╓☢stalker-chat

[weak cape]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1340799074349351065/1361328445363191908/minecraftserversuicide.gif

[unkempt whale]

the best thing about Crysis 2 is music

[unborn tendon]

https://tenor.com/view/yell-gif-10971164919085327193

[near estuary]

if I send you onlin's feet pics
will you gib launcher early

[unkempt whale]

now that's interesting

Clear Sky and Duty are now enemies

[celest sparrow]

https://tenor.com/view/afraid-dog-dog-scared-disguted-for-real-gif-8088029547029141820

[dusk vessel]

guess ill play gamma for a week and then drop it when fh6 comes out

[near estuary]

https://tenor.com/view/chimutan-chicken-cillian-murphy-peaky-blinders-gif-15173158631897442446

[unborn tendon]

https://tenor.com/view/thanos-perfectlybalanced-gif-18301221

[unkempt whale]

so, I guess we can't get rep for CS by random quests in Rostok anymore

[unborn tendon]

anon is a furry. offer him furry content. maybe anon will comply..i don't think oflin feet pics is the correct approach sparta

[unkempt whale]

since they can't be present there anymore

[unborn tendon]

oh no oflin is online xD

he will see the degeneracy xD

[near estuary]

[hollow prawn]

Best part about this happening at 12:00 is that I’m gonna be out doing shit anyway, so I get to miss the initial chaos of the launch

[near estuary]

7 pm for me
the chilled white monster is ready in the fridge

[unborn tendon]

i will be asleep because im a chronic insomniac and i don't sleep during night time. i sleep during the evening. and the release is 8pm my time. so i get to sleep

[unborn tendon]

where you from. our timezones are 1 hour diff

[near estuary]

czech republic

[unborn tendon]

ah. ukraine

[near estuary]

damn, you'll actually be on location

[hollow prawn]

I can’t afford to sleep in lol, I gotta pick something up for graduation and then I’m celebrating not having to deal with university any more

[unkempt whale]

Decoy phantoms spawn when psy health is low but they do not cause Psy damage (spooks)

what's the fucking point then

[unborn tendon]

and today live from the chornobyl exclusion zone giving you the freshest updates on the 0.9.5 gamma update. the radiation is high. the mutants are fucking. and we are getting fuck all. stay tuned in 8 hours and 19 minutes as we unvail the ressurection of the meta-christ gamma launcher. sparta back to you in the studio

[unkempt whale]

this change is stupid

[near estuary]

to spook you 👻

[hollow prawn]

I wonder if it’s like
Decoy phantoms that show up alongside the phantoms that damage your health

Idk the summary was written by AI so it could be hallucinating some shit

[unkempt whale]

that doesn't sound like good thing

I would rather disable this shit

[unborn tendon]

the anti-a.i ludite chuduties are invading your brain about a.i

[near estuary]

it was like this in SoC, when you were raiding the scorcher
and it was KINO

[hollow prawn]

Nah I think AI’s got some insane potential applications, but it’s too much tech bro bullshit rather than advancing humanity

[unborn tendon]

honestly i just use it for a.i assistance on topics i got 0 clue on. aka: i use it to reasearch stuff with actual links i can read myself. or just anime roleplay when im bored

i use it as entertainment media

[near estuary]

it's too much of taking away entry-level jobs and making the rich even richer.... but I'll stop myself here

[unkempt whale]

@near estuaryit was because you've completed quest for Psy helmet

[hollow prawn]

F e l t. Job market for my degree is shit right now

[unkempt whale]

it was part of story

[fringe sinew]

right now? hell no

[unborn tendon]

marketing degree? don't you mean marketing consultant with usage of a.i?

[near estuary]

I just don't see the problem
it's not like you're at 10% psy health for most of the game

[hollow prawn]

NASA would like a word

[unkempt whale]

the problem is that I am playing with 1 life

[hollow prawn]

So wouldn’t this be a good change for you?

[unkempt whale]

and I want to know what can and what can't damage me or my psy health

I can't tell which phantoms are decoration and which are not

[hollow prawn]

If the AI isn’t hallucinating, it sounds like the phantoms don’t damage your Psy any more

[unkempt whale]

this can be irritating as fuck

[hollow prawn]

Period

[cold axle]

Yeah, pretty dumb change with the decoy phantoms

[hasty goblet]

Can't wait for the future shortage of people with senior experience because there were no entry level trainees for several years

[unkempt whale]

by far, the most dangerous shit when you're playing 1 life - is PSY damage

[cold axle]

And with the psy helmet on you, you should actually get a boost of psy resistance

[fringe sinew]

its true that they started using it really recently, but you need to understand that genAI has very limited practical applications because it prioritizes logic over everything else

[hollow prawn]

Oh yeah I’m talking AI in general, not just GenAI

[fringe sinew]

ah

[radiant sage]

Even then it's a minimal use case for the insane amount of resources poured into it

[unkempt whale]

I like this change

Chimera duo/trio replaced by 1 chimera + 2 pseudodogs

South chimera are easier (weak, normal or normal2), north chimera are stronger

[wild hatch]

happened many times in the past, nothing new

[unkempt whale]

that's a good balance

[wild hatch]

2-3?

[unkempt whale]

yeah, that's the point

[wild hatch]

more like 6-7

[unkempt whale]

there is few spawn points in Prypyat

sometimes they can intertwine and you get this

[hollow prawn]

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

[wild hatch]

Hate Outskirt because of this

[unkempt whale]

with new changes there will be 2-3, not 6-7

[unkempt whale]

but that's a rare case you got there

[wild hatch]

I uh...tweaked ZCP a little

[unkempt whale]

probably baited them together or attracted them somehow

or this

btw

they can climb on walls in Pripyat

don't ask me how I figured it out

[median ridge]

Tweaking zcp to bump world pop to max each time

[broken sundial]

what are the most common known causes of micro stutters in gamma?

[frank oxide]

!stutter / poorly optimized addon scripts

[dawn marten]

@broken sundial
Assuming you are on the latest version of GAMMA, try any one of these at a time (in no particular order) to see if it helps with stutters or microfreezes:

1. Bring your modlist back to default (type !default in #🤖bot-commands )
2. If you have a NVIDIA GPU, you can enable Triple Buffering, and set Low Latency Mode to Ultra in NVIDIA control panel
3. Open Anomaly Launcher via MO2 and tick Prefetch sounds
4. If you have a beefy GPU, use Anomaly (DX11) (no avx)
5. Activate the Turn this on if you stutter mod to alleviate stutters while losing some FPS
6. Consider looking at #╰⚡fps-optimisation for a performance boost, if that channel is locked go here to unlock: #⏩start-confirm
7. In game, go to Settings > Modded Exes > Optimization > Lua Garbage Collector and increase this bit by bit until microstutters/freezes stop. Default value is 300, people seem to find that 750-800 is the sweet spot, this will depend on your hardware

[unkempt whale]

@broken sundialscripts

this guide will not help in a slightest

in fact, it has nothing to do with the actual stutters

microfreezes are happening for only 2 reasons, either VRAM limit or CPU limit

stutters are all script related, it's because of shitty bloat in the code

if you want to get rid of stutters, I suggest to wait for new patch release and fix bloat in the code by using ALAO

https://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomaly/addons/alao-anomaly-lua-auto-optimizer-tool

this won't fix micro freeze from VRAM or CPU limit, keep that in mind

some people reporting FPS increase, but it isn't supposed to do that

they are probably talking about 1% low fps instead

[frank oxide]

do note that engine updates can and will cause crashes with alao scripts if packaged somewhere

[bold token]

If I dont have at least under 10fps the graphics aint good enough for me to wanna play

[unkempt whale]

I do not recommend to use yellow let alone red fix with new update

in fact I would never recommend to use them

besides, after that you will have to repeat the process every time you add anything new to the directory

[bold token]

Does any of you guys eat yellow snow?

