╓☢stalker-chat

[normal island]

Me when I eat the pills that turn me british

[lethal steeple]

vendian kriptonita alla en los 2000?

esa es la cara de comer kriptonita

[winged nova]

beans toast pill

[twin timber]

Huh? what is this for?

[lethal steeple]

reading the command does tell you a lot of what it is for

[lethal steeple]

but what do i know i'm from a fourth world country

[twin timber]

No it doesn't

"go on MO2 and change this"

Not specifying for what effect

[lethal steeple]

xdddddddddddddddddddddddddddd

fourth step is minecraft enchantment table text for my guy

[green shale]

You'll need to change the date
Go inside here: gamedata/configs/alife.ltx and change the date

there's a date related pda crash you can get. it is extremely rare

[twin timber]

Oh so that's what that for

I see

Thanks veer

[lethal steeple]

daym chat can i get hit with a #🤖bot-commands response

[cursive wagon]

No

[deep wing]

That is so punchable wtf

[echo kettle]

lol the enhanced stalkers have FSR and frame gen

[lethal steeple]

how dare they include technology i personally did not ask for as i can personally run the games just fine in my personally small display that i can personally can support with my personal hardware

[crystal fiber]

You haven't seen fsr in stalker before?

[celest sparrow]

My man is like Bloody Mary, mention Enhanced Edition and he appears

[crystal fiber]

Say that about bas/iwp/ixray and I will appear too

[celest sparrow]

[crystal fiber]

Heck the server tag

[normal island]

Hey guys have you checked the latest BaS trailer?

The animations look like SHIT

[celest sparrow]

No

I want to see now

[normal island]

It's literally just

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/961738167537512523/1008176301095526450/mw_reload.gif

[echo kettle]

we need FG in gamma :´v

[celest sparrow]

More Shake = Higher Quality

[normal island]

There's one specific AK anim where the bolt racking motion looks like it was intentionally made too shaky for comedic purposes

[cursive wagon]

if it doesnt make me have a brain aneurism then its not shaky enough

[echo kettle]

Me if I reach 50's.

[fallen atlas]

... bruh new bas is just modern cod animations ported over

[crystal fiber]

If reload from cod counts as a whole animation set for you, then oh boy...

[fallen atlas]

I feel like we went back in time to when Shoker Weapons mod did the same

[carmine slate]

No I haven’t.

[normal island]

If that's the case then it looks like shit in X Ray

[fallen atlas]

I just seen a preview. Its 1 to 1 with inspect animations even minecraft now has

[carmine slate]

I feel like a little bit of gun shake is fine, but there is a thing as TOO much gun shake.

[celest sparrow]

Naaaaah

[fallen atlas]

Yeah minecraft has cod anims in most modern gun mods now

[crystal fiber]

Tacz

[normal island]

Dropping s1bercat in favor of

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/961738167537512523/1008176301095526450/mw_reload.gif

Is crazy work

[green shale]

you talkin about this bounce physics enabled pkm belt?

i always wanted jiggle physics on my gun magazines

[carmine slate]

What are your guys favorite reload animations?

[normal island]

That one where the mag comes out of the gun

Then back in

[deep wing]

When the fov is too high

[fallen atlas]

Yep. I was spot on
https://youtube.com/shorts/VIscHCtUutk?si=qcFpLGoZqqo0NdOu
This is the EXACT same animation they slapped on the g36 in new bas update on one russian yt channel summarizing mod news from yesterday

[normal island]

Hilarious

[fallen atlas]

The mw1 version is used

[opaque moss]

you do know that they can literally port the anims right

like, literal port

[fallen atlas]

I know

Thats what I said

[fallen atlas]

Like, literally

[opaque moss]

yeah so that's what they did

[celest sparrow]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/875464305452134401.gif?size=96

[echo kettle]

https://youtu.be/v4CGOdytR-U?si=zgyQJsSzwvMrED7H

[opaque moss]

why would they use the mw rig if they weren't doing that from the beginning

[fallen atlas]

Meh.
I dont really like all the modern warfare animations in stalker.

[opaque moss]

also fire's vsk94/9a91

[normal island]

My whole reaction watching that BaS trailer

https://tenor.com/view/iovedice-spongebob-gif-21070986

[fallen atlas]

I want animations that feel like a random person would perform when out in the zone.
Putting the tacticool mw animations in is like putting a spetsnaz in the loner camp to pretend he's a newbie

[celest sparrow]

REAL

Me when I see the retarded tactical sprint animation on a single gun

[opaque moss]

yeah those bas sprint anims are honestly retarded as fuck

also because the animation is objectively bad by itself lol

gun doesn't even move or react to anything at all

[normal island]

A tu mamá la van a sacal pero del estudio de polno mamaguevo

[opaque moss]

ni un grillo pelao🗣️ 🗣️

[normal island]

Now teach me how to animate an AK

[crystal fiber]

I was gone for 10 minutes and juan is still yapping about this

[cursive wagon]

shit seeing animations that could piss off gun safety enthusiasts would make more sense with some people in the zone just being desperate homeless people

maybe not that far but yea

[normal island]

More like random outlaws

Def not many people with actual or even serious gun training

[warm cypress]

man I'm debating on updating GAMMA

[cursive wagon]

indeed, give me a inspect animations where I stare down the barrel of a loaded shotgun

[celest sparrow]

Sorry but I happen to be John Wick

[warm cypress]

There's the suicide mod lol

[cursive wagon]

I dont wanna kms I wanna be retarded

[normal island]

I make because my anims as efficient as possible because thats how I roll

[stark wyvern]

then shoot the brain instead of the head

[warm cypress]

well you dont KYS until you click after holding the gun to your head

So you can justy run around with a gun to your head

[stark wyvern]

run around with a rpg on your head and click when you are nearby a enemy

[fallen atlas]

Not everyone in the zone is an outlaw tbf

[normal island]

Not everyone

[cursive wagon]

"hey sid have any new tasks for me? If not you're gonna have a new cleaning task"

[normal island]

But most that arent rolling with the military or mercs

[warm cypress]

oh nvm I thought 0.9.4 was out i dont gotta update lol

[crystal fiber]

And that's okay

[twin timber]

aNOTHER ONE

[subtle hornet]

Anyone jump into any of the enhanced editions of the OG3 that were dropped today? What';s everyone's take?

[twin timber]

Oh god not this again

It'll start yet another 3 hour argument

[celest sparrow]

[subtle hornet]

Oh..oh..okay..nvm nvm

lol

[sage schooner]

they are fine but also wonderful and horrible, i think that encapsulates everyones opinions

[crystal fiber]

There is already a patch coming up for the EEs.

[subtle hornet]

I was playing through Autumn Aurora recently...haven't decided if I want to swap over to the enhanced to see how it is

[celest sparrow]

You're not missing out on anything unless you want to do Achievements

[lethal steeple]

i insist that people could've gotten ogsr gunslinger and still would've complained to no end

inb4 yes of course kek1 emoji it's a fan project

[crystal fiber]

soc gunslinger

[lethal steeple]

picture a timeline where ogsr didn't exist

[crystal fiber]

oh that would have been good

No more ogsr modpacks with addons from anomaly

[carmine slate]

At some point, I stop listening to random people on the internet and just enjoy my damn games.

