The Bridge

are you sure that the S and E have been there a while? They're quite obvious now that you've mentioned them, there is no way they've been there for ages

LessPop_MoreFizz

@kalina ages.

kalina

this is obviously a conspiracy

LessPop_MoreFizz

1

Conspiracy Theories

Proposed Q&A site for conspiracy theorists trying to prove a point, anti-conspiracists arguing against conspiracists.

Closed before being launched.

kalina

12:32 AM

poor

I have spent over 6 hours playing the Citadel DLC for Mass Effect 3 today

my brain is melting from playing the same mission over and over again

LessPop_MoreFizz

@kalina On the one hand, I want to play all the ME3 DLC now that it is all out. (Which is what I usually do with DLC for games like this - I beat the game once without any, then play through again with all of it a year later.) But I refuse to pay full price for it at this point, given how tired I am of the franchise and of EA.

kalina

anybody who likes Mass Effect should play the Citadel DLC

the Omega DLC wasn't bad either

LessPop_MoreFizz

@kalina And I certainly will at some point. But I refuse to pay 30 bucks for the three of them.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

Does ME3 have a DLC complete edition available already?

kalina

I duno I just bought all the DLCs as they were released

LessPop_MoreFizz

12:40 AM

@YiJiang'sEvilClone It makes me so angry when DLC never gets discounted but a 'complete edition' comes out and goes on sale for cheaper than the DLC individually. It's just such a fuck you to anyone who bought the game but is waiting to buy dlc. SURE I'LL BUY THE GAME AGAIN. THAT SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT IDEA.

kalina

hey at least you can buy the DLC for mass effect 3

the DLC for mass effect 2 isn't even sold by EA

Raven Dreamer

@kalina You made the mistake of letting me know it's on.

To wit: It's on.

kalina

@RavenDreamer no its ok, because now by you saying it's on, you're picking a 40 vs 220 fight that's in your favour

so now when I lose, I don't have to care about losing :p

Raven Dreamer

That's crazy talk. You should never pick fights that aren't in your favor.

kalina

yes but, if I win...

badp

12:44 AM

Please fight, so that I can only worry about agent. @wipqozn hasn't been a great nemesis as of late

Raven Dreamer

@YiJiang'sEvilClone You're an artsy guy. Maybe you know. Are you around?

@YiJiang'sEvilClone Also, no.

Wipqozn

@badp I'm just luring you into a false sense of security.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

@RavenDreamer About what?

badp

Me? I'm not your nemesis

kalina

@RavenDreamer have you played the Citadel DLC?

Raven Dreamer

12:46 AM

@YiJiang'sEvilClone I have a bunch of dwarf fortress sprites I'm trying to co-opt. The sprites themselves are grayscale, and then when they get rendered in game, they get a color drawn over top of them, giving them various hues of whatever individual color that is.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

Uh huh...

Raven Dreamer

I'm trying to figure out how I need to handle that to add the color to the sprites beforehand, so I can use the sprites in colors other than gray. By which I mean, in paint / paint.net.

@kalina I have not touched Mass Effect 3's single player since I beat the game. Not even to play through again as the one true Femshep.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

I think it's easier if you colorize the sprites in whatever tool you have

Raven Dreamer

@YiJiang'sEvilClone Basically, the situation I'm in, is that I know what I need to do, but I don't know the terminology of what I want to do, so I can't look up how to do it.

kalina

I guess there is only me left in the world playing Mass Effect th en

Wipqozn

12:47 AM

2 mins ago, by Wipqozn

@badp I'm just luring you into a false sense of security.

kalina

based on how few people are playing the multiplayer now anyway

badp

Uh. You want to mess with the RGB channels separately I suppose.

