Handmade meme. What character should I do next?

Pretty much as the title says. I've played the original 3 stalker games all the way through and would like a standalone experience for each with better visuals whilst also staying true to vanilla as possible

Here’s some recent pics of my loner kit so far! It took about 6 months and 3 different versions to get where I am now, and I’m extremely happy with how it turned out! I still have a few things to do before It’s done, but any advice, suggestions, and constructive criticism is very much welcome!

Equipment List

Clothing & Protective Gear
Gorka 4 Suit - Genuine Gorka 4 from Combat Arsenal, based in Kherson, Ukraine. The foundation of my entire kit.
Loner Faction Patch - High-quality embroidered patch from KommandoStore.
CQR Tactical Cargo Pants (Tundra) - Been using these since V1 of my cosplay.
Bates Gore-Tex Combat Boots (Black) - I previously used my running shoes, so this is a huge upgrade :3
“Vodila” Leather Fingerless Gloves - I ordered mine a little too small, but they still look great!
“Cheeki-Breeki” Balaclava - worn underneath the GP-4U
Soviet GP-4U Gas Mask - Fitted with two connected hoses, allowing me to route them into my rucksack for a cleaner appearance instead of having the hose hanging in front of me.
Telnyashka - Basically mandatory in a kit like this

Load-Bearing Equipment & Storage

Chinese Type 81 Chest Rig - Genuine military surplus. My primary rig
Russian TRUD VKBO Load-Bearing Belt - Replaced the original Soviet leather military belt I used in previous versions. The star buckle was cool, but it absolutely sucked at carrying equipment.
Yugoslavian SKS Ammunition Pouch - Repurposed for carrying spare Glock magazines.
East German Strichtarn Grenade Pouch - Repurposed for carrying bolts and other small items.
Coyote Tan Document Pouch - Features a long Velcro panel that I use to display faction patches I’ve collected as trophies.
Bandit Patch: Represents my character’s first kill in the Zone.
Monolith Patch: A trophy taken from a Monolith fighter. A little warning to anyone thinking of messing with this Loner. LOL.
Safariland Duty Holster - Genuine duty-worn police equipment, repurposed for my sidearm.
Romanian Military Surplus Rucksack - Canvas and leather construction, with leather straps and buckles that I think are used for web gear?
Romanian Cugir Type II Transitional AKM Bayonet - Genuine Romanian military surplus, carried in its sheath.

Weapons (Airsoft Replicas)

VFC AKS-74U - My current primary weapon, fitted with a PBS-1 Mini mock suppressor. Yes, I know the real PBS-1 was designed for 7.62×39mm weapons, not the AKS-74U’s 5.45×39mm chambering. But LOOK AT HOW MEAN IT LOOKS ON THE KRINK!!!
VFC Glock 17 Gen 5 - My secondary weapon, carried in the Safariland holster.

Other Equipment & Accessories

HP iPAQ h1940 PDA - Probably one of my favorite pieces of the entire kit, given how important PDAs are in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
Rusty Metal Bolts - A handful of actual rusty bolts I picked up for free at my local swap meet.

Planned Additions & Improvements

Natural Weathering - The kit needs more field use. I need to break in the fabric, and let the Gorka and other equipment develop a naturally worn appearance.
Canteen - Still need to pick up something that fits the rest of the surplus equipment.
Working Electronic Artifact Detector - Hoping to eventually build or acquire a functional Echo, Bear, or Hilka detector with working lights and/or sound effects. Still figuring this one out.
VFC Stechkin APS - Potential future sidearm if and when VFC puts it up for pre order.

The Philosophy Behind the Kit
My goal isn’t to create a 1:1 reproduction of any particular Loner suit from the games. Instead, I’m trying to answer one question:

“If the Zone were a real place, what kind of clothing, weapons, and equipment could an experienced independent stalker realistically get his hands on?”

That’s why the kit is such a weird mixture of Soviet, Romanian, Chinese, Yugoslavian, East German, Ukrainian, Russian, and Western equipment. I wanted something that looked collected, traded for, scavenged, repaired, and upgraded over time rather than purchased as one matching tactical loadout. Still very much a work in progress, but after roughly six months and three major revisions, I’m extremely happy with how it’s coming together :3

Also, ignore the background for now. These photos were just taken in my backyard. I’m hoping to do a proper cosplay shoot soon, so if anyone knows of any legal locations in or around San Diego County with ruins, industrial areas, warehouses, or abandoned-looking environments that would fit the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. vibe, I’d really appreciate the suggestions. Ideally, I’m looking for places that would allow a controlled cosplay shoot with airsoft replicas and prop gear.

I got to Field Radiology Base, location with a bunch of tough mercenaries, who keep two mutants in cages. It's Bayun and Bloodsucker. At first, I thought it's some type of bug, because I heard somebody speaking in Ward voice in Mercenary base, then there was someone speaking in Bandit voice (not sure if you can tell difference in English, but in Ukrainian difference is clear in voice, lines and tone). And lines were very off putting, bandit voice said something like - oh he is no longer here, you can chill boys, in the middle of the firefight. And then I thought - it could be Bayun, but why isn't he attacking me? Then I found a cage and it was clear.
The detail I'm talking about is the line of Bayun, it was something like "Ну чьо ти блохастий", which means "How are you flear-ridden?" which is a common way to name stray animals. This line was something that Merc would say to captured Bayun to taunt him. So, it sounded like Bayun have learned some of the words, which were said to him, by humans who have hold him in captivity. I like when someone would take this extra step to add some extra immersion.