[normal island]

Enhanced editions so good when you don't have a bitch on your ear telling you it's blurry

[celest sparrow]

IT'S BLURRY

WHY DID THEY USE FSR

FUCK GSC

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/517146444558499850/1369874616121561139/ballscratchr420_-_1919850333569765704.gif

[blissful ivy]

CAR

WOO

[lethal steeple]

okay so i launched the game to see what was the fuss all about and yeah it's blurry

[normal island]

The bitch in my ear:

[lethal steeple]

but i'm not enough of an autist nor a retard to carry that as a flag

as is everyone here

[normal island]

I've seen more people mentioning the USSR stuff more than the graphical issues

[lethal steeple]

"people" here make it out to be like strelok has fucking cataracts

[blissful ivy]

yeah lol

the USSR stuff has been bigger deal than the rest XD

[celest sparrow]

I saw more people talking about the blurry shit than the USSR stuff

[normal island]

Ah bueno coma mierda entonces

[lethal steeple]

in this chat specifically it was about the ussr stuff

in newbies it was about blurriness

[blissful ivy]

tbh, i think it was better with it, but honestly, its barely noticeable

so like, sure they removed it, but like... were you really looking at them

[lethal steeple]

it's ERASING OF HISTORY AND CULTURE!!!!

[carmine slate]

Oh yes, that history of when a country tried communism and then millions proceeded to perish under communism.

[blissful ivy]

sir this is a wendy's

now do you want a fuckin baconator or not

[carmine slate]

With a large order of fries and a coke :3

[blissful ivy]

why is this cat partially void

[normal island]

https://tenor.com/view/roberto-carlos-gif-7700826

[blissful ivy]

[normal island]

Me with that cat

[blissful ivy]

nah you dont understand, its gonna melt into shadows when you try

it will be like charlie brown trying to kick the football

[carmine slate]

It’s uni! aka maxwell aka goober aka big boobs

[blissful ivy]

where the fuck did that last one come from

[gaunt agate]

https://tenor.com/view/my-name-is-cat-search-discord-gif-26778165

[carmine slate]

https://tenor.com/view/boobs-cat-big-boobs-gif-25092046

Anyways, check this shi

[normal island]

It didn't show me any cats

[tropic quest]

how will this affect the game that doesnt fake survival

[lethal steeple]

sibling i am aware that was a satirical social commentary witicism

[carmine slate]

Meow :3

[atomic mica]

Holy masters degree in redditology

[blissful ivy]

maxwell mousepad

[lethal steeple]

https://tenor.com/view/sopranos-tony-soprano-funny-gif-5018786074331786569

[trim juniper]

Yo I need the mod that groks use to add more radiation pockets in the game

[undone elk]

Realistic East European Air version 420

[hybrid isle]

honestly would love it if eggheads had nosorogs same with any faction that somehow doesn't

[small ermine]

Well
That is a nosorog npc

[hybrid isle]

i know but i want an egghead nosorog

but it doesn't exist if i killed him he would just have a regular egghead exo

[small ermine]

That's the thing he is a nosog on stats as well

He just doesn't drop it

Bandits also have a nosorog

They are just not player items

[echo kettle]

we need the soviet stuff back.

[small ermine]

No we really don't

[carmine slate]

Who’s we?

[crystal fiber]

This is hilarious af
https://www.reddit.com/r/stalker/comments/1kr1fpo/xray_20_open_source_has_been_publicly_released_by/

[crystal fiber]

The Grok thread is so bad

[steel oracle]

Wow so the trilogy " remaster " is apparently absolutely awful.

Anyone played it?, I don't see how you could mess up a formula that worked nearly 15 years ago.

[crystal fiber]

It wasn't even made by gsc themselves, and current gsc is not as it used to be

[steel oracle]

Wow so it was just sub contracted out lmao

Jesus Christ.

[celest sparrow]

Grok jumpscare

[small ermine]

Grok
Reddit
-65 votes

[steel oracle]

Yeah stalker 2 made me realize that. I was and am still incredibly sad and disappointed with S2.

[crystal fiber]

Also the OP is so

[lethal steeple]

show grok's post

[small ermine]

It's 1 kilometer long rant box

[lethal steeple]

jesus christ how hard is it to not press enter

[celest sparrow]

It was hidden
I don't use Reddit so didn't know

[steel oracle]

What's this in relation to?. Are they talking about stalker 2 or the remasters that just came out?

[small ermine]

Wall jumpscare

[small ermine]

The engine on the post

[steel oracle]

Wow so the S2 situation is so dire people are trying to dig up old code and engine to make it better lmao

[gritty iris]

I read the first line and bro is already talking as if he's #1 contributor on xray-monolith or something lmfao

[small ermine]

No that's not what this is

[lethal steeple]

yeah this

[small ermine]

This is the og engine for stalker 2 in 2011

Or parts of it

[steel oracle]

I'm on the thread now, trying to get the rundown

[lethal steeple]

it's run of the mill grok behavior

nothing unusual

[celest sparrow]

When will Grok get PR

[crystal fiber]

I don't

[lethal steeple]

when the gamma killer, caca, gets released and he is humbled

[celest sparrow]

[small ermine]

Caca

[simple widget]

caca means poop in spanish so idk about that

[steel oracle]

Caca lmao?

As in poopy?

Dukey?

[small ermine]

Yes he speaks Spanish

[celest sparrow]

I'm intrigued with what they're going to do

[simple widget]

well what or who is caca

[celest sparrow]

But you know, they could be using their time on something better or use UE5 smh

[small ermine]

The gamma killer

[simple widget]

is he the shit

[small ermine]

[crystal fiber]

Ixray

[celest sparrow]

Actual GAMMA killer

[simple widget]

so its a modpack or a person

[lethal steeple]

no but really grok needs to invest time into thinking before hitting send

[steel oracle]

I'm still astonished at the fact it's been 6+ months and stalker 2 is still just using some 100 meter event spawn bubble lmao, but I'll leave it there or post on #1310675708091301930

[lethal steeple]

or to settle down

like holy shit

[small ermine]

All you need to do to kill gamma is
Repackage gamma without the shit mods
And make it easy to download

[lethal steeple]

bro's ego is on another galaxy

[celest sparrow]

Bro has the biggest hate boner for S2's A-Life

[gritty iris]

bro why am i even reading that wall of text, now i need to google search for brain aneurysm survival rate

[celest sparrow]

Why are you even reading if you're not a game dev

Blow up

[crystal fiber]

His first message is sth that I'd say too.
So idk

[steel oracle]

I personally just remove 10-15 add-ons I dont like, and add 20-30 ones I do. Usually ones for more immersion and realism and difficulty.

[small ermine]

I saw the huge wall
And a -6 on it
And decided to save myself

[crystal fiber]

The second message, though...

[celest sparrow]

The tales of the zone guy should have done that

[simple widget]

imagine reading, yes i play gamma how did u know

[gritty iris]

yeah but bro not knowing 20% of what the engine does and talking like that is crazy work

[small ermine]

Literally do a .rar with mo2 included
You win

[carmine slate]

I still see that a certain part of the stalker community are still in their nonstop bitching phase.

[steel oracle]

Lmao wasn't that exposed as an EFP repack?

[celest sparrow]

It was

[simple widget]

their*

[gritty iris]

"60% of it is Lua"
source: data freshly pulled out of his ass

[celest sparrow]

Could have been funnier to use GAMMA as the GAMMA killer

[lethal steeple]

it's not even remotely related to the remasters, grok just vomited again on reddit

[crystal fiber]

I mean, a lot of things in anomaly are via lua, not in engine

[lethal steeple]

yeah but 60% is comical

[simple widget]

of course grok is a redditor, figures

[crystal fiber]

Maybe he is talking about 1.6

[carmine slate]

I mean, maybe he has “some” sort of a point. But I really could give less of a fuck right now…

[crystal fiber]

Which would have even more stuff from the engine via lua, I think

[lethal steeple]

not at all, also not your fault

[steel oracle]

I'm reading the posts, it seems like he just is strongly opinionated and not very delicate or respectful with how he voices that opinion. Very blunt and coarse , but at least he's being genuine and honest I guess?.

