>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>HUD guide, modding basics, mod reviews, and AMK mod guidedocs.google.com/document/d/10yi79NUFhJrFO4hmGeKqaWSw35BJQv0Ve0OK94ioMEw>Performance Guides, Steam settingshttp://pastebin.com/nzXEevG7>Common misconceptions about Shadow of Chernobyl game mechanicshttp://www.metacognix.com/stlkrsoc/WhatYouKnowThatAintSo.html>Running STALKER. on Linuxdocs.google.com/document/d/11HcSFSyb0DX3ymModXZ9tNdpTuktTioCLost to the Zone: >>501930340
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>>502237076why bottle in ass its new trick? )))))))
>>502234359I'm more willing to believe there's a black stalker in the zone than a fucking woman
Good job OP. I won't complain.
>>502237776They all seem to be merchants so it's no prob.
>>502238116Why you mad Ivan?
FirstFor bans being delivered on STALKER 2 Steam forums that dare to mention the fact that in the Recommended Graphics Settings Chart each option is using DLSS without no disclosure by GSC.
What do bandits even do in the Zone? Their main source of income seems to be stealing from other stalkers but they are never equipped enough to make a good turnover on that and there arent enough stalkers to steal from and enough buyers for the stalkers' crap to make it worth it. Artifacts are something they could just go pick by themselves seeing as any stalker that can go harvest a really valuable rare one is going to wipe the floor with them.I wish they expanded on whatever else they do so, it feels like there's a wasted potential in that especially because the zone is an ideal place for criminal shit. Stuff like making drugs and counterfeit items inside the zone, keeping hostages and smuggling victims, disposing of bodies, etc. Real slav mafia business.
>>502237076E D E E K O M N Y E H
>>502239429They hide from the law, they gang up on others, they force stalkers to scavenge for scrap in radioactive heaps which they can then sell in the Big Land. Just like what scavengers in Chernobyl are doing nowadays, all the copper wire in the light posts are gone, ovens are distmantled, clothes are stolen, etc.
>>502239429bandits just exist as cannon fodder and so you actually have shooting enemies at all timesthey just needed a convenient excuse to have random enemies without specific agenda
>>502237076Has anyone here played the console versions of the game?
>>502239429they aren't just stealing random shit from stalkers, they extort money and artifacts from them. and they don't go and pick up artifacts by themselves because that's dangerous and often requires some protective equipment. in cop alone there are various gangs with various methods of operation. there's sultan and his people who are trying to take over beard's artifact business, shishak's gang that forces stalkers to give them a cut of their earnings and jack's thugs who act like loan sharks.it's all quite obvious, i don't know where this question comes from.
>>502238407Proof?
>160gbHOLY SHIT
>>502239961lol no why would anyone do thatconsoles died after the 360/ps3
>>502237076>how the faction wars started
>>502239429>What do bandits even do in the Zone? Imagine an outlaw that is so reviled or in trouble with the law in his country of origin or just everywhere he goes that the Zone is simply one of the few places where he can survive without having to worry about law enforcement. That's it.
>>502240640>>>/v/694586323
>>502240558Getting cheap low tier artifacts is easy enough trying to bully ratty loners to get them feels like it'd be a waste of time when you could send some goons or hostages into an anomaly field. If anything, they should be capturing stalkers and forcing them to work for them like that.>>502242202I like when you see Loners work with them instead of just being pariahs all around, feels like that's the only way they wouldn't get ganged up on by all factions for being undesirables.
>poorfags seething about the requirements because they can't run Stalker 2 at 1440p 100+ fps with their 4690k and GTX 760Lmao, upgrade your PC you fucking poorfag.If you don't have at least a 4080 Super and a 14600k or 7800x3d then you don't deserve to play Stalker 2.Stay salty poorfags, maybe an Xbox series X is a better idea for you lmao
>502242671very organicgonna reply to yourself as well?
>>502243265lmaooooooooo pussy bitchyou fear me
Just gonna play this game through GFN. Hope it doesn't lag to much.
>>502239961imagine willingly playing a console game in 2024 when pc hardware exists. are you poor or something anon? lay off the tendies, save up for something other than a 1060, and roll yourself down to the local walmart to pick it up
>>502242413Looks like a day 1 pirate for me
>>502242671Pipe down dalit, we know you have a used GT 730
>>502238407God I hate lying. He wasn't banned for mentioning dlss stuff, he was banned for saying that devs are stealing money and that people should cancel preorders. There are tons of people who are worried about performance in steam discussion and none of them got banned.
release it early GSCyou COWARDSLET ME IN
i shoulda asked for a code when i played the demo at TGS and spoke to one of the devs...
>>502246773They wouldn't give you one. I've been two to events on three separate occasions and they have given me jack fucking shit, despite me giving direct feedback to the devs.
all my friends are deadi hate the military
>>502246773don't lie, you just spilt a buffet level amount of spaghetti out of your pockets and had a conversation with them in your head after stuttering to get their attention
>>502247162please please video game heart of cher-ch-chornobyl please
>>502247162i got jump scared 3 times during my 20 minute demo, and when i was done playing i turned around and got jump scared again by a 5'6" ukrainian man. turns out he was watching me play the whole time.
Merry stelok mod when
>>5022486850.02 yuan has been deposited in your account ivan
>>502248965This Christmas
Hopes: games runs well enough on my system, and is modernized STALKERExpectations: Game runs poorly on my system, i need to use DLSS to get a playable framerate, game strays a bit too far from the STALKER formula but patches and mods fix it eventuallyFears: Game runs like abysmal dogshit, is nothing like STALKER, no mods or patches will fix it for several years
>>502239587lmao
Starting to get some leaks brehs
>>502255321Why would you be so violent to such a good doggo
>>502255321post anything that we haven't seen yet and I'll believe you
>>502255321How are the shadows and light compared to the OG's I wonder.
>>502255321>bloodsucker doesn't run by you and smack you in the face and make scary sounds in your earBOOO
>baiting with fake leaks by pointing a phone camera at the youtube video of one of the gameplay trailers
>>502255321>Can see your own legsGood
>>502256359journalist difficulty probably
>>502256885Difficulty has never altered enemy behavior in stalker.
>>502257087I think he's saying that maybe things will change with stalker 2
They responded to the steam discussion ban
>>502242671>lol just spend 3 thousand usd GOYbait
>>502248965stop posting that nothing imagemight as well not posted
Xbox edition
>>502262375huh?
>>502266913enjoy your retarded polish port
>>502266913I like your freight train models.
>no 60fps without dlss/fsr>fsr is miles worse than dlss so no proof it even will hit 60fps on amd cards and they probably just picked the amd equivalent of each nvidia card they tested to slap onto system specsGriga? More like nigger
Im a loser and bought a used 4070 to upgrade my 3070 so i can play with 10 more frames please shame me (i woll be buying a 5080 on release day too)
>>502209662you're not stupid.glad it worked for you
doomposters ziggers are shitting themselves with seethe and its fucking hilarious
chornobyl and kyiv :)
don't die
They changed the system requirements to specify they need DLSS and Frame Gen to reach them
>>502279892this should be the default format lolyou NEVER see this kind of info
Thoughts on Skif’s actual name being Evhen Martinenko?
>>502280826head empty
Yo we're gonna have assassination animations?How much you bet they're gonna either be OP and make you invisible during them or be awful and get you stuck and caught so you'll just use a silenced gun like a sane person.
>>502281638The last thing Stalker needs is more canned animations.
>>502282004Anomaly, GAMMA, and Call of Pripyat (to an extent) all had in the game the design choice of "getting stuck in animations" though.So I'm not too suprised by this. STALKER is old monster hunter now where mid combat item use is discouraged. Though maybe this assassination animation will be fast.As a anon in the last thread though ALL FPS games started falling in love with FPS animations though so I can't blame the devs for this exclusively.I'd be more mad at like ubisoft towers and ubisoft game design bleeding into my STALKER honestly.
freedom or duty?
>>502282574Both are retarded, and siding with one over the other just makes you look like a moron who can't see the long term picture.
>>502284803Shut the fuck up Degtyarev and Strelok, you stupid sexy centrists that every faction loves
I'm gonna miss page 10 when STALKER 2 comes out honestly
>>502255321>camera moves during the reloadblyat
where are the LEAKS
>>502255321Moar
>>502242671For me it's the 5800x3d and 3080
>>502300550Same. AM4 master race
>>502300550this but an rx 7600
>>502300550>3080 non-ti>retarded mini case meme>noctua fan not even attached to the heatsink>obnoxious loud tiny fan blowing directly on the gpu>two more obnoxious loud tiny fans up top>no space for cooling in the system when the side panel is on because you went for a micro case instead of a real case
Wake up guys STALKER 2 just flew over the Zone
>>502259001they're 100% just damage controlling cuz people got rightfully pissed
>>502307962context please?
>>502308162S2 steam forums mods banned people discussing the whole TSR/DLSS thing for "spreading false info"
>>502247474Ukrainian men are a particular race of offshoot gremlin. Their stealth bonus is insane and there is no way you're spotting one with just passive perception.
>extra silent marketing>system requirements increased>turns out your 40xx can't run the game at 60 FPS without fakeres>all known in the last week before releaseThis is going to be a very fun shitstorm to witness.
>>502310865I hope it makes the price of the key fucking plummet, just so I can see it and still not buy it. Sergei will only see my money in 2027.
>>502295152>such memes will never be relevant againsurreal
>>502307962Mistakes happen sometimes, anon. They especially happen when you on-board new moderators. They took steps to fix it and while I'm not saying this should grant them any sort of special consideration, it is settled and not worthy of further complaint unless they pick back up again.
>>502311051>>502310865>>502275103>>502312214some tard said somethinggot bannedcriedmany such cases
>>502302846>launch day evga is a problem>mini PC is a problemTiny fans don't go over 30%. You don't hear them. pwm daisy chainThere are 2 120s in pwm loop behind the GPU, and a rubber duct feeding the GPUI didn't bother building a bracket/duct for the CPU since the zip ties seem to be doing just fineI'm building a closed loop using a transmission cooler that will replace the side panel whenever I decide to upgrade>cope, seethe & dial8
>>502312750thats a lot of copium.why wouldnt you get a normal case??nobody gives a shit if you crammed all that into a cereal box.
>>502313625Because I've built 400+ computers with regular cases and wanted to see how small I could go and still have reasonable performance
>>502313754fair enough
How many of you guys are truly interested in the story? I don't think I've seen a single mention anywhere of people saying stuff like "I'll stay out of the internet because of spoilers". Are Stalkans that stranged to storytelling in their favorite game?
>>502316321I'm trying to avoid spoilers so I can enjoy itHopefully it doesn't disappoint
They won't have the balls to make the true ending hidden again.
>>502241223Thats a lot of Grigo bytes
>>502316321story? in my stalker?nah, i'm here just to wank to weapon animations
>>502316321I experimented with many ways on how to treat spoilers from not watching any trailers at all to going into a game knowing about all endings and twist and I came to the conclusion that I just don't care. Going in blind is definitely a different experience, but the anticipation and excitment is greater for me when talking about the game with others and watching the trailers together.
>>502318878Based meat beater
>>502318878
Uhm guys ?
>>502282574Clear Sky
>>502267998The aiming is fucked up.I think i quit
>>502316321story and the expansion of lore are unironically the main reasons why i'm looking forward to it, i don't care much about gameplay enhancements, graphics, or even modding. for me it could look like clear sky and play like call of pripyat. though i don't care about spoilers at this point, the whole story was leaked last year and i didn't avoid getting to know the details.
>>502320768>he's not playing on low even if he can achieve higher graphics settings just so he can enjoy a truer stalkan experienceISHYGDDT
>>502320768>get told the 2000/5000 series is the series where you can start using 1440p>buy a 1440p monitor>a few years later>"dude what the fuck? you at least need a 4000/7000 series card to run 1440p lol!>for every game">all my games look shit because i need to run in non-native res
>>502322804I have a 2070rtx and some intel cpu. Hope i can run it. I dont know the exact cpu cause im not home right now. But i think its worth $300. Pretty sure i have 32gb of ram also.
thread moves slower than my grandpa
>>502327531You just wait.
