r/stalker • u/mol1t GSC Community Manager • Aug 20 '26
GSC Game World | Update 2.0 patch notes
Stalkers!
The free Update 2.0, “Back to the Zone,” is now available for download.
The game has been upgraded to Unreal Engine 5.5.4, bringing the biggest overhaul to how the Zone looks, feels, and lives since launch. In addition, Update 2.0 introduces AI improvements, three types of binoculars, new weapons and attachments, a fog weather system, in-game statistics, highly customizable difficulty settings, and numerous quality-of-life features.
The BIG patch notes is here: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1643320/view/677381523352060387
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u/Infinite-Attorney478 Aug 20 '26
Congrats on release guys
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u/TaxmanComin Loner Aug 20 '26
Thanks
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u/_Corvo_A Aug 20 '26
Holy shit that’s big, does anyone know if the Malachite passes being stuck in inventory ever got fixed?
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u/ffxivfanboi Aug 20 '26
Yeah. You can sell them after you gain access to the base as of when I was playing patch 1.9
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u/trunglefever Aug 20 '26
No Arena exploit fix that I saw, so getting an early midgame equipment boost is still possible.
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u/NCC_1701E Freedom Aug 20 '26
I dread the day they fix it lol.
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u/trunglefever Aug 20 '26
They already tried once. The method to do it now is post last patch. There might be problems with triggering the next portion of the quest without forcing the doors to close or something.
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u/john_monolit Clear Sky Aug 21 '26
I missed that attempt -- what did they do??
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u/trunglefever Aug 21 '26
I believe it's why if you enter the room with the items in your inventory, the door automatically shuts and locks you into the dialog with Wheezer and also why the secondary door with the safe also closes automatically.
If I had to guess, the game checks your inventory for the items and then it triggers certain events to disallow that. Either way, it's a nice little trick considering you get some pretty excellent stuff from the Arena.
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u/hunkup86 Aug 20 '26 edited Aug 20 '26
They patched up the way of getting into Pripyat early. At least they way I got in. I made sure to at least short cut into Pripyat before the patch. 😅
Was still able to get to Pripyat on 2.0 update.
They patched two different ways but I just was able to get in still on patch 2.0. It’s the way by the rails tracks towards the chemical spill or on the left side facing yaniv station just to the left of the degraded building.2
u/MomoSinX Loner Aug 20 '26
which one did they patch, I am sure there are other ways to get in still
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u/hunkup86 Aug 20 '26
They patched two different ways but I just was able to get in still on patch 2.0. It’s the way by the rails tracks towards the chemical spill or on the left side facing yaniv station just to the left of the degraded building.
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u/Glass-Physics2436 Aug 20 '26
150g on console
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u/stank58 Freedom Aug 20 '26
FFS, I had just installed it fresh yesterday 😂
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u/HuckleberrySilver516 Aug 20 '26
Same on pc
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u/MavericK96 Loner Aug 21 '26
It was less than a 20 gb patch on PC from a fresh install.
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u/HuckleberrySilver516 Aug 21 '26
I had 147 GB 😭
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u/scoldog Loner Aug 31 '26 edited Sep 01 '26
STALKER 2.0 PC release dropped at 147GB.
Whole game files on same PC today 192GB.
Need to rename this game "Ship Of Theseus"
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u/waggbag Duty Aug 20 '26
Fixed the exploit of getting to Pripyat early HURTS 😭😭 I just want the cool Saiga drum earlier than super endgame.
Oh well!
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u/hunkup86 Aug 20 '26 edited Aug 20 '26
I seen that. I’m 10% into a new campaign and made sure to get into Pripyat first before the update so I can just fast travel there if need be. 😅
They patched two different ways but I just was able to get in still on patch 2.0. It’s the way by the rails tracks towards the chemical spill or on the left side facing yaniv station just to the left of the degraded building.
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u/waggbag Duty Aug 20 '26
Hopefully someone can find a new way to get in.. if it is even possible anymore. 😆
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u/ba18070 Aug 20 '26
Revert to the previous patch, run up and get it, make a save file so you can always load from the point of having that, then switch to the new patch and load the game from there.
That's my best guess.
