Bad dream edition>BugTrap, crash to desktop, freeze/lockup? Find your crash log, stalker.Check your Documents or game install directories for the xray_[your name].log file. If you can't find it, look in the location specified at the top of fsgame.ltx. Copy the last few lines from the log and paste them here if you want any help.>Quickstart Guidedocs.google.com/document/d/1cnQeURGCjHTRPOGJH8G5ijP1fw5vbVWSE7opABcBpNk>Mod Guidedocs.google.com/document/d/1JPA0hQZVJ6mSvTsp6Sy3CoAkObJOKeoPHEamDC19Lio>Miscellaneous Guidedocs.google.com/document/d/103nyaAM5PKgBwuZ35jRbv7VM7tEcvi1Scv6boOMe1RM>Start guide, beginner tips, and much much morehttp://pastebin.com/FUPEbLiv (embed)>HUD guide, modding basics, mod reviews, and AMK mod guidedocs.google.com/document/d/10yi79NUFhJrFO4hmGeKqaWSw35BJQv0Ve0OK94ioMEw>Performance Guides, Steam settingshttp://pastebin.com/nzXEevG7 (embed)>Common misconceptions about Shadow of Chernobyl game mechanicshttp://www.metacognix.com/stlkrsoc/WhatYouKnowThatAintSo.html>Running STALKER. on Linuxdocs.google.com/document/d/11HcSFSyb0DX3ymModXZ9tNdpTuktTioC>S2 mods (you have to make a nexustranny account to download mods)https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/Lost to the zone: >>503369848
I found a Liquid Rock.Wooo baby.
If you have a save corruption, look up the file renaming trick on reddit.
Mods and Repositories | Often outdated; use only as a last resort!>Shadow of Chernobylmega.nz/#F!Z7RjwaBS!PYNDw9ugMSojbpUDgIACHQ>Clear Skymega.nz/#F!oqgWWK4K!PStfjPLon_3UpVU-atgQeQ>Call of Pripyatmega.nz/#F!1zAilAoZ!xw3kb1awC1csjv2dMlb7Mw>Game Repacks + Modding Toolsmega.nz/folder/gSBHmYYK#9-5ONxPwwChJhYSPWdKb5Qdrive.google.com/drive/folders/1mhwMy4wSQQ4PC9-YxEAZMX0Pf1ZbS2b0?usp=sharing>Downgrade Patches (drag-and-drop)mega.co.nz/#F!M4BmDRCL!vfze70GSJDyv-HzWn7Dwww>Unpacked Gamedata + GSC Backup HDD assetsmega.nz/folder/xPpTWACS#pzt5IeUp8g6_-wqkI0WchQ>AMK AE 1.4.1+OWR+ARSENAL+SWO mergemega.nz/#F!4Q5SmIaJ!hu6jptaxeY3wQbIF2GzbWQ>Anon's /sg/ AMK repohttps://mega.nz/folder/KvhhSCwD#7pTnDImcvnVOvJfQUgImtw>Oblivion Lost Remakedisk.yandex.ru/d/hmvQK9g8JDY_HA?w=1>Joint Pak (Cumulative Pak, OP)rentry.org/cumpack22docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1me0bO3B_ZnwHLOYXqZDNyPfdFAL8nqp1oNkrbyFZ7cM>Call of Chernobyl Repomega.nz/folder/QfgQFR7J#_OXdHj2L13rfsX6UpFrVkA>Don't have Call of Pripyat but want to play Call of Chernobyl?-skip_reg on the .exe starting path after " or if you're using CoC on Steam game>properties>set launch optionsAlternatively, use this registry file mega.nz/#!uoYinJ7I!Lqj2DNIAkaVkcFUa1PLZzj80cVhAFK5D-9zbU2Iy5KI>Xetrill's Modified LuaJIT for CS/CoP - improves performance, especially in script-heavy mods.mega.co.nz/#F!BIISmQgK!KHZR01ljznUqJlcHUax-aQ>Anons Call of Chernobyl Definitive Edition Repo:mega.nz/folder/jMggwZiC#BeOpCQEaOSZ6N63HlI6uVwdrive.google.com/drive/folders/1-1AHa4OKy1RpO9K6dVGZ3ds2I13tpEKA?usp=sharing>Shadows Addon + Anon's English translationfiles.catbox.moe/x1d4r5.7zap-pro.ru/forums/topic/1639-shadows-addon-08/>C-Con Modlistdocs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1GgBFCRIbc7TQ5DwWHvWaridX1G64PYoWItkLyr3pBPk/edit#gid=0
>>503403459Mods and Repositories | Often outdated; use only as a last resort!>Shadow of Chernobylmega.nz/#F!Z7RjwaBS!PYNDw9ugMSojbpUDgIACHQ>Clear Skymega.nz/#F!oqgWWK4K!PStfjPLon_3UpVU-atgQeQ>Call of Pripyatmega.nz/#F!1zAilAoZ!xw3kb1awC1csjv2dMlb7Mw>Game Repacks + Modding Toolsmega.nz/folder/gSBHmYYK#9-5ONxPwwChJhYSPWdKb5Qdrive.google.com/drive/folders/1mhwMy4wSQQ4PC9-YxEAZMX0Pf1ZbS2b0?usp=sharing>Downgrade Patches (drag-and-drop)mega.co.nz/#F!M4BmDRCL!vfze70GSJDyv-HzWn7Dwww>Unpacked Gamedata + GSC Backup HDD assetsmega.nz/folder/xPpTWACS#pzt5IeUp8g6_-wqkI0WchQ>AMK AE 1.4.1+OWR+ARSENAL+SWO mergemega.nz/#F!4Q5SmIaJ!hu6jptaxeY3wQbIF2GzbWQ>Anon's /sg/ AMK repohttps://mega.nz/folder/KvhhSCwD#7pTnDImcvnVOvJfQUgImtw>Oblivion Lost Remakedisk.yandex.ru/d/hmvQK9g8JDY_HA?w=1>Joint Pak (Cumulative Pak, OP)rentry.org/cumpack22docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1me0bO3B_ZnwHLOYXqZDNyPfdFAL8nqp1oNkrbyFZ7cM>Call of Chernobyl Repomega.nz/folder/QfgQFR7J#_OXdHj2L13rfsX6UpFrVkA>Don't have Call of Pripyat but want to play Call of Chernobyl?-skip_reg on the .exe starting path after " or if you're using CoC on Steam game>properties>set launch optionsAlternatively, use this registry file mega.nz/#!uoYinJ7I!Lqj2DNIAkaVkcFUa1PLZzj80cVhAFK5D-9zbU2Iy5KI>Xetrill's Modified LuaJIT for CS/CoP - improves performance, especially in script-heavy mods.mega.co.nz/#F!BIISmQgK!KHZR01ljznUqJlcHUax-aQ>Anons Call of Chernobyl Definitive Edition Repo:mega.nz/folder/jMggwZiC#BeOpCQEaOSZ6N63HlI6uVwdrive.google.com/drive/folders/1-1AHa4OKy1RpO9K6dVGZ3ds2I13tpEKA?usp=sharing>Shadows Addon + Anon's English translationfiles.catbox.moe/x1d4r5.7zap-pro.ru/forums/topic/1639-shadows-addon-08/>C-Con Modlistdocs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1GgBFCRIbc7TQ5DwWHvWaridX1G64PYoWItkLyr3pBPk/edit#gid=0
pepsiman won
>>503403570I have a broken rock...
>>503403740>>503403750
>>503403935Pepsichad forever rent free in your heads
i knew that was gonna be a controller here and i still got jumped
>>503404067We have to thank this retard, without him we wouldn't have got Metro.
>>503404067kek what an asshole
>>503403570Gordon Freeman in the flesh or, rather, in the zone
It's UP!>https://mega.nz/file/le8wHBxQ#cYPqqYA9rbeHAxm5rhAOm95rbOmkp18Gesi7WbCulwEStalker 2 is saved.
>>503403570whats it do?
>>503403430OGSR + Gunslinger
>Screw can't upgrade the Saiga D-12well, I thought the Rostok guy could do anythingwhere the fuck do I take my Saige to upgrade it?
>>503404394you didn't beat the game
>>503397631Here, video evidence of an unscripted fight between factions while i was carrying my loot to the slag heap.Now please let's see the evidence that A-Life is NOT in the game, nigger.
reminder this is a STALKER 2 GENERAL, discussion about the old stalkers and especially g*mma WILL be punished... you have been warned
performance config is UP>https://pastebin.com/ndstjat7stalker 2 is SAVED!>pic related
>>503404067pfhahahhahahah
I love how mindbroken this general is from GAMMAit's like saying "Trump" around a Starbucks employee
>>503404513>finally get a new stalker game>its shitmaybe the wish granter actually is real
>>503404672>stalker 2 """""alife""""" spawns two squads out of thin air>the spawn 5 meters apart and start shooting each other>A LIFE IS IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINI didnt know pepsiman paid shills on 4channel
Has anyone else found the DayZ references?There's 3 post cards at the Post Office where you meet Zhorik. Also there are maps of Chernarus and Livonia in STC Malachite base.
>Stolkor coll of chornobol
is gunslinger okay for first time CoP playthrough? heard mixed things about how much it changes in the game beyond gunplay
>>503404336He also had a custom wheelchair made out of a BMW M bucket seat made when he crashed his bike.He rode around the studio in his stupid wheelchair screaming at the devs like a manchild.
>>503404617I beat your mother after I assraped your father, soupcel. Now kill yourself
>>503404394darksoulseasymod.png
>>503404950Prove they spawned in.
>>503404961dont take these niggers seriously and just play what you enjoy. its a good mod.
>>503404869Pretty accurate analogy desu
Are there any russians still here, are you guys able to play the game despite the lack of localization? Genuinely curious.
>>503404394if you're going to rape the game with this shit just please fuck off to gamma or whatever fanfic mod you like
it's pretty funny to imagine how much the devs will need to scramble to fix this spawn system and to make it anywhere near as convincing as a true A-Life. We know true A-Life isn't coming, so a convincing radius spawn is unfortunately the next best thing.It seems the only thing they are able to adjust are the when/what NPCs spawn in and at whatever distance from the player. We already know that any "dynamic" NPCs dematerialize once they get out of render distance (looks like ~100m), so not only do the devs need to figure out such as system where "dynamic" NPCs don't just disappear, they also need to do that in tandem with the convincing spawn system. And this is all without them tanking CPU performance even more. I'll finish the game's story, but so long as the "Zone" is literally only the bubble existing around Skif, there is zero reason to freeroam or replay, the game world is dead if Skif isn't doing a quest.
>>503403289yes
>>503404961Vanilla stalker gunplay is so shit that I never bothered to finish any of them after SHoC without at least using arsenal overhaul.
>>503405026>heals severely nerfed>droprates severely nerfed>grenades and explosives kill you mcuh quicker >gunfire is much more lethal going both directions>AI improvements>redundant trash economy improvements>"easy mod" rope yourself
is true that russian police can kill you if they find you are playing stalker 2 in your home?
>>503405476nobut it is true that russias paying people 25 cents to leave a bad review
Gave it 3 days and I deem it satifactory, even if not perfect. I'm going in. I can almost taste the rads. Wish me luck.
