╓☢stalker-chat

[blissful ivy]

https://tenor.com/view/air-fryer-iron-man-clearly-clearly-you-dont-own-a-air-fryer-iron-man-clearly-you-dont-own-a-air-fryer-gif-7993878807645613694

[mental furnace]

cozy

[granite cave]

had to reload a save cause it ate all my bullets

[rose musk]

new reaction image for suspected tweaked settings

[mental furnace]

[lavish lynx]

https://tenor.com/view/ron-bacon-permit-i-can-do-what-i-want-gif-4655564

[wide fable]

So... the code doesn't open this door?

[hot coyote]

[lethal patrol]

bugged, save and reload then punch in code

[hot coyote]

I forgot this game has gore

[celest sparrow]

[mental furnace]

[mental furnace]

also advice dont press F near running rats or u going to send them to rat jesus

[lavish lynx]

Well thats interesting. I checked my drop condition and its actually set under 70% for Veterans

got a helmet from a expert or higher stalker from a veteran.

Gets for it.

Peak Gamma

[hot coyote]

[mental furnace]

[mental furnace]

https://discord.com/channels/912320241713958912/1445012165546479676 i added this mod on top for funnies

[lunar fossil]

Is there way to fix tasks disappearing?

[mild gale]

Very pleasantly surprised that the "bring me a fuckload of bullshit" quest from Skinflute didn't pay total dogshit

[steep elm]

oh neat. I turned on the mugging squads in the default Gamma list to see how that goes.

[granite cave]

holy fuck i'm cooked my monster quest asked me to kill 2 chimera's or the borer

[lavish lynx]

Burer?

[granite cave]

yep that one

[lavish lynx]

Those are ez

[granite cave]

plus it's 2 chimera's

[lavish lynx]

Those arent as easy lol

[granite cave]

i just made the char so i only have a pistol

[mild gale]

B🅾️rer

[granite cave]

so i'm a cooked stalker run into brimsone

[lavish lynx]

Step into whirlygig

[hard summit]

if I'm trying to make a custom weapon mod .ltx file, what do different values for hand_dependence and single_handed mean?

[mental furnace]

muggins squads are kinda meh

[lavish lynx]

what the rookie doin

[hard summit]

cause for single_handed, I'd assume it's a true/false value, but it's actually using integers. What do they do?

[steep elm]

Ah

[steep elm]

idk but he seems a lil

[hard summit]

it's a Trainee smh

[steep elm]

[lavish lynx]

hes discovered antigrav

[mild gale]

lmao assisted suicide request

[steep elm]

Freedom time traveler from Stalker 2

Musta been some seriously good ganja he smoked.

https://tenor.com/view/vince-vince-mcmahon-gif-20562072

[mild gale]

I mean I'd fuckin do it just to loot his corpse if it wouldn't tank my rep lmao

[mental furnace]

u can easily escort him there

[mild gale]

i am also freedom

[mental furnace]

oh then u fucked

[mild gale]

[gusty light]

he's gonna lead a one man raid bro thinks he's strelok

also worst take i've seen on this discord is "black market is cheating"

it's just as expensive to buy all the gun parts or repair kits for gun parts, sometimes actually less expensive, the difference is you don't have to wait for a blessing from the RNG gods

[mental furnace]

@hot coyote how is it going for you ratdad?

[mental furnace]

!gunmoney

[dawn marten]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1029824156289732649/1430250622929600644/image.png?ex=68f91831&is=68f7c6b1&hm=847f2e378e814181fc0a1e995ca0dca6d48c5909d8c34d75fa044782821c66ce

[wide fable]

Seven Lurkers and two Psydogs.
Just another day in the Garbage,I guess.

[hot coyote]

I killed the boars for Fanatic in two tries

Still got it

[mental furnace]

[celest sparrow]

It's not as expensive

[wide fable]

My take on Black Market: The price of buying a gun is *obscene,*and it's rarely a particularly decent gun,to boot. At least,if you're in the stage of the game where restoring a gun is a problem. Ergo,my use of Black Market is to sell guns and suits,so I have a way to use all of the components I habitually pick up.

[celest sparrow]

I don't get why people think Repair Kits are expensive to acquire when they are not

[hot coyote]

Base game has a way to sell all the stuff from a gun tho doesn't it?

Unless it got changed again

[wide fable]

Selling the pristine guts of a gun to a technician will net you a twenty dollar bill.

[celest sparrow]

Type C Repair Kits come around 32k~ RU if you buy all of the materials for it
like that's crazy cheap compared to most of the weapons found in Black Market

[hot coyote]

20 dollars is 20 dollars

I don't think I've ever had an issue with money beyond early game tho

[wide fable]

Even with Black Market,it's typically much simpler,no matter which way you skin that cat,to restore the gun or suit yourself.

So,I use it as a way to make use of the components I pick up.

[hot coyote]

Doesn't matter either way it's your game mod it however tf you want imo

[celest sparrow]

Yeah you can do whatever

it's just as expensive to buy all the gun parts or repair kits for gun parts, sometimes actually less expensive, the difference is you don't have to wait for a blessing from the RNG gods
This is a crazy take tho

[wide fable]

I loot T2 or T3 guns from enemies and stashes,and suits that I think would resell decently well,take 'em home,patch 'em up,and hawk 'em at someone or other.

I plan on doing something similar with artefacts,once I get to Jupiter and grab a copy of The Art of Artefact Melting Volume 2.

But,honestly? People calling Black Market an easy way to get guns and suits or otherwise short-circuit progression are smoking something.

[celest sparrow]

Ehh

I'd say so for the suits

especially helmets

[atomic pebble]

This as dynamic music in gamba when:
https://youtu.be/b3rrAp7vDOU

[sick yoke]

@celest sparrow didn’t realize wild had an exosuit in the armory lol, I’m set for midgame

[celest sparrow]

I found a Giant in the Swamps

[sick yoke]

The dnipro in my pocket:

Yeah that one always spawns there

[celest sparrow]

He was NOT there before

[sick yoke]

It’s the one next to the arti spawn on the rock yeah?

[celest sparrow]

Yeah

[sick yoke]

Guaranteed spawn yeah

[small ermine]

[celest sparrow]

I don't remember him being there a year ago

[sick yoke]

At least 1.7+

[celest sparrow]

Bro

Fuck GSC

[small ermine]

[celest sparrow]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1319064591099105311/1328762104135811285/image0.gif

Took 2 RPGs and 1 UBGL

[sick yoke]

You can just avoid it and it can’t even touch you lol

[celest sparrow]

IT FUCKED ME

[small ermine]

enjoying sdalger 2 anon ?

[mental furnace]

its always there

[celest sparrow]

yeah but most of my complaints regarding combat are still there

[mental furnace]

i got there with rpg

[sick yoke]

The rock where the arti spawns is unreachable by the giant lol

[mental furnace]

[sick yoke]

You can just troll it until it dies

[celest sparrow]

like I was not expecting the mutants to have new attacks

seeing a Bloodsucker crawl made me scream

[sick yoke]

Crawl?

[celest sparrow]

they fent pose when charging towards you

[atomic pebble]

controller:
grrrrrr dame agua potable

[celest sparrow]

idk how to describe it

[sick yoke]

They just get low

[mild gale]

Did I just encounter fuckin psy-snorks? Why the hell were they producing spirits

[small ermine]

fent pose

[celest sparrow]

yeah they did not did that before

like fuck

and the Controller smackin its fat belly to attack, that was not there before

[sick yoke]

Idk I think the sucker getting low is neat

[celest sparrow]

it is neat but it fucked me up

I have died 90 times as of now

mfw Hard difficulty is Hard

[sick yoke]

💀 I’m at like, 29 on master mode

About to unlock chem plant

[celest sparrow]

I keep finding dogshit artifacts

[mental furnace]

u2 playing on master mode?

