c884e0 No.16161668
So I've had SoC and CoP in my backlog for a while now and I've finally come down to playing them. I'll start with a few obvious questions like.
Which one do I start with? Which mods to get for each game? where to find these mods and if there are any recommended mod managers Which faction do you like the best? Should I got for broke on the story first or stalk around? And finally is Clear Skies worth my time, iirc some anons said it was underwhelming.
309408 No.16161782
Hey I just started playing SoC and everyone is dying including quest givers, it takes too long to get to certain objectives and I cant even reach some of them and I feel like as if im playing the game wrong.
Am I actually doing something wrong? I feel like shit playing this so far, it seems kinda unfair.
Im 2.2 hours in btw.
c884e0 No.16161799
>>16161763
Thank you for your information. I meant about the go for broke is playstyle because some people suggest you lurk around and have fun with the game by itself mechanically before also investing in the story.
I also meant to ask, completely vanilla or bugfixes and nothing else. Some older games I've almost needed them on in the past
a49ee5 No.16161811
>>16161799
The only mod you should have installed is Zone Reclamation Project, it's a basic bugfix mod and allows for freeplay once you beat the game with the true ending
a49ee5 No.16161847
Also Clear Sky is more annoying than anything else, only bandages will stop bleeding, not even medkits, and sometimes it takes several of them, so early game is fucking hard when you have nothing to work with. It also puts a lot more emphasis on the faction system, whereas with SoC and CoP they're just kind of there.
The finale is pretty cool though
56eae6 No.16161848
>literally cant stop collecting shit
>even though i already have everything i need to fight endgame tier enemies
how do i stop? or atleast increase my carry weight in CoP?
a49ee5 No.16161866
>>16161848
Some artifacts increase your carry weight, I think there's a group of guys at Yanov that'll give you a Goldfish (+12 max weight) if you complete a quest for them. Upgraded exoskeleton also does the trick and before you say "but can no run", you can add running capabilities to it once you give the craftsmen the last toolsets
Also consider selling shit you don't need or at least storing it in a chest.
db9d70 No.16161870
>>16161848
>that pic
At least he isnt carrying 300+ bandages.
I recommend finishing the game, later install a mod with increments and a free-play mode.
c884e0 No.16161876
>>16161811
Is the ZRP for both SoC and CoP? I can't find it for SoC on ModDB
a49ee5 No.16161880
c884e0 No.16161889
>>16161880
This isn't dolphin porn is it?
a49ee5 No.16161894
>>16161848
I mean pic related was my inventory at the end of Clear Sky
>suit was destroyed
>didn't know there wasn't a level between the hospital and the CNPP so thought I'd get one last chance to head back and buy a new one
>still powered through it anyways
>beat it
we all have a hoarder deep within us
56eae6 No.16161895
>>16161866
>selling shit you dont need
i cant because they are in too bad a condition, well most of them are
>>16161870
>finish the game
i only got to the second part and covered a guys ass who was going to be killed by some mercs, do i have long to go?
db9d70 No.16161902
>>16161895
If he is a ecologist, the answer is yes.
a49ee5 No.16161905
>>16161895
jesus christ drop some guns
you don't need fucking hunting rifles, you only need one gun of each ammo type (one for NATO, one for Warsaw)
JUST DROP THE GUNS HOLY SHIT ANON, PIC 2 OF EACH AMMO TYPE AND REPAIR THEM AND KEEP THEM REEEEEE
56eae6 No.16161918
>>16161905
no, the only time i dropped guns was during a blowout and now theres 30 AKs sitting in some house floor, i like to take faggots out with the pistol then take their weapons
db9d70 No.16161961
This thread deserves that pic of accumulators featuring the image of a stalker.
56eae6 No.16161985
>>16161939
i cant because it isnt good enough to sell, most of my shit the merchants wont take
56eae6 No.16162029
>>16162018
Battleroyal? or will some other FOTM take over instead?
df098a No.16162032
Stalker RoH confirmed for never
допоможи мені! Я відчуваю, що смерть повзе!
9e098e No.16162034
>>16162018
Just like the old ones then
db9d70 No.16162065
>>16162047
>meaning none of the good stuff like the weather system or A Life
A weather system could be possible, but the lack of A-life just kills one of the best features of the series.
a49ee5 No.16162090
c884e0 No.16162211
>>16162090
>Life, Emergent AI and S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: An Interview with Dmitriy Iassenev Alex J. Champandard on February 25, 2008
db9d70 No.16162256
>>16162229
And no other game had a system like A-Life after all these years.
c884e0 No.16162264
>>16162256
This is the true tragedy
f6bea8 No.16162267
>>16162000
checked and keked
44ade8 No.16162323
hopefully once AI makes a little headway and becomes normalfag popular, game devs start increasing video game AI
98a233 No.16162336
>>16162090
Ahh, I love A-Life. Nothing quite says advanced like a group of 8 different AIs staring 90 degrees straight up aiming and screaming at the sky or straight down into the earth. Truly advanced AI.
db9d70 No.16162340
>>16162269
Sir, you are right. Its time to leave it all behind and embrace the current trends.
And UE4 seems so much easier and prettier then X-Ray.
57d110 No.16162355
>>16162323
Fat chance, it'll always be applied to gook clickers or whatever and nothing to simulate a stalker experience.
