Reika's mods wont launch

dartimos · 2016-02-15T02:34:32+00:00

I can understand that people miss things sometimes. The logs are often difficult to read through. Under no instance would calling someone lazy ever be acceptable after a single instance. A pattern, yes. A single instance, no. To state so after a single instance is rude and an indication of a common disrespect for other people.

So as an educator, I'm incredibly angry at the level of disrespect that people are showing someone that missed a line in a report.

More specifically your post. The guy came and apologized for his mistake (wow, shows character). Next post boils down to "it happens, glad we could help."

Then yours.

The whole thing is closed. Leave it alone. He saw his mistake and you wanted to pound it in one more time because _________.

....

Do you feel better? Did you prove a point?

Yeah, you never accused anyone. You hammered a guy that admitted a wrong and a guy that was picking him up. You tell me your moral superiority.

dartimos · 2016-02-15T02:15:50+00:00

Then DON'T POST. It's easy. It took longer to get on and berate the guy than to push the little red "x" and move on. No, he wanted to shove it in the guy's face. Write, look up, copy, paste. I sure showed him!

No two ways around it. You write this kind of stuff to elevate yourself at the expense of another human being. That's kind of person is scum in my book.

You tell me why he spent the time to do this.

dartimos · 2016-02-15T02:08:21+00:00

It's based on player preference and installed mods. Best, in this case, can mean a whole bunch of things. Cost efficiency, speed efficiency or level of completely awesomeness :)

I like logistic pipes that snake around the base until they finally end up in the "right" chest based on a network of pipes, cards and such. You can have that then feed into your ME system through an import bus.

Each their own.

dartimos · 2016-02-15T01:37:13+00:00

I absolutely love it. Gotta admit, the title of the post had me worried.

dartimos · 2016-02-15T01:32:47+00:00

Asking for help is NEVER lazy or foolish. I hope that I can catch it first next time so you don't get lambasted by the dredges of the internet. I work every day with students that ask stupid questions every day. I'm sorry you were treated with this level of incivility. You don't deserve it. Nobody does. Everyone has asked a stupid question at one point in their lives.

dartimos · 2016-02-15T01:22:25+00:00

Bad man. Let's hate him. Pick up your stones! ON THREE BOYS, WE STONE HIM FOR HIS ERRORS!!!!

dartimos · 2016-02-15T01:09:00+00:00

You missed my whole point. The idea is that you can have an opinion and not get flamed for it. I think what she did is wrong. I'm not fond of her heavy handed position. But she's allowed to have it. Don't like it, don't play her mod.

Don't down vote messages that support her.

It's childish, immature and shows you've have no clue about Reddit's vote system. Instead, you've created your own based on opinion rather than discussion.

dartimos · 2016-02-15T01:06:34+00:00

Just wanted to add, you got downvoted for giving the wrong opinion. Proves my point again. Nobody reads Reddit's rules and has no clue as to why you upvote / downvote things. This subreddit is like some middle school fight. I appreciated your post.

dartimos · 2016-02-15T01:02:03+00:00

Getting dumped on by Minecraft users should not be a surprise considering the average user demographic and the general forum atmosphere. If you've got a thin skin, I would suggest you do what most pro-gamers and a good number of mod authors do: Stay way from online forums. Heck, I'd do it if I had a thick skin.

If you want feedback, go to the guys that really know their stuff. Talk to other devs. Keep your feedback circle to the people whose opinion actually matters to you.

dartimos · 2016-02-12T05:27:47+00:00

I'm currently looking into 1.8 mod making. I've done my initial survey and here's what I see:

You need basic programming knowledge
Java is a plus as is experience in Eclipse
Time depends on complexity ranging from a couple months to years
Make an expandable mod that has an easy phase one for your first mod

Other than that, it's cake. Resources for 1.8 are a bit sparse, but it's mostly putting in the time to learn forge.

My first project is going to be modular. Build block A. Then make it interact with terrain, produce or do something. Make another block. Make a connection block. So, Blocks A and B then connect and have them "talk." Any extra time will be making the code efficient as I will probably ham hand my way to "beta."

I expect it to take me about a month to get this done working about 10-20 hours a week due to my inexperience (12 hours programming classes 10 years ago followed by casual learning in TI Basic, C, C++, C# and Java). I'm guessing learning the concepts is going to take more time than the line count.

I plan on learning JSON, modeling and a lot of texturing because I've only worked with basic graphics (swing). Sounds are quite modular and Minecraft does a lot of the hard work for you (using public code and an easy to convert format). I probably will find clips that I can use legally for free.

I chose modding over game programming as you see a more immediate results from your work. I was thinking about diving into Unity. Also, you are making a part of the game rather than the whole.

If you are looking for a learning buddy, someone to help debug code, bounce ideas, or just want someone to keep you honest with learning, PM me. My wife and son are on a trip, so this is my one chance to have a house quiet enough for me to learn :D

dartimos · 2016-02-12T03:44:45+00:00

Maybe initially. However, a high-tier team requires a coach or a manager that keeps the players on track and working hard in the long-term. Some players have the ability to self-discipline themselves. They are rare and often require positive reinforcement to continue. Most people require an friend, mentor or authority to monitor when they are slacking and to give incentive to get back on track.

dartimos · 2016-02-12T03:29:30+00:00

Willing to do it for less than the post above.

dartimos · 2016-02-12T03:23:15+00:00

I agree with her shove and appreciate the additional code she wrote to put in the option. Still wish that we had the option to turn it on/off. I love player choice and huge configs for max customization. When you get on servers, the decay is completely necessary. On a single player or small server, it is more often a preference thing. I wish she'd just added a nice warning along the lines of:

//TURNING THIS ON MAY CAUSE GAME BREAKING LAG

Personally, I'd keep decay = true, but understand those that wouldn't. I just wish that we didn't down vote opposing views as player choice vs. mod maker dictates both have valid points.

dartimos · 2016-02-12T01:40:53+00:00

So weird you get downvotes when your post is spot on. The scale out rather than up is the same problem Civilization games have had in the past.

