🔨base-gamma-support

[gusty kiln]

Is there a way to enable Fast Travel when you're grossly overweight, or is the only option using Godmode and paying a Guide for transportation?

I also noticed that early in my playthrough, all the guns were empty, so I didn't need to Unload them every time I looted someone, which was great. However, now most guns have ammo on them and can be Unloaded. Did something go wrong along the way, or is this the intended behavior?

[brisk zinc]

Check in Settings

[brisk zinc]

Technically you shouldn't find guns with ammo in them

[gusty kiln]

My bad, it was an option on Anomaly's settings, not on MCM. Thanks for that. And yeah, basically all guns used by the dead stalker has ammo on them. Only the ones they looted from someone else are empty

[willow hawk]

You can fast travel to your stashes when overweight

This allows to easily move all your stuff from one stash to another

[gusty kiln]

Only thing I changed related to ammo was the MCM option on Drop Condition > Ammo, I set the Amount to 4 instead of 1

[gusty kiln]

That's exactly what I wanted it for. Doing multiple runs just to move a Stash is suffering.

[willow hawk]

Yep. It's already in gamma by default

I was searching for a way to move a stash and this was the best solution I found

[gusty kiln]

By the way, is it an engine limitation that guns that have dual sights (scope + sidesight) can't use variable zoom on scopes that allow it?

[brisk zinc]

#updated-mods-in-gamma message
@north turret use the correct channel please

[willow hawk]

Yes

I would like to edit the engine to fix that but I don't know where to look at atm

[gusty kiln]

I see, thanks. A pity, since some of those guns look pretty nice

[willow hawk]

Well they are still usable

[heady field]

Hi. As a loner. Im missing trader NPC in Yantar. He is called Spirit. I havent been in Yantar yet hes still not at his cooking station. Is it possible he got killed somehow even when I havent been at Yantar map? If yes can I teleport to his body (cant find his body either even) with some command? One way or another I will be forced to use debug menu for first time and spawn him :(. I have so much vodka for him

[stable stag]

He will sometimes move inside the bunker (during the night?) So worth checking there

[heady field]

Sadly sowhere near bunker like not in bunker. I dont even see his 'fork and knife' icon on minimap/pda

[timid jewel]

Could someoen tell me where the "Tunnel Entrance" is? I've looked for 30 minutes all around the base and haven't found it

[simple cipher]

i have an RF stash located in the southwestern area of the great swamps, should i also search in the CS base?

[mystic oar]

Does the beeping become more frequent when you're in the CS base? If not, then don't search there

[north turret]

its in that tunnels end

anyone know how to fix this? it shows description of item from inventory and i cant click on anything in crafting menu

[brisk zinc]

!tooltip

[raw raft]

If the tooltip is stuck in the crafting menu:

1. #╭📖faq message
2. #╭📖faq message

[timid jewel]

yes but where's the Tunnel

[north turret]

go inside the base and in building next to cursor is ladder to the tunnel

its that long tunnel above ground

[timid jewel]

I've been there

[north turret]

in that tunnel end? with flying fire ball back and forth?

[timid jewel]

Yeah

I only saw the orange effect but not the item itself

I died, came back and it was there now

Still though, thanks for the confirmation

[simple cipher]

do companions have infinite ammo? if i give them a good weapon will they shoot indefinetly? does it degrade when they shoot?

[timid jewel]

It does degrade I think

[covert tide]

guys, where is the file responsible for the armor parameters ?

I can't find him

[timid jewel]

I can't seem to be able to open this, the map says stash should be in it

[south jungle]

Yes, yes and yes. Do note that the companions usually will choose out of their inventory the weapon with the highest monetary value of them all.

[simple cipher]

lol, that means my weapon is toast

[south jungle]

@timid jewel IIRC this entire "can" should be a stash box. Might have a weird hitbox for interaction

[south jungle]

Access the inventory of said companion and check

Companions always own one weapon of their own that you can't access from the inventory exchange so you can take all weapons away from them and they'll still have some shooter

[simple cipher]

thanks, figured as such

[scarlet ember]

but do they do more damage with a good weapon? like is it affected by barrel condition as PC weapon is?

[humble dagger]

When I put the "tuning kit" m700 to 388. Game crashes.

I tried difrent ways to put the kit on but always the same resul.

other tuning kits are working.

[north turret]

Does anyone have a problem with upgrading binoculars?

When I open Toolkit, go on upgrades, click on the binoculars, the game would crash if my mouse hovers over the tools I need for the upgrade

Pretty weird bug

[meager cradle]

Does anyone know where this stash in Rostock is? It's not the obvious box behind Voronin.

[north turret]

i think its hit box is messed up and its under table

[meager cradle]

Yep. Hitbox behaves like the box lies under the table. Thank you!

[austere crypt]

Where should I look for expert tools ?

[mystic oar]

Red forest and up

The further north you go, higher the chances of finding one

[austere crypt]

Okay Thank You

[mystic oar]

[fresh carbon]

anyone know how i can make enemy shots more visible ? i got tracers on but i can barely see any shot at all

[mystic oar]

#🖇old-mods-posting message

[fresh carbon]

uuuh nice

do i just extract it into the mod folder?

[mystic oar]

@soft leaf How did you force tracers on every shot? Is it with this add-on you posted?

[soft leaf]

yeah, it's a quick dltx thing i threw together, should work even if grok updates boobs

just try to load it last

[elder rain]

So I am not sure. I did post about that before and the mutant factor fo my stalker game is 0.25, but since the last update I did am I just getting swarmed by them.

I just had to fight off 1 chimera, 5 dogs, and 2 fractures. All quite close to each other.

[soft leaf]

zcp can give you super bad squads as it can give you one-mutant squads

i lost a run the other day to a 6 boar squad

[elder rain]

Its been nothing but bad runs so far.

Lets see, I got ambushed by 2 psy people, a pack of 4 boars and a 6 boar squad.

I then switched to another map, went south to cordon from garbage and got attacked by a quartet of fleshs and another 4 boars.

[soft leaf]

psy people is a really fancy way to call controllers

[elder rain]

handwaves, "I could not remember their name right now."

Brain farts are the standard, rather than the exception.

[soft leaf]

you could try lowering squad size and/or size variance in the mutants tab

also make sure you edit zcp at mcm

[mystic oar]

No, install it via MO2 with the red disc button in the top left and load it last (bottom of mod list)

[soft leaf]

not the pop settings from the normal options menu

[elder rain]

Imma try with 0.8 instead of 1.0

[north turret]

will i get in trouble with freedom if i killed one of their guy for some reason he started shooting gatekeeper after defeating monolith at barier

[mystic oar]

as long as you aren't seen you'll be fine

[north turret]

well he was only one to survive of freedom guys so hopefully no one saw anything

i think he looted monolith armor and put it on thats why freedom started shooting

[mystic oar]

[old basalt]

anyone able to tell me what is good to bring in my starting loadout be on in about 40 minutes

[soft leaf]

you can't disguise as monos

[scarlet ember]

make sure you get something to cover your face

also binoculars are pretty nice to have

[mystic oar]

Sunrise stalker suit, rebreather, sawed off, rest of your points in meds, o yeah and binocs are nice

[graceful iron]

always take the gas mask and any of the 2 suits available, take one gun that has cheap ammo and can kill mutants and low-mid tier stalkers (any 12ga shotgun can do) and spend some on meds and maybe a drink

[scarlet ember]

toz-106 best shotgun

[old basalt]

thank you

[snow talon]

Use the m1911

Its busted OP
Aim for 4heads and watch as everyone falls before you

Try to avoid mootants until you have a companion that can tank some of their dmg and add dps

[north turret]

How can i change emission skybox? It uses ClearSky's one.

[elder rain]

Ok, something is DEFINITELY wrong with my game for some reason after the update. Mutants just spawned inside of the bandit base and wiped out almost all of them.
There is basically almost no stalker spawns, its all just monsters.

[graceful dust]

How do I use the "see stats at full condition" function of Better Stats Bars"? I thought it was just holding Left Alt, but nothing happens. I rebound Left Alt to be my crouch key, could that have something to do with it?

[north turret]

Left Control shows them.

[graceful dust]

Hm... Nothing seems to be happening. I have left control set to walk/low crouch, that wouldn't keep it from working, would it?

[graceful iron]

what item are you using the function on? it shows the full stats of damaged items like suits and artefacts

just hover over the item in the inventory and hold left ctrl

[graceful dust]

Yep, trying it on suits and weapons. Holding left control or left alt does nothing, the tooltip doesn't change at all

[graceful iron]

weapons stats dont change

get a damaged suit, hold ctrl and hover over it in the inventory

look at the stats, not the condition

[graceful dust]

Ah! Ok, I see now, my suit was in pretty good condition so the change was subtle and I missed it
It really doesn't work on weapons, though? That's unfortunate, I was hoping to use it to decide which weapons are worth fixing up. Is there any other way to compare weapons like that?

