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by Arcanemusic
Fri Mar 22, 2024 12:28 am
Forum: Coding Feedback
Topic: How To Make Blob Better Thread
Replies: 37
Views: 16888

Re: How To Make Blob Better Thread

Image
New sprites?
by Arcanemusic
Wed Jul 19, 2023 6:06 am
Forum: Coding Feedback
Topic: Cargo Imports Feedback: How are you finding it?
Replies: 25
Views: 9800

Re: Cargo Imports Feedback: How are you finding it?

I like the PR!

...Probably a "no shit" kind of comment because I like just about any economy content in-game and am starved for economy content that I myself didn't try implementing which is how I got trapped in my current "2 refactors in a movie" mess I'm in, yeah no it seems like a solid PR.

I ...
by Arcanemusic
Fri Jun 02, 2023 12:19 am
Forum: Ideas
Topic: The Industrial Electromagnet
Replies: 5
Views: 2526

Re: The Industrial Electromagnet

I'd love to see magnetism potentially implemented as a component/element, so that the behavior could be used in a few places, or to do magnetic repulsion memes as well.

Could be fun.
by Arcanemusic
Fri Jun 02, 2023 12:17 am
Forum: Ideas
Topic: Please give ideas for things in outfits
Replies: 58
Views: 34214

Re: Please give ideas for things in outfits

Re: Economy is bad and we shouldn't integrate buying items to a system to save time on buying items:

The Clothesmate costs 35 credits per cosmetic item that you want to buy, barring inflation. I could easily see we ignore inflation and treat roundstart cosmetics as their baseline cost, so with that ...
by Arcanemusic
Fri May 26, 2023 10:13 am
Forum: Ideas
Topic: Please give ideas for things in outfits
Replies: 58
Views: 34214

Re: Please give ideas for things in outfits

I could care less for the options available as long as each piece of equipment has to come out of the player's starting credit balance as though it was purchased at roundstart.

Cosmetics and clothes are some of the few items people consistently spend credits on, so implementing this is fine as long ...
by Arcanemusic
Tue Feb 07, 2023 5:16 am
Forum: Ideas
Topic: Need more black market uplink stuff!
Replies: 17
Views: 4460

Re: Need more black market uplink stuff!


What if we had the option to buy fake ID's cards with no access and can not be inserted into id consoles, they are printed with a single name and job that can't be changed after you buy it? (only sec officers can see if its fake by inspecting it like the captain and fake disks)


Unbelievably ...
by Arcanemusic
Tue Feb 07, 2023 5:14 am
Forum: Coding
Topic: I've decided to get into coding
Replies: 2
Views: 3611

Re: I've decided to get into coding

Nobody started out good at this, so welcome aboard. :)

A good place to start, as you get comfortable with DM and with SS13 coding is to start breaking down parts of the code you're really familiar with. For me personally, I distinctly recall basically deconstructing stun baton code when I started ...
by Arcanemusic
Mon May 30, 2022 1:43 am
Forum: Site, Forums, And Wiki
Topic: [Wiki] Archived documentation
Replies: 4
Views: 8500

Re: [Wiki] Archived documentation

I just noticed this myself and came to the same conclusion that something should be done about this.

I think moving those crossed out guides to a new directory for obsolete information would be for the best. We're not removing the pages outright since I imagine it's useful to have to archival and ...
by Arcanemusic
Thu Apr 28, 2022 5:21 am
Forum: Coding Feedback
Topic: Lathe tax - reddit free comment thread
Replies: 138
Views: 33150

Re: Lathe tax - reddit free comment thread


The lathe tax has been merged: https://github.com/tgstation/tgstation/pull/65795

I give it 31 days before ArcaneMusic completely burns out on upgrading the economy because of the PR disaster this has been, and we're left with a self-fulfilling prophecy of the old economy plus an obnoxious lathe ...
by Arcanemusic
Sat Apr 23, 2022 5:58 pm
Forum: Ideas
Topic: [Coding/PR] Player Council.
Replies: 24
Views: 3988

Re: [Coding/PR] Player Council.



~snip~


https://puu.sh/IVsTZ/9de4baffac.jpg

Reality check.


