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>>575374102
>stalker 2 linktroll thread, shan't reply
>>575377434Grow up.
Are the Human enemies in OP 2.2 really strong or do I just suck at Fps's ? It feels like they can react extremely fast and can aim incredibly well, regardless of their weapon.
so is it time to migrate to /vr/? the demise seems inevitable. this board has become too fast, gachaslop reigns supreme on the catalog, and posts and bumps appear at increasingly infrequent intervals
>>575388768no.
>>575388768Maybe down the road. In all honesty, gachaslop needs to fucking die.
I've kept many of these threads alive purely through shitposting.
>>575396909What kind of shitposting?Actual real shitposting like making up false statements about game devs, individual games, and game mechanics?Or "shitposting" where you have a completely valid and normal human opinion like "I think Russians are human beings that deserve empathy and hguman rights?"
>>575396909>>575397380samefag. fuck off.
>>575397380There are more flavors available than that.>>575399097"no."
>>575396909more like you have driven earnest posters away with your unbridled faggotry. consider ending it.
>>575399097Think again, sweetheart.
>>575388768Stalker itself seems pretty much dead, the ukie war really did a number to the franchise and the modding scene doesn't really have the will to go past the original trilogy. The maps are simply too old and overplayed at this point. We need new zones in new places.
>>575400909You must be hunk. I've heard a lot about you.
>>575402193Comfy theme, anon.
>>575397380>Or "shitposting" where you have a completely valid and normal human opinion like "I think Russians are human beings that deserve empathy and hguman rights?"thats funny.>this fucking bullshit again.you lazy fucking cunts!
certainly
Good night, /sg/
>>575374046Hello.I am respectfully requesting the removal of the stalker 2 from the OP.Diligently,Anon
>>575427937Hello, I am respectfully declining your asinine request, on the grounds that it is baseless and asinine.Sincerely,The Management
>>575431962Dear "The Management",Fuck you, bitch. Your OP sucks and the stalker 2 sucks. I am not alone in having this sentiment. You will remove the stalker 2 next thread and the general will be better for it.Eat a dick,Anon
>>575433349Dear retard,your yourself.
>>575433349Dear retard,kill yourself.
What was your experience with OLR 3.0 SOP?
life and crime
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5BwA-OUyNY
>>575452328>binos confirmedWe just keep winning S2 bros
Looks like a shitty overlay from a 2010s mod lmao
>You know what time it is GSC? It's 'bout fucking time.
>>575452328>coming August 20thOh nonono, doomerbros
>>575454869
>>575452328The foliage and lods look way, way better. I hope that's what the engine update will bring and it's not just cranked up to unrealistic levels for the sake of the trailer.
>>575455378I watched a rumors and leaks vid and testers say they're working on 2.0 and that 2.0 comes before DLC.
>>575452328is stalker 2 good?
>>575456232Yes. It's the best vanilla Stalker experience by far. Ignore the haters and anti-shills.
>>575456232it's pure shit
>>575456232it's ok
Can we all please just behave and have a normal thread for once? That's all I ask.
>>575456232No. I liked the story though.
>>575456232I liked it. The only real problem to me is the lack of A-life. Beyond that the gunplay is fine and I've been playing on Master unmodded and the mutants aren't too squishy. Beeline to the predator shotgun around Skadovsk and it makes the game a lot more enjoyable. The predator and the combatant will carry you through the game.
>>575466754A-life is in now anon.
>>575467292Not really, it's still limited to like 100-ish meters around the player in a bubble and not across entire maps or regions. The pop in isn't as bad as it was on release, I'll give them that, and the 100 meter range can provide interesting interactions to watch, stalkers or mutants fighting and doing whatever, but sometimes you still see the stitches kind of tear at the seams. The engine update should fix a lot of it, should let them increase the range and get the spawning stuff straightened out with it being more stable.
