S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2

[Emroth]

I honestly don't know what did yall disappointed bunch expect..
These days games take few patches before they are playable. This is not STALKER problem - it's every game problem.
For the last 4/5 years all the big games releases are fucked. Cyberpunk, MS Flight Sim, Starfield to name a few.

Every single big release I remember was in a state where it should not have been released.

On top of that - this game was developed with war around developers.

Also if the media have convinced you that the whole Ukraine is a brutal warzone it's not my fault.

You don't need to be sitting under rubble for this to have an effect on you. When your country in invaded and your friends and family are dying - it will have an effect on you and your work regardless where you are.
And if you're a soulless cunt that can't understand it - maybe shut you damn mouth before you say stuff like this.

Edit:
this fucking annoyed me so much I can't just leave it like this.
I have Ukrainian guy at work, who is living in Ireland for donkeys years. He came here way before the invasion started. We would often find him crying in the room when he is alone.
His family is in Odessa, which is on the opposite side of the country. Almost as far as it gets. And they still are being shelled from time to time.
How fucking dare you saying media is making us believe something!!
Take your fucking tin foil hat and fuck off.

 

[Paul-v]

I combined my first 6 hours of footage. I'm enjoying it. Yes, it has a few issues but the important parts of the game story, plot, atmosphere, general gameplay work well.

The more i play it, the more i enjoy it.

 

[Carles P.]

Next comming week there will be an first big update comming out.

For my opinion it is one of the greatest games of 2024. And GSC game world will fix bugs in the future, because they are one of the small group of devs whome love his own game.

PS: I made the user "fear" on my ignore list. It seems it is a good place for him.

And please do attention to don't talk to much about god damn politics. I can only talk for myself, but I really do enjoy this game maybe some ukrainians too. It is a good way to distract yourself from bad and sad thoughts.

I do really love this game!

 

[PRO_TOO]

I combined my first 6 hours of footage. I'm enjoying it. Yes, it has a few issues but the important parts of the game story, plot, atmosphere, general gameplay work well.

The more i play it, the more i enjoy it.

I haven’t played a shooter for years and this one seems to be a good choice for a comeback. I like the overall mood, just played a bit of the beginning.

 

[SmichiW]

i played the first game but what it this?
No dynamic shadows and what are these face textures? Man this looks like UE3 face, who did this texture?
Most times game is way too bright where normally no light is, its still bright.

For me i am very disapointed of the graphics at all

characters looking so terrible

 

[Jay-Jay 10]

I just in general like the world and setting. I also played Chernobilyte for it.

Just this special atmosphere that only few games nail

 

[Carles P.]

Update 1.02 is on.

But I could cry, I don't have enough time to play it at the moment.

Spoiler: changelog 1.01

AI fixes:

• Fixed groups of NPCs getting stuck and dying near Shelter during active Emission.
• Fixed issue when Burer could drop any mission items out of the player's hands.
• Added missing sound effects for Burer’s 'Telekinesis' ability.
• Fixed issues with NPCs occasionally getting stuck and not reaching the mission location. This might have caused inability to interact with NPC or progress to the next mission stage due to idle behavior of mission NPC.
• Fixed issues with performance drops/potential out-of-memory crashes in hubs and locations crowded with NPCs during long play sessions.
• Fixed issue when NPCs would move to A-pose or start flying after death.
• Fixed issue when NPCs could not track whether a target in cover was covered from shots, which caused them to shoot into cover.

And other, more than 20 different issues with AI.

Optimization fixes:

• Fixed issue with invisible NPC/Mutants appearing in FOV while the Player is scoping.
• Fixed fire visual effects that were not rendering at certain camera angles.

Also, we fixed approximately 100 different crashes, including potential memory leaks and EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION issues.

Audio & Sound fixes:

• Fixed issue when combat music was still playing while combat was finished.

And 7 other minor audio & sound bugs.