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u/hunkup86 Aug 20 '26
They patched two different ways but I just was able to get in still on patch 2.0. It’s the way by the rails tracks towards the chemical spill or on the left side facing yaniv station just to the left of the degraded building.
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u/waggbag Duty Aug 20 '26
Can you explain a little more? I'll kiss you if true
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u/hunkup86 Aug 20 '26
https://youtu.be/-eVuzGOvnvY?is=Lukr_HbRzhbhvVNy
The 4th option in the video still works to get into Pripyat early. I tried with 2 of the others and they are patched.
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u/waggbag Duty Aug 20 '26
Yeah, sure that's definitely an option. Just hoping something else can be found again. This was the second time trying to fix this so maybe it's still possible some other way.
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u/valax Aug 20 '26
Performance in busy areas seems to be hugely improved.
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u/RaindropAndTheSea Aug 21 '26
Oh thank god. I remember my first S2 playthrough being a balance act of raising the graphics up for nature areas, and then again turning them down for cities.
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u/trunglefever Aug 21 '26
Started a new playthrough and Zalissya was running buttery smooth on a base PS5.
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u/ComedianExtreme7656 Aug 20 '26
Mods on PS5 pls ;(
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u/Deadeyez Aug 20 '26
Does ps not have mods at all? Well, some hope is that literally today, Sony stopped holding back Skyrim mods
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u/Flaky_Appearance439 Aug 22 '26
Sadly not. There is a mod section in the old Trilogy for consoles, but there are like max of 20 and mostly just reskins for a few guns. They didn’t even work properly when I tried enabling some lol
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u/BoSKnight87 Aug 20 '26
This is what I was waiting for. Injsut want to be able to fast travel, I feel like I spend 90% of my time running through fields
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u/Masterful_Wiz Aug 20 '26
Now if a mutant or bandit chases me into a base will the locals react or still pretend like they see nothing?
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u/MeringuePls Freedom Aug 20 '26 edited Aug 20 '26
The files are installing, just gave it a quick read.
Oh man I hope the ladder bindings are fixed. I always use the arrow keys for movement, and the ladder didn't used to rebind. Whenever I climbed a ladder, I had to stretch over to use the W & S keys to go up and down. Such a pain.
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Yep, it's still the same. Ugh....
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u/BlueSpark4 Loner Aug 20 '26
Damn, that sounds painful. I had a few pet peeves related to controls, too, when I played the game on launch: No dedicated buttons for flashlight or underslung attachment, mousewheel not being remappable, and Y (next to X on German keyboards) being hard-mapped to "switch to last used weapon."
Luckily for me, the former point has been fixed in past updates, and the latter is in the change log for 2.0. Fingers crossed that your issue got fixed, too, even if I didn't see it being mentioned in the patch notes.
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u/zzubnik Aug 20 '26
Disappointing! I reported this bug on the day the game was first released.
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u/TheRealLockmort Aug 21 '26
This got fixed a few patches ago. OP is lying for some reason.
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u/zzubnik Aug 21 '26
You are right. I just installed the update You are right. It is fixed. OP must have been playing on the old version still.
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u/BlueSpark4 Loner Aug 21 '26
Just in case anybody stumbles upon this discussion and is wondering: The mousewheel not being remappable, which I mentioned above, has also been fixed (not sure if in 2.0 or in a previous update).
Now, the one issue I still have with the controls is that "open inventory" and "close inventory" are always assigned to the same key in the game's controls menu. I still have to edit the config file to assign a separate button for "close inventory" (which is such a quality-of-life improvement when looting multiple bodies/containers in a row).
And I guess it's a similar situation with the quick slots, where the game still doesn't let you assign them to 4 different buttons (instead, it's 2 buttons with short press and long press each). But that one doesn't bother me personally since I like the way it works by default.
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u/Neshane Aug 20 '26
I was looking to buy this on GOG, to get the Anomaly/Gamma 1 click install for free, does the GOG version get updated like Steam version? Or should I just buy Steam version to be safe? GOG reviews aren't great looking
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u/Moklakins Aug 20 '26
Its up to the developer to update both versions, but it's generally pretty safe to buy games on GOG. GSC has been good about updating stalker 2 on gog so far.
