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Improbable Lobster
Jan 6, 2012

"From each according to his ability" said Ares. It sounded like a quotation.
Buglord
i've got the save and will try to do it today

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Roosevelt
Jul 18, 2009

I'm looking for the man who shot my paw.

can i get a general update? this thread started in October 2017

anthonypants
May 6, 2007

by Nyc_Tattoo
Dinosaur Gum

Roosevelt posted:

can i get a general update? this thread started in October 2017
it's the in-game year 2115 which i think is 15 or 16 moves?

Sagebrush
Feb 26, 2012

2 turns per month is p deece imo

Inexplicable Humblebrag
Sep 20, 2003

a former moving into a rocky area for fifty days

Pile Of Garbage
May 28, 2007



assuming anyone has centauri ecology yet...

anthonypants
May 6, 2007

by Nyc_Tattoo
Dinosaur Gum
i got the save early this morning and i'll send my turn off tonight

anthonypants
May 6, 2007

by Nyc_Tattoo
Dinosaur Gum
it is now the year 2116

also i guess i shouldn't click that hurry button :saddowns:

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Deep Dish Fuckfest
Sep 6, 2006

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Toilet Rascal
lol if you don't know the algorithms to compute every single variable in this game by heart. you waste anything, you only have yourself to blame

anthonypants
May 6, 2007

by Nyc_Tattoo
Dinosaur Gum
probably wasted a few turns navigating over fungus/rocks/forest too

Luigi Thirty
Apr 30, 2006

Emergency confection port.

cheese-cube posted:

assuming anyone has centauri ecology yet...

lol i'm already on centauri empathy fuckre

raminasi
Jan 25, 2005

a last drink with no ice

anthonypants posted:

it is now the year 2116

also i guess i shouldn't click that hurry button :saddowns:



iirc only red boxes past the first ten are wasted

hobbesmaster
Jan 28, 2008

and one of the micro optimizations you can do is to exceed the hurry cost of the current project by one row of minerals so the next thing can be hurried without the first row hurry penalty

or something along those lines

raminasi
Jan 25, 2005

a last drink with no ice
the lists of glitches you weren't allowed to exploit from the old d&d games really were something

they weren't quite dwarf fortress patch notes-level absurd, but they definitely painted a picture

anthonypants
May 6, 2007

by Nyc_Tattoo
Dinosaur Gum

hobbesmaster posted:

and one of the micro optimizations you can do is to exceed the hurry cost of the current project by one row of minerals so the next thing can be hurried without the first row hurry penalty

or something along those lines
idk what this means but i clicked hurry two turns ago, last turn it was full of white blocks because i clicked hurry, this turn it's got three red blocks. i don't remember how many blocks it was before i clicked hurry

Pile Of Garbage
May 28, 2007



yeah i had the same thing happen to me as well only i got doubly owned as i was building a colony pod but had insufficient pop to produce it so then i lost minerals to re-tooling lol

also just sent the save onto improb lobster

Glorgnole
Oct 23, 2012

[staggers through airlock portal, fumbles with walker helmet clasp, couple of gasping breaths] sned!

Sagebrush
Feb 26, 2012

for once it's not me not doing the sneding

anthonypants
May 6, 2007

by Nyc_Tattoo
Dinosaur Gum
it is now year 2117 and i definitely hosed up by clicking the hurry button. why can't i have this loving unit

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Deep Dish Fuckfest
Sep 6, 2006

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Toilet Rascal
*in extremely nwabudike morgan voice* and now we see yet another example of the inefficiencies so easily avoided by the invisible hand of the free market

Pile Of Garbage
May 28, 2007



yo where the save at? maybe we should start checking in on glorgnole's google spreadsheet when we last sent a save?

Deep Dish Fuckfest posted:

*in extremely nwabudike morgan voice* and now we see yet another example of the inefficiencies so easily avoided by the invisible hand of the free market

lmao

Glorgnole
Oct 23, 2012

cheese-cube posted:

yo where the save at? maybe we should start checking in on glorgnole's google spreadsheet when we last sent a save?

it's at or beyond luigi30

Luigi Thirty
Apr 30, 2006

Emergency confection port.

i have it i'm at work i'll send it on in a couple hours

anthonypants
May 6, 2007

by Nyc_Tattoo
Dinosaur Gum

cheese-cube posted:

yo where the save at? maybe we should start checking in on glorgnole's google spreadsheet when we last sent a save?
just cc glorgnole when you mail your save to the next person

