Simple Questions Thread

[FantasticFwoosh]

Bottom post of the previous page:

You'd need to do bluespace beakers to have a effective amount 300 full on each floor tile space approximately with absolutely no leaks and proper & maintained atmos air locks/circulation.

We really need more effective ways to do that given we can't expect, i suggest spraying the air out with a janitor nozzle esque thing or mixing oxygen smoke grenade.

Q: Does oxygen smoke have any effect for spreading air? or is it just the smoke itself that can be breathed in?

[D&B]

How do you keep people looping in pipes?

They stop after a certain while

[Munchlax]

someone pls gimme list of major changes in the last 3 months

[Vekter]

someone pls gimme list of major changes in the last 3 months

That's like the opposite of a simple question, go read back through the PRs on github.

How do you keep people looping in pipes?

They stop after a certain while

Does it happen on all loops or just the smallest, 2x2?

Having the disposals ejection/catching cupboards should help maybe but it doesn't mean they'll stay in there.

Please don't do this, I don't think people can suicide in there and I'm pretty sure it falls under rule one.

[Armhulen]

it's not allowed? boooo!

[Vekter]

it's not allowed? boooo!

I don't think it is. I'll ask the bus.

Edit:


I was incorrect

[Armhulen]

how about nonantag

[PKPenguin321]

how about nonantag

no

it's treated almost like permabrigging fnr, basically

[Armhulen]

well okayyyyy

[AnonymousNow]

How does one secure an area against ashstorms? I'm guessing it's "build walled-in area with doors, define with blueprint"?

[Anonmare]

How does one secure an area against ashstorms? I'm guessing it's "build walled-in area with doors, define with blueprint"?

Build an air-tight area, you don't need blueprints to define an area any more I don't think, there should be a button in the bottom right that let's you define a newly-constructed area. Blueprints are needed to re-define an existing area though I think.

Pro:Tip: Dig up sand, make sandstone, make sandstone doors around a 1x1 tile, step in that 1x1 tile, close the doors, define an area

[AnonymousNow]

What does upgrading the capacitor and scanning module in exosuits actually do?

[Duncdar]

Upgrading the capacitor increases the mech's EMP resistance by 10% per capacitor level (rank 4 is the highest I think). The scanning module decreases the energy each step costs by 5 per module level, the base value seems to be 20 energy per step (but each mech also has a unique step_energy_drain...) so I think a triphasic scanning module means you don't use any energy for normal movement. (tested it for a durand, movement with a t4 scanning module costs no energy!)

[AnonymousNow]

No energy to move

Radical! That's, like, the main draw of energy in a mech.

Makes me wish you could properly upgrade RIPLEYs and ODDYSEUSes too.

[Dax Dupont]

How do you make the growing people into giants thing in botany?

[FantasticFwoosh]

You get the chemical from aminata mushrooms, you can remove the aminata toxin or alternative just filter it out with a chem-master, whichever is more convenient.

[LupusNoctis]

What is the proper configuration of a Remote Signal Device / Proximity Sensor alarm?

Do the ProxSensors only ever trigger once? Is there a way to Reset them so they can trigger each time something is detected nearby?

What do each of the lines on a ProxSensor mean? Line 1 looks to be some sort of arming delay, Line 2 is an armed toggle, and line 3 is a Distance value? in tiles, including diagonal?

Trying to get a motion sensor alarm that warns me whenever something moves in a rough area, including each incident not just the first.

[DemonFiren]

e x p e r i m e n t

[existence_success]

how the fuck do i git gud at toxins

[Anonmare]

how the fuck do i git gud at toxins

Two parts plasma for every one part of O2. Drain out your O2 tanks with the protable air pump before putting your cooled O2 into it. Don't drain the plasma tank before putting the hot gas in. Explosive power is dependant on mole count, not temperature.

[Hatfish]

What is the proper configuration of a Remote Signal Device / Proximity Sensor alarm?

Do the ProxSensors only ever trigger once? Is there a way to Reset them so they can trigger each time something is detected nearby?

