00:03 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Discussion: Which Rarity Costume/Outfit Did You Like Most Over the Years? [ http://tinyurl.com/y3rqhd99 ]
00:10 <Cepheid> Thank you body for a sudden second wind.
00:13 <Ali> So I think I found the first tech you MUST research in this Omi stuff
00:14 <Ali> Normally you need to have 7 ore to get 1 of either copper or iron
00:14 <Ali> But with this tech, you get two of each for 10 omniore
00:16 <Ali> Though not fond of the ore also being the fuel for everything.
00:17 <Ali> Also the crafting speed is .25 X.x
00:19 <Ali> Also what do I do with over 10 stacks of crushed stone?
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01:02 <Finwe> Mlles Ali and Filly_Nightmares; Messrs Cepheid, Schism, Lumindia & al.
01:03 * Finwe doffs his hat.
01:03 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Cutie Mark Crusader Tribute [ http://tinyurl.com/yxewtdxg ]
01:03 * Ali doffs over Finwe and yawns
01:03 * Finwe nonchalantly sticks his hoof into Ali's gaping muzzle.
01:04 * Ali noms on the Finwe hoof
01:04 * Finwe hoof-wiggles.
01:04 <Finwe> !plot
01:04 <DerpyBot> *wigglewiggle*
01:04 <Finwe> *wigglewiggle*
01:11 <Finwe> We're going to reintroduce restrictions on the opening hours of the restaurants at least until February. A new apex of the COVID epidemy is forecast to occur in December.
01:11 * Finwe has no option but to hide under Ali.
01:11 * Ali prefers not to get into that topic and just hugs.
01:12 * Finwe tightly snuggles the Ali.
01:12 <Finwe> I feel somewhat astray.
01:14 * Finwe decides to watch Farscape S1E5.
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01:35 <Cepheid> I made a mistake. I found a game that really appeals to my puzzle, exploration and such, and I introduced my mother to it. I want to play the game now, but I cannot, because my mother wants to see it.
02:02 <Schism> Ouch... XD;
02:03 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Calpain: Nightly Discussion #2307 [ http://tinyurl.com/yxkup8vm ]
02:03 * Schism takes her last break of the evening. "Gah. It was busy, and now it's dead. Also, ahaha. Dearest customer, when you have six different e-mail addresses with refund requests going to the same address for limited edition products, claiming that they never arrived in each circumstance, why no we're not going to give you another $600 refund."
02:04 <Schism> Cepheid: Which game?
02:04 <Cepheid> Outer Wilds.
02:04 <Cepheid> It's nature has made me curious.
02:05 <Schism> Ah. Going to be playing the new Amnesia with her watching, when it comes out?
02:05 * Ali sads as unicorn fails to understand the omni mods. They make her head hurt.
02:07 <Cepheid> I'm not sure.
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02:10 <Schism> Hopefully so. They do write a good story.
02:14 * Schism briefly kills a chair.
02:25 <Ali> What did that chair do you to?! :P
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03:06 * PinkieShy replaces so chair with Chariel from undertale
03:09 <PinkieShy> *Chairiel
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03:53 * Angeline goes back to watching Naruto.
04:12 <Schism> Ali: It's a chair mimic. :p It eats people who sit in it! But by killing enough of them, you get a chair which increases your MP regen dramatically.
04:26 <Ali> Seems like an annoying grind.
04:27 <Schism> Well, you're not wrong.
04:30 * Schism gradually learns to master techniques for daggers so that she can throw a knife whenever she wants.
04:32 * Ali curls into Schism, her thumb isn't healing as fast as she'd like and that's driving her crazy.
04:33 * Schism hugs the Ali. Her thumb is... going to be aching after she masters these techniques. ._.
04:34 <Ali> I want to get back to Megaman and more Omega Ruby
04:34 <Ali> But its hard to move with the Dpad with my thumb hurting like crazy.
04:42 <Ali> I'm not forcing it either, just maybe playing a little at a time.. But can't touch Megaman. Too much stress on the thumb.
04:43 * Ali curls up into Schism and keeps talking to herself.
