The Bridge

badp

14:01

Oh look, I just made a test map with the new snapshot and I spawned right on top of a village

And a villager is looking at another villager.

And hearts are going up.

I'm now scared.

Self_Impostor

Would you rather they were looking at you?

badp

With hearts going up? Not really, fair 'nuff

Ian Pugsley

@OrigamiRobot are you going to create duck-activities for this:

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Q: PC game where you played as a duck

I'm looking for the title of a fairly old game. I got it on CD a long time ago, it must have been Windows 98 or 2000 times. Anyways, the game was a 3D 1st or 3rd person adventure game where you would play the protagonist, a duck. Somehow I remember, it's about aliens coming to your world and obd...

identify-this-game

badp

The kicker is that the village is flooded.

Self_Impostor

I think you should.

Ronan Forman

14:05

@badp Pics?

badp

Sure

Lazers

0

Q: Why doesn't Mass Effect 2 respond when loading a headmorphed save?

I tried to import the headmorph of DigitalScumbag's Shepard from http://www.masseffectsaves.com/textures.php and followed the instructions there. But nothing happens when I load the modified save, not even an error message. It simply does not load. And other normal saves can be loaded perfectly. ...

mass-effect-2

badp

user30

elderscrolls.com

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user30

:(

badp

14:06

In other news it seems the world generation still is capped at 128

and it is now again possible to build above clouds

Ian Pugsley

sooo apparently Origin is giving away BF3 for PC for free if you preorder ME3

StrixVaria

@IanPugsley Oh Mass Effect is EA? Guess I'm never playing that.

Ronan Forman

@badp So it generates the same world, but you can build higher? Cool.

StrixVaria

I can't wait to see what people build with 256 height to work with instead of just 128.

Ian Pugsley

@StrixVaria I wish I had your willpower

Sterno

14:11

@IanPugsley Any idea if that works if you already preordered?

Tristan

@StrixVaria As much as it pains me to give EA any more money than I already have, I can't not play Mass Effect 3.

StrixVaria

@Tristan Having not played ME1 and ME2, it's not that tough for me.

badp

Basically at the new world height cap far distance is just enough distance enough to barely see the ground

Tristan

@StrixVaria You're missing out on one of the greatest Sci-fi stories ever told. =P

Grace Note

@StrixVaria High five!

StrixVaria

14:12

@Tristan Ender's Game.

Tristan

@StrixVaria I read the 4th book in that series without realizing until the end that it was the 4th book in that series. <.<

Ian Pugsley

@Sterno no idea (link here) - probably not if I had to guess

StrixVaria

@GraceNote Yeah!

badp

StrixVaria

@Tristan The rest of the series isn't even that good compared to the first book.

badp

14:13

This is as high as you can build now, built on top of the the highest piece of generated ground I could find

Tristan

@StrixVaria So I've heard. After I read the 4th book...

agent86

you ME haters will regret it when the reapers invade!

Ian Pugsley

@badp what's your coordinate?

badp

You can probably see the sea level in the distance

StrixVaria

Is there an estimated official release of the new MC version?

Tristan

14:14

@agent86 Did you hear about Notch funding a Psychonauts sequel? =D

StrixVaria

@agent86 I don't hate ME. I just don't have any interest in it.

agent86

I'll be zooming around the galaxy in the normandy with the girl from chuck and seth green, and you'll be turned into some sort of funky machine hybrid

badp

@IanPugsley 236, 256, 488

agent86

@Tristan yeah, I heard they were talking about it, but that it wasn't a done deal yet

StrixVaria

@agent86 Also your name still isn't blue?

Tristan

14:15

@agent86 Yeah. They're still talking about it, but apparently Notch offered up $13 million.

StrixVaria

I wish I had $13 million to fund whatever game I wanted.

Tristan

@StrixVaria Kickstarter! =P

StrixVaria

@Tristan Except I don't want to make it myself.

