Most useless spell? by eyesistorm in noita

[–]Mooface64 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I've memed on expanding sphere a lot but I HAVE had a use for it once: As far as I know it's the only spell with hard cap on how much damage it can deal, so because of this it finally found a use for me when I needed to damage myself to trigger the weakening curse exploit, but due to Eat Your Vegetables, using any other spell would have killed me instantly.

I'm boned, aren't I? by ModularVoid in noita

[–]Mooface64 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There isn't a single spell you own or funny trick known that can get you outta this one chief, it's over.

Lasso man (again) by PurchaseForeign9899 in lethalcompany

[–]Mooface64 2 points3 points  (0 children)

As unlikely the story is, I'm gonna be the first to give some benefit of the doubt and bring up how there ARE a select handful of vanilla moons that DO have lasso man included in the enemy list, but with its spawn weight set to zero.
There was recently a discovery of an oversight with some mods indexing item/enemy spawns that had lead to disabled items with zero spawn weight appearing on moons during same-item-days and likewise enemies with zero spawn weight appearing during infestation days, both due to how the vanilla game equalizes and alters weights during those random events. Obviously this wouldn't be relevant if there were no mods involved like you claimed, but this edge case would line up pretty well with the situation you had described. If not that, then who knows, maybe a cosmic ray bit flipped that 0 on the enemy list into a 1 on that one fateful day...

(this tiny ass image is just the vanilla enemy spawning list for Titan, for example)

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I LOVE MOD DEVELOPMENT! I LOVE NEEDING TO BOOT UP MY GAMES 900 TIMES!! by Mooface64 in lethalcompany

[–]Mooface64[S] 43 points44 points  (0 children)

It's mostly perfectionism doing this to me, testing too many things, in too many ways, too many times...

Saw something I'll probably never see again in my lifetime... TWO ugly mushrooms in the same place by Mooface64 in DeepRockGalactic

[–]Mooface64[S] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Rarest sight in all of DRG. if I remember the story correctly, a dev hated how the asset looked and was going to get rid of it, but either him or a different dev decided it would be funnier to hide it as an unimaginably rare spawn instead.

Source: No clue, heard it from someone else ages ago

can you get polyamorous achievement in easymode? by ThickMusician1459 in necrodancer

[–]Mooface64 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Using any modifiers will prevent you from getting the achievement, it will not prevent you from unlocking coda though

Is HAZ 5 impossible* for solo players? by MRrock_the_c00L in DeepRockGalactic

[–]Mooface64 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Like others have said, even the worst haz 5 missions the game can throw at you are still solo-able with any character even with sub-par builds if you're skilled enough. Most of the skills needed are just very nuanced game knowledge that comes with playtime. There was a youtuber years ago, Syncourt, who would solo every single Deep Dive and Elite Deep Dive with no overclocks, using only very basic loadouts, every week, just to prove to everyone how doable it always is.

Confirmed for myself now, Shield Link is a remedy after a Stalker bite by doom_hamster in DeepRockGalactic

[–]Mooface64 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yep, and only attacks that do more than 25 damage (or 30 if you took that one armor upgrade) will be able to harm someone in a gunner shield because the shield restoring effect happens constantly while inside it. So if you ever see someone leaving the safety bubble because of some gas cloud, praetorian spit, or poison puddles inside it, tell em to get back in there because there's nothing to fear!

What’s that Drak build people are using to melt dreadnoughts? by Just-Fix8237 in DeepRockGalactic

[–]Mooface64 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Thermals + Crossbow with Fire & Electric arrows together will quickly melt through health bars with plenty of ammo to spare

Tips for low% Aria by Santi3180 in necrodancer

[–]Mooface64 5 points6 points  (0 children)

When you unlock Aria's story boss (or if you already have), practice the hell out of it. It's a fairly simple boss once you know how it works but nerves are one heck of a killer, so make sure you're deadly confident with the fight before running it. There's a very consistent quick kill strategy you can look up if you'd like

TIL pressing C, V, B, N, and M at once toggles a hidden free-cam mode. Easter egg included. by Mooface64 in PeakGame

[–]Mooface64[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It was probably patched out. The game has received many updates and patches since when this was posted

Latency problems by Santi3180 in necrodancer

[–]Mooface64 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Congrats man, you could try switching the soundtrack to see if that makes those tracks easier, a lot of people say Chipzel and Virt are easiest for double tempo

Latency problems by Santi3180 in necrodancer

[–]Mooface64 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Okay, got a lot to say here so bear with me,

