╓☢stalker-chat

[foggy geyser]

monolith scum actually

[mental furnace]

[hollow wadi]

https://tenor.com/view/mads-mikkelsen-smoking-gif-24232377

[humble saffron]

yeah 20 blows mr duty

[hollow wadi]

Who you calling Duty

[humble saffron]

wow so you’ll sit idly by as every other faction fights the existential threat of the zone

loners are truly bystanders

[hollow wadi]

Farming others

[novel junco]

Loners are G words

[analog palm]

gooners?

[marsh bridge]

my 2nd favourite part is disabling psydogs

[sonic verge]

really dumb take

why would I want to die in a stupid war when I could do that in the big land? why go to the zone to fight a war? imbeciles

I go to zone to smoke pot, chill by campfires, and look at shiny objects with the boys

[humble saffron]

thats freedom

[sonic verge]

sidenote: do yall think base anomaly 1.5.3 is worth a playthrough? i have never beaten any of the standalone mod stories i keep switching

[humble saffron]

i think in lore half of freedom actually does nothing but smoke pot and goon or some shi

[sonic verge]

you can smoke weed and not be in freedom

thats what burers do, I find weed on them sometimes

[humble saffron]

yooo burer blunt rotation

he levitates the blunt to you

[humble saffron]

why not do it thru gamma

[sonic verge]

because it takes forever

[fallen stone]

I'm on my second day on merc ironman, I have a karabiner and 45 pistol, should I repair this? I also have a PP-bizon on my stash which only has the barrel in bad condition. problem is I need to craft/buy handgun repair kit for both. Would you guys bother with it? if so which do you like more?

[sonic verge]

wow youre broke

[humble saffron]

just like play with progressive armor on full and good condition on weapon drops to speed up progression

[sonic verge]

but thats cheating imo

wait actualy whats the black market gun mod like?

are they pricy or dirt cheap?

[humble saffron]

sells guns and armor for 250k apiece

[sonic verge]

is there one specific vender?

[humble saffron]

on ez btw so like 300k basically

[humble saffron]

No most traders do

[humble saffron]

so you’ll play the story on base game which lets you just buy guns for very cheap?

[humble saffron]

but they have unique and limited selections

[sonic verge]

the game is balanced for that tho

[humble saffron]

skinflint only sells one or two pieces of a selection of freedom armors

[sonic verge]

and i dont remember them being very cheap, I remember having to do many jobs to buy my first ak

[humble saffron]

i mean like how

GAMMAs balance doesnt quite change if you increase drop rates and conditions it just speeds the game up

[sonic verge]

its just the right amount of progression, guns are not astronomically high and unattainable, but they arent dirt cheap

[humble saffron]

i mean i guess?

[sonic verge]

gamma makes it feel like a chore really fast

[humble saffron]

but again just play with BM and/or increased drop conditions on gamma if u dont wanna take forever to do the story

i dun get why u think is cheating when the game just lets you configure it in a menu

its chill brah

[half forum]

Is there an item in the Hideout Furniture mod that enables a saving mechanic like the campfires?

[fallen stone]

alriight

[edgy prairie]

tfw you're stuck with transition crashes after going to jupiter/zaton, finished brain scorcher too

[hollow wadi]

!deletesquads

[dawn marten]

@edgy prairie
Instructions for removing squads: #╭📖faq message

[fallen stone]

Ok I'm going to die a horrible death aren't I?

[edgy prairie]

oh ive tried this, doesnt work unfortunately, it just comes back with a vengeance

[edgy prairie]

you'll be fine

[hollow wadi]

Rip

[fallen stone]

Also a berill on the same stash

Berill + Saiga + shitton of buckshot = MM done

or i get one tapped by a burer, both can happen

[edgy prairie]

the new burer lightning is oof

[pseudo hinge]

why do i always come back to GAMMA on holidays, weird

[valid crater]

That's the problem with using mods that bring in buyable weapons again ... you miss out how cheap and effective it is to fix up a looted weapon with also all looted parts, not even the kits are required for, just hope for a green barrel.

[mortal wadi]

during an emssions and psy storms, theres a repeating anoying sound of thunder or whatever that is, any way to get rid of it

[steel burrow]

If you didnt edit the modlist I would suggest you check out #🔨base-gamma-support

[buoyant vapor]

yeah I am running with the base mod list....but on linux....

[steel burrow]

How long have you been away of Yantar anyway

[buoyant vapor]

like half in game day ?

and my ammo box was there when I left, I had grabbed a lot of HP ammo from it for my SMG

[steel burrow]

Hmmm

And your other furniture is unnafected?

[buoyant vapor]

yes there are 3 other stashes nearby (just behind me in my screenshot) which I crafted and they appear to be intact and have all the items afaik

[steel burrow]

Thats odd, do you have any remaining saves from before you left Yantar?

Just to test something

[buoyant vapor]

ig....but I don't wanna loose all the progress. Lemme load older save to check

[steel burrow]

No its just to try

Save and then load that

Then leave Yantar and come back

See if the box dissapears

[buoyant vapor]

in the older save, where the box is still there?

[steel burrow]

Aye

Make sure the box is there

And leave Yantar

Then come back see if it dissapears

[cedar comet]

PPSH still based or did they nerf it

[buoyant vapor]

so...I left Yantar to go to that wildterritory area which connects to garbage, came back, and ammo box is still here in old save

and it really sucks cuz I was planning to go do MM and BS now...but when I came back to my base in Yantar....almost all my f*cking ammo is gone (except for what I had on me)

[trail vault]

just a wild guess, but maybe it was too much in a way of npc paths and somehow that destroyed the obstruction? did any emissions happened before it disappeared?

anyway, if you're not running invictus, just screenshot in this older save how much ammo you had there exactly, then load a newer save with debug enabled - use item spawner to get a new ammo box and spawn those amounts of ammo you lost, now place it a bit away from the floor, disable debug and go on 👀

[brazen dove]

so i did the thing where I killed the doctor and got tthe quests to investigate the labs, where are the files inside the brain scorcher?

[sonic verge]

where do yall buy stalker merch?

thinking about buying a duty flag

[sonic verge]

professionals

[minor gyro]

can i remove shaders from gamma

[hollow wadi]

Reshade or Screen Space Shaders mod?

[fallen stone]

Guys I think my spawns are fucked. The zone is almost empty. There is very few stalkers and no mutants unless spawned by a mission, what to do?

[cedar bramble]

any gossip/hearsay on when 0.9.5/1.0 will be released?

[mild wing]

0.9.5 on christmas
source: i made it up

[atomic pebble]

0.9.5 would be released someday and 1.0 are the gambas that we saw along the way

[heavy cradle]

0.9.5 will prob be that armor change

[sick yoke]

We promise that 1.0 will be released before the sun explodes

[mild wing]

risky statement

my lawyer will note that down in case you're wrong

[atomic pebble]

That's before of Ray of Hope release

f

[sick yoke]

😔

[iron notch]

Every time someone asks the grok adds 6 months to the release date

[atomic pebble]

any gossip/hearsay on when 0.9.5/1.0 will be released?

[iron notch]

God dam it man shush

We will get GTA 6 before gamma 1.0 at this rate

[analog palm]

did ya'll know this door is functional?

well, kind of

only goes up

gets you a really nice roof on wild territory

nvm goes down too

[atomic pebble]

https://cocksucksoftware.neocities.org/Blog/zi-blog-dec2025-en

New article of Zero Investment

[analog palm]

hm

in black road

are you ever supposed to do story

is it even possible to do

[mental furnace]

without isolated and hated yes

with tho u can do Motz questline

[steel burrow]

mfw I take the quest of a freedom guy to help him and he walks face first into the Military base, gets himself killed

"your reputation has worsened"

Bro why

[mortal wadi]

Is there any way-mod to see how much time/hours left to the new life?