[graceful iron]

weapon stats are not affected by condition

the damage is affected by the barrel condition but not the overall condition

[graceful dust]

.........oh
whoops
Somehow I completely forgot that was the case, I just assumed damaged weapons wouldn't work as well as repaired ones >.<
So a 1% condition gun is exactly the same as the same gun at 100% condition, it just jams more?

[old basalt]

why does my game keep crashing

[graceful iron]

lower overall condition of a gun increases how fast its parts take damage while each part increases jam chance (except the barrel which reduces damage and armor penetration power)

[old basalt]

@graceful iron why does my game keep crashing

[graceful dust]

Noted! Thank you so much!

[graceful iron]

stop spamming the same question. when crashing post the log in #old-bugs (falco, you just had to change the name of that channel, didnt you )

!crash

[raw raft]

Send your crash log here, it's inside: Anomaly/appdata/logs, send the file called xray_yournamehere.txt
Make sure you're not using any extra mods.

[gusty kiln]

Do pistols just fail to accompany the progression curve unless you use AP ammo? I find them very underwhelming mid-game, unless you're shooting mutants with hydroshock, and pistol ironsights are awful to shoot legs with, so I can't even use the FN Five-Seven since it can't equip any sights

[graceful iron]

the five-seven is probably the best pistol out there tho and it works

[gusty kiln]

I just hate its ironsights with a passion, it's like holding a solid rectangle of steel right up to your face

[graceful iron]

the ap ammo is cheap to craft, you collect a lot of pistol ammo parts after every fight

[gusty kiln]

I'm currently using the DE Dhampyr, but it's still kinda meh.

[graceful iron]

use mp7 or p90

they go into the pistol slot

have a few sights

[gusty kiln]

Oh, for real? That's actually nice, didn't know that. I thought all SMGs couldn't be put there

[north turret]

@graceful iron quest to find scar updated and doesnt show now location of objective should i be worried about that? i was in aw at the time

[carmine wyvern]

Get guns with AP ammo

45 ACP is shit against any stalker with a proper helmet

[scarlet ember]

TT-33 is nice for that

[graceful iron]

sorry but i have no idea about that quest as i have not done it, i seen people say that scar tends to roam around too far and cause the quest to bug

[gusty kiln]

I'm amassing a stock of 9x19 AP to use with the uh... pistol that has sights and does 24 damage with 9x19, I forget the name. Tactical somesuch

[carmine wyvern]

USP Tactical?

[gusty kiln]

I think that's the one

[carmine wyvern]

Even 9x18 is better than 45 ACP

[gusty kiln]

It's a rather meh caliber for the time you can afford it, wish it had an AP variant too

[carmine wyvern]

The Fort-12 was a absolute Godsend against Duty Patrols

Threw my USP in 45 ACP away

[gusty kiln]

How does the weapon's damage stat factor into actual damage, btw, since ammo also has a Flesh Damage stat?

[carmine wyvern]

Good question

I usually aim for the Head, so I wont notice a big difference in damage

[scarlet ember]

and why I ignore that "damage" stat

only thing that matters is penetration and flesh displacement

see for example any shotgun

and how utterly fucking useless buckshot is

[carmine wyvern]

Isnt Buckshot for Mutants?

[scarlet ember]

9 9mm balls is plenty for humans

[gusty kiln]

I keep buckshot for bloodsuckers and the like, since slugs are hard to hit when they're doing their "tag you're it" driveby attack

And 45 HydroShock doesn't seem much superior to buckshot/slugs, and is also much more expensive

[thorny hazel]

yeah, but you can have a gun in 45 acp in the pistol slot and then 2 main guns for stalkers

[gusty kiln]

I just use the shotgun for both, granted that's after I get anything other than a 2-shot "let me just reload right quick"

[thorny hazel]

and we should probably move this conversation to #╟🔫loadouts, so we don't spam this channel

[graceful iron]

bandits with leather jackets disagree with that statement. it can even easily kill medium armored targets if you hit the head/legs

[weak sable]

Is there a way to trade with npcs

[graceful iron]

talk to them, but i think in one of the updates trading with random npcs has been disabled for now

[gusty kiln]

There's the "GAMMA No trade with randoms stalkers" mod under the GAMMA Economy and Craft category

[graceful iron]

trading with random npcs in general is useless but it can easily break the intended economy/progression on rare occasions

[weak sable]

I think trading with npcs is a totally normal thing. And when you play scavenger mode. Its useful

[graceful iron]

they have the worst prices for buying and selling and sometimes can sell 100% guns to you

[weak sable]

nothing can be perfect

[graceful iron]

ok, have fun

[gusty kiln]

Is there a cheat sheet for traders prices, btw? I THINK the trader in CS base sells 5.56 cheaper than the traders in Cordon, so just wondering.

[mystic oar]

you probably have a higher rep level then

[gusty kiln]

Oh no, I have maxed rep with Loners, almost 1500 with CS. Does rep actually give you a discount? I haven't noticed any

[thorny hazel]

the traders in Cordon shouldn't sell 5.56 at all I think, they are WP

[mystic oar]

yeah you're probably looking at two different ammo types

[gusty kiln]

But they're all slightly different shades of green

[mystic oar]

read the descriptions

[scarlet ember]

You don't even have to read, their icons are different

[north turret]

Hello got really interested in this modpack. Only curious if it has backpack animations from food and drink mod. Thank you for answering.

[thorny hazel]

they're disabled by default, but you can enable them easily through MCM

but it's honestly a bit tedious waiting for the animation to play every time you need to check something in the inventory

[north turret]

They are optional? Do they have animated zipper. I know it is tideous, but I know how to fix it. Only shame I am not a modder and I cannot suggest it to developer.

[thorny hazel]

yeah, it's just a checkbox in mod configuration menu

[wise sparrow]

Backpack anims are just buggy in general and nobody as bothered to redo them yet. You can enable them and also use any backpack mods you want but be prepared to get softlocked at some point.

[north turret]

Thanks, i am very new that is why I ask some many things. I saw there is automatic launcher. So I can also use mod organizer?

[warped ginkgo]

the automatich launcher is for downloading/updating the modpack

after that, you use the gamma mo2 and you launch the game from there

[thorny hazel]

the launcher is more of an installer, you will use MO anyway. Follow #old-how-to carefully, if something isn't clear you can ask in #old-only-installer-support

[north turret]

Thank you

I did not expect so much support

[brisk zinc]

Don't expect it if you want to use the backpack though, #old-bugs is off limits for you if you use it

It's disabled for a good reason

Speaking of disabled stuff:

!disabled

[raw raft]

Mods under the G.A.M.M.A Disabled category are disabled for a variety of reasons: compatibility, performance, bugs, etc. DO NOT ENABLE THEM FOR ANY REASON.
"But why are those mods there if you can't activate them?", you probably will ask after. Because G.A.M.M.A. as a whole is still in beta, and no, Grok can't simply remove them. Version 1.0 will have a clean mod list.
Also that red cross it's fine, don't worry about it.

[north turret]

Okay I get it. Sorry

[sacred lion]

so my trader in the northern farm dissapeared recently, loaded a previous save to get his spawn ID back since there was no body, i can spawn him in but hes just a generic npc and walks around, how do i reset his logic to be a trader again?

[muted spindle]

Seva helmet doesnt work without seva suit?

i am little bit fucked by radiation in Yanov

[tidal raft]

SSP-99 Sphere is decent, but not as effective to stave off "northern radiation".

Take a radioprotectant or find a better helmet.

[muted spindle]

ou, I salvage my old helmet for parts 😄 ok, thanks

[gusty kiln]

Out of curiosity, are there plants to allow us to "stack" grooming kits and swiss knives so we don't have to carry 7 different ones at 30% durability or somesuch?

[tidal raft]

You don't have to carry so many of them around. And they do stack on themselves.

[north turret]

SQBSS scope looses zoom in out feature then i put it on m4 butcher is it bug?

[sacred lion]

okay so i figured out how to reset the traders logic, but once i waited long enough for his inventory to reset, when i talk to him the game just crashes, any ideas?

[weak sable]

What must i do to get ammo in mags of npcs loot ?

[gusty kiln]

If that gun has a secondary sight (side sight when you press V), no, it's just an engine limitation atm.

[thorny hazel]

the m4 butcher has a canted red dot, right? It's a limitation with those, you can either have an alternative sight or a variable zoom scope

[tidal raft]

Engine limitations due to having a canted sight.

[north turret]

i see thanks

[gusty kiln]

How curious, weapons dropped in Cordon indeed have no ammo inside them, but weapons dropped in other areas have ammo and can be Unloaded.

[tidal raft]

Weapons found in stashes may have ammunition inside of them. Any weapons dropped by NPCs don't.

[sacred lion]

how to fix this crash?

FATAL ERROR

[error]Expression : <no expression>
[error]Function : CScriptEngine::lua_error
[error]File : ..\xrServerEntities\script_engine.cpp
[error]Line : 191
[error]Description : fatal error
[error]Arguments : LUA error: ...lker cop anomaly/bin/..\gamedata\scripts\exo_loot.script:63: attempt to index a nil value

[gusty kiln]

Unless it's a mechanic from the GAMMA Economy add-on, which I temporarily disabled to test the Trader Overhaul, so I'm just tripping balls

[tidal raft]

#old-bugs, not here.

