The Bridge

SaintWacko

4:00 PM

Morning, Bridge

@RonanForman IS that an enormous beehive?

Ronan Forman

@SaintWacko Nope, it's 27.

I've had the idea for ages, only just decided to try and build it.

SaintWacko

@RonanForman I'm guessing they pass material through each other?

Ronan Forman

@SaintWacko It uses routers from factorisation.

SaintWacko

@RonanForman I should probably learn more about all this stuff lol

But I'm having so much fun with Crawl

Lazers

0

Q: "Shopper Unsatisfied" and "we need money" problem

first off sorry for my bad English, i have been trying to solve this "Shopper Unsatisfied" and "we need money" problem but for some reason i can not fix it, how should i handle this problem thank you

simcity

SaintWacko

4:06 PM

Okay, I'm impressed

That Rawbots store just passes you through if the amount to pay is zero

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

Yeah. The only problem is that the game won't recognise the serial. It could be that the servers are overloaded, or that the serial takes a while to register on the server

I'll try again tomorrow. The game appears to be functional even without a valid key

ayckoster

hi has anyone played tombraider 2013?

Powerlord

Tomb Raider? I think the last Tomb Raider I played was the original back in the 90s.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

@ayckoster Quite a number in this room. @BoltClock and @Fluttershy I believe, and a few others which escape my mind at the moment

ayckoster

I have this question gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/108054/…

basically I cannot proceed because I do not know what button to press.

I figured it out. :)

Fluttershy

4:32 PM

@ayckoster Possible suggestion for your answer, if it's not too much trouble: You should consider adding what each call to action is, so it can cover a more general area. I have zero experience with the PC version, so I couldn't tell you what those are, or how difficult it would be to get/add them, though.

BoltClock

Weird

I see an icon that represents melee

Rather than an empty circle

Fluttershy

@BoltClock I'm guessing you're supposed to see what button. My guess is it's bugged.

BoltClock

Anyway I just left a game of TF2. I find it hilariously sad how bad hackers are at trolling - I specced this Heavy in first person mode, and his camera was flipping the fuck out when a Spy was attacking him and there were Soldiers in front

In the end he died

Also how buggy their hacks are

Also I had this weird respawn bug that basically got me stuck in a loop between "Respawning in: 1 second" and "Prepare to respawn"

@Fluttershy Yeah I didn't have much trouble with QTEs after I figured out the icons, which didn't take long

I passed the boulder after my second try, and the wolf that jumps at you while you're in the wolf's den on the first

Fluttershy

@BoltClock Oh gods... dat boulder... I jumped like crazy when I failed that. <_<

MBraedley

Oh, this video will be fun to edit...

Fluttershy

4:41 PM

Also, when I failed sliding down the waterfall... The number of gruesome ways to get Lara killed it... high.

Lazers

2

Q: What button do I have to press in this scene?

Possible spoiler. I tried pressing left click, right click, space etc. with no effect. Either I get the timing wrong or I am pressing the wrong buttons. I am playing the PC version.

tomb-raider-2013

BoltClock

@Lazers Tardy

Fluttershy

Anyone here played Miasmata?

BoltClock

@Fluttershy I was most afraid of the wolf attacks. Both the part where Lara gets caught in a bear trap and has to fight off three wolves, and the lone wolf (ha!) in the wolf's den

Fluttershy

@BoltClock The lone wolf made me jump. The wolves in the bear trap didn't really bother me. The large spike impaling her head on the waterfall, or the tree branch stabbing her through the chest on the zip-line was hard for me though.

Raven Dreamer

4:45 PM

Perfect+ on all Runner2 levels on Quite Easy.

Now let's do it again, on Just Right!

BoltClock

@Fluttershy My solution to the lone wolf attack? Watch that part of the IGN 60-minute playthrough repeatedly, and make the game window really small

Fluttershy

@BoltClock Why'd you have to do all of that?

BoltClock

@Fluttershy Because I didn't want to jump

Fluttershy

@BoltClock Oh. =P Did you anyway?

BoltClock

@Fluttershy Nope - watching the playthrough helped quite a bit

Fluttershy

4:50 PM

@BoltClock Woo! Also, in case I hadn't said yet, I beat it the other day. 100% completion, too!