[lethal steeple]

pda - guide - ironman status

so long as you have more than your starting lives - 1 you are still able to get invictus

[scarlet orbit]

has c con grass and trees already been added to GAMMA?

[mortal wadi]

@lethal steepleyes, i meant more like countdown

[random grail]

No

[hushed pier]

Don't go for invictus if you value ur hair

[hushed pier]

Good laugh from this one, thx 4 sharing

[mental furnace]

KeEp It PrOfFeSsIoNaL HeAdShOtS oNlY

[lethal steeple]

duuuuuude i'll add an imgui editor for the recoil mod so that you can just change shit without doing f7 0 f5

i'm a genius

[mental furnace]

[long torrent]

"cocksucksoftware"

[atomic pebble]

soon cocksucksoftware will obtain the MOTY of AP-PRO, im 99.9% sure

[lethal steeple]

i'm a secondary when it comes to the trve side of the stalker modding scene but i think zero investment deserves it because it tries and succeeds at not being yet another "look we're not misery but also not tarkov but also we're misery and also tarkov, in soc"

[sharp schooner]

Set in stone at the swamps no? to clarify the kriss i spawned in

[lethal steeple]

serial favoriter in the making

[lethal steeple]

it also does away with so much of the shit ass game design stalker has been plagued with even before misery

like you deal as much damage as you'd expect

you don't explode at the first instance of damage you take

until very deep into lategame

[atomic pebble]

Also, this year was +- weak in mods, personally the list that i would have in my mind for "Stalker MOTY" is smth like this:

Clear Sky Revision
Principle of The Hat
SFZ Project Episode 0 Deluxe Remake
Awakening 2055
Global War 0.5
Poopy story mods with plots of 2 minutes
NLC Improved
Poopy story mods with plots of 2 minutes
Poopy story mods with plots of 2 minutes
Poopy story mods with plots of 2 minutes

[lethal steeple]

was true stalker this year or 2024

idr

[atomic pebble]

2023

[lethal steeple]

there is no way

[lethal steeple]

i refuse to believe true stalker was in 2023

[sharp schooner]

minecraft steve lookin

[lethal steeple]

got a timeskip from 2023 all the way into the end of 2025

[atomic pebble]

10 days brat

[lethal steeple]

daym it's even its second anniversary

[novel junco]

And now its getting an overhaul, it was pretty fun when i played 2 years ago but the story was meh

[lethal steeple]

to me what stood out the most about true stalker was the seemingly stratospheric levels of production value for a fangame

presentation was beyond squeaky clean

[novel junco]

I especially loved the maps, both old and new

[atomic pebble]

The trve stalker always was SFZ

[sick yoke]

Playing s2 master mode has made me realize exactly what the “explode in a single hit” thing truly meant

[sharp schooner]

wus that...

[atomic pebble]

Ask to chatgpt

[green wren]

Hello everyone, I've just set up Gamma and I ran into an issue where my menus, HUD and anything but the in game world was very bright. I had to turn off HDR10 to fix this. Sending this message here in case anyone else runs into this issue in the future and uses the search to troubleshoot. The images are before and after the setting is turned on and the third image is where to find the HDR10. This was included in the latest version of Gamma I got from MO v2.5.2

[sharp schooner]

am i dotn even know how to use chatgbt

im the only mofo that DOESNT KNOW how to use chatgbt

[lethal steeple]

explode in a single hit and then realize you last left zalissya 9 hours ago

[sick yoke]

Even the literal intro doesn’t have you getting 2 tapped by fuck ass bandit #325

[steep elm]

I think in the latest patch notes they reinstated saving for master mode or whatever

[sick yoke]

Meanwhile gamma you die in 3 hits until you start getting good br% Artis (you die in 4 hits now)

Even with getting stunlocked by bloodsuckers and chimeras, s2 feels far less arbitrary bullshit

[mild wing]

is S2 DRM free? i'm about to be offline for a while and was wondering if i could do another playthrough

[sick yoke]

Should be, otherwise it wouldn’t be on gog

[lethal steeple]

if you get it from gog

[mild wing]

i got it on steam

[lethal steeple]

me when hitman 3

[sick yoke]

Idk what that means but I’m going to assume it has drm and is on gog

In which case idk I thought that was gog’s gimmick

[sharp schooner]

IN THE GREAT SWAMPS BTW

TS AINT CRAPPY

[steep elm]

[mild wing]

apparently it runs fine in the offline mode

[steep elm]

I love the lockboxes mod, but man does it seem kinda OP too

[signal cove]

is that lean

[sharp schooner]

Yes.

[mental furnace]

https://discord.com/channels/912320241713958912/1042368127834542131 play with that one its more balanced

[steep elm]

Pretty sure that is the one I'm playing with

[mental furnace]

[steep elm]

wait, no, I'm playing with the more up-to-date version, 2.4.9

[mental furnace]

its 2.4.9 bro just forgot to change it

[mental furnace]

[steep elm]

Also, idk if it's intended or not, but when you buy the 5 lockpicks from any mechanic, leave their inventory and then go back to their trade menu, they immediately restock all 5 lockpicks again lmao.

At least that's what's going on with Xenotech in Cordon, so I assume it works that way for every mechanic in the zone

[mental furnace]

nah its same with everyone

[steep elm]

Gotcha

[sharp schooner]

womp womp

i love this shotgun

[random grail]

For a while i though it's barrel stuck in the ground

[warm verge]

LMAO??

LOLLL WHAT IS THIS LOOT

[sharp schooner]

dont question it

[dreamy relic]

does the enchance edition of the original trilogy still look like ass?

[celest sparrow]

I guess you mean the blurry image

[steep elm]

Captain Smelly

[sonic verge]

im playing it rn, honestly, nah, it looks clean

[dreamy relic]

yea

also are there mods that bring back the removed assets lol?

[sonic verge]

yes

[celest sparrow]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3485133010 there's this

[sonic verge]

im in agroprom underground now, been a long time since i played soc

not gonna lie, getting nervous, still, after all these years

i know whats coming, its just that sound actually triggers fight or flight (same with the nosalis from Metro, even tho they arent that scary)

[fair remnant]

I forgot how miserable it is to install gamma

6 hours just to install fucking anomaly </3

[sonic verge]

why did it take 6 hours to install anomaly??

[fair remnant]

Legitimately I do not know

It is ONLY ever gamma and its related files

[celest sparrow]

Bro did not use the torrent

[fair remnant]

Im going to be real with you

What the fuck is a torrent

[mental furnace]

[celest sparrow]

https://tenor.com/view/car-garn47-garn-47-car-garn47-car-garn-47-gif-13936239128611030573

[steep elm]

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

[worn tartan]

ak-5C or ak-74 "pmc"?

[celest sparrow]

it's data which is downloaded / shared from other users, making large downloads faster

[steep elm]

the 74

[celest sparrow]

so something that would typically take 2 hours to download, will take 30 minutes to download
as an example of course

[steep elm]

I've always used the mediafire downloads I think for Gamma

[celest sparrow]

just know that torrent is better when downloading Anomaly

[steep elm]

but yea, probably would be faster to just torrent.