04:43 * Schism is not ignoring Ali... but is frustrating herself with random drops and grinding. Hugs the unicorn.
04:45 <Schism> Pff, level up off trash mobs because I'm grinding this skill.
04:45 * Ali leans into hugs. has done a lot of monolouging recently so unicorn never knows if she's talking to herself.
04:45 <Ali> And now Rainbows is gone...
04:45 <Schism> Hope they'll be back...
04:46 <Schism> Ali: At least Megaman doesn't require you to do fighting moves. Down, down-left, left, right+x!
04:46 *** Ali changes topic to 'Welcome to #EquestriaDaily! This channel is rated All Ages | Guide and rules: http://derpy.me/EqDRules All seasons are allowed for discussion. | Happy 10 years of pono.'
04:46 <Ali> At least not classic
04:46 <Ali> But the down left stuff does start up after 4 cause you can slide
04:46 <Schism> True...
04:46 <Ali> Err 3
04:47 <Ali> 3 is slide, 4 is charged shot X.x
04:48 <Schism> This enemy would also be much less frustrating if the drop rate were better than 4%.
04:52 <Schism> Yaaaay. Dagger technique #2 mastered.
04:52 * Ali gives Schism the dreaded 1% spawn rate pokemon
04:52 <Schism> Hi there, Pikachu.
04:53 <Ali> And then you KO it
04:53 <Ali> With a crit
04:53 <Schism> Of course. Every single time.
04:53 <Ali> And it was shiny
04:53 <Ali> Though I never have to worry about that
04:54 <Ali> I have about a .00000000001% chance to ever see a shiny
04:54 <Ali> Though I did find a shiny Zubat not long ago, but it'll be ages before I'll see another.
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04:59 <Schism> It is perhaps not a good thing for me to be learning all these techniques, because I'm QUITE certain that I'll be performing them by accident a lot of the time.
05:00 * Schism wants to grind herself up a few more Sword Expertise shards, because getting them to 9 means that they'll turn into an always-on skill.
05:09 <Ali> But you might overlevel
05:10 <Schism> I'm playing on Normal to start anyway.
05:11 * Ali gives Schism the EXP Share
05:12 <Ali> Now you will overlevel no matter what you do, weather you want to or not
05:13 <Schism> Sword Expertise 9 get.
05:21 * Ali noms on Schism
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05:22 <Schism> Thiiiis... is a movement ability for water. This is not a GOOD movement ability for water.
05:22 * Golden flops.
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05:29 <Schism> Yesss, foes. Die to my umbrella golf club.
05:30 <Ali> Fore the uhhh. whatever Schism is fighting fore!
05:32 <Schism> The force blast spits out a blood glob with this umbrella, which is remarkably easy to aim and does a lot of damage. So I am happy with this boss drop. :3
05:32 <Schism> Downside: it has a knockback.
05:32 <Ali> For you or the enemy~
05:33 <Schism> For me. So I may or may not have thrown myself off a few ledges.
05:33 <Ali> *golf claps*
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05:37 <Schism> oh, yay. The cutest accessory!
05:37 <Schism> Turns Miriam's voice into a helium balloon. o3o
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05:45 <Schism> Apples. Where are apples.
05:49 <Ali> At the Applejack farm Schism, geeez everyone knows taht.
05:49 <Ali> That and my typos
05:54 <Schism> Hehe.
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06:15 <Schism> Rank 6 Optimizer...
06:16 <Schism> Rank _8_ now. Just one more level and I can evolve it.
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06:28 <Schism> Oh. I need to reach 9/9 on it. Well blah.
06:29 <Schism> Oh well, getting that many souls just means less time later.
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06:46 <ConfusionRift> Hello everypony.
06:48 * Schism waves to ConfusionRift, throwing lions into the sun.
06:49 * ConfusionRift wavies back. :P
06:50 <Schism> Gotta get all those techniques down, after all.
06:51 <ConfusionRift> How is it so far?
06:51 <Schism> Well, not so grindy, except for all the soul collection-- er, I mean SHARD collection -- and all the technique grinding.
06:52 <ConfusionRift> Yeah. If you're trying to get everything and level the shards up to max, it get grindy.
