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Post by crashV👀d👀 on Nov 22, 2024 13:05:54 GMT
Ive out the old 3700x back in the pc as I deconstruct it and run stalker just for shits n giggles. Everything else being equal with just the CPU drop and it's struggling so much. At Zalynska(sp?) with numerous other stalkers milling around and it it is stuttering and dropping frames. The old zen can no longer keep up.
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Post by Duffking on Nov 22, 2024 13:05:55 GMT
I think there's just something up with their eye adaptation settings tbh. It takes too long to adjust and the contrast between inside and outside is a bit fucked. You can be inside and see outside clearly sometimes, then step outside and its pitch black.
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Post by Jambowayoh on Nov 22, 2024 13:15:25 GMT
I think there's just something up with their eye adaptation settings tbh. It takes too long to adjust and the contrast between inside and outside is a bit fucked. You can be inside and see outside clearly sometimes, then step outside and its pitch black. I noticed that! |
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Post by mothercruncher on Nov 22, 2024 13:43:22 GMT
I’m really digging this, quite a lot. Three thoughts though-
Man, I want some binoculars.
Do I just chuck any weapon with the worn icon since they’re not saleable?
And, fuck me, the dogs are annoying, why is the first bite seemingly always from behind and then they fuck off. They’re almost worse than a tooled up stalker.
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Post by FlexibleFeline on Nov 22, 2024 14:18:23 GMT
Yes, there seems to be no point hoarding red items at this point, so I take the ammo out and chuck them.
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Post by 😎 on Nov 22, 2024 14:38:41 GMT
I think there's just something up with their eye adaptation settings tbh. It takes too long to adjust and the contrast between inside and outside is a bit fucked. You can be inside and see outside clearly sometimes, then step outside and its pitch black. I noticed that! Even happens on reloads. Was out in the gloom, died, reloaded a save, suddenly it’s pitch black everywhere and won’t adjust. |
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Post by 😎 on Nov 22, 2024 14:40:20 GMT
To be fair I don’t mind it being super dark, it’s inherently part of the game, but that bug is annoying and the day/night cycle is waaaay too fast. Trotting across to a mission early morning and it being midnight when you get barely halfway up the road is just ehh, especially as all the enemies seem to have perfect night vision.
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Post by Duffking on Nov 22, 2024 16:18:19 GMT
Found a unique "legendary" artifact here in the first area if anyone's interested. streamable.com/42mk1jThere's also another I found but didn't get a vid of. |
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Post by barchetta on Nov 22, 2024 17:22:02 GMT
Just watched my lad find a similar type of thing (I think) a Weird Ball, being guarded by a gravity-bending named anomaly. Seems it can offer some bullet protection or be sold for a tidy sum. |
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Post by Duffking on Nov 22, 2024 19:14:50 GMT
Ah yeah, that's the other one I mentioned  Found it south east, near the town at the anomaly there. I figured there was something there because it seemed odd to me to have a big anomaly like that but no artifacts on the scanner. I think these unique ones just don't show up. |
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Post by Duffking on Nov 22, 2024 19:16:13 GMT
Handily, I came across a dead stalker earlier with an artifact that reduces rad buildup, and it's enough to counter the medium rad buildup of my extra carry weight artifact, which is nice.
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Post by Wrongshui on Nov 22, 2024 20:39:17 GMT
Respawns are a bit intense, in some places I'll kill a bunch of bandits just to get jumped by them again while I'm rifling through their corpses.
Also the coupon rewards for side quest are crazy low, just spent my life savings to kill a bunch of mutants, thanks for the cash to buy a sausage.
Also also, did anyone else upgrade their starter armor with a loaf of bread?
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Post by Duffking on Nov 22, 2024 20:51:51 GMT
I think that's the busted spawning.
I'm downloading a mod that makes the mobs less tanky while making them more deadly. The bloodsucker HP is just stupid, the only way to fight them is to sit in a corner while they run at you eating an entire mag, slashing you and running away, while you heal in between.