>>575467746But those guys are simulated offline. The system has parity now>OG Trilogy- Only live in the current area>S2- Active sim with 100 meter [more with mods]It's a compromise you have to have if you're gonna have a big continuous zone map with no loading. You have to limit how many things it calculates as actively. >provide interesting interactions to watch, stalkers or mutants fighting and doing whateverI still come across dead bodies I can't explain and stuff. It's working fine. I really don't see the issue anymore. They dynamically loot items and have offline simulation going on. Only thing I wish they'd do is actually go and actually loot artifacts themselves. I want to get angry/jealous at a Freedomer who just looted an anomaly field I was about to check on and shoot him to check his pockets for artifacts.
>>575466754Haven't played since release but might start a replay for the DLC, can you get to Skadovsk before Wild Island etc.?I want to try Master but only saving at hubs sounds annoying considering how much running around you do in 2 compared to the originals.
>>575469491You can go anywhere you want after you leave Lesser Zone after the intro. You also save at campfires and there's more of those than you'd think. I still think Master is a bit cringe though.
>>575469491Apparently you can start the dlc after the lesser zone opens up and the window closes at the point of no return. Had a look through the comments on steam and thats what a dev said in the discord so I have no way of confirming unfortunately
>>575452328They finally enabled grass shadow. Fucking hated grass in S2, it looked so flat without shadows.
>>575473639There are weapon skins in this game?
>>575474743No, unique weapons often have a unique texture.
Iggy HazardJudson JoistJudson GaidenA Real One
>>575474830Per the Dvach thread, the unique USP has a QR code on the optic that links to the Azov.ua site - is this true?
>>575475450no idea. sounds like fake news to me though.
>>575475450>i am a zigger shill so you should be tooOkay bro.
>>575475605In what way did I imply that I was a zigger shill?
>>575475450>>575475527>>575475672>>575475956Deadeye has a QR code on it. I don't know if it leads to an azov site. If it does that's pretty cringe.
>>575476140>ua>azovno.
>>575469195>It's a compromise you have to have if you're gonna have a big continuous zone map with no loadingMaybe S2 shouldn't have fallen into the open-world slop trap in the first place?
>>575477002>maybe S2 is badfuck you. kill yourself.
>>575475956When did I send links to dvach?Also, an emdash is a different ASCII character than a hyphen (-), it like —. So no I'm not using emdashes or an llm to translate my posts, you're just retarded lol
>>575475450who gives a shit?
>>575477221it looks like*
>>575477221>>575477510good morning sir.
>>575477002>Maybe this open world series should still have a ton of immersion shattering loading zonesNo. The new zone is good and we lost nearly nothing in exchange for it.
>>575477462no. kill yourself.
>>575477734>we lost nearly nothing>a-life is nearly nothingno. retard.
>>575477923We didn't lose a-life. It's in and works pretty well. All we lost is the game happily simulating people on the far side of your current zone even though you can't see or hear them from that far and old a-life still used offline tricks at that range.
>>575477758no really. nobody gives a shit even if it went to plsworshipsatan666.fuckrussia.orgnobody give a fuck. 0
>>575478110>we didnt lose a life just simulationstry again. lmao.
>>575478601You can lie if you want but they're tracked while offline. This is just a mod that gives them all the "merchant" icon so that they appear on the PDA map.
>>575454579I thought this was a G string ass
>>575383314that's just the way op2.2 is. you can only survive gunfire wearing the upgraded skat-15. every enemy is laser accurate and can see through walls once you aggro them. it is a bizarre choice for something that takes thousands of hours to play
>>575479034>Marking the position of static npcs that don't do anything other than refresh inventory every few in-game days???
>>575482820They aren't static. You can see them traveling.
>>575483023>goalpost goalpost goalpostI LOVE STALKER 2
>>575483117lmao, just stop posting.
>>575485901no.
>>575479034Is there a mod like that for the original trilogy?I guess CS already shows NPCs in vanilla, but what about SoC and CoP?
>Hy дaвaй пoкaлякaeм - o дeлaх нaших cкopбных.
Does S2 still use the "director scenario" spawn system?
