Simple Questions Thread

XDTM · Post by **XDTM** » Mon Feb 27, 2017 5:31 am #261122

Bottom post of the previous page:

And megafauna is 100% immune, i once tried to kill a dragon with a BoH bomb as a golem and was unsuccessful.

killerx09 · Post by **killerx09** » Fri Mar 24, 2017 6:06 pm #272536

As a malf AI, what's the best defense against an unsynched Engineering Cyborg?

Post by **Armhulen** » Fri Mar 24, 2017 6:07 pm #272537

Haha... No, there's no defense.

edit:oh wait just blow them

DemonFiren · Post by **DemonFiren** » Fri Mar 24, 2017 6:07 pm #272539

Bending over pre-emptively.

Anonmare · Post by **Anonmare** » Fri Mar 24, 2017 7:10 pm #272612

Armhulen wrote:Haha... No, there's no defense.

edit:oh wait just blow them

>What's the best defence against an unsynced cyborg?
>the best defence against an unsynced cyborg?
>defence against an unsynced cyborg?
>unsynced cyborg?
>unsynced

cedarbridge · Post by **cedarbridge** » Fri Mar 24, 2017 7:20 pm #272621

killerx09 wrote:As a malf AI, what's the best defense against an unsynched Engineering Cyborg?

Not allowing unsynched borgs to exist, basically.

Post by **Armhulen** » Fri Mar 24, 2017 8:24 pm #272663

Anonmare wrote:
Armhulen wrote:Haha... No, there's no defense.

edit:oh wait just blow them
>What's the best defence against an unsynced cyborg?
>the best defence against an unsynced cyborg?
>defence against an unsynced cyborg?
>unsynced cyborg?
>unsynced

nevermind

Haha... No, there's no defense

DemonFiren · Post by **DemonFiren** » Fri Mar 24, 2017 8:27 pm #272667

Well, there is a defence.
It's called "two synched engiborgs".

Anonmare · Post by **Anonmare** » Fri Mar 24, 2017 9:04 pm #272694

The best defence is not being in the satellite.

killerx09 · Post by **killerx09** » Fri Mar 24, 2017 9:45 pm #272713

Anonmare wrote:The best defence is not being in the satellite.

I'm actually asking from Yogstation. Our AI core is still in the center of the station, right below the bridge where your command station is.

(To compensate for the AI being in a disadvantageous location, we have Secborgs.)

Anonmare · Post by **Anonmare** » Fri Mar 24, 2017 9:50 pm #272715

Still gonna have to say the best defence is hiding. Or getting an engie borg to set up field gens and emitters along the interior in such a way that that they can't get around it (may need to direct wire your core to the grid)

DemonFiren · Post by **DemonFiren** » Fri Mar 24, 2017 9:52 pm #272717

Field gens need a human to activate last time I tried, and unless you want a supermatter/singularity/tesla (you madman) in your core the engiborg in question can always just cut the cable.

Anonmare · Post by **Anonmare** » Fri Mar 24, 2017 11:06 pm #272767

Borgs can turn on field gens if they're next to them but they can't be turned off until they discharge their power completely.

killerx09 · Post by **killerx09** » Tue Mar 28, 2017 3:16 pm #273917

How do you make a dead mans switch bomb?

XDTM · Post by **XDTM** » Tue Mar 28, 2017 6:30 pm #273957

Attach a health sensor to either a bomb or a signaller, which is in turn tuned to a bomb-signaller assembly. As long as the health sensor is within you (either in the inventory or through surgical means) if you die (or fall into crit, you can swap the mode by using a multitool on the health sensor) the bomb or the signaller will be triggered. If the sensor is removed before your death, the bomb will not activate.

An alternative is a voice activated bomb, which works if you whisper while in crit. Be careful of not being silenced or instantly killed if you do it that way. Tasers also cause stuttering which may warp your message and make it not recognized.

