🔨base-gamma-support

[whole pewter]

Indeed

[desert robin]

Good point.

[north turret]

no error logs so far by the way

[whole pewter]

If adding those arguments to the executable work directly in the later versions of Windows, then I would actually say that is a much better way of doing it than the ini file

[graceful iron]

i am testing your examples as well and only changing path, so its supposed to run this cmd and then run the DX11 exe by itself after?

[whole pewter]

Can you also add /High in front of the affinity argument as well and run it, because if then that would solve the whole debacle

that would run the process as "high" as well as set the cores

[whole pewter]

No, no no.... If you are modifying the executable like that then the ini file changes are redundant and might actually cause issues. Only do ONE or the OTHER.
Also, if adding arguments to the executable directly, then you don't need the path after, refer to Gulag's pic above.

[desert robin]

No change

[brisk zinc]

I'm doing a quick reinstallation just to be sure, I'll try again in a moment

[graceful iron]

no i made the changes in the ini and then started mo2, didnt make any changes in the mo2 just screenshotting what it looks like in the paths

[brisk zinc]

There is to say that now my .ini looks more like the one Wild send before

[whole pewter]

Did it set the priority to high or was it running as normal in the description in Win task manager

[desert robin]

For some reason the prioirt it always high whether i have anything added or not, so it's not clear

[bold aurora]

So I've unpacked and made edits (and kept your default alife.ltx handy in the event I fucking break something lmao), but how might I go about repacking said unpacked files?

[whole pewter]

Ah, if it runs it as high by default, then there's no need for that argument.

[desert robin]

No need, you just put the file in a blank addon in MO2 in the same path as the original, it'll over-write it and load.

[bold aurora]

Also have this, only need to tick Core 0 off manually every time

[north turret]

Okay, so i did the Complete Install, no errors. Started the game, no crash or console Errors. I have no clue why this works. Also 0 is still ticked off.

Clueless

[desert robin]

Yep, but as said before this doesnt help. We are no closer to knowing why.

[whole pewter]

Ok, I see from the screenshot now....

[brisk zinc]

@gentle tulip come in here

[desert robin]

Shit falco's summoning wizards

[brisk zinc]

He just said in #old-feedback-suggestions something that could be worth

[gentle tulip]

I have arrived

[graceful iron]

its something we already mentioned about changing the size to 11 i believe

[whole pewter]

Right peeps. Those of you on Win 10 or 11, IF you can right click the exe file in the BIN folder and manually add arguments to it as in Grulag's screenshot above then please DO THAT instead of ini file changes. It is much more reliable.

[vocal relic]

so I updated gamma and now my save doesn't work ;_;

[brisk zinc]

Well here it's 5AM so I don't respond of my actions

[brisk zinc]

We need the log

[north turret]

When i tried to change mine it went back to 0

[vocal relic]

which one?

[north turret]

and right now it's 0

[graceful iron]

did you update with a complete installation ?

[brisk zinc]

Look the title of the channel

[vocal relic]

Oh, ok ok, and yes I did complete install

[whole pewter]

IF you are running Win7, forget it as Win7 will not disable core 0 anyway reliably.

[bold aurora]

Okay, so compress the edited alife.ltx to a .rar and install through MO2?

[desert robin]

Yes, basically. Make sure the file structure is right, that it passes the necessary folder structure and Mo2 doesn't complain

[brisk zinc]

Mags Redux?

[gentle tulip]

So everyones good on the Core 0 thingymabob?

[bold aurora]

Your unquestioning aid is appreciated, freedom loving scum ❤️

[brisk zinc]

Nope

[vocal relic]

ohhh, do I need to re-enable optional mods after an update?

[brisk zinc]

Yes

[jagged lance]

while there is much hustle and/or bustle in this channel can someone tell me if the only revolver in the game is the rex?

[north turret]

Yes

[vocal relic]

I see, thank you for the help <3

[desert robin]

Erhem. It's "Merc loving scum"

[brisk zinc]

[gentle tulip]

Oh dear

[north turret]

Did you actually try that Falco?

and it doesn't work?

[brisk zinc]

No it doesn't

I just did a complete install

Now I'll try again

[graceful iron]

you are a genius, that works just need to test if it still applies if you launch the same exe through mo2 @brisk zinc @desert robin

[brisk zinc]

Trying this one again, size=11 this time

[vocal relic]

@brisk zinc save works now! tyty

[gentle tulip]

^do that

[brisk zinc]

If doing the thing with notepad doesn't work, I'll try with the bin thing

But I don't know what to put in there

[whole pewter]

To answer your original question, this is why I didn't like the syntax in this method.
The theory is that the binary used is not the game binary, but CMD.exe (dos prompt in other words)
Then the arguments is what actually starts the game by first locating CMD.exe, then inside that it runs START, which then defines the parameters for running the DX11 exe eventually.
It's a crapshow way of doing it.
The better method (if you can) is to directly right click the executable and simply add the affinity argument and possibly also the high priority one to that directly.
When you do that, you can have the "default" section for 11 in your ini file, as it calling the executable will add the native arguments to the exe file that you set in windoze by right clicking it and adding arguments.

[desert robin]

Oh shit oh shit!?!?!? IS THIS IT?!?!?! DID WE CRACK THE CODE?!?!?!

[vocal relic]

awww, but I guess updating resets keybinds :(

[north turret]

Try it

[gentle tulip]

make sure that you have your proper pathway here

[north turret]

So i can get to do a clean Slate and not be worried about Magic i'm not supposed to Wield

[gentle tulip]

^make sure you choose this

[whole pewter]

yes it will, but you need to revert the changes made to ini back to the "normal" default....

[graceful iron]

ok

[brisk zinc]

Well I didn't do that, I don't even know if there was something like that before

I'll check

[summer sandal]

to repair armor can you disassemble other armor for their parts?

[tidal portal]

yes

[north turret]

Yes, but you still need the Repair Kit for it

[desert robin]

This whole time i was specifically not doing that..

[brisk zinc]

WE'RE ONTO SOMETHING HERE

[thick chasm]

#old-framerate-optimisation message I have no idea what this is telling me to do, could someone help?

[gentle tulip]

hahaha

[brisk zinc]

Take a sit, you're in for a ride

[whole pewter]

cause as I said in my little wall of text, the changes in ini become academic because you are changing the actual arguments for running that executable within or without MO2

[thick chasm]

Hmmm, sounds exciting

[desert robin]

We are unwravelling the literal divinci code of GAMMA right now

[brisk zinc]

OH FUCK ME IN THE ASS

[thick chasm]

i have seen god

[desert robin]

Saved for posterity

[brisk zinc]

@gentle tulip DID IT, I'VE PINGED HIM AND HE DID IT, THE ABSOLUTE MADMAN

[whole pewter]

I would rewrite that guide in Framrate, but I can't screenshot the exe properties changes as I refuse to use Win10 or 11 hahahahahaha 🙂

[bold aurora]

Holy shit, you legends

I'm assuming that this will be formulated into instructional post for the layman (i.e me) in #old-framerate-optimisation ?

[north turret]

Wait so, Falco can you make a Definitive solution and pin it?

[gentle tulip]

I shall now diminish

[thick chasm]

Can I not just right click the process and untick it like before? Isn't that the same thing?

[brisk zinc]

Okay I'll do it

[thick chasm]

I'm so lost

[brisk zinc]

Give me a sec

[graceful iron]

dont worry we will deal with the aftermath, thanks for the help

[whole pewter]

yes, but you would need to do it every time

[brisk zinc]

We were trying to make it work, now apparently it's working

[thick chasm]

lol well congratulations, I assume this is a good thing

[brisk zinc]

Give me a sec, I'll post the thing and ping you attach everything god FINALLY

https://tenor.com/view/mc-mahon-wwe-shocked-what-huh-gif-16053733

Me right now

[north turret]

This only means one thing

Siri, delete Anomaly and GAMMA and Reinstall

[bold aurora]

your sacrifice was not for nothing

[desert robin]

You did this to yourself mang

[desert robin]

Nah, it was for nothing

[jagged lance]

grulag was right all along..

hate to see it

[wise sparrow]

no matter which method i use all cores are still checked. i'm wondering if it's because i have a space in the file path of the anomaly executable but i'm kind of done messing with it

[bold aurora]

ssshhh don't tell him.. he needs comfort

[north turret]

Everything works as it's supposed to the only thing that's not in working order is the Shortcut Icon, technically i can leave it as is but i'd rather do it right without not knowing why this works

[desert robin]

Sit tight for Falco's definitive solution

[whole pewter]

What you do by adding the arguments to the exe file by right clicking it is so that every time that exe file is run those arguments will run with it. It is a more reliable way of doing it than editing the ini file for MO2.
P.S. you can also do it slightly differently in Win7 by adding to the target path, but as I said earlier it's redundant as disabling cores per process in Win7 is a little flaky.