Balance adjustments:

• Weapons and armor repair cost is decreased.
• Significantly increased cost of artifacts (more revenue from selling).
• Money reward for most missions is increased from 2 to 3 times.
• Rookie difficulty armor and weapons buffs.
• Damage from mutants is moderately decreased on Rookie difficulty (more mutant health balance changes in Combat Balance section).
• Damage to player's weapon is decreased by 23 percent on Rookie difficulty.
• Armor durability is increased by 12.5 percent.
• Added silencer attachment for PTM to specific stash on Lesser Zone.
• Fixed sell prices for Exoskeletons, they are now more expensive to sell.
• Fixed sell price of upgraded weapons.
• Rebalanced Hercules consumable: player speed debuff removed; increased the effect parameters (now more weight could be carried by player after consuming).

Some additional minor bugfixes.

Combat Balance:

• Reduced some mission items' weight (including weight of scanners)
• Slightly rebalanced Bloodsucker’s damage.
• Decreased Bloodsucker’s strike protection rank (more damage from guns).
• Reduced Boodsucker’s HP regeneration outside the combat.
• Controller HP is moderately reduced.
• Burer HP is moderately reduced.
• Boar HP is moderately reduced.
• Flesh HP is moderately reduced.
• Damage to Boar from headshots changed to 100% of body damage.
• Damage to Boar from shots to the limbs is increased.
• Damage to Flesh from shots to the limbs is increased.
• Significantly increased weapon melee distance.
• Slightly increased knife melee distance.

Gamepad Input:

• Increased gamepad dead zones

Characters:

• Fixed eyes and teeth on NPC models.
• Some minor fixes of NPC models and animations.

Cutscenes:

• Added missing footage to TV displays in the final cutscene.
• Fixed issue with deer animation in the opening cutscene.

And 20 other different bugs in the cutscenes.

Game Settings & Menus:

• Adjusted unreadable text at the bottom of the Shader Compilation screen.
• Fixed issue with the 'Nvidia Reflex Low Latency' option not being saved on subsequent boots of the game.

And 10 more minor issues.

Interactable Objects:

• Fixed physics issues with destructible and movable objects, including those floating in the air.
• Fixed interaction prompt with glass doors in SIRCAA’s inner yard, which caused a walkthrough blocker.
• Fixed missing inner doors in the X-11 laboratory elevator.

And more minor bugs.

Main and Side Missions:
Resolved numerous mission blockers and bugs encountered under specific conditions. Key fixes include:

• Fixed missing interaction with dead Blind dogs in the
  Nightingale’s Hunt mission.
• Fixed uncompletable objectives in the
  Seek, and You Shall Find
  mission.
• Fixed multiple issues in the
  There and Back Again
  mission, including one where the artifact couldn’t be found.
• Resolved dialog loop with Zotov during the
  A Needle in a Haystack
  mission.
• Fixed progression blockers in the
  Answers Come at a Price
  mission, including issues with bandits after an emission and missing the Heavy Key item.
• Corrected mission markers for NPC locations in
  Hot on the Trail
  mission.
• Fixed door-related issues in the
  In Search of a Guide mission
  and
  The Side Hustle
  mission.
• Fixed issue when cutscene does not start during the
  Just Like the Good Old Days
  mission.
• Fixed issue when Lodochka is missing in Quite's Camp during the
  Just Like the Good Old Days
  mission.
• Fixed an issue during
  Just Like the Good Old Days
  when Lodochka acts aggressively after bringing him the Emitter.
• It is now possible to turn off electricity in the flooded area during the
  To the Last Drop of Blood
  mission.
• Fixed multiple issues in the
  On the Edge
  mission, including idle NPCs, stuck doors, and the Monolith attack progression.
• Fixed progression blockers in the
  A Minor Incident
  mission, including issues with Bayun's collar and locked doors.
• Addressed performance drops and confusing objectives in the
  In Search of Past Glory
  mission.
• Fixed issues in the
  Visions of Truth
  mission, including stuck NPCs and blocked progression after dialogs.
• Resolved stuck cutscenes and blocked progression in the
  Dangerous Visitors
  ,
  Gray’s Last Hunt
  , and
  The Eternal Shining
  missions.
• Corrected spawn behaviors for NPCs and enemies in
  The Boundary
  and
  Escape from the Cage
  missions.
• Tweaked missions like
  Down Below
  ,
  Budmo!
  , and
  A Big Score
  to resolve stuck NPCs, misaligned markers, and missing dialog options.

