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Unionhawk

5:00 PM

I really should actually seriously play that game, rather than just explodinating everything on purpose

Sconibulus

can you cause damage to any of the celestial bodies?

fbueckert

@Unionhawk I'll give you challenges to help you along, if you want.

@Sconibulus Nope. They're invulnerable.

Sconibulus

Aww... too bad

FEichinger

@Sconibulus dynamic 3D decals are a little too much for it at this point.

OrigamiRobot

@GraceNote pokemonxy.com/en-us/whats_new/super_training

This looks neat

fbueckert

5:04 PM

@Sconibulus The simplest way to figure out what something is made of is to fire something really hard into it really fast. The resulting explosion debris gives you science for quite some time.

Sconibulus

But... I thought you couldn't damage the things?

Michael Dunfield

@Sconibulus I think he's talking about the real world.

fbueckert

@Sconibulus You can't. I'm saying in real life.

Michael Dunfield

Nailed it.

Yuki

> [00:00:00]: Liftoff!!
> [00:00:00]: Rockomax BACC Solid Fuel Booster crashed into Runway
> [00:00:00]: TT-70 Radial Decoupler crashed into Runway.
> [00:00:00]: Delta Wing crashed into Runway.
> [00:00:00]: Structural failure on linkage between Stayputnik Mk. 2 and Rockomax BACC Solid Fuel Booster.
> [00:00:00]: Rockomax BACC Solid Fuel Booster crashed into Runway.
> [00:00:00]: Stayputnik Mk. 2 crashed into Runway.

Michael Dunfield

5:06 PM

@Yuki 00:00:00

hahahahaha

@Yuki How did you do that formatting with multiple lines?

OrigamiRobot

Use more struts.

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Yuki

@MichaelDunfield Put the > before each line.

Unionhawk

> Try a multiline quote
They work now. Use shift-enter - Unionhawk

FEichinger

@MichaelDunfield Quote and Code work multiline.

Nothing else does.

Michael Dunfield

> w

OrigamiRobot

5:07 PM

Everyone loves struts.

Michael Dunfield

Wait how do you even make a new line

FEichinger

@MichaelDunfield Shift + Return

Michael Dunfield

> weufweb

nope, that's not it

Yuki

@MichaelDunfield Shift+Enter.

Michael Dunfield

> ovjbe,r
> oithrigergte

Aha I thought it was ctrl + return

Sweet.

Yuki

5:08 PM

I wonder what's the tallest rocket I can build using only solid fuel boosters?

fbueckert

@OrigamiRobot I use so many of those.

FEichinger

@Yuki Pretty tall.

fbueckert

@Yuki You can easily hit Kerbin escape velocity.

FEichinger

I'm actually using solid-fuel-only for the ascent.

Anything from circularising orbit onwards is liquid, though.

Unionhawk

@FEichinger Challenge accepted.

...

fbueckert

5:10 PM

@Unionhawk There's...a challenge in there?

Unionhawk

Wait no that'd be near impossible

@fbueckert get a circular orbit with ONLY solid fuel.

fbueckert

@OrigamiRobot Oh, hey. Super training trains EVs.

@Unionhawk Not possible.

FEichinger

You have hardly any control over boosters, so circularising it without a perfect trajectory is pretty hard.

OrigamiRobot

@fbueckert Does it? Or is it a new system?

Unionhawk

I'm sure it can, technically, be done. But...

fbueckert

5:12 PM

> These base stats could be increased using items and other methods in previous Pokémon titles, but in Pokémon X and Pokémon Y, you'll be able to raise them far more easily than ever before, thanks to Super Training.

FEichinger

@fbueckert Oh, with lots of maths and probably MechJeb, yeh, it's possible.

fbueckert

That describes EVs down to a T.

OrigamiRobot

@fbueckert Ah, I missed that line.

fbueckert

@FEichinger I suppose you could jettison the boosters once you hit the orbit, but that would take incredible precision to do.

Yuki

So. Of the 25 solid fuel boosters I used, 22 were completely useless.

And I had to jettison them quickly before everything exploded.

Unionhawk

5:13 PM

@Yuki Because you explodinated them?