7f6f4d No.16162357
>>16162034
I think if it wasnt for the unique atmosphere stalker provides, a lot of people would have simply never played it. The engine it runs off of shit, the ai is mostly shit, and their are bugs everywhere. Mods are the only thing that save this broken series. A step back to look at it objectively would lead most to rate it around maybe a 4 or 5 out of 10. Honestly the first time i ever played SoC i had no mods and the game crashed every time i used a bandage at the old farmhouse. For a newcomer at the time i was about to drop it before i got ZRP. Clear sky is absolutely terrible unmodded with sniper grenades. Base capturing is a horrible concept in these games not to mention the ending was pretty awful. CoP is probably the best game they managed to release but it still had issues like retarded AI, saving bugs and others. The one game i really enjoy was CoC as that did everything right and while the bugs are present in some spots, they also are a necessary experience for that true stalker experience.
56eae6 No.16162384
>>16162367
its true, everytime someone talks about stalker 6million mouthbreathers sperg out and say mods are required to play because the base game is shit
98a233 No.16162386
>>16162384
Mods aren't required but the base game is boring
98a233 No.16162404
>>16162390
mods probably improve bethesda games, dunno never played them for long enough to care. Mods also give a different experience in stalker and make it less of a slog. It's still a big slog so replaying it is a real waste.
7f6f4d No.16162422
>>16162404
Depends on which mod. The last autumn aurora i used made SoC somewhat a slog with those jelly blood screens and mask overlay. Did not feel the atmosphere with those. ZRP is required to play SoC though and is a necessary mod. Vanilla is not playable
56eae6 No.16162427
>>16162419
>You can't improve a game with mods if the base game is shit.
but isnt that the main point of STALKER mods? to make the game less shit?
c884e0 No.16162433
>>16162427
Isn't that the point of any mod?
f5c7ea No.16162436
>>16162404
>Too much of a slog.
>Thinks a slav game set in the Chernobyl area should be a nice little walk in the park.
You have to at least play STALKER once without mods though. Play it vanilla then its mod time.
7f6f4d No.16162442
>>16162440
Tell that to the bandage that crashed my game over and over and over until i installed zrp. Vanilla is buggy as shit and outside of autists this series has very little appeal.
56eae6 No.16162444
>>16162433
exactly, so that means any games without mods are shit but also if they have mods then that means the base game is shit and people need to improve it?
>>16162440
so the game is shit?
54ed4f No.16162456
>>16162419
>You can't improve a game with mods if the base game is shit
but that's literally every bethesda game, you play it vanilla, realize how shit it is and then mod the ever-living fuck out of it to make it an actual game.
stalker can at least still be played vanilla or with zrp.
also, where my CoCfags at? i need to know, should i go with arsenal overhaul or owr?
c884e0 No.16162467
>>16162444
That's the /v/ Catch 22 you're describing
57d110 No.16162477
>>16162442
Even that bandage couldn't fix your shit taste
9e2804 No.16162493
>>16161848
The hoarding problem increases exponentially if you play any of the misery derivatives in CoC. I've spent so much of my time hauling shit in and out of yanov station collecting artifacts, ammo or some other junk. It's too bad anomaly is such a buggy mess with its constant crashes or I'd give it another shot. Dead air was gorgeous visually but some of their gameplay changes were very questionable.
You can only hope they improve their mods but there's always some new hot shit released afterwards and the old ones are either dropped or updates never roll out. You try the new mod and more content only leads to more crashes so the vicious cycle continues.
>>16161905
>jesus christ drop some guns
Look away anon, for your safety and mine
98a233 No.16162506
>>16162436
games should be fun not tedious fetchquestind and checklisting, it's okay to like it as a teenager but realizing your younger self made some mistakes is part of life
a49ee5 No.16162523
>>16162493
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
98a233 No.16162552
>>16162530
>kvetching
why are stalker fans always jews and kids?
>/vg/
don't post on a dead board, come back with that jellyfish artifact and 3 tails of the blind dog (((mark)))ed one
54ed4f No.16162555
>>16162530
my guess is he tried playing sidequests at bar
f5c7ea No.16162560
>>16162506
>Does not understand STALKER is not just a shooter its a radioactive slav simulator.
Have you even ever played the damn game if you did you would know its all about the atmosphere. Hardship is part of the fun.
98a233 No.16162567
>>16162560
I too enjoy spamming 20 vodkas to make it so your view clips through the floor and walls, the true stalker experience.
>Hardship is part of the fun.
<tedium
>fun
<tedium
>hardship
you can't be serious nigga it's an easy game just a boring one
9e2804 No.16162572
>>16162523
>>16162530
I am being a little unfair here, that save has a lot of hours put into it and I've gone through the whole map plenty of times fucking around with different setups and weapons. Maxed out my carry weight and didn't feel like sorting my shit out so every time I come back to base I dump anything I didn't need in there.
54ed4f No.16162578
>>16162572
>using a heavy suit
lol scrub
98a233 No.16162583
>>16162575
>tfw god tier at an iron sight point n click shooting game and need to brag about it on imageboards in a thread about a boring game
the kids at school must be jealous
f5c7ea No.16162588
>>16162567
Never said Stalker was hard Anon. Its just not a game for instant gratification.
9e2804 No.16162592
>>16162578
Look at that delicious carry weight anon. It was a sandbox playthrough I didn't give a FUCK how difficult or easy it becomes as long as I can haul half of chernobyl on my back when heading back to yanov.
54ed4f No.16162596
>>16162592
my point is exosuits are for newfags who try to play stalker like it's cod
9e2804 No.16162621
>>16162596
First time I'm hearing that one, why would people compare stalker to cod in the first place?. Exosuit just ends up as the final stop in terms of armor progression in the game of course I'm going to be using it on a save file with that many hours played.
