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not really i drew this a while ago hohoho
also its not a loli 
sorry

So for the past 2 weeks I've been annoyed at how my technic launcher was *broken* by *freezing* at the mojang screen. Turns out I was just not waiting long enough. Derp.

1.1.4 should work both with and without FMP, and has a new config property to not pick up banned blocks instead of stopping motion.

As is clearly shown by the abundance of exclamation points and question marks in the statements preceding this one and the all-caps title.

For a school project, I made a demonstration of PID controllers. It's kind of primitive, but here it is. (Mostly-up-to-date source code here.)
 
When you start it, it creates three windows (since I didn't know how to get everything into one window).
 
The biggest window is the graph. The blue line is the target value, the red line is the controller's output. The green lines (if there are any) are the distance the controller can be pushed by the random noise selected. The straight red line at the bottom is the zero mark, and the red line across the middle is the controller's output.
 
To the right is the help window. It has a list of the parameters that can be changed, and next to each one is a short description of what it does. Note that the "historyLength" parameter is ignored.
 
To the bottom of the graph is the input window. Commands are entered in the form <parameter>=<value>, where parameter is one of the things named in the help window, and value is a (possibly decimal) number. For example, to set the proportional term to 0.9 I would type "p=0.9" and hit enter to run it.

Use it however you want. That's what it was made for.

I recently finished the Tech Tree. The only things I have left to land on are Tylo, Bop, Pol, Dres, and Moho.
I landed on Eeloo last weekend.
Sadly, Sigly Kerman is stuck at Eve's North Pole after an aerobrake that turned into an aerobreak.

Since JAKJ has been rather scarce lately and Redstone in Motion is too good to let die and open source, and no one else has stepped up to develop it further, I've decided to continue it.  Out of respect for JAKJ's request that forks don't use the same name, I'll call my version "Remain in Motion".
 
Original thread, with documentation: '?do=embed' frameborder='0' data-embedContent>>
 
More documentation:



Changes:



Download: https://www.mediafire.com/folder/nx48d9udpfpln/RemainInMotion
 
Source code: https://github.com/planetguy32/RemainInMotion

I finished it:
 

On that note, Moonbase Commander was one of, (still is one of, I found out you can buy it online DRM-free now for a few bucks, totally worth it), my favorite strategy games I ever found as a kid. The concept is pretty unique, and well done, (at least for the time. The interface hasn't aged all that well, but it works.) It's also refreshingly different from many of the games you see nowadays that value actions-per-second/multitasking/multiple unit management and twitch reflexes above almost all else. *coughstarcraftcoughAoEcoughcoughetc.*

The game is turn based and takes place on a wrap-around map. (Most) all of your regular units are buildings connected to each other via land-lines that spiral back to your central starting hub. If any of the buildings that dot the lines are destroyed, anything that now becomes un-connected to your central hub explodes. Anything you deploy is shot out of any hub or offensive center you own. Every round you get a set amount of energy based on any energy-gathering units you have, etc. The round goes until everyone either runs out of energy or skips their turn. (or dies), and then energy is re-allocated. You also get to keep any energy you skip.

Really really easy to grock, not too many unit/weapons choices or anything, but that the complexity of the different strategies of unit deployment you can use together... I haven't even figured everything out. It also has multi-player, which is really fun on a LAN with friends. If anyone wants to have a hamachi match, hit me up.

We did the livestream and it was fun. Watch the recording here:
http://www.twitch.tv/sctx/c/3976807
 
 
 
 

 
Saturday March 29th @ 9:00 PM Eastern Standard Time
Where: http://www.twitch.tv/sctx
 
Are you ready to see what is waiting for you with the new Technic? Are you pumped to see just how gosh-darn pretty it will all look? Then you should make some space on Saturday, March 29th where sct, CanVox and I we will be livestreaming the new Technic Platform, Launcher, designs and features for both, and general chit chattery. We'll be answering questions, swerving wildly off-topic and probably just being idiots.
 
Topics to be Talked About:
New Platform and how rad max it is!  Tired of upvotes being the only way to sort packs? Us too! New Launcher and how max rad it is!  Looks great, performs better. Platform integration means doing more within the launcher itself from the comfort of your desktop (Linux, Mac and PC's are all invited) How great both of them work together in wonderful ways!  I'd say 'synergize' but I'm pretty sure you have to be a giant company to use that word. Why sct constantly says things like "omg you guys elastic search" while he's all sweaty and breathing heavy!  This happens more often than you'd think! Where Technic could go in the future!  We want to move into new directions, new games. Making things easy for every gaming community to enjoy itself is a pretty rad goal we think. New art!!  It's so fresh and so clean, we'd like to have some posters and shirts someday! Real world costs and how we plan to pay for all of this!  We're down 3 kidneys and two mortgages!  
Joking aside, costs for operating Technic have grown dramatically in the last year, and spiked hard when we launched Attack of the B-Team. Because the new Platform and Launcher include so many new features that are going to blow your minds, we've got some decisions to make on how to pay for all this. Right now we have a significant hosting bill across two services, we have three full-time people who "do" Technic exclusively, and we have a few other various people that do incredible work for the community. Like most websites Technic's lifeblood is ads on our site, but with the new features and services we're going to provide and costs being what they are *right now*, we have to do something else. Rather than curse  ourselves to sell out to a much larger company we are determined to do this ourselves. Since the new Launcher integrates with the new Platform in such a way to allow lots of things to be done within the Launcher (as opposed to having to go to the website) we're looking at having a single small ad (300x250) within the launcher itself. Nothing is set in stone and we certainly don't want to upset the community, but the reality is things cost money and they have to be paid for somehow. 
 