And approximately 120 other issues within the main line, side missions, and encounters.

Open World Experience:

• Fixed stretched or missing limbs on humanoid corpses.
• Fixed missing fast travel routes, including to the Concrete Plant for Toadstool.
• Resolved issues with loudspeakers, fast travel, and NPC interactions in various locations, such as the Scientists' Bunker, and Chemical Plant.
• Adjusted hostile NPC behavior during the Arena missions, including bandits’ tactics and increased ammo for the Tyrant fight.
• Corrected mission progression in the Black Sheep and The Key to Freedom missions.

And approximately 50 other issues were fixed.

Player Guidance, Gear, and Weapons:

• Fixed a bug that allows to sell items to the trader for more money that they actually cost.
• Fixed input blocking issues with the PDA, inventory, and attachments when interacting with artifacts.
• Corrected flashlight behavior after saving/loading.
• Resolved issues with grenade type selection, compass marker overlaps, and missing mission markers.
• Fixed inconsistencies with weapon and armor upgrade effects, including pricing and upgrade reversals.
• Improved HUD behavior and prolonged the duration of "Point of No Return" hints during Down Below mission.
• Fixed a bug where player could sell mission items using gamepad.

And approximately 50 minor “anomalies”.

Voiceover and Facial Animations:

• Restored missing facial animations for Sava in the Hot on the Trail mission and Mugwort in The Eternal Shining mission.
• Fixed missing voice lines during the Let No One Leave Unsatisfied mission.
• Corrected radio call effects so NPC voices properly reflect distance during communication.

And a couple more things are fixed.

World:

• Fixed flickering textures in various locations, including the Sphere, Military Base and Chemical Plant.
• Resolved movement issues, including getting stuck in certain locations during missions like Once More Unto the Breach and A Tough Awakening.
• Corrected artifact spawn points in some areas.
• Fixed NPC behavior during encounters.
• Adjusted voice volume during storm weather for improved audio balance.

And approximately 50 more bugs.



The work on the game and future patches continues. We are working on fixing the A-Life bugs, which will be addressed in future patches.

Please continue to share your feedback and opinions on forums and social media. We are reading comments, and noting things that we could improve in future updates. If you encounter any more “anomalies” that are not supposed to be in the Zone — report them to our Technical Support Hub. That will help us investigate your particular case and implement fixes faster:

https://support.stalker2.com/hc

Thank you so much for your feedback, passion, and support during this period. Stay sharp, and see you in the Zone, stalker!

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Fr., 29. November
Patch 1.0.1 is live! Here is the patchnote!

Attention, stalkers.
Thanks for your passion and support since the release, it is really important to us. The Patch 1.0.1 is live both on PC and Xbox. This is our first fix patch that addressed over 650 different bugs and issues. Here is the list of the major updates for the game.



AI fixes:

• Fixed groups of NPCs getting stuck and dying near Shelter during active Emission.
• Fixed issue when Burer could drop any mission items out of the player's hands.
• Added missing sound effects for Burer’s 'Telekinesis' ability.
• Fixed issues with NPCs occasionally getting stuck and not reaching the mission location. This might have caused inability to interact with NPC or progress to the next mission stage due to idle behavior of mission NPC.
• Fixed issues with performance drops/potential out-of-memory crashes in hubs and locations crowded with NPCs during long play sessions.
• Fixed issue when NPCs would move to A-pose or start flying after death.
• Fixed issue when NPCs could not track whether a target in cover was covered from shots, which caused them to shoot into cover.

And other, more than 20 different issues with AI.