[broken sundial]

v ram does not seems to be an issue

[unkempt whale]

it's not exactly fool proof process

@broken sundialCPU?

[frank oxide]

scripts primarily affect frametime, then fps

#1467056699683770379 already stabilizes stuff a ton

[bold token]

@frank oxide can you tell me the definition of spoon feeding?

[unkempt whale]

@frank oxideisn't that direct optimization of files and shaders?

[frank oxide]

Yep its an engine patch with optimizations to its files and features

MT exes mainly reduce stuttering and spread the workload across cpu threads, you'll also see about 1-20% performance improvement on average fps and 1% lows (hardware dependent, might be more or less)

its nothing super crazy but its better than the base engine

[broken sundial]

nah, these micro stutters are barely noticeable, but noticebale, like when you run especially, is this lua garbage collector maybe

[unkempt whale]

well, ALAO isn't that at all, it does it differently by reducing the bloat of irrelevant code in the LUA

it doesn't do anything to the engine at all

only the code

[frank oxide]

depends where you set it

Anomaly/Gamedata is game/engine files

[unkempt whale]

well, I am not entirely sure what yellow and red fixes does, so there's that..

I only ever used green

[weak cape]

are thermals a thing cause i forgot

[unkempt whale]

but yeah, ALAO is really good

[weak cape]

in gamma*

i shouldve added

[unkempt whale]

just not fool proof

better to read instructions before doing anything

my game is stutter free

so much so, I can't even tell when someone spawns

[wild hatch]

For me the alife overloading 1 cpu core

[unkempt whale]

so multiple times I got jumped by sudden spawn of which I was not aware

[limpid lagoon]

With timezones have people been enjoying the update?

[unkempt whale]

wasn't new patch suppose to bring multicore support?

[blissful rampart]

it will

[unkempt whale]

I doubt it will change anything performance wise, but we will see

[frank oxide]

yep, thanks to the mod i linked before

[blissful rampart]

[unkempt whale]

I will be surprised if it does, for sure

[blissful rampart]

https://tenor.com/view/speed-ishowspeed-speed-stream-ishowspeed-stream-speed-nod-gif-1082323842437565509

[frank oxide]

Could always try it now

[unkempt whale]

I'll wait for update

hasn't even updated launcher yet

probably it's for the good

I heard there were a lot of problems with launcher

[blissful rampart]

it's resolved in the new launcher that's not out yet

[unkempt whale]

is it?

[errant oar]

Based on what I've heard, yes. New launcher works as expected.

Also worked for me, FWIW.

[unkempt whale]

this all is very confusing

https://discordapp.com/channels/912320241713958912/912827116427554877/1498298559001268324

The v8.4 launcher didn't fix the issue. We are working on a new launcher that should be stable and future proof.

[blissful rampart]

there's beta 8.5 version, that's not out yet

[errant oar]

They've made a new version of the launcher which works. Which will be released tomorrow.

[unkempt whale]

there was no announcements for "new launcher" nor that it is stable or future proof

so as I said, it's not there yet

[weak cape]

is this the new song of the summer?

[unkempt whale]

which is why I am waiting

[latent elbow]

Or today depending on the time zone

[blissful rampart]

i said that 2 times?

or we misunderstood each other

[unkempt whale]

@blissful rampartyou've edited it

[latent elbow]

[unkempt whale]

that's not out yet part

[blissful rampart]

i've ended editing when there was only 1 message from you "is it?"
literally right in front of you, you should've noticed that my message is getting longer

[unkempt whale]

but thank you for confirming what I though

[limpid lagoon]

So many people so negative about his next update

[unkempt whale]

South / North population balance upon receiving the psy helmet to better tier the population across the Zone following the storyline progression

hm.. so Psy Helmet will decide if I am gonna run into Controller early or not?

I am not sure how do I read this

[blissful rampart]

i think that's about factions

[limpid lagoon]

I thought it was just about factions too - an effort to use all the northern space that never gets used

Its literally a graveyard

[unkempt whale]

Reduced green parts chance, reduced jam chance
Less random weapon parts degradation
Slower barrel degradation

I don't understand.. was that ever a real problem?

[limpid lagoon]

Oh I sure think so

[unkempt whale]

like, what was the last time when gun jammed after you've repaired it?

I can't even remember that

[errant oar]

Depends on the gun. I had a couple in my last run which loved to jam even after a moderately long trip into the zone.

[limpid lagoon]

Not that weapons had a problem with jamming too much - its that they definately needed maintaining WAAY too much

[full flame]

There will be no need to manually use Alao in 0.9.5?

I didnt see it mentioned in patchnotes

[unkempt whale]

reduced rostok population

considering that CS is no longer there..

Updated Meatchunk prefetcher (17Gb required minimum)

what's that?

17GB of what exactly

[dusk vessel]

its a prefetcher by meatchunk

[unkempt whale]

what it does?

[errant oar]

IIRC, preloads a bunch of stuff into RAM, which reduces stutters at a performance hit.

Never bothered with it myself.

[unkempt whale]

ah, so it's 17GB of ram

is it optional or something?

[errant oar]

It's disabled by default.

[unkempt whale]

I believe majority of players are on 16gb

17gb is harsh to ask

[errant oar]

That's why it's optional.

[dusk vessel]

its in the good addons with issues category

fits it pretty well

if you add any additional mods on top of the prefetcher like kmacks g3 it breaks

[unkempt whale]

I guess

[dusk vessel]

thats why im not using it

if it worked with my list id use it for sure

[limpid lagoon]

The release time is 1:00 today - is that 1:00 LOCAL time? As in will the link make itself available according to your time zone? Or is it like 1:00 Eastern Europe Time?

[little light]

timezones

[errant oar]

It's local time, yes.