Minus that stupid chatterbox achievement.

BoltClock

Congrats - I'm having second thoughts on trying to get that achievement to be honest

Fluttershy

I figure it's easy enough, but you have to play through like 90% of the game to do it.

BoltClock

Yeah, and I don't know if I want to put Lara through the psychological trauma again, much less go through it myself

There's always Steam Achievement Manager, but eh.

Fluttershy

I'll probably just wait until I'm back on Xbox Live. It'll wipe all of my achievements then.

Lazers

5:15 PM

0

Q: Where can i find the Expenses Data Map

When my city ran out of money the game switched the view to a data map of where my budget was going to geographically. I can't find how to toggle that view manually, outside of running out of money.

simcity

BoltClock

Wait what? Another secret achievement? Kill a crab on the beach near the survivors' camp and you get Crab Cakes

And another, Boom Goes the Dynamite: shoot a dynamite pack in mid-air

brb posting self-answered questions for some extra rep

nvm I'm lazy

badp

@BoltClock then have a few wat's

C's dark corners https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1h49gY3TSiayLMXYmRMaAEMl05FaJ-Z6jDOWOz3EsqqQ/preview?usp=sharing&sle=true#slide=id.p

Tweeted by bzoto on March 9, 2013 at 3:48 PM

Wipqozn

@BenBrocka March 19th is the North american release date for Monster Hunter.

Fluttershy

5:40 PM

@BoltClock I got that one entirely by accident.

BoltClock

@Fluttershy Screw it I'm replaying this thing next week

Fluttershy

@BoltClock Good luck!

BoltClock

Thanks. For now, I ought to get some sleep

'night

Fluttershy

Trying to solo the Hades Cup suuuuuucks.

badp

hey @Fluttershy

can you help me with this?

0

Q: I can't land on the spring after the checkpoint in "Two if By"

What should happen is this: What happens instead is this: I hold the spring button the entire time, but no matter how...

runner2

Fluttershy

5:48 PM

@badp Let me see what I can do.

badp

@Fluttershy It's the second level of world 2

a little ways after the checkpoint

Fluttershy

What difficulty?

badp

rather hard

dunno if it's the same at other difficulties

Lazers

1

Q: Why are my Citizens and peasants stuck in their status?

I have Peasants as well as Citizens and both groups have all needs fulfilled. I have fast forwarded the game quite a while, but both groups refuse to rise in status. The advance permits on the market building are unlocked too. How can I make them rise their status?

anno-1404

Fluttershy

@badp I managed to get it to work, but I don't know how I can like... screenshot it to show you. x_x

badp

5:58 PM

try to, uh, explain it. Did you jump as early as possible onto the trampoline? Did you only press up as you landed on the thing? Did you jump over both the trampoline and the guy?

Fluttershy

@badp I jumped as early as possible onto the trampoline, held up while I was in the air. However, upon dying and going back to the checkpoint, I am sent over it every time. Gonna keep trying from the checkpoint before restarting. It might be a bug.

badp

uh, worked for the third time since last evening, first time without dxtory induced slowdowns, no idea why

Gaming Topics From Outside

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Q: Finding multiple sequences of numbers in an array

I am making a card game where I need to find multiple sequences of numbers (a straight) given an array of numbers. For example, I am trying to convert the following array: array(1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 5, 5); into this format: array([0] => array(1, 2, 3), [1] => array(1, 2, 3)); Basically,...

php poker gaming

Fluttershy

@badp I did get it to work by gliding over both the trampoline and the guy, but I can't get it to work after bouncing again.

badp

@Fluttershy so it is possible to jump over both?

Fluttershy

6:01 PM

@badp Yeah. Just gotta jump as late as possible and hold jump so you glide.

badp

bah

Ullallulloo

@YiJiang'sEvilClone It's meta! A-bed gets it.

badp

I've just hit the finish line with 41/43 gold and fuck that jump

._.

OrigamiRobot

@Ullallulloo WHY DID I HAVE TO GO THIRD?!?!

Fluttershy

@OrigamiRobot O_o wat

@badp If you can glide over both and hit the spring, you can make up for the missed points by taking the (ridiculously easy) harder path.