I want to just have it.

Tristan

@StrixVaria Oh. That definitely throws a wrench into it.

FallenAngelEyes

@StrixVaria I try not to give OSC my money in any way shape or form anymore

Ian Pugsley

14:17

also for anyone who doesn't already know, Killing Floor is $3 on Steam!

badp

@RonanForman yes, and if the world needs higher levels it'll use them

StrixVaria

@FallenAngelEyes He's got some strange personal views, and too many of his books can get really really really preachy, but Ender's Game is still incredible.

agent86

@StrixVaria I think they ran out of diamonds and are having to forge some in the bowels of a volcano

badp

I'm standing on a very tall tree, my head in the clouds right now

Ronan Forman

@badp So it wont cut of mountains and stuff.

agent86

14:18

@StrixVaria this is the way I feel about the dune series.

badp

StrixVaria

@agent86 I need to try reading Dune again. The first time I tried I was too young to really figure out what was happening.

FallenAngelEyes

@StrixVaria I know, luckily I read Ender's Game before I found out he was a raging homophobe.

Ian Pugsley

@FallenAngelEyes he wasn't quite so "shout it from the rooftops" years and years ago, too

badp

also I wasn't aware of trees being two wide

StrixVaria

14:19

@badp I think that's a jungle biome.

Ronan Forman

@badp Jungle trees are.

agent86

@StrixVaria another series where the first book is really where you should stop. maybe the second and third if you're into the series, but it takes a turn towards crazytown and then puts the pedal to the floor...

StrixVaria

@agent86 I'll keep that in mind if I ever revisit it.

agent86

dune though... classic.

StrixVaria

I remember there's a little girl who is born pretty much knowing everything about everything. Which is creepy and probably bad for plot.

FallenAngelEyes

14:21

@IanPugsley Yeah. And now he's a member of NOM...

StrixVaria

@FallenAngelEyes I don't know what that stands for but I hope it was founded by heavy weapons guy.

In the case that it has something to do with anti-gay-rights, then :(

FallenAngelEyes

National Organization for Marriage

The National Organization for Marriage (NOM) is an American non-profit political organization established in 2007 to work against legalization of same-sex marriage in the United States. It was formed in 2007 specifically to pass California Proposition 8 prohibiting same-sex marriage in California. The group has opposed civil union legislation and has fought to have adoption agencies retain the ability to refuse to place children with same-sex couples. NOM's current president is Brian S. Brown. Leadership NOM's founding board of directors consisted of: * Maggie Gallagher, President * B...

StrixVaria

Oh yeah all those people should probably just be put in some kind of quarantined area together and forgotten.

Ian Pugsley

@FallenAngelEyes he claims he's a democrat but supported McCain last election and Gingrich now

FallenAngelEyes

@IanPugsley Blegh.

badp

14:24

heh

StrixVaria

@IanPugsley It's very sad that democrats are just less conservative. There is no liberal party in the US.

Ian Pugsley

@FallenAngelEyes I love when people have a moral stance about anything regarding marriage and then support Gingrich

badp

He was trying to get in the house and instead spun in circles aimleslly

FallenAngelEyes

@IanPugsley Hahaha, indeed.

badp

even after I took off the fence for him

Self_Impostor

14:25

Sounds about right.

badp

in came another testificate going straight for the house.

Ian Pugsley

@StrixVaria there is, it's just that the only people who'll ever get elected are never very liberal because it's "too extreme"

badp

understandably so, because he was chased by a zombie. The previously pictured testificate hastily joined him.

Ian Pugsley

because being super super conservative is just "loving God a ton and thinking government should spend less"

FallenAngelEyes

@IanPugsley US politics are pretty much Democrats are really Centrists, and then everything goes to the right from there

badp

14:26

The zombie now makes bashing noises against the door, even at Easy or Normal.

Self_Impostor

Bashing noises? That sounds fun.

badp

Luckily I'm a bastard.

