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5:00 PM
That reminds me, I need to draw a non-GIR robot with a top hat and force him to chose.
He also needs to change his bio, it no longer works.
 
He also wants you to redesign his current image to be angry red GIR with a crushed crane.
In other news, argh low res artwork.
 
Where?
If it's also a jpeg I swear I'll kill it!
 
It's a .gif
 
@GraceNote Aiee...
 
I'm pretty sure that's worse.
 
5:06 PM
@RonanForman Yes, it usually is.
 
Well, once the image refreshes, you can see the results on my Code Review avatar
 
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Q: How do I get the NCR Rangers to stop hunting me down?

JamesCan someone please help? I killed ranger Andy, well, because I accidently stole from him when I was trying to bring the dialogue options up so I could ask him about Boone's wife.. and he chased me out of Novac and kept shooting at me, so.. I got annoyed and finally just shot him... and now everyh...

 
@GraceNote IS that Curly?
 
Yes, it is Curly Brace.
 
I don't undestand half of what you guys say so i just hang around and watch .-.
 
5:11 PM
Took forever to find a good image of her in the right sense, and in the end, every option was low-res.
But I liked the style of this particular image, so I went with it.
 
Yeah, that's a really good image. I like it.
 
Well in that context it's fine being a gif
@Grace If you ever need an avatar and you can't find one...
 
I know you're around to ask. ♪
 
5:35 PM
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Q: Exploring the locations of monsters in a Minecraft map

Nicholas HillI am trying to "debug" my large monster spawning room. I am aware that all surrounding caves must be lit, but my trap still seems to wind down after a few minutes. I would ideally like to use a tool to figure out where the monsters are so that I can light up the remaining areas. Does such a tool ...

 
Well I finally bought the bastion soundtrack, £6 well spent.
 
...y'know, it's the kind of thing I should not be surprised at all by, and yet, it still caught me sufficiently offguard...
 
@Grace What did?
 
An image of Kirby and Friends from Kirby's Dreamland 2.
 
Hey everybody, I'm stressed atm because I need to buy a domain + set up a database on it pretty quickly, and I have no clue where I should go for something like that.
Any suggestions?
 
5:49 PM
@Mana what's this for?
also, what's your budget?
 
@agent86 School project...I only need the site for 2 months.
 
@Mana You're going to need hosting too.
So yeah, we're gonna need a budget.
 
@Mana if you've got $5, and don't mind getting your hands a bit dirty, use nearlyfreespeech.net
 
At most $50? I'm really tight for cash atm too.
 
@Mana The school doesn't offer you any kind of internal hosting for academic work? That seems very silly.
 
5:51 PM
@Mana For two months? That's more than enough.
 
they'll give you a free subdomain (yourname.nfshost.com), and they do hosting + mysql databases for probably less than a dollar for 2 months worth
 
@RonanForman Server?
 
if you need a full-on yourname.com domain, you're probably looking at a $10 charge for a year
I'm assuming USD, your conversion rate may vary
if you want something a little more hands-off, dreamhost or hostgator will both sell you hosting + a database for probably $5-10/mo
 
@agent86 You're looking at roughly $2 for two months with MySQL and a dynamic site.
So I'd say a generous $12 maximum from NFS.
I don't think you need anything like Dreamhost for something simple.
 
@ArdaXi NFS requires a bit of elbow grease and at least some basic working knowledge of mysql administration. some people would rather spend the extra $5-10 and get something that's a bit more turnkey - that's the only reason I suggest it.
 
5:56 PM
@agent86 Well... that really depends on what you're going to run on it.
Anything will require knowledge of MySQL administration unless you're going to use Dreamhost one-click for stuff like Wordpress or Mediawiki.
 
and yeah, as Grace points out, you might have resources via your university. where I went, they gave us oracle accounts on a pretty beefy server.
 