>>503405307if you are going to squeal and cry like a retarded baboon with down syndrome everytime someone posts stuff that objectively improves the game you should just shut the fuck up, go bck to leddit, play the originals in vanilla or straight up kill yourself
Why does STALKER 2 have so many lies and fake information being spread about it?Is it the political thing?Like I've never seen this level of people pro and against a game just making shit up with no real evidence before.>a life isn't bugged it's just not real>a life was never real>a life is only real if I have binoculars and can see a man 500km away eating a sausage in real time>patches aren't real and games are just abandoned>devs lied about everything>If you collect 9999 vodka you can merry stelok>works fine on my pc>the game doesnt run at all>you need to use mods because beating vanilla is unfun and bad>you're a doomposter>you're on copiumLike wtf is this shit and how long will these types of posts haunt STALKER 2 discussion?God being mainstream and paid attention to sucks ass
>>503405190>OI M8 ITSA CRUMMY ANOMALY BOLLOCKS I RECKON! SUCH IS LIFE IN THE ZONE INNIT? STREWTH!Barely.
>>>/mu/124525207
it's over.>>503405623fucking mouthbreathing retard.
>>503405190Who gives a fuck about localization bratan the game is borderline unplayable some time after the halfpoint of the main quest. I got so dissapointed with этoт кэшгpeб пидopa гpиги that i just got drunk and installled vanilla SoC.
>>503404419
>>503405838Doomfags can suck it lmao
>>503405190There is Russian language option though?
>>503405856Damn. That's solid. Does Maximum mean "a lot", or are you actually immune and can stroll through toxic anomalies?
>>503405307You clearly haven't even played the game for more than ten hours if you don't think 80% of the shit on that list isn't needed. I'm at the 40 hour mark and this shit is next level broken, this entire dev team is filled with fucking idiots. What a beautiful fucking world ruined by basic bitch game design. There's fucking entry level development students that could have designed a better feeling game.
>road to 50k....now!!!!! discortrannies be seething lol
>>503405946>its there but its not working, ok?you shill for free
>>503405946wow that picture sure proves Digitalcat wrong! not.worthless retard. drink bleach you fucking copium huffer
>>503404825I have a 1070ti and the game runs more than fine with FSR framegen without the need to turn my graphics into a hideous pile of excrement.
that one thing that flash bangs you at the keycard workshop is it a poltergeist ?
>>503405838Lmao
Lets settle this once and for all: Who is the best protagonist?
odd name for a bandit
why do controllers literally take 50 buckshots to the face to kill am i supposed to upgrade my gunsam i using the wrong ammo type
>stuff that objectively improves the game
the 41% squadron is very silent after this failed uh?
>>503405684I'm a bong and just switched to the Ukrainian VO because of how shit the english is.
>>503405946You realize that all of these commands are just instructions for the npc's that are spawned in during an event, right?
>>503406164No.
>>503405838>>503405946>>503406114>>503406118I want to believe
>>503406208dont install a mutant fix mod anon, its fine to waste ALL your ammo on a single mutant that doesnt even drop anything. its good game design.
>>503406192Deg, no "OMG ZONE IS LE BEAUTIFUL WONDROUS PARADISE GIVEN TO US BY GODS" with him, just does his job and fucks off.
you guys are still playing and not waiting on the spawn fixes
>>503404975lol
>>503405118lol
>>503406382Its in the code, they obviously planned it at some point. Before they removed it from the steam page.Presumably they couldn't make it work in time
How do I turn off DoF in IWP? It looks like fucking shit when aiming down sights.
>>503406208use AP
>games is more SoC than CS they did GOOD
*micdrop*
>>503405619>>503406035grok niggers are so obvious
>>503406382this fucking cancer nigger is another copium huffer.all these behaviours are included in the spawn director bullshit configs, doesnt make it anymore like the original A-life. you will see the next patch GSC delivers, will change almost NOTHING.you will STILL not see stalkers travel across the map. you will STILL not see stories unfold. you will STILL not see npc persistence.
>>503406605kill yourself
>>503406454I'm not even halfway through the game, I made it to the third area only, I've been unironically just having fun visiting every single spot on the map that looks man made, which is what I did in the old games as well. By the time I actually move the story forward a patch or two might've dropped before Christmas.
>>503406192Uhhhh... sister? Haven't you forgotten someone?
>>503405838so A-Life is exactly as it was in the old stalker games. good to know that gammatards haven't actually played the originals.
>>503406192I concur with the other anon. The Major is my favourite.
>>503406605Trvthnvke
>>503405127what does this picture mean
>>503406650soup niggers are so obvious>>503406605*micdrop*
>>503406761>>503406671
>>503404394dead
>>503406192Degtyarev has no competition.
>>503406605The fact that everyone describes the game with the meme that comes straight out of the Chernobyl tv series is the cherry on top.
>>503406192Strelok>>>>Scar>DegThe games are SoC>>>>CoP>CS though
zKEKS
>>503400313Gamma is better than s2
>>503406880you should go back where you belong, gamma nigger
>>503406761>muh gammatardsrent free you fucking nigger.>t. never played gamma OR anomaly
>>503406382If we have to believe that the current spawn system is a placeholder then its probably a placeholder put in there for a good reason, as in whatever they planned to do didn't work at all and was an even worse idea then whatever its in place right now, from what i seen Stalker 2 is full of quests all over the map, its basically not a game that is intended to be dynamic, unless they eventually plan to make a DLC that removes all the story mode and only leaves the map and some sandbox ala Anomaly then there is no way that is credible.
>>503406605This. So much this.
>>503406454There is no point in exploring the world like there would be with a simulated ecosystem, but I still want to see the story unfold.
the game constantly crashes for me. ive tried everything. constantly get unreal engine crashes after the tutorial and entering the first stalker town not far from the cave.ive tried DDU reinstall driversive updated windows and biosive verified integrity of filesi reinstalled the entire gamei changed all settings back to defaulti turned off FSR and Frame generationI limited the FPS to 60.I turned down the settings despite running the game fine on higher settings.Nothing fixes it.>average steam forum user: dID yOu rEsTaRt YoUr CoMpUtEr?I guess i can't play the game. sadge.for reference my PC is 7600 Ryzen and 7800 XT. inb4 >AMD
All of the people talking about how the game basically just collapses in on itself after a certain story mission makes me glad that I've just been spending the last 2 days ignoring the main story to just explore the map.Just visiting random locations and trying to find all of the loot and other interesting shit there has unironically been a lot of fun for me.
>>503406605Bro you literally can't even remap your flashlight key. It's fucking trash
>>503407242what the fuck is up with those sausage fingers?
>>503406605Wow. Would upvote TWICE if i could!Bravo, take my gold, master of the zone.
>>503404394It's UP!>https://mega.nz/file/cOtiUIRC#rGJDT0dAzcpA-rDUfKi0jxggi867pB9xf8gqmGCQjbc
>>503406893kill yourself redditor
>>503407302google image search fails me again
>>503407004you should go back to where you belong, soup nigger
>doing 5 life iron-man of gamma story to see how far I can get Its going as well as you think
>>503407396GAMMA?
an we objectively say that anomaly was a big mistake?
>>503407242are you on GOG? try the steam version
>>503404394> reduced items lootingwhy?
>>503407396Thank you for your service
>>503407745im on the steam version friend
They really put Liz Truss in the game, true triple A experience
>>503407631it objectively makes the game better.besides the armor update change maybe, that's debatable. but its still progressionlocked, so not gamebreaking
>>503407749there are waaaaay too many consumables anyway, you probably won't notice
1070 ti chads, how is it looking for us?
>>503407794I'm sorry to hear that, for me the GOG was crashing a lot and I switched to steam and now I play comfortably. I can't help you further.
>>503407730based on the reaction to stalker 2 it was the biggest mistake
>>503407820REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESPOILERSREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Me? I'm having a blast.
>>503407975There is a second zone south of Ukraine.
All I'm getting from these threads is that gamers don't deserve video games anymore and they should fire the guy who removed the mention of A life from the store page since he created infinite drama by doing so.Also Anomaly and Gamma being allowed to stay standalone and f2p and not require CoP/ or the trilogy installed, was such a huge fucking mistake by GSC it's not even funny.>>503406596I'd argue with the constant spawns, respawns and fighting it feels more like Clear Sky than Shadow of Chernobyl, though with the enemy dots being invisible so you never know who's anywhere until they're on your ass.
>spend all my money on a shotgun>find it out in the world 2 minutes later
Is it worth playing any of the original games vanilla or should I just play Stalker: Anomaly? Waiting for the devs to fix the post SIRCAA content in 2.
>>503407925Playing with 60-80fps with FSR framegen on medium, can't complain too much.
>>503408190Play vanilla CoP as a first game and i say this sincerely.
>>503408068The zone is truly merciless
I am enjoying myself. I like the environment, it's nice to see the zone in high fidelity.
>>503408190play vanilla soc
why the FUCK is there a cat constantly talking in the background during the red forest? the fucker wont shut up even during cutscenes, really takes me out of it.
>>503408065The state of this post, straight out of Reddit>>503408190Yes, regardless of what you play you will have a much better experience than 2 since 2 is not a Stalker game no matter how much shills want to defend it
>>503407749I think it's Grok's mod that reduces amount of shit you can find (to prevent you running around with 30 medkits in starter zone).>>503407396I suggest pairing this with readable ammo mod for convenience>https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/147
>>503408226>framegenYou didn't see the game.
I know it sound crazy but what if GSC use Creation Engine 2 instead UE5, would it make it better or worse? Serious question.
>>503407559I belong here, unlike gamma niggers
>>503408319It's a beautiful and intriguing world. The game part of it blows donkey dick.
>>503408190I don't really remember SoC that well cause I played it ages ago, but I can wholeheartedly recommend CoP. Shit's gud.
>>503408440I see it fine, you seem to be upset that you overpaid for a GPU though.
>>503408190Play vanilla stalker and then realize after 10 minutes why most people play modded and why almost any good mod has gunslinger
>>503408440my PC already gets 90-100 most of the time I'm just using framegen to get to my monitor's refresh rate :)
>>503408475TES6 is gonna be a pile of casualized dogshit.
Is stealth even possible? I tried going through the Sphere stealthy and literally the first room with human enemies has them noootice you as soon as you drop in. Even after that if it was PITCH BLACK the enemy would still detect me down a hallway and start shooting.
IT'S HERE
>>503408367road to 50k soon tranny lmao
>>503408475They should have used Source 2.
>>503408475The only thing missing from this game is true A-Life and nothing about UE would stop them from implementing that. Maybe it would have been easier to copy-paste the original code if they were using an X-Ray successor.
>>503408065You have more connection to a farmhouse swine than a son of Adam.
>>503408549>>503408580Poor+broke cope
>>503408632Yeah stealth is pretty good in this game. Turn off your flashlight btw.
>>503408791It was off.
>it's ANOTHER we killed all the traders and techs in this area after having you use nearly all your ammo areaHoly fucking shit that's like the third or fourth time.
>>503408226good to know, how's you gpu heat looking during all that?
>>503408751I doubt consoles have enough processing power to simulate AI 100s of meters away if they are struggling to get 30 FPS as is.Which is the whole fucking reason why so much shit was dumbed down in the first place, right? Discordniggers were laughing at me for saying this.
>compiling shaders
>>503408751The game itself stops A-Life for ever being a thing, its a story game chock full of secondary quests with fast travel, not made to have shit happening around aside from the occasional spawn to wake up the player, as i said before they would need to strip away the entire story/cutscenes and what have you to have something like that make sense.
>>503408940It's at 70C max, I keep it capped at 80% power.
is anyone getting a bug where if you try to use a quick access item like a medkit or energy drink, it wont actually use the item? ive had medkits not go off until after 4 or even 5 uses... feels like nobody else is experiencing this but idk
>>503408190Play vanilla trilogy first.Anomaly and Gamma are best served as your infinite freeplay STALKER experience after you've already fully enjoyed the vanilla trilogy.CoP is the most feature completeSoC is the best atmosphere in my opinionClear Sky is my personal favorite but highly considered the black sheep of the franchise due the ending being bad and the constant combat of the war and having the buggiest launch of the three>>503408367>everyone I don't like is redditNigger I still don't have an account there after all these years so I don't know what the fuck they're saying except the screenshots people bring to /sg/ that could be fake for all I know>>503408752Lol what
>>503408786seethe>>503408959Original STALKER could run on a pentium 4 that isn't an excuse.