@wipqozn Remember, 2300 AD. You can recover your HP and SP instantly but you'll still be hungry.

kalina

All I'm going to say is that grinding EMS from 50% to 100% by solo'ing bronze challenges is not fun

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

@RavenDreamer Well, if this was in Photoshop I'd add a color balance or hue/saturation adjustment layer clipped to the sprites layer

badp

If worse comes to worse there are a few graphic effects in PowerPoint that do just what you need @raven, although you risk a blurry output

I would consider going to the channel editor and bringing the red and blue curve to zero so that you have a pure green sprite

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

12:51 AM

@badp Sacrilege!

Raven Dreamer

Yeah, I only have Paint.net installed atm, and as near as I can tell, it doesn't do channels.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

I'm not sure if you can get the image out of PowerPoint again if you do that, I mean

badp

After you've got that, use the hue control to change to any other color

@yij you can save as image the shape but it'll be zoomed in and interpolated I'm afraid

And with pixel art that's the last thing you want

Raven Dreamer

I really just want to && the two sprites together, I think :/

Er. ||

I definitely want to something them.

@kalina We've been over this. I have a grudge.

kalina

@RavenDreamer so do I, I just skip Priority: Earth

badp

12:55 AM

I don't know if paint dot net has adjustment layers but it's likely got curve editors so go ahead and do that.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

I just downloaded and installed Paint.Net

Raven Dreamer

@kalina I was going to say something about leaving games unfinished, then I looked in my steam library and respectfully retract my point.

badp

If the background is white you'll want to keep (255,255), but otherwise just bring everything to zero for red and blue channels

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

The curves adjustment layer is capable of adjusting RGB channels separately

kalina

@RavenDreamer I have completed the game though, I don't need to repeatedly subject myself to that level of disappointment!

Raven Dreamer

12:58 AM

@kalina Yeah, you've got MMOs for that!

badp

Curves adjustment layer?

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

Uh, adjustment thingy

Raven Dreamer

@YiJiang'sEvilClone Hm. Interesting. I thought it was luminosity only.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

There's a dropdown menu, change that to RGB

It's not non-destructive, isn't it?

badp

You can probably undo

I think I remember arbitrary undos in paint dot net

Raven Dreamer

12:59 AM

Aha! I found another way. I can set the layers as multiplicative.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

Yeah, there's blend modes too

badp

Congratulations for successfully asking for advice and ignoring it :-P

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

Although there's no clipping

Raven Dreamer

On the contrary.

@YiJiang'sEvilClone was simply my rubber duck.

user20683

@RavenDreamer gaming has a blog yes?

Raven Dreamer

1:01 AM

Thanks, by the way!

@WorldEngineer We do, @FAE and, oh... I forget who else are editors. @agent86 maybe?

user20683

@RavenDreamer I may have interest in writing for it after I graduate

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

@RavenDreamer *quack*

user20683

mostly old retrospectives

badp

@world be our guest! I have no idea how you set up blog accounts now, but you can surely get one.

user20683

I mostly feel that classic mac gaming, limited as it was, doesn't get its due.

Raven Dreamer

1:03 AM

@WorldEngineer Premature congratulations!

user20683

dons party hat

user20683

:P

badp

Check your inbox

LessPop_MoreFizz

@WorldEngineer MARATHON!

Raven Dreamer

@YiJiang'sEvilClone @YiJiang'sEvilClone shakes hand profusely.

user20683

1:05 AM

@LessPop_MoreFizz was thinking the same thing

user20683

given that I've been playing it recently (like 5 minutes ago)

LessPop_MoreFizz

@WorldEngineer We coulda had Halo all to ourselves.

:(

user20683

Halo could have been Marathon, can you image what Cortana would be like if she was Durandal?

user20683

Realmz, Escape Velocity, the list goes on

LessPop_MoreFizz

Oh shit Realmz.

user20683

1:09 AM

@LessPop_MoreFizz fantasoft.powweb.com/downloads.html

user20683

in all heresy it runs better on windows now

Raven Dreamer

All I know about gaming on Macs

LessPop_MoreFizz

@WorldEngineer I don't think I can do it now.