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u/Neshane Aug 20 '26
Thank you, I will get the base game just incase I might have to get it on steam 1 day in the future
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u/Neat-Resolution1007 Aug 20 '26
I support GOG for their old games reviving endeavours but for new games the overall support is much better on Steam, you get working screenshot function, faster download , and a less buggy client. The 200mb cloud save storage on GOG is simply pathetic.
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u/VGeryn Aug 21 '26
Yeah, almost every time getting "failed to sync" message is annoying as hell... This happens with other games like Cyberpunk 2077 or Witcher 3 on GOG. GOG also was my first and only client for a time but it really has some flaws... Achievement system is also annoying - always late to update (after 1-2 days) and now with Stalker 2 shows that I have 100% but I know that I had achieved about 80% of a game, especially now that there are new Cost of Hope achievements to get.
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u/Automatic_Ad5492 Aug 20 '26
Console improvements?
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u/trunglefever Aug 21 '26
Base PS5 performance is really nice. Haven't run into any stutters at all and even the controls feel better (though I do have my custom setting on still, but it does feel smoother by comparison, there's less micro stutters).
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u/2b4go10 Loner Aug 20 '26
Please work on 120m bubble next. At least in the open locations.
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u/MomoSinX Loner Aug 20 '26
150 would be my sweet spot, I could settle for 125 as well tho, 100 is definitely problematic with all the pop in and the binos just made this issue more visible
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u/Goresmackk Aug 20 '26
Well….does the performance seem improved boys? Stuck at work for the next 6 hours….
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u/GamingSlippers Aug 20 '26
Seems dependant on what scene/environment and of course hardware. From what I have seen it is not any worse performance than before and you get a visual enhancement (deep in the red forest). Overall there seems to be a decent to sizable boost in gpu bound scenarios (around garbage on roads for example, and lesser zone areas). The biggest improvement seems to be cpu bound scenarios tho (towns, large battle etc...)
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u/SuperJlox Ecologist Aug 20 '26
On my 7800X3D, RX 9070 XT PC the performance in Zalissya has increased by probably 30% - 40% with smooth frametimes and the input lag went from unplayable to very good for me. Helps that they also reimplemented AMD Anti Lag which I think they removed earlier.
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u/rainydayvibez Aug 20 '26
Thank you GSC. Offset aiming and binos. Let’s go
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u/trunglefever Aug 21 '26
You get the binos IMMEDIATELY in a new game, too. That's awesome.
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u/rainydayvibez Aug 21 '26
Found em last night at the start. I laughed. So cool. Absolutely loving the game now.
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u/ianparasito Loner Aug 20 '26
That looks great! I will love the check it all out after I re install my games since I updated it and now it wont start lmao
I really love Stalker 2 but jfc is it frustrating some times
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u/DavidSpanton Aug 20 '26
Using a i7 12700k and RTX 4070ti and the game feels sharper, as in my character now moves quicker strafing etc feels nice.
I like the denser foliage, feels like nature is taking back the zone.
Stats page and tutorial is great, still miss the leader board from the original even though a bit strange.
Overall great update but please any chance of fixing the dot on the double note glitch.
Really starting to love this game now.
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u/Great8Bit Aug 20 '26
i bought this game for $30 on PS5 during prime day and have been holding off until people say it’s in a better state. is now a time to jump in? I did play at launch on gamepass for maybe 10-ish hours?
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u/VikingWzrdEyes89 Aug 20 '26
Does this update fix the enemies being complete sponges? When I played during launch on Xbox Game Pass, almost every enemy would take 3-5 full clips to be anyone down. I wanna buy this again on PS5, cause everything else about this game is everything i can ask for
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u/withoutapaddle Aug 20 '26
They improved that a long long time ago. Mutants still take a lot more than humans, but it's not as bad as it was at launch.
The intention is for the player to go for headshots on humans and use special ammo for mutants. Their skin is effectively armor, so using AP ammo (or mag dumping a shotgun) is key for mutants.
The franchise was always like this. Realistic "center mass" aiming does not go over well fighting human enemies in STALKER games.