I'd go with a scientist outfit if I didn't focus on hoarding to have an easier time doing repairs on the field but the massive carry weight helps a ton if you want to test out a bunch of guns at once.
54ed4f No.16162653
>>16162621
>why would people compare stalker to cod in the first place?
i can tell you're new here, there were plenty of moutaindewds and doritosbros back in the cuckchan days comparing cod with pretty much any fps ever
9e2804 No.16162725
>>16162648
It's anomaly, a misery-derivative in CoC so it's hard to compare to the original games but they allow you to upgrade the exosuit here to enable running if you're rich. Might've existed in vanilla I haven't played it in ages. Then again pretty much every stalker game (mods included) becomes terribly unbalanced in the late game.
>>16162653
>i can tell you're new here
Not even gonna get into this retarded argument. Also why even bring call of duty up in the first place? One of the most normie-friendly ultra popular "realistic" shooters gets compared to every other realistic fps game by their fans? Holy shit stop the presses who would've guessed that they would base their expectations off of the first fps they've ever played
9e2804 No.16162788
>>16162744
Am I out of the loop here again? You kids keep changing which word you're supposed to use. Normalfag? Is that NPC meme still being forced or has that also been buried in a shallow grave.
More on topic though, anomaly 1.5 released not long ago. Old saves not compatible, a brand new adventure of bugs and crashes awaits oh fuck how exciting. Meanwhile latest Dead Air news update is only talking about more visual changes and zero mention of un-fucking the painful gameplay.
54ed4f No.16162806
>>16162788
normie is used by cuckchan and other normalfag websites. the word here has always been normalfag, anyone posting normie unironically is either a newfag or crossposter
9ecce7 No.16162827
>>16162336
>He actually thinks a-life has anything to do with the npc's being retarded
How did you even manage to install the game when you're this dumb?
>>16162788
>Am I out of the loop here again?
No you're on the wrong site.
9e2804 No.16162881
>>16162801
Originally you had Misery, which brought its vomit of a billion new items into the game - later got ported to CoC. Afterwards you had Last Day which built upon the groundwork laid down by Misery and once that was no longer in development the next off-shoot became Anomaly. All three mostly the same thing but with more content, tweaks but at its heart if you've played Misery it's basically that.
Dead Air branches off of Misery as well but takes a massive turn into a new direction with too many gameplay changes to list. Weapon reloading is done manually through the inventory until you get a belt to put ammo on for example. Trade is heavily restricted and you have to resort more to bartering. Non-radiated food is very expensive/rare so you rely on mutant meat you gather off your kills. Much more to list and it's beautiful visually but once the initial learning stage wears off it kinda becomes tedious to play.
It's very interesting though. Bandits are not hostile and you're given plenty of ways to avoid combat altogether with humans so there are more options to how you can play and work your way up rather than blasting everybody in the face. Combat is very risky in the early game and resources are extremely scarce which prevents that anyway. I'd highly recommend checking it out on modb just to see because it's a very unique beast however the flaws really stick out after playing for some time
98a233 No.16162897
>>16162588
it's a game for tedium and falling asleep, epic comfy style
a76b59 No.16162915
>>16162881
Why do stalker modders think noisy textures look good?
3a6d83 No.16163177
>>16162915
Good question and people even go after reshades.
bca984 No.16163206
>>16162915
I've noticed this too, but it could just be parallax mapping. You learn to live with it though.
15b7a2 No.16163282
>>16161889
I've yet to find dolphin porn in any of those kind of links (I feel that it's a myth)
38ff0a No.16163295
>>16161848
The solution to hoarding is to reduce the carry weight and inventory size, not the other way around. You'll never stop picking up shiny things.
c884e0 No.16163303
HOLY SHIT WHAT THE FUCK AR ANOMALIES
cc69e0 No.16163315
>>16161668
Фладар, сделай на это обзор! ХАЙП ХАЙП ХАЙП
104308 No.16163326
>>16163303
Slav space magic (literally). You will understand more once you finish the game. For now just think of them as floating minefields and transparent ovens.
3a6d83 No.16163359
>>16163326
To think Stalker's Zone is a kiddy walk compared to how crazy anomalies get in Roadside Picnic's Zone(s).
Shit is so crazy that the only thing to worry about are the anomalies and traversing the Zone not counting how even crazier things get in the RPG Book
Wish there was more mods focused at the anomaly placements and anomalous zones, beyond just dynamic anomalies, CoC would need this for some maps.
104308 No.16163409
>>16163359
I haven't read the book, but hopefully the devs will make them a lot more threatening and common in the sequel. God I fucking hope the sequel doesn't suck
3a6d83 No.16163425
>>16163409
Its worth a read and its a short book.
54ed4f No.16163532
>>16163409
>God I fucking hope the sequel doesn't suck
we're all optimistic but expecting trash with sergey in charge
1bdc36 No.16163536
>>16162357
>A step back to look at it objectively would lead most to rate it around maybe a 4 or 5 out of 10.
Did you find STALKER organically or play it because of the memes and cult following? It sounds like you went into the game expecting it to live up to some sort of hype.
When I first played SoC I had no idea about its reputation, I had never seen it recommended but I do recall seeing a blurb about it on some website which I skipped right over. I played vanilla (but not 1.0, I played on the later patches) and it easily entered my top5. I would say that, objectively, vanilla SoC is about an 8 or 9 out of 10. Assuming a 10 to be flawless, an 8 would mean that 20% of the game is flawed; I don't think that a full 20% of SoC is flawed in any way. My biggest complaints would be the dialogue quality and the animations that reduce damage during gunfights; those are pretty bad but aiming for the head at all times makes STALKER's gunplay funner if you ask me.