Ullallulloo

6:12 PM

@Fluttershy hulu.com/watch/464576

badp

@Fluttershy yeah, gliding over both works. Obviously, when it did, I also missed the plus

starts over

Fluttershy

@badp Would stating that gliding over both as an answer work?

badp

yeah

Raven Dreamer

@badp Did you see my answer re: retro gold?

badp

@RavenDreamer I did; didn't I upvote it?

I didn't

There you have it

also grats on the 5,000.

don't tell krafty I gave you the accept for mentioning the fact that the total amount of gold is 5,000.

Wipqozn

6:24 PM

@RavenDreamer Oh my. A little under 500 more rep to go.

MBraedley

DSKJJFHSKJDHFKJSDHFIUQWALSDIUDF!!! Why won't you render?

Lazers

0

Q: What will travel across regional connections?

For each of the regional connection types (road, rail, water, air): What services can be shared? What resources can be traded/consumed? What types of sims will travel, and what causes them to want to travel? What buildings need to be plopped to allow travel?

simcity

2

Q: Are weapon parts in specific boxes?

I originally thought that all the weapon parts were in specific grey metal crates, the ones that require a small QTE to open. However, I just received a handgun part from a normal salvage box. Are weapon parts all in specific crates that I have to look for, or are some of them received from openi...

tomb-raider-2013

0

Q: What is the difference between goods and freight?

Both of these resources are generated by industrial buildings, what is the difference between them? How can I control what my industrial zones will focus on?

simcity

Raven Dreamer

@Wipqozn Yeah. I think I'll hit 100k next week when HotS comes out.

Fluttershy

> There are 19 add-ons already available for Tomb Raider, including new player skins, weapons and time-saver DLC for a number of upgrades.

THE GAME HASN'T EVEN BEEN OUT A WEEK YET WTF CRYSTAL DYNAMICS

Wipqozn

@Fluttershy vote with your wallet, et cetera

fbueckert

6:28 PM

@Fluttershy > time-saver DLC

aka. Haha, fuck you, we're making you grind.

Fluttershy

Still, the game is fantastic, and I highly recommend it for anyone who was a fan of Uncharted.

@fbueckert It's not even that much of a grind. I managed to 100% the game without having to waste any time grinding.

fbueckert

@Fluttershy Apparently even that little bit needs to be paid for to bypass.

Wipqozn

@Fluttershy Wasn't Uncharted just the male version of lara croft anyways?

Fluttershy

@Wipqozn Some would say. Personally, I think each character was done extremely well.

Wipqozn

@Fluttershy What I mean is that the games are very similiar, and uncharted was heavily inspired by tomb raider. With that in mind, it seems odd to make the comparison of "play the new tomb raider if you like uncharted" since it makes it sound like the inspiration is the other way around.

Fluttershy

6:33 PM

@Wipqozn Compared to the older Tomb Raider games, the inspiration was the other way around.

Wipqozn

The Uncharted series never appealed to me. I always got the impression that the Tomb Raider-platforming-puzzle stuff was only a small portion, and it went into just generic action packed action game after a couple hours.

Fluttershy

It's a good mix of action and puzzle-platforming, in all honesty. I've not played Uncharted 3 yet, but I really want to.

Wipqozn

I might need to look into picking it up at some point, then.

Something that pisses me off about modern gaming is a lot of popular titles will have a unique or interesting concept, but it will only wind up playing a minor role and the game will then just be super generic action.

Fluttershy

@Wipqozn You can pick up the first two for pretty cheap, I'd imagine.

Wipqozn

Action is fun, but I like playing otheR things, too.

MBraedley

6:37 PM

AHHHH! I'm turning into an angry squid of angriness!!!

4

Wipqozn

@MBraedley Not sure if you're upset, or quoting something...

MBraedley

@Wipqozn Bit of both. I spent something like an hour this morning recording three KSP launches (the first two failed) for this, and not only does the video not render, but I also find out that my recording was fucked to begin with.

Fluttershy

So, I took advantage of that Rawbots deal, I have my license key, but I have no idea how to actually play the game.

