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  • MrMonroeMrMonroe passed out on the floor nowRegistered User regular
    is there some way to get something in orbit around kerbin to stay pointed in a certain direction relative to the planet, like looking directly at it or away from it? The SAS just makes it stay still relative to the sun, I think.

    "target" the planet while in flight, then point yourself towards the target marker on your flight ball. I think SAS will lock on to that the same way it locks on to maneuver nodes.

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  • FyndirFyndir Registered User regular
    Uriel wrote: »
    More people should get in on this PAYDAY 2 beta.

    It's fun to rob stuff.

    How do I get in on it?

  • TallahasseerielTallahasseeriel Registered User regular
    Fyndir wrote: »
    Uriel wrote: »
    More people should get in on this PAYDAY 2 beta.

    It's fun to rob stuff.

    How do I get in on it?
    Bug people who bought the special edition for a beta key?

  • Dongs GaloreDongs Galore Registered User regular
    huh

    despite slamming into the moon at hundreds of metres per second last night, Jebediah Kerman is reporting for duty as normal for the launch of Dongs Joker-8

    this space program just got a little creepier

  • DoobhDoobh She/Her, Ace Pan/Bisexual 8-) What's up, bootlickers?Registered User regular
    You can't keep Jeb down. He's a damn good astronaut.

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  • Dongs GaloreDongs Galore Registered User regular
    well he just slammed into the moon again a whole 300m/s slower than last time

    which is still about 350m/s but still

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  • Brovid HasselsmofBrovid Hasselsmof [Growling historic on the fury road] Registered User regular
    edited August 2013
    See, that's why he came back. He has unflinching optimism in your ability to eventually slam him into the lunar surface at a survivable speed.

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  • MeldingMelding Registered User regular
    the buzzsaw in payday 2 is suuper fragile without the perk to increase blade longevity.

    It's useful on some missions, but man trying to rip into an ATM is sometimes quite difficult.

  • MuzzmuzzMuzzmuzz Registered User regular
    Dubh wrote: »
    So, I managed to take a picture that perfectly encapsulated my efforts for the evening.
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    I took this shot not expecting the spacecraft to explode right then and there.


    You know it's a bad sign when Jeb looks concerned.

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  • M.D.M.D. and then what happens? Registered User regular
    ok just fired up kerbal again and my game has an astronaut recruitment place, so now my kerbals can actually die??

  • Dongs GaloreDongs Galore Registered User regular
    well the good news is I managed to land on the moon without killing Bill

    the bad news is the landing destroyed the primary engine, although there's probably not enough fuel to get back anyway

  • M.D.M.D. and then what happens? Registered User regular
    Question, im trying to get a rover to the mun, how do I say...put it in a box, so I dont just attach an exposed rover to a giant rocket?

  • TubeTube Registered User admin
    I beat Rome: Total War! Completely! Turned the whole map red! Yes!

    Rather embarassingly, the last three cities surrendered, but because of the nature of the game the last battle is never going to be a hard fought slogfest with the best of the enemy's men.

  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    M.D. wrote: »
    ok just fired up kerbal again and my game has an astronaut recruitment place, so now my kerbals can actually die??
    they could always die I thought, now you just have some pseudo-control over who replaces them? Maybe. Not sure.

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  • M.D.M.D. and then what happens? Registered User regular
    M.D. wrote: »
    ok just fired up kerbal again and my game has an astronaut recruitment place, so now my kerbals can actually die??
    they could always die I thought, now you just have some pseudo-control over who replaces them? Maybe. Not sure.

    Well since I kept seeing the same ones I just thought that I was restarting things, now it actually seems like they die (as there is a deceased tab).

  • WeaverWeaver Who are you? What do you want?Registered User regular
    I just got Take on Mars

  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    Tube wrote: »
    I beat Rome: Total War! Completely! Turned the whole map red! Yes!

    Rather embarassingly, the last three cities surrendered, but because of the nature of the game the last battle is never going to be a hard fought slogfest with the best of the enemy's men.

    that's probably true of real wars too

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  • FishmanFishman Put your goddamned hand in the goddamned Box of Pain. Registered User regular
    Weaver wrote: »
    I just got Take on Mars

    Let me know how that goes.

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  • MorivethMoriveth BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWNRegistered User regular
    Fishman wrote: »
    Weaver wrote: »
    I just got Take on Mars

    Let me know how that goes.

    I got it too. It's neat, though very buggy, and they're pretty clearly in the bugfixing/add tutorials and flavor text phase. The game itself seems fairly complete, all the stuff around it needs some work.

  • Dongs GaloreDongs Galore Registered User regular
    Tube wrote: »
    I beat Rome: Total War! Completely! Turned the whole map red! Yes!

