╓☢stalker-chat

[wheat veldt]

even MORE?!

[gloomy light]

i have actually seen those

im wondering why tf we aren't seeing them everywhere

[atomic pebble]

IMO these maps and the ones from New Project will be the best level packs in stalkermodding

[gloomy light]

like the Meadow is HUGE if you were to take off the stupid borders

New Project is something else

[wild hatch]

Is the Metro mod based on S2?

[wild ivy]

can you turn off your nvgs

[wheat veldt]

yes I can

[wild ivy]

so DO IT
ITS TOO BLUE!!!!
ITS RED FOREST

[wild hatch]

Red Forest at night is hell

[atomic pebble]

Yeah, like, are sooo big, with a insane quantity of details, and have proper level design, is weird don't see much people talking about it, when i shared with some guys that showcase that HailTheMonolith did they were like "ok"?

[wheat veldt]

blue forest now

I've killed 3 giant so far

[wild ivy]

:(((((((((((

[atomic pebble]

No, and i think that u are talking about Wanderer or Alone in Windstorm: Fallen Bear that are inspired in METRO

[livid niche]

who sells the PSU recipes now

[wild hatch]

45:13

[gloomy light]

It's a whole new frontier/level of stalker modding.

imagine people making their own maps

[lethal steeple]

it's not gamma

[gloomy light]

what's not gamma

new maps?

[wheat veldt]

so far all this is from the red forest

[wild ivy]

after playing a good bit of this update
i cant really tell whats different with armor

[wild ivy]

stop stealing my shit

[atomic pebble]

It literally is brat, HailTheMonolith was playing these maps on his cultured pack, the devs of that project got a professional on software and he did easier get working these maps without many incompatibilies

[wild hatch]

See this is my gripe about arti hunting in gamma

[livid niche]

brat???

[rain crow]

Bro wtf

[wild ivy]

did this mf just call some a brat

[wild hatch]

bratan

[valid silo]

mangun now has a friend

[wild hatch]

@atomic pebble they're not well versed in Zdalge lingo

[gloomy light]

goon brained

[little light]

???

[wild hatch]

no way u heard goon and show up

[atomic pebble]

I use brat instead of bro because that would be like say "herma" or "her" in my language instead of "hermano"

[little light]

i was here the entire time bruh

[steep elm]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1181625827704713396/1495116570031296633/moortisol.gif

[rain crow]

Damn, they sent a hit squad after me wtf

[little light]

what, i cant stalk in stalker chat?

[wild hatch]

get out of here stalker

[little light]

pooprole

[wheat veldt]

I've made it... the rock...

[rain crow]

Rock

[steep elm]

smonk rock

[wild ivy]

haha i got mine from eidolon

[wild hatch]

I'm one shade away from modder role

[atomic pebble]

That is a METRO mod, not a stalker one

[little light]

ts is so dark

[wild hatch]

wait actual modded Exodus?

[gloomy light]

using metro's engine

[wild hatch]

Ooooooh

[rain crow]

Alright, who hired the mercs?

[wild hatch]

never knew that's possible

[rain crow]

[gloomy light]

if there is a will, there is a way

[rain crow]

Barret and exo manual on him is crazy

[wild hatch]

I was gonna say ur flexing the wrong thing

[atomic pebble]

I think that the best maps ever in stalkermodding will be the newer ones, the ones made with a "modern mindset with proper quality on mind"
Old World maps, these "cultured maps", New Project maps, SoC Update 2.0 maps, Back To The Stalker maps, Lost World maps, SFZ maps, levels with proper standards for a special experience

[rain crow]

Eh, I mean I still need expert tools

so fml

[wheat veldt]

weak

[wild hatch]

even the OG stalker maps are of poor quality
i'm not surprised if modders do it better

[atomic pebble]

Yeah, the only map that has much "heart" and mind on it is Marsh, is not hard make better maps than these

[wild ivy]

Monolith? I'll pass...

[wild hatch]

funny enough all of my favourite levels are in CS

Swamps, Limansk, Hospital

[weak cape]

how do i start a car engine?

[wild hatch]

The latter are linear but literally it makes it more detailed

[atomic pebble]

Im hyped to see the version of Marsh from New Project and that great level pack for Anomaly, like, the map would be much better and i'll love it

[umbral tulip]

Hard hot take

[wild hatch]

I mean Jupiter and Zaton are close behind but imo they're ugly

CS maps are gorgeous

[umbral tulip]

I played that hospital 100x times

Cannot call that shit fun

[wild hatch]

Hospital should be 1 of only 2 way to CNPP in GAMMA imo. The other being Pripyat

I hate that you could just get to CNPP from Zaton

[atomic pebble]

That one should be Jupiter Underground, not Hospital

[umbral tulip]

I mean

[wild hatch]

ooh shi

[umbral tulip]

Not the craziest thing

The maps are abit nonsensical

[atomic pebble]

the first one is a old screenshot

[gloomy light]

ah shiiiit the mushroom thing

[wild hatch]

Someone port S2 NPC models
Now they can't call HD model lore-breaking

[gloomy light]

GFY HD models is pretty close

[wild hatch]

yeah that

[gloomy light]

i think there's another one that uses actual beta stalker 2 models

[wild hatch]

bcz playing 4k ultra modded stalker and seeing trilogy NPCs hobbit-ah feet is an eye-sore

[gloomy light]

its just too cartoony for me

[wild hatch]

I mean Jupiter Underground sucks but why?

[gloomy light]

new project does a good job kinda scaling it to more realistic proportions

[surreal moth]

is anyone able to help me with sorting my mods?

[atomic pebble]

New Project will have models by Hater 8 made specifically for the project

[wild hatch]

this is amazing

I was so geeked when they did the reveal

[blissful ivy]

slop

[gloomy light]

The thing i think stalker 2 is missing is ponchos

[remote tide]

clear sky woman stabs 5 bandits

[blissful ivy]

women dont exist silly, theyre a c-con psyop

[wild hatch]

https://klipy.com/gifs/stalker-duty-stalker-1--k01KS6W5AYJ1ZH1R3K0HA85R4PM

[blissful ivy]

[remote tide]

i guess these guys just fell over and died

[gloomy light]

monolith sniper

[blissful ivy]

you just dont exist, clearly

[wild hatch]

I don't like this

sneaky monolith

[gloomy light]

sigh

[wild hatch]

wtf is this

[gloomy light]

instead we got a DEER

yay

[wild hatch]

is this Stalker 2012 concept?

[gloomy light]

it could be fan art for all i know

but that's better than a fucking deer or the cat

[wild hatch]

looks like Fallout/BioShock

[wild ivy]

dead space

[wild hatch]

The FO Centaur is so Dead Space

[wanton harbor]

[gloomy light]

we might get beaver

bober

[wheat veldt]

Is there a way to loot stashes while prone? Theres a stash in an outhouse in bloodsucker village I'm trying to grab

[wild ivy]

yes

[wild hatch]

Bears?
something flying even

[wild ivy]

just press the interact key while being prone

[wheat veldt]

doesn't work

[wild ivy]

well then your game fucked

[gloomy light]

im pretty sure there was a bear

there was definitely the mimicry which was a flying dude

[wild hatch]

that thing in Anomaly?