>>502316321I‘m also this anon >>502321232. I also am interested in the way that GSC will expand or retcon the existing storys
>>502330501i hope it doesnt devolve into commentary about this stupid war or into a "all russians bad mkay". and it if they really have to include commentary, make it smart and well deliverd like nier automatas commentary about racism. I just hope it will be a good story espically since the story trailers reminded me of metros storytelling. God the threads on main /v/ will be a (mostly political) clusterfuck, espically since the biggest russian pirate sites refuses to provide the game on release
>>502331281Here's to hope. Anything on the nose is going to be a cringefest. It depends on how hellbent production is into making a statement. I have no idea and I'm expecting the worst, but I'll still play it.>God the threads on main /v/ will be a (mostly political) clusterfuck, espically since the biggest russian pirate sites refuses to provide the game on releaseIt's going to be a nightmare. Any anon hoping to find some comfy discussion about the game is going to be severely disappointed, more than usual, methinksIt's going to be 15 posts per minute mentioning "nazis, ukraine, genocide/kill them all, holol, vatnik" and God know what else Imagine how fun it will be when they make mods just to troll each other>Russian Modders Flock to Create Anti-Ukraine Content>Ukrainian Gamers Rally Against Russian Mods Featuring Offensive Imagery and Slogans>Game Mods Turn into Political BattlefieldI hope /sg/ remains somewhat unscathed by all that.
>>502331931I'm gonna post "merry stelok" every day
>>502331281I'm less worried it will feature political whining and preachiness and more that it will be pretentious wank given the "LE HUMANS MADE GOD?!?!" trailer. I notice this is kind of a theme in post-Soviet countries stories in that they can either be simple stories full of pathos but with underlying theme of hope and optimism or full on pretentious, self-indulgent shlock that tries way too hard to be complicated and "philosophical" which actually describes a lot of slavic stalker mods now that I think about it.
What I would liek out of multiplayer is a Arma 3 King of the Hill type of game mode. Where 3 factions compete against each other who controls the particular part of the zone. That would be so cool.
Alright, now that we're a week away, I'm replaying all 3 games. What is the best way to do so for someone who has played vanilla a few times?SoC>amk>r3>shadows addon>memories of the zoneCS>LFOCoP>gunslinger?
Is reddit right in that pip scopes will slaughter your fps compared to the new 2d scopes?
>>502335661ive really been trying to find a good vanilla plus mod for CoP but seems one doesnt exist.edit:I just found thishttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwpzq70FxiIlooks very good
>>502336247No, it's only retards that have only played mods that think that way. PiP scopes are fine in AAA games that use them. Modded PiP scopes are coded badly and use shitty workarounds and the result is shitty.
>>502255321This shit is part of the intro that was playable at Summer Game Fest. At least make your bait somewhat believable.
>>502267998>retarded polish portrussian, you mean?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjX1HQeKHlEit was in development by a team in st. petersburg and leaked by russians more than 2 yeasr ago but after *certain events*, GSC put development into some polish studio's hands.
>>502279892>They changed the system requirementsLMAO, they just cannot stop lying
>>502335661I replayed a bit of ShoC + CoP with Gunslinger and had a blast, despite the limited weaponry.Sure, there's other mods that may give you better visuals or more guns to play with but they're just a hoshpodge of different shit that does not mix well together. What's the point of having 50 different weapons of they're all animated like they're from a 2003 PS2 game.
>RTX 4070 for 1440p 60FPSAre these niggers for real?
>>502340568With DLSS btw
>>502335661Are you looking to have another Vanilla/Vanilla + Experience or do you want bigger changes?
>>502341021I dont mind big changes as long as I can play through the story
>>502341124>SoC>Straight up Pretty VanillaMemories of the Zone with the ZRP alternate spawn disabled (otherwise your game will keep crashing during the NPP roof hopping sequence).>Bigger changes while retaining the storyRadiophobia 3.
WHERE ARE THE LEAKSAAAAAAAAAAAAA
>>502341374>CSCS ABR, big changes which simplify the faction war and make the game more arcadey, but it works well with the overall design of Clear Sky.Gunplay is excellent, game looks pretty.
>>502341627>CoPFor first playthrough I'd normally say just do the Original Weapons reanimated + Grass Draw Distance + FOV switch, but since you've already played it a few times then CoP ABR or Gunslinger are probably the way to go.
>>502341627Personally I did not like the modification of the loot system where most enemy inventories are just a gun and some food items. Selling only guns get tiresome after a while. The faction war simplifcation is partially neat, but it's now too easy and goes over way too quickly. The faction rewards have also been gimped severely, you just get some cash and ammo for winning the faction objective instead of getting a SEVA from the loners or an EXO from Freedom or Duty like in the original. But it does look beautiful indeed, although CS was already the best looking Stalker game even in vanilla form.
>>502340920>muddy, fake 60fps>input lag of 30fps>720p render resolutionah yes, the modern UE5 experience
>>502341795That pizza looks disgusting. What is that.
>>502323636So i can run stalker 2 on medium?
>>502340568don't be stupid anon, there are no niggers in ukraine. it's all gopniks listening to hardbase
>>502342116>pizza is thin with nice toppings>average amerifag complainssorry it's not six inches deep and filled to the brim like i was with your mom faggot
>>502342190yup
>>502342616Nice toppings? A pizza should ideally just be a margherita.
>>502342848Shut the fuck up you retarded shitalian.>MUH HECKING MARGHARITA WITH ONLY CHEESE AND TOMATO MHMMMMMMMMM YOU DON'T NEED ANYTHING ELSE MAMMA MIAA TRUE SUPERIOR ITALIAN COOKINGEat shit elitist faggot, a pizza topped with olives, mushrooms and ham mogs your shitty boring cheese and tomato bread any day of the week.
>>502342190>1440p monitorNope, gonna have to run it on low settings with DLSS set to performance mode.
>>502312750Mini pcs are garbage and only worth fawning over how small you can make a tower by choking all the components.A 3080Ti is a 3090 with half the VRAM. A 3080 plain is considerably weaker.Tiny fans are by nature loud because they have to run faster to reach equivalent airflows to larger fans. Running them slow to quiet them also gimps their airflow. Those are meant for things like server chassis where noise doesn't matter because it's a soundproofed climate controlled room.>>502322804Next you'll tell me you're all surprised that a card that boasted the ability to play games at 1080p max settings in 2009 stopped being able to do so by 2014.
>>502343126It's just my opinion, you don't have to break down
>the requirements assume dlss REEEEEEEEEEEEEEMeanwhile, here's a game from 2 years ago that struggled to get a solid 60 at max settings, with RTX, on a 2080Ti. Amazing how there weren't such complaints then. Is it just TORtanic doomposting, or poorfags used to being able to use 10 year old computers to play 15 year old games getting a reality check?
https://youtu.be/V_VV0Fl-6PA
>>502343591You're supposed to start arguing with me
>>502344223Sorry
>>502344046Looks goo->HQ modelsNo thank you
>>502344046what exactly is this and can you play it in english? looks amazing.its crazy how much visual fidelity modders manage to extract from this old ass game
>>502343467I will continue to run my 70mm fans at the noise floorThe 120mm fans on the system are doing fine. I might even duct the GPU completely from the rest of the system for fun. The rear 120s should have enough flow
>>502337379>Poles did nothing to fix the half-cooked shit the Russians maderetarded polish port
>>502342712I have an ssd. Im going to add it to my pc.
Are you still hyper for STALKER 2?https://x.com/stalker_thegame/status/1856642360563601503
>>502346404can't wait to get knotted in the zone and getting my bussy blasted with boy batter
>>502346404>all femalesYes
>>502344417It's okay, desu margaritas are okay too
>>502344838SoC + Gunslinger + shitload graphical and balance modshttps://vk.com/topic-147828435_49177637in development 2.0 version with even more changes including story gameplayhttps://youtu.be/tULP25tqM7A>can you play it in englishI don't think so, but you can try download it here:https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1KdMP97wNj8xmVSA181BNVNG2Zz5jB8OH
>>502347287>- New shader for reflections [SSS]>- New shader of the terrace [SSS]>- Refined puddles [SSS]>- Implemented smooth appearance and drying puddles>- Improved lighting, glare from light sources>- Refined flower correct in the game>- Fixed some errors in shader>- Parallax is out, as it is. worked incorrectly: it was used immediately for all materials>- Volumetric light from the lamps has been modified [SSS]>- New shades for water>- Reworked fog in the game>- Updated weather component, now it is in a much more refined form>- Part of the textures in the game was optimized, due to which the consumption of video memory has become less>- Updated settings in the slidecheers anon this truly does look amazing but the language might filter me hard tho
>>502346404What's wrong, your /v/ thread failed?
>>502346404Furries are just too powerful. I remember there was a star citizen FAQ where some retard disguised as a toy fox as asking questions to Robert himself. Doesn't matter how much money you have, you can't escape them.
>>502348346you seem to forget that a lot of these furfags are IT wizards, it's hardly a stretch of the imagination that they're also into video games. mental illness either way though
>/v/ tourist infestationyou're not welcome here.
>/v/ tourist salvationyou're welcome here.
>>502347287>liked music at the beginning of the video>music group is literally called KINOhuh https://youtu.be/-vdfEZwPd3M
>>502351269knowing kino is one of the requirements for being a stalker newfriend
>>502351269>anon just discovered Tsoi and KinoBetter late than never bratan.https://youtu.be/xKpzH5bxYsk
>>502351269>>502351782>>502351864https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GekEGo8A-RIfooking tune this
>>502352339That one time when the band came back together to record a song that Tsoi only ever recorded on a low quality compact cassette hits really hard, mainly the shots on the cassette player as the only remain of Tsoi in the room.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5TPrwtkKIUOn the 2022 remake album they've managed to clean up the vocals even more.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15vfqnfl9OAFor comparison here's the original cassette recording from 1990.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQ2uI_k-fhc
That will be $600 if you want to play stalker
>>502353275>he boughted ngreedia brand newRemember to buy at least two, or even three, as the more you buy, the more you save.
>>502353460Nvidia is unfortunately the only GPU manufacturer so I had to buy a 4080 Super.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIjGAzFOPTg
>>502353801>he fell for jensen's marketinglmao
>>5023538011. AMD exists and offers good mid-range GPU's2. Used market exists and the 30 series is still decentThe only reason you went for the 40 series was because Nvidia dominated the market and AMD doesn't bother competing. Even worse, AMD has backed off of the high end GPU market where Nvidia now holds a monopoly.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2ThRcdVIis
>>502354316>>502354072>ayyyymd GPUslollmao
>>502354465 >>502350610
>>502354465muh traced rays
>>502354465intel arc is better
>>502354465>>502351075
>>502354316I went with a 4080S because my entire life I've only ever had 60 series GPUs and wanted something powerful for once.
>>502354316Will the newer nvida cards work in the same socket as the 2070?
>>502355461pcie is pcie, the only difference is the lane speed. if you put a 4090 in an old board with pcie2 speed lanes, you're going to gimp yourself
>>502355461Uhh, obviously? It's not 2006 where you had PCI, PCIe and AGP competing with each other, now it's just PCIe. At worst your motherboard will have PCIe 3/4 and the new Nvidia GPU's will have PCIe 5 so there might be some potential performance degradation, but it'd still work just fine since the PCIe standard is backwards comaptible.
>>502353275I bought a 4070 for $500 yesterday
>>502355957If you want to know more about the PCIe version stuff, the tech caveman from North Carolina did a good video on it.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2SuyiHs-O4
I'm pretty happy with my 7900xtx albeit. I don't give a fuck about ray tracing though
>12400f>6800(not xt)Will it run okay?
Which is the most iconic acoustic guitar track of the stalker games (NO vocals)?
>>502357104define "okay" - it'll run, without a doubt
>>502355993Where ?
>>502357104it will, and if not, you'll make it so.
>amd r5 6600>no dedicated gpuWill it run okay?
>>502357339probably sucked serious dick to get it at that price. come over and i'll sell you mine for a similar price
>i3450>HD 7850Will it run okay?
>>502357104I upgraded my 12400f to a 14600k just for this game.
>/v/ermin
3800x cpu2080 super gpu16gb ram1440p monitorHow fucked am I?
>CPU>GPUI wish more retards realized that mentioning their monitor's resolution, not physical size in inches, the resolution from the control panel, would be the most beneficial in the crystal ball predictions of whether or not shit'll run on their system well.
I'm just hoping I can get 60 without having to rely on framegen if I set everything to the lowest settings bros.>6600XT
>>502358051You can always change that, unlike your card.
>Game Boy ColorWill it run okay?
>>502358509Everyone has a different tolerance of what they consider "good FPS" and "good resolution". Some will want crisp 1080p with FPS that are close to the 60FPS range but not below 30, some would be happy with crushing it down to 1366x768 if it meant constant 60FPS, and some wouldn't take any compromises. By the end of the day, the kind of PC one wants to build is the one that suits their preferences.
