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12:15 AM
@Dragonrage Oh yeah I know that tile. I always find it annoying to get from level to level.
 
 
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Q: Record a video in Mednafen preserving filtering

Matias BarriosI know I can record a Qt video using the below syntax with Mednafen: mednafen -qtrecord videogame ROM.nes The problem I have is that the video has the native resolution instead of the "filtered" image I can see I my screen. Is someone aware how can I force the video the better resolution AND ...

 
 
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4:04 AM
@GnomeSlice or you'd used all those nickles to buy a vault pool to put more of them to then swim in it
 
4:55 AM
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Q: SEUS creates weird edges on Stratum 128x resource pack normal map renders

Jason SummerThe issue: See the image below. What I've tried so far: This is super weird because I have a laptop that does not do this. I made sure it was the exact same copy of the resource pack, and the exact same copy of SEUS, same settings, same optifine, same forge, same launcher, the works. The only...

 
5:16 AM
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Q: Pokeball type vs Catch Ring bonus in Pokemon Go

BenSo, there are multiple factors that go into catching a Pokemon. The stats of the Pokemon itself, berries, how many throws you've done (i.e. decreased difficulty with each throw, and in increased flee rate), potentially curveballs, the ball you use, and the catch ring. Firstly, the balls decrease...

 
 
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7:59 AM
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Q: Why do enemies assume any sound is hostile?

meboyheIn many shooter games that require sneaking, mere footfalls are immediate triggers for alarm and calls of "the enemy is nearby". When you are in the heart of a facility where there should be no fear of an enemy, why don't they assume it's just Bob from accounting, or at least the guard you just ...

 
 
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9:11 AM
Morning chat
 
 
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10:21 AM
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Q: Play DLC witch physical copy on the Switch

VulcanoI bought a physical copy of Civilization VI for the switch. I'm pondering if I should buy the DLC ("Gathering Storm" and "Rise & Fall"). Now I'm concerned about a few things: Is there an evidence that the DLC will also be released as a physical copy? Currently it is only available in the Nint...

 
10:49 AM
@Elva morning
 
11:02 AM
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Q: What are the odds of the Digging Duo?

AltareosIn the Wild Area near the Day Care Center are two characters called the Digging Duo. For a price of 500 W, they give one or more items, the quantity and type of which is (or seems) random, varying depending on which of the two is chosen. These items can be found, for example, here on serebii.net....

 
@Wipqozn yo dawg, I heard you like rickrolls
 
They're finally adding Pokeys
 
 
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12:41 PM
pokeys Wipqzozn
 
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Q: Nraas Master Controller causes Sims 3 to close automatically

Redsam121I have Sims 3 Ambitions expansion pack and want to install the Master Controller. https://www.nraas.net/community/MasterController However, the second I start the game, the entire window will close by itself on the loading screen. If I remove the mod from the mods file, it stops happening. How c...

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Q: Is it possible to cause a glitch or something so you die after the end of Portal 2?

Daniel HThe official speedrunnning rules from speedrun.com for portal 2 say Timing starts when you gain control of Chell (crosshair appearing) and ends on when the moon is hit (regardless of whether you die in the credits) I haven't been able to find out what that parenthetical of "regardless of wh...

 
1:22 PM
I just accepted like 70 answers from various questions I still had unaccepted
 
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Q: FarCry 1 Server Security Risks?

fire_waterSome friends and I want to play FarCry version 1.40 on PC over the internet on our own private server but we have some security concerns. Since the game was released 15 years ago and we'll be running it on Windows XP Pro Version 2002 Service Pack 3, we are likely to have our server and operating ...

 
1:42 PM
Oh right, advent of code has started! https://adventofcode.com/

I'll do it from roughly the start this time.
 
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2:02 PM
@Wipqozn the master sword addition is interesting.
 
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Q: How to remove the glint from Debug stick

JoeI've been trying to make a datapack, which involves using the debug stick as a substitute item in crafting. I'm using this item only because its the only unstackable item that isn't obtainable in survival mode (I think). The only problem is the glint (the enchanted effect) on the item, I don't k...

 
2:16 PM
@Wipqozn oh yeah this is a thing day 1 is easy gets to part 2 what
I think I did day 1 2018 and 2019 in excel lol
 
2:41 PM
Here's the code for the bridge leaderboard 194428-5ca78c8d
 
@Unionhawk I fucked up the first one twice,since I printed out the wrong number to the screen
TWICE
I was all "wtf my math is perfect
"oh... I'm, uh, not actually printing the result to the screen... but essentially just a random number.."
 
