DoctorDitko

IIRC, they can be. I seem to remember some very funny Halloween parties with possibly some chemicals involved.

I have 11 dogs, so I'm biased. I like the big fluffy dog but I have noticed my real ones getting agitated when they hear Fluffy's howl. Fewer HPM* would be welcome. *Howls per minute

War Mage, may I say, you rock! I should have known to do more a more thorough test. Good on you!

Thanks, but that's what I tried. It errors out. The file opens ok in Notepad++ and looks ok to the eye. I was hoping I could remove fields or comments or other reformatting and make it importable. Thanks, though!

It was pointed out that we use a lot of abbreviations, initialisms, and acronyms in this game. This can be confusing to new players. Please help me assemble a list, which I intend to turn into a guide for the unlettered. e.g.: SL, S/L: Smashing/Lethal damage or resistance depending on context. Or if one exists, curse my Duck-Duck-Go-fu and kindly point me there... Thanks!

Hi, great work, much appreciated! Now, Is there any way to import build generated from the /buildsave command into this version of Mid's? I seem to recall it worked a long time ago. Even if some manual editing of the file is needed, I'd really like to do that.

OK, here's the deal: (Tested on Winders 10. Unfortunately.) 0. Edit the .bas file as suggested above. (Search and replace, etc.) NB: Life will be easier if you don't rename it. Make a backup copy if you're worried, but edit the original, it's easier! 1. Download Liberty BASIC at https://www.libertybasic.com/lb451setup.exe 2. Install it. 3. Run it. 4. From the File menu, Open the .bas file from wherever you put it. (What am I, your Mom? Clean up this directory, it's a mess!) 5. Select from the Run menu, "Create .TKN file." NB: Normally, you would need to copy a skeleton BASIC executable here and rename it the same as your .tkn file, but Gnarly has done this for us. (Unless you renamed things, then you are on your own! I warned ya!) 6. Run the .exe file, generate your binds. 7. Profit! (Sorry for the previous incomplete instructions, I didn't realize Winders no longer had a BASIC interpreter.) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Edit: What the heck, I'll upload the two changed files, If you trust me (in which case I wonder, why?) and don't want to mess with installing Liberty BASIC, you can just overwrite the ones you have. Make a backup first, of course! This worked for me, but may screw up your binds, drink your last beer, or borrow your car without asking. YHBW! But if you make your own changes to the source, you'll need Liberty BASIC to generate the .tkn (tokenized?) file. SpeedOnDemand30.bas SpeedOnDemand30.tkn

Feh! Yeah, it looks like Winders 10 needs an interpreter, won't run .bas files by default. <rant>Weird. Winders will normally run anything it sees, with too many privileges...</rant> Need to create a .tkn file, then compile .bas into .exe. Let me look into it. Sorry for the misinfo.

Very detailed, thanks! Also, +1 for the TMBG reference! (Although I hear it's really more a miasma of incandescent plasma...)

Was it called "Window of Opportunity?" It was the SG1 "Groundhog Day" episode. Just about the funniest thing I ever saw on TV! And the comedy was entirely character-driven, as the best usually is.

Makes sense. I remember that bit from JLA:WAR and the "New 52." (About the only thing I liked about the New 52.) I'd think that most folks would think he was a vampire. He avoids daylight, appears and vanishes mysteriously, is very strong at (at least sometimes) seems to shrug off bullets. My favorite DCAU quote about him is from World's Finest (aka The Batman-Superman Movie): Luthor: What makes you think you can kill Superman when you can't even handle a mere mortal in a Halloween costume? Joker: There's nothing MERE about that mortal! Of course Luthor can be expected to know more than your average Joe.

Do you think the average person is aware that Batman doesn't have super-powers? How about the average villain? It just seems to me with his theater and fearsome rep, and the number of really powerful people on his earth, it doesn't seem like folks would assume he's just a man in a costume. Opinions?

A friend and I made a pair of toons intended to duo together, with a Dark theme. (I'm a DD Corrupter, he's a DD Dominator, if it matters.) We have run all missions together, no side mishes, levels close to equivalent. In Striga, Stephanie Peebles -- after the first few errands -- gives us missions in differing order: I'll get a hunt BP, he'll get a door mish, then vice versa. If that's working as intended, fine, otherwise kinda strange. We wind up having to run several mishes twice, rather than them completing in sync. (I'm set to prompt for shared mishes, and so is he.)

You crazed mooks have contaminated me with your forlorn, hammy puns! Now I have been possessed, my only escape is to summon a new doppelganger, a rogue Tsorceress (with purple eyes) named: Merry Tsoo! (Meet me on torchbearer if you value your independence!)

Yeah, thanks, Sonny Bono! The Supreme Court at the time essentially said "Infinity -1 year isn't the same as Infinity." It is very sad that the most famous detective in the Western world has been adapted in so many creative ways, but the second-most famous will never be part of the public domain.

Well, going by the topic title, I was expecting "Allow us to hire a gull to hang around our bases!" Why not? I've got a tailor, trainer, insp salesperson. Why not a world-warping seagull?

Please add my vote for combining TP Foe & Recall Friend! Also, Mystic Flight is currently the top teleport power in the game, and that's sad! TP hover should persist until another TP or movement happens. No one should fall out of the sky and get ganked because of their Travel power! TP+lag=debt! If updating the screen is a problem, I have no issue with reducing world detail while TPing; let there be a 4th-dimesional fog that slowly clears once you have arrived.

Agreed! I have a teleporter grav controller, too. All the TP powers. All the TP temp powers. All the TP, all the time. (TP toons, let us disperse!) My favorite is Wormhole, although I do wish it also got a bit more range. When I wormhole a group up to the top of the sky, some of them arrive back in the fight with enough health to matter. (Also, Team TP really can freak people out. They've never seen it before!)

Well, if it was actually useful, then the Crey troops would be equipped with them! (PS: I saw what you did there!)

I was very sad on Live to discover that my "Teleporter" concept character's lovely Propel power didn't show consistent projectiles. To me, I would hit a bad guy with a junked car, and quip "Eat Buick, buddy!" To my confused teammates, the object appeared to be a barrel, a gargoyle, or other random items. No two the same (except rarely, by chance). Is there some deep, game-changing reason this happens? Seems like our characters are exchanging info about buffs, SFX colors, costume changes... But sending an object ID is out of the question? At the least, couldn't we use a one-time pad approach, where on login a list of objects is generated which can be shared to my teammates? If you guys fix this, I promise to double your salaries! In any event, thanks for listening, and many thanks for my second life back!

Ah, guess that makes sense. Something similar shows up as a red ring around my Targeting Drone on my Rad/Dev blaster. Thanks!

Moonbeam, on a Dark/Dark Corrupter. Not used to seeing it on my Rad Blaster.

Precisely! Though, being able to prevent the trays from being dragged out of position would also be a blessing.

Every time I fight those Lost Bosses with the broken TVs on their heads, I can't resist: "Hey, buddy, does that get anything but the Ugly Channel?" ... And I'll keep doing it until someone laughs!

What about the red-and-yellow ring? What does that signify?