[bold aurora]

Everyone liked that.

[vocal relic]

so what exactly do I need to do as far as process affinity goes

[thick chasm]

I've been struggling with performance issues in general, this Core 0 thing is my last effort before I call it. I can get it to run generally well but as I turn or render certain areas the FPS drops. Hopefully this can help fix it?

[whole pewter]

If you are on 10 or 11, revert all your ini file changes back to the way they were by default for that section, then change the arguments section by right clicking the exe file itself - see the screenshot way up by Grulag for an indication. There is also no need for any path arguments if you modify the exe properties.

[graceful iron]

with this also follow the rest of #old-framerate-optimisation to hopefully get better fps as well

[north turret]

Goodbye Sweet Prince

[vocal relic]

[whole pewter]

Of course, if you are on 10 or 11 none of this will prevent it calling the evil mothership back at MS HQ.
Still, I'll let you buy your own tin hats.......

[gentle tulip]

oh btw for the core 0 thing

[north turret]

For Science

[thick chasm]

Yeah, already did as much without radically potato-ing my game. I found that sunshafts were the biggest offender and disabling them increased my FPS significantly, but I'm still having issues. I think the modpack may simply be too intensive for my hardware, unfortunately, regardless of graphic settings. What's odd is that I can run, say, Tarkov just fine.

[gentle tulip]

if you have spaces

[whole pewter]

Right, it's 4:15 am now for me, so I'm off to sleep.
As always if I can help out at all with any Win typical issues, then please don't ask haha 🙂

[gentle tulip]

add " to the start and end

E.g

[bold aurora]

farewell sweet prince

[gentle tulip]

now i will diminish

[jagged lance]

feel like i just watched history in the making

and didnt understand any of it

[thick chasm]

You guys are speaking in tongues for me I swear, I just want to LARP as a paramilitary goon eating beans in a warzone

[north turret]

I died for nothing

[bold aurora]

to simplify

every time play game, have to do thing to make game work good

now not have to do thing, game work good cause big brain men fix thing

[jagged lance]

oh now i get it

they make the thing that works for me already work for other people

im the smrt >:)

[thick chasm]

So, you guys figured out how to disable Core 0 on every launch. I assume some sort of clearer guide will come out in the near future on how to apply this?

[brisk zinc]

HOW TO TURN OFF 0 CORE

Problem:
"How the fuck can I make that 0 core thing work?"

Solution:
I recommend a clean install, like from scratch, because it was the only way it worked and because it's what I did, so your mileage may vary.
So yeah, your "GAMMA RC3" whole folder needs to be deleted. Before you do that, YOU NEED TO KEEP YOUR "downloads" FOLDER that you can also find inside your GAMMA RC3 folder.

Again, just to be sure, THIS IS HOW ME, MYSELF AND I, DID IT, BECAUSE I WANTED TO.
I did it just to be sure that everything was clean and new, that's the only reason.
I don't even know if it's necessary, but it's working, I know that for sure. Try it before you actually delete everything, it could work, who knows?

So, do this:

• IF YOU WANT, delete your GAMMA RC3 folder (keep your "downloads" folder)
• extract it again
• open MO2
• select Anomaly folder because it needs to know where the game is
• done, close MO2

Now, here comes the fun:

• open your ModOrganizer.ini that you can find in your GAMMA RC3 folder
• search for [customExecutables], change "size=10" to "size=11"
• then, search for [recentDirectories]
• now copy this code that you can find below, you'll need to paste it LITERALLY ABOVE [recentDirectories]. (see first picture)
• below you can find the code with MY "bin" path, you need to put YOUR OWN PATH

11\arguments=%ComSpec% /C Start /High /Affinity 0000000000000FFE E:\\Anomaly-1.5.1\\bin\\AnomalyDX11AVX.exe <-- CHANGE THIS WITH YOUR PATH (and delete this line) 11\binary=C:/Windows/System32/cmd.exe 11\hide=false 11\ownicon=false 11\steamAppID= 11\title=STALKER GAMMA DX11AVX 11\toolbar=false 11\workingDirectory=

• save, close, done

(Thank you @whole pewter for the code you absolute madman legend fortnite minecraft gamer Win7 enjoyer)

Now, open your MO2, open the drop down menu (second pic) and select this one (third pic).
Congratulations, you're one of us.

[brisk zinc]

Enjoy your guide

[thick chasm]

wow, quick turnaround holy shit

thanks

[ember herald]

can you keep ur downloaded mods tho

[jagged lance]

read again lad

[ember herald]

i did

[jagged lance]

first sentence in solution

[brisk zinc]

Jesus Christ IT'S EVEN WRITTEN

[ember herald]

i mean i kind of just dont see how downloaded mods will affect everything else /shrug

[brisk zinc]

YES YOU CAN KEEP IT

[ember herald]

oh

[jagged lance]

"of course you need to keep your "download" folder"

[ember herald]

ok

[brisk zinc]

Okay I'll make it bigger with this

[north turret]

Oh, now that i'm doing this

i can Update ANUS

[ember herald]

im having a difficulty wiht reading comprehension today

[jagged lance]

dont stress

[brisk zinc]

Check now

It's 5:24 AM now don't make me angry

[north turret]

🤌

[thick chasm]

alright, clean reinstall, my bandwidth will never forgive me

[brisk zinc]

You already have your mods because the "download" folder is safe aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

You won't need to download anything

It's already inside your "downloads" folder

AAAAAAAAAAAAAA it's writing and I'm screaming too

[north turret]

[wise sparrow]

@brisk zinc this was actually my problem. i had a space in the directory but wasn't putting quotes in the right part of the file path

[thick chasm]

I'm confused, I'm not trying to delete my downloads folder. I don't have the original zip files anymore.

[north turret]

Just do a Fresh Download

[thick chasm]

So, to reinstall from scratch, need to do a full redownload

[wise sparrow]

you don't need to delete anyting

[brisk zinc]

[jagged lance]

time to get banned from moddb for half a day again

this fix better be worth it

[brisk zinc]

Guys

Sorry

Before you delete anything

At least try it?

[desert robin]

Ok i finally got it. Just tried this and it didn't work, I had to change the [customExecutables]size=11 and also

[wise sparrow]

[graceful iron]

i am currently trying it without an install, not really working that way?

[brisk zinc]

Like you have a guide that clearly said that MYSELF did a clean installation because I WANTED TO

You're not obligated to do so

[desert robin]

Make sure the path is correct when you change the config in modorganiser.ini

[desert robin]

Try my example

I got it working without a reinstall

[graceful iron]

ok

[brisk zinc]

Change your path... just tried and it works...

[thick chasm]

It's not a big deal, I've fucked with my installation a lot anyways. Probably best to try it completely clean if I'm ever going to get this modpack working.

[desert robin]

When i used backslashes \ it fukedd the path up (in the .ini) but they work in the modify executables part

[brisk zinc]

I didn't understand one thing, you don't have your "downloads" folder anymore?

[thick chasm]

What "downloads" folder are you talking about? The only one I know of is the default one Windows comes with.

Which, I do have.

[ember herald]

its in GAMMA folder lol

[brisk zinc]

My brother in Christ 🤝

Open your GAMMA folder 🙂

I'm going insane

[desert robin]

The cost of CPU core 0 off

[brisk zinc]

Again it's 5 in the morning here, bear with me

[ember herald]

everything u need for GAMMA installation process is included in that folder

[brisk zinc]

Basically^

[thick chasm]

My brother in Allah, that's not what "from scratch" means

[brisk zinc]

Around here it does though!

[thick chasm]

I understand now but that wasn't what I was gathering from what you wrote

[brisk zinc]

Everyone understand that, how come you didn't? Hmmm?

With "from scratch" I always mean = keep the "downloads" folder INSIDE GAMMA because that's where your mods (to be installed with the installer) are

[thick chasm]

Sorry if I sound aggressive, I'm not trying to. My point is though, from scratch normally means literally from nothing (to me, at least), which means a full redownload/reinstall to me. I ought to do that regardless since I've messed with the files a few times trying some of the suggested tweaks, so to make sure I didn't mess anything up a clean reinstall is probably best practice.

[graceful iron]

thats how mine looks

[thick chasm]

I figured you referring to downloads simply referred to when someone misconstrued something earlier, which is my bad.