[steep elm]

These downloads usually go by in a few mins for me so

not sure how it'd take you like 6 hours unless your internet speeds are awful

[worn tartan]

then it will be this one i repair

[sonic verge]

anomaly 1.5.3 downloads in like 1.5 minutes for me

i can have seventeen hundred copies of them on my pc if i wanted to

[steep elm]

[iron notch]

These kids who grew up with iPads, Netflix and Roblox smh

Computer skills and web knowledge of the current generation are on par with my grandpa who I taught how to use a computer at 87yo

Back in the day you had to be a certified windows tech just to keep you computer running for more than a month

[blissful ivy]

Ok unc, nobody asked

And computer knowledge is easy to get in today’s world

I am self taught and i know more than enough to ensure shit works, and i can fix it myself, torrents are not necessary knowledge either, that person could be really good at conputers

[iron notch]

I teach programming to teens and most of them don't know what a url or a zip file is and can't comprehend them after a year of using them in every class

[celest sparrow]

actual unc

[blissful ivy]

What grade?

If its 9th, thats not surprising.

Also it could just be that those students are stupid

[iron notch]

12-18yo

[blissful ivy]

12 year olds dont know much, i didnt know shit 5 years ago either

[iron notch]

Like I said my grandpa picked up basic computer literacy faster than most of my students

[novel junco]

Because they have less attention span than a gold fish

[blissful ivy]

Theres the answer ^

[celest sparrow]

what if you explained it with Fortnite

[blissful ivy]

Explain it in family guy-subway surfers format

[iron notch]

Back when windows 95 and 7 were a thing I was 7 and was practically a certified windows tech, cause if you weren't the family computer would just be dead for months until you could afford to pay the one repair guy in the area $500+ to fix it

[novel junco]

Get off Fortnite and lock in on your studies if you have aura

[celest sparrow]

https://tenor.com/view/brian-family-guy-tiktok-funny-clip-tasty-sand-gif-27509497

[hollow marlin]

Someone didn’t experience peak piracy and mods for games 💔

[celest sparrow]

me on my way to get Mario Forever

[iron notch]

Remember LimeWire, that shit was like walking an actual minefield, the skills and effort required to get a song you heard on the radio without filling the computer with a thousand viruses

[sick yoke]

@celest sparrow master mode done < 100 deaths pretty sure lol

[celest sparrow]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/695083946597416984/1318581857142439966/an.gif

[sick yoke]

could've ended with like 80ish but le 1 shot boss 🙂

[hollow marlin]

I only used torrent since I was like 7 or 8 yrs old at the time, this would’ve been like 2013 - 2014

[sick yoke]

also god i wish i could skip cutscenes

[iron notch]

Arma 2 DayZ before streaming and Steam Workshop was also peak, barrier to entry was so high you didn't need RP servers and moderators, the people who got there just wanted a legit zombie survival experience

[steep elm]

ye I remember the days when DayZ was still an Arma 2 mod with its own servers

[novel junco]

RP Servers are ass in general

I tried to fully experience StalkerZ because it was the only english speaking Stalker RP server

Worst experience of my life

[atomic pebble]

I lobe watch 600 videos of 2 seconds

[iron notch]

Modern ones are horrific, 10-15 years ago they were epic

[celest sparrow]

I have yet to finish my playthrough on Veteran and I'm past 130 deaths

[sick yoke]

my vet run had a shit ton of deaths yeah

but that was my first run so it was blind

[iron notch]

Arma 2 Takistan Life created life long gaming memories

[sick yoke]

second run was master mode and me just using as much cheese as possible

[novel junco]

Toxic players playing it like its Second Life, snorks more bulletspongy than a Bloodsucker on Stalker 2 1.0 release, unnecessarily hardcore and grindy gameplay with equally as toxic staff

and many other bullshit i cant bother to list

[iron notch]

Yea that's why keep my memories for the 5 years it was good in Arma 2 and don't even bother anymore

It can't be recreated anymore

[sick yoke]

about 43 hours this run around

[novel junco]

Fucking grifters asking for a 10$ priority queue subscription

[runic olive]

how do i pick up my gun rack i placed wrong :(

[iron notch]

Hold f

[lethal steeple]

18 - 12 is 6, your message is 7 characters long

that's crazy

mods promote this user

[steep elm]

this is the worst thing I've ever seen you write in this server

[lethal steeple]

mods DEMOTE this user

[novel junco]

Don’t check under your skin, that’s where the beetles are!

[gritty iris]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1370102565026529390/1392615806017343558/6288392E-F347-402E-AD90-6C0E543E2A52.gif

[lethal steeple]

best part about that reaction image is that it's something grok said

[steep elm]

Nothing personnel, Grok

[iron notch]

You
Are
The
Worst

[steep elm]

wtf is bro's name

[thick sedge]

no way bro self inserted (it's his modular modpack which that is)

[steep elm]

[leaden island]

why is there an instant game over time limit in radar

there's 200 monolith motherfuckers here I can't even shoot and heal fast enough

[steep elm]

find and kill the first military dude of my playthrough

[long torrent]

wtf

The ukrainian military in stalker is never this well supplied

[steep elm]

(this guy definitely spawned in due to the Day Stalkers mod I'm using)

because I'm still in the Cordon lmao

[runic olive]

is there some way to make radio persist thru level transitions?

[idle kelp]

It's a test, you can't take it carefully. You gotta run and gun, don't rely too much on medkits (stimpaks are way faster) and you should probably save AP ammo specifically for that

Scientific or military stims are what you need to beat BS if you're taking hits, as well as tourniquets to stop bleeding without wasting time. High firerate weapons optimal for close quarters combat and an epipen to have infinite stamina is good too.

Take risks, throw grenades, rush as fast as you can without dying no matter the resource cost. Unlocking the north will more than make up for whatever you spent there.

[leaden island]

IT'S INSANE

I've died 30 times

I have 5x mil and 5x science srtimpaks

but it doesn't matter because my medium armor and helmet still don't protect me from more than a single bullet

so if these mono soldiers with automatic weapons don't get one tapped every time perfecrt flawless I'M FUCKED

[zealous jasper]

Just use a phantom star

Plan the path so you know which way to go and activate it on entry then rush the switch

You'll run out of invis within the last 2 rooms or just after the switch is off if you do it right

Then you get to fight your way out with double the monolith

[leaden island]

I killed everybody and ran out of time before finding the obj

why am I all the way downstairs if there's nothing here

I left out the front door instead, took me about 1:30 to get there, now I have 1:30 left as soon as I enter the b ase lmfao

[plucky hearth]

no way i can talk in this one now

[lethal steeple]

ok now explain in your own words what does br class do for the player

[plucky hearth]

is that the body armor class? I feel like thats a trick question but I kinda wanna say it displays how much damage you can take...?

gulps.

[thick sedge]

gulp

[plucky hearth]

https://tenor.com/view/daily-oni-daily-ao-oni-ao-oni-gif-10050851256106494849

[thick sedge]

https://tenor.com/view/nervous-nervous-anime-sweat-sweating-nervous-sweating-gif-8464066390113296650

[leaden island]

I finally trned off the brainscorch with 10 seconds left

I just made a mad dash for the room and ignored about 4 enemies

[steep elm]

Well done, sdalger

[dusk frost]

what if im hitting the vodka hard and planning aint in my nature

[zealous jasper]

Then suffer the curse

[dusk frost]

spray and pray?

