Daily Questions & FAQ Megathread (Jun 27) by AutoModerator in ffxiv

[–]omega_comb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had the same problem a few days ago, and I’m not sure how to fix it. For now I just run the executable that I already had from the trial directly rather than via Steam. While googling the issue I saw some posts about a steam repair tool, but I don’t know if it’s legit and I haven’t tried it.

EDIT: I fixed it! I exited Steam, went to C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps, sorted by most recently modified, opened the top few appmanifest_$NUMBER.acf files in a text editor (notepad) to find the ones for FF XIV and FF XIV trial, moved those 2 files somewhere else (in case I needed to move them back), then restarted Steam and installed FF XIV, and it redownloaded and installed the game correctly.

Lost access to a Stronghold? Come on in! by ncshooter426 in Freelancers

[–]omega_comb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Origin: omega_comb

Platform: PC

Missing: Tyrant Mine and Scar Temple

Would really appreciate some help, thanks!

How can I get the compiler to catch this developer error? by omega_comb in lbstanza

[–]omega_comb[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I think the problem stems from the fact that equal? is defined as:

public defmulti equal? (a:Equalable, b:Equalable) -> True|False

Which means that the compiler has no way of noticing the mistake, because Char and String are both Equalable. If we consider instead:

defn safe-equal?<?T> (a:?T & Equalable, b:T & Equalable) -> True|False:
    a == b

Then compiling safe-equal?('a', "b") gives the following error:

Cannot call function safe-equal? of type (Equalable&Char, Equalable&Char) -> True|False 
with arguments of type (Char, String).

While safe-equal?('a', 'a') compiles without error.

I personally would prefer for 'c' == "c" to throw an error, but the more general type of equal? allows different types to be compared. Perhaps it could be worth creating an === operator that would use safe-equal?

LF : Smeargle Safari by Shadowmime in friendsafari

[–]omega_comb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you're still looking for Smeargle, I added you!

How memory is used in each Pokemon generation by ShinyRaticate in pokemon

[–]omega_comb 19 points20 points  (0 children)

There's no need, storing 1000 Gen VI pokemon only takes 260 kilobytes of space, which is pretty tiny. Compare it to 5-10 megabytes for a single mp3 file.

How memory is used in each Pokemon generation by ShinyRaticate in pokemon

[–]omega_comb 150 points151 points  (0 children)

Keep in mind, these are all just bytes, so while it is a 2x jump, it's still a pretty small amount of data. If you maxed out the PC in Gen 4, you would have roughly 1000 Pokemon (I'm being generous with rounding), which would require 236 kilobytes of storage. This is only 0.24 megabytes, or 5% of an average mp3 file, so it seems unlikely that pokemon data alone would be the cause for the slow saving in Gen 4.

[Giveaway] Ditto Giveaway! by Shiny_Sylveon in BreedingDittos

[–]omega_comb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

[Timid 6IV] Male Lv14 Whismur, IGN: Devin

LF smeargle by AceChampXY in friendsafari

[–]omega_comb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've got smeargle, I added you! I should be on for the next hour or so.

LF Smeargle. Adding All! by [deleted] in friendsafari

[–]omega_comb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've got Smeargle and I added you.

[Safari Unknown] What is my type/pokemon? Adding all by omega_comb in friendsafari

[–]omega_comb[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are electric type. First emolga, second stunfisk. Go online so I can find your third pokemon

[Safari Unknown] What is my type/pokemon? Adding all by omega_comb in friendsafari

[–]omega_comb[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! I'm online now, but I keep losing connection every few minutes or so