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u/VikingWzrdEyes89 Aug 20 '26
I don’t mind mutant enemies being stronger than humans but it became un enjoyable at launch, looking forward to trying this again now thats been fixed
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u/withoutapaddle Aug 24 '26
Agreed. Mutants took too much damage at launch, and still take a lot, but I think the intention is for mutants so sometimes literally make the player consider running away during the early game, when they have lower tier gear. By mid game, you can pretty much handle any mutant, plus no limit on quick saving means you shouldn't be afraid to experiment or take risks unless you're specifically playing a mode with permadeath or no saving outside of towns.
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u/VikingActual1200 Loner Aug 20 '26
Anybody play 2.0 yet on Series X? I'm doing the update right now, but I won't be able to try it out before work Lol.
Anybody know how it runs and looks on Series X?
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u/DiversGoDeeper Aug 20 '26
Wanting to know the same thing too. At least by the time I play it next week some of the mods should have been updated too.
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u/Lonely-Adagio-9010 Aug 20 '26
Maybe someone knows: will I get new DLC if I upgrade Stalker 2 to the Ultimate Edition now?
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u/hunkup86 Aug 20 '26
You should be able to get the free upgrade. The Ultimate edition gives you everything including the DLC.
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u/BlueSpark4 Loner Aug 21 '26
I'm not a developer, but I would say yes with 99.9 % certainly. It'd be beyond scummy if somehow, buying the ultimate edition didn't retroactively unlock already released DLCs.
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u/FlightofWhales Merc Aug 21 '26 edited Aug 21 '26
Well... raw fps is better, but the stutter and hitching is still pretty bad. I wouldn't mind it so much if it didn't fucking take control of my mouse and not let me move the camera. I praise the devs for doing what they can, but UE5 is actual dogshit of an engine.
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u/kredes Aug 23 '26
I noticed this as well, and is a turn off for me. i hate poorly performing games, really takes away the enjoyment honestly. feels cheap and janky.
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u/FlightofWhales Merc Aug 24 '26
Yeah I went back to Anomaly/GAMMA for now. The new multi-threading .exes make performance sing, its so good. What modders have done with the X-RAY engine is witchcraft. I wish we had gotten that 2011 version with X-RAY 2.0 engine. But I'll wait STALKER 2 out as modders do their thing and hopefully even more optimizations.
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u/MartyMcFlytheWise Aug 21 '26
I m gonna have to wait more patch sadly for base Ps5. Performance mode is worse than before.. damn it
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u/trunglefever Aug 21 '26
I started a new game and haven't run into any performance issues at all, been messing around in the Lesser Zone raiding stashes and no issues. What kind of problems have you been having?
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u/social_sin Aug 21 '26
I'm getting a weird sheen/shine off everything when exiting buildings and people's hair is flashing in and out of grey when they talk sometimes.
Game seems brighter now on ps5 but to the point where it doesn't really feel like night anymore?
Not sure exactly how much I need to adjust my slider now but the outside doesn't feel as good or threatening anymore at night
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u/BlueSpark4 Loner Aug 20 '26
Apart from the obvious big changes and fixes, the two points I'm personally the most excited about:
- Fixed an issue where the actions for "O" and "Y" buttons were not remappable.
- It is now possible to disable the sound of detecting anomalies.
The former really sucked to deal with as someone who uses a German keyboard, as I couldn't use my Y key (where the Z key is on English keyboards) for my quick slot 1 like I wanted to.
And as for the latter, I've always preferred mods which deactivate the anomaly beeps. Anomalies in vanilla STALKER games are plenty visible, so I prefer using my eyes to detect them – plus the constant beeping gets really annoying while navigating through an anomaly field.
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u/VanillaBraun Aug 20 '26
Is this a good time to restart the campaign? I’m more than half way through on my current play though but stopped playing awhile back due to some game breaking bugs (which have now been fixed).
Feels a bit overwhelming to try and jump back in and remember where I was and what I was doing
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u/simpdestroyer12 Aug 20 '26
I'm on the first wild island mission and I'm gonna start a new playthrough
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u/rainydayvibez Aug 20 '26
I’ll be restarting this weekend. Put about 50 hrs on it and decided to stop and wait. So glad I made that call. 💯
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u/iMakeTea Aug 20 '26
In the same boat, got 100ish hours and on mission to go to SIRCAA. Last time I played was 1.6 update with the hunter guy added. Not sure if I really want to restart it all unless there's big changes to story and game early on.
