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18:09
Too quiet.
@Sterno I don't know if I want to play the demo or just wait until the full release.
I feel like all I would gain by playing the demo is making the full release less exciting
@Wipqozn I don't know, since I dare not watch whatever that is at work.
@StrixVaria In that case I'll just help build more excitement by telling you how awesome it is
@Sterno Good.
@StrixVaria Initial reviews I'm reading say it (the demo, at least) has low-res graphics and clunky PC controls. Now I'm scared.
18:21
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Q: How do I teleport to anywhere on the map with camera locked?

Click OkI want move to anywhere on the map with the Teleport summoner spell. But I play with the camera locked on the champion. When I need see far details on the map, I click and hold the left mouse button on minimap. So the only way I found to teleport is unlock the camera (Y hotkey) and after the tele...

@Sterno :(
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So, do any other 10k+ users have a permanent chat flag icon?
Because it won't go away.
@Wipqozn Not at the moment, try refreshing.
that fixed it. Still weird.
I blame Wipqozn.
Also, I require a picture of a pony.
18:27
I require no picture of a pony, thank you
18:45
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♫ Isn't it enough to know that I ruined a pony making a gif for you? ♫
@RonanForman I bet @mana will love this!
I only did it for the puns.
Forgive me Mana.
@RonanForman Forgive you? For what? You clearly just made @mana better. After all, @mana loves ponies!
@Sterno I was going to ping you about this, only to find you hadn't ping'ed me about this, so no ping for you, suck it!
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Q: Are there any remakes of Thief 1/2 using the Thief 3 engine?

ZommuterSince playing the first two parts makes playing the third one a nicer experience but the graphics have aged not too little, is there any Total Conversion that allows one to play the first two parts with the newest engine?

18:55
and I don't care about the graphics, tbh. if the PC interface sucks, they've said they were going to let you plug a controller in and I've got an xbox 360 wired controller on my desk already
so it is like the best of all possible worlds for me
I get the PC vers, with mods, and whichever interface I prefer. woooooo
of course, downside is I'm on a data diet while I prepare for my SSD to arrive, so I don't know if I have space for this in addition to the other games I have going
blast you, small SSDs!
@agent86 Yet you still saw it!
Graphics have to be better than original X-COM, at least
19:11
@Sterno only because I was considerate and searched before posting it, and by that point I already knew!
@Sterno at first I thought you were showing a screenshot from the new one, and I was inspecting it very carefully to gauge the graphics
I played another mission of the original last night. Had 14 guys on the transport. Took me 3 rounds (~10 minutes real time) to unload them all. Without any combat even happening
@agent86 Wouldn't it be funny if the new one had an "original graphic set" option? :)
Think I'll like the smaller squad size in the new one
The old one was pretty unforgiving with misclicks too. Really easy to send your guy somewhere you didn't mean for him to go
one hopes the interface is somewhat better too :P those are kind of low bars to clear, though
I then loaded up UFO: ET, since theoretically it has better graphics and interface. First guy stepped off the transport and got hit with some sort of AOE gas attack which took everyone out
Then I figured, hey, I can just wait two weeks :)
19:17
lol
the aliens are like "oh, it's sterno. noob. bet he didn't equip his guys with the anti-noob-gas-grenades"
debates putting a new PC together or not
@Wipqozn I have been out of town for a week, I expect a swoosh at some time today!
19:32
so I gave a quick look at torchlight 2 embermages and boy don't their skills suck. "30% DPS" "20% dps" "3 damage of this, 3 of that and 3 of that other thing"
@badp ermahgerd embarmagers
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20:10
@James I'd swoosh right nsow but I don't have my swoosh.
@Wipqozn ﴾͡๏̯͡๏﴿
@Wipqozn Guess by the powers of search I shall just have to come up with my own swoosh!
@James Yes.
@James there's my swoosh!
@Wipqozn Damn Straight!
20:20
@James Do you have gir riding on me?
@Wipqozn That one was awesome but I have not seen it in a long long time :(
@James \I have it at home.
@Wipqozn I fear my SE search skills may be lacking
@Wipqozn Damn I looked at all 5 pages of @RonanForman's imgur posts and found the original swoosh and shades and even a black and white shades swoosh it would seem, but not the other image :(
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Q: Is the engi surrender event a penalty for honesty?

tugsI've run into this event a few times. There's an engi ship that automatically surrenders without a fight, saying something like "transfer of goods acceptable?" There are two choices, 1) to accept the surrendered goods, 2) to assure them that you mean no harm. Every time this happens, I can't br...