06:52 <ConfusionRift> And luck is usually not in my favor.
06:53 <Schism> Trucidating Gyre is nearly finished. @_@
06:55 <Schism> If my damned controller will let me finish the combo.
06:56 <Schism> There. Now I never have to perform that again with a greatsword.
06:59 <Schism> Hee! There's a technique for boots. Down twice and attack.
07:01 <Schism> Surprisingly, it works out well for the weaksauce mobs.
07:01 <Schism> And can be repeated as long as your MP holds out.
07:02 * ConfusionRift nods.
07:05 <Schism> Hm. And the Flashing Air Kick is okay. Cheap, works out alright. Easy to master.
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07:19 * Schism looks into what foods will give her luck. She pauses. "Strawberries... of course."
07:28 * Ali noms Schism ears
07:36 * ConfusionRift boops Ali.
07:47 * Ali squeaks at the ConfusionRift boops
07:47 <RazorSharpFang> I have made an artillery train that has 40 artillery wagons on it.
07:48 * Ali thinks the server belongs to RazorSharpFang now. They've spent so much time doing stuff alone.
07:51 * Schism gets a level from trash mobs. :< Again.
07:54 * Ali makes Schism grind off of Lvl 4 Metapods until Lvl 100
08:03 * Ali crawls onto ConfusionRift and yawns.
08:05 <Finwe> o3o
08:05 * Finwe noms on Ali's tail.
08:09 * ConfusionRift yawns with Ali.
08:09 <ConfusionRift> RAdm. Finwe. (salutes)
08:29 * Schism cooks various types of cookies. In so doing, she gets +Luck. o3o
08:30 <Schism> Somewhat beneficial, is +luck.
08:32 <ConfusionRift> Better criticals and drops.
08:33 <Schism> Better drops is the big one, yea.
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08:39 * Schism grinds the Carabosse familiar. Because she understands that this one will eventually heal her...
08:41 <ConfusionRift> Yep, and she can indicate secret areas.
08:46 <Schism> There's rank 9.
08:46 <Schism> Er, Grade 9, rank 1.
08:50 * Schism takes a few moments to murder a couple dozen cows.
08:51 <Schism> Force blast mastered. o3o
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09:07 * Cepheid awakens.
09:07 <ConfusionRift> Hey there.
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09:08 <Schism> Could I really look myself in the mirror if I didn't grind up Bunnymorphosis to level 9?
09:11 <Finwe> Lt Cdr ConfusionRift, Capt Koopz.
09:11 <Finwe> o7
09:15 <Cepheid> ConfusionRift: Got tests results back. Fourth test, no C19. Yay.
09:15 * ConfusionRift thumbs up. "That is goood."
09:19 <Cepheid> "The safety of the students continues to be our top priority, so we are closing the athletics facilities effective immediately." You quite literally had cases of COVID-19 being reported within the first week of re-opening, and you still opened your athletics facilities. You really don't give a flying **** about us, you just want an excuse to charge all your students $250 CAD.
09:19 <ConfusionRift> Yep!
09:24 <Schism> Bunny Miriam is in fact rather overpowered. Good to know!
09:26 <ConfusionRift> She is, very much. That will help you clear out a lot. Problem is that she can't use any of her artifacts or techniques. But that's just a button away.
09:28 * Schism eats an apple pie for that singular point of luck.
09:29 <Cepheid> Hum, it's very cold today.
09:38 <Cepheid> ConfusionRift, you should check out The Outer Wilds. Not The Outer Worlds, The Outer Wilds.
09:40 <ConfusionRift> Does look kinda interesting.
09:41 <Schism> "You should sell me all your spare demon shards," says the NPC who is totally innocent and helpful.
09:42 <ConfusionRift> Hehehe.
09:43 <ConfusionRift> "What'sat? An isotope? If you don't need it, I can get rid of it for ya. Will pay you, if ya want'a?" | Hmm, seems like a trustworthy individual.
09:46 <Cepheid> ConfusionRift: Basic gist of the game: You're stuck in a time loop. Die, and you start the loop over, but retain all notes that you learned. Your goal? Explore a solar system that changes drastically over the course of the time loop to figure out what's causing the time loop and how to stop it.