MBraedley

@Fluttershy same here

djsmiley2k

awww man

why does superuser not get answers as fast as you guys ¬_¬

Wipqozn

6:46 PM

@djsmiley2k Because Arqade is more awesome than Super User.

djsmiley2k

:D

Don't suppose anyone here is a linux routing pro?

Ben Brocka

@Fluttershy confirmed for tree

@Wipqozn Earlier than I thought. I'll think about it. It's one of those games where I'd like to wait until it drops in price to get it, but since it's multiplayer if I do that most of the fun goes out the window

Fluttershy

@BenBrocka I finally achieved my dream.

badp

@Fluttershy you beat that unicorn platformer thing?

rofl

Fluttershy

Eh?

badp

6:56 PM

I didn't know this was possible

go me!

Fluttershy

o_o Wow.

badp

(guess what? I'd managed the trampoline-spring combo on this run)

1,261,001 points

uninstalls Runner2

Fluttershy

lololol

badp

@Fluttershy it's also possible to miss the target entirely by overshooting, then you'll be shown flying off for a long while before the screen finally blacks out

Ben Brocka

Celery's command line interface can be confusing at times.

Tweeted by mark_story on March 9, 2013 at 6:52 PM

Fluttershy

6:58 PM

I kinda want to try that....

Ben Brocka

This is my favorite thing about programming tools with random noun names

badp

I love the hellipsis, too. "BONUS..."

Lazers

1

Q: How long does radiation contamination take to clean up?

Due to poorly educated workers at my nuclear power plant, I was told that a meltdown was imminent at my power plant. Considering how densely packed my city is, I didn't fancy having a meltdown and removed the nuclear power plant in favour of an oil power plant. However, it seems that some contam...

simcity

badp

Also, new Indie Royale with a new set of games I've never heard about

Fluttershy

@badp Indie Royale is just getting worse.

badp

7:06 PM

@Fluttershy There is one game published by Rockin' Android, which ought to be a guarantee of good shoot 'em ups, but Cloudphobia doesn't look... convincing

fredley

@RonanForman Quarry chunk loading is definitely a bug

They stopped again, I went back and replaced, and they still won't load

badp

Indeed, the video about the game itself has like .5 seconds of gameplay

youtube.com/…

The section of the bundle video about it instead looks... crappy

maybe @Grace can tell us otherwise but...

Ben Brocka

Never heard of any of them either

badp

@BenBrocka Well I guess that's the point of a debut bundle, but...

The only good thing in that bundle seems to be the chiptune track... yeah :P

Ben Brocka

Humble bundle usually has at least one "hook" to get people, which probably helps them at least try out the other games. 100% unheard of games seems more risky

badp

7:11 PM

@BenBrocka The last few Indie Royales have been 100% unheard of games for me

user20683

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Fluttershy

Woo.... 20 minutes to get through 50 waves of enemies...

user20683

Portal 2's I want you gone in the style of Tim Burton

MBraedley

Um, I'm get 403 Forbidden on Rawbots...

badp

@WorldEngineer Makes me want to listen to the original more than anything

user20683

7:21 PM

@badp can do

user20683

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badp

@WorldEngineer yep, already on it

user20683

@badp I want to see a team up between Chell and Gordon

user20683

that'd be an explosively amazing co-op game

badp

@WorldEngineer It sounds absurd, but at some point Valve said it was done with single player only games and that all of their games would have at least coop

Now, they said that a long time ago and never again since, so the idea's probably been binned.

Still...

user20683

7:23 PM

@badp all of their new games have a co-op mode

user20683

everything since the orange box without exception

badp

Yeah, but it doesn't make sense in the Half Life universe

also the announcement was made after Portal 2

user20683

@badp ah

Ben Brocka

@WorldEngineer They'd have such great conversations

user20683

@BenBrocka yeah

user20683

7:31 PM

they'd be talking in Whitespace

user20683

@badp @BenBrocka I have this sinking feeling that they may have written themselves into a corner

user20683

that they are taking this long because they don't know how to end it

fredley

@RonanForman I accidentally the server

For some reason, crafting portal gun in Fabricator causes game crash.

