>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: >>502237076
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LET ME IN GSC
Just fucking release it already GSC wtfFucking stupid hohols LET ME IN
Freedom leader Mikluha Snape nukes the zone to spread it all over the world and kill Duty leader Dumbledore Voronin at the end of Stalker 2
i have a 2070 super right nowshould i get a new gpu for stalker 2 ?
>>502511520IS THIS REAL?>>502511554What resolution?And depends if you're happy with settling for medium settings or want to max it out.
>>502511520So it's just the Stalker 2 (2012) plot again? Based
Fuck Stalker 2, new Gamma update is coming, boys!
>>5025117081440x2560 is the monitor i havei just want to play it on highso i should get a 3070 Ti ?
>>502512710if you're on the west coast I have a 3080Ti for sale, NIB
>>502512139whats gamma like ? is it like CoC ?
>>502512761is the RTX 4060 Ti better ?
>>502512139im so mad he's taking fucking forever to launch it man. Most of the work has been done for months and the beta branch he gives out to people works flawlessly. It's just not worth playing GAMMA until these artifact changes come.
>>502513000graphics card are stupidthe 3070ti is betterbut its an older one with a lower numberdoes that make sense ? no.
>>502512139At least GAMMA will run at more than 60fps on a fucking 4090
>blowout happens as I’m fighting a dick fuck cock a lot of monolith at radar
Join Degtyarev
>>502516194So all the main characters are back
>>502516194This dialogue implies its for dangerous missions?
post leaks you faggots
>>502516194If Nuclear Bogdan isn’t going I’m not going either.
I think you guys can just go run Wukong's benchmark(it's free on Steam) with turned Ray Tracing off and see how it isIt's a okay reference for how well your PC can run Stalker 2, since both are UE5 and Wukong released not long agohttps://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/news/black-myth-wukong-full-ray-tracing-dlss-3/
>>502516685It's not the same game you retard
>>502516904Close enough for reference especially Wukong run worse than Stalker 2(use NVIDIA's benchmark) even turned RT off
>>502516408Yeah, kinda. In the alpha Degtyarev works with a Scientist that sends you on a mission where you're supposed to get drunk on vodka and have a bloodsucker suck your blood. I don't know if that mission will make it to release.>>502516685If a bunch of chinks haven't been able to properly optimize a UE5 game, I have little faith in the hohols at GSC
>>502512139grok is a nigger
>>502517320So far most UE5 run like ass other than Fortnite(since it's by Epic itself)
>>502517108Is Wukong a CPU-intensive open world with A-Life you moron?
>>502517738A-Life is literally just .csv spreadsheets, the whole point is to simulate AI activity when they're out of render distance and thus use few resources
>>502516194Why would the military name a division after a secret agent whos identity was suppose to be secret?
>>502518152Yeah but UE5 is an unoptimized shitfuck of an engine.
IT'S UP!Normies are starting to get in Stalker and are making videos!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuSNYBBxWuc
>>502518152Hope it's as simple as that this time too, at least it will use more than one core now, but it looks CPU bottlenecked from the benchmarks
https://x.com/Cobblerx3/status/1857870202504896757/video/2
>>502518848cs
>>502512139Gaymma is gay
>>502512710Get a 4070 Ti Super or a 4080 Super
>>502518448Not watching normie faggots.
>>502519035>>502518848Miring his kit
>>502520158
>>502522739
>>502522894Heat shields on shotguns will always be great looking
Will female stalkers genuinely bother (you)
>>502525159no
>>502525159There will be no female stalkers, only techs and barmaids.
>>502525159it only bothers russians and pol/v/
>>502525159Yes because they'll probably try to use their feminine wiles to get me to take them to super dangerous places in the zone for free.Ain't happening, you silly broads.
>>502525159Pretty much this>>502525403
>>502525403Yeah, this. So far two out of three just sit on their asses in stalker bases.
Deleted gamma and made room in my ssd for the 160 gb download, what about you bros
Stalkans
>>502528738HE HAS A WOMEN'S PURSE, MY LORD
Don't hit on me you silly boi stalkers uwu
>>502525159In the beginning, I thought no. Now I think so, yes, because they get raped in such a setting like there's no tomorrow. It doesn't make sense. At least in a common way. One or two wouldn't be a problem.
>>502528724I'll install an SSD I have lying around. MX500 from Crucial. I'll put Linux in it, then STALKER.
I'm scanning YouTube like a maniac for leaks
>>502529105They won't get raped if they're some big shot stalkers bitch and all they tho is sit inside the faction base all day. Lone wolf stalker bitches a la Hip are retarded tho and I hope we won't see those.
itt top comment leaker is talking about playing stalker 2. Bad performance, good AIhttps://www.reddit.com/r/xbox/comments/1gsnb2m/stalker_2_series_x_screenshots_not_mine_original/?share_id=6bYxan0Zk7HoHTo8pYm3M
>>502525159no, wherever there are men there will be whores selling their wares.
>>502530968>Doesn't feel like any other game but it really feels like an old PC game if you get what I mean.We won
>>502530968>good AI>"a stalker told me a story at a campfire"I think OP might be a fucking moron
>>502533212He says that combat AI is good and that it's kicking his ass....
>>502533376Oh I closed out before I got to that comment kek
What other wonderful mysteries will the beautiful Zone show us...
tomorrow I will install complete 1.5 and dump a bunch of screens here. :)
>>502516408dangerous but well-paid missionscome to the bar if you're interested
>>502530968>reddit>xbox>performancelmao1/10
Need more leaks or I'll die
>>502533769thanks Pavel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LINmPlunbQkStalker 2's firelake
Aperantly review will be droping on this cahnnel in 16 hourshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYFREeMuVl0
>>502528903I appreciated this reference
If there are women S.T.A.L.K.E.Rs I'm gonna S.T.A.L.K.H.E.R
Can I play it yet
>>502539779>379subs in youtubeI serious doubt he can get the review code or know when will embargo ends
>leaks are starting to coming outnicepic unrelated
>>502543028>picburn the industry to the fucking ground
>>502512139Has this dumb fuck set up a Moddb page yet?
>>502528738>BИХIДUkrainian orthography is so ugly compared to Russian
Holden oh Holden
>>502546908LURK 1.2 when?
>>502519035>tfw this looks better than STALKER 2
>GTX 1650>i5 9300h>16Gb RAMIs it over for me?I don't care if I have to run it in 1024x768, I just want to play the damn thing
>>502518284degtyarev introduced himself as degtyarev to other stalkers, that was literally his 'stalker name'. if he canonically did all the side quests and helped many people, then his name would become quite famous, and a group named after him could be trusted.
>>502531026the question is about female stalkers, not whores. these two occupations would hardly be connected,
>>502551924Same thing though, such is life in the Zone, can't wait for fem loner vs vehicle yard bandits porn
>>502525159can't wait for the mods that turn them into anime girls
>>502551924>these two occupations would hardly be connectedFuck naw.Don't tell me a female stalker that has endurance & regeneration artifacts equipped wouldn't be popular with men.
>>502530968>Subjectively, the way the game plays feels outdated but that could easily be a design choice. It's like when you play Shenmue 3, decades after 2 came out and it's the same game that came out twenty years ago. Some people will like that and some people won't. You can't dodge to the side, you can't do a running slide, you can't do most of what has been introduced in modern shooters. I haven't found a way to cover either but the control scheme says something about leaning left and right with the bumpers so that has to be there. We're back
>>502544328What di yi myyin Youkryynion Orthod´krasy is uglyy? It's a biyutifull lanhuahe!
>>502544328>>502553274Lol seethe harder vatnigger
>>502553216Dude how dumb are gamers nowadays? Can people literally not read and understand basic menus? Why are people struggling to understand if the game has leaning mechanics or not?
>>502553520Consoletards anonNot even that, consoletards who actually bought a current gen console.
How fucked am I with a 2080 super and 10700? 1440p
>>502552912female stalkers would be involved in stalking, they would go into the zone and hunt artifacts. meanwhile whores wouldn't have to be involved in the stalker buisness at all and could just stay in the bar or somewhere. so it's not the same.
>>502553216>they want Stalker to play like a cover-based shooterI am vomit
Cumslinger or ABR for a CoP replay?
https://youtu.be/m6zerPV0Yls?si=djbOhdO8_YeN464nInteresting
>"stalker youtubers" are finding out about the original trilogy games a week before the new game releases>still can't help but play them with 3D PDA mods, modern gunpacks with animations and eating/drinking/healing animations for their first ever playthrough
>>502510943Absolutely ballin OP pic.
>>502554048Be happy that it's not possible
>>502554586that's bad but the worst are the ones that only play Anomaly instead of the actual original games
>>502553216>You can't dodge to the side, you can't do a running slideHe speaks like that is a bad thing.
>>502554586https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyIilW_eBjc
>>502554586>less than 24h ago>11k sheeple watched it and based their opinions on his viewsjust put me 6 feet under
Redpill me on Lumen. Is this something that can be edited in an .ltx or .ini file?
>>502554586>triologyyou will never be a stalker game
>>502553387I knew Ukrainians were insecure and thin-skinned but goddamn take that stick out of your ass and learn how to laugh at your own language.
>>502555618>google exists>asks to be spoonfed informationfuck off anon
>>502555618Lumen will be the downfall of Stalker.
>>502555893>filenameeasiest to pronounce polish name
>>502555901I don't use Google faggot. Now spill the beans>>502555972It's over?
>>502556264>It's over?Unreal was a terrible choice for stalker, no mods will be able to rectify that.
>>502556264>It's over?Yvir even.
>>502556264you don't use your brain either it seems. such a pity
>>502553216So it's the same as arma?
>>502554586>bitter old men are mad a young guy is getting into the series and spoiled with graphical mods that add gun porn and don't effect the difficulty in any wayyikes you guys have become faggots
IT'S UP!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8ErSugDlJo
>>502557201whatever
>new game out in 3 days>general is still basically deadHow is this series still so niche even though it's getting a new AAA level launch?
>>502557302There is literally zero marketing for it. We don't have anything to talk about, because they have showed absolutly nothing so far. They only comunicate with fans via discord outside of that zero.
>>502557201Niggor are you going to post every youtuber you find?
>>502557302If you haven't noticed, gamers these days do not get hyped for 'big launches' outside of a few developers who they can trust to deliver a mostly bug-free launch. They wait for up to a year after a game has come out for it to be 'engoodened' by patches while only diehard fanatics buy games on launch and basically act as beta testers. On the flipside, with younger generation, they engage with games socially, even if they're singleplayer. After all, if a youtuber I like doesn't release a video gushing about how good a game is, why play it? Stalker 2, like cp2077, will only get better with time, so why not wait a year and let your first impression of the game be positive?
>>502557201was there anything about a-life said, or are they still deliberately aren't responding to any questions about it?
Would you want Stalker 2's multiple endings to be something you have to lock into through certain actions or would you rather it be save scummable like in ShoC where you can just save before the wish granter, see all the wish granter endings, then go to C-con?
>>502546908>vaseline blur filtery tho>>502556892affect =/= effect
>>502557890Everything you said in your first paragraph is just bullshit though. Gaming is more mainstream than ever. People were talking about Black Myth wukong years before release just from their initial trailer during one of the game award shows or whatever. Space Marines and Helldivers got talked up before launch as well. These were all games that basically had no following for their developers and had no way of knowing whether they would be good or not, but they all had discussion and all had /vg/ threads before the games even launched.