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Post by FlexibleFeline on Nov 22, 2024 21:05:24 GMT
Bloodsuckers are currently one of the worst things about the game. I'm pretty sure close to half my deaths have been at their filthy hands (and tentacles).
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Post by Jambowayoh on Nov 22, 2024 22:22:19 GMT
I think that's the busted spawning. I'm downloading a mod that makes the mobs less tanky while making them more deadly. The bloodsucker HP is just stupid, the only way to fight them is to sit in a corner while they run at you eating an entire mag, slashing you and running away, while you heal in between. I've just noticed the spawning and encountered a few bandits after searching a small underground resting spot, they were just waiting at the entrance around 6. Killed them and then more started spawning, then 3 wild boars came out of nowhere, killed more of them then another group of bandits spawned in. I think by the end I counted 30 bodies and 3 boars. Comical. |
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Post by Jambowayoh on Nov 22, 2024 22:36:49 GMT
Oh and now 2 bloodsuckers at the same time in small garage. Errr.
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Post by barchetta on Nov 23, 2024 0:57:38 GMT
Gah, first CTD with an UE5 error log request. Was just taking on a bunch of enemy in The Sphere Hope my last auto save didn't land me in the crap. Though they seem pretty frequent so probably no great loss. Guess a good sign that bed is waiting. |
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Post by crashV👀d👀 on Nov 23, 2024 3:10:02 GMT
I was really hoping for tactical gameplay and skulking through the bushes, taking a shot and then quick repositioning to outsmart the enemy yet sadly I'm not getting any of that. The enemy ai has x-ray goggles on and they can see me through layers of vegetation and just gun me down or lob grenades at my feet. Had to drop the difficulty to at least last longer than a few shots without having to med up every 5 seconds and found it much easier to just get in close. Needs a patch or 10
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Post by Timo180 on Nov 23, 2024 9:29:27 GMT
Once you pick up PDAs do they do anything or can they just be sold?
Also - discovered there’s a personal stash where items can be saved if you don’t want to carry. It’s the orange box near the bed in the house Hamster is in.
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Post by Tomo on Nov 23, 2024 10:14:06 GMT
I was really hoping for tactical gameplay and skulking through the bushes, taking a shot and then quick repositioning to outsmart the enemy yet sadly I'm not getting any of that. The enemy ai has x-ray goggles on and they can see me through layers of vegetation and just gun me down or lob grenades at my feet. Had to drop the difficulty to at least last longer than a few shots without having to med up every 5 seconds and found it much easier to just get in close. Needs a patch or 10 Ahhh. The x-ray goggles through vegetation is something that was true of the old ones. But it's shame that hasn't been improved as it was genuinely annoying at times. |
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Post by crashV👀d👀 on Nov 23, 2024 10:33:35 GMT
I was really hoping for tactical gameplay and skulking through the bushes, taking a shot and then quick repositioning to outsmart the enemy yet sadly I'm not getting any of that. The enemy ai has x-ray goggles on and they can see me through layers of vegetation and just gun me down or lob grenades at my feet. Had to drop the difficulty to at least last longer than a few shots without having to med up every 5 seconds and found it much easier to just get in close. Needs a patch or 10 Ahhh. The x-ray goggles through vegetation is something that was true of the old ones. But it's shame that hasn't been improved as it was genuinely annoying at times. yeah I was really hoping this was at least going to be one of the modern fixes. It's exacerbated by the fact that there is next to no muzzle flashing. I was doing a quest for Lens last night to find Mastiff and his crew. It was dark, raining and I'm in a shack in the woods and all I have is a red bar along the top indicating enemies. There is rustling outside but the directional audio is not great so I peeked the door and all I can see is trees and bushes. Domed! |
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Post by apollo on Nov 23, 2024 10:34:13 GMT
every enemy has xray vision and they can shoot like a sniper with any gun causing bleed damage is really bullshit
Also found out if you accidentally shoot some friendlies that are dead, the game will take as hostile fire. Even tried after a battle and no friendly about and it spawned some soldiers in, some had exo suits |