[sick yoke]

It’s not that bad honestly

[celest sparrow]

I can't imagine the swamp section in Master

well it wasn't bad when I got to play around it
the scripted chimera + emmission is still stupid though

[sick yoke]

That being said I’m fucking cheesing my ass off

[mental furnace]

u go there with sledgehammer

and rpg

with 5 shots

[sick yoke]

Used arena to yoink a dnipro and Seva lol

[small ermine]

reminded me to when this happened to me

[mental furnace]

u can find dnipro at cooling towers

at good condition

[celest sparrow]

https://tenor.com/view/химера-сталкер-др-gif-11407511049902062751

[sick yoke]

Man why would I go there when I could get it before ever entering garbage

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

[mental furnace]

because its FREE

[sick yoke]

So is arena lol

[mental furnace]

and there is unic artefact

[celest sparrow]

[mental furnace]

[celest sparrow]

I have only 1 clip so far

[sick yoke]

Also I’m abusing stealth for everything lol

It should honestly be nerfed

[mental furnace]

[small ermine]

i have my clip from when i "cleared" the sucker den the stupid way

[celest sparrow]

and I still have this clip from a year ago

[small ermine]

[steep elm]

https://tenor.com/view/blood-shining-splash-blood-gif-12688509

[celest sparrow]

the unique Spas was my favorite thing against anything

[sick yoke]

Also been sticking with the sledgehammer instead of saiga because lol

I don’t think the saiga’s worth it with the worse accuracy

[small ermine]

20 hours of stuns

[mental furnace]

[celest sparrow]

the fact you play with default binds

https://tenor.com/view/cat-aha-meal-eat-gif-24016673

[small ermine]

do you not ?

[celest sparrow]

no

I rebinded my quick use to F1 and F2

[steep elm]

If I wanted to add Gamma to my steam as a non-steam game, would I just add the MO2 or the Anomaly Launcher exe?

[sharp schooner]

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

my mp7 is a melee now

now i have 3 guns eqiupped

[small ermine]

yes thats normal mp7 fits melee slot

[celest sparrow]

!steam

[dawn marten]

@steep elm Follow this: #╭📖faq message

[small ermine]

so does the p90 and the veresk

[steep elm]

thank ya

[sharp schooner]

i never knew that

fuck yeah

[mental furnace]

[keen bronze]

#╓☢stalker2™-chat-not-gamma-keep-waiting

[vital nova]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1306683555488862319/1351304623406714971/SKEEFA.gif

[small ermine]

[celest sparrow]

[keen bronze]

Still have to play it btw

[lethal steeple]

https://tenor.com/view/toy-bonnie-bonnie-toy-freddy-strangle-strangling-gif-4629429494796205212

[celest sparrow]

https://tenor.com/view/smiling-friends-mr-boss-alan-we-are-so-fucked-meme-gif-4626547127844162338

[small ermine]

we been S2'D

[sharp schooner]

i have no idea what this is but its amusing

[steep elm]

https://tenor.com/view/smiling-friends-dab-dab-me-up-super-monkey-ball-mr-boss-gif-11903531005687623995

[steep elm]

Smiling Friends

[keen bronze]

Smiling Friends, TV series on Adult Swim

[rose musk]

top tier show

[keen bronze]

https://tenor.com/view/smiling-friends-morgan-freeman-true-gif-14543545972329601863

[sharp schooner]

yeah no siht i know what smiling fiends are but i dont know who anyone is there

that old grandpa looks slike hes gonna lock me in his basement

[steep elm]

https://tenor.com/view/hitsugi-no-chaika-anime-surprised-chaika-gif-13379257

[small ermine]

https://tenor.com/view/smiling-friends-true-smiling-friends-season-3-truth-nuke-mr-boss-gif-13233336335210788848

[sharp schooner]

i think im still alive

https://tenor.com/view/there-is-always-bunny-hope-gif-5208531917248618827

[ashen stag]

not when gsc is involved

[rose musk]

[vital nova]

https://tenor.com/view/there-is-always-bunny-hope-gif-5208531917248618827

[mental furnace]

https://tenor.com/view/there-is-an-unspecified-amount-of-hope-there-is-no-hope-there-is-some-hope-there-is-always-hope-bleak-gif-12290553684193164816

[high gulch]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/417863870732828672/1304557400572956784/glorp.gif

[sharp schooner]

so

the swamp doctor

poink blanked survived a rpg blast

and in exchange i survived off an asshair of health

now i need to do surgurey onmyself

so he took 1 rpg

3 grenades

and a single 7.62.54 inc round

till he died

[north gale]

you can actually have 4 guns

MP7 also fits in the vision slot

[sharp schooner]

im listening

[north gale]

and other 1 handers

[sharp schooner]

smh

[north gale]

it's very funny

[sharp schooner]

i never noticed that

honestly

[north gale]

unfortunatel ywe can't dual wield

yet.

until they put a gun in the detector slot

so you can gun while you gun

accuracy rating of no

[mild gale]

We must be getting that real extra extra strength ibuprofen out here in the zone

God damn gettin zooted off the profen

I get why it has to have some negative effect but like my guy you took 400mg. You're fine

[thick sedge]

https://tenor.com/view/alt-girl-smoking-phodi-drain-gang-average-bastion-main-gif-5825173536213345838

[north gale]

1 gram of ibuprofen per pop fr

and it's all insta cancelled by drinking the iced coffee or whatever

the dizzines

it's funny it just instatnly deletes it

[mild gale]

It's just the principle lol

[north gale]

if you have to take yadulin the iced coffee pretty much should just turn off all the drunkenness

and it's cheap too

[mild gale]

I get all of the weird ass Soviet drugs have awful side effects but ibuprofen making you dizzy is just goofy lol

[north gale]

well it's only very very mild dizziness and our character takes like

4 or 5 pills at once

• it's probably got some radiation in it

[north gale]

also it might be SOVIET made ibuprofen

so obviously it's gonna have shit going on

(especially if you craft it)

[sour fossil]

first day signet pogchamp

[sharp schooner]

Im pretty sure ibprofin are also kideny killers

in higher doses.

so dont just eat ait every fucking day

spoilers: we do

[gusty light]

this but unironically

[mild gale]

Aight this I buy. That'll be my headcanon

[gusty light]

i mean if i find the gun i want broken on the ground then like ok awesome but i'd rather pay a higher up front fee to have it now than wait for several in game days to find it

[mild gale]

Dude repairing a weapon is like one of the most gratifying processes in this game

[gusty light]

not for me personally

[north gale]

Interactive PDA

You will however be paying

uhm...

on the order of 100k+ for just about any gun

and that's if you dont get scammed

[gusty light]

i usually play with progression on medium anyway

[north gale]

there is also the blackmarket addon i suppose

[gusty light]

so it's not the worst

[gusty light]

yeah i use that

[north gale]

94k for a thermal scope is

oof

154k for the echo

the EOTS is probably 300k if you can buy it at all

hbut yeah I play medium as well

[gusty light]

on lower progression diffs the price is lower and it doesn't take too long to get so many rubles

[north gale]

i want to havge some fun

not get my brain fried on hard/hard

[gusty light]

yeah lol

med/med is how i play basically all the time

[north gale]

same

[gusty light]

if im doing a more gimmicky run like ISG or Military I'll lower progression to easy

[north gale]

You can still kinda make do with medium on ISG

specifically because you can easy snag lost signal task loot via 3.0 PDA

from the start of the game

which, as ISG, means RD939s and shit

the best gunbs in the game

bar some outliers

if you're lucky they'll have green barrels and then you're on super easy mode (besides armor lmao)

[gusty light]

tru

[north gale]

though you gotta be lucky in the first place for ISG dudes to spawn giving lost signal quests but well, nothing some savescumming can't fix if you dont mind that

[sharp schooner]

lok at tihs... fucker....

[gaunt agate]

Dry ass lip having ass

[wheat leaf]

Peak Slav old man, tbh.

