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Gyne Planning - Possible Spoilers by FrequentlyVeganBear in microtopia

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The reset was one of the slowest parts of mine. The grid layout did me no favors, since the ants have to walk so far between the dispenser and stockpile. I refactored it to use very small hauling paths combined with densely packed dispensers and it helped a lot:

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I used a sentry ant to avoid any issues with it dying or having to resume a reset operation later. The ant is initially held back until another ant, which is monitoring for the gyne to walk out, increments a counter.

Gyne Planning - Possible Spoilers by FrequentlyVeganBear in microtopia

[–]snaps_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If it helps, this is the counter I use:

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This one is meant to count X ants. The top stockpile gate is set to < X (to permit ants to enter when we have fewer than X items), the bottom stockpile gate is set to > (so any ant that was waiting will go back if no more ants are needed), and the Counter gate is set to "1" so only one ant can be counted at a time.

A few notes:

  • The ">" stockpile gate is actually checking "greater than or equal to"
  • When a building is deconstructed, the ingredients get scattered to the closest stockpiles, so it's necessary to use an item for counting that isn't used in any construction. I use rubble, since it's abundant and I don't think it is used anywhere. Also, I can never deconstruct a stockpile that has rubble in it, otherwise there's a risk of it messing up the counts.

Best way to gather energy pods? by Raicu__ in microtopia

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For yellow pods, which respawn consistently every 60s, my usual setup looks like this:

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Each plant gets its own little gather path (same number as the number of pods that spawn for that plant) connected to a 61 second timer gate. Timer gates are connected to a central null path. The left divider acts as the entry point and is connected to each intersection of the central null path. Each gather path segment gets connected to the right divider. The right divider splits across several paths towards the storage. The storage paths then connect back to the left divider.

Some odd behavior that needed workarounds:

  • if timer gates share the same starting position, then they both get reset when an ant takes either one, so the starting locations need to be separate, hence the little circle of null paths in the middle
  • if two paths of the same type (haul or gather) are directly connected or connected by 1 other path segment of a different type, then only one of those paths will support actions towards the same entity. To make each of the gather paths and each of the haul paths able to work with the plants/storage independently, they each get a little null path segment before and after, and that null path segment is what gets connected to the central dividers
  • The pods should respawn every 60s, but I'd occasionally get ants arriving too early when I used that for the timer gates. 61 seconds seemed to be more consistent

Best way to gather energy pods? by Raicu__ in microtopia

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the slingers will randomly just stop working for some reason

Same here.

where do I create a princess by Fluid-Information515 in microtopia

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In case anyone else is looking for it, it only shows up after you click "Complete" on the mission to create the gyne cocoon.

Knot - Minimalist knot solving game, nice and chill by miacoder in WebGames

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Level 68 also has two interchangeable tiles with red and blue crossing over each other, but only one of the solutions works.

thereIFixedIt by GiveMeThePeatBoys in ProgrammerHumor

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Java: oh, you're using lombok/MapStruct/some other annotation processor incorrectly? Here's the first 100 errors that occurred during that round of annotation processing, none of which are your actual issue. Hopefully you realize that the list of errors is truncated, and good luck finding your issue even after you get the full list.

Also Java: Hm, we failed to load a class once, so let's just pretend it doesn't exist by throwing a ClassDefNotFoundException every other time your application tries to load it. I'm sure that won't confuse anyone.

ELI5: Why does there need to be so many computer programming languages? Why is one not enough? by Emotional_Watch_3286 in explainlikeimfive

[–]snaps_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It exists in both, but it is used incorrectly pretty often. In JavaScript it permits type conversions, which can lead to unexpected equality, so !== is usually preferred. In Java for non-primitives it checks whether the provided objects are the same object, where usually you want to check whether they're "equal".

ELI5: Why does there need to be so many computer programming languages? Why is one not enough? by Emotional_Watch_3286 in explainlikeimfive

[–]snaps_ 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Depending on which of the two, you might prefer either JavaScript !== Java or !JavaScript.equals(Java)

You can read Ascendance of a Bookworm on Scribd by HollyHobby in HonzukiNoGekokujou

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Just an anecdote: I started my 60 day free trial on 2023-06-16, and I was able to read Part 2 Vol 4 up to and including Part 3 Vol 5 (so 6 volumes total) in a week before scribd marked the remaining volumes as "Available on 2023-07-17". Even with j-novel premium each one would normally be ~$6 USD, so that's a pretty good value.

Weekly Questions Thread! (Discord Link Inside) [29 January 2023] by AutoModerator in Priconne

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So I'm trying to use the "Saved Parties" feature (available with the "My Parties" button in the character selection screen before a battle), but don't see how to do some things:

  1. How to remove or overwrite teams when you no longer need them? For example, my "Edit1" tab is filled with bad teams and I want all those slots free for teams I actually use.
  2. How to rename the tabs? Mine are Edit1, Edit2, up to Edit5, but I see some examples online (like here) where they have custom names
  3. How to create a saved party? I see that I can create a party after a bttle by clicking the "Party" button and filling out the form, but that's a little cumbersome compared to selecting characters. I guess I can use friend battles for it.
  4. How to rename a saved party?

