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Re: Little things you learned that are game changing
Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2014 12:21 pm
by Miauw
Bottom post of the previous page:
peoplearestrange wrote:Ezel wrote:Ricotez wrote:Electrified airlocks are an incredibly robust weapon against aliens. The unsuspecting bastards will walk up to an all-access airlock and *ZZAAAP*. The best part is that they can't even actually open the airlock, because they have to touch it for that. Especially useful for AIs who can just electrify an airlock by alt+clicking it, but you have to be careful not to accidentally shock the crewmembers trying to fight said aliens.
Aliens>acids every door
Sure but it takes time to burn through things with acid (thank god).
brb buffing acid :^]
Re: Little things you learned that are game changing
Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2014 6:00 pm
by Ricotez
peoplearestrange wrote:Ezel wrote:Ricotez wrote:Electrified airlocks are an incredibly robust weapon against aliens. The unsuspecting bastards will walk up to an all-access airlock and *ZZAAAP*. The best part is that they can't even actually open the airlock, because they have to touch it for that. Especially useful for AIs who can just electrify an airlock by alt+clicking it, but you have to be careful not to accidentally shock the crewmembers trying to fight said aliens.
Aliens>acids every door
Sure but it takes time to burn through things with acid (thank god).
Yeah, and not every type of alien has acid spit. It's not going to kill all of them but you can make a few kills or at the very least make the crew's job killing them off easier.
Re: Little things you learned that are game changing
Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2014 5:22 am
by MrStonedOne
To bring this thread back on topic:
A picture of the blueprints counts for the objective to steal them.
Re: Little things you learned that are game changing
Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2014 11:08 am
by Jalleo
You can make a autolathe using parts from machines which you can access via maint and the hallways (pretty much anyone can access it) The only thing you require is the autolathe board from tech storage).
The same thing can be used to create a ghetto R&D system
Edit: only issue is scanning module which you probably need to make first before making the deconstructive anaylser.
Re: Little things you learned that are game changing
Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2014 2:46 pm
by Miauw
MrStonedOne wrote:To bring this thread back on topic:
A picture of the blueprints counts for the objective to steal them.
that's probably the most-posted little thing ever.
Re: Little things you learned that are game changing
Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2014 4:43 pm
by Raven776
I still have no idea how to take a picture of blueprints in this way though...
Do you need the blueprints in your hand and you take a picture with a camera straight onto it?
Does it need to be on the ground?
If it's in the CE's hands, can I take a picture of him and that'll count? Like, could I possibly beg a CE to come rename an autism fort and get greentext by snapping a picture as he takes the blueprints out to do so?
Re: Little things you learned that are game changing
Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2014 5:53 pm
by MrStonedOne
it has to be out out, as in on the ground, as in you can right click on the tile its at and it comes up in the menu as an item.
The easiest way to do this would be to take a picture right as the ce is grabbing it out of his locker.
And as far as i know, it can be buried under other objects, so a picture right as the locker is opened would work too.
Re: Little things you learned that are game changing
Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2014 9:55 pm
by Kavaloosh
head revs can't kill revs (for some reason??)
Re: Little things you learned that are game changing
Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2014 5:33 pm
by MMMiracles
Blast doors can be pried open via crowbar when de-powered.
Alt-clicking on a tile works as an AI.
Re: Little things you learned that are game changing
Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2014 7:48 am
by Silavite
Polyacid smoke grenades can instacrit and kill in about 3 seconds.
I found this out by killing myself mixing polyacid for metal foam grenades.
Re: Little things you learned that are game changing
Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2014 3:16 pm
by Spacemanspark
Violaceus wrote:Clicking preset Head Of Security position in id console will not give correct icon
the difference between of and Of
Set ID in, click Head Of Security, then click Custom, and type in 'Head of Security'. Icon will reappear.
Re: Little things you learned that are game changing
Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2014 3:48 pm
by Kangaraptor
All of the coordinates you could ever need from telescience are provided by the map files in the source code.
