Simple Questions Thread

Raven776 · Post by **Raven776** » Fri Jul 08, 2016 11:19 pm #194118

Bottom post of the previous page:

How do you fill up chemical implants? The implant pad says you use a syringe on it while it's in the original casing, but the implant specifically says you can't use it on it while it's in its case when you try to use a syringe on it. I prayed, and an admin told me it was really complicated and they didn't know either. So after around an hour trying to use my ID to swipe literally everything, trying to break it open, trying to do everything to this implant, I had to give up.

Wyzack · Post by **Wyzack** » Fri Jul 08, 2016 11:52 pm #194123

Unless something changed or is broken you just inject it while it is in the implant case

Raven776 · Post by **Raven776** » Sat Jul 09, 2016 12:10 am #194125

I could not.

Malkevin · Post by **Malkevin** » Sat Jul 09, 2016 12:45 am #194132

Sounds like something's broke then.

What type of syringe are you using?
I know at one point the large lethal injection syringes wouldn't work, not sure that got changed on here.

Raven776 · Post by **Raven776** » Sat Jul 09, 2016 2:52 am #194167

One from the medbay vendor. It was on metastation if that changes anything.

Zoobastix · Post by **Zoobastix** » Sat Jul 09, 2016 5:12 am #194210

How to deconstruct or demolish a plain wall?

Is there a way to fire oxygen from oxygen tanks? (as a means for pushing oneself around in zero gravity for example)

Where is prototype hardsuit located?

Anonmare · Post by **Anonmare** » Sat Jul 09, 2016 5:42 am #194219

Deconning a regular wall:-
First, weld it down.
Secondly, Wrench the girder to unanchor it.
Third, screwdriver the girder to completely disassemble it. Or push it out of the way, or use two metal sheets on the displaced girder to make a false wall.

Can't use your own internals tank in that way, but you can throw or shoot in the opposite direction you want to go to navigate (works with laser guns, pens and medipens, don't ask how a beam of light has enough mass to change your velocity). You can use a fire extinguisher which is like an improvised jetpack.
You can also use a fire extinguisher while on an office chair to propel yourself down a corridor very quickly and annoy people simultaneously.

The Prototype Hardsuit is located in the science department. Actual location depends on the map itself but it's usually either the RD's Office or the Toxins Launch room.

AnonymousNow · Sat Jul 09, 2016 8:48 am

Is there a reason why an elixir of flight won't work?

I'm fascinated by the new items introduced by this big "Lavaland" change (even though I rather miss my old, atmospheric spacebound mines), and this potion is one of the things that has popped up the most.

The other day, we managed to use an Oddyseus to synthesise an infinite amount of the stuff, and give practically the whole crew wings. But we tried to rebottle that thunder today, and it didn't work. A message from the empty bottle, suggesting a bitter aftertaste, suggests that this is an intended game mechanic, but I still wanted to be sure.

Reece · Post by **Reece** » Sat Jul 09, 2016 8:58 am #194250

How do you make air injectors

Whoisthere · Post by **Whoisthere** » Sat Jul 09, 2016 4:13 pm #194350

How do you bee for good and not evil?

Reece · Post by **Reece** » Sat Jul 09, 2016 4:33 pm #194359

Whoisthere wrote:How do you bee for good and not evil?

Feed the queen strange reagent.

factoryman942 · Sat Jul 09, 2016 8:16 pm

How do you make someone else go onto a table (e.g. putting a corpse on an operating table to cut out their brain)?

Xhuis · Post by **Xhuis** » Sun Jul 10, 2016 4:11 am #194482

factoryman942 wrote:How do you make someone else go onto a table (e.g. putting a corpse on an operating table to cut out their brain)?

Use grab intent and grab them passively, then click on the table. Normal tables need an aggressive grab, but operating tables should work fine.

CheesusGamer · Sun Jul 10, 2016 12:48 pm

What is the best RnD guide? Preferably has low ammounts of exposure to outside of Sci.