That was a satirical comment, so you know. You... also missed the context of the comment completely.
https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/442021969165156372/967484209356734504/unknown.png

It was about the spelling of words ...
by Arcanemusic
Thu Apr 21, 2022 3:02 am
Forum: Town Hall
Topic: $50 BOUNTIES: New Gateway Maps
Replies: 14
Views: 11706

Re: $50 BOUNTIES: New Gateway Maps

Would you consider reworking an old gateway map to be a "new" gateway map, or do you want exclusively new DNA?
by Arcanemusic
Sat Apr 02, 2022 7:00 pm
Forum: Coding Feedback
Topic: Lathe tax - reddit free comment thread
Replies: 138
Views: 33150

Re: Lathe tax - reddit free comment thread

Howdy Everyone.

I'm glad to see that everyone's been made slightly more lively by my code, or sorry that you've lost so much sleep over a few lines of code. In that respect I'd like to start off by saying that I try to read as much of everyone's feedback as I can, and I take as much of it as I can ...
by Arcanemusic
Tue Nov 16, 2021 9:46 pm
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Turn assistants rainbow suits back on!
Replies: 18
Views: 4110

Re: Turn assistants rainbow suits back on!

We could use some color on stations
by Arcanemusic
Mon Nov 15, 2021 5:28 am
Forum: Ideas
Topic: Project abstain
Replies: 4
Views: 2597

Re: Project abstain

That's a lot of flurks.
by Arcanemusic
Tue Nov 02, 2021 10:12 pm
Forum: Coding
Topic: We actually need more junkmail lines *SUBMIT YOURS IN THIS THREAD*
Replies: 23
Views: 10140

Re: We actually need more junkmail lines *SUBMIT YOURS IN THIS THREAD*

"Thank you for signing up for whale facts. Your subscription to daily whale facts is of great importance to us, as we hope to one day see the great blue whale return to Earth-1's seas yet again.

Did you know that the killer whale can emit a sonic frequency that it utilizes to stun fish in arctic ...
by Arcanemusic
Sat Aug 28, 2021 9:00 pm
Forum: Archived/Deleted
Topic: How much should the station know about antags?
Replies: 6
Views: 3899

Re: How much should the station know about antags?

It would be nice for there to be in-game literature on-station talking about different antagonist threats, but within the context of the game's narrative, similar to how space law is written in a way that if you read the in-game book, It makes sense as a kind of IN-character guide to how to treat ...
by Arcanemusic
Sat Aug 28, 2021 4:48 pm
Forum: Archived/Deleted
Topic: ArcaneMusic: I like to think that I'm a nice person. (DROPPED OUT OF THE RUNNING)
Replies: 5
Views: 5281

Re: ArcaneMusic: I like to think that I'm a nice person.

Ladies and gentlemen, it is with head held high that I must drop out of the running for the Summer/Fall 2021 Headmin Election. After a short period of self-reflection and after getting a really REALLY cool as project as my senior capstone project that I came to the conclusion that I would much ...
by Arcanemusic
Thu Aug 26, 2021 7:29 pm
Forum: Archived/Deleted
Topic: Stickymayhem - Stability or Novelty?
Replies: 19
Views: 9116

Re: Stickymayhem - Stability or Novelty?

I have a handful of questions, feel free to answer at your own discretion.

Do you feel that by implementing a 2b2t "anarchy" style server that you would be shifting players from inside our player base into lower RP standards than what we already consider to be pretty low for LRP like sybil or bagil ...
by Arcanemusic
Thu Aug 26, 2021 7:21 pm
Forum: Archived/Deleted
Topic: ABABABABABABAAAAAARMHUUULLEEEN TWENTY TWEENTY OOOOOOONE
Replies: 27
Views: 11140

Re: ABABABABABABAAAAAARMHUUULLEEEN TWENTY TWEENTY OOOOOOONE

I am confident that Arm would do a good job.

How do you feel about setting in stone a schedule or more frequent occasion for community meetings?
by Arcanemusic
Thu Aug 26, 2021 6:48 pm
Forum: Archived/Deleted
Topic: Live candidate debates!
Replies: 22
Views: 9454

Re: Live candidate debates!