[desert robin]

Yeah cool. ANy luck?

[graceful iron]

nope, mo2 runs but nothing happens after

[desert robin]

?

[wise sparrow]

If you have a space in any of the folder names for the anomaly executable file path you need to have quotation marks around that folders name or the game won't launch.

[graceful iron]

yes

[brisk zinc]

It's okay don't worry, it's only a thing that's been written 100000000 times and basically everybody knows it, it's okay... ()

Jokes aside, I guess you learned something new. And don't worry I understand your point of view
Like I said with "clean reinstall" we always mean "keep that downloads folder", it's automatic at this point

[brisk zinc]

I forgot something in the guide now that I think about it

size=11

I'll add it

[thick chasm]

Gotcha, I get what you're saying now. That usage is specific to this server then? I'm newer here and have mostly just used this place for bugfixing, etc.

[desert robin]

Launching with the cmd exe in mo2?

[graceful iron]

yes

[brisk zinc]

Oh you're new, that's why

Why you didn't said it before

[thick chasm]

small brain

[brisk zinc]

My bad my brother in Buddha 🤝

[thick chasm]

No worries lol, I get it. I should've been clearer about that anyways

[brisk zinc]

BTW yes it's really the "usage" in this server, we learn how to bugfix on a daily basis

We're like a big family at this point

[desert robin]

Shit, @graceful iron I got mine working but feel like im leaving you out to drown.. i cant understand why its not working for you... hmmmmm Exact same setup as me

I had to restart mo2 if that makes a diff? And cant edit with notepad while mo2 is open as it saves-over

[thick chasm]

own familial dialect and everything lol

Regardless, thanks for the help, and clarification. I'll try this stuff later

[graceful iron]

no its fine, but i have a feeling it wont just be me so i guess we need to find a troubleshooting or another way

[brisk zinc]

What's your problem?

[graceful iron]

i made sure to close it every time

[desert robin]

Ah! Might have it

[desert robin]

Replace your path with this, (note the single slashes not double like you have)

%ComSpec% /C Start /High /Affinity 0000000000000FFE F:\GAMMA-RC3\anomaly\bin\AnomalyDX11AVX.exe

and update to your path obv

🤞

[brisk zinc]

But mine are double

[desert robin]

yeah weird hey. Doubles didnt work for me but singles did

[brisk zinc]

Fair enough

What about cores?

I don't know if it's the same for everyone now that I think about it

[desert robin]

Should be, as it checks for 64 and just turns off the first 0 as far as i understand it, so regardless if someone has 4 8 or more, it's still going to turn off 0

If cat's pc didnt explode he should be back by now

im worried for his safety. its scary out there

[brisk zinc]

Did he already tried to do the thing with ModOrganizer.ini?

[desert robin]

yeah, what the way i worked it out was just to add the string to the new cmd via mo2 editing the .exe in there

[graceful iron]

changing it to single slashes works

[desert robin]

[brisk zinc]

Guess I'll add it to the guide as well

[graceful iron]

falco please add it as a troubleshooting part

[desert robin]

And with that, it's off to play the game now. Farewell all ❤️

[brisk zinc]

Already done my man

[bold aurora]

Before you go, increased distance on my alife.ltx to 5000, no stuttering, no framerate loss?

Problem solved?

[desert robin]

uhh lmao. I dont get how that works, but hey if it works it works? I set mine to 850 (750 default) Because as far as i am aware, the bigger it is the more resources it takes but yeah.. Might be one for the Anomaly discord to elaborate further, they were where i got my knowledge of it. Xray man, it's magic.... (i use 850 as my rig is a beast and i like the added 'live' zone from the bigger distance

[desert robin]

One small thing i think might be an issue @bold aurora IF it works how i think it works, having 5000 could cause some issues. Basically it sets the 'active' area as far as that number is. The higher its set the more things 'happen'.

Example might be needing to go find an NPC, so when you get sort of near it (within 750) it activates.. but now you have 5000 it will possibly activate from different maps away (if its not localized to that map somehow) and cause stuff to go a bit weird..

[bold aurora]

Huh.. I see.. maybe I'll lower it a bit?? 😅

[desert robin]

Anyway maybe head to #╙🖇mods-making-discussion for more about this

[bold aurora]

Thanks for the help, enjoy your freedom

[north turret]

[north turret]

[long grove]

this is what my .ini line gets changed to when typing in the correct info
11\arguments=%ComSpec% /C Start /High /Affinity 0000000000000FFE C:/"Stalker Anomaly"/bin/AnomalyDX11AVX.exe
11\binary=C:/Windows/System32/cmd.exe

that actually works for me btw. the \ in the file path does not and I had ot have the quotes around Stalker Anomaly folder name for the game to actually run

[graceful iron]

so is there an issue ?

[long grove]

I had one like 4 hours ago but then I came back and found the solution in all the comments above about it

[jagged lance]

much has been learned since 4 hours ago

[north turret]

Can Falco add this as additional troubleshoot then aswell? Click the Green and blue tools, go to the CMD (STALKER GAMMA DX11AVX) and add " infront of and after your Root Anomaly folder's name if it has a space. Since for me, and others it appears to Overwrite the .ini everytime, if you change it here it stays.

[graceful iron]

@willow hawk check the pinned message, something was wrong with the new core0 affinity automatic method in #old-framerate-optimisation so a few people here did some troubleshooting to get it to work so you might want to update the framerate optimisation one ?

dont keep talking in #🔨base-gamma-support it already got flooded enough

[brisk zinc]

Yes I'll add it in a new message because I've finished the characters, it happen when you modify a message
I'll add the other thing that RcB said as well

[calm tangle]

What is this random shaking effect?

occasionally just walking around or doing nothing, the screen will start shaking intensely, as if your character needs painkillers. It goes away after a little bit.

Only started, with this update.

[bold aurora]

The carpal tunnel is kicking in, you're becoming a true gamer

[north turret]

DOA, it happens when you get close to Vortex or any other Physical (damaging) Anomalies

[calm tangle]

DOA?

the dynamic anomaly mod?

[north turret]

DAO*

[tidal raft]

Dynamic Anomalies Overhaul.

[willow hawk]

People just need to read

I'll check the size thing

Deleting folder makes 0 sense

Rebooting MO2 is the key

If people can't copy paste stuff, I can't do much about it

[graceful iron]

if the #old-framerate-optimisation one does not work just check pins here i guess

[brisk zinc]

It's the only thing that worked for me though

But I think it was the new ModOrganizer.ini that worked in the end, not the whole folder deleted so I agree with that

[long grove]

copy pasted it and changed file path. the problem was that my anomaly folder is named "Stalker Anomaly." Someone else mentioned if you had a space in the name you needed quotes around it. Did the trick.

[willow hawk]

Aaah

[sharp roost]

@willow hawk how long will the really rare artifacts be there after an emission

[jagged lance]

everytime i open MO2 to launch gamma it resets the modorganizer ini

[graceful iron]

close mo2 when editing ini, save and close ini and then open mo2

[jagged lance]

its closed when i change it

It worked earlier when i added the new executable for the core 0 fix but now i cant add the quotes to the filepath

[north turret]

what are you trying to chaneg

Click the Green and blue tools, go to the CMD (STALKER GAMMA DX11AVX) and add " infront of and after your Root Anomaly folder's name if it has a space.

[jagged lance]

thats what im trying to change but mo2 resets the ini back whenever i open mo2

[north turret]

you hit Apply and then ok?

or just Apply

[jagged lance]

Alright changing it in MO2 worked

[willow hawk]

Infinitely

Since no stalkers are going there

[north turret]

wait so, they can stack with each Emission?

[willow hawk]

No

[north turret]

[willow hawk]

there's a limit per zone

[north turret]

Ahh

[willow hawk]

to 1 artefact

so let's say there's 3 spot

and there's x % chance to spawn artefacts

after many emissions all 3 spots will have 1 artefact

in labs the chance is high, so after 2 emissions, the lab should be filed

[jagged lance]

oh thats neat

i figured it just always spawned 1 artefact after an emission if the artefact was picked up before the emission

[willow hawk]

Yea

[late herald]

its this a new anomaly ?

also there is a reason why no one its selling me armors or guns ?

[jagged lance]

#│📚manual message

have to find and repair them now

[late herald]

another question , i have and aps with the upgrade kit on it , but i cant put the suppressor on it

[north turret]

hover over the gun, what does it say what attachments fit?