Also whenever I try to follow the fukken guides I come to the point where I should be able to get a mechsyringe but it seems I usually fuck it up and It never shows up on the printer at robo

InsaneHyena · Post by **InsaneHyena** » Sun Jul 10, 2016 2:58 pm #194601

There's Duke's RnD guide literally in this very subforum.

D4C · Post by **D4C** » Sun Jul 10, 2016 3:18 pm #194605

Is there a way of testing the siemens coefficient of an item by putting a charge through it somehow, bar wearing the item and touching live wires?

Malkevin · Post by **Malkevin** » Sun Jul 10, 2016 5:40 pm #194636

Nope, not unless you want to dive through code or run your own server and look at the vars.

CheesusGamer · Tue Jul 12, 2016 11:02 pm

If I cut the AI link and the Law sync before installing the mmi unto the bork does it become asimov or lawless?

Okand37 · Post by **Okand37** » Tue Jul 12, 2016 11:15 pm #195126

CheesusGamer wrote:If I cut the AI link and the Law sync before installing the mmi unto the bork does it become asimov or lawless?

It's default laws will be asimov. Ai link determines whether it is slaved or not, and law sync would have it use the ais laws.

AnonymousNow · Wed Jul 13, 2016 12:50 am

Someone remind me - can a cyborg have its laws manually reset (ie. not using the console)?

I'm thinking of claimed Syndieborgs.

Anonmare · Post by **Anonmare** » Wed Jul 13, 2016 3:28 am #195162

If it's not hooked up to an AI or its Law sync was disabled before it got slaved, you can pop open it's cover and insert your boards to manually upload your laws. Do note that cutting it's Law sync after it's been slaved to an AI won't work I don't think. I don't think you can reset a Law 0 gained from a traitor AI though since codewise it's not a core law and not a supplied law I believe. Purge might do it but I'm not 100% sure on that.

AnonymousNow · Wed Jul 13, 2016 5:59 am

Anonmare wrote:~

Neat.

More questions. I encountered three items in rounds today that I never got to use because I was valided very quickly - a paradox bag, a blue cube and a red cube. What do they do?

Post by **Armhulen** » Wed Jul 13, 2016 3:35 pm #195255

AnonymousNow wrote:
Anonmare wrote:~
Neat.

More questions. I encountered three items in rounds today that I never got to use because I was valided very quickly - a paradox bag, a blue cube and a red cube. What do they do?

no clue about the paradox bag but using the blue cube teleports you to the red one and vice versa

Toast550 · Post by **Toast550** » Fri Jul 15, 2016 9:24 pm #196092

How do floor colors work? In some areas for example the kitchen, the tiles are white. Say I wanted to put some white tiles somewhere else, how would I do that?

Zilenan91 · Post by **Zilenan91** » Fri Jul 15, 2016 9:26 pm #196094

I think there's a specific tool that paints floor tiles? I forget what it is though. Try airlock painters maybe?

Toast550 · Post by **Toast550** » Fri Jul 15, 2016 9:29 pm #196095

Zilenan91 wrote:I think there's a specific tool that paints floor tiles? I forget what it is though. Try airlock painters maybe?

Tried that, they only work on airlocks.

Zilenan91 · Post by **Zilenan91** » Fri Jul 15, 2016 9:30 pm #196096

dunno then. Try asking admins on the server because I know they can do it.

Reece · Post by **Reece** » Fri Jul 15, 2016 10:51 pm #196123

I asked in OOC and an admin said only they could mess with floor tile colours. It made me mucho sado.

Anonmare · Post by **Anonmare** » Fri Jul 15, 2016 11:16 pm #196127

Floor colours are integral to a map, we have to manually add different coloured panels via the game panel or VV edit if we want to change how a floor looks. Same with walls.

AnonymousNow · Sun Jul 17, 2016 5:14 am

Another one.

Legion cores. Do they differ if implanted whilst active than if they're not active?