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Q: Adding a few steps into any 'steam failed to launch game x' related questions:

yx.Seems like a lot of questions about game x failing to launch can be solved by these two simple steps: Verifying game cache integrity deleting ClientRegistry.blob Is there a way to set it up (or create a generic question/answer) so these steps can be performed? Its gotten to the point where I...

20:37
Yes, Steam, please verify that I have DirectX installed for the 9,937,237,433rd time
but... DirectX!
I was under the impression that DirectX and its insane versioning are why we suffer the constant prompts for installation
It wouldn't be bad if it didn't always take 10 minutes
Just launched the XCOM demo. Time to do the "console-port" checklist. Bad mouse acceleration? Check.
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Argh. Kobo's desktop software (which is necessary to do teh basic setup of a new ereader) is not really prepared to handle you setting up more than one reader on your desktop. (If I hadn't had two break on me in rapid succession, this would be less of a problem). ALL I WANNA DO IS READ.
People complaining about the graphics were smoking crack, though. They look fine (cranked up, anyway)
20:46
@agent86 It's like direct! Straight to the X! Where the treasure is! THE FINE LOOT!
THE PRECIOUS BOOTY!
@badp X MARKS THE SPOT! the spot for GAMEZZZ
@Sterno People complain about graphics for a turn-based small unit tactics game?!?
@MartinSojka People complain about everything
@Sterno man, I hate it when people complain about everything >:|
We wouldn't be gamers if everything met our unrealistic standards.
20:51
Oh, and somebody uploaded Toady One's "trees on sloped terrain" map to the DF Map Archive. Enjoy!
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@agent86 I think that about sums it up, yeah. :)
morning
hour to go
One thing I'm worried about is that soldier load-out seems preset based on class, rather than actually being able to purchase weapons and equip guys and such. But maybe that's just the demo.
21:06
0
Q: Why are my carrots and potatoes popping out of the ground

Saif BechanI am creating a carrot and potato farm in the Nether but it is not working. Every time I plant one of them they pop out of the ground. The light levels are ok, if I plant wheat on that land it works just fine. Do potatoes and carrots need water to grow??

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Q: Is it possible to add sockets to items?

badpOne rather frequent outcome of item enchanting in Torchlight 1 used to be, especially in the late game, adding sockets to items. My previous weapon, the Extension Sword (highlights: 452-838 dps physical + 285-556 dps between fire and poison, -9% fumble chance, +20% fire damage, 2 meh enchantment...

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Q: Macro to interact with target?

pixelIn World of Warcraft, is there an equivalent that you can use in a macro to 'Interact With Target' so that I can create a macro that interacts with specific NPCs with a single keypress?

literally 5fps atm in molton front
21:21
@Lazers A comment is posted as an answer in this question and OP doesn't get the rules
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@murgatroid99 That's always fun...
@AshleyNunn yeah. That's why I posted it here, to make sure people see it
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@fbueckert Was it you that recommended the Honor Harrington books to me? (I just found an ebook copy of the first one from my local library)
21:44
If you want to stay awake for realm first, try chloroform instead of proplus!
11 minutes
@AshleyNunn Indeed I was
If you've got the first one, make some hot chocolate or something, and curl up for one of the best reads of your life.
7 minutes
@pixel You're a little too excited about this.
I'm waiting for a full infrastructure failure
22:00
Evening everyone!
So tired from running over and over to get all 10 ancient device events. :(
Maybe anyone knows, is there an easier way to get all 10 of them?
WOO
instance servers just died
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Q: How can I despawn mobs in Minecraft 1.3.2?

VictorI griefed my sisters creative world by making a really big lag zone. I spawned a bunch of NPCs using dispensers and eggs. Our PC is really bad so I couldn't go close enough to kill them in any way, lava, diamond sword, or TNT. The lag zone is so bad that we couldn't use a TNT cannon. Also our dad...

told you
whole guild can't even log back in now
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22:16
@fbueckert Will do. :) I figure it will be my reward for finishing my Digital Media assignment :)
22:38
Another expansion, another failure of a release by Blizzard
@pixel what are you talking about?
instance servers are down/unresponsive
resulting in my entire guild being unable to log in
oh, world of warcraft
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Q: Skyrim: How long does soul gem charge last?