>>502358763>1080p>crisplol
>bro literally went to pripiyat to record songcomfyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOvYsShJx5Yalso, is "He was a good stalker" the most iconic campfire track?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_-fba2hBG4
>>502358852crisp 1080p has to be bait, i refuse to believe otherwise unless anon has his eyes smeared with vaseline on the regular
>>502358889He just has a killer green/blue screen. No way he's getting into Chernobyl at the moment, especially as he's Russian, even as a tourist.
>>5023587631440p120 is my idealt. rx 7600 haver
>>502358852>>502358956I was referring to the fact that whenever you set a lower rendering resolution compared to your native resolution, the image will get stretched and get blurry. You'll always sacrifice visual quality for better performance which is why I referred to 1080p as "crisp" since some people will want to play in native res when they're dealing with this type of performance min/maxing which is the entire point of the discussion here. Forgive me for triggering your superiority complex by muttering the most popular resolution reported on Steam Survey. Be sure to flex on me with your 4K screens, RTX 4090's and call me a poorfag for like five posts in a row.
>>502360002lol poorfag seethe
>>502357197https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_-fba2hBG4
>>502360002lol poorfag cope
>get 4K monitor>downscale game to 1080p>"wtf why does it look like shit"
>>502360492I'm thinking the same
Why does Stalker 2 not have any blood when someone gets shot?
>>502361087watch any of the videos and you'll see the blood misting in the air from them getting shot
>>502361220But there's nothing on the ground or wallshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAz3_4uvG0k
>>502361006I have 1440p monitor, what other option then to downscale do I have, except buying a new cpu and gpu and spending at minimum 1200 euros because electronic shit, is epxensive as fuck where I live??? Only thing saving me is geforce now but then again I will have to play with 20 ping(and pay 21 euros per month)...
>>502361867just turn down some settings it's not hard
>5 days until release>No launch week marketing push except for some artifact gifs and a trailer about guns (who cares)>No A-Life trailer or overview>No uncut player v stalker gameplay>Last minute sys req changesI'm usually a copium huffer but it's not looking bright fellas
do you think master difficulty will still be the best way to play the game?
>>502363328>samefaggingNobody cares about your autistic obsession with AI trailers.
IT'S UP!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ct5dce9xpQI
>>502364437stop shilling your shitty channel
>>502364437That dude is alright.
They downgraded every aspect of the game because of consoles, I will NOT buy! Might pirate tho.In other news, really enjoying Radiophobia 3 atm.
>>502364939I think it's going to be alright for us PCchads.
>>502364939why does this look like they ripped off the MP5 straight out of CoD4
>>502364939>Pan AVOpinion discarded
>>502365029cuz u have brainrot, you see reddot and instantly think cod4
>>502361549Stop asking questions, Russian attacker
>>502364939Have you seen the fucking requirements even after the downgrade?Nobody would have been able to run this shit if they didn't downgrade.
>>502365171Cus it's the shitty airsoft Pan AV reddot COD 4 used before Infinity Ward (mostly) stopped using airsoft equipment for references
>>502365245Rest assured there was no downgrade on what really matters: A-Life. Unless GSC wants to kill the franchise because Stalkans care about their autistic encounters more than they care about graphics
>>502365115I got that monitor for free and I really like 21:9 ratio for FPS games, that extra FOV is awesome.A shame Stalker doesn't really support ultrawide when it comes to the UI.
>>502365573I'm talking about you using this POS on your gun
>>502365029Because it probably is, a lot of mods rip models straight from COD/Insurgency/Tarkov etc. which I don't really have a problem with really as long as it fits the setting.
>>502365729My bad, I am not much into the nitty gritty when it comes to guns and attachments.I don't mind laser dot sights, no idea if that one is considered bad IRL.
>>502365510A-life is the most overrated feature of Stalker desuIt was never anything amazing or groundbreaking
https://x.com/Pirat_Nation/status/1857153026169122871Well, do you agree?
>>502367352It's just CoD - Ruski Edition so no, hate it.
i tried to modify some script quest files in radiophobia 3, when i accept the mission i modified pic related happens, never seen this state before, is this an ogsr thing or does it happen in vanilla too? is there a simple way to fix this or do i have to learn LUA and stalker modding in general?
>>502361549holy fuck you're right. there's no blood splashes at all
>>502358889https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHxJqOzFUj4 is my personal favorite. I can still picture one of the campfires where it stuck in my head, on top of Skadovsk at night hearing gunfire and watching dogs get blown up by Whirlgigs.
>>502367352>xitter screenshot of a /v/ ragebaitupvoted
>>502365957The original one isn't that bad, but it was never meant for serious military use as far as I'm aware and it inspired tons of cheap clones that are still being made to this day and are mostly legitimately bad. Before a lot of game devs became more knowledgeable about guns and their accessories, it was one that used to show up all the time.>>502365029Seeing an MP5 that looks like that always reminds me of the RE5 one personally, sometimes I still like to set up MP5s like this in games if they let me.
>>502367352Weakest of baits, throw the rod into the water next time.
>>502368595For me it's the COD4 circular dot sight on the G36. That shit looks farm more robust that whatever paintball piece of crap's siting on top of the MP5
>>502368595Unfortunately most devs don't have a lot of knowledge about how guns and sights work. Really big gripe of mine are parallax sights where the dot/cross is just painted on or scopes where they just zoom in the whole picture. Completely ruins the immersion.
>>502368540>xitterShut your fucking face liberal, it's called X: the Everything App, run by the "George Soros of the Right" and Head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) Elon Reeve Musk.
IT'S UPhttps://youtu.be/kjZsPIN1vLk?si=I32-jw1v3cIGsevk
>>502368970>>502369205lol
>>502344542I would agree but i find it really annoying HQ models are the only alternative to literally 2002 models out there. I mainly blame GSC for not even updating them by 2010 but modders have had 20 years to do something about it too, and while HQ models are pretty shit i give them points for at least trying to iterate.I just don't know how we can have super fucking high poly advanced shader advanced physics high fps animations for the most boring ass guns in the world, super realistic densely cluttered and dynamic shader maps and what not, but no one, not one modder has shown interest in remaking a SEVA, or a sunrise suit, or any of the fucking leather jackets. And i don't accept "it wouldn't look like Stalker" as a valid answer, i don't accept that you can't make a higher quality model that keeps the feel of the originals, that is shitter talk.
>>502369591Some lore friendly models were shown during this years AP-PRO showcase but they didn't say when they were releasing
>Andrii Levkovskyi, Lead AI Programmer: Our approach balances nostalgia and innovation. For long-time fans, we've kept the core elements that define the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. experience: atmospheric storytelling, intense survival mechanics, and a detailed world. For newcomers, we've introduced modern graphics and an intuitive user interface to make it more accessible. These are just examples of our improvements. We’ve also added several hours of directed cutscenes to enhance the narrative experience. This combination ensures that S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 honors its heritage while welcoming a new generation of players.>In terms of combat gameplay, how have you managed to retain the feel of the original game while refining the experience for a modern audience?>Levkovskyi: The intense combat gameplay has always been a standout experience that defined the original series.>Every encounter in S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 is designed to be life-threatening, keeping players on the edge of their seats. We've ensured that weapons behave realistically, with accurate ballistics, recoil, and damage models, preserving the gritty and unforgiving nature of combat where every shot counts. Advanced physics enhance the realism, with bullets penetrating surfaces accurately, objects reacting naturally to explosions, and enemies responding convincingly to being shot. >The AI behavior that challenged players in the original series has been improved. Enemies continue to employ clever tactics, use covers effectively, execute flanking and advancing maneuvers, throw grenades, evade threats and coordinate attacks to provide a lifetaking challenge, maintaining the tactical depth that fans loved.
>>502361549>>502368106There are, but they are extremely diminished.
>>502348346>>502348889Furfaggotry is a pact with occult forces that grants you access to skills and knowledge that normal people may only dream of. You literally have to sacrifice your humanity for it, which is why the hmofa crowd may not gain access to such boons.
>>502369814Wow that's so cool GSC... so when can we see that shit
>>502369814>For a modern audience, we've significantly upgraded AI intelligence. Enemies now make more complex decisions, assessing threats, prioritizing targets, and adapting to player strategies dynamically. This results in more engaging and unpredictable combat encounters. Additionally, enemies react more naturally to the player's presence and actions, investigating noises, responding to visible threats, and communicating with each other, creating a more immersive and lifelike combat experience.>S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 features a wider range of enemy types, each with unique behaviors and combat tactics, ensuring encounters remain fresh and challenging. The dynamics among different factions lead to more complex interactions and conflicts. AI-controlled factions engage in their own battles, patrols, and raids, which the player can observe or join, adding depth to the world. The transition between exploration and combat is seamless, with AI behaviors blending smoothly into the game world, keeping players constantly alert, as the line between safe and dangerous zones is often blurred.
>>502369891>post blurry 240p screenshot from a youtubemy man I can barely see shit
>>502370014There is no other alternative and finding clear cut no commentary of the preview from 4 weeks ago is surprisingly difficult. Here's the clip in motion if you're interested. https://youtu.be/1UyWbJZj1Bo?t=58
>>502370178So anon was lying? Hum.
>>502370178There is no blood splatter or splashes, like I said. It appears and disappears into thin air like a puff of smoke. Not a good look for a 2024 game.
>>502370178Ah, I can see it there in your clip. Maybe they removed it from the trailer for advertising reasons or something
>>502370409Not true, anon. You can see the car door red with blood.
>>502368883It's also some cheapo civilian red dot, but you might be right to say it's a better choice than whatever flavor of Amazon special Pan AV clone that got referenced for a lot of games back in the day.>>502370014I think he's talking about that stain on the back of the van. It seems like a good enough blood decal to me, I don't know. There's also that picture of the player with a Mac-10 where there's a bandit lying in a pool of blood, but who knows if that was just a bullshot or not. Doesn't explain why you don't see splatters in those specific fights in the trailer that was posted earlier though.
>>502369895if i have to get ass blasted by a dude dresses in a full fox suit to gain special powers, it's not worth it
>>502370409Nah it does leave a blood mark that wasn't there before
>>502369591There is the unreleased The New Models Pack, which anon >>502369724 already mentioned. Its a rather faithful HD/HQ models pack.The other alternativ is the All Vanilla Stalkers Variation mod. It fixed the proportions of stalkers and added more modeled details, but it still uses the vanilla materials. Its semi unreleased, because it's in True Stalker and you can unpack it and use it already
Would be cool if they added more gore. Imagine taking limbs off with a shotgun, would be fun. Or blasting chunks off fleshs.
Hey Stalker, you interested in replaying Call of Pripyat before Stalker 2 drops but you absolutely can't handle the weapons being mirrored?ABR and Gunslinger seem cool but they change too much in terms of gameplay and balancing?Then check out this original weapon reanimation mod:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bp3Hc8koeyohttps://www.moddb.com/games/stalker-call-of-pripyat/addons/stalker-weapon-reanimation-copSlap some increased grass render distance on top and you can have a pleasant vanilla CoP experience before next Wednesday:https://www.moddb.com/mods/merge-mod/downloads/grass-draw-distances
>>502370720No, he doesn't. The blood marks disappear like puffs of smoke. There are no decals that remain on the environment. Look up the 5 seconds and watch the car closely. The blood disappears.
>>502371026soldier of fortune games were so good. nobody doing cool shit like that anymore
>>502371541Dead Island 2 has amazing gore mechanics. Shame it's stuck in Dead Island 2
>>502371016That looks way better, and basically complete, i hope it doesn't just get lost forever like a ton of mods have>All Vanilla Stalkers Variation mod>https://stalkerteam.pl/topic/16276-all-vanilla-stalkers-variations-avsv-mod/Is it me or did they shrink the heads in this one
>>502371668no wonder i didn't know that, it's in a dead island game
>>502370660weak constitution
HOLY SHIT they removed the bullshots from the steam page finally. There is new screenshots too I believe
Playing AMK. Is there any way to remove a specific anomaly through console? Escorting Kruglov and his pathing leads him right into an anomaly so he always dies.
>>502372170I don't know how to tell you this, they're all bullshots
>>502369912It's already been shown in the gameplay trailers you whiny bitch. They even explicitly detail a scenario where the player gets killed because the cheeki breekis he's fighting flanked around him and shot him in the back. You're demanding things that weren't even present for the old games. >>502370720>>502370516>>502371431Tiny images captured from low res footage does nobody good. Catboxing this because I'm not going to make that statement and then downscale the image to post it. The quality is kind of ass even at 4k and with it serving AV1, so the source video was probably rendered badly. The last frame before the van goes out of view, the blood puff is fading away. It's not like the gun being used likely penetrated through the bandit's body to spew blood all over the back anyway.https://files.catbox.moe/7he9nd.png
>>502371431It's literally still there. Are you legally blind?
