The Bridge

2:01 PM

Windows costs a lot when you have to build a PC on a budget. $100 for something I'm only going to use to game...no thanks :P

Powerlord

Oh, the base edition is the multiple version download. Which is for Standard and Pro non-VL (this shows on the key generation page)

OK, so 3 editions, N and non-N, and 2 languages is 12, so 2 bitnesses is 24...

@RPiAwesomeness I thought they lowered the price of Windows 8 to something like $40... was that only for a limited time or something?

Arperum

@Yuuki What Launcher? There are a couple established launchersout there.

badp

\o/

Yuuki

@Arperum AT Launcher.

They have a truly terrifying number of mods in this pack...

Unionhawk

What pack?

Arperum

2:05 PM

@Yuuki I think I've used that one before for one specific pack. But then again, I've used FTB and Tekkit too.

RPi Awesomeness

@Powerlord Yeah, I think that was a limited offer...not sure though...I should check

Unionhawk

@Arperum Pretty sure CrackPack uses AT, off the top of my head

Powerlord

Not that I've bought Windows as a standalone license ever.

hides eyepatch and hook in a drawer

Wipqozn

So one of the devs brought in a drone of his, and we were flying it around the office.

Don't tell HR. sshhhh.

5

Unionhawk

Huh. Yogscast Complete is on AT. Could have sworn that was Technic launcher...

Also, there are entirely too many mod packs on AT. Holy crap.

Why

Private Pansy

2:11 PM

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A: What happens to excess happiness during a golden age?

The happiness accumulated during a Golden Age is completely wasted. It does not count towards the next Golden Age, it just vanishes (probably spent on steroids, the additional production has to come from somewhere). As far as I can tell, excess happiness during a Golden Age is mostly worthless, ...

It doesn't, so the effect is pretty mild

(assuming the effect is only in play during Golden Ages)

Frank

@PrivatePansy Which means it's not all that unbalanced.

Geez, has Civ 5 been out for four years already?

Unionhawk

-75% unhappiness during a golden age wouldn't be unbalanced as much as it would be outright useless

Private Pansy

@Unionhawk There is a social policy that adds excess happiness to Culture

Unionhawk

@PrivatePansy Is negative unhappiness the same as positive happiness? I don't think it is...

Frank

Steam Sales spread culture, right? Right?

Unionhawk

2:14 PM

I could be wrong.

badp

@Frank Videogames are art, so yes!

Unionhawk

I haven't played Civ V in ages

And I haven't played it extensively either

I don't think I've made it through a whole game

Frank

I'm super looking forward to Beyond Earth.

Private Pansy

It is, in the sense that if your Happiness = Unhappiness, or close to it, which is usually the case in my games, -75% unhappiness is a pretty big bonus

Unionhawk

I'm always like "I'm going to play Civ!" 2 minutes later "Bored!"

Jason Berkan

2:15 PM

@Unionhawk Since happiness and unhappiness directly offset each other, negative unhappiness would be a positive happiness.

Private Pansy

-75% Unhappiness all the time would break the game, of course

Unionhawk

In Civ IV, the "bored" stage inevitably ended with me going into the editor, giving myself all the nukes ever, and then blowing up everything.

Jason Berkan

@Unionhawk Tsk. Steam claims I'm approaching 400 hours of Civ V.

RPi Awesomeness

lol

Unionhawk

Good times.

RPi Awesomeness

2:17 PM

I know I've done that :D

It was actually on FreeCiv...but it's similar

From what I've seen, FreeCiv is a heckuva lot harder than regular Civ

Unionhawk

@JasonBerkan It doesn't help that whenever something tries to use my integrated graphics while it's running, the game crashes to desktop without fail.

Private Pansy

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Jason Berkan

@Unionhawk That would make playing the game difficult.

RPi Awesomeness

@JasonBerkan Just slightly. Minuscule amount of hardness it would add

Unionhawk

@JasonBerkan Yep. I can force the game to use discrete graphics, but Windows updates just destroy that.

Jason Berkan

2:21 PM

There was a bug in Civ V at one point, where Golden Ages didn't reduce the happiness counter back to zero, so after every GA, you were only a few turns away from another GA. That was, by far, the easiest game of Civ V I ever played.

RPi Awesomeness

:P Windows

lol

I am severely tempted to go to the local store and buy a $5 preloaded visa card (+$5 for Visa costs :P) and buy a couple of the humble bundle games. Namely, Mount & Blade

Martin Sojka

@PrivatePansy Morale of the story: The planet doesn't even notice.

Unionhawk

In other news, I really need a new laptop battery, but at this point, this thing is running towards the end of its life cycle, so I'm pretty tempted to just say "screw it" and not.

5pike

@RPiAwesomeness Why not paypal?

Private Pansy

@MartinSojka I think there's actual terrain deformation in the game, but with 2000+ nukes...

Lazers

2:24 PM

0

Q: Can I play Infamous First Light without spoiling the story of Second Son?

I have not played Second Son and know nothing about its story. I'm thinking about getting the standalone add-on First Light, but I was wondering if the stories of First Light and Second Son are completely separate or if First Light will contain spoilers to the story of Second Son. All I know is t...

infamous-second-son

RPi Awesomeness

@5pike I don't have a Paypal and also, I'd have to use my parents credit card to load the money on :P Also they don't exactly want me playing games....

5pike

@RPiAwesomeness Oh, I see. Well, I think paypal also works if you have a bank account.

RPi Awesomeness

Yeah...but again, they'd see the withdrawl... :P

They're kinda strict that way

Unionhawk

Dammit, keep downloading, free Windows

5pike

@RPiAwesomeness Ok, now I get the whole problem. Yeah, a prepaid credit card would be a solution.

Unionhawk

2:27 PM

I remember when buying prepaid cards was the solution to all my problems.

RPi Awesomeness

@Unionhawk :D

Unionhawk

Hell, I remember buying Runescape memberships prepaid more than once.

RPi Awesomeness

@Unionhawk You using Dreamspark?

Unionhawk

Yes, of course. The ECE department has premium, which means pretty much all Microsoft software for free.

RPi Awesomeness

I just wish it wasn't a $5/$6 fee just to load the stinkin money on in the first place.

@Unionhawk Nice. Wanna send me a copy? :D

Since I'm saving for my PC in the bank, I'm considering taking an extra $15/$20 out than I'm actually going to owe my parents and use that...

Oh balderdash. Why can't Cyber Monday hurry up and get here. I want components

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