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I actually forgot he called it that.
Subconscious memory or parallel evolution? You be the judge! in A couple of achievements I REALLY want to see added. Comment by scifiwriterguy October 2017
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Swap out "self-sustaining power cells" to supercapacitors and that much is fixed. The pod has a low-output power source (diamond cell batteries work fine there) that recharge the caps. Run too many fab jobs and the caps deplete, so… -
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It can be frustrating, even to veteran players, but this is true. It's a development mechanic that goes by a bunch of names, but "forced exploration" is the one I like best. Basically, the player sets a goal for him/herself. "I wan… -
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Really, between buoys and a compass, that's all you need. I don't even bother putting a map in my screenshots directory anymore, and it's certainly not because I have the world memorized; it just takes me more time to go into the p… -
The more reasonable answer is to just ditch mercury. It's a material that, from an applications standpoint, is on life support today, so by the time in the future where we're swimming for our lives, it's almost certain to have been entirely o…
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Both sides have a point, but personally, the day duration is one of my biggest complaints about SN in its current state. Yes, terrain pops are annoying, yes the drop tables are apparently messed up (20+ supply crates, all with wate… -
Just started a new game tonight and mine isn't doing this. I feel left out now.
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I'm on PC, and I always end up strobe-light-scanning fish. It's incredibly annoying. Gamer1000k's suggestion of just scanning the one in your hand is an ideal solution.
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Put out lifepod fire - "Great job not dying"
Build a Seaglide - "Scooty-doo"
Build a Seamoth - "Bubble Boat"
Build a Cyclops - "Eye Opener"
Drown - "Out of Gas"
Surface during no-air blackout and survive - "Blackout Bea… -
Mythbusters tried it. Biking underwater doesn't work well. Biking underwater on sand is an even worse idea. On the upside, though, the Reapers would benefit from the extra iron in their diet.
The closest we have to a "bike" is the Seagli… -
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Last I knew, both were used. Technically, you pilot a sub. But, at the same time, a trained submarine pilot is also called (in slang) a "sub driver." Plus, maneuvering under power to a different depth is often called driving… -
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Of course, this is exactly what a psychotic cuddlefish serial killer gang member would say...
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Quite so, Gamer. As a general design, betavoltaics aren't particularly new. Heck, a BV cell was a central plot p… -
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Actually, this is a radically different design.
What you're talking about is an RTG - Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator. They come in a variety of sizes, from moderately small (such as the ones used in the Voyager p… -
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Maybe January 8th? 1/8/18 has a nice roll to it. -
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Someone call me? Settle in, folks; Science Man has been summoned.
Actually, unless they've also discovered the single least efficient manufacturing process in history, they're going to be in positive return.
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Downward Spiral - Chapter 2, Part II
Her foot has just barely hit the decking in the corridor when the portside end, some hundred meters away, explodes. The overpressure wave, compressed and contained by the hallway's sides, rockets alon… -
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Well, that one.
When it was just quartz and titanium - both of which are plentiful - I had no… -
I used to go heavily into solar, but thanks to the recipe change (
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(Disclaimer: definitions and simplifications included so that the non-programmers who are not yet in a code coma can follow along.)
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In theory, it won't break the game; in practice of implementing that function, though, there are lots of opportunities for breakage. You're absolutely right: all bugs come from a programmer either misunderstanding what s/he is supp…Experimental only - stable is still locked out. Price of safety, folks. (Quote)
I think we're getting jammed by a semantics disconnect.
Most of the time, when people talk about "changing the code" they mean changing how functions are executed - what commands applied using which variables and when. …(Quote)
Actually, I'm not advocating any new objects at all. Sorry if it came off that way.
My suggestion was to remove batteries completely from the fabrication recipes. Players then fabricate a battery separately and install …(Quote)
And a fully-modeled set to move around in that you're only going to use once.(Quote)
Yes, yes it is. The some of the changes in resource distributions and especially recipe changes...well, I'm just going to say this is the first update that made me like the game less and leave it at that.The current opening is an in media res intro that has worked well for film and games for a long time; it enables the work to put the viewer in an off-balance "what the hell is going on?!" state where they feel less in control and more at risk. Which…(Quote)
I routinely used those when teaching my science classes. Radiophobia is so rampant thanks largely to bad fiction and plain ignorance. What we don't understand, we fear.
Learn. Understand. Overcome the fear.
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Actually, I've been treated to that little weirdness for the last five updates...maybe more. Like the Seamoth re-docking every time I change anything in the base, I just wrote it off.
Gotta say...not exactly happy with …(Quote)
When it comes to finding silver, it'd be nice to send out my squadrons of flying monkeys camera drones to go find it for me. That'd definitely push a scanner room much higher on my to-build list.