[mental furnace]

[marsh bridge]

it took 2 days but the gamma rc3 is now installed

[rain crow]

Hey does anyone have a solution for Inverno for the snow starting and stopping constantly? It doesn't seem to work the same way as rain

Already tried asking in the Inverno thread

[sharp schooner]

i never really noticed that

i just

use it

im more occupied shooting people

[rain crow]

Yeah when you run outside its "radius" you'll notice it start and stop randomly instead of being continuous

It's actually stupidly annoying if anyone has a solution

[wide fable]

Ruby or Diamond? I found the Ruby on my latest outing.

It's since been restored.

[rose musk]

depends on that anomalies youre diving into

[wide fable]

So,get a whole set,is what you're saying.

[rose musk]

not entirely

orange suit with 7 slots can be an all rounder

with the right belt

[wide fable]

Eeh,fukkit. Gonna sell the Ruby.

[vale hull]

yo people, which weapons its better in end game ? i mean in the category of RD rifles from UNISIG

i get the RD 74, RD dragon, and the RD 9x39 ammo

[analog basalt]

hihi my laser on my ak74m venom isnt lasering

ie: im turning it on and nothing happens

[wide fable]

Whatever you can reliably feed,and can reliably challenge Exos.

[analog basalt]

fully repaired gun too

anyone know why this can happen?

[wide fable]

The laser turns off if you ADS while using primary (Top) sights. Press V to use the secondary sights.

This is true for any LAM-equipped gun.

[analog basalt]

oh i know that

i mean the laser isnt showing up at ALL

even when in secondary sights mode

[wide fable]

Then I have no idea.

[drifting temple]

It's a bug with the venom

[analog basalt]

goddamit

do yk how to fix it? its a rly nice gun otherwise...

[drifting temple]

I remember hearing ruminations about fixing it but idk how far that's gotten

[analog basalt]

damn unfortunate then

[drifting temple]

Personally I just keep the crosshair on so I don't have to deal with lasers lol

[analog basalt]

fair enough but its not very immersive so

and i like lasers as a thing

nice backup to scopes

sad that the venom doesn't work tho

[mild gale]

Man I hate these death loops where I spend 10 quick loads just trying to fucking find the motherfucker shooting at me

If I didn't know any better I'd say a Burer is fucking with me

Somehow the dutier in an exo was the stealthiest motherfucker I've faced yet

Sniping me from 50 yards with an AK-12

[hoary grove]

Yo I hate the new RF reciever, how do I use this

[signal mortar]

just found a knot on the ground????

what are the odds lol

[latent turret]

left click goes up by 1
right click goes down by 1
shift left click goes up by 10
shift right click goes down by 10
alt left click goes up by 50
alt right click goes down by 50

[north gale]

I think the zone ate my bear detector

[hoary grove]

I know that, I mean it's hard to tell where my signal is compared tot he old one

[north gale]

im gonna try to uhm

restart the game or something

[hoary grove]

old one you could actually at least tell what direction

[latent turret]

for lost signal quests, the beeps will get louder and louder the closer you are to your target
for RF packages the beeps will go from 1 beep, to 2 beeps, then to 3 beeps when youre ontop of the package

[hoary grove]

I know, but I've been searching wild territory for what must have been 30 m

minutes

And I still can't find

Albeit night doesn't help but still

[north gale]

okay restarting the game brought it back to life

[latent turret]

uhhh, skill issue perhaps?

[hoary grove]

I liked, the old, receiver

[drifting temple]

Lost signal quests suck anyways, I rarely find good loot off the bodies

[north gale]

it varies based on the faction really

mercs and such will have better loot

if you start as ISG it's basically free S tier shit

or just about

[sharp schooner]

what a background

[drifting temple]

Average army warehouses outing

[fallen stone]

Will this be enough for BS?

[drifting temple]

Needs more morphine

[mild gale]

basically, just walk in the direction that lessens the interference on that radio

more static = getting colder

[fallen stone]

shit u right

[mild gale]

I do wish there would just fuckin be 3 lights. Red = cold, Yellow = warmer, green = hot

[fallen stone]

well im already in radar so I guess im just tanking it

[north gale]

i have 11 kg of putinka in my bag

[mild gale]

cookout time

[north gale]

for roasting up that prime mutant beef

and selling it

[mild gale]

hellll yyeahhhh

[north gale]

i keep some for me ofc

[mild gale]

some piping hot chimera goulash for me and the boys

[north gale]

wish we could feed companions to buff em up

[drifting temple]

"Hunting artifacts" "killing monolith" for God's sake I just wanna grill

[north gale]

not that they need i t with infinite ammo lol

who needs a buff when you can pull an RPG warhead out of your ass on demand y'know?

[mild gale]

lmao *gives squadmate a rare candy*

[drifting temple]

Pink candy BOOM

[north gale]

the less said about sin companions the btter, too

they keep their stupid shield and are also mutant ignored

if you start as sin ofc

Player gets to be ignored by muties as well

[mild gale]

man i still need to do a sin playthrough but the "fucking stinky loser with no friends" factions aren't the most appealing

[north gale]

Sin has mutants as their friends

[mild gale]

stinky

[drifting temple]

Sin is fun if you like starting with free loot pinatas fighting each other at the bridge

[mild gale]

lol

[north gale]

You can also reenable teleporting isg and get some ISG friends

[mild gale]

wtf ISG is cool with Sin?

[north gale]

oh it's not

[mild gale]

oh

[north gale]

i meant starting as ISG and enabling it

[mild gale]

ohhhhh

[north gale]

Teleporting ISG negate the damage of the shot that triggers their teleport

there's a cooldown between TPs but y'know

[mild gale]

They have innate teleportation??

I'm so confused

[north gale]

It's a mod

[drifting temple]

"why do they always teleport" - Serj Tankian

[north gale]

Gamma used to have Teleporting ISG but people got super assmad so it was turned off but it remains in the list still if you really want it

[mild gale]

so a just completely lore-unfriendly feature? lol

[fallen stone]

was radar alwyas this fking full of radiation patches? feels like i run into one every 2 steps

[north gale]

just as unfriendly as sin having 70% bullet resistance unconditionally because psy shield or whatever

[mild gale]

I can at least suspend my disbelief for the sake of noosphere shenanigans

[north gale]

wait why am I carrying the memesell protecta

it's fucking trash

anyway scraps

[drifting temple]

Yeah, been a thing since SoC

[mild gale]

what in the goddamn

is that just to make playing as ISG more tolerable? lol

[fallen stone]

is it only radar or the entire north? I played SOC a real long time ago man

[north gale]

no, players don't get the ISG portable teleporters

just like sin player wont get the psy shield

[drifting temple]

Stalkers can discover teleportation but still don't know how to shower 😔 😔 😔

[mild gale]

Oh that's fucked lol

But I see why

[drifting temple]

Just radar, avoid the trucks n shi

[atomic pebble]

I mean, makes the walking simulators more tolerables

[north gale]

sin player does keep the mutant friendlyness though

so you can lure stalkers to muties

[rose musk]

weakest sin member canonically

[north gale]

and double team em

[fallen stone]

thanks man

[drifting temple]

I could really use teleporters to finish Lost Alpha

[atomic pebble]

glorified walking simulator

[drifting temple]

It really is

And I loaded up on shit with my character so stamina bar goes to 0 like Honey Boo Boo on her way to a stacked fridge

I did merk a squad of mercenaries hiding in a house with all my ammo tho so small victories

[rose musk]

damn haven't heard of honey boo boo in like a decade

[sharp schooner]

i just had a silly idea

i imagine emmisions are jsut MASSIVE waves of hardbass

and when you're exposed too it your brain explodes

[latent turret]

mods kill this person

[atomic pebble]

a mod where this be the theme of the emissions

[north gale]

okay then (+ an AK PMC I just yoinked)

[lavish lynx]

feeling confident on radar.

Brain: you did this in regular anomaly. Youll be fine.