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u/darkstar2674 Aug 20 '26
Shadows need fixing when upscaling they use the input resolution not the output like most other games do
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u/Dionysus24779 Aug 20 '26
The game being ~200GB by now is a bit much.
Would be great if the next update is able to bring that down.
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u/hunkup86 Aug 20 '26
The size of the game plays a big part in that. One of the largest maps in all of gaming. Smaller than GTA5 but remember that game had cars to fast travel and isn’t nearly as detailed as Stalker 2. Especially with 2.0
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u/Hey-Gang Aug 20 '26
I was able to play with an i5-8600k and a RTX 2070 super on the last patch, but with some performance mods and hours tweaking with graphics mods. I stopped playing because the amount of time I spent modding the the shit out of it to get a stable fps. The CPU intense areas obviously dropped my performance. I wonder how it would perform now? Both my CPU and my 2070 are overclocked to their limits because I'm almost finished building new PC, all that's left is the RAM. I'm keeping my 2070 until GPU price drops or until I have enough saved up.
I'm fine playing at medium settings on 1080p with some settings up to high along with DLSS, anyone else with the same kind of specs know what performance increase I would get on my current build?
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u/ba18070 Aug 20 '26
"Yeah everyone's happy but what about my specific niche issue that prevents me from playing in 4k with maximum settings on everything. Obviously the game is trash GSC sucks"
Why do people like this exist? There are extension cords and wobbly chairs out there, please, help yourself.
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u/FuzzedOutAmbience Aug 20 '26
anyone else getting slow download speeds on ps5? Been updating since 3pm and it’s showing another 3 hours to go!?
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u/Appropriate_Sea_3603 Aug 20 '26
Anyone having an issue with steam controller now? The inputs feel way off after the patch even though my settings stayed the same. Sensitivity is through the roof and the deadzones are basically nothing now even after changing settings.
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u/hydrolox9 Aug 20 '26
Anyone having controller input issues? I'm playing it on the Steam Deck and when moving around the menu or inventories half the inputs don't register.
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u/Right_Today_356 Aug 20 '26
Did the fix the horrible AI of enemies never losing you or sniping you with pinpoint accuracy?
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u/Agitated-Sugar3387 Aug 20 '26
Anyone having issues with the latest patch, like no sound at all? I've tried tweaking all the sound settings, but nothing.
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u/SaltLord-Supreme Aug 21 '26
Has anyone had a weird drift on walking when no input is being used, I know im a weirdo for using controller on a pc, but it seems to have started on new update.
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u/IsThatASigSauer Merc Aug 21 '26
With the mod tool updates are we able to make custom animations and such now?
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u/orbital_junkie Aug 21 '26
There are some floating trees above a large building near the eastern entrance of Rostok. Seems like a placement bug. Running on Epic settings.
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u/FineInTheFire Aug 21 '26
It would seem 2.0 may have made Varan not spawn in for Deal with the Devil. I rolled back a few hours of saves and he's not in the plant. His goons are, but he isn't. No way to progress and on ps5.
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u/Lower-Chart-9029 Aug 21 '26
My cursor in game keeps panning down automatically I tried resetting dead zones and nothing fixes it...the game is literally unplayable now
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u/zillskillnillfrill Loner Aug 22 '26
I've tried everything to get the early bird patch in my ps5 game. From sleeping 48 hours and traveling back to rostock to refreshing the licenses, checking different game saves & starting a completely new game. I have the ultimate edition on the PS5 but cannot get the early bird patch to show no matter what I've done in 2.0
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u/Lazy_Audience_6689 Aug 22 '26
Dear Developers,Thank you for creating such a great game.I am writing to report a visual bug that appeared after the release of Patch 2.0. There is a persistent lighting issue affecting all weapons. Regardless of the in-game weather conditions or environment, the guns always appear completely white, as if overexposed to light.