>>502554254gunslinger but you can't cry about burers.use explosives and git gud.also there is an addon to nerf them if you really must
>>502558220Would add replay value if they made the endings depend on choices you made throughout the game so I am hoping that's what they'll do.
>>502557791yes
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Tuah: Hawk of Chornobyl
>>502558383OY VEY DEGTYAREV I NEED 5000 RUBLES
oi wont to ploy stolkor gommo, whot oddons do you rocommond for forst ploytrough
>>502557928nothing
>>502553845seems like you can run it on medium
>>502559642https://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomaly/addons/sister-of-the-zone-lass-gamma
>>502558220>in ShoC where you can just save before the wish granter, see all the wish granter endingsIt's not how it worked in SoC. Conditions for different Wish Granter endings were things like having 50000 RU, killing Duty and Freedom leaders, having good or bad reputation and so on. So in order to experience all of them in one playthrough you'd have to go back to the save in Prypiat at least, then backtrack to previous maps to fulfil the requirements and then fight your way through the CNPP and Sarcophagus levels again. Then repeat all of that four more times for every ending.But yes, I'd like Stalker 2 to have a similar system where the ending is determined though your actions during the whole playthrough. As long as they don't do the same thing Metro did, where if you want to get the "good" ending you can not kill or even knock-out any enemies on most levels.
>>502553216>no dodge>no running slides>probably no wall running or double jumping eitherThis game is dead in the water
>>502560269Got the addon that turns Hip's 3d model into the pretty girl that shows in her portrait instead of the fugly ass tomboyish resident evil tier model?
>>502560898I do, but Im not sharing
>>502560898don't dunk on my girl Jill
>>502560621>But yes, I'd like Stalker 2 to have a similar system where the ending is determined though your actions during the whole playthrough. As long as they don't do the same thing Metro did, where if you want to get the "good" ending you can not kill or even knock-out any enemies on most levels.The forced stealth/forced pacifist approach for a good ending is the worst fucking thing about the Metro series.
>>502554586>>502556892I'm in pain about graphicsfags because I'm a newfag that only beat all 3 games in October so I have no nostalgic bias and I thought they were all fine vanilla... I don't like the disrespect the trilogy is already sorta getting. Why can't gamers respect older things? I played the trilogy (and I did a bit of gamma and anomaly after) just so I could have an appropriate opinion of these games and their fandom before diving into STALKER 2.I really wish lurk more before posting was just what people did with everything in life. I'm sorry in advance again for all my fellow newfags who will only be playing 2 and or be 2 supremacists about it.
anyone wanted to replay the trilogy, but depression hit and instead you did absolutely nothing but sit and stare at youtube videos of stalker 2 getting increasingly less patient as the time draws near?Also what time is the game launching? Will it be available Midnight EST? Midnight PST? Some random time in the middle of the day? On the 19th for the US, but 20th in Slavland?
>>502558368>wukongfake ragebait marketting by tencent, no one actually cares about this game>space marineslong anticipated sequel to a niche game>helldiversnobody talked about this game before release except 1 guy who was mad it had an anticheat. i know because i played helldivers 1 and was a fan, there are countless threads on reddit crying about how the preorder bonuses should be given out because 'i didn't even knew this game existed until a month after launch' lol
>>502562470>fake ragebait marketting by tencent, no one actually cares about this gameSteamcharts and majority opinion disagrees>space marines>long anticipated sequelSo like Stalker 2???
>>502558220>save scummable like in ShoChaha nah bro literally everyone gets the i want to be rich ending without fail and cannot change it without having to backtrackjust like the movie!
dont worry guys, it only cost $600 dollars or more if you want to play stalker 2.thats how much money you need for a gpu or other components.
>need new CPU and GPU for Stalker 2>new CPU would mean also new mainboard and RAM>PSU might not be enough for new GPU>can literally play everything else I am interested inthis is the worst
I still can't get into CoP. I loved SoC and CS was fun too, but CoP just feels so weird in comparison for reasons I cannot explain. I get like 3 hours in and just feel bored. Maybe because it's more open instead of linear? Is this how Stalker 2 is going to feel?
>there are people in this general who cannot run openXr gunslinger on high settingsgrim
>>502563607yea its like paying $1000 for one game
>>502563773>Is this how Stalker 2 is going to feel?yesit's over
>>502563773just b-line it to the quests, the compounds you fight in and the more scripted sequences are coolas soon as you get to the ship talk to sultan and commit rookie genocide
>>502563607just buy a whole new PC used or something. all you need is>5800x3d>b550 mobo>RTX 3080 or 4070>32gb ramthats it. total cost about 900-1200
>>502564150>>502564374justmind
>>502563607Just wait until next year Anon. It's gonna suck but it's honestly just better to wait all around if you're in that situation. Stalker 2 will have multiple patches out by then to help fix the launch problems, the 5000 series will be out, the 9800x3D will be cheaper. I wouldn't spend that kind of money right now
just
>>502564531my pc was fineuntil stalker 2 came outnow i have to play on medium like a pleb
>>502563607just quit crying like a faggot and sell an organ. problem solved
>>502564531>>502565002it will still be fine if you use a config to disable some over the top graphic shit
>>502565002>4gig vramoof, no it wasn't
>>502565002>six generation old cpu>four gb vram graphics card>my pc was fineanon, are you okay in the head?
>>502565002>2070 super>fine?
>>502565245should i buy this ?its brand new
>>502565751>8gbno.the budget option is a 3060 12gb which should be approx. $300 us
>>502565438>>502565535>>502565690some people dont have thousands of dollars to waste on a pc, you guys are delusional
>>502565891it's called "incremental upgrades" anon, you should try saving your money instead of wasting it on tendies and energy drinks
>>502565891the rest of his specs are fine, he just needs a video card upgrade
>>502565880it says 3070ti on here though
>>502540079It's very good to know you are here. kek
So.. why does the flashlight cast no shadows in Stalker 2: Shadow of Chornobyll?
>>502566156because consoles
>>502551729You will, but like me, on low.
>>502565989i was spending almost 200 dollars a week on weed at the dispensary and i committed a crime last year, the crime cost me thousands of dollars to not go to jail.im on probation now. it cost $100 a month to be on probation. my car insurance is $180 a month. my internet is $90 a month.
>>502566274>200 dollars of weedwhat the fuck anon
>>502566351maybe i am over estimating itbut i know that weed is stopping me from saving money.
>>502566274>i was spending almost 200 dollars a week on weed at the dispensaryDo addicts really...?
>>502566274>weed is not addictive>let me just spend an obscene amount a week on it
>>502566274i take back my comment of tendies and energy drinks. but anon, seriously, you need to get your shit together with the weed situation...
>>502566274Why does it cost a 100 bucks to be on probation? Do you seriously have to pay them monthly not to throw you in jail?
>>502566274>buying from dispensaryWell there's your problem, you're throwing away like 80 dollars to the dispo tax alone and probably only walking away with what 7-10 grams? Get on the farmbill loophole grind already. You can get ounce grab bags for 99 dollars and free shipping delivered right to your house from WNC. I've been using them for a year in Florida (which is still an illegal recreational state).
>>502566156we simply lack the processing power, maybe the time Stalker 3 comes out we'll have enough
>>502566936Don't convince him to buy more weed, what the fuck are you doing.
Chornobil?More likeChorno Bill
>>502566274pot heads are pathetic
>>502567176He's going to do it regardless. At least this way he will be spending 100 dollars a month or two instead of 200 dollars a week.
>>502566904im not sure why, but it does. they give you slips to send in money each month and if you dont pay you get introuble. my crime was endangering people with my car. they were yelling at me. so i decided to drive past them. there was a parade that day. and i broke laws driving through it.
>>502567352Is this you Anon?
>>502567352How strange. I never knew about such a system.
>>502567290>>502566936i live in Pennsylvania you can get ounces here for $100 its pre-ground dry stuff. i think it just doesnt last me long. cause i roll joints all day. and then for a one gram thc vape its $40so if you want a vape and some weed for a week. it cost almost $200
>>502567439it was definitely similar to that but not as bad.just me driving past crowds of people and them screaming at me, i thought they started it. cause they yelled at me to slow down. and i was in a bad mood that day i guess. since i got introuble . i take medicine now. anti depressants and anti psychotics. i was placed in a mental hospital for what i did.
>>502566274>$200 weed>probationIf not for the car insurance and Internet payment I'd assume you're the rat king himself
>>502567581solution is simple, dont buy papers/wraps and only stick a bowl/bong. the packing alone will turn you off wanting to do multiple in a row and a bowl can only be so big. helps things last and keeps tolerance low
>>502565751>0 reviews on sellerdoes it have ebay Money Back Guarantee?
>>502567485im paying $10022 times
>>502553970You will never be a woman
>>502567774i just bought a ground oz for 100 yesterday i will let you know how long it lasts meyea ive been rolling joints in a rolling machine
>>502566538Sounds like horse shite. Maybe if you're in a genuine medical bind and require huge quantities or you buy for other people too or something. I don't smoke in general but a number of my friends do every day and spend like 30-40 bucks per month but this is Europe so who knows what Americans are forced to bring to the table.
>>502557556They barely say anything there as well, they just post gifs of previously seen footage with a countdown once a dayAnother Cyberpunk is coming
>>502568149yea it doesalso this one is the same priceand they both say brand new.
>>502568732has the seller sold other GPUs? There's a risk of a gpu being used for mining or apparently flashed as a different GPU or the chips are removed. idk much about mining supposedly some miners tro to take care of their cards
I wouldn't mind retiring my 2060 if new GPUs weren't so expensivewhy did it cost me less to patch up my car than to buy a 4070
is weed in stalker?
>>502569470Yes? Did you play it?
lol weed lmao
>>502566071>RX 580>enough for lowthe ol' reliable never fails
I had a pretty good time with the expedition pack for analmeme, are there any other good modpacks out there that you guys would recommend or are they all dogshit like gamma
>>502572521EFPDark SignalAnthologyCustomBut never played any of those
>>502568558give wnc a try one day. better than getting pre ground up shake. strain on the left is unrelated to the pic on the right. that was just a pic of my first bag I got from them
>STALKER GAMMA>STOLKOR GOMMO>GOMMO>GOMO>ГOMOGAMMA is gay confirmed
>>502572713the loophole with the farmbill is that if the stuff is tested early on, they can pass with under 0.3% D9 thc which qualifies them as hemp. But since THCa is converted into THC (D9) under heat means they basically are just selling legal weed.
>>502572713>THc wedding cake
>>502572713>>502573009And I suggest this because shake tends to be super dry and burn really fast which I feel like sort of makes you go through it fast. Shake always felt more like a "you make edibles with this" thing.
im roleplaying as a freedomer right now, so i'm totally on topic.
I am torn between the authoritan style of Duty and the values of freedom.Neither of them better fucking cross me in S2, cuz im going on a powertrip.
Highest thread activity is when a stoner retard posts about being in probation after cruising into a crowd of antifa supersoldaten.Zero game content, we're fucked.