Most are master or legendary rank. Full exo/nosorogs and I get one tapped

Just reload before going in, and pray lol

[north gale]

just need more AP

alternatively

thistle buckshot

[lavish lynx]

KS23 barrikada

[blissful ivy]

pmc is the best ak in 5.45 too

so thats nice

some would say "Oh but RD guns!" and id say to that... fuck you

because those things are ugly blocks of shit

and besides theyre D kit

which is dumb

its still 5.45 and a shitter

[lavish lynx]

Groza storm good class gun then?

[blissful ivy]

i hate RD guns

[blissful ivy]

i did say AK

best ak in 5.45

but that one is really good

the storm storm

[north gale]

going into a radar anomaly is

trippy

at least psy block turns off the damage

or just abou

[north gale]

i do wish they had better animations/models

like the RD939 your guy holds the magwell? for no reason?

[lavish lynx]

Lost my ranger helmet cause had to reload before I went into the lab.

[north gale]

instead of the already existing handguard 😭

sadge

[lavish lynx]

But drop chance mods aside (did hard difficulty everything else)

I do enjoy the game very much

[north gale]

oh damn psy dog pelt is

fucking busted

+15% psy, burn elec and chem resist at 45%

wish I had kukri

SWAG

[teal turtle]

[vital nova]

Is that the red lights one

[blissful ivy]

it doesnt even exist.

the gun isnt real

its stupid that its even in the game

its only proof of existance is tarkov

Rifle Dynamics does NOT sell any AK/VSS platforms in 9x39

[latent turret]

its fun to shoot tho

[blissful ivy]

amb feels better

is better looking

and is real

3 reasons its better

thats it

[latent turret]

why do we care if something is real in stalker again?

[blissful ivy]

because its tarkov slop

[celest sparrow]

Remove all RDs

[blissful ivy]

remove all rds

[celest sparrow]

https://tenor.com/view/orange-cat-porch-ai-sora-flying-gif-17235616807536186425

[blissful ivy]

replace with rusted ak-47s

way prettier too

would still fire like new

[blissful ivy]

https://tenor.com/view/orange-cat-porch-ai-sora-flying-gif-17235616807536186425

[celest sparrow]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/961687761151221773/1371436905668939836/attachment78789798.gif

[blissful ivy]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/961687761151221773/1371436905668939836/attachment78789798.gif

[harsh kraken]

look at him go holy shit

[blissful ivy]

https://tenor.com/view/bap-cat-bap-cats-cat-funny-gif-25189756

[storm pecan]

First time on my computer in three months and I go straight for invictus

Surely I don't die miserablely repeatedly

[blissful ivy]

you will

woe, death upon ye

[wide fable]

Is there a way to bring this closer?

[marsh bridge]

it has been 1 hour

[celest sparrow]

truly the thumbnail ever

[craggy lance]

doin good

[signal galleon]

bro........

[storm pecan]

I haven't died yet however I've walked into an embarrassing number of anomalies

[fossil parcel]

the blackjack mechanic is the worst thing ever added to anomaly.
how on earth am i expected to keep my task rewards when every trader doubles as a casino?

[blissful ivy]

Thats a gambling issue

My only problem is that its not standard blackjack, where aces can be 1 or 11

Its finicky because its some goofy obscure version of blackjack

[last mesa]

If I read roadside picnic and watch STALKER will I understand stalker games lore

[marsh bridge]

you only need to play anomaly for all the lore trust

[last mesa]

I already did that was very fun

[marsh bridge]

do it again

[last mesa]

yes

[marsh bridge]

yes

[last mesa]

Is that the guy who talked to the roof jumper

[marsh bridge]

yes he's mr incredible

[storm pecan]

Roadside picnic is such a good book🙏

I still need to watch stalker

[hollow wadi]

Really says a lot when every time I see something about it, it's got AI slop all over it

[rose musk]

people be loving those ai thumbnails

"hot chick in a gas mask with red eyes in a broken down house"

https://tenor.com/view/jhnnycrwsh-forsen-nymn-batchest-twitch-gif-24086134

[celest sparrow]

https://tenor.com/view/i-be-profen-ibuprofen-gif-6560266553822228043

[flint stirrup]

buddy is trying to remember where his lost signals quest is supposed to be at, how do you check?

[wide fable]

The description tells you the region. Beyond that,you just have to go looking.

[flint stirrup]

where can you see the description on the pda?

oh... you just hover it

all good ty

[craggy lance]

little bit of armor

just found a merc nosorog

[marsh bridge]

oh yea baby

[hoary grove]

What is the current version of GAMMA?

0.9....?

[hollow wadi]

0.9.4

It's in the server header

[hoary grove]

Thanks

[hollow wadi]

Ask in the interactive PDA thread in #1035807043933720576 to actually have a chance of talking to people who use it

[hoary grove]

Fair

Anybody know what the installation process is like using GOG? I have some friends who are skeptical about an 8 step install, so something easier might get em on board

[hollow wadi]

1. Create GOG Account, download GOG Galaxy
2. Own or buy either STALKER Call of Pripyat Enhanced Edition OR STALKER 2 Heart of Chornobyl on GOG (owning them on Steam doesn't count)
3. "Buy" STALKER GAMMA on GOG, install through GOG Galaxy application

[hoary grove]

You have to own the original games to get the mod?

[celest sparrow]

it's how it works in GOG

[hoary grove]

Fair enough

More specifically, the install?

It's much more automatic?

[hollow wadi]

Yes

Not like #🖥️how-to-install is hard

But

[hoary grove]

No, but some people can't be bothered, and they bother me

Considering they brought up the idea of playing GAMMA in the first place and then decide two days in a row they can't be bothered

[tawdry hinge]

I am one of those who bought Stalker on GOG to install the gamma from there.
The installation looks like this:
downloaded - pressed play - you're in the game

[hoary grove]

No mod manager?

[tawdry hinge]

The new launcher for GOG includes Skip MO2.

That is, it launches, but quietly. It also closes immediately when you finish playing

In short, yes, mo2 won't bother you

I recommend gamma in GOG to all OCD sufferers

you will thank the universe

[hoary grove]

Tragically, I think it's important to keep it. Can I open MO2 without opening Gamma?

[tawdry hinge]

Oh, come on. I explained that mo2 hasn't gone anywhere. It just has a “silent launch.”

In the game folder, you'll find the standard launcher that we're all used to. Through it, you'll get to mo2

My computer is already boiling from 8k Rotten Life asphalt ;))

[hoary grove]

I'm aware of what you said, just making sure I'd be able to configure the mod manager with extra mods if I chose to

Can GOG verify your install?

[tawdry hinge]

Are you talking about verify files?

[hoary grove]

That's the one. Awesome

Thanks for your help, that's all I needed to know

[tawdry hinge]

It seems like it's not working*, or I waited too little. It's easier to reinstall

[hoary grove]

Ah, good to know

again, thanks for the help

[tawdry hinge]

It just gets stuck in an endless file scan. I can guess why

[hoary grove]

...why?

[hollow wadi]

I imagine GOG verifying your install nukes any updates you might do on your own through GAMMA Launcher

And that's ~100 GBs

[elfin talon]

Do npc guns ever jam like when you loot them there guns are nearly all broken but I've never seen them jam when they shooting

[lunar fossil]

Part of balancing, so the progress wont be too fast.
Can be configured in drop cpndition.