Two bashings later, the zombie was in

The testificates weren't paricularly amused, but also weren't harmed.

Now I'm waiting to understand what's so hot about villages at night though.

Oh dear. Baby testificates.

Self_Impostor

Isn't there a Minecraft room?

Grace Note

Yes, there is

badp

Apparently testificates are getting harmed but they don't make a sound when they do :(

OrigamiRobot

14:29

@IanPugsley is the game about being a duck and duck activities?

badp

The zombie is going for the child. I wanted to step back and just watch things unwind but now I feel the urge to act. :/

Lazers

0

Q: American spelling vs Anglican spelling?

Is it correct for people to "correct" British English spelling into American English? I can't see anything in the FAQ about this, and while the site is American in origin, I don't think the British spelling should be treated as mistakes.

discussion editing spelling

0

Q: What happens to skill levels gained via training if I use a Fateweaver?

If I go and buy some training for my skills (say I used 2 mercantile trainers and an alchemy trainer) and then use a fateweaver to reset everything, what would happen? Would I lose all the training, or would it stay after my reset? Equally, if I use a higher level trainer (say a 4-6 one) and res...

kingdoms-amalur-reckoning training

Ian Pugsley

@FallenAngelEyes there are a few (Kucinich, some others) but they're never in the forefront

badp

Too late however.

Ian Pugsley

@OrigamiRobot obviously

Self_Impostor

14:31

Hey, my question got tweeted by @Stackgaming.

Ian Pugsley

@OrigamiRobot also don't forget to tag anything TheCommunistDuck asks as duck-activities

Ronan Forman

@Self_Impostor They all do.

badp

Crazed testificates carelessly trampling seeds...

not a sign of non-zombie mobs however

I guess that's just it. Massive zombie assaults at villages.

OrigamiRobot

@IanPugsley Maybe if joke tags were still around I would.

badp

Oh that's a skeleton.

They're also invited it seems.

FallenAngelEyes

14:32

@Strix, you typo'd "internally" as "intenrally" if you wanna fix that, on your meta post

StrixVaria

@FallenAngelEyes It's already fixed.

badp

This is good to note. Apparently zombies aren't capable to destroy doors 1 level above them.

This zombie's been trying to bash that door open for a while now, unsuccessfully.

Then the testificate opened the door. facepalm

StrixVaria

They should make super zombies the same as super creepers that can break down anything weaker than obsidian, not just doors.

badp

@StrixVaria Oh please. This zombie attack is bad enough

I don't think there will be survivors after this night is over

Creepers join the action.

Self_Impostor

Why don't they make the game just arbitrarily kill you every now and then while they're at it.

StrixVaria

14:36

Well the testificates don't exactly defend themselves.

@Self_Impostor Because it's fun to try to survive against horrible odds. Just getting murdered at a whim not so much.

Speaking of which, I hate Endermen.

Self_Impostor

I don't get the whole 'survival' thing in Minecraft.

badp

@StrixVaria If the odds were terrible it wouldn't be fun

Self_Impostor

I think the only ways I've ever died were from falling.

StrixVaria

I spent about 10 minutes chasing one around trying to kill it, and eventually I couldn't find it.

Self_Impostor

To be fair, that happened a lot.

Ronan Forman

14:36

Well this will be useful, handheld torchlight.

badp

because you'd die 500 times before coming out on top

StrixVaria

So I went back to my house to mess around in my chest, and he teleported next to me and murdered me.

Self_Impostor

@RonanForman Dynamic lighting? Really?

Sweet.

Ronan Forman

No, but I can make it look like it.

dl.dropbox.com/u/895336/Torchlight.mp4

badp

@RonanForman in Minecraft?

StrixVaria

14:37

@badp To me, this is what difficulty levels are for. I personally wouldn't play on super extreme hardcore mega zombie mode, but some people would play it and love it.

