dafuq is this? free in my library.i'm gonna play soc this season. should i play this or the og? i'm thinking just the og.
>>722397546This version censored a myriad of soviet imagery and the russian dub, I would never play this over the original. The original still holds up really well and you only need to install ZRP
they pushed Enhanced Editions for free in to the library of everybody who had the original STALKER games.they're the butthurt edition of the game which removed all the historical Soviet imagery & monuments from The Zone. just mod the OGs
>>722397546play the og with zone reclamation project mod, this is a backported console port with dozens of unfixed new and old issues and censorship
>>722397546I play the original version with ZRP, it's basically perfect and I have no reason to change.This whole move by GSC is so fucking weird, I've noticed I can't even find any Stalker games on the steam search except Stalker 2. Like the original trilogy seems completely buried even the "enhanced" versions.
>>722397546figured as much>you only need to install ZRPan anon last week recommended i play it raw the first time. i'm lazy so i think i'll do that until the game breaks or pisses me off.i've looked up how to mod it a couple years ago and my dumbass got bored at the idea even tho i've modded a lot of games before
>>722397546Obligatory
>>722397546>CHORNOBYLDid russians hurt their feeling?
>>722397776I started playing it not too long ago as well and installing ZRP is literally just a bug fix, no other impact other than making your experience stable, idk how it plays without it but it really isn't that big of a deal methinks
>>722397776Honestly vanilla and ZRP has barely any difference in my experience, both are fine, but I play ZRP anyway so I can raise the first person camera height because the default manlet position in SoC triggers me.
>>722397914marked one is a short king
>>722397764You can still buy the originals on GOG, I think it's the only store that kept them, they also give you extras like soundtracks and concept art. Though both summer and now they haven't gone on sale, the originals are still 20 bucks on GOG even though I know for a fact that they used to go to like 2 dollars sometimes. Really weird
>>722397546Z patriots slava barn only play russia version not ukraine lgbt edition
>>722397902>>722397914does zrp still launch with steam?
>>722398147It can yeah.
>>722398187launch from steam? or add nonsteam game?
>>722397546No, you should play Metro instead which is just Stalker if it had actual production values and its budget wasnt lower than the price the game is sold for.Stalker is a series of games that never left alpha stage and who's community decides that, despite having access to the dev tools and being capable of doing anything they'd want to, all they did was make the game an insufferable slog based around completing endless procedurally generated quests.Naturally, a website that unironically plays clunky asset flips like Palworld or has an unironic Pokemon board would love this franchise of glorified beta tests.
>>722398278Legit launch with hour tracking n everything.
>>722398130Slavic untermensch have computers? Fascinating creatures, they are advancing so fast.
>>722398279>which is just Stalker if it played like a generic CoD campaignFTFY
>>722398347Ironic, considering Clear Sky is the closest Eastern Europe has ever been to making a COD game.You call it COD simply because Metro bothered to properly animate weapons while Stalker your gun remains completely still as you walk as if you were playing some indie Unity asset flip game.
>>722397873A little bit, maybe
>>722398427We know Clear Sky is shit.
>>722397546Depends, do you want controller support or not? These versions are pretty much just so Steam Deck users dont have to spend an hour setting up the controls.
Either play OG or Radiophobia 3 for SHoC. R3 is free and standalone and easy to install and play, it's SHoC with modern graphics and slightly harder difficulty with some new mechanics and quests. I just finished my first playthrough the other day and it was bretty good aside from some traversal stutter. Just stay the fuck away from Anomaly and GAMMA, those mods have no story and are tedium on top of tedium at a level of annoyance unprecedented, they are just hardcore survival mods that have fucking terrible balance and dogshit mechanics designed to make every interaction with the game mechanics as slow, needlessly complex, and tedious as possible.
>>722397873Probably, and seeing how the third world commies of /v/ have been getting asshurt over that for years now I'd say its worked.
>>722398302rad>>722398279i like the first 2 metro games but holy shit they're so on rails/linear. even the navmeshing is tighter than a nun's asshole. invisible walls everywhere.>>722398347hows exodus? i bought it for retard cheap on the summer sale
>>722397764you actually get the old version, when you buy the enhanced edition on steam/GOG
>>722398597>dont play this tedious, grindy crap, play this tedious grindy crap insteadThe power of Stalker modding.>>722398484Yes exactly, and Metro at its worst still shits on Stalker.
>>722398597>Radiophobia 3Last time I tried it, it was annoying as shit with terminator aimbot NPCs and getting one shot all the time.
>>722398597nah, blud should check out Grand Rendering Mod for SoC or Clear Sky Revision, if he is replaying those games
I'm not OP but I also started SoC and I've been slowly making my way through it, just got out of Lab X18. I wanted to ask because I have 2 quests one for Strelok and the other for Ghost, both about trying to find what happened to them but they have no pointers on the map and the dialogue from NPCs does not give me much of a hint, will those be resolved naturally or do I run the risk of missing them completely?