[limpid lagoon]

So 1pm everywhere in the world - nobody gets it sooner

[proper drum]

patchnote speaking it says there will be swamp -> jup guide, but jupiter guide guides to the bar as before? when jup-army guide

[dusk vessel]

no

the event shows your local timezone when you click on it

for me it says 19:00

so for you probably 20 or 21

[strange glade]

Guys is there a list of removed mods for 0.9.5? Can't see it on the github

[limpid lagoon]

I thought it was released on Eastern Europe Time at 1:00 - well now I know

[near estuary]

Grok has said multiple times that the new launcher is ready and that he tested it with Blood and found no issues

[near estuary]

probably not, cuz none were removed afaik

[dusk vessel]

grok is french

so i dont see why it would release estern european time

19:00 seems reasonable

[near estuary]

imma pull an allnighter after installing

[dusk vessel]

ill def pull an all nighter for fh6 release

but idk about gamma

[near estuary]

fh6?

[dusk vessel]

forza horizon 6

[near estuary]

thought it was out already

[strange glade]

Ok thx

[dusk vessel]

15th may for me

except a bunch of my friends got early access via some review program

lucky bastards

[limpid lagoon]

@blissful rampart - are you installing on an NVMe?

[blissful rampart]

hdd

[near estuary]

[blissful rampart]

first launch is kinda long, existing savefile loads for like 4 minutes, but further loads are less than 20 seconds

i use prefetcher so it's even faster, just first launch

[limpid lagoon]

I know people that make that install on a hdd and have ZERO problems running GAMMA on highest settings

[blissful rampart]

it's not that bad guys

c:

[limpid lagoon]

Its why I asked - it was interesting for me. I am using ancient hardware so a NVMe is definately needed

[blissful rampart]

i have this hardware and the game runs smoothly
Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2667 v4 @ 3.20GHz 3.20 GHz
RAM 32,0 GB DDR4 2400
932 GB HDD ST1000DM010-2EP102, 238 GB SSD NX-256, 112 GB SSD KINGSTON SA400S37120G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER (6 GB)

[unkempt whale]

depends on settings, monitor

[limpid lagoon]

Some parts you have are better than mine

[unkempt whale]

quite a lot of things needs to be considered

[grizzled dove]

ts 570mb😭

[unkempt whale]

Gamma vanilla is well balanced for 6gb vram cards but only if you're playing full HD

[blissful rampart]

https://tenor.com/view/speed-ishowspeed-speed-stream-ishowspeed-stream-speed-nod-gif-1082323842437565509

[unkempt whale]

all these vehicle textures and other shit is so poorly optimized it will take more than 8gb to run it without 1% low fps issue

[grizzled dove]

im tryna max out my gamma graphics

i hope my 3060 can handle it, most likely yes but gamma lags for me sometimes

[unkempt whale]

it can run, but 1% low fps will be a problem I can guarantee that

[frank beacon]

will it run on an iGPU

[unkempt whale]

3060 is 12 or 16 gb as I remember

[little light]

[boreal osprey]

12

[unkempt whale]

should work fine if you playing full HD with high res textures

[grizzled dove]

12

[unkempt whale]

for 2K that's a lot to ask

[grizzled dove]

Yeah some i put some texture mod in 8k

[little light]

you dont need 8k

[unkempt whale]

that's not a good idea, mind you

[little light]

even 4k is already insane

[boreal osprey]

with reshade and some additional mods have in average 80-90 fps on 3080 in 2k

[unkempt whale]

but that's up to you

[little light]

for this engine

[grizzled dove]

I do know

I hope i can change it

[little light]

i love my 720p personally

[blissful rampart]

same

[unkempt whale]

in all honesty, even tho I am playing 2k, I see no value in high res textures

they add nothing

[near estuary]

a xeon? damn

[blissful rampart]

it's good

[unkempt whale]

Gamma vanilla is already good looking

[near estuary]

first time in 5 years I've seen anyone with a xeon

[grizzled dove]

I just wanna try to get it look high end

[unkempt whale]

reshaders are also not optimal as they can and will fuck with color grade of the world

not worth it

[little light]

sss is wayy too heavy for me

yeah i can run it kinda well on 720p

but the heat

holy

[unkempt whale]

I prefer smooth FPS over any reshader and high res textures

but that's me

[blissful rampart]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-death-gif-26945163

[grizzled dove]

Id like the Gfy pack but im so confused

my pc might melt idk

[little light]

try it

[grizzled dove]

just a few more mods to download

[grizzled dove]

i just cant find the gfy for anyomaly

am i blind

[little light]

https://discord.com/channels/912320241713958912/1393231304727724153

[limpid lagoon]

gfy is the name of a texture pack?

[little light]

there another gfy?

[limpid lagoon]

Oh ^^

[little light]

if so idk

[blissful rampart]

gfy - stalker 2 models for npcs

including hands models iirc and legs from swm visible body

btw this is an abbreviature - GscFokYa.

[grizzled dove]

a bit confusing download thingy

[little light]

oh i thought it replaces current models with s2 textures

somehow

[limpid lagoon]

I tried STALKER 2 at launch and the game CRAWLED when I would get into populated areas

[grizzled dove]

im just listening to good music while doing this so im good but im stupid

[blissful rampart]

there are meshes too

[grizzled dove]

whatever metal youtube is giving me

[little light]

that just sounds like asking for hell

[quick tangle]

On top of that, most caliber conversion upgrades for guns have been changed or removed to avoid balance issues.
aww, rip SVDS PMC.
but justified, I guess.

[limpid lagoon]

I want to try the game again on a new computer - but then prices exploded

[little light]

i hope my tactician can still be rechambered

[grizzled dove]

so i gotta download these ?

[little light]

look around the thread

[grizzled dove]

didnt find anything really

[shadow cave]

I just gotta update through the launcher to get the update right?

[errant oar]

There will be a new launcher you have to download, which will become available when the update is out. Then use the new launcher as normal.

[limpid lagoon]

How big is the update? I forget how much space it needs

[opal fog]

NOOOOOOOOOOO

Fun is illegal

[errant oar]

My current folder (9.5 test build + Anomaly) is 128 GB.

[limpid lagoon]

LOL - holy

[errant oar]

Makes balancing tricky. We might see them return as a weapon upgrade kit in the future, since that way they can be balanced as their own gun.

[errant oar]

I'm used to Wabbajack modlists. This is nothing.

[opal fog]

Would be cool but i doubt seeing this in the next 50 years tbh

Where were you when SVDS PMC was kil

[errant oar]

All it would require is .ltx editing if you don't want to give it a custom model (Which itself is just a bit of Blender work).

Be the change you wish to see.

[limpid lagoon]

Whats a Wabbajack modlist?

Skyrim?

[errant oar]

Wabbajack is a modlist installation program, most commonly used for Bethesda games.

[opal fog]

What if i wish to see no change

[errant oar]

Never update the modlist.

[opal fog]

Exactlyyy

[limpid lagoon]

Just finished Oblivion Remastered awhile ago - gets top marks from me

Can you craft basic tools with the new update?