So it'd really help if @Mana told us what he needed it for exactly.
 
additionally, you could host it on your own box with some sort of dynamic dns service for $0 if you like.
I did that with a couple of college projects as well
 
@agent86 Given @Mana being concerned, I'm inclined to believe that his university is not offering hosting of its own.
 
@GraceNote That seems very unusual.
 
5:57 PM
Unusual, yes, plausible, also yes.
 
Sorry, got distracted
 
resources might not be obvious or handed to you on a platter, but they still may exist. Even if it's just someone in his dorm or a buddy in the campus IT dept. hosting a box that doesn't mind an extra mysql process running on it...
anyhow, in preferred order: 1) something free provided by the school or utilizing school resources 2) nearlyfreespeech 3) dreamhost/hostgator
 
Okay so, from my limited experience with databases our school does have a database server that we have databases on, but changes to them don't seem to persist between sessions; in other words the data disappears once the user logs off. They only seem to be usable for testing, not for serious stuff.
 
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Q: How can I get a list of ships I own and their location?

FabianAs I'm getting older it's getting harder to remember where I parked all my ships. I tend to leave some in systems that are likely to see action in the near future, to be able to quickly reship if the need arises. But I'm losing track of the locations of my ships, I'd like to have a nice overview...

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Q: If i cancel an evolution. Can i evolve the same pokemon later?

Michel AyresIf i cancel an evolution. Can i evolve the same pokemon later ? I Canceled for tests an evolution from Krokorok and now i don't know if i should capture other to get the evolution, or is there anyway to evolve him.

 
@Fredley There ya go
 
6:04 PM
That's the reason why I'm stressed about this atm. After a bunch of emailing back and forth I managed to get a database set up on the server that we could use for this, only to realize that since it was behaving like this it seems useless to our purpose. We have a group meeting today and I would feel bad if after two meetings I had still failed to procure something that is essential to this project.
 
@Mana you might check with the admins of the server and see if there's some way to get a more persistent session. also, one thing that's non-obvious if you're used to mysql is that most of the time you have to "commit" changes to a database or they disappear - mysql doesn't tend to follow this model normally though
 
@agent86 it's postgresql; does that make a difference?
 
@Mana I think postgresql requires you to commit. so if you're logged in interactively and you make a new database or tables, and you don't do a "commit" command afterwards, if might not persist. give it a shot, anyhow
 
@Mana Huh, apparently I never killed the server that the Election Statistics site was running on before it moved to Stack Exchange's servers, so if you're in a pinch and can handle the domain name, I don't mind giving you access to that box if you only need it for a few months since there's nothing running on it now.
Should probably check into what else I've forgotten I'm paying for each month... >_>
 
Is funny to me.
 
6:19 PM
oh. yeah. I guess also I've got several boxes around here that would probably work too, depending on what you need.
 
Do you people hoard servers or something?
I've got one VPS I use for everything.
 
I have no servers what so ever.
 
Whatsoever.
 
Whatever.
 
I'm not changing that to prove a point.
 
6:23 PM
@RonanForman Still not pedantry, I just think you a fool.
 
@RonanForman What point would that be? That you're wrong?
 
So what's the point, that you can't handle basic English grammar correctly?
 
this is not proceeding in a constructive direction.
 
@agent86 Thank you Agent Obvious.
 
Well you were saying yesterday that it doesn't matter as long as the point is conveyed, so it doesn't matter.
 
6:25 PM
@RonanForman I did not say that.
I said that it's not wrong so long as the point is conveyed.
 
Slowpoke.png
 
It still looks silly.
 
@ArdaXi you're quite welcome :)
 
@GnomeSlice: Don't forget we're doing Tankball 2 today.
 
I can't decide whether it's worth recording.
 
6:29 PM
@RonanForman So basically, while you're not wrong, you still look like you didn't pay attention in elementary school.
 
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Q: How do you earn the Advanced Stealth and Advanced Close Combat PEC Challenges?