What do each of the lines on a ProxSensor mean? Line 1 looks to be some sort of arming delay, Line 2 is an armed toggle, and line 3 is a Distance value? in tiles, including diagonal?

Trying to get a motion sensor alarm that warns me whenever something moves in a rough area, including each incident not just the first.

Pretty sure proximity sensors will trigger multiple times but they may or may not have a cooldown, I don't know. How large is the area you want to affect? It might just be better to use an infrared beam if it's a doorway or something similar.

[killerx09]

How do I pipe the disposals directly to the crusher? The wiki dosn't mention anything on disposals pipes at all.

[PKPenguin321]

How do I pipe the disposals directly to the crusher? The wiki dosn't mention anything on disposals pipes at all.

Get a t-ray scanner and follow the pipes from any random disposal bin to cargo (or just climb into a bin), then observe how the conveyor belt at cargo leads to a separate disposal pipe loop that leads to the crusher.

To send all the bins to the crusher, you essentially just have to bypass the conveyor belt. Either build pipes right over it or reroute the pipe just before the belts to some new pipes you make that go into the crusher pipes.

It's important to also put some form of barricade (walls or girders are good) around the conveyor belts that are between the exit of the pipes and the crusher so the victim can't just step off of the belt. Also, if a bomb happens pretty much anywhere and breaks pipes (or somebody intentionally sabotages them), your gimmick is ruined. Might also be a good plan to seal up the crusher room so people can't just walk in and see the carnage before breaking your trap.

Some maps have the outlet by the crusher a tile too far back and consequently the victim can survive by walking away from the crusher, although they'll be trapped. If this is the case just move the outlet a tile up.

Pro tip: Once you've set up your trap, build a chute in the main hallway (preferably at a corner) that leads to the disposal loop, get a bucket and splash water around it, and an ebow. I don't think you can afford noslips with this since you also need an emag to sabotage the crusher, but if you can afford them go for it. Anybody that walks by can just be thrown in the chute and dies instantly. Bonus points if you disable comms so people can't call for help.

t. a person who has successfully murderboned with this strat

[Screemonster]

another simple method is to just redirect disposals to somewhere hazardous before they reach cargo. Like the inside of the incinerator.

[Dr_bee]

How do I pipe the disposals directly to the crusher? The wiki dosn't mention anything on disposals pipes at all.

Get a t-ray scanner and follow the pipes from any random disposal bin to cargo (or just climb into a bin), then observe how the conveyor belt at cargo leads to a separate disposal pipe loop that leads to the crusher.

To send all the bins to the crusher, you essentially just have to bypass the conveyor belt. Either build pipes right over it or reroute the pipe just before the belts to some new pipes you make that go into the crusher pipes.

It's important to also put some form of barricade (walls or girders are good) around the conveyor belts that are between the exit of the pipes and the crusher so the victim can't just step off of the belt. Also, if a bomb happens pretty much anywhere and breaks pipes (or somebody intentionally sabotages them), your gimmick is ruined. Might also be a good plan to seal up the crusher room so people can't just walk in and see the carnage before breaking your trap.

Some maps have the outlet by the crusher a tile too far back and consequently the victim can survive by walking away from the crusher, although they'll be trapped. If this is the case just move the outlet a tile up.

Pro tip: Once you've set up your trap, build a chute in the main hallway (preferably at a corner) that leads to the disposal loop, get a bucket and splash water around it, and an ebow. I don't think you can afford noslips with this since you also need an emag to sabotage the crusher, but if you can afford them go for it. Anybody that walks by can just be thrown in the chute and dies instantly. Bonus points if you disable comms so people can't call for help.

t. a person who has successfully murderboned with this strat

This is the kind of murderboning I can get behind, as it actually takes some work and creativity outside of grabbing a dual e-sword and ambushing people. Love disposal traps.

The ones into the crusher are fine, but the best ones are the ones that just straight up dump you into space. It makes it possible for people in hardsuits to survive, but it is significantly more hilarious in my mind.

