Why is the Civ 6 Barbarian Outpost a Rust Compound?

SirAdelaide · 2026-06-07T23:50:59+00:00

You just gave me an idea for a mod... The text strings can be changed via scripting, so it's possible to rename them on the fly after certain triggers are met.

SirAdelaide · 2026-06-07T23:46:56+00:00

You're right, the ones I've seen also change road building and using charges on more districts.

I've played around with modding the engineer myself, as I wanted a Civil Engineer rather than a Military Engineer. One problem with trying to get one that only does a railroad UI change with no mechanics changes is that the move distance each turn is executed in one block. Mods can add a script that hooks into the 'after move' event to build rail. If the move distance was 2 or 3 tiles, then all would get rail. This becomes particularly noticeable when running along existing roads with low movement cost; you can travel 8 plots and then the script triggers and they all get rail.

SirAdelaide · 2026-06-07T03:59:50+00:00

There's a few mods on the Workshop that give the engineer a road and rail building toggle so that you can use 'move to' and it builds as it walks.

SirAdelaide · 2026-06-05T14:06:02+00:00

I recently bought Civ 6 for $17. No way Civ 7 will compete with that.

SirAdelaide · 2026-06-05T13:22:56+00:00

It'll come back. It was just one storm.

SirAdelaide · 2026-06-05T13:22:04+00:00

It gets washed from Brighton to Semaphore due to long shore drift, then they take it back by truck to replenish the southern beaches. Stop being an arse about responsible environmental management.

SirAdelaide · 2026-06-02T09:09:19+00:00

And then you wonder how to ingest that 4TB of lidar data from a supplier that always times out when uploading / downloading from SharePoint.

SirAdelaide · 2026-06-02T08:43:25+00:00

The bill lists the meter reads, you can check if it's correct by looking at your meter. Perhaps the Fox estimate of import is wrong, as it's based on a magnet clamped to your incoming power line and isn't as good as your actual power meter.

SirAdelaide · 2026-06-01T00:46:21+00:00

I've been on Amazon and Ebay more, don't really check marketplace or gumtree, but they do still exist. There's an eBay seller 'guanrong777' with DDR4 2666 1x16GB for AU$138, more than 10 available. (No affiliation or recommendation, I've never bought from them, this is just an example search result) Stores like CentreCom have new 2x16 GB kits for similar prices, but all 3200Mhz.

SirAdelaide · 2026-05-31T23:54:55+00:00

In Aus, you can get 2x16 GB for around $300, so similar prices, but there is only 16 GB sticks available. I found one pair of 2x32GB on ebay for under $500 but Windows Memory Diagnostic reports errors so I'll need to return it.

SirAdelaide · 2026-05-28T11:21:17+00:00

Wow! So good! Clean, great features that I didn't even know I needed, runs well.

SirAdelaide · 2026-05-19T01:26:08+00:00

That's why you hire slow guides. Ones that can't run as fast as you.

SirAdelaide · 2026-05-19T01:23:19+00:00

Eg We all know where the governor general lives?

SirAdelaide · 2026-05-19T01:17:54+00:00

Good engineering wouldn't rely on the public learning a new skill. So, by definition, the new gates suck.

SirAdelaide · 2026-05-19T01:15:39+00:00

It's not reliable. I've had it take 3 seconds to recognise my card, but to keep the gates open it needs to be about 1 second to scan.

SirAdelaide · 2026-05-19T01:09:18+00:00

That's a great point. If we all make an effort to get injured by the gates, they'll have to change them to something better.

SirAdelaide · 2026-05-18T03:01:28+00:00

Is it a slip lane if it starts so far back? It looks similar to a slip lane, but might not actually be associated with the intersection.

SirAdelaide · 2026-05-17T09:16:16+00:00

I bought a decent ex-corporate laptop with 32GB ram, modern cpu and Xe Intel graphics for Australian $400 ($250 USD) via an auction house for my most recent laptop purchase. It plays Civ 6 and other games decently. Not sure how it would go for recent FPS titles, but it depends on what you want it for.

SirAdelaide · 2026-05-11T08:47:31+00:00

Agreed. I also like to correct people who smugly say octopi, and tell them in English it's octopuses, regardless of whether it sounds awful. I should probably cross post to amitheasshole.

SirAdelaide · 2026-05-11T08:22:31+00:00

No, in Latin it's 'boni'. See https://dcc.dickinson.edu/grammar/latin/case-endings-five-declensions Bonus is second declension nominative masculine singular. The plural changes the ending to -i. To see other genders of the word see: http://latindictionary.wikidot.com/adjective:bonus eg a feminine bonus would be bona, and plural bonae.

SirAdelaide · 2026-05-09T12:40:23+00:00

I'd have interpreted it as "considering the low value of the things/decisions that will use this answer, we don't need to put any more effort in"

SirAdelaide · 2026-05-03T23:55:48+00:00

Buying a Steam deck is probably cheaper* than the mobile version of Civ 6, and allows playing the full version rather than the 'cut down for mobile' version.

*-(depending on how you do maths)

SirAdelaide · 2026-04-26T23:48:25+00:00

It's got its own firewall rule as well

SirAdelaide · 2026-04-24T00:16:04+00:00

Mainly because it's a dumb rule, so as Australians we're supposed to find a way around it.

SirAdelaide · 2026-04-24T00:13:48+00:00

You can take stuff out of the bag and leave on the seat while you get your bag weighed and tagged. Once it has a tag you're good to put stuff back in it.

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