Yuki

No. Because my rocket tower was too heavy for them to actually lift.

Unionhawk

@Yuki MORE POWER

FEichinger

@fbueckert Could also time it perfectly so you achieve the circle right when they flame out. But no matter how you go about it, you need way more precision than reasonable.

fbueckert

@Yuki Build out, as well as up.

Yuki

So... 22 rockets fanned out in a radial manner, crashing into and destroying everything.

user15026

5:14 PM

I made a long rambling answer on Pets saying why I want to mod it. Now I wait and try not to throw up and hope it doesn't get down voted into oblivion. nervous

Yuki

@fbueckert I know. I was doing that for laughs.

It worked.

Unionhawk

@AshleyNunn Gogogo! :D

OrigamiRobot

chat.stackexchange.com/search?q=struts&room=35

This makes me happy

fbueckert

@FEichinger Which is what I meant by, "Not possible". Elaboration is, "Possible, yes. The effort required for outweighs the gain, however. So, not possible."

FEichinger

@fbueckert Pretty sure some crazy youtubers would give it a shot, though.

And some of them are probably also able to get it rather close.

OrigamiRobot

5:16 PM

@fbueckert I wouldn't call that "not possible" at all.

Sterno

Can you strap 9 billion thrusters to the moon and blast it out of orbit?

Unionhawk

@Sterno Probably

Grace Note

@OrigamiRobot Looks to be EVs.

Sterno

If there's a way to crash the moon into the planet, I'll have to buy KSP.

FEichinger

@Sterno Nope. Celestial bodies are on rails.

Unionhawk

5:17 PM

The Mun, probably not, because KSP, but the real moon probably

user15026

@sterno I never knew until now how badly I wanted to know this.

OrigamiRobot

@Sterno 9 billion thrusters would more likely melt your computer.

FEichinger

@OrigamiRobot In one way or another that does actually blast the moon out of orbit ... Hm.

Sterno

@OrigamiRobot I would invest in proper hardware just to make it happen.

OrigamiRobot

@Sterno I would support this.

Like all racing games, I only want to cause destruction in KSP.

fbueckert

5:18 PM

@Sterno Nope.

Celestial body orbits are fixed.

OrigamiRobot

@fbueckert For now...

Sterno

@Wipqozn The spring on B8F combined with floor jumping means I have an infinite well of health and mana, rendering the inn obsolete.

fbueckert

@OrigamiRobot For now, indeed.

LessPop_MoreFizz

I just bought a case of this: beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/27039/16814 today is AWESOME.

Wipqozn

@Sterno Correct. I only use the INN when I'm lazy. It's silly.

OrigamiRobot

5:20 PM

@GraceNote In a system I can deal with.

Sterno

@Wipqozn Now that I think about it, it's still good for making time pass quickly. Though I guess I could run around the wyvern room on B8F for a risk-free way of that, too.

fbueckert

@FEichinger There's gotta be someone who's attempted to mod in the ability to adjust planetary orbits.

Unionhawk

I should probably be packing up laundry to head home for the weekend, but, meh.

Sterno

Though if you wanted to pass 10-15 days, that would not be terribly efficient

Although, given that you can program movement, it would be effective if you want a few days to pass while you go make a sandwich.

Grace Note

@Sterno Isn't the spring in its own detached room to begin with?

Sterno

5:30 PM

@GraceNote If you mean encounters can't happen in it, I think they can in this version.

Maybe not. Maybe that was only before I got the spring flowing again.

Grace Note

Might be.

ken.ganong

history-repeats?

Lazers

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Q: In GTA online, which property has the most garages for the cheapest price?

Apartments in GTA online have a certain number of garage spaces attached to it. Which one has the most garage space for the cheapest price?

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Q: If I drown myself in honey and stand near a raging fire, will I regenerate life faster?

