A Guide To Getting Started in Stalker G.A.M.M.A Mod Pack

[@AmishMinister]

really liked the spoiler warning. I've played hundreds of hours of anomaly, but it's still nice to see creators thinking about this rather than just throwing the meta loot spots/ spoilers. 10/10 guide all in all. would love to see more stalker from ya, gained a sub.

[@darnassiannightsaber7835]

This is exactly what I've noticed as well and I love it. I am looking at the installer that is about to finish, and I can't wait to look at this myself for the first time and experience it the old school way. :)

[@Jrez]

@@darnassiannightsaber7835 ever finish? Moddb servers were getting slammed all weekend. I ended up downloading like 80 mods manually.

[@darnassiannightsaber7835]

@@Jrez Me being me I screwed the install up, so Im redoing it today. Regarding that, the GAMMA discord now has all addons repacked and uploaded to gofile so they free the stress from moddb. Creator apologized for doing it this way (since its other modders work) but honestly it indeed was a good solution. You can find the link in #announcements within the discord if you need it

[@mattm9584]

@@Jrez You should join the discord and use the magnet links instead.

[@kkarhiiv95]

Try OLR way more true for what stalker was supposed to be in 2004.

[@Oroberus]

Small notice on 'silly missions', you should ALWAYS accept the missions which are asking for toolkits as by accepting those, a toolkit WILL spawn in one of the next stash location you acquire. If you never accept a toolkit mission, it is possible to never find a single toolkit within 50 hours of gameplay If you accept EVERY toolkit missions, you'll be stacked with toolkits within 5 hours (from lowest tier to highest tier) Also, if you take on a basic toolkit mission in the great swamps, then find one, don't bring it there but accept one in rostok and bring it there, the basic toolkit spawned by the rostok mission will still be spawned in a stash.

[@ItIsYouAreNotYour]

What is the point of the artifacts? Do they give you powers/stats or something?

[@Oroberus]

@@ItIsYouAreNotYour Yes, different artifacts provides different active and passive powers like increased healing rate etc

[@Orlyrly]

holy shit i was raging so hard not finding tool kits, ive never seen this said anywhere before, this changes the game hahaha thanks bro

[@Oroberus]

@@Orlyrly You're Welcome

[@jmueller9288]

Dude - I love you 😂😂 THANK YOU!

[@BetaBloomberg]

just now going through Gamma after the Drewski hype. This is such an organized, well-developed guide and I appreciate it so much. Stalker setup alone was insane so it feels amazing to have help with this!

[@Bandanner]

Thanks glad it helps. I realise some things have changed since I made it but hopefully there are still helpful bits.

[@_-Naz-_]

@@Bandanner It for sure does!

[@Steampunkgears]

@@Bandanner Also here because sir Drewski hyped it up. Thanks for the guide @Bandanner

[@captainofthewhitetower]

Is there amod like this for fallout 4?

[@kkarhiiv95]

I hate him.

[@adamroper6460]

Much needed guide! Seriously can’t stress it enough. I had zero clue where to start, how to progress, hell I didn’t even know there were tutorial missions

[@Bandanner]

We have all been there! Glad it was helpful :)

[@FattySpiffo]

Personal advice: In loudouts always pick all four medkits and the white pills at the bottom, they are both one of the most important meds in ur game

[@FattySpiffo]

ty for highlight

[@Saeiane777]

First time in Anomaly, I woke up as a Clear Sky newbie. Walked outside and saw a (don't know its real name but I call it:) ball lightning forming in the sky. Me thinking it was scripted somehow I stood underneath it and then got blasted. Survived but realized by the wheezing and blackouts that I was probably dying. Saved myself only to then walk into an anomaly maybe 15m out from the gate.

[@aplomBomb]

Thank you. I dipped out after the spoiler warning. This was an extremely cozy and helpful foothold for me to get started with

[@Bandanner]

Glad it helped :)

[@koeyala1377]

Gamma has been my first experience with stalker ever! And I gotta say I think it’s amazing, I died so many times that now I’m pretty decent at the game 😂 I ALWAYS play on Ironman mode tho it’s the only way that feels right to me… my advice to anyone new to stalker is be ok with fucking up… don’t let dying all the time or making bad decisions discourage you, I feel like it’s kind of the whole point of the game, you have to learn by mistakes. 20 deaths in you will start to really understand the game and remember what killed you the last 19 times… once you break out of your initial shell in this game it truly becomes a masterpiece

[@HawkEyesAndy]

yes it becomes and is becoming more and more and more of a masterpiece, but there are a lot of times where you get grinded and swear some ugly words loud, GAMMA is particularly good at making me get some pause moments to swear foul language loud.......