[hollow wadi]

I can't believe this user was sentences to death tomorrow morning

[graceful quiver]

https://tenor.com/view/ocean-park-roy-chiken-chicken-rooster-gif-15719325597742543552

-# Hides in the corner of BS base

[graceful quiver]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1029824156289732649/1451818293517090816/image.png?ex=69483766&is=6946e5e6&hm=a380a69126120151f94e24b288d2006d47bd9dcbb7bad817476be0ac6cc9b4dc&

Found this off a military dude so maybe he was the exception?

[dusk frost]

jesus cristo got ammo for that hunger bugger

[graceful quiver]

Been saving up them rounds~

[dusk frost]

at this point if they get to close you just take off the mag and beat a man with it

[graceful quiver]

Might have to do it 45 times though lol

[graceful quiver]

[steep elm]

Pour one out for the Slavik Test-Tube:

[sick yoke]

@celest sparrow oh yeah (not sure if master mode only but) g squad has funny mini burer shields

[steep elm]

How do you unlock Master difficulty? I could only select up to Veteran when I started my new game.

[sick yoke]

it was unlocked by default for me

if you mean in s2 at least lol

[celest sparrow]

HUH

[steep elm]

Nah, talking about Gamma since this is the Gamma channel

[sick yoke]

to be fair it's a complete non-factor most of the time because you can just 1 tap them

but it's there and i think it's a neat addition/change

[green gyro]

This Dead City stash is driving me mad, does anyone know where it is? It's not the one on the roof, it's not the one on the first floor either

I can't even find it with freefly cam

[steep elm]

Check in the room with all the beds?

[green gyro]

I did

[steep elm]

where the guide is

huh

okay

[green gyro]

It's like it's directly under or above Aslan or whatever his name is

[steep elm]

Wonder if that one glitch is still around where NPCs can sometimes be tagged as a stash on your PDA lol

yeaaaaaaaaah

[green gyro]

I'm pretty sure lmao

[steep elm]

it might be glitched

[green gyro]

Well fuck

First stash I get all game

Yeah I shot him and the stash disappeared

I didnt know this was a thing

gg

In my hundred hours in gamma ive never seen this lol

[lethal patrol]

i need a blue-eyed dragon now

[dusk frost]

could kill and then become one

[graceful quiver]

Zone-produced Blue-eyed White Dragon

[dusk frost]

sacrifice one to the graveyard to summon the three headed blue eyes white vodka smashing ukrainian free stalker

[buoyant vapor]

yezzur, there was like 1 emission and 1 psy-emission in between, pretty wild (cuz it was like only half in-game day)

[buoyant vapor]

[celest zinc]

looks like duty has anti death technology

i killed the nosorog dude, went to wipe out the other side then when i came back his whole crew was back from the dead somehow lol

or he has a lot of brothers

[runic olive]

how do i get peoples to join a squad?

[celest sparrow]

!companion

[dawn marten]

@runic olive
To recruit random stalkers as companions:

1. Talk to the leader of the squad.
2. The size of the squad must be within your limit (by default you can't have more than one companion at the time).
3. Your rank value must be at least 1.5 times higher than that of the squad leader.
4. Squad leader must consider you friendly (depends on your rank, reputation, faction relations and more).

Requirements 3 and 4 don't apply to paid companions, but they are rarer overall and can only be found among Loners, Bandits, Mercenaries and Freedom.
If you wish to be able to recruit more stalkers, in-game, open Mod Configuration Menu > Custom Companion Squad Size, and drag the sliders found within to the right.

[runic olive]

and how to increase rank?

!rank

[dawn marten]

      ^^^^^^
role is a required argument that is missing.```

[oblique reef]

Even in other games I can't escape Stalker

[runic olive]

its not real its not real its not real its not real

anyone know the bot command for the armor spreadsheet

im in good standing with almost all factions so i need to know who i gotta hunting accident for decent gear

nvm i found

[analog palm]

a giant glowing thing on a pile of rocks is universally awesome

anyway, black road

normal mode just makes the super-hobo phase a little longer
the actually interesting mode (isolated-hated) makes main story impossible so it's for seeing how long you'll last

do i get that right

[runic olive]

its the little victories ;-;

[graceful quiver]

lol you scared the shit out of that bloodsucker

[graceful quiver]

Free power and air conditioning right there

[novel sierra]

Hey guys. Best guns in each cammo type?

So far, I'm running AK-74 PMC and SVDS

[runic olive]

does gun quality mean anything for companions?

i mean damage and such

on the parts

[dusk vessel]

nah

[runic olive]

i accidentally took the freedom "kill bloodsucker with knife" mission forever ago

i finally did it ;-;

[dusk vessel]

all npcs use guns that are broken as if theyre 100% repaired

[runic olive]

@dusk vesselthank

[dusk vessel]

kind of a cheese to give broken guns to companions but you can play however you like

[mental furnace]

u can do mystery of the zone questline

[graceful quiver]

For the true air resistance cross-multiplication formula, which variable do I substitute/leave as is?

[jagged musk]

You can even load the gun w hp ammo, and if their rank is high enough, they'll deal hp ammo dmg with ap ammo pen

[mild wing]

looks like someone decided the mercs aren't cringe enough so they added these names

[keen bronze]

Their guns should jam less but it's not worth the effort

[dusk vessel]

does it even work?

from limited testing it was the same amnout of jams on green/red guns

[keen bronze]

That's why I said should

[dusk vessel]

i know i read it

[keen bronze]

Bro me too

[dusk vessel]

incredible

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1085656974676475947/1452161296148725840/togif.gif

[mental furnace]

falco not jolly 🥀

[keen bronze]

All jokes aside, I don't really have the technical knowledge, that's all I have, a random piece of info, it really should work but who knows, many things are changed every time, maybe that's one of them

I should ping oflin

[dusk vessel]

i didnt do extensive testing just some random stuff when i had companions

had the same question myself and nobody really knew so i just tested

[keen bronze]

https://tenor.com/view/yulefluo-yipster-mods-gif-14114359816096953371

[dusk vessel]

and it didnt have any noticeable difference in jams

might just be isolated case of my companions being bugged idk

[mental furnace]

sometimes it work sometime it doesnt just like x-ray engine itself

[dusk vessel]

i havent looked at the code either so i really didnt even know they were supposed to jam more often

[keen bronze]

Grok did something to guns IIRC

No condition (it's stuck at 85% or something), you jam more often, something something

I don't know if companions are affected by that though

[dusk vessel]

was that the whole base jam chance thing

[graceful quiver]

Guess you'll just have to be careful with what to give them so they don't break combat too much

[hollow wadi]

Nah they're not

[mental furnace]

if u want them to deal more damage give them shotgun or federal sniper rifle

[hollow wadi]

But the jam chance thing is accidentally wrong

For the player anyway

[dusk vessel]

when the update for that dropped i turned on no jams on green parts in mo2

it was really not good

[keen bronze]

I mean realistically can a gun jam if the "parts" are in "green condition"?

