fuel, or do you need to buy new ones every so often?

[strange moon]

Well there is one that is reusable and it is used for mainly high-tier cooking most of the time

[pulsar terrace]

Military kit?

[rotund moss]

the "Multifuel" one is reusable

the Military Kettle should not even be left in the game

[pulsar terrace]

Ah, thanks!

[rotund moss]

since it got combined with the "normal" one

[long grove]

is the ecologist professor quest in the great swamps supposed to randomly fail if you don't meet him within a certain time? Or did he just die in a fight?

[strange moon]

He prolly died but idk how that would happene

[long grove]

yeah, no idea I was in another area when I got the message.

[strange moon]

Damn.

[rotund moss]

its rare but he died on me somehow a few times as well

[magic reef]

Hi. Does anyone know how to use the -no prefetch with gamma?

[graceful iron]

use a cooking kit next to a campfire(no fuel needed), and later use the multifuel stove with liquid fuels and vodka to make good foods with lasting buffs

[pulsar terrace]

Alright, thanks! ❤️

Is the axe's primary or secondary attack more powerful in this mod? I remember the knife in other mods is more powerful with the stab move.

[limber sorrel]

leg metas a thing right/

[rancid plinth]

does anyone know the best method for diagnosing/fixing broken save? rand update and somehow broke my save files.

[vivid basin]

Heya how do you switch to simple health system ?

Cause as much as it's cool to have spread damage etc, it's honnestly just a pain to manage

[tacit yew]

?? Just use bandages/kit for first-heal and then yadulin for postheal

[vivid basin]

you're not answering the question

[cunning kindle]

Heyo, I'm doing the last dawn questline but I can't find crutch anywhere?

[tidal raft]

Check around the second campfire west of Machine Yard.

[cunning kindle]

Alright thanks

[charred rivet]

new drive, completely followed the directions. even made sure everything was installed correctly.

base game launches just fine but then when i launch gamma this accurrs

[tidal raft]

Delete shader_cache in appdata manually.

[charred rivet]

base game or gamma?

[tidal raft]

There is only one shader_cache folder, which resides in the Anomaly folder.

[charred rivet]

like delete the entire folder?

[tidal raft]

Yes. The entire folder and its contents.

[charred rivet]

or just the insides?

[charred rivet]

still same error

in fact

it just recreated the same folder

[tidal raft]

That's normal.

[charred rivet]

ok then how do i fix this error?

[tidal raft]

Did you disable shader driven scopes? Add-on 185.

[charred rivet]

yes and no

1st no

then yes

still same error

even while deleting those files again before turning it off.

[tidal raft]

Why have you disabled the mod?

[charred rivet]

it wasn't

then i assumbed you wanted it disabled, so i deleted shader's and tried launching it.

it's anabled

[tidal raft]

Can you show me the system path to your Anomaly folder?

[charred rivet]

Is merging them vital?

[tidal raft]

No, they are supposed to be separate. As stated by #old-how-to

[charred rivet]

well they are

or are they not seperated enough?

[tidal raft]

No, that's fine.

Upload the "modlist.txt" found in the Gamma installation\profiles folder.

[tidal raft]

I don't see any obvious errors here.
Do you have any greyed out add-ons, beside Maid's Icons, in MO2?

[torn berry]

did all your mods download as well?

its a common problem for many people recently

[charred rivet]

everything is installed correctly

even after i installed everything

i clicked update just to make sure.

i mean i clicked reinstall again and it went way faster

[tidal raft]

Well.. You're not supposed to click update.

[charred rivet]

i didn't

1 sec

[tidal raft]

👇

[charred rivet]

i hit complete install twice i meant

[charred rivet]

...

[tidal raft]

"Reinstall" is not a selectable option in the installer.

Semantics aside, you hit Complete Install twice?

[charred rivet]

i clicked this 2 times

2nd was when everything was done

2nd time was way faster

[tidal raft]

Most likely because all archives were already downloaded.

[charred rivet]

yeah

was just making sure everything was installed

and it's a new hard drive so idk what's going on

[tidal raft]

Which DX version are you running from MO2?

[charred rivet]

how do i white list it?

normal dx9

did i need a specific one?

[tidal raft]

Try DX11, or 10.

AVX mode.

That is, after you delete the shader_cache once more.

[charred rivet]

oooof

should of said that 1st

also it works now

[tidal raft]

Great. 👍

[charred rivet]

Finally

i wish i shed a tear

[tidal raft]

Shader driven scopes and Beef's NVG can't handle anything lower than DX10.

[charred rivet]

ah ok

tbh 1 more question

is wallpaper changeable?

for the main menu i mean

[tidal raft]

It... is. You need to edit a .dds-file somewhere. I don't know where or which though.

[charred rivet]

Ah tbh

was gonna try to find a cool anime wallpaper for the main menu tbh, but don't wanna break the game xD

[quick pebble]

I’m stuck in the northern passage quest

It’s saying to check the documents for a code but nothing comes up

[tidal raft]

See "Order of Transfer".