[sacred lion]

my bad

[vapid peak]

It does. I use it with a spector

[weak sable]

Any way i can make it so i have ammo in the mags. Not having ammo in a loaded gun is nonsense since the npcs was shooting at me. Unless he was shooting magic bullets.

[tidal raft]

I don't know where the edit was made exactly, but I'd bet you have to edit something in MagsRedux or in GAMMA Economy.

[north turret]

do i need to use new parts in armor to replace damaged one no other way even 80% ones?

[mystic oar]

Just use sewing kits

it repairs the parts themselves

works differently to weapon repairing

[tidal raft]

!apart

[raw raft]

Text guides about repairing, mantaining and cleaning your gun and your armor:

For weapons: #╭📖faq message
For armors: #╭📖faq message

[mystic oar]

!apart

[raw raft]

Text guides about repairing, mantaining and cleaning your gun and your armor:

For weapons: #╭📖faq message
For armors: #╭📖faq message

[mystic oar]

mf

[north turret]

thanks!

[gusty kiln]

Is there a tier list for knives, or just follow the "Expensive = Good" formula?

[willow hawk]

expensive = good

[gusty kiln]

Gotcha, thanks

[brisk zinc]

Same goes for axes

[gusty kiln]

Are axes particularly better than knives for damage?

[vapid peak]

Yes

And range

But you can't skin

[gusty kiln]

Do the better knives lose the same durability when skinning as the hunting knife?

Otherwise I might just buy an axe and keep the hunting knife around

[vapid peak]

From what I've read I think the switchblade is the best knife due to a durability bug

[gusty kiln]

Ah, but otherwise they're the same in that regard. Thanks

[vapid peak]

But once you get a knife that can cut through thick skin that's about as far as they go for being better

They don't yield more or less mutant parts

I wish they did

[gusty kiln]

I wish the Hunter's Kit worked as a skinning knife, but then it'd have to have durability and all that

[vapid peak]

Well it does have durability but I don't think backpacks take damage

I'm sure quite a few of these things will be changed around a bit to make hunting more worthwhile

[gusty kiln]

Atm it's mostly for you to cook food, the parts themselves aren't really worth much, even as the occasional Stalker request

Also, do outfit attachments also lose durability/efficiency like the perk artifacts, or do they last forever?

Just tested, apparently they work same as Vanilla. Got worried because I looted a few armor plates that had 36% efficiency

[south jungle]

I recall never losing durability with the starting bayonet, I think

[quaint quarry]

Ik it's disabled but what does the fdda rework entail

[brisk zinc]

Various animations

It's disabled because problems

[brisk zinc]

Known bug, it should be in #📎to-do

[heady grove]

are stashes still the best way to find advanced and expert toolkits? Ive found like 7 basic but nothing above that lol

[brisk zinc]

Expert? Yes, it's the only way

Advanced? Yes and no

You can craft one with 5 basic toolkit, you need the 6th to craft it

You have 7

Go craft one

[heady grove]

how do you craft it?? i didnt see it in the workbench

[brisk zinc]

Look better

[heady grove]

lol you right its right in front my face, ty

[vernal wharf]

Kinda technical question but can someone explain to me how Ammo works? Y want to differentiate the Armor Pen and the Flesh Damage
The .45 FMJ Says
AP: BR1 (16)
FD: Low-Medium
And the .45 HP
AP: BR1 (10)
FD: Very High

Does this mean that the .45 FMJ should do full damage to an armor that has BR Class <= 16?
And that the .45 HP would need 2 shots to break the "Armor HP" of an armor that has more than 10 BR Class to start doing damage?

[wise sparrow]

Depends on what you're shooting. If you disable log spam remover at the bottom of the load order you can see prints for all of your shots in the console.

[north turret]

@brisk zinc were your setting in the Nvidia Panel also part of the "meme" graphic settings? Sorry I know this is like 3 days later...

[willow hawk]

FD means "useful to kill monsters" AP means "useful to kill stalkers"

[brisk zinc]

No those are true, but only if you have a RTX card

If you don't have it, don't do it

[vernal wharf]

Yeah i see the diference but i am asking more of like, would the .45 HP do more damage to a low-gear guy considering that their armor doesn't protect that much or that 6 in Armor Pen does more

I don't know how to express it well, so if it's too complicated just ignore it lol

[brisk zinc]

!ammo

[raw raft]

Your gun is in perfect condition but you can't kill anything: #╭📖faq message

[brisk zinc]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/958342885005221898/983890619829211166/giphy.gif

[vernal wharf]

So i should think it more then, i go boom with HP for mutants and AP for stalkers then

[brisk zinc]

AP with armored stalkers

[vernal wharf]

[brisk zinc]

FMJ for low armored stalkers

HP all the way for mutants

.45 HP is one of the most effective ammo against mutants

[north turret]

AP full auto you probably don't want to use on a bandit wearing a leather jacket

[vernal wharf]

Thanks!

[vapid peak]

There's no way to fix a barrel that's 1% right? Only 10+?

[vernal wharf]

If you have the correct repair kit you can Maintin part -> Whatever barrel

But it will consume a use

[vapid peak]

Appreciate it forgot they did that

[brisk zinc]

That replace the barrel though

It won't fix the one you already have (the 1%)

[vapid peak]

That's fine

It's to fix up my saiga ISG

I just didn't have a working saiga barrel on me

[obtuse orbit]

Dumb question but will 1.0 break existing saves

[vapid peak]

I think he said no awhile back

[tidal raft]

It won't.

[obtuse orbit]

Thanks

[nocturne ether]

how do you toggle the ADS thing?

[vernal wharf]

V

[nocturne ether]

thanks

[vapid peak]

Gangsta gangsta

[vernal wharf]

Or the granade launcher key

[wise sparrow]

i think this happens when you try to ads with a glowstick out

[mystic mauve]

When you hold alt over a damaged item, it's suppose to show you what it would be if it was 100%, right?

[wise sparrow]

left control

[mystic oar]

WHAT

[mystic mauve]

Oh I'm dumb, thanks

[mystic oar]

this changes everything

no more quicksaving and repairing a piece of equipment to see it's full stats

[gusty kiln]

Just don't throw up from all the crouching if you're comparing 2 damaged armors

[vapid peak]

Is handling better than recoil in upgrades?

[heady grove]

is 5 the highest supply rank with traders?

[vapid peak]

Yes

[gusty kiln]

From what I read, Handling affects the "crosshair spread" when you're firing on auto, but it's not very noticeable when you're using semi-auto or firing in small bursts. So unless you're going full dakka, Recoil is more benefitial. Take it with a grain of salt though.

[vapid peak]

Ahh the bloom then I'm assuming

[viscid fern]

how do i fix my legs lol ive never used the body health system

[warped ginkgo]

#╭📖faq

#│📚manual

or in game pda manual

[brisk zinc]

!heal

[raw raft]

A quick video about how to basic heal yourself: #╭📖faq message

[brisk zinc]

Also what lauta_ro said

[warped ginkgo]

bitchass in my times we didn't have any fancy bot command

[brisk zinc]

Bitch you tell me

I know

I've done this shit for months by hand

Also #╭📖faq is basically hand written by yours truly

[vapid peak]

Hand written

John Hancock

[molten mason]

Is there any reason to convert a WP rifle into 5.56 ?

[viscid fern]

whats the battery called that i need for my exo

[graceful iron]

you need a PSU of any type and a military battery i believe its called

[graceful iron]

556 has superior ballistics and AP power than 545

but its better to just use a NATO rifle since they have better accuracy by default

[molten mason]

yeah
thats kinda the question
why is this even an option for ?
just grab an m4 lmao

or is it just for those that want to play wp rifles with nato ammo for reasons

[vapid peak]

Will upgrading a damaged Kevlar plate repair it?

[gusty kiln]

Yes it will, same as how upgrading your NV goggles or PDA will completely recharge its battery

[vapid peak]

Thanks I found out a little bit ago. I just saved and tried it. Two upgraded carbons now!

[tired violet]

Since Gamma has BaS, does the FoV have to be set to 70 still?

[wise sparrow]

no, the default fov is 80

[tired violet]

Ok awesome - last question for now (and thank you again Puckins) - The key bindings have "unjam" set to "z" - but the game has reload also perform the unjam function and so on. Can you only unjam with "Z" or does reloading work? I only ask because I like to have my prone set to Z (and crouch to C)

[wise sparrow]

if you have unjam reload on same key checked in MO2 the default keybind for both is R and reload is set to f10 and should stay that way. Z is used for powers on craftable exo suit power supplies but you can rebind that in the MCM

[tired violet]

And followup to the FoV question - the default being 80, does it have to stay 80, or can I use like 75 or something?