[solid minnow]

Do Loners become friendly to me as a Merc after disabling the MM and BS even if I have killed a shit ton of them? also is there a guide for playing as a merc on GAMMA/Anomaly? never played as another faction before

[marsh bridge]

200kbps install speed

[thick sedge]

ok I need to practice sniping since this is my first time, I tend to miss heads by a few milimeters

[rough plaza]

guys, how do i remove a quick pin

[hollow wadi]

Right click the pin? (disable areas)

[blissful rampart]

In mcm there's adjustable waypoint, and in bindings, there's key bind for cartography mode.
You won't be able to remove pins if you don't bind the key for that function and press it once :(

[hollow wadi]

Get good, I'm able to remove pins with default settings

[marsh bridge]

i cant wait to play gamma in 10-14 business days

alllllllmosttttttt tthereeeeeeeee

[hollow wadi]

Once you visit Australia, you'll never stop wanting to beat Ozzie ISPs to death with bare hands

[blissful rampart]

I'd like to see what helps him more :)

[marsh bridge]

carving incantations onto my now broken ethernet cable

praying to the all mighty BIG W to grant me another one

[scenic trench]

dont forget the blessed incense and red robe

[marsh bridge]

(for those that dont know BIG W is like australian walgreens or something similar)

[hollow wadi]

Updating will

[charred agate]

Holy fuck, red forrest is brutal

2x chimera and the entirety of sin faction descended on my location only to be killed by loners blue on bluing my ass

[ruby ruin]

Invictus less than 15 hours. I'm happy
w/o teleports, minimap, crosshair, bugs, abuse, savescams, explosive devices and w/o Strelok and company in Living Legend.
Started in Clear sky w/o Redline Jacket ( found one after Radar in stash )
Swap to scientist on start mortal sin.
It can be less than 14 hours, but I can't skip looting the enemies I've killed collecting loot too much and slow managment in my main stash. And ofc if Redline Jacket have dropped in at the start with some renegade on Swamps.

[errant seal]

Does night star spawns still?

[hollow wadi]

That's like, recommended because they like eating headshots from your guns

But great job

WR is 7 hours, so best of luck

[hollow wadi]

Yeah it does

[harsh kraken]

who is the best to sell exo recipes to

[ruby ruin]

xD) With them, you don't even need to shoot; unfortunately, they're immortal, and that's not fun. The Monolith members are constantly distracted by them, and I prefer to do everything myself) but yeah, they often annoy you by pushing you around or spinning in front of your sight)

[ruby ruin]

This was before Grok closed the northern passage without shutting down the two facilities. Now it's practically impossible to get through in less than ~13 hours. As far as I remember, that record belongs to my friend, if I'm not mistaken.

[harsh kraken]

also where to buy the cheapest exo batteries

[hollow wadi]

Probably the faction that you have the highest supply level with

Actually I don't remember if they change prices too much

Ah

I'm sure one could make a spreadsheet for buying/selling

[frank oxide]

I wanted to make an infographic for what to keep, what to sell, what to scrap

I could make notes about who to sell stuff for best prices

And well i suppose buy too

[hollow wadi]

You don't have to do it

Mf I KNEW I shoulda specified "(no, not you oflin take a break)"

[frank oxide]

Nah its cool i thought of this yesterday just to make my life a bit easier

Taking a break pff

[buoyant vapor]

Is there any benefit in switching to 5.56 and other NATO ammo, even when you have a good AK and a decent amount of 5.45 ammo gathered for MM prep ?

Like is it supposed to be a natural in game progression to go from WP to NATO ? or does sticking to either work?

Cuz like where would one find WP ammo in northern parts of Zone (post MM) ?

[harsh kraken]

any loner trader

[buoyant vapor]

So..Owl in Zaton and the guys in Laundromat in Outskirts?

Also like I am struggling with my SMG choice, like I came across the 9mm AUG and it's been very good for killing mutants...but I have also come across a lot of .45 Hydrashock + the UMP and I also came across a 9x21 mm Veresk.....so should I just keep using the 9mm AUG? Like is 9x19 FMJ good for stalkers as well? Cuz Like I don't wanna end up carrying 5-6 weapons at a time

Rn I usually go with SMG + AK + Shotgun + Pistol

I mostly use AK as my ranged weapon of choice since I haven't unlocked better scopes for any snipers and also can't make Type D repair kit yet

[radiant sage]

Personally I really enjoy using the 9x21mm veresk

[sick yoke]

@celest sparrow haha thunderberry master mode

[celest sparrow]

https://tenor.com/view/stewly-blume-stewlyblume-august-celery-gif-9750409110052036054

ive yet to find one omg

[hollow wadi]

My early-mid to late game loadout is a handgun (Glock Hornet, used to be MP-412 REX in .357) in melee slot, shotgun (currently 8 round Saiga-12 Tactical, used to be Chimera Hunter) in secondary (left), and an automatic rifle (going between AEK-971 and SCAR-H) in primary (right)

[stuck sierra]

Should I repair a shotgun considering that I already have a fully repaired Winchester that I spawned with

https://tenor.com/view/hmmmm-hmm-hmmm-hm-gif-14945513074205587169

I got a KS-23 with two green parts

[mighty viper]

KS23 does more than a winchester

The barrikada round is really good against stalkers

[mighty viper]

It is a matter how what you feel buying vs what feel crafting.

9x21 is extremely good for stalkers and fits in a pistol slot. Shotgun shells can be bought en masse for cheap while 9x21 can be crafted. Then you can mass convert all rifles rounds to 5.45 FMJ

But then again, .45 Hydrashock is better than shotguns to kill mutants, but it makes 9x21 crafting impossible.

Something to consider is also to craft 5.45 HP and use that for mutants + 9x21 for stalkers and call it a day

[fallen stone]

what does the bar in the low part of the screen mean whenever there's an emission? is it just flavor because when it goes full you're dead or is it some sort of cover indicator?

[radiant sage]

The latter

[mighty viper]

cover indicator, but usually if it's not full you are dead

[fallen stone]

usually? has anyone ever survived an emission without full cover? is it not an insta kill? can you actually survive by stacking psy res?

[hollow wadi]

That does make me wonder, why a psystorm in Radar one tapped me vs in Swamps taking 4 hits

... Oh it's a fucking SoC map, that's why, isn't it

Fucking map porters

[mighty viper]

With enough psy resistance: maybe, I didn't test it

Back in the day with enough psy res you could walk outside during psy storms

not sure now with all the changes brought to the defense system, I didn't test it

and for emissions I'm not sure what are the damage types: I think it's still psy somehow

[mighty viper]

Holy shit that's impressive

Speedrunarchive.com category when

[fallen stone]

how do people even do this dawg

[fallen stone]

I dunno one time I lost an ironman run after thinking the emission was over and accidentally peeking my pinky toe out of cover 1 nanosecond before the pda alert and I died. Literally heard the alert as my character death screamed. Granted I was wearing a bandana and a leather jacket

[stuck sierra]

Thanks, Grok

[worn tartan]

is it still possible to have stalkers surrender to you?

[hollow wadi]

That hasn't been a part of GAMMA since before I joined

[worn tartan]

damn looks like i forgot abt that

[hollow wadi]

It's a part of vanilla Anomaly, but largely forgotten about in GAMMA save for specific mods that re-enable it or even balance it for GAMMA

[worn tartan]

so no way for it to work or to turn it back on?

[hollow wadi]

Uhhhhh

[hollow wadi]

https://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomaly/addons/anomaly-151-intimidate-enemies-into-surrendering-mcm-v1-0

[worn tartan]

let's hope this doesn't cause busy hands

[hollow wadi]

[worn tartan]

i truly hate gamma at times

i went all the way up to yantar to find basic tools

now i check a random stash in great swamps

and they're just laying there laughing at me

[hot coyote]

what's the best way to repair gear nowadays? field repair kit and keep it up?

*armor repair kit

[shrewd sail]

People are still afraid of busy hands after all those years

[frank oxide]

allegedly this doesn't work anymore

i just tell them to use redone combat ai

[analog palm]

one of my favorite loads is sr2m for stalkers and shotgun for mutants+stalkers

i might be one of biggest shotgun lovers here now that i think about it

[trim shuttle]

just to double check; If I want reshade, I need to uncheck "Delete Reshade DLLs" on the install, correct?

[latent turret]

Redone combat ai fucks

Super goated mod

[trim shuttle]

is that in GAMMA by default? if not, how different is the combat AI?

[novel junco]

I don't know about that, they act super static and weird

[green shale]

it is not.