>>575493092Yes. It's a mixed system of regular spawns from the previous games and random encounter scenarios to give players more action during traversal.I doubt they will remove random encounters even with DLC update. I think devs genuinely think that all their players have ADHD who will get bored if they spend 10 minutes without shooting.
Even Reddit isnt buying the DLC. What's your excuse, /sg/?
>>575493092>>575496542>yes Mykola, we shall fool the players by making the director bubble a shooting gallery!My favorite.>verif not required.
>>575405640I hate to be doom and gloom but it really feels like we're in the death throes of STALKER.STALKER 2 did nothing to reinvigorate the franchise, /v/ STALKER threads stopped around the start of the war because they turned into political shitflinging halting the already dwindling trickle of new fans leaving us crotchety old fucks as the torchbearers, we're long past the golden age of modding, Wormwood is cancelled, CoCk is dead, Memeslinger came out, Analmeme shifted to GAMMA modding, there's nothing big to look forward to. Even the fringe NEVER EVER mods have been getting translated. Even if by some miracle the modding scene gets a second wind, what's even left to do with the old maps? The last decade was all about the freeplay mods, the last big story project was True Stalker and mods of that scope that aren't soups are one in a million.What's left? OpenXRay? There's only a handful of mods utilizing it.
>>575497541>I'm out of touchK
>>575497541Just wait till SOP restores previously unrealized storylines before Strelok was made the protag (the one we see in bildota mods is actually only the last one made)
>>575496991Bought the good goy edition
>>575498619Knowing we haven't seen the last of мeccep has me quivering in my boots.
>>575498619Maybe I'll check it out. I played through 2.5 and had fun but played 3.0 for a couple of hours and it was hot garbage. A patch made by someone that doesn't seem clinically insane sounds like a good start.
>>575496542I hate it. Have there been any developments on the modding side? Last I remember the spawn systems were locked down or hardcoded or something. Maybe the game will be worth revisiting if the random encounters can be modded out.
>>575496542yes, just like the originals.
Holy shit SOP added the average /sg/ user
>>575508480It's missing my iconic retard helmet
>drop stalker 2 after ~30 hours or so due to gamebreaking bugs and no proper A-life>reinstall recently>can't save for some reasonwhat the FUCKis it old mods? is the game still broken?
>>575509739Did you start on the new hardest difficulty? It allows saving only within bases.Otherwise, delete the config save mod foldersC:\Users\[Your Username]\AppData\Local\Stalker2\[install dir]\S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 Heart of Chornobyl\Stalker2\Content\Paks\~mods\
>>575509739permission problem?running as admin?
>>575511020>Did you start on the new hardest difficulty? It allows saving only within bases.didn't start a new game, picked up from my old save on regular stalker difficultyi'll try removing the mod folder
>>575509739>>575511020>>575511157>>575511514You can't pick up your old save if it's patched up to date. I'm pretty sure there's a cutoff and all saves from before it aren't compatible.
>>575514035seemed to work fine after deleting the mods folder, relaunching the old save file, closing and downloading only newer mods, so probably just a mod incompatibility or something
Sell me SOP
Every single fucking time I try to play anomaly I'm reminded that they tried as hard as they humanly could to make everything as unfun and tedious as possible. Every single time I convince myself that it might be good, after an hour I just end up asking myself why, why couldn't they just try to make it fun?
doing deimos stashes in op2.2 and wondering why anyone would recommend adding this to their game and realizing that it's all this bad
I just got Stalker, any mods before trying it for the first time? From what Iv'e seen Anomaly fixes bugs? I just want simple mods to avoid the bad type of Ruskie jank
>>575532489Anomaly is for advanced users. If you know what you want out of stalker, you can make it happen in anomaly. If you don't, you have a bad time. Funny that it became the de facto newfag mod.
>>575536961Don't mod it. Play Vanilla so you can appreciate whjat the series is and what the mods do for it. The mods are super high quality so save them for second playthroughs.
>>575536961Play GAMMA. It's the best way to play Stalker in 2026. It combines all three games into one.