[remote socket]

lez go boiz, boolet spray mac10 is finally officially added by gork gorkXD

[blissful ivy]

Cant you get basics from almost everything

Hip, vodka guy, literally like 40% of southern gold stashes

Seems like we are having no shortage of basics

[remote socket]

now i can finally waste all my 9m on high ranking zombified or get insta killed like multishot cuz of insane spray by random zombified/bandos/renegades

[blissful ivy]

High rank zombified

This is an oxymoron

[junior estuary]

Not a fan of the LALT being bound to UBGL. I use that button as my melee key...

[blissful ivy]

Who bound it to lalt???

Its standard V

[errant oar]

It's getting a new default bind, but fairly sure you can just rebind it.

[blissful ivy]

You can

Whos idea was that

[remote socket]

even if they r "high rank", they just have some armour on but has thompson has their lowest tier gun, up to brn 180 as their highest tier weapon

[tribal ferry]

why cant gamma be installed at the moment? im returning after a long time

[blissful ivy]

I meant they dont have a rank

[blissful ivy]

Installer brokey

[errant oar]

It's from an engine tweak giving it a dedicated keybind instead of via a mod. They had to stick something there, that's what was decided.

[junior estuary]

0.95 is happening in 5 hours. 0.94 saves will be invalidated.

[blissful ivy]

Oh alr

[tribal ferry]

oh nice

good time to return then

[blissful ivy]

I still have my 0.9.4 save

And i dont intend to update

[remote socket]

ik, i just say rank cuz some of those mfkes have exosuit lvl of armour when im trying to conserve ammo and use hp 9x19/9x18 and im fckin plinking them

[blissful ivy]

They never have helmets

[remote socket]

since when were long range makarovs accurate

[blissful ivy]

Bullets go where you point them

This isnt SoC

Sure they might miss, but it wont be every time

8/10 shots hit

[remote socket]

zamn, skill issue maybe

[blissful ivy]

8/10 is a little over the mark

Its 6/10 more like

But still, 6 headshots will kill

3-4 will with hp

[remote socket]

iron sight makarov on 100m be like

[blissful ivy]

Yeah, but theres no point, get closer

Npcs cant aim for shit anyway

Especially not if you use cover

[remote socket]

i have the npc hardcore aim on

and trying to do invictus every time i play

it's fun to have hardcore npc aim on + foilage as cover mod off

but iirc someone does this as default, with some grass settings on lol

[dusk vessel]

or just.. run diagonally

xd

[limpid lagoon]

Anyone else starting their next playthrough as a Loner?

[dense needle]

loner for life, brother

[fallen atlas]

Lizzardman updated knife animations just in time for GAMMA update

[blissful ivy]

I thought this was obvious

Running AT them will get you killed obviously

[rain nova]

sprint directly at the zombie and murder them with an axe

[hushed pier]

some of these pinned messages need to be cleaned up

[near estuary]

who says

[mild wing]

[hushed pier]

this would fit better in newbies chat

[pine locust]

do them all do the beep like lost signal or they do other noise?

[hushed pier]

idk

probably tho

[pine locust]

it would be nice if like the controller do that laughter he does or something like it

[limpid lagoon]

After the fun I had last playthrough I am definately rushing the RD 74M ISG rifle

Enjoyed that weapon

[opal fog]

Glad you enjoyed it cause its getting nerfed next update

[radiant fog]

whats getting nerfed?

[blissful rampart]

"RD 74M ISG rifle"

[radiant fog]

where?

[blissful rampart]

[radiant fog]

show me the nerf

[little light]

is the tactician getting nerfed

[opal fog]

Loses its damage advantage over other 5.45

[radiant fog]

???

[blissful rampart]

https://tenor.com/view/straight-face-not-funny-didn't-laugh-not-funny-eminem-gif-16233262439972971032

[radiant fog]

show me the commit for that change to begin with or that it had higher damage to begin with?

[blissful rampart]

source : i made it up

[supple pebble]

Genuinely a 30 pack of AP does the job if you have an automatic pistol

[radiant fog]

ye. all im seeing is they made something up

there hasnt been any changes to it in years (besides animation/sound fixes primarily)

[opal fog]

Screenshots from 0.9.4

[blissful rampart]

where do i look

damage stat?

[opal fog]

Yeah? Where else lol

[blissful rampart]

it's removed in 095

[supple pebble]

Does the damage on there even matter considering your bullet is doing damage not the gun

Or is it like an indicator of how strong the damage drop off is at distance

[celest sparrow]

https://gifconvert.vxtwitter.com/convert.avif?url=https://video.twimg.com/tweet_video/HHS02DfbMAAiKC3.mp4

[opal fog]

I know, and ontop of that change every gun of the same caliber will also do the same damage. Which means weapons like the RD74N and AK-150 Shakal lose their damage advantage over regular 5.45 assault rifles

[blissful rampart]

NO IT HAS 3 LESS DMG THE GUN IS AAAASS

[radiant fog]

spawn them

and then check

[blissful rampart]

not meta anymore.. this is bleak

[radiant fog]

[celest sparrow]

Me when 3 less damage

this game sucks

[opal fog]

From "theres no nerf to"

"it doesnt matter"

Confidently wrong and still condescending about it

Insane ego

[supple pebble]

more so we're scrapping over 3 damage points

[radiant fog]

well there isnt any nerf to it

[little light]

im glad the dmg stat being removed

[opal fog]

idk, less damage than before sounds like a nerf to me

[blissful rampart]

THE GUN IS LESS EFFICIENT THAN THE ONE WITH 3 MORE DMG

[radiant fog]

where does it say less damage

[hollow wadi]

Oh no, 3 damage

[radiant fog]

tell me where it says that for 0.9.5

[blissful rampart]

Instead of killing a NPC with 3 bullets you'll kill him with 2.9

sadge

[supple pebble]

Plus the rd is still better on fire rate alone

[little light]

the stat is being removed not the damage of the gun

[opal fog]

Im not saying its a huge deal, but the gun will deal less damage than it did before so thats a nerf yeah

[blissful rampart]

methmatics

[radiant fog]

it WILL NOT

its unchanged

the damage stat visual on guns is removed

[little light]

bro fighting demons in his head

[radiant fog]

the hitpower is the same

[opal fog]

All guns of the same caliber will also deal the same damage in their caliber group accompanied by that change

[radiant fog]

bruh is just making shit up now

[little light]

how

the STAT

the written stuff is removed

[blissful rampart]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1029824156289732649/1501506077668147240/clideo_editor_74909102679e4f3db1eab26640e2f8fc.gif

[opal fog]

Not making it up, a red role guy told me so

[radiant fog]

[opal fog]

I guess red roles cant be trusted

[blissful rampart]

that

[mild wing]

are we overreacting to the patch notes?

[supple pebble]

Well tbf im wondering does that damage stat actually apply at all considering the bullets themselves have a damage value

[radiant fog]

idk who told you, but i can just open ltx file rn and show you

[opal fog]

Oflin told me i think

[little light]

not really

[near estuary]

eh, it's so extremely niche and unintuitive that it would honestly be better forgotten about

[opal fog]

I was just going off what he said

[blissful rampart]

aw man just play with guns you like, don't cry over 3 dmg

[supple pebble]

At the end of the day you're getting murked with either if you're using hp rounds or smth against a tank

Xd

[opal fog]

When was i crying?