[trim shuttle]

Sorry for asking in two chats!

[ashen stag]

idk sometimes they just ignore you but i prefer the staticness

they suprise me sometimes

i think its clear and i begin searching and suddenly theres a dude in the building i walked into

[latent turret]

I like the dynamic interactions it creates

I think i like it bc i got tired of the ai being too predictable in vanilla bc I've played so much

[ashen stag]

same to be fair

i had a situation where i was clearing the military cordon checkpoint and i was 1 shot from death. i stop and its silent. so i think its over and i go outside and a guy hiding around the side nearly caps me

that adrenaline rush was insane

[hollow wadi]

Ah, that does it?
Noted
Surely I won't forget by tomorrow

[latent turret]

Even if some fights are too easy I feel like that's fine, not every loner or bandit is a trained professional

[red granite]

Be me:

1. Install G.A.M.M.A.
2. Check "Delayed repairs by mechanics"
3. Start the game and forget about the option
4. Start to wonder where are my binoculars disappearing when trying to upgrade them
5. Be a Brick

Like I checked every mod that I installed to make sure nothing was causing it

And turns out that I forgot about this option

[novel junco]

One of the most pointless gameplay options

[red granite]

I checked it from curiousity and simply forgot about it

But one thing is for sure - I'm a total Brick

[novel junco]

In lore, Clear Sky don't even exists lol

[fiery grove]

False

[fresh shale]

Are people really voting that clear sky and duty SHOULDNT be enemies

[glad plaza]

he's right

[hard zealot]

They do

theyre just brainwashed now

[glad plaza]

after cs the game clear sky are gone

imo they should be more like budget unisg

[fiery grove]

So?

[wary aspen]

lore wise i feel like clear sky would be more ops with freedom than duty as clear sky and duty's goal join each other in some way shape or form

[fiery grove]

We should remove sin and unisg if anything

[lavish lynx]

Give clear sky nosorogs if they become duty enemy for balancing

[wary aspen]

yeah 10000000%

[glad plaza]

unisg and sin are not kinda like secret factions

clear sky can be chosen as your first time

[hard zealot]

Grok please, youre over adjusting here

[fresh shale]

Wait am i missing something, is clear sky not already enemies with duty

[glad plaza]

no

[fiery grove]

Clear sky and duty should be enemies as duty wants to destroy the zone and clear sky wants to study it

[fresh shale]

i swear i was beefing with them all the time as clear sky

[hard zealot]

Its a non-issue

[warm verge]

no they're neutral

[novel junco]

Agreed to Disagree

[glad plaza]

clear sky are like loners but friendly to mercs

[fringe kayak]

no, ir's quite a mediator between factions

[humble sedge]

I think it's a pretty fun idea

[lavish lynx]

Clear sky is basically easier mercenaries lol

[fiery grove]

Clear sky is so goated they got their own game fr

[mighty viper]

Clear Sky is easier everything

[fringe kayak]

Clear sky would be mercenaries friendly to stalkers

[fresh shale]

I always thought they where enemies already

[wary aspen]

and also make a northern clear sky base so it's not a pain in the ass to play cs as without duty it is MUCH harder to access nato ammunition and suplies

[glad plaza]

yet duty is not enemies with scientists
they even hand artifacts they find to the nerds

[flint current]

If cs and duty are enemies, then duty players have no access to nato ammo/stuff

[glad plaza]

i think clear sky is fine imo

[lavish lynx]

Unless you craft it. Which would actually make it more interesting in a sense.

[mighty viper]

Imo this would make Duty even more based

[hard zealot]

Okay controversial idea, Clear Sky hates Ecologists because Lebedev was former X-Project and hates his colleagues

[glad plaza]

tbh freedom needs more enemies
either bandits or mercs or both

[fringe kayak]

That would make Freedom, Mercs and CS the only factions with a NATO supply, we would need a bit more market on those

[fiery grove]

Based actually

[lavish lynx]

Sidrovich having access to both due to connections?

[mighty viper]

The barter economy should solve the issue of accessing your own faction guns and armors

[flint current]

Cs are, admittedly, too friendly with too many other factions

[fresh shale]

Doesnt loner have access to nato in the Zaton base?

[mighty viper]

Yes I agree

[rustic iron]

@mighty viper Lorewise clear sky should be neutral will monolith😂

[fringe kayak]

Interesting idea, but kind of controversial with the CS whole motto

[mighty viper]

Loner is allied to Freedom

[fresh shale]

Yeah so its still possible for others to get NATO then

[hard zealot]

Think about it, Lebedev split because he hates X-Labs and what they do. Sakharov wants to restart the mircale machine and scorcher to do more experiments back on mainland

[glad plaza]

why not make cs hostile to freedom
would work bothways
since freedom needs more shit to do south that isn't just duty

[hard zealot]

L O R E

[fringe kayak]

Wait i may have missed this one, how does that work? Bc i last played two months ago and i still found it quite difficult to restock on NATO ammo and guns

[mighty viper]

As Duty you can anyway disguise and get basic stuff other factions

[fresh shale]

i always thought clear sky and duty where enemies anyway lmao so i just voted for yes

[mighty viper]

and if you want to play NATO guns then you can craft the ammo anyway

[rustic iron]

Well in Stalker 2 it was opened up that lebedev was working woth c-con all the time

[charred trout]

last mercenary run I befriended loners easily with an ecologist suit

[glad plaza]

imo i think it would be better if faction gun limitation were stricter

[hard zealot]

FUCK

[fresh shale]

true, i never really mess with disguises though as they've got me killed more times than i can count

[hard zealot]

lore discarded

[charred trout]

getting an ecologist suit is playing the game on easy mode with humans

[trail vault]

#📢announcements message
@mighty viper yes - ONLY if you adjust spawns, because if you play Duty, it is quite frequent that CS guys just sit among the group of loners, when you approach such group that CS dude will jump up and open fire, meanwhile others sit and ignore - this is very immersion breaking. Duty is less prone to stick to loners tho, but it can happen at garbage from time to time, but CS sitting with loners is literally everywhere

[flint current]

Wont this just make cs a less fun merc faction?

[mighty viper]

Yeah just avoid loner hunting missions

[hard summit]

having CS be enemies with Duty and losing Rostok as a base would make them pretty much impossible to recommend for a first time player
For Mercs and Freedom, they can go through Yantar + Dead City and Dark Valley + Truck Cemetary to traverse between south and central zone, since they're friendly with Bandits, but CS aren't friendly with bandits so that would kind of only leave the Dead City route for CS to get to Army Warehouses

[rustic iron]

And that basically all stalker clear sky is an operation by c-con to stop strelok

[mighty viper]

It's not immersion breaking at all, it adds tension

[trail vault]

also make loners friends with mercs, but mercs enemies with freedom and bandits 😛

[glad plaza]

i don't mind that
since loner is the default new player faction

would make cs a bit more interesting

[rustic iron]

And scar was c-con agent from the very beginning

[flint current]

Yeah, their swamp base is way too remote

[mighty viper]

Just like when you visit Yantar as a Merc and loners hunt you

[trail vault]

it breaks it because loners do not acknowledge the situation

[fresh shale]

I played loner+clear sky on my first ever gamma playthrough and were enemies with duty, it was fine

didnt seem unbalanced at all

[hard zealot]

Man i need to actually comprehend the PDA messages in S2 sometimes

[trail vault]

and making them enemies would create way too many such moments

[hard zealot]

Every scientist in that game is a piece of shit

[charred trout]

Canonize Freedom being in charge of Rostok, easy

[trail vault]

basically, you get my point - just make sure it looks and feels natural, and yeah, totally make them enemies, CS is such a boring faction rn, basically loners (2)

[rustic iron]

Stalker 2 does great job with lore

[fringe kayak]

Yeah, but Ecos and the original scientists are a really different breed of people, plus Ecologist have pretty much no fighting power, so they would need support from someone. CS and mercs are the best choices