[@mollyscullyscully80]

Ironman is the only way to play for me now. I play with more than 1 life though, because sometimes bugs and bullshit happen.

[@3aMonolit]

In the northern regions of the zone there is too much crap that can kill you in a couple of attacks even if you are in top gear and even one shot you. I've been in the zone for 15 years now, know it like my backyard and still don't see any realistic options to beat this game in 3-5 lives. How a beginner should go through Liman, Red Forest or Radar and have any prospects after that is not clear at all. For hardcore, it is enough to simply set a high difficulty, and in a heap with saving only near fires and with a time limit, this is already a strong challenge. If that's not enough, then add another level of difficulty in the economy and start your journey with a renegade. And of course, turn off the open zone option, when all the transitions between locations are open to you by default, it greatly takes away the feeling of exploration.

[@mattb9064]

What difficulty did you do for Main game and profession?

[@ChrissieBear]

You can disable campfires being required in the MOD CONFIGURATION settings on the main menu screen.

[@tristanoscheka1932]

You can actually turn off the campfire requirement for saving on the settings. The mod is called YACS or YACM (not sure right now) for yet another campfire saving mod.

[@benvg5198]

Great tutorial ! Coming from basic Anomaly, GAMMA was a bit too much for me, but this might help. Thanks.

[@Bandanner]

Glad it was helpful :)

[@fordcobraone]

Thank you so much it's been long since I played the original call of pripyat. I had forgotten all of your tips.

[@Bandanner]

Glad it was helpful!

[@AlexWBKK]

Just a tip for newbies, like me, who are scared by the difficulty: It probably will never be a really easy game but with gamma (and probably anomaly too) you can set your modifiers in the game to make everything a lot easier than shown here. Like shop prices, bullet damage and all those things. In short, there are multiple ways to make life easier :-)

[@frostydrifter]

How do i change economy modifiers

[@bourrinopathe764]

Such a nice guide and intro to GAMMA! Many thanks! You managed to provide structured and crystal clear information. Tutor achievement unlocked ;)

[@Bandanner]

Glad it was helpful!

[@N-eqsu]

I'm just starting the game and I was a little confused, it's good that I found this channel, it's very nice to listen to you :)

[@Bandanner]

Hope the videos are helpful :)

[@jordanansley8675]

thankyou so much dude you have no idea 🙏 also great guide and well made video. Dont know how youve only got 8k subs. Youve just earnt a new one my friend.

[@Bandanner]

Thank you. Glad it was helpful. Hes changed a few bits since then but it's still mostly relevant.

[@jordanansley8675]

@@Bandanner oh ok what has changed? is there a more up to date guide i can watch as well or somewhere to find out?

[@Bandanner]

@@jordanansley8675 I made a 2023 version with some revisions. To be honest the biggest change was he removed the really helpful early quest armour rewards from the quests in the swamps.

[@jordanansley8675]

@@Bandanner ohhh dam 😒 ok no worries dude il give it a watch thanks for replying

[@Bandanner]

@@jordanansley8675 haha Grok really wants gamma to be brutal, so generally any changes are him just making it that much more of a struggle.

[@ultragrimx8993]

Thank you for this, Ive been recently watching videos on this game and decided to try it out. This video truly helped

[@Bandanner]

Glad it was helpful :)

[@SwiftShamisJustus]

I spent 2 days trying to fix my slow bleed. You absolutely saved me with that tip! Haha great video man thank you!

[@Bandanner]

Glad it helped :)

[@benjaminclement8437]

Gamma mod pack tells you when starting a new game don't use Campfire Saves since the YACS add-on is doing it better, it also says NEVER TOUCH "sleep deprivation" OR "water deprivation" IN THE GAME OPTIONS Great video thanks for your help

[@Blakackmann]

I saw the tip to not use campfire saves in the installation guide on discord, my question is where (and how) do I save then?

[@redcell9636]

​@@Blakackmann at campfires lmao

[@Blakackmann]

@@redcell9636 what is the tip about then?

[@redcell9636]

@@Blakackmann not to turn them off or mess with the setting in the character selection screen. You can save at campfires and friendly bases, or your own Hideout should you choose to make one.

[@ahrengroesch8774]

Finally, the guide I actually need. All the other ones seem to assume you've played through the base game.

[@Bandanner]

Glad it was helpful :) I did make an updated 2023 version as some things changed, but in fairness I think Grok has changed a few things since I made that one too. But most of the info still remains somewhat relevant.

[@K1ckEM]

Well done Mate. Now i am ready to start. Thanks!!!