[late herald]

no

i tried

[north turret]

it should lol

[late herald]

i know Xd

[slow fox]

Hi, i want to start a Sin playthrough, but I am concerned with the state of the current radiation system and the fact that I start quite high up north without a gas mask or anything. how am I supposed to survive?

[north turret]

wait until grok fixes mono/sin loadouts

or give yourself a mask with debug

[slow fox]

did he say when he will alter the loadouts? I wonder which one he will add, so i give myself the correct one

[north turret]

For Mono/Sin i'd say the same as UNISG

the GP-25

or 49, can't remember

it's the Snork Mask

[slow fox]

was there a plan to give them a different starting armour too? or just the same overcoat

[late herald]

if i want to let time go without sleeping ?

[vocal relic]

How can I see if the process affinity is working?

[north turret]

task manager, get details on xray.exe, set affinity, see if 0 is ticked off

[vocal relic]

I don't see xray.exe in there

[north turret]

well its not literally xray

[vocal relic]

I see these two

[north turret]

its the game engine

dx11 yes

[vocal relic]

guess it's not working

[north turret]

well you know its working when you launch the game by a cmd

[vocal relic]

ummmm, how do I set that up?

[north turret]

..did you do the steps in pinned?

aside from the downloading or deleting mods stuff

[vocal relic]

yea, let me try it one more time in case I fucked it

[north turret]

look at the ini. make sure the path is correct

and make sure you do this

search for [customExecutables], change "size=10" to "size=11"

this is for the cmd

once you did all that, i want you to try and launch trough the cmd if it doesn't work click the green tool https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/922555488665743391/971308450187448370/unknown.png?width=960&height=482 and screenshot what i screenshotted

[vocal relic]

https://i.imgur.com/fhAqkOL.png

It's still not launching

[north turret]

what in the

[jagged lance]

need to put quotes over the folder name

that has spaces in it

[north turret]

interesting file path but yea, like @jagged lance

said

[jagged lance]

which is stalker anamoly

[north turret]

" infront and after root folder

[vocal relic]

I have multiple mod packs in my S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Anamoly folder, that's why it looks so weird lol

quotations worked, ty!

[north turret]

[vocal relic]

it's launching at least

[north turret]

you're good then

double check with task manager

[vocal relic]

yep, good there

ty!!

#old-feedback-suggestions message

any thoughts on this?

I guess if I have no freezing issues I'll ingore

thx again

love this community

[slow fox]

Question about the adjust scope hud mod, I am trying to move the weapon farther away or move closed but it doesnt work. I am pressing the required buttons too. whats wrong

[vocal relic]

it's the numpad plus and minus

[late herald]

i can fix the small mask but not the big one

[north turret]

Look at bottom right

when you press on the other Mask

[late herald]

ur right i need the medium kit

[slow fox]

It still does nothing

Doesnt move the weapon away from the face

[vocal relic]

it doesn't work for all sights and 2D scopes

[slow fox]

ok

i basically just want to make the weapon look smaller when its in my hands not aiming

the scope takes up a lot of space and my eyes hurt

is there perhaps another setting that can address that?

[grave plover]

hud_fov

[jagged lance]

press b to lower your weapon?

[slow fox]

Pressing every time is too much

[bold aurora]

hud_fov 100

[north turret]

i subconciously press b lol

[slow fox]

That helped thanks

Idk what it is but it irritates my eyes when something dark is obstructing my view. Its fine on the k98 but the PU sight is too damn big on the sks

[vocal relic]

@slow fox oh you also have to press shift

[slow fox]

Yes i did

[vocal relic]

it work?

[desert robin]

Why does Librarian in CS base talk about a pseudodog? Theres none around?

[flat folio]

It runs between the canteen and its kennel, usually

[desert robin]

never seen it ever?

I have hundreds of hours in gamma too.

[royal oxide]

Is there a way to avoid radiation patches in early game? Even with Geiger counter in hand and set to environmental, it only shows radiation when you're actually getting radiated. Any tips on that?

[desert robin]

im like 10 hours in and still getting smashed by rads. Rads are actually deadly now, which is neat but kind of a pain. Just smokes and beers man..

On the plus it makes me actually need to USE smokes and beers now. Before they were just sellables. Batteries are still a joke though, so i doubled the drain and that offset it pretty nice and made them actually useful/valuable again.

[slow fox]

The change in rads made me get a proper head gear repaired. Army warehouses kicked my butt a few times just with radiation lol

[royal oxide]

Thanks, I thought maybe I'm missing something obvious here on how to avoid radiation

[desert robin]

before i never took rads seriously, now they keep me awake at night

[vocal relic]

is there a new rad overlay? I keep getting this weird texture that pops in and out

[edgy echo]

I believe DAO modified some values in postprocess.ltx

This grain fx is terrible lol

[vocal relic]

I'll make a post in feedback then

[slate goblet]

LOL! It's there in base Anomaly. I've mentioned this a few months ago. There's supposed to be a pseudodog in front of the Doctor's tunnel as well...but even that furball got removed

[late herald]

why i lose rep if who give me a quest die ?

[vocal relic]

you let down a dead person, even worse imo

[slow fox]

How can i open apartment 26 in pripyat?

I have a stash marked there which i want

The door is locked

I got streloks manuscript from outside, through the window

I worry the stash is inside the room

Is there a way to get on top of that hotel maybe? I think I checked but who knows

[void pagoda]

Can anyone think of a reason why there are 2 freedom members agro to me (as a Loner) in the base at Army Warehouse and all other freedom members are fine?

[slow fox]

Bounty hunters

[void pagoda]

I though Bounty Hunters don't trigger inside bases like Rostok and inside Army Warehouses

[slow fox]

They did for me

[void pagoda]

and as soon as I shoot them the whole freedom base agros

[desert robin]

Is Chimera growls ever getting removed?

[grave canopy]

what autumn texture mods are recommended

[bright seal]

I thought i seen it in the stall of the canteen next to the trader

Of the CS base

[willow hawk]

Think about why I'm not removing it

||cause all add-ons would have a different number afterwards||

[whole pewter]

There is a complicated answer to this in terms of Dos commands.
However, the TL;DR of it all is that singles should normally be used for something like this, not doubles. Most engine translators will change the doubles to singles for their own purposes anyway. You can see an example of this if you try and type a filepath with doubles into a post in a application like Discord. A copy paste of something you write in Notepad with doubles will appear in a post here with singles. This is because the "translator" in Discord in fact recognises those doubles in a path as singles anyway.

I'll post a second method with screenshots later in feedback or somewhere that should be much easier for people to do than modifying the ini files. It's basically the method that Grulag used. It also means not having to know the file path, or dealing with ""'s due to spaces, etc etc.

That way people will have 2 ways to do the same thing. 1 for people comfortable with ini file editing, path names, and how Dos shell arguments work (the method Falco cleared up) and 2 which will be a bit more point, click, enter less text and the same text for everyone regardless of paths.

I think you will find #2 to be much easier, but give me about an hour to do some RL stuff, take screenies, edit them with some scribble, & then post it up 🙂

P.S. The changing of size=10 to size=11 in the ini just formally changes the number of items that MO2 sees in the drop down box when you click on it with MO2 open. You had 10, then you added this new one, so it should go from 10 to 11. The ini file is created when you do the first install Gamma steps and make a portable instance, and that 10 and all the entries are as a result of MO2 "scanning" the game directory you specified for where the game "lives" 🙂
It's nothing more complicated than that. Anyway, I'll make an "easier" more foolproof guide with lots of screenies in a bit.

[ripe junco]

Is there a way to access hips hidden inventory? I don't think companion inventory unlock mod is working with hip.

She has this broken svt and an ak that I can't seem to get from her. She constantly tries to switch weapons during the fight.

[south dirge]

It may be that she acquired the SVT before becoming your companion, then you should go to MCM > companion inventory unlock, and disable the "only show items companion acquired while on your service"

[ripe junco]

Oh, I've never seen that option! Thank you!

[whole pewter]

@willow hawk Here is an easier way to disable Core 0 using MO2 without editing any files or knowing paths etc. I have put it into 5 easy slides. Feel free to add this as an alternate method in #old-framerate-optimisation if you wish 🙂

Oops, one sec need to remove black areas from shots

[torn sonnet]

just wondering, is there a way to get back the vanilla visuals for a few of the anomalies? the new vfx look great but i'm a sucker for the subtler vanilla look

[junior epoch]

My stalker has been awake for 72 hours or so and he's still not "Tired enough to sleep" lol

[warped ginkgo]

unticking cinematic vfx in the modlist should make them appear vanilla again i think

[bold aurora]

COCAINE

[junior epoch]

Idk if it's cause the caffine tabs and energy drinks.. orif the mods not working.. or he's randomly gonna die from sleep deprivation tbh

[bold aurora]

he's doing lines when you pause the game

[junior epoch]

lol

you... bud.. you don't snort the caffine tabs.. stop.. STOP

[whole pewter]

All slides. Instructions printed on them.