[glad plaza]

rostok was given to freedom by the ward
they did jackshit to get it

[fresh shale]

I dont like what it did to my boys clear sky though

[novel junco]

Its hard to make sensible, lore accurate relations in Anomaly since their relations throughout the series always changes

[open python]

Clear sky and rostok should NOT be enemies ♥️ :(((

[hard summit]

I mean I think it's a good decision if the idea isn't to retain CS as a 'first time player' faction

[trail vault]

I also thought to make CS enemies to mercs, just because why not, but avoided this due to this exact situation becoming way too common

[mighty viper]

Imo it's much more interesting than spawn swamp and rush rostok which is the current OP meta

[rustic iron]

But it makes a lot of sense

[hard zealot]

And also Duty gets sent to Yanov Station

Or Cement Factory or whatever

[rustic iron]

Neh, duty got sent to that remotw concrete factory or whatever it is

[fringe kayak]

That would mean passing through Trucks or Yantar way more often, way more dangerous

[fresh shale]

I probably need to do a duty playthrough cause i've literally never been able to go to rostok as im always killing duty

[trail vault]

canonize freedom being eradicated by literally anyone because no sane human being would join such freaks
in fact, freedom ideology = sin faction

[hard zealot]

Grok please, i fear change

[glad plaza]

duty is probably the easiest faction pre brain scorcher

[trail vault]

except sin are based, freedom are cringe

[hard zealot]

dont do this to me i dont even play clear sky

[rustic iron]

Do it

[charred trout]

freedom's ideology is literally smoking pot

[trail vault]

being friends with military is so OP

[humble sedge]

I'm a simple man, I see black and red uniforms, I know they got ammo for me so I shoot

[rustic iron]

@mighty viper clear sky is beginner friendly imo, make it vice versa

[fresh shale]

@mighty viper maybe make it an optional change for people who really dont like it

[trail vault]

you forgot about bloodsuckers part..

[mighty viper]

Duty is the most interesting faction to play imo. You can start at the heart of the south, endgame is hard because in the north you only have 1 shitty hub to play around (Skadvosk). And you can do all the military quests

[fringe kayak]

The beginner friendly should be Ecos and Free stalkers, it makes sense

[hard summit]

I do think it's super interesting too, and now that I think about it, having random faction relationships sounds like a great non-story gamemode

[mighty viper]

there's already fluid faction relations mod

[glad plaza]

yea and it's really fun

[trail vault]

duty is based

[novel junco]

dynamic faction relations is already a thing

[thick harbor]

Swamp spawn is beginner friendly🤣

[trail vault]

but boring if you start at rostok

[hard summit]

I meant more randomised on game startup but dynamic is cool too

[glad plaza]

i think freedom needs more changes tbh
they're just discount bandits

[flint current]

I really wish there was a way to takeover rostok with a different faction in story mode

[hard zealot]

So is Loner gonna be the default beginner man afterwards

[novel junco]

https://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomaly/addons/dynamic-faction-relations-customizer-dfrc-v10

[fresh shale]

I've only done two playthroughs so far, the first being loner/clear sky and my current being Merc. For some reason duty just doesn't grab my attention as much as maybe a monolith playthrough or bandit but i might give it a go as i've not really explored rostok

[mighty viper]

exactly, people are overlooking Ecologist, like nobody plays them. Imo making CS and Duty enemies would push players to play Ecologists.... Where you can actually make your own choices! Like pick the freedom or duty side for instance

[mighty viper]

Ecologist is the true beginner faction, always has been

[rustic iron]

Well, do not have any problems with swamp, tbh

[fresh shale]

I feel like ecologist is actually a terrible starting point for new players cause its basically a pacifist run

[thick harbor]

I would like to see rostok be a netural area for all factions to trade in

[trail vault]

swamp is indeed beginner friendly, in a way

[glad plaza]

agreed
it's good to learn areas and anomaly spawns etc
but they suck for combat

[fresh shale]

loner always felt like the true starting faction

[trail vault]

(almost?) no radiation zones other than water, you learn that quickly

[flint current]

As is, playing with any faction thats not friends with duty is a pain in the ass, due to rostok being such a hub

[rustic iron]

Well, try to play aggressive ecologists😂

[mighty viper]

You are free to make your own choices. Like speak to mercs, tasked to kill some loners, would you do it ?

[trail vault]

loners are basically no faction

[mighty viper]

Ecologists are the kings of betrayal imo

[trail vault]

you start as one and then you chose who to join

[mighty viper]

if you play Ecologist to be a pacificist you can

[rustic iron]

Masters to put a knife at your back

[charred trout]

so true

[mighty viper]

But you can also play Ecologist and betray everyone all the time

[fresh shale]

Yeah you obviously have the option i just feel like loner is way more a balanced first time experience

[hard summit]

it does feel a little weird that CS has that one part of the map that no other friendly factions enter, though. It's almost like a shitty tutorial area before you get introduced to other factions (other than bandits and renegades)

[rustic iron]

You mean as Freedom 👀

[mighty viper]

Indeed it is

[rustic iron]

Just needs a little more renegade spawns and maybe military, idk

[fringe kayak]

Real, with no sight attachment anywhere, npcs destroy you through the foliage

[mighty viper]

Well it's a matter of guide prices, reducing CS guide price to get out of the swamp easily is the way to go imo

[hard summit]

I like the prospect that base GAMMA would no longer have CS be 'Loner + Great Swamps' and would be a distinct way to play

[trail vault]

@mighty viper random question, do you consider azazel mode as one of the 'legit' and 'approved' ways of playing GAMMA? currently playtesting already made azazel tweaks mod that makes it actually playable 👀

[mighty viper]

Just jump on a tree branch and kill everyone

[earnest flicker]

One of reasons I don't really like doing quests in Swamps is their sheer size and amount of grass that turns mutants into ninja

[twin timber]

Finally

[fringe kayak]

precisely my go-to strat

[twin timber]

Something to make clear sky gameplay not loners but easier

[rustic iron]

Remove him👀

[mighty viper]

It's interesting but I think the Soulslike one work better somehow

[lavish ermine]

Exactly! I never play clear sky because of that. Loner has more enemies and thus better loot.

[flint current]

To me, the swamp is almost as bad as darkscape, in terms of being a remote, large, low value area, best to be avoided

[fringe kayak]

that would condemn cs to have the worst start area possible, funny

[earnest flicker]

Tree strategy my beloved, I use it to slaughter mutants near burned village

[twin timber]

Kinda funny how that works

[sonic walrus]

clear sky playthrough is very chill, also last dawn quest bangs

[twin timber]

Get a nato faction, you will have to play with warsaw equipment

[fresh shale]

Which gamemode is it where factions can progress through the zone and capture enemy bases? That one seemed really cool to do as monolith or bandit

[twin timber]

Because all your enemies early game are wp

[rustic iron]

So it will make it more interesting and more challenging

[fiery grove]

Warfare

[trail vault]

I really like azazel's concept, but realized its barely usable due to balance and issues it has, so I'm now trying to resolve all of that

[fiery grove]

But id honestly play global war as gamma isnt balanced for warfare

[twin timber]

Every time i want to play with AKs i go with freedom or mercs

[rustic iron]

To be honest i would make cs even enemies with mercs

[trail vault]

warfare, also can be combined with azazel

in fact azazel works differently with warfare enabled, where you will only respawn as your own faction

[hard summit]

actually I've thought about it more and CS being enemies with Duty is actually an amazing gameplay design idea. Each faction should have its own feel and play, and right now CS is just 'blue Loner'. Having them be enemies with Duty would make the faction playthrough so much more distinct

[trail vault]

but I tried it and it already crashed a few times...

!warfare

[dawn marten]

@trail vault
G.A.M.M.A. isn't built with Warfare in mind, and Warfare is known for bad performance, bugs, and various issues, which is why it is not recommended.

You are free to play it if you wish, but please understand that support for Warfare-related issues will not be provided in our support channels.