Raven Dreamer

was that SimCity 2000's Launch Arcologies didn't Launch.

badp

@world did you get any email?

Raven Dreamer

1:10 AM

And also Mario Teaches Typing.

user20683

@badp not checked yet

Fluttershy

@RavenDreamer You should join our book club!

Raven Dreamer

@Fluttershy Oh, right. New month. What's the book this time?

Fluttershy

@RavenDreamer Machine of Death for this month. Next month is likely going to be Ready Player One.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@RavenDreamer Fun Fact: There once was a company that primarily made games for Macs. They made a first person shooter called Marathon, which was one of the greatest shooters ever made at the time. While the sequel to Marathon was in development, that company got bought by Microsoft. The in-development sequel to Marathon was retooled with new art and lore as a prestige first party game for the newly released Xbox. That game was Halo.

Fluttershy

1:11 AM

You should also just... post more on the boards. >_>

user20683

@badp got it

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

@LessPop_MoreFizz Wasn't Halo originally destined to be a RTS game for Mac OS?

Raven Dreamer

@Fluttershy I don't forums, generally. >.>

user20683

@YiJiang'sEvilClone would have made sense

user20683

given that Myth was the previous bungie title

Fluttershy

1:12 AM

@RavenDreamer You're missing out!

Raven Dreamer

@Fluttershy Oh good lord, the premise of that book is horrifying.

Fluttershy

@RavenDreamer It's a collection of short stories, so it's super easy to read. Assuming you're talking about Machine of Death.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@YiJiang'sEvilClone Halo would've been Marathon 4.

Raven Dreamer

Behold, the fruits of my labor!

LessPop_MoreFizz

@RavenDreamer Listen man, I know you're excited, but please, keep your pants on.

3

Raven Dreamer

1:17 AM

Well played, sir. Well played.

Oh, I finished all the campaign achievements for Starcraft 2's expansion today!

The last mission was a total grind. Spent 2 hours in it...

LessPop_MoreFizz

@RavenDreamer We also don't wanna know about things you spent two hours grinding. GEEZ, there are KIDS who come into this chat.

user15026

@fluttershy your book club reads the best books.

user20683

@LessPop_MoreFizz given that that thing was probably Kerrigan...

Fluttershy

@AshleyNunn I think we're recruiting for book club members! =P

user15026

@fluttershy Oooh, but I likely lack any connection to whatever unites you people.

Fluttershy

1:21 AM

@AshleyNunn Poke @FAE about it. She might know more than I do in that regard. I just know there was some talk about wanting more book clubbers.

Raven Dreamer

@WorldEngineer I'll have you know, I only date girls with large personalities. Kerrigan has that not.

user20683

@RavenDreamer more of a FemShep fan then?

Fluttershy

Ugh... Jennifer Hale...

Raven Dreamer

@Fluttershy Ugh?

user15026

@fluttershy perhaps I shall.

LessPop_MoreFizz

1:23 AM

@RavenDreamer Now you resort to euphemisms? I will not stand for this cavalcade of FILTH which you are inflicting upon the Bridge. I must insist that you desist at once.

Raven Dreamer

@WorldEngineer Heck naw. I am all about some Matriarch Aethyta.

Fluttershy

@RavenDreamer I am not a fan of Jennifer Hale as a voice actor. I blame Guild Wars 2 and Bioshock Infinite.

Raven Dreamer

@Fluttershy hehe. THIS ROSE HAS THORNS

HERE THEY ARE

user20683

favor? no Bioshock Infinite spoilers please

user20683

still intend to play it

Fluttershy

1:25 AM

@WorldEngineer I won't spoiler anything. Except that one of the characters has awful VA.

@RavenDreamer More violets. Less violence!

user20683

@Fluttershy wouldn't be Bioshock without it

Raven Dreamer

Likewise. Though I idiotically stumbled onto a rather big two-word spoiler that may or may not have potentially ruined the game for me.