[gloomy light]

but they gave it's power to the stupid cat

[solar chasm]

That has never worked in anomaly lol

[gloomy light]

just a concept for a bear im trying to find it

[wild ivy]

worked for me

[solar chasm]

Fairly certain

[wild ivy]

if usually unprones you once your in the menu tho

[gloomy light]

it's always made me go back into a crouch when i try to loot from prone

[solar chasm]

Huh

[wheat veldt]

yeah prone looting don't work I have to be crouching or standing

[wild ivy]

wel then how do you get the stash then

[gloomy light]

[radiant star]

just dont loot, problem solved

[wheat veldt]

that's why I' masking here

[wild ivy]

well if you cant prone loot it

or grab it crouched

then just

noclip to it

fuck the system

or take a pic of it

[remote tide]

CNPP could use an overhaul im ngl
it should have anomalies doing stuff to it like in jupiter/zaton

[atomic pebble]

No

fan made

[solar chasm]

I generally try to snipe it as i'm leaving prone

Lol

[gloomy light]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sj5-FmeTIOg

[wild ivy]

what would sniping a stash do tho

[gloomy light]

yaogai lmao

[solar chasm]

As in release shift->hit F very quickly

[gloomy light]

atleast we're getting the kadaver

and hopefully it's not a one-off boss type

[valid silo]

to me why would there be a mutant bear lol

[gloomy light]

a fucking mutated BISON would've been cooler than a stupid deer

i hate that deer

[valid silo]

I mean the mutants aren't caused by radiation

[wheat veldt]

that's what I've been doing

[wheat veldt]

it's only grabbable while prone since its so low beneath

tried noclip and it didn't work

[valid silo]

every mutant in game are the results of experiments

[wheat veldt]

I think a year or so ago I got it by trying to yoink i while standing up

[wild ivy]

the only solution is death

[wild hatch]

deer makes sense they're everywhere

but yeah stalker is devoid of mutants variety

too many dogs and cats

[gloomy light]

they're one of the rarest mutants you fight in the game tf

[wild hatch]

geographically

[wheat veldt]

you said this and my game crashed

[wild ivy]

O, Monolit

now i can convince you to hop on far west!!!!
(nay)

[wild hatch]

Wth is in illegal-betting-den and why is everyone Polish

[fair lintel]

guys, i'm feeling the ai kinda dumber. Last played january this year. I'm remembering keybinds and shooting people at rostok and only some of them reacts to me

[wild ivy]

i was doing the mortal sin quest and when i got the one where i gotta take out a group of them they didnt attack

so somth wacky goin on

could also just be usual stalker moment

[gloomy light]

blind dogs are ordinary wolves/dogs that were caught in the zone and mutated over generations from radiation and anomalous exposure. psuedo dogs are described as mutated wolves with decayed skin. no lab

[gritty wasp]

ok i didnt know that

exo mech bp sold to normal trader is 16k

but to technician it goes up to 28k

[valid silo]

I feel like pseudos and chimera would just maul anything else but whatever I guess

[gloomy light]

wtf are we talking about here

[gritty wasp]

except a few

[gloomy light]

im just saying there can be / should be more mutants

regardless of lore

[gritty wasp]

like what?

[valid silo]

bison and bears

[gloomy light]

the scrapped Mimicry

which was a flying bat dude that had the power of the cats mimicry but it was given to the cat instead and scrapped

[valid silo]

to me it's not needed because chimera and pseudos are just fine for scary late game mutants

[gloomy light]

im happy you're content

i know a fuckton of other people that beg to differ

[surreal moth]

!shadercache

where can i find the shadercache again

im to fucking high to find it

[gloomy light]

imagine dropping a sequel after 10+ years and you only get 2 new mutants

+1 or 2 with dlc. goofy

[wild ivy]

the game has not a mutant

[surreal moth]

cringe ass loser take

we are blessed we even got the game

mfs got bombed

[gloomy light]

oh you're one of those

[surreal moth]

legit their studio got bombed

[gloomy light]

where is the sticker

[valid silo]

lmao you are the guy getting mad at the people in the group in that comic

[gloomy light]

who's mad

[surreal moth]

respectfully u are just a loser lol nothing else to say about that shit

[gloomy light]

lmao

okay

[surreal moth]

type of guy to complain about his fat wife being fat but still banging her day to day

[valid silo]

YOU CAN'T LIKE THE GAME THEY ONLY ADDED 2 MUTANTS
whatever man we at least got the game

[gloomy light]

i fucking love the game

[surreal moth]

then stfu and put some respect on their name

[surreal moth]

we are blessed to even have it

[gloomy light]

i can be disappointed in the fact only 2 mutants were introduced

holy shit you guys are ass kissers

[wintry jackal]

Why we starting shit huh

[wild ivy]

https://tenor.com/view/stallipiano-gif-8633409668543310298

[wintry jackal]

no need to be this rude

[surreal moth]

https://klipy.com/gifs/haha-117--k01KS6XZTFWVQD6SFXCZF3HJ0XS

[gloomy light]

you're good bro lmao

[valid silo]

I don't understand your logic just adding more doesn't make good enemy design

the roster of mutants I'd argue is plenty

[gloomy light]

there is not one flying/vertical monster

flat

[surreal moth]

get redone collection

and your problem is solved

shit has all types of flying fucks

mosquitos

bees

and shit like that

[gloomy light]

I mean, that shit is cool. im happy i can mod it in

[valid silo]

you ever played morrowind?

[wild ivy]

dont you dare speak their fucking name

[gloomy light]

lol yeah a lil bit

[surreal moth]

do it but why would u complain about what we have in the game man brother we are blessed we even got it , and legit the ending i got for stalker 2 was one of the most insane ending I have ever had in a video game , i was legit shocked to my fucking toes

[gloomy light]

i am not going to be thankful for a half-assed product

[valid silo]

I don't want reruns

[gloomy light]

I'll be thankful once the game is not in shitty UE5.1

[storm pecan]

https://tenor.com/view/punisher-the-punisher-wait-no-panicking-gif-22139346

[surreal moth]

or you are just retarded respectfully hahahahha

[gloomy light]

were you completely okay with the lack of a-life

[surreal moth]

what a loser holy fck

brother i didnt care

[wild ivy]

ladies please
you're both losers

[surreal moth]

ii was happy i got to play the game lol

the fact that i was able to play it was enough for me

[cold nova]

this stalker stuff aint no joke 💔💔

[rose musk]

wdym i'm not running tasks for 12 hours to get my basic tools

shit game

terrible studio

[gloomy light]

okay, you'll mindlessly indulge in whatever GSC gives to you. good for you. Im not a GSC ass kisser. i love stalker

[surreal moth]

bro i saw this ending , ofc i would never ever complain about shit

i was legit rock hard from that writing

[gloomy light]

worse ending

[wild ivy]

isnt everything in that one... fake?

[gloomy light]

tf

let me ask

[wild hatch]

is S2 narrative that bad?

[gloomy light]

S2 narrative is fine.