What is the fastest way to naturally regenerate HP? I know for sure honey increases the rate of hp regen, and so do campfires. I know for sure there are some other HP regenerating items such as Crimson Armor's Set Bonus as well as some accessories. What's the fastest possible way to naturall...

terraria

SaintWacko

Muahaha

I can burn terraria spoilers

Lazers

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Q: Enable stereoscopic 3D

When I play Pokémon Y, I've noticed that the game disables stereoscopic 3D when not in combat; i.e. the green 3D LED is off and moving the 3D slider doesn't do anything. Looking at the settings, I can see options to set the text speed (slow, normal, fast), but I can't find anything related to st...

pokemon-xy

Fluttershy

5:57 PM

Two questions: 1) Pokemon X/Y isn't even released yet, is it? 2) Is that really how we want to tag it?

fbueckert

@Fluttershy No, we want pokemon-sixth-gen, or whatever it is we're doing for the other generations.

And I say leave it; he got himself a legit copy before street date. Shouldn't be punishing him for being lucky.

Trent Hawkins

@fbueckert I don't think this meshes with our usual policy re: questions on games before they're readily available to the general public.

OrigamiRobot

I agree with @Wipqozn

fbueckert

@TrentHawkins It might fall into a wonky area.

I don't think we've really addressed asking questions about games that have broken street date.

I think the main trend is, "If you can play it, you can ask about it."

Trent Hawkins

I know in the past questions have been closed because the game was not officially released yet (not including games with public open betas).

Sterno

6:08 PM

Why aren't there any awesome Sierra-style Cthulhu adventure games yet?

OrigamiRobot

@Sterno Maybe you're playing one right now.

Grace Note

@TrentHawkins To my understanding, it's as allowable as someone who asks about a game that's released in, say, Japan, but the US release date isn't present yet.

Not every game has a universal international release date, so if for example Italy and Canada officially release a few days early, it's still officially released.

Sterno

@OrigamiRobot My sanity score is too high for that to be true.

OrigamiRobot

@Sterno Just wait till your daughter gets older.

Trent Hawkins

@GraceNote I don't think it's officially released insomuch as some stores have broken the release date.

Sterno

6:12 PM

@OrigamiRobot I'm compiling baby photos of her doing disgusting things to chase off future boyfriends. Plus, I have a shotgun.

Grace Note

@Sterno In Elona, positive values in the Sanity stat are what actually leads to insanity.

Sterno

@GraceNote If I were crazy I'd be eating some Satisfries from Fries King.

OrigamiRobot

@Sterno The shotgun is more likely to be effective than the photos.

Sterno

The photos are just a distraction while I get the shotgun.

OrigamiRobot

I see, I see.

FEichinger

6:23 PM

@fbueckert I believe some of the edit mods can move, add and modify planet orbits.

Michael Dunfield

I bet they weren't very happy about that.

Wipqozn

@OrigamiRobot Me too.

Michael Dunfield

I should probably go easy on people online

Although it would be nice if I could actually see the other racers. I guess my interent is too bad for that.

OrigamiRobot

@Wipqozn We're basically like brothers. Handsome brothers.

Wipqozn

@OrigamiRobot Agreed. Everyone else is jealous of us.

OrigamiRobot

6:31 PM

@Wipqozn We should have our own room tags.

kalina

HELLO

I AM HERE

Michael Dunfield

@kalina Hi.

kalina

really? That's all I get?

The @ArtistFormallyKnownAsGnomeSlice and that's it?

Wipqozn

@OrigamiRobot I agree. You should add them.

Unionhawk

@kalina HELLO

OrigamiRobot

6:32 PM

@kalina What do you want from me?

@Wipqozn This will be my first act as room owner.

kalina

well at least now I know the only two people who care about my existence are @MichaelDunfield and @Unionhawk

who are now my bestest friends.

Blem

@OrigamiRobot heres a tag for you i-am-the-most-handsomest-my-mom-says-so

...

@kalina :3

@kalina =]

6:34 PM

... screw it, not like I have anything better to do. Time to see if Bestbuy has, by some miracle, broken Pokemon release day across Canada. and then go to some other stores in the area to see if they have. wish me luck, @fbueckert

Wipqozn

@Blem @OrigamiRobot isn't my mom.