Carefully, in a methodical, consistent fashion as opposed to being thrown on a podium arguing with a British person?
by Arcanemusic
Mon Aug 23, 2021 5:40 pm
Forum: Archived/Deleted
Topic: Returning the Shopping Cart
Replies: 13
Views: 5412

Re: Returning the Shopping Cart

RiskySikh wrote:I would love to see the shopping cart implemented on /tg/, it will would be interesting seeing greytiders fucking around with it.
Give me a few days after the freeze and I can see what I can do.
by Arcanemusic
Mon Aug 23, 2021 6:15 am
Forum: Archived/Deleted
Topic: HEAD OF SECURITY TO HEAD OF JANNIES, LUKAS BEEDELL.
Replies: 25
Views: 10887

Re: HEAD OF SECURITY TO HEAD OF JANNIES, LUKAS BEEDELL.

I'll hand it to ya, I can appreciate the experience that you have and can see that you want to use it positively in some respect within the community.

While not explicitly an offer, (As I am not an admin trainer and have not had the experience of playing with you much if at all, so it would be rash ...
by Arcanemusic
Mon Aug 23, 2021 5:53 am
Forum: Archived/Deleted
Topic: The Catgirl Question
Replies: 4
Views: 3606

Re: The Catgirl Question

Let the kids play as their catpeople. It doesn't hurt anyone. Even though I'm not a fan, it's not worth puffing smoke over.

That said, I'd also love to encompass felinids as being more or less a generalized animalperson species, but with the amount of ire that would draw both on the community and ...
by Arcanemusic
Mon Aug 23, 2021 5:48 am
Forum: Archived/Deleted
Topic: Mothblocks - Jaredfogle - Mothblockification
Replies: 37
Views: 16915

Re: Mothblocks - Jaredfogle - Mothblockification

I like working with mothblocks. He's pleasant and an excellent communicator.

Question: How do you see your contributions to the game in respect for trying to run for headmin? Do you think you'll be able to contribute less or more to the codebase, or would be take more of a hiatus on maintenance ...
by Arcanemusic
Mon Aug 23, 2021 4:15 am
Forum: Archived/Deleted
Topic: Secborgs
Replies: 12
Views: 5169

Re: Secborgs

From a code perspective they're fine to keep in the code as a dangerous tool and to have as a rare, spooky panic attack one in every hundred shifts.

But as they are now, and as they were? Oh holy hell, no . It probably shouldn't even be a config , if we're being honest. They are absolute monsters ...
by Arcanemusic
Mon Aug 23, 2021 4:12 am
Forum: Archived/Deleted
Topic: Returning the Shopping Cart
Replies: 13
Views: 5412

Re: Returning the Shopping Cart

I think it can go even just a little lighter than that as a litmus test, even.

You're playing science. You have this big, long strategy for making efficent, high power bombs. If you get started right away, you can make 20 bombs 15 minutes into the shift, and you can use them on any threat that ...
by Arcanemusic
Mon Aug 23, 2021 4:06 am
Forum: Archived/Deleted
Topic: Role Colors
Replies: 3
Views: 3266

Re: Role Colors

Uniformity is an important part of what makes sorting through channels easier, and it helps to keep the individual colors distinct from each other.
Admins, game-masters, and trialmins are practically indistinguishable until you click their icon on discord to tell.
Maintainers, being under Oranges ...
by Arcanemusic
Mon Aug 23, 2021 3:48 am
Forum: Archived/Deleted
Topic: What is your favourite food and drink
Replies: 11
Views: 5345

Re: What is your favourite food and drink

BBQ Ribs, and probably Dr. Pepper as a soft drink.

Will I die a horrible ugly American diet-based death when my metabolism slows down and I grow old and fat?

Probably.