[wild hatch]

I mean no one is playing Stalker for its story

[valid silo]

you know what fuck it you want another mutant idea, mutant chimps

[rose musk]

oh hell nah

[gloomy light]

now we're fucking talking

[wintry jackal]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1029824156289732649/1502322617305137332/we_thank_you_oh_monolith.gif

[surreal moth]

mutant spiders would be isnane man

that would fucking make me shit my pants

[wild hatch]

wild or lab-made

[wild ivy]

lab

[valid silo]

lab

[wintry jackal]

Labs always make sense

[valid silo]

early psy testing or something

[wild hatch]

Chimera is the same thing no?

[valid silo]

so is most of the scary mutants

[wild hatch]

or snork

I like snorks

[valid silo]

snork is the one that always confused me

[wild hatch]

the concept not in game

[thick sedge]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1286286510416597022/1501969150946574508/thixtheven.gif

[blissful ivy]

https://tenor.com/view/shut-up-low-rank-low-rank-rankism-shut-up-i-have-a-higher-rank-than-you-shut-up-gif-21516126

[valid silo]

burers, and controllers I get

[rose musk]

make it a chimp as fast as a fracture with the psy powers of a controller

[thick sedge]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/560594707282132992/1507200562050109600/261263e436d0708f2ba1f12e14ada543.mp4?ex=6a110968&is=6a0fb7e8&hm=c36f94d20701ce9a9d7b3f598318ae6e07be1b47705761452e945894abf3a739&

[gloomy light]

snorks are ambiguous

[wild hatch]

yeah snorks doesn't make sense

[wild ivy]

snorks are agents of satan

[gloomy light]

it is not confirmed if it was made in a lab or just through being in the zone

but snorks have been USED in experiments

[valid silo]

afaik the only technically totally confirmed lab is poltergeists and the psychics

bloodsuckers, and snorks are ????

[gloomy light]

chimera is lab made

[valid silo]

which lab then :^)

[thick sedge]

[wild hatch]

Snorks are 2nd disaster cleanup crew right?

[valid silo]

maybe?

[wintry jackal]

Probably

[wild hatch]

I swear I heard it somwhere

[gritty wasp]

https://giphy.com/gifs/teto-kasane-sad-2VbU2jDh612izagP48

[gloomy light]

Chimera is the result of genetic experiments on animals within the Zone.

[rose musk]

shouldn't snorks go extinct over time

or can they reproduce

[wild hatch]

yeah this is GSC vaguepost
that bit makes no sense

[wintry jackal]

No fucking idea about that

[rose musk]

so fucking many of em

[gritty wasp]

no as new stalkers turn into them

[wild hatch]

How?

[gloomy light]

chimera and pseudogiant are the result of dna crossing between a human and an unknown animal carried out by the C Concioussness in the x-labs

[rose musk]

https://tenor.com/view/shocked-emoji-shocked-computer-meme-wow-surprised-meme-emoji-gif-1933528608271643663

HOW

[wild hatch]

Thematically those are extremely rare
Snorks aren't

[gritty wasp]

die from psy waves

and radiation decays them into that

instead of zombies

[rose musk]

interesting headcannon

[atomic pebble]

https://tenor.com/view/alex-jones-infowars-chew-jew-jewish-gif-12295419607760287413

[surreal moth]

where can i find the setting to aim with my laser

[rose musk]

v

for canted sights

[wild hatch]

was wating for u to say something

[wintry jackal]

Chimera i would assume would be a human and some form of big cat

Probably a lion or tiger

[gloomy light]

lions and tigers and bears oh my

[surreal moth]

i mean within the settings

[wild hatch]

Chimera is some of the best crafted mutant both lore wise and in game
mf is truly terrifying

[gritty wasp]

https://tenor.com/view/teamboohoo-don-quixote-limbus-company-boohoo-boo-hoo-gif-7240750830681217512

[radiant star]

best meat in game

[wild hatch]

Controller can be underwhelming in certain games/mods
Lore accurate controller is

[rose musk]

feel like the only time I get scared by chimaera's is when they bug out like psuedo-dogs and make no noise until they hit you

[gloomy light]

i think the worst type of mutant is a GSC simp

[rose musk]

silent chimaera infinitely more scary

[wild hatch]

in GAMMA the footstep when they're running to you is terrifying

https://klipy.com/gifs/boy-getting--k01KS6Z0W65K5XRAFEBXG4RVFFV

[rose musk]

if you can hear them

[wintry jackal]

Chimera will absolutely slime your shit unless your absolutely prepared

[wild hatch]

1 is doable, 2 is hell nah

[wintry jackal]

3 is a death sentence

[rose musk]

I think it totally depends on terrain

[wintry jackal]

unless you have a whole fucking army of companions with you

[rose musk]

flat ground you can loop 5 of them

[wild hatch]

3 u gotta run to nearest base

[rose musk]

on a hill they do those fuckass mini stutter jumps

[surreal moth]

does anyone know where the keybind is for the laser aiming

[gritty wasp]

2 IS DOABLE i was able to kill them as a new player

so can yall

[wild hatch]

Red Forest with whirliwig everywhere

[surreal moth]

Like i would like to change it

[rose musk]

can circle around a tree

[gloomy light]

MCM and look for laser

[wild hatch]

til u time it wrong and u go head on

[rose musk]

in general I just hate that taking 1 hit from a mutant is basically fight ending

even with max rupture resist your leg going to 20% and losing 60% of your speed from a single cat swipe

is stupid

[surreal moth]

nothing there

[gritty wasp]

first time i ever encountered a chimera when i first played and it was a fucking alpha one lol

[rose musk]

sure if a chimaera jumps me I expect my femur to collapse

[wild hatch]

yeah GAMMA is too punishing when it comes to damage
I don't get why you taking damage has to be realistic yet enemies are the same bullet sponge from OG games

[rose musk]

but a cat irreperably damaging my leg in 1 hit

[gloomy light]

Default laser settings panel hotkey is P

[surreal moth]

no thats the hud for it

im searching the actuall keybind to aim with it

after latest update for gamma the keybind is just gone

[gritty wasp]

cat 3 tapping the stalker

[wild hatch]

cats should be Northen mutants for how scary they are

[radiant star]

!scopefaq

[dawn marten]

@surreal moth

• Toggle canted sight: V by default (canted sight = the "CQB", secondary or backup sight)
• Toggle under-barrel launcher: Left Alt by default

Note: go into Anomaly Settings and rebind "Switch to Under-barrel Launcher" and "Sight Aim Mode Toggle" to change UGL and canted sight toggles, respectively

• Turn on laser: Hold L (or flashlight key)
• Toggle scope mode: = (changes scope illumination or NVG mode on/off, check Mod Config Menu -> Mark Switch for keybind)
• Toggle scope zoom: Scroll Wheel, if available (not all scopes have variable zoom, even the same scope on different guns)
  Missing a scope reticle? Try !noscope. Hate how blurry the scope is? Try !noscopezoom

[radiant star]

the first one

its v

[surreal moth]

thanks

it wasnt v

it wasnt even binded in the settings

i had it binded to middle mouse before the update

after update the bind was gone lol

[solar chasm]

The humans definitely aren't the same bullet sponges they were in the OG's these days

Unless it's sin or unisg

[gloomy light]

watching a dude with no helmet just shake off 3x 5.56 shots to the dome

"trainee"

[wild ivy]

you just shot his brain thats all

[gloomy light]

give the man a scholarship or something

why is he in the zone

[gloomy light]

it all makes sense now

[wintry jackal]

Lowkey just fucking around in rostok with debug

[wild hatch]

well, yeah. But the mutants are still spongy

[gritty wasp]

Stalker 2 mutants walk in:

[wild hatch]

ur not dying in 2 shots in S2 tho

[valid silo]

legit I'd have played stalker 2 on the hardest were it not for the mutants hp

[quick thicket]

Dear experts, attention, a question: which armor will absorb damage more effectively - with a general condition of 100%, and components at 50%, or the second option - with a general armor condition of 50%, but all internal components will have indicators of 100%?