>>502572521Play IWP with CotZ Port addon (and absolute nature redux)
I'm an ecologist, gib artifacts
>>502574724Just 3 more days now.
Guys should I bite the bullet? It's the lowest it has ever been. But if I buy I will have to buy ram too.https://www.funtech.si/si/vsi-oddelki/racunalnistvo/komp/procesorji-cpu/amd-am4/ryzen/88509/
>>502575461yeah why not, its really goodddr4 costs like 60€ for 32gb so whateverwhats ur gpu tho
>>5025756272080 super lol
>I'm an ecologist, gib artifacts
https://youtu.be/Ay-sID0bo1k?si=sOo19tooA3ZrkHFmRed dot on pistol, yay or nay?
>>502576826Don't care about red dots on pistols and don't care about those fags in the vid
>>502575461what's your current cpu? all x3d cpus are great in general but don't upgrade just for stalker 2. the awful ue5 stuttering that no dev has gotten rid of cannot be solved by using more powerful cpus unfortunately. it will make the hitches shorter but it's still noticeable. that being said an x3d cache for any open world game will make it run like amazingly but I have a feeling that even a 5600 can handle it well
>>502575684NTA, I don't know that super lol version, but I hope it's good.
>>502575461Do not fucking buy anything before the game is out. Wait and see how it's going to perform. Do yourself a favor.
>>502577360I wouldn't be surprised, if the culprit for the stuttering would be some legacy lua scripts that they use in UE from the older games
>>502575878>I'm a loner, gib help
>>502562467Same
>>5025773603800x It has serve me well so far, but it's a bit to old now. Need to upgrade. Was thinking to upgrade to 5700x3d for the next year while I save for new amd cpu and gpu that I would buy in 2026.
>>5025800165700x3d is barely under the 5800x3d they're both top 5 gaming CPUs right now
Damn, I really don't like those dumbass soap bubbles.
Has there been any word about dynamic anomalies or emissions changing anomalies?
>>502567235Chorno Bull
Is Anthology any good? Are there performance/bugs issues?
>>502581204Do they remind you of all the showers you skipped?
>>502557890>>Stalker 2, like cp2077, will only get better with timewhat a strange cope. CP2077 did not get "better". It had some very late bug fixes and a story DLC but it did not deliver on the things that were initially promised.
>>502510943Any word on the performance in stalker 2 from someone with access? If I remember correctly the engine used is rather controversial when it comes to the digits
>>502563607>>502565002Lmao poorfag
>game chugs on a 9800X3D and a 4090>"lmfao poorfag game is optimized btw ur just poor cope"Retards really believe this btw
stalkurs can you have 2 seperate installations of ShoC with 2 seperate mods installed at the same time?
I have good enough computer for medium graphics but the problem is I have 1440p monitor. How much fps will that resolution eat?
>>502568201>Commit a crime in America>Have to tip even the court that sentenced youKekw
>>502583868Yah, you just gotta copy and paste the files and you can have as many instances as you want.Fun fact: all an installer does is places the right files and registry keys, then keeps track of where it put them so that it knows what to remove on uninstall. In many cases it doesn't even rely on the registry so it'll only need the game files (like GTA:SA), but in some cases it'll be necessary to have the right registry keys to run it (like Sims 2). IIRC STALKER only needs the game files.
>>502583942It will choke. You will have to play windowed on 1080p or just 1080p.
>>502584279I have no problem if I have 50 fps. But that's the lowest I will go. If it goes lower I'll just refund it.
>>502584215okay cheers, what about settings and saves tho? arent they saved under the same win folder? do I need to backup anything?
>>502584376>I have 50 fpsLooking at the specs, it feels possible, but what exactly is your build?
>>5025844923800x cpu 2080 gpu 16gb ram
>>502584476IIRC ShoC defaults to user files, but all you gotta do is to edit fsgame.ltx, it's gonna have a path like "C:\Users\User\DOCUME~1\STALKE~1", so you'll have to change that to something like "appdata\" akin to the rest of the lines in the config for it to be relative to the game's folder, essentially making it "portable", or self-contained in the installation folder. This means that when you do this for every copy of your install, each of them will have their own user data folder where settings and saves are kept.
>>502584747I think you will be fine, anon. Keep an eye on this thread where anons will certainly post a few tricks to improve performance. You'll reach 60 fps no problem, but forget about playing on your monitor native resolution, 1080p it is.
>>502585035Also I'm sure as shit the first patch the game will get will be addressing exactly the issues about performance we are expecting.
>>502585035Oh well it is what it is. Keep an eye on this channel. I always set my graphics settings by what he does and so far it worked as a charmhttps://www.youtube.com/@benchmarking4386
>Stalker 2 comes out>ini edits are blocked
So what happened to the Stalker 2 review that was supposed to go up this night?The vid got private'd.
>>502584879based, thanks anon. much obliged.don't come to yanov station on tuesday
>>502585608GSC probably told him to take it down until the embargo is lifted
>>502585608Nothing happened because that retard has jack shit and is just looking for ez subs.
>>502569087what about a factory refurbished one ?should i get one ?
>>502569205sell the 2060 instead of retiring it
w-where are the S2 gameplay videos? did Pepsi Junior forget to hire a PR team and everyone is on bug duty this week?
>mfw rtx 3060, 5700x and 32gb ramam i going to make it?
>>502586841Barely.
>>502586841I hope so because I'm cruising on a 8700k and 1080 with 16gb
pny or zotac ?
>>502587280Sapphire.
>>502566156Then there's leaks like >>502516194 that you can see a shadow casted around the guy.I'm still not 100% convinced, but if dynamic shadows come at a heavy performance hit, that'll be really disappointing.
evga
>>502586493>Pepsi Juniorkek
>>502587498Where were you when evga is kil
>>502587013then its over for me
>>502587863The zone may yet not be done with you. I wouldn't be so sure.
Why do faggots write in news headlines that there is no preload on pc? When I can literally preload a game through the xbox pc app?
>>502588391cause steam doesnt get preload
>>502588391Because they have Steam in mind when they say that and Gamepass is not even considered.
Will the game be available on GoG day one? or what? How will I illegally aquire a copy without hassle?
>>502588561Yes.Do your research.
>>502575461AM4 Ryzens are a meme. Either buy an AM5 one or a cheap-ish Intel.
>>502585743>take it down until the embargo is liftedany word on when it lifts?>>502585749>Nothing happenedI beg to differ. Most games nowadays have reviews at least 3-4 days before release.
>>502588882all x3d ryzens are insanely good and slotting one into an am4 that you already own is the best slot-in upgrade of all fucking time, fuck off retard
>>502587765I was typing on /g/ and was hit by an immense sadness. All the best GPUs I had were from EVGA.>it's been 2 years since the RTX 40XX releasefucking hell
>>502589078Think this is all they've said about it
>32 gibbygoos of RAM for high settingsshould I fall for it and buy 16 more gibs?also 144hz or bustalso anyone who preorders shouldn't own a credit card
>>502589418"surprise)"wow I didn't knew r*ZZians work at GSC
>>502589418People's normal understanding or expectancy about surprises is that they are usually good. Why do they think holding that off is good for us? I don't get it.
>>502589257well, yeah they're good if you're already upgrading from an AM4 CPU but AM5 and Intel have better options>>502589418>teehee It's a a surprise xDI hate this mol1t faggot with every fiber of my being
>>502589681>intellmao
>>502589529>should I fall for it and buy 16 more gibs?Depends on the rest of your build.>also 144hz or bust60hz>also anyone who preorders shouldn't own a credit cardAgreed.
>>502589681>intelWell you see when it comes to Intel you- AAAAAAAAAAA IM ON FIIIIRRREEE AAAAAAAAA
>>502585493They couldn't even block the dev build from being leaked, what makes you think they'll be able to prevent people from tampering with their shit when the game doesn't even have DRM. I fully expect the preorder content to be publically available within a week.
>>502589758I got a 12700K when the AM5 CPUs + Mobo's were overpriced as fuck. I don't claim that AM4 CPUs aren't just as good but my Intel has held up insanely well since then.>>502590029>AYYYMdrone shitting on Intel Aviv when AM5 ryzens literally cooked motherboards alive and are designed to run at a constant 80C, no matter the cooling solutionya love to see it
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2899050/Desert_Stalker/damn they're really taking a new artistic direction with S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
why do people want base building?
>>502591123cuz they're retarded
>>502591123I want a bang building, where a very dangerous mutant called yourov momski resides.
any drive able vehicles in stalker 2 ?or flying ?they should have people doing work in the zonelike cutting trees with chainsaws
>>502591123i want basebuilding but good in a survival-oriented freeplay mod (impossible)
>>502591123because their could be blowouts with waves of mutants.
>>502591123No one ever said that.
>>502591343They should put traffic cones around anomalies, at least in bases. Or else drunk guys will stumble right into them!
what's the best CoP mod for A-life shenanigans and open world freeplay? i just want to scrounge around and watch faction wars take place until stalker 2 comes out
>>502591343>they should have people doing work in the zoneIt ain't that kind of place, kiddo.
>>502590146>I fully expect the preorder content to be publically available within a week.Most of this content is locked behind hex values. GSC can seethe all they want but there's nothing stopping you from editing them on your pirated copy.
>>502590146>>502591916niggas are you dumb lolpreorder content will be a separate download like 99% of DLCs are
>>502591343>people doing work in the zoneHave you heard of WARD or Military or the fucking Ecologists? They all work in the zone, to a certain extent.>>502591729see above
>>502592075>Have you heard of WARD or Military or the fucking Ecologists? They all work in the zone, to a certain extent.Nonsense, they all do it for fun, no one is going to get paid.
Is it possible to put the DLCs under Denuvo? I can't totally see them doing something like that if the sales aren't exactly good in their eyes
>>502592297It's going to come out on GOG anyway so why bother with copy protection on Steam?
>>502592060>He doesn't knowLmao
>>502591565on the Q&A they did on the discord i guess someone asked about it
>>502592593Probably someone who never played the OG games and don't know what's exactly the game's all about
>>502591687Probably Call of the Zone? Check out IWP if you're interested
>>502592739yea probably
>>502592429Sergei's greed works in mysterious ways.
Thread Theme:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktvTqknDobU
whats a good site to get the base games untampered? does gogunlocked com work?I have the original disk of shoc buried in my boxes somewhere and cba.
>>502594973Just get the /sg/ repacks, they are as vanilla as you can get.
>>502594973rutracker.org
>>502591687>>502592836Is this with Anomaly not the best?https://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomaly/addons/warfare-alife-overhaul/Has anyone tried all the warfare stuff and compared them?I too want to just warfare for the next few days.
>>502595138do I need to patch them?
>leddit fell for the "slav jank" memeI can't anymore
>>502595504Dark Signal's warfare is supposedly to be really good: https://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-dark-signal
>>502595637can you start talking like a human being?
>>502595751No
>>502595504>>502595679Found this too for Call of Chernobylhttps://www.moddb.com/mods/global-war-english-translation-repack/Man there's a lot of these to try.
>>502595547depends on the mod you want to run>>502563773I made an inspired reply but 4chin ate it so, just look at CoP as a roleplaying game where you're Sgt Detergent and look at missions as /strugatsky/ stories instead of Doom levels like SoC's missions.