Alvin ReyesSplinter Cell Conviction has Prepare and Execute (P.E.C.) Challenges that reward players for certain actions such as the following. Advanced Stealth:Complete a level without being spotted and without retrying. Advanced Close Combat:Complete a level without firing a single shot and without retry...

 
If that's the look you're going for, you should definitely continue onwards.
 
I think not, but I'm not sure.
 
@RonanForman Think I melted your server
Sorry
 
6:31 PM
@fredley You can't have.
 
@ArdaXi I did //set on a few tens of thousands of blocks
-> Socket Timeout
 
@ArdaXi I don't think many elementary schools cover the difference between "What so ever" and "whatsoever"
 
No, because Ronan has no servers "what so ever"[sic]
@Wipqozn No, they don't, because "what so ever" does not exist as a phrase.
 
@Arda I might be misinterpreting things but you seem pretty hostile today. What's up?
 
@Mana Do I? Well... dealing with customers for 7 hours is pretty stressful.
 
6:33 PM
@Arda I fail to see how it makes me look stupid. But you using the wrong word doesn't.
Anyway, I need to sort out my 'server'
 
@ArdaXi Makes sense.
 
@RonanForman I said it affects my view of you. You think less of me because I use inception to mean recursion, which is fine by me.
 
@RonanForman I need to go anyway, I'll be back in a few hours. If John turns up tell him to sort out his water maze
 
@Fredley is the map okay?
 
Looks fine, although I dont think the //set committedc
Will need to use MCEdit to duplicate the course anyway, I'll sort out the surroundings then
 
6:38 PM
I'd probably flip is actually, so there are bits where you can shoot at th other team.
Although MCedit will stop working soon.
 
@RonanForman We'll have to hurry then!
Anyway, adios
 
Hopefully there'll be a replacement at some point.
 
@RonanForman Has support dropped for it?
 
It did ages ago I think. But the map format is changing for 1.2
I need a witty name for the tankball room. Quick!
 
@RonanForman Tanking it up?
Tank Power?
 
6:49 PM
@Wipqozn Ah balls.... is that still going?
 
@GnomeSlice Yes.
 
@GnomeSlice Balls. Tank, balls.
 
@Wipqozn Also, for future reference: maidmarian.com/Tank.htm
 
@GnomeSlice: Are you unable to make it?
 
@Wipqozn Working on it.
@Wipqozn There's... nobody in room 53.
 
6:51 PM
@Gnome Why would it not still be on?
@Gnome Is it 7 yet?
 
@RonanForman It's 1:50
I don't know what time Game On starts.
 
@GnomeSlice 10 minutes
 
Oh, excellent.
Well, the link I've provided for the game is actually on the developer's website.
And it's bigger.
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A: What's the Point of Upgrading My Horse?

AndréRight now the horse only gives you speed for a gameplay improvement, but in next versions now that the fight system is corrected, it will increase your damage and we are planning to give the horse a complete set of different upgrades! Regards!

Hey, another dev joined the site. =]
 
@GnomeSlice resist urge to make a joke
 
Just ping me when we start, I'm going to work on 3D until then.
 
6:55 PM
I wish Game on! could be used to attract new users to the site, but so far we've had bad luck with that.
 
@RonanForman Yeah, that's not really surprising.
Most people have groups they play with already.
 
I mean more the people who have joined us are not the best people ever.
 
@RonanForman They're gamers.
 
@GnomeSlice We're gamers and we haven't had any trouble internally.
 
@RonanForman ...
 
7:04 PM
What?
 
Is nobody else coming?
 
I can't believe in have my question's page open since 8 o clock in the morning and that i uptade it every 5 mins. .-.
 
We need more players in Game On!
@spugsley Join us?
 
7:20 PM
@GnomeSlice what are you playing?
 
Tankball 2. It's free, you just need shockwave in your browser.
 
nah, I'll pass
 
=[
It's funnnnnnnnnnn
 
All the cool kids are playing Tankball 2
 
@Wipqozn what is it about ?
 