>The engine it runs off of shit
My only problem with the engine was the fucked up implementation of certain DirectX options, which could completely fuck up your game. Those are pretty bad but it's my only real complaint. I guess that I would also like a wider range of mouse sensitivity values in SoC, but this isn't a problem in CoP/CoC since they set their sensitivity limits at much wider values. I think that I also disliked the default FOV but I can't recall. I never understood the complaints about the head-bobbing thing being overdramatic, I never disliked it in my vanilla playthrough.
>the ai is mostly shit
The AI has some shitty sides but is also better than most shooters. In gunfights AI will actively try a variety of tactics e.g. flanking, rushing, or waiting for you to peek, and if you aren't familiar with STALKER the AI will fuck you up, it can be legitimate difficult to win some fights. On the other hand, it'll crouch around a corner two feet from you while looking at the ceiling.
>their are bugs everywhere
The only bugs I recall from my first playthrough are the yanov scientist getting stuck somewhere and myself getting stuck in lab X-18 since some door didn't unlock and I had to replay the level.
>Clear sky is absolutely terrible unmodded with sniper grenades.
I hated Clear Sky's grenades as well, I think that they largely ruined the gunplay by forcing you to always be on the move even if the right decision is to hold up in a good position, I'll admit that I removed grenades entirely from CoC, but I stuck with them throughout CS. I did sort of enjoy the faction wars aspect, but it gets old quickly, very reminiscent of Far Cry 2's repetitive battles over the same outposts.
>CoP is probably the best game they managed to release
I think that it was SoC. CoP would be much improved if they kept the PDA diary entries from SoC, that was one of my favorite features. I would say that vanilla SoC is the "true experience" and I regard CS and CoP as both lesser-quality spinoffs of SoC, but CoP is obviously better than CS by far.
I'm also an FPSfag so I didn't like the gunplay at first, but the fights can be extremely tense, moreso than any other singleplayer FPS I've played. I won't deny that certain weapon packs improve the game, however, but STALKER's guns are pretty good.
Overall it's no secret that the world and atmosphere is STALKER's claim to fame, but I like the shooting and I like the storyline and I think that SoC and CoP are fun as fuck. CS I could do without, but if I was going to do another playthrough right now I would do CS->SoC->CoP because CS really is an ok game if you're not fresh out of a SoC playthrough. CS after SoC just feels ridiculous.
Also, some of you motherfuckers have played too much STALKER and end up ruining every thread about it. I've played a couple hundred hours but some people are just completely fucking autistic about it and start shitting up the thread if someone else plays misery or doesn't play misery or uses a certain gun/anomaly setup or some other faggot fucking shit. Is gunslinger released yet?
104308 No.16163554
>>16163532
>with sergey in charge
Sergey is a magnificent person anon, I trust him with my wallet and I cannot wait to pre-order his next masterpiece S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2!
104308 No.16163558
c884e0 No.16163700
>listen to creeby post apoc playlist I made
>in tunnels somewhere looking for some assholes stash
>kill a bunch of asshole zogSoviet-bots
>some fucking invisible zombie tries to get comfy
>unload a mag & 1/2 into his fuckin chest, cries to mommy on his way to hell
>later on some zombie with a massive fucking head impales me with mind-spikes(?)
>its okay, turns out he's a super virgin and can't withstand the slav fisticuffs
I think I like this game
bca984 No.16163710
>>16163554
sirgay more like
9e2804 No.16163727
>>16163409
Closest thing to a stalker game we have now is that new metro release. Anyone played it? They've gotten some bad press for being exclusive to the tencent chink store but haven't seen much talk of the gameplay itself. It'll be the best thing for comparison to whatever sergey puts out.
bca984 No.16163750
>>16163727
Aside from the game being so horribly optimized, the gameplay isn't that great. Also you can't really compare Metro, which was never good, to any of the STALKER entries including 2
9e2804 No.16163772
>>16163750
Doesn't metro have some ex-stalker devs who worked on it? That was my main reason behind the comparison although the metro games are far too linear and heavily focused on the plot. The latest one was supposed to be somewhat open-world.
c884e0 No.16163794
>>16163727
There is a crack available, get it and find out for yourself
bca984 No.16163796
>>16163772
A total of 4 GSC employees decided to leave and make a vidya series based on some commie books. They definitely attempted to emulate the STALKER feel but it just falls flat in every comparison from story all the way to gunplay.
>The latest one was supposed to be somewhat open-world.