09:46 <Schism> Grade 6 healing now. Not bad, and useful as my MP regen is at 5/sec.
09:52 <ConfusionRift> I see. A much better description than what's on Steam.
09:53 <ConfusionRift> "This is the game that way an award and is the best thing that was ever made. What a great game this is!" | Eeerm... cool?
09:54 <Cepheid> Yeah, it's not the best description on Steam.
09:55 <Cepheid> Really recommend if you get it, that you use a controller though. Keyboard and mouse is definitely viable, but the flight is a lot easier with it.
09:55 <Cepheid> Er, a lot easier with a controller*
09:56 <ConfusionRift> Noted. Then again, if I can play it with a controller in general, I normally do so.
09:56 <ConfusionRift> Normally...
09:57 <ConfusionRift> Aah (bleep)! I forgot to check for jury duty! (bleep)!
09:59 <ConfusionRift> ...excused? I suppose. (scratches his head) Not gonna complain.
09:59 <Cepheid> Heh.
09:59 <Cepheid> I'd likely be excused for jury duty.
10:00 <Cepheid> Jury Duty, the only job where you can legally be discriminated against because the lawyers know how to do so.
10:04 <ConfusionRift> Yep! You just give them all the wrong answers and basically have no choice but to let you go. Alas, would be a complete waste of time, especially after waiting for hours for roll call, them making us walk all the way across very busy streets with people who would not care to run you over, getting patted and scanned by security for who knows how long, going through multiple floors, and making it to the front of the selection room.
10:05 <ConfusionRift> Kinda bleck if it was a work day.
10:05 <Schism> Hmm. Healing 9 get.
10:06 <Schism> Whiiiich... then gets me the Regenerate yellow shard. o3o
10:10 * Lumindia yawns, flops on Schism
10:11 <Lumindia> I was selected for jury duty once, but never actually called upon
10:13 <Schism> I should stop playing this game. And yet... I kind of want to find out where to go next...
10:13 * Lumindia brushes Schism and nibbles their ear
10:14 <Lumindia> ' w'
10:14 <Lumindia> what game?
10:14 <Schism> Bloodstained.
10:15 <Lumindia> ooo, the one inspired by Castlevania?
10:15 <Schism> The one created by the maker of Castlevania. o3o;
10:15 <Lumindia> oh it was MADE by Castlevania's maker, not just inspired by?
10:15 <Lumindia> Neat
10:15 * Lumindia continues to nibble
10:16 * Schism squirms. "Stupid game. I need dragon eggs to raise my luck more."
10:18 <ConfusionRift> Yep, it was made by the one involved in the Metroidvania style Castlevania games.
10:18 <ConfusionRift> Though, in 2.5D, in this case.
10:23 <Schism> Leonine Pelt is dropped by... Buer?!
10:24 * Cepheid reads how arbitrary code execution to run games within games works. It's... interesting.
10:24 * Schism sighs, sleeps for now, going into the underwater zone next... she hates it. She hates it so much.
10:25 <Schism> Level 40 and I'm MAYBE 60% through the game. Maybe.
10:26 <Schism> I should fight dragons in Libre Ex Machina until I get an egg. Tomorrow/later today.
10:30 * Lumindia stops chewing on Schism's ears and snugs instead
10:30 * Schism patpats the Lumin, and dozes off herself. "Blech. I suppose I should also take down Kunekune, the nightmare."
10:31 <Schism> Tomorrow/tonight.
10:34 * Lumindia curls up against for warms
10:36 <Schism> Hm. Supposedly, that first boss in Bloodstained was even more fanservicey on first blush. That's disturbing to know.
10:39 * ConfusionRift sighs.
10:40 <ConfusionRift> In the first backer beta, the first boss had slightly more pronounced... breasts. That was chanced in the second and final versions.
10:40 <Schism> I'm thankful. That was a tad disturbing, to be honest.
10:41 <Schism> For a moment I was wondering if I was playing Momodora again.
10:41 <ConfusionRift> Oh, and due to the different color scheme, she was more detailed. And no, not detailed enough to change the game's rating.