Gaming Topics From Outside

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Q: Java is clashing with a game I play or windows, how do I fix it? Enabling minidumps?

when I try to start a java game, I get an error msg. I have a log of it, but cannot post it on here, as it will not let me. from what I read, it said something about minidumps not being allowed by windows, but I cannot find info on how to enable them. I need a simple explanation how to fix java ...

java windows-7 gaming

badp

@WorldEngineer I have the feeling that they want it to be REALLY epic, REALLY groundbreaking, REALLY something else and perhaps tie it to something REALLY important like the Steam Box except the Steam Box is like actually releasing

...and they're REALLY at a loss for leadership

user20683

7:46 PM

@badp yeah

Ktash

7:56 PM

@MBraedley Did you just make a nerdfighter reference?

MBraedley

@Ktash Yes, yes I did

Ktash

Interesting

Fluttershy

@Ktash Hades Cup Time Trial sucks!

Ktash

@Fluttershy Haha, what level are you?

Fluttershy

Just hit 70. <_<

Ktash

7:58 PM

And you're having trouble? Should be easy(-ish)

... maybe it's just been too long for me

the only one I remember struggling with in that is Cloud/Leon at the same time

Fluttershy

@Ktash Between Donald casting Stop, and Goofy knocking everything away from me, I'm 5 minutes in and haven't even made it to Cerberus.

Ktash

Ah, yeah, you gotta change their attack styles

make sure donald is almost exclusively defensive

Fluttershy

Gotcha.

Ktash

Otherwise, yeah, he just casts stop a lot and ruins your time

Ronan Forman

@WorldEngineer Or you could link to the original upload. By the artist.

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user20683

8:03 PM

@RonanForman I'll admit to being lazy about that

user20683

though not all OC remixes show up as originals on youtube

Ronan Forman

Blake posted it 11 months ago, I'm not sure why OCR are posting it now.

Ktash

8:20 PM

Hey all, this question could use 2 more close votes

Ronan Forman

@Ktash Can you join the charity games room, I need to ask about some things.

badp

This is what I love the most about TF2

You can make your own minigames

Like, I just played two rounds of Payload Barnblitz, 3 points on offense, 3 points on defense

On defense though I focused entirely on the enemy teleporters and the enemy team was raging about how they didn't have teleporters

On offense I focused entirely on their teleporters (again) and then on our own, and got teleported 70 people for my trouble without the teleporters ever going offline

Our team might not have won, but did I win? :D

Fluttershy

@Ktash I have one minute to kill the Rock Titan.

Powerlord

@WorldEngineer That depends on what you consider co-op. CS:GO is their most recently released game, and it's only co-op in that you have teams. Or were you referring to their nominally single player games?

Ktash

@Fluttershy Psh, you've got that ;)

EBongo

8:25 PM

Can we reopen this:

-3

Q: Making Billy's engine

Does any one know how to complete the quest "The Engine" given by Billy? It is in the quest series to unlock the Mountain area. I'm at the stage were I can't progress much without it. Everything I need for my street now needs rocks and I can't get them without the mountain gate. Please help!

facebook happy-street

I have edited to clarify.

(and I know the answer)

Fluttershy

@Ktash I failed. The timer didn't stop AFTER HE WAS DEAD

Ktash

@Fluttershy Hehe, during the animation?

Fluttershy

@Ktash Yeah. The screen was fading out and the timer was still going.

Ktash

Heh, that stinks

Ronan Forman

SimCity in minecraft:

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Powerlord

8:30 PM

That joke is starting to get old already.

badp

@Powerlord Has it started to be not true any longer though?

(real question)

user20683

EA wore out their welcome with me on Mass Effect 3

badp

(I don't care enough about Simcity to be watching the live graphs of absurd queue update times over time)

Powerlord

@badp You'd have to ask someone who actually has the game.

badp

@Powerlord So long as it's true it's fair game!

I mean, the internet will have forgotten about it next week already

Fluttershy

8:36 PM

Alright. So now I'm apparently getting a 403 Forbidden when I try to access my Rawbots stuff...

EBongo

(redacted)

badp

May 15 '12 at 8:07, by Erv Walter

EBongo

(redacted)

Raven Dreamer

@EBongo Done.

