Goonhub
06-16-2014, 09:36 AM
It probably doesn't help that you can send packets from DWAINE, either (and yet wireless computers can't connect to the mainframe, apparently...)
I've spent several rounds in Tech Storage poking at DWAINE, and even held a little tutorial session with a few folks last night to help teach them some of the more interesting usages, as well as spilling some beans on basic packet sniffing and such.
That doesn't change the fact that unless you're told, the chances of you finding out interesting frequencies (and how to interact with devices on them) is really, really slim. With Chemistry, it's at least sort of based on real chemicals, and you can start doing interesting stuff right from the start -- synthflesh is an amazingly useful healing chem and it's utterly trivial to make, and it's one of the most basic things you can do. DWAINE... well, not really anything of value you can do with it right away, until you really learn more advanced shit.
With packets and DWAINE, if you're off by even a little bit, ... well, you get nothing. There's no feedback other than "Error" (or often nothing at all), so it's impossible to even tell if you're on the right track.
Quote:guard_script has an example of pipingIt apparently was removed in the rewrite, since it's just a basic "run prman with arguments" script now.
Spy_Guy Wrote:For every person spending their rounds in tech storage poking at DWAINE there are at least five sitting at the forums complaining about how difficult it is.
I've spent several rounds in Tech Storage poking at DWAINE, and even held a little tutorial session with a few folks last night to help teach them some of the more interesting usages, as well as spilling some beans on basic packet sniffing and such.
That doesn't change the fact that unless you're told, the chances of you finding out interesting frequencies (and how to interact with devices on them) is really, really slim. With Chemistry, it's at least sort of based on real chemicals, and you can start doing interesting stuff right from the start -- synthflesh is an amazingly useful healing chem and it's utterly trivial to make, and it's one of the most basic things you can do. DWAINE... well, not really anything of value you can do with it right away, until you really learn more advanced shit.
With packets and DWAINE, if you're off by even a little bit, ... well, you get nothing. There's no feedback other than "Error" (or often nothing at all), so it's impossible to even tell if you're on the right track.