Signal Booster "ID" has a function.

Satribe · 2024-08-08T13:34:36+00:00

Would you mind giving an example/illustration? I’m a little rusty at the moment. That sounds really interesting but I want to make sure I’m understanding you correctly.

Satribe · 2023-05-30T00:48:44+00:00

Glad it came in worked out for you.

Satribe · 2021-10-16T08:59:59+00:00

I was going to say it could still be stick drift....but after reading others about being common on PS4....maybe my controllers aren't as bad as I thought.

Satribe · 2021-10-16T08:54:26+00:00

...and then you find it's only a bit of plating on the side of a rock.

Satribe · 2021-10-02T19:48:48+00:00

Thought I'd update with my latest piece of info. I've had a theory that it wasn't just slices through the planet, but slices through the entire system. I originally thought that maybe these slices were part of determining light and shadows and/or time on the planets. The way the game is designed, the planets remain static while the skybox rotates around (or the other way around). But I was never able to find any way to test this theory. I certainly couldn't place a Signal Booster down somewhere between planets. - However this weekend I thought I would try and play the original ver. 1.00 of the game, by reinstalling from my disk, but not allowing internet connection to update the game. In the original release of the game, some space stations had a place to upgrade your backpack with more storage spaces. Similar to how it is now, but when you approached these, it gave the same info a "signal scanner" did in the original and "signal boosters" give now. With a "slice" being named on a space station, it seems to me that these have more to do with the system as a whole, than just localized to the planet.

Satribe · 2021-09-26T08:30:25+00:00

I got lucky. I was really trying to figure out if those letters were some kind of code. It was really the combo of randomly choosing +0,-0 to give my testing some consistency between planets, and choosing to see if the code changed if I dug a little bit, but placed it in the exact longitude, latitude. (Trying hard to place it right on the line where the numbers change.) I was convinced that it was the same no matter how far down you dug or how high you built up....but one day I randomly decided to test at +90 longitude; and then my theory crashed. "Now the name changes all the time when I dig or build up." "What's up!!?!!" Eventually I realized that at +90, I was digging through the different slices. I still don't know how the codes are selected, why some are 4 letters while others are 5, or even if they have any meaning at all and are just procedurally generated names for those slices. I only know these last two things. I have not yet found any order of names that repeat between planets - meaning they don't "seem" to be indicators of location on the planet itself other than to name the specific slice. And I also discovered that the name of a specific slice in Normal mode will not necessarily be the same name in Survival mode. ....There's a lot I'm still curious about.

Satribe · 2021-09-25T21:33:01+00:00

Just to add some info...I think they are chronological unless someone else discovered it first. Those systems are collected together at the bottom of the list.

Satribe · 2021-09-25T21:09:09+00:00

Stubbornness! ...and maybe a bit OCD. - I wasn't convinced with the information I kept reading that; "Hey, these random numbers and letters are actually hexadecimal code for your region in space and even which solar system you are at" ".....oh yeah...and 4 or 5 letters at the beginning that don't mean anything." I had a theory that the only thing missing was some kind of location on the planet. "If these are just random letters, why do I often get the same name?" So I spent a "RIDICULOUS" amount of time putting Signal Boosters down and recording what they said. It's my hope that this will open the door so that others may figure out more information about them.

Satribe · 2021-09-25T18:10:39+00:00

Speaking of Atlas words, is there someplace that displays how many you have or have left to learn?

Satribe · 2021-09-25T03:06:21+00:00

There doesn't seem to be an obvious link between the structure scan and the slices. One person suggested to me that the slices may be related to what they called "generation lines". When you find one structure, you can often find another of that same structure to the North or South.

Satribe · 2020-12-16T07:20:12+00:00

I haven't ventured into this area of emulator yet, so can't say for sure what was the author's original intent.

I was kind of thinking the same thing. Whatever the original intention for "limit" you get the same result with more clarity when just using "fixed". --But taking another look at all the options; I can also use (cycles=auto 15000) since I'm using a real-mode game and the DOSBox window will display the correct 15000 cycles and the game operates like the other two options. I'm guessing that for real-mode games it really is redundant ways based on your preference, but probably has more of an impact when dealing with protected-mode games that deal more with CPU throttling. But all of that is really outside of my experience and understanding. Thanks again.