[@captainofthewhitetower]

I was lost thank you. I could not see objective places etc... Now I feel better with this video.

[@toocompettoochill7716]

Would really love a guide on the gun maintenence stuff and healing! Great video, it's currently 5am and I finally have a working Gamma. I can't wait to get into it tomorrow

[@Bandanner]

You should really check out the other videos on the channel, there is specifically a "GAMMA" playlist ;)

[@HawkEyesAndy]

such a good guide, after experiencing it for a few months as a daily game, many things can be learned, the most important thing ever since day one in-game is to scrap every gun and junk item and save them in a container/box, you never know when you need replacement parts for a new outfit/gun, the last thing someone wants is to get a new gun that jams when it is needed the most 🤣🤣, it is a bit grindy at times, once i was playing with a ppsh for an entire week every new gun found was completely trashed, money was scarce to buy stash locations...

[@Bandanner]

Firstly thankyou, and I agree I have almost one of every gun stored that I found in my old save and then many many parts haha.

[@dieudujambon]

AWESOME VIDEO !

[@GHO5T3DFreelance]

Very well constructed, entertaining informative Video .....NOICE! 10/10 Amazon 5 star rating would recommend

[@RottenJeeves]

I really like this modpack a lot! That said, I found a couple of the mechanics a little frustrating. -Armored personal can take way too much damage, especially to the head. However, one headshot to yourself even with armor is death... -Having injured appendages you cant heal is extremely punishing. The game requires regular trips to the doctor regardless of your meds. -A mechanic cannot fix your damaged gun parts but can fix your gun? So you end up with a fully repaired gun with garbage internal parts. Doesn't make any sense. So really he doesn't fix anything, lol. Thanks for the tutorial!

[@Bandanner]

Eventually I had to buy or craft AP rounds to deal with the enemies. You can heal your appendages you have to use two types of healing item at the same time though, so technically you don't have to see the medic (unless they changed something recently). The crafting system they put in is aimed at making you fix your own stuff rather than relying on the in game people. It's never really explained as such but that was the point of changes made to all of that according to the dev. You are welcome, hope it was helpful.

[@Superschokokeks]

probably you found it already but your PDA has a Guide under G.A.M.M.A section explaining the maintaining system

[@RottenJeeves]

@@Superschokokeks I have since got things more figured out. I have been enjoying it much more. Thanks!

[@Telgrom]

the Health Bar isnt the Condition on your Gun. its how good your weapon is cleaned. and sure it makes the game more difficult but early game i recomend find a decent gun with only worn part or make gun in what state. than clean it so it holds up longer if you have a decent rifle it will cetainly help you.

[@RottenJeeves]

@@Telgrom Since I wrote this I have now have an understanding of this. Still, I think its crazy of what a vendor will charge to "clean" your weapon. I have 20+ fully functional guns in my stockpile at this point. I got a little obsessed about repairing every gun I fine lol. I also play with Mags Redux which adds even more of a challenge.

[@PCPSAVEDMYLIIFE]

Really awesome and helpful video. So stoked to have had the help to get this game installed. We appreciate you, man! +1 sub

[@Bandanner]

Thanks, glad they have been helpful. :)

[@Nitidus]

Regarding the tip from 47:53 - I just now completed the entire Clear Sky quest line and didn't receive any armor at all as a quest reward. The only armors you get are from the military juggernauts at the last quest. But to defeat those, you kinda already need real armor, or you're going to sit there and save scum for a couple of hours.

[@Bandanner]

Grok removed all the good rewards from this quest line sadly later in the year after I made this video. I made a 2023 version of the video which notes this but obviously this one has more views so people see it first.

[@thundergaming155]

Another reason I would recommend rookie villiag els due to it being the first place you start in the series and it is the most “safest” area in the zone.

[@eyestonedaniel]

This tutorial was incredibly helpful

[@Bandanner]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Reapz.-]

I very much appreciate the effort you put into this guide! I just decided to take on Stalker Gamma as my first experience ever within the series. I really look forward to Stalker 2 but until it's release Stalker Gamma should be my go to game. :)

[@Bandanner]

Thanks very much, I hope it's been helpful :) I found it a hard game to get started with but was lucky enough to have several friends already playing with past experience.