Optimization fixes:

• Fixed issue with invisible NPC/Mutants appearing in FOV while the Player is scoping.
• Fixed fire visual effects that were not rendering at certain camera angles.

Also, we fixed approximately 100 different crashes, including potential memory leaks and EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION issues.

Audio & Sound fixes:

• Fixed issue when combat music was still playing while combat was finished.

And 7 other minor audio & sound bugs.

Balance adjustments:

• Weapons and armor repair cost is decreased.
• Significantly increased cost of artifacts (more revenue from selling).
• Money reward for most missions is increased from 2 to 3 times.
• Rookie difficulty armor and weapons buffs.
• Damage from mutants is moderately decreased on Rookie difficulty (more mutant health balance changes in Combat Balance section).
• Damage to player's weapon is decreased by 23 percent on Rookie difficulty.
• Armor durability is increased by 12.5 percent.
• Added silencer attachment for PTM to specific stash on Lesser Zone.
• Fixed sell prices for Exoskeletons, they are now more expensive to sell.
• Fixed sell price of upgraded weapons.
• Rebalanced Hercules consumable: player speed debuff removed; increased the effect parameters (now more weight could be carried by player after consuming).

Some additional minor bugfixes.

Combat Balance:

• Reduced some mission items' weight (including weight of scanners)
• Slightly rebalanced Bloodsucker’s damage.
• Decreased Bloodsucker’s strike protection rank (more damage from guns).
• Reduced Boodsucker’s HP regeneration outside the combat.
• Controller HP is moderately reduced.
• Burer HP is moderately reduced.
• Boar HP is moderately reduced.
• Flesh HP is moderately reduced.
• Damage to Boar from headshots changed to 100% of body damage.
• Damage to Boar from shots to the limbs is increased.
• Damage to Flesh from shots to the limbs is increased.
• Significantly increased weapon melee distance.
• Slightly increased knife melee distance.

Gamepad Input:

• Increased gamepad dead zones

Characters:

• Fixed eyes and teeth on NPC models.
• Some minor fixes of NPC models and animations.

Cutscenes:

• Added missing footage to TV displays in the final cutscene.
• Fixed issue with deer animation in the opening cutscene.

And 20 other different bugs in the cutscenes.

Game Settings & Menus:

• Adjusted unreadable text at the bottom of the Shader Compilation screen.
• Fixed issue with the 'Nvidia Reflex Low Latency' option not being saved on subsequent boots of the game.

And 10 more minor issues.

Interactable Objects:

• Fixed physics issues with destructible and movable objects, including those floating in the air.
• Fixed interaction prompt with glass doors in SIRCAA’s inner yard, which caused a walkthrough blocker.
• Fixed missing inner doors in the X-11 laboratory elevator.

And more minor bugs.

Main and Side Missions:
Resolved numerous mission blockers and bugs encountered under specific conditions. Key fixes include:

• Fixed missing interaction with dead Blind dogs in the
  Nightingale’s Hunt mission.
• Fixed uncompletable objectives in the
  Seek, and You Shall Find
  mission.
• Fixed multiple issues in the
  There and Back Again
  mission, including one where the artifact couldn’t be found.
• Resolved dialog loop with Zotov during the
  A Needle in a Haystack
  mission.
• Fixed progression blockers in the
  Answers Come at a Price
  mission, including issues with bandits after an emission and missing the Heavy Key item.
• Corrected mission markers for NPC locations in
  Hot on the Trail
  mission.
• Fixed door-related issues in the
  In Search of a Guide mission
  and
  The Side Hustle
  mission.
• Fixed issue when cutscene does not start during the
  Just Like the Good Old Days
  mission.
• Fixed issue when Lodochka is missing in Quite's Camp during the
  Just Like the Good Old Days
  mission.
• Fixed an issue during
  Just Like the Good Old Days
  when Lodochka acts aggressively after bringing him the Emitter.
• It is now possible to turn off electricity in the flooded area during the
  To the Last Drop of Blood
  mission.
• Fixed multiple issues in the
  On the Edge
  mission, including idle NPCs, stuck doors, and the Monolith attack progression.
• Fixed progression blockers in the
  A Minor Incident
  mission, including issues with Bayun's collar and locked doors.
• Addressed performance drops and confusing objectives in the
  In Search of Past Glory
  mission.
• Fixed issues in the
  Visions of Truth
  mission, including stuck NPCs and blocked progression after dialogs.
• Resolved stuck cutscenes and blocked progression in the
  Dangerous Visitors
  ,
  Gray’s Last Hunt
  , and
  The Eternal Shining
  missions.
• Corrected spawn behaviors for NPCs and enemies in
  The Boundary
  and
  Escape from the Cage
  missions.
• Tweaked missions like
  Down Below
  ,
  Budmo!
  , and
  A Big Score
  to resolve stuck NPCs, misaligned markers, and missing dialog options.