10:41 * Schism facepalms.
10:41 <ConfusionRift> Oh please.
10:43 <ConfusionRift> Oh yeah, there was less of the water effects, so you could actually see her. Unlike now, which looks like she's surrounded by water.
10:44 <Schism> Still. Eurgh.
10:44 <ConfusionRift> What got me was that some people got stuck here.
10:45 <Schism> Really? I used a healing item, but her tells were kind of obvious.
10:45 <Schism> Still getting used to controls et al.
10:45 <Schism> Admittedly, it took me a while to recognize LB as backdash.
10:46 <ConfusionRift> No joke. I remember there being some changes to make her easier.
10:46 <ConfusionRift> i think it was just less damage.
10:47 <Schism> That's about as simple as you can get.
10:48 <ConfusionRift> She gave me the same kinda trouble in both versions, so... pffffttt.
10:48 <ConfusionRift> Oh... the backer demo still works.
10:51 <Cepheid> My mother is insisting I play Outer Wilds even if she's not around. She's curious, but at the same time the game makes her dizzy and sick.
10:56 <Cepheid> Alternatively...
10:56 <Cepheid> I can just play another game I haven't quite finished yet.
10:56 * Cepheid loads up Control.
10:57 * ConfusionRift regrets playing the demo again.
10:57 <ConfusionRift> Now I got the urge to play it again.
10:57 <ConfusionRift> But I should finish the other games first.
11:02 <Cepheid> Hum. Corrupted Samples..
11:03 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Calpain: Morning Discussion #2080 [ http://tinyurl.com/yytluzt8 ]
11:05 <Cepheid> You know what my favourite method is for killing enemies in Control?
11:05 <Cepheid> Using Throw to pull something, and killing an enemy from pulling an object into them.
11:06 <ConfusionRift> Yep, that's how I do it. :P
11:06 <ConfusionRift> So you kill an enemy with the object that been pulled towards you, and another by launching the object at them.
11:08 <ConfusionRift> It's so nice when you have a row of them lined up, and that rock just plows them, before launching it at another row of enemies.
11:08 <Cepheid> Yep.
11:08 <Cepheid> Hum, first things first, I guess. Work on incomplete missions unrelated to expansions.
11:09 <ConfusionRift> I would suggest those. So give more ability points, others give unique mods.
11:11 <Cepheid> Mmm.
11:11 <ConfusionRift> Like a mod that increases Charge's projectile speed by 1000%, at the cost of a large detonation area. And one that basically changes Shatter from buckshot to slug, by combining all projectiles into one while increasing its damage accordingly.
11:12 <Cepheid> Though it looks like almost all the missions that I have are expansion-related.
11:13 <ConfusionRift> And the two expansions have special bosses, like Tomassi.
11:13 <ConfusionRift> Or Tommasi... well, you get it.
11:18 <Cepheid> "I snaked it out of my drain. And when I pulled it up, it asked me if I had anything to drink." "What did you say?" "I think I got it a beer."
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11:24 <Cepheid> Yeah, I seem to have done all the various game missions for the base game, outside of all the Board Countermeasures and the Jukebox.
11:27 <ConfusionRift> What was the point of the jukebox runs?
11:27 <ConfusionRift> I got so many tokens.
11:27 <Cepheid> Mods.
11:27 <ConfusionRift> Aah.
11:27 <Cepheid> The Jukebox provided mods and I think items in return for challenges.
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12:03 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Comics: Pumpkin / Light and Renewed / Lullaby 122-124 / Estories Stable 86 / Nevermore 13 / Fix #3-6 [ http://tinyurl.com/y2l2ewyx ]
12:05 <ConfusionRift> Blarg. Sleep for wooork.
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14:26 <Cepheid> Right, so I prepared the ingredients and that entire recipe to a T. It came out so spicy I couldn't eat it.
14:26 <Cepheid> It was so bad, I swear it was a troll.
14:41 <Cepheid> To correct it, I just scrapped everything, put some condensed tomato soup into the pot, watered it down considerably, threw in my usual mix of ingredients, and then added the noodles to it.