[@Lobardan]

How's is been

[@HawkEyesAndy]

@@Bandanner i've played stalker for ages, ever since the shadow of chernobyl was first released, clear sky ever since it was released, call of pripyat also ever since it was released, anomaly since it was version 1.3 full of bugs and crashes, call of chernobyl, etc etc etc.....but this GAMMA mod is really something else, it is grinding me right now as i try to disable the miracle machine, since my gear is not good enough, sunrise suit, respirator, ppsh41 and m590 shotgun, basically every time i enter the underground lab as soon as the first snork appears, i start to get hit with psi phantoms, which eventually drain my psy health and leads to my poor character suiciding himself all the time, that taught me something, even though i was more than capable of disabling the miracle machine on stalker anomaly with the gear i have, now it is definitely impossible to do without gearing up, at least getting a suit or a helmet with a good psionic protection level, otherwise i can't even get to the machine room ever....

[@Bandanner]

@@HawkEyesAndy slight spoilers... you need a special helmet. If you want more info beyond that you can Google it...

[@HawkEyesAndy]

@@Bandanner thanks for the tip, but if it is the psy helmet you are referring to, i already have the full calibrated helmet, i shouldn't have got to the X16 underground without a good helmet, if at least i could find a spartan helmet, maybe would do the trick 🤔🤔

[@brad7957]

Enjoyed watching this! Love your tips and opinions, very well explained :)

[@Bandanner]

Glad it was helpful :)

[@brad7957]

@@Bandanner I've not played GAMMA but this series is making the idea of getting started less daunting. Just realised you sound a lot like FrankieOnPC - it's a lovely accent! :)

[@danielsimmons2339]

This was really helpful thanks! Havent played Stalker in a few years and Gamma is a huge beast on its own.

[@Bandanner]

Glad it was helpful, its a rather long video compared to my usual guides but honestly there is so much in this I was not sure where to call it quits. I tried to base it on what I was confused by when I picked it up playing blind and had to ask my friends what to do constantly.

[@HawkEyesAndy]

good guide, the artifacts melter you can buy it straight from professor Sakharov in Yantar (expensive), he also sometimes sell the tier 1 night vision lamp, besides a ton of medical stuff...

[@rolln8ths]

I appreciate the guide not spoiling story things

[@michaelpease2103]

I really like how you delivered the spoiler. It was super minor / barely even a spoiler. No story reveals. Thank you! I'm finally diving into stalker after having anomaly on my computer for a year. Got gamma installed with no problems and I will definitely do the clear sky missions!

[@Iglurk]

I started fanatics tutorial mission about an hour or 2 into my run which I mostly spent messing around, when we went to the boar site I encountered a chimera which having played the vanilla series I didn’t think it was even possible to run into so early, anyways can confirm fanatic does not have plot armor chimera chewed through him a couple times before I decided to just go back to an earlier save since the stuff I was trying to use was trash against it

[@Bandanner]

Yes he can indeed die, that happened to him in a friends game first mission too. :)

[@caseres9376]

As a beginner this helped a lot well made video you gained my sub :)

[@Bandanner]

Thanks, and glad it was helpful :)

[@QwibQwib]

That "well shit" savegame is the peak S.T.A.L.K.E.R. experience. Nice guide. Getting started in Gamma after beating the three main games multiple times. These "do whatever you want" mods were not too appealing to me but I'm starting to like them, specially Gamma.

[@Bandanner]

Haha, yes I think it sums up a lot of peoples first attempts. Glad if it was helpful. Though if you beat all the games you will know it better than me!

[@revy1063]

Awesome guide, well done mate.

[@Bandanner]

Thanks, I hope it was helpful :)

[@RogueBeatsARG]

Bro STALKER is the only game i can play at low Fov without getting sick, i love how cinematic low fov looks instead of the Fish Eye view people use on COD and shit

[@Bandanner]

Oh the fish eye some people play on these days is crazy to me. I like somewhere in the middle for most modern games, but Stalker just looks odd if you make it too high, not sure why!

[@RogueBeatsARG]

@@Bandanner i think it uses a wierd fov count, like 70 might be the equivalent of 90 in most games

[@Bandanner]

@@RogueBeatsARG you might be right! That would make sense.

[@The1stDukeDroklar]

Well done.

[@horians]

I started this game a couple of times not realizing you need to talk to people to get the story going. Thanks for helping me out.

[@Bandanner]

Yes its very much a off you go with little guidance in Stalker modded or not. Not overly spoilers but the original main story starts with the charming fella in the bunker, as ever it pays to click a variety of dialog options ;). There are "other" storylines within GAMMA that were not in the original game.

[@Hamun002]

A note for people starting the game: Green Stashes, according to the most recent updates, guarantee that you will get at least one tool kit. Below Red Forest it will most likely be a Basic Tool Kit, and above it you will most likely get Advanced tools or even other things.

[@Bandanner]

This is good advice for people. I think while its spoilers I am gonna extend what you explained there (which to your credit you tried to cover up there :) ), expert tools are only available Red Forest Or above but are extremely rare.