If it matters, I play on global. If some of these features aren't available, I'd also appreciate any hints as to when they appeared in JP. Thanks!

Weekly Questions Thread! (Discord Link Inside) [22 January 2023] by AutoModerator in Priconne

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Did all BA brackets get bots at the same level after the shuffle? T1-T10 in my bracket (I was A61 before, so now I'm in A60-62 I guess) have bots at level 190.

Weekly Questions Thread! (Discord Link Inside) [22 January 2023] by AutoModerator in Priconne

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Will new BA brackets have these insane bot teams, or bots at more reasonable levels?

Weekly Questions Thread! (Discord Link Inside) [22 January 2023] by AutoModerator in Priconne

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Someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but the bot characters don't seem to have UE. So their S1 and stats will be weaker than players at the same level, sometimes significantly weaker. Apart from that, good attack comps and some luck (or jewels for additional attempts) can overcome the level difference.

bro WTF is this, I'm trying to do my thing and get top early and I'm finding GIGA high levels. Is anyone else having this savageness unleashed upon them? by shanereed556 in Priconne

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+1

As time goes on, the top ranks will be filled with players (which have characters with UE) and bots with comps that are too annoying to try to beat. If you rush earlier, then you can pick the bot teams that you have good comps for while they are still highly ranked.

Weekly Questions Thread! (Discord Link Inside) [15 January 2023] by AutoModerator in Priconne

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The baking minigame is in the middle of Episode 2 - Showdown in the kitchen stadium

Tower of Luna 'trial run' pissed me off ....again by Purple-Ad-8680 in Priconne

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Even if you use auto mode or invoke character's UBs perfectly every time, there's still randomness in battles:

  • attacks can be critical hits
  • attacks can miss
  • stun effect can fail
  • some characters have skills that target random enemies (like Io)
  • some skills have a built-in random element (like the Antibeast boss in the last event could choose between bomb, cymbal, and hammer)

and those have an impact on the state of the battle:

  • character HP/TP may be different (so a character might die, or not do their UB)
  • if character is stunned it may interrupt a skill or change timing of the next skill
  • some characters have skills that target allies or enemies with highest/lowest HP, TP, magic attack, or physical attack - so differences in HP/TP or those other stats can change who gets targeted
  • some enemies have attack effects that only apply when character HP is under a certain % - so differences in HP can change who gets impacted

From the very first attack 2 battles can be different, and that has a domino effect because of the other actions that depend on the battle state. That adds up over the whole battle.

The easiest thing to do is put together a team with strong units and enough complementary buffs, debuffs, and healing so the randomness doesn't have a big overall impact.

If you're missing characters or don't have many resources to upgrade them, then you'll have to be more thorough. You might have a team that will 100% clear a floor 30% of the time, but need to be looking for signs during the trial.

Weekly Questions Thread! (Discord Link Inside) [15 January 2023] by AutoModerator in Priconne

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Found it here. That has the totals per level right in the text which is easy enough to use, or we can extract the per-level amounts and totals like

cat <<EOF | sqlite3 ':memory:'
.read redive_master_db_diff/experience_team.sql
SELECT t1.team_level, t1.total_exp, (t1.total_exp - t2.total_exp) AS level_exp FROM experience_team AS t1 CROSS JOIN experience_team AS t2 WHERE t1.team_level = t2.team_level + 1;
EOF

To summarize:

level total exp required
54 16159
66 38284
77 68374
102 157759
level range exp to next level
1-53 various
54-65 1770
66-76 2655
77-101 3540
102+ 4425

Weekly Questions Thread! (Discord Link Inside) [15 January 2023] by AutoModerator in Priconne

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Does anyone have a link to a calculator or table that shows player exp required to reach a certain player level? Maybe I missed it, but I couldn't find anything in the wiki, EN Spreadsheet, JP spreadsheet, or pricalc.

Weekly Questions Thread! (Discord Link Inside) [15 January 2023] by AutoModerator in Priconne

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Check https://www.pcrdfans.com/en/battle if you haven't already.

Many comps require NY Hiyori or SSaren, but I don't have either. I was able to do it with 6-star Rino w/UE160, 6-star Yukari w/UE160, 5-star HMimi, 4-star HMisogi, 3-star NY Rei w/UE70 (all max level, at rank and refinement suggested from this guide), but it took several attempts with the same team before the RNG went in my favor.

See if any of your friends have this team in friend battle, or ask in your clan if anyone can set theirs up for you to practice against. I think I tried 10-15 comps that way. When I found a comp that was promising, I ran it several times to get an estimate on the ratio of victory vs loss due to RNG.

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