[solar chasm]

[wintry jackal]

the one singular nosorog among all the bodies

[solar chasm]

These are mutually exclusive in gamma

[gritty wasp]

Are you reading right

[solar chasm]

Overall condition = average condition of parts

[wild hatch]

what he meant is parts don't matter
overall condition does

[rose musk]

was it a sin guy

[wintry jackal]

doohickey grenade

[valid silo]

they do matter but in aggregate

[rose musk]

Prank em john

[gloomy light]

usually, but this time it was a loner

[solar chasm]

Tbf even sin dies to that with no helmet

[rose musk]

true

[solar chasm]

Pretty sure they die to the 2nd round

[rose musk]

the missing context is his gun had a 60% barrel

[celest sparrow]

they die to 2 headshots yeah

[wild hatch]

yap

[solar chasm]

The missing context is he sucks at aiming

[gritty wasp]

Sin mono and unisg made me love burst to shoot 3 just incase 1-2 bullets don’t 1 tap them

[gloomy light]

if that legit matters, that's probably it

[celest sparrow]

As per usual

Nothing can be determined without gbo logs

[solar chasm]

Yes. It does matter

[gloomy light]

everything else was green

[rose musk]

yeah it effects damage quite a lot

[celest sparrow]

If only they were not disabled by default cause Grok doesn't want to provide such information to the player

[wild hatch]

talking about damage, more premium guns should have a slight damage boost

instead of same ammo=same damage

Just a reason to go for those guns

esp 9mm pistols

[solar chasm]

More premium guns already have reasons to go for them

[gloomy light]

5.56 barrel is pain in the ass to find

[wild hatch]

like what
why would I go for the P226 instead of the PL15

[rose musk]

I go for the D tier LMG's because my aim is ass and 100 rounds is enough to clear basically any camp without reloading

that is the high tier wep bonus

[valid silo]

I mean it ain't hard for a dutyer

[gritty wasp]

https://tenor.com/view/gold-ship-umamusume-memes-gif-14487177595470952951

[solar chasm]

Better recoil, better mag sizes, scope selections, lasers/canted sighting yadda yadda

[rose musk]

https://tenor.com/view/uma-musume-umamusume-uma-musume-pretty-derby-umamusumeprettyderby-goldship-gif-399282898089052067

[solar chasm]

The pistols are all gonna be very similar

[gloomy light]

im merc and my traders never have NATO shit im like, why

[gritty wasp]

https://tenor.com/view/gold-ship-uma-musume-mcqueen-dance-gif-9986915529597770019

[valid silo]

blanket uma ban when?))))

[celest sparrow]

oil up your weapons with chimera oil for a 10% damage increase

[wild hatch]

yeah but ergonomics, action. triggers aren't a consideration

[solar chasm]

Okay and a damage boost represents that how

[gritty wasp]

So after the 9x18 buff, are they the better option when starting

[wild hatch]

it doesn't have to represent it, idk a slight damage/accuracy boost

[solar chasm]

We'd rather just leave the preferential stuff up to the player lol

Rather than playing a game of pick the winner

[valid silo]

the ammo is basically identical 9x19 cost wise iirc so there really is no better of the two beyond hard gun stats

kipari is much better than it was before though

[rose musk]

honestly if you want a little more lategame power play with artigrok. by the time you hit actual late game you'll be able to make quite a stash of anomalous ammo

some funny stuff

[wild hatch]

well yeah but sometimes your favourite gun sucks even tho they shouldn't

[gritty wasp]

Don’t think I’ve used 9x18 ever

Only the hornet with ap 9x19

[rose musk]

pernach early game fucks

mini hornet

[valid silo]

there isn't that much that actually uses it

smgs that is

[solar chasm]

I've done so many starts with the kiparis

[rose musk]

pernach with the HP ammo is honestly so good

for how common it is

[valid silo]

if I was a major nerd I'd say kipari if anything probably should be more expensive point wise

[wild hatch]

high tier usually uses a different better caliber which wasn't my point. I was talking about same ammo, but more premium weapon, mainly pistols

[solar chasm]

Yeah now it fits a laser and 9x18 is buffed it's honestly a pretty solid anti-mutant package for the pistol slot

[rose musk]

artigrok has special ammo you could use for said handguns

that might make them playable

at least for a little bit until you run out of artifact fragments to craft

[solar chasm]

What pistols we talking about not being good anyway

[gritty wasp]

.45acp AP in the future trust guys

[rose musk]

.357 handguns honestly punch into the lategame

sin hates to see my deagle

[wild hatch]

for example the FNP45 just seems to be the best 45 pistol

no reason to touch USP

m1911

[solar chasm]

I KNEW it'd be .45

[wild hatch]

I know one of the 45 has a slight damage increse
but this applies with 9x19 too

[rose musk]

well yeah .45 is pretty much a mutant only gun

9x19 has the hornet

bad take

[wild hatch]

for example the p226 is, on paper, worse than a police pistol Lebedev PL15

[solar chasm]

Look you're talking to the wrong person, i'm annoyed damage still isn't properly standardised across the different guns of same calibers

I'd even nix the exceptions

[wild hatch]

yeah I could see 2 camps

I like to go for balance

But I get the realism standpoint

[solar chasm]

No the realism is varying based on irl muzzle velocities

[wild hatch]

i mean
does muzzle velocity even matter in GAMMA

[celest sparrow]

yeah

doesn't really matter though

[wild hatch]

towards damage, no it doesn't

[celest sparrow]

nop

[wild hatch]

or AP

[celest sparrow]

nop

[solar chasm]

The main reason i say full damage standardisation is that the only sensible place to actually give damage values is in the ammo descriptions

[wild hatch]

should've buff high-velocity ammo then no?

[solar chasm]

(Also have an anti-mutant multiplier listed for hps and such)

[solar chasm]

I don't care about muzzle velocities and crap. I'm just saying if you did want to go realistic that's what you do

I come at it from a clarity of mechanics standpoint

Tho you could list it in the gun description with like

Damage (fmj/ap/hp) : x/y/z

[steep elm]

OOOOOOOOH SHIT

[tropic grove]

OOOOH SHIT

A RAT

[rose musk]

https://tenor.com/view/rat-attack-rat-attack-have-at-thee-gif-11648161592664583090

[wild hatch]

https://tenor.com/view/ohhh-shit-a-rat-dance-oh-shit-a-rat-oh-shit-a-rat-gif-14187081

[delicate dawn]

@hot coyote kin sighting

[hazy harbor]

is clear sky supposed to be friendly with mercs?