>>502372332No, that's not true. This look clearly like the last few gameplay videos. Verification not required.
Be honest /sg/, would you stick a kolobok up your bum for 2500 roubles
>>502372853It would be extremely painful.
>>502373227Would you prefer some beads instead
>>502373331only if they're mama's
>>502372451It's not there because the blood marks fade away. You're the blind retard.
>>502373227you're a big guy
>>502373659Guess you'll just have to wait until release and see how you're wrong.
>>502367352Love metro but they completley different (besides the excellent shooting mechanics)D- minus for this bait anon
>>502365497its a barskahttps://www.opticsplanet.com/barska-electro-1x22-33mm-reflex-sight.htmlthe pan av is a copy of the barska
>>502368905>Really big gripe of mine are parallax sights where the dot/cross is just painted onsuch as?
>>502374325>wait until release and see how you're wrong.I would love to but I have a feeling that the lack of blood splatter will be the least of the game's issues. I do lock forward to the shitshow that'll be the performance and general gunplay/movement feel. Last time I played it, it felt slow and sluggish.
>>502370720There's no blood mark, just a mist of blood that disappears quickly
first day im probably gonna spend fiddling with performance if the game does not run smooth out of the box>t. 3060>inb4 kek>captcha: NNN PR (mine is like 1 week)
>>502372853>for 2500 roubles>for 25 bucks
>>502375491Yes
>>502372853>>502375491>die>gain $25hell yeah
Are you betting men /sg/?https://kalshi.com/markets/metacriticstalker2/metacritic-scores#metacriticstalker2
>>502375769vidya ratings really are the new stock market
>>502375769This is a real thing?
i hope they let us play a guitar without mods
>>502376375Have you been living under a rock? Betting shit is everywhere, you can bet on what the weather in your flyover state town will be like in 2 weeks
>shitty optimization>inspired by gaymma>heavily politicized grim
>>502379137Based on what?
>>502378478It wasn't common to the point people bet on fucking metacritic scores. Is this why /v/edditors post a thousand threads a day about nothing but review scores, player counts, and desperation for every new game to fail? It's not just zoomers who prefer drama over games, but subhumans trying to gamble on outcomes?
do you think there will be they/them people in the game? trans and nonbinary and genderfluid?
>>502380119No.
>>502380119no but ideally there should be at least one or two
>>502379579It's just the logical evolution of cryptoshit and robinhood, why bet on just stocks and currencies when you can bet on literally anything?
>>502380119>we wuz stalkers>women in the zoneit's only missing trannies for the trifecta
>black banditscheeki breeki
Reminder that Dvach out of all places dug out a fact that there was a single black liquidator present in Chernobyl, and actually presented it as an argument for people to shut up about the negr and instead talk about how it's not buildo and shit.In other words, /sg/ still bitching about the black stalker is worse than fucking Dvach.
>>50235733912% off, $499https://www.newegg.com/zotac-twin-edge-zt-d40700h-10m-nvidia-geforce-rtx-4070-12gb-gddr6x/p/N82E16814500552
>>502381625Igor Ingwar Khiryak or something like that.
>5 days left>/v/edditors are becoming exceedingly desperate to find any imaginary issue to tortanic S2 over>going so far as to bring up culture war topics
>>502382375Might as well throw another $500 in and just get a 4080 Super desu
>>502382630Yeah, Игop Хиpяк in Russian flavored vodka runes. Dvach managed to dig it out and use it as proofs to prove that there can be a negr in the Zone, which is pretty impressive for a group of Russkies that only wish to shit on GSC endlessly to defend the one thing that you'd think would send them in a frenzy.
>>502383574Cool that he's still alive
>>502383574Here's even a commendation he got
>>502380470>ideally there should be at least one or twoThere should never be any alphabet people in any games.
>>502391780wrong
>>502374652go back to /v/ retard
one last doomer shitpost before bedits coool u wake up still mad :)
holy fucking dead thread
>>502336403this looks really goodmight be a valid option for CoP vanilla+ playthrough.
>black>woman>azov memberwhat did they mean by that?
Will some roody poo steal an xbox copy already and leak the gameplay
>>502399381whomst?
NEW GUNSLINGER UPDATE!!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJEBdilioU4
>>502331281Judging by the leaked build and everything after, there really isn't going to be any political agenda (other than the forced nigger and women). Most retards have also been wildly misunderstanding what the Russian gov representative said, which is that the game will get banned IF there is any objectionable content in it, which there is no indication of based on what we have seen so far. Frost has said he will have a copy available to pirate (and that he would edit out any content that the Russian govt found unacceptable, if any), so there will for sure be a pirated copy available pretty much day one. Only retards are making this game about the Russian-Ukraine political situation, even GSC has done nothing like that other than ban sales to Russia (which probably happened because of sanction concerns as well). Tbh I expect sales in Russia will immediately resume after the war ends and sanctions are lifted, the community is still very big there (mod community much bigger than the Western one) and I expect they will try to bring them back on board when it is politically feasible.
>>502380119No. I'm convinced the only reason niggers and wahmens have been shoehorned in is because Microshit probably forced it.
I don't understand what is wrong with game having a few women and black people in it...
>>502405934this makes me realize CoP had the best ambient music
>>502381625The game is set in modern day Ukraine, in which niggers are absolutely not native. People are pissed about it because we can't have one bloody piece of media without having a nigger forced in it somewhere. There is literally zero good reason, lore or business wise, for niggers to be in Stalker. In any case the arguing about it is irrelevant because the nigger and women will probably be modded out at some point in the future.
>>502407005What it really needs is black women
>>502407321How is it forced when they literally exist in both Russia and Ukraine? Aфpopoccиянe were brought over by the Comitern. As such it is only natural they appear in the Zone too, as former USSR territory.
>>502395414>>502394550for clarity, doomers still wake up assmad :))
>>502407914barely exist
>>502405934lolthat one retard saying they werent working on it anymore.eat shit faggot!
>>502410132This is the last update
>>502405934gunslinger is such a good looking mod
Anon will you be playing the game in English or Ukrainian audio language?
>>502411060English obviously
>>502411060Ukrainian obviously
>>502411060Ukranian because I like being immersed in the region and I am not a fan of hearing combat barks in english. Nor do I like the accentless voices.
>>502411060probably english during my first playthrough
>>502411060I want to kill Ukrainians in this game, not Americans.
>>502411060ukranian audio with english subtitles. the english voice acting this time around sounds plain bad instead of the funny bad in the originals (ALOOOOOOOOOOOHA)
>>502407914If the Zone were in Atlanta nobody would give a shit about niggers being in it. The OG trilogy had a very diverse, yet realistic, set of ethnic groups in it: you had Ukrainians, Russians, Georgians, Armenians, which is a very realistic cast of characters for that part of the world. Neither Russians nor Ukrainians are black, any blacks there an extremely microscopic subset of the general population. The nigger was added purely to tick off a Western diversity checkbox, that I can guarantee. Groups like Chechens or Buryats would have provided a much more realistic set of characters if GSC really wanted to diversify the cast further.
>>502411494>If the Zone were in Atlanta nobody would give a shit about niggers being in it.I would.
>>502411060The English voice acting I've heard so far sounds horrible, but I really don't want to be bothered to read subtitles in order to understand what is going on, at least for the first playthrough. Will just go with English unless it is completely unbearable.
genuinely torn on which version of the game to buy on steam.on one hand, I don't want to give any more money to ukrainians than this country already has, on the other hand, I don't want to be seen as a poor member of the great unwashed by purchasing the cheap version
>>502412092I am buying the normal version of the game and the other 20 euros I would spend for deluxe version I am spending on ultimate geforce now subscrption.
>>502412748>ultimate geforce now subscrption.what the fuck is that
So you can hold F (the pick up/use button) and it will show nearby item names. Is there any way to toggle this feature to be on permanently, without needing to hold F all the time? Its been quite a few years since I last played any stalker, so I don't know if this is possible or not.
>>502416158No if you hold F it also automatically interacts with any item on the ground, so it's highlighting what's close to pick it up. Unless you want to immediately pick everything automatically, you can't have one without the other.
Anomaly 2 when?
>>502418262I thought that figurine had a cool robot leg for a second.
>>502366095A-Life is what has kept STALKER relevant for the past 15 years you dumb faggot.See >>502418262
>>502418262My Ultimate physical edition got cancelled and I still am salty. I am not ordering the reprint.
>>502415808It's basically cloud streamed graphics/gaming, if that makes sense. You hook up to a remote computer.
i cannot imagine playing a fucking shooter with 75ms+ input latency
this game is going to be so absolutely fucking kneecapped from trying to meet sony and microsofts requirements, I have zero hope for it
>>502411060Ukranian, shame there's no Russian since I understand it better, but oh well.
>>502405934Old news. It was updated 2-3 days ago. Also gunslinger is dead. Dev said on their VK page that zhey won‘t be developing stuff on it, although they also saud that the might post stuff, if they change their mind
>>502374651meant reflex sights, apologies99% of games (and Stalker mods) don't do this properly and it's annoying as shitif sights were like most games portray them you wouldn't be able to hit shit with them
>>502425459most holos/reflex in stalker mods at least have the piper painted a couple feet in front of the gun and a shader of some kind hiding it unless it's seen through the peep of the sight. It's obviously not as good as the real deal but i've never seen a gun mod where the reticle is painted on the sight itself.
Good morning I am excited for Stalker 2!!!
>>502393524Nigger, I literally played the game for longer than you. On 3 separate occasions.
>>502428384i played with your mom on three separate occasions, what's your point faggot?
How is xrmp?
>>502425459I thought you were getting at the opposite.a lot of older mods dont do it right.>>502426018>but i've never seen a gun mod where the reticle is painted on the sight itself.lots of older mods do.to be fair...lightplanes + transparent textures in hud camera are broken in vanilla.They get projected even with sorting onthe only real workaround besides using a fixed version of the engine( gunslinger, anomaly, iwp fpr example is using bones to manipulate the texture. even that has certain limitations.
I think clear sky sucks because GSC can't do prequels for shit. Why should I care about CS at all when the protagonists failed so hard they literally all fuckin died and had absolutely 0 impact on the story at all? Even their lore feels completely phoned in. Why does Lebedev claim to know absolutely nothing and send all his men to certain death with nothing but leather jackets and pistols when he was part of the original scientist team? Why does nothing Scar does matter? Fuck man, what a waste of a game.
why doesn't gamma have inventory space yet, after all they're obsessed with realism? area, prosector's project and olr 3.0 has had inventory space for a long time, but gamma still doesn't...if they loved realism only as long as it's cinematic and helps make movies with doomer music, then they wouldn't have added a damage system, crafting and a ton of items, only item animations and 3D PDA, I'm can't get it...
>>502431579finno ugric asian uraloid
>>502431370I was saying older models portray it wrong. I guess things have improved since Gunslinger started implementing them correctly. Here is an example where it's just painted on.Also, wtf
>>502431650because grok is a retard obsessed with mu-muh b-ba-balance
>play Radiophobia 3>arrive at bar>still no artifact detector>no one sells themIs there something I am not getting?Am I stupid?
>>502431757as soon as the balance starts to somehow limit alife/spawn - it's dogshit. alife exists only to constantly generate as unexpected and dangerous situations as possiblethis asshole literally spits in the face of the great MISERT ancestor, in which from the start of the game there were absolutely no restrictions
>>502431738also meant for >>502426018
>>502431738yeah, i get it. Initially, I read your post wrong.>also, wtfyeah not much else to do without shader manipulation.like parallax addon, even "vanilla" anomaly's is just painted to center screen.we stalker folks using ancient busted spaghetti code make due with what we got.Thankfully options have improved
>>502432089I said that wrong.Parallax stuff isnt stuck to center screen.that comma was supposed to be a period.oh well
>>502430745xrmpe rapes. I'm surprised nobody here is talking about it. (no friends?) the only bug we have encountered so far is a missing "A" key in the UAZ on the bridge (i have encounted this in other CoP mods. Very unfortunate.)
>>502411494>The nigger was added purely to tick off a Western diversity checkbox, that I can guaranteeI don't quite follow the news. Are the devs working under another corporation?
>>502432736>(no friends?)yes :(
>all that scope sights autismI still understand none of that shit.I guess you're supposed to see the actual iron sights through them, but what else?
