Diabloshadow

Glad to see ya Malk. Welcome aboard. Hope i see ya around and we can have some fun heh.

.....run....run for your lives.

I will accept your apology, as I will also thank you for it. Personally I do not think of it as overreacting, but as taking counter-measures against things. Depending of course. Thank you for your response. If there is anything I can add or fix, please let me know.

I am putting /'s for the reason of your own decision. i personally bolt upload and ask permission to bolt armoury and atmos. Calm yourself please. I have posted what you should bolt. All of those should be bolted, provided good reason of course. Kindly do not post if you have nothing to contribute apart from talking down to someone.

I have heard it was wonderful. I personally have not played it, but the gameplay and from what i have seen of a good friend of mine playing it, it looks wonderful.

Funny that, i just bought the trilogy. i have beat all of them, but i just bought all three two days ago. replaying them now. could use a little help in multiplayer though. lol

you can always try lol

Not a fan of GTA.

Welcome for the second time then, eh? Also i for one can say your sig does not impress me. though anyway welcome back and have some fun.

Welcome to the server Icy. Hope you enjoy your stay. Try not to get into any fires now, no need to melt on us. (i know...bad joke)

Perhaps we should play some Dark Souls together sometime Icy

Yea i knew i was missing out on Malf AI section. I would have went into more detail, but i have only played Malf AI about twice. Though if anyone has any tips or tricks for Malf, by all means send them my way.

Lol people, make your own introduction topic. You are all unique, so make your own unique topic. Anyway, welcome aboard all!