[steep elm]

yes

[hazy harbor]

😐 hmm is there a way i can repay our relationship?

[steep elm]

repay?

[hazy harbor]

repair* xD

[gloomy light]

i was thinking dude was wanting to give special favors

[hazy harbor]

i imagine money may help smooth things out.

https://tenor.com/dLt5z0IzzMe.gif

[gloomy light]

https://tenor.com/view/suck-it-bridesmaids-kristen-wiig-sucking-bj-gif-13695487

[wild hatch]

Brushing teeth?

Hardly a favour

[slender trail]

holy shit trying AREA was a mistake

these motherfuckers are moving like navy seals

[gloomy light]

i was looking at that one last night

[hazy harbor]

what is area?

[gloomy light]

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

[slender trail]

slavic hardcore freeplay mod

[hazy harbor]

oh my

[slender trail]

the english translation is so fucking bad

i'm pretty sure it's AI translated

I can't understand what these NPCs are saying to me

[gloomy light]

i love playing broken eng translation stalker

it feels.. authentic

[slender trail]

it's also like

less than 20gb total

so if you wanna try it out it's a really fast install

[gloomy light]

i wish more older stalker mods had controller support so i could play it on my phone

[slender trail]

honestly

considering how powerful modern phones are

i'm sure they could run the trilogy easily

[gloomy light]

Oh yeah, i got the Redmagic pro 11. def can run Stalker og trilogy easily

and stalker OGSR

cheaper than an iphone

[slender trail]

i mean they're on console now

not impossible that it happens in the future

[gloomy light]

they have upscalers now and shit

like their own type

it's crazy

[slender trail]

speaking of, i'm lowkey dissappointed in the desktop snapdragon chips considering how good their mobile chips are

like they get beat pretty badly by apple silicon

but I imagine it just comes down to it being a windows issue idk

[gloomy light]

yeah, Snapdragon is designed for ARM and Windows driver support for it is still hella immature

[weak cape]

how do i disable freecam

[atomic pebble]

In general AREA is a miracle, and the author really loves his game:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKqwH2pAW4M&list=PLcOzktbWClUOxq3NUwxeBWcZc-Bkl3Jyw&index=32

[rapid glen]

Does pretty much everyone use the tower by Yanov for a base, or are there better locations?

[slender trail]

has anybody actually recorded and finished an ironman playthrough of this mod?

i see it's an option

[atomic pebble]

https://www.moddb.com/games/stalker/downloads/stalker-gamepad-config
IXR and OXR will have full controller support

[gloomy light]

https://tenor.com/view/dancing-face-itstommylove-stalker-stalker-2-vibing-gif-9058576574706925591

[wild hatch]

Yeah but the hit squad can climb up the stairs which is annoying.

I got a fix for that however…

[wild hatch]

What’s so good about Area?

[gloomy light]

i hate using the phones on screen keyboard controls for games that don't have controller support so i just skip or wait for a mod. But this.. this makes me hopeful for humanity

[atomic pebble]

If u love with ur sovl ball torture, is the best stalkermod freeplay ever

[rapid glen]

I thought duty and freedom were cool at yanov. I rolled up with the homies and got jumped by freedom lol

[wild hatch]

[rapid glen]

So anyway everyone at yanov is dead.

[gloomy light]

https://tenor.com/view/stan-twitter-reaction-meme-funny-buckspendragon-silly-cat-gif-17797998604688624745

[slender trail]

yes, duty and freedom are the best of friends. it's only becuase you arrived

[rapid glen]

Guess I’ll just stay in Rostok.

[rose musk]

or skadovsk

[wild hatch]

I mean it used to be of both Duty and Freedom ownership

[rose musk]

might still run into freedom randomly tho

[rapid glen]

I understand the basis of the factions.
But yanov was canonically a truce location for them both.

[slender trail]

no, i'm pretty sure you're just ruining the balance of power (and a powerful friendship).

[wild hatch]

Duty in Gamma is so cucked
But then they’re cucked even in the og games

[slender trail]

we're not going to speak of (whats left of) duty in stalker 2

[rose musk]

better to just play loners if you want to abuse rostok

[wild hatch]

I bet nothing good happened to them in S2 (don’t spoil)

[slender trail]

but yeah these NPCs in AREA do not hold back

none of the AI peeking around a corner and waiting a moment before shooting, they come around that corner blasting instantly

[rapid glen]

You must not play Gamma on hard.

[rose musk]

i'd say a good 90% of gamma's npc's wait a half second

sometimes they beam you tho

[lethal steeple]

gamma is super lenient with the player

[wild hatch]

Non Master stalkers in Gamma are doable

[lethal steeple]

idk why people insist gamma mobs are like skynet terminators android 16

[wild hatch]

Legends

[lethal steeple]

like dawg they are simply not

[rose musk]

Sometimes they can be

[slender trail]

on basically any difficulty too. they're very predictable and forgiving once you learn how the AI behaves

[rose musk]

but not so often it's obnoxious

[valid silo]

my rsh just one tapped a sin exo head lmao??!

[lethal steeple]

that's just rng really because their spread cones even on hard are super large

[little light]

i feel like theyre wayyy dumber now

you can stand literally in front of them and they wont aggro

[lethal steeple]

i once caught a 4 hit beam from 80m out on default settings but that's the sole time it has ever happened to me

[gloomy light]

https://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomaly/addons/revision-for-enhanced-visual-awareness-and-motion-perception-fomod

[lethal steeple]

any other time at that distance i'd just stand still

because i know i'm not taking a hit

[rose musk]

I feel like you play a different game

or don't play at all sometimes

I really cannot tell

[lethal steeple]

i don't anymore

i played a lot back then

[slender trail]

my average engagement in gamma goes like engage enemy > get shot at for a short time, they miss every shot because i'm holding A or something > get behind a tree > they forget to keep shooting and start heading straight towards my position

[valid silo]

with fmj btw

[lethal steeple]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiSwMeXxVDs

npcs have been made less accurate since this video

and that's the highest accuracy mob group in the game

[rose musk]

I never see them shoot like that anymore

they mag dump me consistently

no pause in the fire

[lethal steeple]

taking 6 hits from like 90+ shots is insane at like 20m out just by holding a directional

while using the slowest movespeed armor

[rose musk]

you also don't seem to stagger at all from hits

in terms of speed

[lethal steeple]

that's because i'm walking

so it's not noticeable

and also side movement

which also makes it less noticeable

[rose musk]

idk man if I get hit while strafing I literally stop walking for like .25 seconds

[lethal steeple]

whatever it takes to explain that the game is unfair and not that i'm bad

many such cases

[rose musk]

never said the game was unfair

[lethal steeple]

or bad rng

[rose musk]

just saying that you don't play anymore and link the same video 600 times as some sort of gotcha

[lethal steeple]

i mean

it is

mobs have been made less accurate since then

because people keep complaining

[slender trail]

[rose musk]

when was the change made to make them less accurate

cause it's felt the same for 4+ years

[slender trail]

i'm gonna go ahead and probably guess 0.9.3 or something

they felt more accurate in 0.9.1 but maybe that's placebo

[lethal steeple]

it can very well just be placebo dude like i said bad rng can lead to eating a beam

[gloomy light]

this makes sense.