>>502563773>Is this how Stalker 2 is going to feel?No, it will feel like any AAA game where you are led by the hand through every attraction in the game.
True Stalker is S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 1.5
>>502598020Complete?
I think I'm finally ready for Stalker 2 now.
>>502598020more like a direct precursor to stalker 2>True Stalker had intriguing trailers, it uses the best version of X-Ray engine, it uses GUNSLINGER (the best weapon/shooting overhaul mod by far for the series), and it was made by the team that played and evaluated virtually every mod. Before playing it, I assumed it would at least be decent and surpass the original games by GSC. Some even hoped it’d be the sequel we’re all still waiting for. We couldn’t be further from the truth.>Despite being called True Stalker, what we have here is not really S.T.A.L.K.E.R. inspired. It takes after overly cinematic games like those from Sony, obnoxiously replacing most gameplay with cutscenes. It at least makes some amount of sense for Sony since they have high production cinematic presentation, unlike True Stalker.>You would think this mod would invest in A-Life, one of the flagship features of S.T.A.L.K.E.R., but instead it guts it more than any other mod, resulting in a dead, lifeless world, so you have to just walk around doing nothing for most of it. This is exacerbated by the severe lack of side quests. The writing is shockingly childish, as it constantly reuses black and white ghost stories and contains too many references to popular media.https://gnd-tech.com/2024/02/true-stalker-review/I ended up not downloading it after this review.
So will the general have a link to the DRM-free version of STALKER 2?It's pretty much tradition at this point.
>>502592429Is the Steam version going to have copy protection? I thought when things are coming out on GOG from the start no one bothers>>502591916They probably figure they're going to get enough $$ from Gamepass, legit buyers, political buyers, and Ultra Edition whales that it isn't a concern.
>>502586236depends if they offer a good warranty
>>502568732>2024>8gb VRAM
How will this affect Stalker 2's release
>>502600182
>>502569681he is literally me
>>502600182GSC will have a nice excuse to delay the release/not work on fixing their shit post release, and people will buy it despite them sitting in safety from bombs, rockets, shrapnel or bullets in Prague since May 2022. Basically the usual.
>>502601169I said this pretty much word-for-word in the least thread. They are under no pressure to deliver a working game. Same thing with the almost 3 year delay we've had since the "definite release" in Q1 2022.
>>502601169DAI STALKER 2
>>502602736Nyet, derzhi kokainum
>Ukraine being allowed to bomb russian territory will somehow be used as the excuse to delay the release!Doomposters just don't even try to make sense at this point, huh.
>>502600182Sleepy fuckin Joe....
>>502600182hahaha vatniks seething
>>502603597This is actually the only based thing he's done, other than ripping the bandaid off leaving Afghanistan
why cant we just play the god damn game early? Iam fucking completely burnt out on every other game
GSC making STALKER and Russo-Ukrainian war synonymous was the biggest disaster for the franchise and it's fanbase.
>The brain scorcher is a literal giant brainDamn, who came up with that one
Hey guys duty here. mutants, freedom, bandits, and monolith are niggers, that is all
>>502605289Im bandit and i say you are faggot
>>502605289Try managing the dog population right outside Rostok first before you talk shit.
>>502605154>cliche technowizardrytrve kino
>>502605491Fuk u, you can't even afford exosuits poor nigga
>>502605154I love the sound of the water or formaldehyde or whatever it resides in with the bubbling and all. It's strangely calming
i dont think its getting delayed this time guys.less than 3days
>>502605702>can't afford rostok in s2Kek
>can't wait, try downloading anomaly again>it's dogshit2 cannot come soon enough
>>502595637>caring about r*ddit>omg I cant evenwhy are you gay
>>502605575Rostok ain't even theirs anymore. Dooty is a joke, can't wait to wipe out their remains from like an abandoned toilet factory or wherever their base is
>>502606541Play literally any other mod?
>Stalker Complete 1.5 came out yesterday>Literally no videos on it
>>502605154the brain scorcher are the antennas. the giant brain is the yantar emitter, aka the miracle machine.
>>502607831they're all buggy and janky as fuck in different ways
>>502609118You have no right to complain then.
>>502609118retard
>>502606541What did you hate so much about Anomaly you couldn't either mod out or just turn off?Try Call of Chernobyl maybe?
>>502606226>>502605575That's it I'm getting me LMGYou're going down kiddos
>>502609118go play global war. it's janky, but it'll also get the stick out of your ass about jank. retard.
We are so fucking back.
>>502611632??
>>502612068Some dude got a Xbox copy early and already played the game for a few hours.
>>502584879yeah just writing "appdata" worked, thanks again.
>>502611632every reveiw ive seen says the same thing, its oldschool as fuck, no handholding
>>502613878thats only one aspect of the game tho.
>>502609118>he learned about stalker through anomaly videoshaha
>>502608491Wait FOR REAL?https://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-complete-2009>those leaked S2 models GSC SUE THIS MAN
>>502613006Technically you can set any name for any folder, which you can use however you wish. For example, $game_saves$ is relative to $app_data_root$, meaning if you were to set $app_data_root$ to myuserdata\ and then set $game_saves$ to mysaves1\, the game would look for saves in myuserdata\mysaves1. Rename $game_saves$ to mysaves2\ and now it will look for them in myserdata\mysaves2. You get the gist, could be used for debugging or having multiple mods on one install if you're masochistic enough to micromanage it like that.I need to look into a way to be able to load a different set of modded files and ASI scripts with only one set of game data without having to rename or edit anything. Ultimate ASI Loader has a nifty Over Loader feature but it still requires file renaming to switch between them.
>>502611478Is global war better than Anomaly warfare with >>502595504 ?What does it have that you liked in particular?
>>502614337I for one am looking forward to see Stalker 2 ported to the old stalker games.
>>502616791KekThat's going to be fun. I don't see the mod community being that eager to jump ship to UE right away. I think some of them are expecting to see how good the mod support will be, which is still a mystery.
Think we will ever get another faction war feature like clear sky?
>>502606541Play iwp. It's much better
>>502618736I haven't played CS yet, but someone asked about factions in that QA and the answer was something like not exactly factions but something like it.
>>502614165no i'm just finding out that i can't come back to this specific level of slavjank 15 years later
>>502619153>was not exactly factions but something like it
>>502619153What do they mean by that
>utimate physical edition won't arrive until April 2025.
>>502614337Did they actually make a true vanilla overhaul or is it bastardize like it was back in 09?AlsoAny STALKERS who preordered a physical edition(PC) from Final Boss Bundle get your codes yet?
>S2 tushkanos are gremlin koboldslet's go to the S E W E R S
>>502621240>he wasted money on plastic tat
oh boi here we go
>>502621240I'll never get tired of consoomer paypiggies getting fucked over.
>>502623001Please report back if its good
>CS SidAlready soulless
>>502623001Do tell how your game of Complete 2009 (2012) (((2024))) will be going
>>502623283CS Cid is good
wtf is going on with these binoculars
They call me... The Wolf of Rookie Street
Game looks good but i've already noticed shit that pisses me off like it's another obesity simulator, the walk speed is NLC tier
>>502623860FULLY
>>502623001>>502624291Are you me? I figured I'd give it a spin.>military patrol immediately aggros as i go to kill boars for wolf>divert to car park>free nimble>military patrol is hunting me>mercs wolfs scouts>mercs nimble10/10
>>502624291how does ur grass render this far?
>>502623283CS Sid is superior
>>502624291>Rainbows in the skybox
>>502624291>>502624504So Memories of the Zone remains superior then?
>>502624504Yup NPCs seem to have higher aggro range, not sure why modders do this when it's certified to break scripted events or just the flow of the game in general.Like i haven't reached Garbage yet but i bet that's gonna be a shitshow with all the bandits crawling in that place, rip Bes.
>>502625793Haven't played Memories of the Zone. Just made it to Garbage >>502625757ultimately, it just feels like Complete. Which is dumb to say, not sure what I expected. If you didn't know any better, I'd be fine. But it is outclassed in every aspect by almost any other overhaul.
>>502510943E D E E K O M N Y E H
>They removed the easter egg armor suits inside the military checkpoint rooftops Add it to the soulless list
>>502626475it looks good but it is slightly outdated, yeah.>>502626653the fuck does this mean
>>502626738I never knew about this despite 300 hours in vanilla SoC
>>502626653STRELOK WAKE UP
>>502626475>it feels like completeit feels like vanilla. with slightly better visuals.
>frog man gets stuck in a door>soft locked myself by quicksaving and loading next to him so he teleports inside me on load
>>502625793you meant to say Radiophobia 3
>>502631801adds too much IMO
which faction do you join in clear sky? or should you stay neutral?
>>502632729Always loners
>>502626738can you use the ZRP modifier stash options to add them back?
can we, once for all, universally form consensus on waht is the best looking mod for the trilogy?it has to be gaynomaly with like 15 added shaders, right?
>Sometimes real men use the back doorWhy did he say this on a bara level?
>too poor for graphics card at the moment>even if I had the money, 4000 series still way overpriced right when 5000 series is imminent (also criminally overpriced)>stuck with geforce now for launch day>not fucking working properly and always hangs in the queue, has really bad mouse lag even on wired gigabit lanit's over
>>502633169i was trying this one modpack for anomaly called hayzees modpack. its really good looking but anomaly is shit.
>>502626747tourist spotted
>>502633218becuase you have to use the doors to go around instead of the main hangar gatealso he likes anal
what difficulty will you guys play first in stalker 2? master difficulty?
Which of the three main characters in the series is most likely to be gay?
>>502633858Master
>>502633858standard.i dont need to be challenged. i need to be able to immerse myself and have fun.not sweat with jiggle peeking and lean flickshots. i do that all the time in competetive shooters already.if it gets boring i can always raise.
>>502634092probably same>>502634152idk how master will be in 2, if it will be like the og master difficulty where both you and the enemies will be able to kill eachother fast or will it be super gay and have the enemies be tanks
>>502633949Degtaryev because he is in the army.
>>502633858Master. Always.
>>502634391>le master difficulty makes enemies take more damageThis has never been the case retard.
>>502635207i know. but i mean will they follow other modern shooters that make the hardest difficulty bullshit
>>502635364>>502634391it wont, it will be like gaynomaly or gammaso on second thought maybe ill just play master, i just dont wanna have to try too much tho.
>>502633858YeahI'm going to turn the HUD back on if that thing I heard about it being off by default on master is true though. I always thought completely disabling the HUD in games was a dumb meme.
>>502637675yeah. i only disable it if i wanna take a screenshot of something. but i cant play like that
>>502633949Strelok, that son of a blind bitch was ok with destroying the Zone in Cop
>>502638625Good, fuck the Zone
are people even aware that this gun has by far the fastest firerate if you put it on semi auto and spam m1?
>>502639448>completely different gun system>still looks like a Kalashwhat did the Russians mean by that?
Do you guys think that the Duga radar will serve as the end game mission or will it go back to the NPP?
an needs a fucking 60rounder or drummag in Stalker 2, niggas.