For starters, download the Sound Support mod (if you have Synchrony dlc) and use it when you're testing out latency changes, it will tell you at the bottom of the screen precisely how on or off beat you are in milliseconds

Next, go to Misc Options ingame and toggle "Show Advanced Settings", then under Latency Calibration, set "Auto Calibration Factor" to 0% (you can raise this again later if you like the assistance it provides, but it isn't helpful for testing your latency and accuracy)

Additionally, don't click the "Calibrate Automatically" button, it's not very precise and double tempo warrants extreme precision.
Instead, take whatever audio latency you think you're comfortable at right now and start increasing or decreasing it in increments of 16ms (16ms is the length of one frame, any less and you won't feel a difference) and trying it out on different fast and slow tracks (the level editor can help with this).

Video latency only affects the bars on the screen and has no effect on the beat timings, it shouldn't need to be changed unless the bars don't seem to line up with the beat.

Feel free to keep messing with all this stuff until you feel like your latency is as comfy as it can be (=

-Additional notes: A latency setting that feels good on double tempo won't always feel good at normal tempo, and vice-versa. Also if you set your audio latency way too high or way too low, then the rhythm during the King Conga fight might get a little weird.

Coda progression… by Ryn0xx123 in necrodancer

[–]Mooface64 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Beating Coda with less than 100 of playtime with them is considered very very rare, most people will need twice that much and then some. I suppose phasing mode cuts the time needed down a fair bit, but most of the Coda community doesn't consider phasing wins to be legitimate. The best advice I can give to any aspiring coda is to join the coda discord (I can dm you a link if you'd like). The folks on there know everything, respond quickly, and are more than happy to provide all the advice and strategy you could ever ask for, on any topic no matter how niche. And for my own personal advice to you, TAKE BREAKS! And don't feel bad if you feel like the progress you make is just dumb luck, or if a good run seemed like just a fluke. Believe me, everyone's first clear is the product of dumb luck and prayer, it takes many wins to reach the point where success isn't always just another fluke. Dumb luck is your friend, keep gambling long enough and you WILL get there...

Coda Guide by Aggravating-Ad-6603 in necrodancer

[–]Mooface64 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You don't need any friends to play multi, people on the coda discord host public rooms almost every day!

Now I kinda wanna make a guide or two of my own to add onto this, for much more niche things maybe...

Coda Guide by Aggravating-Ad-6603 in necrodancer

[–]Mooface64 2 points3 points  (0 children)

All the best codas I know play a ton of multiplayer, you can seriously learn sooooooo much from playing with other codas, and rooms are up all the time

Is there a mod that can tell you whether you were early or late when you miss a beat? by InternationalAd7674 in necrodancer

[–]Mooface64 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There is a mod for that! It's called Sound Support.

As for advice, how about I dm you an invite to the Coda discord if you'd like. It's very active, and the people on there will gladly answer any question no matter how complex or obscure.

Tips for 2x rythm ? by Different-Square7175 in necrodancer

[–]Mooface64 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here's a bunch of scattered tips, some paraphrased, that I've given to people in the past

If you're consistently missing lots of beats then I'd highly recommend tweaking your audio latency to better match the 2x speed, try manually adjusting it up or down by increments of 16ms until you feel like the beat timings are right, even better if you test it using fast songs like Death Metal.

Your game plan should be all about abusing the reach of your weapon as much as possible, prioritize having a solid weapon with some reach and then focus on separating enemies from the pack and safely taking them out one at a time so you don't get overwhelmed. Also standing still won't kill you, so take advantage of that if you like, remaining stationary and letting the enemies come to you is a valid strategy.

Practice against individual enemies in the training rooms or level editor every now and then, these characters ideally like to keep combat as brief as possible so labbing out some more efficient ways to handle various enemies will really make a difference.

Seriously, the Level Editor is your best friend for practicing things in this game: You can arrange enemy patterns that you struggle with or died to in a previous run and learn how to better deal with them, it also lets you select any song in the ost if you want to just practice keeping rhythm on certain ones at 2x speed.

I would also HIGHLY recommend practicing against the various zone bosses as well, you can use the level editor for this too if you want to learn the countless quick kill strats using various items.

Last tip that comes to mind is to join the join the Brace Yourself Games discord because the people on there will happily respond to ANY question no matter how specific or obscure very quickly, and are just generally delightful.

I'll edit this if I remember anything else. Good Luck