7:24 PM
@Moonlighter tanks
they shoot balls
 
hmm...since its free and no downloads, could you gimme a link ?
 
@Moonlighter Type /join 53 once you get in a room.
 
looks just like a sample game from dbasic
 
7:27 PM
@Moonlighter Yeah, it's pretty basic, but it's fun.
@Moonlighter We're in room 53
 
i typed it
no results to
 
@Moonlighter '/join 53' and press return
i.e. enter
Not the little grey arrow.
 
LOL i know
it does nothing tho '-'
 
Yes it does. Are you in a game right now?
@Moonlighter Ah, there you are. Could you switch to grey?
 
Oh did
i would
but the window's gone '0'
 
7:32 PM
@Moonlighter You just click the tank in the upper left, but Ronan has switched now
 
kay
 
4th refresh is the charm!
 
@James ?
 
@GnomeSlice You must be logged in to use this chat
4th try it finally realized I was logged in :)
 
@James Ah yes. Play Tankball 2 with us!
 
7:39 PM
Ugh, and it logged me out again, LOL
@GnomeSlice Whats tankball 2?
 
@James Go to the game on room.
It's written there.

 SE Game On!

TF2 server is TF2.stackgaming.com Minecraft server is mine.sta...
 
What room? filtering showed me none
 
@James That one ^
 
gosh
 
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Q: Should I return captured workers to their country or keep them?

DementoWhen I take over a Barbarian camp with a captured worker from another nation, I have the option to return them or keep them. Returning them helps the relationship with the nation, keeping them is obviously labor for free. How much is returning the worker really worth on the long run? Especially ...

0
Q: Does the storyline end exactly at level 50 or it goes on?

Fredy31I'm about level 40 with my character, and still in Act 2. I'm wondering if the storyline (Act 3 and Epilogue) finish pretty much exactly at the time you get the 50th level, or does the storyline continues for a couple of hours of gameplay after you reached the level cap?

0
Q: How long must I wait after Innocence Lost before the Dark Brotherhood kidnaps me?

hellfireI have completed the quest Innocence Lost and have waited for days, yet I have not received the letter from the Dark Brotherhood. Nor does sleeping for 24day intervals work. Is my game glitched, and if so is there a way to fix it such as a console command to trigger the quest.

 
7:55 PM
@GnomeSlice Was fun but a good time for me to bow out. Quiche just buzzed :)
 
@RonanForman Hello
 
Oh kewl, I can see cast votes on any Q/A not just on meta :)
 
cool game :D
 
Ah... maybe that isn't such a great pick for Game On! sessions.
 
8:03 PM
@RonanForman Has John been around?
 
Tired of pwning people with your crappy internet Gnome? :)
 
@James That's not actually it, the game has some strange hit detection.
You get points if you hit someone on YOUR end, even though you might not be actually damaging.
But no, I more meant the fact that it's so limited.
@James I've just played it a lot.
 
@fredley Not that I've seen.
 
@GnomeSlice Ahh, hehe.. Try Fallen Earth. its another free MMO that I spent about 3-4 hours playing the other day
Was a bit of fun
I also see that brawler F2P game getting quite a bit of attention as of late
and... Realm of the Mad God is also a good dive in chaos game :)
However I hear the main storyline of Skyrim calling me :D
While my Quiche cools :D
 
I liked it tho. But yeah it gets a bit...repetitive after a while.First time i ever played with other people online lol
 
8:12 PM
@Moonlighter Who were you???
 
Destroyar
 
@Moonlighter Ah, haha, Sorry I sucked so badly :)
 
Oh, you were @ my team right ? I sucked too haha
 
<=- Crysyn
 
@James @Moonlighter Your team won one of the games. =]
 
8:16 PM
@GnomeSlice We did?? LOL
 
@James You didn't see that? Your team was four points above me in one of them.
four
ლ(ಥ益ಥლ)
 
@GnomeSlice Probably wasnt when I was in there as a target :)
 
Haha loooool G
 
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Q: How long do upgrades last for?