>>575536961Anomaly is a completely different game. It's a standalone freeplay mod that staples together all the maps from the series and has gameplay based off the Misery mod. GAMMA is Anomaly + 100 gigs of bloat and pushes it so far beyond what STALKER actually is it doesn't even remotely resemble the games, ignore that tard.Either raw dog it or run Zone Reclamation Project. One of the big bug concerns is saving in Yantar corrupts the save.
>>575536961Anomaly is a standalone storyless open-world fanmade spinoff with different mechanics, progression, etc, to the point it barely feels like stalker (gamma is just that +bloat), don't bother trying it until you play the ogs.Start with Shoc, vanilla should be fine since the last patch is mostly stable. If you really want to be sure you can use ZRP, stay the hell away from complete.
>>575528512It's OLR 3.0 but the retarded shit (diseases, ruck volume, retarded spawns) was removed & everything is more stable
GAMMA is actually the truest STALKER game. :^)
Does IWP not work anymore for other anons? Fresh installs don't seem to help. Is it broken with the latest versions of CoTZ or something? I get no flags from anti virus or anything like that for it to be deleting any files
>>575559509The latest CotZ isn't up to date with the current IWP. I think the author is waiting for the next IWP patch before updating it.
>>575560196Seems that way. I tried the older 6.9 version of CotZ I used to use, no dice there. I must have just had an earlier version of IWP than I thought, that still worked with CotZ
Gamma this; Gamma that.Play ZONER.>>575528512>>575532489>>575535729>>575536961Play ZONER.
>>575562656>current semen/arousalkek. haven't been on here for a few months or so, qrd on zoner? it's another anomaly modpack?
>>575562805There is no such thing as zoner. Zona is one of those discord only modpacks. Poking fun at gamma got stale; the new meta is poking fun at zona, hence zoner. The videos are just anomaly with the rape mod.
haven't been in these threads since like 2018what's the hottest mod for the original trilogy right now? still anomaly and anomaly variants?
>>575563643>anomaly with the rape modSo... we can finally experience the true Freedom x Bloodsucker experience?
reddit ass post above me
>>575566689Freedomer detected.
Is stalker 2 actually trash?What's the best game/mods to play if I just want great gunplay and at least decent graphics
>>575567786it's a decent game. as a sequel it's very boring and safe. very sanitized. it's a 7/10
>>575567786It’s entirely ok imo. Some fun here and there and a lot of questionable decisions. Inexperienced dev team and UE 5.1 really fucked it over.
can't wait to kill mavka and retake rostok from the junkies
>>575570353That won’t happen, as it is not the idea of the dlc.
>>575567786I found clear sky more enjoyable than it so that's where the bar is...
Friend :)
*farting* *shitting* *anomalies*
>>575508480Wtf is that? Seriously I'm intrigued - new mutant? Controller model?
>>5755677866/10 as a general game and a lot worse when compared to the originals, even individually
>>575496991i don*t care about homo reddit
>>575497541>i CANNOT enjoy this franchise unless i get constant NEW MODS developed by OTHER people and constant STIMULATION! it NEEDS to be like my four times a month gacha game updates!!!k?
>>575588303i look like this and say like this
>>575588303I've been enjoying the franchise longer than you've known about it.
>>575497541there's plenty of new content being produced it's just all made for people who live in literal hell and use it to advance time before they die
>>575582245It's this ugly ass thing from the original OLR - the PseudohumanIt doesn't look like an inbred fetus anymoreBehavior wise it's still just a retextured controller, sadly
>>575537214no. it does no such thing.I really hope this is just bait>>575544604>vanilla should be fine since the last patch is mostly stable>soc is mostly stablelollmaoanon, use zrp and spare yourself the frustration.
>>575598360The original question reeks of bait. You think any legitimate newbies are coming to /sg/? We're all veterans trying to grab each other's goat, and your goat got grabbed.
>>575563643Can I get a qrd on this specific mod?