>>503408959Console CPUs will shit themselves, there is some merit to that idea.
>>503409038pussy
>>503409038fair enough. thanks for the info anon, just have to give it a good thonk now if I want to commit
>>503409000nigga...[SystemSettings]r.PSOWarmup.WarmupMaterials=0
>>503408959Anon, "simulate" is running some numbers to see if stalker #69 at coordinates x50.1915951:y81.191599 dies, picks up an item, fights another stalker, etc based on their locations. Its numbers rolling dice to see if they do very simple tasks. There's absolutely nothing preventing a modern console from doing such things.
>>503409067Sometimes the quick item button doesn't use the item, the jank in this game can strike any time and anywhere.
the port of dd2 is fucking dogshit on pc to this day , will stalker 2 be fixed next month?
>>503409310does this skip the compiling? isn't that whole shader business important for seeing things?
I miss old /sg/I liked the newfags back then playing SoC on master just because we told them too
>>503409460no, im praying ukraine gets nuked now
>>503409483I still don't understand how Master works...
>>503405118
>>503409483master was deboonked years ago although I was one of those that got memed
>>503409158Original stalker had its a-life kneecapped as well.
Just go across the entire fucking map for a side mission bro. All of those blue marks are the same side mission, by the way.
>>503409401thats the offline part. the important parts are persistence and hearing or witnessing stuff a 100m out, like you used to be able to.which are way more taxing than whatever the hell you described.
>>503404394which discord server is this from?
>>503409483SoC Master was just a meme?
its clear who here played vanilla soc and who didn't
>>503409470The game only needs to compile shaders on the first run, all the other shit after that is just a fuckup.
>>503409648Would be kino with a-life.
>>503409639And this is simpler even than that, they could have implemented the offline/online simulation. Console CPUs are good enough to handle it they're basically Ryzen 3600s.
>>503409604pic rel>>503409632same here. but it wasn't horribly difficult if I recall correctly. it was fine.
>>503409648take your time bro
>>503409868I read itI still don't understand how master works....
I don't get it, how will this game teach us about proper Marxist-Leninism?
>>503409648Based there and back again chads.
>>503408959A pentium 4 could do it in 2007
why don't all you whining faggots get a-life?
>>503409942It won't, they cut all the communist iconography. No kino soviet mosaics for you.
>>503409972kino
i just raged quit at this part where you search the dig site looked like a gun was floating in the air and killed me
>>503409717gamma discord, stalker 2 modding section.there are a bunch of really cool guys there just looking to do QoL and balance fixes, and this is mostly a compilation of their work.
>>503405623Simple. GSC abused the Russo-Ukrainian war in the STALKER 2 marketing. This resulted in a large amount of war mongers latching onto the game. Now that it's out, you're experiencing the full swing of their retardation. The pro-Ukrainian side will make up any lie to say that it's the most perfect game ever made. The pro-Russian side will make up any lie to say that it's the absolute worst game ever made.They were doing it when talking about their "teams" in their "sport" for the last three years, and now they've decided that STALKER 2 is another field to contest at the detriment of people that don't give a shit about the politics and only want to play the game. If you were to expunge both of those sides from this thread it'd become 1000x better in an instant.
>>503410092so gammakeks are just armafags?
>>503410092proof that gamma is troon+zoomer shit
>>503409401They can't handle the current system that literally spawns at best two squads around the player, imagine it also trying to store the info of every squad that leaves the online bubble while some other squads enter it
>>503410092gamma discord is full of trannie niggers
>>503409624This literally has nothing to do with A-Life.
why they cannot optimize the game so people with series 10 can play the game thus getting more sales?
Is this the fun kind of hard mode, or the bulletsponge kind?
>>503410381Obviously.Because its from Stalker 2, which doesn't have a-life
>>503410381Yes because there is none is Far Cr- i mean Stalker 2
>>503410381youre right, because it doesnt exist.
>>503410092>this makes the soupcels cope and seethe
>>503410436None of those are balanced anyway, might as well play on Rookie.Or Veteran if you wanna install mods.
>>503410436instead of bulletsponge you get increased repair costs and decreased quest rewards
>>503410436bulletsponge and antifunyou get less roubles, sell for less roubles, do less damage, and perhaps even get more wear, its a bad hardmode
>crying about muh alife when it was so fucking barebones in SoC that you could hardly see it existingive played through soc 4 times and every single time all the same NPCs are just standing there doing the same fucking things, the same enemies in the same areas
>>503409930In case of SoC, Master gives you no extra protection and no extra damage. The disappearing bullets myth that started the Master myth was due to the Makarov, your very first gun, being so weak and so inaccurate, that it couldn't hit shit from point blank distance.
>>503410436Every mode is bullet sponge
>>503410475>>503410504>>503410518I laughed
>>503410381True.
>>503410639Still not playing Far Cry 2
>>503410639Even if you were right (and you're not), that's no excuse for the current system
>>503410794Far Cry 2 was pure ludo, if your game is like FC2 that's a good thing.
>>503410639I have played through SoC vanilla 0 times and do not share your observations.
>>503410794>>503410785tell your discord to send more troops troons >road to 50k any hour now..ack!!!
>>503410126So when the war ends when trump ends it these posts will stop?>>503410436Mutants are absurdly tanky and want AP rounds and drop no loot.Humans are easy to kill, you can tank many attacks even nude.Loots is more scarce but STALKER 2 dumps loot on you so it's not bad.Repair costs and quest reward amounts are fuckedAll in all it's still easier than master from the trilogy though but I can't really recommend it. I'm only doing it vanilla hard because I'm autistic
>>503410870Thanks for the red circle, would have missed that.
alright. how do I go down after grabbing Nestor's stash?
A thought about how A-Life in the trilogy worked.Technically Sims 3 did something similar. You had the pre-defined Sims and townies living out their lives in the background as you played your chosen family since the entire neighborhood was loaded at once. You had the "offline A-Life" where it would all play out as background logic, and the "online A-Life" where you'd go to another lot, for example a community lot, where other Sims and townies would load in, interact with each other and your Sims, and your Sims could interact with them.I think it's a good allegory of what A-Life was meant to be.
>>503410895Clearing out a checkpoint and having everyone spawn back in when you turn your back sucks
>>503410012OHHHHHHHH
>>503410915+150 hryvnia
>>503410915They lied to you and you still shill for them. Kys retarded faggot.
>>503410915Everyone who isn't 100% fully on board with every change in the game is a> Discord Tranny> Zigger> Trump Supporter> Grok
>>503410794>>503410504>calling a game far cry 2 is supposed to be an insult when far cry 2 was an amazing game and only far cry 3 onward became ubislop that ubisoft would copy paste foreverI don't understand
>>503403663my first save corrupted in the first 10 minutes of gameplay. no issues again yet, but this is a real issue
>>503411067Sorry, I don't do allegories, try with hamburger analogies.
Is there a way to hide hud in Clear Sky?
>>503411226What isn't far cry 2?
I don't get the appeal of sitting here making bad faith post after bad faith post for literal hours because you don't like thing.
>>503411226Far Cry 2 had awful spawns as well
>>503410536>trying this hardit's okay grok, I'm gamma 2 will make zoomers cum their pants
Anyone know what the old key is for?
>>503411226Far Cry 2 =/= Stalker but thats what they made. Hope this helps a little, slownon.
>>50340792560 fps usually and drops into 30s in the townsbut i think it goes back up
>>503411380Adding 'Acting in Bad Faith' to the list>>503411169
>>503411440But this entirely STALKER beyond 1 system which isn't make or break for the game.
Comparing Stalker 2 to FarCry2 is an insult to FarCry2.This is just Fallout 4 survival mode: Ukraina edition
>>503411226I don't play Ubislop, the only good games they ever developed were some of the Rayman games and Silent Hunter 3, their modern titles are some stinky slop worse than the stuff that even EA shits out, the new Stalker just reminds me of Far Cry in particular, not necessarily Far Cry 2 but certainly the modern ones.
>>503411380>>503411581There is no appeal you retarded faggot. We were promised a stalker sequel and all we got was an activision open world slop of a game. You wouldnt understand or care because you are a retarded faggot.
>>503411523I have a 4090 and it's -30 fps in the hubs. It's just a thing.
>>503411408>nooooo you cant make the game better you HAVE to play vanilla with fucked up economy, bloodsuckers tanking 80 bullets etc etc>muh gammahow retarded are you? kill yourself
>>503411737post hand
>not being able to play in 4K 60 FPSReal poorfag hours. Shilling my video because these nuts -> your mouth.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCCUf3lOFb8
>>503411915I have blue veins you hook nosed rat. I am whiter, richer, and smarter than you.
>>503411901that'll convince em grok!
>>503411737It's "activision slop" because enemies spawn too close sometimes and the npcs don't walk outside and get eaten by dogs or walk into anomalies so you can loot them for free so immersive.I have a good system so maybe that helps but I've not had anything gamebreaking happen to me and otherwise the game feels just like stalker to me.
>>503411396Indeed but STALKER 2 will either officially patch those or have them fixed via mods.I'm gonna replay far cry 2 while I wait on STALKER 2's story corruption stuff to be fixed honestly and just keep exploring and skipping story for now in STALKER 2.>>503411737God it's a sin what the castlevania show became isn't it>>503411901In my autistic opinion every game should be beaten vanilla before modding at least once. (Except bugfixes or performance mods). But I'm not your mom and neither is any other anon, do what makes you happy anon
>>503411737This is just schizo word salad. Activision hasn't even released an open world game since prototype 2.
>>503411737the nostalgia trap is painful and depressing yeah?
>>503410929It'll definitely slow down hard and I'm looking forward to finally see it gone from the news cycle. Remember, if for example Serbia invaded Croatia, they'd have the same amount of vitriol towards anything Serbian. Those people are just full of hate and they latch onto wars as means of publicly venting it with impunity.
>>503406945SoC>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>CS>CoPDeg>Scar>Strelok
>>503412165>Indeed but STALKER 2 will either officially patch those or have them fixed via mods.Maybe, but now you understand the comparison.
nafo game lost lol
>no rebinding>Z and C to leanhave these Ukrainian retards played a video game before?
BUILDO SOUL OVERLOAD
>>503412097cope and seethe, soupcel.
>>503412151Its activision slop because they couldnt improve on something they made 17 years ago, faggot>>503412165Fell off hard after the first season unfortunately >>503412197Id tell you to suck my dick but youd probably enjoy that
>>503412492Its a console game, please understand
>>503412570>they couldnt improve on something they made 17 years agoYou'd be crying it was too different if they did.
>>503412492no wait, there is rebinding I'm just blind lmao.
>>503412049i meant because i can tell youre a woman you retard
>>503412492You can rebind those keys. I put Q and E to lean and moved my quick use items to Z and C instead.
>>503412523AHHHHHHH IT LOOKS SO COOL
>>503412702You can't rebind your flashlight hotkey
>>503412679Coping with made up scenarios wontbmake the game better
>>503412926speaking of the flashlight. are there upgrades, or am I stuck with this dim piece of shit?
Don't go off the road when you go through Red Forest
>>503412921stalker oven vore
what's the deal with the blueprint flashdrives? do I have to keep them or are they automatically applied once picked up?
>>503412926that hotkey is so annoying it cancels the flashlight animation most times
Call me when they fix the AI spawn radius.
>>503413026You're stuck with the piece of shit for now
FUCKING AMERICANS IN MY GAME?????