[graceful quiver]

It does seem to jam a lot for 1% chance

[dusk vessel]

it would depend on which gun too

and yeah a fully functional gun can jam if its got bad ammo or bad magazines

and even if those arent bad it could still jam

but then there are examples of guns firing thousands of rounds in a row (with cleaning and maintance) without single failure

usp is a good example

or a desert eagle that can jam for no reason

its nuanced

[keen bronze]

And that's why we don't bring realism in here ahahah

[dusk vessel]

yeah makes sense

gameplay > realism

[keen bronze]

Yeah

I was just wondering if what Grok did made sense

[dusk vessel]

for gameplay purposes its best if a green gun doesent jam and a red one does

doesent have to be complicated

early game quite often ill use a bolt action with green barrel and rest is shitty parts

[graceful quiver]

Desert Eagle does suffer from that common engineering challenge of trying to make an autoloading system to work with both rimmed and rimless cartridges

[celest sparrow]

lowk believe Type D Weapons could be a lot more appealing if they had significantly lower Gun Jam chance

[graceful quiver]

SV-98 jams whenever you line up a good shot

[dusk vessel]

could beat the game with any automatic rifle tbf

without much problems

any c type ak or 5.56 would do

[celest sparrow]

Yeah, I know you can

[dusk vessel]

but then also having a higher jam chance on bad parts?

while some shittier guns have a lower jam chance on bad parts

in comparison

if its a scale the D types have a higher ceiling but also lower floor

they need good parts to work

while some toz can run on bad parts, at least better than a modern ar

[celest sparrow]

Gun Jam Chance is honestly pretty stupid how it is currently handled

Gun repairing is too easy for it to be any impactful

[dusk vessel]

mabye from the perspective of someone whos played a lot, it could be true

but for a new player its probably pretty complicated to just repair 1 gun

[celest sparrow]

Mechanically it is easy, it doesn't take a lot for anyone to understand how it works

Just because they are new, we shouldn't treat them as if they are stupid

[dusk vessel]

thats not what im saying

im saying the barrier of entry shouldnt be too high

[celest sparrow]

even more so when we have added tutorials to teach the player how repairing works

[dusk vessel]

atm you can figure out how to repair guns on your own

if you made it more difficult new players would rely on guides which i dont like

using guides for games takes the fun out of it for me

[celest sparrow]

the entry barrier isn't even that high
all it takes is a few minutes of reading and understanding how it works, gun repairing isn't as deep as people make and it was further streamlined with 0.9.3

[rose musk]

I just hate that no matter how well I keep my shit cleaned there's just that tiny chance of a run end for no reason other than teehee

funny jam

I HATE randomness

[celest sparrow]

yeah that thing too, pristine guns having gun jam chance sucks

[mental furnace]

u know what dont have a jam chance?

sledgehammer

[celest sparrow]

It's honestly the way to tell people what they are trying to figure it out is a lot more simple than they think it is and Repairing is honestly made to look a lot more complex than it actually is which we have several people ask how it works

[rose musk]

Yes but my stalker is made out of paper mache and will keel over and die if grazed by a singular 9mm boolet

[celest sparrow]

GAMMAs difficutly comes from a simple knowledge check

[dusk vessel]

like most games

[celest sparrow]

which they tend to explain themselves pretty well

GAMMA barely does that in terms of Gameplay and has to rely on Guides for the player to understand its mechanics

even if you are familiar with STALKER, the introduced mechanics don't really explain themselves very well at all

even the PDA has most mechanics introduced into GAMMA explained in the form of Guides
the Tutorial Popup was only a convinient way for the Player to know what to do and how things work, because not a lot of people checked the PDA Guide

[dusk vessel]

partially because gamma is a modpack not a standalone game

[celest sparrow]

so should it be excused?

[dusk vessel]

no

its just that the vast majority of large modpacks have complicated mechanics that arent explained

while in fully fledged games they have entire sections of the game just to introduce the mechanics

like a quest to repair a gun with tutorials built in

modpacks tend to skip this because well they arent full games

[celest sparrow]

yeah, which has the player rely on Guides

so it shouldn't be odd to expect someone finding a mechanic to be difficult because it isn't explained at all

even though it is a lot more simple than it actually looks

[dusk vessel]

i figured out gun repairing by myself, just by dragging a green part onto the gun

didnt even have to craft anything at the start

when i was new,

[celest sparrow]

There was some consideration for a Gun Repair tutorial quest, which really didn't go anywhere
although I find the New Player Experience mod (Pop Up Tutorials) to work fine enough for the player to have some understanding as to how things work

[dusk vessel]

have a slight feeling the same people who need help figuring out how to do it

[celest sparrow]

yes but you have to consider, even if it sounds mean, people can be pretty fucking stupid

[dusk vessel]

are the same ones that will not read a word of the tutorial

[celest sparrow]

and not connect one dot with another

[dusk vessel]

and the ones that will take the time to read it would figure it out themselves

different mindsets ig

and yeah some people are just stupid not much you can do about it

besides provide easy guides

[celest sparrow]

back to the topic, Gun Repairing is simply the issue when it comes to Gun Jam having any significance cause it is too easy to counter and any change done will simply have people complain about it

like you can have Part Degradation play a bigger role on Progression beyond Weapon Category or Caliber

as you can have Type D weapons be that section of the game where the player truly feels comfortable with their weapon, not having to worry about a random gun jam when their gun is pristine or even slightly damaged
but then "It isn't realistic / It's too annoying for my Type C Weapon to jam at a pristine condition."

[dusk vessel]

i would rather have harsher radiation across the zone than having more jam chance

on a base level

[celest sparrow]

Jam Chance should simply be removed, absolutely no one is using damage weapons and it is so easy to keep them clean once repaired

[dusk vessel]

i guess it locks them out of using high tier guns

until they got the proper repair kits or get lucky

[mental furnace]

[celest sparrow]

Like I would like it if it was a thing

but I can't expect it to have any positive impact on the game unless Weapon Parts and Repairing are overhauled

[dusk vessel]

might also just be a lot of effort for something that most players wouldnt like

up to the modders ig

[celest sparrow]

just remove Gun Jamming

[dusk vessel]

jam profanity my beloved

[celest sparrow]

like the only time it makes sense is if you purposefully use a broken down weapon (which realistically speaking, the only green part is going to be the barrel)

[dusk vessel]

which i do sometimes

especially with sniper rifles

[celest sparrow]

and I do so too

even with orange / yellow barrels

[dusk vessel]

yeah

yellow barrel headshot is still a kill on weaker enemies

[graceful quiver]

Since we also have overall durability for the gun itself, maybe just hard limit jam to a certain low threshold

[dusk vessel]

isnt that removed

and replaced by the avg of all the parts

[celest sparrow]

gun condition has been locked to 83%

[dusk vessel]

ah

[celest sparrow]

even then, Gun Condition was also stupid and easy to maintain

[graceful quiver]

Poor part condition just not usable period might be more workable than averaged part condition based jamming

[celest sparrow]

if you kept the important parts cleaned, the gun was also clean

so why bother have it

[dusk vessel]

so a green gun with a red trigger would jam more than a full yellow gun

basically

idk

[celest sparrow]

but it's hard for anyone to have weapon parts at such poor conditions unless they are intentionally using a broken gun or are stuipid enough to forget to clean their parts

[dusk vessel]

jam chance makes bum phase more intresting

but then again starter guns are green

[graceful quiver]

Of course, and since people would just sell/throw away parts that are not at least yellow, even if for a gun they really want to use right now, might as well go for red = not work, orange = jam lots, yellow = some jams, green = no jam

[celest sparrow]

if it wasn't for the weapon barrel scaling damage, I could see people actually using broken down weapons
but then it makes repairing a lot less relevant unless you want to feel comfortable with that gun

[graceful quiver]

Good starter weapon does kinda hinder gun progression ironically lol

[dusk vessel]

if you play as a freedomer on hardest progression

you can start out with a kar98 and a glock hornet

its funny

these 2 can be endgame guns with upgrades

[graceful quiver]

OTs-33 is surprisingly solid for a cheap starter

[celest sparrow]

it would be cool but you have to increase weapon part degradation and have weapon parts be repairable past 60%, it would have to be changed to 20%, which a lot of people will come to appreciate appreciate as any part bellow 60% is essentially fucking useless
but it does make part scavenging a lot easier (as if it already isn't with weapon repair kits being so cheap to produce)