>>502639926>ergonomics are user friendly and familiar to people already trained on AKM variants>internals are completely differentnot that hard to figure out, retard
>>502634435uhm ackchyually Degtyarev is SBU not army, SBU and Army are two different branches of the Military.Also fuck you faggot, I bet you're a monolithian freedomer. Degtyarev is based and the coolest S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Protagonist.
>>502634152this
>>502638805The Zone is a miracle, only retards want to destroy it.
This game needs AEK-971
Soc: Update got an english translation!Really good looking overhaul mod on standalone engine.https://vk.com/topic-147828435_49497922https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_VV0Fl-6PAI can't find too much info on this mod but agian, it looks quite impressive.Here is some russian chick playing. Check the visuals in underground:https://youtu.be/WesLonKnJDc?t=2102
>>502641882I think I want to impregnate her.
>>502641882
>>502641882>>502347287>>502344046
>>502642074that's a man
>>502566156Are these pc or console images?
>>502641882kino
>>502590336That burnt motherboard? Likely human error. He went unga bunga when the cpu was seated incorrectly. The plastic edging on the cpu slot was pulverised.
>>502641882>rookie villageit looks like a next gen game lol
>>502633949the answer is fairly obvious, anon
i hope the m4 is in stalker 2. i know the hk416 is in at least it looked like it was. and im gonna miss the lr300 but i love my m4s.
>m4>slavjunkburgers need a rope
>>502644079i hope gsc adds only burger meme tier operator faggot guns in their overpriced dlc just to piss you off.
>>502565002>accepting being gaslighted by M$, Nvidia, GSC that your hardware is weak
>>502644501>4GB VRAM GPU>8 year old CPU>not weakYou poorfags are fucking insane.
No comments on SoC Update? looks like a contender for best SoC overhaul.
the slav/ru mod bubble scares me
>>502644716>cant read a postjesuswake up anon
I will speedrun stalker 2 on release on lego graphics
>>502646452why speedrun?
>>502645027It does look very good
>>502644716>>502565002I have an older cpu, a better, newer gpu and half as much ram and I'll still play stalker 2fight me bitch
do we know if this is a midnight release or what
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yA682VkhhF8&t=147sTHEY REPLACED BEARD WITH AN INDIAN WOMAN
>>502646553I like to test boundaries.If the game let's me run to the sarcophagus and find Strelok in 1 hour why shouldn't I
Cool they're letting you disable the yellow paint, but what I DON'T want is any sort of human count proximity beeping or display. I never liked that in the earlier Stalker games as it removed any sort of ambiguity to who's around you, I think it's too hand-holdy.
>>502648296>showing ur friends on radar is hand holdingcope
>>502647209It comes out at 5 o'clock CET.(so 8 in the morning PT time)
>>502648426did it not count human enemies too?
>>502649112you can literally disable that, bitch ass nigga.
>>502649527this counter? You sure?
>>502649769you can disable both the red icons or the whole radar, yes.
>>502649769also who the fuck reads a "enemy counter" while playing you absolute fucking retard?
>>502650347literally anyone looking at the minimap while playing. why are you so mad
>>502649527speak English.
>>502650447Speak English.
>>502649049>11am easterngod damnit i want to be able to throw the download on overnight
>>502651365>11 AM ESTperfect, start the download before work, get home at midnight and play in the dark for max kino
>>502651530>before worklollmao, even
>>502649049>5 in the morning here. Well, at least it will be done when I get home from the office.
>stalker got black trader>russia:https://youtu.be/-vgHuR975Wg
I will only play this game during the day. In game I will only do missions when it's daylight. I am to scared to do otherwise.
>>502653090t. onionsboy
>>502653090the game monsters not real anon
I asked itmeJP yesterday if he is going to stream Stalker 2 and he said that he will and that it will be sponsored stream, so at least they are putting money for marketing in streamers.
>>502653450speak English.
>>502653272Not affraid to admit it. Yes I am
>>502653547>sponsored streamdoes GSC not understand that all these ugly,bald, uncreative, "content" starved twitch chuds are going to play their game anyway?
>>502653450I know but I get scared very easily and it's not good for my heart.
>all these fat, old, balding twitch streamers>arrogant roleplay niggas like klean>random blondies and asian kawai streamersliterally every fucking normie will stream and watch this
>>502652727post the link
>>502654873https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tULP25tqM7A
Still can't decide if I want to get the ultimate physical edition. Been waiting 15 years for STALKER 2 but goddamn it's such a steep price
>>502655462Don't force your wallet if you can't
>>502655098what is soc 2.0 and how do you get it
>>502655462do you really get these ?what are these
>>502656858that's an artifact container lamp that comes with a remote control and the box that everything comes in. I couldn't care less for the backpack in the ultimate edition. The season pass is a nice plus too over the other editions
>>502653547who?cares
>>502655462You really want that figure and all the other useless stuff? I think if you are unsure like that you don't.
>>502657089Can't buy the game now because I am getting paid on thursday so I care. Will watch how the game is.
>no money because got everyone Christmas presentskids will have their fun and I know I did the right thing so it's fine
>>502657056so you cant carry an artifact without the container ?or is it a suit container ?
https://stalker.fandom.com/wiki/Goodies_of_the_leader_of_former_factionI always wondered what this extinct faction could be
>>502519008>that etiolation That poor Euphorbia
>>502657364No idea. I honestly haven't kept up much with what's coming for 2 to keep it as fresh as possible
>>502657552https://stalker.fandom.com/wiki/Final_Dayprobably final day
i just noticed that clear sky is fast paced bullshit with waves of enemies that never endbut it looks pretty, maybe once i become more powerful and rich (if thats possible)i will go back to the garbage and kill everyone.but i think bandits infinitely re spawn
>>502512139>new update: re-cutting restored content because melee enemies don't fit his milsim larp fantasies>>502553520Same shit that's been around since 7th gen brought in so many casuals. Even in 2011 you had Crysis 2 shouting DANGER DANGER DANGER when you were standing in fire as if the damage overlay and decreasing health weren't obvious enough. Over a decade of every single action having controls on-screen at all times in console games leads to mongoloids who don't know you can lean unless there's an on-screen prompt. It's not even esoteric stuff like being able to throw held items in fallout 4 and starfield by holding down the reload button and letting go.
Stalker has so much shit they could expand upon: mysterious factions not much is known about, pre-SoC events, more fleshed-pout locations, new locations. I hope 2 won't feel like they took the easy route of just making a prettier SoC.
>>502555901Google is also shit. All search engines are these days. This r/4chan "the faq said answering questions was spoonfeeding and bad so I'll say google it teehee do I fit in yet?" thing isn't even relevant anymore. Most of what you get for any query is irrelevant advertisements and gpt-generated seo articles.>>502563607Do you care about stalker 2, or only your other games that must all be 15+ years old or indie pixelshit based on your description? You know, they do have consoles for your type.
>>502659261Even then the fresh paint coat would sucker me into buying it, if the game was actually good.
>>502653780Maybe you should start taking medication.
>>502565002>speccy instead of a real program like hwmonitor>speccy can't even describe what the processor is>may not even be a real processor because kaby lake is 7th gen and intel ark shows not one single i9 before 9th gen>likely ddr3>2070 super>steelseriesYour computer is a piece of shit. Too much delusion in this post-7th gen world. It's like thinking a pentium 4 build should be good in 2012 because technically, a pentium 4 could power Crysis. >>502585608>try to post a review before the game is even released>either reviewing something that isn't out or leaking footage before release (prime DMCA bait)I'm half tempted to call you the more pathetic one for having the placebo dislike addon.
>>502659261there's a lot of things i wanted to see in S2 and so far they've gotten most of them>what happened to the factions>what happened to the zone>what's the world outside like/what do they think about the zone>what's the whole zone's geography likeonly thing i feel short on is more unique and interesting anomalies and artifacts being expanded upon, but maybe they'll do that too.
>>502595504The warfare mods all suck. That's been the case since COC. They're either bigger stalemates than how CS faction wars go if you're not doing everything, or they're every faction but 2 getting wiped out offline while the remainder take over everything.
i can't wait to launch this game and spend 30 hours roaming around doing literally anything except the story missions
>>502626738>easter eggSemi-cut content. They were meant to be there, but they were meant to be actual bits of armor that could be used. Instead, they were never implemented properly and IIRC don't even have a leather jacket's defense values. Still shit for a mod, especially with a name like "complete", to remove them entirely instead of completing them.
Why are there so few good mods that retain the feel and structure of vanilla CoP? Even CS has some.
damn, dial back those reflective surfaces a bit SoC Update v1.4Cordon looks like it's flooded and turning into a marsh
I think I might actually rope if STALKER 2 sucks. Video games have been awful the last decade
>>502663331It's not even the Stalker 2 that we were hoping we'd get. Best we can hope for is a mediocre, consolized Stalker.
>>502663516You were hoping for the 2012 version? You’re joking.
>>502663729hope died a long time ago
>>502663808You actually were….insane. I doubt you were around back in the day. There’s a reason that pos got canned.
>>502662798>2xh0n
next gen consoles are going to have 32 gigs of VRAM and the latest AMD 3d v-cache CPUs. not gonna be sure what's the point of pcs then.
>>502666903Not sure what the point of your dad is when I am the one banging your mom every night.
>>5026669031/20best I can do, as I don't believe anyone is actually that stupid
it's over :(
>>502668080My wife plays video games, she likes rpgs but only really plays farm sim shit and skyrim like a few times a year. I asked her today if she wanted to get a copy of STALKER 2 for her xbox and she asked me if there was swords in it because she wanted to hit things.normies are fucking weird dude
>>502669495>she asked me if there was swords in it because she wanted to hit thingsthat's cutedon't trash talk on your wife, broshe just wants to hit things with swords
>>502669495install her OP2.2
>>502669621How is that cute.
>>502669495>Anno Domini 2024>married>posting on the mongolian basket weaving forum
>they don't know
>>502670756I see that overgrown sign on the ground is written in Ukrainian
full kikery on display, hopefully modders will rectify this gross offense asap
>>502670945They’re just some files. Easy to edit I bet. I am mostly curious to what the campfire song is.
>>502670945lmfao zigger cope
>>502670443bruh
>>502670945I think developers rarely have a say in that and it mostly comes down to publishers.
>>502671385correct
The church in the swamp is comfy, comfiest location in the game
>>502677048you've clearly not hung around the jupiter toilets long enough anon
>>502600182WW3 coming through.
>>502643373Wtf is this in english?
>>502663331>Video games have been awful the last decadeWhile some anons have posted opinions commenting that the game pretty much feels old school, is just an open world at the end of the day. So expect it to suck by default.
>>502638805Streloks gay lover spotted
I hope s2 gets a midnight release tomorrow
>>502671385Tbf Gsc ceo is infamous for being a greedy prick, which is why we even have the Metro series ironically. The guy owned allegeldy 3 cars (a Ferrari (with a Stalker plate in front), a BMW X6 and a Porsche Cayenne). Mid Taste in cars aside, according to the Metro Dev that jumped off, that were the 3 of the 4 cars of the entire gsc team. The 4th one was owned by some dev who could afford a soviet shitbox in the 80s. The ceo guy paid all his employees a very shitty wage apparently
>>502680651Why didn't the metro staff try to compete against Stalker? They had plenty of time to do it.