>>503413203American blacks arent that black, more likely hes swedish
How do I check what upgrades a given weapon has? I'm worried I'll forget I upgraded one and then swap it out with an non-upgraded weapon of the same type.
I have no respect for anyone using English Voices btw
>>503407396
>>503412757lmao if I care to remember ill post my T after my check up next month (I can afford bloodwork at the doctors bc im not a poor aids ridden faggot)
>>503413330>Swedish-American NATO soldier speaking UkroRussianBravo GSC
>>503413203unironically how long till a mod that replaces every nigger in the zone?
>>503408646Where.
Should I kill Roosevelt? Shah? Both? Varan? All three? What gives the best rewards? I noticed there's a vendor in the Shah's place with a red icon that I can't access. Does that guy have anything good?
>>503412165Why? So I can brag to my virtual 4chan buddies about it? I want to maximize my playtime and have fun, not get some imaginary achievement. Plus NONE of these mods are game breaking or massive changes.>mutant health nerfedfor example, why the fuck do I need to spend dozens of shells for a single bloodsucker? explain.
>>503413596https://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-improved-weapon-pack/addons/akm-and-ak-74n-addonIf you want to wait for moddb to update and here if you don'thttps://drive.google.com/file/d/1Q3q3TeIFEk0fpNTcfh-afY88LT0Dp_WS/view
>>503404394>remove all modsEven performance ones?
>>503404394Why bother saving a shit game. This community is turning into Bethestards.
>>503407820>that hairfuck TAA and what it's done to graphics
>>503413764no. performance mods are just engine ini tweaks, those are compatible.
>randomly stumble on an area where I guy gives me a package for Shah>now I have a 4kg quest item and don't know what to do with it because I haven't started any of the main quests in Garbage yetCool.
>>503413808so do you only play vanilla trilogy since those are the only things untouched by users' hands?
>>503413932Vanilla trilogy is good that's why most mods are overhauls or completely new experiences based on the already good games. As soon as you see mods being made to literally fix the game for the devs, we have entered Bugthesda territory.
ENOUGH WITH THE GREEN RADSTORMS
>>503414049>old stalker mods were never fixesfucking delulu
>>503413607if talk to the optional duty guy he'll give you a silent way into the commisary and roosevelt will pay you off with money and a lootable 100% cracker not sure if theres a similar route for the freedom guy
without spoiling too much are monolith still the main baddies
>>503414049The early mods for any moddable game will always be this way because they're the lowest hanging fruit. Nobody is putting out new weapons or major system conversions just days after release.
>>503414049>Clear Sky is good
hows the g36? stats seem good, scope is good by default as well.
Could anyone who's found Malachite tell me where it is on the map? I got a key to enter it from a side quest in the chemical plant but I have no idea where it is and I don't want to bumble around until I randomly find it.
where is the office mentioned in this key, can't find it lol
why is this game so fucking boring like they seriously couldn't add a radhorse or radbike to make traversing their empty ue5 popin landscape a bit less terrible?
>>503414153No shit there are bug fix mods but most other mods were made for fun, not to fix the game for the devs. Except CS I guess >>503414272
>>503413808>why make something bettercan you fucking narrowminded, braindamaged, regressed, archaic, obsolete boomer faggots just gtfo
>>503414049nigga usually the first mods to come out days after release are always bug fixes because some nerd sitting at his pc will work faster than almost all devs
>>503414327>why is this game so fucking boringNo A-Life xD
>>503414426the grogs have sat stewing in this general praying for 2 to be shit for a decadeit's all they have
This car seems a bit large (Or Gunslinger is a manlet)
>>503414327i think there will be arms race to make the first best car or bike mod. This game is ripe for it with the fully open world. I am waiting on it unironically ( and the spawn fix )
Who's the retard who said emissions were only during scripted sequences?
>>503414575That is a legitimate complaint.
>>503414269>>503414464>>503414575You're talking about a STALKER game that has no fucking binoculars. You know that right?
>>503414652How about people focus on racing to get a flashlight mod out
>>503414304anyone? also asking again about blueprints because I got one sitting in my inventory doing nothing
>>503413706I'm not your mom anon.I said in MY AUTISTIC opinion one should play a game completely vanilla first to experience the devs "vision" gay or not fun or not to really know what they wanted, then modify it to one's tastes so one doesn't give the devs credit for things they didn't do or intend. IE what anomaly and Gamma fans are currently experiencing as they learn they liked mod stuff not original STALKER stuff.But AGAIN I'm not your mom, I'm random text on your screen, stop seeking validation from anons and just do what makes you happy anon. I'm not arguing with you or even defending or attacking STALKER 2. Please go in peace and have a nice day.
>>503414327get out more
>>503414272it's the best game of the original 3
>>503414701Don't worry bro they're gonna flip on the A-Life button soon, surely.
14 hours in and only seen four emissionsafter sphere, after visiting the chemical plant, after aggroing the bullshit mutant in the swamp and one other one I forget where
>>503415032That's a pretty fair amount for 14 hours imo
>>503415032thats quite a few for that time isnt it
>>503415012It will never happen. To believe anything else is delusion.
>>503414304Pretty goodOr at least it's better than the 416 by milesBetter stats by default, more shit you can upgrade, and like you said it comes with a nice scope (one of the upgrades is replacing it with a pic rail you can throw a holographic on, but I have no idea why you would do that outside of just liking the aesthetic)
>>503411268Yeah I nearly lost a 9 hour save. The trick works though and I even got to reset my death counter lol
>>503414272YesClear sky is my favorite STALKERT. Newfag that beat them all last monthThe ending was ass and I'm sure if I played at launch the crashes and bugs would've sucked but I really liked faction wars as a system and how alive and active the Zone felt.
>>503415032I've not even gotten past the garbage and I've had about 5 emissions, the last one was when I was just walking around collecting stashes so they're definitely random.
>>503415185Holy based!
Sleep deprivation must be bugged. I got one sleep deprivation notification then it instantly disappeared and I never got it again.
>>503415185Faction wars is why I'm expecting clear skies to be my favorite
>>503413808All it need is a-life.The setting and gunplay is good
>>503413590soon then it gets removed from nexus
>>503407242Try loading an older save
some of these anomalies are cool as fuck
>get vector>want to use it cause it's cool>ripper is better in every conceivable way besides mag sizerip
>>503415413and a fuckton of balance changes.and a fuckton of new weapons.
>the NATO shit vendor and the Warsaw shit vendor hate each other and badmouth each other openly and loudlySOVL
>>503415185Yeah I loved how every quest would have a 50% chance of bugging out and soft locking that was really great.
>>503415413But it won't get that. It will get an increased radius *maybe* if the Xbox S can handle it.
>>503412568you're doing great grok :)
>>503406986wow this is real
>>503415413There's a lot that needs fixed, keep playing. The first half of the game almost feels like a near finished product. The second half the train falls off the rails and the game turns into a clown fest.
>>503415480Big fan of the new lavas spewing one Surprised the hell outta me
thoughts on the story anons? Is it fucking ubishit slop or actually credible?
>>503415657I heard someone else say this, what changes?
So obviously this games got some big reasons to hate itBut what do you like about Stalker 2 so far?
Has anyone make stalker 2 real weapons name mod yet?
Does anyone know why in OLR 2.5 Vector of Alienation my ammo gets randomly unequipped? has happened like 8 times now
>>503415876Anomalies are top tier
>>503415904https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/110
well now I just need that max radiation artifact
>>503415876I like the world design generally, some of the gunplay, hunting for artifacts. But I stopped playing because of the AI issues. There is only so much AI spawning behind me I can handle.
>>503415876Lightning is cool as fuck. I really like the thunderstorms.
>>503415718slop, the reasoning for why the mc entered the zone is retarded>muh house>muh washing machinelol
>>503415532Mods have mostly fixed balance already, and it doesn't 'need' new weapons, but they will surely be modded too
>>503416152sounds relatabull ))))what else?
>>503415876I like the map and the way everything looks. Shooting feels good.
>>503416015A grenade fixed that right up for me. The other trick is to sprint and jump right over them.
Where do I get good suits?The Chimera is almost one shotting me
>>50341615220 hours in I don't understand why Skif is even thereSome weird artifact blew up his apartment so he took it to the zone and then set up some scanners and then got trapped?
>>503416261money
>>503409483>>503409868im forever glad i got memed into it, SoC in Stalker is piss easy, veteran is decent if you don't like quickloading
There a good master difficulty mod yet?
>>503416217>no an94>only like 2 ak variants>none of the unique weapons really stand out>snipers/scopes are utterly useless thanks to 20m radius gamedirector "a-life 2.0"yeah, it does.
>>503416227i dunno, i havent bothered playing since i figured out a life was a lie. requested refund on gog so we'll see what happens.>>503416261thats what i understood>>503416297no.
>>503415559My pentium 4 could handle it, some modder who is less retarded than the devs will fix it if they don't
>STALKER is an infamously jank and buggy game series known for particularly buggy and jank launches>STALKER 2 launches jank and buggy>everyone is suprised for some reasonDoes everyone live in some bizarro world where humans change and don't just do the same thing until they die?Where do you guys get these expectations? What game devs are you seeing that learn and evolve? Please give me their names I wanna play their games.>>503415876I like stashes alot in STALKER 2 actually, I like how often they encourage using bolts to bait anomalies then to jump/sprint past.I like look of storms and emissions.Guns feel nice overall.Music is nice and guitar playing is neat if a bit more involved than I'd like.
>>503416367The AN-94 is a meme gun
>>503416261I think he wanted the crystal thing to start glowing or some shit again so he could sell it for giga money outside the zone. So he met a guy to recharge it or some shit but it ended up being stolen with the scanner.
>get Saiga>you may now magdump buckshot into mutantsand just like that, the spongey mutants are no longer a problemI still hope they nerf the mutant health though because I think it's lame to require a specific weapon to be used by the player at all times
>>503416369>nohe's there because he needs to recharge the artifact for it to be worth anything, how is that not money?
>>503416367dont forget, no mosin or sks but plenty of mp5s! take that putler.
Anyone else have Akopyan disappear from Slag when you get close to get the reward from him for finishing his quest?
>>503415747Basically you get a lot more interactions with the "director" system, and you get to see how broken the AI is and how bad the combat ends up being. Game flow goes out the window, if you are not modding your game to alleviate some glaring issues you will find yourself without trader or repairs for vast stretches of the game, main quests become a slog of healing yourself constantly between reloads because the combats so fucked. Certain mutants can take 150+ rounds to put down. It's where your honey moon phase wears off with the game and you start to see how badly designed it is, and this isn't just bugs, it's bad game design. A lot of this shit is just straight glaringly "we didn't play test this and it's fucking AWFUL to experience" levels of bad.
>>503416592eh having a shotgun for mutants has pretty much always been a mandatory thing
>>503416663you niggers act like the mp5 hasnt always been everywhere in stalker
>>503416765way to ignore the other half of the post you ugly, retarded faggot
>>503416261I'm far enough into the game that i think it's starting to hint Skif is not who he seems.
>>503416432Illiterate anon!
>>503416746yeah, but the Saiga outclasses all the other shotguns for simply being semi-auto which would matter less if bloodsuckers only needed 2 buckshot to die, but they need 4-5 shots on normal making any pump action worthless in comparison
Thinking of replaying CoP. Did anyone ever make a good overhaul mod for it or is it still just MSO and whatever graphical/weapon mods you want?
>>503416697I've actually stopped playing already I don't wanna touch the game until it gets updates.
>tab out to type something up>game director decides to spawn a pack of shitIt's happening every time now. Seriously, just go stand next to a road and go browse something on your other monitor, the game will spawn something next to you.Wow so alive.
>>503417159Ever done Gunslinger?