[ashen stag]

clear sky original game lore tho

[fresh shale]

damn thats actually really cool

[fringe kayak]

I don't know, it makes sense they're friendly, many of mercs were ex CS if i'm not mistaken

[fresh shale]

shame it seems the mode doesnt work properly

[ashen stag]

Scar literally carries clear sky

[mighty viper]

yes it has a lot of balance issues

[fresh shale]

i would defitinley run it if it did

[rustic iron]

But scar is gone and all that shit that happened, I woule hate cs after all that shit that they have done

[ashen stag]

IMO we should make every faction but mercs hostile to clear sky. theyre working to benefit themselves 😠

[fringe kayak]

Stalker 2 announced they have a warfare like feature

[ashen stag]

cs is shunned anyway since theyre so weak

[rustic iron]

My brother in monolith, it's a bs

[rustic iron]

Invisible hand of monolith

[fiery grove]

Nice tbh

[sonic walrus]

bro got killed by the gigachad nikolai transporter from clear sky

[ashen stag]

cs is technically monolith tho but secret

[fiery grove]

Open world faction wars is a highly requested feature

[open python]

Personally I think that.. clear sky and duty should be neutral, like not shoot on sight but extreme caution should be present while both are near.. personally, I don't like this as I believe cs is a truly neutral faction, but idk best scenario this shi can be turned off, and there's that

[rustic iron]

Well.it's secret to all cs but lebedev and kalancha

Poor guys

[ashen stag]

poor fellas wearing white and blue in a zone of brown and green

[open python]

ecologists and bandits

[ashen stag]

having no clue what theyre doing

bandits suuuuck

[hollow wadi]

Finally
Walking 2.0
But without fun features like Hideo Kojima's powered reverse trike or highway paving

[ashen stag]

renegade numero uno ☝️

[sonic walrus]

pepsi man cosplay in great swamps

[rustic iron]

Pretty fun to play as

[hollow wadi]

GET HIS ASS

[open python]

kojima mentiones instant W

[ashen stag]

STOP!!!

[fiery grove]

I mean global war is a fun mod and it has walking aswell

[ashen stag]

Bandits are just lazy and wimpy renegades

[trail vault]

rn I mostly stole a bunch of code from other mods to achieve:

• no corpse of your previous char T-posing with suddenly all weapons in pristine condition, consider new char as a new game, no reason to rush to your previous death site
• armor creation is forced based on the NPC it picked, makes it 100% condition (if no armor or helmet, you get a trenchcoat and old gp5 gasmask)
• you get 2 to 6 packs of ammo for the weapon you spawned with
• you get a survival kit, similar to what you have with you at every new game start + antirads in case you spawn in heavy radiation zone
• you also get a KNOIFE loicence

[fiery grove]

So s2 warfare should be the same

[rustic iron]

How in the moniths name you are still alive

[fringe kayak]

there should be a feature where you can enter the restricted zone, but prevented to trade, forced to pay a fee to pass through or maybe escorted through

[sonic walrus]

i wish the cs base would be used to its full potential. palisades, actually using all the buildings, and not everyone sitting on the ground

[ashen stag]

renegades rush clear sky base with a broken mosin and a jammed makarov

bandits cry over vodka supply

[open python]

true

[ashen stag]

im locked in

[open python]

what is warfare about

[ashen stag]

i dont need to check whos walking around because i have no allies

[sonic walrus]

did anyone already try a sin run? with the pact enabled?

[ashen stag]

yes its ez

the pact is so op

[dreamy relic]

gamma running on linux implies the theoretical possibility of it running on android...

[sonic walrus]

isnt it like a ticking bomb

[fringe kayak]

GAMMA mobile release? Official?

[ashen stag]

yes but tbf it goes down slowly imo

[fiery grove]

Factions controlling bases

[open python]

My phone

[sonic walrus]

im shit at artifact hunting, 90% of anomaly fields dont get detected by my scanner

[ashen stag]

some guy was doing this and i havent heard from him in a few weeks so he mightve died

phone exploded

[fringe kayak]

At one point in game artifact hunting becomes a hobby

[dreamy relic]

I think the main problem would be getting a mod organizer to work

[ashen stag]

nah he was doing a windows VM

[dreamy relic]

idk if the mobile emulators support GoG yet

[ashen stag]

not straight off android

[sonic walrus]

even with grizzly 2.0 scanner, which should pick up EVERY known artifact, mostly i get no signal at all

[ashen stag]

he had storage issues i think

[dreamy relic]

lile you can already play CoP on a phone

[ashen stag]

yeah but cop is 2010

gamma is 2021 + 350 mods

[open python]

What did I try to jam a file gamma file from an external SSD into a phone-

[ashen stag]

newer tech and mod bloat

[sonic walrus]

have fun downloading 100gb and putting out the fire from the nuclear phone blast

[dreamy relic]

gamma is modular, you could disable some of the garphic mods

[ashen stag]

GOAT RENEGADES

🥳 🥰

[ashen stag]

its not as modular as u think

unfortunately

many dependencies and tweaks that break if you disable certain things

graphics are fine tho

removing SSS is easy enough

[dreamy relic]

Ill have a snapdragon 8 gen 2 handheld by mid january i swear to allah i will attempt to do the most devious shir to try to get gamma to launch

[ashen stag]

gl

[novel junco]

When they say its "modular" dont expect it to work when you break apart the whole thing lmao

[fringe kayak]

Would it be possibile in the future a pack debloat to reduce its size?

[ashen stag]

tbh the fps killers are grass, SSS, and gun models soooo

[novel junco]

Either remove or optimize graphics mods

[ashen stag]

apart from gun models, easily tweaked

[crisp turret]

you can do alot of stuff but you have to know modding and how the game works,file structure and so on

[sonic walrus]

nah, sometimes its enough when you enable 1 mod that renders a butthole on every mutant ingame

boom pc gone

[dreamy relic]

fuckin around and finding out

[sonic walrus]

its as modular as a brick

[dreamy relic]

i still think the mod organizrr is going to be the main problem

[crisp turret]

like ive remade the whole eco

[dreamy relic]

that i will just not be able to circumvent

[ashen stag]

id just try anomaly first

then add a few mods to test

easier to debug

[sonic walrus]

i wanna play sin again, but i dont wanna do this shitty "bring krolik 1000 cans of tuna" as a poor excuse for having no questline

i need some kinda questline and big events that i need to gear up for, like last dawn

[lavish lynx]

And given SSS will have dlss and fsr we'll probably be fine soon lol

[wide fable]

Is it possible to bring this up closer? Or am I stuck with an absolutely godawful sight picture?

[mighty viper]

that's cool tbh !!! Be sure to post your stuff in #1035807043933720576 , having a balanced playable azazel sounds formidable

[open python]

nah man ur good., you can see all the zone, every atom of the zone in HD defenition

[wide fable]

I'm playing on 1920*1080.

[open python]

Through the sight i mean

[wide fable]

My thumbtip can obscure most of it.

[rustic iron]

Skill issue

[trail vault]

yep, thats the plan, just wanted to give it a few days of playtesting to make sure its all working fine and I'm not causing any new crashes 😅

[open python]

What is the purpose of wasting money on a thermal holo of all things

[mighty viper]

it's honestly good though

[open python]

huh

[wide fable]

Because the Vector is an SMG and not particularly good at longer distances.

[mighty viper]

+- key iircs

[rustic iron]

Man try it, rly good

[wide fable]

A thermal sight allows for effortless target acquisition... so long as it's in the sight picture.

[open python]

wat it called

[rustic iron]

Thermal sight

[trail vault]

btw, speaking of thermals, was gauss rifle completely removed from the possible spawn loot and now can only be found as part of living legend storyline?

[hard zealot]

Heated Sight

nice and warm

[warm verge]

oh my godd

[wide fable]

Thermal sights are marked with a yellow HV in their icon.

[warm verge]

we don't need nvidia upscaling slop man