[junior epoch]

Ty this fixed my Issue

[torn sonnet]

aweseome ty. i figured it was cinematic vfx but i didn't see it in the modlist. does it also use hollywood vfx?

[junior epoch]

not really tho.. I needa get my guy to sleep pls help

[warped ginkgo]

did you try the sleeping pills?]

[junior epoch]

Oh fuck. :/

[whole pewter]

@brisk zinc Made an alternative method for you from this morning. Perhaps you could pin this if you want - see slides above.

[junior epoch]

WAIT THERES ACTUALLY COCAINE IN THE GAME

fuck.. i took like 6 sleeping pills and my guy is neither sick or tired. I think I got a cursed stalker. LMAO

[bold aurora]

definitely bugged, one should do the trick

guess you don't have to worry about sleep

[junior epoch]

Ayy.... Late night parties with the mutatants.. forever... Woooo

[brisk zinc]

Yes, thank you for your contribution ❤️

[whole pewter]

no probs. It was early morning for me, half asleep, and I probably confused a bunch of people myself included 🙂

[vital wave]

Did the last update with DAO include a Chemical Resist change?

[willow hawk]

No it's not supposed to . Let me see

[vital wave]

@willow hawk Looks like the same thing is happening to helmets too, including those with chem resist upgrades

[viral stone]

did i misread something somewhere or can you "install" upgrades in your backpacks? i cannot quite remember

like aluminium frame

[fleet grail]

Far as i know, not in gamma. efp yes.

[graceful iron]

you changed the sleep deprivation settings? also if even with sleeping pills you cant sleep you definitely broke something

[fleet grail]

Is there a way to save mod keybinds and mod settings so i dont have to setup mag and zoom keys everytime after updating mods?

[brisk zinc]

I need to make a pinned thing of this

I will, but first, I'll answer you

[vital wave]

Rename your GAMMA MCM options mod and use that instead of the updated mod

[brisk zinc]

Thank you Shifty

Also, when you want to do a "complete installation", you need to save your user.ltx if you made any change

Because that file IIRC contains the "normal options" things, like mouse sensitivity, video, audio, etc., while the MCM mod only contain the "mod options""

[vital wave]

user.ltx are your normal settings (video, audio, keybinds, etc)

[fleet grail]

So, can we ignore the "path too long" errors if powershell=1 before starting the installation?

[brisk zinc]

TROUBLESHOOTING FOR THE 0 CORE THING because I don't have Nitro so I need to do another message and pin it (seriously Discord?):

The whole guide didn't work for you? Try one/all this:

• Instead of double \\ in your path, change them to a single \. You only need to change the \\ in your path, don't change anything else.
  For example, this is with my path: E:\Anomaly-1.5.1\bin\AnomalyDX11AVX.exe

• You should have in your drop down menu a "CMD (STALKER GAMMA DX11AVX)" thing by now.
  Click the Green and blue tools inside MO2 (see pic for reference), go to the CMD (STALKER GAMMA DX11AVX) and add " in front of AND after your Root Anomaly folder's name, if it has a space. This is because it appears that the .ini gets overwrite every time, but if you change it, it will stay.

[brisk zinc]

Did you start the installer with admin rights?

[fleet grail]

Forgot.

[brisk zinc]

💀
Try it and let me know

[fleet grail]

Nope

Still same errors

[brisk zinc]

Okay, it probably is just one specific mod that don't like the thing, don't worry

Do the installation anyway

inb4 okay_cat129 barge in saying "no Falco it can't be you stoopid"

[vital wave]

Is this a fresh install or updating?

[fleet grail]

Update.

[brisk zinc]

So just the GAMMA things

[fleet grail]

"cannot find path"

90001 times on cmd

[brisk zinc]

Trying it right now just to check

[graceful iron]

i think its not just one mod that gets this error idk if we should just ignore it or if we have to go back to deleting mods folder

[brisk zinc]

Well @fleet grail

At this point you can be our sacrificial lamb

[fleet grail]

pls no

brand new m2 ssd

[brisk zinc]

Jokes aside, I'm not getting the error, like ever

[graceful iron]

dont spam installation or moddb will put you on bad list though

[brisk zinc]

Just because it's a hassle do the right click>admin everytime, I've directly put "start with admin" in properties

And it work

[fleet grail]

Windows 11 "start with admin" is somwhere i cannot find it

[graceful iron]

without deleting mods folder? it does not give any errors ?

[brisk zinc]

Nope, nothing

[graceful iron]

windows 11

[brisk zinc]

Windows 11

[fleet grail]

Windows 11 Pro "HP proprietary Edition, now with 10Gb more bloatware"

Expression : I
Function : CInifile::Load::<lambda_09b1998f39da0b770d173ef2710f9a54>::()::<lambda_1f1cfbb500e08f480d4770e069203744>::operator ()
File : Xr_ini.cpp
Line : 312
Description : Can't find include file:
Arguments : sound_layers\wpn_AR_sounds.ltx

stack trace:

Game doesnt even launch

[brisk zinc]

Still downloading btw, what the hell did Grok put inside that .zip, bricks?

[brisk zinc]

How many mods do you have?

[fleet grail]

275, same as i've always had

[graceful iron]

missing mod files

[brisk zinc]

275 mods tho 👀

[graceful iron]

even if the mod is installed, its missing files

with that specific error

wait let me get the mod first

https://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomaly/addons/blindsides-weapon-reanimation-and-rebalance-jsrs-patch usually its this mod causing the error, download it manually and put it in downloads

[fleet grail]

I have that file in downloads

it just didint extract it

[graceful iron]

whats the size?

[fleet grail]

6,559kt

kb*

Wait, i have 2 installers.

[brisk zinc]

This is in "mods" files

[brisk zinc]

Going to do a complete installation brb

[fleet grail]

I'll do the following now;

1. Delete /mods
2. Launch G.A.M.M.A._Installer (As admin)
3. Tick Powershell, Close and restart PC
4. Launch G.A.M.M.A._Installer (As admin)
5. Tick Powershell again 'cause fricking why not?
6. Complete install

[brisk zinc]

I don't see why you need to restart your PC but okay I guess?

[graceful iron]

make sure you are using the 3.2 installer and i suggest you wait before reinstalling again cuz moddb exists

[graceful iron]

dont tell me you were using the 3.1 ?

[fleet grail]

No, i was just about to ask should i use 3.1

[graceful iron]

no

[brisk zinc]

No delete it

Literally

[fleet grail]

Mods folder was only 4 Gb

[brisk zinc]

Hmmm

[graceful iron]

i think falco has more because of older mods versions ?

so it should be fine

[brisk zinc]

Okay I got the problem as well

Trying to understand what mod is the problem

[fleet grail]

summon Grok

[brisk zinc]

The bigger problem is that it doesn't say what mod is

Opening the game, let's see

I'm in

@willow hawk doing a complete installation bring this, I don't know what mod could be

The game works, I have 274 mods

[fleet grail]

[willow hawk]

Scopes extravaganza

[brisk zinc]

@fleet grail check that mod I guess?

[fleet grail]

Which one?

Im doing complete install again, for the 5th time

[brisk zinc]

@willow hawk which one?

[willow hawk]

100

[willow hawk]

But why

[brisk zinc]

@fleet grail try 100

[brisk zinc]

Because he can't start the game

He also have that problem

We seriously don't know why

[willow hawk]

What's the crash ?

[brisk zinc]

@willow hawk should be this

[fleet grail]

Whats dl.html ?

[willow hawk]

How many add-ons / red crosses @fleet grail

[brisk zinc]

Probably blocked... check Moddb

[willow hawk]

Of course after 5 install you are flagged as a bot

[fleet grail]

[willow hawk]

As written in #old-how-to

[fleet grail]

But i have the mods in /downloads

Your .exe is too dumb not to just extract

[willow hawk]

[fleet grail]

[willow hawk]

It works perfectly fine

[graceful iron]

i literally said, wait and dont install again

but no one listens

[fleet grail]

So, am i gonna play vanilla Anomaly for.. 37 minutes now?