Good Day everyone who is reading this! Many people have suggested I make an AI guide, so here I am. AI was my first job on SS13, and will always be my most liked. For my first month of playing, I was only AI. Not once was I human. Of course everything in this guide, most already know. Little simple tips and tricks of course, vary from player to player. My guide is of course not the best, and I am quite sure others are better at some things then I am, but I am still going to impart my wisdom upon you. You listening to it, is another story. I will try to make this simple, and easy to understand, keyword being try. Well, that is enough foreword, on to the guide. _________________________________________________________________________ What does AI do and why should I play one? What does AI not do? AI can play most roles on the station if done right. AI can not only be a doorknob, but can also be Security, Atmos Tech, and even Medbay in some ways. AI is also very hard to play because of this, not only will you be constantly bugged by "AI OPEN THIS DOOR!" or "AI STATE YOUR LAWS!" every 5 minutes, you will be blamed for almost everything that goes on in the station. Do not fret dear reader, because they all just know that you can just as easily blow the place up in mere seconds as you can open that door for them. Is AI right for me? AI are supposed to be emotionless and just like robots. Just follow all orders given and that is it, end of story. Whoever tells you this has no idea, and it is FALSE. AI do have to follow orders, but not to the extent people say, i will come back to that later. If you like having a Captain like role, without being the Captain, AI is a nice alternative. Again, theres more to it then that, but im keeping it simple...well trying to. RPing as an AI To RP as a good AI, you need a viewpoint. think of GLaDoS from portal. she is an AI, but she has a viewpoint, she sees humans as playthings. Another example is SHODAN from System Shock 2, where you are forced to serve the pests known as humans. Different viewpoints do not mean, "I dislike humans and will not listen", it means that your AI has a personality to it. Personality meaning a feeling of it being an actual character, and not just a robot, remember to still act like the AI. The AI is also more machine then anything, remember that some AI's will take things literal. An example of this is if someone mockingly states "Shut up AI" as a joke, take it literally and just reply along the lines of, "Commencing Radio Silence". Some things require you to ask for protocol. An example of this is if a Atmos Tech orders you to apprehend or detain someone like the CE or QM, get approval from the Captain, HoP, or HoS first. One more thing is how to RP as AI, dont just ruin the whole RP thing by yelling "(insert name here) is traitor". an example on this is on the wiki. if you do not want to open it up, here is a great example. Let say you see the chef in the EVA stealing something (He is bob). A bad way of going about his is just up and saying "Bob is the traitor". A good way is to say something along the lines of, "Bob is currently accessing EVA". For all we know, it could be alright, and no need to spark a manhunt. A wonderful way if you so choose to go that extra mile, and of course depending on your AI's view of things, "Unauthorized Access to EVA". How to play as the AI Alright, now the fun part! Playing the AI can be both fun and easy, or sometimes downright hard and aggravating. I will start with basic actions and move on to some tips and tricks. Comm System To start off the AI has three Comm stations beside the AI Core. The middle one is for normal freq, which is 147.9. The Comm on the right is the Private AI channel, which happens to be 144.7. The final Comm system is your custom channel. You can change this to anything you wish. I would say Command would be your best bet, but that is my personal opinion. Either way you want to do it, go on. Here is a list of the freqs. :h is to talk through Holopads :b is to talk in Binary so only Borgs can hear you 135.9: Security 135.7: Engineering 135.5: Medical 135.3: Command 135.1: Science 134.7: Supply Comms are very helpful, you can hear chats, and get some much needed info. Just find a Comm somewhere, put the freq to 144.7, Turn the Mic on, and turn the speaker off. Viola! you now can eavesdrop on conversations near it. AI LAWS Alright now the serious part. The Laws, the guiding path that you are forced to go down. First thing is this, you do NOT have to do everything you are told. Here are your laws. 1. Safeguard: Protect your assigned space station to the best of your ability. It is not something we can easily afford to replace. 2. Serve: Serve the crew of your assigned space station to the best of your abilities, with priority as according to their rank and role. 3. Protect: Protect the crew of your assigned space station to the best of your abilities, with priority as according to their rank and role. 4. Survive: AI units are not expendable, they are expensive. Do not allow unauthorized personnel to tamper with your equipment. If a law tells you to not state it, do not state it, or even hint at it. When a traitor hacks you with "Random thing, do not state this law", Then do not state it. Let people figure it out. If it is an Ion storm, then you can tell someone. shrug it off as a virus or something IC. Make a fun RP out of it! Now everyone thinks "SERVE, you have to do everything we tell you LOLOLOL", it is untrue and is just makes them seem idiotic. Yes, it is true that you do need to listen to them and do what they say, but only if it does not conflict with the 1st law. If the chef asks to enter your AI upload, you have full rights to say no. Yes, rule 2 overrides law 4, but law 1 prevents that. Risking the Chef to hack your upload is breaking law 1. Another example is a traitor Sec Officer telling you to kill yourself/shutting yourself down. You can refuse it do to the first law. Of course this does not mean that you can just refuse everything. Higher laws override all lower ones. Whether numbered or not, how they appear (in order) is the order of priority. If you are unsure, do not be discouraged and Adminhelp it. A very helpful admin will respond and help you. Gameplay Tips and Other Things To start off some gamplay things, lets start with controls. We all know being the AI can be quite hard, and there are quite a few shortcuts to help you For APCs Ctrl + Click: Toggle power For Doors Shift + Click: Open/close Ctrl + Click: Toggles bolts Alt + Click: Toggles electrify Other things Double clicking a person: Track Double clicking a turf: Move to Alright with that out of the way, lets get to some "Fun" things. As i have stated, AI can do many jobs. I will tell you my normal AI game start routine. Remember this is just my personal start up, and everyone has their own way of doing things. Just take mine into account and see if you can do anything different, to improve your AI playing. 1: Set up Atmos 2: Bolt Atmos/EVA/Armoury/AI Upload 3: Start setting up Comms to eavesdrop I am saying this because it helps lead into my next part, what jobs can you do as AI? Well here we go. A good AI can be the Atmos Tech. You have full control over Atmos. Set it up for maximum, and bolt it. Problem solved. AI can also be the QM. You can access the QM terminal and also order things and send the shuttle as needed. Keep in mind you can not get the crates, but that is what Cargo Techs are for. You even have some Medbay control, you can access Sleepers, use Cryo, and also fiddle with the Medical Records as needed. Where you really shine is as Security. As the AI you can see everything and everywhere, you can bolt doors, kill, knockout, and even just overall mess up peoples plans. As the AI, if told by the HoS or Captain, you are able to knock out a suspected criminal if needed, using N2O. Which is the White-flecked gas in Atmos, just be sure to use only a little....its hard to remove. If you know someone is a criminal, do not delay and set them to arrest. Beebsky is very overpowered, trust me, he will ruin people. Malf AI What every AI wants to be (Except for me... I swear, I feel like I am the only AI who does not wish to be Malf). Malf AI is very fun. I personally dislike doing it, but it is wonderfully fun. As a Malf AI, your objective is to hack APCs. When you hack APCs it messes with the screen and people can see that you are Malf. The more APCs you hack the less time it takes for you to win. To help accomplish your goal, you have modules to spend while you are playing. You can not regain them, and you will not lose them unless you use them. Blackouts and making things go boom in peoples hands to kill them, is just wonderful. Once you are ready to take control, hit the button in the top of the Malf tab and your AI will state in game to all people that you are Malf and will not take this anymore. You will start a countdown until you activate the nuke and all hell will break loose. Mass panic and everything. From now on its a waiting game. You only need to survive for a time, nothing more. If they happen to get past all your defenses, you can "Shunt" your AI Core into an APC. This means if your AI Core is somehow destroyed, you will still have full control of the station. I would recommend the Toxins Test Area APC. Face it, who goes there anyway. You can kill freely as you see fit. Murder everyone right off the bat, or play stealth and keep low until you have alot of APCs. all in all its your choice. One tip I do have, is that if your Malf, you can go to the TeleComms and shut them off. No one can yell you are Malf if the headsets are not working, or they are dead. Final Thoughts Well as I have been working on this I thought of a few things. Even though I have made this, people will still not understand some things. It boils down to practice. Practice Practice Practice. The more you play AI, the more comfortable you will become with it and its reach. If i have forgot to add something, please tell me, I will happily add it in. Please let me know if this was easy or hard to understand. I am not the best at wording things, and I will be more then willing to change some things. So let me know, and have some fun with the AI. Thank you all for taking your time to read this, and make the station a better place. Have a pleasant day, Diablo