3:01 PM
I'm trying to work through day 2, we're already in gear
 
I don't really do codeathons. My idea of coding is that it's something I only do at work, not for fun. It's how I prevent myself from burning out on it
 
I am also currently doing this at work so it's ok
I'll write this up as professional development time
or whatever
 
There was this neat elevator javascript game, which strengthed your js skills, while making it fun.
 
3:21 PM
cries javascript gives a mistake to 1.1 because of maths :(
I had to do it in excel
 
@MattE.Эллен Rounding errors?
 
@Ronan I assume so, some kind of ieee error
"error" since it's working as specified :D
excel is really good for this :D
@Ronan The number given was off by 2 compared to the correct number
 
@MattE.Эллен I suspect you had the same issue I had, in that you were adding the negative fuel amount and then halting, rather than halting first
 
@Ronan oh, this was in 1.1, so no negative fuels
 
🤔
 
3:33 PM
lol yeah excel for day 1 is very good
but that's probably about it
 
You can make turing machines in excel
And day 2 literally uses a tape
 
3:45 PM
oh no. I see what the problem was. I'd included a blank line in the input and Number('') gives 0, which ends up with -2 as the fuel. I'm a silly
 
@MattE.Эллен I'd recommend using parseInt rather than Number anyway
 
Because it creates a Number rather than a number
> (new Number(2)) === 2
false
 
new Number creates a Number, calling Number as a function gives you a number and parseInt will accept '12312kjh', whereas Number('213asd') returns NaN, which I find more desirable
 
But Number accepts a blank string, which is more common an error
 
3:51 PM
I didn't realise parseInt ignored blank strings
 
It returns NaN
 
why not both?
 
parse = a => (Number(a) === parseInt(a)) ? parseInt(a) : NaN
 
@Ronan See, this is why Javascript is generally considered the red headed stepchild of programming languages: people have to work around so many problems in the original definitions that you end up with code that in a just world ends up on /r/programminghorror
 
3:59 PM
It feels like readonly int[] doesn't actually do the thing in c# lol
I bet it just means that you can't literally reassign it to a new int[], but you can still modify the inside
 
That sounds reasonable
 
> Woke: All programming languages are garbage
 
@Nzall I suppose if JS is the red-headed stepchild, PHP is the baby thrown out with the bathwater.
 
nah, it's not human. it's the hair clog thrown out with the bath water
Haskell is the baby. so pure, not for this world
 
@MageXy yeah just not what I was expecting when presented with the task "reset memory after every try (otherwise things will break)"
 
4:02 PM
Can you have a readonly array of readonly ints?
 
I don't know
and I'm afraid to ask
This is why advent of code is good for me, it forces me to actually engage with programming concepts lol
god
 
no, because you can only apply readonly to member variables, so only the array would be readonly
 
Every day we step further from god's light and the one true programming language, perl transpiled to ruby on rails
 
Apparently C# does have a ReadOnlyCollection class, and arrays have the AsReadOnly method available that converts the array into a ReadOnlyCollection.
 
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Q: HeartGold Pokéwalker

Mr. E RoseSo I've just purchased Pokémon HeartGold for the Nintendo DS Lite and I was wondering if I could pair any Pokéwalker with my copy or would I need the Pokéwalker that was paired with the copy when new?

 
4:07 PM
ReadOnlyCollection makes it so that the elements also cannot be modified.
 
> Swift: var 👌 = 420;
 
interesting
 
4:26 PM
Day 2 is confucing me with this:
2,3,0,3,99 becomes 2,3,0,6,99 (3 * 2 = 6)
shouldn't it be 2,3,0,0,99 (3 * 0 = 0)
 
I should also learn to actually read the instructions instead of reading one line and going "oh okay"
 
@Wipqozn Reading requirements!? What kind of coder are you? You're supposed to be able to read minds!
 
@fredley For some reason this PC doesn't have Python 3.
I could've sworn I set that up. I'll need to fix this.
Python 2 is trash tier compared to Python 3
 
@Batophobia It's the value at position 3 and 0, not 3 and 0 themselves
 
Anyways, day 2 complete. Also @Unionhawk is correct @Nzall. you do this stuff at work.
Code compiling? Code challenge!
in a meeting? code challenge!
 