[brisk zinc]

This if Moddb doesn't go back in time

Try to NOT check frequently

You saw 37 minutes, okay, don't check anymore

[fleet grail]

can i swap to my phone's 5G mobile and skip the wait

[willow hawk]

Download this and use the VPN in #old-only-installer-support

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1dvDxeCfz8pM23BzqForKhsrKtpTVOHNb?usp=sharing

Or use another internet connection yes

[brisk zinc]

It could be a good workaround if it works, since you don't need to download anything, this of course if you already have the whole "downloads" folder

[willow hawk]

After you have downloaded the archive just put the mods zip in GAMMA RC3 downloads

If you are sure you don't need to download anything in terms of add-ons, then yes simply use your 5g and do a complete install

[fleet grail]

We dont have limits on our mobile internet plans here

Should i delete /downloads just to be sure?

[brisk zinc]

Where? Time to move there

[fleet grail]

West Mongolia (Finland)

[brisk zinc]

If you download the whole archive you can just put it in there

It will ask you to replace it

[graceful iron]

dont, never delete that

[brisk zinc]

https://tenor.com/view/the-office-michael-scott-dont-you-dare-gif-21943972

[fleet grail]

Done it twice today

[graceful iron]

moddb really hates fast connections, having a slow connection actually saves you from moddb blocks slow internet for the win (as long as the slow connection is stable)

using a fast connection once every hour or 2 is fine for them, but more than that and you are a bot

[fleet grail]

Installer needs a button "Check if band from Moddb"

½ way installed and 0 errors.

Guess its solved

[graceful iron]

"check if you are a bot" button "how many times have you attempted to install gamma within the past hour" "5" "you are 99.9% a bot"

[tribal estuary]

Add a "Check if band from Moddb" button as a captcha

[fleet grail]

Aight game works now

[graceful iron]

check if artefacts still reset

[junior epoch]

day 13 without sleep. my stalker is stronger then your stalker - rest if for the weak.

[fleet grail]

Tested, doesnt reset now.

[graceful iron]

why are you putting this in #🔨base-gamma-support ? also as i told you, you either changed the sleep deprivation settings in game or broke something in the mods that edit sleep

[fleet grail]

Too bad i already lost my 90ish Firefly

[graceful iron]

#old-how-to

[tribal plover]

Ok, a few stupid questions if i may:

1. Artifacts and their condition. Saw something about "empowering them", not sure how. Any tips?
2. For some reason there are little to no BGM and ambient sounds. What affects it? May i just slap BGM pack on top of GAMMA?
3. How do i enable dead body icons on minimap (like in original stalkers)? I swear there was an option, can't find it now for some reason. Sorry & thanks.

[junior epoch]

is this mod thinking of adding a Overdose feature? For realism

I just noticed you can take like 4 morphine back to back and it just makes you a lil woozy or tired \

[brisk zinc]

1. Artefact Melter™️
2. You mean music? Check in options, if you mean sounds, go for it
3. 169 in mod loader

[graceful iron]

1. #│📚manual artefact melter, artefacts reinvention
2. most ambient sounds are disabled by soundscape overhaul since they are kind of annoying and have sounds like zombies and dogs that dont actually exist so its just (scare factor) or something
3. disable 169

[brisk zinc]

You both need to step up your answering game

[tribal plover]

^

Thanks though

Gotta fiddle a little. Can't have my game quiet, i need annoying sounds in background.

[brisk zinc]

Literally the only server where people fight to answer...

[fleet grail]

how about play and try to be helpful on 2nd monitor

[graceful iron]

haha funny if you want help with a changed and gutted gamma mod list please go to #🔨modded-gamma-support otherwise if you have a base gamma mod list feel free to ask for help

[brisk zinc]

@tribal plover speaking of "sound", I think it's sounds, GAMMA already have something about it like Soundscape Overhaul and Horror Overhaul, check in the first separator in the mod list "1- Audio" for more, to also have an idea of what's already in

[fleet grail]

Did 9x21 get nerfed?

[graceful iron]

a bit yes

[fleet grail]

"abit" its onpar with 9x19 ap

[graceful iron]

its supposed to be just a more powerful 9mm AP whats the exact AP value now?

[fleet grail]

0.38, same as 9x19 AP

[junior epoch]

Here's a serious question - so - in the game there is a few armors that reference a faction called "Final day" but i've never heard of them outside the reference to the Armor/Helmets. was that faction going to be modded in at any point?

[graceful iron]

it has to do with stalker story/lore

you can look up the faction i guess, never know if someone made a mod on moddb about it

[junior epoch]

Yeah it was referenced in SOC I didn't know if there were plans to actually add members of the faction - Just thought of it because a helmet I came across

[fleet grail]

its cut content if i remember correctly

[tropic orbit]

Newbie question. Will moving my Anomaly save to Gamma read it properly and unlock the 3 factions for me on a new game in gamma?

or do I have to redo the quests

[fleet grail]

they're unlocked by default? atleast for me they are.

[tropic orbit]

sin renegade and unisg?

[fleet grail]

Mhm

[graceful iron]

you can just type the faction names in the starting menu to unlock them

[fleet grail]

Also, anomaly's bypass type-im men-

[graceful iron]

no

[tropic orbit]

ah yeah I'm aware of the type in code

I just wanted the achievement done so I get them permanently

[graceful iron]

i have no idea if putting a save in like that works, but you definitely wont be able to launch the saves if they were vanilla or other mods

[graceful iron]

#📢development i guess put your thoughts in #old-feedback-suggestions

[tropic orbit]

I think not being able to launch the save is fine. I think ive done most of the things I can do in vanilla anomaly

hopefully gamma is potato friendly with new guns

BaS always caused issues for me for whatever reason

even on a fresh install

[vocal relic]

Is there any link to the soundtrack for this modpack?

[fleet grail]

@graceful iron why inventory scroll really slow after update

[graceful iron]

tf ?

[graceful iron]

#old-framerate-optimisation especially the core0 affinity for stutters and check the pinned messages here

[brisk zinc]

I think I know what you're saying

It's a thing that has been there from the very beginning, sometimes it get stuck

[tropic orbit]

ohh I will try that right now

I always thought the stutters were because of this toaster I'm running the game on lmao

[graceful iron]

@junior epoch you can stop the reaction spam now please, thanks

[fleet grail]

i7-11700K RTX3080 = 47-65fps depends how many bandits try to steal my mosin

[brisk zinc]

Ryzen 7 3700X RTX3070 = almost like you

It's an old game of a mod based on a modpack from a mod from a game etc. filled with 275 mods, it's normal at this point

[tropic orbit]

i get a solid 30 on a laptop

with the occasional stutter lmao

[junior epoch]

65fps on a 3080 and i7? I got a i7 with a 2060 nearly maxed with shaders and I jump between 138 - 112

qwat

[brisk zinc]

Maxed what exactly?

[fleet grail]

Might be geforce doing some stupid stuff

[junior epoch]

everything but view distance and the filtering

[graceful iron]

dlss maybe?

[junior epoch]

and SSAO

[brisk zinc]

V-sync fucking with us?

[junior epoch]

I turn V sync off

[fleet grail]

Nah aint got vsync on.

[brisk zinc]

I mean G-SYNC

[tropic orbit]

could be old game new gfx card not optimized for each other type of thing as well

[fleet grail]

Playing on 2560x1440 tho

[brisk zinc]

Obviously, me too

[graceful iron]

could be resolution

[junior epoch]

Oh, that might be different I am on 1920-1080

Many less pixel

[bright seal]

I've got a question about the 0 affinity tweak. Do I need to now load with the 'STALKER GAMMA DX11AVX'?

Since I've done the tweak

[fleet grail]

Atleast i get 1900 fps on loading screens

[brisk zinc]

Yes

[junior epoch]

LETS GOOOOO

[graceful iron]

yes just launch that

[bright seal]

I thought so but wanted to confirm

[junior epoch]

This is my favorite channel but I must go before I get put in time out 😢

[fleet grail]

I cant use Core 0 tweak since MO2 still thinks my anomaly is on my desktop

Can i safely reinstall mo2?

[graceful iron]

wait, you have mo2 installed ?

[brisk zinc]

I suggest you to uninstall MO2 and make it portable

[fleet grail]

I have it installed, and i have it portable too.

One for desktop one for C: root

[brisk zinc]

Don't know boss

I think that's a problem right there

[graceful iron]

portable instance, never install mo2

[brisk zinc]

We always recommend to NOT have MO2 installed because it can bring issues

[fleet grail]

how to delet portable and make new

[brisk zinc]

Literally uninstall it

[graceful iron]

go to settings and uninstall mo2

then open the mo2 exe in gammaRC3 and set up directories there

[fleet grail]

what settings?