Swagbringer · Post by **Swagbringer** » Tue Mar 28, 2017 9:50 pm #274001

Apart from how certain healing chemicals only work when ingested/patched on, what is the difference between pills and patches?

Swindly · Post by **Swindly** » Tue Mar 28, 2017 11:18 pm #274021

Swagbringer wrote:Apart from how certain healing chemicals only work when ingested/patched on, what is the difference between pills and patches?

Pills can hold up to 50 units. Patches can hold up to 40 units.
Pills can be dissolved in open reagent containers. Patches can not.
There is no delay when using pills on yourself. There is a delay when using patches on yourself.
Pills can only be used if the consumer's mouth is not blocked. Patches can always be used.

Some reagents besides medicines (e.g. napalm, itching powder, fluorosulphuric acid) also have different behavior when applied through pills and patches.

Haevacht · Post by **Haevacht** » Tue Mar 28, 2017 11:21 pm #274022

Swindly wrote:
Swagbringer wrote:Apart from how certain healing chemicals only work when ingested/patched on, what is the difference between pills and patches?
Pills can hold up to 50 units. Patches can hold up to 40 units.
Pills can be dissolved in open reagent containers. Patches can not.
There is no delay when using pills on yourself. There is a delay when using patches on yourself.
Pills can only be used if the consumer's mouth is not blocked. Patches can always be used.

Some reagents besides medicines (e.g. napalm, itching powder, fluorosulphuric acid) also have different behavior when applied through pills and patches.

Patches cannot be used on anyone unless there is open skin. Space suits and bio suits and that block it.

cedarbridge · Tue Mar 28, 2017 11:53 pm

Haevacht wrote:
Swindly wrote:
Swagbringer wrote:Apart from how certain healing chemicals only work when ingested/patched on, what is the difference between pills and patches?
Pills can hold up to 50 units. Patches can hold up to 40 units.
Pills can be dissolved in open reagent containers. Patches can not.
There is no delay when using pills on yourself. There is a delay when using patches on yourself.
Pills can only be used if the consumer's mouth is not blocked. Patches can always be used.

Some reagents besides medicines (e.g. napalm, itching powder, fluorosulphuric acid) also have different behavior when applied through pills and patches.
Patches cannot be used on anyone unless there is open skin. Space suits and bio suits and that block it.

Not all suits. Miner suits, for example, do not block patches.

Haevacht · Post by **Haevacht** » Tue Mar 28, 2017 11:57 pm #274033

cedarbridge wrote:
Haevacht wrote:
Swindly wrote:
Swagbringer wrote:Apart from how certain healing chemicals only work when ingested/patched on, what is the difference between pills and patches?
Pills can hold up to 50 units. Patches can hold up to 40 units.
Pills can be dissolved in open reagent containers. Patches can not.
There is no delay when using pills on yourself. There is a delay when using patches on yourself.
Pills can only be used if the consumer's mouth is not blocked. Patches can always be used.

Some reagents besides medicines (e.g. napalm, itching powder, fluorosulphuric acid) also have different behavior when applied through pills and patches.
Patches cannot be used on anyone unless there is open skin. Space suits and bio suits and that block it.
Not all suits. Miner suits, for example, do not block patches.

Explorer suits are not space suits. The mining hardsuit does block them.

cedarbridge · Wed Mar 29, 2017 12:54 am

I could have sworn the hardsuit didn't either. I'll have to test it.

Haevacht · Post by **Haevacht** » Wed Mar 29, 2017 12:57 am #274045

With the hardsuits, you can lower your helmet and then aim at head to apply patches.

Anonmare · Post by **Anonmare** » Wed Mar 29, 2017 1:27 am #274049

I just tried this in a nuke suit in travel mode and the patch worked. Same with golems who have skin that's the same property as a spacesuit. Skeletons can never benefit from patches, or any form of chemical, due to being NO_BLOOD and NO_SKIN and NO_BREATH

Bruise packs and ointments don't work through spacesuits though.