To be fair, STALKER is "open world" in a sense that there are separate "hubs" with loading screens in between all of them, with some areas being blocked off at the start with the "Dangerous PSI Emissions" warning that's the best way I could explain it. Exodus on the other hand just has a very limited open world.
d96f9f No.16163814
>>16163727
God awful performance and loading times and the open areas are just 2(.5) out of six areas
Gameplay is prety much the same, but stealth is even more op since you can craft throwing knives and steel bullets for the Tikhar on the go and weapon upgrades are kinda pointless in the long run (you just pick the best parts anyway and leave it at that)
Atmosphere is still top notch though
7f6f4d No.16163825
>>16163536
I guess my posts seem like i hate the game. I came into stalker when a friend suggested i try it since it had a comfy atmosphere. I had no idea what it was and zero hype. Its actually one of my favorite games and my tradition is to play them all when winter rolls around. I was just saying for a good many people, they wont like it. Its a bit of an acquired taste
c884e0 No.16163832
>>16163814
I had trouble running KC:D on my dated rig, how does the crack hold up? or did you buy it
d96f9f No.16163845
>>16163832
I used the fitgirl repack
As for the performance, I tried playing on high (which the game detected my rig was capable of) at 1920x1080, medium at 1440x900 and low at 1280x720 and the performance was always shit
Micro stutters out the ass to the point where it desynched cutscenes, lots of crashes (always seemed to happen when trying to exit to the main menu and one happened during the end credits), unclean maps (floating props, bandits sleeping in the air next to the sofa, getting stuck on nothing)
8ca879 No.16163858
damn these games are comfy
c884e0 No.16165130
How the fuck do I get out of these spoopy labs some firey monkey is holding the door slavstuck
104308 No.16165355
c884e0 No.16165369
>>16165355
I threw all my grenades at it and some floating lightbulb popped behind me and I fell unconscious I think I had too much vodka
4e183d No.16165411
>>16162897
>it's a game for tedium and falling asleep, epic comfy style
Tries to shit on the game. Posts exactly why the game is fucking awesome. The Anomalies have claimed this Anon.
104308 No.16165455
>>16165369
which door are you talking about?
a49ee5 No.16165520
>>16165130
Just keep shooting at the fire, it'll die eventually. Yes it's weird, but just do it
54ed4f No.16165546
>>16163554
failing your get only proves me right, strelok
>>16163750
>>16163814
>>16163845
the game plays like shit if you have a pirated copy fyi
>>16163750
>Metro, which was never good
this is your opinion and it's wrong, 2033 is undeniably awesome
>>16163727
story is a bit off in places, characters do dumb shit but gameplay is an improvement of last light and 2033
4e183d No.16165571
>>16165520
>Just do the odd thing.
>The odd thing works.
Why is this the solution to every problem you face in this game?
c884e0 No.16165593
I want better guns, I barely made it out alive of this trainyard/crashed chopper area I was supposed to save some science guy in a yellow suit all I got is the AK and m16 and a m1911(?) now theres fuckin zombies?! with guns?!
54ed4f No.16165733
>>16165571
>asking questions in a slav simulator
44ade8 No.16165777
>>16165768
>(23) in a stalker thread
94e771 No.16165778
>>16165593
When you loot bodies or complete quests you may receive coordinates for stashes. These stashes will show up on your PDA map as purple circles with triangles inside them. They usually contain stuff to use/sell. The AK and the LR-300ML can kill ok, but you'll want something with a scope on it unless you're looking to be claimed by the zone because the zombies landed a lucky shot on you since you were only 20ft away. You can mount scopes on the AK/LR-300ML if you find them, you probably have found one by now for the LR-300ML. I think that you right-click the gun in your inventory to mount it.
00db00 No.16165781
>>16165571
Because Ivan, enemy is expecting normal shit. Doing the weird thing is unexpected, even by you.
98a233 No.16165785
>>16165411
I understood the reference, I clapped.
>>16165768
thats stalker for ya
72079e No.16165860
>>16165593
>>16165778
Don't forget to go upstairs and loot the four snipers that were shooting at you at the Wild Territory entrance, their AKs all have scopes.
a49ee5 No.16165870
>>16165860
and just after that you kill some mercs with some decent NATO guns, the gun itself is OK but there's a lot of ammo on the merc bodies, so it'd be good to just use it for that section
also let me know when you get to the fire tunnel so I can give you ProPlay tips
54ed4f No.16165945
>>16165768
please nigger, you wish metro was that bad
>>16165571
better version for you
>>16165778
>zombies
there's only one correct way to take out zombies, and that's cqc with a shotgun to the face
2cc93e No.16166109
Am I the only one who never joined Freedom ? I hate ancaps, libertarians and other anarcucks so much that I'm unable not to join Duty to shoot their asses just for the sake of it, Clear Skies satisfied my lust by allowing me to rape their base and kill every single one of them.
54ed4f No.16166118
>>16166109
why would you join a furry cult anyways?
94e771 No.16166123
>>16166109
I think that one time I joined Freedom for the free gear and then merced everyone in the Dark Valley. I'm pretty sure most people on /v/ have never seriously joined Freedom.
104308 No.16166136
>>16166109
I joined freedumbs in COP because they wanted to protect the zone and in my mind zone = fun therefore lets kill the ones who want it destroyed. But now I play exclusively as mercenaries in mods
4e183d No.16166167
>>16165945
>That image.
Perfection.
41f4e1 No.16166236
>>16166109
I always grinded the Freedom Base in SoC since the enemies there are really easy to kill and they infinitely respawn.
6caa6e No.16166265
On CoC and derivates i tend to choose either Eco, CS, Mercs or Loners for long runs.
The funny thing about Stalker CS plot is that after you finish SoC's real ending you realize that both Strelok and CS faction wanted to destroy or contain the zone. Later Strelok joins the government to further such goal.
>>16166109
There is a possible reason why Strelok avoided joining or relating too much with any of them and went errands after SoC.