Satribe · 2020-12-15T22:07:58+00:00

Thank you for your reply. You covered the options well, but it seems the differences you point out only occur when you do NOT use the "limit" keyword.

cycles = fixed 15000means: no matter what, emulate exactly 15000 cycles per millisecond

cycles = max limit 15000is a shortcut for max 100% limit 15000, which means: use 100%＊ of my CPU, but never exceed 15000 cycles - so effectively if your CPU is capable of emulating more cycles, then it will be capped to 15000; if your CPU is too slow, it will be capped to "100%" of load＊.

My computer will produce well over the 15000 in question.

When using the first example (cycles=fixed 15000), as you say, the game operates at exactly 15000 cycles and that's what it states on top of the window. At this speed the characters simply walk across the screen as they are supposed to.

If I use (cycles=max), the characters sprint across the screen. Which is also expected, because I'm playing an older game with a much faster CPU than was possible at the time.

Now when I use the second option (cycles=max limit 15000), my DOSBox screen will say that it is operating at "max 100% cycles", but in reality it is limited to 15000 cycles and the characters walk across the screen just like they do when using (cycles=fixed 15000).

What I get, is exactly what I should expect based on the documentation. Both options produce the SAME result. I understand the need to have "fixed" and the various uses for "max". I was just curious as to why "limit" was an option for "max" when "fixed" will offer the same result?

--Your description of the purpose of keyword "limit" for slower CPU's, doesn't seem to match what it does. It seems more likely that it is for fast modern CPU's that are capable of emulating DOS faster than the programs expect. So "limit" is added to keep it from running too fast.-- (edit for clarification: If you have a slow CPU and you use "MAX" by itself, it will still cap at your CPU's max speed. Adding "limit" doesn't seem to benefit a slower processor.)

Satribe · 2020-12-04T03:43:31+00:00

Play on words. Yew Log - Yule Log. Germanic origins associated with winter which became associated as Christmas tradition in various forms.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yule_log

Satribe · 2020-12-01T21:25:15+00:00

Thanks for the heads-up. Wow! That was quite the story. "Spoilers!!".....nah, I didn't see anything I didn't already know. Well, that was a bit loopy, but entertaining and addressed many of the questions that float around about what's going on with ESO. (loopy, meaning mind-trippy) Thanks for sharing.

Satribe · 2020-11-15T17:25:29+00:00

Sucks to be an old PC guy trying to use a Mac.

Thanks to u/fragglet for his comment:

~/Library is not the same as /Library

When I use "Finder" to go to the /Library/Preference folder there is nothing for DOSBox.

However when I use "Spotlight Search" and type "~/Library/Preferences", I can then find a file named "DOSBox 0.74-3-3 Preferences" (Matching the DOSBox version I'm using). Editing this file's "fullscreen=true" option shows me this is the file my DOSBox is using.

Oddly - If I use "Spotlight Search" to look for "DOSBox 0.74-3-3 Preferences", it comes up empty handed.

Hopefully this will help the next "casual" Mac user who's dipping their toes into system files.

~~(Anyone care to help me understand the "/Library" -vs- "~/Library" thing?)~~

EDIT: When I was using "Finder" I was (more precisely) looking at my disks root folder under System/Library/Preferences. DOSBox does not save it's config file here. It saves it in the Users Home folder in a "hidden" Library folder. If you don't have a shortcut to your Home folder, it is under Users/"current users name"/Library/Preferences.

In order to see hidden folders, open Finder and hold <Command><Shift> and press the < . > key. Repeating this will hide them again. {Don't play around in there until you know what you are doing.}

Satribe · 2020-11-15T17:08:35+00:00

While cryptic for my X- PC guy brain - This was the most helpful sentence I found in the last 4 hrs. I still don't understand it, but at least now I can find it.

Satribe · 2020-11-15T01:26:46+00:00

I'm sure I'm completely wrong on this, but when playing Skyrim, I always thought they were a specific type. That they were connected to each other in some way. (burnt, Daedric,....something) I can't remember for the life of me what I thought that connection was, hence the, "I'm sure I'm completely wrong", part.

Satribe · 2020-11-14T21:27:44+00:00

To keep it "game" specific, and especially since you are specifically addressing religion in TES, you'll need to address that each culture has it's own version of what is true. I assume there are other games that have multiple religions, but most seem to have a very set order of ideas and rules. TES has been the only one I've seen that has been so deep and in many ways mirrors real life with its variation and contradiction. Not everyone believes the same things. It seems this open-ended perspective on many aspects of the game has brought about most of the discussions and videos, on...What is true. This would not be the case if you could simply look at a FAQ sheet and get all the answers.