XDTM · Post by **XDTM** » Wed Mar 29, 2017 6:38 pm #274225

Patches are not at all blocked by thick clothing, unlike injections and bruise/burn packs.

Haevacht · Post by **Haevacht** » Thu Mar 30, 2017 12:29 am #274353

XDTM wrote:Patches are not at all blocked by thick clothing, unlike injections and bruise/burn packs.

Could have sworn hardsuits did it though, but the more you know n shit.

confused rock · Fri Mar 31, 2017 7:11 pm

what the fuck is sweaterkitten's avatar am I blind I can't look at it as anything except a chasm for some reason

Remie Richards · Fri Mar 31, 2017 7:14 pm

confused rock wrote:what the fuck is sweaterkitten's avatar am I blind I can't look at it as anything except a chasm for some reason

its a person with a white mask/balaclava on their head + ski goggles.

Reece · Post by **Reece** » Sat Apr 01, 2017 4:02 pm #275195

Is there a god?

Anonmare · Post by **Anonmare** » Sat Apr 01, 2017 4:10 pm #275198

Yes I'm here

Reece · Post by **Reece** » Sun Apr 02, 2017 12:55 am #275328

Anonmare wrote:Yes I'm here

A-are you someones hypeman?

Anonmare · Post by **Anonmare** » Sun Apr 02, 2017 12:57 am #275329

Reece wrote:
Anonmare wrote:Yes I'm here
A-are you someones hypeman?

I AM THE HYPE

Post by **Dax Dupont** » Mon Apr 03, 2017 1:43 pm #275764

Are the borg hacking wires different on every borg?
How do you find ghost roles on lava land? Just exploring and clicking?

Drynwyn · Post by **Drynwyn** » Mon Apr 03, 2017 1:48 pm #275766

AdAstraPerAspera wrote:Are the borg hacking wires different on every borg?
How do you find ghost roles on lava land? Just exploring and clicking?

Borg wires are consistent within a round but not round to round.

Things you can click to become a ghost on lavaland appear in the Orbit list.

Post by **Dax Dupont** » Tue Apr 04, 2017 1:28 pm #276463

Drynwyn wrote:
AdAstraPerAspera wrote:Are the borg hacking wires different on every borg?
How do you find ghost roles on lava land? Just exploring and clicking?
Borg wires are consistent within a round but not round to round.

Things you can click to become a ghost on lavaland appear in the Orbit list.

Thanks.
Also how the fuck do you mean rotation, as soon as I mix neurotoxin/mindbreak with teslium it tesla shocks.

Swindly · Post by **Swindly** » Tue Apr 04, 2017 10:57 pm #276741

Also how the fuck do you mean rotation, as soon as I mix neurotoxin/mindbreak with teslium it tesla shocks.

Cool the neurotoxin/mindbreaker before mixing it with the teslium.

Lazengann · Post by **Lazengann** » Thu Apr 13, 2017 2:19 pm #280248

Does Legion always lag the hell out of the server when fought?

XDTM · Post by **XDTM** » Thu Apr 13, 2017 6:10 pm #280316

I've seen it several times without lag

Alipheese · Post by **Alipheese** » Thu Apr 13, 2017 6:12 pm #280317

Lazengann wrote:Does Legion always lag the hell out of the server when fought?

That's a rare occurrence

Lazengann · Post by **Lazengann** » Thu Apr 13, 2017 8:02 pm #280348

Guess it's just the way I do it, thanks.

InsaneHyena · Post by **InsaneHyena** » Wed May 10, 2017 5:17 pm #291692

Wizard casts mindswap on Officer Shitballs, then dies while in his body. Roboticist cuts it open and pulls out a brain. Whose brain, and what it will be called?