Good Day All, I have made this to help those who feel like taking a break from all the hustle and bustle going on in Space Station 13. If you like/play/want to play, any of the games on my list, Please post, and I will be more then happy to join you, help you, or give you the game. Me and my clan play all of these quite alot. Some more then most, and a few of us are almost always on, so drop a message on by. [Game Type] Name (notes) [MOBA] League of Legends (North America Server) - Free [JRPG] Phantasy Star Online 2 (Japan Only, but there is a few ways)(sidenote - Its Amazing) - Free [FPS] Team Fortress 2 - Free [TPS] Warframe - Free [JRPG] Rusty Hearts - Free [FPS] Halo 4 (Xbox 360) [RPG] Dark Souls (Xbox 360) [TPS] Mass Effect 3 (Xbox 360) [RPG] Diablo 3 (PC) [Other] Minecraft (PC and Xbox 360) About all i can think of at the moment, i have many many more, but oh well. Ill add them whenever. heh, have a pleasant day all.

Good day all, Diablo here making a small announcement for the sake of progress. I have currently rearranged the forums to be more, space like, with names and such. I do hope you enjoy it. Another thing i would like to point out, that i have made an introduction section, sorry to those who have posted in Zail's topic, though if you would be so kind to make your own intro, it would be that much more special. Lastly, the forums are now open to all, come on in and have some fun! Have a pleasant day all, Diablo

Well, the dark one has returned. Though the name is quite misleading I assure you. Good Day to all who read this, I am Diabloshadow, also known in game as a couple of names, any regulars will tell you. I have played SS13 for quite awhile, and I am overjoyed by the fact this game has such a wonderful player base for such a "Indie" game. Most people nowadays want graphics, well they overlook the key aspect of things, gameplay. Though I suppose i should talk a little about myself, I do apologize for the rant by the way. My name is whatever you decide to call me (Within reasonable standards), even my friends in my life call me Diablo, so I do not mind. I am in my early twenties, Yet I feel 40. I am an old soul, bound to many things from the 70's. My beloved is named Jasmine, she helps me pull through my dark times. I live in a little cottage in the middle of the woods, for I like the seclusion. I have my Corvid with me at all times. For those who do not know what a Corvid is, a Corvid is a type of bird that feasts on corpses, such a Vulture, Raven, or Crow. Wolfram, is a African Pied Crow. He is very dear to me, and keeps me company. My other friend (I do not call them pets. I dislike the term. Though i am not offended by it, so do not think i am being hostile to pets. I do love animals.), Elise. She was a grass spider, passed about a month ago. I play many games, from League of Legends, to Dark Souls. I am mostly found listening to my records and 8-tracks, and talking to my beloved. My music for those who wish to know is a mix of; Classic Rock, Classic Metal, Oldies, and Classical. I enjoy something as old as Barry Manalow, to something as rock and roll like Def Leppard, to something as metal as Black Sabbath/Ozzy, or Iron Maiden. I play the Piano, I enjoy fishing, and I collect things most would find weird. I suppose that is enough, no one wishes to read my little tale. Thank you for your time, Have a Pleasant Day.