Sagebrush
Feb 26, 2012

i kinda want to see the evolution of the savegame names through this whole thing.

so far in my folder i have

alt tab dammit.SAV
chease.SAV
iliketomoveitmoveit.SAV
manekineko.SAV
peparonis.SAV
pewpew.SAV
poop.SAV
poop5.SAV
poop6.SAV
the biggest poop.SAV
slammm.SAV
snet.SAV
ssssssssssssssssssssssss.SAV
uhhhhhh.SAV

anthonypants
May 6, 2007

by Nyc_Tattoo
Dinosaur Gum

Sagebrush posted:

i kinda want to see the evolution of the savegame names through this whole thing.

so far in my folder i have

alt tab dammit.SAV
chease.SAV
iliketomoveitmoveit.SAV
manekineko.SAV
peparonis.SAV
pewpew.SAV
poop.SAV
poop5.SAV
poop6.SAV
the biggest poop.SAV
slammm.SAV
snet.SAV
ssssssssssssssssssssssss.SAV
uhhhhhh.SAV
some of these are mine
YOSPOS SMAC-dronez2ratz.SAV
LOWTAX.SAV
GAME.SAV
poop3.SAV
poop4.SAV
poop9.SAV
poop0.SAV
buttslol4.SAV
lolbuttes5.SAV
Horse.SAV
Horses.SAV
peperony and horsemeat.SAV
game (2).SAV
pineapple pizza.SAV
pizza is actually an anagram.SAV
Vroom vroom.SAV
car noise.SAV
low-tax-spine-replacement-fund.SAV
low-tax-spine-replacement-iou.SAV
IplaythisinawindowsXP_VM.SAV
Iplaythisinawindows2k_VM.sav

hobbesmaster
Jan 28, 2008

if someone sends out “IplaythisinawindowsME_vm” instead of 98se they should eat at least a sixer

Inexplicable Humblebrag
Sep 20, 2003

Sagebrush posted:

poop.SAV
poop5.SAV
poop6.SAV
the biggest poop.SAV

Glorgnole
Oct 23, 2012

Sagebrush posted:

alt tab dammit.SAV
chease.SAV
iliketomoveitmoveit.SAV
manekineko.SAV
peparonis.SAV
pewpew.SAV
poop.SAV
poop5.SAV
poop6.SAV
the biggest poop.SAV
slammm.SAV
snet.SAV
ssssssssssssssssssssssss.SAV
uhhhhhh.SAV

precisely like my personal folder on the school network back in 6th grade

Sagebrush
Feb 26, 2012

i had a dream about alpha centauri last night, you assholes

anyway i have spotted smoka's pirate ships

Pile Of Garbage
May 28, 2007



anthonypants posted:

just cc glorgnole when you mail your save to the next person

yeah true i probably should have been doing that...

just sent onto improbable (love your new base btw, "Kraft Werks" lol)

Improbable Lobster
Jan 6, 2012

"From each according to his ability" said Ares. It sounded like a quotation.
Buglord

cheese-cube posted:

yeah true i probably should have been doing that...

just sent onto improbable (love your new base btw, "Kraft Werks" lol)

thanks :)

turn sent

anthonypants
May 6, 2007

by Nyc_Tattoo
Dinosaur Gum
i did my turn while the forums were down and it is now the year 2118

also, rip to one of my speeders. sometimes those survey pods are not so great

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raminasi
Jan 25, 2005

a last drink with no ice

anthonypants posted:

i did my turn while the forums were down and it is now the year 2118

also, rip to one of my speeders. sometimes those survey pods are not so great



hey look it's richard baxton irl

Luigi Thirty
Apr 30, 2006

Emergency confection port.

I have Alien Crossfire installed on my power mac 6230, I'll see if the saved game will load in it when it comes back around to me

Pythagoras a trois
Feb 19, 2004

I have a lot of points to make and I will make them later.
What turn is it?

Glorgnole
Oct 23, 2012

Cheekio posted:

What turn is it?

18 turns have elapsed in the past 6 months. the game is a documentary played in real time.

Pile Of Garbage
May 28, 2007



ive got formers coming out in a turn or two, can't wait to get my little green bois working :3:

Inexplicable Humblebrag
Sep 20, 2003

Indigenous Lifeforms

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ate shit on live tv
Feb 15, 2004

by Azathoth

raminasi posted:

hey look it's richard baxton irl

Nice!

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