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15:16 <Cepheid> Someone is driving around honking their horn constantly and inconsistantly.
15:17 <ADragonDreaming> I am annoyed by how difficult it is to find information on the candidates for smaller elections.
15:39 <Cepheid> Oh?
15:42 <ADragonDreaming> Such as my county's register of deeds, or county clerk, or treasurer, etc.
15:42 <ADragonDreaming> I'm doing my ballot today.
15:42 <Cepheid> Ah.
15:44 <ADragonDreaming> All the big ones, such as president, or congress, are pretty easy this time around.
15:45 <ADragonDreaming> but then there's things like Michigan Board of Education and the county-level government and state supreme court justices, and there's just not as much information out there despite these smaller races have more direct impact on me and mine.
15:46 <ADragonDreaming> Frankly I'm a fan of mail-in ballots in all cases, all the time, simply because of the lack of pressure to make split-second decisions.
15:48 <Cepheid> I wonder if during the next provincial election, I can do a mail-in ballot.
15:50 <ADragonDreaming> Worth looking into!
15:50 <ADragonDreaming> Michigan added access to it as a constitutional right (state constitution) back in 2018.
15:51 <Cepheid> The problem for me is health. If I'm sick, I shouldn't be going out to places. Especially now.
15:51 <ADragonDreaming> Aye.
15:52 <Cepheid> Apparently, voting by mail IS allowed.
15:52 <ADragonDreaming> Aces.
15:52 <Cepheid> Hum. I wonder how many people are aware of this with respect to Control. If you finish the main game, and visit various locations, Jesse comments on them in an after-the-fact sense.
15:56 <ADragonDreaming> okay, front-side ballot done.
15:56 <ADragonDreaming> It's only been... 2 hours.
15:58 <Cepheid> I also wanted to investigate mail-in voting because last time an election was held, I didn't do early voting, and when time came for the actual voting to start, I came down with some illness that crippled me. My vote wouldn't have mattered based on the results I saw, but I still would have liked to vote.
16:00 <ADragonDreaming> Aye
16:04 <Cepheid> Control... good game. Very good game. Confusing as hell if you're not at least familiar with something like the SCP Foundation or the works of Lovecraft. Alas, my only complaint is that the PC port is... It's not the best.
16:05 <Cepheid> The DX12 version, which was implemented to show off raytracing, has a bug which causes textures to glitch out on low-VRAM(6GB or lower) cards. The DX11 version works fine, but that's lost performance as a result. On top of that, the game has a huge issue with opening the ingame menu and sometimes the map in which doing either causes severe, noticeable pauses in performance.
16:05 <ADragonDreaming> oh hey, a proposal to require a warrant to search electronics. Which they should be getting anyway, but this way they can't claim it's not set-in-stone policy.
16:06 <Cepheid> Though, I'm not sure if that's exclusive to the PC version. I've heard the PS4 version has it's own issues.
16:06 <ADragonDreaming> ...I never quite understand it when "open a menu" causes stuttering or pauses.
16:07 <ADragonDreaming> That's a thing that should always be very smooth.
16:08 <Cepheid> I can think of a few reasons why it'd happen.
16:08 <Cepheid> Most of them related to issues with console versions, interestingly.
16:09 <Cepheid> In this case, I suspect it has to do with the UI engine they used, but I cannot confirm unless I can find another game that uses the same UI engine.
16:12 <Cepheid> See, the crux of the problem is this. Even with a PS4, and it's increased memory, that memory is split between the CPU, and the GPU. So, you have to balance the RAM used for the game and all it's data structures, with that of the RAM used for textures, image buffers, vertex arrays, and so on.
16:12 <Cepheid> So, like any other console, it faces the same basic memory constraint problems.
16:13 <Cepheid> To get around this, you have to manage your memory well. Loading only what you need, and unloading what you no longer need. For consoles, this is typically done in an aggressive manner.
16:13 <Cepheid> For PCs, this aggressiveness is too much.
16:14 <Cepheid> And in fact, can hurt performance, because unlike say, the PS4, the GPU and CPU memory are distinct things. There are transfers that need to be done, and these transfers are A) Limited in terms of speed, and B) Have overhead associated with them.