Goddamn... Guess I'm due for an upgrade.
>>503416572>1800 rpm low recoil AK>memeit has the highest DPS of any automatic in Stalker if you dont count 308 / 56R meme guns.
>>503412523what mod?
>>503405623the original a-life system is literally not in this game, the "a-life 2.0" is a fallout 4 esque auto spawner. >a-life is only real if you can use binoculars to spot enemiesyes. snipers too. it's a persistent game-state that does not require the player present.
>>503416867None of those other guns have ever been in stalker though...
>>503417248If you have frame gen on I had the same problem until I changed global illumination to epic
>>503417248use performance config you retard
>>503417291he means it's a meme gun IRL, which is true, but so is the f2000, desert eagle and groza.
You can tell they stopped testing right after Garbage, that's when everything starts falling apart. Pacing is shit, subtitles stop working, music cuts off in multiple zones.Hope you remembered to pull everything you needed from your shared stash because they just forget about the concept for awhile.
how is the quest to save zalissya this fucked?
Just beat clear sky, was alright. Last few levels were a ASS pain. FUCK monolith, all my niggas HATE monolith. Starting CoP now, what am I in for? Going full vanilla, no mods since I heard CoP is relatively bug free
>Piggers hate Russia so much they wont put any russian guns in the game!...except the Ak74, Ak74U, PMM, Kiparis, IZh-27, Saiga, SVD, AS Val, VSS, PKM, Bizon, Groza, and RPG7It's a miracle you niggers can remember how to breathe
>>503417459it is, but its nice ingame. the only downside is fast degradation.
>>503417519apparently all the defense missions are bugged so i'm just going to wait for a patch, was the quest to talk with the professor from wild island fucked for you as well?
just realised thiswheres the encyclopedia/bestiary?
>>503416228it's crazy how well they matched the art style to the old games, it's like just an upscaled version of them
>>503417807This ain't that kinda game anon
whats the lore behind this again?
>>503417628god will you shut the fuck up sign up for storm z or some shit already you fuckhead
>>503417807what are you a gamma fag? features are for hardcore players who dont like true STALKER
>not putting the MSBS Grot in the game>puts some literally who Israeli rifle in the game insteadSo much for the "brotherhood".
>>503417582CoP, just like the other Stalker games turns into insane fucking dogshit at the last 5% as the Slav does his utmost best to keep you away from the ending and credits.Stalker 2 starts that at like 50% of the way.
>>503417582Sell artifacts is the new economy to follow. Guns aren't worth much much comparatively. Sleep to have emissions happen to respawn artifacts.Reload saves to restock merchants.Bandits are default friendly which is weird.>>503416942List the devs that learn and evolve over time damn you. I want more game recs
>>503417718yea. i loaded an old save to try to go from zalissya to his location but since the defense quest is bugged and you walk far away they die anyway so im trying to find another way to get the main quest location or go to rookie village without getting close to zalissya
>>503417974>puts some literally who Israeli rifle in the game insteadthey license produce their own tavors in Ukraine moron
>>503416663>>503416867He was right to ignore it, it's fucking retarded>Why didn't they add these specific guns that were never in the vanilla games and are only obsessed over by secondaries who have never touched the series outside of mods?>Must be because of their overwhelming spite for Russia!
>>503416432This outrage is 50% fake and 50% zoomers who don't know anything about anything.
>>503417582CoP is very exploratory, you can go at your own pace, factions start neutral with you, and there are a lot of RPG-like hand crafted side missions which are pretty fun. The maps are fewer but pretty packed and fun to explore. A-life system probably most advanced and stable of the three games. Base weapons vs. upgraded is better balanced than CS. Artifact hunting is fun. Overall very good game.
>new character on modded play through >prologue>shove everything i found into the vault before planting beacon >skip cutscene and grab my shit >ar15 and shotgun I found are missing but everything else is there >ar15 is replaced with some t2 machine pistol that lens doesn’t have the ability to upgrade Well that was weird
>wilhelm scream at the anomalous tornado
>>503418226>promise intended feature>lie about it>gaslight veterans into believing they will add it or it was never a good thingfuck off
>swap weapons>svd just appears in that slot where a shotgun was >and now there's an svu-mk s-3 in my bag
>>503415876I like almost everything. I just want>NVGs/Binos >fixed balance A-life. I'm sure we'll get that soon but I want it NOW instead of February when it's likely.
>>503418182under the Viktor Yanukovych government no less
>>503416432ur a fucking retarded nigger anonpeople dont care about bugs, they care about gsc lying about a crucial stalker feature (a life)
>>503417248This is most likely stuttering as the game is loading shit in. I don't experience this with my 3d card because it's already cached.
>>503418660>Muh false advertisingAnon, A-life is right in their short term roadmap for patching. Shut the FUCK up and go play something else for awhile.
>>503418471It's something to do with Controllers and whatever coding abomination they wrote for the illusion spawns. Every time I get near one for the first time one of my weapons gets replaced with a random busted weapon.
>stalker 2>removed: a-life, binoculars, nightvision, anything happening beyond 100m player distance, mod tools>added: black people
>>503418838u cant patch waht isnt there. we will NEVER have a-life experience like CoP.
>>503418928Added women too
>>503418838This is cope. "A-life" has been nuspeak redefined as left 4 dead spawn director, the system from the old games is not and WILL NEVER be in Stalker 2 no matter how much you seethe+cope+dilate also ywnbaw.
>>503418358>>503418660>I believe online posters over the devs because ???No one can prove shit in any direction, everyone is talking out their ass and posting code snippets they can't actually prove how they function.Literally leave and report GSC if you think they're scamming you faggot, instead of spouting nonsense over and over online.
>>503418838>so what if you paid us full price WE DON'T OWE YOU ANYTHING AT LAUNCHlol
>>503417240No, it wasn't even finished last I checked. I thought it was just a weapons/animation overhaul.
>the only people defending ruskie shits are...ameriturds you cannot make this shit up lmao
>>503419109is this your first game launch in the current year?
>>503419071They absolutely could.They probably won't though.
>>503419071>we will NEVER have a-life experience like CoP.Good. I want something better. OG A-Life is a thin illusion that only serves to effectively randomize the lootpools carried by STALKERs. The new system with a wider range and more persistence would be fine.
>>503419195>fully buckbroken into accepting dogshit releasesyou like that huh, you nasty girl
Man Stalker 2's UI is fucking dogshit.-How do I know if a single piece suit (ie SEVA, Bulat) is actually better than my separate suit and gas mask? There's no way to see how the separate pieces stack.-Are artefacts like Slug/Mica etc that have "radio protection - weak" actually protecting me from environmental radiation, or just cancelling out other artefact radiation? Or both? How does this work?-Why does the ammo counter, quick slot etc disappear, I hate that shit, I want that information to remain visible at all timesOther than stuff like that I am having a good time with this game. I played the OG on release and this is basically just exactly what that was, but the 2024 version. I will admit I don't know how or why it took them 14 fucking years, but it's a decent game. Not mind blowing, but it's not shit.
>>503419315I could show you some nasty dead ziggers with more bugs than anything in Stalker 2
>>503418850Both of these are yellow, and i haven't even seen a svu-mk yet. I haven't fought a controller in 2 hours. That svu is actually a massive upgrade.
>>503419259just go play fallout 4
All right so these threads are dead until Trump ends the gay Ukranian vs Russian war so all the shills can leave, got it. Holy shit I hope you're all paid well to blindly shill for or against like this jesus.
>oh no I got scammed by the people from the most corrupt country on earth>how could this happen to me?
>Trump will save us
>>503419321console gaming and its consequences
So let me understand correctly:>the NPC's flashlights can can shadows>the player's own for some reason doesn'twhat kind of fuckery is this?
>>503419315Nobody is accepting it, we just know better than to throw a hissyfit online. I wish the game was perfect and called hot whores to suck my dick after every session. Oh well, I guess I'll settle for what's happened and remember that Slav games always launch broken. >>503419381>playing Fallout after NVlol
>>503419384I do not care about the war or abotu either nation, I am pissed off that they promised a-life, lied about it, and are now trying to gaslight fucking everybody into accepting it with nu-speak. GSC if you would like us to stop bitching, then put in the fucking feature that was promised.
How to play Gruppa Krovi:d = downu = up- = pauseF#md u d u - dd u d u - dC#md u d u - ud u d u - uF#md u d u - dd u d u - dEd u d u - dd u d u - u d u
>>503419321My favourite is that the button to interact with the technician is different to the one to interact with traders, for no reason at all
>>503418838>go play something else for awhileDon't mind if I do!
>>503415876Anomalies and the arifact visuals are top tier. The artifact animations especially are extremely cool. I like mutants being tougher, and overall the atmosphere in towns and in quests is brilliant.However these positives have pretty heavy negatives too. Artifacts literally do not fucking matter in this game. No one gives a shit about them outside of the lesser zone, bartender artifact quests are lazy and barely reward you, the artifacts don't really do anything fun at all. In general it feels like the zone has become a joke where it doesn't seem feasible for anyone to be making a living. You see all these stalkers talking about how they make money off of artifacts and you just wonder how in the fuck they are doing so.That's really why I dislike it over the previous games, you have all these cool as shit artifacts but their effects are lame and no one really cares about them.
>>503419496Xbox Series S. It actively sabotages games.
What the fuck is this dog shit game?
>>503417441I amI think this might be the last stop for my trusty RX 5700. Also my RAM.
>>503419413I have never made any purchases in US soil.
>previously playing with around 60fps with stutters on a 3080ti>turn on FSR3>doubles my fpsI don't know what this witchcraft is but yall should try it out
>>503419496i think its because its would be annoying, like on mods the light is kinda above the camera so if you're trying to look into a small space it will just cast a shadow making you unable to see
>>503419364unironically kill yourself faggot nafo shill
real problems of the game >a life needs to work >the respawn is broken>performance issues >maybebinoculars>discortranny spamother complain plan and simple
>>503419745NO NO NO NO NO NO NO FAKE FRAMES NO NO NO SAR DO NOT REDEEM THE FAKE FRAME SAAAR
>enter garbage>hear a massive gunfight>oh shit cool so maybe a-life just happens after the lesser-zone>go exploring>they spawned multiple squads in the same Hut who were aggressive towards each otheroh, ahh
>>503417328OLR 2.5 with Vector of Alienation addonPrepare for lots of reading (in a good way cus the story is really good)
>>503419549kino
>>503418838It is false advertising. GSC bit of more than they could chew, A-Life 2.0 was too fucked to have it on release, pulled all mentions of it from marketing days before release after years of boasting about it, cut it from the retail release leaving rudimentary logic to keep the game somewhat running, and now they're running damage control by assuring that it's totally there and they'll fix it.A-Life is not on the short term roadmap, This so-called "short term roadmap" is a bucket list of all the shit GSC will have to add as they go because STALKER 2 needed a few more years in development but were forced to release early by TPTB. Mirror fucking image of the Cyberpunk 2077 release.
>>503419773I have literally hundreds of webms and gifs of ziggers killing themselves too this war is awesome
>>503419779Nice formatting there discordtroon.
>>503419364True but what does that have to do with anything, Stalker 2 still has an overwhelming amount of bugs and more importantly:IS MISSING CORE FEATURES NIGGERI don't give a rats fat fuckable ass about some bugs here or there but when every aspect of the gameplay has either not been improved or in many cases downgraded/removed from previous titles I'm gonna get a little bit peeved about the whole situation!
>>503419894I thinks thats just scripted, I got it too lmao
>>503415876The look. The feel. The gunplay and enemy AI. The new anomalies. The seamless map (emptiness and a-life issues aside). The new upgrade system. It's close to being the sequel I wanted. They just have a few big issues to fix. This map with balanced mutants and actual a-life would be phenomenal.