[celest sparrow]

It's base Gun Damage (hidden) * Ammo Damage Multiplier (hidden) * I_don't_remember_the_value

It doesn't dictate damage drop off (which is also hidden)

The stat being removed is to simply avoid questions over if x gun is better than y gun when it really will perform similarly

[blissful rampart]

you get my point

[opal fog]

No i dont actually

[near estuary]

GUYS GUYS THE SABOTEUR IS REALLY OP

JUST 4 MORE HOURS MEN

[frank oxide]

and now you'll be comparing damage and ap with ammo

[little light]

it is tho

[near estuary]

AND NO MORE

[supple pebble]

Hidden ammo damage multiplier? What about the damage numbers on the bullets themselves

[valid loom]

[blissful rampart]

fym no??
play with guns you like, like their visuals

[celest sparrow]

ignore that

[radiant fog]

ak74 isg: hit_power = 0.53, 0.53, 0.53, 0.53
ak74m : hit_power = 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5

its unchanged

[opal fog]

Yeah cause every gun of same caliber will now deal same damage, according to what you said atleast

I guess he was lying then

[little light]

🍿

[celest sparrow]

I do imagine Grok eventually adjusting the base Gun damage values on every gun to be actually the same

[blissful rampart]

[frank oxide]

well... more or less

he didn't go through all guns to fix damage

[opal fog]

There we go

[frank oxide]

someone else would need to do that

[radiant fog]

the 3 damage is like nothing. so one can say they already did the same damage

[frank oxide]

for all intents and purposes - all guns within the same caliber deal the same damage

[celest sparrow]

start working

[supple pebble]

At the end of the day the ammo type always mattered more than the base gun stat

[opal fog]

Well according to the numbers its an incorrect statement but whatever

[near estuary]

what numbers

[little light]

a lot of numbers are wrong in gamma

[opal fog]

these numbers

[frank oxide]

honestly i finna just....

[radiant fog]

how is that incorrect. he said "for all intents and purposes"

[near estuary]

holy shit
0,03 diff

big deal

gonna matter a lot

[celest sparrow]

[near estuary]

[radiant fog]

ok too much "newbies chat 2.0" for me. ima go get some groceries

[frank oxide]

the issue with ammo stats is that now its the only source for the handwritten damage stat

[near estuary]

damn,

[frank oxide]

which is more or less accurate

but not accurate at all

[opal fog]

You could have just cleared things up without being condescending about it but i guess thats just your main personality trait

[celest sparrow]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/888516333568925716/1094730113318408252/ezgif-2-5c8025bf76-1-1.gif

[blissful rampart]

why is there no memes about calibers and wpn damage including novices?

[radiant fog]

no one was condescending. i asked you where you got that info and i corrected you

[blissful rampart]

those discussions look so forced ngl

[little light]

every tester is like that
especially blob

[frank oxide]

we missed the opportunity to kill blob

now we're stuck with him

[radiant fog]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/962777623212224563/1500624495319322634/RDT_20260504_0025223593257508128802590.gif

[little light]

im just a dumbass watching other dumbasses light the fire

[supple pebble]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1050078382018265178/1454397083413909630/ezgif-395a166e2e34663d.gif

Reading this discussion be like

[blissful rampart]

[opal fog]

Well atleast its cleared up now, thanks i guess

[celest sparrow]

We love banter

[blissful rampart]

every calibers and dmg discussions end up like this

[radiant fog]

[frank oxide]

and nothing changes in the end

[blissful rampart]

complete clusterfuck

[supple pebble]

Fighting for those 3 damage like its 3 inches

[celest sparrow]

Now we'll have more people asking about why no damage stat than people asking how damage works

[radiant fog]

gotta compensate for something

[opal fog]

I guess the weapons wont lose their damage advantage then, itll just be hidden information

[celest sparrow]

They eventually will

[frank oxide]

more lies

mmm

[little light]

what 4 hours before update be like

[celest sparrow]

when Grok feels like adjusting them

or I adjust them, if I feel cute enough

[opal fog]

Yeah i know someday, but not for 0.9.5 release i guess

[celest sparrow]

low priority so yeah

[blissful rampart]

i always wonder if ppl that care so much about dmg and calibers do some sort of equations in their head

[radiant fog]

Either way. Im off. You guys enjoy the moddb server armageddon in a few hours

[little light]

either one i still dont feel the difference

[celest sparrow]

maybe 0.9.6 if we do get that weapon update but who knows, maybe 0.9.6 will be the update that removes Hip

[supple pebble]

Tbf im always just wondering if the price difference between a pack of 7.62 and 5.45 is worth the upcharge

[opal fog]

How is that a lie? The other guy just proved it wont happen on 0.9.5 release

[frank oxide]

the only thing i'm a bit happy for is the fact that ammo stats do change depending on ammo damage mult
i wonder if the handwritten data was changed for 9x18 for example

[celest sparrow]

It was

[frank oxide]

wooow

[frank oxide]

its hiding an already hidden thing that contained another hidden thing

hide ception

[opal fog]

Ok but thats not a lie still

[celest sparrow]

At least from what I remember from the quick check I gave the commit

[frank oxide]

ammo stats now contain the handwritten post-calculation damage stat

which does the same thing as having the damage stat on guns

[blissful rampart]

btw did grok change that first quest description in rookie village where it asks you to put medusa into container?

[frank oxide]

just that you won't be able to compare it between ammo boxes

[frank oxide]

he did once, then gmtop overwrote it

so he didn't do it again

[blissful rampart]

[frank oxide]

i mean it kinda is because it implies guns have no damage stat and that its all on ammo
when its really not like that

well not exactly at least

sorta

[celest sparrow]

Grok's massive text overwriting project

[frank oxide]

either way, the rabbit hole goes on and on

[opal fog]

Thats not even close to what i said but whatever

[frank oxide]

misrepresentation of in-game features

[near estuary]

that implies that they would know ANY damage equations whatsoever
most of these "REEEEEEEE, this gun does 0,1% less damage than the other" are usually rather new to the game

[blissful rampart]

i'm so glad i'm not into minmaxing

[opal fog]

Me neither, i just use whatever i like, i was just wondering

[frank oxide]

i mean if some damage change is done to gun or ammo and its not corrected by text then..... it'll say 30 damage on the box when it actually deals 35 damage

that's the whole issue with handwritten data as opposed to displaying the true calculations and information

[opal fog]

Seems like you have a lot of prejudgement

[frank oxide]

and Grok insists on keeping it as such

[blissful rampart]

just one message about non-existing change and everything was on fire

[frank oxide]

same as the rad resist stat

its in percentage when the entire game uses mSv value

[celest sparrow]

Grok man is always right

[frank oxide]

mSv doesn't directly translate to percentage so you're always guessing

[atomic pebble]

Vector of Alienation

[wild hatch]

Got it

Shorter?