What a positive, wholesome suprise :) from Mol1t the review embargo lift turned out to be
>>502680831what? the metro franchise has had a release of some kind every 1-3 years since the original came out and did well
>>502680996>two hours before launch>it's a surprisefucking right i'm surprised, what a load of shit
>>502680651The thread is aware of Greedorovych but that doesn't mean the publisher isn't mainly at fault for that sort of release bullshit.
>>502681110Yes, but Metro is no Stalker. It's just a game on rails.
>>502681139>two hours before launch. The launch is at 4 AM UK time
>>502681186so? why should they change subgenres? linear storytelling is the basis of metro games
>>5026814844 AM? You sure about that? UK launch times are normally 4 PM, are they not?
>>502640958>The Zone is a miracle, only retards want to destroy it
>>502681157Let me tell some funny anecdotes about ukrainian retards anon, the gaynomaly newbies need to know
>>502654287yes zoomers taht dont give a fuck about stalker besides muh open world survival shooter are gonna make thousands of dollars streaming and making videos off your favorite franchise
>>502681801Nevermind I was waaaaay off mark
>>502529202>MX500 from CrucialExtremely based. I own half a dozen of them. Couldn't be happier.
>>502586841same anon here as this posti was just wondering if other UE5 games i have played and the performance i get there, could it be any indicator for stalker 2 performance?This might sound like pure hopium
I'm a bit worried no reviews are out yet, do we know when the embargo is being lifted?
>>502682959medium-high settings with DLSS
>>502682959resuoltion? if its 1080p and you didnt fall for 4k meme you are fine, wukong runs on high with 60 fps and i doubt the performance will be that much worse then that
how long until the UE5 shitter PC config is out?
>no leaks>no reviewsLET ME IN GSC
>>502682497Reviews on release day? Pffff this is CP77 all over again for XSX
>>502683248im a 1080p gamer and will be till i die
I WILL NOT PLAY YOUR NAZI GAME YOU FUCKING FASCISTS!!!
>>502683904>redditgo back
>>502683904Why do so many people suddenly hate nazis?
>>502684008because they're jealous of nazi drip. those hugo boss uniforms are bussin' no cap fr fr
>>502684008stupid ass rhetoric
>>502519008>animation to open your inventoryIt's over
>>502684217Far Cry 2 style immersion? I'm for it.
>>502684303man far cry 2 was so fucking good
>>502670945My cracked version will come with all pre-order exclusives :)
>>502682497I wonder did he give it a 10/10
>>502683369yeah, im just hoping that at least the core is good and the performance is just godawful...
>>502679017yes, soc update 1.4 has english translation.https://vk.com/topic-147828435_49497922
>>502685291Machine?
>>502685229See >>502685058
>>502682427everyone that previously didnt care is gonna play because they "heard about it" and its gonna be the thingwhy would GSC pay anyone lol the anticipation is big enoughespecially this ugly fat retard "itJP" WHY WOULD YOU PAY THIS PIG? HE WILL DOWNLOAD AND PLAY YOUR GAME ON STREAM DAY ONE ANYWAY
>>502683904Brother I cannot express how sick I am of seeing the word Nazi. Everyone and everything seems to be a Nazi or a fucking Neo-Nazi these days
>>502685592It's like how Jews calls everyone who disagrees with Zionism an anti-semite. The word loses its power, which is good.
>>502683904Kyiv, Chornobyl, Ukraine is a sovereign nation
>>502662798how is it so far? did u get any further?
There should be an area in the zone with skeleton enemies call it the bone zone
>>502685651yeah I just finished a 3 day ban becaase I said "souless jew eyes" to some image or webm on /mu/their reason? becuase it was "racist".what a fucking joke
How hard is it to replace NPC models in modpacks? would it be as simple as just replacing the files? I want to use this for every single mod out there. These are the best models by far, besides vanilla HD ones.https://www.moddb.com/games/stalker/addons/hd-pack-soc-by-nestandart-5443
>>502685882Only played the beginning, I'm focusing on Radiophobia 3 atm. But it seems nice, over the top wet ground reflections aside.
>>502686969Indeed
In an ideal world Stalker 2 would have been made with Source Engine 2.
>>502685425no one is paying them they are going to make thousands off ad revenue
This guy is the Insider Gaming reviewer of Stalker 2https://x.com/Nukov_/status/1858046963461075303>It sucks that #STALKER2 is being released too late to be considered for GOTY at #TheGameAwards>Because it'd probably win...
>>502686969>break global rule 3>punished>surprisedpikachu.gif
>>502687353That rule is rarely upheld. And if it is invoked it is done so by pricks.
>>502687084cool graphic
It's a bit worrisome that reviews will only come out 2 hours pre launch...
>>502687084i always like it when they do infographsc
>>502687418it's my shield against morons whose only method of discourse is spamming the hard N like 15 times
>>502687209they are paying streamers tho, its already confirmed.which is retarded cuz everyone will play anyway
>>502687782I would be worry if the embargo ends same time as the game launchesBut 2 hours before or 2 days before are same, people can cancel the pre-order easily if it get a low score(seems it won't though, the same person leaked the review embargo time also tweeted this >>502685058 )
>>502687209I asked a streamer yesterday and he said he is playing and that it will be a sponsored stream, Cohh is def getting paid too imo....so yeah they are paying them.
>>502688098Ok that is good to hear!
Stalker became just another AAA game, it's over :(
>>502687353saying the word jew isn't racist.Its used widely by everyone including jews to describe someone of the jewish zionist religion.furthermore saying someone is soulless isnt racist. And saying a jew is soulless isnt racist either.people throw words around like they have the widest meaning ever, its fucking stupid.
>>502688421It quickly attained AAA statushttps://youtu.be/3kUiStC6PtM
>>502688534>Christian love be like:
>>502687084>"launch" graphic looks like a destroyed control room4A should steal this for the next Metro
>>502688679this is supposed to mean?
>>502688770I wonder will next Metro game also goes open world since exodus went from linear to sandbox
>>502688883I hope not. Exodus was my least favorite metro game. I miss the deep dank tunnels of the metro. If they're going open world again I want the Moscow metro system and some surface areas.
>>502688883Poland metro but the only mutants you fight are romanians trying to steal your hard earned zubr
>>502688883I can see it going both ways. They positioned themself really well and I don't think they will see backlash no matter what direction they chose to steer the series.
>>502687782It is worrisome but it seems like this cheap move is also becoming sop for aaa games.
>>502688158>paying these fucking old neet incels that literally preordered your game 3 years agowhy gsc? literally throwing away money.
>>502689569Are you sure it's GSC not Microsoft
>>502689647... ur right. its probably standard procedure for the microsoft marketing niggas
>>502687234What kind of delusion is this?>stalker 2>winning any award when it has literally 0 marketing and probably wont even sell 1 million copies>winning any award that is controlled by the game journo mafia that aren't even considering black mythLmao?
never cared about sales numbers and awards, changes nothing about the quality of the game and my enjoyment of it
I for one am glad stalker 2 is not in time for the awards because all it would do is increase the already inevitable shitposting by a tenfold
>>502690680Putin would car bomb Geoff Keighley
This is a last time I'm waiting for a game this hard, it's unhealthy
>>502690429bruh. awards or not, the stalker hype has seeped over into normie waters long ago.watch twitch category have like 300k+ viewers on release. maybe even 500k if some of the ugly monster streamers pick it.
>>502690429idk anon, I think any serious person knows by this point game journos are scum, game awards mean nothing, and the Dorito Pope is a fucking clown that deserves nothing but mockery for wanting to turn the hobby into the second Hollywood and his fake and gay "award show" into the second Oscars.>>502690801Neither Putin nor Zelensky would waste any resources on that clown if they saw him, they'd just laugh at him and move on. Not even worth spitting on.
>>502688883I found metros semi open world much better. Lots of little details sprinkled around and very believable areas. Cant have truly big open world and have that. Plus the game runs well while looking and sounding absolutely gorgeous. I hope stalker 2 can be similar if not better. I need my immersion.
>>502691006What kind of delusion are you smoking man? There was literally no videos at all about the trilogy rerelease and stalker lore videos/stalker 2 videos/stalker gameplay videos are all still sub 6 digits. GAMMA was what got popular and only briefly and nichely
>>502684389What the FUCK are you smoking?
>>502691617He's right though. Far Cry 2 was really good.
>>502690939but its gonna be console slop lmao, wont even pirate it on realease since it will probably need a few weeks of fixes (from community mods of course)
>>502691617he misytped the 2, he meant 3
>>502691689Bro i fucking LOVE fighting through the same outpost I've just passed two minutes ago!
>>502691393no, literally normies will pick this game up.the hype is bigger than you think.
>>502691720>>502691738I guess only true white men can truly immerse themselves in the Africa setting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxhnxVxnJLg
>>502691914I mean, it was a good game but fuck me it had some serious bug/balance issues, like the infamous instantly respawning outposts. Personally I loved that one mod that removes your position marker from the paper map so you have to figure out where you are by cross-referencing the GPS minimap and the paper map, makes navigation much more fun that way.
>>5026917203 was pretty good too
doomer shiposters seething todaylmfaoooooo
>>502691617it's the most immersive game i've ever played
>>502691393>2nd best selling game on steam>he still thinks it wont blow up on twitchdo you not ufcking understand that twitch streamers are fucking "content" starved drones that swarm to new hype releases like a hivemind
>>502691914what that guy said>>502692072
>>502692072That I agree with
>>502692267>2nd best selling game on steam>1st best selling game is f2pReminds me of how Valve never updated the Valve Complete Pack bundle, so once TF2 and CS:GO went F2P you were still "buying" them in the bundle, but not really, and people were bitching you weren't getting premium with it. I know I got my CS:GO premium by buying VCP before CS:GO went F2P but then never really played it lmfao
>>502692267DAV slop is no longer visible in the top charts. Finally a ray of sunshine.
>>502691689No he fucking isn't and neither are you. Far Cry 2 did some cool stuff for its time but it was repetitive as shit and deeply fucking flawed. I get it's cool to rewrite history and that sg has a deep connection to janky fucking games but get a grip.
>>502692676But my favorite Far Cry games are 2 and 5
>>502692072I kneel
>>502692625whomst
>>502692813correct opinion
>>502692813That's fine, you can like it. Just don't lie that it's "so fucking good" or something similar because that's just ridiculous.
>>502693145it was good because it made a profound impression on me despite the jank
>>502692267>best selling game on steamThat literally means nothing you dipshit. Veilguard was also the best selling game on steam for a day or two and it only sold 400k copies after a 10 year dev cycle and costing the studio over 300million.
>>502693560true
>>502693560Good. As a long term Dragon Age fan I am glad Veilguard crashed and burned. I had a horrible itme playing it.
>>502693560It actually means everything in the context of the discussion. The hype for STALKER 2 is massive, so you'll have all kinds of YouTubers and livestreamers jumping onto the STALKER bandwagon with no care for the franchise, only to capitalize on the hype train. The subsequent flood of newfags that don't give a shit about the franchise that'll ruin the community even further? Who cares?