Ok so without that reload and unjam being same option set (I assume it's not with the default installation), reload is R, unjam is Z, and the power armor powers are also Z (unless reset in MCM, which I probably will if unjam is set to Z by default)?

Sorry for all the questions, just want to set this up right so I can jump in (and that should be it for now) - Thanks again, bro.

[wise sparrow]

Reload/unjam is on by default.

I just changed the exo power key to be shift+z but you can modify it other ways as well just check the options.

[tired violet]

My reload key was set to R then, not F10 - hmm.

Well whatevs if I run into a conflict later I'll mess around with the options

Thanks again for the info I appreciate it

@wise sparrow Hey quick update, the default exo suit power is also H now. Maybe one of the newer updates changed it up? Either way no conflict there. I think the keybinds page in discord may be out of date though - if reload and unjam is on by default, and the default key for it is R, then Z is a free key (as far as I know). Everything else is right though I think - I had to reset some of my usual keybinds around that page's image so that's why I had questions about that stuff.

Thanks again!

[elder rain]

Gneral question, how do you switch the game to borderless fullscreen instead of Fullscreen via reshade?

[mystic oar]

Why would you want to do it via reshade?

[compact glen]

@warped ginkgo ok so is it normal for the gamma addons option to take like 2 seconds to complete and not print out any details of what was downloaded?

I feel like it isn't doing anything

and yes I have updated the gamma data first

it downloaded it

[warped ginkgo]

yeah i think it doesn't show anything, it just re extracts some small files

[compact glen]

mmm ok

kinda whack

So how do you tell if it actually downloaded/changed anything?

[warped ginkgo]

by updating gamma data

if it downloads github content it means that there was a github update

if you want to see the specific changes, just check #📢development

[compact glen]

ok so if i do it again now and it says it doesn't update anything then it's all good

[warped ginkgo]

yea it means your the only gamma addons are up to date

[compact glen]

Anomaly 1.5.2 fixes is the new addon that got added to make it 302 correct?

Trying to figure out what to activate in my own modlist

[willow hawk]

Doing so will give you stutters anyways

[elder rain]

Darn.

Another question regarding traders and ammo, are certain ammo types locked behind the supply limit or your friendship with the faction?
Because the Loners, with which I am highly friendly with, are selling 5.45x39 but duty (Which is also WP) is not. Or at least not yet.

[vapid peak]

Its based off trader type and goodwill reputation

Minimum of moderate is required to buy 5.45

[elder rain]

Gotta work more for duty then.

[vapid peak]

Rostok is the place to be for that. Plenty of quests.

[willow hawk]

Iirc it's disabled by default

It tells you have new entries in the encyclopedia in your PDA

[humble vault]

I was meaning to search for that text rather than actually post it. Sorry. I'm a Discord retard

[reef galleon]

dumb question, but reference updates, is it going to be specified each time we need to do a complete gamma install as opposed to addons only?

[willow hawk]

yes

[reef galleon]

thanks grok

[austere crypt]

Where is Radioactive Workshop ?

[carmine wyvern]

in what context

[austere crypt]

I have to find artifact sample

it says it's before checkpoint in Rostok but I can't find it

[carmine wyvern]

have your detector out and hold down your key for picking items up, while running around

[willow hawk]

it's in the left area coming up from rostock to garbage / yantar

when you arrive in the open area after the sniper nest

go to the left towards the Merc tower

[scarlet ember]

why have your arms been banished to the shadow realm

[wild thorn]

When looting PDAs, how do I tell when there's stash info on them? I mostly get inner-bandit communication that seems like mostly filler.

Free batteries tho

[carmine wyvern]

click on all the messages

empty the pda afterwards

give the empty pdas to a trader npc to get money

or in case one is locked, go to a technician to unlock them for a fee

[wild thorn]

okay good to know. i also read some of the challenges and benefits of the achievements and there's one for pdas so

Another thing, I have an RF Receiver, what do I do?

[sudden egret]

Just wait

[queen dock]

What mod do i remove to be able to sell weapons to traders?

[willow hawk]

equip it once

[willow hawk]

It will allow you to buy some as well

[wild thorn]

and?

just wait for the next transmission?

[willow hawk]

now that you equipped it once, wait a bit, play normally etc

at some map transition you'll receive a message telling you which map and which frequency you should check

[wild thorn]

also i'm kinda confused about how the geiger counter works

8 shows the MsV, but I can't get it to stay or click when I'm near rads

[queen dock]

Which mod do i disable?

[willow hawk]

remove GAMMA Economy/gamedata/configs/items/trade/presets/trade_preset.ltx file

[queen dock]

am i going on my gamma file on my C: drive to delete this or is this through MO menu

[wild thorn]

probably mo downloads folder

[nocturne ether]

Geiger counter is kinda useless

Iirc

[willow hawk]

in MO2

[willow hawk]

it's useless, just use the HUD rad bar at the bottom left

[wild thorn]

yeah

[queen dock]

Thank you Grok much love

[scarlet ember]

is radiation from food meant to be countered by your clothing? It's described as external radiation protection, yet when I eat a meal that is supposed to give me +120 rads I only receive 40 thanks to my gas mask.

[north turret]

Can the Geiger counter switch modes again? But this time like it is supposed to?

[willow hawk]

Hum really

Did you try removing your gasmask and eat?

[scarlet ember]

Before I had the gasmask it would give me full rads

[snow talon]

Are those pda messages (aside from stash info) just flavour?

[willow hawk]

Yes

But not all of them

[scarlet ember]

if you see Duty reporting they heard gunfire then you know there's Duty present nearby

which can be helpful

[willow hawk]

Artefacts gotten by stalkers are real things they pickup in real time in the current map

[scarlet ember]

I killed a loner who had 3 artefacts in agroprom 😄

[snow talon]

Oh sry
I mean the ones on looted PDAs

[scarlet ember]

definitely worth specifying

[snow talon]

The texts you receive are real (killed a bandido for some wrenched)

Ive also had one lure me into an ambush by posing as a merc needing help

Lol

[wanton spoke]

What's the best thing to do with a stash full of weapons in medium/low condition - in the early game? Should i just field strip them all to build a parts mountain?

[scarlet ember]

keep anything you might want to repair later

[snow talon]

There are sometimes quests that ask for weapons

[scarlet ember]

also parts below 60% condition are scrap metal, worthless, you can sell them to technicians for a little coin tho

and a parts mountain should get you a nice little income

[wanton spoke]

Good to know about the parts condition, think i need to do more reading into various mod stuff

[scarlet ember]

I don't even bother picking any of those up unless they have good parts

or it's one specific gun I want to use later

nice to have a library to choose from though

[wanton spoke]

Fair enough, thanks for the tips - suppose I'll just keep the "cool" looking weapons in there till I progress enough to maintain them properly

[serene cedar]

I read that reloading has changed a bit for single ammo weapons, such as Kar 98 and shotguns. I'm using a Kar 98 and no matter what, if I'm at 0 ammo and reload, the first one always bolt shuts, then opens to finish reloading the remaining 4 bullets. I tried long press reload, double press reload, single press reload. What is a good solution?

[serene cedar]

Found the post I had seen before. But, it doesn't seem to work for me. If 0 ammo, the first round always reloads then closes the bolt, then reopens it and continues loading the remaining 4 rounds. I am not sure why.

#old-bugs message

[brisk zinc]

Yes it doesn't work

I've tried with various shotguns

Put it in #old-bugs

It's something that Grok can fix it, we can't do much about it

I told him already but he's busy with other stuff at the moment

[serene cedar]

Is it possible for me to disable that feature in the weapon's .ltx file?

Thank you. If you already told him then I don't want to double or triple mention that.

[vestal briar]

How do i disable this idiotic blinding effect every time i get hit?

[weak sable]

Is the modpack intended to be played with or without mags redux ?

[warped ginkgo]

without i guess since it's disabled by default

you can enable it anyways, its in the modlist

[elder rain]

Is there an easier way to change the RF frequency than clicking 100 times or more?

[mystic oar]

don't get hit

[fossil thorn]

Unequip knife/secondary item when you have RF receiver in hand and shift + click = +10 freq and was it ctrl + click = +100 freq

[elder rain]

Thank you, my arthritic hand will be forever in your debt.

[thorny hazel]

just know that once you enable mags on a savefile you can't disable them

[humble vault]

I've seen some screenshots in here where the world looks considerably more green that stock GAMMA. I've tried disable 241, 242 and Grulag's dead bushes as per the suggestion by lauta_ro but the ground is still pretty much entirely brown. Can I do anything?

[thorny hazel]

enable Agressor in the visual section

[humble vault]

but isn't it the underlying textures that needs to be swapped out with something greener? Right now it looks like this

[mystic oar]

Aggressor changes the ground textures

[thorny hazel]

the only part of agressor installed in Gamma is ground textures

[warped ginkgo]

yea looks like mine

only that i 'hide' the ground with a high density of grass xd

[humble vault]

Oh I thought it was just a reshade. Indeed, it did make it greener, thanks!