Teedman35I just crafted some daedric war axes, with extra effect frost and shock. I enchanted each with a Grand Soul Gem. I decided I'd go try them out on some of the folks hanging around Whiterun. While the axes are indeed impressive, the charge ran out after killing a dozon or so people. Is this normal?...

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Q: Stop removing tags that are only used once in the last 6 months

Mad ScientistOne of the problems with the tagging system that are magnified on Arqade is the automatic tag removal script that removes tags that have only been used once in the last six months. There exists a simple setting to disable the tag removal scripts on SE sites. I propose to enable this setting and ...

@pixel It will always be like that because its insane to buy the hardware needed to handle release days/weeks because it will just sit there idle after that time.
@James @Wipqozn That one's on my dA page.
22:44
@James I understand the reasons why
@RonanForman dA page?
I'm just bored of playing watch the login screen with Blizzard games
@pixel Then do something else? :)
realm first
@pixel Oh, ಠ_ಠ, you are one of those.
22:45
strangely, there were 6 priests going for it, I seem to be the only one unable to login
@James DeviantArt.
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@RonanForman Awesome!
And that explains why I could not find it linked from imgur :D
@RonanForman This is one of my favourites.
I always wanted to give @OrigamiRobot a ride on my back.
@RonanForman Needs moar paper hat
23:02
@RonanForman This needs more stars so its easier to find down the road again :)
I find it odd that Dr Teeth has no teeth in your gravatar.
@pixel This will be the first expansion I do not have shiny realm first cheevs in. I do not care one Iota.
@OrigamiRobot I agree. It is odd.
You can blame sean.
Will do. No, I think I'll balme @Wipqozn.
23:15
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Q: 2x1 hand vs 2 hand weapon?

Kyle TraubermanI'm playing through Torchlight II as an outlander, and I'm faced with the choice of using 2 one hand pistols or a 2 handed shotgonne. Aside from stats and benefits of the items themselves, is there any benefit of using a 2 handed weapon over dual wielding 2 one handed weapons or vice versa?

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Q: Plot doesn't continue after killing Darko in GTA IV

AndresA couple days ago, I finished the mission called That Special Someone and I decided to kill Darko but not with a pistol, just another weapon. What do I do? I didn't get no call from Pegorino like the wiki says I do. Plus waiting will not be the awnser cuz I did wait by doing the Cop Side Missions...

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@LessPop_MoreFizz waves
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23:28
The problem with learning to program in Python many different times is that they all start with "use python like a calculator" which is really really boring when you have done it over and over
23:39
Why does my bridge have ads on it?
@GnomeSlice You probably have spyware on your computer.
@Wipqozn The fuck, I haven't done anything since this morning.
@GnomeSlice Some spyware will sit idle for awhile, so it's harder for you to figure out where it came from.
23:42
@GnomeSlice Yep, some type of malware.
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Q: How do subsequent playthroughs work?

Ben BrockaIn Borderlands 1 the second playthrough had a "playthrough 2.5" once you beat The Destroyer, which changed the game so enemies (and most mission rewards) scaled to your level. Because of this it was best to play only story missions until beating the Destroyer so mission loot would be the best loo...

Fuck
the fuck is that.
Lol, that's one of the... things.... in it.
Cmon, don't star GnomeSlice's profanity. Your just going to get him flagged :/
Yeah, this is at the bottom of every webpage now.
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@LessPop_MoreFizz Yeah, if only. :P
23:55
games-free-apps.com/games/bb.html
Well, that's definitely what it is.
Pulled that from my browser console.
@GnomeSlice thanks for providing the URL here in chat so that the unsuspecting can get themselves infected.
@LessPop_MoreFizz What the hell is that, I don't even recognize that URL.
@GnomeSlice Neither do I, but it clearly has something to do with whatever is screwing up your computer, you wannabe digital typhoid mary.
There's nothing on that page, either.
How do I post messages that are longer than the limit.
Isn't there a way?
@GnomeSlice paste in something really long that has line breaks in it.
user15026
23:59
@LessPop_MoreFizz best. name. ever.
Line breaks? Like, the html?
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