Re: Little things you learned that are game changing
Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2014 4:39 pm
by cedarbridge
Welding bits of ore refines them. I can process all the ores I find outside the station after a meteor storm without having to go all the way to cargo with it (as long as I take a welding tank with me because the fuel price is rough)
Re: Little things you learned that are game changing
Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2014 4:46 pm
by Lo6a4evskiy
Violaceus wrote:Spacemanspark wrote:Violaceus wrote:Clicking preset Head Of Security position in id console will not give correct icon
the difference between of and Of
Set ID in, click Head Of Security, then click Custom, and type in 'Head of Security'. Icon will reappear.
I do believe that system enforces capital letter on beggining of every separate word.
Therefore it will not work like you said
I'm pretty sure it works in reverse. It puts in the correct title via preset and incorrect via custom. I'm not a hundred percent sure though.
Re: Little things you learned that are game changing
Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2014 4:35 pm
by Ezel
Its of tho..
Like Head of Personnel
And Head of Security
Just of doesnt need a captical letter
Re: Little things you learned that are game changing
Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2014 4:37 pm
by Ikarrus
Lo6a4evskiy wrote:Violaceus wrote:Spacemanspark wrote:Violaceus wrote:Clicking preset Head Of Security position in id console will not give correct icon
the difference between of and Of
Set ID in, click Head Of Security, then click Custom, and type in 'Head of Security'. Icon will reappear.
I do believe that system enforces capital letter on beggining of every separate word.
Therefore it will not work like you said
I'm pretty sure it works in reverse. It puts in the correct title via preset and incorrect via custom. I'm not a hundred percent sure though.
No need. I fixed it for the next server update.
Re: Little things you learned that are game changing
Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2014 3:13 am
by Steelpoint
You can preform Surgery on yourself, its a bit finicky but you can surgically remove your head and replace it with a augmentation.
Re: Little things you learned that are game changing
Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2014 3:03 pm
by Remie Richards
Steelpoint wrote:You can preform Surgery on yourself, its a bit finicky but you can surgically remove your head and replace it with a augmentation.
ICly you just remove parts of your head, not the whole deal. With a big enough pain threshold, you probably could do that IRL.
Re: Little things you learned that are game changing
Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2014 4:16 am
by WrexingDrew
Using a welder on broken glass can fix it. Odds are you won't ever do it but it helps to know.
Re: Little things you learned that are game changing
Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2014 4:32 am
by Cipher3
WrexingDrew wrote:Using a welder on broken glass can fix it. Odds are you won't ever do it but it helps to know.
Actually could have used it before. Thanks.
Re: Little things you learned that are game changing
Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2014 6:38 am
by cedarbridge
Cipher3 wrote:WrexingDrew wrote:Using a welder on broken glass can fix it. Odds are you won't ever do it but it helps to know.
Actually could have used it before. Thanks.
This also applies to metal rods and unprocessed ores. Ores require a lot of welder fuel though so its usually best to have a welder tank nearby.
Re: Little things you learned that are game changing
Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2014 10:39 am
by Miauw
cedarbridge wrote:Cipher3 wrote:WrexingDrew wrote:Using a welder on broken glass can fix it. Odds are you won't ever do it but it helps to know.
Actually could have used it before. Thanks.
This also applies to metal rods and unprocessed ores. Ores require a lot of welder fuel though so its usually best to have a welder tank nearby.
or use the smelter.
#wow #whoa
Re: Little things you learned that are game changing
Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2014 7:44 pm
by WrexingDrew
Miauw wrote:cedarbridge wrote:Cipher3 wrote:WrexingDrew wrote:Using a welder on broken glass can fix it. Odds are you won't ever do it but it helps to know.
Actually could have used it before. Thanks.
This also applies to metal rods and unprocessed ores. Ores require a lot of welder fuel though so its usually best to have a welder tank nearby.
or use the smelter.
#wow #whoa
The real #MVP
Re: Little things you learned that are game changing
Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2014 9:28 pm
by Saegrimr
Apparently people don't know you can fold up bodybags if they're empty and closed. Drag it onto your sprite.
Re: Little things you learned that are game changing
Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2014 10:23 pm
by ExplosiveCrate
Becoming a slime person (not an actual slime) draws from your alien color preference. Thus, you can become a spoopy ghost by setting it to white.
