Skull132
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lmao, I've been gone for long enough that I don't even know wtf this is:
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Idno how the webmap operates tbh. The manual way would indeed be ghosting around and taking pictures. Use VV to edit your ghost's opacity to 0 (or 255?) to be fully invisible, and voila.
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One way would be to take the github repository and travel back in time to a point where the Aurora map was still actively maintained. A very safe bet is probably around the start of March in 2022. Perhaps something like this: https://github.com/Aurorastation/Aurora.3/tree/94db3417541ddbfd7e42df3421796ca015eb5349 This probably requires an older version of BYOND to properly work as well. According to BYOND's webserver, 514 was all the rage back then: https://www.byond.com/download/build/514/ any minor release from here should hopefully work. If we were smart in 2022, we actively checked for too new or old of a version. So basically: download repo, download old byond, use old byond to compile repo, use old byond to run repo, voila. Now, if you want Aurora with relatively new sprites and shit... You'd have to find a more recent state of the repo that still had Aurora, maybe January of this year? But there you might have some broken aspects as well.
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did u konw. that with this september. Aurora has turned 11 yeas old. Woooo!
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I wonder: has anyone written lore using ChatGPT yet?
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What a disturbing thought from someone who was once in charge of Aurora's lore. That sort of thing might be fine if you are writing something that will only be seen by yourself (though I'd still argue it does nothing to improve your skill as a writer, and is ultimately a crutch), but as a lore-member you are writing things that will be used and interpreted by the community. I prefer to approach lore in a holistic manner - that is, all of the individual components matter, and should be used to bolster and improve the greater concept they contribute to. To say any part of it doesn't matter or is frivolous makes me think we're writing from two entirely different viewpoints. Players have shown that they will use every little bit of lore you give them, and that a lot of them like the little nitty gritty details. Even if they didn't, making sure what you write clicks together cleanly is just good practice. Again, I find this attitude very strange for someone on the lore-team. I do not think you should be using AI.
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For the sake of clarity, I will say that most wide-spread large language models or art generation models that exist currently are probably responsible for a wide array of copyright and intellectual property breaches in their training. But, hopefully in the not-so-far-future, more localized and sanitary models come around...
But if even the concept of AI is reprehensible, what about resources like algorithmic (fantasy) name generators? Or using writing reference materials from other fictions?
While I get the pride element of not using AI -- I don't use it either, for often similar reasons, but I don't mind if my colleagues or subordinates do (unless they leak IP/confidential info or I see them emitting AI garbo in their final output) -- what I don't get is just outright saying it's not an even acceptable tool.
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Everyone writes considerably differently and tackles things in their own ways. I often used name generators, but couldn't exactly get it to produce what I wanted and that is when AI comes into play. You can refine it with your own thoughts, and it spits out small details that you yourself might struggle with coming up with. Dionae are a unique species with a significantly more alien feel that I've ever written for. I disagree with using it for writing something that could ultimately have a greater impact on the lore, but for things that I believe are small, I see no reason why they can't be used like how name generators have been used. I have used it to create Skrell names (darn their q's, u's and other things), making up names for ship classes that I then build a description off of. I don't see why 'name generators' are an acceptable tool, but artificial intelligence is not.
I've already brought it up with the Lore Team, and there is a desire for a policy to be set.
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Best of luck, Read! Try not to get lost in the woods! (Do Navy officer candidates even do landnav on the ground? Do you instead do seanav on the waves? How does that work???)
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Hunke.
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Another cultured fellow who understands the cluwne. Welcome.
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Read recommended books for me to read. They did not say that I would like those books. I was not prepared and became mentally shooketh. plz ban, serious offence. +1
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No, it's not. It adds unnecessary constraints to folks operating on the present reality and on the future. Myself and Yeahchris were kind of fortunate enough to not have had any "Founding doctrine" imposed upon us, when we took the leadership helm. This allowed us to put energy into creating our own vision, recruiting people who shared this vision, and players who shared it. It allowed us to take ownership of what we created. One of Aurora's original creators spent years publicly ruing the server because we didn't follow whatever vision he had originally had. (And yet, here we still are.) I wouldn't place such a burden, even if perceived, unto the folks currently leading and participating on the server. I'd let Aurora be what it is, and become what it wants to become.
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also, holy fucking shit it's voltage.
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Holy fucking shit, it's Yeahchris. I do think I 'member you mentioning moving to help your father. And I'm both sorry for your loss, and glad that you feel like it paid off. It took me another 8 years and a second organizational leadership position to effectively learn the same priorities. (And a bit of depression :^) ) But I'm glad that I did and I'm glad that you pursued something similar as well. It's been. A wild ride here. I've actually been both officially and practically retired for 1.5 years now, believe it or not. But Aurora has indeed grown a lot. And has been built up to, hopefully, be quite sustainable. Not only thanks to me, but thanks to a lot of the staff that have been here since 2015 or so. We've survived funky dramas, 80% of the mod team quitting on us at one point, overall SS13 related shenanigans, etc. Made crazy technological advancements. The SS13 community itself has changed a lot as well. Believe it or not, there's now a fully functional common ground discord, where hosts and leadership of almost all large servers hang around in, communicate in! And all the while I've graduated uni twice, and now lead a tech team in the aviation sector! If you at all wanna chat, find me on Discord. Been a lot that's happened since!
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It's Go, and the stats aren't maintained over a month. Could get longer periods from the server database. Also, regarding past times. Admins would regularly press the button to automatically set up power during low-pop up until a few years ago. So perhaps some automated systems would actually be valid for here, and would have precedent.
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Considerations and thots: This can be used to help codify and present more elements of _da lore_, as Marlon pointed out above. Universities/schools, major hospitals, place of birth, what else? Consider making record entries/notes permanent via SQL and manageable by the user, much like security record entries are. Or, at least, leave the possibility of this being added later 👀 Don't go too crazy with options or fields.
