Now that you mentioned it, I've noticed longer delays lately too. Are you using mods or have extremely large number of parts and bots in inventory?
I dont know why but deley is from setting. Open Settings and got delay on "instant" - afterward game will open screens instantly.
Loving the game so far, just a doubt, how long is the mob protection quest? Does it end?
And please up the chances of getting a powercore at the dump site, I ended buying bots to scrape just to get the powercores
And please up the chances of getting a powercore at the dump site, I ended buying bots to scrape just to get the powercores
The mob protection quest is at least a few weeks, you will eventually get the option to build a special bot, so keep an eye out for it, but if you can't make it right away it will cycle through a couple bots and let you try again until you do.
Base game, no mods. Just checked and only 5 pages of inventory items (have repaired and sold most), but 5 active bots and 4 in storage.
I changed it to instant and went to the Workshop > Tinker, and even there, not clicking between different buttons or tabs, just hitting '1' to repeat Repair, it's 2-3 seconds each time.
Dunno but appreciate these tips.
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I'm sorry to say that the 'Instant' setting is probably not the issue. I do not know why performance degrades while playing. It is worse on Android than Windows. If I knew why it happens or how to fix it I would. If any programming wizards can help with that I'd appreciate it. Leaving the game using the 'Menu' button and then the 'Return' button sometimes restores performance. Pausing (don't touch the keyboard or mouse) for 10-15 seconds often restores performance too. I hate it too but can't do anything about it.
It is not mods causing it, the vanilla game does it. Sorry.I'm currently playing the latest version without mods, so figured that was the case, but asking about mods is a good habit when troubleshooting issues.I'm sorry to say that the 'Instant' setting is probably not the issue. I do not know why performance degrades while playing. It is worse on Android than Windows. If I knew why it happens or how to fix it I would. If any programming wizards can help with that I'd appreciate it. Leaving the game using the 'Menu' button and then the 'Return' button sometimes restores performance. Pausing (don't touch the keyboard or mouse) for 10-15 seconds often restores performance too. I hate it too but can't do anything about it.
I checked my settings page and don't actually see an 'Instant' option, is it hiding behind something, lol.
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It's not exactly a setting. It's what it says when you slide the 'Transition Speed' setting all the way to the right. Won't fix it though. It gets a little worse with each release. Something about the code structure but I don't know what it is.
you did some wonderful work with Def Sexbot and essentially curating that thread. I'm looking forward to this!
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How the fuck this game can have tags character creation. You can't change any size (height, dick, breast, ass,...) of MC and bots. For me, you are simple use your girl packs, this not the character creation.
You select your starting level in several stats by assigning points to them.
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This picture has been in the game for a long time and I've never heard anyone else make this complaint. You're welcome to your opinion but I don't share it. The bot images are in the 'mods' folder and with a little work you can replace the offending picture if it's that important to you. If you can't or won't do that and the artwork offends you that much there are plenty of other games you can play.
UPDATE: Ok, I re-read my reply and it could be considered harsh. I do that sometimes because I forget this is text and you can't relay a friendly conversational tone with text. Whenever I suggest playing another game I mean it in a friendly way, sort of like your friend telling you that life's too short to dwell on things that bother you. Anyway, I looked at the avatar in question and thought I could make a better version in a few minutes. I'm not changing the bot but it will make the other bot on the gurney less visible so you know which bot to look at. I changed the angle a little so her curves stand out a little more but she's supposed to be a geeky, serious type.
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After playing for a long time now (day 1266) there are a few things that got me wondering...
1. Leaving your home does take 1AP but returning home doesn't. I mean I get it that after scavenging or visiting Robo/6 and you got no AP left it would be difficult to realize. Just an observation.
2. I figured that if I need parts to be repaired I just take a bot I found in the dump and let my master techies do the job.
When disassembling the bot I got "refurbished" parts and can sell or reuse them if needed.
3. Let's say you have a few bot in storage, well trained and with decent parts. How about an "alarm" or a notification pop up when a demand in the BBS comes up? So you don't have to check every time yourself.
I don't know how much work that is because I'm no programmer myself.
4. If I have a bot in storage and want to tinker on it the interaction takes up 1AP. When moving the bot from storage to a capsule and interact with it it doesn't need any AP. I'm not complaining about the fact but normally it should take up time to move around the bots in my opinion.
I'm not trying to make the game more difficult or critisize the game just sharing my thoughts.
1. Leaving your home does take 1AP but returning home doesn't. I mean I get it that after scavenging or visiting Robo/6 and you got no AP left it would be difficult to realize. Just an observation.
2. I figured that if I need parts to be repaired I just take a bot I found in the dump and let my master techies do the job.
When disassembling the bot I got "refurbished" parts and can sell or reuse them if needed.