[@Hamun002]

@@Bandanner part spoilers, part truth: I've gotten other toolkits out of those stashes before. How I got my gunsmithing tools! 😁

[@tacticalcyka729]

great video man! I really appreciate your work. thank you. :] Can you kindly tell me how you changed the display from your weapon stats in the inventory from bars to actual numbers, please?

[@Bandanner]

Thanks, glad its helpful. Regarding weapon stats I honestly do not remember if I changed anything it was many months ago I started playing. I can see on the official discord someone said by default its stats in everything but the initial loadout and debug menu. I suggest if its a continued issue heading over to the official discord, hopefully someone can help. Sorry I can't be of more help there.

[@tacticalcyka729]

@@Bandanner thanks for fast response. the guys at discord are some awesome ppl! after the first time playing, I saved and loaded a new game. that somehow fixed it and I was able to see the stats in the starting menu. i wish you the best brother! :]

[@Croconator]

For anyone looking to get into GAMMA I would strongly recommoned you read the manual and faq channels on the GAMMA Discord before playing. Trust me this will save you ALOT of annoyance and headache when first starting out.

[@Bandanner]

This is also very good advice :) They have changed bits since I made this guide.

[@Croconator]

@@Bandanner Yeah I definitely made the mistake of not reading them when I first started playing. Spent a good 4-5 hours trying to find which vendors sold NATO ammo. Which of course had I read the manual I would've known that vendors are set to either Warsaw Pact or NATO

[@Fenseone]

SPOILER: I for instance, took the hunting with F, but in the meantime talked to Wolf, so took his hunting of mutants mission, took Fanatic with me to the other mission first so he helps me out.

[@Enigmatic..]

I got a ball artefact from the training mission stash in the town.

[@riskybisness]

GREAT VIDEO

[@Perceval777]

If you don't like saving only at campfires, you can turn it off in the mod settings so that you can save anytime anywhere.

[@RazzmannWG]

Ayy, thanks for this, very helpful. Tried to get into Anomaly like two years ago and it just didn't click for me.

[@Bandanner]

Glad its helpful man, I did make an updated version at the start of this year just because some bits had changed but its not massively different (and this one has the views so its where most people come). I never tried Anomaly on its own my buddy tried both in quick succession and said he enjoyed GAMMA more so I hopped on that. But I had a similar experience when I tried the original stalker years ago just could not get into it.

[@RazzmannWG]

@@Bandanner Yup, saw that. Already in the process of watching it :p

[@50rads]

Played this for the first time and I died not even 5 minutes into the game. I went outside, heard an electrical sound followed by a bright flash and I died lol

[@Bandanner]

Welcome to Stalker! 😂

[@ThatBeTheQuestion]

I just got the game downloaded, installed, and set up, etc. I think I chose random spawn point and then I was so confused because I had absolutely no idea what to do. So thank you for this video. Time to start a new game.

[@Bandanner]

You are welcome, glad it helped!

[@meat_dragon8834]

I decided this is how I would introduce to the stalker series. Might I add this is the first game with manual saving I've played since 2016. I had to restart so many times before I started remembering to save

[@Bandanner]

I still forget to save regularly sometimes ;)

[@soauthentic1]

Hi thanks for the guide, Im newbie to the game I was wonder if there is an Automatic reloading for weapings? I'm getting killed lots because I dont reload faster.

[@Bandanner]

Hi there, not that I know of. You could try joining the official Gamma discord and asking there.

[@lisandroantoniotejedor136]

12:00 you can also heal in yellow and use pills to fill the stats

[@berthod133]

I started recently with Anomaly and went straight in with GAMMA. Didn't know anything about the Loadout thing and assumed I will just get a bunch of stuff... Obviously didn't get anything apart from the basic inventory. Made the start extremely hard for myself without even knowing it. I assumed it's just made to be painful. I figured later, that I must have missed something in the creation. But as I was already few hours in and got some basic stuff to work with I just rolled with it. 10/10 would run again around the zone naked, with just a knife

[@Bandanner]

Haha I suspect a lot of people have been there!

[@ShebanFPV]

Thanks very much for all your guides. There is one question, how can you make out who is neutral and who is enemy looking from a distance?

[@Bandanner]

First you are welcome. Second there are two ways, first is by hovering over them and hoping that the little icon of their faction appears at the bottom left. The other way is learning what all the uniforms look like and hoping you get it right. But its not always that clear cut.