Self_Impostor

That's like those people who play Minecraft to do PVP.

Like... if you want to fight other players, play a fighting game.

Ronan Forman

Just remove the sound and add a bloom effect.

What do you think?

Self_Impostor

@RonanForman Hey, that's pretty neat.

I don't see any pressure plates.

Ronan Forman

Of course it needs that exact texture pack.

Self_Impostor

@RonanForman Oh, I see.

That's fine, just do it for that shot then.

Ronan Forman

14:40

The one where lamps look like stone and wood plates are invisible.

OrigamiRobot

@RonanForman secret project has entered testing phase

Ronan Forman

@OrigamiRobot Ooh.

@OrigamiRobot IP?

badp

Nevermind. Survivor get

The scarily superior wayfinding capabilities of zombies still can't do miracles.

(the door is three blocks above water level with nothing below)

OrigamiRobot

@RonanForman Private Beta :P

Ian Pugsley

@OrigamiRobot this only works when your resources (server IP and such) are actually kept secret, lol

Ronan Forman

14:47

@OrigamiRobot Boooo!

badp

Survivors! \o/

OrigamiRobot

@IanPugsley White List

badp

Finally!

Oak ♦, London

23k 4 66 165

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Ian Pugsley

@OrigamiRobot is it actually set up? :)

Self_Impostor

A timelapse & download for Cafe Noir, a game we created live during a 2hrs game-jam related talkshow yesterday evening. http://www.vlambeer.com/2012/02/15/cafe-noir-hyper-game-jam/

Tweeted by Vlambeer on February 15, 2012 at 2:44 PM

OrigamiRobot

14:48

@IanPugsley It has been for a while.

Self_Impostor

Hah, they used Game Maker.

Lazers

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Q: Are there other creation games similar to Spore?

After playing Spore for a while, I realized it had potential to be used as an educational tool, so students could create real-world animals and 'play' with them in a simulated reality, and possibly learn how animal behavior was linked to the way their body was designed. Are there any other games...

spore creation education

Self_Impostor

@Lazers I don't have the rep to comment, can someone else explain to them that this question is off-topic?

@Oak Gah. =]

Oak

@Self_Impostor gah?

Self_Impostor

@Oak You beat me to the punch.

Oak

14:56

@Self_Impostor it's easy when one does have the rep to comment ;)

Self_Impostor

I s'pose.

Oak

@badp damnit where's my kerning?

StrixVaria

@Oak By the way, congratulations for winning despite my misgivings. I stand by the points I made last night, although I wish I could change the tone of some of the messages.

Oak

@Self_Impostor also, you know you can get 2 reputation points from editing a question or a wiki? You're really close :)

Ronan Forman

How's that diamond feel @Oak? Does it still fit?

Ian Pugsley

14:58

@SelfImpostor if I get the time later I'll see about answering your SCV question

StrixVaria

@IanPugsley Too many SCV questions!

Ian Pugsley

as a non-researched answer, Sig, Nightmare, and Astaroth are still great at it

Self_Impostor

No rush.

Sig?

Oak

@StrixVaria thank you. I do hope that you'll continue to voice your disapproval in the future :) yes, preferably in a calmer tone, but it's at least important for me to know what people agree and disagree with

Ian Pugsley

@Self_Impostor Siegfried

StrixVaria

14:59

@Self_Impostor Siegfried.

Self_Impostor

Must be 'Siegfried', or however you spell it. I've never used him.

Oak

@RonanForman yea... but there were a few technical changes, getting used to them. It's easier to moderate now.

Self_Impostor

Last one I played was Soul Calibur 2

agent86

@FallenAngelEyes, you're involved with the blog stuff, yeah? I need to talk to someone about the potential for a KoA post

Ian Pugsley

@Self_Impostor he was in Soul Edge but not Soulcalibur or II

Self_Impostor

14:59

Oh man, Astaroth.

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