>>503419745If you're just using the upscaler and not framegen then there's no real reason to not use DLSS for nvidia. It's almost always better quality unless they botched it.
>>503419949of course you do faggot every nafo nigger loves jerking their tiny dicks to gore like troon freaks
>>503420015so why did you buy it on launch? are you stupid?
Is it true that them partnering with Microsoft means that every single patch or content update they ever do will have to maintain parity with the console versions, and they need to go through a long approval process to put anything out?Is there a limit to how long they'll need to do for before they're allowed to just leave the Xbox versions in the dust, or is this going to screw us over forever?
>>503420162Who said I bought it gayboy? Fag homo man kisser? Your bitch ass knows they put it on GoG.
>>503419926>It is false advertisingNo. It's not. They're trying to fix it and it's a new A-Life not the old one so a fucking button you press to make your character take a fat dump could be A-Life 2.0 and they wouldn't be doing any false advertising. >A-Life is not on the short term roadmap,Yes it is. Shut the fuck up already, you're so stupid and ill-raised that you can't even format your objections and problems with Stalker 2 in ways that don't make you look like a fucking retard.
Try to play guitar on a roof>bandits come>suddenly the wards come>they fight>wards win>they do NOT SHUT THE FUCK UP, they keep making the same joke, over the same joke, and another does the same joke while the other guy is telling the same joke>they actually fucking de spawn>bandits come in>loners come in>they fight>silence finally
>>503419926imagine if they delay the game to 2025 people were suicidal because they delayed it to end of 2024 already
>>503418928>no nightvisionwhat the fuck? is this true? I kinda get the other ones due to a mix of tech limitations, dev retardation and it being a video game released in current year, but no nightvision?
>>503420232Why do you type like a 12 year old from 2006
>>503419898is the translation any good? i remember finding OLR 2.5 extremely confusing because of the translation
>>503419949
>>503420214I doubt Xbox is forcing that on them no. Parity is something Sony tries to force soi they can pretend like their shit is best. MS lets PC do what it wants. It might take awhile before the devs can afford to focus on PC over xbox though and we might end up not getting much meaningful change because of that.
>Raise gamma>Indoors finally looks normal, but its too bright outdoors>Lower gamma>Everything indoors is pitch black, but outdoors looks goodtheres no winning
>>503420406chill out buddy
>>503420397As long as you use vector of alienation the translation is very goodhttps://www.moddb.com/mods/olr-vector-of-alienation/downloads
>>503420335Why do you slurp and burp semen all day long?
>>503420049the AI is dogshit, worse than a series from 2007. the looks and gunplay are good though
>>503420314As I said, TPTB forced their hand, same with CDPR and Cyberpunk 2077. The devs needed way more time to finish the job, but all the legal obligations wouldn't let them. Though where in case of CDPR it was mismanagement from the top down, with GSC it was the usual "devs had no idea what they're doing" type of ordeal, but clearly they figured their shit out enough where that additional year would be a godsend. Unfortunately now they'll have to run PR damage control as they finish the game "in production".
>>503419549somebody post this I'm too poor to play this game
>>503420214>Is it true that them partnering with Microsoft means that every single patch or content update they ever do will have to maintain parity with the console versions, and they need to go through a long approval process to put anything out?Its not a long approval process. But yes them being under microsoft means they can't just give xbox a worse product and say "the system can't handle it". The Series S is shit by design, it's cheap with worse hardware by design. But at the same time it needs to be able to run all xbox games somewhat competently. So you get games like Stalker 2 that are being dragged along, slowly being strangled because every version they release has to appease this shit piece of hardware.On PC if this happened the consumer would be told "upgrade your shit", happens on xbox with hardware that's stuck as it is? Oops the dev has to pay the price. The approval process itself isn't long though, like a few days.
>>503420608https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dedovshchina
>>503420081is using both okay?
>>503420734what the fuck
whenever i play the guitar out fucking nowhere and stand up a bunch of guns spawn in my inventory
Is there a technician anywhere in the Zaton region? Thought there'd be one on the Shevchenko but there's fuckall.
>>503420237kill yourself>>503420680the legally mandated feature parity between the shitbox and PC version makes me REALLY REALLY REALLY doubt we will see a true a-life system. maybe in an expansion?
>>503420734Yeah, they should work in tandem if the option is available.
>>503420568thanks for the info, will experience true buildo kino soon
>>503420734man I really fucked this image up
>>503420214>>503420696They can easily just make bigger changes that take advantage of variable hardware specs on PC updates. I bet on xbox the A-Life will remain bad because Series S can't handle a wide spawn radius but then PC will have it fixed or simple mods that tweak it no problem.
>>503398098>>503398670you can put a 4x pso on it. you can also upgrade and add a scope mount (pic related) but i was only able to attach the PAO on the rails. not sure if intentional because of picatinny vs weaver rail or bug but those are ur 2 choices.
>>503420729> in former Soviet republics so that means pookrainians are doing it too thats how stupid you are dumb nafo nigger get your troon surgery before you get nuked bitch
>>503420924the parity is just between series x and series s they can just upload only for the pc and maybe if it works for xbox later
>>503420984>yes they will add an entire AI system in a xbox updatelol
>>503420924>the legally mandated feature parity between the shitbox and PC version makes me REALLY REALLY REALLY doubt we will see a true a-life system.You're so fucking stupid. A-life is already in, just broken. That means feature parity is already here. PC will simply be able to use that feature better if they roll out fixes and my suspicions of Series S related hardware bottlenecks being why things suck quite this bad. None of you pissbabies would even be melting down if the spawn radius was tripled at release and they hadn't fucked with storepage shit to make everybody hyperfocus on it.
>>503421092lol
>>503419549Did you just give xbox controls or some retarded shit.
>>503421140it's in the game files
>>503421184>A-life is already inthat's not a-life, just a spawn system called a-life 2.0
>>503421286And its not active because they couldn't make it work
>>503421184>pissbabies
>>503421140>>503421291read the steam forums the code for a neat a life is there but its not working
>>503421184Anon please tell us, have you ever seen stalkers venturing out from or returning to their home base? No you haven't, because it doesn't fucking exist lol.
im wondering which of the new factions to support, and im down with all of em except ward, ward seem like cunts swedish is ward too isnt he?
>>503419106>overhwelming evidence that "a-life 2.0" is just a spawn director>gsc talks big of a-life 2.0 but not a SINGLE demonstration leading up to release, not ONE>description removed>"we aknowledge its buggy">"anon you cant prove anything in either direction"clown
>>503408475BRING BACK X-RAY N'WAAAAAAH
>>503421383so try telling the truth once in your life. the devs acknowledged it's not working, it's in the code, and you're pissing and shitting yourself.
>>503421140IT IS ALREADY THERE. The only problem is the spawn radius is dogshit so immersion breaking shit happens. The same sort of shitty things happened all the time in the OG trilogy if you were near level transitions because entities from other zones would just SUDDENLY spawn in on top of you. All this needs is a MUCH wider spawn radius and you'll be running into events occuring that started before you got there or ended before you arrived which is all a-life really offered to begin with other than doing a gfood job at randomizing carried loot on stalkers. >>503421291Which is functionally going to make the games feel the same because original A-Life was just a hidden spreadsheet that did the most basic tracking of NPCs and hardly "simulated" anything.
>freedom armor seller chick looks really damn close to the female gsc manager, just with straightened hair.
>playing CoP>get artifact >stalker lies about his brother needing it and jumps me>one of his buddies says "Give me that artifact retard"Omg....its CURRENT year. He called a the R word...
>>503421412Trust the plan.Elon is Q.Two more fortnights.
>>503408475Why would Creation Engine be better, besides for easier modability?
>>503408475GSC should have paid valve and use Source2, i wanna bunnyhopshit honestly stalker in goldsource(HL engine) would be fuckin dope
>>503421567>The only problem is the spawn radius is dogshit This is not even close to the only problemThe entire offline part of the system is inactive
>>503421567>The only problem is the spawn radius is dogshitthe problem is that a-life isn't a spawn system>Which is functionally going to make the games feel the samedo you work for GSC? be honest
>>503421424>OH WOW I SAW A GUY WALK OUT OF THE FREEDOM BASE! WOW SO IMMERSED!So long as the world feels random and alive and greates emergent gameplay scenarios as a result of that randomness and aliveness? I don't care. The illusion of original A-life is long worn off for me. I just care that fun and cool things happen.
>>503421569Iirc when it released, it wasn't the current year
>>503421286>>503421412>>503421567oh silly us, they simply forgot to flip the a-life switch
>>503420958Kino indeed
>>503421706>The entire offline part of the system is inactiveSo is the online part.
>>503421412The "Alife" commands are literally just commands for how the spawn in npcs react while still in your bubble of influence. All they did was put "Alife" in front of basic npc inputs.
>the a live is not working you lied to by hoholkrainian game maker now refund
Where is a repairman that can upgrade the siaga? The FreeDUMB at rostok cant do it.
>>503421761so true sistervax maxxed and carbon neutralI love yummy bugs
"A-Life" was always just a marketing term for something that, under the hood, always worked basically the same as something like Oblivion/Skyrim. I think people are really getting twisted up over nothing on that.It's bugged and isn't working properly right now but even when it's fixed it won't be what you are imagining. The important thing is that it creates the illusion of a world existing around you, it doesn't need to ACTUALLY simulate every single interaction.
>>503421920>implying I paid for this
>>503421761You're pathetic.
>>503421808>All they did was put "Alife" in front of basic npc inputs.That makes it Alife by definition, you just don't like Alife
>now say you pirated the game
>>503421920Yeah dude were all ruskies trying to convince you a game is shit. You caught us anon, youre too smart.
>>503421706>The entire offline part of the system is inactiveThe offline part was always basically irrelevant. I would like it to be there too because it sort of helps create a tangible backing to the illusion but the persistent stuff doesn't really add to the gameplay so much as it helps sell immersion. >>503421989No I just know that when a stalker goes into offline A-life, he basically ends up playing candyland by walking around a set route and doing coinflips to see if he gets deleted.
>>503421920>noooooo you can't just get your money back when the developer straight out lied about the product they sold you!>you're literally a puccian shill!!!
The inventory UI is shit.Is there a mod for that yet?
>>503421761>So long as the world feels random and aliveIt doesn't though I have walked halfway across the world and the only thing that happened was some bandits spawned right behind me once
>>503422134kill yourself
>>503421974reminder they originally marketed a life as crazy shit like an npc could finish the game before you. lol
>>503422047you must work for GSC if you really think you can pull a bullshit semantic argument on a bunch of autists that make up the stalker community. GSC lied.
>>503420639No it's not. They move around and take cover and flank.
is of not working because lied game
>>503421792
All videogames are fake, they're just bits in your computer. It doesn't matter if the NPC has existed for the last 5 minutes or the past 3 seconds, so long as the game can convince you that it looks real enough. I don't give a fuck about binoculars, I just want this fucking game to stop spawning dogs 3 inches away from my asshole.
>>503422158That happened lots in the OG trilogy too. I've been getting a good mix of both.
>>503422134live a long and happy life
>>503417480There are brown stash boxes beside every bed and near some traders, they aren't marked though.
>>503422245major cope
Whoever designed the swamps and how water works in general needs to be publicly quartered.
>>503422126are you the one that keeps freaking out about "nafo"
>people don't remember the real alife for soc was the one that got implemented and one npc finished the game before the player>what we got with soc was a gimped version STILL they promised a life 2.0 and there is no a life in the game yet.