[quick pebble]

I assumed the decoder would be used as well but I have no option to use it

[quick pebble]

Huh

What

It’s just the default stalker ending???

I assume I’m not supposed to complete this quest then???

[tidal raft]

Keep going before jumping to conclusion.

[quick pebble]

Oh nvm I’m a dummy

[quick cloak]

Is there a way you can fix tier 1 artifact with junk one?

i know you can fix junk with junk, but is there any file that you can config to make artifact hunt less "grindy"

[willow hawk]

Not currently

I had this in mind, and even implemented it but the whole system was a bit weird and it can also make really strong artefacts quite easy to repair

[quick cloak]

not really, you can only fix tier 1 with junk

[willow hawk]

And it would also make junk artefacts not used by the players while their perks are actually quite good and interesting

[quick cloak]

and when fuse it keep the condition

tier 2 and 3 still take the same kind to empower, still grind but less grindy for tier 1

The problem right now that it's impossible to get 100% condition tier 3 artifact unless you grind for days

[pliant cradle]

What faction does Butcher represent? I have supply level 4 with loner merchants, but he's still at 1

[loud stream]

Disguise question:
Let's say I'm playing Loner and I find a military suit. If I tear the patch off and wear it does it count as me being disguised as military which leads to loners being aggressive towards me or not?

[willow hawk]

He doesn't level up

[willow hawk]

No you need to keep the patch on to disguise

[loud stream]

Okay perfect. So basically tearing the patch off makes the armor neutral right?

[graceful iron]

makes everyone know your real faction

[loud stream]

That's just what I need. I always disabled the disguise system because my stupid ass never thought of tearing the patch off of that shiny new armor of a faction that everyone is hostile towards

Thanks for clarifying

[median nimbus]

i have installed last files (clean install of windows and Anomaly) and after some minutes playing i saw "mill discovered" message. Is that message a new feature?

[graceful iron]

thats a base anomaly feature, shows up when you discover an important place. you can enable it in the fast travel section of the game settings

[median nimbus]

I just realized right after asking, I never play with fast travel

my fault

[white quiver]

hi, can anyone tell me how to change settings for loot drop condition

[graceful iron]

mcm

mod config menu

[white quiver]

yesterday I think the settings for that where at the mcm, after a gamma update it disapeared

[white quiver]

thx but I can´t find it anymoe

[graceful iron]

the gamma update probably messed something in the mod files

[white quiver]

oh sorry my friend I found it

there are submenus for drop condition

[graceful iron]

ok

[dense blaze]

Dumb question maybe, but after updating GAMMA, do all individual mod settings (so custom fomod options) reset to default? Like for example if i did a ''custom install'' of GBOOBS where i disabled ''barrel cleaning affects damage'' and i update GAMMA, its reset to default automatically?

[tidal raft]

Yes.

If you want to save your custom configs you must back up all files you've changed.

And then replace them once the update is complete.

Just be careful to not replace and older file compared to an updated mod. Just in case there's something added to the newer file by Grok or someone else.

[dense blaze]

Ahh i see, thanks!

[north turret]

Tried to update Gamma, keep getting this error when I try to load a save

[tidal raft]

Did you follow the instructions in #💽how-to-update?

[north turret]

I have

Although I havent tried deleting the mod folder yet. i will

Time for another 10 hour install

[grave plover]

but you wont need to redownload

[north turret]

Yeah I know, just unfortunate timing for me to fuck this up now lol

[willow hawk]

any red cross ?

this could be DICK update that didn't download correctly

Dux Innumerable Characters Kit

[west heath]

how big is the install for GAMMA and where can I find a list of mods?

[north turret]

Nope, nothing. I checked

[willow hawk]

#old-how-to for the size #❗welcome for modlist

[north turret]

Quick unrelated question does Hip change factions to the one yo uare in when yo urecruit her?

[willow hawk]

more or less yes 😉

[north turret]

[willow hawk]

she stays loner but won't trigger other npcs

[north turret]

Ooooohh

That's perfect

[willow hawk]

basically she will have your relations

[north turret]

That's exactly what I always wanted, osom

[willow hawk]

[fiery jasper]

has old ammo been nerfed in anyway? i know its supposed to make your guns degrade faster but in the base game it was really not there

i want to turn off the ammo converter to use with magazines but dont want to be swimming in ammo

[north turret]

Does the monolith have any new questlines or not yet?

[elder trout]

Can I use any other mod for blood effects? I tried particle reworked and it crashed

[graceful iron]

no

[graceful iron]

disable cvfx first

[elder trout]

this one?

[graceful iron]

yes

[elder trout]

ok 🙂 thx

And is it possible to use Lootbox addon?N

[willow hawk]

I would say, play GAMMA first

[elder trout]

Ok 😄

[willow hawk]

lootbox will introduce imbalances

just use default install etc

everything is tweaked already

[elder trout]

😮 It's my first time playing Stalker anomaly

[willow hawk]

oh

[graceful iron]

...