Mana

aw man.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@Mana Ohi

Raven Dreamer

@Fluttershy I'm tellin' ya. Reroll female Asura. Best VOs in game.

@Mana Wave

Mana

1:26 AM

@LessPop_MoreFizz Yo dude.

@RavenDreamer Google

Fluttershy

@RavenDreamer i have one! My necromancer is an Asura.

Raven Dreamer

@Mana Pickle.

Mana

@RavenDreamer Python

LessPop_MoreFizz

@Mana Listen to this. Right now. Seriously. Listen to it and be in awe.

Mana

one sec, gonna go grab my 'phones.

LessPop_MoreFizz

1:27 AM

(It is Prince's new band playing one of his very oldest songs in a very very very different way and it has been blowing my mind nonstop for a week now.)

Raven Dreamer

@Mana Schwarzenegger, Arnold.

Mana

@RavenDreamer ...Refrigerator.

Raven Dreamer

@Mana ...anti-hippopotamus?

user20683

@LessPop_MoreFizz feels like what would happen if Led Zepplin, Prince and Hendrix got together

MBraedley

3 hours ago, by MBraedley

@AshleyNunn and other Torontonians, get thee to the science centre! The Game On exhibit is worth the price of admission itself.

LessPop_MoreFizz

1:28 AM

@WorldEngineer It's just Prince and his new trio.

@WorldEngineer Though the little Frankenstein riff in the middle is pretty baller.

@WorldEngineer Basically, Prince is the most underrated guitarist of the past 50 years.

user20683

@LessPop_MoreFizz Prince is underrated in general

user15026

@mbraedley omg I looked up the exhibit again ans omg want to go

LessPop_MoreFizz

@WorldEngineer Well yes, but his guitar chops in particular definitely get a lot less credit than deserved.

Mana

@LessPop_MoreFizz woah, this was unexpected.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@Mana How fucking awesome was it.

Raven Dreamer

1:34 AM

So awesome.

LessPop_MoreFizz

I love Princes new band so much.

Mana

reminiscent of hearing The Who at Leeds

vs. The Who on CD

so much more rock-out.

LessPop_MoreFizz

And now I am going to go back to listening to this goofy Rogues Gallery album.

Because when you want to make an album of pirate music, if you haven't called Tom Waits and Shane McGowan and Nick Cave, you're probably doing it wrong, so it's a good thing that all three of them are on there.

user20683

@LessPop_MoreFizz pirate music you say?

user20683

►

LessPop_MoreFizz

1:37 AM

@WorldEngineer More like this one sung by Loudon Wainwright. (NSFW audio. But oh so worth it.)

user20683

@LessPop_MoreFizz This is like the Aristocrats the 1700s edition

user20683

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user20683

Something kinda similar but less vile

user15026

@lesspop that song was amazing.

LessPop_MoreFizz

There's also Iggy Pop's contribution to the whole affair, similarly filthy:

►

Raven Dreamer

1:43 AM

This is my favorite pirate piece

►

Lazers

0

Q: How do you breed a Diamond Dragon in Dragonvale?

I can't seem to find out how to breed a diamond dragon in Dragonvale. I've tried quite a few combos in the Epic Breeding Island, but none work for me. Anyone know a confirmed combo? I've heard it's Mine and Ice, but it doesn't work. Do they need to be a certain level? I really need a gemstone dra...

dragonvale

0

Q: Building up Cities in Minecraft?

Is it possible for the local villagers to build their own structures or do I need to do that for them? Also what are the city "limits" so that I can make sure my population grows while they still want to be in those houses.

minecraft

user20683

@Lazers well we know how you'd breed a Dragon on a ship

LessPop_MoreFizz

@WorldEngineer I dunno, I think most of the activities described in these songs are rather thoroughly non procreative, given the homogenous pool of participants.

user20683

@LessPop_MoreFizz still accurate actually, given certain ahem slang.

kalina

@RavenDreamer speaking of MMOs, I'm starting to get bored of EVE

user20683

1:55 AM

@kalina are you high sec or null?