[gritty iris]

bro, the sheer amount of shader code, config files that define behavior and such makes it a bit of a difference lol

[small ermine]

Yeah this is a usual

[carmine slate]

All I want is Stalker 2 to be a better game. I overall enjoyed my time with the game, even if I had to mod it a bit. But I just want the game to be even better.

[small ermine]

Subtlety of a sledgehammer

[gritty iris]

like, the Lua scripting ain't doing miracles and carrying the game on its own

[past cape]

What's all this nerd talk holy fuck

[celest sparrow]

Don't worry guys
Grok will remake Stalker 2 in a better engine

[gritty iris]

https://tenor.com/view/quirky-speech-bubble-gif-738969972579857891

[lethal steeple]

Clearly shows you know jackshit about modding

[gritty iris]

clown arrived

[crimson island]

sooooo, is whatever this convo is related to this thing that just popped up in my library?

[echo kettle]

ok I checked the 3 "remasters" they look blurry but since I played a lot of blurry AAA games nowadays lol

[past cape]

No I literally do not understand what you guys are talking about lmao

[small ermine]

Yes if you owned the ogs you get them for free

[steel oracle]

I personally can't even bring myself to play anything more than a few minutes. Without proper A-Life it just feels like a dead zone. And the AI just leaves so much to be desired. If you told me a year or so ago that the NPC AI in GAMMAs combat behaviors were more realistic and challenging than S2s, I wouldn't have believed you

[lethal steeple]

not the gamma ai praise again

[celest sparrow]

The fucking A-Life talk

[lethal steeple]

dad's drunk again

[gritty iris]

one could argue the same for a bunch of modding related stuff that is not necessarily scripted

[echo kettle]

A-life is love its fucking life XD

[celest sparrow]

Even playing through SoC again, A-Life is so dogshit that I would rather not have it

[steel oracle]

Not even GAMMA either lol, base anomaly even. Or soc..

[small ermine]

I genuinely couldn't give a shit about Alife
If only they had made the spawns more subtle bitching would have gone down massively

[lethal steeple]

there he goes

clockwork

[echo kettle]

0 days

[lethal steeple]

yeah

[steel oracle]

Yeah at least a couple hundred meters would be nice lol

[celest sparrow]

Bro saw that one video comparing the AI from the Trilogy and S2, he saw the truth

[carmine slate]

I understand that. And yet at the same time, it feels like we’ve been talking about this for soooooo goddamn long. We already made our points, and yet we still have to talk about it regardless if that’ll change anything.

[small ermine]

Not even
Make them only spawn behind stuff

[steel oracle]

Anyone played that True Stalker mod?, someone recommend that to me

Said it was more linear and narrative driven but fun

[celest sparrow]

It has no A-Life

so you wont like it

sorry sis

[crystal fiber]

I personally find that number a bit funny

[lethal steeple]

what rubs me the wrong way is how people will gouge their eyes out due to outrage about spawns in stalker 2 but go out of their way to add the day stalkers/night mutants mods to anomaly and say it's peak game design as it makes the zone feel alive

[blissful ivy]

https://tenor.com/view/space-marine-space-marine-2-warhammer-warhammer40k-slam-gif-13840589410824280412

[lethal steeple]

it's just honestly baffling

not funny

not cartoonishly idiotic

just baffling

[steel oracle]

Huh, I'll have to take a peek at it on moddb and give it a shot

[celest sparrow]

GAMMA is a masterpiece idk what you're talking about

[crystal fiber]

Guys guys

[lethal steeple]

also xcvb is still king in the anomaly scene but the night mutants mod was not it

[crystal fiber]

I've heard that prosectors project has good AI

[small ermine]

Shit literally spawns at less than 50m and its not even funny

[crystal fiber]

Can someone check?

[gritty iris]

I would've personally said that Anomaly is precisely 69% composed by Lua scripts and must be kept that way

[steel oracle]

Dang what shotty is that?

[echo kettle]

the classic dog spawning

[celest sparrow]

KS23

[lethal steeple]

jesus the jump multiplier on recoil

[dark river]

guys does anybody know where is this PDA? I already checked in mine and around bridge to namalsk but i cant find it

[lethal steeple]

you know what

i'm doing recoil platinum

fuck it

[celest sparrow]

Lets GOO

[echo kettle]

leggo

[lethal steeple]

like right the fuck now

tomorrow we grind yareli

[small ermine]

[celest sparrow]

RAAAAAAAAAAGH

[echo kettle]

go get them champ

[celest sparrow]

REAL

FUCK

I NEED TO GET MY STEEL ESSENCE

[steel oracle]

No wonder it slapped so hard damn lol, my hud FOV must be different because he holds it way closer to the body

[small ermine]

I ran out

[celest sparrow]

Time to bully Misery for the 5783th time

[sick yoke]

The people who complain about s2 alife are the same people who would hate helldivers 2

[lethal steeple]

i gotta think of a fashion for the idol girl since i doubt black and gold will look good on her

[sick yoke]

And I’m glad they don’t play the game

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[lethal steeple]

my brain can't do better than black and gold with the protovyre apex ephemera

[celest sparrow]

I cooked with Gyre

and Lavos
I love them

[steel oracle]

I complain about S2 A - Life and enjoy Helldivers 2. But Helldivers 2 uses a wave system for the enemies combined with spawn points via holes mixed with patrols.

I gotta play the new update you reminded me

Are the illithid still around?

[celest sparrow]

you see
if grok was developer of S2, A-Life would have been in the game so

[grave orchid]

Guess I'm doing Fent irl not only in games

[echo kettle]

I tought the game was fucking dead

[small ermine]

Game is thriving

[celest sparrow]

only 152k? that shit dead

[small ermine]

They cooked

[steel oracle]

I think if Unreal Engine 5 wasn't used there would be A-Life in the game personally lol 😂

[small ermine]

[small ermine]

I love how the reason of why no alife is because of eu5

[echo kettle]

we need alife so hard in S2 like a lot

[sick yoke]

Game isn’t getting 400k concurrent players anymore? HOLY SHIT GUYS THE GAME IS SO DEAD ITS SO OVER

[small ermine]

Seems to me
Ppl don't userstand why games don't use systems like alife
Ram usage exists

[sick yoke]

Fucking dumbass YouTubers

[steel oracle]

Nah it's fine without it. Who cares they advertised it for years and said it was a key feature and then mere days before release erased all mentions of A-Life from the S2 Steam Store Page. It's no biggie.

[small ermine]

More than half of everything that happens in soc is scripted too look like it's alife is working

[celest sparrow]

My man is beyond malding

[echo kettle]

S2 so heavy i'd rather pirate the horizon zero sequel

[steel oracle]

Just pointing out a lie and deception from GSC lol.

[celest sparrow]

Blame the marketing department

[lethal steeple]

horizon one dusk

[small ermine]

As if that's was the first time gsc had lied

[lethal steeple]

yeah like

[sick yoke]

Horizon two midday

[celest sparrow]

And S2 having A-Life will still not make you like it despite what you believe is
If you dislike the game for what it is now, what makes you think it's going to change it

[lethal steeple]

people like to purposefully 50/50 grind on the soc alife marketing fiasco

[steel oracle]

I blame the studio as a whole. Just as I assume people are blaming them rn for the situation and state of the trilogy remasters.

[lethal steeple]

like i insist

at least todd howard didn't lie on a single thing

[small ermine]

In one of the old interviews one of the stalker devs said their Ai was so complex it could finish the game

[celest sparrow]

16 times the detail

[lethal steeple]

yes he did hilariously exaggerate the claims

[echo kettle]

it just works

[lethal steeple]

but he didn't lie

[small ermine]

That turned out to be a massive lie

[steel oracle]

Yeah it all just works. Starfield was a smash hit.

