Vestril Posted January 16, 2004 Share Posted January 16, 2004 This is something that bugs me every time I see it...it's an option on the computer on the Bridge of the Leviathan (where you face Admiral Karath). Every time I click it it says *failure* has anyone been able to make it work? If so...how and what does it do? My first instinct was that it was simply there to tease you into thinking you could get away from Malak...but now I'm wondering... none of my characters have ever had strong computer skills... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eidospsogos Posted January 16, 2004 Share Posted January 16, 2004 it does not work. ever. no matter how high your skill, or how many spikes you have. it will always say spikes rejected, it is there merely for looks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vestril Posted January 16, 2004 Author Share Posted January 16, 2004 Originally posted by eidospsogos it does not work. ever. no matter how high your skill, or how many spikes you have. it will always say spikes rejected, it is there merely for looks. that makes very little sense though, are you sure it isn't some sort of easter egg? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txa1265 Posted January 16, 2004 Share Posted January 16, 2004 Originally posted by Vestril that makes very little sense though, are you sure it isn't some sort of easter egg? That's what I'm thinking - kind of like in the latest Neverwinter Nights expansion - Hordes of the UnderDark, there is an item called the Pearl of Bashing, which when entered in the right place becomes a unix joke (get it - perl, bsh? ). I just assumed that somewhere you could get something to get a funny reply ... Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ob1 kenobi Posted January 16, 2004 Share Posted January 16, 2004 there are a couple of similar options on the computers at the republic embassy and at the dueling room in the sith academy. what about those? republic embassy options: 1. disable power grid 2. open docking bay doors dueling room options: 1.reprogram academy droid to hunt a specific target 2.open all cages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vestril Posted January 16, 2004 Author Share Posted January 16, 2004 I believe though that they require an inordinate number of spikes to perform, 100+ or something like that...whats more their functions are very straightforward, wheras reprogramming the computer to change destination is anything but. Maybe Eidos is right and it's just a tease, but if so it's a cruel one since it only requires 10 spikes maximum =( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ob1 kenobi Posted January 16, 2004 Share Posted January 16, 2004 i did try those after collecting 214 spikes (painfully i might add) but it still didn't work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vestril Posted January 16, 2004 Author Share Posted January 16, 2004 Originally posted by ob1 kenobi i did try those after collecting 214 spikes (painfully i might add) but it still didn't work. wow!!! I'm impressed!! Were they split into groups of 99? That could be why... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ob1 kenobi Posted January 16, 2004 Share Posted January 16, 2004 No, they were grouped as a whole. Besides, what use would that "disable power grid option have? Oh, and does anyone know how swoop bikes can be upgraded? I seem to have a really hard time on the later races in Tatooine and Manaan. Some of the store owners (e.g. Yuka Laka) say they have swoop bike parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clemme w/Stick Posted January 16, 2004 Share Posted January 16, 2004 I didnt have any problems at the Tatooine and Manaan swoop races at all. Hmm, it might be hard in the beginning, but once you learn how to shift gears at the right time, you will win, and you will win every time . Just learn the gears.... -Clemme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ob1 kenobi Posted January 16, 2004 Share Posted January 16, 2004 Yeah, much like the drag racing in NFS 7. But I didn't try swoop racing much since it costs credits to play. But can swoop bikes be upgraded? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-NGE- Posted January 16, 2004 Share Posted January 16, 2004 nope... they cannot, unfortunately... you'll just have to race to the best of your efforts... on manaan the final is 22.50 seconds, it took me dozens of tries to beat it, but i had it down to 22.05 eventually... also, save before u go talk to the race organizers to "race one of your heats" so you dont spend 1000000 credits trying to beat the time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WickedClown Posted January 17, 2004 Share Posted January 17, 2004 Something that annoys me is this ICE-Breaker. Didn't that rodian tell me it could be used on the bridge of the Leviathan? I know I can use in the cell-area, but if I don't, why can't I use it to reprogram the destination? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-NGE- Posted January 17, 2004 Share Posted January 17, 2004 you can only use it on brig level, not bridge level... but i just kept it and sold it to Suvam Tan later... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eidospsogos Posted January 17, 2004 Share Posted January 17, 2004 why MUST it DO anything? there are tons of things thrown into games that don't DO anything. do you really think they are going to let you reprogram the destination of the leviathan? i mean how drastically would that aler the plot of the game? you think they would write in that drastic of a plot deviation just for those crazy enough to pump all their skills into computer use or collect enough spikes? so why does it make little sense that there is something in this game that is just for looks? why does it make little sense that these options do nothing? where is the logic in the fact that it makes little sense? i think it makes more sense, that bioware threw this in as a laugh, so people who were a bit more realistic could chuckle, and those who saw some greater divine purpose behind every possible computer command would verge on a nervous breakdown trying to collect spikes and put all their skill points in to computer use. so what about the fact that there are several computer commands that do nothing makes little sense? the options that obviously do nothing, are the ones that constantly give you the spikes rejected command. if they were ever MEANT to DO anything, then your spikes would not be rejected. releasing the prisoners from their cages on korriban, opening the sub bay doors in the republic embassy on manaan, reprogramming the destination of the leviathan; these are all options that require an ungodly amount of spikes, or an insanely high computer use skill, or a combination of both. they are options that could realistically be done only by those using cheat codes, or those crazy enough to waste valuable skill points on computer use, or half their life collecting computer spikes. so i ask again why is it that we assume that they MUST DO something? there are plenty of things in games just for looks. MUST every door in the game actually lead somewhere? or are some there just for looks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vestril Posted January 18, 2004 Author Share Posted January 18, 2004 why MUST it drastically alter the plot? Malak would be on the ship before it went anywhere else, it could just do something amusing. Why are you so vehement that it is impossible that it does anything at all? It certainly seems improbable, but maybe someone who drifts on here made it do something. I don't see what you find so offensive about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txa1265 Posted January 19, 2004 Share Posted January 19, 2004 Yeah - it could come back and say 'you are unable to decipher the location descriptions, but have an option to randomly select a new destination. Proceed'. Then that dialogue with the Twilek on Tatooine could have said something about Malak being mad about having been sent ... wherever ... Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WickedClown Posted January 19, 2004 Share Posted January 19, 2004 By the way, the reprograming would be a nice little blow to Malak from Revan...like you were telling Malak that you can still beat him by sending him to Alderaan or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-NGE- Posted January 19, 2004 Share Posted January 19, 2004 can you imagine it: Reprogram Destination > Unexplored Hyperspace route *you quickly fly off back into republic space with the Hawk while Malak drifts off into Yuuzhan Vong space* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eidospsogos Posted January 20, 2004 Share Posted January 20, 2004 or it could accidentally slip the leviathan into a parallel dimension, that exists merely to torture the souls of the living, and when the ship comes back through the hole ripped in the fabric of time it is alive and feeds on the fears and nightmares of the crew killing them all off one by one. but guess what, it doesn't..... it doesn't do anything other than say spikes rejected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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