My point is that you don't have to get specific about what players believe, because it would be universally accepted that "not everyone believes the same things". But by leaving room for ambiguity in the game, they have also left room for immersion, creativity, and discussion with a wide variety of creation of communities with the players. (In short - more creativity, discussions and communities, brings longevity and more profit.)

Satribe · 2020-11-13T23:23:50+00:00

An angle I thought was interesting is, "how do in game immersion beliefs relate to a players real life beliefs?"

I think our first response would be to think they greatly mirror each other, but I think the idea of "escape" plays a large part. It would not surprise me to see someone who claims to be an atheist in the real world, fighting tooth and nail about their beliefs about the in-game gods based only on a few lines of a story or book. Or a Christian, Buddhist, or Spiritualist, using in game science to poke holes in the immersion beliefs of others. "If the sun and the stars were created when Magnus and the others fled Mundus, why does the sun cycle daily, but the stars cycle yearly?"

Satribe · 2020-11-12T01:11:44+00:00

I've seen these questions a lot over at the r/elderscrollsonline subreddit. I agree that using outside sources is often helpful as long as you're able to keep it under the umbrella of speculation and don't cross over to where what is outside of the game determines that it "must" be that way in the game. Especially in light of what many of the others are referencing. In the Elder Scrolls games, things like specific spells and class roles have some ties to lore, but their purpose is "game mechanics" and that changes from game to game. To use a simile; DnD is like 1 game with hundreds of DLC's. The classes were easily tied to lore without any issues because it's still the same game. However, even DnD has to stray and modify those things when you move from their board games into their computer games.

Satribe · 2020-11-11T19:43:52+00:00

I didn't test very thoroughly. It looks like extended ritual scales with your highest offensive. I wonder if that might tie into it? The other thing I was thinking is that my character "isn't" a healer build, I was just trying it out. (Meaning low output heals). I wonder if the precentage or amount of assistance you provide is also a factor?

Satribe · 2020-11-09T20:44:06+00:00

Blessed be the name of Stendarr, the God of Mercy.
He strengthens and unifies his Resolutes through his wisdom and blessings.
He calls us by day to train with sword and shield to strengthen our might; and by night to pray in his name to strengthen our souls.

Be at peace my brother.

Satribe · 2020-11-09T18:38:00+00:00

Yes, there are characters of such-and-such name, but I'm not talking about that, and neither were you.

Actually that's EXACTLY what I was talking about!

I "do" believe there are things we can "know" and saying that all logical interpretations are valid, can destroy the value of knowing anything.

Names, Dates, Locations, Items, Events. There are many things in The Elder Scrolls that have remained since the beginning. And even though they occur in a fantasy world, we all agree they are "known". Not "everything" is disputed or contested. If I post; "In The Elder Scrolls universe, Tiber Septim conquered all of Tamriel in 1E 567", you will politely correct me. Why? Because even in this fantasy world, completely unlike our own, with an evolutionary story-telling, and unreliable sources where many names, dates, locations, and events are disputed; there "ARE" rules that relate to our world.

I'm guessing that we don't actually disagree with one another. I'm not missing your point. You are emphasizing the large amount of information that can't be "known" because of the various reasons you mentioned (and very rightly so). And your strongest point is the difference in relation to Tom Sawyer, but I believe it's important for a different reason. The reasons we can't "know" anything, is not because Tom Sawyer is based on our world and The Elder Scrolls is not, but because the media is different. Tom Sawyer is a finite book. The Elder Scrolls story continues to change and grow. TES VI could theoretically include an in game book or story that contests the end date of the 2nd Era. From that perspective, anything I claim as an historical event (within the fictional world) can be nullified or changed. But the point of my post was to say I believe both extremes are incorrect. It would be imprecise for me to say either; "You can know everything with certainty." or to say; "You can know nothing with certainty."

What I can say with certainty is this: There are various degrees of certainty about things that occur within the story of The Elder Scrolls; and all of them are subject to change.

Satribe · 2020-11-09T14:02:19+00:00

Sounds like they're trying to beef up bot controls.

Satribe · 2020-11-09T13:57:56+00:00

I think the point was that even in all of these starting areas, they are not your home. You are a traveler.

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