16:15 <Cepheid> The cause of the pauses on the PC then, is likely the game being overly aggressive with it's resource management. It's unloading stuff, and loading stuff back in far more than it needs to.
16:16 <Cepheid> There's a few ways around it, outside of reprogramming the game.
16:17 <Cepheid> The game was programmed to assume 8GB of unified RAM. While unified RAM isn't possible on a PC, except for IGP cases like AMD APUs or Intel integrated graphics chips, these tend to be insufficient, and on top of that, the memory type is different anyways.
16:17 <Cepheid> Solution? Graphics card with at least 8GB of RAM.
16:18 <Cepheid> It assumes 8GB is available for graphics stuff on the PS4. If the resource management wasn't changed all that much for the PC version, then the engine likely assumes the same thing, and will use up to that much.
16:18 <ADragonDreaming> Sounds like the PC Port needed to take that into account.
16:19 <Cepheid> It does insofar as it doesn't use more than what's available on the card so as to avoid crashing, but..
16:19 <Cepheid> It certainly seems to be trying to use more than is available.
16:23 <Cepheid> Apparently though, this is a common problem with ports overall. Game engines simply being overly aggressive, not accounting for the systems they're running on.
16:29 <Cepheid> Hum, I wonder if the VRAM bandwidth is between the GPU and the VRAM exclusively, or if it's possible to initiate a transfer such that you can write to it at the same speed, assuming that the bus between the CPU and GPU is fast enough, and the system RAM is fast enough for those kinds of speeds.
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17:11 <ADragonDreaming> okay. Ballot completed and posted.
17:11 <ADragonDreaming> Now for some lunch
17:40 * ADragonDreaming goes to hunt.
17:42 <Cepheid> Ah.
17:44 <Cepheid> Gimme a few minutes.
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18:03 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Calpain: Fanfiction: A Simple Raid? [ http://tinyurl.com/yymdem9n ]
18:10 * Schism flops, eats something she can't even remember what, and flops off to work again. "Stupid addictive Castlevania."
18:12 <Schism> Spending a better part of an hour getting the 9 shards necessary for Regeneration was _probably_ helpful, but I'm not going to be seeing the dividends from that for a while.
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18:46 * Ali gives Schism a wall chicken
19:03 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Drawfriend Stuff (Pony Art Gallery) #3485 [ http://tinyurl.com/y4b53c5x ]
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19:22 <Starlight_Glimmer> What exactly is a wall chicken?
19:28 <Ali> Ever play Castlevania Starlight_Glimmer?
19:28 <Starlight_Glimmer> No.
19:29 <Ali> In the original game, to regain health you would find chicken
19:29 <Ali> But they were usually hidden in walls
19:29 <Ali> Thus wall chicken
19:29 <Starlight_Glimmer> Alive?
19:29 <Ali> Cooked
19:30 <Starlight_Glimmer> That's an odd place to store a chicken, man! :3
19:30 <Ali> Eh, it was a game in the 90s
19:30 * Ali flops over Starlight_Glimmer and hugs
19:31 * Starlight_Glimmer snuggles into Ali
19:32 * Schism takes her break. Noms upon the mysterious wall chicken.
19:33 <Schism> In Bloodstained, most of the hidden wall items are HP/MP ups. Which are useful, but not quite as enticing as a perfectly roasted chicken hidden inside a wall.
19:40 * Ali nibbles on Schism while she can
19:40 * Schism provides Ali with a mixture of vanilla ice cream and frozen kit-kats.
19:44 * Schism then slouches off to work again. She sighs.
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20:18 <Angeline> Who doesn't want wall turkey
20:19 <Angeline> It's turkey, by the by, not chicken
20:19 <Starlight_Glimmer> duck > turkey
20:35 * Ali beeps Angeline nose, has always heard it called wall chicken so yeah.
20:35 * Angeline nips at Ali's hoof.
20:35 * Ali squeaks and pouts.
20:36 * Angeline fluffs up in an attempt to intimidate. Given that she is still smaller than even Scootaloo, this is bound to fail.