We don't have a time set for when the stream ends, but typically when we hang out privately we do it for an hour or two, so plan on that if you'd like to stay for the whole thing.
Any questions or concerns about anything I've said above or about the stream in general post em' here or tweet with the hashtag #newtechnic!  On the stream, we'll be answering questions posted to twitter and in the stream chat.
 
See you guys at Saturday March 29th @ 9:00 PM Eastern Standard Time.

To the admins/mods;
 
I know you are all working on the forums here, and I thank you for all the hard work you guys have put in. I was kind of unsure at first, but I'm liking the new forums more and more as time goes on, I think in the end the change will totally be for the best, and I'm grateful to you guys for going to all that trouble to spruce up the forums.
 
I have a suggestion though. (You've probably already thought of this, but I'll post it anyways on the off chance you haven't/to draw attention to the idea.)
 
I feel like it would be helpful to the overall state of the forums if it was made clear to every new member where the tech support stuff goes now, especially now that there's a clear and separate sub-forum and tracker system for it.
 
Would it be possible to do one of those messages like the "new policy on harassment" banner on the old forums? Where it goes away after you hit the X once, but shows up for every new member?
 
In addition, maybe the "Tracker" tab at the top could be renamed to something more obvious, like "Tech Support" or "Bugs and Issues"?
 
I dunno, just my two bits. Thanks for listening!

To the admins/mods;
 
I know you are all working on the forums here, and I thank you for all the hard work you guys have put in. I was kind of unsure at first, but I'm liking the new forums more and more as time goes on, I think in the end the change will totally be for the best, and I'm grateful to you guys for going to all that trouble to spruce up the forums.
 
I have a suggestion though. (You've probably already thought of this, but I'll post it anyways on the off chance you haven't/to draw attention to the idea.)
 
I feel like it would be helpful to the overall state of the forums if it was made clear to every new member where the tech support stuff goes now, especially now that there's a clear and separate sub-forum and tracker system for it.
 
Would it be possible to do one of those messages like the "new policy on harassment" banner on the old forums? Where it goes away after you hit the X once, but shows up for every new member?
 
In addition, maybe the "Tracker" tab at the top could be renamed to something more obvious, like "Tech Support" or "Bugs and Issues"?
 
I dunno, just my two bits. Thanks for listening!

we're sorry we didn't enforce your whims on the entirety of internet accessible humanity.  further, we deeply apologize that you had to suffer through the conflicting opinions of others as we realize that it is very rude for people to have opinions that differ from your own.  we'd like to assure you that those people have been assigned to re-education camps and will now recognize the importance, brilliance, and indisputable correctness of all your opinions and thoughts going forward. 
 
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I'll put this in the KJ. Thanks for the heads up!

You mean partitions, right? You couldn't possibly have.... 3 drives in that thing... heh.
...right?

Other than that, you're totally set. It will do all those things easily. You'd probably be harder pressed to find things that laptop cannot do.

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And I am very jealous.

Suprisingly, (or maybe I'm just a biased fanboy), both of my favorite games this year came from the dutch game company, Vlambeer.

Mobile; Rediculous fishing. (Best story I've ever seen in a mobile game. EVER. I almost cried. This game proves that you can do a good story in a mobile game. Got it from the humble bundle.)

PC; Nuclear Throne. (I HAVE WASTED SPENT OVER 60 GLORIOUS HOURS ON THIS GAME. So much fun.)

Favorite non-vlambeer games of the year; (Most of these weren't released this year, but I started playing them this year), Imscared, Uplink, Moonbase Commander, MOABD, Mirror's Edge, and League-o-Legends.

Good sir, might I inquire if the fit is too tight, or too loose for such a grand and noble brow as yours?

This is an open forum. For discussing and debating and such. I do not think you realize this.
 
Give me one good reason why I can't disagree with you and post about why I disagree.

So, my thoughts. (Not that they matter all that much);
 
I like the new color scheme. I'm not sure about all of this newfangled complexity, but I'm sure I'll get used to it.
 
I really don't care one way or the other about signitures, but I am very thankful that they don't allow images. That was the one thing I really hated about signatures, giant sigs with flashing colors that appear 20 times per page.
 
My only real gripes are these;
 
1) The new profile page system feels overly complex. If it's possible, I'd be in favor of reverting to the simpler system where what is put on your page shows up nowhere else, as opposed to the current system of both outgoing and incoming page posts showing up on my page.
 
2) The "like" button. I really can't help but feel like it's a gimmick that should be avoided for many reasons, not the least of which is the tendency for it to become a status symbol to have more likes than someone else. Are there already plans in favor of or against it?