[willow hawk]

Then just stick to the defaults

and don't play in hard survivalist

play easy scavenger or easy tourist

[elder trout]

tried EFP but I like Gamma more. It feels so fleshed out

[graceful iron]

new to stalker and already wants to mess with mods and effects

[elder trout]

Yep i'll do 😄

[graceful iron]

try the base first

[willow hawk]

also, GAMMA has Blood of the Zone which is really good for blood particles

as you can clearly see hits

[elder trout]

I am only worried about getting weapons, I saw that there are a lot. But if you can't buy them am I going to find/scavange all the weapons in the game?

[graceful iron]

use the easy/ tourist and you will learn how to play gamma with a bit of time

[willow hawk]

You'll play with what you find

[elder trout]

Oh what is the addon? if I look after 'blood' I don't see anything

[willow hawk]

getting good guns will make you happy

[willow hawk]

BOTZ

CVFX + BOTZ Particles

[elder trout]

How do I show the basic light settings? The panel where you can change gamma/brightness/...

[sharp roost]

Do those settings work tho

[slow topaz]

Do we still have to download thap manually?

[topaz berry]

idk if its the right place to ask

but there is a song

randomly

playing in the agroprom army base

something along the line

devil is darkness or something like that

but the melody is lively and energetic

can someone give me the song name

or atleast the tracklist of all songs

[willow hawk]

Sure let me give you that

[willow hawk]

agroprom underground or army base ?

[topaz berry]

army base

like the ssu hq

[willow hawk]

Only @rocky mountain knows the exact track list 😉

[rocky mountain]

@willow hawk are they not in the tracklist text doc that came with the addon?

[willow hawk]

Oh there's one ? 😮

aaaah right

GAMMA installer removes that

[willow hawk]

comandir_megafon_1  -  Чиж & Co - На Поле Танки Грохотали
comandir_megafon_2  -  ДДТ - Капитан Колесников
comandir_megafon_3  -  Михайлов Стас - Война
comandir_megafon_4  -  Океан Ельзи - Стріляй
comandir_megafon_5  -  Аквариум - Поезд В Огне
comandir_megafon_6  -  Александр Розенбаум - Караван
comandir_megafon_7  -  Кино - Красно-Жёлтые Дни
comandir_megafon_8  -  Александр Розенбаум - По Снегу
comandir_megafon_9  -  Океан Ельзи - На Лiнii Вогню
comandir_megafon_10  -  ЛЮБЭ - Там за туманами
comandir_megafon_11  -  Земфира - Хочешь
comandir_megafon_12  -  Океан Ельзи - Rendez-Vous
comandir_megafon_13  -  Кино - Звезда По Имени Солнце
comandir_megafon_14  -  Александр Розенбаум - Нарисуйте Мне Дом
comandir_megafon_15  -  Океан Ельзи - Не твоя війна
comandir_megafon_16  -  Кино - Группа Кроби
comandir_megafon_17  -  Александр Розенбаум - Вальс-Бостон
comandir_megafon_18  -  Океан Ельзи - Я Так Хочу
comandir_megafon_19  -  ЛЮБЭ - Заваи за...
comandir_megafon_20  -  Владимир Ивашов - Русское Поле
comandir_megafon_21  -  Александр Розенбаум - Осень
comandir_megafon_22  -  Кино - Кончится Лето
comandir_megafon_23  -  Океан Ельзи - Обійми
comandir_megafon_24  -  ЛЮБЭ -     На Воле
comandir_megafon_25  -  Океан Ельзи - Все Буде Добре
comandir_megafon_26  -  Сектор Газа - Гуляй, Мужик!
comandir_megafon_27  -  Кино - Пачка Сигарет
comandir_megafon_28  -  Scorpions - Still Loving You
comandir_megafon_29  -  Nautilus Pompilius - Гибралтар Лабрадор
comandir_megafon_30  -  Simon & Garfunkel - The Sound Of Silence 
comandir_megafon_31  -  Кино - Группа Кроби
comandir_megafon_32  -  Foreigner - I Want To Know What Love Is
comandir_megafon_33  -  Григорий Лепс - Моя Цыганская
comandir_megafon_34  -  Кино - Красно-Жёлтые Дни
comandir_megafon_35  -  Ю-Питер - Песня идущего домой
comandir_megafon_36  -  Агата Кристи - Сказочная Тайга
comandir_megafon_37  -  Андрей Макаревич - Перекрёсток
comandir_megafon_38  -  Би-2T - Серебро
comandir_megafon_39  -  Алиса - Дурак
comandir_megafon_40  -  ЛЮБЭ - Позови Меня Тихо По Имени
comandir_megafon_41  -  Кино - Последний Герой
comandir_megafon_42  -  Юрий Кукин - За Туманом
comandir_megafon_43  -  Агата Кристи - Истерика

[topaz berry]

thank god

now i need to find the song

[flat knot]

What's the current right amount of mods?

[tidal raft]

252, from what I usually read.