Windows? MO2?

[graceful iron]

windows settings win 11 dont have that?

[fleet grail]

Win 11 is so poop its buried somewhere

[graceful iron]

why is win 11 a downgrade and why is everyone installing it

[tropic orbit]

probably installed itself overnight lmao

[fleet grail]

theres no mo2 installed

[graceful iron]

then you didnt install it, you are fine

close call... would have probably needed to install again and at this point i am too scared to tell you to do it again

if it works, dont fix it at this point

[tropic orbit]

btw is dx11 recommended even if the machine isnt exactly a modern machine

ive been running on anomaly in dx8

[graceful iron]

you can try dx10 for better stability i think

[fleet grail]

0 core instant +20fps

[graceful iron]

along with the framerate opti settings

[tropic orbit]

0 core works on dx10 too? neat

[graceful iron]

yes, it works on most programs, its a windows/task manager feature

[tribal estuary]

@fleet grail You should be able to change the location of anomaly through the MO2 settings

[tropic orbit]

that nice, I didnt know that

[fleet grail]

Nvm 0 core makes game stutter hard when taking mags out of suit, opening stash etc.

[graceful iron]

are you sure thats what causing it

[fleet grail]

Yes

[graceful iron]

did you try with core0 enabled ?

[fleet grail]

No wait, its the mod sorting my massive stash

nvm

[graceful iron]

why

[tropic orbit]

lmao

[fleet grail]

It refreshes the inventories when adding/removing a mag from suit

[tropic orbit]

are you perhaps

a massive hoarder

[fleet grail]

Yes.

This is going to sound funny, but has anyone noticed that Higher fps = faster game and animations? i.e same as Fallout 4 and 76?
When reloading, the animation finishes faster, higher the fps at the current time (noticeable animation end - "click" when i.e reload finishes)

[delicate zenith]

Is the tactical kit for this sold by WP factions or is it something the monolith trader sells specifically?

[fleet grail]

You can get it at the boat (if trader mod enabled? maybe?)

[graceful iron]

nimble sells it but its NATO factions that have it, at least clear sky i seen it with

[delicate zenith]

gotcha

[warm reef]

I'm getting warnings that a bounty squad(soldiers I guess) is coming to get me. If I wait for them at Cordon farm, will they eventually come or will they only spawn and attack me after I’ve moved to another area(garbage, swamp..) ?

[graceful iron]

they will reach you, eventually

[soft leaf]

bounty squads has code that prevents the hitmen going to your location if you're surrounded by allies

[graceful iron]

ofc if you are in a friendly base they wont attack

[soft leaf]

but yeah, as soon as you get away from friendlies get ready

[warm reef]

Ok thx, I'll wait for them at the outpost then

[latent otter]

Does anybody know where ZCP settings data is stored ? It's kinda grating to have to set everything back up after every little update

[graceful iron]

literally

[brisk zinc]

Yeah I really need to make that FAQ

[fleet grail]

Grok need to make launcher installer button to backup and restore

[graceful iron]

what?

all you have to do is rename the mod, and you can backup your user ltx easily, why make it harder by making buttons

[fleet grail]

makes grok appear more professional

[vocal relic]

will this also backup settings and keybinds? not MCM related

[graceful iron]

only mcm, you can backup user ltx in anomaly/appdata to keep the game settings

[vocal relic]

ty, always so helpful

[brisk zinc]

BACKING UP KEYBINDS, SETTINGS/MOD SETTINGS, ETC.

Problem:
"My user settings/my mod settings are constantly reset everytime I update/do something, what can I do about it?"

Solution:
Concerning user settings like keybinds or settings (duh), you can backup your user.ltx file that you can find in your Anomaly/appdata folder.
When you want to update or you need to perform a clean installation, just take out the file and put it back in when you're done.

Concerning mod settings, you simply need to renominate a mod called "G.A.M.M.A. MCM values - Rename to keep your personal changes". You just need to remove "- Rename to keep your personal changes".
So now your mode will be called "G.A.M.M.A. MCM values.
Next time you'll update or perform a clean install, you'll find two mods: the one you renominate and the old one. Keep your renominated mod and delete the other.

[brisk zinc]

Another problem solved by just saying "check pins"

[vocal relic]

I think having an option to not overwrite user.itx would be good to have in the installer

[slow topaz]

I have a question about this
what do I do to get my downloads folder back in place? Just Overwrite it?

[quick fable]

Could someone give me a basic breakdown of how to fix a weapon from broken parts, what to use for what? It's been a little while since I did it, and with the overhaul i can't remember how it all works 😂

For example what weapon repair kits I need to use etc

[graceful iron]

simplest way to repair a gun is by right click maintain when you have the repair kit in your inventory, you can replace each part and it will consume a use from the repair kit and you can check what repair kit a gun needs by right click details on the gun
there is also the option to find each part and replace it on the field by drag and dropping it on the gun but the gun has to be clean (in a high overall condition) and replacing this way reduces overall gun condition slowly with each part but is best used early game when you dont have the toolkits to craft or buy repair kits
third way is to craft/buy the repair kit but also get the parts for the gun, open a crafting menu (you can use the toolkits to do this by right click open crafting) and replacing parts in, this wont consume uses on the repair kit so its a bit more cost effective

ramrods, files and multitools are needed to repair the parts you have but can only repair parts on 60% and higher condition, there is a part repair kit that is sold by mechanics after you deliver the advanced toolkit to them that can repair parts on 10% and higher

i think it works but no, you install any mod by using the mo2 install feature, never put mods in the root anomaly folder thats used for gamma

the mod needs to be in zip file format for mo2 to recognize it

[fringe radish]

I finally loaded in, but aren't UNISG supposed to be hostile to CS?

[graceful iron]

wait what? you did a reinstall ? you can just move the downloads folder back into gammaRC3 and if it askes click replace

[graceful iron]

they should be hostile

[slow topaz]

ah alright

and no i didnt reinstall yet

[fringe radish]

I got fast traveled right in to the middle of their camp in Radar.

[graceful iron]

you dont have to reinstall

[slow topaz]

so this is the folder that should be deleted?

[graceful iron]

start from here, you dont have to reinstall anything

[slow topaz]

Ik, I just made a downloads backup

[slow topaz]

oke

[quick fable]

Brilliant, thanks! Definetely a little different to vanilla anomaly then

[graceful iron]

WPO its somewhat complicated at first but its kind of fun to have a few more things to fix in a gun than just one big condition bar

and its not hard once you get used to it

[quick fable]

Oh yeah for sure. Glad I know about the no repairs on parts under 60% thing, that's what's stumped me I think, been trying to repair parts that are like 20% with the file etc

[slow topaz]

I think this might not work in my case
because my dumbass made the path too long

[graceful iron]

also before i forget, you can maintain the gun in the long run by having a cleaning kit on you when going out, right click and maintain > clean part when they start becoming dirty

[graceful iron]

how? thats not too long it should work

put "anomaly(with game files)" in " marks

same for "STALKER GAMMA"

[slow topaz]

yea but it'll be E:\STALKER GAMMA\Anomaly (with game files)\bin\AnomalyDX11AVX
I'm concerned it won't work

[graceful iron]

it works, just try it

and use the " for any folder names with spaces like what i showed you above

[slow topaz]

what do you mean

each space i put ''?

[graceful iron]

so it will be E:\"STALKER GAMMA"\"Anomaly(with game files)"\bin\AnomalyDX11AVX

wait...

[slow topaz]

oh

[graceful iron]

ok i think that should be it

[slow topaz]

for some reason discord doesn't let me put \ \ together

[graceful iron]

yes i was wondering why it deleted mine as well

[bright seal]

So when will the new dynamic anomalies spawn on an existing save?

[soft leaf]

most likely after an emission

[quick fable]

Just tried dragging a better part onto a weapon around the 20% condition Mark, and it said the weapon is too rusty to dismantle in field. What's the threshold?