Ronan FormanThe length of the power ups seem to vary, I assume they're based on time, but I don't know how long. Although they could be based on shots fired or be cancelled after being hit. How long do the power ups last for?

 
I think we need to look into promoting Game On! network-wide.
 
8:23 PM
what's Game On ?
 
@Moonlighter Tankball
 
@Moonlighter It's what we were just doing. Every weekend we play a game together here.
It's usually TF2 or Minecraft.
 
Oh, i see.
 
@GnomeSlice WRONG! League of Legends and minecraft.
 
@RonanForman Not TF2 any more?
 
8:24 PM
Not enough people were turning up.
 
Ah... it's free though.
 
So is LoL
 
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Q: Game On! restructured

Wipqozn Important Links: Schedule Server List Game On! Chat Room So, it's taken me awhile (due to school), but I've finally come up with the promised restructuring of Game on!.The new structure I've decided on is a combination of badp's idea and my own. New Structure The new system wi...

I don't think Tankball is going to survive either... =[
 
I think the same amount of people are turning up, but you need less for LoL
It's a one-off game. But I may not return yes.
 
It's better with more people, but we only had 5 at best.
Hm. @RavenDreamer never did send me that email...
Man, Pretty Lights is such good music to work to.
@RonanForman I take it everyone left?
 
8:40 PM
Haha! Both of today's videos are at 21 views.
 
@RonanForman Today's videos?
 
Oh.
I challenge someone to build this on the MC server:
 
0
Q: What was the name of a Commodore64 circus game?

DeanAll, I am trying to recall the name of a game I used to play on the c64. It was a circus game that on each level you carried out a different task (juggling etc..). On one of the levels you dived of a high board into a tub of water however the higher you went the smaller the container of water (...

0
Q: Getting Turret Opera achievement in Score Attack mode on Bastion

ememoraisI finished the New Game + mode on bastion and went to the Score Attack mode, but forgot to get the Turret Opera achievement. It can be done with the Gel Canister secret skill, but it seems the Gel is only awarded on the NG+ mode. Since I wanna make the Score Attack mode my final playthough, does ...

 
9:03 PM
That's what I get for talking while typing.
 
@RonanForman ?
 
@GnomeSlice See the original title to my latest question.
 
Can you link it?
 
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Q: How long do upgrades last for?

Ronan FormanThe length of the power ups seem to vary, I assume they're based on time, but I don't know how long. Although they could be based on shots fired or be cancelled after being hit. How long do the power ups last for?

 
@RonanForman Oh... yeah, I was wondering about that, hahaha.
I saw that already.
 
9:12 PM
1
Q: Does the cost of using a skill trainer depend on your current skill level?

AubergineI've recently come across my first skill trainer (Arnick Arduna, in the Gorhart inn). I was looking forward to upping my Detect Hidden skill, but then I saw that I would have to part with around 15K in gold (I didn't even have 1000 gold at the time). My Detect Hidden skill at the time was 2, and ...

0
Q: How do i make my account available to download Mature games?

EvanSo i have 3 accounts on my xbox (now its two) the problem i was having was the main account that i use, is not the one that was made first and so when i go to download Mature demo's its says that "this account is not permitted to download content with this rating" yet i can download stuff that is...

0
Q: Difference between missile and bombs in Wings of Pray

Maciej PiechotkaDuring tutorial it was stated that missile 'are heavy and their flight is anything but straight line' and 'require direct hit'. However I found he missiles much more precise then bombs. I assume that I have misunderstood the statement about missiles - but then when should I use bombs?

 
9:39 PM
0
Q: What is the most expensive item of each type?

Mr. NovemberI'm trying to plan out my gameplay a bit and I would like to know this for farming purposes.