EBongo

@RavenDreamer Thanks!

badp

8:39 PM

@EBongo if you want to delete your messages, just delete them. Edit history for messages is public

(I'm not saying you want to delete your messages. I'm saying that if you do, that's not the right way of doing so. Blah blah blah.)

Lazers

0

Q: Is experience shared with the party?

Is the experience you get from killing enemies shared with your party or individual for each character?

epic-battle-fantasy-4

EBongo

@badp Hmm - I don't see how to delete them. I just didn't want to seem like I was nagging.

MBraedley

@RonanForman I don't always like youtube videos, but when I do, they deserve it

@Fluttershy You're not the only one

2 hours ago, by MBraedley

Um, I'm get 403 Forbidden on Rawbots...

Fluttershy

I guess their servers just couldn't take it. o_O

MBraedley

We (with reddit's help) have crashed their servers! Well I guess it was mostly reddit's fault

badp

8:55 PM

Note: the option is only available for posts newer than 2 minutes - moderators are exempt.

EBongo

@badp I see. Noted.

MBraedley

I'm a little disappointed. None of the 4 comic book stores I called had any of the 7 Wonders expansions.

Lazers

9:18 PM

0

Q: Skyrim dawnguard ps3

I can't find the weystone focus on the body of malkus, where do I get it? Starting to piss me off, I payed 20 bucks for this dlc and it doesn't even work.

skyrim skyrim-dawnguard

0

Q: Why are moderators quick to vote-close a question on Arqade?

I have experienced this a lot, and I'm sure other users as well. Sometimes the questions are well structured and answer-able but moderators quickly downvote and vote-close the question without even asking for some clarifications. Wouldn't it be more beneficial if the moderator asked the user (a...

discussion

Ktash

9:45 PM

Anyone here have XSplit installed?

Ronan Forman

@Ktash I have an old version, why?

Ktash

@RonanForman Was gonna test multiscreen streaming :)

fredley

@RonanForman

Retrosaur

Hey there all!

How are you all doing this fine morning?

user43095

@fredley Did you ping me two days ago?

fredley

9:54 PM

@jeffreylin_ Possibly

user43095

@fredley What for?

fredley

@jeffreylin_ No idea! Read the transcript!

Lazers

0

Q: I cannot place an Oil Well despite having met all the prereqs?

Despite having met all the prereqs (as far as I'm aware) I cannot place the Oil Well in this space. Clicking doesn't show an error, it just doesn't build the Oil Well. Any ideas?

simcity

user43095

yesterday, by fredley

@RonanForman @jeffreylin @unionhawk

user43095

@fredley ^

fredley

9:58 PM

@jeffreylin_ Well, click it

user43095

Holy cow

user43095

Your photo album

fredley

@jeffreylin_ Yes, quite. It's a terraformed tree farm

user43095

I should get me one of those

MBraedley

10:19 PM

I need a new watch, and this has been tempting me for a week now.

Lazers

0

Q: How do I activate these three rings?

I'm currently in Milla's mind trying to earn my learners permit for levitation. In her dance club are three rings that I'm supposed to activate. Jumping through them starts them turning, but I'm unable to get through all three at one time and end up falling back to the bottom, and they only spin ...

psychonauts

Powerlord

10:47 PM

wtf, when I visit steamcommunity.com in Chrome, it comes up in Korean

Retrosaur

It's the Chinese! I knew it!

@Powerlord Do you actually have a circling peace unusual?

Powerlord

@Retrosaur Yes

@Retrosaur It wouldn't make much sense for me to update my avatar to look like my TF2 loadout if I add stuff I don't have.

Retrosaur

Was it unboxed or through trade?

Powerlord

11:03 PM

@Retrosaur Traded

I have unboxed two unusuals, one of which I still have.

Retrosaur

Soooooo lucky. T.T I wish I had an unusual.

Lazers

0

Q: How do I get my $50 PSN credit after my first Playstation Card purchase?

The PS3 menu shows an offer to sign up for a Playstation card and receive $50 worth of Playstation Network (PSN) points after the first purchase. How does this work, do I get the points immediately, can I place my purchase immediately, how do I redeem the points, etc. The website is kind of vag...