Or easier?

[blissful rampart]

anything is easier than nlc

[blissful ivy]

I follow a simple rule

[outer fox]

hey guys, i remember back in the day the save will brick if you have item id surpassing 65536, is that still a thing?

[blissful ivy]

Number bigger = gooder

Yes

[outer fox]

aww

[marble notch]

Yes

[blissful ivy]

Its an engine limitation

[marble notch]

It's a limitation of the engine.

[blissful ivy]

Cant do anything

[atomic pebble]

both

[outer fox]

gotcha, thanks! i saw a vid earlier, didnt' pay too much attention, apparently we have some kind of multithread optimization now?

[blissful ivy]

I mean maybe with all these new forks and upgrades we might see the end of that some day

[atomic pebble]

and will be a thingi for atleast a while

AREA don't has that limit, and there a feature on development on IX-Ray that allow until 4 million IDs or smth

[marble notch]

It's honestly really hard to hit, I've never experienced it. Only the true hoarders and colonizers of the zone would actually hit the limit. If you have like a dozen stash boxes and tons of hideouts all over the zone, then you have something to worry about.

[outer fox]

what's AREA? another stalker mod?

[blissful ivy]

Ammo parts do it the worst

Theres a reason i build a multi map stash

[atomic pebble]

https://www.moddb.com/mods/area

[blissful ivy]

Late game

I usually put my second stash in wild territory

Such a weird place

But i like it

[marble notch]

Right in the Merc Camp xD

[blissful ivy]

No

Near that electrical anomaly in the open and that heli

Theres a green shed with an open door

Well if you cover it, and then just climb through the roof

It works

[marble notch]

Anyone know if Mags was tested w/ .95?

[blissful ivy]

Patch the holes and make it look cleaner, and its a solid spot

Mags is a shitter just dont

[marble notch]

I used to say the same thing and it's grown on me.

[blissful ivy]

Mags is tedium: the mod

[little light]

mags is lowk being abandoned

by almost every modder

[marble notch]

I love having the ability to run drums on weapons that normally don't have them.

[blissful ivy]

It wasnt fun on efp, it isnt fun on here

[blissful ivy]

I hate that the most

[little light]

yeah efp is also abandoning mags lmao

[blissful ivy]

Ruins the uniqueness of certain guns

[marble notch]

Good to know

That it's being abandoned that is

[blissful ivy]

Good riddance

[marble notch]

After reading the patch notes...Grok nerfed my SVD to 5.56 xD

I feel attacked.

[little light]

man 2015...

[analog palm]

mags be like
tedium in hobo (unless you use tube shotguns)
overpowered in everything else (unless you use mag shotguns)

[blissful ivy]

Yeah, but loading those drums is so ass

[analog palm]

(unless you mod in 30 round drums for shotguns)

[blissful ivy]

9 years

Just to be used up in like a 4 minute gunfight

[near estuary]

"Damn, Vettel joined Ferrari, surely he will imitate his childhood hero - Schumacher, and win a title with them just like he did."

I'm genuinely sad now

[analog palm]

i once wiped all of army warehouses in a single drum of 556

[outer fox]

oh guys, guns still determine damage in the game right? not the ammo or not just the ammo (whichever it is) right?

[blissful ivy]

Thats aw, all the people there are easy

[analog palm]

[blissful ivy]

Now, if it was isg or sin, its gone in like 5-8 guys

[analog palm]

did same in cnpp

[blissful ivy]

[analog palm]

eh sin are artificially tanky

[blissful ivy]

Did you use ap at cnpp?

[analog palm]

probably?

[blissful ivy]

Makes sense

[analog palm]

it was while ago

[blissful ivy]

Because if you didnt use ap, thats basically impossible

Because each guy takes like 3-8 fmj

Depends on armor

3 x 30 is 90, but not everyone takes 3, some take more

[analog palm]

tbh i rarely use AP these days
i tweaked recoil to be lower (but more visual), with higher ammo drop rates, so i can full auto more often
also reduced damage of a few ammo types for that reason

[blissful ivy]

I didnt tweak recoil, i just upgrade my guns

And then theyre laser pointers

Simple

[analog palm]

yeah but i dont want laser beam

[blissful ivy]

Even the PKP is minimal recoil until about 30-40 rounds into the spray

Its not a literal laser beam

[analog palm]

i know

[blissful ivy]

But at point blank it is

[analog palm]

just saying

[blissful ivy]

And up to like 25 meters

But past that it starts to be noticeable

And if you use a scope like me

You cant hit shit on 4/8x

[limpid lagoon]

tacticool = cool

[analog palm]

im using momo's enhanced recoil

guh

[blissful ivy]

Me when i lie

[analog palm]

that's why i said higher visual

[blissful ivy]

Not always cool

[blissful ivy]

Ah well i guess that works

[analog palm]

actual recoil is lower, but it has more visual kick

[blissful ivy]

I prefer the other way

[analog palm]

combined with reduced damage it really lets me live that LMG fantasy

also made LMG ammo types for 556 and 545 at some point but lost the files and couldnt be assed to remake

[blissful ivy]

I use the pkp with the giperon

And then load AP

And snipe with it

[blissful ivy]

You mean like the cheaper linked ammo?

[analog palm]

yea

that was when ammo could affect jam chance also

[blissful ivy]

I see

Those calibers dont really need linked versions tbh

Theyre cheap as is

You could argue fmj is the linked version

[analog palm]

Zone-produced ammo.
Cheap to craft and comes in packs of 30
slightly lower damage and ap
lower wear on weapon
higher jam chance
less accuracy
less recoil
less velocity (just a vibe stat tbf)

[blissful ivy]

Velocity can be annoying when its really low tho

[limpid lagoon]

Looking forward to seeing how nice it will be to craft from stashes

[analog palm]

It was only like 100m/s less ( from 900m/s or so )

Just a flavor thing

[turbid heart]

Is it out yet

[river flame]

I had to delete my GAMMA installation because I fucked up the patching, but the installer channel says you cannot install the game right now
Did I fuck up?

[frank oxide]

you won't be able to install for a few hours

follow #📢announcements for 0.9.5 release news

[river flame]

alright, fair enough

thanks

[abstract sundial]

Does the new update have the new atmospherics update?

[astral estuary]

Does someone know the exact percentages for expert tools drop chance in northern zones for the new patch?

I doubt someone updated the !.tools picture

[limpid lagoon]

@astral estuary - rushing those D level weapons?

[astral estuary]

Not really, just curious how much the % is now

I read it in the patch notes

[valid kernel]

Awww man. They're really making duty and clear sky enemies?

[dense needle]

ye

[valid kernel]

Guess it's new playthrough time for this update

[little light]

itll be pro get updated after update is out

for now not really

unless testers already said it before

[limpid lagoon]

@valid kernel - I am not sure about that decision either

[valid kernel]

It seems odd that they'd ever be at war

[little light]

imo its a good decision

idrc for lore implications

its mainly for gameplay

[valid kernel]

Clear sky are just swamp nerds that don't work for the government

[limpid lagoon]

Is there a 'lore' reason they give for that to be a thing?