[flat knot]

Thank you much - was just wondering if that changed in the last couple days

[tidal raft]

There could be more since I haven't updated in a little over a week.

But 252 or more is generally a good sign.

[flat knot]

Roger!

[willow hawk]

264 or 265 depending on update time I think

[tidal raft]

There you go.

[toxic copper]

Trying to use the Settings menu to change my name but having no luck, keeps going back to the default (Stalker), is there a console command I could try?

[willow hawk]

Just do that last

And click play

[primal relic]

Is there a good mod that works with this pack that will adjust the brightness of headlamps/flashlights?

[toxic copper]

Oh I should specify this was with a saved game, name just got changed after the move to RC3.

[rotund moss]

i sometimes forgor to actually name my actor and for some reason i more or less have to fight the apply button (since Vanilla tho), but from the sound of it the name does not apply, no matter how many times you smack that button?

[toxic copper]

Yeah

[flat knot]

Thank you much

[toxic copper]

Oh my god, nevermind I got it to stick, I didn't know to hit enter to finalize the name change.

[rotund moss]

i assume thats why it does not always work for me as well

[willow hawk]

Better flash light is in the pack. Choose the texture you prefer

[primal relic]

ahh ty, me blind.

lol

[quick cloak]

How do one acquire the mighty ruger sr 556?

[flat knot]

Thank you

Looks like 268 mods all total

Oh, I already thanked you. Sorry about the double ping, I didn't even remember doing that

[rotund moss]

i know that feeling

[wild ruin]

"FATAL ERROR

[error]Expression : <no expression>
[error]Function : CInifile::r_section
[error]File : Xr_ini.cpp
[error]Line : 915
[error]Description : fatal error
[error]Arguments : Can't open section 'actor_hud_nomad'. Please attach [*.ini_log] file to your bug report"

Updated the game today.. new game loads fine.. but old saves won't load.. this playthrough doomed?

[flat knot]

269 total mods after YACS update thingy (for anyone using search function to find mod total)

[pliant cradle]

I'm understanding the process for fixing up a beaten up gun, but what's the process for fixing up a suit?

[willow hawk]

use the workbench on any toolkit

[sharp roost]

Find armor parts that are >=50%

fix them up with thread/field armor repair kits, preferably to 100% although anything above the current part's durability in the suit will be swappable

go to workbench with proper armor repair kit for the armor in ur inventory, repair tab, swap out parts

it won't use repair kit uses

[pliant cradle]

Hm, I see. Will that increase the overall condition of the suit?

[sharp roost]

yes

[pliant cradle]

Very good, makes sense.

[north turret]

How do you make stashes

[brisk zinc]

IIRC, right click on any backpack you have in your inventory

[north turret]

Indeed, thanks

trying to get an exo together, so this came in handy

[meager cradle]

So when I use binoculars there is a strong chromatic abberation effect which makes the vision kinda blurry. For me, this makes binocs unusable. Can this be turned off/tweaked somehow?

[supple vault]

Quick question, I've been at this for ten minutes. How do I reach this?

It's at the very top of those stairs, behind this rubble.

Right where the white door is.

[sharp roost]

safe to update or any more pushes coming today?

[willow hawk]

safe to update I'm going to bed

[sharp roost]

gnite!

[flat knot]

Is Medium/Scavenger the default 'normal' playthrough or...?

[brisk zinc]

Yeah you can go with it

[flat knot]

Juuuust making sure - wasn't sure what difficulty was the intended normal

Thank you

[brisk zinc]

You can play it however you want, easy, very hard, normal... don't worry about it

[wise sparrow]

i've only seen it drop once from high level monolith. the best way to farm specific rare weapons is to make a quick save before deactivating the brain scorcher and then clear all the monolith that spawn inside and if you don't get what you want load and try again. also just use debug because why not.

[uneven bison]

So if I dont take medicine immediately after bandaging Ill still be hurt by 1 pixel and slowly die? Am I missing something here?

[quick cloak]

Oohh nice, thank you. Now i just need a way to farm specific armor

[sharp roost]

elaborate?

you mean limb damage?

[uneven bison]

yes

[sharp roost]

limb health determines debuffs like shaky aim, headaches, or limping

you won't die from limb damage

[uneven bison]

You wont bleed out if your limbs are hurt?

or torso?

[sharp roost]

not taking post-heal medicine will just mean the pre-heal bonus you got from bandages will wear off and you'll say, get shakier aim from hurt arms

no

you won't

bleeding is separate from limb health

[uneven bison]

My character is bleeding out then and I dont know why

[sharp roost]

could be a heavy bleed

try an esmarch tourniquet or more bandages

bleed is defined in ml/sec and bandages only heal 1500 of that iirc

[uneven bison]

Ill try a tournaquet

Ive applied literally like 6 bandages

[sharp roost]

weird

[uneven bison]

crawling back to base

I wish I could view debuffs to troubleshoot it, may just be an actual glitch

My character was near death so it really could be anything he was shot so many times

@sharp roost I found it out, I was starving

[sharp roost]

oh lmao

shouldn't you have the moodlet thingies at the bottom left

[uneven bison]

they were disabled by default

I swear im not retarded

[soft geode]

quick retarded question, next to my bhs is a 1, it goes away when I take out the knife or PDA. Did I fuck something up in mcm or anomaly settings?