[dusk vessel]

kar with the ammo swap to a higher damage multi and glock19 hornet doesent even really need upgrades to be busted

just a lot of ammo

[warm verge]

then again, just a glock 19 hornet and medkits is all you need

[celest sparrow]

like I had that in mind for the changes I would make to gun repairing as to make gun jam a lot more impactful

[dusk vessel]

a jam actually damaging your part

[celest sparrow]

but you can see people complain that their gun easily jams after 100 rounds or so or whatever

[graceful quiver]

I guess just make it down to 50% like armor then at least it would have a similar flow and feel as armor

[warm verge]

AKs go to shit after 500+ rounds so like

LOL

[dusk vessel]

you srs?

they dont

[celest sparrow]

yeah cause muh realismo but this is a videogame

[warm verge]

the humble kalashnikov media:

[graceful quiver]

Armor hardly gets in the way like weapons do so it doesn't annoy us as much

[celest sparrow]

if you want a mechanic to be there, then you have to ignore the realistic aspect of it

[warm verge]

ok so just... make there be a chance for the gun to blow up.

lmao.

[celest sparrow]

[warm verge]

kind of like far cry 2

[dusk vessel]

you can fire an ak until the barrel melts and bends

[warm verge]

well yes it technically goes to shit cause the barrel might just blow up on you

[dusk vessel]

they fired far more than 500 rounds before it happend

[warm verge]

a barrel that bends after multiple rounds is not a safe barrel

[graceful quiver]

Maybe that's what red parts can do instead of just being unusable: chance to deal substantial durability damage to all parts of the gun

[celest sparrow]

if anything, gun repairing on the field should be harder to do for it to actually be there

[warm verge]

again, 500 to 750 to 790 that's the range that the gun started to catch on fire in terms of what they were using (an AK103.)

then again an rpk can fire 1000+ rounds cause of their testing so it's hilarious

[dusk vessel]

i dont like the modern aks much regardless

[warm verge]

the AK100 series is good

the AK12 though

[graceful quiver]

RPKs are SAWs so they should have heavier barrels and such no?

[warm verge]

man.

man.

[dusk vessel]

not saying its good or bad

just dont like it

[warm verge]

i have some choice words for AK12 lovers

[dusk vessel]

895 rounds in a Vepr ak47

back to back

or akm im not sure

[warm verge]

ok apparently an AK103 can also survive 1000+ rounds continuously being fired.

what the fuck are the barrels made out of

[dusk vessel]

and they fail because of heat

[warm verge]

actual pure stalinium

[dusk vessel]

if you give the gun breaks it could do 10000 rounds without failures

[warm verge]

said break is called refilling all your magazines

[dusk vessel]

the Vepr he didnt have to refill himself

he had a shit ton of mags and a crew which were refilling as hes shooting

so the gun itself did not get breaks

reloading only

[runic olive]

so i gotta question, why does the game seem to become more and more increasingly unstable if played for too long? it fixes immediately after a simple restart/relaunch

[dusk vessel]

vram/ram

you just run out or get memory leaks

[runic olive]

also, i found a bug

i unscrewed the bridge in cordon

[graceful quiver]

Likely a combo of memory leaks causing corruption on top of corruption to game I/O

[runic olive]

4.18kg of bolts

[graceful quiver]

Reminds me of when my game bugged out and my headlamp started giving out infinite 100% batteries

[runic olive]

damn

[celest sparrow]

https://tenor.com/view/500-cigarettes-five-hundred-cigarettes-gif-6779891482871762392

500 bolts

[runic olive]

that feels more useful

LMAO

[graceful quiver]

500 batteries!

[dusk vessel]

https://tenor.com/view/romanian-anti-air-romania-anti-air-gif-25843679

[runic olive]

i kept 50

[dusk vessel]

imagine a freedomer going into cordon military base

[runic olive]

unless i can somehow make them infinite again

[dusk vessel]

and stealing all the screws of everything

[runic olive]

i imagine bandits doin it

[dusk vessel]

sounds like something they would do

[runic olive]

freedom catching strays

is infinite bolts a thing?

[dusk vessel]

no

but you can pick them up

after using them

[graceful quiver]

Gotta buy/loot them

[dusk vessel]

i dont use bolts ngl

[runic olive]

i remember an option a long while ago but couldnt find it again

[runic olive]

fire anomalies are my BANE

[dusk vessel]

can see the heat wave

[runic olive]

i understand that

i just cant find where the circle of activation is

primarily an issue at night tho

[graceful quiver]

Anomaly Detector is more useful no?

[runic olive]

WHAT?

IT DOES SOMETHING?

[dusk vessel]

it does whats in the name...

[graceful quiver]

It shows both proximity and direction to an anomaly so yeah

[runic olive]

im aware

[dusk vessel]

iirc you can enable the detector beeps for anomalies even when not equipped

in mcm

[runic olive]

i TRIED using it when i first started gamma

and never again

shit dude

thats awesome

[graceful quiver]

That said one could argue their trade-offs, such as bolts being its own slot and detector having to being swapped in

[runic olive]

who sells it

[graceful quiver]

You can craft it at lvl 1 crafting

Wait no maybe i misremembered

[runic olive]

ill try eggheads

[graceful quiver]

But traders do sell them at lvl 1 no?

[runic olive]

what does it look like

color and defining features

max duty doesnt sell at leader

i love discovering new ways to play games

this detector feels like gold

i GOTTA find it

[dusk vessel]

yellow thing

its like, a core mechanic of stalker games since the first ones

[graceful quiver]

Ok my bad, you can't craft it, only buy it

[dusk vessel]

no im pretty sure you can craft them

using 2 broken ones and some other parts

[graceful quiver]

And Spore lvl 1 does sell it at least

[runic olive]

ive got the games but the first one i tried gave me motion sickness from the head sway unfortunately

[graceful quiver]

I think we are getting anomaly and artifact mixed up lol

[dusk vessel]

they should still be able to beep for anomalies

not just artifacts

might have to enable it in mcm

[runic olive]

who and where is spore

[graceful quiver]

He's in Clear Sky base

[dusk vessel]

it doesent have to be spore just a trader

[runic olive]

i am a disgrace to my faction

[dusk vessel]

iirc you get a detector in your starting loadout

[graceful quiver]

But yeah that should be supply lvl 1 stock I think

[runic olive]

i havent been to clear sky base yet lol

you can tell where i float around tho

[dusk vessel]

rostok

its the biggest hub area to take quests from

and practically in the centre of the factions

[runic olive]

i also just dispise the swamp

[dusk vessel]

its kinda funny

mutants cant swim

[runic olive]

idk if i could give a reason tho

really??

weird

[dusk vessel]

but enemies can see you through bushes perfectly once youre spotted

so gunfights can be a pain

there is a stealth mechanic but once youre spotted its out the window

[graceful quiver]

Yeah that's true

[runic olive]

i have a werid itch in my brain that makes me NEED to get melee kills

[dusk vessel]

meele kills save on ammo

[runic olive]

so im pretty accustomed to the stealth thing

[dusk vessel]

its fine

[graceful quiver]

Most factions startup do allow you to buy the anomaly detector

[runic olive]

i love my axe

[graceful quiver]

Even on Survivalist

[dusk vessel]

que that old clip of a guy wiping a squad of monolith with a hammer

because he had some 95% ballistic resistance

so they nerfed it to a lower number

[runic olive]

difficulty or a gamemode i dont know?