[mystic oar]

[humble vault]

I find that it completely wrecks my FPS

[warped ginkgo]

yea it demands a powerful pc, even with that you will see that it hurts the fps

what i did was put grass size to the min, 0.5 and radius to 50, then a little more than mid range for density

[humble vault]

yeah it's possible to get a combo that isn't too harsh on performance. I don't recall grass being so fucking demanding when I played stalker 10 years ago

[candid onyx]

is file

supposed to not be used at all or something?

[brisk zinc]

Read the description of the item

[scarlet ember]

as far as I understand, yes. It's used to maintain parts, but not directly.

[candid onyx]

now thats just

strange

[scarlet ember]

not usable below condition level 60

[candid onyx]

SHIT

[compact glen]

[mystic oar]

[north turret]

does random pda that show rf signal lead to anything?

like i picked up merc pda that says there is a signal on 141 in aw

[brisk zinc]

I think they are just there for flavour

Purely cosmetic stuff

[north turret]

EHH.. would been nice if they worked

[simple cipher]

do kevlar plates and attachments degrade like artifacts? (over time)

and similar armor attachments?

[stable stag]

No, they don't degrade

[simple cipher]

at all?

what about that efficiency status?

[visual flicker]

It affects the effectiveness of the item. So if you find 40% armor plate - it will have lower stats. The only way to fix it is to upgrade it.

[simple cipher]

oh so it doesn't degrade, you can only find them already degraded, right?

[abstract trout]

is there a way to disable campfire fast travel? not campfire save

[stable stag]

Upgrading plates etc will restore them back up to 100% effectiveness

[simple cipher]

yeah

thanks guys

and how do i get basic sewing thread?

nvm, technician

[visual flicker]

buy form technician or, rarely, find it on corpse/stash

[brisk zinc]

You're literally the only one with this problem, believe me

[abstract trout]

😄

[brisk zinc]

Are you playing with debug mode? That is the only way I know that make you able to fast travel with campfires

[abstract trout]

yeah debug mode

it is on

should I disable it?

[visual flicker]

who is faction leader for Ecologists that gives Lost to the Zone quest?

[brisk zinc]

It's advisable to not play with it

[abstract trout]

k bro thanks I ll try

[brisk zinc]

Problems, crashes, stuff... the usual

Maybe, maybe, performance problems as well

[dire garnet]

Sakharov in the bunker

[quiet isle]

is there a way to transfer achievment between character because how is it possible to to all of them that way with some being only possible in story and other in warfare

[abstract trout]

bro thanks really debug mode was the problem. now it is okay 🙂

[simple cipher]

is the field armour kit the same thing as the heavy armor repair kit?

i mean, can i replace heavy armor components with this field armour kit?

[mystic oar]

negative

those can only repair armors, not replace the parts

[elder rain]

Are NPC companions safe from the brainscorcher?

[simple cipher]

i've spoken to the yantart professor for the helmet, he said "here, have it" but there is nothing in my inventory

[visual flicker]

Yeah, I thought so, but I can't seem to get that dialogue option after switching factions from UNISG->MERCS->ECOLOGISTS :/

[dire garnet]

You can't because you started with UNISG

Only the starts with Clear Sky, Loners, Freedom, Duty, Mercs & Ecologists allows for LTTZ questlines

For now

[visual flicker]

Hmm, I had no idea game tracks starting faction and not just does dialogue check for appropriate factions...

interestingly, I can do military quest if I play as Eco 😛

[dire garnet]

Oh you'd be surprise with a LOT of checks x)

If you are patient enough, I am working on a BIG update of my work

[exotic lichen]

Btw found one prototype powermodule blueprint, are others randomised in sakharov trade inventory or they are at Jupiter?

[simple cipher]

oh so the psyhelmet is not something you actually wear, its just something in your invetory...

[visual flicker]

all quests Eden? 🙂

[simple cipher]

damn that's crap

[dire garnet]

An updated version of the addon I released about two weeks ago, a much better version with all dialogues integrated

[visual flicker]

https://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomaly/addons/lttz-dltx-questlines-for-all-factions-eden-edition <- this one?

[dire garnet]

Yup, but right now, it's archived and outdated

Currently working on huge improvements

A bit of teaser I suppose x)

[visual flicker]

will it be ready for Gamma 1.0? 😄 thats when I plan to start new playthrough

[dire garnet]

It will not be integrated with it until further testing but I'll try to make it available for the release as well

Because GAMMA updates regularly so the files are losing compatibility quite easily

[north turret]

loaded a save from an hour ago
redid all my progress
mortal sin dark crusade still bugs out and fails the quest as soon as the map loads

https://i.imgur.com/bslt0FU.png

As soon as I load into the control center everyone else in the map dies

and all the quests both complete and fail at the same time

Any idea what could be happening?

[simple cipher]

is there any 100% spawn for any type of helmet? i only have a damn respirator, and the other helmets i've found require a heavy armor repair kit

[stable stag]

That just sounds hella unlucky

[exotic lichen]

You just need to rank up a bit

and some basic respirators and "sphere" should start dropping

[timid jewel]

I'm in the X18 in a room with two poltergeists

they're hiding behind corners and the heavy objects they throw at me almost insta kill me

[exotic lichen]

The one, wich looks similiary to snork masks is pretty decent while costing almost nothing in materials

[timid jewel]

Is there anything I can do?

[exotic lichen]

Move slowly

[stable stag]

Walk. They dont detect you if you walk

[simple cipher]

yeah but don't they require heavy armor repair kits?

all helmets seem like it...

[exotic lichen]

light

[elder rain]

Will reliability upgrades on a gun reduce the amount of of loss for components.

And yeah, some require light kits.

[stable stag]

There're like 3 light masks other than respirator

[exotic lichen]

Sphere cost medium and any crappy gas masks are light kit

Oh frick, not sphere, the seva looking one, idk how it is typed in english

[stable stag]

Screen helm

[exotic lichen]

yea

[stable stag]

Egg head helm

[exotic lichen]

yea

Will cary pretty much untill expert tools helms

[elder rain]

I found a 12 sphere helmet. Pretty fucking decent too.

[simple cipher]

is there any purpose for nvg scopes since you can look through a normal scope with your nvg turned on?

[dire garnet]

Battery of said NVG maybe ?

Scopes don't use one I think

[simple cipher]

not much of an advantage though, batteries are really easy to come by

[brisk zinc]

Check settings

There should be something about spawning %

I cranked everything to 100%

The condition is still dogshit so there isn't a problem with progression

[warped ginkgo]

[brisk zinc]

And even with that on 100%, I still don't get everything every time

I'm still in Cordon busting my ass because I can't go any further north

I see it as a win

Yes I have an exosomething but I can't even repair it, but at least I have one, because the dude was wearing one

Progression as intended

And this is good for everyone who wants realism

Because 9 times out of 10 you really get what you see

[timid jewel]

Thanks

First time in X18, my heart dropped when I heard pounding on the door I was supposed to open and the broken cage inside

[exotic lichen]

who freking need exos when top backpack and 24 levels of strengh are in place XD

[elder rain]

I can't argui with that falco. Reminds me of TItan Quest.
"You see that sword the giant has? If you kill him you get it. 100% of the time."

[exotic lichen]

walking with 187 kg

[elder rain]

Virgin Exo vs Workout Chads?

[exotic lichen]

Chad hoarders

[elder rain]

I think we are all hoarders.

The only difference is in the level of hoarding we do.

[chrome timber]

does anyone know the actual effect of the "Artificer Eagerness" achievement?, it says it reduces how many parts you need to craft items but it didnt seem to have an effect.

[brisk zinc]

The excuse rightly for not finding everything every time is "it broke during the shooting" but I can see it!

And like I said, it doesn't ruin progression even one bit because you can't find stuff with 100% condition, it's always in shit condition, I have a Spartan or whatever helmet that I'd love to use but I can't repair it because progression

[exotic lichen]

decreses amount of transistors resistors and etc to craft electronics mainly

[simple cipher]

yes my man, but its really really expensive even to just think about repairing a heavy armor without expert tools, which are hard to come by

[brisk zinc]

This is what I'm saying though

You can find the expensive helmet

BUT of course, you can't repair it

But at least you have it

[simple cipher]

its not expensive, its all i find

it seems like everything is heavy armor

[brisk zinc]

That's bad luck then

[elder rain]

Hey, I am not judging and it is giving me some ideas for my own play through.

[quiet isle]

if you hoard every material then heavy tookit is easy to craft once you have expert tool

[brisk zinc]

The heavy thing you can craft it with an advanced toolkit

You don't need the expert tool

But it's very expensive to craft, that's true

[simple cipher]

yeah, that's the thing... the expert toolkit

[exotic lichen]

but there is one catch, if you are quaranteed to drop any armor and helms you can get much more rare kevlars and other materials

[quiet isle]

yeah but it is so expensive to craft with advance tool

[brisk zinc]

I know I know, I'm just giving you my two cents, I'm enjoying it more this way, I actually get what I see (finally) and I don't care if I can't repair it

[simple cipher]

this too

[brisk zinc]

I know but better than nothing

At least you can

[exotic lichen]

So little bit faster gathering for repair

[brisk zinc]

Remember that debug mode is still a thing and nobody will judge you

We even tell you how to activate it, we don't care, it's your game

It's a different experience for everyone, and it should be that way for everything

[exotic lichen]

well somtimes life in zone throws at you bunch of monolith vs merks at cordon killing each other, leaving you to steal the remains. somtimes Wolf does not even gives you any quests at start.

