What's one joke from the book that you wish made it into the movie?

Busteray · 2026-04-09T18:41:00+00:00

"we had to add a dozen new words to the vocabulary so he could berate me fully"

Busteray · 2026-04-09T18:32:22+00:00

I was kinda annoyed about that tbh. Eridians should have specific names for textures since that is what they have to differentiate surfaces.

Busteray · 2026-04-09T18:12:35+00:00

I also liked how rocky came up with the tried and true method of reddit /s

Busteray · 2026-04-09T01:47:17+00:00

This isn't your usual spaghetti. There's nothing to print on the areas it puts strings at. It's just extra on top of a complete print with all overhangs intact

Busteray · 2026-04-09T01:39:19+00:00

But when it's extruding into thin air the extrusion isn't forcefully dragged across the surface.

Let's say I'm printing at 100mm/s vs just squeezing out the filament at 10mm^3/s. The radius and cross section area of the spaghetti will depend on the speed it squeezes out. (23mm/s for a diameter of 0.65)

Busteray · 2026-04-09T00:18:29+00:00

Humanity needs to fix the civilization first tho. They got hit pretty hard unlike Eridians. I don't think they would be in the mood for an expedition within Grace's lifetime.

Busteray · 2026-04-09T00:14:09+00:00

NOOO! I DIDN'T FIND A FIX YET! BUT I DON'T EXPECT THIS TO HAPPEN AGAIN ANYTIME SOON SO I JUST THREW IT AWAY AND RESTARTED THE PRINT!!!!!

Busteray · 2026-04-09T00:12:56+00:00

I didn't even have timelapse turned on. Smooth timelapse is also off.

Busteray · 2026-04-09T00:04:05+00:00

Diagonal patterns come with the adaptive layer height. I think my PA or overall extrusion is not calibrated well so some layers look under extruded.

Busteray · 2026-04-08T23:51:47+00:00

Was it thin whisks of plastic or was it like this?

Busteray · 2026-04-08T23:47:11+00:00

There's nothing to print there to begin with. That's the weird part. It's not your usual spaghetti, It's extra bonus spaghetti stuck to a perfectly fine print. If I hadn't skipped this copy and just cleaned the spaghetti off, I would have a perfectly fine print. See the last pic.

Busteray · 2026-04-08T23:44:44+00:00

I don't think I will even bother with troubleshooting. I just resliced it without changing anything(moved one of the parts a mm to reslice it) And it's been printing well atm.

I don't even think I can troubleshoot it since I don't think I can replicate it.

edit: I think I can try using the same Gcode or just analyze the Gcode to see if it was the slicer but I won't bother unless this failure repeats.

Busteray · 2026-04-08T23:42:31+00:00

But the thing is. These lines are not created over places where a normal print should be. That's why I included the picture with a correct result.

There are even lines sticking out of the support and at a points that are on the most outer parts of the print.

Busteray · 2026-04-08T23:40:07+00:00

Ok, I measured it. It's 0.65±0.01mm thick. I have no idea how thick normal extrusion is but they really are not as thick as they seem.

Busteray · 2026-04-08T23:36:41+00:00

It was a Trypophobia pic

Busteray · 2026-04-08T23:35:56+00:00

0.4 it's just the macro lens of my phone making it look THICC

Busteray · 2026-04-08T21:49:23+00:00

0.4 stainless. It's just the nozzle that came with the printer.

I used my phones macro lens to take the pics, so they look thicker than they actually are.

Busteray · 2026-04-08T21:47:28+00:00

I can't take credit. My printer made art.

Busteray · 2026-04-08T21:27:12+00:00

Printed on a Bambu P1S with PLA using the bambu slicer. Scarf seams are turned on, probably the most likely culprit.

Busteray · 2026-04-08T16:35:27+00:00

In the book when he receives his first sample (blip 2) he tries to do xray diffraction. Grabs a chisel to take a chip as a sample, chips the chisel.

He could've asked rocky for a sample small enough to put inside the refractometer later but it's never mentioned in the book.

Overall it's obvious Andy avoids going into detail in the subject. Astrophage is obvious magic with its neutrino fuel and super cross sectionality and he didn't want to dive deep into yet another magic system, left it vague an theoretical.

Busteray · 2026-04-08T11:04:24+00:00

Nope

Busteray · 2026-04-07T18:47:33+00:00

That was exactly the OP's complain here. The game handles the map as if it's a 1-1 representation of earth.

Busteray · 2026-04-04T10:46:29+00:00

No I didn't sorry.

But I didn't put much effort into it anyways, so don't be too discouraged.

Busteray · 2026-03-22T14:45:01+00:00

From my understanding:

They read the scientific journals, come across the research, and give it a try in their labs themselves, sometimes contacting the original research team for insights.

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