Freedom and Duty are a psy-ops from the institute and neither can accomplish their supposed ideals or goals. Drawing a gray line between them and Monoliths since its shows to be clearly brainwashed to oblivion while the other two are more subtle
a49ee5 No.16166524
>>16166109
I've never joined any faction, they all suck, I'd probably join Clear Sky more than anything else since they're not a bunch of fucking idiots
90cc94 No.16166588
>start CoC as bandit
>shoot everything I come across
>suddenly duty is alloed with me
Apparently I killed too many mercs, also fuck getting spawns when you get into the map
54ed4f No.16166874
>>16166588
reminds me of the one time every faction was neutral with each other
i nearly shit myself
042dd7 No.16167942
>>16165546
>the game plays like shit if you have a pirated copy fyi
So its because of a shitty crack or did that first patch fix that much performance problems?
56eae6 No.16168972
>they take no damage unless you are in the same room as them
>get instakilled everytime
wowdude
334e8e No.16169000
>get asked to break a megaphone
>end up committing genocide on the Ukrainian military
9ecce7 No.16169164
>>16166524
>not a bunch of idiots
>One of the only surviving members is the dude who sells soy sausage and vodka
>Cant even defeat renegades aka. bandit version 0.5 without player intervention
Everyone but scientist, military or mercs are shit.
56eae6 No.16170193
so do i sell all these papers or what?
is there anything better the VC rifles?
ae8b5e No.16170801
YouTube embed. Click thumbnail to play.
Anybody tried out this Hitman modpack? From the poorly written description it seems like the goal is to improve the stealth in CoC 1.5r6. I haven't tried 1.5 yet since it's taken so fucking long for it to get fully released. But this video makes it seem pretty cool, there's a mod added that lets you shoot through walls, although I'm curious as to how consistent it is with different materials your bullets can penetrate.
3da30b No.16171060
>>16170801
>CoC 1.5r6
so they are gain making stuff for CoC and Call of Misery, i never bothered updating to the latest beta because every addon for 1.5 was for that trash, any more basic addons/packs? i want to update now.
930200 No.16171303
>>16169000
>go walking around bandit base at dark valley
>15 fucking militaries in the building that leads to the lab
>another 8 sieging the base
I swear these niggers soldiers are getting the rake
334e8e No.16171339
>>16171303
I always end up clearing the bandit base because they just keep coming and I keep shooting.
930200 No.16171624
>>16171339
Imo bandits end up being the most fun choice but eventually you end up allied with at least 3 factions and cant just shoot for fun anymore, also since I barely remember other games I dont know how to do certain story missions anymore
54ed4f No.16171935
>>16167942
i believe moreso the second, but i honestly don't know, i bought the game.
>>16171060
just stick to 1.4.-1.4.22, it has the most mods for it.
>>16170193
i think those papers are quest items, no? find where they belong and then get rid of them if they don't leave your inventory.
>>16170801
what the hell is this music
930200 No.16172393
>can't upgrade the nugget
Y-you too
57d110 No.16172855
>>16169164
Why is scientist, merc and military not shit?
930200 No.16173836
>>16169164
>military failed so hard to fend off stalkers theyre a laughing stock and shoot to sight by everyone
>mercs are jews workers and still shot on sight
>scientist are too stupid to actually deal with shit like zombies and the miracle machine
Only loners and bandits is worth a shit, everyone else is retarded or a c-con psyops
54ed4f No.16174096
aefffa No.16174463
>>16173836
Scientists aren't military or paramilitary and only use of weapons to to defend their assess. So it makes sense for them to need stalkers to defend their asses and help get shit done.
Miracle Machine didn't seem to be of importance to deal it.
104308 No.16175578
>>16173836
>mercenaries are jews workers
Imagine having taste this shit. Bet you think white mercs in Congo were jew workers too nigger
54ed4f No.16176221
>>16175578
you saying the mercs in the congo weren't working for the jew?
b3a0fd No.16177128
Haven't played since the release of CoC, which overhaul mod is the newest cool kid on the block these days?
930200 No.16177172
>>16177128
Still CoC, Misery is a meme mod.
Imo use it along the roadside picnic mod that adds a bunch of stuff, if you dont like some just download the individual mods
c1c898 No.16177285
>>16177257
>watermarks
have some self-respect
f21b5e No.16187412
>>16162493
>all that stuff
Damn, makes me moist. Call of Misery is one of my favourite vidya experiences ever.
>return to base
>stash the stuff you intend to keep
>sell the rest
>walk around the base not carrying shit
>maintain equipment
>eat, drink, smoke
>sleep until dawn
>decide what your next errand will be
>go through your stash and take appropriate gear
>always bring that one psiblock pill
>head out
>suffer the trials of the Zone
>drag yourself towards safety as the sun sets
>mutants to the left of you, bandits to the right
>there you are
<stuck in the middle of the Zone
I've not yet installed Stalker on my new computer. I remember it was a bit of a trial to install CoM with the extra weapon pack that I had. I wonder if there's any other good (sufficiently stable) addons to it that I should have for my next playthrough.
c48118 No.16188126
HOLY SHIT DEAD AIR STOP CRASHING=
3a3c02 No.16188290
No terror movie, game, book, or any other piece of media in this genre has ever scared me. Except STALKER.
Is anybody else like this?
3a3c02 No.16188296
>>16163282
Some anon once explicitly linked a .zip full of dolphin porn in the hopes others would start actually linking dolphin porn, I wish I had saved it.
d65557 No.16188323
>>16162734
Thing is Anomaly is fucking unstable as fuck
6404b8 No.16188480
>>16163282
It's happened twice, the second time was just a guy giving a male dolphin a blowjob set to a length befitting the video's size.
2cc93e No.16199017
>>16161799
Name of the song ?