Probably.
by Arcanemusic
Mon Aug 23, 2021 3:47 am
Forum: Archived/Deleted
Topic: Community Meetings
Replies: 10
Views: 4969

Re: Community Meetings

Communication makes or breaks how players perceive the game as it stands. Take this from experience: I used to play /tg/ for AWHILE before making a forum account. My perceptions of the game were a lot less static than I'd probably like to admit. Outside of playing 4-5 rounds in a single day and ...
by Arcanemusic
Thu Aug 19, 2021 3:28 pm
Forum: Archived/Deleted
Topic: ArcaneMusic: I like to think that I'm a nice person. (DROPPED OUT OF THE RUNNING)
Replies: 5
Views: 5281

ArcaneMusic: I like to think that I'm a nice person. (DROPPED OUT OF THE RUNNING)

"Wow, hugbug's running for an election what the fu-" Get your eyes checked.
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/585862469508005888/877936823496757298/unknown.png
Hi, I'm Arcane, more specifically ArcaneMusic. I've been playing on /tg/ since around 2015, but I've been playing SS13 since about ...
by Arcanemusic
Tue Jul 27, 2021 6:02 pm
Forum: Events Workshop
Topic: MARATHON ROUND 2021 - JULY 31std
Replies: 30
Views: 23191

Re: MARATHON ROUND 2021 - JULY 31std

Cool, hour and a half round on the 31st, neat :clean:
by Arcanemusic
Tue Jul 20, 2021 5:20 pm
Forum: Town Hall
Topic: TG station talent show hosted on Basil!! Date 08/14/2020 8pmCST *Revised by sticky
Replies: 31
Views: 10148

Re: TG station talent show hosted on Sybil!! Date TBD *Revised by sticky now only 2/10 of original lengh

It should be no trouble to do this with the event server, and it will be even easier to do this on the event server if you need to use custom code as there will be less conflicts with TM'd code.
by Arcanemusic
Mon Jul 19, 2021 5:54 pm
Forum: Ideas
Topic: Delete common radio
Replies: 45
Views: 12834

Re: Delete common radio

Give the radio a cooldown ;)
by Arcanemusic
Mon Jul 12, 2021 4:20 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: best signatures
Replies: 71
Views: 19091

Re: best signatures

People don't get upset at me enough to have a good signature, sorry.
by Arcanemusic
Tue May 04, 2021 5:05 am
Forum: Coding Feedback
Topic: Cult - What can be fixed?
Replies: 54
Views: 17637

Re: Cult - What can be fixed?

too many mechanics. overwhelming for new players, overloaded for experienced players. There was an old PR, can't find it for the life of me, but it overhauled cult to just be a small group antag that didnt convert and had a couple simple but difficult objectives to pull off. It got closed because ...
by Arcanemusic
Tue May 04, 2021 1:14 am
Forum: Resolved Appeals
Topic: ARgongian killed by me
Replies: 3
Views: 1913

Re: ARgongian killed by me

Yeah we're done here.
by Arcanemusic
Mon May 03, 2021 11:13 pm
Forum: Resolved Appeals
Topic: ARgongian killed by me
Replies: 3
Views: 1913

Re: ARgongian killed by me

Okay, for starters, please use the template for a ban appeal. You'll see it at the top of this subforum.

Second! You made an appeal thread for the ban while the round was still ongoing. That's another big faux pas.

Third... your URL link is broken. I mean, that also isn't an excuse either, but it ...
by Arcanemusic
Thu Mar 25, 2021 8:49 pm
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Remove rule 8
Replies: 19
Views: 5710

Re: Remove rule 8

I've had exactly one time I've had to use and justify the use of rule 8, and in doing so I felt like the wording to rule 8 was beneficial.

Specifically, a player was harassing another player who ahelped over the situation, stalking them with a camera as a non-antag with a camera console. One time a ...
by Arcanemusic
Thu Mar 25, 2021 7:59 pm
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Config Change: Reopen Roundstart Suicide Roles
Replies: 11
Views: 3177

Re: Config Change: Roundstart Suicide

I think this is a good change to the config. Leaving the round early takes up slots and job positions that if not dealt with quickly leave gaping holes in the station's capabilities. Having this enabled would solve the issue and also work around funny shifts where the crew suicides due to war ...
by Arcanemusic
Thu Mar 11, 2021 4:50 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: boycott serpico hate thread BOYCOTT SERPICO HATE THREAD
Replies: 53
Views: 13102