>>575601108>we're all shitpostersno.>and your goat got grabbedsure anon :)
>>575605448>hunk isn't a shitposterYou're the worst one as of late.
>>575580683I've made so many posts to /sg/ in the same spot, sitting in the exact same pose
No die
>>575605448Samefagging is shitposting. And we can tell when you do it.>inb4 doctored screengrabs
>>575613504meds.now.
>>575614837I wasn't talking to you.
>>575615073I'm the only one you replied to.
I give up. I don't have the energy to finish stalker ol sop anymore. I almost finished it. I went to wish granter and afterwards i got teleported to cordon. I have to make my way again to the north but i lost all my equipment and every faction is against me so there is no one to trade except toad, which he doesn't have anything decent to sell. I am tired.
>>575620293take a break man, you can return in some time. there's no need to finish the entire campaign in one sitting. play something else for now.
>>575620293>he didnt stash the habarrookie
>>575497541>there's nothing big to look forward toSpeak for yourself, anon. Back to the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. is chugging along. Pic related is a screenshot uploaded to ModDB in June.I believe the Goldsphere schizo is working on his next project. There's also some dude working on porting Misery to SoC. Whether that's a good thing or not, the modding scene is still very much alive.
>>575620293>you have to play the game twice>2nd time on hard mode because fuck youis this a joke? why?was this part of gsc's pure vision?
>>575613504>muh doctored screengrabsNobody cares that much, I can assure you.
>>575623127I don't know. I just went to wish granter instead of generator because i was sick of playing this game yet i couldn't just leave it like that so i wanted to finish it as soon as possible. When i went there, Messer said he wants to remember everything, afterwards he got teleported to cordon. I assume the way to generator is open now or something like that.Anyway, the anon who called me rookie is right, I will replay earlier save but this time i will stash some of my equipment in cordon, especially my trusty anomalous knife, some good weapon and a decent suit.
>>575620293>I give up. I don't have the energy to finish stalker ol sop anymore. I almost finished it. I went to wish granter and afterwards i got teleported to cordonThe good ol' OLR cherry popping, never gets old to see.
today I learned never to finish OLR and delete that pile of shit off my ssd asap
I do wonder, since the first DLC of STALKER 2 is adding the Iron Forest, the CNPP, and Lymansk, what areas will the 2nd DLC add?Cold Island probably, but Korogod? Sandy Plateau? North of Pripyat?
>>575620293FLYER says NO REFUNDS
>>575627000checked and keked
>>575626095It's really not that bad, the maps are ginormous so you can just hug the edges and encounter nobody.
>>575636894but you gotta play it twice to beat it? or just run back from cordon to CNPP again just to beat it?
>>575644419Just run back from the Cordon to the CNPP or Generators, I don't remember.This is going off of 2.5 though.
>>575653558Play ZONER.
>>575654423no.
don't die or I'll sick tha Bayuns on your ass
This general is deader than GSCs reputation for releasing things on time.
Will they release the UE5 update before the DLC?
>>575680305Wasn't the update supposed to be out earlier this year? Who the fuck knows what's going on? That anon that said their roadmap is a joke is right. Any time frames for anything is just a hope and fantasy at this point.
>>575374102ray of hope when
>>575566093>what's the hottest mod for the original trilogy right now?still anomaly and anomaly variants, but that's the normalnigga answer. Mods which have been "rather recently" released and are worth looking into are:IWPZero InvestmentFive Nights at SidorovichsOLR 3.0 SOPSFZ Project: Episode 0 Deluxe RemakeGRM and Snowys mods that restore things in CS/SoC or make CoP look like SoC>>575683709I honestly lost interest in it, and I don't think they'll release it. xrMPE is good enough at this point.
>>575686210how's xrMPE? did anyone here try it? any "false positives" in the installer?
>>575686574it works quite well, though I haven't played much myself. They added steam multiplayer functionality, which should make playing it with friends much easier, iirc
>>575563643rape mod, you say?
>>575697354i too have an interested friend