[crimson island]

soooo, they're invading Super Earth right now

[lethal steeple]

couldn't care less about starfield

[steel oracle]

Hell yeah about to hop on, I only got to fight them a handful of times so far

[lethal steeple]

i'm talking about the countless memes on todd's marketing for skyrim

just look up all the shit gsc promised for soc

[small ermine]

The fallout 76 fiasco

[lethal steeple]

count how many of them did deliver

[steel oracle]

Same lol was being sarcastic

Most people didn't like starfield from what I see online and through reviews and such

[celest sparrow]

It was okay

[sick yoke]

No anon. Alife is the holy grail. Alife will save minesweeper if it was added. It would save solitaire.

[echo kettle]

at least isn't Molyneux

[steel oracle]

I found myself enjoying 2D starsector more engaging and fun and entertaining than Starfield personally. But just my opinion.

[sick yoke]

https://tenor.com/view/wheeze-laugh-gif-14359545

[past cape]

I'm waiting for the Skyrim re-re-re-release personally

[steel oracle]

I gotta download Skyrim and play it again, last time I did it was 2014 and I had like a ton of mods. I hear now with AI there is full blown new characters with stories and quests that are all voice acted via AI and sound pretty good

[sick yoke]

But like seriously yeah no like

[steel oracle]

Like allegedly there is whole new guilds and quest lines snd all that

[echo kettle]

I still cannot finish Fallout 4 rofl.

[steel oracle]

I love that mods have gotten to the point of straight up adding content

[sick yoke]

If you don’t like s2, alife being added isn’t going to magically change that

[steel oracle]

Oh I think the story looks good

[small ermine]

There was a whole post about that

[celest sparrow]

that's what I'm saying

[sick yoke]

Yeah

I’m agreeing

[steel oracle]

Also I agree with the opinion that a lot of people expected S2 to be like GAMMA which is an insane expectation

[small ermine]

https://www.reddit.com/r/stalker/s/ykAnYxDnVQ

[echo kettle]

lol

[echo kettle]

that guy needs a job also a shower

[steel oracle]

Given I enjoy the story, lore and world and characters and environments and basically everything in the game and only have issues with A-Life, in my individual case it being fixed/added would unironically make me like the game lol 🤷‍♂️

[twin timber]

Aight i think my barrier defense is bugged again

[echo kettle]

some things will never change

[small ermine]

Dropped the 700hr game time
And yet got told the "you haven't played like how I do" line

[twin timber]

Maybe theres some monolithian around

But i can't seem to finish the quest

[steel oracle]

Which one you doing?

[small ermine]

In all seriousness
Stalker 2 is the best told story stalker has had
I will die on this hill

[twin timber]

Monolith version

I liked the possible canon ending of stalker 2

Skif did the least bad thing

[small ermine]

Time travel

Skiffs ending is time travel

[steel oracle]

Yeah I was liking it's direction and pacing and how it was done. Odds are I will download S2 and as many mods as I can to try and address issues I may have and am just gonna play it for the sake of the story alone.

[twin timber]

What? how?

How did you reach that conclusion

[celest sparrow]

From the responses I'm reading, the community is retarded as expected

[echo kettle]

2 endorsements rofl

[twin timber]

Huh?

[celest sparrow]

At least some throw some valid criticism but most of the experiences shared mainly come from Modding Experiences which are far better than what the Trilogy has to offer

[steel oracle]

Yeah geopolitical mods are lame lol

[celest sparrow]

A-Life is trash and even replaying through SoC, it shows how poor the A-Life system is and how much people glaze it

[steel oracle]

I guess in the remaster they also went out of their way to remove all ethnic Russian stuff from the game 🤣

[twin timber]

Anyway, anyone knows how to unbug my barrier defense?

[small ermine]

Garbage is literally empty

[echo kettle]

time to play valheim with the cubs, latorz

[twin timber]

I lost 3 friends to monolith rpgs

[steel oracle]

I wonder if you may have to use debug, hmmm

[twin timber]

[celest sparrow]

I had 7 Bandits spawn walk into Cordon as group, surely that makes sense lol

[twin timber]

Nope

Invictus

[celest sparrow]

Also yeah Garbage is empty as shit

[steel oracle]

RIP damn

[steel oracle]

By God ....

[small ermine]

Only thing to do in garbage outside of the plot things is loot the groza storm

[steel oracle]

You madman lol, damn you got yourself a real situation on your hands it seems

[twin timber]

Well, whathever, if i'm not able to complete it then i'll just leave

[sick yoke]

Alife bro they were going to take over garbage bro

[twin timber]

I got a lot of good loot

[celest sparrow]

Ah shit my bad g

[steel oracle]

Yeah I have had a few tasks get bugged and put em on the back burner

[steel oracle]

Garbage in S2?

[celest sparrow]

In SoC

And Clear Sky as well

[steel oracle]

Ohhh

[celest sparrow]

People glaze the fuck out of the Trilogy when A-Life is barely a thing in those games

[small ermine]

Zaton is a graveyard npc only spawn on the same checkpoints

[steel oracle]

Yeah I wish it was more lively, if I do replay them I wonder if there is a ZCP for them that would allow me to raise the mutant and stalker spawns and liven things up a bit

[steel oracle]

Because I love how GAMMA has that and you can adjust those sliders as much as you want, until it's at the pop you like and or your CPU hits its limit hahah

[celest sparrow]

Ah yes
The sense of suspense and requiring alertness when I walk through Cordon

Coming back to an area I already cleared out just to see another group of Bandits

A-Life is so good y'all

[steel oracle]

So do you genuinely dislike A-Life and it's subsystems like offline combat and movement and all the other features it opens up?

[twin timber]

https://tenor.com/view/yapping-yapping-level-today-catastrophic-yapanese-gif-13513208407930173397

[steel oracle]

I enjoy seeing stalkers loot, talk, travel and trade and upgrade their guns and stuff

[celest sparrow]

I dislike people making it seem like it's the second coming of Jesus when it did jackshit in the Trilogy

It was Modding that actually made A-Life relevant

[wicked bloom]

Are people forgetting that clear sky had instant respawns that pathed right back to areas you just cleared while you were looting?

Some spots were literally never ending gunfights

[steel oracle]

Yeah soc was way better in that regard, I hated in clear sky how the damed renegades were just multiplying like bunnies rofl

[small ermine]

It's very tiring seeing endless amount of nerds with rose goggles glazing incomplete half assed games

[celest sparrow]

It's funnier when people say GAMMA has better A-Life and systems when it does the same shit as well

[twin timber]

Gamma's A-life = Zcp

[celest sparrow]

Cause I do sure enjoy clearing out an area and knowing Stalkers will respawn back to that place 2 hours later, I do love it when spring cleaning is extended

[small ermine]

Gammas massive alife improvements
Look inside
Zcp

[steel oracle]

Tbh I was more upset at how they handled the advertising and subsequent removal of A-Life from the steam store page. To have it listed as a feature and then right before release editing the S2 Steam store page and removing all mentions of it .....that kinda rubbed me wrong, as it did some others apparently.

[twin timber]

To be honest

[crystal fiber]

Which sucks too, btw

[twin timber]

Once i learned how to mess with ZCP the game became way more interesting

[celest sparrow]

Also NPC interactions being butchered in GAMMA is so lame

[small ermine]

Yes and I'm mad they planned out NFTS for the stalker 2 campaign

[twin timber]

NFTS?

[steel oracle]

Same dude I was playing with sliders in ZCP for hours hahah

[oblique reef]

Strelok NFT for 50 bitcoin

[steel oracle]

ROFL I completely forgot about that!