    Rather embarassingly, the last three cities surrendered, but because of the nature of the game the last battle is never going to be a hard fought slogfest with the best of the enemy's men.

    that's probably true of real wars too

    well, kinda depends

    the Byzantines and the Nazis certainly didn't surrender their last major city

  • TubeTube Registered User admin
    It's because of the way Total War works. A settlement can either be a minor town, a major town or three different kinds of cities. You need at least a city to train legionaries, and each level of city gets you a new kind. Each level of legionary is a shitload better than the last. If you want to take someone out then, you get your best army and you roll over their largest cities as fast as you can, ignoring the small settlements. If you come at them from a weird angle they might not even be that well defended, because troops are always massed on their territorial lines. Once you have all their huge cities, they can't field elite units and you can quickly retrain your elite units using their facilities. At that point you're just rolling over them, they can't really defend themselves.

    The tedious part is that towards the end, settlements are constantly rioting or rebelling and having to be recaptured. It's historically accurate, but annoying as shit. There comes a point with some cities where you can't possibly keep them happy and just have to resign yourself to letting them rebel and then killing the entire population so they can build up again. Honestly it took way too long to beat and I wasn't really having fun towards the end, but I'm kind of compulsive about finishing stuff like this. I should stay away from these games.

  • BroloBrolo Broseidon Lord of the BroceanRegistered User regular
    It's like the Mount and Blade endgame.

    Once you've completed about 60% of the task of conquering the world, the game stops being challenging and instead becomes tedious.

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  • DoobhDoobh She/Her, Ace Pan/Bisexual 8-) What's up, bootlickers?Registered User regular
    Almost a successful landing. Jebidiah Kerman WOULD be missed, but he managed to walk away from the crash site- which rendered the orbital pod into dust.

    President Dubh has assured the public that the mechanical error in the parachute deployment will be solved by next launch.
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    (Mission transcript excerpt)
    MC: "You're trying to slow your descent by skimming the atmosphere."

    JK: (Burst of static)

    MC: "Repeat that, Aphostile I?"

    JK: "Am I floating in a tin can?"

    MC: "...try to stay focused, Kerman."
    (excerpt ends)

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  • TubeTube Registered User admin
    Rolo wrote: »
    It's like the Mount and Blade endgame.

    Once you've completed about 60% of the task of conquering the world, the game stops being challenging and instead becomes tedious.

    Yeah I got stuck doing the same thing in mount and blade. In that you end up fighting shitty game concepts and interfaces more than anything else

  • MorivethMoriveth BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWNRegistered User regular
    I just played some Payday 2 with Orik, SenorTacos, Melding, and briefly Olivaw.

    That game seems pretty cool, actually. Not sure if I'm sold on purchasing it, but the beta's neat enough.

    Also this happened.

  • TrippyJingTrippyJing Moses supposes his toeses are roses. But Moses supposes erroneously.Registered User regular
    twerk it twerk it James T Kirk it

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  • el_vicioel_vicio Registered User regular
    Do I pre-order Saints Row IV y/n

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  • Cilla BlackCilla Black Priscilla!!! Registered User regular
    N

    wait on reviews

    buzz has so far been good but I think it's enough of a risk to wait on

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  • WybornWyborn GET EQUIPPED Registered User regular
    Did you love SR3 y/n

    If y then y

    If n then n

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  • LalaboxLalabox Registered User regular
    Unless you are getting massive discounts, it's not really worth preordering. Especially for a digital copy of a pc game.

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  • I needed anime to post.I needed anime to post. boom Registered User regular
    never preorder video games

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  • Blake TBlake T Do you have enemies then? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered User regular
    There are some cool things coming out soon though. Watch Dogs and AC black flag and batman and gta IV.

  • I needed anime to post.I needed anime to post. boom Registered User regular
    (i preordered saints row 4)

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  • WybornWyborn GET EQUIPPED Registered User regular
    edited August 2013
    I preorder video games when I want to play them day 1

    I don't do it with a ton of games, especially on PC, but I do it when I'm super excited

    When Walking Dead Season 2 is available to order? Bam. Paid for. I don't care if I'd be able to get it for 75% off eight months later.

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  • TheySlashThemTheySlashThem Registered User regular
    I preordered SR4 but after how much I loved SR3 there was basically no way I wasn't getting it day 1 anyway

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  • WybornWyborn GET EQUIPPED Registered User regular
    TDOT your new avatar is freaking me out

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  • EtchwartsEtchwarts Eyes Up Registered User regular
    As it should

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  • BroloBrolo Broseidon Lord of the BroceanRegistered User regular
    the only game I might pre-order is witcher 3

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  • TrippyJingTrippyJing Moses supposes his toeses are roses. But Moses supposes erroneously.Registered User regular
    Wyborn wrote: »
    TDOT your new avatar is freaking me out

    pfffffft its eyes ain't even moving

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  • TefTef Registered User regular
    I preordered rome II because I wanted that sweet, sweet day 1 DLC

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