>>502432736>pual benis
>>502433316>I guess you're supposed to see the actual iron sights through them, but what else?No.Imagine you look through your window and focus on something outside. Now put a dot with a marker precisely where that thing you are focusing on is. Now when you move the dot doesn't stay on target. So now imagine if real scopes worked like that. You wouldn't be able to properly aim. That's why iron sights have 2 parts, a notch and a bead. Reflex sights work differently and use magic, sometimes called physics, to have a dot that stays on the point where your bullet would hit. And if you are like me and have autism it's really annoying when games portrait reflex sights the wrong way.See here for an example how they are supposed to work >>502425459Or watch this if you want to dig deeper: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZZElCIL-0o
>>502432736>paul benis
Sooooo..Early gameplay next week before release day?
>>502433759...aaaaaaaaaaahSo it's kinda like laser pointer attached onto a gun, but with scope allowing only you to see it.That post you quoted got me confused about how it works. I thought it was some auto-targetting system.
>>502435069>So it's kinda like laser pointer attached onto a gun, but with scope allowing only you to see it.That's a great way to put it.
>>502435143NiceWith classic sniper rifles you have to adjust the scope itself and it works kinda like binoculars, right?Red light dot is good for shorter distances and eyeballing correction on the go, but with sniper rifles you need to adjust the scope for distances so you can hit on first shot.Do I get it right?>imagine having to adjust the sniper rifle scope in FPS games, especially multiplayer
>>502435850>Do I get it right?It depends, they often have adjustments for zeroing and windage but some have set values.>imagine having to adjust the sniper rifle scope in FPS games, especially multiplayerThat's a thing in Arma.This brings me to another gripe, games where scopes like the PSO-1 don't work properly when you use the markings to determine the targets distance.
>>502436668aint nobody got time for that shit.doubtful most players woud use it
"The game was delayed 5 times and they tried to add NFT's as well. Not to mention all the politics injected into it. Don't have high hopes for it. And the requirements for this game are just stupid. Look at Metro Exodus and look at this game. The graphics are on par with Exodus that came out 5 years ago and has much lower system requirements. They probably got a large cash infusion from Epic just to use their shitty engine. Devs these days don't give a fuck about optimisation. This word is out of their vocabulary. They rely on upscalers to do the work for them now. You wanna play STALKER, go download GAMMA or something, it's free and most likely better."thoughts on this comment?
>>502439497Anti-Ukrainian Kremlin propaganda, just like every """""constructive criticism""""" towards the greatest game ever made that is STALKER 2.I may be invoking Poe's law with this hard but that's how a lot of people will react whenever anyone points out anything remotely negative once S2 releases. Honestly, the shitfest that'll commence post-release interests me more than the game itself.
AMK 2 would have been way better than Stalker 2 will be.
>>502432736>I'm surprised nobody here is talking about it. (no friends?)i think it would've been cool if someone hosted a game here...
>>502439497I will say that I genuinely convinced Nvidia and/or AMD are giving money to developers to force people to use their garbage AI upscalers
FOUR DAYS /sg/FOUR DAYS
Which faction has the best toilets?t. shitting rn before work
>>502440862Freedom at Yanov
>>502440862True stalkers shit in a whirligig.
>>502440862doody, for sure. the clue is in the name
Anyone try complete 1.5 yet??https://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-complete-2009
I heard 100 Rads has terrible service, and the food isn't great.
>>502441157>Complete gets an update after 15 yearsOh dear God no...
>>502440862>t. shitting rn before workyou should do it at work and shit at the expense of your employer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FVN2M_3tBM
>>502441157I didn't know it was out. Graphically it looks pretty good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yA682VkhhF8new radio beats
>>502442081>get to the Jupiter factory>jumped by Mercs>blowout happens>get to the market shelter location>the Jupiter toilets>all the Mercs huddled up in there as well>hilarity ensues
>>502441157>https://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-complete-2009The new character models look good actually
>>502237076You can turn off the yellow paint on ladders and stashes apparently.
>>502444846yeah
>>502445386S2 is saved
>>502445386Thank God.
>>502444846can we turn off niggers and women too?
>>502445761(You) wouldn't want to considering how much you're bawling your eyes out like a woman.
>>502445761Oh sweaty, you already do.kek
>>502446117
>>502446117heh
>>502443550that first song is a banger
>>502446617>>502447057it was too easy, I was set up I tell ya
>>502441157yo, its out! this shit looks good.>Other additions include:>Adjusted carrying weight, sprint, enemy vision, difficulty and more, based on community feedbacksounds like he redeemed the previous issues as well.
>legal reasonsimagine gatekeeping shit like that
>>502447780I thought it was all open-source.
>>502432736I've also been playing it, just haven't been talking about it because no one else was.I really like it, I just wish I could pump the difficulty up because right now it feels too easy even with 2 players. I'm really looking forward to people porting over CS and SoC for this version, and I also hope that porting over mods is possible in some way, playing through something like OLR with a friend would be really nice.
>>502450198how does it even work? can you both exist in seperate levels or do you get ported to the same level auto
>>502450318>Can you both exist in separate levelsNope, if someone goes through a level transition everyone goes along with them.For now, anyone dying is also an instant loss and forces a reload.
>>502450198>I'm really looking forward to people porting over CS and SoC for this versionthey are already here, albeit unfinished
>>502447780>legal reasonsI wish we had more alfa modmakers like demosfen.
WHERE ARE THE FUCKING LEAKS PEOPLE ALREADY GOT THEIR COPIES
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yA682VkhhF8First song unironically hits hard. Reminds me of Firelake's loner song from CS.
>>502451603That's from an event in France showing off the Xbox version.
>>502451419i wish modders could all just agree on one openxray fork (isnt ogsr engine the same shit?) and build it better from there. no restrictions for anyone.I swear these people fucking forgot what enabled them to make all these mods in the first place, utter and complete freedom.also, pavel nailed it so far.>- Adjusted carrying weight, sprint, enemy vision, difficulty and more, based on community feedback. The gameplay is now more challenging im gonna try this later even tho im not finished in r3
it looks like stalker 2 takes inspiration and copies a lot from tarkov, have gsc talked about that anywhere?
>>502453852yes it also takes inspiration and copies a lot from gamma, gsc confirmed that and praised grok's work in every interview.
>>502454231is that true? can you send me links to that? i love gamma and can't wait for stalker 2 gamma mods in a few months
>radioactive signage is written in UkranianI'm not one to complain but shouldn't they historically be written in Russian as many were set up in the aftermath of the 1986 catastrophe?
>>502454503>actually distinguishing slav runesLmao who cares
>>502453262Models look fucking banging desu, About time we got HD models that weren't utter dogshit and actually fit with the setting.
>>502454896They just look to be ripped from the stalker 2 showcase.
>>502440927>>502440862https://youtu.be/dmy45dTrij8
>>502454503>shouldn't they historically be written in RussianNo
>>502454503I can't tell the difference
>>502454986Awesome. I have a picture of the same sign when I was there.
>>502455318>ПTЛPBThat's shorthand for...?
>>502455365>PTLRW>During the liquidation of the consequences of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant temporary points have been created in the adjacent territories, with purpose of the fastest possible localization of radioactive materials.>According to the Concept of the National Targeted Environmental Program with management of radioactive waste, approved by the order of the Cabinet of Ministers dated 4.11.2022 No. 992-r, regarding rehabilitation measures at the points of temporary localization of RW, further reburial of radioactive waste is assumed from the most ecologically hazardous points to “Buryakivka” RWDS.https://cemrw.com/en/our-operations/facilities/ptlrw/But I can't decipher what exactly PTLRW is short for
Do you guys like stalker because you were fascinated by the chernobyl incident or did stalker make you fascinated with the incident instead
>>502439770Yeah, no. You fuckers are the last people I'd want to play STALKER co-op with.
>>502455859I don't really care for the incident, I just really like abandoned placesCoD4 was actually my first exposure to the Chernobyl zone in video games and that mission was hands down my favorite mission in a shooter for a while for aesthetic reasons alone
>>502450198>it feels too easy even with 2 playersdoes the enemy behavior/AI/quantity change with the player number? Also how good is singleplayer?
>>502455757Looked it up in vodka runes on Yandex: https://vk.com/wall-91393535_45245>Пyнкт Tимчacoвoй Лoкaлiзaцiї Paдiaцiйних Biдхoдiв>Пyнкт Bpeмeннoй Лoкaлизaции Paдиoaктивных Oтхoдoв>Temporary Containment Site for Radioactive WasteSo that explains that.
>>502439497I agree with it except for the GAMMA comment. Any mods for the OG trilogy are far better than freeplay garbage with item bloat.
>>502455859The latter. I went my entire life as an Amerimutt barely knowing anything about Chernobyl until I played Stalker and then eventually watched the Chernobyl TV show because of Stalker. Then I researched the event and understood what went down
>is THAT, a F-F-FEMALE GIRL?!?!
>>502455859Latter got me a whole lot more interested in the accident in of itself.
Sorry to tell this to you guys.But stalker 2 is going to suck big monster balls
>>502363328>>No A-Life trailer or overviewThe writing is on the wall.
>>502456565Who is that. Nimble's wife?
>>502451727Where's the soviet rock music? One previewer mentioned there was Soviet rock too, but so far they've only showcased contemporaneous Ukranian bands.
>>502368946Two weeks am I right sisters?
>>502455859I like Stalker because I come from a similar region to the game's setting. It reminds me of home.
>>502456894your mother's pussy reminds me of home, i guess that makes us brothers anon
>>502456887>german name>jewish opinionevery time
>>502455896ow...
>>502456073I don't think so, but I also wouldn't really know because I've only been playing it with my one friend who's into stalker. When I say it's too easy, it's more because the difficulty is set to some in-between of Stalker and Veteran and there is no way to change that outside of modding it yourself, according to people on their discord anyways. It plays just fine in single player, I did it a bit to test it out before actually doing coop, but then you're basically just playing CoP with a lite version of gunslinger + a few weapons from other mods.>>502451231I was under the impression that those were for an older version of the mod and they aren't going to work anymore until they get updated, can you still play those old versions somehow?
>>502439650inb4>don't blame the devs for any game bugs/optimization problems>they only had a THREE YEAR DELAY, please understand!
>>502380470People who voluntarily go into the zone have different mental illnesses.
>>502456174>>Temporary Containment Site for Radioactive WasteNeat information. I guess "temporary" is a very flexible term in the case of radioactive waste.>>502455318Did you guys have a Geiger counter with you while touring the Zone? Or were you there maybe even illegally? I think there were many cases of "Stalking" the Zone before the Invasion put a halt to everything.Imagine standing close to the robot in picrel. The pinnacle of west german engineering of the 80's that died to the roof radiation. It's a wonder that this pile of metallic junk doesn't illuminate a radius of ten meters at night due to its level of contamination.>>502455859I read Metro 2033 at first which really sucked me into its setting. From that point on I discovered Stalker and learned about Chernobyl pretty separately
>>502457161>but then you're basically just playing CoP with a lite version of gunslinger + a few weapons from other mods.sounds good enough for me. As neat as GL was, it had very little weapon variety. I mean, what the fuck was the point of having 12 pistols in the game when you only got like 3 ARs (SIG, AK, SA80).>When I say it's too easyMaybe they'll address this. Did you play the wave-based horde mode as well? Is it part of the xrMPE package or a separate download?
>>502457089Don't take it personally but the opinions of some faggots ITT sometimes make me question their worldview. The amount of blind praise that they give S2 alone on the basis that it's from *popular country at war*, without them ever having played the game or having looked into the development cycle is mind-boggling to me. It is genuinely a cucked mentality to have.
>>502266913>>502255321second on the train modelsis that a shelf, or do you have a ceiling railway? wanted the latter since I was very small
>>502456565three women confirmed so far, all of them are unique characters. i do hope it stays that way.
>>502457613>Did you play the wave-based horde mode as well?Yes, it's ok. Just a simple horde mode where you fight mutants and take the time between waves to search the map for new gear and supplies, kind of like a stalker version of killing floor but with no trader as far as I could tell.It comes with the normal download, if anything it's actually the co-op CoP mode that's the addon. You have to go into a little "add-ons" tab in the launcher and activate it before playing/launching the server to actually play CoP co-op instead of the wave shooter.
>>502457346I wanted to do an illegal visit, but I had not much means at the time, nor much money or connections I decided against it and went for a traditional legal tour instead, which was stil very cool.>Did you guys have a Geiger counter with you while touring the Zone?We could borrow one from the guide for a 100 hryvnia. I didn’t borrow one because foolishly I had spent the rest of my money on an overpriced chocolate in Chornobyl Town, right inside the perimeter to Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. At first I didn’t mind, but when I was wandering and exploring alone away from the group and was going to head down into a basement I realized I had no clue what sort of rads could be around me, for all I knew I could be standing in a hot spot, so I retraced my steps and went back to the group who had geiger counters. It was quite handy to follow them because the Hospital had a bunch of radioactive dust scattered on the floor so one had to walk rather carefully. Inside that place was also a piece of fire fighter equipment which some Stalker at some point had brought up from the basement. It was so radioactive it started to fuck with my electronic equipment, and it was just a tiny piece too. 10/10, will go again at some point.