>>502693708>muh communitywho cares
Where are the fucking leaks, people have this game already
>>502692676Nah it was "so fucking good", I agree with him as, despite its flaws, it was still far better than any other entry in that series and far better than 99% of all other FPS released. Kind of like the STALKER series is a deeply flawed trio of FPS that are "so fucking good" :^)
>>502692887veilguard. woke tranny shit
48 hours till game comes out!
>>502694759I'm excited bro!!!!!
>>502694759Been waiting since 2010/2011, but for some reason these last few days feel the longest.
>>502694470Stalker is only "so fucking good" because of mods. If mods never existed and all we had was the base games Stalker would've absolutely fizzled out like it was nothing. To Far Cry 2's credit it's less fucked than base Stalker but because it didn't get that proper mod scene it still ended up fizzling out.
I liked Far Cry 2 because you can shoot black people in Africa and no one complained about it unlike with Resident Evil 5
>>502695454>Stalker is only "so fucking good" because of mods.No.
>>502695454normie faggot take
>>502695520its true. game would have died long time ago otherwise.and mods made the game indefinitely better.you literally cant go back to vanilla gunplay after playing a modern mod
>Blindsides Military Pack released after two yearsWho cares about it at this point if it doesn't cover the entire weapon roster?
>>502695487you can shoot black people whenever you desire anon, don't let your dreams be dreams
>>502695487You weren't alive back then, otherwise you'd know people did complain.
>>502696623nowhere near as much as RE5i remember reading an article about far cry 2 that didnt call it racist or whatever, just that the setting was very political in nature but despite this the story does nothing to touch up on it
>>502697494Capcom trying to not get accused of racism by including smelly Arabs will never not be funny to me.
>bad optimization and bugs is good....BECAUSE MUH JANK OK?!?!?!?!?!?!why are they like this
>>502688883The natural endgame of the Metro series you'd think would be a layered open world with the bottom layer being the metro itself but they're so autistic about their CoD slop cutscenes that it'd never happen. Plus they threw the setting in the dumpster anyway
>>502687881>hard NWhat?
>>502692887Exactly
>>502699169nippon
>>502699169sorry i'm white i dont have the pass
>>502695751LMAO really? There was a time I checked for updates weekly, dude makes THE best animations for Stalker imoGreat timing to drop it now that he suddenly remembered about Stalker, what a faggot
>>502698291When I think bad optimization I think piss poor fps. I feel like those guys think bad optimization equals bugs
>Analmeme is real
>>502700274>1k updootsdear god
https://x.com/stalker_thegame/status/1858555869320917085>>502690429Cope, /v/edditor. Does it need to have celebrity and rap videos on TV for it to count as marketing to you?
>>502700965don't pick on the retards anon, it's not their fault
>>502695682>you literally cant go back to vanilla gunplay after playing a modern modtourist spotted. i don't know what exactly you consider modern, but i played all major anomaly modpacks, iwp, gunslinger, and have no issue with enjoying the original games in vanilla. >inb4 nostalgic oldfag i only stated playing stalker a few years ago
I finally pulled the trigger. If I survived Cyberpunk I can survive this.
>>502701575There is no way Stalker 2 will ever get as much post launch support as Cyberpunk though.
>>502701181>and have no issue with enjoying the original games in vanilla. thats because yous a bitch ass nigga>gunslinger>pistols are accurate with sharp iron sights>vanilla>pm covers whole screen>"iron sights" are a big block>shooting it is like lobbing snowballsyeah bro its really enjoyable
>>502700965>permit checkSo they HAVE kept the legal vs illegal stalker conflict from 2011 after all
>>502701730i dont play stalker for the guns and shooting
>>502701728I played through Cyberpunk Day 1
>>502700965>only 400 likes>"yeah bros, this is sooooooo big!"Lmao
300k+ on twitch day 1, mark my words
>>502701872I mean>preordering a digital game 2 days before it's release out of fabricated FOMOYou've made it pretty clear you have zero standards and no self-respect.
>>502695751>>502699716https://youtu.be/dojmsIj8XikI think no one except blindside himself will use this weapon pack at all, the quality of animations is even worse than in bas, not to mention guns and iwp. He also probably has an autistic disorder because he has autistically repeatedly emphasized that he wants to replace only the weapons from the ---!!!!ONLY VONILLA!!!!---- ONOMOLY. He does not realize that the anomaly weapon list is just a random ancient fanfic, but his autism elevates vanilla anomaly weapon pack to the level of biblical value and does not allow him to independently choose which weapons to add and which to cut.
>>502702173I want to play the game. What am I supposed to do? Not buy it? I'm worried about performance and the games ability to run on Linux using Wine, because why wouldn't I be, but I still want to play.
Anyone who says they can play vanilla forever are just autists, the same type of autist that puts 2000 hours in dwarf fortress or some other similar autismo game. The trilogy is perfectly fine, and fun to play, once. Once you know where everything is, the excitement is all gone. There is no spooky things. The alife leaves you wanting more (compared to modded alife). The guns are just straight dogshit. The anomaly placements are mundane. Mods having fresh alife, dynamic anomalies, and good gunplay is why the series stayed alive. Without the modding community the memes wouldn't have spread, the culture wouldn't have spread, and the series would have died extremely niche and forgettable.There are more people who got into Stalker because of Misery and Analmeme than people who actually played the trilogy when they released. I only got into stalker because of memes on /v/ and those memes came about from fucked up soups.
>>502702324they seem okay. theyre not tacticool over the top garbage like everyone wants weapon anims to be for some reason
>>502702482>worried about performance>What am I supposed to do?Wait for at least a day post-release so that the initial impressions from the general userbase and not reviewers (paid shills) show up so that you can make an informed purchasing decision? Unless of course you're the type of person to buy into the artificial FOMO of "pre-order exclusive content", which is the only way publishers can trick you into paying for a game before it's release, since preordering makes zero sense in the digital distribution era, they're not gonna run out of bandwidth like they would out of DVD's for preordering to make sense.
>>502702754animations can't be tactical, they can only be good/bad and slow/fast. gunslinger had 10/10 quality and at the same time quite relaxed (as you would say - theyre non-tacticool). tacticool animations are only in bas, because they are fastest and riped from call of duty
Why are there no memorable NPCs that were introduced in CoP? Everyone knows and loves Sid, Wolf, Fanatic, Nimble, Barkeep, Lukash, Petrenko, Doctor, Sahkarov, etc. I can't even think of any CoP NPCs besides Noah and he sucked ass.
>>502704116Alooooohaaaaa!
>>502704116As a beard fan, i am anger
>>502703029I don't care about the generic performance results posted online, because I already know the game will run like trash, the signs are on the wall. What I do care about is the performance on my hardware using my operating system of choice that will not be tested for. Not on day 1, not even in one year.
>>502704116>wolfwho?>fanaticwho?>lukashwho?>petrenkowho?>sahkarovwho?
>>502704301Alright, how is paying for the game before it gets released any different than paying for it once it releases?
>>502702324Is it just me, or do his animations look a bit jittery? It kind of looks like he might export them the wrong way or it might be the framerate of the animations.>>502702754They ARE ok. They don't feel overanimated like Firebreaths shit, but it's just too little too late. IWP has in my opinion better models/textures/animations, while having a better weapon roster in general
>>502704398If I pay right now I get other shit for free
Women would not survive in the zone. Bandits would probably rape them and mutants would rip them to shreds. Men barely survive as is.
>>502704612So you're buying into artificial FOMO instead of making an informed purchase. You are a consumer with zero standards and no self-respect.>i have to pay NOW to get GUN SKIN or else it'll be gone FOREVERNo wonder publishers still peddle this shit.
>hear gunslinger final patch came out like 2 weeks ago>2-3 days ago another new video of a weapon with the tag "beta" uploaded to striker's channelWhat is this nigger's problem? Also can I play through the entirety of CoP with gunslinger or are there still things left out?
>>502704819There are still guns missing
kino has arrivedI will play this after S2
>>502701995>/v/tranny>obsessed with numbers>>502702482Obviously you're supposed to not buy the game, or be a piratevegan, because that'll make NUMBER GO DOWN and make /v/eddit's tortanic crowd stroke their microdicks.
>>502682202not that anon but you can go ahead
>>502704489If animation quality are ONLY ok, its NOT ok.They must be the BEST available. This is the fundamental goal of any global mod or modpack to have the best content available.
>>502705274The entire point of the conversation is that stalker 2 is going to be huge and be viral, when it just clearly isn't going to be. It's going to be niche, again. Normies still don't even know about it. Not a single normie friend I have even knew what the game was or that it was coming out this month until I told them about it and they watch every game award show and have played almost every new release this year.
>>502704818I knew you would do this. Your principles are good, but they are not my principles. I don't care what influencers have to say about the game and the benchmarks are of no use to me. Preordering is a net positive to me. If I started acting on the same principles you act on I would start making worse descisions that are not based in reality.
>>502704489Jittery? What do you even know about jittery? https://youtu.be/jmx1xce5yw4
>>502705638Yeah, just look at the speed of this general to see. New hype games that don't even have prequels have generals to discuss the game weeks before launch and go faster than us. Hell fighting game generals go faster than us whenever there is a new release. We have the whole trilogy, near 2 decades of mods, the GAMMA popularity spike, and the game is coming out in 2 days. And our thread is close to 48 hours old and still not hit bump limit. Meanwhile /xivg/ a "dying" MMO on it's least popular expansion has a new thread every 3 hours and regularly gets to 900-1000 posts before a new thread is made.
JUST TWO MORE DAYS
>>502704612Dude, it's a DRM-less game. Just cheat engine the stuff in. Pirate the game even. Fuck Griggor and his shitty company.>>502705101Other than visuals what does this mod do? I don't speak/read vodka.
>>502705668>it's a net positive for me>paying for a product that's not out or in limited quantities is a net positive for me>i absolutely need that one side mission and guitar song that i can only get if i pay now and time is running out>this is absolutely my own decision that is beneficial to me and anyone saying otherwise is wrongIt's astounding how well publishers trained their customers that they now gaslight themselves into believing that they're doing the right thing by buying into this shit, and then get overly defensive about their choices whenever someone calls them a consumer with zero standards and no self-respect. Which is true btw.
>>502705994>niche english language general vs generals about games that go fast because it's 9001 posts about waifus and shipping with a side of vtuber drama>4chan NUMBERS AAAAAAAA NUMBERS NUMBERS NUMBERS IS THAT ALL YOU ZOOMERS CARE ABOUT magically correlate to game popularity because idk you're all retarded and delusionalMetaphorically nobody talks about fortnite and cod warzone on 4chan, so I guess they're just suddenly not the most popular games on the planet right now by your logic.>>502706752>>502706162>just pirate bro just steal it>wtf why does nobody cater to me with their products?
>>502707039>you shouldn't be buying into artificial FOMO and pay for the game once it releases>oh so you just want me to steal it then you pirating thiefHoly fuck you're a special one aren't you.
>>502706752It is a net positive. What do I get if I wait for release day? Nothing. Opinions that I don't care about and benchmarks that don't apply to me.