[DemonFiren]

can't you just wire disposals into a stationwide loop instead
that way you can make people want to die without being able to

[1g88a]

How do you modify the detective's revolver, and can traitor .357s fire .38s just fine? Realism wise they should be able to but I can see why that'd be a problem in terms of gameplay.

[Hatfish]

Use a screwdriver on the gun to enlarge the barrel. Pretty sure it will eventually blow up in your hand after modification though, so be careful.

[BeeSting12]

doesnt work on traitor guns, just the .38

[Anonmare]

The .38 revolver when modded can fire .357 but there's a moderate chance each shot will backfire the gun on you. You're better off keeping it as is since .38s stamina damage is just as good as the pure damage output of a .357, without the risk of backfiring.

[AnonymousNow]

How does the necromantic stone work? I tried using it inhand, on skeletons and on corpses, but it didn't want to respond.

[Deitus]

How does the necromantic stone work? I tried using it inhand, on skeletons and on corpses, but it didn't want to respond.

i think i vaguely remember having problems with it a while ago and the response i got from gods/admemes was "have you thanked your coders today?", so i assume its bugged and currently nonfunctional. i could be wrong, though, so if anyone knows any better please speak up.

[LupusNoctis]

What is the proper configuration of a Remote Signal Device / Proximity Sensor alarm?

Do the ProxSensors only ever trigger once? Is there a way to Reset them so they can trigger each time something is detected nearby?

What do each of the lines on a ProxSensor mean? Line 1 looks to be some sort of arming delay, Line 2 is an armed toggle, and line 3 is a Distance value? in tiles, including diagonal?

Trying to get a motion sensor alarm that warns me whenever something moves in a rough area, including each incident not just the first.

Pretty sure proximity sensors will trigger multiple times but they may or may not have a cooldown, I don't know. How large is the area you want to affect? It might just be better to use an infrared beam if it's a doorway or something similar.

I'd been trying to setup some sort of proximity alarm for the Cooling Loop of the supermatter engine; people in spacesuits kept damaging the piping.
But for some reason, I cannot get the prox sensor to trigger the remote signaller, to make it beep in my pocket, or play a sound or trigger a message playback or something.
Now I'm thinking maybe just rig up an Anti-breach shield layout or something.

[Whoisthere]

At what temperature do oxygen and plasma ignite without other sources of fire?

[Grazyn]

100 °C

[Whoisthere]

Should have figured that out myself. Thank you!

[Alipheese]

Why do people greytide?

[BeeSting12]

Because they think this is GTA V in space.

Because they're bored or burned out on the game.

Because they think it's funny. (admittedly sometimes it is.)

[DemonFiren]

because /tg/ is a mid-rp server

[PKPenguin321]

Why do people greytide?

You literally didn't even play when assistants all spawned on top of each other in primary tool storage by the dozens every round

[Anonmare]

I still say Captains have the right to cull assistants or legalise Assistant hunting. the pelt of the greyshirt is cheap to sell but plentiful in number

[DemonFiren]

It's a good thing the rabbit knows so much about grey pelts.

[killerx09]

How do you do a changeling blood test?

How do you print a book from the library?

[TribeOfBeavers]

How do you do a changeling blood test?

You can't, that's a feature of Goon (I think). It's not in tg code

[calzilla1]

I still say Captains have the right to cull assistants or legalise Assistant hunting. the pelt of the greyshirt is cheap to sell but plentiful in number

If I remember correctly the antique lazor gun's hilt is made of assistant leather

[Lazengann]

Why do people care if the ORM is upgraded or not

[TribeOfBeavers]

Why do people care if the ORM is upgraded or not

You get more usable materials and (I think) points for every ore you put into it.

[Lazengann]

Yeah but unless you're planning to fuck off to space you don't need many points except maybe an extra medipen

[LifeReign]

More points = research parts, more pens, drone army, more diamonds and bluespace mesh for when I print stuff off at R&D.

[Qbopper]

where the sweet christ is the stop sounds button i always forget

[PKPenguin321]

where the sweet christ is the stop sounds button i always forget

Just type it, using the tabs and manually pressing the verbs is incredibly slow and vastly inferior, especially if you're an admin and have 4000 verbs to keep track of