[analog palm]

only enemies that have consistently hit me are snipers in radar

[lethal steeple]

it's just super improbable

[analog palm]

and even they hit me once when they first shoot then miss everything after

[rose musk]

if you don't play anymore and only have data from years ago yeah

play for 100 hours now you might feel completely different who knows

[wild hatch]

@atomic pebble thoughts on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQUB3Qoa-GE?

[analog palm]

the data is still accurate

[lethal steeple]

data is public and i know how the game works

[lethal patrol]

it do be like this sometimes, npc using hostile faction gear

[rose musk]

I know you love to say that

it's like a looping record

[gloomy light]

fantastic story mod

[lethal steeple]

is this a "uhm well actually in my experience this is not like that"

[analog palm]

yea cuz it's right bruh

[slender trail]

modder knows how the game works? improbable. impossible, actually.

[gloomy light]

very high quality

[analog palm]

npcs cant shoot for shit, except when they randomly do

[rose musk]

Not saying he doesn't know how it works

[wild hatch]

Shevi hates True Stalker tho
he says it's a shiny turd

[delicate dawn]

ngl I've been getting into fights where there should be absolutely no chance I shouldve been alive

[gloomy light]

does he lmao

[rose musk]

just that to say to anyone who gets beamed "lol just dodge" it's retard maxxing

erm actually they never hit me in a one on one while strafing in a contained enviroment

[gloomy light]

Me and my buddy provak like it

[slender trail]

that's a worst case scenario he's showing though. legit 0 cover and he's holding one key

[rose musk]

so obviously if you get hit once you're bad

[wild hatch]

I thought the visual and new levels were neat
couldn't finish it tho

[rose musk]

[atomic pebble]

If the complete edition doens't fix every shitty part of TS, then my opinion will bad but not sooo bad as before

[lethal steeple]

everyone is telling bro that he's wrong not because i'm the one he's fighting yet he insists he's right

that's just crazy

[valid silo]

duty got wiped out in zaton when I was back in the south 😭

[rose musk]

Not saying either of us are right

[analog palm]

funniest thing i had recently was standing completely still while reloading a tube shotgun right in front of a master rank military, he missed every goddamn shot

at less than 10 metres

[atomic pebble]

Like, a patch of +2 years of development (initially was the 1.6 and not a total conversion) should fix or enhance any part of the game

[rose musk]

Just saying that linking that video means basically nothing

[gloomy light]

about as logical as someone YELLING at me to be grateful for a video game i paid for

[lethal steeple]

like look okay you got me when i download gamma to wrap up recoil platinum i'll record the exact same video again

[slender trail]

fell for the ragebait award

[little light]

momo playing gamma

[lethal steeple]

i have to download the game again to finish recoil platinum

[rose musk]

i'm not even ragebaiting man

[little light]

imagine you just beamed immediately

[rose musk]

momo is like a moth to a flame the moment accuracy is typed in any discord channel

same as talking about fog

[lethal steeple]

i'm not going to hand over the profile making to anon just because i don't want to download it

[atomic pebble]

But wasnzzz diz di jartcor modifikatze broo

[slender trail]

we're not even going to say the word b*llistics

or d*mage

[little light]

b*lls

[gloomy light]

h*ndling

[little light]

rcol

wtf

[lethal steeple]

backslash before the *

[delicate dawn]

the amount of times a bunch of should be accurate stalkers just look at me and continue running somewhere before realizing they're supposed to shoot at me is insane

[little light]

nah i cba

[gloomy light]

https://tenor.com/view/ricola-gif-6009315392311158462

my brain

is scorched

[wild hatch]

@lethal steeple how did you get alpha modder role?

[rapid glen]

God there’s too many 12 year olds in here.

[delicate dawn]

that one spot in red forest have them running through the gates straight at me, forgetting I exist, I hit em once, their AI turns on

[slender trail]

but yeah dude, either just really unlucky or you need to move more erratically

[little light]

how did you get pooprole

[zealous garden]

alright boiz tell me about the final release of gamma spill the beans give it to me

[wild hatch]

expired

[delicate dawn]

only works with the buttplug dlls

[rose musk]

not complaining at all

[wild hatch]

https://klipy.com/gifs/orange-cat-cat-hitting-cat--k01KS73YHM8Y5SGPENAA1HWAPC8

[analog palm]

do you notice stalkers being like really fast when running in combat? sometimes they even outrun me

they strafe around when aimed at full sprint speed

[rose musk]

the original point was and is always it's extreme rng so just saying "lol they are innacurate" means nothing

eventually you're gonna get trolled

[atomic pebble]

Technically True Stalker is a mod with a great quality, the maps, the graphics, the art style, the UI, the atmosphere, the engine, but i have most than checked that no there's a proper balance between the quality of the technical parts with the gameplay and story, ATLEAST in my opinion

[wintry jackal]

first yellow stash in my duty playthrough

[wild hatch]

so it's technically good but the narrative wasn't

[gloomy light]

completely valid

[rapid glen]

Yeah, idk. It seems like a mixed bag. Sometimes they miss me. Sometimes they immediately kill me in one or two shots. Sometimes I get shot 15 times in the left leg at point blank. Sometimes I get head tapped at 50m by a bandit with a sawn off.

It’s not super predictable.

[little light]

disguise and just walk from the back

ive done it

it aint too hard

[slender trail]

i feel like that's only really important if you're an ironman player considering it happens relatively rarely no?

[wintry jackal]

i guess bro

[little light]

you can climb in from the fences

[analog palm]

the axe story kinda devolved into running back and forth, besides that i liked it

[rose musk]

Haven't done invictus yet this patch cause of alife stuff being tweaked constantly so i'm holding out

[delicate dawn]

they do the thing where they sprint, turn on a dime and go on another direction

[little light]

theres a little part that doesnt have wires near the fire anomaly house

[atomic pebble]

The story was ok until the chapter 4, after of that the gameplay and story just goes down

[rose musk]

will do it once updates slow down

or at least give it a try idk this new alife is insane

[little light]

theres like no one roaming down that part lol

[rose musk]

I struggled a good bit on previous patches

[atomic pebble]

I always says that the game it's worth until the chapter 4 (if u are interested on play it), after of that u have a very questionable game design (apart of the maps and atmosphere)

[valid silo]

like 9 dogs fighting a pseudo

[rose musk]

but yeah non ironman none of this matters

[slender trail]

fair enough. i'm not a huge fan of the alifeplus implementation so far either

[delicate dawn]

I just straight disabled mine

[rose musk]

the only problem i've had is the frequency of it, could barely loot one fight in the garbage before another squad strolled in

[atomic pebble]

And one can notice that most of the development time (+6 years until the first release) were mostly focused to the graphics, from videos and news u could notice that the story was pretty much the same since x years before the release