EDIT: While I remember, I wanted to ask about flashes.

Obviously they work when applied to someone. But do they get their full effects when clicked inhand in immediate proximity to anything?

DemonFiren · Post by **DemonFiren** » Sun Jul 17, 2016 9:37 am #196369

Can't implant active ones for all I know, they're just applied normally instead.

Shadowizard · Tue Aug 16, 2016 12:02 am

How do you destroy sandbags?

Screemonster · Tue Aug 16, 2016 4:28 am

Where did the "this kills tactical chairs" meme start?

AnonymousNow · Tue Aug 16, 2016 4:33 am

Screemonster wrote:Where did the "this kills tactical chairs" meme start?

I can't remember who it originated with, but the context was someone's response over a PR which involved chairs, and the line itself was regarding lines of chairs set up facing fore/North, which caused peoples' sprites to be hidden behind them and thus be harder to click.

Anonmare · Post by **Anonmare** » Tue Aug 16, 2016 4:42 am #203752

Don't forget tactical tables for disabling rogue cyborgs

Tue Aug 16, 2016 5:20 am

AnonymousNow wrote:
Screemonster wrote:Where did the "this kills tactical chairs" meme start?
I can't remember who it originated with, but the context was someone's response over a PR which involved chairs, and the line itself was regarding lines of chairs set up facing fore/North, which caused peoples' sprites to be hidden behind them and thus be harder to click.

no the PR made it so attacking with a weapon in a general direction would automatically hit nearby targets instead of having to click them directly

TheColdTurtle · Tue Aug 16, 2016 4:09 pm

Demon, you are wrong, I get fresh ones implanted all the time. Fresh legion souls spawn two of the blood minion things when you click it, instead of only one. I have no idea if it heals faster or not

Falamazeer · Post by **Falamazeer** » Tue Aug 16, 2016 4:50 pm #203840

the fuck is a cannister bomb? People were talking about them a while back, no idea.

AnonymousNow · Tue Aug 16, 2016 4:58 pm

TheColdTurtle wrote:Demon, you are wrong, I get fresh ones implanted all the time. Fresh legion souls spawn two of the blood minion things when you click it, instead of only one. I have no idea if it heals faster or not

I was told the answer to this in the end; I should've relayed it here, so I'm doing that now.

Legion souls come in three flavours, and when implanted, they are, in ascending order of healing power...

- Inert
- Stable
- Active

The previous two will let you spawn a blood brood, whereas the last one will let you spawn two. However, when not implanted, only the latter two will fully heal you if you splat it onto yourself.

It's possible and safe to do prep surgery before going into the mines, so that when you get a legion core you can run back to the mining station, jump onto the table and have a buddy implant it into you fresh (optional: seal the wound with a welder). Couple that with a healing virus, possibly changelingism, and a medibot, and you'll come out of crit.

Malkevin · Post by **Malkevin** » Tue Aug 16, 2016 6:51 pm #203880

Falamazeer wrote:the fuck is a cannister bomb? People were talking about them a while back, no idea.

Its the same as a TTV bomb except instead of using a TTV and two tanks you use a tank and a canister.

D&B · Post by **D&B** » Tue Aug 16, 2016 7:24 pm #203891

AnonymousNow wrote:
TheColdTurtle wrote:Demon, you are wrong, I get fresh ones implanted all the time. Fresh legion souls spawn two of the blood minion things when you click it, instead of only one. I have no idea if it heals faster or not
I was told the answer to this in the end; I should've relayed it here, so I'm doing that now.

Legion souls come in three flavours, and when implanted, they are, in ascending order of healing power...

- Inert
- Stable
- Active

The previous two will let you spawn a blood brood, whereas the last one will let you spawn two. However, when not implanted, only the latter two will fully heal you if you splat it onto yourself.

