Stalker 2

This week according to the devs

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl is getting a first patch during the week to come — both on PC and Xbox.

Main Quest Progression Fixes, including:
  • Several bugs blocking the main quest progression, NPCs getting stuck in objects, incorrect quest markers, and issues with quest cutscenes.
Hurrah, especially the incorrect map markers!
Those got to be a right pita.
 
Used one of the engine.ini tweaks and it's helped a lot. Also managed to get the FOV and cutscenes sorted in 21:9. Both of these have made the game a lot more enjoyable. My 9600k is still getting battered so need to assess my finances after the Christmas shopping is done and get it upgraded.
 
I created an engine.ini file to add in a bit of motion blur. Usually it goes off immediately, but a tad of blue smooths out the motion I find (Oled 34")

Only crash I've had is trying to load a save game - autosave no problem, manual save, locks up.

Haven't played long but it feel every bit like a remaster of STALKER. Happy with that :)
 
Used one of the engine.ini tweaks and it's helped a lot. Also managed to get the FOV and cutscenes sorted in 21:9. Both of these have made the game a lot more enjoyable. My 9600k is still getting battered so need to assess my finances after the Christmas shopping is done and get it upgraded.
Likewise my 6700k is screaming for mercy too, hes had a good life..... :p
 
Given up for now, the spawning of enemy's completely ruins the game.

Try this mod maybe : https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/185

"The goal of this mod is to be a quick bandaid fix for the crazy close AI spawns by increasing the spawn distance by 3/5x while also increasing de-spawn distance by 20x. Multiple versions are available that will increase AI physics range(Far spawn AI will no longer stand still), AI Search & View distance, along with maximum amount of AI spawned."
 
What GPU and graphics settings?
3070ti 1080p. Mostly medium settings iirc. Some high, depth of field as low as it goes, DLSS on quality. FPS pretty much locked at 75 other than occasional drops to single figures, usually solved by going into the menu and out again.
 
Playing well on gamepass here on a 3080 (high preset with dlss perf @ 4k), not perfect, there are some stutters but then that is traversal/UE stutter which is affecting all verisons.

If you're using AMDs official fsr 3 FG, dump that and use nukems fsr 3 mod, this is usually always better than the official implementation of FSR 3 FG, for RTX users anyway.
 
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played about an hour of it the other night....needs a lot of polish...i think when modders truly get to work on this.....its going to be a great game. In its current state, a lot of bugs/immersion issues ruining it for me.
 
For anyone wanting to pick this up on the cheap: Quidco are offering £10 cashback if you opt-in and spend £30 or more at CD Keys today.
 
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played about an hour of it the other night....needs a lot of polish...i think when modders truly get to work on this.....its going to be a great game. In its current state, a lot of bugs/immersion issues ruining it for me.
It's worse than cyberpunk was by a long way

In reality it's probably like a 6/10 game now but could easily be an 8/10 if they fix the AI and the view distance of npcs etc


I keep holding off playing hoping the first patch drops sooner rather than the end of the week.

The durability thing sucks too, and I don't really wanna be forced to mods to fix it
 
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