[small ermine]

And since ppl have the memory of a goldfish
They forgot about that

[celest sparrow]

Dude I would have given in just to see my stupid face in the game
Imagine seeing a Mexican in the Zone

[small ermine]

[small ermine]

Muh DEI inclusion ruining sdalger grrr

[twin timber]

To be honest i actually forgot NFTs were a thing

[steel oracle]

Or how about if you pre-order , the NPCs play more songs on the guitar and tell more stories around the campfire?.

[twin timber]

I can't grasp the concept of paying 50 grand on a jpg

[oblique reef]

I can't believe Fr*nch people exist in S2 🤮

[small ermine]

Tech nerds baby project trying to force it to exist

[celest sparrow]

Don't look inside the GAMMA server

you will piss and shit yourself

[crystal fiber]

Grok in s2?

[cursive wagon]

"pay 50k for my picture of some random french guy I found inside the sewers"

[oblique reef]

Foreigner Bob must be Grok in disguise

[celest sparrow]

He is the C-Con
cause green man = grok

[small ermine]

Also sultan getting that Mongolian east slav look was pretty peak

[twin timber]

Loading a save

Puts the quest mark on me

FML man

Gamba quests.

[cursive wagon]

anyways whats being complained about rn

[small ermine]

Sdalger 2

[twin timber]

Just the usual bickering

[cursive wagon]

yapping about S2? so the usual ig

[celest sparrow]

A-Life fucked my wife

[cursive wagon]

A-life made me watch his wife getting fucked

[oblique reef]

Hi I'm A-Life

[cursive wagon]

[steel oracle]

Lol yeah I remember seeing these pre order bonuses and rolling my eyes a year ago lol

[twin timber]

as per usual

[cursive wagon]

eh I could care less about preorder bonuses tbh

[oblique reef]

Seeing that there's a whole ass questline locked behind preorder kinda bugged me

[steel oracle]

If they were only cosmetics I'd agree. But some of its additional story content.

[steel oracle]

Exactly

[twin timber]

Imagine locking game content behind extra paid content

[cursive wagon]

matters how good the quest line is for me to really give a fuck ngl

[twin timber]

Langweilig

[cursive wagon]

we talkin 10/10 peak quest that everyone should play? if not meh

[oblique reef]

it was pretty minor, but it involves an unremovable quest item in your inventory which bugged people

[cursive wagon]

ah I see

[lethal steeple]

have you played anomaly's mysteries of the zone

[steel oracle]

Lmao go figure the DLC paid quest line bugs the player

[lethal steeple]

it was basically that

go here go there and loot stashes

that's it

[steel oracle]

Aww that's a bit of a bummer

[lethal steeple]

it's not a questline like at all

but also a cute way to give the player their preorder goodies

like actually cute

calling it a quest was not it tho

[cursive wagon]

ngl partially wondering if I decide to return to the originals if I should with the enhanced edition or just mod the ogs

[celest sparrow]

You can do either

[lethal steeple]

experience vanilla soc once

the original soc

fully vanilla

[celest sparrow]

I did, it was mid

[cursive wagon]

no mods fixing bugs or anything? seems rough ngl

[celest sparrow]

I didn't have issues

Well, outside of AW spawning like 20 mutants

[cursive wagon]

surprising considering the engine

[celest sparrow]

Yeah I got lucky I guess

[lethal steeple]

you have high goodwill (see what i did there gamma friends) with the sun

[celest sparrow]

Kruglov didn't die on me either so

[dawn ocean]

zombie died for your sins i guess lmao

[cursive wagon]

btw are we saying only soc or specifically that should be played og?

[lethal steeple]

i wish monsters had actual death animations

[celest sparrow]

The only thing I genuinely enjoyed about SoC were the unique weapons and gear

[oblique reef]

No restoration projects?

[cursive wagon]

lol

[celest sparrow]

wish they kept the Artifact / Anomaly infused equipment concept

[crystal fiber]

I've found a video that explains a-life

[small ermine]

Because for the most part the other 2 are nothing but empty burgers

[crystal fiber]

Too bad it is on russian only

[cursive wagon]

btw, with the recent 1.4 patch should I finish stalker 2 or just let the updates keep flowing we think?

[celest sparrow]

@small ermine Miro afuera y esta naranja el cielo
rompiendo mal no mentia

[oblique reef]

i finally uninstalled S2, I'm prob waiting for like 2 years before replaying

[steel oracle]

I've been waiting for someone to make a ragdoll mod with blindside's tools for so long

Literally years lol

[small ermine]

[oblique reef]

maybe after they add generators and limansk as DLC or something

[cursive wagon]

I was gonna give it like 6 mores months, idk about 2 years

[blissful ivy]

sorry i dont speak chili pepper

[cursive wagon]

there patch notes have been fucking anormous recently

[blissful ivy]

[steel oracle]

Watch zone slugs video and judge for yourself

He does a good job each patch showing the actual differences

[twin timber]

Yeah do whathever you want m8

[cursive wagon]

im still on the fence despite watching stuff about it, its more of me being on the edge of going back into it

but I think giving it some more months is better then trying it anytime soon prob

[steel oracle]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2VXMEqFBXRE

[lethal steeple]

emision pero con la saturacion baja

cero dias

[blissful ivy]

im just waiting for the dayz stalker server, so i can finally play jank stalker multiplayer

but not in stalker

[cursive wagon]

they exist but they are all in russian lmao

[blissful ivy]

no i mean the good one

[steel oracle]

Yeah I'm waiting a bit longer myself too, if things don't get much better I'll probably just play it through for the sake of the story

[blissful ivy]

not the shitty ones with reskinned wolves and bears

that look the part but work like shit

[cursive wagon]

I mean shit dayz remade into stalker sounds fun but idk where in the hell I would fine a server for it

[blissful ivy]

i mean the ones that have actual proper weaknesses/strengths

[blissful ivy]

well boi do i have a server for you (still in development tho, its coming Soon™️)

[steel oracle]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xSzOX8sFtBE&pp=ygUSU3RhbGtlciB6IHRyYWlsZXIg

[blissful ivy]

no

that aint it

thats an RP server

fuck RP

[steel oracle]

Ohhh yeah ok

Mb lol

[blissful ivy]

too many rules and shit

like "no you cant shoot him, you didnt give him your name, number, ZIP code, address and the numbers on the back of your credit card yet"

[cursive wagon]

the only prob I have is that it prob wouldnt get close to og stalker unless they somehow made a working faction system that didnt just give fancy names before u shot someone or some shit

[blissful ivy]

you cant shoot him until thats done

[steel oracle]

I played it and they kicked me out of cordon for luring too many mutants there lmao

[blissful ivy]

yeah i know

they are boring

RP players are usually lame asses

that exist only to be annoying

so i dont bother

[steel oracle]

Yeah RP isn't for everyone that's for sure

[cursive wagon]

we got a time frame when it could be done, like this year or next?