56eae6 No.16199304
>CoP
>entire game happens just because faggots dont know anomalies change after an emission
Who thought this was a good story?
07ba2a No.16199369
>play CoC
>find expert tools
>happy that I can finally upgrade my gear to second tier
>get to mechanic
>won't accept it
>realize I have expert tools, which are useless without advanced tools
5fbed8 No.16199392
>>16199369
Yeah, in CoC, the main objective is basically acquiring tools. If you're desperate for a gear upgrade, you should probably start on the long trek to the red forest since the asshole in the office can max upgrade.
ba209e No.16200294
>>16199392
Just keep in mind that forester charges you an arm and a leg for upgrades.
104308 No.16200321
>>16199369
>>16199392
>>16200294
Literally use mods to get rid of the cancer tool requirement. They are mechanics without tools, you want me to believe that? It makes no sense, especially since CoC is a sequel to CoP and so every mechanic should already have all the tools
9e2804 No.16200687
>>16188126
>play dead air for hours with zero crashes ever
>anomaly shits the bed every other hour, laggy to the point of being unplayable
How does this slav voodoo magic even work? The best part is that everyone can have a completely different problem with the game that no one else seems to experience. My latest adventures in Dead Air's Zaton: tapping the bedsheets scattered on the floor causes them to launch in random directions, whoever is in contact with it at the time will be instantly sent to the afterlife. The technician died to a fucking piece of fabric.
85cd02 No.16200689
Miserry Mod is the best hardcore version. Lurk / Lurker mod is my 2ed fav
0af60d No.16200966
>>16161985
Then modify the vendor files so they'll accept lower condition items.
9e2804 No.16201757
If anyone thought about doing those ironman one life challenges in dead air I found four reasons why you might reconsider
07ba2a No.16209024
I got a stash location that's in (or just outside) of the tower north of the bar. Where the hell is it exactly? I can't find it. I hate vertically hidden stashes.
07ba2a No.16209080
>>16209024
Found it At the very top, just under the "lip" at the northwestern most edge.
Had expert tools, but I literally just turned those in.
f21b5e No.16215197
Rolling to pick faction
1 Loner
2 Bandit
3 Clear Sky
4 Duty
5 Freedom
6 Mercenary
7 Military
8 Ecologist
9 Monolith
0 Fap to bloodsucker porn and reroll
a49ee5 No.16215229
>>16209024
>women in the zone
I remember finding a journal on a PDA where he saw some woman ecologist in Pripyat, only mentioned in name though.
104308 No.16215246
104308 No.16215254
>>16215246
Nice, no change then
c884e0 No.16215288
ba209e No.16215289
>>16201757
I meet those fags there every time, just jump on the shit thats on the middle of the road. You can bait them close by jumping down again then jumping up into safety and unloading on their ass as they run away.
f21b5e No.16215304
>>16215288
Should've included cases for dubs and trips
f195b3 No.16215351
56eae6 No.16215453
When are some fags gonna make a similar game but set in some other radiation shithole?
b11de8 No.16215493
>>16215197
rollan
>>16215453
>Fukushima S.T.A.L.K.E.R
c6b13b No.16215608
>manage to find a val in good condition
>go and sell it
>for some fucking reason max price is only like 4000 RU
>sell scar
>16000 RU
I can't understand these pricing choices
56eae6 No.16215619
>>16215493
are there even any cool japanese guns?
most shit seems to be from WW2
5e8492 No.16215640
>>16215608
Maybe because its a 9mm rifle compared to an actual assault rifle.
4db262 No.16215643
>>16215453
>Fukushima
>Not slav.
Get the fuck out.
56eae6 No.16215658
>>16215643
>MUH SLAV
>HA HA CHEEKI BREEKI
fuck off faggot, a game set in fukishima would blow this slavshit out of the water
104308 No.16215676
>>16215619
>he doesn't know about the Type 64
>>16215658
Kill yourself nigger. Eastern European aesthetics are unmatched.
4db262 No.16215681
>>16215658
>Has no real comprehension of what STALKER is really about.
>Thinks it is just about radiation.
>Thinks it can be set in other regions.
>Imagine being this much of an anomaly.
It is too late for you Anon.
c884e0 No.16215682
>>16215643
>>16215658
Why can't we just have both you fucking women
c6b13b No.16215698
>>16215640
A 9mm rifle with added silencer, your average silencer for any gun goes for at least 5000RU upwards, you can loot sights but fucking NO ONE has a silencer
4db262 No.16215701
>>16215682
>Have STALKER set in Japan.
>The only mods you will get are fucking playable 2B, Cloud Strife and Nep Nep mods.
>The camps are full of girly emo boys with gay haircuts trying to look deep while they master the blade.
That is why.
56eae6 No.16215704
>>16215681
>>16215676
how much do they pay you?
>>16215682
we can, but everytime fukishima gets brought up slavboos get butthurt for no reason,
>>16215701
why do you hate japan so much?
223f13 No.16215715
>>16215658
>being this clueless
Id say go back to reddit but even those fucks get stalker. where the fuck did you roll in from boy? obviously didnt wake from a fucking coma. jesus son what kinda special anomalous fuckstick are you?
4db262 No.16215729
>>16215704
I actually do not hate Japan at all. I just do not think Japan would be a good setting for a STALKER game.