[@Rex-qx2ko]

apologies for coming by so late, but i just recently installed GAMMA after playing anomaly a while back. i hadnt really known about tutorial missions and was wondering of Clear Sky faction has tutorials or whether its just Stalker faction. I attempted an Ecologist run and didnt know whether I was doing tutorial or main quest missions *ide prefer to do the former first*. basically wondering if clear sky or ecologists have tutorial missions and who i would speak to. thx!, great vid btw

[@Bandanner]

I think those few tutorial missions are free stalkers only. And no such thing as too late for a guide video ;)

[@MikeBertelsenDK]

Really nice guide. Straight to the point, spoiler alerts, nice voice and a pretty good motivator to get into the game. I found the game a bit primitive and difficult in the "bad design" way but your guide gave me that little "Come on, you can do it" feeling. I appreciate it! I do however wish the crafting was easier :D

[@Bandanner]

You are welcome and thanks for the kind words. And I think a lot of us wish the crafting was a little bit more straight forward ;)

[@rainqd1889]

the fanatic can die in that beginner mission btw, it happened to me multiple times when i first started the game and it was aggravating

[@Bandanner]

Yeah they removed his plot armour in this mod pack for some reason.

[@Teoras]

37:37 I've done so many missions and never got so much of a hint of a stash. I've also found a lot of them trough my exploring, but all of them were empty. Am I missing something?

[@Bandanner]

The missions especially non story ones in GAMMA usually reward you with a stash. It will just appear on the map as a little icon. If they aren't appearing there is an issue OR something has changed in the mod pack. If you continue to have issues check/ask on the official discord.

[@Teoras]

@@Bandanner Thanks for the response :)

[@ecayeta]

Yes, if stashes appear on the map they will have items in it, green stashes guarantee a toolkit, plus you can store items in those empty stashes you come across and they will stay there indefinitely, they can’t be looted by anyone but you

[@FemboiMars]

Never played any STALKER about to start a play through of gamma. I’ve been told to record it because I will not have a good time but I’m a sadist and love shit like Tarkov or Soulsborne so I’m hype regardless.

[@jeffthuot5631]

incredible beginner guide thanks a lot

[@Bandanner]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Shievo2904]

Very good guide but the only good quest gear i got there was a helmet

[@Njordin2010]

Nice of you mentioning german keyboards. Lots of us watching your channel

[@Bandanner]

Haha no problem, I will entertain you further by telling you I actually have a German keyboard ;) Granted it's set to UK via windows.

[@tyroneusMaximusAfricanus]

Lol I took the bread, didn’t know there was another artefact 😂😂😂

[@Bandanner]

Fairly sure I did that the first time I went in there too :P

[@trevyoung40]

Excellent video DK. Just as an aside. When we are dabbling in the settings and tweaking our bolts it should be noted that the settings there are related to Anomaly only. There is a seperate Mod Config option in the escape menu for all mods associated with GAMMA ... in short your statement on how many settings and mods there are cannot be understated :)

[@Bandanner]

I actually have not checked how many Anomaly added but GAMMA itself at the current time has 292... that is going up almost daily.

[@trevyoung40]

@@Bandanner Anomaly got alot of mods with each iteration if you watch videos for say 1.5 you will see alot of mod recommends ... then in 1.5.1 you will note it got baked into the actual package itself. It's like this crazy compounding of every single version coming with mods that became popular during the previous build and then on top of that you have GAMMA.

[@Trashy.]

Would this version be better to play than something like base anomaly or EFP? I'm a fan of mil sims and survival games like dayZ. Just not sure what to go with. 😕

[@Bandanner]

I am afraid I have only played GAMMA so I can't really advise. I can say my friend played Anomaly most of the way through then switched to GAMMA and was so impressed he played it through again right away.

[@ecayeta]

EFP if you’re looking for guns blazing and all that shit. GAMMA if you like exploring, artifacts, and doing things manually

[@smileyx1218]

You sound very familiar to Frankie

[@Bandanner]

So people tell me :)

[@RevolverRabbit]

Theres a sunrise stalker suit hidden on the roof of the last house on the left of the street in rookie village.

[@Bandanner]

That's sneaky! I will have to take look

[@RevolverRabbit]

@@Bandanner its in like the front by the road but like back corner, main road not the house near sid

[@AndyRosaDesign]

before STALKER 2 I wanted to replay the trilogy.. then I start playing Anomaly(1.5.2) and I have already got a good armor and weapon and done a few missions.. what are the difference between Anomaly standard and GAMMA? should I start over with GAMMA or keep playing Anomaly?