[idle kelp]

Is it still possible to get your hands on an AAM to reach 95%

[graceful quiver]

Progression Difficulty

[runic olive]

just picture gordon freeman

is that just the 3rd difficulty?

i just use the hardest on both things

im insane

[graceful quiver]

Yeah, Tourist -> Scavenger -> Survivalist

[sick yoke]

the old cap was 85%

[dusk vessel]

easy medium hard

[runic olive]

i always refer to them as easy normal and hard

[dusk vessel]

i dont remember ngl

it was enough to kill 10 of them while taking hits

[runic olive]

what be an AAM?

also hello again A2!

[graceful quiver]

I mean I am planning to do a Veteran - Surivalist run with no Accessible Zone and Agony Mode on so

Though will also enable Black Market and magazines

[dusk vessel]

you arent meant to use accessible zone really

[runic olive]

what does no accesible zone do

[dusk vessel]

youre meant to unlock the shortcuts through pdas or just buying them

or routes north

[graceful quiver]

Just make you have to find and unlock shortcuts on the map instead of being able to use them from the start

[runic olive]

WOAH

sounds dope

[dusk vessel]

its kinda bad that its enabled by default

shouldnt be

[idle kelp]

That's just not true for GAMMA

[runic olive]

anyone else get this in only yantar

[graceful quiver]

Default settings are for newbies so it's just there for you to explore

[dusk vessel]

you can still unlock all the routes

[graceful quiver]

Once you are done fooling around to understand things then it's time to up the challenge

[idle kelp]

You can play however you want but it's clear the game is intended for Accessible Zone and that's how essentially everyone plays

[sick yoke]

hey catto

[idle kelp]

This is nothing to worry about

[dusk vessel]

its preventing a fatal error

broken quest

dont worry about it

[graceful quiver]

And accessible zones are large time savers depending on where you go, as well as not lore violating or anything

[runic olive]

i wasnt worrying, just curious

[idle kelp]

It also is used to block quests that would fail upon taking them

[dusk vessel]

hundrets of people have posted about this very thing already

[runic olive]

ah

[graceful quiver]

Don't see why they shouldn't be there

[dusk vessel]

people get a little angry when someone unaware does

[runic olive]

so i guess npcs can go prone now

thats interesting

what does it do really

[idle kelp]

Only your friends can go prone and they do it when you do too

But I don't think I've ever seen a hostile Stalker go prone

[runic olive]

id prefer they cant

its hard enough for me to see em

[idle kelp]

I'd be so upset if I got killed in Invictus by some random Sinner lying down inside a cupboard

[runic olive]

how do i deal with this snork biden blasting me

[idle kelp]

Best to always wait for their tumble because they come to a stop

[runic olive]

he is hiding somewhere in north yantar

and not charging me

possibly stuck

he is using the psy attack thing

[idle kelp]

You gotta do your thing quick if you can't find him

[runic olive]

got the little shit

[idle kelp]

Eat his hand

As a show of dominance

Raw

[dusk vessel]

you can shoot those btw

[runic olive]

unfortunately didnt get one :(

[trail vault]

while its still attached

[runic olive]

delectable

it begins

also woah

[idle kelp]

I have never in my life actually used this device

[blissful ivy]

Breaking News: Man discovers anomalous activity device, more at 7

[runic olive]

lol

[blissful ivy]

[runic olive]

i sorta wish it was able to go in right hand instead

what is yall's favorite stage in the rostok arena

id say the 1v2 with KS 23

[graceful quiver]

But how would you hold your gun otherwise?

[runic olive]

ill just use some rads for another arm

[lavish delta]

where is the save file for gamma?

[idle kelp]

Rostok is a luxury I miss since the day I became freedompilled

The good ol days of arena and a huge quest hub with bar fast travel to anywhere

[dusk vessel]

you can still get the arena back if you want to

in mo2

just it might fatal error your game

[idle kelp]

Which part did they remove? The stalker fights, or the mutant fights?

Or both?

[runic olive]

mutant

[thin orchid]

!save

[dawn marten]

@lavish delta If you want to back up your saves:

1). Go inside your Anomaly folder
2). Open the appdata/ folder
3). Backup the folder called savedgames

[runic olive]

anyone else ever get stuck trying to explore this hole?

[dusk vessel]

stalker fights are still there

[idle kelp]

Do you have a self preservation instinct

[dusk vessel]

having an arena is usually one of my fav things in such games

so i enabled mutant arena for myself

[idle kelp]

Do not trust mysterious evil holes!

[lavish delta]

Also, why am i running out of grooming kits and swiss knife so often than before?!

[runic olive]

it gets beaten by curiosity almost 100% of the time

[graceful quiver]

Have you been disassembling big stuff?

[lavish delta]

Yeh, i thought it used multitool before, now it uses grooming kits and swiss knife

[graceful quiver]

If you have small tools alongside multitool in your inventory, they will be prioritized

But it's fine to run them down as low as possible since it doesn't affect their ability to be used as crafting parts

And you save on multitool durability

It does seem like small tools' durability drain is dependent on what you are disassembling, while multitool has a flat 2% drain

[dusk vessel]

multitool is worth using sharpening stones

swiss knife and grooming kit not so much

[graceful quiver]

Yeah only use sharpening stones on multitool and knife

And do save those kerosene for that

[dusk vessel]

idk if its intentional but higher level knifes just do not take durability damage

ever

[runic olive]

you forgot axe

[graceful quiver]

They are all "knives"

Guess higher level knives are just more durable~

The fuck 2 bloodsuckers spawned on Crutch instead of 1 lol

Well they still fall to the 590A1 quick enough

[rare rampart]

i reinstalled G.A.M.M.A., no changes or additional mods. why is it using 100% of my gpu now? (4070 ti s)

[latent elbow]

#╰⚡fps-optimisation

[thick sedge]

@lethal patrol do you untick the squareDOV minimap mod for the dynahud compass you use to work or you just hide it with /

[dusk vessel]

thats what its supposed to do

unless youre getting worse fps

alongside higher usage

[rare rampart]

yea but i remember it being use to be 70% (maybe way~) back then

[dusk vessel]

its just gotten more optimized

gaming gpus are meant to run at 100 or close to it

[rare rampart]

[surreal laurel]

did they buff monolith damage and aim? feels like they shred me faster on this version.

[graceful quiver]

100% utilization is fine as long as the core and mem frequency aren't pushed to the limit making it working at max TDP too

[dusk vessel]

if its setup properly and not a faulty gpu, with sufficient cooling it should be completely fine to be at 100%

unless its 100% outside the game in which case you probably have a bitcoin miner x

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1085656974676475947/1452161296148725840/togif.gif

[runic olive]

yoink

[graceful quiver]

For this game on average I meant. It shouldn't be making the GPU breaking itself like it's trying to render UE5 at native res max everything and full ray tracing too or something

[dusk vessel]

gamma has some pretty heavy shaders but also good looking

[runic olive]

why is psy-dog fur so good

[idle kelp]

Is that the minor boost to all anomalous resistances?

[runic olive]

is 15% on all minor?

can bat be used to upgrade to volat?

[proper drum]

hip

[runic olive]

?

[lethal patrol]

i leave it enabled, dynahud compass placed at bottom of sota ui so it wins the conflict

[thick sedge]

how do you change the compass size mine's so big

[lethal patrol]

wdym big

[thick sedge]

the position of the compass

[lethal patrol]

screenshot it

[thick sedge]

it's a lil too up

[runic olive]

why are there psuedo-giant lurkers

[lethal patrol]

Now that you mention it, it does look a bit too high
What's your screen resolution?