[slender trail]

theres plenty of other shit, like enemy squads or mutants spawning inside friendly bases after sleeping

[rose musk]

I've only seen it once so far in rostok

was just a psuedodog tho

[slender trail]

it's just not a good time to try invictus if you have that mod on, and I say that as somebody whos completed a run for every update since 0.9.1

but grok insists hes making it easier

[rose musk]

alright now that accuracy debate is over lets talk about a fan favorite, grenade dodges and explosion timers

[gloomy light]

https://tenor.com/view/duck-season-rabbit-season-gif-13823200

[atomic pebble]

I don't think that the backtracking on TS is a big issue, sure that it can be reduced but is like, one of the smallest bad parts of the mod

Like

[lethal steeple]

splash damage is so weird in xray

it's the weirdest take on splash damage i've ever seen

[analog palm]

i dont think i've been naded a single time in 9.5

[atomic pebble]

there mods where u have to "backtrack" several maps to a bit of content, and as in TS don't there many maps u don't have to walk much

[rose musk]

do npc's cook grenades? is there a perfect "you're fucked" distance where if an npc throws a nade it lands and instantly explodes?

[lethal steeple]

nah there's no cooking

most likely the perfect distance

[rose musk]

probably just a distance thing then

[atomic pebble]

Also, TS has a great atmosphere soo while u "backtrack" u could see the "beauty of the zone" if u want

[rose musk]

boian sweared to hell and back that he's never been hit by a grenade

but I don't buy it

[lethal steeple]

grenades are also super predictable but you know i haven't played in a while and all that

however i do not have a video on this so rest assured

[rose musk]

I think it's reasonable to dodge like 98% of grenades

[slender trail]

one thing that's never been quite clear to me: do NPCs predict for where you're going when they're in the process of throwing a grenade if they have direct LOS?

[rose musk]

but i've ran into them basically exploding the moment they land next to me

or even exploding in the air and not even hitting the ground

[analog palm]

are you sure (using same pop factors as before update)

[rose musk]

100% a distance thing

[lethal steeple]

lead just like bullets with hc aim enabled

[slender trail]

ah ok

[lethal steeple]

so if you hear the callout just sprint jump in one direction and it almost always flies super far from you

that's what i always did

[delicate dawn]

Mercs are now clown cars, you kill a squad theres 2 more squad nearby

[rose musk]

solid info

[lethal steeple]

issue is when the callout just doesn't play

which has happened

and i've read a lot of people that have come across this

[analog palm]

skill issue is all i (don't) hear

[lethal steeple]

then again you can also hear the pin

[analog palm]

[sly remnant]

monolit...

pin go brrr

[rose musk]

the question is does the pin sound have a cutoff range

[atomic pebble]

@wild hatch

[rose musk]

what i'm figuring out is I might need to play closer in general to what i'm fighting

[slender trail]

i imagine so? if not, i've rarely ever heard it over the voicelines of npcs shouting if i'm far enough

[atomic pebble]

OLR 3 but less shit:
https://ap-pro.ru/forums/topic/14617-oblivion-lost-remake-semi-official-patches-standalone/

[lethal steeple]

like all sounds

it does

[slender trail]

much more fun this way anyway

[rose musk]

been trying to use snipers more I used to never touch them

but I seem to end up in a danger zone for grenades much more often

where I either don't hear the pin or callout. or happen to have it explode super quick when it lands

cause I haven't had the issue inside of BS for example

[gloomy light]

alright FINE i'll download it

[rose musk]

or inside a building

[valid silo]

anyone know where this stash in zaton is

[analog palm]

on top

[rose musk]

is that where the cave is, or up on the pipe

nvm wrong spot

[gloomy light]

just another stalker mod to stack on pile of other stalker mods

[valid silo]

there's nothing on top

[gloomy light]

getting a nice collection

[atomic pebble]

Has a ENG translation bulit-in, has several errors but it's playable and understand-able, if u want play OLR 3 but polished, that's ur best option

[slender trail]

i like the choice of weapon

[atomic pebble]

The performance is much better than the one of the OG mod too

[gloomy light]

i've been wanting to tackle OLR just wasn't sure which one was the best. thanks for the scoop big dawg

[valid silo]

was trying to think of what to do with the thousands of pistol powder in storage and thought new kipari would do the trick as a anti mutant gun

[atomic pebble]

If u want a "full" experience in every aspect SOP it's ur option, i don't played it much but is great to be a OLR

Even the maps are polished, technically and in design

[valid silo]

think it's a bugged stash but whatever

[slender trail]

speaking of, it saddens me how much it's difficulty has been neutered over time in this modpack

first because people were grinding nosorogs before they did it for some reason

and then because people complained it was still too hard

[rose musk]

I mean I come from the lower end of skill in terms of invictus completions. sometimes I just suck

I for sure tend to overprepare

I have more trouble with MM than BS at times tho

[slender trail]

overpreparing is fine in an ironman run, I just think bringing an endgame armor to BS is a bit silly

[rose musk]

I guess by the same reasoning is grinding for a heavy armor before BS now silly?

how low do we go

[analog palm]

merc lcs

at 30% condition

[rose musk]

should everyone do BS in a starter gas mask and red leather jacket

[analog palm]

cuz i couldnt be assed to repair it

[rose musk]

obviously as you feel more comfortable you push the limits

[analog palm]

was it LCs? the 50 point starter armor

[rose musk]

and freaks have done it naked with a knife

but i'd say for most people at my skill level overpreparing is the only way to not just get 1 tapped and lose a run

also a loss aversion to some trying ironman for the first time

why not go grind for a nosorog

you don't wanna lose the 20 + hours you already put in

[analog palm]

simply dont play ironman

[rose musk]

now obviously we've all seen the meme of a "am I prepped enough for BS" loadout

[valid silo]

another stash just not here lmao

[slender trail]

so many LC lookalikes in this game i genuinely cant remember

[analog palm]

eh all the starters are more or less the same

i often bring that to bs

cuz like, cant be assed to repair anything

either that or bring a random broken load-bearing suit so i can carry stuff

[rose musk]

difficulty in general is an issue that gets pushed towards the lower end of players as things get big

if gamma had 10 players grok would probably make it a nightmare

cause who cares

[slender trail]

AREA, unironically

i respect the mod author and the people that play it but man

[rose musk]

there's so many changes from previous version that people can argue about making the game easier

like the laptop that lets you talk to all the traders remotely

technically a huge buff you spend less time running around

[slender trail]

i'm still gonna try to keep playing it but honestly it's so absurd in its difficulty its putting me off

[rose musk]

but it's fun

[gloomy light]

im actually having a lot of fun and making good progress this update.

[rapid glen]

Brain scorcher? The yantar lab?
I’m usually fine to do it with a decent pump action or a .357. Just some mutants.

