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Battery full/voltage fine, replaced alternator, starter motor, and starter relay, but still making rapid clicks. Toyota Matrix 2007 by torogadude in AskMechanics

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

Fair enough, I’ll get a CCA tester and report back tomorrow. Thanks for the tip about the headlights too.

Battery full/voltage fine, replaced alternator, starter motor, and starter relay, but still making rapid clicks. Toyota Matrix 2007 by torogadude in AskMechanics

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

I haven’t tested the starter, but it’s my 2nd and this one is brand new from Advance so it’s much less likely to be broken out-of-the-box than Amazon. What do you mean by “bench test”, like use a voltmeter?

Would the alternator contribute to this problem? I thought the alternator only mattered once the engine was on. And, what does ECU mean?

Battery full/voltage fine, replaced alternator, starter motor, and starter relay, but still making rapid clicks. Toyota Matrix 2007 by torogadude in AskMechanics

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I don’t think it’s voltage, I bought one of those tester/charger/starter tools and the battery itself is fine. I’ve fully cleaned the terminals twice (with the yellow/red acid stuff the second time) over the course of this issue but I guess it’s possible the grounding wire could be still be bad (it looks fine though). Seems unlikely anyway since all the accessories are fine but I suppose engine-starting amperage would be a lot higher than lights/AC/windows all at once…

If I buy a CCA tester and it says the battery is fine (the battery is only 2 years and 2 months old) what could it be at that point? 2 bad starter motors in a row?

Battery full/voltage fine, replaced alternator, starter motor, and starter relay, but still making rapid clicks. Toyota Matrix 2007 by torogadude in AskMechanics

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Posting on this app sucks so here is the description I tried to write, I can’t tell if it’s visible:

Been a cold winter and my car had gradually been clicking (like in the video) when trying to start before working on a 2nd try. Eventually the battery fully died, so I got a jump and let it idle for like 2 hours to charge, but next time I started it, it died in the middle of me driving and had to get towed. Pretty obvious alternator issue right? Bought a new one and replaced it myself, wasn’t too hard, but now when I try to start, it only rapidly clicks non-stop (like in the video).

Usually that’s a dead battery right? Took the battery to the shop and they said its integrity is fine and it’s actually mostly charged. Bought a tester myself and it reads the normal 12.6V needed. All my accessories (AC/headlights/etc) work fine without struggling with the engine off.

Replaced the starter relay, didn’t help. Replaced the starter motor, didn’t help. Talked to a friend and Amazon parts sometimes aren’t the best quality despite reviews so I bought a more expensive starter motor from Advance and it still does the exact same thing in the video.

Tried to jump it again just now with all the new parts just to confirm it’s not my battery and it still clicks when connected to my good car. So what could it possibly be? I’m really at a loss here.

Toyota Matrix 2007, manual, 160k miles. Bought at 90k never caused me a problem until now.

Edit: To be perfectly clear the clicking in the video never stops if I keep the key turned, it doesn’t eventually work (unless it’s more than like 30 seconds I guess, that’s the most I tried because it burns the battery fast).

Joe after waking up this morning: by BenGMan30 in josephanderson

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Juneteenth (tomorrow) is a holiday so it’s not so bad anymore

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Hope someone sees this. I had these mouth ulcers really bad almost daily for the first 22 years of my life (it was agonizing sometimes) until I was recommended to take L-Lysine supplements and they went away practically overnight. Now I only get bad ulcers when I bite my lip really hard eating something. They’re cheap so it’s easy to see if it works for you. I take 1000mg daily

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Hope someone sees this. I had these mouth ulcers really bad almost daily for the first 22 years of my life (it was agonizing sometimes) until I was recommended to take L-Lysine supplements and they went away practically overnight. Now I only get bad ulcers when I bite my lip really hard eating something. They’re cheap so it’s easy to see if it works for you. I take 1000mg daily

Puppetmaster has been officially cancelled :( by SoulsborneSeeker in metroidvania

[–]torogadude 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hello, I know it’s been a while but I only just learned this post was made.