Nilons · Post by **Nilons** » Wed May 10, 2017 5:42 pm #291704

InsaneHyena wrote:Wizard casts mindswap on Officer Shitballs, then dies while in his body. Roboticist cuts it open and pulls out a brain. Whose brain, and what it will be called?

Pretty sure it's the wizard with the name officer shitballs brain

XDTM · Post by **XDTM** » Wed May 10, 2017 5:56 pm #291716

Nilons wrote:
InsaneHyena wrote:Wizard casts mindswap on Officer Shitballs, then dies while in his body. Roboticist cuts it open and pulls out a brain. Whose brain, and what it will be called?
Pretty sure it's the wizard with the name officer shitballs brain

Exactly, it pulls name and player from the body, and at that moment the name is Wizard and the player is Shitballs.

Steelpoint · Post by **Steelpoint** » Tue May 16, 2017 9:10 am #294297

Two questions.

Firstly, what can cause a APC to blow up in your face? I encountered this during a round where I was placing a new Power Cell into a APC only for the APC to explode and take my leg with it.

Secondly, does the SM explosion leave behind any hidden radioation? In that same round I ended up dying to something in telecomms well after the SM blew up.

DemonFiren · Post by **DemonFiren** » Tue May 16, 2017 9:17 am #294298

That power cell may have been injected with plasma.

Telecomms is cold as fuck.
If you're sure it's radiation you may have been analysed.

Steelpoint · Post by **Steelpoint** » Tue May 16, 2017 9:22 am #294299

The power cell was left on the floor after tcomms blew up, maybe someone injected it with plasma but it was in open space.

I was the only person in comms when I died to whatever it was, I was dragged to medbay by a borg after I died.

I simply fell down to the ground and was in crit, I had no warning or messages, not even a your unconscious.

DemonFiren · Post by **DemonFiren** » Tue May 16, 2017 9:25 am #294300

Possibly a viral infection or some chemistry magic (doesn't amatox do something like that?)

Not-Dorsidarf · Sun Jul 30, 2023 1:33 am

I think (vaguely remember something similar which might be correct) that cells can be damaged by explosions, which compromises them like a plasma injection?

Limey · Post by **Limey** » Tue May 16, 2017 1:22 pm #294358

CosmicScientist wrote:Hm, new method of destroying APCs acquired.

it's much more efficient to just throw the battery the fuck away (if you're up against a rogue AI and/or want to limit their jump options)

but uh if you're gonna do general sabotage I would advise not to put it in yourself

Actually that's a really fucking slick thing to do, take out the battery and just drop it in front of the APC and wait for someone to put it back in

DemonFiren · Post by **DemonFiren** » Tue May 16, 2017 1:54 pm #294374

Limey wrote:
CosmicScientist wrote:Hm, new method of destroying APCs acquired.
it's much more efficient to just throw the battery the fuck away (if you're up against a rogue AI and/or want to limit their jump options)

but uh if you're gonna do general sabotage I would advise not to put it in yourself

Actually that's a really fucking slick thing to do, take out the battery and just drop it in front of the APC and wait for someone to put it back in

alternatively: depower area with many lights
sabotage lights and apc
leave main breaker off
depart
wait

bonus points for doing it to toxins storage or any other place with highly flammable/explosive materials

Steelpoint · Post by **Steelpoint** » Tue May 16, 2017 1:59 pm #294377

Boy do I love hidden features with no reference to them.

If a power cell is damaged from a explosion there should be a visual tell that its damage and a way to repair it.

I don't mind plasma sabotage, but dying because you did not know of a obscure feature with no warning is shitty.

FantasticFwoosh · Tue May 16, 2017 2:04 pm

Steelpoint wrote:Boy do I love hidden features with no reference to them.

If a power cell is damaged from a explosion there should be a visual tell that its damage and a way to repair it.

I don't mind plasma sabotage, but dying because you did not know of a obscure feature with no warning is shitty.

Besides the point that its a trap, applied onto the plasma batteries and anything else it touches.