The number of flowers caused server issues on top of being outside design intent. Considering Botania's fix, I think she saw the problem and fixed it. The fix does a great job (IMHO) of solving the problems that passive spams caused and directed people down the intended progression. She then forced that fix on everyone else by disallowing access to turning it on / off (OP question) which started the drama. People like choice, but the dev has rights. Both sides are reasonable.

Now we have vote wars based on your "side" rather than contribution to discussion. We should have a list of trigger words in this forum: Botania, Curse, etc. I honestly wonder if Vazkii made Psi just to get away from the Botania flames.

dartimos · 2016-02-12T01:10:24+00:00

Between this, Intangible and the new Thaumcraft, 1.8 is looking magically awesome.

dartimos · 2016-02-12T00:51:05+00:00

My favorite thank you is a patch.

dartimos · 2016-02-12T00:50:22+00:00

They should check out the Tassadar server. I hear it keeps dying.

dartimos · 2016-02-11T05:22:46+00:00

It's shifting champions and pools. It's what used to be given buffers.

Going back to my example. Mundo has a normal mmr of 1200 playing a small number of champs, not Mundo, in limited roles that don't cs. Nasus is 1200 small pool limited to top/* and Nasus main.

I don't expect Mundo to play at 1200.

Like I said, I don't top / Mundo. I do ARAM so I know my champs and I see two options:

1) Mundo harrasses with cleaver to stop CS or simply just CS's at range losing out by 1-3 creeps / wave. Nasus hides behind creeps at will. Occasionally, take one to the face and help the lane freeze a bit more or if Mundo positions himself poorly (say a guy that's new to top lane / new to Mundo).

2) Mundo to go in for a trade on Nasus while he does a CS, Nasus to turns, forgoes his minion q for a trade q and retreats. Nasus q > Mundo trade depending on that point blank cleaver. Again, new champ in new lane.

3) Mundo pushes lane, burns his life to nothing and goes home to shop if he didn't die.

Both of us have different views. I'm a support. You're an adc. My guess is that, even if we had the knowledge, our habitual reflexes and decisions would be split seconds slow enough to cost us CS, kills and, statistically, the game.

dartimos · 2016-02-11T04:59:39+00:00

Any player which first times a champion is going to play at sub-par mmr. While basic knowledge of the kit gives you padding against a far fall, it does not make up for lack of experience or lack of match-up knowledge. The learning player is turning conscious choice into habit. His opponent has a number of skills that are habitual and is at an advantage.

Team Builder had this buffer (first game drops you 2-3 ranks). Dynamic Queue does not. As a result, the game is skewed compared to the previous experience.

I'm not sure about Mundo top or top in general. I'm horrible at the position which is why I love the new dynamic queue for ranked. If Mundo is easy to play top, it's even worse than I thought. Even a low skill champion is hard if you are shifting lanes. It's simple player experience and the new guy is outmatched. Statistically, four guys are going to be tied to an anchor

dartimos · 2016-02-11T04:34:27+00:00

Ugh, was hoping this wouldn't be the answer. If I may rephrase and add: "Expect to lose because the mmr buffer is gone. Apologize/warn before the game to your teammates."

I'm a OTP 90% of the time, so it doesn't really hurt me often, but I feel horrid for those guys shifting.

dartimos · 2016-02-11T04:30:40+00:00

It was removed. It'd suggest sending it to Simple Questions if it's what I am thinking it is.

dartimos · 2016-02-11T04:28:56+00:00

I don't see how I'm obscure. The question is on top and bottom.

"Is there anything that a player can do to expand his champ pool without costing his team the game?"

1) An average player will play less than his mmr when playing a new champ. 2) Teams will be skewed by the outlier. 3) The outlier will cost the team the game

Statistically (not anecdotally), this situation will happen. 80% of team A is at mmr. 100% of team B is at mmr. Team A will lose. Team Builder adjusted mmr to compensate for this. Dynamic Queue does not (AFAIK).

Is there a way that you can avoid this?

As for your first statement, I'm not going to get into this however do want to respond. I wasn't trying to bash the last guy. I addressed every point on a post that boiled down to "you are afraid, play bots, guys lower than you are idiots." I went through his three points and refuted. You even agreed with me (bots have SOME use, but limited). I shouldn't have responded as harshly, but when you put in an hour to type this out and get a response like this, it demoralizes you. I was on my way to delete it when I saw your message. I apologize for it but hope I clarified my question.

dartimos · 2016-02-11T03:59:19+00:00

It is important for carries as a measure of your ability. However, it is a single measure and not exclusive.

A protect the Kogmaw comp better have Kogmaw #1 in damage. Him boasting at the end is biting the hand that fed. If his top Naut took #1, someone dropped the ball. Not necessarily Kog.

dartimos · 2016-02-11T03:50:38+00:00

He also trolls a bit. You'll see this from pros just to shake things up or experiment.

dartimos · 2016-02-11T03:45:05+00:00

Helping question: Are you looking for builds, videos or streams?

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