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A smooth design doesn't dictate the environment something is meant to work in. A 747 has a smooth line but that doesn't mean it's meant to work in water. (It does, however, operate in its own fluid environment, which accounts for i… -
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Friend of mine who is a former Marine rifleman-turned-combat engineer and I used to do that at laser tag. Granted, it wasn't a challenge, but damn it was fun... -
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Trying to get the lawyers to stick a copyright infringement charge for a trangle-within-a-triangle A would be difficult; it's been done many times and in many ways.
Using a clearly copyrighted piece of art as a company … -
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The problem is that if you fix this with the timescale cheat, it throws all timed events out of whack, including fabricator runtime, battery charge rates, and more. Now, considering that this would also be more accurate, it's certa… -
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I know this is going to sound harsh, but "Because story" is a pretty lazy excuse. (Not getting at you, Rezca; merely the stated excuse.) Rezca already outlined two perfectly reasonable ways to mesh the game worlds together, and the… -
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Scuba Steph or Scuba Sally sounds good to me.
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If it's a 20 minute day/night cycle, then it's a 72:1 ratio.
1,440 minutes per day, divided by a 20 minute in-game day is 72. Assuming I didn't screw up somewhere (always possible when it comes to me and math), o… -
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Slower? Dear God, how short are the days in Illinois? It must be like living under a strobe light.
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For one, I was terribly disappointed to find out that there'd be no interaction between the worlds, and that it put a serious crimp in my desire to get the DLC.
The solutions for map traversal in Does the Arctic really have to be its own Game Mode? (Some spoilers) Comment by scifiwriterguy May 2018 -
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Once upon a time, flares didn't burn out and still had their magical x-ray light. I used to use them for marking wrecks I'd explored. Then reality got to them and the burn-out thing was implemented. Oh well.
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Another simple fact: pure lithium doesn't exist in nature. Anywhere. The stuff is just too reactive.
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Fair enough.
If we assume the pod is a rough sphere 2m in diameter, surface area works out to 50.27 … -
True, but then you'd also have to scale swim speed to match, and that would create all kinds of problems.
Honestly, I just wish they'd set the timescale to realtime rather than this accelerated speed. That'd solve a lot of problems, not … -
Even allowing for gameplay, the system as it stands smacks of someone who didn't bother to do research or work out the math before putting in the game mechanic. Even on a single bottle at 200 bar, you'll have about 10-14 minutes bottom time at 130m,…
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They're immersion-breaking. Never liked the idea, and implementation hasn't changed my mind. Just my personal opinion, of course.
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Agreed, and that's one of my longstanding gripes about the game. Basically, for all the tech, Alterra's SCUBA bottles, well...they suck. Realistically, given the depths and times, we're not using SCUBA tanks at all. Nope, what we h… -
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Depends very heavily on a few factors.You've already established one: we can pin the cell efficiency at 100%. Not realistic, but hey, it's your question. Your nickel, your parameters. Now we're down to two fac…(Quote)
Well, then I guess I need to throw this out there: that was a dumb change.
If that's what they're going with - and only they know why on Earth or any other planet they'd pull such a boneheaded move - then you're …Actually, it's not solar. The PDA entry and the models in the lifepod itself reference "self-regenerating power cells" which are, unsurprisingly, not removable. So it's not so much solar charging as unobtanium/phlebotinum energy supply. (Which makes…Okay, this is now officially a necropost.
The original post - when this was still an issue - was over a full year ago. This problem has long since been solved.
in PRAWN/Cyclops Ergonomics - Accessing storage Comment by scifiwriterguy April 2018I'll pass. The first, admittedly less serious, reason is that part of the game is isolation. About being stuck alone in a dangerous alien environment, away from any help or anything familiar.
But more importantly, I see no useful functio…Well, if the devs are going for something really new, it might involve building your new bases in the ice. It wouldn't be hard from an implementation perspective; rather than true terraforming, it'd be more a matter of knocking a "hole" in th…I'm all for repairing things in games - heck, the idea of restoring the broken and neglected always has appeal for me - but I really don't see the point. After I move out of Lifepod 5, I never really go back. Since the Lifepods really have no functi…Honestly, just from a realism/RP aspect, I do this, too. My seabases are as functional as I can make them, complete with status displays. The game may make seabase management easy, but there's no rule that I can't be prepared and complete.(Quote)
Strong disgree. Siri had no idea how to treat kharaa and Apple Maps said I was in Cleveland.Bart.
Of them all, Bart Torgal represented the balance between the two extremes. There was Marguerit who was all action and no thinking, and Paul, who was all thinking and no action. Paul tried to be the voice of reason, but was so stuck…(Quote)
Well, @Shuttlebug, if we go from the scant information found in-game, the Eyeye isn't plausible. The Eyeye represents an organism which, by all…(Quote)
Actually, from an evolutionary standpoint, it's perfectly legitimate. It's similar to monarch butterflies. Monarchs are toxic, and a bird that eats one generally won't make the same mistake - their bright coloration serves as an ea…(Quote)
Yes, that right there!
NO, I do not have a moment to discuss…