Re: Little things you learned that are game changing
Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2014 11:02 pm
by Reimoo
cedarbridge wrote:Cipher3 wrote:WrexingDrew wrote:Using a welder on broken glass can fix it. Odds are you won't ever do it but it helps to know.
Actually could have used it before. Thanks.
This also applies to metal rods and unprocessed ores. Ores require a lot of welder fuel though so its usually best to have a welder tank nearby.
Holy shit dude
You don't know how many times I could have used this piece of information
Re: Little things you learned that are game changing
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2014 5:52 am
by Psyentific
An uplink implant gives you enough TC for an emag, a block of C4, and a full toolkit. The perma toilet is one R-wall away from the armory.
Re: Little things you learned that are game changing
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2014 7:58 am
by Steelpoint
Psyentific wrote:An uplink implant gives you enough TC for an emag, a block of C4, and a full toolkit. The perma toilet is one R-wall away from the armory.
If there is a Warden nearby however that plan won't work. You have to move the barricades out of the way to actually get into the Armoury after blowing the wall.
Re: Little things you learned that are game changing
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2014 10:43 am
by Kangaraptor
A PDA will show the identity of whoever it was set to previously until you hit the 'update PDA' button. Makes it really easy to conceal your identity or keep a higher-access ID on you without attracting immediate suspicion.
Re: Little things you learned that are game changing
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2014 11:04 am
by Lo6a4evskiy
It never updates name anyway, only job title.
Re: Little things you learned that are game changing
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2014 1:54 pm
by Spacemanspark
Kangaraptor wrote:A PDA will show the identity of whoever it was set to previously until you hit the 'update PDA' button. Makes it really easy to conceal your identity or keep a higher-access ID on you without attracting immediate suspicion.
If you have the ID in your PDA and in your ID slot, people with SEChuds will see whatever job is in the ID, though. So don't place a captain's ID into your botanist PDA and into your ID slot.
Re: Little things you learned that are game changing
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2014 2:17 pm
by Kangaraptor
Spacemanspark wrote:Kangaraptor wrote:A PDA will show the identity of whoever it was set to previously until you hit the 'update PDA' button. Makes it really easy to conceal your identity or keep a higher-access ID on you without attracting immediate suspicion.
If you have the ID in your PDA and in your ID slot, people with SEChuds will see whatever job is in the ID, though. So don't place a captain's ID into your botanist PDA and into your ID slot.
The easiest way to subvert this is to put your ID in the ID machine, set your job to 'Captain' to get the access, then change its name via custom to Botanit or Engineer or w/e you are and it'll show you as whatever name you put in as long as the name is correct against the job database.
It's pretty robust.
Re: Little things you learned that are game changing
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2014 9:29 pm
by Reimoo
On a further note, giving yourself all access by checking all the access permissions instead of setting yourself to captain with a custom title will keep your original job icon on secHUDs instead of that grey box that is usually a tell of access shenanigans. I do this every time as HoP because some HoS's get pissy when they can see I changed my access.
Re: Little things you learned that are game changing
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2014 9:45 pm
by Gun Hog
Reimoo wrote:On a further note, giving yourself all access by checking all the access permissions instead of setting yourself to captain with a custom title will keep your original job icon on secHUDs instead of that grey box that is usually a tell of access shenanigans. I do this every time as HoP because some HoS's get pissy when they can see I changed my access.
That is a result of a bug that changed "Head of Personnel" to Head Of Personnel" when doing custom titles. That is what causes the unknown box to appear. That should have long been fixed, though.
Re: Little things you learned that are game changing
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2014 10:15 pm
by cedarbridge
Miauw wrote:cedarbridge wrote:Cipher3 wrote:WrexingDrew wrote:Using a welder on broken glass can fix it. Odds are you won't ever do it but it helps to know.
Actually could have used it before. Thanks.
This also applies to metal rods and unprocessed ores. Ores require a lot of welder fuel though so its usually best to have a welder tank nearby.
or use the smelter.
#wow #whoa
I'm not building a smelter in telescience. Fuck that.
Re: Little things you learned that are game changing
Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2014 6:33 am
by callanrockslol
cedarbridge wrote:Miauw wrote:cedarbridge wrote:Cipher3 wrote:WrexingDrew wrote:Using a welder on broken glass can fix it. Odds are you won't ever do it but it helps to know.