Michael Dunfield

store.steampowered.com/app/247140/?snr=1_4_4__105

Blem

@Wipqozn are you sure, you should go ask your dad

OrigamiRobot

I am at work and, as a result, my pants are on. I can't be bothered to greet every single person who comes in.

Michael Dunfield

BioShock Creator: Please Stop Making Elizabeth Porn

The internet is so dumb

Unionhawk

6:38 PM

@MichaelDunfield You've just figured this out?

Michael Dunfield

wtf, why is there a whole subreddit for bioshock porn

Blem

@MichaelDunfield theres Elizabeth Porn, time to google!

Unionhawk

@MichaelDunfield HOW DO YOU KNOW THIS AND WHY?

Michael Dunfield

@Unionhawk Read it in the article. Or one of the comments. I forget.

@Blem Here is the extremely nsfw link if you really want it I guess... reddit.com/r/bioshockporn

I wouldn't recommend it though

Also it kind of frightens me that people have the time to make such detailed 3D animations of this.

Blem

@MichaelDunfield hmm lost intrest in it about as fast as I gained interest...

Michael Dunfield

6:42 PM

@Blem Yeah.

Also I have never played bioshock infinite

Unionhawk

Basically that.

Blem

Fluttershy

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A: Grand Theft Auto V vs GTA Online

Since you can't play one without the other, wouldn't it be best to tag it with grand-theft-auto-5 and gta-online? That falls in line with what we've been doing with Skyrim, Dawnguard, Hearthfire, etc., so it would make sense to do the same here.

Anyone else agree with me?

fbueckert

@BenBrocka Seen Guided Fate Paradox?

Michael Dunfield

oooooo Real World Racing is in the IndieGameStand store...

Unionhawk

6:48 PM

@Fluttershy Yes, GTA Online isn't a separate game. It's practically a free DLC, as far as I'm concerned.

grand-theft-auto-v and multiplayer is right out

I'd support that on meta, but I've got a cps midterm to take

Sterno

@Fluttershy I do not agree with you. I say tag it gta-online and be done with it. Though if we want consistency with what we've done in the past, such as with mass effect 3, make it grand-theft-auto-5 multiplayer

Lazers

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Q: Can I upgrade my copy of GTAV to a Collector's Edition or Special Editon?

Now I've realised how much I love GTAV, I'd really appreciate the extras that come from owning the Special Edition or Collector's Edition: 5 Stunt Plane Trials Special Ability bar generates 25% faster Bonus Bonus Outfit, Tattoo and Item of Clothing for Michael, Trevor and Franklin Additional we...

grand-theft-auto-5

Sterno

but creating the gta-online tag and then only using it when paired with grand-theft-auto-5 seems pointless

Fluttershy

@Unionhawk I'd rather go with grand-theft-auto-5 and gta-online than multiplayer

Michael Dunfield

What's wrong with just grand-theft-auto-5?

Fluttershy

6:51 PM

@Sterno No more pointless than Skyrim + Skyrim-Dawnguard, IMO.

Sterno

@Fluttershy Pointing at other pointless things won't win an argument. :)

Fluttershy

@Sterno I'm not trying to win. I'm agreeing with you! But we need consistency!

Sterno

Plus, that's not even a good analogy. Dawnguard isn't a standalone app

Fluttershy

@Sterno Neither is GTA Online.

3ventic

@Fluttershy It's tagged with both for SEO purposes, people interested in Skyrim questions are generally also interested in dawnguard-related questions

That's how I see it anyway

Sterno

6:53 PM

Isn't it? I thought it was, but it required that you bought GTA5 to run it.

fbueckert

@Sterno To my knowledge, neither is GTA-Online; you can't buy it seperately.

Sterno

Ability to purchase it separately is pretty distinct from whether or not it's an actual separate entity.

3ventic

@fbueckert You could also say that you bought GTA-Online and got GTA V for free, no?

Fluttershy

@Sterno You can't but GTA O separately. You must have GTA V purchased and installed. You access online through the game itself.

Wipqozn

@Sterno Agreed. Wasn't portal originally only sold as part of The Orange Box?

fbueckert

6:53 PM

@3ventic Eh. It's a technicality.

3ventic

@Wipqozn It was, yes.