And approximately 120 other issues within the main line, side missions, and encounters.

Open World Experience:

• Fixed stretched or missing limbs on humanoid corpses.
• Fixed missing fast travel routes, including to the Concrete Plant for Toadstool.
• Resolved issues with loudspeakers, fast travel, and NPC interactions in various locations, such as the Scientists' Bunker, and Chemical Plant.
• Adjusted hostile NPC behavior during the Arena missions, including bandits’ tactics and increased ammo for the Tyrant fight.
• Corrected mission progression in the Black Sheep and The Key to Freedom missions.

And approximately 50 other issues were fixed.

Player Guidance, Gear, and Weapons:

• Fixed a bug that allows to sell items to the trader for more money that they actually cost.
• Fixed input blocking issues with the PDA, inventory, and attachments when interacting with artifacts.
• Corrected flashlight behavior after saving/loading.
• Resolved issues with grenade type selection, compass marker overlaps, and missing mission markers.
• Fixed inconsistencies with weapon and armor upgrade effects, including pricing and upgrade reversals.
• Improved HUD behavior and prolonged the duration of "Point of No Return" hints during Down Below mission.
• Fixed a bug where player could sell mission items using gamepad.

And approximately 50 minor “anomalies”.

Voiceover and Facial Animations:

• Restored missing facial animations for Sava in the Hot on the Trail mission and Mugwort in The Eternal Shining mission.
• Fixed missing voice lines during the Let No One Leave Unsatisfied mission.
• Corrected radio call effects so NPC voices properly reflect distance during communication.

And a couple more things are fixed.

World:

• Fixed flickering textures in various locations, including the Sphere, Military Base and Chemical Plant.
• Resolved movement issues, including getting stuck in certain locations during missions like Once More Unto the Breach and A Tough Awakening.
• Corrected artifact spawn points in some areas.
• Fixed NPC behavior during encounters.
• Adjusted voice volume during storm weather for improved audio balance.

And approximately 50 more bugs.



The work on the game and future patches continues. We are working on fixing the A-Life bugs, which will be addressed in future patches.

Please continue to share your feedback and opinions on forums and social media. We are reading comments, and noting things that we could improve in future updates. If you encounter any more “anomalies” that are not supposed to be in the Zone — report them to our Technical Support Hub. That will help us investigate your particular case and implement fixes faster:

https://support.stalker2.com/hc

Thank you so much for your feedback, passion, and support during this period. Stay sharp, and see you in the Zone, stalker!

 

[Carles P.]

I found an guitar in the first village. Something with Zalliski or so. I really recommend to try to do the same and play guitar.
The implementation of the guitar is so fckng great, really love it. You can creat your own songs or cover real ones. I wait til there will be some good ones to find on YT.

Still 1.03 released but had some trouble with my performance on exsactly the same village after playing around 10hours the game. It lags a bit and I hope the devs will find out a way to fix this. On other places around the map I don't have such problems.

Also love it really to sitting with other STALKER's around a campfire and they tell funny storys/jokes. I really laugh about some.



PS: I wished the real life day would have more than 24 hours, so I had more freetime to play the game. I love it! 😘