0
Q: Where to find specific monster items

DavidYellI am finding that I'm running out of grade 3 monster items really fast. Does anyone know where I can go to farm some of these items? Or better yet, is there a listing online somewhere of which items are available where? I primarily need grade 3 organic items

 
9:55 PM
@GnomeSlice you here?
I'm about to bombard you with emails.
 
@RavenDreamer I am, and can you not send them all as one?
 
I'm sharing google docs with you, so... no.
Each doc autogenerates its own email.
(And by bombard, I mean... Two.)
 
I see.
Aaand my internet dies.
 
You're still talking in here.
 
> The music of SGV should be upbeat. Given the nature of Stained Glass, Gothic and Church Organ-like Timbres are preferred.
That's... counterintuitive.
Ah man, these documents are really intimidating... =[
 
10:01 PM
You can have an upbeat Gothic-style music
 
They're also guidelines. They exist to focus your creativity, nothing more.
 
This sounds like world 3 of Super Quick Hook.
Neat.
@RavenDreamer It's still intimidating.
 
@GnomeSlice Granted.
 
Anything about length/filesize/file format?
None of those were mentioned.
 
@GnomeSlice It's because none of us are familiar enough with iOS capabilities to know what's best in terms of filesize/format.
We'll get back to you on the latter two (but really, shouldn't it not matter until you've finished the piece and are ready to export?)
As to the former - aim for 3 minutes to start.
 
10:05 PM
@RavenDreamer Ee, that's long. I'll see what I can do.
 
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Q: Skyrim - Do skill enchantments on armor work for companions?

Mark RipekI have been using Lydia and have noticed the following: If I put on a ring, armor, boots, necklace and head piece all with bow damage percentage increase, my bow damage rating in my own inventory screen goes up to about 140 for an ebony bow. If i then give this bow to Lydia, the damage on the ...

 
@Lazers Damn... How do you keep coming up with such great questions!? :)
 
@RavenDreamer What's the timeframe on this?
@James ...Who? That guy has one rep.
 
@GnomeSlice I was speaking of Lazers
 
@James L...Lazers is the chat feed that posts new questions.
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10:13 PM
@RonanForman Got a link?
 
@fredley It's uploading.
 
Cool
 
Apparently 15 minutes left.
 
@GnomeSlice I know, hence the irony of the situation.. but I guess it was only ironic to me so.. nevermind :)
 
@RonanForman :-(
 
10:14 PM
@GnomeSlice Did you see the flag picture I 'shopped?
 
Time enough for a beer though!
 
@RonanForman The flag bearing one? Yes.
 
@GnomeSlice Hm. I'd say our next presentation date, which would be March 21st.
 
@RavenDreamer Alright, so a month.
 
Essentially.
 
10:16 PM
@RavenDreamer Are you allowed to outsource like this?
 
Did @Jin do the Skyrim vs. MW3 backdrop?
@RonanForman What makes you think I wouldn't be?
 
That you're supposed to be making the game.
Although if it's a programming course then there's no requirement for music anyway.
 
@RonanForman We were sponsored to write the code. The Visuals are being handled outside our team also.
@RonanForman Yeah.
 
Will this game be up for download?
 
Thanks
 
10:19 PM
@RonanForman Yeah, it's gonna be a freeware game in iTunes.
Free copies of my free game to EVERYBODY!
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Yay! I can now play/sing bastion's build a wall.
 
God, I really have no self-confidence at all, do I.
 
I... I don't...
 
@Gnome Everything you've ever shared with me has been great.
 
10:24 PM
I appreciate that.
 
I'm sure whatever you do for @Raven will be great too. No pressure ;P
 
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@GnomeSlice Ramen.
 
10:38 PM
@RavenDreamer That was Sean, I believe
 
@RavenDreamer yay
 
10:55 PM
Eii
 
@NoahR Pardon?
 
@GraceNote You should have joined us for Game On today.
 
@GnomeSlice I was not even around at the time, alas.
 
11:25 PM
@Wipqozn haha, I just set down the 7th book on my whoknowshowmany readthrough :)
 

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