[sharp roost]

Thats fire mode for ur gun

[ember herald]

How many goodwill do I need to buy 5.45 ammos

For loners

[soft shard]

It's supposed to represent a crappy low-quality lens. There is a first-tier upgrade for the binocs that improves this (upgrade the binocs at a technician).

[sharp roost]

Anyone know who sells the SA58 kits?

[soft shard]

DSA

oh, in game

lol

[sharp roost]

I think supply lv4

[ember herald]

Darn I'm still at 1k

[soft shard]

Try butcher for 5.45 hp, even at supply level 1

[ember herald]

Ya I snatched a few from him but he offers not that many ammo in the first place

[soft shard]

otherwise you probably just have to scavenge. I'm using a 5.45 ak in my playthough right now but I'm only at supply lv 2 with loners, so have to loot the ammo

[graceful iron]

craft ammo

and with stalkers having ammo parts its easier now

gunsmithing tools

[ember herald]

I think I have gunsmithing stashed somewhere

I'll look into it

[sharp roost]

Okaycat dya know who sells SA58 kits?

[graceful iron]

nimble, freedom and i believe mercs ?

[sharp roost]

Nimble dont have it

Hmmm

Will keep grinding rep then ig

[graceful iron]

wat

do you have destockifier or something?

[sharp roost]

Well he is sup lvl1 but he sells the shakal and stuff so

No I dont

[graceful iron]

i could be wrong, maybe its only freedom

[sharp roost]

Oke

[graceful iron]

dont trust my memory anymore

i know for a fact freedom sells them tho

[sharp roost]

I wish dushman sold it but im not holding out hope

Because hes a useless turd

[graceful iron]

mercs have some special attachments and tactical kits from what i have been told

[sharp roost]

Nuthing special yet at lv3

Although 5.56 ammo is nice

[soft shard]

@sharp roost I searched through some ltx files because I was curious. The item 'kit_sa5x_spec', which I think is the kit you want, does not show up in nimble's trader config. Looks like it is sold by freedom, isg, mercs

and spore from clear sky

[willow hawk]

Which kit ?

I can add it to nimble

[sharp roost]

Does nimble upgrade with supply level?

If so then ignore me

[ember herald]

i cant seem to reach it or im actually stupid and theres a path to go around the fence?

[north turret]

Trying to get to Doc?

In the swamps?

[ember herald]

da stash https://i.imgur.com/DWzpwHM.jpeg

[north turret]

I haven't gotten that one marked yet. Stash might be behind the fence but you can jsut about reach it still. Might not be exactly where its marked on the map

had the same in agroprom

I also got a question... since the zone now has a couple female stalkers and THAP has female hands, would they be possibly playable in the future? I enjoyed that feature in Road to the North even though it was scuffed

I even made a custom 3D avatar for it lol. Well I made a couple custom avatars for my stalker playthroughs. But would like to do that again sometime

[fringe radish]

What are the goodwill thresholds?

[grave plover]

i think its every 500 goodwill

[willow hawk]

500, 1000, 1500, 2000

[fringe radish]

Thanks!

[topaz berry]

can you buy a heavy armor repair kit? or you need to craft it?

[slow fox]

how do i unlock Sin start without having a save on this game

[topaz berry]

you type greh in caracter creation

[slow fox]

in the console when creating new game

[topaz berry]

after selecting new game

type greh

only that

no console

[slow fox]

ok thanks

where to type

[topaz berry]

simply type it

no need to click anything

greh for sin

[slow fox]

ok thnks

[topaz berry]

isg for unisg

and renegade

for renegades

[topaz berry]

because i have full rep with military cand i cant seem to be able to buy it

because I've found a woodland exosuit

and i cant switch parts for it without the kit

and i cant craft the kit because i dont have expert tools yes

[willow hawk]

You can buy it when you give expert tool. You can craft it with advanced tools but it's expensive

[topaz berry]

thanks man

[slow fox]

how can i check integrity of the mods? sometimes it stutters and in console it says some texture is missing, or also that some sound is missing for the gun

[fringe radish]

What benefits do different ranks give? Game is vauge about it.

[slow fox]

i suspect that some mods didnt download properly

[grave plover]

traders start offering you more items (goodwill not rank mb)

[willow hawk]

Rank =\= Goodwill

[north turret]

Shalom. I came to Dushman, I can sell him a bayonet-knife in 50% condition, but he does not buy USP 45 in 80% condition. In general, no one buys weapons in any condition. The slider in the settings does not change anything. Is this a bug or is it supposed to be like this?
At the northern checkpoint, two bandits in leather jackets crept up and shoot at them with PPSh (7.62, by the way). They do not react to hits even in the head, they died after 12 shots. The slider that increases the damage in the settings also does not change anything. Is it so intended? Kind of realism?