4:28 PM
@Wipqozn I literally have 2 days left this year at work
I have over 4 weeks of unclaimed vacation time I can't carry over
 
@Ronan ah, apparently this is more a lesson in reading instructions than learning to code for me
 
@Batophobia You're speaking to my soul with this one
 
5 days of which are mandatory to be taken during the yearly company closure between Xmas and New year
 
This month is full of code freezes because of elections and christmas, so I've got plenty of time to do the problems
 
@Nzall I don't know if you're expecting sympathy for having vacation,but you ain't getting it. NO SIR.
like, vacation is awesome.
 
4:31 PM
@Wipqozn You're Canadian right?
 
I think this is the first time I've ever been completely caught up on AOC
 
Like, I know you're from NA, but I can't remember if it's Canada or the USA
@Wipqozn And yes, I agree vacation is awesome
I just mean that I can't do these challenges at work because 90% of them won't release while I'm at work
 
4:48 PM
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Q: What do you need to build to house animals and monsters?

DH.I noticed that the chickens, cows and mosnters are roaming around the whole area they are assigned. What kind of building is required to house them? The only hint I got so far was to make a barn, pet bowl and a pet bed which will house the monsters, but what about the rest? Also: does it house e...

 
5:08 PM
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Q: Mob Spawner in Minecraft 1.5.2

The_Honker_03I'm playing in Minecraft 1.5.2 (the cracked version) and I can't get specific spawners for a grinder. Help!

 
@Unionhawk (I just checked, this is true, all my 2018 times are >24hr, but my 2019 day 2 time is 10:28:45)
 
I never finished 2018 because I was trying to do it in rust and it got too difficult for a language I was just learning
I keep meaning to go back and finish it
 
5:28 PM
Ah okay, so the score is 100% based on how long it's taken you to submit an answer since the challenge for that day released: reddit.com/r/adventofcode/comments/a1tlwf/…
Kind of lame, but not sure what other fair method they could use.
 
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Q: Cryptark: is there a possibility to reload a savegame when dying in campaign mode?

fre0niceI was playing Cryptark in campaign mode. It seems there is some 'roguelite' elements such as 'no reload' if things go bad or dying during a mission. Is there a way using the game options, mods or other to disable this aspect of the game - the goal being to reload a savegame instead of restartin...

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Q: How do I make a scoreboard command that shows all players health in bedrock edition?

DannkIm trying to make a minigame that is multiplayer and you can see how low on health a player is and throw a splash potion of healing on them to heal them.

 
@Ronan I didn't even realize it existed until it was already almost over, so I burnt out trying to power through all the challenges in a couple days.
 
@Wipqozn Yeah everyone has 0 score, that's why the local leaderboards are good
 
@Nzall Yes
 
5:38 PM
oddly enough, it's being released in 3 days with no option to pre-order
that being said, if GTA V was anything to go by, it was quicker for me to download the whole game than it was to decrypt the preloaded files
 
@Elise Is it bad that my first thought was to check the day of the week?
 
@Wrigglenite if I was smart, I'd do that too, but I'm not smart. Friday is one of my most played songs
huh, Death Stranding is on PC? I could've sworn it was a PS4 exclusive...
 
iirc it's coming to PC
releasing "early summer 2020"
 
@Unionhawk you're right, it says planned release summer 2020 store.steampowered.com/app/1190460/Death_Stranding
I saw the steam page and thought it was on PC now
I was recently told that Sekiro was released on PC like, last year or something
thought that one was a PS4 exclusive as well
I wouldn't be surprised if all PS4 exclusives are actually available on PC
I need to follow gaming news more...
I ordered a 1tb SSD for Christmas today, since my 4tb HDD died couple months ago. Not getting it until Christmas though, so I'll have to try to squeeze RDR2 onto my 480gb SSD that's constantly full...
@Elise does the first trailer that shows on the page have french subtitles for any of you or just me?
I hope we don't get some weird special Canadian version here...
although it would be hilarious if all of the in-game characters had a thick Canadian accent, eh
both trailers have all of the text in French... 🤔
 
@Elise the voices are never dubbed in RDR2 as far as I know, you always get the original voice track
 
5:49 PM
@MadScientist yeah, I was joking
I do hope we're just getting the same version as the US
 
6:49 PM
@Elise this town's only big enough for one of us, pardner... eh
 
7:11 PM
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Q: Are there any disadvantages in buying Outward at GOG.com instead of Steam? Do mods actually work properly in the GOG version?

