New to OGSE, quick question Thread - Old Good STALKER Evolution mod for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl

As the title says I'm new to this mod, having only recently found out about it. I must say I'm super excited to play this but I haven't started yet. The last post in the news section was from 5 months ago. I understand you can not give a definitive timeline for when 6.9.3 will be completed. Things come up when doing a project of this size and timelines change. However I do think I'd like to wait for the next version to be completed before I jump into this mod. I particularly like some of the features which are mentioned to be coming in that next version. If you're confident enough with the progress to answer this could you say whether you believe 6.9.3 will be out by the end of the year? If the mod will be out in the next 2.5 months than I'll just go ahead and wait for it. If you think it will be 2014 sometime before you all finish what you wish to accomplish than maybe I'll just go ahead and give 6.9.2 a try while I wait. I just kinda think the overall experience for me as a completely new player to the mod would be better if I hold off till 6.9.3 so I can play the most feature complete version available as my first play through.

If you're confident enough with the progress to answer this could you say whether you believe 6.9.3 will be out by the end of the year?

No, I'm pretty sure it won't be released in the end of this year.

Thank you very much Yuri.

I believe I'll give 6.9.2 a shot then once I finish what I'm currently playing. Best wishes to your team for a speedy completion.

Quick question. I've found 2 Kolobok artifacts in stashes but there is no PDA entry for it. Does this artifact only appear in stashes or is it possible to create one from a specific anomaly using the "lure the enemies in" mini-game?