20:51 * Ali pats Angeline on the head, silly filly is silly
20:52 * Angeline wriggles.
20:52 * Angeline pounces into Ali.
20:52 * Ali eeps and snugs on the little Angeline so much.
21:03 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Makenshi: FiM Tribute Music: InfinityDash - Decade of Dreams [Chillout] [ http://tinyurl.com/y5m4cfa4 ]
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21:53 <Schism> https://elysiantail.fandom.com/wiki/Mysterious_Wall_Chicken
21:53 <Schism> Often pork. o3o
21:54 <Schism> But it is on occasion chicken! https://castlevania.fandom.com/wiki/Half_Chicken
21:55 <Schism> And of course other foods. https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/InexplicablyPreservedDungeonMeat
21:57 * Ali licks Schism nosie
21:57 * Schism boops Ali with a 'Gears of Fortune' song.
21:57 * Ali headtilts to the song, not sure if heard before.
21:57 <Schism> !link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vg8damWdjR0
21:57 <DerpyBot> I need to ask Twilight about that one.
21:57 <DerpyBot> Twilight told me this video is about Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night OST - 08 - Gears of Fortune
21:58 <Schism> If this sounds at all familiar, it's because it includes Michiru Yamane, Ippo Yamada (of Megaman 9 and 10), and Jake 'Virt' Kaufman.
22:00 <Schism> And that's the theme for the game's Clock Tower expy. o3o
22:00 * Schism mutters imprecations at Medusa Heads which turn her to stone and send her falling into spikes.
22:03 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Calpain: Animation: Friendship is Magic Through the Ages - MLP 10th Anniversary Animation [ http://tinyurl.com/y6h3o4zw ]
22:14 * Schism rolls back to her workplace.
22:24 * Dappled__ blinks at mention of castlevania. Curse of Darkness is best Castlevania.
22:24 *** Dappled__ is now known as Dappled
22:24 * Dappled stands by this statement.
22:25 * Ali sits on Dappled instead of standing
22:25 * Dappled falls down.
22:25 * Dappled is da sick pony.
22:26 * Ali brushies the Dappled and gives soup
22:26 <Dappled> Also don't get Baldur's Gate 3 yet. Wait for more patches. To much CtDs.
22:44 <ADragonDreaming> I'm rather tired of early access things anyway.
22:46 <Lumindia> I would like everyone to consider the following
22:46 <Lumindia> https://i.imgur.com/P3TkR2D.png Tiny malboro pog
23:03 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Celebrate 10 Years of Pony! Where Did The Time Even Go?! [ http://tinyurl.com/y6dv7l7j ]
23:20 * Dappled giggles at BG3's hotfix announcement.
23:20 <Dappled> Before the fixes, let’s share something you’ve created yourselves (this is your own fault) through your choices in character creation. We took the most popular choices in character creation, and recreated this. We thought our analytics system wasn’t working! We checked. It is.
23:20 <Dappled> Congratulations, you’ve basically made the default Vault Dweller. What the hell guys. We gave you demon eyes, horns, and even tails. We are sorely disappointed. Go crazy. We worked hard on this!
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23:20 <Dappled> Everyone wants to play generic white guy.
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23:30 <ADragonDreaming> I mean, that could also represent people not wanting to spend the requisite year in character creation to play an Early Access game.
23:31 <Dappled> That's just it, that's not the default look for any race.
23:31 <Dappled> People are going out of their way to choose it.
23:42 <ADragonDreaming> Ah.
23:42 <ADragonDreaming> Well then that's stupid.
23:43 * Lumindia shrug
23:46 * Schism would pick generic white girl. <.< But that's still not as much fun as coming up with a crazy character!
23:51 * Schism takes her last break, and flumps.
23:53 * Lumindia snugs Schism muchly
23:53 <Lumindia> 'w'
23:53 <Schism> o5o
23:54 * Lumindia gives them a tiny pogging malboro
23:57 * Schism watches the malbol do the dab.
23:58 <Lumindia> https://i.imgur.com/P3TkR2D.png
23:58 <Lumindia> tiny pogging malboro
23:59 <Schism> Hee.
23:59 <Schism> And now, back to work. Bleh.
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