>>502458668Dumb tourist.
>>502458934I had fun, that's all that matters.
>>502459029>that's all that matters.You completely missed the point of the journey.
>>502455859as soon as the game came out I was drawn in by the setting. chernobyl accident aside, the game has:>cool looking guys in suits and mask>russian weapons>cool, naturalistic landscapes based on real life>monsters>lootits a recipe that hadnt really been done before, not while also looking as good at least.the gritty atmosphere that was leaking from the images just really sold it for me and the already thriving modding community just 1-2 years into the games life cycle.>>502456887>wants uncontrolled internet>but in actuality wants full control over everything>>502454968>rippedthe models were made from scratch by a guy called nestandard_5443 >https://www.moddb.com/games/stalker/addons/hd-pack-soc-by-nestandart-5443also, say what you want, but pavel does have a good sense for visual image composition, I always said this. >pic relatedif he managed to redeem all the criticisms of the past with 1.5, then it would be even better. niggas could finally stop hating complete and just enjoy it for what it is, a really pretty vanilla+ mod.
>>502457346I mean, all terms in the Soviet and post-Soviet world are very flexible. Like calling a full-scale hostile invasion a "special military operation". Commies were masters at manipulating words like that.>>502457257>game announced in 2018>initial release date set for 2021>only then they start making the game>war breaks out in February 2022>GSC fully relocates to Czech Republic by May>continues working on the game in safety since then>"they are at war for freedom, please understand"As that one idiom goes, "szczęście w nieszczęściu".>>502457874It's very simple. During war time, information war also takes place. It turns everything black and white, and the majority of population is easily influenced by it. You're looking at people who have no opinions or original thoughts of their own, so it's counter-intuitive to try and make sense of it.
>>502459165It was extremely cold so I had no time for self reflection
>>502459615>Over there! a real Zombie™ from the Stalker franchise, known in the zone as "Зoмбoвaнi".
>>502459858What surprised me the most was probably the amount of internal military checkpoints and wild dogs.
>>502454980The toilet grenade always gets me
>>502457346>Did you guys have a Geiger counter with you while touring the Zone?Yeah was quite fun seeing it shoot up near the hotspots.
>>502456683Damn it, if only someone sucked my big monster balls.
Anyone have that "iphone" video in Yubileiny where the bloke blows himself up.
>>502458504Thanks.Sounds like a decent mod. Is it playable with randoms or is there a friend system in place?
>>502459542>so it's counter-intuitive to try and make sense of it.True. But seeing literal propaganda spewed out time and time again is so tiresome. There is no place for moderate, nuanced discussion.>>502459542>>"they are at war for freedom, please understand"kek. They're only at war for money and free gibs. I'm sure getting half the adult male population killed is very (((advantageous))) to a certain ethno-religious community.
Do enemies not avoid hand grenades? In all the games and mods I've played I've always got easy kills by just spamming hand grenades and it looked like they never even tried to run away or avoid them.
>>502462175I played Vanilla CS some weeks ago and the enemies actively ran away from my grenades
>>502461306They outright recommend using Radmin or Hamachi or whatever other VPN to just play it with your friends, which is what I've been doing. I still see public servers on the browser for both modes whenever I launch the game though, so you could probably just hop in one of those to play with randoms. Probably only the defense mode though, because the co-op is not drop-in, you need to start a new game and from that point onwards you can't add any more players or even get rid of the static actors that get left behind when they disconnect. If you want to play co-op with randoms, you would probably have to organize it on their discord or something.
>>502462175>>502462237In SoC even if you lob a grenade at a group of Zombies standing around a campfire they will sprint away kek
>>502462237>>502462484Maybe the pathing just confuses them in enclosed/tight areas, I never really threw grenades out in wide open spaces.
Captcha: DADGAG
>>502461747>I'm sure getting half the adult male population killedI mean, that's why you start wars in the first place. Besides making a fortune on selling military equipment that is.>>502462407>Radmin>HamachiNowadays, Tailscale and ZeroTier are the name of the game. Or setting up your own Wireguard server if you know networking.
>>502461747>'just don't defend your country when you get invaded bro' supposed to count as 'nuanced discussion'Get fucked vatnigger.
>>502443550WHO THE FUCK KEEPS KNOCKING
>>502454462NTA but I'll get the links
>>502463845I don't hear anything
>>502463845It's me. I'm inside your walls anon, let me out
i like the new spelling
Anybody knows , will the serbian subtitles be in cyrillic or normal alphabet?
>>502454503I'm not autistic enough to care about that, but I feel you in a way.
>>502455859None whatsoever. I just played for the emergent behavior that anons back in the day were having fun sharing stories.
>>502461747>kek. They're only at war for money and free gibs. I'm sure getting half the adult male population killed is very (((advantageous))) to a certain ethno-religious community.Why don't Russians stop then?
>>502465207
>>502465207So close to release too........
>>502465207>>502465394i'm going to have to start sucking dick for money instead of fun to be able to afford those specs
>>502466619Hopefully 720p is still an option.
>>502454462i was joking anon. ne guy from gsc mentioned that he plays anomaly and gamma and lots of people began to claim that stalker 2 will be gamma 2 by default, but in reality it doesn't take inspiration neither from tarkov nor gamma, at least not in any noticeable way.
>>502467208i figured you ignored me because i had thrown out obvious bait. yeah, i know. just shitposting to pass the time
>Pirate the game so I don't have to deal with launchers hogging CPU usage>Edit the ini files to the lowest possible settings for top performanceYep, it's STALKAN 2 time. Haven't upgraded my PC in 6 years btw.
>>502468965People are underestimating those .ini files edits. My ever growing suspicion that the average gamer has incredible low levels of technical skills (as far as editing a .ini files goes) just rises with time. Most dudes are just fucking stupid when it comes to this stuff and you can do wonders for optimizations by tinkering with it. Anyway, not everyone has the mind to deal with stuff like this, so I understand.
>>502465394Wonder how my 4080S + 14600k combo is going to perform, hopefully 100+ FPS at 1440p on maxed out settings will be possible
>>502465207>>502465394I could actually run it on the lowest settings...
>>502464382The devs said it's gonna be in Cyrillic, I think.https://steamcommunity.com/app/1643320/discussions/0/4340987242602685066/#c4340987242603140667
>>502468965>>502469384some faggot is gonna post the ini stuff on reddit for those exact retard normies and then GSC is gonna start enforcing shit, its textbook history with any game that has a multiplayer even if its an afterthought like S2's
I just read that Gamesplanet is selling Stalker 2 at a 35 percent discount in collaboration with ASUS. The code is ROGGAMEDEAL. You can use it at checkout when buying the standard edition.
>>502469535Stalkans can't stop winning.
>>502469592>s textbook history with any game that has a multiplayer even if its an afterthought like S2'sI very much challenge them to try any of that with my copy from GOG. lmao
kino
>>502465394A lot of the retards that preordered running builds from the 2010s are going to be fuming when they can't even pull 30fps on low. Judging by the very incomplete state of the 2023 leaked build I always believed that the game would release in 2025. A year of development time is nothing for a project the size of 2 and there is no way this game is going to release optimized, it will probably take a few months of patches to optimize this game and not have it run like absolute dogshit.
>>502469626It's not potentially worth it, but I guess some anons don't have any qualms with burning their shekels right now. I expect this game to be bug-ridden to the bone, a system crasher and maybe even responsible for the frying of some CPU and/or GPUs. The correct modus operandi here is to give the finger to GSC until they proved themselves.
>>502470058True, just look at DD2.
>>502469969Stalker Complete truly came a long way. https://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-complete-2009/news/stalker-complete-15-modern-update
>>502470227Isn't Complete shit? Is it suddenly redeemed now?
>>502457874Whats going to be even more hilarious is when the war finally ends and sales in Russia are immediately reopened. The kvetching from political retards will be off the charts while officially everyone will just be trying to move on.
>>502470445It's certainly better than it was 12 years ago. kek
>>502470445>new textures for nearly everything>loads of new shaders>top tier HQ models>high res night sky>balance changes by arsenal dev>changed all the shit people complained about being easy (like enemy view dist etc)yeah, so far it redeemed itself.
>>502470518There is no official veto to S2 in Russia yet. This is probably pressure from Russia for the devs to remove any message that could be interpreted as endorsing violence against them.
Didn't think I'd give Complete another go in 2024.
>>502471019Fuck, I'm currently playing AMK now, but I definitely have to give Complete a go too then
...How? Why? Do the boxes just randomly appear in the Zone?
I WANT TO PLAY ALREADY FUCK
>>502455859The chernobyl shit honestly was the most boring thing around it. Game clicked for me once i found out that it was just a front they used to do more fucked up shit in kek
>>502474167All you have to do is to keep alive and well for four days anonBe stronk
>>502455859>slav jank chernobyl radiation mutants kalashnikovthe atmosphere just instantly drew me in
>>502455859Both honestly. I loved abandonded places and the Chernobyl disaster was quite interesting, stalker containing these elements were great and enlightened my interested for Chernobyl as a historical site further.
>>502474343Instructions unclear, heading to real Chernobyl to receive early copy from Sid
>>502455859The oppressive atmosphere and depressing bleakness drew me in. It wasn't because of the incident and it didn't make me more interested in it, I already was interested in it and watched and read a lot about about it.
why does the flashlight not cast shadows in S2?There's like one video where it shows shadows casting when outside, but it seems like all the other published video footage of player being indoors/interior where there's none seen.This was even brought up in a reddit thread, and of course it was met with an excess of cope responses of "who cares?" and "the shadows are aligned directly behind the objects so you cant see them at this angle".Both of these responses are bs. Where are the flashlight shadows? It is integral to Stalker's visuals.
>>502475490>no blood decals on walls or ground>no dynamic shadows from flashlightwhat's going on here
>>502475490lmao even vanilla Stalker 1 has thatthx, consolesalso, it never ceases to amaze me how retarded redditors are, how do they even manage to breathe?
>>502475490Nerfed to be able to run on xbox at all is the main theory we have.Modders will fix it for pc eventually I imagine.
>>502475490I fully agree with you and I have no answer.
>>502475490xbox series s moment
>>502475490New Crowbcat video incoming.
It will be a disheartening display for how consoles ruin PC gaming :/
>>502476016I hardly think so, at least given what they shown so far.
>>502475490ur being disingenuine, everyone on reddit said it was a vital part of the atmosphere of the old games and shit
>>502475613>>502475670>>502475716>>502475776>>502475928the ONLY footage I see flashlight shadows is this brief panning on this, pic related.What has changed?>>502476178right, the people saying it is vital are those that are upset that there's no shadows.
>>502476294it might be that due to their lighting system shadows can be cast outside but not inside due to no other light sources
>>502476294probably aligning the marketing with xbox s so that normies with the shittiest hardware don't get mad about their shitty hardware giving them a downgraded version
>>502476391i was thinking this also, two separate systems in how light interacts, but there's also footage of the player peeking into the hole/cave into the ground, and there still isn't any shadows seen.>>502476462this is definitely a possibilty
>they don't know about the new flashlight shadow stealing anomaly
STALKER 2 will not have the soul of SoC.
Where did the scopes go bros? This from leaked alpha gameplay on VK
>>502477854Consoles took them.
>>502477854another victim in the console downgrade
If they were good devs they would have made pip scopes a graphics option.
>>502477854What am I suppose to be seeing wrong here? Is it that it's not a true PiP scope?
>>502477854Holy fuck I feel so betrayed. And this happened in the ladet year too. AAAAHHH
>>502477854Consoles and their consequences have been been a disaster for the gaming race.>>502478157You're seeing a proper PiP scope in the leaked alpha version that surfaced over a year ago.The PiP scopes are missing from more recent gameplay/trailers.
>>502478157This is what it looks like now
>>502477854No wonder GSC was seething when this was released, it actually showed what the game would be without console meddling.
>>502478289>>502478263Damn, I didn't know that. That blows.
>>502477854>>502478289I reckon this is not a graphical thing, but moreso a compromise for people sitting very far away from their screens, i.e., console players. Proper pip would be too difficult to see for a person sitting in their couch some feet away from their television compared to a zoom.