It's possible and safe to do prep surgery before going into the mines, so that when you get a legion core you can run back to the mining station, jump onto the table and have a buddy implant it into you fresh (optional: seal the wound with a welder). Couple that with a healing virus, possibly changelingism, and a medibot, and you'll come out of crit.

Stabilized ones spawn two broods.

AnonymousNow · Tue Aug 16, 2016 7:33 pm

Oh, same for stabilised cores? I took that bit from word of mouth, so I can't be sure.

Falamazeer · Post by **Falamazeer** » Tue Aug 16, 2016 8:03 pm #203904

Malkevin wrote:
Falamazeer wrote:the fuck is a cannister bomb? People were talking about them a while back, no idea.
Its the same as a TTV bomb except instead of using a TTV and two tanks you use a tank and a canister.

Huh... thanks.

Anonmare · Post by **Anonmare** » Tue Aug 16, 2016 8:39 pm #203919

Malkevin wrote:Its the same as a TTV bomb except instead of using a TTV and two tanks you use a tank and a canister.

What's the point of a canister bomb anyway? The only thing I can think of is that you don't need a Tank-transfer valve to make one but they're not THAT hard to get.

qwert · Post by **qwert** » Tue Aug 16, 2016 8:40 pm #203920

Is chlorine trifluoride foam supposed not to burn at all?
Will blackpowder smoke turn everything around into high explosive zone?
Will the napalm foam/blackpowder foam be capable of exploding or making fire?
Do chem implants activate upon death?
Do reagents mix inside the mob in TG code?
Does sorium throw glass shards or metal roads strong enough to embed?
How to make explosion, which will be strong enough to throw glass shards, but not strong enough to totally delete them?
Does thermite make people SUPER FLAMMABLE?
Can you fill spray cans with reagents?

Reece · Post by **Reece** » Tue Aug 16, 2016 9:12 pm #203933

They do mix inside people yes.

Screemonster · Tue Aug 16, 2016 9:24 pm

Anonmare wrote:
Malkevin wrote:Its the same as a TTV bomb except instead of using a TTV and two tanks you use a tank and a canister.
What's the point of a canister bomb anyway? The only thing I can think of is that you don't need a Tank-transfer valve to make one but they're not THAT hard to get.

They're quick to make, and ideally you don't want to be the one setting it off.
Now, if you can swap the O2 tank in EVA, you know, the one everyone going to space uses to top up their oxygen tanks, with an O2 tank full of heated plasma and wait for someone to pop in for a refill...

Malkevin · Post by **Malkevin** » Tue Aug 16, 2016 9:25 pm #203942

Anonmare wrote:
Malkevin wrote:Its the same as a TTV bomb except instead of using a TTV and two tanks you use a tank and a canister.
What's the point of a canister bomb anyway? The only thing I can think of is that you don't need a Tank-transfer valve to make one but they're not THAT hard to get.

So Atmos can blow shit up.

Both toxins and atmos are completely inferior to the corn chemist though.

AnonymousNow · Wed Aug 17, 2016 2:55 am

What exactly does the Wish Granter do? I got to one after about two hours of effort the other day - it said it was listening, I told it my wish, and nothing happened.

D&B · Post by **D&B** » Wed Aug 17, 2016 3:11 am #204016

AnonymousNow wrote:What exactly does the Wish Granter do? I got to one after about two hours of effort the other day - it said it was listening, I told it my wish, and nothing happened.

Grants wishes

In all seriousness, gives you a list of things (power, riches, succ) and it gives you that and also transforms you into a shadow person.

Which kills you since all the dungeon tiles are alight.

Wed Aug 17, 2016 3:39 am

AnonymousNow wrote:What exactly does the Wish Granter do? I got to one after about two hours of effort the other day - it said it was listening, I told it my wish, and nothing happened.

when you say "told it your wish" do you mean you spoke a wish aloud or did you click on it again and pick a wish
also if you pick world peace it kills all the faithless (which is pretty much pointless since they're usually all dead by the time you reach the granter), pick immortality that shit's busted