[topaz berry]

weapons have part condition

the general condition is the cleanliness of the gun

[north turret]

ok.

[topaz berry]

all parts need to be above 60

[north turret]

And how to make a leather jacket not save from a shot in the head?

[tidal raft]

Nobody buys or sells firearms. It's part of Gamma Economy.

[north turret]

Ok, thx

[tidal raft]

Use better bullets, and clean firearms.

[north turret]

Yep, that's clear.
Everything is as usual. Only armor-piercing bullets from pure weapons can kill. Ordinary bullets from dirty, despite hitting only tickle. Wow realism! Jesus, Mary, Joseph.
All the best.

[fringe radish]

My question remains. I know what goodwill does (more and cheaper at trader)

But I don't know what rank does beyond allowing lower rank people to follow you/more of them follow you

[tidal raft]

Nice sarcasm. If you don't like it you can play something else entirely.
This modpack isn't advertising itself as realistic.

[ember herald]

game is so immersive breaking they left the server

[tidal raft]

Them's the breaks.

[grave plover]

cant satisfy everyone

[willow hawk]

Can't sell guns. You used a gun with a broken barrel. AI bugs a bit sometimes.
#│📚manual

[willow hawk]

That's simply to avoid being overpowered early.

And you can disable the barrel condition affects damage feature in GBOOBS addon if you reinstall it manually (right click in MO2 : reinstall mod)

[graceful iron]

he left the server

[willow hawk]

Also as pointed out in #📢announcements the NPC model pack got updated yesterday and I have to push an update to the model armor definition. Most likely you encountered a new model which was anormaly tanky

fucking piece of shit he left you are right

[ember herald]

It's fine bro

[tidal raft]

I somewhat imagine in my head—Grok pacing his room, swearing like the Merovingian from the Matrix.

[willow hawk]

[ember herald]

I'd like to think that both trading and crafting needs 2 be pointed out at forefront because most ppl don't seem to be aware that u can't buy equipment

[willow hawk]

more like

[willow hawk]

It's advertised everywhere I can think of

[fringe radish]

What does Rank do besides more companions and higher rank companions?

[tidal raft]

The problem is, people don't read.

[willow hawk]

But people don't read shit

[graceful iron]

[ember herald]

Ya

[willow hawk]

It's even written in loading screens now

but 12 yo Timmy wanna boom boom with no recoil

Sorry dude, GAMMA is for seasoned dudes not cry babies

[tidal raft]

"Loading screens are times to tilt your head to the other monitor(s) to look at MLP fanfic."

[willow hawk]

anyways

Nerfed packages opening

150 Goodwill penatly now

[graceful iron]

.

[tidal raft]

:sadge:

[ember herald]

Tho ppl can also just come and download the modpack thru word of mouth without mentioning those

[graceful iron]

take that meta players and speedrunners

[fringe radish]

Are there any tools for repairing weapons components under 60%? I keep running in to parts that aren't quite bad, but not fixable with a multitool/ramrod/file

[graceful iron]

nothing really, some changes to how people talk to you when they are traveling with you

[graceful iron]

part repair kit, its only bought from mechanics after you give them the advanced tool kit

[fringe radish]

Oh, the game made it seem more important by being vauge about it.

[graceful iron]

it can repair till 10% i believe

[fringe radish]

Reeeeeeee

[graceful iron]

and its expensive

[willow hawk]

Well the addon can be disabled anyways

But imagine paying your uber eats and the person never comes, AND eat your stuff

[graceful iron]

thats just part of being a modular pack i guess

[torn berry]

im not crazy right? healing with FDDA is much faster than default no FDDA on

or is it just cuz i've got visual feedback

[graceful iron]

some items have a faster item animation in fdda

[willow hawk]

some items are faster yes

I would say stims are faster and that's a good thing

[torn berry]

yeah cuz i remember the first aid kit taking forever to pull my gun up

[tidal raft]

Important question.
Did you increase the level cap for HarukaSai's Skills?

[grave plover]

max lvl 30 i peeked a little on the files

[willow hawk]

Yes, 30

[graceful iron]

yes

[tidal raft]

Mmmmmhmm... That explains my mystery.

[willow hawk]

Yes I think you still earn XP

[tidal raft]

I leveled up retroactively.

[willow hawk]

yes

Can you screenshot your Skill menu ?

[tidal raft]

Sure.

[willow hawk]

I want to see if Strength levels up too slowly

[graceful iron]

running around with a lot of items in your inventory levels slow, but i think using melee increases levels a bit faster

[grave plover]

and then me unintentionally leveling with nades

[willow hawk]

0.15 is maybe a bit slow yes

I will make it 0.35

[fringe radish]

Are there level caps for skills?

[willow hawk]

30

[graceful iron]

30

[fringe radish]

👍

[tidal raft]

I'll make a guess.
The level cap is doubled, but the benefit gain is halved?