56eae6 No.16215739
>>16215715
list all the things that makes up STALKER
>>16215729
me too, i just think a different game could be made with similar themes, those cunts are already making STALKER 2 and god knows what its gonna be like
c6b13b No.16215745
>>16215704
Lets think for a second, we could have a few games about fukujima and even hiroshima but slavland has the whole war between countries which japan doesn't has to deal with that much, so from my point of view it would be like a whole cover of conflict being lifted, dunno if I can make the message clear.
How would a S.T.A.L.K.E.R. set in japan work, you would also need to take into account weeabos being dragged to it and probably ruinning it for everyone but the people who would have liked a new stalker game
104308 No.16215757
>>16215739
>list all the things that makes up STALKER
I'd rather list all the things that make you a redditor/cuckchanner.
4db262 No.16215761
>>16215739
>List all the things that makes up STALKER
Thats easy.
>Soviet era Olympic tier squatting.
>Soviet era looking Slavs singing songs while cooking cancer inducing Soviet era meat at camps.
>Flinging Soviet era bolts at soviet era trees.
>Soviet era glitches.
>Soviet era mind rape.
56eae6 No.16215786
>>16215757
do you fags ever NOT get butthurt over the slighest of things?
>>16215761
so just general slav shit? wouldnt be suprised if soviets had secret bases in satellite states experimenting on the local people
104308 No.16215798
>>16215786
>you fags
You better go now
56eae6 No.16215816
>>16215798
You hate cunny dont you?
4db262 No.16215875
>>16215816
>Wants lolicon in STALKER.
That is what VNs are for you unending faggot.
56eae6 No.16215898
>>16215875
>VNs
Not enough gameplay
e7e820 No.16215905
>>16215875
But anon, vee told me every game has to have cute lolis or it's automatically shit SJWcuck grabage.
e92200 No.16215919
>>16215905
This vee fella sounds like a breddy gool dude.
784cb8 No.16215980
How would you ramp up the difficulty in these games? I played through SoC a few years ago, it wasn't that difficult. Any mods to fix this issue?
c6b13b No.16216013
>>16215980
Any mod kinda fix it but not because it balances the game in itself but by making your early game as miserable as possible, thats it until you come across some dead body and find a decent gun and difficulty kinda goes down the shitter.
Misery apparently makes the game more difficult by using some annoying mechanics rather than being hard in itself, CoC + Roadside Picnic has been quite enjoyable but thats me.
104308 No.16216025
>>16215980
harsher economy and environment
9e2804 No.16216030
>>16215289
I feel like those fuckers got a generous increase in their attack range and the ability to do that backstab animation because the moment I turn even slightly away from a bloodsucker they catch you from behind and do ridiculous damage. That might just feel that way due to the slower movement in DA though.
They are also very generous is the amount of vortex anomalies they threw into each map. Most encounters can be heavily trivialized by allowing the mutants to run head first into a field full of anomalies which quickly turn them in to airborne red paste.
c6b13b No.16216784
I realised I'm doing something seriously autistic, I arm with proper weapons every ally I come across in bases, if I can get an m60 or a scar I would fully upgraded it, add sights and silencer if possible and donate it along with copious amounts of ammo. I just don't like seeing the guys who defend your home base with shitty guns or pistols. How autistic am I?
9e2804 No.16217578
>>16216784
A bit of role-playing doesn't have to be considered autism. There's even a "warfare" mode in anomaly now which lets you take part in faction wars on a deeper level but I haven't tried it for more than a few hours since the mod crashes endlessly for me.
52b337 No.16217594
>>16217578
I think Anomaly integrated Warfare in the new beta, it might be more stable now.
c6b13b No.16217611
>>16217578
I'm running CoC with Roadside Picnic which adds a bunch of shit like less hud, anomalies change places and do way more damage along with how much population you get from mutants and stalkers up to 1.5 iirc
b11de8 No.16221098
>>16215701
>>The camps are full of girly emo boys with gay haircuts trying to look deep while they master the blade.
Sounds more like the usual weeb you can find by the dozens in a Manga Expo in the US, or worse, France.
eba8a1 No.16221869
a1ca4b No.16221892
>>16216784
>donate upgraded weapons worth tens of thousands of rubles to friendlies
>leave zone
>friendlies enter offline alife mode
>die to bandits with sawed-off shotguns and mp5s
That's pretty autistic, anon.
18343b No.16223333
>>16200687
I was playing Anomaly for like 7 hours straight an hour ago and had zero problems even the truck cemetery doesn't crash for me that often it usually did in CoC, only time i do have problems is in the Wild Territory because some mutant running into the fire tunnel causes a Stack trace crash for some reason.
c884e0 No.16233016
>>16223333
How has not one of you fuckers checked these digits
c14b14 No.16234841
Will a melody with a tenth of the beauty in this ever be conceived?
f21b5e No.16235824
>>16234841
The Zone wasn't created due to experimentation with the noosphere, it spawned from half a dozen slavs squatting around a bonfire listening to these heavenly tunes from a banged up old radio. Reality warped and bent around itself in undescribable angles and forgotten dimensions, the twists and contours manifesting as anomalies in our mundane four dimensions.
Should a more beautiful melody ever be composed, it could result in a cascade event that would tear apart and reform our visible reality into a big track suit, floating in an aether of vodka with a perpetual cheeki breeki echoing throughout it all.
631003 No.16235942
Any mods that add experimental weapons? for all the super secret shit going on and the bunkers you'd think there'd be some cool guns?
5fbed8 No.16235957
>>16235942
What the fuck is that pistol even supposed to be firing? Pennies?
631003 No.16235979
>>16235957
it fires bullets, but the cartridge uses a piston seal to dampen the sound