Raven Dreamer

Do you like MMOs less when you're high?

Oh, misinterpreted that. Nevermind.

kalina

@WorldEngineer I duno I just generally fly around in 0.1-0.4 killing people

@RavenDreamer more

I set up a POS in 0.5 space too

@RavenDreamer you know the whole wrex-shepard-wrex-shepard thing from the earlier Mass Effects?

Yes

no spoilers

can't watch that atm

no flash

kalina

1:58 AM

I just spent the last 30 minutes finding all the locations Kasumi is hiding

user20683

@kalina da fuq?

kalina

that isn't the most 'da fuq' moment in this DLC

All I am going to say is the video I am uploading atm is called 'ME3 Citadel DLC - Tali'Zorah pretending to be the Normandy'

user20683

@kalina O_O

kalina

►

Raven Dreamer

Emergency Induction Ports.

user20683

2:03 AM

@kalina I love how it's actually in character

Fluttershy

@RavenDreamer That's a straw, Raven...

kalina

and... Mass Effect 3 is in the process of killing my PC

brb reboot

Fluttershy

@kalina That's a sign that you should sleep!

kalina

back

@Fluttershy no it's a sign that they need to make the game stop crashing my PC once it's been open 24 hours

now I gotta start uploading these videos again

user15026

Is 10 pm too early to sleep if you only woke up at 2pm?

kalina

2:16 AM

it's never too early to sleep

some days I wake up, and then immediately go back to sleep

user15026

I am just so bone tired today. I know you can't catch up on sleep, really, but that's what I feel like my body is doing

Fluttershy

Crap! The Goblin Army is about to invade my Terraria world. =(

kalina

I really need to get my wifi working again so I can arqade from bed

►

that one is quite funny too

Ullallulloo

2:34 AM

@AshleyNunn I'm pretty sure that you can.

Unless it's been over a week or so.

user15026

Okay, that would explain it. I slept 9 hours in 48,so maybe my body is like omg lady let's have more of that sleep stuff please

MBraedley

@kalina are those videos spoilerific?

kalina

@MBraedley no

no spoilers at all

assuming you played the first two games anyway

there are others I was going to upload but they're full of references to the rest of the contents of the dlc

LessPop_MoreFizz

Ugggggfhhh. I have work I need to do tonight but I've already started drinking and my willpower is declining.

Why oh why do I leave work for Sunday night like this.

And then set my reminder alarms to go off when I will almost certainly be several beers in.

kalina

Working on a Sunday, poor you

LessPop_MoreFizz

2:48 AM

Eh, perhaps calling it 'work' is a bit generous.

MBraedley

@kalina where's the dub step remix of that?

kalina

@MBraedley say what?

LessPop_MoreFizz

Essentially, by 'work', I mean 'upload a file to a website, fill out a time sheet, wrap a hard drive in bubble wrap and pack it in a FedEx box, and screw a new HDD into the enclosure. Nothing difficult. Just dumb shit I've put off that needs done before AM. Simple tasks.

kalina

a dubstep remix of tali pretending to be the normandy?

sounds like a good idea

MBraedley

@kalina Tali is basically singing dub step just without the thick beat and electronica.

kalina

2:50 AM

I will get right on it

LessPop_MoreFizz

Point is, I am on my fourth beer and it is only just now occurring to me that I must do these things.

Even as I 1) get kinda sleepy, and 2) get caught up in a viddyogame

kalina

only four beers?

LessPop_MoreFizz

3 of them were 9% ABV.

The sleepiness is not because of beer though, it is just run of the mill exhaustion.

user15026

@LessPop_MoreFizz at least they can be done relatively quickly, it seems?