[little light]

if there is i wouldnt know

but then again, 90% of the things in gamma dont make sense and are not trying to

[valid kernel]

Duty players are losing their only NATO merchant lol

[little light]

its mainly for gameplay sake and im fine with it

[little light]

yeah, full wp

which ig is the one thing that makes sense

[valid kernel]

Rostok quest grinding makes the early game so much easier, I can never bring myself to play a faction that's at war with duty

[near estuary]

Duty, the best chuds in the Zone

[little light]

also that is another thing

duty got like the easiest place to farm quests at

[median dock]

Duty = paramilitary larpers

[sharp sorrel]

exactly why you should

although with this update maybe not

[little light]

its not that bad

clear sky you still have dead city

and army warhouse

[sharp sorrel]

isnt there an interaction with populations moving north post brainscorcher in 0.9.5?

[little light]

Alife plus

idk if that handles that tho

iirc it just makes npcs in the map more active

[sharp sorrel]

yeah with running between these two you can farm quests pretty well

[near estuary]

[limpid lagoon]

I will always play a Loner

[sharp sorrel]

I swear I heard somewhere that progress after the brainscorcher is "improved" somehow

[little light]

i might try duty again

[little light]

in the patch notes?

[turbid heart]

This is The Way.

[little light]

if so i forgot

[dense needle]

more migration to north after brain scorcher with 0.9.5

south empties out a bit

[topaz cypress]

merc best faction

[limpid lagoon]

I couldnt even last 10 minutes trying another faction

[little light]

was that an actual thing stated in the patch notes tho

i dont remember

and im too lazy to re read it

[dense needle]

yeah, think so

[little light]

[median dock]

it was, but it's after you buy the psi helmet, IIRC

then south gets less populated, north more

[little light]

ill wait till next week to find out myself

[sharp sorrel]

oh I forgot those came out I should go read em, this was a video talking about 0.9.5

[near estuary]

#╟🔰☢newbies-chat message

[valid silo]

https://tenor.com/view/stalker-долг-dolg-duty-stalker-clear-sky-gif-1677470448853022157

[sharp sorrel]

to shoot in the face*

[dense needle]

army warehouses is a fucking death trap now lmao. crazy shit on streams

[sharp sorrel]

how so?

[dense needle]

small war broke out between merc, loner,s monolith and sin

in one instance i saw

oh

[little light]

i thought unc got motion

[dense needle]

and military

[median dock]

AW was always busy

[dense needle]

never seen it as busy as it is with this update

[little light]

was it from lennic stream or whatever

the tester dude

[dense needle]

nah different guy

forgot his name

[limpid lagoon]

Red Forest is gated behind MM right?

[little light]

tho tbf this can happen even in 094

AW doesnt have the south restrictions like no exo and whatnot

[little light]

yeah

[limpid lagoon]

I thought for a second you just needed the Psi Helmet to get to Red Forest but no - MM needs to be finished

[valid silo]

and brain scorcher iirc

[little light]

that too

my vrain farted

[valid silo]

I find the outside of brain scorcher more annoying ngl

[dense needle]

same

inside pretty easy

[little light]

shouldnt be too hard

[valid silo]

For me the towers get obfuscated and the ai loves to shoot through the trees

[little light]

actually idk how its gonna be with alife plus

mf might just wander off

[dense needle]

general visibility is just low on the outside in that map

[valid silo]

It is funny to do scorcher as isg because you can take the red forest way into radar

[limpid lagoon]

I die WAAY more than I should when I am doing the timed run inside

[median dock]

you can always cheese BS with the invisibility artifact

[limpid lagoon]

Apparently there is more time to do it now...?

[little light]

i thought you dont have to do scorcher as isg?

[valid silo]

Their main quest has you go to all the X project sites as a mirror to the military iirc

[little light]

ohh yea

i forgot about

[tranquil apex]

2 hours to goooo

[valid silo]

I'm gonna be Squidward looking outside the window because I play via GoG

I sound like a tamarian from star trek lol

[little light]

couldnt you still update normally

does it not come with the installer

[valid silo]

Iirc you don't get the new launcher

[little light]

good luck i suppose

[valid silo]

But I don't really know what I'm talking about

[little light]

im not updating until i finish making my base anyways

[valid silo]

I'm just gonna wait until the gog version is updated

and do a clean install

[livid yew]

is the gamma pack still down?

[sharp sorrel]

when you know the spawns*

if you go into the BS blind, kind of a nightmare in there at first

[haughty saffron]

all gog does is install gamma for you exactly as you would on your own

so you could install it yourself if you really wanted to

[livid yew]

can i install it? is the update out? i want to get back to gamma and its been a long time since i played?

[haughty saffron]

fairly sure you can also switch the launcher

[haughty saffron]

1 hour from now

and 30 mins

[valid silo]

I could but I don't want to))))

[livid yew]

cool thanks! which of the stalker games do i need installed?

[haughty saffron]

just follow the installation process

you need nothing else

[sharp sorrel]

the question is, do I go Clear Sky and suffer the Early game Swamp gameplay

[valid silo]

Keep in mind duty is now hostile so no rostok

[sharp sorrel]

yeah, I kinda hate how busted Rostok is anyway

running between dead city and army warehouse makes NATO more viable anyway

[haughty saffron]

i always start loner, i love it too much

[sharp sorrel]

that being said, I hate mercs, hunting them is like my entire mid game

[valid silo]

I wonder how much alife plus will change limansk

[gloomy light]

us merc's need love

[limpid cloud]

wait how much does this change duty gameplay, where other than swamps do CS wander?

[valid silo]

They're around but kinda uncommon

Just another freedom though with more rarity

[tacit patrol]

I love mercs, hunting them is my entire mid game

[gloomy light]

you just hate how the mercs party

[twin timber]

A little more than an hour before 0.9.5

And then 5 hours of updating

[gloomy light]

https://tenor.com/view/наебники-наемники-макарена-макарена-наемники-макарена-наебники-gif-16001905399132071676

[twin timber]

Because moddb will inevitably die

[dense needle]

definitely raising the pop slightly with this update

shit's gonna be wild

[haughty saffron]

if multithreading is as good as i want it to be gamma will become unbeatable in my favorite games

[valid silo]

Dogs worst than bandits

[gloomy light]

alao along with AOE made it realllll smooth

[gloomy light]

gasp

[dense needle]

killing mercs is top 3 favorite activities

[haughty saffron]

good loot

[gloomy light]

just haters

[limpid lagoon]

Mercs = People shaped loot boxes

[abstract sundial]

how much fps increase should we expect with multithreading?