[thick sedge]

1920X1080

[worn tartan]

specter rmr or acog rmr kit for the ak-74 "PMC"?

[mental furnace]

spectr

[worn tartan]

ye u right, specter looks better

btw does anyone know if it's normal for the PMC ak's laser to not work?

[mental furnace]

u can zoom with it

[mental furnace]

hold L

[worn tartan]

i know, it's just not turning on

also isn't IR so idk what's wrong

[reef lagoon]

i wonder what cigarettes the camels replaced

[lethal patrol]

Anything else that affects hud in mo2?

My resolution is the same but compass is not that high up

[trail vault]

any weather/lighting mods that would make the game brighter (= lighter, not more colorful) and natural? cuz I'm getting sick at how everything is so dark while sun is shining in my face or when its simply overcast

these are not natural, I shoudn't need the headlamp while sun is in my face...

meanwhile at its peak "brightness" the game kinda looks too washed out imho

[idle spade]

i wish i could get anywhere near 100%, most i ever hit is 60% with a 4070

[reef heart]

https://tenor.com/view/cpu-i7-intel-spin-gif-4020906610209196037

ı also did same mistake not buying 7800x3d

thats the best cpu for 4070 4070ti or S

[idle spade]

yeah its my fault

oh well

i still get 100 fps unless in jupiter

[latent elbow]

It's up on you to change the graphics/SSS settings to fit the most according to what you what

[lethal patrol]

now its just missing the depth of field

[trail vault]

any specific settings you'd recommend?

indirect lighting maybe?

[latent elbow]

I just copy pasta what's inside message.txt in my user.itx and and axr_option.itx Dx11 using #1445642460779909211 and #1279805292472832101 for the visual part
Sorry it's french for the explanations in the message (comming from the #🇫🇷-general-fr you have to translate it yourself)

#╰⚡fps-optimisation can still be helpful

https://youtu.be/slHOznY3nZE?si=gevVQXQCmBtZV3zT

[lethal patrol]

the best gamma graphics
its all rain

[novel junco]

GTA 4 Realism mod video type shit

[lethal patrol]

also glossy puddles, cant forget about that

[novel junco]

All style, no substance

[latent elbow]

How to tell me you hadn't seen the video video without telling me you hadn't seen it

[lethal patrol]

i dont have to

at best 2 weather

[novel junco]

All of you Gamma players only care about is fancy graphics and guns, might aswell play Tarkov

[lethal patrol]

rainy or cloudy

[latent elbow]

[latent elbow]

Ok grandpa go to bed now

[novel junco]

Can you say an even more NPC response than that?

[trail vault]

fancy graphics and tarkov in the same sentence? huh

[latent elbow]

You clearly seem clueless here since the video I post is about Hippobot explaining how to properly tweak Atmos and the only graphical mod I use are glossy puddles and C-Con grass, no gunmods or whatever practically playing "vanilla" gamma so idk you talking about fancy graphics and guns shit

[novel junco]

I don't care about the video, im talking in general

[latent elbow]

Who care honestly ?
People want their Stalker2/Tarkov replica inside their Gamma so they can crash every 5mins at 30fps on average if they think it's fun fine by me

[ember raptor]

gamma being very normal today mm yes (not asking for support, i just find this very funny)

[latent elbow]

33=/=30 that's why

[ember raptor]

so true actually

[latent elbow]

Never run into that tbh

[ember raptor]

p sure its because of it being crafted in a workshop stash? but its funny so i don't care too much.

(6 small casings in inv, 27 in stash)

[latent elbow]

Maybe it can come from that yeah

[sonic verge]

Anyone else get into a stalker phase around this time of year? It snowed, but everything is melting so the world just looks wet and brown and dead just like stalker.

I ltierally cant stop thinking about stalker. Im at work and all I can think about is making a wish at the wish granter. I go grocery shopping and I see canned meats, flesh meat! They have flesh at supermarkets now!

I go to the basement to do my laundry and all I can think of is, huh, this would be great spot to chill for an emission

i even starting looking at the homeless fent posing on the sidewalks like hmm, i totally get you bro, its worth it

sorry if my grammar skills are lacking, i have been up for 54 hours and havent eaten and havent had cig, caffeine (till now), i am seeing black spots everywhere and idk if theyre reall or not

and every once in a while i think i hear someone calling my name

[worn tartan]

is it me or is the raod to radar extremely easy now?

[sonic verge]

i have never been yet, only in SOC have i made that journey

[worn tartan]

soldier you will not be forgotten

[sonic verge]

hes just a loner?

forget about that chump

[worn tartan]

he was one hell of a loner

[sonic verge]

not anymore

[worn tartan]

i saw this guy get knocked down 6 times and still live

[sonic verge]

just kick some dirt on him, take his money, and forget about him

i dont like taking companions with me anywhere in the zone ever since the first time i did, and i got a dude named Sevka Barbarian killed.

There was a chimera and a squad of monolith, there was nothing i could do.

[foggy geyser]

How come sometimes you'll toss a grenade like a baseball and other times it goes like 3 feet lmao

[thick sedge]

where should I buy parts (outside of dismantling used guns) for the SIG 550?

[worn tartan]

techs

[thick sedge]

no

which faction

wait lmao only clear sky who are NATO friends with duty

[worn tartan]

i don't like it here

[fallen stone]

fucking great, just lost a pretty long invictus run because an electro burer hadoukened me through a fucking wall and one shot me from full health. Friendly advice disable that shit on the Mod menu

[foggy geyser]

nato techies
clear sky, freedom

provided u have enough rep

[thick sedge]

or a disguise

[foggy geyser]

still need rep even with a disguise

some items are locked behind your reputation with a faction

[thick sedge]

how many tasks do you think if they're -2000 with duty

[foggy geyser]

dozens at least

[thick sedge]

wait I read it wrong, you said rep

death

gotta try then

[random grail]

Technicans sell random parts every restock

It doesn't matter if they are nato/wp

[foggy geyser]

oh okay

i thought it'd be nato/warpact locked like traders are

i like that jupiter underground randomizes after your visit with rogue
RIP the random eco squad that got bushwhacked by 2 burers and a controller lmao

[thick sedge]

only gamma minimalist hud

and the installation file isn't there (downloads folder are still intact) maybe it's a github thing?

[lethal patrol]

not using sota ui?

[thick sedge]

no

[lethal patrol]

https://discord.com/channels/912320241713958912/1115558016608120863 you should

[thick sedge]

I don't even know what that is yet

[lethal patrol]

basically better inventory ui

sota overwrites every other hud mod, dynahud compass overwrites sota

[runic olive]

where tf are the 25 extra bullets in those mags lol

[sonic verge]

do you guys know of another piece of media, whether its a book a video game, that is as compelling of a narrative as stalker? the lore is so interesting

[runic olive]

metro if you are into that

[sonic verge]

I have the metro games memorized, except exodus

I love those, and MEtro 2033 book is my favorite book of all time

[runic olive]

i got nothin else for ya

[sonic verge]

idk what it is but literature from soviet union and states that were part of the soviet union have really interesting stuff

i started reading Boris and Arkadys other works, very nice

[thick sedge]

oh shoot that means I have to put dynahud below sota? oops

[lethal patrol]

yes

[sonic verge]

can someone link that meme of the raccoon controller clip?

I cant find it anywhere

[fallen pond]

You mean depressing ?

[sonic verge]

those are not mutually exclusive things