>>502477854>>502478263Can't wait for buildobros to mod PiP scopes back in.
>>502478289>completely lose situational awareness because they just decrease the FOV when using scopesso glad I didn't preorder
there is a faint possibility that dynamic shadows can be modded in with configs, at a big performance hit.
>>502478517THEN GIVE ME PiP AS A FUCKING OPTION THENFUCK MICROSOFT AND FUCK CONSOLES
>>502477854a deal with the devil for that sweet microshit money
I guess them trying to shove in NFTs was a big warning sign.
>>502478601i was thinking maybe it is an "RTX shadows" graphical option. But assuming so, it's probably a major performance hit.
>>502237076>GSC has a channel in their pisscord server where you can ask questions about Stalker 2>Ask about A-life >*Crickets*>Ask if most graphical parameters can be tuned or if it's just console style presets>*Crickets*>Ask about environmental destruction and prop physics>*Crickets*>Ask if lumen can be disabled>*Crickets* What's the fucking point of this shit if they refuse to answer any meaningful question and instead confirm you'll be able to rebind keybinds and answer the five daily questions about physical preorder stock in some rural Algerian village's sole game store.
>>502478861Now you are beginning to see that those discord servers are just another way to promote their game.
just finished cop
>official website still shows the pip scopesHope they get sued for false advertisement.
>>502478861They did confirm that the Yellow shit could be disabled at least. Although I doubt it.
>>502479604What did you think?
I hope we can disable the compass on top, reminds me way too much of Skyrim.
>>502479938you can turn off all of the hud if you want. was confirmed you can turn pieces off manually
>>502479929really good. almost got a perfect ending but forgot to do all of trappers quests
>>502480109oh thank god
>>502477854>>502478289>>502478619Exactly why couldn't it be an option? I play several games where PiP is an option you can turn off for guys with toasters/shit net.
>>502480191No reason why it couldn't so I don't know why it isn't.>>502480109I wish we just had the classic minimap instead of the compass hud.
>>502480191laziness, development and maintaining is more difficult the more options you have
>>502462737whar What mod?those trees are excellent
do we know that PIP is removed or are we just mad because it's not in the marketing
>>502480505If it wasn't removed then it would be in the marketing.Simple as.
im sure pc will get a mod that enable pip again or adds it
>>502480645a mod is just that, a modit probably won't be as nicely implemented as it was before they removed it
>>502480753But if it's in the old build, they could take that and add it in easier?
>>502464706>Why don't Russians stop then?because there's more of them and they've got the backing of China? It's not that hard, anon.
>>502469828>I very much challenge them to try any of that with my copy from GOG. lmaoI don't doubt they'll enforce a login screen to their online "sercvices" even for the DRM-free copies. I hope there's at a workaround.
>>502481000Maybe, if that already has all the weapons.Not sure how easy modding UE is and if the leaked build is openly available or if the hackers keep it to themselves. I am sure unrestrained autism will set the scope situation right eventually.
>>502452724>event in France showing off the Xbox version.which one? Paris Games Week 2024 didn't have a playable build fro the public. I know because I was there.
>>502475490UE5 momenthighly advanced engine made for selling character skins and weapon DLCs. There is just no technology that allows for dynamic indoor lights.
>>502478357>GSC was seethingthey seethed even more when the Gamescom 2023 build ended up looking identical to the leaks, LMAO
>>502482015Yet Xray had it over ten years ago. Almost 20.
>>502479718>Yellow shit could be disabledso they acknowledge that it looks like garbage?
>>502480331IWP with Autumnal Winds. Used the optional files (natural autumn trees and everything from the nature and enviromnent addons folder, except dead trees). I swapped it with Absolute Nature Redux (with the optional green gras and more varied grass) for my current playthrough
>>502482309forward rendering vs deferred rendering
>>502478289What's weird is that this is still using a shader of some sorts, because you can't see the front of the AS VAL. So it's not true 2D, and there are different rendering layers involved here. Really hope that means PIP can be modded back in easily
Interesting, anyone tried it?
>>502482631why the fuck go through all that effort and not just make a proper PIP wtf
>>502482631it just keeps getting worse, I will never be able to unsee that
>>502482673Some anons tried it a while back when it first released.
>>502482631far cry 2 didn't have pip scopes, but in that game it just un-rendered the front end of the gun as you transitioned into the scoped view. I suspect S2 does it the same way.
>>502482976Have you played UE4/5 games with PIP scopes like Insurgency Sandstorm or Ready or Not? Performance gets cut in half and the scope view is a blurry mess. Unreal was a mistake, here's hoping S&Box/Source 2 usurps it when it's released
>>502483053How is that worse
>>502482673>190gb
>>502483053How is that worse you retardDo you think you can see the front of your gun when using a x4 scope?
>>502455859the former
>>502477854Give it back
>>502483459no but all the scopes are 1x scopes now that PiP is gone and aiming changes the FOV
game is pre-loaded on my xbox series x and ready to go :)
>>502483053Desu this is more realistic than if you were able to see the gun in the scope>>502483247In Far Cry 2 it seems like at some point when aiming the entire gun and scope vanishes and gets replaced with a seperate scope model, which is much simpler than what is happening in S2
>>502483294>Source 2never happening
>>502483701take my upvote :)
>>502483778there is nothing realistic about the way it is now, doesn't matter if they make parts of the gun magically disappear or not
unfortunately, the rain looks like it's that ugly UE5 look where the raindrops are visible even in darkness, like pic rel another UE game.The earlier stalker game's had this issue too, where there were particles, like rain, fog, rolling dust, that were still showing up in darkness, even completely pitch black and no light sources present. I really hope they get it right. Rain during darkness will look incredibly ugly otherwise.
>>502485001Seems like modern devs struggle with rain. This is an issue in RE engine too.
>leaked alpha also had dynamic shadows when a flashlight was onit's truly over.
>>502483882Not from Valve no, but S&box is literally a Source 2 SDK with Unity-style scripting and UI, and Valve has given Facepunch the greenlight to allow games built in S&box to be published seperately on Steam for free. Once S&box is public Unreal and Unity are finished
>>502485627That is kinda fucked honestly. The leaked alpha obviously isn't finished lighting and texture wise, but the fact that it had dynamic shadows at this point. Ehh......
>>502485695>Once S&box is public Unreal and Unity are finishedlol
>leaked alpha has those flashlight shadows and PiP scopes>way lower hardware requirements than finished buildcurious
>>502482673Yeah, it's pretty barebones. I even posted ITT about some story & characters including screenshots.
>>502486189Nice argument. Unity is already killing themselves, their stock is in the toilet since last years' install fee fiasco. Epic's only customers are AAA studios and lazy tv show directors using the Volume. Both companies charge exorbident licence fees for engines that don't even have level design tools, and have known to up those fees whenever they feel like it. Godot is the only free option but it's so limited in its capabilities it's only good for indies.Source 2 delivered AAA quality graphics, physics, and AI systems with no additional performance overhead with Half Life Alyx. Devs have been begging for an actual Source 2 SDK for ages and now it's around the corner and it will be licence-free. Unity and Unreal literally cannot compete with free.
>>502483778>Far Cry 2my fucking nigger. I love that game
>>502411060ukranian with serbian subs
>>502487572Extremely underrated
>>502487572a game where they actually tried to do something different
The Controller should be a bigger dude. Every time he appears I just laugh. >what are you trying to do nigga lmao oh he's pulling me haha nigga what stop that shit get a grip mofo>bang bang bang>*controller lifeless incel body lying awkwardly on the ground*
https://youtu.be/r6KBwBMG1acDamn so accuracy
>>502488539>AI slopFuck off
I had solid information that GSC will drop this game one week after the launch, deliver patches six months after, all while they try to surf the momentum and create a new game. The two possible names are:STALKER: Echoes/Whispers of the VoidandSTALKER: Ashes of the PastYou heard it first here.
>>502488203I’m so scared of the EEEE sound and the mind yoink
>>502487732Balkans can't fully understand stalker. Stalker is just east europe thing. Not the same culture, architecture, geography, music. But surely you understand HL2, assassins creed odyssey and mount&blade deeper.
>>502484374>▶fuck anything tarkovgarbage scopes, garbage optics, garbage game
Yellow paint is confirmed to be removable.
>>502489919Somehow I doubt that. A toggle for textures? Really?
>>502485627>>leaked alpha also had dynamic shadows when a flashlight was onAbsolutely. Here's a screenshot from a few months ago.
>>502490132They answered someone on Discord.
>>502488203what's always bothered me about stalkers mutants is the fact that the unique ones all look identical to eachother, like the controllers and snorks. Why is it that the mutant that lunges at you only happen to be the humanoid creatures wearing gasmasks? Why are the mind melting controllers only mutants who only happen to be bandaged up and wearing denim pants? These are such archaic and outdated enemy design philosophies that unfortunately still make it to current day development. It's just so odd that seemingly no one on the stalker dev team pointed out how repetitive these mutants actually are. Where's the variety even within the same "type" of mutant? Because I certainly haven't seen any.Also, does anyone remember that one preview of the goofy Stalker 2 deer mutant with armored plates? Please tell me that isn't actually a thing anymore.
>>502490321Never game much thought about that, but yeah, I agree. It feels outdated. I hope they add new enemies in this iteration. They didn't say anything at all about it, which feels to me that they weren't lying when they said that for modern audiences all they have is the updated graphics and re-worked user interface. We may as well be getting SoC Remastered in this one, in a way.
I haven't seen any promotional content about the game and at this point, I'd rather just wait and judge the released product. Just answer me this, does it look closer the the original trilogy, to Tarkov or to the cinematic experience AAA bullshit?
>>502491056>Just answer me this, does it look closer the the original trilogy, to Tarkov or to the cinematic experience AAA bullshit?Mix of all 3 honestly
Aaaaaand the Alpha had picture-in-picture sights as well. Which GSC abandoned instead of developing further. I guess putting women in the game was way more important. Fuck them scamming shits.
>>502490321I'd rather have wolves
>>502490321>goofy Stalker 2 deer mutant with armored plates?It was in the alpha, IIRC.sjmp0
>>502491056I'm going to be quite honest with you: I haven't played Tarkov yet, but I did watch a bunch of videos because I find it to be very cool (being inspired by STALKER etc of course) and it feels to me that is actually all of that.It's feels very "tacticool" in some gameplay segments, while filled with fast action paces in others, but they also said this during a recent interview:>We’ve also added several hours of directed cutscenes to enhance the narrative experience.https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/developer-interviews/balancing-nostalgia-with-innovation-in-s-t-a-l-k-e-r-2-heart-of-chornobylSo yeah, I'm with the anon above and I'd say all 3.
>>502491289Looks like shit, would rather have women cus I'm not gay
>>502491347wolves are similar enough to the stray dogs we have, but special type DEERS seems like mmorpg-tier garbage. What's next, 1 special animal type that hang out in certain locations like in rdr2?
>>502491347I don't like killing anything smaller than me desuI hope I can run past the wolves. I'll try to stealth the shit out of my way
>>502487572Best Far Cry, they fucked it up with 3 and only got worse after.
I think if they had cut the map into loadable zones like the first game the AI would shiny much brighter. I don't give a crap about open world. This is a bit sad. I'm quite happy see A-Life again, but I feel it's going to be fucking retarded or so fucking sparse that large actions are just big shows of nothing.
>>502485825>>502490193>>502485627FUCK CONSOLES
>>502491838>they fucked it up with 3I think FC3 was made with a broader appeal and that's when the series started to go downhill. FC2 had way tighter, more punishing game design that had much more immersed. Your actions had weight to them.
>>502491923>shine
>>502460463i read that using the voice of the guy in the bardamn if only someone would help me
>>502491289All the women in the game are basically cleaning maids, bro.
>>502491923>I think if they had cut the map into loadable zones like the first game the AI would shiny much brighter.i think you're a retard
>>502489069alright
>>502492228Offline mode is a meme.
>>502492180>basically cleaning maids, bro.They better be able to clean my swollen, irradiated cock & balls or I refund the game.
>>502488913Cool
>>502491715>I don't like killing anything smaller than me desusame, but replace "killing" with "fucking"I'm the predator and your mom is my prey
>>502492073The atmosphere was spot on as well, they went full so wacky and random bullshit with 3 onwards.
One of the community managers over at reddit said that hud is completely removed on the highest dififculty.
>>502493059Oh lord not this shit. gunslinger did the same thing and I fucking hated it
i hope freedom and duty still look really cool. i saw a screenshot which was supposedly how they look now. i hope this is fake cause freedom looks nothing like how they should
>>502488203fr bruh
>>502493213>>502493059This is false. The community manager said on all difficulties the HUD is customizable.