[@Bandanner]

GAMMA is based on Anomaly at its base but is much more brutal. A few years ago when it was slightly less brutal my friend said he preferred GAMMA not sure he would feel the same now. Truth is if you are already settled in Anomaly you might be happier there. The other option is try GAMMA and see if you can get into it if not go back to Anomaly

[@rocksummit3375]

Did they change the starting set-up? I got a little james bond bb-gun and 400 points to start with, I have to knife the starting boars

[@Bandanner]

He keeps making adjustments but not sure he has changed it that much.... not sure if anyone else can confirm.

[@akosbaka79]

Dear Bandanner! I watched your video and it really impressive :) Can I ask what hardware you have and how did you configured the Graphic options? or did something else to your game not lagging? I have all the time this lag technical difficulity and I have a good hardware, so I really don't know what else I can do to fix this issue. Can you help me to this?

[@Bandanner]

Hello many thanks. So you are the second person to ask this in 24 hours and no one has asked before. This suggests to me they have added a new mod or changed something that is causing issues. I noticed something about new shaders on their discord. I am on 3800 and RTX 3080 with 32Gb DDR4. I have not played in a many months so I could share my settings. They may not help if you are using the latest updated version.

[@ecayeta]

If its stutters they’re some fixes with tweaking a-life settings as they are usually the main cause for stuttering, also fires cause this weird fps fluctuation and also turn off water reflections, tesellation, and volumetric smoke

[@duukn]

How does your game look so good icon wise and HUD wise? I also added another profile for the reshader and the game looks great but everything else looks very pixelated. Solution: Hi y'all. The reason why icons were looking pixelated was because I was running the game in fullscreen instead of borderless window. Running this game in BW is a MUST. Increases FPS reduces microstuttering. There is also a stuttering fix that is not enabled by default under the Fixes category in your GAMMA MO2.

[@Bandanner]

Everything is default in my game graphics wise, resolution 2560x1440

[@duukn]

@@Bandanner Wow then I must be doing something wrong. Thanks for the reply and great video. Will go back and see if I messed up the installation somehow.

[@varanzmaj]

I have a question, what are the "artifacts" for? Do you sell them for money? If so, who buys them? Only got the game yesterday planning on going in deep today, so any info is appreciated. Thanks.

[@Bandanner]

Some NPS will want for quests/pay you for them (depends if you want to part with them!), some can be combined later in the game with the crafting system. They can provide benefits (read them) to you but degrade like other items do. And some factions will buy them from you. Beyond that someone who has played a lot more will know more than me :)

[@hadiki95]

"I was going to loot them." *turns around and sees corpse but ignores it* "That's quite annoying."

[@capy2002]

Thanks man

[@wrzk4371]

hi do you know how to tell what setting of fire my weapon is I do not have my bottom text and I just have no clue

[@Bandanner]

Bottom left corner of the screen below the little person outline (under the left foot area). 1 is single, 3 burst, A is full auto. If that's not there I have no idea.

[@wrzk4371]

I need to check it out whole time i had map there thank you!!!

[@maryan58]

Useful information, thanks. 53:50 My container, like any other, has 70kg capacity ... your over 200kg. !!! 👍👍👍 How did you miss it ??? 😥😥😥

[@Bandanner]

It previously a mod to give unlimited stash sizes (could make the game unstable mind you). I have a video on here about how to do it but I am unsure if Grok removed the mod totally. This is the link not sure if it still works: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r4ipf6yver52ea8

[@maryan58]

@@Bandanner The mod still exists in the MO2 list at 488. 👍 This is how a man does not read what he has in the game. 😄 Thanks a lot . I will try if it works and does not spoil the game.

[@Bandanner]

@@maryan58 haha good luck. I never noticed any major issues. Slight pause when the container was very full as you opened it.

[@maryan58]

@@Bandanner If I can 😁 One more question. No techniques want to fix my equipment. They make me ... learn and do it yourself. Why ? Thanks in advance for your help.

[@Bandanner]

@@maryan58 I think Grok removed it from the mod pack. At least for armour maybe since for weapons too because he wants it to be super hard.

[@wightclaudia]

My stash had “ball” artefact and homeboy did not offer me the mutant mission

[@DrMurdercock]

New to Stalker and Installed Gamma. Loaded it. Died. Started over. Died. Repeat about 10x. "Oh cool little fuzzy things!" Died to em. Now I'm here. lol

[@Bandanner]

Welcome to GAMMA :D

[@KoschingTechnology]

YACS is active by default, you can disable this mod and then you can save when ever..

[@BOTG_Adventures]

How to turn off only can save at campfires.?

[@dplind87]

Is this also Khaine from Darkness Falls from 7 Days to Die? You sound super similar... Love anyone in the modding community though, can't wait to get started in this game!