Re: boycott serpico hate thread BOYCOTT SERPICO HATE THREAD

I mean, I could post some artwork in here to liven things up then.
So I got these sprites for a 2x2 tile, two man mech, but I'm just not sure I like them enough to do side sprites for them due to the massive pallete size.
https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/585862469508005888 ...
by Arcanemusic
Thu Mar 11, 2021 4:47 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Serpico hate thread
Replies: 40
Views: 9667

Re: Serpico hate thread

I well and truly just wish you had more patience. That's all.
by Arcanemusic
Tue Feb 23, 2021 6:04 pm
Forum: Coding Feedback
Topic: Hitscan laser feedback thread
Replies: 62
Views: 23672

Re: Hitscan laser feedback thread

From what I've seen in-round, it looks a lot easier to hit in certain circumstances, like with standing targets, or 2 targets moving at similar speeds. Once their speeds change, things get a lot more difficult to catch the two targets.

One piece of feedback I've heard was that players were ...
by Arcanemusic
Mon Dec 28, 2020 11:45 pm
Forum: Coding
Topic: 2020 TGMC Coding Contest [$110/$100 Bounty]
Replies: 3
Views: 3161

Re: 2020 TGMC Coding Contest [$110/$100 Bounty]

So...
Who won?
by Arcanemusic
Wed Nov 18, 2020 7:16 pm
Forum: Coding Feedback
Topic: give us back our paychecks
Replies: 123
Views: 36432

Re: give us back our paychecks

I feel like there's a clear disconnect here, because many opinions in this thread are confusing multiple systems, misinformed about how things work mechanically, or what the intent and effect of some of these changes were, so I'll break this down:

First off, Bounty Cubes:
Bounty cubes are ...
by Arcanemusic
Mon Nov 09, 2020 6:26 pm
Forum: Resolved Appeals
Topic: [ArcaneMusic] Flyguy076 - Rule 11 Ban
Replies: 5
Views: 2239

Re: [ArcaneMusic] Flyguy076 - Rule 11 Ban

Hey there, thanks for appealing.

As you've already come to the conclusion, yeah you pretty cleanly broke rule 11. I'm glad that you at least read the rules after the fact, but as it stands yeah, this is a pretty clean ban for something you willingly admit to have done. That said, it's a super light ...
by Arcanemusic
Thu Oct 15, 2020 3:04 pm
Forum: Coding
Topic: Hacktoberfest 2020
Replies: 19
Views: 7426

Re: Hacktoberfest 2020

God, what a gamer that developer is.
https://twitter.com/Gadgetoid/status/1311594939684401157
How else can he play sonic the hedgehog with just one hand? His serpentine hands wrapped around his bodacious cock while staring at at speedhog on his personal genesis console. God, how can he text his ...
by Arcanemusic
Thu Sep 17, 2020 5:41 am
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: [LRP & MRP] Bring Back Antag Rep: Arcane Explains it all
Replies: 35
Views: 7512

Re: [LRP & MRP] Bring Back Antag Rep: Arcane Explains it all

a better system would be to make the ticket gain dependant on how much time you spent living in a round, instead of just a flat bonus every round at 10 minutes. It stops antag rolling, doesnt ignore round length and help against issues such as temporary death.
This could be factored in somewhat ...
by Arcanemusic
Mon Sep 14, 2020 7:41 am
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: [LRP & MRP] Bring Back Antag Rep: Arcane Explains it all
Replies: 35
Views: 7512

[LRP & MRP] Bring Back Antag Rep: Arcane Explains it all

So, it seems like nobody fucking knows how antag rep works.
Before we all hop on our peanut posting podiums: Lets run down how it works in the code, right now.

Antag rep is a system that enables players to gain arbitrary points ("rep") as a result of playing a round, and when considerations are ...
by Arcanemusic
Sun Sep 13, 2020 5:20 am
Forum: Resolved Appeals
Topic: ArcaneMusic Adam Klein - Fair ban Unfair punishment
Replies: 12
Views: 4400

Re: ArcaneMusic Adam Klein - Fair ban Unfair punishment

I did follow escalation policy, as stated before, I made sure the other fellow was brought back to full health. That's much more than what most trespassers get. You have to put yourself in my shoes, It only takes one second of being out of stun to sleepypen/ flash someone. So putting the person in ...