[wintry jackal]

Sure bro

[rose musk]

I also think it's just a player skill thing in terms of perceived difficulty. I feel like yes gamma is easier in general than years ago but alot of us have played it for half a decade now. it's a combo that makes people be like "omg bro gamma is so piss easy now"

[atomic pebble]

No?, if he could lower the difficulty to very questionable levels now what tells u that he would make it a hardcore mod if it had a smaller community?, i mean, if he does that, that implies that most probably he don't many has problems with "damage his vision" or smth

[rose musk]

I mean I don't think grok ever wanted to change BS but people REALLY complained about it

[rapid glen]

The only issue I ever have in BS is the bathroom snork. He will aggro at the door sometimes and the phantoms through the floor will drain psy before you reach the bottom of the ladders.

[rose musk]

an incessant amount

[rose musk]

BS is brain scorcher MM is miracle machine the yantar lab

[rapid glen]

Ohhh my bad.
BS is no problem with some decent ammo.
Did the whole thing with a G19 Bruder and 9x19 FMJ.

[rose musk]

thanks man very cool

[gloomy light]

yeah, when shit feels too artificially hard with no leniency it can make a game a slog to go through

[rapid glen]

I can’t do invictus though. I’m terrible at this game and frequently die to nonsense like a random cat.
Or sprinting into an anomaly.

[gloomy light]

like pinpoint accuracy aim for npc's/prefiring is unplayable

if i can tell the NPC is tracking me through the wall, skip

[atomic pebble]

U should play Prosectors Project, is a mod very professional in the difficulty in the lower difficulties

[rose musk]

"yeah BS is super easy with a pistol only 9x19 fmj" "no I don't play ironman why do you ask"

[slender trail]

i'll give it a go once i'm done getting my balls crushed by this mod

[rose musk]

I feel like there is an inverse issue where even if a mod is basically unplayable in terms of difficulty 1 mf will say it's too easy still

can't please them all

[slender trail]

i'm sure theres some god gamer area player out there that has completed an ironman run with 1 hand tied behind his back. i will find him

[gloomy light]

1000%

[rose musk]

pretty sure toiko did a bolt action red jacket only run

i'd say that's pretty close

and the multiple knife only's people have done

idk if they abused the knife bug or not tho

i'm asuming yes

[gloomy light]

i think i watched venoxium do a similar run

[rose musk]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjFhsF0vmNE there it is

[analog palm]

pistol no but 9x19fmj is capable enough for BS

at least currently

would struggle when BS was full of nosorogos and exos

[rose musk]

yeah i'd say a mp5/hornet combo is probably fine

[vale kernel]

I feel like right now its good in terms of difficulty besides mutants shitspawns sometimes (3lurkers 4 cats on garbage in single pack)

[delicate dawn]

knife bug?

I'm intrigued

[rose musk]

used to be able to use the quick melee plus normal attack idk if it was fixed

[slender trail]

sorry i don't speak stalker

[rose musk]

the video I posted used kukri late game so doesn't look like it

[hexed pelican]

anyone put the kit on the makarov? i'm tempted.

[rose musk]

don't worry I don't either. the captions are accurate tho

[hexed pelican]

it's "only" like 8 grand

[rose musk]

well sometimes

[woeful notch]

for that price I'd absolutely give it a try, especially if you're not too far in the game yet

[gloomy light]

alright. who in here actually drives the cars in darkscape

[woeful notch]

9x18 is great because you can find so much on early game enemies and enemies in the south

[woeful notch]

I mean I do if I'm there, it takes too long to walk

[rose musk]

only on non ironman runs

[gloomy light]

like, i wish the companions could hop in

https://tenor.com/view/stalker-gif-13248385

[rose musk]

that would be nice, but until the current alife setup is changed companions have an absurd aggro radius to other stalkers

almost a detriment

[gloomy light]

i have them on ignore most of the time

[rose musk]

picking fights with things I don't even see in the distance

see but if you do that you're at risk of a super funny silent dog or cat running at you

[gloomy light]

accurate

has happened

i just cant stand when Im trying to go the opposite way and then they're trying to storm the ipsf base in agroprom

like bro, just turn around

[rose musk]

real

[gloomy light]

i notice using stay near and guard combat, they don't go as far

[delicate dawn]

any of yall play Alone In Windstorm Fallen Bear?

is there an english translation somewhere?

[slender trail]

no, but i've heard very good things

wait no i'm thinking of the original alone in windstorm

my bad

[analog palm]

bandits are no more

[delicate dawn]

is there an english translated version of the Fallen Bear or not yet?

[analog palm]

but uhhh

from excellent to terrible in like 2 minutes

[rose musk]

those were your homies man

[lethal steeple]

bro will do one task and it'll bounce back to excellent

[rose musk]

pretty true

I think I killed gavrilenko like 6 times

[wintry jackal]

thanks game

[full sequoia]

Does military have base now with duty in jupiter.. cant find patch notes... was it added

[ripe lagoon]

not a base
just duty spawns at ranger station

[gloomy light]

happened again

[full sequoia]

ahh so military still kinda not viable late game...

[rose musk]

was that a jam or forgot to reload earlier lmfao

[gloomy light]

empty mag

playing with magazines is ultimate stress inducer

[wintry jackal]

Insane compensation tho

[analog palm]

this

[gloomy light]

love it

[analog palm]

with this

fucking hilarious

1500 rpm shotgun

[wintry jackal]

the fuck are you using 😭

[analog palm]

aek972

says right there

[wintry jackal]

i was referring to the ammo thing

i dont think thats base gamma

[analog palm]

5.56x45mm quad-shot rounds

[near estuary]

really man?

[analog palm]

says right there

[near estuary]

I wouldn't have known

especially coming from sab

[wintry jackal]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1381551663499841606/1497872423364726934/attachment.gif

[near estuary]

he ALWAYS play vanilla GAMMA

[wintry jackal]

big money

[analog palm]

im the most vanilla guy imaginable

i like maids

[light stone]

are there any texture mods that arent 4k everything?

i want my game to look good while also running in stable 60fps

[near estuary]

optimist

[lethal patrol]

just dont pick the 4k option when installing it

[gloomy light]

there should be options to downgrade textures in the mo2

[light stone]

found it

[gloomy light]

or yeah, reinstall with lower textures

[light stone]

thanks

[cinder pivot]

I asked one of the helpers to give me feedback on the issue after a couple of days to determine the next steps, the issue apparently isn't as widespread and fixable with a VPN (which is obvious but that aside), I will push a fix that will solve the 403 issues sooner or later

[twin timber]

Oh fr, i can solve this shit with a vpn?

[wintry jackal]

Big money

[twin timber]

Worth a try

Problem will be finding one

[cinder pivot]

You're Brazilian, correct?

[twin timber]

Ye

[cinder pivot]

Then yes, a VPN will likely fix the issue until I pushed the fix for it

[twin timber]

Bet

Thanks

[cinder pivot]

I do have to add though, make sure that in the VPN, you do not select Brazil as the country, that would likely result in the same issue

[twin timber]

I'll get proton

[cinder pivot]

I do not know why but Brazilian IPs get cloudflare challenges way more often than any other country

[twin timber]

Their free plan usually has only US servers

[twin timber]

Lotta piracy around here

Since it's legal

[dusk vessel]

i have proton in my browser but i prefer mullvad for this kind of thing

[twin timber]

I bet they're not happy about it heh

[dusk vessel]

i have like 30 brazillian friends overseas and they all use vpns