Simple Questions Thread

[XDTM]

Bottom post of the previous page:

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

[Haevacht]

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]

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]

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]

Is there a god?

[Anonmare]

Yes I'm here

[Reece]

Yes I'm here

A-are you someones hypeman?

[Anonmare]

Yes I'm here

A-are you someones hypeman?

I AM THE HYPE

[Dax Dupont]

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

[Drynwyn]

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.

[Dax Dupont]

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]

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]

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

[XDTM]

I've seen it several times without lag

[Alipheese]

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

That's a rare occurrence

[Lazengann]

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

[InsaneHyena]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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

[Not-Dorsidarf]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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.

[Screemonster]

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.

he's talking about random explosion damage, not deliberate traps

[Steelpoint]

Yeah I'm talking about this chance where power cells exposed to damage from explosions will blow up when used.

I'm perfectly fine with sabotage being undetectable or at least being really hard to notice unless you're aware of it prior.

[XDTM]

If you said the SM exploded it might've been a rogue tesla bolt

[Remie Richards]

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.

I don't remember if there is anything you can examine on a battery to find out either. Players don't tend to examine things anyway. But besides that, yeah I feel you but that's pretty much the game entirely and the response is always GITGUD no matter how frustrating and one off the adversity was. Technically clone damage falls under this but it's only because it has frequent exposure or at least a practiced solution (cryo) that it isn't a real problem. The battery thing just never comes up (and we don't even know if you died because of it or malicious intent) and that either makes it an interesting feature or a frustration causing crap one.

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/obj/item/weapon/stock_parts/cell/examine(mob/user)
	..()
	if(rigged)
		to_chat(user, "<span class='danger'>This power cell seems to be faulty!</span>")
	else
		to_chat(user, "The charge meter reads [round(src.percent() )]%.")

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/obj/item/weapon/stock_parts/cell/proc/corrupt()
	charge /= 2
	maxcharge = max(maxcharge/2, chargerate)
	if (prob(10))
		rigged = 1 //broken batterys are dangerous

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/obj/item/weapon/stock_parts/cell/ex_act(severity, target)
	..()
	if(!QDELETED(src))
		switch(severity)
			if(2)
				if(prob(50))
					corrupt()
			if(3)
				if(prob(25))
					corrupt()

I'll say no more.

[D&B]

>batterys

Reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[tacolizard]

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.

it could be a malf ai using Overload Machine.

Fun fact: using Overload Machine on a holopad while someone is on that holopad can crit them and can take several limbs as well.

[MrEousTranger]

Can you remove someones heart and force feed it to them?

[Anonmare]

Can you remove someones heart and force feed it to them?

Yep, it's a good way to dispose of excess hearts as an abductor

[Armhulen]

Can you remove someones heart and force feed it to them?

yes

[Remie Richards]

Can you remove someones heart and force feed it to them?

All organs are edible by default.
Just be aware, once they've been bitten once they've turned into a food object, and no longer work as an organ (ie: they lose their effects and stop working)

[Limey]

How many units of chemicals can I fit inside foodstuffs?

[darkpaladin109]

So I've had this question on my mind for a while now:
How exactly do you do special moves with martial arts? Do you just have to switch between intents or do you have to also use them on something or someone?

[Remie Richards]

So I've had this question on my mind for a while now:
How exactly do you do special moves with martial arts? Do you just have to switch between intents or do you have to also use them on something or someone?

use each intent in order on your victim.
For example, if you have plasma fist:
HARM, DISARM, DISARM, DISARM, HARM on the same person will gib them instantly.

[darkpaladin109]

So I've had this question on my mind for a while now:
How exactly do you do special moves with martial arts? Do you just have to switch between intents or do you have to also use them on something or someone?

use each intent in order on your victim.
For example, if you have plasma fist:
HARM, DISARM, DISARM, DISARM, HARM on the same person will gib them instantly.

That was fast; Thanks for clarifying.

[Anonmare]

What's everyone's favourite SM gas mixes?

I personally use 66% N2O and 33% O2 as I've found it a good compromise between power and stability. I know there are more power efficient mixes though, there was one guy who made this complicated mix but I don't remember what the percentages were but it had CO2, plasma, O2 and N2O and he got some really incredible power outage with full room temp plasma tanks.

[Septavius]

When I'm running through the hall, and I try to fire my taser it seems the clicks only have around a 30% chance of actually registering, does anyone else get this?

anything that uses electrodes seem to stutter.

[Swindly]

How many units of chemicals can I fit inside foodstuffs?

That's highly variable. Each food has a different capacity.

[tacolizard]

When I'm running through the hall, and I try to fire my taser it seems the clicks only have around a 30% chance of actually registering, does anyone else get this?

anything that uses electrodes seem to stutter.

It's not related to electrodes, it's all click-related actions. The default game FPS is 20 and input (afaik) is tied to client side FPS. This would mean that holding down a movement key is 'using frames' and blocking the click action so you are only firing when your click is timed on a frame that isn't being 'used'.

tl;dr it's because of the game's low framerate. If you go into game preferences and increase the framerate to like 40, 60 or 100 it will register your clicks much better. The trade off is that higher FPS's are kinda janky.

[SpaceInaba]

is it even worth it to screwdriver the detective's revolver

[D&B]

If Lady luck is in your side, yeah

[Anonmare]

is it even worth it to screwdriver the detective's revolver

That depends. Do you feel lucky? Well? Do ya punk?

[Remie Richards]

When I'm running through the hall, and I try to fire my taser it seems the clicks only have around a 30% chance of actually registering, does anyone else get this?

anything that uses electrodes seem to stutter.

It's not related to electrodes, it's all click-related actions. The default game FPS is 20 and input (afaik) is tied to client side FPS. This would mean that holding down a movement key is 'using frames' and blocking the click action so you are only firing when your click is timed on a frame that isn't being 'used'.

tl;dr it's because of the game's low framerate. If you go into game preferences and increase the framerate to like 40, 60 or 100 it will register your clicks much better. The trade off is that higher FPS's are kinda janky.

Clicks aren't dropped for moving, clicks are only dropped if you manage to do them between frames.
This is why higher framerate games feel more fluid and responsive, there's far less chance for them to miss your input.

Regardless, upping your client fps should help, yes.

[MrEousTranger]

What actually is "tabling" and how would one "table" another?