>>722397683>blacklisting russia>badLmao get fucked orc
>>722398836Those are story related and will be resolved as you move through the plot quests yes
>>722398836Strelok is the end quest, don't bother with it. Ghost is in another place, you'll be directed there after you bring the Barkeep the documents from X-18
>>722398883>>722398892Nice, thanks, this game is so much fun. And I got genuinely spooked in the lab
>>722398656Radiophobia 3 is not grindy at all, what the fuck are you smoking. At worst it has slightly more annoying "survival" mechanics than OG in terms of having to eat drink and sleep. You can one tap headshot bandits with your free PM pistol. You get a fucking decked out AK74 after an hour or two of dicking around in Cordon doing side quests. >>722398658I only played the latest release and never had issues with unfair aimbot, I played on Master difficulty and it was fine. The only thing that ever one shot me was bloodsucker command grabs and the end of the game getting sniped by Monolith with Gauss rifles which is understandable.
>>722398836No, but there is one big, missable one towards the end of the game that, although I think its pointed in the map, you may miss it due to whats happening in that location or might have the quest buried under other ones.
>>722399021I'll try to pay attention then
>>722397683No one caresshouldn't you be on the frontlines dying to a much smaller army? I don't think the corrupt dictator that you retards voted into power would be happy to know that a young man is wasting his life in some broken down soviet apartment whilst getting blackout drunk on vodka and ruining every single online match he joins, instead of dying in Ukraine so that the corrupt dictator (that your faggot country population refuses to do anything against) doesn't look bad
>>722397865The people who still post this image have to be trolling, right?
>>722397546It's a downgrade
>>722397546The fuck is chornobyl?Even t9 autocorrects it
>>722399360Ukranian spelling of Chernobyl.Ukranians were petty enough to do it out of spite, and Russians are low IQ enough to fall for the bait.
is 1.07_R5RC the correct version of zrp? also what's absolute nature / structures?
>>722399581Yes, that and other questions are all answered in the FAQhttps://www.metacognix.com/stlkrsoc/ZRP_FAQ.html
>>722398880removing russia from stalker games is like removing germany from ww2 gameschildishly stupid shit thats about as useful as changing the facebook profile picture
>>722399449Whats the bait?
>>722400117That they changed Russian spelling to Ukranian one.
>>722397546ONLY play the original.The "enhanced" editions were censored and visually butchered console ports.Consult the rookie guide seen here:>>722397865Thanks! I was going to post this myself.>>722399581Yes.Absolute -mods are texture replacement mods, that make what they mention more HQ, and in case of Nature, allow some more tweaks (ie. more unique textures in some areas).I do not find them necessary in SoC, because it has smaller worlds + better art design, but in CS and COP they improve the loosk a ton.
>>722400115It makes you seethe so that's something
>>722400575hardly, ill just play the originaleven then, im alliance not horde, this shit is just stupid
>>722400575you're clearly the one who's seething
THE ukraine didn't exist before 1993. the chernobyl disaster happened in the Soviet Union. also playing stalker with bandits that don't speak like russian gopniks is like giving the tolkien orcs an anime girl voiceover.
>>722400771>ill just play the originalBe my guest
>>722399243>Don't like a poorly made, censored remaster? Must be Russian
>>722400563>Absolute -mods are texture replacemeni'll just go zrp then. rather see the og first. but it's time to play. look where i'm working dawg super foggy this morning and there's gonna be more days like it. it's stalkan season
>>722397683>>722397725>gay western progressives go full stalin and remove russia from a video game of all things out of sheer pettiness while also accusing those same russians of wanting to re-establish the soviet unionThis is the gayest, most retarded, and most pathetic timeline. Why couldn't we live in nuclear war timeline? This is bullshit I want a do-over.
>>722397865Bullshit.AMK is great for a first playthrough, it gives the game a sense of danger and a much more reactive world. Playing vanilla before just dampens the experience.
I'd love to see more Stalker threads on /v/ sadly they never seem active enough at any timezone
>>722402095Good hunting, Stalker!>>722403418I pity the nu-fags who missed the HUGE Stalkan' boom of 2008 to 2011.I shit you not: multiple simultanous, bump-limit breaking STALKER generals, up all at once, 24/7.
>>722403501Sounds wonderful honestly, too fucking newfag to had been there
>>722397546just play picrel, I did and I enjoyed it, keep in mind that its not even close to vanilla but a great experience if you want to see the game and its story
>>722403637What's the best mod that had some semblance of story where you can play across all the maps from the 3 entries with graphical enhancement? Last I tried Anomaly with the repair/weapon mod autism toned down so I could progress without making it a pain.
>>722398627The first 2 are like your classic level based shooters, so linear. I believe Exodus the 3rd game is open world, or at least open zone.
>>722403418They got killed by the third worlders obsessed with the Ukraine war.
>>722405010I’d suggest IWP+CotZ port with Absolute Nature Redux and Structures Redux for graphics enhancements. IWP is basically CoC upgraded with a new engine, great weapon models and animations, without all the hardcore and repair bullshit. CotZ port has its own storyline though it's still freeplay slop, but it includes all the maps. There are also lots of story mods that use many maps from the trilogy, like OP, NS, SGM.