[dense needle]

i keep their cringe voice lines activated to fuel my violence against them

[gloomy light]

it should be more consistent than anything. but there should be minor improvement

[fading plinth]

depends on your cpu obv but yeah youll notice smoother gameplay

[haughty saffron]

it depends on your system and how they implemented it but potentially a lot

also the real issue is not more fps but consistency

and multithread helps that a lot

[limpid lagoon]

@dense needle - those voice lines are a great way to identify them in the dark

[frank oxide]

one of the staff member specs:
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
RTX 4090
32GB DDR5
1440p

went from 120fps to 160 with 1% lows in 140
in some areas like great swamps it was record high 250 fps with 220 lows

[fading plinth]

big build

[frank oxide]

not great, not terrible

[haughty saffron]

depends on what resolution he was playing at

[abstract sundial]

nice nice, yeah i have a 5090 and shit would dip to like around 120 at times too

[hollow wadi]

Probably 1440p

[frank oxide]

yeah i'd guess 2k too

[haughty saffron]

people at 1080p will notice greater difference

more cpu bound

[abstract sundial]

yeah im mainly gpu bound

[haughty saffron]

im pretty balanced

ryzen 7 5700x3d and rx 6750xt

[frank oxide]

yep 1440p monitor

[abstract sundial]

5090 + 7800x3d at 4k

[haughty saffron]

you are nothing bound hahaahhah

[abstract sundial]

my gpu redlining at 99% nonstop

[dense needle]

yeah multithread is gonna be biggest boon to weaker systems

[abstract sundial]

but damn games look good

[haughty saffron]

at 4k i would not expect any different

[abstract sundial]

yeah

need the 6090 next

sold my 4090 for like 2 grand and got the 5090 at launch. ggonna do the same with the 6090 hopefully 😭

my 4k monitor is 240 hz and the mf hardly hits that limit

[haughty saffron]

not the best time for gpu shopping

[gloomy light]

for any shopping lmao

[haughty saffron]

also im not sure how far off new gpus are

not even sure they are announced yet

shortage is crazy rn

[abstract sundial]

yeah, but when it comes out ima get it

[limpid lagoon]

I have neat stickers on my computer case

[abstract sundial]

i have the same sticker on my pc case back from 2017 lmao

[bitter parrot]

update wil be available for the GOG users as well right?

[haughty saffron]

i would suppose so, not sure if immediately tho

[dense needle]

probably not immediate

unfortunately

[haughty saffron]

you could update manually tbf

[limpid lagoon]

I hope they get it at the same time

[hollow wadi]

Not immediately

[dark hemlock]

holy, how much would this cost? a 6090?

I dream of the 5090 but where I live it's more expensive than a car

[thick sedge]

[thick sedge]

and what is your GPU right now?

[dark hemlock]

RX 9060 XT

it gets the job done

[thick sedge]

yooo if I had that I would be thriving on linux gaming

that's actually my dream gpu

[remote bane]

countdown?

[river flame]

Look into getting a 2nd hand 7900XTX ?

similar (enough) perf, quarter of the price

they also aren't used for mining so most likely won't be used to shit

[dark hemlock]

I can barely afford shipping tax atm, imagine a GPU lol, but I wish

[opal fog]

8 gig or 16 gig version?

[dark hemlock]

tough times

[dark hemlock]

16

[opal fog]

https://giphy.com/gifs/arnold-schwarzenegger-predator-pHb82xtBPfqEg

[dark hemlock]

its no joke

[river flame]

my 3080 is still working just fine because I run everything in 1080p

I can afford a better one but.. it seems like a waste for now

[opal fog]

16 gig 9060xt is the goat

[limpid lagoon]

1080p is just fine

[opal fog]

Put a 16 gig 9060 in my sisters build and shes rlly happy with it

[thick sedge]

the vram fatigue really hits me when this new lego batman game is just 🥀

also 007 new light spec sheet is out

[opal fog]

Developers asking you to just use framegen at 15 base fps bro!

Just dont buy dogshit unoptimized slop games and they will quickly dissapear

[river flame]

not holding my breath for first light, hitman has gotten more and more soulless since 2016 came out

[dark hemlock]

its an amazing card

[river flame]

iOi doesn't know how to give a game personality anymore

[dark hemlock]

enraging

[thick sedge]

TT games not using their own engine and hiring ue5 devs to sped up production

tragic

[river flame]

I wouldn't go that far lol, but yes, It's the one I've had for the longest time

[dark hemlock]

its a warrior, I had one lol

[opal fog]

Inb4 someone complains about offtopic

[dark hemlock]

i had 4 gpus till now

[limpid lagoon]

That Batman Lego game is a non stop comedy show

[thick sedge]

it's okay guys just put the word "stalker" after every sentence

[opal fog]

Literally

[thick sedge]

I HOPE IT'S A PLACEHOLDER

[opal fog]

Im telling u shit like this isnt gonna stop until people stop buying out of protest

[spark yarrow]

Im thinking of going bandit this playthrough, have you guys had any issues with main story quests at all as bandit? Just need to use the disguise mechanic if im not mistaken

[thick sedge]

uhhh bandits can kill bandits as a task

[mild wing]

Don’t start the main quest before switching to freedom or merc and you’ll be fine

[opal fog]

Yeah, ive also seen Barkeep telling me to kill loners while im a loner. It happens idk why

[valid silo]

it is a CHILDREN'S GAME WHAT DID YOU EXPECT

[opal fog]

I mean it makes sense, theres no honor amongst crooks, theyll backstab and infight for personal gain

[thick sedge]

if you play as unisg and go into merc base, does alifeplus spawn bandits on merc base? mmm been curious bout this

[opal fog]

I dont know

Would end up being quite "interesting" if it did

[thick sedge]

well...

[whole jetty]

Have any of you here finished a Military run recently? Don't know how their mainstory is working rn

[river flame]

isn't the quest reason for killing loners that they killed another loner or didnt pay sido back? you dont lose rep for these iirc

[thick sedge]

siski does that but y'know... it's siski... being a dumptruck for the cpu...

[opal fog]

I never play military cause they dont have access to the 3 big storylines and that kinda makes everything boring. Nothing to do

[thick sedge]

but I stopped using that cus too many drama

[thick sedge]

spawn at dead city school, do quests, bam, switch to merc

never visit your buddies in bandit base

[opal fog]

Yea but that kinda ruins the whole point of choosing isg in the first place when starting

Oh nevermind

U were talking about a different start right

My bad bro

[thick sedge]

don't even have a helicopter that occasionally watches you on other stalker fangames

so they freely™ provide support fire

[young field]

does the military have anything fun to do or nah i kinda forgot havent played gamma in ages

[opal fog]

Is that really a thing when you play military lol

[whole jetty]

But they do share that Monolith Retribution thing with Ecos, right? Seems a little generic but i never tried it

[dark hemlock]

nothin a good disguise can't handle

[opal fog]

Yeah they do but its just kinda mid. The rewards are good but the questline itself is broken, has no ending, and is basically literally just "Go to every lab, grab documents, give them to me, then go cnpp outside and kill some monos outside and thats it. After that the questline breaks

[river flame]

big brain play is to start loner and disguise yourself as unisg

[opal fog]

Does that really work? I havent tried it to be honest