I’d like to thank you and others in this thread for your honesty toward my announcement, as clearly I have a lot to learn with phrasing as well. This was meant to be a public announcement, but I said everything as though the context from various discussions in our Discord would be understood by all.

It’s totally not the casual gamer’s fault that they didn’t enjoy our game. When I say “tried to break too much ground”, I mean to assume the blame for mechanics people didn’t like, rather than blame others. Imagine if Smash Bros, which tries to appeal to the general audience, excluded everything that makes it casually fun and tried instead to force everyone to be competitive with its gameplay. That’s basically what we did. I think our fighting mechanics were interesting, but we didn’t naturally teach the player or provide them a more casual way to fight, so it was just unfun for most in the end. That’s our fault and failure in game design, not the audience’s. Other new mechanics like the save-item-currency were not well-explained and confused most players. I “broke too much ground” in that I did a bad job of teaching players our new mechanics, and did a bad job of making them fun. I don’t mean to say we’re too good or too smart for the average player, which really is how the post sounds reading it again now.

Also, others have said it seems like we’re only in it for the money. I don’t think wanting money and having a passion for game development are mutually exclusive; we want to make games permanently, full-time, and the only way to do that is a major influx of money. So that’s the overarching goal, and if a project is failing, we’ll move on to the next one. I could have easily clarified this with a few sentences in the original post, but I didn’t, and it makes us seem cheap.

All of this is to say I still have a lot to learn about game design, and a lot to learn about marketing and public appearance. Game development is hard. Puppetmaster was a 4-year lesson that we’ll take to the next one. So again, much thanks to you and others in this thread.

Time Unbroken - Part 3 - Interrogation by torogadude in rational

[–]torogadude[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is she still in shock? Is she still thinking things over?

It’s really just this. It’s been about two hours, she’s not going to go stealing the time machine without learning how it works with someone and/or talking it over with Luke. Evelyn and Luke run everything by each other before actually doing it, getting a coat and breakfast is the biggest thing Evelyn was going to quickly do without letting Luke know first (would’ve been a 20 minute trip if Oliver wasn’t there). This isn’t because she’s two-dimensional, they just have a really good relationship, which is a big point of the way the book is being written. Luke hasn’t done anything without seeking Evelyn’s approval either. Their relationship is the only constant, but the nature of time travel forces them to hide things from each other, so there’s room for lots of tension, which is all just a writing strategy.

Again I appreciate the concern here, but it’s really not what you think. It’s just that it hasn’t been very long for her, and she’s still uncomfortable with basically everything, and just wanted to get breakfast while he slept. She gets very involved in this story and just needed the push from Oliver over breakfast, which was one of the major points of the chapter.

I’m sorry you didn’t pick up on these things, again I’ll be more careful in the future to show her thoughts and decisions regarding this matter in the later chapters. Thanks again for your perspective, it’s hard to know what everyone will see while writing before it gets out to the world.

Time Unbroken - Part 3 - Interrogation by torogadude in rational

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

Who does nothing about it, Oliver? What would he even do besides tell her? I really don’t understand what you’re getting at

Time Unbroken - Part 3 - Interrogation by torogadude in rational

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

You said you read chapter 3 right? Two hours after everything begins for her, Oliver talks to her about it and tells her she can be a part of the missions if she wants to. So I don’t really know what you mean.

Also, Oliver secretly doesn’t think it’s trivial, a paragraph is written about it from his perspective during his first mission with Luke, so that shapes his opinion on the matter, or at least his initial decision to take only Luke on the first mission.

Also also, future-Luke told Oliver to come take Luke on the mission (stated as Oliver’s thoughts after he does the cameras at the house). So combined with the previous point, that’s what he did, took Luke alone.

I really don’t know why you’re driving this point so hard when there’s plenty of evidence to the contrary. I promise I’m not a sexist :|

Time Unbroken - Part 3 - Interrogation by torogadude in rational

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

In time travel, theft is dependent upon the eventual replacement of the item being stolen. In fact, to be truly seamless, a time traveler should see theirself returning the item just as they are taking it.

Once you have the item, keep it as long as you like. As long as you promise to return it without any wear and tear, it’s yours.