[willow hawk]

Yes

[tidal raft]

🧠

[willow hawk]

I think the endgame benefits were enough

but the progression was too fast

so I made the system seem more rewarding

but yet it doubles the length of the progression

A more progressive and rewarding system basically so there's always a progression 😉

All skills to lv max should be an achievement

The perfect balance would be all skills lv 30 after like 40 days in the zone

since to finish the storylines I think it's about 30 days now ?

[tidal raft]

Makes sense, I think you should increase Endurance XP gain as well.
At that point I'm effectively level 6 and finished all storylines.

[torn berry]

survival probably needs a bit of a tone down tbh, its leveled way too easy since its just, taking dmg

[graceful iron]

its only really easy after you get a high ballistic, impact and explosive res suit

early game it levels really slowly since you are more careful and in a less dangerous area most likely

[fringe radish]

Are quicksaves supposed to take a 10 second game freeze?

Campfire saves*

[grave plover]

are you playing on an ssd?

[tidal raft]

Only if you've been playing for a long time, or transitioned areas often.

[fringe radish]

Ah, that explains it.

[fringe radish]

Sí.

[tidal raft]

Restarting the game after two hours is recommended to keep the freezing to a minimum.

[fringe radish]

Just finished an 8 hour session

oh.

[graceful iron]

"why my game stutter after playing for 10 hours only"

[fringe radish]

only

[tidal raft]

Well.. To be fair, very few games suffer from memory leaks and needs to be restarted regularly.

[graceful iron]

thats true

[ember herald]

xray thing

[fringe radish]

✨ Just xray things ✨

[graceful iron]

that needs to go on some hall of fame

[fringe radish]

oh no

[onyx depot]

Very quick question, is it safe to dump some stuff in stash boxes? Like the empty ones you find around the place.

[graceful iron]

yes its safe

[onyx depot]

Awesome ty

[torn berry]

even if they get marked at some point the stuff will just spawn in tandem with what you have in there

[onyx depot]

Oh awesome, that was gonna be my next question

and one more, am I an idiot, or did something change when it comes to batteries? I had bunch with me, and now I can't even take batteries out of another device

WAIT

Okay that's weird, it now lets me take batteries out of things. Somehow Alt-Tabbing back in fixed it. Weeeird.

[onyx depot]

Gotta love engines held together with duct tape and good wishes

but we love it regardless ❤️

[topaz berry]

do the expert tools only spawn in green stashes?

[graceful iron]

they can spawn in white stashes but its a higher chance in green ones

but they only spawn from red forest and further north

[topaz berry]

really?

wtff

i needed the exp tools to repair a exosuit so i can go further north

haha

[graceful iron]

you can craft the heavy repair kit with the advanced tools but the recipe is more expensive than the expert tools one

[topaz berry]

yup

i saw that

but its not worth

[graceful iron]

its an option

[topaz berry]

i have the skat 9 from the millitary main quest

and i think its good enough for the moment

but it lacks belt slots

so its useless from that point of view

[graceful iron]

get merc or duty exosuits and get a volat emerald to compensate for the low anomalous protection

its a mid-late game type of goal

[topaz berry]

ive found a woodland exosuit

it dosent belong to any faction

[graceful iron]

its the loner one i believe

[topaz berry]

nope its not loner

loner one is simply called

exosuit

[graceful iron]

i know it says unknown faction

but look at the color scheme

[topaz berry]

its green

[fringe radish]

Technically, all outfits don't belong to factions if you rip that patch off

[topaz berry]

the loner one is black

[quick ravine]

Now when you say further north, does Radar qualify? What about CoP zones?

[graceful iron]

radar does have chances for expert yes, literally any map thats next to or further than red forest on the pda

[quick ravine]

ah gotcha, ty

sadly on my ironman save I only have... maybe 1 stash total in these zones lmao

[graceful iron]

keep doing quests

money, goodwill and stash locations

looting dead bodies has a chance for stash locations as well

[quick ravine]

yi got 2k goodwill with loners and clear sky, duty close

might just hoard money and pay Sid for stashes

[graceful iron]

that i guess is an option as well

[topaz berry]

woodland has highest ballistic def

[graceful iron]

even merc woodland and duty forest are good exosuits, but very rare

[topaz berry]

yep

i would like one with a lot of belt slots

like the merc one

[graceful iron]

they both have 3 starting slots and can have 4

[topaz berry]

yup

[mossy seal]

whats the best non-exosuit armor?

[topaz berry]

lemme check

[fiery jasper]

As long as their stats werent changed in gamma its def the duty woodland battlesuit

Only thing it suffers in is chemical resistance

[topaz berry]

what do you need it for?

[graceful iron]

skat-9s, probably the clear sky one or if not the merc one

[fiery jasper]

Oh when he said exosuit i thought he meant exoskeleton

[graceful iron]

you can also use the ACE merc suit and make use of those 5 belt slots if you find one in a stash, if not even a merc pathfinder or a clear sky pathfinder

[topaz berry]

skat 9, diamond, and cs 3 b

[mossy seal]

ok thank you

[olive bear]

ey i am tired of searching for hip's weapon and ammo i spawned toz 194 but there is no such ammo is 12x70 for hip

what does she need

[graceful iron]

what?

i had a stroke reading that and almost died

seriously tho whats the question ?

