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DWMagus wrote:I honestly think Minecraft did one of the better variants of an inventory.
When assisted with mods like convenient inventory, I agree.
Not only the inventory itself, but also how to sort it is important I think.
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#63
For Thursday, March 21, 2013 dev log -

To achieve an effective natural-language AI system, it usually takes teams of academics years! Assuming we value your man hours for other things too :D perhaps the best compromise is to componentise each message, where the components are based on the requirements and current state, and having a library of alternative forms for each component.
"[Predicate: Safe <Ship @ 0x10F800>]" (internally, this is the kind of thing that the AI is thinking about) and make it into a description? Well, converting it into "Escort the given ship" is easy...but what about "We need you to escort our convoy to the waypoint. We've been monitoring pirate activity in the system for some time now, and don't like the odds of a lone freighter, so we're bringing on a few wingmen in case things get hot. Keep your eye on the nearby asteroid belt, as our intelligence would seem to indicate that a hidden smuggling base therein is generating a strong pirate presence in the area."
"We need you to escort our [insert asset] to [insert location]" could be one of a number of statements, effectively saying the same thing. Also "We have [asset] that needs escorted to [location],", "We want you to escort [asset] all the way to [location]", etc. All just variations on the same theme.

Similarly "We've been monitoring [insert threat] in [insert location] for some time now" as well as "and don't like the odds of [insert package to be guarded] " and "so we're bringing on [insert escort description] in case things get hot", etc. Parameterised sentence components. If there are enough subdivided components then the variability will allow the sentences to seem fairly natural. It shows, though, that the circumstances and status would have to be available the AI so as to add the parameters convincingly. I'm not sure if the hex code has any relation to that, or if it would have to be data mined.

This also highlights the potential difficulties of adding actor voices, as sentences would be comprised of separate components and it would be hard to dovetail the tonality effectively. Not impossible, though.... ;)
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#64
Definitely going to need it to upload a 1080p update video...
Why not send a disk to someone you trust who has a large upstream bandwidth? In your case mailing it might get it uploaded quicker than if you have to do it yourself somewhere. :D
I don't know how or if it would help, but you can make use of my server (100mbit) if it would be useful somehow for any reason.
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Gazz wrote:
JoshParnell wrote:I hope by now everyone is convinced that math is the magical solution to everything :D
Not until your math can do dishes.
My girlfriend can do dishes..
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from here:
JoshParnell wrote:Just a day or two more, I think, until the Prototype is ready! ...unofficially, I expect it to be released within the week :D
WOOHOOO!! (I fist-punch thus as a non-recipient of the imminent Prototype, primed to vicariously enjoy it through y'all; whether or not there will be a gag order, I'm excited)
"omg such tech many efficiency WOW" ~ Josh Parnell
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jawdan wrote:
Gazz wrote:
JoshParnell wrote:I hope by now everyone is convinced that math is the magical solution to everything :D
Not until your math can do dishes.
My girlfriend can do dishes..
And math can get you girlfriends!



... Right? :? :cry:
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Just_Ice_au wrote: And math can get you girlfriends!
... Right? :? :cry:
It can, you just need to offer them free tutoring and spend countless of hours hanging over the same book helping them pass their mandatory math courses. :roll:

If they are bad enough at math they will be forced to either fail the course or spend so much time together at least your friends will think your together. Taking the next step is way easier once you shared pi. =P

Three of the four girls I know best (including my current GF) is in part thanks to teaching them math.
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I'm just curious Josh, you mentioned in yesterdays log that your lap top ran LT for 20 minuets with no noticeable degradation after the memory tweeks. What are the basic specs of your lap top? I have an older dual core lap top and a newer six core desk top. I'm hoping LT wil run on my six year old lap top. I take it with me when we go out of town and I'd like to be able to play when I'm not home.
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Gunther Haldan wrote:I'm just curious Josh, you mentioned in yesterdays log that your lap top ran LT for 20 minuets with no noticeable degradation after the memory tweeks. What are the basic specs of your lap top? I have an older dual core lap top and a newer six core desk top. I'm hoping LT wil run on my six year old lap top. I take it with me when we go out of town and I'd like to be able to play when I'm not home.
Hmm a 6-year old laptop would probably be pushing it :/ You may be able to get by on low quality, but it's very hard for me to guess. My laptop is fairly good - core i7, 8 gigs ram (although you don't need more than 2 for LT), GT 640M . Not a beastly gaming machine for sure, but not underpowered either. The game used to run quite well on my 3-year-old laptop, which was significantly less powerful, but it kicked the bucket a few months ago so I haven't been able to test it recently.

Guess we'll just have to wait and see?
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