Baskakov_DmitriyThis question is about technical disadvantages of certain versions, it's not a shopping request. I want to buy Outward, and I usually buy games from GOG and avoid supporting Steam if I can. However, I have read that there can be problems with launching Nexus mods with the GOG version. Is it tru...

 
7:52 PM
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Q: How do I teleport players to a scoreboard objective divided by 8 in Minecraft?

DaedalusMindI'm creating a data pack that teleports players to and from the Nether, and want to have the X and Z coordinates divide and multiply by 8 like they do with portals. For example, if my coordinates are 56 89 102 in the Overworld, I should teleport to 7 89 12. (or 7 89 13 depending on rounding).

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Q: Minecraft: Mouse only works when I drag

trojuskI am a minecraft player, and I enjoy the game. I was on a "Geopolitical" server until my mouse started dragging. I made a video to show here Hope I can get an answer! Also I have tried many solutions, fixing my drivers, turning off touchscreen mode, and turning off sticky keys. I am on windows...

 
8:26 PM
 
so i got grim dawn
maybe this is the day i found an arpg that doesn't put me to sleep
 
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Q: Does the PS4 still *beep* when coming out of Rest mode?

Broots WaymbI mostly ask as a curiosity, since I'm not noticing any other "negative" effects. Recently I found that my PS4 no longer makes the audible "beep" noise when coming out of Rest mode. I assume this also applies to turning on (I'm just not able to test at the moment). Don't get me wrong, I'm definit...

 
9:21 PM
Always fun when a negative fan review of Episode 8 of a new series is longer than the actual episode itself
 
someone's got a lot of feelings?
 
9:36 PM
@Yuuki Yeah... He's one of those people who really doesn't like the new Batwoman series
so every week he makes another outrage filled review of the latest episode
 
wow
 
Haven't yet watched them
So today he made a 47:35 video... Of a 45 minute episode
 
does he hate it for the reasons i expect?
> A highly trained street fighter and out lesbian who, armed with a fierce passion for social justice and a flair for speaking her mind, dedicates herself to defending Gotham in Batman's absence. (emphasis mine)
 
I wouldn't know, I haven't watched a single episode yet
neither of the show or of his "reviews"
 
Why is that popping up in your recommendations then if you don't watch the show or the reviews?
 
9:43 PM
Probably because YouTube recommendations are whack af
 
@Yuuki Because I'm subbed to him for his scathing Fallout 76 and Anthem news reports
 
i'd rather avoid any fo76 or anthem news myself
 
Like, pretty much all of the fuckup news I get about Anthem and Fallout 76 is from this guy, Bellullar, Jim Sterling and Inside Gaming
I love reading about the latest mishaps in gaming though
 
Is Jim Sterling that "Jimquisition" guy? I can't stand him. Of the two videos I was able to stomach, he was just an incessant stream of vulgarity and emotional appeals - Outrage for the sake of outrage.
 
@MageXy yeah, Jim Sterling is the Jimquisition guy. He mainly appeals to an older audience, the gamers that are more jaded and don't mind the M-for-Mature content style
 
10:00 PM
Eh, I feel like an incessant stream of vulgarity is more immature than mature.
 
@Yuuki I mean, I find him entertaining and that he tends to bring some very poignant points, even if they're wrapped in layers of obscenity and vulgarity
 
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Vulgarity is one of the cheapest forms of comedy.
 
user15026
It doesn't require any sort of work or talent.
 
I'm just balking the idea that more curse words = more mature audience.
 
user15026
If you are wholly leaning on that, it means you reaching for the lowest common denominator, there is no art in it. And I don't care to find any of the good in it if I have to find it through layers of garbage
 
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10:07 PM
@Yuuki yeah, that's a little weird
 
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I think it's likely the opposite honestly
 
@Ash He's not even using it in a comedic manner. It's literally just swearing so his audience knows how extraordinarily outraged he is.
 
Ring, aka "Cats At My Front Door Simulator 2019: Game of the Year Edition".
 
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@MageXy yawn there are better ways.
 