Actually could have used it before. Thanks.
This also applies to metal rods and unprocessed ores. Ores require a lot of welder fuel though so its usually best to have a welder tank nearby.
or use the smelter.
#wow #whoa
I'm not building a smelter in telescience. Fuck that.
Just take the whole damn thing from mining
Re: Little things you learned that are game changing
Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2014 10:11 am
by Lo6a4evskiy
Gun Hog wrote:That is a result of a bug that changed "Head of Personnel" to Head Of Personnel" when doing custom titles. That is what causes the unknown box to appear. That should have long been fixed, though.
I'm pretty sure it's been fixed.
Re: Little things you learned that are game changing
Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2014 9:06 am
by Psyentific
Kudzu can be planted, cultivated, harvested, and eaten, just like any other plant. While not particularly delicious or cookable, one pack of kudzu seeds will make new kudzu when used anywhere that isn't a hydroponics tray.
Re: Little things you learned that are game changing
Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2014 10:04 am
by ExplosiveCrate
To elaborate on that, kudzu is a mutation of common weeds, and kudzu itself has many, many mutations. Some eat plasma, some actually strangle people, some act like impassable walls.
Re: Little things you learned that are game changing
Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2014 10:50 am
by Psyentific
ExplosiveCrate wrote:To elaborate on that, kudzu is a mutation of common weeds, and kudzu itself has many, many mutations. Some eat plasma, some actually strangle people, some act like impassable walls.
The point I'm making is that one packet of Kudzu from a random event can be planted. When harvested, that will yield eight kudzu pods, turned into eight kudzu seeds. More, if you don't use a portable seed extractor and a pile of dirt in maint.
Re: Little things you learned that are game changing
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2014 10:57 pm
by bandit
Using an empty hand on the menu where you can put hats on Ian lets you pat him on the head.
game changer
Re: Little things you learned that are game changing
Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2014 6:28 am
by bandit
Tabling goats removes the kudzu on the table.
Re: Little things you learned that are game changing
Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2014 7:34 am
by cedarbridge
Loading neurotoxin,pepperspray and a few other chems into a sprayer applies them to your target. I haven't worked out a perfect list yet, but its a pretty decent ghetto chemsprayer.
Re: Little things you learned that are game changing
Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2014 8:20 am
by youngbuckliontiger
put a bag of holding inside a bag of holding to make a singuloo then get away without being sucked in.
Re: Little things you learned that are game changing
Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2014 9:17 am
by Kangaraptor
youngbuckliontiger wrote:put a bag of holding inside a bag of holding to make a singuloo then get away without being sucked in.
The easiest way to avoid being sucked in is to put the BoH in the other BoH while running!
Re: Little things you learned that are game changing
Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2014 5:20 pm
by youngbuckliontiger
what i really wanna do if im ever antag is make a singuloo in the shuttle using the bag holding.
make people cry hard.
Re: Little things you learned that are game changing
Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2014 6:33 pm
by kosmos
I can't believe how much starting to include capitalized first letters has changed my rounds. People immediately think I know my shit, take orders better etc.
Also, if you want a challenge to your game, choose african american skincolor. Sad, but true, I've encountered a few guys who I should've adminhelped about. Actually, it could kinda be seen as banbaiting.
Re: Little things you learned that are game changing
Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2014 8:29 pm
by Wizardjenkins66
The cheap lighter fits inside a Cigarette packet!
Re: Little things you learned that are game changing
Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2014 10:40 pm
by LunchboxKilla
Wizardjenkins66 wrote:The cheap lighter fits inside a Cigarette packet!
Holy crap!
Re: Little things you learned that are game changing
Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2014 12:33 pm
by Kot
Wizardjenkins66 wrote:The cheap lighter fits inside a Cigarette packet!
THIS IS BEST THING I'VE EVER HEARD
HOLY SHIT
Re: Little things you learned that are game changing
Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2014 5:54 pm
by cedarbridge
Kot wrote:Wizardjenkins66 wrote:The cheap lighter fits inside a Cigarette packet!
THIS IS BEST THING I'VE EVER HEARD
HOLY SHIT
This was actually a recent change.