[quiet isle]

and sometime 60 monolith are at the entrance of the brain scorcher bunker and you are happy to not trying an invictus game

[exotic lichen]

like underground?

oh crap i dont want to witness that shit, i had enough after two world war wars between swampmens and military base at agroprom

[elder rain]

Brainscorcher does not work on companions as far as I can tell.

Its time to raid it with 6 of the boys!

[exotic lichen]

none of psy effectors work on npcs

so you are the only one fearing the controller in zone XD

alto, paradoxically zombies and zombilikes are the most successive mutants when it comes to killing ncps

[warped ginkgo]

how to check a outfit 100% condition values?

i remember it was holding CTRL and then dragging the mouse to the outfit, but doesn't work for me

nvm, it was ALT

[scarlet ember]

just ctrl and mouseover works for me

[elder rain]

My Spawn was bugged for 2 days after an update. The entire zone was filled with Monsters and no stalkers.
I went through truck yard to Dark valley, dodging 1 chimera, 1 bloodsucker and 4 psydog squads.
Then in dark valley I was chased by 6 dogs as well as another chimera, I ran past the bandit base, hoping to drop some there, and hid in the nearby building. The stairway was turned into a killing zone of mutants and bandits while the bandit base was getting swamred by 11 zombies. When all was dead I escaped to Garbage, but I had to slip past 1 pseudogiant, 4 more dogs, 4 more flesh, and 3 snorkers.
From there I went down to Cordon to the stalker village and had to get past 3 more psydogs and 5 more flesh as well as another pack of 4 psydogs.

This was terrifying deadly and I am happy that resetting the stalker spawn value fixed it so now everything is more evened out.

[quasi ore]

Boys, how do u switch laser ON and how do you switch a type of scope, if you got 2 on a gun?

[scarlet ember]

long press L and V

[quasi ore]

awesome,thanks a lot

[warped ginkgo]

isn't the % condition of the gun supposed to increment when i put the new parts? or do i need to do it with a vice instead of a toolkit

cuz i replace the parts but the sks is stuck at 22%, and i have no idea how to clean it

[scarlet ember]

aurora kit will clean it

[warped ginkgo]

or do i need to use a cleaning kit after replacing parts?

ah ok

[elder rain]

According to the keybinds can I teleport companions to me with the J key, but pressing it does not teleport them to me. Do they have to be a certain distance away?

[mystic oar]

do you have the add-on enabled?

[exotic lichen]

you know i was wondering if we even have zombified (with guns) stalkers, never seen them anywhere. But then i discovered that protect radar message from freedom leader was not decoration, it was quest, and oh god there where hundreds of hundreds of them...

don't even know if they are supposed to be in gamma or it is an artifact of overseen development.

[stable stag]

I updated recently and they're back in now

As a regular spawn

[willow hawk]

Yes that's weird

I don't know why

It's good they are back

[exotic lichen]

anyway easy method of farming ammos and repairing glues, if you manage to not be overrun by them

[elder rain]

No, which one is it?

[exotic lichen]

cause im not joking, there are litteral 100+ or so of them, some lagged somewhere behind level bounds and stuck there, i tried to find them, travelled to radar, quest failed and Freedom bro called me scardy XD

[mystic oar]

search 'quick teleport' in MO2 and enable it

[quasi ore]

How do i get the lapton from the nerve wrecking anomaly? When i go in, i instantly die:D Do i need to pop some psy resistance pills or anything?

[thorny hazel]

you need a better helmet most likely

[quasi ore]

yea, that could be it

cause i only got a respirator of some sort:D

[thorny hazel]

I was dying there too until I got a better mask, even though I had the better one that freedom can start with

[molten perch]

does anyone know why my sniper just unscopes right when im about to shoot a bandit

[dusty nebula]

where is the workshop that i need to find in order to finish a quest given by a scientist ?

[mystic oar]

do you mean the scientist in the swamps?

[dusty nebula]

I find him in Yantar but yeh, quest about finding dirt or something

got 2 out of 3 , the last said to be in the workshop just before rostok checkpoint

[vapid peak]

Your right click going bad?

[mystic oar]

did you happen to bind zoom to your left click

[willow hawk]

Very weird

[willow hawk]

Left a bit after the sniper nest, towards the Merc tower

[dusty nebula]

oh, so i need to find it in wild territory still , thought i would find it in garbage.

[willow hawk]

Ah I'm confusing stuff I think ?

Just check your quest description

[exotic lichen]

At least now i know the reason to change cailber my second MP5DA3 to 9x18 specially for this quest, grab all the killotones of my 9x18 reserves and enjoy full auto spraying bullets over hoards of zombified stalkers.

[snow talon]

!quest

[raw raft]

Having problems with a certain quest: #╭📖faq message

[wild thorn]

does doing the progression difficulty trick in the creation menu and then changing it later affect gamma-defaults for difficulty?

[exotic lichen]

you know, in original they had special antizombie "Priboy" Vintarez, i will have special antizombie submachine, the only weapon with enough ammo that i can allow to switch to full auto XD

[urban tulip]

Never played a stalker game before, but I've played EFT quite a bit and games like fallout 4 / NV on survival. Would this modpack be a bad place to start as an intro to the series?

[exotic lichen]

well it is weird and rough in some places, but definetly not kidneys hard

[wild thorn]

If you'd like a story experience, Shadow of Chernobyl is pretty good - requires some light modding though. Unmodded Anomaly is a good baseline for understand what to do. Gamma would overwhelm.

[willow hawk]

Well, you won't understand much of the lore I guess

Anomaly introduction to the lore is pretty bland

[exotic lichen]

In worst case you can disable gamma economy and not fight with crafting and reparing

[willow hawk]

But as an EFT player you can pretty much enjoy the gamma gameplay and Mechanics and pickup the lore by carefully reading the PDA encyclopedia and dialogues

[exotic lichen]

Yea i tried to gift one dude original stalker trilogy, he simply had not grabed the vibe because lots of reading and bugs

[willow hawk]

Maybe watch a video on the lore and events of the OG series

Gamma starts after the main games in 2018

And it adds few narrative elements to explain what happened during 2012 and 2018

Especially when talking to the clear sky chief

[exotic lichen]

I'd recomend go watch Call of Prypiat intro on youtuve it will more or less explain main lore plotline.

[urban tulip]

Awesome, thanks for the info y'all. I'm thinking I can just watch some explanation videos and try out unmodded anomaly first

[willow hawk]

Unmodded anomaly is pretty rough imo

And unbalanced

As a Tarkov player you won't have issues picking up the various mechanics

[exotic lichen]

Unnmoded is more or less same as this, main differences are more complicated healing and inability to buy equipment

[willow hawk]

Just play in easy Tourist for the first time to try out the progression and the mechanics a bit. Everything is explained in your PDA anyways

[willow hawk]

No. Trust me

I played vanilla for 400h and modded the shit out of it for the past 2 years

The damage system in the base Anomaly is garbage

[exotic lichen]

Yo i finished all three anomaly main plotlines and ISG one, your modpack is more pleasant due to polishes

[urban tulip]

Fair enough, I'm very accustomed to all healing and ammo mechanics with tarkov, should be able to get a hold of these systems

[willow hawk]

It's very similar

While being different and refreshing

[urban tulip]

Sweet I'm excited to give this a try. thanks for all the advice y'all

[exotic lichen]

but the core is pretty much same, on max difficulties in both games boar will nearly two shot you and evrything costs like gold XD

[willow hawk]

Well I'm glad you see it as a polished version but it's basically a complete rewrite of about every system

Like in base Anomaly you go from "I'm dead in 2 hits" to "I'm invincible" just by wearing a slightly better armor

And there are 3 tons of different ammo while you just need Buckshots since they are broken

[exotic lichen]

Yea ballistics are great

They add a lot of sense, but still able to headshot nosorogs with 9x19 AP and anything above kinda levels you and your foe

And it is not bad i mean, not a lot of peoples play like me, with binocularing pray from very far and staying in 90% cover trying to hit weak spots

You did a really great job dude, have not played stalker with such interest a very long time.

[exotic lichen]

Also grabbing everything down to freaking shovels and disassembling any weapon or suit for evry bit of 0% fabric patch XD

[vapid peak]

Scavenger hardon

[exotic lichen]

Clinical conservationist hoarder don't pay for nearly anything.

[vapid peak]

And Grok isn't even done with the tweaking. It'll get refined further!

