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Quote from: Flying Dice on April 22, 2012, 05:57:43 pm

Quote from: JoshuaFH on April 22, 2012, 05:53:43 pm

I have a question for anyone that might have an answer: Is it possible to select a large number of images and save them all at once? I tried something to that effect but to no avail. I finally got some motivation to begin planning out a forum game, and I don't want what little motivation I have to get whittled away from monotonous image collecting.

What sort of context are we talking about? If it is something where you're taking screenshots, you'll need to paste them into an image editor and save them individually, of course, but...

I'm getting alot of old Fire Emblem character sprites, but the only sites that have them are old ones that have them listed individually, and there's like a hundred to a game. I intend on altering the faces and such to create unique characters since I have little artistic skill myself, but something that simple is within my ability.

Here's an idea. If you're using Firefox, try right-clicking on one of the images and select Image Info. You'll see a list of all images, links, etc, on the current page in a pop-up window. Shift-click to select them all, and click the Save As... button. It might work, haven't tried it myself.

Quote from: Sirus on April 22, 2012, 04:27:19 pm

Quote from: greatorder on April 22, 2012, 04:19:22 pm

People Who Type Like This.

It Annoys The Hell Out Of Me And Makes It Very Hard To Read.

It Could Just Be The Very Long Title Of A Book. Have You Ever Thought Of That?

No, But I Don't Think That A 3 Paragraph Long Post Would Be The Title Of A Book (Yes, I Have Seen Someone Type That Much Like This. I Fail To See Why They Do, All It Does Is Take More Time Than typing like this)

In all seriousness, I think some forums automatically turn ALL-CAPS POSTS OF RAGE into the stuff that bugs you. It's not them typing it out themselves (sometimes).

People Who Type Like This.

It Annoys The Hell Out Of Me And Makes It Very Hard To Read.

It Could Just Be The Very Long Title Of A Book. Have You Ever Thought Of That?

Is it possible to install two separate copies of Minecraft? Some mods look interesting, but I want to keep some of my worlds vanilla to avoid screw ups.

My guess, it's the graphics card. It's really inconsistent in what does and doesn't work on it, but this laptop's specs are comparable to a desktop with an NVIDIA card that I played AZS on before.

So I'm going through my Steam list, looking for something small that can download quickly, can be played offline, is fun enough to give me a few hours enjoyment, and doesn't seem to have very high requirements.

I see Atom Zombie Smasher. I think "Hey, that's small, is fun, and has very little in the way of graphics! Perfect!"

Download is a breeze. I fire it up...
Game is completely unplayable. Something like 1 frame every two seconds or so. I laboriously make my way to the options menu and crank everything down to the lowest settings. Still unplayable.

Force quit. Uninstall. WTF.

Quote from: Sirus on April 22, 2012, 01:08:24 pm

Quote from: dreadmullet on April 22, 2012, 12:59:45 pm

Quote from: Impending Doom on April 22, 2012, 12:55:29 pm

it's supposed to be 'hard' sci-fi. If there are lasers at all I will be sorely disappointed.

What?! No lasers at all? That's absurd. What have you against lasers?

We've already got the technology to shoot down missiles and stuff with lasers. If we're billions of years ahead in an alternate timeline in which we never stopped improving spaceflight, why wouldn't we have weaponized lasers?

You're not billions of years ahead. You're a handful of colonists who woke from cryogenic sleep billions of years after the rest of mankind has died off, with only the technological know-how they had when they went to sleep. In 1988. Even if they had never stopped improving spaceflight, they'd be at best a decade or so ahead of where we are right now.

Also, a beam of light that melts your enemy isn't nearly as cool as crashing a giant tungsten dart into him at a thousand kilometers a second. 

Ok, but from what I've heard it's an alternate timeline in which the space (and by extension, technology) race never slowed down, but sped up to the point where we actually had cryostasis capsules in 1988. Something which we don't have today. If we have that kind of tech, there's no reason to believe that we wouldn't have other kinds as well. We'll probably also have some form of FTL, unless you want a six-month real-time trip to Mars. Again, no reason to accept some technology and not others which we are actually capable of in real life.

There's also the fact that the machines have still been working after these billions of years (evidenced by the fact that humankind woke up at all), and it's not beyond the realm of possibility that they've been improving tech on their own.

And finally, giant darts may be cool, but they are speed and ammo-limited. Lasers would be far more accurate at range and wouldn't require the purchase and storage of ammunition.