>>503422353Is he Duty or Ward?
look if you spent $60-$110 dollarydoos on stalker 2 JUST SHUT THE FUCK UP and OBEY gsc you russian piece of shits! we don't owe you goys anything!!!! thanks for the money though
>>503422354I like the swamps
>>503422389Im "freaking out" about a game nigger, insert your troon politics to /pol/ you faggot fuck.
>>503422539yeah you are
>>503421920>RUSSIARUSSIARUSSIARUSSIARUSSIARUSSIARUSSIARUSSIARUSSIARUSSIARUSSIARUSSIARUSSIA
>>503421069You said you got that at Duga? Is that the place all the way southwest?
>choose interrogate the bandit>he's already dead>fail the quest
>>503422538>I like the swamps>*jumps into a water no-no zone and gets stuck forever*
>>503422570Meds. Now.
damn 2ch is wildin
the massive flaws are unacceptable but man visting old locations and seeing them all pretty and updated is so cool
>>503422778just don't go in the no-no zone and you won't be put on forever timeout, okay?
>>503422716yeah but you have to enter from the very south because youll be 1 shot by sniper and there isnt even another enterance. t. entered from the north, then east, died many times, and finally googled it
>>503422220I remember that, that's how I know it was always bullshit. Shadow of Chernobyl was the original No Man's Sky.The difference is, in 2007 when SHoC came out, it was still ahead of its time and did a lot of new things, even if it under-delivered. Every other game is an open-world survival looter shooter nowadays, but Stalker was legitimately the first.Stalker 2 doesn't have that advantage. In 2007 Stalker was revolutionary, in 2024 this is a pretty unremarkable game.
>>503422974why? whats in the no-no zone?
>>503422538looked more soulful in gamma
>>503423056Thanks bro.
UM, GSC? THIS NIGGER'S GOT NODS. WHERE'S MY NIGHT VISION, GSC? WHERE?Fucking bastards.
>>503423606DLC bro just wait for limansk dlc in like year and a half :)
>>503423606The sphere helmet model NPCs wear has them too I am literally shaking with rage + balling my fists. Zelensky went too far this time.
>>503423785All the NVGs went to the needs of Ukranian army chud
>you can avoid emissions by just quicksaving and reloading really fast
Can you guys imagine if we had night vision with the current indoor eye adaptation settings? We'd all go blind
>>503404825Is there a settings config to copypaste this?
>>503422538They look great, but it's a massive pain in the ass to get around and there's not much there except for an occasional mutant assraping.
>>503410870What's the maximum ammo stack per slot? 999? or more?
So we've reached the shill point where it's >Well a-life was never good anyways
>>503424176Why would you do that?
do you guys think the game would have been better on release if not for microsoft? or do you think it would have gotten stuck in developer hell without deadlines
Griga, I know you're here. I know you have a secret splinter GSC team that made its own version of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 on the X-Ray Engine. GIVE IT TO MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
>144GBGod fucking damn it
>>503424197Would be kinda cool if top tier NVG upgrade was gen3 white phosphor tubes with auto-gating so that doesn't happen.
>>503424265go to %localappdata%\Stalker2\Saved\Config\WinGDK (or \Windows) and open engine.ini (if it doesnt exist, create one) and paste everything in there
>>503424323its a marketing term for good ai since the soc days it means the npcs and the monsters have their own separate lives outside the player
>>503424363because its an annoying, tedious, anti-fun mechanic that would've been better off cut. i don't think i've ever said "wow, i wish i was forced to sit in a room for 5 minutes afk waiting to resume gameplay"
>>503424323Yes
>>503421920this but unironically unfortunatelynot gonna refund though
>Dragging that Slavic civil war into this threadThere are several boards for this and this ain't one of them
>>503424323>the offline simulation doesn't exist in the code and anyone who played stalker before can instantly tell how fake the world feels because of it>i'm getting gaslighted as to what A-Life is supposed to belol
>>503424372It depends, it mightve been better off with a different publisher, but without any, game would never get made, like most games
>>503424756>"a-life is in the game files">all that is in the fiels is a bunch of spawn director bullshit, exactly like we have in game
>>503420214That was true many years ago, during the 360. Microsoft would literally charge companies when they updated games, so you would go far too long with broken and buggy messes before it got to a point in which a game HAD to update. See: Orange Box on 360.
>>503424756>sorry guys A-life machine broke, we will fix it trust us bro
>>503424664>2.0
how everyone is struggling with mutant so much? here is a video where i killed a bloodsucker on stalker difficulty with buckshot. excuse the coughs lol im sick afhttps://streamable.com/4yf3qn
*wins*
>>503425032>Okay thanks guys
hell yea Sidorovich is here still.
the gun sway is really fucking annyoing
>>503425116on veteran is where they are fucked, flesh take a whole mag dump, bloodsuckets take like atleast 8 buckshots, controllers can facetank fucking anything, chimeras are just too stupid resistant
>>503425159kek
is there any point in giving Boo his gun (Drowned)? he doesn't give a reward right away at least.
>>503425627he literally makes fun of you for giving it to himit's a humiliation ritual
>>503425159>dabs on devslaves>goes home at 1PM in his ferrari>fires everyone complaining about getting paid less than minimum wageYeah i'm thinking based
It's kinda funny worst part of the game is anything to do with the actual story. Just wandering around exploring shit and enjoying the zones vibe is a million times better than the ham fisted garbage they cooked up.
>>503425721he called me a nice guy though.
>>503421069nice
>>503421643Easier modability would actually help make stalker 2 much more popular, unironically.
yo fuck bloodsuckers
>>503425856>tell me to meet a guy in a windmill for the main story>fucker sends me in to a cave full of dead people he sent before me>get back and he gives zero shits>kill himIs this the rest of the game?
so what's the gimmick in stone village?artifacts everywhere but whenver I pick it I take psy damage
>>503426137load expanding darts into your shotgat
>>503425856that means its a real stalker game
>>503422245>It doesn't matter if the NPC has existed for the last 5 minutes or the past 3 seconds, so long as the game can convince you that it looks real enoughWe're reaching a point where trying to find a way to maintain the illusion is more complicated than just doing it. If it wasn't for the damn engine and the lack of loading zones they would have no problem giving people the "illusion" of a living world by actually filling every level with a bunch of NPCs with schedules that all start doing their thing as soon as you enter the level.
>>503426208... how do i change ammo
Oh my science
>>503425856Its pretty but kinda boring
>>503426225soc had a kino story though.>>503426294defaulted to one of my mouse buttons. check the keybinds
>softlocked because an emission is happening and a fully covered barn somehow isn't shelter
that's so funny i forgot to laugh
has any NIGGA found a armor with 2 radiation canisters yet?
Why in hell does Strelok wants to secure and protect the zone? Does he address this in the game? It could make a little bit of sense if you only take the SoC ending, but it makes no sense taking CoP ending. I know that new devs didn't play the old games and do not care about, but can someone help me make sense of this plot point? You could say that he changes his mind during the timeskip, but if it is not mentioned in the game is just bad writing.Can't play the game rn and I am very curious about this.
anyone who has done unhealthy competition, who did you side with and why?
>>503426546I had the same but the shelter building was locked
>>503426676if you mean artifact canisters, the military goons in the first area dropped some armor that got 2 slots. it's a quest reward too
>>503426238They could have that with a bigger radius but I think the spawner beats schedules because the spawner allows them to think up scenarios like a TTRPG Dungeon Master and force them into the world
>>503426371Yeah I remember thinking to myself “hey it’s that gate” and then moving on. Big fucking deal
>>503425116>stalker difficulty>thinks he has an authority on the topic of difficultyNIGGA
>>503426371lol i hate it when devs give a shit thats so reddit
Various criticisms aside, what do you think of the immersion factor?I think it's fantastic, 3 hours of actual playtime feels like just an hour has passed.
>>503426676i think i got some from where the shah is
>>503426676seva suit >>503426932i heard veteran only decreases damage by 25% and nothing else to the game. that what, a couple of more hits on target?
to whom did you show the PDA?
>>503426976hard to immerse myself with niggas spawning up my ass (or despawning)
what does it mean when guns and armour have a little gear icon on them?
>>503427167It's been modded
>>503427098everyone, i'm just trying to get my house fixed man i don't have time for politics.
>>503427092use the mod, >>503407396it makes veteran make sense (deadly gunfire).
>>503412523Holy fuck, that is one amazing skybox. Why is it so hard to just make the like this in modern game? I don't care about it being static
>>503406305It went to 47k pigboy. Also it's the weekend so these numbers are actually embarrassing kek. Flopper 2 remains as it is HAHAHAHAHA
>>503427212thats weird, it doesnt show up when i mod my own guns
>>503425303and even a bigger scumbag
>>503426546That monokek suit on wild island has three slots.
>>503427334why would you count steam numbers on a game whose core audience is 100% going to torrent it
>>503427334>game died by 40k at prime time weekend because of people finding out they didn't do a real a-lifewhat a disaster
>>503426821>>503427013name of armor bros? I thought I scoured those areas but I guess I missed these two armors>>503427092ty anon
>>503426976Broken forever because the idea of the offline simulation and persistence not being there ruined ot for me.
Much of the game is beautiful, too bad it's terrible in pretty much every other way.
>>503427418grrr>>503426676
>>503425159>goes back to ukraine>gets conscripted
>>503427334do you actually get any enjoyment out of this
>>503424887I look like this and I'm going to die like this
>>503426156>he actually wentI saw through his scheme when he told me it was filled with anomalies and I shot him in the face for it.
>>503427464To buckbreak shills. Data cannot lie and is therefore irrefutable
>>503427506What do you mean the idea?It literally isn't there.
how do I get the armor inside Wild island's armory? there's an open door right next to it but I can't find the path that leads to that
>>503427981main story will lead to you getting it and its very good
The SPAS uses like a percent of durability every 2 shots. What the fuck?
>>503424887>>503427747I love chud memes lmao
>>503427609>he thinks a millionaire like griga will have draft problems in a slav-mexico
>>503426976Impossible to be immersed when everything is empty then suddenly a squad spawns behind me
>>503428235That's realistic. The Spas-12 is basically a super overcomplicated and badly made shotgun that's only claim to fame is being in some cool 80s flicks. Now if the benelli M1014 or equivalent is that fragile, that's fair.
why aren't lefties buying the game, i thought they loved ukraine so much
>>5034282352nd half of the game has zero game design sense applied to it, you will be left without access or repairs unless you want to travel across half the map to do it along with shit being ridiculous prices while quests are still giving you a thousand roub-i mean koupons. At least mod your durability to 50% drains or some shit, i just turned it off.
>cutscene ends>forget im on a crane with no floor>fall to my death
>>503428503>2nd half I'm in the fucking Garbage.
>>503428492they dont actually play games
>>503428447If you are getting guns like the spas you are not far off from the midpoint.
>>503428492I guess lefties have lives and dont troll about ukraine in random 4chan threads
>>503428536looney toons ass nigga
>>503428381>sprint everywhere and dont pay attention to anything >WTF WHERE DID THOSE GUYS COME FROM
>>503428667First off you replied to the wrong guy and secondly no, you can get some insane guns from NPCs. I ended up killing Swedish but if I hadn't I could've gotten an Vintorez from the squad Sid sends as insurance who you can fight.
>>503428774No don't be like that. The shit spawning 30 feet behind you thing is real and gay. If they improve the radius then your argument will be valid because he'll have had a shot at hearing or seeing them coming.
>>503428667I got a G36 in the garbage
>>503426976The game really isn't very immersive at all. I think the most immersed i've ever felt was the first time I got mind raped while wandering out and about and started getting attacked by hallucinations and spooky ghost niggas. That made me start worrying at the wind howling and noises because those play while you're being mind raped too.Outside of that I didn't ever feel immersed walking out and about. Every fight spawns on top of you and it would take someone being willfully ignorant or retarded not to notice what is happening. Combat is piss easy even on veteran and you can play like a healtank the second you get armor with more than 2 pips of phys defence. If the game isn't spawning shit in you can just sprint for 1000m in any direction and not encounter anything
>>503428986The G36 is quite literally Garbage bro.