[blissful ivy]

in MY opinion, RP is for everyone

they just do RP shitty on that server

thats all

[small ermine]

It's just that most ppl are bad at Rp

[blissful ivy]

DayZ underground does it decently enough

[blissful ivy]

or theres the rules, which are my biggest gripe

[steel oracle]

Yeah I didn't get to play long enough to judge tbh, seemed like light to medium RP. Some of the factions were way heavier rp though

[blissful ivy]

id rather awkward interactions than some admin goof interrupting me because i didnt tie my shoe

or some shit

[celest sparrow]

RDM RDM RDM RDM RDM

[cursive wagon]

without something like this I feel like it would just be og dayz but with different pve enemies that would just still be ignored for pvp

[blissful ivy]

this was an issue there too

i played it, killed a dude

and the admin got pissy

[blissful ivy]

thats why i said this

because its just an exaggerated version

i legit was told to basically introduce myself to this mf when i was about to plant a 9mm into his fucking brain

[small ermine]

[blissful ivy]

like NO

[steel oracle]

Yeah most roleplay games require some type of interaction or exchange of words or text before a fight. At least in my limited experiences

[blissful ivy]

im just gonna blow his brains all over the floor and take his shit

i might interact with the next guy more, but this dude was sketchy

[blissful ivy]

yeah, unless they got factions

which as long as they arent your faction

you can just shoot them

[steel oracle]

Lmao dayz is filled with the most unhinged gamers too

Some bonafide lunatics

[blissful ivy]

and they are so fuckin fun

but they arent allowed to shine that much

since rules

[south token]

I feel like I see less of those on offical servers

[blissful ivy]

as i said, dayz underground did it well

they removed all the big rules and just left loose rules that people follow

(and they password protected it and hid the password in the rules so you had to read the rules to find it)

[celest sparrow]

Love it when people do this

[small ermine]

Brother
Think of the benefits

For this server

[blissful ivy]

sarcasm or serious?

because i think its fuckin funny

keeps the less determined rule breaking goobers out

[harsh sandal]

Whereever you are, there are always people who cant read

[blissful ivy]

that too

its funnier when its someone in like, canada who went through school cant read

since its like "buddy, you learned this when you were 5"

its actually impressive when they made it this far, i know someone like that, hes not dyslexic or anything, just doesnt know how to read

well actually, no idea if hes dyslexic

[harsh sandal]

[cursive wagon]

I have never seen someone that cant literally read, being blind as a bat when doing so? yes, but legit cannot read? no

[blissful ivy]

yeah its rarer depending on location

[harsh sandal]

You wont believe

[cursive wagon]

I live in Misip this place is known for idiots, but I also dont talk to people a lot considering how its also a shithole

[blissful ivy]

yeah, youd have to talk to people

eeeww

[cursive wagon]

true

[blissful ivy]

i dont talk to people

well

friends sure

[harsh sandal]

[blissful ivy]

but thats like 7 people

[harsh sandal]

[blissful ivy]

anyone else just gets shut down when they talk to me

[cursive wagon]

I only talk to the person taking my sonic order

[blissful ivy]

literally just told a dude to shut up and watch his shit (he was watching reels and decided to engage in riveting conversation)

[harsh sandal]

Come on we all know us gamma/ invictus gigachad dont talk to actual people

[blissful ivy]

that was a couple days ago

[cursive wagon]

and thats even if I dont use the app so I can talk to people even less

[blissful ivy]

especially the horrifying woman

its unthinkable to talk to them

[harsh sandal]

You will die yeah

[blissful ivy]

yeah, we got rain, guess that kinda counts

so we lived there

[celest sparrow]

Serious

[blissful ivy]

yeah ok cool

[celest sparrow]

Keeps the stupid people out, and we can get people complaining over it

[blissful ivy]

i think its almost poetic

ok yeah

no people whined and bitched for ages

but they got over it

was pretty funny

[cursive wagon]

we get more people complaining about it the more entertaining it becomes

[blissful ivy]

"I have to READ??" bro wtf

[celest sparrow]

Imagine if it was added alongside the How many Mods do you have

[small ermine]

[cursive wagon]

I love reminding people that they cant read, especially knowing I cant fucking read sometimes

[small ermine]

[small ermine]

You can't read
But my lack of reading ability lead to someone getting banned

We are not the same

[hazy pollen]

Hi people

any good news in The Zone?

[carmine slate]

It’s been…interesting to say the least.

All I’ve been doing is keeping my head down for the most part.

[oblique reef]

I heard some small arms fire in the Army Warehouses, south of the road to Dead City. If you hear screaming, turn away

[stiff zealot]

Did they change how many Military spawn outside of X-18 in Dark Valley? Felt like a LOT more spawned in the last update

Unless it's varied and I've just been super unlucky this whole time

[lethal steeple]

why does this read like an analog horror hook

[kindred meteor]

yo boys anybody know where this stash is??

[kindred meteor]

https://tenor.com/view/shto-gif-25959105

Omw

Hmm still can’t find it I’m standing on top of it and nothing ):

[stiff zealot]

THAT'S A THING YOU CAN DO?!?

[cursive wagon]

could also be bugged

yea

[stiff zealot]

That would've been so useful

[thin orchid]

catspaw just a goat fr

[kindred meteor]

It’s for a search the stash quest. I’m looking for a pda in the stash

[cursive wagon]

still could be bugged tbh

[kindred meteor]

[stiff zealot]

^
Had one like that in Dark Valley on a playthrough before

[thin orchid]

placing a waypoint on the stash will also show you if you are above or below it on the minimap

[kindred meteor]

Bros it was literally right under the floor

Like I had to giga squat and look under the flooring

https://tenor.com/view/ohno-oh-no-monkey-gif-5945399001751016794

[warm cypress]

Man im going through one of those phases where zero videogames are fun

[lethal steeple]

try going outside

[warm cypress]

Just bought a brand new dirtbike lol I have been. It's 2320 its dark lmao

[grave vigil]

Woohoo ride into the wild

Spooky encounters await

[warm cypress]

yea I bought a 123 XC thinking I'd do more trail riding, but then they opened a track 20 mins from me the bastards lol. I been there every weekend instead XD

[grave vigil]

Would be nice if you set up a 360 cam and posted recording on yt

[quasi lance]

Whats thar

[thin orchid]

the guy who made the personal adjustable waypoint mod

[quasi lance]

Is rhat on gamma ?
Or do I gotta add it

[thin orchid]

already in gamma, it's the mod that lets you place waypoints and pins

[warm cypress]

I bought a GoPro but I have no idea how much a 360 cam is lol

[grave vigil]

Go pro is fine

Tbh you don't need a 360 cam unless you're a full time creator

[warm cypress]

yeah iim no pro too lol. especially since I havent been on a bike in 3 years. Blew my foot up in a crash 3 yrs ago, sold my 450, decided I was gonna start again small haha

[grave vigil]

Damn. Stay safe dude

[steel oracle]

Holy crap the reviews for the " Enhanced Edition " trilogy games are insane to read

[warm cypress]

Will try buddy! Have you ever ridden? You should try the game MX Bikes it'll take a good 10 hours to get the feel but that's the only game that you can get a "flow" in that feels like actually getting a good lap in at the track!

[celest sparrow]

Is there any funny ones

[steel oracle]

Lmao I swear Unreal Engine and all of this AI frame generation and upscaling crap is going to ruin gaming.

[grave vigil]

I wont even get to buy one but I hope one day I can I would love a bike

[warm cypress]

Bro it's already done. Well, at least AAA gaming. Did you see Bungie getting caught stealing everyone's art too?

[small ermine]

holy shit you are still on this lmao

[steel oracle]

Bikes can be fun, but it is inheritly more dangerous to ride than it is to drive. Even the most small collision can be life altering and or worse.

[small ermine]

[normal island]

What does UE5 have to do with the enhanced editions

[warm cypress]

Ah dude you can find em cheaap! And Roamer is right especially if you ride on the road. Some ppl dont pay any damn attention always looking at their phones

[steel oracle]

Yeah saw that lol, but just shocked after Stalker 2's launch I figured there couldn't be much more drama, but boom here we are. They sub-contract out these enhanced editions development and get slop in return

[small ermine]

no reason must only mald at the tiniest inconvenience

[warm cypress]

I think he just talking in general. I think it ruined Stalker 2 tho for sure. I don't think GSC is familiar with it enough to do what they wanted.

[normal island]

Yeah it must be the engine

Can't be the fact that only good games that GSC ever made were some RTS games 25 years ago

[warm cypress]

Well they cant get alife to work in it and optimize it good enough to run on NASA PCs

[steel oracle]

I just don't get how you make the original trilogy games somehow look worse than the originals did 15 years ago lmao

People are saying it's just a smeared and blurry mess, and so many new bugs and issues.

