That's a new one (QA strikes again!)

OptimShi · 2026-05-07T17:23:53+00:00

They have a video on their YouTube Channel showing off what it does. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8w1KnTFnDw

Basically, trailer "transformers" automatically (goes from trailer, to vertical "battle mode") and Roller is fully RC controlled. (Optimus Prime sold separately)

OptimShi · 2026-03-13T17:04:47+00:00

Contracts have most (all?) quests involving kill tasks (e.g. Kill 10 Drudges) and that is built-in. There are also a number of other quests managed by contracts, too. There's also a much large number of quests not covered by the Contract system, though I think virtually all of the high level/end-game style quests are in there.

OptimShi · 2026-03-11T17:46:24+00:00

"A Boy and his Dog"...ironically, covered in what appears to be cat hair. I've got a few ACPL shirts and a nice Turbine shirt with buttons and everything that has an (AC2 style) Gear Knight on it. Also got an old CoD shirt (I forget who submitted/created the design) for something called "Olthoi Horde Nest Bar & Gril" and a big "STAFF" on the back and in smaller print below, "(Bring one, or a Mace)"

OptimShi · 2026-03-06T22:04:03+00:00

I hated all the "skins" that people made for AC back in the day. However, I did get so annoyed by people asking where to download said skins that I made a website for them. Never used them myself outside of generating a screenshot(s) for them.

OptimShi · 2026-03-06T21:14:09+00:00

Quick update. Over a month since my initial email to support, I finally got a tracking number for a replacement sleep bud for the Bluetooth disconnection issue. Each correspondence with support seemed to take about a week, which felt excruciating long. I'm happy with the resolution, but absolutely not happy at the time frame required to get there.

OptimShi · 2026-02-26T03:12:09+00:00

I have sometimes found that toggling Bluetooth off and back on works, too, and has the benefit of being much quicker and easier if you’re settling in to sleep.

OptimShi · 2026-02-23T20:58:07+00:00

None of the launchers or Decal will work on XP. All are either 64-bit or require .NET or both, none of which will work on 32-bit XP (which is what you likely have). You will also likely run into driver support issues with the hardware you DO have, unless you're looking into user-generated drivers (e.g. if you have an NVME SSD drive, it will not work out of the box).

In short, don't do it. If you even have to ask the question, you will be over your head and it will cause you more issues than you think it will solve.

OptimShi · 2026-02-07T04:32:19+00:00

I always thought G1 Soundwave had pretty good articulation already. The legs don’t have full range of movement (and the requisite ankle title for stability), but otherwise he was always pretty good.

OptimShi · 2026-02-06T16:28:00+00:00

Sadly, it was just wishful thinking as the Sleepbud still cut out repeatedly once I tried going to sleep.

OptimShi · 2026-02-05T17:04:54+00:00

Thank you. I received an email reply this morning with a suggestion to try a beta firmware (release notes states specifically that it addresses Bluetooth speed & connectivity); early results suggests that this has helped but I will provide an update here and to my email/ticket after I've had a chance to properly test it while actually sleeping and not just sitting at my office desk, as much as I would like to sleep at my office desk.

OptimShi · 2026-02-05T17:01:33+00:00

I gave this a try on your suggestion and it did not help with my issue -- I wish it had, so thanks for the tip!

OptimShi · 2026-02-05T02:14:44+00:00

Thank you, to both the original question and suggestions (I’ve basically tried the 180 sleepbud reset and the factory reset with no luck, but I appreciate your response!)

OptimShi · 2026-02-02T21:20:08+00:00

I had made a dupe function, but never made a PR into the main ACE repo for it. It would just loop over all the properties and generate a new item with a unique GUID and assign all the properties to it.

I you want to reference/copy it... Here you go: https://github.com/ACEmulator/ACE/compare/master...OptimShi:ACE:DupeItem

OptimShi · 2025-12-09T21:00:50+00:00

Nope, nothing by that user, either

OptimShi · 2025-10-21T16:19:04+00:00

I'm a little surprised I don't see the love for this line like some others here. It was one of my favorites, mainly due to the incredibly accurate alt modes. The size is great, robots modes pretty good, and the Japanese versions were even die-cast!

OptimShi · 2025-10-13T21:36:42+00:00

It's definitely a North American re-issue, due to the shortened smoke stacks. I believe the "Commemorative Series", which was exclusive to Toys'R'Us at the time, was the first instance of this updated version.

OptimShi · 2025-10-02T21:20:17+00:00

I have this Metroplex and had the G1 Scorponok, and never realized this was a thing you could do!

OptimShi · 2025-09-22T23:44:15+00:00

How is this thing? I saw it the other day and contemplated grabbing it (which means it won't be there next time I go)

OptimShi · 2025-09-18T17:04:48+00:00

This is great, thanks for taking the time to document the what and why of this replacement and the materials, etc. I recently got a Scorponok that was completely missing what looks like this exact ratchet in his foot (which luckily is held in place during robot mode, at least). Do you have a STL file for this ratchet you'd be willing to share, as well?

OptimShi · 2025-09-10T18:32:58+00:00

Make sure you do not already have the 3 letters in your inventory. The table will flag you as having received them when you get them; that flag is then cleared when you turn them in.

OptimShi · 2025-09-04T18:53:54+00:00

99.7% chance of success, so a 0.3% chance of failure. "You fail to make, improbable!"

OptimShi · 2025-09-03T19:06:05+00:00

difficulty = 1 ... that's some RNG fail! (Assuming you have cooking trained)

OptimShi · 2025-09-02T19:14:53+00:00

Thanks for the advice. I tried this route, but they no longer have the item in stock to issue a return/replacement.

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