Not sure if this interaction has been posted but I feel a lot more optimistic about STALKER 2 after reading this (Anomaly dev)https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/62?tab=posts
>>503428986Me too. I love that you can chose to keep the shitty integral scope or mod it and slap an eotech on it. >Patrolling around Rostok and Garbage with a G36>Onetapping bitches from super far offAhhhh. I've come home. >>503429043>Better accuracy than the 416 with the same damage>Comes with a scope unless you wanna replace it with a new oneNo.
the ar416 feels way worse to use than the other assault rifles. how did they fuck up an ar like this?
>>503429043Which is sad. I can't even upgrade the integrated scope.
>>503429147Viper does more damage and fires cheaper and more common ammo type.
are you niggas siding with ward or spark
is anomaly worth playing or it needs to be modded a lot ? I played vanilla, true stalker and a bit of gamma, but gamma was terrible
>>503429212piston ARs suck irl too
not sure if the A-life mod does anything, but I was looting a military ISDF base or smethign and military goons continued spawning, then 3 bloodsuckers gangblasted mekino
>>503429284>UHH BUT IF YOU MINMAXThat's hilarious especially because the 9mm Viper has huge damage falloff. You're a moron.
>>503429323It's basically CoC but with Misery tedium and gray drab visuals.
medkit spawns might be a bit much?
>>503429301I'm picking the Skif ending.
>>503429301JOIN DUTY!!!!
the existence of koupons implies stalker and mortal kombat are set in the same universe.
>>503429432You can disable the tedium out.
>>503429323i think you should try the story mods like spatial anomaly, winds of time, goldsphere
>>503429446Game is too forgiving with consumables and too strict with upgrade/repair costs.
>>503429402You're shooting someone past 30m? Kek
>tavor in 5.45Uh based?
>>503429446download the consumables mod. makes healing much slower and makes all the consumables actually useful.I use way more medkits now
>>503429301i'm a total fucking wardhead
>help monolol>get jumped by whoever>kill them while the retarded mono zig zags inside the room>leave to loot the attackers>someone shoots at me>I shoot back>they throw a grenade>muhonah>kill them>look like soldiers>decide to go back to starter village>shit weather can't make out the sounds of shots being fired from the lighting>ten minutes of walking through a wind storm with a bunch of retards lobbing grenades after mechairs
>>503429829Based because they actually have the best ending.
>>503429380i know but usually the nato guns in game have less damage but also less recoil and better accuracy. the 416s accuracy sucks same with the recoil. idk about the g36 though
>>503429573the existence of my fist implies I'm gonna punch you for this stupid ass post nigga
I feel like I maybe shouldn't have even bothered visiting this area.
clearsky bros, our base...
Somehow this is a rare achievement lmao
so are the timescale mods confirmed safe?
>>503430181they're not safe?
>>503430181i heard they fuck up the emissions
>>503430181retard
>>503430181they will corrupt your save because of how the game calculates time
>>503430003are you gonna do a fatality
>>503430181They make mustard gas
>>503430181i used the 1:1 mod for 9 hours without issue
>>503420982>>503420734FSR3 is impressive but the frames are fake and your input latency will be the exact same so it looks smoother but isn't really smoother, and it seemed a bit blurry to me.
i cant wait for GoldenSphere stalker2, see you guys in 2032
>>503430083>all the huffing and puffing trying to get there>think surely there's that rare cs armor in the main building>it's just an rpgDisapointing, just like this game in general.
>>503405623>Chornbyl>Made in Ukraine>made in a literal warzoneReminder that these dogshit devs are the ones who made it political in the first place.
>>503430568because clearsky (faction) sucks ass and it explodes in your face.
>>503430181I can't even get them to work. every time I download one the time stays exactly the same on the PDA
>met with scar 3(?) times>done multiple missions with the spark niggas>still have zero clue what the fuck they want/are trying to dothese guys all seem out of their gourds
>>503430568I see lots of posts like this and I don't understand why people are expecting diablo loot from a STALKER game. This is especially bad when it was established over a decade ago that clear sky were wiped out.
>>503430645stolkor 2 hort ov chornobol
>>503428774dumb shill
>>503430816spark are clear sky 2.0
So how does this recharge? Do i have to walk into an arch anomaly?
where did you guys find your -radiation artifact?i still havent found any
>ditch some stuff in a box in a basement intending to come back later for it>that particular basement gets completely locked off for no reasonanother one lost to the zone
>>503431238I'm still in the first area but I haven't found a SINGLE FUCKING ARTIFACT YET WTFFbtw poppy field is uber kino
>>503430946this is just ukrainian vrilposting
Okay, listen up, Zoviatniks and Zonechuds, because this needs to be said: A-Life in STALKER 2: Serdtse Chornobyl is 100% real. Yes, REAL. It’s not gone, it’s not scrapped, and no, it’s not your usual hand-holdy NPC safari you get in your corporate-approved 'military shooters.' It’s dynamic, it’s authentic, and it’s EXACTLY what the Zone should be: bugged, chaotic, and unpredictable.Sure, sometimes the Strelkovers don’t path properly, or a mutant gang glitches into an anomaly—so what? It’s not your smooth-brained Call of Scripted Cutscenes. This is Strugatskian art, not some sanitized playground for vatniks who need every action to have a gold star attached. You people cried when they fixed Chernobyl to Chornobyl, and now you’re crying again. Grow up.The Zone is alive, it’s breathing, it’s beautiful. If you can’t handle the fact that A-Life sometimes acts like a Banditol over the vodka limit, then maybe this masterpiece isn’t for you. Leave it to the real stalkers. Meanwhile, keep coping in the comments like the rad-junkies you are.
i call the game Heart of Chernobyl. Just my own little protest.
>>503431487I say "chornobyl" but in a Borat voice
>>503431464This. So much this.
>>503429616Yeah the balance is fucked up.
>>503431487damn youre really showing those innocent invaded people who's boss, rebellious little chuddie
I think I might side with duty this game, I do freedom in SOC most of the time and I don't wanna fuck with the guy who's in the garbage main base.
>>503431238a lot of them say they come from acid anomalies so i've been ratting out the chemical plant
>>503432053Welcome to my fucked up world, guy
>>503409310What file? Googling said Engine.ini but I don't actually have that in my Config folder
why the fuck is 144 fps not an option on the framerate cap setting?
>>503431652mai waif
Is the mission where you're supposed to interrogate a prisoner for the ward general dude bugged? I automatically fail it and then have to go shoot up the bandits.
>>503429763RPC Fort has (made had now?) a licensing agreement with IWI, and were producing basically all of their small arms catalogue in Ukraine as well. Their Tavor clone was primarily in 5.45 and bought I believe for police and border guards.It actually makes a lot of sense for it to be here, I thought it was a cool rifle to include.
>>503432289piggie unreal magic is a fickle, many feathered beast
>>503429616>>503429446the mod pack fixes this.>>503407396but afaik only works with new game.
>>503430075You should not have. It was a slow and painful 3 hours for me. Just get the detector from the mission Sultan sends you on in Zaton and then leave.
>>503432183just create one
>>503430891Wrong. They are expecting hand placed loot like Morrowind.
anyone do the quest where you run away from borodulin? I ran away and he just disappeared and nothing happened with the quest, he said one minute but it's been like 5 minutes now.
>>503429970416s do kick harder irl but I get what you mean from a balancing perspective I think it should be better than the g36
>>503432461buy an ad
>>503429212Even the named ar from the poppy quest?
>>503432874that one was red for me :)
Why yes I have died ten times in a row trying to grab one ammo pickup from inside a heavily irradiated area, how could you tell?
>>503432078Freedom runs Rostok now though, and I wouldn’t want to get locked out of there.
>Yaniv
>>503432874yeah all the unique variants of except one cause its semi auto only.
>>503432324i think its time gated idk, i had the same issue, even the option to join the assault fails
>>503410870NOOO I DON'T WANNA BE BREAD
>>503432053what those niggers get for fucking up my sim
>>503410870where do you get bread armor anyway
>>503415430>downloading STALKER mods on nexuscringe bro
>didnt take the 5k scope out of the stash because i thought it would matter>guy says he's just leaving the area anywayNYOOOOO
ukranian sounds like a russian dialect and not a real language, kind of like 'scots' and english.
>>503433273I got sent to do the assault on my own and none of the bandits are aggro except one of them. This is fucking jank.
>>503433541or polish and czech
>talk to prof lodochka>lab door closed>wont openwhat the fucking noclip for stalker2?
>>503433541here's your (you) my lonely zigger friend
>>503433776>>503433776>>503433776
you DID kill the guy in the popy fields, right?
>>503433727>OINK!
>>503433839yes of course, but only after i gave him the ikona and got his fancy gun, then i killed him and took the ikona back
>>503433727I'm a brit with some minor familiarity with russian but when you're 'ukranian' VO hits me with дoбpe poбoтa cтaлкep the illusion of them being different languages starts to fall.
>>503433851>*gets cock blown off by drone*
>>503420568Wait stalker another anon here, I love SoC and beat AMK AE as well, is OLR 2.5 with vector of alienation the definitive buildo experience lol? I've read about the yahtar map being crazy big the critter being in the lake etc etc build sounds sick, so this OLR 2.5 with VoA is the way to go if I wanted to take the plunge?
>>503433839No? What the fuck
>>503434246I would say so
>>503430546I ended up turning the FSR3 off because it does a weird thing with the red lasers and optics where they lag and split into triples
is that super a life maybe mod any good? gonna try it out
Blimpy boy... flying through the zone so fancy free..
>>503436193Looks from the comments like it just makes enemy spawns ridiculously common
>spam like 15 fuckin grenades at a controller>doesnt diemutant health in this game is fucked
>solve stash locker using codes from different places>only valuable loot is a rubber coating blueprint for RPM is the loot randomized? i dont mind the basic bitch supplies from most stashes but this one made me extremely disappointed
Anyone who is not sure where to get their SAIGA-12 and other high level weapons upgraded; Yaniv Station's fem-tech can do those.
>>503437123The first one I encountered was the one in the cave in the Cordon, and I basically threw a bunch of grenades at it, then followed it as it shuffled around dumping buckshot and 5.45 into the back of its head point blank, and that shit still took like 100+ rounds. Mutant bullet sponges are legitimately the most annoying thing to me in this game so far.
>>503405569fuck, I did it for free
where the FUCK do I find the m701 sniper rifle
>>503410195>>503410220>>503410356Yall seriously mad about QoL icon mods?
>>503440772>Yall
>>503440772yall gay
>>503416432>Games can't improve in 15 years
>>503422283>That happened lots in the OG trilogy tooNo, it doesn't
>>503422127>The offline part was always basically irrelevant.fuck off tourist
I can't even bother playing STALKER 2's campaign without A-Life. The world feels so static and empty and the AI spawner is just aggravating. What the fuck. Why didn't they just release this into early access and copy Baldur's Gate 3's success?
>>503445615because then youd just be crying and shitting your pants about that too
>>503445863No I wouldn't. I would have lowered my expectations dramatically. Shut the fuck up retard.
>>503446019you could have done that before the game came out
>>503446079Why would I have? They insisted A-Life existed and was functional a month ago. I don't care about bugs, I care about A-Life as a foundation for the rest of the game. That's not as simple as patching performance.
>>503446158>>Why would I have?shitty trailers, dodgy review embargoes
>>503445615>why didn't they do early accessmicrosoft support for xbox release
