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Randomized Backstories

67 (25.9%)

Genetic Additions

98 (37.8%)

Mess Hall

50 (19.3%)

Revamped Area

44 (17%)

Total Members Voted: 257

[Dr. Johbson]

Oh great, the first topics that came to my mind are going to matter.  Oh well, hope people like them..

[andrea]

another to do thing is autodropping internals when they reach 0. if your internals run out of oxygen as it is now, you die in few seconds...

[Broose]

another to do thing is autodropping internals when they reach 0. if your internals run out of oxygen as it is now, you die in few seconds...

I would prefer if, instead, you get an alert and it takes a lot longer.

[andrea]

still fine. my internals ran out suddenly, and  when i saw health dropping i barely had the time to take the jetpack off before going unconscious. i still died.

[Floirt]

I already tried to fix it, to no effect. I had posted the code for it a long way back in the post...

(Also, randomized backstories WILL NOT include those of crewmembers. And I need a writer to write them, o:)

[Dr. Johbson]

I guess I can do the writing. Yay. I'll make it a text file, I'm sure that's easier. I'll try to have a non-confusing format.

[Floirt]

For future reference, here is what you need for writing backstories for the station.

1-How the station was built.
2-An event related to that "how"
3-An event realted to that event, or a random one.
4-Idem.
5-What brings us to the present.

An we need at least two answers to EACH situation.  You know, ala Choose Your Own Adventure. For example, you can't have a riot on board only to have the AI disabled by a strike team. 

[Broose]

(Also, randomized backstories WILL NOT include those of crewmembers.)

Aww, really? It's really something we should get around to.

[andrea]

may i suggest also working on pipes? so that we can build them?

[Broose]

may i suggest also working on pipes? so that we can build them?

I've heard lots of people suggesting this. I'm not very experienced at all with anything to do with the engine, but I'll add it.

[Dr. Johbson]

Hmm. This is going to take a while. And I won't be here for four days, so, yeah, no server from me mates.

[andrea]

nooOOOOO!!!!!

edit : i must find why i can't host anymore, so that i can fix that. i want to play!

[qwertyuiopas]

Whats the perfect turning rate of the solar arrays? The sun has to circle around at a certain speed right? So shouldnt there be an optimum turning speed?

I sure never figured that out.  Nothing ever seems even close.  I'm guessing it must be randomized...

The comments suggest 60, translated to 360/hour, but it is randomized to a range of 45-75 or so.

Code: [Select]

/datum/sun
var/angle
var/dx
var/dy
var/counter = 50 // to make the vars update during 1st call
var/rate

/datum/sun/New()
rate = rand(75,125)/100 // 75% - 125% of standard rotation
if(prob(50))
rate = -rate

// calculate the sun's position given the time of day

/datum/sun/proc/calc_position()

counter++
if(counter<50) // count 50 pticks (50 seconds, roughly - about a 5deg change)
return
counter = 0

angle = ((rate*world.realtime/100)%360 + 360)%360 // gives about a 60 minute rotation time
// now 45 - 75 minutes, depending on rate
// now calculate and cache the (dx,dy) increments for line drawing

var/s = sin(angle)
var/c = cos(angle)

Edit: line with only tabs was too long to easily notice.

[Yanlin]

Seriously. Solars should just be abstracted and constantly generate a fixed amount of power. Modern solar panels require ZERO human input to work. Why shouldn't futuristic ones be able to do that as well?

As for the actual amount, I'm not sure. I think 75 kilowatts is good. That means there's 150,000 from solar alone.

[qwertyuiopas]

Each array maxes out at about 168k, and each is blocked partialy or totally by the station at opposite times, so when BOTH are configured properly, they can produce a semi-consistant 150k in.

Besides, why have a simple computer program mindlessly calculate the optimum angle when you have a sophisticated AI able to compensate for all situations?

It's not CentCom's fault if the AI is faulty in that aspect!
Or that the previous occupants misaligned the autotracking on both and disabled one...