S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 will be released without hardware tracing, official mod support and multiplayer — will be added later

«We will have software ray tracing. As for hardware ray tracing, it’s too early for us, but we are experimenting with it. We are trying to get it on the release date, but it is very unlikely that you will have it at launch. But NVIDIA DLSS will be».

«S.T.A.L.K.E.R. — is a well-known franchise not only because of the games, but also because of the support of the modding community that has flourished over the past 15 years, and we don’t really want to give up on those people. So, after the release, I can’t say when exactly, but we want to do it as close to the release date as possible, we will have official mod support. For the next year, we are preparing new, interesting initiatives. We want to support both PC and mobile, and the console»,” says Slava Lukyanenko.

«Yes, we actually already support them with Mod.io in the original trilogy. I can’t confirm if it’s going to be Mod.io or something else for STALKER 2. But the thing is, the modding scene is a bit like the Wild West right now, where you have to upload files, replace files, and so on. So we want to make it structured. There are certain ways to make it structured on the market: Steamworks, Mod.io, and others. We’re researching, we’re working on it, and we want to do it as close to release as possible. We can’t guarantee that it will be at the time of the release, but we are making every effort to do it on time,» says Zakhar Bocharov.