[graceful iron]

best thing to do is to pay a mechanic to clean the gun, not sure whats the exact condition it needs to be

unless you have a tool that can clean the gun at that condition but i dont think there is a tool that can clean guns on 20% other than the actual repair kit

[soft leaf]

the threshold is ~26%

[quick fable]

Ah, I'll have to find myself a toolkit, I remember being able to build some right grotty weapons from that as long as I repaired all the parts

[soft leaf]

i'm 100% certain that i tried to replace parts on a 25% gun and it didn't let me

[soft leaf]

just pray the gun has a dirty piece, so you can clean it with a cheap cleaning kit

cleaning parts boosts the condition like >10% usually

[graceful iron]

it does, so thats one way to get the overall condition up if you have a cleaning kit and one of the parts needs cleaning

you cant replace barrels on the field, so either try to find a gun with a good or dirty barrel condition since that can be cleaned easily or use a repair kit

damaged barrels reduce gun damage and AP power of the shots from it by large amounts so its not worth using a damaged barrel

[soft leaf]

getting the barrel dirty on a drop is a godsend

[quick fable]

Hmm, okay, so, I need to change my approach, I've found near wrecks that in vanilla I usually expect to polish them up. But yeah, now it seems like I need to be a little more selective. I understand now when grok says expect to have your first weapon set for a while

[slow topaz]

welp I think I did everything right but when I try to launch it it just closes right away

[wise sparrow]

since it's using cmd.exe it's not going to show any errors if there's something wrong with the syntax. just post what you have on your argument line there's likely an error in it somewhere

[slow topaz]

where do i find the argument

the .ini file?

[wise sparrow]

yeah or just click the green and blue gears in MO2 to modify them with the MO2 GUI

[slow topaz]

so what do i change here?

[wise sparrow]

that bit at the end needs to point to where your anomalydx11avx.exe is

if theres a space in any of the folder names you need to put quotation marks around the name of the folder

ill post an example 1 sec

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/922555488665743391/971253695608148008/Screenshot_2022-05-03_233245.png

[slow topaz]

oh oke

no spaces, only the '' at the beginning and end of the folder names?

[wise sparrow]

yes but it's only needed if there is a space in the folder name like the example above

[slow topaz]

ah got it
it's because my games folder is named STALKER GAMMA and my gamma RC3 is named Anomaly (with game files) - exactly like this

[graceful iron]

i literally told you to do that

[slow topaz]

it's because I can't open the game

[graceful iron]

does it work now?

[slow topaz]

i thought i typed this thing right

[slow topaz]

no

[wise sparrow]

if you try to edit that file with MO2 open it will revert the change when you close MO2

so just make the edit in MO2 itself or edit the file while MO2 is closed

[slow topaz]

I edited through notepad

and saved it

or should i rename my anomaly files folder to something simpler and shorter?

[wise sparrow]

that would work as well just make sure you update the paths in MO2

[slow topaz]

oke

[wise sparrow]

you should just need to update the managed game path in the paths tab but I've never done it so I don't know for sure

[slow topaz]

Still doesn’t work

It keeps closing

the pathing is right and I checked it twice

[wise sparrow]

just post your ini and i'll modify it

[slow topaz]

oke

btw I changed the anomaly files folder to Gamma RC3 so maybe that can cause problems because some lines are unchanged?

[wise sparrow]

you'll have to change the other paths like for the launcher if you want to use it but the one you have set for the cmd launcher for core affintiy is correct

bruh do you know what a quotation mark is you used double apostrophes

[slow topaz]

Oh...

that

[slow topaz]

I thought they were the same

LMFAO

[wise sparrow]

cmd.exe is using technology from the 90s it cares a lot

[slow topaz]

oh

so i just overwrite?

[wise sparrow]

yeah it's the same file i just replaced the double apostrophes with quotation marks

[slow topaz]

aight

[wise sparrow]

you'll need to update the path for the launcher if you want to use it through MO2 though

by clicking the green and blue gears and then just set the correct paths (binary/start in) for anomaly launcher

[slow topaz]

Just did it

it finally opened

and core 0 is off

[lucid river]

I have played GAMMA a lot and I have amazing time playing it, great Stalker experience indeed. I used to have 240+ mods activated and the game was pretty stable, no issues. After some time I have UPDATED the GAMMA mod and I have noticed now I have only 80 mods active. The whole mod folder is a mess (before it was all in order from 1 to 300 or so). Now, I am totally lost which mods should be on and which should be off. Do I have to place them in the order as before (1 to 300). Is there any link how the latest version/s should be organized? Right now I cannot even launch the game, getting lot of errors. I appreciate any help. Thanks

[graceful iron]

only 80 mods enabled ? when was the last time you did a complete installation ?

[slow topaz]

just a small question
was ingame zooming removed?

[graceful iron]

and what is the version of the installer you are using ? the latest one should be 3.2

[graceful iron]

no, make sure to rebind it in the mcm

[slow topaz]

Ah ok

[graceful iron]

you can first try #│🔧troubleshooting scrambled load order, but i think you might be missing a few mods and moddb probably flagged you when you tried to install

#│🔧troubleshooting message

[lucid river]

those 80 mods were activated by itself after the update... I see that my organizer is 2.4.4

[graceful iron]

you installed mo2 ? it should be 2.4.2 and a portable instance

there is a mo2 exe in gammaRC3 so you dont need to install or update mod organizer

make sure to uninstall mo2 in the windows settings, then launch the exe in gammaRC3 and set the directories/paths

the installer will show this when opening mo2

[lucid river]

ok, i will try that

[slow topaz]

I can’t find it in mcm

[graceful iron]

click on the first tab and click all keybinds

it does not have its own tab

[slow topaz]

ok ok found it, it’s right now

[graceful iron]

change any keybinds that are in red since it means they are conflicting with some other keybind either in the game settings or the mcm

[calm tangle]

How can I make the ground more bright? It gets really dark when it rains, and I can barely make anything out on my screen.

It doesn't make sense that the sky is bright as hell, and yet the ground is dark. especially at 11AM in-game.

[wise sparrow]

I believe it's an issue with that specific weather and the new screen space shaders but it shouldn't be that dark. I've seen this question a couple of times but never a definitive answer. You could try deleting the shaders_cache folder in your anomaly1.5.1/appdata folder and then launching the game again to see if that resolves the issue.

[calm tangle]

I'll try that. What I believe it is, is the Dynamic Tonemap mod, and its adjusting the r2_sun hemi value

to something really low, causing it to be super dark.

[graceful iron]

you can change the minimum of that in the mcm

see if that changes anything as well

[wise sparrow]

yeah good to know. It is a bit dark in some weathers so I'll have to make some adjustments and test it out later when I have time.

[calm tangle]

Lol. I delete shaders, but I can't check because ofc, when I load the save, it decides to stop the rain.

[graceful iron]

anomaly's weather is something else

[brisk zinc]

MO2 it's 2.4.4 now, no harm in updating it

[graceful iron]

updating installs mo2

u is very smort

[brisk zinc]

So? It isn't a problem

My working GAMMA game confirms it

[graceful iron]

[brisk zinc]

Yes it install a MO2 thing in one folder but that's it

[graceful iron]

what are you doing falco? trying to make me go cry in a corner ?

[brisk zinc]

I'm serious, it's not a problem

[graceful iron]

seriously grok said never install or update mo2

[brisk zinc]

Update as well? Really?

That's new for me

You can install it btw

You don't need to create a global thing

Apart from that, you can, you just need to make portable things

[graceful iron]

i know that, but it can get in the way when doing another mo2 install, it tells you that you already have another portable one

it can break some stuff later, how do you preach something you dont do

[brisk zinc]

I've asked him one time and he said it was okay to do more portable things
Because if you want to play another game that uses MO2, you can do that, as long as everything is portable

[wise sparrow]

you can edit the weather in debug mode

[slow topaz]

Is the no grass addon still compatible?

[calm tangle]

F, Invictus run

can't debug

[wise sparrow]

F

[old nexus]

I accidentally enabled the compass a while ago; how do I re-enable the minimap? I can't find the setting ;_;

[vapid dirge]

should be /

pr ?

[brisk zinc]

So you basically enabled the compass mod?

[old nexus]

yes

[brisk zinc]

You need to disable it then

[old nexus]

Do you remember how's it called?

oh

derp

thank you

[vapid dirge]

my brain does not want to work today

i dont recall recentdirectories being so far down

I feel something got jumbled

[brisk zinc]

Yeah

[vapid dirge]

RC3 Delete I reckon?

[brisk zinc]

This is my thing if you want to try it

It's on 2.4.4 tho, I don't know if that can do something

[graceful iron]

i dont think thats a good idea, also the 2.4.4

why no one listen to cat ?

[brisk zinc]

Because the portable instance is fine

Even Grok said it's fine...

[vapid dirge]

I did listen cat

[graceful iron]

did you change the paths back?

[vapid dirge]

yeah, now the ini is all sorts of out of order

well, it was before I changed it back and remained

[ember mountain]

game freeze then crash after playing 30 min or so

jhappened to me 3 times

using amd gpu

[vapid dirge]

just gonna do a side by side comparison to see the orders of things