[quick ravine]

its written as 12x76 on the icon even tho hip and quest log asks for 12x70

so get that one

[topaz berry]

thats buckshots

[graceful iron]

its a known bug, she just wants regular buckshot

toz194 is one of the most common shotguns

[olive bear]

i just

couldnt find it

[graceful iron]

bandits, murder them

[olive bear]

oh well

[royal oxide]

I'm friendly with bandits, now I know why I can't find it either, lol

[graceful iron]

loners have it to i think, not sure tho

its a poor mans shotgun, do the math

[topaz berry]

but he is probably playing freedom

so he cant kill bandits or loners

[royal oxide]

yep, bingo

[topaz berry]

yep

[graceful iron]

why are you trying to get toz194 then? trying to get hip as a companion ?

[royal oxide]

Yeah, just to do the quest

[graceful iron]

i guess you can wait around stalkers and bandits and wait for them to die so you can hopefully get a toz

[topaz berry]

wtf mercs are speaking english now?

[royal oxide]

ok, thanks!

[graceful iron]

yes, they are supposed to be western contractors so it makes sense

[north turret]

can't you just buy them cheap from trapper dude at garbage train station

[graceful iron]

toz194? you cant buy guns and armors in gamma

#│📚manual

[north turret]

I meant the ammo

thought it was the ammo he coulfntvfind

[graceful iron]

the quest says 12x70 which is the wrong ammo, thats why they are asking the question

it should say 12x76

[fringe radish]

How is field stripping diffrent to dissasembly?

[topaz berry]

if you dissasemble you lose the gun

[torn berry]

field strip doesnt get you metal parts or the barrel either

[topaz berry]

if you field strip you can change the components

[fringe radish]

Does Field Stripping reduce weapon condition?

[torn berry]

dont think so, think it reduces part condition

dont quote me tho

[quick ravine]

pretty sure it reduces the part condition that you extract by like 1%

I remember seeing a 50% part that was 49% after I field stripped it (that was armor)

[torn berry]

are companions switching sides apropriately? my hip isnt firing at loners and my mercs are

and my mercs arent firing at freedom and stuff but will fire on duty and stuff

[fringe radish]

How do I unbind a command? (Specifically grenade quick throw... Don't ask.)

[fiery jasper]

i usually just bind it to mouse 1 then bind shoot back to mouse 1

will remove whatever the old bind was

[fringe radish]

Oh, I see

Thanks!

[fiery jasper]

if there is a way to just simply clear a binding i havent found it yet

[fringe radish]

Is the Southwest complex in agprom still full of military?

[topaz berry]

yep

what are the best artefacts

[fringe radish]

for what?

[topaz berry]

tankiness

[fringe radish]

Mutants or bullets?

[topaz berry]

bullets

[fringe radish]

My first guess would be uprated carbon steel plates.

[topaz berry]

but those are not artefacts

[fringe radish]

they go in the same slot.

[topaz berry]

ye i know

[fringe radish]

kinda one and the same at that point.

[topaz berry]

ik ik

but like 5% is not that much

arent there artefacts that give u more

[torn berry]

your looking for a full empty

14% balistic resist

at max

[fringe radish]

Compass is better, 18%.

I'm still looking however.

[torn berry]

forgot about that, cheers

[topaz berry]

those are random spawns?

[torn berry]

think each artifact can spawn on their respective anomaly

[fringe radish]

IDK, I just checked debug menu

[torn berry]

could also just go murdering ecologists

[fringe radish]

Compass is weird, afaik, Guy in barge in zaton/jupiter gave it out

[torn berry]

they drop artifacts quite often

[fringe radish]

Aroth-8 would also make you regen and control bleed

[topaz berry]

for regen and bleed ist heart of the oasis best?

[torn berry]

yeah but oasis is incredibly hard to 100%

as it requires like 3 to 4 other artifacts

to craft a single one

[topaz berry]

in gamma it dosent spawn in the oasis?

[torn berry]

think it does but its just one

and it'l be in shit condition

[fringe radish]

You can also use Medal, if you don't care about your companions

[topaz berry]

what does the medal do?

[fringe radish]

35% chance damage goes to companions

[torn berry]

35% chance to redirect dmg to companions i think

[fringe radish]

also, Aroth-8 >>>>> Oasis

[torn berry]

i like oasis better for the stamin recovery

[topaz berry]

where can i get aroth 8?

[fringe radish]

No idea.

Maybe Ecolog quest reward?

[topaz berry]

what is this?

it seems bugged

[quick ravine]

Yeah I think Hip stays as a loner (correct me if I'm wrong), I saw some addons for anomaly that fix this and make her a Trader (so she doesnt die) and then she switches to your faction after you finish her quest, try finding them and seeing if they work with Gamma