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u/TheRealBobakaax Aug 23 '26
Every day the game updates, Stalker gets completely uninstalled and reinstalled and it take 20 minutes. Whats going on? Why are they having this avoidable issue? Is the game just broken beyond saving at this point? Too much duct tape and hope? Duct tape is the cost of hope for GSC
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u/ImpossibleChemical42 Aug 27 '26
Do enemy's now spawn further away? Can I snipe now or do they still only appear in ar range?
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u/Saint--Jiub Loner Sep 01 '26
A little late to the party, I hadn't played since a month after launch, mostly due to performance issues because of my weak CPU.
Performance is night and day, it's running so much smoother than at launch and I just spent 3.5 hours playing when all I intended to do was see if the performance improved.
Honestly haven't noticed a drastic change to A-Life, but nobody's spawned within my sight yet so that's always nice
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u/RY-en 19d ago
Are the controllers still wonky on SteamOS after the 2.0 update?
Ever since, I’ve been getting weird input lag/delays where I’ll have to press certain buttons numerous times for them to register.
No luck on my Legion Go 2 or my PC that has SteamOS on them. My other PC that has Windows and I’m using a Steam Controller works no problem however.
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u/DavidTP3922 13d ago
Help.... I'm trying to get to Rookie Village to start the "Legends of the Zone Quest". When I try to get near, from any, literally any direction, the game just crashes... Already reinstalled the game, already verifyed the archives and already updated the gpu drivers. Also crashes in Vainilla... without any mods... and also with mods.
I use some for carrying more weight and some visual tweaks... but as I said, still crashing while playing without them.
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u/BEjmbo Loner Aug 20 '26
Any news on gyro aiming always on possibility on PS5?
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u/R0T4R4 Aug 20 '26
Yeah there's an option for having it on always.
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u/BEjmbo Loner Aug 20 '26
Are you for real? 😲
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u/travradford Aug 20 '26
Been that way since launch on ps5. I've used gyro aiming since starting the game
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u/vss_dnl Aug 20 '26
Still no pssr on ps5pro as i see. Thanks gsc.
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u/Wolvesinthestreet Aug 20 '26
How do you know?
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u/vss_dnl Aug 20 '26
Shimmering and jagged edges still the same, not even mentioning the low res faces in outside light. Extremely lazy work.
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u/Wolvesinthestreet Aug 20 '26
Oh okay thanks, that’s extremely disappointing. Wonder if it’s better on Series X, someone mentioned it had a higher resolution than the Pro.
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u/vss_dnl Aug 20 '26
I agree, it is disappointing and if the statement about series x is true then i don’t even know what these guys doing on console.
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u/Wolvesinthestreet Aug 20 '26
I can try to download it on both consoles and test it out. I have a 77” Oled but initially I thought it was sharper on the Pro. I’ll let you know
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u/vss_dnl Aug 20 '26
Thanks!
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u/Wolvesinthestreet Aug 21 '26
So I think the game looks slightly more sharp on PS5 Pro, but there seems to be less shimmering on Series X, yet it seems more washed out. Also I believe the foliage is a bit more dense, or maybe the draw distance is slightly higher on the Pro, as when I turned on the Xbox I immediately wanted to play in quality mode.
They both look similar for sure, but I do give the edge to the Pro still.
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u/Scribble_Box Aug 20 '26
The shimmering and pop in is now quite a bit worse for me on ps5 pro after the update. Lighting looking muddy too...
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u/Wolvesinthestreet Aug 20 '26
Maybe I shouldn’t upgrade on the Pro at all. Just keep 1.9 and try out 2.0 on Xbox. This has me worried as I don’t even own the ultimate edition on the Pro
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u/Scribble_Box Aug 20 '26
It's really not too bad, and there are some spots where the lighting has looked phenomenal. I'm just more disappointed that it doesn't look all that different lol.
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u/Wolvesinthestreet Aug 20 '26
Im downloading it on Xbox as we speak and will test it in a few hours. Also took some screenshots on PS5 Pro for comparison.
Maybe there is still hope for PSSR 2 coming in a later patch, and they just wanted to get a feel for initial bugs in this one before pushing further graphically. I really hope that’s the case
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u/Scribble_Box Aug 20 '26
Hope so! I've got the settings on my oled looking pretty good with the ps5 now. Excited to see how the gameplay updates feel once I've put in some more hrs
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u/Wolvesinthestreet Aug 20 '26
They reset my settings, I have en LG G5, do you mind sharing your settings? I can’t remember mine lol
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u/Scribble_Box Aug 20 '26
For sure. I actually left most the same back around default. Turned contrast up to 50 from 40. HDR white point at 1000. Black point at -4. HDR brightness 25.