[warm cypress]

But they added reflections to water lmao

[normal island]

It looks fine to me

[small ermine]

deadass
i think ppl just dont remeber what the ogs vanilla even looked like at this point

[normal island]

The textures def look sharper, the global lighting is fancy

Some of the screen space effects are impressive to be running in this dogshit mess of an engine

[warm cypress]

I only played the trilogy a little. It's hard for me to go back to really old animations like that.

[small ermine]

case and point

[oblique reef]

marketing images made it look a lot fancier than it seems. Though I only seemed to see the CoP ones

[steel oracle]

Lol, yeah that's one of the issues it seems. These developers are prioritizing photo realistic graphics over everything. Including performance and stability. And that's just insane to me.

[celest sparrow]

B-But Juan! They used AI to upscale the textures! And removed the USSR from the game!!!!

[warm cypress]

I still need to try getting a playthrough on Radiophobia 3 tho

[normal island]

Anyone having PERFORMANCE issues with the EEs is either using faulty hardware or using a PC from 2010 or prior

It has no performance issues

I can play at the maximum preset at 60FPS locked with a low-mid tier PC

[warm cypress]

It's crazy to me people still want mods to cater to bros on DX8... Like man I get it some people can't afford a decent PC but damn.

[steel oracle]

Funny how addons for Anomaly actually have detailed and community made textures, no AI upscaling. But this " enhanced editions " developers can't be bothered to do that so just plug it into the AI and boom!, spit it out and done.

[normal island]

The textures look fine

They're well upscaled

[steel oracle]

I'm trying to find some reviews and screenshots to glare at and listen to lol

[warm cypress]

Well Bungie has art directors making six figures and cant be bothered to make their own art for their games so maybe he's busy lol

[small ermine]

user context man here is mad for stuff on a game he has not even booted up

[celest sparrow]

Bungie has art directors who are stressing the fuck out over a game that won't succeed cause the higher ups are morons

Even then it's nothing new

[normal island]

Such many cases

[steel oracle]

Yeah modern game development is just lazy now, zero effort zero creativity zero imagination or ingenuity just straight up like a machine cranking out a product on an assembly line.

[small ermine]

https://tenor.com/view/old-man-yells-at-cloud-yelling-old-man-news-the-simpsons-gif-5498361754025948763

[normal island]

Particularly funny considering these Enhanced editions have some very considerable amount of effort put into them

[warm cypress]

The "higher ups" are the reason most AAA games are trash. Nobody has passion for the projects they work on anymore. Indie games are thriving and I hope it just keeps going that way. I don't even understand how these companies can have a budget of a quarter billion dollars and it takes 10 years to release garbage. I don't understand it.

[celest sparrow]

There's some valid criticisms given here, but it's mostly bickering

[normal island]

Updated the graphical renderer for all 3 games to DX12, added multithread support for better stability and performance, included FSR for people that want/need that, added several screen space post-fx that make the games look much better

[celest sparrow]

And from the same guy

[warm cypress]

Now they wanna start charging $80USD for games??? And some of these dudes say "oh well GTA6 is gonna so we can". Well Rockstar is gonna support and keep release stuff for that most likely for a decade. It's worth $80...

[small ermine]

mmh yes i wonder why sodas arent 50 cents like they used to be 50 years ago

[normal island]

I haven't had any crashes so far with SoC so they probably fixed some stuff, in the OG version by the point i'm in so far I had almost double digit amount of crashes

Not counting the crashes from just CHANGING THE GRAPHICAL SETTINGS

Which doesn't happen anymore in the EE

[celest sparrow]

The Gamecub was $199 24 years ago, why can't consoles be that cheap?????

[small ermine]

[celest sparrow]

I find it amazing that games have been 60$ USD for such a long time

[steel oracle]

Lol my friend sent me this when Concord was coming out, got a laugh out of me. I'm trying to think of other games that came out recently that had awful trailers and gameplay and were just doomed to fail, yet for some reason the games had people defending them.

[celest sparrow]

Concord had good gameplay

Me when I don't know what I'm fucking talking about

[small ermine]

me when my only opinion on games is a youtuber grifter

[normal island]

The guy's whole personality is based around shitting on modern games

Don't waste your breath

[warm cypress]

Can use that pic for Marathon too lol

[steel oracle]

The dude who made that MS paint?

[steel oracle]

LOL I feel so bad for that one dude in their livestream

He looked so miserable

[small ermine]

damn i know for a fact i wont end up being this fucking miserable

[warm cypress]

Actually Marathon looks like it might appeal to a certain crowd. Not my thing but I get it

[steel oracle]

Yeah do what I do and just play decade or older games lol

If a game isn't fun, don't play it

[small ermine]

no i play game that are fun

[warm cypress]

I'm referring to artstyle on that ii guess

[steel oracle]

https://tenor.com/view/reggie-not-fun-why-fun-if-its-not-fun-gif-18524715

[small ermine]

fun isnt something went extinct 15 years ago

[normal island]

The OG STALKER games are pretty old

They're pretty bad

Case dismissed

[small ermine]

that just you being a miserable fool

[sick yoke]

god

[steel oracle]

Hey, everyone is entitled to their opinions lol.

[sick yoke]

helldivers 2 is crazy right now

[steel oracle]

Some think Unreal Engine 5 runs awesome for a lot of titles and upscaling and TAA and frame generation are awesome. Some think otherwise.

[sick yoke]

holy shit lmao

[steel oracle]

🤷‍♂️

[sick yoke]

i just realized the major order is literally

[steel oracle]

The Illithid are back right?

[sick yoke]

"kill 2.5 billion illuminate"

[steel oracle]

BILLION?!, Lmao jesus

Do we get a new weapon or strategem for the major offensive reward?, I have to catch up on so many warbonds dude

[lethal steeple]

holy autismo overlord that's INSANE

duke nukem wouldn't dare say he's not reading that

i want to believe all of that isn't the same user

[steel oracle]

Yeah that's just the top reviews, the more you scroll the more wild it gets lol

[lethal steeple]

oh reviewS (plural)

[steel oracle]

Some are positive though

[lethal steeple]

i thought those screenshots were all one guy

[steel oracle]

Yeah that was 3 different reviews hahaha

[lethal steeple]

still the first 2 screenshots are a hilarious amount of text

[steel oracle]

I'm tempted to give it a shot and see for myself, but I'm gonna take a peek at some videos and other stuff first.

[lethal steeple]

to complain that the game looks blurry

which, yeah, it looks blurry

but i would never put that on my epitaph like these motherfuckers

they'd be taking that shit to their grave

[warm cypress]

you guys think this taclight on my shotgun looks way too big? it is kinda apain to turn on too lol

[lethal steeple]

????????????????????

[celest sparrow]

#╟❓general-offtopic get out

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/517146444558499850/1369874998919168011/ballscratchr420_-_1920069827458105426.gif

[warm cypress]

ah i guess it does say stalker in the chat title my bad

[steel oracle]

About to try the new Inverno update, see how it looks

[warm cypress]

that mod does look good asf

[steel oracle]

Yeah he changed the snow again I guess?, I liked every version of it so far

[normal island]

All negative reviews amount to:

Game blurry
No USSR

[steel oracle]

Also I guess there is no mod support or something too?

[warm cypress]

I live in Michigan I see too much snow as it is so I havent used it in a while lol

[celest sparrow]

There is, but it has to follow GSC Guidelines

[celest sparrow]

Which people keep complaining about despite GSC stating that Mods from the Original won't work for the Enhanced Edition and are still giving away the Original Games with the purchase of the Enhnaced Edition if you want to experience those mods

[normal island]

No mods that allow for .ltx or .script files in the steam workshop

[celest sparrow]

Like they give you the option to fuck off and enjoy the Originals for modding if you so desire

[normal island]

AKA the most non issue ever

[steel oracle]

Yeah do your mod these through Moddb or Steam Workshop?