[exotic lichen]

don't even disassemble unused crappiest rounds cause it is long and boring, it is more fun to find and repair several guns and cycle between various calibres, so that while one depletes another one stockpiles

[visual flicker]

Its not even his final form XD

[soft leaf]

can i somehow bring back the old og stalker psy emission voices to the miracle machine and the brain scorcher?

[thorny hazel]

maybe by disabling desman's horror overhaul

[wild thorn]

is there a video guide on weapon/armor condition management. i read the pda guide but still kinda don't get it

[soft leaf]

thanks it was indeed being replaced by that mod

[quiet rock]

guys anyone having this issue when trying to fast travel¿ in this case to a stash

[vapid peak]

You'll find all weapons and armor in really bad condition however the weapon parts and armor parts can be in good condition or even great condition. So depending on what you would like to do you can disassemble the weapons and armor for its parts. Or if you have toolkits that repair parts or replace parts you can raise the durability doing so.

[wild thorn]

so what's the difference between disassemble and field strip?

disassemble for raw components, field strip for parts?

[vapid peak]

Disassembling destroys the weapon and field stripping allowed you to remove certain weapon parts but keeps the weapon skeleton

[wild thorn]

so strip then dissassemble

[vapid peak]

So If you have a G36 rifle and you Disassemble the weapon you'll no longer have it. But if you field strip you can replace every part except the barrel without a toolkit

[wild thorn]

i see, thank you

[vapid peak]

Disassemble only if you DO NOT want the weapon or armor

[sharp field]

where do i find the lab x19 docs

[vapid peak]

@willow hawk my installer isn't bringing in new mods for some reason. I have the newer .exe too. However mine says 296 active. I have yacs disabled but none of the newer mods from the last week or so

[willow hawk]

what if you do update data > only isntall gamma addons ?

[vapid peak]

I have still been updating and it is downloading something but none of the mods are passing through. I'll try the gamma add-ons only again but I don't think that did anything the last time. I'll let you know

[vapid peak]

That fixed it. Weird that it didn't work last time. Thanks

[willow hawk]

what's your date in GAMMA Alife optimization/gamedata/configs/alife.ltx ?

[vapid peak]

Moment I just launched the game

7/7 5:20 up to date

Glad I didn't have to reinstall completely. This issue has been persistent since the armor exchange and new .exe were introduced. I didn't read the announcement for the new 3.6 and updated using the old .exe. so I did the same as you just said and it didn't do anything but this time it's working as intended which is nice.

[quiet rock]

need to check it. out of home atm, but the weird thing is that i didn't touch any settings lately

[wise sparrow]

Did ammo disassembly get changed? Getting less than half of the total amount of ammo I’m taking apart at the moment. Took apart about 110 45 fmj and got about 40 of each component.

[mystic oar]

it's because grok changed the start date in the alife file, all you need to do is change it to 26/10/2018, at least that's the date i put and it fixed it

it'll inflate your days played statistic in your pda though, if you care about that

[vapid peak]

@willow hawk Carbon plates are still +4 when upgraded. Intentional or is my updating still not working lmao

[willow hawk]

do a only install addons to be sure

update data doesn't do anything mate

it just updates the data and download them

[vapid peak]

Normal carbon plates say 3

[willow hawk]

you need to update data > only install gamma addons

[vapid peak]

Oh I didn't know that I thought update did both

[willow hawk]

no

[vapid peak]

Wow haha

[quiet rock]

ahh thanks!

[fleet glacier]

guys sometimes the visual seems to change colors on blue shades and then immediately come back to darker natural colours, is there any fix?

[brisk zinc]

...cosa

Non è che sei vicino a una anomalia?

Tipo una di quelle elettriche?

E' l'unica cosa che mi viene in mente per quanto riguarda "blue shades"

Controlla bene in giro

[warped ginkgo]

could also be enhanced shader type of cfg

[fleet glacier]

nein, quando miro succede o vicino alcune basi

[mystic oar]

dynamic tonemapping?

[fleet glacier]

any fix?

[warped ginkgo]

try typing cfg_load grading_warm

in console

[brisk zinc]

C'ho provato

He says it happen when he aim

Or near bases

Never heard stuff like that

[fleet glacier]

stalker console or reshade console

[brisk zinc]

I thought it was some electro anomaly since he's talking about "blue shades"

[brisk zinc]

Stalker

Premi \

Ti apre la console

[fleet glacier]

sembra che per ora sia tornato normale

[fleet glacier]

i noticed that traders doesnt sell armors, how do i obtain them? and, can i enable trading mods mid game to make them sell armors too? or it will break my playtrough?

[wild thorn]

#╭📖faq message @fleet glacier

[fleet glacier]

and if i want to keep traders like this, the only way to get armor will be by lootin enemies?

[wild thorn]

afaik

[vapid peak]

Yeah only enemies/stashes and some quests will give you armor

They'll be in bad shape too so you'll need to scavenge for good armor parts and disassemble to fix the armor you want to use

[royal glacier]

hello there, i have a question, when i start a new run, all the vendors from the faction i choose don't have some things, like if i choose an ak12 the vendor, don't have bullets for that gun, is that intended? or is a bug?

same with magazines, they have 3 tipes of mags and thats t, even if its in a higher level of supply

[vapid peak]

Ammo is based on the faction and reputation you have. For example clear sky, freedom, mercenaries etc are nato so they carry 5.56. And loner, duty, military are WS so they'll carry 5.45. You need at least moderate goodwill for them to sell you their respective ammos

[royal glacier]

understood, but if you start as monolith you can choose the ak12 in the starting loadout, and the bullets for the ak12 aren't in the vendor

same if you pick the VAL

[vapid peak]

Yes the val is Warsaw so only loner/duty etc

[vapid peak]

Because you need to be moderate for them to sell you ammo. No recall if you start at moderate

[graceful iron]

monolith are WP so they will sell 545 at supply level 3

[royal glacier]

ok ty

[gusty kiln]

Does the Miser's Skull artifact effect scale with enemy rank (so higher ranked stalkers give more money per shot), or does it only scale with the amount of Miser's Skull you have equipped? Headshot a rookie Bandit with 2 Miser's Skull and got about 100 from it. Not quite the amount I was expecting

[wild thorn]

How do I fix a barrel of a gun? I have a shotgun with 10% on the barrel but the other parts are pretty good

[graceful iron]

!apart

[raw raft]

Text guides about repairing, mantaining and cleaning your gun and your armor:

For weapons: #╭📖faq message
For armors: #╭📖faq message

[graceful iron]

it depends on how many artefacts. perk based artefacts arent supposed to be the most useful or consistent thing out there, if you dont like them just dont use them

[gusty kiln]

Quite the contrary, I love them. Generator is my love and my life, no more needing to worry about batteries. Just thought Miser's Skull was a bit underwhelming for taking an artifact slot

Or if it scaled with your Money ratio setting

[earnest tulip]

I went to the FAQ to figure out about keeping my settings, I'm just curious if the renaming it one thing, and then renaming it back to it's original, is supposed to throw it into the "disabled" mods category of MO2? Seems to work fine so far, just curious if that's normal.

[mystic oar]

You talking about the mcm settings mod?

[graceful iron]

every time you update it will enable the default and put your custom settings in disabled. just move it and enable then disable the defaults

[mystic oar]

or make a new 'custom' mod profile

[graceful iron]

only problem is if you update you wont get the new addons/fixes if you do that

[mystic oar]

cross reference the default mod profile and place the new mods accordingly

little annoying to do but it aint too bad

[graceful iron]

its easier to just move and enable your own mods.... unless you have a list of 10+ addons

[mystic oar]

yeah i do

[brisk zinc]

It's easier to just create a second mod list

It's what I have right now

If Grok add something new, you can find the new stuff on the bottom

If he changes something to a mod without changing the position, you will get the changes

[graceful iron]

https://tenor.com/view/umm-confused-wtf-blinking-okay-gif-7513882

[brisk zinc]

The only thing you need to do is literally move the new mod added

But even then

It's easy

You don't even need to drag anything

You can simply "move" the mod to the right spot

[graceful iron]

AKA "gamma disabled"

[brisk zinc]

Yes, of course

[earnest tulip]

Got it, thank you very much!

[brisk zinc]

It's all about the priority after all

And MO2 let you move everything to the spot you want

Let's say Mod X is in position 300 in the normal mod list

You can move the same mod in your mod list to position 300 with just two clicks

Right click, send to, prority, osition 300

Done

For people like me that use stuff in #🖇old-mods-posting or have stuff disabled (like fast travel) it's perfect

[graceful iron]

ok

[brisk zinc]

Literally

Hey it's something suggested by Grok after all

[earnest tulip]

Speaking of fast travel, if I just disable that, I should be good to go with spamming the ever loving hell out of it, right?

[brisk zinc]

Yes

Of course

Also disable GAMMA fast travel balance something

Just to be sure

[earnest tulip]

Outstanding! I appreciate it.