Sterno

@Fluttershy Okay, I thought it launched separate. This seems pretty identical to Mass Effect 3 online then. A totally different feeling game launched as part of the same app.

Wipqozn

That wouldn't mean would only use a [the-orange-box] tag with portal. It was a completely different game.

3ventic

I shouldn't say much in this issue as I have had nothing to do with GTA V apart from PC Gamer's articles about it.

Sterno

I'm not a fan of what we did for that one, but if we're just going for consistency and nothing else, it would be grand-theft-auto-5 multiplayer

fbueckert

6:54 PM

@Wipqozn That's a fair point.

Wipqozn

That said I have no idea what gta online is.

Michael Dunfield

@fbueckert Not really, it doesn't apply to GTA

Wipqozn

I just wanted to say make that point.

Fluttershy

@Sterno Closest way to explain it, yeah.

Wipqozn

Feel free to apply it if it makes sense.

@MichaelDunfield It is a fair point.

fbueckert

6:56 PM

@TrentHawkins Let me know how you did!

OrigamiRobot

@Sterno multiplayer is a terrible tag.

fbueckert

I think it has something to do with how it was launched.

Wipqozn

Just because it doesn't apply to GTAV doesn't make the point less valid, it would just mean it's not relevant to whether or not GTA Online deserves it's own tag.

Michael Dunfield

@Wipqozn But Portal is a different game from 'the orange box'

3ventic

@OrigamiRobot Depends on its use.

Fluttershy

6:56 PM

@Sterno We're in the process of eliminating multiplayer aren't we?

Michael Dunfield

@Wipqozn I thought he meant it was a good point in context.

fbueckert

At this point, GTA Online is inextricably intertwined with GTA 5.

Michael Dunfield

Because I agreed with you too.

OrigamiRobot

@3ventic It's never a good tag.

Fluttershy

Or is that just one person's quest? >_>

fbueckert

6:57 PM

For consoles, you have to have the play disk in the drive to play, right?

3ventic

@OrigamiRobot That just means no-one can use it correctly.

Wipqozn

I can never keep track of what tags we want to kill.

Michael Dunfield

I think multiplayer should stay, but it shouldn't be used as a synonym for online or something

Wipqozn

People usually just decide "I hate this tag" and start killing it.

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Michael Dunfield

not all multiplayer is online

Wipqozn

6:57 PM

@MichaelDunfield Is online actually a tag?

OrigamiRobot

I don't know how multiplayer got past the Great Tag Cleanup

Michael Dunfield

@Wipqozn No, but that isn't my point.

3ventic

@Wipqozn online is a tag-synonym for multiplayer

Fluttershy

@fbueckert You cannot play GTA Online without the GTA V installation and disk in the drive. And you have to access it from the single player game.

Sterno

@Fluttershy If that's the case, then I say gta-online by itself.

Michael Dunfield

6:58 PM

@3ventic NO! BAD!

Sterno

Anyway, I commented in your meta here: meta.gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/7760/…

Wipqozn

OH! I know!

Sterno

Basically, I feel like your proposal combines the bad aspects of both.

3ventic

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Q: 404: Reasons for keeping [online] not found

So I've recently discovered that we have an online tag. From a cursory look at the questions in that tag: It's ambiguous - It's not used for one particular game or service. Not to mention most 'online' services have their own tags. Searching for [*online*] reveals quite a long list, including b...

support status-completed tags

Wipqozn

Okay, remember that game-within-agame that came with one of the Professor LAyton games?

Sterno

6:58 PM

(maybe Skyrim has this same problem, though I'm less sure about that)

Wipqozn

That London Chore job simulator?

fbueckert

@Fluttershy So it sounds like it can't be used as a seperate tag at all.

Michael Dunfield

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A: 404: Reasons for keeping [online] not found

There isn't any use of online that is different than multiplayer and that is big enough to justify having its own tag, let alone a tag as broad as "online". We should synonym it: online → multiplayer. Alternatively (or as well), we should vigorously edit both out of new questions where the tag ...

I disagree with this

But not enough to really fight about it

Wipqozn

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