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Post by magicpanda on Nov 23, 2024 10:51:55 GMT
Once you pick up PDAs do they do anything or can they just be sold? Also - discovered there’s a personal stash where items can be saved if you don’t want to carry. It’s the orange box near the bed in the house Hamster is in. There's a guitar on the bed there as well which you can take and use. |
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Post by Jambowayoh on Nov 23, 2024 11:42:13 GMT
I was really hoping for tactical gameplay and skulking through the bushes, taking a shot and then quick repositioning to outsmart the enemy yet sadly I'm not getting any of that. The enemy ai has x-ray goggles on and they can see me through layers of vegetation and just gun me down or lob grenades at my feet. Had to drop the difficulty to at least last longer than a few shots without having to med up every 5 seconds and found it much easier to just get in close. Needs a patch or 10 This plus the mass spawning to give the impression of random chaos just makes it a bit too obnoxious for its own good. It's got great atmosphere but it really feels as if it's held by tape just like the old one but you're able to see quite clearly through the smoke and mirrors. They say the A Life isn't working as intended but I think this is it and at the moment it feels a little cheap especially the insane damage that mutants deal out, especially bloodsuckers and the damage they can take. |
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Post by Duffking on Nov 23, 2024 11:47:06 GMT
That's why I've modded the mutant stuff, it's just absurd the health pools they have. Like, even using AP rounds you mag dump them and they don't care and just run at you still. You get in this loop of blasting them, reloading, healing, blasting, etc. Really weird they shipped them that way.
And yeah the NPC ai isn't very good. It's always a shame with these sorts of games, I want to turn up the difficulty and lethality but the games rarely hold up their end of the bargain. Metro Exodus had similar issues, I remember being spotted through about 8 walls in that game.
Some of the spotting is sounds based for what it's worth, enemies seem very sensitive to it. But in combat they seems to just home in on you like the old games.
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Post by Jambowayoh on Nov 23, 2024 12:00:08 GMT
I had the ridiculous situation of 2 bloodsuckers teaming up last night in a small garage and because their shimmering is barely visible at times i just backed into a corner and they just stopped the pretense of cloaking. So it was get melee hit to proc bleeding, mag dump, they back off, heal, slow reload while being melee hit repeat. I knocked the difficulty down after that.
But yeah while I am fond of it the game needs so much work because what's the point of having silenced weapons if stealth isn't a viable tactic?
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Post by peacemaker on Nov 23, 2024 12:10:26 GMT
So I start this on easy then? I’ve been looking forward to this and might start it tonight but reading these impressions it sounds pretty average at the moment.
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Post by crashV👀d👀 on Nov 23, 2024 12:38:38 GMT
peacemaker You can try it on Stalker (medium) and you can always change this in the options menu. The atmostphere is good and feels great wandering around with all the weather and life happening, its just a shame that the combat is not as evolved as I was hoping. There doesn't appear to be any avenue for stealth at all and once one enemy knows where you are, they all do. I was standing over near a truck and threw a grenade over the enemies, they all just turned straight at me. I could potentially get on board with this if running behind some trees to break any lines of sight worked but it doesn't. They are currently farming comments for upcoming patches/fixes some hopefully this and the spawning gets address.
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Post by crashV👀d👀 on Nov 23, 2024 18:26:00 GMT
I'm not sure how I missed that the blue bar under the compass is a noise meter for the player.
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Post by apollo on Nov 23, 2024 18:27:45 GMT
trying to do a mission called hot on the trail, fucking dumpster fire trying to get there
first there was cunty boars and then some cunty demon teleporty twats in the marshy water area |
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Found it south east, near the town at the anomaly there. I figured there was something there because it seemed odd to me to have a big anomaly like that but no artifacts on the scanner. I think these unique ones just don't show up.