>>502488913in an interview they denied answering about dlcs or expansions or new titles, that just makes me guess they might have planned more in the foreseeable future
>>502493059>>502493213This.Gay artificial difficulty, hated it in Metro.
>>502493482That doesn't make the statement false. It just means that the hud is disabled on defeault at the highest difficulty.
>>502493343Freedom looks fine but they should have some flecktarn in there.Too similar to regular loner getup on your screenshot.
>>502493482Oh okay that's fine then, as long as we can choose to enable it I'm good.
>>502493675thats what i mean, they have no camo.
>>502492842>atmospheretrue. FC2 had you doing guerilla warfare in a shithole in Africa against dozens of soldiers at a time. FC3 had you burning weed fields with Skrillex playing in the background, and climbing boring-as-fuck towers to get SMG #32 so you can liberate another outpost of legally blind and deaf enemies.
>>502493906If Stalker 2 has ubishit towers I'm going to fucking kill myself.
>>502483294Sandstorms' is smooth enough, ready or not however is actual fucking shit and scopes are impossible to use
>>502493482That asshole says a lot of shit and I trust exactly zero of it.
>>502494591Really. He has a reputation?
>>502364437>real time weapon jam clearingNeat!
>muh PiP scopes >muh consoles the game already has insane requirements there's no point in keeping a gimmick so heavy just so you can brag about the PC mustard race while you play at 14fps while you play with your 4090ti SUPER GAY ULTRA
I'm watching a Brazilian YouTuber commenting on his recent experience playing the game.He said that the current build is obviously much better, but still has bugs, such as extreme low audio volume when he shooting his weapon out of nowhere. He had to open the menu and exit to restore it. The game he was playing was running on Standard (he didn't say High, so maybe Medium?) and when he tried switching it to Ultra, the game dropped to 10 FPS. He has no idea what was his PC build. The game looked strikingly beautiful. The game had extreme FPS drops lasting around 5 seconds or so, a recurring issue that according to him everyone in the same area experienced. He played for half an hour and this happened for at least five or six times. The game had three modes of difficulty. He chose the "Standard" (maybe Normal) and found it very difficult, everything can kill you.The game doesn't help you with anything. He leaves you blind to a lot of stuff, like where to go and what to do. He didn't find any leaning mechanic in the game, though he also said he didn't try very hard to look for one.He played the Prologue and bit of the beginning.His overall take: buggy, but pretty, so have patience until they fix it.
>>502490132Rise of the Tomb Raider did it before
>>502494802>no leaningThat would kinda really suck.They should never have targeted consoles.
>>502494802>He didn't find any leaning mechanic in the game, though he also said he didn't try very hard to look for one.WAITWAITWAITWHAT THE FUCK
>>502494802>>502495430>>502495617It's over
>>502494802link me this supposed youtuber or this is all bullshit
>>502495430>>502495617Leaning has been confirmed by the devs and others.
>>502495783leaning is saved!
>>502494690>He has a reputation?Absolutely. If you watch any community-interview from the past gaming events that GSC took pat of, they tell us exactly jack fucking shit. This has happened numerous times. I get that they're ESLs and that they might have trouble conveying certain ideas to the community but answering every single question with ">sorry, I can't tell anything right now!" is a huge fuck you to the community that's been waiting for the game since 2021.
>>502495617Leaning is in the game. Plebbit talked about how the default key binds were c and v
>>502495720https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqA_jSS7lYE
>>502496493>the default key binds were c and vkek what the hell?
>this is the face of the western Stalker communityLMAO
>c and v
>>502495965>waiting for the game since 2021.Try 2011
>>502496526>the UI
>>502496493What's Q and E then?
>using your pinkie instead of your index fingerjust awful
>>502496526the fuck is this gun ?it sucksthey should have let me pick the guns to put in this game
>>502496961Everything related to the inventory like the trading menu looks good, but the button prompts look too generic and do not fit the mood.
>>502494802If the things I've heard so far are true I have some pretty mixed opinions on the game. On one hand the atmosphere seems great, the gameplay fun, but the game's still buggy and the performance is horrendous. I think we'll have a scenario similar to that of Cyberpunk. I just hope the patch that makes the game playable comes soon after release.
>>502497282DNIPRO, an alternative to the AKSU-74 if I remember correctly. No idea what it's based on.
>>502497292the original stalker had a cyber industrial feelthis one just wants to blend in
>>502497467seems like a scar and mtar put togetheris the L85 in stalker 2i saw the g36 is back and it looked really goodthe mac 10 seems random unless there are also like 10 or 20 more smgs in the game
>delay the game release to "fix bugs" in their own words>not only don't fix any of them, but also shit up performance for no reason
>>502497459Yeah, I'm getting the same feeling, but this dude in particular never played the OG games, so I don't trust his take that much, to how faithful it is, I mean. All in all, technical issues aren't really the worst of issues. They can be addressed appropriately. It's stuff like atmosphere, gunplay, AI that they wouldn't be able to rework much if they fucked up.
>>502453262>i wish modders could all just agree on one openxray forknot everyone wants the same shit.>isnt ogsr engine the same shit?no, its specifically for SoC>>502454231low tier bait
>>502488539the fucked up mutant spider looked good, and the color tone and foliage really feel like depressing winter slavlands
>>502497880>not only don't fix any of themThat's not what the recent reviews are saying. Lots of bugs were fixed. This dude in particular >>502494802 said that during Brazil Game Show, when he played the game last year, it was so bad that his character was no-clipping through the floor and he had to reload his save a few times.
>>502497467https://www.pcgamesn.com/stalker-2/weaponsits called a malyuk
>>502497282>>502497467>>502497714It's based on Malkyk, a Ukrainian bullpup conversion of AK-74.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malyuk
>>502498405That bad bitch looks like a bad guy gun. Is it a bad guy gun, stalkans?
>>502498405if there arent 100 guns in the gamelike all the mods, im not playing itthey have had time to make guns
>>502491289It looks terrible here, to the point where if you just showed me this and I didn't know anything else about this my immediate response would probably be "thank fuck they're not doing that"
>>50249859433 iirc. They already confirmed it.
>>502497962>not everyone wants the same shit.what the fuck does that even mean?if one guy wants shader X and another guy wants shader Y they can both be developed on the same fork and later on merged, so at the end of the day both devs have option X and Y. its miles better than this.
>>502498745>freemasons confirmed
>>502498594https://www.pcgamesn.com/stalker-2/weapons
>>502494795Die consoletard
>>502498847what's up with freemasons and the number 33
>>502496732Big X to sprint energyWe're so back Stalkerbros
>>502499038probably their highest rankor something to do with magikcould be related to a satan or demonor something with math, space, alchemy, or creation?
>>502498747no. Im not typing all that out. You go read and learn about that shit yourself.
>>502499818>not everyone wants the same shit>ugga buggasuck my dick braindead gorilla monkey retard fag
>>502500125the fact you dont understand tells me a lot. Im not going to waste our time.Your reply doesnt even make sense.>suck my dick braindead gorilla monkey retard fagAh yes the educated 15 year old's reply when told no, figure it out.
>>502492093because it's a parody of it
>>502498747he means thats never going to happen
Will you join the corp?
>>502494802>He has no idea what was his PC build.Wait how is that possible
>>502501395he just bought a pre built gaming pc
>>502501053i think they should have released the game next yearthis image you posted. it does not look that great.
>>502501053the food in the Zone is so bad it almost makes you wish for a Nuclear Bogdan
>>502501605What's wrong with it
>>502501605All the leaked picture are Xbox version which should be expected
>>502501053How do I get a cool nickname like Nuclear Bogdan
>>502501395He was invited by a company called 2A Games to test the game. He and a bunch of other youtubers. Probably couldn't see inside the case nor fuck around with the PC.
>>502501605I just rewatched the Smoking Barrels and Locations trailers and the game looks really good in that footage.
>>502501767HA ! just looks werid cause its on shitbox
>>502501926Enter the zone IRL and make a name of yourself.Good luck!
>>502502436Damn, Stalker 2 on Series S looking a bit rough
>>502502342this ruins the immersion its just stock lettering and an actual keyboard key.lol wtf. at least give it some
>>502501053>shoc aged poorly
>>502502530I think that will be one of the easiest things to mod.
>>502502530You can turn off the UI according to the leaker so yeah
>>502501053Hey, I see shadow here at least!
>>502502342looks really good except for the crosshairand the top compass thingwhy is there no body armor and health thingand no radarwhats the story ? who are you and when did it take place ?
>>502503083oh damn, youre right. good catch
>>502494802>The game had extreme FPS drops lasting around 5 seconds or so, a recurring issue that according to him everyone in the same area experienced. He played for half an hour and this happened for at least five or six times.This sounds like not enough RAM moment happenedI mean RAM is pretty cheap right now so recommend everyone just go buy 32GB for your PC
>>502503126>whats the story ? who are you and when did it take place ?IIRC it's similar to the first game. There's an accident, you wake up and now have to find the dude(s) that just robbed you of something.
new bread?
>>502501019i honestly thought openxray was gonna be that when I first heard of it. like, be open source and be the getgo for new mods.>>502500524>responds that he isnt gonna respond>then responds again saying he still isnt gonna respondgood job being a pretentious faggot
>>502503273i hope thats a liethats so unoriginal i hope you get to figure out where you are at in time in the zone compared to soc
>>502503367
>>502503809???its literally been known for months at this point.you play a prologue, something goes wrong and you get robbed, then you wake up somewhere and your mission is to find strelok uuhh i mean find the guy who did this to you.
christfags baka
>>502504420they knew SoC had the best story so why not do it again
>>502504838You don't change a winning team, I guess
>Three daysIt doesn't feel real.
>>502503268Speaking of RAM, I just bought 32GB of it, two sticks 3200MHz, from Aliexpress. CL22, though. It's the only upgrade I can make right now. kek
>>502505567It's literally happening, but it's going to be dark (bug ridden piece of shit) before dawn (just a piece of garbage, but not shit).
>>502503809Skif said to Scar because he's in the Zone because anomalies have been appearing outside the Zone, so there's that.
>>502505758>piece of garbagewoah........like the SoC map..........
>>502505758can it be as bad as SoC bug wise?
>>502506115I'm counting on it, given these recent reviews and the ones not so recent. I believe a fairly number of them will still be present on release. At the very least GSC seems committed to work of them, they even released a statement about it.
>>502505824>skif is a spookI'm not playing as a fucking spook.
>>502506274thats good. im just hoping itll be playable and not like cyberpunk on release.
>>502505824skif is who you play as in stalker 2 ?
>>502506978NTA, but yes. That's the bloke's nickname. I think his real name is Yevhen (Eugene).
Leaked gameplay?: https://x.com/Cobblerx3/status/1857870202504896757
kinda sucks pc cant preload the game.
>>502507723Lucky bastard
>>502507723>backpack animationsAnomalysisters LET'S GOOOOOOO
>>502507723Is that a lab? The aesthetics are very different
>>502507723based
>>502507723Wow, we can have two main weapons AND a gun now
>>502507723>https://x.com/Cobblerx3/status/1857870202504896757Inventory looks nice.
>>502508339looks like the scientist bunker
this crosshair is subtle
>>502508564>0 karbovanetsSo this must be right at the start of the game
what have you been playing while waiting for stalker 2
>>502508425https://youtu.be/HUc3NTzfSm0?si=fc4Np3ki6f6e-CH5
>>502509140Half-life 2 with commentary enabled
>>502509140CS again, now SoC again.
>>502509140SoC, CS and CoPMight play some Ace Combat to give myself a break before Stalker 2.
>>502507723FINALLY a fucking leak
has there ever been a vector in any stalker mod ?
>>502509570A lot of misery derived mods like Gamma, EFP, have the vector
>review embargo lifts 2 hours before releaseIs that a red flag?
>>502509925any reviews for all games that come early are usually just moneyhat promotional pieces anyway.
>>502509925Possibly, but other games have done it on the same day too. I think there will be performance issues though
>>502500524>>502503385thats not what was posted.what it said is im not typing all that out to try explaining all of that to someone who probably wouldn't understand.Nothing pretentious about itWhy did you bother replying if you didnt bother reading the post?good job being retarded?
>>502509925Did they finally announce that?Also it doesn't matter nowadays as long as it's before release, since refund in Steam is easy
>>502509140atomic heart
Baking...
Blowout soon, stalkers...>>502510943>>502510943>>502510943
>>502509570Yes, it's been in mods like Solyanka, OP-2, FOTOGRAF and Nature Winter. Plenty of weapon packs have it as well.
