[00:25:34] Yeah, I seem to have gotten the timing slightly wrong so post-flyby periapsis is ~250 km altitude [00:25:55] Had it been inside the atmosphere, it would have worked perfectly [00:25:59] probably [01:40:26] It's that special time of day again. [01:43:51] Ah, so all the explosions I've been hearing tonight are your fault? [01:44:18] If they were MY explosions, you'd be dead before you'd be able to hear them. [01:48:26] yeah, they're probably some sort of gunpowder variant as opposed to nuclear or antimatter [01:48:54] Primitives! We must be in the Fallout-verse. [01:49:05] Wait, the Fatboy is a thing. [01:53:30] Is there some particular reason military science-fiction authors are just so plain bad at getting to the actual battles? [01:54:04] These irritating info dumps and eye rolling expositions are going to be the death of me. [01:56:44] Action: raptop shrugs vaguely [01:58:06] This is why the best military science-fiction are the Ciaphas Cain books. [01:58:26] And he spends most of those running away from danger! [02:00:31] Action: Solar_Oracle wonders if they should roll a dice to determine if they get Mass Effect Legendary. [02:01:21] Action: raptop strongly recommends stochastic decision methods [02:03:39] I prefer the mighty D6. [02:04:00] I'm presently listening to a Let's Play of it while reading this awful book and writing about it. [02:04:15] And talking here between my frequent eye rolls. [02:06:24] Only problem is the Legendary edition lacks my favorite part of the franchise: Mass Effect 3's co-op mode. [02:06:40] Rolling around as a volus biotic was too fun. [02:17:52] well that and the second half of ME3 is still awful [02:18:23] I still unironically loved the Citadel DLC and the gameplay was the best of the series. [02:19:18] agreed [02:22:29] Andromeda was such an amazing concept too [02:25:33] Andromeda was a shame, but one wonders if they'll learn for Mass Effect 4. [02:25:46] The upcoming Warhammer II DLC has made me a bit more optimistic of such things. [02:27:53] Action: Solar_Oracle hungers in Ogres. [02:30:17] I bought the base game a couple years ago but still haven't gotten around to playing it [02:34:09] The Legendary Edition contains improvements to loading times and textures, fixing a particularly bad and unfixable one in the PC version that resulted in Garrus' face getting permanently low resolution textures. [02:34:27] Er, for the first game. [02:35:18] All the DLC, including promotional items, are also included in the next two games. I'm not sure if the first game's bugged decision saves were fixed, though. [02:36:14] you don't need to sell me on it. I already bought it [02:39:15] FINALLY! Chapter 14 is done! [02:39:40] It takes some real talent to make a book about an alien invasion BORING. [02:41:27] And the fact that it keeps going back and forth timewise is just as irritating as it is pointless. [02:49:04] what is the name of this amazingly boring book? [02:49:37] "A Hymn Before Battle" [02:49:42] It's the first the Posleen series of books. [02:50:18] The aliens in the book, even the friendly ones, are all incredibly stupid and the only competent fighters are said to be humans. [02:50:20] 'Library journal praised the "fast-paced action and acid humor".' [02:51:06] I wonder if they actually read this dreadful thing, because I'm over a third of the way through the book and nothing is happening except infodumps, expositions and dialogue that repeats itself. [02:51:58] https://archive.org/details/hymnbeforebattle00john [02:52:35] Mmmmm https://i.redd.it/17zptx213m471.jpg [02:52:50] "Limited preview" - hmm. sad ;) [02:53:12] Save yourself, from Hell! [02:53:57] you're reading it for me. that's good enuff [02:54:35] I feel more dead inside with every chapter, and there's a whole series-worth of this literary filth. [02:55:46] Even better: https://i.redd.it/nw9bpdlmu9471.jpg [02:57:59] Rip and tear! [03:45:27] #KSPOfficial: mode change '+o Althego' by ChanServ!ChanServ@services.esper.net [05:32:45] in 79 david attenborough was still so young [08:28:24] zombanwa [08:29:04] i still have a tako stream too. but i progressed one disk from the first series in attenborough's life collection [08:29:17] this is going to take a while [08:42:34] Rendezvous marks change when I warp time: https://i.postimg.cc/TdbXXXSc/screenshot94.png https://i.postimg.cc/BbNVNNvm/screenshot95.png [08:43:05] They go back to normal when I drop out of time warp. [08:43:59] sometimes they show encounters several orbits ahead [08:44:06] rather than the next one [08:44:35] sometimes they're just wonky [09:33:40] 97 km Ap Whiplash [11:35:53] . [11:37:51] . indeed [11:43:04] . [13:23:59] #KSPOfficial: mode change '+o Deddly' by ChanServ!ChanServ@services.esper.net [16:53:20] Last message repeated 1 time(s). [16:53:20] #KSPOfficial: mode change '+v eriophora' by ChanServ!ChanServ@services.esper.net [17:40:25] hehe, interview with the famous mr fancy pants [17:40:37] (curiousmarc) [17:40:45] yes, it is a week old, i just noticed it now [19:57:53] https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/531944364554059778/861334520467554354/unknown.png [19:57:53] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hohmann_transfer_orbit#Calculation [19:57:53] here, dv1 raises apoapsis and dv2 raises periapsis right? [20:00:01] sounds good, without looking at it. [20:00:10] If it's for going to a higher orbit. [20:00:49] Assuming it's an outwards transfer (looks like it), yeah [20:01:27] yeah if your lowering orbit its the other way round, dv1 lowers periapsis and dv2 lowers apoapsis [20:01:34] thanks guys [20:02:31] yay [21:10:16] i have a modding question [21:11:27] ask away [21:11:31] im trying to create a procedural tanks config for methalox fuel but i can't figure out what numbers im supposed to use since procedural tanks seems to use an outdated system of "UnitsPerT" while basically every other mod uses b9 part switch [21:12:00] and i cant figure out how to calculate what the "unitsPerT" for methane+oxidizer is [21:13:00] like this is what cryotanks config to add hydrolox looks like https://github.com/post-kerbin-mining-corporation/CryoTanks/blob/master/GameData/CryoTanks/Patches/CryoTanksProceduralFuelTanks.cfg