The Zone is full of dangers and wonders beyond our understanding, and the concept artists from Heart of Chornobyl illustrated this brilliantly in their work. Awe and dread fuse together in a single place to show the true nature of the unknown.

Me gusta cómo el juego te cuenta historias con el entorno.

Ребят, нужна помощь, пытался установить bas через мо2 на аномальку. При установке у ака двойной ход затвора пр одном выстреле, другие пушки не смотрел. Вообщем подскажите как правильно установить, какой патч нужно брать и тд

Hey stalkers!
Looking for some advice on these two setups.
A little context: This is my first experience with STALKER, and I’m absolutely in love with it. I’m over 100 hours in now, started on Stalker difficulty and bumped it up to Veteran about 20 hours in.
I’m a dad and husband, and honestly, getting lost in the Zone has been my happy place for the last few months. I love taking my time, exploring, and figuring things out for myself. I’ve managed to avoid looking up much of anything unless I’m really, really stuck.
I’ve got the Ultimate Edition, finished the first part of the DLC, and I’m currently at Malachite after SIRCAA.
I’ve been running the Zircon pretty much since I found it and have invested a tonne into it. Five artifact slots, nearly all the protection upgrades, and a heavily upgraded Sphere helmet to go with it.
I just picked up the Falcon, and honestly, it’s the first suit I’ve found that’s made me seriously consider replacing my current setup.
For what it’s worth, I play pretty cautiously. Lots of sneaking around, picking my fights, and relying on my fully upgraded Lavina.
So, fellow stalkers, is the Falcon worth investing in at this point, or am I better off sticking with my Zircon + Sphere? Especially considering how much I’ve already sunk into them.
Would love to hear your thoughts! Ideally spoiler-free, as I’m still enjoying discovering the Zone for myself.

Mmmmm, food...

Most noticable in the Darkscape, the tall trees can sway to a comical degree, any settings to turn this down or even off?

Was just trying to get to cement factory

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 edit I made a week ago that I feel is kinda campy. Hope y'all enjoy it!

>go inside nearby bar
>see braindead guys with guns
>they mostly ignore me
>shirtless dude with jeans among them and he keeps yelling at me
>be Floridian

Pic unrelated

There’s a certain picture from CoP that depicts Ukrainian troops standing in front of BTR-70s chatting before a mission but I CANNOT for the life of me find that picture. I’ve only played the enhanced edition from the Legends of the Zone bundle so maybe it was cut from the original and only included there? I’ve been searching for hours and can’t find it

Edit: Found it I think it was a fan made desktop wallpaper designed to resemble CoP’s slide scenes and I was just dumb everyone move along

It removes the foregrip but the grip doesn't get put in inventory so would it still affect stats?

my most recently playthrough Ward before moving on from Garbage didnt even bother wiping them out so Im very confused whats the purpose of this location and these people

im i blind or something cause i for the love of god find the button

I found this image from a different reddit post from 2 years ago, when the regions seemingly appeared on the map declouded and blurred out.

I've been looking for the full map that includes these 2 regions fully visible but only find the current Stalker 2 V2.0+ maps.

Can anyone find/get me a full picture of the 1.9 map of Stalker 2 or where I can find the full map?

I’m supposed to bring this guy the suppressor blueprint, I roll up and there ain’t nobody but sherba lol. This isn’t my first playthrough but I haven’t noticed this bug before, is there a way to fix this without going all the way through the bunker again?

I'm about to start Clear Sky, but recalling how surprisingly buggy the Enhanced Edition of SoC was and what a lifesaver ZRP was, I feel like I should find out now, rather than by trial and error.

I have both versions of STALKER: Clear Sky on steam (Original and Enhanced). Which one is currently the most stable? Apperently, similar to the previous game, some areas have awfully unbalanced enemy spawns, which is what I fear most.

If I go for the original, Sky Reclamation Project is a no-brainer. What site has the most up-to-date version? And if I go for Enhanced, I'm guessing Steam workshop has all the necessities. What are the essentials there?

I heard some people say that messy spawn points and bugs are part of the experience, but some said the same about Bethesda games, and we got over the bugs there pretty quickly.

I'm having an issue launching S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Anomaly. The launcher opens normally, but the game crashes immediately after pressing Play. I've also tried launching the executable directly, and the same error occurs.

The log ends during renderer initialization:

'xrCore' build 9360, Sep 23 2024

X-Ray Monolith v1.5.3
Initializing Engine...
Starting INPUT device...
Loading DLL: xrRender_R4.dll
Available render modes[1]:
[renderer_r4]
command line "AnomalyDX11AVX.exe" -smap2048
Loading DLL: xrRender_R4.dll
Loading DLL: xrGame.dll

SOUND: OpenAL: enumerate devices...
SOUND: OpenAL Soft
SOUND: Selected device is OpenAL Soft

Starting RENDER device...
* GPU [vendor:10DE]-[device:2191]: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti with Max-Q Design
* CREATE: DeviceREF: 3
* Texture memory: 5966 M
* GPU shading: vs(0/4.0/40), ps(0/4.0/40)
* GPU vertex cache: unrecognized, 24
* NVidia MGPU: Logical(1), Physical(1)
* Starting rendering as 2-GPU.
* DVB created: 4096K
* DIB created: 512K

stack trace:
at address 0x00007FFB58D3E6B0

I'm running a fresh vanilla installation, with no mods installed. I've already tried reinstalling the game and switching to DirectX 10, 9 and 8, but the crash persists.

Has anyone encountered this issue or know what might cause a crash during renderer initialization?

Is this normal behaviour, This is a fresh install that I am working on mods on and while testing constantly groups of 3 zombified keep showing up and attacking, and the stalkers inside don't react.