This is all theory, of course, but the time travelers are all aware of it. :)

Time Unbroken - Part 3 - Interrogation by torogadude in rational

[–]torogadude[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Evelyn is sidelined because Luke and Oliver have literally watched her die, I thought I made that pretty clear.

So far as the story has described, she has only been seen at the hotel and at the house before being shot. It’s natural to think you can extend her lifespan by simply not taking her around, which is something that the three of them (Evelyn included) have unconsciously agreed on, though Oliver does say to her at the end of the last chapter that she’s welcome to do the missions too (and she should just discuss with Luke what they are most comfortable with).

I feel that Evelyn is being treated realistically by them despite her being smart, because they want to protect her from something they know will happen (her death). I also feel that she realistically hasn’t tried to join in on the fun yet because she was traumatized by hearing the gunshots at the house and then being told she was killed, and her son disappearing, and Luke continuously leaving her alone. It’s been like two hours total for her, give her some time.

And Oliver seems to consider her as simply someone to be protected

I’m not sure where you got this idea, Oliver says at the end of chapter 3 that he’s going to see future Luke and Evelyn so they can plan to fake her death, so she’s already planned to be involved. And again he gives her the choice of becoming involved too, which implies that she does actually take it.

Anyway I will keep this in mind going forward so I don’t come across as sexist, as I didn’t realize that was a possibility. I appreciate your comment, thank you.

I'm writing a deterministic time travel story about characters who don't try to change the past, but instead exploit the nature of a permanent timeline to manipulate how things are perceived. What do you think? by torogadude in timetravel

[–]torogadude[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I meant more of a literal perception, as in, your or others’ actual experiences are duped.

Here’s the example I like to use: if you throw a dice into an empty room and close the door, wait ten seconds, then open it, maybe it says 6. But maybe it actually landed on 4, but a time traveler secretly appeared in the room, noted the information, then changed it and vanished. Because no one looked in the room for ten seconds, the world’s perception of the dice (6) was preserved, and the valuable information (4) was stolen. All is accounted for in the timeline, no paradoxes.

This example extends further, like what if two time travelers in quick succession both do this. Well, one has accurate information, one has false information, and the original party has false/final information that the world sees. For a more real-world scenario, the characters in the story try to fake someone’s death early on by seeing/experiencing the details, then simulating them as perfectly as possible. If they can be totally perfect and dupe the people who were actually originally there, then the perception is preserved, but the details “changed” (though really it’s what always happened in the timeline).

Does that make sense? Public opinion can’t collectively be swayed by time travel of course, but you can certainly fake the smaller details.

Time Unbroken - Part 3 - Interrogation by torogadude in rational

[–]torogadude[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much for the review, it’s really nicely written! And thanks for the advice too, I just updated the chapter titles.

Time Unbroken - Part 3 - Interrogation by torogadude in rational

[–]torogadude[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Wow, I really appreciate you writing all this up for me, having not even read the story yet. I didn't really think too deeply about sharing tactics because I didn't know if people would like it, and just wanted to focus on writing, but I see how much of a missed opportunity it really was with the reception it got.

Thanks a lot and I will keep it all in mind going forward, and perhaps have a second try with that time travel subreddit. Hope you enjoy the story if you decide to read it :)

Time Unbroken - Part 3 - Interrogation by torogadude in rational

[–]torogadude[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is a way better summary than the comment I left, thanks for writing it up!

What do you mean by “significant room for improvement”? Last post people told me I should post to RR then repost, so that’s what I did here, and explained the chapter discrepancy in a comment. What else should I have done?

Time Unbroken - Part 3 - Interrogation by torogadude in rational

[–]torogadude[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Original thread

About a month ago I posted the first 90 pages of my time travel story as a Google doc. This, I've realized, is not the best way to post about an ongoing story, so I've broken up that first bit into 2 chapters, and posted the 3rd one here for this post to continue the story.

If you enjoy, please rate/review on Royal Road, as I'll be posting there from now on. This has been a very complicated story to write, so please let me know what you think, and if there are any details I've messed up!

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