How does that work lol

[normal island]

You can also infact do .ltx and .script modding with the EEs, just not post it to the steam workshop

[celest sparrow]

Makes sense

[normal island]

It's a very reasonable thing too imo since you could do some pretty shady shit with scripts

[celest sparrow]

Yeah it's reasonable

[normal island]

They also added an integrated mod loader in the games

Where you can change load order

[celest sparrow]

Saw that, it's neat

Was wondering how you would be able to configure it with the Steam Workshop implementation

[sick yoke]

people are complaining about not being able to randomly get hacked because one of the scripts they randomly downloaded off the steam workshop and trusted was safe wasn't actually safe?

what a strange thing to complain about

[kindred meteor]

Do I still need to do quests and level up the doctor in yantar to be able to buy the books that let me craft the giga artifacts?

[normal mist]

The only good thing about it for my retarded mind is the achievements. I really wanted to have 100% trophies for stalker on steam

[vast magnet]

No, you need to talk to the egghead vendor in Jupiter

[celest sparrow]

I should get working on that later

Achievements really seem like you'll have to play the game twice

at least for SoC, haven't checked CS

[vast magnet]

he'll sell the books regardless of rep (assuming rep isn't so low he's hostile)

[kindred meteor]

ohhhh

[jagged badger]

hello i got doctors document and key i am in x8 lab i need to find trace of conspiracy but i cant find them am i missing something? i hear burers somewhere but i cant find them anyywhere

[frank oxide]

#╟🔰☢newbies-chat message

[last mesa]

Hey, can you check outskirts location with inverno 1.07. I got one report with ctd in this location. Do you use dx11?

I’m away from home and can’t check it out

[celest sparrow]

Inverno dev jumpscare

[grave vigil]

what do download managers do just boost the speed?? i tried downloading gamma folder normally took too much time but with download manager its fast

[hearty adder]

so whats the consensus on the remasters

[celest sparrow]

that they're not remasters and the only valid criticism is the blur

and the fact some major bugs haven't been fixed (?)

gonna throw in that the Font they used is ugly as shit

USSR removal if you care that much for it

[normal island]

The font is fine

The most neutral modern font ever

[celest sparrow]

I no like

Uhh I can't think of anything else

You're going to be seeing a lot of people bitching and moaning about the Blur and the USSR removal

[mighty viper]

Just play Radiophobia 3 and Open X-ray gunslinger cop

Clear Sky is shit anyway

[celest sparrow]

Clear Sky is the best
I don't wanna hear any slander

[mighty viper]

It’s good, with mods

But nobody properly made a modern version of it 😦

[celest sparrow]

Cause it's peak, no need for modern gameplay

Unlike SoC that needs Radiophobia 3 to be good

[quasi lance]

Whats radiophobia ?

[lethal steeple]

fear of radios

[past cape]

The first stalker game I tried was Clear Sky and I uninstalled after 5 mins

[quasi lance]

Woe

[celest sparrow]

missing out on peak

smh

[normal island]

I have some super vague memories of playing CoP in like 2013

[past cape]

I've only heard clear sky slander idk maybe I should play the ogs as well

[normal island]

Got to the water treatment plant where all the mercs are

[lethal steeple]

clearly you must remember the best thing to ever grace the gaming industry

the bloodsucker nest quest

[normal island]

Try to shoot them but the guns didn't hit

Got mad and uninstalled

Never touched STALKER again until a friend told me to play Anomaly

In like late 2022

[hollow wadi]

Weakness
I only stopped playing in Red Forest

[lethal steeple]

and missed out on the literal best part of the game

[normal island]

The best part is where you uninstall them and go play a better FPS

[past cape]

Idk I hated the swamp, I wasn't feeling it. Probably why I don't like great swamps in anomaly as well

[sick yoke]

why are people even complaining about the ussr removal anyway

like

[normal island]

Like Return to Castle Wolfenstein

Or, idk, literaly any other FPS released in 2011

[sick yoke]

is it just whiny fucks being whiny

[hollow wadi]

Mostly

[lethal steeple]

duke nukem forever

[past cape]

"muh historical accuracy" good. Remove all traces of communism

[lethal steeple]

not again

[celest sparrow]

I have yet to see an actual reason as to why being upset with the removal of the USSR

[sick yoke]

it's not like the ussr existing has any relevance to the plot right

[quasi lance]

No AK's for you then

[sick yoke]

ok cool

[normal island]

https://tenor.com/view/blm-gif-25815938

[past cape]

Nato guns better

[celest sparrow]

Juan would you rather Duke nukem or Clear Sky it

[normal island]

"Erasing what made the OG's ambiance good" is what i've seen as the reason

[celest sparrow]

Bitch it is only in a few locations

[normal island]

But honestly I don't think that's what makes the STALKER ambiance good lol

[lethal steeple]

the hottest take i have in my books is that i didn't find duke nukem forever to be nowhere near as catastrophically bad as people made it out to be

it was mid

[celest sparrow]

That too lol

[normal island]

Duke Nukem

Like Momo said, it was more a case of over hyping rather than a truly abhorrent game

[sick yoke]

That’s such a weird argument that I’m not going to consider it

[normal island]

It's like aight

[sick yoke]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[normal island]

Also I liked CS better than SoC

[sick yoke]

“The ussr adds to the ambience of a game set in like, 2008 and onward”

🤨

[celest sparrow]

Same

[normal island]

It's a game set in a place that got frozen in time when the USSR was still strong and going, to play devil's advocate

[lethal steeple]

cue the 6 paragraph long post regarding the chernobyl nuclear accident happening before the collapse of the soviet union, hence the ussr does affect the ambiance and shit like that

[normal island]

But again, when I think STALKER ambiance or setting I don't think "USSR imagery"

[hollow wadi]

https://tenor.com/view/one-piece-didnt-read-gif-14838352632718828854

[sick yoke]

Yeah I’m just not seeing it

[past cape]

Counter argument the monuments would get scrapped by anti-communists either way

[normal island]

I think the factions, the monolith, the iconic players like rookie village or garbage, the mutants, the artifacts

If you remove the USSR imagery from STALKER, it's still STALKER

[sick yoke]

Yeah

[normal island]

Remove any of the elements I mentioned and it's not STALKER anymore

Simple as that

[sick yoke]

A radioactive wasteland doesn’t stop being a radioactive wasteland just cause it doesn’t have ussr flags and shit waving lol

[celest sparrow]

Most of the game is spent in environments that really don't have a relation with the USSR

[normal island]

It's also like, 5 props in the entire game

[lethal steeple]

bro!! what an epic FAIL! his ass forgot alife

[past cape]

The whole vibe of the game screams communism anyway, the brutalism style buildings are remnants of communism. It's like the people bitching about swastikas not being present in ww2 period games, like who the fuck cares

[normal island]

A couple of statues and some posters

[sick yoke]

I know you’re being sarcastic momo but

https://tenor.com/view/solidsnake-mgs-kms-suicide-gif-10105235

[pallid crane]

I suppose my question regarding the removal would be 'what reason is there to do so'. Did they give one?

[normal island]

It's not a good comparison imo

[lethal steeple]

i feel that 😔

[normal island]

If you make a game set in WW2, nazis are a pretty important part of it

[hollow wadi]

Are they obligated to?

[normal island]

STALKER is not set in the 80s and none of the elements, gameplay or narrative, focus on the USSR

[past cape]

I feel like it is that exact same argument of "youre deleting history!!!!1" like no

[pallid crane]

No, but I'm not obligated to like the change either, especially if they give me no reason.