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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

Among other things I've been playing S.T.A.L.K.E.R. GAMMA which is an expansion of stalker anomaly which is a mod rehash of the original stalker games. It's a single player immersive-sim/fps/looter-shooter/survival/sandbox game set in the Chernobyl exclusion zone. Very tough, but has been really fun (maybe a bit infuriating at times). I recommend it to those who like a bit of pain. It has replaced single player Tarkov in my rotation for now.

I've been exploring the zone, finding and repairing guns, sitting at campfires, fighting bandits and boars, and running away from other more dangerous things.

Also it's completely free btw.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I'm about to start a playthrough for the first time myself. I couldn't believe that it is actually stand-alone. I thought for sure you'd need to have the OG Stalker games but you don't and it warns that you shouldn't install over them if you have them either.
I never could get myself into the originals but I'm looking forward to GAMMA.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

I never could either. I recommend you configure the durability for dropped guns and armour in your mod config. The game can be very stingy as set to default. Good luck!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Do you find that when you walk over sharp level geometry that the camera doesn't smoothly transition up/down? I really want to enjoy GAMMA but the constant jerkiness of the camera was really off-putting to me. Even moving the camera left and right feels like it's moving 1° at a time. It doesn't feel smooth whatsoever but maybe it's my settings or my ultra wide monitor.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I also run an ultra wide monitor. The sharp geometry thing happens to me too, mostly inside houses where there is like a small lip between rooms, or on stairs. Otherwise the camera seems fine. Maybe playing with the sensitivities or fov might help. Fov also seems to be calculated in a weird way, I have it set to 90 but it feels a lot wider.

Maybe it's just low fps? I'm only getting around 70 fps with a 3080 (3440x1440) at mostly default graphics settings (but it feels smooth enough for me) .

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Hmm maybe it's the FOV or something. I'll play around with some settings to try to get higher FPS and see if it helps.

Thanks!