>>722397683So the supperior version with the cancer cut out.
>>722397546No, just play the original.
>>722405827
When can I get the fucking AS VAL?
>>722398278If a mod adds a new executable you can launch it through steam by adding the following command to the advanced launch options (include quotations for path to game ") "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\YourGame\Your_Game.exe" %command%
>>722405535Is OP compatible with the graphics mods or am I thinking of something else? I remember a really good one was not compatible with the weather mod.
>>722402095so comfy...
>>722407757I believe OP has a new version on the updated OGSR engine with great graphics, but it's still in beta, and the last english translation update was released years ago. You can look through the ap-pro page with a translator, there are links to some adapted HD texture addons and such. Shit graphics add to OP experience imo.https://ap-pro.ru/forums/topic/3201-obaedinyonnyy-pak-22/
>>722405581>>722402149>>722399243>>722398880Literal russian posters
>>722397546>Chornobyllol
>>722408376Gotcha, I'll just wait for OP to update in due time and play IWP+CotZ with some side quest mods so I got a nice bit of fluff inbetween grinding new gear. Got a new graphics card since I last played, went from 80 to 120 fps. If IWP+CotZ is less demanding than anomaly I might do supersampling AA, just wish it wasn't a pain on Linux to do that.
I played SoC for the first time last year. I somehow got to the end of the game without learning who Strelok is. I got the greed ending and it felt very anticlimactic, I looked it up and it turns out I missed a shitload of content. Will try to do a proper playthrough soon.
>>722408617Did you find out after the fact that you're Strelok? It's explained shortly after you get to Chernobyl I think, sometime after you rifle through your own stash you start getting the scent that something weird is up.
>>722400450And Russians are baited by how exactly?
>>722408501Cyope and syithe, kremlbot
>>722397546There's a mod to play the og version with a controller?
>>722406154In prypyat of in the base of liberty where monoliths are coming
>>722411538This exists I guesshttps://www.moddb.com/games/stalker/downloads/stalker-gamepad-config
Anyone running Stalker IWP on Linux? Anomeme worked fine but IWP is being stubborn.
>>722411828consult the guide or ask in /sg/ maybethere were a few linuxfags arounddocs.google.com/document/d/11HcSFSyb0DX3ymModXZ9tNdpTuktTioC
>>722412274C-Consciousness discord has the guide too. It's basic bitch "install d3 dx9 dx10 dx11 libs" issue. Now I just need to figure out how to install the graphics mods and we're good to S.T.A.L.K.
>>722408564I hope that they'll release the new update soon>>722411828found this pinned on IWPs shitcordhttps://github.com/KingPcon0/Get-STALKER-IWP-Working-on-Linux
>>722397865Is there a reason that the COMPLETE mods for the games aren't listed? That's how I played them and I thought they were really good. Also, the Misery mod is really good for Call of Pripyat. https://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-complete-2009
>>722397683>>722402149>>722400563THEY REVERSED THE CENSORSHIP ANONS. NOW THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS LANGUAGE.
>>722403501I have a feeling that regardless of how popular games are today, people are just not discussing them like back then, let alone create OC. This site has become a seething ground for mentally ill faggots who are just here to not get their social media accounts banned elsewhere. Constantly raging and shouting at passing clouds.
>>722414991and the new bugs, some of which where previously seen in only in builds
>>722413234>>722412274Already got it working. Now I'm thinking what mods to put on extra for graphics and quests lmao. The modding never stops.
>>722415331*some of which where previously only in builds
>>722415279>This site has become a seething ground for mentally ill faggots who are just here to not get their social media accounts banned elsewhere. Constantly raging and shouting at passing clouds.
>>722414863I dunno the full story, but there was a lot of Complete drama back then, the mod was marketed as the definitive version of the game, but it changed way too much in stupid ways. The guy behind it was a dickhead too, claiming his mod revived the series or shit like that. There’s probably a better qrd out there.
Not really a STALKER question, but very lated: why the fuck do they advertise return of cut features? What is this kikery?>>722402149Same shit as removing NSDAP imagery from WWII games.
>>722415331>>722415443Yeah that's fair but Vanilla has bugs too. I often get broken stashes even on Vanilla.
>>722398967>You get a fucking decked out AK74 after an hour or two of dicking around in CordonBy that time in OG I would already be running with Obokan through Dark Valley.
>>722415427mods that I use:Absolute Nature Redux and Enhanced Sun Effects or Autumnal Winds (with the natural autumn tree option),True Stalker NPCs,Geiger HUD and stalcraft music from IWPs shitcordCotZ port (with Rhons quest expansion disabled)You also might want to check out the Abobaly modpack for IWP, since it has MLR quests, though I don't know if it's translated
It's chopped chornobyl
How did these run on the Switch, anyway? It's my only option for playing handheld without dropping cash for a Deck.