>>502707039Your posts are filled with nothing but projecting, strawmans, and retardation. At least try to come up with any sort of counter.>numbers are low>engagement is low>reddit is small in numbers>4chan engagement is small (literally where the western community for the games originated)>not even top selling game, when dragon turd failhard was (and was a complete flop)>youtube numbers are non-existent>not a single popular streamer even has the game on their radar, most of them will be playing Classic WoW hardcore fresh on the 21st (this includes non-WoW players that normally play FPS like Shroud and Summit1g) and Asmon has not even talked about it a single time and doesn't have it on his list of new games to play>normalfags are completely unaware of it's existenceLike you are just a blind deaf retard if you somehow think this game is going to be any more than slightly more popular than the OGs just by virtue of gaming being more mainstream now than in 2007. It's going to be niche. It won't have 7 digit sales figures. Their biggest fanbase (Russians) were literally shat on by the developers because of a war they have little involvement or say in. This game may not flop, depending on it's budget, but it won't have more than 100k player peak on steamcharts. I guarantee it. Screencap this post and cry hard on Wednesday when you know it to be true.
>>502707484>muh fomo muh fomo STOP BUYING THINGS I CAN'T AFFORDShut the fuck up. Anon clearly wants the game and the preorder bonuses. If the game's a mess on launch, he'll obviously have access to the patches that come out to fix it. You're fabricating issues where there are none, probably because you saw some grifter make a big deal about buying things.
>>502707039>fortnite>codBoth of those generals have more PPM (posts per minute) than /sg/ has and they don't even have a "hype launch."I've been in this general since /vg/ was created faggot. I've been bumping this piece of shit off page 10 for nearly half of my life. Your cope is pure delusion
>>502706162it's a very extensive visual overhaul with gunslinger and a shitload of graphic and balance updates.
>newbies and casuals hyping it up to be the second coming just like Cyberpunk>two days from launch and devs and Microsoft have barely shown anything, never allowed demo footage to be recorded or uploaded>what has been shown is suspiciously spliced and the entire game seems to be covered in shitty looking "cinematic" shadersI got a bad feeling about this...
>>502707504And what do you get by buying into the FOMO? Nothing. Something so miniscule you'd never notice if not for the publisher's gaslight.>i don't care about other's opinions not listening lalalalalaDenying opposing opinions when they take you out of your comfort zone or challenge your worldview only further enforces that you're a consumerist manchild.>>502708185>I CAN'T AFFORDAre you going out of your way to check every single retard box on the bingo card? You being able to pay for something doesn't make you special. In fact, I have enough disposable income right now to pre-order STALKER 2 as well, it's not a fucking Lamborghini to have some superiority complex about being able to afford it.But please, keep using strawmans and projections as your only arguments against someone rightfully calling you a consumer with no standards and zero self-respect.
>>502706025I bet some dudes that got pre-orders early won't contain themselves and actually start to post stuff today or tomorrow night. Mark my words.
some of these shots could be straight out of s2
>>502708013>everything that disagrees with me is *thumbs through book of buzzwords* projecting!!!Stopped reading there. You're full of shit and too narcissistic to comprehend the fact it is possible to disagree with you, let alone the concept of you being wrong about something. >>502708407>MUH NUMBERS>>502708579>what do you get out of "buying into fomo" (I can't just say "buying" because that would reveal how shit my argument is) besides the game you want to play and some bonuses
>>502708990>and some bonusesThis is the culprit. You don't need those bonuses. You think you do, but you don't. You wouldn't miss them if you paid for the game post-release. Yet you're still on the defense that you do want them and that it's your own decision. It's not. You're easily manipulated and you refuse to accept that truth.
>>502708990>my fee fees outweigh your objective observable metrics D:Kill yourself nigger
>>502708990>4chan doesn't even talk about these 2 games>"yes they do, more than stalker">MUH NUMBERSChrist you are retarded
>>502709295I mean, he's constantly on defense because someone called him a consumer with no standards and zero self-respect so obviously he's a very fragile manchild that can't handle any opposing opinions, possibly mentally retarded.
>>502708579I'm not denying your opposing opinion. It just doesn't apply to me. You might be somebody who benefits from waiting out because it gives you information that helps you in your purchasing descisions, but it doesn't for me. Many of the games that I like are viewed of as mediocry and have a metacritic score in the 70s in the same vein I often dislike the games that are rated highly.
>>502708907A shame we can only play v1.4 rn.That is already pretty impressive tho, all those updated environments are amazing. It is A LOT more than just prettier vegetation and shaders.
>>502708436Guessing it's on OGSR?
how do I download purchased games on GoG? do I need their Galaxy client thing?
>>502710114You can download the installers, no need for Galaxy.
>>502709206>muh needs>>502709295>MUH NUMBERS>>502709552>MUH DIKCan /v/trannies stop shitting up stalker threads out of sheer desperation for a game to flop? You already had Veilguard. Just stop being bitches.
>>502710114Here's a guide, hope this helps.
>>502710114The client is optional, but you will have to patch the games manually if you choose to opt out. You download the installation files from the web browser by clicking on the game in the libary and chosing the backup offline installer.
>>502709206Not that anon, but I preordered for $38 with the asus deal the other day, I don't think it's going to be cheaper than this a few days after launch unless something goes terribly wrong, it's supposed to be $60
I haven't heard about the Asus deal unfortunately so this might be the cheapest option now.
the engine is not a whole, it is a machine and a huge set of mechanisms, each of which can be completely replaced. but it also works the other way around, if you take a ready-made ue5 machine and try to modernize this for your own goals, it will start to crash, you will spend a huge amount of time to adjust the mechanism with each other and in the end it will take more money and effort than writing your own engine. although your own engine in 2024 is absolutely not the same as your own engine in 2002. yes, the number of mechanisms has become a hundred times more, but at the same time there is also opensource information and ready-made solutions, you can take a look at how this or that mechanism is made in other engines (ue5, godot, unity) and forks of them on githubmost sucked part of ue5 is render, gsc make bigmistake by trying to improve this part instead of male their own rendering
>>502710604>dat sizeThose were the days, eh lads?
i really don't understand the conversation surrounding buying the game and having an autistic fit about it. pirate it, test it, then buy it after making an informed decision if you feel like spending the money. you guys are weird.
>>502710982It's insane to me how Stalker 2 is 50!!!! times the size of SoC.
>>502711019this a /v/ pet peeve where pirates dogpile on anyone dumb enough to waste money. Your centrist approach would melt the average /v/ tards mind
>>502710927That reminds me, didn't Holden say they stopped working on Lurk because of engine limitations and how they wanted to make their own Stalker-like game instead?lmaoMight be misremembering tho, been a hot minute.
>>502710694That's a perfectly justifiable reason to preorder, but also an outlier since having a sale on a preorder is a rarity. Most people pay the same amount they'd do on release, only because the publisher dangled some shiny extras, gaslit them into believing they need them and then put them into buyer's remorse where they have to defend their idiocy.
>>502710515>disingenuous posting>retardation>desperationYou are the only vedditor here, faggot. No one is saying the game is going to flop or be dead, just that it will stay the same. Which is good
so you need 32gb ram or what?
>>502711890i wouldn't trust the metrics put out. 16 is good enough, i'm sure
I NEED THIS FUCKING GAME, I CANNOT WAIT ANY LONGER
>>50271189032GB of VRAM to be exact, thanks to the groundbreaking optimization of Unreal Engine 5™.
cryengine is engine only for crytek gamessource engine is engine only valve gamesunreal engine is engine only for epic games gamesunity is engine only for mobile donate gameswhere is youre xray 2.0, gsc? because of ue you have 2-3 times worse fps with the same graphics, or 2-3 times worse graphics with the same fps.
>>502712721AND no dynamic shadows.
>>502712448Let's not give Timmy all the glory. I'm sure GSC worked hard to make this happen.
Only UE5 engine game I ever played was RoboCop: Rogue City and it ran like ass and was blurry as shit. And I heard reports of crashes.
>>502712882Shitting on GSC all the time gets tiring anon. Shitting on Timmy and Unreal however, never gets old.
>>502713028ue5 has pretty poor performance in general it seemscould be skill issue on devs part tho
>>502713106tim is such a fucking faggot, i'd love to put a bounty on him for people to slap his bald head whenever they see him on the street
>>502708493Insane that we arent getting at least one more gameplay trailer. I feel like we've seen nothing of stalker 2
>>502712448BIG TIM I KNEEL
>>502713338Not only that, he lives in a massive fuck-off mansion all by himself and is a massive dork, climbing trees and collecting rocks.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRGUKMKadJ8
>>502713361It's weird for sure, the only thing they've been willing to shown is the cut up gameplay demo (half of which was just the live action interviews) and some short generic b-roll clips repeated ad nauseum
>>502701872I pirated it day -1 (liek 12 hours before release) and knew it was a piece of shit before paypigs got to it.
They are obviously hiding the awful mess that is Stalker 2It's over :(
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd0Rn1H-D5oHow we liking bandit radio 2?
>>502713807I'm still really frustrated about the "deep dive" being 60% babbling with no information
>>502714203distract the normies and hide the problems, classic bait
>>502713574>massive dorkwhat an understatement. the man has never had a singular thought in his head that wasn't programming-related
Personally, I can't wait for the sudden influx of GSC's personal gunt guard that'll abuse the same tactics they use on /pol/ to silence any form of criticism towards STALKER 2. You just know those retards will crawl out of the woodwork in full swing.
>>502714103Realistic bandit radio is vladimirsky central, murka and hop-musorok
>>502714812>GSC's personal gunt guard that'll abuse the same tactics they use on /pol/rentfree
>>502714921Right, could you remind me what I am then? Seems you know more about me than I do.
>>502715210a faggot?
>>502715210some kind of fag
>>502715210Build for BBC
>>502715409Big Buildo Cock
New thread?
>>502715210a prison bitch
dead thread for a game that is supposed to be goty
>>502715806more active than your sex life
>>502715806Dead? There's plenty of pre-release faggotry brewing, now and in the future breads.
anyone know why the mod retards on their discord keep @ing me about their media channel despite muting and disabling?
>>502715806It didn't release in time for the game awards so how is that possible?
new: >>502716352
>>502662798But anon, puddles everywhere = good graphics, it's embarrassing not to know this.
>>502719076those are not puddles but whole lakes
You know some? Gunslinger animation and HQ 384 kbps sounds absolutely fit into the buildo 2002-2003 design, because 1) such a level of animation and sounds could have been implemented by GSC in 2002 oblivion lost simply by hiring an appropriate level animator and sound engineer with appropriate sound equipment. 2) Animations and sound quality have no effect on FPS at all, and better quality sounds would only slightly increase the size of the gameSo what's the point of inserting low-quality sounds from libraries from the 90s into the buildomods and hold vanilla SoC/build animations? Seriously, gunslinger animations could have been created back in the early 90s when the first versions of 3ds max and maya appeared, and fully used in games in the late 90s when all computers could easily handle several 30 frames animations of hands + weapons with a dozen bones with skinning
>>502719917People who were able to create animations like in gunslinger in the first half of the 90s worked in Pixar/Disney/Dreamwork, creating Toy Story 1 and would demand a salary that no game company could afford.
>>502719917Equipment capable of recording and creating high-quality sounds also cost a lot of money. Consoles and PC sound cards capable of playing them appeared much later, and they simply would not have fit on the HDD that people could afford at that time.
https://youtu.be/Heg9aSEs6tcSGM is Ukrainian mod?!Is GeJorge alive? When SGM 3.0?