3. Let's say you have a few bot in storage, well trained and with decent parts. How about an "alarm" or a notification pop up when a demand in the BBS comes up? So you don't have to check every time yourself.
I don't know how much work that is because I'm no programmer myself.
4. If I have a bot in storage and want to tinker on it the interaction takes up 1AP. When moving the bot from storage to a capsule and interact with it it doesn't need any AP. I'm not complaining about the fact but normally it should take up time to move around the bots in my opinion.
I'm not trying to make the game more difficult or critisize the game just sharing my thoughts.
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I wondered about the 4th part too. But it'd almost effectively give you a free pod, if it wasn't the case. You are still sort of using the empty space moving them around. It's probably more a of a game mechanic reason than world building reason.
Regarding point nr 1. Maybe the trip only takes ½ an AP, but it's calculated as such. To make sure you have enough, to return home.
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Thanks, you make some good points. A few thoughts....
1. It would be really hard to force a player to save an AP to go home! If you want to rationalize it the cost is 1/2 an AP each way (Hajtand types faster than I do!). You may not like the next version because there will be a $20 payment to buy round-trip subway tickets to go downtown in addition to the AP cost. The AP is the time wasted riding the train. I believe the idea in DSCS was that you walked to District TX-13 and it took time but didn't cost anything. In the next version of SR24 there will be a new "away from home" location called your "Neighborhood" and 'District TX-13' will be a subway ride downtown. (Of course many people may wonder how the diverse set of locations, including a dump, are all 'downtown'. I'll leave that illogical thing to be fixed another day!)
2. Creative, I like it!
A high school dropout finding ways to make things work is what this story is about. I'm tempted to abandon the bot role to repair parts I promised to create but I think some people would skin me alive if I did!3. Interesting idea, I also get a little frustrated checking the bulletin board every day. Someone else suggested simplifying access to the offers on the netconsole, 3 clicks to get there is pretty silly. This will make checking less painful but notifications would be better. No guarantees, I'm also not a coding expert and sometimes I have to give up if I can't figure out how to do things!
4. You're right about this but unless I re-scale the AP in the game fixing it would be problematic. Here's a silly rationalization: When a bot is in storage it needs to spend a little time in a capsule before it can be worked on, sort of like warming up my espresso maker in the morning! If you want to work directly on a bot in storage you have to sit around and wait for 1 AP of time before you can work on it. As you pointed out, moving bots around is "free" so you don't have to pay the AP if you're willing to spend a few clicks; swap bots, work on it, swap back. The 1 AP penalty is for lazy players who don't want to click that much and think they have AP to waste!
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I can live with the explanations that it is 1AP per "leave and return".
And the idea with the ride downtown sounds good. Can't wait for the next release.
Well... in the end it is your game and you can do as you see fit. And if the parts techie repair bot doesn't make it in the game I can probably live with that altough it would be pretty convenient to have some bots doing that job.
I like the idea with the warm-up phase to start tinkering on a bot when moving it from the storage to a capsule. Maybe one cycle would be okay (not a whole day)?
And the idea with the ride downtown sounds good. Can't wait for the next release.
Well... in the end it is your game and you can do as you see fit. And if the parts techie repair bot doesn't make it in the game I can probably live with that altough it would be pretty convenient to have some bots doing that job.
I like the idea with the warm-up phase to start tinkering on a bot when moving it from the storage to a capsule. Maybe one cycle would be okay (not a whole day)?
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True that but it could be possible to reserve 1AP for getting home again if the game mechanics allow it.
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I've got about 75% of the code done for the next release. There won't be that many images needed for what's in it, only a few days worth. I have two long weekend vacations coming up though so finishing it up plus including some testing/debugging time puts it's about 3-4 weeks away. Can't guarantee though, life happens sometimes!I can live with the explanations that it is 1AP per "leave and return".
And the idea with the ride downtown sounds good. Can't wait for the next release.
Well... in the end it is your game and you can do as you see fit. And if the parts techie repair bot doesn't make it in the game I can probably live with that altough it would be pretty convenient to have some bots doing that job.
I like the idea with the warm-up phase to start tinkering on a bot when moving it from the storage to a capsule. Maybe one cycle would be okay (not a whole day)?
Updated: The next version will include a 'repair parts' bot role which will be called "Senior Techie (parts)". The existing "Master Techie" role will become "Master Techie (bots)".
To be fair compared to "paying 1 AP to work on a bot in storage" the warm up phase would only be "the next AP you spend cannot be working on the bot you just moved". This would only make a small difference in the game and might be a little tricky to code so I don't think I'll go there.
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Wha-Wha-What? How? Rename what to what?
If it is something you are planning to do I suggest one music file as BM.
I love this game but it just plays weird without sound, not even button clicks make a sound.
Maybe the engine has default sounds for non-music audio.