MBraedley

Kasumi is awesome. Just saying that or the record.

LessPop_MoreFizz

2:54 AM

Yeah, it's about an hours worth of stuff. I just don't waaaannnnaaaaaa

user15026

I totally get that. I have stuff I need to do but I am hiding in bed with a book and leftover easter chocolate

user20683

me too, I'm watching Doctor Who instead of coding

Trent Hawkins

-1

A: How do you uninstall Modloader for Minecraft?

The best way to do it if you have a Windows computer (any model or maker) simple go to computer settings and go to install/uninstall files. Then after the list fully loads click on the mod. It'll take about 5-10 seconds to find the file then it will start to uninstall it.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@ashleynunn also I am drinking this, which I suspect you'd like.

Lazers

0

Q: Civilization V: Gods and Kings naval combat

Here's my question: Can embarked naval units be destroyed in one hit in Gods and Kings? The thing is, I spent a good while planning a sea invasion of a city state. All the units were riflemen who had survived from the ancient era. Properly levelled up, so I really didn't want them to die. Incase...

civilization-5 civ-5-gods-and-kings

Trent Hawkins

3:01 AM

wha-? am I missing something or is that not even close to correct?

user15026

@lesspop that sounds really fucking tasty

LessPop_MoreFizz

It tastes like fruit juice.

user15026

I have a jealous.

user15026

We can't get anything that awesome here. Someday I should see if I can source awesome like that in Toronto

Fluttershy

@AshleyNunn I feel your pain! I have to travel a good 2 hours if I want anything that's not Coor's, Sam Adams, or Budweiser. =(

But now I sleep. G'night, bridge.

LessPop_MoreFizz

3:09 AM

Sam Adams isn't awful!

user15026

Luckily, I can get some good things locally but not nearly the range of awesome @LessPop can

LessPop_MoreFizz

You do realize that I am not exactly in NYC ATM.

I am adept at finding good beer anywhere!

I expend effort to ensure that I do so.

user15026

Yeah, you are like a total magic beer finder

user15026

You manage to find awesome pretty much everywhere

spugsley

@Fluttershy so....definitely thought this said blowing not bowling. You can imagine my distress

LessPop_MoreFizz

3:23 AM

This might be the most unintentionally filthy question title I've ever seen on Arqade. Bravo. Bra-a-a-avo. — LessPop_MoreFizz 28 secs ago

spugsley

also....HI GUYS

user20683

@spugsley hello Madam Pugsley

spugsley

UM. SO. I assisted with a wedding on Friday and a bunch of my pics got selected for the clients O_O SO HAPPY

also my boss was super happy

user15026

That's awesome!

spugsley

SOME OF THESE ARE MINE: dgaddy.greysonsteelephotography.com/blog/…

:) I'm so proud

user15026

3:28 AM

Very cool! Go you!

spugsley

:) thanks you

user20683

@spugsley you do very good work. Were that I wind up marrying in Charlotte, I'd have you do mine

spugsley

@WorldEngineer that's very nice :) thank you.

Lazers

0

Q: Are there any bonuses for playing higher difficulties in torchlight 2?

are there any bonuses for playing on higher difficulties in torchlight 2? like will i get better gear? asdasda asd

torchlight-2 torchlight-2-engineer

1

Q: Missing the buzzer underneath the cash register in The Salty Oyster

I know about the hidden door here (in The Salty Oyster in Emporia) from another voxophone recording (and I know Voxophone #57 "One and the Same" is behind the hidden door), but the buzzer doesn't appear beneath the cash register. Did I do something wrong? How can I make it appear?

bioshock-infinite

0

Q: Single Player Commands "java.lang.StackOverflowError"

I am using Single Player Commands to assist me while making a map. I am trying to use the /butcher command (this kills all mobs near the player), but I keep on getting there error "java.lang.StackOverflowError: null". I am not sure what the problem is.