I was having a discussion with someone online about lootboxes. We both agreed that they were predatory, but I believe that with some very specific regulations they can be an okay (not great, just okay) monetization technique, while the other person just stated that they were bad in all forms regardless of any limitations put in place. They pointed me to one of Jim Sterling's videos as "proof" of their opinion.
The video was half hour of Jim complaining about how they preyed on people with gambling addictions. It was just a blanket statement video about "lootboxes bad" without any nuance whatsoever.
 
10:17 PM
@MageXy To be fair, what nuance is there in including gambling mechanics in a video game?
 
My opinion on the subject is that the gambling part should 1) only ever be cosmetic items/cannot affect gameplay, 2) those same cosmetics should be either directly purchaseable or earnable in-game. There's probably other limitations you could apply but those are my big two.
Gambling should never be the only way you unlock anything.
 
Number 2 leads to those items being painfully grindy to obtain without paying
 
oh this is so refreshing, the previous chapter set up a possible love triangle, but this chapter has two of the characters meet and they just talk about it and it resolves immediately
<3
 
@Wrigglenite True. But because of 1, it shouldn't directly impact gameplay other than you don't get to look as fancy as paying players, which is a tradeoff that free-to-play players have made for long before lootboxes existed.
 
@MageXy Key word being "free to play" in there
 
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10:23 PM
@Yuuki oh yay
 
Because not getting to look as fancy as paying players is a very tangible effect on gameplay
 
@Ash The webcomic is also interesting because there's no dialogue.
 
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@Yuuki intrigued
 
@Ash It's called "Choco Latte" on Webtoons.com and it's tooth-achingly sweet.
 
@Wrigglenite It depends on the game and how the appearance interacts with the environment. For example, in LoL a champion skin just changes the general appearance and maybe some of the skill particles, but actual gameplay doesn't change at all and (in 99% of cases) the champion is still easily identifiable. But if there was an FPS that sold a camo "skin" that actually made it harder to see you, I'd be against that.
 
10:28 PM
@MageXy inb4 lux vfx update
 
@Yuuki That actually coming in the next (this upcoming?) patch!
 
@MageXy Also, for a short period of time, I remember Mecha Kha'Zix having a gameplay advantage because there was a target lock-on visual for isolated units that wasn't on the base skin.
I think that's been added to the other skins and base since.
 
I think you're right
 
@MageXy My point is that looking fancy and picking a skin you like is part of the gameplay
 
Also, Spirit Guard Udyr provides a notable morale bonus that's not part of the base skin. /s
 
10:31 PM
@Yuuki Spirit Guard Udyr is the base skin you have to spend $25 on /s
I'm pretty sure the only reason they haven't reworked Udyr's visuals is because it would make SGU the worst ultimate skin. It doesn't do anything interesting, it's just a glorified legendary skin
 
Here's how they can do it. Spirit Guard Udyr -> SGU -> Star Guardian Udyr.
Alternately, release a 13-episode sci-fi TV series called Stargate: Udyr.
 
@Wrigglenite I disagree. Although I concede that playing with a skin you enjoy certainly amplifies the satisfaction you get from playing, at best it's a minor benefit. If the game itself isn't enjoyable and fair, no quantity of skins is going to make that game fun.
 
I'm not sure I'm saying that people only play League for the skins
 
@Wrigglenite Pretty sure that wasn't directed at you.
 
Now I'm even more confused
 
10:37 PM
Did you not mean this:
6 mins ago, by Mage Xy
@Yuuki Spirit Guard Udyr is the base skin you have to spend $25 on /s
 
Re: vulgarity ( sort of 😁 )
 
Spirit Guard Udyr is a running joke in the LoL community because while the other legendary skins generally have some kind of weird concept going on, Spirit Guard Udyr is just a better version of Udyr's base skin.
 
I think Wrigglenite was just talking about the lootbox debate, I was kind of in the middle of two conversations lol
 
11:36 PM
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Q: How can I transfer my games from the system memory to my micro SD card?

ColinI recently got a micro-SD card to expand the storage of my Nintendo Switch but I can't seem to find a way to transfer the games I already had installed to the card. First I tried going to settings and then data management, I can see the micro-SD card here but there doesn't seem to be any option...

 
11:57 PM
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Q: Hero Siege, why is it so easy?

o0'.We are playing Hero Siege (2 players), and so far it's fun but it's way too easy, like we can easily oneshot most mobs and bosses, and never had any real problem unless we specifically tried to handicap ourselves. We tried to increase the difficulty to nightmare (which increased the level to abo...

 

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