[@Bandanner]

Haha if you mean is that me then no, though I have played the game. A few people tell me I sound like other youtubers :)

[@dplind87]

@@Bandanner Had to ask. Two excellent modders for great small communities that sound very similar ;)

[@olly8435]

what happens when u die in normal mode (not ironman)? do u lose any gear or progress or do u you respawn or do u have to load a last save?

[@czaXone]

Lose nothing, load last save.

[@sirross625]

Anyone know what the trader max level is?

[@captainofthewhitetower]

So like if I buy a bag. And put into a random location I can fast travel to it?

[@Bandanner]

If you put it down as a stash technically yes but its on a timer. Assuming no settings have changed.

[@snipercatplays4034]

great vid the only thing I would add is for post heal I would take Ibuprofen as its great at healing limbs (which is what i seem to take damage on the most) (they also have 3 charges)

[@Bandanner]

As you say they only heal arms and legs, where the other options heal everything so for early game with limited points I would opt for something that heals everything personally. My first game I took Ibuprofen at the start and regretted it in the long run and tend to avoid it now in game, in favour of options that will cover everything. And it's price is about 3 times that of the other single use options at the traders, so I don't find it quite the miracle drug you guys did.

[@takethebaitmate1920]

Coming from Fortnite controls are nearly the same, thanks!

[@sbelcl]

How do artefacts work? How do you use them?

[@ecayeta]

If they have abilities you can right click and put them into your belt or sell them, also keep in mind a lot of artifacts are radioactive so make sure you have a container to put them in or adequate radiation protection

[@Cthuwu333]

I'm having a ton of trouble finding the expert tools, do I need to search stashes in the northern areas? I've found at least 5 of every other toolkit and it's a bit annoying since my next gun upgrade needs an advanced weapon repair kit to fix it and those need expert tools to craft

[@Bandanner]

So spoilers kinda for those who don't want to know: Expert tools I am told drop only in red forest and above they are very rare, some people get lucky and find them first stash in red forest and some have to go further. My friend searched for a week and ended up in Pipryat. But yes very rare and designed as such it seems.

[@illusunati]

Wish u did more of these, your channel would blow up, ngl looked at ur other videos and was disappointed that all you really post is a game called warno, the stats are all there, these videos give u thousands of views. Plus this game has gotten really popular lately because opperatordrewski brang a huge amount of new players to the game.

[@Bandanner]

Thanks for the feedback, I am aware of the analytics ;) I mean generally it's purely by chance a particular mod pack or game blows up a lot of the time. As you note its blown up again recently because someone talked about it/showed it off. I enjoy making my guides and over time they do potentially get a lot of views with spikes like this current one. BUT for them to make any sense and be meaningful they require a significant time investment to understand the game they are about. And the risk with GMMA as already noted in a few comments is that they keep adjusting the mods thus some of my info is out of date. I am always delighted if guides I make help people as they tend to be based on things I struggled with myself. I am still debating about making more guides for GAMMA but it requires me to pick the game back up and realistically forget my old save and start over with all the new mods so I am seeing the same stuff everyone else is (or I will be talking nonsense).

[@acegoat7573]

Great run through of the mod, but jesus your FOV, how do you see what is going on? Looks like your zoomed in looking at a tiny area of the screen. Crank that up to 90 degrees

[@Bandanner]

Ha, I don't remember what I had it set to when I made the video to be honest but it's a game that I find always looks weird when I go into buildings for example regardless of my FOV setting.

[@Ryzzingsun]

10:58 he begins talking about healing items yellow = heals limbs temporarily white heart= post heal (permanent) healing to body parts bleed hurts bad :(

[@voyageproper]

i assume you can't save elsewhere cuz not bring the sleeping bag?

[@azaelgarza1871]

Any idea why it just crashes for me when i try starting a new game.. havent even loaded in yet

[@Bandanner]

No idea on that one, the best place to seek help for crashes and things is the official discord. :)

[@MeatSnax]

Is the "Where to get early armor" guide obsolete? I've been doing Cold's questline all the way up to the point where I have to leave the starting area, I don't think I've gotten any armor from him. Maybe they changed it to be half repaired and I tore it up for parts without thinking about it.

[@Bandanner]

Not unless it changed in the last week or two as i recently started over. The first quest to take the pump station reward is the armour and the 3rd (last?) to kill the military at the workshop gives the helmet. I am confused by you mentioning the starting area though as Cold only gives those few quests to me. He does not send me anywhere else.

[@ethane1700]

Is there a way I can fast travel with no limits? Like get rid of the “you have to wait 5 hours”.