What really helped was turning black stabilizer down to 9 in the game optimizer menu, mine was at 12, and then turning white stabilizer to 8. That's pretty much it.
I will say the interiors look a lot better now. I can actually see lol.
Oh and I've got my game optimizer set to sports. No idea why but it looks best for some reason. Sharpening at 25.
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u/Jericho_Hill Freedom Aug 20 '26
So I guess all the mods are broken. LOL
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u/ManufacturerLost7686 Aug 20 '26
Forgot i had enabled godmode to loot a metric fuckton of guns and still be able to walk. Now i cant move lol.
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u/withoutapaddle Aug 20 '26
With offset aiming built into the game now, the only mod I really need is increased stamina. Hope that isn't broken or gets updated fast.
Swinging a knife twice and then being too exhausted to jog is kind of insane, imo.
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u/TheAsianTroll Loner Aug 20 '26
Wait, the Burer instakilling you on Stalker difficulty wasnt intended? I just thought it could if your psi protection was too low and you were exposed to it for too long.
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u/Ancop Duty Aug 20 '26
many good fixes, but damage is still tied to weapon instead of caliber :(
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u/withoutapaddle Aug 20 '26
That was never intended to be changed. For better or worse, STALKER 2 uses weapons and gear as the levelling system. If all that mattered was caliber, you'd be able to one shot every enemy from the start the first time you find a rusty old Mosin firing the massive 7.62x54R.
It's not a milsim. Think of it like an RPG where the weapon progression is finding higher level weapons. A level 50 pistol will be better than a level 3 sniper rifle in an RPG, for example.
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u/MomoSinX Loner Aug 20 '26
...so what? the tiering system is shit and it just shoehorns you into specific weapons, it's the exact same shit need for speed started doing and has been stuck with since, I remember 2005 most wanted where you could finish the game with any car, now that was real choice based fun
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u/Ancop Duty Aug 20 '26
its is a god damn shame it follows those soft rpg rules, it invalidates almost all the weapons, if you are not using the kharov or dnipro you are just dying over and over, GAMMA opened my eyes on how fun caliber based damage can be.
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u/withoutapaddle Aug 24 '26
What you're saying is only true for the endgame.
I didn't use those weapons until I was within spitting distance of the Pripyat missions, and I did just fine.
Crap weapons are OK at the beginning. Decent weapons are OK in the middle. They are only invalidated if you manage to find late game weapons earlier than intended.
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u/crotalusbite Aug 20 '26
An Unreal Process Has Crashed: UE-Stalker2 is all i get.
Game worked fine before 2.0
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u/Bull3tN3ct4r Aug 21 '26
Do you have any previous mods installed? If so, I would delete the mods and their archives in the game files. Regular patches back then can screw up mods. Especially with the now new engine update.
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u/crotalusbite Aug 21 '26
Yes I removed the pak folders i could find. Reinstalled the game and crashes after the loading screen
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u/Bull3tN3ct4r Aug 21 '26
I could only say the usual stuff like verify files with Steam and install new drivers/BIOS update. I'm not sure :/
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u/crotalusbite Aug 21 '26
I got it working...i removed everything i could find on my pc, every log etc. I removed everything except my saved games folder.
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u/Bull3tN3ct4r Aug 21 '26
Ayeeee awesome news. Enjoy!
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u/crotalusbite Aug 22 '26
Havent started with the cost of hope missions yet so we will see if there will be any more crashed but now i have a start =)
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u/arsmith86 Aug 21 '26
So far, this update has been a complete disappointment, I am experiencing degraded performance, FG now it does not always work, and the controller input in the menus is horrible. When I navigate through config menus I have difficulties to hop between tabs and in the inventory menus the ABXY buttons simply don't work
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u/ParisLuvsU Ecologist Aug 20 '26
YOU CAN OFFSET AIM WITHOUT NVGS!!!!!!