[mystic oar]

ayo mb i forgot that updating gamma changes it back, the actual date you should set it to is 10/10/2018

[brisk zinc]

!alife

[raw raft]

You'll need to change the date in this mod: G.A.M.M.A. Alife optimization
Go inside here: gamedata/configs/alife.ltx and change the date with 26/10/2018

[mystic oar]

yes

ik

[brisk zinc]

Just wanted to let you know that we have the command for it

[mystic oar]

oh fo sho

appreciate you

[brisk zinc]

https://tenor.com/view/fo-sho-snoop-dogg-for-sure-gif-10890829

[mystic oar]

now go to bed you sexy motherfucker

[warped ginkgo]

go to sleep falco you have school tomorrow

[brisk zinc]

Wake me up when September ends...

[carmine wyvern]

I guess its not possible, but is there a way to still keep the PDA Radio Music on after a level change?

Kinda tedious to re-enable the music via the PDA all the time

[fleet glacier]

i don’t think you can fix parts that are under 60% conditions

[graceful iron]

you can use a repair kit to repair any part inside the gun even if its at 0

literally..

!apart

[raw raft]

Text guides about repairing, mantaining and cleaning your gun and your armor:

For weapons: #╭📖faq message
For armors: #╭📖faq message

[graceful iron]

those guides have everything you need

[fleet glacier]

in the guide it says you can’t repair weapon parts under 60%\45%

[mystic oar]

A repair kit will let you replace a part of a gun for the cost of one charge of the repair kit

[fleet glacier]

yes, but parts alone under a determined % can’t be repaired one by one

[austere crypt]

My game takes really long time to load is there a way to fix that ? It started yesterday before it was normal :/

[fleet glacier]

last time i used a repair kit it repaired the entire weapon

[mystic oar]

That doesn't sound right

Are you talking about cleaning the weapon

[fleet glacier]

no, repairing the % condition

[mystic oar]

The weapons parts conditions are entirely seperate from the guns condition

[fleet glacier]

yes

[mystic oar]

so what are you trying to get at here

[graceful iron]

the person who was asking before, they were asking about parts inside the gun

there is a way to repair parts at 10%

the part repair kit

but by then, you already have a gun repair kit to just repair all the parts in the gun you want to repair

not worth buying the repair kit for parts in most cases

[mystic oar]

yup that shit expensive

[graceful iron]

as i said before, the guides cover everything you need to know

[fleet glacier]

i think i got a problem then, i’m not at pc rn but if i remember when i used the kit it repaired my gun condition but not parts condition

[graceful iron]

please, read the guide, you are doing something wrong

[fleet glacier]

i’m either allucinating or got something wrong in game

[fleet glacier]

yeah did that, doing that again once i get back

[fossil thorn]

If I give a gun to my companion does it degrade on his hands?

[graceful iron]

right click on the gun when you have a repair/cleaning kit and then maintain

[graceful iron]

yes, but they dont care as the condition only affects jam chance so they will just unjam and keep firing

[dense ridge]

lol how do you stop a poltergeist

[graceful iron]

shoot it crouch walk or just dont move, it cant see

shoot at the center

[dense ridge]

how do you find it

i can't seem to find it ever

[graceful iron]

find what ?

[dense ridge]

the poltergeist

there' sjust htings being thrown at me

[graceful iron]

listen for the sounds it makes and dont sprint, just crouch walk

[graceful iron]

is your screen becoming blue or white ? those are the effects of poltergeists. if its not and you are hearing sounds like a psy-mutant (controller for example) then its a burer and crouch walking wont help

[dense ridge]

crouch walking seems to help

screen is blue

and all the physics objects are being thrown at me

i just gotta find him i think

i'm in wild territory can it be underground while getting me up top

[graceful iron]

it can be underground but usually its not because of the electro anomalies down there

[dense ridge]

kk well i'll crouch for now until i find it. I haven't figured it how to actually get underground yet either

yessss omg he was at the entrance to the tunnels

[dense ridge]

Can anyone confirm if you can get onto the roof of that building or inside it? Trying to get that green stash

wild territory FYI

[carmine wyvern]

is that the one with the broken roof ?

oh no, nvm

[queen pendant]

i want the deadzone gone again did update now ive lost all the green grass and tress haha cant remember how to do it

[carmine wyvern]

#╭📖faq message

i gotchu fam

[tight wolf]

Hello guys, what the keybind to use sidescope ?

[carmine wyvern]

V

[austere crypt]

Is there a way to fix long saving and loading times ? It was working fine but now it takes 3 min to save and even longer to load :/

[velvet monolith]

Do MagsRedux work with newest update or I have to do all the stuff that latest message in #╭📖faq says?

[carmine wyvern]

depending on how much is going on around you it might take longer, also inventory size probably has something to do with it aswell. usually i just save via F5 and never had problems with long saving times or anything similar

it also depends what hardware your PC has I suppose

but that usually only affects loading times

[willow hawk]

try rebooting the game

[shrewd quartz]

Did the update today fix the mags thing or do we still need to grab the mags files off github?

[glacial aspen]

Is there a way to replace roubles with uah?

[carmine wyvern]

you would have to change the names and descriptions of a lot of items to do so

[glacial aspen]

That isn't a problem since I'm already working on a full translation of base game

But afaik there's engine stuff that holds rub as a string.

That's why I'm asking

[carmine wyvern]

not versed in the modding of Stalker games at all

so i cant really help you there bud

[tight wolf]

Thanks for the help Vex. Another one, it seems that the option to display suit or weapons at full condition with LAlt is not working, do i need to enable something in MO ?

[carmine wyvern]

it should be left Shift while hovering over Clothing afaik

[tight wolf]

Thanks Vex 😉

[carmine wyvern]

[elder rain]

Or left ctrl.

[nocturne ether]

what mod adds the stupid shattered glass overlay for helmets?

or am i stupid and its basegame

and/or is there something i can do ingame without disabling the mod to fix the overlay

dunno if repairing it does

[carmine wyvern]

repairing does fix the shattering

[nocturne ether]

ah, i see

thanks

[carmine wyvern]

it even makes a crunchy sound when applying repair items

its a good indicator on how fucked your helmet is

to test it out, take a SEVA helmet thats badly damaged and see how shattered that thing is

[earnest coyote]

Hi one question in arena fight against bandits there is an exo guy syomka something.. and he doesnt wanna die , i even enabled enemy health so i can see and none of my shots are damaging him ,and yes i used a ton of headshots ... Is it a glitch or... anyone ?

[carmine wyvern]

you can only damage him with AP ammo

since he has a Exo

[earnest coyote]

ok thanks i will leave arena for now .... had enough of him chasing me around lol

[carmine wyvern]

arena is not yet designed for Gamma currently

see #old-feedback-suggestions

[earnest coyote]

ou really i think i lost reputation in first fight as well and gained after exiting arena and will do thanks

[carmine wyvern]

you cant loose rep for killing the dudes in the arena

finishing the quest might give rep change though

[earnest coyote]

maybe i saw wrong but yeah the fight against bandits not enough ammo ect ect , will check the feedback then

[carmine wyvern]

Yeah you need AP ammo for anything remotely armored

Or else your bullet wont penetrate and you will hear a metallic sound

[earnest coyote]

like once in wild territory an exo suit merc was walking around ad night that sound is awesome and scary

[dire moon]

Not sure if this is the right place but is anyone else having issues with player icons?
Some are ok and others are randomly not. Is this an existing issue or just something that happens?

[willow hawk]

they will be changed at some point

[dire moon]

ok cool thanks Grok 🤟

[humble oracle]

Would anyone know what's up with my player portrait? Trying to do the one by player outfit, but can't seem to figure it out

[brisk zinc]

Yes I'm having problems

Post it in #old-bugs

[sick latch]

When you use BaS upgrade kits on weapons, the base weapon shows up as a weapon part in the UI. The quality always seems to be trash, even when the weapon being upgraded was very high condition, with almost maxed out parts condition. Is this intended behaviour?

[dire moon]

Thank you, I'll remember to post there in the future

[brisk zinc]

Just to be sure I have the exact problem

Because maybe you get that as "yes my problem is you posting in the wrong channel", you posted in the correct channel, don't worry

[glacial aspen]

what mod adds all the voicing for the player?

nvm found

[willow hawk]

It doesn't change anything to the gun anyways

[wary edge]

are updates always save-game compatible?

[tidal raft]

Yes.

[wary edge]

Beautiful, thank you.

[snow talon]

Does it matter who i give the military documents to?

Or rather
How would it effect later quests

[violet condor]

Is there a way to turn down the obnoxiously loud sighing sound my character makes? Is it hunger or thirst?

[lapis silo]

It's your HP, you start grunting when on low hp

Thirst makes a lip smacking sound and hunger just makes a stomach growling sound

[wanton spoke]

How'd I abandon quests/tasks?

[tidal raft]

Speak to the person who gave it to you, faction leaders are excluded.

[wanton spoke]

Ah so abandoning the introduction to Clear Sky quest from Cold ain't happening

[tidal raft]

Nope.

[clear gust]

so this may be a dumb question but how do you use the lower tier artifacts? Like the ones that don't irradiate you? They don't go into artifact containers and I'm a bit confused